tijs gantitij [COMMUNICATED.] TO LOVE THEE MORE. BY N. B. M To love Thee more I to love Thee mole, Through all our wandering, Through weariness, and woe, and war, Still close to Thee to cling, To feel around our weakness thrown The everlasting arms— And in that shelter not alone, But safe from all alarms. To love Thee morel Not others lee* Sweet Saviour, but to give, Our first, our last, our most;-our - best, To Him by whom we live! , To Him, who bought us with his blood, For whom we are forgiven, Who tnakes us kings and priests tO,Glid, And heritors of heaven. To love Thee more I By:needed , grace, By praises and by prayer, . By way-Aide and by resting-place, By trial, and by care. By every joy that lights Our Way, Ay, every tear we abed, By evening shade, and breaking day, Ohl may our love be fed. ~ To love Thee more I to consecrate. With unreserve to Thee, Theagaoula that falter at the gate, Of immortality I Oh I kindle in our souls a &me i' , That shall be darkened never, , But at the mention of Thy Name, Burn pure with love forever. • KEEPING THE SABBATH IN KANSAS. BY ' ' ELLEN bEititl% . Away out on the prairies of Kansas is a beauti ful oval piece of land, sufficient in extent to form a considerable "town site," although—with the exception of a few low dwellings, ,the town is ,yet in the future. It is half enclosed by high ter raced lOUs, peculiar to that portion of the coun try, and the other half is bounded by the 13— river and one of its trihutaries, fringed-as` Kansas are—by - belts of timer. Here coleny froip one of the older ;States 'came, a' - few years ago, to retrieve shattered fortunes and make for themielves new homes in the wilderness. It was their avowed purpose to make all the social, religious and educational influences around tlrem of the highest order. A church building was erected, n . with the understanding the de orninatiortfvhieh first succeeded ' ` id' settling - a pastor there, should own it. A laic plan was laid for a literary institution, and-the settlers con gratulated themselves that bodily wants were not the only ones to which they had a mind to at- But, all unwittingly, they had brought with them to their now home such characters as Mad am Bubble ,and Mr. Worldly-wise2Man ; and others, of the same stamp; and these restless, mis chievous spirits were constantly Ititcee - ring with . erected for themselves. . , Not only did Madam Bubble dazzle:their ,eyes with schemes of-worldly prosperity and greatness, to be acquired through the hard labor of making the mirk) , wilderness to bloom with other than its bi , in wild beauty; but Ae'represerittd th•them the pleasurelo , be. derived from Sakilath visiting among themselves, viiiih - the - s'efflers up and down the river, and even to and froin tiltOWn some fourteen miles away: She and Mi Norldly'whie-man also set before them the .policy of getting on, with the work- of bailditig'and` planting as fast as possible, even if they did have to encroach upon the hours of, sa cred rest, or devote them altogether to. suchiltri suits. Again, they . whispered;that, 'although the new comets were of that well-bred plass who 'do not habitually indulge in the nee of whifoky, yet the neighboring ,settlers liked it, and if they could get it there, - wonld, in all • probability, come 'to trade at the incipient dry-goods and grocerlitore, established in' the - place, , and 'finding the society agreeable, they might come there to find educa tional advantages for their Children, and religions privileges for themselves. Without stoppinc , to consider the extreme improbability of such' re sults from thesale of intoxicating-liquors, iv 'was therefore, voted' that a man