The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1851-12-23
The Evening of the Year.
BY BAERsiAN.

Autumn is the evening Of the year, It's ma
ture age and its appMent last stage OF act'ou,
aud while musng on go Interesting theme, "
flashes across my mind. how Fall, IN us Vafleu
footprints forms a great part oil that tue plc-
ture Of human life, which a kind Providence
lays before year after year
From it's bi,ih, the year has entered upon its
henfceni isbors, tn supply The demands oi al
iivng crestures. IL has smiled. wept and ian-
xed through spring, the young aud tender
shoos plants and trees. like an apprentice
reforming the highest work, until in due time
il has safely given ;hem over 10 the more skii-
f1I hand Of the Journeymen, Summer, VINO
in longer dsy, enlarged heat aud genlor dews
has perfected and ripened their manifold fruits
20 deliver them up into the graniries oi The
.nssler Autumn. Bot physical lille rpens. de-
cays and lives again and in The gieai panorama
of nature man may read his destiny plainly
marked ont Oiqin, growth and death are
closely pursuing each other; lessons OF wisdom
and Industry. Joy and pain he meets in his
course OF Investigation.
Among the manifold types with which the
Fall commences its dominion, there is none
more beautiful and Instructive than the varie.
grated iiuee of The leaves. They bespake all
passions. all shades Of diseases, all transitions
and tho plainest Of all thiees. the very tenacty
with which man ciings 10 life.
autumns attire Of the ltees--there is lam
puape in these colors-you must understand II
from the hectic flush Of consumption; the ie'
yer Of the aundcr, the people the typhus 10
,he final palenoss Of doath, the various suffer
incs Of a sick bed are thero 10 VIVID charac'
ters.
Pelled by the beating storm. they bow then
proud heads in submission. until finally disrob
ell Of their foliage the tree other die, or hld'
jh, ir principle Of life Tor future seasons. no
ne snesks out of tho chaos; for the fallinI
ieases are the materials by which nature pro
tec,s lilo germs OF new forests lruit-irees aaC
nlants. They form The sheItering cloak du'ini
the winters For new creations. and when th
cod forst writes his positively no admlltanco
upon the gates of natures workshor--thc lea
YES from the faithful sentinel 10 nforce obedI
ence.
AS trees deeply mark the spot and take
strong root where they stand. as there blosso
ms give hope, and their fruit satisfaction, a
they are uselul. every particle oil them, W
have rule Of life before us, clear and posltiv
far beyond The catechism OF mems creeds.-
There beautiful shade speaks Of hospitality
their extended branches. Of the helping ham
,of charity; their lofty trucks. of our uprigh
bearing; and as they live and thrive only
rain and dew, they ate tho best iemperdnc
preachers out. The storms OF Fall also nav
tongue, and speaks noles OF the preparatio
aod warnng &C coming vacation IN the term {
> production: ;hey tell you 10 lay in your store
ior winter, for your own use aud for The use
The poor and sick
Asin the world of plants there are some tha
grow Les, 10 the shade, while others court
warm sunshine for their progress so IL IS anon
men; some are destined to the shaduwy side {
want and vexAdon, while others luxuria,e
The elysum Of aflluence, who will never look
those Of Tie 'shadowy position unless blast
severe admonion forces them to it.
The stout oak easily supports the tender ~
as il creeps upwards nearer 10 the benevole'
rays of the sun. All nature lives by the warm
OF affection and Kindness is the very alpha
creation. This then--is the first and most ~
porrant lesson in the school Of life.
And tbus we ght 90 90 IN our comparis'
did not some people think always OF the S
import OF death. and with the most inplit
faith in the future, With the idea OF
earthly exit.
To re,ard the hnal surrender. they will e
haust the skill of the medical faculty and q
resources Of the apothecary; for ia spite Oft
consultations Of religion-dearh is the end of
lie which aside from troubles. has many attra
tions. But the decree OF heaven is immuiat
and man must submit.