The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-06-27
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| HIGHER! it is word of noble meaning
the inspiration of all great deeds--the sym
pathetic cl.ain that leads, link BY link the
impassioned soul to its zenith of glory, and
still holds it's mysterious object dancing and
glitter;ng among the stars. I'd
Higher! lisps the infant that clasps ite
parents knees and makes it's feeble essay
to rise from the foor-it is the first aspira.
ton fchlldhood--to burst the narrow con-
I fines Of the cradle, in which it's sweetest
! moments have passed forever.
Higher! laughs the proud echool boy at
HE swing;or as he climbs the ta!est tree
OF the forest that he may ;ook down upon
his less adventurous comrades with flush
OF exu'tation, and abroad over the fields,
the meadows and his native village. Ho
never saw go extened prospect before.
Higher! earnestly breathes the student OF
philosophy and nature; be has host OF RI
walls. but he must eclipse :hem all. The
midnight oil burns dim, but he finds light
and knowledge in the lamps of Heaven, and
his soul is never weary when the last OF
them is hid behind the curtains OF morning.
And, higher! his voice thunders forth,
when the dignity Of manhood has mantlcd
his form, and the multitude is listening
with delight to his oracles burning with elo.
quence and ringing like true steel in the
cause of freedom and the right And when
time has changed his locks to silver, and
Worldwide renown is his; when the maid
en-, gathering flowers by the roadside, and
the boy in the field. bow in reverence as he
passes; and the squire and the peasant look
to him with honcr--can he still breathe forth
from his heart the fond wish of the past!
Higher yet! He has reached the apex
of earthly honor, only yet his. spirit burns as
in youth, though with steadier and paler
light, and it would even borrow wings and
soar up to high heaven, leaving it's tenement
to moulder among the laurels he has wound
around it, for the never-ending glory to be
reached only in the presence Of the Most
Hight Wright's Cnsket.
TIE SAv1ouR's BApr1sM. the 18th
annually presents on the bsnks of the Jor-
dan scene of the most thrilling interest.
IL is the anniversary Of the Saviour's bap-
t!sm BY John. And tens of thousands of nil =.
grims, many of them from distant countries.
are this morning seen fastening from their
tents on the plains of Jericho to the spot on
the sacred stream, where eighteen centur-
les ago the baptism took place, and where
also' thirty-three centuries ago the nation
OF Israel passed over on dry ground, whilst
the waters stood in mountains at their side.
IN accordance with immemorial usage,
great mult'tudes of oriental Christians CON
tlnue to resort here at this season and
plunge into the consecrated waters, under
the Impression that to wash in them on this
memorable day will cleanse from sin and en-
nance immortal blessings.
The company of the U. S. Exploring Elk
petition in that quarter, were present at the
anniversary last year; and one of the psrtv.
IN his recent published journal, under date
OF April IS, ls4S, says
AS early as two o'clock this morning
we were reused from our short slumbcr by
the thousand of pilgrims gathering around
US. There are probably twenty or twenty
hve thousand men, women and children,
Here are all ages and conditions of men
from different countries brought together by
one prevailing motive. The scene on the
broad spreading plains increases in interest:
the flaming torches which served as lamp
to their path before sunrise, are extineuish
ed. the banks of the Jordan arc lined with
the living mass: and now, old, middle. aged
and young. with eagerncss Jump into the
river; the children of several wears are
thrown in, and the infants carefully handled
by the mothers. the poverty stricken and
the sump'uously dressed, alike uncere mon.
lously. wash in the stream. while their coun.
tenanccs bespeak the happiness of their
souls Who would not wish TO ioin in such
a pleasure as this? 1t is worth the whole
voyage from New York. Boston Post.
Expedition into Australia.-A new
Scientific Expedition into north eastern
Australia is projected for May next, to be
under the direction OF Mr.. Kennedy.
The region is called the York Peninsula.
visited by Leichhardt, on his way to the
Gulf of Carpentaria. Mr.. Kennedy pro-
ceeds from London to Rockingham Bay
in l8 degrees South, & is to travel thence
by land, to Princess Charott's BAY and
Cape York, keeping the most convenient
distance from the coast. Thence down 10
the Water Plaets, to ascertain whether
that is the estuary Of Leichhardt's river.
LltcheIl. and, if so, to follow it up to the
junction Of tho Lynd. The expedition
then goes W. S. w. to the river Fliudc rs,
for the purpose ofasce rtaining its sou rec,
and from it will attempt to connec, the
journey with Sir Tomas Mitchell's discoy-
cries in 1916. -'07"-' al
DEATH.-Heavens! what a moment
must De that when the last futter expires
on our lips! Whata change! Tell me
ye, who are deepest read in nature and in
God, to what new world are we borne?
has that spark, that unseen, in
comprehensive intelligence fled? Look
upon the cold lived, CHASTITY corpse that
Use before you? That was but she'll,
a gross earthly covering, which held the
immortal essence which has now left it;
lett to range, perhaps, through illimitable
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