050 Samitg &nit HOPEFULLY WAITING. "Blessed are they that are Home-sick. t'l;r they shall come at last to the Father's House.' Helintioa STILLING. Not as you meant, 0 learned man, and gOod Do I accept thy words of hope and rest : • God knowing all, knows what for me is best, And gives me - what I need, not what:ho could, Nor always as I would! I shall'g9"to the Father's house and Elk Him and the Elder Brother fiee itiTtiCO-- - - What day or hour I know not. Let me'be &e vilest in work, and•earnest l in,the race, Not as liome-sick Whines at its play, and seldorn : sneaks in song. If for a time some loved one "goes away, And leaves us our appointed work to do, Can we to him of to ourselves be true, In mourningids departure day by day, And so our work delay? Nay, if we love and honor, we shall make . The abgenee brief by doing well our task - 7 Not fortourselves,. but for theolear one's sake! And at his coming only of him ask Approinl of the work, which most was done, Nqt foii ourselves, but our beloved one ! Our Fitther' a house, I know, is broad and grand In it how many, many mansions are!. • • And far beyond the light of sun or star t: .. Four little ones of mine through that fair land Are walkipg hand in hand Tink you I love mot, or , that I forget , These of.my : loins.? Still this world is fair, And I am iiitguig while My eyea are wet With weeping in this balmy summer air • Yet Put.not home-sick,-and the children h ere Have need of me, and ' so my way is woulAjbe joyful as my days , go Counting God's mercies to me. Be who bore Life's Heaviest cross is mine for evermore, And I'who wait His comingoshall not I On his sure word rely? , And if sometimes the way'be rouit, "and sleep Be heavy for the grief heisendsio me, Or at my waking I word4•pnly,weep, Let me reember these are things to be, To work his blessed will - Until he core • And take my hand and lead ma safely home, —A. D. F. Randolph, in "Haunt at Home." THE GERMAN FAMILY IN - LONDON. FROM GUTHRIE'S SUNDAY MAGAZINE (Continued:) Sunday came, and as none of the family were able' to uilderstand an En glish,serintin, and the.Gernian Chapel was too far off, Hermann officiated`ms , priest in his house, ~ a nd conducted a regular service after the German fashion, by reading, a sermon , out of one of the, collections ., with which_ the literature of his country is BO well provided. He had brought several' volumes of this kind, in the ex.pecia tion of using them in Wisconsin, where, as his brother bad' written, no church or chapel was to be seen for a' score of miles round about. Service over, Hannah opened the,door to step into the back room, which had rbeent appropriated for a kitchen, when,, started back with an .exclamation,- of fright, as the passage and the stairs were crowded with people—men wo= men and children. Hermann and Daniel rushed at once to the door-way. - " What is all this about ?" asked Daniel. Is there anything the mat ter "The singing, sir," cried 'some of the intruders. "Please give Ais an other tune." Indeed, the singing of the family was worth hearing. Frau :Stahl and Hannah had beautiful treble voices,. Daniel sang a good tenor, Herrrann's' voice was a deep bass, which made` the floor of the room , quiver, the boys took the alto part with faultless accuracy. And there was little tot wonder at in this, for Master Peter_ Vorma,nn, - who was an excellent musi aian, had made the - )Kirchheina school famous for its singing, so that when ever there was a festival in the neigh lorhood; and a chorus to be got the `Kirchheina boys were always en gaged for the alto'part. • The unanimous requestrof this un expected audience was gladly'complied with.. Another Gernaan hymn was sung, which the people listened to' with breathless attention • and. ; -when Daniel, at the close, shut ;he the.. the . crowd dispersed, tendering loud ap