The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1858-10-08


ers, who have no means of learning
ing them, the glad tidings which have
diif'uscd such joy over their saddencd
hearts.
When ith with outstreched hand grasped the Eternal.
throne,
And made the promises of him who sat thereon her own
So with Henry Moreand. Earnest
and enthusiastic in temperament, and
nobly impulsive and self sacrificing in
character, such was his first thought
wien nc felt that his sins were forgiv
en- him, without stopping to consider
W ether he possessed the necessary
qualifications for such a work. The
more he thought, the more he had
come to q decision that he was not,
unless he could be joined and aided
/ by her who had the strongest hold upon
his affections of any earthly creature.
without whom he felt his own be.
ing was incomplete, and without
whose lifelong companionship and
! affection, existence was to be drca-
ry waste. Could she feel the same
strong impulse and scll.sacriiic'ng de-
! sire to devote herself and all her cner-
gies to the consecrated work, he would
no longer hesitate. lie must have
the bride Of his spirit to go with him.
and yet not so much that he could not
make the sacrifice. terrible as it would
| be. as that it would be useless, for
without the presence, conpanlo onshp
and cooperation Of his second, dearcr
self, he felt that his most strenuous cl-
forts, for the redemption OF fallen hu-
manity, would be powcrlcss and fu-
tile.
Easy as. it would have been for
Madeleine Cranstoun to have loved
with her whole heart the noble, gifted
aud attractive youth, she had never
believed he felt for her aught else than
a pure and guilclcss friendship, and
though she had delighted in the
charms Of his presence, she had stu
diously avoided yielding to any warm
er feeling on her part, and had sue
/ ceedcd in restraining her maiden al-
lcctlons, so far in her own keeping,
as never to manifest Il regard She might
not have exhibited for any right-min-
ded. intelligent and virtuous man.
But it seemed to him that she could
read his secret soul, that she could
penetrate his inmost thoughts and di-
vine the words he would utter before
his tongue had formed them, and
therefore she must know how dcvo-
teddy, how entirely he loved her; and
more, he felt that knowing this sh2
must rcciprocatc all his deep, death
| ~ affection, or she would never treat
/ him with that constant cordial regard,
which sparkicd in her eye and beam
ed upon her features.
Little did he know there is in wo-
mans nature, Il little lcaycn of dis
trust, and though she may be aware
from his bearing Of all the partiality
he feels, she cannot, does not appro-
pirate it. much as she may desire it,
unless he has given her unmstakablc
evidence. in words, that his affection
is all, and entirely hers.
lie believed that Madeleine Gran =
tOun loved him even as he did her, and
now did he but know that she could
nerve herself to the sacrifice OF home,
friends and country, he could leave her
in the morning, for brief visit to his
parents and then enter College, as he
was prcparcdto, two ycarsin advance
and after completing his Collegiate
and Theological studies, bear away to
to the Palm-groves Of the Orient land
the girl-bridc Of his boyish love-
/ dreams.
But had Henry Morcland stopped
to ana yzc all the motives that actua-
ted him, he would have found another
feeling in his bosom, very different
from entire devotion to his Maker and
his bcnishtcd ielIow.bcing, mingling
with and casting Il glorious halo over
the idea oithc sacrifice he must make
in leaving home, friends and country,
for the wids Of hcathendom.
lis affection for Madeleine was fast
becoming the absorbing feeling OF his
life. Friends had faded away on the
dim, far of distance-thc one sister of
his childhood and youth, though she
was still very dear, was overshadow-
ed by the strong and rapid growth of
the one great master-passion of his
soul, and the brother, in whose house
he was domicilcd, seemed scarcely
more than a passing acquaintance,
so entire, so overwhelming was his
love for the being that seemed neces-
sary, not only to his happiness, but to