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J 1.1 l RELIGIOUS. DEVOTION. A means as, icel! as an E ffect of Grace? no sincere Religion can subsist without i <L , . I Many thcoiogisls. who have written with ! the acutencss of an Aristotle, and the acri. mnay of a Jurenal, against ail sorts of infi. | rids and heretics, in defence of Christianity, j seem to have forgotten one very material j part of religion?that which consists of Jo- ] volional sentiment, and the natural fervors j of a sincere piclv. Some of them seem to ! reprobate, nnd hold them in abhorrar.ee.'? j Titer inveigh against them ns enthusiasm; ; they laugh at them as the cant of hypocrisy j Such men have the coldness of Bishop But. j Icr, without the ingenuity; the contentious spirit cfDr. Bender, without the wit or eraTrue religion cannot exist without a con- j r?f i!orfM:nn. On wiint is 1 true religion founded but on Love?the love , of God, and the love of our neighbor? And with respect to the love of God. what says our Saviour? Thou shall love thy God with nil thine heart, with nl! thy soul, and with hi! 1 thy mind, and with nil fhy strength. No ! language can more expressly and emphuti- < ca'ly describe the urdor of devtvion. Out j of the heart Jtho mouth spbakorh. If the f heart feeis the love of God, in the. degree in I which our Saviour requires, thelangeage of' prayer end thanksgiving wiil be always | glowing, and, on extraordinary occasion?,! ?von rapturous. j The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous j visn araifith much: it" it be nol fervent, it j cannot bo sincere, and therefore cannot be ; expected to avail. Love must ndd wing? to j pruver to waft it to the throne of grace. "Man has a principle of love implanted in hi- naturr, n ig net ism of pasjionV bv | Norr is. which ho constarirly attaches himself to that which appears to him good and beautiful; ' and what so good, what so beautiful; ns the i archetype and model of al' excellence?? Shall he conceive the image, and not be oliarmcd with iis loveliness? Worship or adoration implies lively af. fection. If :t be cold, is a more mockery, a formal compliance with cusioms for the sake of decency. It is a lip.srrvice, of which knaves hypocrites, and infidels arc ; capable, and which they render, for the sake of temporal advantage. Will any man condemn the ardor which the scriptures themselves exhib t? Must t;*ey not be allowed to afford a model for imitation? And arc they written in the cold, ' dull Btyle of an academical professor lectur- \ i:ig in the schools of divinity? No; they i ure written in warm, animated, metaphori'*' col, and poetical language; not with the ; precision of the 6c!io!lmon; not with t!ic ; dryness of system.makers; but with florid, rhetorical impassioned appeals to the feel' 1 iugs and imagination. What are fsauis, j - - t 9 ^ but tiieCDUIimonsOI P*33 u.:, JV* lore and gratitude? - ' The truth is, that :So rcos1 important 1 subject which ean be considered of man J tnust, if considered With serriousness and { sincerhv, excite a warm interest. The lire J . I of devotion may oof, indeed, he equably , supported, because such equability is not consistent with the constitution of human nature; but it will for the most part burri with i a clear and steady flame, arid will certainly, j utno time, and in no circumstances, be a:, torly extinguished. Where the Ik art is deeply interested,} there will be eagerness a id agitation. Sup. j pose c man, who speaksj of the Holy Ghost,. and other most important religious subjects, web perfect sang froid, repairing :o the i Stock-exchange, and just going to make n 1 purchase. The price fluctuates. Observe . how lie listens to his broker's reports. His ? cheeks rodden, and his ryes sparkle. Here ; he is in earnest. Nature betrays his emotion. dt isjnot uncharitable to conclude that his heart is dead to the riches of divi e grace,he j vnln?c fliom little nnJ. like Gallro, oarelh for i nous of things. View him again, at a great ' man's lerse, and see with what an awe he j ?ycs r patron. His attention approaches to , adoration. Jle is tremblingly solicitous to : please, and undergo any painful restraint, rather than give the slightest offence. The , world wiii not condemn, but applaud his ; anxiety; yet if he is earnest and fervent, ' when his interest is infinitely greater, in -securing the tranquility of his mind, under! all the chnng- s and chances of life, lie is ; despised as u:i enthusiast,-a bigot, a fool,or u madman. A man of sense