Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-04-30
The Reginni1g Of ths. word!

The Beginning of the World!
The following is an extract from a-serS
mon, of Sputgcon; the English preacher,
aud isa Specimen of the ,eloquence Which
! within year or two has anad9 his name IA
milllsr in both hemispheres,,f .etSs,
- Can you tell me when the beginning
| was 81 Years ago, we. thought the begin
ning of this was when a dam came upon it;
but we have discovered that. thousands OF
years, before that God was forming chaotic
natterto to inakoit a fit abode for man, and
pdttings race of creatures upon it, that
they might die and leave traces, ofshis, band
| iwork aud marvellous skill, before he,tricd
his hand on man. But this was. not, the
beginning, for revelation points as to pc
rlod'lohg erethis worldwas fashioned to the
| days when themorning stars we're bcgottcn
| when, like drops of dew from fingers of
morning, stars and consultations fel thick
| ly;from tho lIand Of God yswiren, by his
ofsn bps, lie launched forth popacr6ttS oTbs
when, with his own band, he sent comets,
! like tliupdcrboIts, wandering through the
| sky to find. some day thoir. proper sphere
| We go back To those days when worlds
were made and systems wcrc fashioned,
and we have not approached the beginning
! yet. eta ,,.-,,g ,s.s ,,-.rS
| I" Untilwe 60 back to the,time. whourall
tho universe slept in the mind of God, as
yet Mborn-until we enter the eternity
where,G God, the Creator, dwells alone, eve
| rything sleeping in his mighty gigantic
thought--we hare not guessed the begin
ming. We may go back, back, bacliA&aGcs
! upon ages. We go back, if We may use a
word, whole ctcrnitics, and yet never ar
riyeyat the beginning. Our wing,mayibc
tried, our imagination die,away.n Could it
outstriptho lightning flashes in majesty,
! power and rupidity, it would soon weary
itself ereit could get4to the 3bGginning,7y-
But God, from the beginning, chose his
people, when unnaYigated either was. yet
Unframed by the wing Of a single angel,
4 when space was shorolcss, or unbDrn, when
universal silence rcigncd, and not voice
! orwhisper shocked the soIemnity of silence
rcigncd, and not voice or whisper sbock-
cd the solempitysof silence when there was
no being, no motion, naught but 4ipd him
self alone in his eternity when Without
| thc,spng of an angel without, the, atteii-
4 dance of even uchorubim, long ere the, IN
! ing creatures weres born, or the wheels of
the chariot of Jehovah were fashioned: :
eten then, g in the beginning was the
word" and in the beginning Gods people
wcrcEin the beginning 81 lIc chose t}eth all
unto ctcrnallirc" T-"
THE FIRST NEwspApgR.-It was gen
orally believed, for time, that The En-
g'!s, Mercure wasgthe I" precursor of that
mighty organ, the cncwspap6r press, all over
the world ,pEbearing, as itSdid, a g cfeBatn,
etrc"ecagiIe- nomcn|', 1, Mr. George Chal-
mcrs, it is said, met with volume, in the
labynthal rcccsses of the old British'mdl-
scum, containing somcprinted papers with
the title of the English Mercurie, purport-
ing to hare been printed in 1888, at the
time OF the Spanish Armada, aud contain
ing accounts of the earlier conflicts between
the enemy andthe British Adhirals2 Too
credulous and exceedingly elcated with
his wonderful discovery, he attributable
to the genius of Elizabeth and sagacity of
Burlcigh." From his representation, the
Elder D'ISraeli and other distinguished
writer's, were readily snarcd into the same
beliefj and, thence many ,other literary
men, on the continent, regarded this as the
venerable patriarch of Newspapers -'e'1'
That, however, Which car. justly lay
claim, to this distinguished title and honor,
appeared in, the reign of King James the
first Nathaniel Butler stands before us
as the patriorelr of the whole family of
journalists. Ills true, that before his time
occasional sheets of news on somee new or
extraordinary topic were written by others
and sold for small sum through the
streets /; but he and his associates saws"
tSharp's Magazine, F''were the first period
cal qhroniisslcrs imprint. ~ ''''-' - ]+
lying IN BED.-24The following hint ON
deterrings oar orr up risiigs; isaappiicablo
thcsedelightfuI Spring morning Is we agree
with the writer as to the evil effects of w.
ing in bed after daylig ght--and commend
his views to tho particular attention of
some we know. ofin this community.
No piece ofindolence. hurts the health
more than the custom of,lying in bed too
late in tho morning and vet this is the
general Practice in ties the inhabitants
seldom rising till some time after the sun
is up. The morning is Undoubtedly the
very best time for exercise, while the sto
mach is empty and the body, refreshed by
sleep. Besides, the morning braces and
Strengthens thewholo physical system, and
often answers the purpose 4ofa cold bath.
'Bet any oncThc has been aceustomedt To
lie in bed till eight and nine clock IN the
Worningn rise by six. and spend an,hour
/ in walking riding or actiyo diversion, with .