fainitg eirett. MAN. What am I unto Thee. 0 Thou mos(just, Who madest me, Thy likeness from the dust, And taughtest that whinit may be and which must What am I unto Thee, 0 Thou moat true f For I am false and faithfeas thtvngh. and through— That which I would not, is the thing I do. What am l'unto..Titaii,io.thon most pare 7.. Serenely sitting where is pew* secure, While I have.sinned . and, sinning, must endure • Alone, amitt.a ihiversal space, I have from Thee a foothold and a place, From which I look, if I may see Thy face. Yet not alone, for still on either hand . The lit.Mty ranks in all their order stand; Thy countless splendors unsitrpassed, unspannact. Reach forth from far'en high and take the hence, While signs and seasons pass and all ray sense Cries out, for Thee, 0 41,30 Ofanipotencti l • tteaoh hither, and' thOtigh irorld4 iniiiirlirteand sway, While heaven and all its host'shall rollaway, I.shall behold Thine everlasting day. , . _ For: thus believing', nothing itew, or , strange; No vast vibration in my spirit's range, Can break 'my faithToi eatiii.thfiQggito change, And this frailisland'en:Vabotteless sea, - Willett seemed so tenantless and sad , to me. But keeps me where Lvraitand , watch for Thee. . Stimuli. W. Durrnu.n. MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD. many of my most sincere and devoted friends are among the little folks that I often feel likeitying to• interest them' by noting briclfly some of the iticident4 of my child'. hood. I was.regarded as serious and thought ful, not given .to noisy demonstrations like many. Children ;.ylet I was of an 'active turn of mad, and generally bad' ,oe. hand soille• enterprise of interest to myself. In•the ntbr`ot 1798, having entered thy 'fifth year, 1 became interested, as I remembur, in -the; pursuit of butterflies. Our playgrounds were very .birge, and were =alive with wings of every hue. §e z , leeting the most, beautiful I would chase them fromone shiutrand fhwerlo another, but could never capture them. Sometimes I would feel confident of success, but when, as I thought, I was just about to make the successful grab, they escaped. A succession of failures convinced me that it did not pay, and I quit the business. With the Juno bugs .I was more success ful ; they, were easily taken, and wore much rougher customers.. Having provided my. self-with strips of red and white flannel, very light and small cables .of thread,' I would' fasten ono end 'of the 'thread t 6 a strip of red or white flannel, and the other end with a 'noose to the . leg Of a June bug and' turn him loose in open space.' 'Frightened by the singuta,r:fixture, he would not light on any shrub or tree, but directed his flight upward and onward toward the open sky, and could be diainetly seen fist a longodis tanee bis'brlllianp lip was large and.,strong, so 1 4 bat to hold him doWn with one'land and tie on his flag with the other, was a difficult job; but tosee him launch away with his full rig was ample compensa- Lion for the childish labor. . In the Sufnmer Of 1799 r turned my at tention mostly to' boating on the _Roaring Branch, which, came down from the!mo.un-' tains, near our house, and extended through the Pasture '&l4' of 'citir'' , )f e ariii.. - In that branch, ranging from one to two yirds wide, I found much to amuse rue,„ It was the' teshionable bathing establishment of, mother's ducks, and some mornings I gath ered quite a quantity of freshlaid ducks eggs from the water. It always afforded plenty of smooth graveLstOnes and, what I like better, red paint-stones.