Year: 1879

ner well, ana nave bespoke her Tor your |
wife. She Is the daughter OF a gentleman
whom I much respect, Mr.. George Win
niff, of Bretenham and out of an opin-
ion have of the fitness Of the match for
you, have already treated about it with
her father, whom found very apt TO ell
!ertain it," Mr.. Hall, too, it seems was
equally apt to entertain it for he says
" Being advised not to neglect the op-
portunity, and not concealing the just
praises Of The modesty, piety, good dis
position and other virtues that were
lodged in that seemly presence, l listened
to the motion as sent from God" On
this motion Mr.. Hall acted he spoke
the necessary words and at last, with
due prosecution, happily prev allied, en>
joying the society of that charming help
mate for the space Of forty five years.


The celebrated George Whtefeld be-
gan mis- courtship in a singular fashion.
His biographer pronounces him one of
the oldest woOers that ever wooed. When
Whitefeld was in America, and had
under his charge the Orphan House in
Savannah, lit was mach impressed
upon his heart that he ought TO marry
in order to have a help mate in is ardu
Gus work" He had also fixed his mind
on the young lady whom he intended
to ask to become his wife. SO be ad
dressed letter TO her parents and in
closed another to herself In his letter
to the parents he stated that he wanted
wife to help him in the management
Of bis increasing family, and then said {:
" This letter comes like Abraham's
servant to Rebekah's relations, to know
whether your daughter, Miss E, is
q proper person to engage in such an
undertaking ard il SO, whether you
will be pleased to give me leave to
propose marriage to her. You need not
be afraid Of sending me a refusal for
| bless God, If | know anything of my
own heart, | am free from that foolish
passion which the world calls love. -





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 passionate expressions
which ordina oourtiare neo ou,,Lt 70 ba
avoided by those who would marry in the
Lord and that if she thought marriage
would in any way be prejudical to her
better part, she was to be SO kind as to send
him 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
Atrnham's servants. The parents were
not very anxious to send their daughter on
such an adventure aud Whitefeld con-
tinued fora longer space in his bachelor
condition. Some time after he essayed
another courtship with widow in Wales
after the same style. The mode in which
Rebekah was chosen for Isaac seems to
have been Wakefield IS idea Of obtaining
wife. The week after he was married he
wont on one Of his evangelistic tours, and
left his newly welded wife to muse alone
amid the Welsh hills in the second quarter
6f their honeymoon.


A minister offered his hand to 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 occurred I" 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 the passage meant.
The hostess attempted little exposition
that the meaning was, that where there
was faith in a person, in his promise or
engagement, there would be no forgetful-
ness, or irritation, or fear, or anxious wish
to speed on the fuIfliment Of the promise.
While they were conducting the c0nver,
sation they heard the pestman's knock,
and the servant brought letter for the
young lady, which, when opened, she
found was from her long-silcnt lover
and strangely enough the first sentence
was


4" lie that beleveth shall not make
haste"


Thomas Gainsborough'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 matter OF wonder. Neither is
it wonder that the sittings should be
numerous and protracted, for such they
were declared to have been. The like
ness was at last finished, and pronounce
ed by competent judges perfect. Tho
young lady greatly admired the paint-
ers skill, and in CLOWN terms expressed
her appreciation of the portrait, and in
doing so gave the artis. tho gentlest
possible hint that perhaps in time he
might become the possessor of the origi,
nal. On that hint Galnsborough spoke
the magic word, and after short court
ship, was rewarded by her hand, and
each lent brightness to tho others life
Chambers Journal.


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