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f wpi g*m mmmmgm- r,-vjrewwiw rrninmmatmmmmtmsmmfmmmm 5f- Ol^T^x . ] roni !^' ^\w■^o^k Atlicna’Min. "(.o. M.\i!K HK15 c:hf,ek:” tip. in.ii’k lurriiit-k!—llio rosy hue • (if bt :iut_v or. it once v ;is llicrc ; Aii.l oVr its lilooiii no simile ]-ist t)t'\\oo—IK) tracc of cure' '[ )>c rcj>o blossoniM tlici f is ilciul; Ayc', fu'lcd 0)1 the titcin— Its slivivollcd leaves v .T;; brif-lit cinMigh 'I'ilH'alschood wither'd tlicin. Go, mark her eye 1—cnro v ai ‘oiiM I'lere Uliiiid passion’s spirits-hcaiii— And lu»])e shot t'ortli in c\cry pflancf, Tts s\iiira\s o\ v 1H\ '--' strciini:— The orbii that onie shone f,''loiiously i\rc fading' fVoin tlu ir bphcrts— And j^ricf hath dinin-.’d their passion liglit ■\\ ith wrong’d lo\e’s wri'tchcd t ar^l Co, mark lu r form !—fram’d in tlie inouid And fashion of Ihusc one That Coat on cl'.crul) \vint;-s 'iiro-g’ Fair WMtersand l)riglit suns.— >.'o\v grace is fleil, and nou{^hl is loft Ihit shallow like, and wan, Cohl relics, of a warm heart, rrusl/J. Uy the fuitlilessni s of juun / IAN Tin-. a%nirt^ Mi\ing’ together ]>n.fit and delif^hl. i'rom ihe L’nited Stuti s’ Literary llai;cUc. SUM.MF.T?. 'Phc surc'cssivt' clianucs nf ihp year ru’e c;':'iierally resjarticMi by fjrriodiral os- sayists, as tlicim.-s \vcll calculated to in terest tlieir reail.*is; indeed, in int)st. litoraiy journals which do not strictly confine thcniscdves to what are called, sonictinics h}' a sail misnomer,—re- vii'A". ‘-'udiysnl)jccls recur almost as roii;ii ’i]y ;i' the sv ..-ons. Nor is this at all s'lfj)*isin«;: I't these descants he taiiijj; as clicii as they may, the theme can n-’ilher ho trite, noi-seem to ho so, if he u ho has chd^en it, aims only at the |»(ul!I'.ilnre (.f his uwn fcflins^s, and the siin])!'.' ex;)ression (jf those thou;*lits, wliich the cliaiines in the world Avith- out. am! the world within him, natural ly t \ci!e. The S]iring is of all others the favor- ate thc'''’e of son^ ; most writers ol' im- igination or sentiment, have, in one Ibrni or mother, endeavored to jjaint its vai v^ui- hcauties, :md speak of thein- tiuei'ic* iif ctacc anil joy, which every lieart 1'ie.. cceivi's witlr^lad welcome, jfit ever op'.iis to any emotions that do not helorg: In the lowest parts of our an imal nature, 'i'here is indeed in this season ot lll'’^ersal renovation, when all th' beinj^s that people earth and air, and all that is uiven them for. food or habitations, awiiken at once into life and loveiii.cas '‘^n the; fields put on their robes t leiut;, and the gentle breezes are redoli^it of perfume and anclo(!y and vernal freshness, and all created existence secins to sint:; its son^; of thankftilncss aii'''hoj)e,—there comes, indeed, with this season of hcauty and promise to most persons, a momentary sense of undouldinp; and shadowless j-jeacc, a clearness and trancjudlity of spirit, and if 1 may so speak, an o[)en- ing into flower, of joys and hopes we knew not of,—tliat the heart may feel dccj)l}', but I,ini2;na^e cannot ale(pjately exj'tcss. Still, I cannot hut thiiii;,— pr.fliaps because it is now with us,— Siui.mcr is aliriost equally deserv ing i’ a;rateful notice. Spnit^ is the season of promise, hut the fuKilment conies with Suuiiner ; and this jioint of dilVori rce betwen the* seasons I cer tain! v i i ;r:i! d iis ;u(o>;etiicr to the advan- tat^e ij[ Su'H'i'jr. 1 (III nut fiiri'et that the world thinks, or piet( vis t ) think, ti);ii aiitici[)ation alua>.t’ >imses j)ro- iV.sf'lv, while the ;k'Ii! d ^ood is a sad riiirj'id in r> Nt i nr :’(;rword; but, jicit' ' V (^'1 1 * I. 1 have all tlie i i;-'t. v.'e ' 1 y, o\v'^ ‘ vpei if iici; tan pi\i,te’ lieve there ;n ,i;ore instances ol e\ee; ‘ -ui to thisruic. i an of conform- il\- wiii. it ; ihr icfotf \ eiijoyment tter ilian anticipui'e;.', ‘''iiminer iiet- tei than S| riiiL. “ i .