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TICONDEROGA.

in the following beautiful strain from
Fort Tlconderoga:
am now making an early mountain
visit to the remains Of The Old Fort.
where seated on silent angle that over
hangs The waters, | contemplate the /
scene around with a sense Of pleasure, /
that can only come from the belief that
such a solitude is necessary 10 mans
communion with his own heart, or Tor |
the communion OF that heart with the |
Great Author OF all around Small arms
OF the lake extend up between the high
lands, and the placid CLASSY surface OF
The water mirrors, the lofty mountains
deep down to its bosom, and the dehca
cy Of the scene ia undsurbed By human
sight or human form. II is lovely rest
ing day, and all around is instinct with
the intelligence OF divinity. The teach
er Of man, the bishop OF our souls, chose
such places for his instructive lessons
The high mountain, with its graded as
cent, and lofty clustering trees, was the
CdlNeuFh WntUCb "cHt lOlAu INV NV
giving instruction, and the lakes Of Ju
dea, upon whose bosom He stood "when
He had gone in a ship" resounded with
His doctrine, and were made glorious by
the manifestation Of His powers.
The lake bsfore me may not have re.
ceved the impress Of the Masters loot,
nor the high mountains" abnve been
sanctGed by His lrans6guration; und
vet he teaches here, las man never
taught" because His presence is felt N
the lofty grandeur Of the beeiilng prom
ontorv. and in the unrufiled surface oi
the rehecing lake. We see him as he
three saw; but we know that He is al
hand with high communlngs and glorl'
ous associations He speaks not a. he
did 10 the five thousand on the mountain
feeding their souls with the bread Of
Heaven, and the five loaves and two
fishes, seemed enough for all their cor.
porea wanrs-and the miracle was in
the cleaning, more than in the feast.
HIS words are not heard here as on
the Lakes OF Galilee and Ganessere,h.
but above, below, and around are the
emblems of HIS love and His power,
teaching in silent ecquence, and ava
kening a devotion which Is itself the
fruit of religious culture. Ii S not the
bold mountain, the expansive lake, nor
Iorv forest, that alone denote him -
these, indeed,
"Declare his goodness beyond thought,
+ And power divine"
But the cooiBg wood dove. that now
sits on The fragment of the juttlng but
tress, and the homey robin, that is lit
ing ils "malin song" tell Of The inno'
cence and content that belong 10 those
who listen to the instructions that come
from Him through the thousand voices
, OF nature.
Beautiful winged messengers Of llea '
en- that teach Us harmlessness to others
and domestic love, when unkindneSs ROT
WEAKNESS with life's dsapp pponlmeHls
shall make me desire a solitude like this
then lend me your wings, "that may
fly away and be at rest"-rest from care
and abors, rest from collision Of occu-
patton, rest from the turmoil OF contend
ing man, and stand as now do, amc
the ruins Of war, whose decay shows &c
be the work of man, amid tho growing
beauties oil peaceful nature, whose con
tiDued freshness shows Them to be The
work Of that God, whose brealhings are
the support Of his own work.
"And where He vital breathes, there
must be joy."
| But find am not alone in my enjoy
ment OF the scene so truly attractive
| Others have come forth; and ust be
, yond that ruined wall, are sitting upon I
, fallen fragment Of the forlressa coupl,
that have yet awhoIe week o(their hon
ey noon to spend May it I'll its horn
with pleasure and waxing or waning
reflect upon them the light Of haPplnes
that can only come from an uPwarr
source.
There are others here, also; and tn
ring dove has not been alone in its bill
a ing and cooing Half hidden by the pro
4 iecting wall, and vet seen htough re
maing window which. bv lhs failing .
some of the stones, has assumed the ap
pearance Of broken arch, are two lha
have a thousand words 10 utter, away
from The unsympalhizng company-'
a thousand words that have beena Ihou
: sand times repeated by themselves am