Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-11-02

III, aHu sings pSalQSsh moTo
unctlsn sno apparent feeiinlan any :
one IN the house. And thsI Jones. {
ana Brown and johnson tfars just
As covstons and grasping as men in
town, though they are the q; OF the
church. 1t is all a humbugr | am
sure if [ coulG believe the B Z would
act differently"
Elsie always confeaded ofeh occa-
slsns for the religion of her per, with
the best arguments she cOulanmand
but as she never had given aubject q
i close and thorough investigak her ar
gumsnts We're as straws kDre the /
mighty tcnpests OF his suAor logic, |
and served only to conhrrn4n in his
own opinions. Had she sJt.d them
with the power of cxperilnelyneligion |
and the unanswerahls foNss holy
lite, the effect might have baeliffsrent,
but alas she could not, for sety still
threw its glittsring snaresout her
heart, binding it to the in aruonitor-
kConseisnce She was still 6titul and
gay, and loved the dance afl.aidnight
festival, and had no time to tllisaf death.
and its untried after scenesand was
therefore incapable of succsssly COM
batting the subtleties of Infidty.
Had she been. mother sr heart
would have expanded to sgher and
nobler aims, but year af yca4 had
brought no sweet young liLto twinc
about her egn, and point 20 MJ ete.ni-
ty, from which it had bat n,6 mo,
ment, to gid her home with .nshine.-
No fair young prattlers n.adepweet mu
sic about thsir hearth, and nace their
home was but lodging plat "a house
divssted Of the sacredn<> Aaf home.
where. tender budding gouls dr. arounfd
the affairs Of the heart like vihs around
a consecr2ted fame. No wAser than
that colo ennui sometimes stqfsd in IN.
on their solitude, and droys III uan to tn,
outer world to seek enioymI. Relig-
ion could have filled the X fsncy. bu
they yielded MOTTO the reppf IT, It offersd
a lev years more and Gklge bega
this, not Wen nstscca Il ff7t5nitos
symptoms, hence the blow iAl On he
with a sudden, crushing weight Tn
sorrows which her mother had foretol
had come upon. her now, and how wa
she prepared to meet them One bali
alone exists for such wound1anJ tn,
she had neglected till it seemed beyon
her reach. When that round which tn
heart strings twine, is broken and Cal
down, a woman can only look to God fl
help, how sad is the condition of her WI
has not made her peace with him
Though her proud heart rsoelle
against her destiny, yet no complslnin
word escaped from EAsie's lips. 81
could not speak of her husbands impe
fections, even to her nearest and deare
friend, but they Pressed not less hcayi
upon her heart for that. Shakespeare h
truly said
.. 'The heart hath treble wrong
When it is barred the audienc ice of tongue.
An oven that Is stopped, a river'sta yed,
Burneth more hOtly, swelieth with more rage
And thus it is with sorrows when concealed"
h With this concsalment prsying on b
+ heart, she dropped and pined, and '
knew blight had fallen upon her hes
but could net guess the cause, for Geor
! was not a drQnkard, and nsver failed
render proper courtesy ndrespsct to /
! wife. rs outward seeming all was f;
and CONNIE ii ftut," and little drc.m
the world skeleton Yas enshrlned up
i, the affairs dedicated once to peace q
happiness; but so it was. Weknow
little of the hidden life of those about
We gaze upon the placid brow, and dre
not Of the tragedy cnacting IN the hsa
We listen to the silvery, voice, but ne
/ hear the melancholy moaning
"Sad, sad, sad and lowr'
WithiIl The hidden chambers OF the SC
AAbout tbs time series of un
pra5kr nleetings were cemmerced in
Baptist cianrch Of Greenyille, pr the
pres pnEpose Of praying for arevivaI
religionin our midst. Religion was
sue loW ebb among us AZ that tt
thaesno ofie but a few faithful and de
ted Christians believed these meeti
would result in any good. Fsr i
time but few attended, and no appar
good was done; but after while
: Lord in mercy visited his anxious, W
ing children, and Others began to feel
; power. Very soon thereafter the ho
2 was crowded every night TO OVERT
t inc, and many awakened souls were
! ing FOR the way of life, and Elsie was
1 the number.
t Being my most particular frier
: made her case the object of special pl
er, aud was delighted to see her g
: = up night after night for many weeks
Q ask the prayers Of christians in her