Holly Springs gazette., 1843-07-14

80 Cod n sDbs.rre nobIeaud exalted puT
p5ss- % purify our ah,ctions, elevate oul
Loacs. anI Fs,se is III nearer approximations
4. that happy and s'uless condition when
ave hope L. attain herealJcr. \ orr Infia-
.nce then is vast l. may be silent like The
.la. bu, like it also, i is seen and tet. Last
~ the cross and carlics, az The grave, -
with an Z G % pity and hand open as day
?, mciling charity,"-erer foremost IL
f.he!nes ol bcnevol-nce anl mercy; ready.
fI the hour Of her need 20 contribute the last
t.weI !hl. adoFus your persons 10 The de-
fence OF your coun.ry. shall no, appeal 10
Won in vaiL 10 rally TO he's rescue now, 10
Contribute that iatlu nee wi .ch u more pre-
cioIs Than jewels. sep pervasive sni ir-
IesIs,ib.e
You. mothers. are also the mothers Of the
s,a.e. Whatever is great or excellent IN
the character Of man he will almost uniycf-
stuy De foaad 70 have inherited from you. l.
IS an al4gs which has received The sanction
Of philosophy and the appToblLIol Of expert
cnce, than great men m1y have ordinary Ia
ihers. bul no grea, man man ever had stu
pI raother. Mark you this throug Of it.
tie ones, which now excite the tnIterIngs OF
ra1ny mothers heart, are immortal. Di-
rcclly they will be from u1der your control.
They are now FsadualIy gliding from your
embraces, and taking their places N the dIs-
a. march Of if-. passing on. passing on 10
ehaHgeltss condition OF happiness or misery.
10 4 lIule while. should they be spared, they
will proclaim 10 the wcrld oy their conduct
what kind OF mothers they have. They
viii then elrheT BE- filling honorable and use
iul stations Ia lIte blessing to themselves
and society, and reaeciing honor upon your
declining years, OF they May be moral Pestl-
leace, poisoning and pOIlu,Ing whatever they
-ouch.-aa ulcer upon the fJce ot society
eating on. whatever is comely aud attractive
or even while YOU 1--we 10 witness It. they
may b. cut off from communication with
their fellow men as lePrOus and loalhsome,
aud locked up 10 isions cell. Their early
training mast. III q great measure, depend
uo1n YOU Whiie you sit wi.h them around
:he domestic hearth, the father Is Tar away,
chasing some phantom of ambition. or dream
ofavarlcc, or TOT ing through his ordinary
avocatioas. Take them, then, by their liuie /
hands upon the Sabbath day. and conduct
Them 10 the S4btalh school; aud in those !
quict hours Of the week when you are left !
alone with them, when no eye Lut the All /
seeing one beholds you, call them around /
your knee with their litte books, and tasIen \
npon their minls by your pious instructions /
ani example, an adherence Of vice, and d /
slcred regard for holiness and truth Fix |
these impressions there now, aud | tell you
rhev viii be indell:ble The recoIectl,,.s Of
:, mothers love aud mothers counsel, is
sweeter than life. and stronger than death.
The heart may drltI lar on. 10 sea, and the
Impression which she has made upon il may
become faded aud almost featurelcss, but can
never, never be effdced while the last amia-
lie impulse shall remain. Some electric
current will pass over the memory Of her !
child, it may be long after she IS reposing III /
the grave, that will revive that early impress /
sion, and with it the image OF the mother !
who hung over his infant cradle, and
blessed his boyhood with her care. BY !
your co operation with the Sabbath school
teacher, family circles throughout the cOun- !
try may be made radiating points, whose
blessed light shall dispel all this moral dark
ness that broods over the land-nurseries
from which shall come forth, properly train
I'd for all the duties of life, ~ noble race OF
Intelligent, virtuous and patriotic men, the
glory of their country and her stay and
and strength in the day Of trial"
Where IS the American citizen who IS
not patriot, who whether at home or
abroad. on the land or the sea- wherever the
MIGRATORY impulses Of the age or the spirit
Of adven.urc may carry him, does not turn
70 his coun;ry and cxclaIm,
uyhcra'cr 20 whatever realms see,
NV hsar,, uElravel ed ,fondiy turns to thee.
lisa proud reflection. my fellow citizens
thatthere is scarcely discovered land where
the first beams Of this mornings sun were
not reflected back from the gl!uerIng stars
and streaming stripes of our glorious banner,
nor i port where the whitening sails OF our
navy are not seen, and the roar Of our can
ncn heard TO rcvetberaie along the shore.
10 day the busy merchant. whom the love
nf gain or the spirit OF enterprise may have
induced 10 make his abode on foreign coast,
locks from under the cloud OF despotism
around him to the clear skies Of his native
land. and invoIes once Rore blessing mp
ON the country Of his birth. And tush
will mantle The pale brow ct The invalid
whom disease has exiled from his home
smile wit play upon his wan cheek as the
recollectioas and associations OF tbs day
Ahail crowd upon his mind, and his dim sy'
will kndle with a supernatural briiliancy
rs he exclAims with his expiring breath,
FIand of the pilgrims PRIDE
Land here my fathers died,