The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-11-22
MATTHEW
G R Y L L S,
OR.
Murder Will Out.
A STORY OF REAL LIFE.

ch urch Is over am both wicked sud ignorant
And he tried 70 recoe instances OF some gross fs-
ures in his school learning. IL reply, his mo'her
took letters from her pootet-the usual por.
tsruius In tbo-e dsy--aLd vbich consisted q
two enormous fat dnity b.grted round the waist
an entrance 70 them being effected by correspond
ing pocket-holes in the gown. The ht,srs we're
from the schoolmas,er, expressing much admirs-
ton and approval ~ her sous sbilit,s and rare
quickrcss, admitting th., his elucsiion was sd
vanced far beyond The point 10 which he aimed 70
lead his pupils and Offering him the situation Of
usher In his school, with salary n twenty pounds
wear until VA, time when Ms. WISE should hsvs
hNod upon hr profession. Rccor's conssrnAh
was excessive What was 70 become Of the agrl
cultural castles IN the air which 10 bad % ssng,i-
inely hu'lt, and In witch he Rad figured ass new
Jack and the Bsanslnlki How was that romsncs
10 be perfected which was 10 see him. from the
successful ulage ~ biz 81 wortf less ground, let
70 him at norinh rent bccnfue tie proprietor 81
rich serssf Were AL there bright vision. 70 be
renounced for the dre.r realities Of . schooroom.
where the cruel task was TO he performed Of make
ing little boys work At Latin and arithmetic, whose
whole soul was in lesp-frog and ring taw' Tue
blood came " the checks, and the tears 70 the
eyes Of poor Roger, az hs prepared 70 combat the
tyrannous argument Of HIS little fragile mother.
ehe saw his pertubaton, and told him. In her tran
quill way, not 70 disturb himself. She had shown
hun his masters letters TO make him more sensi-
bio of his standing In learning and not TO bold
up ushershp a. a bugbeN. Thanks to hb good ,
friend The ds.n, all was smooth for his p.h TO he
priesthood The nomination was insured 10 him
| u . school which would prepare him for OF lord.
aud in oil probability enable him TO obtain one q
thoss scholarships which would gv' him univer.
| sity educanon without burdening her. Here was =.
| an urset At all farming schemes Perhaps the
horrors Of the impending ushe made the alter.
native less 70 be contested at any rate, Rogers
muliered his obsdisnce 70 the dictates ofths sbsc
luto mother.
| College life soon followed upon school He and
coincidsd very little more with the tastes ri Rossr
Vyss thar did the stone halls and stone courts d
| that inheribe nursery for the classics which ihs
grammar school hal proved. AL was deprivation
| W HIM.
At Oxford, people, s'eing how no fsvoured woods
and msadows thought be must 10 OF . very poetic
cal turn and all had looked Tor . wonderful pre-
poem. They would have found IL ditficult 70 have
believed that his only lhought Of poetry in these
sylvan hsunis was the utter conviction Of the utter
nullty o, v.rgirs Gsor fcs tsken rural manual
aud That, Tar r1 m counting the muse In forest
slades be WAS busted In rehearsng miniature
| experiment Of sub-dranAse in . small quAgmirs
in Ba.lsy Wood.
In the mean time study wen, on Is easily 20
ever, and his mother bad soon 10 congratulate him
On the successful results Of bis FIRST examination.
| HIS reply misLt hayo shaken one less firm IN he,
resolves han little Mrs vyse. It told her that his
Progress in classical and theological learning did
not a. all sivance her wishes respecting him and =
that now, bis a'ersonoss 10 enter the ministry waf
| estsbl shed on principle. Ho in all things heli by
ths doctrines Of Pelagus aud felt IL an imposs NJ
| y 10 subscribe TO articles which condemned them.
ii mothers letter in reply was as calmly worded
AND as neatly written as usual but It conia ed-
| tbs dHmns'oiy sentence: "a silly young man .
| VINO could believe that the angels words in The \
twcnty-hrst verse Of tho first chapter OF St. Nat
thew had been 50 d in vain, certainly not only
unit for the ministry, but for ChisAu society In
| general" In the arguments which succeeded.
