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nv TUT TG ' ii iDli nil j 7 j H r1 thouis tccet, r :- ) l;a la-HcIiflion, .valiln, literature, iQviatlluv: ana General 3nt:lit . ... . OLUME IYIIIN0. 1 , VRALEIGII, 11 C, FRIDAY, JANFAEI 7, : 1853. rv A Religipu an Iat erar Paper : Wished weeJtty at Raleigh, N. C:','at$2 00 per an- fm. taTabl a11 cases lir advawci. - .. - y- S3T AH ieers: on , uuswess suoum oe cureciea io publier Marcus A. Meredith Letters contain coiwinumelEUums, or in any way relating to the ed- rjaf departmefit,'should be addressed to "Editor of s Biblical Recorder." frivate letters to the Editor, vinjr ho reference to the Recorder, address thus-1- ivTho. W. Tobey. - - . v jAll communications, to insure attention,' must taireciea io rtaieigu, i. vjpost-paict. . -.:, W For further particulars see'last page 1 J . Subscribers who do not give express notice to the ntrary are considered wishing to-continue their sub iption. , ' ; : - - 2, If the subscribers order the discontinuance of eir papers, the publishers may continue to send them I all cash charges are paid. ' - - 3. If snbscribers neglect or refuse to " take their pa rs from the office to which they are directed, they e held responsible until they have settled Iheir bill. id order their paper discontinued. ' . " '. 4. If subscribes? remove to other places without 1n- rmingthe publisher , and the paper is sent to the for- ler direction, they are held responsible. ' r . 5 The ourts hav& decideaythat refusing to take a apex or periodical irom tue omce, or removing and avmgit Macalled or, tprima Jacie" evidence of teotional -fraud ... . -.."'. ' - ' ;" - .God never intended thtt hti creatures, (ex-; cept'tng some birds and beasts, of prey) - should turn cizbt into day, andthe day into eight. ' To man, at leastf thia habit is injurious : it is; a sia agaJnst nature ; and they rho commit it I generally feaL'za tha penalty of an early failure oi taeir powers i-paa seiaoia, u eyer, reaca mat eminence wmcn moss .n-aiu.wuu t.y ueciaws The habit of early rising an J eft! consecra tion of the first part 'of the- da v to mciltal toils, uas mo oesx, promise ; wnua miamgut stuaiti tollofed by late morning slumbers, -,. are ' almost i sure to doom their mis;uided TOtary .either, to mediocrity, or to the grave. . , ", But when the hard work of study is over, more or Jess time of the remainder of the day may still ba jrivijn td'mental improvement. ' - .v-v There arc fragments of time odd moments, as they have been called falling in between dif ferent engagements" and duties of the day. And these are so many that their proper employment is amatter ot no small impoitance. .- '. ::xk' With soma men, indeed, they are few, from the multiplicity " and pressure" of occupations : with others, from the want of industry, prompt titude, and system in their; business, liut with most, these "odds and ends',' of time are enough; of themselves, to - matea man intellectually rich, if they were skilfully improved. But, to many, they are lost through want of duo , esti ruate of their number and value." ;Quwdam tempbfa cripiuntur ,nobis ; qujedam subducun- tur ; quaedam f effluunt ; turpissima Uamen est lactnra qure per ne?li?entiam venit." : Seseca. Let us then'; consider, itkirdlu.: what are the ArtJts'ttahj shunned, and rwhat to be cultiva ted,' for- making the niost of tha ' summer of life.: ;;:-v.. s 1. First, I would say, eschew a sun lit -tZ- "Love !hoi7sleep,V said the; sage , of Israel, said ,man r rankan lata--1 eoifi nn Viiirii day, and not have overtaken his business at a t r - tle wuo .rises T v.itrvfy frrtf 'fill ni2ht. poet, :4( are BEPAREB TO BE DELIVEREn TO THE CRADUATIXG CLASS or WAKE FOREST COLLEGE, JUKE, 1852. But books are not the only source of knowl- b3fre. Secietu. also, nas much to offers to biui kho knows how to gather it : so much that ma- bv have thought, with Pope 1 be proper stu- py ot manKinuis Ko.n7 v It is to be remembered that much which is aluah&, of human knowledgef has", never been fFritten ; and if it were, it is not so well gathered ; i-om books as from life. ? IVIan has been eallsd : a microcosm a little 1 t.i cii .: i,.o,nn. 1 : ...i.i Uiiu. . jiuau iu u U. UVHI.IC1) ii nuuiu UbS ore volumes to give it3 whole ; geography ; than hat of the big world about which it revolves. t veiy large portion of the works of fiction pro fess to be fictitious only as to fcicts wbile it js their whole aim to answer the liniversal and ever iterated enquiry,. what is man. r V They pro ess to give the science of human nature. But le who would make any truly valuable progress jo. that science must mingle with the world,, and I4 catch- the living