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GREENCAST.LE, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1863. NO.
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I UNIVERSAL PRAISE.
Would that praise was universal,
Would tint every soul could Sing,
Praise to God the great Creator,
Praise to the Eternal King;
Nature, then, and human nature,
.All combined the world around.!
Nodding hills nitdMitiling
Would their Author's praise resound,
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Hail the groat Eternal Father!
He whose spirit moved upon
The dark face of mighty waters; ..
hail his well beloved Son!
Praise him for the earth and heavens,
For his care to ancient. Night.;
All he saw, and the division
When be said, "tit here be light!"
Praise him as the stars of heaven;,
Loudly as they silent move!
I.' Lift the earth to heaven descending,
With pure praise as angels'lave! ' '''
Praise him AS t he' heavenly being,* ' -,
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11 E BIR T r RE. WA V.
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A STORY FOR MOTHERS.
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BY T. B. ARTHUR. .
The last fretful child was in bed, and a hush
': ed quiet reigned through the house. With-feet
hat stirred' no echoes in silent air, Mrs. .1.4•0`4?-,, once gliding from the chatribert, and returned
Olio the breakfast-room, where her'htisband sat
t''' 'eliding,. He did not look up from the page
,
on which his eyes were bent, uor.seein to ob
crve her entrance. ' ' - ' '
7
"S; - There was a weight on` the heart of Mrs.
,
Awrence as she sat down by'ller work-table
....i .
--, iider the gas-light, and took a KU M' basket in
*er lap—a weight, and ) * sente of relief.:
S also
'Pier active, restless, nt;isy, and trio often"tur
,„ , .
- -„,,,Oulent and contentioutbrood i i 'were asleep" and:
Nfiate from outward berths; for this a'setiiiiiit
4 . I
ofthankfulness Ily unspoken on her 'lipt.—'
,
1,13ut with the stillness that succeeded came
r,
.i
t Htroubled meniories, solfreprOacbess, questions
'as to the right and wrong 'of•her inrn life
- among her children, doubts, • fears, - anxieties: •
Not in sweet peace, like tte passage Of 'a
! . J 3 ‘sintircer day, had closed' the twiligbi,hours in
.i, Islrs. Lawreuce's homeon the evening of her
t i'iltroduction to the reader. tbiyluictfitilen v in
',„ the rain of passion. ' Tired; - fre&d,'liila' ilt
i f
, natured, the children met 11,like itAtO • in l tti'efit,
',,„ mother; and, angry chafed against bliial''Wil
%.,'. illness. So the day had Opted in stoi.M; and :
now, in the brooding hush that krt.
awrenee sat dowO with die Pr i estui-i of 'ruffs
gt,..l,. . ' , :...t .1' •
ving on her heart:
li
"W
hat-am I to do with these children'?" '
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° The words leaped out suddenly; givin t g Mr.
-eine a start. He did not, hrwever, let
yes fall away from the Page t he:',isireii4t
or beYond a' alight eliange,`.e'pe'sitiOn,
late a consciousness that his iiife• hitifsPP-
When the ft!! -heart breaks silence o ' 'it
not usually rest in A single utterance.—
Lawrence went (in:lifter a brief pause':'
am out of all'bnil4'iith Jcihnnyl."' l ''
,
Lawrence let' hitbliiik'fill, and his eyes
upon the shedowedltotinteirabde of his
.nd Lydia is snob a triall' So feetful'and
Lble. Johnny keeps hei• in trduble aftday
You don't know what time T have
them."
Not
heMr. Lawrence did not answer. ' Not
he was indifferent; not that 'his thought
to his book, or away from thepfesent.-
thought was with hts wife and chili:lien,
, 1
on his Mind lay a 'pressure of coneetn.--
what was it best for him to say'? That
.ion perplexed and . kept'him Silent. He
not wish to blame his wife, and hesitated
an an intimation that-the fault Might-lie
Alit her door. She was very Sensitive, and could
:lilhot bear to have him saga word thatinvolvcd
' - isapproval.
