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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-03-09

1t is said of DR.. Franklin that, during his long
residence in Paris, being invited to party the
Mobility, where most Of the court and courters
were present, he produced great sensation by
one of his bold movements, and gained great APP
plause for his ingenuity.
According to the custom Of that are and
country, the mobiles, after the usual ceremonies
of the evening were over, sat down to free and
promiscuous conversation Christianity was
then the great topic The Church was always
ridiculed, and the Bible was treated with unspar-
ing severity. Growing warmer and warmer in
their sarcastic remarks, one great lord command
ed for moment universal attention by asserting
in a round voice that the Bible was not only a
piece of arrant deception, but totally devoid
of literary merit Although the entire company
of Frenchmen nodded hearty assent to the
sentence, Franklin gave no signs OF approval
Beinr at that time court favorite, his compan-
ions could not bear even tact reproot from a
man of his weight and influence. They all APP
pealed to him for his opinion. Franklin, in one
of his peculiar ways replied that he was hardly
prepared to give them suitable answer, as his
mind had been running Oh the merits of new
book. Of rare excellence, which he had Just hap
pened to fall in with at one ofthe city bookstores
and as they had pleased to make auslon to the
literary character Of the Bible, perhaps it might
interest them to compare with that old volume
the merits of the new prize. If 50 he would
read them short section. All were eager to
have the Doctor read portion of his rare book
In a very grave and sincere manner he took an
old book from his coat pocket and, with propre-
ETY. of utterance, read to them poem.
The poem had its effect. The admiring lis
teners pronounced it the best they had ever heard
or read "That is pretty" said one, That is
submity,' said another. 1T has not its superior
in the world was the unanimous opinion, They
all wished to know the name of the new work,
and whether that was specimen of its contents
Certainly, gentleman said the Doctor, smil-
ing at his triumph, my book is full of such pas
sages 1t is no other than your good-for-nothing
Bible and have read you the prayer of the
prophet Ilabakkuk.'
Let every reader learn wisdom from this Incl
dent, and learn to appreciate the unequalled sub
limitics of the Bible.-LadicS' Repository
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Watch and Pray,

Watch over every thought, and try to discoy-
er the desire that attends every thought-for de-
sire is prayer; and if you find hatred, jealousy,
envy, malice revenge, or dislike toward any
good, or against any person, or ever 50 small a
gift of talent, or against any society that are try
ing to benefit society and community in general
when YOU find GOODNESS in yourself, and with
your thought, desire Of maignity, or envy, or
jealousy, that he, She Or some parson or persons
are MOI as good as yourself, and that you do not
like their ceremony as well as your own-then
say to yourself am without charity; can see
my own nakedness; have been deceiving my
self my guilt is upon me, and it is more than
can bear; have forgot to take care of my own
door yard, have been so wise for my neighbor,
that have ncglectedmy own safety;-for if We
look at the 18th chapter of Corinthians, we fnd
ourselves poorly off without charity; for although
we give all our goods to feed the poor, and tho
we give our bodies to he burned, yet if we have
not charity, it avaieth nothing.
Therefore it is necessary we should watch ovel
every thought and every desire of the heart, les
we should speak or think or suffer desire with
out charity, and such charity as we would thai
our Lord can have for us in Justice to US, as We
have for others, would hardly save us: we should
need more than we can give.
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0yerWhe ming Argument.

DR.. Lathorp, in one of his sermons says, III
it were true that he shall not exist and be mser-
able after death, how came he to exist at all p
Whatever was the existence here, may be the
cause of his existence hereafter Or, if there is
no cause, he may exist without a cause in anoth-
err state as we'll as in this And if his corrupt
heart and abominable works make him SO unhap-
Ply here, that he had rather be annihilated than
to run the hazard of future existence, what him
ders but he may be unhappy forever? The
man, then is fool who wishes there was nc
God, hoping thus to be secured from future mis-
cry; for, admitting there is no God, still he may
exist hereafter as we'll as here, and if he does
exist his corruptions and vices may render hin
miserable in eternity, as well as for the present.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-03-09
The Day of Small Things.

