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?J/vitir?ns
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HINTS TO YOUNG FARMERS.?CULTURE OF j
TIIE MIND.
You know well, t' .t one piece of land, a i
garden for instance, yields vastly more j
thai another piece of ground of equal natu-'
ral fertility. And you know equally well, j
that one man abounds more in knowledge I
and usefulness, than another to whom ua- {
ture has been alike bountiful. It is culture !
?it is industry and perseverance of man,!
exerted in one case, and not in the other, j
that produces the marked contrast in both.'
The cultivator is sure t?? be rewarded, in iiis ?
harvests, for the care anu labor winch i;e
bestows upon his soii; and the reward is
no less certain to him who devotes hisjleisure
hours to the culture of his mind. The soil
administers to our animal wants. Know),
edge not only assists in supplying thesewants,
but is the primary source of intel.
u/Hir?h dollars alon i cannot :
IC'UlUcU ntuui", " >?V.. .
give, and, when consorted with good hah-!
o 7 7 ". # i
its tends to refine, elevate and dis inguish ;
men above their fellows. Talent is not
herditary. You will see, on looking around,
that most of tne distinguished men of our;
country have sprung from humble or ob- i
scure parentage. They are indebted for
present distinction to tiie culture which they
have themselves bestowed upon their minds.
The road to usefulness and honorable distinction
is equally open to you, and the
time has arrived when you must decide
whether you, will compete for the noble
prize.
If you wish to be prosperous in your :
business?to know, and to profit by the J
improvements of the age?cultivate your j
mind?for this is the great labor-saving ma..
chine. If you wish your children intelligent,
thriving and respected, teach them, bv '
example, to cultivate the mind. If you j
would be useful to your friends, and merit'
the confidence and esteem your neighbors, j
seek early to qualify yourselves for the du- j
' " " " l
ties of social lite, by the culture ot tnemmu. i
If you aspire to intellectual enjoyments, I
which flow from the study of the material!
world?from the order, harmony and beau, i
ty, which meet us in every walk, in the :
manifold and wonderful works of the Creator?cultivate
the mind. In line, if you!
would prosper in your business, in your!
family and in society cultivate the mind.
But knowledge is not always wisdom ;.
and therefore, be as scrupulous in regard to j
your studies, as you are in regard to the
seed which you desire in the soil. You will j
reap whatever you sow; rind the mind is asj
liable to be cumbered with weeds as is tiie
soil. Read, therefore, whatever tends to i
instruct you in ycur business, to establish
in you good habits, and to fit you for the
responsible duties of life. Acquaint yourselves
with the inventions and improvements
of modern art. " Make yourselves
acquainted with the general facts of science,
wirh the wonderous laws by which the Almighty
governs all around us; and with tl e
endless illustrations of these laws, in the
wo dd and in all its parts. The facts of
natural history will afford abundant matter
for agreeable and useful knowledge. The
plants, the animals, the minerals, and soils
of vour country and of other countries : the J
~ * m 9
changes of the seasons; the make and composition
of all that surrounds you, duly observed,
and made the subject of reading, of
conversation, of reflection, will at once store
your mind, and raise your ideas of the wis<!om
and goodness of Him, who, it will soon
be perceived, has made all tilings; 'by I
number, weight and measure.' The study
of your own frame, your bodily make and
constitution, may he made an object at once
of interest, instruction and benefit. Early
may you be brought to perceive, in the very
constitution of your own bodies, much of
your duty enjoined by Him who formed you
such as your age. Temperance, self.gov.
ernment, moderation, avoidance of all abuse
of the body, are written in the very make
of the body itself. And it will hence plainly
appear, that when our Maker says, abstain
from all intemperance, from all impunity,
he does but say, "Do thyself no harm."
14 Who aims at excellence will be above
mediocrity; who aims at mediocrity will fall
short of it."?Term. Farmer.
REliifflOlS
From the Christian Advocate and Journal.
NEW DIVINITY, NO. 12.
