The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-07-03

territories. would ask them what
they believed. n they said they he-
lieved anything, think that thlng
might be shown io he lull of diiiicui-
ties, and liable to infinitely greater ob-
lectious than the system they opposed
and they more credul0us and unreal
sonable for believing il. II they said
they believed nothing, you could not
To be sure, have anything further To
say Ia them ln that ease they would
he insane, or. at best, lily qualified To
teach other, what they ought to be-
iieve or dishelicvc.
"lndeed have been living iu "A
world without soul, until my heart is
a. dry as a chip and as cold as a dog q
nose
go ii appears to me most wonder
ful. that any man, hcliesngin the old
Testament, can reject the New, aud ii
is perhaps not the least conclusive Of
the proofs of that authenticity of the
latter, that the Jews, admitting a. it
were the promises, should bindly re-
ject the inevitable conclusions"
"My manner is spontaneous, low
ing like my matter from the impulse
of the moment, and when J do nol feel
strongly, can not speak io any pur-
pose.
"Loui,iana is not my country. ]
respect ~ much the opinions of the
people of London as OF The Western
States
when your letter arrived ! was go
all the horrors of what i, Nulgarly
called, Blue Devils. 'n
81 can sustain with composure and
even with Indifference the rancorous
hatred ofthe numerous enemies, whom
II has been my lot 90 make in the
course OF my unprosperous life, but ]
have not yet -teeled myself 10 endure
the contemptuou- pity of those noble
and high-minded men, whom ] glory
to call my friends, and / am OH too
bad terms with the world to encoun-
ter my own self-disrespecl.'
"What member of the Confederacy
has sacrificed more on the altarof pub
lie good than Virginia? Whence did
the general government divide its
lands beyond the ohio, then and now
almost the only source of revenue
From one grant a grant So curiousiy
worded, and 10y our present Palinurus
too, ~ To- except ourselves. by lbs limi-
tati0ns, from the common benefit By
It's conditions it was forbidden ground
to H., aud thereby the foundation was
laid of incurable luminosity and diVis-
ion between the STATES on each side OF
that great natural boundary, the river
Ohio"
81 am not one of the whining set of
people who cry out against mine ad-
yersary for the force Of Ibis blow
Milking in the business Of the world
/ find highly injurious to me can
not repress the feelings which the con-
duet of our fellow-men too often cx-
listed, yet ! hate nobody. and have
endeayOred To forgive all who have
done me any injury, n ! have asked
forgiveness Of those whom ! may have
wronged, in thought or deed IL ] /
could have my way would retire to
some retreat, far from The strife of the
world, and pass the remainder of my |
days in meditation and prayer, and |
yet this would be a life of ignoble Sc
curity.n
"Implicitly, then, viii throw my |
self upon Ills mercy-'Not my will, |
but Thine be done, Lord be merciful |
to me a sinner Help, Lord, or per
ish. And now, my friend, if after
these glimpses Of the right, shut my
eyes and harden my heart, which now
Is n melted wax, if should be en-
ticed back To the herd, and lose all
recollection Of my wounds, how much
deeper my guilt than his whose heart
has never been touched by the sense
Of his perishing, undone condition
This has rushed upon my mind when
! have thought Of partaking of the
Lords Supper. After binding myself
BY that sacred rite, should passion
overcome me, should ! be induced 10
orget in some unhappy hour that holy
shudder to think of IL.
"My dear sir, there is or there is not
better world. IL there is, rs
sc all believe, what Is it but madness
O be absorbed i'm the cares Of a clay
'uilt howell, held at will, unmindful
e the rich inheritance Of an imperish-
be palace, of which we are immortal
leirs? We acknowledge these things
With our lips, but not with our hearts.
We lack faith"
1.-The only man ! ever knew well,
yer approached closely whom did
ot discover TO be unhappy, are sin
ere believers of the Gospel, aud con-
Dm their lives, as far rs the nature of
lan can permit, TO it, precepts There
re only three of them"
81 am no disciple of Calvin or Wes-
", but ! feel the necessity Of a
hanged nature, Of new life, of AN
TERED heart. feelmy rebelious and
unborn nature to be sOfiened, and
nat II is essential 10 my comfort here,
5 well a. To my future welfare, 10 -
lllivate and cherish feelings Of good '
III towards all mankind, TO strive
sainst envy, malice and all unchari- Ia
Ibleness. think have succeeded ~
forgiving all my enemies There is nj