plause. '.l . see those savages are at least human beings,"'said'Hermarip: "They havealaSte for' our` DeiitsdialiedeP "Savages!" criedTaniel;' "let thein not heUr you talk in , that`way. They would soon , do for you." , , " Why o but , they esw.savages," said Il.erl . cpann; ,``,Akey,spend their days io riotihing i ,:kt,,dtinic,ing and fighting." " Even the women here. go to, the, public-house," ,Aaid "and. stand at the bar l aWtheY call it, with 'the Weil till they - ai.e -1 th'e woirieiii softie in ear iislteeThiticelf - I q - '<iievtsE sAw , a4runken woman- in ea m country," - answerediErate Stahl; in. an -indignant tone, except, perhaps; , on : occasion ot!some fair of pops., ; lar.,,fesOval; for a woman to, frequent, a public;house is a thing altogether unkr.towkainong us; such a one would be 3 ,s4,6d i iipon as disgusting outcast by the Wholepopulation." "The'Wdirieri' also smoke 'in this ootfhtry," sdid I f ohand, 'the' eldeet thti boys. iiiiverEih Old yell6w-ftieed• wobiEloithe otherrday;= who , looked •ex actirlikes witolic as she smoked away freon- stump of . ! .st ,pipe not loogor,tharkiny thumb. Ask! it looked, must have SteeP an Irish woman or a kipsy, replied' l ' Dania EnglishWciniertregriff - oke"; they k aa tti WI. "O; IFrale:Stahl; "among what a set of people have we fallen I We have become like Israel in Babylon." In thelftexmion, ;the family united for Biblelie - 61ing. The thirty : 651/41/ Psalm was taken up Or discussion. I Shall-we sing?" /tilted ' , Hannah ; "I'm afraid we'll have a crowd again." "Not likely," said Daniel; "the people are in the public-hotse now, or . out for a walk, or tiking a nap to sleep off the drink." " .. ,Never mind.the crowd," said,Her, mann. " Let them come again. Per haps the Lord may touch their hearts through ; our iiefier; r • The beautiful psalm was read. ,Her: mann had selected. it- to console him-' self and his family their present distressing circumstances: There? was; some similarity, he observed,. between their position and that of David.at the time when he conapOsed the psalm since he found himself in the land of the Tbilistiues, to which he had einigra'- ted. " True," remarked Frau Stahl, " and thqie, is also this similarity between him and us, that he, like us, got :bite, his difficulties through his imprudence, and , through his not waiting. upon the Lord, For if lie,hadfally.committed, his lot to the hands of ,(foci, he would not have sought refuge with the hea then. SO the Lord drOve him away . from that place, and - compelled - hid to return to the lamb he had reckleahly &hefted:- And th(f.siiniet! Co urge, afraid, •the • Lordi isgoing Ito take with. usmow,-foriwerhave met with nothing but.adversity since we left-our, good! Kirehheim and our lovely farm,, on which the Lord had blessed us for so many years." It was rather in a desponding. tone that 'Frau Stahl' Uttered `these"words. Nth* was "her` , 'reasoning 'altogether groundless. The memberh of'-the fa mily had already: several times dis cussed what course. they should take, supposing the Cologne house refused.to provide them with passages in anothek ship.: it was evident that the money which they had stillin hind would not last them longer'th'an two months,' Hermann had written to - his brother DfetriCli, ii4u'eating-him to send'back the Money he had deposited:with/him, but it was uncertain *hetherthat sum' would come time to prevent starva tion. So it became-more and. more a Matter of earnest consideration with them whether the wisest course would not be to return to' before their laSt - Shilling Was 'spent' arf - theY were left periiiireg in this iminense metropolis. 'But the %thought" of re- , .turning`. poor land belf•less Kirch; liken, of asking bread and shelterifrom, those.sarne.friends.who had so urgent,' ly dissuaded them from taking this step, was almost bitterer. than the pros-. pect of begging i for their livelihood in the streets of ,Loidou.' 