The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-05-13
scEPTICIsM IN a GRAVE YARD.


How must the gDbslisYsr feel e be
walks over ~ exisltivo burial place. and
calmly ConIempIats5 his own theory with
eaCagsnao is taaSlaGpjng hulliludaa atound
and beasaIh him, Obd the Opiril mhich
shurt limo bs(oFo animsted their bodleDE--rr
The once aclivo limbs are POwoElea0-lhe
tgoDv aFr1 is palsied. end tho familiar cad
sweel voices o. friends and AiDdFod ere
hushed % eternal Sll0neO. be Csn only
sav II those who lew weekO bRlOFe were
" run &c lie O. himsolf-and aone q
Them 40 dear 70 him 90 the aPPl 70 o h'sOwn
evs--'t Well, the ere gOue--iOlI forever.
They have persisted like the worm, ond
now sleep wakelOss SleOp, for % vOies ID
heaven Or earth can break their slumOeFp
mo arm can ever raise them uP agalni
and alas! in q little time this body Ct EinS
will Be placod BY their eide, and The buO'
bic Of life will bs ended, not only With mos
bu. with al who tread 90 lightly over these
and others graves"
Wholher he thus SOIilOquizeS Or NOTE
one fact 10 clear, his ScePliciSm furnishes
nothing better. Il destroys all hope q ne
fu,ure--orDhanizss creation and blOIS out ot
the moral boavOna the sun Of righleous'
ueas. Il even aoeko 70 draw veil be-
tween The spiritual viSieR Of man ana lhS
beacon light raised upsR The other side o
JOrdan 70 light home the wsaFy travellers
of time. 10 any place--sitbsFin the graVS'
ward q II the BUSINESS Of lile--in solitude
Or n society scepticiam ID The same dark
undesirahIe asd horrible thing. i has no
sight Gsr ne blind, liberty fer the captive
eonsol.,iOn or the mOurner, life for The
dead, Or salvation tOr the sinner ans ln'
deed, il does not 90 much as claim q tuf-
uish the. bread which iseds and eprieheS
he mind. More especially thens The SceP'
],ic's reHecGionS 10 burfial place must %
anything but PleaSan'.
No, 90 with the christian Is christianity.
The spiriI which God hes planted - ne
human soul. which continually aoesndO ups
| ward end longs for immortality, u met with
the tidiugB from heaven that % dealh -
universal, 90 also shall the TOsuFfoclisn ~
that AZ We have barns the image Of the
oarlhy, W shsil bear the image q lhs
heavenly. Aud oil the truths Of the New
Testament ca this AubiSCr are confirmed ~
the death and resurrection Of him whe q
the way, The truth, and The life" We
lars taught q CHRISTMAS . regard dsaih' 60
gentle Slosp, rest from toll and lToublSg
OGd the door from scenes OF change ane
decay 70 Q world 81 unladiag hoaply aDa
endless delight. And We csn calmly say
farewell 10 Irisads and kindred dear, tee =
iuv that We sOpOrats oUly Zee STEW days--
10 meet 81 lsSt whore IeaFD ere nos EneNn
and laFoWoIlS ere aovsF spoken.
We claim also, that cur faith and hoPou
derived from the Bible, ere aUt only de1lsa-
blo, but perfectly, reasonable, haFm0nisiaC
with ell The lights Of nluPo and The indlcas
liens OF providence. The Beliefs reasons
able that the Being who gave us e1islsnss.
aud endowed % with our noble PsWesS nnd
llsculIies, will psFPesuaso that sxisteueol
and il musg be confessed on all hendss the
il would Dol require more Of 90 much pow
or and wisdom 10 continue our being thai
were exercised 10 our creation. Why Tier
should i Be- thought thi0g incredible The
God shOuld raise ths dSadi-siar 10 ~
Wat.