Litchfield enquirer., 1856-11-13

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5nsrsf aud owsts so5n, III 6ugh the shadowy
lAn, 4hcrs floats xhs Aee&d voices that NE
ilusei 10 faoSe. In isstiaslifain. Near and Silver
lstreef. sv's Dandee,x eax IN eaFblmg measures
hrsels and sweet old Coiiat falls upon the ear !;
"a mo5lI surmsfntss tdsH woods, end rides a
IlmonieHt IKE agshsp agsh Vie leafy waves o.
ahmas then bears a~as sthe Blue water of
Gods esesn,s aud ouers Allo that scene and
in1Efl.k itr1)esaE sssis4al ID % @smsss ssa
i I1e dss ssross nrdxaSs aal RESTLESS in the
Igrasss headakA iss6s if . NJ No. oar mother,
and she really breathed !; NJ the mists Of gray
that with the willows ssiHge the stream Of
silver; and the memory efstiat hour IS gold
Morning comes, and with it the robins song
they did not sat the robins then little
flock Of white clouds grazes silently in the
easrern field OF Heaven. and tho hills at the
west Of US are rcd with Days new sacrifice.
East across TIE river.--perhaps it will do no
harm to name it-across tie Black River -
stand in majesty, rank after rank, the eternal
woods, and among Their coronals and wrcathel
with leaves, there always lie in such June
mornings, three silver Clouds three brcaths Of
beauty, from three forest lakes beneath. They
always seemed to us three sylahes Of thanks
giving the Sun discovered on their nightly way
to God. -
The Lombardy poplars, in long array. that
seem forever goin4. over Clinton's hill, wear
crowns of fame and there, with sentry LON
bards rounp about, amid a wilderness of woods,
hard by the river, in the Valey's heart, lies the
sweet village, the sweeter Day did find. That
was haunt for Sunday, and might have been
its homestead. 4#
There under thoe risen sun. the village lay in
Sabbath slumber The blinds of the two
windows of the store the eyes of commerce,
unspcculative, were fast closed the village
school and village mill had grown murnlurless
together; not wheel ratified down the street !;
not shont or boisterous song aoated up the
valley il was six o'clock, and Sunday morn
ing. ~ "
And So i, wore away till the hour of wor
ship. then over the village ovrr the clcarings
over the woods, the music Of the bell fioated
aoated all abroad, and from the hills then,
came an answer back, and voices Of bells from
among the trees. And then from the country
round they came, on horseback by twos--thcre
were pillions then--on foot in groups, in wag-
ons by families, and now and then chaise.
and went up--fcr it was set upon a hill--to
the House Of the Lord in 1cotnpanS Guiltless
Of adornngs, there it stood, grown gray iii
time and storm, its srire like a solemn finger,
pointing eyer unto heaven, its palpit ike a
swallows nest fast 10 the wall, midway 'twixt
earth and sky its seats naked as Truth, for
the Injuries Of religion were not kept al the
one store It's uncarprtcd aislcs, lit ungihlid
hymn-bool,s, its ungildcd congregation Tn,
fashionable they may have been, but they arc
gone, the most Of them, we cannot doubt,
where the styles do not change with the moon,
and robes Of white, and crowns aud harps Of
gold ere the fashion forever,
Now, midsummer though it was. the heads
Of that congregation were sprinkled with snow
And the Minister the gifts of gray hair and
Of wisdom were h.s-strangc that he should
die we did not think he could. How simple
was his doctrine, how clear his rcasoning, how
earnest his cx!iortHtioD, how honlrly his phrase,
hut how beautiful his spirit He might have
stood on Mars Hill he might have tAke, the
place and pillow Of the beloved disciple !
but the prayers of David the son OF Jesse are
ended" aud we shall hear his voice no more.
And the hymns they used to sing then, and
the singers that sang them, united TO tho music
and the choir Of Heaven The blacksmith
that sang base has exchanged iron for gold,
and the girl that sang ais has pu! Of the blue
dress she wore then for garment Of glory
The morning services done, then came the
incoming" and in groups, ia the church, and
out Of doors under the trees, and at the neigh
bors' hard by, and in the place Of graves they
passed the hour, and there was the fragrance
of caraway, Of new apples and Of roses
The sermon done, as the disciples did Of old
"they Gang hymn aad went out" Kind
words we're said by the way. ard hands were
claspcd by honest hands again. and the inqu-
sit;on of friendship was satisfied: the corn
was promising the sheep were shearcd. the
baby was well : one !" was waiting. he said,
for his tnrn over Jorfan;' and another
would "plongh the new clearing next week"
And the Minister he had greeting for all
his garments were hoihcspnn, but his spirit was
clothed in the wardrobe Of Heaven sFaa
The yellow snnbcams fell aslant the lard
seapc The chiirch was siles,t,; neither lin
gcrcd in the graveyard 10 look for the, hum
,Iredth time where little WILLIE was buried
and girl plnckcd a leaf froa the grave of
friend, who. lin her youthful beauty died e
the birds sang in the NAPLES the stream ran
on with laugh among the rocks and shout
as it plugged into tic gulf aud inerrilv walt