Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-11-19
. a. NY.
Proper Use Of the Bible.

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Proper Use of the Bible.
oAgreat many people think that the Bible
il u very sacred book. will tell ybf now it
! is u sacred book. If you read this book, and
find 4vfnl Qualities D it. aud they Sre trims
5 fSrred as living virtues to,yiu, tRcRto yoa it
becomes u sacred book. This buck is sacrcd
to you just 81 fir as its teachings are incorpo
.rated in your experience and feeling, and not
abit'turther! Ailthat purt Of the A}iblois Bi.
ble to you which you live by. So much Of
theN Biblo as you vitalize(iS yalusbIe to you !;
bntIsb. .,6uch of titus you % dot svitbli4e is Of
no use to you You put your Biblee il / your
bookcase. There It stands all the week per.
haps. Or you read it once day. Or oace a
week. AS the c'sc nlny be Aud you do it
very decdriousIy Tho room is still. and your
children sits around the room III II stiff row.
You put on y"ur, sp1ctacesand 'rsads and as
you read, you lower the key Of your voice.,
for when mon want to- be religious they al.
ways tike q solemn note; aid you read all
tho way through the chapter and are ike
+, blind man walking along the road where there
are all sorts of flowers on b.,th sides, never
seeing one Men read things and feel great
deal better becnuse. they haye read the Bible
to their family! Nnw tell you, the only
thing ys'u read ia the fsi6lctI that which
jumps. into. ynn: ana whihh YOU icannot get
out Of You. is the vital luminous plrt,
and mt the dead letter that you read. Il YOU
read any part Of the Bible. Suppose should
set up housekeeping III the same principles
that some pcnple set up their religious house.
keeping? A man g es to housekeeping, and
gets Bible, with his name on the inside, and
his name on the outside, am} puts it on tho
table. IN his best ronu and there it lies for
months and years without bring opened = un.
less there Is death in the family. Suppose
Ashouid g, to housekeeping, and should give.
an order I" the grocer tor three boxes of
sperm ca"d'ss, s,ying, Il a'n goiny To have n
luminous house, and should put those c,ncilcs
away in the attic, aud never liyht on,c of
tEep What iS the use of candIes but to
burn? That is tho very figure of our Mas
ter. )! lie says, M man puts cnndle under
a bushel, but he lights it On candlestick
Beecher.
'',(wpSx S$rroxn DpLAv.AA ,dde.jjkS man,
WIS boy. When asked how he got his rich
es. ne said My f,ther taught ne never to
!p' y,rl my w"rk WIS ,GDished. and never to
sle'l my money till I had carned it. Ifk
had hut an hours work, in II day must do
that the first thing. and in an hour after this
was allowed ,to, play; aud thep u cepld inlay
'with much mhre pleasure' than af 1 had The
th"uslt Of an all unfinished task before .my
mind | early formed tho habit of ding
everything IN time. AMI it soon became easy
to DO So 1t is to this L. oweI,ny pr6spirity."
Let every one who reads this do likewise.
The Shaster, or IIipdoo Bible, forbi.is
woM IN to see d.nciDg. heur' music, wear lew.
e.s, bincken her eyebrows. eat ID .i,ty fond, 81,
a window, or view herself in a mirror du
r'ng the absence OF her husband; and it al
lows him to divorce her if she has no sons
Injuries hislprqperty scoll him, quarr.ls With
. other woman, or preSumes IT, eat before be |
b II finished his moal III
y lFyou are n wise man, you will treat the,
world as themoon treats il. Shnw 10 only one
side of yourself, seldom show yourself much
at time, and 'lct what, yoh show bo ca,m
o"o and polished; d. y} Bqt look s3st Ps every side
A GREEN OLD Aag--Theroai. i.an old lal,
n tn'' n,ilIrv, (s'yt tre. III IN cock, Gr,
Jo.rnal'( sid Il lie lO3S years. t,fhvo, who il
~ nhle to w,rk in her garden and farm.
Ansshbhr ealled to SEQ Mar 'oheEIay tho past
spring and found her "spr 'atingp IN the,
leaw ground WHICH herself ahd Noiiiiireu, the
'ldsst Of won ii hbs'S) I'd years Of age
nd re 'sntly clsuad ''r cpts ~ ,tch. The,
I'D !advis 1iita Iiv.Iy, ON SO, very vil9 WE'LL and
''a'a' ''ah h'' 9y.|'1o !gas ocrA '0'o degree.
"A GARRETT BAqa'Ea's aoTLpauY~-" WeiG1
things, ,hays geIhs ~; pwt tyre is no truT sting
'oyeoaJ1 N"ya The hes qlllefI aaSsy u Ksh into
house and there's neyortayduiI az hShe. II,
y9cs into the first s'tafy,had' oaas lieap of
in> things y spoons. qiathsTea,pdalinIhoL
EN- in,o hnudle md paty iein convenient tud
larry. THEN | goes up Aetts atpit@ppetion
to around u b t,nnd come down and Rnds
Sc &C. ia ssys .sss e.j I isS ssss I'd x;tI
t.h Wells tliatis t0nfodSa0i, dishonest. ~
IL getting too mean Cor anyt ling now.