Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-04
TIRED HEARTS.
Written for the Mexico LEDGER.

BY A. u.
Written for the Mexico LEDGER.
Could we but lift the veil that so
well overs the shams of which So
ciety and the so called world are
composed, we should find many,
weary, harassed, utterly worn out
hearts. A tired heart! Oh, how
much, how very much is expressed
in that shorr sentence! Pen and
tongue are alike inadequate to uL-
ravel its mysteries or to develop its
miseries.
To that fortunate class of individu-
ais who never knew a sorrow (and
there really are such people in The
world, who are far TOO matter OF
fact and too philosophical to allow
any thing to disturb them. who, Iii
other words, never take trouble OF
any kind such a thing as a tired
heart is an inexp,icable enigma, Il
problem incapable of solution. But
human nature is made of a vast va
riety of temperaments; consequently
| there exists a wide difference in the
habits and characteristics of human
kind. We are not all constituted so
as to be- able to allow the world to
Jog oil at pleasure taking it IA we
find it, saying little and caring less.
Neither are We able TO screen our
deep rooted sorrows, and assuming u
cloak Of hypocrisy, appear to the
world as the happiest of happy nor
tails. Among the gayest society, be-
meath gorgeous satins, fiuttering la
ces and bright, flashing jewels. think
yOu not there often throbs a poor,
tired hart, aching for a resting place,
lching for Il spot to call its own, ach-
.ng for something long wished for
md eve obtained. and still far be-
fOnd reach: in short, aching for ome
thing, il knows not what. Ana yet,
tmidst the tinsel and ostentation
| hat surround il. the din of the mu-
! SIC and the tread Of the dancers, the
.xquisitc odor of the exotics which
Deryades the whole atmosphere, the
smiles of friends and the admiration
If the assembly, it would seem to the
'ystander TO be Il very happy, con-
tented heart. Oh, this seeming 10
DC what we are not-when will it
ever cease. Not until each and eve
~ one of lis is laid away forever un-
der the green sod of God's beautiful
earth. and has gone to meet our just
reward, tor what we are, and not for
what we seem 10 be, who can know
what it IL {" have Il tired heart but
IN who has rienced Il great
| A%ri9htt, grip, and has Rugged nt to
mes bosom Il lifr long SORROW, for
which there - nn ia t,dy.
How these poor, weary hearts will
! ling 10 falls" hopes, and bui.d upon
scattered, unstable foundations; and
then how they will look, and look in
vain for something that they dare
scarcely acknowledge L themselves!
God pity all such Iongings, restless,
unhappy spirits, "who vainly the
dreams nfliGe recall and still suffer TN
ID silence and alone! Bind those wea-
~ hearts, how they brood over their
SORROWS. and imagine they are OF no
use TO any thing or anybody III the
world. >an We Ccns'ire them?
think not. Their very wcariness rs
Il cause Of dependency and inactivi-
ty: and ~womankin;t in general is dis
pnscd to look upon the dark rather
than upon the bright side OF things.
And so the wurid goes on from day
to day. little dreaming of the masks
worn to cover heavy hearts and dark
experiences. And the world is so
easily cheated; it believes from the
outwari appearance, eve caring 10
peep within the ampie-folds OF ones
assumed cloak. There will always
b. tired hearts in the world. IL is
all utter impOssibility that it should
ever be otherwise. And so those tir-
ed, weary hearts, must struggle ON
in Their misery, and hope to obtain
that rest ut last that is prepared for
The weary in spirit. IL is tie who
hrs said: Come unto me. all We that
are weary and heavy laden, and |
will give you rest" Seek and sc
shall find.