Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-01-02
New Books.

words spoken by some IF the most earnest and
reverend thinkers Of our og7 daY; 20 echo
from the nigh grounds Of f.ith and aspiration,
voices that cannot fal 70 inspire The traveller
struggling upward 70 be Ter life The Sc
Iections are divided and grouped under the foi
loving heads Tna kingdom Within"
2. The OD-n Eve eld Err Wlv CT Ac-
cess. 81 Life E5eraal." Sh-dows," The
True Light " Bearing the Cross" - The
New Commaudmeut,' d" Rest and JOY" "Ful-
ness of Life,'' " The IlIumined Gateway"
SIS The Glory Beyond" >" The selections
from vide range Of religious literature, both
nro=e and verse, and bring together the prom
ises and The socgs e the 8 better life in
their f.irest guise. The editor has culled the
sweets from hundred Of the fairest and most
fragrant souls that have blossomed in the gar
4an of God. from the time Of Saint Augustine
until now. and has gwen Us the precious honey.
The book is full Of he besritudss Of Christ. The
bts.ssdn-ss Of the Chr .4n life, the comforts of
the soul walking . III God, the bris htness and
exceeding i9yflIn. So Of the believers hope.
W could fIi our columns VI tiss- divine
serene heavens in which the preachers OF the
e. better lfs are invgor4.ej by en atmos-
1ters esS tainted with our worldliness, while
,1rir souls are touched and kindled with the
fires Of piration ever burning the altars of
Gods mountains. the heavenly B5u!ahs from
which they catch CLEANS Of the Celestial City,
with It's gates Of pearl and its streets Of goId,-
but We must content ourselves with the
first two selections from Z" The Glory Be-
yond.
WHAT the ether lit- VII binz, low n3.
5nlv that shall awake in God Izeress. and
see aim as he l.. If 2 child had been born and
spent al his lls in he Mammouth C.ve, bow
impossible would It 5e for him to comprehend
the upper w1rdl lis parents might ell him
9f ir= life, and light, and beauty, and is sounds
Of low; they might heap u9 the sand into
m runds, ald Try 10 snow MIN by pointn. 70 IL
aotjtfs how groves, and tree-, aud hlwers grow
out of he ground. ill Z. length, with llborious
thinking. the child v0ui fancy he had gained
true IDEA OF the unknown land Bu wh5n
hs cime up, some VI " morning, with ten thou
sand BIRDS singing ia tEe trees. and ths heav-
ems bright, blue, and ful of sunlight a1d the
wind blowing softly through the young leaves all
zy.tJer .r1 dew. and the .andscape sire ch away
green ard beautiful to the hCriz H. with vL4t
rap'ures would be- Il aolu- nm, and see how
poor gere all the .4ac,lnys and the iuterDrets-
lions watch were made with.n the cave, q. the
things which grew and iy-d without and ta7
would be wonder that re could nave r-gce.-eJ
to leave tha .sGce and tle dra4rf dsrkneas of
his 0.l aD3l-
81, when vt merge fraal this cave IF earth
into tba- land Eaer- spring g40wtas are, and
where IS summer. AID p. tel- u .ss-e5. trl-
vastc ohc. We cell summer here, how shall
7+e Eoa1-r Jha- We cou-i We cluag 50 f5nGv
90 this dirk aSd barren life
Bes- On. then, o heart, and yearn for dying
have drunk 70 n.ry fountain, bu, thirst
came as4. p 1 have led at N NY \ bounteou7
tzo-, bur Alnger returned | have seen many
5rsht and lovely things, but, while | gazed,
-he.r j-s-te .-L-d. Ia=rs Is nothing that can
give me Te=t bu. when | behold Thee, o God,
s1-.. Id .lli-ied- Ii. w. BEECuER.
Down below, the wild November, whistling
Through ths be-cl's dome Of burning red,
An tle autumn sprirkling psnitential
Dus. aal ashes on the chestnut head.
Up above, the tree with leaf unfsding
By tb- everlasting river brink,
Al1 the s=a o.. glass, beyond whose margin
Nev-r ye. -1s sIl We known - siuk.
Down below, Imagination quiveri7g,
~. i-I'1s jug Hulhal a,l'I-s lAs lh9 WING
Ir4 49,
Homes. Ike sea birds. flashed .cr3zs iE4 -,;-,i
Z @Oo'F' lN9 NOS . l'4n o7'- -liD 35F'
3. -. - - s,-.,r y- i--H
h rbe S7.oious tr.cts u that graat Is6d
- al -
! p @O2'4' 'le lousuts ma Ano" nor anguish;
Nh - f,sa fro, s,x7cns ,srror
Larger love, without e touch Of woe.
DC%H D--o~ q 9't ny 9-7f--Is muse
l}.,-+ar.l ,ei-r "a 80 =,
Vnat kesrs s,eesf,,op rom us exarnoo-.
T. aHoYr' muse tAal 9-t @ine.a
NJ ~: .--'eN s'1iu
AT vbose Wondr5us rneaD-rs, hi. hen f,urd
IYRA CgLEsTIs
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