Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1842-10-08
LEXINGTON, MISSISSIPPI.
Saturday October 8, 1912,
REVIVAL.


enable Intellectual and reasonable nature
10 assertits supremacy over the vile ana
sensual, to give to fallen world The iuI'
irAition that glorious superiority, which
virtue, temperance, chastity, conscious
rec,itude of conduct shall ever exercise
over vice, and crime, and sin, in short ali
the damnable concomitants OF bastard in-
fidelity, to establish the dignity aud per-
fcction Of erring man, to bring INTO one
general accompaniment, all the excellence
tho unrufled tranquility, meekness and
condescension. which 80 certainly elevate
mankind, to present IN lurid coIors TO the
wasting clay, when the heart OF the dying
creature begins to fail, when in the abb
sence of strength and health, foul and
loathsome disease has crawled over the
emacia,ed tenement Of clay, when all
would be drear and dark, and no index
could point out the unerring path that
leads 10 ''mansions in the sky;" that AU-
THOR, we say, who sent his son to enact
SO thrilling a part 10 the tragedy of Cd
vary, poured out from the gloomy summit,
transcendent flood Of light, TO guide those
who had CROPPED their dull way in the
broad and sIavish track of skep,cIsm.-
When this distinguished beacon of Gods
mercy, was hung high in Heavens light
house, afIrghted superstition, fancied DEF
ties, idolatry and its deviltries fled with
one accord; the path of the christian
sprang out of darkness, and was so illu,
mined that even the blind could see. The
time must come when fear and doubt
when death and darkness horrily-
ing and startling terrors, can lnfuse their
poison no longer. Pure, undefiled reIi
gion, the principles which HE, tho man,
was yet more than man, Taught on earth,
marshal themselves before us as the stipu.
lations of peace, virtue and happiness -
they fall upon him who believes, tails
man that shall expel, hurl the angry and
threatening storm into calm serenity; and
afford US pilot (who cannot mistake hi:
way that shall conduct safely, the vesse
of mercy through shoalsS' reefs into tina
port of safety, "where The weary are a
rest and tears cease to how.n
These beautiful truths were again AM
again arIayed in all the simple submit,
in which they are clothed by the Bible, a
the Meeting mentioned 10 the CAPTION
We there witnessed an audience of thou
sands, who bowed before the Majesty c
God, and prayed the benefits Of the ho
scripture. We saw the old and youn!
the gay the volatile; perchance the (a
most) hardened, the infant and the age
bowling the knee 10 alteration of Him, VIII
died for all that would seek. There az
some, who may apply the principle
fdnalGcism, TO the universally Of dev,
ton which prevailed in our sister count
That there was enthusiasm, we do n
deny. Let il be SO. Yet 1t was an e,
thusiasm that appealed TO Heaven, ar
found its parentage, in that unaffected sin
plicity, sublime maxims, and pure cod
which found their way on this earth fro
the mouth of Him, "who spake as new,
man did," ...... ...
We claim here, the privilege, Will
commenting upon the manifestations
devotion in Yazoo, to speak Of WlIia
Nicholson, a native Of Mississippi, WI
presented before that large meeting,
elsquentIy the eloquent commands
Christ Nary or rather there wei
gone, who offered criticism upon the orr
tory ofthis sIngularly gifted young man.
His eIoquence is elegant, impassione'
impressive; bis manner inimiiabIej an
he who could melt into tears a congregt
tion, composed Of such variety Of mate
rial, must possess something, (inspiratlo
perhaps,) from which he Is enabled TO ion
mart 20 az entire auditory, general hr
rDiIity,and ecquiescence in The truths {
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