Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-08-04

name trysl, dear Joe, and you shall keep
it. fyou pass first into the other land,
wait for. me on the bank, and if go hence
before you, will linger on the other shore
until you come. Will you remember" i
81 will 1.-Two and die in this memory
She lifted her face TO his, and her arms
to his neck, and they clung together in q
long, passionate EMBRACE. Their lips did
not separate, but were pressedelcse togeth.
er, until he felt her !orm cold, and her
clasp relaxed, and he laid her gently down
on the cold seat bowed over her q moment,
in prayer, and was gone. | heard him say,
'sTake care of her, w - ~ and sc. L
strove to recall the life that had gone from
her lips, and cheeks, and eyes. 1t came
slowly, and she woke as we wake in the
morning after death hos entered our charm.
ed circle, with an oppression on the brain,
and swimming swollen senseless ness Of
SOUL ~ ass,.s.g,a, .sg,g ss.<f5.s.s.f ;-...ss
AT length. she remembered all; and
raised herself with half articulated excla.
nation Of agony, broken by sob; then fell
on her knees by the bench, and buried her
face in her hands, and remained thus for
nearly half an hour. .s.ig -. ....5a ...1
When she arose, her face was rs the
face Of an angel. Ii wore that same ex-
alted look till she died. -. ~ s.,
f. think she took cold that night. she was
never well alterward, and the next winter
she passed at the South, returning in the
spring, very fragile, but very beautiful.
Joseph S. was sent abroad by one OF
the Boards Of Missions Of the Church, bu,
his health failed, and he resigned his COM
mission, while he travelled through the Eas.
tern world. -....-.-sn..z. s...sls, ,.,Fx
T. Three years fled with their usual swift
ness. To Sarah D 80 they were very
slow and painful years, yet she was happy
in her quiet way, and no one dreamed Of
the strange tryst she was longing to keep
on the other side of that dark river, which
men so shrink from. She grew feebler
daily as the summer and autumn advanced,
and in December she was evidently dying.
One day her mother had been out of The
house, perhaps making calls; she returned
at evening and among other incidents oi
news which she had learned, she mention
ed to Sarah the death Of her old friend Jo-
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The fair girl was reclining in her large
arm chair, looking out through the closed
windows at the snow on the ground, and
the pure moonlight which silvered it,
There was no startling emotion visible as
her mother mentioned the fact which to
her was the most solemn yet the most joy
ful news the world could give; for now,
hct thai~ ny I
saw smile flash across her face as the
joyful news reached her ear. = / saw her
| lips move as. if. she invited even then his
spiritual embrace. saw her forehead
raised to feel the caress which knew she
felt! She was. then silent for MANY min
utes, and then spoke in feeble, and yet very
musical accents, and |, boyishly, wept
aloud! Then she smiled, and looked at
me with finger upraised, and said, aW ali
a little while longer, dear W !" And
then, utter a moment. she said, "Mother
is the snow very deep?" So. E
"Not very, dear; why do you ask2"
"Because if it were deep, | thought il
would be difficult for old Mr.. Smith 10 6nd
our lot in the graveyard. Are all the
| head stones covered, molher?s -.
hat is the matter, Sarahs What il
they are covered!'' ..s.s 31@s-.zs-s-.@s.
"Mother, dear, il is useless TO conceal
| il from ourselves, or from one another
You know and quite as we'll, that ! am
i-dying. ! have not wished to live, only. fol
| one thing | did long for life, and dreaded
TO meet death all alone! but now shal
not.. W - will lell you what mean
when | am gone. Yes, gone. dear moth
er. ! shall not be here any longer. This
chair. will stand here, and | not be any
where neer it. You will be here, and fa
ther, and you will rise and walk about and
| visit, and go in and out, and sleep and
wake again, and SO on day after day, and
shall have no part in your cares and joys
Dear Mothero land as she uttered the two
last words, she put her arms around hel
| mothers neck and kissed her. fondly, ane
sank back into her chair again. | sal, Al
her feet watching her matchless features
A smile wos fitting across them, now there
now gone, yet each time it appeared, ]
fingered longer than before, until it becarns
| fixed, and SO holy, so very holy, that
grew bewildered as gazed, and a strang'
tremor passed through my body. =,
The breath Of peace was tanning hei
4 glorious brow! Her head was bowed a
yeryelittle forward, and n tress escaping
from its bonds, fell by theside of her pur'
white temple, and close to her just opene
lips. It hung there motionless! No breath
disturbed its repose! She slept as an apge
might sleep, having accomplished the mis-
\ sion of her God s8E asaH ,iss 5sfsl
p 0ftentimes Since then have heard
evoice from heaven as melodious ass tha
which the prophet Of old heard declaring
1.-The blessing of the righteous dead! To
night T haye been hearing tit is faint
indeed, but clear, and oh how thrilling
and it sounds like her voice chanting
brave old psalm! .saa
s'And thou shalt walk in pure white light,
l. With kings and priests abroad!
And thou shalt summer high in bliss,
| Upon the hills of God''
knew not under what palm tree @
/ Chaldea. or by the shadow of what rock i