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I . <5Ne day and a half in the life of a to- '
I . BACCO CHKWEK.
P Saturday, October lf>th, lSo5.
I Took my hat for a walk; wif*. as wives
r are apt, to began to load me with messages
upon seeing me ready to go out. Asked
me to call at Cousin M \s and borrow
for her the Sorrows of Wert or. Hate to
have a wife read such namby pain by stuff?
but must humor her with whims, and concluded
that I had rather she would take
pleasure over \Verror's sorrows than employ
L her tongue in making 'sorrows' lor your
f humble servant.
Got *o Cousin M * ? do r. Now
Cousin M. is an o!d maid, and admtd/k/tidy
woman. Like tidy women well enough, but
can't bear your dreadf ul tidy ones, becaus i
1 am always in dread while on their premises
lest I should offend their super superlative
npfliiiK*; hv :i hit nf erave! on the sole of
my boot,.or such matter.
Walked in, delivered my message, and
seated myself in one of her cane l>ott??m
chairs, while s: 10 rummaged the book cas".
Forgot to take out my cavendish Ik:fore 1
entered,and while she hunted, felt the tide
rising. No $]>i(bo.r in the room. Win
clows closed. Fioor carpeted. Stove varnished.
Look to the lire-place?full of
flowers,and heartii newly daubed with Spanish
brown. 1 lore was a fix. Felt the llood
of essence of cavendish accumulating.?
Regan to reason with mvself wlietiier as a
hist alternative it were better to drown the
flowers, redaubthe hearth, or flood thecal*,
pet. M? mtli in the mean time pretty well
filled. To add o my misery she began to
ask questions. "Did \ oil ever read this hook
?' 'Yes, m i'm,'said 1 in a voice like
a frog from i t?v- bottom of a well, while I
wished book, an.it and a!!, were with Pharaoh's
host in iho Red Sea. TIow do you
like i:?'continued the indefatigable querist.
1 threw my head on the back of the chair
and mouth uaward to prevent an overflow.
Pretty well said 1. She at last found the
Sorrows of \\ erter and came toward me.
0 dear! Cousin Oliver, don't put your
)w??U r*n rhr? nftlu? idmir: now don't.
you'll grease i;, and take otfthe gilding.'?
I could no* answer her having now lost the
power of speech entirely, and my checks
were distended like those of a toad under a
mushroom. *\Vhy Oliver,' said my persevering
tormentor, unconcious of the reason
of my appearance, you are sick. I know you
art?, your face is dreadfully swelled,' and
before I could prevent her, her hartshorn
was clapped to my distended nostrils. As
my mouth was closed imperturbly, the
orifices in my nassal organ were at that time
my only breathing place. Judge, then,
what a commotion a full snulT of hartshorn
created among my olfactories.
I bohed for the door, and a hearty ac'iehchcel
relieved my proboscis, and tobacco,
chyle, &c., *a!!nto:ice disgorged from my
mouth, restored mc the faculy of speech.
Her eyes folio vol m: in astonishment, an:I i
w '
I returned and relieved my embarrasmcnt
l?v putting a load o.? my conscience. 1
told her I had been trymsr to relieve the
toothache by the temporary use oi' tobacco
?while truth to t'-ii, 1 never had an aching
fang in n?v head. i went home mortiticd.
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" SrXPAY FORENOON.
Friend A invited myself and wile to
take a seat with him to hear the celebrated
Mr. preach. Conducted by neighbor !
A to iiis pnv. .Month as usual, fail of |
tobacco, and?horror of horrors!?found j
tiic pew elegantly carpeted with white and
greeu?two or thp-e mahogany crickets,
and a hat-stand?but no spit-box. The
services commenced?every deal on the
organ was answered by an interna! appeal I
from my mouth for a liberation from i's j
contents?hut the tiling was impossible, 1
tho't of using my hat lor a spb-box?then
of turning one of the crickets?but 1 could
do nothing unperccivcd. I look out my j
handkerchief, but found in the plenitude of i
her otTiciousiiess, tint my wife had placed
one of tier whre cambrics in my pocket
instead of my bandanna. Ilcre was a dilemma.
By the time the preacher had
named bis text, my checks had reached their
utmost tension, and 1 must spit or die.
