Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-05-20
VOL. XII. NO. So.

LSS''u9 place beneath the veTdaLt turf his
ieet had so often pressed in loved Peter
ooro, and that he should like 20 sleep be-
Slae has fondly-remembered 'Nanny.'-
ne also spoke calmly of the distribution
among his friends OF his little store of books
and clothes and most earnestly requested
that his body might be opened after death.
TINS was on Saturday, and his Iatber.
snpposlng that he would die in The course
Of the day, asked him If Re knew what
day OF the week and of the month il was
He Immediately replied. Saturdav;' and
alter moments movement OF the Inns.
denotiug a process Of computation, he add.
ed, the ninth of July His father asked
HIM II he had not aScer,ained The day of
the month by counting from the fourth,
day oi so much interest TO boys. He re-
piled that he hal. This gave evidence
: that he was in the full possession of his
mind. Indeed, there was nothing. during
! his whole painful sickness, that denoted
/ other than The full and right exercise OF
his mental powers.
As his closing hour drew near, many
! Of his school-mates and juvenile friends
farewell. TO these he gave The most ten
der and touching advice, assuring them
that for him j: was pleasant TO die and
entreating them to become Christians
Remember, boys he would say with
emphatic earneslness, 'these are nv dy-
ing words
Seeing that her beloved boy was so
happy in the anticipation Of going 10 heav.
en-, his mother said to him, Are YOU po.
!, ing 10 heaven because you have reDented p
j No; only through Jesus was his ar
I dent reply, laying much stress on the frs.
word IN The answer. Christ, aud Christ
: alone, was his hope and confidence
} Whom have in heaven but TRee2 was
the spirit of his faith. On that foundation
. alone he had built In himself lie saw
no ground of confidence. In this hour.
5 when nature was fast falling, the Savior
was truly precious. Thus he ever is. and
= ever vii. De, to those who place their &C.
pendence on him.. 1t is in moments Of
extremity that Jesus is most ready TO an
pear. He knows no business but to bless
the weak and weary, and the ready IN
perish. His friendship is the friendship
OF strait and sorrow. Ii is not the spn-
shine mercy; but that Of the night and
} blight, and dreariness. He comes abroad
} at the midnight hour, walking upon the
: stormy ocean of human wretchedness.
: seeking If there be no poor bark abroad
needing his succor. His eye is keen TO
pierce through the gloom. and to descrv
the signal of distress. His feet are swirl
to bear mercy. Oh, yes! his home is bv
Inc bedside of anguish and distress. Tins
tItzbugh found him; and hence he c,s,
al confidence on his mercy. And ,yben
asked what his greatest happiness in beov-
en- would be, he said, 'Praising Cod
The beloved superintendent of his Sab.
bath school wept freely as he Liesad ~.
dying boy. Do not cry he earnes,Iv
SAID, L am going TO heaven. / Cam,
Icry, because l want to die See;nur ~.
sister weep, whilst his Ether was taIk;n9
10 her, he said, Father, don't make T.;5,
by cry, for am going to Jesus Once
on awak!ng from sleep, he said, Lord L.
Sus, receive my spirit His f,,b.r -
J and explained to him the Psalm -
ming, Tine Lord is my sheoberd, TT.
listened with great interes, - ne
How true il is y Then, after . n,o sdi1'
s'lence' ne exclaimed, How happy am
ia'her; want to 90 nor : and then. rais'
ing MS emacIated little arms, and ex,end.
Ing them upwards TO the utmost Of ~.
power he exclaimed. Come, Lord CONF
"o~' and receive my spirilr
AS his father sat weeping by his side
the dear boy said TO him. in accents r.
encouragement, The Lord gave. and the
ho'u main taken away, and blessed he he
name Of the Lord" Sweet $50 - 'ao
indeed, was this, for the fond frb.r,s
iacerated heat. Expressions of strona
and abiding peace dropped constantIu froas.
MS ips' as the day which closed bis stav
Oh earn wore away. They were of this
nature Death is terror to some bn,
IS peasant TO me. l am not afraid ~
look death IN the face. The devil can IL
nothing. God will carry me tbrouab y
20 one occasion, when not converS;,,o
with any one, he repeated that snbI;r,ss.
passage IN which the Christian i 49, -
stand wnh'hls whole harness on. us.snd
therefore, having your loins giu abont
: with truth, and having on the bTeas,-nIsIs
OF righteousness" Turning to his moth
| er, at one time, he said 10 her !. No,bsr
do you think shall 90 10 heaven !"
nomentary cloud might possibly have
passed over the hitherto uncloudtd pros.
pect OF his soul, which led TO this inquiry.
IrooablY, however, he wished 10 hear
from those lips on which be had so de.
hghtiuily hung-whether in the lnll.bv
} OF the nursery, or in the teaching of rinar
} years-what her opinion was. The mo,b.
er had no misrirings of his state ana
spoke TO him OF the reasons of her conG
dence She began to repeat to him 1ba
fourteenth chapter of 81 Iobp H.,