The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-11-27
LIFE AND DEATH.

We are like children, who, walking Ia a sun
nv path, behold their shadow and wonder al it.
So do We, walking in tha7lights of lie wonder
at our shadow w--death Life IS the ~, veri-
table miracle, bot we become so accustomed to
the beautiful mystery that we are only 1rPris-
ed At lis absence.
And vet, why should we wonder forlDpath
also, as Life, is our continual, abiding guest =
He walks with US, and sleeps with u3, and
breaks with US our bread. Where We st and
weep, he stands beside US and where the.laugh
rings out gayly, there, also. is this solemn, in
visible presence. We 90 Oh in our accustomed
ways-we talk, and laugh, and tell our pleas
ant tests: dnt meanWhilp our shadows ienEthen,
as shadows lengthpn towards the nlghttaI, and
not far on, whittier our feet hasten, sits sol
smn presence, waiting for us. Oh is there no
swift, shining angel, who will turn aside our
feet into another path ?-another path, where
the grass NAV grow again beneath our ieet, and
not above our graves Oh, save US Oh, guard
US, angels Of pity
Nay, there is in Heaven no angel so strong
that be NAV turn aside thine errand, 0 swift,
sure, terrible death Haste as we will, the
Shadow gains apace upon our aggard steps,
Nay, look not over thy shoulder, poor, breath
less, human fugitive EVEN beside thee IN
the race, is he whom thou wouldSt have left be-
hind.
What drug shall we administer unto thee, O
undeSired companion what herb growing un-
der the moon, that thou nlayst sleep, and re-
lease us but for an hour from thy terrible yigi-
lance? There is 70 medicine. The years
come and 20. aud thr SEASONS, swift, or IN slow,
sweet, regretfu recession bat this blank shade
the shadow Of the seasons and the years, the
shadow Of the world and all that is therein
this comes, and goes not this is forever with
US
But what land is this beyond US. @ our com
panion 2-this immortal land Is this the
cline We have sought so long and rainly,
whittier have fed all those summers OF our
youth which we brsought with prayers and
tears to stay Here may find again the
lost glory OF those days, the bloom and the
song
There cometh an answer :-"Out of the
night is the morning born. Darkness alone
makes visible TO our blinded eyes the thousand
shining sphered lights, which 90 on with Us IN
the great worId-proceSsion, singing iorever.-
Even SO doth our Father order that this shadow
shall open TO us the gate of the land of light"
Unbind, then, from thy garland, 0 sad angel
the cypress and the willow Wear instead the
violet and the lily, and lead US, swiftly as thou
wilt, into the immortal land beyond
ia grocer having mentioned 10 one oi
his lady customers that the submarine telegraph
was broken, she replied, that if in their attempt
they should grease the cable with some OF his
strong butter, which she had been using tor
some time, she thought il would impsrt strength
TO it, The grocer smiled family out of compll-
ment, but didn't sse the point of the joke.
GJThe editor of the "Wrng and Twist,
says he has seen the contrivance which our
lawyers use when they swarm up with the
subject. He mereley says: ''lt's glass con-
Germ and holds near pint:
Gy-Punch advices the Governor of Utah tc
60 il while he's Young, The advice is sem
sibIe, for sombody is Commng who'll check
him.
Gov Izard OF Nebraska has resigned.