I arose, seized mv hat, and made lbr the
door. My wife?conloundid these women
how thev dog one about!?managing me
unwell, she might have known better, go?
up aud followed me out. Are you unwell
Oliver?' said she, as the door elosed a tier
us. I answered iier by putting out the eyes
of an unlucky dog with a flood of expressed
essence of cavendish. 'I wish,' said she.
'Mr. A had a spi'-box in his pew.' 'So
do I.' We footed it home in moody silence.
I was sorry my wile had lost the sermon,
hut liow could I help it? These women are
so aT'Ctioiwite, confound them: no 1 don't
mean so. Bat she might have known what
ailed me, and kept her seat.
Tobacco! O tobacco? But the deeds of
that day are not toid yet. After the conclusion
of services along came farmer
Ploughshare. He hud s-en me go out of
church and stopped at the open window
where I sat. "Sick to day Mr. ?" ?
"Rather unwell," answered I, and there was
another lie to place to the account of tobacco.
"We had powerful preaching. |
Mr. , sorry you had to go out." My
R. - --l?'?'l m otti) in Itn elm I
W1IC dSiVtU lillll lilt mm 111 in vuiijv.} out j
might know he would* but women must he
so polite. Bui she was the sufferer by it?
Compliments over, I gave him my chair at
the open window. Down he sat, and fumbling
in his pockets, he drew forth a formi- :
tlable plug of tobacco and commenced untwisting
it. ''Then you use tobacco," said
I. "Lectle occasionally," said he, as he deposited
from 3 to 4 inches in his cheek. I
mentally pitied those who use more. "A
neat fence that of your'n;" as llood after
flood bespattered a newly painted white
fence uear the window. "Yes," said I,
but I like a darker color." "So do 1;" answered
Ploughshare, "and yallar suits iny
notion. It don't show dirt." And he
moistened my carpet with his favorite color.
Good thought I; wife will ask him in again,:
'1 z lie**. We wr>rc now summoned to- din
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nor. Fanner Ploughshare seated himself.
1 saw Ins long tinker in that particular position
in which a tobacco chewer knows!
how to put liis digits when about to unlade, j
1 le drew them across his mouth; I trembled \
for the consequences, should he throw such '
a load upon the hearth or the tloor. But j
he had no intention thus to waste his quid, i
and?shocking to relate-..?V/>r)s/7<.,d it beside
his plate on my wife's damask cloth.
This was loo much. 1 plead sickness
and rose. There was no lie in the assertion
now,I was sick. 1 retired from the table,
but my departure did not discompose iar- j
mer Pioughshare, who was unconscious ot
1 ' 1 _ t i : i
navmguone wrong. i n nnmu m su.wu ,
see liiin replace his quid in his mouth to un-1
dergo ii second mastication; and tiic church i
bell opportunely ringing, called him before i
iic could use h;s pinto lor ?a*spit-bo.\?tor
such, 1 was pursuuded, would have been his
next motion. 1 went uj> stairs, and throwigmys
di'on the bed, fell asleep. Dreams
of inundation, floods and tire harrased inc.
1 thought i was burning and smoking lake
a cigar. 1 then thought tlic .Merrimack had
burst its hanks and was about to ovciflow
me with its waters. 1 could not escape the,
water had reached my chin?I tasted it, it
! was I ke tobacco juice. 1 coughed and
screamed and awaking, found 1 had been
to sleep with a quid m my mouth. My
wife entered at the moment I threw away
I i 11 - ? *i' i T .......;u
the unity WCCtl?I1U/., II I \\i_jv \ uu i wuuu
not use that stufFnny more.
4I wont/ said I. Neither fig nor twist.
t pigtail nor cavendish, have passed my lips
I since nor ever shall they again.
INSlT.OK : ] NATION ?HAD COM PA N V.
Habits of insiirbodination at home, and
the company of bud boys abroad, are the
two great sources of evil, which undermine
so much of what moral and religious in.
s'ructions would otherwise etfect. The
current of paternal interest is setting toward
instruction to such an extent, as to
overtake altogether its power?and the im- j
mouse injury which comes in from such I
sources as bad company and insubordina-:
tion, is overlooked and forgotten. What j
| folly, to think that a boy can play with the |
profane, impure, passionate boys which !
herd in the sweets, six days in a week, and j
have the stains till wiped away by being i
compelled to learn his Sunday school lcs-.
