Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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b-'.' cqstskts of the agricultural and medihj^ cal 1?atter in this volcmh ; also of wm . soklhpakt of the religious and mis^ <. klsaneous. t RURAL ECONOMY. Vlfriiiiii pvoE. IjJtlqpte farming . . 1 corn ... . ib sf^fiow to ehoose a horse . . ib "H ~T$?tive glasses ~> ^ Lar^e quantity of corn lo the acre . ib k To preserve batter . . . ib Devon and short horned cattle . . 9 ri Cultivation of silk . . '13 Cheap fence?Cob meal . * 17 Agricultural books . . . ib - -Culture of Indian corn . . 9 b > Drying bacon . ib Boiling food for cattie *. ib v ohnnsinrr ntrn . . jjq L Durham catfle . . il> S^Ayreshire cow . ib *' j? Spaying milch cows . . 33 Things a farmer should not do - . ib Rye grass . . .37 E Peach trees?Osier willow . . ii> How to treat fattening pigs . ib To correc. musiness in grain . . ih Pride of India tree as a manure . 41 To make fence pos.s last . .41 Corn husks tor beds . . ib Skinless oats?Ruta Buga . . 45 \ To make salt butter fresh . . 52 !_ New species ot wheat . * ib Silk culture and Ru a Riga . . 54 S5 Care of farming tools . . 57 Pride of Ind ia tree as a manure . . ib Plan for an Agricultural society 01 * French mode of fattening cattle . . ib fc Roasted apples?Clove cake * . ib Great corn crop . .00 Worms in the head of Iheep . . ib Substitutes for the spade . . ib L How to judge live stock . . 09 ? ? rm Cora crop?Carrots . . / o Preserving meat?Shoe blacking . ib Silk culture in the United States . 77 Agricultural college - . ib Manuring?(Joodsoil?Timber . 65 To preserve witeut from smut . ib Salt for cattle and sheep . . ib Ploughing under green crops . . 60 Cheap paints and washes . ; ib To destroy worms on cabbage . ib To cook Irish potatoes . \ ib To manage milch cows J . ib Perpetual yeast . . . ib To take out iron moulds and ink spots ib Agricultural phraseology . v 93 Culture of silk ... 97 Surface manuring ... ib Feeding arid managing milch cows . ib Sugar from corn?Corn planter . .100 Breaking and managing.rtilch cows 104 Cholic in horses?Weeds .. . . 108 Building smoke houses <?. . ib Management of overseers &c. . 112 [ * Short horned cattle * - ; . 117 Importance of good breeds of cattle . ib For raising cabbage . . . ib Topping com . . . . 121 Prideoflndia for fencing . . ib Rutabaga?Silk growing . . 128 Cutting wheat?Demand for silk . ib Lime as a manure . . . 129 Large corn crop . ... ib To preserve butter ib Analysis of soils . . . 137 Silk growing country ib Grafting?budding . . . 141 Rolling seed beds . ib Queries and answers on cultivating silk 145 Morus Multicaulus in Florida . . ib Importation of cattle?Indian corn . ib Sale of Durham cattle . . . 149 To preserve eggs . . ib To dry green corn for winter . 153 Wild horse of the Prairie . . 153 Wood polishing?Best breed of cows ib Cashmere goats?Noble cow . 157 Profits of the dairy . . 1G1 j Injury to corn from gathering fodder 165 Transplanting in autumn . . 169 Gapes in chickens . . . ib Ploughing in green crops . . ib Xp fatten chickens . . . ib nut grass . . . . 173 To preserve fruit trees from worms ib Wonderful effects of culture . . ib Ploughing in straw?Ashes for manure 177 New" breed of sheep . . . ib j Turkish preparation of tomatoes . ib Raising chickens . . . 181 Demand for silk?Market for cocoons ib " Price of Chinese mulberry trees . i b Remedy against ants and spiders . ib English moors and downs . . ib Blight in pear trees . . . 1S5 Manuring corn broad cast . . ib Mammoth tomatoes?Beets for horses ib ; Selecting seed . . - ib British husbandry . . 1S1) 193 Ginning cotton for late market . 193 Vinegar in cream . . . 194 Making pork . . 197 The dairy?Keeping eggs . . 201 To extract oil from cotton . . ib 1 ?l ;K Page i j Colds . . . 1 Go Kxerciso . ... 205! MOP*ALA.\D RELIGIOUS. ibj j Bible, trmli of . . 4 j !Influence of . . 9 Religious controversy . . ib | Hints to niinisiers . . ib j j Coming of the bridgroom ibj ! The; path of duty the path of safely 7 Religious opinions of Sir J'anies M'lntosh 62 ; Christian charity . 41 : i I'ngoverned sensibility . . 72 , Drunken husband . . 98 j | Infidel subdued . . ib j i God sees you . . 92 j j Gutzluf in China . 96 j j Sandwich Islands ib j Christian knowledge . . ib i Society in London . . 100 i Anecdote'of Lorenzo Dow . ib ! Too late . . . ib | [ Religious anniversaries in New York 116 Mv sister . . . 120 * -*? i*i _ _ C Jvxceiience ot Hie r.ngiisn version 01 the Bible . . . 123 ; Religious anniversaries in Paris 129 ! Ckoctaws on Red River . . ib j;\.S.S. Union . . 132 f The christian spirit . . 136 London Wesleyan .Missionary Society 140 ; , Church Missionary Society . ib j | London anniversaries . . 