Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-08-18
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foR rIiE siNalNiAs.
THE BEARING OF SABBArii SCHOOLS

AN. ISIS. By Res. JonS g. Snnrrnssos. Pastor q,
The Chmch q The Peaks AID .N;,e london
I'uhluhcd hy request
The return OF Tho turh oi July Will alMaya be hail
cd with peculiar oai,iou by every A"oian chpn II
ienhds rs al ono nj the greatest OF modern times
MS dv ennle only The slNsy ninth year, hes,
States declared themselves iro aud independent Bn,
ew years have elapsed. since tho last ol The sgnors
that Declaration wenl down To his grave OF ihnsr wl
supported II IN the Ucd u battle considerable hummer
slill survive. And vet. there civilized naun ~
earth, Whose condition aud prospects, nut. tins mn
inen, deeply ailcloj b, thai went Of The dsauaee.
aecrulng toour,eyos shall not atomm m enumerliinn
The ieclablc execution oi such ash wonld require a
volume, rather ian hrtl address How .hose alvan.
laGcs may be eiprbiale, aud improved question ut
Thrilling interest 10 every raitnl and ia imriraun /,
UNNECESSARILY enhanced lay the consideration thai Ia,
progress o freedom. throughout tho world. Intimately
connected, or rather, dRgod, nh lho ul The
experiment IL tiis country.
lie QUE ot iho numerous opies embraced in this com.
pleheiilVo and uoui.nlnus subject. solicit yuu aul,
iiun Tor lew mamras:
ihs bcariag q Sibblth Schools on he prospects n
| The american aaiion.
That intelligence and virtue Ia the people are rssen.
Ial Ia the enJuymenl 81 cie liberty. Is anasl lusn
10 SUPPOSE thai the bonner viii suffice without III. lat
ter Is 10 dulfay either the "fS.est .nnfafice or the i
british stupidity. here hnM edgr has no power to ~.
rand the hearts oi the scish eonjro she 1assuns
ri The ubolout. Eai have seldshuess and nihuleneu
unchecked, and sucetN caHBu tNlHt all Tie ptae.
teal operation oi these then, be restrained; tho
people must be governed, either by uoru prineipc
by physical iuree. In WuPuron vice prevails thtro
lore. government, nlaal be- ylaHt aad energetic. Let it
reach polnt easily conceivable. and pu1a coo must
become sa0guaafy ACTS possessing mlsrhir vuls
tondcncy, must be- prohibited, because they afford op
Porimdics for the commission o crime strict system
oi cspal inns extend tsct even 10 the private
iercousc ol the domestic circle while the taxation
cesSary 10 the support ut such government III involve
the country IN general povc,iy and wrelchen,ss. Nhe
iher people r,lulclug these restraints will b. iii 10
choose Their own rulers, n child ludrc. Liberty
greater than the moE state at lhr lion ns,s Ia an
arehy, The reign of so,u,c aud anarchy
ly the alcfna,o-dfpoitsoi. or The determination ej
! The peopie.
Iiul bow sla the people he made aud KEEP, vifiuous2
reply, by The Bblc. M other means Is adequate 10
the runSe No doubt, theio are many good czen4 hn
ae not personally loua; VIM even eccmca IA
10 the DIVINE "tsin &" ent holy elgon but country
conlans mol one good ri1en, mol Respectable naA
who has MOI been made 50. dl,cly indirectly, by tn
Bible.
have often heard the phrase .rirtao,s lcaihea" II
lhe expression mean, simply ihose bo wcro better than
other heather, l. IS unoJ conubr; but II intended
10 intimate that limse la nhnm II applied we're really
good men or thai Hey faithful IA The discharge oi
relative duties; or tvcn that They were Zee from GLOSS
and revolving lmnara,s, such healhon xls,d
Were that SAINT ri i'aganisn, Socrates LIVING In Be-!
inId county Ia day, no decent man would achnom ird.r
him as an acquaintance, receive hun into his house
guest.
