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nW.nilUA. S.C.. FRIDaInOVKMReR 20. 1872.
OLD SKRIES, VOL; V.-NO. 220.
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i Viaitui.
ue of
the v
at* nriviteges is but wlUoin lieuiuU,
^ by the moat Olitenrte.
rtadik aflmit thoJiuiporUi^e of
jivailiag tbeuiselvea of th0a|?yii»
theory uo sectOar bl«f*uiig cuu onto*
pmp with that of a ^ood aduwtiou,
end vet many are not influenced
a««t i«^ucp
ive
that the
this fi<$ i
wealth is W
Thle pannHiti for dresui and dk«tU.> i«
PWflj on the inctmm, and ooner*
quently mau> ohrieUan duUe* «f aif «
benevolence an ignored. Maaim am
inndequnte—Um chri^iao
elaborate toilet requifiMi ei
•he qm CDinmiuid i Um* m
I
fiefesitndeB,
end curia nmuif«d m
•fill and becoauog aanner*]
Wbeu Dr. Judeon prencheti to ib«
heathen of Hu^mah be found the
•nine inherent ~t#ni|jr and love ef
pereonul decoration ae etrong char
actor Utica of the women there ne In
more enlightened oooatriee. They
«*«*tod tJheir fined ne» for unnwieo tal
with
if the Moot It—4dm
r a stroll thrangh it
• brtaf Ieoh teen ito
M ( tm i
with IfcU am etui to
hnee nothing to ngoel
iton Virginia.* I
tore it to him if
ihoaiaoi. or «n| ho la j
What If theii
nut leauNiM will* nil
lag with (ham t W|
i What
him ai
are hot to he
re
will
Mhmeats are requi
by nor all of Umw,
for living,
chair to all
devoted to the re!ti ratios
lolly
—* —* — sr
t man
on.
fro®
AbK
S»d
^oesdiwr*
l#f»^
Aft'
hUui
ble, its enjoy
ment* «*» Ed
i^rTBaneirt!' % ^Bte lalKlfcmen^ aud
they do l^ idteinot to cbntrovert it j
btft to h/too ttaliy other insthnees,
tot do theory «»d practice conflict!
We shall not' attempt to show- that
sftosa<ifeu'ee practically sway some
nstores, uotwithstandiitheir ecu
vittions, but we shall look at some
of the reasons more frequently ad-
vfflced than any other, by this class
of tttdivkliaflMto why they dnu not
avail themselves of the advantages
Prorfctence has so innnificcntly placetl
intbeir way.
The *re»t expense of a gtxxl educa-
tios is urged as a reason why
dnfktefh, at least, should be denied
snA »privilege—yes, snch a righW
Ihey readily admit its importance
ml necessity, but their limited cir-
canstattces preclude them from such
beseCts. Parents with moderate
nma^ they say, can not defray the
ioivyhills eontracted by daughters
at s boarding school. We would
simply ask if snch exorbitant ex
penses are the inseparable concomi
tants of a good education f What
occasions billa of such enormous
proportions! The aim of all well-
regulated schools should be to pro-
note aimalifitr at »«*» ^|i»p
hut are they sustained ia this T5y
parents and pupils f We know that
gome persons, who arc anxions to
place these benefits within the reach
of as many as possible, have endeav
ored to proportion the expenses to
tie means of those who possess only
a moderate portion of this world’s
goods. What, then, occasions bills
of such magnitode f Vonng ladies
who are obliged to nsi: economy in
order to obtain an edajftation at all,
seem to be of opinion that it is abso-
latdy essential for them to present
a« handsome and showy an api>ear-
«m» as possible, aud consequently
strain every nerve to compete with
those whose superfluity of wealth
«naWe« them to gratify every capri-
cioas whim of fashion, or every
dwtote of a perverted taste. In
®wy instances pareuts may see the
»a and folly of this, but have, they
ti>e#arage to deny the innumerable
demands of their daughters t Have
either mothers or daughters the
moral courage to brave popular
opinion, and to despise the snper-
cihous airs of those whose lack of
mental culture leads them to place
‘ach an undue value upon the out-
w <wd appearance? A^e they will-
in g to weaT the simple attire that is
• M, st adapted to the position in which
,r ‘Jd has placed them 7 Do they not
11 rallrer aspire, or 1 desperately
>tra ?gie to imitate the class for
^oo they Should really feel only a
benevolent pity ? This can not be
onied, and this, we are pretty well
GOBdnced, occasions a large propor-
tlo n of the expense of a boarding
^nool education.
