Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-09-03
Biblical Ignorance.

have come under our observation, that our
public characters, especially politicians,
ought to be careful how they medille with
Scripture.
Gov. Wise, of Virginia, in his recent
letter to Hon. David Hubbard, says:
"The Reubons have tried to sell me into
Egypt for my dreaming"
Whereupon the New York Express says :
'"The Governor has reference, doubtless
to the story of Joseph being sold into
Egypt-but, unfortunately, nc has got it
all wrong. Reuben, 1T 80 happens, was
the only one of the brothers who did not
want to sell him The Governor should
join Bible class right off, and let Goggin
go"
a member of Congress Erom DyEnois, a
'fow years ago, ( MIR. Wogc,D iis reported MS
quoting in debate, fhe following lines, ias
coming from the Bible:
"While the lamp holds out to burn,
The vlcst sinner may return"
This Scripture quotation of Mr.. IIogc
brings to mind an anecdotc related to us
by a ,dlurWman, rs occurring within his
vessel" f" very likely, of the two,) had lost
her husband by death, and receiving visit
of coincidence from the minister, she enter
cd pretty fully into detail of her feelings
of loneliness and grief, an her widowed
condition, She said she found herself
going back and fonth, wandering about tho
h0&se all day long, from garrct to cellar
now lo9kiag into the room where her poor,
dear husband died, then trying to diwout
hor mind by doing chores about, and then,
ng,ITn, s0ffg 10 HJbe good book for consola-
tion.-Shc was, she said, poor, lone wo-
man, and she oould'n MT help hhinkang all
day long of that very touching passage of
Scripturc-in the book of Lamentations,
She believed it was--whieh hit her case ex-
actly: Gooscy, Goosey Gander, where
will you wandcr?i
Col Benton, in the United States SEN
atc, is reported as speaking of our Saviour
having cast seven devils out of certain
man aud Waddy Thompson former
member of Congress and Minister TO Mexi-
co, in his " Rccollcctions" Of that country,
speaking of the Hospital of Lazarus, says ::
"Thc inmates would have rivalcd in sores
and rags, thcbrothcr of Mary and Mar
;ha''
1T is recorded that two mcmbers OF GER
tain State Legislature, at the close of the
session, addressed a circular to their con
stitutcnts, in which they said owe. hope
the course we have pursued, and the votes
we have given, will meet your appreciation.
We hope you will say to us, as Nathan
said to David, Well done, good and faith
full servants
Another member earnestly opposing a
mcasare before the House, said " Mr.
Speaker, | would no more vote for that
measure than would fall down and wor.
ship the golden calf that Abraham made" 4"
\ brother member corrected him, saying:
Mr.. Speaker, it was not Abraham that
made the golden calf, it was Nebuchad-
nczzcr"
That "great men are not always wisc," +"
is still further excmplihed in an anocdote
of a distinguished English Judge, Lord Ken
yon, who understood law better than the
Gospel, closed one of his charges to jury,
as follows: "Finally, gentlemen, would
call your attention to the example of the
Roman Emperor Julian, who was 50 distin-
gnlshed for every Christian virtue, that he
was called Julian the Apostle"
That editors should occasionally be in
fault in the Scriptures, is not, perhaps,
very strange. We have room for only one
example, In giving am obituary notice Of
worthy man, it was remarked " We say
of him, as the Holy Scriptures have so
beautifully expressed it. F" An honest man
is the noblcst work of God;' and in regard
to the afflicted family, convey to them the
consoiing assurance from the same blessed
source, that God tcmpcrs the wind to the
shorn lamb. - Wig and Courier.
DEATH.-The article on " Death" in the
New cyclopcdia has the following:
4" As life approaches extinction, inscnsi-
b!ity supcrvcneS "A numbncss and dispos-
tion to rcposc, which do not admit of the
idea of suffering. Even in those cases
where the activity of the mind remains to
the last, and where nervous scnslbilty
would seem to continue, it is surprising
how often there has been observed state
of happy feeling on the approach of death
'lf | had strength enough to hold pen, |
would write how easy and delightful it is
to die were the last words of the cclcbra-
ted VIM. Hunter, during his last moments.
Montaigne, in one of his essays, dcs-
cribes an accident which left him 80 sense.
less, that he was taken up for dead. On
being restored, however, he says: "Mc-
thought my life only hung upon my lips f;
and shut my eyes to help thrust it out,
and took pleasure in languishing and let
ting myself 60" A writer in the Quarter.
ly Review records that gentleman who