The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-10-07
Moral Readings,
.UT For the Culedonian. Hl
The Three Saturday Nights.

4 beautiful world had sprung from chaosahd
as the sun rolled in his chariot of fire, down
10 his ocean bed, his last golden rays played
on us lovely II landscape as ever poets Wild
est fancy hinged. The world wns in its
spring time. The whitening curse Of sin had
not vet fallen on the fair works Of the Cren-
tor. The stars that erst had thrilled in har'
mony, in that mighty pman, when the hand
of Omnipo,ence swept the Tyre of the uni
verse, now in nights glittcring coronet flash
ed MS bright as The flame that forever burns
around The throne of the Eternal. The birds
Tint had caroled forth their sweet notes of
praise the lye-iong day, were hid in The foil
,nge of the trees of paradise. Tho lion and
the kid, the wolf and the lamb had lain down
together, and the rabbit was reposng with
out fear by the mouth of the cockairice' den.
d}almy and sweet rs the breath of perfume,
The Zephyrs were waited through the groves
of Eden,gcnty tanning the cheeks oflhe first
created pair. They were a lovely pair, for
the fashioning band of the Almighty Ind
moulded them to his will. Adam all that was
manly Eve all that was womauly; Adam with
the noblcness ola God, Eve with the match
less beauty ofn angel. Hand in hand, they
walked amid the trees, the flowers and the
sweet fragrance Of that garden, and their dis
course, was Of God and happiness. 1t was
lovely scene. Around them "oustretched
in its loneliness" lay that garden, The bright
est spot that ever doomed with vGrdure on
5this fair earth. The silver moon was shed
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ling trees, on the ripping rivulet murmuring
ION over lis pebbIy bottom, and on the out
spread lake, in whose bosom were mirrored
the bending branches that inclined graceful
Ay to kiss It's unrufled surface. The evening
air was full OF music; for angels had left their
iIuppy abode, and were lowering around with
golden harps. Jehovah himself came. from
heaven his holy habitatiun and talked with
qhe creatures He had made. Thus wnned
the night and soon The sun ushered in the
Sabbath ofrest
During four thousand years times tide had
rolled into the ocean of Eternity and again it
was night, and its cbon banner hung like n
well of death around the sepulchre where Je-
sus lay. A huge stoue was at the entrance to
the tomb, sealed with the Roman SEAL while
n guard OTTOMAN soldiers stood around lean
ing on their spears. In the distance could
lbe seen the light Of the great City, for in the
halls of the wealthy they burned NOT dimy
yet. Feaslirg and mad revelry were there
and the palaces of princes rung with the
bacchanal cry: Many n jest and bitter i'm
precation coupled with the nnme the dis
pissed NaZarenc, was banded from lip to lip
and deep muttered curses were uttered u
guinst His humble followers. In lowly
dwelling in another part oflhc city the dis
ciples ofJesus were gathered together pray
ing. 1t was the night before his promised
resurrection, and with fervent longing, and
intense anxiety they were awaiting the full
filment of His prophetic words, Cor on that
hung their hopes ofheavep. Let us turn IL
gain to the grave of the CrucifeG Son of God.
While the Jewish high priests toasted and
the disciples prayed, God was accomplish
ing his purposes. An angel breHhed in the
face of the soldiers; and each fell like dead
man OH the spot he occupied. A hand of
flame rolled away the stone from the tomb,
forth a God. Then, beings whose brightness
far excelled the dazzling light of noonday,ap-
peared, floating down OH piuions of light,
while an innumerahle company with harps
-ofa new sound, and with songs as sweet as
che p5eans forever chanted before the great
Am, filled the air with melody like that which
came to the lonely sheperds on Judea's plain.
Instead of the ccremcnts ofthe grave they
placed robe of righteousness upon Him.
on His head crown of glory, and prostra-
ting themselves OH the ground hailed Him,
as the worlds Redeemer. The bands of death
were broken, and alleluiohs ofjoy were ech-
oed from redeemed spirits, till one vast song
-ofpraise swelled to the honor ofllim who do
eth all things well. The mission of Christ
was accomplished, the Sabbath of the Cos
pei ushered in.
For centuries the stream of time had still
rolled on, and again it was night, the last
Saturday night of time. The world had
grown old in sin and wickedness, and the
hour offna retribution had at length arrived.
The sun had set for the last time behind Il
cloud rowning and dark as the night of
death, The moon had waxed and waned
for the last time. The stars had shot matlly
from the frmanent.and the sky was stretch
out, gloomy, dark, and portentous over the
affrigh,ed earth, which rocked to and fro like
bubble on the ocean tost. The sea boiled
like n vast SETTLING caudron. The below
,ings of the loosened winds roared wildly
through the forests. Clean after CLEAN of
Iurid lightning blazed along the angry sky,
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