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

sipnstion OF christian who has made his
pesxe with God and his Saviour, there was
blended on his white and sunken coonteoaoce,
an expression Of habitusl reverence for the
minister Of his fsitb--spd saw that he could
not have died in peace without that CON fortef
TO pray by his death bed.
A few words was sofficient to tell who was
the ursnger--and the dying man. blessing
ype by name, held out 10 me his cold shrivei-
led hand in token Of recognition. ] took my
sest at a small distance from the bed side and
LEFT closer station for those who wcro moro
dear. The Pastor sat down near his b"sd--
sni by hi, bed, leaning on il with gentle
hand. stood that matroD, his daughter in'Isw;
figure that would have graced and sain'ed
higher dwelling, and whose native beauty was
now more touching 10 its grief But religion
upheld her whom nature was bowing down;
not now for the first time were the lessons
taught by her f,,her to be PIT 10 the practice
for I saw that she was clothed in dee p nou'o.
ing--and she behaved like the daughter ofa
man whose life had not ooly been irreproach.
able but lofty, with fear and hope fgh'Iog des-
perstely boz silently In the core Of her pure
and pioos heart
While we thus rsmained in silence, The
beso'ifu' boy, who, At the risk OF his Tile,
brought the Minister Of Religion TO the bed.
ride of the be cioved grandfather, softly and
cautiously opened the dooc, and, with the
hoirfrost yet On nelted on his bright gli,en-
log ringlets. walk ID up 20 The pillow evident
ly no stranger there. Iic no longer sohhcd---
he no longer weepe1--for hope had risen
strongly within his innoc ent heart, from the
cons ciousness OF love 81 fesrlsssly exeried,
sod from the presence Of the Holy Man in
whose prayers he trusted, as 10 the iDterces
sion os some superior and heavenly nature.
There he stood, still as an image In his grand
fibet', eyes, that. ir their dimness fell upon
him with delsh, YET, happy as was the
ttus'i' 3 child his hear, was devoared BY fear
--snd nc To- ked as If one word might stir up
the nrod If tears thai had sub.ided in his
hear AS he crossed The dreary and disma,
tnoors b. had thought Of a corpse. a shroud
md gravc; he had heen in ,eoror, les, death
should str,k- in his absence, the old man with
who sc grey hairs he had CO osien played but
now he saw him alive, and felt that dca'h was
not eble 20 tear him away from the clasps and
links and fetters Of his grand child's embrac
log love.
'"If the storm do not sbate," said The sick
man aftcr q pause, "it will be hard for my
frien ds 10 carry mo over the dtins to the
XIX yard" This sudden approach 10 the
grave. struck, as with . bar Of ice. the loving
boy-anh With long deep sigh, he fell down
witH his face like ashes on the bed, while the
old nan, p,lsi-d righ, hand had just strength
10 lay itself upon his head. :" Blessed be
thou, my little Jamie, even for his own ma
m,' sake who died for Us on The tree y The
mo,hrr. without terror, bnt with an averted
face. lihed up her loving hearted boy, now M
dead fain,iog 6t, and carried him into an
adjoinin. room, where he soon revived; but
tha, child and that old man wcrs not 10 be
sep,ra,ed ! in vain was he asked ugo TO his
brothers and sisters: pale, breeth,ess, and
. hvering. he took his place as before, with
eyes 6xhd on his grandistbsE's face, bu, ne'-
thee wseping nor nueting word Terror
had frozen up the blood Of bis heart but his
were now the only dry eyes in the room and
tho pastor himself wep,, albeit the g'ief Of
fourscore is seldom vented in tears.
&C "a has been grac,ou, 10 me sinner"
ssid the dying msn "Dnring thirty years
tina, have been an elder in your XII K, never
have ! missed sitting there ono Sabbath.
When The mother Of ny children was taken
from ne lit was on Tuesday she disd--snd
on Saturday she was buried. We stood TO-
gether when my Alice was let down in the
narrow house de for all living On tho
Sab tn ion-d ia the public worship OF God
she commanded me to do SO tho night be-
Fore sh, went away could not join 10 the
psalm that Sabbath for her voice was not IN
the ,hrong. Her grave was covered up and
grass and flowers grew there 40 was nv
heat; hut Thou, whom through tho blood of
ChrN, hope to see this night 10 Paradise,
knoveS. ths, from that hour TO this day nov
er have I forgotten Thee !"
The old man ceased sp,aklog---and his
grand child, nov able to endure the scene,
for strong passion is It's own support, glidcd
softly tp o Iiuis table, and Bringing cup in
which a cordial had been mixed. held Il in his
small soft bands to his grandfather's lips.
Re drank and then said, "Comc close 10 me,
Jamie, and kis, mo for Thy own and thy f..
Tiers sake )" md as the child fondiy pressed
his rosy lips on those Of his grand father so
white and withered, tho tears fell over oil the
old mans lace, and then trickl.d down on the
golden head Of tho child at las, sobbing in his