The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-10-26
From The Genital Presbyterian.
OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.
Oh be not overcome Of ill:-
Dear children, strive and pray.
To follow in His blessed steps.
Who ruled with gentle SWAY,

Who ruled with gentle sway.
When injury is done to one BY either word
or deed, it is the natural impulse Of the heart
to retaliate, 10 retnrn evil for evil, but nv
young friends, | need not remind you that our
natures ATE sinful and mnst ever lead us as.
tray. The law Of God is the rule of our obe
dience. and not until that law is written on
The tablet Of our hearts can we follow the die.
tates that rise from within. Remember Je-
sus holy in every respect. how beautifully
prominent in His character is the disposition
TO "overcome evil with good'-from the be-
ginning of His earthly course until He expir-
ed upon the cross. exclaiming. " Father. for
give them: for they knnw not what they do !"
this ia.nis trait is manifest Oh he like II.
sus and ever meet the Look of scOrn aud ha-
tired with the smile of love aud compassion /;
the malicious unkind word with silence or
the " soft answer that turneth away wrath y
and the deed Of evil with the deed of kind
ness. Thus shall you "overcome evil with
sond," and the God Of peace will bless you.
But if you feel a desire to " avenge your
selves" aud act upon that desire. then be as.
sured the law Of God is mt written on your
hearts; you are yet strangers 10 Him /" who
when he was reviled reviled not again when
lie suffered he threatened not"
There are many beautiful lakes in the
Western part of the Empire State, and among
them Seneca Lake is by no means the least
beautiful IN praise nf il those sweet lines
were written. "On thy fair bnsnm, silver
lake SC. Quite near its sparkling waters
| ls the little village of II. and pleasant
place is that v,llsge its inhabitants tell US
50. but such may be the opinion expected
from them. Tor it is their heme 1.-THE Green.
lander delights in his ice bound reginn, AM,
the lcelander will talk rapturously Of his cold
hame and turn IN disgust at the very thought
Of Italy with her blue skies and gaily dres.
sed gardens. But the pretty village OF u
- captisaies the strangers eye. and many
4 trsveler who pausrs on his journey to resi-
a while here, oyersIays his time |; he neyel
regrets il, however, for he carries thence ,h'
remembrance Of pleasant scenes aud pleas
ant new made friends.
Mabel West was an orphan child, AMI u
- hal always been her home there cam,
a time when she must seek another place .
abole, and her heart grew sad within her a
the thought, Iur she loved her rural homo or
the banks Of the silver lake" Like Noah
weary dove she felt that if thrust from th
ark she would fam return thither. Bat Ma
bel had sorrow infinitely greater than tha
Of separation from an earthly home withii
one short month she had been bereft Of a kin,
father and mother. Mabel was the only chill
Of the household, and very faithfully had he
parents stri,en 10 10 their duty and bring he
up in the fear of the Lord ;--while they b,
no means overlooked the knowledge that !
important though il perisheth. they more ar
IDENTIFY desired for Mabel the knowledge tha
erceleth and enlurelh to everlasting life.
! Very pleasant fruit arose from the goo,
seed thus sown, but in the mysterious proyi
dence Of God, while the seed was springin.
the sewers were taken away their work wa
fnished--'twas theirs 10 plant, It's Ills 10 wa
ter and keep in being. Mabel was doubly b.
reaved. aud many SAID her gentle spirit woul,
Weld 10 the blow aud she would tullnw he
parents soon, bit lie who " tempers the win,
TO the shorn lamb" upheld His child ;peopl
wondered how il was the poor thing sto",
her grief so WE'LL" All h!their eyes we're hol
den and they perceived not One like Unit
the Son of Gud" who walked beside the Iii
lie plgrim and helped her bear Tie burden
Mabeps uncle came and took her away lruu
IL to his home in the great city Of Nev
York. Mr.. aud Mrs. Grant we're not piou
persons rich and moving in fashionable 50
ciety. content with mere outward morality
, they lived Cor this world and made no proyi
sion for the world TO come. Eleanor Gran
was also an only child. she was twelve year
old. the age Of Mabel, and complete pic
ture oi what naturally pleasant and sensi
bic child msy become BY over indulgence sn