The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-04-03
ADDRESS OF
M p. CIR A w r O r d
Delive, ed a, Charlotte. N. C.

November Sd, 1860.
Mar holds n conspicuous place in the
vas, ~, stem of the universe-ha is the
ri.h,ful lord OF this lower world His
,lIe tu pre,eninence over the beast of the
tield. Is derived imme iiately from God,
who cra,t, d him iu His own image, and
blessed h'm aud gave him dominion
''over ,He rs, OF the sea, ard over the
fowl VI tie Hr, over the cattle, and over
all the ear,h aud over every creeping
,Alug that creep"th upon the earth"
TO ia" eve uf the Geologis,, whose dis.
or'mlnaung nlnd is ciosey engaged in
de'-riing all the nice analogIes, which,
unl. he anirna! world. into harmonious
whole, man appears the one eristence or
tsing IN whcb. ali these Ansiogi-s con
verge. Or, AS Hugh Miller beautiful,
expresses it-man occupies. as IL were, the
central p ,int in the great circle Of being !;
40 that those lines which pass s;ugIy
through each OF the inferior an,ma.s sta
toned at It's circumference, meet III hlm ::
aud thus, H. the focus IN which the seat
tered rays unite, he impsrts by his pres
ence "a unity and completeness TO crea, ION
whicl, 1t would not possess without nm
Thus to the gaze Of science, man ap
pears rs he does To the ewes Of his Ma
ker, To bold conspicuous place among
lhs creatures.
In The sense then. that he holds do.
tninion over the earth-this worid-ths
beautiful nor d nf ours, which has been
the theatre "f action, TO generations he
yon! the u '"i, aud 10 generations since
which 200, hsv. long SINCE passed away
this world OF ours, which, we pow luhabi,
and IN which. We are now 20 busy
tbnking, cling. planning and coulnsing
--thi. hesutfui aud lovely world was
made fur man The wonderful order ot
tue universe. can never he nationally v regar'
ded rs Ihe end o. tinsI cause Of thecreatinu
Mere ORDER, respects but the reiations OF
things ar 5eiugs, - not the thugs q. be.
irgs them. elve., a.d can never. therefore.
be ratlonsiiy considered n. itself, AN end
'r fnsi cause. The mere beauty or com
f'lefeHfSS "f nv cdItic-. does not determine
tn. inrp"s- tor which il Wa. erec,ed.-
Every ni'emp, 81 iuidcl writer's, a.
dIs,r"y all nn,al accountability iu man,
10y assigning him Ms does Pope in his ia
niou. Es-sy, n mean space ib the universe
OF Uod-rvery attempt thus, 10 make
nmn mere link IN The chsln OF mutusi
dePe"d"n;y, which may be drpppei, q,
i"sr, m broken otf. without more s.usiby
affecting lie whole, than il n sparrow
had fallen tp the ground, or the race oi
dogs aad per.hed from the esrth--m-r,
lipI ali II. a .,,l Al
m'serahe hope of destroying hi, moral
accountability, II ss insane ss IL is wicked
"A'e not two sparrows sold for fsrlh.
ing ! aud one Of them shall not fall To
the ground w'thont your Father. Fear
ye not, therefore ys are VI more value
ihsn many spar,~s" Whist pleasure a
man of lbv splendid parts OF Bolingbrok
whose genus, wit, and elnqueuce. sur.
prised the brilliant inrei.ects OF his age,
could IND. IN such mean attempts To sab
vert religion, order and morality, NAV
well be matter of profouni astunishmen,
10 msn ot tar less gifted minds. Forlu
na,ely Tor the world fortunately Tor So
ciety, his attacks on christianity were So
revolving, that h's wiring, were presented
by the grand jury Of Wes, minister, "A,
subyersive ol 'slIgion. govern Eneni and
morality. Humboldt too, has thus VIII,
ten bnnself Hambug. Surely one live
dog Is better than u thousand such dead
lions DO writer's OF this school, really
hope TO exa't the miLd Of man, by pro
wing him DO better thao n beast Do
they think to enforce the practice Of v,r.
tue. by duny:ng all accountability in mani
do ,heN Imagine they shall incre ss mans
p'ety. or msns reliance on God. by TIM,
exploding hhs providence, and Insisting
that be is neithe, just nor good. No!
no mHn can not thus ignore himself.-
Both reason and revelation cry away
away with ali such sophislry. Such can
never he the Gud Of ,hs Biple-Dor sucb
his creature maa.
Ha'h God not rather, greatly exalted
as above the rest Of his creatures. insts,d
Of abandoning us to chance--iustead Of
making - the dupes Of fortune, and the
sport Of caprc- hath He not placed us
under tsu, IN ferersnce TO our interests for
time, aud under grace. IN reference 10 our
higher interests for eternity Z Has He
not made man but a little lower than tb.
snge.s. and appointed him "felIow work
sf' With the Creator, in The great depar,
msnt OF labor. which, we have to day met
together TO consider and discuss. How
indictive Of mans occupation here. is the
language OF ScripIore, (~ithout which ne
would be forever an enigma 10 hinself)
which occurs 10 the book Of Genesis. I'm,
mediateiy before his creation, WHICH ds
scribes "every plant Of the field beior. !,
vas IN the earth. and every hert before
il grew, as awaiting his introduction
npou the earth
How like calling him TO his work, when
before il had rxined upon the sar,h, the
Jewish historian SAYS: and "thers was
not q msu to I'LL the ground" Bat there
went op mis-. from ths earth, and water
81 Tie whole face Of the groud. AID the
Lord God formed man OF the dus, OF the
ground. and brsa.bed into his nostrils the
breath Of jfe and man bscun,a . I;,,,,,