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Advocate.
B"'- H7H.IV: Th" fA'.-rxir,- V,t,!f
wr:,,' n j.ro; i r ft: on the uiarria"i
fr, :n are vu,,,,,, f,r pUuJ(:ation WJth.
Out tl.C irrit'T knvji c f i.r N.nwr.t
lege or consent :
And thou 1,-t-t won .-i tender bride;
'I hen ' t i(i; breathe ;i prayer
I or t bee a:,. JJ(.r wn,, ,T thv'.-ido
'J by j 'Vh or woc't muKt .-hurt-.
Thou rtrt full Lapj.j ri',w, f know,
'lt)i tii y corifi-iin ' il";;
I wf,ul i it f.Jjon!'J coi.tifiu'; so,
l.f.Tl t t!." fii'l of Jiff;.
I wouM not tlint - tl'u'l liouM come
'l't ;:t-.t in phfiin around
The. lirihtrxMS of iiy lia(opy liorne,
'V'jic-r: trace arid joy aiouuij.
There in a far a Lrilliaot dream
Of plcasaro, in tliy heart ;
I woul'l not that a single heam
.ShouM from tliat star d'.-part.
T lion lia-t for yr-tiTA a Loj o of joy,
Felicity like this ;
I vouhl not that corruj.t alloy
Should ininh; witii thy hlin.
I would that joy to thee and thine
Should he jirofu-ely iven ;
Thy oiily jiiirtin here should Le
To re-unite in Heaven.
J. F. .SlMUO.N'S.
Weidon. c.
For the X. ('. Christina Advocate.
THE BIBLE.
".Search the f-riptures ; fir in tlitm ye think ye
have eternal life." John, v: .'10.
This little hook Fd rather own
Than all the gold and gems
That e'er in monarch's coffers shone
Than all their diadems.
.Nay, were the seas one chrysolite,
The earth a golden hall.
And diamonds all the stars of iiight,
This hook were worth them all.
Here He who died on Calvary's tree
Hath made that promise bless'd i
" e heavy-laden, come to me,
Ami I will give you rest.
A hruised reed I will not break,
A contrite heart despise ;
My burden's light, and all who take
My yoke shall win the prize!"
Yes, yes, this little book is worth
All else to mortals given ;
For Avhat are all the joys of earth
Compared to joys of heaven ?
This is the ;uide our Father gave
To lead to realms of day
A star whose lustre gilds the grave
"The Light-the Life the Wav."
ALIQUIS.
Kaleigh, March, 1850.
Cmmn mt u a 1 1 u ui .
Fur the X. C. Christian Advocate.
Historical Pictures.
ALEXANDER AXP THE JEWISH HIGH
ntlEST.
What a singular incident is that re
lated of Alexander and l-addu3 the
Jewish high priest in connection with
the imperious visit which the former
made to the City of Jerusalem. Pro
fane History does not furnish any thing
more powerfully illustrative of a divine
agency than this. It comes back to us
through the night and chaos of hea
then worship like a full burst of sup
presses 1 sunshine. The prophecy of
Daniel had now been fulfilled to the
very letter. The grasping ambition
of Persia had been disappointed the
very moment of acquiring universal
dominion ; its friendless monarch had
first seen his crown sticken to the dust,
his wife and children sharing the cap
tivitv of bis meanest soldiers, and was
himself finally murdered in the mostjof the virtuous and vicious the holy
inhuman manner by a brutal dependent; and unholy the pure and impure the
tiwvni.mi n t. if! once nroua Kins- i
dom of Cvrus had become a dishonora
ble blot. He whom Demosthenes, in
declamatory heat, had called a boy,
was grown to be a man ; a man, not
only in the accumulation of bone and
muscle, but in the bolder and more
prominent features of manhood. With
an insignificant host of Macedonians
and hired troops, he had crossed the
Hellspont, and that too in the very face
of his self-confident foe. On the banks
of the rapid Granicus he had tested
the character of Persian Courage, and
vanquished Mcmnon, the most efficient
of the Persian generals. Finally, at
Issus and Arbela, Darius himself went
down, and the world in reality had but
one king. In the year previous to
that in which the last-mentioned battle
was fought, the conqueror had subjuga
ted Tyre, and now, in his search for
fresh conquests, he must needs whet his
sword upon the unoffending province of
Judea. The heritage of the sons of
Jacob was divided by faction and mis
rule. In a temple of mockery built
upon Mount Gerisim, a descendant of
the apostate son ot Jeuoiaa was oien
ding the worship of the living God with
the worship of idols. What a pity
that some drunken Macedonian had
not thrown a consuming torch where
its beams would have caught the
flamp. Rut it was not so. Alexander
approaches the city which the blessed
Jesus afterwards so bitterly wept over.
