The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-10-01
FROM THE NOTE BOOK OF A COUNTRY LAW.

FROM THE NOTE BOOK OF A COUNTRY LAW. !
YER.
HUrrhiamiiY. "A capital good wn,,l,
Which often mistakes itself for Christianity, I
and thus it came. DR.. rarr had preached
two sermons 1T Birmingham, U7sD) for
tho benefit of the charity schools there, in
which lie earnestly recommended to the au
dicncc two admirable sermons, which their
townsman, DIR. Pricstly, had written and
published. Tho commentator gave great
offence, for the name of DIR. T., who was Il
bold Dissenter, was poison TO the orthodox
ears Of many of the congregation. One of
them met DR.. Parr III the vestry, immcli-
atcly after the sermon, and vcnturcd to en-
postula,c with him, and to represent to him
that the sermons recommended might he
admirable and good Christian doct,ine, but
that the author was IN enemy to the church,
and therefore ought never to be mentioned
within its sacred precincts. Parr heard him
out, and then calmly replied, "Sir, you arc
the best vindicator Of churchianiw | ever
knew"
Religiosity.-Anothcr good word, anal
germane to the former, found in Sou,hcv's
Doctor" nn admirable book for reading
aloud, and but few chapters at time
"Train up \ child in the way he should 90,
and when he is old his feet will not depart
from it, Generally speaking, it will be
found so; ; but is there any other rule to
which there are SO many exceptions
"Ask the serious Christian, as he calls
himself, or the professor, (anothcr and more
fitting appelation which the Christian
pharisees have chosen for themselves y ask
him whether he has found it hold good -
! Whether his sons, when they attained To
years Of discretion, (Which are the most
indiscrect years of human Iite,) have profit
ted AS he has expected by the long extern
poraneous prayers to which they listen
night and morning, the sad SaLbaths which
, they were compelled to observe, and the
soporilic sermons Which closed the domestic
rcliyiositics cf those melancholy days"
This WAS enough for my notebook, to
! iastcn down the specimen word whic! so
well denotes the overt formalities Of religion,
| practisci as habit, without mind or hear, ::
but let me turn TO the book ard give the
remainder Of the paragraph. "Ask him if
this discipline has prevented them from
running headlong into the fo!ics and vices
OF The age? from being b;rd-lmeI by dis
slpation, or caught i'll the sriLcr-wcb Of 50.
phistry and unbcliyf: 1T is no doubt IL
true observation,' says Bishop Patrick,
that the ready way to make the mind, Of
youth grow awry is to lace them too hard,
by denying them their just freedom"
1EstheHc.-A good looking word, which
implies something refined and deep, but
what the reader does not exactly comprc-
hend. have to look at the dictionary
every time meet ii, (uulcss am OH the
sofa, and then l rcfusc,) and then ! have
the satisfaction to learn that it signifies the
beautiful in mind, in nature, and in art,
and that it was originated as a science bv
the celebrated Bau'ngarten.
Il Birds Eye Tiem.-This always strucl,
me as curious phrase to express the
meaning, ricw from aLorc. have rc-
Gently seen on picture these words, ON
one hand ga birds cyc-vicw Of Havana"
and Oh the other sane vued, Xacune rol
d oiseau." And this is better form than
ours, birds fight pieao, and hence per
haps we derive it.-Nutional Intell;gcu-
Ger.
A process for converting paper into a
parchment like substance has been invented
by Gaine, in England. lie has discovered
'hat when paper is exposed to mixture Of
two parts Of concentrated suIphuric acid,
(e. s. 1854, or thereabouts,) with one part
OF water, for no longer time than is taken
up in drawing it through the acid, it is i'm
! mp1jately ropvorfoJ int - .,.o