`these I gathered in heaps along the shore of the little rivulet. Next 1 contrived to start a line of Small, boats to snip them in. These boats were made with a knife out of soft'poplar bark, nearly as light,as cork-Wood, and easily wer_k; ed. Some of them were six inert* long, two inches wide, and one inch deep ;, others were from nine to twelve _inches long, and large in proportion. To man Oita" obtain ed a fine thread cable, tied one end to tlie bow of the boat and the other to a light stick a yard long, so that I could walk , on • the bank and direct the boat.. as I. pleased.' Sometimes I would load w ith,. gravel and .start for a distant port in th e lows; pasture tield and return with a load of red; paint stones,' going on the principle ihat vein tares make merchants, though sometimes broken , ones. ••On smooth,water there *us noidifil eulty, but in 'priming 'shoals and rapids oc casionally the' boat .was Capsized and wreck ed and the cargo lost: - Yet, perhaps, no wholesale importer etijoYed the 'business more than I did. In the Sun:infer of 1800, when I was six years old, I found better employment in at tending school. My father furnished me with Dilworthle Spelling-Book, and sent me to the beech log school-house. Our teacher was Mr. Clayton, who was ilfstatuio little more than , a dwarf, but as polite' as Lord Chesterfielk and for' the time "a good ~,,, lisp scbolar . The pupils " were natives of the PeighborkocA some f6it,Win Pufriber, and of all ages, from twenty. year down to six:' =The schekolihoit4if-needed- some fixing to, render it comfortable. The morning ap plifiadd fof openi iiethe - rChoOl - the teacher _ and Liner.boys were engaged in some need ful repairs, while the smaller children were in groups scraping np-'an acquaintance. Conrad Smith, - Iniich older and more ad- 7 vended.in book-knowledge than I Wait, atol l proached me iwthe little group with an . air of self-importance, and - addressed me thus: R.romutraiienici. YcLuSlifigo.k," which I Mini:l,6l:N ' him - when, orpping it„ he said' " Are youe lial4 r ?!' Are you ileb4ta; tads f" Atil3 Sou ina- b aps 4-csfoyAu., THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1869. "Are you in your letters Y" 46 No?) " What then ?" "I'm not in any thing; I've just come to begin." At 1 P. M., the school opened; the - scbo-- 'ars were called forward by seniority and had their books examined and their lessons assigned them. Boing one of the, smallest I was about the,, last called. The teacher took my book and asked me if knew the letters. I said, "No, sir." lie then took a pointer, and calling over the alphabet delib erately, told me to repeat, after him, and .then returned me the book and said, "Learn their as.soon as' you can:" Before night`l knew the alphabet, and 'Could say the let ters from A te,Z; and reversing the order could say them from ;7 0 to:A. Next morn ing, after full and careful examination, he told me that I knew all the letters by eight, and that I,.might turn a leaf and begin at ,the Greatly encouraged, I made progress . steadily. , six eek s the school was snspended:oll,the Crope were se 'eured;then reshmed 'and - the quarter finish ed. , 111 r: Olay-ton ever after treated me with marked aftentkin, and Caressed tin t s" scholar.' ; In, the Spring of:Ml:being seven years old, I, was put to light work on the farm. On' the Kanawha Bottortiii- the cornstalks were very large and till; 'and SQ abundant that we bad to gather and barn them be fore the grOund,dould bp Plowed.. This was thy first . work. • The ,-horse-rake was not then in nse, so 'we gathered them; by hand into large heaps, and had rate sport in burn ing them at night: Thei Were easily fired with a torch, and made a flame t,enottwelxe t feet high. Scores of I,thch fires dti dpdstitacl: a grand illriniihatiba. We'rtinusea ourselves by running and'jampingthrough the flame. This I did scores of tithes, but, keeping my eyce ahlit;triseeified tiklury, excepp:singef 'ing'Ortile hat I)t[terin the "season I`w•ail pattp,'ll(nning covt. WhopAhere were too many et,!alka in a Wee :itebetisaVy to 'pull out some; shie,w 4 o:didtr hen 4e7ground was too wet' to flow. ._ - SubseViently father' ortght-'ine'a 'ligtjUltae with ai [Candle, ita ble tb' thy little fingers, and put me into the ,flebl, .With - the regular hailda; yut in order to work in com pany with them allowed me to'hoo. one bill and skip one, , rttberning! on the same row, thus.making a half of a- hand. When a neighbortvintod:cjack'iwith allowing little" Tom to keep up with him he said, "De reason is , he takes •one-a-e .After this T assisted in the corn crop, and gather ed sheaves after the reapers in harvest, etc. In the meanti . me my father honored me with the" appointment of, shep_herd, a most responsibleolfice. The sheep had to be