The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-09-04
Homes and Remembrances.
10 for the touch of q vanished hand,
And the sound OF voice that is still" "


greatly changed would be their bearing
towards US after such q return. But Ger.
tainly not more changed would be their
conduct towards us than ours towards
them. What mutual sympathy, defer
ence tenderness, forbearance, courtesy,
would this reunion throw over the whole
intercourse of subsequent life Under
such circumstances we may suppose that
daily life would become TO us, ut least
for awhile, what il seemed to be TO Charles
Kiugsley when, in his last sickness, he
said 70 his wife, taThis Ii. heaven" 1t
may give distinctness 10 our reflection to
notice that the case actually occur red
three times in the brief period of ou' Sa.
vior's public ministry, and for auglt we
know even more frequently; once In the
family of Jarious whose daughter was re-
stored to life, once in the HON, of the
widow of Nain and her restoyeI son, and
once in that OF the sisters .4t Bethany on
the resurrsction of their brother Lazarus.
We cannot doubt tnat In each of these
cases the voice of the Great Teacher
brought veritable touch OF heaven into
an earthly home; aud that for awhile
the restored intercourse OF love was little
short fist. Paul's description, "our conver-
sation is in heaven" What Christian-
ity did for these threo Borrowing homes
may serve to give us an idea of what it
can do even here, and will do more COM
pletely he :eafter, when the touch of the
the silent voice again be heard. 6
There are two foilers along the path Of
life each representing large class, who
are more noedfuI to each othes and who
can do more &c &c help and cheer each ether
than all the world beside The husband
and The vile, by Gods appointment, ,stand
in relation of mutual care and sympa-
thy and nearness, which no othors on
earth hold. While they have each oth-
er's respect and approval and heartfelt
appreciation, they can etand fast in their
integrity, or toll on in their daily task of
life, although al the world should be
against them. There IL no relation in
which happiness can be so surely won,
and none in which It may be more speed
lily and hopeiessly lost. This is the su-
preme deciaion which, every one makes,
or 1t may be the tremendous die for
saTtiiiy. veal or To5 which eTaTJ 0;ie casts
who enters into the married covenant. It
may fill all life with the sweetness and
joy, making il from beginning to end
bright and beautiful or turn II iF'J q
protracted scene of irritation, disappoint-
ment, failure and wretchedness. How
Often, too, Ia this darker side of the pic
/ tu,e realized in tbs home circle wkere
the brighter one might have been just as
easily enjoyedi How often, too, has this
sad destiny been shGdowed forth early in
the mH,Tied career by no greater cause
than the strange persistent failure Of one
= or other Of tho parties TO understand and
appreciate the other. Many poor heart,
4 especially the'wife'ss has had all the life
and brightness crushed out Of it simply
by cold neglect, long continued indifler-,
once, that utter absence Of any expression
of love and appreciation which 20 sersi-
tive dependent nature, is the very food
OF the soul, and for want Of which the
poor he ft finally dies as by starvation.
Thia ID what every man inot less than
every wornan) promisea In the mango
covenant; but this is what some men,
calling themselves gentle chisalrons
Christians, fail to give. We do not ssy it
{ is never withheld By the wife; bnt the
cases are ten TO one, perhaps g hundred to
one; in which It Is withhuia by tho .i;;;;s= .hi;;;;s=
band from q wife who is as true to him rs
the needle to the pole---nay, as uuseifish.
ly, patiently, hesoicaily devoted to him
4 rs any mother ever Yves to the child of her
bosom. In fact, Wo have known cases
where this uncomplaining endurance, on
one aide. through poverty and toll, sick
Z ness nad premature death. without one
correypo onding act or word Of commenda.
. ton from the ether has been carried to
such degree of heroic. salfsacrifice for
some chnrl of aihuaband, that we have
Y wondered how even Gods grace could
!; SAVE such men.
Even IN those instances where both
parties ara Bynlpathizibg and coDgenial,
each working faithfully for tho common
good, II is not an uncommon thing to
withheld or stint the much needed COM
mendation on both sides. w hat an lir-
9ehable sMeet2esa and gov 1t would throw
3 aver the daily Il fe of thu o,asasi!old, max,
SiIlg home the very hafbinger of heaven,
i ifthe husband and the wife ee:ild live
each day in "a: perpetual Interchange OF
kind attenti pIeaacnt greetinss and
appreciative words aIitic ipating every
4 wish asid want each Of the other approx
ing every thing done TO tho mihhteaG de-
tail of dnts, 3 q. -s;ziug every opportuni-
~ to cheer. to encourage, to- Sfrengthen
: each other IN every good word and wnrk
/ Now. we have seen illustrations OF this
very life, at least ia part, when Tho rapid
days of! decline and inontable Bickneasi
and death come 70 one of the parties.
When an atmosphere Of love and ten-
dernesS then psrves7eaa0o55 tlle room tof. the
{ pale sufferer how. every nhnt Is iasitici.
pated, what JEsntle cheering words Of
hope and appreciate ton are then spoken
q koW goiE is every fo0tstep, how loving ev-
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