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i.'lc3?tt-r rvr T?* .7 ..v-r x ?/ , o* Genius lVcr':ii'g for hi.'?Tic lhv. j Robert Hail.?It is perhaps impossible tor , groat genius o work expressly and avow- j oily of hire without being ht anted or mhir- ' * . *' , J cd by that unhappy consciousness. (/Itius we have many ex impL's in the history ofj literature ; ond iftho bargain Is st?tlmi so much shall bo paid for an much clone : i if the work is to he paid by the piece, and ' measured by tiio yard, it is impossible it ! should be otherwise. It becomes un pleas- ; out to erase : for, alas ! each erasure iriv ' Le the less of sixpence ; it is true, ih > t>r ' or that redundancy ; this or that supenleous epithet m'ght Le >p red w.th advantage : by J then it serves to swell the lulu, is cva.ry tiling. Though they would never he lapsed by the reader, they might bo a guinea out of the pocket o; the wri er ! \Yv re- ! member being much entertained some time j n (' J > J I:,11. ' ago by an am-uun; ........... .. . .. ( It will servo to illustrate this suhjec , and to | show his views and toei.ngs with regard to this sort of contract-writting. A certain ' gentleman went to Leicester, or Bris'oi (we ; forget which) on purpose to treat with Mr. | I lull for a volume of sermons, He offered him a thousand guineas for ten sermons, no had pay ! Robert H dl, with iiis character- j stic simplicity, told ins visitor, that if lie were to pay any such sum tor such a quan 1 tity of matter, ho would find that ho egreg- ; iouslv jjefiauded liimself. His visitor re- ; minded liirn that he had generally been : considered a tolerably shrewd man of bus:-. ness, and that ne might bo safely trusted to , look after his own interests. He again j pressed his offer, upon which Mr. llali said, 1 that if there were no oilier obstacles in the 1 way of his accepting i.he proposals, the m/nv J business like character of the uvms ct.un, j the barj* naked form i:i which pocuiiLry j remuneration was mixed up with it, would , form an objection quite insuperable : th. t ; it would render lite composition insupport | able; and transform an occupaton which i ought to be spontaneous, and tlierefcre u'e- j lightful, into intolerable drudgery. * A ! thousand guineas, Sir !"saiJ Robert Ha!!, ' " * l_ ~ '? />TUittn)<? l>r>vr I " 1 S'lOUiU 5>UUii vvj;ni i'_? vuivwiuiv 1.w.. much was for each sermon ; tiicn i should 1 7 f get down to a page, and from pages to par- j agraphs and sentences, and ai last to words ; and syllables ; should think every word clear gain, and become impat'ent of erasure and correction. Sir, it is impossible il.a: 1 ; could do if." This is probably, a more ; minute calculation than is olien entered into, i except amongst those who are technically j called penny-a-liners, some of whom, we i verily believe, could almost tell what fraction j of a farthing each stroke of their pen brings j them in 1?Eclectic Review. Whenever you sec the fences of a far- j mer in bud order, you may take it for gran ted without further evidence, that he is a lazy man. German Votaries of Tobacco.?Every ^ i ?. T. l man. without exception, is smoKing; euc.i little tab!"1 has its lamp (though it is broad daylight) for the sole purpose of ligh ing the pipes and cigars; and so unremitting c;re j the votaries of tobacco, that yonder is an i old gentleman .ually eating and snicking i at the same time, the long pipe being push- j ed into or.e cornor of his mouth, so as to j leave an cntrauce in front for. the spoon or fork. At the table just below us are two ladies, both young and bo h pretty; and opposite are seated two gentlemen,each with a cigar in his mouth. Now another man has ' joined the party, and the smoke of the three cigars is directed full into the ladies' faces; the last puff has gene right under the pink bonnett of one of them, and is curling round the roses and blonde, and among her glossy ringlets. "t, j, i Misery of Ac tors.? Shufer,whose cafe. I tious powers convulsed whole audiences 1 with laughter, and whose companionable ! qualities often 4fset the table in a roar," ? was s miserable being. The following an- ' necdote, told from the best authority, will J confirm tiiis asserion : and 1 atn -alraid, t ivere we acquainted with many of l is pro- ' fession, we should find thru his case is I [ by no means singular. ''Snuter had heard i ' Mr. Whitfiel', and trembled with appic- j i - 11 * _ * i , wiiich the comic performer lies couvulscc w:th laughter, wi ness a scene i*i v. Seen ti;< actor retires, and til man .appears; let 1 u behold iiiiu :n the agonies oi deata, lOaum* back with horror on a life of guilt,while des pair ;>* \ 1:1 .orLO<"j'!ii^s oi tec lit turo. Flavors !mv? i.o 1< isnro hours to lean to die;& i! a serines thong! t wander in'o th< mind,the pa info! sigh whHi it excites issue pressed, and with an awful desperation, tin \\retched en uiti.a rushes into company n be delivered f em himself. A more care iess.n mo: unreflecting, being,than a piave r;;:i not exist; lor if an iutens- : im.prtssioi of he dignitv af reason, the importance o ? 