turn ed to .pasture daily and caraway -housed every night. If by any oversight they were left in the peiture ono ,night the =- wolves were sure to kill mime of them. I dly geride and`fidelity as:shepherd I-became-the ()Weer of a ewolarnb,, 'w;ll,l' Ph, we-slur:start the stock business,' _ - When I was ten years old father sold, his , Tallaable_fartn, on ... the Kanawhii•-atid rein vested in real estate forty miles' treat on the -State road toward Kentucky, where he be. enine the . owner of five:thousand, acres of land, mostly unitiproied;-desiriiir fo'settle his children around him-and iiim ,them . to 7 gether. ' Our new home was m tile 'same county, ,H.anawba ; but : t heing subsegnontly . divided, we fell-intdthe new part, called' Cabell coanty.' To move Our effects Was no , small-job, for we had much stock—horses; nattle,,shenP, and hogs. - . ...13r0ther William , and I were put in charge .. of thellarge drove -of ' slie'ep:' .IWe drove It h ern i easily I ti R. we came to the orossing of Mud River r ;ationt forty or fifty yardvwide, but, then low and not more than knee 416 - 0., ShepV are proi• ,verbially. afraid . of water. In tha__droye, there was a Wok sheep with enormorialidrOn;* being lowlkut t.quare 'bo.ilr and strong, -her ,was the 'leader of the drove, and on coming to the water's edge • he , refused to and 'slopped' the whole drover- ; ' V`e, Tried hallooing, stoning, and various tOdatki fo 'min ' him forward, but in vain, till I hit.upcnethe following expedient: 4.lfaid, IWillyil van make him - go," and rushin throne, _the crowl I. seised lam by,,the,he ns arKI m\ictnt- 1 ed, astride of his back. When he would back' from the water I plied his flanks with my heels severely, tO iirge lirm forward. , If `beturned" to; the right he received tha'fill k 'm force oy fiat on his right cheek, and if he turned to thejeft was cuffed in like man ner on' We leftl aide, and still plying my heels severely to his flanks. lifter enduring ;the Preesurelis long ashei:Conld, be made a bound into - the wfitei• - -Laid notAirade in, but went leaping and plunging, whili3J held, on, 'to the-wool of hii3 neck, my 'feet 'dragging in the.witter, till he tookrtule safely 'over, the whole 'drove folloviing - clolfe - at. his heels. Thus the, experiment was a tile-- coos. Here this article,,alread-y,t00,!-10n g,, must end. —Bishop Aforri. B ',l:ii Goldeit iflours. for September: THE' SOLDIER . AND THE SUBSTITUTE. . When: o the fierce war of 1848 co vere d \ beautiful hills and valleys of Italy with `dead s and Wounded,' a frien.t of the writer wati,•by the law of conscription, called to lclav9.hip tipme for:the perils of the baale field;,...His fafher .tried every , meads to pro cure a . substitute; he put advertisements binto the papers, and offered , a:bounty. 0b.f.;80, utiall in -vaini L. - - The. day, Tor departure came, And Atte young-,soldier, in silent deppair, set„,off..with his on 'his - baek, his gun on. c his shoulder, and filled with ltti griefu beipg se parated fr . ( iii - hiS'heloved parent - 4; whoge tears, addid ; to his. :sorrow. One.. of his .cotisins, 1;v1v).-A , generons ,heart watelOnehed itethi3 sikhi of hie-deed` grief, followed - him to the barracks, and having ittriFed at the. conscripts office, he took the hand of the youngtsoldier and said ::"11:Year Cesare, thy sorrow-,is worse than—death to my . heart. enmein,!give-me-thy.'Uniform, BB well as it does thee; I will go td the battle-field in thy stead. I am an orphan, thou art not. It I should die, only remem ber that I have loved thee." The conscript at first refused; he .could Scarcely believe that his cousin was in ear nest; and -if- so, bow could he accept the -generous offs-rV• -Ilut as the nohle--fellow persisted in his 'determination, and pleaded with the eloquence of a loving heart, he succeeded at last in persuading Cesare Itanati to accept this great proof of his friendship, and they went together to the war office in order to . settle the substitution. Vi'ho can tell the gratitude of the parents of the redeemed conscript for the gerierons substitution ? In the excess of his joy and . gratitude the conscript's -father offered the substitute £lOO, but - he refused it, and Bahl': "I go as a friend, not as a hireling; it islove, not money,' Which constrains me t 0,.. take place If I die, only 'remeiaher that I loved him?' He went—he fought—be died ! A ,gratef4 heart raised a monument to his memory;Witli"iiiis'4e: taph : • _ The "redeeme4 bnaeript, Cetarellaiititid CP; ;"3” . : - To his voluntary substitute, Cfßlst,,,pfarialdi.l,,,,,i "This affecting, story is but a faint shadow of the unbounded love of Jesus, tlie - Sen of , the living God. Sin 1101:iiinteffidijilitojthhl, world, and death by sin. " Bat God so loved the world that He gave His only be gotten Son, that whosoever believetteift.iihni should, ,not perish, hut have everlasting l life,',..' The claims of a -holy and ,rightenne . :q.,d,, `must be' met, and the' blessed' SaviotirletieW Aim there waeli9 stilistitute willing, loving, worthy, capable, except _Efim#Wir V:aby i lneaps)raoTri his:-191 give, to GiAd'a. riin4oni.fbi him." But , trite-,Lpfdr I . from 'heaven:" offeredlifimself to Va - . . . to bear the sins of many." Helntiv,444B:' Ae,came,." 1.1% gave life a ran,fox Y - many xx. 28. He died to save , poor sinners like iyott and me; and-;.by,Flbe, tieving that " Christ once sufferedifo4ins, the just for the unjust," we are deliVored from death. This faith in His voluntaiyijaeritice has power to.;'briog every kin4, , of sinner nigh to God. " As , many as reoelvol,ll4M, l tO them gave He power tol)econke3le'eons,,or God, even " to theta that belibie!-- on p.4 F 043:” 'l2 MAKE IT SO PLAIN THAT I CAN GET ' HOLD OF IT On the ''tifter the battle of Gettysburg, I entered the ,room where a young wounded colonel , was. apparently near to death. As entered he was'roused'from his stupor and b6aloted n me , tci his bgdsille, and - threw his feeble arms around my father l how glad lam te See you. .I Fas afraid you would.not come iil4 it'was too)ate. I era too feeble to sa much, though I have a .gyea,t eiany things,. to sarto :you;;. you must do ail t'he:trilkink. 'Tell me all about dear mother and sister," . 1 ` 71 ' " • ! "soolil Aclgelve4l,4:lY the f appeAranee of . those in the house,..ihfit,,theiiS was no 1100 entertained of his recovery. But as I could ,no longei en dure the agony of suspenae,l=q4 'last inqUited o 1 the , doctorrr -.0090:11t, is'h*t , do , Yi — Oa think(o l . m 4 y son's case ?" .gr Entirely hopeless..'.'_ . • 15 : .- -" Bat is there nothing can be to,save him F" • • "No sir. Everythinc , that b. aman and kindness can do has been done. Your son has been a braVe and very.ilnibbeisfttl' Olfieer;;..has been a great favorite in ithe army,..; has; on. the highest esteem of all-who'hM i 'khirAi he..now must:dial' Immediatglyll.NT; Aet rampu tation the 14mgrene set in, And defies „all efforts to arrest it„ 7 hOW long :do.you think he can j "..Npt,!nore than font. -dayst_ may dmp away at 'any hour. We are constantly fearing that an artery will give. way,-and -th'enlitlis all; .over with : tile-Q*l4, iputi,you.wisbA? dp in tifs,renee I to h* death; ycia had' better `ab at pace." - ` 1 Have ; you," or has any one, told him of his real befiditi.4 ?'" i"; ‘ e , No. lye h a . left thatTainfal,dav for pon t to do, as we'lla & Ve Leen expecting you' arrival for several days : " . _ _ ,'1 Fa ..f As I entered 'the 'room with the dreaded mes sage Of"ileath +Wang oPtePheeit,' theeyski of my son fastened on me. ti 4 f. • " Come, .gie, by`my side, father. Have Yon-been talking, with the doctor abouttne 7"‘ , • " What did he tell you`h Dees lie thinki shall recover ?"= s• There was: a 'painful hesitation for a moment. Don't be afraid ,to tellineljust what ae slid."' He told ine' yolk must • - - " How long does" he think * I ! can live'?"