The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-04-13
Letter of MIR. Webster.
The following beautiful letter was
written by Mr.. Webster to friend
RICHMOND. VIRGINIA,


RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
Fire o'clock, A. NJ, Apru 20, IS.
Ny DEAR FRIEND. Whether it be
favor or an annoyance, you owe this let
ter to my early habits of rising. From
the hour marked at the top of the page
you will naturally conclude that my com
panious are not now engaging my atten-
tion, as We have not calculated on being
early travellers to day.
This city has pleasant seat. 1t is
high the James river runs below it and
when | went out an hour ago nothing was
heard but the roar of the falls. The air
is tranquil, and its temperature mild. 1t
is morning, and a morning sweet, and
fresh, and delightful Every body knows
the morning in its metaphorical sense
applied to SO many occasions The health,
strength, and beauty Of early years lead
us to call that period "the morning Of
life; !" of lovely young woman we say
she is "bright as the morning" !" and no
one doubts why Lucifcr is called "Son
eff the morning"
But the morning itself few people, in
habitants of cities, know any thing about.
Among all our good people not one in a
thousand sees the sun rise once n year.
They know nothing of the morning -
Their idea Of it is that it is that part Of
the day which comes along after cur
of coffee and beef steak or a piece Of
toast. With them morning is not new
issuing of light, a new bursting forth Of
the sun, new waking up of all that has
life from a sort of temporary death tC
behold again the works of God, the heav
ons and the earth; it is only part o
the domestic day, belonging to reading
the newspapers, answering notes, send
ing the children to school. and giving or
ders for dinner The first streak of light
the earliest purpling of the east whicl
the lark springs up to greet, and th'
deeper and deeper coloring into orang
and red till at length the glorious sui
is seen, regent of the day !" this they ney
er enjoy, for they never see it.
Beautiful descriptions of the mornin!
abound in all languages, but they ate tn
strongest, perhaps, in the East. where tn
sun is often an object of worship.
King David speaks of taking to hin
self the wings Of the morning" This
highly poetical and beautiful The wing
of the morning are the beams of the r
sing sun. Rays of light are wings. I
is thus said that the sun of righteous
ness shall arise with healing in hi
wings"-a rising sun that shall scattC
life, health and JOY throughout the un
} verse.
Milton has fine descriptions of mo-
ming, but not so many as Shakspear
from VIII ose writings pages of the mo:
) beautiful imagery, all founded on the gl'
ry of morning might be filed.
never thought that Adam had muc
the advantage Of us from having see
the world while it was new.
/, The manifestations Of the power {
God, like his mercies, are 'new ever
morning. and fresh ever moment
We see as fine risings of the sun Q
ever Adam saw and its rising are .
} much miracle now as they were in hi
) day, and l think good deal more, b'
cause it is now part of the miracle thc
tor thousands and thousands of years h
, has come to his appointed time, withol
the variation of the millionth part of
second. Adam could not tell how thi
might be. / know the morning. al
acquainted with it, and love it
, DANIEL WEBSTER.