The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-11-19
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For tie anderson bsteliqencer-
Truth.
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For tie anderson hstetkgencer- - :,
Truth.
Truth is ofxbes,stmbsSl lnapaar ataacs 70 all ra-
sional beings, Is liz Iorhs THE source of our
knowledge, the foundation of all social inter s
course; the ground of our present comfort and
N6re prospects gthegbssigq all thef views we
sean tsEe' If ths divine fcharacter and opera
tions and Of AL ep5 prospects SO Of Fl future i'm
proyement in the eternal world. 1t isthe bond
of union among all the inhabitants of heaven; !;
.3eIIGAEaasin 5aicb eophsse the1Whole netat
universe, and it constitutes the immutable
basis on which rests the throne Of the Eternal |.
Trat1 lss sioIssed iu q thousahd different ways
It is violated III thoughts, in words in conser.
sation, in oral discourses by gestures, by signs,
By speaking and by. remaining silent. TITS
yiolahelhinl reference the, character OF our
neighbor when w9 invent tales of falsehood
,.rsspssths -aiM -Ghen- 2ellisted with pleasure
to such tales when told by others whom We stt
mute, and refuse to yylnndicate ii, character
when 1t is nniastlx spetssd + is violated IN IN
promises-when we promise, either what we
have no. intention Of performing, or what we
had no light to promise, or what would be un-
lawful for usytoa 8 sAseusss = Il IS Is violated II
threatenings, when we neglect to put them In
exc EXECUTION fi violatedin history, when the
r,prineipaI facts are1blended with doubtful or
fictitious circumstances.9 . It is violated by men
of scienes,9heE they givean inacpurate state
mkuE ossthee results. of their obsefvatiohs and
experiments. It is violated by persons in every
department Of fife, not only when they utter
what sthe5. kaowsto be false, but-when they
proleaas ,fa M declare Ehs whole truth, and keep
bacE bassSfsA with-ans intentionsto deceive,
ssta sliss q { proposition that is
literally true, in order to convey falsehood.
Truth is violated in relation God, when we
conceal frem those,whom we are bound to in
4sraSctks the grahdstr 4ad fmmen&tg of IBIS
works, and the displays of divine intelligence
and skill which are exhibited in his visible
operations. Ever since that moment when
ssthe father of lies" deceived the first humari
pair, how many thousands of liars have trods
den in his footsteps and what ahost of false.
hoods have followed in their train (which have
destroyed, the. harmony of the moral system,
and robbM}A World Sf hsppiness asnd ieposs!
Of how much Importance is it, then, than
an inyiolable attachment to truth, in its
minutest ramifcation, be early impressed upon
the minds oEEhe young, by2perspAsibR by pre-
cept, by example, and bya vivid representation
of its importance, and Of its inestimable bene-
fits :5andhok sarsfulfsho1d ge be 10 preserve.
them sftoh AN Incentives to- the practice'of
lying and especially from the company. Of
those "whose mouth speaketh vanity; and their
night hand is right hand of falsehood''
Were falsehQod universally deteStsd, and the
single hlsehood never more to be-uttered by
,suy, inhabitast- Of this: globe, what mighty.
/. Shahge wodlf Be effected Id the condition of
.SnaHfhd, and Dhagagiprols radiance wonld
be diffused over all The movements of the in
telligent system! The whole host of liars,
slanderew, state.bearers, false friends, and
hypeckitss, with the countless multifudel of
frahGds, iimpositions faisehoods and distresses
would in
staptly disappear from i. among men; en- The
of ignorance, error and fperplexfty produced
by sceptics and deceivers, which have SO long
ehveloped the human mind, would difuse
lustre and D .cheerfulpess on the face of the
moral wofid-hke the mild radiance of the
-, morning. after, a. dark and tempestuous night.
On such a world the God of heaven would
look down with complacency, and his provi-
sdentiai care would be exercised in averting
those physical evils which now increase the
moral wretchedness of mankind. His eye
would be continually on them for good, and
his ear would be ever open to their requests.
Then that glorious scene presented to the view
oftHe,Apcstle John would be fully realized
aBehold the Tabernacle Of God is with men,
and he will dwell with them; and they shall
Ia hs .people, and God himself shall be with
them, and be their God. And God shall wipe
away, all teafs from their, eyes, and there shall
| be 10 anDh cufsg neither sorrow nor, crying,
. neither ShaH there be any more pain; for the
former things have passed away" To sucha
world celestial messengers would rejoice to
wing their downward fight on messages of
love- Their visits, which have been "few and
sfart etyeenG r and which have been long inter
sYupted by the malevQlence of men, would be
xaain RESULTED; and those "morning stars"
2 ahaE ShoGteI sffor Joy when this fair creation
AROSE. into existence, would be 6led With nnut-
ersbls delight when 'thsy behold moral order
jctStofsa, and the1sfnlesc0f universal loveii,ra-
: dating the inhabitants of our globe, and would
shout even With more eestatic joy than they
q ala before, "GIofy be TO God in the highest,
1peaea oul earth, and good will among men,"
;, Divine, truth irradiating every, mind, and ac-
icoohipaHied with the emanations. OF heavenly
,1gSve, would dispel the gloom which now hangs
.,eger many sincere and spious, minds; would
unite man to man, and man to God and the
Inhabitants Of this world freed from every
doubt, error and perplexity, would move for,
ward-in hssmony and peace, and the general
ASSEMBLE of the spirits Of just men made per-
feet, whose names are written in heaven.
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Correct principles Of political economy de-
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ofdertHaf people be prosperous. Practical