Columbia weekly news., 1858-08-26
Lot /! Lost I Lost!

but it was soon ascertained that the bell
was tolled for lost child, not fire.
"a child lost.'' The announcement
sent pallor to every cheek, tremor
to every heart, and tears to many eyes.
Parents thought of their own little ones,
and rejoicing that it was not their child
fastened to join in the search. The
mechanic left his shop, the merchan: his
goods-only one thought fill every mind
ga child lost" Arrangements were
made for thorough and speedy examina
ton of every place the child could pos
sibly have reached. No pains or trou-
BILE was to be regarded I'VE must find
the child" was the universal sentiment.
Just then, the little fellow was brought
in from the country, whittier he had gone
the night before without the knowledge
Of his parents.
What joy we all felt when he was
found How thankful he had not wan
dered away, exposed to the bitter cold
and the driving snow. And with what
a sensetion of relief we returned to our
homes, rejoicing over "child found"
Do you not hear that knell , It tolls
for lost soul-a soul wandering on the
dark mountains of sin, lost to all good.
to God, to Heaven. 1t may be the soul
of your parent or your child, your. broth
er or your wife-will you not hasten to
the rescue Perchance the erring one
may be reclaimed, and led back to the
fold of Christ. Angels in heaven may
rejoice over him "who was lost AMI is
found" Hasten, ere it will be too late
to show the wanderer the only path
that can lead it to happiness and to
Heaven
1t may be your own soul is lost wan
dering far from God-and every mo-
ment in danger Of eternal death -
Christ is seeking you. He came to
seek and save the lost-listen, and you
may hear him calling you Answer
that call follow the sound of that voice
you may reach Heaven But neglect
it, wander on, still on, in sin: refuse
every call of love and mercy, and you
will at last wake up in despair, to echo
through the long, long ages of eternity
the vail Of the ruined soul. Lest lost
lost! Old Paper.
John Phonix.
1atterly We have several times been
asked, s.What has become Of John
Phoenix 7" His admirers in California
will be pleased to learn, as we do, by
the Knicksrbocker for June, that Pho
nix's eyes are in fair way for recovery
Here is what correspondent Of the
! Kmieker booker says:
II am glad to be enabled to give you
satisfactory intelligence touching the
dimmed orbs of our beloved Phoenix.
think he has reason to sbress de Lor' he
got any eyes left, as the faithful Nancy
would say. From the first stage Of the
difficulty to the present, he has been fa-
vored with no lack Of advisers, and so
beset with injunctions to 'lake' all sorts
of compounds, that the effect has been
to add to the trouble by causing them
all to become complete eye-sores to him
Indeed he has absorbed SO much of
drugs as to be almost made drug Of, if
such thing were possible. Not only
have they fed him upon the rarcst chem-
ical decoctions, such as iodide of potas-
sium, ipecacuanha, and other choice diet.
but he has been 'multitudinously' regal
ed with that 'songster Of the night,
sweet Calomel.' BE has also been 'shin
gled over and clothed with Tolltices,
as with garment and all these COM
bined assaults effected at last palpable
change. and such change! Oh !
pills, and draughts, and plasters ye
are wondrous strong, and lovely in your
strength, as is the glare of 'bunged
eye inhuman.' Their effect was suhi-
ciently potent to repair the existing OBJ
liquity, and educate the pupils into par
allelism. The alteration removed, no
particular difficulty is visible upon in
spection of the organs. have looked
into their depth with all the earnestness
of my Uncle Toby when gazing into the
melting orbs Of the Widow Wadman,
and discovered no appearance of Opaque
matter not speck Of sand, dust, chaff,
beam or moat, lnor draw-bridge, nor
portcullis, for that matter, anywhere