manners as they'rbe." He tousttudyharaeter, notion the page onl yi but in ine panor , ju me worjiauwpvjiinemarKei , bn the street: m the tornm." He musniiaTea'f faith in the existence of -nndiscovered treasure beneath the unpromising surface of .rusticity. le must have an ear even for the words of the ignorani , an eye even ior ne aeeaa oi me sim ple. .Observation will, thus furnbb biru .with much be could never cave gathered from books? But society is important to him not only -for Iwhat he may draw from other.men but for the command it way give him of what he has drawn from, books. H?;"?f -rC?r It has been said that reading makesfull man'i writing a correct man, and coQTcraatioiifircfrm " "Mornii.'s," said v the mysterious "- - v . - "Three blessing. wait upon ihem, one'of uTiich 1 'SboulJ move, ihey make us holy,- happy, rich. . It has nothing to do with life and duty. It is only a thief of time. It Vitiates the imagination; nurses irresolution ; and turns thought into a va gabond. W , ' " . ' 3. Do not procrastinate.' '.. . If a thing is rnotattended fib: intits proper time, it will haunt you ; standing 'in tlm way to every tuiug eise. ii.wnans peioreyou De -a au ty, there is a lime for it ; and its own'ttme is the SyittmaiizturcmymtnU . -' Map. out your work : it is the way :: to avoid loss of -time and keep clear of perplexity. It is the only way of escaping - the mortification of torgetmiuess, ana .in miscuiei oi leaving inings undone , Do not- study . at random : set your studies before you rather .than have them fall in your way. Have ah object in every study ; and Iibt'ii n mri1 ronnn for it. t'fK :.v: - b . ' . : . t ' jjo jmejMJJis ota umc- you can jn another. The fifteen minutes which Madame de Genlis was obliged, by the Queen of France, to spend in the dining hall before din ner, woulJ, by most persons, have been regarded as too trif.ing to be' turned to any account. - But the result otter use of them was sufficient to haye secured her a niche in the temple of Fame, if she had never employed her pen at any other time. Kem ember that life itself is inada up of littlcu.. , Drops from the ocean. - : . r V. '.Teh care of your company. y The unreg ulated love "f tfocietv Jeada to a vast waste of time. Setk hot.Jhat which cannot benefit you. Especially shun that whih neither can impart benefit to you,' nor vbUI receive - benefit from . i . , ii..i t. : -1." your uut most oi an, icccp ciear ox wuico will do you harm: v . " 8. Head nothing for the "sale of piere I'tcnc lion. Recreation is necessary : but time is too precious and. the " gathering'! period of life too brief, for any ruan; and especially a professional man, to bestor any portion of it on what neith er imparts knowledge nor mends the heart, nor cultivates the taste, nor improves the style.. i Part with time, then! as with; money r"" Pay no momeht but jn purchas'bf its worthV4' 4 r r " 9. Classify your acqnisiCums. Cultivatajthe babit, in your readings of referring everything worth remembering to some practical'.connexion. Read with your: pen " or pencil la hand ; y oar common place book; for choice extracts, near : your Index Rerum, for topical referwee, on your table ; and your scrap book within your reach for such articles, of value as -you find floating on the stream from the daily press. . ' ' y: :10. Accustom yourself 4a silent - soliloquy:: to tue mental operation, I mean, of putting; your thoughts into good lan (marred. This will obliije you to mature your though It will . improve your stv-le.and civeyou a ready command of the most select and pertinent phraseology in which to convey your ideas. Tins is an. accomplish ment in society, and a pQwer all .important' to a puojic speakers ;.;;'.:::-; ?y,";; .. ;;. ''j?l;Cke-riih'a1iW.'.far la lorp&Jt:'S : y -If you would bo rich in in entail treasures you mnst do a great deal of hard work i and you tnnst love it. If you. do not love severe study you will never rise much above the undistinjzuishi ea throng, whatever may bo your genius In the anguage of Wirt, himself ona of the finast ex am pies which our country has furnished of the importance, of this precept " No: mere aspira tions for eminence, however. ardent,rwill give you excellence, without great labor. Wishing, aud, sighing1, and " imagining, and dreaming of greatness Will; never, make you great. If- you would get to the mountain's top it will not do to " stand . still, looking and wishing yen were man. f.his it aoes oy caning into use tue stores of the mind, and preventing ; them from fading from the memory. "And; the maxim, that, "a penny saved 13 two pence' gained,2i isliot tmore true in political economy thn it is m reference j iu mu'ueuiuai weauu. r. Intelliffent conversation with subjects on which we have studied obliges us to cast about and hunt up our half-forgot ten stores. Gold that had become dim, and was well ,nigh lost, is not .only recovered, but grows bright un der the attrition of mind with, mind- : We not only make others rich by what we give, but-; the thoughts conveyed enrich ourselves.yyjyjyys: 44 Thought delivered in the more possess'd. .' ..I "Teaching we learn ; and giving we retain 41 The births of intellecl ; when dumb, ioi got. u Thought's exchange, like the alternate push . 