Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-08-14
1flisrelloufons.
FOR THE ADvER'rlsEN.

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FOR THE ApvERrIsEa.
Mr.. EDITOR send you the following
extract, for the encouragement OF those
parents who "bring up 'their children" IN
the anurture and ;dmorition Of the Lord
also that others may be induced to follow
their example. H. u
Mothers Read This.
eft was his privilege to have most estl-
mab!e mother, endowed with superior un-
derstanding, which mad been cultivated and
improved by an excellent education and sub
sequent reading; and who, with considerable
natural requirements, manifested constant
sense of the importance Of religion.
"This affectionatc and conscientious par
cnt anxiously instructed him, from his lnian-
cy, in the Holy Scriptures, and i'll the princi-
plies of religion, according to the best Of her
abilities, duty which was subsequently we'll
repaid by her son, who became the happy and
honored instrument of imparting TO his be-
loved Mother clearer and more enlarged
views of divine truth, than were generally
prevalent during the last generation. 1t seems
highly probable that the seeds of piety were
then sowr, which in IL future period, aid un-
der circumstances Of provideMlionnl nature,
were destined to produce rich and abund-
ali. harvest.
aye that are Mothers, and whose Office it
more peculiarly is to instill into the minds OF
your offspring an habitual REVENGE for God,
and knowledge of the truths of the Gospel
be earnest in your endeayors to fulfil the
duties which providence he's assigned to you,
and which your tenderness, your affection,
and the constant recurrence Of favorable op-
trnities so admirably fit YOU to discharge,
eonsecrate them to God in early youth; and
remember that TIE child of many prayers is
in possession Of richer treasure than the
hear of the amplest honors and the highest
dirnities; for the child Of many PRAYERS can
never perish, so long is prayer is aval!ing'
To faith all things as possible, ard the pro.
mise stands firm, 81 will pour my spirit upon
thy seed, and my blessing upon thine off:
spring"-Is. 44-s. Pray then for them and
with them There is an efficacy in the
bendcd knee, in her outstretched hand, in the
uplifted heart, in tho accents Of prayer issu
ing from the lips of a mother, suppicatin2
God to bless her child, which faith may in
terpret for its encouragement, and the future
shall our day realize. There is also solemni
ty in the act itself, peculiarly calculated tx
elicit all the best feelings Of the heart, ant
to quicken it in the aligeGt use Of the means
best adapted, through devine mercy, to In
sure the blessing.
Discouragements MAJ arise-lmpress!ons
that once excited hope may vanisi'-t'le trui
may not be apparent; yet, in aftcrtimes, un
der circumstances of the most unpromisins
nature-amid scenes, perhaps, Of folly, vice
and dissipation-or in the more sober mo
ments of sickness and sorrow-the remcm
brance of praying mother may present it
self with overwhelming emotions to tn
heart. The events of early days may rise n
in quick succession before the mind, unit
the long lost w..nderer, recovered from hi
slumber of death and sin, may live to be
monument of the pardoning mercy Of Coz
and his last accents be those of gratitud
and praise for pious mother"-tExtrsc
from the memory of LEIGH RtcHMoSn.)
THE TRUE LADY.-Now, take walk Wit
us. In that workshop, do you see that hard
working mechanic. The wrinkles are harde
ming upon his face, and the grey hairs ar
thinly sprinkled over his head. He look
anxious, as though at his heart-srings tugge
some deep sorrow and modification. lie
the father Of a beautiful a.youRg lady," an
and his hard earnings for many years hay
been absorbed in the expensive luxuries thu
her admirable taste has oraved. He too
excluded from the society of his own daugl
ter.
She moves in circle above her parent
and in short, as shamed Of them. They kV