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T H AMIRICAN in I'll l.il.l Uin In i it l. ,!,.!,,.., , U ll'M- !) ftnitltld" It II t.t t i ).)' H i ih i f ii,.. mii, i. ii, i ii,, ,. t i n Mti .1 I r II, Hun m. I ,,, ii j , n. f, 'I " " ! i. ! n It f I'm mi K !i( f '4 I . I in ) n .1 I IN Conveilot) fiinf, f .- V . i 1 1 1 . i r . , ,1 Mm i l it -l i I V M N ,.. , i .ml, 'I I f I i IX , t I-. !.'. , , ,,. f . ;f v ' A ft J s frij I h s.Jt n nAirntnt Ifvt Till AMKKIC4M: THS HUH. An Episode of Convent Life. Trnnu-A trum 1hn French ty lit;. M, J. I', TliliiK.A.M.) CIIAITKK IX, TIK RKPLVJK, ContlniH-d, ClftrlHNO flxiid uion him an Intonm; look and tho md blood row Hlowly to hl cbook. Mailarrio d' fvunhof oarrsd lont Nbo Hbould brarn tbo truth too (julckly, and tried to turn tho con vernation, Clarln! Int:rriipt!d b'!r, maylnn with a tfnat doal of anxiety: "Thin younjf man U your Hon Madarno, U ho not?" "Yen, my doarly beloved on," rtr tponded Madamo d' Ivanholx, "I tboii(fht I had beard," rexponded ClftrlHwi, "perbapN I havo drcafrir-d It that when they plaeed too upon tbo litter that that called blm Kdward, I bavc bad m many dreamn, and I have pawed through hokih real I tie from the lltjHlonn; but It U lmjioilble,"iiald tbe, plwilno: her band iion Jier forehead and Nhiidlnff her eyen, "yen, It lit Irnpon ilblo that I Hbould bo dreaming now, arid that all IhlHareeahlovlnlonHhould dlHiii(iear liko oth r of a vwy differ ent naturo, Ah! that would truly he the refinement of cruelty," Hho looked at her brother again; lively color Hjread over bin feature, and hIio exelaliru d: "Dear Mormleur-you will pardon me hut I am confuted and 111 at nam, I havo Htiango thouifhU! You ought not to look at rnfl ho attentively," Then turning toward Miidiuno (V Ivanholn, hIio naid; "Can he nit by my nlde' I fear that b will vanlh an already no many thing havo gone, Certainly ho doen not wfh Ui deculvo me," Jt wa evldi fit that a certain con union of ldeun wiw arUIng In her mind, and that It wuh aecompanled with a feeling of fear, It wax then neeenHiiry to redouble our care, "Jtear Madame!" naid M. Ileaumont, and In oledlerieo to her wlh ho nen-d MniHolf by her Hide,', !ut ho did not dare to nay another word, "May f touch your hand?" ald Clarlwie, Jlu cxtended.hlH hand, 8ho took H for a moment In her own; then Him let it fall and nald; "No, thlx In.nol O'l'tianlom! No, thin U not what f have neon or dreamed! I do not knowi which of tho two It In, Hut, dear Paulino," wild ho, "joii undf rHtand thewi tblngH butter than I; h a vo y on not followed my funeral ro CoihIofi?" "I aHHlHed In tho ceremony that we, bulloved Ui )m your funeral, J Jut that will explalndtnelf, Do not think any moro of that," "I wllljtlilrik no more of It," Hho r piled; "but tell me, Paulino, who Ik thU gentleman' Am I ntlll under an lllUHlon? U It pOHIblo U deeelvo me' Will It pax llkn the cloud of that horrible prlmm' () Pauline, Paulino!' ho crhd, throwing bor arm around ber neck and pfenning her convulnl vcly io her, "nave mo from my own Imngb natlorm; they are terrible!" "Xo, no," nald Paulino, "ho will not dfnappear! Iok at blm! Ill eyen aro full of team, Hoc with what, lovo ho look uin you," "I lovo blm alno," h annwired, "for ho naved mo from a horrlhledeatb. Hut, Paulino, why do I remember blm and then I do not remember blm'" i.j a Wk 1 t ! M Av::- mm r 7". .?(., t v.' ;.: , &t" . 'VUCJr ltU ri'i MlVf (,ivi "Ui cauwi. "replM my friend, "you knew him perhHpn, when ho wan a child, and youbavu notneen blmnlnco," "Thl In not I'M ward!" nhe cried, throwing bernelf backward, "thin In not my well beloved brother Hdward! No, it In imponnlblo'" I nhall never- forgot the ardent look that nho flxo l upon blm or a moment; but thl cxp"Ctancy Janted but a moment; a moment biter and ho wrmln ber brother' arnn, fainting, We bantened loberto give cordial to revive ber, tint the genllo carenwfn of ber brother bad more ctToetupon ber than all tho remedlon wc were ablo U) offer, Thin lftt proof of the? goodn" of Ood Uward ber renulted In rcntorlng bercalmnenn and strength One of tbo cruel principle of tb Itrmian Catholic religion I tho break ing of natural tie- It ) true, a our Havloor bun blimel nald, that religion often