Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-04-29

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length he said to me, .'My son has gothic
medicine, hope, for / am in great pain.
| hung my head and Guttered, for my
conscience smote me. No, sir, Mr..
Carter says he has got none 5 Is this
possible 2 He then cast keen eye upon
me, and seeing my head hang, and proba-
bly, suspecting my falsehood, said in the
mildest, kindest tone, My little boy will
see his father suffer great pain for the want
of that medicine I went out of the room
alone and cried. was soon called back.
My brothers had come. and were standing
all the children were standing round
his bed, and he was committing my poor
mother to their care, and giving them his
best advice. / was the youngest; and
when he laid his hand on my head, and
told me that in a few hours l should have
mo father that he would in day or two
Fbe buried up that | must now make God
my father. love him, obey MIN, and always
do right, and speak the truth, because the
eye of God is always upon met seemed
as if should sink and when he laid his
hand on my head again and prayed for
the blessing Of God, the Redeemer to rest
upon me, soon to be fatherless orphan
dared not look at him, felt so guilty.
Sobbing,' | rushed from his bedside and
thought, wished could die. Theysoon
told me he could not speak. Oh, how
much would have given to 90 in and
tell him had told lie and ask him once
more to lay his hand on my head and for
give me. I"crept in once more, and heard
the minister pray for the dying man.
Q, how my heart ached snatched nv
hat and ran to the apothecary's house and
got the medicine. l ran home with all
my might, and ran in, and ran up to my
fathers bedside to confess my sin, CRYING
out, 0, here father; but was hushed. and
then saw he was pale, and that all in
The room were weeping. My dear father
was dead And the last thing ever spoke
10 him was to tell him Lie!-I sobbed
as if my heart would break for his kind
ness, his tender looks, and my own sin,
all rushed upon my mind. And as
gazed upon his cold, pale face, and saw
his eyes shut. and his lips closed, could
| help thinking of his last words, NV
little boy will see his father. suffer great
pain for the want of that medicine 7
could not kaow but he died for the want
Of it. ..
In day or two he was put into the
ground and buried up. There were sew
eral ministers at the funeral, and each
spoke kindly 10 me, but could not comfort
me. Alas they knew not what a load
of sorrow lay on my heart. They could
not comfort me. My father was buried.
and the children all scattered abroad for
my mother was too feeble to take care of
them. ..-t
1t was twelve years after this, while in
college, that went alone to the grave of
my father 1t took me a good while 10
find 1t but there it was with its humble
tomb stone ) and as stood over it, [seemed
to be at his bedside, TO see his pale face, and
here his voice. y. the thought of that sin
and wickedness cut me to the heart. Ii
seemed that words would not be too much
to give, could then have called loud
enough to have him here me ask his for
giveness. But it was to late. He had
been in the grave twelve years; and |
must live and die, weeping over that un-
grateful falsehood. May God forgive me.'
TodGs Lectures TO Children.
"FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.-A little
girl, about eight years ofage, daughter OF
a widow woman, residing about eight
miles from Lapeer. was frightened in such
a manner, we understand, on Wednesday
of last week, that she died about two hours
after her fright. Her brother, small lad.
dressed himself in dried bears skin. and
chased her as she was going to a neigh
boring house.''-MGcom6 (Mich.) States,
man.
Many children have acted as wickedlv
ms that little boy did, and very often their
actions have been offended with as dread.
full results.
Some children seem to take delight in
frightening their neighbors. & then laugh
ing at the pain they have given, or in rid
lcullng the fears they have excited.
| once read of little boy, who so
trightend his mother, by saying that his
Youngest sister had fallen GU. of the win
dow that she tainted, and then became
crazy, and soon died.
Every child will say that it is wrong,
when the thing is explained. Let US look
al it then moment.
The boy practised deceit: lOl Psalm,
9TH versatile that worketh deceit, shall
not dwell within my house he that tell
eth lies, shall not tarry in my sight"
In the Bible, one who deceiyes his
nelghbor is likened to mad man. Prov
20 IL, 49, "As man who castelh fire.
brands arrows and death, so is The man
that deceiveth his neighbor and sayelh,
Am not | in sport'"
| hone Won will rememher this ,n1