Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-14

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Cane cold in every part u his body. tie "ad
all this while engaged 10 sweet communion
with bis God. lie had such view OF Gods
love a. he never nad before, and be was ra'
Their anX!Ou- than otherwise to glide INTO tn5
possession VI tue sweet blessings which pass
cd before him, and lowered over hin, seem
Ing to invite him home. Never before did be
remem Der those beautiful lines of Wesley so
wildly, and never before did ne use thCui
With better intent:
Jesus, lover OF my SOUL
Let me 10 thy bosom n.y.
While the pillows near me- roll
While the tempest still IS nigh:
Hide me- q! my Saviour: hide,
Till the storm oil HE is past,
Safe into the haven guide;
o! receive my soul at last"
After getting Possession Of the life-bu0y,
he turned and went in search OF his friend
bat all was quiet save the murmuTiog Of the
ocean those waIings and groanngs whiCh
bat short time previous res3uuded thTong
tho air, had been si!enccd, and many Victims
were fed Ia that sane element thr )uGh
which be was struggling. lie h"-itatcd rs
, TO whether he should struggle longer II
seemed to be OF lite use 70 proOrg lie, SIM
NV TO endure moro pain IN dying a: last.
E.crg Limb vas cold, the blood felt rs II Cir.
culation had ceased, and the b!ss Of d.lr &
vas great. lie was raised TO the top Oh Il
wave, and from that emncpce he saw sel
in the distance. and almost simultaneously
with this glimpse of the possibility OF being
saved, bis body become warm 10 every part,
the blood coursed through his system with
renewed vigor; be made for the sail, and was
duly preserved as a witness 10 bear his tcst
rnony OF G. DIS Infinite mercy, lopg-sntiering,
and loving kindncss. When no found him
self among the saved, be could not explain
how be felt, and even while addressing that
,nectiug, he almost sighed that be bad been
prevented the experience OF those JOYS wA!ch
opened before him in that awful nom ut
when he expected to die. At the conclusion
of his statement be made brief Application
u the circnm,tan attendant upon ID" great
and terrible disaster, warning sinners % IL e
FROM toe wrath t. come and to acknowledge
q .d's goodness, lis love and ,rudsT mercy,
in be-,owing BIZ bouEdlcss blessings upon
orr ungratciul human nature.
PRAYER was ,ffered By the Rev. Charles H..
Ii dDu Ctbcl-, VIZ Ii~NN'''t' go
,urned.
The Philadelphia PiGss says:
a curious circumstance cOnnectc! with
the unharpy losses which ali 81 greatly irei
and deplore, il the "hopjng against hope y
which some Of the surviving relatives enter
tain. The wife Of Mr. Theodore GeTacs, OF
Baltimore, is now visiting her Fo!at:ve- in
Phllad Ehia, and while they have 80 ubt
If bis loss, she alone has deep conviction
that be is not dead. Either be was not on
board the Austria, tbough he wrote u her
that ne had actually paid for his passag', J
or, # he wao, then he mus! have been am ~
tie few whv we're rescued. it may have
been within the knowIcI.g Of many q! u
readers, that clergyman If tbs ctg wa
amoag those who lett Ter Ear0pe on the Ill
fatej President, and was rcvcr again heard
Of lils wife, who remained in Phl.adclphia,
and was deeply attached t. MIN, never did,
bcc>use she never would, believe that he was
,os5 to her. Eighteen years have passed
away. AID yet that trusting laGy-we cannot
speak OF her IA wife, and che regulates ~"
name Of widow continues to expect his re-
tGrH. Every day a cover Is plscad !cr hiEn a.
| the table. where sill stands his accustomed
chair. Every rirg at the bell, &c ere it.
forced, awGke9s the cherished C0nvicti rs d
her heart, that the loved one will rctuEr."