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Of the state OF shasTs between Irving
and Aiss Welsh, icing Lac al inclpaent
lovers, thoroughly engFossed with his
own feelings The truth Vas that Irving
sas then negotiating with bright hops
u success, fOT . release from LIS engage
meng 10 Miss Martin. which Ii both his
own ana Hiss Welshs view u duty con
stituted Tar u their marriage but
when. Ia the following February, he Te-
celved cali 10 London, and % became
necessary 70 have the matter settled,
Miss Martin held him % his bond, and
after a struggle which, 70 use his own
words, had almost made his faith and
principles 10 tOtter, he resigned himself
70 his fate and bade farewell 10 Miss
Welsh in the following letter;
MY WELL BELOVED FRIEND AND Pc
Pu-When | tlink Of YOU my mind L.
overspread with the most atfectionate
and tender regard, which l neither know
10 name or - describe. one thing !
know-it would long ago have taken the
form Of the most devoted attachment Dut
for an intervening circumstance, and
showed Itself aud pleaded itself before
your heart by thousand actions from
which | must now restrain myself
Heaven grant Inc is grace u restrain
myself; and, forgetting my own ENJOY
menIs. may be enabled 10 combine into
your single self all that duty and plight
ell faith leave al my disposal. When |
am IN your company my whole soul
trembles 10 speak my hearts fullness.
But am enabled 70 forDear. am. have 10
find other avenues than the nat-Tfal ones
for the overiowing OF an affection which
would hardly have been able 10 coniine
itself within the avenues Of nature If
they had all been opened. But feel with
in me the power 10 prevail, and at once
Il -f.l.
10 YOU l stand truly upon ground which
seems 10 shake ana give way beneath me,
but my help is in heaven. Bear with
thus much, my early charge and my
present friend, from one who loves 10
help and defend you, who would rather
die than wrong you or see you wTonged.
Say that | shall speak no more Of the
fearful struggle that l am undergoing,
and shall be- silent If you allow me 10
speak, then | shall reveal 10 you the feat
ures of a virtuOus contention, 10 be
crowned, | trust, with a Christian tri-
umph. IL is very extraordinary that this
weak nature of mine can have two affec-
tions, both of 50 intense kind, and yet
! feel it can. 1t shall feed the one with
faith aud duty and chaste affection; the
other with paternal and friendly love no
less pure. 40 less assiduous. no less con-
slant in return, seeking nothing but per
mission and indulgence.
4 was little comforted by Rousseau's
letters, though holding out a most ad-
mirable moral; but much comfOrted and
confirmed by the few words which your
noble heart dictated the moment before
| left you. Oh, persevere, my admira-
bic pupil. in the noble admiratiOus you
have taken up. Let afecuonateness and
manly firnness be the qualities to which
YOU yield your love, and your hfe shall
be honorable. Advance your admiration
somewhat higher, and it shall be ever
astingly happy. Oh, do not forbid me
from rising in my communications with
one so capable Of the loftiest concep-
tions. Forbid me not To draw YOU up
ward to the love and study Of your Gre
atOr. which is the beginning of wisdom.
have returned Rousseau. Count for
ever, my dear Jane. upon my last ef-
forts to minister TO your happiness. pres
mt and everlasting. From your faith
sul friend aud servant.
EDWARD IRVING
The following june Irving took up Lis
residence in London. and on the second
Sunday OF July began his labors there.
Of his subsequent career, at first brill
ant. then eccentric, and finally wildly
cratic. ending IN death preceded 10y
-omething ike insanity. II l. enough
lere 10 say that he rapidly became
famous. and for n co,riderablc time
preached To crowded audiences Of the
most diFinguished people in London.
Then. carried away bv fauciful theory
4 prophecy. he was lei 90 exa.t into sup
posed utterauces Of the Holy Ghost the
rhaDsodies Of his more eNcitable hearers,
and % ascTiblng them 4 tha gitt q
tongues mentioned in the Nc@ Tcsta-
ment OF course he did not long remain
in connection with the chu egz of SCOT
and and 10 han 10 form au pcclesiasti-
cal organization II his own. fragments
e which survive 70 tho present dav. st
last. worn ont hv excitement and cyces-
sive work he died IN December 1884 a
physical and intellectual wreck. al the
early age = -
VI
The tender relations between Irving
and Mas Welsh d,i not entirely cease
With his farewell letter Even after bis
marriage. vhi-h to0k place O1t ~. 1923.
- retained for her At affection va.ch
made him shrink from meeting hey. Ar
Froude. in his biography of Carlyle %. 8