Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1853-02-17

tree, not traced by the nas,ery Of sycophan,s,
nor the uncertainty of heraIds, but by The
unetring Evangelist, whose inspiration en-
abled him 10 mount from branch TO branch
"a geneslogy beginning with God, and end
| IIilean carpenter. Here is lesson and re-
bukc for the pride of descent The poores.
| carpenter, ia-,be poorest village of Eng land,
can rerace his lineage through the same
unbroken succession; aud The proudest peer
can do no more, unless the latter, in his
presumption, should be disposed TO ignore
his divine origin. Blu. it would be no use :;
by whatever different branches, they srrive
8. The same root; The noble and the pea
SAINT, if both had The power Of going back
over their ancestry, would both NEE, Q, the
Ssh verse.of the Sd chapter of Luke, (Which
was the son Of Enos, which was the son Of
was the son Of God.'
"Here Che continued, looking a. the rec
tors and the squirrels pew)-here we all
NEE. on equal terms. Disown them as we
like in ether degrees, here we are brought
face to face with, and can no longer refuse
to sckno wledge our poor relations"
Then, looking TO some forms on which
group Of alms-hou people Sat, he added:
| "Here, too, my poor friends, you and
your 'superors' NEE. in the presence Of
your common parent, the great God Of heav.
en- and earth, in whose eyes the facll,ous
distinctions Of The world are naught. Cold
shoulder you as they like through life, they
canno, ignore their relationships when they
come to this: they can no longer speak Of
you, spun you, as though you were formed
of dif1tren. clay. The carpenter and the
king are one; and how little importance ST.
Luke, Who was no sycophan,ic genealogIst,
attaches even TO the regal office, may be
seen from the manner in which he passes
through the 3lst verse where no pause is
made to mark The proud tile Of Drvid,
which was merely the son of Jesse, which
was the son Of Obed, and so on.''
In conclusion he urged The poor man TO
live up 10 his great Origin, and no. dIsen,I-
tie himself to ,ha. great share in the inherl-
tance Of which his heavenly Father ha0 laid
up for hie children who truly serve him.
They need not care for the proud man dis.
owning them now; The thing 10 be leared
was 'ss-' :,sowning them on the last day.
J., The Opposite Odd torf! ~ coz The poor as
grea. Being who has fattie. Est for
all. -st
| thought the rector would never forgive
my co-curaie but the only notice be took
of the eccentric discourse was to cease for
ever after preaching to The "humbler ORDERS"
Of The Difference they owed their "superiors."
| !, was before so bad that a neigLooring
clergyman said 10 me, ''lf your rector had
10 put on an eleventh commandment, il
would run thus: Thou shall, not neglec.
10 take off Thy ba, to my self and the squire" ="
THE BIBLE.-How comes it that this lit
lie volume, composed by humble men. in a
rude age, when art and science were but in
their childhood, has exerled more influence
on the human mind and on the social sys-
lem than all the other books put together /?
Whence comes it that this book has achiev-
ed such marvellous changes in the opinion
Of mankind-h,s banished idol Worship
has abolished in(anticide-has put down
polygsmy and divorce-exal,ed the condl-
rIon Of woman-raised the standard of pub
lie morali,y-creaed for families that bless
ed Thing, Christian home-and caused Its
other tr,umphs by causing benevolent ins''-
lulions, open and expansive, to spring up as
with the wand of enchsntment What sor
of book is this, that even the winds and
waves of human passions obey IL? Wha
other engine Of social improvement has oPe'
rated so long, and yet lost none OF It's VII
tue Since it appeared, many boasled plans
of ameliors,ion have been tried and laled
many codes Of jurisprudence have arisen
and run their course, and expired. Empire
aGer empire has been launched upon ths
tide of time, and gone down, leaving no trace
upon the waters But this book ls still 60
ing sbou. doing good, Ieavening society witt
its holy prlnc,ples-cherring the sorrowiu
with its consola.ion-s,rength gthening .h'
lemped-encouragng the penlten'-calm
ing the troubled spirit-and smoothing tht
pillow of death. Can such book be th'
offspring Of human genius? Does not The
vesness of its effects demonstrate the ex
cellency Of the power 10 be Of God!
Two WAYS OF HEARING.-A person
meeting another returning after having hear'
a popular preacher, SAID TO him, swell,
hope you have been highly grall6ed.' sin
deed, have," replied the other 81 wish
could have prevailed on you to hear him
| am sure you would never have reliShel
any other preacher afterwards" "Ihen,'
returned the wiser Ch,is,isn, ~ am deter
mined never will hear him; for wish t.
hear such preacher as will give me S" h'gf
a relish and esteem for the word OF God