son on the seventh, or that children who
make the kitchen or the nursery scenes of
r o' and noise, from the age of three to
? i / ,i ' _ 1
eight years, will De prepared lor any imng
in after life but to carry the spirit of insubor- i
duration and riot wherever they may go. j
No: children should be taught, most ccr- j
tainly, but they must also be taken care of. t
The v must be Governed at home, and be
j kept from contaminating influence from
abroad, or they are ruined. If parents ask !
how we shall make our children obey, we j
answer in the easiest and plcasantcst way I
you can, but at all events make them obey. |
If you ask how shall \vc keep our hoys
from bad company, we answer, too, in the I
easiest and pleasantest way you possibly j
! can, but at all events keep them out of the '
' streets. The ahcrnative. it seems to us, is j
! as clear rvid decided as any which circum- j
stances ever made up for man?you must
jrovcrn your children and keep them away i
from the contamination of vice, or you
must expect to spend your old age in mour- j
ning over the ruins of your family.
Abbot's Lecture.
j
Tun nr.MBLK Soul is peculiarly tiii:
Divine Favorite.
This is abundantly (vident if wc consider
tin* ewmmio and doctrines of Curist, who
was given as our pattern ami teacher, and
if wo further meditate upon the express
declarations of God. Christ not only practiced
humility but taught it in the clearest
precepts. and enforced it in the strongest
reasons. J Io laid aside the glories of the i
God-head, and confined himseifin a human
body. He changed his sovereignty for tin,-,
form of a servant, his glory for our vile j
condition. In his nativity he took the low. j
est place among men. In the hovel of
Bethlehem the King of Glory made his firs: >
appearance, lie submitted to the cere-1
monial or laiauces though he was free from
impurity. In his whole life he taught humility
to be the foundation of all virtue. \\ hen to '
confirm the faith of man he performed mi-1
racles, he always shrunk from the applause
which the; rays of his Divinity bursting^
through the cloud of his humiliation were ;1
powerful to elicit. He did not scruple to |
wash the feet of his own disciples, even ol
him whose treacherous sold was then revolvingthe
destruction of his Master. He'
u ho could still tempests?eject devils?and
command legions of angel!?, might in an ins
ant have crushed his enemies, hut lie;
chose by his submission to teach proud man
humility which received his highest pluudi;s
in his last groan upon the cross.
Thus did he who was given to he our j
exemplar practice this virtue so much neglected
by those who profess to follow him.
Hut who were those who most attracted his ;
notice, and were commonly the recipients of;
iiis favors? Those who received the hosannahsofthe
world? No:?the poor, thej
blind, the halt, and the mamed. And who;
received his highest commendation? The j
centurion who felt that he was not worthy j
that Christ should come under his roof.?;
The Syrophenician who only claimed a;
dog's portion. The man who more resent-1
bled the dejected Publican, than the inflated 1
Pharisee. Humilitv is the irift of Cod. and !
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the cfiect of the divine spirit working in our!
hearts. God resisteth the proud and giveth'
grace to the humble. The if shall shine and j
I grow under the genial influence of divine
I grace, while the proud, like the mountains
ofGiboa,are withered and dry because they
have not the dew of the Spirit.
I The omniscient eye specially and with
i favor, beholds the lowly and the upright.?
[ "Thus saith the Lord, the heaven is my
throne and the earth is my footstool: where
j is the house which you build me, and where
| is the place of my rest? For all those
things hath mine hand made, and a!! those'
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things have been saitli the Lord, but to this '
mail will I look, even to him, that is poor
ami of a contrite spiri*. ami tivmble:h at my
word." The humble soul is the object of |
his peculiar love and care. ''Thus saitli
the high and lolty one who inhabitctli eternilv
whose name is holy?I dwell in the
high and holy place, with him also that is of
tu'ontritc and humble spirit, to revive the
spirit of th? humble, and to revive the heart
of the coniriio ones. To them he says, as
he said of Zion, ' This is my rest, here will
I dwell, tor 1 have a delight therein." And
for what end will he dwell, in the heart of
the humble? It is to revive and comfort
them. And lie will give them beauty for
ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the
garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
As Clod dwells with the humble here, -so
shall the humble dwell with liiin hereafter,
in immortal glory. "Bleesed are the poor
in snirit.for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
They shall express their self-abasement by
casting their crowns at the fuel of the Saviour?at
the foot of his throne?saying,
i "Thou only art worthy to receive blessing,
j and honor, and glory, and praise." Say
) now is not the humble soul the peculiar fa|
voritc of the most high God?
