The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-10-27

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cure IRON The shop. for The man has told
her alter his be can furnish no mnrs.
And The lii'ls money thar is 70 come from
this 10 already sPportioned %. IN her
mind. and sfier that she hss ne human
prospectof more.
But Jet The wonsn's face 10 patient,
qHils. firm. Nay. you may even SEQ in
her suffering eye s0mslhinf like peace
and sheaee comes iii | viii isll
you.
There 10 bible in that room 90 well
% N The rich msn's apartment Not
sPlendidly bound, N be sure, bur faith
fully rssd--s plain. hOmely. much worn
book.
Harken nov while she says 20 her
children. /" Listen 10 me, my dear child
fen. and will read you something out Of
this book. Let not yonr heart Be iron
bled. IN my fathers house are many man
sions.' So Jon see. my children. we
shall not always live IN this liule, cold.
dark. room. Jesus Cbrisi has promised
70 take Ne 10 better home"
Shall We be warm there. all dayi"
says the little boy earnestly. . add shall
wc have saough 10 eali'
" Yes. dear child. says tho mother.
" listen 70 what The Bible says. They
shall hunger 40 more, neither thirst any
more. for he Lamb which is in the nijst
Of them shall feed them; and God shall
wipe away I'll tears from their eyes,"
81 am glad u that" said liills Mary.
" for mother, | never can bear too see
you cry"
Bot. mnlher." Gays little Henry,
/" von'i God send us something TO eat 20
morrow"
.See." says The mother. /" wis, the
Bible says. Seek ye moi what ye shall
eat. nor What ye shall drink. neither be
Of anxious mind. For your Father
knowelh that 20 have need Of these
ihings.'"
Bot. mother" says little Mary, ii
God is our Father. and loves us, what
does he lei US DO so poor fori"
"Nay." says The mother. "onr Lord
Jesns Christ was as poor as Ne are. and
God certainly loved him."
Was he, motber!"
/" Yes, children, y on remember hov
he said The Son Of Man hath not ~heie
70 lay his head And il tells vs. more
than once, that Jesus was hungry vhcr
there vas none 10 give bim food"
/. oh! mother, what should We DO viih
out tie BIble!" ssys Mary.
Now il the rich man who had not yeI
made up his mind whs, 10 think Of tho Bi'
BILE. should visit THE poor woman, and ash
her on What she grounded her belief OF il:
truth. what could che answeri Could she
give the Argument from mirarles and pro-
phecyi Can she account for ell the chan
ges which might have taken place in j
through lransla,ors and eopyisis. and prove
that Ne have genuine and unroTup,es
versiani Not che! But how then does
she know iha, il 10 iruel How, say you!
How docs she know that she has arm
life blood in her heart How docs shs
know that there is such o ,hiog as ali
aud sunshinei
She does moi believe ih-se things. she
knoVs them; and in like manner. with q
deep heat consciousness. she is certain
that the words u her Bible Gre truth snt
life. Is il by reasoning that the ffighten
cd child, beaiIdered in the dark. knows
It's mothers roiccl No! Nor is j, by
reasoning that The forlorn and distressed
humsn heart knows the voice Of lis Sa'
viour, and is still.
Go, when the child 10 lying in ito no
Tiers a,ars aud looking up trusIfully il
her face. and see il you can puzzle hin
with metaphysical difficulties shout per
sou ideutity, until you can make hiR
think that il 10 not HE mother. YOU
reasons may be cuhclusive--yeur argu
meni unanswerable--but after oil, tho
child sees his mother there, aud feels heI
arms Ground uim, and HE quiet, unIea
soning belief, on the subject. is precisely
OF the same hind which the child o
christianity feels in the existence OF hi:
Savinur, and. rnd the reality Of those
blessed truths which he has told in his
word.
Extract from the Goth anniversary sermon