The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1859-12-01
Sunday Colum n
For Mothers Sake.,,


| Fast, from their way, the light Of day
! In cloud and gloom was falling;
| And flercely round their lonely bark #
The stormy winds were wailing.
| ;. They knew that peril lowered near,
They prayed, "Oh, Heaven! deliver!"
| But wild blast came bowling past,
| And soon, with sob and SILVER,
| They struggled in the icy grasp !.
or that dark rushing river.
| Cling fast to me, my darling chlldF'
| An anguished voice was crying
| While ilysfy clear, 20 'er; tempests drear,
| Rose softer tones replyins,
| "Oh, mind not me, my father DEAR
I'm not afraid Of dying.
"Oh, mind not me, but save yourself,
1 For mothers cake, dear father; q
| Leave mo, md hasten to the shore,
Or who will comfort mother ~
The angel forms that ever wait,
! Unseen on man attendant,
Flew up, o'Tjoyed, to Heavens bright gate,
And there, on page resplcndcnt,
! High oyer those Of heroes bold,
And martyrs framed, in story,
/ They wrote the name of that brave boy.
J" Godsbless the child !,',---aye, He did bless
/ That noble selEdeniel,
Andssafely bore him to the Shore
Through tempest, toll and trial.
Soon in their bright and tranquil home,
Son, sire, and that dear mother,
For whose sweet sake SO much was done,
\ In rapture met each other. =
A CHHp's TESTIMONY When Mr. Whitcfield
was preaching in New England, alady became
the subject ofdivine grace, and her spirit was
peculiarly drawn out in prayer for others. She
could persuade ne one to pray with herbut her
little daughter, about ten years Of age. After
time it pleased God to touch the heart Of tho
child, and give her the hope of salvation. In q
transport Of holy. joy, she exclaiuneds ;
"Oh, mother, if all the world knew this i
wish ! could tell rybody. Pray, mother,
let me;rnn to some Of the neghbors, and tell
them, that they may be happy and love my
Savior!" I5s7f
"Ah, my childt said the mother, s'that would
be useless for, 4 suppose, were you to tell
your experience, there is no one in many miles
who would not laugh at you, and say it was all
a delusiOn.n Ia
o, motherW replied the little girl, II think
they would believe me. must go over to the
shoemaker aud tell him; he will believe me-"
She ran over, and found him at work in his
s ~: ~ S".i ~ 's.i"k hli .Aut W must
Mc' anu ths. ~ was SINNER anu thas she was
her mothers prayers and forgiven all her sins;
and that now she was so happy she did not
h1 W, HOW " 1ell IL.
his tears flowed down like rain; he threw aside
his work, and by prayer and snpplication ght
neaoS.. ans naelshporhood was awakened, and
il ~ y lgW non.ns more ,an MY persons were
/; y " hnowleaEe ~ Jesus aha 70 re-
Joice IA lis Eowci ahu grace. s4
ihH ioMb OF hAchhl"--lhe Lion. James
Brooks, the senior editor of the New York Ex-
press. writes to that ioursal from +bn Holv
Land -, ~
-1"-u
pol my fet0rnio Bethlehem, T rode by the
TOMB OF hachel-a small building with VIII
tened dome' ana mas within " high oblong
monument, b,iiit oil brick and succeed over.
spreads us shade WaeFe rests the beautiful moth
sasae that .h;s - ist Jew anu Mosiem az,
was buried, and ali unite in i,onorinp II. The
Turks are anxious that their ashes may rest
near ners Enc nece ther-hodies have been
crave az Rachel M s ~. ya ~ Simple
Of the good wife have won their love and adj
i mlratlon, as the tomb OF Absolom, near the
brook OF kanfan their detestation-- tie
latter they throw stone to mark their horror
Of the disobedicnt, while around the former
they wish, when they die, their bodies may be
Inferred. .s
| Nor is this wonderful. The wife, worth four
teen years service'as a shepherd, must have
been worth having. The whole life of Rachel
is, indeed, one of the most touching in Biblical
history. The sweet Shopherdess has left her
mark upon the lncmory Of man,as we'll as on
her tomb. The trihute to her Is the tribute to
agood wife, and intitel, and Jow, and Christian
all combine TO pay it. The great women of the
earth--the Renobias and Cleopatras-- died,
been burieds and their very place of burial
been forgotten; but to this day stands over
the grave of Rachel, not the pillar Jacob set
up, but modern monument in its place, around
which pilgrims from every land under the sun
gather, in respect and reverence for the faith
iulwife and good mother in Israel.
a LETTER OF DANIEL WEnsTER's- char
ucterIstic il the following letter Of Mr. wohs,o,,
81, 49,. 's' ~ W.. "eos'ei
l.oWi u'' Vi wlsdoui were even MS most playful
efiusions! 1mbued with noble and lofty senti-
ments. he could write nothing without being
instructive. 's'