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formers and the joining of new voices — all conspire to 

 render the brief period from dawn to sunrise a conse- 

 crated hour, and to sanctify it to every one's memory. 

 I am inclined to attribute the healthfulness of early 

 rising to these circumstances, rather than to the doubt- 

 ful salubrity of the dewy atmosphere of morn. The 

 exercise of the senses while watching the beautiful 

 gradations of colors, through which the rising luminary 

 passes ere his full form appears in sight, is attended 

 ■with emotions like those which might be supposed to 

 attend us at the actual opening of the gates of Para- 

 dise. We return home, after this ramble, with a heart 

 warmed by new love for the beautiful objects of nature, 

 and with all our feelings so harmonized by the sweet 

 influences of morn, as to find increased delight in the 

 performance of our duties and the exercise of our afi'ec- 

 tions. 



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