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Hoy Charlie Was Made Noble.
. Laura was my seltOo; fiiend j jbut we had
not met since the examination day on which
we vowed eternal friendship,, aod; parted, as
we thought, with broken hearts, : And I was
vjery happy when last month, she, sent for me
to visit' her. r - ; '
,1 found my red cheeked, laug
dignified mamma with three c
bing friend, a
lildren. The
youngest, a boy of four, had stolen his mam
' mu'fi smile and color. ' The second was'a tall,
slight, ' grateful, spiiited-lookij g, but very
geuttu joyj of tpii and- the;qldeft; aj sweet,
frail, sulTeiing,! hunch backed girl of twelve
...years.'. ;." . !.- ' ; .'.',:', . .. . . ', .. . r'
" Charlie kinti to every one, md very care
ful of baby, was - absolutely devoted ; to his
ailing sister, He watched all her needs, and
ran to anticipate her slightest vish.
The thiul e'.
ning
that I
kvas there, I
spoke of it to his niotherV " Charlie's-devo
tion to Lou i 'perfectly '.heaatiu
il ;". and rurin-
ingiiny hand tltmulv his cur
liable, boy, Gd will b!esi ; you
night !'V arid kissed-. h'inr.
. lie ran out' of the rooni.l
s. I Paidj.'My
for it , Good-
Before' I was
fu'l diessed, the'ncxViiiorninlie tapped at
my door with,' " May I come in V
made' me ask,
"VVJiat:.ia.;the matter, darl
ing
y?
Choking back a sob, he. 'said, 4f You called
' Jl ' tllllllo,' 1 rt7 ' onrl J nimln mrr Tnn..f
-me a
ache all niiiht
My sister cannot
live
long
and never cau'jbe .'well, any more; and Its all
me.
v:''w '
We were
" Yes, ma'am ! Four vears
ago
playing 'and I pushed her agaittst the kitchen
.door, and; tbc sharp .' handle "stuck into1 her
buck. She fainted, ' and I 'creamed; 'and
mamma t an but and earned hdr, and laid1 her
0:1 fht
50 fa:
and uf andraa brouoht some eam-
phor. and auntie some water and uiamma
gjivt . if vm ,t(I her, and she opened, her eyes
3 and J thought
she-was', all well J or would be
,. : . 1
tn a any or, two
But in a day -or two, main
ma sent fur, .the doctor, and he said her spine
mas biokt.i, a lid would never be well any
iiwre. I cried before a ! great deal; but then
.it did not seoui as if I had cried half enough
and it don't oem as if f had begun, ;to crv
L'alf enough
yet; but it's no
ood': And
the threat obs
er.
" Wcic yt u
couid hie kept
1 s
back
,uoxlong-
?)
i es, m;t at
n o were, Winr croM but
boy,
and she. must
saiTt r
for it
Oh!
If.-1
I c,mid
write it,
bear it mvself
Mnyb-j, if you
would
some rude lit
something he
it . befrre he
.tie-boy who isi always 'doing
did riot mean to,
mtht read
" killed his onlvl little uariinrr sister.
And he
'sobbed rjirain. 1 " ' : v -
, .1 spoke of it to' Lou, as I thought she nik'ht
, not like it to bd put in the paper. ; 11 ;
: j , You auay write as you please, only don't
..-. let anybody blame .God or CnaTlie.n
: 'vVVhatjdo ouniean,dear?j' ' :
J Some 'jay,- God ought notl to punish me
for Cha lire's 'carelessness. But it is just
-right. You see Charlie is Icing punished
..every day and it makes liim Very geutle and
.viunsolash, lan 1--you,. said the right word
-'uoUii! Yhen he grojvs to be a man, won't
, he be just j Bjiendrd ?wfknd her eyes '''shone
. with" the rea love in tthem. " And maybe
if I had got a! j well soda,' he .Avould have
grown up! -selfish - andirharsh, like a great
v r.fg"0 I efh:: VaT snysj; God'.haVgot'
a'gieat work ior Gharlie to do iu the rworld,
f and this isUlio" way :he 13 fitting' him to do it.
