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The State Conncil f Virginia- was organized at Wayiiefeboro', on the iMlh of Apiil.lCG. The State Council of North Carolina was or ganized at Henderson, Ajirjl the-Stb, 1867. Suhordinate '.Councils were organized in the 8tat.es of" Georgia, Xoufsiami vst Virginia, TcnueHsee and South Carolina, in 1SCQ-7. Tlie Supreme Council of the Order was insti tuted in' lYleriuuig,-Va., June the 25lh, 1SC7. Tliis Order, rapidly-spreading over the South ern Stn les, bids fair to blPlhe means of ac .coinplishiugreatoo I. OrFICJiltS OF THE SUl'IiEME COUNCIL. President Maj.M). S, Hill, Louishurg. N. 0.4 Associate Rev. G. W. l);ime, Danville, Va. , Chaplain Ttev.X N. Ajidrews, WHmgfn, N. O. eeietary-ltev. W. li, Wellon, udblk, Va. Ticasurer Nov. J. A.,Cuniiiigi;iu)) Louisburg. Sentinel-Rev. A. 1 Haven, Snutl.lield, N.Ic. , The Supreme Council will .hold. its next IJt eiiniril Si..Nion in Uichinond. Va., commencing on th.vlth TuoMlay in July. 1871. ori-MCKiis ok Tii k stati: coir.Ncii. or v.. rnnsloKXT, it- A. IViuce, Waynesboro'. Associatk, J. I'. Holler, IIar:i.snbuig. CiiaI'I.atn, Uf O. Dante, Danville. -Sr.ruKT.viiY, Dev. W; AVellons. Snflblk. Tiu-.APri'.KU, A. I". Abel, Charlottesville. CoM.t CToit, Dr. J. L. I.eitch, CoIlierstowuT r.NTi.NK.i., Mnj. J . W. XlmvU'ij, btaunlon. ST.M'Iv I.KCTin-K. Hev. .Tome -Young, Charlottesville. .The fourlli Anntinl Session of this body y.ill be held in Petersburg, commencing on the. 4th Tuesday in October, 18G'J. OKKK KKS OK Till; STATE COUNCIL OF X. C. riiESiDKNT, Mnj. I). S. Hill, Louisburg. Associatk, W. M. "Poisson AYilmiiiHton. Ciiatlaix, ltev. A. II. Haven, Smithfield. L Skcrktarv,. It. H. Whiuiker, llaleigh. TRKASL'RKBjlvev. .1. AV; Wellons, Ftanklinto'n. Coxiu'ctor, J. M. Shelly". Thomasville. Sknti5; L. D. lleartt, llaleigli. ST ATI I.Et'Tnil-n. Hev. -J. It. r.io.-ks, Smithfield. The next. Annual Session will be held in (lold.vboro', commencing on the first U'cdncs day in October, lb'W). - I THE RUMSELLER'S DREAM. liV llENKV G. LEE. From the tim f ALr.Afidrpw Grim opened a low grog-shop near.the Wash- ington Marketw until, as a wealthy dis tiller, he counted himself worth a -hundred thousand dollars, everything had gone ou giuoothly,; and iiowjio might be seen among the money-lords of . the day, as self-complacent as any. He had stock, houses and,' lands; and,5 in his .raindhe'inadei up 'life's greatest good. f Aud, had be not obtained them hi honest trade?. Were-they net the leward of persevering industry? Mr. Grim felt proud of the fact, that he wus the architect ct his own fortunes. 4 How many hail started in life side by side with him ; and yet scarcely one in ten of them had risen above the com. jnon level." .Tlioughtb like these often occupied the mind ot Mr, (trim. Such were his i thoughts as he sat in his luxurious par lor, one bleak December cvenin, 'sur rounded by every .external comfort', ills heart could desire1, when a child not over seven or eight years of age was brought into the room by a servant, who said, as' b a entered ! l" Here's a little girl that, says she wants .to see. y ou." , , ' Mr. Grim turned,' and looked for a moment or two at ftbe visitor, She was; the child .of poor parents ; that was evident from her coarse and - mea ner garments. ' " .. three months. - W A club of tn. Ycach, $t. 75., ... . . S17 f 1.) K Do you wish to bcq cjc ?" he inquir ed, in- a voice that was meant to be xe- palsivc ; t' J J ihV v ? vJce?,- sir,:-:timiaiv ngwerta-inei? -- II 1 .1 . . WelLtwhat do you,want?!!. t r" Alv -mother wants von," ! ; Your njotlicr ! . "Vhp'st-yonr moth-J i-ufiUf) mfrtxi t3Irsnyer?;.i;..:;i, xuc llliilll II Ulut VjlJliU UUIJLCUMI 1 taxrUy.,jiml bf5ait;5-!.r 4'V' t'-'rfl ci T 1 - 1 I TtTt . .1.1 " inuccu: nai uocs Tour moineri 1 ' I want?" fWftitilx?:u j u v.