Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-06-10
Mutation.

\ world Of c:.aurr i rii- Nnrllir. j.,
Stale: n''t3H- j. ItIm1l"nt here. Nature
j. always cAau-iu"-ncvcr ~ r., never one
rh.aC long. PcrTc'naI r.u'luu i rhc great
.aw OF rDc Uu,vrr-c ! c"I>cIcss activity
-ovrrus every where. II, active prl1ciple
Of c,aa1" b..Ig.. IN their ssvy.aI turns.
-vrrg, in IL r,>hIIc., a.i I,aa'r: summer.
v'h irs culjc:r grain IN ripnnc! harye,rs.
which we are Euw enjoying; autumn. with
i, signing vjuis AM idi.iE: leaves, suj win
ter, win n. chilling blasts tui bles,hIng
SHOWS. ~ ~ the uaturt' world !, change.
NJ o. j-y'. however brau'ifal LuI that "a - ;
uurhir.. Lowcvcr strong ant cu'u.in-. hu'
that yields 70 ia" cuEuu.uy touch and iuflu-
cucc # time.
Byron says, with evident sadness.
"Ou, upon ,ir.ir, it vii leave 10 moro
OF the things 10 come riI-u ;hiGg, bctIrc;
OU' upon 'r,.c, WHO forever Mi leave
Bat cuuu- h OF ia" past f,r iu'urr To gricyc
Tn -ha' 'icIl hath been or GA that wh!rh j.
tu BE-:
What we have seen oar srus will see
Remnants Of iAiu-s lha; lefr have passed
away.
Fragments # stone reared by creatures Of
clay.'
A. in nature 80 in tie realm, of norra's
all i change. Here too !jfr is ever varying.
.hiniug ever. In a Tcri,c'ly ua:uTal ltr We
have four stages ur :, a>Cus Of beng. ILltuCy g.
youth. maturity and cid aye Not Iun4 an
infant. not long youIIl NOT iong III maturity,
not long an old nlau-in tine, ruthing long.
This is the uuyhangilg law OF mans ever
changing life.
. l.. 20. l..
back from the present npon iles varied
changes and devious wim,iiugs. How lIii.u
does /; seem iIii' We have lived at al. 50
rapid aud yet 50 s.'cEt have been the ;ran>i~
+ lions of uur being from one stage 10 another !
short indeed. though iorE enough u,s, were
, the sunny, glorious hours g. chliihrcd: and
yet how covr'ahic would be those hours.
were il possible fur u~ - 20 t. ch!ldhoUi au8
live them over again. Bat ala the iruo-
ccncc, simplicity aud -unGiuc-> Of those days.
which now seem ouiy To have been pIta>>
ant illusion, are gone
Gone glmmcring through the dreams Of
rI.n-- I.al were.
\ schoo.Doy'> tale, tie wonder ci an hour"
No, inpscs,ivrly 10 we realize ihe change
ful. decavinE character Of all things earthly.
whcI wc call up the scenes ani ass, ria,,uu>
Of C'lnr day. tho lr.-it faces end genial
hearts that cac-7cd aud gla.itlcncd ~ in other
years, ~ we ionrncycd along lie, sunny and
shaded pathways. y here are they now +.
Some Of them are sti,i about oar walks in
lif. but they are changed in heart a. well a.
il face aud fo.m. They love u> not per
chance as they dil in the lays Of yorr
Some--bu, their number i fcw--,ii.i cling ,u
Us in sympathy and election; bat, alae! n'n>,
Of Ike iricr1!9 oI other tay> ur" srra,- gers To
tha; warmth Of heart anl glow Of seal which
: made many an hour bgigh; aud j"youS in the
past. Such l. life in Ms NUTRITIOUS.
"Ah me! what is 'hcre in earth, vaG.ou,
range,
Which time and chance may np sadly
cLaagr?
No,lr;ng save the horc,t fairfield love q Il
true friend, which comes TO H. perhaps hut
once in our char-ciW If. aud should he
more valued than the diamonds Of Golconda
or the wealth OF the Indies.
/ Bv the great law Of change and decay
sorIc Of the friends IF other day, have gcn,
before ns into tnciand Of shadows the silent,
voicele.s realm oC death; they sleep "rhc
sleep that knows 10 waking, and Ju>r 50
truly as thcy f-ll in obedience Ia the cpcrauon
Of his iueXoraLlc will 50 crr'aIuiv >hall we
At the appointed time marked down upon
the n.y>reruu> iItrliI scroll of eteTur'y, orr
caGHcc rM rune
The season which 50 faithfully type, tie
changes aui viri,itj,lc> oi human iilc--ihe
season
"Cf wailing wrrd> and naked won.ls
Aad meadows brown and scar
Shall surely bri"- our Change ~ IL ''u". au,'
thereby the PROTECTION Oi uur fu'urc iItc
wlirh li's in H. chan"rlr->ues,.
DetA,. La, My ,.-t. CicLU>E.