The doctrine we oppose evidently leads to
a most antiscriptural, absurd, and perni.
cious distinction between the moral character
of the aetor and his actions. If depravity
consists solely in voluntary action, we
have only to contemplate man as distinct
from his actions, and no depravity can be
affirmed of him. He cannot be depraved
apart from that whi"h constitutes depravity.
Depravity belongs to his actions, not to himself?not
to his person, or constitution.
His actions may be depraved : but it does
not follow that he is depraved. This consequence
is so contrary to Scripture and
reason, that one would suppose it sufficient
fo condemn the *hcorv in tbn o^Vrrate of ail
its advocates. But it is not. They hav(
seen the consequence, and frequently as
sertod it. It is included in many <>f theii
statements of the doctrine. Mr. 'Puffielc
pViinlv asserts it, when he says. " we an
infallibly directed, in making our estimate
of human depravity, to have exclusive regard
to the acts and exercises of the humar
soul." Here a distinction is made betweer
the soul and its acts and exercises; and i
is affirmed that, in making an estimate o:
depravity, the soul is to be excluded from
the nccouut, and the " regard" confined tc
its actions. Again; he says, "There sha!
take place those acts, of which alone we car
predicate moral depravity." In his chaptei
on "the original of human depravity," he
charges the advocates of the opposite doctrine
with predicating depravity of" being,'
or " simple existence and atfects to prove
that it cannot be affirmed of* being," anc
expresses Ids surprise " that it should be
made a question, whether sin may be predicated
of being, or simyle existence." 1:
would be silly enough, to bo sure, to affirm
depravity of simple, abstract being, for thai
would imply all beings are depraved. Bui
this his opponents had not done. They
had not even started the question which excites
his surprise. They had affirmed depravity
of human beings, and this is obvi.
ously the doctrine against which his objeedon
is aimed. It is nut to be wondered at
however, that he involves such u scntimen
in the mists of ambiguity, by coutbuodini
a particular class of beings with being it.
self.
Mr. Finney says,"From this subject, yoi
can sec, that the wicked conduct of sinner.'
is no proof that their nature is sinful."?
The author of "Views in Theology" affirms
it broadly, when he says, " No depra.
vitv, stain,'corruption, nor any other defec;
whatever of that nature, pertains to the con
stkution of man."
Mr. Barnes makes this distinction appeal
very conspicuous in his comment on Sr
Paul's declaration, that " the carnal mind i:
enmity against God," &c. " It does no
mean," he says, " the mind itself, the intei
leet, or the will; it does not suppose tha
the mind or the soul is physically depraved
or op{K)sed to God ; but it means, that tlx
minding of the things the flesh giving
to then: supreme attention, is hostility t(
God. For it. The word it here refers tc
theminding of the things of the flesh.?
It docs no! mean thai the soul itself is na
subject to his hue, but that die minding o
those things is hostile to his law. Tlu
apostle does not express any opinion abou
the metaphysical ability of man, or discus:
that question at all."
It is not necessary to question the cor
redness of this criticism. The language
of the anostle mav sitrnifv "the minding o
the things of the "flesh." But if he does no
expressly predicate depravity and inability
of the "mind itself," or "of man," in this
place, he does in other places, and what he
here says clearly implies the depravity o
the " mind itself," <kc. Can that mind 01
soul be otherwise than depraved which is
constantly performing depraved actions ??
Can it be otherwise than at enmity witl
Cod when all its intelligent, voluntary ex.
ercises are at enmity with him ? But the
design of the commentator is obviously to
restrict, as a question of doctrine, tiie do.
pravity and inability to the actions of the
mind. He tells us, that the language of the
apostle " does not suppose that the mind oi
soul is opposed to Gcd. The apostle doej
not* express any opinion about the metaphy.
sical ability of man." This interpretatioi:
is adopted by New School writers general,
ly to guard the doctrines of natural ability
end depravity as consisting solely in action
to which the text is equally fatal, whether i
expressly affirms, or merely implies, that the
" mind itself" is carnal, and at enmity witl:
Cod.
