The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-27


row, but of bitter repentance.
Toward daybfeak the sad and loud
outbursts of grief, called forth by the
awful affection of bereavement, ceased,
and the distress of the family was
manifested only by heartfelt signs and
sobs. The winds had Gained; and as
Dudley had become sober, bis mind
was unclouded by the myst flying and
bewildering potations of the evening.
favorable opportunity for reflection
was afforded him.
He reviewed the past-the days of
his youthful hopes and aspirations
the day he first saw Fanny, their
courtship and marriage; how contiding
she was then, and what happiness they
both had anticipated i'll life; how he
had loved her, and how lie loved her
AMI his children now. Oh, how sadly
disappointed in their sanguine expec.
tations! His ambitious aspirations
had failed to reach the desired end;
his hopes were blighted, and the peace
and happiness of his family were dis
sipated, and want-abject poverty-in
all lis hideous forms, was affecting the
dear ones he loved, while the crlel
hand of restitution was extinguishing
the vital sparks of their very exis-
tence. But the latter reflection was
too hard to bear-that little Bertie's
sickness and death were caused by
the want of warm clothing and whole
some food, and be dismissed the
thought from his mind. To ask the
cause Of all these MIST rtunes, of all
this misery-the cause why the once
happy and prosperous Dudley Rock
we'll was now poor, despised, unfor-
tunate man of disgraced and suffer
ing family, he felt wonld be the ques-
ton of an idiot. Oh, the horrors that
harassed his mind! He asked, "Was
there no relief? no hope of banishing
want and sorrow, of redeeming his
character, and of the return of comfort
and happiness to his family? Yes, but
to ensure all these, the cause that drove
them away must he removed"
With the resolution to do this, faint,
glimhering hopes sprang up, and ac-
companied every computations throb
Of bis guilty heart, and seemed to allie
viate, TO some extent, the suffering
from deep remorse that was scourging
every sympathy of his sensitive nature.
Reform and returning happinessl Oh,
the Transporting thought The reso-
luton once formed, carried his soul
above the misery and distress of the
present occasion. He was. so deter
mined to abstain forever from the use
OF intoxicating drinks, that he felt
that he would like to make a manifes-
tatlon OF 1T in marked way. But
| this was no time for an outburst of
feeling on this point, so he contented
himself with making resolves. while
ne kept suppressed what was passing
through his mind, excited by the rap
turcus thought of once more becoming
sober and respectable man, and of
being able to Danish want from his
home, and restore peace and happiness
to his family
AT three o'clock the next day, that
mournfnl group, accompanied by FIVE
or SIX OF the neighboring men and
women, followed the little corpse to
the church, where the minister, ven
cradle, gray-haired man, read and sang
solemn and appropriate hymn, after
which be knelt and prayed GCd to
bless the mourning family, to comfort
them In this hour of aff1 elton, and to
! give them grace to enable them to live
holy life, that they might all meet
In that happy home where sickness ard
sorrow, pain and death are felt and
feared no more. The minister selected
for his text that portion of scripture
so consoling to tie bereaved parent,
HE gathereth the lambs in His bosom,
and carrieth them in His ARM Also
where Jesus says, Suffer little chill
dren to come unto Me, and forbid them
not, for of such is the kingdom of
heaven From these he drew q heal
ing balm for the wounded hearts and
closed by an exhortatien, in which be
dwelt upon the vani,ifs of this world,
the uncertainty of life, and the sin and
TO ly of placing our whole affections
upon the things of earth, and how de-
ceptlVe reliance upon such things