The Little Gleaner, Vol. X.: A Monthly Magazine for the YoungVarious
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The Little Gleaner, Vol. X.: A Monthly Magazine for the Young
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I was afterwards spectator of the most affecting scene I ever beheld. In
the course of some days after my visiting the gloomy mansion I have
represented to you, a person came post from Vienna to the Idrian bottom,
who was followed by a second, and he by a third. The first inquiry was
after my unfortunate friend, and I, happening to overhear the demand,
gave them the first intelligence. Two of these were the brother and
cousin of the lady; the third was an intimate acquaintance and
fellow-soldier of my friend. They came with his pardon, which had been
procured by the general with whom the duel had been fought, and who was
perfectly cured of his wounds. I led him, with all the expedition of
joy, down to this dreary abode, presented to him his friends, and
informed him of the happy change of his circumstances. It would be
impossible to describe the joy that brightened upon his grief-worn
countenance, nor were the young lady's emotions less vivid at seeing her
friends, and hearing of her husband's liberty.
Some hours were employed in mending the appearance of this faithful
couple; nor could I, without a tear, behold my friend taking leave of
the former wretched companions of his toil. To one he left his mattock,
to another his working clothes, and to a third such utensils as were
necessary for him in that situation. We soon emerged from the mine,
where he once again revisited the light of the sun, that he had totally
despaired of ever seeing again. A post-chaise and four were ready the
next morning to take them to Vienna, where, I am since informed by a
letter from himself, they are returned. The Emperor has again taken him
into favour, his fortune and rank are restored, and he and his fair
partner have now the pleasing satisfaction of feeling happiness with
double relish, as they once knew what it was to be miserable.--_Selected._
["What a happy deliverance!" say you. Ah! but it is only a faint emblem
of that deliverance which Jesus wrought. These people were delivered
from sufferings which would only have been for a short time, but Jesus
died to deliver His people from the wrath to come--the fire that shall
not be quenched.
Reader, have you been brought to Him? Can you say, "He loved me, and
gave Himself for me"? or are you without hope of eternal life? Oh, that
you may seek to win Christ, and be found in Him!--ED.]
ANSWER TO BIBLE ENIGMA.
(_Page 66._)
"_Thy will be done._"--MATTHEW xxvi. 42.
T imæus Mark x. 46.
H arp Genesis iv. 21.
Y ear Leviticus xxv. 4.
W hale Job vii. 12.
I nfidel 2 Corinthians vi. 15.
L atin Luke xxiii. 38.
L aban Genesis xxix. 10.
B ehemoth Job xl. 15.
E phraim Genesis xli. 52.
D og Exodus xi. 7.
O nyx Genesis ii. 12.
N oon Solomon's Song i. 7.
E pistle 2 Corinthians iii. 1.
HARRY FREDERICK FORFEITT
(Aged 10 years).
_Thong, near Gravesend._
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