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Jfamiljr gUabing.
The Peasant Woman o t Valois.
I had been musing on the awful judg
ment of God in the devastation of the VaE
ley of Bagnes in the canton of Valois,
whither I was going. A vast glacier, trem
bling and leaping at the word of the Lord,
had dammed up the course of a torrent,
forming a lake contained within walls of ice.
Scientific explorers of the mountains had
foretold the wearing away of these icy bar
riers, and I asked, would the humiliation and
prayers of the people of Bagnes have avert
ed the doom, as the cry of the people of
Nineveh averted the doom of that city ?
Again I asked, were the people of that hap
py valley more guilty than those of the oth
er valleys in Switzerland ? “ I tell you,
nay,” saith the Lord ; “ but except ye re
pent, ye shall all likewise perish.”
Terrible indeed was the judgment of the
Lord. His hand opened the icy dyke, and
swift as thought the river poured down the
mountain, overthrowing every obstacle, up
rooting the forest, and sweeping man and
beast before its unrelenting torrent, hurry
ing many souls into the eternity of bliss or
woe. Will the spared remnant of this des
olate valley acknowledge Thy hand and eveu
now turn unto Thee ? I said.
I had crossed St. Beauchier, and was ap
proaching the little bridge below Bovernier,
when I observed an old woman seated by
the roadside. “Please give me something?”
she said, attempting to rise. How bitter
it must be to the unfortunate, if every feel
ing is not extinct, thus to ask and perhaps
only to be refused? You who squander
your riches on frivolities, and complain if
the delicacies which load your tables are not
perfect, imagine what it would be to be
clothed in sordid rags and suffer the pangs
of hunger.
“Do not rise, poor woman,” I said, “ I
will sit beside you. I see you are in dis
tress.” *
“ I am, indeed,” she said, drying her
eyes with the hem of her gown. “ I know
not what to do next.”
Then I saw all the squalor of poverty. Her
tall figure was scantly covered by a ragged
woolen dress. Her feet wore bare, and one
of them was bruised. Her omaciated coun
tenance bore the traces of long-endured suf
fering. A few white hairs escaped from
the rag bound around her head. Beside her
lay a torn rag, containing some fruit and •
piece of bread.
“ Have you no family ?” I asked. “Are
you left entirely alone
“My last son died twenty years ago. I
lived with his son near Morgue; but since
the day on which God chastened us he has
not been found. Hia,.wife and children re
tired into the mountains about three leagues
from here; and little as I need, lam a bur
den to them; but it will only be for a little
while.”
“ Avery little while,” I repeated, and
my heart was touched as I thought, “ And
where will she go when she leaves this
world ?’*
“ Then you do not expect to live much
longer ?”
“ No,” she said, “ I have completed my
ninety-fifth year, and soon, very soon, I
shall be called to appear before God.” She
sighed deeply as she spoke.
“ But my poor woman, are you prepared
to meet the Lord ?”
“No, sir, no; and it is the thought ot
that which robs me of peace.’'
“ Do you seek your salvation, and to es
cape the wrath to come ?’’
“ Yes, I do,’’ she exclaimed, covering her
face with her hands. “ I do wish to go to
heaven; but Ido not know how.”
“ Have you thought of this long
“Two years next spring I was with my
cows in the mountains. At dusk a stranger
came to our chalet and passed the night in'
it. He spoke of God and of heaven as if
he had been there. He read from a book
many beautiful things about Jesus the Sa
viour of sinners. Often be addressed his
remarks to me. In the night I heard him
praying for us all, and especially for me.
Toward dawn he departed, and pressing my
hand, said: ‘Poor woman, you will soon
die. Seek the Saviour. Seek Him till
you find Him.’ His words weigh on my
heart. I see that I am a sinner. I have
done every thing to obtain peace, but in
vain. I am still in distress. My life has
not been worse than that of others; but God
is holy and looks on the heart. No, I can
not, as I am, enter heaven, and I know not
what to do.’’
Blessed are they that mourn : for they
shall be comforted." This sweet assurance
presented itself vividly to my mind as she
spoke. I rejoiced, and beseeched Him who
opened the heart of Lydia to open the heart
of this poor woman, and said solemnly: “I
know what you ought to do—how you can
be freed from your sins and obtain a sure
entrance into the paradise of God."
