Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-03-17

tTanged, wander so tar from thelr source, 'nd'
they are scarcely recognized in their dark
ness. What can be the errands OF those to
whom we may liken these Those who are
covered with clay, sunken in sin and degra-
dation, and seem TO have lost all the purity
and innocence which the spirit possessed
when first it came from the hand Of God; they
have an Grand, but the influences of clay,
their ignorance of the high capabilities Of
their nature, and their own Maynard ness have
drawn them down; while dust, its wants and
passions have arisen in the same proportion;
till they are like a gem crushed, and ground
into the dust, till mortal eye can discover no
trace; yet there are particles clear. and pure
as was the original when first it sparkled on
the breast of mortality.
But we wish to inquire rather the design
of the Almighty in creating our bodies, and
animating them with the breath of his own
inspiration, than what these have done when
they become perverted. Why did Earth
spring from chaos, and catching up its spark
Of sunlight, wheel on thro' space! Worlds
multiply to infnity, and people immensely.
Flowers spring forth, winds whisper, waters
sparkle, birds sing and beautify the Earth.
And last of all why was man made "a little
lower than the angels" and placed as ruler
over alll Might not Deity have felt the same
swellings forth of soul which we do? though
such that mortals here can never compre-
bend! Do not rays add to the suns bright
nessl Does not infnity, immersiiy, immor-
lalily circle round the All P,rvading, and give
greater glory! If we appreciate all EIrth's
beauty, and grandeur, how much more shall
the ~disembodied soul appreciate the glories
of Eternity. If we learn TO live, we shall
know how to die, and how to enjoy heaven.
Should the sun shine always, we could ne
yer know that an infnity of glittering worlds
b%egemmed the clear azure above. But when
this sets they come on silently, first one, then
millions, and the whole armament is radiant
with glory. So when life's sun fades, and
the rays have gone back from their pools, and
c%averns, the golden ligh, of Eternity bursts
upon the spirits vision, and knowledge, which
like the souls life commenced upon Earth, as
it grows stronger reveals the mysteries for
which we pine here until the clay letters
burst.
And We have trials deep and heart rem
ding. We must watch loved eyes grow dim
by disease-must see their light %eXtinguish-
ed by the glad rushing home; must let our
tears fall, and feel our hearts swell and break.
But there comes a calm after affections
storm hath past-and the rainbow of peace
which the returning sun of happiness forms
with our last tears upon the fast tleeting
!, clouds is unbroken; once it touches the Earth
but ends at last VI here it begun in Heapen.-
We feel, we know then that we shall meeI
a again. IT'S part Of the great GRAND to weave
g affections chain, and see it broken, that oul
. joy may be greater when it is newly formed
e by our disembodied spirits. We meet and
Y part in life too. The son goes forth into the
n wide world never to return, and when thu
d last farewell is spoken, the mother strain,
n her sad eyes to catch a last glimpse of biz
loved form and murmurs a silent prayer 70
help till she meets him in that esprit world
$ We with our young hearts beating hope
fully, grasp each others hands and toll Will,
v together up the mount of knowledge. Flow
S es grow upon its sides, and far up on ii
l. summit touc hing the sky glitters the star o
n sGme. Ambition, noble and unsubverte,
e filings its banner forth with the watchwor,
e "Ercelsior" cleaning upon its folds. Tn
eiars nhaar nc yuitb rnreio L,x.I -. L..
i bosom and.reveals the mysteries hidden there
10 Mathematics points to the circling planet
and computes their distances, and the peri
d DDS Of their revolutions. Philosophy ex
Il plains our thoughts, and all the sublimity G
g. the minds nature. And the lowIy violet
ID over which We bend to count its stamina
T. gives silent teachings of the spirits life.-
10 But we have beckonings into other paths
IL Wanderers have gone homeward, and W
St were not there to catch the last sigh of tn
I'd vanishing soul" We go to weep over the
e. dust and to wipe the tears from sad eyes,
lie And the parting is now. Ye who have ell
III couraged us along difficult ways where ye ha
trod before; and cheered us when our hear
of grew sick from dlsappointments and trials
he FareweH. When the Grand is lone may "
as meet again, and with Deity Cor our teache
~ continue through Eternity what is but con
v. menced upon Earth.
IL To you of the youthful lip and heart,
re whom hope like the algebraic Z is equal
al all things, lis hard to say farewell! couI
wish a blessing upon ye all but oh! | fe
to life is a deep problem. Some may solve
VS. quickly, but others fill the volumes of thr,
he score years, and then find only a negative
in approximate answer. But will ye not pau
mt often in the elimination, and grasp memory
hit hand, to read with her the page now beir
IA filled with half formed hopes, and lutes, al
ter flowers, and broken hearts; and then let tea