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"Life is only to he valued a is uscfullf employed. VOLUME 1MUMBER 24;:;-... ABBEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER. 10, 1811. MOLE NUMBER 70. D. R. M'ANALLY & J.HO BERTS, EDITORS. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, BY J. II. CIIIilSTV Jk CO., . Publishers of the law, Trtatict, $e., of thi U.Hf. . TERMS. . - ' Thif paper ia published weekly, at Two Doi asu rinr Cektii per annum, in advance ; or ii'iiiii Dni i iBK ifnavineot be dohved after the receipt of the 10th Number from the lime of iub- bribing. JJ Tim term cut, m aureate, oe strictly adhered to. ' . - , No ubcrtDtion diRContlnupd (except at tlio op tion of the publisher) lintil J1 arrearages ore paid. Dollar per square, (gr ille first, and Twenty.five Cents for. each autwequent insertion. A hberal deduction wU be made from the regular price for nu veruscn oj uio year. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr.. Spark's Third Lcctnre. " From the New York Express, . Declaration of Independence. The University Chapel was filled at on early lionr last evening with a brilliant and fash- jonable audience anil wer.? oblig ed to leave from tho impossibility of getting a seat. - Of the lecture it3uII,of course, it u super fluous to speak iiv tirms of praise.'-- -Mr. Spabks said it had jong been a sub ject of curious inquiry at what time the idea originated of declaring tho colonics inde. pendent. Mr Chambers' asserts that the subject was bad in contemplation many years, before the Revolution, and even so far back as the firstscttlemont of tho colo nies; but while the lecturer' would not call .in question the honesty of Mr Chambers as history, he considered that Mr.C's prejudi- cos, and his opposition to tho interest of tho colonies., unntteif him to be an impartial judge. Mr. Sparks cited conversation!) and letters of Dr. Franklin nnd James Otis, while in England, hi which they stated th's. tinctly that tho colonies had no other inten tion of severing thnir connesionwith tho mother country, and; indignantly repelled the accusation that such wes their ultimate object. It is impossible to show, (said Mr. S.)from any document or conversation - whatever, that the idua of independence was contemplated before the passage of the Stamp Act After that period the acts of the Ileitis!) Government were of such a na. luroas ledlholoiiicf To" Himtr.lharrtlicy might et length be driven to take this course. But down to the last hour, the Waders in tho r.iovemonts which were ma. j king intTio 'colonics did not hold out the idea of ultimate indedendence to the Peo-pie.- Even so late as 177o,no letter or other document can be found which declar cd independence to ba expedient or pretner. A redress of erievances was all thai was demanded, and to this alone they seemed to licnd their efforts. Whatever might have ' been the secret feeling of the leading spirits cflhedav on this subject ; it was obviously wise policy to abstain from any avowal of intention to dissolve tne connexion 01 mo colonies with Great Britain ; and under the circumstances in which, they -were placed, nnd the many wrongs they suffered, it is a singula r fact that it was their intention, they Jsont it so Ion confined to their own bo. sorrm. Wc seek in vain, from the dato of - tho Stamp Act to the battle' of Lexington, for any thing which indicated final inde pendenco to bo their purpose. In 1774 a pamphlet appeared in England writert by John Carter inwhich he strongly urged Parliament to declare tho American colonics free and independentr as, he or guedTTt was impossible to retain ihcnrf ftr allcgiahce to the British Crown r 1 a fact; such was the conclusion of many, shrewd men in the mother conntry. Dr. Tucker also published a pamphlet, in which he pro. posed o line of action to' thocojonics; but being a mail of much warmth of temper, and becoming irritated on finding that tho colonies differed from hhnlin the view he took of the subject; heat length proposed to Parliament to cut off the colonics from their connesionand force them to be inde pendent, a? they were unworthy to bd sub. iccts of the Crown Josiah Quincy, who was in, London in -1774, writes that in -convcrsations'ho. tad with DrFranklin otthal time, he found Eraaklia warmly. iiif&soxjsfindepcndcJKa, . ancf strongly;, desirous that the colonies should take decisive measures for that 06; ject. At tho first . Continental Congress the subjects was not touched or alluded to. About this time a British officer wrote to Washington, complaining that the people were beginning to turn their: minds to such a purpose. Washington