St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-10-22


you know 1t is Lucrctia Motifs hus-
band" Now. James Mott was anything
but Il common. With lesser half he
would have seemed great, and he WAS
great in IL perfect oNalty to truth and
goodness. but his wife WAS the woman
of a century. while he was So noble and
great of soul aS to he glad and proud of
her greatness. and at the same time
seemed greater for his worship, IL feat
few men ever accomplish.
Audubon. our peerless naturalist.
married IL good, sweet wife. and when
she began to find him out she found
that he would wander off Il thousand
miles in quest of il bird. She said amen.
and went with him so long as she had
no sacred reason for STAYING ut home.
crossed the Alleghanics with him on
horseback. campcd in the woods. lived
in log-huts and Shantie> on the frontier.
entered into his enthusiasm. and count
ed all things but loss for the cXccllcucy
of the glory of being Auduhon's wife.
When the children began to come to
them he had to wander of aIuue. hrt
he could not go into valley so deep or
Il wilderness 50 distant that the light
would not shine on him ont of their
window. He knew just where he should
find her. and how she would look. for
while. as RuSkin reminds us. the clouds
never take the same form again. we
know the sunshine lis we know our
most familiar fIicud. and il was sun
shine he Saw when he looked home
wand. and 81. if YOU have read his notes.
yuu will remember how his heart breaks
forth into singing in all sorts of uncX-
pcctcd places aS he thinks of the wife
and children waiting hi" return, and SO
they grcN old together. until they
dropped into the lap of God like mel
low fruit. 1t WAS laid on him to d"
this curious wild work. How hen
woman'S heart yrarncd to have him
home We may well imagine; and how
gladly she would have sacrificed some
of his greatness tn keep her childrcm'S
father at her side but she did not tell
him So. and now she Is changed into
the same image. from glory into glory.
as 10y the Spirit of the Lord.
Ny story ends before the answer To
the prayer l. granted. They must hr
getting on when We leave them. fnI
they have six >"m>. but they move
away. and 80 the curtain falls ON them
forever but it makes little matter. |
know Just how il WAS with thcm. if
they kept these safeguards and followed
this inspiration that have tried T."
teach. When OhcIiin Wa> ~ Nc:tI> old
and very iniiImI. in climbiu" one of his
mountains he WAS obliged to lean ON
the arm Of Il Younger mIm, while hl>
/ wife. Who Wa> stronger. walked 10y her
/ self. Mcctin" one of his paIi>hi"urr~.
/ the old man trlt 80 awkward 1T his
want OF "allamtrN that he insisted ON
stopping and explaining how it wa-.
and how they each understood il per
/ tcctly. She could not lean on his ann.
hut she leaned "n his heart all the
same They had gIown old together.
and he shot ahead Il little. but they
must not mistake them, II WAS all right.
80 it would hc with these twain in the
tar-awaN eastern valley. They would
keep together. and when the arm failed
the hcaIt would still abide IN the old
beautiful strength and grace.
And what did N"u see - | said
eagerly. Whrn Il friend went from ON
dale once over into the Lake country.
and on his return told me- he had been
Ia Wurd>WoIth'> home. Il >aw the
grand old man.. he said. ''Wall,ing in
his garden With his vic. Very old hr
WAS nearly iii d. the people told me -
but they seemed like >Wrcllrart>. they
we've ~ tender and attentive" and Miss
MaItinrau tells the same stony with the
additional particulars of Il near neigh
hor how she would miss him. and trnt
ont to find him find him. perhaps
asleep in the >IIn. run ior his hat 1,
I. l.. 4 I. 4 II
him and :" it WAS that " hen he died
they dug his grave deep enough fol
both. and when she died they were on,
in the dust rs they were one in heaven
and had been ON earth fnr over fort !
Years. The world came t" him ut last
hut the wife at first. Worse and
worse. Jctflrr said in his review. When
Il new poem came ont. ''Bcttcr and
better. said the wife sitting on tn,
green bank. The world might >cotl
, the wife believed. She wa> no Saral
. To laugh at the angel of the Lord. What
p wonder then rhrN were >Wccthcart> "a
three ->c"rc-and-tcn
1t WaS 81 with the wife of Thomas
Carl lc. The woman with the blood q
. old John kmnN cnur>iug through he
| heart upheld her husband through al
/ weathcr>. proud of his strength. tcmdc
. ot his weakness. never >aying. "Thoma>
pray do write 50 the people can under
stand you." His Wild. weird word
| might puzzle her brain. but they wcr,
l the simplest Saxon To her heart. and ;,
t when she died hr had craven on he
, tomb: For forty Years she WIS tn
t true and loving hclpmatr of her huS
band. and 10y act and word unwcariedl,
/. forwarded him aS none else could in al
of worthy that he did or attempted.
t And this WaS what this man said of hi
I wife. and this wife of her husband
, when one WAS taken and the other left
l and their prayer had been fully answer
: ed i'll Il beautiful old age.
, Now this is Il prayer we can all pu
/. up To God on our wcdding-daN, or.
we will. on any day and every day ai
/ ten. and find the spirit of the answer il
, the spirit of the cry. Is there daugr
that we shall make il impossible fo
!. Heaven To hear us in the tale of tn,
wears because we are using them up Il
- th" prodigaI used up his fortune W,
can grl:ld against that. l. lhrr" dang"
that While we may grow "lu t"@cth"
I in ycaIS there may DE such Il growin;
J hlIl'l'H'' VI spun anu I''' l''N' 'ii''' 81
: three -Srorc-and-tcn We may merely h
u two old people who may find each othc
: ont. hut only to find it l. all Il mistake
I We can guard against that. For whcr
/ this safeguard to our inner life, and in
: that matter our omtcr life also. is need
e eel, the answer To our prayer comes Il
the true asking. No man and Woma
, ever cried out to God with THEN Who'll
I. heart frrNcuilN: ''Mcrcitulll nrdal
t that We may gov old t"gcthrr,' win
% did not find we'll springs III them drNc>
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