not ^ *«d profoundly mor
J * T 'ogthatwe should be sneb slaves
0 *hat onr judgment' so severely
wndemngi Are we ndt all pretty
convinced that Christian women
!° 10 aD extreme in the matter of
{ J m in ^ese days of almost uni
^degeneracy 7 Is it necessary
f ‘ J<U th - v should emulate the world
snch an extent ? WHat Christian
^JgftUon * 8 Jaid upon them to make
;‘ rsor >al adornment the almost ex
( , n ^ e a ’ m afi d object of their exist-
att» a ^ re8 I )6c t d°° a their
wnriu ^ from that of the ra««t
don y aevot ^ 8 <* fashion7 Wo
vouM an asceticism ft hat
ta*^f ? at)8titute sackcloth for neat,
and becoming costume.—
d , I l!! neW8 * lty t0 ran froni a
hot. . “ c 10 a ridlcnlona one;
hihiti ^ d ° not be,ieve tlmt tbe P™*
f'<n»itv r'?' 1 '. forbids world, y con -
thinir exte . n ^ 8 to all those outward
are u m wllicb oar corrupt natures
. * e to lead us to extremes,
ip tU Ve , 0ng deplored this extreme
tro«*i!Ji ,n * tia l n chnrch i and have
whither we were drifting.
O
foutol il neemamry to iwtoirad U
the nixratoUo toj—ciiera, mmI
wafda made U a eotoHtoott of church
membership that a wemau should m
willingly reliuqniah tow nruamrnU
for Christ’s soke, as to give up father,
mother, houses and lamia, if Ilia
providential dispensation demanded
th# sacrifice, Kven the heathen wo-
men saw the propriety of Una, and,
•H most uisUuoaa, laid aside all
superfluities of Ureas. In a >ahort
time, however, they saw a mission
•ry lady deoorated in a manner that
they thought iucunaistout with Mcnp- Him
turai requirements, and the ellect Ood
upoa them waa very iujurnais. I to*
Ditosiouary women then under Dr.
Jmisou's influence immediately stm
plified their attire. Deeply feeling
the necessity of a reformation in this
particular, Dr. Judson addressed a
solemn ami thrilling letter to the
Christian women of Amorim on the
subject. It was pabltnbed in tract
fortu, aud large numbers circulated
extensively over the country, in
order to do as much good as poaai
ble. Its most affectionate and touch
ing admonitions were disregarded,
and we see tbe coqsequene* to day
ill a greater devotion than ever to
what that truly excellent man
thought a more serious obstacle to I baml
his success among tbe heathen wo I into
- rK*. -tof
said, “She is joined to her idoia—let o* tfc
to*
hr., t.,
I
art to
nd t {■• **
Win,
iflH
wish
lad to
l*Unl and
pttodtod religion to what to moat
Xo fault is fmtod with any
it in aay «f cm
iManf
•wtoht,
maty,
tela
itom w
•that kg sashing
moat abandoned.i
is “a nsNsl aa«
(ton “to
sins.* Mtototers
need to tomm awn
bn whole Mnd Bo
« fc—. I K
mu™' mwraemri
the enros
moo to a
manor he m the
If
hrw tho main thing
| wtfl amaro an mrusst
it wdl man Bast itself in
•a: this
The akj, whether madded with
Ib4o of j toan or bung ia gold and pur
others pie, or on* asniw told over which
"tfcrjr that | the ana wheals his glowing conrar.
