, 1875-10-04

Ihey eetsle down at tirAt etuong the r.eadows by
tho Aprng, the'' tLcy 70 through belt Of Hiasl-
ow o., sid loHo tl,olr way to find i again by,and:
bottor land than they left, They
meet tho rugged hills and climb tllcn,
together, atrIko tho denor.a aud crosu them
togethor, cutao to tho mountains aud scale tlem
together, and thcn they sea Tue ether occan mud
reach it togetler; and 10 their Journey e,iu.
But through shadow mid tline they keep togctlI.
ur they allow no disnstcr to divide tneul, aud
no th!fd person. not oven tho tnuiler-il-law, to
interfere.
My pErlSirfoy OF MARRIAGE?
Sydney Smith says: 1T Resembles 4 rnir Of
shears, 80 joined that .heF cannot we'll 10 nu1,a-
Tatcd, noVlng ofteu in opposite directions. but
always furnishing any ono tl.at comes betwee,
thctn." Tho remark in as wlsa as it s witty, aud
he might hhve added, "Part tho shears asuudcr
and thtn al} you bayo left in two poor dagsers."
80 It ii possible that wo 1nuy grow gray uA no
lind eacll other out, and wonder Why wo never saw
that trait bofoto orstrck tint temper; bnt thcro
il tha t1uo beart between us TINT keeps the
rIvct in its placp tue years will 10 Hure to bring
rev EenHonA for & more perfcGt union, and Tho
Bwcct Scotch 1allad will DO psalm Of life.
john Anderson my 10 John.
Me cl0tub tho hill Together,
And many caEtr DAY, Juhn,
Noe nun toldlc loon, John,
Iiuf hand til hand wc1l 20,
And slccp together at the foot,
John Anderson my Jo.
Bnt in finding each othor ont again il is poesi-
hle that, like my mothers old shears, over Which
used to ponder when WAS boy, ono side will
bo groater than the other. Now, Hhat are 10 to Do
about that? found my old friend Jnmos Mott
delighted ono oycuing when went to call, bo-
cause Oh to VIA walking tn his garden two
men went BY, aud ono said. :" Tint is
James Mott" and tho otller answered,
.'Ana who IL James Motif" "Wby, don't you
knows u is l.ucfo!ia Motifs husband" Now.
james Mott was anything but common man.
With lesser half le would have seemed great.
aud lie WIS gsoas in perfect loyalty to trutL
mud goodness, but his wife, vas tho woman Of 4
century, while ho was go aoblo and groat OF soul
as to TO glad aad proud Of her grcaluosB, and at
tho aa1,o timo seetuoa Eroatcr fur lIsA worehip
feat fow men over accomplish. Audubon, our
poorfeas naturalist, married a good sweet wife.
and whom she begau to fiul him out Aho found
That 10 would Wander on Thousand miles In
quest ct bird. She snid Amou. aud went
with him 30 long aa slo had DO sacred reason
for Blaying ut homo crossed tho Alloghauies With
lin on horseback, campod n tho woods, liyod n
log huta aud shautics gu tic frontier, outo1cd
iHtu hin enthusiasm, and counteI all things but
loss for tho exccloncy Of tho glory II being
Auluban's wife. When Tho children began to como
to them 10 Ind to wander Oh aloue, but he could
not 80 Into valley 80 dcop or Wilderness 10
dlhtant that tho light would not shine OH lin
out Of thois window. llo know Just wAero he
should Ind lcr. and how Bho would look, for
~iht' al Aubd!A 1cnluus uB, tue Etnuuh never
take tho Same form again. wp know The Sunshine
~ We know our most familiar friend, and it WAS
sunshfna he saw when le looked homeward, and
SO, 1t you have road hin notcs.you will remember
bow bis heart broAka forth Into singing
in al sorts Of unexpected places ~ ho
thinks Of tho w,fo and children waiting his ro-
turn. and no tlloy grow aged togotAeyt until they
dropped into the lap uf God like mellow fruit.
i waa laid on him to do tlis curious wild work.
How her won1an'a heart yeaEned to have him
in 1hrFIftA h,N e,trj jI4r aha
would have sacrificed somo Of la greatness to
keep llor chiidrens father at her aide, but she
did not tell him 80. and now Fhe IL changed Into
tho samo anaaRc from glory into glory, Is by the
spirit OF the Lord.
MY STORY ENDS
They must bo getting On when Hhen We leave
tl,cm for they have st1 sous. but they nloyo
away, md so tho curtain fails on tAcm
fprSy'Fsps hnsw iusE eu IL "fk'' wi little , ater .
II they kopt these safeguarsls aud followed this
iuslratiou that hayo tried to teach. Wien
oberlln wan bd ycars old and very ntrtn, iu climb
tug ono Of hts mountains ho Wan obliged to lean
who was stronger, walked BY herself aicctiug
Que OF hlR pnrshloners. tho old man felt 30 awk-
ward ut hta want Of galtantry that 10 nsiHtea ol,
stopping and explaining how 1t was. aud how
they each understood it perfectly. Bllo could
nos loau on hls arm, but she leaned on his heart
oil 1lo sa'no. They had grown aged together,
md ho shot ahead little, but they must
not mistake them, 1t was all right. So ii
would bo with theao twain In tho fas-away
gather, ana when tho arm failcd tIo p heart
would still abide in tho old beautiful strengtl,
and .raco. "And what did you see7" / said
eagerls when friend weut from Our dale olce
oyer A ute sho Lako country, and Oh illA return
raw the ssanat OLD msu." ha said. ''walking ia
his garden with Als 8tfe. Very old he was,-
ncsrly bllnd, the people told uso.--but tLoy
seemed i'so s,.reshe.rts. thoY woro 30 tender
sau'o Htory. Will tho additions! particulars Of =
ncar noighbor.-how eAo would Mis- him, and
trot out 10 lind hiu-.tind him, perhaps, asleep
il tho slss'. run far hls hat to SHADE Ata face,
hau ea @ ha aa .a ~4i ill., A% aud 40 vas thas
they wero ono in tho dust ~ tl.ey
woro ono in Heaven, and Ind been on earth III
over forty Yoats. Tho worli cau'o to him At
came but. BETTER and better" said lie wlfo
sitting on the groom bank. Tho world might
ecoT. tho wife behaved. sho was no Bsrsl to
lAngh at the Angel Of tue Lord. What wonder
ton?
twas 70 With the wife of ThoE,as Carlyle.
Thu woman with tho blood Of old John kuox
couts|t.g through her heart upheld her husband
through all weathers, proud OF his strength,
tender Of lis waakness never saying sTLomas,
ray 10 write 80 that people eau UNDERSTAND
you." liz wild. weird words might puzzsa har
leust. aud 10 when shs dle+i he had srsyou
oil ler tomb, "Fos forty ysass sue wa Tho
truo and loving helpnate Of Ter husband, aud by
act aud word unuesrledly forwarded him Is mono
elso could il sll Of worthy that ho did or At.
tempted" Aud slia waa what THU man s4id of
his witc, and this vito of her husband, when ouo
wss taken and The other left. aud their prayer
bad booa fully apsWarod 10 beautiful oid ags.
Now thia y prayer We eau all put up 10 God
Oh our Neddug-dAy, o., II We will. on ANY day