142 ' i Pastoral fidelity?Dr. Bedill . ib 1 Sailor and student . .149 : Power of moral and religious influence 152 The apostate . . ib j ! The christian spirit . ib j i 1 never thought I should do so . ib f' i Hannah Duston . ib J I Nothing like the Bible . . 153 j i Sunday scholar . . . 136 i Kllen's reason for not going to the play 169 j ' Tale of rum and ruin . . 177 j : Lost treasure . . . 180 j n? _t _/? A__ ;t J j Tests 01 spiritual saieiy . . i I Pictv in high places - 1S8 1 Poor Jack . . ib i j King James' instructions to translators ib j of the Bible . . ib I MISCELLANEOUS, j Case of somnambulism . 5 j I Spectral illusions . . 4 J J Statistics of colleges . . 17 , Theological seminaries . 29 Preternatural lactation . ib | Population of N York and other cities 89 Grey sulphur springs . . 93 Deaf, dumb and blind . 120 White Indians . . ib Curious spring . . 128 Experience of a tobacco chewcr and smoker . . . 132 Natural fountain of oil . ib Mow to rise . . ib Great wall of China . . 136 Prof. Silliman on alcoholic liquors 140 .1,1" *U/-A ^tnnirt 1 ; "UIIUSICI liCIU llic k^i^uiu ivuvivi-j | Preservation of the dead . . 145 j Notice of steam quacks . . 146 J Decif and dumb . . . 14S ' Country parson's wife . . 149 ! Washington's farewell address . 156 j Slavery . . . . 160 169 ' City of New York . . 161 j Express mail . . .162 j Magnanimity and gratitude of a lion 177 It w w > John Randolph . . . 165 i I Preservation of animal matter . ib Lightning rods . . 181 I Garlic prevents fever . . ib 1 Fashion .. . . 186 PARENT'S DEPARTMENT. j | Early discipline . . 5, Parental restraint . . 9 j Government of children . 13 Maternal influence . . 17 j j Interview between Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Smith . . 29 \ fnttinr'c iiifliinnm . . 153 ' 44 . j Rabington on education . 37 Controling the conscience . 52 Little Ann's request . . 56 j < Habit of stooping . . 60 i Uniformity in governing . 61 Extract from Hall's lectures . 68 | Diligence aiul perseverance . 73 j Inflicted penalty . . 83 |1 Parental consistency . . 89 ; [ Employment for children necessary 93 Little Frank . . 97 j j Parental example . . 100 j Example for mothers . 1 OS i Begin in season . . 120 It Partial young mother . 121 The contrast . . 133 Parental responsibility . 137 Why didn't you call me back . 136 J The mask and the truth . 150 i, Visit to my grandmother's . 165 ,' Parental influence . . 186 j Parental authoritv 100 rears ago 193 , % * ^ *11 | Responsibility ot teachers . 195 ' " I! DUTY OF FAMILY RELIGION. |< tor.' Is it as likely they will make it their principal business in life, to secure the favor of God, and prepare for eternity, when thov see their parents and masters, thoughtless about this important concern, as if they saw you every day devoutly, worshipping (Jod with them, and imploring his blessing upon yourselves and your households? Their souls, sirs, their immortal souls, are intrusted to your care, and you must give a solemn account of your trust; and can you think you faithfully discharge it, while you neglect to maintain religion in your families! Will you not be accessary to their perdition, and in your skirts will there not be found the blood of your poor iunocent children! Whnt n rlrem!fnl nicotine' mav vou exneel . . 0 J J _ to have with them at last! Therefore, il you love your children; if you would make some amends to your servants, for all the service they do to you; if you would brin" down the blessing of heaven upon youi families; if you would have religion in this place, and be conveyed from age to age; il you would deliver your own souls,?I be. seech, 1 entreat, I charge you to begin anc continue the worship of God in your fami. lies, from this day to the close of your lives. President Davies, 1737. From Zion's Watchman. things new and old. SUNDAY MORNING MEDITATION. 1. Come let us lay aside the cares of this world, and take into our minds the joys ol Heaven; let us empty our heads of all other thoughts, and prepare that upper room tc qptertain our God. 2. Retiring from the many distractions of this life, and closely recollecting all the forces of our soul, so to pursue in earnest that one necessary work the securing to ourselves the kingdom of heaven. 3. Miserable are they, 0, Lord, who study all things else, and never seek to taste thy sweetness; miserable, though their skill can number the stars, and trace out the ways of the planets. To know thee, 0 Lord, is to be truly wise, and to contemplate thee, the highest learning. 