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Jane, exclude wines on all occasions."

"I would, if it was in my power, rid my country, and especially this little village, from an evil that is calculated to ruin our young men, and to blunt the sensibilities of those who have been hitherto pillars in society."

Our friend had not been in the habit of hearing his wife express herself so freely, and especially upon a subject that he considered of so little importance; there was but one drunkard in town, and he saw no occasion for so much alarm. He was now willing to drop the subject, by asking Mrs. D. if she knew that James Radford went for Dr. Smith. She answered in the affirmative.

CHAPTER II.

THE NIGHT VIGILS,

"There is mourning in the hall,
Where, beneath the snowy pall,
Waiting for the hungry grave,
Like a lily on the wave,
Sleeps an infant's tiny form,
Now with life no longer warm."

OUR good friends had now reached their quiet home, where they found their children seated in their pleasant little parlor; Affie was reading aloud, Amelia being her only auditor, for Willie had been in bed a full half hour, but he could not say his prayers and go to sleep, until he had confessed that he had been a naughty boy while his father was saying grace. Affie kindly told him that God would forgive him if he forsook his sins; Willie

promised he would not be guilty again of such an act.

The girls observed, as their mother entered the parlor, that she looked pale and weary.

"I am afraid, dear mamma, that you are sick."

"I am not sick, but Franky is dead."

Affie expressed her deep sympathy for Mr. and Mrs. Morse. Mr. De Van inquired of Affie what she had been reading.

"Papa, in the fore-part of the evening I read in 'Josephus' the account that he gave of the Jews' seventy years of captivity, but, when you came in, I was reading in Baxter's Call to the Unconverted.''

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"I am glad you have been so well employed; it is necessary that all, but especially one like yourself, who has so recently put on Christ by a public

profession, should cultivate a spiritual frame of mind."

A portion of scripture, from the old family bible, was then read, and they bowed together around the family altar; after the thank-offering had ascended, the petitioner for the first time offered up a fervent prayer, that God would stay the tide of intemperance, that was calculated to ruin man, on whom God had stamped His own image; at this prayer, Mrs. D. responded audibly. After the devotions were concluded, Affie was informed that she was to watch, in company with Mr. Radford and Wilhelmina Harris, at Mr. Morse's.

This family did not think it right to lie in bed late on the Sabbath morning; they arose early, as was their custom, and every duty quietly discharged with the utmost promptness, each anxious to keep the Sabbath-day holy.

Affie singing, as she prepared the simple breakfast:

"Welcome, sweet day of rest,
That saw the Lord arise,

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Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes.

The king himself comes near,

And feasts his saints to-day.

Here we may sit, and see him here,
And love and praise and pray."

Mrs. De Van's health would not admit of her accompanying her family to church that day, although it was one of those tranquil mornings, and one might have well sung:

"How calm and beautiful the morn,
That gilds the sacred tomb,
Where once the crucified was borne,
And veiled in midnight gloom,
Weep no more your Saviour slain,

The Lord is risen-he lives again."

The quietude of the Sabbath was not broken by the report of the hunter's

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