■ earliest oll- s,j,i ii!;.’-■ I the "eiir * c(,j , ,I. rayed in a ^ai'i ■!' ' i li'-h blos>o.;i-. (>l !) autv a-i v:i’ ■ .' d hiilliint, ps ;i the r.iinhow h;i(‘ « b'ed and faMeo. and s nved it- b .It i-' 'd i ' tl'C e;ir!' ’ -v li>s-os ari- wi-ealhni llowci's i all liues and iurnjS h' bie.tn is a nii'i.;lie^ of odor ous . a,III ]if,r pi.'th'.v ,\ o\er t!ie fields •i-arked ti_\ ilic iM'‘-erinir ol’their nrniui'e; Is. f’til Summer ha> licr |l'v\eis lo'., iii'i them she has h r fruii'i . an . luove as e:enlly, j.'ii) h'\n'.'.'' ;i■ 'Oiie-.! ;• e welcome: 11 tiwohuii ii( t laden trees, M. ' i' 'M iiulieriu - pe’als of ),or I'o;' j-' . ")se'i, anil li away a poc- fu’ " ! 1' \ et nioi't; t!e!e.'ii’I'lil, oeeause ;i js a cooijicss that ti.iiiners li,e ' •• ' of' her sun. I • ' ! ■ Slimmer nut for those ur.ly . iiiiJi-she liub ia cun.ir.uii v.'i'h th(i ‘s; i ll:;.’;. sTie lias others \. iiieii are 'vliclly her own. It is not until the Wanner nionths iiave come, and theler- vom's rf t!io sun are fully distluscd. that we le irn to nppr;-ciate t’airly, anil tullj' to enjoy the mornini; and rveninp; cool ness. A l)eautit'ul Sprm:; d.'y, contrasts its animatinj; ^iow with the coldness of the niirl.t : NVinter seems to linger in the darkiu's -, bccau>e the hours of sun- sliine are yet too few tind I'cchle whol ly to overi'Mine his innncnce. Ihit wiien Summer is eslatjlisheil, th.e brcatl*) of mornins; only invi^;oratcs ami j)i'c,- pai'es for a ilay of i.ot implcasant lan- ^nur; and the rep.ovatiin;' coolness of even ini; brings with It positive flelio;iit. \Vc have few da vs-of intense h.eat: but be it as hot as it will, I do wot know many things more pleas,;n1, t’nan lo he upon the "reen sward wheie tl)'’ nn- niitis;ated odours of the Min have not yet fallen, and hstcii to the ..Ovuin^mu sic of the iipj)Hnii brook, and lazi'y watch the dancin;j; leaves as they Jjlay- fully toss the .siinbcams from one to the otln/r and down to the still fresii ^lass. Wo have turj, in suniiner, those show ers, liian wliieh there is nothin" more bcautit’ul or sublime. iii£:;ht well do I lov(> lu see th(,' distant clouds roll their black vohinu'S toj^cther, and bang their _a,oId and purple skirts arounl the hoi i- zon, in all wild and graceful I’orins, as if to decorate with fitting tapest»y, the arch of henveji. 'I’he heavy rain comes .slowly until the lire bursts from its dwelling, and, tl)cn falls in torrents, as if the imprisoned waters bad cscapeil, when the lightning (lash rent asunder the dark mass a’,(1 the angry voice of thunder calls liom cloud to cloud, from hill to hill, from heaven to earth, as if to bid man be still, and gaze with silent reverence, while He w ho rides uj)on the whirlwind passes b}\ VVe have, to be sure, some davs of such fierce and exhausting heat, that all sense dCnjoyment or action, is lost in universal debility, if not in j)ain ; these days are uncomfortable enough, 1 grant, and it some times happens tlmt even the shadows of night appear to take away only tlie light of day, and leave its burnfrg heat. But such days come ve ry seldom, and when