Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-12

FIGHT. which passed before lett 1t, ana III
r,nsnor, If Anxiety, amounting Almost 20 ago-
nv Iran 10 he spot, saw he nrighbors already
gathered about it, and busy IN removing INC
rubbish in order to ascertain whether any
the family were buried beneath; and weeping
all the Will, I assisted them as lar is my chila'
i.h s,reng, h would allow, nolwithstanding the
good na,ured a,t mpts that were MADE 10 pre-
ven, M. Let me hasten over VIVA followed.
said IN the beginning that couid e'ae my
story wi hout any paioful emotions, ou' was
mist ken; for WHEN ] come 10 TINS part oil ~
l am Away. sick at hear. they were 'ou"h,
crushed to death by the fall ct the chimney ana
The beams Of the building-my father my dear
mother, .nd the two lovely children stu I'D Aer
arms. But where was my sis'er-had she
been 81 f.runa'e as 10 escape! Even th's
hone was torn from me. for shr was soon found
where he whiriwind had cast her, IN me eosr
of he brook now swollen by rains, The waer
,ipnlinr ,eainst her cheek white as snow, and
her dishe yelled hair a ,a,ug in the current.
Thee are no expressions that can describe
The biuernrss # my grief. The bodies were
carried 10 n.ighboring housr; followed
the q; remained wi them all night; reios'
I'd 10 BIZ comlor ed, bu, with The !e'eTi,h hope,
which some tim. crossed my mind, that the
dead were in a state Of inseusioiIiy from which,
they would awaken. slrp' not, a'e MOI, WI
they were hu,ied. struggled mad'y and win
moaning, of agony against those who came
to put them INFO the fins. They were car
ried TO he grave thu mex day, amidst great
concourse f pponle from all the surrounding
country, ~ho filed the house and gathered, IN
a solemn aud silent multitude, around the door
The nymn given GU, that occasion by the
larh had
to repeat from memory; and when they sang
the following s'anza The Eyes &C all were turn
ed upon me, by reason Of my passionate sob
bng:
Mans life is like the grass,
Or like the morning flower;
sharp wind sweeps the field,
Il wi,hers in an hour"
I was not allowed 10 see the bodirs covered
with ca, h lest my health might suffer from
the .xcss, If my ief; but when al length they
sold me they were buried,l suffered ny,el! to
be undrcssed, and led TO my bed, from which
did not rise until several days stewards.
The neipbhor to whose house the bodies
of nv f,mily w"re taken. de'ou' and just
man Of the Baptist persuasion, aIIo" ed me 10
remain under his roof, and irea'ed me with
gr~a kindness. He was appoined my guar
dian, AID prov, d faithful steward OF The re-
mains OF my f. hers properly The terrible
csamry with which had been visited, had
eng, ndeied sadness hat hung upon me like
| q continual loud; 5ut as ] grew up, my mind
was opened o receive the consolatiOns OF the
gospel / saw that the chastisemeni. though
severe. was mean, for good, and that the Lord
bvxlmoyIng oil whom | had loved, and ,rpa
rs,ing me from the children of mrn, had ena-
bled me TO devote myself the more entirely Ia
the wo.k Of reconciling my f.ilow>crea'urrs to
Him. came. therefore, % this region f he
West, where he fields were wh,'e for the reap
er, where he -barves. was plen.eous and the
laborers few, and entered upon my new Calling
which a. not bsen unblf ssed, with cheerful
and encouraged spirit"