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what is he, who but for me had known neither
pain nor sorrow nor age. And what remains Of
her. on whose beauty he then gazed with unsa.
ted delight! A trembling, wrinkled form, just
sinking into the grave. Where is now that
paradise, with its rich fruts-that balmy air
which brought on every breath tribute to each
happy scnse--those rays which warmed, but
never scorchcd And still more sad thought
departed is that bssful intercourse with Him,
who made us rich in the happiness of living -
His voice no longer is in our ears,-drivcn from
bliss, from scenes s, lovely-he earth cursed
sin, sorrow, aud death, the Inheritance Of her
Children
| Oar mother was overcome by the rush OF
recollections. Her eyes, long dry, found new
fountains, and her aged form shook with deep
emotion.
1t may be that Adam had been indulging in
musings not unlike these, for he was startled
as if from rcverie at the emotions Of his wife.
The old man placed himself beside her She
laid her head upon his bosom, and he spoke:
"What moves thee, Eve 7"
"Oh my husband, how canst thou show kind.
| HUBS W HtI W IlO Ids uOllc all tIlS lHOu WdSt
young and knew only happiness, and all around
was formed to delight our every sense: and ],
who should have strengthened your virtue, fell,
and dragged thee with me, the partner ofmy 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
"Dut for sin, we had lived in perpetual youth,
and feared no change. The threatened death
has worked slowly, but surely and now with us,
its work is nearly dcnc.
"The first to SIM it was meet that I should
first return to dus.. Had the 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 yesterday.
"a few days will lay thee low. Let our chill.
dren place lis side by sidc iu the cold earth.
know not why it is, yet it seems to me there will
be comfort in our bodies disso.ving together, as
if there were something of consciousness in the
liieless dust.
Little Of comfort as is now left in life, yet
canno, endure The thought that shall utterly
cease to be
"Adam, thou hast often given me words o
consolation. Is there aught can cheer me, nov
am to bid thee farewell!
"Thou sees; yondcr sun--tiou wilt again SCI
him rise and set he is bidding me last adeu
Sense shall soon cease for ever, and no ligh
shall again enter these eyes"
The cd man wiped the tears which fell Of
the wrnkled brow of his partner. A suddel
light was on his countenance as if new lam
had been lit up in his soul. Eve saw it, and
brought to her a CLEAN of hope she gazed Oh
his face if death had lent new powers to he
faded vision.
"l'irst Of women" said Adam, "cam no pre-
emlnence in gul.--:ogcthcr we snned-to
gether we have borne the punishment.
"But there is emp.iou-here is hope.
"Whi!st thinking OF the fearful change whic
betokencd my heart that its partner was abou
TO be taken away, heavenly light beamed O
my thoughts and taught me to understand til
visions which have so often visited me OH m
couch.
ave shall not dic--there is costly ransor
provided--we must sleep under the cold eartl
but we shall rise again in the freshness Of thu
youth which we first enjoyed and, purified froI
all sin, we shall! walk in our Eden seven time
more beautiful than when we first rovcd amid.
its fruits and lowers And there will be thou.
ands who inhcri'ng our evil natures will hav
found powerful Physician. And there wi
be that igh'y Physician whose presence III
wake ten thousand harps to melody.
"Ihs earth too, SO long, so previously curse
for our sin, will come forth more than puritie
from every stain, and in more than the beaut
of its pristine youth.
"Thou wilt 90 little before me to the grave
but we shall rise together with the glad sho
of jub.aton; ami with us, millions OF our POI
teri,y, rausomcd from the cursed"
Adam paused, his eye fell on the face OF h
wi.e--a smile seemed to play in the brghtne
Of hore on her pale lip bat the heart had cease
to beat, and that sleep had fallen en- her whit
the trump ofthe archangel only shall disturb
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