'So, Whiehever. may they looked,theY save befdre them .a dark plond, and there was thud' rea son for the'`sid tone in which Fran , t&tell the= ruthilltiolllii6vei' 1 - .)0,n: very ...strongly ,Tavorl• of the , emigration. plant-r.made .therobserva . ton. Her husband, however, perseiv big, that, .if courage, and hope ~'were lo:ht, everything would be, lost, e and feeling . his responsibility as :the head and support of - the family, encouraged hiinself nn Gdd, as David did Wheia. the town Zikhiewas'bUrnti. "Dear wife'," he'haid; ‘ 4 l l think are fight 'in . liointing to 'the: "presett as days of deep" humiliatitd4for VS: Perhaps we didnotpainestlY:seek the Lord's face, before -resolving, to, quit, our .la.nd. 4 Pcrhalis,,, also, :we have, sinned in some other. way, sothat t the chastening hand' of god is now heavy upon us. But we' should ieineMber that David, `'though "'he had' 'brought difficulties upon hiliself by 'hiS impru deuce . , yet' continued to *nein God',' knoWing that the Lord would not fer sake him on acdount• - of- his transgres sions. Many atethe aillietionk of the righteouethe says, but theiLordi de livereth, him out ,of them. ,Let us walk, in that Mme faith now. if, prod. chooses to deal with us. according_ to out sinsoire have nothing' toy S hope. But Jesus died' for US; and bare, .:our sins in hig preeiouS;bedy oil the 'tree: We tvill'plehir on that -gtiavii - a f , *Arai, and 'fan* iffelieWe'tliatifthOligh weinaY-have erred,ryettbur'efietiVenly , Fatherirtfho tboirght atii-prise;twilL not forsakeltazt isHeinemerl.saidr . to,us. thlkt.. ed we sin no more l Wte ft,y9„1ivj.gg,,.421, the day of graee, and the fountain i that . , wasopened ,I,l,pi n pq every zellutioryon* Italvary' Still abundantly siteVei. `- 'While:the pckir Pilgrims•Weibin thiS wayiiefreehilietheiPsoikis at taid'Wittbri3 , Of-,eoneolatimigtbAt ilb*:freni the Word' 4G-Okikerritildfshufftingoiying; and ssreaming *ere heard tovei , theirlheads. Thenthere , .,was a. bounce on the,floor, a' jf some„heavy hody,yere, falling, owed by theory "Murder 1 11 - Her-, `iii .40 Daniel rushed up' the stairs, 'arir l stepped into the room whence" the 'noise issued "` A. strange sight was pie 'setited.'tb their`vieii. Their neighbor, 'who iiaw a mirth' Mr,- *as Standing' over his -wife' with au-uplifted peWter-pot in Is' hand ;-he had knocked her down and was beating= her.,unmercifully ; a table -had been upset in the struggle, and behind, it, two little chileten were * O, - jw,,,pring and cryingpiteotisly. Her- Bann threw hirnsel 7 f between The two. lo *finch the pewter pot r fiom the' anlikeit Man's lairid, to'drag bird Aiiiiiy in his Vietiin, iiiia'raibe iiriethe ipoor oman who was bleeding profusely' t' from the head, was the work of a mo THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1866. ment. Frau Stahl, on her husband's, Calling out for her, came up with basin water and aiwt ge , a nd. irashedatee" poor badly cut, efShowli nolfan gerolis wonilds. Hannah toa thi,two ehildien, while Herman and Daniel repla n ced.'the table on its legs. During these Prozickelljaigp 4:I9.XESVAtoS-Pf all Oil's - Initialer, WhOm HernAnn had pushed down on a chair, fell asleep, And.snored,„&w.like,,a.Turk.„, "Thank Ood,. he sleeps,'-. said the ivornan, " and/ Sleep.. on iiftiw till 441rnrTvn?"