St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-02-07

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}AA;:1%, A ,":"' Thursday r ,..
ia, Il, D,i4>o1 Il yDtj, "a M a7,1:i'> rL1.
3; ,ast Is: .al:, :,fay I.l.yl e.
Vptsi over n h hsr head Is Ks ks tsss
a5ne she? e?f;eah fa;sea her Fl hand and ezclaiminz oh
k$A gocdt ii appears II ,;l!; Ike lie blessing
|ofthe Holy Ghost descending UPON ,q' n'dr>
f"Shelay{a short (iimile (liiils' deeply engaged d lin
pty yer then, one % by - one, tl, summoned d he+
hiends, beginning with her father and
mother; and as each bowed his Or her
kead'low to catch her Words she raised
her right hand and repeated with a 'sso5lems
nifty We: never saw oequalsa, "A1ay the
blessing of4ths7 Father, and Of the Son.
.nd'of the Holy Ghost rest upon you; for
,ver,aud ever; 'Amen!" u 'pJ ;': 's' ns;
'oa'Ve have never seen any religious 'etere.
mony SO full ofpatbos and solemnitys';t but;
80 much speaking inc creased q; nervous. ex:
citament vhicf, had been one Of the great
difficulties in the latter part Of her iillies,.,
TO soothe thiswe had repeatedly held her
la our arms, aud sung her to sleep. ." Our,
stock Of sacred sonss 'tedibb; icing principally lrii
!eon6ned to that translation Of :David's
Psalm's 1"allowea by ihe General Assem-
bly IF the Kirk ii Scotland, Which would
have been new al strange to 70 her, we
1ahsuoked our memory aha found d. few
odd! stanzas Of the hymn; aCome thou,
'ount' Of. every Blessia % " These We had
sang to her in the first measure Of "Days
IF Absence" not as it has been + set to sa-
:crea music, but as she had learned it for
her ''irst piece on the piano: :2>'''.' |':'
'''!This lullaby had never failed to soothc
and quiet her; and III it we had cha11ted
her! ear, prayers SUCH a5 that
Peter offered when going down in 'the
stormy waters,: while her lips :inu1mured'
them in unison, or her'breath; ID sleeping,
kept time to the measure: :: K, = '.'3
'7nWe thought of this now, and asked MI,
Nelson to sing it !; but he could not get the
familiar air." During the night previous,
Fweshad taken the disease of which she
was' dying, and'had been uuable to sit'up
that4norning; but we rose,| went to her:
and sung it as usual!': She recognized it.
instantly, and was soothcd: We. stopped,
and said to her: .s:.t "..:.i' + g., '.H =:
"'1 am singing you'toa sleep again Car
ric. This timeIi tosleep in Jesusv' {,
+ She looked upwith quick fash 'of in
tellisence,. whichilooked like inspiration,
and whispered with a radiant smile: :'.
= "As'cepiuJesus..i / shall soon be asleep
i in Jcsus,v, ..]*,,:' :,1 l. 81: 60
vi Aftcr'lying in perfect peace for some
time, she summoned all her friends, one by.
one to pour water on her head as an invo-
cation Of Gods blessing upon her, and a
Eplcdge to mcet.her in. Heaven. :; All had
CONC: through the ceremony in weeping ST.
lence save one friend who summoned voice
enough to say, asthe water was poured on !:
"HoIy Spirit, heavenly dove, descend
and rest upon our darling Carrie"
AS each poured on the water she said
"more'' to those whom nearpess of ties
,uade dearer than others. Her own family
were left to the last; and to her father she
said: ..,....,.
"More, more, Dear Father:'
Then she took the glass and handing it
to her mother said: 81 49,
"Pour 1t all on Mother, all, all !; for what
love is like a. Mothers love!'', ~" -.
y Then, she had another gl.ss. of water
brought, with spoon, and called all up
again, one by ono to bow their heads while
she poured water on each, as the visible
symbol of that compact of future reunion
in the land of:the blessed. When NIL had
passed she turned vearily and said:. !..s
"Sing me to sleep, to sleep in Jesus"
Mr. Nelson and one or two others found
voice tossing the simple air thus indicated,
when she turned her face from. the pillow
and sang with us, inaudibly, butrgiviog
perfect expression to every, word She
dwslts with particular pleasure aul; empha-
sis on the verse; l,.,, ,,r; 81, o.v,;
| tJesus sought me whom a stranger "a,
Wandering from the fold Of God. ,
|'' he ID rescue ME from danger
4t'. lnterposcd His precious blood!" ..': a