Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-04-08

rptAsfRER 81 COLLECTOR
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NttLrnigm=aNhai II this theory should he
true. after all TINT las been eatl about II =
What If The solemn prophecies of Holy Writ
that the eartl, shall be burned up, aud the
heavens tass away ae q etfull@shoald be ful.
filed Al The period fixed by this divine. Mil
Icr ia n man highly taught, an arden. student.
and thoroughly learned in The Hebrew, Ara
be and Challaic languages. Upon the proph-
eev Of Daniel. If We ste correctly informed,
h. bases hte calculations. Those proIhnc sR
are explicit IN their enumeration oI teriuds or
~rycles, Translated times IN English, aud specify
the pretIpe number allotted by the Great Au-
thor Of matter fol The f%ulhllment Of his desigrs
with thts g|oGc,
Suppose, now, there should DO really some
thing In this fact-and who eau positively say
there IL not would II not be we'll for us al
Ia be prepared for the great dsy' If the bible
he true, tina, day mnst apmetime arrive, and
why not as well IN 1919 AZ in 1908 Who
81 us can say NJ to what period time must be
prolonged II In beyond the measure Of our
power, aud would we not, Oh the occasion,
act the part Of the wiae and prudent, by iola
lowing the kind aimnnition Of scripture, which
sayg'--"he We alec ready" Every day, time ip
ended with some Of cur friends, called, PSF
hap=, Ns Unexpectedly 30 the great reckoning,
~ we all should be. If Summoned away amid
earthquakes and smoke aud flame just "
weeks from next Monday morning.
An who know us are aware that we arc not
over previsory in our movements; on The con-
trafy, the orpoaite has ever d falling in our
character, aud 10 that failing, no doubt, may
he attributed the late appearance of this call,
But in the parable of the laborcrs, you know,
the eleventh. hour man got hia penny, and
mono Of The others got tnore. Well, perhaps,
cur elltrt9 IN this great work nay DO as amply
hloBt as those Of sofne who began earlier il
tie day, We Consider il time to begtn-time
Tor ali to begin. Even though the end should
w, he yet, let us be prepared 10 meet ii. for it
may refuse 10 larry long. We have all duties
i9 HANNttHh hts >" tbiitis HiH " SAirttttE : Htib
NJ cAsnity in each matters must invariably
begin at home, Let ns ace " hat kind Of a ba-
lanco.rheet we could show, If called up to the
great Counting lios,se oh Monday the 23d
April, ls1s.
Not being nm adept Oh book. keeping, we might
buncle the matter should we undertake to NJ.
range our account according TO Bonneeastle
or Coleman, and so shall simply state tho fact
that our debtR are very nearly as large as our
credits, so,no of them already due, and our
purse about ue empty as the head of that chap
who writes fer the Natchitochcs Herald. It's
tssly destitute, YOU may be sure and unless
heavy payments are made-unless every body
,aya us before tho awful day, We shall he
obliged to go of sadly destitute, loo
nut, the reader may say to US az John KNOX
taid to Queen Mary's maids Of honor, "ye can
carry mono o that gear vi ye,' and why think
of when you should be thinking of your
prayers, Dear reader, We have time t. pray
between payments, and don't like 10 80 on in
Debt, no how, How would your cheek hlench
kjad sir, II, on your REORGANIZATION up yon-
der, The question: ives thou sught 10 any
man - should ring through the vast arches
II the court, Could you say no could you
even say YOU did'at the ~printcr' If you
couldn't, yourself, say that, what the ID do
yau suppose the printer himself could say
Now we do wish TO avoid any thing disagree
able on the occasiol-~most sincerely we do.
We wish 10 settle W, to be free from dnns in
Paradise and free from all questions MS 10 our
liabilities, We would advise you all to be in |
the same fix; il is a goodly fly, and one which
rlety As well IS patsons will approve, Let
US all pay eff what we owe, and give the re.
mainder Of cur plumber 10 missionaries for the
conversion OF The heather.