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MISCELLANY*5^ s
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I^raguay. tl
Public attention lias been called to l'ara- tc
gnay by the late message of the President, Iand
"by the news that the Brazilian Govern- ol
mentis preparing to inVadethe "inlaqd fu
Japan of America." The history flfe'lftiat c<
^.rltlnlro n has. in some res- i til
VV",,",v' \ J , ?
^ects, the charm of romance mingled with
the marvellous, whether we regard the A
nourishing communities founded and j)eace- pi
'fully governod by the Jesuits, or the ty ran- tl
?iy by which Francia "crushed the land, and A
concentrated iu his own despotic personage i ol
tlie "State" " with tenfold more truth tiian C
ever Lon??XIV. centred in h^ftself the powr.
er of.-France. IK1 ^ In
In order .for a right understanding of our;; vv
difficulties with Paraguay, and the causes" fu
of Brazil's imbroglio with'the same country, s^
let us examine the past condition of this p|
The earliest Spanish -community founded on u
't--~ -oj?-p at.v
tlltt UIIJUUUW -i*i IUO uo a-?\ \V
Plata. * - I
In 1518; De Solis, the Spanish navigator,' tli
entered the largo-stream ttow known as the di
liiver I'latte. Majellg^in T539,jailed into ai
the same river, btiVnot finding\i? " a strait w
voyaged southward and discovered that en- e<
trance to the PaCiQp, which stilUbcais his lil
name.. The discovery of the fertile and-do- tl
lighlful upper co'unWkt; which extends on i ci
cither sido of tlia Iliv/er I'laLte, was reserved 111
* for old SobastiarfQabot?or Cabot?that w
Engiish-born Vedelian who discovered La- cj
brador, and seems to hftvo'entered Hudson's 111
JJav- In 1526, he sailed under the auspices I'
of a eonjj^nny formed at Selvillc, to trade t<i
with the Mbluceafe via the newly discovered '
strait of Mjtjelian,'" but thtfimitiby <5fya part ?<
? . 1 I JTI 'ill _ 1 I ..
oi ins wew lorccu mm iu sul tuu rcuus as- w
,* * ' r \ <tr %m
IiomNo-Brazil, and 6nall#t4giVe. up the l>,
the pacific. Hb entered' tluT-La Vi
Plauijir .explored to^nSe etf^thte^rana, $
foft&ea' VmRprary BcUlements, and tsept l<
home an account of his dracover-t^- 'i/l'tifl
ni'gfichaula Af Sevi lierfepsfed to supjpattr'bitri, I
but hoJouud'ia ttio-Kvjg a.^wtrou altogctli' P
er|ajo%aWe. ' *u 11
Ilc.^xpl^red the Paranypnd ^bfen dea- - v
cen^Jd it$> tho Pafiguay1, whiwlfttter ho
ascended as far-ao the river "S^feejo, where "
lhp'jwis; att$c?fl,by J^e Paraguas,-aj$$jkeJ c
Lion. This individual ascended to a certaii
point and engaged with tlio Indians, the
victory resting with the Spaniard. Imme
liately after the battle^ ho croctcd a fort
ivhich lie called Assumption frotn the da}
>u which the engagement took place
\volas was afterwards slain, when on his
vay to Peru, and Mendoza having died
he Spaniards deserted the lower settlement,
same to Assumption, Sfi'dielected their own
iovernor. Thus, says an old account, thev
yero all called together "in the form-of-s
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vjjuuiic, jhiu ncrc i>i*gins ine History 01
Paraguay, with Irala for ils (Governor.
1538.)
TIjo natives wero more civilized than
hose of the l'auipas. They cultivated coru,
nandioca, sweet potatoes and cotton. They
ipun and wove the cotton. A conspiracy
>r two caused a sound eastigation to bo administered
by the Spaniards, who finally
lealed all wounds by marrying Guaraui
vivos and adopting the Guarani language.
Plius sprang up a/race which to day coin>oses
the chief part of the civilized populaion
of Paraguay; a race of which an old
Spanish writer in 1G12 wrote: "They are
oramonly good soldiers, and of great valor,
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luiiiicu 10 war, skuiui in me management
fall kinds of arms, excellent riders, and,
hove all, very obedient and loyal subjects
fhis.M.'ijesty. Thfe woman arc generally
f noble and honorable sentiments, virtuous
nd beautiful, endowed with discretion ; illustrious
and well skilled in all kinds of
eedlo work, in whieu they are continually
ngnged."