4. Send forth thy light, 0 thou Morning star, and lead us to thy holy hill; send forth thy truth, O uncreated wisdom, and bring us to thv blessed tabernacle. New Years Gift, 1743. isa i ails confidence in god. Could I place the prophet Isaiah, at the base of one of the loftiest of the eastern mountains, and, whilst he was gazing oil its v aried scenery, were an earthquake to rock it upon its deep foundations, until like the Numidian lion shaking the dew drops from its mane in the morning, it threw off from its hoary and heaving sides the forests, and the flocks, and the hamlets, and the vineyards; and were a whirlwind to rush in, al that moment, scattering the broken and Allien masses in mid.air, still the voice of the prophet if it could be heard amidst the convulsions of nature, would exclaim, ''Though 'he everlasting mountains bow, and the peroetual hills be scattered, yet will 1 rejoice in he Lord.andjoy in the God of my salvation." Dr. Waugh. ? THE IMPORTANT QUESTION. "For ichatisa man profited if he shall gain the thole irorld and lose his oicn soul? Or it hut shall i mangire in exchange for his soulln This is incited, one of the most grave, md at the same time, one of the most interjsting questions that ever was proposed.? I Veil and truly has an eminent divine desiglated this question, by way of eminence, he important question. The question rentes, not to profit and loss, in any ordinary md trivial concerns, which will not and rannot materially affect us, whichever way he scale may happen to turn; the inquiry egards the loss or the gain, the perdition or he salvation, of a man's own soul. And :an any thing in the universe of God be of ?qual importance to man, with the salvation >f his own soul? Nor is this question of martial interest. It is not addressed, partic ilarly, exclusively to any given number of >ur species; it concerns each and all, learned md unlettered, male and female; for as jvery human being has a soul, it must either >e saved or lost. Surely if the sons oj ambition but seriously effect on this question, they would find hemsolves powerfully arrested in their pur;uits of this world's honor; and if the giddy ml the gay would but allow themselves to >onder this great question, they would find henisclves checked in their eager attempts ifter this world's pleasure; and if the man >f business who has set his heart on 'he acjuisition of substance and wealth, or could lie miser, whose name is by interpretation niserable, but allow himself to consider this question, they would pause and ask them:olves. Am I then, after all, making a ^ood | of true riches?the riches of wisdom, of holi. I ness, of reconciliation and joy?the riches i i that a man is to carry with him beyoyd this ' world?the riches of which the rude hand ! of death cannot rob a man?the riches that ; are to circulate and pass current in eternity ; ? these he has lost! There lived a man that was clothed splendidly and fared sumptuously; but then, , he lived, to enjoy himself. He died and i was buried, and in hell he lifted up his eyes; i he gained the world and lost his soul.? 1 Where was theprofitl There lived another , man: he too gained the world and lost his 1 soul. lie had increased his goods and fill1 ed his barns with store, still the poor wretch t cried out, "What shall I do?" "Do!" "What ft shall I do?" Oh, if the man were here, : j I should tell him what to do. Give to supi port the cause of God?visit the fatherless [ and the widow in their affliction. "Do!" Clothe the naked, feed the hungry. Do ; good?support the cause of God. But no; - i ir ii l *L: l . I I 1)01 no: no win uo somcuuug, nuwcvor,. i what docs lie do? Why, he pulls down his 1 barns?he builds greater, and there he be. . stows, his goods; and then he says to his , soul, "Soul take tihie case, eat, drink, and be merry: thou hast much good laid up"? Where? In heaven? Was his heart and treasure there? No, no! His goods were laid up in the barns lie had built. Was ever folly so egregious as this! God oalled him a fooi," and he shall not be miscalled by 1 me.?"Thou fool," this night thy soul shall ; be required, of thee; then who shall those things be which thou hast provided?" The man gained the world, but lost his soul!? "So is he that layeth up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God." Where ivas the prophet??Robert Newton, 183*2 nf.vin's remains. From the London Evangelical Magazine for August. ! SOUTH SEAS. STATE OF THE NATIVE CHURCHES AT TAHITI. I 1JV tue kcv. ncnry i>oti. . In the Missionary .Magazine for July, the friends of the Society were informed of the arrival of Mr. Nott, who had returned to | this country after the lahor of forty eventful | yean; in the South Sea Islands, during which he had witnessed, and hccn a chief instrunicnt in effecting by the blessing of the Most High, one of the most marvellous and important changes that any nation can exj pcricnce?the a bandonment of Idolatry, * j and the adoption of the Christian faith. The 1! following extract is from a communication ' | addressed, by this devoted servant of Christ, ' i to the Directors of the Society, snice his ar1 rival in England, and will be pursued, we 1 are assured, with grateful satisfaction. 