"What am Ito do?"' Mrs. Lawrence look
-d steadily at her husband, and {mused as
. 3
3 .though expecting him to answer. "You saw
' as, iow it was a little while ago."
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s•: - "Yes."
' Something in the voice of her husband, as
.- ' c uttered this single word, chafed on the feel
.: aof Mrs. Lawrenee. She was not ignorant
''? the fact that she lied 'lost teiper, and dealt
titer harshly with JOhnity-before sendingliim
bed, and that something in the voice of her
,ilt
; iisband sounded like accusation or rebuke.
'' "What am Ito do?" she repeated the clues
ion with just a touch of asperity in hertones.
"'!'here are two requisites of good govern
ment," said Mr. Lawrence, raising the book to
his eyes, and affecting to, read—"self govern
ment, and a wise administration. Without the
former, the latter is impossible."
He let the book fall into his lap, and looked,
calmly'at"hie Wife. The 'qiiick blood was al
ready mounting tO ter fane. She understood
him thprougbly.
wish„, you ; had the trial of„ them for a week ,
or 'two Mrs.. Lawrence spoke with; consid
erable sharpness. . ~,, • -
"Jam not desirous of changing places, Ruth,"
answered th'e buaband in a calm", soothhig voice. ;
"The diffte'Ofty of y ; Ont.'S I fully understeOd
and, I, know Ahat, Jou are filfitvg it far haver
than I could. Patience,-forbearance, and self-'
cOntri.,l dreAbciie all thin , ); needed and tfiese
are not my special , virtues."
dnthe, best I can,', said DLrii. i t awrenne,
her tones softening a little; but expressing more
diSeonra-,,eineO
"Are you certain aboUt•that 7"
'The bided, which liail"bijnitueliabl retelling'
from the fa'c'e Of kris. :Lawience, went Bushin
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beeic i a epo ti l u; ruThiu_etieg °
at
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sally, ar:ii t•lT:s e h rt u a t ig h l e ' r
sure. • : •
"If we were all doing-the beitin our pow-
Ruth, our lives Would be 'fir nearer per
fection than they are. 'Heaven knows, my
shortcomings are o r continual reproach. So,
tako that back, my.dear, add think it ;over .a
:little." .
BThere was , something . so impassioneckinclso
kind In her husband's - manner, that the excite
nietit in Mrs. Lawrenee's niind began to die
away ;,ang thought: grew eiearer in con§equence.
"I [night do better, I suppose," was her an
swer, in a fulling tone ;-"but-no one is perfect."
"Of
,course not. If we were perfect, there
would be no occasion, for Axial and discipliue.
Wit,. one, thing is .certain, we t tnight ,come, a
great deal nearer, to perfection/than we are in
the habit lA% doing. Isn't that so?"'
"Ye." The adiliisSicin'eatiteliilt reluCtantl
ly.
ig sti it my Case,"'
Not a da'y''aoces,`in ; wliich Ido not loe line':
and sigh over shoct coming The great source
of all our troubles in life, Ruth, lies within
ourselves. I See this inore clearly everyday.
If I could'. al ways - be , •righ t with ntyseffL--if* I
Could alwayS Ipossesi - tify Bout in eitlitsn'ess=l
- could with eve't'iti foltaeenle, and
rarely experience a jur. his from an undue
re action against the eircumata,neespf life that
L experience soma iv disturba:nces.r And as it
is with' tue,-so it , is with - ,you'aud-others. - •This
`getting righfsWitli initsetvds iS t I,,,,reat'iehievce-
ifient."''
'• tairFence'llrciriped her eyes Slimy from
her iillsbindri face, and sit silOnt fOr some
,• ,•,, ,
tinw.
