Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-28

But now to take the world Of vegetation
in another aspect, and perhaps the most dis
linclly evidential Of the Divine good will to
man-.he beauty Of the vegetable kingdom
Here new scene, slmost new sense Of
pleasure is provided for through the whole
range Of nature. ] pass by the common
places Of description. But what man of the
humblest intelligence, on emerging from the
narrow streets and dim atmosphere Of city.
has ever looked on the simplest landscs psI
without an instructive sensation Of enjoy
men. in the forms and colorings of Da,ure.
! do not speak Of Alpine scenery, Of noun
tains towering to the clouds, Of forests, sheet
ing slopes Furnished in Italian suns, or Of
magnificent lakes, reAec'lng like mirrors
every hue Of southern heaven. speak
merely Of the common sights Of our less
gorgeous land, the field touched with the
verdure OF the early year, or The changing
richness of the corn-6eld, or even the clouds
fving over the soil, and throwing their vari
ed lights over the pasture, the garden, and
the grove.
And, if we look more closely still. the
sense Of beauty is only heightened. What
art Of the pencil ever equalled the ,inges of
the grape cluster, it's play of light, and the
pearly or purple perfection Of its form q
What refinement Of pslnlng can surpsss The
orange. g leaning through the deep verdure
of its leaves, the gradaiions Of its color, in
the peach, or the rich delicate beauty touch
ed on The multitude of fruits with which we
are all familiar? And vet its loveliness is
not accidental. In the whole immense famI-
~ Of roots, which form SO large portion
Of human food, there is seldom any beauty
OF either color or form-,heir growth be-
meath The surface of course excluding them
from giving pleasure to the eye. Blu. where
position sIIows of this pleasure, it seems
continual study. The progress of the.
fruu.,ree is almost succession Of beauty,
from the springing foliage, the bud, the bIos-
som, The formed fruit, TO the ripened color
ing. In all The lovellness Of nature, know
nothing lovelier than the orchard Of our
country under the vsrying lights Of leaves
and color Of spring, summer, and autumn.
!. Is also TO be remembered ,ha, this va
rie,y snd this beauty arc evidently an ap-
peal 10 The senses of man ss a beng capable
Of comprehending both. The lower AMI
mails seem 10 have but little variety Of food.
Those which under human care mus, Of
course take what we provide: but left to
their own choice. they seldom stray from
one species. snL in nothing do they exhibit
a discoverable sense Of beauty.
Bn, another enjoymen, s'lI remains for
man in the fragrance Of The vegetable world.
Vegetation is aImos, The only source OF fra
grsnce snd YET how c"pinus, how con'es-
,ant, and how exquisite is its en- nrment-
Who has not owned the delight nf the morn
ing air. ss il comes freshened from the field:
Who has no, felt the cool odnrs Of the for
es. ade, while The sun is blazing abroad
o. when the dav goes down. who has not
enjnyed The sudden sweetness OF flowers be-
gluning !" breathe under the dew or, al
nigh,.fsIl, has no, scented The new-mown
hay, and fel. all this as q pleasure distinct
from all Others, or which even more than
plesses, awakening finer sensibIIiy thai
tbs, Of sight, and seeming to soolhe, and
perhaps even 10 purify the mind?
Bn, there is sull an immense region Of the
vegetable kingdom which yet more strong.
ly marks the Divine design Of human hap
piness-,he whole boundIess range Of flow
ere, whose chief conceivable pup"se is for
the en- jovmeni of the human sense. Such
subierls as those sre familiar, but not irih-
ing Our Lord himself did not disdain to
recall our thoughts 10 those works OF his
Almighty Father: "Behold the lilies of the
feId-Soomon in all hi' glory was not ar
rsved like one Of these"
But not merely tints Of fragrance, or
ma,chIess grace Of form here excite our aj-
mlralion; they ere new repository Of
knowledge, treasure Of intellectual inquiry,
az exhaus.less study Of the finest mysteries
of nature. Among all the productions OF
the earth, there are none which give more
unanswersble proof Of the infinite invention
aud profound science Of the Deity, if we
may venture to apply such language to Him
who said, ''Let the earth bring forth grass
and herb yielding seed after his kind, and
the trees yielding fruit, whose seed is in it.
self, after his kind, and God saw that il was
good"
The subjec, abounds in details Of singu-
lar interest. Yet ! shall here only observe
that however useful this cover.ure of the
earth may be 10 The insect races, it's lowell
ness is only for man, and that 10 him it is
only briIlan. boon, a touching donslve
Of The. Supreme Beneicence. Yet it has a
purpose, and of all purposes the highest; it
teaches man to adore Him in whose hand
the mighty and the minute ore equally the
instruments Of goodness, while he, is the
lofliesI and the humbles. objects OF creation
is equally wondrous,
"Who gives its lustre to an insects wing,
And wheels bis throne upon rolling world"
The man who was "sruck with aston
ishmen,," wi,hou, resisting it. has been sen.
TO the mex, Peace Convention.