Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-08-27


have another Stare Or trssz, ~ death, aud they
therefore relieve from no brolh.rly emotions, bu'
Iron sense flar and shame. We pass 10 the
wrs'ehed couch OF rags, upon which rcclinas the
ell man, suffering from very severe effective
visiia'ious. The affections, ioinei 10 his very
advanced agc. hal ~ enieebled his frame that he
had laid han down to die. SOon, he thought.
h. should BE- free from poverty. toll and pain
hca iron lhs pride oi the world-lrom the SCOTS
O. s'a'lan-Ir"n the Iyran, opprsSsors; from The
"a lcseries oi htes changing, nuurntul scenes.
Approach Thar couch. See. taaI brow is marked
with deep lines Of care aud sorrow; that cheek
where once yOuh aud pleasure Iwned their gra.
eous bloom, now fJuowcd deep with woe; those
'yes thu we're oace rRpIure-kindled, now are
dim with age. aai shed a melancholy round
whers'er he lOnks and from them, OFT 10 the
su!lncsS OF the midnight hour. when not a sound
was lizard, save the suled sobbings uf his grief,
have Flown down the burning tears Of wvaiched.
n.-ss-thaI heart that lhrObbed 10 loves soft in.
f1eace, and thrilled with happiness complete in
tn genial time Of life, Is how O'erburdencd with
oppressive sadness, aud sinks away into is only
hope; the hops Inll reaches beyond the fearful
vale.
The iron heart Of maR will droop when le's
vale Is niled with anguish, though heaven bid
H'runph. w uni1r;iani but dtmly lhs proyI.
dence' OF Col. how much less wOndrous issues.
The distribution Of ayors 10 men seems TO us
unequal, ard ii our lot is one of sorrow, the
hrau repiues and murmurs, though the Bible
bd' us hope. Many a broken heart has pIued
away in suffering deep, with pnlionc3 bearing all,
vet dsrmlng II the SUN OF bliss 10 die. The
hcar OF man can bear much-hold out long a.
galnSI the threatening ills OF life; but receiving
the dreadful force OF those Ills from day to day,
itaI last sinks and yields, almost imperreptbly,
as retire ihr sands inch BY inch, as the restless
waves of the tempest angcrrd ocean, dash IN fury
tEaInsy th'n. Tyranny, oppression, and scOrn
w,ll never SuOdIe the manly soul. Ii will break
uld crushed under such power, but never bend.
fne old man had treasured up the memory ol
wrong. uaul madleued and tortured beyond en-.
dIraace, be wept and prayed for dchyerarce;
nod found laat spirit, which while II suffered hn
10 weep as a man, taught his soul the smile OF
triumph over all n, a christian.
Il. turned towards me, aud with a trembling
VOICE, said--'I shall soon die. Ny lite has been
long sad. Bread and water Of uiIclion have
drank and eat nearly all The days OF four score
years. | have endured the smcless eye of SCorn,
the curling lip oI contempt, The sPurnlng5 OF the
prou aud IN, cold distance even of the humble.
They called M BEGGAR. | was broken
heat d; | had buried all my children, and no
one was leli to stay my spirit but my wife.
fell all. Bodily aAlction camo. have cndur.
ed that TOO. peIiendy. But now, kind sir, from
this home Of sorrow and scene Of poverty. 60
to tuIInrs5 ofoy forever. My hope su5lains me
now--tny laIth mounts upward, and removes
with its stroog hand the veil, which hides the
Con3s Of heaven from me-; gaz3 upon The pros
poet, and long to enjoy it fully" See, tho witl
approaches at The sound of The death voicc--shc
ng"r3 also on the borders Of the tomb. aud like
trail rush, the slightest wind OF stroke will
bend her to its gloom. Ilnrkl ave have been
tos ,h.rin oarh's sorrow, We will enter together
in heavens joy."