The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-01-17
: From the Home Circle.
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ArAR from all the fnmcr associations.
OF life, in a new home in a strange and dis
fant land, newspaper brought to ME the
sad tidiBgs of the sudden falling Of this
Prince in Israel. How nv heart throLbed
ut the announcement while memory began
to retrace those scenes Of the past in which
Sds venerable form had been befcre<xuy eye,
and1his gentle teachings i'm my ear. ta'T
From earliest cliildhood had looked OIL
him with peculiar reverential love- When
IN friendly intercourse, he used to enter my
fathers house. delighted to sit within
sound Of his soothing voice, uttering words
of wisdom. and watch the changing light of
his beautiful eyes--(for who that ever be-
held him can forget those melting tones, or
those eyes Of starry brightness y But the
principal point of bis appearance on which
loved to dwell, was that high and ample
brow, SO statue.like i'm its wliteness. SO
saint-like in its purity, How lovedth white
locks that foated around it and many times
only NV cl,iLlish tinidi,y kept me from steal
ing behind him and laying my hand rever,
eniiaily upon them, as IL some virtue could
be impaired BY the touch. How little did
neUr ,otfrrrs ssrreet the feelings with which
he inspired the quiet, silent girl whose pres
ence was often unnoted in their initls,! When
he was created bishop by the voice Of the
Chnrch he had so long aud faithfully served,
recoilect one day hearing from visitor the
thoughtless remark, that it WAS suspected
that he would now consider il necessary to
dignity himself with wig" The bare idea
shocked me {; to my enthusiastic mind il
seemed almost sacrilege; for Ind often
imagined that q halo Of light like lanbent
hnme, played around that noble head, and
l could not have borne its observation.
When read an account of his interment,
and Of the passing before him of the friends
who had known and loved him in life, to
take last look al his sill features, Thought;
first (and my tears flowed at the recollection
ct that holy brow, resting with its white
locks in the quiet Of death, never moro to
throbwith aching thought or wearing fatigue
Tor the good of Israel"-its calm never
more to lie rnffled by the cares and trials of
life. Oh when "this body shall be clo,l :
ed afresi," when this "inortal shall put on
Immortality" that noble brow, freed from
the stains oflifes warfare, will wear glori
o,'s crown, giittering with many sta,s, Jew
els gathered in his earthly ministry! -
From my earliest READINGS of Scr;ntu,e 7
have drawn for myself portTa;ts Of ali B;bIe
characters, each with distinct features and
peculiar traits, according to the ideas had
formed of the persoDagcs described. Peter,
finn as a rock. stern and uufi;ncb;no in ,Le
path Of duty with his muscular frame and
broa,l shoulders. ready for aur bnr,lcn tbo,
might he laid upon l,im.-Peter as he was af.
ter the ascensioi, of his Lord with his mar,yr
spirit growing strong for the last conflict. 81
IauJ will, bss Ill. i II VIZ r:. s. .ose' s: r Oh
and eye, and brow with burning cloauence.
nerying his slight frame to endure .bonds
and inp'iscnmcnt" the torture aud the
scourge, and even in their midst to sing the
song OF victory. 81. John, holy, gentle and
meek, leaning on the bosom of bis Lord, or
seated ia his chair, when age and weakness
rendered him helpless, pleading tenderly
with his flock. Little children love one
another" These and many more bccome
rs real beings to my fancy, while follow
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