replied that no such design was contemplated but still tho people would not consent to give up their valued rights, or submit to oppressive acts of the British ministry, let the consequences be what they would.. . Mr. Jay, John Adams, Jefferson, "and Madison all declared that the colonies did not desire independence. Some there were doubtless, who looked to a final appeal to arms; but generally the desire was to bring about a redress of grievances, to obtain sat isfaction for tho .many V wrongs they had suffered, and to produce a change in the -"policy of the British ministry,, and this they - hoped to accomplish without a resort to measures which should bring the two coun. tries into actual collision, and result in a dismemberment of their connexion. But subsequent events-Hue rejection of their petitions, and the scornful and haughty manner in which all their overtures were treated at length opened their eyes. They . became convinced that but one alternative was left them, unless they could not consent to give oll for which they wore contending, and quietly submit themselves os humblo vnssalsof thcKingflmdera bondage which their rebellion, would render tenfold . more galling than before. Congress wisely abstained from taking the lead in the matter allowing the people ThcrnsclTca to take tho first action upon the subjects General Greene, a proud name in American history, took a bold and dc cisive stand , and openly and strongly urged tho colonies to declare themselves indepen. dent of Ihe British Government. , The first public manifestation by the peo. pie on his dubject was in Mecklenburg county. North Carolina. After the battle of Lexington, a few-patriotic spirits in the county were in the habit of meeting togeth crto discuss the condition of public affairs; and at one-of their meetings at the court, house a scries of resolutions were drawn up and signed by twenty.five, declaring that these colonies are, and of right ought to bo free and independent. Thcso rcsolu tions, however, were passed from public notice; and when, a year afterwards, - they were mentioned to Jefferson, he professed Dover to have heard of them, and strongly censured their spirit and object. This caused considoraule feeling among the peo. plo of North Carolina, and a committee of tho Legislature was appointed to inquire in. to the conduct of Mr. Jefferson in the; matter. - . In 1773, Thomas Paine published his Essays entitled Common Sense, which had a great circulation; and exercised an im portant influence upon the minds of the people. The clearness, simplicity, nnd powerful reasoning ofthese Essays render- cd them very popular. He urged expedi. ency and necessityofa declaration of inde- pendence, and (said the lecturer) the author of Common Sense is allowed to have ren dered important service To r this country in impressing the necessity of. the measure, so . powerfully and successfully upon the minds of the people. The first legislative movement was on the 7th of April, 1776, in the Legislature of North Carolina, when that body recom mended the consideration of the subject of independence to their delegates in Congress About a month after, the Legislature of Virginia instructed their delegates to vote for a dccTarafiori of tho rhdependenccJJfthe colonies. To Virginia, therefore may be given the honor of having taken the first step; for, while the Mecklenburg resolutions were in tact a declaration ofindependence, and the resolutions of the subject, tho Vir ginia delegates were instructed distinctly to vote for such a measure as the legally recognised representatives of that, colony. .No order was taken 011 the Virginia re solutions in Congress until June, when Kichard Henry Lee moved that Congress do declare the colonies free and indepen dent. Tho motion was discussed, but ac tion upon it postponed to wait instructions from the different colonies. In the mean, time a committee was appointed to draft a declaration, of which Mr. Jefferson was chairman. On the 6th and 10th June the subjecLwai. again d i scussedTJieji rgu -ments brought up against the measure were Avho'Iy on tho ground of expediency at that lime. They- all agreed thar such ar step must' eventually bo taken, but some were of opinion that tho whole People were not yet prepared for it that some ' of the colonics might disagree with itj'and that to press it at once would result in division and disas ter. The friendsof immediate action argued that attecTaratiorron1y -stated a fact Tticrtv in itself considered, it was i"but a mere form that it was in vain to look ior entire una nimity of opinion or feeling upon the subject and that no foreign nation