'PI... K"m? r.f .1?
- VI M|/liiUj IV 1V.V_.U1 IU IIIU iliau
Kepuklic" ii? America, did not entertain
le notion of an independent colony of
paninrds, and*sent out Cabcza de Vaca to
isuine tlxo government, with the title of
Ydelatitado do Rio do la Plalta." Vaca
nded at St. Catharines, in Brazil, and
ignce pushed across the country to Asimption,
where his office wasacknowludgi;
but in a few months he was deposed,
id seut hack to Spain, under false accusad11
of mal-ndministration. Irala was af
rwards confirmed in power by the King,
nder one of his successors, the necessity
' a port at the mouth. of the river was jo
It tba^A colony,, 'in 1580, nearly a liitlf
Mitury lifter the establishment of Assuinpan,
was begun at Buenos Ay res.
Up to 17^G, all tlio Southern Ilispanomerican
countriep, except Chili, were a
art of the great ^ captaincy of 1'cru. At
lat time, the Vice-lloyalty of Buenos
yres was formed, which included the whole
what is now known .as the Argentine
onfederation, Paraguay and Uraguay.
Iq the meantime, the colony of Paraguay
ad became flourishing. A large part/of it
the field where the Order of Jesus had
ill swqtf in carrying out their wonderful
stem of religio-worldly .policy. Villages,
IrtntatiowsjT churehes and sclrools, sprang
p in the wilds of Paraguay; vast herbs
ero ix?a,red amid tlio forests which cover
re'undul&tiug lands that stretch away from
ic vast rivers. The effects of systematic inusiry
were seen on every hand. Reading.
idjKording, singing, praying and dancing,
eiw**certamly. ..evidences of a happy and
)nleuted state^oF existence. But their
fc was not tbatf.of unbroken- ..quiet. Bates
with heathen tribe?, conies with avarious
Spaniards, who feared neither God
Dr man, and above all the terrible wars
~v ' {/
aged agatost the Reductions, as they were
illed, by the Brazilians, who traversed imicnse
tracts of wilderness to enslave the
idians, tended to keep both teadlijfW-ntid
night in a condition not to beoa^igjlfcf At'
n'frfll ii'linn lli'A nrtionf /.f
u^vn, < mvii n wi vi. i?y viuvi ivuini"
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1 by Ignatius Loypla/liad excited the
bole Roman Catholio world, Charles 11 J,
y u decree, drove tbora fro pi theirinbind
jljeat; where., ihey had fondly-supposed
jey were cas fiftoly established nilbcir
yrmjf rivers- \tbteh thunce swept ibeir
r?tery4reasufc8 They left
Paraguay atmdHbe, 4boiflyI?0,006
upilS} which stood ready^to-.dybaltle for
iiejrfttMritunl leaders,bufthe self-abnegation
'bieb-has ever ohiiractc'rizGd tlio o/der in
'9 'far-rcaelftjJjr ^Qipe?; wjjs ^cVqr^netC
ianilest titan* *cuyfie&tly. .entrotfV
d thc-Indians, to lay_c/o^fc^t Uk>?s arms and
irtfetoliirfri wifciiBrt&riA'ashm'' -.V L&
i river, refused fo acknowledge its authority.
i Tlie J unto.resolved lo enforce if, and son!
an army of invasion against tlie Paraguay.
, ! ans, which was soundly flogged by iho lat
; ler. .Paraguay then, in 1S1I, declared its
. j own independence of Pitenos Ayres, and in
? ! 1 SI0, along with all the other lliver PlalU
, ' provinces, formally declared its soparatioi
, J from Spain. Previous lo this, Paraguay
> i organized its government, which consisted
' i of a president and four "assessors," electee]
' I bv a Congress. Tho acting Secretary ol
t : this J^nta of Assessors was one Don Joseph
i | (Jasper Lodrigucs do Francia?the life and
soul of the Administration. Iji 1814 Francia
succeeded in getting himself nominated
, Dictator for three years, and twenty-foui
months afterwards he was confirmed as Dictator
for life. Then commenced that wonderful
insulation from the rest of the world
j which hus astonished every one, while it
! has elicited the approbation of a few.