She raised her thin, trembling hands, and
exclaimed : “ Have pity upon me ! have
pity on my white hairs, for I must soon go
down to the grave/’
“But not before" you have found your
' Saviour, nor before He has given you His
peace. Did not the stranger tell yom that
Jesus, the Son of God, was sent to save
you
u Yes he said much about Him which I
have forgotten. I only remember that
there is no other and no hope for
the sinner except in Him." ,
« And do you believe, my dear friend,
that all this is true, or do you think that
leading a virtuous life tends to cancel our
tins or to make God forget them .
« I have given up that idea, which 1
once cherished. Before the stranger came
I thought myself so holy that God would
receive me } but now I see that I am a
great sinner, and cannot repair the evil I
have done.”
“ Have you tried to free yourself from
your sins?”
“ I think I have done all in my power.
From the instant that my eyes were opened
to my sins, I was terrified, and sought to
live a better life. I renounced all my pleas
ures. I have lived in penance. I have
given all I possessed to the Church and the
poor. I have gone on a pilgrimage. I
have recited a thousand prayers, attended
every mass, and kept every holy day. I
have read and learned devout psalms and
prayers. Lastly, I have made a nine days
homage to all the saints. It is all in vain.
They tell me my salvation is secure, they
call me a saint. But I have here on my
heart a weight which is intolerable. Oh !if
you could only take it away !”
“ Jesus only can set you free. If you go
weary and heavy laden to Him He will give
you rest.”
“ Alas ! would He receive me in my sin
fulness ? How often I would have gone to
Him, but my unworthiness kept me back.
Only yesterday I remembered what the
stranger said about the prodigal son, and I
could not restrain my tears. ‘Oh !’ I said,
‘how happy he must have been in his
father’s arms !’ ”
“ And do you think, dear friend, that the
everlasting arms are less ready to receive
you?”
“ ME ! T3ut I am not worthy to throw
myself into His arms.”
“ Was the prodigal worthy ? If worthi
ness is needed, where is mercy ?”
The poor woman looked at me wistfully.
She had not caught my meaning. Why is
it so difficult to the human heart to believe
in the love of God ? Tell the sinner to save
himself, and he will listen to you. He will
not be discouraged by any austerity or sac
rifice required. But preach to him a free
pardon ; tell him of the love of God to him as
a sinner, and of eternal life as the gift of
God through Jesus Christ, and he will not
have it so. He rejects the mercy of God,
because in his pride he wishes to merit a
reward, and not to receive a favor.
This was her error. She had been taught
to believe that the salvation of man is the
work of man. I saw how dim her percep
tion was, and asked : “ Have you never
understood why the Son of God came down
to earth ?”
“ To save sinners,” she replied.
“ And do you not know that for this end
He put Himself in the place of those whom
He has redeemed? that He took upon Him
self the whole burden of their sins ? From
afar He saw lost men in their sin ; and with
love which no creature can fathom, lie took
upon Himself their sins, and called down
upon Himself the terrible curse, that He
might redeem them from the curse.”
“ Happy are they who believe! Yea they
are happy!”
“ And this happiness may be yours. Be
lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you
shall be saved.’’
“Ah ! when will the Saviour pardon and
receive me ?”
“God says —and His word is infallible—
that he that believes on the Son of God
hath everlasting life—is pardoned, washed
and made white in the blood of the Lamb.”
“ But can it be that the blood which was
shed on the cross was for me, for my sins ?”
“ Why not ? For whom could such a
sacrifice be made but for sinners like you
and me ? Since God declares that he that
believeth on Him is justified from all things,
why do you reject the life-giving assurance
and doubt God’s love ?”
0 Gospel of Christ! word of peace and
life! Who can testify the power! What
words could portray the joy of that burden*
ed soul, when her eyes were opened, and she
saw the love of Jesus !
“ May I then believe that Jesus has saved
me ?”
“ Will you reject Ilis sacrifice for sin
“ Oh, no; it is too sweet to believe it
Why did I not know it before
She was silent for some minutes, amazed
and deeply agitated. Then joining her
hands and weeping profusely, she said:
“ Then lam saved ! O, what news-! My
heart is relieved. What joy is mine !” and
she bent her head as if resting from long
protracted effort. Her tears fell, while the
names, Father, Jesus, Saviour, were breath
ed out amidst her sobs. “Then I am
saved ! Jesus has given satisfaction for all
my sins on the cross; and I never knew it.