and true goodness will certainly take care not to make an ostenta. I tion of itis devotional feelings; but nt the j same time will beware of suppressing, in his endeavor to moderate and conceal them. He will never forget, that the sarm suu which emits light, gives, at the same time, a genial heat that enlivens and cliersihcs all nature. ANECDOTES OF ItEV. JAMES 1IERVV | While once travelling, Mr. Ilervv met 1 with a lady who largely expatiated on the J amusements of the stage, as being in her: opinion superior to uil other pleasures. She j remarked that there was the pleasure of j. thinking on the play before she went, the j pleasure she enjoyed while there, and the j pleasure of reflecting on it afterwards.? I>Ir. Hervey, who had heard her remarks without interruption, now said, with his usu* , -II .1 lit m.iUilCSS UJCli; ?U3 UUW pivuguiv UJU1V which she had forgotten. "What can that be," she eagerly asked for she thought she must have included them all. With a ^rave look, and a striking manner, Mr. II. replied "Madam, the pleasure it will give you 011 a death bed." The remark took her by sur. ' prise, but went to the heart. She had no' reply to make. The rest of the journey was occupied in deep thought. She aban. don*. ' e theatre, and heartily pursued thost p!v ^ures which can afford satisfaction \ on a deati bed. Mr. Hervey writing to his friend shortly i before his death, says, "were I to enioy j Ifczekiah's grant, and have fifteen years! ailed to my Vie, I shouldjbe much more ! frequent at the throne of grave. We sustain j! a mighty Joss by reading so much and pray- j < ing so liuic. Were I to renew my studies. , i I would take my leave of tiioso hcconrpnsa. j j cd trifles, the historians, the orators, ami < the poets of antiquity and devote my attan- * tion-to the seripiures of truth. I would si! ! with much greater assiduity at my divine : Master's frcr, and desire to know nothing but Jesus Chris', and him crucified. Tins: , wisdom whoso fruits arc evcrlas'ing salvation after death, this I would explore, through the-spacious and deiigittful fields oi l the old and New Testaments. THE NEW YEARSr PRES ENT. "I wish you a happy New Vear pupa," said George May, as he entered the breakfast room, on die bright and beautiful New Year's morning of 1830. "And 1? and I," added li s brother and si.-trr, who followed him. "Aye, aye, and I suppose you expect a Ci'lieHut? o! 'nh no v\f' *nji r?/M-\ ! !*?? phcJ Mr. Mar, us ho gazed upon the three luces: "Weil, we wi-l see." The children exchanged looks of triumph, as they saw their father draw from his pocket, the purse which Anno had knit for him, and press his finger upon the spring of its silver clasp. "Okfo!i, n silver dollar for each?a bright, new, beantitul doilar," said George, as lie received his New Year's present, and held it hight for his mother, who had just * ntered the room, to see. Mrs. May smiled upon the cheerful group, expressed the warm wishes of a mother's heart, and seated herself at the b leak fast table. i "What arc you going to buy, brother?'* said little Mary, as she laid her shining silver piece on the table before her. ( "Buy! I guess I know. I'm going to buy , u little gun, that will go?bang! and a p's- , ol, and sword: and then I am gdh.g to play | tight, along with the boys, and 1 guess thovM nnnoiiit me eantftin." \ - - "'[ 1 7 "And frill that make your New Year i, happy, my boy?" asked Mr. May. I "Yo?, papa, I shall be happy enough to | bo caiied Captain May, and fight. What ( arc you going to buy, sister?'* I "Why, I'm going to buy a present for | | Mama, and a little book for mo.'' "That's a good ghv' said George,? ( Now, brother Charles, what shall you buy ( with your dollar? Sonic pretty story book, I guess, for you don,t love to play.'*' I The dark eyes of Charles glistened, and j j the colir mounted to Ins pale cheek, us he 1 replied, "I skill buy a Bible." 