, 1874-11-01
THO PICTURES.

THO PICTURES.
A Sabbath morn, be.osn'ns pesco and rest,
SAW Mature IN her loEeltest g41 Inenta dressed
and kindly Sun Looked down with eottened hatne.
Against the azure sky the deecT Clouds
Nide-stretcning, spreal their eSaneseent 'n1ouos'
And, on the velvet turf Of cm'rAld GreeH
Sent filful shades to hcck its glowing sheen
Tho tiushiug clever felt the eager breeze.
And sent It's sweets to lt1re the searching oeee
Tie restless sparrows dew from hedge 10 hedge,
Or lightly skipped along the rugged ledge;
Upon the silagc e7rsE, devoid ot 1 nIa1ne. o..,.
Tbs white doves nodded ~ they went ana ca1ne'
little church. of quaint, but ne.t, design,
Where earlier modes With Liter tasie. combine,
Whe o neath Ut x c.bie roof ther prztrT sung
Memorial windows. bright with many stain
Or richest colers on each taelet-pane. .,.onah
Hinged the fair suubeanls IL they t1Eteu t1rou8u7
And bathed the floating dust in rainloo"-nus.
One such there war where faithful hsnds bad reared
Th emblem blest.-:o Christian hearts endeated:
A ridtty cross the western gable showed:
Around whose form golden halo glo~ed-
Tho ivy, clingiug to the akhy walls,
In pendent loops about the window fails
Its reaching teudrlls round the are seen,
Blending itA crimson With sbrtr IsslIid green.
Ths constant bell unloosod It's s'i1erJ tongue,
And from its tower tunefnl welcome Fung,
Whose sweet vibrations treu1bled on tbs air,
And calted the reverent to the Houss Of Prayer
Across tho common. through the tidy streeta'
From IowIy cottage and fair country-seats.
In Sunday gar, nn1ul'ted, clothed again,
Converting eEme the church-a1tf1cted train.
TIE bu1oln nation and the blooming naid.
The bIltheAufre STRIPPING aud the Iueotnd st2tdr
tirAudsire and grlnda1n, lc4 c1ns little pct,
Within the modess church for worship met
Que maid there whom the Cruces smiled.
bestowed cozneIy form and manner mid;
Kich In iuxuri1ns sresses, peariy-bro~ed,
With heatlful cheek. aud ruby lips enao1ed;
ITor dreamy eyes, that flashed With sudden Light,
Bespoke mind that thought, and Thought Alright.
Her face roplete With beauty ev'ry st.a.
Reflected Innocence in es'ry hne.
rIp nh hers Il. thrown
OF conscious pride, ambition, showed no lack
To kindly kin tue trait caused no aaarn,-
They deemed tbs habit but an added charm:
What wonder thai the 'Squt1e'a viyaCio'1s son
Dreamed Of conquest worthy to be wont
noxea ~ shs bgaa Ihe x1h bsr s
Nor need ws question why she notes Als grace,
HIS form ma jeatic and hts handsome fAce;
Nor yet iuqnise why the f4H maiden signed,
When dashrd yibiou Of tbs chaaln nids
Tlst Raptd betwixt her station and bis own.-
Which Lose perchanre might span,-ana Lore aone
Tic hops incilieut, aud ,he doubling, too,
Which sped tn phantom flight before her visV,
Adoxp the broad aisIe Of the rage-church
Passed ono whusc breast rwers curious to search,
Unto tue cushioned pow where sat the Squire,
midway between the pulpit aud the choir.
What were tAs secret workings Of that heart
So latoly touched by busy Cupid . dars,-
Il one moro problern they, aud only theJ.
f al ali A" ~to c.tsred !.s On ttat s.bpath fsr,
Within tbs csnnues Of ta2t House Of Prayer,
Where from tbs fAlthfN III pA1t0f8 UPS wore A@a[0
Tue solemn teachings Of ths Sacred Word;
Where. from united yocaa, praises saees
In tribus e-str7tns 1spired tha Mercy-Scat1-
Two souls there wers whom the servs's fsa
lIka htfuI tones borne on the bfeezes swell;
And words that tu1d Of futhrr life ansi bliss.
They heard no4, 4,-ousy sith bright hepts in tEs !
II.
Der stretching rl.ins, with highways tnterhced,
Whore The shs1H ~aF.slc thrills along tbs waste;
Through forests deel where sylvan h1rps are ssru1 -
Wh+rr, too. tho engines warning peal Isl
Through ths spa-ts pasture, thick with pzostr7t'
Felled by TIE Jeonuan,s AZ, OF blasting s.oEns,-.
Beside their ronsly stnmps where once they stood,
The giant neighbofs Of the tee1Ains wood;
Oar meads ts, oiled whose late LEight-wxrny Eohes
Now dried .ud gathered swsll like Ierered cooes,-
Fr lighting tina breeze with szotnstic scent.