I hnt 1 iwwwents always a glonona,
illy • very ntraonhasr)
sure. Not one, Uit two suns arr
there . aud in the Aretie rcgioaa, as
if to rompensate the long facwiods
when their ahms are toA to perrmtnal
night, there are wwnetimes three
sway to bn!!taut rivalty, and
of tight on
n>*
aalvi
to il
n
The
and it
iw nail
In the ehwreh at O
those aha had I
adn)tef«n%
Itof |H
hind j thurras,
* i m»ci wjipr r* . ftoni
f ltoStoJhihWfi Is ##*-*•*> mit
wtetr^w* Sw v 9 WBwsEf!
thaws, and they ewci
her alone T
34. R. 8. [ ‘brw
over
uil W IrMiBim m j fima
wV* ams ijnseiS ^y hW 1 ?
iron el each Dat »f hftoMBe to sate HmrtHng icebergs and the diw^
the “whtof at sinners,! ta “toatt the wtotea of anew. Tet though there
right wvre sot three, bnt a hundred suns,
only one of them could to a tone sun.
The <*bets. which arc produced by
a peculiar state of the atmdlptor^
hnag tli,nigh bright, yet mere im
age*, *re ai.aiogoua, to borrow a
tllummimn, to the multi
that shine on the stiver
i of a reflector As with
*» *o »* it with the various
•yatems of the world. Ttoy
; namlwre*! not tiy nniu,
Almost every new
that voyager* have dia
baa, with new (reft, and
flowers, and new aaimala, pre
• new form Of Cattk The
hold all tto gods that mrTL iof
fashion able city. On tbe op|>osite
walk panasd s genlkenon tonring on
his bowed shoulder a cross indeed.
Behind him followed s rabble of
thoughtless boys, crying, “fluncfaio,
what will you take for your pack!”
“Bay, where did yon get such a
pretty hump T “Is it not a beauty
though r I caught a gtance of stead-
fnnt yet suffering eyes; a pale yet
Arm face; lips that uttered no word
or pain; aud 1 knew
I
honor to stand by his side and tell
the cruel crowd how fair and perfect
a soul their black souls derided aud
endeavored to injure,—a martyr
whose cross was, even here, his
crown.
I heard a man fearlessly asserting
wbst he frit to to an important truth,
while the multitude scoffed, or, with
a cruel pity, talked aside of the fool
toh eccentricity that would bear ridi
cwle, atmae, and toss of worldly place
tor a priori|but few acknowledged
and only tto uupo}»olar anp|N>rted ;
and la my heart 1 crowned him ling!
lie dared to do right for the right's
aaka, and preferred a Li\ mg martyr
‘torn to a turning aside from the
“thus sank tto laird*’ of his own
with mam
m flans sod
M am 1 hobs *««ld ahmhler fl tto tlmwght
fdam f «f hawing warh pmnBifl. who had
tor
lb
jI HfiMfi I
ww
ermwtry
%rfil»d and leave the aharch
tats
kttork
For the Lutheran Visitor.
Roanoke College
In view of the vigilauce and activ
ity of their friends in behalf of aitni
lar institutions, it ia truly strange
that so little is said and done in tbe
interest of Bonnoke College. If any
marked success or embarrassing re
verse befall the public institutions of
onr land, some friend is found to
chronicle tbe event, and make snch
use of it as shall abate a misfortune
or torn a snccess to good account.
This is just as it should to.