11 Charles May had always been a thought- j t ful boy. Tiie current of his sou! was deep ! ^ and reflecting, far beyond his yesr-. To t him, "life's smiling rose buds" had "been rift j with thorns, for front his earliest years, he hod been a sufferer, lie was now only , olcver,; and hoavv was his mother's heart as j each day she watched the light die away j from his eyes, and the color fade from his \ dies!;,and felt that the storm and darkness were gathering about their happy domestic- f circle, and that the destroyer was about to , sevsr their united affections,. For many < months sho had devoted herself with ? watchful care to iter suffering child. Hour < after hour site had read to him from the Bible, and those books which described the ( love of Jesus and the joys of heaven; and . when at evening she had smoothed ids p:i. j low, and hi:she I his feverish spirit, she ( would kneel hesiue his bed and pray for ] him?oh, how camslly!?and she had been ; choered and comforted 'ny t ie assurance | that her prayers ur.d effor s were not in 1 vain. Cnnrics was still able to join the | family each day in the parlor, and many < hopes had mingle J with the painful appro- i I _r 1,1.. ivnrfi'Vu ff true Wit I Ut'U^iUiiS Ul III* 1'UIVII.JJI < ?w - - . | , uniningled joy thai they 11eared his reply i t to George, when ho askeJ him what he I 6ho'Jid buy with his new dollar. 1 "My dear crildren," said Mrs. May, "do not forget this day. If our heavenly Father j s.honld spare your lives one year longer, < you will tell mo nest New Year's day, i whether your father's present has been a 1 source of comfort and joy to you; and I 1 shall ih?ii know which has been made the happiest through the whole year?George < with his gtfh pistol and sword?Mary with -t her little hook and present for Mama?or I { Churlsj with his Bible?S. S. Vt slier. j { _ j, Froa the S'lwlay School T isiter. j i Old Humphrey's address to a Now married i ) oeuple. |) I here a message for you, a high an-! a ; t lio'.y messuge, coming from a high and a c holy source; one that concerns your com. t fort, your enjoyment, and your peace. An attention to it will shield you from many t sorrows; a neglect of it will burden you I with many calamities. Now mind thai i vou receive it in a friendly, kind-hearted \ way. 1 Plwonvst cried out. " Behol 1. how it X ?iv> I??WI -- ? v _ r good and how pleasant it is for brethren to ? dwell together in unity!" And if it be 1 goodly and pleasant for brethren to do this, 1 surely it must be still more so for husbands and wives. Receive, then, the message i with affection," Rear ye one ano.her's bur- 1 dens." J Did you ever find your hearts fill with \ joy when you behold u married couple sor. t rounded with comforts, animated with the t same hope, journeying on together toward t the same heaven, affectionately loving and f highly honorlngcach other: nntl, in addition ? to all this, bearing each (Titer's burdens? \ Oh it is a lovely thing, in this world of t affliction, to find hearts knit, together in t sorrow and in joy, sharing with equal wil. ) Imgness the shine and the shade ? ? And have you never looked with pain [ upon an ill matched pair, reminding you of i dogs chained together, pulling different t ways? Have you seen the eye inflamed i with wrath, whilst the tongue was venomed i with bitterness, and discomfort, clamor, and confusion reigned around ? < Oh it is a'brtcr and evil thing for those I who are in wedded 'if: to dwell in hatred, t noi in love ; increasing, instead of bearing each other's burdens. c I know not how it may lmve neon with < you, buMhe ^xporcVnre of O'1 Humphi-ov ' ns taught him that troubles wilicome with. v.:t being sought after, and there are thorns ! i:nl briers enough in the world without our^ O # gathering tliem and planting them in each liter's besoms. You have just entered on a new life' and God ol his mercy grant that it may be j :t happy one ! but as it was of olden time, j -l is now, weeds spring up in the fairest j gardens. Such is the evil of our nature,! that the cockle will grow with tho wheat,? and lite thistle with the barley, and so long ! as the human heart is not wholly sanctified j with God's grace,so long will its infirmities j ever and anon get trie upper hand, setting a vc.iance those whose heart-strings should he twined together; bear, then, with a few remarks from Old Humphrey. Perhaps you have known each other from the days of youth, and succeeding years : may Irnve strengthened your affection. | Von were, perhaps, so well acquainted with o<tch other's dispositions and qualities, that marriage ims not made manifest a single infirmity that you did not know before. If so, happy are yc. Hut if, on the contrary, when you entered < in'o wedded life, you were buf half acquain-1 tod with each odicr ; if circumstances wero ! not favorable to that thorough knowkidgo ; which beings eating ofthesime bread, anJ J drinking of the same cup, and sharing the ! 