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1. 1 r ! . " . ! . ' ! PT153 H L-4 1 3d LI 1 DEVOTED TO RELIGION, MORALITY, LITKllA-TURE, AND GENERAL' INTELLIGENCE.- --T. MEREDITH, EDITOR. TIB TT TIB ? A IT i T-TR TN TTTTn "HTM Ml' w m mm mm VOL. III. NO. 6. NEWBKHN, N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBIIUAUY 8, IBP,7. WHOLE No. ios i'mtagiJM JLMWlii KIM I JUBJ. HUM I v " T-E RMS.. . The fiiGLi'JAL Hccocdek is published every .Wednesday, at fo."3. 50 per annum, if paidwithin jix mouths, or $3 -if" pa id subsequently,! that .period. ;. . , - -j ' ! Any person who will become, responsible for sis copies, or who will forward the name? of six sub scribers, shall be entitled to a seventh copy gratis. So subscription will be. received fot less than one year, unless paid in advance; and no discon tinuance will be allowed until aneararjes arepaul. Persons wishing to discontinue will be expected to give notice to that ell Oct prior to tlu comanence nvnt of-a new year ; otherwise they will he con sidered a-s responsible -'lor the ensuing 'twelve months. All romtnimications except those of averts who -a:t gratuitously, to secure attention, must he-post u id. i ' t . j .j y "B j .-it Hifa T i mwraw From ithaf Anuencaa Presbyterian. "ij;.: Tip AND DOING." The :i:r.cs and the seasar.s .admonish us all to hi up tind doing." The times nre truiv. event- were you invited by an Angel to spend next wetjk in heaven, there to eat of the tree, and drink of the water of life, there to behold uncreated glory, and sing the, " ijew song'," would Vou do nothing more ? Yon nave more than Imlf or a whole million at stake1, and the probability is that you vil lose all. rsext week you may be n Jglorih edpirit or a sptirit lost; and all you will do is to think about it! ' : , ! ; S Felix did just fo. lie 'thought whi,le Paul preached, he thought after he sent htm away, and he thinks still. O, could you hear hinl think " How have I hated 'instruction; and despised .reproof. t j i - . And soXid the ri;h voun mnn. i Christ told him to sell wkat he had to give to the poor, and follow him. But he thought of his morality,- of his money, and went It way gorrowful.y--He went away to thirifc, dad he i- -thinking -yet. And there was another rich man V'io thought, le'thought about his farms, and h;is fruits-rof pull in down Hi? small barns ami buihlinggreut er. tv. thoug ht oj much good?, a;nd of tnanv year?, of ease, of vatin'g, and dri-.kingj.ynd be i:v..merry. And he thought of his soul just enough Xo promise it what was nf t his own fl, and the st-a sans are r.ipitliy passing away. What our hand's finds to ca, snoul j betone willi r miLTh, whether it he for the rood of man. ur for the oxicnHon cf thir. einpirf of graco ! jut as Satan promised Jesus. And .iicd thought t'iro'.Jgiio.n tne w:orld. At no period, at least in j too. Ik- thought to call hitin a fool, and to de ojr ow..i Tind ofliherty, iiave so iwany conllic-rmand his' oul that very, nipht. - 'tig agencies and intere.-ts soemed-to aLMlate-our i And you will think about it! I knpw you will, tfmole'body politic , The 'love of oJL:e simply But when?- While it is airaccrptejl time, and a for'thc sake ot i:s emolntnetils, or the road which j dav of saSvation I While Go.1 calls, Christ in- ii. opens for the viv,ajrv cf ambition or the exer- che.of rdwr, nevej," per hips, w;is nore s'.'rong v neriod.-or in anv countrv. tnau at present " - - " J ' mf m ' - t m. our own miuhty republic, to the aspirants i'tir nnnnlnr favour, and for oJlkes of rrofit and . .1 - ' " 3 . U . 1 . - viles, the spirit strives, and conscience -vvorns- u niie Mefcy is found and peace -is' given When? 