Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-02-21
ABBEVIILE S. c., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 81, 1868.

avery true," said their father; cit
vas aclargo SNOWFALL, indeed. l havo
becn looking at you from the parlour
widow, and | must tell you that
ursnowballhas set me thnkins."
"Set you thinking, father?" said
they; "why, what thoughts could
come INTO your mind at the sight Of !.
stowball p
"Fi.st, them" said their father, III
his usual quiet way, cit put mo in
ni:''d of tho care and trouble which
some grown up people make for them.
J selves. They begin in youth, and 20
on through I'fo rolling trouble along
their path, until it becomes i load too
heavy for them TO bear. 1 have
known man 10 get together u largo
heap Of gold, untili it has been great
burden Of trouble on his mind. l
i, nave known others who havo added
ono farm TO another, until they have
called a wbo:o parish their owp; but
they have only got trouble and sor-
row !or Their pains. We should not
forget these words, a mai's life COB
sistcth not in tho abundance Of the
things which he posscsscth; ; and,
Better is lit,lo with the fear of the
Lord, than great treasure, ana trouble
herewith" Luke xii. Is; Prov. XIV.
I6.
"DiJ IL make you think of anything
else, fathcr?"
"Why Yes, thought your snow
ball WAS like Knowledge, of which a
child W no begins to learn, makes but
very little ball al first; but as he
goes on, with pains ard diligence he
rolls it along, and keep gathering up,
until it becomes great ball cf knowl
edge. All tho wis>sL mon who have
ever lived began in o very humble
way; but they went on until they
had stored mp heaps Of knowledge.
There was many years ago u little
boy in England, who was engaged to
opcn The gates for the mel on the farm
as they went in ard out; and at 9th
cr times TO attend to the sheep and
cattle. One day he was found after
work, III bayIoft studying u learned
book. He was then sent to school, and
he lived to become one cf the wisest
and most learned men that ever lived
and lie is now known to us ns the
great Sir Isaac Newton. .Lit,lo by
little :'thus it is said some of those
lovely islands which arc found in dis
tant seas, arc reared up by tho little
coral insect, which places ono grain
at u time upon another. So little by
little the acorn becomes the strong
oak; stone upon stone, tho greatest
palaces iii the world are built, and
line upon line, largo books are writ
ton"
1--WE shall not forget that father
-"little by little"
"I thought again that tho SNOWFALL
was like u bad habit, or sin in. youth.
II is small at first; but it grows big
ger and bigger, unt,l it is almost. like
a mountain. We do not become
wicked all at once. Read tho story
of Achan, my dcar boys, as it is given
us in the seventh chapter Of the book
OF Joshua. lie lookvdrupon tho for
tiddcn things, then lie coveted, and
then be to.k them. Sin in the. look,
sin in tho dcsil 6, and then sin in tho
net. Aud 80 it has. been With tons of
thousand Of sinnerss'in every ago.
They begun, it may be, with sins
",hich did not obtain much notice at
I tirs, and ended in open erime ard dis
4'"ce. A man, whcq about TO BE-
'lnng, said, Il began my stealing q
penny ont of my mothers pocket,
| and have ended with murder The
only way to be saved fou, guilt and
power tf' SIN is 10 believe in the Lord
Jesus Christ. His grace in our hearts
is the Only sure dcfsncs against evil"
aMy last thought was, That as your
cousin came to your help, great boy
aiding.tho little ones. 60 ~e may:all be
usefui, ono to-. another, Whjle the
oId u.ay be of useto the young, the
young may assist the aged. A child
may help 70 rtoll a great burden Of
sorrow from: ar weary mans heart;
If we try as we go. through life,
TO do what we can Ito mike. others
happy, we, shall find that the Youngest
may. do good and be q blessing to
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