they do they are inucli less disagreeable,—at least to me, —than those chilly, misty, blue-devil days of Spring, which are perpetually recurring, to shake the leaves from the trees, and to death every bud of prom ise, and'turn one’s face ten times more blue than the damp sky, and W'hich is Worst of all, almost make one despair of summer. In siiort, 1 think the Spring may w^ell be compared to a budding rose-bush—beautiful, very beautiful, in- ileed ;—but we are perpetually looking to see this beauty expand into perfec tion, and we now and then find our lin gers pricked unexpectedly with sting ing thorns; while Summer is rather an orange tree in full bloom and bearing. The blossoms, which we could almost think woven of a snow-wreath, exhale delicious fragrance, and cluster round more delicious fruit; and wc gladly for give the rich perfume, even if it b;rf)- pcns to hre.itheupon us with sickening intensity. I'l'oin the Masonic Mirror. WAIKl?, rrs (OMfOSlTION AM) DErO-Afl’OSITION. It was. I'ormerly believed by the an cients, that water was one of the four elements of which all oti'.er bodies in nature were comjjoscd: ISut in modern times, by the aid of^cbemical science, those false notions entertained by them ha\been abandoned ; and the bodies they consider as elementary, are now proved to he comi)ound. 'i'he coinjio- sition of water does not appear lo have been known until wilhin the last hall' ccntur\ : and .Mr. Henry Cavcndisl'i is the iirst I’hilostjphcr who n vealed it lo the World ; to him, thercl'orc, the rmjriL of this important discoveiy is due. The experiments of Mr. Cavendis!,, l.avois- er, Hr. I'liestly and others, have result ed not o!il. in showing water to be a compound body, but aecnra^ely deter mining i!s pieci 0 comj.'o. itloii. 3’r. Caveiidisli lound tliat by burning h\- dro^eii gas mixed with comnion air, and dttei wards hydrugen and ( xygen gasses, there ros'dted in both eases, a fluiil ))(.s- sessing all the cluraetcristic properties ol‘ water, i'rom th( sc expcrr.ntnts he coiudiMh'd. that water is a C0in[)0iiiul, (■onsivtill!!' of these two gasses, or tin '.r l)asis, chcniic.allv united in conseijueiu e of losiiii;- their latent caloric, whi(di maiittained them in a state of (laslic lluidity. Mr. Watt, also from the t pel iments of Dr. Priestly and himself, adoj)ted similar conclusions. If we put into a f^lass receiver two measures of hydrofreii and one (>fo\vi;en gasses, they intimated^ unite, indejieiidont of agita tion, and would j emain so, unaltered lui' centuries ; but if a li>-hleii taper be i»,(jught in coiitaet with them, they in- .'/tantly take lire, produciii'; a viclen; e::- '.’osion. hi .I.is ( xr;''ihnr'.? | (;i’water is gener.'.teil aiid dejtc-ite.i ex-| artly equal in w .•ij^ht to the p-a-scs cin-i [dovcd. Sin,util this explosion take pl:'i'e over water, no sonsi!;!!- residiiuni will accrue; hut if the exj'erifticnl !;e cou- diicteil in adrv ulass vessel, ora j)lat»‘ be ludil over the' tlami' ai i? i iC from the co'iihuslion of t’ne gass(.>. ;itcr \\ill bo found adhennir; to titeir .siu'iaces. •'I'hi' formation of water is also shown b\' be.rning i'l V dro!;en a!u:.c. If a long glass tnl;0 !)