The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-02-27

- no utaMs inr UOMs iails by BIS Own
arowi ne Il whom aim was isken. viii
oiien flourish the better; bur, IL IN any n.
stance, righteous result Is not NANTES,
n this life, the christian can, nevertheless.
rejoice in hope Of fuIl reward.
Interiors, also, may be the laF-seen vic
Tins Of sagacious selfsdmirers. Men 81
high standing and Kell-deserYed fame,
sometimes forget The true interest or man:
and. instead Of regarding every brilliant
intellect and well cultivated mind Is an
honor 70 our race, a blessing 10 the world,
and . worthy occasion of Joy, they fear
Us future growth, which they ought ever
70 aid; and, rather than avail themselves
OF the advantages Of an earlier march, the
distance already gained, and the means
around for farther advancement; they seek
70 ruin the rising genius, lest il should out
shine themselves. But IL The great cease
70 cultivate themselves and turn 10 con-
Stunning Others, they accelerate their own
destruction; while the industrious mind,
intent on self-culture, and unmoyed by
SANDER, may rise to an eminence It's adj
Tersaries have never known.
Some envy the prosperity Of others in
gaining wealth, in which they yainIy i'm
agine happiness is shrouded. They seem
not to perceive there is as much room for
them 10 gain, and more than If all were
poor; and feel their peace disturbed by
their more fortunate neighbors, and seek
10 make the misery of furnished charac-
ter exceed the pleasure Of wealth. But
this brings neither honor nor plenty; and
no delight, except the indulgence Of a
fiendish disposition, which most afflicts
IFS possessor.
Sometimes there are changes desired,
and stations sought; and some who fail
are the invariable enemies and malignant
calumniators OF those who succeed. Mis-
cradle in their disappointment, every indi-
cation Of another's happiness seems to ag-
grayate their suiierings. They pine under
their own folly; grow more wicked and
wretched; and employ themselves in feed
ing consuming fire within, instead Of
calmly enduring what is unayoidably their
lot, and wisely laboring 10 secure and en-
joy such blessings.as they yet have pow
er to obtain.
Again, some thus vilely employ the
tongue because they are conscious of their
own faults, and wish 10 think, and make
PRAYED as themselves. Instead Of ceasing
to do evil and learning to do well-thus
gaining relief from the condemnation and
shame of past sins, they choose to remain
unchanged, only so far as they increase in
guilt, by hiding their own sins and falsely
accusing others.
In other instances, it may be burst Of
passion excited by reproof or instruction.
IL occasionally happens when man is re-
proved, especially if he is guilty and has
no inclination TO reform, that he regards
the act as an injury, the reprover as an
enemy, and INDUCES the worst of all hui
man passions, in the vilest of all means of
exercising it; and that, too, against good
man who was his personal friend, but his
jealous disposition and evil imagination
had transformed into an image Of himself.
And for plain teaching, man may suffer
the same. If he accuses no one, but
speaks against certain sins, and presents
the plain gospel requiring certain duties,
there are not wanting men protesting god
illness, yet possessing hearts corrupt as
sin; whose influence is blasting as the mill
dew; whose tongues are ungovernable as
the waves of the sea; whose breath is poi
sonous as asps; and whose words are We
nomous as the fiery serpent; who will
freely open their mouths and cast out a
flood OF vituperation, bitter as gall and
false as pharisaic vipers ever uttered, ra-
Their than obey the word of that God whose
holy children they profess to be.
Love of telling news, also, aids some in
making, or retailing SANDER. They are
ambitious TO impart information; have not
sufficient intelligence TO communicate any
thing valuable, and are TOO INDECENT to ac-
quaint themselves with subjects of inter-
est. They tell their own conjectures
about such things as correspond with their
| inclinations and habits; the surmised cause
of what, to them, appears suspicious in
another; or what some one of a similar
cast has whispered in their ears. They
seek no higher employment than telling
news, and no greater honor than to be
thought to know most, and know first, OF
the faults of their neighbors.
Various means are employed to give III
fuence to this nefarious intruder. Those
skilled in the service frequently accom-
plish much by enjoining secrecy. They
circulate their pestiferous exhalations as
fast and far as possible, charging each one
to keep it secret, particularly not to LEI
the victim know his danger; and before ii
reaches his ear, il becomes current as the
breeze, and ere his mouth is open to say
"not guilty." his character is destroyed
and he may speak in vain. Yet, " the
triumph of the wicked is short" fpru'
dence and righteousness characterize the
sufferer though Egyptian darkness en-.
shroud him, it will be but for night, and
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