44 Of waves conflicting, breaks the learned scum, u And defecates the etudent's standing x-oof.'i' C The third means, to be coofidered, fcr thc.in-, crease of knowledge, is the right nse of time. ; That there ia occasion for the exercise of much skill in this, is manifest ; for some men bring to pass, in the same length' of tiraej much more than others. Not only so, but they do it without haste, while the others are always in: a hurry ; and neither the days nor the years are long enough for them to execute their plans. iV y , . The first thing we would say on this point, is : Xearn to estimate the vftiaeof time.yy- There is no less philosophy than piety In the prayer offered by the Leader of lsracL ,;" So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts in towLsdom." . The" summer the gathering season of lifeis short. It should be thought of not so much by years "as by chang ing moons, ansf days, and hours', and moments.. We have allotted some twenty years for the gathering season but how large a portion, even of these, must ce ; cmpioyea eisewucre tnan m the harvest field.- " When we have ' deducted," says Johnson, . all that is absorbed id" sleep ;.all that is inevitably appropriated to the demands of nature, or jrresistibly engrossed by the tyran- ny oi custom : an tuat-passes ia reguiaung tne E.upernciai aecorauon oi me, or is given up -iu f lm "rectriToeations of 'dvilitv to the disposal of jothers r all that is torn from us by the violence of disease, or eioien imperceptibly away. Dy las situde and languor, we find that part of , our du ration very small, of which: -we can truly 'call our selves masters. y.- ; y.y -;:.-.y y - :. ; Much may b) done, however, to diminish the amount of these subtractions,-if ye are suScient- My impressed with th e value of our. passing hours jandi moments ; and Lave the firmness to resist j the temptations that best us'tojwaste them. ': ; j ."Every ' student every professional man shouli have Lis hours for-mteLoctual labor; ana should consider ths:n hb cuisf Lours; with refer ence to which c tllr.r 1 bend. His i sleep, Lis rc:rc:.. 3 tu?:!:, ry.i, . zs far as possible, 13 avcc-..;.i izzzll yyll tD. thsn. JHjcy are the heirs fir 44 laying u'p in stcrefor himself a good fourJrAion or r. i.,J: tie tiitlo cduld do five IM-1 would uoi at tempt ta'follow his example. An undivided attention b the best guaranty of success. K A whola hand, a whole head, and a whole heart, empleyed the same tbinst.'mre; th? :1 'man y hands' ' y of the ' proverb that "make liijht woik.?7 I be only way for a single soldier to conquer an army is to take it in detaUtCAnd the only method of doing a great many thln-zs, and doing - them well is to do one at a time. . The great secret of the success of such men as liroujrbam; ana unatham. ana oth ers who have borne the world on their shoulders and filled it with their doeds and fame: and yet had leisure to play witb their children, was their 1 power to ; carry 4 out tpe. uukb oi i ewgastie; ma"iunrrJ'2fte thing at a time "A-a power . 1 of preventing one thing from intruding upon the same kind as our being placed ia a state of discipline during childhood for nature" age: Our: condition in both respects h uniform; and of a piece, and comprehended under one and the same general law of nature.'- , 1 . - It is, as much to ba expected, then, that he who allows the vigorous portion of life to pass without attention to his immortal interests, shall go , into eternity unprepared for it, and b3 ex posed to the bitter, consequences of his neglect ; a? that the loiterer in : the path" of knowledge shall f til of the rewards Of wisdjni ; or, that the slupgard who will not plow in spring by reason of the cold, shall bg ia harvest and have n?th- ing. y He who, in disregard of the written law of God, not merely allows the season for cnltiva--ting the heart to: pass unimproved, but spends the flower and prime" of life in sinful indul gences, will find the end' of those things to bs dejttui N o teacfcin. pt the Bible is mors ex plicits " Men do not gather grapes from thorns." " Be not deceived, God