The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-10-01
DUTY AND KINDNESS.


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tenunce of Deacon Jonas Browning.
There were tears on the sad face of his
wife.
He shall be sent to sea p said Dea.
con Browning, sternIy.
There was pleading look in the eyes
OF Mrs. Browning, as she lifted them to
the iron face of her husband. But no
words passed her lips.
He shall be sent to sea 1t is nv
last hope
Philip is very young, Jonas" said
Mrs Browning.
" Not too young for evil, and, there
fore, moi too young for the discipline
needed to eradicate evil. He shall! 20 to
sea! Captain Ellis sails in the Fanny
Williams on next Monday. ! will call
upon him this very day"
Isn't the Fanny Williams whaler ?"
The lips Of Mrs Browning quivered and
her voice had choking sound
"Yes,' was firmly answered
81 wouldn't send him away in
whaler, Jonas. Remenber-he is very
young, not thirteen until next April"
Young or old, Mary, he's got to CO."
said the stern deacon, who was believer
in the gospel of law. He was no weak
advocate Of moral suasIon, as it is famil-
iar'y termed. He vent in FOR law, was
strict construc.ionist. Implicit o5edi-
ence was the statute for home, and all de-
viations therefrom met the never with
held penalty.
Mrs. Browning entered into no arau.
ment with her husband, for she knew
that would be useless. She bad never
succeeded in changing his purpose by
argument in her life. And so she bent
her eyes meekly to the floor again, while
the tears crept over her face, and fell in
large brish, drops upon the carpet. Dea
con Browning saw the tears, but they
did not move him. He was tear proof
Philip, the offending member of the
Browning family, was Il bright, active,
restless boy, who, from the start, had
been a rebel against unreasonable au-
thority, and, as a matter Of course, not
unfrequently against authority both just
and reasonable Punishment had only
hardened him; increasing, instead of dl.
! minishng, his power of endurance. The
particular offence for which he was now
ia disgrace, was, it must be owned, rath-
er a serious one. He had, in company
with three other boys of his age, known
as the greatest reprobates in the village,
rifled choice plum tree, belonging to
! ne;ohbor, OF all the fruit it contained,
and then killed favorite dog, which,
happening to discover them at their
work, attempted to drive them from the
garden. The neighbor had complained
to Deacon Browning, accompanying his
/ comp laint with threat to have Philip
arrested for -tealing.
nIf YOU don't do something with that
how Of yours" he addied with consldera-
bic feeling, "he'll end his a'ys IN the
State Prison, or on the gallows.
Hard words were these for the ears OF
Deacon Browning, the rigidly righteous.
Hard words, and with a, prophetic con-
yiction in them He had not very ere
alive Imagination, but in this instance
the prediction Of his angry neighbor con
| iured up in his mind the image OF prls-
an and aallows, causing shudder to
na,s along his nerves, and the cold per
sn;ration to start upon his forehead
From that moment the resolution Of
Deacon Browning was taken
The bow wa. on the brink Of ruin, and
must he saved at all hazards. AS to tht
means of doing this, it never entered IN
- The heart OF Deacon Browning to con
ce;ve Of any other than such as involved
h,r.h discipline. The Canaanite was II
,he land and must be driven oat with hr'
and sword. With him the word dus!
had a stern significance. lie had Away
,r;sd - 10 do his duty, moving stead'i.
onward in the path Of life, and crushing
aa~n all yanities and evils that sprnn!
; m bv tho way, under heel shod Wit
iron. ., Tb.t wa
the last desperate remedy IN ms mlna m
} = the minds Of many like him' som
az - ,,,o, a ship was the great, schoo'
yea e aid when boy was deemed u u
;h,e relo;a, he vas sent off 10 sea, usna'I
to have his evil ino.
.o nermanent qualities. ,o. Ii. 50
when Deacon Brown'nrI mes oa -, af = !;
p,:nn after receiving intelligence o.
a, np offence. it was with stern ans
e.,ls;on lie did not see the ,ooA !,
aapeal the sign Of re,entance' 'ao ~
for mercy that was 70 us 60 ,ronld ha,
d A single word OF k.nans'' ' of the boy
> broken up the grea. deep oi armer aru IN I,
,a.r, and impeIled by the warm. .hs. =
"'' from his mother.
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p'a pu'ssa have flung himself weep.-RR, R,or,
n,s ias had separated duty from t,9aa ~ evil |.
/ l. ,rs Tbe one was assern correc.or l,oaa ., s'
N Inc me. o , smiling approver Of goodf 9~b,