Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-04-24

HSbSi "uu putcf eit'utlOn the spirU tnat "
is TO bcthe first teacher OF the future man,-
10 make tho hailowed sphere Of the mothers
aulhoriiy more sacred aud wider felt Thus
asbya secret alchymy it transmuies into
liner gold The most valued ore which has
been Ihlle priced, and hangs around the
neck OF beauty and LONELINESS, an ornament,
OF more enduring worth and brighter lustre
than the most shining gems. Woman, with
u poil OF majestic tenderness, and not with
diminished but added grace, moves on al its
call in the performance Of her ministry
Her JOY is heightened by its presence and
its voice summonng the world TO award 70
herself her righlful preroga,ive. Christian,
| ~ has done II for her aud through her for
the whole race. Around the altar where
she kneels with n iull heart, 10 own its
claims, aud pay her homage, she should
gather her vo,ive offerings OF domestic Joys,
and tar up on the pillar of its triumphs
should be seen inscribed us by feminine
hand, the hopes, the joys OF Home. She
may indeed dunk iio,n The cup with which
sorrow pledges her. but even Tor this reli
glon has its sw.el.ning drop TO render The
bitter draughl less buier, perrhance to turn
il into salutary mediciue Tor the soul.
We have said that there are joys peculiar
10 Home. These 100, We may add. are the
very happiness which are comparatively liz.
tie known where woman has not the elva-
tlon OF position TO which the gospel has in
iroduced her. The pure streams OF doncs-
TIC affection flow not. or with iurbd cur
rent in Pagan and Mohamedan lands The
appropratlng love OF the family circle en-.
lwInes not there around its objects; but the
inseated principle itself oil natural affection
which can with difficulty be wholly .iadlca-
ted from the human breast is dulled and I'M
tempered, so that by reason OF lis loss OF
point and elastic energy, il cannot penetrate
so deeply, and fasten the lender Gbies lar
enough into the core Of the heart TO bind
most lastinely TO It's right aim. Without
natural Affection is a characteristic which
desc riptive as ii is OF the extreme degrade
tion aud calousness, yet too aplly exhibits
The true state OF the heather world; and
where this is wanting, home and its joys
can hardly be known; the homeache which
turns the wanderer back 10 his fathers
house, TO the mother who bore him. TO the
sisters Of his childhood, and the embraces OF
brethren is feeling with which the ever
homeless boy can but lh,le sympathize. for
| WhttC tiobC obd JO)o uuNC ith uO
press, the threshold is crossed without re-
greet and gladly forgotten.
| Our train OF remarks has led US strangely
on. We have been more discursive Than
we intended; and already our limits admon-
ish US that it were well TO close these our lu-
cubraiions. We must, however make one
reference more. Wehave spoken OF Home
its elements; Home-ils hopes aud fears
ffome-its joys and sorrows. II is a spot
we love to think of to speak Of TO wIite
about. We have all mingled our hearts in
its scenes and known lis varying circum.
stances. Our spirits have reflected the lus-
ire oil its lights. and have worn its sables,-
Busy memory has been loquacious within
our bosoms, whispering of by-gone hours.
and of the living dead and with varying
cloud and sunshine upon us, we have
incurred or rejoIced 10 greet recollec-
lions which fresheh the turf upon graves
that long since were sodded, or restore the
fading hues to the pictures choicely kept in
the store-house OF the affections. Then why
should we not live ever as those who look
for that home the elements OF which alloare
in perfection without blemish 10 mar their
symmetry, its joys never shaded, for sor-
rows are left far belinda Peace reigns
There undisturbed. Joys cluster thick. and
hang on every bough OF the tree Of life,
lrutage OF love, benign and blessing all who
enter It's abodes, and minsle in its society,"
A family, brotherhood, home in heaven
Time sweeps not with his rapid wing over
the ever present 10 bring his forebodings of
painful change they count not the jewellers
there, by years, but deem, ages 100 brief to
he the measure line Of eternity. High over
all beams immortal day. Suns rise not and
sci again. God himself is their sun. theiI
light, and life. Thcre the pilgrim Of earth
who has caught here and there in his way
below and beneath his own roof.tree some
1 glimpse OF visions future breaking through
the obscuring veil. may gaze with satisfied
eye and full heart on the bright realizations
of an eternal home His spirit Ioneed for il,
but was WITHHELD by the wisdom that would
add its further discipline TO prepare him
with keener relish 10 dfink 10 the bliss (;
; and now it is all his own Slern-visaged
poverty, wan care, or sorrows rueful form,
will never knock nj that door; when he left
bis earthly home the child Of morality babe
them and all their Kindred. a lasting fare
we'll, How rich the pleasure for those who
: drink from the same cup, and sit Swallowed
and sheltered by the same roof, partakers
together Of common hopes and common
claim, 10 meet at last without tear 10 shed,
or line OF sadness to ask for pity and
with every purer feeling OF Home brought
up thither, 10 be made more holy in the
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