'When disease has t never forsake them that trust in him. On sub jects of temporal concern, however, he is com pletely lost. " Iler poor, heavy, useless arm, vo inan like, she thinks is a sleeping infant; and I sometimes she says she is quite wenry, and hej;s 1 her dauehters to take the dear child for a liule. Overhearing one of them giving her hind visiter this prouf that her mental faculties were narly gone, ''Ah!" interrupted she, "I nm going to i leaven! I shall have right' knowledge there!" She never complains of p?hn or poverty: all muns right to her. 1 nough the small quantity cf food, except what charity supplies, is course, and little .filling for an invalid, she always acknowledges it as her father's gift, and enjoys it .vh ant and cold, and illness; seem matters of no importance to her; the hope of glory to be re vealed seems to swallow up all concern f ir this with hi life 13 feeli'aiT. was lost into tears eiclaituing, -,Sh'." was a dear blessed , crratnr'e;" fcr.t she presently dried h r t v-.s. 1 am going fast, fast to her," siie saiil ; "I h i!l foou see her.''1 It is-, indeed, cause for j,n at '.thanks-1 ! giiing, w hen parents are permilltrd to see a w!i(-!e 'i famiiy of sons ami daughters treading th.it ptitli J which llwy themselves have found to be p!-as-antness and peace; and such I believe, ss now J granted' to these ohl people. Their r-"metulra:i- ( ees of tins last anghter, m particular, rue very delightful. " She was ntarH blind, verv slow of in the be-;t of times he oft?n fired hard I v.' Cut there, ornamenting the white washed wall of the house in which he has lired to long, are still the crdored prints from scripture hUturv, in which he used, now and then, 10 indulge himself; and there i Id? poor wife's assortment of various glass and crockery ware, making the blue corner cupboard look so gay ; and the jug of early prim roses on the dresser; and'his kind daughter! nee . Tn HEART THK HEART. The heart of man if his wcr-t rart before it U regenerated, and the hvti afterwards; h ir the seat ufpriucipils. and the fountain uf ctiori,' The greatest dilfiruUv i.i conversion, i win the tieatt to ucJ ; and the crealest difTicnl ty after conversion, i tu keep the heatt with God. i ikhi... i i. : . . . i. . i . , . . . i : . . . . - I l,lc v.iis.iau , or ;rativ a nvrocn ran hnn- lu-cauNc, i e like lo ee it i-o; and they put nil own 1..-f;r i.-, , ., r . nnneJcbair iu the chiinnecornert .nJ if the Ti-tTn? . ' r"i lflf Parif ,aS.wh" me.il i H-antv nffcctionatecareprern itfcr him, -g- ?" "In ?f the, ,iraTL . . and f,eii It be'fure hini. How !.irerent would it be J f Hn.r,s!an s beart, ihrnh mmsu rally rcli ut the vo'f iiou-e ! Hut 44 will oever le ive thee : i ,cJ by-civuie pr ice, is io !!ea'cicfyinpof ed l- win ucyer foisjkf thee. ' says the wcid ol pro- iri uue a musical tni!rurntt. vvhictu r.me. W hat shall we ask cu re? Will 'he Gcd 'though it hu exsctly tuned, o small mnttrr brings cf He.iVKa ami l!.ri1i -nmrm .ih'iiit hi rTVJ!it t it outrif t!!ni -ni r. :. .. I ... i:. - i ; - . r "w "b""' s ,tsl'f 44 wiiur vui a i.;- ineicy, and draw near to turn in lofitit: a!t- and it will - r.., .v. . - h is not a crown of "old." I heard her kirnlne- ? and Voe it much matter wbrrr T No! f. f " wlu,vaMWWU V. nor one ol silver ; it is n crovvn (. rhirv t;it i nil nut be v?i! vini vou, poor old Ikiic 1 Alit-i 'im, . ,- , , . laid up for mo." Ore expression t f lu tural !v h ter to Mil ; mice nnne 1.1 wfep at the trrave f f . , ' . , ? ' " - 1 -.Witnessed. As one of her -J-.-er-, i ! " n l ; leW u, n uli't nJ d,rJi s to he m... ilWt I!." i " mentionmg the death of agister. wh)mthevu::,"::;rn,pnJ5J l,V??a vvVi,!f VX , i -7 1., ,i ,i "V 1L i V -r ! 1 , ) ,.; .... . ' .u.. nrrn ,i ' .. r ,i r, . ,k , i . , , , , v. e n i'j-.i you poo l t-tn to be in uai taua i " . ' "- ' -T-i nr. uizr.tr n i ubout teu.inonths ago, theageU motaer buist ... , .i .. : ..".