The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-10-01
A Picture OF Home InIu-
ence.
BY MRS. POLLEN.

ence.
BY MRS. POLLEN.
The beauty and moral truth OF the
following picture Of Home infiurnce.
and woman's learning 60 the right will
be Acknowledged by al.
Dear Edward said his wife,
'.yoa have someihing On your mind:
your brow looks troubled; what is
ifsD
/" Only anxiety about business.
Amy. How often have 1 wished that
| had NOT bern bred merchant! But
my mollrr said IL was favarlie wish
Of my father that should be an ac-
compIished merchant"
al have sometimes wished SO, too, /"
answered his wife; sand then again,
| remembered that the very evils
which brIong 10 your profession may
be turned into good. He that has u
In his po~er TO do wrong v lib inpuni.
~. though he gains by il. yet chuos-
Is the right, by which no loses. is the
most eloquent preacher Of righteous
ness
VERY true. Amy; but sometimes
this is indeed cutting or the right
hand. and plucking out the right eyr;
and then thinking always about mo-
ney aud bargains has such contract.
ing influence upon ones mind"
But how often, Edward, have
heard you say that no man has such
vide and various connexions with the
human race. as O we'll educated, up,
right and active merchant. Every
part Of the world sends him its Fri.
butte Of knowledge, a. we'll as Of rich.
es. He sees men under all aspects
and while he may with q certain dc.
gree Of security. indulge in dishoncs
~, aud be the enemy OF his fellow
men. perhaps no man can be so true
and self sacrificing. and efIicien
philanthropist. as q Christian mer
chant"
Ill is not always so easy as yo,
may imagine, for q merchant 10 &C
as remembering that he Is under hi
great Taskmaster's eye."
.Not for all, or some men; but 70
). you, Edward, the difficulty would b
, 10 act otherwise. When | think d
your profession, il gives me plea
sure 10 notice that merchants In gen
erai. as they acquire property NOR
easily. are most disposed 10 spend
: literally"
I" Yes" said Edward. as his ey
r kindled at the thought: "the create
propnrtiun of our public benefactoI
have been nj rchsnts. Their none
has given eyes TO the blind and ears |
the. deaf, health to the sick aud peac
and comfort 10 the forsaken; il feed
Q and iustructs the ignurant and poor
!. II sends the glad tidings OF salyatio
: to the unbeliver and penitent; il TAX,
little children in its arms and blessC
them. But ell this Curious pust
supposes wealth. Amy"
sand ypu, dear Edward, sre rio
: enough to enjoy this highest Of Q
s privileges. the dispensing Of good
J, others. You have cause only e
!. thankfaIness. But the poor, unsu'
, cessful merchant, who has not I'll
means Of educating his childreI
V whose spirits are broken down by fai
. ures, and whose temper is soured b
: what he considers the injustice or di
e honesty Of Others. perhaps even OF b
j. own friends, he is the man who, pc
), hsps, may be excused for finding Eau
with his profession. My heart sch'
Cor him."
- Edward started up, and W alked ha
70 tily backward and forward Ihroue
ID the room. as IL he had been seized wi
{. some sudden and intolerable pain.
"What is the mstter!" said b
~ vile. "Are you ill!"
4 Oh. nothing; nothing of cons
" quence," said Edward. "l hsppe
as ed to think Of something rather u
al pleasant then. IL is late now, b
o. lieve. and my hesd aches"
n, They retired for the night. L
is next day, Edward looked depress
Nv and thoughtful. and as il he had pas
!. ed a slecplsss night. Amy W
!. troubled by his silence. This "
as the first cloud that had rested on b
20 husbands Draw since they were mi
pi' ried.
in .He has," she said 10 herself, /"
al has always conGded every thing
Mt. me. He will tell me what il is Il
,o. hangs so heavily upon his spirl
He will never shut me out from
:" sorrows, any more than his joys
M She thought when he returned IT.
is the contingencies for the day. q
ion he locked more free and happy. thou
ln- he was still silent aud thoughtful.