The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-05-12

|;.s |Fsa Thdn; turning to my niece, esaia':
"+Yon rem e1nber When 'Jcslis WATSON
issasrthl he was.sfo und among atho, poor,
and not nm ong, tho rich and aristocratz
|ic.l TIeY.rcjected him. So it is now,
Christ is found Gmong,Sthe 'lowly, and
receivedIby those who $d0not put 'on
ID oh; styld2&c:.~ t Nicoehhdju just:been
making some, disparagingEsmarks rel
ative to some poor folks. Hence this
gentlc 'reproof.1 Then turning to mo
again; She said :@sBrotlier;S Sbes faithful.
be honorable bo ahonest witkSourseit
and othors, be .yirtuous, ,snd.it. won't
be long till you are with us on this
side the dark river, and happy for,
ever" Then hoskissed1 me e;twice' and
departed, and. has not lspoken ito, me
since: 80 " 81. S., - .'2%a. .r
But a few minutes after sister tlar-
rirt left me, q little one advanced and
said, in feeble, faint voice." Your
wee little Timmy Finlay. Oh, papa,
papa, me So glad. so glad" and kissed
me twice and repeated, " Papa, papa
uapa." three times. and this sweet WIS.,
ION OF angels was over. Whether they
will ever revisit me or not, l cannot
tell. II it could lie SO. would be
more than glad, for it would be so re-
frcshing to my soul. ,...
What seems now to be very strange
10 me is. was not thinking OF our
darling. auccNly sister At all, nor ol
nv little angel boy that passed to tho
better land in 1861. YDu remember
that sister Harriet departed this liic at
ColIax, in this State,.in the year 1868.
II had just been thinking OF our saintcd
mother, also of the dear vile OF my
youth, cnch of whom passed ovcrnbout
ten years ago. II hnd been thinking
intrntlv OF sister, or my "weo. little
one. | might now think. or ut least
others might think it for me. that my
cvcs, ears md touch had deceived me
nevertheless. | SAW Il luminous appear
ancc as distinctly as ever saw the
morning star before it passed beyond
the western hills. or the full orDcd
moon rs in her waxen brightness she
walks amid tho hosts of the stars. !
heard the name and tho discourse as
plainly IA | heard DR.. Holiday preach
his excellent sermon to-day. in Rob-
crts chapel. on the resurrection or
Christ, and our consequent rcsurrcc-
ton. L felt the touch as Scnsibly rs
ever felt the forccps OF the dentist IN
having 4 tooth extracted, but without
pain. so that. rs TO the fnct. there IS
not even the slightest possible grounds
for even a remote shadow OF doubt.
But If | had been thinking intcntiy
Of these. my two departed loved ones,
il, to say the least. would not have APP
prarcd SO remarkable. But | should
not have been more aStoni>hcd il!
Nrrhimrdr$. who lived and died some
two hundred yrars before Christ, had
come forward and introduced himself.
Oh, how good the Lord is in grant
ing me the desire o. my heart. that
this great question OF man immortal
ilv might be settled in my own heart
amd mind that not only my Judgment
might br convinced by the process OF
u metaphysical di<quisi,iom, rs well rs
by the tcuchings Of the blessed Bible.
but that my natural srnscs-thrce out
Of the iirc-scring. feeling nnd hear
ing. might all concur with the power
OF ratiocinatiou t" bring Il dcnonstra-
i'tion OF the great truth to the heart ;
for | know that Oil the truth OF tins
doctrine hangs the great question ol
personal religion. .... #,
DR.. Young. in his preface to Night
Sixth says. in substance. "tew ages
have been deeper in dispute about TO.
Ii1inn than the present. The dispute
about religion aud the practice OF il
rarely ever go io%rthcr The shorter,
therefore. tic dispute, the better. The
whole subject may DO reso we'd into
this: Is mun IMMORTAL, or is he not
Ifho is net, then all our fine display
of oratoryiG the mere trial OF skill,
Nc. but il he is immortal, then it be-
comes us TO be very serious about eter-
nal consequences, or in other words to
be truly religious" So feel. t. ..-
There was one figure sister used that
now recurs 10 me, that will mention
rs being lull Of interest. Speaking OF
the subject of death she said. There
is nothing in. death 10. alarm n good
man. used to fear. death SO much,
but it is like staying few days in an
old house that is almost ready 10 fall
down. while u splendid mansion is be-
ing finished into which you are TO
move and live lorever.' rsy...a :
Many more things were said, but |
can not write them now. have thus
written. my dear brother and sister.
that your own souls nigh, be refreshed
and encouraged. en- 's ..''' '%....
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lam your ailcc,ionaio o brother.
T.. =. TAYLOR.