Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-05-24

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aud pulled away very hard at first, but
it was not at the chariot as | discover
ed but TO keep themselves together
and after while they would follow the
example of the one who had stolen
them; with this difference only, that
they got ahead Of him and were more
jealous. There was something about
them that made me think of the fox
who got his tail cut off by steel trap,
into which he CHANGED to fall. And
in looking on them and those who had
proselyted tkem, l could not help fear
ing lest the Saviour was talking to them
in Matthew XIII. chap. Is v.
Those who chung TO their ropes, and
kept their faces turned towards the
place to which they were going,seem-
ed to be the most cheerful people in
the world, and l could not help see
ing though they were surrounded by a
crowd and did not act as though they
wished to be seen. The harder they
worked the more cheerful their faces
appeared, and some of them sent out
quantity of light that seemed to come
from their bodies.
1t was remarkable that they fer
got tired, and when they came a bad
OF rough place in the road, they would
shut their eyes and move their lips
like persons whispering, and yet keep
on their work, and when the car would
roll swiftly over the bad place, they
would look back at the road and at the
rolling wheels, and, with their faces
Frightening with ecstacy, would look
ahead and move on. These were We
ry active in sxhorting each other to
endure patiently, and talked sweetIy Of
a rest which they expected TO enjoy in
the Kingdom Of Heaven.
The road along which this vast
crowd was moving, was lined on both
sides with an immense concourse of
human beings, ofall sexes, and ranks
and ages, who gazed with surprise up
on the rolling car and upon them who
were drawing it along. These per-
sons were not like those who were
moving along with the cal, though they
had similar faces and bodies; there
was an indescribable dissimilarity, which
made me think they were a different
sort Ofpeople. They kept shouting
to the crowds at the ropes as they
would 2aas along, and some would say
they were"fools" and others would say
they were fanatics and others would
laugh and curl their lips and say "they
have their labor for their pains" Some
seemed very unhappy aud were anx-
TO go and take hold Of a rope but their
friends would laugh at them for being
so foolish, and would direct their atten-
ton to some little pictures that were
spread out IN frames, the design Of
which was to call off their thoughts
from the cause Of their anxiety. A
great many in this thoughtless multi
tude were most eager to prevent this
great car from moving along, land would
run before and throw rocks and small
logs in the road, but they could not
stop its rapid progress. These per-
sons who threw so many obstacles in
the road looked very badly, their coun-
tenances had an expression of despera-
ton, and their features were sometimes
so distorted with rage, that | thought
they were like the men of whom we
read in the Bible who were possessed
ofdevils."
While l was gazing on this iuteres-
ting scene my mind was very much i'm
pressed with the conviction, that the
heavy car was more hmdered by the
lazy dead heights, and the tUorknaen
interfering with each other, than by al
the taunts and ridicuIe Of the wicked
herd who lined the road.-Each rope
'Ohe~ -drGOn tight, evidently helped
materially.
When the vision passed from me
found myselfreAecting upon the sensf
BILE answer ofthe New York Planter
who, when asked by some controver
sial churcbman in Albany, what h.
thought Of Christian denomination:
said: "When l come to Albany no on
asks me by UhGt road came, but ev
cry one inquiries, IS yO~r grain good, 81
think, in Heaven the inquiry will b.
about qualifications and not about tn
road By Which yow go there"
And ever since then have been re
peating the following stanzas:
Ye different sects who all declare
Lo, "Christ is here and Christ is there;'
Your stronger proofs divinely gire
And show US where the Christians lire.
GLAUCUS.
May 18th, 1912.