But why are they regarded with singular
complacency? Is there any thing mcritorii
ous in such a frame of the soul? By no
| means. But it is a disposition which was
i ordain , d lor the manifestation of its pureJ
uess, richness, and glory, that God's name
might be magnified through eternal ages.
; The proud man arrogates to himself the merit
of his actions and attainments. Thus he corrupts
the gifts of (lod, and converts them to
i his own glory, and the nourishment of his
: pride. But the humble soul uses with fidelij
ty the divine gifts, not arrogating glory to
I himself, but gratefully acknowledging the
bounty of God, and making suitable returns
: Il<. ilmn/lAiio lnml virrlif/?niic_
I Ui I'lUIOVt I 11/ UL/UUUUliO U ii^uivvwj;
ness, and as a helpless sinner bows at the
! feet of sovereign mercy, depending upon
Christ for life, righteousness, and salvation.
Humility is a fruit of the spirit, the work
I of Crod's immediate influences?it is the
link that unresthc saved to the Saviour?
the lineament that proclaims the relationship
of him who has been born again to llim
who is the author of his new existence. It
resembles us to Jesus, who, though the
brightness ofhis father's glory and the ex.press
image of his person appeared in the
form of a servant."
Humility has been said to be "the capacity
for all virtues," and rightly; for 110
virtue can be attained without it. If our
readers trust that they are of the spirit of
Christ, let them examine themselves as to
the depth, and extent of this feeling in them.
To the question upon what are your hopes
of the divine favor grounded??Humility
would reply, upon the mediation and
righteousness of Christ. And it is this reliance
which gives holiness and confidence
in approaching the throne of Grace. Do
<1.^ r,M/,?A?pnnAn /\P tVMll* CAlll
\ OU tiscnuu luu |<i(;3';i >(iuuu ui >uui oi/ui
from death only to the divine mercy and
forbearance? As the mercies of God accumulate
upon you do you feel more lowly
still? The nearer the humble soul is admitted
to God, the lower lie sinks in Ids own
esteem. Looking up to the Father of your
spirits, can you say ' Whom have I in
heaven but thee and there is none upon
earth that I desire besides ihoc?the Lord
is my righteousncs, and I will go on in his
strength, making mention of Lis righteousness
and of his only." Do you groan to he
delivered from the burden of your sins??
Are you abased in your own eyes when
most esteemed by others? Does the knowledge
of apostacicsin others increase your
gratitude to God who has kept you from
falling? Js it your earnest desire to know
the will of God, and do you reply upon, and
seek his grace, to enable you to do i;?
()h be persuaded by such interrogatories
as these honestly and sincerely to try yourselves;
and you will soon Unci, tiiat humility
will be the happy result.
Southern ( h u rch ma n.
From tho Christian Intelligencer.
llEAVr.XI.Y PATHS.
CIIAPTEll II.
The temper requisite for securing Eternal
Sulfation.
1. Come, as lost and undone, hopeless
and helpless, to an all-suflicient and merciful
Saviour. Cry out, as one sinking amidst
waves and tempests, " Lord, save me, or I
perish." View his hands and feet, and
say as Thomas, "My Lord, and my Hud:
mv Christ and my Saviour!" And with
Peter plead. " Lord, to whom shall I go !
Thou has! the words of eternal life. Tnou
canst help me out of the deep mire of my
sins, and over the fiery gulph of divine
wrath, and canst bring me into the blessed
presence, and kindest embraces of the God
of glory. I stretch out the weak arm of
my faith to thee: O, stretch out the strong
arm of thy power and mercy, and come
and save me!"
2. Come, as an humble and penitent sinA
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nr.r, 10 an oih'uuuu .?juhj3;\. humbling.
with tears in your eyes, and deep
sorrow in your heart. Conic, as one vile
in the sight of Cod, of angels and saints, and
especially in your own sight. Like the
Publican, not daring to lift up so much as
your eyes to J leaven, smite upon your breast,
saying, " God be me re ifut to me a sinner.'
As the Centurion,4< Lord, 1 am not worthy
thou shou/dst come under my roof,I" Or, as
the Prodigal," I ha vc sinned against Heaven,
and am not worthy to be thy servant.
