Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-06-09
For the Spirit of the Age.
Causes and Effects.
oBruoLp! HOW GREAT A MATTER A LITTLE FIRE
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This sentence. with an application but 1T !
| 10 differing from that intended by the writer,
It &c Sreat elimination. A vast field OF
abolGbt is spread out before us, and our grea-
tast 9ernlexity arises, not from the want OF
nootar;ai upon which to think and write, put
from n want of a knowledge OF the pest metn-
cd of arrangement. Causes and their legiu-
mate effects loom up before us ike thoueailuo
of detached portions Of storm-clonos upon 1ne
autumnal skies and we soon lose oulsei'1o
in the labyrinth of blending laeas' do We
strive to trace these to their proper oIlsn.
Canoes seemingly trihing and unimportant,
NAV nroduce effects that can be grasped ana
comnrehended by the mind of the Deity only
The smgS Aebble, thrown from the hand OF
the how in the streets, affects an entire
changcfS0 center of gravity IN the ma1e,
rial % The ceckling OF q mock o
once saved a great city from demolition, anC
: its inhabitants from the bloody sword. Tht
|, simple barking of the faithful watchdog a
!, his post, in the first settling of these UniteC
! States, saved the venerable pates Of many o
; our ancestors from the scalping knife of tn,
l merciless savage. The waves, produced up
on the smooth surface Of yonder lake, by tn
r silver-scaled fish that leaps up and dumbl.
o means the praise of God, can be subdued b,
q the everlasting shores only, that 'tgird thos
waters round" The introduction of a nee
, dies point into one portion of the human
u brain, is productive of instant death.
o But why multiply examples They ar
A. found in every department of natures works
AS in physics, so in morals. No act. how
4 ever simple in human life, is unproductiye
effects. Every simple act of ours, through
out our entire probation here, constitutes
moral letter in the book of heaven, that sha
=. spell out our eternal destiny. We are, Their
Il, fore, laid under as much greater obligation
I'll to do right, than acrong, as the unnumbere
l. days of eternity exceed those Of time or
I'd the glories ofhigh heaven exceed those of he
ID Blu we sat out to give the good Spirit
II the Age some encouragement in its godlil
! work
:. Mr.. Spirit,-Little knowest thou what
IS glorious harvest of effects shall yet be reap
ID from the broad field upon which thou art nc
IT. scattering thy precious seeds. The i1klin
IS, and dottings that now becloud thy marx
ad brow, and envelOp thy manly frame in t
,It symbols of mourning, are but moral suns a
of stars that encircle the throne Of the Etern
and are gazed upon with inexpressible delig
~ ~ by the angels of God.
le The ecclesiastical and political periodic
Oh that flood our land, are sectional and self!
on Looking to the support and advancement
er, ~partyisms, they are, to some extent, mer
do nary. But thou art alone rejoicing in
"a brightness of thy course, without a rival.
90 OnWard, then, ONWARD, brother G., III
the clash of battle and the din of this migE
'et warfare shall be passed forever. Then, WI
the heavy tread of the Almighty shall be
a upon this Keeling, quivering, staggering ear
lly and Gabriel shall Law hold of the pillarS
INT heaven the stars down from til