*giet1441032.,1 he, awakes he 'will remember nottilig of all that hasLhappened;:amLbe soft and meek as a 4amb. Oh, that cursed drink - 1. but for that he veuid be such a good husband ! When the family was ,assembled in their own room ; again, Frau Stahl fell into a fit, and Hannah burst into i tears. Suqh a scene was too much fo,r, the tender nerves of' the good women of Kifehheitn. (TO BB CONTINUED.) " EILIAL IFFE,CIIOII. . out . A veteran , *Orli the service of France, was_ reduced =withoUt a ,pension, although he -had ca wife .and' three children to. share his wretphed- Peilk His son-was placed o , aPilitary academy, where he might hsve pnjgyad 4 every comfork;. but ^ the„stYongekt per suisions-eonld not induce him to taste, anything but coarse bread and water.' , . . The Mike de Chdiseul- being in of the circumstance, ordered' ,the, boy , before him, and inquired the reason of his abstemiousness. ..The boy,zwith a manly' ortitude, replied:— " Sir, when I had the honor of-being ; admitted to the protection of this royal institution, my father conducted me hither. We came on foot; ' on our journey, our hunger and *thirst were relieved by bread and water. I was received; my'father blessed Me, and returned to a helpless wife and family. long .as ,I can remember, bread ..of the blackest kind, with water,. has been their daily food, and evpn4that earned by every species.of labor that honor does not forbid. To thisfare sir:my father is r'eturned'; therefore, while he,`My *mother and sisters are compelled to/endure - such ivrefched ness, is' it possible I' can 'enjey -the bounteOus plenty of my gracious sove , l reign, The duke, deeply affected, gave the boy three louis crprs for pocket money, and,romised to procure the father a peneiOn. The boy begged the touis , d'era might be sent to hig father; .which,' with the patent of his Pension, was immediatelydone. The -boy was patronized by the duke, and became one of the best offt cers.in the service of France.,-. WHAT IT DID FOR,IIIM. The following remarkable statement- Is authorized by • D'Aubigne and M. 'de 'Pressense : A i regiment of. French soldiers,.On Mardi to tlie Crimea, halted for sonie - days Toulon. the smith: of Xrance; While there, a colPorteur' came among them. A'young sOldier, Pretending to beimuch moved' by the gaud man's; - exhortations, asked for copy, which was, of course, given to. him. The soldier. and his companion roared with laughter,, telling the poor colporteur that it was all a Joke,;, but the soldier refused to return the'boOk, saying, " it would - do-to - light his pipe with.'. The.colporteur-replied. , ." It is a fearfill thing to, fall. into the hands of tic 6 -liVing God 1" Fifteen months I afterward, the same colporteur stopped-for a night-at an inn More than three hundred: miles. from Toulon. The landlady_ was in , great distress, having just;lost her, son, .of . whom she spoke in terms of the most tender:affection., Fe conversed I with her for "afew Inbiner!is, when ehe withdreiV; but'sOon retained; tiring* a:little 'bOak; which her, deceased son had left to her as- hia:Precidus legaby. ~ It was much- rnutilated f !many pages "havina. beez torn , out:. But oh the 0 inside of -the m,over,rwrittere.in large. letters,. was the following inscription.: , 414.0ei,v4,, at To on„ .: on •,the A • -T.--,,, alad 05. . Despised. at , first, Olt ly , used, but, afterwaid read, bei-Pvo, ,and rriaae'fhe inaiuMent of my , s Eialia Ore ~'''.:J. 1.4 fisifeet -of 'the qt porn= liany of the-- regiment - of thelme. l'rbin the condition of 'the'lititle Vol= 'rune, it was , plaint'that - Ahe -young set dier had rmade use- ofe.lthe• missing ;leaves to slight.his. pipe, , as Awl had he should. But, as he related to kEi t s mether t this work of -desArvction frras,istopped on ihe,evening :before a -battle, in whieh his regiment 'Was to occupy the perilous post of _die ad'-` lanced gnard i . gestated that it this" , jiikn'cti'ori•.serious thoughts - "came ' itit.o hfs' Mind in 'a very strange Manner; and all, on a sudden the..wordai of the; man whom he ;had, tricked out of the book came to his reeollectiorrlike a thunderclap—!' It ;i.s...Ei fearful thing to 1 417intotAhe hanAgALthe,living God!" "`And if I should fall in, ,lii 4 ;hfnds 1" This thought haunted him, he said, without intermission, the whole of the night; and, in,' consequence, as - Soori,ad, )V,beeame light in the morning, he teak' froirFhis knapsack the book whiCh all &wed . to become. biloaccuser. 