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and yetit was told in such a way that my travels
; seemed wonderful. -.So you will find it all the wa
* through life, You will meet with men and travels
' that seem marvellous, just from the way they tell
their stories, But it is wrong. I should have
: ne wrong now had I not determined I would set
, You all right before we parted. In the Bible you
: will find wonderful things—but it’s not because
| they are told in a strange manner, but because they
are things which God did, and therefore, like
He does, they are wonderful, Indeed, one of the
names which belong to Christ is “Wonderful!” - He
neyer deceives us, though his travels are all won-
derful!” .
_Uncle Aaron had taught the boys to_think and
be accurate.—Rev. John Todd.
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. LITTLE BETSEY. +} 3.0).
This dear little girl was like an own sister to all
the children who played with her; and ‘every older
person who knew her loved her. ‘ Before her small
feet had trod the long path to Bald’ Hill school-
house half a season, she was the pet of the whole
school. Ag for herit made little difference whether
she was petted or scolded, for she was of so sunny
a disposition, that she moved. through good and ill
alike, always smiling and happy. :
At morning and evening prayers it was amusing
to see her dimpled face try to look demure, as she
propped it on two fingers and the thumb of her left
hand, and held her left elbow in her right hand, a
posture of devotion which, her Aunt Abigail had
* learned her. ‘ coe noe
Her very presence was enough: to stop a fight
and keep down bad language. _ If any coarse fellow
L who allowed himself. to swear (and. I am glad to
testify that such were very few at the Hill school)
happened to be caught by her using an oath, be was
sure to look or feel ashamed of it. | -, ,
It seemed to be an instinctive faith with her that
nobody and nothing would hurt her, and, so up to
six years old we found her among’ us as unsuspi-
cious and artless as a baby. . If Mo’. Whittlesy
brought his pewter blunderbuss to school, or Ned
Lyon his brass cannon, little Betsey was among the
<Nearest observers when the boys got together at
noontime to “shoot” it, not because she was rash
her grieving
coming trial.
THE: YOUTHS
parents for resignation and faith in the
At noon we went over to see her, for she was
too far gone for anything to disturb her now, and
her large handsome eyes, though they looked
earnestly about, saw nothing on earth any more.
The bitterness of death was already past. We
went back to meeting that afternoon, a sober group,
and waited till after sermon to see her again. It
was too late then. Our little visitor had gone
back to her native count T. Be
“For the Compantoa, ~
THE BROTHER'S LETTER,
~It was @ dark; rainy morning, and Bob had “to
stay in the house. ° He had tried his best to keep
out of mischief without success, and stood rubbing
the window pane, when the postman appeared with
letters from his soldier brotherat Newbern. There
wasone for Bob. He always had loved his brother. |.
When he enlisted, and kissed Bob and the restof
the family, aud went off with his gun and knapsack
to shoot the rebels, Bob found his jacket sleeve
wet, and the inference is, that somebody had been
erying. The letter read as follows:
“My DEAR LITTLE Bos,—I rather think that
you would like to hear from your brother Ben, so
will write you a letter. -I wish you could see
some of the little negro boys out here. I saw one
the other day all dressed up. Ile was not more
than three or four years old, and had on a little
coat and pants and a white collar, He looked so
funny, that I could not help laughing at him. : We
havea negro boy to wash dishes for us. He is
bringing the dishes out of the cook-house now, for
it is most dinner-time. I guess we shall have
meat and potatoes and plenty of cold water for
dinner. . :
I saw some wild violets yesterday, that were
picked about a mile from camp, and at the first op-
portunity I am going after some. You would think
it strange to pick violets in February, wouldn’t
you? I suppose you and Charlie make snow forts,
and snowball each other just as you used to. And
I suppose you get out into the snow and get your
boots all wet, and father pulls them off, and tells
you that you ought not to go into the snow...
Be a good boy, and you will become a good man.
Mind your parents, and you will never be sorry.
