Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-02-21
Very respectfully, yours.
JOHN G. MILLER.
THE GOLDEN AGE.

UCllOH. IL ldu I's bdlC dllu CAisNCHHe,
without doubt, in the progress Of every
primitive nation. 1t was unquestiona.
bly, that period when the great ma ajority
Of mankind was engaged in agriculture
when there was no strifes of CONNER.
cial enterprise-when the jealousies Of
trade provoked not - war, and its at.
fractions seduccd none from the paths
Of ofindustry-before cunning had sapped
the strength from manhood, and base
ness had corrupted the soul of magnan- !
unity! Agriculture being expressly
divine institution, had the natural eilec,
of subduing The passions Of men, or
regulating their appctiies, promoting
genlleness, harmony and universal peace
among them. The earth was enriched
by iudicious cultivation, and the popu.
lation Of the world necessarily and pro.
por,ionably increased, as Cowper
writes:-
Their harvests over swell
The sewers hopes, their tree. Ger laden
scarce
Their frui, sustain; no sickness thns the
folds,
The fnny swarms Of ocean crowds the shores
And all are rich and happy
The principles of agriculture were
simple exceedingly. That they nigh,
be made so, God. himself, was the first
great planter. He wrote its laws. visi-
bic, in the brightest and loveliest. and
most ineligible characters, everywhere
upon the broad bosom of the liberal
earth; in greenest leaves, in delicate
fruits, in beguiling and balmy flowers
But he does not content himself with
this alone. He bestows the heritage
along with the example. He prepares
the garden and the house, before he Gre
ates the being who is to possess them.
He fills them with all those objects of
sense and sentiment which are 10 supply
his moral and physical necessities
Birds sing in the boughs above him,
odors blossom in the air, and fruits and
flowers cover the earth with 4 glory,
10 which lha, of Solomon in all his mag
nlfcence. was VAIN and valueless. To
mis- hand we owe these far groves, these
tall ranks of majestic trees, these deep
forests, these broad plains, covered with
verdue, and these mighty arteries Of
flood and river, which wind among them
beaulfying them with the loveliost in
: eGualities and irrigating them with sea.
sonabIe fertilization. Thus did the Al
mighty Planter dedicate the great plan.
ta,ion TO the uses of that various and
wonderous family which was TO follow
His house prePured--suPPled with al
the resources, adorned with every va
riety of fruit and flowers, and checker
ed abundance, man is conducted withir
its pleasant limits, and ordained its cu
tivator under the very eye and sanction
of Heaven. The angels of Heaven de
scend upon its hills; God, himself, ap
G pears within its vallies at noon day-it.
t groves are instinct with life and purity
D and the blessed stars rise at night above
e lhe celestial mountains, 10 keep watc}
!, over its consecrated interests. lis gor
Fl. geous forests, its broad savannahs, il
: levels Of flood and prairie, are surren
b. dered into the hands ofthe wonderfully
9 favored the new created heir of Heaven
J. The bird and tho beast are made hi
d tributaries, and taught to obey him.
:. The fowls summon him at morning I,
!, his labors, and The evening chant Of III
: night bird warns him to repose. Th
>. OK submits his neck TO the yoke; ,h
!, horse moves at his Bidding in the plov
}. and the tolls Of all are rendered sacre,
e and successful by the genial shower
and the genial sunshine which descenC
I. from Heaven, 10 ripen the grain in IL
T season, and make the earth pleassn
/, with its fruits Char. Mercury.
: NPBeautiful is faithful heart, ful
f of faith in some other heart! Nor
d beautiful is the soul whose faith. al'ho
J, never even so much as grain of mus
n lard seed, comfortingly teaches her no,
I small portion OF i, is, by Infinite Good
!. ness, permitted to be sufficient to saw
y her from eternal death.