Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-07-25
QISEOuRSE.

DISCOURSE.
..Aul let US not be cary iu vel! doing,
form due season, we shaiI reap, II we Faint
not. As we have, therefore, opportunity,
let us do good unto all men. especially TO
them who are of the household ol faith"
GALATIANS & ch.: g., III vs.;
(CoaclGdedJ
In the third place, the Bible reveals The
0niv plan ul salvation for our ruined race.
This has already been brought INTO view,
but | m,st again AL. cfi III II, !nr the pur-
pose Of enI"r.ne upon II more fully. lfian
is III IL stale OF condemnation, aud 10 him
sell c0nsderet, is helpless and nOpeless.-
! II is luposslblc for tim naturally aud NOR
all, regarded, 10 eilcrl his own redemption.
Bul Cod has bccu pleased 10 effect II for
Lu. 10 this end, hr has sen! his Son 10
take away the sin of The weird. "Ile has
| therefore become The end af the law Tor
righteousness 10 every one that bclrvcih."
In The grea, scheme OF redemption, the
lily Splril is provided as the Heavenly
Agent, 10 apply the henesil Of Chris''s
death and suIicrings in The recovery OF the
soul. BY his teachings lie makes The heart
Ieel the bitterness oi siu, aud The danger To
which il is expused. ii is his peculiar
work TO form Christ within the soul, the
hope oi eternal glory, aud To perfect the
work when Inc beg irs by saEctily'nS the
whole body, soul aud spirit. Are We de-
dcsiruus of doing good 10 our fellow men
IN their highest concerns! The Bible So
cirly presents lis with the opportunity
CAST your eyes over benighled ASIA, aiil
! behold the denominations Of her dcuded
inhabitants. See The idol Juegernaut be-
fore hose ponderous car, millions bow,
and under Whose crue! wheels, nui,liudcs
| are crushed. Sec the widow placing herself
brsltie the dead body ol her late hushnud
on tie funeral pie, &that pile lighted by HE
hand uf their eldest son. 10 consume both
together! On. see the leuder mother,
troul whose bosom all maternal feeling
seems baaiSiied, throwing her infant Into
The vurac,ous jaws Of the crocodile, or cx-
posing il iu the rising wacrs ol the Gan
yes, 10 be swept into wdtcry grave by us
| lmpetuous torrent. And all this Oul Of
| mere devotion under The teachings OF uIis-
guided priests. u hat can deliver these
miserable beings from their awful super
s,itiuns, and Iheir souls from eternal perdl,
ton! The Bible, aud that alone rendered
powerful by the spirit OF God. In sending
THIS book abroad then, we send that pow :
erfu! instrument which is to do the most
| good on the largest scale But turn your
eyes ON ohlecls nearer home. How many
in our own Country, regardless of their
future destiny. care MOI for their souls, aud
run into every excess of riot? The great
truths OF the Bible only, can rescue Them
from degradation and eternal misery
God has promised that his word shall nnt
return unto him void but thai il shall ac-
complish that wherc,o he hath seul it,
There Is no uncertainty then as TO the re-
suit of distributing the Bible. The mere
reading of this holy hook has been The
blessed means of turning mulri'udes from
darkness to light, aud from the power OF
Satan, unto The living God. Every rank
aud class in society, should therefore, be-
luus 10 Bible societies The ruler aud
the ruled, the mechauick and The man
of letters, the politician aud the chris
tiau, old and young. should all unite IN
This holy work. In par!iclar, should ie-
males lend their aid in tho PRONUNCIATION
OF the Gospel. For il is by The princi pies
which,he gospel unInlds. that ,ronan, toue-
ly ,conan is raised TO her proper rank in
lbe scale of creation. The misguided
mind of fallen man, without rhe light Of
divine ruth, degradrs wnrnan ellher to the
conti,iuu OF beast of burden, or. exalts
her iulo ali idol. But where This blessed
light fall. though regarded a> The 'reuker,
she is not treated MS The nferior vessel
She i, neither the slave, nor the idol, but
the heIpmeei, the companion, the friend
of man. Then indeed should females ex-
er, their powerful influence in the Bible
cause. that they may extend The blessings
they here enjoy, TO the millions of their
sex, who are grooming under the absence
of them.
Having shewn you. my hearers, that the ex
is,ence, aud operation uf Eihle Snieries af-
ford the largest opportunity FIR doins good
To all men, which man can devise. let me
mention one cause of weariness, which
hinders their progress. Man in his sinful
stale is naturally prone to indolenre,
and particularly in Southern regions.-
Hence The characteristic the South, is
ardor, not perseverance.
! On the FIRST mention of an object, which
engages our attention as one of ofimporance
we readily listen 10 plan for it's attain.
mcnr. anil embark in its prosecution with
raised expectation, aud lively hopes. The
araor of The first effort however grows fee.
bler, wher the second is called for. and SC
! wi,huu, great cxerlion on the part Of {
few, the declension Of that ardor keep.
. mace in the society, with the delnanc