Richland beacon., 1873-11-29


irss and despair entered her heart;
y hen comfort in hope was not to he
ound. This, when the first fail and
winter settled upon portion of her
surface: when all around vegetation
vas diving: wien the beautiful flow
rs hung their heads. aud none sue
,ceded when the grasses grew faded .
and brown whcn. leaf hv leaf the T
trees lost their foliage; when the air
grew chill. and the autumn winds fell
to >ighing No such misfortune had
ever before visited Earth: hitherto.
she bad known only summer had
dreamed Of nothing else to conc-of
only sunshine and flowers, gentle
rains ana silver niStS. What WON
der. then. that she shivcred and trem-
h.d n, the deS0laIioa going on around;
that she lost all hone as the DAYS
grew shorter. colder. shorter still. and
still colder. Even af.rr the first ter
ror was over, how dfrary everything
must have looked to Ear h -huw
ch,crlc>s, how foriorn. And when
the first snow CANE, and grow on the
graves of the flowers. and covered The
of the trees. how tired she
must have been with this mnnolunnuS
sHcad Of Whit. une ievcd hv any
color. And can We not linl rNcu t
for Ear'f when, al last overcome by
the weight If her ailiclion, she steel
ed her heart To all. and allowed the
: ars she had been sh-dd ng 50 abun-
shX TO irtezr up u her face .
: to. bould | not di 100" we fancy
in- left fed; "ev, ything in which
> i, cruel f, j. rnr--thcre i> moth
and " h,rrror,, | care to live. 1t
;. duty towards ,h,. has b"ta l"" noe.
i not furnish nouri~ha,i.. no d" NY
f Was ! not grateful for; ~" J.
/ and the air! What have.ff ''tt9
!. deserve all thiS ~ Hu'"'
I Only IN c"mprs bending Ear
misery can we imagine her ioy AZ n
!, return of spring. And a. crrryrb;,
! grew eanlliul a. before, aud I, h, r
! ccivrd full compcn>ariun for all ,h,
She had li-i. what peace must b,y
TAKEN poH>e>>I"G ot her IL she cntIIri
. plated il all i; how IN" 'old spirit of d.
tcrneS> mus have vanished from h,
, heart a. she s'cppcd out from unG,
The cloud, and realized iba; il had =
been brought about by IA wi-c Uar,
!, by the Infinite Being y be- knew h..
Ter than she what was for her oy,
best good. Do You suppose Ear,
, ever doubted again-evcr ,renb.,
when shadow fell upon her. eve
. teaIeI, after that Ihat G. ID had fl
gotten the world? We imagine NOS
We think. instead. she found il very
very sweet To trust, and tha, cent,
ri,s have Only served t. make he
fdith more strong, lna,,huch aS >ca-n,
has followed Season i'll all these Wears
aad after every winter "A SUMMER ba.
always come. \ winter is upol yuu
brother; the first wintcr you have cv
'r known; YOU, Ike The earth, hav,
lost all heHrt, all ambition; YOU d,
not even know if there lie any >priug
your little hopes which were 80 nice
~ started have heen swept away hy
the rude blast the plans you cherish
ed with such care have been blgh,e,
IN single night; you ak. "wha'
; have | done to be treated in This way
Why anI deal, with thus cruelty y
You have forgotten, brother, that Got
:oveih whom he chasteuetb. Listen
there are some who have known win
t"rs even more severe than the ON,
now upon you; but just as surely q,
day follows night have winters beer
ever succreded 10y spring. Trus
God, for He uiope doelh all thing,
well eN
And why are you cast down? ISM
there a single flower left in your gar.
den? Are your days very short
your nights very long? l. This hy
you complain-why YOU trembIe and
shlver! Can you not survive this
afiliction! Can you not lrHst God
Look up-not down! Look up tc
the blue sky Overhead-iook up to
God-Can you not hear what He
says! Listen: IL am the resurrec-
tion aud the life" The same One
has said, Il will not leave you COM
fortress" There are brighter, cheer
Ter days coming-only be patient.
Those cruel drifts will soon melt
away when the warm sunshine pene-
trates them. Winters only remain
for season, because God has prom.
ised that while the earth lasts, day
and night, SUMMER and winter shall
not cease" and Gods promises are
alWays fulfilled