Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-11-10

sacrificing ana devoted Qeneiactless
An elldrt to renovate the world in
Of the sympathy and co.
operation Of the. ladies' would be rs
lmpious as abortiye. As the bril-
liant hues of Paradise afforded no
exalted pleasure to its first inhabl-
tant, rs the gentle zephyrs that
blew through Eden's bright bowers
RECALLED not the senses of Adam; nor
the living grandeur of It's divine i'm
agery inspire him with perfect hap
piness, contentment Ind JOY till wo-
man YVES created, anil TO zach glow
ing tint gave additional lustro; So
the Sons Of temperance will ever
fail in carrying cut the great prlnci-
pies Of Love, Parity and Fidelity,
nnassisted by and unassoeated with
the calm deliberations Of woman a.
man may have the courage to march
~. tt4&++ltse~ cannen $ mouth, aud stand
6nawcd amid the rolrIof fierce ar
.tilTefy; but no cllectuh III ability to
with stand the soft, the silent elo-
que bee with which hid smiles and
care bses speak TO bis feeling heart 4
II ! he, by lending her influence in
an dvil cause, mnisheh man from
Par hdise, "And brought death into
our world aud all our woe, she
wS the chosen Instrument in
the hand of God, FIR the il tro-
due ion of the Sun Of Rightd Gus
ness ITO restore US a nd regain the
blisslul seat, - and the last whose
sympathetic heart fingered to weep
over the cross of our crlcifed Sa-
yiour We accept this Holy Book
as an Offering from grateful hearts at
til e shrine Of Temper nee This is
tile Oldest and king of books. 1t
cd mes to us stamped with the inn
pI ess Of high authority. Its author,
G d himself; its subject, man, sal
vi ton, life and death. Most won
d}ous Book! Bright candle .of the
Lord Star Of time nd cteralty!-
The only beacon light that has arisen
above the rugged bill lows of life TO
direct our feeble and waye-tossed
bark TO the haven Of eternal reposc.
1t Wlolds to us the bounds 3of lr-
~tue And vice, of life and death 1t
reveals that most inportants of all.
truths that there is one JRHoyAn,
just and holy. infinite andiomnis-
Gent, mcrcifuI and tr he, 1t treats Of
a world abandoned to the evil ten
denotes Of our nature deprayed in
passions, desires, an d affections, aud
how the Star Of Bethlehem arose with
healing in his rays, dispehel the
darkness of heathenism which for
ages had brooded over the minds of
men and rivetted on them the chains
Of Ignorance, priestcTalt and SUPER
stiIion. And how the intarlklte $on
Of God poured out His life blbol
on The eminence of Calvary, that h4
might open the spiritual eyes Of tho
world; bend the stubborn will to Ithc
ways Of the righteousness. pu fily
the conscience, and adoru the human
mind in all the ornaments of grace
and truth, This lamp from of the
everlasting Throne has come down
TO US crowned with many qnlhding
laurels; dtcked with flow ers of per-
ennial bloom, and sweet 5 the mild
odorS from Arabian bowers; While
the mythology in the far famed song
Of Scio' S bard has been consumed by
the rust Of time, and the Koran of
Mahomct obscurcd by the onward |
march of progression, this Holy BIZ
bic has passed the fiery ordeal Of The
night OF ages, and stands forth to-
day withits pagesadorned withimmor-
tail truths, beauiIied with simple yet
sublime thoughts. The elpquence Of
The Bible IS uneqpaled in the annals
IF the world. 1t contains poetic
strains @f the highest sublimity,-
The brightest specimens of poetic
beauty, I hose which have einbellishcd
he PRESENT and past ages are from
hose WHIP have made the poetry of
he Hebrews their model. Milton, )
jowper, Young, Bryant and Long =
elbow, all drank deep into this eter-
lal Foun t. into tho precepts Of this :
stately Volume, in which, every leaf :
5 a'sPaciops plain, every line "a flow =
ne brook, and every period a lofty :
mountain. No fictitious them en-
ages the pen Of inspiration. No i
eroes with temples entWined with )
lurels dipped inthe bloodof millions, h
or combat of flbled Gods on high I,
'lympns compose the subjects Of its :,
ulogipms. Sablimer themes we're
S to celebrate. The Creation, a 4
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