The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-05-18

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Tie Month st the Christian ulorl de
between them, aud les t Be borne il mind IS
Tie same time that God. to Father, also, & S 4
sss4e :
Re aesocipte deI knee and nieht VIII things
that are ionl IS "a we with some things
ia fe FOUL but pray d.. Monthly, doyc not
also associate them with things TINT are fair.
and besusiful an good Perhaps not; bat We
do Through the long hours Of n'ght the
watcher sits ii the darkened room ide tie
feyered bed, and administers from time time.
the cooling draught. Thu good man who de-
sires that bis left hand shallnot know what bis
right hand doeth, steals tptoe q the dark
hours Of night, and leaves d tie house 81 bis
poor neighbor, present which will mike
many carts rejoice we associate darkness
and night with things that are FOUL but is it
The darkness and night that make them FOUL
We associate them, also. with things that are
lovely; but Is il the darkness and night that
,ratethem 50! By 10 means. Theft 81 rnur-
der perpetrased beneath the MONDAY sun, is
theft Or murder still; and just So, charity per-
formed By stealth il the night and darkn s., is"
charity still Light Or darkness IS 4 thing ex-
trinaic, constituting no ingredient Of tie act
though they may lend 1t d hue olten hue ops
posite their own; for crime committed in the
open day, % Gar from being therefore regarded
less repreheasible, is deemed an evidence Of
more shameless depravity; and charity, which
hides itselfin secrecy and night, Is deemed the
most generous ard dsinterested. Perhaps the
Monthly will not believe these things; but those
whose suspicious DO no aart 50 easily, have
sometimes opportunities to discover that there
are persons, who like the Nan of Ross, do good
deeds s'and blush to end il fame. 2
We admire the saying, that twilight, even
though favorite with lovers, is also favorable
to thisyes." And somewhat we admire the
saying too, for there lies within It some 60 Of
truth which the hand Of logic may wash out.
Weafa told. sitis poor rule that viii not work
both waY This. however, ii rule that pill
work beth Way ascessalis involves lheI
Emission that twilight, though laseflte with
thieves, IS favorable also to lovers. II it cor
ceals crime, yet, also harmenizes with the
purest, tenaerest, and most enabling ssntiment
Of the human soul. Shall we. therefore, at
tribute to the twilight guilt on the one hand, or
merit On the olher7 Twilight, night, and dark
ness, are merely Indifferent; neither good nor
bad, in i moral sense, but capable Of snbserying
the purposes Of either good Or cyl, The same
may be said, with equal truth Of secrecy, Of
which GIT, darhLess, and night are used as
symbols in our text. The thief keeps close the
secret Of his theft, tie lover Of bis lore, the
Christian Of his aims deeds. IN ancient as in
modern times, robbers have skulked iii darkness;
% aso have the followers Of Christ concealed
in caverns, ard held secret midnight
,onclavcs' for The purpose q worshipping God
according to the dictates Of conscience. He
yio said that, smen loved darkness rather than
ight because their deeds were evil; said also
take heed that ye do not your aims before b
men, to be seen. Of them. It's not, therefore,
ecrecy which makes anact evil, nor publicity.
which makes il good. Secrecy IS an instrument,
which may Be used Tor good Of evil just a. I
vatsr, which bears the planters crop q market,
nay drown eplanter; just as Gre, which gives
IS genial warmth, may burn The rooffrom oss
ur heads. and turn out
ITO thole the winter sleety dribble,
An cranrsnch eauld.'
But, the disciples of the Monthly may say,
ecreey Is power, and power Is dangerous. Very
rue. Ii is equally true that steam Is power, !,
dangerous, Is many disastrous explosion
asti6es, Shall We therefore discard railroads
I'd floating aces and do al our travelling
] ox-carts Secrecy is indeed power, and
therefore, the greater reason for Us to employ it /
accomplia what Is good. 81
We eeme now to the application. The
Eonthly joins in the hue and cry against 'san,''l
ecause he arms himself With secrecy. But I
hat matters II, whether he Yields the sling Of /
avid, Or sword Of Goliah, employs tie jayein n
ccannon2 Let him be judgedsnot 'by bis wea- {
Oh, but his cause. His enemies frequently q
1rt Is the weapon which Sampson welded, 5
lough thsr efforts are not crowned with the 81