Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-17

they must die, sat down at q cabinet Or
gan to play q piece of sacred music, ard
the whole OF the family joined in the
hymn. And all save one Of the family
persisted.
At the hotel q Mr.. Bainbridge, who
was On q Journey round the world, call
ed the inmates Of the hotel together for
prayer, and he told them they had only
q few more minutes to live, and as he
was passing out from the hotel the We
randa fell Upon him and crushed him
to death.
We talk about the dumb elements,
brit it is hard for me to believe that they
are dumb, and that the fire does not feel
the warmth flowing in its own veins,
and that Ghe signing winds have no
sorrow, and that playing fountains
experience no e1hilaratiOn, and that the
Light does not enjoy illumining the
world, and that the sensitive plant does
not feel your touch, and that the rose,
with all its incense, does not worship.
1t seems that in these par0xysnls Of the
mountains nature must suffer.
That night nine miles Of the noun
tain changed. ''The terraces, y which
had been the pride Of the colonies, sank
out Of existence. No one but the infinite
and the almighty could afford the OBJ
Iteration Of such resources Of beauty
and glory. The casting down OF such
affairs and the annihilation Of such tenn
pies would have been an iconoclasm
that would have afffronted the universe
but for the fact that the Lord who made
Tarawera and Rotomahana has g right
TO do what he viii with his own, and
the terraoes, already beginning to re-
form, may be richer col0red and loftier
and more Respondent than their Drede-
cossOrs.
The loss 10 New Zealand Of these
white and pink terraces is what would
be the loss Of the Giants causeway ID
Ireland. Or the loss Of the pyramids to
Egypt, or the loss Of Niagara falls TO
America. Tho exact physical causes OF
this upsctt5ag and down tearing and
mOuntaiH splitting ! leave to biologists
to guess about Trarslating their soien-
tic accounts into easier language, it
seems that the mountains were stiff i'll
their joints from long standing and
went into play. Fer q great while they
had enjoyed 10 fireworks, and that
night they iIlumined New Zealand
With rockets and wheels OF fire. The
hills went into games Of Ie2pfr0g and
ball playing and Gying lzites and boxing
and general ro1p. They were czhiIa-
rated with q mixture OF gases-sulphu1-
&c, TLCsph0riG and c2rbouic-apd forgot
al the prophecies tlaa mountains usual
y observe. 8ut it was not q COMEDY.
Il WAS q tragedy Of The mountains, and
all the King Laars, a1.d Inc GIacbetha,
and tho EazaIots. and the lIeg Ner-
rifles Of arrangement and horror were
tl.-t night On the stage, Of which the
belcIling fires were the f0otIights and
flames hundreds OF feet high were the
gorgeous upholstery. TCrnadOes Of
ashes. Furnaces seven times heated, IN
which walked the Deity. Grand march
OF God sounded by the avalanchas. The
ea@th bonn harding the heavens. Dante
fsTufc~no'' lifted into the terrestrial
Maniac elements tearing the clouds into
tc5tcT5 and grinding rocks under their
heels. That night Of June 8, that ev-f.sI
light in Nov Zealand, when the native
settlements Went down under the Gsacs
G. b--a-1Le, IaIaWora IS completely IS
Io0-reii AID EeEculaDeom urdcr t1c
ber-z@I Of FcsuT5us, seemed to I9laT ac-
I,l.lIIGent to the words Of the Old
hook, as mach reyored il New Zealand
- - America, an accompanying mt IL
lall di2pascn, IN earthquake WITH its
1905 on tn pedal ''Tho perpetual bills
Cd bow - The mountains s]-ir1ol
I1l-o ranca. ''Tl3o hills melted j.-9
wax. ''Ih0 foundations OF the earth
y 30 ehal1n'' f'Ho Iooketh On she
earth, and it tre1nblotl. .
That downfall Of the New Zealand
terraces was only q conspicuous cir
cu1rstance II the history Of the world
z..ouItGin8 are mortal, and they write
their aut0bio5raphies on leaves of stone.
All the mountains Of New Zealand were
1lUrGed IN cradle OF earthquake by o
parentage Of rock and glacier, and they
Will have their descendants. You can
not bury mountains unobsoryed. There !
must be black pail Of smoke and dead |
march sounded by orchestra Of clements, |
and thunders tolling at the passing fu-
neral Of hills, and spade Of fire to dig |
their grave, and the discharge Of all |
heaven 8 artillery at their burial, and the |
solemn and Overwhelming Iitany sound |
ed, earth 20 earth, ashes to ashes, dust /
to dust''
You see it will be well FOR goologists
to como to New Zealand. Ornithologists |
ought also 10 come. Last evening, al |
though it is here nidwinter-NewI ea- |
lands July corresponding with Ameri-
ca January, although fer from being
as cold-I was standing near q oIu7np |
q trees which still kept all their foliage,
and there were bird voices absolutely
0ewildering for numbers and sweetness.
e the notes Of the music there rendered
Oy the winged choir had been written
III each leaf, the rendering could not
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