The Empire County argus., 1856-05-17
No.. Is.

rest denied to thee also Must tou suif.r Thou.
the best. the fahruIIest %
and the dead BE- wed her head asscntnelv and
Ia "a her band upon her breast
And can rrocur" rest in the grave for thee o.
! Yes. was the response.
"And how "
Give m" a hair only sinclc hair r,on, tho
head OF the sinner whose fire will meyer bn ournch
ed "i the sinner whom God will condemn to O. or
nal pains Of hell
And thou ranSt. then. easily hr relieved,
thou pure. thcu faithful one 2" rcpl' ed hc
Then fellow me-. said the dead ..1hou p,,vst
mover 'y my side whherSnnvcr thy tbo,,ohts III
rect 'iIte: tor 50 mnch is @aantnd tn us nvi icll,
|" men we may visit them in their most secret ro-
c'ss's but thou must point ont with sure hunl
the man who is devoted to eternal tornicn.s anil
he must he found hef' re- the GROWING ,r rh. o. l,
ANA quickly as Thorn" on thought tlIcv rnach-
cd the Great City and from the walls of the h., u<c
nIazrd IN famng characters the names Of the
deadly sins: ] ride. Araricr Drunkenness Son
suall'y i'll short. the whole seven colored bow Of
sins
Yes there. as believed. as kncw.' said the
preacher there dwell those who are condemned
t" eternal flames And thcv stood before bril-
lmnlly illuminated doorway. and the brcn. stairs
were splendid with carpets and flowers and hrourh
the festive halls reS"und"d tn" music Of II ball
n" porter st"'d there clad in velvet and silk
with Il great silver mounted cane Our ball is
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towards the rhrong that filled the street. From
head to toe the thought shonr forth from him -
"l~r rahblr. who are staring in nt the doors in
comparison t" me. We are all mere mass Of rnns
| II ride. said the dead. ..Sorst tnou him ~
"thm. piled the preacher. hut he is II fn l. mo-
th'ng hnt f"l. and will not b damned TO eternal
fire and t"rmrnt>' "N"tling Lut Il fool" echoed
through the whole house Of Pride for that was
what they all were
i And they flew to the fnur haro wall, Of tho niscr
where lean and shivering with c,l nn old man
denied himself food and drink AMI CLING with all
ms Thought to his money They saw how he
sprang like one burning with fever ticm III. mis-
cradle pallet of straw. aud drcw stone from the
wall where law his gold coin in st, cknr and
how he tumblrd his tntcr'l vest. in which cold
pieces were sewed up, and how his damp fingers
tr-mbled
HE is sick that is insanity II i,yless insanity.
filled with anguish and evil dreams And they
departed hastily and stood before tho cell. of :,
prison. where the criminals were sleeping in long
T. vs. side hy side. Like wild beast sprung one
OF them from his sleep urriing horrible cry
'lc thrust his sharp rlh,ws into the sides of the
sleeper VIII" lap next him and the latter turned
himself >lrrply towards him. and said
'lI"hl your jaw, thou beaii, and sleep 1t is
night.
Every night. replied the other 'vcs cvcrv
night. he comes and bowls and t"rmrnts me-. In
the heat of the nmcnt | have done hrclrss
things: | was horn with an evil di> position which
has brought me here for IL second time Bui -,
have IF nl"l | have been punished One thinr
only have not confessed As / was leaving here
after my first imlrls' nmcnt. and la>>ing the rcsi.
drncr ct my master. one thought after another
boiled up within me drew IL match against the
wall Ii came somewhat near the tlntcl,rd
ront: cvrryteing was burnt everything was i'm
flames a> am, myself helped to save The ecu
pants and thr raf'l". Nothing that had life was
burnt except fl eek Of pigeons nuI the house Il,
| had not thought of him One c,ull II, ar him
howl AMI this h"wlins hear when wish to sleep
and If fall asleep. then comes the dog aeain. SO
large and shaggy he lays him>"lfnpnn my breast.
h"wlS, presses upon me-. and >i fl : Listen to
what | am telling you but thou can'>t su"c :;
Snore the whole night. and sleep not II quarter Of
an hour And the blnnl rushed into the eyes If
the frri zrtl man. and he threw himself upon his
companion and struck bim in the face with lis
clenchcd fist
Thar silly fellow has another Of Lis crazy frs
WAS the c'v "f t1,,>c arnund and the other pis-
oncr> sen ii him. struggled with him and bent him
double. TIL they got his head between his knc'> !;
then they bound him fast while the blood WAS s;ar-
ling from his eyes an from every pore
You are killing the unhappy man" cried the
preacher an IL, he stretched out his hand if to
defend the sun"r. the poor sinner. who even here,
was obliged to make such bitter atonrmcnt for his
offences the scene was changed They fl w through
the halls of the rich and the novels of the poor
SenSunlity. Envy all the Deadly SINS passed in
turn b fore them Will II guiding a1r'l real to
them the off noes of the sinners AMI the excuses
! for them This feeble indeed before Cod. hut
God knows the heart he knows all the evil which
come, from within and without he who is Mercy
and Love. The hand of thc preacher trrmbled. he
vrnfurrd not 10 stretch it forth to pluck hair from
the head IF the sinner And tears >trcamed from
his eyes Ike the watcre of mercy and love which
qu.nci the fires of He'll Then the e"ck crpwrd
! .Nlrrcitul 'iol Thou wilt grant her that rest
in the grave which have not bten able to procure
tor her
II enjoy it alrea ly" ~oi tn, DuL 'it WIS thy
harsh in !Gn mt thy q nny h1nr ilm' OF G'l
III his creatures WA ch drrvr me Ia th L"nrn
the nl'uro Of IN n. Evel in tn cl.l th r. il
portion of Gnd 'rtoa "fwhch will triumph over
anl rxngui,h the fires of He'll"
And kiss imprinted On tn" lips Of the
pre,chrr anl il b cam light ar'nll h m. Coils
clear sun was shining IN his chnmbr where his
wife still living gentle AMI full of 1--we. hal AVA
krnrd him from Dream which had been sent Of
God
Glow ID you like the chnractcr>of S.. Paul -