The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-09-11

by his death bed--snd with tbe o.x,l.,.
which nature gives Us 10 behold, even no ,Ds,r
last extremity, The loving and The beloved.
turned 10 accompany him 10 ias hou.e Of ,or-
row, rosisnalion and death.
And now for The first time I observed.
walking close to the feet Of his hor.,, u,u.
boy OF abou, ten years Of age, Who ke pt look
ine up IN the Pastors face, with his blus .ves
ba,hed IN tears. A changeiui expression of
grief, hope and despair, made aImost bale
cheeks, that otherwise were b,ooo,,ns IN
health and beausy,--shd / Recognized, In tho
small features end suiooth TOT eheaJ cf child.
hood, aresembiance 10 the aKed msn VII, m
we understood was bow lying On his d. .,h
bed" They had 10 send his grandson tor
me through The snow, more child Us Le is,"
SAID the minister 10 NE, looking tcndesiy on
The boy; "but love makes The young heart
o0'd--and there Is ono who t.npers tho wind
to the shorn iatno." again looked ON the
ieahess child win his rosy cheeks, blue eyes,
and yellow hss, So unlike g,i.f or sorrow, ter
DOW sobhinB aloud 40 Il has heart would break.
IL do not iear but that my g,sndia,h,r will
yet recover, soon rs me mioisles has said ona
single prayer by his bed side. had no hone.
or htlle, as l was running By myself 20 me
Nanse over hill after hill, but 4 sm iull of
hopes new that we are together; and oh il
God suffers my grandfather 10 recover, | wil
iie swa&c all the long Winter nights blessing
h''h Tor his mercy. l will ,ise up IN the
middle oi tho darkness, and ptsy to hirn In
The cod on roy naked knees end hote HE
voice WAS clicked, whilo ne kept his eyes fix.
cd, as tor consolation and announcements,
Oh The :o!eoan pnd pny nj countensnee Of ne
kind hearted pious ole man.
We soon lett the tnain road, sud struck %,
through scenory that, covered ~ h wa. win
The bew,ldoiing snow, ] sonleumes viy,d,y
'elnembelsd; our little guide kecpiog ever q
shori dbtancc before us, and w,th q ssgaciiy
lac that OF instinct, showing us our cou,se,
oi which 90 trace was Visible, save oecasson.
ally his own lit,lo footprints as nc mad been.
huryns 10 the Mansc.
Alter ciossing Tor several miles, mora,S
ond Hozen tisulet, and dni,cd hollow, with.
here aud there the Top Oi = Stone wall peep
icg through the soow, OF the more visible cir,
clio OF u aneep.bushL We descended toto ,huo
Hazei.Gien, and saw before us tho so.i.asy
nouss OF the dyiog Elder.
gicdm OF dsys gonr by csme suddenfv
over my soul. The ias, time tina. had been,
In this Glen was on q dsy oi Ju0e, 6hcon
years betore,e holiday, the birth dsv of the,
KING. a troop oi iaugh hing school. boys, bosd-
cd by our beDigo Pastor, We danced over ,ho
sunny otaes, and started tho Iinnets from their
oes,s smong the yellow broom. Ausicro as
seemed TO US the Elders Sab0s,h.iace, g, ,uun
'i''ihg IN the kuk, We sei.bli boys knew hat
q hsu ns weekday smnes--- nd We tlsw on
w'ngs OF Joy TO Our annual festival OF eurdx
and cream, IN the farmhouse Oi hat It,les
sylvan World. We rejoiccd in the Howorx
and the leaves ot that long, that in,erm,oablA
su@ner Day us memory was with our boy.
ish hcatts ifom juno 10 June and tho sound
OF that sweet namo "Hazel Glen" often
came upon us o: our tasks, and brought TOO
br'gsly INTO the school-'oom the pastoral iiu.
egeIy O' that mir, bful solitude.
rs we now slowly approached the cottage,
'hrougl. deep snow DRIFT, which the dis,rssa
wnbiD had prevented the household from re-
moving, We saw poepiog out from tho door.
brothers and sisters oi our little guide, who
quickly disappeared, aud then their mother
showed herself IN their stead, expressing, bv
her raised eyes aud arms iolded seross hsr
breast, how thsokful she was to see, al last.
the Psstor, beloved 10 Joy and trusted 10 trou.
bic
Soon as tho vene ,able old mao diam oun,sst
from his horse, our active luie guide led ie
away into the humble stable, and we en,e,sd
the cottage. Not sound. was heard bu, The
licking OF . clock. The ms,ron, who had Al.
len,ly welcomed US o., the door, led US, with
suppressed sighs and Q face stsined wi,h
weepirg, INTO her fathers sick loom, which
even IN that time OF sore distress was "A or
defly ~ IL health had blessed The hou,s.
could not help remarkirg some old china or.
namen's On the chimney .piece--and 10 the
window was On evet-b.owing rose.,,ee, that
almost touched the ioIly soof, and brigb,eoed
that end OF the apartment with its blossoms.
There was something ,ssseful 10 the simple
furniture; and It seemed 90 If grief could not
deprive the hand Of Ina, rnsiron of i,s careful
elegance. Sickness, sltnos, bopeles, sick.
ness, 10y there, surrounded with the same
cheerful and beautiful objects which health
bad loved; and she who had arranged and =.
ao'ned The apartment In her happiness, suli
kept II from disorder and decay in her sor.
fOW /.