The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-09-11

Of dawn had begun to unfold them
selves. We never tire Of looking on
upon this king of the mountains
whose projecting points, seem to oven
shadow this beautlful city Of Eas
Tennessee At its base the placi,
waters Of the Tennessee steal quietly
along, and are lost in the distan
mountains.
Slowly we move along, the ALARM
bell signaling all TO keep out Of til,
way After passing the conimc
Of the city, our speed is quickrned
until we go dashing along at til,
rate Of thirty miles an hour ",
are now passing through the rich val
| ley Of the Tennessee. The mountains
are aiar off, and the VALLEY is green
with fields of corn portCnding a boun.
tifuI harvest. Chattanooga has alWav,
been considered Il good grain market
and it is from these luxurious valleys
that she receives her supplies. We
have now been on the road for Ovcl
an hour, and the sunlight has tipped
the distant mountain peaks with Il
| golden halo, and stealing down their
sides, have made the dcw-drops gIis-
ten like diamonds; but still the lamps
i'll our coach continue to burn, throw
ing out in contradistinctiOn to the
| broad glare of the nOon-day sun, that
now flashes against the window pancs.
1t is only an oversight of the train
hands, we thought, and our mind
| wandered out, like child at its hoIli-
day plays; now here, now there, ever
busy, forever going, until ovcrpow-
cred, it sinks to rest, to dream per-
chance Of other scenes equally en-
chanting; but like the distant mirage,
only Il shadow, Il passing vision Of
other days. Famed 10y the mountain
brceZcs, we rested our head against
the back of the seat and slept. Reused
by the sharp, quick whistle of the
locomotive, we shook of our drOwsy
slumbers and looked out. We are
now about to plunge into the heart of
the mountains, known as the Cumber-
land range. We dash through tunnel
and look up. Like TennysOn's charge
of the Light Brigade, we found noun
n ~ nf II n IN
the left of US, mountains in front of
us, but onward we Numbered. Into
another tunnell, and then out into the
mountains again. How grand! Our
souls are filled with awe umspeakable.
We thought of Gods presence on
Mount Sinai; and then our soul rccOg-
niZcd the presence Of the everlasting
interchangeable Father in these noun
tains.
Many years ago, two young men
were sent out into these wild noun
tain regions Of Kentucky, to preach
the unsearchable riches of Christ. In
after years they held multitudcs spell
bound by their eloquencc. May they
not have drawn their inspiration from
God, as they wandered through these
mountain Businesses, whose cvcrIast-
ing SUBMITS proclaim His presence?
They afterwards both became bishops.
The ouc-Bishop Bascom has been
c,rrind into fine hillsof tbc New Joru- !
soIen. and il NOW WANDERING Iy Green
folds and Inv fine eidn nf thr crv.toI
rivor modn nvcr rnenIendont Lv fine
of Cod The othcr-Rf.hop
still left with ms like
q emilio and boI, nrn,hnt to direct our
stpps oIono the slippcry paths Of life. |
and poiut out the beautiful CITY whose /
huiIdcr is Coda CITY of rest. where .
Christ the Son of the Everlasting .
Father sits, to welcome all these who
believe in his rcdccming grace.
1t was my pleasure few days
thereafter to hear this venerable man
Of God, hold spell bound thousand
souls, that seemed to hang ON his
words, as an anchor of safety from
the storms and pcrils that surround
.hem. More than one hundred years
lgO, the great pioneer Boone, passed
rver these mountains, and laid the
way for Il settlement in what was then
known rs the Ozark and bloody
ground.' Needless of the wild war
hoop of the savage, and untcrrilicd by
he gloom that surrounded him, he
'entured on through those wild ANA
ugeed mountains, and has left a
for himself rs enduring as
he great State that owes her settle
nent 70 this. her hardy and ycntur-
ms son
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