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J L I i J - 'I POETRY. I * /THE MARRIAGE FESEIVAL. |j BY MRS. ABDY. i c Testiv-s are fit for what is happily concluded; ! at tlio commencement they but waste the force i n and zeal which should inspire us. Of all festivce 1 ei the marriage festival appears the most unsuitable; j u A Calmness, humility, and silent hope, befit no j ]. ceremony more than this."?Goethe. i 0; j 01 La ly. thy marriage bells are ringing. ! And all around thee speaks of festal mirth, j ^ The loss of one so good and fair is bringing, ^ j v Mcthinks strange sadnesto her father's hearth; \ 1 Yet thou amid the throng art pensive sitting, j . And well I know these revels cloud thy bliss, j And that thou doemastsuch triumph unbefitting, | p A solemn and important rite like this. hi These floiv'ry wrcatlis, thesooouuds of exultation. , si Some \ ictor'.s glorious deeds might celebrate, J lc But thou canst claim no proud congratulation, j Untred, uncert tin is thy lutnrc tato; j C( Nor would true frieuds u brilliant spell cast o'er ; ^ thee, j a, (riving to girlhood's dreams delusive scope, | e' Hut rather bid thee view the scene before thee j With Culm humility und silent hope. j Thine is a path by snares and toils attended, : *j Yet, lady, in thy prudence I confide, j ^ Thou art not by mere moral aid befriended, j xv Prayer is thy stay, and Providence thy guide; ' e< And should thy cormngyears with ills be laden, j Thou safely may'st abide the storms of life, ; tr If tho meek virtues of the Christian maiden ; u: Shine forth as brightly in tho Christian wife, j ti 1 " 1 s!g ' re .MEDICAL. I ; d? DIABETES. ! tf Although this is not a disease of very ire- j sc ?]uent occurence, it occurs often enough to j ~ be an object of attention ; and it is so often ! improperly treated, and thus suffered or made j to prove fatal, when proper treatment early 1 ?. resorted to would effect a cure, that we are in- ? ' *)! duced to recommend a simple and safe reme j1 <Jy, which (in this climate at least) generally ;L v proves effectual. i,1; The prominent and distinctive symptom cf: Ib' the disease is an excessive discharge of. urine, t It is not our purpose to enter upon any die- j cussion of its causes or varieties. Such d;s-! cussion would be useless to the common read- ' j,. er. The treatment should be commenced ! with a doee of calomel; say for an adult 15 : <*; grains. If this does not operate it may be fol- i lowed by a moderate dose of castor oil. I1 j G the secretion of bile is of a deep green color, i w repeat the colomel every day cr two, as long j as this continues to be the case. The most ! oi suitable time for taking the calomel is at before | retiring to bed. After discontinuing the cal- J omel, let the patient take from 12 to lo drops ( ^ of Llizor of Yitriul two or three times daily in ; rc balf a gill or more of water. This commonly j sc effects a cure in one week or les6 time when j si used in the early stage cf the disease. If it. T should not, take one grain of opium, or '25 drons ! m 4 4 ! i of laudanum, at bed time, for a few nights> , " continuing the Elixcr of vitriol. If this does j not effect a cure, apply to a physician without | w delay. Fruits and especially watermellons j ]? should be avoided ; so should coffee and tea. j-1 The diet should consist, in a considerable de- i j,. gree, of fresh animal food, say beef, venison, j ca mutton, chicken &c. The Elisor of vitnoi j qL should be sucked tLrough a quill to keep it j In from the teeth, and the mouth should be rinsed j til immediate!)* after swallowing it. | The non-professional reader should bear in ln mind that the disease consists in an excessive, cc and not merely a frequent discharge of urine- j * | ol FiOro the Charleston Courier. j be SCARLET FEVER. j fei Messees Editohs:?Having met with the ! Vc following article in the Journal Medical de ta j" Girondc 2nd volume ; published at Bordeaux I; M in 1824,1 translated it for my amusement, and j . have had it laying by me for some time. As j inJ the Scarlet Fever has made its appearance j R among us, and has proved fatal to a number of j an children, I take the liberty of handing it to you for publication, for the purpose of bringing the ' G< subject to the notice of the Medical I'rofession, and in the hope that it may prove sorviceable to the eominuuity at large. The ^ remedy suggested is at least worthy of trial, ! ?w and even should it not succeed, can do no posi- ,n< tive harm. Yours, trulv, ed N. B. 2STR0BEL, M. D. s:i (TRANSLATION.) r0 "If the secret of the healing art consists nc (says Dr. Hahneman, of Leispic,*) in combatting diseases with remedies capable of en gertdering