The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-08

A'SA'SA es 'AAooA fAOA " pPoANGAiAAt.
"Whosoever occupies station
Of moral influence, a station where
his labor lies among the most per-
ilous materials with which man
can intermeddle, tho affections, tho
dispositions, the wills Of other peo-
pie, must have amazing selfreli.
ahoe, or a deplorable callousness,
if he is not frequently crushed
down by the solemnity Of his po-
sition."
"When man''comes to front tho ever
lasting God, and look the splendor
Of His Judgments in the f,co, per-
sonal integrity, the dream Of spot
lessness and innocence, vanish into
thin air: your dccencies, and your
church -goings, and your regulari-
ties, and your attachment to q
correct school and party, your Cos
pei formulas Of sound doctrine.-
what is all that in front Of the
blaze Of the wrath to como2
And scopticism, too, how philo-
sophical soever, and how manly it
may appear, will it rock the con
science with an everlasting lula
by? Will it make, with all it's rea-
sonings, tho tooth Of tho worm
less sharp, and the fire less fierce
that shoulders inwardly? Let
but the plain, true man speak.
We ask from him no rhetoric. We
require no elogucnce. Let him
but say in his earnestnoss, Repent,
or wrath to come and then what
has infidelity to fall back upon ?
There is rest nowhere in this
world except in Christ, the mani
tested Love Of God. Trust in ex-
cellcnce, and tho botter you be-
come, tho kecner is tho feeling Of
deficiency. Wrap up all in doubt,
| and there is stern voice that will
thunder at last out Of tho wilder
ness upon your dream.
a heart renewed, loving heart,
q pcnitcnt and humble heart, q
heart broken and contrito, purified
hy lovc,--that, and only that, is
tho rest Of man. Spotlessncss
may do for neutrality-suspicious.
unto lirc is the highest that be-
longs to man."
"I.ikc the Caspian Sea, which
has some unseen way Of diSposing
Of It's waters, 80 that whatever,
rains come down, and whatever
rivors flow in, it's great gulf never
fills, and never rill runs out from
it again, so thore is q greedy, all
devouring selfishness which, what
ever rivers Of pleasure flow into it.,
and whatever mighty bursts of hoa.
ven-descended bounty exhaust their
fullness over it, always contrives
to dispose Of tho whole in tho cav
erns and subtorraneous passages
Of it's capacious egotism--the vast
mare internum of self--without ono
drop ovcrfowing in kindnoss to
man, or gratitude to God"
"rhis is great principle, and
not TO be lost sight of--tho weak
ness Of oppression, the terrible
strength OF tho oppressed. I do
not allndn to the elasticity Of the
human heart, though that is very
great, and is apt sooner or later,
to hcave off dcspotisms and every
sort Of incubus. | do not so much
alludo to that; for, elastic though
it is, it sometimes has been crushed.
But I allutlc to that all.inspecting
and ll-adjusting powor which con
trolls tho affairs Of mon for on tho
side of the oppressed is Omnipo-
tencc, and the most deathloss Of
foes is q victim" >" '..H ...r ..
"Much as you have hoard OF
glutted markets and q redundant
population, you will find that there
is yet no surplus of tradesmen, or
servants, or scholars, who with OK
altcd piety combine professional
excellence. Large as is tho accumu-
lation Of people who through mis-
conduct have broken down, or ho
through indolent modiocrity nev-
or get on, you will find no glut of
talented good ness, or Of intelli-
gence in union with principle.
You will find that there is now
enough for all who aro really able
TO servo their generation"
"While you always feel that
whenever thcro is admiration of
tho great and good thcre is tho
germ Of principle, tho possibility
OF cminont excellence so, bo
it tho homcly peasant or tho viii
ago patriarch, be it tho philoso-
pher, always pausing before he
uttered the Name Supreme, or
lsrael's law-givor putting his shoes
from off his )feot on Horeb's
holy ground, you. always feel that
to realize heavens majesty is It,