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GOD OUR FATHER. stir in some quarters, and well-nigh overturned the pope's authority. The archbishop of Treves A HYMN FOR CHILDREN. did not like to play that game over. ' Ah, I'll Blest are children who have taken show the holy coat, and cause. the people to come God to be their God and guide; and confess their sins to that and get healed,' said They shall never be forsaken, In his keeping they abide. he; ' yes, and pay for the sight too.' "The holy coat, the Romanists declare, is the He will be their God forever, Watching o'er them all the day ; seamless robe which Jesus Christ wore when he Nothing from his love can sever, lived upon the earth, and which the soldiers cast None can turn his love away. lots for at his crucifixion. You remember about "Come to me," the invitation it, do you not? The archbishop of Treves said Free, he offers to us all ; he had that very coat sacredly stowed away in " Come, partake my full salvation, the church. So he caused it to be published, far Hear your heavenly Father's call." and wide, that in the Summer of 1844, the holy God of mercy, take us to thee, coat was to be exhibited over the high altar of Guide our hearts to seek thy grace ; the great church, and that whoever desired to be May we as our Father view thee, Grant us all the children's place. blessed by looking at it, or cured by touching it, must come ready to pay for so great a privilege. Through this world while here we wander, It seems strange to us that people could believe Till we reach our home and thee, In the world of glory yonder, in such things even from the mouth of a bishop. Our eternal Father be .—London leis. Rep. But they did, because their minds were blinded by idle stories, instead of being enlightened by The Moly Coat. true Bible knowledge. As soon as the news pass- ed from village to village, the men could think of " Children, have you heard about the holy nothing else; they began to leave their farms and coat ?" work-shops, the women their houses and babies, "Holy coat.' you will exclaim. "I know and scraping together all the money they could, about coats, but not holy ones; we don't call coats flocked towards Treves. The roads in all direc- holy." tions, east, west, north and south, were crowded "I mean the holy coat which, the Romanists with pilgrims—some sick, some lame, some in- say, cures lame, and blind, and sick people." firm—all eagerly longing to behold the holy coat, "No, indeed! a coat turned doctor? a new and all expecting to be made better by the sight. thing indeed! a coat cure sick folks! what can The city was filled. At certain hours the great you mean ? There is no such coat really, I am doors of the church were thrown open, and the sure; is there!" people marched in solemn procession up to the "Let me tell you about this coat, said to be so altar, where the robe in a glass frame was hung wonderful. There is a Doman-catholic city in up in broad view. On casting their eyes upon Germany called Treves—perhaps you had better it, ' Holy coat, hear us,' holy coat, save us,' ho- find it on the map; it contains a large Roman- ly coat,' issued from their lips: they stop a mo- catholic church many hundreds of years old, with ment, look anxiously at it, then fling down their an archbishop at the head of it. A few years money to a priest who stands near to receive it, ago the bishop was out of money, and how he pass around and go out. So great was the press should get some was a very important question. that the church was open from morning to mid- I suppose he was in the same plight pope Leo night, and every day there was an enormous heap was, three hundred years before. The pope was of money collected, which showed that the coat poor, and wanted money. Do you know what plan was a very profitable one at least. It was calcu- he hit upon to fill his purse ? ' I will make peo- lated that more than a million of men, women, ple pay me for pardoning their sins,' said he; a and children, paid a visit to this relic, and a great pardon for small sins, I will sell cheap—large sins many stories were told of the wonderful cures must cost more.' Now the Bible was a very wrought by touching it; but I believe it was al- scarce book; so the poor people were ignorant, ways very difficult to hunt up the cured people: t and believed the pope could pardon their sins. they were not to be seen, as those were whom the A great many pardons were sold, and the pope Saviour cured in so sudden and wonderful a man- became very rich. But the affair made a great ner. If you asked, ' Where are they ? I want to

