Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-07-18

whose eyes alone were worthy of beaoldng Saint
TRANSPORTED for she had kno no SIM and her spirit
was 'a"eh as Tue tradition says that very night 10 the
abOGes Of eternal bliss.
For several hundred years has that farm belonged to
the family OF the Logans, has sor on daurlcr ever
stained the namc-while some have imparcl 10 IT, IN
lis humble annals, what well may be called lrstre.-
Many time have stood when boy, all alone be
ginning TO he disur bed by the record of heroic holy
lives, IN the kirk yard, beside the GRAVE OF TIE
MARrYRs-the grave in which Christian and Hannah
Logan, mother and daughter, were Inferred Many
time have listened TO the story of their deaths ffo,
he lips OF one who knew veil how stir the hearts of
the young, "ti from their eyes they wiped the
that sacred pity had cngendered.' Upwards OF hun
drcd years old was she that eloquent narrator-the
Minister'S mother--yet she could hear a whisper and
read the Bible without observation-disclosures we some
times used 10 suspect her of pretending be reading
eff the book when, fact, she reciting from me
fnory The old lady often took walk the kirk
yard--and bong of 4 pleasant and cheerful nature
though IN religious principle uncxbly auserc, many
were The most amusing anecdotes that she related
me and my compeers all nddied around her s'whcre
heaved the turf IN mary mOuldcring heap" But the
evening converse always to have 4 serious
| tcrminaonand the venerable rnaron could not be
more willing to tell, than TO hear again and
2gan, ii for the twentieth repetition, some OLD
tragic that gathered deeper interest from every
| recital as If on each we became better and better
acquainted with the characters of those to whom il had
oetallen, till the chasm that time had dug between
them and us disappeared; and we felt for the while
that their happiness misery and ours were essent
ally mingled and in,erdependant. AT first she used
well remember, TO FIX her solemn spirit ike eyes
faces. to mark the different effects her story produced
On her hearers; but ere long she became possessed
wholly by the pahos of her own narrative and witt,
tucluaiing features and earnest action of head and
hands, poured forth her ecGueuce as if sooloouizre,
among the 'ouhs ny, ay my dear boys, that the
grave o. the Martyrs. My father saw them die Tho
tide o. the far ebbcd again beginning &c no,v
but the sands o. the bay o. death lay drv that there
were but few spots WHARF BARN could haze wat It's
feet.
Thousands and tens o. thousands were standior a,
roun the edge Of the baythat as in shape lust like
That rnoon-aBd twa stakes were driven deep into the
sand that The waves o. the returning sea n,cht ua
loosen he,l-aud then my father, who was but boy
like o yourselves moo, me- didna he see " -
his ain Christian Logan, and her wee tochier
Hannah, for she was but eleven years aud hurried
along by The enemies o the Lord and tied 10 their
cursed STAKES within the power o. the sea- He who
holds the in the holiow o. Iii: hand tbocht my.
father will not suffer them to choke the PRAYER with.
in those holy lps-but what kent he o. the dreadlD,
judgments o. the Amighty?-Dreadf;i' as those Judo
mcnts seemed to be- o. a that crowd o'morta crea-
lures, there were but only two who drew their breath
without Sunderland these twa were Christian n
gan and her beautiful dochter Hannah wi' her
rosy checks, for they banched in that last cXtre
tlty' her blue Gen. and her gouden hair, that ered
IKE star in the darkness o. that dismal day Mother
be not AFRAID she heard TO say when the foam Of
tie first broke about their feet-and inst rs these
words uttered all the grea! black clouds melted
away IRON the Sky, and the sun shone forth the fir
nament like the all seeing of God. The mar;
turned their faces q little towards one another for
that the cords could wholly hinder and wiz voices
as steady and as clear as ever they sang the psalm wiz
within the walls othat kirk, did they, while the sea
wac mounting up--up from Observation-Disclosures
--chn--hp-sins praises and Thanksgiving unto
God. AS IIannaI,s voice was drowned j,
seemed il her mother, before thl, water reach
ed he: own lips, bowed and gave up the ghost
While the people all gazing, the heads OF both
martyrs disappeared, and nothing then was to be seen
on the face o. the waters, but here and there bit O.
Hhite breaking wave, or silly bird that had come
from afar floating the flow o. the tide into that
sheltered bay Back and back had a. @ fallen the Deo
pie, the tide roarin' on wi' ha!!ow scum.
and now that The water high above the heads o.
The martyrs, what chained that dismal CONGREGATION
10 the sea shore? II was the countenanco o. a man
that had suddenly down from has hidipg nIacs
among the noors and who now knew that his 80 in
aud daughter were bound to stakes deep down In the
waters O. the very bay that his eyes beieid rolling
and his ears heard Toarng-ali the while that there
was God III heaven! NaebCdy could soeaf TO him
although they all beseeched their Maker to
have compassion upon him, and TO let his heart
break aud his fail in the utcrmost distraction
o. despair The Stakes the stakes OH Jesus! point
cut 10 me, with thy sacred hand, the place
where my wife and daughter are bound to the stakes
and may yet Dear them up out of the sand an:
hrng the bodies ashoreto be restored to life! bre.
thren, brethreD,-sad ye that my Christian and my
Hannah have been for an hour below the sea2-AnI
it from fear Of ify armed mon that 50 many,
thousand fathers, and and daughters and brothers
and sisters, rescued them from such cruel crre
dea tb!-Atcr utteting many more rayDr words he
suddenly plunged I:tO the sea, aud beiDr a sfroo~
swimmer, soon far out into the bay-and led as
if by some holy instinct, to the very place where
the stake was fixed in the sand. Perfectly resigned
had The martyrs been to their do0n,bui in Ike ago
mes o. that horrible death. there had been some strT
giles O. the mortal BODY, ond The weight o. the waters
had borne down the stakes fba just as if they bad
been lashcd 10 spar to enable them to escape from
shipwreck, 10! both the bodies came loan' to the
surface, aud bis hand evasPed, without knowing IT.
his ain Hanna's gowdcn huir,-sorey 3efed We ma
wee think WI the sand; and bath their faces CHANGED
frae what they were by the wrench o. death.
Father mother, and daughter altogether 10 the
shore,-and there was cry cent far aud vide ND
even to the hiding places o. the faithful among the
bags and CCuchs the moor, that the SEA had oyen nm
the living, and that the martyrs triumphant ey
in this world, over the powers % Sin and Death |
Yea, they indeed riurp hant;-and well rairh,
the faithful sing aloud III the desert, % Death where
thy sting, Grave, where thy vic!ory2' for those