No man destitute Of the light oi reyoallof, has
been able much form in his imagination idea
Oh truly ylluuuS character. Ii NHEll's hero, "thr
lhus isncaa," were naw AIMING us, might moi send
Inn 10 lhc lnletnal uERna III quest OF ininTnaon bui
we should as5nndty srud m IN The pcnculay, keep
him uut Of sohIei; and ~ 10 'lc immortal nols" ui
the Greeks and Inc Romans. they anon, us. We
should hang ihrm; and, al The eauns, ordinary
murdetrrs would crave less Infamous company
In einf OF advice 10 Il young man, a celebrated
statesman Of our own country has expressed himself as
follows.
"Alotal Philosophy, think it lost lime 10 attend lee.
lures oa this branch. He who made would have been
piliiu buHerr lac had made The rules Of our murai
conduct Iualtcr oil sctncc fur man OF sclfncr,
there thousands who not. Win, would have be
come Of theml Man was d. uned for society. His
morllly, therefore, was 10 be formed 10 This object He
WAS endowed with a sense OF riahl and wrong, serly
relative Ia tins. This as much parl OF his
ure, AS the sense 0i hearing, seeing, feeling. II Is the
true l0undalan ri nualiy, and not the KALoN ruth.
&c. ianCu writer's have imagined. The moral sense,
or conscience Is much part vi man his leg
II is Given 10 all human beings in stranger or weaker
degree, as orfc u ncnbers gwen them IN greater
less degree. II may be Strengthened by exercise, may
any particular limb u The body This il suhitq
ted, indeed, IN dearee the guidance Of reason;
but it is a small stuc which is required for this; even
less than hat eoll cnnon sense" (Scc Jeltr-
/ suns orrespondeHcc, vol. .. Letter lAxAv)
The utility Of Molal Philosophy shall mol dis
cnss, but The 9runudS oh which it is here condemned II
there is satisfactory evidence were the views OF the
wfier. Natural conscience. jplued with very small
share of reason. II 1, affirmed is sufficient 10 direct
conduct; and Creator would be pitlini hnnger,
were il otherwise Now accr!ng 10 he inspired uar
ailvc, man, Nhcn irs created received. and 1T course
he needed rcVrlaiiun That is supernatural nforna.
ton aud drec.iun rum his God 10 object tia, hsat-
cues mpeIleclIpn lie Divine plan, is M less absurd
that 10 raise ii nlar objection against the fact thai
man needed and received the fruits OF the earth ior
TODD.
Besides il the remarks us quoted, it is assumed, in
opposition The rieauS dictates o both and
yelaion thai our race An unicn stale. II man Is
sinner u1 doubt his mind is dafkpnod BY Ii he Is
"A sinner under = lt~pu6ltUn Of mercy certainly somc
duties, MT iually obligatory are necessary as means
Of restoration 10 the favour OF his Miker.-aud what
those duties are he can learn only from revelation |
observe, farther; lte theory under consideration is
eonradlctd by universal experience II womb be less
absurd assert thai share OF reason, less than
mon sense is sufficient furnish with the knowledge
Of Mathematics; for al The mathematical truth known
has been dcoy, red 10y human genius under the opa>
~ blessing oi God, but mural ruth has never been dis
covered in that way.
! A distinguished Doctor Of Divinity, and writer nD
Moral Philosophy, has represented the proper business
Of revea liun be, teach their duty, but 10
enforce, by the sanciluns OF eternity duties already
known. And IN truth. no sec.ns 10 have acted qnilr
consistently paying very to attention 10 ihGl source Of
information ot whlch he entertained SO low an "pin"h
Hence the palle blundrrs with which. nulwiihsand>
ing his acknow lodged learning aud ialon's his book
bounds For oNample: lie denies The necessity OF ma
na affection HE -four da;ion of The mar;age relation,
and requi.cs only the absence of positive vctson On
these principles piesunle, Of my tar audfes
s.s would have cote'd Tie honour ot belns the wio
even of Dr. paley But need mol spend lime IN Prov