Yet there is mercy enough in thy Father's
heart, and in thy merits. I5y sin 1 have as
it were, often fetched blood a fresh from thy
wounds, though it ran from thence so freely
for my sake; but now a sight of thee
breaks my heart, and tills me with godly
sorrow."
3. Come as a polluted creature, to a cleansing
fountain of grace. Humbly confess,
''Not Lazarus with his sores, nor Job with
his boils, silting in the ashes, were so filthy
and abominable in the eye of man, as I am,
through the plagues of my heart and life, in
the sight of a pure and holy God. This
filthiness of sin attends me wherever I go.
How does it cleave to every duty and every
enjoyment! Unclean! Unclean! Lord,
cleanse and purify me in thy blood.''
4. Cornells an i n-slaved creature, to a j /
i mighty Redeemer. Complain of the cruel tyr-! t
rany ofsin & Satan; & say, '"Lord, thou hast \;
paid a sufficient price. Thou hast redeemed
me by thy blood,more precious than ten thou- |
sand worlds. Knock oil* these iron letters. ,
Rescue me out of this hellish dungeon ofsin. )
I have no command of head or heart, |
or tongue. How do lusts prevail! ,
How am 1 fastened to the earth by a carnal ]
heart! If thou. Lord, wilt make me free 1 j <
j shall he free indeed. I j
5. Come, as a diseased soul, to Christ, j,
'{he physician of value. Crv out. "0, the j,
; plague of a hard heart ! 0, the agonies of .
[a wounded conscience! Lord here 1 am, (
: fainting and perishing. O for a drop of thy
blood! That reviving cordial! That sov- j
; ereign Halm! These many years yea, all
i my life, have I had the bloody issue of sin ; I
! If I may hut touch the hem of thy garment, J
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i i sumi ot 111(i(it iriiuit.
6. Come, weary and heavy laden, under
the burden of your sins that Christ may give ; (
1 rest to your sou/. Does not Paul, after
I complaining under the pressures of sin, tri!
umph in Christ? So may you, also, if j
j those sins which were once clear to you, are
; now intolerably odious,
i 7. Come to Christ, as the poor come to |
j thr rich for alms. Come, stript of your self- j
: esteem, trusting in your own righteousness, i
but confessing your spiritual poverty. Tell:
the Lord, "Never did a poorer wretch come j
j to Thee for mercy, and grace. Lord, if 11
i perish, it shall be at thy feet. I will not be S
1 thrust from thv door. I want faith.
] patience, iove. 0, let thy Spirit open thy !
promises, and pour their heavenly treasure i
; into my bossom."
9. Come to Christ, hungering and thirst.:
i i}l" for spiritual refreshfnents. Cry to him,
j ' Hread, bread; Lord, give me heavenly
j food ! Let me feed of the crumbs that fall
Ifrom thy tabic ! Let me drink of (he water
j af life which thou hast to give ! A crumb. j
a drop will be a refreshing cordial, a feast, i,
j ?f fat things, of wine, on the less, well re- j
'fined"
j 8. Come, sensible of your ignorance, to '
(Christ, for divine teaching. Say, "Lord, j
| thou must teach me, or I shall never learn, j,
1 am dull of understanding, but thou tcacli. ,
I no/ //, ii tn ttrrtCf T.rtr/1 ihrtf T inrtll ,
i receive my spiritual sight! iam come to1
! be thy disciple, to sit at thy feet. 0, give j
I me tiie teachings of thy word and Spirit." J
10. Come, weak and insufficient to Christ, i
! as the Captain of our salvation. Plead
) with him, " Lord, thou must teach my hands |
' to war, and fingers to fight. and light my (
; battles for me, or I shall fall befor my spiritual !
' enemies. As David, against " the lion, the j (
j hear, and the Philistine, so in thy strength I;
; will I go fortli against corruptions, and temp- j<
I tations, against principalities and powers." i (
11. Come to Christ your advocate, 'as a j
j condemned criminal.' Your accusers arc j
j many and politic, active and cruel. The | j
i law pronounces you accursed. Your sov- i j
! eiTeign judge is highly incensed. But Jc- .
