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From the ?j>isc>i><il Recorder. thu: rh'oss of chk'st. (iod fori id 'hn! / should <i'ory sere in the Crosi of uw 1jord J- .<ux Christ.?Gal. vi. 11. Whv shouiu I sn irn the blood-stained cross And be so slow to count as loss Tue world with ail its floating channs ? Why clasp so fondly in my arms The objects of my former love I D? I forget that from above The Son of God once came a!on? ? G ving up all,?his burning throne. The homage which the angels gave, His soul to death my soul to save ? I)o I forgot how great the cost He p ud to ransom me when lost, And under God's most awful curse ? Forget it, no! th m he far worse I'd be, who in tli^ sweeping tide I >t KfririiiT.-;. It is: best friend denied. Forget it! no: my holy Lord, Can 1 forget the bleeding sword* Of justice stern that waked 'gainst thee When thou wer't doomed to die for me 1 Forget it ! no; had thou not said, That sleeping on its cradle-bed, The infant may forgotten be, By her whose love is mystery? But thou in love can'st never change? t 'Tis true indeed, though passing strange, Such gift of love we cannot know ; It is not given to us below, Nor will be till we pass the stream Of death, to lands where glories beam In radiance whose light is love ; Its strength and glory then to prove. * Tis true indeed, a mother may Forget her infant, night and day Cares may so press her soul: but thine Is an unchanging love, and shine I s rays the brighter through the cross. Hail wonderous love! My all as loss I count; nor will e'er forget The Sun on Calvary's mount that set. I would not spurn thee, blessed Lord ; But humbly to thy sacred word Would come as to a living stream To nnencli rnv thirst, when feverish dream i )f worldincss conies o'er my Jieart; There would I seek mv better part, And where but there ? The cross is there ; And through the cross thou hearest prayer. I would not spurn thee, let the world In bitter scorn deride; unfurled Before the hosts of earth and hell, My banner I uprear, to tell To all I'm not asham?d to own The cross of Ilim who left his throne To bleed atid die, tnat he might prove To man, how much a God can love. The cross through life my boast shall be, The cross in death my victory, And when before the throne 1 stand, A member of a glorious hand Of Cherubim and Seraphim, And sweep the chords of light to Iliin Who ransomed me with price unknown From death, that cross slialt be my crown. W. G. Theological Seminary, Alexandria, D. C. * Awake, (> Sword, njjainst niv shepherd, and ajr^inst the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of Hosts.?Zochamh xiii. 7. Isa. 1.x ix. 15. KEVINS* REMAINS. We make some extracts from "Norms' Remains," recently published, which we recommended to our readers last week.? N. Y. Christian Intelligencer. Truth and Charity.?The spirit of Christiaiiity is entirely liberal in its desires, prayers, efforts, and communications but not of course in its opinions; for there is no room for liberality in reference to these. A liberal Christian, if the term be intended to characterize him with respect to his religious sentiments, is an absurdity. We must believe according to the facts and evidence within our reach. What it appears to us that the scriptures teach, after a close and prayerful examination of them, we must believe. And were our hearts enlarged to entertain al! the charity of heaven, it could not alter, and it ought nor to alter, our belief. Charity can never aflect our belief, but bv first afiecing the things believed. W e can change our creed only by changing, what is manifestly impossible, the facts and truths comprehending our creed. We often hear it said by men, that they have charhv for all, meaning thereby, that they believe all are in a safe condition in reference to a future state, or i*at those who live under the influence of Paganism or Mahomcdauism, are about as well off! as those who live under the Christian system, and one Christian denomination scarcely to be pri fcrred to another. Now whether there be truth in this, is ano her question ; but theiv is ccrtainiy no charity in it. There may lx charity in connexion with this belief. Lm there may be quite as much in connexion villi the opposite belief. Charity does not *uri;!y opinions, but affections and actions. iVr/ charitably, act charitably, th'nl: truly. If one's charitv is to be decided by his own .pinions, as in common jKirlance, liberal or then what was ? nC /UiMivtv t : i .. v1.-...* 111"., Ill JCS|)VV.l Ul v........ ?M ,u> SillU> ? ^uuil is the gate and narrow is tn. uav t|ial jt>u(]s to lilt-, and Jew there be that :Mf"j lt>? \\*as lie not charitable, yea, charity. sejf ? yet you see what an opinion he exprc s..