Which deAth has but inteuBer fragrance lent
Tho tuuud RUG train sped in lis light ming -nl.ht
And reused The echoes from the di.s4ns height
The clr, ling hudseap&, ceaaeless In It's eh1nxsr
Twirled tho b,,sht stream, the VALE and mountain
And on the trase:ers' gaze continuous grew
4 picture a7er pieann8: ever new:
Rssring their presious fright e han.n ~ afo
The cars resptndent ju their rich array,
A1eand'rink traced the naraow iro11-w4y-
Tue 1:1anKeI-e1e witain Nigh LOOK askance,
Percbsnes to nest mothers furtiye alance;
Betks, with ste21thy drowsinsss o'eECorne,
Soma wsnd1er. t1avel-wozn- might dream OF home:
Among the numerous passengers WAS one
Whose wasted form summed uoe tne searching SUM-
Wuo,e beaming rad, through tho window came,
And b2the4 II ur1Ght, q wei o{u6 aaIne
On her 1.as hand her paler face recntd;
Calmly she sat, with patient look res1gned-
Too well the hectic aiish, and 1..lior, showed
ua1 dread disease. and told ite fell ln1ozd.
Despite he. conely gxrb Of tot~r gray,
Wnese ex'ry fold in graceful beauty i1J;
Dispute the silent eyn,p pithJ whieh flowed @
From Kindly, &trangcE-hcarts that Win ner 1uues-
stili tllers was some: :btng in The wo.uanI nhez
WAisk erad the presence Q: tbs AastAien-
Tas i that yin disl,y % Of col solots RS. f+y
Nus It rrQfisiou Of rich jewels rare
That made ths woman seem ioss good or fair 7
Wh1tcer the cause, still the impression eane,@
The Sad redex Of beauty beut with shame
O'a7tast, At length, the long and tedious r1de,
She v1cws her nati.e hills in all their lr1de
The weil-rememtered scenes Of curly youth,
Seat Of her pristine life, when hfe Wis truth,
Greeted the w.ud'rel's dewS eyes, anew,
A. nearer to her home ST. ssd'y drew ,~
Tho lit.ls buy that nestled 'nezth the hills,
HeeeiyiEg tribute from it, sub ject rl!ls
Imaged the tree-tops Of the neiSbsins woed,
That on ita scigy bauks otescient Stood
II, in its peaceful depths, she SAW Eete7so
From at he1 grief, and dr.amed Of re.t aad geaee
The thought. which c:me une!iaen quickly % hed:
In Gods own ttmc! her yielding spirit said.
Tho huge o1n's bran. he. seemed aloft to wave
Like beok'uing arma, solicitous 10 save:
Their figures reproduced in silent shatlc,
The slVer-uaplea double welcome p.td:
Their Trstty leaves, cUnhgurcd At her feet
vibrated on the smooth and tidy street.
Her footsteps ten1ed-jour towards thas rest
Shn hoped to find upon q mothers bre1st-
By the still churchyard where they sweet!y Slept
Tne village dead where willows watched and Tept!
The swelling mounds bf nantling grasses pressed
Gazing upon the spectrc-tab!ets there,
she saw no record Of = fault, OF care.
In glowing phrases everywhere sho read
The tale Of worth departed. virtue fed
:. Will tell OF me suci, tributa, words Of praise.
She sighed, At when death my heavy grief ansys7"
She stands beside the church where onco she MET
That form abe would not II 1he conld forget;
Though with the recollection came again.
! Tbs bdartess cause Of Ill her g1ief and p71n.
Her womsn's heart would swell in earnest prayer
That God would aheld him with His guardian c4reI
Beside the eandcd fence the sexton stands,
And listIess leans upon his hrawny hands.
His charge. 10 long and faithfully kept,
Again arranged and sedulousy zwept,
HI fingers. gazing It the setting snn.
Whose silent c1urse. again, has nsArlJ re1.
The open portal tenpta the weary feet
To seek once more the old-tnae. modest sest
Where to herself her maiden ht7rt confessed
Its Grst submission unto Loye's be1e.t.
| O b1tsrful memory Of dear distress,
| In darkest hour oninfpoteat to b1ess
Piercing tbe gloom Of Sorrow chilling shroud~
The light that beams beyond the Murky cloud!
Above the altar where, ere sin deficd,
Her parents 10 the MaktaE gave their child,
She raw again the words she oft had rezd+
Which told Of Him who suffered In her Gs ad,-
Fen these: =" The blood Of Je4ns Christ, His Son,
| Clezuseth from s1n." Twas shed for every sas!
4 6ood Of pentential sorrow oer her sWept
Tears Of cnutrition from &hcif fountain crePt,