Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-02-20
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THE SOUTHERNLIGHT.
NuNpER TWO.

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THE SOUTHERN LIGHT.
NUMnER TWO.
LET us talp Il rapid glance at this second number
of Mr. WHATLEr's capitalization. We may prem
ice generally that il is Of considerable merit.
/. First appears an extract the subject Of Men.
tai Delusions" giving curious instances Of per-
sons laboring under these strange maades of the in
telIeet The case which strikes US MS being at once
the most amusing and the most pable is That Of poor
SIMON SoUTHwooD, the miller. Here it is:
In 1910, Simon Southwood, miller, died in Hor.
sham gaol, after confinement of forythree years.
lie fancied himself Earl Of Derby and King OF Nan;
he is described as having commanding appearance,
being Of afable manners and polite hearing, but
apt to be wrath when any doubt was expressed 10
his dignity He was addressed by his fellow prisoners,
we'll cs by the governor Of the goal My Lord"
and would answer 10 other address even TO stran
gers lie was supported by stipend from the parish
of Boxgruve, which he managed with the greatest
economy, but supposed himself s;ae prisoner, and
would accept Of any favor, not of meal,
or of clothes, under any form but that Of its coming
from his cousin the king.
g. The editor next introduces, with remark or
two Of commendaun, enc Of a series Of articles, now
publiahing in the New York Examiner by the cele-
brated DR.. WAYLAHD, late president of Browns Uni
versity author of work on Moral Science &c &c.
These articles upon the Baptist Churches" and
have already reached the number of l6 or II. They
will probably until there is enough for volume,
when the whole will doubtless be bound and become
q valuable denominaonal work.
There is one point however made in the article be-
fore u.s. which we not exactly prepared 10 recog.
mise. 1t is where the learned Divine says:
We believe that tile ordinance Of baptism is to he
administered by the immersion of the body in waier
baptizng the candidate into the name Of the Father
the Son, and the Holy Ghost"
If this be the correct view every Baptist preacher
We have ever known to administer tho ordinance Of
baptism has bundered in his phraseology; for every
one Of them said " in tho name Of the Father &c."
And yet if the original really calls for this reading
Dr. WAYLLND asserts the sooner the change effected
the better Nevertheless, the usual rendering of the
phrase appears 10 our unenghtened view the better
Of the two. What says our friend Of the Southern
Light on the subject!
3. Selection No 3. embodies some very good advice
to parents about allowing their boyst run ont at night
4. Selection No. f. is from the Sumter lEMchman.
1t is an article, by Georgia Lady, on that greatest
Of the three great virtues, Chary-a very puntedIy
written and we'll expressed composition. We heartily
is one name above another which will stand foremost
in the chronicles Of eternity as type and symbol Of
moral corruption, We do believe will be the slande
rcrs-for of all the assassns that sknlk and all the
thieves that plumber, lie is still and will ever be
without parallel.
5. After pretty set Of verses and Doctors story
Of Broken Heart" the editor next presents his rca
ders with one of 4. S. ARTHuR's practical tales, il.
lu.rave of the danger of contracting store accounts
The moral is an excellent one; and the story which
CONVEYS it is in ARTMuRs usual siyle respectable
but by no means brilliant. We are no great admrer
of this AuTnoR's productions. All his stories seem
TO he made after the same model, with only little
difference in the trimmings Yet his aim is always 10
incucae some useful esson and it may be that he has
effected as much good in his way any other Amer
can writer of the same school, Place his tales though
beside those Of MRs. SHERWOOD in her "Lndy of
the Manor"-(the purpose of which was the same as
tl,a, attempted by ARTHUR, viz: the illustration, in
agreeable narratives of the virtues and vices of life)
and they certainly sink low in lie comparison
6. We pass by two medical articles which come
next, merely suggesting that they might be regarded
by some readers out OF place in work of this kind.
And here find long piece of rersfcalion on what
is called Z" TIE WATERY WAR" tits an "exccrrt,"
says the editor, from the Baptist Library" 1t has
reference to the long disputes between Bap,ists and
Pedo Baptiss 10 immersion, sprinkng, pouring &c.
Our co,emporary Of the Light" remarks that it is
written in IIujibrastic style" We cannot think
The measure is that of Hudibras certainly, but with
out spark of Buffers wit and satire. The lines have
generally the same number of feet, but The command
of language i, very widely dissimar. There is how.
ever enough cf interest in this "WArERY WAR" to
induce the reader who begins to go on to the end,
which cannot be said Of every poetic rismarole
I. After the WATERY WAR, we observe three or
four admirable prose selections, and then We reach
some Original Articles" by the editor. The first of
these, upon the subject of the proposed "Cenlral
Southern Theological Institution" in many respects
sensible and we'll put. We agree entirely in the opin'
ion that the Baps,s of South Carolina will be doing
we'll enough for the present il they fully sustain and
thoroughly perfect their Furman University" Let
that be their for at least the next twenty years.
Good conscience can ask for nothing more at their
hands in this line Of operations-The second editorial
is one of complaint at the scarcity Of Baptist minis
ters in the Edgefed Association. 1t is certainly a
pity land We have always so regarded ) that every
church in the country, Of whatever denomination, is
no, supplied from sabbath sabbath throughout the
year with tie stated ministry Of the Word. The true
plan as it occurs to u.s. is for each congregation to
solve that their place Of worship shall be opened for
divine service every Lords day. To secure the Ia
bors of preacher who shall regularly occupy the
sacred DESK it is only necessary that members should
be liberal in his support as b.cometh them. Perhaps
there is not single congregation in Edgefield that
could not pay five hundred dollars year with ease.
Why is this not done Answer that question, and we
think it will solve the enquiry made by our ncighbor
when he asks "why is it that the curse Of miniI,e-
rial desli,uton is coming upon our peope!" Either
the Methodist system Of neracy must bc adopted, or
the people of God must be more generous before the