Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-04-28
NO. 50
C0EFIDE IN GOD

1here once lived in an old brow, q.
1's 50 small that it looked like a cb;cEon
! coop, solitary woman. Sbo woo olN'.n
years OF age, tended her LITTLE o,orIa" -
1 . KNIT and spun for living. Sbcws. ,,ueu no
soe.ro ~nere, nom village to village, by the
!, eognomen OF happy Nancy" She baS @
no money, no family, no relatives sI,a
was nan bind, quite lame, and very crook. o.
ed. lhere was no comeIiness in her ard
YET tnere N that homely, deformed boJy
tne Great God, who loves to brine .trono..n ~U-I'
out of , weakness, e had set his royaI seal
wen, Nancy, singing again" wonId tho
cnance vislter say, as he lounced AZ her 49, -.
La yes I'm forever Il + ~.
know what people will thiaks', a.. ,s,.,S aoI
say, with i sunny smile sns would
Why they'll think as they ALWAYS Do
that you are very happy"
Ia Id! weii' that's fact; am lust as
happy as the day is long" ''' AS
i wish you'd tell me your secret Nan
ISJ; you are all alone, you work hard ~on
nave nothing very pleasant surronnd;no
you what IS the reason you're so banny,5,
j., Ferhaps It's because hav'nt pot INV
thlng but God" replied the oood croot,,.o
looking up. "You see. rich fol- FL
you, depend upon their families .nd IN, my
I: hoGses they've got to keep thinking of
business their wives. and children and then
They're always mighty afraid Of troubIn
aneaq; L han't got anything to tronhle
,nySeH aoout, you see, cause | leave il all
20 the Lord. | think, well, if he can taon
'nlS great world IN such good order. the
sun roi!Ing day after day, and the stars sbi-
llng night after night, make NIX thipgs
; I0'iie up just the same season after seasn3-
i:o can certainly take care of such noor
simple thing as | am; and so, Won Zee
leaVe IL all to the Lord; and the Lord tate.
care of me.n A10'" takes
"Well, but, Nancy, supposa afrost .1a,.tz
come, after your fruit trees ara al - 'II'sa II"
SON, p ahd your little plants out, suppose
but don't suppose / never can sun-
pose don't want to suppose, eycent tbs,
Ihe Lord VIII do everything right. That
WI MIiaG AZ makes You people unhappy von ara
all the tune supposing. Now, w6v can't
you wait TILL the suppose comes. as do
and then make the best of itn
Oh Nancy, it's pretty certain vouu
get 10 heaven, while many of rs. with al
our worldly wisdom, will have to stav ont"
There you are at it again." said Man,
shaking her head, always LOOKING % ont g,
some some black cloud. Why, if was You. I'd
keep the devil at arms length, instead of
She was right; we DO take the .l-z-5bpe- -7.--5lbpes-
pet and cherish The ugly m0nst9fesa E6ffiia aE4t
assmilate To- their likeness. We caneer
every pleasure with this gloomy fear of
coming i'll seldom trust that pleasures will
enter, or hail them when they come. In
stead of that, we smother them under the
blanket of apprehension, and choke them
with our mi'anthropy.
1t would be well for us to initiate happy
Nancy, and never suppose" If YOU see
cloud, don't supposei it's going to rain; if
you sec frown, don't suppose scolding
will follow-do whatever your hands find
to do, and there leave it. Be more child
like towards the great Father who created
lis; learn to confde in his wisdom, and not
in your own and all swat till the suppose
comes, and then make the best of it" De-
pend upon it, earth would seem an Eden
ifyou would follow happy Nancy's rule, and
never give place in your bosom to imagin-
ary evils