on friendlyTcrms with England would render the colonics any assistance while they were in the atti tude; of rebellion against that country, or until they had formally absolved their olio giancc to her. The discussion, was not nt all upon tho merits of the case but merely as to the expediency of a declaration at that timo. - On the of JuncTMrTJeiferson re"- p6rtcd"iTsdraughtyW theTst of July the" YirgiMacsolutkws a quarter part of the original draught was stridccitnnd an amended it was passed by, 4 unanraojisLV.ote, with one exception, Mr. John Dickinson, of Pennsylvania. Singular enough) while Mc, Dickinsonjhad contributed ns much as any other man to the declaration, he declined voting for it, though he" was ever afterwards a warm and efficiont advocate -of tho interests of his country. On the 4th of July 1776, ihc colonies were solemnly declared free and independent. Tho New York delegation did not voto at the time, they being without instructions, as the'LegisIature were not in session. They signed the declaration onf tho 15th of July. A portion af thcPenn sylvania delegation declined voting proba bly because of the course taken by Mr. Dickinson. The name of Mr. Clin'on and Mr. Livingstofl,--ef the NewTork delega tion, do not appear on the declaration, al though tho lattc r was on the committee which draughted it. This arose from the fact of their absence at the time Mr, Clinton be. ing an officer of the army, and absent on duty, and Mr. Livtngston was called home by -business at the courts. , Among the paragraphs stricken out frorn tho original draught was one censuring tl importation of slaves, and reflecting upon the course of the British in that particular. This paragraph was understood, to. be left out mainly through the influence of the delegates from South Carolina and Georgia. ' Aftertir declaration was signed, a copy was sent to each of the Colonies, to be reau publicly to the rconlc The reading was generally accompanied with the ringing of bolls and tlio hring ot cannon.. . : 1 iiclamiu. ricntal Aimy was then in New York, ami Washington ordered the declaration to be read on parade, where it was received with marked demonstrations of ohorobation.. On the 2d of August tho-declaratioa was engrossed on parchment and signed, which is the copy in tho Departmenipf State and from which tlio common fac similies ore taken--:'' "J.i..,X;.-u' ' ' . 1 In concluding his lecture., of which vc have above given a brief outline of tho jf im minent points, Mr. Sparks -said that it seemed to be specially ordered by Prpvi. dence that 'the VlectaraBfrif shoM he rrride in just the right timo. A few days after, the British Commissioners orrived with offers of reconciliation, and, had the mea. sure been displayed, it is impossible to tell what might nave been the result. When we consider, too, the series of disasters which for a long time clouded our pros pects, the thousand obsUcles which pre. sented themselves on cvry side and tha natural feelings which arofc at being placed in deadly conflict with tlpir" once beloved father-land, it will be readly seen how im.H portant was the fact that, y tho act of de claring their independency, the States had gone top far to retract, if, they had been disposed so to do. The Icclaration had also an important influci;ce.by inducing the States to fill up their ouotis of the army, and in healing tljo jealousidi and divisions which had crept in among hcm. Mr. Sparks concluded iith a few brief remarks upon tho applause with which the declaration was received bv the philanthro pists and patriots of Europu. " Aix-la-Chapelie. This nnmo will at once recall to you Charlemagne, whose capital and burying place it was. We have just returned from La Chapclle, wlich so conviently distinguishes this from the other Aix in Europe. , Otho built tho present Ija church on the site of Charlemagne's chapeiT preserving its original octagonal form, which Charlemagne, intending it jbr his own tomb, adopted from the holy sejulchre at Jerusalem. Wdstoud uhder thecentre of the dome, on a largo marble sUb, in- scTited1IntaMegT)o-;,,-TinTf otototiH heads hung a massive chandelier ihs gift of Fedcrie Varbarossa. How these fnatenal things conjured back from tho dead these mighty chieftains ; riio vault mustliavo been a startfingslght when Otho opened it and found the Empe ror, not in tlio usual supino posture, but seated on histhrono in his imperial robes, with tho crown on his flushlcss brow, his sceptre in his hand, the good sword joycusc at his side, the Gospels on hia knee, tho pilgrim's pouch, which, living, he always wore, still at the giraTe, and precious jewels sparkling