; sus has undertook for such as you. Kntreat {
j him, "Lord, stand between the justice ot' j
i God, and my perishing soul." j \
i 12. Come to your Lord and Master1 j
| Christ Jesus 'as a loyal subject and willing j i
i servant.' Come, and obey, honour and ! t
! love him, even to death. Tell him' "Lord, j"
: here is my head to know thee, my tongue to ! <
i praise thee, my ears to hear thv voice, my j
hands and feet to execute thy will. 'What (
wilt thou have me to do ? Other Lords be- I
( sides thee have had dominion over me' but J,
i thou only, art my 'Princeand Saviour.' h
I dislike none of :hv commands : but I grieve | j
| that 1 do not more fervently love thee, more j.
cheerfully obey thee." | j
13. Come as a 'wortiiless bride' to Christ, i ]
your honorable and glorious Head and I Ins- ?
band. Come to him, both for your wed- j,
! ding garment, and matchless portion. Say ,,
' to him. "Lord, J am vilely descended ; by ' (
: sin a child of Satan, but thou art the Lord j <
from iieaveil. O. ennable me by thy Grace! j
: Filthy and deformed as sin hath made me : j
O cover ino with thy spotless robes, thatji
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" my suume may um uppuui ; . ]
The following is extracted from Bishop Me- *
Ilvaincs Charge. \ <
Anil now, my brethren, in conclusion, j1
suffer a few words of affectionate counsel '1
1 and exhortation. ! <
1st. Beware of being more anxious to add l<
i numbers to the communion of the Church, ''
j than to add "such as shall be saved*' and ; I
; will glority (?od. There is enough already 11
of such zeal in the Christian community, and ;
j grievous is the incubus it is placing upon the , (
; bosom of the Church of Christ, and sad the j'
I harvest it is rearing for posterity. If we i 1
sow to the flesh, u-c must of the flesli reap cor- ] 1
| ruption. Remember it is the faith of the : i
j Church, not its multitude, that constitutes : 1
! its strength. A little band, ''full of the Holy j1
. (ihost and of faith." will do more to "over- j(
* come the world" than a "mixed multitude.*'!
; however immense, of the faithless and !:
? " > i i j-h. i i
j unholy, the worldly nimueu ana unsiaoie. <
i The former have God to go before them, M
! and Ins strength is made perfect in their ]
j weakness. The latter are a dead weight j1
| upon the host?the more helpless, as they ; >
become more numerous. When in the ar-!1
! ray of Gideon there were tens of thousands, j
! it was not ready for the battle. "The pco-1
i pie that are with thee, (said the Lord,) are i.
I too many lor me to give the Midianites info j
. their hands; whosoever is fearful and afraid |
. let him depart." Not till the thirty and two j
thousand had diminished to three hundred j I
! true men,did they become "mighty through ! i
! God." "Not bv might nor by power, but i 1
j by my Spiritsaith the Lord." j l
Remember the word of the Lord: "Herein j i
; is my Father glorified, that ye bear much | i
lruit." It is not the number of branches,! <
upon the vine, but their faithfulness that glo- j1
rifles God and honors the gospel. We may < I
multiply branches and they may be dead, I i
mere deformities and encumbrances, bin- j 1
during the growth of better, and such as the | <
Lord "taketh away." Our vine bearing j j
fruit in its season and well pruned "that it! i
J may bring forth more fruit," is of more j
j honor to the husbandman, than a thousand j 1
; having "leaves onlv." ; i
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I lore, then, you see your calling, brethren. I
?To win souls to Christ, and then to build j
hem up in him, that they may be well es- i
ablishcd in the faith, and "not soon moved 1
lway from the hope of the gospel.'
To this end, labor that your people may j
je well grounded in the knowledge of evangelical
doctrine and in discriminating views
tf great practical principles in religion. No j
broad and settled foundations can be laid j
without such knowledge. Neither faith, f
hope, nor charity, will long abide in the;
Church militantf when "knowledge shall vanish
away." Labor to fix in your people's :
minds clear views of the lost state ofman as :
depraved by nature and condemned for sin :
?clear views of his remedy in the renewal
of the Holy Ghost and in justification by j
faith : clear views of the oflice of faith in our ;
instant reconciliation, and of its fruits in our
progressive sanctification; clear views of our
need of the Holy Spirit to work in lis both i
to will and to do of God's good pleasure, I
and of our duty, by that working to give j
all dilligenceto work out our own salvation; j
clear views of Christ, as "made unto us, of
God, wisdom and righteousness and sanctification
and redemption."
