REFLECTIONS.
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Every thing which we see around u.s. carries with It the
marks Of decay The seeds of dissolution sown in
cry object that the eye To-day the grass springs
forth in rich uxurance greenness on every tree heat
ty in every howeral arrayed in the oveness Of Spring
Tomorrow the winds and hosts OF Autumn take from
the grass its verdue, from the tree its reenness from the
flower its beauty, and from the Spring its lovencss. All
is now clad in the habimens of death.


The striking for it s emblem Of the life of
man To-day he stands forth in the bloom of youth, or
the strength of manhood Tomorrow some fatal disease
steals from his cheeks its beauty and from his body its
strength All his grea plans of profit or honor or plea.
sure, fled forever poor ifeess lump OF CLAY
all that remains of him, who low ely and
engaging Around his pale and emaciated body stands
the surviving friends Every heart sbg with anguish and
every eye is filled with There is not individual
present, who does not feel that there is image of him
self that after few more suns have sped their course, he
TOO must be consigned to the mansions of the dead.


All are OF the DUST and to The dust mist urn again;
and though lives should be heightened out TO three
score years and en still they will have passed


but Of this we cannot be assured We pnis siins
the Journey of fe and across path grave sunk
We may see it as approach, but backward we cannot
turn, either side we cannot pass by it, but into we
must enter. Perhaps viii be in the darkness of midnight
Then it win be hid from view shall sink, and time
with us be no longer.


When this life will end we canrn tell but be it sroner
or later STILL in the language Of scripture, it shadow,
which passeth away flower, which fadeth grass which
wthereh yapor, which dissolves in air ira sent
thought, forgotten dream; nothing IN the SIGHT OF
God. Such for shorlness our days.


Let them then be improved TO the best advantage II
we must depart to be here more and we were
into this world to prepare for anoher il this the
great business for which this life given mss it wise,
is it prudent, to defer this great till the last half
hour of existence Is then the time to prepare for
the great change which awaits when our bodies are FL


led with nsupportable ard piercing palms. when minds
are distracted with madness and filed with ,everies is
then the time examine religion, to repent OF sin. to
reform the heart to prepare for death and besides,
We know not that we shall have the least warning that
our end approaching it may come as thief in the
nghttherefore, whatsoever thy hand ndeh to do do il
with thy might for there is work, device, nor know
ledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whittier thou goest.