The banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847, 1846-05-06
Abbeville g. H., S. G. May 6, 1916.

RELIGION Impress your minds with
reverence for all that is sacred. Let no
wonsonncss of youthful spirits. no com
pilancc with the Incorporate mir,h of
others; ever betray you into proG,nc sal
lies. Besides the guilt which is thereby
incurred, nothing gives you Il moro odi-
Gus appearance of pctulancc, and pre-
sumption in youth, than the aflcctation
oil treating religion with levity. In
stead OF being an evidence of superior
understanding, it discovers Il pert and
shallow mind, which, vain of the first
smattcrings Of knowledge, prcsumcs to
make light Of what the rest Of mankind
revere. At the same time YOU are not
to imagine that when cxhortcd to
be religious you arc called upon to be-
como more formal and solemn in your
manners than others Of the Same wears
or to erect yourselves into supcrcilious
reprovcrs of those around YOU. The
spirit OF true religion breathcs rcn:lcncs$
and aitabllty. 1t is social, kind and
cheerful; far removed from that gloomy
and llllbcral superstition which clouds
tho brows, sharpcns the temper, defects
the spirit, and teaches men TO fit them
selves for another world by ncglecting
the concerns Of this Let your religion.
on the contrary, connect preparation for
heaven with an honorable discharrc of
the duties of life. or such religion, dis
cover on every proper occasion that you
are not ashamed; but avoid making
any unnecessary ostcntaton Of it before
the world-Blair.
A WORD TO MoTIIERs-In the eve
ming, when your children have prayed
for pardon and peace, endcavor to iniuse
the spirit of that beautiful expression of
the Psalmist, "L will both lay me down
in peace, and sleep for thou, Lord, only
makest me to dwell in safety" At no
time is the influence of the mother moro
valuable than when her children are re-
firing to rest. 1t is then, that having
ceased from the business and pleasures
OF the day, their minds arc quic,cd, their
feelings more tender, and more fitted for
the reception of religious impressions.
Happy it is if the spirit of her own heart
be such as to enable her to make use of
these favored moments; to make use Of
them as opportunities for Withdrawing
the hearts Of her children, "from things
which arc temporal" and of fixing dee
per and more lively impressions of those
(which are eternal"
JOSEPHINE was one of natures Queens
she was divorced says her biographer,
but her love did not cease; in her re-
tircment, she joycd IN all Napolcon's
successes, and prayed that he might be
saved from the fruits of his rash ambi-
ton. When his son was born, she only
regretted that she was not near him in
his happiness and when he went a
prisoner to Elba, she begged that she
might share his prison, and relieve his
woes. Every article that he used at her
residence, remained as he left it. The
book in which he had been last reading
there with the page doubled down and
the pen that he had last used by it, with
the ink dried on its point When her
death drew nigh, she wished to sell all
her jewels, to send the fallen emperor
money; and her will was submitted to
his correction. She died before his re-
turn from Elba; but her last words ex-
pressed the hope and relief "shc never
caused a single tear to fow" She was
buried in the village church of Ruel,
and her body followed to the grave not
only by Princes and Generals, but by
two thousand poor, whose heart had been
made glad by her bounty. Her marble
monument bears only this inscription
E~sene ANIL Hortense to Josephime"
The glory Of men ought always
to be measured by the means,
which they have used to acquire it.
Pardon thy enemy, and do him
good as thou hast opportunity, and