Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-07-29
For the Spirit of the Age.
Indited for the Times.
BY MANSE.


By some means, the Age has given its po-
etical contributors hard blows, Zone class at
least) and so successfully were they applied,
that we failed, until lately, in getting up cour-
age sufficient to pen prose. We have at last
successed thus far, and got off the following
illustrations Of
CONSISTENCY.
Old DIR. Blank is very pious, devoted
member of the church. He loves good COM
pany the Bible, preaching, his class m eet-
ing and half glass of good brandy before
enjoying the privilege last named. We have
seen him shed tears of joy, while under the
inspiration of the spirit, as he sang the songs
of his beloved Zion. And more than that,
reader we have seen his children inspired
by the rum fend, and heard them curse their
father in the street. This is simple fact No. l.
| Elder Sucker is a man of most Jealous
mind. He denounces sin in unmistakable
terms curses drunkenness in the name of
humanity and religion but got out of his
| pulpit on Sunday, went to the spring with
his old friend Mr.. Blank, and helped him
drink the flask of liquor he carried in his
pocket, to use for his 'stomach's sake This
is fact No. 2.
Esquire Blank, of pious memory, (still
living perhaps invited the writer to take
some ice water we went in the cellar, when
he cooled his ice with half glass Of old
peach,' and two hours afterwards he was
responding most earnestly to the minister s
prayers and shedding tears of joy, as he lis
tened to descriptions of the land Astounding
in corn and a0ine. This is fact No. 3.
Another member of the Blank family us is
ven and earth were coming together, from
his fervid eloquence and burning ZEAL
Sometimes he pretends to exhort little. -
The other day we saw this disciple of Christ,
pour out his glass, drink it empty, sit down
to the table, close hls'eyes, clasp his hands,
and boldly go to God of purity, for bless
ing on what he was about to eat Why die
he not ask blessing on the medicine he hac
Just taken? This is fact No. 4.
: These are but four, of many such instan
ces which have come under our personal oh
l servation, and shame is it, that such men ar
{ tolerated in a christian church, 1t is no
h the fault of christianity. That is sovereign
s remedy for such evils. 1t is the want o
christianity in the heart, purifying an
cleansing it. 1t is the fault fthe individua
!, that he does wrong; the fault of those i
d authority that he goes unpunished. Thre
II Of the four cases mentioned are known t
l. the world, to the membership, to the minis
# ters who have charge of the respective church
e es to which the guilty ones belong. Yet the
/ are permitted to remain as blocks of stun
IS bling in the doors of our Zion; and MOI
than once have the ungodly said look at tn;
s. man, he is no better than l. Some who rea
, this article may know the man some wi
g have power and authority to act in such C
e. ses to such we say, act act at once; .
IS know your duty, but ye do it not.
at This, Mr.. Editor, is a plain case handle
- in plain matter of fact style, and we are r
TO sponsible for all we have said, having name
g places and proof for our statements. "
ly have not done yet-only for the present.
IS Rosedale, S. c., 1857.