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"'TIS WINT.E.II , "
DI REV. E. E. ADAMS.
'Tis winter; and the snows are spread,
In silvery erystals, to the light ;
The summer's life is bidden, dead,
And sober Autumn's dear delight.
'Tis winter; and around the fire
We gather r , as in days of yore,—
The wife, the children, and the sire,—
With "Kit" and "Kilo" on the floor
'Tie winter; but within our hearts
No cold affection torpid lies:
The soul's warm altar still imparts
Joy to the season, as it flies.
"'Tie winter; but the tyrant FRosT
Stays not the currents of the mind:
In books and converse we can boast
. What pleasure's vot'ries rarely find. o
'Tis winter ; but again we'll hear
The voice of spring-time o'er the land;
Gay summer, too, will reappear,
With all her fresh and flowery band.
Wait but a little,—and the spring,
That breathes on Paradise, is durs!
Wait,—and some angel hand shall bring
,The eternal summer's golden flowers.
A STORY or THE END OF THE WORLD.
.an- out4)fzthe 'way New England town,
during the famous-"-second advent" excite
ment of 1812-3, lived David and Molly
Crossman,' simple-hearted old couple, with
their little grandson "Jakey." They were,
far from church, and rarely went to service
even in fine weather, as they had no horse.
In the winter the blocked roads and bitter
winds, joined to the unusual severity of Da
vid's rheumatism, kept them confined pretty
closely to the house.
David and Molly were both very religious,
and consequently of the sort to mourn deep
ly any religious privation. Their inability
to go to meeting on the Sabbath only added
to the fervor of their household devotion.
They had; much to their gratification, en
joyed this season a partial substitute for
church-worship, in the evening meetings
which had been held at various times in pri
vate dwellings near them, and once or twice
in their own.
These meetings were led by preachers
and exhorters of various denominations, all.
of them thoroughly imbued with the doc
trines of "141.illerisin," and'in most instances
far-outdoing Mr. Miller in their sensational
stylaand extravagance of statement.
The immediate effect was startling. The
tremendous announcement of the near com
ing of the Lord Jesus, fortified by prophecy
and described in the gorgeous rhetoric of
the Revelation, was received by the honest,
Bible-loving population with silent, unais
pating.awe, and iii many cases with implicit
faith.
Among these last were David and Molly
Crossruan. the hungerings and thirst
ings of their simple, devout spirits seemed
to be met in this new Gospel of the comfn ,,
Of the Lord. Now more than ever their
conversation was in heaven," and they
mingled their daily meat and drink with re
verent mention of the "great day." One
burden sounded-through all they talked, or
sung, or prayed;ifid trembled in every greet
ing to those who crossed their threshold :
"• The world will-end on .the lith of April.
Prepare to meet thy God !"
David and his wife, who were never dis
tinguished for being extensively " forehand
ed" in their earthly affairs, now easily
adopted the fanaticism of "casting them
selves on Providence," and in their glowiw.
imps of a speedy inheritance for their souls;
'began sadly' to neglect their bodies. Their
growing inattention to the comforts and in
wrests of this life could not but„An noticed
by little Jakey, who, though bound of course
to believe all his grandpa and grandma told
him about the second coming, retained yet
a lively sensibility to good living and rous
ing fires.
About, the, middle of February came on
the coldest ,"
snap " of the - Whole - Vrritetr
and poor David's wood-pile was burnt do'cvii. : ,
to the last small log. What was to be done?
It was in vain that the family tried to make
a single billet send out the heat of a stout
armful. In vain they strove to eke out their
diminishing supply with "chips." in vain
Molly set the table nearer, and every day a
little nearer the fire-place. In Vain she thrust
her chair into the chimney-corner. In vain
-bed time" was moved up an hour earlier and
rising time down an hour later into the day.
In vain Jakey was dispatched to neighbor
A., and to neighbor Q., and then to neighbor
F., and then to neighbor P., and finally to
neighbor W. The snow was too deep, and
the cold too severe, and David's wood-lot,
was too difficult to be got at; nobody could
do any thing then with team or ox.
