Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-03-09
cherub' babe she swrrly dressed il
tr ITS dark, waiery grave!
Most of the passputeis I'm koa.d sl,;,,

Most "f the passengers on board ali
w"re lhrrisn"rs, and We REV
lhnf they should this perish. l,,, vi,
The deepest sorfoW, WI lrarn that n,
gi'ted coimr man, Edward Evern-t
was I'M board The Inled vessel. S,ldo,
Hoes Il fall la Dur lot Ia make so sad
rernrd. I'm Mr. Evrinett were united
pure md noble heart. aud mind Of tb
highest order. Rarely endowed by nm
lure, enthusiastic in his love for know
edge, nnliring in his efforts to obtain per
lection, hc might have ranked nmon,
'he scholars Of any cline. but he In
wrshed IN the mids. of his plo,iou
hopes. Ills sun went down nt MON :
'"nor awaited him on his return. and
home Of no ordinary happn.s. woul,
have been his Many hear, will wee,
for him..
'Onh hcnr' will ever weep fr him.
sn'd Mr.. AIclrvin, ns hr folded the sad
raper, "nd prepared to 90 10 his home
Alas my si>'rr, mn.i I 20 20 you n
messenger from the dreary cnvrrns ofihe
dead May God give strength to the
brother mud sister h. added. As he
approached his housp, his heart sunk IN
sorrow Ior Agnes, as she was won, ,o do.
came out To NEE, him. Like Jephibn's
daughter, she stepped j", fully forth, and
to her ag"nized brother, she seemed like
that devoted Hebrew maidcn TO come
i"rih TO meet an overwhelming doom.-
WIN her earnest glowing counicnance.
she seemed 10 say
My letter, br"lhcr.' lie took her
hand, led her To her chamber, and gent
" communicated the mournlnl sloIy-'he
sad wreck "i her es'lhly hopes. She
listened silently, and aIih"neh shud
der'ng chill creW over her, although her
ch'rk pnled, yet n" nnirm,r fell fiom
her lips. a sorrow which il soon 10 be
forgotten, may exhaust itself IN violent
external manifestations but Apncs' rrier
was sinking her heart, for her life was
10 be 'one long memory of the dead.'-
she begged her brother To leave her /
alone. a flood ofirars came to her re. /
Iei, and she was enabled to commit her
sell to Him who alone could administer
Ihe next Sabbath Agnes appeared in
he phrlor IN the deepest habili,nenrs of
mourning. Her sable dress was in sad
contrast with tho face of the mournrr.
'a'r-lik" marble, and bearing The impress
II subdued suffering. That countrnancp.
me little week ago, was radiant with
lowing hopes, and blooming with buoy
M health
When her brother and sister cntercd
ne room, she was calm and tranquil.
Sister, you will not gp to church to.
ay =
'Irs, brother
'B"' you will not nttemy, to meet your
'bba'i' school class /; you have no,
rcngth'
Yes, brother, this was 10 have been
y last Sabbath with ihem,' ~ she said r
Is, an expression of deep any uish pas =
a over her lace, foi her buried hopes, "
thousand memories rushed to her mind fl
may be- she added, that ! may do
"se dear girls good. On how often Il
I'VE l entreated them TO place their n
Pp'n"ss above the reach of disappoint- r,
ent IL may he, that the wreck of NV h.
rihly hopes may lead those precious b.
es TO r"f"riion. Would not that be 81
eel reward for all my efforts p
Her brother and sister, deeply affect f.
, admirIng and revriing The self drvo- v,
OF her purpose, could not offer an
posing word. -,
Another six years had passed away
rh day had added TO the pcrieclinr G
The character Of Agnes. Active iu 81
'y, kind to all, l"r5earIng aud dsn- ~
cstcd, she seemed 10 unite all that re
aid ndorn frall humanity. With n %,
nd richly endowed and highly culiiva. hi
J, with taste exquisite, she shrunk 81,
IN no sacrifice or effort. Religion b,
suffering, while 1t elevated, subdu, d CO
spirit. Her imperius will and fas- 81,
ous taste we're brought into snbletiion he
Z instructed the ignorant. visited the n,
X, comioricd The m"urner, ard excus- ne
The ioible Of The weak. VI,
his srli-ccnlrol, this Self-renuncia,ion ioI
cost her many rti"ris, many secrc, i'm
~" "'", '"ui', ever SUtlNu -"
judgment, had decided that Agnes III
Il had passed away, and that she had me
ceased TO mourn for the friend OF TO
early days. But, all ! Strength is wa
ne IN the deep silence Of long suffer sec
hearts. The most intense feeling low
n results IN the ealmest actions - VII
e ice gid depths oi IIecla hold ~
nchl'sS nol,cn sea- How false the an,
;mrnls OF the world lmperleclly do lha
without the temple, imagine that dei
IN The vcil. How does that scnsi. yo,
and wounded heart conceal in IFS Is !
deep recessrs ITS blghtrd hopes, il. Tn
ed JOYS, IT'S living griefs. AS we cha
en- so carefully from The familiar for
The precious mem"ntos of the de- ne
ed, so do We hide IN our heart of Ey,
Is, loves perished flowers, pcri,hpd am
loom on earth no more. From the cdu
'iny of the curious the suffering hear, ress
nctively turns, and even to anxious, bea
iul friendship It will not, II cannot re-. are
'tself The wounded heart vibrat. NJ,
like the aspen leaf at The sliy htesr bcfc
ze, shr'Iks iiom The approach Of the VIII
ger, and trcmbles at the breath of and
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