Among the latter is Mr. Carlylc, who has
written one of his most characteristic essays
on Dr. Francia.
Francia proved himself a most unscrtipiti
lous tyrant. Ho filled tho^ i,prisons with
j those whom he suspected of being opposed
j lo him ; lie meted out, torture, banishment
I and death, with no sparing hand. He
I nearly exterminated the old Spaniards and
! tlih clergy, and arrogated to himself all the
i powers of the I'ope.
Ho almost annihilated thc.eomniorce of
I t # .
I the county bv his exclusive sytyem; foreign
] merchants were detained against their will,
I or expelled from the country at the pleasure
J of the Dictator. Naturalists likoBonpland
I were imprisoned, and the completed non-in!
?...o i <i i
, luiwvuiow ????? luumuiim ^ 1111 uh; aui iuuijui
ing countries. The army was llie mainstay
j of the Dictator, through it is not among the
I lyss curious inquiries concerning this reMnarkablc
ipan, h^v it was possible to main|
tain his influence over ou array who pay
: consisted of had beef ?
! The suspension of foreign trade had, however,
the useful result of making the inhabitants,
who depended too much upon the
spontaneous productions of the forests, (tim
! ocr ana matcT) ami ot their loving herds,
! turn llieir attention to agriculture and other
industrious pursuits.
In 1820, the ravages of the locusts destroyed
the growing hold*. The Dictator
"ordered the people lo sow a second crop.
The result was a double crop, to the sur;
oj-ise of lliQ old farmers, who never drcampl
! of such a thing in (lie samejear.
Bui an end was put to. this state of affairs
by the death of Frantfia in 1840. He was
eighty-five years of age, and for nearly thirty
years of ago, and for uoftrly thirty ycarsiiad
ruled over Parnguay1 with tin iron hand.
seven or eight hundred persons wore in (.lie
prisons at "the time of 'Lis death?some of
whom had been loaded >vjth irons for twonly
years, without knowing the cause of thoir
afrgst; and a list of fifty persons ba shot
was. found among his gapers*, 'l'ho ActiTary
of llie Dictator kept the knowledge of Francia's
death secret for several hours, and then
r communicated with some of the officers iff
Assumption. Thoyvsoon sent-the Actuary
to prison, and a general congress pas summoned,
tfhich, in March, TB-J1, elated two
consuls for three years, one of whom, Don
Carlos Antonio Lopez, is the President of
Paraguay, at the^present time, and whose
! highhanded .measures toward Brazil and1
die United States wijl, doubtless, 6oon'?fcsult
either in material satisfaction to both"
natiQns, .or the chastisement of Paraguay. 1'
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A TtXriVW it.vess.?The fallowing dialogue,
which occurcd several years ago LieUveer)'
(Vliiwjer and a witness, in <1 jifstieofe
court, riibt a., great many thousand milfes
l^bm/tbis-pjace, is worth relating.
It.seem* that Mr.-,j8n.e9loatlefltMr. Smitha
horse, which died^vljile in his (Smith's-)
possession^- i&r. -r^ouglit suit to re<
oyer the vjftb'e of tbo.fWrse, attributing his
deathrto bftd treating*. l>urinjr tue couiW
of the trial a witneajH^Mf. Brown).wa8*calIcd
to tbo i?ttm4ai0 *te&tifyas to Liqw "Mr.
SrTtitfr.freJW^?<^e^l, "
LwweYc^(witb' d < ?a*yi confidenco
involiinJ?^ille)^sir,- bow*dooa^tr.
Su^iili-generallyryde a. bor6ci"
; ., .\Yifoew?(with a very merry twioklein
t, speaking in. hi* snujctlleat toDys) '-Bui, i*ir,
w.WrrfaefcJ any
THE ERRING DAUGHTER.
i ?*~
yv auol.sta iu-:iu:i-:ur.
