The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-07-27
TRUST IN GOD AND PERsEvERE

why so sad, Earnest? said young
wife to her husband, affectionately twin
ing her arm around his neck, and kissing
him.
He looked up with smile and replied:
I am almost out of heart, Mary. ! think
of all pursuits, s physicians profession is
the worst. Here / have been, week after
week, month after month, and may soon
say year after year, waiting for practice,
yet without success. A lawyer may vol
unteer in celebrated case, and so make
himself known; but physician must sit
patiently in his Office, and, if unknown, see
men of half hid requirements rolling in
wealth, while he perhaps is starving. And
it will soon come to that, added he bitter
ly, If / do not get employment
An unbidded tear stole into his wife's
eye, but she strove to smile as she said:
DO not despond, Earnest / know you
have talents and learning to make your
way as soon as you get a start; and depend
upon it, she said with cheerful look,
that will come when you least expect it,
so You have told me, often told me, but
the lucky hour has never come said the
husband despondingly. And now every
cent of our little fortune has been expended
and our credit will soon be gone, when it
is found we do not pay. What then is to
become ofus?' Si--f
Earnest was in mood that the sanguine
sometimes experience when disappoint-
ment after disappointment has crushed the
spirit. and the voice of hope is no longer
heard within. His wife would have given
way to tears ifshe had been alone; but she
fell the necessity of ofsustaining him, and an
swered cheerfully;
'And what if every cent is gone? Have
no fear that we shall starve. God sent
ravens to Elijah, and he will yet interpose
for your aid Trust in him, dear Earnest.
The husband felt rebuked as she thus
spoke. and answered less despondingly:
But really, Mary, this want of success
would try the stoutest spirit. The me-
chanic, the day Iaborer, the humblest far
mer, is sure of his food and raiment; but ]
have spent years in study, have wasted
years besides waiting for practice, and now,
when all my fortuneis gone, if resort to
other means of livelihood, l lose all that
have spent, both time and money, and
must forever abandon my profession. II
is too hard! and he arose and walked the
room with rapid strides.
His wife sighed and remand silent.
.ai, But after moment or two,' she arose
went up to him, and fondly encircling him
in her arms, said
Dear Earnest you must not worry your
self so. You think it painful for me tc
bear poverty, ]. know, or you would no
take it SO hard; but woman never regards
such things when she loves. A crust o
bread, alOg cabin, would be preferable t.
me if l shared it with you, to palace with
any other. But it will not come to this
Something within assures me that you viii
yet be great and rich. Have patience on
ly a little while longer. There, there is
knock at the door, it may be for you
AS if her words had been prophetic, tn
little girl, their only servant, appeared
at this crisis and said that the doctor wa
wanted in great hurry. With an exult
ing smile his wife ran for his hat, and thel
sat down with beating heart to await hi
return.
1t was almost the first summons tn
young physician had received, though h
had resided in the village more than yeal
The place, too, was large and populous, ,bu
medical men oflarge practice resided there
and all these combined to put down thei
rival. More than once, heretofore, Earr
est would have abandoned the field in d.
spair, but his young wife cheered and el
5couraged him-though sometimes her ow
heart seemed ready to give up. Mar
Linwood was, indeed, that greatest of Q
blessings, q good wife; she sympathist
with her husband, economical to theu
most, and by her sanguine words chase
dependency from his heart. sas
Hour after hour she sat there aWaitir