4. character, and future responsibility,be onefat, lie can be a player no longer. qpqwgpiyn mmm mmmmm mm wmww mm n? i immmmmmmmgmg| RELIGIOUS. New Haven Theology.?We are plea sod to notice that the series of Letters oi the origin and progress of the New I la vet Thcnlocv. which first appeared in t!i< - , , , Southern Christian Herald, am! from tha paper copied into llio Presbyterian, is nov published in a neat little veiumc. Thes< ictters form an important link in thehistor of the present dortrinal controvcrsey, inas much as they ore from the pen of one wh< is thoroughly acquainted with cvprystepo that controvcrsey from its rise in New Hav en, particularly as it has existed in the Nev England States. The New.school \ res has been industrious in disseminating th< idea, that all the acts of the late Assembly are to be attributed to the prejudice enter {.lined by the orthodox against the divimT of Now England as taught twenty year ago. Nothing could be more unfouridet than this representation. Tito semi IVIa gianism of New Haven is the true origin o the agitations which have pervaded tin Church.?When lh\ Taylor firs: broachet his sentiments, alarm was excited among tnc leading ministers in New England Among the recently deceased, Drs. Poru r ilvde and Cornelius, ami Mr. Evars, ani among the living Drs. Woods, Church * * ? n n Untiin, Tyler, llumpnrry, uirvry, uu>vn and Mr. Ncltleton arrayed ihemsulvci against the New Divinity. On the other side v.c had but lew name: of any distinction except thoseofDrs. Tuy !o: and Bccchcr. These l ist gentleman h their anxiety to improve the theology of theii fathers, struck out a new course ami pursu ed it in defiance of tlie solemn rcmon stranees oftheir brethren. The alarm of the old divinity men o New England soon comnrunieaud itself lc the Presbyterian Church, and as tire facivics of intercourse rendered it certain thai the leaven would soon sprea o ver out Church, an cilbrt .vas made to arrest it ; and that was the origin of the coun'roversy which has, for the last seven years, so unhappily distracted the [ resby'eiian Cliurch. The Letters are unquestionably authentic, and we hope that many of our readers will desire to preserve them in their presenl fo r m. ?Presbyterian. THE UNION OF GOOD MEN IN IIEAVEN. If the mere conception of the re.union 01 good men in a future state, infused a momcntarv rupture in the mind of Tully, in an airy speculation, fur there is reason tr fear it had little hold on his convict ionscould inspire him with such delight, what may we be expected to feel, who arc as. sured of such an event by the tru" sayings of God ? How should we rejoice in the prospect, the certainty, rather of spending a blissful eternity v\ it: i those whom we loved on earth, of seeing them emerge from the ruins of the tomb, and the deeper ru ns ol the fall, not only uninjured, but refined and perfected " with every tear wiped away from their eyes," standing before the throne ofGod and the Lamb, "in white robes, and palms in their hands, crying with a loud roice, salvation to God that sittcih upon he throne, and to the Lamb forever ami sver." What delight will it afford tore, lew the sweet counsel we have taken to. je*her, to recount the foils of c>mha* en-' .he lab >r of the way. anil to approach not llieitousj?but the tl rone of God in Coin, mny, in order to join the symphonies of icavcnly voices and lose ourselves amidst he splendor and fruitions of the beatitie rision. To that state all the pious on earth are tending, and if there is a law from whose vuiMimn# n/inn nrr> rrpirinf u*hir*h irrp< v_ J gospel, if we had moans to employ the righ , sort of workmen. 1 trust our most holy an indulgent Creator will bestow his blessings o 1 this ?food work. We have about seven c - cigln liui.d e mourners on whole mission * Yours in t ie bonus of love. j gwin. 1 , Nashville, Term- Sept. 5. FOREIN r?IIr>SlONS.? We learn wit * ploamre that the Synod of the German Re ; formed Church lately held in Sunbury, Pa., res , oi\ed to engage in t lie Foreign Ali&sionar _ , cause, and nave appointed a committee of tiv . ; to collect information on the subject and pr; prose a plan of operation at the next Synod, t \ meet in Lancas.tr, Pa., the last Sunday < ' | September next.?Lutheran Obs. J j i Attempts to imitate Chris'ts exampl ? without Christ's spirit.?It seems to i jrri^v.l moininfr nprsnns prr hprr? Tk { 111 1...J K-UU IlH-u 0 f - , take Christ's example for their authority 1 . rebuke