Lewisburg chronicle, and West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1850, 1850-01-02

radiant skies when, instead OF ihs dreafy
Stiffness and mono,oay OF the vast and
slumbering east, there shall be the cheerful
num Of commerce and industry, the a. = >
Ing fields ard happy homes Of honest Ia
Dor, and The freedom and security OF Just >
and powerful laws ias:eal Of the tiDk!i0g
cam''s bell and the weary unduIaiions Of
The tardy caravan, there shall be the rat. d.
ling engine and the rushing boa; and in.
stead OF The bIistling pagoda, the towering
mnaret. or The gloomy temple, there shall
be the thrcnced houses OF God, and the
thronged halls Of science, the tall sore of
he village church. and the beaten play.
ground OF the village school house. The
lurbaned Turk shall awake from his sullen
dream Of sensuality and slolb, and tearing
from his banner the cleaning crescent.
and siiealhins the bloody ystaghan. shalt
bow meekiy at the foot OF the cross. The
wild Cossack and The sbiyering Siberian
shall learn to serve milder yet migh,ier
monarch than The naughty aurocrat The
besotied Hindoo and the fierce Malay shall
dash 10 The earth the bideous svnitols of o.,
i degrading superstition, and rise to The
dignity Of a renewed humanity. The
miserable Catire and the rceking .io:,en-
tot shall come forth ffol1 their sqtiaiI 6l.h d
and wretchedness, and sit down clothed
and in their right mind OF the fee; Of Jesus
The wild Arab and the untameG Tartar,
as they scour their il'imitable deserts, shall
rem in their flying barbs, to catch the
sounds of these wondrous Idngs. And
the Christian sailor, as he floats over the
classy seas, aud beneath the FURNISHED :
SHES of another hemisphere, shall see ri.
sing above the queenIy palm and the
spreading banian the gl,,tcring spires Of
pure faith, and hear borne on the spicy
gale that comes breathing lis strange ffag-a
rance around his or0w, the sound of the
ciuEcF,-going bel', and the rich melody Of
strains tia; awake the memories OF forgot.
ten years. and bring back the swee, scenes
of homes Ina, lie far away over the blue
waves OF The ocean. Tie sword shall no
more be stained with the blood OF the in.
nocen, and help'e the green earth shalt
10 longer be redeemed with he carnage Of
he battle fed the wild whirlpool of an
archy and revolution shall no more fling
up to heaven its bloody aud heliish spray !;
the groan oiihs oppressed and the moan
tsno cry OF me helpless, shall be heard no
more; but the lofty dreaming, of Plato
the exuting strains Of Virgi. /; the weird
nuinbers OF The S. bill, and higher and ,ruer
still the rapt visions OF Isaiah, and the
mystic imagery Of the lone exile OF Patmos.
and The longing, Whiting. sorrowing hopes
OF ia weary and grouping creation shall be
iully embodied 10 the calm. peaceful. hall
lowed and boodess scenes of the Sabbath
If the world. So
The some prophetic chart that picture,
'orth 10 it's bold and beautiful imagery, the
,abbatic scenes Of the future Irumphs OF
Christianity, also assure us that this ;ri-
nmph will be neither a silent Ior perhaps
hlood,ess one, and that lhe powers that
have so long ruled tho aseendan'. viii not
yield their iron grasp on humanity, with
out fierce and terrible struggle. Hence
there comes also. day that has loomed
ID lis dark aud terrific grandur to the eve
Of the prophetic seer al every poini Of The
past when the embaiiled hosts of truth
and faisehood shall be marshaled for f.
nal and deadly conflict; when the foun-
,ains OF the great deep Of society shall be
broken up, and the rushing surge Of this
tiood-liie of lhe5world shall sweep away
the hoary and ,ime-worn institutions of the
past. like foam on the cataract's plunge
when there shall be " signs iu the un.and
The moon and The stars, oH the earth, dis.
,ress o. na'ons and perpiexity. the sea
and the waves roaring. and mems hearts
failing them for fear and for looking after
the things ,ha, are to come upon the earih;"
and the pillows of this mighty comno,ion
shall heave and dash against every fabric
IN whichhuman hopes are sa.nered. For
these dead scenes are the elements of col
lision silently and swiftly preparing. We
may dream, and doubt. and laugh ami
deride. bu. We stay not the footsteps of
destiny. We must act our par; in tina
scenes, sowing the seed Of dragons tech.
or reaping the fell harvest, Whether We
viii! or M, sharing in the triumph as
crow ned and laureled con9ueror, Or as n
chained and vanauished captive. bound ix-
inobly at the iriumphal car Of vietory.-
Rec. r. y. Moore, Juy &. ls4d-s.
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