Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons; Illustratring the Perfections of God in the Phenomena of the Year
Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons; Illustratring the Perfections of God in the Phenomena of the Year
Henry Duncan
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WINTER AN EMBLEM OF DEATH. The seasons of the year have been aptly compared to the various stages in the life of man. Spring, when Na- ture bursts into new life, and with such grace spreads out its growing charms, amidst alternate smiles and tears, beautifully shadows forth the period of infancy and youth ; summer, with its full-blown beauties, and its vig- orous powers, represents the maturity of manhood ; au- tumn, when the golden harvests are reaped, and the fields are stripped of their hono...rs, and exhausted Nature begins to droops is a striking figure of the finished labors, the gray hairs, and the advancmg feebleness of old age ; while winter, cold, desolate, and lifeless, indicates, with an accuracy not more remarkable than it is affecting, the rigid features and prostrate energies of the human frame in death. / • The close of the year which has just taken placcf and the gloom which still continues, seems peculiarly calcu- lated to remind us of human decay. The vital powers * Mr.
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