Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-05
The Work of Ereiftion.

The WORN OF
The Creator has spoken, and the stars look
out from openings of deep unelouded blue; and
rs da, rises and the planet of morning pales
in the east, the broken cloudlets transmitted
from bronze into gold and anon the gold becomes
fire. and at length the glorious arises out If
the set. aud enters on his course rejoicing. 1t
Is q brilliant day, the waves of deeper and soft
ter blue than before, dance and sparkle in the
light; the earth, with little less to attract the
gaze, has assumed garb of brighter green; aud
Us the sun declines amid ever richer glores than
those which had encircled his ring. .he moon mp
pears tul orbed III the east-to the human eye
the second great luminary of the heavens-and
climbs slowly to the zenith as night advances.
shedding its mild radiance on land and sea- Again
tie day breaks; the prospect consists, as before,
OF land and ocean There are great pine woods,
red covered swamps, wide plains, winding rivers,
and broad lakes aud hight sun shines over
all. But the landscape derives its interest and
novelty from feature unmarked before. Gi
gantlc birds stalk along the sands, or wade far
INTO thu Writer'S in quest of their ichthyic food,
while birds Of lesser size float upon the lakes,
ar scream discord mt in lowering hocks. thick
as insects IN the calm of a summer evening, over
tie narrower seas, or brighton with the sunlt
CLEAN OF Their wings the thick woods. Aud
ocean had its monsters; great "tdnniaimn ten
pest the deep as they heave their huge bulk over
the surface 10 uhale the life sustaining air; and
ont of their nos,rils goe,h smoke. rs out of u
"seething pot or caullron." Munstrous crea
lures, armed IN massive scales. haunt the rivers
or scour the Hat rank meadows earth air. and
water are charged with animal life, and the sun
sets on buy scene. in which unerring instinct
pnrsaes unremttmgly its few simple cnd--the
supper, and preservation of the individual, the
propagation of the species, and the protection
aud maintenance of the young. Again the night
descends, for the fifth day has closed. aud morn
ing breaks on the sixth aud last day of the crea-
tion. Cattle and beasts of the field graz on the
plains; and the thick skinned rhinoceros wullows
in the marshes; the squat hppopotamue ru>tles
amongst the reeds or plunges sulenly into the
river; great herds of elephants seek their food
among the young heritage of the woods; while
animals of hercer nature-the lion, the leopard,
and the bear-harbor in deep caves till the eve
nIng, or lie in wait for their prey amid tangled
thicketS, or beneath some broken bank At
length, as the day wanes and the shadows length
en- man. the responsible lord of the creation.
formed in Gods own image is introduced upon
the scene and the work of creation ceases for
ever upon the earth. The night falls once more
upon the prospect, and there dawns yet another
morrow, the morrow Of Gods rest-that Divine
sabbath IN which there is no more creative In.
bour, and which, "hlessed and sanctioned" he.
yond all the days that had gone before. has az
lis special object the moral elevation and final
redemption ot man. and over it no evening is
represented in the record as falling for its sneoial
work Is not yet complete. Such seems to have