is " not -mocked : for whatsoever a man sowetb that shall he also reap. ror he that ; so weth to .the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption : but be that sowetli to the spirit, shall of the spirit reap life everlasting." .What, then, is Wisdom's voice to the young? It is the same with reference . to the treasures of virtue and piety as it is witb. reference to phys ical and intellectual wealth, y He is ;tho " wisp son" . that ' gathereth ; in s umnur.ll "yAnd She gives you her promise, to stimulate you to be come thus early wise in tho matter of jour, ev erlasting salvation love them that lore nne and those that seek me' early shall find me. "- Sh'of has i also r words of expostulation for, those wh o are disposed to lbiter, procrastinate, and slumber away their summer hours. " She cri eth in the chief place of concourse, In the open ing of the gates : How long ye simple oneswill ye. love. "simplicity , arid the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge ? .y Turn you atmv reproofJ'y And she has her words .of soiemn aenunciation ror tnoso wno set at nougat her counsel: They shall eat the, fruit of their oion' vayy ' ! - -4" i believe a young man is seiuom touna nay- gone" through Collegft without teeling the fore a i of these "Yepresehtations God has placed nsar una a monitor who -never tails" to press His claims to his affection and obedience." Hope may handout her rainbows ; .passion- may' utter henpleas land pleasure may 'paint her scenes. to Jure, him to the path of -duty and safety : but conscience will, point to .the-grave, where passion will be hushed -and to worlds ' where pleasure and 'sm are parted ; forever. : A nd in the still hour of ni jbt and solitude she will whis per toUny- lugpint : " .-j ow is the accep 1 2. FinalIyT31flAe thorough work of what you undertake. Bedn "nothing from whim and caprice : have a good reason - for your .underta king and kefp to it till you see it done; v,It it be the study of a language, do not be satisfied with .being a smatterer.' . If it be a science, en- dsavor to cettoibe bottom of it." : If it be the writing of an ; essay, a sermon, an argumenta treatise, a volume,' carry v it through to comple- ffiony Donr&iveiTup runfinifthed. " "And be not saiisnecr wun its oemg touraoie, pr cren good, if you can: made i it better. : ILtt' excellence y be your motto j and act upun it even in the writing of ' a. letter, -yc.yyy-, ::.: . : '.",. Having said thus much on the soconn.bearinsr of ouif text, let us pasi to the;thhd- bearing of it its moral bearing.? : IK --i v - This is, to- man, as .an accountable and im mortal,beirig, by: fartts most, im portaht bearing; 1 ho present Jue, in all . its seasons and with al its interests, will soon have passed - away. But there is another before us beyond the grave Compared with thatthe life we are now passing isbut f a flittting ; shadow ':4 It is even - a vapor that appearcth for a little time, and then van isheth'away.V : ;Yetbrief as it is, it b the sea son for preparing for eternity, Nay,' it is .not the whole of thW.life that is equally; propitious for that purpose : and, least of all, the, closing parof it. As the spring and summer , tune of j our present existence is the. season for providing ior lue wants oi ius iiyvso is h especially tue season for providing for those of the life to" come. Some jm en indeed, will tell you that those in terests are safe without care, it is . against all analogy however, against: the representations of the word of God and the lessons of observation them'back and,, begin again, r But: before they to suppose that it can . be well in a future .life aVirtfrft At . Many men never attain this their minds can never be alone with the matter in hand. " Their. study ba3 no doors : it is a place 'which every luiug, rea sua imagiuuuiw uu access iu. ?lliey sit t down to ihink ; but ?dme -Subject ; to comiit -sometmng to -memory j or to reaa sonie author : andbefbre they are aware, their hts are away to something else. . They call in 2 and eniorcc it . c y professL-1 cr V.. tatioi here, ! ', : co-extensive " " sans tress v;. s: it dovn that s'.e I pocktts full of r, vvards: - Foreign 1.,... , L may. have to reccne: nJ l!. v yn. cc--y;:3 a re 3?y t .. yy t : i ever i;i:i2 r- I hov. y t u w vv w t w. . v . - k ' ) oSTensive, in many resrects, to t: -y rr 1 l anq morality, at once ceccme c . rr? : t , .. , :i i is said they are in favor in New Votk, Fhil l.yy " ; ever : Orleans. afraid," said the minister,- " your boat will prove! a oabbath-breaicer.y i he man looked tarn ia the face, and with much assurance said, " - Yes. it will ; that's just what 111 name my bo; t I've been thinking some time what to call her, and you have just hit it. I thank you for "the sug gestion, lhe boat shall m called Ihe Sabbath-breaker,': As he said this, he bid the minister good-day, with a; 'chuckle a his evident surprise and mortification. .' The building went 0U and- especially on Sunday.