The Kingwood chronicle. [volume] (Kingwood, Va. [W. Va.]) 1861-1861, 1861-01-26
SUNDAY READING.

commenced the year with fair prospects Of a
/ long life have been stricken down by the death
angle and are sleeping beneath the clotls Of
the valley but the course Of Time is onward
and onward still Anew year is entered upon,
/ and God alone knows what It may bring forth
/ Many who day are III the enjoyment OF rosy
/ health may in the course Of this year wither
and die and disappear from this stage of
action. We, poor mortalS. know not who
amongst It's may be the first that will be called
hence 1t therefore behooycs us all to re-
solve to do our duty and leave the rest to !
Providence.
While with ceaslcSS course the sun
Hasted through the former year,
Many souls their race have run.
Never more to meet as here
| Fin i IN an eternal state
They have done with all below,
| We i little longer wait.
Bu, how little none can know.
| Still. the star Of Hope Is before us, the
bow Of Promise over rs and We are surround
ca hy cnconraeements which should make us
thankful IN prosperity and will bear us up in
alvcrsity. With cheerful hearts then, and
a firm reliance upon Providence, onward let
us move in the discharge of every moral and
social duty and multiplied blessings will ac-
company Us, even 70 the grave
ANGELS IN TIE norsE, 4 correspondent
Of the /ul.penlesuf sends the following as Il
true incident.
| know 4 man. IL Is not christian His
daily life is not in accordance even with prin-
ciples Of morality lie has three beautiful
well behaved chillren the other dav he told
me this incident Of one Of tlem--his'itt girl
three years DID,
SAID he: prchaps some people would think
It sacrilisious, but don't; for some time
back have been jill the habit oi reading the
Bible and OF having prayer every night before
the children go to bed ! have done it be-
cause it has il good influence on the children
and because hope it may have good inhu
ence on myself Last night went to Lodge,
he was a Mason, and did not get home till
after | i o clock The children Of course, were
all ahed and supposed asleep. Before going
tobcd | knclt down by My bed to pray, and had
been there but a moment when herd Noble
gct Up from her bed in the next room, and her
little feet come patterng across the floor to-
ward me- kept perfectly still, and she came
and knclt beside me without saying word. |
did not notice her, and in a moment, speak
ny Just above her breath, she said, "In,
prny lon, ! prayed, kissed her, and she
went back to bed and tell you G-,I I
have had nothing affect me 40 for the last ten
years, have thought Of nothing else all
day long but just the little-I'u, pray loudr'
EDUCATION FOR ETERNITY. We have
seen nothing in long time, on the subject
Of education, with which We have been 10
wclfpleascd as we arc with the followingl
Education to have its legitimate scope,
ought to be for eternity Our connection
with this world, at the longest, il but for :
few years, it may b for few days, it Is the
mercst folly, therefore, to qualify children
only for the duties Of the present life.
Education too, for time and for eternity are
not in opposition to each other. The best
preparation for the one is the best prcpara-
tion for the other
Nor is it possible to convey complete infor-
nation on many secular subjects but BY taking
into account our relations to eternal things.
The world is all riddle except az resolved
By Christianity, and it were ~ unphilosophi-
cal as prefanc to allow the mind. which ter
inmates its inquiries only in the highest caus-
cs Of things, to rcyel in secondary ones, while
an ascending path is open to Him, Of whose
pcrfcctisns his worke are but mirror. and 4
recognitionof whom lends them their greatest
charms DR.. Rnlph
TIE BIBLE The Bible Is vein of pure
gold, unalloyel BY quartz Of an earthly sub
stance. This is star without speck 4
sun without blot; light without darkness:
a moon without paleness, glory without
dimness. q Bible it cannot be said of any
other book, that it i perfect and pure but
of thee We can declare al wisdom il gathered
up IN thee, without particle u folly. This
i the judge that ends The strife, where Wit
and reason fail This u the book, untainfed
BY any error, but j. pure, unsIloyed, perfect
truth
THEY say that nothing will Dissolve tl,eada
mant but the blood Of goat Al ! netkine
will kindly, sweetly and efIectualIy heak -
hardened heart of . simmer bit fxifA'e -.