. Narrative of the life and suffering of William B. Lighton. (minister of the gospel.) Who was a soldier, bound for life in the British army and in which is contained an account of its character, and the barbarous method practised in punishing their soldiers; with an interesting account of his escape from his regiment, his capture, imprisonment, trial, and condemnation to death; his subsequent sufferings, and final escape from captivity, and from the British dominions. scenes throughwhich I had passed ; the troubles I had endur-ed, and the home I had left. Such were myemotions that I would fai
. Narrative of the life and suffering of William B. Lighton. (minister of the gospel.) Who was a soldier, bound for life in the British army and in which is contained an account of its character, and the barbarous method practised in punishing their soldiers; with an interesting account of his escape from his regiment, his capture, imprisonment, trial, and condemnation to death; his subsequent sufferings, and final escape from captivity, and from the British dominions. scenes throughwhich I had passed ; the troubles I had endur-ed, and the home I had left. Such were myemotions that I would fain have kissed the soilon which I stood, and when the boat arrived. Ifelt reluctant to leave the never forgotten shoresof Albion, and as I stepped heavily into theboat, I offered a silent prayer for the blessingof heaven upon my friends and myself. O ! must I a poor oxile ever mourn ;Nor after length of rolling years return 1Am I compelled to leave my friend* and home ;Id live mi more liealh the ancestral dome ?May kind heavn be our s^uide—our -teps defend,And may Thy bloving crown ue to the i\\ fifteen years I leave both home and landAn infant soldier to obey command. Immediately after arriving on board we wereall sent below and hatched down, to preventdisorder, or escape, and the next day, having afair wind, we weighed anchor and set sail, May22nd, 1821, and soon left far behind us thebeauteous and lovely scenes which every Ilillliiiil ilW IIill I m ill. 1 11 ■i ■p ■K rii;w Ktvfe ilWv ill III itiil
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