Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-02-28


home alive. Death came upon him while h
was a stranger in strange land, lIappil,
+ ,hc,c were rccd Samariians at hand, human
strangers. who did no, suffer him to want "a
kindness and attention in his las, hours. II
gave directions that his remains should b
conveyed to IL; and they were llithiull
performed.
Ills grave was made by the side OF iIclcn's
and they who had loved 80 we'll In life wen
not separated in death.
ooh. if,h, soul inmo.is'bs.
Ispot its lo,c immortal ioo ~
Who shall say that the &c which bound ~
earth was not ccmcnlcd in heaven. never I,
he broken that the hopes hey had cherished
had no, there rich fruiIiOn
"My tragic story is Ut,e, qure done, >
continued Mrs. c., aflera pause, in Nhicl
we both had wiped our eyes Tho ht',or
or the youurcs, sister, Aurcilc was no, o
less inicrrs, ,lun lIelcn's."
She married gentleman, who, though pos
sessing many outward virtues, and an nm
blcmi.hcd character in the eyes II the world
was a, hear, a scoiIrr a, religion, at the pur,
and holy faith which is as "an anchor to N,
soul, both sure and Ncadfsi," in the hour o
sore trial and temptation Hot she did not
know this, ull after she had become his wife
lie was unkind to her IN bnt ono respect
Ne treated her religious faith with conicmp,
and when sometime after their marriage, shC
fcl, It a duty to unite with the church cI
Christ, he opposed the step with much bitter.
ness. Bu, she was s,cldf,, in what she be.
llcvcd her duty and wi,ha firm trust, though
with sorovinr heart, she con,ccaicd her.
sclfto the service other Divine Master.
A. year. passed ON, and the skcpuc hus.
band witnessed her .cll-dcny.ng and pure life,
he learned to rrsp-c, the faith whose result,
were 50 beautiful. lie saw that wha, could
sustain bar, feeble aud delicate woman, un.
Der trial, and rcycr-cs, agaln,, which his own
boosted ioru,udc a,silcd nothing, was a mys-
icry, rather than an ahsurdiy, too sublime to
b. scoiIcd NJ,
She dld no, live many years, for the germs
of the mll1dy which had brought her sister
ro IL. grave, were implanted in her own sy'-
nm Bar she lived long enough TO perform
.ua of love arl light to one darscncd
The bgch,c,, ali u.,., bsluuful,cs,ofthc
Glh ,hc had c.pouscd, came whom she was
laii upon her dcaih.bei She knew that
death Va, nigh; bot The knowledge brought
no shnddcring and alarm. She did no, be-
lieoc II an eternal sleep; bu, the wakcninp
to a sinlcss and beautiful existence. Calmly
and irlsiflly. ,bcrfsrc, - "a "a the s1m.
mons.
The pride OF unbcltei ia which heT hus-
band had 50 long iu,rcnchcd himsclfUls not
proof srsin., this last evidence of the reality
of rsiiricn. Conviction came with lightning
force lie hung over her IN agony, implorug
her forgiveness, for the past; and vha, is
more, addressing a Wild CRY ior mercy, and
pardon to lhl, Being, whose existence even,
hr had dared 10 deny.
llcbcrnmc aelris,ian; and when, aIlcngth,
be closed her eyes, and kissed ior the lls,
time. the lips ,ha, smiled, even IN death, be-
did no, sc'row as one wI,hon, hopc IA as.
sgrarcc was hls, that IN the immortal DE, ol
which tins Is bu, tLc dawn, blessed reunion
awaited Ihcm-an eternity Of Joy in the pre-
scncc Of the redeemed and slnci6cJ.
Here the narrative of Mrs. c. closed.
Perhaps, many readers NAV turn away with
,rou from the humble, Vet true history,
whose outlines are here 70 rudcly sLelchcd ,
ygt D, had a moumiul interest for the writer .
and she ha, given 1t, trusting there arr some
few hearts d, may touch, in some measure, 20,
u touched hers.