Columbia phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, May 06, 1865, Image 4
-. the-?ir? of ** t'H d?HrriH ?n rr> a
ra ??H?sf v<r>i*j? of wied ?ni oe*!
Tney**?? noa \k?,very *o?l to h ?arl TV*y
an an^ra tli? very 4?nl^^ 0*1?
"(br he^whwh!?? yirl^ir'-rwiiid'.cih co n
prebend; *n l
- deeper, *n U?r^ikv^r n?%ttiee, a* *p> many, wit?
ness** waning on tbVKw?raa?.
Viii.
Th* atara, all bot one. have fled. T-tat
ia Lucifer, th* Light; BWer, who ?til.
lingera at the porches bf the dey-he, the
l ist torch-bearer of the rngbt-^he? th?
Brtng?r-i?rof tho D*wnr-Uie One glorious
-watcher oror the two,*?in^n$.yet divide I
Worl la, ol d*y aol nightl A.a-1 eeh,>oo*r,*l
* h* to J g >?? Upon hi* way, with tua torch
inverted. K* leola th? approach of the '
aaighlier Presence, in whose intenser fire*
bia own b-ight, clear gleam mu it p*l<*!
Ia ?fte Bi?t, lo! tho arrowy shafts th u
break rough the grey vapors; abut ap in
ehe ?re? of orange and ?ri m SOB, th *t part,
even as they rise, and rtd'ute, with anfteat
charm, "over the whole meek-face ol
Heaven! *
. .. ix.
Very, ?weet and winning is thia f ?at
?la-ice; very. pure and delicious tho, fiwfc
breathing Of the dawn; rising so gradual
o ayr these grey islets and little sand ?june".
?ni the. billowy waters that wind aronui
anti wrap them air in'afTjctioa*^ embrac-.
-Tho harbor ?prend* away till the h et Usn ?it,
, rise into sight under the gilding fringes ol
theepa. The'great pine* wave solemnly
their .green plumage, roarahallel all .j?
.serried linea, confronting tho aaa, aa if ar
rayed ? agtiast-n co ruing ene.ny. Yonder,
yotTlee, a. tiny boat, with ti:lier ?qitri
eail, ia in morion, setting Forth, on m*l?*t
^expedition, fop asme shining islet, whose
aauda are glowing rata brilliants ia the
*mile3 ofMba trna. ?D>nbt'e< that? littl??
.wayfarer ia 's ted forward UTitlofrai toad an
impulse, and With aa prou i a Kips a, ev.r
* eped^tHe vessels of Gr trna or G jluinhu*,
.earobing for.unkoowa empires in Utopia
or Cathay. .'_"-- r'
S <ch ia 'i.iV? While the coftt arg^iiea
Jaie rocking idly in the hnrbo?, there id ?
Jgb? boy alre-tdy busied, launching his
tittle molel front'the docks drean?in..
4>f tho lovely twrg i of fajry sheila,* h eh U
. ta?i'l harvest' on the oppo>iie ?horas o
^Eawa* ot .Ki?eyah-harvest only t? eas
??Way, jwat to soan' as the expanding vjajou
?hall yield him a prospect of rem -in
.hores, and a junger voyage, to the ?ot le- -
?Vuit?au? ot the Caban, or appeal to hi
?Mr? epaasioosto appetites (rom the Gan' ot
California!4 '" ?s
- : i. pt? ? ?' ? X. :
The beguiling bum ?ml murmur of th*
-jay-the growing form* sn 1 un ?g*n,'
dualif begihuing to grj.w in the s-in'ig'it.
Booie not {?o the s?:i*es a???g?'-v. Tri .j bronx >
firing odors' un. tn?ir.wiu^?. T-W hnv
?iflsd the ci y p^Wd^ac T ie Zvpbyr.hV
. elepfc all nigjt li bj wars of tlni' roie. tliv
an, the tfrange, andi wakenup by th?
dawn, he break-? away, with'-wi.ig-t a! ,
foeivy with hid apoJd. Aud he tringa to!
