Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-04-08

prepared, endorsing iH.Hllla.. Alu'HH 'rai.lI
clean ard clear through han LssoHr'a1 70 tas
"thIrty million demand Joe dnreI bists,o.
lui.1as ia ths ClaysHda.. bot obey za4Ilrte1
them Ut l' Due an iH7 s1ray kicked them
clear under lls table
IL, 30 wonder ,hs Doctor vas submerged
with Jo-. saI Jar, resolutions aal joe, ,hs,i,
on asseu hanging u10I h.. urrs.
Erru Cuorr 70, Ruiaoy -EafH Cho1le
one OF t5a most brilliant n.Shaur..e and ia.
tsrys'iag n 90 Boston, "lgaar.I orators aud
ono oft b- ma.t iuin-ut or bsr many hundred
hvycr, bls rsrrdy been delivering himself on
tbs subject OF Religion wehlI SUPPOSED ,ni
DO yet. that Eun. is rather novice oil, rstirls
practical experience 10 tI, m7itar, &c bs.1s
most lkely made up. 600 Dos estimation, of some
ofthe amr i1srrurnti as B., 100 h., words lhe
Declaration Of Independence. W. "r.'ueHrs
g,aer,Illys" We trust, however, that Rufus
thHk, and ari, ag well on us ph.ys, as be
speaks Far uatha speaks well and interest
irs'y upon ,he subject, ue think tia, tie 90.
loving extract from aha: De said % ths "si.ygr
Anniversary" Of ths ia,,orale OF tbc Rev Sc.
hsmnb Adams, ol doe "Es,ex Street OuA5Iox
Congregational Church, abaalaut'y proves
Amer diAtus at length upon the Saipiuul
faith which he cnlerniaei, be went 90 to go
qlire:
And now, Is there anything my friends. in
al This, which is incompatible ir any degree,
with tho whrme,t aud most generous and .lrre
AID literal and general culture. with tAc warm.
ct heart, with the most expansive and hopeful
philanthropy, with che most tolerant. most
cheerful. most charitable love of man. DO
We not 81 of %. bold t.7t outside OF ihi, spe.
cial, authoritative. written revelation, thus
promulgated. collateral with DO, consistent With
H. the creation 0i the SINE nature, which ac
may with great pupHety expose anl which
We may very wisely and lilly study and en-.
j0y, Into that system are We forbidden
u prv. lest we become. or be in danger
NJ becoming. Atheists, nsi,ts. PaTthcists,
or plrpnu or Egituresn! What Is there
% hinder ug from walking consistently with
our faith, and the preaching TO which every
Sunday We are so privileged 10 ,isirns what
Is there 10 hinder Us from walking on TIE
shore OF the great ocean Of general truth, and
gathering up here aud there cue Of rs pebbles,
and listening here and there 20 music of one
Of Us shell,s What Is there tn hinder Us from
looking At that natural revelation iha, shall be
true heggaligTg What is there 10 an ,his n
prevent as IN trying 90 open, 70 vt riu open,
that easpcd volume " thaJ oder. &c 10 NAV be
that ohscurer Senipiurcy What Is there TO
hinder u, from studying the science Of the stars
from going hack with the biologists 10 the
birthday OF real creation, and thus tracing the
line through tho yesiigei Of real and a true
creation down to that later anil greater period
Of time, when the morning stars sang together
exulting over this rising balls What is there TO
hinder as, Il We dare TO do II, from going down
with chemists and phy,i1'g:i,tS 10 ihc very
chambers Of existence, and irving thence 10
trace, II we may, the faint lines y which mat
ter rose to vitality AMI vitality wcllgi up first
10 animals, and then 10 man: What is there 10
prevent Us from trying TO uacc thc footsteps Of
God ia history, from readius His laws IN the
policies Of the States, IN the principles of NOR.
ais, and in the science or governments; Ills love
In the happiNeS, % ~ the families Of the human
race, in animals, and in man; Ills rr,ribp;i0D IN
the judgments that are abroad In al ho earthsn
l. there any thing TO hinder in the faith we hold,
from indllging lhc implanted sense Of beauty,
IN tracing the last tracks Of sumner cTe, or
the first faint Rush that preecItS or follows the
gloriOns rising of the morning. Because We
happen 10 believe that written revelation is
authora,ivc upon every mau, and that there Is
contained IN IT, distinctly and expressly, the
expression Of the need of TCconciuali5u-
Is there anything 10 al this. let mc ask YOU.
my friends, which should hinder Us from try
iu-io explore the spirit Of Plato. fun admir-.
ipg the supremacy Of mind, which 4, at last
the inspiration OF the Almighty, that gives
you understanding, IN such an intellect as that
Of Newton; from looking at the camp.ire<.
as they glitter ON the plains oi Troy; from
Standing on the bauemcHtS of Heaven with
Milton; from standing by the side Of Macbeth.
sympathiNns With or al least appreciatia,
something Of the conjunction AMI horror
that followed the murder o. his friend. and
host, aud king from going out with old Lear,
gray hair streaming, and throat choking, sai
heart bursting with sense cC Glial inrratitule.
irom standing hy the side OF Olhello, when he
takes the liz ct all that he loves best in this
world, mo, for hate, but al Tor honor" from
admiring and Snidening 10 see how the fond.
and delicate spirit ol Hamlet becomes oppressed
and madiened by the terrible discovery. by the
sense Of duty rot entirey clear, by the cnnfic,
Of emotions, aud by the shrinking dread Of that
life 10 come, rs If he saw hand We could ne,
see, and heard voice we could no, heary-
Certainly, there can be no manner OF doub,
that our faith, such as you psnicsS it and such
as you hold it, will give direction ia one sense.
and To a certain cNtentit bapiiEcs aud holds con.
Jrol over those studies certainly, also, it nav
DC admitted that il creates tendencies and
tastes that may little less reluctantly
lead away man from the contemplation Of
these subjects butts incompatible With them!
Do You think that AgaSsiz, that Everett, each
Jranscendent in his own department Of genius,
has become 50 because he held, or did not hold.
specific taithl Because you believe tue Old
Testament, as well as the New, cannot You read
4 Classic in the last and bet elition II 70,