--..:-.. u :.. -,-tli r nn nrU t-...;nu-. . i'vu. t Mian uvvvi ?a uuuu Hiuv j.jiii. - 1 I'jaii tke fhri :i:ui Watchn.an, na!e: dunired the lust distinction, trior'-! is no. need to ur-e th ce.t, f t (tSlrovea VOur 'L'.e up and doing In tlit'ir zeal fu r. the attain-j cords of life ase has' turned your cheek ?PhnJ excevd.ni:,y in inn, to rut iyar.1 au tre of Wtr Vvi," we,krued Pncr, yet. as box bnt. hilly says. ia.ck of .nind.and isfakcuuingthe unersMnu.ng in the Lorn s Al.Hters. O the 1 i v. -wisdom that is rents above,- how inuependcii', how inent ct what merely pertains to toe pleasures. VtlI1 ,u lh:ni. nKnnt It ?. t u0-w t.:. nd I S"IH 'Ul r . V : VU'V4' hunr-S or wealth ofthis wot Id, no! want f diii.j wUx l0 do wliUe thought may K-"of solnej unu.eand indu.tViou?, there sha sat at her sp.n--enco , or perseverance is ever manifested.- ! avail A convict on beillr 'removed Tram ine r!in? u ?? ;1,icr a"d "f 3.r.rl,lef -Veur-T ,'"m. ..,.,l..-t:,ll ,nnr,L!fin.r" n nh- 1 ' .i. - i ; : ... U . : I. . 1 1 : , i e.X t Ct! UI tlt't mil 2 00 CUrtll. DUt W lUl a hfUl t St jt i.a .jt-v mi-.. .. j.u."v..Nm,,.. v,,.. . pnwn to aiuHiHU. was .asKeu. . uowsne. uueu 501? - , . - ., . .efes seem to'danut their courage, or to Para-j xv hom. . Not at alh was the renl v.. Are 't o'u r UP" tll.Iu ove, tue poorest o. ia.t poor lys their springs ot action. All is life -ind en erg v in iht ir onward march to eailh. 'and hon or an J transitory powx-r. Mow- impressive the l-ssoh whic'.i islhiu-iauhf'thvchiidren of iiuhl'' by t'.ire childrenof this wot Id ! How strange is -the fact, th 't those " w ho contend for moie earth i"' honors or reward-:, should exhibit eherallv livit'e seal; and nr.tTiifest more dtterirnuation in, 'j,;,;! hiuk!! think!!! and" 1 cannot 'v injure 1 ii...; .kn -A-.t (, t htn'-Ts suited tn tneir- views , J i iri V 1 r -. 5, .,1 . , I farnih-svettht-ttrstto bo called to her iiiiielitaucv; not clothed and fed as well here? es, bvt er. ' . ;, , . .. f . i l t 1 n -v- j .u k .. the lowvst in ner fathers house, the foremost to Is your labor harder ? . jNo, not so .; hard. Aiei 44 , , , . . t. . - 1. . ' . . k 1 , - ' v- . -1-, take her piaee 111 those mansions,. ut which eye you not treated with kindness? il vs. . 1 hen 1 .1 t ci , . ,-. - n 1 'n ?.f ,i, jcl;i.,i.- has net st-en, nor car heard the glory, bin was whv not ikc it 1 Because I am allowed Ui speak . 1 -. - ? ; 1 - n , . ... 1 1 , ,s!r,i. sudden v attacked by so.necomidmM m eer head, to no one, I go to the lanh-and s t ami tiink. . N , . . ... . . , , - 1 u r .,.u;r- ,J ot so vio ent, that she feared shu should !o-e her . I e-o about my work all day to think. .And al - . ., , . . . . ".' ;, J, i . . : :j .. :. t.ii senses. i pray, said she and it was one of 1 1 1 i 1 11 r" 1 mil uuiii js i vi t . itiL ii i 1 1 1 .-v 1 1. II. I U is with the h an well krt.t us h is nidi the jeye; if a small dost get intj the rye. it will nev Jer cessetitir.llm-' nj. J v.,,tfriur till it has wctt rili: FASHION OF THIS WOULD XW&SHTH l f4- urri-;: -t can net teat restti.l AWAY." -j 1: has v-'ej-t out its jroibU- anJ .ourcU ou its in Inn f.asxm-r. and fa! I hm.ii viJ ra-w i ., , . . .... I .uui,, ..iu Rri (i nil lii.lli, I.JUI. lil VLiKII. with frai, rejoice with fear, and pass the uhok- timc of his -adjourning here in fur. Ail this is little enough 10 keep tin lu-rirt fro a sin. J'o shuiiS? ever reli-jicus duties with a Ick . and heedless spirit win cc-t no grtat foins; t.: to set thysi If before the Ird,ar.d to up thy loose and vain thoughts U a corii ai.t and seric ji ctter.- ounce np.da hi.nth.s will cusl thee tcnstlhi-g. I'r.tiieiy away Tt. their pursa-.t c -roatness p-.;d uappmess, tiiaa mu'titui:es ol otti er's do, who nrofess to be seeking "the honor that .;roi!i Kt'-.z, anu me ueasuies oi- gioiv her lut reasonable sentences "I pray thai if the Lord nes tit to take my sense?, he will lake my I A iiii'e wf.ilr, m l j , j ci r :;.'!!", i:o t;.u't! b fjund and s; a' p te (Lar, v !i rtuiva4-h !trni'.- raad", p7c ':X with U.-lVl . s. Mo mor.Kiiifiu of bra- or . M uh! ui.:ihhall tlu'a c::.t.irc, !o t ;uot M i;tat 1 e.e !!'. Thi thruulcte atotc , i-"..atl hi s ui il ave.'.'.-j i-l aicbisvei. Yts, atl :.Iat vi i-l., but the l'.j-.k oi Life ' to tl i (il'dfcti ii..;if !fie; and Ts:-::n, w.tl yct t fount!, (lji'.iUc 1) e ta!et-i heiei ia tru ir.