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I X JKS7X : >v- ‘ ISPiP-: ‘"Mi Elfti" ' "- i A lljfj / / 11 **r t I Srs &$: w h# HB ALKOt'l «m at mb m mof dM 111 of tb* Ban-* ■m W»bl 1 * jJjTfjj Jg =ar mumm wm wm “Oil LORR, Oil TklfX 0 coiniBiA, s. a, nui BA?TI$K."-*mSUIS 17:6. i.ni. ..i -. Terms: $2.50 ft Year. iY, FEBRUARY 21, 1813. MM «*<tm. iVTCk if he Aft |Lm^yk^ As|Og|u^ iw ww iNwr* iMh tokj It of flaali to with ttt big fat* jPPfiM|epdi!l^ of a* are mighty XI imukm ahf II Airy with ealj, f'w* sstyw* to the tows of wither si fast droto, often tods AU matter, wren to its brass to ft* iiy it t&mjpmd tbs f uptt sf tbs id sMTilag D tosh we will live od said “the the west of ast- fe asd the crash sf Worldslive, it is the tool, that mysteri in us, that laws, can hrsre the ravages of time, and dtty eves the inexorable hand of death. Is there, then, anything in a mate list world that can be compared in raise to the soul ? Nothing, abso lately nothing. Yon might ss well ampere the vapor gracefully float iif apes the mountain’s side with the gigantic orb of day careering in “•My along the pathway of ages. Eves each analogy would be imper- tot The vapor and the son are tahMaterial substances and differ j toy is the degrees of their dura *»«, bat this spiritual essence, the n^stistefces the illimitable ares of etanity. Storing, in an absolute sense, is ’■table, that is not abiding/ AU "tonal things change and die, ^ their limits in time and can Dot tasseeod their nature j they can to, therefore, be estimated over **““$ the tool, a purely spiritual f» ^sensible to the influence of and beyond the possibility | °f tocsy. Who, then, can tell ns I to worth of the soul, estimate the | T ”J°® °* Uiat which millions of ages, ail material things have passed tWl f, will only have entered on the tnfwey of a being that knows no e ^- and Washes with the rosy dawn »monring to which gray evening I'ttvtreoaesf If such is the nature I. Uleio to,i» it not absolutely cer- |wu that those who are bartering for any material thing as pleas - re, honor, learning, any ?Mite and perishable, are making “** disastrous and foolish bar rel felem€llt of inestimable *ta soul is its wonderful C* . MKl mibiUtk*. It is en- »re ''I** 1 ? °* thought 1T**’ »nd this can not be predi- natt ° f lDatter ’ ^“Wne a °d group ifanHf l 040 tbe mo8ti ®*qn>»ite and fnl form *, still they are pas , ^bont the capacity of aod acu ° n * ^ tr unA *** <rtc of ex Q ui *>te symme- ^ f*dmnt for its beanty, intrinsic value only as it tells ill** nobl© powers and >rtZ° rkm * D &>- Cl **P » ^ fu 10 **** Wftr,n «mtarace, and it * »k d ** death it8e,f * Look 1 “ an ®ye of love, and be- th ^Poorive ray comes back it uaTt Garble pnpiL Speak pienos hf* tbe mOVi,,g I’ ower8 of but 1 no pent-up emo- aDd ml * hty breaat aild >tir °P Bver y thing Is cold tw£l eM ’ without feeling, with- ^ntiful thing iu- x npon, but without the Hoot strips the eagle in his hearse ward flight, and tor heyomd the mu to system, nuiii it boeadaries of all malaria and bolds converse with to j Ida ttoroecw the Ihflu Its tale, to ii Hi tof II mast stand ; to Ms soars* | »nil W&w ViUii! flx a Itotot to Wh«» toi ■' fw JHP .VNNi ‘1 t; hmmmmm ‘li'itt —■ WtoOHmAaeA! —! With u» “Of an the to th Mi to a Thera tlto ea, Osd tor th# of ear m aumejihft Iah MMi if aaftthotkavs lft A shea flea i wenh, and id to rira [ Mid tM bto Ha fiMkl trwetsih ft ha,. Vt ho can I la hs “pargad [the toafiri SS8S9S SI •ala,* Its intasl [ you as rat OLD SERIES, VOL. 5™N0.231 =5ISI5riEg^7 if the hr el a, hat to to the hy th* , “I tore to the day, to aei ... — Iretoad, east tn my I tot with the minority, which, to dno h l it 1 toft any \ ■ay af fthaae to oar 4 tof Itoer aid We here to ate it Ihas te the sftraggto af hto ww ad hf right, aed aet hf aright, to the end ths right the Htoy igtrtt of than ha«s the aright" prefir risB «g tor a of (ho It flr the toe afl The dad ^ tMMli 'Nha hash af mm hemihty. tt ^ tt soat wfth hs how fearfhOy great its eafneittos tor action or eadursoce beaoem. Why, it can lore with the ardar of aa angel, or hate with the malignity of a fiend. It to capable