Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-07-28
All Indictment.

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of tho wine cup.
He has taken tho lustrc from the eye and
made it dim and bloodshot
lie has taken beauty and comclness from
tho face, and left it i'll shaped and bloated.
Ilo has taken strength from tho limbs and
made them weak aud tottering.
He has taken firmness and elasticity from
the steps, aud made them fnltering and
treachcrous.
He has taken vigor from the arm and LETT
flabbiness and weakness.
lie has taken vitality from the blood and
filled it with poison and seeds G. disease aud
death.
lie has transformed this body, fcarfully
and wonderfully aud majcstically made, Gods
masterpiece of animal mechanism, into vile
loathsome, Sinking mass of humanity
He has entered the bran-the tomple of
thought dethroncd reason, and made it red
with folly.
He has taken the beam of intelligence from
the eye, and exchanged for it the stupid stare
of idiocy aud dulncss.
He has taken the impress Of cunobed man
hood from off the face and left the marks of
sensibility and brutishncss.
He has bribcd the tongue to utter madness
and cursing
lie has turned the lips to songs of ribadry
and rcvelling.
lie has taken cunning from the hands,
and turned them from deeds Of usefulness to
become instruments of brutality aud mur
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lie has 5rokcn the ties of friendship and
planted the seed Of emmity
lie has made kind, indulgcnt father
| brute, n tyrant, murderer.
! He has transformed the loving mother into
a very fend Of british incarnation.
Ae has made the obedicnt and aifcctionatc
sons and daughters the breakers of hearts and
the destroycrs of homes.
| He has taken luxures from off the table, and
conepllcd men to cry on account of famine
and beg for bread.
He has stripped backs Of their broadr'oth
and silk, and clothed them in RAGS
lie has stolen mems palaces, and given
them wretched novels in exchange.
| He has taken away acres and given not
even decent burial place in death.
| He has filled our srects and by.ways with viu
loncc and lawlcsSncss
He has complicated our laws and crowded
our courts.
ries aud house of correction
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poor houses.
lie has straitcncd lis for room in our insane
asylum.
| lie has filled our world with tears and
groans, with the poor and helpless, with
wretchedness and want.
He has punished Christ from the heart and
erected hell.
These are tho counts of our Indictment -
Let the world judge of the truth
THE GOLDEN PENNIEs.-A little hoy who
had plenty of pennies, dropped one into ,hc
missionary box, laughing as he did So He
had no thought in his heart about Jesus, the
heather or the missionary. His was tin
penny. 1t was as light as a scrap of tin.
Another boy put penny in, and as he did
so, lookcu around with sclfapplauding gaze,
us if he had done some great thing. His
was brass penny 1t was not the gift of a
slowly heart" but a proud spirit.
"A third boy gave penny, saying to him.
SELF 81 suppose must because all the others
do . That was an iron penny. 1t was the
gift of a cold hard heart
AS the fourth boy dropped his penny in the
box he shed a tear, and his heart said, "Poor
hcathens Pm sorry they are so poor, so ig.
norant, and so miserable" That was silver
penny. 1t was the gift Of heart full of
pity
But there was one scholar who gave his
penny with throbbing heart saying to lin.
self, Ger thy sake, o loving Jesus, give
this penny, hoping that the poor hcathen
whom thou lowest, will believe in thee, and
become thy disciples" That was a golden
penny, because j; was the gift Of love
How many of our read RS give golden
pennies.
G1- Josh Billings says: "NIost emmy
man will concecd that it looks foolish to SEQ q
boy drag heavy sled up Hill for the fleetin'
pleshurs of ridin' down again but it appears
to me the boy is a sage beside of tho young
man who works hard all the week, and drinks
his wages on Saturday night"
GE The Alabama darkies are holding
political meetings at which mo white man
is allowed to attend" They say they intend
to have their own way this year, and that tho
"earpet.bagger or scslawag who interrupts
them will 60 way with flea in his ear"
- 1t is stated that the fierecst of tho moh
in New York were the women, that the first
shooting was done by woman, and that every
where in tho vicinity Of tho riots could be
seen tn women cheering on the riotors.
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