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To weep. And then, he sweetly dwelt upon Thus clos'd the man of God.-The service done;
The character of the deceas'd, without Again the great procession form'd and once
A stain-his christian life, that seem'd without Again, the bearers took the silent pall
A blemish-and his military course, And bore it onward to the "narrow house!"
A path of honor. Tho' he had not stood
Before the cannon's mouth-altho' he ne'er Then came the parting scenery that clos'd
Had been in battle', front amid the rage The service of the living to the dead.
Of war, and clash of arms; and altho' now,
H'd fall'n according to the common course Whether the olive branch-the cypress bough
Of Providence, and had not perrish'd [perished] by Or myrtle wreath, it matters not, 'twas given
The sword: he was no less a patriot- As the last token of profound respect-
He lov'd his country-he'd prepar'd himself, Emblem of friendship-of eternal life:
By stepping high, in military rank, The Legion, one by one, deposited
To do her service at her earliest call. Within the grave, a green unwither'd bough,
And then the chaplain spoke of him, in the And passing onward left the trophied urn!
Retir'd relations of domestic life. A voice was heard slowly pronouncing, "Earth
There sat his aged, widow'd mother, whom To earth-Ashes to ashes-Dust to dust,
He'd honored with most filial sanctity- Return this body to its mother earth;
To whom, he'd been a constant solace in While on the coffin, fell the parted clod
Those scenes of persecution and distress. Beside the grave, the Legion's playing band
Which she had suffer'd for the gospel's sake. Awoke Melodia's sweetest strain. A chord
While, as a brother, he had ever prov'd, Was touch'd that echoed music to the springs
Firm as Giberalter's [Gibraltar's] rock-true unto death. Of life, and fell as soft upon the ear,
And then he come still nearer home, and touch'd As if seraphic harpers had come down
The finest fibre [fiber] of the human heart; To charm the sleeper in his lowly rest.
And spoke of her, the lonely widow, of
The noble fallen chieftain-the bereft The music ceas'd-Another chaplains voice
Companion of his bosom, whom he'd lov'd With heavenly eloquence pour'd forth in pray'r
Gith [With] faithful tenderness. Ah! who can now, To the Eternal God, responding pass'd
Enter the halo of her feelings-soothe her grief From heart to heart of the vast multitude-
For him who only could reciprocate The mourning concourse in the burial grove.
Her bosom's sympathies? He too, had been And there, beneath Time's monument the oak;
A loving and indulgent father to Whose umprage [umbrage] wav'd luxrious [luxurious] to the breeze,
Her lonely, weeping babes-left fatherless! They left the shrouded buried corpse of one,
To soothe the bleeding heaat [heart], the speaker then Belov'd in life and honor'd in his death;
Spoke of the blest reunion, that awaits Waiting the trump of God, to call it forth
The faithful worshippers of the Most High. To hail its own bright spirit from the skies!
City of Nauvoo, Aug. 13th, 1841.
Hymenial.
Married-In Lee county I. T. on Thursday the 29th ult. by Elder Joseph B. Noble, Mr. Asahel A. Lathrop to Mrs. Jane Peacock, both of that place
With the above notice we acknowledge with pleasure, the receipt of a liberal fee, not a small slice, but a large loaf of splendid wedding cake; made, undoubtedly by the hand of the fair one-for which the generous pair will please accept our kindest feelings wishing them all the weal, and but a small share of the woes of this life.
In this city August 4th, by Elder S. Foster, Mr. Thomas Herriman to Mrs. Fanny Hampton, all of this city.
In Pleasant Vale Pike county Ill. Feb. 25th, 1841, by Elder William Draper Jr. Mr. S. W. Scott to Miss Mary C. Straton, both of that place.
In Pleasant Vale Pike co. March 30th, 1841, by Elder Wm. Draper Jr. Mr. Horace Wever, to Miss Eliza Eihlburner both of that place.
In Pleasant Vale Pike co. Aug. 22nd, 1841. by Elder Wm. Draper Jr. Mr. Oliver Stratton, to Miss Harriet Brown, all of that place.
Obituary
Died in La Harp, Hancock Co., Ill. on the 5th inst. Mrs. Betsey consort of Thomas Dunn, in the 21st year of her age.
On the 9th inst, about 5 miles from this city Sarah consort of Jacob Scot, formerly of upper Canada. Her last end was peace.
Died Augusta [August] 14, 1841, in Ramus, Phebe Consort of Abram Libby, Sister Libby has left four children to mourn her loss, which are in Maine.
Died-In this city, on the 15th ultimo, Don Carlos infant son of Joseph and Emma Smith, aged 14 months and 2 days-Like the bud of a beautiful flower, ere it had time to expand twas cut down, but it rests in peace.
Errata-An error occured [occurred] in making up the form for the present No. in placing the Epistle from the Twelve, before the minutes of the conference held in this place, as it should have followed after; which escaped notice until the first form was worked off.-Ed.
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