We shall endoavor to make good ouj
condemnation of this consequence, and the
theory to which it belongs, by first bringing
it in contact with the Scriptures. The
apostle writes to the Philippians:?" Foi
many walk, of whom I have told you often
and now tell you, even weeping, that they
are the enemies of the cross of Christ;
whose end is destruction, whose Cod is
their belly, and whose glory is their shame,
who mind earthly things." Here depravi.
ty is predicated not only of minding earthly
things, but of those who mind them?ol
the "mind itself"?the man?the being.?
The result of an attempt to conform this
text to the doctrine, that depravity belongs
crtloW, /-? jwir?n_ would he sfrikin<?lv llldi
OV/1VIJ IV UViiv*?y ?? vv..? w- o V
crous. Again; the apostle says to the Corinthians,
" Are ye not carnal, and walk as
men ?" How ridiculous would be the attempt
to interpet this text on the theory
whicti predicates depravity solely of action!
This theory is most unequivocally contradicted
by the reasonings of the Saviour
on human actions and their causes :?" Be.
ware of false prophets, which come to vol
in sheep's clothing, inwardly they are rau-ning
wolves. Ye shall know them by theii
fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, 01
figs of thistles ? Even so every good tr t
bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt rrct
bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannoi
bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrup
tree bring forth good fruit. Wherefore by
their fruits ye shall know them," Matt. vii.
The purport of tins reasoning is plainly
that acts and exercises derive their mora
quality from the moral qualities of the actor
and likewise furnish the criterion by whicl
his moral principles are to be judgcJ. Art
the actions depraved ? It follows that the
source of them is depraved. Is the mat:
depraved ? Then will his actions be depraved.
What a glaring discrepancy there i;
betwee n the oracles of Christ, and thespeculations
of these reckless theorists, who
with the Nc'.v Tostnmon*. hands
} and professing to be servants and minis- autl
ters of Christ, tell us that "there is noth- as I
r | ing in man which constitutes a tendency to thej
1! sin"?" which forms any more certainty or que
} probability that he will exercise that species any
J of action which is evil, than that which is to o
morally excellent"?and that" sinful actions fron
1 do not imply a sinful nature." and
1 The Saviour furnishes a severe rebuke orlc
1 this nonsense, in his reply to those who at- 9U0
^ tributea his casting out devils to the agency nu"
1 of Beelzebub, the prince of devils. After
j showing the absurdity of their charge, he
' says :?" Either make the tree good, and ^up
1 his fruit good; or else make the tree cor- uue
' I rupt, and his fruit corrupt; for the tree' J*10
' is known bj his fruit. 0 generation
' of vipers! how can yc being evil speak V"011
good things ? For out of the abundance of 'ror]
! the heart the mouth speaketh. A good 1
man out of the good treasure of his heart "?'c
5 bringefh forth good things; and an evil 1
i man out of the evil treasure of his heart wltE
rVvrti, nvil som
I ULliJ"CU1 iUl in V/??4
Jb*
, j Who does nor perceive that the doctrine '
* and distinction we oppose destroy completely
the Saviour's maxim, " The tree is known .
by its fruits" and contradict all his reason- fain
ings ? They make the evil quality pertain ,mP
exclusively to the fruit. They are at vari- Pej?
auce with the whole tenor of Scripture,
which constantly affirms depravity of man ;
J as the source, the author of his actions. Is 11
r i Apply this distinction to the perpetrator lena
f of crime, in any of its varied forms; and?ai?^
while it predicates depravity of his actions, w!
it leaves himself without condemnation.?
1 Take, for instance, the manufacturer and no*
trafficker in ardent spirits as a drink, who Pr,n
is fully apprized of all the mischief he is Pur
11 1 ?: Krt rtmnrtnrifpH
doing, nis ousinuss iiiuj ?
