Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-02-15
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Il and beaning joy and gladhess. around
lime. My own heart was fullAover-
flowing with the happiness of that
| hour, and, trust. with deep gratitude
Ito God for ali His goodness. Some
lone. ! do not know who liauded me q
package Of newspapers frosn.th Post
eHee. | picked up the Baltimoras
] Sun of that morning andfopened it,
Zone Of my little children playfaily
pulled it away j; / put her little hand
aside and took it again sd & 81
he Looks AT THE s.suN,p AND 4 DARK
srIRrp OF VENGEANCE GErsE NTo
HIM. e
i In looking over the paper, the
first thing that attracted nv notice
was an editorial article which appear
4 ed in the paper of that day, announc.
i ling the murder Of RigdoIi. 81 had !.
/ been familiar with the details ofcrimeI
j Of every hue, but5this article riveleda
] my attention. ASH read, I held my
breath, / felt a thrill through every !
Refyea My right arm grow hard and
Strong. 1t was withian effort chat T.
prevented myself from spFinging to-
my feet: Twas nevert beiore So mov.l
I eaaby the recital of atleedIFof crime.
/ II was not fear, it was not terror
npthirsg ike 1t. I viii frankly tell
1 you what it was, ] felt that adar41
spirit Of vengeance had aninvited en-
4 tered my soul. To Be sure, IN a mo!
1 tlent il was gone, but a s1adoao was
!. lefl behind-a daik s1adoac, as from .
! the wing Of raven, aud the shappi-3
ness and brightness which had lust Z
filled my heart was changed as BY Il
wand Of an enchanter into sadness
| and gloom. 2 Fie izSI
THE SAME THiNG HAPPENED no OTHERS.
f{s Ibelieve that thousands of people
] in this State--ontsidef of the city of /.
d Baltimore, felt as II didA-frst, tho
ddrh sspsTit Of wrath and vengeance,
| and then g1oonay sadness shroutls the
soul. For tits true and inexpensive
lily sad to know that suchsa cold blood,
FED and brutal murder could have been
i done by one reared IN a Christian
land among a ghristain people, and
| in the city of Baltimore, too--the@
!. center Of the ecivilization Of tile State
--whers public schools and Sunday
schools abound. and churches with
out number, from the humble and ur s,
pretending little chapel Or meeting
house to the lofty cathedral.
THE PRISONER { MUST HAVE, SEEN ):
4 CHURCHES AND HEARD CHURCH BELLS. !
~ II you had never entered; the
d threshold .ofEone ofthose sacred edi-
4 Gee, NOR heard the preachers voice. s
q nor the deep tones Of the organ, nor
3 the solen Chant, n6rfhe simple fhymisiie.
!, of praise, yet you must have seen. they
lIoutside of these church structures--F
Il theirlofty spires. pointing TO the skies,j
lEand ever inviting You to Esti your !
;IestasF-to tookl apeoezl. And You
Unjust also have oftentiines seen your
II fellow creatures erowding the courts
lIof1 these csanctnaries, and must have
" known their object and Purpose. This
7 fact alone might, one would suppose.
i have been suficientfo have arrested
Your attention and oalsed You to stop
and thi'aks4I Andon Gods holy day.
lEif at}no other time, you lnust have
heard the church bells resoundine
from every s4eeple and reyerberatine.
Ethr9ughout every street, alley, and
house, in that city, summoning ditto
worship Him--to offer the sacrifice
Of praise and7of prayer and thanks
1Igivings' f}oF SrEi7s 6osss Ii ais
WHERE rtfEu pRisoHER lMusr Havr
BEEN wHENHE HEARD THosR BELLS
!. !" On r'a,ssthave heard these church
bells. In yours boosting dem Won
Ilnnst have heard them, ia your ssqans..
beng hell 3 you must have heard.
them, in the filthy brothel, in Tire har.
4 lots embrace syon must have heard
/ thelfl-eyery where yon must have
heard them suliifnoninq you from
1.-THE road to hell to the way to heavenl
] And that human heart ofyours-for
in spite of all contrary appearances.
fIyou must at feast hare a Human
heartin yourboson1. NV reason tells
/ me So 1t cannot bs ofestozss--for
!; you could not live "a it were Of stone.
i Then this human heart Of yours must
have felt, and often. too, at different
Eperiods of your life, the Z sting and
arrows ola guilty conscience Then
4 hishumai heart of yours must have
time and again, made its power felt
IN the deepest recesses of that heart
/ of yours. To be sure, God has said.
/. NY spirit shall not alaoaus strive
with man, whose bfe2s h il in his nos-s
4 trilss' He does sometimes say, sLee
i himFalone. He is joined the idols
Etst hias aloas Il Th' s may Be- gdur
Ecase--it may be thatthisI is these
Eof the whole matter the key that IN
locks the mystery Of yonf. iDianfty,
and that we have at last found Z the
true theorylo this case" God graut
that if Magnet be so he .ss
Il lp conclusion the judge pre-