Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-30

They're blessed in their tears;
Their journey heavenward wingiug,
They leave on earth their fears.
Death like an angel seemetb;
1--WE welcome thee" they cry.
Their face with glory beameth-
'Tis life for them to die.
Two WAYS OF LOOKING AT Ir.-There are
many good people who are most anxious
to teach their children Alright They are
crowding their daily path with pohibitions,
but seldom hold out hand to help them, OF
point out to them the steps they may safely
take. And while they are always teaching
them that they must not break the Sabbath,
wiser parents are teaching their children
how they may keep it pleasantly and profit
ably. The Sabbath is to the former day
on which they must not play with their balls,
carts and so oD; day on which they must
not work in the garden, must not read their
story books. To the latter it is day on
which they may sing hymns with mother
on which they may hear father read stories
out of the Bible as long as they please; on
which they may seek out answers to ques-
tions, and have longer talks with father and
mother about their little trials and FAULTS on
which they may get more comfort aud help
than on any other day of the week. To them
it is day of privileges, to the others day
of prohibitions.
DUTIES OF A MoTHER.-By the quiet fire.
side of home, the true mother, in the mid 4
of her children, is sowing as in vases of earth
the seeds of plants that shall sometimes give
to heaven the fragrance of her blossoms, and
whose fruit shall be as a rosary of angelic
deeds, the noblest offering that she can make
through the ever ascending and expanding
souls of her children to her Maker. Every
% word that she utters goes from heart to
heart with power of which she little
Dreams Philosophers tell US in their specu-
lations that we can not lift finger without
moving the distant spheres.
Solemn is the thought but not more solemn
to the Christian mother than the thought
that every word that falls from her lips
every expression of ber countenance, even
in the sheltered walk and retirement of
home, may leave an indelible impression on
young souls around her, and form as it were
an underlying strain of that education which
peoples Heaven.
There is not a nobler sight in the world
than an aged and experienced Christian,
who, having been sifted in the sieve of temp
tation, stands forth as a conffmer of the as
saulted-testifying, from his own trials, the
reality of religion; and meeting, by his warn
ings, and directions, and consultations, the
cases of all who may be tempted to doubt it.
We are called to build spiritual house.
ing another his duty. We are placed in
different circumstances, with various talents;
ard each is called to do what he can. Two
men, equally accepted of God, may be ex-
ceediDgly distinct in the account which they
may give of their employ.
PROFIT OF PRAYER.-After prayer is not
the heart lighter and the soul happier 2
Prayer renders affliction less serrowfil, and
JOY more pure. 1t mingles with the one an
unspeakable sweetness and adds to the other
celestial perfume. Sometimes there passes
over the fields wind which parches the
plants, and their Withered stems will drooL
toward the earth; but Watered by the dew
they regain their freshness and lift up theil
lauguishiDg beads. So there are always
burning winds, which pass over the soul and
wither it. Prayer is the dew which refreshes
it again.
LITTLE THINGS The man who wrote the
four simple lines beginning with, "Now lay
me down to Sleep" seemed to do a very
small thing. He wrote four lines for his
little child. His name has not come down
to US, but he has done more for the good o.
his race than if he had commanded the vic
torious army at Waterloo. The little fire.
which the good man kindle shere and there
on the shores of time, never go out; but eve
and anon they flame up and throw a ligh
upon the pilgrims path. There is hardly
any thing so fearful, to my mind, as the mint
reaching down into the coming ages, ant
writing itself upon the minds of unborn gen
eratiOns. We know not whose hand hell
the pen that wrote the Arabian Nights bu
what book How few are the children
who have not sat spell-bound at the feet o
that enchanter !-Dr. Todd.
Down, ARE YOU FLAT ON Your BACKS ?
Is it wonder? Is it not rather a wonde
anti Inr In,... 4. !
No church or society can live and prospe
without regular, stated meeting for praye
and testimony. Prayer is the handspring
the thermometer of the church. Churche!
after churches languish and die, dwindle
breathe less and less, till they expire be
come extinct, simply by neglecting to as
semble stately and pour out the soul in fer
vent, united supplication for the ministe
and the people-the out pouring of the Hol.
Spirit.
Beloved, forget not the assembling your
selves together as the manner of some is
Keep the fire burning on the altar of you
hearts continually; meet at least once o
twice weekly in the capacity OF a prayer
meeting, and beside this gather the littl
ones into the Sabbath school, else "Ichabod
or "Menetekef" is sure to be written on tn
walls of your sanctuaryl
From the creatures of God let man lear
wisdom; and apply to himself the instruC
ton they give.
Go to the desert, my son; observe tn
young stork of the wilderness; let him spea
TO thy heart. He beareth on his wings hi
aged sire; he lodgeth him in safety; and sur
plieth him with food.
The piety Of child is sweeter than tn
incense Of Persia offered to the sun; yes
more delicious than odors waited from
heid OF Arabian spices by the western gale
=, be grateful then to thy father, for he CAV
thee ptei and to thy mother, for she sus
Hear the words of his mouth; for thew sr
spoken for thy good; give ear to his Samo
milton, for 1t proeeedeth from love.
he hath watched for thy welfare; he hat
toiled for thy ease; do honor therefore To III
agei and let not his gray hairs be trsate
with irreVerence.
Think on thy helpless infancy and Il
froNArdness Of thy youth; and indulge Il
in6rmitiss, Of thy aged parents; assist al
support them in the decline of life.
So shall their hoary heads 20 down TO II
grave in peace; and thine own children,
reverence Of thy example, shall repay Il