The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-11-29

Z glleh yOuT child must wear many years
you are not little troubed about the ma
tsHal cloildng Of your ehlldrehi are You npv-
sr ashamed Of thelr moral cloihing7 II pa
rents take the world through, would spend
half ss much tine dressing the minds a. they
do the bodies oftheir chiidrcV, um furs they
would look great deal better,
Washington, for whom have sincere row
erenos, not however by reason Of n military
deeds, was clothed with digulpThe was folded
10 true greatness as vesture, virtue as
robe Of white linen encompassed him now.
! FAshington's mother, lfmy RECOLLECTION be
right when he was y boy, made him little
'oai; and that coat, that moral coat growth,
and eonfsrudng TO bis stature, he Wor0 dur
Ing all Bis life,
A Young man was recently pot TO death 10
one Of our 6taies' anr no lay 10 prison, cloth
cd, as the papers said, IN dI'graae' wrapped
10 ignominy, The tokens Of guilt and vice, he
wore about him a. garment. Now itnray 10,
though know nothing about it, yet have
no,doubt, II the case were inves,ightedi We
should 6Rd ihathis motheroF some one, Wien
: he was boy, made him Iha, same litIi0 coat
Young mother a naked spirit comes TO
your hands ~ well as a naked body. You
have prepared clothing for tho last, shall the
Ars 90 unendued, picking up what Il may
wear NJ hapha1ard7 IL the body Of your
child al that you have thought aboutp Il Is
yours 70 dress a new living snirlt. 70 cnt ont
and make l5Ti celestial attirci it's yours to
give Il the robe Of immortality. t.
Clothed with immortality, Is u scripture
phrase, Immortality here does not seem to
announce the fact Of continued existence, 20
much as tho quality Of that existence. We
are immortal by nature, but thar immortality
by grace Is quite another thing. Il denotes
purity. goodnesf, ChTsI.lIkenesG itsignifies
n prcdominance Of the superior propcnsitlca,
supply orcyangelical virtues j. Is the i'm
! perislablo ye,ture Of virtue; Il Is the ever
green leaf Of the tree that grows by the river
Of God.
This clothing Of Immortality VIC begin TO
put on this side Of the grave. We wear Il
through lie we Co. as il we're, ready dressed
% heaven,
Have you inquired what the fShion OF the
/ Kingdom Of God is2 Have you, while getting
apparel that the moth and the rust must so
soon corrupt, have YOU thought OF this dura-
lie. this beautiful fabric Of the gospel7 You
would not bring your children TO church, or
! send them 60 school, without some care Of
their clothes; they may toopedie, and enter
upon the scene. Of another world are you
Citing them suitably to appear in that glori.
Gus presence.
Our cnrihly clothing, how greatly Il Is
abridged, how quickly does Il come to moth.
7 ing. 4 simple strip orplaiu cloth sdilices for
our Gisso,yiNg bodies at last. Our many coll
orcd wardrobe, our ,ariod suits, our multi
. plicd pieces are.laid aside, they are hung up
ne mcmoutoos. they arc dispersed into ether
rlUda, mafC over Tof 0TtCT uscs. tt5 C'0rts
ing Of the spir, IS not 50 easily dropped. Il
c'cavcs 10 us.iu sickness and in health, in life
AL in death, in time and eternity. SEQ 10 IL
then, what sort OF coats you are making for
your children.
In that day who would be found naked ?
who would bc found void or the righteousness
OF Christ unprotected ~ nc garments efsst-
walton who would appear in the presence
of angels and the redeemed in the uginess
OF sin and vice ?
The sinner is unciothcd, notwithstanding
all the tailor may do FOR b;m; he is poor, and
blind, and naked, for all he may say he is
rich aud in need of nothing Tho shame Of
l.. L, all
in heaven and on earth who see il his dcfor-
I NIFTY cannot bo hidden. Not the long robes
/ OF rtTc FtnTisgc, not the brotdCrSt work Of a
backslidden people. can save them from OK
/ posurc Tho spirit Of man and Of people
shows through the dress, and is seen, farther.
/ Our vices sully the cos,lcst robes A beau.
tirul garment butcNPoscs in stronger contrast
, the hidden turpitude Of tho wearcr. Jcrusn-
! lcn is cxhor,cd in ono instance TO put on her
] beautiful garments Where is onr humanity.
where our liberty, where our justice where
is that true greatness TO which we seemed to
be destined, whore those robes Of solid worth
and widely accredited virtue, in which we
might have sat even rs queen upon the
great white throne OF the nations2 Mothers,
beware what coats you mako for your chill
drcn Through these children, We hope our
land will ro-appeSf in her bright and beauti-
ful garments and thereby those vices, sins g
evils that so disfgurc and rena our attire,
writ be -tba---lonetlr -----------a--------
The spiritual clothing of some people seems
imperfect they are half clad, or rcdundantly
clad or ursuitably clad. See how bigotry
dresses up its people; and ostcntatiou, and
scetaranism, aud formelity See hypocrisy
yainly lodging beneath lite disenises; sec the
mantle fselfrightcousncss eonspicuopsly be-
slowed upon the shoulders Who're shall We
find the seamless robe OF the Savior, where
gracefully put the clean, whito robo of the
saints? ...t -rI
Mothers, think ofthcso things. say them
in no unknd, no cynical temper, Your old
I or rhillrrn aro avon now wearing coata Won