- Ki?i fm 41 , thcrjs sick and liiothcr says he J wiU dier' 4:St fu a ,s , ; ; I. a'Uyo.ur .father n ? r"J;llQB,tiknolw. , lut lieVtyecn. gjpi; J fcr-sinojcjesterday ; and hoJ4: screams ougp,4vgd frightens lis alh'K .imit ff9"ifhis lips, he shrunk closer and ,co- Wefefdoes yqur m'qtlier ?" f scr; ipto tbeoruer, and, then flhj for The child gave the street and riunv ward, writhing,, upon the,; Uoc'r, Iy her, i , ' , f ' 1 ! this ;tjrne, his wife was , beudiug.,dawn , JVFr. Grim walked about the roohiun- over him, ..and; with- her insuring, yp'ce easily for some time. , 1 1 ;i -she soop succeeded, iiiquif ting him. ,.t; v'.DidnJt yoiir niotber sny what she. They've, all gou nowfi jHenry." wanted ,wjtli wo ?'! he asked again, pau said fc&ic, in a tortc of cbeevfuli confidence singbeforQ the little ,irl,'.vwhose .eyes assumed at what an. frfi'ojrtjI-oV r.vr had. been following all his movements, driven, lhcm- a.wayr , Come lie,, down Xo, sir. - Kut she cried when s-he. upon tho bed.". . " . , . .. ., told me . to go for you.'' . , ..They're under; tlie bed,",.repliitlJliQ : Mr. Griqi inoved about the , room, sufferer, glancing' fearfiilly, around.-r-ngain lor some time.; Then stopping yc yes ! , There! .1 see thftt.. black suddeirly, he snid, " est devil 4wit!i, the snako in his jinnd.-r-t " Go home and tell your mother I'll He's grinning at me from-, behind, the b.Q.rthcre(in a little wjiikv.; ,. . , lied post s Now he's. going.. ,Jtq throw . Thp cldjA reured from the room, and his horrible snake at me ! There ! Oh ! Mr..fG'i;im .resumed his -perambulations, Gh oh oh oh I" , . his eys.iipqu the floor and a shadow The fearful, despairing scream that resting on his countenance. After the issued from tlie poor creature's lips, as lapse tj nearly half an hour, he went in- he clung to Ins wife, curdled the a ery to the hall, und drawing on ', a , , warm blood in the veins, .of Mr. Grim, who j overcoat, started forth in obedience to what" was evidently an unwelcomq sum- mons lor lie muttered to himselt.ashe (ie-sccuded to the pavement r;: V . , ; , " I wush people would take , care of 1 nn hat tfcey get, nixl Jeavu -OTa?iUsiaW themselves.' V .Air. Grim took an omnibus and rode as far- as Canal street. Down Canal street he walked to West JSroauway, and along West Ih oadwav for a couple 1 - of blocks, when he stippcd before an ofd brick house that looked as if it had seen service fr at hast a hundred "This is the place,! Suppose,' ' said he, fretfully. And he stepped back and looked up at the hynse.. then he. ap- Itt.i t -1 11. I proaeiirct tno-uoor, ana seaixnea lor a bell or knocker; but of neither of these appendages.corild the dwelling boast, iMrst ne rappeti witn.ms Knuckles, men with his cane. Bat no one responded 1 to the summons: He looked up and sawjights in the window. So be knock: ed again; and louder. After ;waitirio ; several minutes, and hot bcin; admit- ted, Mr,-GrinVtried;he dpor;aud found it unfastened; dnitr" the" passage into which he slopped was dark as midnight, After knocking on the floor loudly with his cane, a. db&r opened above-a gleam of light fell on au old 'stairway; .and a rough voice called out, ? " whfe there r: 'C ,4DoesjMr.rDvr live li?re?n ' " Besure lie'does !,rwak roughly 'Ttii- swered. :fi ?.'U -tm V- 1 ti. " Wilf you be kincl enougn 'to show me his room V , . . ' You'll iind it in : the third ..story Mr. Grim stood -irresolute lora4 lew iuonientFj4irnd;tlien coiVu'nenced groping his tway pp. stairs, slpwly and ; cautiops- ly. Just as ho gained the danding on the second flight, a stifled scream was heard in one of the rooms en the third floor, foilowedby a sudden mpvement, as if two persons were struglin m a 1 tn' -f t y 1 i-- $ uuruerous counict. fue stopped and istened, while a chill went over him. Adong, shudd'f ring, j ,grpanf followed" ; aud then all was still again.- Mr Grim was about retreating,' When' a 5 door opened, arid the child who Jfad called for him came out with a candle in E her band. , .The light fell upondiis form and tuu cjuitu w .mm. . . "Oh, mother, - mother!" .j she r cned, "iSU-. Grim. is here!;" Instantly the foreof J a womaii rwas fceep in mc uwi.(. ici iuuk was jwuq back," said the voice, impatiehtrV.he At last; hciwevdr, Uaujilion came, and door Was ehutngalnf alidad! waV dark he fell into-wtJiat half, sleepiug and' wakT abeforef h: d 1 ing stateih VbichHhe: imagination Tet ana uisiresseu, anu uer nair. wmcanad groaneci m tear., 's ne still gazed up become loosened from the comb, lay, in on the dreadful forms it slowly. changed i u .. .... .. r i . . i i ' r. . - i ... -t ' ' u.-uvy iuase& upon uer suouiuers. . jlFqiheaveii' sake, -Maiy, ",wiat , .is J tljQ mattcr'Vedaimed 3Ir.. Grnp, as j approached ihe woman. f ? - f e woman. ,; : - s t,$be. looked sternly Cc and seej." And he room. , : J 11 TL . CI. . 1 I I sHte1 mailer; , pee. jqyjweu.fci.ei uiy she.poinled Into the i f A cry. ot unutterable .distress Drow upoa X& tfx&y$ 4the . woman t sprang back qmqkly into Iha-rpom tr.riiii V71 BJH"ie UUUf CUIIUttr. Ut3,.i i I othed.- ian:' ; crouching 't fearfully in '"-. .' " - .t 1- : I . 1 21 , .T. ! J corner 01 me room, .wun iiis-iiauus raised.. in the. attitude of defence- ,,01 V f " Keep oil; r JCeep ,ofi;,j J ?yl,. Jiq cried despaipagly. 44;Oh! obl o- Iton lcj raelhqlp me j'f 'v 1 i And as tlu.se Iirokea sentence's , fell now comprehended the meaning of the scene. Dyer ahd.his wife were friends of other days. iththe latter he had gipwn up from childhood, and there were many reasons why he felt an in irltrirheFii ed. drinking and idleness in his bar-room many years before ; and more than once during the time of his declension, had she called upon. -Mr." Grim and earnestly heson.o-lit him to do somethimr to save o - the one she loved best on earth from impending ruin. . But, ho had entered the downward way, and it seemed that nothing could stop his rapid progress Xow he met him, after, the lapse of ten years, and found him mad with- the drunkard's madness. The' scene was too painful for Mr. Qrm He could not bear it. So, hur- riedly drawing.his purse from his' pock- et, he threw it upon the floor, and turn- nf from the room, made his way out of house, trembling in every nerve. When he arrived at home, the perspi ration" stood cold andclammy on every part cf hts.body.- His mind was great- jy excited. Most vividly did heipjcture ;n imagination, the horrible fiend,; stri- the poor drunken wretch with his st.ltnt shear; or blasting him with his terrific coantenau6ei fFor an hoair" he walked theiloor df fthi chamber, and then, exhausted in body ndtlnind, thi-ew' himself on a'bedj-and-itfied 10 find oblivion ihskep.