The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, May 11, 1855, Image 1
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the rntotof 75 rents per smuyftof ? Hues, and , .
"i5 eontf for each HubsenuflBTnisertlon. Con-1
traotit lot yearly v ertisihg'tKhde reason able. I
[w. r. pi.ici: .v bcotiikrs, ri^gjpcn*.]
?rirririi ^nrtrtj.
from the Southern llnptist.
. JI)C 8i7n^M)C iofiok).
BY LTHTONFIELD.
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^tis tilght on Retlik-hen)Verdant plaint,
* ' 'IV And shepherds watch beside thair fold,
? 'The moon poors down ft flood of light.
The pinifl looks like u sen of gold.
"The stars which nefljfthe robe of nighty
In regal splcpdor gloom,
a.And lend tUo- jmte nud lambent light Jjj"
* 7 To mountain, plain, and stream. ^
The faithful shepherds slumber not, J
I But watch their charge with jealous Oftrc, '
Best Waits of proy should (Siter in, 1
^uVud Aoiae tlioir Hocks while resting there. *
But, lo, a rustling in the air, tt
' ' Xewr fulls upon the shepherds' cars; \
[y CAn angel decked in robes oflight, JKv ?:* < '
Before these lowly men appears. I
i N*u\r terror seizes on them all,
^. And to each other oloso they cling:
Fear not,*' the angel mildly says; ^
"^For tidings of great joy I bring." .
v..-. . \
"For unto you is born this day, f
A Snvioiir, which is Christ the Lord:'' J
* The shepherds gn/.o in mute surprise, a
While listening to his gracious word.
"-Mid lliis ehnll3yp^ign to you? I
This night shall greet your waiting eyes, r
infant wrapped in sw a ldling*clot!us, It
Within n lohejy manger lies." )
VjA New, )??, sweet music, fills the air,
"Jltft hcovhily choir descends to earth :
Seraphic strains employ their tongues,
While singing of their Saviour's birth. , (
"iOlory to God," the angels sang? jjg? (
'3!to shepherd* list, in rapture then, I
"Glory to God," the angels sang, i
Pence upon earth, good will to men." ^
Then hack jo Heaven the nngols^lfent; js
The shepherds hastened on their way,
Ami sought (lie city, and the state
Where Chi%t, the infant Saviour lay.
"To Bethlehem, soon tl?<v shepherds came,
;> ^ And found ltna the angeVsald,
"An infant wrapped in swaddling clothes,"
[* ' ' A manger was Ida lowly bed.
*JThe shepherds joyfully hnstenod forth,
* I And spread the glorious news around, .
s^ Tlovr, in fair Bethlehem's city, tho^
Their long expect. .1 King httd found.
to their homes returned again, M * j
While nil around were filled with awe;
'The shepherds rendered praise to God,
For all they hoard, /or all they saw.
of Jo Sqjj.
TukrkJr ato.ir of joy and a tear of grief, j
The tear g?afy may not be forced by the ,
same cause which overflowed the eye yeater- ^
day. A tear may be sebt up from the heart \
. by joy or by sorrow. It is the same liquid j
diamond iu either c:wc. A little tear-dron (
v? itm the cheek has a language of its own. It ,
it speaks to persona of all nations. It is inter- j
preted by persons of all nations. The tear
(Of to;duy means joy or 6orrow. The face |
^jKAdotfn which a tear runs tell whether it .
springs from the fountain of joy or griof. A j
tear draws forth deep sympathy because ilia <
[ ff an Hope, r X Orieft-^j
IVhen it is grief our pulse beats faster, for ,
?mr heart is agitated and touched deeply.? ,
jj. The true feeling of thi heart is seen in a tear ,
which lingehtl7;, tho eye, that little bright I
f/L, f -window of tho 'Soul! The tears of tralay, if |
W *t*hey do fr(1m g??f, ?Pay u>4K>rr6w
be wiped away byth? rainbow hues of peace,
" . happiness and p?wpcrity, JV*?J dttptnnuktm. J
<N ever despnir.
S55 Bliscfllnnij. '
Jhc I iHle 8 isfeM.