'llll - simeraea4hiChf he had read in the ' .:d ims gray , light , ..of, that , immix% had '',4en breught-home to Itiorbeggly.ttiO Holy Spirit. In the battle which en- suedyhe. - was severely wounded. Old thi)igs had passed away, and he now re4Cd'the truth of the lultilayij:lgt; " YeritlY, verily, Isa ' u Pon, he 3* i 0 thairheareth my word, and behave i ron ~on HirriHthat sent me, hathrelveYl444ife,, and shall not come into condemnation; but ispassed from death unto life." _After yeruoval ,fr9nLonelikomLtal..to another, he was brought back to_ his home about six weeks before the visit of,the.aolitortero,.....Thaanntilated.Zes, ' Ament was .soareely ever,, out of-his *skink mlhipAly perpapithj only one in his native vil lage: Ifis-cnialith was. full Of tender entreaties that his dear !mother and friendslnight embrace Christ' Hal his salvation.. =To his very' last breath he ceased nottoexhort them: all toiaecept, God's z offered merey.in Jesus, and not. to rtu3..thq*lF : of fE. I, Ilingyinan-uncoli verted state "into the ...hands, of the IM.P,ORTANCFr OF NUANCE OF MIND ~.FLMILY. ; • , If. anima faintEkeplaceEh flat on !hialbaCks Artdtlet , ;• if wilppig , o4§ IMaktoWittArink ,insfantly , half lie glass_ of. ,cool water wlAh- a , 1 4 6 aPugJect9 0 9 1 , 26 4,.P,ae1l r of coinmOn' groTad.':*.iataild stfried into ilLth i la s ifornitg as soon.e as It re clies' he aionisian Tar'ffiar `some oflthe`p'oison may remaln;~'swhllow the wbiteOf "One dftivtliia*dggk or drink a '6p- of Istrong noffeax- ‘Thise , two bang antidotes) for a ,greaten,taamber , ofPoisons.thananyisosenOther.axtioles, known„ . .with the advantage. of their. being always at. ,kan. • it not, a ,pint , sweet . rippings;"' or .in.elted. bitter, , are good; substitutes, especially if they 'vomit 41 . 41 - ek)y. 3. , The best thing to stop the bleed ing , of. , a- moderate cut, instantly, is .to= cover:' it4.profusely with nob-web, or flour And , : salt, h4f-,a94-half• . - ~If the blood comes, from a wound btjets or 'spirts, bp, syry, or the man, die - in a few.nrufkutes, because an artery is levered; tie a handkerchief loosely around, 'near the part 'between the - wound and' the'lleart ; put a stick 'between - the handkerchief-and the skin and twist it, around - . until the blood ceases to flow.; , keepAtothere until the. doetor comes ; if. in..a position., where; the handkerchief cannot be :used press the, thumb on a spot near, the wound, between the wound and the heart; in crease the - preisUre until the bleeding ceases, but - do not lesson the pressure for an instant 'the' physician ar rives, go'=aErto 'glue' up the wound "by' thßcoagulation or cooling ofthe'hard-` enlng blood. 1 5. If your elothinvtakes - fire, slide the,, hands, dow4, the-4;lress keeping them as -close telthe .body as possible at the same time sinking ~to,the floor, by' bending the knees ; .this - has a smothering effect upon the flames if not eitinguislied; OF it 'grater 'headway' is gaten,•l4'down °AA - 641;56r; rollover an over ; or better - envelope yourself it(' a earpet, -Tug, , -Ved • clothes, ‘or any garment you can ,get ,hold s of,- always ; W,0,91941, 6. If the,body is tired, rest; if the brain is tired, sleeP. 7. The threeliek medicines in the world are warmth ; ibstineitee;'atht!re pepe.—Hall s journal of' Health. CHILDREN jg SITS, AND A irMicakiNst INCIDENT: •e.• • , • An eye-Witness - sends to the AMERI CAS' PIFABYTERIAN I the fpnowilig A. few' weeks ago ; as Mr.-Hammond ad his wife, just, starting for Europe, seated themselves in the Erie Railway cars at Waverly, a lady eamP.3-a,nd asked it her littleclaughter_raight, have thel privilege of speaking with, him. In, a monient the little girl *as sitting contentedly on his knee; when the following conversation ensued. “r don't renieriibter,' said Mr. 