The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-04-02
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The harizon. For s8me lime an inter-
nal conflict was maintained betxeen
The desire for The mnnsy and the sin
81 taking il. AtIsng,h his conscience
4 yielded. and 10 The most perempiary
manner he demanded the money. The
minister. aware that resistance would
be in vain. delivered his money 10
Maitland. and requested that he would
listen 10 him Tor a Few moments. =
/. lou say, young man. that this is
Jour hIsi ailempi--t4ke my advice.
and. 10 prevent your destruction. LEI
u be youriasi Go aud use the m0nry
nov obtained. in an indusifinus man
ner. and You shall moi only hasr my
forgiveness. hni my prayers" Mr..
Manerief thru raised his reverend
eyes aud hands 20 heaven. aud i'm
glnrrd mercy fnr the robber. They
parted. The minister 10 his slFrctinn-
ale wife and family. and MsiiIand 10
-alas. he knew not whiiherl
The world vas aII before him where 10 choose
Ills place ofresi.
Happy, IL he could hare lnUkcd to
Providence as his guide. or prayed
Tor direction; bui lie could moi pray.
Afflicted siih the mnst distressing
feriings-sensihIe of his crime, aud
aware IL The danger 10 which his life
VAS exposed. he wandered abnnl Tor
s0mr Tine. undetermined What Hould
&c his iniure proceeding. The 80
lrmn parting Nnrds IL THE minister
sill sounding in his ears. and his
kindness melted bis heart. At Que
time h resolved 90 return the IN. got
len booiy. but Then he knew that his
apprehension might be The cnnse-
qurncr. and his life the forfeiture.
Meantime the Case Of Mr.. Aioncriri
was greatly canmiseraird BY his az
feciionaie parishionefs. old aud Young
spontaneously eame forward. aud
a,nre than compensated the loss he
had sustained. Snll he prayed Tor
Maitland. and often vepI as he en-.
treated God 10 bring him 20 sense
of his sin. aud 10 reclaim him from
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AZ length Maitland heard or YES
sci bDund 60 India. and FASTENED on
board. While there, he frequently
rejected on The sin he had com miited,
and would gladly have restored the
money he had 50 unSillingiy taken.
but This became every day more i'm
practicable, and he now turned his
attention 10 the minister's advice, TO
employ IL honestly aud indusiriousiy.
lie awaited himself Of the numerous
advantages which commerce opens to
the sailor, and by grea, assiduiiy and
caution, aided by The blessings Of Pro-
violence, Which he earnestly sought.
as we'll as the pardon uf his sins. lac
succeeded beyond his mast sanguine
expectations. His desire aud deter
mination To refund the property he
had stolen never Inrsook him. aud lac
embraced the lirst opportunity Of ma
king restitution in prison. More than
twelve years, however, rolled away
without presenting any facility of VI
sitting Mr.. Moncrief AT last he ob-
tainsd a freight 10 Bordeaux, aud
thcucc 20 Lri,h, and having learned
that Mr.. Moncrier was still living
with his wife aud family at their old
residence, he forwarded two pipes of
excellent wine TO him, but without
mentioning from whom they came.
When thy arrived at the good mi
nister's door, he was thrown into the
greatest perp'exi,y, observing. that
Tor himself he could not aifnri to
drink ainc, that he had no rcIlar in
which he could place il, NOR did lie
possess any friend that was likely 10
send him so valuable present. The
while, therefore, VAS a mistake, aud
the vine VAS obviously intended Tor
some other person. lie conseaied.
however. TO allow them for the pre-
sent 10 be placed in his stable.
After making every inquiry TO dis.
c0vrr the real owner OF the uiae. aud
obtaining no Information whatever.
Mr.. Muncrief concluded that time
would deyclope the mystery. After
Few days. respectable luuking gem
tleman alight.d from cartiagr. aud
requested Ia see The minister. BeinS
Introduced. he said that he had been
brough, up in the cnuairy. and had
constantly rrcollcctcd him With cs-
teen aud ,enrration. lie had taken
the liberty of bringing a few TRIES
fur the acceptance oi Mrs. Moncrief.
The presents consisted of some fruits.
silks. dc. nf M small value. The
stranger was invited To a very plain
dinner. nf which the family was about
To par,akr. and at the conclusinn of
The rrp,.t pali'rly requested g'ass
~ ,,;,e Mr. innrr,sf onninglv al