Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-01-15
M0RGANTOWN,

i, This is the secret Of the change q
nv spirits, which all who know m
have observed within a fewyearspas'
,lAfter years ,ii spent in humble and cor
trite entrcatythat the tremendous sac
rifice on Mount Calvary might no
have been made in vain for me-th
chiefest ofIsinners-it)pleased God t
speak l,ek his peace into my heart-tha
peace of God which passeth all un
4 derstandie to them that know it no
and even Ito them that do. And al
though l l,avenow as then, to reproacl
myself with time misspent and facal
ties unemployed; ]; although my con
|dition hal on more tlian one occasion
lres5emblet that of him who, having
one evil Ipirit' cast out, was taken pos
session oi be seven other spirits more
wicked titan, the first, and the, first al,
So; Yet trust that they, too, by the
power all d mercy Of God, may be, il
They arc bot, vanquished.
But where am 1 running to7 On
this subject, more hereafter. Mean.
while alule yourself Of what is Of
small vjlue compared with that Of
those vi . are a piece Of yourself-oi
the unchanged regard and sympathy
of yourhother's son. Ah I my God!
i remetber toihave seen her diesto
have Hlowed her to the grave, to
have wbndered that the sun continued
to rise Ind set and the order ofNalire
to go iii lIgnorantof true religion,
but nd yet an3a,heist, l remember
with Brror myiimpioas expostala.
,ions Nth God upon this bereavement
-"but not yet an atheist" The ex.
istenceof atheism has been denied;
but has an honest Que. Hume be-
gan adj Hobbies finished me. Tread
Spinosl aud all the tribe. Surely |
fell . no ignoble hand. And the
yeryesluu -) who gave me
Humls 3 5"Essay upon Human Ma
ture"Ito read, administered "Bea,ile
upontT Truth" as the an,idote-Venice
treace q against arsenic aud the essen.
tial dl of bitter Almonds bread and
milkboul,ice for the bit;e, If the cobra
capjio. n 4. sf3t;
NH J,.r.;ne, a snccessf,,; nol;ti.
cal ta,ler. Iimight never have been a
| Ch,k,ian, but il pleased God that my
priL, should be- mortified; that by
deaf, and desertion | should lose my
fuads !; that, except in the hSy veins I Of i i
majiiarc; s;naa i he, too, , "possessed Of d
cbil BY. deaf and dumb spirit"
tl,ee should not runtone drop Of my
fa,)er's blood in any living creature
beEdes myself. The death Of Tudor
If,shcd nv " humiliation, Ihad tried
aljthings but the refuge to Christ, and
lid that, with parental stripes, was |
dEyen. Often did | cry out with the
| fjherlof that wretched boy. "Ilord |!
| N,elieve-help thou mine unbelief;"
I'D the gracious mercy Of our Lord
| b this wayeriing fnith, staggering un.
lsrthe force Of the hard heart Of IN.
)elief, / ,humbly hoped would, IN his
Eood time, be extended to me also.
Iii. Mark, vii, l7-29. s,;.5
Throw Revelation aside, and / can
drive any ma man BY irresistible Undue.
tion to atheism. John Marshall could
M t resist me. ne When / say al any man.
/ mean aman CAPABLE of logical and
consequential reasoning. Deism is
the refuge Of those that startle At slhe-
lam. and can't believe Revelation;
and NV nv -.-- (may God have for.
given n bo,b,) and mysclf used. with
fDiderot & Cd, to laagh .. the dei..i.
calbigets who must huye milk, mot be-
ing ableto digest meal; All at.le'sm
s.a,,, se 'l y !. NJ so;,rcsso il ,bs false
,.o .sva,a,;on o 'a nf Mshome,. and i cam.
a,ch hla ma tho Tnrks far. consider.
;na.,hs % FrauL ~ snj Greeks ,o he idol.
ns a,s,s s' Eyerv a,hss ;,lsa of one God.
.I... a.o A.. - ,ha ,ynrld = de,;yei