The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-07-29

ding 81 Ar, the snt at whose shrine his hither.
to too Belfsh srJt IN should have been hal
lowed, the mas et 10y which he should have
learned to stees is: hitherto tickle course stead
fastly,' ct eetefs 81 !.sera. Poor Herman He
said il I'LL as 81 Z as he knew how, and Just
as he fought = bit he was yet mere youth,
in love- and il Eat i've, and of course he could
hardly. be exp ed 70
His moi cut there few a trope"
Clal snoo stl-ts istty curls with her light
iewelltd fnge m piied him 80 truly, that,
even .'hile g sa,5 in her heart, A lucky
escape for hir Ssad oil Of us, if she has such q
wilful tisposit 15i-sifhe could only see it-poor
fellow she Sd NOT help saying sooshingly to
him,
at could : only a girlish freak, Herman.
She us Low 1ou; nobody whom you loved
so could help Sc Depend upon it, she is as
sorry as sou { already" sT 80 EAa SEP
"Na; che as only rnisIed, and might have
been nndeceit &, rerhaps, at first; but she has
high spirit, I'd am afraid that my hssti-
ness and 'hars, est estrAnged her,"
"oa, py 3. sress Herman your harshnees
never estsane 8 q sitten If she deserves you,
and ou'd ns$ta Iou .happy-you must be the
judge ofShat. 10 o her directly, and she will
be orly zoo id 20 see you, and to ask your
pardoa." -.
al did go Aste,day. She was gone"
"Gonnl Vsire9"
"Awas. . her aunt in Baltimore, prob
ably. If the rite, soon, strolled down again
towar Is ihe = re House, don't know why
from aal it p ;tiy, dare say; had not made
up my n ind 90 10, and saw her trunks go
by on o railw y. coach.
"Don't yc :, .hink you might be mistaken ?
Some enc els slight have the same initials"
The Var 7 oogelandts' baggage was with
hers. saw ,,ir name in full. No; she WAS
determined IL place herself beyond my reach
once for all. And 50 that story's done, my
Psyche | No s,ore to be continuedl' We're
come to Ugly old Finis as used to say, when
we reid fairy tales together"
Thu p'.or youth tried to smile without signal
success, ,Ispraps up, and began, with an averted
face, father up bis books, and replace them
on shels.a. perhaps to give himself time to
recov'r ris 70 s., for there was another story
now {, b. beg j.,
Re- 1r ing r 4. sently to her, with step which
seemd limos martial in his strong selfmas
terry, lie 'lace. Ell beside him on the sofa. She
told lie, sone sers afterwards, that she had
never b en- to repeat the conversation
which fllowef deep as was the impression
which ID mazda Z, &c left upon her, and powerful.
ly as f3 ad af ,ud the course of her life ever
since She s4G:
~ vas az { l had been sitting on a stone
some dy, lct Siit mp into the sky, expecting,
and ali king .fr othing of the sort; and all at
once he ivep '-a@ 5pened over my head, and let
down howe 6 sounds and shown swarm of
sight', '!uch ar had never heard nor seen be-
fore, .anl 30 e4asid End no words for" :.
In W. rds ~ gut low and brief, for egotism
was lways = il, to him, he admitted her to
glimi'se of a. ismost soul, which, stirred to
its d'ptas, ss st by an earthquake, was lay
ing ,afe arls ta,sirg up all its boarded treas.
ures before toy Lard. His brief enjoyment of
his love, he sl2sp' her, had made an intensity
of lore ndi.b rss lie to him. He hungered for
it, thirs led %, it tainted for it. When Con.
stance wa Ike: from him, he could think of
moth na ear q. y7tt,t could take its place; moth.
ing ao'ld fAe ~ place, except the love of
Christ. H. al spent the day chiefly in care.
fully eiiam' >,f the New Testament anew, in
orde5 b, ~ Goat precisely on what terms this
love was to Z alstained and "here," said he,
rising, and raipg the blotted sheet from the
table, 9 is = determination to which have
CONF trie' ;s9tome."
Hat,rne ~ the gas, that she might be able
to read ba , Ii hesitated, and fingered over it.
She oek it Sftl his halfreluctaut but yielding
hancl sud , <ito herself, as follows:
4 sel. OF ENLISTMENT.
"My, h aoes ; = ,ther:
go the ,t. of Thy love, and the love of
Chritt, and tof the Holy Spirit offered me
by Ihy wots.. enlist myself to serve Thee
hencefrth, - after the fashion of these sloth-
ful s1d deg stste days, which have hitherto
mosfsEsmt. - and disloyally followed, saying
go aid 49, not, but after the manner, go
far a. q M re, or may lie in the future, by
Thy grace,.c S,ose early Christians, worthy of
the taioe, $, Som Thy glad tidings of great
joy @ete Fl 8. fsDken in body and in soul in
hear: sud L'lR,; in deed, word, thought, and
feeli,gi ht.deto no sect or party so much as
to that of y, ~ 'eve and their Leader in Joy,
if it evr casxai to me again, and in sorrow ;
throlg 60 Is, ,ort, and, if it must be, through
evil re 'ortg ~ti{ .out reserve; keeping nothing
bael ON l~'1ss ;;easury, but holding in instant
reae7n .ss |, Sip w into it, as Thou mayst draw
upo: RE, pN5a y, leisure, life, and every power
oftt iody asdt ,esoul; after the pattern held up
to ma ~ thu ma great Master-loving Thee with
all,ly heat end, soul, and strength, and my
neieator afsa self; passing each day as if
SUNNI ned rsrre dy to give an account of all my
eartal, deco the judgment.seat of Christ on
the N ,rrowsS4 ID doing all which Thou dost
bless rie VII } ,wer to do to bring about the
con INF, of fst .ngdom of light, love, and har-
mory, in tn or, blind, deaf, wrangling, and
igncrsat we anti Thou shalt call me hence
to s-hixher - + holier one; all of which is my
reai IN sble N .;e. -H
";Soaon, =. ISigned. ]"
nWAs Hxt ish mad-or was almost every.
bod, e:se 80 ,,ot there was little in the paper,
thur far, ehat We always read in good
boots, and : .srj in gosd sermons, that we
ougi,tto do = ut was it really necessary to do
it,I'a terra her earnestR Did ANYBODY.
eves none- lasst of people, could anybody
mos thar 4,i,.to do such things, now and
theis? o. 4ssAwful it was What had got
inttS ( ,ern19 = Wonderin0 TIM. v;tb;p ber