caiin! dlvlnlon In famlll", Hut It In not In breaking ihcw lien that it I done; thin rupture in not the act of tho Christian; hi own thrust blm away and do not permit blm Ui im united to them, Tbo terrible devle! of the papacy I thin; "Yield Ui tut',-, I am moro holy than thou!" and In thin haughty sentl merit, she orders Unit all natural affi e tlon shall I sacrificed to what the church commands, It wa entirely differ nt with Clariswj, Tho powerful current of her natural alt. ctioiis, so long repressed, took It cour and dlreeted Its way without obstaolo tin ward hfr brr,her, ber noble, pfous and amlablo Kdwarri, Ho, her solrlt recovering ((rornftly its pearw and vigor, restored ber, with tbogrrfslness of Cod and the maternal ai,d fMiitlp! ed caws of Vfadamw d' Jvanbrd, and wo had tho Joy of seeing her taki on a de gree of freshness and beauty that we had known Jo her only a a remem bninee, A year or two laier, all trace of suffering hnd dlapiear d from ber pure and delicate features, Hut It was not until many weeks av-r tho scene that bsve described that It wa permitted ns to speak (if her suffer. ( , ui , . iriK", mm rccoilfi?,ei Ifiem to US a given In the next chapter. Clf APTKK X. TIK M'Wl'MlHUh hf Ct.AHIHAK, "f will not enter, my dear friends," said Clarisse, "into the detail of the first part of rny sojourn In tbo convent, During this rierlod f experienced tho ordinary lot of favorites, At first be loved by tho Huperlor, f was noon after treated with an extremo coldness' had at an early date Jost tbo affection of poor Annunelata, ho noon after f bad taken tho veil that f doubted If I ever ssnessed it, especially when I saw that apparent tenderness change Into a deep hatred, ujion tho suspicion that had Is'trayod my friend in tho matter of which I, wa Informed later, "Tho affair of tho note bd been dis covered by Mother Prsula, who re. ported to Madam'!, I am hardly able to describe tho state of rny mind, since my profession until tbo day when wa brought about tbo change of which I am about Iff speak, "I wa becoming weak and Indiffer ent; each day J felt my d!sliko (nereaso for tho forms to which f bad submitted. Hut f did -not doubt their excellence, persuiiiled as I was that whatever the church commanded wa lndfpenlhln Ut save u from purgatory or from eternal destruction, "I wa still tbo favorite of Father Joachim and of Mother Ursula, and mm 1 v. r. l lilt i 1 if I l V jjir' V - J-1I this was the reason of their good opin ion they held for me; for when a lady named Mme, Jiarlholmy, liecainu a boarder In tho convent, expressing the hope of renting with un and of making some large gift to tho establishment, they phieed mo with ber to take care of ber under tbo surveillance of tho as sistant mother. This lady waseorifinod to her bed by an attack of rheumatism, and directed mo to remain with ber with tbo express recommendation todo all that f could to fit vor tbo interest of our Holy Mother church; and, i did not propo-io anything cine until that Inci dent that happened which changed all my project, Madamo Harthclmy wa a person such as had never yet m t, so J did not comprehend ber at first, Kho was a widow of a certain age, who bad not yet f enoiiBced al! Idea ttf beauty and external attnietlon, Who wa extremely Impressible; tbo first tlrno that she carno tr tho convent slot waf so en chanted with the magnificence of the scenery tbru'u enjoyed and o charmed with our pantomim that, but for her rheumatism, she would have taken the V")l, Hut this s'ekfies calmed her en thusiasm, and she soon tired of our sad and monotonous life, Hhe did not wish to hear any longer my beautiful dis course upon the advantage of tbo cloistered lie; on tho contrary, she de sired mo to count all that I bad seen and found In 'ho world, "One owning in particular, she showed mo a look, small but magnifi cently bound, and said with a sigh that the book was a present from a IrU-ml, who bad made her promise to read It through beore she bound her ! with Irrev'icablo vow, " l Jut alas! Ki.ler Clarl. said she, It I very Jo, as you see, and J do not b, li"V that In my hole life f have read a much a there i in this book,' , "J was curious to see the book, arid j k"d her to let mo take Jt, but , J sighed and said; " 'No, Clarisse, you mot not read It, It Is a forbidden huok; it I contrary to our Mother church and bcreeiemofile; that I what my friend has told mo, for my part, J must believe what, is true, far I shall never be ab) to read that Isiok through,' "Kho closed it and threw )tcarele,B!y upon tho Is d, picked H up at once, for J had not seen a bible since the yoy ago from England, and I examined it with avidity, "'O dear Madarno JJarthoI rny,' said f, 'glvo mo this look; yes, Jf you love m, gfvs It to mo!' And I pleaded with o much fnffsovcranco that finally she consented, spying lightly; " Ho hi It! 1 thl volurrm drag you beforo tbo Inquisition, do not hold mo responsible,' "I bad told tbo bishop, In the sub terranean ebapel, when you, Paulino and Angelhue, wero present, what the first passage of tbo Jilbbi was that ojcned my eyes usui tho church of Rome; which wa misquoted and then graven under tbo statute of tho Virgin, My eye then ts gan to open, by the grace of (;, though I did not gather tlio truth without much confusion, My presence with Madarno Harthelmy allowed mo to read and ro-rcud, and 1 did not Utmtt one of tho precious mo tents, I read without stopping, without giving any heed to tbo noisy gayety of my eompr.ny, ho amuM-d horscl greatly about th? ardor with which, said he, J Imbibed things that sooner or later n;k mo excellent material or a auto ik fi., I am sure that sol lovi-kept ber from confessing 'A ! V . ' , . that sbo had given mo a dangerous Isiok, or each ono said that 'Hlstor Clarisse would never havo read that Issik 1 Madarno Harthelmy had not fraudetitly Introduced it Inti the bouse. "It would tako tfi long to descrll) bow tho Jfo'y Wfrd winked upon my mind, and how I was b ad to reject, one af tor another, tho pupal errors, Iff such a Kuril mat, a snort timo after so powerful and prompt J tho work of Cod, that I wn Protestant at heart, though, alas! I was a cloistered and veiled nun. "As long as Madarno Hartbelrny was with ns I wa permitted to remain lth her; my conduct wa free from observa tion. Immediately after ber departure, a light lllnc confined me to my cell, caused especially by tho fear f had of discivory. "I havo noeauwj to prafso myself for tho chango so promptly produced by tbo reading of the ffoly Word. Jl sc msto mo on reflection that In tho beginning and end 1 was a passive Instrument In tbo bands of the lir). What eon vlnces mo Is that in the midst of the most agonizing thoughts was unab!e Ui form any plan of conduct; I always allowed my frnprenn'oo guide me, o.', if I may say, my tiiotwiinry Insoif a Hons, Jt 1 marvelous to sec how J was fortfJed, from hour to hour, until my arrival among true Christian, ( Cod," cried Clnrisfj with adoration, "bow true I thy promise! "fake no thought bow or what ye shall sp'-ak; for It shall be given you In that same hour what ye shall spnk. For It Is not yo that speak, but the Hpirit of your Father which speaketb in you,' "As f have already said, wa con fined nomo time after tho de,ari,ure of Madame Hartho:rny, in my cell, and tho tear I shed were attributed to the grief I had for the departure of this friend. Hut when i.hy judged that It wa a frlgutfnl sin to mnlfet so much rief at the separation from a person who had r Uirwi to tbo world, af'er having shown a desire to take tho veil: and Mother Ursula assured mo that I could only expiate this sin with an abundance of penitence, which would be surely jr.fiicti d upon mo a soon as my health would permit It, "What would the-poor mother bavo said if she bad known that I carried upon my Issly tbo Holy volume that condemned so forcibly ail the forms adopted by ber church! "Jt wa. Impossible to p!ay tho In valid; but ft was also Impossible Ui Mod mysfilf down to tho forms of worship exacted by our life of religious, Woo doe not know, however little of right knowledge there may be In the heart, that these forms are, for the most part, Idolatrous In tho highest degree? Finally, In spile of all tho miseeptlblll tfo of tho Jtornlsb church, there Is every evldtoico that they render to the Virgin and the saint tho worship duo Uidini alonej no, when they address Mary as tho only Mediator, tho pre rogative of our Ha vlour are