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talk with somebody whom the holy coat has heal- been sold and re-sold at great prices. It is said ed,' you would be told, Away off somewhere; that wood enough has been sold as the cross of could not say certainly just where.' Christ, to build a great seventy-four gun ship of "' How did it look, the holy coat?' some one war. These relics are foolishly supposed to heal may ask. It was of a reddish brown color, the sick, and preserve their possessor from all the stretched over a piece of white silk in the form of ills of life. Men and women believe these things; the letter T. It seemed to have been made of and yet, in a country where the Bible is read and flax, with no collar, and a hole for the head to studied, there is not a child in the Sabbath-school pass through, and the whole was cased in glass, but knows enough to laugh at such idle stories: as I just told you. they know it is only God in Jesus Christ who can " Thus this vast body of people were led to pardon sins, who can raise the sick, and defend us forsake their farms and families, and in the Sum- from harm—not an old coat, or a piece of wood, mer also when the fields and flocks needed their or saint's toes. Thank God, children, for the Bi- care, and take a long and tedious journey, a great ble, for it brushes away all such cobwebs from the number of them on foot, to Treves, to be pardon- mind, and points to the blessed Lamb of God, ed and blessed by the sight of an old coat. Par- who taketh away the sins of the world." don and blessing can only come throngh the knowledge of Jesus Christ and the influence of THE TWO BOORS. the Holy Spirit; an old coat can have noth- "SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES." JOHN V, 39. ing to do with it. But such, children, is the ig- TILE great and good God has given us a book norance and folly in which Romanists are brought to teach us his will, and how we may learn to up. How much we ought to pity them, and how please him and lead good and holy lives, so that anxious ought you and I to be to give them the we may finally be with him in heaven. ow ev- word of God, and not the word of priests and ery child knows what God's book is—that it is the bishops, in order to make them truly wise. Holy Bible; and all of you have seen it, and most " But how came the holy coat at Treves? what of you have a copy of it for your • own, that you story do they tell about that ?' some one may may read and study it when you please. And ask still. ought you not to be thankful to have God's "I will tell you, if my story is not already too book ? How many peopl3 in other countries long. More than three hundred years after Jesus have never seen this blessed book, to show them Christ died, when a Christian empress named the way to heaven. Now let us consider this Helena began to think the forms of religion more book. important than piety in the heart, she paid a vis- It is the oldest book in the world, for parts of it to Jerusalem for the purpose of hunting up rel- it were written long ages before Christ came into ics of Jesus. It was pretended that among other the world. Other book not near as old, are now things, his cross and coat came to light. Jerusa- lost, or very scarce and hard to find ; but God lem, after his death, was totally destroyed and has caused his book to be kept safely all this trodden under foot by the Roman soldiery. How time, and its numbers to be more and more in- these, for so long a period, and through such creased for our benefit. Then this book is all rough times, had been preserved from decay and true, and what is said in it will come to pass. from harm, is something which the Romanists do Our Lord says, " My words shall not pass away." not pretend to account for. They say that Hele- Matt. xiii, 31. Also, we are told, " The word na placed the cross in her own church at Con- of the Lord endureth or ever." 1 Pet. i, 25. stantinople; and the coat she presented to the Because they are God's words, they must be church at Treves, because, as some say, she was true; and as they are God's words, we should born in that city. This same coat, it is pre- value them very much, and show great reverence tended, has been kept in secret cells in and below for them, and also be very careful to study them, the church, and after 1800 years was still in that we may know what they tell us. Therefore good preservation, and in 1844 it was exhibited let us remember always what the Bible contains; as I have told you. and, that we may better do so, let us think over "But what is still more curious, there are two now some of its important truths. other churches in Europe, each of which claims to First. It tells us that God created the world, possess the same coat, and at various times there and every thing in it; that he made man to live have been hot disputes carried on between the upon it, and created him holy and happy. Then three coats; each claiming to be the genuine it tells us that our first parents were disobedient seamless robe of Jesus, and each calling the other to God, and sinned against him; that their fall a shameless interloper, a pretender, a false coat. brought sin into the world and into the hearts "This is what is called a belief in relies, a part of all the people who have ever lived since, and of the Romish system. There are various kinds that sorrow and death followed in consequence of of relics; such as the holy coat, pieces of the cross, sin; but that God, in pity and love for sinful men, the tears of the Virgin Mary, St. John's