The Hickman courier., 1868-05-30

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NAkY. SATURDAY..
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is fascinating picture | would
di'onr eyes--to this faultless pat
- would have you conform your
hxAy young friends. listen TO one
tasted too often the syren cup
4Rlessnres of tie world, aud who
We barn snu of It's ultimate bitter
| ne ae aisnrirg draught nsy be-
bs4sG please for a season. tut alLAo
lees are reached, and theI e5f-
bsea aud disgnst But like the
Xiis cup it is dangcreps--reneat-
Senee renders its fascinatiF q
se2isLible. | warn you therefore,
as your pence here AMI here
~ sas pestileice the se1ueti6ns
nLa choose rather dist traly
3y$ay,- which spaus this brief ex-
- yet reaches from tin,e to eternity,
lose 4 ight Is the sun of righteous
Sunday School teachers of
a at trust is commit
-. aiass:saaliiiiiii.l VI iiiii.lii.s ,s,s,ai.
faHllrs*- sselitfSv Look to it, there
fersIs't - do your duty with pa
II and forhear4nce, that you may
llwilen the last echoes of the trump
oke shall have aroused the dull
cdAsf death, we'll done good and
ia .s>sersant, and that sweeter re-
fra IA as much as you have done
uni least Of these little ones, ~
- ,'ns unto me 81
ember that he who spoke as neves
usa8ss@.se, has said, take heed tlsa
yors pise not nor neglect one of
little.s for say TO you that tRNI
sngelF heaven do always behold the
Ace t. Father who IS III heaven !"
VI lays again, whoever receives
:, 20 sliti!e child on my account re
= hut whoever eusnares one Of
ones that believe on me, il
- ss-- 80. for him that ,nillstone we're
! Syous his neck aud that he were
rcS. in the depths of the sea Be
lreig thcrefsre, for it Is your privilege
e.ss5,ate l<hcm. not only for time but
'i-s En''y. 1t is in your power to IN
llesIe such principles that laisfortunes
IN ncver weaken, nor even crime wholly
'ad'eite from their minds 70 bestow
pom 'hee children an education such as
lall be st home iriond-abroad an in
oduetien-in solitude solace. and in
'cieiy an ornament An education
hieh shall chasten vice itself-guide
rtue, and give at once grace and gov
nmcit to genius Will out this reli-
Gus raining and culture, which it is in
II. Nur privilege to bestow, what in
,ed . nlan but splendid slave, +
aso9 2 savage ?"
Baat is no glittering aud specious
lilosfhy which it is your province to
achl No brilliant and fine spun theor
: of Yoltaire--no sophistical reason
Is Mirabeau or i d Alembert,
,r I the dgeams Of Sweedcnborg
hes Re the airy fabrics OF mid
lmI n;ght's vision, vanish at the
ght ouch Of suffering and afford
; co s,iou when the misty shadows
'~.ssf feess velof' q ll.sss = TIT
ignAch theories-s1ch systems
ich ins be compared 70 the gentle
40 teachings OF Christianity, as
le & scent meteor of night. to the
le i steady luminary Of Day.
In'E FL Of these phantoms Of mysti-
sm, Use dreams Of enthusiasm-these
I'D auctions of logic it is your duty
set.elore the minds of these child
n 4 superlatiye excellence OF the
Ans5n svstem-to show them the sur
SSH loyeliucss Of the character Of the
Pnns of the House OF David, aud to
partto them the simple yet wondrous
rratse Of Jesus-the Nazarine. Teach
EN- tast though other characters have
sen fourished and fallen-other con
erorsLaye shaken the world with the
nult Of their triumphs, aud dazzied
lmagiuations of meu with the splen-
OF their achievements and the ra-
iity OF their careers; yet that none
5 Pmpare with the rising OF that
lstrI Is One, whose birth was herald
ups tJudea's plains by the harps OF
aveki for he not only shed a light
on Z. succeeding ages-he net only
lquted the hsarts, and raised the
len g5pes of man-he not only carried
II lhe king of terrors and the sins
- .nity; but he triumphed over the
P self, aud achieved revolution ia
nature, dignity and destiny OF
The plendor of his victories casts a
lde pom the exploits of every otheA
lqu..or; for without sword he re- =
ion led the world, and beheid the
ions thereof kneeling at his feet.
f Gam asked by what means did II
lies 50 grand revolution shaS
'ite u to tue judgment seat of PLATE,
{ :. lsIssSescourge was so unmercifully
7 ! ~ shall point you to bleeding
B,Ssfffced by crown of thorns-l
ii you to 70 to the summit OF the
msps calvary-to the sepulchre oI
80 Arimathea--th tomb OF the
APedeemer, and 70 the mo
sian ;ssesscenes will recit,
lis lovc-which is the his.
the redemption of man.
"a, therefore, my fellow teachers
4 Gconstant study to impress these
Ion the minds OF those under
- Fix their eyes steadily upor
yes greatest conqueror. who was
j; i; sh-eekest of men. Teach then
= REASONS of love and forbearany5
Sbeautifully illustrated in his lite
,rifed in his death Chill no
-sssung hearts with the terrors~ o
fh he conquered, but rather els.
Z - ~ the gloiies OF that life which
= ltlle faithful soldiers of Prince
I, "a. 'ial
'efS them of the brightness and beaut,
tbss heavenly Eden, rather than of th'
as~ horror of the dismal Gehenna
yr.sS ~l0,.a rsfhar than ia feal