Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-12-20

! 9oIo'er-"itn dLtk Da!r and gray
whiskers- wears black frock coat
buttonod to tho neck, and a white
cravat and ,lIar. lie speaks with
broguc. His preaching is very sim.
plo, oarnost, aud full of Christ. III,
'sa man Of great executive ability.
and is the solo manager of this oon-
Germ. l have been all over his es,ub-
lishment. 1t would do credit to any
government on tho face of tho osrlh
l have talked with the people Of Bris
L, tol about Muller-merchan,s, trad,s-
men, draymen, storemen, and all cIas.
scs, religious and irrcliuious-and
they all express tho highest conf
depce in his piety and intc gritty and
honor and assign him high place
among tho model mon of ,hs world
Lis theory is this: that God is q
hcarcr Of prayer; that he is the samo
faithful G"d that he ever was: that
'h's ho believes and this ho trusts, and
has never been disappointed.
A HEART CRUSHED, NOT BROKEN ALL
"A f'ce, pure rs u scraphic dream,
and as lovely, was pressed against tho
window, and tho moons rays robed
her form in garment cf silver light.
There she stood, tho impcrsonation of
Tho beautiful, seeming carth-star
shedding holy calmncss through tho
the walks of lifo as the planetary
orbs th"t meekly glowed in the far off
armament.
What happiness must be hers and
yet those tours that course lilso the
lily down her check, and the fragrant
bosoro, heaving with the inner tumall
OF the soul, evince no character Of Joy.
Can it bo that the grim shadow of
grief has passed over s, bright tenn
pic of human beauty? Alas! it hus.
The burning incense OF bliss has vast
ed, and the bright fsmo grown par
TALLY cx;ihguishod in the gathering
ashos. She had loved with Il womun's
strong and holy love, nevor dreaming
OF augl't but reciproca.ion. Days and
weeks sped on-in one happy round of
pleasure, and he to whom she had
given her second self, aye, moro! still
poured tic syrcn strains Of passion in
her too willing ear. Possessing and
possessed, she deemed herself, and in
tho present held her life. NJ dark
toreboding came DER hor mind, re-
minding her Of him, and only him;
or it it did, twas ushcred ou by tho
gay pinions of hope, crowned with a
diadcm immortal.
But change came, a bitter change
not all ut once, but breaking as the
tempest from the cloud, growing in
its progrrss, more and moro fearful.
Tho nun-lik, moon, as now, hell re-
iigious watch in the cloisters If the
sky, bat with it's rising came ho not.
Night aft.r night khe Watched, and
all the Joy che onco 80 wildly felt was
turned to pain. And yet she tain
would thi k him true. lie hes for
got en- her, and Outlying with the
vine cup, and other initia,ory loves
as vain, seeks to drown the past. His
was but tho murmurng OF the fourt;
hers the full overt Nv that emits ils
harmony, aud then is ever dry.
Hearts do not broak at once, nor
will hers; but the stream of hor af-
fections bath lost lis tone, and no
magic harp can bid it leap again.
Years are bcf"re her, but years that
seem as chaerlese and echoless as the
tomb.
OILY a woman's heart! But gentle
cliurity aud .whitc-winged benevo-
le"ce, will yet strew cLeery flowers
upon her eartb-path, that, ending
With the grave ascends again upward,
where dwell celestial song. Whom
viql"ts. bloom ABOVE her, who will
thi K Of the wounded soul that IL in
|'Heaven?- Will he who snapped the
strings Of. her spirit lyro? Her histo-
ry Is that..efmany-a hea rtlri1ed with
a.. d breaking. TsuLbfal women sueb
thore are, and Highest angels through
suffering they become.
The ScErric AND THE .Cu1Lp:-
Mr. Hone, tho 'weh-known author Of
the Every Day Book" was, in the
days If his i'.ddeIi.r, travelling in
Wales on foot. Being tired and
thirsty, he stopped ut, The door of a
outage Whero there was little girl
reading a large Bible. He asked. the
cLi'd it .ho would please to give him
u drink OF water. -
80. yes, SIR she, said !eif you will
come in mother will give -you, some
mi k"
/; Mr.. Hone followed Tho little girl
! into the cottage, whers he par!odk Of
[ the5nutious beverage; the 4ittle girl
again fesn ming herseat and her book.
After q short conversatiOt with her
moth or, Mf.Hone came out, aud sc-