Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-18
! = LITERARY ii illIsl MISCELLANY.
lI.e se asd For the National Fra
IA HR0THERs Rkc0LLxcTI0Ns on AN ONLY
go SISTER
BY MARY LIVING
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that followed, neither Of US could be Of any
use and sadly we returned homeward Eu-
lalie threw herself into my arms, and wept
oonvulsyely.
sob, brother she never knew anything about
heaven and what has become OF her soul !
I could not comfort her; but she wept her
self calmer, and then went on.
~ have been thinking great deal lately
and don't know rs ought to wait till grow
larger to teach these poor children. Cousin
Mary Hyde used to say no one was too little
to do some good and perhaps--Do ysu
think am too little, brother 4"
Perhaps not ~ answered, pressing her to
my heart ~, !. II . ~. a., ,.,.. !,
had that sickness last year, and she came from
her school to nurse me. She said we should
always havc some object, while wc live, to call
ont our powers Of dong good"
"But If every object, every effort be blight
ed ~ said ], musing aloud, with my teeth firm
ly set, and bitter memories at my heart.
Then pursued the child, calmly asthough
| had spoken To her. ssthen, cousin says We
should do good for the sake Of good, and for
Gods sake, for He never disappoints ns''
Angel Of peace! Ny heart was stirred from
it's Utmost f,untain, and felt the flood of mis-
anthropy ebbing from my soul bent my
quivering lips to kiss the child's fair forehead
A silence followed.
Cousin Mary appears to be quite an oracle
with YOU said ], at last
81 don't know what oracle meansn she
returned but if it is anything vsry kind and
good Pm sure its Cousin Mary Hyde. Bnt
teach the chiIdrena Poor little Susy her
ovoa 6lind--.U oox,,t tnach hcrfO
z Yes, darling we will both try to do them
some good, y said l. We will see what can
be done toward establishing Sunday school,
Her eyes flashed their delight and surprise
into mine ! gently interrupted her caresses,
by telling her that must return to Mr. Will
sons, and went from the cabin.
Alone in the silent woods once more, sunk
upon my knees, and communed with my own
heart and with its Maker.
ooh, God - was the cry Of my wounded
spirit "give me 1.-THE Of the grace that has
wrought upon that young heart give. me back
love for the beings Thou hast made!a
Such pettion--was it ever breathed in
vain No! by the promise that His Word has
given
There were many difficulties in the way Of
organizing our Sunday school, small though it
was The question OF place was first to be set
tied. Our own cabin was fixed upon, for the
time; and as summer came on, and our school
enlarged, we met on pleasant knoll, under
the canopy of cedar boughs Many of the ig-
norant peasants from foreign shores could not
be persuaded that we had not Some sinister de-
sign-that their children were not 10 be taught
some "heresyn | met this objection by urg-
ing parents to come with their children, and
listen themselves to the instructions given. The
want Of teachers WAS the most serious difficulty.
At first, Eulaie took the very youngest chill
dren, and / collected the others into large
class. But in the summer, we obtained the
assistance Of young woman, who was the pre-
siding genius Of the nearest log school-house
six miles distant; and, giving up to her the
children Of my class, confined my instruction
TO the adults. Quite circle, in the course Of
months, gathered about me; and some Of the
hsppiest hours Of my life, can truly say, were
spent in simplifying to the grade Of their IN
derstandings the truths angels desire to look
into.n
A circumstance soon occurred however,
which came near shaking TO the earth all oul
carefully reared plane One bright June after
noon, while we rat under the cedar trees each
class ON its own bench of birchen logs q neat
mulatto woman, with head bound in paided
turbaD, came slowly down the road, leading q
small boy, many shades darker than herself !
had seen her before, at her little hut many
miles away on the prairie, and knew her to be
Q sober, hard working, respectable woman,
who had once been slave, but WAS freed by
her master, years before. AZ she reached tho
hillock, she stopped hesitsted, and was about
retreating, apparently, when | left my class,
and went TO accost her. A violent whispering
commenced
Please, sr, she began timidIy al telled
lilly didn't know bout it. but I'd fetch him
up 70 day, and see if he Guild get to larn any
thing
Certainly" replied; this school is open
to al Come this way"
No, thank'ce, sir I'll sit just here and
listen at your talk it's all / want il lilly can
get to larn ~ and she modeetly seated herself
on the grsss
Eulalie's eyes were dancing.
"Oh, brother, put him in my class, won't
youf" che asked in loud whisper, coming
forward TO me-
| gave him into her charge She took his
hand in here led him to her group Of little
urchins, and seated him upon the log between
herself and Sally Wilson, younger sister OF
Susan's
Mrs. Wilson, who had been watching pro-
ceedings with the eye Of hawk, here instantly
sprsng TO her feet, rushed to the bench, and
caught up her insulted cffspring.
Come along here, you Sally and Maiviny,
Thomas Jeffenon, and Andrew jackson she
called, addressing her various children; aand
you, too, ole man, il you've got q grain Of sper-
n! I'd have You TO know, Mister Lincoln,
that ms children are not poor enough to be
mixed up with niggerstv
And away che fiew Her spouse, after star.
ing for = while at Sslly's vacated scat picked
mp bis hat, and slowly followed An Irishman,
father Of the next scholar on Eulalie's list, was
up before him.
Fax an it's high time Neddy was afther
stirring ~ dragging him of by the arm.
Several parents followed the example and
in five minutes our school was deserted, with
the exception Of few French and German
families, whose fathers merely shrugged their
shoulders md sat quietly.