(|# jt is said, *we must have chanty;" sr> uu must, else with all things beside, w aro nothing; but we must also know what e..iritv is. Whether he is no. the more cha;. table, who goes and spends his life and employs his talents in the sell-denying service of a missionary to the heathen, even supposing him to act on an error of judgment, than he who stays at home, and sitting in the midst of his comforts, proclaims thai the heathen are as well oil* without the (?os]>el as with it ? 1 cannot help deciding ir favor of the former, that he is more like Paul,?like Jesus. Ah, it is easy to talk charitably, and, (if you like the language,] to think charitably ; hut to entertain charity in the heart and to enthrone it there, anc from its deep impulses o act and to endure with constancy and without wearying, there in lies the difficulty of charity, "the laboi of love." Paul would not have been con sidered as very charitable in his opinions but iri hi > desires, .11 bis deeds, and in hi: ordinances, what mere mortal ever wen1 b??vo )'! be?' mmtwmmmmmmmmmwmm wmt \mwmw i i n i r Iicurcn/ii'Mhi'lulii ss.?j-'cw of Iii' s? , ulur duties of lit*', Utwlully pursued, rcquir?* . | more than the hands an I the oceasiouai attention of tin* mind. One of the inos pro\ J Ibtnidly metaphysical hooks that ever v.t;> j written. w as all thought out upon a shoetaai ker's h Mich. .Might not that mind ha v. boon in heaven As to those tilings, thoro arc such.) that cannot properly ho attended to without engrossing the whole min I, lot tin; mind, for the time, he given to thorn, for it' lawful, they interrupt u>? 1.1 J heavenly conversation more than s!ov j> i i I uoes. It requires much of the spiritual nniul t<? i enable one to leave tin's world without ivgr< J and enter the o Iter without tear. ! The s'-ctvt of enjoying lh':: world. (s in l having the heart fixed upon iim '/ v/. S > I Strang ; a riling is this world, that ifvou i look to it for sat is laciion. it will dee. Ac and l disappoint you; hut if you look aw.;y from ! it to li'od, it wiil pursue you v: h IfosmgThe man. whos<* hope riseth to find. ha.ti | not only freed himself from i!s tyranny, !u hath given an absolute dominion over it ; iflottli, it ooiiln a i' ii'oU'h %i* | u ?t I??.? W lliai ^IIVIIIVI 11*9111111 V?| IIUHII I)>|\ nr I il gives or withholds, it is all tin*same ui.lt j him who livers upon tin* unfailing }?r ?mist : that 4'all things shall work togetir r for good to ihom that love (lod." It is ignoble in you to be greatly pieasH [ with the world. Vou are living below tin privileges of your birth, while you are sa'lsj lied with these paltry things, li i-> unun;. i thv in you thus to prefer the footstool to i the throne?.lie badge of servitude t?> tlo* j crown of empire. It is doing iuius ice to ; that spirit within \ou, which reckons i s <!o| scetit from (lod, which drew its first !>r tii: from the inspirations of the Almighty, and ! lives in (iod. to present it with these vani: tics, and bid it be sa'islicd with ;i heap of dust, when it ought io have a chiller oj'glo tries; to Iced it with the poor applause of j men, when it covets the luirli approbation j of its Maker ; to reduce it to tlx; lowncss , of worldly pleasure, when it should be pail j ing afa r the pleasures which are evermore al (Jed's right hand. ON HEARING SERMONS. The following excellent advice is om , the teller of the Kev. John Acuion. it j points out some evils which probably exist to a greater extent at present, than in the day of the writer. j As the gifts and talents of ministers are ; different, I advise yon to choose for vonr i stated pastor and teacher one whom you j lind most suitable, upon the whole, to your I own taste, and whom you are likely to hear i with the most pleasure and advantage, j Use some deliberation, and much prawr,! i in this matter. Entreat the Lord, who | knows better than you do yourself, to guide I ! you where your soul will be best led: and j j when your choice is fixed, you will do well! j to make a point of attending his minisfry ; '! constantly, I mean, at least the stated times ; j of worship on the Lord's day. 1 do not j i say that no cireumstancc will justify your; I going elsewhere at such times occasionally : j O o 7 j but 1 think the seldomer you are absent the j better. A stated and regular attendance j encourages the minis.er, and affords a good j example to the congregation : and a bearer is more likely to meet with what is di ! rectlv suited to hi? own ease, from a minis 1 tor who knows him, and expects to see | i him, than he can bo from one who is a j stranger.?Especially, i would not wish | you to bo absent for i he sake of gratifying, your curiosity, to hear some new preacher, j who, you have perhaps been told, is a very !extraordinary man. For in your way,; : such occasions might possibly oiler almost 'every week. Wliat 1 have observed ofj many, who run about unseasonably alter | j new preachers, has reminded ineofProv. ! xxvii. 