amid decay and ashesi Tho sa cristan-showed us his skull the palace of the soul I enclosed in a silver case. His lofty soul has, I trust, now a fitter palace. There are shown also, several relics found in his tomb, which touch a chord of gene fat sympathy ; his Jiunting horn, n relict of the true cross, and a locket containing the Virgin's hair, which he wore in death, as ho had always worn in life. The church is said to be the oldest in Germany. The choir, built in 1250, is more modern. Its painted windows are so exquisite fn their form they affect you like a living beauty. Tnere istt ftrtc to-dnyr-rTbisjrcrnrfea rc'," which are shewnonce7iiOeven years, are. exhibiting, and the town is thronged with peasant ry. They were liter, ally pnekedon the little place before the Cathedral.: A priest was in a. very high gallery with attendants, displaying tho -re. lies.' This church is rich in theso apocry phal treasures. Tho " priest held up one thing after another, tho Virgin's chemise, the swaddling-clothes, Arc, against a black surface, and at each holy thingdown sunk the mass nffen their knees. There wore execTs tothii devou"f action j travellors wbo. like us, were staring, and talking.and jnaking diseordjLvitfiAb and thcro were a few persons pushing their LwAyJhrxiugliilie cawd hawking little books in ucrman ond frenen,' describing tlio re lies: and selling beads that had been "bles sed by the priest. If not holy," the relics have an historicaJJntcrCst that makes tliem well worth seeing. They were presented to Charlemagne by a patriarch oj Jerusa. lem, and by a Persian king. - - The baths of Aix wcro enjoyed by the Romans. We went to one in tlie centre of the town; where a bra7.cn Ijon spouts-out the mineral water and whtre'there is a very handsome building-with a colonadoonrid re freshment rooms. We would have gladly .lingered here for a few days instead of these very feWhoursrbut, like all all other coun try people, wc seem always urged bysbfne demon on on on. Charity. Ah illiterate personage, who had always volunteered to go' round with hishat was suspected of sparing his own poefct. ' Overhoaring one day a hint to that effect, he,mado tho following speech ; Uther gentlemen puts down what they think proper, and so do I. Charity V a private concern, and what I gives is nothing to nobody? . ': -j - " --: ' A Sharp Questm." Does Christianity consist in a vivid pcrceptioa of ""the faults, and an obtuse blindness to the merits," of those who dufer from us !" asks the Edin burgh Review. Tho following " Pilvanfl.eltcr from t young English Officer in China to his bro ther in England," 5s humorous enough to have been written by Thomas Hood. ; ; Dear Tom. Every thing is going on glo riously tho British arms arc triumphant, and we now only require, tho Emperor of China's consent to our taking possession of Ins territory, which, I am sorry to say there nt prcseut no likelihood of obtaining. However, there is little doubt It wo be not all swept off by ague and cholera, that we shall be able to maintain our present posi tion a few months longer. '" Our situation hero would be very comfortable if we had any thing to cat but bad beef and worse biscuit ; these, however, are but trifling in conveniences, and, though wo have no fresh ment, wo have plenty -of-fish in the river. One of our men caught a fine one tho other day, which was bought nnd cook ed by the ofricerj1 mess, by which moans we were all nearly destroyed. Tho fish unfortunately happened to be of a poison- ous nature, irr consequence of whieh a ge neral orde? was issued tho next day, for bidding tho troops to catch or cat any moro fish. Tho country around the factory is beautiful ; but wo deem it prudent to keep within the walls, as tho Chinese are very expert at picking up the stragglers, whom they usually strangle. . Beyond this we cannot complain of our situation ; fowls are extremely abundant, but I have not seen any, the inhabitants having carried them up the country along with their cattle and pro. visions of every dcseViption. Tho water here is so brackish that it is almost impos. sible to drink it ; there are, however, some wells of delicious water 111 the neighbor hood, which would be a real treasure to us f the Chinese had not poisoned them. Ihe weather is extremely hot, and the advanta. ges of the river for bathing would be very great, if it were not so full of sharks. I have much more to relate of our present cheering prospects and enviable condition, out a sip is on ne poini 01 sanuijj ior ju- Bd, so must conclude in Imste. Ever, dear Tom, yours, ccc. JJcosicr customer. Tlie Picayune gives a queer account of an uncouth