American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-08-19
FOR 7HE lehman.
THE FUNERAL.
Whatever farce the boastful hero plays,
Virtue alone has majesty in death"
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excite the sensbiy of every BOSOM Yet in the list Of
sorrows, surely those which the young and sangne spirit
Just entering OH the busy stage of existence
the most pognant-the most severe I he lenient inAu
ence of time can hull almost every painful remembrance
into forgettuness but those griets which Immediately
centre in the hearwhich blight its fondly cherished
hopes and which oershadow with gloom the Joyous smiles
and sunshine youth sink deep INFO the bosom and can
never be erased from the tablets of memory Some
characters are exempt from that elasticity of disposition
which generally concomtant with the MAY morning of
life. They may be mute and silent never utter the woes
that prey upon their bloom solicit the sympathy of
their dearest friends But the recollection of isforttpes
not less vivid distinct in their imagnations 1t NAV
be no unmporant question to ask whether those of re-
fined taste and plant sensibty and for whom ioy or sor
row acquires peculiar poignancy experience much
happiness those who destitute of the more refined
emotions? We would answer in the affirmative for If
the former exposed to disappontmens and anguish
which can never reach the latter, they also derive in
Vulnerable pleasures from sources unknown the uncu
vated mind In the following little narrative the business
of the above assertion is dsplayedand in the fate of EN-
MA JONES, the mutaby of subunary enjoyments exem
plifed. 1t is than six years, since left New
York, on business into the interior of Jersey The morn
was just opening with all the rich luxury of an unclouded
heaven and The little songsters in the vicinity of that nosy
city, were warblng at that moment, almost unds urbed
pursued course 20 the Passac, and from thence to the
Raritan, through rich and varegaed Countrywide neat
and elegant farm houses opening to the eye almost
ny direction, connected with the undulating motion of the
rpening harvest and trees almost bending beneath the
load with which the hand of kind Providence had clothed
themwhist here and there meandered in mournul silence
carelessy grazing on the banks. like this was
well calculated TO fill the soul with grateful emotions to the
Supreme Source of all good: and felt mine rise in graft
ude tor the many blessings enjoyed. 1t was O'Clock
when reached the village of =, the destination of
my journey. The sun sinking TO rest with unsuled
spendor, and threw richness seldom witnessed on all
around me. stopped on hill for few minutes to gaze
on the fascinating prospect below. There was dealike
silence in the village nought to be heard but the soft
enng mnrmrs Of lovely rivule which watered the foot
of Wondering church yard 1t seemed indeed as if
fRu n infu MALI.
was about descending TO the yllagewhen the bell of
death broke its scky numbers upon anothe-and an
other solemn and lingering tone, told that spirit had
LET TINS earth, and the poor remnant OF mortality about
to mhgle with Its parent dust. approached the Inn
and after seeing my horse provided for inquired of the
Landlord whom that awful herald calling to the grave
1t is for poor EDMUND STAyHopE," said he whilst the
remembrance of something darkened deeply his mel
anchoyyet manly and feeling countenance. "Aas poor
Emma "-"And what of her, friend y returned l. s'Ex
cuse me, sirI cannot answer your inquiry now said he
-"I must repair to the parsonage-wl you accompany
me- sir? We about to bury youth whose benevolent
disposition has seldom been equaed in day. will
ingy, replied land we journeyed to the house of
mourning In short time the whole village was collect
ed and the solemn procession moved slowly to the church
yard The setting orb of day had impaired his last beam
reached the gloomy resting place of Edmund-and
the empurpled tns on the bosom of the Clouds the
only memorials of his genial influence. The coffin was
let down into the narrow vaultnnt awordnot sigh
heard it seemed as if the spirit of suen grief had wrap
ped in mantle of adamant, every tear in the fountain of
sympathy. The gathering gloom Of the closing evening
was not without its nauenceand the for
chilly calculated to rouse the soul into communion with IT.
SELF There is something ndescribaby impressive in
season like thsis school where the thougtess children
of folly may learn lesson of infinite Importance, though
too much neglected, the certainty of deatthe necessity
OF preparation. At length the aged who had min
sered TO their spiritual necessities for years. raised his
eyes to heaven, and the service commenced He dwet
largely upon the worth of the deceased he warned Them
against devoted indulgence in the pleasures of this world
he spoke of the certainty of death he called an exam
pe the one before hm-snatched in the prime of lein
he midst al ~ ha-
convinced that Providence has hidden blessing in this
affction, which know not Of IT'S true, Edmund is
no more. This little heap of earth before us is all
return hmbut trust his pure spirit is enjoying that
reward in heaven, which awarded to those who live
obedience to the commands of their Almighty Father,
whilst on EARTH If gentleness, meekness humility. char
ty, and christian virtue can, secure eternal felicity land
God has promised it, surely departed brother is now
in the possession of it" "My dear young hearers" res
med he You have but few PAGES further, you will
see the end of all earthly things therefore s madness
to place our affections aught which cam best only
sooih for while o let me beseech you to awake from
your imaginary dream of neutrality-suspicious., the chain
Of your existence is liable every breath be Jared per-
haps broken. But commit his body to the earth BIT
was enoughthe hearts of the villagers could hold out
onsly iowedand the earth closing upon him, En-
ma became insensibe. She taken from the grave by
the venerable pastor and his aged wife My companion
seemed much detected enter into conyersaon-and
felt no inclination to ntrude upon his silence. After ea
the landlord entered my apartment, and with feelings
which done honor to his heart related the following
rauve or Edmund and Emma Ana tell 1t not to throw
gloom over the cheek of happiness but in the hope
that may stimulate youth of PROMISE who may have
in his power, to ge and do kkeise the stain of
guile shah have polluted his lips, his heart shall become
a victim to the tyranr Of licenous passion.
at is six years, aid he" since Edmund became
orphan. We all loved him from the days of his child
hood lie was in infant years what he was in manhood
benevolent, generous, and humane Although he received
collegiate education he INDUCED in the Wanted the
cries of classical speculation and scientific hypothesis HIS
study was that of nature. Her pages TO him deeply
Interesting, and the human heart clause in the work.
which engaged his most serious attention. He it was
compound Of Inconsistencies and he sought To anayze
properties and discover what would render them
tally useul In other words, his whole life has been