Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-04-12

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emulation of strength, power over a son,
and finally bearing him down, and bind
ing him in fetters that were never broken
Was all this possible to be borne without
a disfguring line of pain? think not"
"No, it were impossible" )" said my friend.
impossible" he repeated. in a half alb
sent way, his eyes fixing, as if some image
in his thought had made itself outwardly
visible
"But she has reached her tranquil days,
thank God!" I remarked. "The long
years of suspense are over-the worst, as
they say, has come to the worst-death has
made still the hearts whose every throb Of
pain ran thrilling down the wires of sympa-
thy which bound them to her own. Like a
brave, true, Christian woman, she walked
steadily onward in the ways of duty, and
by duty and suffering she has been puri-
fed. But the marks of fire are still upon
her. She was but human The old lines
of trouble are not yet chiselled away may
never be wholly obliterated."
"And so," persisted my friend, "the
countenance in repose does not always give
the index of character"
GAS instance Mrs. Lawson?'
"Yes."
81 say yes, and instance Mrs. Lawson" !"
| was persistent in my view of the case.
"You do?"
do" was my firmly spoken reply.
"'The face of Mrs. Lawson, when not
lighted up by thought and feeling, is
brooding and troubled and gives the char
acter of her inner life and consciousness,
through long long series of years, dur
ing which time the denser fibres that move
in expression, hardened in one direction,
and retain that direction still. Facile
they are, of course, to predominant emo
tions but, when released from tension,
draw back to their old position"
Then said my friend, Il must still
question the proposition that the face in
repose is the true face. You argue against
yourself. Mrs. Lawson's inner life is now
serene; but her countenance indicates
trouble and sadness"
Memory is not lost, nor old states en-
tirely obliterated," l answered. AS tc
her inner life being serene, l am not SURF
that such condition is yet possible tc
her. 1t is, no doubt, in comparison t.
what it has been. But after such storm:
as have agitated her soul, the deep ground
swell must long continue. And moreovel
the best of people have often the mos
painful discipline to endure"
II have heard that before" said my
friend, doubtfully.
"And, if | draw a correct inferenc,
from your tone of voice, do not credit tn,
proposition" l remarked.
81 have not said that l question tn,
truth of your remark. -
at is only not agreeable?'
If your proposition is true, it is yer.
far from being an agreeable one" he an
swered.
{ "The Bible says that the Lord lovetl
whom He chasteneth, and scourgeth ev
cry son whom He receiveth."
II know but, not to speak irreverent
ly, | do not fancy that way Of showing
affection"
"The love-" said | letting my voice fal
into low tone "that consents to the in
; fiction of pain, must be of the truest ant
deepest kind. Divine love has for it's en-,
, the salvation in heaven of every one
, But the Lord can only save us in the dc
. gree that he can lead us out of our hered
itary and actual evils, and bestow upon u
] good affections All who will permit Hir
to lead them, whether it be through ligh
troubles or fiery trials, He draws Heaven
: ward. In the beginning of this Heaven
ward journey, the walk is in the path c
8 external obedience to Divine precepts
Q Truth shines into the mind, and shows u
the way of life. 1t seems for a while a
easy thing to move onward. But after
time, our Heavenly Father, who is reall
a seeking to work change in our affe'
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