And everybody ;, has lots of -trouble here, or
v they "oriH. forget 'Gbd ; and Inline ' comes
V n'ow in fiickuesSjand pain ;'but:it,-is not "very
; hard with S3 many to-"love nine so, ' and M it's
:nice to think , I . may,Ctby.V'iV.! pain, lnake
Qhvtie perfect ; for he Is just perfect,' you
" aee.' Ion t forget, to write that,;. .or 'that lie
tftfi'l mean to hurt m."
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"But tell thfn"- said .Cbtjrliei jrho came
in juntas she said tlie.;Ust sentence, that
didn't mcauto' doa't . helfr : her back a Lit!
The Drunkard's :pyinbr Child.
lBr TlEV: JAMES' TB. DUNX.
Mrs. 6
'sat near a scanty pallet, on
muicu was exieouea tue fullering little r rcd
dy, ier bright?ATj jb lantttif t, rcdaced to
a" b?ne. tUh Jargei mysterious .eyes
... t t V. . - T . V - - - W - . . v. . '
w:erf rneJF upwartT, watching the ' flittinnr of
eavi; ana uiniaaienis qi:finnbtnc that jccn
ed through the ;foilase of the multicaulik.
An inlant about a month pld, meagre, wear?
ofjts
s l existence. lay upon uer Dosom. aui
was in vaiu trying to charm" it to re
- I : . " ' ' :
she
! - J
riose
j ''!; " ' -() - v i.jfj r-.. --..',.-..,., ,. j
! Mamma,'' raid Fred iy re'aclung" out Ids
waxen hand, "take me to your bosom." "
Yep, love ! as soon as Maria i 'still' ' '
"iMamma, if God had notsent us that! little
cioss bahy, you could love me, and 'purse s "hie
as you did. w.hen i was sick ia dincinnati:
My jthroat is hot, mamma. !- I! wish I had "a
drink! in a tunibler,glass itnmbler,. mammal
and I could look through it' ' . i
" Dear, you shall , have a tumbler '.cried
Mrs. B -7 . hf.r lip ciuiverinor .with eno
tion, and a wildj fire in. her; eyes.
! i " ( l - ,, t " C .
.." Yes,. mamma, one Cold drink, in a tunil
Ierand.yonr poorlittle Freddy "would fly up;
up there where that little. bird sits." ' Will pa
pa come to-night and ijet f us bread? You
saidfhe would. ."Will he get me a tumbler of
water ? No, mamma, he will be, drunk. No'
body evej gets . drunk in heavjn, mam.
Io, noi.-my' son, iji angel, !'.' " :
. " JSo one says cross words, mamma Vr .'
" Ao. bless your sweet toncue."
:- ' ' ;' ' r ). 1
. " And there is nice cold' water there, and
silver, cups?.' . .. ' ' -. , r ' . i
" Oliyes. my child, a fountain of living
,f....,;.t.,tf j, i:': ;..:.;,.f, ",
; ::d iiorcts daiU'-ther ?1 ' " , :
" Neyer; .nevrr and J Ihe tears fell
streanis.down the mother's pale cheek. .
IB
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Ana noDody pets sick and .dies t: r
.iNo,;oiy,loxc:,V IT ' ,"'V - ? 4
" If tliey were; to, God vropcL Jethe, angels
bring them water, Lkjiow she would, from the
big fountain fGh: iaamraaMlon't cry. Dp
people cry inlieaven?"- H i
1 44 OhVno; su eet one ; God 1 wipe$';awa)'
teaTs,,r-rejdievl (h weeping mother."' v
all
l' :;Ahd the angels kiss: j them ;bff, ! s'po'so.
But tell me,r niamma,: will he come there?'
" Who, my son?" I:
' You know, mammaj papa . ' '!'
'j Hush, Fieddyl dear, lie Still ; you worry
yourself." i ' I; ';, .
