Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-17

Calm neditation!-what IS it, nv friendSS-
It's to sit, like Caleb Mnrrot, amid the ruins of
Sarthase, and think of nothing but lichens and
MOSES, and spder-webs aud toadStools. till all
GFeallon looks as blue as skim-mlk in winter?
- II 10 IKE and ponder upon mouldy Past, or
prepare Iace.trimmed baby-clothes for an un.
oorn Future? Why, brethren, know of no
Two utter elnhlemS of calm Mediation than
uonky contemplating in the shade, and a moth.
er-owl sitting in All old hollow tree, and staring
vacantly out upon everything IN general and no.
thing in particular
My friends: in the natural world thero must
oe occasional commotionS of the clements. or
our Lie.sustalnlnS atmosphere would soon be
converted into most deadly agent We must
nave gentle breczes, purGing winds drastic
g"ies ana tearing tornadoes-refreshing show.
erS' raging storms and mighty tempcstS, firing
e' WIN ren ilghtnlngS and eloquent with thun.
Der. Sat here IN California, in the absence of
thunder, earthquakes make a very accentnbIc
SumSsttnfc Though we are now beginning to
Sniier Tor want of the latter article still dontt
ne concerned, my brethren, you Shall be pro-
v!ied one OF these days with something more
nan an earthquake of one horse po,yergysrily
S!cil 4 one as shall revive all the old dormant
p,eeY ,,e E T!.nin, you, and cause many prayer,
'onS lnhuned IN the tomb OF fOrgetCulness. 10
come forth arrayed in the garments Of sincerity.
earheStneSS9 ZEAL and-nos sSEennaniganr
In the political word my brethren. there
must be petty StrifeS and national wars. Nci.
ther must the church militant be allowed to re-
pose IN inglorionS peace; but creed must iiyht
against creed till at last they shall be allied as
one-then turn to, in a body aud take heaven
by storm.
tell you, my brethren, your bodies we're not
made to be eaten away by cOrrodinc inaction
nor we're your souls put into them to BECOME
mi!deWed by that melancholy meditation which
You SO %oluliy mistake for renovating rest a
mortal will keep bright and wear long nv
l'nodcFate jostlimcs and with an occasional hard
rnb; but let him put himself in pickle-no mat.
ter how strong be the brine of contentment-
and lie vii! begin to smell musty III less than n
month; and you know it, too, ye lazy loCngers
alter perpetual peace and QnietncsS
My beloved: as 10 what sort of country
Heaven Is, your ignorant preacher cannot pos
sIoly Inlorm you for certainty, as he has never
Travelled in those parts, nor has he vet come
across any one who could say he had been there;
but when bestowed the first holy kiss upon
the fair check of Il beloved sister in-!aith, i'm
ag!ned saw the whole OF it III a fash 1t was
h'itn-i"il OF glory and eXcitcment-abo as
lively as an ant-hill in summer time-for there
were plenty women there; aud you know that
wherever these exciting specimens Of animation
are to be found, dulneSS itself pats on glitter
ing aspect; even stupidity is aroused, and there
Is no rest for the weary But my brethren,
you can never be fully acquainted with the ex-
act state of affairs in that far distant land till
your souls shall have shed their old shells of
mortality, aad thitherward taken their ,nystrri.
Gus flight So mote il be!