'Hain: rtiOud, "that 'ever 'SaW yoir , before. , How= did you know-nie 0 .I=have seen fyour :picture." Where did:you:ism , 0, I saw ikial , gle.. 6o 9k- .74;04. wrote ft. , little folks"; called .‘,Children and, Jesus,' and evvee have wanted - , ~at ,! to', see you and thank ,you, and get navy' heart . and 'he a Christian What i lk Said " are' ptt'a "think' I Ante- „ How old Ittetycom: V' I ~,.” I anr ieven,years old:" ~ - , I stf , Wheurwas it orour.gokallewhr eaTt ! ItiMs Ilst i „-W Pg, , AIP .I .:, read y i ur littlehoor." , t,"Do Y 9,1 remember what was writ 0i in ' Children and Jesfs' - ?" ' - ..;j,"All I 'Y i es ; I know it all by liesit. Irhave leafried nearly all' the .stories;. as te.`reMenabgic them and tell thence ITt -My little frisnds."' ':.She . then repeated- several of them f very correctly.: ,- . : "What:makes you h tlinkyou ge,a Christian.? Il.ow a flo you know you live a new hesrtr , , ''' t), I knew - I have, fin. I feel so differently from *hit I ever did before' 'read your book,; and 1 loVe to pray' *td Jesus no*, 'and I lovi to" . fead`iiii ''hisHoly Bible, atidllove every body that floves .lElitu,Dand I trry•to . .fget. , all; my little friends tol3eome,tand; trust Him i . , thatr, they , faapbataeohoPPYrftw a l va . ~t.:, , - -= 9 , i1 =i_w, kt ; 4141 . 5 * 3 : i f APOI FlMC'figt l i ati l lig (Ale eat evidence that ahe was :Awn: L 2) again by the Spirit.of God, the of all in that group grew tender.l? , t littlii.g - Figantap.-willeAktked in tears, ands ,Mr Camr> on l with moil*ned eyes, could only sky, ulthank• 'o6:l"and:Vray cacti' head• was bowed while he led in a low, heartfelt prayer. It was a uWe learned from the >littlelittle .motlierrwhowhad.listened.to-tle.con-.. yersfttioit e that all her child said was quitettud. Though born in Burmah, thendiapted.gpc sionary, she. had never given evidence of 'changer until :she' read.' ughilaren andlitesusT' - • • THE BEST, FUN. . ' •" Now, boys; I'll , tell you r`howwe cant have some. 'fun," ' , said Freddie 84-- to his, coinpanions,. who -had assembled,: on, nbeautifuLmoon-light. ievWing,lor,slidlng, aliow7l3.4lln:k& and -fun generally , ,- t : • `°t owl" " Where7r " WhaP is it 2" asked several eager , voices,all at ~9119 g. 'rgit heard" Widciiill tell a man`. til' 'hile : 4e' lied Frie, / "'t at '- she Would go t- and • sitn 4 , ifft tOsick child Ito: t. She said sliDieuld. be over almit eight o'clock. 1•1 - inc, asLsoon -as sffialis gone, let's go acid:. inake .a big snow- man on her I dcgr : step i so that, when ,she . , returns, ahtiPPlanat,get -111 4,9 -lier , hougeNlPhou , t, 1 flat ,kno6king liim down" ... ,6444 t" -, viiit •atpl;' , -Ho - orar 'shented some of the bOys. - See` 'here - said Charlie N—, i 1" Er tell you the'-lideT fiin," • • What is it ?" again-inquired seve - : rai a , nce. ~, , ~ - , .40 Wait awhile," . said Charlie. " Who's got Iv wood-saw ?" have ;" So have I," answered three.of the boys. "But what in the do, you want aweed-saw for?" You shall - see," replied Charlie. "It is abnost eight o'OlOck now, so gO and 'get your Saivi: Yikr,"Freddie and Nithan, get each " ' an axe, and r will .get a shovel:- `Let us all be back here inlifteen minutes, and then I'll show you the fun." The boys separated to go on their ,several errands, each, wondering what the fun could be,_ and , what possible Use could be made , ofwood-saws and aXei in' their . pla'y. But Charlie was not only a great' favorite with them but also an acknowledged leader, and they fully believed in him and in. his promise. Their= curiosity gave elasticity - to their: steps;sand they were soon assembled. • "Now " said ,Charlie, "Mrs. M— is gone, for I met her when I was commaback; so let's be oit it oncp." "But what are you., going to do ?" inuired several impatient members of thee . a,rty. ' You shall see directly," replied the . leader, as' they approached - the humble residence of Mrs. y' Now, boys,'" Said Charlie, " you sie that pile of wood; <a man hauled it here this afternoon, and I heard tell.