Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, June 09, 1817, Image 2
Morality.
41 Work while ye have the l'ght, /or the night
cjme*/b when no man ca.fi work.." ? St Juhv
How solemn t lit? admonition of our
Lord ; with what imposing force should it
find its way ttf the human heait ? How
strongly is marked the necessity of a spec- -
dy prcparatto i for .that dread hour, when
the rtflcction consequent upon a weli
spept life ?*q Alone yield i^^0D^>l'J"on
and support ? And yet how strange it is
1hat man should travel on regardless of the
sole warning in our text. Poor deluded
mortal ! hovT vain are thy hopes of re?e*v-_
|ing the reward of an immortal inheritance,
unless thou tk Workest while ye have the
light." Thy work too must he such as
will stand the tuchstone of tru'h, even " the
law and the^'testimony;1' Kxamine whe-,
I her all thy knowledge of (io%pel truths
have reached any farther than only to en
lighten the head, and not betier the heart.
If saiiciifying fcri*ce does not accompany
enlightening grace, and ye have not yet
broke ,oflf youi sins by repentance, 41 Ye
1 ahoUced in va?n and ? sp*m your
strength.. for nought," and the night will
come when you cannot work. fi The
things >Kat belong to thy peace will be hid
from thine eyes." Even a Balaam could
see the star that^raa t6 come out of Jacob,
but not for himself ; and an abandoned
jAhasc had the cieartst prophecy of the Re
dee mer't birth declared to him, even that -
e-Virgin should conceive 4*ndl>ear 2f Son ;
and yet we have no reason to believe that
either of those two were benefited by him ; i
ings with Nf/?ucb adkkzzar . after his
celebrated dream, though he owned the
God of Israel and honoured his servants,
yet would he have been just as God found
him. '
The Gospel of the blessed Redeemer is
deplete with instructions at in the 41 work1'
which. will direct the footsteps of his crea
tures in the road to_ sals^'on* T*ike heed
then, Oh, man, and 14 W ork whilst ye have
light, for the night come lb when no man
can work*" Have we tiyt daily impressive
?lessons to admonish us of the truth of these
cmphulic lines ? ? Our fathers, wtieTe are~
"they V' gohe 'to the silent tomb : They
?re sleeping ui that House prepared for all
the livitog. HoW nfnny solemn ideas, af
fectionate ^and profound, does this subject
yield to tW rhind which contem plate s it
With gravity and consults it with serious
ness. u The rtlght cometh when no m*n
worketh." r '
When we consider vhat numbers young
er than ourselves now moulder in the dust ; ;
that sotne of 'our families, oilr nearest 'and
dearest connexions, have made their exit
from ihis vide of tefcrs, and brinpj to mind '
the incertitude of all earthly enjoyments ;
\hat xrt know not what a Jay or an hour
, wiU taring forth?what awful ifoprets'.ohfc J
crowd jo upofeour minds I awful because .
they are hostile to otfr wishes, and corrode
our guilty consciences I awfyl because we j
are ! unprepared to mejt the tribunal of
Heaven,* and be welched at the gates of
eternity 1 awful because, we see our folly in
neglecting to improve our priviliges until
vhe netting sun of IV** ? because we M work
not while" we "l>ave light."* ,
" Our fathers, where arfc they V* We
have followed them to the grave ; we have
committed thetn to the bowels of the earth j
they have taken their subterraneous pas
^nterrtity, and ths places which
once knew them* will know them no tftnre
. for ever. Where -are the living ? Ciotog
down the rapid tide of time ; and accord
ing to the invariable Jaws of nature, must
9001% sleep in the dust. The 14 night" will
toon come whtn they cannot work. Do,
not thfese considerations suggest a necessity
of preparation ? Do they not^c&riy the ai
Ynonition of our Redeemer forcibly to the
Jjeavt ? Can any harm accrue from having
our lamps trimmed and burning, readV fof
our departure hence ? If not, let us esta
blish cfur principles and conduct by the
rules of Christianity . let the criterion of .
oar actions be in consonance with the ora
cles offt ruth, 'which require us to renounce 1
all ungodliness and cupidity, and to live j
righteously and soberly ; to do justice, to
lo.e mercy, ati(J to walk humbly in the '
world. Let us jji fine u YVoik while we j
have thfc light." , j
Let him ^ho vaunteth in his youth, his 1
tyrength, activity,' and prospt ct of long life, 1
r<> to the silent tomb and learn that the
mon*\er death is ambitious and insatiate,
and discriminates not between youpg and I
J<?fd, bwr sfclects his victim from every apre. J
from every rank and condition m life : and
that the 11 ni^hi" may be near at hand 1
when we cannot woi k. I
W MS LEV.
