Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-07-11
Whole Number 1910.

order to have help-mate in his ardu-
Gus work" He had also fixed his
mind on the young lady whom he in
tended to ask to become his wife. So
he addressed a letter to herparents and
jnclosed another to herself. In his let
ter to the parents he stated that he
wanted wife to help him in the man
agement of his increasing family, and
then said: ''This letter comes like
Abraham's servant to Rebekah's rela-
tions, to know whether your daughter,
Miss E., g proper person to en-
gage in such an undertaking; and if so,
whether you will be pleased to give me
leave to propose marriage to her. You
need not be afraid of sending me a re-
fusal; for bless God, if [ know any
thing of my own heart, am free from
that foolish passion which the world
calls love-" He wrote IN a similar
strain to the young lady, asking her,
among many other questions, if she
could leave her home and trust in Him
for support who feeds the young ravens;
and bear the inclemencies of air both
as to heat and cold in a foreign climate.
He told her that he thought the pas
sionate expressions which ordinary
courtiers use ought to be avoided by
those who would marry in the Lord;
and that if she thought marriage would
in any way be prejIdicial to her better
part, she was to be so kind as to send
him a denial; that she need not be
afraid to speak her mind, as he loved
her only for God.
The letters were not so successful as
Abraham's servants. The parents were
not very anxious to send their daugh-
ter on such an adventure; and White
field continued for a longer space in
his bachelor condition. Some time
after he essayed another eOurtship with
a widow in Wales after the same style.
The mode in which Rebekah was cho-
sen for Isaac seems TO have been
Whitefeld's idea of obtaining a wife.
The week after heWas married he went
on one Of his evangelistic tours, and
left his newly-wedded wife to muse
alone amid the Welsh hills in the second
quarter of their honeymoon.
A minister offered his hand to q
young lady and was accepted; this was
in the month of June. The lovers
parted, and never saw or heard Of each
other till the following January, when
the young lady was visiting the house
of friend. In the lesson at morning
prayers the following passage oc-
curred: "He that believeth shall
not make haste;" which greatly
impressed and perplexed the mind
of the young lady. So she
inquired anxiously of her hostess what
tempted a little exposition; that the
meaning was, that where there was
faith in q person, in his promise or en-
gagement, there would be no forget
fulness, or irritation, or fear, or
anxious wish to speed on the fulfill
ment of the promise. While they were
conducting the conversation they heard
the postman's knock; and the servant
brought letter for the young lady,
which, when opened, she found was
from her lOng-silent lover; and
strangely enough the first sentence
was:
"He that belie7eth shall not make
haste"
Thomas Gsinsborough's young friend
"a commercial traveller in his fathers
establishment had sister, Miss Mar
garet Burr, an extraordinary beauty.
That Miss Burr should wish to have
her portrait painted by her brothers
friend is not a matter of wonder.
Neither is it a wonder that the sittings
should be numerous and protracted,
for such they were declared to have
been. The likeness was at last finished,
and pronounced by competent judges
perfect The young lady greatly ad-
mired the painters skill, and in glow
ing terms expressed her appreciation
of the portrait, and in doing so gave
the artist the gentlest possible hint that
perhaps in time he might become the
possessor of the original On that hint
Gainsborough spoke the magic word,
and after a short cOurtship, was re-
warded by her hand, and each lent
brightness 10 the others ife.-CbGRg-
berS' Journal.