The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-10-31
sEAsoNABLE SERMON.


The editor Of the United States Gazette thus NOR
Allies on the changes of the season, and draws IN
struotion and wisdom from the mottled and falling
leaf
"Objecis ever pressing down the sight
SO says the great didaeiio poet. But nature knows
how TO present objects IN many dresses and asso
Citations that they never satiaie the appetite rightly
formed, din the sight that Is directed 10 beauties
Day BY day the trees Of forests stand out 10 view
the same object constantly pressing upon the sight of
the passer by but TO the true observer always AFFORD
ing some cause for admiration, always presenting
some combination TO create delight. On Saturday
last the weather was cool the SKY clear apd pue, and
here and there lay ieecy mass OF clouds last night
that told of October. They might generate wind, or
give down rain or they might disspate and ass of,
without dmm ing the sight by the sameness Of RAINY
heavens! 4 he foresi.tIees have began TO assume
their harlequin garb, the every October sees,
yet new, yet varied with some other object, or II the
same is in the last and many preceding years yet
changing from the previous month, and 30 bedisht
with varying colors, so notified over wlih every hue
reflected life give, that they seemed as II fresh
from the hands OF the Maker, with all their charms
to invite mans admiration 10 themselves, and lead
up ms alteration TO their Author
The frost has not done Its perfect work on the
same tree, clusters Of dark green leaves would con
trast with the soitest yellow, almost fading into
white or working Of with gentle green AT the
4
rial purple invited admiration and beyond, the UNI
fading cedar stretched out its bright green, as if
new spring time had come 10 renew It's freshness
large walnut tree stood denuded OF its leaves
some boles of fruit we're pendant, but not beau
iiful while the naked arms OF the tree told of early
frost aud its skeleton leaf stalks pointing down
wards as towards its own contribution 10 autumns
harvest.
1t was a beautiful sight, nevertheless and per-
haps the perfection of the scene was dependent upon
these leafiess trees, the opposite extremity from
the evergreen that looked SO bright.
All cannot find, some do, the feelings Of immor-
tally n these decaying leaves, for they do decay
The stately fruit tree the spring blossoms for her
summer fruits and the forest tree stands ungarnsh-
ed with these early attractions. II has its summer
of foliage, rich 10 quantity, but awaits tue au,umna
frost TO create the variety of hues that its leaves may
blossom for the grave They perish, and no more
forever.
But man falls from his estate to rise and though
the mourning Uzzite afflicted himself with the nqu-
ry "Man dieth and wasteth away he giveth up The
ghost, and where is her" yet in moments Of better
feelings, and higher hopes-nay, not Of hope, of holy
assurance-he looked through the vista of the grave
and exclaimed, 81 know that after the worms de-
stroy my skin, yet in my flesh shall see God"
But the notified leaves and their decadence, do
teach. Their beauty is greatest OF the moment Of
their fall. Utility has been the character Of their
life, but beauty marks their death. And the man
who has toiled onward from childhood to age for the
good of Others rearing silently, and unknown to him
self, name for kindness and virtue--home virtue,
domestic kindness, social beDeft-exhibits but little
OF the garish beauties OF the spring blossoms; but
the frosts of age come upon him. and his end is beau
ty. Nay moreas the forest leaves, by falling, add
warmth to the roots whence they were nourished,
and restore to IFS soil the richness they had thence i'm
bibed, so the memory of the good mans virtues en-
riches the society in which he stood and preserves
the life vigor to the family whence he fell