The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-07-27

No, indeed" said she 81 on.
1ly belong to the Bible. school,"
My uncle's eyes widened a little,
but he only made a polite inclina-,
ton of the head and waited for
more. 50
"I am afraid you will suspect
me Of hefesy," she went on, ssbut
l have made the Bible the chief
study Of my life, and / have come
to some conclusions which may
surprise you. I believe that bap-
tism "a common household word
at the time the ordinance was in
stituted) is to tho body what re-.
newing grnce is to the soul !; and
as the soul needs constant supplies
of grace, sothe body (Which is SO
Intimately and mysteriohsly con.
nected with the souD needs con-
slant supplies of pure, cleansing
water. The apostle commands us
to put away all filth of the flesh
a command which Itake literally
and then, again, tells us that il is
not the mere putting away of tue
filth of the flesh which saves US,
but the answer Of o good con.
science towards God.' We are ex.
pressly told that when we draw
near to God, we are to do so liav.
ing our bodies washed with pure
water Upon this text 1 ground
my custom of having q full bath
(or baptism) precede both morning
and evening prayer" .. .', =
My uncle looked grave, but
much interested; seeing which,
Madame Cbevron continued: o.
-" Upon the hours Of morning
and evening prayer, our division
of time, our meals, and most of
our school arrangements depend.
For ] adopt the custom of the He
brew church, having morning
prayer at sunrise, and evening
prayer at the ninth hour, or three
o'clock. I Think" she added,
while her peculiar grey eyes glow
ed with feeling, "that at the ninth
hour, the knee of every Christian
on earth should DO bowed in
prayer; for this is the hour in
which our Saviour died for US
the hour in which the evening sac
rifice for two thousand years pre-
vious proclaimed the most import
ant event of all time, Christ shall
die for your In this hour, we
should draw near to God, having
our bodies washed with pure wa.
ter And you remember that in
Acts it is recorded, that after our
Lords death, the apostles did OBJ
serve the ninth honr as the hour of
prayer. Now, let me explain how
the observance of these two hours
of prayer influences all of our ar
rangements. 1t divides the day iil-
to two portions-1st, from sunrise
until three o'clock, and I'd, from
three o'clock until bed time. The
first comprises all the working
hours; the second, the resting, or
as the Hebrews would say, the
Sabbatic hours. We begin our
working hours with q bath Tor
baptism) and prayer, and we end
them with a bath (or baptism) and
prayer. Our meals follow imlne-
diately the hours of prayer, and l
have learned BY long years of ex-
perience that more than two meals
per day are injurious to health"
"Your pupils do not study at
night, then 7" said Judge Bran
don.
ooh no, never" said Madame {;
"nipe hours q day ale enough for
every study,, and my girls would
not have such bright eyes, or look
so fresh and rosy, IL they etudied
by lamp.light." sa ,sf ). ,n ,~sTfl.
The Judge looked lovingly at his
pale and delicate Alice, and said,
You are right, my dear Madame ;
and pray tell me what other regu-
lations you get from the Bible"
1.-THE manner in which their
dress is Ornamented, I get from the
Bible: Thou shalt make triages
Tin Hebrew, ornanaents resembling
Roaoers,) upon the four quarters Of
the yesture, that ye may look mp
on them, and remember all tie
commandments Of the Lord to do
Men.' Conld you imagine a more
beautiful law 2-wearing orna-
ments resembling Cor imitating)
flowers, in order to remind the
wearer constantly of his or her du-
ty to Godl What an effect 1t has
in ennobling and dignifying even
our gsrments, and in repressing
the demoralizing vanities and con.
ceits of fashion. Fashion is q vul.
gar thing at best--utterly devoid
Of taste, refinement and poetry
My young ladies are also required
to wear their hair as the apostle