. ? j
Somr'hinx Currou* ? On the- 25th April j
last, the C hief Judge of the Suf?eme
Court of the State of Ohio, was fined one I
dollar and fifty cents, for not attending a
fnitifa muster^ as a private sentinel, in]
at ?et conformity to the laws of the 8t*te
?f Ohio*? IVcrtrrn Chronicle .
Mafijdum. ? \Thalevcr . Dromotes end
sir enghtens virtue, whatever calms and ,
veUulaUs the temper, is a source ol hap- -
pitiess.. Devotion poduces these effects
in a remarkable dc^'ec. It wi?pires compo
sure of spirit, roiMnes* and ? benigiuty , v
weakens the painful, and., chensbes the
pleading; emotions ; and bf these means
cat ties o<v the l.ie of a p.ous man, in a
sm?xith and placid tciuire.
Beside* exerting; this habitual inlluenre >?
on the niind^ devotion open* a field of en- J
merits, to which rhe^vieioos^ tire entire
strange rs ; enjoy ments, the more y al uab 1 e ,
as tliey |>eculiarly belting to retirement,
wu^tv the world leaves us, a nd to adversity,
when it becomes onr foe. These are the <
two 'seasons, for which every wise * man
would most wish to provide some hidden
store of coihfort ; for let hi in be placed in
the most favorable situation, which the hu
man state admits, the world can hither
always amuse him. nor always shield him
f?om distress. There will beYnany hotirs
of vacuity, and many of dejection, in this
lite. If he !+ a stranger to God and To de- .
votion, ho\v dreary will the gleam of . soli
tude often prove 1 With what oppressive
weight will sickness, disappointment, or
old age, lall upon his spirits ? But. foi
those pensive periods, the pious man has
a relief prepared.* Fof the tiresome repe
tition of the common vanities of life, or
from the painful corrosion of <** res and I
sorrows, devotion transports him into a new
. region^ And^iiyounds him there with such
objects, as are the most fitted to chcer the^
dejection, to calm fche tumults, and to heal '
the wounds of his heart. If the world
has been enrfpty and delusive, it gladdens
hi in with the prospect of a higher and
j better order oV things, about to arise. If
men have been ungrateful dhd base* it, cUs
j plays before Him the faithfulness of 0tk
Supreme Being, who "though every other
triend fail, will never forsake him.? Con
sult your experience, and^ you will find, ;
that the two greatest sourses of inward joy
are, the exercise of low directed to\v;irds a
deserving object, and the exercise of Miopia :
[terminating on sqme high and assured
(happiness.* Both those are supplied by
devotion ; and therefore we have no reason
to^ be surprised i if, on some oceasions, it
fill the he arts of good rhen with a satisfac- *
tion not to be expressed.
t ? J ^ I
passions of youilt are consolidated into, a
settled affection ; for the lawful obj<*ct of
lovs unites every care in itself; and makes
even those thoughts that were painful be
fogs, become delightful. When twomind*
are thus engaged by the ties of reci
procal esteem, each alternately receives
and communicates a transport that is in
conceivable to all, but those that are fn thi* .
situation ; from hence arises that hearl
'ennoblint; solicitude for one another's Wel
fare, that tender sympathy that alietistes ;
affliction, and that participitedi pleasure
that heightens prosperity and joy itself..
, v
This is a full completion of the blessings
of humanity ; for if teason and society ant
the characteristics which distinguish us
from other an)mals;and excellence ih thedb
two great privileges of man* which centers
in Wedlock, must raise us in happiness a
bove the rest of our specie*.. ~
It is here that the noblest passions #f
Which the human soul is suscep' ible join
together, virtuous love and friendship; th%
one supplying* it with a constant rapture,
and the other regulating it bj the rules of.
reason. ? V ?