'j Oh my 'throat 1 : Dear'me, if I only had a
littje. water ifr a tumbler,! mamma;' just ode
little' mouthful." : I I .. -
. j You shall have it;" and, as the mother
said this the poor child' wassed away into the
arnjg.of Him who shall evermore give it of the
bright waters of everlasting - life. National
Temperance Advoiale:- - ' H -J
MY WIFE.
(bserve yith .what loyo and ? respect the
goocr man j ana .worthy j husband speaks ol
that
him.
i
dear creature whom God has fiven
1 - . ' . 1 .'or
ffor- ,a companion t through e ,jXote
actions and observe Ins better halt, and
will see; that her. imae is reflected in
his
him. ! I care not r how. great . a mau be may
be; L care not how austere and ..strong
miuded he may be : so- that he loves li'er.
Her iiuflnenc.e t is felt every. day, and femin
iue dependence exerts a powder . within him
which otherwise t might n ;hav slumbered
unknown and forgotten, .In" the "lanVoarre
of Bulv.r? "heri mage , glossed, in his soul,
iuicb mm yik ii luube. .laspirin. ions uv
wijicnf man ,ma.siers men, v.
heroes all attribute their success
potent influence of either a
J 1 ' ' i- - ! ":" -' -love.
I i .- . , !
4 Man mus.t have,, somcthiug to love, somc
thing to stimulate, :liim and raise him - from
the: state of thraldom in which the cares
and anxieties of an every day life usually plunge
hiiiK I..' -T' j' '" ? L' '." ' ' C
Yhat friend can take a wife's lUce; who
but,; she can administer 'consolatioq ; ttiuch
is ever free , from -1 he, suspi cion s t lie h o pe
of; j inteedness,, otheci than ' that of a
lrqiy -desire: and deep anxiety to" make you
happy ? Let all -.the -world forsake arid
abandon, JAulet triais'tjirae . upon you and
calamities 1 befall jouyetin'heru presence
and loving . affeptiou , you! may a ways, find a
babi'er ftf Jore,'trSth and devotionT -f ;
: .Men'. haTe.;,aa yearning', of .. disinterested
lov?., iVnce , oniuce .man , that -Ji.e.s be
loed. fox himself .alone.
.vwJtn, fjnrjc Pf '-ft7 of
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, ... '.
unto xuc, tLatjni I cf cob.
J.'.jn vr
V HENDERSON VTIJJN. G, SEPTEMBER 3, 1869.
the many alvar.UScV?f;i tvlach lie may lc
r tiic many aivpni4"C f)V. vmcn HC mar 1
pnsscssear - lct him ce I say, that .he U
iyvei ioriifmeir, und 'Tda make -Ir.tn yo
y . wr. "v .r ...... i
slave for life. SucTTa man LltsCil with a
uoble woman for his wife, rcpible of perform
ing things that would discourage him had he
not blI?Jitoie :oQfthiiu .-..thpse little
words of consolatioii vhich lighten the burdens
A Wonderful, indinrr. "
: ytafs
capital, and now is rich enough to " retire a
goal so longso stckdily; R6iudntttuus!y aim
ed at, ves, and gained -is he happy ?
"Ah,1' sighs the rich man, "I never was so
happy "ds when I ruceiVicd my fitt earnings."
rlsthcdady hippy in; her beautiful jiarlor,
surrounded by every thing that! dieart can
wish ? No, no. You are surprised to find her
miserable with' imgralified Tde'sites. And so
on.ahd fo dri. Tlierd is plenty ql expitemant
animation, bustle, hop, fruition, inoncy, poi
tion,' fame, but how little genuine liAppincs
underlying it all. It is curious ; it is mystcr
ioh'Y:is iiieiressiblyish'du "1 ;1 V'V'!