looking Hoosier who went into an ironmonger's store in Charles street, whistling; an somewhat a low key Yan- J kee Doodle,' and seeming as independent as an eagle in his eyrie. He tnrew his eye along down the well arranged store, as a captain of militia would look along tho lines of a training day, and then addressed the clerk with the well comb- od hair, who stood impatient to know what the hoosier wanted, that he might at once supply him, nnd return to the perusal of James last novel. ' Stranger, you go it raythcr extensive here, in the saw, hatchet and etcetera busi ness." "Rather," said the clerk, assuming n bland tone, but wishing the hoosier on board of his flat boat, " do any thing for you, sir?" ; Well, I guess you can, young feUorV said the Iloosier, you seem to be a right nice kind of a nnn. Why, your Jjnir is just-as grcnsy'nnd as glossy as if you eat nothing but bar meatf-ywi raccfwn-IooRTiTg critter vou. Why, on airlh don't you make a clearing on your hin ? (the clerk wore tyi nnperiul.) (Jut west wc never leave any sfiinip standing that we don't cut down." i1' Sir,".. said tho clerk, peevishly, " do ,yoti wish to buynny things?"" --M- Haint you got locks i'-sa4d4he hoosierT perfectly composed. 1 " Ys," said the clerk, " we have locks of every'desciiptuw, padlocks, spring locks, patent Iqeks;, aud double shooting locks." " Ycslimngcr," said the hoosier, "but lUto all. my shooting with a riflo. I don't wunt none of them locks. I want a lock jaw-, forl'vo tried every means to stop my old wogian's tongue, and I b"lievc nothing else . will silence her." ' " Don'txleal in the article," said the clerk gruffly, returniiig to read tho "Ancient lie- gime, ' And, darrrydu, couldn't you say so at toj;cpliLth.Q".J IbtfsicrJlQiLliaJtfcas, thered,. jialf-starved looking prairie chick en. The Hoosier left the store whistling TIa.il Columbia r H Pay of $Tcmbcrs of the old Conlhtr.nUtl Congress. Jared Sparks, in a kcturo in New York, stated that the following was the pay allowed to the manners wha form ed the Continental Congress, bv the scve. ml States or Colonics w hence they were elected : " New Hampshire Each member had all his wri personaf expenses paid ; also those for his servant and two horses, and half a guinea besides. , . Massachusetts the same as New Ilamp shire in regard to tho expense's, and 83. a day. . ' . ' Connccticut-r-tho same in regard to ex penses, and $3 aday, Rhode Island 40 shillings a day, and no expenses paid. : New York Bi ad.iy. . " ! Pennsylvania 20 shilings a day, and all expenses paid. . . , Maryland -40 shillings a dayi and no ex penses paid. J " Virginia half Joannes a day. . . North Carolina 500 currency a year. South Carolina -300 for their services during the first Congress. Georgia 100 a month during the ses sion. . - - : r ' ..i . .. An cxcltiua: I'icturc. Mr. Vickers, a relorrned druukard, of ialtmore, In the course ol a recent speech, related the incident wljich we subjoin. We wish it could be read by -every hard drinker in the country, for it appears to us to convey nn admonition w hich even the most insensible must feel. A Youcaiiiiotthiuk, said Mr. Vickers, how soon a man's circumstances become chang ed when once ho has signed the pledge. I will tef, you of a man whom I knew in Bill, timore. Ho was not worth a cpnta day, and his Aimily was supported by bis hard working wife. He had heard of tlie Wash ington Society, nnd ho had determined to join, liul now sliouiu lie get lii3;qaartccol a dollar, which was required for tlie initia. tion" fee. -' He went to his wife, and told her he wanted a quarter of a dollar.- -' What for!" " No matter," Raid lie. " I want it and must have it." She gnvc it to him knowing it would be no usg t withhold it any supposing he meant to buy rum with it. lie went to the Washington Society on n Monday night and joined. Tho nexttiny he went to work at his trade, which was a good one, and he could make money fast. Hp came homo sober every night, nnd on Saturday received his wages, and bought a barrel ot -flour, a hnm, some groceries, and soon ; and gft tticrn on a dray and sent them home. The drayman droyc up to the door and told his wife that the barrel of flour and groceries 'were for her. She told htm there wns some mistake in it it did not be- long there; forsho had never had a barrel since they had been married always had to buy their fluur by.tho sixpenco worth ; tho flour certainly could not be for her. While they wore talking the husband came , ...TTI II up, anu saui sue, -"ijusoanu, neresa man says this barrel of flour and these groeeries are all for us." " So they arc, and I have bought them all with tlio