(' hehl over the Dame ot thi'j }i;as, its iiitcinal surl'aCi^ \vili, in a short trnie. become covered willi a thin coating; ol jjcriectly pure water. Now in this ('x- |;eriin(:nt, the hydrogen, at the moini'ut f)f its combustion, unites with the oxy gon of the aunosphere, and thus the product is Wiiter. llencc hydrogen • aiinot jirodticc water withor.t ])reviiiiis- ly combinin;; with (ixygen. Tiiese two gaseous bodies unite with each other only in delinil! ([uanlities ; and tlierc is no satlsfaclorv reason for believing that they combinc in any other propoitiens than that necessary for constituting wa ter : hence this fluid is the only oxide ot hy(irogcn witii which \vearo .TCiiua.nted. It ap])ca;‘s Ihon. that water is coinposod of two simple substances, cailed oxyi;c:n and hydrogen., an.l that they always ex ist in it in the same ju opoi lituis ; viz— one volume id tlu* former to two of tie..' latter ; or by weight, of eijriity-nine p.arts of ih(^ I'orrnor to ele\-en of the lat ter. Water can be decomposed and its coniposition thus proved analyticdly. •\t a hi^h temperature, wafer is suscep- tihh' by the superiin- alViniiy which sub sists between iro!i and one of its eli;- menfs, of undeig(unga chemical cliani;e, and being resolved into its constituent gas^^cs. 'Phis is offected in two ways : either by passim; steam throU2;b red hot iron pipes, or hy mixing fragmei.ts of^ iron or zinc with sulpluric acid and wa ter. 'I’he plK.ii'jiucna are accounteil for on precisely the same jiriiiciples, if we have recourse lo eiiher of the above me thods. Take an iron pipe, or (which will answer the purpose,' a p;un-h:urel deprived of its but end, and put in it some iron wire or iron filings, tiicn jilace it across a small furnace, n here it can he heated in the middle to a white heat: to'one cml of the bari'l connect a small glass retort, which must be lut ed airtight : make a communication be tween the' other and a receiver invert ed full of water, o\’cr a jineumntic troui^b. Now supposing all arraniie- ments necessary for decoinposi.'is; water, to be fidlilled, by appflying the heat ol' a spirit -lamp to the retort, the water will soon begin to boil, and the steam having no where else lo go, must j)ass through, or into the gun’oirrcl; where, coming in contact with the ignited sur faces of the iron, it is decomposed, or resolved into its elements ; the oxvgen as it is formed uniting u ith theiion, which, of course, we do not see; but the hydrogen, having no aJlinity lor the iron, and nothing to combine witn, pas ses throuu;h in ahund.uice into the recei ver. After the exj)erimcnt, if the wire or filings be examinpd, they will be'founJ coiroded, assuming a dirty red colour ; or in the Ian;j;ttage of chemists, they are said to be oxidised, and .arc calleil oxide of iron, 'riie proper conciusioiis drawn from these experiments, obviously arc, that this i!GConi])osition is cn'ected by^ two causes ; viz. a very intense temper ature, and a powerful aHinity which subsists between iron and oxygen ; oi’ in other wc'ids,’ iron has a stronijer af finity for o'cygen than hydrogen has. It is not always neces>ai*v, however, that an intense beat 'lioidd l.>e excited bi'fore we dccorni'ose w,it r ; bfcause lh(.‘decomposition ;;')’s'oi) slowlv at t!ic comnion 1rnij)cr.i:'-ii e-;, as i> phrved h’,- the f ii cuinslaiice oi j'oi'si'.:'!! iion smfa- ces bee.o'mini!; ?';i.-,;y ..'ot e\; ;i ie.iViid 'e. In tliCiC j)iO(’(,‘ss( 3 only one j.rodu.-i i> collected ; hut il water !>e dcrinpoosed !)V a ir'dvanic a])naratus, both gas-c- ir.ay be separalcl}- collected, and moasui-'d. iJr. Hare ol I’hilade'phia, has invented an instrument, c;d!ed ad«'.'lagratov, w b.ich is well cr.lcu!a!