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Excerpt from The Olden Time of Carolina To My Young Friends: Abashed by the equitable precept "let those teach others, who themselves excel," I have scarcely dared to present the following pages to your attention, aware, how fairly I am putting it in the power of my readers to ask, in the searching words of an eminent prelate, "you who write thus and advise thus, do you do thus?" - Alas, no! and yet although it be but little good that I may be allowed to do, the very aim is right and may be blessed. First then, I would have you never forget the beautiful teachings of Sir Matthew Hale, that "the fear of God begins with the heart and purifies and rectifies it; and that from the heart, thus rectified, grows a conformity in the life, the words and the actions." Well convinced am I, that there are many of you who require not so much to be informed as reminded, a remembrancer is often more useful than an instructor; the office, although more humble, is scarcely less necessary, and I am persuaded that if ever my plain admonitions are allowed to make their due impression, they cannot fail to produce a salutary effect upon some of you, my youthful readers; keeping you safe, even in the midst of an ensnaring world, active and zealous in the discharge of duties, with minds ever disposed to dwell on subjects of solemn interest. My design in the contemplated "Series of Old Stories," is to bring to your view events and scenes of local interest that may imbue you with noble sentiments, and elevated principles, persuading you to let your judgment and your conscience ever hold firm sway over your feelings, since they only can guide you into the safe course you should pursue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.