Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-08-26
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D1cKENs' ApvIcErO HIS RON.

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DICKENS ADvICETo HIS SON.
You know how hard work for wha
got and think you know that nev
or hal money help from any human
creature after / was HID. You know
that you are one OF many heavy charge,
on uie, and that i trust to your 80 exer
cisinR your abilities and improving
the advantages of your past expensive
education as soon az possible to dimin
ish This charge. i say no mora on tina,
head. Whatever You do, above al
things. keep ont of debt and confide In
me If you ever find yourself on the
verge OF any perplexity, come to me.
You will never find me hard while
yon are manly and truthful. As your
brothers have gone away one by ono, ]
have written to each OF them what / am
now going TO write to you. You know
that you have never been hanpered
with religious forms Of restraint, and
that with mere unreasoning forms
have no sympathy. But must strong
y and affectionately impress upon Won
the priceless value Of the New Testa.
ment, and the study of that Book as the
cu' uuihiAihS butdc III lic.
Deeply respecting N, and bowling
down before tn charter of our Saviour
Al separated from the vain construc-
tions and inventions of men, you can
not go very wrong, aud will always
preserve at neart "a true spirit of vene-
ration aut humility. Similarly | i'm
press upon you the habit of spying a
prayer every night an morn.
ing. These things have stood by me
all through my life, and remember that
tried to render the New Testament
Ineligible to you and loveable by you
when you were mere baby. And so
God bless you. Ever your aff,ctiona'e
father.
TRUST IN GOD.
Oae beautiful day in autumn, when
the waving corn field and the richly
laden fruit trees showed the goodness of
God TO his creatures, a poor woman sat
in her little parlor with a sad heart. On
that day she had to pay a small sum OF
but she knew not where or how
to procure it. Many times during the
day her lips moved in prayer, and in
secret she raised her heart to God. In
pure faith she sought his guidance.
loor, and the good woman's maid
Please ma'am," she said, "a person
At the door wishes to know If you have
any fruit to sell. re will gladly buy
All that you can spare"
The woman joy ful lily exclaimed, eyes,
have
She went to her store-room, readily
sold her fruit and found, when she had
been paid, that she had just the sum
required TO pay her little debt. With
grat.tu heart she knelt and said pray
ers OF t,anktulness.
Z" calle.i upon thee in the day of
trouble and thou heardst me and l
will gorify thee"
NO COMPROMISE.
As grow older as parent my views
are changing fast as to ths degree of
To the world which we
SHOULD allow our children. am horror
struck TO count up the profiigate chill
iren of pions persons, and even Of
ministers. The door at which these
Influences enter, which countervail
parental instruction and example, am
is yielding to the ways OF
good society, by dress, books, amuse-
nents, AN atmosphere Is formed which
IL not that of christianity.
Wore than ever do l feel that our fami.
lies must stand In a kind of determined
opposition to the fashions of the world,
breasting the waves like the Eddystone
And have found nothing
yet which requires more courage and
than to rise even little,
but decidedly, above the par of the re-
igicus world around us. Surely the
way in which we commonly go Is not
that way OF self. denial and sacrifice,
and cross bearing which the New Testa-
nent talks of. Then Is the offence Of the
,ross ceased. Our slender influence on
he circle of our friends is often to he
raced to our leaving SO little d Inference
)otween us.
LESSON FROM A CHILD.
l remem Der hearing little girl who
went TO her Sabbath school, and when
she came home her mother asked her
MIA. she had done at school, aud she,
N Tho simplicity of her little soul, said:
- Oh dear mother, am afraid have
done. nothing tor you know there was
little Mary Curtis, whose baby brother
was buried this week, and she was 80
sorry, and she cried 30 that | cried
with her :and took her hands in mine
and kissed her ; but 1t quite took all
the lessons out of my head and poor
Sarah Miles, who is always behind
with her lessons, had them this morn.
ing quite perfect and she was 80 happy
that although she got more tickets than
did. was quite glad, too" My
lear" said the happy mother, you
have fulfilled the apostles injunction ;
you have wept with those that wept,
aud rejoiced with those that reioioed. "