Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-09

mighty roar of the ocean of I'm
mensity is heard by natures
disciple, and his frail barque of
life can only be guided by the
helm of Truth and the Com
pass Of virtue. | wrap myself
up in myself and seek for Ma
ture's keys, which unlock the
doors Of the universe, and / see
man a rebel to virtue. The ce-
lestial plume of the angel of
Pity is waited on the breeze OF
human life, but the bright, eyed
angel Of Mercy stands to adj
nit the Pure. Nature is true
as truth and beautiful as Heav-
en-. The eternity of matter is
proven by reason-the eternity
Of the Spirit by Nature. Ma
ture points out Diety, or a
part Of one in everything that
exists-from the forest leaf to
the rolling spheres-from the
drop of water to the mighty o.
cean-from the grain Of sand to
the majestic mountain. A liv-
ing Diety fills the Universe
Nature is filled with life and
that life is eternal. The Uni
verse is the manuscript of the
Supernal and few they be who
read it Alright. The elimination
Of the spirit essence Of the Su-
pernaI is seen in man. Man is
a part Of the deified essence,
but his individuality is finite
his species infinite. The un-
seen suns Of the Supernal shine
and the unheard thundcrs of In
fnity roll Notwithstanding our
caskct Of clay. The mill stone
of nature grinds us into dust, |
but the spores, or germs take
root in Eternity and the Spirit .
flower blooms forever. "In the
vast ocean Of unbounded space"
we see the floating worlds of the
Eternal-they sail, and sail, and !
sail, and never arrive at port. |
The tinkling string of life will
soon snap and cease to make a
single vibration-our present
life music viii soon be hushed
in an eternal lullaby sung by
the life Of nature. When the
magazine Of mortal life explodes
a multitude of trifies will fly and
the clay-casket Of mortal men
will be tern to primal atoms.
The beginning of lifeis where
the computation Of time began.
The mind is the blossom of
Gods soul. Man is a spark Of
spiritualized matter emauating
from the soul of Eternal Light
a moment between
life and death and then enter
ing universal and endless
life. Ages, like shadows, come
and go, but life and death,
growth and decay never cease.
Life--eternaI Iife-evoIyes on
ward and upward through the
centuries. An everlasting chain
Of infinite love binds the Uni
verse together into a bond Of
Unity. Oblivion's stream that
flows through the dark valley
Of the shadow of death soon
sings a life-anthem. ] worship
the universal and eternal fife
liffused in and through nature.
The daisy and the daffodil, the small gem
on the lea,
)f these I'll make my playmates, and these
my friends shall be, 7,
I'll HE ME to the green wood, I'll sit me
down and sing,
Beneath the quiet curtain of the nightin-
gales wing;
My pillow shall be rose leaves, without q
single thorn,
lnd there I'll chant my rOundelay until the
blush Of morn;
the earth IS fall Of beauties, on every side !
see,
sunlight instead OF shadow, joy inside Of
me-
But, "How many beauties rise unknown, ,
Md sink unseen by mortal sight; =
Where lilies bloom by hands unsSwn, {
Then fade away in endless night"
The mind is well employed,
which struggles for mental light. J
An enlightened mind is knowl- |
,dge advanced. The matter
which exists in the ali, is not
,nly medium by which we sec {
md breathe, but we can also ,
earn that the myriad forms of {
natter contained in the atmos-
Dhere is constantly changing
md evolving, etc. 1t is a fact
not unknown to science that
Ill plants and animals are solidi-
led air. II
\ negro caught stealing ium-
Der belonging to George j. 4
Pripv. at Franklin. Tenn. was i