Who had 'brought a barrel of whisky into the settlement should be al lowed to open a bar and deal it out. So, with their faces turned in the right dire& tion i and the banner of good morals held -flaunt ingly aloft, the treacherous sands of worldly pleasure and worldly wisdom, were sliding them backward toward the character if not the fate of Sod mu. Bdt there was one Irian-among - them whosere ligious faith was based upon so broad and - firm a foundation, and had been so thoroughly inwrought , into his heart,and life, that he-could not lie in duced to give up his religion, or to- hide it under a bushel, by laying aside , those outward obser vances so essential to a healthful Christian life. Ile: and, his isiife refused, te, Visit on Xhe Sabbath, and if neighbors came to visit them, no matter in what niimber, Or` froki 2 whistance, they were kindly invited, to join' in spine religious exorcise; which was of as public a character.as the circum stance would perrnit,—=-a prayer-meeting, or a Bi ble class, or a, Sabbath school. They would not: be offended, d, bat they, Would not tempt him again to give'up hid la l .wful Sabbath reEtt, and in some cases, they ,would voluntarily come to the public worship again and again. He remonstrated so earnestly with the town company against Ale troduetion of the whisky barrel, that it wasvoted out then, and from that time forever. He had built, for his home, a . small cabin of logs and procured planks for the floor ; no easy thing to, do in -a country where timber is scarce, and sawmills scarcer. But a neighbor, who;from sickness in his family, or some other cause, seemed to be in 'more immediate want- of a floor to his house, hegged'for a loaribf theplank.s; promising to haul more for Mr. G.'s floor, as soon as he could , get they use of one of the few teams in the sett'Ament. Indeed, I do not know that there THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1868. was more than one team adapted to such pur poses. Presently the neighbor told Mr. G. that he would draw his plank the next Sabbath. " cannot lay a floor in my house of plank drawn on the Sabbath," was' the prompt reply. • "I don't know how long you will have to wait, then," said the man;. ",it is the only day that I can have the team." But Mr. G. was firm, and as the team was in the hands of Sabbath-breaking men, who wished to overcome or break down scruples which led to conduct that was a perpetual reproach to them, they persistently arranged their business so - that he could not get his lumber drawn on ; a week day. Weeks lengthened into-months, and the hot, dry summer came and went, and still the only floor of the low cabin," was the dttsty 'prairie soil. It was no small trial to those, accustomed ,to comfort and refinement, to :be thus situated; nor were the laughter and sneers; or •condolencer , of less scrupulous neighbors easy to be it was, for Clitifges'. sake, and ifte, prows that went up from, .thati eabipt, were doubtless . rendered doubly acceptable •.by the pleasant con currence of husband and , Wife in choosing discom fort rather than to'he baited from duty: Well, the ofhtorrwaclilt at--last; muilneering neighbors were, taught by thit, , : ausl:,.by many other circumstances, that wha 4 tever,incouysutegge he might be subjected to, or whatever prpfit pr pleasure he might forego, Mr: G. hatould, keep Me Sabb'ath... ' •-• At length, orLd'Sabhath i day;4o;u;gll. an open ing in the,bluffs, stretihiug away to ,the North west; there came &terrific hurricane. ~It swept across the town, unroofed- and overturned the Slightly built houses,' soutitcrint , p household' gocids, and the cherished - rneineutoes of,PleUaaiiterlioMes