Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-11-07
TUE FIRST DAUGHTER OF EVE.
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tue Hsves OF the vine that clustered u-
but the bower of 1--we, as she Law with
ser pale cheeks and -ianguid limbs. her
hrst born resting upon her breast. Al
am led has sons 10 the Geld, that their
sports might no, disturb the repose OF
our hrst mother-nnd the low murmur
o. the nay cascadc, the in1nuto nous
NUN OF ins' cts. aud happy twi't-r Of the
unfiedged bird. all wooci her To slum-
Ger, Yet she slept no.. She looked with
q mothers deep, unu:te rable love upon
the lace Of her b,be, yet tears were in
her eyes, und anxiety upon her brow.
Herself the last. the perfection of the
Creators workmanship, she stili mar.
ye'isd at the surprising beauty Of her
daughter. She looked i~o its dark. llo
u'd eye, and drank deep from The loun-
tain OF mental love. She pressed lis
smsH foot and hand 10 her full heart.
and iclt again The bitterness of trans
grcssi"n. She II ought OF Paradise,
whence she had expelled her G. i.drcn'
Sne thoughto Of gencra,iocs 30 come, who
might curse her for their misery. She
thought OF The sweet beauty OF her
ch,ld, on whom she had cntai ed sorrow,
suffering and icrap;alioa. She set il
murmuring at tho fountain OF life,
while 1t stretched lis little hands to her
bps. She turned asiic the thick leaves
OF the grape Vine aud looked out upon
the still blue sky, over which scarcely
moved the thin. white clouds NV
daughter she f;inlly ariiculated, thou
knowest not The evil have done thee
Let nc teach thee so To live, that thou
mayest hereafter obtain in another
world the Paradise thou hast LOST in this
lost by thy mothers guilt o! INV
daughter! would that alone might suf-
Ter, that the whole wrath OF my offend
ed Creator might fall on my head, aud
thou, and such as thou might escaee.'
The teaIs-the penitence of Eve
prevailed; Heavenly messenger was
despatched to console her-to lift her
thoughts TO better hopes and less gloom
y anticipaiIons Since the sin OF our
hrst parents and their Punishment riom
Paradise, those Ange. visits have Leen
slew and far batween." and our rst mo
ther hailed his approach with awe and
pleasure.
'Eye' kindly spake the divine visit
ant, 'thy sorrow and thy peniI-nce ore
well known 10 thy Creator, and though
thy FAULT was great, lie We careth Tor
thec. As thou didst not obey the com
mands Of God, death has been brought,
indeed, upon Thy poslerity, but thy chill.
dren may not curse thee. Thy daugh>
terra shall initiate thy peniience, and su
secure the favor of Heaven 10 each
ono shall be given, n spirit capable OF
resisting temptation, and assimilation to
that holiness from which thou has: de-
parted. Though sin and death has en-
tered the world by Thy means, thy chill
dren will have only their own sins to
answer Tor, and may not justly reproach
tbs error
True, Lord responded Eve, sbut the
altered sky, the hard earth that scarcely
yields lis treasures TO the labor Of Ada m,
and the changed natures Of the animals
that once meekly aud kindly sported to-
gcther, all tell me Of my disobed. ence :
srd ny daughter will turn her eyes up
on me with suffering and trial come,
and that look will reproach me as the
cause. ! am told that our children shall
equal ~ number the leaves Of the green
wood, and the earth shall hereafter be
peoPled win beings like ourselves. 1
shrink 10 think OF the mass oil sorrow
have brought upon my daughter.'
She looked iOndly upon her babe, and
bmidly raised it toward the bene6cent
being who passed al her bower when
men shall become numerous. and there
shat: be many such beings as these, fair
aud trail, may not their Beauty She
paused and looked anxiously up.
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request shall be granted. am sent to
bestow upon thee whatever thou shalt
ask for This thy rst born daughter
Il scarcely know resumed Eve, thus
encouragsd-'but | would ask for this
first daughter Of an erring mother,
something TO warn her even Of the an.
preach OF sin-somothing that will
whisper caution and speak OF Innocence
aud Turity. Something, Lord, that will
remind her OF Paradise. Hast thou not
all that, Eve, in the voice wilhin-ihe
voice Of scOnscienreP Eve dropped her
bead upon her bosom.
but That monitor may be disregard
ed my daughters may, like their un>
happy pasent stiAe its voice, and heed
lessly neglect its warnings. would
havesomething that when battery would
Inislead. beauty bewilder, or passion
lead astray, would outwardly, as u were.
bid them to take heed, warn them 10
shrink from the very trial Of the ser
Prni whose insidious poison may corrupt
and destroy. Hast thou nothing that
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