Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-08-18
Death Of Phoebe Cary-A Reminisence.

SIX months only have elapsed since we
were called upon to announce the decease
of Alice Cary, and now the sad duty is de-
volved upon us Of paying tribute to the
memory of her only surviving sister,
Phoebe Cary, who died at Newport,
Rhode Island, on Monday, July 81, aftera
distressing illness Of eight or ten weeks.
She was the only one of six sisters who
did not inherit consumptiYe tendency
from her mother; and as she has always
been until within the last few weeks IN
robust health, her numerous friends IN
different parts of the country will be
equally surprised and shocked by the an
nOuncement of her death.
One of her hymns-a favorite in many
Christian families and congregatlons-We
must quote, not only for its own sake, but
because there is story connected with 1t
that we wish to tell:
NEARER HOME.
| One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me DER and DER,
| I'm nearer my home to day
| Than ever have been before;
Nearer my Fathers house,
Where the many mansions be;
Nearer the great white throne,
| Nearer the ystal sea;
Nearer the bound of life,
Where we lay our burdens down;
Nearer leaving the cross,
Nearer gaining the crown.
But the waves of that silent sea
Roll dark before my sight,
| That brightly the other side
Break on shore of light.
o, If my mortal feet
Have almost gained the brink,
If il be that am nearer home
Even to-day than i think.
Father, perfect my trust,
Let my spirit feel in death
That her feet are firmly set
On the Rock of living faith.
A gentleman in China, intrusted with
packages for young man from his friends
in the United States, learned that he prob
ably would be found in q certain gambling
house. He went thither, but not seeing
the Young man, sat down and waited, in
the hone that he might come IN. The
place was a bedlam of noises, men getting
, angry over their cards, and frequently COM
ing to blows. Near him sat two men, one
Young, the other forty years of age. They
were betting AID drinking in terrible
way, the older one giving utteTances con-
tinually to the foulest profanity. Two
games had been finished, the young man
, losing each time. The third game, with
fresh bottles Of brandy, had just begun,
and the young man sat lazily back in his
chair while the elder shuffled his cards
g The man was a long time dealing the cards
and the young man, looking carelessly
about the room, began to hum tune. he
went on, till at length he began to sing
the hymn of Pobe Cary, above quoted
The words says the writer of the story
: repeated in such vile place, at first made
me shudder. A sabbath-school hymn IL
, a gambling denI But while the young
: man sang, the elder stopped dealing tD'
! cards, stared at the singer moment, and
q throwing the cards on the floor, exclaimed
/ Harry, where did you learn that tuner
l "What tune?n "Why, that tune you'v'
u been singing" The young man said he diC
!, not know what he had been singing, wheI
Y The elder repeated the words with tear
: in his eyes, and the young man sai'
= he had learned them in Sunday -schoo
n in America. "Come," said the elder
y getting up; "come Harry, here
! what won from you; go and use it TO
70 some good purpose. AS for me; as Go
~ J, sees me, have played my last game an
drank my last bottle. have misled you
=, Harry, and 1 am sorry. Give me you
g hand, my boy, and say that, for old Anne
~ rica's sake, if for no other, you VIII qui
"a this internal business" The gentlema
II who tells the story Originally publishe
of o in the Boston Daily Ne1oS) saw these tw
IL men lcdN6 luG SdAluAlhS AANuSO NSeSNiAN
y and walk away arm in arm; and he II
. marks, at must be a source of great 10
- a. to Miss Cary to know that her lines, whic
u have comforted so many Christian heart
., have been the means of awakening in II
a. a. breast of two tempted and erring men Q
W. W. the other side of the globe, a resolution
1o lead a better life." 1t was source
~ great Joy to Miss Gary, as we happen
oe know. Before us lies private letter fro
- her to an aged friend in this city, with Il
ha na printed story enclosed, and containing th
~ ~ comment: ~ enclose the hymn and u
~ p story for you, not because ! am vain of u
- notice, but because thought you wou
", W feel peculiar interest in them when yC
a., know the hymn was written eighties
n.y. years ago Q942) in your house. col
~ W. posed il in the little back third story be
hs In room, one Sunday morning, after comm
~ ne from church and it makes me very hap
Ne to think that any word could say
nei nai done little good in the world."-N
nd York Tribune.
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