far . and wide across the prairie, and' caUsirig;f,ho terrified inhabitants to gee for theirdives.,. One cabin alone iemainedP untouched, and thither theywrent like frightened 'sheep ; and, itf ter the first term' was with fia4ness common at such times, they snid,„ l ‘.li(r, G, It, is because of your Sabbath-keeping that you arethe only one whohas escaped in this visitatitm." The testimony thus bornein time of fear and trou ble was not forgOttew; nor did the influence of that lamp, so persistently keit trimmed, grow less. Other lamps,-which had .been suffered to burn low,in:itheinanttitude ; pf_vws attenant upon a removal to anew country, were trimmed, and the prayer-meetings, although frequently,in, terrupted, became,a,stated thing. . A church was organized, and- the feeble 'cut ting of a. vine, planted there and cultiNtted • by that one conple, when all others - had well nigh forgotten it, bids fair to become aflourishing por-' tion of the vineyard.of our Lord. := wife already:' begin to reapithecreward promised to these who are faithful in a few things. HOW-' TO - - . '01I0OSE:A: IWIT&±::1: HENRYREv WAtin Bnnorgyn one of his (ifsebikries; the twenty-eighth 'chapter of Genesis; stad: Jacob's father forbade him to take • Ei from the danghters of oanaan. cause - he knew that-withe vgife he would, take the religion; that had he brought,,into' his house the fairestand disereetest of wives he would - have . brought in the cause' ofalon ai7= - rr6verb, that, kman - is,w at his wife will Jet him be; and old Isaac was a wise man when life said, '"l'Don'e thribirgi the Ca naanites to get a,Wire.'",. Canaan ; nowadays is everywhere. - 1.1, is ; every where there' has been no. 'family,..prayer, where makamon. is God;' wherever there is a god less' household, there Is . the land`•of, Canaan. man` that 'marries a good wife 'has very little More to ask of the Lord till he dies. A geed Wife is a blessing frean'the e and there are very few blessings that he gives now or hereafter that are coniparible to it. And marriage is a thing not heed lessly to be rushed ,into, but slowly, dis. erectly. It is anything but a fanny or a Valetilatien. - .Itt ti,...mattei of ..moral pag ment and duty as high as any duty that lifts itself between yOn and the face of God. As for Ishmfel he gets•married outof.spitee There have been a good many, en who have mar, ried.,,pat of a rebound of passion, of whore this is - •a typical instance. It is not the first time thae,44 , 411.40,-fOrs*qm his pwn good lout of spite to , somebody else. Ia respect ta., h marriage relations, they that enter into =this 'sacred state ought to feel. themselyes t ,hclipid4o N de Af t apoa,moral grounds, not upon the oalpulaikon of secular advantages. The publicsentiment of this Christian country derideEi the ho Would desecrate'the i3anctif,Y Of irelafs for reasons of pecunis t ry or ambitious calm lations ; for although one may find .a wife_ come to him' nowsand then that is a joy and a blegsing of:his l life,' ordinarily such 'mak riakE)s result in arid. married lives; ` if not 'in contention and unhappiness. . Nor should the pleasure of:Saucy influence one's selec tiorr;= neither should 'one form a • marriage connection upon -mere' sentiment—l mean the merasenthraent of affection. There are, -many ` persons that kindle quick araL,burn, Therelare - iitaPY.4.