536 T,EE EOSPEL MAG.A.ZIIIE. ore, to the study of buman nature in all ite multifarious and insitlioBc workings : the beet key to which will be*ifs own heart ! ..' Visiting a eick man n'ith one nerv 1\fi:sionary, I requested hirn to re ad and instqrrr't lrirn, rrlricb he ,lirl, detailing to hirn our lallen cunr!itiorr, our rreed of salliitiorr, arrd the redernptiorr prirrlraeetl f,'r trs, in a very corr'ecl, uranner, arrrl then rearling a portion of a cLapler in tlre Gosirelr in prool'of rrhat Le hatl said. 'l'lre poor ruan listenerl rvitlr everv al)l)earance of attentior), ald rvlren rrly young' frierrt[ sairl,' You k norv, 1\lr, --,' or anv oiher irrterloqatives, he replied,' Oer. tainly, sir;' r,r, ' In course, sir.' Xly corrpaniou alrPeared pleased rvitir tIe rnarr's atteritio.n to instmction, and I tlro,uqht it tinre to untieceive lrirn. 'I\lr.--,'said fr ' my friend has been taking rnuclr pains to instruct you, and norv I rvill ask you a ferv questions. 'Do yuu kllo\v rvho Jesns Oltrisr rvas !' 'Well, no,'saitl he, after a parrse, 'l shorrltl sav that's rverrv hard to t,'ll.' ' Do you l
R4YIElYI. 537' bungrv peo1ile tlrat rve -o.ee. in your streets eyery rlav wlrcn wc rido out. Wo ree hunrlre'ls of iitrle .hildren ivith trrei' naked'feef ir trre nnorv, i"-r ;;" p'uy tbem, {br rre hno. that,rlrey are lrungi.y, aucl .rve give thern il;;y';rilf pi.]l :,1:,",.1:: lt.lh::.' _In f6ur d,ys, iv.riave give,r iwenty JJr.r*-i"'rr*gry cn rarell-we.glve our mortey orrlv to childrpn. We ar.e ioll tlrat the t.atlirrs of tlrese clrild.err are in ale-irousei rvrrer.e rhey sell 6re-water, and in tbei' rv.ords.rhey every nlorlent ari,use iutl insult the cr""t ""a^aa ar,,"t, spirii i",i ralR?tlout seltdtrrg lrlack coats arrrorrq the Indians; n0w rve Lave noiurh Ioor cl'lurer .alno,J{.lls;,\ve lrare. no sueb drurrkards, or people rvho ahus,i the ureilt \pi.it' rnrrinrrs dare rrrit.do so. fhey pray tr.r trre dreai spirit, and he is fillln to tltcrn, l\ow \ve think it would be better for y()u teacherc all to stoy at hor'e, and go to rvork riglit here in your o,,vn streeis, rvhere .ii*i r. rvotk is rvanted. 'I'iris **a is rny advice. I iv,lrrid ratrrer not ruy aou io"ru.B ^. Yh.: eyen so to speak ihe veriest particle of grace enters the heart, and ljrvrne hght dawns upon the u,rrderstanding, what a complete revolution follows ! Every thing is reversed. <strong>The</strong> whole man is turnecl topsv-turvev. I he Iaboured attempts at self-justification, and the uniform tL this and that, flagrant abomination, is supplanted by a free, "ffo.i unreserved, "oo".'ul honest confession of sin, in th-ought-in word--in act. I'he followin! case bears somewhat of these features : "'l'lre next casc is that of a mau rvlrorn I trust to have undergone the Erear ehange of [reart, rvhich is iurlispensable to fit us for the kingrlo"iof GuJ.- ii" was, during qlSny j-ears, a coal-heaver by occupariun, anrl"of exceeCio{tvln_ temperare habirs. If the reader sarv tlrii man iirring pracirily iu his siJt -*, it listening to the Gos}el, and parrakinq of tlreei.blerni orour sariou,,g d"ing love, he rvould perhal,s be s,rrp'iied to lear' rhar rhe individual b*fore rllln wa.JolureIIy a cornpauion ol'fightlrrg men, arrd has wadcd throrrglr muc[r lvlct(edne!s- ".His father r'as professed)v a TIames fisherrnan, and fullorvod that oecrrpatioh unti'l his-death ; but he addeil to ir one nor so reconcilable to tron"stv,-tie'ivo; a.srnuggler. fle_ rnarried a sceuntl tirrre, and cxpendetl as rnuch dred p,nrnds "r'.ignilru"- -i. lirtle ,rlrre thao trvelqe rnurrtlrs;rfter lris rnar'iage,,,?,",,,iuin D'rrry.Laue, !-auxhall, -Ranelagh, etc., totally neglectirrg f,i, orJ"i.lion, riii inrlutgi.rg i' all kir,ls uf ext.avaqences arrrl foily. '\l'rren"rris u,u".y'tnu"i,"ori* epeut, he again purchaserl a fishinq craft a.d rrets, and resurned his fbr,ner oc'- cuparion' " Gerrtlerreu" says l\lr. H., " rvould be clusrterl rvirrr nrv larlrei. and the best chiua service wis [rrought o.t for tea, I rvas nevrr aritroerl-Jo kuorv rulra-t rhey tulked alrour, lrut I'irave seen mauv a riozen goltler, *uin*u, tuv orr tlre table, arrrl th*rr it rvas, 'Guorl night, illr. H.,'it is all arrangetl,,iucl frtirei rvorrlrf lre arvay uitlr bis craft perhaps -a rveek, fishing, I rvas i,rli, trut t ivag fieverallowr([ r.(, goon those kirrd rrl 6sliirrg vgyages, -r\lr. H.generillv accr,rr. paDreo lus.tarrrer, \ehen really errgaged irr fishirrg, for some '., years, and brcarnr rvell a.quairrted rvith the riuei, frriirr'Battersea toilp Nore. I .iuu,ii un eighteerr dearl lrorlies rve have lticked up,,, said he, ., souretimes "u,, in ih. nei'; fatlrer used to search therrr, arid tlreu rv-e to,tk rlrern a!horc au(l burierl tlre,n.,i Ile_ tloes n(ld appeal to have received auy reiigious instrucrion rvhatever ti.orn tiis father, lrut to have lreerr irritiared into'mucii vice. His farher appears,o troue placerl r'ore.fai:lr in a clrild's caul, rvhieh be rvure upon bir' i'' iout *.oii,.r.l tban in aulrlrt Divi.e. At last, perlraps to please tire step-rnothe., L" turn*ri his child arv*y. Bdrvard app91r9 i, hone r'"en little luth to'depart, iir.,l ott ili usag€. ," I liad_ an aurrt,"'said he,.. a pnor ivoulan, rvho sorietime, uuo, ,rri good_ advice,' (I lorqet rv.lretber he saitl'she ryas j1 a rv,,rkh,ruse.) ,i stil ,rnrld 6ay,' gdwar.(I, ruy-Fad, whatever you rlo. keep your lranrls fr'm what ilonrt belorrgtovorr.']'Aftgrbeingturrreriarlrifrbyhiifatheratthetenrlerageoffbuiteeu, he warrdererl abolrr, associating rvith l)ad characters, lylna iu itr* r,a.ks part of tlre .dav, sleepirrg sornetirnes in a berl, rvhen he ,.uuj,i "raie rhe p",i.." to pav for it' llut tr('qrrrrlrly urrdcr tlre f'uit sbarnlrles iu coveut Gardetr markec. i'Abou[ tlris tiure lre rvqs verv lear corliug to be hanged. He became ac, quainted with trvo disrolute youths, orre rvar aFprentieerl io'an uncle, a eilversmith
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