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TENNESSEE SILK.
Wo have been furnished with several
pieces of silk grown and manufactured by
Miss Easterly, of Cocke county - in this
^ .State. This young ladv merits no small
share of applause for her ingenuity, perseverance
and industry in thus furnishing to
the country demonstrative proof of the superior
adaptation of East Tennessee to the
silk culture, a branch of business which, we
have no doubt, is destined, at r.o distant
period, to be ranked amongst our most profitable
employments, and to confer on the
country, and especially on the laboring class
of females, incalculable benefits. The
specimens of silk left with us are, we believe,
the produce of the wild mulberry,
reeled, spun and woven by Miss Easterly
on the implements in common use. for cloth
of other materials, yet notwithstanding these
great disadvantages, they arc highly ere- i
ditablc to the ingenuity and industry of the j
fair manufacturer, and prove conclusively, i
that under more favorable circums'ances,
she would be amply able to compete with
foreign manufacturer both in the beauty, |
o _ . ,
strength and texture of the products oft
the loom. We arc happy to learn that aj
zeal lor the extension of the sill; culture is j
rapidly diffusing itself throughout Cast Ten-:
nessee, authorising a well-founded beiiefj
that, in less than live years the product of;
East Tennessee silk will form an item in 'he
list of her productions by no means inconsiderable.
In addition to some pub!i?-spir-1
itcd individuals, who, from motives of pa. |
triotism and of philanthropy, are extensive- j
ly engageil in the cultivation of the White i
and Chinese Mulberries, we hear of a great 1
number of individuals who are engaged in
the same business on a snialjer scale, solelv
with a view to individual prolir. All have
our best wishes for their complete success, i
to which we shall endeavor to render the 1
Earinor a useful auxiliary.
? Tennessee Farmer, j
mve stock.
The i >oiiu East India) < lazctte contains :
n catalogue published by the auctioneers,
of the live stock ; ; pertaining to the estate of'
the Nuwah Shumsooden Knan. It is m- j
Y-ir?nc n? shnwiu" the stvie ol hie adopted '
by the natives of rank in 1'ie interior, an*! j
as conveying sonic idea of their weakh and
notions of luxury.
12 splendid hunting, rid:: g, and fighting |
elephants, the best in this part of the coun- :
*r>*? .
(jp wards of 70 of the best bred Arab, j
KV tee war, and Persian A has hors?\s.
About 300 Rissalah horses, ai! strong and
serviceable animals, and most of them well
bred.
>14 well bred Rissalah marcs.
7 well broken and bred carriage or bug,
gv mares.
8 pairs of very superior mart s?are well
matched, and go remarkably well in single
ordouble harness.
00 brood blood mares.
12 fillies, nine of which are good breed.
2 handsome col s. i
0 serviceable tattoos.
2 mules.
lOo carriage camels.
18 dromedaries.
16 Nagoicc cows, with calves.
13 ditto ditto, without ditto.
10 heifers.
110 picked milk cows.
7> one and two year old bullocks.
172 draught bullocks.
11 pairs of very handsome and ! ;rg it :;h
Lulioeks.
12 Pukai bullocks.
4 gardeu ditto.
05 voung un broke dit>?.
2 Nagorec and four counlrv buds.
5 large neil-guys.
15 milk bufialoes.
4 male dit'o. i
goats.
*
74 singing and fancy birds.
50 game cocks and hens.
175 fancy pigeons.
A pair of very large royal tigers.
. 1)32 highly bred sporting dogs.
Oil.?The oil oflndian corn is used in ,
Cincinnati as a substitute for sperm or whale I
oil. It is said to produce an equal quantity
of light, to be quite as transparent and free
from disagreeable odour ; in addition to
which it is not subject to freezing, having
resisted tiic greatest degree of coi l during
the present season?say 6 degrees below
zero. The yield of oil is said to be half a
gallon to the bushel, without destroying the
qualities of the grain for distillation.