-iPdS, of wood' that kindle slowly,Amt, ,, once on fire, keep all night long. Therefore, when a man would found a househbrd, which is the he-, ginning of his own. "organized life, it ought -to be done on , rnoralvrounds. •It•should be, done with the full advisement, not . of con science only, but ofreligious feelieg;) pStich, a man will be apt, indeed, to make rthOuse holt:blessed. And iwthitnakteri-da - must remOmber, that natural traits are more to be • considered even thanartificial ones. A'Per son may have excellent experiences in reli gion, and, yet'make a very poor wife. First choose, then, good-nature, cheerfulness,zen tleness. As Baxter said, , the grace of God could live with persons that, he couldn't live with . They - that marry for interest without regard to moral considerations lose usually even that; but they that select for moral considerations, gain first the moral ends that they sought, and :then -work oattlie other ends that they,'did riot" seek. .. ; .It is not, wise to mix religions.-- Ai.man,whe marries iierife'of a different religion - td his own, thinking afterward to bend her to his views, has very little idea of timber. TEE DYING INPIDEL. One morning, Dr. Fletcher, of Stepney, received a request to visit a man who was a professed skeptic and apparently near his end. On entering the chamber where be lay, he beheld the attenuated form of one who had been a tall, athieti6 man, struggling under the ravages of a disease, at once the most painful and incurable. The doctor ad dressed him by sundry kind inquiries and expressions of sympathy, reminding 'Mtn of the sufferings of Christ 'Who gave Himself a yansom for sinners, that through His aton ing sacrifice they might obtain, the forgive nes.s.or sin and I.:to restored to the favor of God. Hearing this the dying' man said, " Sir, 1.-denit.beliewe-lhatork , wit3ll.l.eosidy , me-w dear wife thpr f e,eleew; 'she" believes all you f t 'r ; . "Well," said Dr. F., " but you say yell . wish you could, and that is a greakpointle: wards • attaining aretz• 4ineere. .Now,'what'do you:believe concerning- Jesus ChriBt ?" " .1 he"l •h " y,rep .4 ,believe sac a Amu • dried lived, aida yery,,tood, Bin= Iddkel Tian; • . 7 It wasta prindiple.with Dr._ F.:, when , 'rea soning .with unbollevers, if , they actinow-, Ipdg9,d . the. ; pmalleat portion of , teutli,,to make poi3ltion - from 'Artich te-arkue with This now addipted, dna ". "You believe .Tesus Christ - wai,a . goodzian —a sincerp,rnaw ,how do you think that a good man would wish to deceive others ? or a sincere man use language that must mislead ?" - A A AA:. ~*'. : • 1141 ---- "Then lio"do i ycia reun.ntile xoyr admis sion that+Hd istis.:Ei c, bood:iniu:skarli;His say ing to the Jews, 'I and my Fattel4re one?' When they took.,.,n.pkon.es, to kill. Itipa-He did not undeceive them, but still•mamtained the fact of His Godhead; adding, 'My sheei, __ _ hear my and they.follovE.ae,and, . • voice,: .l4trifitheinc and:,l 'give unto them! eternal life.' -IsTow , could luny mere man sayi-I give ;unto: therX,4l:evh:aL life? Could 'any angq, however exalted • • • . Stop;" cried the "dying rrian,.'with an ex cited voice. " Stop, sir;l never saw this be fore; anew lig,bt•hreas in upon me. ,Stop, sir,: Holding up his , emaciated handi as , if fear -ing that—a _breath inight :4A:46:Lugo the..new light breaking in on hishenighted soul, and with a countenance lighted up' with - a sort .nf weterrptural ,expression_quite indescribia -Mk - bur with'efas'ilite k titl? tried on Dr. F., he exclaimed, ,after a short- pause, while , big :you are *a stplasmger ,m i ercy ; sent by god Hinis i elf £o save my poor - soul! Yes, ,Christ AO ( lied t , . 0 9.f.,t. 311 411 1 10 1 Yes, even , me 11? LEANING- ON -JESUS; A little girl lay near death. She had been broualit low b • a sad nd. lainful UTe ereP.,' a e and -her heart as joyous and g'ay a 3 ink of - her compartiona,,,but now her body was raCked with pain, the,ley hand Of death had `teuclied ler; and she - Was.about to go, into - eternity,' "boes my little, one sad at the thought 'of death ?"',,usW';hef,Parla, as he watched- the look'of pain , ori her face. "No, dea - r . prifia," ; Said)ilie;'smiling ' "my hand is the while in the hand of Jesus, and he wilt-not let it, go.'