The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-06-04
You are Interested.

mus, feel interested IN the preseJ,siion ,,d
diffusion OF the christian religion. Wnbon
tyou never could have enjoyed the bles.inn.
OF good government, the pleasures of koos,
ledge, the sweets Of friendship, the charm.
OF home. Without it, no flowers could 4.
seen smiling along your future paih..w
no lamp Of immortality Lighting up the dait
valley, no rainbow Of hone spanning the rsce
ding cloud after times last siorin, no recoo.
elled Father welcoming you to blissful re-.
pose IN the eternal Mansion. Religion ,hs,
is your only hope.
Aud i is also the only hope Of tbs world
You weep over captive mutitudes and instant.
~ rush TO the rescue but hear you not IN.
clAnking Of those adamsntine chains, and =,
YOU not tina, flaming prison house into which
those manacled millions are about 10 be c.s,
A prison. house whose dos,s will soon be a..
ever closed, whose threshold will be crossed
BY 10 Almighty D.liverer, and in uhtse,v.
iul dungeons no year Of Jubilee will eve, h.
celebrated The gospel is their oaly s,p.
Tell me not then tina, you love yonrrlf
and your race, and yet are not ia,ere.t,d N
the purity and progress Of christianity
Mrs ARE KErr AWAY FROM THE CnrRcu.
Ii the foregoing remarks be correct, every
thing ~hish is sntsgonisiic la vital piety
should be opposed by all phllanihrop,si., and
especially by all christians. And thai III,
is the etirc, Of Iniempersncs NO one who re.
fleets csn Tor a IN meni doubt. Religioars 70.
quirss tho sacrifice Of carnal Indulgence;
therefore, iniemperance is hostile 10 religion.
Here IL u man on his way TO the husl
judgment, With . soul 40 immortal 40 EieinL
~ Itself, and ye, hs is utterly reckless. Oot.
he was laugh, to pray at his mothers knee
and around The family altar, ard "a, tho
hopeful subjec, Of Sunday School and PaI,a
instruction. But While a youth, no IVES led
into dnnking houses by iippllpg sssocis,s,,
and soon all his good resolves we're anhihilsei
all his pious memories sifaced. And nos
he can scarcely be said 10 be- within reach oi
spiritual Influences.
lie walk, abr Dad. bu, nature has no bras
~ that can attract bIm-no lessons Il ss.
dom that can instruct him. VIVA, esres Ia
for the grandeur OF the ocean, the msgu6.
cenoe OF the mountain, the greenness OF he
forest, or the music of the waterfall tbs
perfumed breath ofthc flower garden, or b,s.
rs fresh from the spicy groves ar Coy lea
The sight Of barrels and bottles 10 far more
Ease mating, and TO these he returns.
And IN the tent Of wickedne.s he fad,
vulgar novelties instead OF the Bible, md.
night jewellers instead of pious assaea,,,i
he heafs curses instead Of prayers. bscchss.
allan ballads instead OF the s,oss Of Z,o4
And instead Of the Holy Spirit satan ieisa,
20 his soul, and continual, urges him on viii
fearful velocity ,o.ards the ever. buraios lake.
II Is thus that Im,e importance, blindteg Ih-
vls on and SUPPLYING the s.nsibilitios, keeps
mytIads OF ihifsling immorias away froa
the ioaulajn IL lie. and finally forces them
toto that doletal abode where no cuoling drog
Can bs obtained, though prayer. be eieiaaIy
offered. Rsfiy then, oil We good men beseah
the soa, aod hurry hts evil Of evils 10 the
land Of fotgaliulocss
Ey.NcFLrzirrnS And CisitIz ,rfos ARE RG.
TAHpYD
All sagscI0us Statesmen regard christian
~ as The pioneer and lhB palladium u crtl
liberty. | Is the oily means hy Which lhs
savage can be famed, and The t,fanl tpihfca,
ed. All lands DESTITUTE of the gospel "a.
Their battle fields, deserts, or w,Idetas~s,
and are satefed with tears and made rocsl
@i'h the sghs Of tie oppressed.
II then We could forget that, be- ond Tho
limits of earth and lime. there Is a change
less infeTef, The temporal interests u m'a
would 'mpenously demand The speedy 'ha
universal spread Of christianity.
Hence, whatever impedes lis pfos'"
tends negatively al least tn bIIgh, the hopes
aud pfolong the miseries II o sin spls'fo
world. And that inlemperance IS The sft"
obstruction 10 the way Of e,sngelizaiIon, 20
one can deny. Had u mol been Tor rs bons'
inl Iri'ueace, many more prayers would ha"
been made for the heather than have bsea
made, much more money would have e''n
contributed, hundreds who have passed '0en
days IN the bar room and IN The ditch s'o'
have closed their pilgrimage While preach,
ing Jesus IN idol groves and temples, shs Nv
pescetul glofies Of The millennium might s''"
NV "s'S pesh V'et
grounds OF SORROW"
Aud now, ph,lsnthroric reader, dos' 'a0l
mourn over the woes OF Hungary. The '''''
spIendors Of Greece, the ldolalry Of tho ''''
eslial Empire and the horrible saPe',s
ton. Of the EIernsi Guy, awake from ~
lelhafgy Ard in removing the d,kss s"s'
have so long KEEP, the river Of lite P'".'r
aud soon the most sterile and unprein''"s
eatlh's terfIiofis. shall 'isJoiee and e''s a..
as the rose Aud Il ,hos wouldsi labor 'n's
tunly, be q faithful christian and z'''''
Sen A.,
And ever remember that nolhios
dche,h can enter the portals Of INC han
jerusalem. There is a lovel'sr ,soo ,a
lha, seen by Moses from Pisgah. Pas''1 =.
with its shady glens aud sunny Anb s.,h
groves Of palm trees lifting their green he's ~.
/ a., th.. h.n.,. aud ,,s clnud. nfu iV'