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or two places, had not been quite sincere. “Meanwhile,”
said he, “ Wallin is perfectly right in advocating religiosity
amongst women ; for if it is not found amongst them, then
all is lost. A man returns always to his wife and children
from the world, from his errors, from noise and bustle; but
if he does not find religion amongst them, he remains for-
ever a stranger to it.”
On Friday, the 31st, we are move to town. Oh, my
beloved, my beautiful country !
As you, my dear Charlotte, and also Agatha W: , are
so very indulgent regarding my poetry, I shall trumpet
forth a piece, which I composed last night in bed.
The incident which I sing is true, and its unfortunate
little hero is to come to me to-morrow : —
THE SON OF MISERY.
A desolate cottage stands by the wood’s verge;
Within it is dismal, and wretched and dreary;
Deep sighs issue forth as from hearts that are weary,
And outside the owl hoots a funeral dirge.
A girl so defenseless and needy and lone,
On pallet of straw in the cottage was lving;
But none came to comfort or care for the dying,
Till kindly Death took her and made her his own.
for their indifference in religious matters; that the despotic nature of a great
many amongst them may not, on the strength of the same, try to prove
that the duty of woman is to be man’s most humble servant, and to bear
patiently all the heart-gnawing sorrows which, through his faults and his
conduct, he might every day cause her, and still be entitled to demand of
her love and all love’s sacrifices; and if he (the Bishop) would soon deliver
a religious lecture or sermon, similar to the one addressed to woman, by
which the conscience of all destroyers of domestic peace might be awak-
ened, woman would then have to thank the Bishop for increased happiness;
and the grateful hearts of many women would call down blessings on him
who had insured this happiness to them, by convincing men, in his stirring
and powerful language, how essentially their conduct would contribute to
the comfort of home, to the wife’s happiness, and thus enable her more ’
willingly to fulfill her duties.
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