The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-04-23

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reackea the full mrasnre which the aris
I'm the ease HaTrsat. lefifis the mark 0i
= wise msn 10 h no uniHselligenl feeling
rise; 10 see with his oSa eyes. either in ille
hook Of pFsFidesse ~ in that Of revclaiiop.
the facts which eall for feeling. bsinTe he
permits The tile Of his sensibiliiies IN flow.
This Is the trne philosophy Of emotion;
vet we greatly mistake. II rs rules. thoBgh
simple enough for the understanding of
child, are not nevertheless often violated.
and feeling j. permitted To flow without an
intelligent motive, AMI terminating in no
useful result. In such instances, however.
the eyes are virtually in the heart, NOT in
the head: the emotion leads, and the tea
son follows afsr OlI'-ihe mark Of a fool,
not of wise man. ~s#
And them again. the wise mans eyes
are said 10 be in his hessl. In opposition
10 being in another mans head.
Few peonle comparatively, as Il seems
10 US, see wifh iheirown ewes. but with the
eyes Of Others. II is sucl hard woFk 10
think; much study is such ; weaFiDess to
the flesh. that not few. we fear. prefer
10 have others do their study and thinking
for them; to take compends Of doctrine
formed to ihcirhan,ls by their fathers rath-
e. tiian make them for themselves, or 10
see whether those already made accord
with the Bible. They choose to take il
for granted, that the conclusions To which
the protested teachers of truth seek to
conduct them are correct without going
through the labor, which the Bercans so
nohly undertook, Of seeing for themselves
whether the things taught are so. .... +
Bun This is the very food gate of fana-
iicism. The eyes Of those, rs the event
has proved. who expected 70 see the world
: burned up some time last year, were
not in their own heads, but in the head
of father Miller; and The insanity Of some,
and the delusion Of all. have been ths
sad result, proclaiming to the world thu
j folly Of trusting 10 others to see for u
! in the deep things Of religion. Nor di'
/ the Mormons ever see with their owl
|, eyes those golden plates, from which, a
, fhsy were made t0'brfryss new reyUia
tion from heaven was taken. They tool
things upon trust--saw with the eyes o
; another mas and now many Of them ar
, beginning to feel and 10 confess. that theJ
, have been sadly imposed upon in matter;
affecting thur dearest interests. ,ssss 40
l.. And have we not reason to believe tina
this prolific source Of evil is still wide
open; that there are many in every com.
; munity who cannot show this mark o.
wisdom--that Of having their eyes in theil
own heads! How many minds seem to
be cast in another mans mould, contrary
to the manifest intention Of the Creator!
How many grown up men are as truly in
! leading-strings, as when they were child
rem, seldom seeing anything except
through tie medium Of jealousy and Pas.
sion, or as they are told by Others to see!
lis true that but few men have leisure
to originate all those trains Of thought, or
, to develope the various relations of truth,
, which are necessary in order 10 be tho
roughly furnished unto every good word
and work. Hence it is one Of the arrange
ments Of Christianity, that class of men
! shall be devoted exclusively TO the deve-
: lopement and application Of Divine truth,
) They think for Others, who are engaged in
, different pursuits. 1t is a saving of time
J for the mass Of men. Still the moment
, any one regards himself as freed from the
, obligation 10 search for himseffbecause he
+ has one to help.his thoughts, the chief use
, fulness Of preaching is at an end. That
aims to bring the materials of thought and
j, reflection to all classes Of hearers, and asks
them to see whether those, things are So
to use their own eyes--to be independent
f thinkers, and not to- feel that they have no
thinking to do, because they have engaged
, preacher to aid them to think. Herein is
our controversy with thepapist. We com
f plain Of him that he leaves il with his priest
10 say what and how much he may believe;
that he consents to give up the Bible, and
take for truth what fal!ibIe man like Hmm
self is pleased to give him--to have his
, eyes not in his own head but in the head
of another man. For this is conserving to
be always in leading-strings, and unfit TO
show himself man.
II We go for the doctrine, which requires
that every mans faith be intelligent and
practical; and that each one examine for
: himselfany article of religion which claims
the subsection of his soul. We say thata
) mans eyes should be in his own own head,
and that with those eyes he compare scrip,
! ture with scripture, and receive light from
whatever quarterit may come, and that he
: thus be rooted and grounded in the truth
, and not : be carried about by every WING
/, of doctrine" ..<
\ The1prae,ieal question, then, which tht
/ writerand his readers should settle, is whe
Their orr eyes are in our heads, or in on
A hearts whether they are in our own heads
e or in he heads of other men; whether W,
J. are caught and held by the cords of sec
a and party SO firmly as not to have the fire.