Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-12-31

sr surrender and, the refractory old fo
ct would dash the tears out of his eyes, wi
n the pretense that it was passion, and d
8 SORROW that moved them and with 9
?, oath refuse her permission to return. 4
y last, when things had become intolerable
+ half a dozen children and the mother sicl
/. the whole household suffering, and th
}, father at bis wits end; she bravely force
@ her way into the wretched hovel. 1t n
4 quired little more resolution than til
q old man could muster, to make resistance
= and he silently and sullenly submitted. l
, Was enoug i; she was installed again, ant
, she had returned strong in purpose, an
, very rich in resources for the exigency.
A years experience, larger sphere 0
thought, and broader observation, had don,
wonders upon her earnest character. L
seemed natural enough that she should be
a little strange for few days after hel
return; moreover, she was still under ban,
though the banishment was remitted and
these things together served to explain
her difference of manner and general de-
meanor to her father, and old familiars,
and to protect her peculiarity from imper-
tinent remark.
She left them before her religious en-
thusiasm had time and opportunity to
settle into form, and take the habitual
direction Of her conduct. Residence
among strangers, with its modicum of lei
sure and privacy, had invested her with
proper individualism and the severe
discipline Of mind and feeling undergone
had worked its permanent results into the
texture of her mental constitution, which
was remarkable at once for its aptness and
tenacity. The controlling quality Of Eli
zabeth's mind was, very plainly, in its
intense religious devotedness, which, n
her, not only sublimed, but strengthened
her natural affections, held them well ard
wisely to their Office, and gave to the siLl-
plest duty which had anything of sacrifice
in it, the tone and determination of q
sacred obligation.
Her ideal Of a religious life is, in the
phrase Of her church creed, called sanctif-
cation,perfect love,cr Christian perfection. !
This conception was her standard. Tie
instant aspirations Of her heart werelfor
angel purity and excellence. H'r under
standing, in its enthuaiasm, Sejected the
aogieal maneuvring, By whiehthe require
ments Of the highest law arsreeonciled to
habitusl delinquensies Of lfe /; nay, she
felt weakness itself like : crime. Her
meekneas bore without apsiogy the burden
If her offences ~4, self;justifcation on
he ground Of natural infrmity Of nature, i
would have felt to ker the very boldness
# an appeal from the law Of eonduct Pre-
cribed for her by her Divine Father The
oul held in such frame, grew and gushed
Ike the flowers and fountains under the '
;indliest influences Of heaven. In the
aim of her holy reveries, blessing lay q
Ike dew upon her affections, and in its I
xultant moment, the Divine Presence I
CODED her whole being with its light and t
ife, like sunburst on q mountain top
t needed only clear insight, to perceive +
ta. her essential life was "Aid with Christ il
q God J" that there was a constant rap a
are in the soul under that tranquility Of S
be senses-a fulness Of the diviner life c
astainirg level Of perpetual calnness P
q the surface, which the forces of the Il
atwa,d and accidental had no power to q
istu,b. This supremacy of the central,
ok nothing from the uonted energy OF "
,e loves che owed to the world without b
rather adjusted, steadied, and supplied C
lem with rscreating strength, a constant o
eshness and untiring patience. If her "
18th and fervor bordered on fanaticism in Il
they nevertheless, in all the 81
critics of use, flowed like life blood thro' Il
er moral system, feeding with vital force n
i the faculties which perform the benign "
ices of love and duty. A deep peace il
He'd he- spirit, and wovs its quiet into al IL
,e cclicitudes which she sustained for a
.te-s and holy rest within, compensated n
I'd repaired the waste of toll without. L
She held herself aloof from the coarse g
around her, without offence,
r it was seen that she had no leisure for b
lie courtesies and the restraints which II
,cupation would not account for, were rt
edited to her devotional habits. Besides, cc
,wever strange it may seem, with all he el
gnity, beauty, and efficiency, she was Al
IT especially attractive to the undiscern- W
G Doors about her Her riddle was IA
ute beyond their reading; and her W
arms were not in direct array to their k'
'prehensions for, in all its proportions,
at saying of the apostle has accurate ap- b