Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-09-16
MISCELLANEOUS. J
From tIe charlcston Courier.
IDEAS OF COURAGE AND CowAARDIcE..

, iOI MUSES., says 0cES.a tAal Auam hid
from his Creator amongst the Trees of;the
garden, after he had eaten Of the forbid
den fruit" and assigned as reason for SO
doing, that he was afraid. Fear, there.
fore, appears TO be onnectetIstotransgre,
sion, and as Adam begat in his own iJike.
ness, every descendanllof him; is. by-na..
turc, coward. 1t is well, known fact
that every iniaut is easily terrified, which
is no slight testimony ofthe truth oflhat
scripture, viz: was afraid: Before lie
crusiixion of our Lord. his Disciples said,
that though they should die with him, vel
would ihcv moi deny him; but when he
was betrayed They all forsook him and
fed. and Peter denied him with an oath.
Our Lords Decipies, prior to the day of
Penticosl, were not only cowardIy. but
cruel also, for VI hen on their way to Jeru-
salem, as hey arrived al San,aria, and
were refused lodgings, they requested our
Lord 10 call down fire from Heaven;aod
burn Samaria, but he rebuked them in
these words, .'The son ofnian came not
10 destroy mems lives. butlo save tIienl.p
Cow ardice and cruelty result from mans
fall. But from The day of Peulicost, on
which they were truly converted, the De-
ciples were nolouser susceptible of fear.
Cowardice or cruelty. for there is neither
fear nor cruelty in God. neither 10 those
possessing his spirit. But i, is said, that
infdels possess no fear, for il is written,
there is 10 lear of God before their eyes :.
but 10 inform The reader, we say il is be-
cause the God of this world has blinded
their eyes 10 sense Of .heit danger; but
when The great day of final relrlbuion.
shall come, and;!heir eyes shall be opened.
then their cowarllce shall appear, for they.
shall call on the rocks and The mountains
10 fall on Ihe.n and hide them from The,
wrath of the Lamb. But this fictitious
courage which is tiie property ofman, in
a degenerate state, has 10 De frequently
Substantially creating faith inlhe; ability ,of:
its Possessors; sorinstance, Generals. when:
;abaul 10 engage:in war, recount 10 their:
itroapsl lhe.maay l6atttes they have fought
santItbesgilIofies they have S,son, aud iWiih5I
sWlsa, smaiI nu,Ilbets they have aIeat :sgc6i
tsosts, uud inFfnp5fli lion 10 lie faiii
with which they inspire them, SO is their
courage. Thus. Bonafane inspired his
troops with courage at Waterloo, in per.
haps he following words: We have seven
y five thousand men in the field, each as
good as any British soldier, aud any two
of The allied powers. The British. then,
had but thirty thousand ofrheir own lruops
aud forty thousand Of the allied powers,
which forty thousand were equal only
agreeable TO Bonaparle's asserIon) 10
twenty thousand French; consequently Nh.
thirty thousand Britous had 10 contend
with fifty FIVE thousand French, which
musl have created in the French, hopes
ofcertain victory and courage accordingly
Fear, courage, Or caution, which soever
The reader may be pleased to term it, was
the result oftransgressiuE, aud intended 10
prepare man TO shun danger aud deatn, TO
which he then became liable but more
especially to flee The wrath TO come, tor
il is writtan: "'Fhe fear Of Tie Lord is The
beginning of wisdom" Were il not for
fear the Devils tile II the human race
would be good !; is not courage then in lal.
len man, The consequence of corrupt ed
uca,uh, an invention Of Satan, designed
to counteract fear or caution, and hIind!od
man 10 sense of his danger thai lie may
drive them into the hotlomless pit, as u
General, by blindfolding his cavalry hor
ses. drives Them, not seeing their danger,
on the destructive lines of hostile lnian.
try. Courage is not hereditary, fear is,
for Adam begat in his own likeness, be-
Ing a coward. Therefore no individual
possesses courage except him who is born
Of God whn possesses perfect love; tthe
image of Cody which casts ou! all lear'
is means Of mans salvation; without
which, as free agent, he could not he
saved; for without fear, what influence
could The lhunderinss Of Siuai have on Tho
Jews. or tho plaques of Egypt in procur-
Ing their emancipation?
Was not man by nature coward, The
horrors Of the da ?ned, aud the pains ol
hell, mi, as well be portrayed 10 a post
with the uope of amendment as to him
moreover, without fear, what influence
could ne penal laws Of nations have ou
mans conduct? What protection could
they afford to the persoC or property orthe
weak? Was not man by nature cow
ard, our earth should sea terrestrial hell
but. fortunately, for the peace of society
now. bu, more especially for the caHSe oI
| maa's salvation hereafter, and that he
might I've urged TO flee the wrath to come
Fear was providenlially lin order 10 desea
The Devil, connected, to original transgres
sion. Again-every man is q coward by
nature !; for if he is not afraid pf his fellow
man, he IS Of the lighlning-lhs boisterou
ocean-,he plague-the peslilepce or th,
famipe; and wildepartspeedffy> possible
the place OF lis situation or visitaHon. /
you would terrify a marine, lock himeai'
a wooden house in hurricane (; for in hi
opinion it must overset, because il canno
move with the wind as ships do ;o:, if yol