The Litchfield County post., 1827-11-22
rIiE aOLDIER.
comu,unieatsd Sv q Clsrgymos for tie HeU- Tori

Though brave man he was cOnsclentOusly !,
opposed to wars and lighting. Though nei !
Their afraid nor unprepared to die, he shr.ink |
from the idea of shedding the blood ola fell
low creature. His scrupulOus friends, whom
he consulted, advised him to resign bis com
mission. But sense of duty to his country,
and the sacredness of his assumed obligation,
deferred him. He was resolved to throw him !
Sel upon the guidance of that Providence by
whose wisdom he had been called to this fri
al, to preserve him from the demoralizipg in
huence ola camp. and to accomplish through
him some wise design. He repaired to his
post.and was soon assailcd with temptation
to violate the Sabbath. necessary article
Of equipment was wanting, and he went with
brother officer to store to procure it. AS
he placed his foot upon the Threshold, The
thought struck him, Beware of the beginning
Of evil" Turning at once to his companion,
INV brother" said he, "this is the Lords
day. Go in, if you see fit. and make your
purchase s. but mine shall be postponed till to-
morrow" From that moment he continued
firm in resisting the very powerful allure
ments to unlawful pleasures that every eve
ming were urged upon him. And while he
did not mathematics his weaker and more in
dulgent companions, he boldly asserted the
superiority of religious enjoyment, and held
up before their eyes the example of unsp0t-
ted purity of morals. One Sunday evening,
as he sat conversing with his pious hostess on
their favorite topic, religion, an officer APP
preached the door. 1t was one who had Of
ten sneered at his good brother for refusing
hand at their card parties, and a seat at the
cOnviyial board. The conversation proceed
ed, and the officer drew nearer and leaned his
head against the post of the open door. And
as the pious Major dwelt, in an animated
strain,upon the efficacy of.the Saviours grace
in discriminating the soul from the dominion
of sin, and adjoining it with the beauties of no.
illness, the officer entered and took his seat
beside them,after apoligising for his Interrupt
ton. He continued an attentive listener, Oc-
casionally taking part in the conversation,
while the Major and his hostess discussed the
reality of conversion as exhibited in the facts
of their own religious history, until they sep
arated for the night. Some years after this,
the Major was passing few daysin the city,
and one morning he received note from the
officer, proposing to pass the evening at his
lodging. At the appointed hour he entered
the Majors apartment, land taking him warm
ly by the hand,s thus accOsted him: My
dear Major, years have passed since we have
have faded from your recollection +; but yours
never will be erased from mine. You may
remember that one evening interrupted they
conversation of you and your pious hostess
on Christian experience. | had often heard
similar things from religious professors, but
they passed my mind like the idle wind. II
had long resisted the prayers and counsels of
converted Wife. But the testimony of your
SELF whose every movement had watched
with an eagle eye, carried conviction to my
heart. From that evening had no rest I'M
til | found peace in believing, and instead of
soldier of my country, rejoice to become al
soldier O. the Cross. And to you, under Gods
providence, who sent you to be the messen-
ger of good to my soul, feel indebted for
what deem most valuable 10 time and eter-
nifty" It 10 needless to add that the evening !
was happily spent in recurring to past scenes,
and among other topics, to this fresh evidence
Of the reality Of conversion, in the officers ex-
perience.
From the american Tract Magasins, for November.
A DEPRAvED HUSBAND AND WIFE RE-
FORMED.
The writer having been called to visit a !
poor woman, suffering from disease pronoun- I
ced incurable by Council of Physicians, and
which, from its nature, was liable every mo-
ment to issue in death, found her cropping in |
thick moral darkness, ignorant the way of
Salvation by Jesus Christ, and wholly unpre-
pared for her great change. He endeavored
to convince her that she was lest apd ruin
ed sinner, justly exposed to the wrath of God
and liable every moment to enter upon the (
retributions of eternity, and exhorted her to
to give immediate attention to secure the sal
walton of her soul. The woman manifested
desire to be instructed with regard to the
means she must use to attain SO desirable an
object but remarked, that her husband was
an awfully profane man, and ridiculed every
thing that had the appearance Of religion i
that he had already upbraided her, in most
cruel and profane manner, for neglecting the
duties she owed her family, which, in conse-
quence of her indisposition and in obedience
to the positive order Of her Physician, she
was compelled to do; aud that any indication
of seriousness on her part would only excite
his indignation, and expose heI to still greater
abuse: On hearing this, the S,cearsr's Pray
err, was left in the room, and another Tract a. !
dapted to the circumstances of the woman.
Int few days the writer again visited this fam
lily, and what was the satisfaction he expert I
enced in finding this poor woman deeply i'm
pressed with sense of her wretched condi- |
ton, and asking with much apparent anxiety
what she must do to be saved! She remark !
ed, also, that her husband had twice read the
tract intended for him, and that his conduct