immoral, but it does not "follow that he is rJ10f
immoral or depraved. The immorality
belongs exclusively to the business. This Pro
distinction was actually so applied, and this
doctrine maintained, in the Pennsylvania P'ac
temperance convention in the spring of
* 1835, by one of the authors referred to in *? "
these numbers.in the debate on the resolution ^on'
| asserting the immorality of the manufacture P1
and sale of ardent spirits as a drink. se"s
' According to this doctrine, we have only . c
* to contemplate the murderer apart from his ls &
' actions, we must pronounce him perfect- *
Iv free from depravity. Let his voluntary
_ | exercises be suspended by sleep, for instance 'j00'
{ I and this is undeniably the case. Let him [Jjat
j, die in this condition, and dies free from de- * '1C
4 pravitv, although the blood may vet reek on P0*
' his murderous blade:?or let him wake 'utIC
from his sleep, and whether he has any de- "oc'
51 nravitv after he wakes or not will depend *arr-v
I r
| on his voluntarily performing depraved ex- *
* i ercises, which lie has a natural ability to Slt-;
j. decline. This is a specimen of the moral ?rci
philosophy which grows out of New School {*es
theology. 'aCL
51 It has been objected to this theory, that il wjtj,
i is at variance with the doctrine of total de- ^
f pravity, and its idvocates have endeavored ]naj
P to remove the objection. One tiling, how. .
. ever, is certain, that it admits of no such anj
. thing as "partial depravity. There must ei.
, ther he total depravity, or none at all ; for
as the depravity of a man consists solely in *j
? his actions, his present action must, at any
, given period of his life, constitute his present
depravity. Whether it be total or patial
, will depend on whether the volition as par- ?
. tially or wholly at variance with the law it tjon
. transgresses. Now the volitions of the mind jstei
; are successive, and no matter how rapidly any
. tlicv may succeed each other, the mind puts forn
, forth but one volition at a time. Whether pecl
. tiiat volition is partially in obedience to. and '[
partially at variance with the law, will de- ?
pend ou the demand of the law with respect cjiu]
l to it. If the law partly enjoins, and partly <?
; forbids if. this will be the case. Ilut such a ?
i.? |?... ?( ,lnA
i j supposuion respecting me iuw *ji uuu nuutu mm
be absurd, ft would make it grossly contra. surp
P dictory. But if the law is totally at variance ft ?
> with the unholy volition, it must constitute f3rt
r total depravity. The moment there is the
! least variation from total depravity, it is to. pjjcj
. tally absent. ?
i If if be objected to this reasoning, that one as a
single totally depraved action does not con- are
; stitute total depravity, we would ask how mar
; many totally depraved actions it takes to con- beet
, st'tute total depravity ? fess
Perhaps it will be said, that it is not every diffi
' unholy volition that constitutes total depravi- unk
f ty. if there be some particular volitions ecoi
of which alone total depravity can be predi. rud<
t i
? catcd, it will be necessary to know wnat wmi
> they are in order to determine whether an in t
individual be totally depraved or not, as his verj
. character in this respect will depend on his fuln
having performed or declined them. can<
Take this theory of depravity then along er, t
' with the doctrine of natural ability, from me
. which it springs, and it will follow infallibly an e
that a man may change from total depravi- sort
. jy to holiness* and from holiness to total do- rud<
pravity, twenty times a day, and as much othe
. oftener as he pleases, wife
t But the great and crowning objection is, the
. that it denies human depravity altogether, tlic
It has been shown by the authority of Scrip, conj
ture, that it consists in something in man, pioi
: to which sinful voluntary exercises are re. my
s ferred as their source ; and the popular and istei
l prevailing apprehensions of mankind are in thos
t accordance with the philosophy of Scripture mes
r 011 this point. Now, if depravity does not mer
, consist in some quality, principle, propensity, tion
, or disposition belonging to the actor, which 'he
1 may be contemplated apart from his actions, wha
, and which operates as the cause of his put- whe
i ting forth unholy, instead of holy exercises, tent
; it will follow inevitably that there is nothing you
j in man which makes it probable that he othc
i will pursue one course of moral action rath, whu
. er than another. Suppose two men sleep, sam
j ing, or in a state of suspended animation, visit
. there is nothing in either of these men, no who
, matter what their previous character and theii
, conduct may have been, on which we are con:
lorized to build the slightest calculation (
to what course they 'jvill pursue when t
r are awake or restored. This conse. [
nee, sufficient one wouud suppose to blast i
theory which could lie shown to lead ?'