- .Butrtlwugh he wooed the Htle.cwddef V&h'e caine not with her go6thing Wi5pie? sToo- vivid was.the iBipressioh of wjiathe.had Seen, and too Gainful were tlie?a4companying rellectioiis, to admit:of sweet repose. mains active, io paihtul to; endure. In this state, pne picture pre'sented by im- agination was most wid afall ; it .was the picture of poor Dy er shrinjwig from the fiend with the" serpent, which latter was now as plainly Visible to him it had beeiUo?the" unhappy drunkard.-- Presently the fiend begin to turn his n rno ii-wr-k hi -- -ti-i n mo inrnonr , o V h i...i, prcssion then it glanced From Hiinito I the drunkard, und poiilting at the - Iat ter, said Grim heard the" voice dis- tinctly i? t your ' leorfc The . distiller closed Ms eyes to hide front view the grinningjihantom. But I it dul not. s int. nut t hft visinn. h fiend Was before'h'im still ; and now it swtmg around, its head. a-horrid -serpent I with distended jaws, and seemed about tu uiisn it uppu npai. xiecowereu auu uto a iemaie oi stern yet bcautiiiu as 1ST. C,;WpDNESDAY,tSEPT,d,! 18(59. pec;in'jhfianale fieVd a fnalced swotxS, an J in lire $Hef st AncHi? tie knew ucjr, ana trcmoica sun more in tense! j; l - i am Jusnci:Jn said llidtin'te. if' iV)uijai:e been weiqlred n Kal- knew her, arid trembled still tnofe ih-i A X " iuuc4.' ances ana ipuna yanIln. ine woria is feustained by liiutual;' beneGtsT No man.ean live wnouy iorrmnseir. 'Jtacn ptwa nuuiuv. v'ivj- un v t$joy0t AQiindaDce "15 tf;oot things .. .T .1 - '1 " 'lA'i 1. . ii piouuceu.uy oiuers: out wuai nas n VOur return? Let Jiie show voir the Wcrk of VOJir hands. J.60 it ; Suddeiy there waa a murmur of voi ees: the sound came nearer and nearer ' and a crowd 1 men and women came eagerly tQjward the .prostrate distiller I 'll " ' I "' ' ' - 1 " an eyes, upon mm, and an countcnan es oppressive of angei rebuke, or de spair. -One i)O0r mother held towards him her rallied, Starinji cnuu, ami ;5 i - , ..:!'?!.; Cried : . Your cursed trade has murdered bis father. , Give him back t uV ! Ancttier marred and degraded wrote .. .. . t " 11 --.. h tailed, with clenched Hand: I kC Where is my money, my good name, my all? iVou have robbed me of eve rything H . a.t ;('r By his' side was a poor drunkard; sup porting the pale form of his sick w ife, whihs. their , stavvipg children stood weei i n g before them : " f.ook at us ! saul he. "It is your laady work 1" . And there were d zens of others in he squalid crowd who . called to him with bitter execrations, or pointed to heir ruined lioines, and cried : "It is your wprk ! Your work . ! rum has cursed us !" u Yes, this is your,Avork,J' said Jus tice, sternly. " For the good things of Ijife you received on all" hands from your follow men, you gave them . back a is the representative of use to soLiety. It comes, or should come, as a reward for serving the ' common good. So earned, it is a blessing; and- he who thus gains it has a right to its possess ion. But, in vour eaer pursuit of oain vou have cursed every man who brought you a blfcssino;; and now your ill-gotten wealth must be given i up. See"!" . And. as she spoke, sho ptinted to an immense bag of gold, j Ct It 13 all there?" continued Justice. " Your houses and lands, your, stocks and your merchandize, have been con verted into gojd ; and I now distribute it once more among the people," to be gathered by those more avoi thy to pos sess it than thou !" t ,c:k i - . Then a troup of fiends came rushing down through the air, and, seizing the bag, were bearing.it. off in triumph, when the agonized sleeper- sprang to .wifds h's gold, and ill the effort, threw pff