Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-09-27

c We GUd of righteousness Is the friend G
! happiness. Hence mans dury and his in
teresI is inseparable. This has sometime
, been doubted. sometimes explicitly denied
) In remote antiquity here lived those =" ht
said Ill is in vain to serve God; and wha
profit is il that we have kept his ordinan
ces!"
To adopt this hypothesis, so fatal 10 the
eternal interests Of mankind. was not pc.
culiar to thnse who lyeJ in Remote anil.
qnity. Now, = formerly. there are pro
fame men, who with respect To all the re-
wards Of virtue, are uler skeplics. Both
experience and nbserva,inn are appealed
to; aud. as il this transi!ory life wer the
whole Of man. it is triumphnniIy asserted,
THAT the proud are happy: that those
who woikedness are sci mp, and tiluse who
Tempt God are delivered"
Nor is it profane men only Who have
miscpn<lrued. and who still miscons'rue
on This article, the ways Of Providence.
The Saint of Uz The PsaImisr Of Israel,
and even Solomon himself. than wh",n II
wiser prince has not lived, were embar.
rassrd AT The seeming prosperity Of the
wicked.
A bewiIdering obscuri;y does indeed
hang over Ibis part ofthe Divine economy.
To short sighted aud superficial observ-
ier, that balance in which The acIinns Of
I>men are weighed seems 10 be held with
an unequal hand. To say the least, j, is
not always aud at every stage uf being,
apparen, that God regard the righteous
more than the wicked; and because il is
not always apparent, men of perverse
nids presumptively iuler That he does not.
The Divine care. say they, (iI' indeed
there he any Divine care.) is extended
Aide ioall. No par'iaily 10 discoverab!e
10 the distribution of II most public and
imporlanl gifts. Ar aud wsler aud suD-
shine are as free as they are abundanI.-
Does food staled'y nourish, aud sleep re.
fresh the pious1 So they doiiie impious.
The 1pcks of the latter are as vigorous;
their pastures are as green, and their h1ssss
ibaudr3S Sos productive as one:of the former.
NoiaOwer withars as The siunertplucks H.;
the earth siuks not beneath !heirS:unhal
lowed tread, nor does the sun avert Il hist
beams from lhe heaven di.ecled eye.
IF Gpa ttle " tisr
who are hampered by the restraints OF du- 4
iy are overcome by them; and through
crimes aud h!oud they force their way
to place and power. His sains cry to-
him..day and night, but hears them NOT;
they present aeir claim, butilis disresar
drd. Says cover hem, and they arc led
with The bread of bitterness, a conclusive
evidence that there is no God, or that vif
me is of lille estimation in his sight.
Thus argue The enemies Of religion
But lei no young aIvenlurer-n, spring
candidate for glory. be misguided by il.
All hal has been said, or all that can be
said. in favor of Il theory so humiliasing
10 man, so lerugaiory to God. is mere su-
phislry; disguised indeed. brl gross and
palpabIe.
Because the reward Of virue is mol in
every instance simultaneous with the act,
does j. follow that virtue has no reward!
Waits not the husbandnan furlh fruits ol
his industry until The harvest Aud yet
| who pretends that his cara and labor are
thrown away? No onc-,n the contrary,
all say, as he cues forth weeping TO seal.
Ter the precious seed, Doubtless he will
return rejoicing, hearing hi, sheaves with
HIN. Can that be true where religion is
concerned, that would be iulse with res
pect to things else =
Lrr the rash tieurist remember that he
has seen but very small part OF mans
existence AMI that parl ton, whic' IL only
iuceplivc and preparatory. Conclusions
drawn from a part 10 The whole are al
WAYS defective. and in this instance may
prove fatal as faIlaciuus. BE il remems
dered that the race must he finished ere
the pr!ze is won: that the victory must be
achieved before it can be expected that
the crown shonld lie placed Oh The Vlctors
brow.
Yellow Fsver at the Ne,O York Quarun
tiue.-The New York papers sra'e lha'
there has been several cases Of decided
black vomi at the Quarantine Hospital.
and that The yellow fever has manifested
itself outside of the hospital grounds, a.
mong rhe inhabitants in the village. The
report of the hospital for The last week
shows that there had been six cases, three
of whom died.
Highly Honorubts.-Thc New Orleans
Bulletin records fact which is indeed
mnst worthy of record-pne which that
paper received from MEXICAN gentle
man of great intelligence and lherallty
that there does not oxisI in The whole o
Mexico, at Ills lime, single unpaid deb
contracted 10y any OF The officers of ou
+ regular army. We douht very much i
the upright conduct hes ever before mark
ed The career of victorious army in
campaign Of over TWO years in an enemy
country.
Crops in Teras.-The Houston Aduo
. cate, of The l7lh ulI.. says:-'News iron
: the country represent the crops as heIn
8 remarkably fine. Were il moi for the ex
. -, ,,r;,o nf ,otop the fartne