The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-12-09

whose Christian nnine Il: Rodmani
Vermont and Mississippi uill !ach
have n Foot there, but this viii be
balanced by the hIorehcad Kentucky
sends. Charleston Neas.
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Mutual Fors,enruincc.st tr,
That house will be kept il, q turt
noll where there is no ! tolerance of
each others errors, no lenity shown
to failings, no meek submission to I'M
juries, no soft answers to turn nmay
| wrath. 1fyou laya q single stick OF
wood upon the andirohs md apply
fire to it, it will go out; rut on an,
other stick, and they Nill9burn; add
half dozen. and you will hare !,
grand contlagration. There are 9th,
or fires subject to the same conditions,
If ole member of a family gets into
passion and is let alcnc, he will
cool down, and possibly be ashamed
and repent. But oppose temper to
temper, pile OH the fuel, draw in tha
other members Of the group, and let
ono harsh answcr be followed sabw
another, and there will soon BE q
blaze which will enwrap them all in
its lurid splcndors. The venerable
Philip Henry understood this 8ell,
anu when his son Mat;he@, The Conf
mentator, wasslapl eiess liss 4; sEeso
lines to the
love ose apot
=. a'ld lti seq pR: .s5 g
If OF ono sne,k e.. s,siaas bnr ,si,9,
come; 49,. -
Is one provoked be ,'o,ber soft Of
dumb n. 50
30 thought the excellent Bishop
Cowper, OF whom fiis rem ais-s
-ecdote y related lfss
aoa' e
ms hea'th ny close sonfniemeEI: 7. ss:os
enc oay' IKE k'hd heartoa, oInc1ous
WHY, sne went iilto ms Horaryf,n nis
ABSENCE ana gathering up all the
lnahuscriPl notes ne nad oeen eight
years co'iccahg LOT ms dictionery,
.nie" 'hem INTO .he hre. hheh aa3i ne
Ian'o llolnc' she to,a MN t,li Mhas sne
I.au ooi!e; Assured OF me klha mo-
i've mn,ch naa prompted hef 70 his
acs OF 'anuallsin' ms only reply 10
her was ~ oman' thou mast put me
u u,gh' M years stuoy more
ih's II must pe cohiesseo' Is carry:
ny l'eeAness ABOUT as iaf as nesn an AND
oiooa can ordinarily DC expected TO-
50. But even a less measure OF this
!ua','y Mou'u pe ,ounu q great seaa'
uyc - .neso q, ep''huohs ol PASSION
wi'Ih rune ,. 'ne serenity OF houso-
hoias. Ali'cu WIN souna JudSments
anu WIN true aitc1ion, II Monia ann
at shutting out from the circle sueh
.oplcs ol conversation as were Brown
70 pfoaucc al iftisa'ihS chect upon
any o. Tue group.
ine same Slhri' "ouiu restrain
lam',y from pushing iues.ioh, Oh
Whioh '.ley u','eteo 70 'ne pom, y
Pere.l,P.ory uGc'sioh' II Wou,u az
lio'l'sh 'hcnh "l'ei, 'hc ,ce was peguiF
ni"ss ~ 'lu''et a'iu efach'c, anu s,'ost
.he'n "here tney must stop, un'ess
'ney n!eali' 20 pltah 'etoush' = netY
".o 'oo many WY TITUS. ~ .ses,o o
AT least TO neeu, tHcSc InQlCatlGn1s
and whom nothing will arrest but an
actual plunrc into the w;n,rv wave!
They will insist mon their point witt,
such ncr,inacitv as to brina down as
lcncth that terrible "You sha1i,s, br
"You shall not" which ii coninpal
life is as frcczina rs n bath IN Decem-
Der. IIappy are those families where
discussions never reach this crisis =.
Il is soid that in tho business meet.
inrs of that exemplary Christian So.
cietv the "Fricnds !" there i no 70,
ting The Clerk Gathers the views
Of The members from their observa.
tons. and frames 4 corrcsnon,,inr
minnie which unless excentc6 ,o}