Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07
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/" GnD BLESS YOL.."

Iiuw uficn il life sc hear these words spoke!
aid Luw seid"ln The near: realizes what Il worit'
If ;,at.nS a:d ircn: lies in them. How "li
We ar> to catch at the ideal. wiii!" lie real III
Ii!c i Ivii 10 pass; by mrwoiicrd. Stop with me-
ard Gazr upon thai father VINO has seen S"il"
!naMiy action il hi vGunTr$t boz. which shadow
forth Il we'll spent future life. and hear ihG H"rd-
God bless you my boy; fall from the Parent :
lip, Do they fall USELESS TO tie .T"am6 ;r''
they forgotten ere they have died upon the ili' ::
Believe me. no. They fall upon ;ie ear O.!
childhood. %wcetrr far :!ar the lncir: song o.
the free, uulslcrrI liil :lnl i'll, ii:.-;
Tor wil!.r lN.. s"ug dies wnsr-neailiE, ite ""'">
::ra treasured in iha youthful heart. and have
made their mark for good whr! nothing ca"
cnare.
See that poor. siioeleSs, hcuSc!css wandvreF
s She creeps for shelter from the pili!rss storm
ard shrinks against the cold walls Of that splendid
mansion. You arc half inclined 20 pass her by
III. ii, rood angel N vour side whispers yam 10
stop, and a, you draw :; ;rw shi:.i"gc r'cceS ir"H
yo;r pocket, and place them in The drar'.'
ones hand, do"s not her " God bless you' Si:'
send the life blood dancing TO your he"f. a','
does rot sleep seem swcctcr as y"u "fS''iil'.i
lose ycur scusc$, with those three words >'l"
,ir,;iir in ycur e:r--.. Gu,i ir>S yeu
S,rp with me into that little cottage. wil;c;l i
p,ac.d 50 prcl!iIy b. The side Of TIA! merry a."
cing stream. Surrl: sorro"- eoai1 never CONE
near 20 swvc; :: SPOT IS t!;Ht.' We rEr!--.''
outside has s:,:'y teiiei the ih>!H'' 100 acre
everything i, ruin, and yet. But Il !cw years AGO.
Mi Was bright sunshine III i'iai home. "''''
I.avr We here! a mo,i!er bending III ::s"i >"r-
row over !c fern Of omc VII" bears l'le ''ip'e
~; u,an. and W., is so di-ligured b: inierr'r'
OF
fo,rrd and fashioned iil the likeness q! iiis '-
i.,.r W'r ,y,i, awhile. and the drunka.d's sleep
hs PASSED. AID he has awakened TO ;i'r iul rt-
.,;y:,iop Of his miserable and degraded co"d!.
,inn we 90, he sorrowing wife To step lS':c,
.ud wc i, a.l rca,ou wiih this once loving and
L.l,ycl lIu,b4nii, un,i We force TIE tear drop TO
,,r .r, and brine the resolved, free. firm and
,.,rIr1 from his lips that he will drink no more.
:,,, ~. take hi, solemn pledge TO th:; effect.
= rear has PASSED. AID once more We S;"nd
within ;l,e portals Of that Eouse, and The Hr>t
words tia; grca. our car, alike from husband
a,,l ,.irr. arc - God bless YOU. you have made
Il, very. vvry happy" l. there nothing IN those
words ihe,,! Do they not repay YOU thcu-
sa;d and :, thou ard times for your Kindness l"
iiai ;.,ei poor lbs. o"r:
;:.,. ,i,ai fond father as &c stal:dS beside the
":ed co ., ~, "s., s,d r%nr ~ ,.c Jas, CEREMONY
her upon aM"'"' ,'I H.. la., If, ended that makes
Is Ps,'o,% Pa',tr W * ,brre NOT world Of love, age,
her s"o''c' ,,', III ,,,n,. Lc,r, ,s he filters
a"d h"pc III ''t'' |'I v.;' I,,,, r,,, ;, Avn ,bat
forth The words n'' , ,.od "so Irnvnb ~. su,,.
fair one when Sic has . ISsE ss<' crrrnr r"I i" a nu
as' r 81 !tT'. ir .. rr 'r That That The anc Of life i
her !S,E ""'i ~, TI anJ m lnn y.ars have passed and
,';'' '.L.r " r !',s zone from earth 10 hrayrn--
li';' ','t' '' III III, .nurd The i,arp strings OF
ih"'e w''''1 ~. ~. fyrs God bless ynu will
"''2"'' 'I. M IS ISr i ,, ought Is She tco passc>
lrf''''''''e '' ''>'
"":.! -; g.; ,,o o,or,s hc i, abou, to leave home
''"' t''s .,c-,.,;nurc for eycr--ior deal
J, ''.s C'; ;'''i' ,,",. , 7nn whispered by , loved
l''c "':. ~: j., nnc.rrainty. ln. still, in hope
one rs '''s; ,,i. .,"r in his d!cm Ct thoughts
'",'' r" Vi. " ,Es nri"I,cst u:e il.rrr ad ill cne
,:'n;. ':r. tn,t, v.Ies all .,.. sI.al fail.
10 i.s ,r,''s rnu arc Il rec simple words
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