8 : " As a bird who wandcreth from i her nest, so is the man that wandcreth from | I his place." Such unsettled hearers seldom ; thrive; they usually grow wis ; in their own I conceits, have their heads filled with notions,' I acquire a dry,critical and sensorious spirit: ' and arc more intent upon disputing who is ' 1 the best preacher, titan of obtaining benefit i i to themselves from what they hear. If you i could find a man, indeed, who had a power ! i in himself, of dispensing a blessing to \our ! soul, you might follow him from place to place; but as the blessing is in the Lords | hand, you will be more likely to receive it I by waiting where his providence lias placed 1 you, and where he has met with you before. I But as human nature is prone to extremes, permit me to give you a caution on the 1 other hand. If the minister, under whom you statedly attend, is made very aceep a- j ! ble to you, you will be in the less danger of i slighting him. But lie careful that you do j not slight anv other minister of Christ. If, i therefore, when you come to hear your own I preacher, you find another in the pulpit, do j; I not let your !<vi,vs tell mm tu:it a vo l had known he had been there you would not i nave come. I wish, indeed, you may never i think so in your heart: but though we can- i not prevent evil thoughts lioni rising in our minds, we should endeavor to combat and ' suppress them. Sonic persons are so cu rious. or rather so weak, tiiat if their favorite minister is occasionally absent, they hardly think it worth while to hear another, j! A judicious and faithful minister, in ties : case, instead of being delighted with such a mark of peculiar araclimeiit to himseli, 1! 'ill be grieved to think that they have pro- 1 j no mow bv his labors; for it is his ' > 1 dcsi.. w i 11 .souls not to himself, hut to 1; Christ, j j1Op0 vo(,t njy friend, will always j -1 attend t>s ordinances with a view to the I Lords |'?s(.tJ(.e. a,j,j when vou arc in II your pi opt; consider the preacher j ?: (if he pi"each<%jic trutli) as one providen-1 ; I tiaily and expres;v scnl by t|)e Lor1 U) Vo? I at that time, and 1. , ^ ou could noi elioose I r j better for yourself, ,m considered. II than he lias chosen 1?^ ol:> |)0 jlct limit; , I the Almighty by conha, ? your CX|)ecla. 1 . tions to a single insiruim.; jf vo\, (|(,, i r you will probably procure y?..r ou*1 . pointment. If you fix your - j ; the man, the Lord may withhoiu ^ pjes.! ,1 sing, and then the man, and the l .. t' 111011s will prove to you but as clouds vjpu Wfi'Ii'J\ ' !!."'u , t ww T-im r fr*-! Trxxrr?-*r.# >T WW s. : s ii!s ??i* w.?is'?;:? on the J.tnil's hay. yo have many oppor.nniurs <?t ; ?*;iriiitr sermon occasionally in the course o| the \v<vk, an i!m:s \t?:i mav partake of ;hat variety ? -ills which I iiavc already spoken o Vnis wi!i ci her be a hetu iit or otherwssi ..ee< rdiu^ to the us } <?u make o! it. wciiid reeoamien I Jo yon to improve thus occasions, but under some r? s'ric-ious. in tiie first place, bo can.'ions ihat yo do iio: d> u uorate m'o the spiiit el'a mer hearer, so as Jo place tne chief stress ? your |ifoiessio.i upon running hi.her an jiuth' r afar preachers. t a re are man who are always upon the w i:,g; and w;t! out a due regard of what is -lit up on then; i:i 'die family, or the close, th" seem to think they were sent into 1 lie wori l . ti > In ?? ? cMiMOitMv* ?ilifi ?. > ?.e IH'IP t'Uii iw iivtii i i MUM i f : *? 111 ?i r? i k i i?? in ;i day ;ts ill*, y |ovmda can. Such |?ci sous hi. v l?i> litiy compared to Pharotih' : It'iui kiuc; tin y devour u ijivai (!c:;!, in or v.uu: of a j)foji?T <i::s st.ojj. t!itdo nr ii ) .r s!:, their sou.'s arc ieai; : tiu'V hav .i:T solid com:! >r.? ami !!? .r prolcss.o abounds uioro iu leaves 'inn iVui!. It'I!t aaostks w r.* a .nam uuou ci* h, aa vn i con;.I near ta? mi a.!: overv vo" k; ye it \o;i w.-jv !;i>' :it*ti?iv?; to the dun *s < tin* closet, il \ (j:4 d; i mo' allow vr;tJr.s-.*?I tilM lor fi-adiny, modi ai;o:i, and [ favor: an It YOU did Mot IlivOWlSO COM-V MUoUslv iil tern! to tin' eoi;eemniei ;..of .our par.icula anil t!ii' discharge ol your duties i ! < I s::ou|d la- more ro.udv to blam y? mt i:i?!.st'it'ion, than to admir"voiir /.cal fv.itv is beautiful in i:.