Labor to inculcate clear, discriminating
views of the essential life of a Christian* as
a hidden life?" hid with Christ in God"?a i
life, the springs of which are not fed by hu- j
man excitement; nor dependent upon hu-1
man instruments; nor subject to the clian- j
ges of earthly things?-of a life that draws |
its nourishment from within the vail; j
does the chief of its work within the vail;
seeks the sweetest of itsjoys within the vail; j
?a life of "faith that worketh by love"?an .
active life, but active without fainting, be- '
- 1\? i : c. u '
cause us springs are 01 leu ueoouuug |
and new in secret contemplation and prayer
?such a lite as makes the Christian feel j
that it is not fir that fives, but Christ that>
firrth in him. Teach your people the way [
to Christ in every thing and /or every thing.
Be much in the habit in your ministry of;
carrying out this hidden life into the various i
applications of its principle, shewing, by line
upon line, the several practical results to 1
which it leads in spirit and action, in private
and public, in domestic and social relations, ?
More instruction is needed without more
exposition of Scripture and less formal dis- j
sertation?more distinct setting forth of doc- j
trincs by their practical bearings, and of I
practice as connected with, and only result-;
ing from, the great doctrines of the gospel, j
Wc need to have more sowing of the seed j
f the word, as it comes fresh and immedi-j
atcly from the Bible, and less of that admix-1
ture of man's wisdom in which they who ,
ical at second hand are so apt to exhibit it. j
Let your preaching, my brethren, in these j
:la\ s especially, be much upon the distinc- j
tive features of the Christian character; the
evidences of a new heart; the various j
counterfeits under which delusion may be
masked ; the duty and evidence of growth
n grace. Imitate your Master in bring-;
ng every hidden affection to the test of its '
fruits. Measure it by its obedience to what- .
soever the Lord hath commanded.
Labor to promote a great deal of secret
grayer. How many lamps go out because
:hey are not fed by such prayer. IIow has
lie most fine gold become dim, because of j
legiect of the praying that is " without ceas. j
//g"?that always prays "and never faints.'1
Vou cannot do a better work for the revival
if religion and the glory of God than to J
promote a more steady habit and a more j
earnest spirit in secret prayer.
For all these ends, brethren, you need no j
lew instruments or devices; but only that!
^ou use the old ones with which Paul Ibught
his good fight, and Timothy did the work of
in evangelist, with more of their devoted, I
ervent, believing mind. " Preach the word; i
ic instant in season, out of season." " Stu/I
j
ly to show yourselves approved unto God,
workmen that need not be ashamed, rightly
Jividing the word of truth." " Let the word
if Christ, dwell in you richly in all wisdom."
Be instant in prayer."
But what can ye do except ye be holy! j
[fow can ye shine as lights in the world, or
iromotc the growth of your people and the i
revival of religion and the advancement of i
hp Church in all sniritualitv of mind, ex- j
:ept ye be holy! How can yc recommend |
:ho unspeakable preciousness of Christ and
he joy unspeakable of his great salvation,'
except as ye know him and are daily re- j
:eiving out of his fulness! Follow after |
more holiness, if ye would attain more use- j
illness! Who can calculate what fruits of j
ilcssedness the ministry would be daily j
yielding, how the life, vigor, glory of the j
Jhurch would increase, it*, to be spiritually '
ninded, to be constrained by the love of
Christ and crucified with him?to walk with j
God?to be dead to the world ; and " holy '
n all manner of conversation," were much ;
more the hungering and thirsting of those
vho preach the word. " He ye holy, be:ause
the Lord your God is holy."
And " Now the God of peace that brought
igain from the dead, our Lord Jesus Christ, j
he great .Shepherd of the sheep, through j
Kirtrt/i .a' pvnv!n?ti?irr mvenant. make !
.WO 1SIWUV1 ?'I l?v |
foil perfect in every good work, to do his
ivill. working in you that which is well pleas- j
ng in his sight, through Christ Jesus ; to
whom be glorv forever. Amen."
Front the Presbvterian.
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MISSIONARY CARD-SHIP CHARLES WHARTON*. 1
1lay of Bengal, March 19th, 1836.
Dear Sir?The Missionaries who sailed |
from Philadelphia for India November 1935, j
n the ship Charles Wharton, are desirous '
:o perform a duty which they feel they owe /
o the owners, the Captain, Officers, and !