? , "Are you afraid, dear child ?" asked her minister, atancol;her titqt„th No; I cannot tear while ,J esus .supports me;" she replied quickly..." But are: you not weary 'with- bearing`paitil": She said, "I am leaningon' .Thens`,.nird the ain" And so:this one of Christ's lambs. went: to the fold above, leaning,,oh ~the,,gccd,. Shep herd who " gathers the lambs in his arms. We too MatSt &BUMP IStialli-we be found leaning. cui J,estui r so r tifftt not, mind pain or fearlieath ?- - - BTANb.Vit rqA JESUS. " W i lly, Clark r iwhal - ails you : to-night ? Here we have. walked ; three whole .equArds, and-not a wordcan'T get oat of you. What ~ r' ybu.' thinking' . about?" So spoke Mr. , :oites to his friend Clark at:they Valked triiin Vale atore, for they'wer(rfellow-plerks . ergo l i ' t bl' h i t: "113 ' 't 1 " - " ..i In a ete, Je 1 3 1.4.1 ,AR,-.J.c 1 ,Y.11. ‘F,scuse A? , Holinee„JAn4Yl PQMlCienee has been apes so- loudlyrthat I. could not talk or listeillo any one eleciii.P.. . 1 . T." , "Aiid whatislt siCyiray, if leam , not. too 'inquisitive,'aff Tong , ` you havet..-trien-' Nix tioped it?' , . "N'li, l l . 1:101;.:m * Ijid te11iVg 44, ... -,lf lirtii.ne I did-... - 1 To-day -; one . . of the 'Crake -4 Ich the.. Xt other rooms had 'vine dealing w ith Me. He said I had made a mistake in recko4g,, but I told him it wite . ifot so. Hes'iViisvelleg. apil piccite.dand , zenaie - Akyndliegmta.lllr. - -- -1 quietly told - him ,he, misraken, and' would frri-it so, but th at I was noi:Willing .to. have such 'langugge,--addreaged tA` - ', Me., For; myself I do not care . so ranch; I said,, - but liprofess to bea Christian,ind any such itignia On in — e" is a ,reproach toy Master's - . name. For His sake you must take it back." 'He loOked surprised, hitt iriqthdixe- another i word,Jeft,:the ropin. ' ' n . , . ' i "After• a wllile -Smith,.whe" siands near I me, said, c Well, Clark,. I n ever mistrusted you was 0110‘ of .the.lilifitta - 'pee till 'l' heard you own it. I'always thought you a good enough fellow, but never took yoti-..10r a church member.' Oli,..H6lmes, you don't knowi how those few words condemned me." " Why, man, I don't see. He never - asked you, / anti • you were not e..7pe9.t.ed:tß., say,. ' Smith, I'm a church mernber:'"' . - 1 I 1, "No, perhaps not in, iso ',many, worts, bat. here have been with the fellows isever4 months. They know about my home, about my politics, but not one of them ever knew I was a Christian. You said I was not bound to tell them. I think my every-day life should have shown it. I ought to be a living epistle, known and read of all men, I should have spoken of Tesns and asked them to love Him. Conscience has been telling me lam a coward, a mean :soldier. I feel that it is too true, and Christ helping me, I will here. after show my colors. I trust no friend hereafter will have occasion to say to me, I didn't know you were aCliristiari. nolmes, will you- join me 2" " Well, Clark, I do think that is the:nobler way, and here's my hand that try to en ter' the ranks with you, won by your noble eonfesaien.", • "Thank God,' Hohnes r Together,':` then we will stand up for. Jesus.