, 1874-08-13

| duty of putting my vile In u protty ;laouae,
| ehaff ondoavor to perform Uhriatiln'A duty Of
"owing no n,an anything" at,d particularly
that otllor part Which consistn in !" Loving ono
| anotl1or.' Ever youta. -. T., THEODORE.
MEETING ONE OF MRS. rl1IoN's OLD FRIENDS
yiAcryNEs, Ind., jan. 49, 1867.
MY DAZZLING -. :. Atmy looturo this eYen-
Ing chino ouo OF your old frlondu,-no other per-
aonago Than ----. slio looks much moio
womanly ind aona!tto than whom uaod 10 know
hor In tho dnya Of her youth. nor huaband, who
socna pleaaans gentleman, Is, tho tsoctor OF m
tp!scopalfah Church hero. aud ia In worry good
poaition. think that slo las, OH tho whole,
mado good uso Of llorsolf Id lilo why Of tleyol.
opipg her c1saractor during thcao past t[fleo,
years. / could SEQ In hof couutounuco Whittior's
lines Of
Care. ahd korro,s, anu childbirth l,ain >
felt greatly drawn toward hot for your sako.
as oito of sout companlons III Tho tt,orfy t1a5n
wtun tolt, too, wore at nnfcdscd bird without
gray fcathot In yo,ir widg.
T1no 10 crow-footing out choc1s ana a
grager matt than &lioh started from homo.
Every lecture adds ORC halt mora to- "t1io
crown of g1ors." somotimts: / atn III baBtn TO
soo T1oronte's cfl1rofi ind Alco'a Hooor. hfoati-
ttrho, II I could sec tho mother OF thoad tNo
girls, would.bogin my o,sn woofhg 6tcr agnih.
tfraeo. mercy md peaco to nil uudot yoi1r roof
Ever YOU'RE. T,tEoponE T1EroN.
" 1T SHOCK At oIt1oAoo."
or1awA, ILL.,, Jan. q, 1857.
8lr DAnt1Nu. a1n vol aNaro. as you inti-
ntn:o, TINT tho chiof chhrm Of ]ettcra from,
ffinutlthp ad ovo Is not III Tho tccital Of facts
and cyotb bttt III tho revelation Of fcclinEa ni1,
thoughts. Noyertheldss, 1t ID a rather dangdr-
ouB practice for torAon to acrutinize, question,
cnsafogho, and describe, oun's feolibga md
thoushte. IL gtvu ovitaenco Of d warm feeling,
or totdor thought. is better tltan to Give DO
acttptlon Of olthbr or botG.' +: ~:'s'.~
Not o day passos oyer my hoad but / have
Bomo raro, and high. and beautiful trausagura-
ton Of yourself boforo my soul by tais 500
an imago thas fllfs mo will love, reverence. and
humility. II, at that moment, should happen
to hayo poi in my hand, aud hapiienI to. b.
writing you lotter, Of colirdo my letter would
glow aud BURN With iutonso feeling OF tho mo.
lncnt. But il, aftor tho feeling has passed
away, should tllrn back to coniuro up lis faded
figure, and allonld writo OF tho emotion which
acas rather tlat1 Of that wttch IL, my letter
would ltclther bo tr<lo, valuable, nor worthy of
your kisa upon It's phSo.
I haYb often told Sou how ttuch 1,izo truth
ftlfnoss,-that IL, tho Bcrupuiously- truth,
without c0hcoalmont md without distortion,-in
al1 intercourse between Intimate friends, alid
particularly between husband and wife. Tlia
truthfalucss, applied ID such daily 1ottof writing
aB yours ahd minc, rcqulrea TINT should bo trt,a
to tho stata CT my mnd OF tic timo when ssritoi
at,d That should not attempt to wrltc wh!lc iii
une mood 40 If I woro ID nt1othor. 80
For fnstaitce. I mentioned III MY hasty tinos OF
this mo,ning that my letter nas prosdto ind ,ihl
sentimental, adding TINT MY fountain of poetry
ind sontinout nad not flowed frc5ly for n week
past. Tlfs statement Ii llnhappily too true.
1ly mind las bcoil barren cror stico t1y
ehock ut Chicago. That waB touch
from lions paw; tho wound doca
not eaeily 1ea1. It is now ton OF twelve tlnys
anco that Saturday evening Of the greatest dis
appointment OF my whole life and, from t.t
hour to this, I ha7o not clothed solitary
thought Of my mind III gay coloro, but hayo tbs
rather pluchetl
Every flower that aad embroidery wears.
understand we'll enough ttat vas overcome
on that oacasiol' by physical, Quito aa much as
by mental, aniluencus; that my mflid Was
wrought to IN unta'al exaltatlon at an nnfortu.
nato moInont. whom my body was feeble under
all unusual fatigue aud that. consequently, my
brain drauk my blood dry. But III q natural
consequence. have boon. orcr since, more Of
tho Garth carthr, and loss OF tho heaycua, hca W
cnly.
For tho last few days, therefore, I hayo hal less
craving either for tho love of wouau, tho love Of
man, or tho loro Of God, than at any former
period Of my pilgrimage. OF co,1rno I expect
MY feeling to return, aud to return like aood
bapttzing INC afrosh. Dut, until 1t shall rolu11,;
md rim irs nyent riot through nv vofra nj lnro4