of Mtoa that exceeds the raptures of aagrto, or of misery that transceods the torments of “the damned cast out.” Tha elements of heaven and bell, reader, lie cradled to your now, indeed, comparatively inactive, bat ready, at God’s flat, to start up into intense activity, deciding, at once and forever, your destiny for happiness and bliss immeasurable, or suffering snd pain oooaammate and exquisite. The powers of the soul are fearfully great, its sensibilities awfully acute, its capacities appall Ingly profound—beyond the grasp of thought. Next to tbe Inflntte, tha grandest thing in all tbe universe is the human soul. To yonr estimate of the soot, add another and a glorious item, tomee t*Hty y and tell me now, you that can, the sum of iu worth. “Immortal ity,” said tbe sainted Davies, “what emphasis, what grandeur in tbe sound! The highest angel, if the creature of a day, or of a thousand years, wbat woold he be I When his day or his thousand years are past, be is as truly nothing ns if ho bad never been. It is n Utile matter what becomes of him; let him stand or fall, be happy or miserable, it to jnat the same in n little time ; he to gone and there is no trace left of him. Bat an immortal/ a creature that shall never, never, never cones to be, that shall expand bis capeci ties of action, of pleasure, or of pein throughout an everlasting duration 1 What an awftally important being to this V* Such n being, reader, thou art. To that spiritual nature of thine, to those grand powers, mag nifleent capacities and acute sens) bilities add this gkwiooa Jewel of immortality, and now, thy soul to an infinite (hetor, a thing withoot an end, a grand and moat precious thing without an end. Do yon not tremble at yourself f Do yon not revere yoer own dignity f Made in the Imago of God, and for his glory, barter not away thy birthright to a glorious immortality tor a little perishing pelf! To yonr estimate of tbe souPs val ue, forget not the price paid for its redemption. Said an ancient preach er, “Tbe worth of soul! who can estimate itf Angels, in heaven ! ye know it not—ye never toll l Devito in bell t ye know it not—yoor suffer ings are never nt an end! Son of Godt tbou knewest ill for thou didst pay tbe price of its redemp tionP Header, before God, which to the greater value, the world, the whole world, with all its varied stores at goods, or this great spiritual, hnmor tal, blood-bought soulf Bow wfli you to profited if you exchange th# one for the other f Bam t •e Dtvtoe very Ary. It an aed God. to stop (to Lord dam as* toe * f There to eo ouo tiling God has mare ie*peeisdiy sad dtotleotiy da thaa this, that he will hara far tbe cry ef |ow aha da thair rim “Be that lii$ fti nt n KiMiHl “He that tarweth awsy hto s buftnof the law, svea hie •hull ha shorn laaliaa.* It to ally aed signally hto own psopto la whom God sposln an plainly oa this matter lie tells that whoa ww ate haul slid Asa to him sad ate eacieaa at heart, t oblations new vain atmi uuf to aa tettotolfi*" nearly, allowed ala at aay kind to aa efliectesl hindrance te the ra vival af God’s work. It to a gift te the Holy Ghoei. It shots (Mb asr Hl9HmiillflB : I meetiogs bs of and at graht toi ton, •» ton Mtoriih gjLmmS tom MtoMflfilssi fli' B t ilTfl os •« God"* tose sw *y tom aa, snd mtot ss k|mm fli^n jmsa memM fi to another aar- the tova af tha l*y lb# r of th# pervertlag sad pane , m m I Wft t lUftltiftb## Gwt kftd (Mage at Gad, from sarin at raise { 41 I |luu| Ulj B1 tweet t to sslsain troths of God era an have fieriy rressed the thrashatd af the i} that thrnsta ie the wustd, sad Hi Oai tor a of tha meetings is s iaiqaity, so long so God. Bis toco to sot with holy sad gjggtoflflflahl toflggggggtoflfl ii giftAilftt hrigattif la their The sad, ilrseilfnl, daagsroaa, aad ovary way wont footer# of the ease to that wo may he sera fag oa la aw Alt w llrinlftftl hliftiiftML ud amt know that wn are eo ekaeiog. It to hflfiMplafllhd mm trMh. Ww have te do with that of wtoeh It to enrittoe 1 ‘docritful above sll —oar own heart—with too •ebtorfogea, flattertoe sad lying rw fogaa Wo hero la da aloe with territory