sin, and they at'empt to do so, wfn ; apparently destitute of the spirit, ot Chris , But if any man have not the spirit of Chris p, i he is none of his. If werehuke sin in the )ar . guagc of Christ, let us do it also in Christ ; spirit.?Ziuns Watchman. v j A GOOD ANSWER BADLY REQUITE F " ! At a meeting lately held at Shrewsbury i the benevolent view of forwarding the caus - : of the "Sunday School society for Ireland, 3 the very reverned the dean of Ardagh, in hi f usual tone of good humour and pleasantr; atter'stating the indispensable necessity of cor tinuing some such sort of society as tha v : wnose cause he appeared before them to pleai 5 j related several interesting anecdotes*?one rt ' markably illustrative of that hatred with whic ; Sunday School educatiou is viewed by th . j popish priesthood of Ireland, darness fhe j its opposite, light. One of these priests aske i a bov who was breaking stone on the roa< 5 v w j j "How Ion^ is it since Adam was a little boy ? I " Please your reverence," replied the bo] J " Adarruiever was a little boy ; he was mad f! a full-grown mm.'' Very right!?44 Wher ? i was you educated, boy !' T/ie bey h? siru*e 1 ? to reply. 44 Answer me instantly,;" cried th ? , priest. The boy dropped hi< hammer, rose u| | and prepared for flight?4* Please your revel ! ence, I was educated in a Sunday School" an ! away he ran, well knowing what would be th consequence of such a declaration, lis re\ ? ercnce finding the boy was too minble for hm , cried after him, 44 O. you rascal, I would horst 5 whip you if I (ould catch you."? Kidder/iiii j ifter Messsenger. 5 j - j THE AUltOiU.? i! A Singular Conversion.?Afer per r forming divine service nn l meeting these ciity in a school house belonging ton re? pectable neighborhood in the wes t i n j.ai ! of the empire s i?te, the writer calkd on ii: fjold friend \V. to p it up for t e night. 1 ) i was in the dusk of an autumuul eveuing ii . he ysar 18?, t j The rites of a hospitable snpper were per i formed, the evening passed in friendly inn I j pious conversation, and was di ly closei ' j with thanks to he Giver of all pood, am : with supplication to Him for the suivu ion (j , ; all the souls belonging to the laintly. JSooi , alter this the you riper part of this itospittibi 1 household retired, and another agreenbl' I j itour was passed in ihe society of the ol* : gentleman and lady. These, the former of whom was we] stricken in years, were enjoying th com f j forts of a second marriage. Tneold gen . ! tletnan had long been a member of ou i ' church, but truth cons'rains us to acknowl > ledg that, although a moral man, he was no i a very warm hearted and active ehr.stian ?A daughter of his b\ a former marriage ; some eighteen or twenty years of age, wu ; j well disused ami agreeable, and like he 1 father a meml* r of our communion ; but like him also, she was, to all appearance | deficit n' to a sad ex'ent, in zeal and vita > pnty. Mrs. W., who was some fifteen o f wenty years the junior of h?r husband was at this time for v or fortv-five yearso 0 0 <^e. She was a women of a c.iihol c sptr ! it, of strong faith and of deep devotion ! Though ol ano her church, she was it 1 Ituhitc nl a?f*>r.rt r>n tli*? rrif-ar* nt ffftlCt ; among us ; and it had been upon her tnvi | tition, ..s ii? arly as the writer recollects, tha he ha 1 bocome u gu> st of the family or his w itful occasion. A daugher of h? r j 1 ?v a toinvr husband, .ind who is the pr:n 1 p snbj cr of th s i.??rrat v , was h r -nlj j I'tn d ; or, at tatst, the only one resident n the family at this time. ! She was at the age of sixteen, and unj doubt' dly fla'tered by a vain world with th< j idea of her beauand in sober sooth, sht was not without pretentions t^phat short j lived but dangerous tiling. But, alas ! she had a heart full of pride and sin. God wai { not in all her tliougltts. She felt no thank ! fulness to him, no dependence on him, and j on>cquentIy, that holy Being, if is feared | ?;??t never seen her devoutly kneeling be J < r him. nor heard her heart's language o ' prayer or praise at morn or even. It j short, this young and amiable creature, fo: I she had won the favorable regard of rela jtivfs. affini y and Iri'-nds, was an unhum j l? ed sinn? r?a lover of pleasure more thai i a lover ot God. These tour with the ex : ception of a son of the old gentleman w in ; bears no conspicuous part in our story | compos d t ie tamily circle. ; The scene properly opens at the hour o | ten in the evening. It was then that tin ; writer, on walking out under the open sky I wass ruck bv a eles.ial spectacle, impn s sing at once the idea of the novel wi h tin ! grand and solemn. From subsequent in ; formation it ? p >".?rs that, about two hour 'J : e ? ro, the art tie oecean'had s rongly rati ; ated the nort tern part of our hemisphcr \ wi '? the we1 known yet myserious fluii | which under th name of uortlicrn ligh j (./ ro'd oorculis) has long eluded the phi ;s> he\ and roused the admiration am > sometimes the apprehensions of the commoi ' b? i o i!. r. Aft* r throwidg itself into a ibou ,! s;?. d i.in as ic simp sad performing i .! tb us nd Ihn astic ?