Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-04-21
secret Prayer.

has dragged the serpent from his den, and
must crush his head at the private altar.
He has detected in his own heart, corrup-
lions, which have convinced hlm that 1t
is "deceilul above all things, and dcsPer-
ately wicked" and he spreads his com,
plant before Him who alone "can know
ill.,"
/ lie has sorrows Of his own. in which
no one can participate-wants OF his own
which no one can supPly-obligations OF
! his own which no one eau discharge
duties of his own which no one can fulfil,
many Of them Of an uncagthly character,
all of them to him infinitely important
Hc has a personal INTEREST," TO secure IN the
provision of the GOSPEL. He has ms
own soul to be saved, and his own I'M
mortality to seek. He derives his per
sonal strength for the discharge ot the do
nestle and public claims upon him, from
private communion with God. He comes
from his closet, with his gTaccs shining,
like the face Of Moses all active to la
bor, all patient to suffer, all resigned to
every event, all in earnest TO serve hts
generation. and 20 finish his course with
low. He returns 10 il, To be cor.oI,d for
disappointment, To be pardoncd Tor mfr
mitv, 10 be instructed what is the Divine
will, from the law of God, upon which hr
medja,es day and night, TO be guided m
pcrpIcxiry, and to renew his strength hN
waiting upon God, according To hls com
mandmcut, "Thou shalt worship the hrrd
jthy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
EXcELLENr ADyIcE.-On the subject
Of behaviour in company, Leigh kith-
mond give the following advice 10 has
daughters :
BE cheerful, be no gieIcr. BE scrI-
IouS. but not dull. BE communicative,
, but not forward. BE kind, but not ser.
vile. Beware of silly, thoughiIc>S speech
: es; although you may forget them, others
will not. Remember that Gods cycls III
! every place, and Ills ear in every compa
! ny. Beware Of IeyiDy and familiarity
with young men; a modest reserve, witt
affection, is the only safe path. Cour
and encourage serious conversation, and
90 not into intelligent company without
endeavoring to improve by the intercourse
permitted you. Nothing Is more unbe-
coming, when one part Of the company
is engaged IN profitable and interesting
conversation, than that another party
should be trilling, anG talking comparative
nonsense.
POINTED REBuKE.-In an interior town
Of Pennsylvania, not long ago, attached
to the Presbyterian Church, was n dis
ringuished clergyman, whose nervousness
rcvoItcd a! mOnOtonOuS interruptions dur
img service. On several successive Sab
Ibalhs his attention had been attracted to a
Young man, in the (uLlness Of pride at lhe
possession of snowy gold watch cstab-
lishment, deliberately drawing it forth, in
ostentauOus prominence to ascertain the
hour. This display nellIed the divine,
who determined to end ii. On the last
day of lis exposure, the preacher was dI-
lal.ng to a rapt audience on the great
theme OF eternity, and his own feelings
and imagination were lending unusual clo.
quence 10 gifted tongue, when, to the
horror OF the preacher, out came the gII;
/ lering bawbe. Fired to abrupt rcproO,
at this stoiidsy and disrespect, with a
pause long enough TO attract general atten-
lion to the dgression, he exclaimed, look
inc full at thc offender ''Put up your
watch, young man We are speaking OF
iefegMiiy-nOt 0f time"
THE WAY 70 EvADE A Question:
"W hat DO you believe ?" SAID man TO
his neighbor.
"Why, 1 believe the same as the church
believes
"Prav, what does the church believe p
"Why, the church believes The same
that believe"
"Well, then, what do you and .hc
church both believe p
"Why, the church and beth believe
the same thing"
4 ought not to allow any man, be-
cause he has broad lands. to feel that he !
is rich in my presence ought 10 make
him feel that | can 90 wi.hou.his riches,
that cannot be bought t,--neither by com
fort, neither by pride, and though be
utterly penniless, and receiving bread
from him, that he is the poor man beside
me.'-Emsrs0H.
Widow DIizzlc's husband lately died
Of cholera. In tie miLs! Of lis most acute
bodily pain, after tie hand OF death had
touched him, and while wrihing in $50,
ny his gentle wife sad 10 blm. Well, /.
Mr.. DrzzIe, yoa needn't kick round so
and wear lie shee.s Ill out, il you are Ly-