; But the other day I found a haripy man.cr
rather' we read -of one: v. The : story4 is 1 worth
recounting. A few years ago,' an old, white
haired, broken-down minister went ! Vctt to
find somebody' to'preacfi to ? n'eIcctcA f ifare
say, by the well-to do parishes of - the -East,
which have a itfange'Utctiing afier young
men. IIcknockcdat the door of a home mis
sionary: sobfety; ahd:asked for a place. The
brethren-in consultation shook their heads,
and were afraid hevaS"iFol,the nian" for any
place;outr there.. .They dkl, devcr,. think
of somewhercj'aud the good man aocepted
the appoiutincut ; though to find it he travel
ed by railway as, Tar as. railways went by
stages as far as stagcswcnt, by horses ns far
as horses ,VUt'imd;it )at pitehed his tent
among the outmosL.cleariogs of civilization
the t4d maijajHdi
work.fortheruiatcrprcaghiiig pardon and
peaco in.htupble cabins 't ,riding j sixty atul
seventy miles to commemorate the love of his
dying Lord ; attqipljiig funerals far and ncar ,
rocyit3. wtjio, Jh: ept, and .rejoicing ;
with those who rrjoiccdf kueeitig.at the bed-
sid of fhe dyingjnjrpyiutiug tLem.to better
hopes .boyorul the-gTvo--ycar after ycat the
old man toiled on.
At hst, the wife of his youth and the faith-
fiil'iiharbr 'Olvhis burden-went home,' and he
was left alone. No brother minister ,ws near
to helihitii bury, hlif , dead.; Ho offered the
last prayer oyer hendear remains; and consign:
dc them to the grave.
A few mon ths ago a"little church was
gatlicrriMtljtf-fCitS Uis faUldl:toiU; and he
was installed its pastor. Sitting at evening
with some of hi; frietubjiu tlw miuistr-, and
recalling, ilwsysiiu which;God had led him
through his missionary life, he Faid,'with the
tears couisitig down Lis cheeks, t fl am so hap
py ! I don't know why, but I aui afraid I am
toohaniA- P. 7 i ' !' ffV u ,
Too happy ! think -of' hat. Too happy 1
Does not that give us a gliuiptV.of l uhat thc
hundred-fold more rn this life" mean ? The
phall wo find her ? lias the marttrhri ha
soul's atisVactibrr the 'soul's joy in that which!'1"' Sunday-School Tm $"' -Z .
alone can satisfy it'fblessed.forctasto ofi the
believer's life in the great hereafter !
Q
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f . T
V7er-Gardoh.
The flower-garden should not Lc for-'otte
en
even h-it;i, yiug- time,,, eje are
odd hpurs when, jhe .ovncr can pull t out the
weeds or if that cannot be ione'sct the hired
man or boys at the work. If such help is not
available, Jett(ic,youug ladie? of the household
value of llowers and flower-gardens,' e'tpeeial-
ly where there are children. It seldom hap
pens that those whocultivatc Cowers turn out
to be bad men or - women. Flowers have a
softening, humanizing influence on our na
tures. Flowers have been given to ns to en
joy, and let us;rtiake the highest and best use
of the blessing. '
Tlieijartlettlo gira! tafi"sfac(i6n, 'must be
kept in good condition no weeds bhould be
allowed within its limits. Stir the soil occas-
ioncnfTf llTpJfl: Stake
up ihe gladioluK dahlias, and uhatcver will he
liLeiy'toVe injured by the Vind.i UIf transp
lanting u to Imj doatVH1111 the work to
wards nightand Letter just before a raiu.
If tlie garden.hanpt bcca, properly., icsscil
and the. plants small and lack vuror. .iust luM
a httle superphosphate, around thcraand it
vi
will give, them -a -good start.. Takcalit-
: HIT I'lTfO J L'.'1VJ 1
-4,To tte poor tbc Gospel is
1 tfB A
C rtlt 6 ID Uin" a roo. CoVfr.cir. on sn.1
the Mcssin-of all, even the travelar xrho mar
happen to pa.s that way, will rest upon yon.
The Devil's hold.