Roanoke has commenced this sea
sion with the largest number of stu
dents ever in attendance wpon its
opening exercises. In spite of the
puny endeavors of a few disappoint
ed individuals to make tbe imprea
sion upon the public mind that It is
a sectarian institution, sixteen State#
I thou
good
wuri
tod
shall
shall
Wto
Pfcjt
•tfr
Adm
UhU
Life ta too abort and ton v
to to frittered away la vanity. Kvrry
wise and oobleminded man will
have some object tor whirl* to live*
and will make the attainawot of
that ot^ect tto grand egbrt of kta
life. Merely to exhfl; to cat, ta
drink, to sleep, to he a
a cer-
al the
iLmi mlnnHamv V\ hew
tmw woman, wb
tmaa v *wr i jjvmflt, aat at
ter* fret, old htmon, tto
wan very wiorh
aald ; “Thu man, if he wvrc a proph
et, would have known who sad what
n* a ft a* r nl ■ im im this I# that ft
eth him, few she la a rianet * Jeans
hi miwn ekMifled ha Lb# anlvatvoa of
“the chief of si antra* than la the
aalvntion of those that tto world
call* good and rcaptwflnhhr people.
“To whom little vs forgiven the
name lot eth little.* 1‘ani woald
never have toea the prea*tor and
apoatle to was had ht not town a
persecutor sad uijwnowa John Han
yaw woald never have toea the
i |*rearhrr he was had ha not werw.
•nd not a pvtidacrr; to enjoy tto I |W ^Uma bhwphemtng wrcteh
fruitw of other mens’ tabor*, and «fl«» | which to wna Both of f tone having
nothing to tto
•toed of h«*
to to • Ming, to occupy tto posit ion
of tto beast# that perish, ta paaving
strange. To “leave no footprints oa
tbe sands of time; * to have Hved n
useless, barren, unproductive life, is
what no Christian ought to oooarat
to. Hia Hfe» la n life* hid with Chfiet
in God—is tto higtout type of H#e—
and ought to to crowned with tto
grandest aud noblest achievements.
To have it than crowned, to mnwt
have the glory of God la vmw, as
tbe abject of hia tih, sad should
pursue tto promotion of that object
with diligence, ouselflshanm sad ear
neatness. No man ever aucompllshea
anything, either good or great, who
ia not wholly la earnest. 2hr mrmtai
Kfli
Hia soul is on ire, ( sod to yearns
few the miration of Matters and tto
glory of God. He la forgetful of
self. To have men praise the ele
gance of hia diction and the power
of bis eloquence, is not aw object
with him. The condition of the an
converted einoev affects hts heart.
When to thinks of him rejecting
“the grace of God that hringeth
ration * stopping hia ear to the calls
of mercy, hardening hia heart to tto
appeals of love, and “treasuring up
are represented here by yonng meu ma „ weal ami happiness, ia. law ami
of all the Protestant denominations ignotde. flow a man endowed with
of the country, as wel! as the pre reason and immortality can
tended old mother of us all, tbe
Catholic Church, and yet each feels
as free and easy as if he were in tto
bosom of his own chnrvh institution.
Such is the habit and foaterinu care
of the College over all its stndents,
that all alike enjoy its parental min
ist rations.
The morals, health and intelleetnal
cultivation of each, without any re
gard whatever to hi# religious pre
possessions, is the object of pan*
mount concern with those who govern
Roanoke. Familiar with the work
ings of the institution, and posse**
ing ordinary acquaintance with siini
lar institutions throughout the coun
try, wo are sore we hazard nothing
in affirming that superior advantages
are. afforded by none, and equal by
very few.
Advantageously located with re
spect to railroad and telegraphic self. To have n*et^inst«e the d
communication with every part of
the country; in the very imsorn of a
community unsurpassed in its high
social and moral qnallties; prover
bial for its healthtnlness; and with
out a rival in the natural and artistic
beauties of its immediate and re
mote surroundings, it is tbe very
place to mould and fashion tbe minds
and hearts which are to give charac f«r himself wrath against the day of
brew forgive* much loved tbe four
much Tto m*a, tto*, that m earn .
ew€ 1* his ksdriV work, **4 wishes
to secant tto higtowt glory far tto
Bav star ftfl sfiiMawa^ win to Mito la
ooumcvmm^—living up_t4»
4lP*ea him
"hoi did our Saviour uiean by
cross bmrmg, by s*df denial 7 Surely
not that we take ujsjn ourselves
nteMrm jienatioe as a badge of dis
clpfrship. But were we not, through
his r tw helping us, to Uki up in
tin” |>sih of duty every burden that
came to us, toedlm* of the worlds
acorn «r apfKoval 9—to patiently
l«ear any mark of individual need at
which tto world might deride, not as
a personal honor or dishonor, but be
cause God so willed it !—seeking to
know all his wrlU, aud, kuowiug.
j obey the call to take up our cross
and follow alter him who was des
pised and rejected of men 7—/to
ship. Yet. though greater in number. Famfy Re,.c.