at the to go is the suet ty, reflaing away tha grnsmmsi sf hto temptation*, aad hriagtag all Ms dark aad dwrilish npoa as in the lea spirit. If we met of this matter, la oai aad pal away every ww meat hara aa la the closet with God. Thera moot ha deep ssorchlngs sf hsart, the Holy Ghost taking the torch of troth aad leading tha wag. If we Mann davit that the aaapktam at sasral •in to aatoaaded, we rk af Ih If wo km ll of itself , aad la md God It to It to Itos or oka. O, m God’S to to aa swftri ski 1 It Gad a Mar. It has ' jSdjjb I Mas aad gram It SHF Jose* in Urn haasa « to aed with a Gad ferity Great to tha _L, fV^l m sot e aa of grow net Antova the orilhmi AM sUmy the ravra How eomptotrly K to at prrfcrlly fitted to hi# aatore aad wasds aa tha wiagto fitted far fijriag. the Ms tor owtoenring, the (sst for watolag, or the witch tor the keep lag trf tries. It to afepkod is man la old eg# with It* fasftrmltria. to middle Mpr la Its eaksa pries# . to childhood mu! 1 esit^li, la ttotfilfl , (ilitiseltk, r<ot<«c, to torrary eremtarir of the susk*sm tfl hilu hkOft ^ A rsc# " sit# »# mas— waseeier ano ohoover—the Ooqui hi adapted to naaii eariod tn him kasaasa ha to rick, and this sloes eaa giro him haatoh ; hits i, sad this can give Mm Hto | la the dark., aad this gives Mm tight; two demand, and this atone Ih Imi t to porplex^othsre. Satan’s seed The ms a glass, wherein at I waa in Adam rhat I have besoms it I can aad should od, finally what I Jity. Tbs first will pore love of God, cs that flows from i view will work in lelf; mortifleatioa of ity, meekness, aad Arid will plant in and the k tow to and seek eternity, its consists all our r Ltfiarmrs JL • I/uafrrfT, aad this and this ton and the river of Ufa, wtt thr skies, the Gospel with ows la rime rasrhes owt to am to toll flflfito* aad tsadsd into mm I if hra the of that whkh to to coma. The Qua mw 1 wtoPW w P of an by the •bed lays of Chriafs with a i to the UfUag her rail, aha ww late the dash grave, aad II all with a atom, oarafhL, MMfitom Wm thinks of Its mmSoGl Aarm* shw Pto pfllVIl nBWmmkJf y mtoPQ 9% the revolting there. 8hs U pangs of dying j af the awful mo gptrti ham will ho dipt, aad thr soul a stranger late ss ; she thinks of all «lju mmd la triwmi>k shout*. “O death, * hero Is Ihy «Gag f O grave, ohara to thy vtodary r Thanhs be to God, oho glvoth ns thr vtokery to a ' of the Church loms for believing, e purest snd strong- Ind constant quick re. Weak natures >wer that strength old bs soothed and throngh wise and ry. Unity and mn should bs things u For tbs church icred circle, where earn, and timidity gs, snd loneliness [)mpanionship, and ught Christian con ddly passions be e to a royal benev crprsts tbe divine sacrifice, which is Redeemer and i his true disciples ife of Messing. A to develop and ce soul life has missed Featured its^profes me atmosphere is npathy and love, as of mellowing son lying showers. But, a there largely for #e outside its own to go abroad for to come home for . It is a poor testi bean when it can save eq/oyabfe ser id prayer meetings, ies. These it needs Bntiterwto work it It should look e hopeless, tbe ig- •us, the profligate. rectify trade, ele coarse, and shame gism. This work o those who can be os. There to very it will imitate the too closely. Such eee done in behalf dangerous sad the are not very liable faith. These prove prove its faith to g, masterful. Thus tn who aiw forced stop their cavils, as the demand for working ebrtotiani iow. Never before o ready to eooept proof of a divine g about doing good bed sad needy, to ich convinces sad same tune it gives to the faith, dears ideas the wiatg of tod seem eleee at at with peace and ag. Let our church lircct and resolute ; of service in the A, nod their mem- ore of the Christian r sanctuaries and 1 to cany about a only three toeewe, it The first leaf xt scarlet, the last day ha looked a it, hat it meat, some iy : “Here to the kowa my sin, sod Then coatee the ne of Jeans’ blood, d weep, aad look mes the whits leaf dark soul washed non tain, and made you have God will should there to not work all day for ie down at night