Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1849-04-20

VAIL and have continued with horrible frequen.
cy Tor thousands Of years. These disorders
are IN direct contrast with the order, harmony,
and benevolenco manifest throughout The phys.
ieal worldi and even in The construction Of our
own bodies. The goodness Of the Creator is
displayed throughout oil the regions Of our
globe and his blessings provide from year to
year food sufficient 70 satisfy tAe wants Of It's
'eemng population, and a thousand millions
more; yet the greater part Of the human race
are IN state Of comparative misery, in conse.
quenee OF the selfshness, ambiuon, maIeyo.
lence and tyranny which every where prevails.
II the beueyolence, order and consistency Of the
Supreme Ruler is TO be vinGicaied in the pres.
ence Of the universe, it must be done in future
state; which necessarily implies the immortali.
~ OF man, and his future existence.
The unequal distribution of rewards and pun.
lshmenis in the present state, where vice lri.
umPhs over virtue, where the sKong Cypress the
weak-where injustice, cruelty, avarice, lust,
revenge and every hateful passion hold their do.
mnon, and virtue, beneyolence, humanity, love
and good will are trodden in the dust. Where
a God of infinite justice and supreme benevo.
lence holds the sceptre, il is but reasonable to
suppose that all those actors will be brought up.
on the scene again, and that equal and exact jus.
lice will be meled out 10 all.
This is due TO victorious vice, lriumphing in |
deeds Of darkness and death; and equally due |
10 meek and unofendng, but suffering virtue.
ltis due 10 the moral intelligences who may be
observing with intense interest the develope.
ment Of the attributes and perlectous Of their
common sovereign in the management Of this,
his revoIIed province. 1t is due to the Deity
himself in vindcaIion Of his justice in the pun.
ishment of vice, and reward Of virtue; and in
maintaining the consistency Of his character,
& harmony and uniformity Of his government
The incessant roll Of years, and the successive
generations of men who have lived and died,
render it impossible thai wrongs should be right.
ed, and the divine government vndcated in this
word, which necessarily imply future state,
and the immortality Of all men both bad and
good,
In this future state, all the unnumbered mil.
lions Of Adams race, with record Of their ac.
lions, shall be arragued it is probable, in The
presence Of depulalions Of inlelligences from
realms innumerable, and the justice Of God vim
dicated in the general judgement and condem-
nation Of vice, and the reward of virtue; to the
satisfaction Of all orders of inielIigences from
the lanhermosI part Of Gods vast dominions;
and to The infinite praise and glory Of his char
acler. To suppose any other result would be
TO degrade and suily the Infinite purify, holiness
and justice uf his character, and make him TO
some extent, the patron and protector of the
wicked in their wickedness.
But the human mind is so constructed that
it is its conservalor. There is an innate, inter-
nal monitor which holds up future judgement
i'll the face Of every crime. sThe apprehensions
and lorebodings of the mind when under the in.
fuence of remOrSe is, its Ovn undenabe and ir.
resistabe testimony of its immortality. Why
is il, that The mind is so highly wrought up, on
the remembrance Of CT ime, and narrowed with
awful rorebodngs Of the future, if there be no
existence beyond the gravel And especially
when we consider that many who have been
thus tOrmenied have occupied stations Of rank,
and power, which raised them above the fear OF
punishment from man; yet in their secret retire.
ment when no eye but the eye of God was up
on them; and where no hostile incursion was
TO be apprehended, they trembIed at a shadow,
and felt a thousand reproaches of that intcard
monitor which they could not escape. We are
therefore, irresislabIy led TO The conclusion that
God prrsides over the actions Of moral agents,
and gives inlimations Of the future destiny of
those haughIy spirits who obstnalely persist in
their wickedness. And us the peace and seren-
ity of vrluous minds, are preIudes of nober en-
joymenls in future life; so those lerrors which
now assail the wicked, may be considered as
the beginnings of that misery and anguish which
will be consummated in the tgOrld to come.
Getting Desperate.
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