- She was soon ready to. launch,' and was launched on Sunday, and named " The Sabbath-breaker," amid the cheers of some twenty or; thirty half-intoxicated men. An old sailor or two shook their heads at the way she struck the water, but-the folly usu al to, such an owner hid bn eyes to the,, truth. : She was rigged and fitted for an excursion. Sh must go out on Sunday. . A" general invitation was riven, and numbers crowded on board.- 'On the streamer was floating the name, in laree let- ers, " The Sabbath breaker.?,, She put out. Several, seized by an indefinite dread as they read the name over them, Eprang on shore : oth- lira :" 1rri or v" Ttnf vV r wn a r j- u , n ' v, . m.". .... more people in, as it were, acomr e$iyd state.. reassuredand music , and-mirtlv began. yBut m a . a !a naca Sr ciiies lory scarcely - four hours had elapsed -when the bbat Puuin rncton means lor gooJ cr evil. We i : t -w aajipniii, uoston, or iew i. ' j 1 . . . l" - i uu iuctt.1 luat in liiC 111.. I J UU I UU-i U. 5" triets there pnay net be intsllsnce, ree- ment, and moral qualities, fully e r-.nl to zi: : are .found in the great cities ; but i!;s- l:":ri: aVe regarded as occupying a f o ilica where'-; there are .superior : advantages for knowing; what is to be known --'ac.?rj the current afVy fairs of the world,' and that rcsiticn also cna blesthemrto circulate.thcir ipre$sbr.s to Car greatest extent.- They embrace mere wealth,-4; was struck by a flaw of wind which -came very MUWUb: liy4 uie .reAaua wny our. s4 . . suidenly vuporiy heivi :y Confusion r reigned "on Lrfrd,andbis apostles -made the cities theiyj ; board. . Scarce' an effort was made:. She.keel- chief scenes for their labors. TL a r-tlis torn. : Now, what an outcry r But soon all was the, land oi Jiidea through its rtrr.clest ceni-? over. - J orty souls, mostly youiu, uau iouna vipers. yvouia nave icit tne. thrcuL.ir.zs irom" watery grave, and just above the Surface of the its great-centre rof vitality. The v pitted' lake: floated .the flag, . bearing; the inscription, the cross:: at Homey: Corinth, Ephesus, end 4.Sabbath-breaker,":proclaiming to ail the pas- Antioeh r thus plaeins it amidst the sers-byhat there" ia ia .uoa.in heaven wDojua- number 0f souls xvltbii a siveri comrass. and. y eth rigbteously. California. .Christian Advo cate. ' - From the ..Presbyierian. " Destitutions in large Cities.. also where it wouJd . be most readily and -fur-'j- thest seen - The"? Reformation of t Le six- teenth century did its first work in the towns and - cities ; 'and: bavins: theie made' strcryr its fr tresses, invaded theliufal districts, until it had Whatever importance may-be given to do- spread everywherey -People from all pirts . mestic missionary operations in rural districts; come to the cities, and "there recire iap res- -and paiticularly in the newly, settled aud sions Tor'good or for evil. These they Lear iettliug portious'of the great West, it cannot, back' aorain to their homes, like leaven, to ha-v be.deuied that our large cities; present a field ven the lumps of which they themselves form tbV Christian enterprise whicbtbr tUe degree "in'Hutef-ra! y part. How important - that a oi destitution, tne i numoers o pe reacnea,i health lul moral sentiment pervade these great: hbu vuc ..muueute w uc cici icu uj iuc w, icu- centres i ;.ii tne streams are to ce pure, tue ders it oi the first importance. - .As Johii Han- fountains must first be .healed. have cone" through a paragraph tho ; truants are again away. adq tois vprocesa is repeaiea ,tui the struggle becomes as ludicrous as it fs"pain--'! jTbis victiin of: distraction bas undertaken ; a few pages of. Blackstone perhaps, -y He takes up the chapter on .Disturbance.' He reads :' ?; Disturbance is. the illegal4 interruption of tbe enjoyment (I wonder at Smith's interruption oi my studies yesterday) ,the illegal interruption of the enjoyment ('twas an admirable . supper we had at J ones1 last night) the illegarenjoyment-- the illegal interruption ci. tho. enjoyment of an incorporeal hereditament , (I-,wouder; if 1 shall ever be; master ' of Blackstone) ' and is" of" five kinds." (That was aline passage'in Wirt's Pat cone ia r itr- 9 .3 ttk: r.i h: ' V T . t r nr:'.ir c::i C5 to franchises is an injury which "arises whenever the enjoyment of a franchise is obstructed (obstruo, obstruere, obstruxi, obstructum) and is remedied by an action on the case for damages, (damages, that reminds me ot my promise to out no matt ter.) "Disturbance of common is where anyact is done by whieh commoner's right of common is incommoded; (half past one : it is almost dinner-time) and may happen in various ways: 1st. Where a person, baying no right, puts hi s cattle in the common.' 