Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-08-04
FOR THE NIRGINIAN


FOR THE vIRGiNnN.
To the Cnircrsalisis and their Friends
BY the polileuoss of our worthy friends Of the press,
the writer uf this begs leave To say few words.
Your building IN Lynchburg recently The verge
of sacriiire For advantage let us for
look at the Cagse Of this
Was it because any of you had less confidence in your
principles than formerly ANY of YOU less ardor for
your cause ?ess affection AID respect for each other
less desire for the welfare and happiness Of your fe
"w men ?-less hope that yonr faith must la
ter shed hallowed and inex,lngushabe luslre the
world Have you less means aud abilities TO support
youI cause now, than you had two years ago2 Are
you poorer now than then Are you discouraged from
your numbers having lessencd No. more of, these Is
the cause What then2 Why simply for the
that YOU have relied for progress and triumph, too much
on the mere strength Of your principles; and so relying.
became rert and careless depending on others 10 do
what each Of you should have done himself
Your house Of worship the place in which your prin-
cjpes are to be eyponnded and made known 10 the
mpnny around you. Without il, you cannot expect To
make them knuwn 10 much extent. Had YOUR house
been sold, your cause.-the best and brightest that eyes
can behold-would have been, for time clouded.
knowledge of the pnrrst and hoesl gin Of God 10
would have been arrested and depressed among us
But you will say. 'reritas est pofens. Il preroereP
Truth Is powerful and mlsl prevail Yes; but were
10 say this 10 your children. aud net send them
school, would truth prevail with them Not at ALL
Truth is powerful, and must prevail. Nay more truth
is onnip0ieni but 10 make it effective you have
double operation 10 performs; TO wit TO erhbiH to him.
and toprepare his eyes to see it, This is the work God
has left for to do. You must not content yourself
alter merely proeimming Truth you must prore it 10
every capacity.
You may tell an ignorant that The laws of gray
itaton govern all bodies-holding the earth, the sun
and all the myrlads of worlds throughout the vast Uni
verse, notwithstanding their terrible yeloces
ly and uniformly in their respective paths. You may
tell him that by these simple laws, you predict, 10
an Instant, se transit twenty years hence
Tell him the eah reyov,s on its axis, a, the rate OF
1000 miles per hour; that il is flying 10 its orbit,
round the sun, With velocity OF 90 miles in every
second. Tell him Of all this OF any other sublime truth
hut will he believe you No, he cannot if he would,
until he shall have been convinced Of their truth; and
then, he could restrain his venealiop " ihe nlue
and perfect Author Of such laws.
You may tell the sane ignorant that all the laws
Of God are onnpoic and supremacy saluary and thai
there cannot be continual endless intracllon ol any
of them, in however small dgrec; that la
ter. those laws must prevail and all men he subducd un
To them, but can he believe this great fundamental law
~ Supreme " isdun. aud ais consequences. until his
mind shall have been ennvncedl No. never, aud were
he 10 say that he did believe II, without having careful
y examined it, his belief would be persuasion of
his mind, and consequently unirui,ful.
II may De said, "lhat it is needless for 10 trouble
my self about the prevalence Of truth. II will avail me
nothing. All men NAV 90 their own ways aud Will
90 mine" But stop, kind friend suppose all phan-
hroplsls had been actnaed by this SPIRIT what wodld
be your CONDITION nom2 Consider The laws, for mo.
men, which should govern
1T Is the philosophy OF the present day, beautiful and
sublime rue thai 10 be happy must be ocire };
and that Ibis sclisy must be IN harmony ,cih The lars
u naiure. These two principles must be laid down as
Solid and impregnable and since nature allows no ear
cepOns To her laws, they cannt he either altered or a.
voldtd in any degree they be broken inrnged
IN any manner, without producing corresponding 'njn
~ 10 the iniringer. Hence II fellows, that 0,U hdppi
ness wH be III The ratio Of our compliance nth the ta,rs
Of nature.
is II, then, law OF nature "hai we shall DO 10 oih
eS, would that others should do 10 us2 Beyond
all doubt is; and the less So because uttered by The
lips OF inspiration God las certainly given no law
which man cannot comprehend and obey. The concn
sion then. which have sought is inevitable. 10 wit,
That 10 be happy ouscucs ice must seek The happiness q
others.
Though the writer labors to be brief, yet he bcgs
leave To ASH ifit is ungraleul in refuse Sc
much "vle trash" intact can grasp, whilst we are
basking in the emmy of those gorIps bene'acIlos
which have Gust predecessors, the benefaeors ol
mankind, much toll and pain and treasure-so much
blood expa and life? Is not ungra'eul and nn-
just refuse our feow men few dollars 90 assist them
to the lights of lie and the hopes Of happiness whilst
have enjoyed, and do still enjoy the fruits Of the
greatest abo The greatest talents and the greatest sac
rlfices. Of all 'he iliusirious dead7
We need go back 10 the te of the crucl1Xion ol
the blessed Saviour and the violent deaths M all the
Aposes and from that peIind down, through an ocean
Of blood To modern tues. Take ap Instance OF our own
age See Fulton, before great Leader OF our country,
explaining tn power and use OF steam, aud begging as
for life for some small assistance to mature his wUk
and see alas! how he pi,ied acd laughed at, as
visionary See him. pale and detected returning
to his ,os. See him with bleeding heart. IN vain be-
seechng another Tor mite I" enable him t" heneh his
fellow men. See him descend nln the grave, like
hero and with ous,rGchel arms praying TO tlve iha'
he might finish his work for Us
And shall we. with this t;od like example before ou