Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-30
VOL. 5.--NO. 257.
DAILY VIRGlNIAN.



We give place to tho beautiful thoughts OF
Daniel Webster on beholdng sunrise at the beau
tifnl oapitoline city Of "the Old Dominion" seat
ed ON Shockoo and Church Hills, which look
down on tho romantic valley of the james river.
.RIcHMoND, Oct. 16, 1850,
s O'Clock A. M.
MY DEAR SIp:-Whether 10 DO a favor or an
ANNOYANCE. You owo this letter to my early RI
sing. From the hour marked ut the top of tho
pago you will naturally conclude that my COM
pnnions not now engaging my attention. as
we have not calculated on being early travellers
To day.
This city has pleasant seat It is high;
the James river runs below il, and when went
out an hour ago nothing heard but the roar
ing OF the falls The mir is very tranquil and its
temperature mild. It's morning, and a morn
ing sweet aud refreshing and delightful.
Every body knows why tho morning. in its
metaphoricnl sense, is applied to so many COCA
sions The health and strength and beauty OF
enry years lend us to call that period the morn
ing Of lifc;' of lovely young woman we say, 'rhe
is bright az the morning
"But tho morning itself. few people, inhabi-
tants of cities know anything obout.-Among all
our good people not one out of a thousand sees
the sun rise once in year.-They know nothing
of the mornings their idea OF II is that part OF tho
day which comes after cup OF ootfee or piece
of toast
with them morning il not nov issuing of
light, new bursting forth of tho sun, new va
king up of all that has life from sort of Temporal
ry death 20 behold the works of Cod the heaven
and tho earth. 1t is only part of the domestic
day belonging to reading the newsrapers An
swsring notes. sending tho children to school.and
giving orders for dinner. The first streak OF
light, tho earliest purpling of the East which the
lark springs up to greet. and tho deeper and
deeper oooring into orange and rcd. I'LL at length
the glorious sun is soen. regent of day; this they
never enjoy, for they never seeit.
"Bruutiu descriptions of morning abound in
all the languages; but they are strongest perhaps
in The East whore the sun Is frequently the OBJ
iect of worship King David speaks Of taking
10 himself the wings of tho morning. This is
highly poe,ioal and beautiful. Tho wings of the
morning are the beams of tho rising sun. 1t is
snid that tho Sun of Righteousness shall rise
with healing in his wings'-a morning that shall
soatter fc and hoath. and joy throughout the
universe. Milton has fine descriptions Of the
morning. bat not many rs Shakespeare, from
whose writing pages of the most delightful imag-
ory, all founded on tho glory of the morning
might be filled.
Il never thought Adam had much the advan-
tage of us for having seen tho world whom II was
new Tho manifestations of the power Of God
like his merces. are new every morning and
fresh every moment We soc as fne risings
of tho sun as ever Adam saw. and its risiDgs
as much Of miracle now as they were in his days
and think great deal more so; because it is
now part of the miracle that for thousands and
thousands of years he has como to this appoin-
ted tins without tho variation Of the millioneth
part of a second. Adam could not tell how this
was.
II know tho morning; I am acquainted with it
and love it.. love it fresh and sweet as it is
daily new creation breaking forth and calling
all that have life and breath and being to q new
alteration, new enjoyment, and new gratitude.
As over your friend
DANIEL WEBSTER"