twenty-five cents you gave me Inst Monday night. I- joined the Washington Temperance Society with that twcntv-livo cents j wo shall have flour by the barrel after this instead of by the sixpence worth, or the eleven penny bit's worth. What, said Mr. Vickars, do you think were the feelings of that wife and mother. She iiad before had to sit up all niglitjsome- times, sewing to earn enough to maintain hcrsclfand children. What had the pledge donefor hex.JJj '.hadiyeo Jier.tt husband it had given her children a father. The pledge had saved him. We watch over one another, and we know how to pity tlio poor drunkard. Ah! yes, and save bun too; Phi!7Sat:C7iron. From the Boston Journal. Exchange. There are many persons in tho commu nity, especially among" the gOuilor sex, who know but little of the nature of Exchange operations. They are nware that money is transmitted fro.m one part of the count ry to another, by means of Bills of Exchange but tho precise nature of the operation, or the modo of establishing the-" rate of Ex change," is still a mystery in their eye3. Since President 'Tyler's rcloeb a great deal hosbcen saiddn relation to Exchange cu- riosity has b?en roused, and a wish tosolvo the mystery has been excited. ' With a view- to gratify thU laudable curiosity, wc now lay before rnrr rcadcrJlhe fotlowirijcxpla' nuiion of nxchnnge, written by thai practi CiU man, William 'Cobbett! " What is that thing culled the Exchange One man draws a bill on another man; ; third man buys thi.s bill of hc first, and sends to the second fjr payment. That whichrhc sccomr nta-it-tmvs--to, -or- fakes Jrom, too first man, over and above, or less than, the amount of tlio bill, is what is callec the exchemqe, niulov-lien he gives neither more nor less than the amount of the hill, the exchange is what - called at par, just ns our money h, -when wo get twenty &hi lings in exchange for a sovereign. " Let us tnko nn illustration nnd let it Im3 athome where 'the inoiiey has the same name in .places, Sharpshins, a Bristol man drawsra bill on a Londoner for 11 hundred pmitfihjthnt the Londoner owes him,; . An other man, whose name slnll be Broadbrim, who ywes a hundred 'pounds in London, mere .Jtx: jnc pe -sons in Jinstol who have JioyThin g d:ie 10 tlwru i n LiTiTd Ji 1 , n n d wlto can draw upon London, ami a great man if persons at Bristol wlTojwaitt to iran.smit inpuey tcr Iiondiin; and as a bill is a much more convenient thing than n hi" of cold. to serin -to jjondon, hharpshins says to Broadbrim, 1 will not let you have my hun dred pound bill unless you give something over, which Broadbrim will do in order to tget the bill Fvenicnt nn which is a most safe cud con- ode of conveying money. Then , that w hich Broadbrim gives for the bill, over and above tht hundred pounds, is called the rato of exchange jjnnd ihisexchnnge is said to bo ih faeor of London, because a bill on London will fetch more inoiieyithaii the sum thai it is drawn for. But, when flierf contrary is the case; when there are many persons who want to sell bills on London, and few persons in Bristol who want to buy such bills, then Sharpshins must sell his hundred pound bill for lesn than a hundred pounds, else Broadbrim will not hnvc it, seeing, there are so many persons who want to sell bills on London ; nnd now tho ex. change U ia favor of Bristol', seeing that a Bristol man can paya London debt of 1 00 pounds w iih less than a 100 pounds ; seeing tliat the, London people owe the Bristol ones more than those of Bristol owe those of London.;! Sometimes-the dealings and debts between the two places are so, that each owes as much to the other as this oilier owes to jt. Then tho one hundred pound bill will sell for. a hundred pounds ana no more.. , And then the exchange is said to be at par -or on a parallel. : -.- - V It is the same with regard to two nations," but here comes in the circumstance ofdifV fercnt r denominations of money, to account ; or reckon by. Ours ist pound sterling, tho ; French have their Crane, thn 1t.t1ina h... their, florin, the Spanish their dollars, tho, . Dutch some beastly thing that docs not how occur to mo. Let us tako the French franc J 25 francs (leaving out the fraction) are equal in intrinsic value to an English pound. Therefore, if I owe a man in Franco 100, 1 must send him a bill of 2, 500 francs, if the exchange he at nnr hut as in tho Bristol and London thn cnim nhm stated I may have to give more, or to givo ess, tnan jtiuu tora bin of 2,000 francs. to the other, affects as wo have seen above, the rateof exchanger'1-1 -? The; moment nftcr death'.