Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-05-02
THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 2. 1850.

ed by Achilles in fastening his feet to the
wheels of his chariot, and thus dragging
him iriumphan,y around the walls of an
cicnt Troy, is in nowisc to be compared TO
that Of those, who, in these modern days,
are ineXlricably chained to the wheels Of
tie chariot Of Fashion, and thus dragged
around the cir( le Of Fashionable Life. Ex-
islence, under such circumstances, is only
curse. and the longer man and woman
are doomed TO it, the more they experience
of torture on earth 1t is strange, most
strange, that human beings, who have a
work TO perform, a mission TO fulfill on
this earh, and thus destiny TO create be-
yond the grave, should pursue such a
course, and resort Ia such means TO vase
time, when, at best, and under the most
propitious circumstances, life is altogether
too short to accomplish The object for
which we are here. lie who came to re-
deem a world from origina sin, who was
perfect in all His attributes, a God in
man, who could not err, who continually
held counsel with Ills Father in heaven,
who was in no possible danger by His ex-
is'ence here of the shment in reserve
hereafter for a misspent life, - eUen lie felt
it incumbent upon Himself 10 labor un-
ceasingly to avoid all pleasure and all en-
joymen,, because it was necessary for Him
to be constantly about His Fathers busi-
ness. How, then, can man, with no al
tribute of Divinity, but his promised i'm
mortality, with no hope Of beatifc posses
sions after liie's feversh struggle is over,
except by incessant effort and uncompro-
missing de"olion to life's great Object, "a
preparation for the future - how can he
presume to bend obsequiously at the shrine
OF Fashion, and neglect the imperative
claims Of Omnipotence for his ceaseless as
sduity. These things may not be thought
OF, or the elastic conscience may reconcile
them with the pretended belief that it is all
innocent, and that a neroiful God will not
require an account for time thus employed
in reLaraton, as they term it, We ask
such devO'ees Cf the world wha; is meant
by relaxation relaxation from what Why
from idleness to sinful Folly. This is the
ullmatum OF The pea, and it will hereai-
ter be found as futile as ii is silly here
il may answer as soporiic for The easy
conscience IN carth but it will not dssuage
the wriihng souls ncurable agony, when
that soul is TO be judged at the bar Of un-
faltering Justice. Those who have lived
on this earth will not then be arrdined be-
fore God of Mercy but before stern,
memorable Judge, wi h. Sc DEGREES wi ! be
learfu.ly JUS, and whose judgments will
he unallcrdbly terrible. He maniiests His
mercy To US on ear1h, and lie proiltrs it to
us IN The richest abundance nO,c and il it
is not accepted, it is lost forever he rcigns
nor in mercy, but when death summons
us away, and we are called into Ills pres
ence, we shall Mm behold Him in his ter
rible Majesty, clothed in the fullest pa OILY
of Omn potencc, and dealing out the we'll
meri,cd punishment, due tt those who have
impiously violated His law, and refused
His Mercy in the day Of their probation,
VIII ch they preferred to make one Of enjoy
men, and pleasure.
Those who are Saves to Fashion and
who dcvoe their lives to participation in
the non>ensicaI iolies of the day, are mis-
erably dragging out life's heightened chain;
they are engaged in silly anus 'men,s
which bring no satisfaction except for the
moment, and, in some instances, even iha,
is no, reaped, for we know of many love-
ly woman who dash rs into this whir OF
excitement, for ullelor objects, and not
because she realizes pleasure from il.
Some 60 into all these cAccsses TO drown
sorrow winch disappointed ambition Las
produced others are carried there by pride
which is wounded, and they are fearful Of
being laughed a, by the world and regard
ed as the victims Of some disappointment,
If they abstain from such associations
others 60 with the hope Of conquest; and
Others 20 because their brains are on fire,
and they seek oquench the fearful conha-
grafton, by those eXcesses which only has
ten the hearts destruction. We should
like TO anaIyzc the hearts and minds of all
those who gather in a fashionable Ball room
at one Of our hotels in tie Summer season /!
II would be fearful and sickening opera
ton it would display an incredible amount
Of misery, and operate rs an uncon,radc,o-
ry commentary on the dcpravity of the hu-
man heart. 1t is strange, passing strange
that men and women Will thus irife away
lile's most important moments, when, if
they reflect, they must see that the result
of II all Will inevitably bring singing un-
happiness in this world, and hopeless des-
pair in that which is TO come
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