Your soldier brother, BEN.”
; Bob turned the letter over two or; three times,
looked thoughtful for a few moments, and then
proceeded to answer his brother's letter.
“this boy he will die a Protestant.”
COMPANION:
services. Then the Pasha called him again, and
forbade him to come to our meetings or schools any
more, and threatened to beat him and put him in
prison for six months. But he came again, end his
unnatural brother, with a great mob, came into the
meeting, and caught him, and beat him, and spit
in his face, and cursed him and those who were
present, and beat those who tried to deliver him.
* Then they had him again before the Pasha, who
was furious with rage that such a boy should dare
to defy his authority; but in reply to his,
words, Hohannes fearlessly declared the truth to
him and the princes around him; Then the Pasha
commanded- him to be taken out of his presence
and put in irons, while he consulted what to do
-with him.”” When his feet were hurt by the fetters,
he uttered no word of complaint, and the officers
said in astonishment one to another, “If you kill
The Pasha
finally seeing that no threats or punishment would
induce the boy to deny the truth, delivered him
and his irons into the hands of his unnatural
brother and the Armenian princes for torture and
punishment.
Then the Prince of the Jacobites and the Arme-
nian princes assembled, and brought Hohannes be-
fore them. They said to him,
> “Why do you become a Protestant? Do they
ive you money? We will give you more, we will
make you rich, . We will give you a most beauti-
ful girl, Come back to our religion.”
Hohannes then answered, “Can you save m
soul? If you will show me from the Bible that
there is any other Mediator except Christ, and that
it is right to worship pictures, I will come. OW
can I come with you and be lost?”
Then the Jacobite said, “Our words cannot enter}:
his mind. We might as well attempt to stand a
row of walnuts on the point of the iron rod of the
steeple as to try to persuade him; they have
brought him under the influence of sorcery with a
i
paper.” .
Then the boy said, “True, a ‘paper’ has affected
my mind, and that ‘paper’ is the New Testament.”
, _ After hours spent in arguments, promises and
threats, finding him still bent on coming to our
meetings, they commanded him to go back to his
old religion ; he refused.
Thus this boy who has just begun to learn the
truth, endured all the threats and punishment that
va Turkish ruler dare inflict, all the tempting prom-
ises that rich and powerful princes could make,
without one thought of denying his Saviour.
In vain they commanded him to kiss the Pasha’s
toe and ask his forgiveness. Neither gifts, nor
‘chains, nor stripes, nor dungeons could move him.
but he procured another, an
sent secretly a piece of money that had been given
_ him for singing, and bought ‘one of our little sing-
ing books, that he might sing those sweet hymns
sorry for his badness.
another time.
angry when Willie teases me.”
angry is
r ys
“Blind, leaders of
it possible for them to grow up such bi;
“Why, it is when a
boy gets cross, and then is
» : fas
“Are you never cross, Genie?” she inquired, at
“No, mamma, I never cross, but sometimes I
”
“You're never cross, but you’re sometimes an-
ry!” she repeated; “what is the difference ?”
“O,” replied the infant metaphysician, “to be
gi) to be mad a “ittle while ; and to be cross
is to be @ “ittle mad all the time.” }
oom ‘
oo et
IMAGES TO THE DEAD IN ASSAM. *
Sipsacor, Juby 19, 1862.
“A few days ago, while’ on my way to the day-
school, my attention was arrested by something
unusual at the road-side. In a place usually cov-
ered by jungle, under the shade of two large trees,
were two circular spots cleared. In the centre of
each a post was fixed, about three feet high, with
f some animal carved upon the top.
au image o
Around, on the edge of the circle, were four small,
osts: .I thought to myself, these must be idols,
placed there to be worshipped ; and I wondered who
could be so bold with his idolatry.
e
ship, but images of cows. They were so rudely
carved that they looked as much like a rhinoceros
as a cow,—placed there by our neighbor, the brah-.
min priest, for his mother who die
learned how-
ver on inquiry, that they were not objects of wor-
a few day ago.’
e next day in passing I met, near the place,
the priest’s two little sons, and directing their at-
tention to the images, I said, “What are these ?”
