The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-05-01

and worldliness, and leading them, by tn
wand Of love on, until he beholds them, sit
ting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in then
right mind" Let him, if he can, throw
round religion, every beauty, human and d
yine--elevating her on the temples of philos
ophy, and sending, through the oraeles Of hu-
man learning, her words of lofty cheer, to all
the world. Let him enthrone her, if he
wish, upon the beautiful heights Of poesy,
until her spirit breathes in every burst of har-
mony, from the sublime chant of seraph, to
the rural lay of shepherd boy. Let him
gather imagery, if the spirit of his mind so
lead him, from the deep sea, where the psalm
Of praise is heard rising to God, in musical
thunders-from the high cmpyrean, where
che blue-girdled stars" slumber in the light
az quiyering moonbeams-from dreaming
towers and quiet dells-from silent solitudes,
aud babbling brooks-from all in heaven, Or
earth, or hell; yet let all these, be but the
tram of light, of which Cbrista and him cru
cited Is the majestic and far-shining orb.
Let these be the clouds, not only Of beauty,
but Of blessing. As Richard Watson-than
whom, but few preachers have been more
striking exemplifcations Of whatwe are con-
tending for,-says, Genius may mould them
into various forms, and taste may illuminate
and vary them, - colors dipped n heavens
but whatever ray is cast upon the fringes Of
the cloud, should be charged with the com
centrated rapers of the spring trcmulous to
the impulse of every breeze, and inpatient
to pour their vital showers, upon the thirsting
Garth"
Undersuch ministry, and with a religious
literature, thus beautifcd and sanctifed, there
would be perceptible melting away Of that
Aversion which many persons Of cult
waited TASTE" have for Evangelical Religion
As long however, as the man who with hum
be awe, and godlike toll, has devoted years
of unremitting application to the study of
the Cos and its effective ministration, isl
outlawed from Che pale of pulpit worth, by
those who neyeI ead and never think, and
with whom posing SUPERSTITION or canting in
science, arterial action - muscular twitch,
constitute both faith and hope, and charity
too" as long as there is a disposition to I'M
deryalue such men, and to uphold S prefer
ence, the upstart, the dotard, and the 81 5,
and other interesting specimens of imper
ncnt clerical pretension, and personifed pull
pit stupidity" long, will religion suffer
depletion, by the withdrawal of support from
it, by class of men, whom religion would
elevate, and who could do good service in her.
behalf.
Fosters Essay on Popular ignorance, was
written in his decline, and leaves evidence Of
the fact. Still there are the palpitations of
a great intellectual heart, underneath the
hcaviness, which, compared with his other
productions, it cyinces. It shows the Samp-
son blind, yetnot powarless. Fearfully does
the social temple quivcr under his mighy |
hand, as hereaehes that handforth. With all
its dreary gloom--itsr resemblance toafQrestoti
blackened pines, amid the clauded skies and !
moaning winds Of winter, there is q solnhre !
fascination, that possesses the mind, as onel
w;tadors with him, in his pictures of the evils
of Ignorance, and lends an car to his paig-
nant Examinations, breaking from its cloudy
tabernacle, and directed against the aidelsI
and abettors, of such Ignorance
He has contributed many valuable paper
to The Eclectic Review, Of which we ean-I
not speak
His Life and Correspondence, gives rs a
better knowledge of the man, than can be
gained elsewhere The character Of Foster
is one for profitable study, combining as it
does the rarest, and most opposite elements.
He died 1913 at the good old age" Of fl
decidedly the second man, in point Of intel /
lect, Of his denomination in England, Rob-
ert Hall was the first there, and among the .
ue,y fer first men, in the world.
Columbus, Niss, Apr3, 1851
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MOBILE, Ala, April goth, 1851.
Maj. JAMES WHITFIELD:
Dear SIR, Ten
close herewith brief statement of the argu-
ments in favor of immediate progress in con-
structing the Mobile and Ohio Railway
through Mississippi.
You will, if you please, elaborate the sex
eral points touched upon as your Judgement
and the discussion Of the subject may zug-
gest One thing is very certain that moth
ing can be effected unless the people take
hold and provide for and do the local work
and this they viii never do without leaders
Your statesmen, political economists, polite
clans, philanthropists, intellectual and mora
teachers, and more espeeial itsrial
corps, throughout the country must leaa Isl
this noble enterprise as they a a all other
Of public utility. Only u this s
tude requires united effort 81 81
alone viii not do the work leaders must