-v lutions rt s 'mbling j dai.co or spir. s, it rose, a d? use euriain c - uu\a \ ng white, bavin he clear c< iuI as ; ; beneath it. It continued slowly rising, u } i 'lis bright mass had been lifted w tit d tli t eujjy by a strong wind, while its affinity f j " ! itself, m the ratio r. * ! s ro (, m '; influence originally aC.iiig uj.Oil ifj tVd t. cons antlv operating upon it to dimmish it t. width, so that by the time it passed the70tl ' ; or 8ih degree en its journey to the mid i: heavens, it had acquired the character of ' wet} defined r.rob, whose bases were fh lib!y cansigns their boda s to darkness and :o dust, there is ano her i.o' less certain or i-ss powerful, which conducts their spirits 0 the abodes of bliss, to the bosom of their Father and their God. The wheels of na. lure ;?:c no! made to roll backward ; every thing presscss on towards eternity ; from [he bir h of time an impetuous current has n't in. w hich bears all the sons of men to an ntermin iblo ocean. Meanwhile heaven s attracting to itself-?whatever is congenial [o its nature is enriching itself by the spoils of earth and collecting within its capacious bosom whatever is pure, permanent and di 1 ine, leaving nothing for the last fire to consumo?but the objects and slaves of concupiseene ; while every thing which grace has prepared and beauftfied, shall be gathered and selected from theruinsofthe world, to adorn that eternal ci y ** which hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon tc shine in it; for the glory of God doth enilrrh'een it, and the La nb is the light th o of.7'?Hal!. From tii.? t ?Ionization IleialJ. NASHVILLE Al ItirAX MISSION. Dear Brother,?Our last quarterly meeting for this mission closed last night. It was a time long to be remembered by hundreds. I have seldom over seen such a display of Divine power. : Between three ami four hundred par took of the Lord's Supper. Between thiitj and forty came .around the altar, deeply smitten with the sword of the Spirit- The worl of conviction and conversion is general througl the mission. We have ah increase of a bou one hundred and twenty members this vcar We have seven preaching places, twenty clas? leaders, seven iiceased exporters, and nine li censed preachers, all engaged iji the different divisions of the work allotted them,?so tha every Sabbath is tilled up, which is the onlv itme we have to work. There is a great ant eftectu d.dcor oncnod \<r *\c ' "tr-risirn *f1'i hension of a judgement ro corne; xit? r;au a;so frequently heard Mr. Kinsman, and sonic, times called on him in Lon? on O ieday 11 accidcntly meeting him in I lvmouth, after !? * * j some years of separation, he embraced him j 1 *r; rapture. and inquired if that was his j ' ,..aec uI i : ace Mr. Kingsnan replied, ! I "Yes; but 1 am just returned from London ' where I have preached soof.eu to so large ' auditories and have been so indisposed, that ' I)r. Forthcrgill advised mv immediate re. j l turn to the country, for change of air," i "And caid JShuter, "have been acting : S r John [h i,:, if. so often, that 1 thought 1 i s..oua! have.u.jJ,and the physicians adv sod > mo to come into the country for the benefit I i of the air. H id you died, it would have 1 been in serving the best of Masters; but had ' I, it would have been in the service of the I ' devil. Oh, sir! do you think I shall ever ! : be called again? I certainly was once, and j1 if Mr. Whitfield had let mo come to the Lord's table with him I should never have : < gone back again. But the caresses of tin1 i great are exceedingly ensnaring. My lord E sent for me to-day, and I w s glad I could not go. Poor things! they are j unhappy; and they want Shutor to make !1 litem laugh. But oh, sir, such a life as . yours! As soon as I leave you, 1 shall he j King as Richard. This is what they call a j good play, as good some sermons. I ack- ! nowledge there are some striking and mor ^ al things in it;but,after it, 1 shall come again j with my farce of "A Dish of all Sorts,r and knock all that on the head. Fine reformers i we!" Poor Shuter! once more thou wilt an ob. ject of sport to the frivolous and the gay,j who wiil now laugh at thee,not tor thy drcl- j lery, h " :,r thy seriousness; and this story,j probaui . a ill be urged against thee as i!ie j weakness of a noble min i; weakness let it be caiied, b.it in spite ot himself, man must i be serious at hsr. And when a player awakes to sober reflocdon, what agony must. ^ npor hi<? vou), I < i ruu!'tones, * i cas ern ar,d w< st rn horizon. At the hour ; d I often, when it tirs: attracted the atiention > 11 i of die writer, it had passed the meridian jp ' and de>cenUi?g sou.hward to about the; j 75 h degree. No mathematician could I have drawn a better or more accurately dt> tiijed scmicin le.?But the common reader h will better un lerstand it if described us a ' ?. narrow belt, of a perfectly even width, olj' ?