“They are cows for my grandmother, who died
the other day.”
“What can they do for your grandmother ?”
“Take her to heaven.” ~ * .
“Who told you so?” bo ae
“It is written in our Scriptures, that if we put
the cow’s image in the ground in this way, our
randmother will go to heaven,’ 7 ‘
I told the little boys that their Bible was false ;°
that that was not the way to heaven, and these im-
ages could do their grandmother no good. Then I
told them about Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who
came into the world and gave up his life on the
cross to atone for our sins; and that all who be-
lieve in Him and take refuge in Him, will have
their sins forgiven and go to heaven. “This,”
said I, “is the true way to heaven; there is no oth~
er name given under heaven whereby we can be.
saved.” One little fellow fixed his large, intelli-
gent eyes upon me all the while I was talking, and
seemet i
interested; but I noticed that the other”
was trying to draw him away. I bade them good
by, and went on with a heart-prayer that the story,
t| of Jesus, crucified to save their souls, might never.
be forgotten. .
! they are Tea on by their parents.
the blind.” Yet I do not think
in prison that he began to learn before he was fet-
tered and confined. . .
he escapes with his life from those cruel
hands, we hope God will make him a meas of,
bringing many of these wicked people to a knowl-
igoted heath~
or stupid, but because she saw nothing to be afraid
beginning to
| of, and was curious to know how it went of. : So
\. it was with her everywhere; in the dark, through
* the lonesome woods, crossing the mill riyer on the
plank in freshet time, or riding the gray pony after
the cows, the same fearless innocence, always at-
: tended her, and seemed to be both her character
{ and protection. . tot ea eke
: I, must make one exception. « Little Betsey was
a afraid of wasps. No doubt some time or other she
p “had, been stung; as everybody in this world, must
@_ be once or more. : cope,
» No more memorable picture of her exists in the
¥ minds of ker schoolmates to this day, than as she
J was seen one afternoon on the low. bench: at: the
ae south end of the school-room, with the tears rolling
“My BiG BRoTHER BeN,—I aint little, and I
don’t. want, you to call me‘so., I’m; larger than
most of the fellows round, and they are all afigid
of mes Tam rer lad fo pear fom you. I hope
you will shoot alf the rebels, and bring your gun
home for me to shoot pigeons with. "There is She edge of the trath—Correspondent of the N. Y.
in the yard now. -You said that if I minded my vangelist. d Wet
parents I should never be so: Ido not believe} © «+
it. Iam almost always sorry. Mother told me to
get some wood to-day, and I got some, and tumbled
down and bumped my head. ‘ Wont you explain
it? Did you write ironically? I use big words,
but I know what they mean. d of,
en as their parents; for the Gospel is
shed its heavenly light around them.
EXPLANATION OF THE IMAGES. ;
On making further inquiry about these cow im-
ages, of those who knew something of Hindu shas-
ters, or sacred bocks, I was told that in the Hindu
religion there are a great many heavens, one called
‘>| Sib’s heaven. I said in a former letter that Sib
was the god most worshipped here, and also that it
gives the name to this place, Sibsagor. The shas-
_|ters say that when Sib lived here, he rode ona
“| cow; hence the worshippers of Sib hold the cow in
great reverence, and those who go to Sib’s heaven i
‘| «| must ride on a cow, - The shasters direct that when ou
_]a friend dies they must put these images of a cow :
e ground, keep them there one year, occasion~
ally tie a living cow to ‘the neck of the image, and.
their deceased friend will ride a cow to Sib’s heav: . i
en.’ Tinquired why , the priest placed two images
here; the poor old grandmother surely could tide
but one, Iwas told the shasters said they could .
set up but one; but if. they wanted their friend to 1
reach heaven more’ quicl :
three or four. 4 %, they must setup twos
It seems strange that any one can believe such
absurd things ; yet there are thousands around me,
men, women and children, who believe these and a
great many things more foolish. Buf you must re-
member that they do not live in Massachusetts ;
they have never read the Bible, never been to the
ps cae
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“ ROBIN’S COME.
