Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-03-01
Convinced AT Last.

OF which tei.- me l%-@rE " s-D4s
Of happiosss, comfort and plenty
within. The scene which ] Eish 70
Irssent to tie reader, lies within
tie walls q this house, in = room
III olly by the flashing and cheer
IL brightness Of a large, o.d-f2sh-
'iSssd ne place, which throws is
-r-y4 jn.s furthe-t corners, dimly
hghtiDg the ric.asss Hanging CT
tte Eal, shooting AZ unsteady ind
mystic kgh. .; the strange co.-se-
ton ofecur.Osiiies, gssSsEei irc@
many lands, IL q bugh Oh 1sbog-
ary cabi3e; and playing with de-
iczts teDderaess ever the fDe
features Of a. Cd nan, the ooly
living occEPzut OF the roc-- lie
si.s IL n arm chair, drawn Up BE-
fore tie cheerful blaze TIA; izpzrts
v1r---h ard comfort 90 the apart
neu;, snl be seem 70 be eEgsEs3
IL deep study. TIE silver lock=
are g-i-tening upon lis b-o~, tie
Outlines CT Lis lace bar trees q
q long lie Il s.Cdy ard tho1gbt-
f1la-ss, a-i g tie ias. r:ys CT hi.
.der.i8iny son are A2sL.ng Up irOD
tbsir bei n TIE hcT.zCn e years.
lie seems sin 70 cLefi.h II his i1ild
the love Of profound a1i deep r.
ft.:isa. John Garvsy. for that i
IL n-Da, is-il6sea a thinker. FO
s.zsg ye--s IL tss c1ioyel the rs-
IGt-..gl q one deeply lsarlsi IL
tAidgs peffaini1g % lie. lie has
pI ogei deep. and r.:h exceeding
Lo,II1ss. u lis researeies. lie
Is sealed high lie walls q hEnan
crez:1eez lie L-s drank deeply
fran lie toEl &c EDoE.eLge AID
L. sou. Is fled Ei:l the puii;y Ct
coollezs AID ,5ve for lis fs.'o=
Eau, vL.eh arc the results of :
ripe and properly odlc2tei mind.
lie T. ycrsci IN me:sphyics a1l
tie Doctrines RI ancient al mod
ca Pa.,2sclLy. Fo- years LIS
sasaest attention bas beea giyen %
tie G1e.g.les taught By Socrates
IL regard 20 Immortality, AL yet
be = unable . come % Z definite
dec.sion. lie has so1eht for some
cine -ty which be can Gsl and fol-
lo~ up q .sa.n 81 reasoning which
viii lad 10 IN ind.srniahle coz
clusio1 tiat VII satisfy tic cray-
ings # bis sogi. lie has traced
tie sou. FROM lie 70 death and g
the dali. heavy Gods closed over
TIE E1,gez form, he has sough. IL
vain 70 look beyond the grave. T.
i. III dark aad uncertain. Loved
ones lie has buried, and "a be has
followed tie remains Of . beloved
wife and darling daughter 70 their
last Consignment, be has prayed 70
tic great G,d Of tie Universe
Tor ligLt from beyond the "diin
shadowy portals Of death" and as
81 has prayed ia vain. III IS true
taa. from the pulpits aud religious
teachers and writings lie has be-
come conversant with the doctrines
of Immortality taught b. Christian
ity, bat, to him, il is all unsa;is-
, factory proof lie has stood at the
bedsides Of many as they passed
into the shadows of the inevitable
f1ture, and there has not obtained
tie knowledge for which Lis mind
& longing.
Tonight be is weighing this sub
ject, and his heart is heavy and sad
with thought. The solemn tones
OF distant bell proclaimed to the
great city the hour Of midnight.
but still John Carney remains wrapt
in the bonds Of thought.
+, The Gre on the hearth grows low /;
the shadows on the wall grow deep
or, and the head OF the thinker
sinks low upon his breast. The
last echoes Of the town clock have
ecarely resounded through the room
when suddenly the features Of the
, thinker are lighted with a radiance
that betokens the presence OF some
inward JOY, some peaceful and mys-
tic happiness Of soul brought in
contact with holy unseen inllu-
enee that sends its ripples seething
and futtering though the channels
Of the mind, awakening the high
eft notes Of the souls affection and
touching the tenderest cords Of the
Heart, every stir Of which brings
into life some new combination of
faeiino AZ each day brings into being