Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-10-31
Reflections on Death.

Heavens, what Il moment must be that, when
the last 0utcr expires on our lips What
change? Tell me, yc who arO deepest read in ma
turo and in God, to what new worlds are we then
bourne. What new being do we receive? whitl-
cr has that spark, unseen, that uncomprehcndcd
Intelligence, fed Look upon tho cold liyid,
ghastly corpse that lies before you. That was
but II she'll. n gross earthly covering, which held
for awhile the immortal essence that has now
left it left it, to range perhaps through illmit-
able, new powers of perception. new glories OF
bcutitude Ten thousand thnccs rush upon the
mind as 1t contcmplates the awful moment be-
tween lie aud death In moment big with im@
agnaton's greatest hopes and fears III the con
summation that clears up all mystery resolves
all dOubts-whieh removes contradiction, and
destroys error. Great God what u flood of rap
ture may at once burst upon the departed soul
The uncIouded brightness Of the celestial re-
gons-the pure existence Of ETHEREAL beings the
solemn .crets Of nature may then be divulgcd
the immediate unity Of the past the present and
the future strains of imaginable harmony, forms
Of impcrIshable beauty may then disclose them
selves bursting upon the delighted senses, and
bathing them in mcasurclcss bliss The mind IL
lost in this excess Of wondrous light, and daros
not turn from the heavenly vision to one no tre-
mcndouB as the departure Of the wicked llu-
man fancy sinks back appalled, while hope and
whore all mercy Is, there too will be forgiveness.
EtchaHge,
Az Angel AMoNG THE CorrNs.-Awhle ago
we told of having seen little child asleep in II
cradle among the collins !; il seemed like flower
in a catacomb, tree of life growing in tho
domains of death Mortality had left his con
trhuon boxes all round but the child smiled in
It's sleep, for it, soul wandered in the play
ground of dreamland, whore angels come out to
join in the sports Of sinless infancy. Yesterday
they c0axed il 50 far away that it will never
come back. They took II away down through
the aisles Of Heaven, and hid it under the Mercy
Scat, until the evil days shall have passed, and
until Time shall have thrown his useless hour
glass among the broken fragments OF the world.
The mother looked in the cradle and thought her
child was dead but it was only the delicate
frame where jewel had been left for "a little
while until it was transplanted from The dim
light of earth TO the Shekinah which burns In
the rIumphal crown Of Deaths conqueror.
On for u death like the infants who slept
among the collins! oh for the quiet slumber from
which the touch Of an angels pinion shall wake
thesOu For that we would willingly lie down
among scpulchral sculpturings, or put on tito
wooden shroud.-Sac 1ge.
MrcI IN A LrrrLE-Thero is a little volume
in the following paragraph
Since the Salem (Nlass) Gazette began its ex-
istence in that town, forty nine other newspapers
have been started there, and forty-six Of that
number have broken down. Everybody thinks
he knows how to publish newspaper. Some
buy experience dearly
How many wives would do well to emulate the
virtue Of the Shawnee Indian woman, who was
met by man who asked her to look on him. and
love him. My husband said she, is ever be-
fore my eyes, and prevents my seeing any one
else =
/ GHEw THE REsr,-A boy three years of age
was asked who made him. With his little hand
leyeled foot above the floor he artlessy re-
piled God made me little boy so high, and
grew the rest
II is q fact, though perhaps not very remark
able one, that some voices, generally disagreea-
Bile, sound an exquisite music when they say
good bye
FATHER AND son, Anthony and Thos. Screw,
escaped on the 18th ult. from the Wetumpka Jail.
There are two Screws loose.
Y0Uru is the golden period OF life, and every
wcll-spent moment will be like good seed plan.-
ed in an auspicious season,
THOU cans not joke enemy into friend
but thou nayst friend into au enemy.