The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-04-03

Lei me - back and die
II cannoth.:
Not if these cold. fat stones which We tread,
Were coulter> heated white. and wonder gateway
Flamed like furnace with >evenfold heat,
must fulfil my purpose.
PRINCE HENRY.
forbid il;
Nnt onr step farther. For only meant
To put TINS far thy courage I" The proof.
1t i enough. ! too have courage to die,
For thou hast taught mo,
q Omv Prince remember
Y"ur promises. Let me fulfil mr errand,
Iou 10 not Jock on life and ,lea.h rs do.
There are two anrc> that attend unseen
Each ono ofu> md in great books record
onr good and evil deeds. He who writes down
The good ones. after every action. closes
HIS volume and nSccnl> with il TO God
The other kccI- dreaiful-,lav book open
TT l>mSet that "" may repent: which doing,
The rrcord cf he action fade, away.
And leaves line of white across the rage,
How if mt srt he good. a> believe it,
IL cannot 10 recalled. Its already
Sealed NJ in heaven =. a good iec.i accumulated
The rest is vou:s Why wal, v"u2 lam read-.
"i,r .insndan,,.
Weep not. NV friends, rather rejoice with me,
shall not feel the pain, hut >hal hcsone.
And ya vii hars another .tiis"d in Hfarens
TEN s',i,t nat n' hs.r,rliag of door
7tIra,,L nlih Tpas<. Is. ark H hes I-ynUii
= rLonqttpow's G,Lhn L.g.nM,
Then lcgan she to pray that they would
do as they had promised her; and when she
heard again that her .;.ii was denied, she
hurst forth with increased vchemefice hprn
Lord Henry Alas. how has nv star of iov
GONE ont How miserable has YOUR coward
" dr<pon,lenre made me =? How have been
he'icd, how have Won deceived me? Pcc-
pie said Won We're honest and good, and had
the courage of a man. they spoke untruly; the
world is deceived in vou: Won are weak and
fiin'-hcartc,l: Won cannot even look on what
:. women i all,. 10 suffer How did Won
know that was tied This thick wall was
lcre between u<. All. nv dear lord, Won
know that through me- yo1r health oan hr
restored. then let the .acrifi..e 90 on: VIII
soon find a second. who Will do As much for
Won lnve Won more than do mvsclt-vour
life more than nv own: then take upon me,
an'i grant my PRAYER.
Despite her PRAYERS. Lord Henry was in
flexible. lie desired her TO put on her dress.
which she did. gradually ceasins her lamen-
tations He gave the physician his reward.
and departed with the maiden for his native
land. Although he knew that new disgrace
was awaiting him. and morkerv, he bore him.
self patiently. for he felt that God had. for
wise purposes inflicted his modification. upon
him.
Thus it happened. through the instrumcn.
talitv of the pious maiden. that he was freed
from a disease worse than that from which
his body had T'rin" His proud and har'len-
ed heart ovcrbcaring and vain-glorious, Vas
quite laid low: higher good than he had
ever lost. he nov found; the chcertnlneSs Of a
a christian tcmp.r, which trusts in God, and
Yields to his always wise dispensations, with
resignation and awe.
The poor maiden. on the other hand, WAS
wholly absorbed in grief. She was confused,
embarrassed, and much distracted. Her
trust in God seemed TO have been converted
, into shame and morkerv. She PRAYED, with
out cca,ing, for her dcliycrance from these
unhappy and sinful emotions.
=. Thus. at the cId Of the first DAYS Journey,
the maiden and Lord Henry arrived at the
hotel. They walked separately to their re-
/, >pcc,ive chambers, The knight thanked God
that H.. had purified his heart, and through
trial and through sorrow had freed him from
all VANITY The maiden threw herself apon
her knees. and begged God 10 make her know
WHY He had not grariously received her with
I her GIFT. as she had nothing but her poor ma
-. kcd lite TO give him. As she finished her
PRAYER. she exclaimed: Alas am not pure
enough 10 he Thine, oh Holy One. Then
purify. oh God. nv heart. and let me not die
. in pain Give to me, oh Father, a sign that
| shall vet succeed, one IL. ir gaining thy
grace, if shall STAY on earth"
And God. who looks into the heart, and
| fnr>akcS none that trust in him, saw, with
ura,ious pity. the bitter distress of the two
con,rite surplicants, and listened to their
PRAYERS. He, who gladly comforts His own,
when they weep, freed these pious pentents
from all their griefs. Whilst Henry was
sleeping in his chamber, his disease all passed
AWAY. and he stepped forth on the following
morn. clean and whole. before the maid Her
hearts sorrow disappeared, when she saw
this change. She gaZed on him steadily
and then sank down upon her knees and
called ont "The lord be praised He has
shown us great mercy. Gladly now DO I ar-
ccpt my life a.ain,tor he hath given it back
to me-"
Sir Henry rode home with bounding
heart With every succeeding tiav returns
to him some new attraction of nonth; his faith
RECEIVERS its bloom and his whole person be-
comes more than ever attractive. To all his
old friends who had befriended him and been
kind to him, he sends tidings of his restora-