„him, that unless she glti some one to saw it to i night,.she should have hardly anything to make afire tre of in the — friofiiih - g: Now, we cfn ga l .* alidispliti ilia% pile of = wood justabout as easy as we could build, g r e a t snow, , man, and when, Mrs. .11,f--.= comes home fr_ora her Watc hing, she,will,,bei full as much surprised id:find her wood sawed, as "she would tO - fmd a snow Man' on her Itoor-itep, and a great' more pleasantly sur prised, too. What say you? Will you do it?” One or two of the boys rather der_ marred , at first. They, didn't like, to. ..r sa,a,Nwood, they said. But the majority ,Niere in favor of ,Charlie's pr.pject; so they finally joined in, and went to work with a will. "I'll go ' around to the back of the shed," said Charlie, "and crawl through - the, window and ' unfasten the door: Then we'll take-ttrns in sawing, split liiiig, and carrying in the wood; and . 2,lWaiittto pile it up teat-nice, and to shovel ;,all .the snowi avoy,,from the, door , and,,a good wide path too, from the door to thq,strept—won't it be fun, ~, i ilieri . she comes, hothe and, sees it ?" 114 `boys - began to a l ppreciate the, *ll,lbl:they felt that they` Were &chug 'its6oirdee4, l and Individhally e4eri -diztedd "that `self gatiafibeidii -"tile- joy. - i`obliawhyt •telifilis.tfroirt welMOingz , • tvitts , noval. long • andlwearisome dolly .. 4r:= seveirrobust: anll,:healthy boys lo flt sikwpsplit and piletup the ppox,widow's .11E411, a , Po.r4 , of 'w199(,..1r1 and to - sho,Yel ,g00d,., pa,Ah., Awl. when jit , ,,Was clone, • E4Ueot was i their, Pleasure ~,,i4 Safis-, faction, that on of thellpyg - ifho `66- jii:Cted lc 'the' WO& 'at - first` proPOsed that, theY - should h' ..gar tb a neighbering `carpenter's'' shop; ' (*hereplentY , '%Of giiaVings - tbiild- be , had. foillie:carrying a w way;) rart&iach bring an- armful of ..14ndling-wood:. ~.The, propositionovas 'Ataaily acceded to, and this Aenc, they •repairedto their- several homes, all of , therm, more, than, satiskted with the 'fun" of the weary ( evening. And N. i , + (r, , next morning, When the weary widow teturnerfrediVatofifitg by 'the 1316k lid, and saw' what itat ' dime;''She . i'vas Pleasantly surprised ;- and after-ward, then a neighbor (who had, unoh , srved,- witnessed the .7-.labpra:. ot the ys,)LtoldlLher, how,it wAs„ done, her 17 - o,,y_en,t' viar,3,ilrYsPeationi -f, 'Ag a „Ileas , the Y 8 !161P4- 9f # 3 ,4i i f „ tYpY c°u/ 4 b „ Y.P.w h e o OvltAPP4i t T 9wa ri 4 t . - t e o l*oy . s . n d „ gir l. , 'the beit ifar i always found in dging something that is kind and useful'. This is the delibe ate opinion of a grayheaded old man ; but if you doubt it in the least, just try it for yourselves, and you will be iibrivineed. 0 A SONG OF PRASE FOR OPPISG SERVICES. •sr Banc ic.! lissaftiri. Cleat God, thy praise all worlds proclaim, nrkeiwitiaildsoundsliirthtthyanatne; The power an g ory o our o . e ; In: /s hs h 144. 1 Higher &A's stililiniikt flights— Thp,glrmisl?telOsitnporloth'l,- ~ 14brighterung:pro!spersrf pew: Thesvoteer~tvotildalfektaai Lift up thol:smithuraillt pinwr The heavenly worlds catchup' the sound, And send the iliiiionstatithemrnildv 7,t itethat_great anth eta e.tola , Thy-people, saved bilitiveteSgnlntkight; We.raise the song, Aith,kefor i eir-si,hqstx .To Eallief,'Son; and H43119-hota. • TITEtaItES.- A.leir years age says the RiNgiot_ ! . s Herald, e were n company a highly= intelligent - MY, 'who had' her self been on4hentagel , • Sheinfornied us that she aria, spent somet time' in the house of -Maor*yilthetcolebrated English trageaan.N. He ...ha& a , very interesting daßghters, in whose education he, hid great pains; but he Wonrd : not, permit them to' attend the theatre. 