The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1875-02-06
l1sbac and his Lynn.

| w q nave all hUO0H tI!S y NH
as one Of the familiar songs OF o;ir
childhood, and like the mountain
Ger amid the lofty SUBMITS Of the
alps have failed to appreciate their
grandeur, for the simple reason,
that they constitute the see nes ct
every. cay life. Bnt if he could
have been present, when the earth
in her mighty tllrocs, brought the
mountains forth, and RAISED their
snow capped Mi'n,nits from the val
| Icy to The sklrs; ASH |Mlei.l s'hiils
peep oye" hills, anil alps on alps
arise;' until the vast plain before
bin had BECOME; as far IA the eye
;.,u, Thought :ouid rtari, u ragged
SEA Of b:,o"y mountains, his DOW
.i>t!"Ss soui would have lmen :nspir-
I'd a':d o,c:avcajhy the grandeur
and subl:mit,,' III the scene. Ho'ow
we give from the New York Evan
gclist, a description Of the scene,
Wien this, mighty song WAS born
in an hour, aad l!:,ri it's lofty sum
nit to Tie skies; and viii! the maine
OF lichcr !ileh he speaaia 9 trump
Of everlasting i:l'nc:
There .a"e been men who have wo,
an honorable Immortality in "n l'"nr.
Il brave word iitIr spoken. or IL noble
,'rtl promptly j,ac, h", given then, a
niacc on the l,s:lt! r.,. Of tame forever
Sometimes III a happy moment al IN
SEPARATION 10 poet D;' an orator has "s;iisl
on -u',,' hat will last for ages.
One II these happy sonsstcrs, whose
rrau,!rat strain WAS born in an hour,
but wl,'ci, the world shni urscr willing
Is Jet die. vas Reginald Uei,cr, His''n,
oi Cl.:i-sa iincH IL Ca,cu;ta. II the
great mass Of Christians around the
globe wtrs, asked iu name !hc two En-
,I,i, bishops whose h,:nu"r9 is mos:
,irar t. them, they world probnb'y
n"no Jaremy Taylor and Reginald
!.rhrr. Yet the v,.l,"ration and .,a;i-
tu,ic ir.t to"a,s.s the latter, is mainly
founded n;,n, Il !ew ijneS which he
threw of ~ IL sudden inspiration. and
which cnnid be- written GA i. single
page.
Reginald III,rr was born 1T Ma,naa,
in Cheshire, Oh he .! st OF! April, l'53
II" was a lrcrorious boy, and at seven
ears ~ a4a be ityu Translated "lacd-us
:u,o English verso. Ills pr:zo poem at
oxford University on Palet,t,'e,'
written ia his tven;icl4 year, Stands vt
Tie head Of that r!.s., o! somewhat
tplc:ner.l productions. lis - !uirs-
.ira" will live and so viii his tender
sad .rncs:u! lines 10 his vile at Bonn
!,r, an! - vii! ms nantlcn! .,,nn
g v hen through The 'p;n sail !he temp
est i, ,':e,.'nlny" III: all bis poetry,
aud his I,amp:nn lecrures, an! his able
quarterly Ecfiem articles, are weighed
ooN, by jis sing" rna'cllrss mission
az, !y ;l.a; lis composition ";1s on
Tins " !sc.
While !:cginalA !lrbe: was rector Of
The Episcopal Church 1T Uo'!n.t, II:
S.r"p,hlrr, he went topay visit to
lis 'Hri;ey-in 'Aw, Dr.. .sh!piey. then
vicar If ';teAh,.n,, GA tine boldcr OF
) a'es. Uebri WAS in his i'ls!y-s co"a
year, ":s. h..I como t" Hrexl'am 10
deliver The :iT5t ri Il series Of Sunday
evrt.!u, lectures in Or. :,i,ir.cy's
ejiHlc'p. IL tie morning nt that saInc
Day. III Sl:plcv WAS t. deliver /. It's
course in ,,e.;l,t o; The Society for
the Propagation III the Gospel in For
e.gn Paris"
Oh the afternoon before N!itsun-
l2." N5IJ), Nrht.r and his fa.hev-. m
!;.s s..l ci.at,:u. with Il &C." friends IN
Dr.. 3h.;'"ys r"iInr Dr.. s>hi,.!ey,
known. his ia laws happy .jit III
rapid com position, SAID to hlsu, ~ ri1t
something .or us 10 sing q: she service
to-,nn1ruw m,rniug." Short notice
;i..t--iur i n.an To achieve Ills iu;iuur
ta.!ty. Uc,,c. .rtiinl 10 another ;,iii
,ts tie room. ;,n,i in Il little time !iut
prepared three veises, "t whic.l the
.itHt ore !an t..'i>:
':From aroenianl's 10y saoaataius:
From .ui,:., coral strand
W.icte iiric's sunny fountains
i.",I t"sn tA"lr Collie" ,;tiil
From in.tny an aj!fls,nt river;
t'r"u, sn;tnE y l's!inE plain
Thy c:t,' ns t. ,icsisrr
Tncir Aai from errors chain"
U"bcr read the three verses over,
aud nni y altered u single void. III"
,cvcn;'. line .. tie second vcrso was
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