r involve it, is not onl y fairly deducible I
i the premises, but is actually adopted r
made a part of the theory in which it (
inates, It is broadly asserted in the ]
tation with which we "closed the tenth i
iber.* (
<et us proceed to test if, by the common ]
>e and universal practice of mankind. <
pose one of these men I o be a useful and t
xceptionable minister o ("the Gospel; and 1
other a vile, penitentiary convict who i
escaped, by united force and treachery, I
i his prison. One is now just as tar <
n depravity as the other, and \vc would 1
he convict an injury were we to with- I
I from him the confidence we award to t
minister. Why ? Been use it would be <
iheld on trie supposition, that there is ;
lething in him?somethi Dg belonging to 1
mind?something apart .from iiis actions <
ome disposition, propensity, or taste, *
ch renders it highly prot able, if not cer. '
, that he will, ll he has o; iportuniiy, iukc <
ropcr liberties with the rights and pro- (
v of others when he begijisto act again.
% T-v
V'ill the teachers ofNew Divinity under- j <
i to persuade the community tiiat there t
othing in the thief whic h constitutes a {
lency to thieving ??nothi ng which forms '<
more certainty or probability tliat he 1
act dishonestly, than that he will act 1
i the most scrupulous honesty ? Do f
men universally act on the opposite *
ciple? Are we not con stantlv selecting 1
society, and pronouncing; our judgments, 1
the ground that men possess various
al principles apart from and anterior to (
r action, which lay the foundation of '
xibility that they will a<:t honorably or *
onorably, virtuously or viciously, when I
r?iiv?iiiT? stances ? Would
'^?U UtJU(/l V.^1 IUUI via WM'?a - ??w ? ? , _
merchant as soon, trust his merchandise
ie noted swindler as to the man of tried
esty? This new fashioned theory of i
ravity is a perfect outrage on common i
ie and universal experience. It is a 1
ilesale denial of human depravity, as it i c
enerally understood. i 1
Vill it be argued, that habit makes the j 1
jrencc in question ??ti lat one man has j i
tracted habits of dishonesty, and that (
is the cause of his a rting viciously ? j i
:rc can be no doubt tha t habit has a very 1 t
erfui influence on volition ; but this so-1 i
>n, ifadmittcd, would I ie as fatal to the |
:rine, that all depravity consists involuncxercises,
as it wou'd to the doctrine
n hereditary and constitutional propen
, It places habit " ba*ck" of moral ex- |
ses, and assigns it as toe cause of them. ,
ides, habit is something which affects the ?
lilies?the constitution, of man. It is
effing which belongs ?o him, and abides t
i him, sleeping and w;iking. If there- (
we resolve depravity into habit, we (
to it to consist in something in man,
ih is distinct from voluntary exercises, (
?l? ryt npfinn.
mc iauo^< ui UKJ'IU.
F. ii. ;
Republished in last week's Herald.
From the yew York Batvtist Register. 4
PAINFUL YET JUSTIEI.IBLE FIDELITY.
I expect to leave my present congregain
a short time," said a pastor to a min ing
brother; "are you acquainted with
destitute church with Which I could f
1 a connection, with tiny tolerable pros. '
; ofsuccess?" L
'he visitor was silent.
Do you not know of any destitute 1
rch ?"?continued the pastor. '
I do," was the answer, "several, but?" "
But what ?" said the enquirer; "your
mer, brother, and hesitation, somewhat j
rise me. What aiu I to understaud by
Perhaps you question my qualifications
i ?nr vmi mav have heard
JiU unman j-? j
ething to my disadvantage; pray be ex. a
t"
. c
jl am satisfied with your qualifications j.
preacher and as a pastor ; I think you p
a zealous active minister, and a pious g
1; but, Br. you and I liave long |(
i acquainted, and this diffidence, I con- v
, is wrong. Vet I find that it is very n
cult to be faithful, without appearing
ind to make remarks on the domestic a
:iomy of our friends without appearing u
j and impertinent. But as the matter a
?h occasioned the prospect of a change c
he sphere of your ministerial labors, f,
r much in my opinion injures your use- a
ess, whatever it may cost me, 1 will s
iidly state it. I refer, then, dear broth- 0
o the state of your family. Bear with c
when I say your tamily is any thing but e
sample; your children are under no n
of subjection. In the house, they are s
; to your friends, quarrelsome with each c
x, and highly disobedient to yourself and c
!. In the street, your boys are amongst t(
most turbulent and mischievous, and in s
church they attract the notice of the j,
gregation and grieve the hearts of the s,
is by their improper behaviour. Now, <]
brother, can the preaching of any min- ?