*>v woro not hero vesterday," said the
renlle teacher of a little village school, ns
the placed her hand kindly on tho curly head
>f ono of her pupils. It waa recess time, but
ho little girl addressed hud not gone to frolc
away tno ten minutes, not eren ich her
eat, but sat absorbed in what seemed a fruit*
ess attempt to make herself mistress of at
um in long division,
Her face and neck crimsoned at theatre- i
nark of her teacher, but looking up, she
cAWflwKoi ?a * - iL-WEcLi
uvinvunu IV-.KTOU1UU VJ tUQv'KIIlU
fiance that met hor, and answered?i
"No, ma'am, I was not, but^&ter Nelly
vas." ' 'sV9f
"I remember there was a little girl who
mllcd herself Nelly Gray, camo in yesterday,
>ut I did not know she was your sistor. Hut
vhv did you not come! You seem to love
o study very mueh.
"It was not bocausc I did not want to,"
vas the earnest answer, and then she paused
itid the deep flush ngain tinged that fair
>row ; "but," she continued after a moment
>f painful embarrassment, "mother cannot
pare both of us conveniently, and so we
iro going to take turus. I'm going to school
>ne day and sister the ftcxt, and to-night I'm
o teach Nelly-all I have learned today, and
o-morrow night she will teach mo all she
earns while here. It's the only way we can
liink of getting along, and we wnnt to study
'ery much, so as to sometime keen school
mrsclvcs, and take oure of mother, because
lie has to work very hard to take caro of
w."
With genuine delicacy Miss M for
ore to question the child further, but sal
lown beside her, and in n tnomout explainscl
the rule ov?r which she was puzzing her
roung brain, so that tho difficult sum was
wsilyrfJnished.
"You had better go out and tako the air
i few moments, you have studied very hard
o-dfty,M said the teacher, as tho little girl
Hillside the slate.
"I had rather not?I might tear my dress.
1 will stand by the window and watch the
Cst.w
There was such a peculiar tone in the
roico of her pupil as she said, J miaht tear
ny drcst, MUs M?- ?was led instinctively
o notice it. It was nothing but a nroepenly
print of a deep hue, but it was neatly
nude and had never yet been washed. And
.vbile looking at it, she remembered that
luring the whole fortnight previous Mary
3ray had attended school regularly, she had
jcver seen her wear but that one dress. "She
s a thoughtful little girl," said she to hericlf,
"aud does not want to inako her mothir
any trouble. I wish I had more such
tcholara."
The next morning Mary was absent, but
ler sister occupied her seat. There was some.hing
so interesting iu tho two little sisters,
.he one eleven, and the othor eighteen mouths
r'ounger, agreeing to attend school by turns,
hat Miss M could not forboar observing
diem very closely. They were pretty faced
hildren, of delicate forms, and fairy like
lands aud feet?the elder with dark lustrous
lyer and cliesnut curls, the other with orbs
iko the sky of J una, bar wbito neck veiled
>y a wealth of golden ringlets. She observed
in Jwtli tho sntne close attention to their
ttudics, and as Mt^ry tarried within, during
he play time, so did Nelly ;and upon spoakHg
to her as she had*to ber sister, she revived
the same answer, UJ might tear my
iress"
The remark caused MissM to notice
the garb of her jtfater. She saw nt once that
t was of the same piece as Mary's and upon
keratinizing it very doeelv. she became cer
aiu that it was the same dress. It did not
U quite so pretty on Nelly, and it was too,
ong for her too, and she was evidently ill at
nue, when she noticed her teacher looking
it the bright pink flowers that were so thick
y set on tne white ground.
The discovery was one that could dot but
nteresta heart so benevolent as that which
misnted in the bosom of the--village school
eacher. She ascertained the residence of
iheir mother, and though sorely shortened
Sersvlf by n narrow parse, that same
ligkt, having found at the only store h. the
dace a few yards of tho same material, purposed
11 dress for little Nelly, and seut it to
icr in such a way that the donor could not
!>e detected.
