Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1874-11-07

FIR unma-king and >aliri-ing the f.
- or vices or crimes of the a-c
We can 30 more condemn all nnve!<
therefore, AN we can Condemn al
hu, X that are unl novels \ hin!
ma, br a. valuable on Il page uf fr
iiun. when true to nature. as whrl
furnished on til" historic. p;..r ~ Iru,
in fact. The lrS-on- taught in ih,
parallels Of Jesus are a. valuable a. i
they bad been r,'nrryrd in hnni.y
and Il great deal more plca>an, t'
> study.
But it is no, The chief end nf read
ing Ia CRAFTY the inaginaiinn u,
please the.iancy. novel reading mus
hold a >uAordiharc place. A. liter
arv rccr"u'i"u, a a pleasant change
fron, severe mental ruil. IL ii pleasant
and not useless way m spending all
odd hour not "thrrwiSc devoted, as Il
pleasant treat [" an uvtria-kcd stu
dent car relief To a 'mmbid stare ui
mind. il NAV he desirable occasionally
Ia read "A good novel Bat hen his
bccon'rs the chief o jrct IF attention
il ab-urbs tiuc from more valuable.
purposes, cnrrvaies the urn'al pow
rro, uuti;S for severe study. and emas-
culaics the whole intellectual and
mora! nature.
The waverly novels are. in judg-
ment "f competent critics. much bet
Ter aud every frtpr from objection
ihan most works # fiction. About
once ii wear. it NAV he. one of ,bp
Waver'ey novels uayhe read by al
most anvhnhy for tho. benefit nf meat
al rrrrralion But To have novels w.
ing about the house Ia 10" read by chill
drcd at will is about ~ had a. hav-
ing whisky abour the house to he
damk hy them AT will-esprciallv
. such trashy books as most novels are.
As to The proportion nf ri,ue 10 bc al
lorIcd 10 novel reading. we know noIh-
Ing better than :h- hint in. Paul'< ad-
vice To Tinio,by about VINE. Take n
little" .ju-: little"
We do not AS We have alread, said
SEEK to lgnure his Species of iirera.
lure. /, il. indeed, sprc"d over too
wide space. and too powerful for good
or evil to br passed lv unn"iice but
our great ain. in drawing attention To
il, l. to tone down The habit If novel
reading Ia it, pr per lace and USE in
'ur pursuit af er knowledge to rnkin-
die a desire for general infnr.nalinu.tn
e, cOu age more bral!hy and manly
habl,> uf thought not to bring down
the literature nf he age t" The taste
80 hc iud"lrri and careless hui Ia en-
courage them To learn wi-do although
i' be moi told in a story. aud To study
history and science without The help
OF spa king pers,.Hnge ar perpetual
str kes of vii. 10 invite men to walk
in the fields of Ibnnght, to urge them
I" a thorough acquaintance with :hr
laws and properties of things in The
material world through oiIr best wri-
terN aud t" certain Knowledge uf
spiritual things through the or
;rleS # Hravcn. to make lhrim note
the harmony. that exists between
things spiritual and material.
Religion or christianity stands out.
il is true, in direc' opposition to all
evil ir every form and degree; but i,
heats in perfect unison with The rsiab-
li>hrd order If things. Hence. the
line Of argument pursued by ChaI-
'ncr>, aS follows There appears to
BE- n"Ihiny in The progress of religion
which is ar allralculared to level the
gradationS If human ranks. ur to do
away the Distinctions of human snci-
ETY.. Not to annihila'e poverty for i,
is said "f'he p"or that they >halI be
with Us always no, tn bring down
from their r,nirtnce The authorities of
the land, for there is positively moth
ing in the Bible tha can lead u to
infer Thar even under III. peace and
righteousness Of milrnniaI age
there will no, he Kings aud Queen,
upon the earth and certain Is it that
they will he the instruments of help
ing forward this great moral cnn>urn-
maIiun-ih- former being the nursing
fat hers. and the latter the nursing
mothers u' il.r Church.
The same mode of reasoning, as To
the unison uf religion or christianity
with the distinctions of sriety. l.
equally conclusive as to all other
things throu2 hout the spiritual, moral,
aud material universe. MANY, both
a nong divines and philosophers. do
ignoran,lv seek to divorce religion or
christianity from philosophy or sci
ence. as if they were standing to each
other in the attitude Of irreconci!able