hair, Pe- then, even at the time of this sad entrance of sin, ter's toes, Stephen's skull. Some of these have promised that a Saviour should come into the YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR. 67 world. Afterwards this book tells us how God Dear reader, have you come to Jesus Christ ? gave his holy law to man in the ten command- have you asked him to pardon your sins, and re- ments, and how he sent his prophets, that is, good ceive you as his child? to retain your name in men who were led by the Holy Spirit to speak his Book of life? Ah! if you have never done what God commanded, to tell men to repent of so before, do so now; and pray for the help of their sins, and believe in the Saviour who was to the Holy Spirit so to follow the teachings of God's come. A full account of this is in the Old Test- Book on earth, that your name may be found in ament, besides many more very interesting things God's Book in heaven.—Selected. which you will see when you read more of it, and study it better as you grow older. A BIBLE LESSON. Then, in the New Testament, we are told that WHERE is Palestine, and what is the general the promised Saviour came into the world; that face of the country ? he was born in a mean place, yet that angels re- Palestine is in Asia, situated between the Med- joiced at his birth, and came down from heaven iterranean Sea and the river Jordan; it is a land to proclaim God's good will to men; that the of hills and valleys. Saviour was an obedient, holy, and dutiful child; Where is Mount Lebanon ? that when he grew up he preached to the people, It forms the Northern boundary of Palestine. and taught them about God's love and about For what is it noted? their duty to him, and the way of salvation; that It is noted for its fine cedars, delicious wines, he did wonderful miracles to show them that he and perpetual snow. Late travelers say that the was indeed the Son of God; and at last was by lower mountains are covered with beautiful foli- wicked men put to death on the cross, that by age and the valleys and meadows with shrubs his death we might be saved from eternal death; and flowers. that he rose again from the dead, and ascended Where is Mount Hermon ? into heaven, from whence he shall come to judge Mount Hermon is in the Southern part of Anti- at the world. Lebanon. But God has another book. What ancient people inhabited Lebanon and Yes, God has a book in heaven. This book Hermon ? is called the Book of life. It contains the names Philistine; Canaanites, Sidonians, and the Hi- of all the children of God. See what is said in Rev. vites. xx, 12. "And I saw the dead small and great Were they subdued by the Israelites? stand before God, and the books were opened, They were not. and another bock was opened which is the Book What noted "hill" belonged to this range of of life; and the dead were judged out of the mountains? things written in the books, according to their The hill Mizar. works." Those happy ones whose names are Where was David, and what was his condition retained in the Book of life, have believed in when he penned the Psalm which contains the Jesus; they have committed their ways unto him words, " the hill Mizar?" while on earth, and their Saviour has not forgot- He had crossed the Jordan, and was fleeing ten one of them, however young or humble; their before his rebellious son Absalom. names are all there; for he has said of each one, Where is Gilead ? who by his help has overcome in the fight with On the East side of Jordan. sin, " I will not blot out his name out of the Book From what circumstance is its name derived? of life, but I will confess his name before my From the covenant made between Laban and Father and the holy angels." Rev. iii, 5. Jacob. How happy and blessed will all such be, for For what natural productions was it celebrated ? they shall enter into heaven, where " God shall It was celebrated for spice, balm, and myrrh; wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there it was also a place for cattle. shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor cry- Where was the hill of Bashan? ing, neither shall there be anymore pain." Rev. It was West of the mountains of Gilead, and xxi, 27. And if any should ask who are those North of the river Jabbok. blessed ones that will be happy for ever in the What use did the Tyrians make of the oak of heavenly mansions, the answer is, " They that Bashan? are written in the Lamb's Book of life." Rev. They made their oars of it. xx, 27. Where was the mountain Abarim? Alas! for those unhappy ones whose names East side of Jordan, over against Jericho. are not written in that book; for read'what is What two celebrated peaks in this range of said in the same chapter: "And whosoever was mountains? not found written in the Book of life was cast in- Nebo and Pisgah. to the lake of fire." Alas! for those who despise For what were they noted? God's Book on earth, for they will tremble at the For being the place from which Moses had a opening of God's book in heaven. view of the Promised Land. • ! s .i.eliEJORROMMI s.