-; season: an if one duty frequently jostle out another. ;s a sign either of a weak jndgni'ii', (a* wrong !imi of mind. No public ordinance oil make amends forthe neglect of seen prayer: nor will tin; most diligent attend unco noon them justifV lis in the neglect c those duties, uhieh, bv trio command air appointment of (?od we owe to society. Again, as it is our trial to live in a da wliereiii st? manv eontcn ions. and winds e strange doctrines abound, 1 hope tiiat yo wiii watcli and pray that you may not liav< itching ears, inclining vou to liearken nnt< novel and singular opinions, and the erro neons sentiments of men of unstable mind? wiio are not sound in the liiitli. I liavi i known persons, who, from a hianiealile en rosily, have fjone to hear sueiu nor ibr flu ' sake of edification, which they could no expect, but to know v.hat I hey had lo say sii|?jicfsiiiir that they themselves were tor Weil established in the truth to bo hurt In them. 1>u-: tile experiment (without a jus i and lawl'u! call) is presumptuous and dan , ?erotis. In tins way many have been hurt yea. many have been overthrown. Krro is iikr poison; the subtlety, ouickness, aiu lotve <>t i s opcratit n is often am tzaiLu A: we pray not to be led into temptation, w< should take euro not t<? run into i: wilfully If the Lord has si town vou what is rituir it is n?.t worth your while to know (il'yot could know it) how many ways there are o bcini* wrontr. Farther, i advise vou, when you hear '< fiospel sermon, and it is not in all respect' to your satisfaction, bo not too hasty to lav the whole bkunc upon the preacher. TIr Lord's ministers have not much to say it: their own behalf. They feel (it is to Ik booed) their own weakness and defects, and the greatness and dillieulty of theii work. T.iov are conscious that their warm est endeavors to proclaim their Saviour's glory, arc too cold : and their most importunate addresses to the consciences of men. are too faint: and sometimes they are hardened with such discouragements, that even thesr enemies would pity them if they knew their ease.?Indeed, ilicv have much to ho ashamed of; hut it will ho more useful for you, who are a hearer, to consider whether the fault may not possible he in yourself. Perhaps you thought too highly ol the man, and expected too much from him; or perhaps you thought too meanly of him, and expected too lit ie. In the former case, the Lord justly disappointed you : in the latter you received according to your tiiiili. Perhaps you neglect'd to pray for him ; and then, though lie might be useful to others, it is not at all s range that he was not so to you. Or poss:b!y you have indulged a tri huii; spirit. ;ui.l brought a dearth ami dewiness upon your own soul, lor v. I;;c!i you hud not been duly humbled, and the Loo! ciiose that lime to rebuke you. Lastly, as a hearer, you have a right Jo try all doctrines by the word of (bxl; and it is your duty so ;<> do. Faithful ministers will remind you of this; thev will not wish ;o Isold you in an implicit and blind obedience to what they say upon their own autnorily, nor desire that you should follow iliem lar:li?.,r than they have the Scriptures for their warrant. They wouil not he lords over vour conscience, hut helpers of v our joy. Prize this Ciospe! iinertv, which sets you free from l!:o doctrines and com* luaiiclnifuis of men ; but do not abuse it to the purposes of pride and self. There are hearers who make themselves, and not the Scriptures, the standard of their judgment. i'hey attend, not so much to be instructed us to pass 111c ir sentence. To them, the ptilp.'t is the bar at which the minister stands to take Ins trial before them?a bar at which lew escape censure, from judges at once so severe and inconsistent. For as these censors are not all of a mind, and perhaps agree in nothing hut in the opinion they have of their own wisdom, it lias of.cn happened that, in the course of one and the same sermon,the minister has be n condemned as a iegalis*, and an antinomiuu, as too high m bis notions, and too low: as having too little action, and too much. Ob : tlfs is a hatetill spirit, that prompts hearers to pronounce ex cathedra, as if they were infallible, breaks in upon the rigins of private judgment, even in matters not essential, and makes a man an offender fur a word. This spirit is one frequent unhappy evil, which springs from the corruption of the heart, when the Lord affords the means of grace in great abundance. How highly would some of the Ford's bidden ones, who arc destitute of the ordinances, prize the blessing of a preached Gospel, with which ton many professors set in to be surfeited. I ? * *?