Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-09-29

JQe neAG wen WHICH, QOpcd anu IdHCy WONCj
would be so attractivem its hues-or might
they not be Justly enraged at my temelity ;.
and desert their place altogether Who !
can promise that another growth of bios
SONS would send up such rich fragrance c
and throw aronnd every day life such sun |
nv brightness? Heart speaks to heart with
it's own resistless eloquence wherefore {
should I seek to examine its secrets or in I
tcrfere with the delicacy Gifts mechanism y
"An romance, Emily, andft sentiments
for romances only, SO [ cannot for one mo
ment entertain the thought that you are
really serious"
"You astonish me, Mary for [ never
once dreampt Of your opposition IN this
matter"
Glove, Emily, under every shape and
form. / admit is a beautiful sentiment; nay,
even a divine principle; but tomake it con-
sistent with the other high attributes OF
human character, It's foundation should be
laid upon the unchanging rock of virtue
and truth. To imagine one possessed OF
all the perfections with which a favored he
70 is invested, is very different from being
! satisfied that he is so highly endowed and
: to awake to the humiliating fact that our
, hopeful imagination had duped us SO thor
!. oughly, would be a shock to the happiness
| of welded life which | think it would be
q scarcely formidable enough to withstand.
y To marry for any one Of the principles you
have so warmly advocated, methlnks would
! be a hazardous experiment at best ; there
fore it affords me pleasure to think you are
ali testing"
"But we are not, Mary. We are seri-
Gus; and as for myself, nothing could de-
=" ter me from a union with the chosen one Of
e my heart no, not evena settled conscious
~ ness Of his own unworthiness for [ should
- feel that heaven had imposed a high and
=. holy task upon me, in the rescuing of his
" soul from a deeper and a darker fate"
% "Do not say that, Emily! Do not ad
~ vance a sentiment so dangerous. True, WE
- should use all our influence for the promo
~ ton of good, but that can never be effected
by assimilating the pure and the vicious
and heaven calls upon US to make no sucl
10 sacrifices. In stepping upon the arena Q
- married life, our influence becomes NOR
N weighty and extended; our responsibility
more definite and IN view Of these facts
-, we should aim to select one as our life
a' companion, calculated to foster and strength
! % en- our own moral principles, to deepen OF
~ appreciation of human excellence, and
~: encourage every germ Of purity, %rectitud
and truth"
h.. "But can you imagine a married Ii
~, happy, without love, Mary p
IL would marry noman whom I did n
Us love but at the same time, if | loved ev
on so fondly, ever so wildly; and we're [ SO
III" isfed that he deserved it not that he w
unworthy of the high and imprisoned 10
~ of woman, would tear his image from n
W., heart, and think, severe as the effort mig
be, it were better, far better, than place
" such imminent jeopardyth the happinesso of n
whole life"
!" 81 can scarce comprehend your vieV
loao Marr. thau- aro-sa~na vstr2n ee - or
.nosa fed that the dreams of ambition, realize
aor+s too often end in misery. We know ext
g Tho nal appearances are no certain index to t
heart. Wealth has new and ofttimes de,
est cares linked to its enjoyment. A
GU love misplaced, is perhaps worse than al
one. for it first gladdens and enlivens-leadi
49, its victims all decked III bright flowers
;aIlr the slaughter-blindfolded to the edge
hniO IN pIOCI p1NCJ IA1CtAIhS CI1C CSI1O " IS
rooID only the more appalling"
"You invest life with darkness upon
;, sides; is there no room for escape from
on. ILL? p
iinot "None from those our Heavenly Fatl
1non may choose to visit upon us, except in t
tt christian confidence which should e
onn1 prompt us to say, ale doeth all THU
otont we'll" Not morality, not virtue, not e7
~ 6. religion itself, can avert the storms of /
tba But the discharge of every honorable +;
,dons appropriate duty, the constant effort to l
nvos- mitigate moral truth, the d~iscountenanci
every vice, however fashionable, and lie
mn ing all youths best energies to the hie-
~ g., ends Of human existence, never los
sight of the holy obligations resting III
us as intelligent moral creatures; first
ward God, as the Creator of those faculti
toward our fellow-men, as POSSESSING
siblv strong claim on their proper developmel
Ill., and toward ourselves, in compliance W
,osa4 that indispensable desire for the promot
'or;tv OF every good thing, which SO stron
!, - lives in each well regulated mind and VIII
rabIo should lend its modifying influence to
Of . cry act in life-are the blossoms VIII
,b;oL promise the richest fruit for the harvest
4 HE old age, and from which we will CLEAN
ower least Of that unsavory portion, REGRET
N 10 We'll enough said, girls; [ wonde
this conversation will ever prove any t,
aaoJ Of our future fate inregard to matrimon,
%" "Who can tell? strange things of
vow happen in life and our individual de
god, th;s may leoael - our ninG Is IN after ye
arart determine, and there is nothing left us
Ton patiently to await the events he so zealo
ly c~onceaIs.
love lio De 0~oNIlNOED.J
that
straw TN" ~ oANlLNcE