Mif i gqmpi,ent,',' said ; Mr. Lap,-.
renee; seeing 'that-his wife did, not reply, and
wishing .to' turrit bet , thought exactly into the
true channei,'"it'-irr iiblihitsible rightly - to god
era others. We must be calm Ourselves' if we
wish' to
,produce .ealuuress in other minds;
patient, it ere, wou)4 produce .patieuee ; just
and , diserimineting ; if, we would produce like
conditions. It is the' disturbance we ourselves
feel that so' often creates 'dikturbanee in those
seek to influence. - Now,let your thoUghts
go down into Arogr . ewn consciousness, Ruth,
and. see how it has been tvith„yoe, in , this and
other days of more.then, ordinary trial with ours
restless ; impulsive, hard. to govern children.—
From some cause your nerves were unstrung,
and you were hot able 'to'pessess your soul in
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patience.
_ln almost your first, contact with
the Children, there Came a jar, and after that
everything went wrong.", ,„ :•tr
-• Lawrencerceased.- speaking, and. an ex-=
pression of pain went over-his countenance, for
suddenly his wife dropped her face into her
hair& and 'commenced sobbing.'" The tit/A he
wished her to seelad; : gone.home. From any
othei lips she could haVe taken the admonitihn
calmly, but nothing gaVe her such deep grief
as the .knowledge that her husband saw in her
any fault. She was not angry, but hurt and
humiliated. It was plain, from his language,
that he thought her government iu the house
hold exceedingly defective—so at least it seem
ed to her—and the impression that this judg
ment was correct went profoundly into her own
convictions. And, in truth, her dealings with
her little family were not in all things wisely
ordered. Just the thing most needed her hus
band had suggested—self government. But
she could not receive the
.suggestions without
pain, at least not from him.
Only a few moments did Mrs. Lawrence sit
sobbing; then she arose, and passing from the
lIIIS
I,yr
room, went to the chamber where her children
were asleep, and throwing herself, in half
abandonment of feeling, across a bed, let the
tears flow at will. Ah, that was indeed an
hour of bitterness But the lesson had gone
home.
Mr. Lawrence sighed 'll his wife left the
room, and then turned 'to his took, bat be knew
as little of its contents an •hour afterwards as
then.
One the next morning f with a prayer on her
lips for Strength and patience, 1111 i faiwr‘nce
lett'the 'pillovriihere sleep had beetisaeet'foir
at least a portion of the, night. Already tbp,
voices of her waking children admonished her
that duty must begin:` Through many wake.
ful hours bad she rgvieiVed'the i'aka;adtnittim ,
its errors, and resolvitig to do differently in the
time to come, and now, the time was at hand.
An angry cry from one of the -.children sent a
shiver slung her - orrier, tiotrgave her heart a
heat
quick
chrob. She,,anderstood its tneanin...—,
A o 4 lll .Yrfier , Plciest% boy,,hadosilfully. annoyed
Usually, on sneh occasions, which
were Of daily;:andiometitues of almost hourly
occurrence, the mothejwould Come doivn
a storm on, the offender, and she, felt impelled
to do.so now. 'f.But, conscious ot her own-dis ,
turbed state,' - and atvare :that, if'she 'gave' Way
to her feelings, all "was gone,'she
stood still' fora little while, to colleCt her
thoughts, and then...went,,with slow steps and
a repressed' manner, into the room occupied'by
by the childien.
"What i's the "trouble; here?" she - asked, but
in a voice so strange to them uudy theeircum
stances )hat they all grew silent, and looked at
her in mute inquiry. '
"''What iS • it Johnny?' There was no s threat
of punishment ? no anger, no excitement in the,
mother's tones, but a tender •coneern, that was
almost sad.' . •
"There.it is," 'said the boy, drawing his hand
from behind him, and reaching a doll's head to
Ho!bad just,suat,ehed it. from ;
"I was only in fun."
