The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-11-04
fssm a. s.,ssa.y Evening RosL
ER roo LATE,

"ilase faith IN time, dear sister! Time
- the great Teslorer-ihe healer Of wounds
the dyer IL hears. Il is never loo lale
10 h. happy. Eiiih."
/" Time may encrusl our feelings. Time
may throw over them The pail ol insensi.
bliliy. But i such state 10 be desired
do ynu ralI that happinessl Rather lei
my heart pulsale IN agony mill IL lasI
ronsulsiSe lliroc. ! ask mol This lelhe.
on" ~ s-**
"1ime has higher mission than that,
Edith. Time has true healing pow.
er."
i "Bnl lis merely external, Agnes. Deep
wounds Of ilir spirit are mol 10 be healed
IN lime mr. By lime"
"They must he healed in time, sister,
IL ever healed =, al. And this healing
does not ploceei IRON external 10 inter.
nal; but in true order. from intimate prin.
cirles. hy means Of The most Ultimate, Q.
zen until health reigns throughout the en-.
tire empire uf Tie mind, proceeding. hrsl,
from what j. interior. and filling al. even
To what is lowest aud exterior. Lift up,
Then, your head. dear sister! and have
| faith ia time. Believe me, ii Is never too
lalc."
Il Thus spoke Agnes May 10 her Young,
er sister, who was passing through deer
waters. Agnes. who was older by many
years. uttered no idle words in what sIls
said. She had, herself. been a sufferer
aud had rone oui irom tie glowing cruel
bile. purified ly affection. She, therefore
rould have iaiIh in Time. She knew Ina
il was never too late 10 be happy. 'rha
! lime was The healer Of wounds, the dry
er Of tears, the great restorer."
| But Edith, poor suffering Edith! conl,
no, believe that time had power TO dry he
| tears. Their fountain was in her heart
. aud she Eel, that the the spring was I'm
! failing.
Agnes was older than her sister b,
more than len years. They had been q
peraied early in life, in consequence .
the death Of their parents. Agnes ioun
n 4 home with widowed aunt in moderal
circumstances, and Edith, who was beau
.iful child, was adopted by her uncle o
The fathers side, and raised by him win
ailectionale care. 49,
During Tie zen or 6feee yaer rareh's
Agnes and Edith met but seldom. The,
moved in different rircles--one, as sll
cmerued into womanhood amid The ga
T. scenes of fashionable life; The other IN
quiet. unob,rlsise, humble sphere. Fac
had her peculiar experiences.
The amt with whom Agnes found
home, had passed through many troubles
H. hut out of them all she had come, belt
y y and wiser for her trials. Many lessol
- OF wisdom were impaired 10 her NEE
il and, hy example as well as precePi, 81
az led tire opening and maturing mind oil A
he mes 10 perceive the true beauty and exc'
10 10 lenee Of patient, hopeful spirit, even y
=; der the darkest aspect OF human affairs
!. Al the age OF ,wen,y-three, Agnes n
:, with The seyerest trial young heart e'
endnres, III the failhlessness of one u
whose Keeping she had entrusted her d
sv and best affections. Many days oil da
- ness succeeded. and she had little hope
4, ever seeing the clouds that hung over
so ,hickly dispense. A few years la'
!. and while there was still deep shad
: upon her spirit, the best friend she
known since her mothers death, was
moved by like affection. Her a
de- changed her earthly for a Heavenly O.
teuce. and left her friendless, so far
all the means Of support were concern
,urt, Her uncle. Mr.. Greenleaf, with WI
ack- Edith had found a home, 50 tar from
e o. iny anv interest in Agnes, had always
. a preiudicc agains, her. and tllscourl
uo, mi intercourse between the sisters.
Tered consequence was, they seldom me
, Re- When her aunt died, no notice was "a
pear of her Nv Mr.. Gieenleaf. Edith VS.
quar- her few times, and sincerely como
,,.s'h with her in her affection. But there
here. little sympathy between The sisters
ed to their intercourse soon became as form
~. belore. II was a matter Of seli.respe'
court, ,he mart Of Agnes, and had been SC
some wears, not 10 visit at her un
house. She, therefore, never saw Z
w unless by special visit from the 10
and MS these visits were never very
,.nu. ouent, and always characterized o
' serve, they rather separated from eacl
wanted er than drew together. -
In order TO sustain herself, Agnes
nds Of had received from her aunt The adsai
'''''' Of a good education, sought emp'".
Bees. AS a music teacher. Her taste anu
soon procured her msny scholars, 2
"a. ,ro,Iuced her into wealth and iasl''
s7- This fact soon became known !"
- greatly 10 her as.onishmen' aud mo
ton.
lCof- She had called, one morning. u
ms fashionable acquaintance, aud was
To- "a in the parlor waiting for her to conc