them, and if inoculation with vaccine | "" affords protection from small pox, Belladonna j in: will be an antidote for Scarlet Fecer, since that j Fubstanee, by its poisonous effects, possesses 1 et( ^ the faculty of producing the symptoms which 'G< characterise that disease so important a dis- { eovery did not fail to attract the attention of j m. the German physicians, who since the year ' 1807, the period when it was made known, '/ have had opporuiities of convincing them- ; -J",? selves in the most satisfactory manner, that 1 * L Belladonna exhibited in certain doses, and the | foi form hereafter indicated, possesses the prop- im erty of preserving from the contagion of Scar- j let Fetert to such an extent, that the most inti- | mate contact with patients laboring under the | ? disease, has been unattended with danger tc j those who have used the preventive in time, j ? and even when it has been resorted to too late j to prevent the effects of contagion, it moder- j I ctes in a peculiar manner the malignity of the j disease. j be 'Among the German physicians who have j rc tested this property of ileliaaonna, is Dr. ! jvj Berndt, of CusJrm. This physician, during the epidemic of scarlet fever, of which that {)r city was the theatre in 1818 and '18, used this m plant with signal success, in orcer to arrive ; at positive conclusions, he employed it at first j in on persons who had been subject to the direct ' \ c influence of the contagion, and particularly j \t upon children under 15 years, who on account j * of their age are most liable to contract this j 1 disease, and who, besides their permanent con-! ov tact with the disease, were most threatened j10 with the effects c: contagion. lie administered j to children of one year and under, on the first I in days, morning and evening, from two to three i te; drops of the following mixture:?-Take of the j !>' extract of Belladonna recently prepared, two i grain-?; vinous tincture of Cinnamon one ounce. . i*er children of two years he increased the j do6: one or two drops, but the maxima m . dose never exceeded twelve drops, as well for! ?ri children of 12 years as for those who exceeded | lit that a^e. After a month and more of this m prophylactic treatment during the epidemic, j f0. he had the satisfaction of finding that of 195 ! tc children continually exposed to the contagation,! &to whom he had administered the extract of j c' Bcliadona,there were but 14 who,in spite o; the ! l'; L -j cf tl.h- prevent at;"?, were a**2clt-'L; v. d with scarlet fever, whilst the symptom* hich they exprienced were infinitely less so ere than in the ordinary course of the dis ase. The other 181 were entirely exempt. "Dr. Muhbeck of Deinmin in Western To lernia, has employed tiie Belladonna witl qua! success. During seven years lie ha: scd it, he has always obtained similar results fe uses the following formula:?Take extrae f Belladonna two grains, fennel water oni unce. lie administers to children from on< ) ten years of age, lour times a day, from cn< i live "drops. To children over teit years, a: 'ell as tv> aduits. six to ten drops, also lou mes a day. lie also uses indifferently tin Mowing formula:?Take powdered root o ielladomia two grains, white sugar tw< rams, mix and divide into tiJ eqaul parts, t< e taken in proportion to the age, from one t< x portions each time, which must be repeatei r.ir times a day. "Dr. Dusterberg ef Farlonrg, equally sue :?slii!, gives to children, confided to his care * n 4.1 4 Li ;n, uuccn u* twenty u;uj;s, uoouiuuj- cu mi ge of a solution made \\ ith three grains of th< Mtract of Belladonna and three scruples o innamon water. This solution administerc< vice a day, and tor more than a week, hat le effect of preserving from the contagion a] lose children who took it, even those wh< ere in intimate contact with persons attack 11 with scarlet fever. One caution is necessary in the adminis ation of this preventive, it is to continue i ntil the complete desquamation of the pa cuts attacked with scarlet lever,when we maj ;ly on its ellicacy. -As to the modus agcudi of belladonna un .t these circumstances, it is like the inocula on of vaccine in small po.\, a nroblem to b< >lvcd." "Dr. Ilolmocian belongs to the Hom?pathi< chool, > * I . 1 ' 1 . } 1 J .\onu out pnysicians suouiu uuuuriuae u ^minister the Boiladona. because it is ? nwerful poison, and an overdose wouk :rtaiu!y prove fatal. The article whei <eJ ought to be fresh; a state in which i not often to be found i:i the interior. Ed. Gazette. how to m: sick. 1. Be good natured about it. You maj :ivc hcou very unwise, even foolish, in going .