The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-11-07


teas and blood. 1--we realized he value
Of an immortal SOU. and he shorsness Of
lhe time in which re can labor forts sal
vsiion, ne should FEEL Il the dearest prisi-
lege and The sweetest enjoyment this side
heaven, 10 do what We might 10 bnng
pershing sinners home 10 God.
A shori anecdote recently related in The
hearing Of The writer. BY . clergyman
from neighbOring riiy. illustrates 50 hap
pily the power Of love in overcoming evil,
thar ! cannot deny myself the pleasure Of
repeating il here. though fear il win lose
something Of il interest in The rePeii-
ton.
II was in The city Of p said the mar
RAZOR, sealed in ihe study Of the brother
with whom had been laborine, when a
little German girl Of twelve OF fourteen
years Of age entered The room, and burst
ing into Tears As she went directly up 10
the pastor. exclaimed in an animated lone,
'Oh, NJ. -, am sure the Lord Is go-
ing 10 convert my father. do believe he
viii be converted now she added, with
so much emotion, that il attracted my At
tention, and drew from me the inquiry,
q or whom is she spcaking! TEL The
gentleman yourself, my child said my
friend, what God has done for You, and
what you have been trying 70 do Cor him.
From The simple story Of the little girl, |
gathered the following particulars. She
had proyidentially been led. year and
half since, in her Ignorance and sin, 70 en-
ter the church where my friend was
preaching, and while there, the Lord gra-
ciously met her, and converted her soul.
Full Of wonder and Joy, she ran home TO
tell her father, who was a bigoted Catho-
lie, what Saviour she had found but TO
her surprise, he became very angry, beat
her cruelty, and forbade the mention Of
the subject again in his house. She con-
tinued, however, TO attend church, and af-
Ter some time told her father, .she felt il
her duty TO be baptized, and unite with
the people Of God, in conmemorating the
dying love of Jesus. Greatly enraged, he
assured her, il she did unite with the
church, he would beat her TO death, and
she had no reason TO doubt that he would
keep his word. With this prospect be-
fore her, the dear child determined to do
her duty, trusting all the consequences in
the hands Of Him who hath said, Il will
never leave thee nor forsake thee She
was baptized, and admitted to the priyi-
leges of the visible church, and it was a
happy day to her soul. When she re.
turned home, and told her father what she
had done, he took hoop-pole and after
beating her with ii most numerically,
drove her from the house, telling her ne
, yer to return, until she had given up her
new-fangled religion. Thus forsaken Of
her father, the Lord took her up, and she
was soon provided with service place
in pious family where she was kindly
treated, and permitted to enjoy religious
privileges. On entering the family, how
I ever, the girl reserved to herself the right
of being absent from home the first Mon.
day of every month, without specifying
her reasons for making the reservation,
She provided herself with German Tracts
and on that day, went to all German ia.
miles of her acquaintance, offered them a
tract, conversed, and whenever permitted
prayed with them before leaving--always
taking her fathers house in her way
though sure of being cruelty abused and
beaten by the unnatural parent. Month
after month she made her appearance in
that little shop, and with smile, offered
the hardened man a Tract, at the same
g., time entreating him to think of his pool
soul, and offering to pray with him. She
, was uniformly driven away with severe
blows, but said she, Il did not care fol
the blows, for, Sir, my poor fathers soml
was all that | thought of, or cared for.
In this course she persevered-how long
think you, indolent Chrstian-you who,
in the midst of ease and comfort, think il
hard to wait one little month for an ans
wer TO payer; how long did this young
disciple go forth weeping, bearing pre-.
cious seed sustained by faith alone! Fol-
eighteen months she had persevered, with
out seeing any fruit Of her labors, when
two months before | met her, she found
on visiting her father as usual, that he
was in tears over his work. He suffered
her to read, converse, and pray withou
interruption, and at parting. bid her to come
again, for she was good girl The mex
month he was still more tender, and ever
begged his child to pray for him, saying
he was so vile he dared not pray for him
sell. On the day when | first saw her
she had been with him again, and to us'
her own language, 'uh, how changed wa
my poor father!' Tears were running
down his cheeks as he begged me to for
give his cruel treatment, and entreat Coz
for his soul. told him | had nothin!
to forgive, for | had not laid any thing vi
against him since knew he had pre-
cious soul, for which Jesus died; and if tn
Saviour loved him so much. surely | nigh
love him we'll enough to be willing to bea
blows for the sake of his poor soul.
asked him to pray for himself and he knel