The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-04-15
Marietta Ga. Thursday Morning. April /
BEAUTIFUL HNrIMENTs.
Birth. Bridal and Burial-Thc Three Im-
porlant BIS of Life.


One sometimes tiuds gem among
The castawayscf the forgotten years.
The following congratulatory letter
to a young lady Oh the eve of mar
risge is venerable, but is good. The
gentle heart tina. iudited It, with the
bride aud her maidens, may have
passed away with the flowers that
e1lfaned the pact; but the "oldy
oh story is told as sweetly now as
then, and the event which links The
des,nies of two hearts;
Il am holding some pasteboard il
my hands-three stately plncklogs
from the. bush Of ceremony. | AN
gazing upon q card, and upon a
name-a name wi h which your
gentle life began; name with which
your throbbing heart was lost
There is nothing strange about that
cN Tng maiden sign still looks
- BIT, calm and customary, as
on many S.iriA-d,y visit, as
1t lies 10 many formal basket.
ofI~sm ggziug, too, %poa card
World world \. ~ Home ly''' one ,ne
day; ana that hug new But
there is anolhsaAssr.a!. whose mneiiog
there put t@--Ie Of h~Y into its
spoechIess pas'eboarg X tells us
that feeling Is maturipI<. ~. she tiny,
and that these cards arsg Athe pale
heralds of the coming 49,. when
hand that has pressed ffend's hands
and pIucked flowers, seAclose down
on one to whom sr2.wT be friend
and flower foIysr 'aJr.
81 send you - - gfiowers to adorn
the dying mouiln5s of your single
life. They are TIA gentIest type Of
delicate, durable fl landship. Taey
spring up by our SIDE when others
have deserted it, and will be found
watching over our graves wheu those
who should have forgotten as.
at seems meet that past SO calm
and pure as yours, should expire
with ? kindred sweetness about it;
that flowers and music, kind friends
and earnest words should conSecrate
the hour, when a sentiment ID pass
ing into d sacrament.
The three great stages Of our
being ere birth, the bridal aud the
burial. To the first we bring only
akness, for the last we have moth
ing bat dust, But here at the altar
where life joins life, the pair come
thro6bing up to the holy man, whis
pering the deep promise that arms
each with the others heart to help
on IN the life struggle Of care aud
duty.
The beautiful will be there, bor>
rowing new beauty from the scene
the gay and the frivi!ous will look
solemn for once, and youth will come
10 gaze on all that its sacred thoughts
pant for-and age will totter up to
hear the old words repeated over
again, thai TO their o~n IiVes have
given the charm Some will weep
over it as if it were a tomb; come
will laugh, as if it were joke; but
two must stand by it, fer it is fate
no. fnn, this everlasting locking Of
their lives
"And now can you, wao have
queeped it over 50 many Bonded
forms, can you come down at last to
the frugal diet of single heart ?
"Hitherto you have been a clock
giving your time to all the world -
Now you are watch buried 10 one
particular bosom. marking only
hours, and ticking only 10 the beat
of his heart, where time and feeling
shall be 10 unison until these lower
ties are lost in that higher wedlock,
where all hearts are united around
the Central Heart Of all.
clipping that calm sunshine may
halow your clasped hands, | sink
silently into signature"