, however excellent, be regarded by k
;e who are the daily witnesses of his do- t
itic irregularities? When you exhort your |,
nbers, who sustain the responsible rela-1 p
of parents, to bring up their children in n
nurture and admonition of the Lord, 1"
.t effect will be produced upon the minds ;i
n, perhaps at that very moment, their at- [,
ion is distracted by the rude conduct of u
r own children ? Can it create any n
r sentiment than contempt, or pity, f<
:h you know is clasely allied to it? The a
e difficulty must attend your pastoral s
s. IIow can you admonish parents, c
i arc remiss in the discharge of duty to h
r children, whilst your own neglect is 0
stantlv staring you ft* ti e face 7 You '};
;an no! ; it is impossible. Now lot us loo)
it those solemn seasons, which, in well-re
julated families, are regardeJ as the mop
nteresting of the day. Ilere, if any wheic
i pastor's family should furnish a mode
or the church. But how stands the cast
with you, my brother? On two occasions
luring mv visit, some of the members o
O ^ 9
rour church have been present at famih
worship. What did they sec, or hear, tha
:ould impress them with respect for you o
our family ? Five of your chidren are oh
jnough to understand something ot the na
urcof the duties and privileges connects
.vitli family worship, and to form a proini
lent and interesting part of the family circle
lut do they do so? Your eldest son rush
;d into the room on one of those occasions
whilst you wore reading the chapter, flun<
limself into ajchair, and remained there til
he service closed. Your iittlo g rl wa
:lamorous for some broad and butter, an<
iv . i ? _ui:?i ?
lour wile, lo appuuac; iici. >vus> uun^cu i
eave the room to obtain some. Yoursa
iond son amused himself with a knilb am
stick, and aoother stretched himself upo;
he carpet. Now I ask you, could the per
sons present either profit by the exercise, o
;ntertain a proper respect lor their pastor
Your evening family devot on, though mucl
juietor than the morning's, is yet very faul
y and defective. It is deferred to so lati
m hour t int tiie children can not possibl;
Ulead. And those who go through th
brm, from fatigue and drowsiness, migli
is well omit. In expressing my&lf tiiu
reeiy, I fear you will think 1 have trans
pressed the bounds of propriety; but lov
o you, and love to the sufFerii g cause o
he Saviour, must be my apology."
The visitor and his auditor were botl
leeply affected. They had long been inti
nate,and the wound inflicted was deep; i
tlio M'nmwl n friend, and therefore
?uo t?av*> u vu??v? v. ? - ??
aithful.
F.
REMARKS.
If the proper training of children, be s<
ndispcnsable in a minister of the Gospel, i
t not about, as much so in professors of re
igion generally/ ifdisiespectlul and dis
orderly behaviour bo so intolerably in th<
amiiy circle, is it not even more so in tlx
iou.se of God ? And if it be the duly of t
ninister to command ?ood behaviour at hi
)\vu lire-side, is he not bound to insist upoi
t in the public congregation ? Wc leav<
hese questions with those who are know
ng on the subject.
AS EXAMPLE TO LAYMEN.