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Ztbulon Rtckwood , of Lyfiie, 1
Connecticut, calls on his creditors j
in the following good humored ]
?tyle :
? <c firant. ? Perhaps there is ho
word better understood. than want , I
for all persons have their wants.*? 1
Seme want a new governor in Coa- I
necticut, some want to continue I
rh$ old one ; some fvant petty of- I
fices (if they canrtot ? tt better*)]
some want stoch to be disappointed ; I
some want wives, and some want 1
to get rid of them, some want one I
thing, and some want another. I
lvor my own part I wdnt my pay 1
of thosift Wftb we me j the reason I
is, my creditors want their pay of I
me, and I want to pay them. I
The lawyers want busir.ess, and I
they may want for all me, if those I
indebted to me will settle their ac- I
counts by the, first June next : I
but if they do not settle by that I
time, 1 shall think they want to be I
^ued, and WANT will compel me 1
to supply such win ts without ftii ? 1
J thtrr optice.'* |
' T':r Ifei&icH /*.'</? ? This scelion of cmis
try has been visited by an insect, well
known f >r lit destructive qualities in the
northern sta4:i, railed the \ieasian /7y.
To most of the inhabitants, It is a no^vel oc
currence and has excised considerable a
kinm. The fcrtrdt scarcity kfready p?cva
lent, has natua'ly wrought uf> Lhe minds
oT the people lo the highest pitch of appre
hension ; and perhaps upon no octasi(?n
ever before exf>erienced in this country. have
more devout piayers -been put upTur^tbe
Jidurnof a plentiful harvest. In this situa
tion of the public mind, every circumstance
that threatens to blast their hopesrirever^
fails to be heightened beyond the reality,
and its aspect is painted with still more t*;r^
rifyrng colors as the report circulates.
, This appears to be the case with regaid to
the fly. ' *
Small Grain (particularly Wheat} is
much injured, but evidently not so greatly
as was apprehended ; and the people, con
trary to their expectations, now think they
will be favored with tolerable harvests.
It is also certain that the destiuction of the
fly would not fcave beert halt so great, had
it not been for the drought which happen
ed about the time that wheat was beginuing
to shoot. The fly and drought have thus
ynited in their operations; but with all*
the prospects are now cheering, and no
doubt, the people will be^fhil as thatfkful,
this year, for a small tartest* as they woufd
in many another, for the most abundant. t
?The principal circumstances in favor of
wheat, (as to Us beibg effected by the fly,)
see nrx to be these: late sowing and a rich suit.
Hence that which was put into the ground
early and in poor tend, is generally good
for nothing, whilst what w^s sown late and
? in rich land, will nu.ke good wheat. On
rich soil wheat is of a st' onger and more
rapid growth, which must be the reason
that the fljyhasnot injured it so much an
wheat on poor land ; for, when the wheat
is not so flush of growing nutriment as to
afford ? redundancy, for the support of
. the fly, over and above what must * go to
koe(> up its growth, the communication
between the parts above and below the fly
will be cut oft* ; and when" communication
ceases, Hie upper part^ cannot receive the
necessary supplies of growing nourish
ment, and of course must perish.
Siar.~Lii9Co/n County , At C?
- EVer-sibce moralist existed they have
written against public manners. Ours~
are certainly not those of the golden age,
hut it is some consolation to reflect that
our J neighbors are Vio better than ourselves.
For instance? London is generally allow
ed to he the terrcstial paradise of husbands ;
English wives are regarded as models' of |
tendern .ss and fidelity. -The following
calculation which we extract from an Eng
lish paper, is not a little curious : ^
State of mnrriaje* in London ft 1816.
Runaway wives, - - - 1,1 S3
K una way husbands, - ' ? % 348
Married persons legally divorced, 4J75
Lining in open warfare, - \T 345
Living in private misunderstanding, \3 27<>
; .MhtuaUy in?Hflferent, - - - 55,240
?> Regarded as happy, - - 3, 175.
Uf?arly happy, , " ... ? ? 127
Perfectly happy, ? - ? - ~ 13
Totali ? ? - 9 ft, 8 34
iThis it a new kind of stariftits, We
ire assured, that one of our first moralists
is engaged in drawing out a similar account
of the citybf f^aiis^pK will far^urious to
see 'Vhich country msy claim the advtfh*
tage of the matrimonii balance. - -
o , fct
Singular escape. ? On Saturday
last, an infant, but i or. 3 years
old, unpeTceived by its family, got
out of the scuttle or dorjn^nt win
dow of & a story housfe ift Chrrry
street, and crawled down the roof
f n . *
to the back gutter. In this perilous
situation the child was discoveied
by a man in Water-st. and the^
arm given to its affrighted parents,
who regained in an agony of sus
pense for some time, until, by the
activity of a cabinetmaker, at work^
in an adjoining yard, the little ad-*
venturer was reached and handed
into the garret window in safety.
Columbian .
| Mind. ? The3gentle mind is like
the smooth stream, which reflects
every object in irs fairest colors.