- about 15 inches. Between tiies rong lines |' y j which described it, there was a visible and jc 0 rapid curr? nt from its western to its eastern |1 '* extremity, running up and then down die M ? j h areas from the one to the other. In;' sn rt, it resembled a rivr of nicker! silver. ( Intelligence of this celestial wonder was quickly conveyed to both parents and cl.il' -dren. The former were brought bv it ( io . I y from the fire-side to the door and the latter . I ;o from their slumb- rs to the soudi window of |1 e die r apartment, which gave them an unob. | ^ 5t struced view of the awfully imposing scene. J Af er feeding our common wonder at the j ^ !; sight for some time, all r?Mireel under deep j' 15 but d.ffi . rt nt impressions ; some to prayer ; ) and s!< ep, and cnet at least, to communit n ! n j with conscience, which banished sltep, and j' * * * * * : r _ I i ie enabled her pitying angel 10 exclaim, ior j " he first time, Heiiuid she praye 8 Tli'5 author of this sketch was roused ') J' from his first delicious slumber by the earn- . est whispers of a voice from a point directly J, over head. No words reached ihe ear ; - hut the tones wfiot to the hear, for they ' h were those of distress. The firs impression e was that the eldest daughter, who has b< en describ d as a professor of religion, had j j been led by the Holy Spirit, and perhaps ?' from w hat she had just w itnessed to such r-, reflections as had envenuab'd in a salutary ie vet painful sense ot her lukewarmness, and "i e tiia* r!*e gentle diturbance was owing to r J t Kit circumstance. The developments of ^ the case, however, were ra- id, and that con. j elusion became first doubtful and then un- . tenable in quick succession. The clue to j this c.ise of distress, including the cause of] ' :f and tiie person suffering it, was furnished r h by such catch, wop is as these?' O dear ! ?What shtill I do ??Lord, have mercy on l" me !?O, what shall I do ??What will become of me !?O, what a sinner I have been!?Lord J-mis. have mercy on me! I ?I never tnought 1 had been such a sinner " ? Is there no mercy f ;rme ??Who would * j have thought I had been such a great r-u f '' ner !?I am afraid :h?-re is no mercy fos me ! 0, inuit I go to hell ! Lord, have N mercy on ine ! Lord, have mercy on me ! ' 0, Lord, have mercy on me !" ii * By this time the case was clear, for, in- < . stead of the suppr? s^ed tones and the hrok,j en sentences in wh ch its firs' intimations ? j were conveyed, it now poured itsoveipow ] j ering anguish in o one loud, continued a <t r ,f unrestrained cry for m< rev. Footsteps I u were on the chamber floor?sounded from L, the ground floor and di<d av av in the distant i ^ apartment of the parents. They W'-r> < j those of the elder daugher, who, af or hav I ng called IL'ser's mother, returned to the ( |j s-'-rie of dis p ss. I he mo'her followed ( . } q lickJy and as quiekley returned for flu- i . purpose ot calling the minis er and proeur- < i jing a light. Tne in in is'er was called, an < . | by the tune the mother had r< turned wfjeitt i t ' ligh , he was in readiness for followingr4qjd* i i. A glance told, what a more favorable mo. I . | menl would h ive sugg* sted, tliat the visi s of the minister was premature, and lie in- k r stantly fell back info the antechamber.-ft Without leaving the bed, she had risen in if hor nigfit dress fo a kneeline posture and j J forgetful of all earthly considerations, was i r wringi g her hands and writhing in an I agony bordering hard on utter despair, i f Awhile her piercing cries to lleavon for mer- ( . cv still ro-e without intermission. The fj mother, aning on a suggestion which under \ ! any ordinary circumstances, would have I . i been unnecessary, lost no time in arracging j j or her daughter's removal to the neighP i I t I borhood of a comfortable fire, which some i ? , I of us had left not more than an hour before, j t i s i There we all fell on onr knees before the . mercy seat of God ; and alternately thof fc r Me hodist preacher prayed and the /rsby. t , n rian mot icr, while n-r hear rose in ear. Ii nest pray-r, exhoited her daughter to be. i lieve in Jesus ; and the mother prayed and J f a the preacher responded, addressing, as the | d J j mother had done, such directions and en. j p ; courogement as ore