Dust and Disease

on the bosom of the troubled ocean. I have seen those truths illumine with a light from heaven the dim eyes'soon to be closed for ever by the cold iand of death. These truths are more dear to me than all that Nature can teach me, because they touch my inner life and consciousness. I learned those truths as a little child upon my mother's knee; I cherish them in my heart of hearts ; and in defence of them, if opportunity should offer and God should count me worthy, I would gladly lay down my life.