The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-12-03
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PRlDE-sN WRATH.
The following leautiful moroccan IL wof.
Thy oil recollection, not ouly 40 a specimen
Of pure, powerful olopneuee, but from the
wholesome aud salGtny DOCTRINES in incal.
Gates =.
"Ah my brethren beware of wrath
beware of prde--beware Oft deadly aud
destroying ai6 which az often shaws itself
10 our iruil EYES IN Inc garmnuts of light
What is our eUthiy honor Pride, and
Pride ouly--Wh bat Our eurthig riffs K gra.
ces Pride and Vanity. yoyagers speas
Of Indian men who deck themselves with
! PgInehts, aud boast nj their attire as We d.,
"i ON miserable cafnal advantages. Pride
eau ORA" down The morning STAR from hea
ven efsh 20 the verge oi The pit Pride ord
sell opinion kindl"d <Ic flaming sword
which waves lH of from paradis. Pride
made Adam mortal, aud weary Yandcrlr
on the face Of the earth, which he had else
been lord oi-Pridc brought amongst M
san, and doubles every sin il has brought. =.
II Is the outpost which the devil and tho
i'o'h most stnbbornly maintain against tho
assaults of grace (; and, until ii be subdued,
and It's barriers eyelled with the very earth.
there Is more hope Of fool than sinner.
hend, then, from year b0soms, this aecur-
SEQ shoot Of the fatal apple tear il up by
The roots, though il be twisted with the
chords at your FIFE. Profit by the example
OF the miserable sinner that has passed FROM
~, aud embrace the means Of grace white
II IL called to-day--eic your conscience l.
scared as with iire-brand, and your ears
dentencd like those OF the adder, and YOUR
heart hardened like the neither mill stone.
| Up, then, and he doing---wrenle and oief-
come--reslst and the enemy shall flee from
yotl--watch and pray, lest W fall into temp
iatlon, and let The stumbling Of others be-
Your warning aud your example. Aboy.
all, rely not on yourselves, for ssrb self.
confidence ~ even the worst sytIfptom of
The disorder itself The Pharisre, perhaIs
deemed himself humble while hr stp.ped
~ the Temple, and thanked God that ne
was not ~ other men, and even as the Publ
can. But while his knees touched the mar
s'e pavement, HIS head was ~ high ~ the
iopmosi pinnacle Of the Temple. DO not.
therefore, deceive yourselves, and offer
false onin, where the purest you can present
Is but dross--think MT thai such win pass
the easily Of Omnipoient Wisdom. Yet
bounden duty, 40 not Disguise from you
ats lieuhtios--Seh searching can do much
meditation caa do muck-GnAoL can d.
all.
fsHfTncL--" No man Was ever scolde,t
rout oil his sins. The heart, corrupt ns il is,
ahd beej1ise II Is No, grons angry if Il be
not ireatcd with some manafimea and
good manners aud scolds again. A y1irly
n'asillf will bear, perhaps, TO I've slrpled,
though he will growl even und~ that Ope-
ration but you touch him roughly, he
"Iil bite. There Is nograee that the spitn
q Seycon counterfeit with more SUCCESS
than religious zeal. n man thinks he is
hghGng for Christ and he as Eghting foyhis
oon notions. Ne U,inhshe i8 8ka|uiiy seorch-
i"g The hen,ts Of others, ,ohen he is o,ly
gratifying The mahgni,y Of his om1 and
oharitabty sppposes has hearers destitute Of
all g,uce, thai he may shine the more in his
oon eyeSIy The comparison. One thing, ia
the mean time, is certain, The loiiyand fends
OF the professed disciples Of the gospel, have