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f tlii-. l-rned divine :
arc t ikon fV..:n a Jt-. vi;-.v of the do'rtnno or
I'rod .-tiii.ition,' in it, 1 ( )r-r.vA Mod'.-,' '
in a ' Tn;jti-e' hy the 4 Rev. William Per-
kins, D. I).' !r. J'c-rkins was a divine of
do ordinary esp city, and was .tcmcd,
two hundn;d years n?, aa one or
hrihte-it li'ht? of the Chureh. Iln TVo-rk.
trive ev'cl.;ice of a s-troic' Tnind, hound
li;arnirc, and d'-'-n piftv
Mr. Anitiniu-i,
in his n vi. -,v of t hi- ' Treati-
' has fully
rn;t and an-w-rel ihe aru.nents r.f Cal-vi:ii.-;n,
as exhihited in this ' Tr.;tt'i.-e' of
.-. iVrkins.
I h.ive cm fully read the ' Treati.-e' of
l)c. JV-rkin-, and co:npircd the ariru:ncnts
used ly Mr. Arminius with the statements
and
ant noriiie-f
of the (Wriic-r;
1
Bay
the
that the litter has met the views in
Treati-e' f.iirlv. and has tnu'nphantly
KU-tainel his po-it: -a, throughout this en
tire Jleview.
u The eighth error Tliat true nnd Ha-
Viti'' la!ih may be totally au'l tmaliv lost, 1
should not at once dare to say; thou-h
many oi ttie lattc-rs imjuentiy seem i .u
firni this. Yet the argument-, by which
you prove that it can
lie, neither wholly
nor finally, loot, are to he considered.
" Your fir-t jiroof is d"duccd from .Matt,
xvi: If 'Fpou tl.is rock I will build,'
& ;.; and Vou aruue in favor of your loe-
trine 111 a tnrec-lolU manner irotn i.iai p.i.,-
sage. Your first proof is equivocal, on
a-eount of the double meaning of the word
faith. For it means either the confession '
of faith made by Peter concerning Christ,
or trust resting in that confession and doc-
trine of faith. Faith, understood in tI,e
former sense, is the rock, which remains '
unshaken and immovable, and is the found- ;
. . : . r . 1 - 11 1 . 1 . . i- . 1 1 t
ai:o:i ii me yiiureo; iui laiui, uiioei-iouu ti MIC
in the latter sense, is inspired in the mem- i ,. It jW3 not ,ee,n tLat your fourtu ar.
bers of the Church, by the spirit and the ! unicI,t, from I. John, iii: 0, can be easily
word, by which they are built upon the ' answc.rcJ. yot Aumistine affirms that,
rock as their foundation. Therefore,thc herC) tic.y ouy are "referred to who are
word faith is ued in the antecedent in a ; Callel according to the divine purpose and
sense diiTercnt- from that in which it is ued j .ire regenerated according to the decree of
iu the consequent. ; the divine predestination. If you say that
" Your second proof is this : 'They who : it i3 here said of all who are born of God,
have been buil. on the rock do not wholly ; that they do not sin, and that the seed of
fill from it ; but those who truly believe j God remains in them, I will reply that the
are built upon the rock : T'iiore .'ore, they . -ord "' remain' signifies inhabitation, but
do not utterly fall from it.' Answer. j not a continuance of inhabitation, and that
The u .j..r or this proposition is not con-! 5) hnet as the seed of Gad is in a teron
tained in the words ot Christ, Tor ne says ; he does not sin unfo 6chVnJ bilItli5los5sl
not that 'those built on the ro.-k shall not . hie that the seed itself should, by his own
fall from the rock,' but ' the gntes of hell fault and negligence, be removed from bis
shall not prevail against it' (the rock, or heart, and as his first creation in the image
the church.) It is one thing that the 0f God was lost, so the second communi
cates of hell should not prevail against the ; c:ltiou of it may be lost. I admit, how
rock but another that thoe who are built ever, that tins argument is the strongest
up n the rock shall not fall from it. A j 0f those which have been hitherto refer
stone, built upon a foundation, may give j red t .
way, and fall from it, while the foundation j To the fifth, I reply, that the seed of
itself remains iir.n. If Christ referred to j the word of God is immortal in itself, but
the Church, I say, even then, that to as- j it can be removed from the hearts of those
sort that those who are built upon the rock ; wh0 have received it. (Matt, xiii : 19,
shall not fall from it, i.s not the same as to ; tY.c.)
declare that the gates of hell shall not pre- j a The sixth argument. So long as the
vail a ' linst the church. For the act of ! members abide in Christ, as the branches
fallinir pertains to the free wol of the per- ;
son who falls; but if the gates of hell ;
should prevail against the church, this !