My God ! my God ! thou hast had pity on
thy aged ereiture. O, what love! What
boundless love !’’
<* It seems/’ she said, addressing me, “as
if I had just awakened from sleep. I feel
relieved from a mountain that weighed on
my soul. Now I remember that the stran
ger said I must be born again. Yes, lam
renewed; I belong wholly to God. Come,’’
she added, rising and taking her stick, “ I
must go quickly and repeat our conversa
tion to nay grand daughter and her chil
dren.”
“ Y'es, go and tell to all what the Saviour
has done for your soul. Testify that you
are a sinner looking fur eternal salvation
through Jesus Christ, who loved you and
gave Himself for you. Testify that His
blood has washed all your sius away. Go,
my dear friend, and in the few hours that
remain, consecrate yourself wholly to His
service, offering to Him His own gift, this
refreshed and comforted heart which God
has renewed within you this day.”
“ Amen !’’ she said. “ May the Lord be
my guide and enlighten me !”
“ Behold in what way he will enlighten
you,” I said, giving her a Testament.
“ This is the book from which the stranger
read to you of Jesus and His love. All
knowledge, all wisdom, all truth, all life, all
peace, all joy arc here. I implore God to
enable you to understand it clearly !’’
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
She took it in silence, kiessd it, and
pressed it to her heart. I took her hand,
and with one more look into her venerable
countenance and tearful eyes, I left her.
She called me back and said : “ Shall we
see each other again in heaven ?”
“ Yes,” I said, “ since I am going there,
and you also.”
You faithful ministers who desire to know
nothing but Christ and Him crucified, who
are never weary of preaching that eternal
salvation as a matter of gift and not of traf
fic —you servants of the living God and mes
sengers of celestial grace —you can under
stand the joy which overflowed my heart. I
sat down on the side of the bridge, and
wept for j®y. The love of Christ constrained
me. This proof of the efficacy of the Word,
the blessing given to the discourse of a
worthless sinner like me, the quickening of
a soul, these blessings given to the discourse
of a worthless sinner like me, the quicken
ing a soul, these blessings overwhelmed me.
The glory of the Lord seemed to envelop
me.
“ She is saved!’’ I said to God. “Bless
ed be Thy holy name ! Be thou glorified in
these mountains ! 0 Jesus ! let Thy voice
penetrate them. Call Thy children !
Guide the solitary lamb with Thine own
hand !’’
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' C|ilbwn.
NANIE’S VICTORY.
Nanie Clare was in a small sea of trou
bles ; her father had gone out, and she sat
perched up at his study table, a sheet of
paper spread out before her, and her pencil
in her hand, all ready to write whenever she
should decide what name to put down next,
but her face was all in a frown. The truth
was Nanie Clare was going to have a tea
party that very afternoon, and the trouble
some question, “ Whom to invite, and whom
not to,’’ was gathering wrinkles all over her
forehead.
“ Let me see,” she said, bending Q7er her
list, “ Papa said I might have ten little
girls, just as many as I am years old to-day,
and I have got down one, two, three, four—
-0 dear me ! I’ve got nine names. I can
have just one more. Now whom shall I
invite? I do so want Fanny, but then
there’s that Ellen Mason, she’s real good,
and I like her, and we sit next to each other
at school, but then how funny she would
look in her pink calico dress, and great
thick shoes, and every one of us girls will
be dressed in white and wear gaiters; then
she is so lame, I don’t believe she would like
to come ”
“ Dear me! I wonder why Papa gave me
that verse this morning. I’m tired of say
ing it over, it don’t mean me any way.”
“ Don’t it, little Nanie ? Say it over just
once more, slowly, thoughtfully, * Christ was
not ashamed to call them brethren.’ Now
are you quite sure it don’t mean you ? El
len Mason has no father, and her mother is
poor. She lives in a little low brown house,
at the foot of the hill, and though she is
very kind and good-natured, and helps you
out of many a hard example in Arithmetic
at school, still you know you are a little
ashamed of her, and wish you could man
age to slip out of inviting her to your par
ty ; you feel cross every time you think of
her coarse shoes and calico dress, and
her wooden crutch. Isn’t that very strange
for a little girl, who thinks she loves Jesus,
and is willing to make him her pattern ?”