Fine Horses.?The ship ?S!iorbrook.
which arrived yesierday from Liverpool,
brought the long expected additions in the
brood-stock in this State, imported at the
costs of E. II. Hoardman, Esq, of Hunts,
ville. Thov have been landed .".i ex^e'lent
hvti'd'. - -.1/ .'/" V 7)7/1^
Mil nffllflMUmMitfM?gMM?mm&rn
Pro to Combes Physiology of Digestion. 1
INFLUENCE OF THE MINI) ON DIGESTION. *
The s'ate of the mind exerts ;i powerful |
inllueiic-' not only on t'ne stomach, but on
v f 7 |
tlie whole process of mrrition, and greatly
modifies 1 ho quantity which may be safely 1
eaten. If the mind be gay and joyous,
appetite will be comparatively keen, digestion
effective and rapid, and nutrition com- <
pletc. Kxamples of this kind abound in '
childhood, and among an easy-minded,
weli-ied peasantry. YVhercas if the mind (
bo harrassed by care and anxiety. or devoured
by grief envy, jealousy, or other
troubles vV. disquieting passions,! be heaithy
calls of appeii.e will be scarcely kimwn, vV: !
digestion and nutrition will be equally mi- !
paired, '['he fact is exemplified oil a large
scab.' in every commercial country, and
especially in times of public distress and ^
politic<rl change. Shakespeare obviously *
had the principle in view uiieti lie made
Ciesar exclaim? c
' I/.'t mo have men ubuul me that are /?//,
Slech-hcadcd turn, and Midi as .sleep o' nigliis.
Yond' C'assius has a lean and hungry look;
He thin Is too much : such men are dangerous. j
Antony. Fear him not, Ca'sar. lids not dangerous, 1
lie is a nobic ltomau, and well given. [
Ctcsar. M ould hr irrrr fatter: hnl I fear him not: ^
Yet if my mine were liable to fear, t
I do not know the man I should avoid j
So soon as that spare C'assius. He reads much. j
lie is a great observer, and he looks
t^uite through the deeds of men; hr lores no plays, 1
As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music,
Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort l
As if he mocked liims^l i* and scorned his spirit j
That could be moved to smile at anything.
Such men as he be never at heart's ease
While they behold a greater than themselves, *
And therefore arc thev vcrv dangerous."
? ! i
Kven experience must have taught overt"
*1 * ~ (
one with wha* zest we s;t down to enjoy ;
the pleasures oi'the table, and how largely j''
we incline to ea\ wlien the mind is free. c
unburdened, and joyous, compared with the "
little ntien'ion we b'\sto.v on our meals 1
when wo are overwhelmed wi.li anxie'v, or
have ihe wiiole energies of ;ho mind con- |
cent rated on some impornnt scheme. There
cannot be a doubt, indeed, that the ovor-ox- 1
criion and excitement, or absolute inertness i I
of mind, m wincn sedentary people are gen- j
e rally immersed, contributes greatly, along
\vi:l> the want of muscular exorcise in the
open air, to impair the tone of the digestive
organs, in this way. as it is not less
justly than forcibly remarked by Ih\ Caldwell,
'\Jyspepsy commences, perhaps, as often
in the brain as in the stomach. Possibly
oftem r. That this is true of the disease
in Kurope will scarcely be d'-nicd, after
a fair examination of the facts connected
wi ii it. It is there almost exclusively a
complaint of the studious and the scheming,
who, over-tasking their brains, injure
dun11 bjy (oil. Among the husbandmen of
... I .. ! r\ cfn.iil.n* tini'ciin llu.ir trnnnnil ^
J J I 1^1.? 11< I, ?, i.v/ .Jivti'i.n 1'iiic iv iiivii ......vj....
mode of lift*, rcgardiess oldie fluctuations of 1
st-.'-k. the bickerings of puny, the fate of I
political Pleasures, and the changes of place, x
ivspcp'V !salmost u sranger/' "In the :
cities, tlie same is in a great measure true ,
of merchants, manufacturers, and mechanics,
who arc engaged in a regular and well *
established business, which is iullv under- v
g 4
stood by them, where the risk is slight and
the profi s sure, and no disquieting anxiety '
attends it. Such individuals have a good 1
digestion, and hear the mark of it. But (
P % 1
with literary men, ofliccrs of state, dealers :
in script daring adventurers, and anxious
I , w \ ,
and ambi-ious projectors of improvements,
with these and every other brain-worn (
class of persons, the case is dilforent. Dyspepsy
is their torment, and they exhibit deep \
traces of it. in their lean frames and ling- [r
gard countenances. Vet are thev much .