2nd. Where ho has the right, but puts in the common, uncommonable beasts. (Zoology i3 divided into but go, go on ; 1 shall never get through at this rate;) I he remedy is by 'distress (distress-distress ! -Yes, by dis tress; common distress, common -disturbance. My cinl is a common Tor every thing common, or .uncommon," or ncomraorutle.; "Dlstur- b-nco? -13 , m1? task, ana "distress" my late '. with those who have neglected, preparation ' for iti. ' Arid, of those who are not so unphilos nhi- cal, great numbers commit the mistake of post-i pomng them, till those of the present life shall have been secured. But it is equally against analogy to suppose that it can bo safe to 'defer that preparation ; till " the summer of, life shall have passed away. .V e. have ; seen that, it is otherwise with respect ? to material ; resources ; otherwise with respect to knowledge. " , And if tbe seat of knowledge is the head j the seat of pietyis the heart : it would be a strange anomaly if the one, were to remain young while mo otner grew oia : ii iue oner suouia uoia : its susceptibility while the other lost iky- -;- -". : No, young gentlemen, it cannot be. . The bo- rick'Henry,) fivo kinds . 1st. disturbance jof ginning-., of hie, and not its clos, is the s eason franchises, (franchises, francs; France, Francis for preparing for eternity . "llie former part I., Charles Vi' Germany:) "Disturbance of of life," says Bishop Butler, in his chapter on i a state 1 of probation, 41 is to be : considered an irnportant, opportunity whichnature puts into our bands: and which when lost is not. to be re covered. -And our being placed in a state of discipline throughout tliis life, for another world, is a providential disposition of things, exactly, "of tedtime ; behold, now is the day of salvation : to day,, u ye win iicar my ; voice,-harden -no your heart.',' - t . - C Blessed be God, the warninjr, with many. is not ln.'Vam I i hey wake from their dreams of happiness without Gotthey break vp the' fair low ' ground t and sow i to themselves in ''righteous- nesst ana Degin to reap in mercy Deiore tne ia- aing leat ot autumn is seen .upon, their nalddr.- Happy, happy-are the young rnen who, obedient to tbe voice of Wisdom iicarnate,. " seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness:", who, by conformity to the requirements of the gospel, secure wealth, and honor, and happiness for the life that shall never end. . y , ' f j might perhaps, be - expected on such an oc casion, to content myself with urging the culture of those moral qualities which are required ., to make one useful,- loved, and: happy iu society. I murbt speak of benevolence : of the value of a charitable and gentle spirit; of the.abhorrcnce of whatever is groveling ; Tand sorded ; of the Jove of justice, and of other kindred qualities, as means of influence amongmenwithout' whicha inan, will fail of hapmess in the presentlifci whatever his acquisitions of wealth or knowledge may be. Alia - " . .---. ' 1 . AHQ i ungnt on tuis grouna : press an early at tention to these Virtucsas the dictate of wisdom without; reference fo any ') higher considerations than those which connect you toy our fellow men t. j . . . i , - . . . , -, . i iui"ut uo eo Decause we are so constituted tuat we cannot be ; happy without moral virtues. But degenerate. as our nature is,;I know, these virtues, cannot crrow nr. and y flourish v with out seed and dew from heaven. 1 cannot there- forfl, feel that 1 . bavo fully discharged my duty without taking you forward, and pointing you to your higher relations, and telling " you that the best guaranty for vour happiness in your rela tions to your fellow-creatures, is a right state of the beart towards God." He only is master of the alchemy which, can extract happiness from eveiy thing "awl in all conditions who loves God and, hates sin rand he can do it even from misfor tuns and sorrow, because God is bis ref uge, and will be his helper. Allow roc, then, as . a christian minister, to deal faithfully, with you; ' Let ine press on you as accountable and immortal, ns fallen arid lost wltnout forgiveness from your iMaker and Judge the necessity of repentance towards God. and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ : the necessity of the creation of Vclean heart and the renew al of a viffht spirit within vou. ' Let me urzs Vou with the words of God's own command ; Ke rn ember now, thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil " days come and the years draw nigh when thou shalt say, I have no pleas-; . i i-i . -. - i . ure in : tuemy' juet me entreat you io oegm life by giving unto God his right : enthrone Him m your hearts. Seek pardon for the past thro his Son Jesus Christ, and the aid of that blessed dolpb bnce said to a- beueyolent jady;iu YirjErangelization in: Ameiicanities is : tt-,: ginia, who told bim she was working to raise tended with peculiar difficulties.. TJ. 