the terrible nightmare that was al nost crushing out his life. There was no mtre lee'p for him du- :Jng the hoilfs tliat interyened until the -daylight broke.' The images 'he 'had 6eeh,"andthevvorfls)'1ie had !;e'lrd,w$fe i i-JA . - hi nfU-u- ? ,T 4cm. Vefore hint, all tnneu cmluii- - Jlsrt; heart Ukethe prssureof -heavyjsfoqt-- itps; I As srja as- tha dayad i da-wn-d ed he started forth and duelling he had so hastily left on the ciaht before?1 All wa silehtTas? he as ! cended the stairway.iThe doof"f dhe i I'oom where-he hod beeiT , stopd partly ppen." He lwtened a.momentall was silent. s ,Ue mpye the, 400f i b"tf pgtl. jng airredljbb gni lie entejed, ! lis purse lay eupou the floor where he lad thrown it J;that was the first ob ject which met his,, sight. The next was thert ghastlyacepV, , death ! TJie jwretclved .drunjward bad parsed .tp i his account; and hishiody jay upon the bed. Close beside, was the form of her who had been to Sir. Grim, in early years, as a tender sister. 2ne was. in a profound sleep ; and ou the floor, lay tho child, also trapped hi deep Jorget- f ulne.ss of the miseryi with whig'a . she was surrounded. - - - - "And this is the work I have been doing !" r-s!be2"tf tlie distiller : whose rmna coulcrnot lose the Vivid imprej ind could 1 riot Tose the vivid ifnpres- slon made bf hisrMT rr A little while her cpntemplat(l the scene around him and then taking up his purse, he silently f withdrew! V But ere returning home, he made known to n SJ 3. a benevolent person the fact of 'the nn- happy deathwhich bad omlrred, andv trt thereof. Audaifew men bought placing inMieVift hi tiand, . ask dHnm a neat coflin, and aM the sexton, and to do allhat liiutianifv-iuircdanlH! aitemooui men w4 wniun?m tcfWitf at hU eeh.- v H xr-rWT i ft 1 .f , I , , ; to his r st. o have at fended bunaiFy . j Few men went about theirdaih ,fiefeVshw mnretc1iV!?e1 eyes inesswith a heavier Ihea'tttft, Stk wHeii 'tire -litt ! one!ool(dTof dillV iiidrew4Grnn ITeeftf that lfa itima upn poorUnc Jkayiha .1 X'irii' i& m AJw wjfAi'- eofli.n-Jid was oivened jnt.bcfor hewjas , the possessor 01 lll-ijotien sjamantl lelt, ii ; ",f t v Vi 1 - - ' -i1,.!. ;--...fr.-,. -4-1 ' ,1 lowered to the great rest. rA 0p besidKehse'bnnlectirlty t laiW him othlr thAH'as l-ncfjermy; lt njcatih-is. l7ifTp?&ntittfaif: hhi thotghtor year ho had comhiMgoneP51 to socktr. It comes, or should com?" rith Ids crufch.vid lis faci wjinblfe?si 110 vt.'v JVl if" trie ' rnittivr i 1 good ? What goodlhavej I ferfortnw1 f that cbrrespondsHo the blessings I have f J received and enjoy J. U ; ' ' . . Ah me! it were other wise.,T ; ' ' s With such thoughts, tiowlcould an be happy!. When! nimit c the I man be happy; Wheni nilit came . repented- t6inmelf,in Wfffr vK'r ; L words l;ehrid heard ''Thra ' . . . . . : . . J . Ct V'l'I I Willi (U If a li:iCK .III . " Am d how have rsen'ed'the"1 oWUnfwi it seemed ITwo'cmirittOFc'tflkcn '011 down again, he feared to trust' himself j j ; - in the arms of sleep ; and.whsnexhans-j . What shall' we do with them J tr d nature yielded, painfull dreams Iriun-1 4! Oh, Uou lake themlook them '" ted him until morning. Weeks elapsed j owe and dons. you please,'; said tliey. before the vivid impresion he hd re-! TJl,nicv th het Mii .