6weets and bitters lhat fail to the lot of hu.; manity, ought to possess, why. then, makcj amends fur these disadvantages, as far us . you can, by bearing each other's burdens. I It is a:i easy thing to lore what is lovely j in each omer, to smile when the sun shines, j ur.ti to be kiiid and good temper- u too; but t.iis is no proof of real affection. Cnn you put up wulvoach other's infirmities, hear with each other's waywardness, and forgive each other's! errors ? This is{ proving your affection : this is, indeed,] bearing one another's burdens. Old Mum. 1 . 4 I phrev is in the habit of putting some saur- j c fling questions ; questions that at times go ! right to his own heart, while he nieans! them to go to the hearts of others ; he fceis bis infirmities, and smar-s under his own correction; so much^as to behalf disposed lo biot out the observations he has made; but ho vrili be faithful tn spite of his infirm, ities; he will speak plain truths, ask plain questions, and make plain remarks, whosoever mav be ufleeted bv them. It is a clear case, that " two cannot walk together unless they are agreed ;" but if ;hev are agreed, they get on wonderfully ye!!. The one inay be stronger or weak?r, bolder or more timid than the other, but ! a' will not signify. The one may be a jood walker, and the other a very bud one ; here may be some lameness or weakness n the one, and not in the other; but still hey will so accommodate themselves to inch other's infirmties, that they will go orward in comfort and peace ; and if this jc truo of any people in the world, it is par- j rculnrly so of married people- j The path may be stony, tho hill may be steep, the hedge thick and thorny, the stream s'rong uod deep; but all will bo ivercomo by helping each other along, by incourgaging each other, and by bearing ?eh other's burden?. I trust that you hare not built your hope zf earthly happiness on the mere attractions {each o.hurs persons. A handsome face md an agreeable way of behavier are but i poor stock cf comforts to begin houseioeping wiili. You hare something better ha? these, but have a earohowyou begin ; t "or a good bcginn'ng is the best preparation 'or a good ending. You are now at ease ; l>tit ns the fains: summer has its thunder:!oud, so surely will the smoothest life hare ts cares. Arc you^eady to meet with disappointment and anxiety ? Are you ready o bear each other's burdens ? -- 5 1? ? , I Your wants appear to uc wen suppuen Li Scriptnre language, your heads appear inointcd with oil & yourcup runs over; but it j nay not always be so, for gold & silver make j 5t t iernselves whings .and fly away. What ! f want should take the place ot" plenty 1 j Will you then look kindly on each other ?, Will you bear each other's burdens ? You are m health, b it you cannot rcas. wably expect ;o remain so long ; the tooih. tche, I he headache, the heartache, and a :undrcd others ails arc known by ethers, in 1 aro likely enough to be felt by you, ?nd they may try you sorely ; and if care, ran?, and sickness, should meet together in ,'our habitation, you wfll have need of all our affection", ay, and of God's grace, to . cable you to remain kindly affectionate ! >ae to another, and to bear ot,o another s lurdens. If you cannot travel together with alFecion you will find hatred and unkindness >ut sorry companions. If helping each II .w.t do h milr>rinr?_ nnn nnnrhnr I ?? e>> \ vi'tl cJo worse;. If bearing one another's vardons will not enable you to trudge ulong j olerably comfortable, you will make but a ;ad business of it. bv adding !o each other's o id. Therefore," Bear ye ono another's burdens." If vou have made your calculation for 1 Ine weather only, go and bespeak an urn)rei!n, for be sure you will have need of it. f you think to look at each other always v.th the same fond and affectionate regard j hat you have yet dot e, Old Humphrey j ells, you, in spite of your /airy dreams of i mabatod love, that if you go through the; irst year ofyour married life without a 1 ;ing!e heartburning, you will desoivc to have ! rour pictures framed and glazed, and hung | ip in the market-hall for universal adntira- j ion. No ! no ! Old Humphrey will tell ! ,'ou the truths however you try to flatter, trrtf deceive one another, you are a pair of i >oor, weak, erring, sinful cieatures, requir- ! ng divine aid every moment of your lives o keep you from inattention, fron wandern^s of heart |from seltisi.iess, from br.terles^, and hatred. If you reailv wish to love one ar.o'heraivnys, you mes* io*.e God always : for none ,ut God can {?'" y-?nr aitec ion, i -.d j :nable you to i> .? - b ' as? And, mark me, wien the time comes, as j tome it