Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-11-14
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whss "a .5kss Sl beae6ss which in this
.ife do either accOmpsby or flow from justif-
cation, adoption, aud sauotifcatiou s'' ''s
''Now, the question itself was enough to-
break the. child down. ButsWh0n sheI had
70 begin aHasssy tdSt question an oger (for
that's the Way il was in tho book and then
hitch the answer 70 1t, and which put ail to-
Eether made this: THE benefits which IN
this lite.do eisker accOagauy q Cow from
lnsti6eat %, sad6pti0al ans ssanetlicatfon. are
peace of cObsqiepOo. ~ in the goly Ghost,
iucreAse of grace, and .parseyeTanca therein
to the eud-I thought the !chiid was the
greatest wonder I'd ever seen iu an my lie.
She tuck it through, too, without balEin' or
missih' the 6rst~ Aud she spoke SO
swosttapd she looked so much like little
apSei that before knoT'd il. the tears was
rdnuin' dovaspy cheeks as 81 as buekshot.
I've seen tie DAY Nheu l! could have unauIed
and spills ghbussn' rails quicker and easier
tbaHd could iSEl: thRe7thiPg aud said X off
I Ike she did.
NOV, my brethren, that child didn't un.
defsisni or know the meeENH of ono word
o that. II pa6fn6 up 'top4ttsf knew to tako
it in myself. But jpdS lee that &rosbyterian
grow up, and every word of that Catoohism
will come back TO her, and her character will
stifEon up under it, and she'll have the back>
bone of the matter in her for life.
Now, can't Put things into my children
that way. NOthin' don't stay, somehow. It's
like driviu' nail into rotten log"
This last romark nOvor forgot. For thirty
years afterwards, Us I would stand at the
blackboard trying to ix rules and principles
in the mind of dali pupil, this remark
would como back to mo with its peculiar
Iper,inency.
II toll you, my brethrou," he continued,
'"if our children had little moro Catcchism,
and the Presbytoriaus a little less, it would
be hettcr for both.
Then We don't pray in our families, like
they do. l know their prayers are mighty
long. and they prny all over creation but,
after all, it's tho right way. Its better
than prayin' too little.
"Now, my father and mother was good
Baptis,s, and raised their children to be hon.
est and Industrious but never hoerd ono
of them pray in my life, Aad was most q
grown man before | ever prayed prayer my.
self, and it was in this wise
,."ThGro was to &c q big mcetin' over in
Ebert county and knowed pretty gal over
there that / wanted to SEQ. So borrowed
little Jersey wnein, which was n stylish thing
in them days, and went over to her house
auaFt4yed all night, and engaged hor to ride
g meetiu' with me nsxt day, which was Sun
day.
sa''wS went and had a glorious timo-and
Lfmay aseWoiiRny right hero that shc was
Ificrwrrdsmy Vi iie-@bat n comm home mot
Wilh PsEsrfal accident, that I've never got
over to % e dty.s AS ! vas n-comin' down
a.strep' fiIl, some part Of the gearin' give way
and let me OUT Off Nagin on my crctuI
,lgEelll; anl bair, y ''EkeeTy and rot
much Used % wneetsj sue irtitsEs led -. ot-t
ed and tore from one side of the road d tho
other, till was pitched head foremost Us
much as ten foot into deep gully. and it's
n miracle of mercy that my neck wasn't brOk-
en- the spot.
"Expcc,in' to be Killed every mint, L
thought ] ought to ask tho Lord for mercy.
But, Us hnd never prayed in all my life, Z
couldn't think of the first thing to say, but
the b!essin' my father used to ask before cat.
in when VIC had company, and which was
this lord, make US thankful for what wo're
about 10 receive"
Now, my brethren, do you 'sposo any
Presbyterian rnisedIhoy was ever put to such
STRAIT as that for prayer? No. lie would have
prayed for himself aud gouc of after tho
Jews and heathens, whilst was huntin' up
and a>gittin' OF that blcssin'."