The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-24

become disabled hy d;-raso, find them.e,7e.
turned into the great fed OF the world, to CO 4
living in manner The 6c5t they ifqy. ia
sub cC; Of th3 narrative was cue OF taese,,Ddl
carrying with him that Independence and Ell
ergy and willingness to the exercise CT thai
self-dcpial which be had full large cnporm
mites Of cutiyating in his humble caiI;pc "A
circuit rider he determined that he wog,d
90 to work in a mode nearest akin tc his ID.
s:tmato c2iing, and most likely to reooyats
his health, as well as to repcnIsh bis pnrss'
He went to triend-and those who are noi.
thcr afraid nor ashamed to do any IavrJl
.AiDg, - that they can make hyipg fherebv
seldom lack friends in necd-and with Al
fr2nknsss which unialtcriug sclc.rc!iarce on|v
csu give, said, L want to borrow some noonAvb
and proceeded 10 build his caste and mod
serial one 1t seemed 10 be az first glance, +
want to purchase stock Of twenty 3 .bIes n
sell 70 poor people. 4 poor ,. eac1cr 5orroy.
ing money to purchase costly Bibles 70 seIl ~
poor people, appeared 70 be fatner roor ~
ducameuJ IoY a business. man to lend TceDev.
without the inevitable borl and mor,as re.
Bat u further dovelopcmspt 0. lie 2rosramlno
gave one FEASIBILITY to tie plan. TIE monev
was leaned and the Bibles purchased at M
lowest publishers cash rates. 70 nuke ID
ginning, and thus put bin in ilals irr ezte1-
ding bis operations, he took a fec Bio!e vnde
his arm, made bis Way to F4Hon Marker, and
ryomopadod its odcrii@rou3 aislo5 anti ho
found purchaser be then yolarael 10 oet
another. in he course OF d lev weeks, n I'D
turtheran2e CT his original plan, he was trav.
cling around Gu foot among the farmers 81
pecia!iy seeking sut those recently married.
Not one il Fifty would think Of give, twenty |,
and twenty-five, aud thirty dollars for BIB d.
Still, they were exhibited they were 50 beau
t!tu!Iy got up; and then again ;he thousht|
would occur, # We bavc any. hing cccd alout
the house, it ought to be The B.o!e, ard the,
mind would run back to other years, OF fatler
End mother and home, and the dear blessed
Bible that lay on the stand ready to Id
opened for tho morning aud tic evening sac
ritice !; and on the mind would run. following
tIo father AID mother, lCpg srcc gone ZONE,
with the reading CT tho Bible as a means d
rejoin;rg them in heaven, when lites abCIs.
were all over. But Just here hard facts wcu!d
come in, We can't spare the money; tbere
is not that much in the house. But perhaps
ycu can pay little Low. and you may lay By
q dollar every week, ard / viii call for 1t.
And the Bible vas taken. There is no dan.
ger, thought cur hero, IN trusting under hi
circumstances. Pecl Who have . heart Il
purchase family Bible, are not likely 10 IacA
the principle Of honorable payment. TO Shor
Ten the story, this gentleman in Iess than tive
years, has extended his business 50 much, tia
h&7iuZ recovered bis Leait',, he frds his tim'
fully employed during the week, in tic city
in Keeping good sto,k en- hand Tor lis agents
who arc scattered il every direciop-hc, &
master c0'rorttur ana they bis mpcgtS, wor
king for him. On The Sabbath be preacAes
as Of cid, and thus, in ! tyo,rol1 wy, Is ht
employed in sowing The seed If thc Word, srp
plying families with the Bioo It hi, own cost
and wi,h q liberal prof. TO himself
With the sane personal ;ndet ondenco and
sot:don:a! and energy, who shall ceny thai
A@Hy d minister uiiSnI nc restored 10 MS c[II-
ing, @hao, il he had lounged about Summer
re2osts and watering places, oF had gone to
Europe or had given W his charse, waitirg
for u return Of health, nc would have cou;in.
ucd an Invalid, iafrmities growing upon him
to be ended only in the grave.
Reader! there arc multituGes who are mere
cum bo,crs OF the ground, between whom and
extensiveusc!u,Dcss there is nothing interven-
ing, bu the went ofhumility; they have not
the moral LeEosln 70 be wiling to 90 anything
useful, TO be anything, rather than 90 nothing
waiting for better thing 70 cone to them,
Arc You enc Of these ?--UaFS .j0mnal Of
Hcahh.