Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1842-07-05
From the Herald and Journal.
Mans need ofReIigion and A miction


Who has never been a mourner2 Who has
not met with misfortuhes and disappointment Is
there not some wound in every breast which earth
cannot heal? All who have arrived at the me.
ridian lat east) oflife have found hope delusive
have had their plans frustrated, and their fondest
and most flattering anticipations blghted The
strongest ties of friendship have been dissolved by
death Some have been stretched upon a weary
sick bed. Some have been cast from affluence to
poverty. Amid the whirl and hustle of society
there is heard the sigh and mourning of the be-
reaved. All are more or less afflicted Parents
must die, dear friends must depart Sickness must
be borne. Charms that inthe morning promise an
eternal bloom before evening may drop their smi-
ling pride. One moment we may be in the height
Of success, with the most arrogant expectations
the next the scene may be. changed, and the shad-
ows Of darkness cover us. And now amid all
these scenes, do we not sensibly feelthe need oil
comfort from on high2 Do we not sensibly rea-
lie that nought but hope that reaches beyond
the vale of tears which goes forward into eternity
can cheer and support us2 d. re-
Thousands there are in the world, who seem
by their course of life to believe that life will be
to them like one summers day; that they can
pass through it without cloud to shadow it =
They attempt to drown thought in pleasure; crowd
every moment with worldly care, and content
themselves with the belief that sin unrepented and
unforsaken will be pardoned But they sadly
mistake, and though they may laugh ever so gal
ly, or feel ever SO strong, the gloom of sadness
will visit them.
Disease indisc Intimately invades the walls OF
opuence and tenement of poverty. Elegant APP
paral is no defence against detection than the
coarsest garb. The poor, though generally pro-
tected by unimpaired vigor of constitution, as well
as their healthful habits, cannot escape the fatal
stroke ofdisease Neither can the rich with all
the resources which wealth has at her command
prevent the visitation of Sickness or prolong life
beyond the appointed time In view of these facts
who would not feel their need of religion? Rea
der, do you not sensibly feel your need of it, that
''your heart may not be troubled2n Without re
ligion, man is the powerless victim ofall the trou
lies and trials of life There are griefs to be borne
without comforts; agiating passions to be CONTROL
ed, and lawess appetites to be restrained withou
assistance
But with it, though we may be conducted thro
torrents of temptations trials and Affections we car
rise above them ALL The world with all its al
Turing charms, opposes our march in vain. VIVA
ever may be the scenes upon which we may b.
Icalled TO enter, the mind is calmly stayed upor
1.-THE, Lord Yes, praised be the Lord. Religion
sheas IFS gladdening rays and disperses the gloon
this pam and grief has gathered around us, anC
lungs hope to the responding mind. Is not Their
religion emphatcally, 'the one thing needfal?
1t prepares us for life, and when death comes, i
comes in an angels form, and with a smiling as
pect beckons us away from these stormy regions
to those ofunclouded light 1t places in view tn
palm, the starry crown with all the bright re
wards of virtue. o, then let us go cften to hin
who was touched with the feeling of human mfr
mites. Let us press forward every moment il
the Christian course. Then when we are callet
to mourn, when sickness and trouble comes upol
us, we may be cheered by the presence of GU
: Lord and Savior. ..