Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-10-06

learned but irreverent husband had g
rendered too confused and dark for her y
mental vision. Il
To deepen the gloom of her lot, about
This time the sunbeam lentsher from hea- !:
ven in the form of her darling babe, Ms S
shrouded. e~fFectually shrouded from herlou, s
her fond look, by the haaxycl of127s
Oh! how she strained her gaze to fndS6pfe S
rift in that cloud through which aTB OF 2
light might come. In vain, all in VAIN :
and the mind surged hack upopitsffmere .
hopeless, more despairhg than.sTer N.an, :
in his arrogancy and hide, maJf rail against
the religion of the blfsseds Bible and even
in his folly deem himself happy Flthout1 It. :
In his fiery and impetuous courS through
the varied avenues Of excitement he may
not often pause to think, or if he does, it
is with a mind SO pre-occupied thu the full
force of its clam can find no lo~dgenfntthere.
But hours of reflection, and o%ccasons cal
culated to produce those refectips, occur
with woman so much more freq4ntly and
are often 50 deeply intense IN thqr charae7
acter, that she cannot even II Fe W0uIo
fling aside these sober convlctlos hghtly
as we toss the withered blossom on the
bosom of that restless stream, to be borne
from the sight forever. The hght laugh
and the gay repartee, and the muse and
~reyelry Of the ballroom, maybe succeeded
by confinement to the bedside OF ore OF
J earth's dearest ones; and as she nloiSAhS
AL-r~-vl+va-EY bzJnes the PaiH0 EST
) lifts the feeble head or chafes the atteua-
: ted limbs, do we think the iron pen OF sern
: immutable truth is not busy tracing ltfe-
: cord upon her heart !! And as she Wathes
t with an agonized brain one after anchor
0 the probabilities Of the recovery OF that
loved one removed, and the truth eveatu-
ally forces itself upon her that they nust
# really die, oh where may she gain comfort,
hope, resignation, if she can not travel up
ward upon that glorious bow OF promise
n which spans the storm, that sublime path
Le way Of light reaching from the cold dark
E. dreary grave to the radiant chambers OF
the third heavens. In the solitary still
D. ness Of the sick chamber, in those dreary
ID hours when the monotony Of her daily du-
a. ties presses most heavily upon her heart,
as when the disposition arises to question
is whether anything in her uneventtul lie Il
ly worthy of being submitted to the Ruler Q
al the universe who listens to such Weightiel
lis supplications than hers, scripture eneour
w agement, linked with the heautiful rsaAt
IS of religion as felt and treasured in her oW
re- heart, flashes up steady and clear like
ur beacon light on a stormy sea, investing tn
We smallest duties faithfully performed wit
his dignity and sitting all those idle and tt
Oh m%ultous cries for deeper and more extende
ur- influences and usefulness which often bl
NIB the fair page Of woman's life.
we And, oh woman, woman, are there n
I'D opportunities amply sufficient in the bea
nd tiful retiracy where Heaven has placed 20
lch for the consistent exercise Of the virtu
i'll. enjoired by the Bible 2 Do you not ha
ms occasionfo the study, aye, and for the pre-
tise, too, Of religion, which does not COZ
tbs to man? Such study shallnever be in val
i've such practice shall not go unrecorded
to the registry Of heaven. And through t
by very duietness Of that studious and pra(
rne cal life, you may win minds holder a
~tAS~poal~..,~-vovvrp rvr1rrfJdr u.s. II rUu p
son vading the loud but transitory voice of p7
d a lie applause.
his Mr.. Lawrence had long since percei1
ght the change in the health and temperam'
9rty Of his wife, but being deeply engaged
lur- all the intrigues attending a%closely cont
lere ted election, consoled himself by think
the he would soon be at leisure and could
ON vote more attention to her comfort.
a. death Of their babe touched the tender G.
his anew and he stroye for while to vile av
rent her loneliness by arousing her interest
lore his schemes Of ambition !; but failing
-als. this, he soon left her more than ever to
lily, own reflections, pursuing his pathway alo
diff More and more absent and misanthrC
nag she grew until all society was renounc
) all and those most intimately connected "
Her her gave out strange, dark hints that rea
ting sat not firmly on it's throne.
but There was one subject, certain1yTw1h
that ever called a wild light to her eve and
ssed unwonted energy to her Manner, startl
thy, to the one addressed. And that was
less, plause for public distinction. And e
lppi- when the voice of admiration from the Vol
.tion went up in strong terms Of appreciation
cart politicaltalent and genius, she would sh
ar her head %mournfully and mutter, as if
a herself, no no! they know it not; |
high should they-but pure domestic Affect
Gene almost as rarely flourish and bloom in
er so race-course of political strife as flowers
d in their proper nourishment from the D;
the ment of the street. Brilliant and /
| no sounding names abroad are too often COZ
oand ted with neglect Of those quiet virtues
rong on which the happiness o home isfounc
'ease Go BE C~oNTINUED.)
ance -~~~~~~-s~s~~<~-
ence THREE LovEns.-Lady Gage, the wife
still the first baronet, Sir John, ancestor Of
Ugly, count Cafe, when first a widow, was
ic of seventeen, beautiful and rich: she was c
if its ted by her three husbands. Sir &c,