From the elm-tree's topmost bough,
ark, the robin’s early song,
Telling one and all that now sod
Ty spring-time hastes along; :
‘Welcome tidings thou dost bring,
Little harbinger of spring.
a .. Robin's come.
Tam at the hea
my class, and am the best boy in school. Teacher
is always looking at me. My hand aches writing,
but “Try, try again,” as the spider said to Robert
Bruce. “You see that I profit by my reading. You
gave me some good. advice, and I will give you
fome. You must be a good poy and a ood pe whe
ik i1 i i i ler, and no} et your ieet wet or 2 coid, ni t
soUF fom her seat ina ued of trepidation end] "9m, farewell goat by, whieh means God be with]. Thestim ct gen bed wring
; eyeing askance with a look of comical but sincere yore
distress something that seemed to be crawling after
her., The sun streaming through the windows had
warmed out of their nooks a: number. of black
wasps. One of them was walking along the top of
the low bench at the south end of the room, in the
direction of little Betsey. The poor child, tortured
between her, sense of duty, which required. her:to
: Of the winter we are weary—
Bos.”
"When Ben received Bob's letter, he answered it
by explaining to him the pleasures and advantages
of obedience so clearly, that Bob obeyed his mother
for a whole day in the most exemplary manner. -
oO “.” Cnmistre Pear.
Ring it out o’er hill and plain, °°
- Through the garden’s lonely bowers,
_ Till the young leaves dance again,
* Till the air ii i
Wake the cowslips by the rill,
Wake the yellow daffodil. :
- '. Kobin’s come. *
Your large brother,
Then, as thou wert wont of yore,
Build thy nest and rear thy young
Close beside our cottage door,
Robin's come.
sit still” and make no noise, and her fright; which pent oe pot ante nd a a vg sr thou seeds a fear, Sabbath school, never listened to the preaching of :
impelled her to run and cry, presented as prettyal - SCRAPS FOR YOUTH.’ Nothing rude shail venture near. « have pepe They are just what you and I would j
: : he . Ven dese Tk hos in’ nae we }
‘ad been born of their parents.
. 18 bank Oe '| But when God shall open their he rece!
es. 4 , - arts t ;
Swiny ing sill ° er yonder Iane, of : | the heavenly message hic we have come here to
bring them, then these follies will fade away like
the dew before the rising sun.—Macedonian. '
picture of innocent forlornness as ever: was seen.
Her situation was soon discovered, by the teacher,
who killed the wasp, and by smiling words quite
reassured the little beauty. | -. sla aris
Such was our little Betsey. Always «loveable
and making people: happy, never out. of, place be-
seause everybody wanted. her.,:The light was
brighter, in the old school-house when ,she was
there, and our irritable tempers seemed to feel the
influence of her beautiful presence, and slept all day
fed ————
PERSECUTION OF A YOUNG CHRISTIAN |.
_IN TURKEY. hola
: ;: Brrta, Turxey, Dec. 30, 1862.
- You who in our beloved country enjoy such free-| 5 2:
dom and religious liberty, may be surprised to} /
hear this story of a boy who has just begun fo
sate to :
With her soft voice, o'er and o'er, ———+——— :
“Robin’s come, Robin’s come !” JUDGE NOT FROM APPEARANCES,
A few years since a party of ten ot twelve clergy- 7!
men went on an excursion on South Bay, Loag ‘
Island, They had been cooped up in the city dur-
ing the year, and wisely thought a week or two of
recreation would prepare them to work with more
hey were dressed for’ the occasion with
coarse clothing, thick boots and-straw hats. They
hired a sloop, and enjoyed. themselves highly for a
week, sailing up and down the bay. When Satur-
day night came, the sloop was anchored near a
small village. “In some way, a few of the inhabi-
tants learned who they were, and the next morning i
& committee invited each of them to preach in one
of the neighboring churches, which they accord-
ingly did, to the great gratification of the villagers.
