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Entered according to Act of Congress, in J unc, 1869, by J. W. Burke & Cos., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the So. District of Georgia .
VOL. 111--NO. 32.
SWEET SPEIBG.
pleasant this beautiful,
lovely, season is af
ter the long chili of win
ter. The buds begin to
shoot, and the birds begin their song.
Tou must do more than open the
doors and windows to have the full
enjoyment of a spring morning. You
must walk out into the woods and
fields, where buds and birds meet
you on every si 1e 5 where you not
only see the lovely white apple and
sweet pink peach blossoms, but also
drink in their rich fragrance. How
delightful to sit in the orchards and
listen to the chattering birds that
sing their thanks to God, and to the
buzzing bees that are so busy gather
ing honey.
Then comes the warm spring
showers. They wash off the sweet
blossoms, and send the bees to the
wild flowers; and they also moisten
the earth, and ripen the w'aving grain.
The robins and wrens build their
nests in our yards, and hatch their
young, adding many new voices to
the bird-concert. Frogs and crick
ets begin their croaking and chirping.
The shutters on the west side are
closed in the afternoons, because the
sun is giving more heat. The cattle
take shelter in the shaded waters,
and the men make hay while the sun
shines.
What a lovely season is spring I
After spring comes summer, when
the buds and blossoms grow into
fruit, which ripens for use. The
grass and grain also come to perfec
tion, and are cut down and housed,
as food for cattle and men.
How good are all the ways of God I
—
A gentleman travelling on a steamer,
one day, at dinner, was making way
with a large pudding close by, when he
was told by a servant that it was des
sert.
11 It does not matter to me,” said he;
11 1 w'ould eat it if it was a wilderness.”
MACON, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 5, 1870.
SWEET STRING.
The Wonderful Prayer,
-Yfefess _
Much, Why that one your
good mother taught you. Did
you ever think, short though
it is, how much there is in it? 0, it is
beautiful! Like a diamond in the crown
of a queen, it unites a thousand spark
ling gems iu one.
It teaches all of us, every one of 11s,
to look to God as our parent —“ Our
Father.”
It prompts 11s to raise our thoughts
and desires above the earth —“ Who art
in heaven.”
It tells us we must reverence our
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heavenly Father —“ Hallowed be thy
name.”
It breathes a missionary spirit —
“Thy kingdom come.”
And a submissive, obedient spirit
“ Thy will be done on earth as it is
in heaven.”
And a dependent, trusting spirit—
“ Give us this day our daily bread.”
And a forgiving spirit—“ Forgive
us our trespasses as we forgive those
who trespass against us.”
And a cautious spirit—“ Deliver
us from evil.”
And last of all, an adoring spirit —
“ For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, for ever and
ever —Amen.”
Now, is it not both a wonderful
and a beautiful prayer? Jesus, our
dear Saviour, taught it; and who
could better tell us how to pray to
His Father and our Father, to His
God and our God ?
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A Guinea a Year.
An agent of a religious society
once called on a rich old admiral,
and, after having explained to him
the nature and object of the society,
asked him if he could not afford to
give something in support of so good
a cause.
“Oh, yes,’’ replied the admiral;
‘‘ 111 give a guinea a year.”
He accordingly took out his purse,
containing twenty guineas, and emp
tied its contents on the table ; then
going to a cupboard, he took down
a bag of gold, and counted till he
came to .sixty-two, which, added to
that on the table, made eighty-two.
“Here,” he said to the collector,
“are eighty two guineas, and I am
eighty-two years old. This is what
I mean by giving a guinea a year.”
Eeligion.
Religion gives to virtue the sweetest
hopes ; to impenitent vice just alarms ;
and to true repentance the most power
ful consolations ; but it aims, above all,
to inspire men with love, sweetness and
pity for mankind.