Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-01-26
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For the Register.
Sabbath Evening, Jan. 20, 1856.
Letter TO some absent Scholars.

same Winlry SKY, from when sn1W-AaKtS
are falling (ast--bu! the landscape before
You is not so dreary as that upon which |
gaze, with fearful eyes and a saddened
heart. How have dreaded my first Sab
bath away from ". No music OF
lis weIl-remembered bells falls gratefully
upon my waiting ear-nOr does fancy now
follow the echo away up through the
boundiess blue, hearing in every tranSlu-
cent wave, the whisper ''COme up high
er :" remember weeping that | could
not at its meludIous summons give wings
TO my spirit and escape 20 the bosom OF
God-even while earth was brightest in
the sunshine of your love and the compan.
iolship of other kindred spirits. 1t seem
ed as if il would be such glorious desli-
ny to fade from earth, before Hope had
bruised her wing or Joy had ta!eTcd ~
her sOng-Or one blossom Of Faith had
withered in the wintry wind of doubt
The trees stand leahess and desolate--
unmarked tablets over the dead children Of
Summer--lhe fall Of snow covers many
things. besides frosted flowers and faded
fOliage--hopeS that were as sweet as
spring violetS pleasures as bright as sum
mer roses-frendship that al autumn S
breath grew only richer and more radiant
in their beauty. But Death is on them
al!-gOne-nany of them 10 wake no
mOIe AT the resurgant notes of Spring IN
Ill the Heavenly resurrection bring new
life to all of lovelness that has ever per-
ished on Earth, "RrquIeScat IN pace =
we try TO say tranquility as we bend over
their sepu.chre aud the hot tears drop up
on the impcne!rable ice. "Requlescat =
we cay until the angelic revallie rouse
all from the long sleep - Until 1.-THE
light of Immortality Notwithstanding
shall reveal more than rainbow hues In
the floral garnilure of Paradise. May II
not be that human love and friendship
which are not 10 be perpelualed IN Their
present forms, in the next world, will be
re- created there-perhapO in material form
10 minister TO the g!urIGed who need noth'
Ing but 1.-The smile Of God as The feast OF
ihe soui''-and yet with the tastes of hu.
mainly purified aad splrl!uallsed, may not
refuse to derive additional happiness from
those springs of joy which led The sPiFil
while shrned in the Acshly tabernacle.
The eve that watched tireless by the couch
of suffering friend.-the gentle hand that
cooled the fevered broW-lhe solt voice
that IN sympalhy's music turned sorrow
to gIadness, these may not be recognised
in the spirits new appearance, when It Is
changed from glory lalo glory, but
they will surely sIlll exisl--for God has
made no thing beautiful TO die lie
spirit as it roams through Eden may see
a rarer tint in one of lis myriad flowers,
than other angelic eyes can discover IN II
--mav detect a richer perIume--as Sc
cret breeze bears lis "dor to his subtier
sense. And in lis refreshing loneliness
and fragrance may live the love and
friend ship that can take no higher rank,
no morc elevated form Of being in spirit
world. Human love may perhaps give
the blush of beauty TO the roses Of Para
dise-human friendship perfume their pc
lals-,,ues OF sympathy survive as brerz'
es of'ihc Eternal summer 10 watt then
sweetness close to she beloved one--lhe
beam oI aGerlion's eye--Ihe TnSii"I
clasp OF Friendships k2oG--'ho music OF
Svm2uny : tuues--wi'i not always sleep
in the gave Of The Past Ii they like Us
have heard ,he sentence dust 10 dust. y
they to- will hear "Cume, ye blessed OF
my Father ~ Nothing that beauties hu-
mainly will be lost. 1t may be that HE
tears of pity we weep for the errlng and
the sorrowIng are gathered as gems for the
angels crowns. We know they are around
US in myriads and that many jewels gilt
ter ON our guardians br0ws. We, "a III,
tie lower than the angels ut may be-
have the records of our hearts kept by
Observation-Disclosures by Him who com
manded weep with them that weep y
Each tear for suffering brother may be
treasured IN Heaven. We know that
Gods diadem is made of the jewels that
p6ntenl sinners weep-the tears that hap-
TIE the soul with His new name. So
tina, no passages in Life's drama are with
out meaning. Gu: hours OF sadness are
not in vain. The eloquence of haPpl-
ness is, easily understood. The hopes
that spring in the sunshine of smiles are
seen by all--but The secret dew that keeps
men frrsh-.-the dew Of tears that exhaIed
heavenward and then descended, is un-
known to the jewellers beneath the skies.
Let US strive each moment 10 be impress
sing the world around us for good. Let
the duly Of each hour be done--whether
il be to smile and TO cheer, or to weep and
pray Let each remember that her mis-
sion is TO the whole world. We are all
one famiIy---a great brotherhood. Lee
each strive to brighten some links of the
chain that binds humanity. God be with
NJ oil IN orr wn1k Ynnr friend.