'r t: ; - h ' j a - 1 tLnw I .t 1L I- 1,-1 t r . n - - S - money ior iucurircK&, xjuaui, iuc?jccik3iparaiiejea progress jraos:seis si ::ccu.;; -a QtvAlll A frT f. .V minrKt. A V t fill rift J n!nn nAond 'aP taAnS t rr ' "i 5 cs , ' ?f . . T V - 2 - - ti"-Tif Khy frnm" nuV ftitieiS acejobkiwg-gty XKTrov'lsiniijt Tdr ?ttift spiritual welfare 'of to-day y f' iclusivelv to the - heathen and y the ""reatliiri 4 y y VVist" 44 RrpJhpni thp hpal htn and t.hrpf-rat 1 mrlr j t. n nnn.,t.4inn .t.omln t,-X- ' ministi. one ' iota. the concern for the destitute .ItonrtipVi. wit ftfnrt-rpir!T!onandrpn t'i. i v . - "?,-'- ii' 'mt --' " - v - o ' - o w- z . ' . -- -- - - T ,4 m 1 HVigt Vft V. 1 i LL lJ 11 3 1 U LAKt K I J 9Vt.ill9U BtU.AW-t . " -. He; tbrcxs dav, a ia y r-ir. . . ... ;r. -.lletaices C3 ever t':3 t'..' in it vexation and al- up and b.;Ic3 a- .'; Southey, the scholar and the poet says, .f Would you know whether the tendency ol a book is good or evil, examine in what state of mind yon lay it down. . ' ' 1 J . . .1 . L " 1 Has it inaucea juu io sufjeci mai wnai you nave been accustomed to think unlawful, may, after all, be innocent, and that jhat may be. harmless which vou have hitherto been tanht to think, danserous ? lias it tended tu make yoa dissatisfied and impatient un er the control cf others, and disposed you Jo re lax 'in that selt-governnu-nt, wilnout which both the laws of God and man tell us there can be no virtue. an consequenth', ro harpiness f e llas it attemrteJ reverence lor what is p;reat and h the love cf youriellow crea . - l npfii io your pnae, your " i" any c-.:.ers cf your evil t - lo ebate adiDirat good, and to til: tares ? lias it vanity, ycur f '.. rrcrc.:....y - utever ycontinents or seas -divide pubHcaiismultitu'des,- whose " only Jic are ' our neighbours ; And out freedom U lawlessness, the emptyings idea; of of the fywherewhatt them from usl of the abundant treasures with winch a bene- j alms-bouses and prisons of Europe, are poured ficient Providence has supplied the Church upon our shores, and avlargeportion jofvthera; ih this country, much more might be given to lauding in he sea-boardycities, and without- ail current missionary operations thau they now the means or the inclination to ea elsewhere." " receive. , nese ought ye to have done, and becomerpart'jor their tPPpulationmanyr oft not to have leit the other ;undone." 1 here i them speaking a stranee language; and with t y are xither claims, loud and imperative; coming fopinioris and babitsXstillmore foreign to our.';;- m Ppnm u11jt olloi'C attr rrtlVfl.l tnlrr. I 1 ' :' "t "t,y.' 1 ? ''. " ' . -' '.. ' ing-houses, as well a from more . reputable ; ; From these sources, and from the fact thai; portionsrof almost - every tomraercial city in large cities offer facilities and temptations for . ic muu, y mtii uugiu (lui.iv uc.uuuccucu, y jCe ii ,$ ccnaitt iiiiiu in irnfD evil 11 nas a f Distance a Iendsnchantmentiiu ymatter!ready and raoid srbwthS To: such an extent ophjUnthropyahdChristian efibr as well hal thU ? become, trueV: that the Edinburgh e y flA l. v ilt7liidrQ- i A en ntMArf- .10 a m A I i 'jrlll ' . i 1-a it ' ''' . . . ' -" . , . - 4, J. T whose touch would seernilmost lepfbsyrto thddavs. first Mtauffht the li?ht of Jreliion and prosperous Christians who pass them daily ml learning, have now become. ;the darkest iiiiiiiui Lai di'ii io. iii u 1 1 tv v . 1 v. iuuii(.ii4.. uu. t r . inn tn ini n in it pni r'HTii 1 " v and tOL tteiiiityi-aBd Vthat not 4 lewpf theni inSdel are in almost as much spiritual isnorance as f.nnd the Indian Buddhist, orythel African fetish ne suppose resaid' the Island of Jamaica as' - wbrshipperThey live in ajand of-the gos-j altogether the nodel of a Christian country :' ? ' pel, it is irue, uiey kuuw uiau auoawi re- and the South sea Islands, .Tonga, liabai, turns witli the entrance oi every wee K : they and;Vavau, when thought of at all, must be see,tne putsiues .oriorun Baiicmaries , put thought ot as still.itn some degree, darkened the -gospel and theirlsouls are strangers, thejby the departing shadows of Paganism. And . . . . . . I. . I. ... I --: "... ' " ' Sabbath is a time lor relaxation irom the phy- yet it is a statistical ,fact,- that, tried by the stwai icusiuii uw . o. u.j, uu uc- test - oi ciiurcn-memoei suip, - in. proponion voted to dissipation and vice, and the sanctu- to the population;-Jamaica is about six times " ; y it. Sy . J.i -:. 