The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-12-20
SUBLIMITY AND VARIETY OF
THE BIBLE.

IlE DlDlE. o.
Tho true reason why some literary
men disbclicve tho Bible, is tho one
given by Dir. Johnson-'bccause they
arc ignorant Of its contents And tho
Same may be the reason why SO many
readers fail to rca this book divine
Mrs. Ellis, in hor Poetry of life, has
we'll said:
with ou' established ideas ofbeauty,
grace, pathos and sublimity, either
concentrated in the minutesl point, or
extended to The widest range, we can
derive from the scriptures II fund Of
qualification not to be found in any
other memorial Of the past or present
time. From the worm that grovcls in
the dust to the track Of the leviathan
in the foaming deep; from the moth
that corrupts tho secret treasure, to
the eagle that scars above the clouds;
from the wild beast of the desert, to
lamb within the shepherds fold; from
the consuming locusts, to the cattle on
thousand hills; from the rose of Sha-
ron, to the cedar of Lebanon; from the
tlinty rock, to the wide waters of the
deluge; from the barren waste, to the
fruitful vineyard, and the land flow
ing with milk and honey; from the
lonely path of the wanderer, to the
gathering of a mighty multitude; from
the tear that falls in secret to the din
of battle and the shout ola tluphant
host; from the cottage to the throne;
from the .mourner clad in sackcloth, to
the prince in his purple robes; from the
gnawing of the worm that dicth not,
to tho seraphic vision of the blessed;
from the still ANAL voice, to the thun-
ders of Omnipotence; from the depth
ofhell, to the regions of eternal glory;
thereis no degree of beauty or dVform
ty, no tendency to good or evil, nc
shade of darkness or CLEAN of light,
than does not come within the cogn.
zance ofthe Holy Sculptures; and there
fore there is no expression or conccp-
eion of the mind that may not here
find corresponding picture; no thirst
tor excellence that may not meet with
its full supply; and no condition Of hu-
manIty excluded from the unlimited
scope ofadaption and sympathy COM
pretended in the language and spirit
of the Bible
Mr. Glass, editor of the Lynchburg
Republican, writing to his paper from
Washington, under date of 23d inst,
says:
"The present disturbed condition of
our country absorbs the public mind
acre, to the exclusion ofevcrything else.
Every group into which we drop is dis
cussing tho great issues involved, and
the probable consequences which arc to
flow to the country and the people |
am gratitied to find that the sentiment
among the Southern citizens here is al
most unanimus for secession. They are
violent in their feeling to the Black
Republicans. One reason for this is
that they are thrown into daily con-
tact with that class of politicians, and
know their character and ultimate pur-
pose better than we do. They are per,
sonally and politically mean unprinci
pied organization. 1t is just as impos.
sible for a real Black Republican to be
a gentleman, in the real acceptation of
that term, as it is for rogue to be an
honest man. Where they have the
power, they are arrogant, dictatorial,
vulgar and selfish, When they are in
the minority they are cringng and hyp-
ocritical to the last degree. The very
doctrine of negro equality and violated
laws and compacts, which they teach
and practice, are morally and socially
corrnpting. The very atmosphere in
which they move is poisoned with a
deadly malaria. Hence it il that those
who are in daily contact with Black
Republicans, hate them far worse than
we do, who never see one and judge
them ut a distance"