- 'rr, . Th-i M'M-ivk-:, ai.d ii.t-;i low .! ? v.H hr, Thr hi ;'.s lev. an', "J au la! jran!:y Attached Ui can!. , Oar Fi I.t. is it The inf.!!. i.i thr t:;-!, mah'Kvl and ae, .ti.! iu-.ri, p all, a'i, tit l! y p;rc , Truth ri U uv. 1 a'wrtv ! T.,v !! r I Rc.l.i;i'!i aa .vci . V-s, : s;i, And, yi-t n-ehv :r? thi-!S-.;"i tv-rJ-cta?d ii.rii Thi i'4-raity to cum r. The l'..idu.j, THE LlTTLi; CIKL AMI T t HI l.-V.tk liBAVr. I ' There w ere, i;jthe so':u;rn country, a father and mother wle l.a I a lovely httle dat?gh:cr cf three or four j vzrs r f age. their only child. After some time her hejta decSand. She U-gaa imca sibly to piiie away, a;.d aUVflurts tmp!oed hr her l hys:cian muh d ta Lo .uh j vailinp, -ir.jil tt lengtli he -was constrained ta cv inniur.icatc to ht r distwsstd pare: 1$ ini co:;if::nh that 'the child could r.t t !o.i 'sunre. TL l.r'o or.e herself 1 r- 1 w Uen i'iC- iras . IO uesig -i j,v j u j ; t. c.r.raot b from any want of value in the blessings a:i rewards wlijch are the poition of thase who are so ruuningns tojobtain the priz in due sed ..h. , All must admit that'this prize, is'far above .11 'irih.iv ccmnutation, both in its intrinsic ex- 111.. ! - 5 - . T . 1 Ah ! he should have thought "before an iroine- speech too t.u may no ay 10 gne e p, it :M, jru:,nnl C:, nU ;,,;nrs ce-.tv compelled him so to do. And so. siiiuid ;!f 1 pmi. tier prayer be ., d. i a s,lf;lf.(I U earthlv v.,-,1 , ar.d. thu,t i-, -'-V,u - .. . . , , I I-ii r-tf -l v her senses fars.o her, and about the " . i vou think season-ib y. and act too, JfwiU oefsiid , , : i , ; , - !eeum-... ...1 .r . ,.;r,r'in the nri4n ofde-nair ! 1 ' ! 'Samot.,:!-. she ceased to s-eak. On bunday. her j iaVt a:!l Vr IV, nn j r.n:,-, A-r noerh: but ibmiv.ng n tat prison 01 ot. pair. , ; (ctt 4- shndm" br. tho u-ht she heard her arncu-J . 1 . ' - - --:-- . - i 1 .it:--. 1 i 1 . i :i i . 1 k . 1 t : . -. I.--t . . . i. 1 . ......... - , - - - - , , ? 1 -,i. s 1:1" r:i ! f v.tr as cs ctor era! i'i'ii i.'iice .ml 1;. the 1 .escceum: and Death at the farthest can't be far : 'Aii! think before thou die." s-.ia fti.. as to evi: y-v.. v. nic eternal v'!jht of :'inrv. which it secures to - its posses-j. that kingdorli above, which can never he . An 1 v-t how few are "up and doin.' 1 anv tiling .like thai unabated I t th": valtte ar.d glory of sucit a prize j sh.juid'-awa'ien, and whsch-many evince in the; y '..(, of ni"re worldly pvute and ambition ! lr .stru, th 11 n.mig'niy con;'jst is going fo r- 'ward in'tln aahieverTu-nt of many moral icto-r-s. tlx ehuichv hr.hcr various: ranches,' is Vverlini: nui':y powerful instr.u iQeutalities.tb has-. .1 -n '"ue tisne. xvir.-a "the kingdoms ot this worid .i.-iaii he-iho-kingdoms ofjourLor Jan'd iiis Christ." I ier.rVs mio-hrs-KcilVaihthe grand iporal i-n-lerpnsep. which she is.now wielding for,thoac e )il;olish:ner.t cfa time so certain and so., glori ous ' Thay might each be described and the ODinpar itive value of them severally bei unfo! . drJ, a.Vto their intrinsic, meriis trnd prefarable moles of action, -in carrying o't their different plans; tti successful issues, hut thus wovdd nc: be ).) -..Vrri'i-nrr with the obiect of this har-iy arti cle, vhich is only intended tn hold up lor a mo - inentti.e precept" bo up and doing' No 0(1 need be idle an infant,-tor want ol room to wof-k' in iotrte one or more of these departments of hja vcnlyx'iievo'etictv Kacli division, in the grtjat army of Zhm's sacranntal Iiost may be enlisted under a different name, and have its ow n dis-' . 1 . ! ) r.. ? ;,ll ilninnl" i'it ill tinctivei! tnoaes or -oeintf up a"j r1 H" who halve any claim of belonging to her banners must nirsome way and place be engaged to fight Jip'r battles and to wi-i her victories.. . - A"ai : We would repeat" the idea that the times and seasons admonish us all to be up and r " Xotime should be lost in tain specula- v mir From the DriuH Manzihe. A (pIIRlSTlAN FAMILY. f f , - - i ' ': "Still to the lowly soul i, ; ; He doth himself iiapait," -j .1 And i"r hi cradle aru.l hi tlir.:;cj j Ch jjelh the page iuT heart." , s . .. Kkii.". ii ' late the words " Lord, now, let thy servant 1 dei art in t'encc ;" and so she reached her home. 1 .j But 'I must. 