He demanded, not asked, (for his proud
soul, swollen by the intoxication of con
quest could not stoop so far,) that his
troops be furnished with proyisions and
reinforcements. I-addus answers that
the Persians are his masters ; he dare
not'divert his trust. At this, the tem
pestuous spirit of the conqueror be
comes ungovevnable, and he marc-hes
for the overthrow of the devoted city.
J-addus feels all the critical nature of
jthe occasion. While rtpectin'- the
'authority to which LL obedience- is flue.
!
j v . j. . j;-.. .i . . i iuui;:ir' i & loin
inflection for the hallowed places of the
If-r IIS l.f.r.t. .r, t ,, TT. .. .
because of the father- who w-rc
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(JU.-5 course nas ieic io u.c man
'J he High l'ii
-oes no rock
I of refuge : Lis soul is troubled.
What ;
avails it that Xehomiah and Ezra had
ta-k;d so r.ineri ener'-'v. wtrivon with !
such erithu-ia-in and zeal to reconstruct j
the walls, if they are again to he lev-;
elJed with the p! tin. "What the need of j
so many tears and supplications for the!
restoration of Jerusalem's vanished I
glory, if every lieathen warrior is to j
make it an example of his savage val-
any avenue of safety disclosed to the j
troubled understanding of the High j
Priest ? In the slumbers of the night j
the God of Israel appears, and bids j
him throw wide the gates ; instruct him j
not to oppose his feeble arrow to a!
strength which would crush him ; that
submission would be the best policy,
is demonstrated in the temper of the
man with whom he has to deal. Ac
cordingly, every idea of resistance is
abandoned, and now is enacted a scene
more brilliant and imposing than in the
palmiest days of the Temple. I-addus,
arrayed in the splendid vestments of
the Levitical priesthood, followed by
the whole body of priests, clothed in
glistening white, proceeds with slow
and measured tread over a way literal
ly fragrant with flowers, to the pres
ence of the conqueror. Alexander be
holds I-addus, and across lu3 memory
flashes a dream which once visited his
couch in the royal palace of Macedon.
Amid his ambitious schemes for the
conquest of Persia, a messenger -R-as
sent him from the spirit-land, declar
ing that the God of armies should head
his troops, thenceforth invincible ; and
in that spirit messenger and the Jewish
High Priest ho discovers one and the
same person. A compact is formed :
the chieftain who could shed tears over
the mound of Achilles, worshipping
him as a demi-god, is received with
open arms by the anointed reprcsenta
vah. What a solution of the problem
begot by the prophecy of Daniel that
Judea, from being an object of wrath,
should, suddenly, be spared the sword,
and lifted high in the estimation of
Alexander. It was altogether the won
drous work of Providence, worthy the
infinite wisdom which conceived it.
&c.
For thu N. C. Christian Advocate.
Universalism Future Punishment . Is
Han punished in this world ?
The universalist assumes that man
is punished in this world for all his
sins, and as it is unjust to punish man
twice for the same offence, they infer
that he will not be punished in the
next. Cut is this assumption true ?
Is the present a state of retribution ?
Is the sinner punished here ? We
think not. The present condition of
Snriptv forbids it. bociety is m a
s
V. . v. ,
mixed state, formed by the association
n o-hteous ana tne tuckcu. j.o luuiti
punishment on the wicked to the full
extent of the divine penalty,in the pres
ent state of Society, would necessarily
involve the good in the same general
ruin. The righteous and the wicked
are often subjects of the same govern
ment, members of the same family
belonging to the same household.
They often sustain to each other the
near and endearing relation,of husband
and wife, parents and children, broth
ers and sisters, friends and neighbors.