"Do yowthink "tliat the 'right 'kind — of-11in';
Johnny?" asked'lllrs. Latiietice,'iti' a . cafrnYp'- -
rious voice. Thin she added: "Coine,'i.,Ydia;
I want you to dress quickly this morning.—
You're almost al ways4ittein-getting ready."
There was something so unusual in' the' way
their mother spolce to them, that the children
moved to the work of dressing themselves, with ,
an alacrity and-good temper;that surprised bits..
Lawrence:• Indtieing one of. his shoes, Johnny .
broke the' tie,. 'when a tword of impatience fell
from is ltps. On the sery last occamon of a
similar accident,_the. snAp..ofthe tie had 'been
responded to.by•Mrs..Lawrence in,the.setitetrde,
angrily spoken, '•There' it is ag,ain, you careless
boy! I belieie you break 'your 'she strings
on purpose!" Of course, such a speech did.
not in any way improve Johnny.'s temper.
Now, with the impatient! word, his eyes went
up to the face of his mother, half fearfully,
half deprecatingly. He had felt the pleasant
warmth ; Of 'her sunniei. mood, and did not *wish'
it d tt
wtts gratefulto his youna
heSrt. The old impulse stirred the mother's feel
ings at sound of lhe.breaking,cord; , but she was
lin- the better way, and not-easily to be pushed
aside. It was surely worth an effort to keep
her feet therein. So, forcino• back the wave
yassion, she, said, kindly:, throw,;
"Is it broken ,so badly that we must o
it away'?" And stooping to examine the cord,
she antmered her own question ; in a- cheerful
way': "0, no. A'knot here will' make it all
-right Shall I tie it for you?"
"0, no, mother, I can do it myself," replied
Johnny, in a bright., brave voice, and, he bent
over the shoe with the _ earnestness• of .a right
purpose.,
"Don't pull quite's° hard; dear," 'said Mrs.
Lawrence, as she saw 'JohonSr'begin the work
of Nein , * his boot auain after the tie was
wended. .
"No, ma'am, I'll take care."
How quickly kind, thoutztful dealing with
this impulsive, self,millild child had wrought a
change in his temper; and his mother,in-see.
ing the effect, saw the cause also—and she felt
both encouragement and rebuke. What had
wrought - this alMost magical change?lt wan
self-discipline! She perceived and acknowl
edged the truth. Getting power over herself
was the first and greatest difficulty. That at
tained, and all beyond was comparatively easy.
At the breakfast table, Mrs. Lawrence no
ticed that the children appeared to regard her
with a half curious interest. Johnny took' his
place quietly, instead of in the noisy, dashing
way peculiar to that young gentleman; and
Lydia, freed from his annoyances, forgot her
self so far as to give sisterly attention to a little
brother who occupied a high seat by her side.
But an incideut occurred that came near de
stroying the harmonious balance of things thus
far maintained—a—conituort incident, and one
with which few mothers exercise patience. A
cup of Milk =fabd *air was overturned, and
the contents left upon the table Cloth. 'At was
JohnnY'ewnrk, arid cai'elesisly done.
"X 9114 c .Only rthat 'one,)wqrd :escuped the
lips of Mrs. Lawrence ; - but the flash in
,her
eyea, 'nil 'the color "Oh : her' face, betrayed 'the
iitftation' thaf t Was 'near ' Overinithtertng
Instead' ieprodt, *hOwever, there
tertibbitratica;anii 'the startled boy
looked grieved aid grateful at the Hanle tri't
,„ .01
didn't mein to an'it, mother."t was an
itdCideti t,"' 'he "said,' with troubled air, initead
of the'VOAant 'o4 indilfe'reritgbe usual on theiie
occasions. "And I'm sorry!'