'no: frget the old man the very i picture cf an English cottager a little bent and! toil-worn, but still retaining proof in his hale fig-1 ure, clear eyes, and healthy complexion, that -it 1 4 labor is vthe prima! curse," -it is yet "sol jmcd tn-1 1 to mercy, lie lias (eared (Sod from his youth I up; and' hi' happy counu.-nar.c-j assures yo.u, at I the first trl.ince, that his heart realizes the. prom- j jse, ."Even to old age I ami lie; even to hoary Ceu:pau ) tl.c l'--.:-r ; a:t. v. .i;c.i '.. j t-i. . eta :i. L. jta llitt Tn -at Li : 11 1 i.atu r, began to suj ect lh: f itur thi,!-.', and t r.e day, s her lather a by j.rr 1 eJstde. she tisrd ixrV r on his f c m.d said, laj n. t.c net the docto think I shr.i! oie V The 1-ilUr did r.cl cener; from Lef the truth; rnd en lesmu-g it, her lrt! co';s.t-nanct imnit iliAteiy 2 11. Af.er ati interval o! silence she said, Icpn, ihr tjxe tools very i ail., till, it S3 very dark indeed ! Para, nou't j yci go down w ih sne iat-'i ;t I Tr.e Uther was n.'.c'i mcvrd, !.: rndcavnrfd, iss y.eli as he could, tt make hi-.- ccrr.pieheLd ll.o 1 imp sj.btihy. bhetln t i;d ' i'.i; 1. ncn 1 vcu h.t raair.n.i c with me. It was a gloomy aaernoon in FebruarvUhat hairs I wnl carry you.' I was some time ago we went toother-to visit eld Isaac's dying Ivile. nan-h struck by thatren.ar of a cergymrtu. made It was the first walk we had taken together tor uv fami.iar convention t li a chnsUan :s but a ,iay months. The breath orhe. fresh air, and i shoe-bladf, he ought to be the b-iu tac parish ; -w ' - -r:-i i v.t' ':: i I U.Vittl! l(Hlt l I 11', la .lt -I ! ! Some piou, parents s, em to ept.ru 1 the ;,ea on wLi,h Vt ti.r . -fm J hrr f, that nmsmuch a, pecaaar protmeei aj:e u; , , . ,ItJlwhiIe fhe ,vej t Hcarki- 1 icv nave in.. e e.M- 0- i...i-.i a .-. 1, , r, , t - 1 . 1 , .- ... - 1 r LsviriLva ht r o.va simple v.t. v. poured tut without anv special eio;t on r.;esr r-irt to learn, or , , V , f . , . ... . ,1. ,'J 1 i- - 1 1 .1 ;:; r -tart to Vd.M.e turn- d ti i.t r father w :th n. tn 11 H t t, mm : no v-laali thev it r made. .. , . ..... ,, . . 1 ... I v.. ..... vvui..ii,.;.vv--i...t.!;';, i' w.v.rynvj iney commenu.ayov, o. u,, , -fj, r, . dnr!; U0.A f !.:, thit y- a at.d marana nravcrto (iod, and nrpcartoortMbok t.tia:l:t 1 1 , . . . . , - 1 1 1 '1 , , , irif, ;iovM'?imt, It.: Jesus ni l - -ta r-4v whtdi helrasdevolvidop ntlH-m-'elvtagro;.-..j,,, ,, (y ing out of ptiranul ri latt n. an : waho-attr.e per- J j j; , fonnutceot which hisaid would !:elht! ?less;han ..r niraculou-. Thev may te'tcn tium many uurHr- srenv rson t:ii: ?ti!UN4 cr i nr. hABciN. During tin nb cnct: of the Kiili Meir frcta I o'.h of them of ur.-- ,- . . . ; . . . 1 tli n.' nc ir -Itf I!) V II 'ITV !1 V '. .Itl l.M i the kr in T ot returning strenutn to enjpv 11. w in r, . j .- ,ive denture at" all times, and we eAjoved th be the ca-,. U wascur old bac .uW.as " itA. ,h th.re. was Wee! a half uPen- h broke stones ou the road, .at l.rsravtcu a ...I iti hin: vr o hif, m t f tl("--"r,.t iit..uo i n .. . , i . S, .-.Uas the neohle call diun.Utance was mention9d to hSm-"! snould be very tttnt n li.umslruth, ; mculeete en their mine stne u ".....-!:.. h hli4- ,vhrilsorr'to need any human eye ta watch nr.' saU I ijecesvi.y ei virtue an . piety: fxr.cri ..:em 100 jus ,1H. i5;sUvo . ous died Shunned h.s rMIl and cloudy afternoon not one! he;, "if I rest five minutes, I. know I arp bound to practice r:i ml tuat is .ovtiy. aau ot sooa report, COn:non beauty. r.r.d et.lightcncd by the hw.