` "Ninto , :e;xceed four days,ia,,nd that you may at away any haur,—that an artery may slough 'at aey moment *;filch you ca not survive:' • With great agitation he •, "Father, .is (that so ? Then I must I cannot, Leftist not die I oh .I not prepared to die flow.' .Do` tell me how „I, can get ready? Make it so pliiiii"that I can get hold of it. Tell ine, in a few words, if you, can, so that I can see it plainly. I know you cari;flither, for to hear you etigain it to,others." • 'Twas no time now 'fer tears, but for calainess_ and light, which•.to lead A the soul to Christ, and both were given. I,see You are-a6tii&to die."' Yes, I am. ,, „ . "-Well-, I- suppose -you feel guilty." ,2! re* ill/45 4 4. • I have iitien - a wi cked 'YOPPg, pap, Xou.know, how it ris,in the, , ' You. want to be fhrkiv' en,:`ron't you F"' '" Tfilt4isi winar I want. Can I be, atik? ' tA ,"rCer t 4inly.' n ' T,f ' " Can "know it before 1 die ? - u Certainly." ' • ", Well now, father make it so plain -that.l can get hold of it s ' At an incident, 'w: - occurred' : during ... once, which: ..._.....__ the'school'da3s of my son, came to - my - mte ....-_' • hatl not thought' - Orlt 'before for several years. Now it came back to me, fresh with its interest, and just what was wanted to guide the agitated heart of this young inquirer to Jesus. "Do you remember while at school in— you came home one day, and I having occasion to rebuke you, you became very angry, and abused me - with harsh language?" . ‘• Yes, father, I was thinking It all over a few days ago, as I thought of your coming to see me, and felt se bad about it, that I wanted to see you, and once more ask you to forgive me." "Do you remember, bow, after the paroxysm of your anger had subsided, you came in, and threw your arms around my.neck, and said, 'My dear father, lam sorry Labused you so. It was not your loviug - son that did it. 1 was 'Very angry. W on 't you forgive me r " -- " Yes, I remember it Very distinctly." ' • wDo you remember what I said to yea as you wept upon my neck .?" ' " Very well. Yon said, .1 forgive yeti`with all mYlteart,' and - kissed me. I thall 'never for _get those words."_ " Did you beliere'ine never doribted'your word." ' ..01.r . - 7./1)41-2mu r ithen fell . happy again? ., "Yes - Since that"titile, I have' al ays Ypu niers thin' eier befae. ' never ilsigdt w fi . i•Wieveanie when Yon looked upon me so kiudll, 'and feigive - You with all heart "s' tiqd 'is the *alto coMelo Jesus. Tell Him . '"/ ion 'so ' just aS'yOu: told me, and ten thousa nd titnes quielte a r than ifitilki4Vve forgave , He forgive, you. liEbeltuiya Tic with Theb - yon mita, take His''word T for, ib_jaatas you 'did " Why, father, '.this fray to become 'a Christian ?" , • " I don't know of any other." ' 4 lPlii; 'leiter, I can get hold 'ef„tliiti.' so:glsdyou have come tell 'm'e 1n4." He turned his ,flead" upon his "pillow for rest I into my affair and 'wept' trdev, fox'my heart, could no longer iiiiikess its . emotions. had done my work, and committed the . e4se Christ. He too, soon misuredihaa One EUB;: 'The broken hearrhed made its minfecisiA,' had heard what 'it langed fSr, "'I torgiO" and believed it. It was but a few iiminen'te silence,,but ~the new 'creation' bad - each plied; the brokew heart ' hadMedd' its Short,' prayer; and. believ4k mathe neviheari had been' given .A "Soul frdni . "iiatiiro darkness into marveloue - light„and' fro - id the Oyer of sin and Satan'unte soon felt the nervous ' hand on inibeitd, heard the word "father" in such a tone of ten derness and joy, thtit I knewothe change had come. - - "Father, my dear father, r don't: want you to • weep any more, yen need nbt: I am perfectly happy now. Jesus' has ; forgiven' ' He has, for He says so, and I talie His word'for it, just as I did yours. Wipe youetears. lam not afraid to die now. I thinkatwo.uld,as soon die as live, for I should-goright up, to heaven : I nd be with Jesus.' You and mother, and - sisrer• will soon entne'after and'then: we shall ail 'he there together. We"shall have no more troUble there:" If it is God's will; I would like-to l‘Ve to serve my country,, and take : care :of' you and mother, `but' if I must die, I not afraid to,' h now, Jesus has forgiven me. COme father Aei us sing 'When I can read , my title-mleart and we. did , sing. " Now father I want you Skala 'ptay, luta .will follow you. We didpray and Jesus heard us. "Father, lam verYliappy. - ,WhY I hcliefe - T shall get well. I feel much. Veit'Cir." From, that hour; all his symptoms changed— pulse w'ent -down, and aounienance biightened, The -current ,of, life had changed: The de Aector soon ;mine Alind'frfound shim