Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-10-24


While comforting IN his dying moments
an old and valued pnrishloner, MIR. Som
ersot had caught the Infection; aid the
ever, ser,tsng IN his eyes, had deprived
hiln of yisnu.
i will br your cnrate, said the alice
lionaie girl, when the cid man, under
the pressure of hls calamity, talked Of
retiring altogether from duty. The pray
ers aud psalms and lessons you have long
known by heart; and your addresses as
YOU call them, we all prefer to your writ
ten sermons. Pay, pray accept OF me
AZ your curate, and make trial OF nv
services IN guiding and pionoling YOU
ere YOU surrender your beloved charge
TO stranger
Il, would break my heart TO do SO!
said the old mau, family.
The experiment was made, and sue
reeded, and II was delightful To see that
laIr haired. brjght eyed giIl, steady ing
her fathers ioite:ing steps prompting
him IN the service when his memory
,alIrd -gnidlng him TO and from the
sanctuary, aud watching over hlm with
the trucst aud tenderri Affection an al
iection which 80 wealth could purchase,
and no remuneration pay, for II spran2
from heartfelt aud devoted aitachment
Satialed with pleasure and shattered
IN constitution, a stranger came 10 seek
health IN this sheltered spot. 1t was
Desborough h. - Ncl,hrr the youth, noi
the beauty, nor tie innocence OF Edith
availcd her against the snares and soph-
sfry of This uupIncipIed man. She
leIl--but under circumstances of the mos,
unparalleled durlicity. She ieil-ih'
victin Of the most tremendous perlidy,
aud the durc of the most carefully vrlled
vllanv. She frll-and was deserted
'lmpor,nne me no more rs 10 marriage,
was the closing remark of Eincents las,
letter--.'your own conduct has rendered
that imposshle.' That declaration was
her dealh-bIow.
She read it, and never looked up
again. The springs OF lite seemed fro
zen Within her aud, without any appa-
rent disease, she failed gradually away.
Il am Justly punished, was the remark
of her heart broken father, when the
dreadful secret was disclosed to him.
Ny idol is Withdrawn from me. Minis.
tering at HIS altar, naught should have
been dear 10 mo bul HIM But lead
me to her, can yet bless her.
The parting interview between that
paren. aud child viii never be forgotten
by those who Witnessed il. The aged
minister wept AMI prayed--and prayed
and wept-over his departing child, with
an earnesinoss aud agony that 'bowed
he hearts o' all who heard him like the
heat Of one man
Is there hope for me, father = said
the dying gy. Can I--can | be for
given I Wlil no,-oh will our separa-
ton be eternal =
Though ain abounded,' was the al
most narl,ruia,e reply, grace did much
more abound. The blood of Jesus
Christ clcanseth from all SIN
'We shall not be long parted was his
remark when those who watched around
The dying bed told him he had no Longer
daughter. The summons has arrived
itlU llIt last TIC WHltu DOuuu ilJC tO tHCtU
is broken
Acting upon this conviction, he com
onenced and completed the arrange meni,
for The disposition Of his little property
with an earnrstness aud alacrliy they
could Northumberland who had wltnesse d
his blameless career.
The evening previous TO that appoint
ed for the funeral of his daughter, he
said 10 those who had the managemen nj Of
It, Grant the last, the closing request o
your old pastor. Postpone the Guncra
for few hours | ask no more. A
short delay, aud one service and one
grave will suffice for both.
His words were prophetic. The NOR
rows sun he never saw aud nn the fol
lowing Sunday, amid lhe tears OF a be-
reaved people, father and daughter
were ca!ny deposited in one grave.