The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-12-01

whose summitthe surrounding country appeared
in picturesque loveliness, exhibiting on one side
the white-washed cottsge of the laborer, with
the neat and cultivated patch alongside; and
on the other. across thestream, noble mansion,
opening occasionally amid groves Of beautiful
fir which clothed the hills to their base;-now
taking me into the stream itself, whose waters
breaking in gentle ripples upon my path, washed
the feet of my steed, murmuTing the while IN
glsdness that it was permitted to minister beneh-
cence on every hand, aud hymning Its great
Creator, taught to man alesson OF humble thank
lulness he is too slow to learn. Again my load
lay directly across the bridge Of mill, the never
cessing prattle Of whose wster.NheoR kNldid
with the murmur that aIoeo
OH the neighboring
harmony with the i0Iz|
isarsFity gave place to I denser
vhiis the bithe music Of contento !:
ierw3l Hhe hymn of praise, The shriII /
ltrploughmsn, striking io in chorus. W.
ssnt back in softened tones by ''the voice OF
God among the hills" and seemed to utter that
beautiful saying Of holy writ, Thou, Oh God!
hast Of thy goodness prepared for the poor!'
A short time brought me to the place of my
destination. 1t was wretched hovei, almost
|tha worst in the settlement, though its situation
)(6s one of the most beautiful had ever behed.
II was on the western bank of the river, within
few feet Gifts edge. The bank here was nearly
level for q considerable distance along the mar.
gin of the stream, but few hundred yaris
back the rise became exceedingly abrupt, and
terminated in rough and scraggy bluffs; while on
the opposite side the hills, clothed in verdure,
lowered aIoft in solemn grandeure, as if to guard
thai beautiful spot from the rough winds OF win
ter. aud 10 d.ifuse over it the mildness and the
/ oyellness Of eternal spring. | felt sad at the
! thought q sin in such a spot, and that there
should be ought ''of kindness as bitter US gall,
| amid the plenty which the lavish Kindness oil
Of heaven. had thrown all around. How strange
that, where God has done SO much for man,
] man should do so little for his felIov-man; and
that even bitter hatred should gall and tester the
h>suo<k which only love and peace should dive /.
Yet SO twas.
| When entered the cottage-ifsuch bowel
deserved the name-the only person saw. an ell
I0trIy female, directed me to dilapida.ed stair.
clse, leading 10 what IsuppOse would be called
ass6to n" bat was so only by courtesy, telling
ne, iaenswer TO my inquiry, that the woman
was very al. and adding Ia a tone Of such cold
and hes r,less indifference that 1t grated harshy
OH my ears, "Pily that she's not gonel,"
ascende the stairs, and had hardly resche the
topmost step, when | came in contact with an
atmo, phere so intensely fGted as nearly to lay
me PROSTATE. staggered for moment again 81
The wall, until my labonng lungs could take IN
the noAlous or, AMI then entered the room te
witness a scene OF sorrow and suffering which
| cannot attempt 10 describe.
Tho loft was apout fourteen feet square, with
an attic ceiling, and was lighted by two small
windows, having four panes of glass each. In
this confined apartment were three double beds,
besides the cot-bed on which the sick woman
was wing. The floJr was covered wi water,
and a young girl with broom and bucket o
water, was busiiy engaged IN an effort 10 punfy
the place. | raj sed both the windows TO allow
access 10 the air, and pl sced 10th the cot and
the lnia nj in position in which the current Of
air could not affect them. Then, bidding the
glf :, pup the water as dry as she could, sought
10 speak with the poor creature of whose SORROWS
| have spoken. She had been bcautiful--shc
more Of heaven to a cOuntenance that was all
too lovely rr earth. She was extremely i'll;
suffering intensely, and too, weak TO raise her
head. While the girl. IN obedience To my direc-
tons. went 10 call ia few Of the neighbors, |
heari from her lips The simple and arlless tale
Of her youth. Size had learned at her unele's
home the lesson OF humble piety. Sue mad
stored away in her hearts memories many PIE
ciols truths, which now were her comfort.
"Come unto me, all ye that are weary and
heavy laden, aud will give you rest," she re.
peated add He not speak that 10 m"7 WasD't
1t for me-snd such as met Oh! it's precious
promise A" spoke TO her OF Jesus-Hls willing.
ness-tlls power, sud His love, and expressed a
! hope that he would be With her as her comioT.
aud support. spoke of her child-and all the
mother gloWed in her soft blue eyes. "Leave
/ thy faIhereSs children TO me-" she replied. al
was Ielt 10 him. aud He cared for ne, and He
will care for my babe. IL was Jesus said, 'Suf
fer the little children 10 come unto me, for of
such is the kingdom Of Heaven Dear Saviour!
My little one shall soon come 10 thee-snd
will come and we will part no more, ioreverl'
How sweet was the lesson learned beside that
humble couch, and how memory calls them up,
one by one, now when long years have passed
away. | knelt by her SIDE, and bTea thed out MY
feryent prayer TO hIm, who 1.-The anne Yesterday,
today, and forever" has revealed himself 10
helpless man ss ''the hearer and The answerer OF
prayer" thought o'treuIumph Of chnstiani.
~ in her case, who, deprived Of every earthly
comfort, neglected by those who should be her
friends and treated with contempt by strangers,
cOul fn1 such rich consolation in the re- sion
Ct Jesus, ami leave bo'unI her tue testimony,
"Jesus is all my hops"
The girl, on her return. was folio vel by "a
number Of the nelghbDGs, the lager number of
whom knew very well: knew that they
we're ut hari-hcar'ed naturally, and was per-
hc,ly satisfied that nothing but the malice of
someone, vented against this youq1 woman
could have iniucCl the unki ind treatment she
had received at their hsnhs. embraced the OPP