Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1851-07-29
TnE PASSING HE'LL.

81 4 he midst II life VIC are il desthn
we euiiuded than Is stamp.
ed upon HE weilers et eaFtll Y. tter Of our
race has gone b bis last poses The Enessen4s
gefof death hss borne anqetisr loved one q The
Spirit land I'fie domes ic rifres has again been.
broken notw standing II of ysicial
and lie Tears ofibefeaved r ends
see wonder professions With measnred tread.
following The remains Of one dear as life 10 that
final Testfng place. W het eosrosys what sioneli.
ness II fist iee lines Of atom ssa emptiness
of eaflhly Joys now I'll earts, as they take
long. long look I'M dess fel ess9 Eesf
WHO is3ihis so Feeeptty don with things be-
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The aged sire. having ont Lived his generation,
whose head was long aimee VII tened by the har
vest gathering is now no more. Gfief: stricken
are his children, as they realize their loss, that
DE 10 whom they have always looked forinsfEuc-
IIion and co6nsel, Is from them forever.
An taffactiunate husband hRss been taken; from
the embraces of the wife of his bosom. She
stands:hy the grave and dsHeepss though her
heart would break ID She feels ahowE deeply
feels, the wound thathaspierce her inmost soul,
and as If she had lost her all life. 70 ohepthis
is a day of sadnesssand gloom such as she had
never known sbefore;S and now she could almpst
wish tobe quietly resting BY the side her hpst#
band. g si}.{4a ss5st.3 ssl sisss q se5s.--, 81
A devoted wife and tender mott hasbeen re-
moved from the companion of her youth and the
children of:her pride Disease fastened her life
and took her hence. - Aid was prohetea but in
vain. Now the husband feels4 that all ot earth is
held but by4a3 feeble tenure: Now does q deep
drawn sigh escape his lips, as he beholds the OBJ
iect of his earlslove shroaded in the dapery of,
the tomb. AS be stands gazing upon those loved
features so firmly, coldly fixed fand yet with that
same sweet smile that had rested on hin, come
up those words of tenderness and confding trust,
those acts Of kindness, those attentions to his
every want, her virtues and her moral ltworth,:
till he would fain have died 10 save her.teThe
children gather closely around while from their
ewes fall tears like!drops of rain. MptheEless
ones they weep, they mourn, and we'll they may,
for they have lost friend whose deep, pure love,
no pen can portray nor pen describe. HENCE
forth the father binds them closer TO his heart as
If he would in them behold the Image of her in
whom hia highest earthly hopes were scentered.
youth blooming with health and yigoE, is
stricken down at a single blow, And yet, could
beauty, intellectual development. or a fine educa.
ton have interposed, that group. of 5mourpers,
were now at their home, ejoicing that their
number was nnbroken. Bntah! the shat was
sent with unerring aim. Those bereayed parents,
who had looked forward, cheeted with. the hope.
that this star would brighten Ihe evening of their
days; the sorrowing brothersSan and sisters, whose
delight it had been TO renderhappy the, ,deaEde-5
parted the chosen one, now crushed in utter de.
spondency, and refusing all attempts at consola-
ton the circle of of their bright
est member, aresnoW called upon to look for the.
first time upon the tearthiy tabernacle of one
5==-oh, how fondly losed Their hearts bleed. at
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lent grief forbid them ntterance. Only deep
down within the soul, where thoughts, commune
with the innersclf and with their Maker, can they
find peace. 4os;.ss
a lovely infant just beginning to steal away
the parents affections, has been removed hence
by the angel gatherer. The treasure the fond
mother had proposed to wear upon her own heart,
as an ornament OF JOY. But no, she must now,
though reluctantly, yield il up TO deck another
sphere. In her grief she looks only upon the
casket which is soon to crumble, while she sees
mot the Jewel it contained. Yet would she dry
kup her tears and direct her eye above, she would
behold her lost gem replaced id a more brilliant
setting, where It will shine in undimmed splen.
dor mid thrones aud dominions forever and ever.
IS It is better to 60 TO the house of mourning
than to the house of feasting, for byssofrow the.
heart is made better" Thusit is better. Thus
it tis rendered certain that we all must die. The
infant the youth, the middle aged and aged,
must alike return to their motherdust.'
~" If a man die shallhe live again 2''9 This all
important question is prompted by such an hour;
Iand tots affirmative answer, both the analogy Of
naturesaud the inspirat tion Of the scripture fully
tconcur.
~" Yes,tt is certain that we shall lay down
tthese bcdiesof ours, and as certain that we shall
rise again, clothed with Immortality.
al Blessed are they that have part in the first
resurrection 5''ts = 49, 2 slfat "
LAST WORDS OF THE, PRESIDENTS.
When Washington was 67syears old he laid
upon his death bed. g I find am DYING Rssaid
he ,,ny breath cGnnot last And again; Doc.
tori L die hard, but am not afraid GO; be-
I,lieved, from my first attack, Lshoud notssurPiye
it; my breath cannot last long !, !" And4so he
ceasedFto breathe.
More than quarter a century elapsed before.