Crew of the said ship, by publicly expressing
their gratitude for the excellent accomoJations
and liberal provision made for their
royage, and the kind attentions which they
tave uniformly received while on boardf
which, together with the accompanying
blessing of our heavenly Father have renJered
t^e voyage (although not a very
speedly one) a scene of uninterrupted peace
md mutual satisfaction.
We feel under special obligations to Captain
Samuel Dolby, and his officers, for their
unwearied efforts to promote our comfort.:
From the first day of our embarkation until
the present, nothing within the reach of
their power has been left undone, which
could in any way promote either our happiness
or usefulness. Every facility we coulc 1
desire has been granted for holding religious
meetings on deck, on the Sabbath, and the
evenings of week days; and also for private
intercourse with the "seamen. The consequence
has been, that the Lord has blessed
our humble efforts to do them good. He
has given testimony to the word of his grace,
and granted us a time of refreshing from his
presence.
A number of those who. when we left
America were enemies to God in their minds
and by wicked works, have, we trust, been
reconciled through the death of Ins Son, and
are now rejoiceing in the hope of the glory
of God! and we think that we have reason
to believe these hopes are resting upon
the sure tounuation wincn uod has laid 111
Zion.
While we desire that all the glory of this*
work may be given to (Jod?that all these
trophies of redeeming grace may be laid at
the feet of our Immanuel, and that lie maybe
crowned "Lord of all," yet we think,
that the countenance and aid which we have
received from Captain Dolby and the ofli.
ccrs have l>cen owned and blessed of God
for promoting his own work. And in this
case we have another instance ol the Grace
and faithfulness of our Covenant God.?
Those who have thus honored him. He has
honored and blessed, by making themselves
(as we humbly trust) partakers of his heavenly
Gift.
Knowing that it will be gratifving to our
friends in America, and to all tl*e friends of
the Redeemer, to know these facts; if you
will give this a place in your paper, and re *
c>... t-smii* nnntrtmivm^iPlnG tA
<JUCS>1 ?l H/'U Ul Will WIJll.lll|JUIUiiv.a iv UV
tlie same. you will confer a favour upon
your Brethren in the work of our common
Lord. M. Wixslow,
James McEwen,
R. O. DwiGnr,
James R. Campbell,
W. S. Rogers,
Jesse M. Jamiesox,
Joseph Porter.
choice of a pastor.
Formerly, whcu a respectable society
became vacant, the question was, where
shall wc find a young man of piety, and talents
competent to fill the vacancy? AW the
more common remark is, " a young man
will do for us." We must have a minister,
not of first rate talents only, but of age and
experience:?and as such are rarely out of
employ, the next thing is to look over the
" 1 I _ C il? 1 If
loniztii anu ureaum ot uie juliu iur sumc uuc
who is cither about to leave his people, or
who, it is thought, may bo iuduced to listen
to a call. Now, we think this policy in
most cases, both cruel and unwise. We
arc no advocates for bringing young men,
however promising, into the ministry at a
very early age. On the contrary, it is, and.
has long been our deliberate judgment, that
the nearer thirty a man is, when he takes
upon him the pastoral office, the better. But
it is our strong conviction also, that churches
would be great gainers, (or the most part,
by returning to "the old paths," and calling
young men, instead of looking out for set- _ _ .
J o # ^ ' # o
tied ministers, to fill their vacancies. There
is a freshness aud an ardor in a man's
early labors, which wc can scarcely expect
to tind later in life. And then, the young
people and children, the rising hope of ever)*
congregation, are much more likely to become
ardently attached to a young minister,
than to one who is considerably advanced
in life.
Wc believe it would be found, upon a
careful and extended investigation of tho
subject, that even in large societies, men,
who were never settled before, have sustained
themselves as well in the long run,
as those who 6n account of their age and
experience, have been taken from other
parishes. They may not be able to do as
much the first year, nor even the second;
but they will be all the while gaining. If a 1
congregation is so large, that a young man
of good health and talents cannot safely
take charge of it, let it be divided, or if the *
bouse is so large, or so badly constructed,
that no ordinary voice can fill it, then let it
be pulled down, and a new one be erected
in its place.
[Dr. Humphrey, in Lit. and Theol. Review.
NEW SPRING AND SUMMER
Goods. *
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confident that he is prepared to sell as low as can
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be found in about two weeks at his old
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Books. *
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Marhall's life of* Washington, Washington's
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Mitford's Greece. Life and writings of John
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Rush's Memoranda.
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