The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-06-02
F.on he chv,sA ef Essl.ad M.s..ius. :
say YOUR PRAYERS IN FAIR
WEATHER.


r turning By Inc Belfast night mail "a
uy dislsni parish IA The North. from he
Ilahl.a eIsrlcsl meetings OF the PEAR 1893,
\ Issnd mysslipiseed opposite % . eeasle.
nan whose appearance engrossed. rsIhsr
tian sliraelrd. my most profound allen-
lian.
His sse. - he afterwards told ne. wss
sixty: and perhaps should have eoBec-
tured as much. though exposure 10 wes-
tier. cares, anxieIies. and d,ngers, with !
resisin sir Of seriousness which seemed
ssui were 10 preside over them sll. spoke,
mare chan flie rtfrcss Of time. The progress
&c my EIlsw travellers earthly pilgrim
sfe.
IN truth bis connlena1ee wss such .
one as 10 observsni physiagnomisi would
eonlempl.te without interest. or mark It's
smi4tls and diversified expression with
oul resperi and love. The coach in
which We sal had scarcity cleared the
pa,emen,. and wa. rolling along the con-
parsuvsly I'll q. higa way. when ny com
pInlon addressed me with great ease and
p.Ii,eness. A few MINUTES suliiced 10
sliss ,ha the prrdaminaling sentiment Of
his hear, Vas rtl'gian. lis conversation
was almost exclusively Of that character:
and. a. he poured Out the rich stores Of
The gospel ruth and experience from The
exhausilrss uessnry OF converted soul.
The night lnsens,bly wore away, and the
sun was long ri.en ~ we changed Horses
., tie l1sl stage.
l.it,le mare Than an hour remained. and
! must Prob big p.ri far ever from man
bv whose m,rrsalIoa had be,n mex
pnssisely eap,isa,ed. feli, as may be
easily conceived. q strong desire 10 learn
his history. and ,has 70 dix more perman.
snly o. my mind The impression he had
m,te. Accordingly. asked him whelh-
GO The tuning Of his hear, 70 Gnd had
beea caused BY any sudden danger. or
merely eonnsc Ell with his seafaring lille
lhe had already told ne thai he com
Randed q vessel trading between f.iver-
Pnol and Americs.) OF was Of gradual
growth. Ny question seemed to please
hun; ., lessI he replied TO il with the Ut
mosi courtesy. saying. that in the last year
but one Of The iale. war. he was waking in
pou With deei Of merchantmen I'LL con.
voy shpuld arrive, IL being deemed unsafe
10 sad without such protection. Ills ha-
bits. he observed. had always been excee
DINGHY irregular. 10 give them no stronger
iefa. aud he passed The period Of de,sn
ton 10 Plssuces he could not look back
on without sorrow.
AZ length The signal 10 weigh anchor
was made; bis ship, as were also many
Others. was 50 short Of hands. that he
was glad % arcrp, Of any person who Of.
Tered himself, however inexperienced he
nigh. be in navigation. Al the very in
slant Of departure. a boat cane alongside,
cut of which lsll robust man climbed nc
lively upon the deck. and gave himself in
as seaman. willing t. engage Tor the
voyage. The boa, which brought him
had returned to The shnre, anil the wind
WIS blowing nearly gale; but under eve
~ circumstance. NV friend said, lie was
glid - get even The addition Of one equi.
vocal hand To his scaniy crew. Ills
pleasure. however, was olshort duration.
inr The new conner was snen found 70 be
Of . mnsi quArrelsome, unbeatable dIspo
sl'ion, a iu,ious blasphemer, and. when
opportunity offered, drunksrd. Boz
SIDES all these disqnalfiealions. he was
wholly ignoran, ol nautical affairs. or
counirrfel,ei ignorance TO escape du,y.
Ia short. he was The bane and plague oi
The vessel. aud refused obs,inately q give
any account Of himself, or his family, or
his past life.
Az length a violent storm arose, all
hand, we're piped upon deck. and all. as
the captain thought. we 100 lew 10 SAFE
the ship. When The men we're mustered
T. their quarters, The sturdy blasphemer
was missing. and my friend went below
% seek Tor him; great was his surprise al
hndins HIM on his knees repeating tie
Lords prayer With wonderful raPidi'y.
aver anil over again, as 4 he had hound
himself 10 countless reiteration. Fexed
=, what he deemed hypocrisy or cowsr-
Dice. he shook him roughly by the col
lar, exclaiming, "Sty your prayers IN
lair weather" The man rose up. OBJ
serving 10 Inv voice, God gran, J
may ever see lair weather 10 say them.
Ia few hnnrs the storm happily abat-
ed. week more btoush, them TO harbour,
and an ,ncidrn, so Iivid passed quickly
aSay Ton The mcmnry Of the captain
the more ea.'ly, as the man in question
was pad oif the day after landing, snd
appeared not again.
Four more yeats had elapsed, during
whlrh, lh,ngh my friend had twice been
shipwrerke,l, aud was gtlevausly hurt ny
the lalling,ul spar. he pursued without
amenilmenl lie Of prolligary and can.
tempt al G.nl. Al The enl Of this period
be arrived IN the por, Of n York, after
very tedious and Jng rous voyage IRON
England.
IL was On sabbath m .ning, and the
streets wrra ,irnns,d wnh persons pr"