"ltis a little thing" said child to its moth
er, "it is only little thing and | do think my
teacher made too much fuss about it." If it be
but a child's talk, good reader, does it not Illus
rate very much of the practical philosophy of
your life! How much of good, how much Of
happiness, how much of wealth, how much Of
honor, how much Of influence have we not lost
by dlsrcgad to the "little things" The Roth
childs, the Astors, the Lawrences, and others of
the richest men i'll the world, begun with little
or no means, and by Titles became what they
are We have heard it told of man worth his
millions, that he commenced by selling fruit at a
stall Then, with his few accumulated dollars,
he opened small store in Charlestown, and
came into Boston early in the mornings to pur-
chase his small stock of goods carrying them
home upon his own shoulders, in baskets and
bales Then he crossed into the city with in
Ereased traffic, and increased means and by
ooking out for ''the Titles continually, became
man of wealth We have seen boys at school,
oil handful of snow upon the ground till by
It's accumulated matter it became so bulky that
dozen could scarcely move it. Such is the
massing Of money-Constant rolling and aggre-
alton of small sums, will, bye and bye, count
p to millions,
Still, we by no means think the mere matter OF
Money catching virtue. On the contrary, a
IAN devoted oft solely, is no man at all, Pts
aires can heap together bits Of dust as WELL and
e only show how it is done, to get better les
On thererom 1t is related Of Chantrey, the
Celebrated sculptor, that when boy, he was one
ay observed by gentleman in the neighborhood
Sheffield, very earnestly engaged in cutting
stick with penknie lie asked the lad what
was doing; and with great simplicity the boy
Pplied 81 am cutting old FoX's head Fox
as the schoomastcr Of this village. On this
le gentleman asked to sec what he had done
nd pronouncng it to be an excellent likeness
esented the youth with siXpcncc. And TIN;
ay be reckoncd as the first money Chantrcy ey
received for the production of his art.
From such beginning it was that arose this
eatest Of modern artists, if we except, perhaps
horwaldsen, the famous sculptor of"Night and
orning" Prof Morse, the artist his brothe
inventor of the great art of cereographic EN-
frayinp-and his brother, the inventor OF Tho
Wonderful magnetic teIegraph-were all the pu'
1ils of town school in Charlestown, while thel
ather was poor orthodox minister. Now, tn
world is proud of them. Franklin was print
IRIS devil and newspaper carrier; but he becam
"a great statesman diplomatist and philosopher
Ferguson fed his sheep on the hills of Scotland
and picked up merely the rudiments of learning
but subsequently rose to be one of the first asrC
o nomers in Europe. Herschel. also, the gre5
S astronomer, was in his youth a drummer-boy
t. marching regiment, and received but littl
G more than drummer-boy's education; but h
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-03-09
Union in Heaven.

How short the earthly history Of a family A
few years and those now embraced in the family
circle will be scattered The children, now the
objects of tender soctude, will have grown up
and gone forth to their respective stations in the
world few years more, and parents will have
passed from this earthly stage. Their names will
no longer be heard in their present dwellings,
Their domestic loves and anxieties happiness and
sorrows, will be lost and forgotten history, Ey-
cry heart in which it was written will be mouI-
derng in the dust And is this all I! Is this the
whole satisfaction which is proved for the strong
est feelings of our hearts How can such tran
STORY beings, with whom our connection is so
brief, engage in all the love we can feel? Why
should not our feeling towards them be as feeble
and unsatisfyng as theyl But, blessed be God,
this is not ALL OF this be gives US perfect as
surance in the Gospel Of his Son Though to
the eye of enlightened nature, the ties of domes-
tic love seemed scattered to the dust, the spiritual
eye of faith perceyes that they have been loos-
cned on earth only to bercsumed under llrhappicr
circumstances, in the region of everlasting love
and bliss. Though the history of family may
seem to be forgotten when the last member of it
is laid in the grave, the memory Of it still lives
in immortal souls aud when the circle is wholly
dissolved on earth, it is again completed in lEeay
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-03-09
Life'S Brief Candle.

