Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-01-19

/ Go the way of reason and the truths Of our
| lh'ly religion, we sec more clearly that the
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great aud lone-condnucl bodily suffering, the
anguish Of seeing wife and children weeping
around dying bol. together with the vary
ing aud iiagrceable mental moods go often
induced by disease 40 words can more
beautifully describe the fact concerning his
doeaasa Cham those employed by the sacred
Ipmman in tho biography Of the pro,o.martyr.
Stephen yiz. llo ZEN asleep. Death is
sometimes, 90 memuhoricl sense. called the
brother Of sleep and is he not so in reality ?
lusIoep tha higher nature withdraws from the
lower, ihe 9ll seems TO retire from any active
participation with The body And what Is
death but Che separation OF the soul from the
body, not indeed TO return TO IL. but. which is
iar better for the Christian. TO return to God
who gveit2 How, as into Sleep our brother
sank into ro.t
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s., sinks the n,ls whom .torrnsor ,,ar
So gently shuts the csc ofday,
80 dies O wave along the shore
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vav 20 tbs s1,o'ptsl -.,,r,s.l. or ,hi, ne.
loss bo3c. n tojy which ,r, b.r, ho..
,1.-omol to yrsl,ooo IN tb;s rl,,, ,,L.,, 8.
|re and which almost uocoos.;o,.l, vo h..o
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b,jy even now rle,s,nt boyon5 ,ybo. ,ro oeon
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elegant caskets; this which decorates them
with everrreaus and s,noran,bino aowers
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b,pin,7 commits m, .oeJ 70 t5o o,rth uoI
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h to decay and 3i, and b,. Ian, r9,ionoo e,r
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riobly rooa,d i,i. lsbor b;s eitb ana his no;,
IN, S, we consi,r tb;s body n tbo o-oro
in onto;,o,;oo of ,bo ol,r;ons r.sr,-eo,;on
d. .Jo.ps d;cJ o,J roso o,oi, % oyon 90 u;h
eoual certainty Wa believe that d. those who
s,cep in .Js.us God will bripc with him 80
Ip this truth we arc cpcour,go5 70 end com.
fort while sitting under the shadow Of the
present bereavement. Does not Jesns saw to
us. as he once said to the sad sisters Of Betb. |
any. q" Thy brother shall rise arainqn We
will therefore sorrow not as others who
have no hore"
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0ur r,tbsr,. care sball teon
Until the final trump shall break
The long and dreary sleep"
Josrpu Rowrt1 was horn in Salem n II
on the 7tb dav of Nav I7s7. and snept mora I
than fourseore vears ne soioprner on tho
earth To name the nleces whore bo bos
lived. to mention the business in which he
has eppaged. togstber with tbo other oironn
stances of his onter M, wonld no 70 srool o.
onlv the noorest mart of his bis,orv uo an
iovcd another and on irnor He. w;,b ho
Of tbis ,ro ..o mo-. :,.......l
an tb;s ooo,sio, proe.s.;n,, n. c.;,L =
Cbristot tbo ooo IF s;v,oon Lo h.. ho..
belove1 ,pd nsss,l ,oor,ho. o. ,ho ,Ln.oL G..
sivtv..iv yo,rs IT., o-;ao,.l,. Lo,;o,.1I a..
tbe trnlv Cbris,ioo man .tonl, 49,. :. .La
s.,ls If human o,i.,onoo ona ,,;,,5I - - w
tbis nro.om;rent nos;tion wa ~. Lal:,
sred trps,ipg in God and oxnoo,;n,. "a ,;e,
of be,vep his hand hoe oror hoon s,.a,.L1I
erb 10 do cood Tbonah no,,a, ,l.a,a.
like tbe benovolopt bontor coor,o po.hodg
vot from his oomfor,ahlo oo,nnotono,. ~ ~,
cboorG,lly oiven 10 vor;ons ha,oe.ay. -
nr;sos ..For if tbo.o \, g., 49, M
mind # i occerted .ocord;o,, 70 ,,h.. a.a,.
has NOT accordinc 70 what he has ao,n
Opr brotber loved with y sne.;olag,o,;on,ho
bouso of nublic mr., yer and nroiso w;,h 49,
psalmj.t he eould sing 81 How lovol,, aro A.,
t,bornool., n l.ora ~ rro..,n TL;. -
is believed to be the fourtl bonso Of worsbin
which he has libarallv oidod n eroet MI
first contribution for This object omountod 70
something more than he was roollv worth a.
thattime. But through his habits ofindu.trv