Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-11-05

deer wanders, and the child loves tb play,
there God himself brews it; and down, low
down in the deepest valleys, where the
fountains murmur and the rills sing and
high on the tall mountain ssops wherel the
naked granite glitters like gold in the sun.
where the storm-cloud broods, and the thun-
der-tones crash; and away far out on the
wide, Wild sea, where the hurricane bowls
music, and big waves roar the ch5rus,
sweeping the march of God,'--:hers he
breWs it, that beverage Of life, health-giying
water. And every where il il 4 thipt Of
beauty, gleamiag IN ihe deW-drop: sitssk k:.sl
's1''saHvr farn5 suInTng ID the icegsm
till the trees all seem turned to living wv
spreading golden veil over the set
ting sun, or white gauze around the mid.
night moon; sporting in the cataract; sleep
ing IN the glacier; dancing in the hail
shower; folding its-bright snow-curtains
softly about the wintry world: and weaving
theSmany-eolored iris, that seraph's zone
OF the sky, whose harp is the rain-drop Of
earth, whose roof is the sunbeam of heaven,
all checkere9a aAer with celestial flowers, BY
the mystic q of refraction. Still al
ways it is besStiful that blessed lifs wa
ter! No poissA bubbles on its brink its
foam brings not madness and murder NO
blood stains its liquid glass; pale widows
and starving orphans weep not burning
tears in its clear depths; no druukard's
shrieking ghost from the grave curses ii
in words ofeternal despair! Speak out my
friends, would you exchange it for -she
demon 8 driak, a:cfaolr'
A shout like the roar Of the tempest an.
swered-"No!"
Critics need never tell me again tha
backwoodsmen are deaf to the divine voice
of eloquence; for | saw, at that moment
the missionary held the hearts of the mul
titude, as it were, in the hollow Of his hand
and the popular feeling ran in current ST
irresistible, that even the duelist, Wat
Foeman, dared not venture another inter
ruption during the meeting
| have just reviewed my report of tha
singular speech in the foregoing sketch, blu
alas! | discover that / have utterly faile
to convey the full impression as.my reaso
and Imagination received it. The language
to be sure, is tLere- that | never coul
forget, but it lacks the spirit; the tones Q
unuterable pathos, the cadences of mourn
full music, alternating with crashes of terri
Bile power; it likes the gesticulation, no,
graceful as the play of a golden willow j
the wind, and anon, violent as the motto
ofa mountain pine in the hurricane
LACKS that pale lace, wrapped IN It's dreal
of the spirit-land, and those unfathomabl
eyes, flashing light such as never beanie
from sun or stars; and more than all,
likes the magnetism of the mighty sol
that seemed to diffuse itself among ii
hearers as viewless stream of electricit
penetrating the brain, like some secret fir
melting all hearts, and mastering every v
lition.
The Camp, Meeting continued, and
revival attended it, such as never befor
or since, was witnessed in the forests
Texas. But unfortunately on the last d;
of the exercises, news arrived on the grou1
that neighboring farmer had been IN,
dered, and his wife and children carri
away prisoners by the Indians.
, The young missionary sprang into
: pulpit, and proposed the immediate orga
ization of a company to pursue the sa'
9 ges. The suggestion being adopted,
! mover himself was elected to head the p
ty. After several days of hard riding th
!, overlook the barbarous enemy in the gra
= prairie. The missionary charged foren
of his troop, and having performed pro-
, gies of bravery, fell-not by the hand
= the Indians but by shot from one of
own horsemen
). Such is the only fragment from the /
graphy of wonderful genius; the $
= twinkling ray of a dazzling luminary, Il
rose and set in the wilderness, torn
! from Paul Denton's look of life. Pc
:. = be with his ashes He sleeps we'll in t
- ~ lone isle of evergreens, surrounded BY
~ ~ evergreen sea of the great prairie.
- ture's beloved son inherits her costli
= : tomb--that last possession. the inaliena
. fee-simple ofall time Great West.