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Very bright and happy looked Mary Gray
>n Friday morning, as she ontored the
Kshool at nn early hour. She waited only
to place her books in nonl order in her desk,
we, she approached Miss M? , and whlayering
in a voice that laughed in spite of hor
efforts to make it low and deferrental?wAf
ter this week sister Nelly is comiug to school
?very day, and oh, I am so glad !
"That I* very good now*," replied the
teiwher kindly- "Nelly U foud of her books*,
[ sco, end I am happy tOgknow that *be can
have on opportunity to study thom every
Jay." Then she oontinued, a little good ntiLured
piachief encirollng her ey^e -and dimpling
hor sweet lipa^?"Hut can your mother
ipare yon both conveniently !n
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happened alio didn't expoet, ntul she re^W
glad to have us como as we are to dq so."
She hesitated a moment, but her young
heart was filled to the^brim with joy, ana
when a child is happy, it is as natural to
tell thS cause as it is for a bird to ^warble*
when the sun shines. So out of ihoTulhiesdt
of her heart she spoke and told Iter teacher
this little story.
She and her sister weraitho only children of
a very poor widow, whomlifplth was so vuv<
implicate that it was almost impossible to supL
port herself and daughters. She was obliged
to keep them out of school all winter, because
the)* had no clothes to wear, but she told
vi anoviwv uiuunvr. pWt't'l WAS LJiC ITllirmur
of the mountain stream, as it wended its
way, now gilding gently over round smooth
pebbles, gloaming white in the reflected sunbeams
that glanced down upon the bosom of
the rivet let, as if in love with its peaceful
beauty, and then rushing to pierce some hid
den mystery (tint perhaps it might contain.
Then again, w ilh ? jmore gentlo flow, its
expanded surface lay spread out like a lake,
under the celestial view of the arch on high.
In that fait land two mortals journeyed,?
the one, a fair young boy, with noblo brow,
and clustering curls of sunny hue. One that
had jnst learned to look on flowers and sky
with a wild ioy?such as the hoart of chi'dhood
only knows, and to love the bright
beams of the morning sun, as thoy came
glancing-through the shady troes.
Ilia companion?an aged sire, whose whitened
locks and bended form contrasted
strangely with the fairness and sprigbtliness
of the boy. Sweet emblem of innoccnco and
happy childhood ! Methinks I sec him now,
as porcliauc? he *.? ?? ?! nside to east, a tiny
pebble in the quiet rill, or as lie stopped to
gather wild flowers, that grew in such profu
sion U|M>n its mossy bank, dreaming naught
ot sorrow, but happy in bis childish pursuits.
As
wsth pensive look tho "Father of the
Faithful" wont his way beside the "Child of
Promise," what thoughts?what varied
thoughts were his. That innocent, that artless
one, the pride, the joy, the solaco of his
declining years?roust he bo given upl
lie ibr whom iu imagination such a bright
career had beeu marked out?ho ho young,
so fair, so beautiful?he who had eo oft be
Iuiled hitu of his grief in many a sad, sad
our, and chafed back half his cares?must
hie ringing laugh and childish prattle be for*
ever hushed in death ? but for a moinom
did ho indulge in theee thoughts-?but a moment,
and all fear was chased away, for fus
faith was strong in the Lord.
In all his jottMreyings aoroutho sands of
worldly core, ho had ever bee? guided by an
uMceh hand. And new, while he guards
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ttlioy could earn enough by doing
rcsjfor tho neighbors to buy each of
tew dress, they might go in the
Very earnestly and very carefully
rded tho copper coins which usually
repaid them. They hud each nearly saved
enough to buy a new calico dress, when
Nelly was taken sick, and as the mother
had no money beforehand, lior own treasure
had to be expended in the purchase of medicine.
. *0, I did feel so bad when school opened
and Nejly could not go," said Mary. "I
told mother 1 wouldn't go either, but she
said 1 had better, for 1 could tench si?ter
some and it would be better than no schooling.
I stood it for n fortnight, but Nelly's
little face seemed all the ?ime looking at ine
on the way to school,#and I couldn't be happy
a hit, so I finally thought of a way by
which we could both go, and I told mother I
would come one day, and the next I would
lend Nelly my dress and sho might come,
and that's the way wo have done this week.