A rinzuUrfatalitv attends ihuce tvhoemonev
U dishonestly obtained, in that it appears to be
utterly unproductive, to them. JThey can't
purchase with.it genuine reeration amlcom
foit ;nor, if they attempt to trade, with it, do-
tl.cir speculations ever succeed. When" after de
, j . . 1. . .
tyctiou. , defaulter tr:s to render an account
to himself of tbe'cxpcnJituro of the 'money,
j . . . . , , j
aiu disappearance are like those, stories we
read of jn German legends, of people receiving
frpm the devil p lump of gold overnight, which
they generally found turned into a log of wood
or a few dried leaver by the next dav. Xox
is. this tho case of petty defaulters alocc. It
is just so with, large ones. Pullingcr, a great
Knglish dcfalter, is faid to bayo been, utterly
incapable of accounting to himself for the
loss of more than two-thirds of the fjnr hund
red thousand pounds of which he had fraud
lently taken possession.
. ThoHeavenly Con3olor
How vain arc all the consolations of this
world when we conic " to stand by the death
bed of one we love. ;
Theodosia, the beautiful daughter of Aarou
Uurr, thus writes to her father on the death of
her com; ; ,:
; " There is no more joy for mc. The world
is, i blank. My child is gone forever.
Whichever way I turn the same anguish as
sails nic. You talk of consolation. I think
Omnipotence could give no equivalent for my
boyuo none, none' ' ,.
Such is bereavement without the Divine
Comforter.. ; Such the consolation which
uordly widom gives to it devotees.
'u Christian wociau was once brought
before, the bloody , : Bonner, cn trial for her
religion. When the bUhop thicatcned to
take nwav her husband
'.Christ isjny husband," she answered.
'I will take awy thy child," he said. . .
.'Christ U Letter, to uie than ten sons,"was
her reply; , - .
. . 'I will strip thec of all thy outward -com
forts'.. ....
!'Ycs, but Christ is mine," she answered,
trimphautly; 'you can not strip xuc of
him." ' ,
'-.'-
That precious assurance bore up her head,
aud gave her peace to her soul under all her
trial.
Said the mother of , Leiyh Richmond, as
her beautiful babe lay dying before her
ihe.rcf.hk6f an accident caused by, the nurse's
carelessness :
t
If I.eease raying for five miuutcs, I am
ready 'to sink tinder this unlooked-for dis
tress; but when I pray, God comforts and
upholds me. His will, not mine, be done."
"God, in taking away ray Mn,"said another,4
revealed to hie his own Son, a thousand
times more precious."
May we all prove in onr times of bereave
ment what it is to have Christ for our Comfort-
Lottie and rthb Voice. ' "
You remember the f.tory of little Samuel.
One night, after he had gone to bed, he heard
a Voice, saying, "Sainuel, Samuel 1" He
thought it was Eij, calling him. So he got
n . ...1 . .. . . t.' i: 1 1.-1 " .
u Mini wiiii iu ami asKcti mm wnai lie
wanted. Kli said he iid not call him, and
told him to go and lie down again. Samuel
heard the'Voice a second time, and a third
time. Then Kli thought it was God speak
ing to Samuel j and be told Lim, when he
heard the Voice again, to say, " Speak, Lord;
for thv servant heareth."
God does uot jpeak to children- these days,
as he spoke to Samuel.-'- We cannot hear His
voice ith onr cars.!- He does not say, Phil
ip, Philip!" "Mary, Mary 1" But God does
not pass by without speaking. Ntf; I am
urc He docs uot ' do that. God speaks to
us ; for He loves us. He whispers to us Ly
His Spirit, in a still small voice.
There was a little girl named Charlotte.
l hey. called her Lottie1 Lottie ' once Lc
came very angry with her grandmother
She spike unkindly, and threw'a towel to her,
instead ol Lringing it willingly and patently
as a little grandchild Loull.
" Lottie, Ixiltic T'said a still, gmtll voice
within.tcr. Lottie heard it Sheheard it
above the angry voices which were in her bos
om, and she knew whose it. was.. She .knew
it was Gods. She saw that her feeling and
conduct must grieve her heavenly Father.