1 On the 20th of February, 1836, 1 embarked, with Mr. Nott, on board the French ' brig Courier, bound for Bordeaux, and an rhmvwl nfVflint nitv r?n the 5th of June, hav " ~ - ? ?J ~ ' ;ng been only three months and a half at sea. At the quarterly meeting of the brethren in Tahiti, in September 18:33,1 inform' d them, that by the time of our next meeting, which would be in the following De; cembcr, I hoped to lay before them the whole of the Scriptures in the Tahitian Ianguage. This information produced no small joy among them. We met in December last, and I was then enabled to state that the Scriptures were finished. This excited in their minds, as also in my own, gratitude to God for his supporting goodj ncss, in sparing my life, and ennabling me to finish what I had, with long and unremitting endeavors, laboured to accomplish. It now appeared to the brethren very desirable that the Scriptures should be printed in England, by the aid of the British and Foreign Bible Society. The work was felt to be too great for us to attempt. Detached portions of Scripture, as a single Gospel, of a single book, a spelling book, or a tract might be accomplished; but the entire vol ume of JJivine Keveiation couia at nest, only be done in an inferior manner, and bv a process so slow, as to occasion a most undesirable delay. The brethren were very apprehensive of the risk I should incur, of another voyage round Cape Horn, and though they did not doubt that the change of air would tend to restore my exhausted energy and health; yet they rather hoped than believed I should reach my native country- in such a state of health as to be instrumental in forwarding the printing of the Bible for the poor Tahitians. This was my hope, the thought of it cheered and animated my spirit in the prospect of dangers, and the uncertainty as to how I might bear the voyage. By the good hand of God upon us, we have arrived at the land of our fathers, in improved health, and have C-inrwl fliof tlir? T.nwl hnc hpon hpffpr tr? lie and other outward observances. The y had never given evidence of personal concern on the subject of religion ; but had rather, without much consideration, followed the stream when the nation, as such, adopted the Christian faith ; they had never been baptized. Others were among those who had been baptized in their infancy, as children ofchurch members, but had never been convinced of sin, or of their need of a Redeemer, to save them from the wrath to come. -Both these classes about the time above referred to, appeared under deep conviction of the necessity of personal attention to the state of their souls; and were exceedingly importunate to be numbered with the people of the Lord. They were not how, ever, importunate, in any rude, or vain-confident manner,but wished to pursue any course tflaCmight be deemed most conducive to the nffninrnnnt of the obiect of their desire. To these two classes of persons, a third might be added, which seemed under deep religious impressions, viz : these who, though ; they had been admitted to the church, had, on account of improper conduct, been separated from its fellowship. Many persons of this description, applied to me with all the importunity of men in good earnest, to obtain that salvation which is in Christ Jei sus with eternal glory. At first they used ' to come in small parties, two, four or six at a time. At our quarterly meeting at Papeite, which took place in December 18135, the brethren inquired into the truth of the reports which they had heard on this subi jeet, and being answered in the affirmative we rejoiced together on account of what the Lord appeared to be doing in behalf of the people?we thanked God and took I courage. But when, alter the meeting, we j returned to our respective stations, the numi her of those persons who professed to be seeking salvation by the blood of Christ, increased greatly, and they came in companies often, twenty, and thirty at a time, asking the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward. These would give me no rest, , but pressed me with importunity at all , times in the day, morning, noon and , night; and often, after I had been spending a consiberable time with them, instructing, exhorting, examining them; preparatory to baptism, and communion with the , church they would still follow me home, as if unwilling to attend to any otncr suDject. I held the meetings with these inquirers, in the Chapel, and many of the , members of the church were accustomed to attend. Then the latter could not refrain from the expression of their surprise at the j great work which Cod was doing among , i them. These people, they said, were many j of them wild men and women from the I mountains, and had only now become tame ! and tractable, and behold, they arc seeking | j salvation through the blood of the Lamb!? ; (>n these occasions, it often gave me pleasure to see many of the poor old members of the church creep along the beach with tottering steps, and leaning on a stafT, as \ i they approached the chapel to which they j came, that they might be present to hear J the instruction given to those over whom 1 had wept, and prayed in secret and in public, i who were now turning to ths Lord. On in-j quiring of them what was their reason for coming, as the instructions given were gen- j ! omllv n renetition of what had formerly been i given to themselves, they said that God had answered their prayers by fulfilling that passage of scripture which I had formerly preached from " Compel them to come in that my house may be filled." God was I now filling his house with these poor out-1 casts, who were not a people, but are now I the people of God. " And now we entreat j ; you to persevere in exhorting arid warning j them to flee from the wrath to come. Tell i them, as you are telling them, to stand | aside, every one of them who are on the Lord's side, by tens, by twenties, and b hundreds, and let them seek with earnestness and sincerity, that they may be enrolled among the people of God. Tell them not to spend either their time or their labor for that which is not bread, or to give to the things of time, that attention which is only due to the things of eternity. Do not keep them too long out of the church; you will find them more intelligent than in former years, when you were instructiong us and receiving us into the church. They can read and write too, and understand the dif fer catechisms very well. These they learned long ago, hut deceived by the devil, they have neglected their books ; now they ap. ply to you to be instructed and received into the church, aud we hope you will not delay their admittance too long." Previous to this period, the minds of several j of the brethen,inchuding myself, were very powerfully impressed with the vastness and importance of the things of eternity. I never felt satisfied in leaving the chapel, unless fully convinced that I had, in dependence on the Divine blessing, used my utmost endeavors to persuade men to fly from impending vengeance. I did not feel satisfied unless I had made them feel my words as well as hear them. Others of the Missionaries have expressed themselves in similar language, and have spoken of the impressive urgency and importunity which the j Lord had enabled them to use with their people. Thus we were enabled to reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all Jong suffering and doctrine; willing to bear all things to enduia all things for the elects sake, that they migfip obtain the salvation which is in Jesus Christ, with eternal glory. After our last quartely meeting at Bapcite, in Dec. 1835, and a few weeks fife, tore my embarkation in the "Courier," I made it known to the people thdt I was about to leave them, and go to England, in qjder to forward the printing of the scriptures in their own language, which I hoped would be effected by the Bible Society and j the conies well bound and forwarded to ; them. TThev desired to know why I could npt send a copy of the scriptures to England to be printed there, and sent out to them, without going myself. To get the word of ? God printed, .they said, was a very good ' . thing, but coulcT it not be done without my . leaving them? 1 was not only their teacher, IWUI1U IIJUI l?IU liVlU WVVH ?v than all our fears. " You will naturally be anxious to knowin what circumstances I left the brethren, and the people of mv charge: and it is with devout gratitude to the Father of mercies I inform you, that it is long since the spiritual state of the people among whom I labored, was so encouraging as when 1 left. The Lord has put his hand a second time, to the cause, and has revived his work in the midst of the years. We received with much encouragement the assurance of your deep sympathy for us, in the trials to which our churches were exposed, from the improper conduct of some, once numbered among their members, from the occurrence of war, ar.d the shameful importation of ardent spirits. J3ut it will be gratifying to you to know, that when the irregularities produced by ltincn rvincps. pcnppinllv hv lhp lntfpr. wptp greatest;?the mass of the people were in sobriety and peace, and a large majority of the members of the churches, with perhaps, only one exception, remained stedfast in the faith, and order, and purity of the Gospel. At my own station, Papaoa, in the close of the summer of 1835, several among those .who seemed neither to fear God, nor regard man, came forward, expressing repentance i toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. These persons belonged to two different classes. Some were