\ ' i d in-' A i: ? ': a ii 1 (which, I tear ;s spreading, ami infects us j in is i like tin; pestilence.) and tu guide you in all1 ol d j tilings. I am, cVc. | i. i From the Christina's, Sclto/nr's, and Farmer's | e; ,, Mnga:int. j m 1 : EXT It ACTS FKU.'I AN OltDINATIoN SKFOION, HV | s' 0 . THE KEVEUE.ND I>K. .IOJIN Wi TIIEKSrOON. j 01 j 111 Tilt: CHARGE. Sir,?As you are now ordained a minis-1 jj. t.T of Christ. and have received the charge : n, j ot this congregation, I hope you will bear i ^jj 1 with inu a littL', while I oiler you a few ad-; ju * vices as to the discharge of your important j pj " trust. And, I cannot help beginning by i \ congratulating yon 011 the unanimous call; |1; *1 vouiiave received from the people. I low- i y. \ : ever despise;! !i\ some. 1 count it a most! (i: hannv circum^tauee both for von audi,,. 1 * . * " ^ j tliem. It introduces you with great advan- j ' nr.. I: fTivi?< mil ;i fiiii' and imnarlial ! . ;! i j~ 1 . i in ^ hearing, and, if you do not preserve their C( ; esteem ami love, it will probably be, in a ... e ' 1 1 " gnat measure, owing to yourself. j p( I must tirs ol'all beseech you, in the most j rc . ; earnest manner, to be strict and frequent, in ()j 1 enquiring into the truth and reality of reli- [ gion in votir own soul. Personal religion ... . . i i W is ti.i'foundation ofall relative duties.?They ; , e;;') scarcely lie performed in any tolerable ,, ' i measure widioi.it it. It is equally necessary fo to your usefulness, and to your comfort. It ^ : is a dillicult thing, and it is a dreadful thing, j pr to preach an unknown Saviour. Rxamiiie. j sj. i therefore, u bother you are l/ornagain; wheth- ni j or \ on have pass \l from death to iijc; whetlu | QX i er you are united to Christ by faith; whether n|, / i vou know by experience,?hi: ditferencc be- |1( tween a state of nature, and a stale of grace,: ' or not. While 1 speak tin's.] assure you,! j. I do not mean it, and I hope none will in- j 1V " > terpret it, as any reflection against,or im-1 I plying any suspicion of you. who have given j j me no cause. 1 speak it from a deep im-1 ! pressiou of its importance to us all. IIowl* ! 1 ,. 1 , -4 t I na miserable a case is it. to have it as our uu-j II ' siness to bring otliers to the kingdom of it t . i o? i s" cil, UJIW UU OUISUlVCrs ill 1,1^1 LI1IU.M UU1> j ^ j ; A minister is us much liable to self-deceit I J ; as any other, and in some respects more so. Pe i We are in danger of dunking ourselves too '111 I '? easily sale, by comparing that outward reg.; L> ularity, to which our ollice itself, even from I secular motives, obliges lis, with the licen-} 1? t ions extra vagance of profane sinners. We. 1 may also mistake our frequent thinking, and q. ' I sneaking oi' the things of God, in the way t|)( ' of our callinir, for an evidence of true reli- ( \ ; giou in ourselves. A ay, we are m danger st : j ot mistaking those gifts, with which God j "; furuisheih us for the benefit of his own peo j pie, for the fruits ofthe Spirit, and gracious j)n r dispositions in our own hearts. Maintain, j f ' ! therefore, a hoK jealousy over yourself, j su| s dire diligence to make your calling and jj , election sure. And, if you save your own j tju soul, you will probably carry many others j ' , witii you to ;i better world; and be able to say ^ ^ G alter the example of Christ, Bchohl 1, and ! ' > the child re j: irho/u God hath given me. n- an As to the duties ot your oflice, see that; tj0 you preach the pure and uncorrupted doc- j ,jK *, trine of Christ. Preach Christ crucified, _ j who is the way. and the truths and the life; j ' j and without whom no man can go unto the j I I - i Father. You will never be able to make ' j men truly good, till you convince them of yo |! tiieir lost state by nature: and, thence, make | .Mi them see the necessity of justification bv the the free grace of (iod, through the imputed act righteousness of Christ. If you would know ; what place Christ ought to hold in your it a preaching and scheme of doctrine, observe |y what room he tills i:i the oracles of truth.. n0i I To the cross of Christ give all the prophets soi witness. The cross of Christ is the stun ! sht and substance of the New Testament.? , bel The cross of Christ is the Christian's glory. ?roi You may see, by a serious perusal of the dj.s 1 New Testament, tiiat the sacred writers' frit largely illustrate the several parts of his j a!ti character and office, and seem with pleasure ' rret to embrace every opportunity of speaking j Mr to his praise. They show how much we! sjJ< are to depend upon him for strength in the asc discharge of our duty; and enforce all their I to 1 exhortations by motives drawn from what lie bCj hath done, and is still doing, for his church coll and people. Yon will soon find from expo-; We rience that no cold reasonings on the nature ; j0 t and beauty of virtue, can