The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-02-12

what was meant by Ewes simple phrase,
To say, Our Father"
"Mama is asleep" he said; "wben she
awakes will call her."
"No-no-papa; Eve asleep then"
will call her at once, then, darling"
and he would have moved, but the little
hand was lain on him to arrest him.
No. don't wake poor mama; papa, say
Our Father ? for Eve"
"Will Eve say it to papa! Speak, then,
my darling" he said, finding that though
the hands were clasped, and the sweet eyes
deroutly closed, Eve remained silent.
"No-Eve too sick, papa-Eve can't talk
so much-papa kneel down and say, Our
Father like mama did, last night-won't
you, papal"
Euston Hastings could not resist that
pleading voice, and kneeling. he laid his
hand over the clasped ones Of his child, and
for the first time SINCE he had murmured it
with childish earnestness in his mothers ear.
his lips gave utterance to that hallowed form
of prayer which was given to man by Di.
vine Teacher. At such an hour, under such
circumstances, it could not be uttered care.
lessly and Euston Hastings understood its
solemn import-its recognition Of Gods SOW
ereignty-its surrender Of all things to Him.
lie understood it, we say-but he trembed
at it. His infdelily was annhilated but
he believed as the unrecoiled believe, and his
heart almost stood still with fear while " Thy
will be done on earth even as it is in heav-
en-" fell slowly from his lips.
Soothed by his compliance, Eve became
still, and seemed to sleep, but only for a few
minutes. Suddenly, in louder voice than
had been heard within that room for DAYS,
she exclaimed, "Papa-papa-see there
up there, papa !"
Her own eyes were fixed upward, on the
ceiling, as it seemed to Euston Hastings, for
to him nothing else was visible. while a
smile of joy played on her lips, and her arms
were stretched upward rs TO some celestial
visitant.
Eve coming" she cried again. "Take
Ever
"Will Eve leave papaY" cried Euston
Hastings, while unconsciously lie passed his
arm over her, as if dreading that she would
really be borne from him.
"With eyes still fixed upward, and expend-
ing her last strength in an effort to rise from
the bed, Eve murmured in broken tones,
iapa come too-mama-granpa-
brother-dear papa"
The last word could have been distin.
guished only by the intensely listening ear
OF love. 1t ended in sigh and Euston
Hastings felt, even while he still olasped hel
cherub form, and gazed upon her sweetly
smiling face, that bis Eve had, indeed, left
him forever. That she had ceased to exist
with the remembrance of that last scene full
i in his mind, lie could not believe. Hence
forth, heaven with its angels, the minister
ing spirits Of the Most High, was a reality ;
it was the habitation of his Eve; and his
own heart bent longingly for it.. His proud
stern, unbendjng nature had been taught tc
, tremble at the decree Of Him who ruleti
over the armies of heaven, and among tn,
T inhabitants of the earth" The Being ant
Nature upon which he had hitherto specula
ted as grand distractions, became at ono,
unspeakabIy interesting facts. Would Ii,
contend with him in wrath Would He
snatch from him one bv one the blessings O.
his life, crushing the impious heart which
had reviled His attrihut IS and denied his
existence or was He indeed $50 long suf
tering," so "plenteous in mercy" that He
would prove even to him that His nigh.
was the might Of Saviourl
Such were his thoughts as with still con
cen'rated agony he turned from the grave o.
his cherished child to watch beside The suf
fering Evelyn. She had taken the terrible
disease from her little Eve, and lay for many
days insensible to her own danger or he,
husbands agony. But God was merciful
and her husband and father received her
back from the grave. The heart which juds-
ment had aroused, mercy melted. A con.
sciousness of his own qnworthiness of Gods
mercy-a fear that he could not be heard
checked the cry which anguish would have
extorted from Euston Hastings; and the first
real utterance from his heart to heaven was
IN The language of thanksgiving.
A Fact With Moral.
A oalob.ataI ost;st -, ana of ~ l.