
SERIOUS REFLECTIONS.

A FRAGMENT.
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A FRAGMENT.


V" AS have gazed upon these quiet
groves and shadowy lawns, silvered over,
and imperfcctly lighted by streak of dewy
moonshinc, my mind has been crowded by
thick coming fancies" concerning those
Spiritual beings which


WALK the Garth


Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.
Are there, indeed, such beings9 Is this
space between us and the deity filled up by
iinnumerable orders OF spiritual beings form
Ing the same gradations between the human
soul and divine perfection that we see pre-
Valing from humanity downwards to the
meanest insect, 1t is a sublime and beauti-
ful doctrine, inculcated by the early fathers.
there arc guardian angels appointed to watch
over cities and nations to take care OF
the welfare of good men, and to guide
she steps of helpless infancy. "Nothng,' :,
says st. Jerome, gives us a greater idea of
the dignity of our soul, than that God has
given each fus, at the moment Of our birth,
IN angel to have care Of it.


Even the doctrine of departed spirits re-
turning to visit the SCIENCES and beings which
were dear to them during the body's exist
ehce, though it has been debased by the alb
sara supersttions of the vulgar, in itself is
~"ialiY solemn and sublime--Iioweyerligh ight-