-"U'. ' , , r . . . -tBtOie badly loin. And a lit tie - box ceived wore off ; and before heoyecl f md(U. 1)V a" tyeare anything like a quiet slumber. Tut,ag. It. would, perhaps hold a . quaftl though he had a better sleep, his wa-i It was tied seven times around with, -ft kino; thoughts ceased to be peaceful and 1 p'u-'ce of tout cord iik? a chalk Hue. , , self-satisfVinir. A year w.ntbv. :ind ! were a pair of dingy silk glove-. . ; . v ' , . , i once white, but now faded into a; sicfc-t then, Netted beyond endurance at Ins jly yeIlon,. Th(iy n (.re much too smair position of manufacturer of death and yU)V hi.s linnd. And a very old needle'5, destruction, both natural and spiritual, t or piu-cu.-diion of black c'.olh the sir.y.- - for his felfow men, lie broke up.his dis-!r.a mAe- Aml a letter pld,t dingy,. -mi i i t;reaved, aiid cre;ied, fohh d in a pi ecu tillery, and invested his nuncv in a bus: ti ' , . - .H -r J ; .. ' "oi soft leathw. And a plain gold ring, mess that could be fallowed with bono -yilot niuch i,n.n(i, r than the line ' of-li I fit to fill. OUR',- SATURDAYr H16HT,.,!;, TilE POOiT OLT)MAN. We buried him this afternoon atf -ur : ot'iii v ; Ar o'clock. . tender than flowers;, grow rank aud j - 1 1 T.Of. l. close over tne poor, uast atr.ruuy j night we. saw him" on the sticct, slowly j wai :mg to a , cheap home. Seveut v- j riiv ring. .Oh, how long tlu years ov. l.i oT rt iima .: i7;.ihave seemed w bib-.he was waitiu. eight years old, and nojiome of? 'his own ; not a child or a chick to givehim welcoirm at night, but .alb;. waiting to bid him " good moripng''; over yondur on the flowerdined. baukv,;,;, He neveiv beggeflp A,vfadfc, Rtrange look was always upon him. , Yet , lift was not cross nor .ugly.;, Ho was cheep ful, and would, sit for. hours talking tio little children,. an $ watching thiiuatj play, At times a fovy tears would, flill from his eyes to bo pped from hisfur:. rowed cheek on tho back of his ..wrink led hand.' He lived in a little. Iwj use back on tiekprairie--a hnlf:hovel afrlur and no one lived with him. Sundays the'children would visit hirrr, and bring water from a distant well, and wood by he aimfijll. ,JIe . gave tliem notli ing but kind . wojds,r but 0iey .. brought him bread, and meakand fruit, and pa- pers irom enir saucinm ; ana ? wnen - r.c was too Jamd to go Out 'the ' b'ovs ' add Igirls. would wait on ;him. '.Sometimesi he would sit by thedour telling stories to his Kuledrieuds. ;Ib- told;thei ba!s lid w to 'make arrows' and -kites, and Kj.Ji -JM JU, -.! ? o;?- -j-'.-l f h j ' -tw t i f f-it ai." : Andto thm ,hpv to cureM their. 1 C A ...1 4 sought .UMS;, .. . . , " ' . wuu liiat it Hits wiuuy t uc.uiy Apd cross.; '.-. '-:yj Tuesday evening, one of the boys ery lov; " and feeblerA cruel J fever wds wan-mg?fpn his old ' bSdy.; iTIiMe wenrforplriciafl;f and1 fita1d Wtb the man'uritir'mormng,--'. v hen ' others im'MMi Hi li ft Ie5 friends brOrmhr oran- eanrl io'n-Jelflihnbs frbfhf thetr homest Arid a clean puf under him another oxer 1 hini cooling drinks, were, given him anx- ly fell back his' 1 mouth opened, uhen there was a rattle in his throat, arid as the sunshme strtick the Uttle cabin kis usua.1 was tlie he iralmg "hairliicW i- 'i "vv- i i V - wautl to creep ,iiu,-w -ec 7 - - made to open. ..vuu'.a tew women C n rS": . no more,uUeilea desires ;ir,U out tolJnele'Benny cabin, for he was fbreyer jnlhegraef !