Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-07-09

it without previously placing thick wod
OIL my shoulder
The Inspiration of the Bible,
When De Tocqucville was here he asked
to sec a Sabbath School lie was struck
with seeing Bible in the hands of almost
every child. f" Is this common ?" said ho
to his friend. "What mighty influence
it must have upon the nation /"
Think of the uunumbcred Sabbath
school pupils in all Christian lands, sitting
each in their private room, every morning
before they go into the world, to read this
one book What must this book be, to
furnish the minds and hearts of spiritual
people with eNhaustlcss supplies of thought
and emotion. Shakespeare, not even Bun
yam, copying so closely from the Bible, can
fill such place. " DO not read Bunyau
to me any more" said distinguished
missionary lady to her husband I; 4" Bunyan
tires me, but | can hear YOU read the Bible
without fatigue"
Why has not Joscph's History of the
Jews equal power with this book when re.
ating to the same things? Because in
spiration flowed into every thought in tho
Bible. You cannot define it any more
than you can anatomi2c smile 4 quota
/ tion by public speaker, of Bible language,
has power upon his audicncc that is beyond
explanation, except from its supernatural.
ness.
God, knowing that this book was to be tho
only source OF spiritual life and light,
would not leave it u falliblc guide. He
WHO hung the earth on nothing, endowed
the poles with the mysterious power Of
magnetism to guide tho mariner on un.
known seas, has not left the soul without 1t
sure source of information to reach heaven
But did man have inspiration in say
/ ing somc Of There very common things
Certainly to say them just then, and
Just so, as part of the grcatTwhoc Y&n-
might criticize the small thing in any whole
ono, whether it he in painting, st,iDary or
building, aud frittcr the whole away
Every great work is connected bv and malr
up with small things, without which moth
ing could be made.
SELLING 4 DOG. -Scroggins kept
large dog, which it cost much to feed as
two pigs would have done; aud the dog,
besides, was useless nay, he was worse
than useless, for, in addition tothc expenses
of keeping. lie took UP housc-roonl, and
greatly annoyed Scroggins' wife "Plague
take the dog :" said she; q do wish you
would sell him, or kill him, or do some
thing or other with him. He's more
! plague than his neck is worth--always ~
! ing in the chimney corner, and eating moro
tLan it would take to maintain three chill
drcn; | wondoryou will keep such use
less animal. -" Well well, my dear" soil
he, "say no more about it. III get,e!d- Of
I! him one Of these days" This was intend
ed as mere get off; but his wife kept daily
dinning in his cars about the dog, and he
was at length compelled to do So Dwell,
wife, said he, one day, as he came in
I GIVE sold Jowlcr. -" Have yow; in
deed" said she, frightening up at the
good news "Tm very glad of it. How
much did You sell him for, my dear ~
Ten pounds -" Ten pounds what, ten
pounds for that dog How glad / am
That will buy us a good COW, But where's
the money, my love Pr" Money! W said
ScroggnS money didn't get any mo-
nety !! | took two puppies at five pounds a.
| piece.
DEILcIoUs SILENcE- There is such .
thing as " delicious silence" although the
old gentleman who first put those two
words in such near relationship was, be-
icvc, we'll laughed at in his day and gene
ration, by the DAVIS aud other small birds,
who live by pccking the fruits of literature.
Yes, have known and felt it, when | have
escaped from buzzing crowds and rushing
carriages, from all the conlnuglcd sounds
of Joy and sorrow, folly, rcmorsc, anguish
scliishncss, despair, mcrrimcnt and mad-
ness, which roar i'll great tity, TO the
calm, quiet woods, or solit ny glens of my
native land. ] have felt it still more pro-
fOundly when in the ancient forests of tho
! New World. The charms of strong con-
trast arc not added, indeed, to hcightcn the
/ impression of the stiffness, but that still
ness is 50 profound,that silence is not OILY
delicious but sublime.
An accident occurred on one of our
railroads recently, caused by tho ayel of
the tender giving why, dctNining the train
several hours, A badly cnGnirlf-ssff ~, ss,,-ee,,
t!eman PASSENGER why be was 50 dclaycd :
he gravely replied, q Madnnf, it was oeca-
stoned by what is often followed ly danger
ous consequences --thc ,su6tlcn breaking
offofa tendcr aftachment -, Tho lady
looked serious, and was silent,
SHINY saith passing tlnoreh 4 Ly
| street behind St. Puol's, heard two women
ahusing each otl.er from opposite htnsess-7
" lhey viii never ngrcc," said the Wit;
u.oy argue Eers d.Geien'l lftmicel," 81