?f ?vtwkhdsn t?tfty? P-oft:g%te, ?.?* ?
h.?iV he f^V^of jjU f*^Ln!*?; ~
nnl t vlriok the a in gottetufiy, t>r very
*???**?? hfee the whi*P?r-fbf th? bj?
tovel ot?-, mile tre^i by theo>olk'H?t?a o
.dudawa.' High; wall* neicKer shut ou
a-if fitter the vringvof tb?*? Kb^rafbreexi-;
vii e>er> lBie exile from E len, when h>
t?r?* b??k,"ld>ko? wily ort the Paradis
?i? ii-ii.l.iHti is.stiH followed by the ejerterou
Zephyr. and*tjji?wing wide hi* baaom.h
teeta the air* and o tors of bia Jost ?'theri?
???38,-*sris?gi??g-b? uis.?iear?iue solace which
still teacau? bim to hope! j
X?.
; I sit be3rde ?ny lattice ?a a sweet .mute o
ihou^hfc; and, in \&f fancies, I behold ti*
great prvo^ssion of gUd creatures. 3'arti nv
up, ani esttiiig fortVArd, on tbeir va-M->u>
ita mir}, at the itumino.Ts of Wtia
kindling kopw aniinatOHheir b ??oms an?!
jl.ng out virgin banners before their <?ve*
steeps^ in aioti of Jhe raiujow! W;IH.
preul ex dtingth mghts and brave euer?ie
put o t arm >r for the conflict! What fier?
pinion* atrip to the raca, even at th
young, mm strip?, with -mt fear or sham-,
and plunges headlong ta tb* strugg:? with
the wave I
XIX *
In the dreamy sile isa of the^ earth-in
th? grey void which still o,cup;es the
heavens, though the bright shafts of thr
eua aro shooting upward through the air
in tb?* toruh-lik* sileuca ol the still .slumber
ing city-th i sweet voice'} of heart and
fancy bjea-ae audible; and the song which
they mutee, to~??uh<jr, ia o ie of a rejoicing,
which ia full ,of go!din promise. Ail!
happy, th it there ia N:.?! II ip % evuti thong'
cherene u.> voioj of rejoicing! Taus, fchert
houl.1 bo a m. isio tn tha heart for ha
nan i ty, even thoagU tba "clou I, threat MI?
i ?g aturm aud totreut, s?? overu.mga lh<
:Hy. -
XIII.
Dui. the Hope km .JUjp even, withia th?
?loud, and eHterges frota iw shadow, ?ye
H tnu tl;iwu ti jris up-Aard, rmorafiitg from
. ho uiji it. N"oa%" ate the sjroy bigliwuy.s o
taav'ui dappled with lirhi lorine. tha<
aovad thoir ?wings an I rush onward>like ?
qialroi ot' horse, bright rn ar.nor, and
?"?fi eaoci- charge*,-dispersa the anden and
elucbtnt vapor-. Tlipy clear the way foi
he advance of Ute embatiird Sun; aud h<
-onie-.;-the feet 0f his fiery co. tiers b*:st
ng ;tp the fL-ecy iravks, while bastin
hem with lutes of molten go?J, aa l glow
i ig orang'.?, .aid purple froto his Eis'.ern
.wnn; even as the gmaroua ttdnqaeroi
linga hw moat precious robes over tin
vou idi uf the captivo, whom it is-yet hi?*
- irvvince to subdue!
XIV.
The conquest of ligiit over darkness is ?
'bidnect ever more! So the heavens and
lie earth rejoice in the presence of tho day
i> the sullen ocean lodts upward, And pub?
?. i a smile, aa he feels the march of his cont
iier?r, the sunf And lo! where our t wi
iver? of Kiaw?h and Etiwan-tins sired
?y the red mau-leap up and start forward
ipofcr thilf w?Kaal Moe; t>rnirtg the ?reib '
leadland? w?tfe ?iipet.ioUs??ter^aa^rusl^ *
?ag, with AH au ?ble. >utg,>b th Vir twin"
?mbraoM wttbfthc deep! A.?I^ha city.
rise* with 4 Wi n afc&?iiz life; an 4 tri?,
nulutnie leapt .>;. and y >? bea* t?ie^hnk
.f the ham-n v, an i the cVa i^-W.Jih?
veapoa; fer, there is work *-*h f th tire ?3
j?a?; and te "meet the?e there ia m inhe vd!
