Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-12-03

him sitting beside me, when that appearance of
health in his face which had often caught my
attention at a distance, assumed in my eyes, a
different character; he was evidently an aiing
man. He spoke to me freely of his i'll health.
and of some matters which had caused him
much anxiety Alas! in few days after, he
was borne past me in his carriage, in dying
state, and expired in few hours. There Is,
indeed, but step between us and death and
happy is he Who can say 81 know that my Re-
deemer live,h, and that he shall stand al the
lauer day upon The EARTH and though after my
skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh
shall see Cod"
Not unfrequen'ly do see pass by we'll
dressed lady, whose cheerful counenance and
sunny smile are like cordial to my heart
Two or three times have seen her stop to
speak to poor people. | have taken it into my
head that she must be we'll known 10 the SICK
the afflicted and distressed; and that, by adding
to their comforts, she increases her own. |
know her in the distance, feel respect for her
as she passes by, and honour her when she is
out of sight
Two or three times in the course of the week
have been in the habit of meeting tall, pilgrim
like looking man, of some fifty or sixty years.
dressed in wellbfushed, dark-bue clothes, his
coat having long skirts. His appearance Is
striking and interesting. His hat is rather
broad in the brim, his knees are some what
wide apart and he carries in his hand stick
or staff, of the oden fashion, 100 tall by far for
the top to be held in The hand like a common
waking-s,ick His fresh colour, healthy ap-
pearance and ligh,ness Of foot beloken temper
ance; hile the intellect and thought visible In
his face, bespeak him 10 be man of talent and
sober reflection. | may be wrong in suPposlng
him to occupy some place of trust and lmpof'
tance in The city; but | can hardly err in pro-
nouncing him to be peculiar character. Lat
teIly he has excited more than ordinary inler-
est in my heart; for not only is he clad In deep
mourning, with the symbol of sorrow round his
hat, but his walk has been slower than before,
and his face impressed with greater degree
of seriousness. Whoever he may be, he has
my sympathy We are both aged, and hope
we are both pilgrims to the city with the sol-
den gates.
There is another that have often seen, hab-
tied in light cloak with an umbrella in his
hand, when the heavens, in my judgment, but
| am not over wealher-wise,j have had little in
them prognosticating rain. 1t may be that he
has some cause for care(ulness, though he has
good broad back of his own, round face, and
a cheerful expression of counlenance. All are
not strong who appear so; and | would that he
had little more colour in his cheeks. He
walks with a steady pace, like one whose COM
munIngs with himself are of peaceful kind.
Now and then he looks up at The clouds SO
earnestly that have sometimes thought he was
looking beyon them. Some weeks ago, saw
him little way in the country, and the green
trees, the blooming flowers the ripping brook,
and the bees and butterflies, seemed by turns
TO engage his attention. Not an aged person
passed without his speaking TO him, and for
every little boy or girl he had book with a
picture in it, and no doubt some profitable in
slrucsion. As passed by him in the church
yard saw some children around him, whom
guessed 10 be his own Sunday-scholars: he was
pointing TO lltte grassy mound, and was
teaching them TO recie this verse:
Putting off till tomorrow
Will lead us 10 sorrow;
Beginning to-day
Is the very best way"
"Oh," thought |, :" if that is the nature of
your communications, Peace be with you |
wish you success in the name of the Lord +"
Among those who pass by OF an objecllona-
BILE character, notice a tall Thin man, dressed
in shabby black clothes. He has some claims
10 superior manners, but poverty and bad hab-
It's have set their marks upon him, moi only soil
ing and destroying his dress but also branding
his brow. The first time saw him, he Affect
Job xix. 25, &c.