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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 , ".
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.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."
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