American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-07-30

STRENGTH OF WoMAN's Love. The Rev.
Mr. c., at the South, recently closed sermon
with the following touching narration
A young gentleman of high responsibility,
talents, fortune and family, married the beauti-
iu, the lovely and accomplished daughter of
She was the daughter OF a wealthy mer-
chant in one of our Northern cities; with their
united fortunes they commenced career of
life, with the brightest hopes and fairest pros
poets of undlsturbed happiness and prosperity,
that the most sangune or ambitious could wish
or desire. She was lady OF fashionable dis
tEcton in society, the pride and ambition OF
all who enjoyed the entree of her gay and hos
pitable mansion, and the idol Of young ant
afiectionate husbands heart. Her wants, he
wishes and desires were all anticipated by tina
peculiar discernment, which always affords SC
much delight, and brings with it those unspeak
able evidences of husbands love that wife
alone can understand and appreciate.
Thus they lived on, for few bright years OF
happy existence But alas. such is the versa
t.lity of fortune, such the uncertainty of human
happiness, that even those who seem to be sur
rounded with all the splendid glitter of prospe-
rIty, are, by some casual occurrence, some un-
expected event, plunged from this splendid pin,
nacle of prosperity, to the abyss Of adversely
They saw not, averted not the dark cloud,
emerged above the bright horizon that had
hitherto encircled their dreamy existence, but
soon obscured the brlliancy of their prospects,
and discharged its banefu contents upon their
devoted heads: and threw them upon cold
and heartless world, without farthing to sup
port them.
The husband, unable to counteract this in
consistency of fortune, by becoming forttude,
gave himself up to the grossest intemperance,
and subsequent neglect and abuse of his lovely
wife and family. But she, like woman, yea,
like an angel as she is, scared above it all.
After an absence of some days, his wife not
knowing where he was, he returned home, in
the wretched and disgusting condition TO which
drunkenness had reduced him, his locks matted
with filth and sticking closely to his forehead,
and his breath sinking with the fetd exhala-
lions of brandy. In this frightful condition of
human degradation, saturated with liquor, he
entered the now obscure little residence of his
wife, who met him with all those feelings of
abiding affection, which in a woman's heart
knows no change; but the once fond husband,
now transformed to beast returned her cor
dial reception with the coarsest abuse, and at
last struck her to the floor. She, after recover
ing herself from the blow, arose, her husband
standing near her; she rushed into his arms,
exclaiming, "Charles! Charles! what are you
doing?" and turning from his brow the matted
locks which once clustered in beautiful curls
dpon his manly forehead, she imprinted upon it
an a!fectionate and endearing kiss and with
hat soft and tender look of love, from eyes
streaming with tears, upon his haggard fea-
:nres, again exclaimed, HOh, Charles, how can
you strike your once dear Mary?" He instant
~ as if struck himself by some superhuman
force echoed back the beloved name MARY!
Mary! what have donei" He fell upon his
knees, imPlored forgiveness, and from that mo-
Toent became reformed man, devoted hus-
band, and is now an ornament to society.