Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-06
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thisl Thou vast young aud knew only
happiness, and all around was formed
to deligh, our every sense; and !, who
should have strengthened thy virtue,
fell, and dragged thee with me, the
partner of my sin, to this depth OF ruin.
And after a few years o. toll and anxIe>
Ity, we are about to lay these worn out
frames in the dust. @b aa-E
"But for sin "ws had lived in perpetual
youth, and feared no change. The
fibre atened death has worked slowly, but
surely; and now with US his work is
NEARLY done. -tsst r "a 'f
"I'he first to sin, it was meet that
should first return to dust. Had the
Iguilt and the curse been only mine,
might endure it. But see thee now'
land compare thee with what thou vast
as it seems to me but yesterday. 80 No
I "A few days will lay the low. Let
Tour children place us side IN the cold
earth. | know not why it is, yet 1t
seems to me there will be comfort in our
bodies dissolving together, as if there
will be something Of consciousness 10
the lifeless dust. 3
s'Little of comfort as is now left 10
hfe. yet cannot endure the thought that
shall utterly cease to be!
rAdam, thou hast often given me
words of consolation. Is there aughi
can cheer me, now l am to bid thee
farewell? q. ~
"Thou seest yonder sun--tho" wilt
az ain see him riss aud set, he is bidding
me last adieu. Sense1 shall soon
cease forever, and no light shall again
enter these eyes !" anss9s. :.
4 The old man wiped the tears that fell
on the wrinkled brow Of his palmer. A
sudden light was upon his countenance
as if a new lamp had been lit up in his
soul. Eve saw it, and 1t brought to her
a CLEAN of hope; she gazed on his face
as If death had lent new powers to her
faded vision. .ss..s..- a s.tss.
s.Firs. of women" said Adam, "claim
no prominence in guilt--together we
sinned-together we have borne the
punishment. "a. E& ~ *
gnBut there is no redemption there
is hope. p 75sc.5 80. ~ #
"Whi!st thinking of the fearful change
which betokened to my heart that its
partner was about to be taken away,
heavenly light beatned on my thoug BITS,
and taught Tue to understand tbs visions
which have so often visited mo on my
couch.
e.We shall not die--there is costly
ransom provided-we must sleep under
the cold earth, but we shall rise again
in the freshness of that youth which we
first enjoyed; and purified from all sin,
we shall walk in our Eden seven times
more beautiful then when we first roved
amidst its fruits and flowers. And there
will be the thousands who, inherlting
our evil natures, will have found pow
terful Physician. And there will be that
mighty Physician whose presence shall
wake thousand harpsto melody.
"This earth, loo, SO long, 80 grew
tousIy cursed fer our sins, will come
forth more than purified from every stain,
and in more than the beauty Of its pris-
tine youth. -.s
"Thou wilt go little before me to the
grave, but we shall rise together with
the glad shout Of gratifed jubilation;
aud with us millions on millions Of our
posterty ransomed from the curse"
Adam paused, his eye fell on the face
Of his wife-a smile seemed to play in
the Brightness Of hope on her pale lip,
but the heart had ceased to beat. and that
sleep had fallen on her which the trump
OF the archaugel only shall disturb
-Ladys Boob.