Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-11-09
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a. spring so sinaF that !. " SfS9ie OK 'ifri ii u
Summer day cD6If dfRtls II ii Il steals
its unobtFhsiye way hInepgs ,tlIe hills 'tilloit
spreads ntindhad BeadtifuE Ohio. sTRlienee
II stretches away, o Thousand miles, leaving
on its banks Cities, villages and cultivated
farms, and bearing on its Bison more Than
half a thousand steamboats,. MS This I have
culled someweere; i know not where nor
when. Yet with, the bubbling fountainin
my eye, and rearing waterfall in my ear,
say, Beautiful representation ofa Chris
tian's peace. Peace as a fiver!" Like n
river in htltei. commend ctfneHt EriekliSg
from some fssure in the heart; singing its
own song as it dropped. from leaf to, leaf,
from ledge to ledge=now gathering itself
up in little pool, saying TO its Joyous
waters "here we res:''-anoni rushing on
again tonful6i'its purpose and gain. its
parent sea.iay ,7si.N .iai1 aGifi E I'd ri
Like river in its progress-ever wi
deniDg and deepening from the "ankles''
to the "kneee," from the knees to the
"loins," from the lo:ns to "waters to swim
IN river that cannot be passed over''----
receiving new tributaries on the right and
left, sweeping away as it rolls on its health
full stream the dead and the dying re-
and bearing on it's bosom thousand
newly launched hopes. sj,l5e sd. si .u.r
Like river in its influence-holy, heal
thy. geneiating--,--causing wide expanso
of ''living green" to spread out on either
side-making even the desert of the soul
''rejoice and blossom as the rose."laaui'
Like river in its changes-when the
warm sun of righteousness pours his efful-
gent rays on heart that has experienced
The rigors Of q spiritual winter, and melt,
the cold SHOWS and breaks the ice-bound
streams-or when the showers of grace
fall on the hearts hilltop, then q blessed
fullness peryaded all its course-many a
"crevasse" through which it pours its
sanctifying streams. 90 . 'AA}h!ss.1
Like river in it's Notwithstanding
into and mingliug with the, shoreless,
blessed sea of PERFECT peace, where undu-
lating waves never roll in strife or break
| in death. Long ere The great seal is
renched; the river ofpeace meets the great
E"trial wave'' as it rolls itself inland as if to
hasten the hour Of union, and give the re-
deemed soul a blessed sense7-a foretaste
Of eternal felicity and future 10y. 'There
/ the glorious land win be unt0 rs d place Of
broad rivers and streams 'wifereinjshAlt 90
no galley with'sails. lneitl1erl shalL gallant
ships pass through I g}fsss4ss NJ sd,E ,a,ssy
ha. l,ae inThesTnrn of Ldfes Hfw aoi
Ss From forty, siEty,a man answhoiiasptop-
,perly regulated himself ,pas be- icpgsilersi
as in the prime of life:t,,
His material strength Of cobstitufiocSn
renders him almost inipeirIti iohse to fiis at
tacks Of disease, and,experieneeIl IlaaSsi
| his judgement. the so,ndness, Of allpost in
fallibility. His mind is; res9lute. irm,
and equal: all his functions, arc IN tho
highest order; he assumes stIie, imasterg
over business; builds up:hscoInp2 eeseeiEo
the foundation he has laid sinf,eailE naaq =
hood, and passes through r. period 0f Ajie
attended by many; gratihcationss Having
gone year or two past sixty, be .iTliyes
At critical period in The roaG Of feSi Is eTcS.
the fiveraof death flows bef0ge, hip3paiId
he remains alta stand still S,s.sBut 8Shasaff.
this river is yiaduct called. ss;sy.Ehe IpTn
of Life" WHICH, if crossed to safety, leads
to the valley Of 'NOtd age Fonpf MfiaGh
the river winds and then Ae vi eheybhd
without boat or cahsewav t0 eeftftss sbas-
sage. 4 The bIidge,is, howepef, eoreiiSel-
ed of fragile materials, and it .lepeEals
upon how it is .trodden, whethsI, j. hspd
or, break. Gou', appoplexy, and other bad
characters also are in the vicinitY q '%&ssr-
lay the traveller, and thrust Him lfronfstii
pass, but let him girtl aIp 'lis5loiBssansl
provide himself with n lighting staff, ohe
may gudge on in safety with perfect eo@-
posure, TO quit metaphor, ,:The Turn
OF LIFE is turn either into prolonged
walk or into the grave. The system ara
powers having reached thep'i utmost seN-
psnsion, now begin either TO iclose like
flowers at sunset. or break down AZ opGs.
| One injudicious stimulant--a single fatal
excitement, may force il beyoiid lis strengh
while careful supply of props, and IRE
Withdrawal of all that tends souu for6esEa
plant. will sustain it in beauty andinYiger
until, night has entirely set ins ,.,t re. hca
toNot }. One-HAOrse NONeA!oha d1iv
niiVioletta rtedconvulsively and turned
her 5tear-drenched eyes wildly upon the
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