Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-11-19

ry tongue. When the blnd-lhey who were
once blessed with sight--when they roll up
wards their sigh,less balls, you may guess W bal
they would give for glance at that brigh, fir
mament above them which you and regard
with so little emotion.
Sunrise and sunset cost Us nothing, all glow.
ing and glorious as they are. Colours .ha. are
only TO be seen in the heavens and brightness
beyond description, are profusely spread, and
we have sight TO behold them, pulses to .hrob
hearts TO beat, and minds to contemplate with
wonder, thankfulness, and joy. Rising and
setting suns are commonplace exhibitions to
US, when, were there only one such exhibition
TO be Witnessed in century, multiplied mil
lions, nay almost half The population of the
globe, would behold it with rapture.
Have you looked on the slvery moon, gliding
,hro' clouds of bewidering beauty, and gazed
On the blue arch of heaven, spangled with gilt
tering worlds, nll you have adored their al
mighty Maker with increased admiration, love
and joy? If so you mus, have felt that these
things fIl the mind with conceptions of immen-
sity, power, goodness and glory and need
not tell you That we have them for nothing.
Regard the vegetable world Why, every
Individual tree, bush, shrub and plant, is enough
of itself, ay, more than enough, 10 impart thrill
of transport TO him who feels that he has, in
natures God, mercifuI Father and Almighty
Friend. Look, then, at the unbounded liberal
iiy Of our great Creators vegetable gifts! The
spreading OAK, the towering elm the goodly
ash, and The romantic fir, challenge our admi
ration. Nor can we gaze without some in
crease of delight on The fair flower of the ches-
nut, the srraigh, stem of the poplar, the silvery
bark of the birch, or the dropping branches of
the weeping willow. These things, and
thousand more such, we have for nothing.
The balmy breeze, the scent of the new made
hay, the cdour Of The Towering fields, are ours
without payment. Who ever paid farlhing
for the dafodll of the dale; for The warbling of
happy birds; the murmurlng Of crystal brooks !;
the waving of butterflies wings; the joyous
hum, and, if | can say it without rreverence,
the ncessanl halleluia Of The insect world9 Ma
,ure is liberal, nay, prodigal, of her gifts her
spacious halls are flung open; her goodliest ex-
hibi;ions are free, and her abundant banque,s
are without money and without price"
We give money, and time, and labour, for many
things of little value; but we never give either
the one or The other for the cheerful sunbeam,
and the grateful shower; the gray of The morn
ing, the twilight of evening; the broad blaze of
MONDAY. and the deep silence and darkness of
The midnight hour! The poores, Of the poor
have these, and they have them for nothing.
There are among the vast, the mighty and
terrible things of the earth, those that yield us
deep delight, and we have them wilhou. pay.
ment: the mountain towering 10 the skies, The
fearful precipice, the rushing torrent, and the
coming Storm, are some of them. If you have
stood in the war of elements, neither with apa-
Thy nor affected sensibi,y, but with natural
and strong emotion, holy awe, high-wrough.
admiration, adorng reverence, and delightful
dread; you know what mean by deep delight,
There is deep delight, calm and fearful So
emnty in the darkened clouds; the flash that
llumines heaven; the crash that shakes the SOL
id earth; the wild sweep of the whirlwind, and
the voice of the angry ocean: all these, clothed
as they are with mysterious interest, cost US
nothing
The freedom of thought, which no earthly
power can control, is worth more than hun |
dred Mexicos, and ye. it costs us not a farthing.
Well may it be said,
my mind to me kingdom is !"
for there is no other kingdom like il under The
sun; yet this, also, is gft-the free gift Of an
almighty Benefactor 1t costs us nothing.
The Holy Spirit, the means of grace. and the
hope Of glory, are freely given, and how much
do they comprise! If you have ever truly en-
joyed the day of resi-; if it has been sabbath
10 your SOUL if, burdened and bowed down, you
have kneeled at the throne Of grace, and risen