will, when you feel yourselves to bo j )vertakea in a fault, when you have been ! mgrv one with another, be faithful in cues tioninging your own hearts. Say to your-j selves in private, " Am I sure the fault is not mine? Have I not been thoughtless, unreasonable, selfish, has y, or bitter ? If in the wrong, have 1 made acknowledgment if it, and am I unxions to avoid my error in future ? And if in the right, am I desious to manfest more forbearance to my erring partner ?" Thoso are questions that most of us are shy in putting to oursehes, but they are precious medicine, and if taken with a dependence on God's blessing, will do us great good. It will render us more humble, cautious, and forbearing; rt will increase our affection, ubd it will do much tnn'.ird infliienriurr in to honronch other's - r> ? -4? burdens- Why cannot we always dwell in affection, and bear each other's burdens? Why should an oggravat on or an angry feeling ever rise in our bosoms ? It is be. cause we have an enemy in the camp, a de ceilful heart in our bosoms influencing us to believe that we are always right, and that others are always Jwrong ; teaching ua to call things by wrong names, and persuading us that aggravation is merely thoughtlessness ; selfishness nothing more than prudence ; and bitterness of heart, virtuous indignation. In short, Otd Humphrey's opinion isttrrs, that wo are ail so bad that God alone can mend us; and that the only way to dwell in continual affection, bearing each other's burdens, is to live continually dependent on God, seeking the influence of the Holy Spirit continually, taking the blessed Cospei of his beloved Son our Saviour for our guide, and seeking fervently at the throne of mercy for those heavenly supplies that our earthly infirmities require. Oid Humphrey, had his object been to please you. might have spoken more pleasantly, but he wishes to do you good, even though it be against your will. Letnotyoor affections, then be n flower that opens and shuts in a day,but a tree whose deep-struck root* will bear the rocking of the wintry storm. You do not have iovc one another, if you wish not to love each other through eternity, you will desire through time to dwell in affjetion, and to boar each other's burdens. From tub New York Commercial Advertisbh. Animal Magnetism.?Wo have had our rime and times at laughing at animal mag. nelism. \Y e shall laugn at it no mora.? There is something awfully mysterious in the principle, beyond, the power of man to fathom or explain. Being in Providence, oil Saturday, Sunday, and Monday the 26iu 27: h, and 28:h of August, an opporiunty wns afforded us of seeing and taking part in a series of ex peri men's with a young blind lady,'while'tuder the magnetic influence, the results- of which not only marvellous in our eyes, but absolutely astounding.?The exhibition was not public, and the parties werejill people of the first resp.ectabiJity, professional and otherwise Hav'ng heard much upon tho subject and^ disbelieved, all, the experiments were made before a private circle oflad.es and gentlemen at our own urgent solicitation. Wfi have written a nnrrnfivw of tho rir. cumstances, comprising some fifty or sixty pages of foolscap; and wo venture 10 say, that nothing herotoTorc published upon that subject is so wonderful by far, as the facts of winch we were witness, all of which we saw, and part of which we were We shall publish our narrative, on taking it to Providence for examination, provided we can obtain permission of the parties, who have hitherto avoided publications or public ex'nj. hitions. One surprising incident wc will mention. On Sunday, while wo were in Providence, a small package was received from Stephen Covill, of Troy, containing, as he wrote to his friend, a note, which he wished Miss B. to read, while under the magnetic influence, wi'hout breaking the pea', if she could.? Mr. C. had been induced to try this experiment, in consequence of having heard extraordihory performances of the kind, which of course he doubted. The package or letter, was evidently composed of several envelopes. The outer one wos composed of thick blue paper. On Sunday evening, Miss B., who, it must be borne in mind, I I 1* I A _ wnen awake, is ouna, was put uuo a magnetic slumber, and the letter given to her with insTuctions to read, it. She said she would tuke it to bed with her and read it before morning. On Monday morning she gave the reading of it as follows : 11 No other than the eye of Omnipolenc6 can read