The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-08-29

V. sentinel.
Trust IN God.-There were two
neighbors, who had each wife and
several children, and their wages as
common laborers was their only sup
port. One of these men was fretful
and dlsquieted, saying:
"If die, or even If | fall sick, what
will become ofmy familyl"
This thought never left him, but
gnawed bis heart as the worm the fruit
in which 1t is hidden. Now, although
the same thought was presented to the
mind ofthe other father, yet he was
not fretted by it, for he said:
"God, who knows all his creatures,
and watches over them, will watch over
me and my family"
Thus he lived Tranquil, while the
other neither tasted repose nor joy.
One day, as the latter was laboring
in the field, sad and downcast because
\ of his fears, he saw some birds go IN
and outof a plantation. Having ap-
preached, he found two nests side by
1 side, and in each several young ones
newly hatched and still unaeidged -
1 When he returned to his work, he fire.
quently looked at these birds, as they
went out and returned, earring norish.
ment to their young brood But be,
| hold, at the moment when one of the
mothers is returning with her bill full
vulture seized her, carries her oil, and
the poor mother vainly struggled with
in his grasp, utters piercing cry.
At this sight, the man who was work.
ing, felt his soul more troubled thar
4 before; for he'thought the death of the
mother was the death Of the young.
, n "lline have only me-no other
, What will, become Of them if fai
r them.
All the day he was gloomy and sad
t and at night he slept not. On the NOR
D row, as he returned to the field, be said
al should like to see the little ones o
5 that poor mother. Severel of them
: without doubt, have already perished.
He set off towards the plantation
g and looking into the nests, he saw TN
!. Young ones alive and well; not on
:. seemed to have suffered: Astonishe
e at this, he hid himself in order to Sc
e the cause. After a while he heared
light cry, and perceived'the other moth
e er bringing back in haste the food sh
{. had gathered, which was distribute
!. without distinction among all the youn
# ones. There was one for each, an
e the orphans were not abandoned
c. their misery.
,r In the evening, the father who ba
,e dlstrusted Providence. related to tn
!, other father what he had seen--wh
le observed:
lie "Why fret yourselfl God neyt
re- abandoned his children, his love he
N some secrets which we do not know
IS, Let US believe, hope, love, labor an
~ pursue our course in peace; if die b.
y fore you, you shall be father to m
of children; and if you die before l do,
= will be a father to yours: if we bol
il die before they are of an age to PR
of vide for themselves, they will have
in parent, Our Father who is in HEAVIER
IN [Reader! There are fatherless an
,ct motherless children all around you.-
in Do you habilually share with them,
e. your abundancel
er Iasoleacc Of AbolitioniSm.-Tbe NJ,
Evening Post and its correspondent
We exhibit the vile spirit of a Garrlso
sls who denounced the Bible and God
he 1t criucizes the Washington Mon
hy ment al the National Capital and sne
vn tngly endeavors to hold upto scorn al
contempt the Immortal Father Of !
'rs country. Here is what we find IN Il
or Post.
ne And to crown the whole with scor
DO comes a fourth of July oration BY Foo
ee whose highest conception of the Pu
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