Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-09-24

> 10y az ''O SIi9lc VACeptloH, ne Is ever the sam
t. sublime and majestic character Noble hv =.
Is ture, great by his mission, and greater sin /
?, the manner in which he accomplished il. he q,
" er maintains his ascendancy over our feelinc
: We see the fiery promptings of tile heart III,
i. could not brook oppression. in the bloody vengt
ance he took on the Egyptian who would tran
pie on his brother PreferrinR the desert wit
freedom to the court of Pharaoh in SIGHT Of in
justice, he led the life of fugitive. Called :,
voice from heaven to go back to deliver Nj
people he again trod the courts of the king Of
Egypt - "
1. nut not IN the presence of Pharaoh when he
W''lS'ood the monarch to his face, and brougbt
down the thunders of heaven on his throne not
on the beach Of the se5. Win one arm nnra,ssJ
towards heaven, and b. ... ,ntorotobaa aao.
TIE water, WINE the ware~ ras. qesnt .urcing nv
stopped and crouched at his feet bof = t XXI
midst Of the raining manna-not in The Iifing
! of the brazen symbol III the midst Of the fynr
serPents, while the moan of the suffering. and
The cries ofthe dying struggledup from mighty
encampment-not when between the mountains
his stately form shone in the light of the blazing,
fiery pillar, while the tread of the mighty null
titude shook the earth behind him-nor even
when he stood on shaking Sinai, his guard the
thunder, and his Nesture the lightning, and talk
ed with the Eternal, as friend taIketh with friend
not in all these awful relations does he appear
| to me SO majestic and attractive as in the last
event Of his life
Behold the white tents of Israel. stretched
over The plain and swelling knobs, at the foot of
Mount Nebo. Ii is baImy, glorious day. The
sun IS sailing over the encampment, while the
blue sky>bends, like God, in love over all things,
Here and there Aeecy cloud is lowering over
the top Of Psgoh, as if conscious Of the mysteri-
GUS scene >S0out to transpire there. The trees
stand gYen and fresh in the sunlight the lowing
Of cafe rises through the still atmosphere, and
naYe IS lovely and tranquil, as if no sounds of
gel were, to disturb her repose Amid this
/eauty and quictness, Moses assembled the chill
'ren OF Israel for the last time to take his fare
well look, and leave his farewell blessing. He
casts his eye over the leaders beside him. and
over the host, while thousand contending emo
ions struggle for the mastery in his BOSOM
'Nhe past, with its tolls and suferngs, rose up
bEore him, and how could he part with his chill
u'S murmuring and ungrateful though they had
OeeN whom he had borne on his brave heart for
more han forty years? Selfcollected and calm
ne S'ot before them, and gave them his bless
ing Amade no plaints-never spoke of
liS nis"A lps in their behalf; made no allusion to
~ sais4 IN leaving them on the very vers0
e "a eAoheet for WHICH rs. had tolIed so
i0a y .NIIa did non even refer to his death. In
the naonanin,ily Of his great heart, forgetful Of
Rnself v.f-else not daring 70 trust fie Ceilings
4 aIIusion TO his fate, he closes, his sublime adj
Iress in the following touching langrnage'-- ~.
aeraa God is thy refuge and g9 H1I az
4 everlasting arms and heSs6da8n rns' out .ne
INV before thee; Israel shall dwell III Sale'y
A. Hapov art thou, 0 Israel who IS IKE
M thee oh people saved by the Lord the
shin Of thy help, and who is the SWORD .. wy
cxcSency. Noble Ianguage-noole near 80 80
C,rrG owav in the coQtempl atIon OF MS cf'i'
dron'Eonn;ness. be burst forth into EXPLANATIONS
f''' .Ita moment of his deepest distress
add not that manly voice fatcr, and that
Stern lin culver, as he advanced to bid them his
lad adieul For a moment the rising emotions
| checked his utterance They had been the
cnnnanious of his toi-the objects OF his deep
os, soli.jtude. A common suffering, common
r,,o had bound them 10 him by thousand ties
lie Io,ked back.on the desert, it was past lie
looked forward to Canaan; it was near. lie
turned to the people, and they were weeping
He cast his eve up Nebo, and he knew he mus
die. Although no complaint escaped his lips
no rerret fell from his tongue, deeper paienes
was on his cheek, and sterner STRIFE IN nj
heart than he had ever felt before. l houg
outwnrdlv calm, his stern nature shook LOT IN
+ mpnt like a cedar in a tempest, and then III
. s,rnroIe was over. His farewell was echoed
, mechanically tones from lip to lip through 10
~. ,.,st host as he turned to ascend the mountain
!. a. he advanced from rock to rock, the sobolh
If of the multitude that followed alter, 'ofe II,
heart strings, like the cry OF chIid us parent
and it was long before he dare trust hllllSeii u
, turn and look below But at length he pauset
on high rock, and gazed moment on thu
scene at his feet There were the white tent
+ of Jacob, giuering in the sunlight, and there
the dark mass of lsrael's host as they stood AM
watched the form of their departing leader
! Those tents had become familiar to him as house
hold scenes, and as he gazed on them now, far
far beneath him, and saw the cloud overshadow
ing the mysterious ark, sigh OF unutterab
sadness escaped him. He thought of the bone
of Joseph he had carried for forty years, tina
were to rest with his descendants, while he wa
to be left alone amid the mountains. Again h
turned to the ascent, and soon rock shut hin
from view, and he passed on alone to the sum
nit.
There God miraculously spread before him al
the land of Canaan He stood, speck on tn
high crag, and gazed on the lovely sceno'-.zIoGr
dan went sweeping by in glad sunlight ram am