The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-06-22

Nature ~ great monitor, so SAFE
Instructor. On Der snsallisd pages
ve nay trace the golden pencilings
Of he Eternal, and read sliks the
Divinity aud power Of tho Great
Creator, and the instability, dusy,
responsibility, aud destiny Of man.
In all her works and features wc
hs<s Impressive lessons, and are
taught un:sdinr truths aud each
separate chapter serves to stamp in
delibly upon the observing mind the
weakness and dependence Of hamsa-
ity, and the omnipc,ence, power, aud
glory of God and although We, like
Poiloks Byron, soar xn,rodden
heights, and seem at home where an.
gels bashful look OF like him " lay
our hand. upon the oceans name,
and play familiar with his hcary
locks" OF with the shunders talk
as friend to friend, or weave our
gasIsnds Of the lightning fiery wing
in sportive twist" and though like
him, We
Through learning and through fancy
take
Our high, Sabine, and on the Iossiest
top
or fame dread mountain al,
yet We are continually reminded by
the swiftly gliding seasons, the bud
ding howerets, the falling leaflets, and
fading glorics Of creation, that we
arc gently but surely drifting to the
silesA river along whose banks are
heard alone the murmuring echoes
Of the great, hereafter. "
The rapidly succeeding seasons,
bringing in their trains thousand
namcless joys and sweet delights, are
frsught with thrilling truths which
We would do well to observe. Let
us contemplate them, as in pano-
ramic view they hurriedly pass be-
fore US.
Silver footed spring, with noiselcss
tread, comes stealing on us-wsves
the magic trident with her jeweled
hand. and decorates the fair face OF
nature with her many beauties, filing
the woodlands and lawns with yer.
durc and flowers, and filing the
heavens with the thrilling echoes Of
melody and scng the tender grass
springs from the yellow dust in all
its vcrdancy, and bathes its little
spires in the gentle dou drops which
fall from the ETHEREAL world the
flowers open their silky petals, and
scatter their fragrance on the morn
ing air the trees, bedccked with
foliage and festooned with flowers,
clap their leafy hands in JOY, the
chorisiers of the upper deep chirp
their mclodious lays and the pur-
ling stream ripples over its pcbbly
led, and with its low breathipgs
makes music such as pleascs natures
ear, and strikes note concordnnt
with the melodious symphonies of
heaven itself-all reminding us Of
the mirthful innocence and joy Of
childhood's happy hours and pleasing
drcaIps.
Fast in the wake of departed Spring
follows golden Summer, riding in
her chariot Of FIRE, and with her
genial smiles and frnc,ifying rays,
maturing and mellowine the substan-
tials aud lux urics Of discriminating
us Of manhood's prime, and the noon
day glory and meridian splendor Of
our existence.
In quick succession yellow Au-
tumn rolls around, and from her
bow ntcous lap she throws the golden
harvests, accumulated by the Spring
time showers and summer. sunshine,
and with her warning voice admon-
ishes us that time is ever on the
wing, and that all things, however
bright aud beautiful, but bud and
bloom, to ripen and mature thus
reminding US Of the scar and yellow
leaf" of ripened age, matured judg-
ment, aud dccliuiag years.
But last Of all hoasy Winter, in
frozen splendor, comes marching OF
attended by his mighty cohorts, and
whereer he plants his chilly fee..hc
leaves an icy imprint wherc'cr his
cold and whitening breath is blown,
decay and ruin riot Tie tips his
frozen Anger in The bubbline stream
and foaming torrent, and their waves
are staycd--wrspped in M icy
shroud. lie breathes on the luxu-
rant foliage aud gaudy flowers, and
they wither from our view he shakc Oh
his ascd head, and covers the slum-
bering valleys and towering hills
with his silyery locks he bres'hes
destruction to tho vegetable world,
and with his freezing winds signs a
requiem over the graves Of blightcd
vsrdarc and dccaying beauty. This
is the last Of the seasons--the type
Of death--and should serve to re.
mind us that We too are rapidly
Fastening away.
| We bud, vi bloom, dispense for =
few brief moments the fragrance Of
our minds and hearts around rs, and
then like a withercd flower fall 10
the ground, and parish from the
earth ioreyeyi Hos sad, how NV.
fully solemn il the thought that We
are mortal. and fast hurying to the
tomb To think that
Time IL vingins ~ away
70 our eternal hcnes