“ 0 !” said Nanie crossly, in answer to
her conscience, “ 1 wish I had never heard
of Ellen Mason. Such a time! I don’t
believe I’ll have any party at all, I do have
so many things to plague me. The gir’s
wouldn’t treat her well if she did come, and
that would make her feel worse than if she
hadn’t been invited.’’
“ Christ was not ashamed to call them
brethren,’’ whispered conscience, speaking
very softly, but so plainly that she could not
help hearing.
“ I’ll ask Papa to let me, have her here
all day Saturday, then we can have a beau
tiful time, ever so much nicer than to ask
her to come with all those girls.” Then
she listened for the answer. It came clear
and swe t,
“ Christ was not ashamed to call them
brethren.”
This time Nanie did not say a word, she
sat still for a few minutes and thought, then
she slid out of her father’s study chair down
on her knees, and from her heart came these
words, “ Dear Jesus, I want to be like Thee.
I want to do right to day, please show me
how ?”
Then she arose and bent over the paper,
with a face out of which all the frowus had
gone, and wrote with a very careful hand,
in as round even letters as she could make—
Ellen Mason.
The study door swung open with more
noise than Mr. Clare ever made, and cousin
Tom appeared.
“ O Tom,” said Nanie, “ I’ve got my list
made out. Now will you go around and in
vite them
“ Don’t know/’ answered Tom, in a pro
vokingly lazy tone.
“O, but Tom you must, because Papa
said I mustn’t tire myself out this morning ”
“ Let’s see whose eoming ?” and Tom
iea.ehed out his band for the list.
“ A girl party. My ! I’m sorry I’ve got
to be around ; if I hadn’t promisod uncle
Charles about the swing, I’d take myself off
in a hurry. Florence Stone, she’s as proud
as a peacock, looks like one too. Gracie
Holden, Louise Collins, she’ll get hung
some day, with one of her long yellow curls.
Katie Stuart, Janie Townsend, Emma Hall.
O what a set!”
“ I wanted Fanny Chester,” explained
Nanie, “ but you see I couldn’t have but
ten, and she is older than I, and won’t care,
I guess.”
“ She’s gone to her uncle’s,” said Tom.
“ She was on the train this morning. Why,
here’s Ellen Mason, as sure as I’m alive !
Bid uncle Charles tell you to do that?’*
“ No,” said Nanie soberly, “ I haven’t
said one word to him about it.”
“ Then h;w the mischief did you eome
to do it ?’’
“ My verse is about her, Tom.’’
u Your verse! a verse in the Bible about
Ellen Mason ; bless me, let’s hear it ?’’
Once more Nanie slowly repeated,
“ Christ was not ashamed to call them
brethren.’’
Tom looked at her curiously, whistling
a little.
“ You’re a queer chicken,” he said at
last. “ Humph! I reckon it’s the first
party she ever got invited to in her life.
Shall I drive around there and get her be
fore I go to the cars for father ?’’
“ 0 Tom,” said Nanie, with dancing eyes,
“ if you only will, it is such a long walk,
you know.”
It is doubtful which was the most aston
ished at this offer, Nanie or Tom.
“ Mother ! 0 mother ! I’m to go, I’m to
go ! Nanie has sent me word to be sure and
come, and her cousin Tom says he will drive
around here at 3 o’clock after me. I shall
go to a real true party, mother ! just to
think!”
And Ellen Mason hopped around the
room on her crutch, almost as fast as could
Nanie with her two strong feet.
There never were ten merrier girls than
those who played, and swung, and chased
each other around the. trees in Mr. Clare’s
yard that afternoon.
Ellen Mason was there in a neat, clean
pink dress and white apron. Someway,
Nanie had never felt so kindly towards her,
and the others, copying after Nauie, were
very kind to the little lame girl.
Tom, too, was ever ready to give her a
swing, and as for Ellen herself, her face was
beautiful with happiness.
That night Nauie, when she finished her
evening prayer, added softly, “ I thank
Thee lor helping me to be like Jesus to
day.’’
Cousin Tom was having a confidential
chat with his mother.
“ I tell you what,’’ said he, “ Nanie is
a real splendid little girl, she can preach
almost as well as uncle Charles can. If a
fellow could be like her in some things, he
wouldn’t be sorry.’’
And his mother thought perhaps Nanie
might some day lead her wild son to Jesus.