-iieic.?But do no: new, by iVetfnlness aider the matter worse, ik prompt in employing means of cure ^bsta princiyiis, tbe old Latins would say; men amounts nearly to our vulvar juuv' b, -1 stitch L'l time saves nine.* Mam c, who, had the applied remedies a dav iriiVr, might have lived. 3. Take liiii i to get wel!. Thccoasdtution, vaded by disease, cannut Le restored tc ill vigour and health in a moment. The 'gaining of its wasting energies must cosl unelime. Many, by disregarding this conderation* get sick again, and not a fc.v die. 'here is no subject in regard to which we icro appropriately apply the adage, ?nal:e istc shu-Iy, than that ul getting well. 4. Resolve to be more careful to keep el! in future. No man, surely, should fail hard zchJcei b>> the things which he sut' ?' S-> ? rs. 5. Make a time of sickness a time of sonin reflection on the past. Sickness oc. isions a break in the current of life. In. tiro how that current hitherto has fo ved. quire aft:r neglected duties. In sickness e soul views things with a more sober e. Estimates then lormed come nearer itii, than is often, under ether circeinstans, the case. 6. In sickness if you have the prospect being well again, consider how you may more useful in future. Were you, when id on your bed, a Christian. Then have >u to pursue afresh with redoubled ardor, >ur onward course. Were you not a iristian? Then !ct this be the time of giv!? all to Christ; consecrate to Ilim your turning strength, an 1 commence living ew, and to the gk ry of his name, 7. In sickness recognize the hand of xl. "Afthc-ion co neth not forth of the st. wither doth trouble spring out of the ouad." Whatever may have been our -u agency, or the agency of our fellow in, tiie Lord's liand is to be acknowlg' d in the tilings which wc suffer. Be II, therefore before God. "Hear ye the J, and who hath appointed it." Let sickss be a time cfacquainting yourself with j(i,?with his character, his promises, his reatenings, with every thing by which he tkes himselfki.own 8. In sickness bri ;g yourself near to jruity. You are cr uteci for eternity.? xl may have seen y >u too neglectful of o high intercs s of t .at state. Sickness iy have-been s. 11 as an admonition, to ,'aken you to better views?to a sense of >ur frailty, and a new course of action.? til not therefore, to use a time of sickness r the high purposes, of promoting your unortal well- being.?Essex JY. Register. *A dose in time saves nine. UEUtJioLX from inc uosioa Kecorccr. IEV1VAL IX NEW BRUNSWICK. Mr. Willis.?Somo slight notices have en published in sonu papers ofa recent vival of religion in the city of New Brunsck, N. J. A few days ago 1 had the ivilegc of attending the annual com. enccmcnt ofRutgers College in that place id took occai i )n to make some particular quiries, the re ;uit of whi ;!i I hero give >u. It secm3 that about the beginning of av las', a deep serious ies became appa?t in the Baptist Church, principally ring, as far as.means were concerned, to the faithful labors of two young men, :en;iutes I believe who ceased not '-daily t!:o Temnle and from house to house to ach and preach Jesus Canst." The esbyterian Cimrch soon caught the flame, id the pious students in College began to vake, as well as t!ie students in the I'heo. gical Seminary. Meetings became more jquen*. in all the congregations, and though ) display was made, no no sj Lear J and j 'mew measures" resor.cd to it, was soon uud that religion was the all engrossing ipie among liie people. 1 Cr a while ktry church in the city was opened fo: iblic worship almost uiuly, and the greatit harmony prevailed an org the r.-v-ra' 5 denominations. Although it is hoped and j r< believed that the revival is still in progress J 1 - yet 1 ascertained the following results thus ; c< far: There have been addeu to the Baptist t\ j church 125, to the Presbyterian 52, to the j fI s i Reformed Dutch 10, to the Free church 25, i t( # | the 1st Methodist church have received on , 11 probation 100, and the 2d Methodist j H 31 church 20. In addition to these in the j F - j Presbyterian congregation thev number ! a Iw O O 100 hopeful converts who have not yet been f! * | added to the church, and about the same j A ^ j number in the Dutcli congregation. A j h f > few sucli are also to be found in the Baptist j ir > i and Free congregations. There has also ^ , i >! been some attention in the Episcopal con- j t< j jgregation, the statistics of which I could J // 1 j not readily obtain. In the College the j e revival lias been delightful. There were o previously between 15 and 20 professors of \fi I religion in the several classes, and there arc ; t! I now but seven or eight left of the whole j 1: f I number who are not giving evidence ot a ;b : i . ~ ? , ..M ! i i change of heart. U it was a ccngnuui: r J sight to make heaven glad, to see tiie whole j s * graduating class of 20 promising young : g } men, all hopeful converts. Such was the j c Tact. A new thing in the history of Colle. ges. As might well be supposed, a sancti- ! s t tied air pervaded the commencement cxerci-1 a ces. The students of the lower classes arc : s? J all promising youth, and the hope cannot i b fail to ! e indulged that hereafter Rutgers ! * College will bo a favored spot and that j y " the Lord will say of it when lie wrlteth up j 3 ' j his people, that this and this man was born i 1 here. Yours, ! a ; New York, July, 22, 1637. G. j '1 j I From the Christian Advocate and Journal. j >j j Methodist Missions.?in our synopsis j j 1; of christian missions, a tew weeks since, we J 1 omitted to mention the mtsilbns under the ] j care of the Methodist Episcopal church. ! . Tiu? K/.rlifprntiL Annual lienor', heintr now I I - . - -- 1 S ? before us gives a fair oppor:unity to iutro- J ' dace this subject : ! y ! The .Missionary Society ofthe Methodist n ' * * f { Episcopal Church' was organized April 5, ; 1 . 11819, at a meeting called for the purpose, i ft in the Forsyth street church, New York. i u Tlie New York Female Missionary So- f< ' ciety of New York was organized in July, i si 1819. The Young Men's Missionary So.} t( ! ciety of New York was formed August 2,! o | 1819. The Courtlandt Circuit. Stamford | fi . i Circuit, Cennesee Conference, Boston Do- j n . | ir.estic Missionary Society, and Columbia,! tc j L'.t auxitarios were au iormcu uic same i " i year. !! I Uhe inoii;js collected the first year (I , ; amounted to $823 ; but as no mission was c ; than formed, nearly the whole of it was left t! '! in the treasury at the end oftho year. " j But though there were no droits on the i it , ; treasury the til's: year, such was the con- j n ,! lidancn of t!ie church in the goodness of the ti j cause, that donations of several b.undrcd | '1 (| dollars were given by inniviJuals to the so- ! si 11 ciety. v These were the roots of the missionary a ; tree, which, watered by the dew of Heaven, a | and nourished by the providence ul'God, has g : grown to considerable magnitude. One of ti | the lirst branches sent out by this tree 11' i reached to the Indians of Upper Sandusky, j r< j from among whom a goodly number have " f,! found repose under its shadow. ; h ,! Now, as appears by the report, scions ( c i plucked from this tree have been planted i t! | and taken root in the Oregon territory, s. 1 Western Africa, and South America. ai The Report, already mentioned, is just nr ' . ? , i c' i r r. !.. ,,, published and reauy lor delivery. u is an i >? octavo pamphlet of 56 pages, printed oil j p; gooJ paper, and wit'i a fair type, and cm. i u biases die following items of information :? ! g 1 he missionary anniversary, held May ct 22d, in he Gr< eao-street church, New 01 York, at which ?039 54 were collected, and n< ?1.470 pledged, lor the cause of missions, ir A detail of the several foreign and abor. 1 a< iginal missions, of which the following is a io summary:? ; I 1. The Wyandot Mission ?In this m;s- ! ol sion are three missionaries?two native c< preachers?200 church members. Jw 2. The Choctaw Mission?two mission;*- j in ries?five native preachers?1000 mem- ! n< hers. i d; 0. the Oneida Mission?one missionary j w ?t A'o schoolteachers?100 members. ! at 4. The South Indian Missionary Dis- j in j trict y within the bounds of the Arkansas | al 11 onference, embracing three circuits, viz,j re j t c Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw. These j w n.iisioiii have four missionaries.?si.v ; schools?1225 members. j pi 5. The North Indian Missionary Dis- as trict, within the bounds oftic Missouri con- i cl ! j fercnce, embracing live circuits, viz, the j m ! Shawnees. Dtliwarcs o ies, Kickapoos. Ja ! and Ka> sis. llcrc are six missionaries, j | and 472 members. j10 0. Tits Saganaie end Huron Missions ;ai" \ on Detroit District. Those arc yet in their lo i infancy, having only 12 native members of j pr the church. | he i 7. The Oneida and Menominee "Mission, ;th j in tlie vicinity of Green Bay. Here are : bi j about 50 converts. j dc 8. The Missions at Sauk do St. Marie j ?