•ad much greater ia essential dif , Inve to God, the pnm iplc of reli
frrcoers than tto rmtmoi auiakind— ; gion, rating in tto heart, will mani-
few, dtffrrtag in color and contour aa fast Itself in every relation. Its in
the negro and tto white ansa do, floeace ia tto family , and thereby on
Um eotmt>un!flflr t la invaluable. It
has been wisely said that if our
churches were dosed, aud then 4 were
no magistrates, religion in the family
would preserve the community.
See tlie household at their occus
tomed devotions. The Hocnticc of
prayer and |>nu»e devoutly offered
at tto* domestic altar is more than
ceremony. It is higher than duty,
higher than privilege. It is com
iuutitug with God. The Holy Spirit
shed# the oil of gladness on them.
Tliey arc strcngthciiw! by grace for
the necessary duties of life; in the
spirit of prayer they go to their daily
work ; in humble confidence in God,
they cxjicct aud find His blessing
abiding with them.
Here is a fountain of holy influences
“I am willing U> tour tto cross of which may Im #1 way# full aud flow-
Christ.* Is the fre«|Ufn! testimony of, ing Christian parents, it devolve*
affection is added to natural affec
tion. The more these are multiplied
in the community, tbe greater the
iufluenoe of godliness in the nation.
Unconverted men feel that it is a
protection to them to have praying
families for neighbors. Often from
this consideration have they been led
to begin religious lives.
Ghrisriafi pareuts, will you im
prove your opportunity to honor God
in your family f Will you be, by
fore your household, and also your
religious services, witness yoar high
purpose.—Zion'i Herald.
Tto Honey and the Gold.
There is no way of feeding upon
the Word except by thinking well
over it Perhaps no learned scholar
ever attained a deeper insight into
the real spirit of God’s truth than a
l*oor widow, who, in her penary,
allowed herself still the one luxury
of a half-hour’s caudle light after her
toilsome day was done, that she
might read her preekms Bible. Ex
perience had taught her hew far it
would burn in a half hour. So it was
her custom to light it for a few mo
ments, and read such a |notion as
she thought she could remember,
aud then blow ont her light, and
think it over. Ho she continued to
do until the mark on her candle was
reached. Barely such meditations,
joined with humble prayer, could not
fail to extract the pure honey from
this precious honeycomb. Tbe joy of
that evening feast more than made
amends for all the day’s ills. Sbe
lived the troths she had thus made
her own, and was truly said to be
“mighty in the Scriptures,*
Another
had walked by tbe steady light of
her old familiar Bible for a long life
time, found that her failing eyesight
could serve her no longer. She could
not find Lit fyvfHife nartjftiffip*! fey
ffWMlIUP
muy in the margin opposite them,
and when any one came to visit her
she woald pass her withered fingers
down the page, and beg them to
in Adam ; God having
Mood all tto families of
tto earth—among ttoae many relig
Isas there hi bat mm true, tto rest
.I. fm. 1 AfeiM, &•— 1 mm # fin m msma miirrlh- mamsMan awff
in* WHNtoiMM M IBrtllHlCI Mini Of
•« Alette sky. Far as God la one,
i mth Is ooa| sad though tto tea*
stay to Mqmrmted from tto false by
a lam aa sharp aa tto edge of a
maur, still they stand as IrrccoariUble
a* If they were parted by tto whole
distance of the pole*. There lie
WmnkiJi many^
bat one tna God; even so there arc
many faiths sad form# of religion,
sad yet bat on* “pore and undented
tw'fewe G»*l •-(/•Are.
