Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-03-22

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lreligiously avoid approaching the corn,
where his old coat, elevated on pole, Aut-
ters its ragged tails protectingly. The on
ly miracle he has performed, was to borrow
q quarter from the Thug, who had never
before been known to lend dime, or
even have one to lend. Nevertheless, he
has been translated-not to heaven by any
manner of means-but to dwell among the
st. Andrews, and st. Helenas, and st.
Georges, and St. Lukes, and St. Bartholo-
news and st. James Goose Creeks, and all
the rest. Yes, he is zone of them Parish
Eers, as he heard an up-country brother re-
mark; and he is at his old vocation, in
structing youth in the science Of nitro-sul-
|phuric projectiles; in other words teaching
the young idea how to shoot-an occupa-
tion, admirably adapted to sweeten the
temper and develop the quality of patience,
but one not very strongly spiced with vari-
ETY.. And here his time is occupied in
reading, writing, teaching and learniag.-
Of course be eats and sleeps sometimes, not
being exempt from all mortal weaknesses !;
but he performs these acts, more from res
pect to the customs aud opinions of society,
than from necessity. ~ .
He is teaching little and learning much.
Nature is his kind Instructress, and he
reads in her great book, a gorgeously illu-
minated volume, whose every page is, en-
riched with most beautiful Illustrations
He sees dewdrop, and reasoning as to. its
origin, infers the whole theory of vaporiza-
ton. he sees the little shining drop res.
ting on the grass, like diamond dropt by
an Empress on the green velvet carpet of
her throne. As the sun rises, the dew dis
solves and floats away to the heavens on the
viewless wings of a sunbeam. There the
vapor from myriads of dewdrops, and from
oceans and seas and rivers and lakes, floats
along in pearly clouds, until their weight
increasing by means of condensation, they
feel the attraction of gravitatiou. Then
first little watery particle breaks loose and
commences its descent. As it hurries
down, its cooling influence condenses 9TH
ers which hasten to join it, and co-hering
together form sparkling sphere which
reaches the earth, beautiful raindrop, the
harbiuger of refreshing shower. Having
performed its earthly mission, it again is
drawn to the skies, and the process goes on
sad infnitum.' And the little globule glis-
tenipg on the violet's breast, may have been
borne up from Capernaum's sea; or may
once, floating snowflake, have rested Oh
the crown of the monarch of mountains.
He looks forth when night has overspread
her star;jewelled vail, and sees the moon
obedient to the great Law Of Gravitation,
revolving around the earth; which, with
its sister planets and their satellites, per-
forms its course around the sun: who, with
his brother suns and their planetary sys-
TENS, is journeying on, marching in the
grand procession around some central source
where the Great Magnet is placed, where
the Source of all attraction is centered.-
And here his reason and imagination fail
him and his mind, after its farthest reach,
sinks back upon itself wearied and over
come with the awful grandeur of even the
conception of the Great First Cause, he
bows his head and wells his eyes and cries
What is man, that Thou art mindful Of
him; or the son of man, that Thou visitest
him.
And sometimes Ruby walks through the
solemn forests, natures sanctuary, where
the long-leafed pines rear their tall and
graceful stems, and Intervene their spread
| ing branches, forming emerald arches over
head, and making aisles, and columns, and
architraves and domes, finer and grander
than Michael the Angels ever reared
There he hears the music of the Wind.
Harp, signing and soughing through the
trees, more glorious far than any organs
notes, pealing through Minister'S fretted
vaults.
Yes, he studies earnestly in natures book,
and prays to learn to slook through nature
up to natures God.' And he learns much ;
for he has learned how little he knows, and
has beer taught to
wait the great Teacher, Death, and God adore.
Yours, RUBY.
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