Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-10-27
FIR Masant4.

IT, - 1872 - ~ ~ -
in the City Of Lynohburg On the Ami
yersary ofst. John the Baptist June e4sh,
"a. d. 1851, a. i, 5857 BY Robt. &.
WITnRRs. K. II.
10 pnt d stop tocharges against us
is not tobe expected. Missionary has
ever had enemies To combat, and has
resisted them successfully fol- thou
sands ofyears. During this length Of
time it has wfthstood alllthe physical
and Intellectual strength Of man.
Pretended friends have ehdeavdred to
corrupt and betray it; KINGS and plin,.
ces avepresekvingl sought 10 Danish
it from the world; the civil and mill
tary powers Of great empires have
been sleagued for it's destruction; the
fires of persecution have been lighted
to consume tt and its friends togeth
er, and often death, i'll its most hofrid
forms, has been the penalt y Of its vo-
taries. Though itBhas been ridiculed
more nnsparingly, misrepresented
more grossly, opposed more fanco-
rousiy, and denounced more bitterly
than any institution hat ever existed
it Is 50 far from sinking under the eff
forts of its enemies that this day it
bids fair to survive still time itself
shall be no more 1t still remains
n%nllurt BY tile mightiest efforts of il
norance superstition and tyranny. BY
the aid of her enlightened p~hilanthro.
ply she has SCARED aloft, and, adip-
ping her broad pencil nthe hues Of
heaven has &mhlazoned Eer princi-
lplc of UasgSaaf Jeae & eaee over
every region ofthe globe, and s'spread
the cement of Brotherly love and
Affection through every realm Of
earth. She has scatter ed the brands.
extinguished the flame, and unbound
the victim. She has wiped away the
orphan tear, sndcomforted the wild
lows stricken heart. She has entered
the ranks OF hostile hosts, and, BY her
benign influence, softenea the asperi-
ties and lnitigatea the horrors Of war;
has poured balm and oil into the
wounded spirit and bound up the bro
ken1heart. She has eyer been found
a mipisterillg angel wheree r human
woes could I'D atleyiated and human
suffering berelieyea
See yonder city, where pssttAeaee
spreads her dusky Pinfdns Oh the
tainted air. and, fhoRering like agdark
cloud, deciminates Her aoolaedinhabi;
%Etance; where ii1tacti On, sudden and tai
til, paralyzes TIL efsorts ofHhilanthro.
lplly, aud Charity herself shrinks
back appalled, before the loatlsolne
danger; when the claims Of consan-
guiHity are disfegarded, alid .ths ten
derest ties Of SPECIAL Life ARD sunderee
by the severity OF the scourge; When
tho rites IF sepulcre are denied the
accomplishing dead, and THE foul ane
lettering remnants of mortality bis
tier and fernldnt beneath the llurie
glare Of aehdesolatin5day when ac5
cfmalated horrors encircle. as with !
Gordon Of death, some stricken com
munity then, iii tho hour Sfthelr eXl
tremsty; when no eye seems "a Pilts
and 10 hand isstgechedtonrth to save
who is he who lilies to the reliefoftht
desolate and distressed; struggles
with the fell disease over its prostra
tive victim cosnforts and soothes thu
fdying ; plants the everbiodmiRg AGA
Ella 1t the head of aid grave, which
without ii woula Be dark and gloomy
administers ths sweet golaee ofs.ym
patty .to the bereaYel widow com
forts the orphaned children, and de
velopes Ill all its glorious beauty th'
divine principle of Dnisersanf AZ AZ
aeg0Eence III IS M0 eonscieat{ous
Tile charf7d6ge, the Jealous Mdsoa.,II
Turn we to another scene. BE
where the smeke ofyon battlefield
~rises slowly above the earthly pande
Imonium, AS ifjto conceal the horror
there enacted from the gaze Of heay
Ell. Hear the fef q sfout Wthefrien
lied combatants, as hand to hand an
steel to steel they strive fot the mas
tery. List to the lances shiyerinjI
crash and the sbroadssword's dead,
|, Chang ; and OH more apPallinggIt tina
! these, hear the groans of the dying
1.-THE shrieks of agonized horror wEufff
'Efrom tortured nature; see the fiere
victor, as ID more wantonness Of cru
,elty HE smitcs To the eartlllthe Ayin
ana unresistingEeneny tits no lone
er a battle, it iaa butchely, Tor th
demand for quarter is disregardet
and the snpplicating prayer for mere
is UNDECIDED. See yender warrior
covered with the wounds and stream
Hing blood, he 1eebly struggles, snl
rounded bya host ofenemies; !
falters; be falls q dozen weapon
are pointed at his heart 9 doze
voices cry akiil kili!ip But wit
feeble voice a word Il spoken !; asig
is made BY hands almost palsied wit
1.-THE horrors of Impending death, az
lilo! what d change Down falls Il
weapons of deadly strife llushed
theshoarse voice 3 cruel passion al
l. ] softly and tendSrly, AZ though he we
Ian infant, that prostrateE form