The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-30
A Various Language.
(By Minnie Dempsey

A various language, for his gayer hours
She has voice of gladness, and smile
And eloquence of beauty, and she
glides
Into his darker musings with a mild
And healing sympathy, that steals
away
Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
When thoughts
OF the last bitter hour come like
blight
Over thy spirit, and sad images
or the stern agony, and shroud, and
pail
And breathes darkness, and the narrow
house,
Make thee to shudder, and grow sick
at heart,
Go forth under the open sky, and list
To Natures teachings.
"All the world is a temple of
beauty" if we were only conscious
of its presence.
Nature appeals to different peo-
pie in many and various ways.
Thus each person interprets Nature
according to his ability to under
stand her teachings, for "She
speaks various language.
To comprehend the mysteries and
appreciate the beauties of Nature
we must study her. There are
three ways by which we may fol-
low up this work. Observation,
investigation, and the study of
sciences.
Daily we may observe some par
ticular phase or hear some strange
sound which attracts Our attention.
We then begin to investigate and
are likely to have a great desire to
delve deeper into these mysteries,
and SO begin to study.
With the study of Nature comes
the love for Nature. One fact leads
to another and always develops in
to something new and interesting.
There is no end to this beautiful
revelation. AS it unfolds before US
we become more impressed with
the fact that there is no time to be
spent meditating on petty troubles
but that it must be improved in
trying to learn more of God through
his working in Nature.
1t would be painful to think of
person going through this life with
out once having his heart touched
and without having a single high
aim conveyed to him by some of
the magnificent spectacles he be-
holds.
Shakespeare tells us
"And this our life exempt from public
haunts
Finds tongues in trees, books in run.
ming brooks
Sermons iii stones, and good in every
thing"
Nature never breaks her laws.
For this reason the study of Nature
strengthens the character. Mr..
Mabie says "the obedience OF Ma
ture to the laws of her being be-
comes character i'll her companion
and pupil" With all her beauties
surrounding us it seems as if this
world should be a happier one
Nathaniel P. Willis in one of his
poems on the beauties of Nature
said
The waters slept. Nights silvery veil
hung low
On Jordan's bosom, and the eddies
curId
Their CLASSY ring beneath it like the
Unbroken beating of the sleepers
pulse.
The reeds bent down the stream, the
willow leaves,
With a soft cheek up on the lulling
tide,
Forgot the lifting winds, and the long
stems
Whose flowers like agentle nurse,
Bears on its bosom, quietly gave way,
And leaned in graceful attitudes to
rest.
How striklngly the course of nature
tells,
By it's light heed of human suffering,
That it was fashioned for a happier
world
We Lan scarcely conceive of our
beautiful world being one of COM
plete silence. We can 60 into the
woods and field and hear the most
beautiful harmonies-there are no
discords in Nature.
When we speak of the beauties
of Nature the things of which we
naturally think are those which
: have beautiful color. What var
iety of magnificent colorings we
find in the woods, with their green
foliage and soft green carpets be-
r meath oftimes studded with bits of
color, in the sky sometimes a vast
,, expanse of heavenly blue, then
again lighted with all the glories OF
| a setting sun, or, perhaps, orna-
mented with the bow of promise in
all it's grandeur of color, in the
lakes bordered with green vegeta'
! ton which is reflected in its clear
3 depths, in the mountains with thelI
p e.,ox1, oon0aI oaoEc 0r nerhaDc the