. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . tilings. What a place this is to murder a man in ! Oh, dear! My money and my life are in danger. So he came and sat by the the, and made up his mind that he would nut go to bed that night. The man urged him to retire. Its time to go to bed.* ••Ah, thought the young man, time for you, but not tor me. He was going to sit up all night. Very well, young man.* said the woodsman, If you choose to sit here all night, I shall not, and you certainly will have no objection to my doing what I have been accustomed to do for many years, — reading a
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . tilings. What a place this is to murder a man in ! Oh, dear! My money and my life are in danger. So he came and sat by the the, and made up his mind that he would nut go to bed that night. The man urged him to retire. Its time to go to bed.* ••Ah, thought the young man, time for you, but not tor me. He was going to sit up all night. Very well, young man.* said the woodsman, If you choose to sit here all night, I shall not, and you certainly will have no objection to my doing what I have been accustomed to do for many years, — reading a Psalm out of the best of books, and asking Gods blessing upon us. That very moment, infidel that he was, his tears were gone; he went to bed, and never thought of his money. And he was so impressed with what he had seen that he wrote a letter to the newspapers, renouncing his infidelity, because of the power of Christian example upon him on that occasion. No amount of eloquence. talent, or profession will compensate for the want of a good AN UNEXPECTED PROCEEDING. Now, we will take, if you please, the Sabbath are those who are in favor of upholding tin1 sanctityof the Sabbath day. Bui some of these men. Christian , seem tome to lie preparing,—or you will allow me. if ITS SUNDAY MONIN, MASSA. 555 you please, to illustrate what I mean by an anecdote of anegro, and Ave get some of our best illustrations from homelylife. A negro was hired by a man who professed to be aChristian, as an assistant on his farm. This man was oneof those who are always in favor of keeping the Sabbath,except when work of necessity demanded that there shouldbe something done, and then he always quoted Scripture. But it was noticed that he for
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