i *
more select in their diet, both as respects .
quantity, quality, and cooking, than the clas- J
sos 4o whom dyspepsy is unknown. This
fact is notorious, and has been so for centu- IJ
ries. Xor can it bo attributed, I think, to .
any other cause but excessive and delete- 1
l ions cerebral irritation in the one case, and r
an exemption from h in the other: and this f
cause seems sulFicicnt to so.vo the problem/'*
In denouncing active exertion of mini! j
r.r luiilv. immediate!v after eating, as inimi
cal to Jiix-.'t-tion, it is not meant that we i
should go to sleep, or indulge it) absolute; i
i.'s icssncss. A weak constitution may re-. j
quhv something like a complete repose, hut j r
a person in ordinary health may in a it ns- 1
uivly saunter or pleasant eon versa* ion, not j (
only without injury but willi positive beneli ; ' (
ami perhaps there is no situation in which i c
digestion goes on so favorably, as during;
the cheerful play of sen.iment in the af.er- j
dinner small-talk of a well assorted circle. *
The nervous stimulus sent to the stomach J
is then of the most healthful and invigorating j
description; and even the dyspeptic, if on i
his guard against a heavy meal, forgets ids 1
woes amid the unwonted vigor of his lunetions.
,
It is true that tliou-tannx who liabitual.'c i,
neglect the observance of the condition r
here adverted to, continue to live and digest 1
O ?
for years without appearing to suiter much *
from their conduct. Ilut it is not less true ?
that there are many more who bring wretch- c
edness and disease upon themselves and i
their offspring, in tiie vain attempt to conn- 1
tcrnct the intentions of nature, and that there v
are comparatively few, even of the lorincr, j
so happily constituted as to escape entirely : i
unscathed. Most frequently, the evil con- 1
sequences are only accumulating, and when !a
they arc summed up at the end of years,; *
the victim linds himself more severely pun- j
ished tlian he had ever expected to he. In | this
respect, the consequence resembles that j
arising from breathing in a vitiated atmos- I r
phere. Tiie effect may not be perceptible |s
for a lime; but if God lias ordained a pure 11
air to be best adapted for respiration, we j1
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,
'< ':>Mwell's Thoughts on ftivshvil Ihhcstinn. '
?v ?V|
luivc the infallible authority of bis omnis- ! I
. ienco for believing that one which is vitia- j t
o # }
cd must be less wholesome, although his v
jonefieenco has so constituted us, that j r
he injury resulting from it is gradual in its I tl
nHiction, for the very purpose of giving us ii
ime to escape. In like manner, if bodily s
md mental relaxation arc favorable to di- t
jest ion, we have the same infallible guar- . r
ui.ee that every departure from them ;nust a
k; in so far hurtful, however slowly the : h
. fleet may devolopc itself. j b
Prom the S. C. Herald. ^
Letters on the Origin and Progress of Pe. b
liigian Views in Xeto-England, from a v
distinguished ?\eic Eliglani minister of \ L
the Gospel, to one in the South. ! p
LETTKR I. :1
February 10, 18.37. 1 s
vlv 1 )kau Hrothkr : ;,(
Alliiough I have never !nd the pleasure ] P
>f seeing your face, 1 have for .some time 1 11
sit acquainted wiih you : having heard so ; h
nucli respecting you l'roni our mutual friend, 1 5
fir. Nettleton. I was therefore fully pre- v
tared to reciprocate every expression ofcon- j n
idence contained in your kind and friendly ( b
otter of the 1st inst. J can assure you th.v , V
>rothcr N. remem!)crs with deep interest j u
he season which he spent under your hos- ^
tituble roof; and that he will cherish a grate- ?
