Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-04-29

eousness, and the shoes of the Go:
pei of Peace. Above all thing
! may ia Ike the shield of faith, an
the hell net of salvation, and th
sword Of the Spirit, which is th
Holy Wd I'd, Praying always that
yTeGer myself wholly to thy vii
abide in thy pleasure, and thus fin
coinfortin all the troubles which
shall please thee to send me, Sc Elm;
that such troubles are profitable 70
my soul, and being assuredIy per
suaded that all thou doest must b
well"
This confidence in God was recon
pensed by perfect peace. The las
night of her life She wrote farewell
letter"to her sister, and sent her ;
Greek Testament, as a memorial o
parting affection
CAS- to my death, good sister, re-
ioice with me that | shall so soon be
delivered from this corruptable life,
and put on Immortality. l pray
Cpd to send you lis grace. that You
may ike ia his fear and die in Tie
true christian faith, from wllich,I ex-
Hort you never to swerye, either for
ANY hope Of life or fear Of death.
The following lines were fod nd
traced with pin, on the walls Of her
cell.
Think not, oh mortal, vainly gay,
Tha, thou from human woe, ART free;
The bitter cup drain to-day,
Tomorrow may be drained by thee
Harmless all malice. If our Cpd be nigh.
RooiIess all Joys, if He his help deny;
Patient pass lheso gloomy hours away;
And await the 'morniag Of Eternal Day.
The l2th of February, 1854, was
The time appointed for Gag execution
Of her husband and herself With
The early light Of that fital morning,
he sent to requesta farewell interview.
Bnt she felt that such meeting
would distress them both, and i'm
pair the fortitude requisite fof thS
awful state that awaited them. by
luickening a love Of that life they
we're 50 soon TO leave. Denying Her
sn-@esires once more to see him
ghom she tenderly loved, she lie
4rned dissuasive message.
"Such a meeting would id to-,
'ur afliction. 1t would distut tb the !
,uiet with which We should al m eur
.ouls for the streIle of DEATH De |
sr it I'LL few moments have | fassed. |
Then Yc shall meet where lniohs /
re severed no more, If we carry
lotlling terrcstial with ud to binder
hat eternal rejoicing. /
When the beloved of her soul was
ed by to the scaflold, she testified
trong and involuntary emotion.
}ut suppressing it, with surprising
elEconlmand, she gave him her |
lrewell from the window and like
ne whose treasures were now in /.
Ieayen prepared to follow him. In a
rjof enacn his bleeding fOrnb.
tretthed upon car, and his severed +
iead, wrapped in linen cloth, we're
0rne by under the same window
ihe gazed on the fearful spectacle
mmoyably, as one with whom the
itterness of death was past. Then,
ithout any tremulousness Of hand,
he inscribed in her tablc-book few .
mes, which she presented TO the
lieutenant Of the Tower, as token
f grateful acknowledgment for the
indness he had extended to her du ]
.ng her imprisonment. This part
lg mement 0 consisted Of sentence
| Greek, implying that though ni& /
ain body might seem to condemn
or before men, as the cause Of itS {
his most blessed soul I
Guild assert her, innocence in the
resence Of God;3' one in Latin,
That man had destroyed the body, &
Ut nNrcifnl God preserved the a
Dul;' and another in English, Chat S
her fault had deserved this punt 5
hmont, her youth was still some
llliaiion, and sh8 committed hef ,
,rit to her Greater, and her cause {
posterity.' = l.
Then, with countenance serenely =
yeet, she obeyed the summons to :
lie block, still reeking with her hus- !
,nd's blood She was observed, as
le moved gracefully onward, to have
er eyes bent upon her prayer book,
I'd to give 20 heed to the Romish t
rests, who surrounding her, argued j
~ exherted. for she had early and :