The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-09-26
Written for the Winchester Appes,
Solitary Musings.

W. oiC PoSsihS ""oy' ooyo, WCCN't
months and years roll on, and vanish in
the mists Of eternity. Generation sue
ceels generation, os regularly as the great
Luminary Of daj runs his sublime circuit
round the celestial dome. Every day
that bushes into light witnesses the accu.
mutation Of new graves in the church.
yard. New fowerss Of immortality bios.
som in many homes, and blossom but TO
fade away AMI die. Some live TO fater
the (ondest hopes, and enlarge the most
sanguine expectations of dotins friends,
when suddenly they cease to move on
the variable stage of life. and are mum
bcrel with the things that were. OILERS
live to he useful 10 the human fsmiIy--
TO be the means of ameliorn,ing the con.
di,ion Of society, and making themselves
benefuctors to thousands Of unfortunate
beings, when alas the fond and grateful
affection Of thousand hearts, rising like
holy incense to heap blessings on their
heads, must follow them 10 the silent
tomb. Weary Pilgrims 10 a world Of
suffering and toll, as they climb the rug.
gel sleeps, and steer their course through
Macy labyrin,hs find their feet torn by
new lhorns, an their course INSTRUCTED
by new obstacles but they enjoy the
noble pleasure Of looking back upon dis.
trcss firmly supported, upon danger reso'
lutte y encountered, ami upon oppression
au(ulIy defeated" Like Eanias. when,
after tho horrors OF storm, com(orle
his companions as they had lan,lel on
an unknown and desolate shore, with
the hope that at some distant period their
miseres would be recounted with de.
light; so may they comfort themselves,
tina, they will soon pass the terminus Of
earthly scenes to fnl .........
"The land Of glory and reposc."
New temptations loom up in the way Of
the unwary, new tears are wept above
the early dead, and souls are tried at
new tribunal for deeds done in the body.
Change is ever floating in the wake of
time. The hoary specter passes OH, un'
ceasing in his flight, and Change, vigor.
Gus in unending youth, scal,ers from one
hand life, beauty, blessing; from the 9th.
er, suffering, decay and death.
New affairs are erected to earthly love,
new associations are lormel, and new
schemes devised for the attainment OF
earthly bliss, but ere the realization Of
fonJest hope,--of dreams of bliss, of
golden an'icipations, the rude blasts Of
decay and death hurry the delighted pro.
jectors from the shores Of terrestrial
action. ..
| O! what havoc do few years make in
the human race! How soon do we see
ourselves deprived Of those with whom
we entered the world! The man Of en-.
terprise, when he has recoun'ed his adj.
ventures, and retrospectel his success
amidst untowarl clrcumstances, is forced
in the sequal to pay sigh to the memo.
ry Of those who had contributed to his
success: AMI he who has spent his life
among the gayer part OF mankind, finds
his remembrance stored with The gaiety,
the repartees Of wit and the mirlh ,u
amusements Of those whose merr.ment
! and sprightlness are now lost in silence.
! The trader whose industry has supplied
the want Of Inheritance, finds, when no
comes to the enjoyment Of his fortune,
that he is rcpniug in solitary plenty, and
lamenling the absence Of those compnn.
ions with whom he had planned the
amusements of his latter Yeas; and the
scholar, whose merit, after long series
of efforts, hos raised him from obscurily
10 the temple OF fame, looks in vain
AROUND him, from his exalted state for
his old friends and companions to be the
! agreeable Witnesses Of his long sought.
| for aflluence, and 10 partake of his boun.
! ~. Such is the irnperlection of human
happiness,-such the uncertainty of lie,
and such the certainty Of passing from
! earth away. OBJ. .-,
In every direction, marks of change
AMI decay are to be seen. On the broad
face OF variegated nature are written in
indsllible characters the wrecks anI U.
ta,ions Of time. few years make such
visible alteration in the beautiful things
Of nature that the beholder after few
years absence. is almost consiraino! to