Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-01-04

lie that everywhere abound Enrer ~on,
n nue sphere with a calm, brave heart
t na' urn IN your love of adherence te
sae truth. Let no temporising consider
a s4o ever cause YOU to waver from thu
su5 :, OF right sentiments, when yor
nllu " Incumbent to speak. There i.
power N calmy spoken truth. 1t is ne
yer uttered in yain.'
You make me tremble at the NAOMI
tuue OF my responsibilities Cecilia said
nan smiling, and yet with serious eoun.
tenahce..
IN conscious weakness there is Otter
power If you went into society as an
seiI-confldent reformer, you would do
put li;tle good. But urged to your duty
IRON principle of right, your words
WI De like apples of gold in pictures OF
y shall, Of course Cecilia said, after
sitting silent for .some time after this re,
mark of Uncle Peter, meet some of my
ola TRENDS, who have sighted me in my
humble condition, as for instance, Mrs
Melfose, who lives, believe, immediate
ly opposite u.s.
well. How will you treat them.-
Her, for instance?'
Not with resentment, of course!'
No, of conrse not. But will you re.
ceiye them with your former cordlality.'
MOTOR that would be hypocrisy
And besides, it is but Just to make them
feel the quality of their own acts; not
for the sake of furnishing them, but that
they may be enabled to rise into higher
sentiments. 1t is when we are in men.
tai pain, that our moral perceptions are
clearest, especially in pain that results
from our own improper CONDUCT
Truly said. But your virtue in this
respect is about to be tried, for there is
Mrs Melrose and one Of your fair wealth
er friends already at your door, AS
Unole Peter said this, the door bell rang.
Cecilia's heart beat violently at this.
Uncle Peter saw that she was about to
endure trial.
Let truth and that charity which,
while it sees another's faults, seeks to
correct, not foster them, be your guide
he said, as he arose, and passed from the
room.
My dear Mrs Merlin! how glad am
to fine we have gotten you as neighbor"
Mrs Melrose said, moment after Uncle
Peter had left..the room, coming in, and
advancing quickly to Mrs Merlin, making
an offer to kiss her as she did so. But
the too familiar and affectionate saluta-
axs..i.lasf ,,,a Ok inf and
marked way, but sufficiently obvious to
be perceived and understood.
The particulars Of the interview, how
ever, need not be given. Mrs Melrose
and her friend were received with lady
like. courteous attentions, but with no
deceiving compliments, or apparent OBJ
livion of all that had past. When they
retired, it was with respect for Mrs Mer-
lin, and no very Aatteribg estimation of
themselves, in regard to their conduct
towards her in times past. She had not
offended them, but set them to thinking.
Not by illusions to the past, but by her
manner, and the incidental utterance OF
sentiments somewhat unfamiliar to their
ears. To all such, her conduct was the
same. But to Mrs Hartley, how differ
ent. She met her with tears and warm
embrace. They were bound together
by new ties. Mrs Mayberry and few
others we're received with like tender
ness. These from that time forth, COM
posed strong central power for good
and true principles in tie social circle of
which they were members. Not only to
herself. but to many others. were Mrs
MerIin's dark days of trial blessed. She
had come up from them with juster sen
timents, and higher views of life and its
duties than she had ever before enter
tanned. These she locked not up in her
own bosom. but gave them freely; and
and they often fell as good seed upon
good ground, producing fruit. some thlr-
ty, some sixty, and some an hundred told.