'He promised them that, for the gilitifiCation: of their curiosity, they'night =vvisit -it'once , , but Only once. •The Itldridi'd' not state the motive which:induced him to im pose this,restrietionpn ~his daughters in regard to theatres, of which he was deemed so bright an orna ment. We can, howeVer, scarcely co nceive of but one motive for his - course.. He knew, from his extensive and accurate obser vati.on3 that - it was a plea e`'' not suited 'to - promote the virtue 'and the real Welfare of susceptible and impulsive yonng women. His judgment and affection ,as a father, :were in conflict with his taste and interests4s4/1 actor.. His habits,, love of fame, and desire of gain bound him to the stage; but a regard for the welfare'of hisdEinghters prompted' him to Sherd them against its corrupting influence. His opinion in - ..favor of the stage, formed as it would have , been under influences likely Ao pervert his judg ment, could weigh .but little ; but his verdict against it, reached in opposi tion to all his tastes , asseciations habits and interests, and practically expressed in the manner befitadapted" to evince its:sincerity and earneetnees, speaks a volume on the. subject. It is a deci sion from which therelies no appeal, If he would not permit his daughters to attend - the theatre:under his own eye, and to witness-Ads own :unrivaled impersonations, what, parent, especially what Christian parent,,. can trust his daughters, or his sons either, to be al lured within its faseinating, but COY .rapting influence! SOWING _LITTLE SEEDS. Little 'Bessie had got ,a present. of a new book and she eagerly 'opened it to look at the' first pied:lke. It was the picture Of .a boy sitting by the side of a. stream, and throWing - seeds int) the. water. • " "I wonder what 'this picture is about," said_she;. "why; does the-boy throw seeds into the water ?" 0 01 I know,". said her brother Ed ward whO had .been looking at the book ; "he is sowing the seeds of .1 "" But how small the seeds look!'' said Bessie. "It seems' strange that, such large plants should grow from such little things." "You are just ,sowing such tiny seeds every day ; Bessie, ,and they will .come up large, strong„ plants after laWhile,' said her father. 6, no, father";: I have not planted any seeds for a long while." ~" I have seen my daughter sow a number of' seeds to-day." t , .Bessie looked. - puzzled,- . and het father smiled -and said, "Yes, I have `watched you planting flowers, and '0:60;16,- , allct weeds 19 - dAY.:.! . . 4; ‘" Now I ,know :that you are joking, TO I would not .plant, ugly weeds." -' "I will tell 'what_ I mean When you laid 'aside that interesting book, and attended to what your . mother wished , dmie, you Were sowing seeds of kindness and `iiiii. , When i - Ou broke the dish ;'that=: , you knew 'four; mother valued,' and :came instant lyt, and told her, you were sowing seeds Of truth. When ycr l i,tpok tt Le. cop of cold water to the poor woman at the gate, you `were Sowing ' the seeds of mere:y.' These are all beautiful flowers, Bpisie. *But I hope my little girl has l*n. planting - the great tree of 'love to:-.God - ,' and Ahat she will `tend and Watch it, untit,its !branches reach the 'skies ands meet before his throne." f" `And= tawweeds,:father.?'-.'o: " When you were impatient with baby, ylm sowed the seeds of ill tem- Pen When you -spoke cr ossly to Robert, you 14**4 1 anger. When you waited some ~.,tie:.after your ther called you, yonsowed disober, 'end° and selfishness' ' These are en fijous_lvoe4 Bull them up. 13° i 5) let .them grow iThyourtgaium" 4E 4 -- -oi/firen's Friend.
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