Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-09-06
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Home-"Just a Paradise"

| am thankful tha; word Of four letters
was ever c",ntd, How many painters have
made. i, radiant with pigments mixed with
the oil "f ioyr How many poets have
SUM- II, so,Iir even, while. like our own
Pa, ne. they wandered hnus"lrss aud friend
lrss. How many -hipwrecked men and
fallen omen have whispered it in their
malnent of rrmorst. and given it a place
down ia Glic hidden cell oi the heart where
they might have Christ co,ne If they wonld.
How many bo,s aud girls have hugged
that one tnei.."ry. as they went ont into The
world tn make lif,'s trial for themselves
II W many soldiers, drnoping on battlefield
and in huspitals, murnur it: sweet as the
murmnr ot waters. Int sad as the wall of a
diving girl just Written mother. How
many ulorc eeha II from lip To lip rs they
return from the htsonac and the battle. aud
link again INTO the dear familiar iaees.
have seen few homes to which the
Anl.s just Paradise. applied. have
seen on, iiliie cottage over which the jissa
taiue ela,nbrred. adid the white masnolias
hung gorgeous tubes +; where "a grntle.sm
lable girl frightened the hle OF noble
yoang uiai. There Was som thug touch
Iuci, b.anl,iul To me Ia that houe. Both
ae,r I.ou, lie had taken her. the eldest
aud l.. 81 b. luy. Il. from "a cherished circle
of hroth.r- aud SISTERS he lived Tor he'
-.h. lt,, d ~ him. She had ear. loI
oth.ts 4, -ica of the ncishbnr ho"d
knew n ,ii..- tolce. even II shr bud moi
much Io give Did SAY not much To gi,r!'
A woman IL" gives u kind word. inakcs
h.sy.u n human hrart -rNru angels could
nut IL. .o inu,i. as thl;. She had kind
thought for me Fruits We're gathered
tloyer- were plaeked aud "a thousand name
Irs. act- that ain aud biud us but hrr
highest thought. h,.r hlr-t aHbisian. her
pare.t drhght next To jehovah. es.ntrrtd IN
nI.n. she aid not lass h,r individuality,
lnu. u woman is M aloH-er "a c"inpaaipn ho
.lo,- ihai.l hut shr bent her lite int" ihr
same ohaumrl. and boh flowed onward {"
the ratnt oc,'an "i eternity,
lie treated hfr With drlieatt. Difference
While Mt the same tiiti,- It see ned ~ tliodgh
Ia. righi arm Mas over her to shield aud
prusrrt lie e.tes-f,l her. Yet ever as a
Hnn,nn-nut -. child She was to him 4.
guide. vet h. guided hcr-un angel, YET
"a ffaii hunau creature. II she was wrong
she ~, did hut never sNervins from the
right In please him.
IL.r,. was ua law. no fear. She knew
her place aud walked ia it. Life brought
it, tar,. and Delights. She iook them all,
aud hl,s., 4 the ttvrr. aud blessed the one
wlla .uar.l iheu She l""krd up to him
Nt.h T.,,rru,,. he was inf,'iior t1 him. H.
Wa tu hrr ,lavsnan between her aud hrI
li..,l.e eui,r a. j lthai I,c'leeiner sas he. days
tHau ie G"d
haN. seen anather home. where there
are "A mother aud tiIhrr. two daughter
ot sixteen aud eighteen. niece aud "A me-
pAeN nf .ix and eight Their h"ne Is
ttaGiiful Il,aty damnsk eafiiths shut
oni the gliring sunlight; easy chairs 10 Il
..,l Aprp niuslv M ~ vnn; fine p1inilHs'
hear yea uiin iar,isn lands; and staiair'
speak "i the dtysa tirrci'n aud Roinar
ei.ganee Gaests are ever canning and 90
inr. II is place where friends lave Il
gsthrr-a place fall ol joy. oi hope. of ten
der atf,ction. never heard ene harsl
sound graf, upon the music 1T thsir dali
If. Thr father. n man whose DAYS w"r,
iull of the caTcs ef an extensive practice III
law. seemed never io forget the attentions
; he k,.stnw,. 81 sp..e hts girl bride. The hrsl
question on eul"ring THE h"u-e was to en
,ulrr for her presence. His daiirs, hI'
lahnrs were told She sympaihi.td. aud
aided. with uoman's tact. ,hr kept hrI
own g icynnces locked in her own heart.
WI, will - many wives make the oyrl
worked brains and .,rriask,d h,arts ot
tb,.ir husbands tt,. Repositories af all that
ia .,d and ,rying in iheir lives Why not
make sunshine iur Others. not shadows
Men need sympathy-they must have IL
but wouru we've made t" give rather than