1 "But mother, why may I not marry
. ! Charles Hastings ? I do think it's cruei
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, of you lo refuse your consent, when you
, i know how much I think of him. I'm sure
! I you. don't seem a bit like my own kind
, mother. What, dors make you so set
1 against Charley V
11 "I have not the least ill-will against
Cj Charles, far from it; 1 am very anxious
, | to se?s the young man prosperous and happy
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i mil in; irt IIUU :i man WHO COUIU 111JIKC. mv
i daughter liappy. Sho lias taken a feverish'
fancy to his han;lsotne face and his largo
. I seal ring, ami T havo oo doubt that she believes
her heart will break-as sho bids hiiu
a final farewell?but, Alice, your mother
i lias liveil more years than yoivhay.Oj.and has
| seen many broken heart liea}$tfj|aiauy floods
; of tears dried, and you will certainly see the
! day in which you will tlianlono for forbidding
this union, and breaking oil'your intimacy
with the yittWg man in question.?
Von did very wrong not to apprise me long
ago of what was going on. It might have
saved you both much disappointment."
"Hut, mother, what have you against
Charles?"
"1 have already told you that he has not
been properly brought up. Jle has no education,
nor has he tlio .force of ambition to
seek for one. lie has a violent and unrea,
?r>nri1>!.? Ji?intv?i* nti.l in-nir nnd
, ? *"""j
[ gentlemanly ways. In short, he is not by
! nature or education such a person as c-oi}|d
' possibly satisfy the heart of a refined and
| sensitive woman, such- as I hope my daughj
ter is bccotuing. Submit to your mother's
i judgement, my child, lias she not always
; guided you in the path of peace and .happiness?"
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V
Allieknew she had so guided her, but in
. her present inood, she didn't want to say
: so. She therefore muttered some ungrac^,
j ous things about people who have married'
i to suit themselves, always being so unreaI
sonable when other people want to do the
'same thing. \/; *
'J'he mother took iro notice of this- b?
j havior, thinking that Allio would, of herself,
sooij see how ungrateful mid disrespectI
fill she'had appfcllted, awj corno and ask fpr;
giveness. This had been frorijf childhood
i her usual com so But Allio was changed
j by the blind passion that hid taken full
! possession of her. Mrs. Ileath had no ad:
equate idea of the strength of-her daughter's
! feeliug for Charles EEastiugs. If bIio ' had.
| been aware of the control that, by maggcr
j tistri or some other means, the recklcs9^'
1 though attractive-looking voting man . ha<V
I acquired over Alice, she would have felt.!
; like hastening .with her from the fitrclOv. of ,
baneful influence. As it was. she did
f - * '"
not worry at ajl. Shefejt grieved for the-borrow
which her daughter felt, but consoled
herself with the idefi that it would' soon
pnss. "Her child Ijad never disobliged her,
fand she did not ilream that she eve/ would,
do so. What, then', was her astonishment 1
as well as alartn and distress, when ?
ei
was one morning missing fjroiu her chamber
and from her homo. 'Her bed had not
been touched. Upon her pijiow v^as a notedirected
to Mis. Heath. IIu^iedFy tearing"
it open, "the griof slricken parent. Tead
that her only child, her darlihg daughter,
who, in her imagination had been inculpable
of such Wickedness, had deserted Jwf
elopo with Gbarles lTastings, inoy wpuW bo
baek,,the note said, as soortTts th^jrj^re
mfrv.rwd/aml iaSptbQr?nujit trj Aini iojgjWj
Uicm. Blic waaso gooa,. thiey "vttte
thotsho woulc^furgn'#Uiera ^lic^Hli&i1(n,?l^
thevwere re^y ip^"~aod Vrifey
ouyht to V;.
Mis. Heath sat down ; ani ., bad a bptths
withlierself. ^Wh'fen-sbg'.aroac^it
tbe detcrminatjpp'to m.iltft'tbe b6st
ntjrat' She set tbo setryaats immediately 4ijworic,
to fit np.p cbanf^|at< fot-tho young-'
oonptey f<5Kstio at oM^^i>^r?tpod Wat-etefc
was to bavo the?l> both to take:,(jjije '6L
^efc^J<?'Ha?tiM^cirer' 'earnj^g ftia <o'?%
*
LtfL. ** ~ - -..Vx--. -
son-in-law only by Requesting liitu and bia
Wife to sit down to sugper. Twenty hours
of uninterrupted intercourse with Hastings
had not made him any more interesting or
attractive in the opinion of Alllie.. Sad to
relate, now she h;ul liiui, in spite of mother,
fate^ind all the \vorld, he did not seem, l?y
many degree", so desirable an object as he
had seemed the day before. Already she
was beginning to soe him with her mother's
eyes?already she was beginning to feel
that her mother's, prophecy would prove
true.
