The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-03-05
The dark atlircd Culdcc.

made classic grounds OF caves unt
Glens and scn,gilt isles, and tunoc
tho masters Tyre in song Of scraph
ic fire, must Nrs, and ice when
time shall bo no moro.
Whata priceless legacy, then, has
been bcQueathcu to us by an hon.
ored ancestry! IHc Murch Of Goo
IN p'rpctu'ty-not simply accord
ing I" tho teachings OF Wcstminis
tor and Geneva, but Of tho Bible
itself How shall we cherish 1T
How can wc, under God, bcs,
transmit it from sire to sou. that
unborn generations may yet arise
and call us blessed, as we do oul
fathers this day?
"llis testimony and his law
In Israel he did place,
And charged our fathers it to ",nw
10 their succeeding race:
"Ihat 40 the race which was to come,
Might well them learn and know;
And sons unborn, who should arise,
Might TO their sons them show;
"That they nigh, set their hope in God,
And suiier not to fall
His mighty works out of their mind,
but keep his prcccpts ALL"
Having now traced the way in
which the Lord our God has led us
and our fathers for these hundred
years. and cXhortcd you to graft.
t'l1c: steadtaStncsS and fdeiity, 1 can
not better close my remarks, than
by quoting Il few stanzas from the
beautiful ode Of Mrs. J. l.. GRAY,
written for the Bi-ccnlcnary ccle-
bration Of the illustrious West.
minister Assembly Of Divincs,
simply changing tho word "t'co'
into one, TO adapt it to our situa.
tion:
"0nc hundred wears, one hundred years
our bark DER hillowy seas,
Has onward kept her steady course, thro
hurricane nnd breeze;
Her Captain was the Mighty One, she
brarcd the stormy foe,
And still he guides, who guided her, ono
hundred years ago.
ller chart WAS Gods unerring word, By
Which her course to steer,
Her hclmsman WAS the risen Lord, helper
ever nrar-
Though many n beautcous boat has sunk
the treachcrouS waves below,
Yet ours is sound as she was built, ono
hundred years ago.
When first our gallant ship was launched
although her hands were few,
Yet dauntless wns each bosom found; nnt
every heart was tue
And still, though in her mighty hull, un
numbered boSoms glow,
Her crew is faithful as it was one hupdre,
years ago.
For onward rides our gallant bark, with al
her canvass set,
In many nation still unknown, to plant
her standard yet;
Her flag shall n)at where'er the breeze ol
freedoms breath shall blow,
And millions bless the boat thut sailed one
hundred years ago.
On Scotia's coast, in days Of yore, she la,
almost n wreck,
Her manmast gone, her rigging torn, the
boardGrs OH the deck
There Cameron, Corgill, Cochran fell
there Rcnwick's blood did flow,
Defending our good vessel built one k(two
hundl cd years ago!
Yet onward still our vessel pressed, an,
weathered out the gale;
She cleared the wreck, aud spliccd the
mast and mcudrl pyprv snil
And swiitcr, staunchet, miShticr far, upon
her cruise did 60
Strong hands and gallant hearts had ahe
one hundred years ago.
True to that guiding star which led tc
lsracrs cradled hope,
Her steady needle pointed yet to Calvary!
bloody top!
les, there che floats, that good old ship
from mast 10 keel below,
Sca.worthy still, rs crst she was, one hun
drcd years ago.
Not unto us. not unto us, be praise o,
glory given.
But unto Him, who watch and ward, hath
kept for her in heaven;
who qucllcd the whirlwind in his wrath
bade tempcStS cease to blow,
That God who launched our vessel forth
one hundred years ago.
Then onward speed thee, brave old Lark
speed onward in thy pride,
Ger sunny seas and pillows dark, Jchoyal
still thy guide,
And sacred be each plank and spar, un.
changed by friend or foe,
just ms she left OLD IRELAND (Westministcr)
one hundred years ago."
a hotly contested lawsuit has JUS
closed in Michigan, which originated
III the fact that two women laid claim
to the same waterfall. We have heard
of women getting into each Others
hair before, but such eases are mo-
usually settled by the courts.
A Beaufort youth slandcrcd two
young girls, who soon after, invited
the unsuspecting innocent to Their
house, when they busted his jacket
with cowhide. Since that day he has
taken his meals from mantcl shelf
~-------.s 90 o. -----------
The house of Mrs. Argin Conder
near Varnsville, in Beaufort County