The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-03-29

) are hard in he Heb eW. AMI sone n ths
sEsk--ihe original langasgrs in which
he Ssnrisrrs we're written: some are
harder sill in The Transitions. I hasa
hren obliged 10 lrada wandering liz abort
The world. and sraIrely ever have n han.l
Ib' box whira night help me In surmnunt
ihesr tlfiieuliirs. Concurrence sometimes
/ pats the Observation-Disclosures my not m.
df'stanhing many passages is not awi =
> ~ nv wans III ailraIi''n in Feading them.
| must admit lhaIit l.; \ fnll pranl IL which
y. that r. cry linr resd the Book gIlruupt
unlersiand some rassages whIrh never
nnsirrsIn0d before. and wl.Iri I shnul.I
have done. n u founer reading. had IL been
elected with 4 sufficient degree &C alien-
ton. Then. in answer ~ mys.l. q say
f-li - iTusi but cannot alsays commanaI
ny nwn attention. and never can 10 the
degree thai wish. Ny mind Is oll-limes
50 full Of other things. absorbed in hnd,ly
! pain. ar engrnsssd by passion. ar distracted
ny pleasure. or exhausted by dissipation,
Tia: rann"i siTe 10 proper daily employ.
meni The attention which gladly would,
and whirh IS absolutely necessary tn mako
10 fruitful OF good works" This nc.
knowle'Igneni ai my weakness l. Just; hut
lnr hnw much Of II am still accountable
IN GoI. hardly dire arknowle,lge 10
myself. J. !, bodily pain! IIow often was
thai brought upnn me by my own impru-
tense or fully! Was il passionl Heaven
has given Z" every human being the pow
er of controlling his passions. and if he
negleris or lnsrs il. The fault is his own,
and he must be answerahle fnr il. Was
il pleasure! Why did indulge ill Was
il dissipaiinn! Tins il the mnsi inexcusa.
bic nf all; for il must have been occaslon.
ed hy my own lhonghllcssness or ireso-
luton. IL is "f M use in discover our own
faults and iniirmiiics. unless The discovery
prompts us TO amendment. have thought
II IN addition To the hour which daily
give To the reading Of the Bible, should
ais" from time 10 time land especially on
The SahhatI') apply annlher hour orcasion-
ally 10 cnmmunicair To youIhe refierlions
that arise IN my mind upon It's perusal. il
might not only tend Ia tix and promote
my own attention tn the excpllen, instruc.
tinns Of that Sarrrd Book. hu, perhaps
al.o assist your advancement in its knows
ledge and wisdom. Al your age, j, il PRO-
bable that you hare still greater difficulties
-, ',sslas.ianll all that you read in the BIZ
bie than have al mine; aud If yon have
so mach seli-ohservation as Your letters
Indicate, you will he sensible of as much
want ut attention, both voluntary and in
voluntary, rs here acknowledge in myself.
Intend, therefore. for the purpose III con-
iribiliing 10 your improvement and nv
own, 10 write you several letters, in dine
time ,ofollow this, in which I shall en-.
deaV"r To show you hnw you may derive
the most advantage To yourself from the
peiusal at the Scriptures. Il il pr,bablc.
when ynu receive these lailers, vnu will
nni, Al, first reading. entirely understand
them; if that should hp the rase, ask YOUR
grandparents, or ynur uncle or aunt, to
explain Ihrm; If fnn s,hl find them too
hard, put them on file, and lay them bv
fur two or three years. after which read
them again. and you will find them easy
enough. II is essential. my son, in order
that sou may 90 through life with rom.
fort To yourself and usefulness To your
iellow creatures. that you should form and
adopt certain rules or principles for the
government OF your own conduct aud tenn
per. Unless YOU have such rules and prin.
ciples. there will be nnmherless occasions
on whi"h You will have no gnide fnr yonr
government but yoar- passions. In Your
infancy and youth, sou have been, and
will he for some years, under the authors
~ and control Of your L lends AMI insrruc-
tors; hnt you must som come TO The ago
when you must govern yourself You
have already come tn that age in many
respects; you know the difference between
right. and wrong, and you know some of
your duties. and the obligations you are
under tn become acquainted with them
all. II is in the Bible you must learn
Them, and from the Bible how to practice
Them. Those duties are to God, 10 your
fellow creatures, and to Yourself. /. Thou
shalt love the I.ori thy God, with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
Thy mind. and with all thy strength, and
hv neighhor as Myself" On these two
Jesus Christ expressly
saws, &" IIang all The Law and the Pro-
,he,s;" that isio say. the whole purpose of
Divine Revelation is 10 inculeate them ef.
irari'usl y upon The minds Of men. You
will perceive that have spike of duties
o ya"rsetf. dis,inc, from those 10 God and
o your fellow creatures: while Jesus
;hristspeaks only ofiwo commandments.
The reason is, because Christ and the
commandments repeated by Him, consider
elt.lave rs so implanted in the hear, of
aey man by the law oil his nature. that
trrquires no commandment to establish its
niluenee over The. heart: and.so grea, do
hey knnw its power 10 he. that they de-
nand M other measure for the love Of our
nolgl,bor. than that which they know we