The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-01-12
The Conquest OF Death.

Like other great monarchs, death also has
his harbingcrs to proclaim and prepare his ap-
proach. lie sends before him the most agoniz-
ing pains and Affections; diseases that consume
our strength and vigor, and sometimes induce
us to expect his arrival every moment BY the
trembling joints. the dimness of the eyes the
changed countcnal,ce, the breaking of The bowl
ut the cistcrn and the loosening of the silver
cord, We know that he is near at hand. There is
u shadow.cast before him extending according
10 the height of his terrible majesty, and
stretching over part of the vale ofaiia. Yes,
I'LL that prec"dcs our dissolution. all that il Pre-
paratoxy TO The last stroke, arc harl,ngcrs of
death, affective in themselves, and to be dread
ed Oh their own account, but peculiarly fearful
as the precursors Of this great adversary. Az
these arc his forcrunncrs, so he has innumcra1le
aud dreadful instruments to destroy. TIL"
| famine and the pcStilencc are in his hand he
kIndles the fury of the battle and liots in tn.
| field of slaughter; he wings The !orkcd light
ming and expands the jaws Of the dcvourinp
earthquake; the air We breathe, the elements
by which We are supplied. and The food upon
which we subsist, are often converted into
instruments of death I; he lcyics contribution
upon all, extracts the poison of mortality from
that which is given for the sustentation of life.
The Empire Of death, which it has required 10
many ages to overthrow, which has seemed to
lNIVNSl NUN us uSltHtS, WIll III lnSG SINK DIV
one powerful stroke, never to rise again. It
will not require more than a moment of time
to arise all the dead. to lay open every Sc
| pulchre, to restore every particle of dust that
is fit TO be restored to its proper body, and for
all the bodies Of the saints to be prepared for
| the mansion of eternal glory. How nsipid
and tame are the histories of all these king
donis and empires, when compared with tho
grand and wonderful achievements Of the King
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power, and the giving up Of nll his prey
Death shall he known and feared no more, Mil
| lions of millions shall join in everlasting praise
to Him whom all the redeemed will acknoy-
ledge as the Great Dclivcrcr.--Roaert HgU
BEAurlrrr.-Why is it that the rainbow ard
the cloud come over us with beauty that ia
| to muse on faded oveliucss? Why is it that
the stars that hold their nightly throne ever
knocking us will, their unnapproachablc glory.
And why is ii that the bright forms of human
beauty presented to our views are then taken
from lis, leaving the thousand streams of al-
lection to flow back in almighty torrents upon
the human We are born Of larger destiny
than that of earth. There is a land where the
stars will be set out before us like islands that
slumbcr in the ocean, and where the beautiful
beings that pass before us like meteor will
stay in our presence forevcr.--Prenhcc.
BEIlEvE.-Dr. johnson could not find The
primary meaning nor The origin of the word
believe. TWAS formed from the Gothic BE Hfan,
which viii is something by which q person lives.
When man believes anything he adapls his
life to it, Hence the great significance of this
word When man PROCESSES to believe Chris
tianity, and fails to conform his life to it, Lo
thereby shows that be does not believe Chris
tlanity, and fails to conform his life to it; he
thereby shows that he does not believe what no
protesses. There are many such persons tn
whom Plato's use Of the word opinion may he
correctly applied. Plato said that opinion is
the halfway house betwecnignorancca and know
ledge" and great many opinions take their
fins4 lounge in the dominion Of ignorance
THE Two LIVES" Beautiful is old age
beautiful is the slow dropping, mellow autumn
OF rich and glorious summer. In the old man.
Nature has fulfilled her work; she loads him
with the fruits of well-spent life; and, sur
rounded by bis childrcn's children, she rocks
him softly away to grave to which He is fol.
lowed with blessings.
God forbid that we should not call it beau
tiful but not the most beautiful. There is
another life, hard, rough, and thorny trodden
with bleeding feet and aching brow; the lif,
of which the cross Is the symbol battle
which no peace follows this side of the grave,
which the grave gapes to finish before the
victory is won; and, strange that it should be
so, this is the highest life Of man. Look along
the great names of history j: there are none
whose life has been ether than this"
TRUTH NEVER DIEs.--Great principles are i'm
mortal. Emanating from the Divine mind,
their existence is eternal. You may entomb
them under the superstition of ages /; You NAV
bury them. but they will rise again Their
supremacy must be recognized Their empire
must be eternal. Our fathers felt this In the
prison. and at the stake. it absorbed them
With the spirit Of Christian martyrdom they
threw their great principles into The public
mind. Society was startled at their holiness
and novelty. The intelligence and piety of the
age for season repudiatcd them as dc
structive to all order and morality. Still they
worked.
Pho man who boasts of his knowledge is
usually ignorant. and wishes to blind the eyes
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