Litchfield enquirer., 1833-04-11
A CHURCH-YARD DIALOGUE.

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 4. No did not, but thought he gave an admirable picture of the righteous man.
 B. Most excellent. never heard the word pronounced in three syllables before.
 4. And then the appeal to false profess sors near the close
 E. Was truly eloquent. did not like, however, that posture when he covered his face.
 4. I hopo I shall never forget the ser mon. applied it allt myself.
 B. So did l. I felt it deeply. l was only sorry that he should use the verb pro- gress in one of his finest passages.
 4. am sure I did not observe it. l was too much overwhelmed with what he said.
 B. too. could scarcely hold my head up till he got into that fit of coughing. By the bye he spits too much.
 4. Perhaps he does; but ! can easily put up with that in such preacher.
 B. So can I. O yes, l make no man. ner of objection to his sritting any more than to his taking out his watch, or his say ing firstly, or to his skipping the bible, or his leaning on the pulpit, or his
 4. Brother B. if may ask so bold a question, are you in the habit of criticising every sermon thus?
 E. Criticising? You mistake me alto gether. I disapprove of criticising ser- mons on the Sabbath.
 4. should think you would profit very little by the soundcst preaching.
 s. There again you are mistaken. derive great benefit from sanctuary privile- ges. But still like to see every thing done decently and in order. That re- minds me of a mistake Mir. X. made in quoting Scripture--What! are you going!
 4. Yes, good morning.-L'resbyterian The Poison is not im the Paint.-Soms few months since, two men, painters by occupation, were laboring together,-th ono drank ardent spirit. and the other no ] using it at all. When pay day come, the one who used ardent spirit, felt not little chagriGcd, that he had not so much mon- cy due him, as his companion; for de- duction was to be made from his earnings, of the amount he had drawn for ardent spirit. Why said he to his companion, why is it, that you have more money than do7' 'The reason is very plain,' repli- cd the other, you use ardent spirit, and do not But cannot work without it, said the drinker. My master always told me that the poison from the paint would kill me, unless l used q little liquor; and I have always found, that if worked a day without it, had violent pain in my breast. l should die if did not use li- quor.' This conversation occurred on Saturday evening, as the men were leaving their work. On Monday they both re- turned 10 their employment, and without apprising his companon, the man who had always used ardent spirit concluded to try abstinence one day. He did so. and as they were about leaving work at night, he said to the other, James l am not dead ; and then adding, have lived without li- quor one day, and will now try to live without it a week. He did so, and at the end of it, signed the pledge of total abs'i- hence, with this remark: : I find that it was not the paint which gave me such feel ings in my chest it was the spirit l drank. IHe poison uGs nOt in the pant, but m the rum. Temperance Recorder. THE GAMBLER.
 The finished gambler has no heart. The club with which he herds, would meet, though the place of rendezvous were the chamber of the dying; they would meet though it were an apartment in the char nel house. Not even the death of kindred | can affect the gambler. He would play upon his brothers coffin; he would play upon his fathers sepuichre.
 Wonder see the wretch, prematurely old | in infirmity, as well as in ,sin. He is the father of a family. The mother of hi children, lovely in her tears. strives will the tenderest assiduities. to restore hi' health, and with it to restore his temper ance, his love of home, and the long lost charms of domestic life. She pursues h'nl with her kindness, and her entreaties. to his haunts of vice she reminds him oi h's children she tells him of their virtues ol their sorrows; oftheir wants; and she aa' lures him, by the love of them, and by the love of God, to repent, and to return. Van l attempt! She might as well adJure th'