They are frequently associated in the
same business, as partners in the same
firm, and are therefore mutually de
pendant one upon the other. So, from
their social relations, business connec
tions, and mutual dependence, it would
be impossible to punish the wicked
without involving good, to a great ex
tent, in the same suffering. Besides,
the very presence, care, attention, sym
pathy, and affection of the good, would
soothe the Sorrows, alleviate the suffer
ing, and ward off the punishment of
the wicked. But the suffering com
mon to earth, while it is partly in pun
ishment for sin, cannot be the full ex
tent of the penalty of God's law, be
cause it is not suited to man's entire
nature. The suffering endured here
is mostly physical suited to man's ani
mal nature. It is not intended to reach
and take hold of the soul. It is pover
ty, want, pain, disease, death suffer
in suited to the outward man, that
does not reach the finer elements of
man's spiritual nature. Again, that
cannot he the appropriate and only
punishment of sin, which the good suf
fer in common with the bad, as is
certainly the case with the temporal af
flictions of this life ; for that would be
treating the righteous and the wicked
just alike. This a Just and Holy orod
cannot do. it tne penalty 01 sm m
endured in this life by the sinner, it
our. 'J here w, a time when a power! prosperous and honored. . A thTpT lS lLl,zifmI. !in, hynp? v5 V.. V"7 u": hV"& th?j a v ;l
wpr,tfarJ...A litci ty Pauie, Celprc irrf.-w 6 -s.n w iror endui J5J rTthe i aims tothe 'noblest ubl:men ohjects I Vb l "fiMZTimmd hy St. Taui i h.t i-n.,u-h t P-ll ,,f it. it d. 7 -Tided m-
which the strongman bent the knee and j person, mind nor condition of the sin- j Uut how immeasurably is tl-' p'ea-ure 1 1 chk't onr lC-'' always , t,n t-7-n cirourii.-uiK-..-.- wh..-rt- v..u f-un 1
sword and buckler lost their trustiness, j ner in this life, it evidently is not suf-! heightened with each evince " on ! ? WIth our i;r?- "It is a shocking , hs- "3d Tn.-lo r.-hhank, the
The achievements and confidence of j ftred in this life at all. The fact is, I their part 'of an eaernc-' to le-rn I Profanatlon of divine worship to draw ! ,"r'K"r- ow' T:n r-nnnd-d bio, of
that time live only in the Jewish chron-j the good here, frequently ?uifer more ! and a willing tolulmit8 withnTit a 'l"h to God with the w'riile the ,'1,,,e 'tber-wir.d bat. i:, the -rent
f1 bf,n c,tLcr h?? Tn?A?r It was, be assured, a severe af3V,ion
raratelvor together. It not in 'to leave my good friers in North
My, for r arc t.ot always ; rolina. I was entirely craw2ro hw
cd ,u.iermg bodi,y j.n It 15 often 'numerous and how tender were the to
t.e ca,e tnat verv viewed men enjov : that Lad endeared them to mv Lean"
Spears of uninterrupted Lea -b.-; until the deep v painful moment ar
.Nor are the good exemnt frora oirea?e : ved for r. 1
and death.
Jtis not in rind : for
isiirnent ; remove that, and he would
suffer hut little.
1 he penalty of crime
i ner. Th, 'S'r
is 11UL SIUIfTftl i n ttir. tst.(, .4 1.,
torch, and sets a citv on fire, or the in
nocent, unsuspecting inhabitants, who
escape from their burning homes with,
life, to find their all of worldly wealth
in flames or consumed by the" fire ?
Who suffers most, the yr,urig man, who
in glee sip.s the sparkling wine, and
spends Jus time in convival revels, or
his heart-broken parents, whose gray
nairs ne is bringing down with sorrow
to the grave ? Who suffers most, the
inebriate who drowns his sorrow in the
wine-cup, and steeps his soul in the ob
livion of drunkenness, r.r hi lionrf.
broken wife and beggard children ?
Who suffers most the unprincipled lib
ertine, who has strown his path-way
through life with wrecked virtue, des
poiled innocence, faded beauty, and
blighted lovelines, or the despised, sor- I
row stricken, heart-broken victims of
his hellish wiles and lust ? Who suffers
most, the diabolical members of the
Inquisition, or the innocent victim they
have stretched upon the rack, or bound
to the stake ? Wno can be at a loss!
for an answer ? With such facts before
. us, are we not forced to the conclusion
that this is not a state of retribution ?
J. W. TUCKER.
Kewbern, 185G.
For the X. C Chiistian Advocate.
Dear Bro. Heflix. It it rviac.
ant to find 'a -f incessant
Ifu3in;i-fk-x5ftYfi upon the "restless
ocean." With what profound grati
tude is it meet to reflect upon the mer
cy of Him whose voice stills the tem
pest, and speaks peace to the anxious
mourner. A storm at sea ! How un
speakably sublime a spectacle? How
awful and overpowering the eloquence
with which Divinity speaks through the
sonorous winds and the thundering
billows ! The strongest, fleetest and
proudest of " gallant ships" how in
significant a bauble, in that fearful
hour, when the Almighty Arm is re
vealed ! How puny are all the works
of human skill, when in the dreadful
presence of Him who only speaks and
all things are done.
A somewhat chilling contrast with
the balmy atmosphere and smiling sun
shine of the " Old North State" was
presented, on my arrival here, in the
bitinc winds and shrouddike mantle of
snow which amply demonstrate that, in
' these Yankee latitudes, the dynasty of
Winter has not yet terminated. Truly,
" The biting airs the shrinking flesh appal,
By sharp incisions."