cheerful'' and 1 happy=looked, at hint = felt ~his pulse, which he had been watching withintense anxiety; and said,' r , . Why, Colonel, 'yon look better." "I am better, Doctor. Sin going to get well. My-father has 'told me hew...to, become a Chris tian, andd am-very happy. I believe I shall re cover, for God•has heard=-my prayer... - -Doctor, want yos should become a 'Christian too. :.111y, father catitell 'yon-how to get hold of it In the evening •three surgeons were in consul .tation, but saw, no hope in' the caie, and one"of then:lAm* his final leave of the colonel. Next,, the surgeons, who,bad been in constant attendance, came in, and began as usual-to diet* the wound.. „. On opening, the bandage, they suddenly drew back, and` thrOwing tip theii arMS'Vx.claireetl; - - " Great God, this is AS miracle/. The gangrene. is arrested, and the colonel will live 1 God has' heard iyoUr`prayers ' -:‘ . " Why , Doctor , " replied the colonel. " I told ydu . yesterday, that- I-believed I should g et *4 for, I asked Jesus: that I Might, live to do, some good. I knew He heard thy prayer, •and now you` see He has. Blew the' Lord with me, Doctor." _ Meanwhile, " Our son must die," . itad ' , gone over the wires, and made sadness at home: - Neat day,." Our son will live,.'doV Nap p yWeihrist;" followed, and jdy - came again tothe jcived 'After his recovery, the colonel, returned to the people whose: sons he had led Withbonor through fifteen harct-fought - battles. They, in 'return, _gave him ' tkeibe.t,, office in , the gift of a loyal and grateful people. _Among them he.now lives in: prospeiity 'and honor,, , is a. member of the Church of Christ, and a father of a' happy family growing Up around him,' and' Consecrated, in baptism to the 'service or his Redeemer.:" ton; , was made a better man, and-better min ister by that ;scene, where this dear son, struz= -glint - with-ins guilt and' fear of katli,..Wati(le'd to , Lleaus,.and• found the pardon of his I' there resolved never, te.lorget tiat charge. he_ made his , extrem4:-!".,Make.it, - 80 that .1 cott:sethold of 2 . 1. 1 ! ' ' - • • ~ +1 I'haie'rna& this the 'motto of every - seinion I' have since preached, and ,God.has bleased,the,' effort.—Congregationalist..., • One oft e moat essential ,preparationt '4" 0 Ai for epprrnity l is. e g praising o_ ; a sacqigrement, I..do,think, than even delight, find = devotedness in ,prayer.---Chai ------ -4 nier. "I GIVE MY HEART TO TIIEE." (Cor meum Tibi dedo, Jam dulciesime.) I give my heart to Thee, 0, Jesus, most desired And heart for heart the gift shall be, For Thou my soul bast fired : Thou hearts alone would'st Move; Thou only hearts doth love.. I would love Thee as Thou lov'et me, 0 ! Jesus, most desired What offering can I make, Dear. Lord to love like Thine? That Thou, tle God, didet stoop to take A human form like mine! Give me thy heart,-My eon :" Betibld triy•liestitis done • I would love Thee as Thou loviSt me, .odesua, moat, desired I Thy heart is ,ownnsl; wine, . Its offered rove.most free, That heart lei heart L May abide, And bide "myselrin 'Thee s A.h, •how Thy love loth Till I that love .vettroil , ' 'I would rove Thee as Thou lov'et me, ; 'O, 4eBllB, roost desired t pp , -Ifere finds my , heart its rest, r , jteeßsp that,knows pp shock, The strength of love that kierc it blest, In Th l ee; tbe riien . Rock : fity; spurns girt around,' .11er citadel:bath found. ' - I would - Joie Thee aillortiov'st me, +%' o. , :aelsaN moot desired I : . Prom'the Latiibyiku, Dr. Palmer. BUDGET OF ANECDOTES. [FflOll Tilik*B:1100' 11 . Piri OF 'BEV. W/LLIAN ';. ''• -t , .G.'1111A118111, , D;D4 otte =occasion, during a 4tommercial crisis in the conntry,4 panic "occurred on a market -.o4liereacheoter, which= seemed likely to prove to a highly respectable :banking-hom e iirglielOwn. The farmers; and many other de positors,, who haeViiiisisaiiibte'd, for :•the market, to draw out : their money ; and the run on ii;k" . 