Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-10-07

The opulent seem to vie with eac
other in contributing to benevolent soci
cites and institutions, and this disposi
ton though Eot yet generally prevalen
among men, seems TO be on the in
crease, working much good not only il
our own land but also in other countries
less free and blesi.
Where can you find under the shi
ming sun, that country whose govern
ment secures to its subjects so many
valuable privileges for their happiness
Search the wide world through and you
will not find It'll Go back and search
the records of the past, and there you
cannot find the description of its equal,
But here we see everything prepared
for the happiness and comfort of civil.
lied man; everything to encourage no.
BILE, disinterested action for the destruc.
lion of avarice, and the promotion Of
good.
Long may the banner Of liberty wave
unfurled over our land. Long may she
continue to furnish such blessed priyi.
leges, inspiring her subjects with mo-
lives not tinged with sel6shness. Long
may she stand forth unhurt, untouched
BY the ruthless hand of dissolution,
shedding forth her lustre as brilliant
lamp, trimmed and burning. illuminating
the whole world.
We in the next place. view the dis
position. The general prevalence oCwhich
spreads light, truth and happiness
throughout all lands
By action good and generous, founded
on righ: principles and motives. the
good seed is sown. The actors are at
first few; their acts are as the seed scat
tered in weakness, Yet the fruit is reap.
ed in power; though cast as il were, a
grain upon the great Ocean of Time, to
be lashed by the rude blasts and howl
ing tempests of folly and corruption,
they will be found after many days,
greatly increased and still increasing in
rich and delicious fruits. Thousands
catch the influence, and are led forth to
tell the pleasure and happiness afforded
by so noble a gem.
Thousands are led forth to proclaim
light and truth to the fallen sons Of Ad-
am, who are yet in darkness, and see
not the light. .H "a. ...r ...-
Thus we see this glorious disposition
Of man, where j. is cultivated, first rev.
then ciVilizing and chris
tianizing the nations; diffusing the glori-
Gus beams of freedoms sun over op-
pressed lands; spreading joy and peace,
where misery and tyranny have long
held sway; clothing in beauty and love-
illness the regions made dreary and des-
olate by the long reign Of maddened su-
perstition and direfuI pollution; working
out the great end for which so noble a
gift Of heaven was designed; fastening
the joyful period when peace and happi-
ness shall reign supremely. "bidding
arms reverse the role, the warriors lau-
rel yield" its emblems OF honor and dis
tinction to the garland of truth, peace
and love, and man be again through
noble and generous action, the delight
Of his Creator. o. the beauty of so
pure disposition, pure in the sight of
God and heaven, who Of mortals can ap-
preciate its worth. or who describe the
glory and happiness of man amid IFS
prevalence. It's as the sun
coming forth in his glory. The lower
ing clouds and icy breath of winter, are
into the shiny days and Invig-
orating breezes of Spring. His genial
rays Of warmth and light descend and
melt away the ice-bound forms that
,lothe the face OF nature with dreariness
md desolation, and by their attractive
influence all nature is revived and deck
ID in her rich attire. The little plants
spring up, put on their beauteous robes,
md are nourished by the dews of heav-
IN.
The lovely flowers warmed by the in
iuence, unfold their petals, and deck
in their most elegant tints,
lovely in the light so freely
yiven. The gardens are decorated with |
-oses. the orchards are beautifed with |
blossoms, and the fields and forests are |
lad in lovely mantle of green. How
and lovely all nature seems
vhen thus clad in her gorgeous tapest-
yl How great the change in her ap-
,earance, from bleak desolation to lively
wrought by this great inhu-
nee coming forth in its power! Soon
he flowers are gone, and then the fruit
ppears in all its perfection, fitted for
he Masters use.
What the natural sun is to the physic-
4, benevolence in its influence, is to
he moral world. How nicely does the
icture presented, of the beauties which
re drawn out by the natural sun, illus
rate tie loveliness and perfection,
which is spread throughout the lands
5here this great moral sun has shone
orth. = .--5-E r-.
The darkness Of superstition, error
nd corruption has been driven away;
he cold hearted, cruel, barbarous ma
lre of man has been sofiened; the
lants and flowers Of truth and peace
ave sprung up, and the glorious fruits
re now enjoyed under its light and in
uence.
tits a gem the noblest ana the best.
utshining the silver of Peru, or the
old of Ophir. Nothing can compare
nth il in beauty, for its lustre surPasses
II the oIi,terine gems of earth. Ii is