Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-11-21
VERNON TELEG APH.
From the New-York Evangelist.
Permanently Of Early Impressions


| Permanently of Early Impressions
Rev. Mr.. Stow, in his lecture to Sabbath
School teachers, related the following
facts to illustrate the nature of impress
! ions m1de in early life, and to show the
probability that impressions once made
are never lost. These facts commend
themselves with great force, to the serious
attention of parents and teachers, and all
who have the care of children.
"A lady in the last stages of chronic
disease, was taken to the country, carry
! ing an infant child. Years. after, that
child was carried to the same place, and
into the same room. As she entered the
room, she started back and said, 81 have
a distinct recollection, that in some part OF
my life was in this room, and there was
a lady in that corner, who bent over me
and wept.'
I An early settler in the new country car
ried with him small quantity Of specie.
AS there was danger from the French and
Indians, he thought proper to conceal it.
Accordingly, taking with him his little
son, who was not old enough to under
stand the transactfon he buried his treas
ure in the earth. The father was sud
denly taken away; and the concealed
treasure became an object of search. Years
after the little son dreamed that the money
could be found in a certain place, and So
it turned out This dream was nothing
more than the reviving of an early i'm
) preston.
, A lad of my acquaintance in this city,
for years member OF the Sabbath School
, was taken with the typhus fever, and dur.
: ing the paroxysnis Of arrangement, his
language and conversation were of a
religious characteristic prayers were fer
: vent, and in a style far above his years
and he would repeat whole chapters from
; the Bible. His friends were encouraged
to hope that he was truly prepared to die
but he recovered. and it all passed away
[ like d vision of the night-the boy him
: self had no recollection of what had passed
} These were doubtless impressions which
t had been received in the Sabbath Schoo
at an early period, and revived by ths
action of the fever on the brain.
2 DIR. Abernethy had patient. who hac
been known to speak only in the Englisl
t language; but in the paroxysms of men
|. tai arrangement, he spoke in French.
was afterwards ascertained that he ha'
lived in French family in early life.
( Dr. Rush informs us Of one who spoke
S in his paroxysms of insanity, first il
[ English, then in French, and then il
+ Italian. He was born in Italy. had live
;, in France and subsequently resided amon
e the English.
n a Lutheran clergyman near Philadel
| phia says that the aged Swiss and Ger
Y mans in the old settled parts of Pennsyl
d vania, when near death, uniformly spea
their native language, although it has NJ
been, for many years, in common US
among them.
r. A deeply pious lady of my acquain
n ance, when delirious, is awfully profan
+ In early life, she was in situation wher
lie she was exposed to hear such language
st and the excitement of delirium revive
of the impression.
a How will you account for the fact tn
I'd the aged will recolect the impressions
is early life, while those of later years ha,
'y long passed away?
'g Men who are intoxicated talk religion
| ly. Examine their history. and you W
tn lind, that in early life they were in re
er gious families; and the influence of ale
Use hol upon the brain revives these impress
lie, ions.
ne These facts | have mentioned TO she
IN that impressions in early life are deep al
permanent. Perhaps, however, it wou
BE- difficult to show that an idea once il
be pressed upon the mind is ever lost. 1t
my not to be supposed that because impre
ne, ions are for time effaced from the me
nd cry, that they are lost. A faded mar
If script may be made legible by the act
lte, of chemical substances.
to If Mr.. Slows views are correct, h.
1en fearful is the responsibility of those W
be have the care of children and you
And what incessant watchfulness sho
Z. they exercise, to prevent their being
'sed posed to evil impressions. Who has
!, in been annoyed by the involuntary reviv
in Of these impressions, by the power
be association, at times and in places W
has they were most unwelcome? n
Mr..
n,, THE MORMON WAR.
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