6 - ban was great. At this, jnneture,.onOof. the aerie ran acres Itoithe vicirage to confide the alarm to one who, byliiireadineststo .Sierifia.hirnself to the tem oyip'as Well .4,'spliit,nitljnterests of his fellow- SlreatlY earned the title of " the friend; 6f...o°l4e:stet:. It so happened that a Taiiie sum :of money subscribed fora charity, was 'in7thellense!;. My father was silent for a ran and"then dreir'a Cheirae for the amount on 'his London : banker, and Sept it - at once to one of - the'churekwar4ens, thus renderin g the cash his oirti.'' - -'Willacmc another inonients delay, putting the gold into one bag, and the isilyer into another, he walked across the, crowded Street - to the hank, holdiegitplifie:bagk for the people . to see, and Saying,‘l!ttl..,:frienda,here am ! going to put mymoney, i irto „the:bank!" They exclaimed in much excitement, `.` 011, - sir, don't put it there: The barili,j - i jpilbreakinw.": . am- not at all afraid ' ," Was the cheerful re. "'I shall find it all right when I want it;' and so he . :44led,hilernotiey„intO the hank. The efoirdtelthadk froni:the ; doorway. Cour tikOknd kindnesh . had their work. Only a "et Men who had dePtinta there slowly stole in and demanded pityment r "Here' is the" money,"' said, in ;father, as lie StoOdhy the counter,,, handing the ,Old from his tiii• • . • 't - • - That'syours " , t that, 5 . I " res • but You.iaY hai‘it: She ' ll be repaid in good time" . Totiehed,.;an.d ,taking heart, one by one, they went itway.,;4.r...Xarsli remained until the Telaeljig lwar. `Califidence was r e stored, and the bank was. saye4:, . • • —On one of his.visits to another country place in that neighborhood ; the family circle had gath ered round him with .loving ,veneration, to ask Um questions on seripturalzsgbjects. A thoughtless man of the world who, was pres perhaps hoping to break up the, conversa tion, asked ; him in a scoffing manner, ; yestion of much levity concerning the Evil pint. With out losing his gentle composure for a moment, and yet with more than. his usual signified seri ousness, my ; father said : "To some questions pp *9lll4,•repl,y i .That. is above Me. But to this 1 can only .answer,-_ att, is beAcalja, me." The questioner, was abashed, , and withdrew. . In the latter part,of tike evening my father sought him out, and p onversed so : kindly, with him that his ;heart softened, aud,, 'he :Went .away impressed by -the - dignity and temierness,of true holiness. —A clergyman found the childreareading the Pone) , versionlof the. Testament, and on noticing a,passage tbe chapter, which(was translated, "Do , penance," where - the - English. version rens `clere4 the !)same word by " repent," he asked them if they: knew s h e: difference between pen• an ce Anil ripen tan cel A - short silence followed, and then a little 72,eirl :asked, "Is it.'not this your reverence :, Judas did- penno ce;- , and :went and banged himself; :Peter tepentedt and sept bit terly ?" • . • , " —lt was by anzeii denerestraint 'upon himself that he closed, Easter even's reading without forestallint , the glories of Easter Day. And when set free"for the-“liridied rapture," of that " day - of days," with the dawn of the morning he awoke :ton read' the narratives :told by the four Evangelists-Of that- event, the tidings of which must have rolled fresh waves of happiness across the,,nnivcerie, anillia're caused the morning stars to sing for joy-7'` ..CatAiviiy is captive led, - — For' 'Jean's liVetb—that was dead." , Easter Day was scarcely long enough for all : my father to' go through, in its course. He walked' withuthe women - to the garden where the grave' heStoed with one who lingered weeping -by the e*i)ty tonab,'and listened with het' the'tlirilling tones'Orthe voice which car ried, in a .. .0y .- upen her soul, with the one word, "Ma 4 ' He met' his children every Easter morning Oe'enStiiary Saliatation of the early "Chris- S-7—illutninating his face, as well as uttered by his lipi="'il,e' is risen ; 'HE TS RISEN !" It is needless 'to' say that his sermons' on'that day caught the same " The'Resnrrection, as 'the key-staiig of the arch of our TUith," was the übject, t arSi;'of substantial avicleniie, then of elo .quentd'eseription and triiii4distit exultation. .No preaching of his ever '`rose 'so 'high. as those Easter-day celebrations of the 'conquest of death
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