Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-07-03
Too Good fer Earth.
johnson, June, 1856.

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1t is the home Of simple elegance. The
group consists Of father, mother, and
youthful daughter. 1t is evening in the sea-
son when the Frost King goes forth to assert
his might. The hour OF rest draws near,
and the scene is sad, and then it is cheerful.
On the morrow that fair young child leaves
the home of tenderest love, for the first time
to abide in the circles OF strangers. 1t is no
small sacrifice for the maternal heart to sur.
render its dear homestead to the careless
gaze Of strange eyes. 1t is no common emo
ton that fills the fathers soul as he conceves
the prospective loneliness of his now charmed
home circle. Still more trying also is the
feeling OF the young and beating heart To
that heart home has ever been word of
highest and holiest import. Parent bears
the attraction of a nucleus around which
cluster fond and precious memories Now it
must anticipate the hour when home, kindred
and all the scenes of early love and hope are
away, to such trusting heart far away
Bat the mind must needs be cultured. The
expanding faculties of the child under prop
or nurture $50 love would have iD cast a
broader, richer light Of innocence and truth
upon the pathway OF the mind. For such a
culture the child may be surrendered for a
season. 1t is sad to think that from the hap
Ply trio such a parting can be called for. 1t
is cheerful to think that mind may be brought
under the Transforming, controlling, elcvatiue
and polishing influences Of Christian edu-
cation. Sadly, yet with hope, the group sep,
arate for the rcfreshment Of the nights re.
pose
Morning comes all is astir; the busy hun
Of the family band, as they make ready fol
departure, betokcns new excitement. Soor
the work is complete, the fond word spoken
the kiss exchanged, the home left behind, and
the rolling of the noisy train is heard One
lcok more, one adieu, and the loved one il
fast pursuing her way to the seminary.
Soon she beholds the stranger scene, soor
she meets the gaze of stranger eyes. Ali il
strange. oh, how strange! No familiar voice
is heard. No sounds of footsteps more prec
ious than the worlds glittering baubes.-
J knowledge is desirable, but how sad ant
lonely the busy associations of the scene il
which it is sought and gained! The volume
Of the school is drawback, but not SO thu
chill worldly surroundings of the thoughtes
circle. Mind is then in its strength, heart j,
} its tenderness, society in its finish, and mus
in its lofty swels, its gentle cadenccs aud it
J quiet, peaceful strains. Art is then in it
rich and glowing tints, its bold and feares
touches, its shades, its master strokes, its fin
} expression. Woman shines gu every hand
and all that taste and diligence can do is rem
dered to make the woman shine still brghte
in her own unborrowed and simple lustre.-
1t is a scene Of hope to the lover of wisdom
but circle OF WEAKNESS to the transplante,
T bud of domestic hope. Home is not there
parents are not there, the quiet little sanctu
. airy nestled among the green hills, is nc
, there. The hearts fondest treasures ar
> wanting. But duty bids the heart accom-
| plish the tolls of scholarship. Nobly ar
: those tolls endured. With matchless ski
| the mind grasps its themes and masters il
! great and pressing labors. On all aroun
: the radiance of the souls loneliness is cast S
; soft and bewitching. Yet the child of Low
9 is only a pilgrim in tho midst of bus
$ throug, animated amid the gay and needles
: She is but dull listener to the thrilling son
, and the ringing laugh. To hear fond, f;
e miiar voice, in another scene pronounce III
Q simple word Mary" would be of more e,
g chanting sweetness than all the rich melodie
9 of song, and all tho glee of blushing, ROM
, ing maidenhood
t Days, weeks, months pass on; and at la,
the lonely spirit sinks, the heart is affecte
9 not for the joys distans, but for the return
| health and vigor. Disease has reached II
:, lonely one amid the scenes of incougruo,
d comprehensive. Oh! would that the fran
= once more might receive its wonted vigo
P and the quiet vale revisited. "Father y
y No answer comes. Mother" alb! the
: are both too far away to hear the loved OF
r call.
!? Tread lightly. giddy school girl il is Il
d chamber of one too good for earth. III
d slender thread is strained watch careful
9 the golden bowl of life. The hand of deal
| draws back, and the fair one would rest on,