The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-10-16

When wr rarf our EYES Ground on the
,sa-ts af u.sfa-t's Gai-when Nc behold tie
Iuai uary 81 GAS giving radiance olhs world;
fam uhnar irhi, vcrctauou springs into en-
isr-re--u ben we sev bills and valley s,riyers
ss8 oceans. .ulinnr ~ Ith the laxurics OF man,
we Ig aur Il atcfh cgrr 60 hcuven, in Hdoru-
tdr Io thc great ortgiunl 81 81 thrsc earthly
g,oftsA hn arain our eyes traverse the
ssule lEndsraPr, and Boo quick flight survey
thr CREATION ~ Cad aud lo. the sceiie -
CHANGED. the rIafips 81 Autuutu are S'Asicd
Lf the d1-is of siutcr, and Ihc gensu ri np-
plaroucs of Csrtl's auphitheutrc Is Inverted
fhr tlie g.uum nf dCatiF anil nt the rEht we
marvel tlst nil these glories are ulus con-
auercl hy thc cen tyranl, and behold in them
.hr likeness ormlu's mortality. hgnin we
Hg our eyes 90 heaven aud worship God; for
bv thc sacred testimony we belive Though
man dice yet De- shall live aggin, for death
shall no longer have domiuior oTCr hin.
Thus mankind survive AutuUinff iading glO-
~. and 1--we when the works NJ iiature die.
EuJ the powers of mental attraction draw
90 .r-l-rt -''inz aud revolutions We
~ Cor them aniona ihe De- 'urtcd slories
ofiorurr centuries and often treasure them
am. as tl.r choicest portion e orr early ni-
t,.nuruis. Il were a feast 90 muse Ourselves
hv walking over the dCsol alton Of Ihobes,
surrounding Dos pyramids, aud mounting To-
thetr sl.uuii~. II were worth days Of tur-
utail 90 cuief ,hc city OF BDck, thc fortress of
Eiom. thlt we might obioifa fragment from
she crinlHing wreck % structures, which
cost the tuG OF ages. N0 would willingly
spend DAYS and months IT, exploring for sOmc
nruicnto Of 'Tadmo- IA tie forest, or of Bah
Won, or OF Nineyah, that great city "oi three
DAYS tourney, rin which g DDS servant preach
~. flu We may read the death knell Of cv-
cry earthly glory, md those deyOtces who
shared a part 10 raising the mighty structures
which seemed 60 challenge that guawning
tooth Of Time, by looking into the mirror of
expiring nature, spread out before Va at this
Autumnal season.
Let us ascend some lofty summit, survey
thc broad landscape, aud behold the fading
glories Of the dying year. see the beauties
of that shroud now expanded before ms IA all
the splcudor Of golden hues--in all he gran
deur or sculpture, sketchcd aud filled out by
Him who trauscends the skill OF the Nblest
artist We sec the garments Of dcath inn
pending through every pathway Of life. We
sec tne rays oflghi. as they fall from the
king Of day upon the dying habilimcnis Of ma.
tore. aud thoughts come pressing on AZ the
SPECTACLE such as We would cherish when
llle sun shall have Withdrawn his light, and
tllis ,iod Of mortality have Ieiiuquished the
spark that gives II life. II u no fiction that
fAHlttM our alitulihN ~ We survey AANAtt
dying theatre. Il j. no bubble that we grasp
" hcn We commune with Auiumn's hnal
groans. rs she expires ~ the hgoHies Of death
No, 10 Is solemn reality, that must soon
thWart ihc path Of every MAN. for "all 6esh
rs sruss, oud all the goodness thereof is ms
~ sVstcr g the 6cld.n
TIE fading giNnes &c AutI1nh are not on
~ ei1ilii-vrlaissa dfJu nsortaltty, Sut Of the
rrssh Of ulaiirr, un,s Hnai ssrerl. - wor'dt.
Tltis earth. which las stood for ages, and
tsrayed the reyoluIions Of time, must grow
weary lg old agc. deyiaio Ia her course, and
dissolve o. the fires Of the last day. The
SPARKLING stars Of heaven, that have long gilt
tered on thc mautle Of ni yhi, must fall from
i.seir sockets like thc leaves Of Autumn! The
vast lu'uiunFy Of ay, ihat gives light TO the
planetary sysiem, shall be darkened 10y the
-srnfh az God. sod shall swell The funeral
dirre 81 DIVING worlds The silver moon,
with iirr dam radiance, which has so long
d@T'rllrd nigls,'s dreary curtain shall I've turn
cd t1 hiood Aussd tlss scenery Of dying ma
tuus. we scc worlds on worlds expiring ia the
aEouscs 1T dosik For lhus saith the Lord,
THE sun shalt be- dnrkcned, the moon turned
60 hiosal tlso siars shall fall from heaven, and
ths caf1h pass away."