Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-07-14
lan God eC his judgment.

= ISHoiaCe, arc ieauy u o'eiieacn tuein III tfaue
are hard upon tnen,IIoeotors,. and still harde
upon creditors; winseii you injured articles 10
g those winch are peYsse, and give you bad weigh
: and measure IN aqqglom would lead you t
. suppose by their nsMoills tnat they are selling
goods at great bargains. !. when their only OBJ
y Ject is to make grea,eRargains, and great man.
r OF them; who selE3helr neghbor that which
takes away the character and the senses, Of
= what is worse, woui4sell their neighbors them
selves, body and soul Tor filthy lucre; such for
felt the character of'men, and earn the charac-
ter OF telons or demons. Be open, be honest
be upright. NeVeratoop to what is treacherou:
or vile, it is lntnlteR bad policy. There is Q
5 law that precedes!aH human enactments, tc
which oil are amenaMe 1t was shadowed forth
in nature; but it Erseeded nature Itwas writ
ten on tleshy tablets afterwards on stone tables
; afterwards IN the g9aen rule, and on the GRIM
son cross. It is theAighest standard of earth
Let the merchant reid when he takes excessive
profits; the brokeEw :he refuses to give the
value Of paper, ortSkes exhorbitant interest
the gentleman who sfifails" 10 enrich himself at
Others cost; the faTmer who carries injured
articles to the markaE or lets his cattle or his
fowls destroy his neisghber's fields: the mechanic
when he makcs hisIMares. for sale and NOT FIR
l.Ol
calls to lengtlen out his bills.n who wencour-
ages suits to ret gooSt fees" or seeks the fleece
instead of the flocEsHand the peonle. too. when
they refuse to bearaheir porlion Of narish or
public expenses. LIT those learn this Licher
law, and be governsa:by lin the dark as we'll
as hars IN .ne gn law reaches as well
"Bs mANn in axslii1 the RESPONSIBILITIES of
promises. hut practices at present. Every man
is not like Solnmo1 a king; but every man
has RESPONSIBILITIES IL important. nerbans. rs
kinps once had Msars kines ', now W. , ;n some a
sense. Every citi5cinSis a5soyereisn, and onr
sovere;pns ore al SERVANTS and in ti.is nrsa,ont
aoe when miohty nriIs;inles are be;ng transfsrred
to future geHeratiDnsswe need men trne men
wcll.read stronp and stable canab,e If crm9
nrebend;nr tile aoaaad it, RESPONSIBILITIES not
pretenders nor poiiaaans. nor gentlemen but
men of the trne sfaffsar,d starnina bove done
with words, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. want prip
ciples, character, leeds, that will not lie or die,
but that embody themselves. in wise, prudent,
energetic action. We$want men whose zeal
has wisdom, who bow TO no;mandates but those
Of truth and prillci2fes; who cannot be bought
nor bribed with meanfains Of gold. God does
not work ordinarily without men when lie
eiyes us refor,natiSaisHe riyes us a Luther :: n
revolution. Wasbii3eton! Il is men. next TO
the spirit of God, aaIs the world wants. and
when i look over this vide world. and witness
the countless evils ttnt tcrush society and hinder
salvation, and ask 8sSyiiit is So; why. upon this
fair earth, man onIBisgsle, and man is only-xile.
why .YondeEelphls teaaeitx. lint mint and
abundance, has so long looked down upon such
scenes of sorrow and woe as this world presents
and all this after the finishing hand of God has
been upon it; and the footsteps Of the Son Of
God, marked by blood, have been upon it, and
the Spirits influence more powerful than the
agent that moved the ocean or the forest has
breathed upon it; tue answer comes back to
me, "man has not ben himsclf" but failed to
act his part upon e.rth. The church wants
men more than members or numbers and the |
world wants men lnGc than armies or govern
ments, education or ysteIns Of ethics. or for
NAL christianity. L wants men after Gods
own Heart to put I!!r into them, and to put
them to the great cs' and work of earth.
"BE a NAM" by peparimg for the destiny of
men. Man is DISTINGUISHED from the brute in
that he is immortal and has reason and con-
science ana lreedoul y the Spah TO prepare HIM
for the future ILepreSent to the future is
what the line OF the horc is to the vast ocean,
n cEangeless future Tllts u.s.. The bird builds
for itself nest, anGtLus makes provisions fu:
its little future. animal Digs for itself a
hole and prepares canary ior It's future wants.
These are true To lnsnct, tney prepare for the
future; Shall man tEet LIS immortality!
g UF WN'T STTcEy