In the cottage at the foot of the hill, the
widow Mason knelt at the bedside of her
sleeping child, and prayed, “O God, I thank
Thee that Thou hast remembered Thy father
less one to-day, and put it into the heart of
a child of Thine to make her happy.’’
Mr. Clare in his study offered this prayer,
“I bless Thee, dear Redeemer, for the token
this day given me, that Thou art leading my
darling nearer to Thyself.”
Nanie heard none of these words, but
Jesus did.
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Junl
Diseases of Long Standing.
DR. M. WOODRUFF,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA,
IS NOW DEVOTING HIMSELF AL
moat exclusively to the treatment of
Chronic Diseases.
He has for the list Thirty Years pruc iced Medicine,
during which time he has given special attention o
that class ot Diseases, and has treated a 'arg » MD J*>' r
of them, such as Asthma, Bronchitis. Laryngitis* Dys
pep ia. Lver Complain. Rheumatism Epileptic and
Nervous Fits Hemorrhoids or Piles, fecrotula I roi l
Functional I’iseases of I he Heart. Spinal and Kidney
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Female Diseases specially treated
ing it, I will send, gratuitously, a Small VV oik on their
dl lcould give many testimonials of cuveflperf.rrTied
by my Treatment and Remed es, in apparently hope
les* cases, but do not deem it necessary to do so, I
only present the facts-that for thirty years I have
given that class of disease my special study and at
tention, o taining remedies from every source most
ifkely to cure, and have treated large numbers suc
cessfully during that time.
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References— Bishop James O Andrew, Bishop J
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Lester Rev O R Jewett. Rev J 8 Key, Rev J T Aina
worth, Rev .Thomas Rutledge. April ms.
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Our second qunhty of pens are stamped “E Davis A
C 0.,” and are carefully made, having the same points
as our first quality p-ns, the only material difference
being in the quality of the gold. The prices of these
pens are ss follow s: No. 2 pen. 75c; No. 3 pen. $1; No.
4 pen, $1 25; No 5 pen, SI 50; No. Bpen, $1 75.
The Above Pens in Silver Plated Extension
Cases, with Penells.
For $1 25, a No. 2 Pen, 2d quality.
For 1 50. a No. 3 l’en, 2U quality.
For 1 75, a N<>. 4 Pen, 2d quality.
For 2 25, a No 5 Pen, 2d quality.
For 2 75, a No. 0 i en, 2d quality.
Our pens rank throughout!he country as equal, if
not superior to ary gold pens n anufactured, not euly
for their writing quality but duraf ility and elegant
finish. The gieato.-t care is used in their manufacture,
and none ar n sold with the slightest imperfection
which ski 1 can detect. We woo'd call the attention of
the deal rs to the celt-bra ed PAUL BRETON Watch,
for winch vve are tne agents in the United State*.
We have them in silver and gold cases.
Jobbers, retailer-, jewelers, and all dealers iu ozr
line, throughout the country, are rt quested to send for
a circular. Address
E. D. VALENTINE 4 CO.,
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers iu
Watches’. Gold Pods and Jewelry,
No. 15 Maiden Lane, New York,
May 25-ly.
r HELPS, JEWETT & CO., MANU
facturer- of, and Dealers in,
CABINET FURNITURE,
CHAIRS,;DESK9, MATTRESSES, SPRING BEDS, *«
At Wholesale and Retail,
364 A 266 CA NaL STREET, (South Side, Near Broadway 4
WILLIAM PHELPS, ) NEW YORK.
CLEMENT JEWETT, S
WILLIAM T. DOREMUS. )
Furniture and Chairs for Shipping. Mar2-12a
Mason & Hamlin’s Cabinet Organs
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED
Three BEAUTIFUL ORGANS, suitable for
Churches, Sabbath Schools or Families, which will br
sold at New York prices, with expenses added.
1 No. 15 Four Octave Single Reed Organ in
Black Walnut Case, $126 M
1 No. 17 Five Octave Single Reed Organ in
Black Walnut Case, $l6O 06
1 No. 21 Five Octave Double Reed Organ In
Black Walnut Case, SIT 6 06
We have also, One Beautiful Large Organ, BLACK
WALNUT EIGH STOP ORGAN a’. $450 00.
These Organ ill be boxed and shipped at above
prices, aid war and to give satisfaction.
Address J. W. BURKE 4 CO
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