( and Keice~wC'7ion?one white missionary, i one native do.?two schools?01) church j at members. ,m 9. The Cherokee Mission, within the j lit bounds of the Moisten conference. Atthejee last report there were two native speakers, 'Ju .j and 521 native church members. i ai I 19 The Oregon Mission. The latest j el ! accounts rem tiiis mission have been rccen- J pi | tly publisdel in the (Christian Advocate and ( a: 1! Journ il, from wliicli it appears that the mis. j h< 11 sion is in a very prosperous state, and | th j that the mission "family lately sent out had hi ; j reached the Sandwich Islands en their way j ta ; to their field of labor. ai 11. The Missions in Wisconsin territory h; 1 am nig the Winuebagocs, Chippeway, and b< Sioux-Indians, under the care of Rev. Ah i a; 1 fred Branson. Very cheering accounts j re | have been received from tins quarter, and c< ' have been published in the late numbers of th 1 j the Christian Advocate and Journal. hi >j 11. The Liberia Mission. This mission j d. : by the last Genera! conference was consti-; d< ' | tuted mi annual conference, so that if prea-! g ; J cher> shusld be raised up from among the J p: : co.'urd '.? or l a'.ives, ;b\v tsqab? r.'gular'y p jceived into the travelling connection, 'here are now in the several stations in the alony fifteen missionaries, three white and velvc colored, and six school teachers, 'he number of church members, according ) the last report, is 1375. 13. The South American Mission. The Lev. Justin Spaulding, who is stationed at Lio do Janeiro, has formed a small soeiety? nd established regular preaching. The Lev. John Dcmstcr, who sailed for Buenos tyres, has arrived in safety at the place of is destination, as will be seen by a com. innication from him in this week's paper. On the several missions above enumera. ?d there are fifty-two missionaries, four wusand one hundred and seventy-one Iiuroh members, thirty-two teachers, and nt thousand scholars. Beside the above orcien, there arc domestic missions, within . 1 IV. XT , XT IX _ JC DollDUS 01 IMC ,\U1V, I01K, i\C\V I^flgtr.d, Maine, New Hampshire, Troy, Black Liver, Pittsburgh, Ohio, Erie, Michigan, [cntuckv, Illinois, Indiana, Holston, Teuuecc, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Georia, Virginia, Baltimore, ur.d Philadelphia onferenccs. In addition io these there are twelve misions among the people of color of the south nd south west, numbering cighty-tieo thouand members. A misssiou lias" lately eon cstablisdcd in Texas. The whole number of missionaries this car is 171 ; members, 109,539 ; teachers, 2 ; scholars, 1000 ; mailing an increase ol 5 missionaries, 3,5*23 members, '2 teachers, nd 89 scholars, over last year, 'he expennitures of the society last year were 8G6,536 85 'he income of the society, induing the balance of last year, is G42,749 01 Leaving the Society in dclt 83,783 3d For tho Western Christian Advocate. ON CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. Dear Brother :?In compliance with our request, I send you some account o! ? -' ? - A on norltr firm IV CIlJTlSllcUl -n uu ww*ijf u^v embraced the errors of Universulism ; om^tllat I passed to deism ; from that to niversu! scepticism. In truth, it is difficult jr me lo say what I^was at one time. I iipposed that possibly there was a hereaf. )r, and that it was a state of retribution ; at ther times I would think that there was 110 iturc state of existence, no heaven, 110 hoi), 0 devil, and was almost ready sometimes > think that there was no God. I know ot how to give you a better idea of what was, than to say that 1 was every thing? was nothing. All was uncertainty and onfusion. The truth is, that as it regards le leading doctrines of the Bible, and the rguments in favor of its authenticity, aud 1 support of the christian religion, 1 was lost deplorably ignorant; and with an aw. jlly wicked heart, I could not be happy, 'lie thoughts of death, and what might pos. ' ? ? 1 1 1 _ _:_ iD!y loJiow, woiuu anvays renucr iue ujisrable beyond description. It will, no doubt ppear si range to you, when 1 teli you, that ficr having had a religious education I had one such lengths in wickedness by the me I was twenty, two years of age. About lis time, for the want of something else to :ad, I commenced reading Simsou's Pie* >r Religion. In a very short time that turned anJ godly man had my little scepli. ism picked all to pieces, lie addressed ic reader and said,Candid reader, if you ?e that you arc confuted, give it up, and ^knowledge that you arc wrong. It is tore manly than to persist in a wrong, hen vou know that you are wrong." I aused, read the sentence again, and said to ivself, " I am fairly conluted, and I will ive it up." I expect to bless God through :erni;y that ever this good man wrote this nc short sentence. From this time i had o peace ; there ap{>cared as if there was allost constantly this voice in my car,44 You zknowledge that there is a reality in rcllgn, why do you not try to obtain it V Vet would not consent to give up the vanities f this life. Truly," the heart of man is do. aitful above all things, and desperately icked." In this state of mind I stepped to a neighbor's house one Sabbath after, aon, and as I sat down, I took up Dod. ridge's Rise and Progress of.Religion, hich was lying on the table, and opened . his address to an awakened and delay, g sinner, f read the chapter, and was so Ibcted that I hud to leave the house. 