Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-03-05

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Cling from, beneath The rocks and ;rolting
over The BEDS white gravel, 3s Of e aowipg i
beneath The shade 81 z gMia2t M rocks which,
oyerhang their course Here are rdsf9Sh55 9SFlhF5
ed masses !es 0f Eopnasd gEsy ir{Qckse Ping
above the surface, Of the earth, locking at
2 aadddi distance like ,enormqlls Elephants sleep
Ing in the green, shade, Adjoiningsi is ua
ledge Of rockss skirting the 8 sbroyrof the
mpyooppt4aiay mppyoop t4aia and extending more, than 80
half mills, and terminating 9pp the frigh in
q r. broad pile of huge % rocks that ,enr
tirely cover the surface !of, the, earth. This
rocky ,pilef is bounded on the south BY q
stupendous pile ofgrey mossrgroYn rocks.
some Of which are as large as q temple,
apd form, frightful .precipicess % r;Ia9a
d This rocky pile forms the southern bend
Of the mountain. and is TO, a contempla.
ting mind decidedly, the most interesting
part. A scene of greater wildness. gran
dure or ;sublimity, is not easily found.
Here is seyerything to arouse. the deep
feelings pf the soul and drive it to, pro,
found meditation. Here seated upon this
enormous rock. while the rays of. the
burning Sun are reflected from its ,finty
sides. my mind inyoluntarily runs into a
channel of serious and melancholy con
emplations, while far around the glory
OF natures works presept themselves to
the astonished vision. There huge eter-
nal rocks. covered with moss and grown
grey with the mighty aood OF years. still
repose in silence. Though the stormy
winds of Heaven may have batlled with
all their rage against them,-ye THEY
sleep on. The seasons have rolled, and
time has fed-but they remain unmoyed.
snd seem to mock at the perishing glory
of the world Mighty monarchies have
shook the world and deluged it with
food; then sunk down in their own weak
ness-and expired Nations have risen
TO greatness and power, and then relaps>
ed into eternal silence. But these mighty
mountains of power. as if coucious of their
own immoyable strength, regarded not
the changing world around them. But
though they silently sleep, yet they are
not ioeIoquent; though they speak not,
yet they have language which cannot
be misunderstood. They point the OBJ
server far back in the dim vista Of rime to
the period when they ushered from the
hand Of the Creator. They speak eIo
quenlly of the mighty changes of each
successive period since their creation
They remind us Of the mighty cities and
nations Of the earth-Once full Of the
schemes of human li(e-now suuk to rise
no more. They speak mockiuyly of hav
ing Kings and conquerors OF the earth
long since forgotten in the silence. Of the
tomb. With speechess eloquence they
seem to say. where now are the great
personages who once figured upon the
stage Of life and produced such mighty
commotions in the world Their hand
grasPed the sword of power, and tue ma
IiUns trembled before them! Each tongue
was eloquent in their praise, and each
hand mlnistered to their power. Yet
tney are gone with the swift revolving
years, and all the glory of their works
forgotten. Old Time has spread his dark
pavilion over them. Their monuments
are broken down and their very tombs
have decayed Where now is all the
greatness, the pride. and the glory Of BY
gone generations ? They once lived
they hOurished in their day, and the
pleasure of life were sweet unto them
but their day is gone death has seized
upon them-their greatness has vanished
a"ay-their pride has fallen, and all
| NhSH OGPnibCu anu
while these silent monitors are eloquent
in t"eir illusions TO the time fated glpries
OF the fallen. they also deliver us u sol.
emn lecture on the shorlpess OF our own
| vain and Inconsistent lives. They ad-
monlsh us that in few more days the
present generatipns, with all lhsir gre Vt
ness aGd their boasted wisdom will sink
into the silence Of the. tomb. and with all
who have gone before--lhey too, will be
forgotten. Aud in the same noiseles5
and solemn manner they remind us Of
time when The ancient Of days shall
appear, whose throne is like The fiery
flame and his wheels as burning FIRE"
"W hen the Heavens shall pass away with
great noise, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat''-"When the earth.
with all the works that are therein shall
be burned up" They seem 10 say.
"Fond man. thy tabernacle is built Of
clay. thy body is lesh and blood-there-
fore. thou shalt not endure. Thy days
are hand breadth aud thy life. but a
span. Though thy fondness of life be
great, thy love OF pleasure deeply Gxed
in Thy heart. yet thy stay on earth is
transient as the morning cloud. evanes-
cent as the early dew. and, thou continu-
est not" They point US to the time, when
they themselves after, having stood in the
magisty of their strength for thousands
of years, shall be dissolved by the burn.
ing flame aud Into smoke they shall van i.
ish away" S. G. E***
sr, GEORGE, Tucker county, Va,
~ Two darksys, one Baptist, the
other'a a UniversaIist, got uinto 1coutro-
versy about the origin of'man. The Bap.
tist said God made Adam out Of. clay.