1 - . .. .. -' .-- . . .. . . . . anes, in ucir csuajiiuun, uic wr a very uiuer- more Christian than L.ondon, and that, tried eut'class of peopielhan therr.8clves; y f y ; by tlie test of church-attendance,-: in propor . We have no lault to tin d with. the existmgHion to the., population, - Tonga aud its sister arrangements for bringing God's truth to bear islands are about seven times more so. The upon the people.-The the ur as tney go. ; it is aue to ine worsiiip oi j world, in its downward "progress, ana -.these God, that churches should be in, a sty! - zi I remote islauds of the sea, in what, we trustr least ec-uai to ine.ceueu nouses wnicn i.oe ; nay be deemed their progress upward, passed cue another ong ago, and are now so widely aparj "id theirVreligious standing," as to have " ' Spirit from whom all holy desires proceed, " to mould your- temper and form your live to wi.it- soever things are true, to whatsoever: things are honest, to whatsoever things are juslt to whatso ever things are i?ure, to whatsoever c things, are lately, to whatsoever things are of good report," ; 1 his, this is the way to wisdom, and to worth and wealth both for time and for eternity : .for godliness ts profitable unto all things, having the PROMISE OF THE LIFE THAT NOW IS, AND OF THAT WHICH IS TO COME." ' In a ouiet village situated on the shores cf a beautiful lakel lived a man of some wealth and independent manners. He dbretrded tne Sab bath entirely, and pursued h"i3 bu;:r.e?3 c frequent them bave'built for themselves. ii iudispensable, that such congregations as as serable in these bouses, should be furnished with well -digested discou.fes from such able arid-eloquent men ;arthe to hear j and with the onerous .duties which d e vol ve on the;; pasto rs of ' th ese laige charges, it is : impossible that they;, can fiud time for the labours among tbe multitude who never enter the bouse Of Godi Tract distri? butorsj city missionaries, and Sabbith-schdol teachers, as well as other classes- of the: be nevolent, bave done ? much for these jcareless, godless multitudes j but the magnitude of the work requires a much moreextended and fEi cerit instrumentality theu has yet been provi ded. ; : ;.:;- ; r'y-C;v:y;.;.;- --g : " : . - It is impossible that wey can over-estimate the importance of a proper moral and religious tone'in our great commercial ? centres.': In become the legitimate subjects, rot cf com parison, but ; of contrast It . I ? 'ascer'.:i.ned that -considerably more than a n;i!ILn" of tLe adult '.titireni? ofthe VnetropoIIi a -res-ter number-than formediy in the last century, the entire peruhticn land -attend no place of public .wc'rsLip. Well does our missionary reei some men delight to designate t!. ed C b urch of. En gl a n d as t !i e C h ci tne cf Scot-: lark, that w poor," and ethers to sreai :f :.Ief themselves, many of them':encirt!?,each as large a population as that cf some of the entire States of this Union., Irtrinsically,'the ileldis of vast consequence : but the relations which they bear to the coVr.try generally, greatly en hances their importance. From these centr:! points radii shoot out to the remotest cu of the land. What is done here, i: and fs;It vithin a few hour?, cr ' , , ... : vn and rniries, the' r . the poor man's religion, the y have no Church whatever, t i religion i? practical 'heathetii ' ClWe'are not prepared ; j , tistics of church-cc-l ?r. "i v:z latively, between J: y:x cr sister Islands, cn 1 c it Ar. surely the""prep.:Jeranc2 cf tLa is net to I- looked vz:i ' is : ihirsgj i - -.p:i3 cf all t'.j - ' .'.; activ-j benevolence- . !:'. c'.urches" abctrnd. cenprehensive zv.l t ! r-iissicns r i. y . . y much .acre l'.-n V. drecjef V. cu::r c. -v L- 7 Tt - c s well : -3ly lie c:: 1 col tniliir a Lc.t prir.c'r-ily f; :s, ana " viSh'res of tr. yiery. j i C. it n , -.1, :t cr v :e re 1 ' 3 r : : id:a cf - cT ry' I i.i ) c--::n3 cu tla lake. , . I - l -v L - - , ,.1 ..... 7 - -I 1 r '- tn r v. : -1 f r . :ccc: r-'li j - " .. e, ft, ry i ;.- tr J by V s a yj rs .w , If y 1 1' . ccr ,y. . c : ' r jua cr. 1 zgziz ':A, tfyr": hours cf im-ir. 1 - -.ft -w. :. V, un v.-i'.h what r.-3 as beet su.;ted hii canvenience. ' T T
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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