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Show Letters from Northern Women. FROl\f A WOl\IAN OF PENNSYLVANIA. CJtA)lBEl.t. n no, rJo:XN., Nov. 26. l 1 d that your l l·lcC " 'Ottld be pnrcd, until the recent •... I ha1c 1t 'o pc of G•o v \ ,r·l s_e, " ·h c n he visited you in prison to t. ell pubhc dec urn ton t tempe·r v~ ·u ·rr.t m. a J.U stice with mercy- that da· rlmg you that he cmmo . t-d .111 A mi1lion hearts w1ll be . f II'm who shall JU ge us < • 1 nttnbute o 1 • 1 ,1 d b o r exccutwn, nne ' million more will feel keen y Io n saddcne . Y Y· au t l ·· ust upon tl1 e w or·1cl that never felt before. ts the issues 1t Wl 11 · . G d 1 knows them. As n wife nnd b 1 ft t tnnc · o on Y fruits must e c 0 . I 1 re(l'retted t h' at an act ·S })rin(l'in(l' from deep-seated con- n o . . ld m.o th. e1, f 1da ve o . ·t l· mortll)' or politt<:nlly- shou t however ml~ a ... en, ' 1 11 VlCtlOnS 0 1 U Y-by the g1. b b et. D u t fear not for those wh<2 . :; ltl desolate a 1ome 1 d lie who tempers the wmd to t'mcly and crue en · f mourn your un 1 1 b ·n o't for(Tet tl1 em ., a< ild the voices of mothers o the shorn mn "' 1 the North with the trnu c-hear°t ed men, will provide them with all tern- 1 forts Sincerely yours, pora com · M. S. M'C. FIWM A WOMAN OF PIIILADELPIIIA. rmr.ADEl.l'JIJA, Nov. 27, 18.59. M Fn.e nd . y ou Wl' 11 l e t J·ne c,a ll "J OU so? I want to wri• teI you. af fi y' ds of. IovinO' sympathy, though my h eart is h eavy ":lt 1 gnc ew "'or d thn e fa ·t-fallinrr t ears Wl' ll se:u. c cl.v perm1t me to. aSn d stoimrrcocw:: ,w ahne n about my wol· l._~ , OI. m. the quiet .t wili n·ht hour, ns I n. l .omc 1 1 : 'I f ''Otl I ce onlv the glorious cause m which you 1ave s1t nnl t 1m<. o J • J 'fi · noble toiled and . uffered; I remember your heroic self~sncn ces, ~ ~ur and I generosity, your unwavering, u~hcsitating dcvotwn t~/l~e .:l:'h~~cll he sa to myself: "Ah! it is a fittmg close to such n.. 1 e ' 1. lS with hy uld die a martyr's death; that he fihould seal h:s tcstlmon~ 1 . 1s . o blood. that he should obey the nposto1 l' C 1.1 l J·unctwn ' and 'gtve us 11·1~ r th' e hrethren.'" To-clay, I have b cen thu' 1kin•or of you .c.o.u - s1t1nen t1l0yr, and with the thought there has been. su. tg·m o0' throuror h my btam the verse of n hymn learned long ago : "On the 11ork of At;c9 fonndl'tl, " 'lmt can ~ h :c kl) thy sua·c n·polie? " 'ith f'II IYatiou ·s w~tll!; !;UI'f'oundccl, Thou canst smile at all thy foes." ,, Ah,, I say to myself, "that 1. s true, b u t 1' t docs not contaIm all; for he. weep. s and prays for his persecutors. " Sometime' s. ~ wehne tned s1a1 davlye thourrht of the down-trodden and the oppressed, I have 1 cp . 1 , . to myn~ clf the plaint which seems as 1'f wn. tten eX· .}Jre·s ·~ ly. fOl t 1cm d• "Beho· ld, is it nothing to you all, ye t h a t £nss b ) , ' that I ~at alone an Letters from Northern Women. 421 wc:cp ? " Yes, it was something to one brave, true, manly henrt, something which causecl him to toil and suff~r, and at l;;st lay clown his life in their cnu.-;e. And then, all of these high, brn,·c thoughts fudc out, and I think of you si(.'k nnd ~mff..:ring, bound nncl in prio.;on; I think of the scotT· and jeer~, the cro"··n of thorn~, the bloody wcat, the eros.<;, the agony; I think of the widowccl. nncl heart-broken wife, the outlawed, manly Hon~,- alas! alas! the fatherlcs~; ones,- nncl my heart swells almost to bursting with its grief. I have gone about for weeks with n soul heavy and sick with sorrow: 0, my God! l10w can I 1-iay, "Thy will be done"? I have one earnest, longing wish; that i:, to be with you oncl", if only for a little wllilc- to look at you with my teardimmed eyes- to kneel by your side, ft•el yotn· hand lai tl in blcs~iug on my head, nnd then go forth to battle for the right " ·ith all the power that is in me. I should carry about that blessing with me forever; for it would be that of one ulrendy standing in the light of the Eternal Glory. Tiut this may not be. In its place there is one fnvor I would a k of you. It is, that you would write me a few " ·ore.!:<, if only to say, "llP- strong; " which would be a strong and sure support to me, which should be with me always, nnd which I " ·oulcl have them lay upon my pulsclcss heart nt last. I · it asking too much of you? Can you spare me so much of your precious time? And now, my friend, I must ay- l"arewell. 0, how can I ? h0w cnn I? It comes from n grief-tom nnd b!<'cding h eart. I have but one con. olation -thnt the Heavenly Father, in hi!:i infinite mercy, and the I~ord J esus Chrh>t, in tendcrcl:-t compassion, with his own wounds bleeding afresh, arc ever ncar you to comfort n.nd to bleLs. And now, at last- Fare-well! A. E. D. To one very ncar his rest and reward- John Drown, FRO .!\I A WOl\IAN OF NEW lJ A l\lP. HTI18. Jlosr.\ WF.N, N. II., Nov. 28. Dear Sir: I hnrdl~· know how to n<ldres.; you nt this time in ap-propriate language. I have r ead your hi-;tory nnd ndmirccl your nol,Je spirit, ancl have fdt it my duty to :-ay one word, at lc.·ns t, to ~·ou from New Unmp~hirc, b efore you go to take your ' ' crown of glory." I haYe daily wished to t ell you of my syn~pathy, and hnYc hrcnthccl in secret prayers for you and yours. I mourn that the wo1·lcl must lose from her visible, active scenes, and a wife nncl children a husband nncl fitthcr, one !'UCh a ..; you ar<'. I think I :::.cc th<' Heavenly ono:; around You, ministcrin•r to vour SJ>iritual bcinrr, ancl who will !ruide You to · n • n ., • the Father, and give you a place among those " ·ho were ' ' ~luin fo1· the word of God and for the tcstimonv whit:h they held," and to whom 36 |