Vii, methinks ? hsnr a voio-i fro n heaven
-?oft as a child * winmar, which ?ivs to y??
na-and nay hear'. grows a?sttre-i-"and
^bouUI f not spare Nr^pvih, thr?t gre .t city, *
wherein are more" th tn ?ix ?core thoui^nd '.
I ?erwm? that cinnot Uniwrn. between their
right luud aoj the r 1**1.1"
XV.
M y 'vwh ol i city! BJ R'.rh io; -be h?ps
ml! Go forth wujh the sun! U? the work
?f strength and val?r! U ifold rita proper
ie* bf Ttrtu 3 in thy jjifs. Lot thy ?ons
trm theil, e ich according to "his oniow
noni, fur thu fight; fir the toil; fir the race;
for the enterprise; for the cinq'nst over '"
?rind ani sea; over ro:k un! d**e.i; for the
ina uns an-1 employment of all created ob?
ject1*, an??f?r tho uno of th it whch i* in thy
ivvn soul. "Lat bs* forth together, my
brethren, while the son ia-yet struggling
up his height, arni let a? take our-pltce-t in
.iii eva, oh such grand eminences as shall
vield u-4 the anrospe'Jt of that wi-ld'e npire
?-vhijb ir. coutiJei to the keeping or' thy
p'ople.
Let ua begin a new race, for that long
lay of empire which ahall yet bogia for
thee iu glory!]
?V XVI.
Lo! I ai rig theo a new song, which
dioul 14 t-*ach thee the vi ruin ii th f gift,
md fill thou wi* h that faith in thy mission
Vilich rhall i ?ave none of thy possessions
limxp'orad; wlrch shall give the sea* to
div kee!, thc muntmn to thy Wing, the
rock to thy shaft, thd f >rost to thy axe, ail
ne i to thy honor, ar. 1- all created blessings
0 thy !>ve! If thou hast erred, like
Nineveh, au I if thy -v;ne h-ith sometimes *
k'ithere? beneath the to >th of the worm,
hy. Gkal hath saved thy thou-taaJ* from
!ie yoke, sud Ihywlf from the sea of fire
ind tba farrow ?f salt. Let us sing a g!ad
ung, HS thy so-.ia go forth with me, for,
erily, thi-f U^ne d.wuing of a n?w dny for
hfe ufd^bl?le." W. G-. S. ...
Kotice,
IX pvirananee nf the authority ventad in me
by .Sect ion 3 Artiel- II nf the Constitutiva
f the ,Ej?w .?>]> il Omrah in ihia . Diane??, I
l?reHv eharige ? li pl ice ot the QMettng of the
1 ?at DioeVwPtii Co?uui! fro'ii ?he ?itv ?f Oofnna-.
?lat? C i n Un; and the/;</i? tr**** th.? ni h te
hi atCh of ??av iittact. Th?Cooled will, there?
.iri. he heM in Or*c? Chur?h, Cam !??, en th?
itch of May. Trie rt ?wo ni tie? or th??? chang??
. re ao ?bvion-t th.it they aead n<n be at?te?\
ind 1 ?ja Meetly r*qiv**t th? ?tu. lanee of th?
numbera of th- Untied. Ttl^>* F. ? WW,
Bienon ?f the L)ie*>?ne of S. 0. *
Tho afcteatio'i ..f the Clergy and Paruhee ot
h? f>in?ese i* O-ijJeJ to tli?s a???r*, aa-1. thosi
vho ni ly f.iil t" r???*iv? th* un-tl notifteativn
ir* r?sq toated tu eou?id?r it?i lieu th?r*?K
J. f> MeOOt.UWeif,
April IS rtoorotnry of tjooncih '<