Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-10-27
ct VIII Never Leave Thee"

| ItIaI Ilc Will toTshkO lncm WnCn wandering
from the true path into forbidden ways. We
opinc that tllis reasoning is founded upon the
assumption that his smiles and favo,s alone
are testimonies of his ovcrruling presence and
tender care. AS if he ceased to be our God
when as fnthcr plying his children, he ap-
plies severely the rod Of correction. lie nev-
CT forSakcs his children. If he were guided
in his care aud love hy our merits alonc o,
where were We all of US, long ago? Blessed
be the good Shepherd, 6" he gocth into the
mountains and seekcth that which is gone
astray.' Times innuncrablc hath he recalled
us from our wnndcrings, by winning cntrcaty,
when practicable; by the rod, when nccdful.
Alas for us, if his faithfulncss to the cvcrlnSt
ing covenant were dependent upon ours. The
promise is uncond;tic cnal--'' will never leave
thee nor ior.ako. thee" Nay, our Cod is
never far from every one of us. But some
times he hides his face from us permits lis
to be without the consciousness Of his pres
cncc. unrcpcntcd sin will always produce
this effect. "lf regard niquity in my heart
the Lord will not hear me-" But is the be-
! lirvcr to conclude, when walking in darkness,
that his father is offended with him, and to
set himself to find ont the cause? What
means that passage in Isaiah, "Whois among
you that teareth the Lord, that ohcyeth the
voice of his servant, that walkcth in darkness
and hath no light? Does not this clearly I'M
grace to please God may yet be permitted to
! walk in darkness SO completely that he even
shall have no light? p And what is he then
to dnY The telsntcr will undoubtedly whis-
per dark things, :tid tempt hlm to write bitter
things against himself, but God hy his prophet
saith, @ Let him trust in the name of the
! Lord, and stay himself npon his God" 1t s
easy to believe in his loving care, when his
sun shines brightly on our pathway, and the
flowers bloom chccrfully around us, but to
trust him in the hours Of darkness and storm,
when the heavens nrc dark above us and noun
tains rise in our way--yca, when our way is
SO hcd:scd up that we can only stand still and
look to him-O, this is indeed " the trial of
faith" Aud this trial his word pronounces
much more precious than of gold" We
arc persuaded that many an humble Christian
has walked in darkness with far less of faith
than he would otherwise have had, because he
has yielded to the cncmys suggestion, that
lis God is especially displcascd with him. and
has therefore for$aken him Believe it not.
thou wayfarng man, for "he will never leave
thee nor forsakc thee" If after an honest
examination of our hearts, we are conscious of
no cherished sin, let us, however thick the
Y,
pmycrfully wait for the Lord and trust in
his word This state Of the believer has been
termed by some writer's on holiness, the
night of faith;" and may we not well believe
that it is that in which God is most highly
honored? More and more through such dark
ness, so endured, is the spirit fitted FOR that
all glorious morning when it shall awake in
Chrsts likeness. = Mississippi Baptist.
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GENERAL lIooD.--Thc Henderson CFcxas)
"Timcs," in commenting upon speech re-
Gently delivered in that place by General
Hood, says
lie counscllcd obedience to the laws Of the
country, and strict compliance with all the
terms imposed in the condition Of surrender.
Aitcr this is done, he said preserve your man
hood-do all that is right-do nothing that is
not right. This is all that the yictors can re.
qure-it is all that those who contributed
most to overthrow us will require.
Gen. Hood closed by exhnrting the people
to forget past differences and to cease the pi-
ming over what could not be helped-to 60 to
work and restore the country to its former
leave the consequences in the hands of Him
who cannot err
NEW York, October IG.-John Van Bu-
rem died two days since, on board of tho steam
ship Scotia, at sea- His body has been brought
here.
QuEBEc. October 1G.-Moderatc computa-
tlon places the number of houses destroyed by
the flre at 2,500; loss of real property from
S2,o0o, 0Oo to So, 100000; 800 persons rem
dcred houscess
SOME Virginia tobacco has Just been sold
for 81 900 per hundred pounds
} The lamps of architecture arc said to be
sevcn-the lamp Of sacrifice, the lamp of truth,