The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-10-28

to me, will in no wise cast out.'' Onlv 4
think of having your sins pareoned. and be;n
made ct for heaven, that glorious happy place
al will not say anv more. Do NOT he .no,
with me for what have written, for I an
indeed, -.-fs .
"Your very loving sister Jrc,,,,
1 After reading this note, sat for some tim
like one stupefed. "So-so.p I said n, Lac,
or at least so thought to myself. 81 ,bonoh
there was something old abou. Lucy of laie
and this is it -she is becoming relioious
Well, and am glsd of II, too Ib.lf 1isb
were: but"
Then my thoughts wandered back 70 m,
mother, and her last words again c.n :.
mind. threw myself IN INV he'd in ,ha ri,
terness of self reprosch. What desn;c, III,
thing had become, and how mncb wrs,ch
edness had brought upon NV father and >,
the home which I had left. bv no, oha,,;.e
the commads of my mother.
| o, the trouble that sin brinos. md n 10.
deceitfulncss. too. "WeII weIlnI oon,;n,
ed to muse. "I will reform. will 4, -
wishes me. will see wbot c.n ba 49, y
undressed mvself. laid NV be.d unau ,,o
pillow, and sunk to sleep. Tho Rih,o ron.;u n'
ed unopened; and the next morn;nr sn,ii;n,
at the conflict of the nrecednr ,iab, ~,
back the book into NV trpnk fN'
Let me stop here in NV o,yn h;..o., ., .,,
something about nv sister Iucv '''
have before mentioned that sbo r,,s ro,,
affectionate and very doc;le. and ,h., ,hoa..
the education of her childhood h.J nv. 49,
SO painfully carried on a. undo. .ho ' .eea
eve of A,nt pohaoo. .nue' ,"e S''io'
pected There was one slemen, em hen,ona. CA
in which that educo,ion had hosn i,mom,I.,.' rI.'
deficient. nc VOL "a ov.a.S;ss,'. "oy
What little she heard a6oSf ral;1;on u,, ass ;n
praise of its forms. and in ionoronce of ;,s
spirit. She TINS became. sccordirr 80 ,ho
account she gave of herself in after life y
little pharisee. formal. and vain srd .,arns,i I .
LAYING claims TO much f,ncied ooodnoss os
heart ignorant that she needed anv chance
But this knowledge was brought 70 ber in
way that melted her heart and dreu, bo. b.,
the gentle "cords of loyen at once 70 The
Saviour Amid much that wos ;r;rr;o,s ond
misleading in the instruction sbe d,iIv ro
ceived, there was one redeemino trait-sbe
was permitted to read the Rible. !, w.s ,ha
Sunday book. For manv wears she read II
no a. matter or oo,,uso'
pressed with its contents as MESSAGE from
God m ber R,t ~ Ian,,h ~. ~
ped from her ewes. Nv the teacbino of ,be
Holy Spirit, she saw, understood. and felt
tile Infinite preciousness Of The C;ospeI She
received the kingdom of God as little child
and became "wise unto salvation tbronob
faith in Christ Jesus"
From the day, the happy dav. in which "tbe
truth as it is in Jesus" beamed mon her nm.
lerstandins and warmed her heart abe w,s
lost to the world, and counted nil tbnos as
loss, that she might win Christ and be found
in him, living "by the faith of the Son of
God, who," she implicitly believed, "loved g.
gave himself for her.n
Dear Lucy! she was, indeed, zone in
lhousand;" she was erich in raitb. md nm
aer of the kingdom which God has nromised
10 them that love him. 1t wns. bowever
in the early stage of her rcliqions history
that her note 10 me was written, Years
afterward | learned 10 know more IF har