furnished by the word j \; of God to the aiiXious inquirer after salva- t ' i tion. 5 : . j As these exercises went on, the spirit of j S , | faith grew strong, while, at the same time { s , a corresponding change in the inward exer. 11 1 ?ienc ofthp rpt>pniinrr simnlinnt was denoted . j V1CV.J T- --f i ? - . (| f! by ihe altered manner and langnage of Icr j } prayers. They no longer indicted that j r | her soul was chilled bv the icy influence | ^ . ; of despair. The Sun of Richteousness hod * touched it with his b"am and it was grad- j i u illy melting :nt? the deep, but sweet nud . I lailu g sorrow through which .t was now * 3 about to puss into the heavenly places. v , avow indiscrbiable are the emotions*of thoie s who are permitted believeingly to plead c r j w th God for the pardon of a fellow si inor, !' B J w hen Jehovah in Christ comes down to : save ! Such was this awfully tcs'atic mo ment. Time and earth had given place to | 5 r, eternity and heaven, for GOD was there. Some of the words of our young friend L which expressed, as fir as words could, ! her sense of the great change which was '' a I i r , passing in her mtnd were there? ' 0 i j I hope the Lojd will have mercy on me ! j . ?Tne Lorn will have mercv on me !? Jc- s II sus is coming !?Jesus is coming??Me is j * j come ! Glory !?Glory !'' Here s' e sprang ; (l to her feet, and her mother, the Presbyter- | c ian mother, (who could blame her ?) fell as ; f ,, i dead al His Icet who had shown her these 1 1 :l j things. * * * ! | if Thesign hung out 'his might over aj( u gu lty world had not been in vain. A chilJ ; j s ! of folly?a wanderer from God, in looking c a* it, thought of the last judgment and said g r o herself, " What if that dav has come ? s I TI V. o' h 1'-Jt has?still it may ? s j ... ; i iu..v lk: :;<i ..l day of judgment is j j .s j new abou' to take place. If so, am I pre.jp, h ; pared??what will become of me t"?And 0 - j die Holy Spirit wrought in her heart by j a i that means the saving change winch forms i ,r o tlift subject of this little his'ory. ^ [The following arliclo though published last ( reck, wa insert again, with a view of attracting irticular attention to it.] AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETYFor the S. C. 1 J--raid . CIRCULAR.' In view of the present pocuninrv cm bar assnvir.s in the country, the Executive j Committee of ti.e American Tract Society ! lave been led seriously to inqui e what/ :ou:'se they ought to pursue. Shall their i efforts bo relaxed, and the bread of life be 1 vithheld from perishing millions? The j ingu ige of Cod is, i Go forward; Christ has j lied, and a ruined world, is pleading." THE FOREIGN FIELD. In heathen coun ries, great facilities now : 3X131 for propagating the Gospel by the jress. There are supporcd by our foreign nissionaiv societies, exclusive of .Moravian j Brethren,si&Aundred and eighty three mis. 1 ;ioaries and assistants, fivve hundred and 'ourtecn of whom have been sent out from ; Ko. it stiaioc vpi'fntpen hcina vrinlcrs: the I 1U U k/HUV.JJ - - ?5 2 remainder art; native teachers, printers, j Nineteen printing establishments four stcro. j ype foundries, and /or/?/ presses are con- j jeett d with these missions. Four hundred ind forty-six Tracts anil thHy-fve volumes i ire issued in common with the American 1 Tract Society, or are approved by the pubishing committee. The society and the rnrious intifufions aided, publish Tracts in iffy six different languages embracing a 'ery large part of the earth's population. The Nations wait for God's Law. fn a letter from Madras, dated Oct. 20, 1930, Rev. Messrs. Winslow and Scudder I lay: # | ' One of the grand reasons why a mis- j iionary station has been commenced at j Madras, is that the American Bible and J Tract Societies may have the opportunity! >f distributing their productions to the m:l-; ions to whom it opens the way of access.? i ritis, it appears, is the only hope legitimate, j v to be entertained of vast numbers that hey can rescued from the wrath to come.. To preach the Gospel (wiih the living voice) wen to those speaking the Tamtil langung , | i thousand men arc needed. Bur where j ire they to be found? We would again re. [ >eat, that, ;o a grra1 extent, she olny hope, | tumanly speaking, which can be en ertain- | d of die salvation of the present generation, I s in what the A me dean Bible & Tract Societies may do lor them. "Our wants are !lie wants of as large a opi.l ition as that of the United States of America; 8,01)0,000 speaking the Tamul, ind 8,000,000 speaking the Teloogoo languages, to all .of whom we may have accHSs. rue first grant we uiil beg of yoa, is a sum .uffioient to supply us with from 50,000 to 100,000 copies of The Blind Way,* which ' sa very popular Tract. We have heard -x .? inotnnon aI ito Kntna fs\rti tin I fill UI T *1^ UlOitlliCV. V? HO WTwIII^ IUI il Up. Thr most influential man who ever joined the thatch in Ceylon, declared that this Tract ens the great means of shaking las fath in leathenism. We think that 100,000 copies )\ the Blind Way, neaily bound in pap< r ;overs, could n< t cos! less than 5,000 Spanish dollars. P< rhaps you think 100,000 copies is a large edition. But when we consider that half this number might profiti bly be dis ribu ed in Madras and i:s vicin. y, and when we recollect that one of us atelv disti ibuted 30,000 Tracts in the course >f six weeks, in a small but d,s:ant portion >f j he country, we think that the demands ol h people warrant us to go thus fur." From Ceylon, the .claims are equally iressing. A letter from the Mission, bcarng date, Sept. 24, 1838, says: "The ca" l?r the Scriptures had increasscd the pa., j fear, and will continue to increase every sue- j :eeding year. Twelve months ago it was j l question whether the presses at Manepy vould not supply the demand for such >ooks; hut the call became louder in pro- , wrl/n,! 1/t f\t!f fnr nn<i/'P finer it ? M//(Cl//ft IV l/Hf ff?ww?w y w? ?,r^j ? , Large numbers of Tracts have been prined; but they have been scattered through ' he land ain o.-t as fast as they issued from I he press. All that remain on hand might j >g easily and us fully disposed of in a short j imo. There is not in the mission any thing | k?* a present supply of the word of life, or ! f par s of it; nor ?s there like to be a supply < or some time to come. . Many of the roa- j lers in the schools are asking for the Gos- j els, and ask in vain. There is roomfor the imerican Bible and Tract Societies to exert! heir benevolcjicc.'' From Burmah the intelligence is truly j laddening. The solicitude for books de- , cribed by Mr Judson, six years ago, is j ^diminished. One individual ottered 20 upees to the m m who should bring him j lie book which taught the christian religion. I Mter visiting Rangoon in vain, in the hope i a obtain one, he providentially met with a , Missionary who furnished him with some of, he Tracts. On receiving them he fell on I lis knees with the greatest reverence and IT* L.wJ k('wm Inna, 1 I [IcUUUUCT. l?r lltlU 1UI JT UUI o uyi.11 uuiuuuuu iritli sin"; his mind seemed prepared for intruction. He now received the truths dislosed to him, and promissed to \isit the aachers in Ragoon at an early period.? , Sands of distributors are still travelling j [trough the country scattering the good ; ced of the kingdom. Recent communications from Russia tale that the harvest there among 6,000,. !00 of souls is ripe to be gathered. The j ieop]e receive tiie books with unfeigned atisfaction. All the\ tt at ions aided in former years till look to the American churches through his Society for help, and several applied* ions are before the Committee which :ou!d not be met from the 835.000 ippropriated the last year. From China? rom Singapore and the Indian Archipela- j ^o,?from Siam,?from the Shans,?from j lurm ih,?from the Northern India,?from j )risa,?from Telingus,?from Ceylon, and j .it? n i. lions of the Tumui population on the onh'nenf,?from the Mahrattas,?from the 1 Jandwich Islands,?from Syria,?from Per j ia,?from Smyrna,?from Greece,?from j Constantinople,?from Russia,?from Swe- i en,/.-from Germany,?from France,? ! om South Africa,and from the Aborigines j f America there comes a c rv, deep and ' The Blind Way (of Idolatry,) a Tmnal Tract i three parts approved !>y the American Tract. U'.v.'tv. V ? piercing-?Forget us not; impart to us the knowledge which a/one can make us wise fof eternity?the knowledge of your God & your Saviour. In view these asimio jlar facs, "thead Committee cannot but cordially approve the reso!u:ion adopted by the American Board of Commissioners tor Foreign Mis. sions at their late aniversary, in the spirit of which all our Foreign Societies concur, that "there can be no rcasonoble doubt that the press was providentially given to mankind in tlwse latter days with special referencetolhe employment o f its great powers in assisting to propagate the knowledge of the Gospel VOLUME CIRCULATION". Through this Society a channel is open. 1 by which the best christian writers of present and past ages arc made to concentrate their moral and intellectual energies i.? ?.1 - '1 .4. ^.uuu'iuuj" mo uospejoy trie press, not only in the form of the small True!, but also in the standard volume and the family library. These books are received without the prejudice which often resists the smaller Tract or the living preacher. They may be read again and again without becoming illegible; they ntay^te handed down from generation to generation, hallowed by the most sacred associations, and sanctified in being used