[From a notice of .Mr. Samuel Morrill
1 native of New Hampshire, and a mem
jeroftiie Bangor Theological Seminary
,vho died on the 17th February age<
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Within the circle of his college walks
hero was an infidel neighbourhood aban
loned to every vice, and considered o
>thers as beyond the reach of the power b\
lie gospel. His walks for relaxation anc
j.xercise often carried him thither, and Ik
;oon won the friendly regards of the people
;o far that he proposed to establish amonc
hem a Sabbath-school, they acceptedtht'
jroposal. with the condition that re/gioui
instruction, which they despised and hated
ihould be excluded from the school. It ac
:ordiugIy commenced under tins arrange
nent. Put his mildness, and modesty, anc
inobstructive kindness, gained their confi.
lence and respect to such a degree, thai
10 objections were made when the doctrines
>f the Divine existance, a universal Provi.
lence, and the accountability of man were
irged from the constitution and course ol
lature. It was not long before the book
f revelation as well as the book of nature
i-as tolerated, and the influence of its divine
irecepts was felt and manifested in the
trie community. Drunkenness and vice
ivarious kinds were restrained, industry
,nd virtue were promoted.
In the autumn of 1835. ho graduated
t Dartmouth College , and soon after be
ame a member of the junior class in
iangor Theological Seminary. lie was
egularin his attendance upon his appointed
tudies, but in a short time he iiad found
.'isure to examine almost locality every of
ic, wretchedness, and poverty in the city &
eighbourhood. He would go out among
le Irish residents and others of the poor
nd labouring class, entering one of their
ouscs, would send the children to invite
II the children in the neighbourhood to
ome in. The strangeness of the thing at
rst drew them together when he wouold
ddresthem kindly, iell them some familiar
tory, or give each some fruit, or cake,
r a little book, or picture, to catch the fany
of a child, and then dismiss them, pleasd
but wondering at this unwonted treatment.
His second visit was always more
uccessful than the first, and soon every
hi Id would rejoice at his presence, and
ome bareheaded, through wind and storm,
m meet him. His next step would be to
ccure their attendance at school: end duriir
the summer and tall of 1836, two
chools were in very successful operation,
esigned express!)' for them and established
lainly through his instrumentality. His
indness to the sick and the destitute of
very class, and the thousand ways in which
o contrived to reiieve their wants and to
rocure from them the charities of others,
ave him great influence with the parents,
o that whenever he appeared among them,
II rose up, both old and young to call him
lessed. in the employment of the HamioikI
street Female Missionary Society, he
jet a company of children, thirty or
jrty in number, every Saturday afternoon,
nd three or four smaller circles on the
iubbath, when the parents were often pres.
nt. As he approached the place of meet.
ig we have often seen the children come
ut with smiling faces and take him by the
and, and by parts of his dre*?, and 'end
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v ! him, with nn air of triumph, to the house.
. | The funeral services were attended by a
t j large audience, in Hammond street ehnrch
i on the following Sabbath afternoon?ser.
I nun bv Prfessor Pond, from Rev. xiv. 13.
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s The distant parts of the house were crow,
i, ; ded by pprsons presenting a srikine conI!
trast with the rest of the assembly. They
/ j were the sons and daughters of poverty and
t want, of various ages, from childhood to
r rembling, decrepit old age, of various *&.1
tions and religions, and with an external
- appcaronce as motely, and singular, and,
J ; various as wore tl*eir chambers and con
j d t'ons. But one common sympathy in tlio;
loss of their friend had drawn them together,
| end they stood, looking on in silent griety
until the services closed. They tlien crow,
g j tied round the hearse, as the procession was
II j forming, and seemed determined to follow
s it as the chief mourners. The whole scene
J ! was an eloquent and affecting eulogy upon
o , the character and usefulness of htm for
} whom they mourned. He left noble exa*n
d pie for nil the disciples of Christ.?IV. 5n
I Evangelist.
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t | a spiritual barometer.
? ! When we wake out of sleep, our won'*
h , begin, and our desires arc stirrc?d up fpr
1.1 the supply of thstn. Few things mark
e spiritual l:fe more distinctlv than the earnest
v desire of the heart after spiritual blessing*
e When a christian awakes to life, then the.
it I breath of prayer proves that life,
s Wo may say of every worldly i/ian, h*
;. i knows not real communion with God ir?
e ; daily prayer. We may say of every chrisif
tian, 'he prayeth.' This is indeed, the
spiritual barometer of the soul. Whatever
ii outward storms, whatever clouds and dark*
. i ness may surround him. if the barometer
r. ofprayer.be steadily rising his soul is on
3 the whv to brighter, and fairer, and happier
f? kmthron iirliot am nMV.