this, in this,envelopment ?1837." Wc made a memorandum of this reading and examined the package containing, as she said, the sentence. She said, then, on Monday, Morning that thirewere one or two words between the word "envelop, mem," and iho date as we understood her, she could not make out. We examined the . ^I thn nlr\c?oof ro i?i ihnt* 'PKo rao) /\ f ot'cli Willi lll*j X I O^UI U1 Mr. CoviH was unbroken, and to turn the letter, or to i end it without opening, with human eyes, was impossible. After our return to the city, viz,on Wednesday last, we addressed a letter to Mr. Covill, to ascertain whether the reading of this blind sommambulist was correct. The following is his reply : Troy, Sep!. 1, 1887. "Dear Sir: Yours of yesterday I receiv. ed by this morning's mail, and as to your inquiry relative to the package submifed j te Miss B. while under the magnetic influ- I enoc, I have to say, the package came to hand yesterday. The sentence had becrr | written by a triend, and sealed by him aj my request, and in such a manner as was suppoeed could not have been read by any human device, without breaking the seal. We think the seals have not been broken until returned. The sentence as read by Miss B. is : 41 No other than the eye of Omnipotence zan read this, in this envelope or* - ' And us written in the origiit<il, on a o iru, and another card j.laced on the face of the writing, and enclosed in a thick blue paper envelope, was : No oik ! rr thou the ryz of Omnipotence ran rend ] read this sentence, in this envelope."?Troy, New York, August, 1837. Respectfully, yours, dec. STEPHEN CORVILL." P. S. We have just received a note from Providence, witn permission to publish our own narrative. But as it is very long, and equally complex and wonderful, we shall first take it to Providence for the examina. tion of those who were present on the occasion, our aim being scrupulous exactness. VVe also left n note for the blind lady to read, scaled with seven seals. We have received it this morning, the so Is unbroken with the answer wriiten on the outside. This answer is correct as far it goee. We were in great haste'at the time of preparing the noto, and having the odd title of a queer old.book in our pocket printed in a srnnli Italic letter, we wrote a part of the note with a pencil, and stuck on two and a half lines of-the small italic printing with a wafer. The note written and printed, as v o left, jt was in these words : 44 The following is the title equally quaint and amusing, of a book which was publish, ed in England, in the time of Oliver Cromwell :1 Eggs of Charity, laid by the chickens of the Covenant, and boiled by the teatm; Divmv fxnrr. Takerycandeat" The following is the answer sent by Miss B., through an intimate friend. 44 The following is a title equally amazing (or amusing) and quaint-, of a book pub. lished in England in the time of Oliver i Cromwell : | " Kggs of Charity u Miss B. does not know whether the ; word is amazing or amusing. Something j is written after tlte eggs, and charity, I which she cannot make out." J Tints much for the present. We make I no comments. What we know to be true, we fear not to declare. Facts sustained by the evidences of our own senses, we true*, we shall ovor havo the holdness to publish. ! In rogard to our narration it is alike wonder^ I ful and inexplicable. As Paulding's black ? ' />!? fr% IT niMnnr(i>v>n^If a trn il Pj?A ft A<7H w*tO(i ill nu; ku ocw x ocv#?> ji/wl Tt'C seen?-I know what / TEMPERANCE ITEMS. I Mr. Turner, an indefatigable temperance i a^ont, in Illinois#', has visited, since the 21st , O ' ' t ' f April forty-six counties, travelled over 5500 miles?formed 40 Societies,and given 147 public addresses, which on average, is un address for every other day sinco he ; entered tho State. lie has obtained 3757 signatures to the State Temperance Society's pledge, and put the "Temperance D'ocumenta" on board of more tfjan 80 steam, boats. A gen'h man in Philadelphia has contrib. uted one hundred dollars towards supplying ; all the American Missionary stations 5 or 10 copies of the Temperance Journal. The English Government have refused to admit the Temperance Vo urae, now pre. paring in this country, as a gift to every family in England." The Lords of tho Treasury refuse On tho ground "of such proceeding forming a most inconvenient precedent, several bngliih p?pers scourged the powers that bo, as with scorpinons, far this rerusal, The Bath Journal, however, eschews rashness on this subject while