New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-08
DAILY CRESCENT.

DAILY CRESCENT.
BEAurrFUI APosTRoPnE TO THE BrBLB.-We
would be pleased to know the author Of the fol
lowing eloquent apostrophe to the Bible We
have seldom read any thing finer
Study now to be wise and in all your get
tipgs get understanding And especially would
urge upon your heart bound, soul wrapt at
tention. that book upon which all feelings are
concentrated, all opinions which enlightens the
Judgment, while it enlists the sentiments, and
soothes the Imagination in songs upon the harp
of the sweet songster of Israel That Book,
which gives you q faithful insight into your
heart, and consecrates its character in
.sShrines
Such as the keen tooth Of time never touch"
Would you know the effect of that book upon
the hearti 1t purifes its thoughts and sancti-
fes its joys; it nerves and strengthens it for
the sorrow and mishaps of life; and when these
shall have ended, and the twilight of death is
spreading Its dew damp upon the wasting fea-
lures, it breaks upon the last glad throb the
bright and streaming light OF eternlty,s morn
ing. Oh! have you ever stood beside the couch
of dying saint, when
'tWithaut sigh, ..8=
A change Of feature shaded smile,
He gave his hand to the stern messenger,
And glad child seeks his fathers name
Went home" 544 egE
Then, you have seen the consecrated influence
Of this Book Would you know its name It
the Book of Books-its author God-its theme,
Heavenly Eternity. The Bible! Read it,
search it. Let it be first upon the shelves of
your library, and first in the affections of your
heart. Search the Scriptures, for i'll them ye
think We have eternal life, and they are they
}haYo hn tfyT
in the contemplation of God-if there be
grandeur in the display Of Eternity-if there
be any thing ennobling and purifying in the
revelation of mans salvation, search the
Scriptures, for they are they which testify OF
me''
MANS FooD What do men really live upon
asks the Scientific American" The answer
will be various enough The Guacho, who in
the wild pampas Of Buenos Ayres, managing his
wild horse with incredible dexterity, throws the
lasso or lola to catch the ostrich the guanco, or
the wild bull, consumes ten or twelve pounds of
meat, and regards it as q high feast day when
in any hacienda he gains variety in the shape
of morsel of pumpkin. The Irishman, on the
other hand, regales himself in the careless mirth
on potatoes and point after day of painful
labor, he who cannot help making joke even
in the name he gives to his scanty meal The
hunter of the prairie lays low the buffalo with
sure bullet, and the juicy, fat streaked hump,
roasted between two hot stones, is to him the
greatest of delicaces. Meanwhile the industri-
GUS Chinese carries to market his carefully fat
tened rats, deloately arranged on white sticks,
certain to find good customer among the cpl
cures of Pekin; and in his hot smoky hut fast bu-
ried beneath the snow and ice, the Greenlander
consumes his fat which he has just carved, rejoic
ing over the costly prize, cut from stranded
whale. Here the black slave eats the sugar
cane, and eats his banana there the African
merchant fills his wallet with sweet Gates, his
sole subsistence in the long desert journey; and
there the Siamese Grams himself with quaint
ty Of rice from which European would shrink
appalled,. And whatsoever over the whole inhab-
tied earth we approach and demand hospitality
in almost every little spot different kind Of
food is set before us, and the s'daily bread !"
offered in another form.
WHERE THE STRENGTH LIEs.-Where is the
strength and safety of a people? Is it in their
multitude? Look at Europe, and behold the
millions the sport of the few; look at the ma
tions and races trampled by o 1.-THE of their
numbers in the dust; look at the myriad slaves,
whom q thousand tyrants and taskmen scourge
in fields, and camps, and dungeons. The
strength of people is not alone in multitude.
Is it in the power of revolutions and massacres.
or in the bayonets they can fling to the CLEAN of
the sum- Did bayonets save Rome did they
save Poland, and Hungary, and France, and
Germany to the people The strength and
safety Of a people Lie in their knowledge Of their
rights, and their union in defense of them !
Ignorant and disunited, the greater the number
the greater the danger of people. They are
their own curse. They fall upon and destroy
themselves. In their hands bayonets become
suicidal. Give people true knowledge of
themselves, and no power can oppose them.
Liberty comes with intelligence, and the I'M
armed, intelligent million, are stronger than
ignorant armed millions. The strength of the
American people lies least in the number of
their cannon and bayonets, and most in their
hool-houses. newspapers and books. These
are indestruetible weapons. to which age adds
edge and might; and armed with these, we are
safer and stronger than soil bristling with
murderous steel. Armed with these, millions
lean together, and strike nightly but blood
lessly as one man, through the ballot-box.
IA weapon surer yet,
And mightier than the bayonet;
weapon, that comes down as still
As snow flakes fall upon the sod,
And executes freeman's will
As lghtnings do the will Of Cod
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