Litchfield enquirer., 1839-09-05
v,srrAruoN or rHE s,ck.

NssO SWstA CSCttt1 ttONssAtt NSittCl WutCl
is hid from, Il.e mass uf mankind. The
physician and ihe pastor look on men from
q prospect ground peculiarly theif own.--
they see man not in tho might of mind, OF
N the vigar of his frAme, when l,a comes
s's'e IN the morning the fair handiw0rk. 81
heaven, and consc7ods sovereign &c all un-
ger God. They look On him in prus,ra-
ton and misery; visit him when ,nder the
oppression Of grief, and in the iUGpaiicnca
and ieverishneSs of pain. They hear an
ms repinlngs, see all his woaknesscs and
tears' and know better than Others how
poor and humble a thing he comes to be-
lore nc dies. They see him, not ia the
touching grace and attitude of the Sublime
apollo, but in the recumbent and distor-
Ted posture Of the suffering LAGOON. OH
ers walk on the surface of socicty-,Lev
penetrate 10 The core. And i, is like heinz
conversant with different worlds. Withs
out and in the street all is hilari,v and low
OF heart, and the gay spirit Of life Freedoms
door, or the stepping into cellar, and the
scene IS all changed. Man, the goOdly
child at heaven, the fellow Of him who was
seen in all alertness and joy Of life. made
after the same pattern, aud brea,hed into
by the same Spirit, is laid out in languish-
ment and death. too poor for aught but
pity. his sinking pulse and laboring heart
be,okening how little Of the brief span is
left him. n s M
To these scenes boil, come Oh the work
Of benevolence, but they occupy different
departments. The. cnrer Of the body
knows his tolls and anxielies. Let him
first do his work and be gone. o, then, to
sit down by the bedside at the moment
when the physician shakes his head and re-
tires, and all thar is seen or heard beto-
kens that the sick man is given over--al
the moment Of wound up interest. TO press
gently the wasted hand, and IL the sick be
child Of God, TO select and present the
chapters which the Spirit has written Tor
the dying, tell Of the rod and staff Of Jel.o-
yah to comfort, and how precious in his
eyes is the death Of his saints; or, if 10 be
not a child Of God, cautiously to alarm,
and gently to press homo the frequent in
vilation, the encouraging promiso, the rich-
es of the Fathers tender merries, andthe
impressive testimonies ola Savi0r's love-.
with these and with the fearful alterations,
to win. II ho can, the poor soul whose night
is just at hand. What d task Yet, this
must he do, if he has opportunity, till the
latest coming and decisive token Of deatl.
sits upon the body-tiil the eas has lost its
hearing, and the souls last signal light is
Withdrawn. In doing this, ho shalt clear
his own soul, assist Gods children in their
last conflicts, and, peradventure, pluck
brands from the burning.
If the whole system Of Christianity be
not tissue Of error; if the doctrines 81
dcpravity, repentance, aud redemption
through faith in another, have the tesliMo-
ny Ofthe Bible, and be NOT the dogmas OF 3
sect; lift be NOT delusion, that impeuitonct
and neglect Of the Gospel leopard the soul
if all tho apprehensions tina. tlarken an.
distract tho sick mans mind, be not Of So
persiition's creating lift be not the dream
Of delirium, that there are those who lie OF
4 their last made bed without God If il be
not wild and headlong faDaiicisn TO med
die with man's last hour, and TO converse
with him ON the things that belong to the
sweetness of his sleep in death, iand the
peace OF bis soul in eternity, but il il be a
duty, solemn and imperative, then is il tho
most Interesting, the most delicate, the
most trying TO The spirit, the fullest Of anx-
ieties aud perils, of all that can fall undc,
the Office OF a servant Of Christ. II ID like
standing on the nearest brink Of eternity
and conversing with the spirit Of another
world and ifan intense and alarming anx-
iety. did notpfeside over the whole scene,
we should call i the most sublime on tiIis
side of the grave. Butjt offers no leisure
| for contemplation; ii is ALA scene Of hur-
ried action. No step then taken can be re-
traced, no word spoken recalled. What
| is dons must be done quickly. There is
no time for consultation or experiment, bnt
he who undertakes the work must apply
hastily his glass and spy out every dslusion
and false refuge Of the soul. He must BIO
acquainted with all the folds and entangIe-
n,ents of tho heart, and study the whole
anatomy &C ihat wounded sPisir which he
seeks to cure. Ea gg@a v a
yoUR cnTLDREN.
Sit down among yonr children, and lei
me saw "a word tn y0u about family govern
n,cnt. We good people Of America in our
race Cor self government are 10 danger NJ
not governing ourselves. Oar lads grow
I'D in imsubor.linaiion, finding to odr and
their cost, iEat sit 10 free country. -
An English traveller could fjnd no b0yy In
the United States III being either chill
dren or men. The evil Is pndeniably on
the Increase. Parents are abandoning tic
reins; and when once Ills shall have be-.
come universal, all sorts ef goycsnmen,
but desI,otism will be- impraesieabFe.
Take that forward childin hand at once,
or YOU will soon have to be his snppIia1t
rather than his gnide. Yhe old way was
perhaps ins, rugged. where every thing was