But last night, don't you think somebody
sent sister a dress just like mine, and now site
can como too. O, if I only knew who it was,
I would {?et down on my knees and thank
them, and so would Nelly. But we don't
know, and so we've done all wo could for
them?tpe'ce prayed for (hem?and O, Miss
M , wc aro all so glad now. Ain't vou
too!"
"Indeed I am," was tho emphatic answer.
And when on tho following Monday, little
vr.it.. .i- . ' ? .
iiciijr, in me new pitiK urcss, entered tlie
school-room, her face radiant ns a rose in sunshine,
and approaching the teacher's table,
exclaimed, in tones as musical its those of a
freed fountain, "I am going to school every
day. and O, I am so glad !
Miss M felt if she had never done
before, that it is more blessed to give than receive.
Millionarc, when he saw his name in
public prints, lauded for his thousand dollar
charities, was never so happy as the poor
school-teacher who wore her gloves half a
summer longer than she ought, and thereby i
saved enough to buy that little fatherless girl
a calico dress.
From tho Wuverloy Magazine.
I be Of fc (ring.
by ida i.a VOX.
' Tub morn was up again"?the dewy
morn, Beauty, loveliness,rand joy were written
upon the fair face of Nature. Each tiny
leaflet sparkled in the clear sunlight, and
bright dew-drops were weaving webs o'or
shrub and flower. The merry songsters were
warbling forth tlu-ir joyful songs in strains
?r ??,i^ c" . ? i
the sacred tlamo within his bosom, ho is not i
forsaken of Hi in who gave that spark of celestial
fire.
Twice had tlie traveller seen the morning
snu gild the hill-top, since they had loft
their charmed retreat-^-that hallowed home
of peace and love. And 4?ain, for the third
lime, ^thr golden glorv of the morning
dawned upon their pilgrimage, when, lo!
in tho distance they behold the place of sac
rince?Monali.
4^v\lono upon tl?o mount went tho (Wilier
and the son, and thore they built tho nltnr,
and placed the wood thereon. And then
tl?e little one raised his soft blue eye, until
it met his father's earnest gaze, and with
happy look, said,
"father! alt is now ready but tho lamb!.
Where is the Iamb, my father, lor tho offering
r. t i
Can pen desctibc the pangs that opproased
that father's heart, as ho murmured.
' My son, God will provido himself n
lamb!" And then, with trembling hands,
lie placed upon the wood his only son. He
raised the knife?a moment more?and the
souiof his idol would have winged its flight
to iieavanIv climes, to bloom amid tho spirit
paradise. When, lo ! a voice, "Stay, Abraham,
stay thy hand ! The fear of God in
with thev:?thou hast not withheld thy son,
thino only son, from me ! And then tho father
raised iiis eyes, and saw the Iamb that
God had prepared for a burnt-offering.
And for tho undying faith of that fond
parent, God gave him such a bjessing as never
man received?that his should bo
multiplied as the stars of the Heaven, and
iu him should all the nations of the earth be
blest.
As they travelled homeward froin Jehovnlk-iir
f?l
J I ""b""! HIWMJj.lW.
were theirs ! Thoughts, glowing with love
and gratitude to High Heaven. And as,
after weary watching, the mother at las',
clasped her boy to hor breast, what gratitudo,
what joy, filleA her heart!
And then the three were bowed before the
throne pf grace, and each soul was wrapped
in sacrodjoy, as the thanksgivings of gratcfu
If hearts ascended on High.
And ho whojhad thus been snared, was ever
their dearest joy and pride, for his father's
(Jod was hi-sTTJod, and his father's faith was
also the fifth of?tiie offering.
