The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-29

truly, MY God. my Saviour |" She
stopped, her very earnestness choking
her voice; never before had she spoken
50 personally on religious subjects to
her brother.
He took her hand kindly. Il some-
times wish ! could say IT also, but /
cannot YET; perhaps never shall. All
can say is, 1 never wished to til. /
felt the influence Of Christian life.
God bless ,ou. Cary. There's the
dcgscart, and my fathers waiting"
He was off, and for moment Cary
stood. Mrs. Grants words we're ring
ing in her;ears. Gary, did you ev
think on the Influence of Lifes
Would God use her as the means o.
leading this brother TO Jesus? oh /! If
he only would.
CHAPTER
Now In Thy youth beseech Of him
Who giyeth. upbraiding not,
That his Light In thy art become not dim.
And thy God. In the darkest OF days, will be
dreenness, and beauty. and strength 70 thee"
To no one in the house had Caro-
line Gordon's return home been 4
greater blessing than TO little Fanny.
AT first she could hardly understand
what it was to have, sis.er, cou.d
scarcely believe that she might tell
her every thing she felt, and be sure
of her sympathy either in her Joys or
her childish sorrows. Great was her
surprise when. one day, she saw Gary
busy dressing doll, and was told It
was for her.
"For mep she said, in q tone Of
delight. Are you taking all that
trouble for me? Why do you do il 2"
ITO give you pleasure. dear. Be-
cause thought you would like it.
Isn't it nice, Fanny, to try 10 give
others pleasure?"
i Fanny hung her head. Poor child,
she had never been taught to care
for any one but herself, never been
taught the grand lesson of unselish
love. To teach her that was her sis
ter's great ain. ,;sa,..
| 1t was all like new life to the child,
BY all means Cary tried to win her
love, and was not long in succeeding.
Many a pleasant walk she took her,
SURFING to make her notice the beau
tues OF every thing around her; lead :
ing her TO see in thsm all the hand
Of God; teaching her 10 express her
thoughts and feelings freely. taking
her often into the cottages Of the poor.
thus leading her 10 think Of the wants
Of Others, and care for them.
L Thtir faYorite walk was across a
;thickly wooded hill TO the cottage 10
| an old woman, who was confined of.
bed, and eften left alone all day
oh, the pleasure Of that walk TO Fam
lnyl She learned 10 love the wood,
darting about in perfect ecstacy of
10y, now pulling up some Of the nu.
mercus Wild flowers that grew there,
J forming them, with Cary's assistance,
into q Losegay for poor Jenny; then,
! again, solemnized BY the quiet
J around. as, seated by her sisters
side, they rested under the shade Of
J some fine old tree now watching the
} sunbeams darling through the leaves,
! or listening to the gentle rustling Of
j the trees, as slight breeze arose;
] now wondering at the cause Of the
/, different sounds they heard-those
! indescribable sounds which constitute
} a great part Of the charm ola wood
And what an exquisite delight there
Is at almost any season Of the year in
, a large wood, more especially, perhaps,
in spring, when the fresh green ID
! the young leaves contrast so beaut,-
fully with the foliage Of the dark ever
I. green fra, and the wild primroses,
wood anemones and hyacinths carpet
, the ground; or in autumn when every
J tree seems clothed in different colored
. robes, some dark and gloomy, Others
OF the most brilliant hues Of orange
and scarlet. Yes, all the works Of
God are beautiful, but it seems to me
as if nowhere is the presence Of God
felt 80 near as in his woods. How
often has one felt the truth Of the
poets words,
aSclemn and silent everywhere.
Nature, with folded hands, seems
i there
Knesling at her evening prayer,
Like one In prayer ! stood"
There could be no doubt that the Q
walks, and the thoughts they gave
rise 20, werl good Cor the child, call.
ing out emotions Of love 10 the Maker
Of this beautiful world; and as she
stood with her sister by the bedside
ofthe poor woman, and heard her
read and speak Of the great love of
Jesus, and Of bis power and wiIIing-
ness TO save all who sought him: Of
the Joy Of being one OF bis pebble,
and working for him--as she listened
to these things and saw the Joy which
beamed in her sisters face while she
spoke, the child wished that she. too.
belonged to Christ; that she, Too.
might live for him. And the dread Of
religion, which she used 70 feel, passed
away when she thought OF Jesus.
, The good seed was sown, and began
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