-.. ' It is a serious thing to die.' To tcavo this world never to return, to part forever with nil earth, to exchange time for eterni ty, and tho probationary opportunities of the present, for the settled and unchanging destiny ot tho unending future; to pass from the warm precincts of life, to tho cold chambers of death, is', appalling-, even in thought, to human nature.' When the thought is permitted to stand clearly before' the mind, it strikes tlie living with Solemnity and awe. But tho dyins man what aiv amazing change does be experience in that moment, when tho soul is unclothed frpiw its mortal tabernacle, and looks abroad to that mighty journey upon which it has becnj compelled to enter 1 Just now ho was here. Timo and opportunity were his. Friends were around him The light of the sun wns in his eyes But the moment -after death finds him gone. Timo and opportu-, nity are his no more. No more can he look upon-friends liclow,- and exchange with them the-sweet charities of life,- engage in its business, or they administer to his wants or soothe his spirit. The light of tho sun has faded away from his eyes forever; and other scenes have burst upon his view. IILs. first step is takerr upon that nevFand untried way, whose mysteries arc hidden from every living eye.and whose length is tho duration of unending periods; nnd ilieJaysbe travels ... onward in his course, aro measured by tho revolutions of ages. ' Ho looks for tho first time upon eternal scenes.- He experiences for tiie first time tho realities of the world, which to livfhgmon, is to como. - The mo. ment after death ! - What wondrous secrets will it disclose T To what amazing realities will it introduce the aoul t What unsrKiav- able interests will it decide? To what glo rious or fearful destiny will it carry thcun. dying spirit? I .w then will the great God appear? ? What fresh disclosure of his Being, and majesty and power, and truth and justice will he make? What displays of his glory unseen by mortal men, will -then ba exhibited ? How will Christ ap. ' pear? What uiews of the way of salva. tion by the- S.iviour's- blood, will then bo had I What views of the work or the Holy Spirit in. here striving with sinners to bring them to repentance and to Christ ; and in rcncwixigjtha souls of Gjd's people J: How" will then the sin of neglecting thn Gospel and religion, nnd grieving the Holy Spirit appear ? Thcso questions wo cannot answer now ; but we shall fully know them all the moment after death. They aro questions to be pondered now to bo'cxpe-xieiiced- thcn..Rcaderutm you nreDarcd to -experience wiilniafoTy nthew6fldcrs 'ond events of jho moment after death ? If to. witness the death of others, if to stand by in the sad hour when they give-up the ghost, and are gone, strike awe into tho hearts of tho living, what mus bo tho reality to tho soul which has just past tho nmozing and mysterious change? " The soul of him who has truly repented of his sin nnd believed with the heart unto righteousness; what., ever may be the peculia mature of its sen saiiorw ihc moment after death? is unauca." Uouably safe and happy. But who shall . tell tho sensations of him who djes urqirc jntcdla JiieiitiuwheTO hi ainoment he finds himself in a world of spirits ; flot in.Tir.rrt" ot tfrnng nnr in , r lL; U there a God? but trembling in his awful J - ' .'VI PSHIHII, presence. -Perhaps while living he despised the Saviour; nnd stood firm Against tho thought of eternity. Perhaps he triumphed over the warning of tho Biblo ond romuln. ed unmoved at death. But where is he? and what his confidence tho moment after death 1 God and eternity and his soul can, tcll.-f-CViroMce of the Church. Ax LN'TEHfSSING FACT FOR RCMSELUBS. TJic following (act is stated in a Itttcr from a ricntlcmari in New ITamnuliiro , the editor of theTcmpcfance Journal i -' A wretched inotlicr, 'wIk had becorrm riddictod to the urof strontr drlnlt . rotuml one day from the store' with her jug of rum r.,.,n,l -l.'t.L... v? '.-i ..u-j ivuiiu iMttMicii crying i,or looa. -SIks commanded isilcnce; but a Hit In hnw ' about four years d, continued n err tht iwnw. rpiwpia, wim an oatli, she would still him took him ut and thmtv K;m the bed, and then took her bnttlo ami poured a quantity f rum down his ihroot He struggled, rolled yp- fiis eyes, and died. Tlie clergyman who attended tlw funeral, declared- nubliclv. at tW all he knew, tlio motiier killed tho cliild. t acts like tlicse, it seems to me,' sIkwW fa told in every Wrnseller'ii car iht ha n.. no longer afrcctiiora'nco of ho results of. ins Business.
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Dec. 10, 1841, edition 1
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