The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1846-09-18

From the New York Observer.
Mount Ararat.
BY REV. J. T. HEARDLEY.

by REV. J. T. UEARDLEY.
The FIRST in the list of sacred mountains
is Mount Ararat The first named summit
in human history, it cmerges from the food
and lifts its head over the water to look down
on all coming generations TO The end ofiime.
Whether il was changed in that mighty con-
vulsion which drOwred the world, or whetb- /
er ITS lofty peak which saw the swelling wa>
teTs ard marked their steady rise remained |
the same, we know not.-At all events, the |
mountain looked down on the swaying world |
at its feet, as cities hOated from their foun>
atoms and came dashing against its sides,
and beheld wilder scene than ever covered
battle field, as il heard and saw six gener>
atoms shrek aud sink together. But whats
ever may have been its former history, il
now stands The only memorial of the food.
Rising like sugar loaf from the plain, its
top is covered with perpetual snow, and has
seldom been Profaned by human feet Butt
there was time when the sea rolled over
it, and mightier waves than ever yet swept
the sea, Numbered high above its crown
Though the immediate appearance Of a
food that should submerge The world was
an event which staggered human belief, vet
4 H.
his ark of safety. There is no one who does
not lament that there is not fuller aniede>
Iuvian history? We merely catch the sums
mils Of events, and are told some half do,
zen things that happened, while all The rest
is wrapped in impena,rabls mystery. We
are tod that the world was drowned. but the
particulars of that terrific scene are left en-.
liTely to the imagination. II is only By The
tdeelaEatiOn of the apostle, thar men we're
lbusy al their usual occupations, seating and
lslvinkings uUd marrying augl giving I'd marriage
till the flood came and swept them all away
that we get any data by which we can form
any true conception of the catastrophe. Yet
this statement is worth every thing, and with
it before me, have sometimes thought
could paint the scene. Noah, whose head
was whitened by the frost Of six centuries,
laid the foundation of this huge vessel on a
pheasant day, when all was serene and tram
lQuil The fields were smiling in verdure
, before his eyes; he peFfumed breezes foated
by, and the music OF BIRDS and sounds Of busy
life were about him. when he, by faith alone,
. laid the 6rsl beam of that structure that was
10 sail over buried planet When men,
r on enquiring the design Of that huge ediice
7 where told its pupOse they could hardly credit
|. their senses, and Noah, though accounted
/. by all very upright and respectable man
became jest for children. As the faFmel
returned al evering from the fields, and the
r CAV citizen Of the town drove past, theI
:, christened it tNOah's y."-Those more
aged and sober shook their heads wisely
:. saying, ''the old man is mad" Even tn,
wOrkmen engaged upon it laughed as the,
| a. \ H. IL Il.
= declared they cared not so long as the fOolis
y old man was able to pay. Stlll the ark wen
J, on, and the day'swoD6e r ceased to be talke,
about. When.it was finished and cnriosit
t., satisfied ii was dismissed from the mind a
- passing folly.
81 Yet | have sometimes wondered whs
~ people thought when they saw the beasts
en- the felO and the forest, and the fouls of III
op air; and even the venOmous serpent, and ii
eP strong mbed lion coming in pairs to ii
4, ark. This must have staggered them anna.
ST linRly, and made ihe ark for while fre.
u. topic Of conversation. At lenght the pau
O'r arch with his family .entered--lhe door v
ep shut in the face Of the world and, he !
Or down on tho faith Of single promises
q. await the issue. That night the sun We
b;r down over the green hills beautiful as eVc
b'r and the stars came Out in the blue ssy, Al
sep nanlre breathed- long and peacefully.
- the morning the sun rose in undmm
!, spleHaur and mounted the heayens.-De
within the huge structure, Noah could HI
tho mufed sound Of lifeswithoat. The 10
ing of herds came 10 his ear and the so
na,u Of the hushandInan ing 10 his toll, and |
gar. rapid roll Of carriage wheels rolling pa
par. and perhaps the ribala shout and laugh
par those without; as they expended their
par par on him and bis ark together. Tosay moth
6 Of the impTobabiilty Of the event, the il
u was pfeposterous that such helmless al
cLuld ontride a wrecked world Thus
dol after das psssed on until a week had g,
o by, but still the faith Of that old man ne
n n shook. AT length the sky became oyerc
d. and arenile rain desceDded--io Noah
Ibeeinning Of the food-lo tie world v
4 ,5e come shower. The farmer, a. he housed
800 cattle, reioiced 10 the refreshing moist,
bs9cc while The city never checked gaieiy
< ~ The man Of wealth his plans But 10
400 rain continued da5 after day, and fell g
1890 and faster o. tie drenched earth, and
LOO swolIeh streams vent s1fgtng BY, men q
~ led the storm that seemed determined ii