The Smitten Household Or Thoughts for the Afflicted
The Smitten Household Or Thoughts for the Afflicted
Samuel Irenus Prime
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Can I bring him back again ? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. " " Can I bring Mm hack again V A sad inquiry. Can I bring him back again? JSTot Would I? Perhaps he would. Perhaps we would. But c^y^ I ? Had tears availed to save, the child would not liave died. Had prayer prevailed, the boy would yet be living, the joy of his parents' hearts, and the light of their eyes. But he is dead. He is gone. Could human skill avert the death-blow, he would have been saved. But all was done... that skill could do, and yet he died. And there he lies. Can I luring him to life again ? I may weep, l)ut my tears fall on his icy brow, and he feels them not. His heart is still. He breathes no more. The love and wit of men are alike in vain to restore the spirit of this lifeless clay. Speak to it, and it hears not. Kiss it, and its lips are cold. Press it to your bosom, and it is not warmed. The child is dead, dead ; and can I bring it back again ? Ah ! if I could ! If rivers of waters running down my eyes, if oceans of tears would float his spirit back to this deserted shell that once was animated with his precious THOUGH GONE.
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