The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-08
John Randolph on the hereafter.


"D'd YOU ever read Hi.hop Euler',
Annlogy. lfnot, will send i T. yaii.
Have YOU rcld the book What >aN
on thi- suhlcct | not only hcli,-ye bu;
know II BE true. tlgtt The B.blc. studied
viii a humble and contrtf heart. u,s ti.
failed /, do il, work, even with these
Nho, fs,m idios syncracy or d>orI,red
minds. have conceived that they were
ut on from its promises oi the life t.
come.
Asl. ard We shall receive seek.
and sc shall ind knock and il shall
hc ol encd un' % YOU This vas NY
only support and STAY dui ing wears ~
misery and darkness Aud iu,t a.
had begun 10 despair atl.r more lha
ten years IF penltcncc and prayer. d
pleased God t. enable me 10 s,e th,
truth, to which. till then, my eyes had
hccu sealed To this vouchs statement
atvc. indeed. made the most uGgrateiul
returns. But would not give up my
slender portion OF the price paid for uur
redemption my brother. our re-
lcmptIon, the ransom OF sinners. of All
Who 10 not hug their chains aud refuse
tp come out of The house of bondage
say would not exchange my httle por-
ton and interest in the son Of David iot
All The power and glory OF the parthian
and 10 nan Empires a. described by
Milton in The temptation Of our Saviour
not ior all with which the cncu,
tcmpte the Saviour of men.
This is the secret of the change OF
MY spirits which all who know me must
htve observed within a few years past
/ g.
| trite cnireaty that the tremendous 81 y
/ ricc nn Calvary might not have been
! IN vain for me, the chicfcst of sinners,
lit pleased God to speak his peace 10 my
! heart that peace of God which passctl
all understanding to them that know il
! not, and even to them that do. AMI
! though | have now. as then, to rcpraacll
myself with time misspent and iaculti :
misemployed, though my condition las
on more than one occasion resemblod
that of him who. having one evil spiril
cast out, was tax n possession OF by
seven other spirits more wicked than
the first, and with them the first also,
yet trust that they too hy the power
lni mercy OF God may be If thcy are
not alrea ly vanqu;ohe !.
The existence Of atheism ha> been
lenied; but ! was IN honest ont.
I Hume began, Hobbies finished me.
read Spinoza aud AL the tribe. Surely
[ fell hy no i.nobe hand. An thc
very man who rave me IIumc's Essays
III Human Nature TO read adnllty,
Beattie on Truth as the antldotc
Venice treaclc against arsenic aud lh,
essential oil Of bitter almonds, or q
read aud milk poulticc for the bite oi
the cobra capcllo.
Had remained successful pollt
cal leader | might never lave hocu
christian. But it pleased God that n
pride should be mort fled that lN
death and desertion | should lose my
friends; and that -. The dc Ith /"
Tudor finished my humiliation. | l.a,
tried all things but the refuge III Christ-
nd to that, with parental stripes, wa
driven.
Throw revelation aside AMI can
drive auy man. by irresistible Induction.
to atheism. John Marshall could mo-
resist me. Wien | say any man,
mean any man capable Of logical ans
consequential reasoning. Deism j. til,
refuge OF those who etartle at atheism
aud can not believe revelation. II -
and myself (may God have forgiven u
botD used, with Diderot 4 Co, /,
laugh at the deistical bigots who mus
have milk, not being able 10 di-cs
meat.
But enough, and more than enough
can scarcely guide my pen VIII
however adj that no lGkcwarm >eckei
ever became a real Christian; for iron
| I, Il pf In',,, La.
the KIN ,iom Of heaven sutlcrcth vlo
lencc' read that tive hundred time.
before had the slightest conception o
It's true application