Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-06-30

brother. was remarkably strong. A line
rom his mother, written as they were about !
eaving home-as it proves to see their son
% more in this life-runs as follows:
Sabbath eve. June 6, 1s41.
Dear John:-I have been thinking much to-
ay of this:-"Ready to depart on the morrow"
Ind now suppose this is the case with your
ather and me. But how can bear to go and !
lot see you again! We have been writing and |
ending for you to come home, this long time, and |
expecting you every day, almost, for fortnight |
But, alas, you do not come and must say fare
veil, for a season-perhaps for life-but hope !
{ may not be forever. May the God Of all grace |
md consolation be with you and the rest of our
amily in our absence, and grant we may meet
again In peace, and at last meet "where fear and
parting never can come, in that sweet world of
ove."
The following extract from letter writ
ten by myself, at the request Of the relatives
and friends, TO the bereaved parents, on my
way homeward from the burial, expresses
my views and feelings on the points therein
touched:
"He was precious son and brother. And
you viii allow me here to say he was be-
loved member Of my family, and much
respected friend among his associates and
companions in Brandon. doubt if he had
an enemy in the world. But the greatest
thing to you and to me is yet to be said. It
is, that he gave good evidence that he loved
holiness and pure religion. | must believe
that this great loss to his relatives, his friends
and the world, is his unspeakable gain
Receive this, my dear Brother and Sister,
as balm for your wounded hearts. know
this great affection must cast you down !;
but trust it will not be allowed to destroy
you. The character of your chiId-to which
| have already alluded comes in as vast
alienation. You can not sorrow as without
hope. In the midst, then, of the gushing
anguish of nature, you are to look up to our
great and gracious Parent with gratitude
and rejoicing for such consolation afforded.
1t is consolation which, | say with conf
dence and sincerity, trust you will receive
and cherish. And you have not only the
precious reflection that it is well with him,
but the attending one, which is not small,
OF to be lightly esteemed, that his whole
character was unblemished. Lean, my
brother and sister, upon these considerations,
as upon an immoyeable rock, while the
waves Of affection pass over you. Cling to
them and allow them to sustain you. And
then, above all, remember that what has
been done, has been suffered to be done, by
Him whose wisdom and goodness are above
limpeachment-who is too good to be un.
kind, too wise to be mistaken, and too holy
and just to do wrong, or to suffer affection
upon his creatures beyond what is for their
good and his own glory. My earnest prayer
is, that you may be sustained and delivered
in this hour of deep Distress
The deceased was philanthropic as well
as christian, in his views and PRACTICES
Prejudice and hatred of human beings found
no place in his bosom, as will be seen from
the following extract from letter in reply
to an invitation and solicitation from his
sister to attend an exhibition in Seminary
Of learning where she was attending:
"You say, tthe girls will declaim.' Very good
have none of the dastardly seruples that influ
ence so many against equality: for believe tina
black and white, male and female, are one in thu
intellectual world or might be so if it were no
for oppression
The following beautiful lines were reat
and sung during the exercises before thu
departure with the body from Brandon. TIL,
minister officiating remarked to me after
| ward there are few to whose cases thes,
lines are applicable with SO much propriety.
When the funeral services were about com
mencing in Charlotte, went TO the choriste
and asked him if their books contained thi
piece. He replied yes-and that they ha
already selected it for the occasion. men
ton these coincident facts to show in wha
estimation he was held
brother, thou vast mild and lovely,
Gentle as the summer breeze,
Pleasant as the air of evening
II when it toats among the trees.
II Peaceful be thy silent slumber,
Peaceful. in the grave so low:
Thou no more wilt join our number,
ol Thou no more our song shalt know.
2 I Dearest brother, thou hast left us,
N Here thy loss we deeply feel,
But tits God that hath bereft US,
: / He can all our sorrow heal.
Yet again we hope to meet thee,
al When the day of life is fed,
Then, in heaven, with Joy to greet thee,
Where no farewell tear Is she'd
May the Lord sanctify to US all. this gre'
! affection and bereavement.
My explanation, as TO why he did not visit b
parents previously to their departure on the jour
ey is this 81 left home, on the first day of Jun
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