have such influ-: car 1 cnco in mortifying corrupt affections, as a the believing view of a pierced Saviour. For ( tliis very reason many detest the doctrine, tent of the cn;ss. It gives a mortal blow to ev-1 dot ; ery darling lust. If gives such a view of rav tiie holiness and justice of God, as is intol- f ond erable to all those who canno think of break. SUc ! ing tiieir aitaclnnent to sin auu vanity. ; and There is one particular reason why 1 disr have mentioned this at present, and insisted tiio on it at some length. It is ordinary to .to a meet with serious persons who complain 1 was much, that from many pulpits thev hear lit-1 pou tie or nothing of the doctrine of the grace ! cha C W of (iod ; that the grand and leading truths! but of the (i os pel are either flatly contradicted,! to d J or kept entirely out of view, and something I its e ; else substituted in their place. I am farllyii from saying that tin's is indeed the case, j que Dii the contrary, I tremble to think that it j of t should he but barely possible, for all these j war doctrines are clearly contained in the Con. | to t; j fission of Failh, which every minister in j bait X folium! has subscribed. It', therefore, there | me be any one among us, who doth not preach war the doctrine of original sin. of Christ's ini- " : pitted righteousness, justification by free con grace, the necessity of regeneration, and the han operation of the Spirit, he is guilty of perju- vin< ry of the worst kind, tor which 1 know no out, excuse. Such a person is not only charge- me aide with departing liom the faith, but with; ears an absolute prostitution of conscience, and j trar a whole life of hypocrisy and deceit. I am j ner indeed entirely at a loss how to account for | to a iiiis apprehension in the people, of a dilfer-j ' ence in doctrine : hut. as there certainly is j twif such an apprehension, I think I cannot dis-; des< charge my duty on this occasion, without was cxiior.ing you to be clear and explicit upon j by < th?-so beads. The truth is, they are of so i air. general consequence, and have so neces-fthai sary ;i connexion witii every other part of j han religion, that, he the subject what it will, and where thev are lirmlv believed, 1 should. whi iiit '/ ! ! *:: : ''Icn'.Tcar.-t ^'" ak-' 'sua g would be such, as to leave no jealousy c i mi intended omission. s: This leads me to exhort you, to preach v. ainly, or in a w ay that may be level to the tl ipacities of the hearers, both as to sonli- w ient and expression, (rod forbid, tliat I p lould desire you to rttsii into a pulpit with, it at preparation, to preach in a disorderly tl ethod, or in a mean, slovenly, or indecent c yle. All pains should be taken to seek out tl t and acceptable, worth. Hut there cannot a greater absurdity in .speaking to a mul- a :ude of common people, than to discourse tl such a stiti'and abstract way, as if is d ainlv impossible for them to comprehend, d or is it any less absurdity to dress up an 1< irangue with excessive elegance, and a s liu, ornamented foppery of style. Some h scotirses may very well be likened to c ... i i ....... U UIJIUU nilHillWS, Wllll.il, Willi liilli V.V1WUI* | . ion themselves, keep out the and ! I ake flic* house comfortless and dark. Such u >nduct is ordinarily followed hv those who s ould willingly recommend themselves to a ;rsons of better taste; but it must evidently v nder them contemptible to every person f< 'sound judgment.?However, it is much a orsethcin absurd. Ibr it is very wicked, n ben the everlasting salvation of sinners is g stake,to speak in such a manner us they s innot understand, or such as tends onlv a amuse their fancy, and never can reach a cir hearts. If we would know what is a vt opor and just manner of style and compo- k ion m preaching, let us consider how any a an would speak, if he was on trial for his w vii life. Would he not speak with great ninness, earnestness and force ? And i.s|g >t the salvation of souls of infinitely more li onicnt than any man's life ! And should w not, if \vc believe the scriptures, bo more j ti garded bv every faithful minister ? F : ! ti A Smart Repartee.?Lord Sandwich (a sl ojiigalr character) after the first day of a a; :val review at Portsmouth, asked a clergy- s( an whether such a profusion of fir<; and lokedid not give him an idea ofheil ? To 111 lich the ecclesiastic replied ; " Yes, escially as 1 observed your lordship to be ,n the midst of it!" . _ al From late London Papers. ACCIDENT TO MRS. GRAHAM. aI The balloon ascent from the Flora Tea se irdens, on Monday afternoon, in wliicli h? j iJuke ot lirunswick accompanied .Mrs. 11.1 ahain, has been attended, we regret to ?f ite, with serious