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What extent of prospect had Moses of the Mount Zion was one of the hills on which Jer- Promised Land from this eminence? usalem was built. The Lord showed him all the land of Gilead, By whom was it first subdued ? unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Eph- By David, king of Israel. raim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah un- Who inhabited it previous to this? to the uttermost sea, and the South, and the The Jebusites. plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm- What was afterward the political and military trees, unto Zoar. importance of this place ? What principal mountains on the West of Jor- It was a strong hold; the king dwelt in the dan? fort, and called it the " City of David." Mount Naphtali, Mount Ephraim, and Mount Of what was Zion the type ? Judah. Of the Holy City, the New Jerusalem. Where is Mount Carmel? It is on the West side of Palestine, near the YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR. shore of the Mediterranean. For whit is it celebrated ? ROCHESTER, SEPTEMBER, 1855. For its fertility. It is said by travelers it well fair WE are sorry that we cannot present our read- deserves its Hebrew name, Carmel, which signi- ers with more original matter in this number of the fies a country of vineyards and gardens; it is coy. INSTRUCTOR; but our Young Friends must remember ered with green. On its summit are pines and that this is somewhat dependent on themselves. The oaks; further down are olive and laurel trees, INSTRUCTOR is your paper, a portion of which is espe- odoriferous plants and flowers, as hyacinths, jon- cially designed for you to occupy in communicating quilles, and anemones, grow wild upon this freely with each other, and talking of your feelings, mountain. your determinations, your hopes, and the glories For what memorable transaction was Mount which you expect soon to bi hold, and share in here- Cannel noted ? after. Selected matter may be good, but it cannot It was noted as the usual residence of the possess such interest for you as that which comes prophets Elijah and Elisha. It was here that from those who are with you seeking a preparation to Elijah so successfully opposed the false prophets meet the coming King; who, with you are now breast- of Baal. ing the temptations of the Enemy, the allurements How high is Mount Carmel ? and the mockeries of the world, and the hardships It is fifteen hundred feet high, and is said to and trials of the way. We hope that none will lose I contain one thousand natural caves. their interest in this little sheet; and especially we Where is Mount Gilboa? hope that none will lose their interest in the cause of It forms in part the Western boundary of the truth. Remember that time is short, and eternal in- valley of the Jordan. terests are at stake; think of the prize that lies before For what is it noted ? us to be gained or lost, and then take heed to the It is noted for a battle between the Israelites Apostle's admonition, not to be weary or faint in your and the Philistines. Israel fled before the Phil- minds. We hope to hear from you often, and learn istines, and fell down slain in Gilboa. that you are following the guidance of Israel's great Where is Mount Tabor? Shepherd, who will soon lead us into the unfading South-west of the Sea of Tiberias. pastures, and by the living waters of his glorious What noted transaction took place here in the kingdom. time of Deborah ? The Lord discomfited the army of Sisera by The Two Classes. the hand of a woman. Where is Mount Olivet? Tana are two ways in which people in this world It is situated East of Jerusalem, and separated travel: one is the road to death, the other is the way from the city by the Brook Kidron and the Val- to life. There are two places to which these roads ley of Jehoshaphat. lead: one is heaven where eternal life will be given to What noted garden was here? all who arrive there; the other is the lake of fire where The garden of Gethsemane. all will suffer the second death who are cast in there. What notable event distinguished this moun- There will be eventually but two classes of all those tain ? who have ever lived since the world began—the saved It was from Mount Olivet our blessed Saviour and the lost; known now as the righteous and the ascended to heaven, where a cloud received him wicked. Now we can all easily tell which class we out of the sight of his disciples., belong to, which road we are traveling, and to which Where is Mount Moriah ? place we are now journeying. By their fruits ye In Jerusalem. shall know them, is the great rule given us in the For what was it celebrated ? Scriptures. If we are of the world and the flesh, we For being the site of Solomon's temple. shall produce their works; and Paul says, " Now the Where is Mount Zion ? works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adul- •

YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR. • 69 tery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, of the Sabbath a burden, and to be impatient to have witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, it past, shows that it is not our delight to keep it, and seditious, heresies. envyings, murders, drunkenness, that it is not from any principle of love to God, that revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you be- we endeavor to do his commandments. fore, as I have also told you in time past, that they I have known little boys who would watch the which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom clock intently, desirous to have the time go off as fast of God." Gal. v,19--21. But if we are led by the as possible; or, if they could not tell the time from Spirit, and are traveling in the way to heaven, we the clock, themselves, would be anxiously inquiring shall produce corresponding fruits; and Paul says of those around them, when the Sabbath would be further, "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, ended; and no sooner would the moment arrive, than long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, in the height of their glee, they would perhaps be temperance: against such there is no law." Verses turning summersets on the floor. I have thought that 22, 23. such could not have a very strong love for the Sab- One class will find when the days of time are fin- bath, or a very great desire to honor their Creator by ished that they have a long list of sins recorded keeping it. against them, nnrdpented of, and unatoned for, and We must strive to cultivate a love for the command- the penalty of which they will have to suffer: the ments, and to keep them in such a way as will be other will find that their sins are forgiven, and borne pleasing to him who has commanded us to observe away upon the head of the scape-goat for ever; they them. Solomon says, "Remember now thy Creator will find their names retained in the Lamb's book of in the days of thy youth;" and one means of doing life, and receive a welcome into the everlasting king- this is by keeping the Sabbath ; for by this we dom. Reader to which of these classes do you be- bring to mind Him who made heavens and earth and long? Be sure and join and go with that class now, man and beast, and all teings in six days; and rested with which you will wish to be found at last. on the seventh. Isaiah tells us how we should keep the Sabbath, and the blessings promised to those who keep it aright : " If thou turn away thy foot from the How do You Keep the Sabbath. Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, IT is not only necessary to observe the Sabbath— honorable: and shalt honor him, not doing thine own to make a distinction between it and other days of ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking the week, but we must keep it in the manner in which thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyselt in we are commanded. One may render perfect obedi- the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high ence to the requirements of another; that is, may per- places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of form all his commands to the very letter, so that no Jacob thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spo- fault can be found in this respect, and yet he may do ken it." Isa. lviii, 13, 14. * * it in such ill humor as to spoil all the merits of the Rochester, I. Y., Aug. 22d, 1855. action. So we may keep the letter of the Sabbath law by refraining from our labor, and yet suffer our The Wonderful Water. heart to be in such a state of rebellion, be 'se- impa- tient of the restraint imposed upon us, and so'anxious WE hear a great deal of the benefits of sea wa- to have the day gone, that we may destroy all our obedience. Such service as this will never find ac- ter, and of Saratoga water, and of the sulpher ceptance in the eyes of the Lord. Perhaps there are springs, and the water-cure ; and people rush from none more in danger of this snare than the young one to the other in hope of getting relief from the they should therefore especially guard against it. ills which afflict them. But there is a far more Hear what the Lord says by the mouth of one of wonderful water than all these, which not only his prophets, in regard to being impatient of the Sab- proposes to cure the evils of life, but which does bath. Amos viii, 4, 5. "Hear this, 0 ye that swal- really cure them, if it is drank. " Whosoever low up the needy, even to make the poor of the land drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall to fail. Saying, When will the new moon be gone, never thirst; but the water that I shall give him that we may sell corn? and the Sabbath, that we may shall be in him a well of water springing up unto set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the she- everlasting life." This is strong language, but kel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit." Here it is the Lord Jesus Christ who uses it, and he the sin of desiring the Sabbath to be past is set forth has a right to use it. And what is this wonder- in the same list with oppressing and swallowing up the poor and needy, and falsifying the balances by de- ful water which he speaks of ? It is his grace and ceit; both of which are frequently and strongly con- Spirit, and the benefits which come to the soul demned throughout the Scriptures. which embraces his gospel. It cleanses from all Read Psalm cxix, throughout, and mark how care- sin, and heals every wounded spirit. ful David was to cultivate in his heart a love for the The soul is like a traveller wandering over a law of the Lord; how often he besought him to lead dry desert where no water is. It is thirsting for him in the way of his commandments, that he might happiness, and seeks it everywhere, and cannot keep all his precepts; now to consider the observance find it. Money does not give it; amusements sat •