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It is curious to some to note how people's
ideas for preparation for this species of
amusement vary. Mozeand Lizc"take a notion"
to each other. Mozo buys a second hand
bedstead, three wooden chairs, a table, a
small looking glass and a light stand, while
Lize provides a hen feather bed, four sheets
and two coverlets, a table cloth, six towels,
some little minor arrangements, with a disposition
to make the best of everything forthwith
; two dollnrs arc paid for the minister's
| blessing upon their joint adventure on liouseI
keeping; the scene whereof is a three story
back room, with a seveh-by uine chamber attached
where the first baby is born before
| either parent is of age. Mr. Connt-the-cost,
on the other hand, never thinking of the matter
until he is thirty, courts Miss Prudence
for fourteen years, perpetually putting otl"
the "happy day," because he hadn't got
quite enough to buy a five storied marble
front on Style st., and furnish two suits of
recent inn nv>in? in olmnp nml uili-m
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I ing (for such Acquisition) to wait until both
| arc too old?almost to be glad the suspense
is ended. They got tho big house, have a j
j grand wedding, a grout many enemies, a;
few friends, and no children. After two!
I sumptuous funerals, and a long lawsuit, tho
| property is at length equally divided between
the "Timbuetoo Female Moral Reform
j Association" nud tho lawyers, who contest
the will iu behalf of a blind cousin, who
tights it on the ground of "insanity," alleging
tli? long courtship of tho parties as evidence
thoroof. The cousin being at length
; ruined, tho "Timbuetoo" directors compromise
by paying the opposing counsel's fees
and costs, and tho marble front, with all it*
belongings, is converted into cash. Ten
years afterwards the books of tho sexton,
and the stone in the cemetery, are tho only
records of the existence of Mr. Count-the-cost
and his forgotten bride. Funny world, very.
? ?FTr'.i
From tho Wnvorley Magazine.
Jhe ftiabt ftinS of a iliife.
"Wnx, Annabel, I suppose I must hunt
up a girl for you, to morrow ; mna'nt I 1"!
sakl Edward Hamilton to bin young bride,
a* he reined up hi* horse before a neat, cosy
little cottage?their future home.
"Hunt up a girl ! What do you mean 1"
"Why, got iMfirl to do your housework ;
for surely yonfau't do it aloue, without sonic
help."
"Fie! t can do the little work which we
shall have, my. I know something else, he
sides waltzing and playing the piano, Kdward,"'
Annabell gaily answered ; a bright
smile lighting up her expressivo foaturos.
"But what will the neighbors say t You
j will lose caste."
\ "1 am sure T d?>nt know what they will
say; and as for casts, t don't belong to any
' such society or order," ' V
mil I'll I
"Well, you inay do an vou pleruo, I only
thought it would be making it t!?c more
easy for you to have a girl to do tho lioutowork,
instead of doing it yourself; and then
we could have more time to ourselves for
our enjoyment."
"Wetvill have plenty of time anyway?
for you will be at you^businoss all day, and
then we can spend the evenings as we please;
for all the day's work will bo done, then. It
will be a help to you, also, for you've just
commenced business and need every cent
that you can spare."
I.l 11,1 ,
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rncrs and others the execution ot' the stiingcnt
law there is in that State aguunst killing
such birds. We have a siniilariaw in this
State, and we trust our farmers will see rigidly
to the prosecution of all breakers of it.
Their coming crop will reap the benefit of
sparing the little birds.? Ilurtford Con rant.
a o o o s t o u.
A certain friend of ours, whose urbanity
and good fellowship 'have won him a host
of admirers, amused a company a few evenings
since, with the following anecdote,
which is too good to Iks lost. 8., n Captain
of a new and elegant packet on the Champlain
Canal, was spending a few days, one
winter, at Montreal, and to '"kill time went
into the theatre one evening. During the
performance the orchestra l?egan playing
''Cod save the Queen.' An important, con- j
sequential looking personage, hustled around !
the theatre, touching oue with his cane, and :
motioning to another, all the time saying j
"hats oft", gentleman, hats oil', our national
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air.
Presently ho approached Captains S., who
is a diminutive specimen of tho genu* hotno,
and called out to nim,"hat off, sir, our' national
air !" The Lilliptian captain infused,
when tho very consequential busybody, with !
a sweep of his cane knocked tho Captain's
hat upon the ttoor. There was a giami rush,
the flashing, of a bright blade, and ci hee of a
"tight, a fight;" but the bystanders intoifored,
and tho parties stood, glaring at each,
other like wild beasts. Captain 8. remarked,
?.t .1.-11 i ..?, .
