New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-08

ceYrefs and mercy NO puoAc uiAa - '" o'''p "'O-
TO tears No nan 10 more trenuoIsy seh''u'e 70 inc
deerest clsr6es of our Da:ure. His lore II coutenr
p.iop /, no. lees Characteristic than his passion so'
Elective ;tion He las many OF the highest elements
Of poetry in biz soa in spite OF BIS terrible sud des
truotiye nationality. Indeed, We haze soset ues
thought that lie Was more poet ihGn logo'an Ger
,;,I, II he had not been forced to batse for IDEAS
vlrb 70 him are aesrer than life, Bis vitality Of inv
e;pston and keen enjoyment Of external nature would
have given birth to noble forms OF beatty, ADD m,fe
him M le,, famous s. creator than ne IL as
destructive.
Yn this dscourfe Oh Old Age tie stern warrior lays
aide his srmor reveal. his ulder features and fingers
around Bis theme with the loTiug gebtlenes. Of wO
u.n His text lie sjewel in itse!f, though not 20 be
found in The inspired canon. Pity il j. that he was
obliged to 20 10 tie aPocryphs for roniispiece to his
,ermon 4. the clear light upon the holy candle
stick so is tie beauty Of the face IN ripe age The
sutjcc, is opened ss follows:
Ib,ye Omen been a-ked to preach Sermon Of Old
Age and hitherto have declined on TIE ground that
could not speak exactly from Internal experience bat only
from ou;vard obser gaen ara hope TO be able at some
fu,rre tine 20 speek the theme certainly II live
nv correct this present iLfTuiiy To dag VII try oily
eskiug all OLD peTsons forgive Tie inperteiions Of 's
discourse for they sDos shat only see 3a a. -.
born a:o Tie OF c father then two aud hy years Old
Who lived add yet another quarter cf century there
LILO and nv cradle was rocked by grandmother who
bsd more II ~ fJurcofe yesrs at my birth cad nearly
hundred when she ceased to be mortal; and as nay f..
Christian rninsry attending upon old sge link
know someifC sb1ut tie character ~ men ana women
whom .iIae makes venerable.
Tie snalogies Of old age With the universal processes
Of nature are set forth il the subjoDed passage
Tbere period when the apple blossoms with is
fellows of the wood and field How fair time. is Al
nature is and winning me material world ceie
4 l.. The .SyA hall ton k0N Nv
lie winds Of sprBg usheTn the universal marriage oi Ma
ure Beat bird, insect reptile, h-h pant. ehen with
heir urorhrtio co0rs spleaa al float fora ard the tide
Of Few lie. Ihen comes the summer Many blossom
fels fruitess the gTouud lterns the earth with beau
IT, povor to be Ihck leaves hide the process Of ere
etioD which ft blushed public IN the flowers and nov
unseen eoes on For III. most deep and fruitful hours
hid in my stery Apples are growing on every tree
al sumner long they grow and in early autdmn A.
length TIC fruit Is fully formed the leaves begin - fall
letting the sup syproach more The apple hang
ihtro yet-no; to groE only to rpon. Weeks long it
cliuss 10 tie i Csns nothing in size and weight
Externally feIe il increase Of beauty Having n1sne1
the form from within. Mature brings out the added grace
Of color II j. tricky fashion painted on, but an eI
preston which of itself Genes outs Fragrance and
e,eliress Of toe appes nnermost Within at the sane
tine. IL component elements are changing The apple
crews mild and pleasant. IL golfers, sweetens; IN oae
word It moows. Some night the vital forces Of the tree
&c. dIowsy, ard tie autumn, vita gentle oTea'h Jus,
lstes the toaeh the e1pecta1t fu lvs 60 It's hold fall
grown u! ripe a coioied too and With plump and hap
~ sound The apple falls into tie sutumns lap and the
Sreh is the nat ars process. which each fruit eoes
tbrar eh-bloomDg. growing. rpening
The ZANE divine law il appropriate for every KIND OF
animal from the lowest reptile up to imperial man ~
very beautiful The parts Of the process are periec: the
whole complete. Birth is humsa blossom youth, man
heed thew ao suu1mer growth Old age is rpenes The
hends Let 90 the norsl bough that is natural death Il
is dsGr COED God who orders all for the apple tree AMI
for mali kind
Tie attachment of old age to tie Past to which,
however, there are many exceptions, some of our
most hopeful believers in the future are among the
"'eeDaIans is illustrated BY parable:
An old Poem Of the North tells Of brave boy who in
bis earlier DAYS found hs mothers cottage too narrow
incurred tending the goats on the mountain eide and
et his heart swell in BIN, like brook from the melting
Of the snow when be ship shoot Ike arrow into
the boy He ran from his mother aud the goats. Inc
Viking took rim on board. The wind svelled the 'as
lie he h top sink in the blue deep and was ro,oa
CONQUER ha houses and land by the lie also is q
viking lie has been all ever the Mediterranean coast
ard CO pcuered IN h,us.s and lands by the in
his old sge his palace in Bye Antium is wearDess TO him.
