The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1841-12-11
a VILLAcEsA RnATm.

ing occupies every bosom. Worldly al
fairs seem to have deserted the mind 70
a short while at least, and something o
: goodness and beneyolence seems 10 hay,
/" supplanted the baser passions and feel
ings the heart, and asserted dominion
mild, calm, and beni6cent, but firm anC
enduring as consciousness of inferiori
ty and sin(ulness can make those not 50
q entirely abandoned as to debar all the
e admonitons ola repentant and not who'll
q ~ hardened nature. There are few who
; have submitted their whms to the chas-
9 tisement of properly tutored consci-
ence, and who possess that high moral
feeling and regard for the sacred obliga
tons imposed by existence itself, which
+ predominant in the bosom of every good
man, but feel disposition when a sab
bath comes 10 renounce the Earring, in
congruous, and sometimes wicked pro-
pensities which have stood al the helm to
guide the actions of the past week. This
IS evinced by the neatness, order and pro
priety exhibited on every hand. The
revel has esased and the shout of the
bachanalian is silenced A sacred puri-
ty seems to pervade nature, and man
taking the hint, seems to partake of the
holiness and love and goodness which
God has benifcentIy and legibly i'm
printed on every thing ofhis creation.
That sound for which tho mariner
sighed, when wrecked on desolate is.
land, deprived OF all communion with his
species, and left nothing but the curse of
the recollection Of the sweets of civil
cation, and no solace but dread. hateful
reflection upon the fond associations OIL
youth, and the haliowed embrace of m.
rents, brothers, sisters, friends, :. the
sound OF the church-going bell MS heard
IL reYerberates over the hills and alono
The vallies, carrying to the inmost recess
OF every heart, feeling of sublimity and
OF love. The light form of beauty. wo.
man, the vigorous frame of manhood
tottering old age, and childhood. that
oasis IN the desert of life, that only yell
sPrlnglng up on the pilgrimage Of exist
ence' tripping with Unsurpassed gaiety
along; all are vending their way TO the
house OF worship, where bright ewes dart
heir rays of intelligence; where sober
serious gravity reproyes the look or
smile oflevity; where the hymn of praise
ascends IN all the grandeur of melody and
ceiling, tosches the hear of the sinner
md causes the good man, the christian
oieel glorious and happy, and his soul to
cap with holy joy, which the lost and
abandoned sinner never can experience 6
hen the prayer, followed by the eIo-
luent The beseeching appeals of a minis
81 whose greatest joy seems TO be TO 2
match soul from torment and place i a
N the road TO the regions of bliss eter- d
AL o
That assemblage breaks up, and not a it
oul Is there bat feels that a cleansing in it
uence has operated upon it, and relieved OF
OF much Of the dross and wickedness B
f the world. OF
Evening comes, and without the thou.
and diversions which cities present. no. !,
ing offers itself TO distract the mind. :
nd serious contemplation finds nroom - :.
nd verge enough to investigate the Sc =,
fets ofthe heart, and the hidden snrinos - :,
human action. Ones own conduct for = !"
'e past week, comes in review, the mis- =
kes OF design or inadvertency are ex. .
mined, and Improvement in future is de- :"
trimmed upon. Thus the holy sabbath
W given up TO solemn reflection unon ~
ans condition and prospects, works ~ :
'od which some might think could not -
me OF it. Good has proceeded from tue
azareth; why should not better t;mes Ga
ID better circumstances produce a pro- We
fuonate increase Of actual benefit. in
D ? in precept and example. UNI
sunday IS pleasant day, and we are raj
Ways alits approach. The load which cy.
may have trudged along with during tho
, week. may then be laid aside and cal
energies allowed oppEtunity to re- and
perate. it /,
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