Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-09-21

q -, y = W AnQ mn3ical :.
walked across all the osber l Mn, = No
valleys; bnt nows dim ,ni,t o,. ra's and
she|sky, and, beautiful q III. pPisads
place must in truth be, thsrs !. '0nsly
of.lise inHtheserdufe and ths q want
as # they grew beneath the d,,s s -
perpetual shadowl.s ~ ~
s ASths old,nan was speaking
male figure, bent with aye and ms.
ty.s came slowly up the bank balo% ~
with pitcher IN her hand. and s,'
she reached q little well dug a., wv" as
low rock all covered with moss !. = !
chens, she seemed to fix her eve, n, u,a :.
it as 10 q dream, end gave . long, d sss'
broken sigh 'H
1.-THE names of her husband and i.
only1on, both dead ARE chiselled bv ,l.s
own hands on q smooth stone WIKI.
the arch of that fountain, and ,be ch;r s
less widow at this momen. sees moth.
on the face Of the earth but a few las il,
ters not yet oyergro~n with the Green.
ing time stains See! her pale lips =.
moving in prayer, and, old as shs :
and long resigned in herutter hop.l.m.
ness. the teare are not yet all shed !,
dried up within her broken hear,
few big drops are on her withe,.I
cheeks, but she feels them not. aadi.
unconsciously weeping with ewes TIA,
old age has of itself enough bedimued.s
The fgure remained motionless be.s
side the well and, though knew not
the history of the griefs that stood ali
embodied SO mournfully before me- /
felt that they must have been gathe,
ing together for many long years, and
that such sighs as now heard came
from the uttermost desolation Of II.
human heart. At last she dipped he,
pitcher in the water, lifted her eyes 70
Heaven, and distinctly saying. 80 Je.
sus. Son of God! whose blood was sha
for sinners, be merciful to their soulsr
She turned away from the scene Of her
sorrow, and, like one seen in q vision,
disappeared
81 have beheld the childless widow
happy" said the pastor. "even her who
sat alone, with none to comfort her, on
q floor swept by the hand Of death of
ell it's blossoms. But her whom vel
have now seen dare not call happy, 81
ven though she puts her trust in God
and her Saviour. Here is an iffiictio.
which faith itself cannot assusge, 70
religion may have softened even sish
like those. and, as you shall hear, itW
religion that set her free from the hor
rid dreams Of naadnsss. and restored
her to that comfort which 10 always
found in the possession Of reasonable
soul"
There was not bee roaming nearu',
nor bird singing in the solitary gl'u.
when the old man gave me these hints
of melancholy tale. The sky w',|
black and lowering, as it lay on thea|
lent hills, and enclosed Us from tho ii|
off world, in suilen spot that was fsl
to be sacred unto sorrow. The fgu'
which had come and gone with q sig
was the only dweller here; and vi
prepared to hear doleful history 4
one left alone to commune with bro
ken heart in the cherries solitude
nature.
"That house, from whose chimney
no smoke has asoended for ten log
years." continued my friend, "orsi
showed its windows bright with chsS'
full fires and her whom we now saw {"
wo-begone. I Remembers brought home
a youthful bride, in all the beauty o.
her joy and innocence. Twenty year.
beheld her q wife and q mother, w'u
all their most perfect happiness, az
with some, too, of their inevitable grlsh
Death passed not by her door wlt \
his victims, and of five children, al Do
one died, in infancy, childhood
blooming youth. But they died ID ~
lures common decay peaceful PrsJai
were said around the bed OF peace y.
when the flowers grewupon their sr.. .s
the mothers eyes could bear TO l0a.
on them, as she passed on with On . c ~
aching heart into the house OF o% :,
All but one died, - and better nsu :"
beeu if that one had never boon oo'h.
Father, mother. and sen now e0 y.
to mans estate, survived. ano ~ ~,
house there was peace. But suaOs ,.:,
poverty fell upon them. The dlsO1p :,
ty ola kinsman, Of which | neso ~
state the particulars. robbed tneu Wv
their few hereditary fields, when ~. -,
passed into the possession OF ss1s,s !,
They, however. remained as tenan ..n
the house, which bad been thele u" n,
and fora while, father and son Do'e. ,.
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