text_original: He had smoothed my hair and told me not to cry ; God would bless me for being a good child. He was a member of the session when I joined church; his voice in prayer had soothed mother's hard journey through the dark valley; and now, as mayor of the city, had ordered its illumination in honor of the bat  tle of Buena Vista, and this, too, on Saturday even  ing, when the unholy glorification extended into the Sabbath.
text_transcription: HE HAD SMOOTHED MY HAIR AND TOLD ME NOT TO CRY GOD WOULD BLESS ME FOR BEING A GOOD CHILD HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SESSION WHEN I JOINED CHURCH HIS VOICE AND PRAYER HAD SOOTHED MOTHER'S HARD JOURNEY THROUGH THE DARK VALLEY AND NOW AS MAYOR OF THE CITY HAD ORDERED ITS ILLUMINATION IN HONOUR OF THE BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA AND THIS TOO ON SATURDAY EVENING WHEN THE UNHOLY GLORIFICATION EXTENDED INTO THE SABBATH
phonemes: hiː hæd smˈuːðd maɪ hˈɛɹ ænd tˈoʊld mˌiː nˌɑːt tə kɹˈaɪ ; ɡˈɑːd wʊd blˈɛs mˌiː fɔːɹ bˌiːɪŋ ɐ ɡˈʊd tʃˈaɪld. hiː wʌzɐ mˈɛmbɚɹ ʌvðə sˈɛʃən wɛn aɪ dʒˈɔɪnd tʃˈɜːtʃ; hɪz vˈɔɪs ɪn pɹˈɛɹ hæd sˈuːðd mˈʌðɚz hˈɑːɹd dʒˈɜːni θɹuː ðə dˈɑːɹk vˈæli; ænd nˈaʊ, æz mˈeɪɚɹ ʌvðə sˈɪɾi, hæd ˈɔːɹdɚd ɪts ɪlˌuːmᵻnˈeɪʃən ɪn ˈɑːnɚɹ ʌvðə bˈæt tˌiːˌɛlˈiː ʌv bjˈuːənə vˈɪstə, ænd ðˈɪs, tˈuː, ˌɔn sˈæɾɚdˌeɪ ˈiːvən ˈɪŋ, wˌɛn ðɪ ʌnhˈoʊli ɡlˌɔːɹɪfɪkˈeɪʃən ɛkstˈɛndᵻd ˌɪntʊ ðə sˈæbəθ.