Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-29
dear mother were not soon forgotten /:
whtle the Bible she had left was looked

Wh'ie the Bible she had left was looked
upon v ith no little reverence and love
The lighthouse was so placod unan
the rocks that at low water, when the
tide was ont, you could walk from IL 10
the shore; but at high water nobody could
get to it. as no boat could ride in safety
among the breakers and the rocks. All
the food the inmates needed, and other
things they used, were thus brought TO
them, or fetched by them at low water,
and the good man of the lighthouse had
often to so on shore for them. One day
he had gone as usual, leaving his little
girl alone in the lighthouse, when somo
Of the "wreckers" seized him and deter
mined to prevent his COINS back to light
his lamps, in tho hope that some ship
would be wrecked. The poor man was
i'll great distress when he found he was the
prisoaer Of these wicked men, and he beg.
ged hard to be allowed to return. But
IN vain; there they kept him till long after
the tide came in, and the dark night had
gathered, and it became impossible for
him to retuin. At last they let him go,
and he stood upon the shore in great dis
tress. The night was gradually becom-
roared furiously. The rain fell in tor
rents. The lightning flashed. The thun-
der rolled terrifically. The sea dashed
furiously around the lighthouse, some.
times covering it entirely with its waves.
What was he to do The lantern at the
top Of his house was all ark. He could
see some ships in the distance, and he
trembled lest they should be wrecked for
want of his lamps b5ng lighted. He
knew bis little girl was all alone, and too
little to do anything to help the difficulty:
so there he stood in deep distress while
around him were the savage wreckers.
glory ing in the success of their wicked
scheme, and looking for large booty by
the morning, when all Of sudden, the
lantern of the lighthouse was lighted up,
and its bright and glowing rays shot far
across the dark and troubled sea it. The
sailors, far off in the ships, were delighted
as they caught its beams: and the good
man himself was overcome with surprise
and, while he exclaimed, "Who has Lit
the lamps 2"
Very distressed indeed was the little
girl, when she found her father did not
return as she expect, i. She watched the
tide come rolling up and covering the
rocks, so cutting off all the way to shore.
She heard the wind get up, and trembled
as she felt it rock the lighthouse. She
noticed the dark night setting in, and saw
the storm beginning to rise. She looked
out, and there she caught a glimpse ofthe
ships in the distance, and knew if the
lamps were not lighted they would pro-
bably be wrecked, and in her distress be-
gan to think what could she do. At last
a text Of Scripture, one Of her mothers
last words, came to her mind; Call upon
me in the day Of trouble, and | will de-
liver thee" So down she knelt, and
prayed earnestly to God to help her in
her trouble, ana rising, walkel up to
if she Se could light the LAMPS niS herself self Shs
lit them, but she was far too little to reach
them. Down stairs accordingly she
went, and with great labor, dragged UP
a table, and climbed on to it, and tiled
again, but ,ill she could not reach the
lamps. Down again she went to get
something more to stand on, when her
eye fell on her mother 'slarge Bible, which
she carried up with great labor into the
lantern. and laid it on the table. But now
she thought perhaps it would be wrong
to stand upon the Bible she SO much re-
verenced, and she used q little before
she did it, and to pray to God to help her
light the lamps. Then climbing up, she
stood tip.toe on the book, and to her ioy
found she could Just reach the lamps. in
minute all the lamps were lighted, and
the lantern blazed out, to the Joy of the
sailors in the ships, the surprise and glad
ness of her father, and the shame and dis
appointment of the wicked wreckers ON
the shore.
Such is my little story. 1t is quite
true; and as L have told you, l have
been thinking of other mariners and
wreckers than those on the coast of
Cornwall. | have been thinking of a
world of pc ople all in danger of missing
their way, and being forever ruined by
the results of folly and of sin. / have
thought ofwreckers in the shape ofwicked
men and youths, who would 1fain blight
and destroy those by whom they are
surrounded. And / have thought of the
Church Of God, with the light of truth,
and the means Of presenting the way Of
peace and safety in her possession, as 8
lighthouse for the world, in which even
child may help to bindle the lamps,
ard save some poor voyager for eternity
from destruction and from wo.
Look around you, dear child, and sec
if you cannot light some laIhp Of truth
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