ard he longs for the little cottage Of his mother 10
dretms Of The goats all day the Kid. blest for hin. He
enters little bark he sails for the scandnayisn coast
srd goes The very cottage too narrow for bis chnood
and cats again ,hs bGrken bread OF Sweden AMI dn.s
il. bitter beer bares h forehead TO the sto. sits on the
rocks and there lie dies Bury not pray thee in
Egypt sad cd Jacob bu, viii lie win my fathers
( bury me IN THEN buryHs place
Then the schcer becomes ar.i3aary be likes not
Young men unless lie knew their grandiahers before
Ike youns looks in the newspaper for the mar
RIGGS, the Old Tor Toe deaths Inc young eve
looks forward tie weird 10 al! before him where %
/ "cboosef Ii lie hard world ne docs not know il he
works little and haps mHoh The middle aged aan locks
around at the present he has found out that Il is hard
world he hopes lss AMI wtrss Inc old man looks
back the fields be has rod this ia the tree planted
this my feotstep and he loves his Oh house MS ola
esrisee cat dog staff, and friend In lands where the
vine pr,ws have old mdn at all day long,
sur n, autumn dsy before hs cottage door, ~ great srm
chair bis old dog couched at his feet In ,ts genial
The autumn wind played with tue olg mans venerable
hairs: above him on the wall purpling in the sunlight
hung the full clusters Of the grape rpeang and matlns
vet more The two ust alike the wind stirred tue
vine esves and they fell stirred the old nan hair and
TO be fully ripe TIE young Loo. forward the old
looks back How long the shadows lie in the setting sun
the s.ctple mile long resching the plain "a the
sun stretches ont ~ hs in groiesque Dimensions > are
the events of life in the old mans CONSCIOUSNESS
After his favorie CUSTOM Mr. Parker draws upon his
fsscy for portrait to illustrate the principles which
be wishes to Enforce We copy his hetch Of fair old
ace in the person o: universal Aunt"
Vhats beautiful thing is the old age which crowns
noble life Of rieh poor How fair are tue latter days
OF many a womsn-v,se, mother sister, aunt, friend
whom YOU erd have Known How proud were the last
years Of Washington; the old 0ge Of Franklin! iew
beautiful in his late autumn is Alexander Won Humboldt
The momentum Of nanness bears the venerable man
bevord his four eIi eghteth year. There you see the
value Of time Ii takes much 10 make great lfe as to
make great estate No amount of genius that God ever
gives men could enable 20 achieve az forty WHAT
Won Humboldt has only done al more han eighty. II
was so with Socrates Plato Aristotle eouz every great
who hos awed the world by the action OF mighty
intellect with corresponding culture.
Thee OF high talent, ststiOn, genius perhaps
But the cd age Of Quaker tailor al Philadelphia and
New York rot whit lcss fair The philanthropy OF
I,sse Horper blessed the land in his manhood il enriched
tic world ia his old age tcagied his l.e givn:
3 en- adC ed glory 20 his soul