-. obh ,l u set hdare their,, tn cur pnn person ott ex- UU wife lore'dina tu her chapter., and bid rnnM v o r i cover hat th 'h of r-d lonV the fitrnrhtive an i 5.0, tical : natural y so. tccuuse he amp'e of holy livu.g. and y :t fail she it of tae de- thrK) i:p )n ,f,r h,. aa.j rprcad a white cotcri T u "r 1. ortxvo I S! HI draws from the two source of perfect" poetry, mangel duty and the reception cf th- pro-fin, over Heir bodicf. tVirVTnfc " Sar o-1 the bpok of Cod and the book of nature. From All tl:e?c thm,., m iv hare been done .without Vl:rn luhU Mcj marncd. ,lU (;m ift;nirr nt Pm -V I every surroun-iing cifcumstarie his hungering any alhor.u:tveu;u-ie:u-y. by way cf counsel. wc$ J-,r ,jis 0:5,. w;fe r,,ckcd ta n a , mg. but do qu reiTitui.,r, 0,1 o.ir n 1 t, - . , , , . rc,.,cmhl,r his 1 ... ..... rt.C0Mime:r.!ation. but without insist 1 flv -. t,t. nrrii 1 .r,t , ,p th nonous evenintr star, that snone out in ine 'VV . ., ... . r. ;.,. .a.t,:1; , : . . .-v, ci-f.i iiR.r .1- ftnr. ovmeni in-i en ner tiav. in on lie iterto.m.ini. - oi .1 s..it -' ,. 1 r n-i!.-h i--.rj.- -ir, cun -tt.r u int.. I .1 I l.ltlL, .UI ..... ., - , ' " w. - I 1 r L . .U U..,l -'ir...t ? west ceiore US. rust wuere u;c sun nam pvt.- -j ... , .. , - U, 1 . . VA:,.,t....,;i.u,..i;,a( ;rtr,f. whe.r, ho was found scraping a very dirty l:m. ' ness alon- our path here, if we can but keed our f " - 11S T', mt' , V'1 hl ' of 1 lc ",,r,,sU rS f lie- 'S U r" . . !.. I ! A.. I, ..... i rr.ar.,.1 f -LV .in' 5P!lt f.S WfOTe. tt rves on the star that sha guide us sain horn? an. 4iit- "" y b -1" w- J j . ; - ' , r-yert u.i .or .ai . a. : , I i -)r.o r,. h .. w: v to ma. e Strai ff ht the. path and iiv. .;t- vw t - 1 v last? Jh'thb row of 'very poor houses en,. onewas pointedj out to us ises to wliich we they tQiljund labor as we do. Noiv,;a bitsrems 3 by i ver' neat! clean, and there 'us a little smootuer; but very evergreen box! 011 'tis all disheartening all as bid again a 1 none. o trtat ume TV terii'S a demand wJl.ica cannot, must notbedeni 1:1 tuner unic.i cnirac J 'are mvrsons.that they too r.iay tii ink of the cup ;ofh'-cs"singr - We have, in well authenticate 1 history, the ex-1 j MThey will net lc far c.T,' she said, pbcing I. - 'j-L .."t.V.' -..'."M t .....n.l..v -r).l -J p f h.) i I ") ri ance in aiew -vcuikaim i,icuuci ..iii for those who liiye till midsummer to gather them. Ah' (Vail flowers !j Yet there are lrailer flowers that you outlive. It is not only the .yew of a thou sand years, and the venerable oak, that jitjighs to .'nn nf n unnro itarjle Gisouiaiions. v uur h may merely tend to engender strife scorn the mightiness of man; but the lowjjlyjac-orns i to cramp the encrtiiVs of many in the great will spring .p for fifty years together ithimc -oral' Held of a-nior Zion may be left to mourn spot. when he that first set "it. and lns;clioren, '-'-r h-r many wi-i e "sore-ad desolations, and to are gone, ami their place knows themjnO jnore. v:ee'uKttherk force are scattered in a cloudy But whv repeat the same tajeso often ? bepauso r r --r or nil m . mro' 1 im 1 1 ininiii 1 o ki our work will b-? done lit last; and they must wait in patience till the great Master conn s to fin ish his own." I lis. affection for his aged wife has al vays been extreme! v strong; and it is ne No w, a bit seems ample r f a pious man, whose counsels alul advice. ! to his children were in all probability as salutary and as urgent as those-to which I have just allu ded Vt his sons were impiously abandoned characters, nmrdrew upon themselves the signal food before him that he miht cat. I lc was in a gladsome and genial rr.ooJ, and when he land said grace after the meal, she thus addressed him : Rabbi, with thy permission, 1 wju!d fain rro- . . .1... . . .... o displeasure r.f heaven. For aught that appears ; .. uu ; ray ioire; , c?j jje the pious Eli pra-vWas fervently for his sons, and ' as much desired their best welfare, as" any other 1 lill).' V 1 ' v f --u - - t." I 1 . . I lightfal to observe hov the love of a christian; parent: We.havethe hi -ncstevidenreol hisdcvo connexion cati survive a'llthc extraneous aids of) lion to the hour r of God and the cause of religion. . .1 -.k.i. a.,,- ' .1 was thmUinir -s-rt. k,iV ( t-ir ?! aii readers we wouiu men say, to live, wesuau out arc o t.v --i- : . .i . . . .