( (1 (o prcdiwe tliis ( 'b'ft. If in this insli uu.ent. t:ie p'.iles, he iin- roersed into Hie con oding I'nid, and the exti'«nii(,i('s of t!.'; v. ires, leading from bo'.ii polos, be broU2,bt under the su; i'aco ol water, small bubbles of g.is will he seen rising from eai.ii (d’tiiese eyticmi- ties; ov('r which, l.»y i;laciii-j: small jdiia!.', filled \\'itb waller, liu y may be I'oHerted in a scj'iarate state. Hi.e ot' ihfsi' wires must be i»u'.ti;:e>ui, ^ i/. ih.it ( (•nn» ct(M| witli th(! pcfsiiive jjoio; for il'iron he miIj- ^lItut( d no jias will rise. fh'. the exam ination (U tiiese ^assei we s!iall lind the one which came frotn tlu; iron v.’iro or n(‘gati\e pole, to he hydrogcM. Allow ing these phials to he of the same c.'pa- eity, at the i.inu* rerj i.^ half tilled with gas, the other w;ll he (.mtiii ly fiiUtd; or ,'ie bulk ot the !.';as in the former, heiinr to that in the hiL’eras ] to'J. J’v throw ing Wrttiif iniu ;ivlf:.'tt>; it often happen.- rl.rd :t isdcrnmp'sf ; : oxygen, li i>v presumed, imiling v. :ih the carbon ol llie fuel forn'ini; cari)onic acid or oxide; and th.e hydrosicn, al the same tinie, u ith .'mother j>ort!on ol th.e carbon form- im; c;ubur-1tLd hydro,2;en.—Hence -in ti.e cji -e of largo f;rcs in e'lr city, a small (juanlii\ of water is injurious; lor in conserpience Ol the formrition oi these ga.sses, they, b}'Iheir combustion, serve rather to accclcraic tlian redard the na tural progress of the n:mies I bus, wo have presumj)tive jn'ools ol the com pound nature of water, and are enabled, b\’ a knowledge of chemistry, to oblain the substance constitnt ing this i ompouii'. nature, :ind assign the I'/hilosnjihy ol the j)rocesses by w bicli they arii obt iined. . / foliii't/ of ScU‘nee. From the lloston Medical Iiileilitjeucer. r r. E -M A T r n h i n t i ; i: m r. n t ■ Sincc the frequent ]iid)lication of ca ses in which j'ei'3(ms have been commit ted to the grave b''fore the prineijdo of vitality had ceased to ('xist, has iiot ex cited the po|'ular horror of j)rcmature intennont wiiich couid have bi'en hoped . nd expected, it becomes the .'nty cl the profession to inlerferc, and check a practice from v.liich every leeling ot iminanity ought to shrink. If th.e life- b'ss bodv of a solitary :v.«l friendless pauper is taken from the giave for the purpose of enllgiitcningthe age on some ])oint essential totho future welfare and liealth of mankind, clamor and tumult, “horrible sacrilege,” “unfeeling wretch es,’’ sound in every ear, and the stor}- of the inhuman act spi'eads, with the rnriidity of wild fire, to every quarter of the country. A man, after a fit of sick ness, ccascs lo breathe ; tlie bystanders say with a sigh, “alas ! he is dead aoil before twenty-four hours are elaps ed, he is buried with the usual ceremo ny, and left, if he chance to revive, to stifle and horrify himself to (ieat!' in h.is narrow mansion. Such ca^cs v^ccur much, very much oftcner, than is gener ally imagined. 'i’akc , for example, the number of cases in whiidi the cofiin is opened alter burial, and the proportion al number in which there have been ev- id(!iit marks of revival : take then tiie whole number of cases in whicii coflin is not opened after burial, an., then see what is the projjortional num ber in w hich we have a rigntto suppose life has existed ii ilie grave ! Is tlicrc a Imman being who does not sbiidoerat tlie result! It is but a few weidvs since a ni:-n in Ohio, supposeu to have died of small |)ox, was put in a coi!in and j)!ace(i ill the church yard, while the grave was made. “Some children, who stood near the cofVm, thinking they heard a groai), mentioned the circumstance to the grave digger, who, however, took no nolice of il, and tlie body was inter red. The chihlren liaviui; talked of what they heard, attention \\a3 excited, and on th.e following morning ll;*’ b'/dv was taken up, when, dreadful to relate, the torn state of the shroud left no doubt that the poor wretch wu buried alive !'