Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-12-22

pays "the UttermOst farthing;" perhaps
to remain for years separated from al
that renders life desirable. Where i'm
prisonment is not legal, the debtor
gets entirely under the control of his
tormentOr; and how the latter eXults il
the humiliation he has created! Under
/ u sense of shame and bitter disappoint'
ment, the debtor sinks a prey to disease
brought about by having his. heart,
strings broken one by one, and death
ends the scene!
Hatred is murder.
That one being should hate another
who has never Intentionally injured him
is inexplicablc to a lover of humanity.
1 have seen such instances. The weap-
on with which a murderer of this caste
strikes, is tinged with the same subtle
hypocrisy that moves the dagger of a
midnight assassin. They pierce when
no eye but the All-seeing One bears wit
ness. Strange to say, some of these
cOld-blOOded murdcrers belong to high
PLACES, on earth : are eUlOgized, caressed
and considered ornaments % to society.
Nor do they ever suffer while they re-
tain health and worldly possessions, for
such men have no conscience, Beware,
then, how you hate another without a
cause.
Every evil hath its punishment, which
will come sooner or later.
Many parent has murdered a child.
Not by marks of violence upon the cold
corpse, or blood stain upon the garments.
There is nothing visible by which the
death Of the victim can be traced, be-
cause the wounds that severed the soul
from the body were struck too clandes-
timely to be seen by mortal eye, butw
nevertheless, seen by God and His min
istering angels, ! know q lovely girl,
upon whose transparent cheek the ''hec-
tic flush" has superseded the hue of
health. Unaecustomed to manual labor
she has been forced to perform the du-
ties of a mental. Without resistance or
complaint, she has performed well her
task. But what is the result. Day by
day, from spinal weakness, her once
beautifully rounded proportions, by be-
ing OveF-taKed, are beginning to shrink
and perceptibly bend under the weight
imposed; and yet the parents who COM
pei her (by refusing to pay a house girl
to carry these heavy burdens, do not see
or pretend not to see, the gradual decay
of this blighted blossom. Perhaps when
it is too late (oh, what a world of re-
morse in that short sentence, too Eqte),
they may see the mistake they have
made, and be forced to acknowledge to
themselves, whether they admit the
truth to others or not, thatit would have
cost a great deal less to pay a house ser
want. The price of a metallic case would
go a long way toward paying a servant to
do house drudgery. Yet who would dare
accuse these people of murder?
There is still another little girl, not a
hundred miles off, who belongs to an in
dependent family; but although surroun-
ed by plenty, they are too much bound
by puritanical views to enjoy the wealth
they possess. When Nina returns
from school, instead of indulging in
some innocent pastime, she is made to
take her seat, and sewing, and not alT
lowed to rise until the task is done. Too
much fatigued to enjoy play, with no
relish for food, she partakes of the even
ing meal, and glides listlessly 10 bed.
On Sunday it is no better. The Bible
lesson and catechism must be mastered
in time for Sabbath School. Then fol-
lows the act of sitting in "prOper' pos
itiOn, and listening to a long sermon,
not one idea of which her young mind
is capable of comprehending In the
afternoon she would gladly skip across
the fields with companion of her own
age, but this is strictly forbid, as ''none
but lOw-bred common people take walks
on Sunday" Not even the pleasure of
reading a light story book or even the
Sunday Times is permitted. Ifshe reads
at all it must be about 1.-THE Prodigal
Son, )" or "Annanias and Sapphira," or
some other Sunday School book. Does
anybody wonder if little Nina "despises
Sunday ?" And yet she was severely
punished for giving (out of the abund.
ance of her own heart) vent to this re-
beIliCus speech. Oh, how sorry am
for her But then it is a glorious thought
to know that it will not be long till she
will be mingling with angels in the gar
dens of Heaven and reveling in the
liberty of going where she desires to go,
and doing what she would do here, if
permitted, and that is leading life of
useful freedom as know her well, and
can see that all her inclinations tend TO
do good
1 IwOnder how many centuries it will
take for the light of truth to penetrate
the thick darkness that hangs like a
pail over all such straight-faced pharisa-
ical people as little Nina's parents.
One more picture, indulgent reader, if
you can bearit. Ifyou are a man and a
married one, perhaps you had as well
stop, and read no more; because I do not
care to be mathematical by you.
Therefore we had better shake hands
now, in a friendly way. If you are a
woman, and married one, my advice
is, read on, for I think it will do you
gOod-after performing your Christian
duties this blessed forenoou-to read
this desultOry sketch. Whether you
are benefited or not by the perusal, It'll
will at least relieve the mOnotony of a
lonely Sunday afternoon, for doubt if
your husband is giving himself much
trouble about whether you are lonesome
or not, and, for anything I know, may
be sleeping like trooper" while you,
ninny-like, are keeping the flies from
disturbing him. But this is n digrees-
sion.
From the days of Hectorand Audrom-
ache to the present time human nature
is the same.
Note when husband speaks to the
wife:
"Andromache! my souls far better part,
Why with untimely sorrow heaveS thy heart?
No hostile land can antedate my doom
Till fate condemn me to the silent tomb.
Fixed is the term to all the race on earth,
And such the hard condition of our birth.
NJ. Ht-T,t