The Hickman courier., 1869-02-27
we breathe IS but the

Rad forgotten generations,
"a with me, and peradven-
earn to read, through ma
roll, things undreamed of
philosophy.
-. philosophers, indeed, may tell
lat these sighiug winds are but the
/ ordinary movements 4 the air, rushing
! from vacuum to vacuua)in obedience to
blind necessity; but it nSk be, more
ethereal, and possibly profounder phil
osophy, may hear in this stirring air the
sweep of countless wings, as myriads of
angelic beings fly swiftly on in their
missions of love to man. Or who knows
but that these mysterious whisperings,
heard SO often by those who frequent
NATURES Silly haunts, may be gentle
murmurs from the spirits Of those whose
last remains are so ruthlessly stirred by
the iron plow of commerce? In vain
may incredulous philosophy shake her
hoary head can she, with all of the wis
dom of earth to help her, tell from what
mysterious source springs the life that
causes the seed when hid in the soil
this dust of ages-to quicken and bring
forth plant crowned with flowers, which
in time shall ripen into fruit? May it not
be the life buried 10 these senseless clods
thus manifesting its immortality? The
giants of earth bursting forth their
powerful life in the mighty trees of the
, forests ? The benefactors of time in the
corn of plenty? And the poets Of the
;, :. long ago Ia the flowers which gladeu
the world p thus singing in strains oI
purity. love, aud beauty to men of al
times, kindreds and tongues. Ah who
= can tell? Let proud Science, or hel
handmaid Reason, answer if she can.
When the spirit disrobes itself, who
can say whittier it goes, or how it is EN-
ployed? May not the scenes of it,
, earthly sojourn be yet hallowed by it:
lingering, loving presence, and all it.
liberated powers engaged in the adornine
and beautifying of the places, sanctifeC
by the loves and suferings of earth
:. Be all this as it may, there is a mystic
charm. weird fascination which seize
the imagination whilst lettering amids
these silent glens, and rugged hills tha
has much Of witchery in it. Reader hav,
Won ever traced the line of irregula
bluffs that stretch away southwark ant
westward of Hickman, and marked thei
bold outline and striking features? .
: stood upon some elevated point juttinl
boldly out into the broad valley below
and gazed, through the dim and haz
distance, over the grand prospect befor
you? while the rays of the setting sui
i fingered lovingly amongst the tops o
the forest trees far below, and the west
ID ern sky was lit up with glory too raw
ishingly beautiful for earth, and tn
tinted cloud of evening seemed in thei
: feecy softness and golden splendor'
, fitting chariots for the blessed spirits /
their passage through the azure vault {
Heaven? If not, go some evening sue
as have described, and take your stan
upon some overlooking point, where n
N. sound of human existence shall reac
YOU. unless it be the drowsy tinkling {
distant bells, telling where the browsin
herds are winding homeward, and wit
on one bold sweep of the eye, take IN a
the beauty of the scene, and open yo'
ears to the low aud solemn sound, whic
- ike the music of a dream comes soft
- floating up from the valley below,
y wafteds from Wales beyond the shiniI
II river. aud you will teSns appreciate al
= LIE force of the witchins spell-tl
'sS:z1uour have often experience
Hn5orly describe.
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