CHAPTER Fifth.
SCENES OF BAPTISM--HENRY KELLY .-- THE YOUNG PARENTS AND THEIR BABE .-- THE LOST MARINER'S FAMILY .-- THE FEEBLE-MINDED YOUTH .-- THE REASONABLENESS, POWER, AND BEAUTY, OF CHILDREN'S BAPTISMS .-- HUSBANDS SHOULD COME WITH THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN .-- MOSES IN THE INN.
Since, Lord, to thee A narrow way and little gate Is all the passage; on my infancy Thou didst lay hold, and antedate My faith in me.
GEORGE HERBERT.
The parent pair their secret homage pay, And proffer up to Heaven the warm request, That He, who stills the raven's clamorous nest, And decks the lily fair in flowery pride, Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide, But chiefly in their hearts, with grace divine, preside.
BURNS.
In all men sinful is it to be slow To hope: in parents, sinful above all.
WORDSWORTH.
In a few Sabbaths from this time we had a most interesting scene at our church.
Little Henry Ferguson Kelly was brought, and offered up in baptism by his mother.

We all felt deep respect for her as a woman of decided character, and a devoted Christian.

We saw that she wept much during the service.

The father was not there.

She held the little boy upright on her arm, and he turned his face over her shoulder, looking all about the church, above and below.