Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-08-01

reach the post office SO soon as It shoul,
have done, and the uncertainty Dor,
heavily on the heart OF mother and sis
ter. The post-mastcI on It's arrival
kindly sent il 10 me and, hoping iha
II contained lldlngs of the lost child
venlured To- break the seal. Tho trUll
-sorrow lul as II was was great .,e
! lief, aud WAS iell io be 80 by Mrs. Gran
and Ahce. Vet, lor IA season aud wh'
can marvel ?--ther hearts were filled
with sadness which scarcely ndmltie
| II alleviaiion it was dark and mys,e-
rious providence and when ifieRd
| called in, IA they often did, TO ming glt
their tears with The weeping, and Ia ad
minister consolation, the most they could
do was TO weep, aud 10 say, HIS way!
are IN be sea, aud his judgments pas
finding cut.
Bu, time does something -rehginr
does more. B, degrees these sorrow ia
nnrs were able 10 pray, and as tht
christian poet says, Payer makes lh,
darkest cloud withdraw.
/ So IT did for them. They did not, in
deed, recover their wonled cheerfnlne.s
bul they were calm and suhdurd. \,
murmur escaped the m"ther's lips, ano
even Alice seemed 10 have inb,hrd tn,
sP'rIt OF holy resignation, 'Falher, thy
will be done.
Bu, there were days or keen aud bn.
ter anguish, and ~ those nigh when
'i'he storm swept ~ angry blast acloS,
their humhle dwelling and rocked thcii
bed, IT was impossible for mothers
heat not 10 trcuhIe for her sailor boy.
Tar off upon the sturmy ocean, aud per
|. haps suffering the p'rIls Of the blllow Y
tempest. But even AT such tines she
was enabled 10 commit herself aud hri
wandering child to tie care aud grace
Of couvenanl. Keeping God -utlc,irg
the language of hol, confidence 'l!,-
iai,hiuness - ~ the everlasting noun.
tnlns.' 'Though lie slay me, yel NH
nus, in Hun
-Four years elapsed, and nothing was
heard of Charles Graut Sometime
during The second year OF hl- absence n
rumor reached us that ship, supposed
10 he the -, which sailed from -,
and un board OF which Charles was suu-
! poScd d To be, was burned a, sea, and that
bat two or three only were saved, and
among them was young man named
Grant. Eut the runor, though not con
Itradlcied, VAS not confirmed, and anorh-
er period Of uncertainty aud arxiriy lcl
Ia the lot OF the long stricken and heat
Saddencd mother and sister Of the absent
boy.
AT length the fricaaI Of Mrs. Gran,
perceived a visible change IN her health
/ The indications Of that too fatal mniad y
mistaken. lis approach was indeed
slow and nsid,ous, and for time wa,
kept at bay by assIduous attention of on,
village ply ysician but medical pre-.
scrIption at length Insl It's power, and she
became at first confined to the house -
then to her room- and finally to her bed
! often visited her, as did other friends
Her room was no longer the abode ~
gloom and sorrow. She had for some
months been making rapid progress IL
resignation to the will Of God anc
! though her feeble tabernacle wa,
shaken, and was likely to be dissolved,
through ears Of anxiety and alliction
yet her faith seemed to acquire more and
more strength, and To iastcn with firm
hold upon the divine promises
One day, as | sat converSing with
her, she alluded to the iai,hiuncss OF
! God and expressed her unwa,eriuy conf
dence IN Him She said it had been
her desire 10 aCqulcsce IN the Divine
viii, and she hoped that she should be
able 10 do 80, whatever it might be in
,elalIon 10 herself or her absent son. -
But, continued she, have prayed long
aud Icrventiy that may once more see
! 1n--see bifn a true pcurieni - and ! can.
not rclnquIsh the belief that God will
hear and answer.
! was about t. say something which
might tend TO sOo'he her. IN case her
hopes were nut realized, as | must CON
less saw ltllr present reason To expect
hey would be, when she stopped me,
and observed, you may ihink me pre-
Sumpiuous, but my faith must enjoy is
hoId on the divine promises Has not
God said, Gall upon me IN the day of
trouble, and viii answer thee, and
thou shalt gloilfy me = have call,
yes, have called, by day and by
n,ghj and God has seomrd To hello me
Has he excited such strong, such intense
rmpilqus for nothing Has he rna-
blcd me 20 wrestle 50 wI,h him, only 10
be disappointed am aware that
probabilities are all apparently against
me. ] mast soon fail lhIs heart will
soon cease beating, an0 the narrow
house be my resting place, bat | sHIl
have conlidrnce IN the farhiulness oI
my hcaveuly father. Wha, thou h |
see no immediate prospect OF the return
Of my poor boy believe | shall yet
press that poor child to my bosnr. -
Years since, wrote in "a pocket Bible |
gave him, HIS loving kindness changes
not > and do you think it will fail now Z?
confess admired The steady faith
Of the mulher--a faith strong in the Lord
aud in the power Of his might and yet
II seemed scarcely possible that her
hopes should be realized, AT length my
faith faIicred, for it was apparen, that
her hour OF departure was rot far distant
That night, two or three female friends,
fearful of her failure before morning,
offered to stay with the mother Of Alice.
This the latter chcerfully as>en'ed TO,
though she had decided moi To leave her
mother. The necessary arrangements
for the night were made, and a, an early