Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-10

he has striven to wipe the black spots
away"
He went to his study repentant An hour
afterward he came into the little sitting
room again. Mary sat sewing, quiet
thoughtful expression making his face more
gentle than even its usual won't
MARY" he said, drawing his chair closer
to her, "Mary, l have been unkind, forgive
me.n
40, no you did not mean to be unkind,"
she said, softly.
ITO be willfully thoughtless is to be will
fully wicked he replied. aBoth my tenn
per and words have been unchristian. As
you hinted, have not prayed for grace to
bear little trials. have longed to endure
some mighty sorrow-even martyrdom-
/ forgetting that God does not give us trouble
Of our own choosing, and that am poorly
fitted to bear the heavy burden, when l
sink under the little weights that touch my
shoulders. But have been confessing and
praying, and with Gods help l will try to
| be good minister at home, as well as in
the pulpit. l shudder when l think how
crookedly have been training my soul.
o, if can but keep it in the straight and
narrow path ~
The next day the young minister remem-
| beIed. Many time he was on the point Of
| giving way to some nervous depression,
some irritable word, but the thought of his
study and his prayer for grace, brought up
all his resolution, and he refrained from all
allusion to his petty trials. And how sweet
| he found the rewardl In looking back to
| his Sabbath ministrations he did not blush
as he thought of the tear he had started, or
the hope he had awakened in others. He
could control himself as we'll as lead them {;
and the thought gave him unalloyed pleas
ure.
On the night Of the donation visit his
heart overfowed with thankfulness toward
his people. How kindly they came with
their gifts and their words of pleasant
cheer.
Old Deacon Hoyle, the man of all others
who never gave him encouragement Of
words, scarcely of look, placed purse Of
one hundred dollars in his hand, saying
"Brother here is q little substantial praise
The minister was much affected for often
had he felt hard toward this stern-visaged
man, and not seldom had he made his wife'l
heart the heavy repository of his uncharita
BILE surmises toward the old deacon. Their
there was little Alice Leighton, one Of tht
sweetest lambs in the flock, who came will
O dear little keepsake, and as he STOPPED
down to kiss her, she faltered, in a childish
voice, "Dear minister have found Jesus
O, that was better than all the gold
Here, then, was one seal of its mistery
While he had been cropping and stumbling
among little troubles of less account thar
the pebbles under his feet shining sou
had been born into the kingdom of heaven
In the midst of all the congratulations
the beautiful gifts, the kindly smiles, tn
pastor thought of all his ingratitude, AM
lifted his heart to God, that he would keel
himself henoeforth, and never, never leav,
him to the dominion of triAes. 1t was unit
him even as he wished. The saintliness o
his face told of the peace within; for dali,
conquering brought daily grace. He neve
needed to condemn himself as an unworth,
minister, because he was better in the pul
: pit than out of it-he never needed to re
proach himself for wifes sad face, for HI
. was as careful of her feelings as he wished
others TO be of his own. Thus he grew il
stature, q man of God. Upon his calm fac,
were written his trust his faith and his pa
tience; and many soul, redeemed througl
his Christian labors, gave evidence that hi
daily life as we'll as his Sabbath labors haC
been instrumental in leading him to Christ