Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-11-13
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DtED, in MiuuieOurg, IVA. on SUNDAY, the
4th inst after few days illness Of scarlet fever,
Thomas RoBBISs. infant son Of the Rev. Tho
MAS L. Dorsey, minister Of the Methodist Eps-
copal Church.) aged % months Truly. 6. in
the midst Of life we are in deaths But few
days since, and this interesting, lovely little bov
was the subject Of bis affectoDate parents fond.
est hopes:-Bat, alas! in an evil hour, Heath,
dread monarch. hurts the relentless dart, and
lays the loved little ore cold and lfeess at his
ieet-and now the insatiate jaws of the dark
tomb have closed upon him forever!
But methinks hear voice.
Shrinking from The cold hand of death,
NV have gat re red up m, feet;
lncw esign Ill, Acting breath
die my fathers GCd 10 meet:
Grieve not, my father, iore no more:
No more Your boy to pam is given:
Now, from III Destro, ers grasp secure,
lie rests a. Nesce, above in heaven.
Weep not, M nother,-dry thy tears:
Al,ho' III, prattier's voice must cease,
Foe'er, to greet thy listening ears,
Your boy, with angels. rests peace.
Tn, manly frmness and Christian fortitude
e,inced. on this occasion. BY the fond and aHec.
tlona,e father of the subject Of these remarks,
merit the highest commentator. Feeling it in
cumbent upon him TO prosecute the gnriuus call.
ing Of his Divine Master, in whose service he
ha6 recently so pre-eminen,ly distinguished him.
sell in the various sections vf the circuit over
witch he presides, he lad left home, on the Sa-
turday prrviOus, to attend a Quarterly Meeting
some twenty-five miles distant, leaving his Of.
ic,ed babe in the hauds of that over. ruling Pro.
v,denoe who had so ahundantly blessed his labors.
But Oh. the - insatIate archer" in his ruthless
ravsges, had marked him for his vi, tim and ere
the fathers return, On the following day, the
~eet little innocent was fast locked in the cold
embrace of Death. To return. only TO preside
Deer he funeral obsequiss Of his dear lille Boy.
required no ordinary degree OF energy; and yet.
behold him, with Christian meekness and calm
resignation, bowling to the Almighty fiat of the
great AM
Also, died on the following morning, of dyson
terry, MARY Thomas. infant daughter Of Tho
MAS w. DoRMAN, Of Mhdleburg, Wa aged
about fourteen months Again the munster no.
yers aver the abode OF quietness and peace, aud,
at orc fell swoop. the house of sladness becomes
the house Of gloom. Again the mothers hope.
the fathers Joy, is suddenly sostched from theirs,
and tla.ped H. the cold arms of the destroyer.
She was beautiful and lovely in life; but no
less beautiful, even in death.
Ana she's gone, forever gone,-
From woe and pam set free;
Bright angels Whisper bid her come
To GLORIOUS Immortality.
The coincidence of the hand Of affection ST.
muitanenusly visiting the parents of these chll.
dren, Ia some what remarkable. The father ot
one an interchangeable, Intelligent and eloquent
Minister of the Methodist Church-that of the
other a pious and highly respectable member OF
the same: they were near neishbors; on terms ot
the mos, constant friendship aud sincere Chris
,ian aife< ION for each other; and within few
hours both became alike the subjects of lamen-
tation and sorrow. To them the following lines
are respectively addressed:
They are gone to their eternal home,
The ssinted infants lot;
"Tte Saviour sn,;,es aud bids them come"
Aud you I" forbid ,nem not"
We mo,h,r rs, cry III falling tear;
3ourn not the Sappy change
They've left word Of woe and care,
4 PARADISE TO range.
Let grief no more convulsr your breast,
Your lamentations cease.
Since God has taken TO us rest,
Add his eterna, peace,
Your much low nfirts- Girl and Boy
The objects Of ,our care;
X.ur tondest hopes--the'r Tiers Joys
The saint,d happy pair.
In Christ a membership We have,
Sires of each little one!
The breast no mure the Ugh sh.ai heave:
'The VII IF Goo be done"
As bends tie sturdy fures, oak,
when blasts toss eff the Branch,
So bow thee to sfh cton's stroke.
And Grace the wound will staunch:
OF one cup you're each doom'd to drink;
Alike you've f.lt the ro.;
To Heaven C!.sn'd nv strong link,
Your children gone TO God:
We cannot BRING them back again,
But We can 60 to them;
For "Chrst. the Lamb Of God, slain.
That all may come to HiM.
SYMPATHY.
Niddleburg, (Va) Nov. IS, 1852.