Jakey froze his cars in his exertions to
improve matters, and then gaVe it hp. Day
alter day went by, and still the cold did not
materially abate. It crept into. the house
like a strong man armed, and left its icy
tracks upon the cellar-stairs and window
sills, and stood on the nail-heads in the floor
and wainscot. The "frosts of age" began
to have more truth than poetry to the old
couple. HoW ardently they wished for spring
and the glorious 11th of April I
At last, driven to stir himself in spite of
his rheninstism, David took his axe and
hobbled to ,his orchard, and after tremen
dous labiir and a good many resting spells,
managed to cut down an apple-tree.. What
did it matter l' The Lord was coming,
.and
they would never have any use for apple
trees again. The new addition of fuel, was
.
Lrought in, handful by handful, as the old
man at intervals carved it toilsomLly out,—
the body and boughs of the fallen " streak
ed-sweating P—and a respite of a few days
more was wrung from the tyranny of king
Winter.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1867.
But now the larder began to show dis
couraging signs of depletion. The flour-bar
rel gave unmistakable echoes of emptiness
as Molly explored the bottom of her scoop.
The rye and " Indian " in the meal-chest
sank down to the portion of the widow of
Sarepta. Unfortunately, it did not possess
the same quality of reproducing itself, and
inevitably the last johnnycake went to the
griddle. The grist mill was two miles off,
and going there was .not to be thought of
in the present state of things. The little
domestic garrison was driven in upon its re
serves of potatoes and pork, and here, for a
while, they held their own.
One evening the three sat - at supper, their
table drawn to . the edge of the hearth,
where the green apple-tree wood smoked
and sizzled, with a forlorn pretence of
warmth. They, were talking of what they
had heard the night before at a. meeting.
The inclemency of the season had ,suspend
ed the meetings for awhile, but one bad beep
held the night before at .the, house nearest
them, and,a glowing time . the brethren and
sisters had had of it there,: : celebrating the
approack.of the millenium, and - Singing,
with an exultation:.of, wild expectancy, the
popular adventhymn, •
Don't you bear the Lord a-coming, don't you bear
the'Lord a-coming,
Don't Yea heir - the Lord a-coining in the church
. yard?" • -
The hearts of the old couple had not come
down frorathe exaltatioatif:which the meet
in o'''arid - fhae'rude' song laid'w 4 iought them.
But' thoughts Of certain uncomfortable plik
sleet necessities would cross their minds, as
they sat at their plain repatit, and their con
versation was not very rapturous..' The
" wolf at the door " was growing larger, in
spite of the faith inside. Try as they might
to absorb themselves in pious contemplations
of the.coming of the'LordtECaviitandliolly
Crossman could not wholly resist .the ,very,
earthly wish that He would come just now
in the shape of a cieauine so:uth-West thaw
or neighbor A.'s ox-teame k -
" 4randma," spoke up Jakey, ."yeit've got
a visitor in, your tea "- 7 -as the old lady pour
ed out her third cup. • ' •
Molly was not out of - tea yet. She would
heve borrowed from place to place till
11th of April" rather than go without that.
In that particular, at least, she meant to
"occupy" till the Lord came.
"You've got a visitor, and you're going to
have company."
Grandma merely remarked that she
couldn't have any idea who the "company"
would be.
"I gupss it's the millennium, and it's going
to bring us some wood," - said the child.
To-morrow came—cold and stinging—all
the weathercocks frozen to the north-west
—and about noon a loud knock with a whip
handle sounded on the door.• It was opened
by Molly, and there who should she see but
big, - scifiareshouldered Captain Straight, in
heavy cap and surtout, and great woollen
mittens, conic. all the way from his farm
howle, four miles off, to make them a call
Hererwas a visitor indeed—and the volu
ble old lady proceeded -to tell him at once,
as she invited him in to a abOut
_the "sign" in her teacup, and the bon mot of
the boy Jakey about the "millennium,"
"Pooh, pooh," said the big man, laughing
heartily, but declining to take the offered
chair; "the millennium ain't coming just yet
—but the boy was right 4i,bout the ;wood.
Give us a shovel or two, Uncle David, and
lend ,us a lift yourself, if you can, we're
stuck -in a drift back. here at the corners
with a witamping load."
Capt. Straight had been owing David a
small amount, and the severity of the sea
son had suggested to him, knowing as'-he
did the somewhat behindhand habits of the
good old man, that he might find a load of
:wood,acceptable. Hence:his present expedi
lion; through the drifts,,,and his unexpected
call at,-.the d00r. , ,,,
Half an hour
. or more passed, and the
loud " Get up I . Gee-ee I ""of the-captain was
heard echoing round the house, and lotokihg
out of the 'window the inmates saw—sure
enough—such a load of wood as had not
gladdened their eyes for years. Eight feet
high upon 04a:broad sled lay snugly packed
and fastened with log chains, the two cords
of hickory and oak, and drawn by two yoke
f brawny oxen, and the farmer's great
'draught bull ,ahe;Kl for a leader.
