Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-04-02
Though reluctantly confirmed to her,

HouSh iciuC'hht'y Sohh'"co 'o uoTS
at her own request.
1t is affecting to see an invalid re-
jolce in knowing that the hour of death
is certainly approaching, because it
proves the depth and poignancy Of
the previous sullcrings, but then the
sight is comforting and cdifying also.
1t is comforting, because it proves
that the dying person is supported by
the only "help that iailcth not;" and
it is edIfy ng, because il invites those
who behold it TO endcavor to believe.
that they also may live and die like
the departing christian.
But Il was not alone the wish to-
de- anI b with Christ" nor the sweet
expectation of being united in anoth-
or "or!d 20 hm whom she had lost,
that was ,hc cause Of Bcrlha's incrcas=
Ing chceriu!hcss, as the hour Of her
DISSOLUTION drew nigh. No
Her generous heart was rejoicing
! in project which she had conceived,
and which would, if realized, be the
source Of benefit to numbers yet UNI
born. She knew from authority
which she could not doubt, that had
there been proper ioud mark on the
shore her lover and his ship would
not, IN all human probability, have
lpcri,hcd.
"Then," said Ecrthas "henc eforth
lher" shall be "A land mark on this
coast! AID viii furnish it! Here at
least no fond and faithful girl shall
hga il have TO ament over her blight
ed prospect',and pine, and suffer as
have done"
She sent Immediately for the cler-
gyman Of the parish, made her will,
and had a clause inserted TO the fol-
lowing effect: " desire that may be
buried on the top Of the tower of
C-r church! and that my grave may
be made very high, and pointed, in
order TO render it perpetual land
mark to all ships approaching that
dangerous navigation where he whom
loved was wrecked. am assured,
that, had there been a land mark on
the tower Of C--r church, his ship
might have escaped; and | humbly
trust, that my grave will always be
kept up, according to my will, to pre-
vent allcctionatc hearts, in future,
from being afflicted as mine has been;
and leave portion of my little prop
erty in the hands Of trustees, for ever
to pay for the preservation of the
above mentioned grave, in all its USE
| fuHness!"
Before she died, the judicious and
benevolent sufferer had the satisfaction
of being assured, that her intentions
would be carried into effect.
Her last moments were therefore
chcercd by the belief that she would
be graciousIy permitted to be, even
after death, benefit to others, and
that her grave might be the means Of
preserving some Of her fellow crca-
lures from shipwreck and atfliction.
Nor was her belief a dclu.ive one
The conical grave in qu stion gives
so remarkable an appearance to the
tower of C-r church, when it is seen
at sea, even at distance, that if once
observed it can never he forgotten,
even by those 10 whom the anecdote
connected with it is unknown-there-
fore. a> soon as it appears in sight,
pilots know that they are approaching
"A dangerous coast, and take measures
To avoid lt' pcril-.
Bat If the navigation on the coast
is no Iolgrr as perilons as it was when
: the hrroiic Of hi, story was buried,
ald the tower of C-r church is no
longer ccs-ary land mark, still her
+ grave r"nal!s a pleasing. mcmora! Of
one, whosc active bcnevolcnCc rose
superior to the sclIishness both Of sor-
row AMI Of sickness; and enabled her,
cvca Oh the bed of death to Contriue
and 7oU lor the bcncfit ofpos,eri,y.
1t is strange, but true, that the
, maine Of this humble, but privileged
being, is not on record; but many
whose names are forgotten Oh earth
have been, doubt not, received and
rewarded in heaven,