The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-12-13

The following letter Has recent
addressed To u lady about u become I"
bride. hy u gentleman IL qnain'an.c, III
acknowledgement OF the receipt Ut '"r
Wedding cards. Il gains u mclun" ol'
interest from the iacl tia, the young
wife died soon after her marriage:
am holding some pn,te'".atd IN
my hands, Adlir!-lilrre stately pluck
mgs from the bush "l rert mnnl! /
am pnzln. upon Il card, and npnn II
namr--n name with which your 9"nll"
life icgan. u name with w"irii your
throhbnng heart was lost. In"r" Il
nothing strange ABOUT that card lh'
maiden sign silil looks w from II.
calm and customary, as II | "krd on
many a friendly visit. ~ 1t lies /"
many u formal basket. am 4az'n-.
too, upuu "A card where the nearer
parent tell, the ~orI'l she wound be-
AT Home one day, and that Is
nothing new!
Bat there il another card, whose
miuSling there us tongue ut lr'
iulu tne s~pcrchlcss laste''"ar'i, "nam-
clln2 tate 700 commonplace! IL tell
US that feeling is .natnrlnY INTO destiny
aud mat these carols are tut the pale
i,ralds at a comlng russ; when
nauI that has pressed friends ta:i'
AM plu, krd flowers SHAH rln,e down
uiuu INN Ia whom she shall 'e !
urrnd ani h'N,r forever after. l lihv'
sent you a iew d ,wrrs u mlorn Ih'
ting moment, ni Noul single Illr
Tiey are t"r grilirst u pes ni u deli
cate ani durable friendship. They
spring up hy our side wi'ri 9TH Il
ave ac,vitrd 1t and hey wll' III
lohnd Watching ".cr "ut grave, "h'l
those wiIp should Cnrrisa nave forgot
ten us IT. seems meet 10 me- llial
past So cnim and pure u, YOURS S'ipulo
,Y,,lrr wllh 4 k@ln,Irrii sweetness arc
il, that d ,n"r, and mI,l K ~ lrcnn'
.,uI earnest " IT ~. ~ nj I rOhsrcralt
Jht il'iI NINu " o''' h'' ~ '''.-
iGto u sii, i%IiItiIl.
The lnrrr great Stages 81 ON '"ihs
ARE the .nrtu, the lnl tai ani tn" hn'lal
TO the fist wr piint nnls n%eaknrs>--
Tor the ia-L We have n'tnI.IG nni du>l.
Bul here. AZ tne altar, whrr" ne ms
nr. lir par come u%r"h'nng "p |" lht
not, man. Whispering the hcrp prom
,sr that arms each with the o'hr' {
heart, /" i,rlp on IL !hr LIE y rug, le %
care an ,Iuly. Ia" hraul,ul AM e
there. "nrrnwlng new beauty from lll'
scrue The ga, aud the 1.-TWO Gus
they auu their h,unrcS, viii took sol
rmn Tor once. AMI ,uulh will come
10 gnz,. on all Ils sacrr', lnOu-h,s pan
Iur; AMI ~" Will lolt' r mp IL leaf IIt
old word, repeated tnat 10 tn"r "w,
lls"s have given the ci,r,n. Shn
wall weep ot,r II rs II i, were II t"'D''
uiri SOME viii laugh uvrr it AS II |
we're II joke; tut We mus stand b,
! It. for 1t l., a lutr, not fun. tli, ever
lasting lurk'n. uI lIer 1t -. A"'
now, can ,Euu, who have lm' II" !
over 81 may hcnllng Iorm-, can ,ot
cOmr dJwn AT last 10 the irhIal diet .
n single hrarl2 HI.l,rrt" you have
b en II clock. giving your time u al
the world. NV you are a warl
hurried III dat %arllcu,ar i"'su wirni-
my ont, u nrrI,l, marking ';niy ms
hour,. and llrkln. only T." tie beat I"
MS huart-Hlrrr lime AMI :cclln-
s,all TIC 10 unison, untIi ilie,e mw'J
tie, are lost in that higher wr'ilrri
where ali heart, are united ar"nh'i tI'
great Central Heart ot all. l%l'tin'
that ra,m sun>hLc may liallnw >"nI
rlaslel hands, | sink %s'Irntl, int"
signature.