Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-09-14
The Soul i'm Purgatory:

OR, LOVE STRONGER THAN DEATH.
Tie angels strung their harps in Heav.
en-. and their music went up like a st, can
Of odors to the pavilions Of the Most High
Bat the harp OF Seralim was sweeter thar
that Of his fellows, and the voices of the
Invisible One {f,r the angels themselves
know not the glories Of Jehovah, only far
in'he depths OF heaven, they see one I'm
sleeping We watching forever over ere
atom was heard, saying: bsa ns
"Ask gift for the love that burns upon
thy sc,.e and II shan be given s,lce. -
And Seralim answered.
I SHY PRAYER is, heard, oh gentlest OF
the angels; ani.it seems good to him who
chastises but from love. Go! Thou has,
thy will.''
Then the angel sang the praises of God
and when the song was done, he rose from
his azure throne at the right hand of Ga
briel, and melancholy orb which, nearest
to earth, echoes with the shrieks of souls,
that by torture become pure. There the
unhappy ones see from afar the brigh,
courts they are hereafter to obtain, and
the shape of glorious BEINGS who, fresh
from the fountains Of Immortality, walk
amid the gardens of paradise, and feel tina,
their happiness hath no morrow; and this
thought consoles alnid their torments, and
makes the true difference between purga.
tory and hell. ''@,s,'''s . = : y. s.l
Then the angel folded his wings, and
entering the crystal, gates, sat down upon
blasted rock, and struck his divine Tyre
and peace fell over the wretched; the
demon ceased to torture, and the victim to
wall AS sleep to the nourners ofearth
was the song of the angel 10 the souls Of
the purifying star; one only voice amid
the general stiffness seemed not lullcd by
the angel; it was the voice of woman, and
it continued to cry out with a sharp cry
h.sOh, Ade,iheim, Adendcim! mourn not
for the lost!'' s. -. ~ as@s, s. e.
The angel struck chord after G ord, till
his most skillful melodies were exhausted,
bat still the solitary voice, unheeding- -un-
conscious even of-the sweetest harp OF
the angel choir, cried out
+ ."Oh, Adenheim, Adenheim! mourn nos
for the los.ns' vtz4rsaI sxs { .a0H s
Then Seralim's. interest was, aroused,
and approaching the spot whence the voice
came, he saw the spirit Of young beautiful
girls chained to a rock, and the demons
lying idly by. And seralimI said to the
demons. sssa 6aedtodasioN bar ,lgu
"Doih the song lull We thus to rest?"
And they answered.
"Her care for another is bitterer than
all our torments; therefore we are idle. -
Then the angel approached the spirit
and said in voice which .stilled her; cry
for in what state do we ou,live s,mpa-
lthy?- 5., ,..,;.s,aq. .,.-,...s
'~Whereisore, oh daughter of earth
wherefore wailest thou with the same
plaintive wall? and why doth the harr
that asoothest the most guilty Of thy com.
panions fail in its melody with theep"2 si'
"Oh! radiant fstranger,'' answered tlis
poor. spirit, .sthour speak est to one who or
earth loved Gods creature more thar
God; therefore is she thus justly sentenced
B,ta1I know that my poor Adenheim
fmournssceaselessly for me, land thought O
his sorrow is more intolerable to me thar
fall The demons can infict. '';;wall,a SIT
aAnd how knowest thou that he lament,
thee?" asked the angel.
s.l,ecause / know with what agony
should have mourned for him, - replied ths
spirit, simply. a SO Z SEQ ssW yAl
: The Divine nsture Of the angel wal
|tDuched; for love is the nature Of the som
ef heaven. .'ea sYAf o. iksa 'ssa ? Z
aAnL how 5'lsaid hssssoan / minister =
Thy sorrow2NAaiosis1- .sxAvd a.aesa :
+. A transport seemed to agitate the spirit
and She lifted up her 'mist-aiks and inpal
pabls ssms snd .s6edgi ,goi'ssls trsos1
"G;ye me-oh, ,giys ne to retqSr 4
earth but one little hour, that ] may yisi
my Adenhsin, aud sfias Sc,ncesii. : fp0f