Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-02

thullei-Fhc spoke with unwouted tenderness
Ny husband, dove is all powerful and loving
words are often magical in force, where angry
speech would die weakly in the utterance. You
huve not always thought OF this. Oh, for my
sake. and for the sake Of our children, wiz You
NOT. IN the time 10 come. speak more kindly,
more gentlY7 Give rs loving tones and pleasant
words, always, always, my husband
The voice which lost it, frmness ere hall this
sentence was spoken, broke down utterly, closing
in q sob, a. Mrs. Bowman laid her face against
her husbands bosom. Oh, as his arms closed
around her, tightly, tightly, drawing her 20 his
hear. what iov was hers Il seemed as If .horo
had been a sudden birth into a new he.
Beyond this, she did not speak. Then and
There. admonition died on her tongue. She had
borne her husband upward. through a sudden
strong impulse, TO a higher plain Of thought and
perception. and then Withdrew her uplifting arms,
That De- might dwell there in his own conscious
ness.
"Wil you not rcak morc kindly and more
g,uJy p" Could NJ Bowman ever forget this
appeal No-nol What q revelation Of his
homo life did 10 bring Flow Il TUNED for him,
aai ansr loaL. Ia he book Of memory, bringing
shaus and stltrrpr0ach,s. More kindly and
uore gently What singing accusation was
IN .hH words
NJ Bowman was humblod and subduei; and
,hs tate wS- favorable 10 right perceptions. lie
not 0nly saw clearly. but resolved soborly and in
earnest. How must the gentle heart Of bis wife
have suffered through long years. thus to rcact
against him now-thus 10 CITY out for him 70 stay
tie iron heel with which he had wei nigh crushed
out all love from bis hons He was oppressed.
Inundated. panied ST The revelation Of himself
that was suddenly presented.
When, hali an hour aft6rward, Mr.. Bowman
went 70 Jacobs room, where the boy had retired
on hearing him enter the house, and where he
had been waiting 2 summons, and steeliuE his
mind for the endurance Of punishment, be found
the boy cold, calm, and bard Of aspect. There
was some fear in his c-oUntenance; but 40 sign
Of sorrow for the evil he had done.
Jacob" said Mr.. Bowman, speaking in a
low. serious voice, but without a sign of anger,
as he SAT down by the boy, =" how did it happen
that YOU threw your sister down stairS?'
This manner Of address was 50 very different
from what Jacob had anticipated that his aspect
changed instantly. His pale. cold face flushed;
his ewes grew moist; bis lips quiveTed.
Il was angry. father He could say 10
more, the hoodgauas Of feeling were too suddenly
opened. He covered bis face with both hands
and wept.
Il thought It was go replied Mr.. Bowman,
without manifesting displeasuTe. i knew that,
my son, could not, if in bis right mind, do any
BARN TO bis sister. So what a dreadful thing
anger IS! You could have stepped over her
fttg'
les, father, 1 could have done IT," Jacob
looked UP with his ewes still running over with
tears. But she put herself in NV way on pur-
pos, and l lelt 50 angry that I could have done
almost any tAIug. / don't care when I'm mad.
Ihsts a dreadful thing, Jacob! Don't care
when Yen arr argTy % Mr.. Bowman spoke very
Eavey.
Il can't help It. father said the boy. in q
placing voice "Tm always SONY after I've
bs~u angry. Bus when ANYBODY speaks IN "a
rough way, OF does wrong things 20 ne, I frc
night up, snd don't csre what l say or do. l
wlsh { wasn't 50; indeed ] do, father. Pm sorrv
almCst every day. want 10 DO night and please
ycu; BIZ; Il seems rs if / can't 0 dear 0
DEAR And the unhappy child covered his face
again, and Eept bitterly.
Was not Mr.. Bowman rebuked by thisl Al.
yesl BE saw deeper into that boys conscious
life tlan be had ever seen before, and under
,,ooc how painful, yet how f~ruitless, had b4n
bis strife with inherited passions and impulses.
Instead Of helping, he had hiudered woundinC
instead OF healing whenever bis hand wa out
stretched.
We must let the past 90. Jacob ssid Dir.
Bo'ynan. speakiugwi encouragement There
has been TOO much w~rangling and Earrings TOO
much loud and harsh talking 70 one suotheT.
II does no good; il makes no one happier.
Kindness Is better. Don't you think soft
" Yes, father. But nobody Is kind il this
house"
Nobody There was & shade Of surprise
in Sfr. Bovman's voice.
Mother Is kind, but " The boy hesi-
lated.
Bus what. Jacob 2"
s. NL- rarFs - ~ tr
Dir. Bowman did not reply for come time.
That isst sentence suggested many thoughts.
Il each one Is kind, then al win BE- kind"
said the father. Won't You try 10 30 your
Dartl"
" les, III try but I know / shsn't always
Shall ] ten you how YOU may succeed"
d" Yes, father"
- provoked TO utter a harsh word, at any
dTue. hold it hack resolutelv until YOU feel calm
enough % speak a kind word"
jacob sat evidently revolving the proposition
ia his mind, n order 10 see its entire force.
4" If 81 wouli do that" he said. his thongb,
IRON member 10 member Of the inhsrmo-
nous family His tone was slightly despon-
you vii do It. I wD. said Mr. Bowman.
With a HankRess that surprised even b;usclf
Jscocob's untenance Lighted instantly. Are
you reads for tho trial Of this now way in the
%
q Yes father; but you mustn't be discnuraced
Elth me IF faa sometimes. It is not an easy
or q boy hike me- answered Jacob, with q
smile giistenins through tears.
All rested with the father, and wei did he
it. Fully awakened as he now was
% his past errors and future responsibilities. he
IN little danger % stepping down from the
higher place 20 which he had assembled. His
with Jacob surprised and instructed
aim almost As much as his interview with his
wife. He saw that he had not acted IN his fam
~ ss though each individual Possessed a SEP
iIate life and consciousness that must b. dryel-
)ped II some sort of freedom, and grow 70
strength and beauty in sunshine. Command
ma obedicHce involved the whole rule of fami-
y government; and under this rule he had
vel nigh destroyed the bonds Of flial and fra
love. Bat under the new rule. iusuru-
in pain and standardization, there was ? (
promise thst did not die.
For Q man of Mr.. BOwman's Inherited and
disposition, the government Of kind
was a difficult order of home admipjstrs-
son. Old states were constantly recurring
mi bard words instead of cnileremousfrancas
oreTer rising 30 his tongue. But instructed
that single lesson, so forcibIv given be
'ould mot forget his duty and SO, though reso-
ute sel-compulsi0n, held on in the better way
blessing instead of cursing the human souis
which God had placed in his keeping.