tto aslyatki* of “tto chief of whs.
nerw* as well as af those who are
honcat and rcopretabte. Why sboaUI
wot atl to earaeot la the aalvathsa of
Soalaf W to eaa aaderctand I to
worth of a anal 9 Wto can under
stand what is tavolv*4*Aa its lows 9
Think af that which
the image of Gad
created la
wearing
l«e«*fomiiig rhriwtlsn# when ttoy ri«e
in the dam room, where a few are
spending sa boor of rest and united
refreahaMHit, prrhafwi thinking this
sacred delight aa net of Ghrietiao
self denial.
Aa earnest minister of tto word,
one whoae look# were growing white
ta tto Master's service, lately said,
la speaking of an unpopular cause,
“It Is eaoagti for aw to bear tto re-
Ibr tlkMHtt. a Ornbi A tb. <«ll) !«-«•'> <* «” Wlowrr
rut» ot lb. ImotLiTII, <* rkriM.* “TV, nvrarbr my
ter to this great country for all time
to come. A gentleman i>o##e««ing a
high degree of intellectual eultiva
tion, and refined ta«te, said to the
writer a short time since, If he had
a son to educate, tbe surroundings of
Roanoke, would in advance of auy
acquaintance with its educatJcnal
capacities dispose him to try it
Another, high in public esteem, sad
wroth end revelation of tto right
eon# judgment of God," like Foul at
Athens, his “spirit Is stirrod within
him ;• sod there Is no ssertflea to Is
not willing to make, and no labor to
Is not willing to endure, to save
each a soul from death. Can a man
who la a measure compvwtoads what
is Involved in tto loss of tto soal,
sad whom* bnsioca* It Is to anew soais.
rains af tto loot soal, af tto
power# blasted, of the town smsilwti
tie# tortured, of the high expects*
lion# disappointed, of tbs noble vea
Ml wrecked, of tto IBM that tto
gjaiy and honor of CM
ami what right toarted
think of ttoas without a eh adder f
ii sue* interests arc BnnNVwnu arc
tainty oorraspoBdiag earnestness to
nrevnit till h # direful niLuironlM*
pv# #. # v Itr Mass*-’ SS m# WBSS #^S SBS We^^WBW* W^S
drtnsoded. How Mroute that men
should to ookl snd tame ia ttotr
work! That ttoy should present
the rcmady provided fear saving loot
soais as If they had ao eonfldeace la
It! If men themselves can attest
the saving power af tto Maod af
JflBfe af Ma wtfllifiHMB sad ability
to save, ttoy sorely oagbt, coefl
slain 11 m Aiut rttsuof I n: swamiBaanosn*! t’lhJMMa
toothers. Tto great demand in tto
pulpit today is a fulaeas of the Holy
Ghoet to aroaas, to ex rile, to stiroo
hUe. Hslflahweas and aalf righteous
osee are the curse of theas tiaMsa
Itsre ami imaaf nil tor thsii tbe
souls of amo, and tto glory of God,
with too many, seem to to tto all
atoorbiog thought
tto faith Is not to bt
ia
>2
of ITirist.* “The lepra* h r my
heart answered him, though my lips
wars dumb. Was there ever a royal
csown mote rich aod bonorslile 7—
ever aught of earth to to compared
with sneb s badge of heir ship to
“an inheritance incorruptible 7" “But
tto world oft time# sneers !* Yes;
bat ia soeeriog respects ? Aod were
It otherwise, Is It hot written, “If a
man love the world, tto love of the
Father ia not in him Y* Hi* or tto
vorkf’s—which doc# yoar own heart
deem the reproach f
As I have sat, hoar alter hour,
with bands of worshiper*, my soul
lined with tto coo scion sness of God’s
personal roving presence, while his
people hare praised him In mimic,
prayer, and acknowledgment of his
divine leadings, I have so longed to
tell them that I could not understand
why ttoy spoke of this prwcfoaa
avowal of oneness with Christ as a
cross. Tto cross with me eras not In
feeling sod confessing that the
Bsvtowr was mine sad 1 his; not In
answering to tto rod call of his
army j bat ia feeling my nnworthi
ness of the high privilege. %
Whet, then, is cross bearing 9 I .
