The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-31
ct,lerns}a in bis European Life and Han.

/ calelns4a, in bis European Life and Nan
Eners," gives ths following description Of the
Dutch Wc-aen.
q think some of them are The fairest, and
handsornest creatures ever locked upon, and
made Of Uamixed porcelain clay. Before left
England TEthougf1t the English women the fair
est had ever seen-I nor consider them as
belonging ITO the eolored races The Dutch
women Itch excel them Take tie fairest
rose that vas eEer plucked, with the gIisteriug
de#-arops: hanging among It's petals; take the
falrest pezsch that ever hung upon the tree
with lis charming blended tinss of red and
white, aadI they are eclpsed By the transpa-
reneF and beauty Of complexion Of the faire<t
! Dutch Worslen, as | saw them at BroeeEand
saardan. If their minds are as fair, and their
manners al winning, as their faces, then can
easily understand the history Of Adams fall.
It vas impossible, poor fellow, that he should
resist. THEN their costume is 50 pretty and ell
egant--a $ rt Of thin gold aelnit fsssea. close
10 the head. leaving enough Of the hair sssaart
gracefully over the brows; a thin but wide band
Of highly Ffrought and FURNISHED gold extend
ing across sthe forehead; at the ends Of this
some rich aud elegantly wrought fIagree orna-
rnents Of gid, with splendid ear-drops Of pure
gold, or o. iiiaraonds set in gold, with beau
tifuI cap Of the finest Brussels lace"
L il an excellent thing for all who are Ell
gagged IN giving instruction to young people, /
frequently ~ call 70 mind what they were them
selves whel. Young. This practice is one of
the most lik+fy to .lmpart patience and forbear-
ance. and tc.borre:t unreasonable expectations. !
At one period af nv life, when instructing two
or three yonsGg people to write, found them,
as thought, unusually stupid. happened
about this time to look over the contents of an
old copy bo7A, written by me when I was q
boy. The thick up-strol,es. the crooked down
strokes, the. awkward Jennings OF the letters,
and the blota in the book, made me complete
y ashamed ii myself, and could at the mo-
meat, have :hro#n the book in the fire. The
worse, however, thought Of myself, the bet
er | thought Of mF backward scholars; | was
;ured Of my unreasonable expectations, and be-
anne in futrte doubly patient and forbearing. :
n teaching goutb, remember that you once
7ere young. and in reproFing their youthful
iTors. endeaTor to call to mind your own tC
Last Sunday | vas endearoring to explain
0 one Of ny sabbath school scholars, a boy =
+ SIX or seven years Of age the manner il i
Ihich the sinner, being clothed with the right :,
business Of Christ, because accepted by God al
Now, my sca, - said I, "what color is that h
aH7''
white, sin .,
But look through these green spsctacIes =
nd what does it appear?'' -
Green sir%' pa
But is the. wall really green, Or does it only
EN- so because. you are looking through a $.
reen glass?". vi
at is white, and only looks green from the
ectacles."
Very well. No#, just so with God and
an. Are not all men sinners?''
ayes, SIR 7
"And doesn't God hate siu?'' L
"Yes, sir" ton
"HelI, now; if God looks at US through the
rfections Of Christ. how will We appear" @ 4he
Green, sir,t' 81 81
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