The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-05-30
Miscellaneous.
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ny MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER.
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titled Hearts Core But listen TO our author.
FThey were come into great want, poor
Henry and Maria: they had not wherewitha
for daily sustenance. The few remaining
moyeables had heen gradually pledged away,
and TO their full amoupt-at least, the pawn
broker said so.
Then, again, we already know that Lady
Dillaway was dead, so help from her was
simply Impossible, and the miserable father,
Sir Thomas was kept too closely up to the
mark ofrcsol,te anger by slanderous joint
give. themany aid ifthey appliedto him;butin
truth, as to personal application, Henry would
not for pride,and Maria now could not for her
near-at-hand motherly condition. Her fire.
quent letters, as we may be sure, were inter-
cepted; and, even if Sir Thomas now and
then yearped after his lost child, il had be-
come matter of physical impossibility, to
find out whore she lived. Thus We're they
hopelessly sinking, day by day, into all the
hitter waves ofwant. Not but that Hem
~ strived, as we have seen and shall yet see
still his endenvors had been very near fruit
less,7--and, perchance, til all available move
abes had been pawned outright, very feeble
too. Now, however, that Maria, in her sor-
row and her need, must soon become moth
er, the state of things grew terrible indeed
their horizon was allover black with clouds
No;not NIL over. There is a light under the
darkness; precious light that shall dispel
the darkness; a precious light upon their
souls, the early dawn of Heavens eternal
day; Gods final end in all their troubles the
rehping-time ofjoy for their sorrowng time
of tears. ff s.f.fI4r. .... ...... Dr..
Without cant, affectation, or hypocrisy,
there is but one panacea for the bruised or
broken heart, available alike in all times, all
places. and all circumstances: and he who
fl,
than can teHch him. That pure substantial
comfort is born ofIIeaven's hope, and faith in
heavens wisdom; it is solid confidence in
Gods great love, hut family Swallowed out by
all the charities of earth. Human affections
in their manifold varieties arc little other
than an echo of that Voice, "Come unto me;
romtorlye; comfort yo; | will bo a flther uu-
you, and We shall be my sous and my
daughters: thy Maker is thy Husband; he hath
loved thee with an everlasting love; when
thou goest through the fire, l will be with
thee, through the waters, they shall not over
flow thee; eye bath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither hath il entered into the mind of man
to conceive the blessings which his love hath
laid in store for thee" q. s..,
Hearts ease in hearts afllction,--this they
found in God; turning to Him with all their
hearts, and pouring ont their hearts before
Him, they trusted in Him heartily for both
worlds gOOu, therefore ulU i've give lHSHi
their hearts, desire, satisfying all their minds:
therefore did they love each other now with
newly added penitude oflove, mutually in
reference to Him,who loved them and gave
himself for them; therefore did they feel in
their distresses more glatlness at their hearts,
than in the DAYS of luxury and affluence, the
increase of their oil and their wine.
a9 The Father finds his Heart forever.
He had been atdeath's door, sinking out
life, because he had nothing now to live for.
lie still was very weak in bed faint, and worn
and white propped up with pillows,-that
poor bereaved old man. Ever since Lady
Diliaway's most quiet death, he had felt alone
in the world. True while she lived she had
seemed to him mere tranquil trouble, a USE
less compliment piece of furniture, often in
his way; but now that she was dead, what n
void was left where she had been--mere
empty space, cold and deathlIke. She had
left him quite alone.
Then aqain--of ohm, poor John, he would
think, and think continualy-not about the
little vulgar pock-marked man of'change,the
broker, the rogue,the coward, but of a hap-
nv curly child with sparkling eyes,--a merry
hearted, rl,ddy little fellow,romping with his
Sister-aye, in this very room; here is the l.
IDENTICAL China vase he broke, all riveted up;
there is the corner where he would persist to
nestle his dormice. All, dear child! precious
child! where is he,what is he now? Where
and what indeed; alas poor father! had you
known what / do, and shall soon inform the
world, of that bad mans awful end, one
more, one fiercest pang would have torment
edyou: but Heaven sparedthat pang. New
ertheless, the bitter contrast ofthe child and
ofthe'man had made him very wretched,--
and to the widower's solitude added the
fathers sadness. an n .uel9 la -g-ttt.I Ilt .l.o
And worst ofall,--Maria's utter loss-that
deary warm-hearted, innocent, Infused, and
yet beloved daughter Why did he spurn her
away2 and keep her away so long?--oh, hard
heart, hard heart Was she not innocent af-
ter all? and John, bad John, too probably the
fDrger of that letter, asthe forger ofthis will?
and now that he should give his life ito see
her, and kiss her, and--+no, no, not forgive
her, but pray to be forgiven by her,--"Where
is she; why doesn't shec TO hold up my
poor weak head ITO see how fervently my
old dead heart has at last learnt to love,-to
help bad, and hard, apardoned and peni-
tent old man to die in, perfect peace,---to pray
with me, for me, to God, our God, my daugh-
ter, Whereas she,--how can i find her out,
why will she not come to me all this sor-
n rowful year? oh come, come dear child,---
our Father send thee to rne,--come and bless
u ma ere die,---come my Mariap u 1.l vn.n
h Magical orcontrived, as it may seem to us,
4 the poor old man was actually bemoaning
y himselfthls when ourIdear. heroine of the
n Heart family knocked at her oldhome door.
v 1t opened;a faded-looking woman, with a ba-
y by in her arms, rushed past the nstonished
butler: and Just as her father was praying out
Y aloud for Heaven to speed her to him, the
n daughters step was at the bedroom door. M
n Before she had turned the handle (some