Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-04-29

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'lne clad slopes, and down Ny lhe
brooks and lakes swceier and pufof
ll,an ihe "mIIk anl honey" with
which The Whole land 80 plenleonsly
ilowcd, more soothing lIinn the "oil a
Olives" more cheering Than Tie "now
wine,' more noufislIng than The "6.
nest ofIhc wheat" more glorious Than
! the trophies Of victorious war, and
more bItsful than the Sabbath quiet
ofunlhfcatcned peace, when the bow
slept IN liz ca'e, aud The arrow lum.
bered In liz culver, and the sword Ind
no dream Of the battle, and The spear
no remembrance Of blood and The
wounds of the shield were closed, and
the heart Of the warrior wns tender
rs The heart Of n child, as his little
one lay with the lamb, or leaned on
the neck Of the eve, or smiled in lis
mothers arms, in TIC rosy flush Of The
sunset hour,--more joyous than oil
more constant and triumphant in its
JOY, was the Frightened prospect Of
This wondrous advent. And so, du-
ring the time Of the Judges, and in
the days Of the Kings. 1t was the
bond OF the national unon--the boast
of national pride-thc badge Of ma
tional distinction. "The wilderness
and the solitary place." were made
glad by it; and because Of it "lhe
desert rejoiced and blossomcd as the
rose" Nay; 1.-THE glory Of lebanon
was made glorious as this voice was
heard among the sounding cedars;
"the exce!lehcy Of Carmel and Sha-
ron" was made more excellent as this
promise was whispered to the gales
from the great sea, and breathed a
celestial fragrance among the per-
fumes Of the flowery plain. Leban-
OF saw in this revelation "the glory Of
the Lords" and Carmel and Sharon
behold "the exccllency Of our GoD.''
And so the dewy sleeps of Hermon
and the towering cone Of Tabor, and
the morning cliffs Of Gilead, and the
evening wells Of Beersheba, and pur
,pie y,;atage Of Eschol--all round the
I land on ~. hither side of Jordan and
the thither Sim Of Jordan, North,
South Fast and West1 lin the seasons
of the early and latter ram, and IN The
burning summer-tide, with ne sun
shining in his strength. as the noo.n0-
day symbol of his divinity; ard the
ino,ni b aiming in -her-beauty, as the
twilight symbol ofhis humanity de-
irving its loyeliness from the God
head, as the moon borrows its beau
ty from the Sun; and the stars spark
ling in their greater an lesser light,
as the multitudinous symbols ofsaint-
" seed, collected first about the mel
lowed grandeur Of his humiliation, as
soon to be irradiated by the returning
splendor of his Divine cxaltation--
within the whole land and under The
whole sky Of that honored nation, cy-
cry where and at all times, this SUI
preme expectation was known and
cherished, But as the election at first
expanded from family 10 the world,
and then again was narrowed from a
world to a family, and then again ex-
banded from a family to the world,
and then again narrowed to one fam
lily, and then again expanded to ma
ton, and then again narrowed to one
of its tribes and one family of this
tribe, within the hordes Of that tribe
il exerted a greater infuence-and
within the tents Of that family its
chieftest power. judah exulted on.
heights ofZion, and the house Of Jes-
Sc was glad on the hillside Of Bethle-
hem. 1t fired The heart Of David,
while he sat on his throne, and caused
the throne itself to tremblc beneath
him, and the palace, and the Taberna-
Gle, and Jerusalem, and judah, and
all Israel, to triumph, while the harp
Transportation Ia richer gift than en-
pire) was swept by his raptured fiji.
gers, and the living anthems flew,
like angels from the chords, filling
heaven and earth with perpetual
praise. 1t was this, that enhanced
the glory Of Solomon, when the SOW
reignty of Israel was most extended
and imposing, when kings sent tribute
and queens broughtit, when caravans
came from far lands, and fleets from
far seas, and silver was as dust, and
gold as the stones, and the City ofthe
Great King led forth its streets Of
palaces from hill to hill, and the Tenn