The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-01-11

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wealth of affection he gave her, and
who loved him no less rervently in re-
turn; and her riiai,ted troth was the
golden snas!,ine Of ven that
brought snmpier tol,isheart. hut wien
he found his resolutions of reform, ,wr,a.
of no avail-thnt Notwithstanding all
his efforts the destroyer was constant
fsy gaining upon him, his generous ma
ture rccoilei! from ;br thought oi' liu,, :
| ing hti Ia Share his miserable destiny
and lie hf"k" the arrangement.
Then in the bitterness OF his spirit.
he cursed the day of his birth, and
prayed for ;leat|, to release him fron.
his unspeakable misery. Poor Young
man would that he had prayed for
strength, to resist temptation, and the
ever compassionate Saviour would
have answered, any grace is sufficient
for thee" hut instead of looking on
high for help. he still contested alone
with his enemy, and still failed.
Mania-a-potu followed, he felt him
self pursued by nn,n!,crless devils,
and saw ever before him countless
yawning graves with an agony too
fearful too contemplate. But this
| conld not he long, death soon released
him: and here in this rural neck the
birds sing as sweetly, and the summer
winds kiss as gently the green turf
above him as though his brief life had
not thus been crushed ont by torture.
/ Yet will not his sad story speak to
many Il father, and mother, and ply
stefan, and give point to the woe pro-
nonnced against him, who ''givcth,
his neigiil,or drink to make him drunk
Q what a fearful thing to have thc
blood of victim slain through our III
tlucnc6 cry from the ground to ihc
God as heaven for vengeance. But
are there not countless graves sill over
tour fair land, filled with the young
the genertSns and true, who have bees
led into temptation and placed in tn,
power OF the demon that destroys, by
the. very friends to whom Gdd hai
delegated their protection. Are 20,
guilty, reader? if so repent, before
He. whose eyesare as a fame of fire
and whose voieeis az the sound o
MANY waters, calls: Where is til.
lbgotheif''
i a few words more in regard to Il,
family and friends of young Sawye,
and the story is closed. 49,.
The sensibilities of his father Ina,
become so deatlened liy his long use O
brandy, chat he failed to see the tru
part he acted in the fearful drama, an.
he wondered why God had give
him much of sorrow i'll his only sir
But the loving. trnelearted mothe
looked on the frightful wreck OF he
noble boy, with keenest pangs of re
morse. She felt that his fnther, b
preceptance example, had led him t
acquire an appetite for streng drink
! Tins pf;trins n dagger to his breast
which she in her blindness had presse
home to his yitnis, and she would nc
5 be confforted, bnt went down broken
: hearted to the grave. 1i.''''as7
The Young woman he loved so fond
> ~ still lives, With a heart; educated b
sEsuffe,ing to feel fer and comfort til
8 soirowiug. Her heart crushing grit
(, first produced Illness. and for Ion
I time her life was despaired OF, BIT
: she looked to God for strength to bea
j; and he gave it, and she now wal
$ with chastened spirit, for = summon
: to Il Home that never will be ti,rilene
G by the vile products Of the stiil.--[E.
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