The sight made Sakey'S eyes shine. Just
a.twinkle of the same shine showed itself in
the corners of David's and Molly's eyes.
When the load Was off, and dapt. Straight
had come in, the old lady took him to task
for his incredulity regarding the second
coming.
"You said the millennium. ain't coming
just yet r It can't be you could think that
after - hearing Elder 11. and Elder. O. explain
the prophecies ' and reading Mr. Miller's
book and the 'Signs of the 'Times ! '."
"Pooh, I've read the book, and heard the
elders, and I'm dead set agin' the whole
thing."Tain't the Lord's way o' doing things.
If He'd been agoing to end up the world as
soon as the 11th of April - Ile'd a' gin' us
more- warniu' on't than He'S done yet by a
great: deal "
Molly, of course, undertook to fasten upon
hint the words,-" Where is the. promise of
His comingl"_,4ci, and -remind -him of the
conduct of the antediluvians, but the bluff
farmerput in his diSciaiiner at once:
" Now -don't go . mixing Scriptur', mother.
Them words hain't nothin' at all to do -with
it, as I see it. I expect to die, and don't
know how soon, and I hope I'm ready when
that comes,- and- I'd be the last man to try
to argue it off, but -I tell you, when the
Lord does come for me I intend He shall find
me with my lamp trimmed and burnin' and
a good fire. Go to work and enjoy your,
wood-pile, for from all I can see I reckon it's
the hand o' Providence that sent me to ye
with it, sure enough. You'll find enough
there to last you till, the middle o' May, and.
I'll venture .the world'll be standin' all right
and' straight for ye then." •
There was no reasoning against the solid
captain's good-natured, breezy assurance—
to say nothing of his logic. The old couple
felt the contagion of his manner in spite of
themselves—and were " mighty glad of the
wood."
" Now good day to ye," said the visitor,
as he turned to go, putting on his great mit
tens. " I tell ye," (with a sly look) " mor'n
half o' these folks that sing, and talk, and
shout so much about the great • day comin',
have a kind of a secret hope that 'fivon't come,
after all l Now you jest go and take the good
o' your life so long as God gives it to ye, and
He'll never think any worse of ye for look
in', a day or two ahead."
How oddly it sounded ! Would God send
them wood enough to last till the middle of
May when he intended all the time to des
troy the world on the 11th of April,?
Much staggered in mind were the good old
people by his puzzling view of the case.
P.u.t.-with,atriple_coinforts of bedy,.they did
not And that the -seeming contradiction of
Providence and prophecy worried them very
materially.
• Again their hearthstone glowed" • and
crackled with the old merry blake. Smile
graiti was sent to mill by 'a neighbor, who
took. advantage :Of:the path made 'by the
stout tarmermith his shovel and.heavyteam.
The wolf wit .drew from the door, and Da
vid and Molly began - to - appreciate the world
acrai n.
' z 'The predicted day of doom came and
passed, and they awoke from their 'foolish
dreams of millennial glory to see the earth,
as of old, opening her bosom to the labors
of the sower, and repeating, the ancient!
promise that seed-time and harvest should
not fail.
The summer of 1843 went by, but to
pious, sinuple-hearted Da*id Crossman it
brought the end of the world indeed—not
as' he expected, but the day found him as
glad and more intelligently ready than he
bad been in the spring. Before the fall he
departed in peace 'to, the hom a where he, will
'nev'er know• the 'Chill -o - f-winter,`lind never
be mistaken or disappointed in-looking for
his Lord: •
-The boy Jakey is now a minister_ of the
- Gospel, and holds the same belief that his
early_ experience, taught him, that, the _true
way to wait for the Lord- and prepare for
His coming, is to make the most,of His pro
vidential gifts while we have them.— Watch
man and Reflector.
THE INFIDEL DROVER.
Infidels pretend' to haV'e no confidence in
Christianity. They regird - all_ Who profess
to have experienced its power as hypocrites.
The hypocrisy of church members is, with
them, a common, theme of:remark. They
"will never trust those canting knaves."