1 turned home under deep anxiety of mind, hich it is difficult to describe; and 1 that Veiling (for the first time) attempted to IT. In nhnnf turn ivflpks from tlliS tiillL'. t lii UUV/Ub Hf V ?? WW? ....... f ; 1 was crying for mercy, I had, I think, a ear view of my entire helplessness. I saw ysclf justly condemned bv the righteous w of a lioiv God, with no way to escape ; penalty. 1 had uo power to believe, seek, or ask aright. 1 was undone 11 helpless. A: that ti no the fo!. wing text of Scripture was forcibly im. cased on my mind : ' Though \\ ur sins : as scarlet, they shall be white us snow ; ougii tbcv be red like crimson, they shall r? t i.?.i ? ..a,,, ,i,0 ! US U'OOli 1 lilUU liUU SUbll U tlbn ut IIIV rath and sufferings of the Savior, and the jspel plan of salvation, as I hail never be. re, had ; the whole plan appeared to be lapted to my case with the most consumate wisdom. I could realize that Jesus id made an atonement for my sins. 1 >u!d now see plainly how (Jod could be st, and maintain the honor of his throne, id yet extend pardon even to me. II r,v langed were my feelings towards the Su'cmc Being ! Instead of regarding him ? my severe, inflexible Judge, 1 felt that 2 was the most beneficent of all beings : iat lie was my best Friend, and my most dulgent Benefactor. This is w hat I have ken for religion. And it is needless for .iy person to tell me, that in older to be .ippv, and enjoy this life, it is necessary to 2 free from the restraints of religion ; bernse I know better from experience. The istraints which religion imposes are lie ssary for the enjoyment of this life. I icrc is a being in the world which in myt sart I pity, it is the poor sceptic. 0 ! how .irk, how creary is his rouci! No being oes he recognize capable of managing thereat concerns of the un ers ; no ovc:roviJence ; uo 1 i id and compete.,: cc'ver. Fve;v thin2 flue eating ; cli - V 'doubt and uncertainty. How different is j f the situation of him whose 44 God is the j Lord." Whatever commotions agitate the 1 natural or n oral world, he knows that his | Father governs, and rests assured that all things will work together tor good to them that love God. * Dear brother?the above is a sketch of my christian experience, which necessarily had to be very brief, not to exceed the limits of a letter, it is rather difficult for me to to restrain myself on the subject of infidelity. My heart pains me when 1 reflect what a dreary road the sceptic travels ; to what a j dreadful hell he directs his course. Yours, affeciionately, ;?. Fclruanj 11, 1837. TMMT Q TO T*T? POP f? PfTPn 1 i > I JJO A V_/ LJl-4 UVXWIVUC/ 4 A-IA' I am Disturbed.?In the Sunday School when the superintendent, commencing the exercise, 4,says hastily,"'Let us pray and proceeds while the scholars are in the act of rising or kneeling, the prayer uttered in indistinct tones, and and consisting of general petitions only. I am disturbed when the superintendent or some other individual addresses the scholars withoutin the first place calling their .attention and securing it, and continues to talk on, unconscious that a portion of the children are inattentive alike to the speaker | and his subject. I am disturbed when the school is cngu- } I ged in singing to see one third of the schoi- j i! ars without hymn hooks, and taking of 1 ! course no part in the exercise ; some of them whispering and the rest stupidly ga1 zing about. The hymn having been given out in a low voice, and the school rath- j cr noisy, many of the children ere cccu-! pied the time of singing, in searching for it, j their teachers meanwhile Inking no notice, j I am disturbed when I see a teacher ] gravely, it may be, and doubtless in earnest, i enforcing religious truths upon the attention j , of three boys of his class, while the remain- i ing three are making grimaces, yawning on their seats, or otherwise enurely idle and indifferent,? the teacher unmindful of this; and directing to them no sort of attention. I am distiLrled when I see levity in the action and on countenance of the teacher j evincing too plainly to his class the little j faith lie has that a blessing will follow his ; ine'ruefirvns. nnrl if m:n* he. tOStifviilf? his t I total unconcern about the matter. I am disturbed, when I see teachers I who have exhausted their ideas, sit idly by ; their class, either reading a library book, or