Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-04-29

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Fyoiub she wa 4 ashappp as ardent child.
hood can be: tls5se aresses other admire
ing friends, and the sesteem and notice
IF .l1 those much her .sliDerior.. flattefea
ana ,asnconraped her. Bill this was ,,ot ID
tlasI PRAISE, boN I've 81 sincere! cannot
a1yDavsss I delj6ht xand with every 4 succes.
s;na year iiiGafelt a orow|ir,o |iiru want
mh;cb co,,ld M bas saSisiied. The time
lhad come when sJnuatby lu, laun,d. sapple.l
c;s,;on 80 were mofe earnestly desired.
,Ka,, applauso. Z s9 ssss.s :a q % &.
i The societv tvof the illlage Of M j;
wasIilIsuiteh, u ~ ~ craving deairss
that now pervaded Julia's whole being.
|She found herself although an admired,
solitary being. The books she read
must beiread alone; the pursuits she
loved were, of all others, the least in.
teresting to those with whom she daily
associated. Not that her tastes were
ridiculed; on the contrary, they insured
her additional respect; Tor all men ac-
Iknowledged the value of high mental
ACQUISITION, however destitute them.
selves, but that sympathy which can on.
|lv arise from common pursuits, she
knew not. .u... .
This want produced its usual effect
upon the mind of Julia, it absorbed all
else. Every appearance of indiaer-
ence TO the pursuits she loved so well,
excited in him corresponding feeling
of disgust. Comm on life and common
|duties always contrasted in her though
with her ennobling occupations, shrunk
into insioni6cance. Stupidity and in.
sensibiIilv seemed characteristic oil
those abou, her. In fine, she was fast
learning the mourning lesson, to hate
AID desnise
Such was the state of her mind at
,hs ner;od of which we are now writ
ino, She had not vet learned enough
she loved mental culture, but knew not
that even this is 10 be valued only as a
halfway to the great VINEYARD of truth
, and Christian philanthropy.
"Do Won know, Julia. that the min.
lister of - breaches to>day?o said
Mrs S.sas ,hev together entered tbs vii
Iage church on the next Sabbath NOR,
ming. -...
f julia received the intelligence will
expressions of delight. The reputation
/ of this clergyman for eloquence hao
, reached her.
The appearance ofthe new preacher
!, confirmed her pleasant anlicipallons
, The Sigh form, the face oian intellect
: ual paleness seeming but thin veil
, drawn over the spirit that struggled
, through it, the earnest touching eyes
the humble child-like prayer and the
! lervor Of his voice, us he read the hymn
all prepared her for what might follow
f His subject was the ministry o
$ Christ. He first dwelt with eloquen
lervency upon the perfection of tina
character-its heavenly purity-.it
i high aspiration-and then followed the
Y contrast between the teacher and the
3 world he came to instruct. How mus
e his gentle heart have bled at the wan
S of sympathy and high spiritua
e communion--even his chosen one;
b knowing him not! His motives suspect
ed, his character traduced, his mlrcle
c imputed to unholy agencies, even hi
: sim instructions misunderstood