The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-09
The art, oGIife and tho lore Of The bead

The arts Of life and the lore Of the head
have need, il is true, for terms both cold
and long. The heart must be kept cool
while we search for truih;sDd truth shines
best in what some call a ''dry light" But
what we have said holds in full force
when we look to all that large class of
thoughts which come from the besri,
aud which We wish to GO down in the
souls 0flhnse To whom we speak. Here
we need the thoughts that breathe. and
the words that buIn--ibose that wing
their speed like a bolt, and pierce like
the barb on the sbah.-Snch are the terms
in which j, is fit to hail the long lost
friend, when we once more grasp his
hand, and hang on his neck. ani tell him:
II have seen thy face as though I,had
seen the face Of, God" Thus should we
"sinq praise to the Lord with harp.
with the harp aud The yoice Of a psalm;
and pay our VOWS IN the house Of the
Lord fFs Hear him who cries out Of the
depths; and say what are the stratus Of
his sad plaintl Wo to the day in which
| was born, Let that day be dark with
the clouds ofdealh. Let one voice ofjoy
break on that night. and let lts stars be
dark; let il look for light but have none;
nor let it see the dawn of the day. My
grey hairs shall 60 down in grief to the
grave Of ny son, and there our, heads
shall he at rest. o, my sonl my sonl
tun,,l1 fn loJ I I,ol H. 4 G. 4. ,haa -, sn,,
my soni-And where shall we find word:
with which to wing our thoughts, which
are soft to chide the grief Of the sou
and pangs of the heart, than those we may
find in tile book of God!-lt tells him
That the Lord Of life once wept; but tha
we should not mourn as those who have
no hope; that the time is short; and thos'
who weep should be as though they wep
not. He that trusts in Christ, though h,
were dead yet shall he live. There is il
Him, life for all the dead, who had faitl
IN his name. There is arealm of light am
love and bliss to which tie free SOU
speeds its flight on the wings IF dove
Through the glooms of the grave, and i
al rest. There friends shall meet again
and no tear shall dim the eye; nor tn
notes of woe jar in the songs Of joy
There shall be no night there. an
there shall be no more, curse, but tn
throne of God and the Lamb shall be i
it, and we shall see His face aud sha
serve Him. And that world has no nee
of the sun or the moon to shine in it, b
its light is the Lamb that sitsin the mid'
: of the throne. Gods own soft hand {
love shall soothe the sUnl and dry a
tears. so that the heart shall no more b
sick or in pain. Yes, the huur shall com
when the last trump shall sound, andsi
; which all that are in their graves sha
, hear The voice ofthe Son Of God; an
. they shall come forth in the fresh dew
= youth, aud be caught up in the clouds
meet the Lord in the air. and so shall "
: be blest with Him in new life that shd
not end.
Buff you choose not TO plume yot
!, wings for such high flights. then may yc
), roam over scenes of bliss which stretC
out far and wide on. the green cart
b You may mount up on the wings of Il
=" lark, with the first beams of the daw
and brush the drops from the clouds;
. . as the sun goes down. may join the fig
'. of his last rays, and speed with fro
: the waves ofthe deep blue sea to tho
realms far oG, where the light makes
home. So sing the wropt bards ofearl
y as they twnng the Tyre, and when the f
n of their souls sheds its own. light, a
=, gilds each scene with its own charm
But if men Of mould less fine must ST
rs tread the dust Of this dead world, still
n they will seek words such as these vi
If which to clothe their thoughts, they W
/. in turn cheer the mind aud cause mi
;, joy to smile in every scene 10 which thu
y stems NAV turn,