, 1840-11-21

Nv here Is now tlat paradise Win us TiCn
fIuits-that balmy air which brought on eve-
~ breath a tribute to each happy sense
those rays which warmed but never scorch-
ed! And sadder, sadder still, where now is
that blissful intercourse with HIM, who made
US rich in the happiness ofliving? His voice
is no longer 10 our ears-driven from bliss
from scenes so lovely-the earth cursed-sln,
sorrow, and death, the inheritance Of our
children"
Our mother was overcome by the rush oil
recollections. Her eyes, long dry, found
new fountains, and her aged form shook with
deep emotion.
1t may be that Adam had been i~ndulging
in musings not unlike to these, for he was
startled as if from a reverie by the emotions
of his wife. The old man placed himself
beside her. She laid her head on the bosom
which had so often soothed its throbbings.
"What moves thee, Ever
s.Oh, my husband, how canst thou show
kindness to her who has done all thisi Thou
vast young and knew only happiness, and
all around was formed TO delight our every
sense; and |, who should have strengthened
thy virtue, fell, and dragged thee with me.
the partner Of my sin, to this depth Of ruin.
And after a few years Of toll and anxiety, we
are about to lay these worn out frames in the
dust.
"But for sin we had lived in perpetual
youth, and feared no change. The threaten
ed death has worked slowly but surely, and
now with us his work is nearly done.
"The irstto sin, it was meet that | should
first return to dust. Had tine guilt and the
curse been only mine, | might endure it,
But ] see thee now, and | compare thee with
what thou vast as it seems to me but yester-
day.
"Afew days will lay thee low. Let our
children place US side by side in the cold
earth. | know not why it is, yet it seems
TO me there will be comfort in our bodies dis
solving together. as if there were something
OF consciousness in the ~lifeless dust.
"Iittle of comfort as is now left in life,
yet | cannot endure The thought that ! shall
utterely cease TO be!
"Adam. thou hast often given me words Of
consolation. Is there aught can cheer IRE,
now ] am to bid thee farewell,
"Thou seest Wonder sun-thou wilt aga n
see HIM rise and set, he is bidding me a Last
adleu. Sense shall soon cease ION ever, AMI
no light shall again enter these eyes"
The old man wiped The tears which fell OIL
the wrinkIed brow of his partner. A sud.
den light was on his countenancs as ia new
lamp had been lit up in his soul. Eve saw
it. and it brought to her a gleam of hope; she
gazed on his face as if death had lent new
powers to her faded vision.
s'First of women, said Adam. "clairn no
pre-eminece in guilt-toge,her sinned-to-
geiher we have born the punishment.
But there is redemption-there is hope.
"WhilSt thinking Of the fearful change
which betokened TO my heart that its partner
was about TO be taken way, a heavenly
light beamed on my thoughts, and taught me
TO understand the visions which have 50 Of
ten visited me on my couch.
1--WE shall not die-there is costly ran.
som provided-we must sleep under the cold
earth. but re shall rise again in the FRESHNESS,
Of hat youth which we first enjoyed; and
from all sin, we shall walk in our
Eden seven times more beautiful than when
we first roved amidst its fruits and flowers.
And there will be the thousands who. inherit
ing our evil natures, will have found power
ful Physician whose presence shall wake ten
thousand harps TO melody.
"Thls earth, too. so long, so grieveously
cursed for our sin, will come forth more than
from every stain, and in more than
the beauty of its pristine youth.
"Thou wilt 60 a little before me TO the
grave; but we shall rise together with the
glad shout OF g%ratifed jubilation; and with
us millions on millions of our posterity ram
from the curse"
Adam pursued, his eye fell on the face Of
wlie-a smile seemed to play in the bright
ness OF hope on her pale lip, but the heat
had ceased to beat, and that sleep had fallen
on her which the trump of the archangel on.
Y shall disturb.
The MoRMoNs.-A keel boat arrived at
city on Sunday last with about thirty
Of this new sect. We understand they be-
ann u n rart. ac % al. LIZ .l.