The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04

De--cA W OSoiCH dAlu lu6 u1OIu1uR
We give place to the beautiful thoughts
of Daniel Webster on beholding sunrise
at the beautiful capitoline city of "THE
OLD DoMINIoN," seated on Shocke and
Church Hill, which look down on the
romantic valley of the James River:-
RICHMOND, Oct. 16, 1S5OJ
8 O'Clock, A. NJ. {
!"MY DEAR SIR:-Whether it be favor
or an annoyance, you owe this letter to
my early rising. From the hour marked
at the top of the page you will conclude
that my companions are not now engaging
my attention, as we have not calculated
on being early travellers to. day.
"This city has 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 very tranquil and its temperature
mild. 1t is morning, and amorning sweet,
and refreshing and delightful.
Every body knows why the morning,
in its metaphorical sense, is applied to SO
many occasions. The health and strength
and beauty Of early years lead us to call
that period the morning of our life;' of a
lovely woman we say, she is as bright as
the morning.
"But the morning itself, few people,
inhabitants of cities, know anything about.
Among all our good people not one out of
thousand sees the sun rise once in a
year. They know nothing of the morn
ing; their idea of it is that part of the
day which comes after cup of coffee or
a piece of toast.
"With them, morning is not new issu-
ing of light, a new bursting forth of the
sun, new waking up of all that has life
from sort of temporary death to behold
the works of God, the heaven and the
earth. 1t is only part of the domestic
day, belonging to reading the newspapers,
answering notes, sending the children to
school, and giving orders for dinner. The
first 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 glo-
rious sun is seen, regent of day. this
they never enjoy, for they never see it.
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
King David speaks of taking to himself
the wings of the morning. This is high.
ly poetical and beautiful. The wings of
the morning are the beams of the rising
sun. 1t is said that the Sun of Righteous
ness shall arise with healing in his wings
"a morning that shall scatter life, and
health, and JOY throughout the universe.
Milton has fine descriptions of the morn
ing, but not so many as Shakespeare, from
whose writings pages of the most delight
full imagery, all founded On the glory OF
the morning, might be filed.
81 never thought Adam had much the
advantage of us fer having seen the world
when it was new. The manifestations Of
the power of God, like his mercies, are
new every morning and fresh every mo.
ment' We see as fine risings of the sun
as Adam saw, and its risings are as much
of miracle now as they were in his day
and think great deal more so; because
it is now part of the miracle that fol
thousands and thousands of years he ha:
come to his appointed time without the
variation of the millionth part of a second
Adam could not tell how this was.
81 know the morning; lam acquainted
with it, and love it. love it fresh anC
sweet as it is-s 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.