X'grave'ijnief t01i4.1 1 ih is ' ibe!dent, for all
felt linivWaiVeirfrilie§hid'eeCaiieji'n scene
'disArtiStig; Whiel,'bOtif:rfiste a dWith
th l e thiti'isievilled;inkab them
froin its hate'imainatiOn.' Peace, order , SOI
a we're'felt
sWeet;'tfiaiihe'dan4l losing 2l thent
, g ave an •
impression of paitil' 'BY tion'6 l : - Wei&the'inclinis
of escape` more reafi l ied thin ` by 'Mrs.
LiWiehc'el."She'Bl4 et
tort it ''ConttOiliiii an iMpatienf'siirit; everY
thingNa's aut:: Had the Storinj"wbras; . which
leapdtl'io her tongue,lound aU utterance, hour
would all have Chan Veil in a Momentl — `Blle
was naci th e rest •of this
• -•
meal';'l6.it'hor'gutidiked r ientlenOsi Of Minuet.,
and thoughtful attention to the Wants . of every
cliiid,,,,more than made, up for the, sunnier
countenance, and as effectually 'repressed dis
order and unkindness.
When had a 'meal passed, lief Ore this one,
free 'from strife 'among the' ohildren, or awry
reproof fivin'the mother? The occasion was'
memorable
"HOw - well the children behaied this morn
ing," said'Mr. Latirrerice, as he - stOod drawing
on' his overcoat, iffetargitoq to' going nut.--
There pleasure iiAis voice, and .
sorbethitiKbeycial this, also; not ti be'coricbal
-04Y-4i:4041 of bii Wcfe;and eliCouragernent
to perievere. He wonl : d not havO'Veritured
Wards all that he wished look and voice to eon-
rey.
L
""Bdteer. than mini'," she aluiply replied.
Then, after a Pitise,idded : ' 1 •If 'it #nnld Only
'"‘Arid" why note -Mr. tew l ieriee‘''ventu red'
to say.
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• 6 0411111ren uncertainare'veiY. ' moods
change like' thi oliatiging wind; or' like ilia
skies of l Aiirif "' ' -
"Be a sun theii:Aitril deaf," said
Mr. LaWrence, kissing firs wife teadelrlY, and
then, not waiting to see 'ihe effect Of his words;
turned off and Farmr the day's busipeis.
Mrs:Lawrence stepped into the parlor alone,
and - sat down with' tears in her eyes. Very
clearly opened her_ clpty4efore her. She saw
the way ;01v/hit:she& iilmuld - walk s ; abut had
she strength to keep her feet -thereinl, Self
cOnvest first! Yes, that was the requirement
now. How easy been the control of
~the
children thin far, after self-control yas gaip
ed. Haw clearly she had, seen what was pest,
to be said and done, and what a power had
d,Welyn_mildly spoken sentences. Obeliewee,
had 'seemed spontaneous. ,Act followed word
as by enchantment. Ere yet.her thoughts ran
clear, came a new occasion for prompt work.
Left onl4 a few , minutes to themselves, the
naturaftendencies of the children liad borne
them away into strife. Johnny, the master
of discord among them, forgetful of the plea;-
ant breakfast season, was at his old tricks again •
and the sign thereof was a passionate scream
followed by loud accusations from Lydia.
Mrs. Lawrence sprung to her feet, under the
usual aoary impulde fe;t.on, these occasions,,
and, with the will to.punish .in her heart ? strode
across, the—room, and was in the. hall before
thought and memory arrested her steps,
.f'Ne—no---nol This is not the way!" .And,
as she said this, , she drew both hands tightly
against her breast and stood still for some mo
ments,,the strife between the children yet go
ing on. Then, with deliberate movement, she
went upstairs , to the nursery, inhere; the chil
dren had gone 4fter leaving the breakfast
room. Her usual pay of coming upon them
when they were in trouble among themselves,
was with a loud, imperious• demand, and a hur
ried execution of punishment on the ono that
appeared, at the first glance, most in fault.---
Nomly always a certain degree of injustice was
involved in these punishment, and their effects .
were, in consequence, evil. instead of good.—
Of this she was often painfully conscious.