id sense of the tokens of affection which he h
eceived from you and your family. And b
tore permit to me say, that having been inti- e
ii'itelv ;iC(juainted with him for the last c
ivc-and-twenty years, I can cheerfully ! c
aibscribe to every word which you have j n
aid in testimony of his worth. h
Hut I must proceed to answer your in- I it
puries respecting " tiie origin and progress v
)f Arininian views in N"W England." I a
ttippose you refer to the Ne?v Havun spe- ' ti
:i:!a:ions. 1 have had opportunity to know fl
something of the history of th-so specula- Jc
Kuf ?lio enro inn'', and cannot be . ti
VIJ.J L/itl IIM/ W.W. f .v ,
f ' "
old in a single letter. It you will have pa- , t<
ience with tne, 1 will attempt :o give vou a r
irief history in a set ies of loiters, promising tl
o bring my narrative within as narrow com. J e
lass its possible. , b
It is true, as was stated by Dr. Porter in v
lis letter to Dr. Beec'ncr, that "Arminian- j d
sm received from the hand of Edwards its ' s
loath blow, of which it lingered more than a
lalf a century in New England and died.? a
-)ur orthodoxy had settled into a solid, 'ran. , c
juil, scriptural state; and perhaps no body ' l<
)t ministers since the world began, have ' "5
x%cn so united, and so manifestly blessed j I
)f Clod, as the ministers of New England." k
Such was the state of tilings, when, as Dr. tl
Sorter says, ' A battery was opened in f
Connecticut, a standard raised, and a cam- tl
>aign begun." [") 1 tl
The first indications that the New Haven tl
livincs were beginning to adopt opinions j o
it variance with those which commonly b
revr/lod among the orthodox, appeared 11
vhiic the controversy between Dr. Woods of b
Vndovcr, and Dr. Ware of (Cambridge, was T
n progress ; wliich was in 1S2U, '21. IV. t
1'avlor expressed to sonic of bis brethren s
-1 -i _ ;_ 4i
jreat dissatislactioa wun uic miimivr m u
vhioh Dr. Woods had conducted the con- il
rovcrsy, and with the views which lie had i c
idvanccd, particularly on the subject of Nil- v
ivc Depravity, hie was heard to say, that 'J
>n that subject, Dr. Ware had the butter of t<
he argument, an 1 that Dr. Woods had put 1
,?ack the controversy with Unitarians,fifty , 1
rears. U nder the impulse of these feelings, 3
ie prepared an article for the Christian s
Spectator, which he submitted to the Asso- v
riation of gentlemen, by whom, in connex- ' tl
on with the editor, the work was conducted. ; I;
The editor at this time, was the Rev. Thos. { d
E. Davis. The Association decided thato
t was not expedient to publish the article, j y
3f the character of the piece, and the sen- s
intents which it contained, you may per- ?
taps form some conjecture from the follow- . li
ng circumstance. While Dr. Taylor was t?
ending, one of the gentlemen present, com- : v
tosed and wrcMe with his pencil, this stanza, ti
Immortal Edwards, whom religion hails lj!
Her favorite son. a Tavlnrf overthrew ;
A Taylor now tho great man's gliost assails.
I lis doctrine dotibts, and error vamps anew, h
I am not aide to fix tiic precise date of \
his event. I am not certain whether it was
previous or subsequent to the. fact which I '
mi aumu 10 lCl?i;?;. v/u uaiuiu?? otiiuij ^
)cc. 10, 18-21, Professor (Goodrich of Vale ^
?ollesc. in his course of lectures to the
College students on the Assembly's Gate
rhism, came to the doctrine of Original Sin.
3 O
(//.} The South has entertained wrong |
i.-ics o1' tho Men* England Theology; a. our j j
imc, every thing was suspicious became of L'ni- t|
aria u ism, and yet hut a small portion of New :
England lias come under this soul destroying I .
niluenco. Our country and the world, owes a j ^
urge debt to Dr. Woods of Andover, for his able 1 *
, ... . i u
lefcnce of the truth as it is in Jesus, against j
>r. Ware. Unitarian ministers bare passed in the p
South as Congrcgaiionalists, allied to tho Pres. 1 .
yteriau Church, heen received into our South- ' '
rn Pulpits. As the history of tho Whitakcrs A: j
lie libel suit in the Federal District Court of i ^
Sorth Carolina, ' Whit a her vs. Freeman," amply
tiorr. Fid wards and Hopkins and Emmons all
liflVred from oaclt other, willi some shades of
ipinion more or less strong. And the opinions of.
io one of them have generally prevailed in New j|
ingland, unless it were tho sentiments of Ed.
vards, and these, in a modified form. Mr. Edi- j,
or. you will oblige some of your readers by jmh- ^
ishing "The S ivbrook Platform," and requestng
"Timothy" to give us the peculiarities of j ?
idwards, Hopkins, Emtnons, D'.vight, Jleecher,
md Taylor. I know that he is able to do this j gj
icrvicc to the Southern Church, and has leisure ! j(
o dorotc to it.* j
KNOX. ! I
t?
