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,WEIloIE D NUMBER .266'
A Rsmsrksbls Conversion.

When young. man, p was distinguished
in.the community where;I livedsforswicked.
ness ma profanity. 81 married, 4hoaever,
strange as :it.may seem, a young .wonrsn, 81
most sxemplary piety; and we: at'opces movt
ed into our hunble house, :full' Of ahsieits:.
tions Of happihess SO common ',waith:ths
young. 4 -. :: :: -
As.the:frst day Of oun residence in, our
new abode drew TO aclose, the supper table
being removed, my wife, without Z saying 4
word, placed i little stand by, my side, laid,
a little Bible.upon it; and, sat downson the
opposite side Of tEs heaFtI3 in seyidehe
expectation that r. would Conduct family
worship! What cculd<I dog i was il ma a
mapners spell bound, Z scoula~ not dis
appointherS gsheknew nothing ofmy pro: pro-:
anity and wicnedness,., And yet. how couldt I
such a wretchsass l kueel. before Almighty
God and utter words ST; devotion;.l Yet;Is
did? Tread and prayed, ButO ,as Itook
tlie:name of Jehovah hsuPon my lips, asked,
for blessings. the name Of Christ, apdmade
confession of, si1,. g sense of'ny guilt ana
Hypocrisy fstung my aouE sTrose from my
knees one tie most miserable Of men! i
succeeded, however, in. partially recovering
my selfpossession bystaid of a. secret deter:
miuation, on no consideration, i oyislds ga
repetition Of the act; ssnt, thus tried Is dis
niss'the matter from my, mild. Another
day rolled by-another sunset came. Again
the tea table was spread and rem "a, ,aud
before. 1 5sassanare, there at Snfy side was
the same stand, and upon thesame dreaded
Bible, and my swife seated before me ST.
lent expectation. of the evening devotions..
According to a.wcll.knewn1 law ofapractical
morality, having. yielded once, Ifound my
self,lcss capable of refusing now ,andtonce
more Iread'the word of God;s:tesiaiastt more-f
kneeled3 3and with profane ,tongaes invoked
Divine blessing: "A new horror sfalla upon. upon.
o!-a.dread, like Uzzab, I I:slioald ! perisla,
for the crime of laying goddess hands upon
the sacred ark. The sins Of a lifetime, and
those2ofsno, common dye, stared me in,the' i,
face, and as tliey sreviyed, I:.died." Ny,
soul aud Satan took thespartof the wifs:of.,
Job, and bade mo "curse God and, die
AndsI was hall .minded tosheed theinjuncas,
Etion. =, - ~" =
Morning came, butsLrohght with ,,it' 'o6lyrse
deeper apd,mores oppressive sense Of guiat.!:
I openel-not5 my.lips,s but could qthink;ofs
nothingYbnt thegaIf bitterness Ehsd dfanfs
1.-THE. bands Of ,iniquity which held me. +
Iadsbeard of God Ssifth. tie ;liearing Of the
Eear,y but now na1e eyes saw lin and / abir,
Ehoftssie ihssauss and dsasIssss 8, !:
tleng, aBot third: ssahing, dow
nigh, 'aha 1--we gsass .tliit stkefiseyai
table fable,YIt sscred fstimit al, woul al
;beplaced beada shsss and the fascinationFo
MY wife presence Sand look aof assure @ dssH
ectationswoald 'a@ailsne, so9itthat could
not sip: say 4 {: po'ttlhlihngy, 81 ing but;
could endure my aggIssl snet longesFs ASH.
sought sa:aid; ;fem Satan sYol66tas..
riFy offered lis, andak stook it: y4miDai:
was made up-1sisssIssd.. II oassaasisse is A
rope Iqag froim aatiss iiaahe ;etclafd With.
whtsaI gs smsa
aelisian Nfadeisaf Die SSiiSsfea easihg. and and nor
fhtalefsbls 1Ierross 81 !hhaY:soals - 81
f. ,Retook our thitd;sandlto mySEmnmd,, d,,lss,
,suppergtogcther. lihgersdS id hsfroe1iss
sntiEI eaneaded raorne sthapi.
S#ben5 witlout a tsceald not HSSa