Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-06-03

with the most grotesque figures, Gowise
symbolical of the life ethereal, monstrosi-
ties all of them such as youth loves to
study, and as oft deride. We confess.
however. our ignorance in these things
st. Nicholas may, for aaght we know. be
pc, sonified in look, of exultation, as if at
some sad thing done evincing his suprem-
acy.
On the center of the organ stood a SEN
tinel of purity. with stretched wings and
trumpetin his hand, and after the soft,
soothing persuasives bringing calm deli ght
the angels voice awoke, and out Of the
trump came an angelic Shout. shoutp
Oh! the rapture. the overpowering sense of
beatitude; we are drinking in the expert
encs Of a higher BEING; We do not breathe.
There is no animal life in us. and if these
sounds were reverberatpg through as long.
we should have no tangible being; we are
overwhelmed, aghast. astounded: we will
put our hands to our mouths and be as
dumb men.
Not far away the great sea cast its rest
less waves on the bosoms of the hills
You stand in a still night and hear its roar,
and the single tossing hither and tl.ither
now advancing steptand then recedine
again: and in dread winter storms not un
frequently did the cries of the perishins
sailor come to you 10 vain. A wild. pier
cling shrek of despair went up from The
wreck, and all was over.
Out in the ocean laid quicksands ane
shifting banks. that no buoys or light
could speak of-monster spies and entrap
pers. Bravely sailed the bark home ware
from far-off land; she strikes. is on he
beam ends, and ere many hours the colt
and fierce dash of the surf over the imbed
ding ship have released each human sou
from the cares and troubles of life.
Men would oft peril their lives in ventur
ing out to sea in the hope to save whom
they could. They, too, not unfrequentl,
were heard of no more, and little children
were left to mourn and suffer with hunger
That sea. that roar, that wild, frantic or,
of despair, are ever to US a lesson of tn
omnipotence of the CREATOR and RULER o
the universe.
Many of these associations have passed
away for awhile. to give place more vivid
ly to the remembrance of The day Of sepa
ration, when half unconscious of our future
we bid goodbye. What an overpowerins
sense there is in this word. Everything
says farewell. The children kiss you, ant
then weep; the tender mother presses you
hand, and hangs around your neck, while
she implores the protection of HEAVEN
All is a sad echo, farewell! We 60 away
with an undecided purpose anda falterins
footstep.
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many have we not to count as among th'
dead. and sorrowfnl more than all is tht
thought that one to whom we felt NOR,
than brothers affection Is no more, tha
cheerful face and bright smile have pass
ed away, and that in distant land lies al
that is mortal Of tender aud benignan
companion.
i No more no more
In autumn's solemn eve
He fingers on the lonely shore,
Fl Or hears the angry ocean
Dashing at the prison-door;
Rest! rest!
! The spirit homewards gone.
Dust to dust hath mingled.
As we mediate calmly on our short pill
grimage, ve are conscious that tho only
true solace and comfort for the yearnins
and discontented soul, is reliance on no
lier and better life, and a steadfast lookin:
forward to the realization of the same.
! LEv1ArHAN FRAMING.-We see it stated