As sat in my chamber, saw little girl
working by the light of candle. 1t was burnt
down almost to the socket perceived that she
piled her needle very fist, and at length over
heard her saying to herself, &c must be very in
dustrious, for this is the only candle have, and
1t IS almost gone.
What moral there is, thought |, in the words
Of this child Surely may learn wisdom from
it, Life is but a short candle 1t is almost gone,
and nave no other. How earnestly engaged
should then be in every duty of life. While |
have the light of life, how careful should be to
perform every thing cnjoincd by my Heavenly
Master.
l. ought to be in haste to work out my own
salvation with fear and trembling, knowing that
when this light is cytingaishod there is no other
allowed to mortals for preparation.
2. ought to be alive the immortal interests
Of my fellow-creatures, working while it is called
today striving to bring sinners to the Lord Je
sus Christ for my brief candle is soon to 60 out
and there can be no more conversion of sinner,
in another world
3. ought to be increasingly active in every act
Of beneyolence, making as many happy as can
relieving the miserable and doing goodto all with
in my reach; for this light is soon TO be put out
and in the other world the miserable and suit
ering will be beyond my reach.
A. | ought to use every talent for the glory o
God and the kingdom of Christ, working tho
works of Him that sent me, while it is day, be
cause the night cometh in which no man car
work
whatsoever thy hand fndeth to do, do it will
thy might for there is no work, nor device, no
knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave, whittier
thou goest."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-03-09
Live for liIe'S True End,

Good has written npon the mowers that sweet
en- the ar-on the breeze that rocks the flowers
on the stem-upon the raindrop that relreshes
the sprig Of moss that lifts its head in the desert
upon the ocean that rocks every swimmer in
its deep chamber-upon every penciled shell that
sleeps in the caverns of the deep, no less than
upon the mighty sun that warns and cheers mil.
lions of creatures that live in its lght-upon his
works he has written, "None of us llveth to him
self" And probably were we wise enough &c
understand these works we should find that there
is nothing, from the cold stone in the earth, oil
the minutest creature that breathes- which may
not in some way or other, minister to the hap
piness of some living creature. We admire anc
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-03-09

ing good books they will be warned of the pemclouS
tendency Of many books, and from principle they will
avoid the perusal of them.
Some children seem not to have taste for reading
Means should be used to cultivate in them desire
for knowledge. Often dull boy will read book
through with considerable interest if it be made a
present to him. Let then the most attractive books be
from time to time presented to such Children and gen
orally, doubt not, they will soon love to read.
When a new book is purchased, the whole family
should have the benefit of it, Let the business be so
arranged even if it be at some sacrifice Of less inter
est, that the family shall all be together in the eve
nng and let one of their number, by turns, read a.
loud If but one hour day can be spent in this way,
vast amount of information can be obtained in a
year. Children can make good progress too in this
way, in the art of reading, When book is read in
this way questions should be asked and explanations
given on any thing that is difficult to be understood
Children should be taught to understand what they
read Much collateral information may be given
likewise while one book is read Some anecdotes
may be related to illustrate facts principles stated
and in this way all will be interested and profted-
An evening spent in this manner, is very interesting
indeed.
Children should be taught to read as to retain in
memory what they read, and be proftod by it Let
them, by giving portion at time, give an occount
of what is contained in every book they read. they
expect to do this they will read with care and remem-
Der far more than they otherwise would. They will
likewise form the habit of reading so as to retanwhat
they read This habit will be Of great benefit to them
through life.
Every family, however poor, should by all means
collect library of good books. Better by far dispense
with some articles of food for the body, to accomplish
this, than to stavc the mind. If some poor families
would dispense with the use of that filthy and health
destroying wced-tobacco, and lay out as much every
year for books as they now spend for it. they would
soon have good library. Many families eXpond ten
times more in supporting a worse than useless dog
than they lay out for books which are so indispensable
to their happiness and usefulness One rtwo books
only need be purchased at a time; but keep adding to
the number, as fast as YOU'D can and thoroughly read
and digest what you have
Parents should collect family library; and like
wise each child should be permitted, and encouraged
and assisted to collect private one of its own.
A. A. w.
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0F7Let them be heard. Here comes
The Wife'S Reply,