"Wc possess no copy of the Saybrook Platform, ^
lor can we find any in our little town, or we J f
hould publish it. We hope "Timothy" or some j r
ithcr of our subscribers will furnish for our col- c
inns the important sketch suggested by our *
:orrcspondcnl.?Er>. ,
{ Dr. John Taylor of Norwich, ling, n dis-* <]
v TiMflvsd ^rtr:c:vi n ~'*r
10 commenced his lecture by observing
hat he was about to present a different
iew of the subject from that which is comnonly
received ; and proceeded to exhibit
he views which were afterwards published
11 the Christian Spectator; and which I
hall have occasion to notice in a future letsr.
Some of the pious students who had
cad the controversy between Dr. Woods
,nd Dr. Ware, thought that tiie views exibited
in this lecture bore a striking rescm'lance
to those of Dr. Ware. They were
rieved and alarmed. Some of them wrote
3 their fricuds, and in this way, considerale
uneasiness w as excited. Mr. Ncttleton
'as at this time laboring in Litchfield with
)r. Beeelier. On hearing what liad transiredat
New Haven, Dr. Beeclier wrote to
)r. Taylor, and some correspondence enucd.
Professor Goodrich sent his lec ure
3 Litchfield. About that time Dr. Humtii-nir
niutnr rvf tlm ( tmirOi in Pilts
V,. -
elcJ, now President of Amherst College,
appened to be there on a visit. lie" and
Ir. Ncttleton examined it together, and
r'ere g.catly dissatisfied. Dr. Bceclierdid
ot entirely approve of the views expressed
y Professor Goodrich and Dr. Taylor;
et in his correspondence at this time, he
lade sonic concessions with which Mr.
netileton was not satisfied ; and in a letter
diich he (Mr. N.) wrote to Dr. Taylor,
c said, " With all my love and respect for
rothers Taylor and Goodrich and Beechr,
I must say that neither my judgment nor
onscience nor heart can acquiesce, and I
an go with you no farther.?Whatever you
lay say about infants, for one, I do soletnn;
beiievc that Gol views, and treats them
i all respects, just as he would do, if they
ore sinners.?To say that animals die,
nd therefore death can be no proof of sin
i infants, is to take infidel ground. The in:dei
has just as .good a right to say, bc/lie
ti'flirmf tioinrr cimir>r?c 1
iU.Vv- wtui! L
icrcfore adults may.?If death may reign
o sucli nu alarming extent over the human
ico,Ac yet be no proofof sin, then you adopt
lie principle that death may reign to any
xtcnt over the universe and it can never
e made a proof of sin in any case. Then
rhat Paul says, 44 Death by sin, and so
eatli passed upon all men for that all have
inned," is not true. Infants die either on
ccount of their own sin, or the sin of Adm,
or nehher.?Hence the most that Paul
an mean is this, death by sin, if they live
>ng enough; if not, they shall die without it.
fou may speculate better than I can ; but
know one tiling b'-trer than you do. I
now hotter who* Christians will, and what
iiev will not receive; and I forewarn you
liat whenever you come out. our best Chrisians
will revolt. 1 felt a deep interest in
lie controversy between the orthodox and
lie Unitarians, while it was kept out in the
? r 'i <"n.--in T>^
lf)C|{ IlCiU OI LOiUl LH'JJrUTliy, JJ Jilltiuuun
y the Holy Spirit, Divine sovereignty and
Election, For this was taking the enemy
y the heart,and I knew who would conrjucr.
Jut you are giving the discussion a bad
urn, and 1 have lost all my interest in the
ubject, and I do not wish my fellow sinners
a hear it.?I do fear it is a trick of the devto
send brother Tavlor on a wild goose
hase after what lie will never find, and
rhich if found, will no* be worth one straw."
Those are only short cxirac:s from a long let?r.
Ti?e whole has not been preserved.?
This letter Mr.Ncttleton read lo Dr.Bcccher.