doing nothing, sometimes leaving their seats to converse on some irrelevant subject with a kindred soul ; the children playing, and it, wanting half an hour to the time of its clos. ( in g. I am disturbed when school is closed, to see the scholars dismissed in a mass, and rushing out like convicts loosened from some prison, disturbing the neighborhood and exciting the prejudices of every behol1 dcr against that particular school," if not against the whole system. JNIore'disturbances/ Mr. Editor, another time. A Teaciieb. ! : A WRONG BEGINNING. We have inserted to-day, by request, the plan a study pursued in the theological department of the Western Resci ve College, h will be seen that the first topic.4- under the head of Systematic Theology, jirc mental Philosophy, Ethics, foundation of right, moral agency, nature and design of law, I and Province ofHeason and Philosophy | in Religion. In the hands of some instruc-1 tors these subjects, as the first iu the course, might be disposed of without detriment to those which Tollow. ?Ia the hands of those ' who hove adopted peculiar views on them, i those views must shape and mould tl.e fun.; dumontal doctrines of the Bible.?From j , the great diversity of views which now pre. j J va.i on menial philosophy," and moral agen. > cy, and the kindred topics, it would have j been a more felicitous arrangement to have ! referred these subjects, either to some othdepartment, or to some other place in the same department. In systematic theology the Bible is, and ought to regarded as the text book, and the mind of student should | come to it divested of prepossessions, and | unwarped by any peculiar system of men [ tal philosophy or of ethics. Tne precedent of such an arrangement could not l>e favorj ably regarded in the first instance of its oci curcnce, and now that the results have been ! ia some measure developed, and are known to be unfavorable to the theology of the Bible, its being followed cannot be expected to receive more favor from a discerning public. Tlie frankness of publishing it is commendable. But had the planacknowledged the Bible as the sole and exclusive ' standard of theology, it would not bv many C?* t w ft | have been regarded as deficient or rcdus* j dant, and the public would have felt more j security, that its doctrines were not to be shaped in accordance with a system drawn up independently of the scriptures, and varving ia its principles from them. : Hartford Watchman. 1 f From the Christian Intelligencer. NEW HELD FOR MISSIONS. j AI;. IdJitor,?While in the West Indies j | last winter, 1 became acquainted with Mr. \V heeler, the agent 01 t:ie Driusa UUU x in . eign Bible Society in those islands. lie | represented Ilayti in such a favorable light as a field for evangelical culture, that I beg. god him to commit his thoughtson the subject to writing. Has not the Lord opened this scene of exertion to those ministers who are obliged to spend their winters in a J tropical climate ? Many of them are able ' to perform a limited proportion of minisieri- j al labor, while in the islands to which they generally resort, they are prevented from exerting themselves to the extent of their ability ; or may it not be a call in Provit* ;::ee, to se me of this class, who feel that j " perpetual maimer is more congenial to ! :!r.r heo'.h than, the trying vicissitudes ofa j ' norther.; region, and who at the same time j : art vs.i vr.pared to embark for more dis-i ' x:missionary fields. Ife.spcctfuilv vours, |L-.; - * ' b ABFEL. Ml~ *. ?0* . ' ~ HAYTI. | The population of Hayti, on a moderate calculation, must exceed 700,000. The : Romish religion is predominant, but has no' exclusive rights or privileges?a lull toleration being allowed, by law, to all?and thcru is no restriction on the importation or circulation of any books which are not of an immoral character. The government is nominally republican, but essentially despotic, though moderate in its administration. The pres'dent has the entire command of the army, is ap. pointed for life, and has a right to norainate his successor. The manners and habits of the people have been considerably influenced by the past connection with the old French regi. me. A large degree of politeness is intermixed with a taste for refinements," especially in ornamental furniture. Rv the* laws of the island nr? white nnr. son can hold real property; but they are permitted to trade as wholesale merchants, and many European and American houses are established in tho various towns. Which persons are invariably treated with consider, able deference and respect. They learn nothing useful or valuable i from the priests, who officiate among them. Mummery