In the neighborhood of New York,
the traces of the grim old tyrant (more
despotic the past season than ever,) are
fast disannearinsr. The snow has left
the side-walks, and, with the exception
of some floating ice which obstructs the j
shipping, a genial, spring-like aspect
begins to greet the eye. But as one
approaches the vicinity of Hartford,
the scene changes. The earth is still
concealed by its hoary mantle, and icy
bonds enchain the thousand sparkling
mountain streamlets. Huge masses of
snow barricade the streets, and for
many miles along the rail-way, the
drifts, torn asunder by the snow-plough,
reach above the car windows. A sleigh
ride of four miles formed an agreeable
Undle to a trip of nearly one thousand
miles. The night was clear and starry,
but the temperature stinging cold.
The road was finely trodden, over snow
from three to five feet deep. A span
of sleek, well-conditioned horses skim
med over the ground like birds, and
snualy nestled under a warm counter
pane of buffalo robes, we seemed hard
ly to touch the -earth, so swiftly and
delightfully did we glide along the
smoothly-worn track. The bells jin
gled a merry chorus, and the very woods
and rocks and the keen air itself "seem
ed silent to listen." The musical lines
of Poe came forcibly to my mind :
"Hear the sledges with the bells,
Silver bells ;
What a world of merriment
Their melody foretells ;
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In the icy air of nilit,
While the stars that cversprinkl
All the heavens, seem to twinkle
With a crystalline delight ;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhym e,
With the tintinpabulatioa
That so musically swells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells,"
; rC waZ iaeiar lcr I?? i Lave teen greater than io cast mx lot
;;e adened his moral permanently among them, and at 'once
sensilihtie, the more unfeeling his ; identify all my intcre with them
conscience and the loss mental suffer-j TcKe montU ao tC ,CS r f o
jng he endures. Besides, the most soon leaving theS? pfo.-ever
, . . 1 i i , . .
... i.va Jaiui..iMuuiii luiure run-' Avitmn tnrir hr,
the . stances favr.rf t,,. t :
,
Sr.itot.l .r-Ar. , -1
! then hi.hlv 7 :
i to instruct the vm,th n...t
,t . . . ' r-'--
le:r Past 'tive minds, les
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be necessary to accomrdi.-h so
grand an object. In the latter respect,
the Southern boys and rrirls far surpass
our Yankee youngsters. In point of
scholarship, we of the North should
perhaps feel inclined to dispute the
palm. But there is too much of that
execrable " Young America" conceit
in the minds of our iuveniles. To our
own doors this evil returns. We en
courage it. The teacher is required
to persuade, rather than coerce, and
the saucy youngster often stops to ar
gue and bandy words with him. If he
attempts to correct the impropriety and
reward the urchin's impudence with a
well-deserved castigation, it too fre
quently happens that the parents take
the child's part, and, as a necessary
consequence, an end of good order im
mediately ensues. I do not admit that
so unhappy a state of things is univer
sal here. It is highly probable that in
a large majority of cases the reverse
is the truth. But I confess, with sor
row, that the evil I have mentioned is
both extensive and frowinrr. At. tha
South, so far as my own experience
and observation entitle me to an opin
ion, the case is very different. To such
an extent has the important principle
of respect and obedience toward supe
riors been inculcated, that, sooner than
violate it, even an unjust requisition
i1!3 Pan Jsoften .Quietly-.
ation of that barbarous practice, once
so prevalent, both North and South, of
applying the rod for every trifling de
reliction of duty. In my opinion, any
person whose talents, culture and na
tive dignity are unable to command
personal respect sufficient to supersede,
in a great majority of cases, any aid of
corporal chastisement, is utterly v.n
ivorthy to bear the honored name of
teacher. But I would most strenuously
contend for the right, in all extreme
cases, to employ, without any risk of
interference, the severest mode of dis
cipline which justice, .humanity and
Christian forbearance could possibly
sanction.
In connection with this subject, al
low me to " speak a good word" for
the Black Bock Academy, within your
own State. The- unmistakeable preci
sion with which you have defined your
position as a public journalist, devoted
to the welfare and fame of North Ca
rolina, renders unnecessary any apolo
gy on my part for commending to your
notice one of her most unpretendirg,
yet wealthiest institutions. Its " local
habitation" is in the upper part of
Brunswick County, about 22 miles from
Wilmington, and one or two from the
Cape Fear River. The building, which
is new and commodious, stands embow
i ered in a beautiful grove of young oaks,
xi spring of excellent water gushes up
from the earth a few yards Irom the
door a refreshing and fitting emblem
of that Pierian fount whose classic wa
ters shall fully satisfy every thirsty
soul. Across the road stands Weyman
Church, where Divine services are sta
tedly performed .--How appropriate !
