The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-09-08
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PATRIOTISM OF ANCIENT IA.
Tons.

shs A Ing ssnLnent inspirrsl These
uss.liaas arr answered IN > ~ell written |
sIAses. before ns. delivered by pfnIs
lIsppucK. u Dartmouth College. on he
al q July. lS42. After noliesng The
r.tly ss.aei aisns and circumstances
whseh awsksn m one . sscaed affection
for me spol where he vas bora. and
whch elsslhe IL IN lis sisw siIh more
tan The charm. &c brsuly. he speaks Of
.hs senlimenl Is vanoasly dssslaped
smans different nstions. We subj IN
. Les exlrsrt-:
AIMING ihe prin .ipsl n tians ofihe an.
ssal ~srld. pstrintis q Vas substantially
tie Ioys oI asl'snaI gIory.-ths pride 81
dominion. --lhe desire of schlevemrni.-
the triumph Of arms. A eoBniry's VEL
fare vas ilenniied with is military
lane and ile wealth Of lie tributary prn.
,Inres PsniDusm was clad in armour.
or robrd In elficr. II Il appeared 10
auy sshsr IRON. - was. manly. confined
10 the DRAFTS and philosat hers.
~ sNs " WfNNANsNiNe suu tuutaNoWN.
lIhad M sympathy 9Th man ss man. |,
recognised ndIhlng great or good beyond
the lImlis Of ili.ir own country. This !,
uorshlpptd. To Il. il sacrificed III 9th
or interests aud al other loves. % die
forn wss glHy smOne mrn and pie,y 10
tue ga5s The S,.l- wa., 10 their esteem.
sbose hunaniIyl is honor paramount 10
virtue itself.
The Jews. though mt me of the lead
Ing nations, we're not behind their neigh
bars IN patriotic feeling. They could
no. sing The Lords song IN . strange
land. They Taught with desperation for
their mountain hnmrs. They counted i.
gres'uess 10 belong Ia the land of judah.
Tn,y medIla'ed an nques,s: they indul-
ged no THIRST Tor dominion. Their great
es, pride vas 10 be lsraelre., children oi
the promise, heirs Of IN. PaInmchs. Ju
Jrs was 10 them. sIl holy lands theatre
Of Inuarles and revelations. Angle fee,
had pressed iIs soil. God had ihsie, vi
sibly. eommuned with men. soperns.
tutsl atmosphere invested The land. and
c,nsecfs,rd the. psnrls. Jewish Pari-
a,,sm vas eminsn,ly religion, feeling.
il had liale OF The character ri that virtue,
.it appeared in ancient Europe. The
pride Of Israel was the glory Of God
They fought tor their at 70 and Tie
name ofihs lord. 1'hr land lowing viii
milk and honey. the garden Of The earth
was dear 10 them. chiefly ss tie herr
tage of the I.ord, The dwelling place o
,h. Must High. There seemed To then
10 b. no,hlng out oI Il On earth, and bu
As'es between IL aud heaven.
Chri.isiniiy introduced ideas en,irel,
new. II did rot condemn the feeling o
pairiolism; q sllawed and cherished /,
bu, under importan, notifications, which
presen, tn virtue in . new light II a,
tached Us no less To places; but mure Il
persons. Il stripped the scenery oi
country of none Of The beautiful and In
spring a,suciaiions. which great eve"t
aud great traits OF character were wont /
hang sround the eloquent mountain pas
see aud CRIMSON seas. where valof ha
sriumphed and she deslInies OF empire
had been changed; hut IT raised the AcTo
shave the SCENE; il gave new dignhr {
man A. MAS;It drew aroun the Hahsieu
dwellet IN The VALUES aud on The hills, as
s'cia'ions ~ ,rr interesting and mare gu
blims, than had eset consecrsssd any fiel
nj war or $ enc Of greatness. II chang.
the pom, oil l,ghI in which even's are 10
siesed. II engagedat'ent'"n mare 10 th
fleeing generations that sppesr and va
ish away. IN such rapid succession. tha
TO The theatre on VIII ch they enact the
part, or the monuments they leave benin
them. The SrArE became less impn
tant obj"c'; and the PEOPLE OF The S'aI'
more important. Man came to be niue
more regarded in his 'sseaiisl charaeis
tisiics, aud less, il has accidental Gil
cums,suces.
Whilst, therefore, Christianity recog
nised aud fnsirred the love Of country
the disciple, il iansh, hun to consider
men as brethren. TO open his heart 10 I'll
whole world. Il assumed, what scirnt
has since demonstrated, that the true Inl
res. Of the whole Is the interest OF IL
ratt.; that The prosperity 81 one na',"
Is the prosperity Of all. Il. therefore, y
eulra'ed philanthropy. without, at all O.
hlng u to 81 lie any reasonable a't'c'
ment to our own land. A'a time. when
pc ,ple had conceived the Ide oil commf
mutual interests among the entire liant
of man, cur blessed ], I'D unsealrd u
treasures VI his grace 10 all. and cot
tnsnded US 10 coua, every man. wi'ho
dIsiiuclian af race or origin. ne'ghn
aud a brother. am the light oil u
WORLD" "a d he. II was the first disun
am ,uncement of the comnon iniere
ol all ,nrn IN the covenant "f t'od. IL
command. With which the SIN oil IN
concluded, his last n,erymw with his I'll
c,ples. " ia 80 iuIo all tue woIli al
presrhihc gospel III every cfeau'e. I"
the FIST com Mission al univ fsal merc
And III. enterprise Of ths Apostles
The CONVERSION oi The world. M prsuAa