The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-10-01
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paimy days, when his voice had so often lied the
hall where they were met, with strains of the lofts
lest eoquenco. They had seen him Frustrated on
the grave OF his wife, in sorrow that refused con.
ISOLATION, and they felt towards him something of
that tenderness which we feel Foi the dead when
vice is recollected with compassion rather than
hatred, and scorn melts in forgiveness. Warmed
by a common impulse they contributed munifcent
~ and made immediate preparations for the erec-
ZION OF a new building the site of The old Mr.
franklin, who was aware of their movements, en-
tered the hall before they separsted.-It had been
'ohssshce lie mad met his former friends, associ
atea IN such respectable body, and few days
before he would have shrunk from ther glances
conscious Of his degraded condition Now strength
ened by solemn resoiution,h ne came among them,
and standing in their midst, he begged permission
to addr eos them few moments He began with
the history of his boyhood, and told them his par
entage, his flight, his temptation, his perjury and
guilt. His voice at first faherlug, but as he
proceeded 1t recovered much Of its former richness
of tone, and when he painted his remorse and
despair, his solemn resolutions of amendment and
his trust in Almighty God for strength to fulfil
them his eloquence rose to the most thrilling spS
Unity.
''For myself SAID he in conclusions II would
have asked nOthing-hoped nothing. I would
nave buried IN tho deepest solitude the memory of
my shame But have chiIdren-a daughter wor
my OF a better fate For her sake l aocit the res
toration of that confidence have so Justly for
feiled-thc birthrght have so shamefuly sold
Low as have sunk feel by the effort have this
moment made, that the in dwelling Deity has not
We, quite forsaken this polluted temple am sill
capable OF being master of myself, and with Gods
help will be so. 1 ask not for the hand of fellow
ship and friendship / want ii not till time shall
have proved the sincerity fmy reformation and
purified from def!enen, the dfunkard's name"
Here every hand was siGlu ltaneousIy extended
! in token Of reviving confidence. Some grasped
his, in silence and toars-others Gorvently bid him
God speed and promised HIM encouragement SYM
patty, and patronage.
The introduction II household scene more
than twcvemonth after this, will close the his
tory of the Drunkard's Daughter. MIR franklin
was seated at his Preside, reading: and when
he raised his clear, dark eye from the book, and
cast ii on the domestic group his side you could
read in his untroubled glance quetude se Prospect
and confidence. The red signet of inlemperancs
was swept from his noble brow; every look bore
witness to his Intellectual and moral regeneration
mad been made the instrument OF his salvation
bearing on the youthful snd lovely person sad
memente OF her fathers sin Her left hand lay
useless in her lap; it's sinews had been con,rao
ted by the Ores she smothered when snatching her
! mother from the Aames and she was destined TO
carry through life witness Of 6lia herosm and
devotion But her right hand was cIasped in that
OF Harry Blake, who, sanctioned by parental au
thority, had sought and received her welded
vows.
Kate refused for long time to assume the ss-
cred duties of wife, conscious Of her impaired
usefulness, but Harry pleaded most eloquently land
liarry's father declared that he considered the
cause OF her dependence a mark of glory and
honor. lie had forbidden his TO claim alliance
with a degraded name, but Kate had proved dur
ing her sojourn in his dwelling, that daughters
virtues could redeem fathers shame. Kate soon
learned to be reconciIed 10 misfortune, which on
~ endeared her the more 10 the hearts of her
friends She forgot to moarn over her physical
dependence, in fathers and husbands devoted
love- But,though dependent she not passive.
She shared all their intellectual pursuits read for
them wrote for them when weary from professional
tolls, and all that her right hand found do, "she
did diligently and in order" She was their in
spring mpanion, their modest counsellor, their
spiritual friend.
There was one more figure added to this dones
tic scene. A fair haired child sat on 11r Frankns
knee, and twisted her chubby fingers in his stili
raven hair 1t was the child once chradled on the
snowy bed whose blooming cheeks and bright lips
CORES poned with the rosebud, than the
drop, the pet name she bore.
'Let no man say, when he is tempted, L ana
tempted OF God :" or having yielded TO the
power Of tho temp,er, that like he giant slumbeng
IN tho lap OF Deliah, he cannot break the green
wtbs with which his passions have bound him and
find in after years the shorn locks of his glory us
tering once more around his brow.
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