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tracked me through life , nor can I hope to leave it without having my last look blasted by their presence / "—» Vol . ii . p . 197 , He had to endure the heavy trial upon his death-bed .
Knowing * that he should expose his children to dishonour , persecution , and an exclusion from every career , by manifesting his disgust , he was obliged to confess himself and go through the ceremonies they prescribed for his soul . " He must resign even his antipathies in this last bitter draught of
mortality . He must humble himself before an ignorant , stupid monk , the personification of all the disasters of his life . ' Ah , ray friend I ' he would say , ' fly from this land of woe and oppression . Thank heaven that you are alone in the world , that you have no children who bear your name . You , at least , may save vourself this extreme paner , and die in
W V A . •— ' peace , and after your own fashion 1 ' " " The confession is begun : but the penitent has not even touched upon that which his ghostly father considers the most heinous of all crimes . * Have you nothing" else to accuse yourself of , my son ? Poise it well ; God is merciful to those who do not mock his forbearance . There is yet time . Does your conscience bear no other deadly burthen ? Speak ! — * None ! * — ' What , hermano ! have you not dipped , or , better to explain it , plunged , into the sacrilegious sea of crimes and vexations directed against the servants of God , by a spirit emanating from hell ? Are your hands pure of the blood of those defenders of God ' s anointed , and of his holy faith ? Hast thou not entered and laid waste the Lord ^ s vineyard .
sharing it with reprobates ? Didst thou not covet its fertility , converting such to thine own Binful uses ? Yes ! Son , descend into the depths of thy heart , —ask an humble pardon of God , and of his church , for these greatest of all offences—for thy wild subversive opinions' —for this yearning after the goodly possessions of the tabernacle ! * " This was torture to the ulcerated memory of Don Augustin ; he groaned aloud . ' Aye , brother , this is well 1 God hears the voice of repentance—the effusions of a contrite heart . Great , indeed , has been thv cruilt . God will pardon thee , as we do . Amen . '
" Large drops of perspiration stood upon the dying man ' s burning forehead ; his eye was blood-shot , and nervous contraction altered the usual expression of his countenance . The instrument of torture had ceased its action , but its effects remained . The sorrows and xniureckonings of his whole life had been concentrated into one pang b y the ministry of a monk , the last boon reserved for him by the church . ' Leave him , ' said I , 'he requires repose . '" ~ Vol . ii . p . 199 .
The visit of a second priest , who raved over the dying man , if given with equal force . The wretch actually shouted w the devil is on the watch , to seize your soul on its passage ! " Want of space alone prevents us from extracting this scene , as well as the fine description of the approach of the procession bearing the viaticum , to confer extreme unction . AVe . pass on to the ueath .
scene . " The apartment having been cleared of idlers , to receive the viaticum with due respect , I was tor a moment left alone with rny unfortunate friend . * Epijunio / ' murmured he , squeezing my hand ; ' este mundo es
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560 Madrid in 1835 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1836, page 530, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2661/page/6/
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