The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-04-28
A Daughter'a Love.
HY JouS n. wARLhND

ny JOns n, wARLAND,
No passion or affection emb0diGd uTUUT
this enrll Of ours In any Of its angelic iorniH,
IL more beautiful, in It's deyeloIleneii 90 10
ministry, ilInu ilie love which exists between /
a lhlhGr aud Ills daughter The fragile aud |
delicate figure of lhe latter perchunce her 1
resemblance TO her mother, her inpoGonce
aud purity, nnlSing her M IL we're, the guar
dim angel of home, are ~ many golden
threads which bind her To The hGArt of her
father. Aud his affection h more than re-
ciprocaied from lie iuHness Of lio' heart
No slight or upbrniding word can nllonAle
her love, and nS.mislortune, however severe
has power great enough TO break or To siil'-
due II. There II nothing mere touellinRly
beautiful in all the creations OF shakespeare,
Ilan the love which Cordella exhibits for
Lehr in his Notwithstanding more repul-
size tiiHtt-tifs encouragement OF her sisters
from their lnlher. The shme affection forms
tie groundwork Of one Of The most ndnlirn-
bio poT,ruitures Of nature aud life ~ our
own times. What creation Of Dickens takes.
n stronger bold upon Tie synpnlliles OF me
render. than Florence DOmbGy Wehlib
and rink have become on absorbing passion
with the father. Ills love for lis daughter
IL smUlhered in an ineuser nna'more absorb
ing passion for gnin or inuily distinction.
fugitive from her fathers rooc-AlislUrtune
visits him, and she clings TO him rs the vine
TO tbs oak, aud the more closely, tho more
he bends before the storm. When but
wreck of his former greatness, when his
pride Inns been humbled there is 10 one
who watches over him will the tenderness
and undying love OF Florence--non0 whose
presence can administer balm aud consoln-
ton like hers. Mr. Dombey himself, lowev-
or, IL purely imaginative being. His chur-
acter IL unnnturnl, and IL is pleasant to think
that no is The representative oi'no clnss IN The,
world around us Well is II iorsociuly TINT
il Is so.
A formal or long continued encouragement
between father and his daughter is n rare
occurrence. Even when the latter is erring
and il may he sinful, II IL not in the heart of
the former to spurn her from his ROTOR his
presence. The gentle affections, in their uu-
ccasing plny, sunciiiy her misfortune, render
her denrer yet, and assert their supremacy
TO redeem anil restore Lsr. Forgiveness ~
the first of Christian virtues, and never IRE
its celestial Influences more apparent, IN their
operation or effect, ihun among the members
OF the same household. Ii happens, occn-
sionully, TINT fathers affections are nlienn-
ta, from his child,in consequence Other lrnv-
ing formed an attachment which he deems
i'll advised and improper a runaway
match takes place, mud tho daughter ~ Tor
hidden TO visit the home Of her youth. Fnlll'
ers, however, generally very soon see the ioi-
ly of such treatment, or II they do nor, me
occasion is forgotten, aud RECOMMENDATION
follows almost Immediately. daughters
happiness is too important matter to lie lti-
fed with or endangered even, 10y tie with
drawal of n fathers love, nil ma sympathy,
which are SO essential to her pathway through
lite-one that is not always ovcrsircwn WIN
flowers, nor oversprend with sunny sRles
And yet there are exceptions, we nave III
our mind, nj this moment, nm instance IN
which n spirit Of unforgivencss,i IL not OF per-
seculon, wns evnced 10y ,fuiher, which II
would be difficult 10 reconcile with the meek
or lolier attributes ofthe Christian character.
He is n clergyman AT distance, whose dnugtI-
ter some four years since became QStQched 10
n young" gentleman, Without fortnnoSbut Of
respectable standing and character. The
mind of the father having been preJudiced
and poisoned by mssivcs from II fair admir-
er of her sutor--refiised his consent 10 the
mitch. She left her fathers house md WIS
married. Since that day she has not en-
changed word or line with him. She is
TO him as one that is lost, and nothing can
shake his determination lIot 10 see her, or Mt I
low her TO visit him. Hearing about year
since that her father was supplying pulpit |
near Boston, for several Sabbaths, she came
from another State, for no otherpurposc thaa
to henr him preach, and perhaps, with some I
faint hope that she might obtain an Interview.
As she sat listening To his words, his eye
once fell upon her, and the effect upon INN
as il caught her familiar and beautiful coun-
lonnnce, was Clearly percepuhle. a slight
bnnch of the check, and hesitation III ilie I
uuerunce, told that something had for mo-
meni touched the inner mnn. it might TIC +
pang ofselfnccusntion, or thrOb of delight. |
In the afternoon, she walked towards the
house from which lie was to issue on his way
90 the church. She met him alone. lie passed
her as ifshGT had been an iron post, and his
own heart formed Of tho same hard and cold .
There may he tSrisiau feeling in such an
eXInbtrfuu ur- tl+ip hut SirllIere be, The gold
Ell vein is so minute aud indisIinct thnt il Is
impossihle to trace its COURSE through the
k-ribhed sthl. Had the dnugher-a pnr-
ngnn of female beauty, such ns IS rnrely
seen-a heroine in courage, and the sweet
ness mud beauty of whose daily life are qulIc.+
Ms remarkable aud attractive ms her extreme
personnl ioyeiucss-had she been on eryIug
girl. n fallen nngrl, whose sin bad brought
shame upon1iIc divinity Within rtu sanctun-
~ of Lome-still forgiveness would have
blessed both the gvrr and tile recipient.-I r
Bat there AVIS no crinle 10 he forgiven. she
allowed the bent of her own heart, and
lung 10 him who had won il. lie hns worn
he level worthily mud well. Fitted no less
" education, tim by that natural grace aud
mtnIivc sense of propricty or poIiIcncss,
which has hcetI said r0 I've only apOler name :
or bcnevolence IN small thiugs--titted to-