Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07
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g GOD BLESS YOU.n

How ofica In lie we hear these words spoRei
and how seldom the heart realizes what worlt
Of pathos and feeling lies in them. How ap
we arc TO catch at The ideal. while the real II
life, is left to pass by unnoiccd. Stop with me
and gaze upon; that father who has seen sotnt
manly aciionin his youngest boy, which shadow
I forth well spent fuu urc life, and hear ths word
y" God bless you my boy" fail from The PARENT
lips Do they fall useless to5the ground! ar.
: they forgotten ere they have died upon the lip
3 Believe me, MO. They, falliupon the ear Of
& childhood, s@eeter far than smetry song Of
the Gee
: .re treasured in tha. youthful heart. and have
made their mark for good which nothing can
effacc.
;. See that poor, shoeless, houscess wanderer,
ms she creeps for shelter from the pltlless storm
and shrnks against the cod walls OF that spehdia
t,mausion You are half inclined to pass her oy.
but the good angel at your side whispers you !"
sion and as YOU draw Il few shining pieces from
rn,,r noncket. and place them in the despiscG
: ons,s hard does not her {" God bless you, sir
send the life blood dancing to your heart ana
does not sleep seem sweeter rs you dreanli.y
lose your senses, with these three words s'i'i
ringing: in your ear God bless you
Step wilh:me into that little cottage, wilicn Is
placed so prctlily by the side OF that merry aah
cling stream. Surely sorrow could never come u,
near 80 sweet . spot as that! We en,er--'"e
outside has sadly beed the inside ior mere
everything is ruin, and yet, but few years 81 a9o
ali was bright sunshine in hat home. Wnou'
have we herel A mother lending IN silent sor'
row overs,he form Of one who bears Inc impress
OF a man, and yet isso distigured by 'h'en,pef'
.encc, YOU can scarce trace the lineaments o' one
formed and fashioned insthe likeness OF his Ma
ker. We wait awhile, and the drunkaLd $ s,eel 81
has passed. and he has awakened 10 INC iui' re- e.
;lization OF his miserable and degraded conas
ton, we get the sorrowing wife TO step Ssioe
and we sit and reason with this once loving al'e
beloved husband, until weiorce the tear drop &c
thn eys and bring the resolved, free. firm and
nec;d.a from his lips that he will drink no. more
and we take his solemn pledge to that effect. s.
; A vcanhas passed, ard once more we stand
within the portals of that house, and the tlrst
words that great .our ear, alike from husband
and wife, are {" God bless you, you have made
.us yery, very happy" Is there nothing in those
words then! Do they not repay you thou
. sand and a thousand times for your kindness 10
s. hat ihcn poor lost ore
See that fond father, as he stands beside the
: loved child of his heart, aud is about 10 bestoM
her upon another, and when the last ceremony
iis nerformed. and the last rite ended that makes
her anothers is there nota world of love, age
mud hopc in that old mans heart MS ho falter
forth tic words "God bless you" Aye, Ina
fair one, when. she has passed through Inc sum
n,rr oF iifs-whcn The silver creeping IN among
her i.,ly hair tells her that the winter OF lie j
near al hard, and long years have passed. ant
that father has gone from earth 10 :heaHehs-
those, words will still sound the narp*trlnSs {,
mcnor., ard he: fathers God bless you VII
perrhance be her last thonght as she loo passe
away. .,E.-,to..., -, -, =
perhaps for years, perchahce for eVer5-l9r oea'
is the. only thing gHcer,ain ~ llie-ano aoes 20
the !" God bless. your whispered oy In Una. ioss
one rs Nay part in uncertainty; but SUI! ~ nHpe
fotna bright star in his dlaceln of 'housnls m ~
Aye!y'tis ihc brightest one there, and WIN elh
to i,iss hear, Whea all elsa shall fail
EsGod bless YOU !" Thesenret rec sInpie wora: '1
w6fds and yet how they cheer heart slsstia In
e;akiaa spirit, and build an:aitar of hope In. In
.nnt wbicFis Else NC could never realize on earit
p.rchance & they are @hispeSed above, ere utter
I'D ON earth. who can tell IS. :; 2
ME poor mans q God bless you,"' is eve
h.attf.lt. and erereo1ncs from heart surclul
,,ed with eraiitGao if not with love. They ar
s.sy words 10 be uttered, but ofientmess :hlr
+ gained Ishsls n9t'aa that, i s2li ls ! s 81. Z
,h.,n And is there not a sweet feeling WIG
80. 40 SOLVE that we eau leave tins world VIII
,b: Ia;Iaiity that after life's f,fut feger1lit.
ma. h.ye passed from earth away 70 ganoth'
,,,,rid tlesi, with whom we associated ,SnHo hs
iniercourse--aye. and those too VINO knsw
while sihey were unknownt sus--can ", say, s. !, !
they stfsrs onr name upon the stone which h. sba
stand uslhe quiet churchyard - There = Is 81
d. ywrit sthefc. IA ,wasAhe poor nla,;s irler
"a aoSd man ID Tie trste n,eaningg nf tue @or
z. God bless 8 4 shia i1e: & 7ss 4 81;
TnE S S 1BLiaiTf Il Of INrUpEscE The Pl!!
fsays tI;e Baltimore American Of insanity is 8
M. in deierce Of fantiagton, fhe i New I y = So 9
foyees. and hen it couTssl iat !,
that bis operations forged spsper aaf,Se !!
year rnmonnied To near B2oi i0o0, 600. Such
No ;a 4 flaprane insrjt to common sense, ss: