The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-10-31

Iullll5tFFed % MN some medicine OF q
moderately sJimulative nature. and
composed myself AT his side Ia perform
the Office Of nurse.
Toward evening ! felt his hands and
forehead, which were moist, and ms
breathing had become more natural,
while his pulse rO,e 70 siXty-eight heats
per minute. very slightly intermitting.
When he aWOEe. took his hand IN
mine, and gently asked him if he knew
lie. His reply, III a scarce articUlate
tone. was, Yes. Doctor and then he
seemed 10 dOZe again. IN hour after
wards he appeared 10 make an effort tc
speak, but his voice was almost power
less. l bent my ear close to his face,
and caught the words. INV mother"
In reply, / merely pressed his hand
which he seemed TO understand. for al
though he was too weak To express
himself in words, he sensibly returned
my pressure, and then his lips family
moved, and he again slept
Ii was almost II o'clock the next
day. when, after being relieved in my
Office Of nurse by the kind Mrs Miriam,
| had been at home and hreakfasted.
and was again in the sick room, when
] received a message from Mrs. Sey-
mOur. that she wished 10 see me.
/ found her much restored by a
nights rest, and her mind more calm
than on the previous evening. Dear
Doctor" she exclaimed. as / entered,
did George, then, really know me, and
think y0u his reason is again returning
To him." / told her how favorable his
symptoms were during the night, and
that had now. for the first time, the
best hopes Of his recovery, and that he
had again, during the night. pro-
nOunced her name. She begged me To
let her sit by him and be his nurse, and
promised her, 50 soon as he aWOke, /
would take her to his room, From
that day she was seldom absent from
his side.
Professional duties now called me to
the neighbOring town of B, and |
requested my friend, DIR. l., to
call in daily until my return, in case
anything was needed in nv absence,
beyond the instructions | had given.
In Il week resumed my visits. 1t was
early in the afternoon of a beautiful
day when ! entered the sick room. /
found his faithful nurse, his mother,
sitting beside the bed. with an open
volume in her hand. George was sit
ting half upright, supported by pillows,
and | never witnessed 50 great i'm
pTOYement in the cOuntenance and ex-I
preston of an invalid, in so short Il
time. Mrs. SeymOur's left hand was
clasped in his, while with her right
she supported the book she was read
ing from, for as l approached the door,
(befOre which stood a screen, so as to
keep off the draft, while the open door
admitted the air so much needed), /
heard their voices in conversation, and
was arrested on the threshold, reluc-
tant to intrude, when / feared nv
presence might suspend this loving in |
of sentiment and affection |
was therefore a pleased, but not an
listener to the converse |
tiOn they were engaged in.
Thus, my dearest mother cOntin- |
ned he, does youth fancy itself secure, |
and needless of a parents advice, trust |
to fancied wisdom, Which is folly; |
and with an OYerWeening boast Of |
strength to overcome temptation, |
braces his nerves for the battle, and is |
fOiled at every onset. Young as | am, |
| feel nom convinced a son must ever
err who diSregardS the wise counsel of /
a piOus mother Oh, how deeply have |
/ suffered for my disregard of advice /
which You and holy father have Civ
Ell me day by day, since infancy began.
| assure you, before God, that | would \
rather this bed became my winding
sheet, than that should recover to sin
again as [ have done in the past.
There was a feTyOr and sweetness of
tone in which he thus spoke, that COM
pletely fascinated me. And then the
.OOk of affection and gratitude with
which that fond mother ga7ed ON her
boy as she listened
Dear George" she replied, "you are
no solitary case of the wreck of self
Man, in youth, or in ma
-Ure age, in all his fancied strength in
mere human wisdom, is pOwerleSS as
he infant of ''Span long" TO fight out |
he battle of life without the aid of
hat wisdom which is from above
without the powerful arm of the "GOd
If battles without the shield of faith
IND the breast-plate of righteousness"
Do You remember Miss Lynchs beauti-
nj poem entitled the Battle of Life!"
IN the night Of prayer dOSt thou strive and
plead?
Never had a warrior greater need
You will, l feel convinced, my dear
Joy, hencefOrth wage war against SIN,
n the faith of the Gospel, and you will
,e strong for the combat. The God of
Dur fathers will be your God, and you
sill no more trust. to the wisdom of
he world, which is fOOlishnesS.'
Here my approach attracted their at
entiOn, and l was welcomed by both
With great cOrdiality, and was very sin
ere in my congratulations on Georges
'apid improvement. Ny visits were
low no longer professionally, and so
Don as his strength was sufficiently
eStOred to permit him to travel, both
mother and son returned TO the rec
DRY, where pure country air, and a
happy home, with all its
beautiful associations of early child
lOOd, soon perfected that cure which
lad commenced under my professional
are.
Six years after the illness | have de-
cribed, | again met George Seymour
lis father, for his talents and piety,
lad been advanced to the dignity of a
bishop, and his mother vet lived, happy
n an hOnOred husband and son who
vas now all her earlier dreams had
for him. He had, for years
'efOre, entered as q barrister of the
middle temple, married the daughter
f a learned Baron of the Echequer,
iSen rapidly in the popular favor as a
awyeT, from his elOquence, sound
Judgment and integrity, and one day |
ined with him and his accomplished
rife, he had Just returned from the
'Ourt of Queens Bench, where he had
cen engaged in an important case, and
is address to the jury on that occasion
ras said to be, in the language of the
DuInals of the day, "the most mastery
iece of logical elOquence ever ad- J
resSed TO British jury" cOngratu-
Ited him on his professional success
nd distinction, upon which, with a
mile, he took my hand, and throwing {
is arm, naturally, and with a quiet
race, around the waist of his wife,
rho stood at his side. he, in reply to ]
~ remarks, said 10 her, MY own
Hen, thus you see, even my friends !
" To spoil me. but had | all the talent
hey so kindly fancy / possess, L would I
" it meekly at the feet of one We
9th so much love; for it is, such as l !
aally do possess, the offspring of n !
fOther'S LOce' I