Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-02-24
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XII away, and the rooms furnishes
y, n accommodate a great multitude
lacked 10 see the family so busy, an'
engaged in the labor Of preparation
II 10 me 10 be disrespect to my moth
6lher was about, giving orders
usual energy. At table, my ole
aber presided, in place of my mother
ate like IGNORANT, and praised th,
never been in the house Of death
md thought we ought all of us tc
y silent and sorrowful. | found ou
since. that when in the very midsI
and disease, the mind accommo
+ sI(tO the case, and we look upon the
, more reasonable light, being com
n,cl and behave collectedly by ne
Imagination in this, as in every
i. exceeds reality; and the death Of
slriend affects us more severely than
d seeing Of his departure.
|mher and myself occupied cham
,her, when we are at home, nearly
mothers bedroom. We were obi
D,ss her door in getting 10 our room.
he'd together, both Of us timed at the
Oideath so near us.
\ we col into bed, and he had fallen
d sudden courage possessed me.
reasoned with myself for a few mo-
lhen took the light and went down 10
hers room-turned the sheet from
l, and gazed upon her in the silence
aude Of death. | kissed her pale,
again and again. 1t seemed to me
Nv was parting with her for the last
retired 10 my chamber with no SEN
fear in my heart. | felt lifted above
From that time | never feared death.
knowledge Of what death is, was sud-
|,Vealed to me with that act. The
cfthe dieni6ed feeling of that hour
er depart. All childish decisions
Pelled blythe excess of my affection
That affection is as indelible as her
urOed 10 school, and, as | have said,
N my sorrows; though, when |
orow spirited, my mothers image
Wur 10 me, when she soothed my
ID Paci6ed my childish complaints.
p which had guided my feet below,
shOne upon me like star from
When. too, the mothers Of the other
me out 10 see them, and saw how
hey were, | then wished | had a
100.
uld have mentioned before this, that
PEI was a piously disposed woman.
been educated-and who in New
sRot-ln respect for the Sabbath.
was heard in her house on Sun
9 we're made TO sit still, and read
90 that day-even the abstruse
Of 81 Paul. We understood moth
p that 1t was good act to do so,
yea God; how, we did not know,
'elhlnk to enquIre-for the impres-
20 early one, and was received as a
course.
''yearly Impressions in morals and
Ike the laws Of nature, which
aos so constantly and invariably
lal they seem matters Of course.
gravltatlon was not inquired
nlely, though the world had lived
s'vance ofthis law for centuries.
Y born of religious parents, can
. us horror and sell accusation.
u"lng a sin for the first time. and
y wearing away of his scrupIes?
Is a man, he will find him
osl'y and hourly. things which
vulu nave shuddered to commit.
UuI religious reading. we felt that
ss night, aud that was pleasant.
lr ."vl We were snugly in bed, our
Su.u come and seat herself upon
V ~ ana one by one we said our
~ sne would then kiss us and
"su Impressions at this sea son
IA Is,er been obliterated. Strange
o aI thoughts of God, and Heaven,
ae'' Come up to me now-.hey
Imy weary life--with a spirit
ID Sauaot account for. for | have
, "lu 10 be skeptical. Philoso-
e sOsonni for it, If they can; for
,h" N.Y., truly, that it is the seeds of
'vSe infant prayers and bedside
sv p'a,uled' and over which the
pn "V y !. has been heaped up. strug.
pD I" lght' and bear the fruit Of
oS ' @a., such hours have How
l grateful to an aching hearth
bs salla again, at my mothers
|,oiSa mid angelic face-I hear
N.Y. ~ and respond to her warm
ee neaa upon her bosom that
uDm a"I weep tears Of joy. Call
1nv s""h weak, if you will-but
il , 'u,. hours They are the
ne my NY H% They are all thai
psua'e-;norally pure---when
,pas seemed like a blasted tree,
DD''S OF branches.