The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-12-26
of it as the fallen leaves are scattered


before the wind.
eve are all as an unclean thing, and
our righteousness are as filthy rags;
and we all do fade asa leaf; and our
iniquities like the wind have taken us
away"
All this desolation, which jeremiah
weeps over, hes having witnessed the
fulfllment of the prophecy, was
brought upon Israel by their iniquities.
When sinners take their destiny in
their own hands, there remains for
for of Judgment and fiery Indignation
which shall devour the adversaries. :"
They are first blasted and then carried
away by the malignant and violent
wind of their own iniquity; it withers
them and then blasts them.
We have come to the full autumn
time of year. All the beauty of spring
and summer is faded and gone. The
amiable jaSmlne-the arbor vitae, with
it's unchanging friendship-the dis
dainful carnation-the columbine with
it's folly-the innocent daisy-the lily
with its sweetness and cOquetry-the
devoted heliotrope-the surprising
qualities of the mignonette-the stern
thistle, and the tender field grasses
all have faded, their beauty is gone,
and their fragrance has, been borne
away upon the autumn Winds
The music of the spring birds is
hushed. The bobolink with the
witchery of it's song, the melody of the
meadow lark, the twitter and chatter
of the chimney swallow, the enchant-
ing sunset song of the robin, and the
insiStant demands of the whip-pOOr-
will are husned into silence. These
feathered SOngSterS are gone to milder
climes where the winds blow softly
and the sun shines with warmer
glow.
We stand in the absence of deserted
pleasures and in the midst of the desc
latiOns that Time has wrought in the
beauties and fragrance of the years
youthfulness. The leaves are faded
and falling all about us. Nature
witherS and decays beneath the &C
cumulated weight of time-tit emblem
of human life.
THE LEAF FADES NATURALLY.
1t is as natural for tie leaf to fade
as it is for it to come forth from the
bud which unfOldS it in the spring
time. Leaves have their time to fade
and to fall. 1t is not necessary thai
the Autumn king should touch then
with his icy sceptre, nor that the hOal
frost should be scattered upon them
When they ripen they will fade anC
wither and decay. The colors in the
thousands of pores that are under the
green surface of single leaf appear
because of the descent of the sap by
which the leaf was nourished, to en-
tomb itself within the roots, the seal
of life of the tree, and then the fading
begins.
It is Gods decree that man should
die Tho faf forth from thu
Almighty, "Dust thou art and unto
dust shalt thou return" For as by
one man sin entered into the world
and death by sin, SO death was passed
upon all men for that all have sinned
We may deny many things that have
not passed before our vision, and that
have never entered into our experience
and from which we have never received
any communication. Men may den!
the creation of matter, from which al
, life and form have come. They ma.
dispute the fact of future rewards ant
punishment; they may go SO far as t,
deny the existence of personal God
But no man, however skepticaI OF
other things, can deny the fact thai
he must die-that old age is sure t.
come when life reaches out into tn
three score and ten years.
The leaf fades from different causes
The storm wind may wrench it from
it's stem in its youth time and hurl i
to the earth where it fades, and goe
into premature decay. The forest fire
may scOrch and shrivel it into an I'm
slightly thing. The frost may bligh
r it. All these accidental and unnatura
causes may step in and do the bunglin,
> work which Nature, had she had he
| way, would have done gracefully ant
beautifully. The natural process
for the leaf to grow old, and ripen, an
then fade into beauty.
HUMAN LIFE HAS ITS CASUALTIES.
Those events which may be considers
accidental to the fading process, ma
S step in, and undertake the work whic
belongs exclusively to Nature to &C
t complish.
Who has not seen the beautiful
- young lady become the victim Of tina
$ willy, treacherous, designing and dc
. ceptive diSeaSe-cOnSumpti She
who was the bright spirit of her assC
ciates, and the most beautiful of all
j in form and feature, begins to fade
The glow of health departs from he
cheeks, leaving 10 color but the ON
+ inous spot which tells every one, bu
herself, ;sanat the Iinsidious disease
i, there We have seen her in he
casket, lying among the tuberose
, and camelias and myrtle-a faded leaf
hurled from the hilltop of youth, an
y health, and beauty, into the valley. o
f shadows, because Smitten by the win
! storm of disease, in whose path sh
: CHANGED to stand. In such case a
/ this Nature has been defrauded of he
T legitimate work.
= The diSSOlute life is a fading life