The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-10-01
A LESSON FOR CHRISTIANS.

! A LESSON FOR CHRISTIANS.
/ SNoKING There is story told of pi
+ Gus old Quaker lady who was much ad-
! dicted to smoking tobacco. She had in
du.sed herself in this habit until it in
creased SO much upon her, that she not
cn' smoked her pipe large portion OF
:he day, but frequently sal up in bed for
this purpose in the night. After one OF
these nocturnal entertainments, she fell
asleep, and dreamed that she died. and
approached heaven. Meeting an angel.
she asked him if her name was written
in the Book of Life. He disappeared,
but replied, upon returning, that he
could not find it.
oh said she, do look again; it must
be there
He examined again, but returned with
a sorrowful face, saying. It's not there!'
'Oh, said she in agony, sit must be
there, have the assurance it is there.
Do look again.
The angel was moved to tears by her
entreaties, and again left her to renew
his search. After a long absence he
came back, his face radiant with Joy,
and exclaimed:
we have found it, but it was so clou-
ded with tobacco smoke that we could
hardly see it"
The woman, upon waking, Immediate
ly threw her pipe away, and never in
dulged i'll smoking again.
MORAL. - Can Christians expect to
wander over the golden Aoors of Paradise
after indulging in such impurities? God
oislikes impurity. We are afraid that
they will come under this head:-"Many
shall seek to enter in, but shall not be
ble."
A Miser.-An anecdote is related of
Sir VIM. Snyth, of Bedfordsbire. He
was immensely rich, but most parsimo-
nious and misery in his habits. Al sew
enty years of age lie was entirely depri
we'd of his sight, unable to gloat over his
boarded heaps of gold; this was terri
bic affection. lie was persuaded by Tay-
lor, the celebrated oculist, to be couched:
who was, by agreement, to have sixty
guineas if lie restored his patient to any
degree of sight. Taylor succeeded in
his operation, and Sir William was en-
abled to read and write, without the aid
of spectacles, during the rest Of his life
But no sooner was his sight restored,
than the baronet began to regret that his
agreement had been for so large sum; he
felt no joy as others would have felt, but
grieved and sighed over the loss of his
sixty guineas. His thoughts were now
how to cheat the occulist; he pretended
that he had only glimmering. and could
see nothing distinctly; for which reason
the bandage on his eyes was continued a
month longer than the usual time. Tay-
lor was deceived by these misrepresenta-
tions, and agreed to compound the bar
gain, and accepted twenty guineas, in
stead Of sixty. Yet Sir William was an
old bachelor, and had no one TO care or
provide for. At the time Taylor attend
ed him. he had large estate, an immense
sum of mOnes I'm the stocks, and six thou
sand pounds in the house.-Anecdote8 of
MiscrS.
Pizarro, the conqueror of Peru, in one
of his reverses, was cast on the island of
Gallo, with few Of his followers. When
in starving condition. two vessels ar
rived from Panama for his relief, and to
induce him to abandon his object. Now
came the test of his decision of charac-
ter, and the determination of his earthly
, destiny. Drawing his sword, he traced
a line with it on the sand from east to
west. Then turning towards the south,
i Friends and comrades lie said, son that
, side are toll, hunger, nakedness, the
! drenching storm, desolation and death:
on this side, ease and pleasure. There
lies Peru, with It's riches-here Panama
and its poverty. Choose, each man, what
! becomes brave Castilian. For my part
. ] 60 to iho south So saving, he step
/ ped across the line. He was followed
| by eleven others, and Peru was conquer
ed.--PrescOtt.
Mr.. Updike has a very inquiring turn
| of mind, and has thrown great deal of
light upon a variety of subjects. The