Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-03-28
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LIGHTHOUSES FROM HISTORY
Examples of Human Virtue That Have


time will be published a series Of au-
thenticated extracts dealing with his
torical examples Of the good and bad
in human nature, mostly good; but all
furnishing an admirable chart of con-
duct to be emulated or avoided:
CONSCIENCE.
Sentiments.
Most men are afraid Of bad
name, but few fear their conscience.
The severest punishment Of an in
jury is the consciousness of having
done 1t; and no man suffers more
than he that Is turned over to the
pain Of repentance. ....
If a man cannot find ease within
himself, it is to little purpose to seek
1t anywhere else.
No man ever offended his own con-
science. but first or last, it was re-
venged upon him.
Even you yourself, to your own
breast, shall tell your crimes; and
your own conscience be your hell.
Examples.
The caliph Montaser having caused
his father to be put to death, some
time after, looking over the rich fur
niture in the palace, and causing
several pieces Of tapestry to be open
ed before him, that he might ex-
anime them more exactly; among the
rest, he met with one which had in
1t the figure Of very beautiful young
man, mounted on a Persian horse,
with diadem on his head. and cir
Gle Of Persian characters round him.
self and his horse. The caliph, charm
ed with the beauty Of the tapestry,
sent for a Persian who understood the
ancient Persic, and desired him to
explain that inscription. The man
read 1t, changed color. and after some
hesitation, told the caliph it was a
Persic song, and had nothing in it
worth reading. The prince, however,
would not be put off; he readily per-
ceived there was something In 1t ex-
traordinary; and therefore, he COM
manded the interpreter to give him the
true sense thereof Immediately, as he
valued his own safety. The man then
am Siroes, the son Of Chosroes, who
slew my father to gain his crown,
which I kept but six months. This af-
fected the caliph Montaser so much,
that he died in two or three days,
when he had reigned about the same
space of time. This story is perfect
ly we'll attested.-Univ. Hist. vol. xi.
p. 1877.
A jeweler, a man Of good character
and considerable wealth, having occa-
sion in the way of his business to
travel at some distance from the place
If his abode, took along with him a
servant, in order to take care Of his
portmanteau. He had with him some
Of his best jewels, and large sum of
money to which his servant was
likewise privy. The master having
occasion to dismount on the road, the
servant, watching his opportunity.
took a pistol from his masters saddle,
and shot him dead on the spot; then
rifled him Of his jewels and money,
and hanging large stone to his neck,
he threw him into the nearest canal.
With this booty he made off to a dis
tant part Of the country, where he had
reason to believe that neither he nor
his master were known. There he be-
gan to trade in very low way at
first, that his obscurity might screen
him from observation, and in the
course of a good many years, seemed
to rise by the natural progress OF bus
mess into wealth and consideration;
so that his good fortune appeared at
once the effect and reward Of indus
try and virtue. OF these he counter
feited the appearance so we'll, that he
grew into great credit, married into
q good family, and by laying out his
sudden stores discreetly, as he saw oc-
casion, and joining to all an universal
affability, he was admitted to share
Of the government Of the town, and
rose from one post to another, till at
length he was chosen chief magis-
trate. In this office he maintained a
fair character, and continued to fill 1t
with no small applause, both as gov
ernor and Judge; till one day as he
sat on the bench with some Of his
brethren, a criminal was brought be-
fore him, who was accused of muir
dering his master. The evidence came
out full, the jury brought in their
and the whole assembly waited the
sentence of the president Of the court
(Which he happened to be that day.
with great suspense. Meanwhile, he
appeared to be in unusual disorder
and agitation of mind; his color
changed often: at length he arose
from his seat, and coming down from
the bench, placed himself just by the
unfortunate man at the bar, to the no
small astonishment Of all present.
You see before you," said he, ad-
dressing himself to those who had sat
on the bench with him, "a striking
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which this day, after thirty years con-
cealment, presents to you a greater
criminal than the man just now found
guilty" Then he made an ample
confession Of his guilt, and Of all its
aggravations. Nor can I feel" con-
tinued he, "any relief from the agonies
of an awakened conscience, but by
requiring that justice be forthwith
done against me in the most public
and solemn manner"
We may easily suppose the amaze
pecially his fellow judges. However,
they proceeded, upon his confession,
to pass sentence upon him, and he
died with all the symptoms of a PEN
itent mind.
Mr.. D. Fordyce, in his Dialogues
on Education, vol. ii. p. 401, says the
above Is a true story, and happened
in a neighboring state not many years
ago.
Herod having put to death his wife
Marianne, from an ill-grounded sus-
picion of inf1delity, soon after grew
melancholy and detected, retiring
from the public administration Of af-
fairs into a solitary forest and there
abandoning himself to all the black
considerations which naturally arise
from a passion made up Of love,
remorse, pity and despair. He used
to rave for his Marianne, and to
call upon her in his distracted fits;
and in all probability would soon have
followed her, had not his thoughts
been called off from so sad an OBJ
ject by public storms, which at that
time very nearly threatened him.
Josephus.
In the same dreadful situation of
mind was Alexander the Great. after
the murder Of his friend Clitus; and
Nero, the Roman emperor, after that
of his mother.
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