New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-30

friend have his hand yours him at your very side
You do not need to take up letter and read that ne
soul apprehends him instinctycy. He is everywIer
In the r ana plse "nneh ke the tree OF NE sed 1ae
at yonr feet which no paddle has ever yexed ana 10
tall" In mountains. which IN every literature, have
been associated with the Deity, you SEQ Him WHO
the hills" With such symbols and manifestations
OF God around, you need not TO the ettered page
paper is q hnderance rather than help. Like glass
with too narrow field, 1t concentrates the vision zoo
the circle of its flight The spirit which, for the
first time perhaps has escaped the bonds OF formal
ship for the first time tasted OF freedom and tested ls
capacities regretfuy the restraint ana
bondage of book and speech 1t takes these as an an
whose hands have swept heavenly harp, touches
again the strings Of an earthly instrument.
This have always observed, that the memory Is un
of Scripture and devotional hymns, when brought under
the influence Of nature Passages from the fsalms'
ments OF old and solemn hymns hewn know not from
what block long forgotten ever learned snatcnes O
holy melOdyechoes awakened by what voice you h,d
not tell floating back upon you or rise at tne piu
ding of the Will. Often have said to myself h' hsr
even memory IS In bondage TO sin" Nature through he
refining and sprtualizng agencies, emancipates III anu
1t to think that by and by when our grossness 70
ten will come bacR to and past in reference 10 Sa
ever OF goodness and truth 1t had In IT, VIII De 10 .o
holy, eternal present Such has been my
i'm reference to religious impressions felt amid the o
tude forests 1t takes more than one season TO
your emotions The mind, for while deprived on r o
customary restraints and indictments OF iorins anu 20
monies, Is in a chaotic state Thoughts come anu ~
without order Emotions irregular ana lnc0nsant
The Occidental cast Of intellect which conceses EI
God largely through the re. son, changes. slVmy
into tile Oriental 1t analyses less, but 10 ad0res
FAR more The religion OF the forest Is emouOnhi,
| and poetic No mathematician was ever Dorm hinlu
the pines The Psalms could never nave Deeh written
by one not inspired by the breath OF the hl Inc
when IL ads its wings for flight upward, must ldt
from the summit OF mountains IL must nave the nelf
OF altitude movement OF wings VIII lt ~ h h,
dare 10 say that he who has never passed saBohen
amid the solemn loneliness OF uninhaDed REGION mas
never knelt in prayer the base OF overhangng
tains has never fallen asleep with no roof above nm Out
that OF the heavens, and no protection from tue
WHICH nrk amid the darkness tho night season save
the Watchful caro- OF God realize ntilc the siShn
| eaace OF these two words-Adoraton ana faith'
| A valuable portion of tho book is occupied with
practical details of the most minute character DC
scrbng the outfit required for the journey how 10
get to the wilderness what guides to select end wha'
places to visit In short it forms complete guiue
book to the Adirondack Mountains, which the tourist
in that region can little dispense with as WIN lV
fish and venison Of the forest for his daily iafe