This was in December 1921. Af or this
Jr. Nettle!on had repeated private discusions
with the brethren at New Haven, in
/hicii he expressed his dissatisfaction with
icir peculiar views, and faithfully expostuitcd
with them on the danger of causing
irision among the Ministers and Churches
f New England. And yet for several
ears it was currently reported, and cxtcnively
believed that lie agreed with the
Cew Haven divines, and the influence of
lis name was made use of to give currency
a their peculiar views. How unjustly ibis
ras done, is evident from the foregoing oxracts.
(I).) The alarm which was occasioned
.mong the pious students, by the lecture of
Vofessor Goodrich, was somewhat al
' * ?
:n*cd by some explanations, wuiuu m; muuv
rj them, and lor a season, the matter was
ii a great measure hushed. But Mr. Netleton
and some others, wlio were acquaintd
with the tacts, were not without great
olicittulc. Meanwhile t!ie Professorship
if Didactic Theology was founded in Vale
College, Dr. Taylor was appointed Profesor,
and the Theological School was organised
in its present form in 1922. The found(//.'
No man is sounder in the Faith th
lie Rev. Asahel .Nettlcton. Dr. John Holt
tice, now at rest with God wc trust, revered
ic character and views of this bclorcd brother,
nd many a Southern minister will have reason
> praise God, through nil eternity, for brother
fettlcton's visit to North Carolina, somewhere
bout 1829 and 3J or 31. A precious and cxtenive
revival of religion followed his labors at
'rincc'Fdward. Va. In N. Carolina he seemed to
tbor without effect 11 ut a year after he left a
? ?- ? < hn I 'in core11 \r nn/1
lOriOUS WOTR CUIIlIliriiUCU at biiu ^liivvioa^
itcnded to neighboring Churches. The writer
'ell remembers, hearing numbers attribute their
rst impressions on the subject of religion to
rother X.'s labors of the preceding year. Lei
unifiers therefore be encouraged to sow the
red. The harvest may come when they are in
iair graves. The annotator heard Dr. IJeecher
reae.ii a Sermon 0:1 the work of the Holy Spirit
I Alleghany Town. Fa., in May last, a sermon
vind to the rrri/ core. The same evening, he
card him in Pittsburgh *'on tho excuses," and
rith deep regret, because it was inconsistent with
self, partly sound, and partly far from the plain
iniple truth, as it is in Chrijt. Hut this appears
5 be Dr. H.'s great defect, and wiil be the case
;ith all new system makers, who have to explain,
uard and defend their views. Truth is plain '
ml simple, and is never subject to contradiction 1
II itself, nor H?3<ts explanation upon explanation j
or its defence. God alone who takes away, in 1
cgcucraticn, the enmity of our carnal minds,
an enable us to understand the truth. And when ,
lie enlightened, subduing influences oftlio Holy
Spirit .are experienced, the story of redeeming
r?ve, plain an 1 siippl-, will s'ripped of all its
ilTicftf's.
"?V V
| crs of this Professorship, require the Professor
to sign the following declaration; "I
hereby declare my free assent, to the Confession
of Faith, and Ecclesiastical Discip.
line, agreed upon by the Churches of the
Slate, in the year 1703." Dr. Taylor
signed this declaration and was inducted
into office. The Confession of Faith here
specified, is what has been denominated the
Say brook Platform, and so tar as doctrines
are concerned, differs scarcely at all from (
the Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian
Church.
In 1826, Professor Fitch preached and
published his discourses on the nature of i
sin, in which ho advanced the position that <
all sin consists in the voluntary transgres- j
r i i 'pi 1...1 i
mvui>i unuicn iuic-$. i dim was rfgurucu uy
many as a virtual denial of original sin and
naiive depravity, as maintained by Calvinis's.
These discourses were reviewed by
Dr. Green in the Christian Advocate. Professor
Fitch replied to the Review. Meanwliilc
young men began to issue from the
New Haven school, and to proclaim the
discoveries of their teacher. In this way
very considerable alarm was created in
some quarters. Still those who were dissatisfied
dreaded an explosion which should
hazard the peace of the Churches, and refrained
from publishing their views; and all
hope of avoiding a public controversy was
not given up till Dr. Taylor published his
Concio ad Clerum. Some account of this,
and the controversy which it occasioned, 1
will give you in my next letter.