Learning the hand-maid of religion !
How sweetly and gently may they toil
on together, like Christiana and Mercy,
and point the benighted, weary pilgrim
to the Eternal Home !
Though unknown to fame, this mo
dest institution has labored with honest
zeal in the noble cause of education,
diffusing the wholesome leaven of its
influence through the entire community.
For two years a female department has
been successfully sustained, and several
of the ornamental branches taught.
The Academy enjoys the enviable bless
ing of a location among sober, honora
ble and Christian men. I love my oid
patrons and friends with the sincerest
affection. I desire their prosperity in
every enterprise which has in view high
and noble achievements. For the suc
cess of their worthy foster-daughter
the Black Rock Academy my best
wishes have long been enlisted, and lor
the truest honor and well-being of North
Carolina for the peace, prosperity and
piety of her sons I shall ever devout
ly pray. M. E. W.
West Granby, Conn.
The Fayettvilk Presbytery holds its next
meeting in the Grove Church at Kennansville
Duplin County, begining on the 10th of A-pril.
fir the X. C. CbriVn . h
Sieging' in Church.
! As
a natural conefjcer.ee,
figging not imparted to a
1 rcany who are deprived of that
( ful ir,fff rir.r. -.r.k
, v ce are ne vert
-! t to .judge wh. n
i-rancn 0! oar church ser
VlCe is
j formed suitahle
to the occa.n
Tied. In fhx iTn
i wluch it is dc
r.rr,r,.-.- - -. - ' " :
i ",,;J- lVQniorm t0 tLe wl" of fancy. ; s"5:- T 1 1 'nd hvolkd :.; ,
-"- J ars l.'if "Unr-ra j rr,r..e.rr,
ed, may assume all that fancy u:A fah
ion can invent to please "
t 1
-iut, tor Heavens sake, when
iimtntU I,,.,,,,. ,ff..i . .
i 1 " ""-'"-t ui vjuu, iy praises'.'-, .
v - JJt uairn., jei us tune
m congregations, by persons trvim
j imitate those who may be termed
i -.;r. i i i
ci-1
I aim-i, may be con.rared
i tne i nansee who prayed want to Le
(heard for their fine sin "-in-. Such
melody would harmonize with the "Ju
lian Minstrel," but as dovotior.il wor
ship to the praise and glory of the
great I AM. 'tis mockerv.'
Let those who sine remember t bat
branch of
designed to excite the pleasin- sensa
tions 01 the sensual mirnl l.nt i,hp c,-
pat
TMlttfti'i 1 . -. . ., - 1 1 " . .
jmiiiiuv, iuic sum aumiratioa tor
religion of the God
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ot our salvation.
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Th I, .1- :
13 suuieiiiiiiff oi aivmitv m
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a sense and consciousness of the Di-!
vine presence, and which strikes the as-1
cnml.lirl 7-niH!tn,I. ...; U i
muiuiuuc iiu an awe oi gouly
reverence.
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Christian, let us have that kind of1
smgmg in our church, and godly devo-
tion
F.
Wakefield, N. C
For the X. C. Cbristiun A Ivocatc.
Tom StonygTotmd.
iMR. Editor : You no doubt have read
and heard a great deal in your life of the
iue uuiy uevout uymn, that we can t j profound listener Lim.M.df. Jc. k. jd dro gue
utterance to. It is solemn, pen-i'J2 UP cWor during the nirx-ting, i-mil.
sive, and penetrating, even to the cap-1 tne Iu5-t
we .saw of 'loin, he was in the
tivation of soul a something that stirs I a't:,r weeping over flic mourni r.. During
up, as by magic, the spiritual man, to ! F(,.a;;hi,,J-' heap-ared jH-rfcetly captiv.-.t.-d,
biography even, while we feel fully sensi- j WJ0 w,,s noted for his piety and sinqdicity.
ble' of our incompetency to do them jus-j j,a appeared by his actions to have en-
tiee, we propose to present your renders a j tirelv forgotten the camp-meeting. As j
few facts, which we have been so fortunate j Uek would have it, when the good man J
as to collect, concerning the above-men- announced his text, he had selected the;
tioned one, which wc trust may prove aiparahl,j of the sower. lie tok up the j
source of gratifying interest to his iiume- different clas-es, as preseiited by our Sa-;
rous relations, and mankind in general. j viour. in such a nlain and earnest manner, ;
The exact time and place of Tom's birth
lis rather a matter of dispute. As none
! but the curious would pass by a man as; he
I stands before the world for himself, to fro
and hunt out the precise spot and day in ! ej the great object of gointi to the Loa-o j
which he was born, we deem it a subject ' 0f ( ;f(! v,;f produced a listle-sne.-s there, !
