The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-12-13

60 There T. beauty and truth Ia lhe fol-
lowing article Gea rho Newark Advertiser,
tl'at will bs felt and Acknowledged By all who
take time fjr ssrous meditation
a MEDITATION.
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Tie heRri fonetncs feels itsali to be IN
uHhaR il "a depTassed By outward crcum-
sances Pcrplexed By Internal doubts Il
wants liehElt Hsni. comfort, Il looks abroad
~ o. Instructor anl a friend. Alas tho iu-
liant IMPOSES softly ou tho maternal breast
Tho ycpllt Doe oi,fience IL hls lather, liut
whittier shall lhSt father and lllai mother ny
lh,msrlfes tor fncf orwlcu adycrsiy impeuds,
o. DO that naAer season when the eindowFof
Heaven seem shut 10 the soul, and hope oeas-
O. 20 b. ia euc,t
Nomaus breast lasLi ~ perpetual sun
slime Nislt win sometimes oycriha,low the
n,ind ~ VOL a. the hco Of nature, Neither
do lLssu erlipaes always happen, when the
exeerpAl world orrayi iper ia mopnipg-
sadness VIII yiili riio hear, as Die deepest
q ,iin'l6ri Hre ever east ~ tho unclo,,dyd sun.
sliuc. Wheh Gefres.ion thus comes 10 the
company OF our pleasures like the dead corpse
chained 10 tho living holy OF the surviving
partner IN some barbarous punishment, Il "a
tbeptoi6unde,t o. all, and moal needs syRpa'
shy, Nbo stAnsls IN want Of pity, Il Il % hoo
he, whose gloon, Ia made visible, n not IN
eroiA1d hy-ftc- ga siy. meaning around, Ike
Atomb Shhu.cip hpoqight2 sidheontra't'
bring out Srendlr apparcnl,lhe shalowy ndr
-iog thinJp, ndexpose this vsseptill forrog as
won AZ eonsoanon, Mralt up within u.s. l.
wants tho roses on the colin i'd ora cbilds
ringing laugh la tue room Of death, 20 make
one comprehend and feel tho whole reality
VI mortality.
prinhl ne arc those hcrcaycments, there
arc grcster Wealth position, power fame
may impose upon Tic world hut they cannot
cheat their own 1o..,ssotA, Arcnrcling per
ron docs not 1--we, who feels not at times that
lo IL homeless aud vail upon the stream
OF time. Hc seems deserted Of his race for
o,ery man by hs conitituton Is a solitary,
aud m atom in lis destiny. lie looks about
for something to anchor his hopes upon but
all istransiiory. Flo calf Tor help; every one
has need oft as much as he. AZ these dark
hours, his hoaNcd powers are strong In start.
M donhis; but can resolve no ditfculties.--
Nothing /. certain but his Ignorance lie Is
amazed with contradictions, with hitown linn
i.atons, and the yastncu of creation. What
WAS tho origin Of all, and (this is overwhelm-
ing TO him) what the cnA? In tho crowd Of
bis fellow bSruqs, man fools 'tronc and conf.
dent. In his chamber. alone, Mt midnight he
becomes alarped at gia helplessnc's and psig.
nf, aucc. This sentiment is dcopencd by
loekieg from his window on tho eouuilesa
worlds rolling along tho overhanFug sky
Nothing but temporary heat-makcl any dlf-
ference, as far a. lao can perceive, between
himself and other dnst And thcn chat Game
eruCt j., in 50 limited q degree, dependcnton
any human power whatever.
iuch thonght, as these must happen now
and then to all redectiug men. Very rarely
perhaps in youth, in tho hcyday oflifc or in
the midst OF great prosperity. But sickness,
sorrow, advancing agc, will be sure TO bring
them. And unhappy guests they arc, wher-
eyer they intrudc. But to none are they
more unwClcomc than 20 him who is high in
power or "at case in his possessions" Very
hard must il be for him who lords Il over tens,
or hundred'. or over millions. 10 he stripped
By sober meditation Of all hi, trapping, aud
Gsnrpcd Importance. He dwindlcs TO an
individual thea ;t-,-i THAT individual, in the
season Of stcrn sclfco contemplation, sinks into
fearful solicitude about his worry czistepcc,-7,
Tho greater the utcllcctual force, tho more
profound and comprehensive the self cSam-
nation, the more the prospect Of the future IS
overcloVded Tho greatest and best have
suffered most from the impenetrablc obscure
" Of ihoir boing, and their fate Mul,itudcs
have lost energy in losing hope; and some
have forgotten the glory Of their mnnhood in
believing themselves so little elevated above
the "beasts that perish"
What IS thcrc that can check these soul
dcbasing. Imagining? Rcqion-Royca-
tion-Frith in Immortality. With the cncr-
rs inspired by these grand>idens and with
'thaehlohe, we Tabor With vigor, FOR we work
in hopes We suffer bravoly, because we do
not believe this little lie Is all; and we give
up friends and life with resignation, even
though itis a happy ono in expectation of a
hctter, when we hope to be united with them.
Thus are wo consoed and re-nssurcd