The good that is done by the distribution of good tracts, can
scarcely be believed. There are many families, even in prosperity,
who never tasted real happiness until some of these evangelical
writings found their way amongst them. The following anecdote is an
interesting proof of this:
The family of a vinedresser, in the Canton of Vaud, in Switzerland,
was, unhappily, as well known in the village in which he lived, for
his bad conduct, as for his impiety. The father, whose name we will
not mention, was a proud and hard-hearted man, both intemperate and
dissolute; and his wife, who thought as little of the fear of God as
her husband did, was what might be called a _noisy babbler_.
The pastor of the village had often, but vainly, endeavored to lead
these unhappy people to a sense of religion, but he was always
received by them with scoffing and ridicule.
The family was composed of the vinedresser's three children. The
eldest, Mark, was as haughty as his father, and although he was only
fourteen years of age, he was already able to join in the disorders
of his drunken and gaming companions. He was entirely devoid of any
sense of religion.
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