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in truth we might have been thus commissioned . * But ye well know that no such ill erraticf brought Catherine hither / The younger lady looked anxiously at Martin . ' I am aware / she said , ' how mightily the world ' s opinion can influence the minds of men . Your course will be brilliant and
useful ; it should be a smooth one . There is grief in the Churches , great grief—the brethren who have just left you are powerful , pious , and learned men / She paused for a while , and though to outward appearance her demeanour was calm and dignified , the quick beating of her heart might be distinctly heard . * If / she added , you have thought , or these men have convinced you , that there will arise aught of evil from our union ,
either of sin in itself , or impediment to our holy cause , I ask , I implore you to abandon the idea / Luther was about to reply 6 Nay / said she , ' hear me , and then answer . I have heard them all , and my first opinion is unaltered ; but I assume no right , I indulge not a wish to bias yours / She ceased to speak , and with a look of earnest enquiry awaited "his decision .
' M IVI if mir m I . « ¦» 4- l" » nr * i v » / -i I tur > o I » i + l- » ir »« % ' ci t ~ v ¦»» i / - » » nn f /¦» / " >» -v » - » -v ?•/ - *!¦» y"V *^ nmn e y own Catherine ! * was Luthers brief but comprehensive reply , in a voice whose tones told of ardent love and high admiration . ' Let us bless the Lord that no such fearful sacrifice is required of us . Here , then , in the face of heaven and of earth , we pledge ourselves to each other , as long / he
continued , looking proudly at the graceful form before him , but lowering his voice at the solemn thought , ' as long as our spirits inhabit their present frail dwellings ! ' Catherine bent
her head in token of acquiescence , while her deep and fervent Amen was repeated by her devoted friend . Plates will clatter , and nailed shoes stump over oaken boards with no noiseless tread ; but let Genius take even his temporary abode in the very residence of Clamour , and the Spirit of Stillness will visit , if she may not reign in , the uncongenial
region . Martha Van Brock , who was of the new faith , had enough of feeling , or perhaps of appreciation , to regard her present guests with interest . It was a higher and more reverential sentiment that softened the yet rougher manners of her
handmaiden , who instinctively rendered the honest tribute of love and of wondering admiration to a being who her nature taught her was of a higher class and order than those with whom she was wont to mingle , in her capacity of humble assistant to the casual visitors at her mistress's small but neat and comfortable lodging-house . It was in a sombre parlour , the walls of which were covered with Dutch tiles , ornamented
by a pictorial story of Job in his varied trials , that the hostess and her handmaiden prepared the evening meal for their visitors . The mistress , unconscious of the cause which hushed her own shrill and high tones to a gentle whisper , marvelled within her * -
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The marriage of Luther . 881
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No . 118 . 2 T
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1836, page 621, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2662/page/33/
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