of little importance at present, presuming ; an,j a consequent result afterwards. But ;
the reader seeks moral worth, and not w hen he came to " those who received the j
'' dates and places." But whether he was ' FeC( on .-tony places," whether it was from :
bom in the " Necks of Virginia" or the t,0 ej:ac.t niaiiner in vrhich he de.-.ci lied -"Swamps
of North Carolina," he was a ! Tom, or because he said sonn thing about
late descendant of that ancient family of j .ctouv-ground hearers, wc don't pretend, to :
Stonygrounds which flourished as far lack j gay j" but we happened to cr.st our eye- to-!
as the days of Christ, as we learn: Matt, j wr,Js where he was sitting, end lo! every ;
13,5. Unlike the most of renowned men, ! 5on an daughter of them were sturingi
every place seems to deny Tom a birth, ; j-Jht at Tom. About this time the preach- j
while all admit he was born somewhere. ; er broke out at the top of his voir e : 1
But it is generally believed he was born j "These pcpl are doing the cause of Cod !
not far from the vilbee Ine.nrsidKition, t more barm than anv other 'lass in the;
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which stands near tne great triorougmaru
of Beelzebub's lie-footed me.-seugers, Evil
Thinker and Ell Surmiser, &e.
Miuiige
to tell, tradition is very near s.
to tell, tradition is very near silent eon -
pM-niri"' Tom's acts in early life. V e can
only account for this by suT.no.sing he
did
not reach that ' neignt oi immortai.i oi
some, whose childish sayings and doings
must le handed down to posterity, ct it
is confidently asserted he evinced, at an
early age, great instability of character.
He would cry bitterly for toys, which would
. ..... t .T J T . C
fail to satisfy him an hour, when they would i
he cast away and something ehe sought as j
eagerly. Sometimes he manifested great j
affection towards his parents, but soon he
would Lecorne surly again, and go pouting j
and muttering at everything he had to do. j
When a boy, he was sent to school, and on i
the first day he professed great attachment!
to his teacher; studied his book like a man j
for about a week, when suddenly he be-j
came very tired, and "lay out" on the ,
road the rest of the session. Before he j
was eighteen years old, he had declared'!
Ibis intention to oe oi every profession m
tne noie eauuog u- ox "-"V
he concluded to follow nothing m particu -
.1 t.l ..1, . l. fin.,
lar.
But as it chieSv enters into the rres
ent sketch to notice his rtli jiovs chararter,
if he had any such character at all, we will
now take that up. Tom was conceded by
all to be a wicked and profane youth j and
the older he grew the worse he c:ot. He
was generally regarded perfectly indiffer
ent to the salvation of his soul, until a
treat revival broke out iu the neighbor-
CL - -
hood; and among the hundreds who pro
lessed, the tnnstians were agree w ur
prised to find Tom among the number.
He came forward just before the meeting
closed, with a multitude ot young and oid,
and joined the church. He goon tegan to
attract the attention of everybody by his
overflowing zeal. He was almost foremost
at the altar. He sang well, and .seemed
to have some little success in instruction.
He would go out sometimes tt the close of
a warm sermon, into the congregation, and
lay hold on sinners, as if he would drag
thein up in epite of them. Some of the
food old sisters soon began to whisper it
about, "Tom was to be a preacher." But
unfortunately for Tom, the revival soon
died away, aid before six months the breth-
m
If.
"-';..? a T..rt.:r."
f-r ev.-nthin.
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n!ra teil iv.-.
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to;
jo'j Micii. out liH heri'i. and ."tr.it
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b
-f : but wLt ii the birds w n iri-
uii hniit.
w..uld
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toiwin - .'d tri)
pin
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I.
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sccin- T..:;., oi cc or twict-, in ur L
Ihc lir-t tin:e w; s vu a t c;,,,,,,
i -:
in- -c:i-i,.!). I d..;:': think I.e !..;!,.
the ground rnti! 11 o h k mi S;dd..Mh
He t...k his st-.-.f .ri tlf out-kirn of to.
congregation, with an nir of skontiil in
'- '-1!i., r' ''tC- 1 'b l'n siding Kldi-r, w w is
"US and f vccll. tit t.ri.-w-l.op r. . !i. tl..
Ill ill"
- ! , , c,':';t"r t,1,-.rv"'3- A,"'r
1 I uu"
a W llli''. M e
saw 1
be
'111
to look around, to sec if
Jill I 'I in
.?.l-..r - n.. i ..
