Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-05-19
RELIGIOUS.

| NOT ASHAMED OF JEsus.-rhere WAS
young woman brought up by an nngodly father
who lad never taken her TO church or chapel
and there's plenty offathers and mothers, be
eve, that will have TO suffer the righteous iudl,
ments oil the Almighty tor their conduct towartl
their children In this respect. Well, this cir
went to chapel where Christ and Him cruel
ned was preached as the only way of beine
saved, and 1t proved the power of God to heI
salvation. She told her father that she had
been to chapel, and that the Lord hard pardon
ed her sins. She said, so father, you never
told me thet had a soul to be saved; you took
me to balls, and concerts, and theaters, and
parties, but you never told me that hat a soul
| to be saved"
Ihe cid father seeEied to be put out about
TINS; he said: "lfyou go inside that door again,
l shall turn you out OF DOORS" The devil har-
rassed her and told her to give up Christ, and
not to go, but the poor lass determined that she
would not be ashamed Of Jesus. She went up
to her closet; she took up the word of God, and
read these words: "When thy father and thy
mother iorsake thee, then the Lord will take
thee up"
Next Sunday, when she came down stairs
the stern father said, SNOW, miss, where are
you going this morning? If you go inside that
chapel, you must not darken my door again.
The poor girl went. The text was, "When thy
father and thy mother forsake thee, then the
Lord will take thee up.".
The minister seemed to preach 10 that
young lady; the fears flowed down her cheeks
all the time. When she got home her wicked
old father turned her out of doors. She would
not tell any one her tale, but she wandered
away until the dark winters night came on.-
The storm was raging. She had nowhere to go,
and in the dark midnight she had to lie down
by the wayside. When her poor old father and
mother thought about her, they would have
given the world to have had her back again.
lhey sent the bellman round the town to say
sho had ieft home, but no one knew where she
was. But man who was going with a cart,
early the next morning, past the place where
she was lying, saw the form of female, and
went to see who 1t was.
She told him that, because she was not asham-
cd OF Jesus, her father had turned her out OF
her home, and that her heart was broken
"Well," he said, "if your father has turned YOU
out, will be father to you il you love Jesus. t"
When he came to town he left the young wo-
man at an inn.
The bellman just crying out that she had left
her home: the old father and mother did not
ike to say that they had turned her out of |
ioors. The man went to them and said, "You |
lave lost young woman that would not be |
ashamed of Christ, and / can find her," lie
ook her home. The poor father trenbled |
when he saw her, aud said, "My daughter, will |
you forgive me?" The mother clasped her to |
ler bosom and cried, "Will you forgive mep"-I
Poor girl! with loving heart like her Saviou.,
he replied; eyes, do forgive you-and may
he Lord forgive you."
But that night wss the cause Of her death.-l
Before she diod,s asked her father and moth
n to allow her to have her coffin made and /
brought home to her, and she sad, Il should |!
ike to have my shroud made to lie in, and look |
It death, that has lost its sting through the
Hood of the Lamb, and smile at him before
lepart."
When they were brought she was sitting in
he easy chair, and her parents were standing
". She looked at the coffin and at the shroui,
nd said, "Father those are tile robes am 10 be
ressed in till the resurrection morn; and she
houted, 30 DEATH where is thy sting? O gravel
'here is thy victory? Thanks be ITO God,
'ho giveth me the victory, through the Lord
esus Christi The poor old father and moth
r wept, and as the dear girl prayed for God TO
ave them, the power of tue living God came
own into that chamber and they found pa
on and peace through the blood Of the Lamb.