Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-10-01

! All, when all other inducements fail, the
rod of affliction is often used to drive us tc
! the mercy y-seat.
O1the peaceful calm that fills the soul af-
ter yielding up all into our Fathers hands
| the sweet abandonment of resting upon His
bosom where alone is fulluess of joy Adela
felt all this. and, as she laid her weary head
upon her pillow that night, she resolved to
commence new life; and if she could not
be the means of reclaiming her erring hus-
band, she would instruct her children in
those paths that eventually lead to eternal
life. She arose in the morning, and knelt
again, and prayed for strength to support
her in every TRIAL that might lay before her
that day, andthen calmly prepared to enter
again upon her unceasiug toll.
And Divine strength was needed. To-
/ wards night letter was brought her by the
penny-pos and with trembling hands she
broke the seal and read as follows:
ssAdela, yesterday you wished me dead,
and if your wish cannot be Immediately
granted in full, it shall in part at least I
have shipped on board a man of war; and
will never trouble you with my presence
again. WILLIAM"
Adela gave one wild shrek, and fell faint
ing to the floor. Her little children clung,
frightened and crying, to her inanimate form
believing her dead-but the eldest, a
bright noble boy of nine years. with the
thoughtfulness of maturer age, brought wa
ter and bathed her face and chafed her hands
until animation was restored, and she sat
once more in her chair with all the depth of
her misery pictured upon her pale face.
regret at parting from her who had borne
and suffered so much for him-With no
thought of wife, or children, or home, IN his
heart, save of those rash words that his cru
city had called from her lips, he had gone
gone neuer to return And she had driven
him away. 0, what would she not now give
to recall him once more to her side-how
she would work day and night for him to
utter no complaint.
Away down, deep in Adela's heart, rip
Piled Loves pure stream-it was only pas
sion's murky waters that gushed so hastily
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All, tits not until the loved, though erring
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how sacred was the place be filed in our
hearts.
After the keenness of the first hours ago.
ny had passed, during which Adela suffered
enough to atone for lifetime of thought
lessuess, she remembered Him who had not
refused His consolation the previous even
ing. Into His ear she now poured the depth
of her sorrows, and, in answer, these words
were sweetly whispered to her bursting
heart: II will never leave nor forsake thee. :"
A calm, trustful resignation stole gently
over her soul. and she began to prepare for
future course of action.
| There were few brave hearts who had stood
nobly by her side when misfortune adverse
winds swept over her devoted head, other
wise she could not, with her feeble health
have kept starvation from her door.
Thank God, there is not spot to be
found on any enlightened portion of His
earth, where all are Summer friends-who
pass away with the sunshine of prosperity.
In every place there may be found few
who seem to realize for what purpose their
Creator placed them here and gave them
the means to do good, though-alas for poor
human nature the number is far too small
Throug gh the exertions of these friends Adela
was supplied with as much sewing as she
could do, and literally paid for her labor
and her little Willie was engaged as errand
boy for one Of the city merchants, who paid
him small salary-enough to furnish his
clothes the first year-the next it was dou-
| bled, as the merchant found him faithful
and trustworthy so that Adela, with the
expense Of her husband removed, now gain
ed comfortable support for herself and lit
tie ones.
But deep grief sat heavy on her heart,
and almost weighed her down to earth, and
only by Divine aid was she enabled to keep
up her sinking spirits, and pursue her dai-
ly labor.
Three years passed away and no tidings
of the absent husband had been received,
when one of the city dailies announced the
intelligence that the ''Ship Columbus" -
the one in which William Raymond sailed
had been wrecked in terrible gale, and
''all on board had perishedp' He was dead
then-her rash wish had been granted-he
had died without knowing how deeply she
had repented, how much she had suffered,
and how dear he still was to her loving
woman's heart. These were the thoughts
that rushed upon Adela's mind as she read
the terrible lines. No human power could
alleviate the keenness of her anguish, no
earthly consolation pour the healing balm
into her torn bleeding heart. One and one
! alone held that power in His hands; to Him
she applied for succor. and the application
was not made in vain.
Until now she had lived in the hope that
her husband would one day return, and give
her the opportunity Of proving her great