The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-06-04
Daniel Webster and the Morning.

Daniel Webster and the Morning.
We give place 10 the beautiful thoughts
OF Daniel Webster on beholding sunrise at
The beautiful! capitoline city oflhe "Old Dom.
| inion,' seated on SlIockoe and Church
Hills, which look down on the romantic
valley Of the James river.
"RrcHMoND, October l6, 1850.
8 o'clock A. NJ.
MY DEAR SIR: Whether it lie favor or
nm annoyance. you owe this letter TO nv
early rising. From the hour marked at the
.or OF The page you will naturally conclude
''a' my companions are not now engaging
my attention, rs we have not calculated on
being early travellers to-day.
This city has a pleasant seat.' 1t is high:
the James river runs below it, and when |
went out an hour ago nothing was heard
but the roaring of the falls. The air is We.
ry tranquil and its temperature mild. It's
morning, and a morning sweet and refresh d.
ing and delightful.
Every body knows why the morning
IN Its metaphoricaI sense, is applied TO so
many occasions. The health and strepc,b
and beauty OF early years lead us to call
that period the morning of life:' of love.
y young woman we say, she is bright rs
the morning.
but the morning itself, few people, in.
habitants Of cities, know any thing about.
Among all our good people not one out of
thousand sees the sun rise once i'm wear.
ihe know nothing Of the morning: their
'uea OF 1t Is that part Of the day which comes
a''er cup OF coffee or piece Of toast.
W "n them morning is not new issu.
ing OF light. new bursting forth OF the
sun, new waking up of all that has
i'te from sort Of temporary death to be-
hold the works of God, the heaven and the
earth. 1t is only a part of the domestic
cay, belonging to reading the newspapers,
answering notes, sending the children to
school, and giving orders for dinner The
hrst streak OF light, the earliest purpling of
the east which the lark springs up TO greet
and the deeper and deeper coloring into
orange and red, till at length the glorious
sun is seen, regent Of day. this they never
ENJOY, for they never see il.
Beautiful descriptions of morning
abound in all the languages; but they are
strongest perhaps in the East, where the
sun Is frequently the object Of worship.
hing David speaks Of taking to himself the
wings OF the morning. This is highly po.
e''cai and beautiful. The wings Of The
morning arc the beams Of the rising sun. II
IS said that the Sun Of Righteousness shall
rise with healing in his wings'-a morning
that shall scatter life, health, and joy
throughout the universe. Milton has fine
descriptions Of the morning, but not so
many as Shakespeare. from whose writings
pages Of the most delightful imagery. al
founded on the glory of The morning, might
be filed.
Il never thought Adam had much the
advantage OF us for having seen the world
when 1t was new. The manifestations of
the power of God, like his mercics. are
new every morning and fresh every mo.
ment We see as fine risings of the sun
rs ever Adam saw, and lis risings are AS
much OF miracle now as they were in his
day, and think great deal more SO: be-
cause 1t Is now a part of the miracle that
for thousands and thousands of years he
has come TO his appointed time withou,
the variation Of the millioneth part Of a
second. Adam could not tell how this
was.
u know the morning; am acquainted
with 1t, and | love it, love it fresh and
sweet as it is--a daily new creation break
ing forth and calling all that have life and
breath and being to new alteration, new
enjoyment, and new gratitude.
As ever, your friend,
DANIEL WEBSTER.