And it was not two years?it was hardly
a year and a half?before there was a divorce
bv mutual consent. Charles* beinr*
, - - - O
exasperated beyond all control by Allio's
exhortations to go t& vork, to find some?almost
any honest?business, to try and be
somebody. And 'Alljg^was- disgusted to
loathing by-Charles' vftfat of Jill the clomouts
of soul which go to inflike. tlio true
man. ?
Bitterly, bitterly, wasttbo foolish disobo;
dience of the erring daughter punished, and
I deeply did she repent, Her mother
cvsry means in her power to improve
Charles and to create harmony between
him and his wife; but finding all effort to
bo worse than useless, she finally gave up
to their desire for a divorce, thinking wisely
that people who live together but to render
each other miserable, bad far better be apart.
There are unpleasant memories now between
the mother and the daughter, but no
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hard feelings. They live -once more in
l>eace, if not in perfect happiness. And it
is whispored that Allie is learning now, in a
practical way, that~there is a vast difference,
between the blind &nd fiery infatuation
whichsonoo call love, ami the deep and tender
truth of the rcal;Jieaven born passion.
Daughters, trust the heart of your mother.
It is thS' truest and best of the hearts of
earth.
vThi^IJest ScifOLAu.??In every school
there is ono who*is called the best scholar.
Teachers and pupils hate no difficulty in
deciding who is entitled to this honorable
distinction,; and when we onco heard the
ViVI KAWJiWIIIf 119 (I UI I^ui-t-yuu
Iroy. entered tbo room, "Here comes Frank ?
lie is the best bov inthe school," we thought',
"What n good introduction to ft new teacher
?" After becoming acquainted with the
scholars, we found that they had told the
tiuth. Frank was the best /boy in the
schpol, and. will no doubt become one of the
'bestmqn in thecity. Think of it, boys. "The
beat boy in school." Who .woulc^. not .bo
..proud of .such a Li tic ? It"*is. AYprth more
3?an millions of dollars. But perhaps^ some
ebholiirs will sn'y, MVecan VftHbathe best,"
This is true ; but you havjo a right to try ; >
and the one who will try the hardest will
succecd, for: there is power.. in . that little
vjtoril. try: Frank oouHnpt be tb&rbesfr-boy
tho. school ifihe Vdid not lry-. - If . you
rnannot be the "best be careful ia'nd'^not' be
the wo/st. - Eybyyichpol lias oAe boy^who
is wojue1 than another-scho^r* Wepity. ?
liiinJ^;iwrQ. pity.. fii? parcfits} liis bfo'tliera.apd
"sisteW^ Wbat" V disgraceful -title?-"Tho in
school!" He will' lid doubt
';tfe?gn>e one ofUlie jyojrat men in .the community.
.-Let every boy \fh<*i$?faibi8 reWrveto
be "tbe'bes&boyindfcbool,
t v f ' . -; > .V- ?&>* ; ^; ?;
. j&triisr ^iii6ija.;~Sorne'plodtlinifl^ '
:gcniu4-M9 ^ucoyehsdf,-while v apeijaingAiS;,'
{^fiOTal^-tte^po^:<>n.v metagramatifcecl,., :
igrat^befglbt^tt'm^tlie :(bli<wing~<^<F6it{li
position, tliey will forii>.what inav be tcrmed
au anagrauMc pftHndromfrfr
#iffS58&*2 ?.
^Kni
M :i"v1 ?,'4 . ' * v . V
The fife's Appeal #
Come near ipe, lot'me lay my hnnd
Once more upon thy Brow,
. And let me whisper in thine ear
Love's Inst and fondest row. j?&.
The lips that breathe these trembling words
"Will soon be cold in death,
And thy dear check can feel no moro
Their warm and loving breath.
t r~?,? ii!? . ?i.. i
a. jju IIVUI UICU | uwu VIIIJ nuuwoHow
I have longed to stay?
