The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-02-07

heart VI tho CHRISTIAN cnufcn, Wnlcn B was
ting its liie-bloOd and eating up its fbres.
Men who confess that their lives were
bought with the redeenling agonies Of the
Sow of COP, instead of devoting those
dearly purchased lives TO his service spend
their DAYS and nights in heaping up dust
in raking together straws Of the dunghill.
They can inquire about the markets, and
study the interest table, and with fearful
anxiety divide g their living among their
children, while the grOsns Of a dying
world are urged upon their ears !
The Man of Christian LiberaEify dsscri-
bed. .g
Thanks be to COP, few---ihe Lord in
crease their number hundred fold-a few
have bceur to taste the lcxury Of doing
good. Would you hear the story of a
plain man Of this stamp? Ali along, his
reputation for Christian p;ety had been
good and fair:--aIl along, he had given
what he could conveniently spare to pro-
mote the interests Of Zion. 1t was fine
morning in the mnnih of May when his
wife and children were gathered around
him to hear him read i chapter in the BIZ
Bile. Itwas the 2Sth of Matthew. When
he had read the chapter, the sacred book
still lying on his knee, his family saw in his
countenance The workings of a soul walked
up to some new and interesting object. At
length the husband and the father-the
priest of the domestic circle-spoke out
the feelings of his heart--the newemotions
which were agitating his bosom-the stead
fast resolution with which hiss was strug-
Cling. I am, he said mo preacher I claim
no skill in religious criticism !. yet | plain
~ see that this last injunction of the Saw
iour extends its obligations. to me. / am
bound to do what can to bring all nations
acquainted with the gospel-to extend to
the going down of the sun, the limits Of the
church. Hitherto | have neither UNDER
stood nor done my duty. Hencefortb, the
great object for which shall exert myself
shall be-bear witness ye who hear me
speak-the extension and upbuilding ofmy
Saviour's kingdom. Know, my sons and
daughters, that henceforth when We shall
see your father labour and deny himself, it
is not, that he may add field to ield-that
he may augment an estate to afford you the
means Of sensual qualification when he is
dead-to be bait to lure your souls into
fatal snare. The Improvement Of your
minds--;he cultivation Of your souls, is a
thing he must not neglect. He is bound
to train you up for extensive usefulness in
this world and for happiness in heaven--to
exert your powers, to act well your part on
the stage of life. Beyond this my obliga-
tons do not acknowledgement this / cannot
60. Hsnceforth, my time and influence
and substance are devoted to the cause of
Christ, and the interests of the church"
This declaration made, he cast himself down
at the Mercy seat, and with his household
sought in prayer the universal diffusion of
christian light. And when the petition
81 Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on
earth, as it is done in Heaven" fell from his
lips, they fell as words of weighty import.
There was simplicity, feryency,an en-
ergy in his applications, which could not
fail to give them power with God. As he
went forth to his accustomed labors he
thought his fields were clothed in livelier
green than he had ever Witnessed before ::
that never before they sent forth such fra
GRANGE. When he wiped the sweat from
his smooth and even brow, he felt it a pri-
vilege to toll for Christ. And when. lie I'll
led bis bosom with the golden sheaves, his
harvest-joys we're unspeakable. Now he
exulted in gracious Providence, because
he had learned to make those smiles SUBJ
servient to the church.-to the advance
ment ofhis own eternal interests. No lon
ger did he make his benefactions mere
matter Of convenience. He acted on prin-
ciple. His exertions were the result Of
deliberate design--of we'll arranged sys-
tenn. 70 DE- good was his leading object--an
object, to whichother things were made
subservient. Aud with him, it was as much
matter of calculation and provision, how
much he should attempt to do for lheASav
iour's cause, as how much he should ex-
pend to support his family. This man held
on his way. The pages Of his history were
one continued illustration of the Saviour u
memorable words: " I, is more blessed to
give than to receive" When he died, it
was an easy thing to settle his estate. 1t
had been sent on to heaven and transmut-
ed to eternal gold"
"There is wealth enough in the hands OF
professed Christians, to supply every desti-
tute family upon the face Of thesearth with a
Bible, and to establish missions In every i'm
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