The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-10-24

OIfEyOullS IaNies, WIN HaSS ssoySt cssS ~
rural hills, or danced aglo@ing vefmeil tint on
their cheeks in the saloons Of Newport and
Saratoga, have returned to us as healthy, ,.if not
as happy, as when they left; for it they have
not secured that wonderful prize, a husband, it
is presumed they come, back in anything but a
good humor. The woods begin to lose their
verrlal tint-not by the touch offrost, but by
the whitening hand Of the drought. The farm
ers have housed their wheat, oats and hay, and
begin to gather the corn. Soon the russell
crown will be the distinctive feature of coun.
try life, and the flowers of SUMMER and fruits
of autumn will both succumb to the advent of
winter, who will throw his cold and icy mantle
over;every spot that summer has perfumed with
her roses, ofiautumn made pleasant with her
products. - Whole World. 4 ~. -; = I.
The WINTER oFTmE HEART-Leti it never
come upon you. Live SO that good, angels
may protect YOU from, this terrible .evil-the
wditer Of the heart. .
Let.no chilling Influence freeze up the foun.
datons of sympathy and happiness inits depths;
nocold burthen settle 6fer its withered hopes,
like snow on the faded flowers; no rude blasts
Of discomfort moan and Shrek through its des-
olate chambers.
| Your life-path may lead you amid trials.
| which for time seem utterly to impede.you
progress, and shut out the very light of heaven
| from your anxious gaze.
Penury may take the place of ease and Plen.
| tt; your luxurious home may be exchanged
for d single, lowly roon-the soft couch for
the straw paIlet-the richviands for the coarse
food of the poor. Summer friends may for-
sake you, and the Implying world pass you by
with scarcely a-look ,or-word of compassion.
sYbu may be forced to toll YEARLY, steadily
on, to earn livelihood; you may encounter
fraud and the base avarice which would extort
the last farthing, till you wellnigh turn in dis
gust! from your fellow beings. -
Death may sever the dear:ties that bind you
to earth, and leave you in fearful darkness
That noble, manly boy, the sole hope of your
declining years, may be taken.from you, while
your spirit clings to him with wild ftenacity,
which even the shadow Of the tomb cannot
i wholly subdue. 49,
But. amid all these sorrows, do NOT come to
the conclusion that nobody was ever so deeply
afflicted as you are, and abandon every sweet
anticipation of "better days in the unknown
future.
Do not lose your faith in human excellence,
because your confidence has sometimes been
betrayed, nor believe that friendship is only a
delnson, and love bright phantom which
gldes away from your grasp
Do not think that you are fated to be miser.
aLle because you are disappointed in your ex-
pestations, and baffied in your pursuits. Do
not declare that God has forsaken you, when
yohr way is hedged about with thorns, or re,
pine snfully, when he calls your dear ones to
thaland beyond the grave
Keep holy trust in heaven through every
trial; bear adversely with fortitudc, and look
upward in hours of temptation and suffering.
When your locks are white, your eyes dim, and
your limbs weary; when your steps falter on
the verge Of Deaths gloomy vale, still retain
the freshness and buoyaucy of spirit which will
! shield you from the winter of the heart.
Olive Branch.