South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-23

conviction could go forth throughout
the land, to alarm the meriimcnt of ev.
cry inebriated wretch and that, like
the hand wiring upon the wall which
4 dismayed the Chaldean monarch, in
/ his festive denominations, it would APP
pal him with the view of his danger,
| and shew him what momentous inter.
eats are hszarded upon the enjoyments
ola moment, whose highest voluptu.
/ BUSINESS is a degradation lower than
| that of the Beasts. Does the heart as.
pire to honor, 10 fortune, to health, to
virtue, to Heaven This record tells
him, that infamy, and indulgence, and
disgrace, and vice, and He'll are mant.
ling in The cup OF intoxication. Jeal-
/ ousy and bate, and every malignant
passion is effervescing ia the inebriaiiDg
draught. Blasphemy and murder and
every crime is spectred in its sparkling
bubbles. 1t tells him that the hand,
which is recklessly bearing to the lips
the maddening beverage, may, he
knows not how soon, be imbrued in
the blood of heart, whose constant
throb YES conjugal affection for her
murderer-and whose virtues had once
inspired him with all the rapturous de.
votion Of love. Harder than the neither
milestone must be the heart, If your
fate does not engrave upon it, in char
aciers never to be obliterated, willis,
it beats with life, most awful and fear.
ful admonitions to sobriety, and absti-
nence. |
laval myself of this solemn occa.
sion. when, perhaps, for the last time
in this world. we stand together in the
presence Of that Holy Judge, before
whose majesty the prisoner and his
earthly Judge are both defled with !
blacklist guilt and l would earnestly
address you upon asubject of the deep
est interest to all men a, all times but
to you, in your present condition, il is
a subject, pressing with most importu.
nate exigency upon your most profound
consideration. You are very shortly |
to appear before the bar of your God,
to render an accout of the deeds of !
your life. Has your life been spent in
manner, which will be acceptable to
God Who is all holiness Need / |
ask the question after the disclosures
in your recent trial? But upon the
account which you render, depends e.
ternal happiness or eternal misery
The sands of your life are few and
will soon run out-of your past days,
how will you make up your reckoningl
Where are the merits of your life, " bich |
you will sum up, as the Offset Of your |
crimes and what statemen, will you
make, ofa balance in your favor, to be
flung down upon the Justice sea, of
Heaven, emitting you to forgiveness,
as the exacted recompense to the crea.
ture, brought by occasional obedience,
to pay for life OF habitual hostility |
and rebellion against the supreme, u.
UNIVERSAL law of his Creator : And du.
ring the remnant of your days, that
short and fleeing interval yet allowed
you by Law to live, in the confinement
ofthe Jail-what are the good works,
which you can perform, to buy off the
forgiveness Of your sins? Oil it is
blasphemy, for man, sinful in his best
estate, to hope, by his own righteous.
ness, (whose utmos, attachments can
never equal the duty he owes to the
transcendent goodness of his Creator
TO cancel all his disobedience and to
satisfy all his violations of Gods holy
Law. There is no hope for the sinner,
but in the righteousness of The Saviour,
and upon the terms which he has Of
fered in the Gospel. Salvation has |
been purchased by his blood, and it
has been offered TO al! mankind--even
to the vlest Sinner-upon terms so |
moderate, that none, it might be sup
posed, would be foolish enough to re.
jscl them. Repentance and faith are
all that he demands as the price of for. |
giveness for the past, and eternal hap.
pness for the future-and in the to- !
gratitude of the sinner so preverse, that
he will not repent of his guilt, and that
he will not trust in the Son of God,
who died TO redeem him, and is risen |
from the dead to make intercession |
for him. Your few remaining days if
continued in impeuiience and irreli>
gion, can add but little to life that
has been spent in sin. But, If they ase
duly improved in communion with God
and the Saviour, they will assuredly
expand into spiritual immortality Of
Heavenly joy. Go then, beseech
you, 60 Immediately to the Saviour