The Pearl River banner. (Monticello, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1838-09-08
THENiBLE.


bound 10 say that the Billie is the nobles,
and most rreaious. We bring not inic
comparison with tins the glorious sun
light, nor the rich susienance which Il
poured forth from the storehouss OF earth,
though dust. 10 saar up into companion.
ship with angels. Tie bible is the dc
velopenent Of mans Immortality. the
guide which informs him how be may
move of triunpbau.ly from contracted
and temporary scene, and grasp dest,nies
of unbounded spleodor--e eternity his life
time, and in6nily his home. Il is the re.
cord, too, which tells that this rebelIious
section OF Gods unlimited empire Is moi
excluded from our Makers compassion;
but hat the creatures who move upon its
surface, though they have basely sepuI-
chred in sinfuIness and corruption the
msgni6cence Of their nature. are yet so
dear in theirruin 10 him who formed them,
tha. he bowed down the heavens ia orde.
to open their graves. o. you have only
70 think what ch'nge would pass on the
aspect Of our race, il The bible we're sud.
denly Withdrawn, and all remembrance
Of it swep. away, and you arrived at
some faint notion Of the worth Of the vol.
ume. Take from chrisiendom the bible,
and you have taken the moral chart by
which alone its population can be guided.
ignorance cf the truth .of God, and only
guessing at their own Immortality, the
tens OF thousands would be as mariners
tossed on wide ocean without star 10
guide, and without compass b. which
TO steer. The blue lights Of the storm.
6end would burn ever ia The shrouJs; and
when the tornado rushes across the wa
tiers, there would BE- heard nothing but
the shrek VI the terrified, aud the groans
Of HE departing, Il were to mantle the
earth with more than Egyptian dark9ess;
il were 10 dry up the fountain OF human
il were to take the freshness
from our waters, and leave them s,agnani,
aud the stars from our heavens and leave
them in sackcloth, and the vrrjure from
our valleys and kave them in barrenness;
it were to make the present all reckless.
ness; the future all hopelessncs.; the ma.
MACS revelry, snd the tiend's delight, il
you could snnihilate the precious volume
which tells US Of God and Of Christ, aud
unveils immortality, and ins.ruets 10 d..
" and woos 10 glory. Such is tue Bible.
Prize il, youth, aud study il more and
more. Prize it, ye aged, for il leads to
The New Jerusalem. Prize j, every one
of ye, as you are intelligent. immortal
beings-for i giyeih understanding 10 the
simple. Bishop Hsber
PERIODICAL LITERATURE.
BY HON. LEWIS cAss.
The newspapers and fugitive
Of the day becoHrc
valuable documents in a few
years after they have been is
sued from the press. Newspa-
pers particularly, present a liv-
ing a moving picture Of the
times, and complete files of
those OF our own days will fur
nish for posterity the most a.
bundant and authentic materials
for history or, rather they will
be history ilself--a history Of
the thoughts, words and actions
Of mcn--a history Of natural iu-
tercourse, Of the state Of socie-
~, Of the progress Of opinion,
Of the advance oflitcra,ure and
The arts, Of the mutations of
government, and the rise and
fall ofDations. What treasures
10 those who come after US,
viii be complete Collections of
hose publications! What lrea-
,ures would be similar collect
ons, depicting ages that have
zone by. Who would not read
with nnspeakablc delight, a Ga
.etle ofPalos, issued the day of
.mbarkaiion Of Columbus, and
l.L:. shc o.,stossnr ehat