The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-06-08
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Novel seading is not only dangerous, and
acts on the mind as ardent spirits do on the
body, but il is also waste Of precious time,
for which God will require a strict accoant.
| DR.. llawcs gives it u his opinion, that mo
babitual reader of novels can love tho Bible,
or any other book that demands thought or
inculcates the serious duties of life.' fhev
beeoms Disguised with the plaiBness and
simplicity Of truth, and require and search
for something permanently. Il would MAKE
any earthly sacrifice, said one, could thirs,
after the Bible as have after the novels
The greatest daily cross ana now compelled
TO take is to pass q novel without reading it,
| would urge il, as a fatal warning to all my
sex, 10 beware of this fatal rock. Beware Of
wasting not only days, but nights, in making
yourselves fools all the rest Of your lives, if
not absolutely wretched.'
Aat, again, il sometimes lends even to ia.
sanity Arhysieian in Massachusetts says j:
Il have seen a Young lady with her table
loaded With volumes Of fictitious trash, day
after dav, and night after night, pouring
over highly wrought scenes, and skilfuiiy
portrayed pictures OF romance, until her
cheeks grew pale, her eyes became cold and
restless, and her mind wandered and was
lost. The light Of intelligence passed behind
a cloud, her soul was forever bcnighted !;
she became ms ane, from reading novelist
DR.. Wayland says: He who meditates with
pleasure upon scenes Of pollution and crime,
whether originating with himself or Others,
renders it evident that nothing but opposing
circumstances prevents HIM from being him
self AN actor in the crime which be loves
Let tie Imagination, then, be cost carefully
guarded, il We wish to escape temptation, or
make pru sress in virtue
ilannah More SAYS: The constant fnmili-
arity witl works Of fiction, even With such as
are not e1ocptlopable in themselves, relaxes
lbe mind that wants hardening; dissalves the
heart that wants terrifying; ssirs the imagi.
nation, which wants quoting irritates the
passions, which want calming and above all
disocsines aud disguaiides for active virtues
and for spiritual exercises. The habitnai in
duleeaee % such readiag is n silent, mining
mischief. - Episcopal Recorder.
JItE iJSfiScrlos ug CoLoa. AT Peters
saIg, ail., hast week, young man was on
tfiai Eaf 4pt, aHd thc Victim of his last was
breugll On th stand 10 testify. Blu, the de.
fehse eh1eeieAto her testimony on the ground
ttat SD wac u AlF.ean descent. Two phy-
sieiaus 8bl an expert IN African compound.
were sesectet hy the court to examine her
ana the EaYucians reported that thes could
fat decide the delicate question. The eg
pefi, however, gave u Is his opinion thai
sssa va II iaa-t one fourth cporea ard shc
was not allowed 10 testify. Fortauasel,
there was other and winter evidence, and the
scoandrel dld not escape conviction The
young oman is described as Of fair and del.
icate skin and her general appearance is in
perfect keeping with her preiensions to AZ
unauthorized lineage. Ii no white persor
had witnessed the outrage the villain wouil
not have been punished. This is the sort OF
institution that Christians are expected te
tolerate as entirely consisten, with their re.
ligen,