and cx'ernal show being almost the exclusive character of their miscalled religion; and morals arc proportionately depressed. It is by no means the policy of the present government to encourage rapid and ex. tensive changes, even with a view to improvement. The principle on which they ] now act, is, that things require rest and qui. ct for some time to coirne. But the minds - x*'-l of the people are awake, :;!ul there is a de- J sire infused among them lor intellectual improvement, and I believe education is never neglected w hen there are favorable opportunities for its attainment. I do not think that, in any part of the world, intellectual elevation, if employed with a view to raise the moral standard of the people, > would operate with greater force than among the Uytians. -A man or woman, devoted to the cause of God, and the sal. *. ration of souls, und by patient continuance in well doing, keeping an eye steadily di- i rected to his work, would I feel assured, find a door open, and a path gradually widening* Hayti has been visited by professed Christians, for many criminal, many doubtful, and mauy commercial purposes ; but C.?? 1 lAitf on/1 ?>irAiirr/>li/?..l Ill r CM?IWU? iut HUM UilU b?<Ul^UIV?U< Ull* jccts. Two or three missionaries are there,. from the London Wcsleyan Society, who report very favorably of their reception.? On two occasions, agents from, the British and Foreign Bible Society have vistcd the country, and they both give the most encouraging accounts. I believe no person, with feelings alive to the enlargement of the Redeemer's kingdom, has recently visited the island, but will adopf the language of c-uf Lord,?"Say not ye, There are ye; four months and then comeih the harvest; behold I say unto you, lift up your eyes, and look 011 the Holds fur they are white already to tiro harvest." The language may easily be acquired.? Six-sevents of the ueopie speak a patois French, the rest a patois Spanish. There are several large towns. The climate is generally healthy. The former French tdUUi'llUiUO IU 14Ut V Ul VII IllV/Oii V 0 long lived, aatl the present population is believed to be considerably or. the increase. The people are sociable aci communicutivc. The difficulties o be met arc those winch every Christian will naturally expect, where ignorance and vice have so !oug prevailed. I cannot but think that great encourage, meat is held out to missionary exertion,from the promise of active agency, ar'siug from among themselves, to carry forward and extend the work when commenced. A ri . . i ii* t t . native nayuan wnen canceiuug a uebt incurred in Lehaifof the British aud Foreign Bible Societies, took up a stone and holding it in his hands, with the tears standing in his eyes, said,?" Once my heart was hard, like this stone, but the God of heaven softened my heart. I give this little sum grate, fullv to God?not to vou?not to tiie So. cicty. Mltuodism and Calvinism.?The Ohio Christian Intelligencer says, < 4* Recent Methodism is nearer Calvinism," and wore Scriptural than the gross Pelagiauism which once resounded in many Methodist pulpits, and which therefore passed currently among men for the received doctrines of the Methodist Church." . 1 To tliis the \Vc6tern Christian Advocate, in an article written in a most excellent spir- j it, replies: "The time never was in which Pelagianism resounded in Methodists pulpits. Whenever any individual preached Pelagianisin in our church, he was deposed from the ministry* as soon as a church process could effect it. unless cured of the heresy by his brethren." M Whatever advances Methodism and Calvinism, as to doctrines, have made towards each other, every step lias been taken by Calvinism ; because Methodism believes and teaches the same doctrines now that she always did, without addition or subtraction, amend merit or modification/' The truth, no doubt, is that both Methodism and Calvinism arc now what they always have been; but many on each side, understand each other better now than formerly. W e mean true Calvinism, and not the modern compound of Calvinism and Pelagianism spreading in some of the Calvmistic chnrches. The missionary Spirit is evidently extending in the Methodist Episcopal Church. The mana. agers of the Missionary Society of that church have authorized the Bishops to draw on them for the domestic Missions of the current yfear for the amount of $45,000; although, so far from having the funds in the Treasury they are ac. tualiy in debt $5000. Shiyicrecr;.?The schooner S. S. Mills was wrecked in a gale about the 1st inst. near Jekyl island, bound from St. Augustine to Charleston, all on board, amounting to lo per spns, supposed to bejfa^ned, except