Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-04-24

prolonged dissipatons been deferred, and finally
even omitted My husband, who remarked
with joy this happy change in my conduct,
beganNto find my society his dearest prize, and
passed many an evening with me, that formerly
without company appeared so tedious Our
household, our children were the favorite sub
Jects of our conversation; we remarked, and
from time to time corrected much that formerly
was unobserved; we found in our own domestic
circle joys that before we could not have divn-
ed. What a substitute is the daily increasing
esteem and love from noble husband for the ad-
qqiratla u simpletons; what substitute tho
attachment of good children and the perception
Of their daily growth in body and mind, for all
the pleasures of the great world hat substi-
ute the society of cultivated, honorable and
even-toned persons, for all stately visits and
gttering circles ! O! my children, on the bor-
ders Of the grave, beseech you remain to this
domestic affection for which ] have educated
you-O remain to this mother of all virtue
true! Have courage enough to live to your
own hearts, not always to the opinion of others,
but follow your own conscience your value
will not be in the lustre which surrounds you,
but in st the hidden man of the heart" !" for that
seek, it IS for that you exist.
My second request is: Let meek and quiet
spirit IN you abide" How unhappy was made
formerly by my ardor, domineering spirit and
impatience but lingering sickness brought
me to reflection mtigated my ardor, and my re-
form was completed by the sad example of one
of my friends, who, possessing every outward
blessing, yet, by her stormy temperament, made
her married life most unhappy. "a meek and
quiet spirit" treasure it is, the cares of
the husband to relieve, his passions to soothe,
his faults by love to vanquish and to cure what
blessing to ourselves to be able, in all the mis-
fortunes of life, to sustain ourselves upright and
by the endurance of them to ennoble ourselves
what an attractive power has it for all who are
around us; all are enchained by it; they willing
ly approach US, they open their hearts 10 US, and
invoke US for support and consolation. Not in
vain God gave us the facility to feel with others
and to comfort them; not in vain the gift of
tears and inventive tenderness, all, even the
most hidden cares 10 uncover, and with gentle
hand to alleviate not in vain the serene spirit,
that makes our house the abode of Joy and a
refuge for all of ours o press deeply into
your heart these words of the Bible " But let
it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which
is' not corruphble, even the ornament of meek
and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God Of
great price" Your love of home may be re-
garde1 as want Of good manners, your humanity
and sweetness as feebeness and inexperience,
your amiable single -heartedness as foolish sim
plicity yet, your interior and hidden worth,
your mild and modest spirit is precious before
God. o how exalted it is, to be able to say:
&C | did what was in my power" what felicity the
thought of God then gives Unknown, and
often Of the world despised is the sphere of wo-
man, but in the eyes of God how sacred, how
great! When you, through your motherly IN
structions and example, the nealable souls of
your sons so steel that they the strongest tempt
atons strongly overcome; their yielding hearts
so to tenderness attune, that human pity will ac-
company them through their whole lives; the
feeling for rectitude, God and eternity so deeply
IN their souls impress, that they take root and
bear the most excellent fruit; o my daughters,
then, when you perhaps shall be no more, the
heart of the noble son will beat for the gentle
mother. The world enjoys your fruits without
having even known your name, and eternal love
glances benignantly down upon you.
Dear, eternally dear to your hearts may the
religion of Jesus be 1t has been, even to this
moment, the staff of my proberty and the source
of my peace and consolation. At one time l
saw the most innocent and warmest desires of
my heart, which l had for years cherished at
once crushed all my efforts to attain them were
vain, all sacrifices, which had made for them,
were lost. l sought hand to help me, heart
to feel for me, consoing look, and found
not even pity, but Codness exutation at my
misfortunes, railery and contempt But how
tranquil became my SOUL when felt the con-
ISOLATION of Jesus "No HAIR falls from thy head
without the will of thy Father in heaven )"
when | looked upon the stormy and troubled
days of his life, and upon the tranquility and Sc
renity of his heart, upon his battles and upon
his glorious victory when after his example
threw myself down in prayer before the Father
of the world, and when in the feeling of his
power and wisdom forgot my own frailty and
short-sightedness in the feeling of his love and
fidelity forgot the GOODNESS and falsehood of man;
then cried I, "Father, all my hopes leave me-,
every staff breaks, all can yield-but not thee
NOT eternity-not my own soul! 0! it my
spirit, in these sorrows tried, purer and nober
comes forth; if the thought on thee more dear
becomes and more efficacious for all situations
IN life if thou for the poor forsaken and discon-
soate hast in store whole rich eternity full of
ioy and consolation for what am dsheartened
Not my, but thy will be done" And when |
imagined myself in that better world when |,
elevated over time and grief, looked with quiet
heart upon all here sowed in tears, and with
confidence of soul upon the harvest of joy to
come how small to me then appeared the earth
with all its realized or disappointed hopes.
o lei this religion, which was the staff and
the consolation of your mother, be also your
staff and your consolation in life and in death
The time comes, when every scene of splendor
shall disappear before you, your eye itself shall
be darkened, your blooming color in deaths
paleness shall be faded then shall the thought
of that which you have been to others, the night
of death enlighten your interiour man" the
desolaton of the tomb outlive, and the pure
well-meaning heart, the treasures of faith, love
and hope shall accompany you to eternity"