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Communicated for the Lewisburg Chronicle.
Talent without Neral Principle.
How vast and incomprehensble is the
goodness of God 10 man. He has endowed
him with noble faculties by which he is
enabled to explain the hidden workings Of
his own mind and so arrange It's numerous
qualities, that, like a complicated piece of
mechanism, each part appears necessary to
the perfection Of the whole 1t is the
mind of man, rightly improved, that exalts
him above the brute creation, gives him
nobler conceptions of God and his intelli-
gent creatures, renders him capable Of
exploring new truths in the fathomless
depths of learning, makes him the beauty
of the world and the companion of angels.
What is talent 1t is an invaluable
trust committed to man by his Creator,
and for the use Of which he will have to
render an account at that day when the
dark and mysterious things of time shall
be made manifest. If employed in pro-
per manner, it will increase to mature age,
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cciye Of the diurnal motion Of the earth,
yet who, by careful and diligent research
and inquiry, became one of the most pro-
found scholars of his day, and discovered
those powerful principles in philosophical
sciences, which explained many of the
phenomena Of nature, and enrolled his
name among the great and noble ones of
earth
True dignity Of talent, raises man in the
-S,imation of his fellows, makes him hap
:; r iu hm~clf1nl increases his usefulness
III tnc world Ill, motto is, Onward aud
upward. Not satisfied with his present
attainmeuts. or the knowledge the passing
age affords, he cndeayors to peer into the
dim vista Of the future, or perhaps feels he
needs more enduring source of knowl-
edge, and his thoughts are waited to the
ethereal world, and there amid its pure
and holy beings holds communion with
their Creator.
II Il - .l,r,,tar nf tt,i-
son from one possessing talent without
principle, or talent accompanied by selfish
and corrupt motives. Instead Of striving
to promote the happiness and prosperity
of mankind by dispclliug the horrors of
superstition, severing the calling chain that
binds 50 many Of his race under the cruel
tyranny Of the oppressor, cndeavorng to
-ublue vice and iniquity, and inculcating
love tD God aud man; we behold him
crushing all the better feelings of his
nature, plunging into the most debasing
iniquity, expressing his fellow men, and
even employing the noble gifts committed
to him by his Maker, in striving to set at
nau.ht His commands, and wickedly per
verting His holy Word. But God has
declared that he who will thus abuse his
talent, shall be deprived of it; and how
forcibly is this declaration fulfilled in the
history Of individuals Of this class. Go
visit our penitent!aries and lunatic asyl-
ums, and see if .hcir inmates have been
persons of good morals and regular habits.
There are youthful hearts, and aged heads,
who once had powers Of mind, that, If
trained to holy influences, might have been
the pride Of a fond family, and an honor
to their country, but by unrestrained pas
sions and vicious inclnations are rendered
unfit for the duties of life, or the compan-
ionship of the wise and virtuOus, lest others
might partake of their qualities; for how
can corrupt fountain send forth pure
stream?
This subject will be clearly seen, if We
direct the minds eye far back to that
remote period of the world when the faint
lickerjng taper Of science was hardly per-
ceptible, and the many fowery meads,
refreshing rivulets, and golden mines of
literature, were passed UNDECIDED by, or
their cnnobling and refining influences
were not realized by man; and behold the
present mighty march of intellect, and the
numberless discoveries that have been and
are sill being made in the great lyceum
Of learning We are led to inquire, Whence
comes this change? and by whom is it
effected Is it by those who altho' they
have that degree Of talent with which they
could influence nations, and gain world
wide renown, yet BY immoral principles
render themselves contemplate, and rob
themselves Of those elevating desires men
originally possessed? Think you person
Of this character would take pleasure in
tie -randcur Of astronomical sciences. in
tr.u4ing up knowledge from the depths OF
the ocean ? or tracing the order and per-
fection which characterize the most minute
atoms Of creation, and contemplating their
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