The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-03-17
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+ The tide which swaysa between the
two great shores Of Ehgslsna and Of
France :, sometimes. beats against; our
chalk cliffs, which spread ;in long low
lines gleaming: tranqainy::in tho sun,
whilo the great wave-armiess roll up
with laundering might 't;o attack tn en-! !;
sometimes it rushes ! fo5vef: :;the ! vast sand:
plains and sand. hills. tho dunes and. the
marshes Of France, hspreadings :aud
spreading until its fury Of approach is
spent, and then perhaps, as ne sun, be-
gins to set, and the sky 10, clear, sud.
denly the water stills and btightens,
and the 6shiugsboats put out 10 sea
with the retiring 'tiae..''H Some people
living on the shores listen = tie dr.
taut moan Of The ,vatsrshis 4 they Fou' and
rell away /; some. arsseo.sasad by long
custom that they scarcely heed the sad
echoing. But others are never accas:'
toned: One woman has told: he that
for years after she first came to live 10
her husband's: house by the sea, the
consciousness Of it, moan neverleft her.
she never could grow used to:it.,; Tt
haunted her in her sleep, in her talk,
.
In her daily occupations. She thought
at one time she should 60 mad aif the
sound did not cease !; 1t would die awny.
into the distance, and then come rolling
nearer and louder, With passionate .sobs
and sudden means, and the Wild, start.
ling, discordant cries Of the vater.birds.
She had foolish superstition that she
should be happy when she ceased to
hear the moan OF the sea. 2fs7...no::;. ~
What is this strange voice Of Nature
that says with one 'utterance 50! many
unlike things =? T. it that. We only hear
the voice Of our owo !; hearts in the
sound Of two waves, in the sad criss Of:
birds d they ay}of animals, the .shiver.:
log. of trees, the creaking ind starting;
of,he daily; familiar things All p about
their homes .xss <,-.-,
fhiS echo Of the sea, which to some
was l complaint and q reproaeh,, WIS to
Refine Chfetien like the voice If i:
friend aud ticacher--of I religion IL
most: There are images 30 natural and;
simple that; they become more than
mere images and symbols; and to her;
when che looked at the cleaning immen-
sity,. 1T was almost actually ard 10 truth
70 her the great sea, upon the: :shores. es 4. Of i,
which re say we are as children q Eel. play
ios With the pebbles. It was her i9,, fi9,r7,
mul.. Her prayers; went ont upcon-
ciously toward the horizon, as some
pray looking toward heaven, in tie
words which ,heir~fashers~ have used !;
and some pray BY the pains they suffer :;
and some BY the love which is in them;'
and some, again, without many words,
pray in their lives aud their daily work,
but do not often put into actual phrases
and periphrases the, story Of their labors
and vcarinsss, and effort. The! other
children on the. shore are somtimes at
variance with these latter in their play ;
fol-, while they are all heapiuga up their
stores z,ot pebbles, and stones, and
shells, and building strange fantastic
lspiles, and drawing, intricate figure.
:upoa the sand, and busily digging foun'
dationszwhieh the morning tides come
and sweep away, suddenly they seem t
grow angry; aud they wrathfully, pick
up the pebbles and fling them At one
another, woanding, and cutting, and
l=bruuissing With ~thes sharp edges. s.@' '5>''.
How, long ! .go g, Is Is il since the children
At their play we're striking : the :ili', :aint'
Together % make 6res 70 burn the i'm
pious ones vho. dared 70 point to til
advancing tides aud say, see, they conn
70 wash away your boundaries. The id
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vaneing tides, thanks bs'to9 God, hay'
il their turn put out those cruel fires,
but sharp stones still 60 flying .throusl
the air, and handfab ofssaud, and peb
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ssa.wesd .hatedo no great harm, per
.lhaps, but which sting and dr.gglt
1Whers they hll.ss a; sa.s&s:o5-.. z:.1>:s#s
Bs B.1ps IL! ler ii ss.'slhoars, ~ PICKED y
her stones with the rest aof; -, .Ian
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