Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-03-04
THE DYING SAILOR.


ship in the South Atlantic. DANES Du h
boice-sueh was his nathe--had been +
carefully reared, but impelled by strong
love of adventure and an ardent desire /
to see the world, had gone to sea. The
ship had made a prosperous voyage, and
was on her way home.
OF all the men in that ship, none were
more elated than James. lie had been I
ashore at the Azores, and got few curl
osiiies.; be had been ashore at Rio and |
Cape Verde Islands, and clambered up
the rocky sides of one Of the Falkland
Islands; and he felt already his mothers
kiss, and heard the cordial welcome of
friends at home, and saw their look of
wonder, and heard their words Of aston.
ishment while he showed his shells, and
related his adventures 10 them. He
spent the whole of the middle watch in
painting with enthusiastic words the an
ticipated meeting, and the scenes which
would occur at home. Poor fellow, it
was only waking dream; he never saw
bis mother again in this world.
The next day we went TO "stowing
down" the oil. 1t was rough sea, and
the ship pitched heavily, so as to make it
hard and dangerous work to handle the
casks of oil. The last cask was slowed
and filed, and in ten minutes more the
matches would be down. Duboice stood
on the cask in the main batchway, and
was passing few sticks of wood down
among the water casks, when the vessel
rolled deeply to the leeward, cask of
! water broke from the lashings at the
weather rail, and rolled into the hatch
way where he stood, and in one instant
both his legs above the knees were liter
4 ally jammed to pieces-the bones were
broken into shivers.
We took him into the steerage, and
did the best we could to bind up his
broken limbs, aud make him comfortable;
-. but we knew, and he knew, that his days
were .numbered-he must die. That
, night as 1 sat by his berth and watch,
ed with him, he was constantly calling
, Mother! motherp Oh, it was heart
: rending to hear him in his piteous raw
ings calling Mother! mother And
= then he would weep like a child because
she came not In the morning watch
he grew calm, and spoke nationally again
-. After giving me his parents address and
. and message for them, he slept littl,
while. When he awoke he bade me z
II to the forecastle and oper his chest, an,
20 under the till I should find his Bible.
- brought it to him, and he opened it a
- the blank leaf, and looked long and eager
ly at the name. His mother had givcl
It to him when he left home, and on tn
!, hy-lcaf was written by her hand, Pre-
~ scented to James Duboice by his mother
., Sarah Duboce'
r., Now read to me- said he, handin
= me the book
- Where shall read ?
49, Where it tells us how to get read
for heaven
b. / felt bewidered, and knew not whq
80 to read bat opening the book at ran
20 dom, my eye fell on the fifty-frst Psalm
- and I read to him from that Psalm till
:, came to the tenth verse Create in m
a clean heart, 0 God, and renew a rigl
~ spirit within me.
- Hold, there! That IS just what
want, said he Now, how shall ] g
u it?
!, Pray God to give it you for Jesu
sake ! suggested.
'Oh yes, Jesus is the Savior. Shil
mate it IS an awful thing to die an
Il. I've got 10 90. Oh. if mother was hel
to tell me how to get ready and
- trembled with earnestness. After a sho
pause, during which be seemed to be
deep thought, he said Do you kno
md Of any place where it Is said such 81
,~I ners as can be savedY
I quoted l Tim. i, IS: This is
- faithful saying, and worthy Of all acce
Z tation, that Christ Jesus came into &
world to save sinners Of whom a
- ~ chief
I Oh, shipmate, said be, that is goo
Il, Can you think Of any more
quoted Hebrews vii, n: He
y able to save them 10 tie uttermost III
= come unto Cod by him seeing be ey
- ligeth 10 make intereession for them
That's plain. Now if / only kn'
:. " how 10 come to GodY
ear Come like a child to bis father,
aey suggested.
the How's that 2
i'en As the child feels that bis father c