Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-10-04
RELIGIOUS.
TIE SCRIPTURES.

M ,r> to BE- desired arc thy i''n S''S
yea thm much fine go!J.
Because ;i.cv do effect tie Sn.:a''on OF
he s1u'; uI.ic! neither goa n2r S't'tT c'','
,!o. The writer once knew 4 man nlucn
convcrsan, with courts OF Justice, he was
Niir'oYs AMI Gr9-ic:ous. Anxious - oo,a!n
all lie cou2l ge:. lie Anc" hin: as d $40.
jcrtilc TIC L,wgcrs, on ,hc docket I' 'Ho
courts Of two coun:!.s IL :. I. N''I" ="
nuca business vas done. lie "as a '''>'
broas,. 20 the bel Of death, IS al o. Us
must be.) lis pioas physician i'i'F''"o
me ;hathc sid, "Oh Doctor. | viii give YOU
hai'l possess 70 keep me one hal 9ay alive.
Tie Dr.. replied, "S!r yoa h'v" no; 'Io
h3.rs 70 live" He then offered the
physician oIl he was scor:5. to save MN
oqs hou-. Beaten ttous,ad cr5S Of sold
so!l and siiyce, n s&'S!1acc 2n o'?sa'ta*s'
sa:a as cur car.1, would 10: bare p:o;o1s
I'd his lie, for one half hour. A'hs' "hy
viii men te 50 unwiS2, ani esrce.1:'E 'oo'
--.r, ts.rrc rs 50 r,uoi, uncera'R'J, hanging
around Si:k led rspsMGnce. As a MN
istsr, pray TIN, may nsrsr be called 10
hc dying bed Of an impeaiteat sinner /
can haye 10 hope in such. IA"r' IS Ao'
line in the word Of Go3,to author:&e any
sach hop. Ever passage, from the lin
hour laborar. 10 INC dying ;AI;'i on the
cross will r::ii;ate against any sncA hope
And when ministers under s9ch c'F:GM.
starces preach the funeral sermons oi inc
deaI, il is mer3!y 10 alleviate the sEF8'Rss
of the Ee;as. II they T'sa their B:ELE
origat, they can have, 40 hope n :;'c death
Of stica persons. writc,hcse things, not
TO torment the living in regard to their
departed friends, but 10 ac1ra them les; Mey
TOO. BY nsg'ec',may lose ;!N:r?rccionS sous
The 10Th Argument for the Divine AL
t>ori:y OF the Scriptures is, tAcl' POKER 70
coauince and convert sinners.
Who, and what, are the toN"crs o! Vol.
,aire, Hume PANE & Jefferson? Mon who
disclaim the lis of social life, WHO reject
bonds, which make the husband and w:f''
he paren, and child, the representative OF 4
more ehasie and hoIy race, than ;heranccs'
tors, and thus LeHcr the condition OF hlMan
society. They PROSTATE, By their prec,c'pi'
or example, the holy law OF God, which
tends to preserve the purity aDt peace OF
families, and introduce 4 code, fui. o. %ejt''s
duelEnc. hate and malice anl mYrdsr.
Bu., did YOU ever hear Of C"Tts inn
udutercr, murderer, io:nicator, &c!
True, David. "nan after Go IS own
heart" was guilty Of all tbs. Yet, read
David psu;tantial con fcssion in his Psalms,
md doas'any man envy him his 'aga.ty!
Do.h any oac desire 20 commit his sin that
he NAV occupy his place? II: he does,
rayv him no:. his "dro:s:s boacs and 'coga-
Gs;i SMr:t.' Few r,cn ever s"tl1re! more
INC anger Of Go! than David did.
But consd.r Mlnassul>, Saul Of IArSus,
= Mary Mag'lelcnr, Augustn, John Nsw:oa:
John Scot, and a thoaSral o;hcrs and
more who have been redeemed and M'Seh-
ttrallsi from SIN and made trecmcn IN
Carist J ..sus. by,lhc Influence oftae Bi5lc,
ami sav. is no, this the word OF God!
Lei husbands regard their acires--and
much morc-;cireS thc;: husbands, ;Hd
consider tic iaeiI;,bc r;.angc wrought IN
their moral character, their domestic p:ace
md comfort and happiness. And all c'-
fcc'cd by the fundamentally Of the Bible
ana say, is no; t,iis he word Of Go"?
lie: parents lock OF their so2s and
daughters saved from t:ie ruin which hath
taiich on others, en-! sly IS 10: his the
word oe God
The Bible does couy;nco aal corner:
sinners. "The word OF tie Lori is pure,
converting The soul. How many thou
sands uninhuenced b. l-Grhtiy metres, have
proved this. How many negh5orhoods
perfect acelfamas, testify 10 this fact.
That which the word Of God processes
10 perform, !: hss executed in instances
more than a GaiAioa. Il has turned men
from darkness to Hehi and from :!lc .o"'cr
or sin and satan u9.o Col.