The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-07-09

Slowly sadly, shall they toll, ..,1 -.
In the grave dark and silent,
Is the Sabbath On ,he soul ~ - ssSfS u
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Concerning the Soul.
We find the following interesting illustration
furnished il aslate number OF the Young Chris
tian, by Rev. H. r. Nye:
A preacher once endesvored to teach some
children that their souls would live after tksy
were dead. They heard his words, but sdid
not understand them. He was TOP abstraet;is
shot over their heads. ~ j s.ssys.ysr ssslas ar
Snstehing his watch from his pocket, hsa
said @ssaas sat sasat go sai saaSsihass ssasszrs
s"James, whst'is this 7 hold in my hand 2',sse
"a watch, sir.s' = - -
GA Little clock" said another.
"Do you see it ?'' sssa .s4,ase assz.Ess5
ssssYesy
SLOW do you know it is watch. .?''y ~s~
ticks, sir. lfaa q III .asrssser-sn hsssss
every well !. can any Of you hear ,itrtickgs
All listen" After little, pause: II As.sserra
.""Yes, sir, we hearl;Io sxa - 4aa. j yrlgns
Thea he took off the case, and hsll tllat.ip.
one hand, and the watch in The otherso wcssS.
"Now, children, which is The watch 2'''soGss
.The little one in your right hand, sir.nzs.g
s'Very well, again. Now, ! will put the caeeg
aside. Put 1t away down there, in my hsk-xs
Now. let US see il You can hear the tickiag2Y
"Yes, sir, we hear it, cried several 1soioes.s
"Well, the watch can tick, and g, and keep
time, you can see, whea the scaseis Of, and
put in my hat, 80 it il with You, childzsRsn-s
Your body is nothing but the case. The soul
is insiGe. The case may be taken of. and,
buried 10 the ground may be cast into the fre,.
or thrown into the sea, but the soul will live,
on just as well without the body, a. this watch
viii keep on ticking when the ease y laid
aside.D - 81 ....., .,,,.,,.s., I. - -.
Now, that Illustration. and that thought,
viii live in the minds Of those children whnf
heard it, forever. st gs.,,...,,., -s3,.g Il bss
@ In the life of-a good msai there Is an
Indian summer, more beautiful than that Of
the season riches, SUMMER and more ssubiine
than the most glorious Indian sssmmsfsths
world ever knew---it is the Indian aSamS1sraof
the soul. II is when the glsss of yoAtR
has depart1kk when the warmth ef middle age
has gone, did The buds and blossoms Of spring
arefchangeds to osere and yellow 'leaf stkssz
the mind Of the good man, still ripe and sis-
orous, relaxesitslabors, and the msmofiss 6es
well spent Me gush forth their secret fouatsanS
sariching, rejoicing and fertilizing, sthen'thS
trustfal resignation Of the Christian sAseAs
around sweet and holy warmth, and the
soul, assuming ! heavenly ldstrs, isno zlsaess
restricted to the narrow confines Of buSlhssey
but soar beyond the winter Of hoary s3s. .ssnd
dwslis peaesahly ssnd happily upon thasssi6he
spring and summer which awslsstAAAlm AlmrW1GAg
in the gates Of Psradiss foFevesA ZsttH
strive forianas look atrustingly fot~atds tStas
Indian summer like this ltsdl asss ,sa4 .sszss
.GTA burden which b one voluptsrily ehooses
:1leu F%a3 @sbsaaE tsli ~ ts"G @hses VIVA
= :, nos - t1ssi1s,- q --aaaE bf,a sssasss
O. Happiness eanObs made quite sss we'll
Of cheap material a. dearsd ~ Egsz9sias yssa
O. The emigration from sweden i said to
be immense At present. = -,
i Hon Joseph Williams, Of Muscatins shas
been appointed is ons Of the Judges iaaKsns
sas. s0 Esdcssa 4sais Ia - aesagass ssga;
The police OF Washington city have
arrested a man named Cash for an assault on
another named Penny. -.
GT Lake Champ,ain is now highen than it
bas been in ten years before. The waters ID
on lsxel with the surface ,of the ssharyss.sss
v aNfr. Jones, don't you think marriage
is q means or grace 2'S ssCertainiy, anything
is means Of grace that leads US torepentance.' -
Scene closes with broom haSdIe. 800
.s6T The EMpress Eugene. Of France, re-
Gently appeared, a q bali wearing jewels
whose value was estimated as $500, ,000, and
having founces Of Lace oa her robs that coat
CO" II a man die, shall he live again?sn
And once year have the 1alsss answered it,
andsevery day has the morning testified, and
yet the worlds mdrmurihs sfih, g II q mani
die, shall De live asainsss ~ ~ q Il aheg -
- - $40 eeS astS,f
/. GT Siander, like other peisons, when adj
ministerei in very heavy. doses,is is often thrown
off by the Intended victim, and thus relieves
where It was meant TO kill. Dirt sometimes acts
like fuller's earth, detfshg FOR tha niomea,, but
purifying in the end,
wEfGHry WivE..--A traveller III Africa
declares thathe met cae Ming who had eiev-