( . . sicii Wb found him ofi liTs cot1'' very Let m 1 "e good "and kind to the poor r.,,...l..A irv.;..tiT:-.'' i...:' vs. ifer. Itt us ijiake Iheux harnvj Tt. , , -(i i T u? be--kuiu to '.ach other. uncle r Ben- , dav morning just as the sun rose abovep , , 2 j- , j , , - , . , ,4 nv was a por poor eld man but died the-blneastofthe city, hrs head slow- .Uich:".Wc all'paid tearful tribute to his soul .went? idutv riding M 4he 'igbldenl TXy "l L, r vt ' K' ?lV . to, f V e I rather siKp besidq himm tjiat biitHn thari'JlhndcPrrkrb rC?entlytircayb a cold, selfish man;. ibr- ithTftVftMdMiiortt AafpnjlTvrmfeV'Vfiknlhe would be better comnanv in tho. ritv -' J it Jd&ti atari l:niulM4ttUj - -r? - 1 , , , . ,,,,-. i neighbor hottnhich rest tl lxlimh m?n mf a:,-,- 9 Irl l i VUtt 7VJ ' HIPP W't rr rsiit clinon Mviit jur5 rdislies : an old lox servinir the purpose of table and chest a few old .garments in c rr e 1 i ii t t - i m - r h t I 1 . uuww,. n jin our pahn. ; J: il MM. , I ..... s. . - i J 1 -a I : 1 T. . urn teiier ;iiiwy ui-u). ig;uii,s jinn? : couid.uu. ? Buuiu;9n, a. icce of thick paper, in ink, long sjnco Reached into fainted lines, we read MAKRTKn Tn'A'bnnj. Jlay C. And this was alb ' But . it - tCnd ; its' ivnu .is .in. iniii . niu , lit own story. Then we turned this paper over to read writtc tt on the back of it. EiizaltU VW.uower and'infai.t son. nil n t . I Tl . j he story oi nie : l oor o;d man: And this was his treasure ; that wag must t . go to his loved cues! And have tjuy. , grown old there as he did here 't- .. , Will he-find them as they, wnt, or , have they felt yearns ad 4ml ishere there areno.yeavs?, ; , ,ifil ,Uf , But will it hot be ttfand,' when ' cdn,st suurajpoiiit.(.Ltie, .-teplvQth w o v IfroiM nvsp Vry'nd , no w'ttk at. i. f which we can .now know Kothmf? I' When ve"sJiari have 'pierci cl ' t"hc! VuijJ ' and gone home to n'st ith the lovd onewT tbvt: jwaitiiig. , , u , r,i, iTT M jyif.ovould Jea 'to dietor ilar death? Surelyjiot those ho have so loiisj been true to and -Waited for the rejoining the ' ioyeVt ones. If ho -had only told 'tis libs ' 1 history!;, t: ..'.. .j- :,,, ru . n V-f All over. the 1 and are pooi old men y "Who have loved as we bve, whoJiayrTr been young have v. ith Jjeating hearts; held heads upon bospjn.s., .and Jhigered to revel in the pe'rfuuie of kMss.taken fro'rf i liPspeThaf)S, sloilg sinc gone" as1 mvc mutt all go! The old mfif trere - once:yottngt They lovoil nd;lonred for twilight hours, as do those who now watch aud. wait dlie expected comings and the years crept hlowlituponcthem, leaving lino upon 4uev; tarc-ttpftuxarct ' joy upon joy, but 'more sdfron s opbn T 1 sorrows. .But is it not terrible- thur 5 1 waiting tp jom thoe you love? Waitti ing the cmnmgthe dear ones of m tho if- ieart llors days weeUs-month coinc aml4c. whiidAlrvl7 . ; , c . ic- hungry sopl, ever Teaching fotimonie- ' thing not given it here on earth, doubts, fears, then hopes iu the fulh st of. faith eoncerningjbe meeting and.rioitan?'l in tne eierBajiauut.riis!rc inere will be gooa and kihu lo the poor old men; God only knows wjiat they have suffered, orwljWtiieir hope were buried. rWe are yll growing Id-arV all-going home, &nd'J&:mLe those wf despise on earth will be 'burcriiidearand : patterns in the iuture. -Be kitid to the lew more atnrdayights ul... " i presence fcuoulujuotbgjiarui amioy those I .wl0 LrC 'utterly selcsbV God: lon)v knows how innch they sorrow ahd Vui-' r menidryl He -was good. He wBafkifad;?f fllft 3 W .djjerviii?iu-JltrKWaaljiot a jmi. i SJX-Jefeh !?Mia. !anfVliko,.. WUU, IU1U tkereisalippy reuWnuibriall rwha" 'v1:; -'fis vl ku-n ji e C" uie aavi ; eternal, and there is no :wcary Satur- iUay --Mgut.: JJrici: I'orncToy. nni v wiHi iiiiiniv ii in imiki Tm&r I i f
Spirit of the Age [1873-1???] (Raleigh, NC)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 1, 1869, edition 1
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