Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-01
wauxarux. Jan. rsfh. 1872

wamxgr0x, Jan. 1sth, 1872. &i
 Asus expected. Dr. Henry delivered hs. lersure ss Farmers Hall, last evening. m.uxwrre disappointed. Some because xA~r~sns to hear him, and some because ther did not His slbiect ssThe good of ~ooa aznusements, was not what was ex- nersea of a reverend Doctor, and few, wAere preiuaices had very deep roots, ~-v~ p0a a little disgussed to think cler- xxnsa sAOaA be % much of a pagan, as to ssx dasciSg wzs not unchristiani To c.e ho~a snd bred Co believe it the Evil Ones own device to trap the unwary, the nssexssua wzs, to s>y the least. startling.
 The wrltsr, when about fourteen, while xssstSnx a yU4ng friend a few miles from huuae. wzs prevailed upon to 60 into asncszx school, simply as a spectator. The Han w~a quite large, accommodating srx setz Of eOsafc1A While sitting there, pexseSsfy bexlaered by theunvonted gay esy. sAe wzz half paralyzed with night to see her oaaess brother coming toward her, Rsskizg vEy grave. and saying he had eu=e t0 take her home. I believe he thaaxAa he w~s rescuing her from perdi- sssn. Seven of the young ladies belong iuw te the dznrang school were from our swn vTlage. which vas but two miles srua shs dzaeing hall Six years Euse< oae cf those seven was married to the uza Of her choice. but with a bright Fufure before her, consumption had ap- parxnkfy s-mzxked her for his own," and but a fEw nuukhs after her marriage she dsed One day Tmet her and her husband In th<ir czniAge. looking supremely hap pr. The next day w@s requested to go ts her ho2e. for she vas dying. She lay Perkeexly qEies except for her labored hreaEhfag. her friends silently gathered sroznd her. exoept one sister, just in her teens. who had been sent on some neces- sAry errznd The Iabored breathing had ceased, and we supposed all was over. Just then ths young sister entered the rOon, and thinking Lucretia dead, gave 9wxy 60 unceskEained lamentation. It seemed to recall the heeting spirit, and opening her eyes. Lncretia gasped, ''dont griere. Henrietta" 'Why shouldn't. I, sister, was the sObbing response. '.Be- eaase I'm happy" and with that dying testimony the frail body was left tenant less.
 The incident made a very deap impress sion upon my mind, and made me wonder exceedingly that one who had transgressed my moral code by playing backgammon and dancing, could leave her happy home, not only cheerfully but triumphantly.
 Again I was shown different phase of society from that to which had been ac- customed- For two or three years lived in what was considered a very gay com munity, one in which private social par ties were frequent, and where cards and dancing were as frequent pastimes. But among the Romans. I did not do as the Romans did. Ineither danced or played whist (cnchre was not then dte gameJ.
 One night I shared the room of one of the lOveliest of these gay ladies. During the evening had admiringly watched her Tn her simple white dress as she exhibited the poetry of motion in the may dance, therefore twas with the greatest wonder saw her ere retiring for the night, rever- ently reading her Bible, and spending season on her pended knees. I had be- fore known that beautiful, wealthy and gay as she was, she could spend whole nights in working for and soothing the af- aicted and distressed. I now thought, ''she must be christian" And vet she dancedi Then began to search the Bi- ble Co find the prohibition. Ihave not yet found it. therefore Dr. Hsnry's assertion vas not to me So astounding.
 '-SeEse upon truth, where e'er 'tis found,
 Among your friends, among your foes,
 O1 CAEiz<lzn CT on heathen ground.
 The n0wErs divine, where e'er 1t grows:
 Neglect the pEicklos and assume the rose"
 Watts.