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So quietly did Mrs. Lawrence . now enter the
nursery, that the children wer; not aware of
her presence until she was half across the room.
Suddenly the strife ceased, and Johnny and
Lydia who were in angry contention, hushed
their discord and stood with a rebuke shame
facedness before their mother, in marked con
trast with their usual air of dogged defiance
or! shrinking feat" on these übappily too fre
quent occasions. 4 ! " '
"This is very sad; my children," said Mrs.
Lawrence, with`grief instead of anger in her
voice.'And then' sitting down among them,
with - tahnness and patienee,4went to the real
mime of trouble; and 'succeeded in gaining what
she had-n4ver`gaisrked before; a mutual penitent
acknowledgment of wrong, and a promise to be
kinder and more 'forbearing one towards an
other.,
= ik , would require many paget'to give all the
Widen* . trials; ) Self-cmiqUiats on that day;
and)they would;be found deeply interesting to
every:true'inothere.r , By" theitreigth of genu
ine love for her children, into which flowed a
heavenly power; MrsPLawrence kept the bal
ance of her ird; and when the evening sha
dows fell agnin, and her husband came home,
there was sweet tranquility, order, love and
petite in theti
4 How plertiant the children are with one an
other," said Mr. Laurence, in a low voice;
lermintttolvard'-hiS wife, as she sat sewing, after
tea, and , 'glancing at •Johnny and Lydia, who
were readini tOigrether from the 'pages of the
same book. '
"lee- She answered no further, but, after
lookintitthiards the children a few moments,
with it , calriv almost serious yit not troubled
face, let her eyes fall again upon her sewing.
But the eyes of thought were looking away
•down - intcoher min soul, and conning the les
sons of that day'st experience written in strong
,characters:
"Ybuamnet have"disaheied a neme method '
of :goirernMent" seid , Mr. La*#etice.
'The eyes Of his wife;were ttain 'lifted to his
'face.: ' "
"I have," TRIM her simple answer.
"Indeed !'Well, it semis working to a eharni:
Dose it involve any secret?" '
"No." 4 Her eyes, in which light andleeling
began to play, were still upon his face.
"On "what jolt 'founded?"
"On self-goverameat." Her eyes lingered
in 'those of her huaband` for a moment, and
then fell down upon her work—lingered just
long Cnotthlor him lo'see tears beginning to
8 tifidseAlierii.
'Nothing more *mina.' They understood'
enehbOttler: tiff-the lei . son of that day was
the Nitiori brall'stiece`edirig days Ml' Mrs. Law
retide.,..- Many yeits have passed since then;
atid'Al'iihilitticiw her family consider it the'
best ordered ind'her Children the best discip
lilted, 'Of . any Within their circle'. She had
leartied the better waY; and, learning, walked
therein
The greatest miracle ever wrought by love is
the reformation of a coquette.
Avarice is more opposed to economy than
To growop to the skies we must first be
plsn,ted )ow-in the Aust.
We ':don't *ear - ear-rings as women do, but
they bole' out ear ' s as if they thought we out to.
stethoscope is a pocket spy-glass for look
ing into,,people's chests with your ears.
Converse with a mind that is grandly sitnple,
and'merely literature looks like word-eatebing.
The thought should always travel from the
brain to the lipslby.the way of the heart.
The floieiliris can alivays raise the wind
when Ihe Bowers . bloiv.
Take not, the echo of your own voice as con
firmation of whatiyou say. .
lialto - w'groana might issue from most peo
,
pie's chest in these hard times.
When, Daphne was changed to a tree to es
cape the:.wooing of her lover, she was more
wood than ever-.
If' you would have Your pig weigh heavy,
Zea'd him td the . scales. Then he will be pig
led.
It is. sometimes necessary to test the sound
ness of a man as we do that of a tea-cup—by:
giving him a few smart thumps.
The government doesn't give the soldier a
bond to secure his life, but it gives him a
sword as security without bond.
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