The violent spirit, like troubled
waters, renders back the images
of things distorted and broken-?
and communicates to them thatdis
dMcred motion, whidh arise* sole
ly from its own agitation. ?
* * JLonMon phper.
poetry.
The fallowing cn<] lisi'e brt llhin
fr% rf t
. 'pioys "spirit, are taken horn j luiic poem
called k* Mac! or ot ihc Moor" by J arm*
THK PALMER'S MORNING HYMN.
J, Lauded be thy name forever,
Thou, <?f life the guard and v?\v? r !
Thou canM guard 1 1 ? y creatures sleeping,
Heal thebemtk>ng broke with weeptt?g>
Rule the ouphrs and elves at wiU
Thai vex the air or haunt the hill,
A,mi all the fury subject keep
Of boiling cloud and chaled de^p 1
1 have been* aYiti well I know it !
Thou, h est clones and thou wilt Ho it '
J God of stillness and of motion !
Of the rainbow ami the ocean 4
Of the mountain, rock, and river 1
Blessed be thy name forever ;
1 have s^en thy n&ond'rous might
Through the sha* >ws of tfyii night I
Thou, who slumber's* no?, nor sleepeit \
Blest are they thou kir.dly keepesti
Spirits, from the ocran tin<& r, ?
Liquid (lame, and levelled thunder;
Nt?.d not wuktn Yior alarm them?
All combined they cannot harm them*
God of evening's yellow ray ;
God of yonder dawniug day.
That rises from the distant sed
Like breathings of eternity !
Thine the flaming sphere of. light !
Thine the darkness of the night 1
Thine are all the gems of even,
God of angel* 2 God of Heaven !
God of life that fade shall neverl
Glory to thy name forever!
CHATHAM-STREET WIT.
At Tate through Chatham-street a Lady
passed
She Mopp'd " Have you ''Blue Levantine /"
she ask'd
Yes Miss, Walk in# and if you please
this way," *
" Wiry, that's not MUgy sir : It is pink, I'd
say1'? -
Now Mr, Quiz, to sweetly 41 crack a joke/'
Thus courteously* he Very rmartly spoke?
" Only imngine , Miss, tlie color's blue . "
" uind it will an*v)+rju9t as welt for yon,"
Said Mr. Quiz, with a half stifled laugh,
And smiVd- ? 44 Three or four yards, shall
I cut off?" __ ? x
4f .| tL | 1 . ...i 'i a
ves, says tnr lauy r With a quit* reply,
" Three and a half will Ue enough to try./
To work then shears and finger* went*
He roll'd it up? u Miss will you have it
sent?" .
19 No sir, J thank you, it is not worth
while * 1 -'?*
Then turn 'd to leaVe him with a scorn l\if
k smile.;
M Stop ;Mis*t ilop. Miss," now ftfr. Ouie
SlW'OHt,
And veiy iiimfily turned bimself about?
?*4 Why tr?iyi Miss, you haire forgot to pay;
And 'tis the only sale .We've made to day.*,
" Imagine it Is f*did) Vepjied the belle,
44 Jtnd it Ml answer for yon just at weir.
* /. - _ . 'v. ^ . -
fePIGRAMS.
On a beaut {/ul young Lady ttfho wore ft thick
mT /
So when the sun, with its Vneridian light,
J'Too fiercely dart* upon our feeble sight,
| We thank thv officious cloud by whose kind
aid,
We view its gtory, lesfen'd in t shade !
* ? . y ^ ' * *
Written by a Gentleman Mo had r7i*ec
, Wives.
Though ritatrUfte by most folks be reck*
oned i curse,
Three wives did 1 marty for better for
worse t #
The first for her person ? the rtefet for hep ..
purse? ?
And the third for a warming pan, doctreat,
and nurse. *
?
? IMPROMTtTi
On the Afar ringe oj Afiei tarter /? Mr.
Mile*. . ^ ,
While others take ittpi for IS hatband* Kati
imilftt ? i
Let who will take rr*n? ?h e*? content to take
Mii.ks!
Anecdote of Vernon.? -During the
run of the comic opera of Cimon,
when Vernon was in pursuit of hit .
supposed Misstres Silvia, and came
on singing.
M 7 om from me* torn from me, which way
did they take her 9*' f .
A wag, in the pit, replica in
timr and tunc,
" They're gonr to Long" Acre t thctfre gone
to l.ong-Acre.
ru house was in a roar of
laughter; and Vtrnon, with great
presence of 9\iod, as soon as there
was, silence, song.
" Oh, oh, ire I ?h*U toon over tat.
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