On Monday one of the number, who was cook for
He —_—_++—___
“CROSS” AND “ANGRY.”
Children who excell in making excuses for their
own bad conduet, seldom have any good conduct
of which to boast, They evidently have no wish,
and therefore, make no efforts, to do any better.
Excuses wont make black, white. A wrong act is
always black, and cannot be whitewashed by any
ingenuity of the one who has committed it,’ If)
you do wrong, frankly acknowledge it. “That is
the, manly way.; Then be-careful and not’ do
the wrong again. We hope the little fellow men-
learn about Christ.
- Hohannes, for that is the boy’s name, is a beau-
tiful boy, and before he embraced the truth was a
great favorite among: these heathen and picture-
worshippers. Te has a sweet voice, and used to
sing in the Armenian church and in the feasts of
rinces. Three or four months ago he began to
learn the trath, and soon left the Armenian school
which he had been attending, and came regularly
to our school and meeting. , ; \..
This made his teachers and friends very angry,
for it isa great shame to be a Protestant. Liars,
drunkards: and murderers can find friends here,
but a lover of the truth cannot, and a father: would
rather his son should die than become a Protestant.
long like the dragon before Medea. teete
‘ By-and-by a day came when the roses of Bet-
sey’s sixth June faded. Warm July passed over,
and bot August came on, and a decree went forth
that from that time it should be summer with the
little girl forever. She lay down, tired, on her bed,
and after a week of. patient. painfulness, her lips
prattling of heaven all the while, a dreadful heat
came into ker brain and a palsy stole down upon
se mt
her speech that had more warning init than many} His teacher and friends, therefore, began to use| tioned below, whose e: i
cries Pr auflerine: ‘And one Sunday moming we every mesia to persuade or to force hen tocomel gedit re ” ne nue was 80 wel turned, | the company went ashore to bay some milk and ;
ber k fath tood waiting at the threshold back to their school and religion. They came and Yee Was angry, and strove to | eggs for breakfast.. He stopped at a farm-house, » |
remember her father stood waiting at the threshold | +04. him away from our meeting by force during | Overcome it. If so, that‘was better than all his | 424 stated his errand. !
of the house of God, with a piteous sadness on his worship. They. beat... hin, they wounded him on|°‘‘infant metaphysics.” vie th tse no eggs nor milk to sell,” said the lady of }
lip, and a little billet in his hand which the minister | the head, they drove him from his home, and again! A Ii y idine hi e pouse: She spoke quite short, and.with a iy
tk and read frooy the pulpit, and it was then that! and again beat him, but still he came to our meet. for and so arcane out of sana eeiaing ‘im waka ie ievou ned 2 say, “I don’t want to deal t vi
we Jeasned faethe fist time that Hele Betsey lay Then they complained of him to the Pasha ‘or interposed his counsel. ash o ‘s Loy oe coarse coat somesbat blackened by cooking : if
at the point of death, and it was for her ‘recover: sone je, mamma; he gets an t . * 5 8
that the request for prayer was put up, if the Lord Governor, nd he sent an oft cer and took him into] easy, and he soon repents.” “a 8 ok ay were. Doe Prepon a ganar ace vole y ty
: ‘i q ve presence, and commanded htm to go back to] -:“Repents!” said his mother, “what do you mean | she ask: o er a Httle parleying i
came to our, religious| by ‘repents?)? -- 3.) et ey , i 4
to grant, but. otherwise on, behalf of} the
. : wok ae
he
Armenians, but, stidd he
“Who are you in that boatp? 9S) 9 aa
ty
wo
penentcach actin sc Raenntoe cbt g
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