Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-08-16

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4 which the flesh is destroyed if It be no
helped bya mighty grace, al certainly a
/ the canes do bow their heads belore the
breath ofamighty tywind. s.
Ia pleasures weseeit by espublic mis-
! cries and follies the world &
There is amongst men ne.hing perfect
I.because men crary themselves as persons
THAT are less than money, servants of gair
Land interest; we are ike The foolish. Poei tha
Horace tells of: siss .s|sssSss .s|sss. y s.
Gsstit snim nunnum IN loculos dimitterei pos
Esecurus, casiat, an recto stret fabula tales
E Let him bnt4l,ase money for rehearshg
his comedy, he cares not whether you like
/ il or no, and. i a tempta.ioIl Of money
comes streng and violent you may as ,oeA
tie a icild dog to qnietaesS scsh Tie gut
of tender KID, as suppose that most naer
can do yiriuonsly, when they may sia at !
great.price, e =.
len are So iin1oye with pleasure that they
cannot think Of rtifying Or crucifyingg
| their .ist we do violence to what we bate
mot 10 what we love: Sut the veal akncss q
The Hesh, and the empire Of fiysl IS visible
IN nottlina 80 much, as in the e1ptISit and
folly of wise men. For you shall see some
men I'll 10 govern d province, sober in
ttheir connsels wise 10 the co6ddet Of their
affairs, men Of discourse and reas0n fit to
sit with pnnces 10 reat eoncsrnipg peace
and war, the fate ofempires and the chan
Egesof the world; yet these men shall fan
Eatihe beauty ofa woman. as aman dies at
the blow sof an angel, or give up his
breath at The sentence and decree sol
GSod. ~ "a a /. !.
s Itis certain ia the uiises sof temp pfations
|to yoluptuous s man man lis naturally, as
the pno6het said olr Sparaii like pigeon,
that t6atfI no heart no courage; no con.
duet. no resolotion. ID I discourse. But falls
az the water 81. nlill,ts when itcomes 10 its
cotsrac; ;ss 4 falls 0fiaa and without re.
strai,,t. ~
= And ii IS no Otherwise, when ne are
temp,ed with pain. ia We, are SO impatient
Iof nam Sthaf noihine can reconcile us to 1t;
NOT the lnws of (ssoi, NOT the necessities of
Enatpre. not the society Of all our kindred,
anlsof m ihe world. moi. .the.ip.erests sof yir-
me. NOT tha hoDas 5f Heayen. We will
snbmiit rs i;air, tir,oI, no terms, but The basest
and most dishonerable; dor if sin bring. us To-
main. 81 affrsorlt. or sickness, @e choose that
+ he soIr, iae reiiinue Of d Iuss, and base
desire: buff. we y accuse mature, and dblaspheme
Cad we, na,r,n,Ir and are impatient. when
na;a1 8; s sentto us from him, that ought TO
send i, and intends II as a mercy, When ii
comes. Rut IN the matter of ofyuffi;cfions
and bodily sickness, we IRE SO weak and
,5rnken. 81, uneasy: and aunapt Il suffsrance,
Ithat this alone IS beyond the cure OF the old
PHILOSOPHY. Many can. endure poverty,
and MANY ma can retire from shame and laugh
Eat home, aud every man can endure to Be a
| slave; but when pain and :sharpness.are to
Ebe,endured for fte interests of virtue, we
| find but Few rs,artyrs: and they that are,
snff;,r mora within themselves bytheir fears
and their temptations, by their uncertain
PURPOSES and violence 40 nature, than the
ftt,ancaan,s sword. The Martyrdom IS with.
In ;n. and & then he hath won his crown, not
when he hathsufered The blow, but when
he hafh overcome his Fears and made his
spirit .conqueror. Il was a sad instance Of
oa1rinfirmfty, when Ollie forty martyrs OF
!, Gapadpcia set in asfreezeing lake, almost
consnnmate, an Angel was reaching the
HesbJ failed or,t.s of f,er1 and drew file shirt
;...ss, -. sllsd o,r rn,,, hs
ai1.f y, olu ..e 'issa's s'
scene ofnoble contention, and died IN warm
water - s. G ,s.-s;f -