Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-06-18
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Rarely has there been q more striking in
stance of heroism, calmness, and presence
of mind, inspired and sustained by Christian
faith, than in the conduct of peasant'swife,
| in the Peak of Derbyshire. quoted by Howitt,
on the authority of minister of The Society
! of Friends, who was personally acquainted
| With the facts of the case. It is, likewise.
recorded by Wilson Armisteed, in volume
published with the sanction of the same body.
We give il ia an abridged form:
In OLE of the thinly -peopled dale5 of the
Peak of Derbyshire, stood a lone house, far
from neighbors, inhabited by farmer and
his wife. Such is, or was wont TO be, the
primitive simplicity of this district, that it
was usual for 5ersons to GO to bed without
taking any precaution to holt or bar the
door, in the event of any of the inmates not
huying come at the usual hour of retiring to
rest. This was frequently the practice OF
the family in question, especially on market
DAYS, when the farmer having occasion 20
po 10 the nearest town often did not return
ill late. One evening when the husband
was absent, sttie WIFE being up stairs beard
some one open the door and enter the house..
Sup2osing it to be her husbend, she lay a.
wake, expecting him to come uP STAIRS
AS the usnal time elapsed, and he I'D nor
coma he arose and went down, when. to aer
terror and astonishment, she saw sturdy
fellow searching the house for plunder. At
the first view she felt ready to drop; but,
being naturally courageous, and OF deeply
religious disposition, she soon recovered sut-
feient self-posession to suppress the cry
that was kissing to her lips, and TO walk with
apparent firmness, to chair which stood op-
posite, and sea. herself in it. The marau-
der immediately seated himself upon an
other chair which stood opposite, and fixed
his eyes upon her, with q most savage ex-
pression.sl Her courage was almost spent;
but. recoilecting herself she put up pray
er to the Almighty for protection, and threw
herself upon his providence, for swain was
the help of man. She Immediately felt
her courage revive, and looked steadfastly
at the raffian, who now drew a large clasp
knife from his pocket. opened it, and with
murderous expression in his eyes. appeared
to spring upon her. She, however, showed
no visible emotion, but continued to Prays
earnestly, and To 10 * upon the man with
SERIOUSNESS. He rose.s glanced stirst at
her, then at the knife; again he seemed
to hesitate, and wiped his weaPon upon his
hand, then once more glaaced at her--she
| all the while continuing to sit calling ear
nestIy upon God. Suddenly. panic APP
peafeaste siezes him; he blenched seneath
| her still, fixed gaze, closed his knife, and
went out. AT q single spring, she reached
| the doos, with a ceayulsive rapidly, and fell,
/ sensefess, Oh the door a When she recover
! ed, she recognised her husbands well-known
step at the door, and heard him calling out
/ in surprise at finding it fastened. Rising,
/ she admitted him., aud in tones tremulous
with agitation and gratitude, told him of her
danger and deligerance.
The above incidents, illustrative of the
power OF prayer to sustain the mind IN the
most critical emergencies, cannot fail, We
| think, to convince any candid mind of the
1 existence of an eser-waiching and ever-wor-
king Providence
! We do net; however, think God to be sal
together such one as ourselves" and we
| do not expect him to reverse his laws for
our sakes. If the saint or the sage reck-
lessly violates the laws of nature; or, rather
the laws in nature, the insulted laws will a.
renoe themselves in his destruction. Even
the eternal Son would not tempt the Lcrd
by casting himself down from the pinnacle
of the temple. Nevertheless the ancient
J, romise stands good, He shall give
a his angels charge over thee, to keep thee iH
= all thy ways This is to say we may ex-
, pect protection in the path of duty. If, il
: obedience to the will Of God, we have
, Ito encounter imminent perils, we may hope
for signal and providential deliverances
, and that, not through the powers OF nature
disobeying their own laws, but through othe
powers in nature opportunely interPosing t'
I stop, turn aside, or otherwise to modify thei
operation. The volcano may burst, the TEN
\ pest may rage, and the cliff may fall an in
! stant before an instant after when thes'
A events might have been followed by futa
:. Consequences; or, some passing impulse o
: feeling may have hurried the individual a
3 way or, some other power of nature has
tened to shelter and defend him and all b,
a special Arrangement, intended by God from
4 the beginning" II is then either ignorance
= or perserve misrepresentation, on the part o
n the deniers of providence, to charge thos
d who believe, with expecting continued mil
k acles. The distinction between the two
O broad aud ciearr The age of miracles
r. past--the age OF providence continues. -
e s'This is, in sact,'' says Isaac Taylor, 9Th
I great miracle of providence--thar nc mira
A cles are needed to accomplish it's purpoG
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