The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-11

Aut lt4lpNiIg itIlCfs NIIIttu Hl MI
~ E.hster to friend, has not lost its in
terest by the lapse of wears or by the
death of the writer:
5o'cloek, ) 4. NJ, RICHMOND, Va,
April %, 1917.
Whether it be favor or an annoy
ance. YOU owe this letter to my early
habits of rising. From the hour marked
at-the top of the page, you will naturally
conclude that my companions are not
now engaging my attention, IS we have
not calculated on being early travellers
to-day.
This city has pleasant seat 1t is
high: the James River runs below it,
and when | went out, an hour ago, no.
thing was heard but the roar of the
Falls The air is tranquil and its tenn
Perature mild; it is morning, and a morn
ing sweet, and fresh. and delightful,
Everybody knows the morning in its
metaphorical sense, applied to so many
objects and on many occasions. The
health, strength and beauty of early
years lead US to calf that period "the
morning Of hfe." OF a lovely young
woman we say she is bright as the
morning" and no one doubts why Luci-
fer Is called 'son of the morning"
l'ut the morning itself, few people. in
hahitants Of cites, know anything about
Among all our good people, not one in
thousand sees the sun rise once a year.
They know nothing of the morning.
Their idea of it is that it is that part of
the day which comes along .after.a cup
oi coffee and beefsteak. or a piece of
toast. With them morning is not a new
issuing of light, a new bursting forth
Of the sun, new waking up OF all that
has life from sort of temporary death.
10 behold again the works of God, the
heavens and the earth; it is only part
ot the domestic day, belonging to reading
the newspapers, answering notes, sending
the children to school, and giving orders
Tor dinner. The first streak of light, the
earliest PuIP}ing of the east. which the,
lark springs up to greet, and the deeper
and deeper the coloriRg into orange and
red, till at length the glorious sun. is
seen, regent of the dayn-this they never
enjoy, for they never see il. 80
King David speaks of taking to HIM
self the wings of the morning" This.
Is highly poetical and beautiful. The.
- tAtN stAC AAG 7ASsAlAo ~
the rising sun. Rays of the light are,
wings. 1t is thus said that the sun of
righteousness shall arise with healing
IN its wings rising sun that shall
scatter life, health and joy throughout
the Universe.
Milton has fine descriptions of morning
but not so many as Shakespeare, from
whose writings pages of the most beauti-
ful imagery, all founded on the glory
OF morning, might be filed. -
l never thought that Adam had much
the advantage of Us, from having seen
the world while was new. We.see as hne
rlsiugs of the sun as ever Adam saw, and
It's rislngs are as much q miracle now As
they were in his day, and ] think 4 good
deal more, because it Is now 4 part at
the miracle that for thousands and
thousands Of years be has come to his
appointed time without the variation of
millionth part of 8 second. Adam
could not tell how this might be. I
know the morning. am acquainted
with 1t, and love It. love It, fresh
and sweet as il fs--a daily new creation,
breaking forth and calling alI that have
NE and breath and being to new adora
uon, new eujoYments, and new gfati-
tuee. DANIEL WEBSTER