Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-05-30


In beauteOus tones clad
And birds sing far and near sweet strains,
Caught up by echoes glad.
" Rise" sings the lark your " task to play
The nightingale sings " lullAby...
And whenthe golden sun goes forth,
And all like gold appears.
VIXEN bloom overspreads the glowing earth,
And fields have ripening ears,
think Of these glories that see
My kind Creator has made for me- %
Then loud thank the Lord above,
And say, in joyful mood,
His love, indeed, is Fathers love,
He wills to all men good.
Then let me ever grateful live,
Enjoying all he deigns to give.
CONFORMITY TO TIE WORLD.
7. 5. ARTHUR.
Mr.. Shaw and Mr.. Gravemau were mem
bers Of certain denomination, which can
boast Of rs many worthy and pious men,
bers as any other sect of Christians. and
of quite as many" black sheep" They
were both engaged in the wholesale gro.
cery and flour business. One of them, Mr.
Gruveman. held an official station in the
church. He was what was called class
leader. and feeling the importance Of his
station. assumed what to. him seemed
necessary sanctimonious exterior. He
was Scrupulously plain in his own dress,
and strictly required his family to abstain
from all the vanities Of this wicked world
As member Of the church, among
members of The church, Mr.. Graveman
stool high ; as a business man, among
business men. he was known AS one of
the closest of bargain -makers-too close
to be always an observer of the golden
rule. Proverbial on one side for exem-
pIary piety, lie was proverbial on the
other side for selfish love of gain. He
did not take his religion into the world, for
he could not see that it had any business
there. Religion was for the Sabbath. and
had relation only to acts of worship.
The faith must be sound, the external OBJ
servance rigid these attended to, and
the man was a perfect Christian. He
could do no wrong.
Mr.. Shaw, on the other hand, while he
was in degree blinded to the want Of
true charity as exhibited in Graveman's 5
ordinary business intercourse with society,
by the glare Of his piety, was himself II
very different man. Conscious Of the
hereditary evils of his nature, too many OF
which in actual life had confirmed al nos.
in'O habit, and sincerely desirous to rise
above them, he was really what the other
pretended 20 be, humble minded. And vet
there WAS TO external parade Of humility.
lie rarely took an active part in the af-
fairs OF his church, though anxious for
her prosperity and very ready to devote
to her his worldly goods, or his time, when
called upon to do SO.
! In his family he acted the part Of a
wise husband and father. While Mr.
Graveman assumed an austerity Of man
ner, and nipred with the frost Of rebuke
every little blossom that began to open
its leaves on the tender plants that were
sprInging up around him, Mr.. Shaw VAIN
ed them into life and beauty by his sun
ny smile. To one there was a sin in a
bright ribbon, beautiful dress, bow OF
flower the other saw in all external
yIoveliness. whether in forms or colors, the
good things of God, and he used them
and permitted his family to use them
with grateful acknowledgements to the
GIver Of natural as we'll as spiritual bless
sings. He Disseminated between the use
and abuse ; and " bile the use was made
primary. the tendency to abuse was care
fully restrained.
Brother Shaw" said Mr.. Gravemau
one day. with an abrupt manner and cap.
tious voice, ''you will ruin your girls -
L hope not. What is the matter ?
You dress them too gaily."
q" let my wife attend to all that. She
knows better than do what is suited Il
them"
Your wife ! Would you let you,
! wife throw them into the dock if sh,
thought it suited them? am a plain
spoken man, Mr.. Shaw, as you know, anc
my position in the church requires me t
speak plainly, and warn you now, as il
duty bound to warn an erring brother
that if you do not look better to voul
children, they will grow up and becom,
carnally >minded instead Of lovers OF the
truth. They will go out into the world anc
be lost ; the enemy of mankind will CLAIM
them as his own"
You are very serious. Mr.. Grave
man but for my life can see no dan
ger"
" No danger Bless me is there n,
danger In dressing up child in flower
and ribbons. and all sorts of gewgaws. t
turn her head and make fool Of her 2
A thing which do not do
!" Although you permit yout wife to
No. Ros does my rife do il. n