How 1 hove shudered thus to tread
Tlio 'one ud shadowed wa; ,
Fnilli tolls me that I boou may kuow
Tlie joys the blessed fiud,
And yet I fulter When I cast
A lingering look behind.
I see thee bowed before mo here,
In bitterness and tears,
But I can leave thee something still
To light thy weary years.
Young tender forms will cling to thee
l'tsrhaps will miss toy tone,
And though they may not share thy grief,
Thou wilt not feel alone,
Fold them still closer to thy breast, *
And soothe their childish woe,
And cheer the many lonely hours
The motherless must know.
'l'be world with all its hopes and joys,'
"Will sometimes mnke thee glad,
But they must linger round a hearth
All desolate and sad.
Ahd O! when-time shall calm thy grief,
l'ercliance the h(htr may come,
"When thoU.wiit; Vfin another form
To slinro tby^ciirfc and home: . r?"
"When tlioa wilt \Velc9jj1e to thy board
A younger, fairer facc,
And l>i(1 thy children smile on her
Who takes their mother's place.
But thin': not, could I speak to thee,
Tliat 1 would frown or lilame,
Though tlniy should love the stranger one,
And call her by thy name;
For they will speak to thee of me,
Mv memory is their trust,
A word, a smile^n look like mine.
Will call me from the dust
Yet make my grare.no place of tears, ,
But lut the dear ones bf ing,
Tn r?]iAPi? Irtualtr i?f.rrto
..v. -
Tlic blossoms of the spring. *
And even there, thou foo, tnny'abknecl,
And softly press the eaHh > '
That covers her whoseYnee once gave,
A brightness to thy-hearts
? $?* r a., .
fl/en ttilftlre foftrts of etfrly yenri "
Steal softly to thy side, , " .
And fur nn hour thou caii'dt forget
Thou hast.another bride. .J
She may be nil thy heart'ean oak,
So dear, so true to thee,
But Of the spring timer of 4liy love,
Its freshness was for We*
"" i
May ?jl)o}bc Ijles^who comforts thee",
.And^with:ft.gfjntl??l?#nd> ' 9
"* Still guide the little trembling ones * ^
W^hpmako o'Ur household band';
SM cannot Know the tenderpafls f
TIi at fills thoir raotherVbPtftst, v
But slle crtn love them forjhy?ak-a . ' /
Aud.uinkc thcni more tlmn blc^t.
Yet keep one place, one lityle pUiee,
From all tho'rest upnrt, .
One gjiot which-,* yill call "q-home,"
Within tljeir faithful heart; ,
And in the holy liojar of dreafn^; - AYhbn
spiritt fill thi?ir,
/ With ?eifd#rJcyo-TSnd folded .wings.
f - I'll softly pi it we there.
t, ?*** " , .?? - i. . . ?
... .
May &?&. torgivv .
I>^ i3 to-mortal? giveny
* n _i_ .r -
ii mxjvoi WWUD *
. From liappjjQc^ancl heftven.
And yet J.'
When th<S:ff{.iIrlife,ia a'?rr' ('
' Bui wa tcl* till aM'ni'y lo\;c<l ooeg coine'"
WJiire-VE shall mesi'td po naioro. >"?
t 5 v j#' n", v. ' *
it i& at '
plkprabtipal^eb -yo&r^piaqls -lie/roulblied.
It, is pcrliapi?.th6"best aolidqte, ^{he^Jtccafreq.n??t^
iu? ^y;Qo;^folr^Ui^f^\ily.eoftrv
eo# it, the. eftliin
out ^
A Romarka"blA QoaVeralon.