ToMc "Bachelors Complaint" published IN late
Freeman.
Returning home, at close of day,
Who tartly chdes my long delay,
And says, why did you stay away?
Somebody
Who, when I've set Inc in the chair,
Fits from the room with fippant air,
Says, of those slippers, take the care"
Somebody.
Who never needs the sinking fire,
Nor piles the coal when desire,
Nor bids Inc draw my chair some higher?
Somebody.
When plunged in deep and dire dirtress,
And anxious cares my heart Cypress,
Who heeds not my unhappiness?
Somebody.
When bitter thoughts within me rise,
In sore dismay my spirit dies,
Who says, "Such whining despise?"
Somebody.
When sickness racks my feeble frame,
And grief distacts my fevered brain,
Who hopes I'll ne'er get well again?
Somebody.
Now I'm resolved-so help me Fate
If c'or Pm in the single state,
I will to Hymen's altar take
Nobody.
l., al
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MONTPELIER VERMONT THURSDAY MARCH g. 1913

name is now associated with the brightest discov-
cries oiscience, and is borne by the planet which
his zeal discovered.
These, and thousand like instances, go to
prove the same thing-that all great results spring
from little beginnings and they are full of en-
couragement to every young man, especially, to
lay himself out for the future. Sands make the
mountains, moments make the year, drops make
the ocean; and SO, little eudeavors earnestly, I'M
ceaslngIy, and honestly put forth, make the great
men in the worlds history
Remember it, young people, and dig away
Though difficulties rise before you mountain
high, a constant sapping will undermine them
and when once the base is loosened, you may
walk ever them in clear path.-B0ston Bee.
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Evil Sneaking.

"What made the man Of Envy what he was,
Was worth in others, yeness in HIMSELF
A lust of praise, with undeserving deeds,
And conscious poverty of soul; and still
1t was his earnest work and daily toll
With lying tongue, to make the noble seem
Mean like himself"-Polok
With few exceptions evil-speaking originates
either in malice or revenge. 1t would be wise
therefore if he who hears another evil spoken Of
should disbeeve the statments, or search for the
motives for which they are made In majority
of cases, the one injured, or his acquaintance,
could satisfactorily prove the falsity of the char
ges, and show the malicious purposes of the
slanderer.
There is too much willingness, aye, eagerness
among mankind, to believe every thing that is
uttered, which affects the reputation of men,
whether true or false Thus our fellow-men ca
silly gain, and quickly lose our friendship and es-
TEEN. We are prone to forget that men Judge
one another with minds that are preiudiced, which
allow them to see no faults in their friends, yet
permit them to magnify the faults of others a
thousand fold
Though a mans reputation is of more value
to him than all else beside, yet, for this very
reason, it is made the sport of the envious and
the malicious The more perfect is ones char
acter, the more will depraved men make it thu
object of attack. We are compelled to endorse,
the Language of one who well understood human
nature
"My heart laments that virtue cannot live
Out of the teeth Of Envy"
,,,o,. / i
Dor If so, your fellow-man who is confined
within prison walls for robbery, has committed
a crime not less heinous You have robbed an
other Of his reputation, which is of more value
than money, and which was to you of nothing
worth. Have you HStcaed with pleasure, to the
tale ! If so, you are as sinful as the
receiver of stolen goods, who is punished as a
thief Listening to detraction, not only causes
you to aid and abet the sanderer in his evil work,
but permits birds Of prey to feed you on carrion.
And are you so unwise as to disbelleve that he
who whispers to you evil of your neighbor, will,
when opportunity presents itself, speak evil of
you! Have, therefore, the moral courage to
turn a deaf ear to the voice of slander-to re-
bukc, with faithfulness, him who robs another of
his good n1me, Remember those words of Da-
vid
"Iord who shall abide in thy tabernacle?
Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
lie that walketh uprightly, and worlcth righteous
And speakcth the truth in his heart mess,
He that backbiteth not with his tongue,
Nor doeth evil to his neighbor;
Nor takoth up roprooch against his ncighbor!
Christian Reflector.
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The Family Circle,
NUMBER SEVEN.


