The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-12-05


him. 1t is well this earth is not our
abiding place. 1t is well we were
born for higher and holier residence.
} Who can be contented with merely
' gazing on some beautiful and magnli-
cent object, which he has good reason
to believe would afford him inexpress-
ibIc happiness could he be near enough
to behold the glories that it would i'm
part, and the exalted beauties it would
display before his ravished vision,
when ne is not permitted to approach
it, but must forever keep off at an i'm
mensc distance
On it is absurd 10 suppose for a
moment that mala. fashioned after the
likeness Of his God, endowed with u
powerful intellect, and capable Of
such vast progression in knowledge,
and such sublime ranges Of thought
should be doomed to the circllmscrib.
ed sphere Of this. with only the glim.
merings OF the coIosa! dimensions of
intellectual enjoyment, aHd the "con-
tinuous flood Of rich discovery" .The
dim vision we have here Will never be
frightened till we shall have passed
away, to appear as deniZcns in cline
whose inhabitants arc eXpatiating in
boundiess fields of knowledge, and
witnessing the unfoldings OF trans
ccndent gIorics.
1t is true here amid carths scenes
and relations, we see and appreciate
much that is beautiful and lovely. and
to a certain extent have clear views
OF much that is worthy Of our pursuit,
bat the lovely and beautiful are first
to fade from the view-Grst to pass off
forever. Amidst the fluctuations, sor-
rows and Ills that assal US here. there
are pleasant and joyful seaSons-times
when all we look upon wears a snil-
ing and inviting aspect. Yes, the
beautiful is in all things, if we were
only prepared to appreciate it with the
exercise o! proper judgment. There
is The beautiful in physical nature, the
beautiful in morals, the beautiful in
politics, the beautiful in poetry, the
beautiful in art, the beautiful! in fancy.
the beautiful in person, face, and even
in manners-there is the beautiful"
But in the broad range and local.
ties of earth's beautiful things, abhor-
rent spectaclcs and dcfornitics are al
50 to be seen.
The blushing rose, and the delicate
sveet-scented flower are tended on by
thorns and thiSt'es; in the midst of the
wheat the tares spring up; in the same
channel the gold and the gravel roll on
together; the just and the un Just in the
relations OF lille are side by side; "the
good and the evil trench upon the same
line of difference and contrasts" in the
same fold are found the sheep and the
goats; and in the same locality the
wis and the foolish were crowded to-
gethcr.
So it is when we sink in death; we
are all deposited in the same cold,
dark earth to repose alike and molder
in our original clay. The good and
the bad lie side by side; the rich, the
poor, The learned, and the ignorant;
the !aifost and most lovely with the
most reckless and abandoned, all are
there placed on an equality. IN the
grave TO which we are all rapidly
Fastening, and into winch generation
upon generation, for six thousand
years, have been falling. no distinction
has ever been known. From the very
nature and arrangement Of all we see
about us what else can we expect but
to wear away too in the general wreck
Of matter! In the world through
which we are passing we receive such
and forcible intimiations of
lecay, decline, change, and loss, fol-
owing in such rapid succession shat
we can almost catch the sound of uni.
'ersal wasting, aud hear the work of ,
lesolation going on busily around u.s." :.
The most substantial ediiices erected ="
~ man. too, are gradually giving way. a