-if . t I rU. Mo iYn on , l . .. 1 1. r n hi th-. r w. a?ts. 11 -monrr-jt tne narrow ooruersoi uei ta.m.,, OC UP auu uo.oi; oui.v ...... r j - o , r. r. J.U-A. men w ho profess td belong to yoafl great uap- But come up tne tew sieps 01 iuum.. . 'xi . . . 11 a .u ii,.w inr4 onorrrip"! '..-.rr ctiir-u-p hpm she lics in her clean white- in swcubting.dndl in" making experiments, asj washed room, and from henco sue will never rc- t0 modes of their 6wn Revising, tor the cause move till carrieu out ior iu ia--v ... ihev enouse be itiyour care and determination ne5i has been a very trying one ; sue was seized to nerseverein a straight fbrwdrd course of with paralysis jseventeen yveVks since, and her . .. " '. -I I "l.Jlt,. n. fivnA- Kr firm onncac' hnt'i hewn much directed. One, side is Christian zeaiumf imciuj, r .... . ovr .,... nv, . . - , ,i ,j rendered quite useless ; ner vuno am. . , .1 I I -. ' It 1. I. ..I I. .nAll yojth, interest, or personal attraction. ";ihe nsksj After all,! he had one grami delect; ana taatoc many timcs in the day, if ha. has notcome home (Vet brought ruiti to his family, and hastened his yet '' said the daughter ; "and, tired down as h i is, : own departure from the world. Il is said of him, L-..'t Ktnn ..'von to wJirm his hand ; till he tract. ; -.h.,t his tons made themselves vile, and he re ap stairs to see her, and if she. likes, ti read or nrav with her.1,-the lait time she was sutiici.-ruly in possession rjCherScriscs to enjoy th- word of God. as he real it to her, she expressed herself with remarkable Uelignt anu energy, a iuur- strained them not; It was nn aggravation ot n:s fault, as it further appears that he knew their 'm inuttv " v. hib he failed to correct it. The difTi- ro IV Wit 1 this "OOU m i!l was, r.e uiu ouie-iicie !,h such a control .over his sons as was sutticit-nt t." ' H0,jj,.5 few days no, a person tntruttcd some jewels in my cuitody, a:,d now he demands thin. sh:.j!d I grvethem back to him?" This is a trittiou." said KabU Meir,whi?!i ny wife should net have thought it necessary to isk. j Whut. wou'.dst thou hesitate or Le relcc int to r- store to every one his own ' ' -Nr," s!t replied,4 but vet t thought it best fiot to n ?;ore thcri vithout acquainting thee In re'Vtth. j Jihe then led him to the chamber, and stepping b the Led, look the white covering from the ilea J )f1 il.'-! - V )n.l immovable, always abounding in the work " of the i Lord. You shall reap in due season, if yot faint not-." pleasure it had afiordetl her. ."It sirms as,u I j keep thnr evil ptopeiuuies iiic.ivi. v1.' , J j"A!il:ny son?, ray sons." loudly Jamer.tca was in Ileaveii." s-iid"she ;' "the room seems full tbeir own way. ami maintained it in spite oftae tht-'ir father,"mv son! the light of my eves and of Heaven." I" What," said her daughter, "do j knowledge and authority of their father. Now, yfili t q( ray hnderkaading, I was your lather vou see anv thitv V uXo" sho replied, "it is not had u not been possible for.him to. control his irout"Ve sVcrc my teachers in thti'law'1 to be seep or nearo u is to oe ie.. " vj v,.onc-u-. I sons, ne .ouiu uu-. ...v j) 1 e loo.aer mrueu away Bin wepi oiarriv. . i- . .1... .1. ...-'. ...in... flJi l.u r...... 1 1 ;t whrt -ivii-ts notiimT from men I ' 1 it. .i.jai. ia. i,'.V.j l. .1,'. 