The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1860-05-10
Communications.


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y1tA aNn Niusffii.-l hope you vii. lhipA
it 10 onklnd intrusion upon ypur genu0ns
Indulgence faf presenting % YOU mlNla a
subject not only sprthy of your candid ini
dlspasslonale reflection, aa 90 ~ practical
influence and noble bearing upon yon end
poalerI'y, amidst tho otof.gafiahl mutations
N imai bat one that b. we'll ealollttcd i
but duly appreciated, TO arrest thai Wild
and reckless Indifference, and ultimately dl.
rect your thoughts 10 the only perennial
source of happiness that awaits The final re.
ccption Of IN The good and yirluous 0f
carth, and that is our worthy little instlu.
ton. tlle Sabbath School A subject iraugbi
with such incaculablc interest, both IN ia
present object and ultimate oim, alike With
reference to our social intercourse with the
world and that moral elevation Of character
so appropriately in keeping With che cn.
ward progress of modern civilizations AMI
moro especially with rcfnrd to Che cultINn.
ton of our moral faculties, for tie purpose
of enabling US TO see and TO feel The wcIghty
responsibility that we, as people. are on.
der Tor the performance Of those varied and
responsible duties that the necossi,o. OF
our nature and the laws of our Creator have
seen proper to impose upon us. And here,
permit me TO remark that, ! do not think
there can be- any wcll.founded reason tor
tho least liability Of suspicion of ilattery a.
t.ched to me, when declare that, taking
into consideration, such reading commu
nifty and intelligent people-as we have here
am perfectly astonishcd to see 10 littl,
interest both felt and manifested in the sue
cess Of our Sabbath School. This Schoo
has been in operation for some three year
or more, and every appeal consistent witt
the ordinary rules Of courtesy, due betwceI
citizens OF the same community, and to botI
sexes, have been in vain resorted TO, in or
der to arrest the attention and secure gen
eral manifestation Of feeling and co-opera
ton, both in its pcrpetuation and final sue
cess. Bu, every effort has proved unayail
, ing, for, instead OF finding the parents an
almost every other person Of the town an
its vicinity, upon all proper occasions, ]
our School.room, in order 10 manifest iheI
I. interest for its success, and thereby pro,
by action, as well as argument, TO the child
rem, its inestimahle privilege, as well AS il
intrinsic value, with reference both 10 tim
, and eternity, the children find, Sabbath q
ter Sabbath, nothing bu, the old, monol'
(. nous routine II duty. | do hope, from henc'
! forth, that our citizens, both male aud 4
male, will take this subject into their mo-
!. serious and dcyout consideration, and d
monsira,c the fact Of their compliance
having done 50, by practical and cons'an
perseyering attendance upon the schoo
and thus show to this community, and u
world, that they are not so far lost TO a
|; tho generous impulses Of their higher II
turc, as not To be able to appreciate the j
trinsic value Of an institution that promis
} so much for the moral elevation Of the col
Or muni,y in which they live, and thereby dI
= charge, 10 q great extent, the weighiy nj
Or responsible obligations imposed upon the
by their Creator and sustaincr Of their liy'
ly find in every other community in Win
there is q Sabbath School in operation,
= is not only appreciated in theory, but Z
b. tually visited punesually by all classes
people. and apparently, too, with as mue
3 seemingly, anxiety for its success as
- more public modes Of worship BY preachr
Why, then, il it that our citizens manif'
such cold Indifference !--nay, utter dis
gard for the perpe,uiiy and final success
an institution tha, looks alone to the pm
= unsullicd principles Of the Gospel for
origin,-asks nousht Of earth beyond
q. mere mesgrc privilege Of it's use as the pr
y. y. cr thoascr Of its benevolent action, and
fers to heaven for its final success and u
. mate reward for all its deeds Of beneyoleI
- and labors Of love. ANXIOUS,
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