The Van Buren press., 1876-02-15

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the place OF my hopes. In the wood
lying in front of the house of the loved
one, l found myself surrounded by dewy
white mullen, and the dripping leaves Of
shrubry. Here l halted. and as turned
my eyes to the sublimity above, l reaec.
ted how that ancient bards had tuned
their harps to choicest notes to sing OF
celestial scenery, and now that we have
not only this as beautiful as then, but the
sublimity added to it. by the understand
ing Of the nature. and the laws OF their
revolutions, which have been made our
property by the force Of reason added to
the energy of research.
As gaze up into the vault Of the skies,
Arcturns is just peeping up from the hor'
izon, the brilliant Canopus is just bidding
adicu to the southern skies as she bowes
below the shadowing forest-,he modest
Pleiads are leading the way high up in the
heavens, followed by the brightness Of
the Taurian Eye--Orion, grandly posed
in heavens zenith, Ike giant; the spark
ling hosts surrounded him in subduded
gaze-up the eastern sky comes Venus,
the bcautious queen oflove, and close by,
the Jovian planet lends his aid 10 shed
majesty on the scene. As looked and
looked, with sweep of vision, at the
glorious heavens as they, their eternal
vigils keep. am filled with inexpressable
awe and admiration As the cool morn.
ing breeze fans my brow, l am waited
away on the swift wings Of thought, and
am lost to myself in creations vast do
main knowing not from whence came /;
for what came: or for what end | am
destined Amid this grand, this awfully
glorious scene, my whole being exclain-
ed, with the fervancy of all my powers.
Great God, Eternal Father vouchsafe to
show me where | am But, then, memo-
ry caught the rays Of one little star; a
sweet precious star, whose gentle rays
penetrate deep into my soul, lighting up
all within, showing me where am again,
and leading me back by its gentle rays
TO my lovely situation among these earth
ly felcities This is not a star that strikes
me with awe, but fills me with love. This
is not a star that eludes all the powers of
my mind to comprehend it; but one that
fills me with delights Of the most apprc-
eiable kind. l love the precious body Of
this star; bnt much more do love the
goodness and bright intellect hy which
this precious orb of my soul is guided
and adorned. So, ! would be my
self again, and live, and love to battle in
the sweet radience of this, my own little
precious star. 1t my own loving Swan
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the thoughts OF my surroundings, which
am unable to fathem, but can feel am
startled by the approach of some one
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ncarcd me. she exclaimed, I. 0 Bernardo !!
have found you here alone" AS the
voice ofthe loved Que thrilled me through
in ecstasies of joy, called, Swanncna
Swanaena. as she fastened to my side,
and took ms hand +" How is IL my own
dear Bernardo that you were standing
here alone, peering into the shades Of the
forest! | was expecting You last night,
and early have l glanced my eyes this
way, when | thought l could see some
one, when my heart leaped with hope that
it might be my own fond Bernardo; i
could not restrain myself longer, so I
fastened and have found you My dar-
ling lady. l have just been contemplating
the arch of heaven; and its majesty had
almost overwhelmed my powers; as l
felt myself fading sway into nsigniticance
in view of the majesty Of Creation, in
which am lost-as l felt myself grow
ing light as soon to vanish as an exha-
lation, and as my reflection began to
grasp for something indicative of my re.
ality, l thought of you, Swannena, and
l was myself again In fondest tones she
said, Light Of my life, comforter Of my
earthly existance, am exalted and beau
tilted, when, to you, | have qualities so
engaging, in view of the hosts that be
decked the sky. feel that, of a reality,
it must be all right. if we are constituted
50 to deem it. My Bernardo, here is a
fact useful to contemplate; that, we our
selves, are but parts of this stupendous
whole. If our minds be rightly directed
by education. we can but be delighted
with Nature in every provence in which
she is displayed-then we should find in
ourselves no less cause of interest and
deep contemplation, tnan for the impos-
ing objects If the the celestial worlds tirai
traverse the depths of space. Because
we occupy less space is no reason why
we are less wonderful. To those who
can think deep enou n to appreciate the
subject, man is microcosm, or a
little world Within himscir The play OF
the ultimate atoms and.molecules, is even
more inscrutable, and equally as harmo.
Mons as that of the PLANETARY systems.
When we come to look into the micro,
scopic world, there by our assisted vision
we see myriads of wonders and beauties
in the three departments of Nature, min,
er, vegetable, animal. We find rs much
adaptation and wonderful phenomena in
this minute world, as in any other depart
ment of our surroundings. Science has
made it clear that as far as the mind can
look into the recesscs of God's providence
there is relation between all parts,
from the atom and molecule up hiough
every graduation Of being to the sun
scli-with reason, thus deduced, to
lead us to believe that it extends to the
other systems beyond the ken of our
finite powers"
Thus she spoke, while enchanted
stood Her words sank deep into my
thoughts. could better perceive her
high relations to sublime objects. than
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