70 Y 0 UTH'S INSTRUCTOR. isfy but a little while; still, it is seeking to be they were dry, and in her face was a look of the happy in some new object. Now the grace of most profound humility and grief that I ever Christ is " as cold water to a thirsty soul," and saw. She walked slowly to my side and bowed he who drinks " shall never thirst." Oh, how her head upon my knees. I said, "My daughter, wonderful is this water ! all who partake of the some naughty person has hurt your little brother gospel shall be forever satisfied with its pure and very much. His cheek is cut open, and I think there will always be a scar there as long as he rich joys. And true religion shall be in him as a lives. Will my daughter tell me who did it ?" well ,of water, springing up unto everlasting life. I heard a little sob, and then she whispered, " It It is not like a fountain that plays a while and was me." I continued, "If the stick had struck then dies away. The heat does not dry it up, nor his eye, he would have been blind." She com- the cold freeze it ; but it will be a constantly bub- menced weeping. I said, " If it had struck his bling spring, a pure fountain always, through this temple, it might have killed him." She gave a life, and all eternity. Shall it not be our earnest low scream and said, " 0 pa !" I continued, prayer to the blessed Giver of the water of life "Yes: the blow you struck would have killed " Give me this water, that I thirst not." your brother if some one had not turned it aside. There was some one in the room who saw how Discipline. angry my daughter was. Do you know who it AN ANECDOTE FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN. was ?" She looked up in my face with a look of LITTLE Mary once struck her brother during almost happiness, and said, " It was God, pa." my absence from the house. The stick in her She wept now more bitterly than before. I hand had a sharp knot which went clear through took her hand and led her to the room where her his cheek, making an /tgly gash. The blood brother lay asleep. His'facp was bound up and flowed in a stream; the boy screamed piteously, it was very pale. and Mary was exceedingly alarmed. She had I asked her softly, " Is little brother yet alive ?" no animosity against her little playmate; on the She started as if smitten with a horrible thought, contrary, she loved him dearly, and. when her and uttered an ejaculation of grief. This awoke mother, who was called to the room by his the boy, who casting his eyes about and seeing screams, came in, her little daughter had thrown Mary bathed in tears, reached out his arms and her arms around his neck, and was joining her called her. It eras electric, and hardened must cries to his, while the red blood poured full in have been the heart which could behold this her face. hen the mother had made inquiries, sweet reconciliation without tears. she took the boy away to dress the wound, and That night as we bowed around the sacred al- the girl went up stairs without a word and crept tar of family service, ten ler hearts were ours, and under the bed. There she sat and sobbed for the angels who watched to carry our offerings up- several hours. Her mother, discovering where ward, saw the tear-drops glittering in the fire- she had gone, said not a word to her, believing light, and heard low sobs as we united to ask the that it was best to leave her for the present alone. seal of God's approbation upon this reconciliation Her own heart was much pained to hear her on earth.—Banner of Peace. dear child's grief, but she was willing to let her suffer for awhile in hopes that it might be made Filial kindness Rewarded. a lasting lesson to her. GUSTAVUS III., king of Sweden, passing on I came in a little while before night, and horseback through a village in the neighborhood learned how matters stood. It was a season to of his capital, observed a young peasant girl of in- me of great interest and responsibility. Upon teresting appearance, drawing water at a fountain my own action here might depend the future by the wayside. He went up to her, and asked conduct of this child. Her violent temper had her for a draught. Without delay she lifted up been often checked by punishment, and she had her pitcher, and with artless simplicity put it to been frequently enough told of its evil conse- the lips of the monarch. Havirg satisfied his quences. Now it had led her to a great crime, thirst, and courteously thanked his benefactress, he said, " My girl, if you would accompany me to and if not at once restrained, my little daughter Stockholm, I would endeavor to fix you in a more might grow up wicked and miserable. agreeable situation." I considered awhile how I should act, and hav- "Ah, sir," replied the girl, " I cannot accept your ing humbly asked guidance of the Father of all, proposal ; I am not anxious to rise above the state I took my seat in the room where the affair had of life in which the providence of God has placed happened, and took the knotty stick in my hand. me ; but even if I were, I could not for an instant Then I called out in a kind voice "Sister, come hesitate." here to pa." She was always an obedient girl, "And why ?" rejoined the king somewhat sur- prised. and she instantly crept out and came down to " Because." answered the girl, coloring, "my me. Never shall I forget the expression of her mother is poor and sickly, and has no one but me countenance as she looked in my face. She had to assist or comfort her under her many afflic- wept until her eyes were greatly inflamed, but tions ; and no earthly bribe could induce me to leave i 34/E —* YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR. 71 her, for neglect the duties which affection requites not undervalue any for the color of their skin, or rom me.' the shape of their bodies, or the poverty of their " Where is your mother ?" asked the monarch. conditicn, for we are as God made us, and "he "In that little cabin," replied the girl, pointing that despiseth the poor reproacheth his Maker," to a wretched hovel beside her. Prov. xiv, 31. The king, whose feelings were interested in fa- vor of his companion, went in, and beheld, The Curly-haired Little boy. stretched on a bedstead, whose only coverinc, was a bed of straw, an aged female, weighed downe' IN coming down the North River in the mag- with years, and sinking under infirmities. Moved nificent steamer Isaac Newton, as the passengers at the sight. the monarch addressed her: " I am were retiring to rest, I noticed a fine looking cur- sorry, my poor woman, to find you in so desti- ly-haired little boy about s'x years old, undress- tute and afflicted a condition." ing himself, while his father arranged his bed.