The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-08-20

bluydy hand on that day-the Highland..'
were broken--when Donald Fraser. yo''
/ grandfather, blew up 'Lochiefs ava, ;.
Franee.'--lie was sitting on the gro,,,,S
with broken leg, and ouch but the l,a,,,,
rons we're red wud shame and anger. and !,
"A twinkling there was cry that mi.bt Re-
been heard frae them to the top of r.,
Nevis, and five hundred bayonets were L,,,,
down to the charge, till the Mousse.
cried out for quarter. But we gi'ed tbs,,
nane--lor our souls were up, and we wer'
wet-shod in bluid. was among the tor'
most wi my broad-sword, and cut fbr,.
down on bath sides ONE like windles.r,n.
| A broad-sword was ance deadly weanoa
in these hands, but they are stiff now s,J
lying by my side just like the stone irnara
o'that man in Elgin charcll-yard on
tomb-stanc."
| Hamish Fraser did as he was desired
and the wild sound ofthat martial jns1rr
ment filled the great glen from stream -
sky, and the echoes rolled round and roma
the mountain tops, as il the bands of Gfrc
regiments We're playing prelude 10 BATH.
Weel blawn & weel fingered hath, onotb
old Lewis, 1.-The chiel plays just like HE
grandfather
The music ceased, and Hamish Fraser
on coming back into the Shealing, said, al
see two men on horseback coming mp the
glcn--one is on white horse" a,p--
| blessed be God, that IL the good priest
now will die in peace. My last earthly
thoughts are gone by-he will show me The
| Salvation OF Christ-tie road that leadethto
Eternal Life. My dear son--good Mr.. Cor.
dom felt happy in your prayers and ey.
| hortatlons. But the minister of nv holv
religion is at hand-andi it is pleasant 10 die
| IN the faith of ones forefathers. When h.
| comes-yon will leave us by ourselves.
ven my little Flora will go with YOU into
the air for little. The rain-is if not over
and gone? And hear no wind-only the
voice ofstreams."
The sound Of horses feet was now IN
the turf before the door of the shealing--
and Mr.. Macdonald came in with a friend
The dying man looked towards his priest
win happy countenance, and blessed him
IN the name of God--of Christ--and of his
blessed mother the indebted Virgin. He
then uttered few indistinct words address
sed To the person who accompanied him
and there was silence in the Sheang.
81 was from home when the messenger
| came to my house-but he found me at
the house of Mr. Christie, the Clergyman
ofthe English Church at Fort William and
he would not suffer me to come up the glen
alone-so you see him along with me.
Lewis" The dying man said, I" this i'm
deed Christian Charity. Here, in lonely
ShealinS, by the death of a poor old man,
are standing three ministers of God-each
OF different persuasion--a Catholc-an
Eplscopal-and a Presbyter.--All of YOU
have been kind to me for several YEARS.
and now You are all anxious for the saliva
ton of my soul God has indeed been
mcrcllul TO me sinner"
The Catholic priest was himself an old
man-although thirty years younger Than
poor Lewis Camcron--and he was the
faithful shepherd ola small flock. He was
reFered by all who knew him for the apes
tolicdl tervour of his faith, the smplcty.of
his manners, and the blamelessncss of his
life. 4 humble man among the humble,
and poor in spirit in the huts of the poor.
But he had enc character in the Highland
glens, where he was known only as "A teach
er and comforter of the souls of his little
flock--another in the wide world, where
his name was not undistinguished among
those men gifted with talent and rich in e.
rudltlon-he had passed his youth in foreign
countries---but had returned to the neigh.
borhood of his birth place as his life was
drawing towards close, and for several
years had resided in that wild region, es-
tee'ning his lot, although humble, yet high,
II through him few sinners were made re-
nnntant and l,,,,.rht 40
voice to the dying bed.
With this good man had come to the
lonely Shcalipg, Mr.. Christie, the Episco.
pallan clergyman, who had received his e.
ducation in an English University, and
brought to the discharge of his duties in this
wild region mind cultivated by classical
learning and rich in the literature and phil
osophy of Greece and Rome. Towards
him, as very young person, the heart Of
the old priest had warmed on their very
first meeting, and they really loved each o.
Their quite like father and son. The char
acter Mr.. Gordon, although unlike theirs
in almost all respects, was not yet uneong,-
mai. His strong native sense, his generous
feelings, his ardent zeal, were all esteemed
by them as they deserved and while he
willingly bowed to their supreme ta-
tents and requirements, he maintained ane
quality with them both, in that devotion TO
his sacred duties, and Christian care of the
souls OF his flock, without which a minister
can neither be respectable nor happy In
knowledge Of the character, customs modes
OF thinking and feeling, and the manners of
the people, he was greatly superior to both
his friends and his advice, although always
given with dinidence, and never but when
asked, was most useful to them in the splri-
tual guidance of their own focks.
This friendly and truly Christian inter-
course having subsisted for several years
between these three ministers of religion,