* 'riiis ca'f.. whiic^ we have oij undoubted authority, was published in I lie ncws- jia])ers, and tiiere it ended. No anathe mas \vere prou(;unced, no one accused of inhumaiiity, m,i '-xcitement was produc ed, and no resohitions to interdict inter ment, until decomj)osition commences, (-'hcmical decomposition is the only and unerring si"n of death, and until this commences, no body should be commit ted to the grave, or even left without a w’ati h. It is a singular constitution of our rta- ture, that we shoujd be st' unreasonable as to shudder and rebel against a iiraetice in itself so innocent and useful asdissec- 1;on, and regard witii indill'crencea jeac- tice so truly iphuiimii,- so uiisj eakably cru(d and dreadlid, a.s premature intf'r- niciit. ^\ e must take men, howev(;r, as we find ihem, and as I'ommon sense and the commoii voice bavi.' not put a stop to the haliit o!' Ijuryin-- .n.s soon as i){\\y^ an,'go;;>', it becomes the (hity of the f 'fiity lo iiif..)rco it themselves. Let u^ :d'\ a;, s a.'vise, for we can only 'i:ve enr c. no body be interr. d uniil ;":ire(aciion com- lo'-'nees ; anl if this wiii j)!a>diiee the d"sijeij rf lbrni, bd fair aiilitoriiles jiass a /v7.' to tlie same eflecl. It is the on'v UK thod of putting a sto]) lo this st riuu's evil. I'roni lilt' (.corpa Sl.it;.'.'.ii,aii. Soon after llie Pioneers of .Mr. Cooper made tl.eir appearance, we visIUal the set !i('s f t tliiit inlc iesting /lOmance,— that is, the mountains, Vaverns, hike, hol(!, mans'ons, cVe. (d ’rempleton and ils vicmiiy, Otsego c(»imty, N. ^ .—the ancient re.iide'i (• and iii’mense landed poss, of the rooner family. Strol ling through l!u‘ h'urying gronnfi of the autho* s famil\', wf.' heliel j ;i >toiie eretd- eil to th(' memory of hi . sister, v. ho was suppose,] to be Ihe I'h/al.etii of his I)ra- IJia' fhj Ih.'^ 'V.'lje !'- .siTiption. I V liis iu.i;, r^-, father of ti'.e Au: hor and (it't he 1 Adltnthon j;-cnl’f', spoth Thou utarc tiuui d.u..,lii' r niy 's’ I'arcwell ' f:i:cv,(.H ' 'tii! /,. /■/;],r And w ;ift nil. / »/«/• tii'J.v l.in ii-.. (' i;i. ’ ’ Oft shall 'Jic orphan ..nd Tlij hiiuiifi/ fed, this lonely spot CTploif" lit re to II late, tlis si cniiii-- hapless (More than tiic .'•I'hinii rtcnrt/ ol t!u- ' liy tenvk r lovr iii'iir. d, (.m r'. !• jj,,,,--,.. Nor sctdpttircd tnar!di-, utirtlu- p!.in tiv(. j \ I’rorlaim t!)V \i’-tiic.^ thru' l!u' Mile ' And bathe with gvatefai liars tlu ! |i' shrine. ' ' '■ Slumbering in the same silor.oe io tlie same cemetery, we saw t!)c ted mound” of our old iaiiiitnl Anic .,, Agamemnon, wb.o, as the leatier -.vil' remember, exposed Ids 'I’mkeys to iii(! sharp-shooters of lb(; Pioneers.’ There is a rude slab of free sione crected over his grave, by his revered master, and chiifclcd by his own hae.d, as follows • In memor\ of Scipio,* an ai,^. d slave, n native* of Africa, who died Marcli 27, irS9, * 'lft iVtd he, shiverinj*' call, to bless the lianif 'I'hat w ould bestow u cordial lohis w ants Oft have 1 drop’d a tf ur to see his farrow’Ji face cast smiles aronnd On those whose feeling- hearts Jiad, for a minute, Made him foijcel tiie haidness ofliis fate. His venerable h( ard w'as thin and wliite ; His hoary head bespoke his lenijth of davj. His piteous tales'of Woe, " * AVhile bendint^ oVr his stutr, lie ilul rilate, Were heard in pensive mood Hy those Who looked heyontl his tatti red lyaii And saw his many sorrows. ' * ♦ Scu’io.