The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-06-25
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TD.iNI WILSON.

TOHMY WILSON.
Toam. Wilson came horn" one day with
' tears IN hi' EYES; he ran and laid hi head in
u his mothers lap and >obhad aoiul. She push
. ,i the culis back from his forehead, kissed
h him and SAID:
"What is the matter my son.
: 80. ma" he answered, 1T is 50 hard to be
good
"What makes you think so, Tommy ?"
"Why. You know, mamma, yesterday was
the Sabbath, and YOU talked to me in the
evening about having new heart, and told
me that must pray TO God, and he would
give me one, and that then would love eve
rybody, and always feel happy, and not be a
traid to die And thought would Ike To
have such heart and PRAYED when went
10 bcd,and kept thinking about it,and prayed
again; and it seemed to me as if | had Il new
heart felt 50 happy: and when went to
school tried to be- kind to all the bows, and
learn ny lessons well. ard to be Good But
this noon George johnson >natchcl my tall,
and GOT angry and called him thief: And
when We were PLAYING Charley Smith struck
III" and before Thought struck him back
And oning home this afternoons James Lew
is called ne a coward and called him a H.
ar. And so, ma. | keep forgetting, and doing
wrom", and no matter how hard try, can't
be- "ou' Ii is 50 easy to be an@rv, and bad
words come ont 50 quick What i, the re;t-
son. ma, that We can't be rood when we want
to be-"
Mrs wilson thought Minute, and then
SAID:
"Do yon remember, Tommy. riding down
hill ON your sled, last wntcr:"
80, YES. mamma, the hill was covered with
Sf.ow.aud it was beat down until it was almost
As smooth as ice, and we went down 50 ia!
that it almost took away Ky BREATH
"Wcll, my son. did You 90 up as fast =
80, no, ma. il was slow, hard work grttiu.
up. We would slip at every step. and We
ccuIdn'nt ""t up at all in the place where We
sid down, but had to 80 around to the other
SIDE, where the snow was not worn and slip
perry"
Then it was easier to 20 DOWN than it was
to 90 up. WIS 1t -
90 YES, it i always 50 with hills"
And the oljrnrr ynu went down on vour
sled, the smoother the Snow cot, and the fist
CT Won could TO-
Yes, mammal"
"Wcll, Tommy, when God made Al,lm and
Eve and put them III the garden, it w.> IL
easy for them to 4, ri"lt as to do wrun.. /,
was Ike walking on level ground: they could
90 one WAY AZ well a another. Bat they
chose to do wrong, and ever since then thu
world has been Ike the side of mountain
1t is W hill toward heaven, and it is down
hill toward he'll. cannot tel Won, my son.
why it is >o,anv more than | can tel you VIII,
God made I'LL on; there instead Of a ,la;u:
but every bod, finds it 50. And then BY do
ING wrong We may nuke the down hill more
and more slippery all the time. Our evil
habits are Ike your SEEDS; they smooth the
way 50 that We 90 faster and faster. 1t Is hard
work even to Stop DIN" wrong Just as hard
a for Won to stop ,onr s!vd when half way
down, and Yoiu9 Ike 4 race horse And it
l. still harder to 90 UP. We arc all .hc time
slipping up. We are all the time slipping.
back. W. hrd onr Old habits tripping US ur
at every >trp.'
! Then, mamma, We may as well give up
trying"
did my little boy say so last winter, when
he was climbing mp hill to ride down on his
sled: He Slipped a great many times, and
once or twice fell quite down in the snow;
hnt he scrambled up again, and kept on try
In". because lie wanted to have the pleasure
Of riding down so swiftly over the smooth
snow. VIII Tommy care more for few
minutes sport, than for being good and yoing
to heaven"
Tommy felt ashamed Of what he had said.
He laid his head in his mothers lap.and what
his thoughts were cannot tell. But after !.
while he looked up as ea!nc t as hero. and
sad:
Ma. have been a foolish bov. Ithounbt
| could he GOOD !. ht oil. and without any
trouble. But see now that it is not 50 and
i mean to try with all my might; and know
that ! hall be happier, even when am try
in2. am God will help me, won't he. m, :"
"fc>. ny son, if YOU are humble. and DO
not think !ou can be GOOD Of vonrs, Itv;tI,ont
ms h"lp. lon must ask God to watch over.
You, and Keep you from frIiing and raise Won
up when y'n fall. and yop must watch ,our-
>"lt,my dear boy. aud try to ovcr.on. n,
!",'r wicked habits. and remember vla,
do"n-hi.i, slippery world this i. and tina, We
must expect hard "o.l @,,;io. tl.r.a.r +, +,
hcarrn."
And Tommy fo..,,..~l li+ mother, a,!,i..
and d" IS n'.e = @on! naa. lie hopes til,
story "'I! levi >oa.c little H.. wlo read. .,,o
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