The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-01-12

IN business, the eagerness with which men
seek their ends, causes them 10 forget their
DISCUSSES. Go and ask any man who knows
R. in business, and he will tell you that be
a sharper. That if you have any designs
with him you must keep your eyes open.
could point you to dozens Of men who are as
Pious as he is on the Sabbath, who in their Or
binary life ale no bettsr.than swindlers. The
C%arislian religion ia disgraced BY thousands y
such, who are far worse than those WHO never
saw the inside Of a church,
81 am afraid that you, in the warmth Of yeur
Indignation against false professors, are led in-
to the extreme Of setting aside all religion; OF
of making it to consist alone in mere honesty
and integrity Of character-yodr moral man is
all; it is morality that opens Heaven. Now
mere morality, mere good works, are worth
nothing, and cannot bring a man into Heaven !
"There is o life Of Piety, and a life Of etern-
lily. my friend, as ! have before said,'' replied
the old man, ''and they cannot be separated.
The life Of chaity regards man, and the life Of
piety God. A mdh's prayers; and feelings,
and pious duties on the Sabbath are nothing
If love to the neighbOr, showing itself in as
faithful performance Of all LIES varied uses
that com within his sphere Of action, IL not
operative through the week, vain hopes are all
those which are built upon so crumbling a
foundation as the mere life Of piety. Morality
built upon name pride, is of little use' but
morality which is based upon a sincere desire
to do good, is worth a thousand prayers from
the lips ola man who inwardly hates his neigh
bor." aFtN# #E
"ThsR | understand yod 10 mean that reii-
gion or pious duties are useless, '"was remark
ed with a good deal Of bitterness.
~ said" was mildly returned, ''that the life
OF piety could not be separated. If man tru'
ly loves his neighbor and aeeks his good, h,
will come into heavenly states of mind, an,
will have his heart elevated, and from a con
seriousness that every good and perfect gil
comes from God, worship him in a Thankful
, spirit. His life fpiety will make one with hi
life Of charity. The Sabbath TO him will be
day of true, not forced spiritual life. He viii
rest from all natural labors. and gain strength
s from that rest to those labors in
a true spirit.'
Much more was said that need not b
repeated here. The closing remarks Of the oil
, man were full Of truth. II will do any on
! good to remember them.
"OurI life is twofold. WI have a natural lif
and q spiritual life, Our natural life delight
: in external things, and our spiritual life il
$ things Internal. The first regards the thing
Q of time and sense, the latter involves states an
1 qualities Of the soHl. Hbaveii is a state ofmutua
g love from a desire to benefit others, and when
! ever mans spiritual life corresponds with tn
, life Of heaven; he Is in heaven 50 far as hi
! Split is concerned, notwithstanding his bod.
!, still remains upon the EARTH His heavenly lif
h Begins here, and Is perfected after death. II
therefore, a man does not enter heaven here
he cannot enter it when he dies.-His state Q
t probation is closed, and he goes TO the place 70
which he ID prepared. The means whereof
: man enters heaven here, are very simple. II
y need only shun as sin everything that wouldi
anv way iniure his neighbors, either natdtall
or spiritually, and look above for the power t
do this. This will effect an entrance thrOugl
the straight gate. After that the way will b
IS plain before him, and he will walk in it with
do;Iv Increasing delight,D