The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-11-13

t0iage-where are '"ess
alaud. firm as before. yet shaken ~
the rude blast Of Autumn. and
yielding to the fain'est- oreeze' .
p,rtion OF their once green folisge.
They stand, bereft of their ' r:u-".
brown aud barred IT, the storm.
Whist a wonderful change! lis
the falling If the leaf.
Withered leaves are round us falling,
10 the wintry blast tEey oena:,
Whispering. in accents mourniuis
All that's beautiful must emu.
Nature robbed of all her glory,
6ends ur willing her head,
rSke 4 broken hearted mother,
Weepinr DER her cherished dead.
An, those leaves. once green and lovely,
or 1 hailed them as my irieoSs,
NOV no niessint ghts they bring me
To my neart NO beauty lrnos.
Yes. they bring . sweet remembrance
d, the happy, happy pas,;
They are types 0 me, anu sn"~o"S'
Ot eternal iiie ut last.
withered leaves are round ms falling
n
Yet thtir falling ie u token,
That this lite Is not our cuo.
Yes. on ev'ry leaf il written,
In my mind a holy Thought:
Yes I'M. hope OF lie upSpringinC.
From the grave. by them Is brought.
rhoupb they're withered now, and fall
10 wu to earth, their native tomo;
yaf the pvrent stock will nourisi,
And with fresh leaves puo anu o'0o'"'
N our mortal frames will perish.
Like the failing leaves d ana Snnrish sH
Yet again will bloom eno nouriSh'
In u.brishL eternal sphere.
To the thoughtful mind this an
nual change of nature speaks
n fruitful lesson. We behold
the bright glor,es of earth ope"
their rich petal. east their sweet
fragrance ON the breeze.-and
then droop and perish-embIe-
matte of The inst ability ofear.h
ly things.
We behold the child in IFS
euiless beauty. a thing glowing
with health, innocence and JOY.
folded in the arms ot her VIII"
bore n in all the overwhelming
tondness of mothers love. Like
the eporiive lamb decked with a
fiowcry garland. SO beautiful II
eeems bat alas; il breaths but a
smile. Thou weepest, cbi'dIees
mother--Ah we'll thou mayest-
',,s thy (irsi born; hard it is for
thee 10 lay the lovely one low
in the damp earth, beneath the
cold clods of the valley. Spring
gave thee a 10Y of peerless bean
iv, but never more shall it raise
lie rosy lips to thine IN all the
fondness o. cbil,ihoods warm al
fectiou-that cherub nflmmortsl
ity! Memory tells thee thou ar'
desolate-it tells Thee too o'
playful smiles-of a thousand
soft and winning ways that twlne
around the mothers bosom, and
of the sweet. wild throbing oi
unspeakabie bliss that were thine
when softly soothing il to slum-
Der and repose. Now tile nur-
sery will no more resound with
its gladsome mlrlli; the cradle lr
which il had so often reposed in
ouitet, is now desolats. Thou
weepesi; childest mother - asoa
has 5ekeld the falling Of the leaf
Sound the depths thy hear
kind reader. and tell me is there
not one tender chord that speaks
a void which earth cannot re-
rlscei Knowel thou one sac
red spot above all others, where
on thou hast shed the bitter tea
or gazed with sore affl'c,ions { N
star be there, which thy font
heart has marked as her pur'
spirit, roaming the depths o
heaven Thou, too, hast see'
the falling Of the leaf"
And what is lIfe--aDd what j
man, that he should seek th'
fleeting shadow earth is ne
mans abiding places" we are bu
travellers on this terraqueou
talI--but servants Of probation
Whv then this love of gain thi
longing for distinction? Let u
approach your wide repository "
the deed, and seek there for dis
tiuctlon. We behold tablets, col
marble tablets, cold as the cia.
that slumbers beneath then
their varied inscriptions tei!ln
of youth, beanty. manhood. az
ambition. pride and variet
brought tone common level
Like the leaves of the forest.
withering. Wondering mass, no
ono pre- eminent over another
"Fallen leaves from the tree G
life, torn from the parent sieF
BY the rude blast "f lime !
Crave no. the vanitias of eaTi:
that gild .ni to perish, but ratt
er SEEK Ia Gi' The irnn,ortai MN
with that lncorr,'ptah'e trn
which des;h ra'fnnt destr".r. an
which will prove q soaioe