Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-06
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Saturday night, Aug. 9th. was one of
rare beauty and loneliness. When we.
the atmosphere. it was soft.
cool and PLEASANT sweet zephyrs seemed
to be waited upon the g wings of the
wind" When we contemplated the hea-
vens, they were spread out as . beautiful
dome over our heads, be decked with. shir-
teen thousand orbs of light while the
pale moon, in her waxen brightness wal
king amid the hosts of stars, scattering
the nocternal gloom and half restoring the
the day. presented a scene, as i aPPre:
bend, such as the sweet singer OF Israel
witnessed on the plains of Judea when he
sang
"The heavens declare the glory Of God
The firmanent sheweth his handy-work.
Day unto day uttereth speech
Night unto night showeth knowledge"
Or when that ardent admirer of nature
the poet Addison, sang
What, though in solemn silence all the stars.
Move round the dark terrestrial ball
What, though no real voice nor sound
Amid the radient orbs be fouud
In reasons ear they all rejoice.
And utter forth glorious voice
Forever singing as they shine,
The Hand that made us is divine"
On that lovely evening. lively emotions
filed the soul. Our thoughts, like we'll
dated balloon seemed to be detached from
earth and inclined to mount the upper
skies. The day previous had been one Of
much beauty. A fructifying shower
had blessed the parched ground, and
invigorated all nature, animate and
inanimate. All nature seemed to stand
forth dressed in all the living charms
of beauty. W. had spent the day
on a sick bed of our own till o'clock
P. NJ when we were summoned to
the death bed of a saint of God.
and being convalesant, with cane in hand
and umbrella spread, we FASTENED to the
scene. above all others, the most bless
ed. For
The chamber when the good man met his fate,
Is privileged above the common walks of life
Quite on the verge Of Heaven"
Having spent the evening in singing.
prayer, and religious conversation and
having bid final &c. faretOell'' to one whom
Christ was calling to himself, till we should
meet when no farewell tear is shed, -
we repaired to our lodgings for the night
to seek refreshment in
/" Tired natures sweet restorer, balmy sleep"
We had lain US down to rest, and while
meditating upon the events of the past
day, and of the present evening.
the goodness of God in giving his children
grace to triumph over death,-and the
scenes that So shortly would be witneS
sed in heaven by the entrace Of another
soul saved from the future consequences
Of sin, which under the guardian care OF
some angel band would b. conducted
up through the skies TO the gates of the
= Eternal City and when the leader
in the van Of their host. by blast upon
his trump would give the signal Of Their
approach, -and sing upon his "golden
harp" Lift up your heads o. ye gates
and be We lifted up we everlasting doors
and let the heirs of glory come in.''-
While the porter from within inquiries
who are the heirs OF glory % He i,
answered. They that have washed
their robes and made them white in TIL,
blood of the Lamb-thev are the heirs OF
glory" While INDUCING in these reve
ries we fell asleep. but our slumbers were
soon broken by one voley after anothc,
Of the most horrid oaths and imprecalions
that ever stunned our unfortunate ears
For the moment we Thought legion OF
demons had been turned loose upon the
street. Repairing 10 the window, "by the
light of the moOn," we saw on the cor
ner of the street group of half grown
men, running to and fro, pulling aud
hauling, and passing that very common
epithet among drunkards and gamblers
the :" lie. " The difficulty as far as we
could learn from their gutteral. badly ar,
Liculate sounds, seemed to be about this
some gentleman =? among them imagined
his dignity (?) insulted, his honor (?)
was called in question. He must be re,
dressed and nothing could do it ex-
cePt " fight at 6sty cuff" accompanied
with oaths and cursings. better betting
tiend from the bottomless pit than the
grown up sons Of protesting Christians in
the middle of the nineteeLh century Now
the secret of his whole matter is Just this;
they were drunE.--0H drunk. And now
no doubt, feel ashamed OF their conduct
When, and how can this awful state
OF things be remedied Not while
these heII,traPs baited with "spark.
ling wine" are set all along the walks
Of our youth. Not by moral suasion
but by appealing to the strong arm
OF the Law the Propriety of which,
We propose discussing in few papers
through the columns of the g Register. u
as l see the Editor has kindly opened his
columns to the proper discussion of this
to u.s. all important subject.