—His drainalit; name was Agi- memnon. Curious Mvertm'imnL—The fullowin? is copicd from the Vermont (i.izcue printcfl at licnnington : “Notice I U is the request of the subscriber, thut i)|s friouls und cousins should snspi ed ihcii visits for two years. hiuam u’.li..” r,ri(;i{A.M. Well, said my friend, f like yovir rrocd— That friends in need are iViemU ind' vd; Thus you ai.d I are frieiu'.s most For I’m in m:ed, and So arc on ! i\Ir. I shauld like to mo tlie ibllowing thought in your useful |n- per. It may be new to many, ami al so assist the simple and bor.est christiDn to resist the sophisms of those jier'Oiis who, to palliate the reproaches ol'con- scjcnce, and embolden them in liic cause of sin, elicit all their ingia'iuiiy and strei gth of iniellcct, to InvaiHlatc theauihenlicety of the holy scripiinei. —»1 cotislant render of the •f(jur,nil. A TlIorUHT Foil DEISTS AND SCEl'iKf^ A cJcar and concisc demonstration of the ili Ainei nsjjiration of the tloly Sen jitares, taken from t!ie w:orks of tlie liev. J. \V, There are four grand and powerful arguments \viiich sti'onG;ly induce us to behove that the bible must be from (lOfi, viz:—miracles, j)rophecies, tlie nieod- uoss oi the doctrine, and the moral eiiar- acter of the pen Hit n. All the miracles flow fVom Divine power ; all the prophecies from divine understanding; the goodness of the doc trine from divine goodness; and the moral character of the penmen from divine holiness. Thus Christianity is built upon fou!’ grand pillars, viz;—the power, unflcr- standing, goodness and holiness of God. Divine power is the sotnce ofall inirn- cles; divine imderstanding, ofaJl jiropii- ecies ; divine goodness, of the uoodiiC.'S of the doctrine; and divine holiness, oi the moral character of the penmen. 1 beg leaye to propose a shcrt, dear, and strong ar^;umenl to jirove the divine Insjiiration of the holy Scriiitures. 'I'he bible niust*bo the invention.eitln r (d' good men or arigels, bad men or dev- ;ls, or of Crod. 1. It could not be the invcniinii ol good men or angels, for they neiilief wfuild nor could make a book, .ci ! l' ’! lies all the time they W(;re v'vriiu);r ih saying thus saith the Lord, when i'. was their own invention. 2. It could not ho the ir.vcnti"n (' bad men or devil.’i, for they wo:;ld no make a book which I’ommaiuis all du'v, forbids all sin, and condemns tlu irowa sotils to hell to all eternitj.'. 1>. Therefore, 1 draw this contdina'/i'* that tiie bible riuist be given by iliVi-'- inspiration. ’i’hcrc is far more satisfaction in doit’."' ihan roreivinj; g-ood. To relieve liu:"I' [M'csscd, is the most {glorious act a a'-'"’ is capable of ; it is in some measure doin;',’ the business of (iod and Providrm " I is attended with a heavenly pleasure, ii!’’ known hut. lo those that arc and liberal. INIen that arc df..tirute of reli.'jloiu Laetatitias, .lie so far from being j)hilosop!»ers, that they oun;lit not to liC '■ ‘ • ) Te: - arcasyijiible
The Journal (Salisbury, N.C.)
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July 4, 1826, edition 1
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