: there w:is run- . ... .!... . l 1 ..
th.
' -' ge. i many ..aim
d
it)
a
i tears, and tnme.l -..., .,,1 .... i l
I -- I I'MIII'I ,.11'J I -f, I'
mine neuiing tin; minister desenhe the un-:
dying ghjiy of the celestial saints, and
tiod's infinite love, disrdaved in the re.1
" me worm inn an vt inn"-ej-e i
t llH.Th.il i.t 1 ,n ..-,...1.
; ,i..,,,, ,. ,. , j
i-'iainy. j i s sai'J J i ill) :
generally needed converting about twice :
a year. Uut, in our opinion, often mis- i
took the voice of nature f,r fl,r. ,.r I
rie oiil n.t t....... 4 . i. - i i
Viou, sued a lew tears, and imagined Le '
was a perfect Christian, when he w::s a!
stranger to godly sorrow r.nd saving faiih.
lie was sometiuies in the church and some-j
tunes out, pud no doubt was in many time-
f i i i .
iWiien ne ouglit to have been out. J lie
Jofc .1;rci7grimn Mntr,i.rp.r n tr: -re;
j tj;it he soon gained the attention of every
i body. He passed over the way-side hear-j
j ers,"by giving a general descript ion of them; !
! then t.roving to them they had misconet iv- j
wr.rm. I Ley are n-prewntniv; reliirion as
, , l.nutiful eannent. only to be nut en in ;
revivals arn
1 lif
" (f.mti-meetili
and to he '
; ia;,i a;i,,je whenever they eo out into xu
world. When a cloud Misses over
the!
'church, they skulk away into some corner
. . . , .,
: or l onl jto the world til l rail fg. ur-t .
! jt . jjUt wi(.n Jt is prosperous, they are
j Jxj,las Peter when Lo cut off Malchus ear. !
j 'hen the standard of the Cross is drv;j- S
i 'mg, they are back yonder fe wearing they !
know iiothin-' of the man Jesus CLri.-t ;
jUt wben it is planted in triumph they are
j-y to claim the victory. Hueh pull- of j
a;r are an abhorrence to Cod! They ore
tIOpty clouds, driven away ly the first j
ydr jUi.r breeze, to le blown back by the
Eext They are standing in the dor ef j
tjje temple of grace, to keep p'.-ir peri.-hiiig j
un(.tH out. They are hanging out false i
lio,,?, to draw poor lost mariners on the I
w7ean 0f jjfv. jn tie breakers of hell. Ai
uttje objection to the preacher or sorte ;
mfeirjber, gives them a di-U.ste to all, ai.d j
cau5.;e'yf God besides."
, .u i,r- ,T w.(.rlt rrToni!
r ' ' .
dro0T,ed bis head. After preaching be tp
; J , r,n.. ' . tl(M LI;a U
- ; , ; ; . . t- ,;f ha tlie Ejr.
tification of fcupposincr the jreacher con
descended to persnaiities, but he thought
sr.me of the rest of his neighbors needed
it as much as he did, and he old net in
tend to sulmit to it, or to commune w.th
any church that allowed it. Bro. C told
hini, of course, he knew nothing about
him. That was the Ia.-t time we taw I ,m
II!
- , AUjUt tLe particulars of
- , h .-.j DOt ,hV ju. the reai.
i ... fiU gur(pofe9 tL:t Unles his Sight
across the dark vale came in camp-met-img
tiir.p. bis end was edjOifiV. But. for the
sake of his numerous relations, we forbear.;
NEIiO.
Myrtlehoro', X. C.
P. S. We fcbould have said more. Mr.
Editor, about Tom's family, but (.'nele
Pious takes your paper. But from the best
of information, the " Stonygrounds" and
the -Grtpes'' are closely eonncted. We
hope Uncle Pkus wont be offended at u,
because we have tol l the truth about his
cousin Tom and didn't tell near all be
sides. But he had better keep still, or we
n. v
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th .t i 'i d
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mind rrnd 1 1 - 1 1 and hai.-;
1 : -h the (( . i i j : t , , (
n irrated to one ot the old.
see him siriiek with -j
w ' inn v be s'ic - , a fnf n
exhibit remlt- ..f pro'Tf-
?h: t
tuna
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whi-!
klioW'll t' lis, W.:; 1 1"
o.udi '.
Imai'inatioti d.u!- f. -rwrti I I !.
tnre with j.ii tiif s of id- i! 1 .. ; i
"lory, only to be sin e. !: -I !.y
fooL-tei.s of i.n.jr. si to a:.:ti,:.t-- li
on
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and lotbe thf-m with re.-di'v : ;
the plat fi 11 ui thus l-i-f 1 ).
d
wings lor a still bolder ).;.!.. t . I
ported again ly a in v ful, .lie- m i ! 1 r
vildest dreams. Thu-, fr-.iti w.. !:,. 1 1.
tion is gaining strength for !.!".
