Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-01-09
SABBATH READING.
The Everlasting Arms.


In that sublime aud 5.n.thrilinc bene.
dictinn, pronounced o the man who had
eeoa God face to { -, .pon the children of
Israel, Just before Ire went away from them
upon that lonely journey, from which he
was To return To othem TO morc--to that
io,iely grave, which no man knowetl unto
this day, occurs this beautiful and sugres-
tive expression: The Eternal God is thy
refuge, aud underneath are the everlasting
arms.
In the still watches Of the night, when
deep sleep falleth upon men. when the roar
of the busy city that rose 80 fiercelv All
the day is stilled and the awful shadow of
darkness covers the face Of the world, we
seem almost to feel the support of these
everlasting arms, which swung the world
in space, and sent IL whirling on its mighty
oirenit, amid the countless myriads of
worlds that have performed their sublime
revolutions from all time.
Everlasting How the very echo of the
word crnshes into nothngness our finite
faculties Ages on ages, without begin,
ming and without end--century treading
upon the heels Of century; aud all but as
the speck Of time, thu fraction of an instant
which is--now, tot in the eye of Him,
whose power and whose loving providenc.
the expression indicates. vy
The Everlasting Armsl Pcstilence may
walk the eartli; sin may deform the coun.
tenance made in The image of God; mur.
der may bare his red right arm; the raging
r fire may devouE the rushing whrwintl
may deSoIate; earthquakes may reud the
bosom of the solid earth and swallow up
the pride of its cities; the roarng waves of
the mighty sea whelm navies in their
yawning gnlfs; but the everlasting arms
are around us as the arms of father a,
round the babes who crowd upon bis knees
besides the glowing freside of home.
The Everlasting Armsl Through the
dark, cold valley of the shadow of death,
every one must walk by himself The ten
deTest love cannot go down with us to
cheer us in that drear and dreadful passage
but the everlasting arms Shall be around
ustand heuea,h us there Dnst mouldcr,
eth to its parent dust, and all that MAS bean
tiful, all that WAS loved aud cherished. per-
isheth away frommortal keni The bleed.
ihg affections yearn aud pine for what earth
cannot restore them; but the everlasting
arms epcircletli grave, aud keep in their
loving emhraceepery atom, 10 be reformed
in the genial cline OF Eternity.
The everlasting arms, never weary. ney.
er weak, never insufficient. are about us
when we sim to check, 10 warn and res.
train; when we do welI toencourage. when
we are happy 10 keep US from going asrrav;
when We are afflicted to comfort with their
tender embrace; ami, when WE die, shall
bear us to- realms of ncverending joy.
Oh that we may never for moment,
lose the consciousness of Their ever,preseut
support Let us seek it when we rise M.
and when we'lie down; when wesit inomt
houses; when we walk by the wnv: inth
busy CITY, in the lonely wood, in the1mart,
and in the saneluaryi and 80 we shall feas
no evil, lint the loss of that loving. tender
and all.sutlicient guidance and support.
San9oy 4Rpeat
To MoRRow WHO ever received mer
cy : 10 morrow !" None. Not 10 fihd
neFcy to-day is 10 lose il forever. Where
IS Gods Invitation To befouud Tor "tomor
row :" No where. God is too Just to ht.
'noekedi too pilenus 70 meek Who ever
was pu off by God "to.horrow Z" Nnone.
Whom God says now" he e,neans ''no@.r
Who ever died on "to,morrowf" No one.
Salvation. lite, death, heaven, hell, are, gath
cred up LIN "io.day." To those whose last
hoasis como, ,s-H;Srrow' will be as though
q Thousand years had rolled away since
they heard "Come III" or "Departi' p
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AS LONG as mankind shall continue 10
bestewlmoro liberal applause on their des.
troyers than on their benefaotors, the thirs,
for military glory will ever 6e the sius Of
tho most exalted characlefs,
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THAT woman deserves not husbands 3
generous love, who viii not greet him With
smiles as he returns from the labors Of the
day--who will not try to chain him to bis
home by tho sweet enchantment Of cheer
fui heart. There IS noSBe,in a thousand
that is so unfeeli6g IS Alshatand such an
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