Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-04-26
From the KnicIcrbocker.

circumstance lately came to my know
,,cugc, too Impressive TO omit i, here. A
"ttic BOY, seven years Of age, and in no
wise remarkable ameng other children. wac
taken suddenly i'll. He grew worse fast.
soon his physician gave him up, and said
nc must Iie. The child seemed awore ,hot
lie was dying. This conclusion was drawn.
not from any thing he said, hut he began to
manifest an UNUSUAL tenderness towards bis
parents; would often call them TO his bed
sloe, and ask them if he had been much
.rouoie TO them; if he had been good child
"no IL they suppose God loved him. He
,, "is"eo 10 know of his mother, If he had
,o'u any falschoods lately, and said he knew
ne I,. nao never taken Gods uame i'm vain,-
il's parents are religious people, but thew
w not snow their piety in that outward Ger
enohy which is apt to strike the mind of a
child, and make him think that the service
VI Ills Creator is n innttcr of words; which
TACT should be known, to nut The ripht
construction upon these remarks. The
child had been educated as a christian
should he.
lie asked often for music, and wished q
SISTER, few yc1ra his senior, to sing The
,as' INK is broke. 10 him. He said the
,lhes made him feel happy. This request
nc repeated several times a day, until he
diSd. Only the day before his death, he
asked 10 see his younger sister. a little Girl
" iour years ofage. She came to his bed
sac, ana lie requested his mother 10 place
iGf ~, beside him, her cheek next his own
, Sne oia SO, aud he clasped his arms about
hcr III long embrace, and then said, Now
iet h'tie sistcrgo.' After she was removed
from Tile room, he said: Little Mary's check
Is rosy and sweet; but she, dear mother. is
10 stay with YOU He seemed satisfied
win this leave taking, and would not see
her again. All this time he said nothing of
hying, and no one spoke to him upon The
subject. He suffered little pain, and never
complained. His countenancc grew moro
angelic then every hour. His manner and
speech were those Of an af1cctionate Young
man, rather than of child. He bade atie1
To his father and mother, as if lust starting
on common journey; and in this remark
anic manner he was received into the arms
oi his fatherin heaven. There ia no doubt
Ill the minds of all who saw him die, that he
Is now alive, purified from the body, escap-
Gu from those aiilictions by which other be-
'ngs must reach heaven. Most strongly do
such scenes persuade us Of the reality Of nm
'ReIsatler; Putting revelation entirely out
oi the question. who could see such de-
parture' and not believe in a world Of spir-
It's! AS q bid let loose from i,s cage, loitcrs
Tor an instant to bid adieu to the home il
has enjoyed SO long. and the kind hand thai.
as lar as it could, has supplied its wants, ere
1t mounts in the air, persuaded TO stay, and
yet compelled by its nature to 20, SO as
the body loses its hold over the mind. does
the soul linger for moment amid its NOR
tai attachments; bur, impclled hy its higher
affections. it expands, and pants, and RI
ses to its native heaven; for from God we
come"
And this is faithful transcript of our
reading OF the second chapter of our His
tory.