Yet, when there cones a neeeelity for
trusting in men,_it is remarkable how often
the infidel turns to professing Christians,
and especially to those who most fully il
lustrate that religion which is the object of
bitter hatred and. scorn.
I once knew a man who spent three-score
years and ten in reviling religion and its
followers. .11evival after revival had taken
place in the-village in which he lived. One
after another of his associates left him, and
became members of the Church, till his own
sons were the only professed infidels in the
place. As death drew near, he desired to
make arrangements for the distribution of
his property after his decease. His children
he could not trust: They had adopted his
faith, and illustrated_ ; in their lives. He
appointed as his executor, a member of-the
church; one, to use his language, "of the
strictest sort," and delivered to him for safe
keeping a large amount of hoarded gold. In
no way could he have home stronger testi
mony to his confidence in. Christianity.
Another incident : In a certain part of the
country, a drover had disposed of his cattle,
and was on his way hot,. e t _ with a large sum
of money in his posse • 4 . nrAtEiving passed.
the night 114,:it taver, in the morning the
landlord advised hitntn avoid stopping at a
'certain place, about a day's journeydistant.
"Either go beyond or stop this side," said
the landlord ; "for several drovers haire dis
appeared there."," . . -
The drover was an infidel ;Mut his money
and his life were Vot - -the less dear to him on
that account. 'Hn.lresolved to push on,' and
pass beyond the pp : int .of danger _before
nightfall. But it so happened that he Most
his way, and at night found himself- in the
very. Place hak-„had been warned to.- avoid.
He alighted ata log-house, and aske'dif:he
•cotild stay- over , might: -The woman :told
him her husband would be home soon--that
'she had no objection to his staying, if her
husband had 'none. He entered the house
and sat down._ .The husband soon came.
He was a very xough-looking, athletic man.
His huge beard,and matted locks gave small
indications of-Ae s ntleness. A request to re
main - for the, iiight, 'received a curt affirma
tive reply. The horse was then taken - care
of with an alacrity*hich the drover thought
was prompted — by the thought that' the
means of eacapti.:were now removed. He
felt decidedlynneomforta.ble. He had run
,
into the very jaws - of the lion. •
While food . was preparincr, his host sat
apparently asleep; but the Lover could de
tect- him watching him from the corner of
his eyes. He had small i appetite for his
supper. He . felt sure that he was in the
house of a robber: :He resolved to retire
early to his Chainber, barricade the door as
strongly as pessihle, put his pistols in Order
and.-remain-wakeful. Soon after supper be
complainedel latigue, and requested to be
shpwn . to ,his bed. "Stranger," said the
host, rousing.,himself from his apparent
slumber, "I don't know how it may be with
you„ but we Worship God here. We read a
chapter in ilie w Eible and pray before we go
to - bed. YOVean 'do as you please•; but we
would like to - have you - join us."
"With all my heart," said the drOver.' His
host got his Bible, read a chapter, kn - Wed
clown and pray ed--a moog other th in gs, , ibr
the stranger that sojourneth for the night.
The stranger was delivered from all fear.
He felt perfectly safe under the root' of a
praying man. He was shown to his cham
ber; but be took no precaution to avoid
surprise. He did not look at his pistols.
He lay down and slept soundly till morning.
The events of that night awakened reflec
tion. Reflection led to conviction of sin.
Finally, he was led to the Cross and ulti
mately became a preacher of the Gospel.
Infidels have really confidence in religion
and in religious men. If all professing
Christians were consistent, the occasions of
fault-finding would be removed, and the
confidence the unbelieving unwillingly re
pose in• good men would have its effect upon
their consciences.
The performance of family worship led to
the conversion of that; infidel. If it had,
from any cause, been intermitted that even
ing, the drover might have gOne on his way,
with his suspieions unremoved and his heart
unaffected. The faithful performance of
that duty' was rewarded by the salvation of
a soul.
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Pain of the Back, Cheat, and Side
ALLCOCK'S POROUS PLASTER
Colds, Coughs, and Sore Throats,
HARTFORD, CONN., Nov. 11, 1864
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An Important Letter
SHRUB OAK, YORKTOWN, N.. Y., Tan. 19, 1860
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Yciurs, very truly,
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Sore Cheat and Ceugh Cared.
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Cure of Crick in the Back and Lumbago.
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