by the Hulv Ghost in the conversion of the souls of parents and children and made as dear to the survivors as the memory of the departed. Two hundreel, and thirty thousand volumes were circulated the last year among the learned and the unlearned?read by all?Ihe deaf and the blind?by land and by sea?in the light of the day and the darkness of midnight. In this department of the Society's operations, will not the christian community exert their strength, until every femily in evrey section & neighborhood in this widespread and wide spreading nation.?until , ? O " *' every steam-boat, and canal-boat, and ship on our waters is supplied? Warned by in* numerable ruins on tiie field of history shall we not seek by the circulation of tlieso works, to shun the fate of those countries wlier'e conscience is extinguished? Shall not patriotisn and Christianity move onward arm in arm in this labor? MORAL POWER OF TRACT VISITATION. Much has been said and written upon this subject, yet there is reason to fear its im. portance is little appreciated. What is Tract Visitation ? It is the humble, pray* erful, systematic efforts of the disciples of Chris to aid the nnn stei of-he Gospel in his arJuous labors for the salvation of sin ners, and for the promotion of morality and evangelical piety ; an instrumentality for diffusing the Gospel leavan through a community ; the ligln of religion manifested in tie lives of its professors; the children of Go I becoming the sgh of the earth an organization necessary, in its essen'Ud* fear tares, to the prosperity of any church. Look at the history of Tract Visitatioa foone year in a single cry; 958 fishers, prayefiully, pursuing their humble and self-denying labors, presented nearly half a mdliou of True s among the accessible families, ao companietl, as providence seemed to open the way, with all such means as could bo **'* properly employed for the salvationDf individuals. In connectiou with litis labor love, the visiters were the honored instru. ments of distributing to the destituto. 11159 Bibles and 5,345 Testaments; 2,948 ciallJren were brought into Sabbath-schools; 127 induced to join Bible classes; 1,116 persons were persuaded to attend church ; ana i,//u signoa tne tempercmce pledge. No less than 1,708 prayer-meet, ings.in which were gathered mohtudes who neglect the stated meansof grtice, were t>eld held, with a special view to their spiritual benefit, and to implore the outpouring of God's Spirit upon the Tract districts, and upon the world ; and t crown all, three hundred and thirty-six souls were reported as hopefully converted t-> God. In what church ofChrist is not a land of laborers needed to accomplish such works as these ? Where is the soil so well cultivated as not to require them? Are not Tract visiters the Auronsand the Hurs to sustain the hands of their pastors ? Could this system prevai1 through all onr churches, Zion would soon appear in new beauty. Tracts calculated to reach the conscience & the heart are already prepared. Why will not christians disperse them, accompanied with a kind warning, to families where the Lord Jesus Christ is unhonorod or unknown 1 If the church sleep, by whom shall the world be awakened ? : Such is the mighty efficiency for good involved in the prosperity of the American Tract Society. Brethren, shall we shrink from the responsibility ? or shall we sustain the cause with our prayers, our personal labors, and our benefactions ? How much we ire called individually to ccn ribute, each on1, in the sight of God, must judge. The Commitiee believe that less than Thirtyfive thousand dollars will be inadequate to meet the demand the current year from foreign 'auds; and that not far from an equal amount is necesssary to promote Tract and Volume circulation, and answer other claims upon the Society in our own country. . Will not 200 individuals who are able and willing, constitute themselves Life Dircc:ors of the. Society by a donation of $50 each? Will not 500 individuals become Life .Members by p donatien of $20 each ? Will not churches constitute their pastor' or others Life Directors of Members f not ladies exert themselves as in forme years? Will not pastors of churches pre" sent the cause at an early day and take collections ? Will not friends of the cause individually contribute what they can, however small tho sum ? Will not aoxiltaiy Societies return to their first love, and extend a helping hand ??In short, will not the people of God throughout the land unite with one heart in aiding the Society to spread the Gespel over q|^hc earife ? 1 In behalf of the Executive Committee of the American Tract Society, J J A.MES MIL NOR, Ckaiman, f William A. Hallock, Cor. Sec. * J O. Eastman, Vis. <$ Fin. See. -m Xrrc- Vorfr. 1837. * fib.. - - w -.. . - ?