Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-07-18

fore His advent.
There is q millennium promised, when
Christ will make his second advent; and
the pious fanatics Of the present time are
busiy engaged IN trying to force it on be-
fore mankind are prepared for it.
There is a striking resemblance, in some
respects, in the settlement of this country
BY the early pilgrims and the settlement
of Canaan by the Jews. Both were driv-
Ell outsof a land Of bondage and oppres.
EIsien into the wilderness, for the purpose
Of building up a5chosen people for the
safe keeping and propagation of Gods
! holy law. At the tim e of the discovery
Of this country by Columbus, the Old
World was almost entirely sunk intoa state
of idolatryt crime, and oppression, only
equaled by the state Of things which exis-
ted just previous to, tile deluge. Religion
had become, in the hands of the priests
nothing but a disgusting mummery, and
cloak for I'LL kinds Of RIGHTEOUSNESS
Columbus. when he discovered this con-
tincnt instead of looking upon himself as
an instrument in the hands Of God TO de-
liver the true and pure followers Of Ills
Word from bondage, and that it was to be
afefuge for the oppress ed Of all nations,
forgot all these things, and instead of'ta-
king possession in tie name of God, and
dey6ting the soil to the use Of His follow
ers, he, with supcrstitious mummery, ded-
icatcdit to the bigoted and fanatical ru-
lers and oppresSors of tho Old World,
that they might gather wealth for them
scivcs to enable them the more to Cypress
their subjects. And as God, to punish
Moses for one act Of disobedicnce, denied
him the satisfaction Of leading the chill
drrn Of Israel into the promised Land, and
possess it with them, but cut him off be-
fore hiseye was dim or His natural force
abated, SO Columbus, for rnndering to the
despots of Europe, was suffered to wander
an exile. and a b"gsar .up1n ;hc "arth, and
the very name Of the country he had dis
covered was lal en- away from him and
given to another. And it is a singular
fact that every expedition that sailed from
the old country to this continent for tn"
purpose Of mere worldly a ggrandizement,
was signal failure; and t he only perma
nent settlements. made, were made by
those who were prosecuted and driven ont
by the religious prosecutions Of the cid
world, and who Games here for the pur-
pose Offer jefing liberty Of 6 conscience, and
the right to establish their own forms Of
government, and to worship God according
to the dictates of their ow n conSciences.
1t was such motives as these that guided
the pilgrim fathers to the barren rock of
and caused them 40 choose,
with their wives and little ones, the hor-
rors of life in wilderness among sTa-
yes rather than to remain in worldly com
forts at home And il was such feelings !
that inspired them with courage to sub,
due that wilderness, conquer the savage
l.,
hordes around them, and bui lid up, in a
few years, nation scarce SC ond to any
on the globe. 1t was like feelings that
nerved the hearts of our Revolutionary IA
theirs andinspired the Father of his Coun-
try with confidence in the darkest hours
Of that eventfull period. j.. /
We are now a mighty, free, and happy
to make us afraid" except
hose who think they see evils existing in
our laws and Institutions, and who believe
.henls elves specially called upon to Grad
cate them. They. believe in the millen-
mum, and they believe it is their duty to
help God to bring 1t about. Suppose they
we're to succe ed in their endeavors, what
would be the consequences ? They would
yet 100000 slaves at liberty, and the
South, in less than three months, would
De charnel-house. All the h errors and
niserics ever read or dreamed of, would
lot equal the miseries that would ensue;
md the free States would, suffer equally
With the South. Their manufactures
would be stopped; their supply Of provis-
ons would be lost to them, and instead Of
he equality Of races the doing away Of the
ponds ola portion Of the inhabitan ts would
ring about, all would be alike miserable,
sretched and unhappy, and the millenni- I
I'M Of their making would be hell, ard {
instead Of the Savior the ID would come
nd reign over it, and Gods Kingdom
would be set. back a thousand years.
These men think themselves special prov
denees. They sing: y
cts ft that we should d our part E..
Becoming, that mankind shoulGlearn
That we are not to be surpassed
IN faiherly concern. \ + :: /
or old things all are over old,
OF good things none are good enough
Wen showth We can help to frame