— `Alas! sir," ansv hred the venerable sufferer, Soon his father tied a handkerchief around his "I should be indeed to be pitied, had I not that head to protect his curls, which looked as if the kind and attentive girl, who labors to support me, sun-light from his young, happy heart always and omits nothing she thinks can afford me relief. rested there. This done, I looked for him to seek May a gracious God remember it to her for good," his resting-place ; but instead of this, he quietly she added, wiping away a tear. kneeled down on the floor, put up his little hands Never, perhaps, was Gustavus more sensible together, so beautifully, childlike and simple, and than at that moment, of the pleasure of possess- resting his arms on the lower berth against which ing an exalted station. The gratification arising he knelt, he began his evening prayer. from the consciousness of having it in his power The father sat down by his side, and waited the to assist a suffering fellow-creature almost over- conclusion. It was. for a child, a long prayer, but powered him and putting a purse into the hand of well understood. I could hear the murmuring of the young villager, he could only say, " Continue his sweet voice, but amid not distinguish the to take care of your mother; I shall soon enable words he spoke. But what a scene ! There were you to do so more effectually. Good bye, my am- men around him—Christian men—retiring to rest iable girl, you may depend on the promise of your without prayer; or, if praying at all, a kind of king." mental desire for protection, without sufficient On his return to Stockholm, Gustavus settled a courage or piety to kneel down in a steamboat's pension for life on the mother, with the reversion cabin, and, before strangers, acknowledge the good- to her daughter at her death. ness of God, or ask his protecting love. This was the training of some pious mother.— Jim Dick; or, the best revenge. Where was she now? How many times had her kind hand been laid on those sunny locks, as she IF you would learn to return good for evil, lis- had taught him to lisp his prayers ! ten to a short account of Jim Dick, the negro bov. A beautiful sight it was, that child at prayer in It is given by a gentleman named Southey :— the midst of the busy thoughtless throng. He "NV hen I was a little boy," says he, "there was alone of the worldly multitude, draws nigh to a black lad, who lived not far from my father's heaven. I thank the parental love that taught house, of the name of Jim Dick. Myself and him to lisp his evening prayer, whether dead or some of my playfellows were one evening at our living, whether far off or nigh. It did me good ; sports, when we began to annoy the poor lck, by it made me better. I could scarce refrain from calling him negro, blackmoor,' and other ill weeping then, nor can I now, as I see again that names. The poor fellow seemed very much sweet child, in the crowded tumult of a steam- hurt at our conduct, and soon left us. It was not boat's cabin, bending in devotion before his Maker. long after, that I agreed with some of my young When the little boy had finished his evening de- friends to go a skating; but I found, when the votion, he arose and kissed his father most affec- time came, that I had broken my skates, and that tionately, who put him into his berth to rest for I could not go unless Jim Dick lent me his skates. the night. If ever I meet that boy in his happy I went to him, and asked him for them. '0 yes, youth, in his anxious manhood, in his declining you may have them, and welcome,' was his kind years, I'll thank him for the influence and exam- answer. When I went to return them, I found ple of that night's devotion, and bless the name of Jim sitting by the fire in the kitchen, with his Bi- the mother that taught him to pray. Scarcely ble before him, which he had been reading. I told any passing incident of my life, ever made a deep- him I had come to bring back the skates he had er impression on my mind. I went to my room, lent me, and that ,I was much obliged for the use and thanked God that I had witnessed it, for its of them. lie looked at me as he took them into influence on my heart. his hands, and with tears in his eyes, he said to me, " Do not call me Blackmoor again.' He spoke When may Children come to Jeans. the words kindly and meekly, and then left the room. These words went to my heart, I burst TREY should come at once, for now is the ac- into tears, and from that time I resolved I would cepted time; the Bible nowhere invites them to never again be guilty of abusing a poor black." come to-morrow. To-day you may repent, and This little story may teach two lessons. First, have your sins forgiven; this very hour you may that you should not hurt the feelings of any one. become an adopted son or daughter of the Lord Do not call insulting names: it is foolish and vul- Almighty. Jesus Christ even now waits to re- gar. Do not mock the aged; it is unkind and sin- ceive and welcome you. ful. Do not make sport of the lame, the blind, or An old man one day taking a child on his knee any afflicted person; it is cruel and mean. Do entreated him to seek the Savior now, to pray to 72 YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR.

