The Columbian fountain., 1846-01-31
From the Methodist Protestant.
What | Love.

sAeAbUsy throng, and seek the forests depth.
7shere " see the wild beasts, which make
che lonely wood their home, aud hear the
htiIe Gathered songsters pour forth their
ssroihs of melody, which are echoed from
the deep recesses. There learn 10 trust
In God / for when leave the thick shade
his with the eonsoling thought that He
who HIS provided FOR the beast a lair, for
the birds a resting place, and supplies their
daily returning wants, will not deny me,
his Child, aught that is needlul for me.
III love. to go forth, when the curtain Of
nixhtix drawn around the hemisphere; and
gaze. upon the vault Of heaven, besPangled
with. worlds which twinkle in the distance.
The glorious sight deeply imprcsses my
mind with the vastness Of Gods creation,
and the infinite wisdom Of Him who called
them into existence, allotted them their re-
spectiye orbits, and guides them all in har-
meny through the realms of space. There
llcsrn to submit to his dispensations; since
He who.is all-wise must know, better than
j, what is best calculated to promote my
eternal welfare. love to see tho storm
cloud heave its dark folds above the 'hori-
zon, and spread DER the sky. When the
winds loudly roar, the tlcep-toned, startling
thunders roll, and the lurid lightnings flash,
I.think Of the grandeur Of the omnipotent
One, who wakes with breath the tempest,
and bids the elements thus furiously rage.
Then ! feel my insigniicance. Every feel
ing Of pride is humbled, and reverence the
majesty of Him who tsrides upon the whirl-
wind, and directs the storn.o
love to linger on the margin Of the
bright rivulet, and listen to the murmuring
song, as it glides over the pebbled channel.
j, then reflect, that such rills flow in all di-
rections through the land and then think
Of Salyation's streams, issuing from the
fountain opened in the house of David,
whose waters reach earth's utmost limit.
am. also there reminded, by the motion Of
the current, that the tide Of time is bearing
me constantly and rapidly away from the
scenes Of earth. .A yt .t.e.a
/ love to look upon the dread expanse Of
the ocean, and, standing upon the sea-beaten
strand, view the huge foam-crested billow
dash, and spend its fury at my feet; then
sullenly retire whence it came. Thoughts,
numerous and overwhelming, here crowd
Hpoas 4hs. mind. In vain we tax the organs
OF sight, TO discern something beyond the
wide waste of water. II is an emblem of
eternity that fathomless, boundless sea, up
ON whose wave all now living must shortly
launch Reader, you must live beyond the
tomb, through ages more numerous than
there are sands upon old oceans shore. o,
then prepare in life for death; in time, for
vast efernity. ,g IT.
Il A moving scene took place lately before
Judgs JVanderpoel. A respectable young Ca
binet maker in Norfolk street, appeared to
answer writ OF habeas corpus He was
accompanied by his son, very handsome
and wsll-drsssed boy, of about seven years,
upon whom he evidently doated. The mo-
iher, was present, had procured the issue Of
he writ tor the purpose Of obtaining pos
ssssionof the child, as illegitimate. 1t ap-
pears thst about eight or nine years ago the
father and mother became acquainted in
Swiizerland, in the Canton Of Basle, where
,hs resided. They loved, but he being q
German was compelled by the laws of the
Canton, before marrying, to give security
that his children should never become a
public charge. This he could not do, and
they could not be legally united. According
to TIE image Of that country, however, they
pledged themselves 10 each other, and lived
together for . time as man and wife. The
man, after the birth Of his son left Switzer-
land for New York. He promised to write
for the boy and bis mother, which he did
but she could not then leave her mother,
and only. arrived here with their boy in
QctQber Of last year-to find that the father
had married another. She resigned the
child 10 his care and sought employment
q teacher- eventually forming an ac-
quaintance with substantial dairyman on
Long Island, who being first made acquaiut-
ed with her whole history,) married her,
and consented to adopt the boy as his own
The child, however, had become attached
10 biz father, who was passionately fond Of
him and refused to give him up-hence the
writ ofhabeas corpus. The Judge, of course,
decided that the custody Of the child Che
being iIlegitimate) belonged TO the mother,
unless it should become public charge.
The ,scene on the surrender ofthe child was
painful in the extreme. The boy screamed
and 6lpng to his father, refusing to listen to
the enfrsaties and endearments Of hismother