She felt so unhappy, .that. she ran out of the
room , and np itaira... , , . .
. 7-11 a,' mpo5iiuic loss, 50 swmiy nas it
passed throngh hi hands. It is gonej and
that is all he knows about it. Iu pusscsiion
preacbed."
NO. -41.
' Ix.ttir, Lottie V the roice fccmel to Ray
within her. The little girl threif herself on
jthc bed ami Lcgcn to cry. She aklt u Ql
know I have behaved xery nautily to
dear grandmother. I was quick and unkind.'
t am sorry, vcry"orry. I' will run. down this
minute, and ask her to forgive me : and
Lottie did to'. 'Will you f orgit'c' my kn '
ghty behavior to yen, 'dear grandtra ?' be
afked. - : ' " ..-.
"Yes, my child," was the reply; "fori
there is noth'mg so acceptable to God as the
pcullrnt teas ' - ..f
So 'Lottie wfVricn .for her faalt and
htrovc with swecet afterwards to rcstraia
the quickness of teui-cr which was unhapr
pily natmal to her.
I Lovq to Tell tho 5 tor jr.
i Few of our rcadcars but must b ' famil
iaI.5.ith "Tbe Old, Old Story,' the tinl
plo -strain of which have touched and'glad
dened many a heart. Ye need not quote
any verses - of a poem which has - been cir
culated by hundreds of thousands. The an-
thcr has sent the following lines, which she
says may Lc
regarded
as ilz postscript lo
The Old Stury "but it is . complete , in it
self: '.
I love to tell the story
Or unseen' tiiinsiborV; '
Of Jesus and M glory,
01 JesiUMid 11 ii love.-
I Iotc to. tell the itorj,. .
- - Because I know it'i true;
It Jitts9es ay longing
As nothing else woaM do.
I lovcto tell the story; t
More wonJerfuUUccmi "
. v Than ll the golden fancies
Of all bur golden dreams.. '
I love to tell the story ; .
It. did no much fur me ;
And that Ujoit tbc reason
1 tell it now to Uicc.' , ,
'. ..-. . Z ' .
1 lore to tell the story , ' . -
'Tis plcaant to repeat ' . ' w
What seems, each lime I tell It, .
-More wuuiierfiilly sweet,
... , ,
I lore to tell the story ;
For SAnie hT ncfer heard
The tuessge of sltAtioa -From
Gud's own Holy Word.
I lure to Wll th story ;
For Cmse who kaow It best
S-Ciu Uungcrin and thirsting '
Ta hear It, like the rest . .
Anl vhfn. in rer.e3 of c!nnc
They make a minister "very uncomfort
able by finding fault because his wife does
not vuit the congregation, while .she, poor
souTii busy i nursing her sick children, or
plying her weary fingers to eke out there
scanty wardrobe, by all sorts of cunning
devices, hich she ouly knows how to invent.
Instead of grumbling when she is not about,
for they dare not do it in her presence, let
tlicsc folk par her a visit and see hat the
domiuc needs to make him comfortable, and,,
if they take her into thcir.condcnce, he will
tell them, for she knows all about that mat
ter; but for the sake of all that is gentle
and lovely and of good report, let them hot
worry, the poor pastor by complaining aboci.
his wife.. .
Watch and pray.
The eyes of the world are upon Christians
to detect their frailtcs, ioccDsiilcncies and.
delinquencies, and thence drive an argument
against the holy religion they profess, Hence
it behooves them to be contioally aware of.
this, and b circumspect, watchful and prayer
ful, that religion be not dishonored, their
good influence diminished, and opportunity,
be given to the Lord's enemies to blaspheme.
Simple Faiths
When a child who had lost her mother was
onced asked, "What do you do without
mother to tell your IrouLlcs to T1 she sweclfy
answered, 'I go to the Lord Jesus. He was
my mother friend, he is mine." ; And. m
reply to another question, whether the thought
Jesus Christ would attend to her, "Alll.
know,1 she at once replied, "He lays he 'xciill
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