The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-03-23

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i Dar Friends
can ri eIy find sims Is a.op you Inc,
but VIII he Soreloek ihishFighl Non.
day morning. 1ing i faif here and shrubs
and trees hs Qt % their most beauliinl curb.
Ladies are pFomenading ihe streets with their
dresses and pretty little bits Of bonneie "a s..
dolent Of lowers and beauty
Yesterday vas one Of those lonely aprino
days that give che Wealy spirit SLIGHT ofetassa
of che loVeline Of that eternal sabl where
no chilling winds prevail and 40 hearts beat
discoFdantly With the great q Dam that ever
goes s. 70 the throne 81 tie Creator. 4 friend
called at o'clock and trsx me round Is hear
lfr. Clamp preach. = s aware that this
Divine Is not what they cal al orthodox preach
er--tllat is he has theory Of HE own 10 regard
ID future punishment. Hecalla himself Com
greeationalist. but the word says be IS Uni
yersalst consider him By fur the most learn-
"a ana eloquent preacher now II the city, and
e such love to hear bin preach His congre-
CATION are building bin new and beautiful
Church. Il win BE- 81 far the most magnificent
place Of worship il the city. at present he
holds meetings il die old Baptist Church On
St Charles street. He has crowded house
always, and firmly believe "a one can listen
long to Mr.. Clapp and not Be greatly improved
and without also having higher estimate Of
human nature than he had before. Besides he
is q good man, Astounding 10 charities and all
that 60 to make up 4 spotless and beautiful
character. The epitaph that was written for
the great Whitfield might with truth Be pro-
nounced upon him:
"He loved the world that hated him, the tear
He dropped upon his Bible was sincere,
Assailed By slandel and the tongue of strife,
His only answer was blameless life
And he who forged s. he who threw the dart,
Had each brothers interest in his heart.
I cannot recall but little Of the most impress
sive and eloquent sermon Of yesterday.---It
lives in broken fragments in my heart, and
floats and brights in solemn mists through the
chambers Of memory. The textwas search the
Scriptures for in them ye think ye haye eternal
Ifs." I give the closing remarks only:
"But, ny friend, reject how short IS life; and
of how little consequence, after all IS cur ex-
ternal condition on earth. Put the truths and
hopes Of Gods word into your bosom; then.
while you wall g and fro through these streets
and mix ia the trying competition II
clal lite your snls may tread The fol1an IDS
81 hsAer World---may ~ same sympa-
tAss which angels cherish, and esponse the
same noble and enduring sentiments. Then,
though you fail of gaining silver, gold, merchan-
ter in the everlasting strength and beauty Of in4
teleetual and moral endoWments. Yes, do not
be depressed at the thought Of worldly losses.
The inexhaustible treasures Of revelation are
yours. God lives in these sublime truths. Live
BY them, and they viii make your soul grand as
the clear setting of the sun after q stormy and
perilous day; soft and refined as the concord Of
notes. They will enable you to taste
the cup that angels drink. Pray, 1--we and act
in accordance with the Bible, AM you will be
inspired with peace profound as midnight,
calm as noon, and fresh as the breath of norm
ing. You will constantly enjoy glinpses Of thar
spirit land which awaits us beyond this mysteri-
Gus drama Of disappointment, toll, DriYation,
sorrow and the grave. Yes, / repeat it, the
word Of God can make US what we were intend Il
Cd to be, living souls. T can make our vision
broad as eternitys our dwelling place inHnitude;
)ur home not these material houses which hove
yer embellished, must fade as the rose, but the
BOSOM of Fathers all-embracing and unchang-
ny heneVolence. Itcan cause everything which
Defalls US, prosperous or adverse, to feed and
Nurse our moral faculties, to establish on hopes
IN d iirmer basis, and constantly lift to loftier
lights the love and worth Of our divine immortal
Pirits.
The other day my old friend, Mr.. @. @.
lVoodnan, who IS flourishing IS al such good
men should always flourish, like green bay
rec, called for me to go with bin down to the
Battle Ground / had never visited that spot
o Ieplete with interest and patriotic relninis.
,ences. You would be astonished d know how
many old citizens have never been there and
What Ignorance prevails among them as to the
history Of this country. was talking to an
the other day, rich merchant and
thought an intelligent mani told him I was
Ding tie next morning to the Battle Ground.
Ie looked perfectly Opaque and saw at once
e did not know what j meant, but in order to
apear 3 know be said. sthat IS where Gen.
utn. I'M was defeated, was Il not!0 Shades Of
Isnerai Jackson did you hear it, / had the
.esence Of mind to say, whether it was the
enc Of Bradock's, Burgoyne' Or Putnan1's de-
at, all the world bad long since given up that 3
/ vas famous victory. We drove down $
ON he ST. Charles into Royal street, then I
rned down aGreat Mems (whEt nane) street {
the LeYee The air was fresh and balmy
ON the river as we drove along upon it. banks !,
wards the famous Battle Ground. Beautiful
sidences almost bid from the eye by lofty Ce-
I and Iauriamunda trees lined one side Of Che
AZ while the noble Father Of Waters lay ID Z
,..afs,l r--n1,.lns,r ~, ~ 0tl.nr There ara s