Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-09-21
LOVING AND PATIENT.
LESSON FOR HUSBANDS,

LESSON FOR HUSBANDS,
ga faithful wife, tender mother, a true
iriend, the life Of our departed sister was beau
lifu She had trial, pam, suilerng-thc CONS
mon lot OF all; but there was this difference be.
tween our sister aud many Otbers--in her trials,
pains and suffcrings she was always loving
and patient" Aud with these words, the min.
lister closed his eulogy. His voice was earnest,
aud there was low trcmor Of feeling in its
tones lie had known this faithful vile, this
true friend we'll, and therefore he had uttered
no mere commonpaCes, as he stood, uncovered,
by the grave around which were gathered the
weeping mourners.
"Lovihg aad patient, said one to another, as
they walked slowly amid tho fuwer.cOvered
tombstones on their way out from the cemetery.
"Nes she was all thst-low SO loving, few SO
patient"
And few with more need of patience" )" was
replied. They speak Of home martyrs some.
times, think she was ono. The loving heart
asks for love in return, and il il receives net
this food to noursh its life in sufficient meat.
ure, it droops, wastes, dies SO did our pre-
cious friend"
"You think sol'
Il am su Q oft"
''Mr Carson was not an unknd man"
'IIe did not treat her with the brutality Of
IN ignorant French peasant, but for all that G
is none the less guilty of having diminished, by
years the period other eartl ly existence"
"Then it was an unc congena marriage, said
the other
"a mild way of speaking TRUTH" answered
the friend. "Yes, it was, think, wholly un
congcuial for her lie was probably, as well
satisfied with her as he would have been with
any woman She ministered to his selfish
pleasures, and was, as we have just heard, law
| ing and patient IL was all right, so far as his
enioyments were concerned; as for her, life, /
think, was one long martytdom Of the heart
| But it is over now, and she sleeps we'll"
And so they talked, they went out from
the place of graves.
"Loying and patient" The berenved hus-
band carried the worls home with him. They
had fallen upon his ears with new meaning,
as applied TO his wife, and gave to his mind a
certain new perception ne to her character -.
"A faithful wife, n tender mother, true friend Z"
These were the minister's words also and they
were sounding still in his ears. How singular
| ly elevated had become, all at once, Mr. Car
sons ideal of his wife. Her character stood
out with new distinotuess. "She had trial,
pain, suffering" Alas! and this was true also
| true to the bereRved husband in a way never
before appreciated
Back to his homo returned Mr. Carson, and
gathered his motherlcss children around him
How very, very desolate he felt. What a
pressure there was upon his bosom-what an
aching void within.
Loving and patient The brief sentence
found an involuntary repetition in his mind.
lie kept say ing it over aud over, until memory
began to draw pictures of til, past Let us
trunsicr one of these pcturcs to the canvas -
Here il IL. Mr. Carson gazed upon il until it
gave him the heart ache
They had been married over year when
Mrs. Carson, WHO had not seen her mother
during that period, asked to go home dis,
tance of some two hundred miles, aud make a
short visit. Since her marriage she had not
visited the des- old place, though her heart
kept going back to its loved one yearning n
the while.
Il don't see how that is possible answered
her husband cOldy, and in evident surprise
al the request. You cant 20 alone, and
for mo to leave my business il out of the ques-
ton
Tears came instantly TO the soft brown eyes
of the young wife.
) q have not seen my mother since l came
from home
Down, down through Yeas came to Mr.
. Carson the voice of his wife, as it tremblol on
this sentence. Not a single shade Of its tender
sadness was gone Aud now II fell upon sen
sitve ears that searched into all its meanings
But when living lips uttered the words 30 faith
lully kept by memory, they awakened no feel
ing of sympathy in his selfish heart Cam,
from homen lie then said 10 himself, angrily
Isn't this her home!
Write TO your mother, and ask her to COM
and make us a visit, replied Mr. Carson
Mother has a large family aud many cares
| u.Ak WaN g..W l.E..s tattr
noy.'
'And you have cares, and home where you
Il presence is needed said tie husband Thel
he added, No, no, Mary, l cant sec that il i
possible now
Il can go alone Tears had KEEP. ga:hern
in spite her efforts TO repress then and nos
IS a few drops fell slowly over her cheeks.
y Don't think Of chat for a moment I al
J. particularly opposed 10 ladies travelling alon,
don't think 1t at all safe And then. the bah
at is young. 1t would ho certain to take colo
ld and might contract a laisl disease
!, Baby is nearly three months Odd
n 'It's no use arguing the natter said Nj
III Carson with considerable impatience of mar
Is ner. You can't go, Mary, and you might Il
1r well give itup at once"
II Memory hal kept with daguerTeotype flolit
A the expression of his wiio's face when he fun
In back upon her this unfeeliug Introduction, an
y now il was before him in all It's rebuking sa,
ness
D. Loving and patient This was the con
St mentaU No angry, impatient or rebslhol
Of word escaped her lips, nor did irOwn disfgul
u. her brow, But she seemed To shrink beioi
htm, AZ if a strong hand had borne down har
upon her.
Two months from that time news came
- - the mothers sudden illness.
4 must go home now she said.
u, 1T is impossible for me to accompany Yo
" Wait for a few days Your mother will
r. well again
y Il can go alone, Thomas urged Mrs. Carso
ly 4 will not consent to that Mary was pos
by lively objected. Next week, il your moth
ey should continue to grow worse, will go vii
YOU
"e 'Oh, Thomas If should never see b
ny again .....
It You indulge needless alarm said Il
husband, coldly. This sickness is but temp
rary, aud will pass away