Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-04-18

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of her want of faith, yet expressed an
earnest desire TO be comforted in all
things by the renewing Of her mind to
the pure precepts Of the Gospel. On
taking her seat deep silence of some
moments followed. Then her leader
said, in severe voice
Sister Ellen Shaw, you complain
lof GOODNESS and want Of faith. You
have complained thus ever since you
Joined my class And no wonder -
Heretofore / have not spoken to you
as freely as should have done but
by the help of God will now do my
duty. You viii never be anything but
a dropping, wayside professor, until
you come out and renounce the world
and its lying vanities, until you make
Ia whole sacrifice, until every foolish
and vain desire be laid upon the altar.
do you think this will be admitted into
THE kingdom of heaven? (As he said
this he. stopped down and took long,
beautiful ringlet of hair in his fingers
and held it up.) No, child; all this
must fall before you can pass through
the narrow gate. These ribbons and
flowers land he touched roughly her
bonnet will not go with you beyond
1.-THE grave. Death will pale the colors
in this gay dress. Al, Sister Shaw, il
you wish to be Christian, you must
give up all these /; you must give up
the world you must let the curls and
ribbons and flowers 60. 1t is vain
effort, child; you cannot serve two
!, masters"
This and much more was said in a
cruelway. Poor Ellen burst into tears
and wept bitterly. In the innocence
: of her pure young heart, she feared
, that all this might be true, and her dis
{ tress was most poignant. On returning
, home her mother saw she was much
, disturbed and asked the reason. Ellen
related with Overlooking eyes, what
: her leader had said.
; Do not let it make you feel so bad,
2 ldear, Mrs. Shaw said, tenderly. If
n you do not set your heart upon dress,
r there is no harm in it,
d "But Mr.. Graveman saws il is con-
$ forming to the world, and he, you
# know, is such good man.
] Yes, know he Isl good, pious
0 man; but for all that he may be mis-
I taken in some things. God looks at
the heart, Ellen, and If that is right all
/. that flows from it is right to Him. A
t mere sanctimonious exterior is nothing
: il the heart is not true in its love. II
/, you curl your hair with an evil inten-
: ton, or wear ribbon or flower to do
S harm, then it is sin; but if because you
love what is bright and beautiful, tho
{ precious gifts Of heaven, you adorn
/; your person modcstly, be sure that
+ there is IN IL no harn. think a we
: man should adorn herself, not in gau-
dy, Haunting colors, to attract adinira-
: ton, but tastclully, that she may
! throw around herself everything TO
: make lovely, and thus TO increase her
r power of influencing all for good
S A woman, Ellen, is born TO love and
{ be loved; let every thing in her mind
: and person be lovely, and she will
, bring blessings to ALL
) But Ellen's spiritual instructor had
, taught different lesson. How should
, tshe decide? She had great conf
dence in her mother, because she knew
her well, and loved her only as a child
2 can love consistent, wise and good
mother; but Mr.. Gravcman, whose
, pieiy aud knowledge Of the doctrines
which led the way to heaven, she had
, never heard questioned, had said it
, was sin TO adorn the person.
When Mr. Shaw came home that
! evening, he asked for Ellen.
{ She had been in her room since she
came home from class meeting this az
, ternoon, in great distress of mind.
: SHOW sou Mr.. Shaw's brow con-
5 tracted.
"Mr. Grayeman has been talking
. very harshly to her, think
"He has: What did he sayP
: "He rebuked her before the whole
i class for curling her hair and wearing
+ flowers in her bonnet; and the poor
child is distressed 10 death lest in do
ing so she is SHINING against God
"0h, dear. ! am afraid Graveman
is an arrant bypocrite.'
"Why, Mr.. Shaw, you must not
say so; that is very unchafitablc.'
81 don't know. But ask Ellen TO
! come down.
"She is so much disturbed in mind
tina. think you bad better not see her
now
II wish to put her mind az case,