Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-10-16

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also in the Jail. Go them to prison, my father.
Perhaps thou wilt be better there, than with
us amidst hardship and want. AID there is
| no disgrace, for thoa geest without guilt. We
viii both enter into service, and with our wages
buy thee everything necessary. will not be
| ashamed esen to beg. To go a-beggiag for
father has something holy ia it. We will come
| aud yisit thee from time to time Thou shalt
be well taken care OF We viii fear no more"
Jenny, thot art right" said Polly; !" Who
eyer fears, does not believe IN God am not
sfra'ed. will be eheerfal-as cheerful as can
! be, separated from father ana thee
Such conversation ehccred my heart. Fleet
man was right when he said tina: had two
angels Of the Lord at my side.
Syfrsster-Dag, Deczaler 3iss.-The. rear is
ended. Thanks be to Heaven, it has been,
with the exception Of some storms, a right
hountiful and happy year 1t is true. we often
have scarcely enough to eat--still we have had
| aousu Any I,oo. salary has often occascscti
ne bitter cares, s,al our cares have had their
pleasures. And. mw l scarcely possess the
aeans of supporting myself aud my children
half year longer Bat how many lasa n@i
even as much, ard know not where to gst
."o,h,r uuy 5 subsistence My place, hive
oSt. In my old age / am without Office or
| bread. 1t is =, ssible that shall spend the
ext year in 3 jail, separated from my good
daughters. Still Jenny is right; God is there
| also in the JAIL!
To a pure conscience there is no heb even in
! hell, aud to bad heart nc heaven in heaven.
am vcry happy
He who can endure is rich. A good ecl-
eo,a 10 <hn tb,t ,sal,
names honor. AS soon as we are able 10 look
with indifference upon what people cail honor
aud shame, we become honorable. lie who
can derl Use the world, enjoys Heaven. undcr-
stand the gospel Of Cnrist better every day,
| SINCE read it in the school of experience.
The students at Oxford ae9 Cambridge sta,ly
the letter, not the spirit. Mature is the best
interpreter of the Scriptures.
With.these reflections | conclude the year
am very gIad that have new. for some
time, kept this jesrnal. Everybody should
keep one. Ohs learns more irua himself than
| from the wsest hcoks. When, by daily setting
down our thoughts aud feelings, we in manner
portray oncSeises.@ we sec st the e,id Of year
how mary different faces we hare. Man is not
always Ike himself He who says he knows
himself, eau answer for the truth Of what he
says only at the moment, for thea he feels
himself Few know what they :'tre yesterday;
| stin sewer what they viii be tomorrow,
A 6ay-book is useful, Also because it helps
rs to grow in faith towards God and Proyi-
nence The whole history Of the world does
not teach us SO much about these things rs the
thoughts, judgments, and feelings OF a single
individual for twelse-moGth-
have also this year had tho truth OF the
! old sayings confirmed, t;iat MsfortuneS never
come sinyly,n and "the darkest hour is just
before ,geriling." When tii4gs 20 hard with
me, excepting the first shock, am most ut my
ease. for thea please myself with tho pros
pect of the relief which is TO succeed, aud !
smile because nothing can disturb me. Onthe
| other hand, when every thing goes according
!, to my wishes, am timid ard anxious. and eau.
! not give myself UP freely 10 S,y- | astrust
contcitmcnt. Those are the hardest mistor-
tunes which We allow to surprise ns. 1t is Ike
wise true that troabe looks more terrible in
the distance, than when il is upon us. Clouds
never appear SO black whoa near as they seem
!, afar OF.
| have learnt from all my ealamitics 10 con-
slider, with the quickuess of lightning, what
will be their worst effect upon NE. So l pre-
pare myself for the worst, and it seldom
! comes.
| This also / find good--T sometimes play
with nag hopes. hut neScy let my hopes play
with me- To keep Here in check, have only
| to remember how rarely fortune has been IA
yorabe to me aud then all air castles vanish
as if they we're ashamed to appear before M.
Alas for him who is the sgo TT If his hopes lie
pursues wi!lo' -the-wisps Into marshes,
Nsv Years Dag, 1865. A. MA won
dertul and sad affair opens the year. Here
follows its history.
| Early, about SIX o'clock, as j lay in bed think
ing over nly sermon, heard a knocking at tue
1 front door. Polly was up and in the kitchen
She ran to open the door aid see who was
there. Such early visits are rot usual with u.s.
| A s.rangcr, presented himself with large box,
which he handed to Polly with these words !:
"Mr. --~" poly lost the nancy sends
this box to the Rev. Vicar, and requests him to
be rery careful of the contents"
/ Polly teok the box with joyful surprise. TIE
man disappeared. Polly tappsd lightly at my
chamber door to see whether ~as aaake. i
answered, and she came in, end wishing me
"a happy new year, as web Is "good morn
ing," added Laughing, "yoa VIII see now. dear
father, whether Poily's dreams are not PRO
pheiic. The promised bishops Nitro . come y
And then she told nc how New Yeats pre-.
scnt had been giFeR for me. 1t yezed me,
that she had not a-.d more particularly fei
the nameof my nnknoxn patron or benofactor.