consequence to Mrs. Cira- pa m. ev After a pleasant trip of upwards of two urs, the balloon descended in the vicinity an Brentwood, from what is stated in the wl bjoined letter of the Duke of lirunswick, tei would appear at too rapid a rate, and both B i aeronauts were thrown out. of The letter, which is very explicit, is od?ssed to Captain Currie, who was present tii the Duke when the ascent took place, d who, with Mr. (Jruham, took the direc- alt 11 of the balloon, in tlie hope of meeting elc mi. we ' Convj-ksj: Farm, near Brentwood, in< Nine o'clock, l\ M. Aug. , ry *.uy ue.ir u>upuuu,? i uuuri-iiii \>iit_-i ih.t u have or not followed our balloon, with ? en \ Graham, as you intended, 1 address so lines to your house, containing an ex- j. ; account of what has happened. 'After ascending a considerable height, ippcarcd to me as if the balloon sudden- 1'1C became motionless, neither ascending c'd ... ! descending, and on my inquiring the rea- u 1 1 of Mrs. Graham, she replied, that when ; ascended with a person who had never (,r ore been with a balloon, she did no' like ng too high, for fear the effect would be ou agreeable to him. I answered her that I Du no unpleasant effect whatsoever from ha tude we had attained, and that I wished to we out of sight of the earth altogether.? tin s. Graham upon this threw out a con- bit arable quantity of ballast, and we then the ended to so high a point as completely die ose sight of terra Jirma, for although I .ie<-' >t my telescope constantly to my eye, I f ild perceive that the position in which his then were was much more agreeable sue ne than when the earth was visible; the dci having the appearance of floating on l^s clouds, similar to a vessel on the sea.? I toll s. Graham at that moment drew my at-1 hal ion to a most beautiful appearance in the of I ids, which, by the refraction of the sun's su<s, gave a perfect reflection of the balloon the car, with ourselves, adding, that car h a phenomenon was most extraordinary a in vcrv seldom witnessed. Muc\f to my jee' ippointment, we soon regained sight of ,ne earth, when I again expressed a desire obs scend higher; hut Mrs. Graham said site ruu ; afraid we had not sufficient ascending *'cc cj cr to do so that day. She then dis- vet rged some ballast from the safety bag, she rather declined to accede to my request ant lischarge all its contents, which rendered F-1I . llect very slight, as we remained near- wa 11 equilibrium. Mrs. Graham, at my re- ot I st, then explained to me the management firs he valve of the balloon. Shortly after- site ds, 1 asked her if my rising on my seat csc [ike oil*my great coat would disturb the mo nice of the car, but upon her assuring no it would not, 1 did so, feeling it very r^c m. ' anc From that moment, in my opinion, we n?u nnenced our descent, although .Mrs. Gra- he i i thought the contrary, hut she was con- "a; jed of her error by paper being thrown net At this period, Mrs. Graham asked if I did not feel considerable pain in my i,ir and upon mv assuring her of the con- wa; v, she said 1 was possessed ofvery strong res. 1, however, soon experienced it tha i very severe degree. for Tlie balloon at this moment commenced unt >ting round like a top, in its continued the cent, when Mrs. Graham asked me if it iy ; disagreeable, saying it was occasioned tioi >ur having entered a different current of he* I replied that 1 did not much admire it, but in : I felt no giddiness from if. Mrs. Gra- to I i then threw out the grapple on one side tvli the safety-bag on the other, the rope of c!i latter was so short that it kept dang- Nvn ha i ' v;?:d the eai??i is ; ctrmi?- r i ircuinsiancc which appeared much lo disitisly her. She then asked whether it ould make me gi<!dv to look down lrom lecur, and observe what the grappling iron as doing. 1 iinmedintcly did so, and relied it had no effect upon me. She next iquircd if I remembored her informing me ic balloon could be converted into a paranoic, and requested me to observe it was ion in that state. ' 1 then saw her mount upon her seat, rid lay hold of the ropes which fastened ic car to the balloon. She desired me to o the same, observing we were coming own rather faster than she wished. I folDwed her advice, although deliberately ob-erving that we were at so great a distance rom the earth, that 1 could not yet distinguish neobject from another; but i had scarcey put myself in the position required, when felt the car strike with the utmost violence >11 the ground and overturn, the balloon it elf touching the oar.h. and dragging us bout dO yards, until it rose again. By the iolence of the shock I was thrown head riremost out of the car, at the height of bout 18 feet, but 1 contrived to fall upon iv hands, and escape uninjured, flaving tiined my lect, I had the great grief of ceing Mrs. Graham fall from the car, from much higher distance than I hud fallen,nd from the apparently lifeless manner in diich she lay, I was at iirst feorfulshe was illed. f immediately proceeded to her, nd found she had fallen on her head, and as quite insensible. ' Mr. Moore, the farmer on whose rounds we had fallen, with a number of is people, soon came to my assistance, hen the unfortunate lady was conveyed to ic residence of that gentleman, Converse arm, in the parish of Doddinghurst, near ic tewn of Brer twood, Essex, where she ill remains. 