Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-11-27
a. Book for the Times.

a, Book for the Times,
We often hear of men aud books for the
times. In TRYING hour some one rises, it
may he, out Of obscurity, who is fitted by
talents or energy, for the emergency. lie is
- II man of tile times" So whom n book comes
forth at a particular iuncture, adapted to the
wants of the Church or State, it is "a book
tor the tines 1t is good hing to have
such men and books. We haze IN old vol
ume at hand which may he called, c,nphnti-
callv. "a book for the times" and indeed
Tor all times. 1t goes back to the origin of
things and tells how the universe was brought
into existence. This, the learned philoso-
pliers of ancient times were not able to do.
With this book in hand a child can tell more
about the origin Of man, and the origin of
matter, than Zcno, Plato, or the sages of an
cicut days.
1t is n good thing to be correctly informed
ON all such mattors--to be established in the
faith respecting the origin of man as we'll as
respecting his fall.
This ancient volume tells marvellous sto-
ry about the Introduction of sin into our
world. This great evil is to be traced m to
one man. by one man, sin entered the
word:" and it would seem that all mon sim
nol i'll or through this one man. If so, then
this book establishes the doctrine of the dcn-
III
sinners ard have sinned in or through one
man, then all must have had the same origin.
Mankind did net spring from several pro-
gcnlt0rS, rs some would affirm
In this particular this old and vcncratcd
volume is "a book for the times" for our
times. There are men in our day who deny
the identity of the human spccios-and a
book that was written by % holy men Of old
who were moved by the Holy Ghost" and
which aGirns that God made of one blood
all nations. is book for our tines
No book in existence sets forth in the same
clear and convincing light the character and
pcriections Of God and the duty which we
owe to Him and to our fellow men. 1t rep
rcScns God rs Being of immaculate puri-
ty-iniinitc in being, wisdom, power holi
ness, justice goodness and truth. 1t repro
Scnts His mercy as over all His other works,
and it tells how that mercy is manifested to-
ward guilty world-unfolds the plan which
God devised for the salvation of guilty
world.
Itimparts comfort and consolation to the
broken hcartod-hanquilizcs the troubled
soul with force which the world cannot give
or take awaSy-insrires the dcspairing with
glorious hope, snd promises eternal life to
those who sock for glory, honor and immor-
tality, by patient continuance in we'll
doing"
1t is book which dcnounccs iniquity as
hateful 10 God and hurtful to man--it prom
scs pardon to the humble, believing soul
tits to the good man lamp to his feet and
light to his patll-throws a radiance along
the narrow path that leads up to glory, and
affords him Il passport, at last, into the man
sions fthe blessed. Surely this is {" book
for the times" and book for eternity. Who
will not make an effort to obtain copy >
nj ,I,n - al, l. l.
obtained in many of the stores or from the
American Bible SJciety.-Due Vest Ties
cope.
SouND ADvIcH.-Thcrc is good sense
in the following advice to young men and
women who are thinking of matrimony..-
1t is from an article by GIANT Thorburn in
the Home Journal
"Thcre is nothing 20 be gained in dang
ling for twelve month, aftcra sensible wo-
man, talking unmcaning stuff words with
out wisdom. Tell her your wish, like
man, and not like blundering school boy
She will never trihc with your affections;
and three Grains of common Scnse in vour
mucklc carcass, she will be your own be
fore month has passed. See the history
of Rcbccca, in Genesis, 24 chaptc,, Sc
verse. When Abraham S servant had con
cludod the preliminary contract with Mr..
Laban, on the part of his daughter, to be-
come the wife of Isaac, the old man was
anxious to get home, to show his young
master the b0ny lass he had brought him.
the old mother wished him to remain few
days, to recruit himself and his camcls.-
He pcrsisting, it was finally referred to the
daughter. "Wc will call the damsel, and
inquire at her mouth, /" said the mother
When Rebecca appeared, her mother ask
ed, Wilt thou 90 with this man % Re
becca replied, ''I will go"
"Thero was noble girl for you. No
tear starting from her black eyes, no whin.
ing nor simpering makc-bclicyc, nor mock
modesty butwlat her heart wished, her
lips uttered Like an honest maiden, she
replied, 81 will go" Now young ladies,
so thou and do likewise When the man
whom you prefer before all others in the
world, says, " viii you with me, answer,
Z" will 60"
" "By-thc bye, ladies, when you wish to
read true, sin. plcand unsophisticatcd love
story, Just read over the twcnty-fourth chap
ter of Gcncss'
A LITTLE girl in Yorkshire, when wa
ter was scarce saved as much rain-watcr
as she could and sold it to the washerwo
man for o cent bucket, and in this way
cleared nearly five dollars for the Missiona
ry Society When she brought it to the
Secretary she wns not WILLING IN toll hos