Yours very affectionately.
CONDUCT OF ST. AUGUSTIN's MOTHER,
MONICA.
St. Augustin, when he wrote of his mother,
mentioned her genteel education, and j
pious disposition; her submissive behavior ^
towards her husband ; and assiduous care
to bring him over to Christianity, as well
by the purity of her mauners,as by other
arguments. She bore with Ins failings,
with so much gentleness and patience, as '
never to reproach him, expecting that
Christianity would effectually reform him.
As lie was naturally well disposed, and
very affectionate, so he was extremely
passionate; yet she never opposed him
while lie was inconsiderately angry; but
when he came to himself, and she judged
it proper, she would give him reasons for
her conduct. Thus she became a pattern
to many ladies,whose husbands were much
more gentle than her's : and yet these, by j
their imprudence, brought upon themselves
evils which she avoided, to their admiration.
for Patricius was never known to
Ut ? llll.il III, UI n.v
was as careful of us all, as if we had all
been her children, and vet was as submissive
towards us all, as if each of us had been i
her father."
OBSERVATIONS ON HEADING TIIE WORD OF
GOD.
S. Paul gave this advice to Timothv,
Give attendance to reading. 1 Tim. iv. 13.
There arc two extremes. Some read a
great deal : but never meditate. Aristippus
considered these, very properly, as great
eaters who digest nothing.?On the other
hand, some never read. This is absurd,
if they profess a written religion.
There arcfour principal methods of reading
the holy Scriptures, 1. It is adopted by
some as a proper part of private devotion.
Were a young person to get by heart, only
one verso, a part of this private reading,
every night or morning, it would in seven
years richly furnish his mind with Scripture.
In private the Scripture should he studied, j
2. Family reading requires skill. Some!
read a period of onlv cigh* or ten verses.j
Others such a period with an exposition,
as Henry's, Guyse's, Sec,?Others read a
chapter. Others again oblige each child,
or servant, to read one. Circumstances
I determine the propriety of each mode of
; reading. 3. Social reading is profitable.
There are, in manv reading societies, and
M "J' mf'-'a?'"- n?'s','?TT* wayer "'wry
have been at variance with his wife. By
this means she also gained the favor of her
mother-in-law, whom some of the servants
had endeavored to exasperate against her.
When occasion offered, she labored with
much care to make peace between persons
at variance, concealing what she heard
from each as a friend, and divulging
nothing but what tended to reconciliation.
The contrary of this is but too frequently
practised, for it is too common for indif-1
ierent persons to report more than was
said : but the humane mind will not be
couteiu to forbear increasing animosities
by such reports, but will endeavor to put
an end to them by putting the best con-1
s*ruction upon what has been related.
" This, (saysSr. Austin.) was my mother's
practice, because thou, 0 God, didst instruct
her, as her interior and heavenly
master, in the centre of her heart. At
hici hf-r wise conduct pained Iter husband,
"* * # o ,
and ho becoming chaste, by becoming a
Christian, she had no more cause to lament
those disorders which she had so patiently
borne, when he was yet an unbeliever.
44 She was also a servant of thy servan's; 1
and all who knew her, praised, honored, '
and loved thee in her, because the holiness 1
of her life, gave them to understand, that 1
thoa wnsr present in her heart: for, accord. I
ing to St. Paul's desire from the more holy (
widows, she had but one husband. She
gave no less assistance to her father and
mothei, than she had received from them:
Site governed her family with great piety :
She gave proof of her good works by an
exemplary virtue: She brought up her
children with great care, bearing them again
as often as she saw them straying from 1
thee: And in fine, for some time before
her dcaili, when we, who are thy servants, i
(for thou ollowest us to take that name)
dwelt together, after baptism, in an unity.
divine love wns the bond, she
ought to be a good reader of scripture. It
furnishes ideas and expressions to plain
Christians. 4. Some Churches read the
scriptures, in public worship constantly,
others on church-mcetings days, fast days,
and other extraordinary times. The for.
mcr is not only a primitive : but an apostolic
practice. Cause this epistle to be read
in the church of the Laodiceans. Col. iv. 16.
I charge you that this epistle le read unto
all the holy brethren.
From the Southern Churchman.
