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246 THE RECORD OF A VANISHED LIFE.
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XL.—THE RECORD OF A VANISHED LIFE.
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246 The Record Of A Vanished Life.
246 THE RECORD OF A VANISHED LIFE .
Xl.—The Record Of A Vanished Life.
XL . —THE RECORD OF A VANISHED LIFE . ( Concluded . ) .
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¦ ¦ ¦ ; .:- _; _\ ;; _, _p After two years of marriage I became a father . My firstborn
us old was . , a We littl son had , girl no dear , more nam ed children Henry after her . . When mother he , Mary was nearl , was y born two years unto 1
things compound It was which a str of ange deli nothing g , new t and bu . feeling t anxie a father , t that y . 's It of taug being rience ht a me fa can ther many teach ; a things feeling a man , ;
As little feet pattered by me on the expe gravel walk of the garden . or as little hands clasped themselves round my neckas little ,
the voices children lisped taug their ht infant me as prayer much as at I my could knees teach , it seemed them , . t Their o me
why tering trust God in streng me in , t th His heir , their dealings dependence faith with in my on man protecting me , assumes their wisdom belief towards in , taug my him ht shel t me he
rel of a temperament tion of , a Fath showed er . And itself yet , even one here of , my characteristic Looking down defects
ray children as their father , I forgot to look . upwards with suffi upon - cient trust to Father in heaven . Mextreme fondness for
iny children , my my almost morbid conscien y tiousnessrendered me our over- H anxious eavenl , and Father weakened . I thoug my h reliance t everyt upon hing depended the , guidance of
myself . I thoug y ht it rested with me only to render them good upon happy , healthy , clever . Nervously anxious to do my duty—a ,
t suffic d uty ends i li entl t with w y h upon ich how I could the much kindl onl love y Heaven !— h towards -hew which them would , I surel did not y shap rely e
How beautiful , how divinel y roug y ordered . , is the common course t o h f ordinar arent y s' human lives ! events ! How exquisitely children fit into
They p wax as we wane . They are ready to survive as we are ri Their pe to childhood yield up life suits . Their our sheltering strength is maturity crescent as their ours youth declines our .
turn round the descending slope ; their maturi ; ty supports our I of t feeble he young tomb ste . p man s , The and and bab soothes womanhood y and the the old child ; age the are slop youth the ing and do darling wnwards maiden playthings towards are the I I I
and pride comfort of our of middle our failing age ; the age young . Oh , man Herbert and , woman take my the advice prop . I I ideal Find s i is f like you steering can , earl by y , the a noble stars and they a worth are often y love clouded . To over live : by to I I
live by a pure love is like steering ; by the compasswhich never I fails the darkest niht ! Without a and , noble love I
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1864, page 246, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061864/page/30/
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