A 911*11 KIMMV jUU KWbli Hint! WO lllVt'lj^lUI |
was hurried off to prison. In the aQtng j
! following,Captain S., was pacing the deck!
| of bis beautiful packet, r? slio lay at lM?r j
wharf, at Whitehall.
The "United States" had just arrived from
House's Point, with passengers hound for
Saratoga, New York, Jre. The Captain eyed
the party sharply, and among them recognized
his Montreal acquaintance. I!e pro- J
cceded nt once to the leader of the band, or-1
tiered him, as soon tis the boat was in motion, j
to strike tip ' Hail Columbia " and nfter that I
"Yankee Doodle." The order was obeyed, j
and the Captain appeared on deck swinging
a huge bludgeon. As soon us the first note
of Yonkco Doodle had been sounded, he
CaHed out, "hat* off, gentlemen, hats off,
our national air!"
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jyiiu so cnuea inc conversation.
Tho truth Was, Edward llani i! ton was
greatly disappointed in his wife?agreeably
disappointed, dear reader. She was a gem
ill tho rough, he snid a day or two afterwards
; for she could bake and scrub, as well
, as waltz and play the piano. She was n good
[ wife in every sense of the word ; and think
j not that hero ended ull her perfections, tor
she was highly refined, and possessed great
intellectual powers. She could entertain in
the parlor, as well as work in the kitchen ;
and before tho waning of the honey-moon,
Edward Hamilton came to tho conclusion,
that ho had found th- right kind of a wife.
He spent his evenings at home, around
his own fireside?while Annabel would reach
to him his favorite books ; thus endearing
him to the place which we should most fondly
revere.
lioi.AXTIlK.
Siot'f ^i111 toSii'Os.
As Spring advances, our youthfiif Ximrods
feel tlie influence strong upon them to
pop away their old fowling pieces at the
birds. Not that lliey want them for food?
not that they do not relish their songs?but
simply to gratify their innate propensity to
destruction that marks our Yankee youth.
Hut wc beg the boys to refrain. The little
birds arc becoming alarmingly scarce in
the vicinity of Hartford. We say alarmingly?for
tho armies of the palmer worm, caterpillar,
and canker worm are alarmingly on
the increase. The little birds are the farmer's
best friends. Tfiev destroy tho bugs
and the worms that infest his crops and his
orcliaids. The blackbird may occasionally
root up a few hills of corn, but ho daily gath
era more insects as lie travels over the ncwly
ploughed fields, than all the corn is worth
which he destroys, ten times over. The
robin may take a tew of your spare cherries,
hut he is only hiking pay for the worms ho
swallows, which would liavo made your garden
a desolate waste. The farmer cannot
do without the little birds. They are his
best friends. We have no doubt that the
Into ravages of various insects are owing to
the wholesale destruction of their enemies i
tho birds.
So important is this subject considered by ,
Agriculturists, that the Secretary of the j
Board of Agriculture in Massachusetts, Mr.;
Flint. ll?s n rironlnr nrifiiirr iirwin fiir- 1
His Montreal friend did not heed him,
when round came the bludgeon, and away
went the Montreal gentleman's hat into the
Canal. The gentleman wns itulfgnaht? got
mad?blustered awfully?but Captain 8.
was cool. "Perhaps you don't know met
( am the man whose hat you knocked otf,
last winter in Montreal. Clad to see you.'k
' Quite right, Captain, very right I have a
bottle of the genuine below ; come down and
wo will pass receipt*.
J o hi $1 o o i* c. *
Alluding to Toin Moore, Mr. Irving saul
that he took extraordinary pains with all ho
wrote. lie used to compose his poetry walking
up and down a gravel wWk in his gard&U
and when he had a line, a couplet, or a
stanza polished in his mind, he would go to
i little summer house hy nnd wWte it
down. He used to think' ten lines a good
day's wjrk, and would keep the little poem
by him for weeks, wailing for n single word.
