The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-07-28

TO thy country. Out e. : ths
mountain and valley. - ~ not /
only every scene = ucinbod |
with the remembrance o1ffky oad |
bereavement. but wheae ~ very
clouds gather into Esfne size
pictures to augment thy erief.-l
Change of scenery can adcomplisbI
far more words of c0md<lence.-I
Go with me to the MONTHS and |
let us wander through tlir laba-
rynthean passes, roam ofor their
SUBMITS, and range the(r green
vallies. The ever nove4 "a ever
changing. with which tve shall
meet in our ramblfngs. Mill fast
en- themselves upon the mind.
beget new trains of fhknRhts.-|
root ont in great measure, the
bitterness OF sad mes0brances,
and Introduce soothing reflec
tions. Perchance, we maj encoun
er some Wild adventure or fall
upon some undiscovee@ valley
in unexplored regions, br make
a pilgrimage to some 'enchant-
edfOuntain or magician'f lake.
As if to aid Dongotf in his
purposes, the clouds, the first
scene of which had dissolved
into fleecy mist, were DIV busy
wreathing themselves INFO almost
every imaginable shape One
cloud rose into bee4ing cliff.
at the base of whieif another
spread into a smooth like. while
Iothers assuming fairy FIRMS. how
cred on wings over its Surface
and, ever and anon, LIVED them
selves in its amber wales.
| Behold Dongohl exclaim-
| ed, "behold, the bath { Heaven.
How often in these my Int ains.-
have | witnessed tbs glorious
pectacle at sunset, aI1i never
without indulging thu pleasing
thought that the Chat Spirit
had opened the wind&ws of his
golden palaces i'm tie sun. and
had dismissed the bright spirits
that in his Smile TO Their ev-
ening bath.
1t rs not only "A BEAUTIFUL but
"a divinely, inspired thought. cri-
ed Olatha, aroused; sit thrills.
, it electrifies me, with the consol-
ing reflection, that my nolized
Iutha is one Of that M band of
: happy a,sd beautiful Lathers: yea
, the happiest and mos beautiful
of that heavenly thrq
: The consMeratsl Aha was
? silent. perfers ola
tina to the sooth< rs OF
his own reflections HE soft
ening touches which e train OF
e his present meditatiehs would
I give his vehement g'fef. Olaths
: looked and unused upca the COR
? geOlEs scene of the glrs1rlally dis
? solving cloud-panomana till twi
{ light threw her leadtn mantl.
a over mountain, ands yale. til
: each celestial bather alMed hazel
: on slant solar ray to the golden
6 palaces of the sunkeh SIM. til
q the amber lake melted axvav int,
tintless fleece, and the nebulo,,
cliff crlmbled into deirital mist
4 Thus Nature, our benefieen,
! mother, when fairly Interpreted
ever exhibits her tender sympa
thies for our troubles and sor
/ ssaAo sof
rows, adsi pOurs into Cur torl
hearts and rent boso4ls, the OF
and balm OF consolation.
Now night, displacihg dusk
twilight, driving it to the distan
environings of the Exuffa. rob
es mountain and vale in her ga
!, bic folds, studding thh sky wit
- myraids of sparkling lPnass Fror
the deep cenilean aboy the vic
gil stars looked down bn Olatha
changed man. To the bitter
ness of his anguish anil the yehe
!. mence OF his sorrOwSp ~chasten
ed and tranquil .mela5lcholy ha,
succeeded. Instead Of Aurmnrin
" against the Great Spiltt for TAX
ing Iutla 70 the golddh palace
D. of the sun, he inwardlt reproacl
: ed himself as selfish In wishin.
t her back.
: 80 Dongotha," Olatha in
{ suhdned tone. "wouhl pure an,
disinterested affectioai promp
$ us, in our bereavement. to in
dulge the bitterness 0] sorrow,-
0 when we believe. aye, when W
know, that those for whom W
mourn. are in 'happIef state, in
finitely happier. than THAT the,
;, would be in, if left to lour owl
1 choice?