"When a young^iDao^I^as clistiqgul^h^
in the community >vhere I lived for wickedness
aiftj- profanity. I/however,
strange as it may seem^ a~young kwoiAi|n?
most oXoniphiry pietVj and we at opce mot*
ed into our lijira't>lc houpoj 'fall of anticipations
of hnppiftes3 so commo^ witb tbtf
youog. jj''-\'v *jr ;;
As the "first" dAytfP dnf. residence in guf
new abode dr/iw to a clpse, th'e supped table
being removcd, my -wife, without,.?baying ft
WOffL blftCfid A liillft ofnnrl Kb hi4^biiI? taiA >
-4 . ' * - ?t. -V vy^j-v, ?r,
a little BiWo*tip'on It; a"nd sat dowry on the
opposite side' of tfrer hei??th'/ In 'ze^idfeijC
expectation thatj_ wotifld ?ondiiictfatniry
worship! Wim?could-F.dtf ? iSrj^irfV ^
manner spell bound, I?j?c!Oy/tf not 'ldis-'
appoinChofi'" Sh^knew npt!i'i<ig"of my pfrd-'
anity ami wi&Efcdness,., And yctiiow .cpiftikir
such a wretclias'I kneel - before '^Imi ilntGod
and uller words of jjTe?ftli6bXr^Yck:i.
did ? I read and prayed. But-O*As TtflSk
tHe naraQ of Jehovah ;upon aiy lij?,'^k?d^'.
for blessings in-the name df Christ, apd taadd
confession x>f.3iri,''!a senseof'iny . gniliVMKf
hypoerisy.stung mju aouK I rose from iriy
knees orte tlje, ,nrt>S ianserAple' of nUn!'
succeeded, ljjpw.ever, in partially recovering'
my s&'f-posscssjpn li^lRil of a- secreV^etet
initiation,, on .no'c^sider^tion^t'oyreld^a"
repetition of thfe net', ^'nd^thift^tHed^fo dia miss-the
matter from''my rai^d.. ^Anothei"
day rolled1 by-?another augset came. Again1,
tbe tea" table, wqs sprej^;..?^''ien^j^<;an^
before I ftasnwafe, thete a^nfy^sid^waa
the same stand, arrd oponifrtfcejartredreaded1
Bible, and iny4wifo 6catcU before mo in silent
expectation of .the. ^veriing^jfevotions..According
to a well-known' law bf^practicat
morality," having, yjelded onc^-jffoUnd myself
less capable of refusing.-.nowy andvonca*
mo'ft I read' the word- of God
kneeled, and with profane --tongue^,invoked
Divine blessing. A new honcof^f2Ucnij>oi^
mo 1?a dread, like Uzzabyl ^hbdlSrperiahi
for the crime of laying^gOdless ^adw upoii'
the sacred ark.- "the sins of a liffetimo, and4
those of>n'o common dye, stared me in the%
face, and as th\v '.'revived, I *.^ied." My.'
soul attd'Satan took the -part of the wife ofSob,
and bade mo "curSe'Qod abd^dje.?^:
And* was half .rniudecHo1 heed the ipjunb*
tio'tr." - * . :.. vTi"J
y?H* ^ Zr * n * +* w/
Morning cJ"m"e; btft*%oagfct with. 'itforily-a?
deeper anB'rtdie.'bppjeesive acusa of guH&'*
i open^not'. my'lips,1* but conKl th'Uik of" ?
nothing but tho"gnljtof bitterpress t had drunkr?:the-bands
of.iniquity which held me. t*
Ifffd^hea rd of God yfidfc'the. hearing c? th'?f
ear, bnt pqw fiffiii?. "eyes saw him and I ab^
Lorred myself iiv-dus't and nshes.: c".
cirevr'
tAbte .
b^piaced b^d^p^and the. fascination of v
ray wife's .pi^^innd Jpok,ofa^^tsjj^"
pectati6mwQtt|(|'fl^il^Tiic-so-4th'at^ I^oould'
not look' up. r^^V:.y uoUiiiig, but
coultjl^^irr^'jnvyfjK^^^neVj^ngor^^As^v
rily offered' * hla,-$ndi&* took$. j m
was made op^I*r^ii8.i$fcd,-? on#s&ciiJet-' A*
rope; litytg; iV\?ey)&clia?d
Tn.,a^
-- ^?*t^ok our tUi^^^nj^i to iijyai^jiU^
swppeM&gctficr. F I^ec^<in;tb|t r^oitijk
reakop^e&fjSjUfJto' "rfe).^ Jfoffiffotu6' rdpfo
nml foujul
Wq^,vwiiI-ovcrp<Ar6^ ^%^pit)trtjt^ |tty "
U^||rar? * *
grotiW^l^^farffrdifl'ny ^ierdtLTfnoWrriO^.