The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-07-01
RAVENNA. THURSDAY. JULY |, 1858.

10 blood boil, and, as IL his youth had beer
renewed, the grey headed man, with one
blow, felled the ruffion to the floor.
That blow sealed his doom. There was
fierce tumult and yelling of wrath ul vol
ces, and Samuel Grieve was led out to die.
He had witnessed such butchery of others,
aud felt that the hour Of his martyrdom was
come. GAS thou didst reprove Simon Pc.
ter in the garden, when he smote The high
priests servant, and saidst, "The cup which
my Father hath given me. shall not drink
1T" SO now, o my redeemer, do thou par
don me thy fruil and erring followers, and
enable me to drink this cup!" With these
worda the OM man kaelt down unbiddcn,
and after one solemn look 10 heaven, closet
his eyes, aud folded his hands Dcross hi.
breast. E'.s..
His wife now came forward, and knelI
dewn beside The old mau. "Let US die to.
gether, Samuel; but oh! what will become
Of our dear LiliusM "God tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb" said the husband
opening not his eyes. but tuking her hand
into his: "Sarah, be not afraid" 80,
Samuel, remember, at this moment these
words of Jesus, which you this morning
read: "Forgive them, Father they know
not what they do" "We are all sinners 10.
gether," said Samuel, with loud voice; I'VE
two old grey.headed people, en- cur Anees,
and about to die, both forgive you all, as we
hope ourselves TO be forgiven. We ure
ready, be merciful, and do not mangle u.s.
Sarah, be not sfraid." ... ... -..
1t seemed that OIL angel was sent down
from heaven, to save the lives Of these two
old gray. headed folks. With hair floating
in sunny light, and seemingly wreathed with
flowers Of heavenly azure; with eyes beam.
ing lastre, and yet streaming teurs, with
white arms extended in their beauty, and
motion gentle and gliding as the sunshine
when cloud is rolled awayi cnme on, over
the meadow before the hut, the some green
robed creature that had startled the soldiers
with her singing in the moor; and crying
loudly, but still sweetly, "God sent me
hither to save their lives" she fell down be.
sides them as they knelt together; aud
then, lifting up her head from the turf, fixed
her beautiful face, instinct with feur, love,
hope, and the spirit Of prayer, upon the
eyes Of the men about to sned that innocen
blood.
They all stood heart strickenj and the
. executioners flung down their muskets upon
the greensward. "GUd bless you, kind,
good soldiers, for thlo!' exclaimed the
child, now weeping and sobbing with y.
"Ay, ay, you will be happy to night when
you lie down to sleep. If you have any
little daughters or sisters like me, God will
love them for your mercy to us, and moth
ing, till you return home, will hurt hair of
their heads. Oh! see now that soldiers
are not SO cruel as we say!" "Lilias, your
grandfather speaks unto you; his last words
are, "Leuve US, leave Us; for they are going
to put US to death! Soldiers. kill not this
little child, or the waters OF the loch will
rise up and drown the sons of perdition. -
Llias, give us each kiss, and then 60 into
the house." ..
The soldiers conversed together for few
minutes, and seemed now like men them.
selves condemned to die. Shame ond re.
morse for their coward cruelty, smote them
to the heart; aud they bade them that were
still kneeling to rise up and 60 their ways;
then, forming themselves into regular order
one gave the word of command, and march
ing off, they soon disappeared. The old
man, his wife, and little Lilias, continued
for some tine on their knees in prayer, and
then all three went into the hutj the child
between them, and withered hand OF each
laid upon its beautiful and its fearless head. d.
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