violated, arid HI dignity a only Mediator Is tbu transferred to another, Fvery right arid clear mind cannot fail to reoffgnlo alo that f ho man who arro gate upon ert h the government of a church renders blrrmejf guilty of an odlou heresy, ninee the m at of the universal church Is not hero below, and that ii load In Jesus Christ, our Baviour, and not a mere man, "It was during my detention In my ceil, caused by my illness, that then; truth acquired over mo ail their power; 1 saw at the name timo that it would bo Impossible for mo to conceal i , i , i i t riff. my principle, I recoiled, without doubt and with fright, l:foro tho ter rible combat that was preparing or me, and for which I foil rnysolf to Is powerless; hut I wa fort fled by tin promise that tho help of Cod would bf given mo In tbo hourof need, "Tbo fever bad left mo and I had no further excuse to remain In my coll; so f wa Invited, ono morning after tho service, to appear boforo Father Joachim In the confessional, This message was brought by Histor An nufiolafa, who, entering Into my cell and looking at roo with tho air of an interrogator, made mo to understand that sbo believed that f was only pre tend frig sickness, 'that I had Jong enough ncglcetod my dutlfH, and that it wa the dfftfro of Madame that, sick or well, I follow henceforth all tbo services In which tbo sls'er assisted,' I rnaoo no answer, nut as noon as Annunelata had depar ted, made baste Ui dr;ss myself acd seek whore could hide my Uib-,, could not leave it in my chamber, and dared not guar l it longer upon my person; finally the idea camo Ui mo to bide, jt in the pcdos'aiof the bronze statute of 8t. Augustine that stood in a niche above tho stairway, Precious Hiblc! thought I, If I am able t ireserve the!, ah! I nhall not V: without consolation; and who will over think of seeking tbec, feeblo sbe,e(, (n the cavern of the lion' f succeeded in biding tho volume, and with my mind in repe I dew147.dcJ tho staircase to tbo confessional to listen to Father Joachim, "J havo iitu-n reflected ujsn the ingular ntate of my mind at this time, I w jfirb clly calm, and If bad any apprehension it w' only fsoneernirig my precious Hi hie, the o of my Hibbi would havo lo n an fn"xpr-ib!e mis fortune, "Too father eorJe.wr arrived s urn ulU'r, f heard hi ter(, and ho' n'erod tJ,o confessional and called me by name. As I did not ro-p-md im mediate'y b" ;roe.d me to begin with-i out l'ing time, naying that though ! might have fs en dejvered promptly j from venial sins, there might be mortal ns tbfit J had committed since my last Intervio wit him, My father,' f anw. rod, 'J havo eof fensed my sins to Cod, and Ho has made mo understand that I am par doned ,y tho blood of Christ our Haviour, which ha been poured out for me. Knowing mvsel thus nurihVd hy JJis blssl I consider Jt an impiety to return to my sins,' The father was so astonished by my response that he was silent, but J, far front feeling Intimidated, continued In thoso terms; "'A powerful and marvelous chango as ts!n mad" in me, my father, since the last timo I kneeled In the confes- nal, 1 believed then that it wa in tho jsrwer of the priest a representing sn Cbrbt to abolvo tho jx-nitent, WMinWtff Ui the f,alin orruula; JC'I'i Ui iilifikd a tuiriitin lulu. I i lleycd that scarwly was thl phrase pro-lumtu-i-A than the sins were pardoned, and that the penitent received a new gra-e by which ho recovered all that .c had lost, 15 it since then I have had revelation, not hy fleh and bbsal, nt fromiUA bimwlf, in Jlls Holy Word that tbo ministry of man ! without fl'.oaey for tho a-!ompl(nbment of man salvation, that this ministry should confine Use! to making known this salvation to sinner, and to certify ing Ui thoso who, having believed in the grace of Jesus, aro Inheritor of it. Tliat Is what the Word of G'xl ha said, ii-, ,1 ill , AM,,. I . I. it,.!. ,1 1,. f tl-i I, ,m I, Ii ( M.i ill,,, I . I II nil , -... ,.f It ,. ,,.. I l . I 'M, I, ) 1,1 , t lli.it a!l I., ,f I IU ! IC Hl. I.J i, ,,, j, .in 1 1 !i,tf I ... i f i,(, i. I t i I I, I i-l ft I' I, I .i.i-, . . I I- ,114 I -.lull H .,1. M," I ,11, I i 1 Mi o I. it I. Mm f.ll!. I tils I,. ..,.! 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