1 instantly desired medical - sistance might be sent for, and she was joii attended I?v Mr. Uarlow, surgeon ot ic neighborhood, whose opinion at this molent is. that there is a serious concussion ' the brain, and injury within the abdo. en ; but notwithstanding her great danjr, he does not despair of her lite. Since iniit five o'clock, when the fall took place, itil now, I have been staying beside her, id it is only within half an hour that she >r>ears commencing the recovery of her uses. I wish you would inform Mr. G.aun from me how distressed I am at what is happened, and should he not have heard the Occident, I must beg of you to preire him by degrees for this sorrowful cut. " The balloon, with my great coat, hat, id firloscnno. is Tone I know not tore. I saw it rise lor a great height af* Mrs. Graham had fallen from the car.? iceive, my dear Captain," the assurances mv regard, &c. 4 O 7 44 Duke of Brunswick. 44 Cap'. Currie, Cam bridge-terrace." Further jxtrlicu/urs.?Mrs. Graham, hough the mother of seven children, the Jest of whom is near 13 years old, is no', ; understand, above 31 years of age, havI been married before she was 17. Tne balloon sustained considerable inju; since its arrival in town several cuts, its being unpacked, having been discovid in it, the repairing of which has occained Mr. Graham to pos pone his ascent an Cheltenham until Wednesday next. The following particulars, taken from i Chelmsford Chronicle of yesterday, for in some respects from the accounts licit have previously appeared relative t6 : manner in which the accident to Mrs. 'ahatn happened :? " Mr. Graham's account is rather crroncs, and in some particulars, that of the ike of Brunswick is not correct. Wo vo visited the spot, and from persons who re eye witnesses of the descent, (though ;ir accounts somewhat differ) we areena;d to lay before our readers a few facts it may be relied on. The real cause of : catastrophe, however, is entirely contural, and we fear must ever remain so. le Duke of Brunswick, it appears from own statement, was thrown out by the Idenness of the concussion ; but we unstand from those who saw him that he > miscalculated the height from which he , it being only nine or ten feet. The loon was then carried along to the hedge . O :hc adjoining field, when it received a Iden jerk, by which it is supposed Mrs. aham was thrown upon tiie side of the . The grapple broke through the hedge 1 the balloon, from the valve, it is con. Lured, having by some means closed, imdiatclv ascended. Mrs. Graham was * served clinging to the car, and when she ched the fearful height of at least 100 t she fell. At that altitude she appeared y diminutive in size, and in her descent t was seen to turn over two or three times J then full like an inanimate mass. She in a clover field, and though the grounct s very hard, there is an evident impression icr form upon it. Mr. Amor was the t person who went to her assistance; i exhibited no signs of life, till a groan, aped Iter. On Mr. Barlow, of Blackre. arriviiiL'. he discovered that thouirli " ' O"bones were fractured, Mrs. Graham had eived a serious concussion of the brain,. 1 that the lower part ol her spine was ch injured; her frame altogether, as may imagined, was dreadfully shattered. -Mr. rlow (iocs not believe that she fell upon head, as stated by the Duke of Bruns-, k, or instant death would have ensued. . B. had her hair cut close, and she s bled in both arms and afterwards cup1 at the temple. . Every other measure t medical skill and humanity could devisoher relief, was adopted ; but it was not il nearly nine o'clock that she became least sensible ; she has not yet sufficientrecovered to be conscious of her situa-. n. 1 ler sufferings have, in some degree, mi spared to her from the insensible state which she lies; but at times she appears be aware of them, having once asked at she had done to cause so much pain ? i' has spoken very little; occasionally she nders in her intellect, and fancies she- I ' in the air managing 'lie balloon." j ...;_J