Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-05-24

is the eternal rest denied to thee alsol-
Must thou suffer? Thou, the best the faith
fuest?"
And the dead bowed her head assentingly,
and laid her hand upon her breast.
And can procure rest In the grave for
thee?n
YES" was the response
"And how"
"Give me hair, only single hair from
the head of the sinner whose fire will never
be quenched of the sinner, whom God will
condemn to eternal pains of hell"
"And thou can'st, then, so easily be re-
lieved, thou pure, thou faithful one" re-
piled he
"Then follow me-" said the dead "Thou
mayst hover by my side whithersoever thy
thoughts direct thee; for so much is granted
to u.s. Invisible to men we may visit them in
their most secret recesses, but thou must
point out with sure hand the man who is
devoted to eternal torments, and he must be
found before the Growing Of the cock"
And quickly, as if borne on a thought,
they reached the Great City, and from the
walls of the house bazed in flaming charac-
ters the names of the deadly sins: Pride,
Avarice, Drunkenness, Sensuality, in short,
the whole seven coored bow of SINS
"Yes, there as | believed, as | knew"
said the preacher, there dwell those who arc
condemned to eternal fames7 And they
stood before brilliantly Illuminated doorway,
and the broad stairs were splendid with car
pets and flowers, and through the festive
halls resounded the music of ball.
The porter stood there clad in velvet and
silk, with great silver-mounted cane
"Our ball is nearly as good as the Kings"
said he, and turned towards the throng that
filed the streets. From head to toe the
thought shone forth from him. "Poor rab-
bic, who are staring in at the doors in COM
parson to me; ye are all mere mass of
rags"
pride" said the dead, "see'st thou him?'
-" Him." replied the preacher, but he is a
fool, nothing but fool, and will not be dam
ned to eternal fire and torments." "Noth-
ing but fool" echoed through the whole
house of Pride, for that was what they all
were.
And they few to the,four bare walls Of the
miser, where, lean and shiverng with cold, an
old man denied himself food and drink, and
clung with all his thought to his money
They saw how he sprang, like one burning
with fever, from his miserable pallet of straw,
and drew stone from the wall, where lay
his gold coins in a stocking, and how he FUN
bIed his tattered vest in which gold pieces
were sewed up, and how his damp fingers
trembled,
He is sick that is insanity, a joyless
insanity, filled with anguish and evil Dreams ;
And they departed hastily and stood before
the cells of aprison, where the criminals were
sleeping in long rows side by side. Like a
wild beast, sprung one Of them from his sleep,
uttering horrible cry. He thrust his sharp
elbows into the sides Of the sleeper who lay
towards him and said:
Hold your jaw, thou beast, and sleep
It's night
Every night replied the other; Eyes,
every nighthe comes and howls and torments
me. In the heat Of the moment l have done
needless things was born with an evil dis
position which has brought me here a second
time. But, as | have offended have been
punished One thing only have not con-
fessed. As | was leaving her after my first
Imprisonment, and passing the residence of my
master, one thought after another boiled up
within me- drew match against the wall +,
it came somewhat to near the thatched roof
everything was in flames, as am. / myself
helped to save the occupants and the cattle.
Nothing that had life was burnt, except a
flock of pigeons and the house dog had
not thought of him. One could hear him
howl, and this bowling hear when wish to
sleep and if fall asleep then comes the
dog again, so large and shaggy he lays him
self upon my breast, howls, presses upon me,
and stiles me. Listen to what | am telling
you-but thou can'st snore snore the whole
night, and | sleep not quarter of an hour
And the blood rushed into the eyes OF the
frenzied man, and he threw himself upon his
companion, and struck him in the face with
his cenched fist.
"That silly fellow has another of his crazy
fits was the cry of those around and the
other prisoners seized him, struggled with
him. and bent him double, till they got his
head between his knees then they bound
him fast, while the blood was starting from
his eyes and from every pore.
"You are killing the unhappy man., cried
the preacher, and as he stretched out his
hand as if to defend the sinner, the poor sin
ner, who, even here, was obliged to make
such bitter attonement for his offences, the
scene was changed. They few through the
halls of the rich and the novels of the poor.
Sensuality, Envy, all the Deadly Sins passed
in turn before them, while a guiding angel
read to them the offences of the sinners and
the excuse for them. This was feeble indeed
before God, but God knows the heart he
knows all the evil which comes from within