—Sunclay-Sph6ol Times.. , EREAOH TO THE . ) 4 1.tnivn !hiaid my father say, and well my father knew, s• •• ".? . in it was 'mina. for full-grown men, atO milk•for children." ••• •• • ••. • • • Timax - was,an element in tliet.d,iseoursei of the olden time which•tbe sermpnAserei PA the, present day, for= the most :patt,mcingly ignott. Thofie- ancient- men; of whom- is now so fadifonable to speak slightly, men of iron Mould and-nda,inatit 'hart, hadi them some sprink:sit.tdirdenneEis, k 914 alive, an int,ereat iti•the, little peofile: f Passirigby that speciespf pulpit eloquence wbieh,in'our dun' offers hardly more: _than inilk'a`nd 'for: the "ttill , grown;!mani" how - feir'OfttiOgii setatortii' *hick are WOrthy beiiit called food, tor 11;0 extr&io ll o4:' bove,iirlkein a single word lit tle:fer-lhe W one I,hile the Sheep are,fed, the:lambs are frisking about the meadow;, or fast asleep beneath the shnimer: sun- i Do. you not see - them' ministers,: *due , ' your high . -vanthge ground ? uDo you not detect the variou expedients to which ,the, ckildre,p;reittirLA: while aWny, the weary honi-W—tl4 kiotti,ng of handkerchiefslie intaglios wroug4 with pin-points on many a surface,. better without such deporation; the restless watch-i _ing4f the N tlicosmall buffoonery of, daceLniaking; :and at length-,11'4 - Olief partnts and , all naturalguardiaris "—as,to the;little head itself; the quiet and-oomfor-' ta;ble. nap? •You ''may 'say: ."Let them. go leihe Sabbath-school L-that is thuplace 'for. children .& Yes; but it ie nettlie only plae - e, nor :'the •bes place.'The should be; early ,taught that they have right in t 413 .as (well as in the. poreh. ~ .The little, peoplfr 'should , -not be tnadei• - to feel themselves ,a 'tribe apart, but should be taught theirunity with thik i ,''whole'obligregation. loinbs are t ak tfaly a portidti - of.. ks fleece-laden sheep- thie,e iaintites allotted`. to :the ,children, in. every ; Sermon, ..rini - ely would be little time. to give them, when you ;reflect thht 'the fast-flying- hoard , and days are bringing them to be- almost before yon' are'aware;'the meri. and *O the 'ltalian MOthera, of society,!' 1 And .were : they .sure,rthht these .few words , were ' corning,; ' , their 'interest would, he keptawake In watching for them; and so, by - the.-way; 'eatkight pick lup.scarie seodb truth.:in- I:teaded for their iirciers,: - wiltet yet should ' spring - up in the' good soil' of the 'young heart, and grow and, bring forth fruit to the glory of Him who loved the little childrea; .which should add to, the "golden sheaies''' you shall bear to the heavenly garner-- i the tender and graceful beauty, and the deli Cate, fragrance of the - opening-flower, or the just reddeuingliud.T:.Tlli ' 'Think of it, ye preachers of the word Think of the great influence you would gain over this class of your people, by showing them that your understand and love 'them. Some of them will live to ,bless ,you here many of theta *ill be calledearly, to .1 - ernis. Will it not be a glad aneprecious greeting 'when you also shall go through the gates-of pearl,: to heat' the childlike,,voicos, singing around you, and joining' in your Welcome hOrne ?—to hear from the_ lips whence 'fell the command, "Peed my lambe"-the blessed assurance: "Inasinuch as ye did it unto ode of the least of these, ye did it unto me ?" 'TIER NAN J BORN BLIND. _ . - :Within the same compass there is no piece of•dead or living mechanism. that , we know 'of, -: so curious, so complex, so full , of niOe Adjustments, as the human eye. it was ` th e ,gfeat Creator's office to, make that eye and plant it in its socket ; ; gifting it With all ,its varied powers of motion,,outward . aud, in ward, and guarding it'agairist all the' ili,. juries to which so delicate instrument is 'eiposed. It Was the ' Creator's will tlihi Aome fatal defect, or some` fatal confusion of 1 itsparts and membranes, .hhonld *OM the ,first have existed 41, - the: 9ye-.4,11 Vf i'lis man. ;.!And who 'but the =Creator: could it , be MAI rectified the defect Or removed.the con 'fusion, bestowing - at once. , ,tiPtin-the rcnova- - ‘ted organ the full power' of vision?. Such ,instant recohstrudtion of a ;defective`; or_ mutilated, or disorgig,4e,die",-;thOugh,. u 3 n-pt litself a greater, - appears tons .a.