The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-04
lFrom he'HarDord Religious Herald
THE AwAK ENING.
TRANSLATION PROM THE GERMAN OF

THE AWAKENING.
TRANSLATION PROM THE GERMAN THEREmIS.
Wife. Thou hast slept welll
Husband. As never before. Not even in child |
hood did experience such deep, soft, refreshing |
slumber. My old father--thou rememberest him |
well-when he stepped into the room in the morn
answer TO our inquiry how he had slept, "like the
blessed" Like the blessed might say, have slept
or rather like the blessed have awakened. feel
myself newly quickened; as II all WEAKNESS, and oil
need OF sleep, were gone forever Such yigor Is in
my limbs, such elasticity in my movements, that
believe could fly, If ! would.
w. And you are pleased with this place?
III. Indeed must say, we have been in many
beautiful place together; but this Is wonderful and
beautiful beyond description. What trees actually
heaven-highl They bear blossoms and fruit togeth-
er. Their branches swaying to the morning wind,
cause the tree-tops all to give forth melody, II
host Of cathered singers dwelt in them Behind the
trees the mountains tower up. Their majestic forms
rigidy defined in the pure air, and here and there
glowing with all the hues OF sunrise and sunset,
stretch along their sides, float their submits.
Upon the highest peak out of milk-white, trans
ussn ssang mist there spring as sn Were the
From this peak nearest us, there seems to gush a
mighty water, which may call a sea rather than a
stream and which, nevertheless, leaps down the nu;
merous terraces Of the mountain, not with fearful
roaring, but with melodous sound. Wide about
us are sprinkled the drops which water the trees
and flowers, and impart delicious GOODNESS to the
mir making II ecstacy 10 breathe here. Look too, al
this bank whereon we stand, How luxuriantly and
thickly strewn with wonderful flowers We wander
over u and yet the spires of grass are not broken
nor the flowers crushed by our footsteps. IT'S Q
solitary place, yet on all sides ystas open to us and
the horizon tempts us ever further and further on
w. Hast thou seen all this often before, or dos
thou see II to-day for the first timel
II. Notwithstanding all is so homeiike TO me here
and though everything greets me something long
beloved, yet when think of It, must say no,
have never been here before
W.. And dost thou not wonder 10 see me again al
thy side2
H. Indeed, and hast thou not, somehow always
w. In certain sense, have; but in another
not so. IT'S long since thine eyes have me.
disappeared from them once.
II. Ali now there sweeps over my memory as II
were a dark cioud-days Of anxiety, and nights spent
in weeping-only the painful thoughts and emotions
which 50 recently absorbed me. Now they elude my
grasp; ! cannot distinctly comprehend them; they
appear TO me something mysterious.
w. Think on the fourteenth of February.
II. Now, tits all clear to me. 1t was near noon
Four days hadst thou been sick We had feared
much for thee, but still had hope. Suddenly faint
ness came over thee; thou didst lean thy head upon
my breast; didst sink back with deep sigh thou
diedst-yes, II is all over, thou art dead.
w. ! am dead and yet see, / live.
q. II thou art dead, and if see thee, then do
really dream7
w. Thou dreamest not, for thou art awake
H.. O, ar, thou sent down from heaven TO earth
that should see thee again for short time, and
then anew through long years lament thy disappear
W. No; henceforth we shall never separate.
nm indeed sent to thee, but not down upon the earth
Look around thee here; where upon earth hast thou
seen such trees such waters Look at myself; thou
didst go about! yonder bowed beneath the weight o.
years. Now thou art young again. Thou dost moi
walk, thou oaiest thine eyes not only see, but
immeasurably far. Look inward upon thyself has
II always been with thy heart as now }
a. Within me is Deep unfahomable, ever
swelling and yet entirely still and peaceful sea. Yes
when look about me here, and when feel thy
hand in mine-then must say am bessed--I am
in heaven. VT ,,@.
w. Thou art.
H. And then must be actually dead
Nv. Thou art. Hast thou NOT lain sick in that
very chamber where | died, and whittier thou dids
long 10 be brought Has not thy son, day and night
without leaving my side sincerely and tendery nurs
open the blue eye Of thy daughter, in which she
vainly strove to hold back the forth swelne tears
Was there not then deep mist and utter darkness
spread over me faces Of thy children and every
thing around thee?
H. AM DEAD. Lord of life md death, upon my
knees ! thank thee, that thou hast fulfilled this SC
great happiness--to such great honor; dead, ana
happy 70 be dead! Thou knowest, o Lord, how often
that moment stood before me; how often have
prayed thai thou myself, since was not able to do
II, wouldst prepare me for that hour; that thou
wouldst send me soft, blessed DEATH Now o Lord,
that thou hast heard this as all my other prayers
thou hast in this, in all things eernaly shown
thyself gracious and ptifu What stood before me
Is now over. Truly, though dead, have not yet
learned exactly what death is, but this much know
IL
ndark chamber into a brigh, spring garden, so has
thou borne me from earth to heaven. But now loved
one, hold me no longer bnck
w. Whittier wouldst thou got
H. Canst thou ask To whom else but to Hint
All is beautiful and lovely here; these trees these
flowers, this DEMONSTRATING water, this GOODNESS,
my heart; myself thy presence, which, after so long
separation after so many tears Ienjoy again But
not even all this satisfies me. HIMSELr must see.-
Let him adorn his heavens as beautifully us he may,
that cannot compensate for the loss of his presence
What was impossible he has made possible; SO long
SO unweariedly, so faithfully has he worked in me
born he chose. Where is the little earth Yonder
It spins, how far from here In what darkness il is
yelled would not return to it He has condo
scended to go down thither has trod its dust with
his sacred feet, has endured hunger and thirst and
died All he will quicken my vision, that l NAV
pierce deeper than heretofore the abyss of his death
pains. There he won me for his own and that his
dearly-purchased one, should not again be lost Nc
him, he has from my earliest years given me his
eeaseless care Much that he has done for me have
already learned upon the earth now know m ore
and shall no more still in the future, when toeethe,
we recount the whole But now have no time fol
this Emotion within me is too strong, my heart will
s SuTs Inv must 81, away to HIN see him. thank himf
ing bliss, thanksgiving be not swallowed up.
". Th9p wilt see him, but not until he comes 70
thee Until then be patient | am sent 10 thee ~
tell thee that such is his viii. :
n. wow Know for certainty that am In hea.
ven Tor my will yields itsefimpcitly 10 his without
~, - s had thought it wholly insupportable
no. 70 ses MN here Yet not only bear it. but beai
than this seems now impossible to me- So readily
coua We not submit below. But If thou art sent to
me from NM then he must have spoken with thee
he mas already spoken many words with thee3
w. Already many
n: thou truly blessed one Can'st thou tell
was with thee, when he for the first time spake
w. as II has been in my heart each following
1ms han IN using an earthly language with thee in
"p,ch ihsse thlnPs cannot be described
II. As thou sawes him for the frst lime djds,
thou instantly recognise him Z '' N''e o'Ns'
w. Instantly
cuisines all angels e'''' AZ WHICH NC
W mas no need to clothe himself in splendor;