The Yazoo Democrat., 1850-09-12
WM CAREY CRANE.

"Then cOmcth the end, when he shall
have delivered up the kingdom to God, even
the Father; when he shall have pus down
all rule, and all authority and pow1r.-For
lac must reign, till he hath put down all
enemies under his feet. The last enemy
that shall be destroyed is Death" l Cor
iathiaus, Is ch. 2l, 25, 26 vs..
The words of the Christian warrior are
uudyng words Of truth. Tle heroes OF
Scripture speal, the language of inspiration;
divine revelations Of unearthly courage;
heavenly messages Of spiritual triumphs.
The uero-Ap to the Genties presents
in the picture, which his language forms
upon the mind eve a scene, which teaches
some sublime lessons The eye can stretch
itself 10 behold, far down the cycles of time,
the "ERE An end of all human vanity,
greatness, aud glory--an end OF all mortal
tolls trumphs, aud victorics-an end fall
earthly kingdoms. empires, dynasfies and
/ throues-thc end of this visible world OF
grandeur, an all its hosts of starry king
doms which with it, revolve in perfect glo-
~, through the uufathomed fields Of space,
the eud Of time and the epoch Of eterui-
~. And the eye Of faith can behold the
object aud events Of that eud-the Ouquer-
or Of Satan, the saviour from hell, the Cap.
tain of Salvation, the Eedeemer from sin
will have done his work for earth, will have
perfected his mediatorial kingdom and ode
lvered up the kingdom to God, even the
Father" And what a noble series of match
less works has not his Almighty arm ac
compished! lie shall have put down al
rule and all authority and power. Advanc
ing IN his work, he must reign until ruler
and governments shall no longer be need
ed, until kingdoms and governors shall bt
forgotten until the one law Of heaven shall
be kingdom and ruler, the law of eterna
love shall prevail until he hath put all enc
mics under his feet. Sin the enemy Of ou
race, will have been subdued, and now, TIN
great struggle will be with our mortal enc
my, the friend aud companion Of sin. Th
tyraut Of every era. the dcspot Of ever
generation, viii! not only be conquered, bu
the inspired man of God boldly declares
"the lasS enemy that shall be destroyed,
Death.
''Like other tyrants, death delights to smite,
''What smitten, most proclaims the pride
pow'r
"And arbitrary nod. His Joy supreme,
''To bid the wretch survive the fortunate;
"The feeble wrap the athletic in his shroud;
"And weeping fathers build their children
tomb"
But that scene Of awful moment end
and death, earLh's smiter and tyrant is Ge'
troyed We live iG that hope, that death
sting will be annihated and yet
deaths but path that must be trod,
''If man would ever pass to God"
These serious reflections are forced u
on us by the contemplation of a caamit
which has recently befallen us as a natio
Once more in our brief history, not yet a
vanced through eight decades Of a centur
we are called upon to mourn the death
the Constitutional Father, protector al
Governor Of our Union. The hero Pres
dent. who had won the battle for the fre
whom the malaria of the Mexican swan
md the fevers of the sickly cotton CLINE n;
not harmed, whom the murderous storm
leaden balls had spared in the havoc al
wo Of battle, has fought his last battle, al
sleeps his last sleep. How like dream,
the solemn act. with which we have no
become so familiar that, the victor at Nc
terey and Buena Vista, is now among t
vanquished. He now knows how sad
solemnly true it is that "the paths OF gle
lead bu' to the grave" But
"Death is not dreadful to a mind resolv'd,
''lt seems as natural as to be born,
"Groans and conyulsions, and discolour'd fac,
'Friends weeping round US, blacks and obs
quieS,
"Make death dreadful thing. The pomp
ieath
'Is far more terrible than death ITSELF"
Ifthere is time when we should know
North nor South East nor West, when
should forget all Partizan Distinctions 81 loa,
6u political bigOtry and remember that