among those who i had never made more than a nominal proi jessiou of Christianity, by abandoning idola. !; try. and joipitig m public Christian worship. >argain. "For what is a man profited if lie 'hall gain the whole world and lose his own lou/i Or what shall a man give in ex'hangcfor his soull" Let us suppose a case. Here is a man hat has gained all the honors of the world hat he can enjoy?the honor of titles, the lonor of victory, the honor of conquest.? lie has moreover, the honor of empire, or >f sceptre, of a throne, and of a crown; his is the golden termination?he can go 10 higher: he has wealth sufficiently ample - L- : ?i -i:?: ?nu [O support nis imperial uiguuy?tveuuu iu abundance; he has in addition to this, a most vigorous constitution?he has all pleasure nt his command, and he lives according to the sight of his eyes day by day; he has all this at the expense of religion and the loss of his soul?and where is the profit? lie has had the honors that are empty and transitory?a feeble taper that death will soon put out with his extinguisher, and he lias had them at the expense of the honor that cometh from God. lie has had sensual pleasure as much of it as he can enjoy; but then, it degrades it leaves behind in the sting and. the poison, and the pain; and he has had mis at the expense of the pure, satisfying, and permanent jtteasure which religion inspires, and which springs from the well of hfe. W-hcre is the profit?" lie has had the woi' i's weaith at the expense If family religion tends to the greatest ad.!' t vantage of our families, then it is our duty; 1? ! and to neglect it is wickedly to rob ourselves ' t and ours of the greatest advantage. ( If you deny that religion is advantageous,1 you may renounce the name of christians; 1 j yes, and of men too. Religion places its {: subject under the blessing and guardianship of Heaven, it restrains them from those j practices which may be ruinous Urthem in i1 time and eternity; it suppresses such dispo-! sitions and passions as are turblent and self. ' tormenting,and affords the most refined and i : substantial joys. i Now, I appeal to yourselves whether it j he not more probable that your tamiiy would j 'lie religious if you solemnly worship God | with them and instruct them, than it would i j bo if you neglect those duties? Mow can j you expect that those children and servants j will become worshippers of the God of I heaven, if they have been educated in the neglect of family religion? Can prayerless parents expect to have praying children?? If you neglect to instruct them, can you expect they will grow up in the knowledge of God, and of themselves? If they see you receive daily mercies from the God of heaven, and yet refuse him tribute of praise, is it not likely they will imitate your ingratitude, and spend their days in a stupid insensibility their obligations t their divine Bonefac Potatoes manureu wiui puie iuhw 4.? Leal'from the no:e book of a farmer 205 MEDICAL. Pulmonary consumption . . 1 Hemedy for intermittent fever . . 5 Vol. Alkali in snake bite . . ib Castor iq ring worm . . ib Warm bath best for children . 9 Remedy for toothache . .13 Chloride of lime prevents sickness . ib Rheumatism cured by Burr artichoke 17 To prevent consumption . . 25 Remedy for croup ... 29 Physical treatment of children . 33 Perspiration sensible and insensible . 37 Reciprocity of skin and other organs 41 Causes which favor old age . . 7)4 Chloride of lime for itch . . ib Remedy for the sting of a wasp . ib Sour stomach . , . . 52 Stuttering . . 61 Small pox, how to treat . . 69 Rules for dressing . . 73 Small pox suffered to spread from the ignorance of steam quacks . 75 Vaccination . . .79 Functions of the brain . 93 Excessive exercise of the. brain . 97 * ' Jungs . 125 Dangers of hard study little rvervNO 111 teacher of the Roval Family also; and how could they do without me? No other could act towards them as 1 had done. I told them I hoped and believed they would be mistaken in that case; that the Missionaries remaining had the same affection and regard for them as I had; that from those to whose care they would be committed, I hoped and believed they would meet with the same kind attention as from myself.? That to get the Scriptures printed seemed now to devolve upon me, in an especial manner, after 1 had, in great weakness and atlliction. spent so many years in translating them; and as this could not be done on the spot I could not do otherwise than remove to a place where it could be done in the least possible time, and with the neatest advantage, and that place * was England. I also reminded them of my present weak and enfeebled state, and asked them how long thcv thought it was likely I could survive among them; and if they thought that period was likely to be very short, then would