-Mr. Editor.?Having been a regular
reader of your paper ever since its publication?so
far as my time would permit,
and hoping that I have been benefitted by
two pieces lately published it it, (one on
personal piety, the other signed Paulos,)
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liearl one of my besetting sins?irritability
af temper, I would offer through your
columns, a few hints to professing Christians
of the present day, on participating
in worldly amusements; hoping, as I have
been benefitted by your selections, my remarks?tho'
common may be read by some
to edification. It has been but a short
lime since I professed a hope in Christ;
since which, I have frequently been urged
by those who care not for the things of
God, to attend dancing parties, and much
fo my surprise, some professors of religion
io not seem to view attendance at such
places as improper. I was once devoted
to it as an amust eient, but since I became
3 professor of religion, have never once
felt an interest to participate in, or be
where it was the amusement of the evening.
Nor can I see, bow any, who have
felt themselves to be lost sinners, and believe
that Jesus has purchased them with
bis own precious blood, can at all desire to
participate in that, or any other worldly
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within himself?and felt the burden of his
juilt, his dendncss and want of love to his
Redeemer, can think such places calculated
to cultivate a spirit of piety. Has He
no. told us to Move not the world, neither
the things of the world," to "watch and
pray, lest ye enter into temptation and
who that has ever felt that there is temptaion
without, and corruption within, can
suppose that he can partake of worldly
amusements, without injury ? Does not
the Apostle say, "be ye holy, for I am
holy," and what holiness can there be in
the frivolous amusement of dancing? Many
say that there is less sin in dancing,
than in engaging in the trifling conversation
usually held at evening assemblies,
and it may be so?but we are not commanded
to choose between sins of greater
and less magnitude?but to avoid even the
appearance of sin, lest we cause weak
brothers to offend. And I now address
myself to the Christian, (not to the world,
ling,) and would beg him to remember
that when he is mingling in the dance, be
is giving a bold to the world to esteem
Christianity as but a name. The bible
clearly shows us, that there most be a distinction
between the people of God, and
the world. For it says, come out from
among them, and be ye separate, and I
will receive you, &c. 4tc. Weddings are
often made an apology for joining in such
amusements. But I would ask* if we are
not told to take up our cross daily, deny.
ing ourselves, and follow Christ. And, if
reproach is cast on his name, by our attendance
at such places, is it not our duty
to stay away?even though we have an inclination
to go. The old professor knows
not how narrowly he is watched by the
young; and I must confess that when my
thoughts were first turned to the subject,
the lives ot some were such an enigma,
that I knew not what to think, till I deter,
mined to take the word of God as my
guide; and after a careful perusal of it, I
can find no place in it, where we are commanded,
or even permitted to mingle in
the amusements of the world.
Having united myself to the Protestant
Episcopal Church, I have, with deep mor>
tification, heard the accusation brought
against it, as a denomination, that they ap.
proved of dancing. Liiing far from any
established Church of the denomination to
which I belong, and not believing the assertion,
I feel anxious that it should be refuted.
A dancing Christian, appears to
me paradoxical. I should he glad to hate
your opinion on the subject, through the
medium of your inestimable paper.
Should these remarks be thought worthy
of notice, you are at liberty to make any
n?e of them vou may think best.
FEEBLE FAITH.
At Sea, Ship Samson, >
Dec. 1836. {
[ Correspondence of the Boston Transcript.]
I was speaking of the packet business,
and of its increase. You would scarcely
suppose the letters could be called an item
vet. The amount of correspondence by
this medium is indeed surprising. Ev-ry
one of these dozen or more ships a mouth,
carries out and brings in i s share. Over
6,01)0 were received by one no! long since;
and I have heard that a cap ain has taken
in 8500 in postage on a trip, which would
make more tliau double thenumbre. asthev
receive but two pence on this side, and two
ecu's on the other,?Such fac's indicate
pretty clearly the present state of the commercial
relations especially, between the
two great commercial coun'ries of the globe
?the Engnnnd of the old world and the
England of the new. You may consider
these matters too trivial to be notice!, but
straws sliow the wind's drift, and it is a
good deal of a breeze in rhjs cose, and wiil
soon !>c more.?The intercourse betwoco
these communities is becoming daily m uv
-Vb?<\ n:v! "!iore vi'alfv increasing
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