1...L..1 Go From the Journal and Luminary. tt I WILL THINK ABOUT IT." , Wfll'that is better than.nothing, fortnought fr often begets- feeling, feeling conviction, convic lion conversion, and conversion leaa&io wu. You will think about it ! And is that all you . will do1? -Had vou mountains of gold or hills ol silvcrUhey would be lighter than vanity, when balanced' against the value of the soul. Its 1 price is above rubies, whether it is measured by the 'cost of its redemption, the eternity of vts duration, dless canacities of pleasure or pain. . TJVri half a milliori at stake, and it were 1UV4 j - , i ; .. doubtful whether you would, gam or lose it, . v;ould voa do r.cthing but thtttk anotit it ! Or her siaht is none. She is unable to feed herself. or to lift herself in the bed ; and to the rpiestions of her afTeetionate children, she can. scarcely make a reasonable reply. The world and all its concerns are passing from her as if thoy had nev: or h.pn ; but on one subiect-Hhe mercy of her nJopmpr her mind is clear and strong. illV WW in w . ! f "That" savsshe, as if she felt the weakness ot her memory on otner maueirr oi rcr, never, never forget." ; At times (but they are now more and more rare) -a sparic 01 imem e0m tn blaze Ud amonffst the dying em bers. As, an evening' or two since, her husband, home from work, asked his daugh ters if her mind had been more comfortable that -whn cau-Vht his meaning, and excrtmgher- self'to speak loud enough for those down stairs to hear her, saiu.uiat in aiai ujun u.. -v. that she had an humble tru-t in htm who wit s pe shadow of death I - The old man's strength is labor and sorrow; and I think his toil is a lino done. Ui i spirits seem to excite him to exertions too great lor ms ftrcnsth; ntl when he shall cease to earn nis five shillings a week (ior his wages are now- no , I wonder how he will be provided for ThJ h.iu' nil lived verv hardly this winter, fof the young women (both sickly, and one nearly U5n(i havo almost laid aside their work to attend U tlipir ' r.omnletelv helnlcss mother. It would ;lv j--- , . be a grievous thing to bo sent to tne poor uouse that abode whose order dustrv from own little home y which they cannot perform, nor punishes them e I...:' l....!. ....... .t ful. l.-vr nn runission ui uuut's n tiiry vnunh 111. Yet we have reason to be! ieve, that, 'at this period of their lives spoken of inthwir history, this parent, had, indeed, nti power to control his sous; for what authority, t their age, was any f.tl-pr pverable to exert over sons who had suc cessfully set it at nought throunh the season of childhood and youth llis error, then, com menced further back; it mni be dated from the first opportunity which he carelessly lost of con trolling their base propensities, onu was ror.unu- bid, llahhi, d "i-Jst thou not tachme that we rnusl no; be reluctant to restore that which was entrusted to our keeping T See, the I jcrd give, and the Lord "hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord!" - Blessed be the rurae of the Iud ! ' echoed the holy man; "and blessed be his holy r.acc forever." I 1 j . i..i '--n. i.n.r -cii.i nnnortunilit'S of misery and degradation one.icu anu BK;,a",tu -""7 -rr ui r, ... I n- 1 1 . I I t tiit ifimnni'.firt" lv and decent hab ts, ancT whose in-1 were ouaru.m..v v-.. : -j his youth up, have surrounUed his cnaracicr 01 auo.. - ; - w th so many comiorts. true, mem. vu - - , - --- - ... - .-I , 1 1 . nm. oi mi' i-ninirvimr ana most I....I. wi 1 rt u'n oca 1 infirrii:i)H5 luiii uiii - . . r 1 - the rapid increase o. ri.s .a u y VnUeWrunofan early co of his wage?, never cou.ti auow .or u. wx ttsn U,,.and d it- r of weakness: ana even 1 crewn ui ow . - t i V w ' - - f provistcn for thes" years .1 f)ecoulSpifit.-X 'aho'iZ this, your ina-iai-tioa mil oe charmed, your seasibility cxritcJ, and your mind enriched ; but your heart will cooticcc at 4'enmity vvith God," an J ypur life uainfiaeoccd by. hi precept?. The waiets of the m actuary, may flaw over your soul, yet fail to fertilize and refresh ; the manna which oul J terve for ivy l will give no nourishment ;vour spiritual Lno.vJ- Ieue. IIKc iiiecnrvcu cuvijm.uj !'. uj - O:4? tetania n i!,' brc-tt-.? en fife and v:e!J e fftr4'- i -
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 8, 1837, edition 1
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