Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-07
ne, will not turn me away in my sixty-sixth

inc, will not turn me away in my sixty-sixth
yearP
At this moment, the door Of my apartment
opened, and my wife entered. | was ashamed
and vexed gladly would have sent her off, for
conscience whispered give to him that asketh of
thee, and of him that would borrow of thee turn
thou not away She came up to me and said
with much sweetness, this is good old woman,
she has certainly been ill oflate, assist her ifyou
can Shame and compassion struggled in my
darkened soul 4 have but two dollars | said
in whisper, and she requires Sixth give her
a trAe in hand and let her go.'--Laying her
hand on my arm and smiling in my face, my
wife said aloud what conscience had Whispered be-
fore, Give to him that askcth of thee, and from
him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou
away blushed and replied with some little
vexation-'Would you give your rins for that
Ipurposol' with pleasure, answered my wife,
pulling off her ring,
The good old widow was either too simple or
too modest to notice what was going on, and
was preparing to retire, when my wife requested
her to wait in the lobby. When we were left
alone, a,ked my wife, Are you in earnest a.
bout the ringl Certainly, how can you doubt
it, she said, do you think | would triAe with
cha1ityP Remember what you said to me
year ago. oh, my dear friend, let us
not make Il show ofthe gospel You are in
general so kind, SO sympathlsing, how is it that
you now find it 50 difficult to assist this poor wo-
man? Why did you not without hesitation, give
I,,A had in rOCI-ot1 And I'D
not know that there were yet six dollars in your
desk, and that the quarter will be paid to US in
less than eight daysP She then added with much
feeling, Take no thoughttor your life, what ye
shall eat or what yc shall drink, nor yet your
body, what yc shall put on Behold the fowls Of
the air. they SOW not, neither do they reap or
gather into barns, yet your heavenly father feed
eth them | kissed my wife, while tears rolled
down my cheeks.
Thanks, thousand thanks, for this humilia
toni
turned to the desL----took from it the six dol
lars, and opened the door to call the poor wild
ow
Here is what you need, said, addressing tn,
widow
At first she seemed not TO understand what
meant and thought was offering her SINAI
contribution, for which she thanked me and pres
sol my hand; pcrceivng that had given her thu
whole sum, she scarcely could find words to cx
press her feeling.
She cried, Dear sir, cannot repay; all pos
sess is this poor book, and it is old
Keep your book | said, and the money too
and thank God and not me, for verify l deserve
no thanks, after having so long resisted you
enheatlcs; 90 in peace and forgive an errinl
brother
returned to my wife with downcast looks
but she smiled and said, do not take it SO mucl
at heart my friend, you yielded at my first sug
gestlon; but promise me so long as | wear
golden ring on my finger, and you know that
possess several besides, you will never ALLOW
yourself to say to any poor person. 4 canno
help you She kissed me and left the apart
ment.
When found myself Alone sat down anc
wrote this account in my diary, in order to hum
bic my deceitful heart, this heart which no long
er ago than yesterday, dictated the words, %
all characters in the world, there is none I NOR
-, anxiously desire to avoid than hypocrite, yc
J to preach the whole moral law and fulfil onl
part of it, is hypocrisy. head over once more
= the chapter had read in the morning with S,
} little benefit, and felt more and more ASHAMED
" and convinced that there was no peace excep
!. where precept and practice in perfect accord
~ :, ancc.
-. How peacefully and happily | might have end
" ed this day. had acted up conscentiousy tc
= the blessed doctrine preach