Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-12-03

Bile to be removed, and the mourn;rr %"
said that they needed nothing from h1,a sU'as
ness but grave tor their companion. T.I y
ors were deeply affected. The dea,b.h ,i'&
bits at all times solemn, and ,ouchinc
and though Of daily occurrence. it's f,s Ss
does not destroy lis fearful interest. Tipt
few who reason coldly in the chamber If I q
ton: and the imaginationis asiI, ey,i,sas
inci'cntal circumstance which brnss = 81 Y
al pang TO the parting of The Iivina ~
! The present scene was one ofsrio H.
rest. The sufferer was YOUNG AMI ,l.c!
male. A husband watched over her nails
two lovely children, unconscious Of II,
they were about to sustain. were with %s
withheld from her embrace. The sp,ss'
hearts welded in love--tlle parting Of ~"
from her infant children--are event, VIII
most caIous cannot view wit!,Gn emc,,o.
Oh ordinary occasions thercis kcIandL"lr
sure in the reflection, that the survivor, mi
ten visit the grave Of the deceased to Jrn,
unseen tear of affection. Even ti,m
ful consolation was now wanting; and do,.
surrowct. felt that Hhen the soul of their {.
should have departed. they must abaBlsr
earthly remains. retaining no relic Of her .,
they had dearly loved. Her tomb would /.
the wild shore. where no kindred ashe. !.
and where they who dweIt near the spot, r.
only pGint it out as strangers Craze
The Solemn moment had arrived when Nm.
fcctcd to doubt the truth which was 50 e,2.
or sought to detain the spirit in its earthly !,
That spirit had begun 10 assume its ceesiiald
acter, and was already invested in the go,
the baholdcr. with the attributes Of blr
existence. An angel seemed to be linge1I
Inong mcu, as if unwilling to sever too IN
the cords Of affection. with which she had
united to human beings. She spoke
but her words Showed that her thoughts mar
Of the change she was about to undergo. He
lection alternately fingered to the earth.
scared towards better existence. The bs
of the saint swelled with holy ioy-bu,
heart Of the wife and the mother, clunc TO !
dearly cherished objects, Of its purest and stru
est earthly passion.
The mission family embraced number
persons of both sexes, and it was gratifying
see in their department, how efficient is relisId
in the hour OF SORROW. Though deeply aAlicc
there was decent composure. quiet humiIt
and entire resignation. in all their words and a
tons. They spoke not Of death as the oathsom
companion of disease, or the precursor of COZ
rupiion, but as the natural consuma,ion Of (,
. earthly being. They screwed not for her 81
was going to better world. but for those VI
! remained. Their voices were firm and CHI,
ful-and even the timid soul that was nuttcr;
in the hope and fear, and joy and SORROW,
the dyiannvment, acquired callul Rtrom
! scrcpity'oE 6thers.
/ Such vas the day. Evening came, and
at intervals through the night, but all else wa,
lent: ard at a late hour, they who cast look
the shore. bchcld a dim light still emenatins r.
the chamber of death. and appearing as abi
speck in the surrounding gloOm-like The liz.
:, ing soul. whose feeble ra,Iience still cleaned
the dark 6. valley Of the shadow Of death"
The following daywas the Sabbath At
dawR the villagers fastened to the boats.
missionaries were already engaged at their IN
hing devotions. The voice of prayer was hea
ascending through the stiffness fthat quietho
The. accents were low and trembling. but
timely audible. The spa ger alluded to
whose spirit had gone to the mansions Of {
blessed, and prayed for the bereaved hu.b
and the orphan children; ana the villagers ih
knew that She in whose fate they had felt so de-
ly Interested pGessd'ho longer. After
ments pause. tie notes Of sacred song werebe
floating over the tide-so sweet, so mOunI
that every heart was touched, aud every
m0istned.
At sunset the same day. the remains Of
stranger were borne TO the place Of burial. b,
late companions. followed by the inhabitaat
the village. A large Indian mound IN the
fbf the town, had been selected, "a the only
not subject to inundation. TIE grave was %
ed on tie summit of this cmincnco, and here
the body Of Christian female deposited AM
the relics Ofsheathen warriors. The lubabl'a.
and the mission family, stood around. wild d
heads reverentIy uncovered, while one OF
missionaries addressed them-then some
raised a hymn. and the whole company JON
chanting with solemn fervor,a s iia food OF DE
tioDal feeling had burst spontaneously from
ry bosom at the same instant-and when fle.i
knclt upon the mound, it was not from any
nal or invitation given by man. but God touoI
their hearts, aud as the song of praise cease
they all Involuntary Frustrated themselves
fore His throne.
When the people rose, and the oNiclans u !
mister had dismissed them with the usual Dene"'
ton, the widowed husband stepped 'orwa'
leading one Of his children in each hand '
moment he stood by the newly filled grave =
Ing on it with an agony which he strose IN vain
subdue. He in a broken voice thanked the P