( iir-ions, and progress h ( (.ntiioi I r
((iing new inn derations in '.... i. ieal
rat.'", until, in ''''1,'-'',jjjjjl,Ji , I
n"eT.t Shall ce.-e. The wide b- ! 1 ' ' ; ' '
it v epulis to our b. wild' I'd y. e-ti .! '
(doses the th. a!re uj-.n v.lih h ti- I ' '
mind is ever to act. n! v ' ".;d! : i
of this enil'--i drama c .:i b- i' v.. i ; '
during the short - j ,e e of the pi ' ;'
'1 he relnailid. T m-l-f be -'' li te-:;; '
int. stanilq-oiut, but not ! ' !' '. ' '
reit.dnlv. . t ,
If ini.-.-inat: ,11 can -frth w 'h ;
conception-' i vi m while eiri.bep .. '
(dogs of li;o;f lity, and pr-.-o--- . ." ; '"
thosr- ( ..ne. piio'is ( veil ami't-t ' '
of this life, what re-nil.- mr-V we ;.. V
eijiate in anoth'-r -
eeas(;li-ss ag' - . "
lie re 'i,;i-"ie' tl.
hatti le t -h.t'i
it e.'.!
hath ne t heard. I
to the h' tl t of m
tb'T
, to eoU' ei
.e 1
r t;i
which i'-l
love H'nn."
U'-.l I'
.r tie: N. C. :.
Is it not So!
Of the sc' r-l I' ,
is J'J.
r.ad fortbe
t f'
,V ll.'.llth-,
!i art:.'-i", ;
n.iinber h' - L-d
on the ' ubv.et ef
ri.A.-.- H'.ET '.''
and in alueu-t every ;-.n:. le ti
;s exj;r--.-ed, that ' r I i-s-;i.ei t
('cjiiiing; tr.it
is waiofig ; th.'.l
oe-ver." Jbd v
o;.j-!a n.one i
th- ( ,..; h i
1!!' ilfiC
t .
O t!
from the amount '' Wijtin'.'
jeet, th it there is y i utwli ' ia-- r
r.ilgiou in tiie chm-eh. OI cour-e t
i- not enough, an 1 p rh; j. ne-, rh . 1
But, then, we mu t L I.- ve th I
poiiding '!;'.-.( arid ir : d.er- ai; t
:iseour;:ged by 'S' Oiny f 'rehiin.'- m.
jrehensive prediction. -V u '"' '
the church w ould be tU. : 1 1 e
i'fh and h"j": iner'."-el, tv.-U-.-l o. i
"harrowed tip by pe-tur s of t:. ' .
cur niid-t. It is mi." -ted t;., t - .
fi,ft;jil li.if ; liietit.oried b-t- , tl ' j
lace, and la.ore to thof who nx-s
correct them : to the head- of v. -
in our arum 1 tm.' uart'-r!y .;
f Teater effort1 be n.a 1- to 1
t t
i i
;t
.
tre of our church sy-tera at.ve t
ity of class-me' tin.
When I hear one iki.'
to
of t!
e chu" n'-
r. .l' t for
out giv:.'i:r l.er
lonee. I r h
of well-'Joi or that he i- 'lej;..
own couipreLeririi at the t .tp i. .
weaker Irethrn. Ii-.-ca:ie w . - .
thing that sho..M b-- crr..-;ted, v
nuyyrrf. the church l, growing 1 ;
I'erhsps it had defeits when we f.r-t
it; but then we admired its 'j ':
f it ii- contl'ji'- to uo so. and .
i 'tie
y.rs'l': as po-.-ib'.-, endeavor to o-i.-t :
all evil tend; n-'es. Many of u- e-
iev the t-hi-s-r u. I-t us h-i.-1 a s :..
tilinz h ind ar-d a sympathizing L rt t i
tho'-e who i:;ay now be weighed d .w.,
pmding. mA p.-rhaps Mufiitig. li-e t : e
mav eo :,e when th.-y wlil be j - a,:
shall b? under the cloud. Th :i v,-;; :. y
feel hew tro-! and how prolub'..- it '.- t
bear each olh-.r's Lurdeim w.tho it r-: - !..
1VEB tlSUr.l .
April 4, lvV,.
-The right spirit. El.
- -
LuaM Atu:n. This I:.3..ut: u ; r-.'.-x
realy fr the roeepticn ef f.rty l.i'.-s..::
patier.-.