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

"Whosoever occupies a station
of moral influence, a station where
his labor lies among the most per-
ilous materials with which man
can intermeddle, the affections, the
dispositions, the wills Of other peo-
pie, must have amazing self-reli-
ance, or a deplorable callousness,
if he is not frequently crushed
down by the solemnity of his po-
sition."
"Whenmancomes to front the ever
lasting God, and look the splendor
of His judgments in the face, per-
sonal integrity, the dream of spot
lessness and innocence, vanish into
thin air: your decencies, and your
church-goings, and your regulari-
ties, and your attachment to a
correct school and party, your Cos
pel formulas of sound doctriue,-
What is all that in front of the
blaze of the wrath to come?
And scepticism, too, how philo.
sophical soever, and how manly it
may appear, will it rock the con-
science with an everlasting lula
by? VIII it make, with all its rea-
sonings, the tooth Of the 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 eloquence. Let him
but say in his earnestness, Repent,
or wrath to come and then what
has infdelity to fall back upon?
There is rest nowhere in this
world except in Christ, the mani
tested Love of God. Trust in ex-
cellence, and the better you be-.
come. the keener is the feeling of
deficiency. Wrap up all in doubt,
and there is a stern voice that will
thunder at last. out of the wilder
ness upon your dream.
A heart renewed, a loving heart,
penitent and humble heart, a
heart broken and contrite, purified
by love,-that, and only that, is
the rest Of man. Spotlessness
may do for angels,-Repentence
unto Life is the highest that be-
longs to man."
Like the Caspian Sea, which
has some unseen way Of disposing
of its waters, so that whatever,
rains come down, and whatever
rivers flow in, its great gulf never
fills, and never rill runs out from
it again, so there is.a greedy, all
devouring selfshness which, what
ever rivers Of pleasure flow into it,
and whatever mighty bursts Of hea-
ven-descended bounty exhaust their
fullness over it, always contrlves
to dispose of the whole in the cav
erns and subterraneous passages
of it's capacious egotism-the vast
mare internum Of self-without one
drop overfowing in kindness to
man, or gratitude to God"
"Tbis is a great principle, and
not to be lost sight of-the weak
ness Of oppression, the terrible
strength Of the oppressed. | do
not aliude to the elasticity of the
human heart, though that is very
great, and is apt sooner or later,
to heave off despotisms and every
sort of incubus. 1 do not so much
allude to that; for, elastic though
it is, it sometimes has been crushed.
But l allude to that all.inspecting
and all-adjusting Power which con-
trolls the affairs Of men ; for on the
side of the oppressed is Omnipo-
tence, and the most deathless OF
foes is q victim"
"Much as you have heard OF
glutted markets and q redundant
population, you will find that there
is yet no surplus of tradesmen, or
servants, or scholars, who with ex-
alted piety combine professional
excellence. Largeas is the accumu-
lation of people who through mis-
conduct have broken down, or who
through indolent mediocrity new
or get on, you will find no glut of
talented goodness, or of intelll-
gence in union with principle.
You will find that there is now
enough for all who are really able
TO serve their generation"
awhile you always feel that
whenever there is admiration of
the great and good there is the
germ of principle, the possibility
OF eminent excellence; so, be
it the homcly peasant or the vii
age patriarch, be it the philoso-
pher, always pausing before he
uttered the Name Supreme, or
Israels law-giver putting his shoes
from off his feet on Horeb's
holy ground, you always feel that