it demeans itself thus:?' The issue of this affair is much to be regretted; for while the Government of Canada, impressed with the boneficial consequences of their circulation, admit the Temperanco publications of tho United States duty f-ec; and whito in England the Government admit all tho most ( cos.ly foreign works, presented to the BritJ ish Museum, also free of duty, tho same : privilogo is hprc denied to one of the most ; munificient, mo9t benevolent, and mast dis' interested gifts ever preferred by the philanthropists ofono nation to lae whole population of anotlior." Perhaps the volume will be the more sought from the notRriety of this incident in its early history. It is proposed to memorialize congress on the subject of aw heavy duty upon every . gallon of ardent spirits manufactured from i broad stuffs, "not for the suppression of in' tempornnce, but for the relief of the country I distrossed fer food." Wo think such u pro position will bo weit received tnro the ooun. try, Mo?*e than 88,000 persons have signed the tempenmee pledge in the city of Now York, during the Inst fivo years. More tlmn thirteen thousand names are attached to the total abstinence pledge. The Prursian Government have lately issued an ordinanco to dismiss every functionary from office who 9hail be seen intoxicated. We think the thing would werk weii he?'? and especially would it pre mete thai fivtrite political maxim?relation itie/, fice. 0 ? Antidote for the Poison of Prussia Acid. ?At the Maid stone Infirmurv, in England, a curious example of the effect of a newly discovered remedy for the effects of Prussic Acid was given by Dr. Robinson, in the course of a series of dissertations delivered before the Faculty on the subject of poisons. "At the conclusion of the dissertation the effect ot Prussic Acid was tried upon a rab. bit. Three drops were administered from a glass, (the surface of which most probab. ly absiracted half of the quantity,) and the animal immediately exhibited the usual j symptoms?increased action of the lung}, dilitation of the pupils, and the peculiar shrill cry which in such-cases is generally indicative of immediately approaching dissolu. tion. In order to give it a chance of recovery, however, a few* drops of ammonia were administered,without apparent benefit. , A constant stream of cold water was then pouted upon the base of the skull and along ! the spine, when the animal very shortly ex! hibited symptoms of resuscitation. It was then wrapped in warm flannel. In a quurter of an hour it was sufficiently recovered to walk. Dr. Robinson l-.ad, in a former lec'urc, mentioned that thi3 mode of treatment had been discovered by accident. A car, which had annoyed the apprentices of a chemist, was poisoned by them with Prussic Acid, and thrown bv for dead. By mere .accident, however, it fell under a s'ream of water, which was pouring from n pump, tho effect of which was its gradual resuscitation. Benefiting by this hinj, Jhe samo means have been successfully applied to mere than one human subject who had taken Prussic Acid. No instance, howevervNitf^mQ within Dr. Robinson's knowledg?wntra an animal had been restored after the symptoms which this rabbit exhibited; and tho singularity of the case struck the Faculty as being one, a knowledge of which it was desirable should he promulgated. The rabbit is now in full health and vigour. Antidote for Arsenic,?The king of Prussia has given a gold medal to Professors Runsel and Berthold,for the discovery of oxydrateof iron as an antidote for arsenic. Dress not the hast proof gentility.? Would the recollection of the following re* mark by Steele do some of us any harm oow-a-days?? When a gentleman spoaks coarsely, he has dressed himself clean to no purpose.?* The clothing of our minds is certainly to be regarded before that of our bodies. To be. tray in a man's talk, a corrupt imagination, is a much grcoter offence against the conversation of gentlemen than any negligence of dress imaginable." BOOKS. AT THE CHER AW BOOKSTORE, Poor but Happy, Buck's Theological Dictionary, Russell's Letters, Afflicted Man's Companion, Chapman's Sermons, History of Popery, Book of Hearts, Tucker on Predestination, Progressive Experience of the Heart The Great Teacher, Baxter's Call, Saints' Rest, Thoughts in A fflictioo, I <w M ? IWblWU 4 A aVIQILIf Do. Manaal, Sacra Privata, Owen on the 180th Psalm, Josephus, ?. Butterworth's Concordance, Fox's Book of Martyrs. 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