The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-01
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dercurrcnt which the world kuoweth not Of.
There 10 . rcstlesancss an unuttered discon-
eeaa vague longing which frets. and wears
oway the cheerfusness and happiness of life,
particalarly in the young. II IL involuntary.
unssaght resisted, but all powerful. All
che capacity for suffering that there IL in
air,s-shs capacity, too, for enjoying and for
sctiae Il 10 weighed and measured. bv
shcas Who are armed far the conflint rirded
Tor the race, but for whom no conflict and
no race ever wait IL 10 the slow wasting
away Of powers that have nothing to grasp,
the silent, subtle corrosion Of heart turned
in upon itself O. girls, everywhere waiting
and watching for day that never comes, /
have seen you. know Won, have followed
you through the dreary days that dragged
their slow length along l know how the
tramp Of the monotonous years seems to YOU
the dead march Of your young aspirations
how the pulse Of your heart grow fainter
and fainter, beneath the swelling fountains
OF tears
MY heart, and hope, and prayers, and
tears,
Are all with you, are all with you."
and therefore ] have a right to bid you take
heart and hope, for this very unrest is sign.
1t ID the beating Of your soul against its
prison bars Ii is token from above--a
voice from the unseen world bidding you
come up higher. 1t tells you Of a level you
have not reached of energies not vet de-
veloped; ola life not vet rounded of to full
perfection Your soul is unconsiously send
ing out feelings, and they find nothing to
grasp. The world is six thousand years old,
but il has not vet learned to use its resour.
ces. IL knows not what to do with you and Won
know not what to do with yourselves. Your
pastors and teachers exhort you to fear God
and keep his commandments and you try
70 do 1t But that does not gil the void. does
not stop the aching, nor soothe the unrest
No, and it never will People may talk as
much as they please about the power Of re-
ligion, hut it will not satisfy YOUR hungry
heart, any more than it will your hungry
stomach. God has given to every appetite
its appropriate food, to every emotion its
corresponding object He has given us means
an. lends, but We blindly work at cross pur,
poses, and take wrong means for right ones.
making bis word Of no effect, by our tradi-
tons. When We ask for bread he gives
" breai; his children in all kindness but
ignorantly, gives us oftimes stone Do not
reproach or think meanly Of yourselves for
not being happy. If you were absorbed
In dress.visitine, pleasure seeking, you would
have no discomfort; but would il be better
SO 2 ii you were identified with any
great work, anything which could enlist
your whole being, VOC feel that il would be
different but women seldow have great
work to do Their work is great only IN its
rps ul in he. nh -
II is u vast cong Generation Of little things
l"u are where God has placed you, or suf
fer, j you T. be placed. and for our purposes
now il IL all the same. II, in truth as toe-
Try love could take mp the harp OF lie, and
srnte On all the chords with might, then the
chord OF self would trembe, pass in music
out of sight and this would be better This
self abneSation is perhaps indispensable to
womanlv completeness. Until this chord has
been touched, there Is no diapason. The
depths Of the soul are unstirred There
III power lying waste, a fountain unseaed
- character can be perfect which is not
synmetrical. lou may, youi ought to love
Christ with IAN o ermastering love- but the
two are entirely distinct One cannot take
the place Of the other Every earthly atfec-
ton should indeed be baptized in the heav-
en'y-but only baptized, not TRANSMITTED
a. not think God ever intended it should
BE-
Have found you remedy? No; GER
tainiy. have only pointed cut what would
be remedy, if found, but no searching will
ever bring it 1t comes unsought, if it comes
tall. What good have done you then =
None at all SO far: but here is point where
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where Won are in danger of mistakinr the
seeming for The real. Faint and famishing,
Tou will eagerly pluck the fair looking apple.
md 1t will turn to dust and ashes in your
mouth. on had better have died of s,arva
alton. Because that G d has made you so
hat love is your life and breath, and YOU
'ant and gasp without it, you are not to in
hale a foul malaria under the impression
hat it is mountain air. If it be pure, the
more you breathe the better, only be sure
hat it is pure Therefore do not love in
An over-ripe ample falls at
be first gust, whether into lilly-whi:e hands
n on the ground DO not you so; nor be con.
ent with a slight preierence-a pale, nerve
ess, Pickering, uncertain emotion, that
'rings as many misgivings as heart throbs.
have heard of girls pausing on the thresh
lold of an engagement, 'at stand to know
What to dor' Never allow yourself to be in
uch R position If you don't know what to
10, it is the strongest Of all proyidential in
,linations that you are to do nothing By
III means, give yourselvs the benefit of the
loubt Friendship with all; entanglinr
alliances with none" is a good fnotto for
women as well as for nations Faithfully
dhered to, it will keep you free from these
title attachments which insensibIy but |
urelv fritter away your power to form last |
NJ and noble one while it will no more |
revent your soul from going out to meet its |
.ord aud King, when his trumpet sounds |
han the seven green withes had power to /
estrain the Hebrew athlete when his spirit |
eturned to him, after his ignoble sleep on a
reacherous bosom.
DO not affect motive in love 1t is not a
question of motive, but Of fact. have no |
aith in marrying to do good The end does
OF sanctiiy the means. If you do all the
God you can with your own individuality,
do not beliye God will hold you response
lie for any thing more. Nor, in my opinion;
oes the responsibility ofthe sinner diminish
le enormity OF the sin Missionaries, an
xcellent class OF men have no doubt, bury
lelr poor wives in Hiudoo jungles, and re
,rn TO America to replace them, just as
'adnm sends 'or q china tea cup 10 replace
he one broken by q careless servant Men
nd x"inen (mamen particularly combine
18th Nature to ahhor a vacuum, and the mis-.
OF arys loss is often far more easily made
P them madam the housekeepers Mys-
rious wheels, wires are set in motion by
i9ue Of mothers in Israel behind the scenes.
e resCl; of which is, that some unoifen-
~, benevolent, and practical Miss Brown,
1ds herself suddenly precipitated, noiens
'lers, generally solens into the arms of
e good missonary-he consratulating him
II os the success OF his business transac-
Dn she consoling herself that she has
llnei nm excellent husband, and done God
srice. thereby killing two birds with one
one and the mothers aforesaid rejoicing
their skillful matrimonial, diplomacy.
Now [ affirm that it is miserable business,
e whole Of it 1t may be good maneuyer-
& where all man9uyering is out Of place 1t
IN unboly traffic, though all the tatEcers
Az be members Of an orthodox church in
od and regular standing I, is transferring
the bead thai comes under the iurisdic-
N Of the heart The parties concerned NAV
i've happily ever after" but they have no