The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-01-12

spared 10 me God IN heaven, thank thee
ior this mercy and my poor mother leaned
her head down upon the pillow and cried
heartily.
/" Annie was living then, .nd Will, thi,
knowledge. fell intoa deep steep; and when
an hour after, we bot, awoke, and Annie saw
mr.. she pnt her dear arms around nv neck,
aod both Of Us burst nut crying we we're
t'p weak 10 say ANYTHING to ore another. The
aeyt dsv when mother sat beside US with her
work, told her all how wicked had been,
breaking Gods commandments SO foolishly.
/" The last thing YOU said to Us, mother.
was Remember the Sabbath day and keep
It holy;' aud knew all the time thar was
daing wrong; it was every bit nv fault; dear
Annie was not to blame at all but how were
we sayed!"
Then mother told Us that Mr.. Ellis and
DR.. May we're passing through the woods,
on their way TO sabbalh,sciaoi, when they
heard my cry. and saw Annie and my.eif
struggling in the water; as they were both
strong men, with kind, brave hearts, they
plunged in and saved US and whom we we're
taken from the water, they thought there
was no life in Annie. How mother cried
when she told US Of this
i" Aud now, Charlie and Annie, God in
his great mercy has given YOU back to us,
from the very gates Of death. it seems what
a call IS this for you to love and serve him,
and keep all his commandments"
am sure, mother" said, /" will new
er again break this one, Remember the Sab
bath day, TO keep il holy"
She shook her head sadly: DO not SAP
that IN your own strength, dear boy; pray
for grace and help to keep you from sins Of
sabbath breaking, and, indeed. every other
thing displeasing 10 God. Ask him to give
you new heart, and then you will love 10
obey his commandments"
:. Let us ask him now, mother" said An
ME, and she slid down from her pillow to
the floor.
So my mother knelt with US, and the pray.
er she offered for her rescued children was
very sweet and fervent; il seemed 10 20
straight from her heart to heaven. Annie
had never forgotten it.
Long ago these thing. happened, but they
have never left my mind. And often when
was tempted TO forget Gods commands, 10
break his holy Sabbath, looked back and
saw that terrible creek, and Annie's pale fac.
and long golden curls rising from tie deep
of the waters; | felt her little hands clinging
TO me and when remember all this, saw
il was in mercy that God had sent that warn
ing upon me to keep me from becoming =
sabbath breaker. and il was blessed to An
MES heart and mine. The lesson learned
at the peril Of life was never forgotten BY
either. P,e,Jvfsr;en Boyr,,.
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THE BEsr or THE Two.-A farmer and his
son Hans having been 10 market in the next
town. aud disposed ei their load oi potatoes,
got ready TO return home. The farmer laid
himself comfortably down and commenced
sleeping while Hans drove The wagon.
Soon Hans commenced thinking sbort the
baked peas and pork his mother had promis-
ed TO keep him until his return. smacksd his
] lips. ami drove the horses faster.
The old man lifted himself upon his elbow
aud exclaimed:
Hans, don't drive them horses so fast.
They had good. full load this morning !"
aud laid himself dawn and snoozsd again.
little time the horses were driven slower;
thea again Hans though; OF the pork and
peas. aud imagining that the old man wsf
a,irep. he whipped up the horses at full
speed.
rhe Old man set up in the wagon second
time and exclaimed:
Hans. how many tines do you wan, ne
70 tell you NOT to drive them horses so fast
On. boy. il | would have Jone 50 with my ia
ther."
"a strange f,ther you mus, have had re-.
piled Hans.
WHAT cried the father. +" Bay, / had q
great deal better father than ever you had"
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EsrLogarSr EssESTAL To HsALTH.--fn
the course Of nv literary Iabors found that
the mental exercise which accompanied them
was not little beneficial TO nv health. The
motives which excited me TO write, and the
object which hoped to accomplish, were Of
nature calculated to cheer the mind, and
to give the animal spirits salutary impulse.
| am persuaded that, IL had suffered my
time 70 pass away with little or no employ
ment. ms health would be still more irnpair.
ell, ms spirits depressed. and perhans nv