The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-08-01

Cling upon the ear make us
...egs iAii.l asSonre of life. The word
n Ehe y r IL figurative or monument
5l.iea ~ s q peculiar fullness of
Z posssse,, has its influence. Philos-
Ac..or Astronomy, and all sci
hisH @ha laws of force. In Meta
ai<, are noless binding. The
iese -" function with the great
al in 80 the chaotic earth, in the
rltui developed a fit habitation
Of tipei; -n,s. Anon, with noiseless
u ayjng. it work in the eartn De-
ii9,l;tI fcrmenting life all OF ma
q - md clothed in its sheen OF
LijIock dale and glen.
: ',"'gsrei the moral world and
81, 81" -, mind and heart were also
"a idi' and void: until through the
,.'n a,fi-christian age, the great
W Saifv ushered in the twilight
~ Moral life, leading intel
30 in her footsteps with foster
l1,,r-+ldgally pervaded the mind of
r.tic characters traced upon
IGLalisks, are now read the his
i 49,. ranre ancient than the art of
40 descend the slope of time,
comic furtherest advanced in
.IIFurp. have, by the power of
i surrounding nations, ana, ira
.3-e et--eps so long as virtue and
q-erc foster parents 10 ihtelllgcnce,
N,p,ar1ts recording their success;
rIey yielded to the tempting
,vurv and vice, we see victory no
- their arms on the battlefield,
'crtu footsteps were no longer
~ the fields OF science. Their
ere banislied and the laurels
- her victOrs were worn by for
Of this, Greece and Rome fur
examples. The great Persian
'i1risa empires passed away un-
[Igrfng destinations of ease and
Rome, having conquered by her
t't9 Cis-AIpiue world, felt that she
aso 70 fear. Corruption entered
.-.. Injury, her cities; supineness,
.. All things had become venal.
70 Alps suddenly as an avalanche
Eli Alaric with his mortimer. The
IN (aSars shrickcd for help in vain,
hammers OF the Vandals waved
conquered Palatine. With eXpir-
a.s died the hope of occidental Eu-
Frqptian darkness shroudeG for
the homes of the classics.
..sd OF nations like the surge of
/, eaters. thunder over the plains Of
he'd ON by dark fanaticism, mon
4 pe0ple, as one stupendous whole,
n recover from inidel hands the
. ..michre. The footsteps of Peter
Tn Iit. are followed by thousands fired
1s'y zeal unknown to other ages. The
.td few returning to their homes
-g- IN them the arts and the sciences
H. in Europe, but preserved in the
These footmarks of a past culture
+ the West up the road of civiliza-
.6g lrls irs present lofty attainments.
s.DI there in every age master minds
,en i'm the intellectual ornament,
n4g the surrounding darkness; re-
-g Jy their light the wonders of nature
8.tonished gaze of the masses of man
such were PythagOras. Archimedes,
riiis. and Calico. Following sue
10 AGES the footsteps of Bacon, Watts,
IN. Franklin, and others, strike upon
h 4s they echo, Teyerberating through
sl .rics of time.
rling the lives of men of genius and
fa. Ntllbi ILLS I'll Y AOAilAI II AlALtNlA III IA
Is md potent with influence. The fires
Irarv zeal are kindled in the youthful
81, he follows the footsteps of the il
e, Alexander or C8sar-Napoleon or
ton. Those stately marble columns,
r0phagi enshrining holy ashes, those
mental pilcs,-Do they not speak ?
Il dust has returned to dust, action
u influence. As the pebble thrown
3 lake, produces waves reaching to
most limits of the waters; so noble
Is must reverberate through succeed
b., weaving for the actor wreathes of
I. they echo from age to age.
q lie lmmortelles the bIoWs of the
youth OF the land are accessible, and
{ to the daughters, though in different
T. ID may be, than to the sons.
res footstep woman treads,
ling through an humble vale,
sely followed by the sainted,
from earth have passed away.
who would aspire to glory,
halo round their heads,
aid these footsteps seek TO follow
ding through the humble vale.
Oh aud hope, Der watehwords ever,
..iug onward o er life's sands;
eldiug az her wand of power,
Yrs of trust and smiles of love;
from tho pulpits sacred desk,
line DER God : keritage,i
seeking laurels made for man,
stately halls or battle plain;
woman true, her rights asserts,
ghts by Heaven to her decreed;
ading them in golden letters
om the lore of sacred page.
no unworthy place she fills;
mhly IN those footsteps treading.
audiug, as she Wills, mankind
her wand, the power of love.
her bid, the broken hearted
cls his wonted joys return,
ushiue, as shadow, follows
mere true woman's steps are found.