The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1860-04-18

soul. Take the Bible from our earth, and
the doctrine Of Immortality is at opce
shrouded in mystery, uncertainty, doubt
aud gloom. know it has been contend
ed BY some, that the glimmering light o
nature is sufficient to teach that man is
immortal. This very much doubt. /
s true, reason" teaches US that God
in6nity, is capable of Citing man in hi.
physical construction with immorta
powers-but this same reason teaches, ii.
equally strong terms, that the God VIII,
was able to make man immortal was als,
capable Of fixing period to the durabili
~ Of his existence. Itwas then original.
ly for God to say whether man should b,
mortal or immortal; and had no farther
exhibition Of his viii been. made thai
that revealed in the book of nature. ii
would to-day be matter beyond our
power to tell whether man is to live aftel
death or not. In the Bible we are taught
the doctrine that God made the soul to
live after the body shall have mouldered
back and mingled with its original earth
to live after the nations of the earth are
dead-to live after the world is burned
up-to live after the judgment scene i
over-to live after the moon and stars and
yonder sun shall all have been blotted Su
to live-and to live on, and on through
The ceaseless ages Of eternity
The Bible is also the only source from
which we learn that redemption has beer
made for immortal man. Reason may
teach one that he is a sinner-that he is
lreadful sinner-an' iuexcusable sinner
against GOd-that this God is perfect il.
all his ways-and that consequently he
a sinner against this holy being, is lost b, :
yond the hope of recovery-but the light
of nature no where teaches that a media-
tor has stepped in between God and man
No where upon the face of nature, doe,
man, as a sinner meet the welcome voice
of Savior, saying, come thou guilty and
offending subject, and be reconciled to .
forgiving God. Heavens proclamation O
mercy to man as found in this volume. is
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and
thou shalt be saved" "God so loved the
world that He gavehis only begotten Son
that whosoever believeth might not perish
but have everlasting life." o! how full
of meaning these words to guilty rebe
man. In this sentence uttered by the
Son of God himself so comprehensive and
at the same time so concise, we have pre-.
sented to our view a whole system of the
ology. In it we have forcibly exhibited
the nature, design and extent of that love
which prompted Jehovah to devise and
execute aplan of recovery for our race
Here we have the plan itself, its origin and
the condition upon which it secures sal
walton. II originated in the love-the
boundless love of God for man; the mer
its of Jesus Christ constitute the founda
tiorA Of salvation; and faith as an opera
ton of the human mind, which consist.
in a hearty reliance upon the merits o
jesus for salvation, is the condition.
saved by this free, li6e1Pll. and earth-broaC
plan of saving men. 1t matters not how
ar one has gone in sin, how long hl~ha
wandered from God, if there is the peni
itent, confding feeling Of heart which say,
Lord remember me, - the beneyolent Je
sus responds thou shalt be with me in
Paradise" Yes, if this is the language oi
one just about to leap into future world
the responsive seE his day thy
soul shall be wiQe Paradise"
Before closing Sleave to addres:
myself in very few remarks to this com
munity in relation to the character of the
deceased. l feel myself but poorly pre-
pared for the task having had but few
hours notice, that my services would be
desired upon this solemn occasion, and
having spent that time in travelling from
my residence to this place. But have 8
few plain propositions to submit, th'
truth Of which will be attested by the
, citizens of this community, among whom
! the diseased has mingled in all the walki
of life for more than twenty years past
In the fall of this distinguished man
! YOU have been called TO bid farewell to al
? active, useful citizen, to q social compan
ion and to an estimable friend. To tn,
: hour Of his departure, many Of you vii
: long turn the mind, as to the day whel
: you were bereft of one who proved him
,elf, when living. a friend, not only il
word but in deed. Here in your mids
he began his active career Of usefulness
and in the history of his success has d,
monstrated the proposition, that ster
will, a fixed purpose Of mind, and an il
domitable energy are sure passports
! usefulness, honor and high position; tn
these traits of character will live in Il
minds of the people, long, long after IL
actor has been numbered with the dea
!, This is prominently true Of the man WI
lies motionless before us to-day. Tn
voice now silent, and that once acti
body, without spirit any longer TO ar
!. mate, have been heard, seen and felt u
- on the rise and prosperity ofyour town al
:. vicinity for more than twenty years. Al
while his talents and energies, as priva
citizen interested in his own immedis
locality, have been united with yours
- devising and executing means to estabh
- and perpetuate peace, harmony and go
3 will in your midst, his influence has be-
felt as no other mans has, far beyond I
:, own neighborhood, his own county, 81
his own adopted State. ! am not sayil
!, too much, when say, as q public jour
alist. he stands to-day unrivaled by al
other man in the South Western State
= Yea! taking into the account, the pee
liar position in which Providence plac'
: him, when he became the proprietor
the Eastern Clarion, the many formidab
obstacles encountered and the unparrall,
!, success which has crowned the enterpris
he goes down to the grave leaving behiI
= ample proof, that in his department,
:, the affairs of man he had no superior
!, this wide spread nation.
- To-day though dead, ne yet spsakctk"
If the hearts of thousands, through a vii
!. medium, and that the result Of his ov
! indefstigable labors.
Of Such indeed has been the commandir
le influence Of Col. ADAMS, in giving shsl
ID TO political sentiment in this State, tn
is his Journal has, by political opponent
he been ironically styled the ".NiSsissil
10 Bible" Here is confession by those d
= fering with him in political sentimer
Id which speaks better eulogy upon Il
IN character and influence of the man, tn,
ID can be pronounced by human lips to-da
Whilst upon the energy Of his charact
a l take pride in referring to him as o
TO Of the self-made men of our country, o
de who by his own exertions has risen st
be by step, to the high position he oocupi
cy in the estimation Of his countrymen. Al
lst in special manner would point tod
le- to his past history as that in which m
ny be found 8 fitting example, worthy I
dy imitation of every young man in the lar
is Col. ADAMS, was man who started G
m in life.. feeling that he lived in an a
nd which was peculiar in many respects; Il
I'M Providence had given him pOsitiop in
he land which threw across the path Of I
vn youthful aspirant motives and incentis
le- for mental and oorporeal action, strong
'ul and more lasting than any felt in p'
ng generations or in other lands. He
of joiced that God had given him q bir