St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-09-08

Wy iatlIcr sighed painfully. | Iii
trusted his Judgment, but | could n,
nirIp lit was impossible that m
'do' should be Of clay. With bot
pity and rcproach for me, he replied
" IT he asks you whether You thin
nm innocent Of this forgery, you sha
tell him, but not otherwise"
| knew Albert never would asl
II he would make no advances whc
merely pccuniary reasons dctcrrc
HIM, how certain was he to maintai
silence when his dishonor seemed I
stand between us 1t was as | wa
sure it would be- Mr.. Edwards il
dignantly refused to be quietly pm
ishcd for his fault and left to his con
science. lie scorncd the mercy of tn
firm he was accused Of robbing, an
demanded trial lie was convictc
and sent to prison. Circumstantia
evidence was against him, and he
stranger in the country.
lost my health suddenly, and m,
father took me to Europe. We dic
not return for five years, and mean
while heard nothing Of Albert VIII,
was fulfilling his hard sentence.
rs soon as we were rc-cstablishet
in house on Fifth Avcnuc, our friend.
began TO call upon us, and among
them came our minister. He was ex
cccdingly beloved 10y his people, anc
with good reason, for his noble head
was but the outward sign of the in
ncr mana man pure and strong in
intellect. lie had genial and fOrci
bic personal influence, which gave
him a great and sweet power over all
who met him. To me he was even
more than to others, for in feature he
rcscmblcd Albert. How often did my
eyes fill with tears, and my throat
with sols, as | thought that Albert S
face would be as old as his before
could see it again
And yet | had not been quite true
to my love. had doubted its il-
spirer at last but only because |
had learned 10 doubt his whole scx-
yes, the whole race. think my sor-
row cmbittcrrl my fathers heart
against mankind, for he rrcw distruSt-
tul Of every one, and justified his sus-
picions to me 10y carefully showing
me the ruling motive for many deed
| should have thought good, had he
not proved to me the low aim which
led to it.
"AIl alikc-all alike !" he often
exclaimed. "Thcrc is no downright
honesty among men. They all make
compromises with their conscicnccs.
Principle compromised is principle
sacrificed, and no one secs that but
an old man like myself. They can't
even sec the TRUTH
| was not very Sclf-rcliant. knew
that nay father had ripe Judgment,
and thirty years more experience than
| had. So believed him, and thought
all men unworthy of trust, and good
seeming men hypocritical.
The world was dark to me in those
lays, because hid my eyes from the
light Of outward goodness, and closed
my inner sense against the testimony
to mau's integrity, which my instinct
had 10 interest in life,
pr the world, and only forced and
selfish care to be happier in the world
to come, anl--to speak unrcscrvedly
the true state of my mind get
among better set Of people there.
But from the moment heard Mr..
Phillips preach, my soul took new
hope, and bowed in sweet and long
unfclt reverence. 1t sang cXultingly,
" Behold man, indeed, in whom there
is no guile" And | thought if one
may be good another may, and Albert
is wrongcd by his prison walls.
1t grew to be my delight to watch
Mr.. Phillips in every relation Of life,
as husband, father, pastor, politician /;
above all, as the intimate friend Of my
father, which he soon became. And
watching only increased my esteem
for him, and my pleasure in the task
Every time | saw him prove himself
true, tcnder-hcartcd, or brave in duty,
| rejoiccd with joy unspeakablc. He
proved thus that man can be all this
He was clearing away the nosome
vapors that had arisen about my soul
to impede its aspiration, to darkcn its
perceptions, to drown its hopes. He
was letting Gods pure sunlight into
my heart, which had been dark and
cold without it, and l thanked him
with every fibre of my renovated be.
ing.
He saw that did. He saw that
upon him my eye delighted to dwell
that my heart rcposcd in trust upon
him-that he had power to calm and
console mc--and he fell into mis-
take.
saw in him not Il man-but man.
kind-not n fascinating individual
but a fascinating testimony that man
was made in the image of God lie
made a mistake-for apart from the
fact he stood for mans patent nobility
to me he was dear only because, ol
mostly because he rcscmblrd Albert.
Through gratitude to one who had
lifted the dark and smothcring vel
from my soul, | was ready and vii
ling to do for him every little service
possible. dare say | was often of
ticious. But | should have been yer.
chary of good offices if | had had q
guilty and unsought love to conceal
| first discovered his error, wher
one day after a weeks visit TO us nj
my fathers country-scat, he came tt
bid us goodbye He was very dear
to my father who turned aside from
expressing heartfelt regret at his
guests departure, to hide the easy
tears Of age.
My eyes were sympathctically af
fectcd, and my heart was runnin-
over with gratitude to one who Sc
cheered my fathers lonely days will
his friendship | stopped and kissec
the kind hand which had just pressed
his.
was no sentimental Miss given t,
demonstrations of feeling. Such al
act was unprecedented for me, ant
quite unexpected by him. ! blushc,