Providence Patriot, Columbian Phenix

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it-
thou makest it soft with showers-thou
blessest the springing thereof.
At this season, the earth with the
heavens, declares the glory of God.-
The spring has gone forth in its gran-
deur, munificence and promise-and the
heart of man dilates with new gratitude
to the God of nature. Our gardens and
fields are now decorated with the beau-
ties of spring, and every region presents
the most delightful aspect.-
The eternal
word of the Creator, pronounced when
he formed the world, has produced all
these effects-his all creating hand has
again renovated the earth, and in a mea-
sure created it anew for the pleasure and
happiness of his creatures.--It is God
alone who calls for the spring, and or-
ders it to appear.-
Approach, O man,
and try what thy wisdom and power can
execute !-
Canst thou make one tree to
blossom, or one leaf to germinate ?-
Canst thou call from the earth the smal-
least blade of grass, or order the tulip to
rise in all its splendor ?--Contemplate
these flowers-examine them with at-
tention.-
Can they be more perfect, can
their colors be more beautifully blended.
or their forms more elegantly propor-
tioned ?-Can the pencil of the painter
equal the warmth of the blooming peach
or imitate the richness of the clustering
apple?-
So far from imitating, no one can
conceive all the beauties of renovated
nature-and if there were no other proofs
of the power and wisdom of God on
earth, the flowers of spring would suf-
ficiently display them.-
Every tree that
blossoms, every plant, every flower, man-
ifests a portion of that wisdom and ben-
eficence so abundantly diffused through
the earth,-
There is an indefinite di-
versity among the blossoms of trees--
though all are beautiful, they differ in
degree, one surpassing another; but there
are none which do not possess some
beauty peculiar to themselves,--Some
have flowers of a pure white--others
have streaks of red and shades, and add
to beauty and elegance the most exauis-
ites fragrance.--But all these multiple
varieties do not affect their productive-
ness.
From the consideration of these cir-
cumstances, we may receive profit and
instruction.--We may reflect, that, tho
we are not favored with the same ad-
vantages that some possess, we should
neither be discouraged nor afflicted.-
The privation of some accidental bene-
lits can in no degree injure our well be-
ing.-
Though we may not be quite so
rich, so powerful, or so handsome as some
are, these are trifling things in the esti-
mation of the virtuous and the wise-
for without them we can be equally happy, equally useful to our fellow crea-
tures, and equally pleasing to God --
True beauty consists in the works of
piety, and the fruits of virtue.-
The
blossoms of a fruit-bearing tree please
more than the splendor of the tulip. or
the richness of the auricula-because
from the one we expect, when the blos-
soms are over, to receive fruit; while the
other pleases for a moment, and are seen
no more.-
Let us not then prefer the
more lustre and charms of external beaa-
ty-the rosy tints of health, the elegance
of form, and the freshness of youth, are
fleeting, and soon fade--they alone can
not secure present peace, nor durable
happiuess.-
Those blossoms only which
promise fruit worthy of God and useful
to mankind, deserve our regard, and
merit our approbation.-
Brooks Mon.