On one occnsion he was riding with Mr.
Moore in a cab in l'aris, and the driver care-1
llesdy drove into a hole in the pavement*
which gave the vehicle a tremendous jolt.?
Moore was tossed aloft, and on regaining his
seat exclaimed: "By Jove! I've got u."?<
"Got what ?" said his companion, in some
alarm. "My word," was the reply. "I
have been trying for it these six weeks, and
| now that rascal ha6 jolted it out of mo."?
On reaching his room, Moore inserted the
word, and immediately despatched the finished
song to the publisher in London.?
L"Moore," added Mr. Irving," was a most
captivating companion, and the sweetest bab
lad singer I ever heard. No orie could forI
get him that heard him sing.
imiktj llfuiniij.
t\ o in c 0 Co idc \ o C h lr i p i.
FROM A TRACT BY RKV. DR.ri.CMER.
Repentance will come, live, as you nr'ay*/
Either you will repent in time, and turn tor
l God, and accept Christ, and save your soul*
j or you will repent forever in despair. No
men repent so bitterly, so long, so hopelessly,'as
those who oil earth make a mock at sin,
and slight the otters of redeeming grace.
Their eternity is spent in fruitless lamentations
over their own wickedness and folly.There
is a madness in sin which has never
been fully explained. No mortal bits ever
solved the whole mystery of iniquity. Why
will you die ?
This life is a vapor that soon vanishes afcayv
but the next life has no cud. All the larg1
ost thoughts of endless duration erer formed
by man fall infinitely below tho truth.
Suicide uiay be oallod in to aid a poor, godless,
sinner out of this world, but it can not
help him out of eternity. Annihilation,
sometimes hoped for by the wicked on earth,
shall bring no cup of forgetfulncss to lost
souls in hell. While seraphs sing, while
saints rejoice, the despiser of tho gospel
must lie in sorrow, and mourn with a perpetI
ual mourning, and say. "How have I hated
instruction, and my heart despised re-*
proof, and my teachers, nor inclined mine
ear to them that instructed inc.1'
And all this loss and ruin areas unnecessary
as they arc terrible. The calls of the tfustiel
could uot be more kind, or free, or urgent
thru they are. Listen, to a few of tliem
"Come new, nnd let us reason together, saith
the Lord : though your sins be as scarlet
they shall be as white as snow : though they
bo red like crimson, they shall be as white
as wool/' IIo, every one that thirstcth,
come yo to the waters, and he that hath no
njoncy come ye to the waters, buy and oat;
yea, come, buy wine and milk without money
and without j?riee." Listen, too, to the very
words of Christ, while he was on earth;
"Come unto mo, all yo that labor and are
heavy laden, and 1 will give you rest. Take
my yoke upon- you, and learn of me: for I
am meek and lowly of heart; nnd yo shall
find rest uuto your souls. For iny yoke is
easy, and my burden is light."
"iliin that cometh to me I will in no wise
cast out;" and, "if any man thirst, let hiin
come unto me and drink." Even after Christ
| had ascended to heaven ho sent out the
! Mime bles*?d offer* In -his own name .* ''liehold,
1 stand at the door and knock : if any
man hear iny voice, and open the door, L
will come into him, and will sup whh him
and he with mo," "And tlio Spirit aud the
Bride SAV. Coinc I and let llim that hnnr
[oth My, Como; and lot him that is
athirst come. Any whosoever will, let him
tako the water of life froely." "Kis? tho Son,
lost he bo angry, and ye pertllif from the
way."
will you accept those gracious offers?
Have you no heart to lovo tho l<ord Jesus.
Christ and ftoar^K) him ? Im n-?l iwide. or
uhlrelief, or love of the world, or sinful shame,
or anything elso keep you away from .Christ.
iirooter grace, freer uicroy, richer blessings .
never wero oftnrod. MaRre tk?-ro yours by
yielding to God, by iv flouncing all sin, and
| by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. Come,
O, cotuo toCftiwt.
iMKuam, however rough, W better than
sunxrfh ifWIiuulation.
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