him and love him. The child looking up at him. into the lady's face, "Father prays," he said. .A.8 asked. "But why dont you seek God 7" The old she did not seem to mind this, he added, "If man deeply affected, answered, "I would, my father don't mother prays." Then the lady un- child, but my heart is hard, my heart is hard." derstood his meaning; she thanked the little boy An intelligent and well-educated boy about in her heart, and felt very bumble, that from the twelve years of age, attending a meeting held for conversation and prayer with those anxious on the "mouths of babes and sucklings" she needed to subject of religion, inquired of one who was as- be told her duty. Henceforth she never forgot sisting the pastor, what he must do to be saved.— it. How precious are the fresh little shoots of He was told to " go home and read the Bible, and Christian education.—Child's Paper. pray to God for a new heart." -But," said the I little boy with deep emotion, "Sir, I am afraid The Bird's Song—To-morrow. might die before I get home, and then it will be too late." The good man invited him to kneel at Lo, the lilies of the field, once and seek the forgiveness of his sins. The How their leaves instruction yield. Hark to nature's lesson, given little boy complied with the last advice and went By the blessed birds of heaven. home rejoicing in hope; and now, for over thirty Every bush and tufted tree years he has been a consistent member of the Warbles sweet philosophy : church of Christ. Yes, children, Mortal, fly from Sc ubt and sorrow, "'T will save you from a thousand snares, God provideth for the morrow. To mind religion young; Grace will preserve your following years, Say, with richer crimson glows And make your virtues strong." The kingly mantle than the rose? Say, have kings more wholesome fare A Beautiful Reply. Than we poor ei•izens of air 7 Barns nor hoarded gains have we, A YOUNG girl, about ,seven old, was asked by Yet we carol merrily: an atheist how large she supposed her God to Mortal, fly from doubt and sorrow, be; to which she, with admirable readiness, re- God provideth for the morrow. plied, "He is so great the heavens cannot contain One there lives, whose guardian eye him, and yet so kindly condescending as to dwell Guides our bumble destiny; One there lives, who, Lord of all, in my little heart. Keeps our feathers lest they fall. Pass we blithely then the time, A Spoiled Child. Fearless of the snare and lime, THE tragic murder of Dr. Parkman, of Boston, Free from doubt and faithless sorrow, God provideth for the morrow. by Professor Webster, filled the community with horror. A chain of circumstantial evidence prov- Excellence of the Bible. ed his guilt, and he was condemned to death. In "ALL Scripture is given by inspiration ‘-` God, his prison, petitioning the governor for a mild- and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for cor- er punishment, he confesses the crime, declaring rection, for instruction in righteousness; that the it was not murder from malice prepense, but man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished manslaughter from uncontrolled momentary pas- unto all good works." 2 Tim. iii, 16, 17. sion. He says, " I am irritable and passionate; " T,e law of the Lord is perect, converting a quickhanded and brisk violence of temper has the sdul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, mak- been a besetting sin of my life. I was an only ing wise the simple; the statutes of the Lord are child, much indulged, and have never acquired right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the control over my passions which I ought to the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the have acquired early; and the consequence is all judgments of the Lord are true and righteous al- this !" together. More to be desired are'they than gold; The Little Boy's Rebuke. yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than A LITTLE boy came with his sister to pay an at honey and the honey comb. Moreover, by them ternoon's visit to a lady of his mother's acquaint- is thy servant warned ; and in keeping of them ance. He was four years old, very bright and there is great reward." Psalms xix, 7-11. talkative, and among the many things which "Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think pleased him, he was most pleased with the dog. ye have eternal .life; and they are they which The dog's name was Tom. At supper-time, Tom testify of me." 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