the busy throng of al
on you to keep it always at it# full
height. Da fan love the Bsvioor 7
Do yon show it to your family ? If
in yoar heart, it can not he hid. It
will appear in your spirit of kind-
tie##, ia your conversation, in all
your conduct
Tto family relation is appointed
of God, “that to might neck a godly
seed.* Yoar children arc receiving
impression# from every circumstance.
Your example will lead them early
to the cross of Christ, or produce in
difference to their |iersonal salvation.
Do you have family worship 7 Is it
regularly |»erforoied I Say not you
have no talent for it. You cau, at
least, road s portion of Scripture,
and offer the Third’s Prayer. Do this
aud you will find it in your heart to
“read tore" or “read there.” When
she died, a hundred and sixty-eight
pins were found in the book. Are
there pins in our Bibles f Have we
our golden passages, to which we
turn in time of tgonble or any need 7
If we feed well on the Word, this
will be our only true solace, our
strong aud sure helper.
We can never gain the gospel gold
except we delve for it. Careless
reading over a chapter or two will
never secure it. Better one verse
with meditation, than the whole book
read thonghtles&ly.
Pillow Prayers.
He who knows nothing of pillow
prayers Is ignorant of one of the
sweetest modes of prayer practicable
on earth. The day with its engross
meuts beiug gone, it is a most favor
able time for the gathering In of
onr thoughts upon ourselves—our
sins, onr wants, fears and hopes,
and then tbe turning of them up
towards heaven. This is what the
Psalmist is apparently referring to
in his words, “When I remember
thee upon my lied, and meditate
upon thee in my night watches.*
That to uttered many a pillow pray
er is a thousand-fold more than
probable. “1 have remembered thy
name, O Lord, in the uight.” “I
l»revented the dawning of the morn
mg aod cried.” Those cries were
prayers before the dawn of day.
If these prayers of the pillow,
however, be begotteu only of sheer
evening cloth, we may say of them
that they are “bastards, and not
sons.” But if they are the legiti
mate children of wickedness, exces
give weariness, sickness, or other
similar circumstances, then they are
of the tree honse aud lineage of
oocitinne in yoar petitions for yonr heaven, comiug down in kindred-
ship all the way from Bethel, where
the overjaded Jacob had his angelic
vision on his pilloar of stones.
Many a timid boy at boarding-
school, with boisterous room-mates
family and others. This is a stand
ing exhortation to piety, a constant
invitation to your children to devote
their hearts aod lives to the service
of God.
A pioo# father, whose children
were all early converted, when asked
by hi# son why be never talked with
bis children about their conversion,
roid that “to had known much said
by parents whose example hindered
the force of their conversation, and
to preferred that his children might
learn from his example tto reality
of religion; aod they were always
remembered in family prayers.* The
consistent example of piety of those
parents rendered their prayers effec-
tnal aod availing in the early con
version of their children. The family
thus became a church in a honse.
This strongest of associations be
doubly ao when Christian
about him, has kept alive his prised
communion with his Father on high,
aud so, perhaps, saved his soul by
means of his silent pillow prayers.
Boys, try them! Gills, don’t ne
gleet them! Invalids, with yonr
eyes so often held long waking in
the night season, distrust not the
pillow prayers. Hundreds axe con
tinnally climbing to heaven by them,
as on a ladder. If yon, perchance,
fall asleep in the act, do not fret
about it. For what opiate from the
shop of the apothecary is so harm
less as such an outbreathing of your
holiest desires upward! What is
sweeter than to lose yonrself in such
a prayer 7 For prayer is simply a
form of thought toward God, and
nothing can be more fitting to the
very last moments of daily eo»*ngya-
ness than snch thoughts^--Canrttai*
TVmmMai
If rPnTy.