Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-10-27
MY 9TH T. r.

MY 9TH T. r..
Sad, indeed, was the occasion Of our
recent absence. A Mother--and such nm
one as few on earth are privileged to hail
by that endearing name-lay stretched
upon Ter death-bed. A cancer was gnaw-
ing at her vitals. The epl ysicians had pro-
nounced her disease incurable. Not only
so: every remedy applied did but add
to the fury of the disease, and increase her
suffering. Her agony was intense beyond
description. For many days before her
spirit was released. every breath was ac-
companied with groan. How she .onged,
and prayed to be released from her agony,
and how painfully long were :hose suffer
ings protracted Deoth, to her, lad no
terrors. She had fought the good fight,
she had kept the faith, and she kmew that
there was laid up for her a crown in heaven.
She had no regrets at leaving this earth.
Her mission here had been fulfilled. God
had given her many children, yet she had
lived to see all who survived her arrive at
years of ma,uii y, surrounded with all the
comforts and blessings of life. ami walk
ing in the paths Of virtue. Those who
had gone before, left behind an assurance
that all was we'll with them. She had
passed her three score years and ten in
usefulness, and had set her house in order
for departure.
Then why mourn for her We do not.
We rejoice, rather, At her release from suf-
lerng. But, o, to sit by her bedside, and
see her most intense agony, for hour after
hour. and day after day. aOithOM Tie pOacer
to mitigate that suffering; and all the time
to reflect upon the love she bore us-the
sacrifices she made in our behalf-the days
of labor and the nights Of prayer spent for
our well-being, was enough to melt the
hardest heart. How tenderly she loved
her "poor, dear boy!" Once, in infancy,
the physicians pronounced us dead. The
shloud and coffin were procured, and
friends assembled to convey our body to
the grave. But Mother could not part
with her suffering child. Although the
breathing had ceased, and the pulse was
still, yet she discovered small spot near
the heart which was not yet quite cold
Regardless of the remonstrances Of friends,
who thought her reason gone, she snatched
her boy from the coffin. and after many
hours of patient labor AMI watchful care,
restored him again to life. Tell me, could
that boy see his mother suffer thus and
feel no pain? Once, again, in la,er years,
when wound received in play, threatened
to render Us \ cripple for life, that Mothers
love aad cale in watching over us by night
and day, for weeks, prevented the sad con
sequence. But why enumerate. In all
our wayward wanderngs, a Mothers pray
ers have followed us--a Mothers lore
shielded us from evil-a Mothers hand
was ever ready to assist us. Deprived OF
a Father in early life, we have perhaps
known more of Mothers love than many
others. But enough Of self.
That Mother was born Of wealthy pa
rents, in Portsea, England. No money or
pains weie spared in educating her in all
the studies anl accomplishments of that
age and country. Her early associates
were the rich, the noble, the refined, the
cultivated. At an early age, she married.
Her house was mansion, furnished in the
most costly style of magni6cence. For a
few years all went well. But, alas, "riches
take to themselves wings and fly away"
We sLall not deiail tie causes which led
to tie change in her condition. Near forty
years ago, our parents moved TO America
10 retrieve their fallen fortunes. But what
did hey know Of Western life, reared as
they were, in TIE lap OF luxury. After II
short residence in New York ciy, they re-
moved to little village in the interior Of
Ohio. where Father expended nearly all the
remnants of his fortune in building fine
house, and storing his cellar with choice
fruits and wines. He was temperate man,
and devout Chris ian but to the day of
his death. kept up his old English style of
living. The silver plate. the ornaments
and useless dress and furniture in his house.
if properly invested in lands might have
made him millionaire. But why COM
plain /? lie lived happily; was loved and
respected by all who Knew him /: and died
= Christia1's death.