-more' , - prising act of the than tbe _ortg • arl creation of= the:; organ. ',Yon:watch_ , with operation the; Operatfo of the pan' , f Who, wri.a large choice of means and.rna terials, m di kep,,,and grifids; anil f volishea,` and adjusts .) set, Or lenses cif ''which "s; tele-i scope is conipoeed....ap.t let some ,accident happen whereby all, !.these lenses were broken and crned together dil<One inastilor O nfasion, What mild 70UP:think of 'the: Man who could out oLlhiclitimaterilds'ie— construct the inat #o;p4l it ifirice-iewoi a:. .display of the Divihe poTpilhat was Made whea the man barn t)lind,•-wentaiid-wzi,slied and saw. ... -. r•,; ' But however perfehNtladAee bei-itr,is . simply a trail iitter -of light;' the' outward organ by which l ceitniik - 4Mir,reiiihrut;')Ure, ! Made upon the optic niiies;'l),l"tikani to: be' ;cohveyed to the brOh li tg , ,:gii '-,h*Ai ifieii to; ,the sensation of sight. But. hese' saki* -,-- . -19ns. of themselves convey little or no knowleth, , ,, of the outward world till the observer's mind within has learned to interpret them as signs of the position, forms, sizes ' a n d distances of "theoutlying objects of the visible creation. It is but slowly that an infant learns 618 language of the eye. It requires the putting forth of innumerable acts of memory i .and the acquiring by fl inc h practice a theility of rapid interpretation. That the man born blind should be able at once to use hip 'ilyee rig we all do, it was needed that:,oitlkfacttity should be bestowed on him at;, ) onee, Withtmt any teaching or traiaing, and we.&fly understand (as it is somewhat.difficult to do) what the powers were which 'Weald thou - instantly conveyed, the, mental trpetit not lees wonderful than th'e '`nT.a or the miracle of o,ifi too of which it is t,itteily,impnalE4 *eve any explanation but the one:that,liiore wan in it a direct and Ammediatte✓ patting forth of the Divine power.. !The- 'Skilful band of the toucher May Opin — ilte eye that has been blind o r th;l3 , tfti . ,.np; hitratin. grill or power 441d,cOitteig, oapcf,',tbat faculty of usin g gig eye.,as •:W!hlulllei o, acquired by us in. the. f4rgetlietbdayti of our infancy. It may be left tol.tbeigahAticisrix of unbelief to brfiegititiO,thitt itVic/Said; clay and the wash -I'4 4;vbibli'restdiWille 'sight to the man Aorn of conceptio n catipnint,ntit,:u xihtitral means by which the:gift of. perfect viaion c9g14:1 have been at once conferred.: 3 , ". _ . t .i:.t I GE 13)11L,WAYLAND. [Volki.tliiihir - Ablarbliabini by Shelton and Co.] • :l A, sleep44,l, Staae4t;promising himself the p l ea/4111 ,a lv , 4o . 4 4origed. controversy, 011C0 infortned.ithe-,presiderit .that be had been tmOble tOilitirottler any internal evidence that the - CildgeStapient - was ittilVired: " For in ' Sold h4,,:kt;talie'lite book of Pro. tierbri: Certainly' It negibit'ibitispiration tbo l write l that portion' of the 'Bible. A man ,not liriapinedwoon-id. hav4 done .it as well. Indeed, - -liihave , often . thought, that I. could *Trite as.geottprOverbillnrelf.';' "Very well, ny son,, perbotir'yott can, was the prompt "S4TtosSYoif i ntelse the experiment. ,Vrefoare proverbs, and, read them to -the elasstoimeyrckwk: iTh'next." It is hardly Lnecessary to ,ad,ll.,thse,the ,a,ttempt to rival tbe:wisdorirl , ef Solomon came to an abrupt land iirglorioirsteesirittsitioni- - . wheir - disked " c if "he' considered dineini,Wilini s '',lloo4 ,l 4re'd, "'Not much 114014,,,,,4114g*"..qtis world, my:a6n.