Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-14
From rhe Pilgrim, Of The Rhine.

LOVE STRONGER THAN DEATH.
The angels strung their harps in hea-
ven, and their music went up like a
str am OF odours TO the pavilions OF the
Most High. But the harp OF Seralim
wa' sweeter than that Of his fellows, and
ths voice of the Invisible One (for the
angels themselves know not the glories
of Jehoyah-only lar in the depths Of
heaven, thoJ soc one unsleeping Eye
wat ;hlng for ever over creation) was
heard, saying.
ask gift tor the |, We that bu rms up
on thy song, aud 1t shall be given thee
And Seralim answered.
There are IN that place which men
call purgatory, and which is the escape
from hell, hut the painful porch OF hea.
ven many souls that adore thee ,aud yet
are punished Justly for their Slus; grant
me theboon to visit them at times, and
sollce their suffering by the hymns OF
the harp that is consecrated to Theen
And the Voice answered
'rhy prayer is heard,O gentlest Of
the angels and it seems good to him who
chastises but from love. Go! Thou hast
thy will
Then the angel sang the praises of
rose from his azure throne at the right
hand Of G, brie, and spreading his rain
bow wings, he flew TO that melano ly
orb, which nearest to earth echoes with
the shrieks Of souls, that by torture be-
come pure. There the unhappy ones
see from alar tho bright courts they are
hereafter to obtain, aud the shapes OF
glorious beings, who, fresh from the
,f al
gardens Of paradise, aud feel that their
happiness hath no morrow, aud this
though; CO nsoles amid their torments,
and makes the true difference between
purgatory and hell
Then the angel folded his wings, and,
entering the cry stal gates, sat down up
OH blasted rock, and struck h 5 divine
lyre,and peace fell over the wretched
the demon ceased To torture,and the vic.
tim to wall. As sleep 10 the mourners
ofearth was the song Of the angel TO the
souls Of the purifying star; one only
voice amid the general stiffness seemed
not lulled by the angel; it was the voice
OF woman, and II continued TO cry out
with sharp cry
%, Adenheim-Adenh mourn not
for the loSln
The angel struck chord after chord
till his most skilGul melodies were ex
hausted, but still the solitary voice, un
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. even of-the
sweetest harp Of the angel choir, cried
out
%, Observation-Disclosures mourn mo-
for the lostn
Then SeralIm's interest was aroused
and approaching the spot whence the
voice came, he saw the spirit Of young
be .utifui girl chained to a rock, AMI the
demons lying Idle by. And Sera i'm said
to The demons, Doth the song lull We
thus to reslr
And they answered, 'ller care for an
other is bitterer than all our torments;
therefore are we idlc.'
Tlen the the angel approached the
spirit, and said, in voice which siilled
her cry-for in what state do we outive
Observation-Disclosures, o, daughter
of earth, wherefore waiIsst thou with
the same plaintive wall? and why doth
the harp that soothes the most guilty OF
thy companions fail in its melody with
theer
%! radient stranger answered the
poor spirit, thou sPeakest TO one who
who on earth loved Gods creature more
than God; therefore is she Justly sen.
fenced, But know that my poor Alden
helm mourns ceaselessly for me, and the
thought of his sorrow is more intocra
BILE to me than all that the demons car
inflict.'
"And how knowcst thou that he la,
-meRts thee" asked the angel.
because ! know with what an agony
should have mourned for him. replied
the spirit, simply
The divine nature of the angel wa.
touched; for love is the nature Of the
sons Of heaven. 'And how said he
'can | minister to thy sorrowr
transport seemed to agitate the spi
TIT, and she lifted Up her mis.like anC
lmPalpable arms, and cred:
Give me-O, give me to return L
earth but for one little hour, that MAJ
visit my AdenheIm; and that ,conceaIin.
from him my present suferngs, | MAJ
comfort him IN his own
ALAS! said the angel, turning away
his eyes, for angels may not we p IN tn,
sight Of others, Il could, Indeed, gran
thee this boon, but thou knowest not tn,
penalty. For the souls IN purpator,
may Tetura TO earth, but heavy is Tho
sentence that awaits their return. I'm 4
word, for one hour on the earth, thou
must add a thousand years to the tor
lures o. the confinement herep
'ls that aliP cried the spirit; willing