Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-12-23

. FAsT1Na AHD PaAYrR --One Of the stirst - u
the Legislature has been TO request the GoyefMn It
to set apart day for general fasting, huusi
and prayer, and the Governon has. fixed upoik 4
Thursday next, the 10th inst, as win be seen b3
his proclamation Nothing could be moro proper i
for people who acknowledge a prayer-heAr
hearts Of our enemies to peace. To Him alone en-
We look, upon Him cast all our care Let our whot9
people do this, in His own recognized way rnsinK
tnat he will bring it TO pass.-Fay. Obs, Dec. 8ds
. There's life in the Confederacy yeti Only let
rs conquer the croakers and the Yankees will be /
subdued in Gods good time -Fay. Obs, Dec. i
If the people Of the Oonfederacy fail to achieve
their independence, it will be owing to their neg
leet Of the Bibs and want Of confidence il the God
OF the Bible, AID in each other. This is the plain
and simple truth, reader and in years AFTER should
you unhappiy live to see the South pass under the
Northern yoke, and yourself and children the bond
men Of abolition, you will remember and aeknoWE
edge the justice Of Gods dealing with YOU and your
brethren in bondage, and own that your and their
NEGLECT of the God Of the Bible and its hallowed !
precepts, brought the curse Of slavery upoh yon
and yours May CID avert the dread calamity
from US and our children Wadssboro' Argua
In our first article on the subject Of peace. July
18th, 1853. we said: We grope in the dark ike
children looking for the designs, and endeavering
to interpret the workings of Providence in the 81
fairs Of nations. The birth of q nation on this
planet is great event. The4leeay and death ola
nation is great event If it should please Him n
build up and perpetuate this new nation Of Con.
federate States, He will do it; if not He will net
do it This is all we know about it." This, with
subsequent articles on the subject Of peace, so
cited the ire of the O5ssroer that it assaied us for
months, questioning our motives, ridculing the So
called peace meetings, and at length, when our Of
nco had been mobbed, leaving the impression on
the minds Of its readers that the mob was not much
to be deplored if it would only teach the neces-
slty OF changing Our course. The Observer was
confident then that MN would b. able to achieve
great deal in the way Of Confederate success but
now it Acknowledges what we said in July last
that we can look only to GoD for deliverance.
But after oil, as we panied to observe, the o.
ssrpsr q ali its fath in Providence by its wish
to "conquer the croakers." 1t is evidently of the
opinion that "God's good time" will not come un,
til the crOakers are conquered. How does the Oh.
sercer knowP 1t may be that the "croakers" are
doing as much for independence as the unreasoning
or selfish zealots. Who knows9 The ways OF
!, God are not as the ways of men. Weknow inf.
nitely less Of His purposes than an infant knew Of
:, the thoughts of Baron Won Humboldt, the wisest
man Of his day.
! The Argus is of the opinion that if we fail to
achieve independence it will be owingsst to the
! neglect of the Bible. This may be true. All wars
E,rc sin int r.
| reform, not destroy. Are We reformedf Are ou1
people better than they were befose the wal? They
are worse. There is more sin the country less con
fdence il God, and less regard for human kind
than two years ago. Every body knows this. Wha
, thena We do not know--we only know tina
when the wicked rule the people mourn" Near
ly every man We meet has either married wife
merchandise" The country and itsiberties are thu
left to take care of themselves We are reminds
when thinking Of these things Of the man with tn
muck.rake described in buny.us Ri;lsr;n'e Pregsse
as follows:
"This DONE and after these things had been some
, what digested by Christana and her company, tn
Interpreter takes them part again. and has ther
first into a room where was man that could loo
! nO WY out uuw""da"SS WIN 'uoSn 'SnS ~ -
hand There stood also one over his head with
celestial crown in his hand, and profered him tbs
crown for his muck. rake; but the man did neithe
look up nor regard but raked to himself the strawi
the snal! sticks, and dust OF the floor Then sal
Christiana, pursuade myself that know somewh'
the meaning of this; for this is figure Of a man
this world: is it not, good sir 7
Interpreter Thou hast said right, said he, an
his muck rake doth show his carnal mind An
Whereas thou seest him rather give heed to'rake u
straws and sticks, and the dust of the hoor than
do what He says that calls to him from above, wit
the celestial crown in his hand; it is to show tn
heaven is but as fable to some, and that thint
Aere are counted the only things substantial.
CAristMnn.-Then said Chrstiana, 0 deliver n
from this muck rake!
Iate,preter.-Tha prayer, said the Interprete
has lain by till it is almost rusty. Give me n
riches" is scarce the prayer Of one in ten thousan
Strn,cs, and sticks. and dust, NTH most, are Il
great things now looked after"
The reader will make the application
TI,s.r, E.or-Ypv-Tn the HnrSa Of Renrespnt