• ; 2/J44" 1 - At another time4p / 7F,as lecturing on the weight of ..evi,dence, furxrished ,by, human 'f(P','„Was fro& hori ty _as Siitoterieerkii;for x '-the establishment of mir . aoles; .rnemlw:Pf the, Pla.is, not en tirely-..satiated. ,-.the. correctness .of the teaching; strggested , a practical application 'of the ddetridc':' d'WhatiWould ; you say, Dr. a afld,lfSoOtio l iffitiv, 14;1 was-coming .31p-,volleg9TOt?i9itt t „l saYy... the laMp-post at Abe cornerAancer _drool& ask you where. you had. been; mylsoo,?_,Was the quiet -reply in , gos instruotor's.graveshmanner. pllaytt offered by him at=-the. opening 'licit — term of the U. RUCfrenit. Court, .Justice .sf'94s'ProtkidAti, g;iiri to this day vivid before - , my mmd,.: c it w4e.ari - invocation of .thepr-esencesf 004 as tbe;Antlior and Source oft atl.,j natio°, aud j ithe Being 'before ,whom the. judges iof the eartht.would all stand to els an adecturt pf:4lS , Thanner in which they itilittintstere'd4hlif laws' among men. to,lfi - Pilikfpresence of God made Me ,tregible. naked before :thee, andidestifitletaQA; at _no ,covering.' recall no passages .in his, sermons or ad dresses that surpass' in , sublimity some por tions ief thot-Trayer:.', Spectators, jurors, idY§eriteS;itild julgeS:,-Were -hushed into per fect stillness, cluring.ifs"ptteranee ; and I 9. 13/14444 Y 55i 1 . A °149,- : a*- 1 14g . ;:g.,qkt session of ,the eourt,,,wauldi dare vt9,3oermive at injus =tice, or to-devisie, pr EtWeArd , autiiink which would :not be-approved tha,final judg ment day. ,-The-'Qburt seemed to me but a faint' Ord Oh ifflitatiohef the great tribu nalloSfOre which:ite i 'm*st all, ippear." ,„80pral . t ettideiat who had Wt.; y . el., P 991.0 *:" - ..3igtiland's Per sonahmstruntion, was *Witting big time in worse: tlihn .iiselesta reading :Ths-presldett; after , tenveraing .with him kindly,', eitid;"" Here IS- Boswell% Life of yoht oo" - read it outc'arefulty, write . yq' m Vliapressions of' it, .and, then come and Oe.,*e..,again." When :the pupil returnedsthey+Anme: he - was a new man,./ His) mental .reformation. had cool- MSeteds- Works of fiction..; had , lost their ''aibrae4O'n'for'-llitn? 'Re-devoted =himself to studies with eatilkikpurimse, and left 011130 3 *ith, , A4 nip as a Scholar.; ge heuarnierikineut alike in his profession and; in, literati - re; and has ever aseribid- intelleistual salvation to the timely, and parental- - couniselo , of Dr. Way land: • `c y. of , r -. hemselves, are 4 egaq* n 44446-TheY are only means, Age.sußeful.6433•:ababff areat ' 'tended by thefts:dueness ofthe Holy Sp irit." ManTa visitor was leurprited, when call ing, 'tilion'theresident :Cs/residence, to find him . Stretehedd"at- length-upon the ilonr engaged in a frOtic' - wlth - his boys, and a,b4Rll4kilteniplingttieU, delight when they, Ni.are.allOWeduttiaelieYeAat they.had , conquered their father.,:"‘Often,ee. they met liimibiuthe college gTeen returning from his stUdy, he 'would oarry:thenr , home on his isihnuiders; much to a the anineednent of those iwhe Witnessed "this of parental ePti9n. IP3 , companions in his walks, in his exercise in. the garden or the wood-shed - 00dt took them with him ,during-_ his ~,brief: j popyr whenever his en gage,ruenta.44l 314 , ,t 409,4 1 r 1 4 with . the care .and ovexsight which, their iyoxith.and inex perience requared.,, 14_01)art,pf heegm'ilikfamiliar with a prac itical :matt(); ja.',(if,,ill.4l,iiikatire Itapartance." 2t __~ .~.". i
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