Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-07-06

probably for generations to- come. Influence
Tor good or for evil, such influence as youlnust,
possess and WELD, is not fora duy or for n life
time. t-may extend through successive gen.
erations, lt.cannot be limited to one generation.
or to one class oftbenefactionsi to contemnora.
1es; itorit may extend through successive cen.
eratlons; and in breadth as we'll rs in slenothj
temporarily, spiritually, and eternally be advan.
tageous or rdisadVantageouS toihumanity. MANY
narVesss OF veal or woe may be reaped from
the seeds you SOW. Think of Luther, n Cal.
YIN, q slluinglius, Knox, Wesley. Think of
a, Washington, y. Franklin, William Penn.
fnlnk OF Newton, Bacon, Locke. / do
not commend to yon 'PoIiticall life, else would
remind you of Webster, a CLAY, Calhoun
eE "a 0nane genu8. Nor would TlaY one Offering
on the altar of the.lusts of the flesh, the lusts
oi the eye, Orsthe pride of life. Nor could i
commend to you, because l cannot approve anv
form oisPuro animaliSn however lauded and
glorlneaIhoweyer Es worshipPed or; adored.-
Inese@iooked at from Mount Sinai or Mount
1'on' are suPerlatively contemptible, when
placed In antithesis orrcontrast with the scenes
that transplred upon their gIorifed SUBMITS. :.
but young gentlemen, we cannot all be great
men 1t IN the common acceptance Of this word.-
y we naVe' indeed, many species of great men,
samson was q great man in physical strength
Solomon was great man in human and D;S;no
WISDOM. Newton was great man as an rs.
tronomer and philosopher in physical science
PauI was great man ms an Apostle of Jesus
Gnrlst: Macaulay says, in his history, of the
Lith Century-That, although there were nany
cieVer men IN that century, there were, at his
ang.e 1ot.Visl0n' but two great men,-"these
were John Milton, and John Bunyan3the tink.
er, and the author of the Pilgrim's Progress"
These, indeed, were great men, Solomon in h;s
superior wisdom, gives his conception Of preot
man in these words-"He who is slow to anger
Us =, better than the mighty, and he that ruleth
Prov. xvi, 80.
Self'g99vernment is, therefore, the greatest
victory, that man can achieve But without
supernatural, that is without Divine mid no
man ever did gain an absolute ascendancy over
himself. Paul could do all things in this cate.
cory by Christ Strengthening him, and We also
can do all things enjoined on us through Christ
strengthening US. But without this aid neither
Eau! nor we could do all things essential to
coos glory and to our own dignity, honor, and
happiness Therefore, 'tthe fear Of the Lord is
the beginning of wisdom, and to depart from
evil is understanding"
Young gentlemen, you were born under the
star OF Jacob, under the bright and the morn.
ing star OF a glorious day of grace. You have
splendid destiny open to your vision. Not a
political destiny only, in new world, gnaran-
teelng to you all the temporal wants of man
lie, liberty, and the free and unembarrassed
pursuit OF happiness, in all its forms, material,
iiteIlect9al, moral and religious You have too,
chartered rights in Divine institution, com.
mensurate with the universe and lasting as the
ages of eternity. You have no mundane, no
rational, moral, or religious craving in your ma
lure, no appetency for any form of tue eniov-
ment, for which the most liberal and the most
enduring provisions have not been made. So
that eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor
human heart conceived the number, the variety,
the riches, the glory of the ncorruptible and
s9!nfading provisions of the Inheritance of the
SAINTS II in light and life everlasting 10 barter,
the momentary fruition of sin in any of it's
forms, Developments, or blandishmentS, would
be frenzy, folly, the most consummate with
in the whole area of human alterations Seize,
then, the palm Of victory, the crown of glory
and make your calling and election sure