Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-16
II was evident that neither Of thom had

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ever seen a baby like that before.
"Dut really, Mary" said The young man
'isnt three dollars very high r.
Mary very prldently said nothing, btu
taking the little bonnetg tied Il on the little
hgssa, and held UP the little baby. The man
Locked, and without another word down
went the three dollars@all that the last
weeks butter eatne tot and w. they walled
nut Of the shop, Ii Ii hard to say which le9ks
cd most delighted with The bargain,
"Ab," thought |, "a little child shall lead
thbtH."
Another day M | was passing n carriage
factory along one Of otf principal haslt
streets, | aaw A young mechanic III work
on a wheel The rough budy u u taffiage
stood beside him-=and there. wrapped up
HnuglY, all hooded and tloaked, sat a little
dark eyed GIL, about u year old, playing
with n great shaggy dog. Az ! stopped,
the than looked up FROM his work aud turn
ed a~dtniriugly toward his little companion,
"a much NJ 10 say, " Bee what | have got
hare r.
ayes r. Thought /, "and II The little lady
ever gets q glance from admifing swains As
Sincere AZ that, she will be lucky"
All, these children ! little witches, pretty
even In AL their fiults aid HbsIhlitIesI
Bee. for example, F8ndaf little fellow In n
kaatehty Htlhp has shaken his long tufls
VAR his deep bite eyes the fair brow IL
Geht in Il lraisat-theI fosBzleaf lip is pnFs
esd Up IN Infinite deiiHnge-and the white
shoulder thrust aaughtily forward. Can any
Int n child look 90 pretty even In their
%naughtinesB
Then comes the instant thunge@fashs
Ing smiles aud tears, az the good t0tnes
all In n rush, aud You hfr overwhelmed
with protestations, promises and kisses
They ure irresistible, too, these little ones.
They pull AWAY the scholars ~pen=tumbls
about his pspuF4=tnake RetnefsetH over his
hooks, and what ean he do They tear
up newspapers, litter The carpets, break.
pull Hhd upset, and then tabbtf nnimagihas
bic English In selEdeIange, aud what can
YOU do for y0urselfi
"IfI had II child" says the precise man,
'ynu should see."
lie does have a child, and bis child
tears up his papers, tumbles over hE7
things, aud pBlla his nbse, like all olhsf
children, aaa what has the precise man 10
say rof htnsslff Nothing ahB 10 like every
body else@" a little child may lead him"
The hardened heart Ut lhs worldly maR
u unlocked hy the H]utlsless tones and
ample eufszHe4 Of bic sph-but he fBpHgs
II in time. by impatti0g Ia bia bay all the
cfadkpd tricks, and hard ways, and talluas
r1n ytais which have ubdBHB himself,
Go 10 tho inil-tn the psnitenIiatY, and
lind there the wretch most sulleB, brutal
and hardened. Then look al your infant
sou, sueh a he u to you, such 10 seme
mother was thia fBaHt That bard hand
WA sptt aud dalieataaathat rough voice
wac tender and lisping -@fond eyes follow
cd him ne ha pIayaja=and hB was rocked
and oRdlsd a. something holy, There
WAS a tlate when hts heart, soft and
uuwora, might have opened Ia a]tnsttnn
inga of God and Jesus, and been sealed
with the Hsal Of Heaven. But hat,h hands
ssisnd ita=fnrrr, goblin ltueRmpnta were
impressed upoa tt=@ind all Ia over wI'h
him Fot cveft
so, NJ the tender, weeping chill II mace
The ]uallauH, haAftlpss man@uf thp ntl.belley
ing child, the t%Reeflpg Fkeptte==af The
beautiful and aud modest, the shameless
aud aba ndonsd==and tha Ia what The pofid
does foF the little enc,
There wav a time whom The Dtpine oRs
Htand pn ~ tn, nnd little children sought
10 draw near 10 MIN, Bot harsh human
hatuEa stood bpt wpen him and them. for.
hiding THE approach. All htt II moi hren
always al ID not even we with our h4fl
a al nuH Vi taatl r~ttlihr=@ ,iF worldly and
unscfiptdfni habits and max~itns==atand I'LL
n dark screen hetwrrn oUf little child nnA
its S]avtouf, aud keep even from the choice
b ii uf anr h,nrts, the eWent radiance
which might unfold II TOR pafadtaei "Sultr
little children to unna unto me, aud for,
Son or Gbd, but thu cold world still closes
aronnd aud torhtda. When If old, disciples
would question lhair Lord or tia higher
mysteries Of his kingdom, ho tuok a little
child and set him IN the midst, Hs RiRh
1T him who shouldbo great ,st in Heaven.
That gentle teacher remains #till u as. nv
every hearth and Preside, Jesus sttIl sets the
Itaie child ia The midst ofus,
WoaIdst thou know, 0 parent, what
is thai faith which uhIoek htuvrni Go
not 90 wrRnpllRg pnlenies, or eFoeds and
forms of theology, but draw TO thy bosom
thy little one, aud Fead In that clear
trusting eye, the lesson Of eternal life,
Re only 10 thy God, - thy child IL 10
thee, and oil Ia donel blessed shalt thou
be, indeed "ehen a ltAie child shall lead
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