I Ull> niliu uiv j WWI t I'lWf
; ers ? What can your closets testify as to>
retired; fervent, continued pouring out your
3 i souls before God ??Do you make all your
s j requests known unto him ? This is the evk
. deuce that your souls live. When 4 man
. wakes up with returning light and life, hp
21 rises and goes forward entering on his la2!
bors, and pursues them through the day..
1! The christian too, has a great work, * he
s j labours not for the meat that perisheth, hut
2 \ for the meat that endureth to eternal iifo
2 1 which tho son of man giveth. And O what
. . exertion is here requisite ? Look at theracer,
he strains every nerve ; look at tho
j wrestler, ho*.v ail his muscular stivngtfi is
required ; look at the warrior, docs he sleep
I ! in all the energies of the confl.ct ? We rust
' i we wrestle, we fight for life und saK alien
" j we contend not for 44 a corruptible, but for
j j an incorruptible crown. Every thing iVot
stake; we have mighty enemies ; we areweak,
and all would be last had wt^ not an
' Almighty helper. It is his grace uione, that
j. raises us from our falls, preserves us from
. J being completely overthrown, and upholds,
j j us still and enables us to go on,4 fuint, vet
4 j pursuing.' My brethren, if you never telt.
J that religion called for all your efforts, that.
r it was a work wrought in us by tl?e mighty
| power of God, and manifesting itself in all
'f good works to man, you know not yet the
true character of the religion of the Gospel..
| j We live in a world, the very air of which isv.
j as to spiritual things, full of heaviness and
j j drowsiness. Seldom do mea get stirredand
roused bv those around thsm. We'
: generally live in the chilling, freezing, be,
: numbing, and deadening atmosphere of thisworld,
and too often oarsclves catch the
11 spirit of slumber; but let us remember w*
-1 must4 press into the kingdom.' 4 The king:
i dom of God suffbreth violence, and the
! violent take it by force*'?Remind Ed-.
i ward Bickerst/th'
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A working woman.?There are strange'
I anomalies in the human family, aud we take
I the Amozonian subject of the following"
1 obituary notice, for the last Beividere War*
ren co.) Apollo, to have been one of ttytfi:
"Died, at her farm, near Beividere* .pry
the 23d ins:, Elizabeth Quick, widow age#
about fifty years. The deceased was a very
remarkable woman, and well known to all
. the country round the significant name of
Farmer Quick. Some 20 or 30 years ago,
her husband died leaving her with three
young children, daughters, and the farrh
j chiefly unmaid lor. According to ber owp,j
account of the matter, lately given to *.
1 neighbour, she thus reasoned with herself in
1 regard to her then situation and prospects,
j ?Wholly inexperienced in those calculaI
tions usually familiar to men, about the oxI
peases and proceeds of land tillage, she dejtermined
notwithstanding her sex and the.
i disadvantages of a constitution at that tim&
' feeble, that rather than venture hiring extra.
help, she would work the farm herself.?*j
She said she believed that the dttieience in
the employment of men and women, roso
I rather from the abitrary usages of society*,
J than from any physical difference of consti;
tution.?Subsequent experience seemed to
confirm her in tin's opinion; for, as she pro- J
cceded in her outdoor labours, her healtU,
j became better established, and was accomj
pan'.ed with strength proportioned to thsl
task. The result of these labours was, thit
j she paid for the homestead, built a new
| house, and enlarged her establishmentev.
i ery way; and quite recently bought another
j farm, having considerably more means at
disposal than were required to pay for it.?>
About two months since, Mrs Quick went
to the woods, and without assistance, felled
the timber, and cut and hauled home inono
(toy, five two horse loads of wood; besides
doing her usual night work of feeding and
fodering the stock, &c. The alternations
of heat and chill, caused by the exercise olv
| loading the wopd, and riding upon the sumo#
: with wet feet, caused the disease which finallv
ended the labdufs of Farmer Quitf ''
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Honesty is tho best pcHcy.
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