they prefer that my little remaining strength should be devoted to promoting the purity of the scriptures, rather than upon any other object; and especially if it should please God to render the sea-air beneficial to the restoration of my health. From these considerations they seemed to acquiesce, though with great reluctance, to my removal. j About a fortnight before I left the island, her majesty Pomare and her husband, and her mother, and a number of her attendants came and requested to be admitted into the fellowship of the church. She was desired with her husband to write to me, and let me know their feelings and views, and the reasons why they wished to be united with the people of God; but her mother and others were requested to come on the days appointed for meeting the rest of the candidates. After the party had returned home the queen and her husband wrote to me and informed me of their views and desires to become members of the church. After the letter, which the queen wrote to mvself, and one which she wrote also to the deacons of the church, had been read and considered, she was with her husband, received among us, with the entire concurrence of the whole church., and united with us in partaking of the ordinance at the Lord's table on the following Sabbath. Never had it been my privilege to admit in so short a time, to the fellowship of the church, so many of whom I entertained such favorable iioj>es, for never were the prospects of my station more encouraging. Such was the state of things among the natives of Papaoa when I left them. The islands were all in peace though there were political questions pending at the time, which may occasion them some trouble. . The churches at the various stations of tlm hmthrnn I IvJinvn nrp nil tllR increase. UIV M VV.kVfV v%.w w.. T especially at -Mr. Da vies'station at Papaoa. -Air. Davies mentioned that a strong and extending attention to the great truths of salvation had taken place at his station, similar to that witnessed at my own. May the Lord in mercy strengthen his hands, and encourage the hearts of my brethren the Missionaries. May they continue to preach the truth, and preach the truth in love: and may the next information you receive confirm and add fresh evidence to what I have now staled of the blessing of the Lord resting on their labors. 1 remain dear brethren. Very faithfully, yours, Henry Nott. Wc make some extracts from " Nevins' Remains," recently published, which we recommended to our readers last week. JV. Y. Chr, Intel, WORK OF THE SPIRIT. Nothing proves the necessity of the influences of the Holy Ghost so clearly-as .the insensibility of men in regard to the character ol Christ, especially as exhibited in his inconceivable sulFerings. Although there be in the administration of grace several influences and agencies, without which the Church would not be built up, yet there is but one agency by whose cjicicnqi piety is kept alive. That agency is exeried by the Divine Spirit. What a noble product of Omnipotence is a Christian! He is God's last work. The difference between a mere man and u Christian, should be greater than that between dust and man. The results of the - : /.mnfinn /-iiirrht tr\ hp ctrikintrlv visihle. M IJCW 1*1 WU.LIVSU VUCMfc IV VV - O O J ? The first creation makes us God's and constitutes reason enough why we should devote ourselves to him, and live alone to him. But the second creation immeasur^ bly strengthens the obligation. God has made all things for himself; but in a more solemn sense has lie formed his people for himself. One might almost as well b??uilty^?the *9 atheism of denying he wa^rfadc ty God, as that he was made for Gwd. * < Whatever we have from Christ meAori. ?* ously, we have from the spirit efncajjpuslyADAM OUR FED&ral HEAD. Suppose we say,as s^me do, that men wam nnt i*nnrp?fifltcd in Ad&tii) for that tFVtV* KVb 4 were unjust; but thatyn consequence of their connexion with him, they necessarily derive from him his own moral nature, . which is corrupt; for " who can bring a ^ clean thing out of an unclean V9 How does this help the matter? Surely itjfas correct to constitute one man the representative of all, as, without dbing this, to entail on them l all the consequences of sin. Besides, who but God constituted this natural connnexion between the first man and his poste4^. ^ Is he not responsible for its necessary results* jSfould he not have terminated the race with the first man of it? This theory makes our ruin the consequence of^emisfortune ofour being descended from Achun; which misfortune our Maker could have easily prevented. This is getting out of one difficulty, by getting into a greater. * hf li' we have not a sinful nature, we might Lk as well have one, as have a nature which f 1 . . , mrt begins to sr as soon as,'? acL