enry Wilson, No. A05, Market Street.

Volume lN'

GRIEF.
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Among the aiiuent, there is sometimes luxuty
Of grief, which is altogether unknown to the poor.
There is such thing as pampered sorrow, whit b.
the heart chershes without being aware Of its own
selfish enjoy menf. lndolen, perhaps, and called 10.


the discharge of no duties, the mglrners give them-
selves up to the indulgence Of feelings, which are.
known to be natural, and which they conceive Of as
amiablr, till the remembrance Of the loss sustained
becomes evidently fainter and fainter in mind still
surrounded by the comforts and blessings OF life
and at last, the afflicted return to their usual avoca
tons, without having undergone much real, soul
searching and heart humhling distress. But in h.
abodes OF poverty, there is room, no leisure for
such indulgence. On the very day that deaih
smites dear object, the living called BY neces.
sity, not TO lie down and weep, but TO rise up and
work. The daily meal must be set out by thelr
own hands, although there is in The house one colo
mouth to be fed no more; and in the midst OF occn-
paons needlul Tor them who survive, must prepa
rations be made for returning decehtly dusl 10 dust.
This is real sorrow and suffering; but although
sharp, the soul is framed to sustan +: H: and sigh
ing and sobbing, weeping and waling, groans heav-
ed in wilful impiety ou,cries to cruel Heaven, and
the delirious tearing oil harhe are not the shows
of grief, which exhibits the earihep floors,
and beneath the smoky raiters of The houses OF ,he
poor. The great and eternal law of death is exc
cuted there in an awful silence and the survivors
60, each his way, upon his own special duty, which
is marked out TO him, and which he must perform,
or perhaps he and the family utterly perish.


Under such circumstances, the discharge Of duty
is painful indeed but it is also consong. If the
heart then knoweth its own bitterness, so knoweh


it also the sweet infusion Of resigned faith. If the
father of the house die the fire De still light
ed the floor swept, the board spread the cradle
rocked that holds one, since morn, an orphan. Not
otherwise will God feed the poor But the hand n
connected with The heart; /; and 10th must
themselves 10 procure peace.


Triais of Margaret Lindsay.