Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-08-11

came a glare of red, az fame SO bright: c
SO vivid, it appeared if the world must {
be consumed in the thering blaze and {
then succeeded uttdarkness, accompa-
MED by a long, loJdeep sound, which {
reverberated from cto cliff as if it would s
rend those battlemdof nature asunder,
till the distant sotSwas overwhelmed
by louder and inr detonation and
mcthoueht the yoidof Jehovah himself
was denoancipg vand desolation on a
q guilty world thbllowed a sound as
of rushing, mig1 wind'-the waves
lashed, and foanaet d beat, as if IN their
maddened fury Fn'cy 80 npturn the very
rocks which have the stood in. their ev-
erlasting strength, sisthe worlds were
made.
It was but briefpaee of time, and
light once more brol4oYer the darkness
of nature: that awfud cloud passed away,
those rugged rocks sbed once more in
the bright sunshinreioicing that they
were not yet doomt to the chaos from
whence they came nd, as if the Spirit
| vi ludL DI0SSCu OutWlIdb hdu OilCO ne'iN
to the waves, Pea be STILL" had again
descended, those roubled waters were
hushed, and spaIling DIAMONDS were
glistenirg over thr bright bosom, paying
their glad tribnt TO that glorious orb
which makes onr ar,h so beautiful.
But those littlosHes-and that old mar
where are theyl There was no boat
no being to be seq !; all seemed joyous an(
happy but our ,Fn hearts. And tha
young mother! What were her emotion
in this hour of ,sril? She did not fain
she did not ,scome weak, but gaze
earnestly into tie blue depths, as if sh
would penetrate their centre. Their II
tensity of suspnse was at length lost
the certainty Of despair, and in her agon
she covered hel face with both hands, ;
if to shut out the horrid vision. But
her hour of tria she remembered her Il
fuge, her Rock the God of the wido
and the Father Of the fatherless; and
that moment Of utter wretchedness, t
widow knelt, and, like crushed one, b
head rested on her bosom. Her heart,
eye ess that oan'ssisnss ss rsAg saMnhsE 77ls
habitation, and In mercy and peace
answered.
In the sweet consciousness that He
preserved her child, she rose, and straini
every nerve, she at last saw an arm abe
the water. Was it her Ellens 1t N
he she 1t approaches nearer and M
near. Do her eyes deceive her? N
and once more her heart dies within b
It is the old man, swimming along a
dragging the'boat after him. He gains
shore-he knows nothing of the child
aud think it utterly useless to seek
them but what can prevent mother fir
searching viii lie life lasts, for the chile
her bosom, and that child, the only or
With all the energy of mothers 10
she determines to dare the waves in
pursuit of her beloved. The man, alt
much exhausted by his exertions, wilIin
accompanied us, and we set forth on
hopeless adven nture We toiled on and
but still there was no indication of tn,
Felix urged ub to return, but such |.
guage falls uselessly on affections e
and he rowed inward. Once and ag;
} the mother stod erect in the boat,
. looked arounds but looked in vain.
: length, we turFd, near point, her GU
: eye, with the & lance Of an eagle, detec
: something WHIP, futtering on small r
, which just rossabove the waters surf
} Was 1t the wlp. of bird! No, oh
r 1t was the whf handkerchief of her ch
$ Falling back ibo the seat, and cover
t her eyes, she acclaimed, "Row for V
S life, Felix-roF for the life of Ellen.
# With almost erculeaa strength, the k
h hearted ofd nf pulled at the Oar. AS
5, we venture toPSk up; and oh! how
:, widows heart Ebaped for JOY. There t
e were-that fab Young boy and girl-b
d both saved-q that little rock. Her
+ der, delicate fame rested or his T
As arm and knees while he bent over her,
g with his left Hnd was wiping away
lr colo drops tfof her pale, sweet face.
IN pull moro "a fqther and another
a have gained he rock, and the mo
h. clasps her uncf luscious child.
n Frederick Vas wild with joy. "4
es she will wakd up again: she has OPP
of her eyes oncel l called her sister E
ed and all L coul think of, but she did
answer: once Ehe opened her eyes
in looked at me, md l saw her lips move
I'D put my ear eide to her mouth to hea
en- words, but the sounds died away, anC
n fell asleep" Ne wrapped her in {
ne which we had brought with Us, and Pc
Us, little wine in her mouth. Once NOR
of opened those dark eyes, and dlooked aro
or but again she dosed them erspirit S
at. ed to have been in Heaven, and to shr
Die when she returned to consciousness an
sinful world
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