The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-01-23

voice.
.I'm afraid he Is dead" replied III.
man. {. He ell from The leg bridge nea
Mr. Jnnes's milI-dam."
Mr. Green elssped hls hands together
in agony.
.ls the body recsvered!" he asked.
s0h. yes. got il oul of the waieI
myself. aud carried il 10 yons house."
Will you 90 Tor lhe doelOr," asked
Mr.. G,een.
Certainly | will" replied lhe neigh.
hor. /" and do you gti home as quickly as
you can"
When Mr.. Green entered the chamber
where they had carried his boy. his mind
was so dresdfnlly agiiaied Thai he had not
ihe. power Of speech. He found ihe body
placed in a warm bed. and over il The
mother bending, pale. fearful. and help.
less.
Soon The docier arrived. and m de use
OF The usual means for restoring lhe drown
cd. in which. happily. he was successful.
The iear renewed iss pulsaiions. The
lungs inhaled The vital air: warmth spread
over the skin. and The eyes Of The reyIy-
ing one looked once mare up'n the anx-
ious faces of those who loved him. By
one of the nsrowesi chances he had es-
csped death.
A few days afterwards. Mr.. Green said
10 Hairy. while talking 40 him about The
accident
You crossed thai bridge safely great
many times before. How came il that
you fell ON Saturday."
Harry replied Thai he did rot know.
Il will tell you. my son." said Mr..
Green. " ID was because you were act
ing disobediently; thus removing yourself
from The Divine protection"
But did you not Tell me that God
loves every one, anu is ever seeking 10
save even The wicked and disobedieni!"
said Harry. "CouId Tie not have pro-
tected me as well ON Saturday, when
| crossed the bridge. as al any other
iime!"
!" No, not so well. my son. In acting
disob edienily, you turned yourself away
from Him and His angels. and iurned
yourself towards evil, spiritual compan.
ions, who, seeking 10 do evil, Withdrew
YEN. So 10 spak. from the circle Of safety
with which our Hea, euly Father seeks 10
encompass every one. Did you feel The
same when yoS.placed your foot on that
narrow bridge ss before r.
Harry, sfier blinking moment, answer
ed:
mo. | never thought Of danger be.
fore, but felt as safe aud walked as steadily
as when on the solid ground. But ON
Saturday, looked al The log as | came
10 il, and thought that il was very narrow;
and as soon as | put my foo, on il ! felt il
shake. The water below ian swilter,
and i, seemed as If / must FALL"
"And you did (all 7"
YES sir; fell as iftliere was some-
thing in me that pushed me OF Of the log.
| tried 10 catch hold Of il. and thus keep
from dropping off into the water. but il
was Of no use."
/" BE sure. my son." said Mr.. Green,
serious "" that what have said about
going as il were oul of the circle of DIVINE
protection BY acting disobedienly or evily
is most lemn truth. The Lord cannot
protect the evil. even bodily, as well as
lie can project the good ; because the evil
affection in the mind brings an evil spirIlu.
al association, aud thus removes The per.
son at distance, so TO speak, from the
Lord and all who are removed from the
Lord, in any sense, are ~ greater danger.
II, then, yen wish to be in safety, always
do right. Ii is said that the wicked flee
when no man pursneth. You can partly
understand this in your own case; lof
your consciousness Of iisobedlence made
you fearful al the bridge, where you had me-
yer been afraid before, and This fear help
ed 10 cause The very thing you dreaded
While the lad sal thinking of what The
father said, Mr.. Green further remarked
u had good reason for not wishing
you TO go over to the mill.dam on Salur-
day. Somebody toldm The day before,
that one Of Mr.. Jones's children had the
small pox. did not wish 10 tell yon Of
this, until was certain that il was true; for
such a report would keep a great many
persons from Mr.. Jones's mill. am glad
10 know that no such serious illness exists
in Mr.. Jones's family but had it existed,
and you, in your disobedience, succeeded
in getting to The mill-dam, you might
have gone 10 the house and taken il. and
perhaps died. Ny sou, there is only one
path of safely, and that is The path of ODE.
dience. Let me urge you. for your own
good, never 10 forge, this"
"A WORD TO BOYS
! Be Polite.-Study the graces--not the
graces Of The dancing master Of bowling
and scraping-not the foppish, inide
etiquette of Cheserfield--bul benevo
lpnrp the uracpc oc tho heart whatpvp