Every house should be well supplied with good
reading matter Good books and cheap are abundant.
No family is so poor as be unable to procure some
GOOD books for the children to read fthey have not
money to purchase books, they can borrow Them
There are very few families that cannot purchase
books, as many as they need:-and people necd more
books than many suppose. God has implanted in the
immortal mind an invncibe desire for knowledge
This desire is particularly strong in children 1t is
necessary for the complete development of the whole
being that this desire should be gratled it is thai
appetite for food should be gratified. The mind will
be dwarish if it have not food to sustain and strength
en- it. 1t must have knowledge or else it will toreve
remain as weak as infancy. Its characteristics vii
be according to the kind and amount of knowledge
which it receives. The minds of many are wrong.
developed-the knowledge which they have receive
has not been of the right kind. Many are ruined 70
life by reading improper books when young and thi
often without the knowledge of their parent A chill
that has thirst for reading will find books to reat
even if his parents never procure one for him. Blu
books obtained and read candestinely are often
an immoral tendency and very injurious to the mnC
IF the right kind of books are furnished to those VIII
so ardently love to read, and they are kept supple
with them, they will not be strongly tempted to rea
those of an immoral character. Moreover, by reac
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the most helpless period of their existence, as
well as of all other soft endearments Of life, in
the several stages of its progress. Constitution
al differences there certainly are in this respect,
as well as every other. Some children are nat
urally more afectonate than others This every
mother must have observed in her own nursery.
But whatever diycrsities may exist, tie general
constitution is every where the same, and the
social affections need to be watchfulIy and judi
ciousy cducatcdn mo less than the intellect and the
conscience.
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Mid all the cares Of life springing around US
at every step we take on our earthly pilgrimage
mid the bowling storms of adversely, beating
upon us as we wander upon the rough shores OF
Time-'mid all the snares of man, thrown around
US to impede our march in the path of recttude
and peace-'mid pain and disease, fastening up-
on our systems and sinking them into the arms
of decay-thcre is yet a star, whose bright beams
shed glory upon our lonely way, and send Joy and
gladncss to our heatrs In the vale of poverty,
and upon the mountain Of dcspair-in the stream
Of anguish, and in the stagnant pool Of sorrow
still it shines forth upon our bewildered course,
and paints in colors how diyine-the foWery
fields which lie beyond. 1t is the STAR or RE-
LIGIoN-of hope and Iove-the Star that lights
up the Christians soul, that guides him on his
pilgrimage throughtime, that dspcrses the gloomy
shadows which hover around his grave, and con-
ducts him safely to the presence of his God. Oh,
Bright STIR Of pronisG shine on in thy splendor?
Drive the dark mist from thy bewdered mind;
roll back the mighty waves Of ignorance and su-
pcrstition; and light up the channel for the pas
sage Of the pure waters of Virtue and Truth!
Let thy beams penetrate the hardened heart, and
burst in bright eliuIgence upon the contrite soul
Let them shine upon the widow lonely path, and
spread a smile Of gladness upon the orphans
check! Flame brightly round the walls of Zion,
and illuminate the hearts of those who stand SEN
tnel upon the baulemeuts of Truth Pour thy
rays on the celestial way and cheer the hearts Of
those who swell the armies of God star of
dappi@essi-of pure and heavenly joy-eyer flame
in triumph Send thy beams from pole to pole
Reveal thy loneliness to the nations Of the earth!
Dispense the gathering clouds of sin, and let a
world rejoice in thy life giving splcndorl-CAris.
TyIpr
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praise the flower that best answers the end for
which it was created, and the tree that bears
fruit the most rich and abundant the star that
IS most useful in the heavens we admire the
most.
And is it not reasonable that man, for whom
the whole creation, from the flower up to the
spangled heavens, all mnister-man who has
power of comforting deeper misery and higher
happiness than any being on earth-man, who
can act like God if he will; is it not reasonable
that he should live for the end of living-not for
himself, but for others!"