| Mrs. Vyso seemed 10 her son perfect miracle as,
| regarded her theological knowledge. He knew
nothing OF her early studies Of the fathers, and
later notablss Of the Church I; but when, At .te,
period a his university career, he rAshly and
| ther oetsntaNously adopted the iufdtl notions al
| that period injecting sJciety,-when he declared
| thai man q slave who dared not reason on points q
| tath,-the man bigot who would no,-Mrs. Vyss
| begged he would not offend decent ears with such
souselsss jargon, tut read the books whose lues
she sutjoiued, adding this quotation from Jeremy
| Taylor; -
"Men have wsaried themselves in the dark,
| having been amused with false fires; and instead
Of going home, have wandered all ght in untro.t 4
| den, unsafe, aud uneasy ways but have not found
| out what the r soul desires. But therefore, since
| we are so miserable, and are in error, and have
| wandered very IA, we must do ~ wandering iray-
veers ussd 70 do, 90 back just to that place from
whence they wandered, and begin upon new &C.
count Let usgo to the truth iscfin Christ, and hs
| viii Nl US All easy way Of ending all our qusrres
for We shall hnd Christianity 10 10 tho easiest and
| hardest thing In tho world; IL 10 like secre. in
Auth msIic, Infinitely hard I'll il 10 found out BY :
i.nt operation, and then II is plain, We wonder
1 wo did not understand 1t earlier"
| K ger yyse discovered that the minor esnon's \
| daughter was perfect Athsnasius Tor tie faith.
| Bat though reclaimed by her frmpess aud The
judcious studies which sho enforced, stil do he
rtptusn th Idea OF making the Church his pro.es.
sion Initiated into some Of those enightei ed no.
tons OF farming then a. their faint dawn he again
tered Into ser es Of earnest iem0nstrances with
his maternal SrAni sgaii 81 taxing tie office Of
private tutor in a family OF some consequence,
which Ms kind oihces o. The dean had ootAuei for
him, as an advantSgt Gus occupation Of the time
intervening between asin4 his degree AMI b OF y
dinauon. HIS CIRCUMSTANCES were unattended 10
He was told thAt as 10 WAS child In worldly ex4
pereuee, It would be well II be showed hrnsef one
IN hlial obedience aud hat his repusnsnce TO en-.
ter into the duties OF tutor to the sons OF Hp
John Aston almost Of preached the nature Of idiot
seeing that Il was tho post all o.hers the
desirable for him.
The first few months spent in the family Of
John Aston, proved 10 Roger the W sdom OF his
, mothers decision. Tuoso months AMI all The
succeeding time, spent in Ahousehold where spou
dour and high intellect rlyA led by An unceas,
in. obsery .n,e Of all the sweet courtes.es 4 ~
brought more happiness than he believed could W
experience on this side OF eternity. Al
True 10 the usual failing OF happy day., thcy
r came 10 end Tie two pupils we're 10 go to ~
University, and RJger Vyss "asiree g. go has way
having secured &c the wAr,nes sentiments OF good
. will from his distlngl sied emp oyers.
letter now reached Mrs, wye, written with n
enthusiasm, an urgency, winning supplcatY
tone that Allnost forced an hmrIn4Nve Gus Of ~.
The letter told her that when On The eve of pAnug
Biz John Aston had inquired iuto hh views ion ~,
iuture Epd on learning the decided bias OF lis %.
cliLauous, had placed at his disposal most eoi.
pact arm in ter immediate neighhouIhool, vii ID
he would let to lin mere LomlnA rent tJr tHe
: hrst ssyen yetrs. X ger told his mother that ~
considered his fortune made, snd a. the thousand
: pounds no couid call mis- own would lie more tsb
: | simple for carrying ON business IN manner MA
g | would insure success. Such, however, was hu
sense OF what he owed to her affection, he cou
not rsoonclle 10 himself tho acceptance OF s.r
= Johns offer without her consent He now m1s
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