Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-29
From tie Protestant C~hurckman.
"WAS IT PROVIDENCE!"
BY MISS sEDGwICK.

Take, for example, Il young girl bred
dellcately in town, and shut up in a nursery
In her childhood--in a boarding school
through her youth--never accustomed to air
or exercise, two things that the law of God
makes essential to health. She marries; her
strength Is inadequate to the demands up1n
1t. Her beauty fades early. She anguish
es through her hard Offices Of giving birth to
children, sucking and watching over them,
and dies early. What a strange Provi-
dencc, that q mother should he taken in the
midst of life from her children!' Was it
Providence! No! Providence had assign
ed her threescore years and ten a term long
enough to rear her children; but she did not
obey the laws on which life depends, and of
course she lost it.
"a flther, too, is cut of in the midst of
his days. He is a useful and distinguished
citizen, and eminent in his profession. A
general bu2 rises on every side. What a
striking Providence " This man has been
in the habit Of studying half the night; of
passing his days IN his office or in the courts
OF eating luxurious dinners, and drinking va
rious kinds Of wine. He has every day vio-
lated the laws on which health depends
Did Providence cut him off! The evil rare
~ ends here. The diseases of the father are
DlbNh Nitli nblllANhF anu Il iJCblU iilOlilGl ldlClI
leaves behind her vigorous children.
at has been customary in some Of our
cities, for young ladies' to walk in thin shoes
and delicate stockings in Underwater. A
healthy; blooming young girl thus dressed in
violation of Heavens laws, pays the penalty:
a checked circulation, cold, fever, and death
what a sad Providence! exclaimed her
friends. Was il Providence or her W fol-
Iy beautiful young bride goes night az
ter night TO parties, made in honor Of her
marriage. She has a slightly sore throat
perhaps the weather is Indictment; but she
must go with her neck and arms bare fol-
who ever saw a bride in a close evening
dress! She is consequently seized with an
lnillmatlon Of the lungs, and the grave re.
ceives her before her bridal days are over.
'What a Providence! eXclaims the world
'Cut of in the midst Of happiness and hope !!
Alas, did she not cut the thread Of life her.
self!
ga girl in the country, exposed to our
changeiul climate, gets a new bonnet. instead
OF getting a flannel garment. A rheumatism
IS the consequence. Should the girl sit dowr
tranquility with the idea that Providence ha:
sent the rheumatism upon her, or should she
charge it on her vanity, and avoid the folly
III future Look, my young friends, at TIT
mass CT diseases that are incurred by intern
perance in eating and in drinking, in study
or in business; by neglect of exercise, clean
l@lness, and pure air; by indiscreet dressing,
ilg6l-laclng, &C.; and all is quietly imputed
to Providence! Is there not impiety as wei
as Ignorance in this? Were the physica
laws strictly observed, from generation t.
generation, there would be an end to tn,
irightlul diseases that cut life short, and o
the long list Of maladies that make life a tor
ment or a trial. 1t is the opinion of lhos,
who best understand the physical system
that this wonderful machine, the body, thi
'goodly temple would gradually decay, anC
men would die as if falling asleep"