Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-12-08
For the Buglc.
THOUGHTS FROM NATURE.
A 4 At AUCTION.

"foT mi him the the globe lay preparing quintil!ions Of years without
For him the revolving cycles truly and steadily rolled
BLADES OF GRASS.
The moist heavy wind Of October, odorous Of
decaying foliage sweeps past me, and lcaden color
cd clouds hang low in the sky. To the spiritual
sense this uncongenial earth scene suggests fanci-
iul pictures Of that epoch in the worlds history
known by Biologists oJ the Carbonifcrous Era,
when, particle by particle, the material was clabo.
rated, which has since become Il source of wealth
and comfort to mankind.
Inexprcssi&ly strange and lonely must have been
the landscapes of earth, when her extinct and 81,
gantic forms Of vegetation stood in the dense at
~mosphere and dim sunlight of those long past ages.
No f@ootfal! or hum of insect rcsounded in those
forests the crash of falling trees, the roar of the
primeval winds and waters, the reverberation of the
landslide or earthquake was tho language Of ma
ture then.
Yet this deSolatc period, like all the Eras Of
Creation, was filling the earth with resources for
the use OF man. Hence we may justly believe that
the future VIII be more abundant in things than
times gone. In the perfect adaptation of man to
his dwelling place it follows that whatever he
''~'5' " " sum- VI COItIuVtS
TO be desirable by the aid of well taught reason,
he VIII lind in tic earth's plentiful supplies and
again whatever mGtcyicl may be found. mind will
be capable Of approaching and applying it to some
purpose of use. The free spirit realizes the one.
ness of the Universe; itself being n part of the
great whole and intimately related to all above or
beneath it. Each grain of sand has its place and
force, it contributed to the plant and the flower,
the plant becomes part of the human form. the
flower gives from its beauty, a thought to mind
which shall live endlessly.
TO invent and discover, to appropriate freely of
natures productions by the appliances and i'm.
proyementS OF art, to assist in ones national leg
%islatlon' to rovel in the truths of science, to glory
in the dignity and realize the high possibilities of
the human spirit, which exists under the care of
an ever present Providence, is tic birthright Of
every person. Net to do so, is to defeat the plan
OF nature, which constantly aims at contributing
to the elevation of man, and blinds our mental Wis.
ion to the light of truths which are thick about us.
The dark clouds Of ignorance meet the eve in
every horizon. we feel the dark, heavy air which
bears the signs Of the cnslaved and the beniehted.
Their unbroken wall of agony is a prayer for phv-
steal, mental and moral emancipation which must
one day answer itself if not needed, Tho spirit of
the injured sleepeth not always. The story of
wrong is being buried in millions of hearts to kin
die the fires of liberty hereafter. The day Of.
equalization must come, if not peacefully then
with struggle and tumult.
freemen' who work not unconsciously like the
earth particles, what truths, what sentiments, what
to goodness are you aiding to fix in
society which shall hasten the serene councils of
wisdom and a reverential regard for the rights of
allY When justice is every ones law of life, our
social atmosphere will become, compared with the
present, as one of earth's brightest summer DAYS,
TO the dark heavy air of the primeyal ages. What
soul with knowledge Of earlh's wrongs, does not
SeafD 70 Iapor Tor the right, A. J., J.. r..
Angola, Nov, 1853,