would occur on account of the weakness of;
the rock on which the church is founded. ;
'l-l. .t.,,- .1........ nnf T.-ir.of.t thi". Kr-imo ide:l :
as was contained in the major. For. in not from defect of the root or of the vine,
the minor, it is stated that believers are hif of the branches themselves. Horn,
built, not having been built, completely, on j Yi js also an exhortation of the Apostle to
the rock, on account of the continuation ; believers, that they should not live any
and confirmation of the work of building, ' unger in sin, because they, in Christ, are
which must, necessarily, continue while , Jea,j to sin. This admonition to Chris
they are in this world. 15.it while that ; tians would be in vain, if it were not pos
continuation auJ coniinnation lasts, bcliev- j sible that they should live in sin, even af
ers do not seem to be out of danger of fall- j ter their liberation from its dominion It
inr. For as any person may be unwilling! js to be considered that the mortification
to" be built upon the rock, so it is possible j 0f the flesh is to be effected through the
that the same man, if he begins to be ; whole life, and that sin is not, in a single
built, should fall, by resisting the eontinu- j
ation and confirmation of the building. ;
Bat it is not prooable that Christ wished j
to s; nify, bv those words, that believers ;
could not fall, as suc-11 an assertion wouia i
not be advantasreous. Mnce it is necessa
ry that they should have their own strength
in the rock and, therefore, that thoy should
always bear upon and cling to the rock,
they" will give less earnest heed, in tempt
ations, to adhere tirruly to the rock, if they
are taught that they cannot fall from it.
It may be sutneieut to animate them, if
they know that no force or skill can throw
them from the rock, unless they willingly
desert their station.
"As to your third proof ,f even if it
should be evident that Christ declared that
the gates of hell should not prevail against
the church, yet it would not follow that no
one could fall away from the faith. If
any should fall, nevertheless the church
remaineth unshaken against- the gates of
hell. The defection of an individual, as
was before said, is not caused by the power
of hell, but by the will of him who falls,
in reference to the inflexibility of whose
will the Scripture says nothing; the use of
argument, presenting such consolation,
would not be 11s2f.1l for the confirmation of
the faithful.
''In reference to the sentiments of the
Fathers.you doubtless know that almost all
antiquity is of the opinion that believers
can fall" away and perish. But the pas
sages which you present from the fathers,
either treat of faith in the abstract, which
is unshaken and immutable, or concerning
predestinated believers, on whoa' (.rod has
determined, according to tlie opinion of the
fathers, and especially of Augustine, from
those who are faithful and just, according
to present righteousness.
' Your second argusieat proves nothicg,
t :.' i i
be con
it
thtt L-kct'r,
t;-ti'.Ti. and
'irt'e i s.iir.-t
! t-.v.r. yet it
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I.--T not r
: tt.-t
,': !.V)V not
t.h:.t hir::vjl'i
' th-it tv-.wxviu may t:::-.-v.
the constant rj'-f:'-'-;' v of
'iv -: rot exist, if on-; obt:nn-
prayer,
th t &
wide!
-!-:.!':'; from ;,,d without d-i'y
: nor is it here declared tl.it bc-
pr.vf.-r-;
iie ;r- li
fj
,t intermit the duty of prayer,
rhieh nci-t r;'-cc---irilv 1':
-O-'J to
ttj.'it 'O'C.-iU-
tj, vLi' li vou wi-i.
t-j u
i'rorn t T.
" Th.-st CLri-t unlrrtjk: toT-oaf.-- the;
ol':ct,' fM:tt. x : is true-. Jiut 'tlvM '
and ' h-!i';vor-' uri not -oriv(;rt:hI; ttruis. ;
:: TlV.-Z t'j tic: liew of tlj'; j'atlc.T'-, ll'i-
lt.-hs r:r-;vo-rificc addod to faith. Nor :
i- it d-f.!.:rf:J Lv Christ, in 3Iatt. xxiv : '11,
tiat tJf. tf.f.t"f.annot depart from Chri.-t.
jjUt tn.lt thej-t-ynnot ho deceived, hy which ;
js Jnt..jnt) tfjat though the power of deeej-;
t;0I1 js ytt ;t js not KO as to se-!
,Ju)..e tie f.j,.f.t . whif.i, Kf.rVt.s'as a consola-;
tion to the elect a''aint the rwer and art-1
i'iee of fal-e Chri.-ts, and false prophets.
" i our tliird argument can he lnvoh-;
dated in many ways. Fir-t, 4 Entire de-'
feetion from true fa.th would require a1
second enraftitiLr, if, indeed, lie who .falls ,
away shall he saved.' It is not absolutely ;
rcce-sary that he who falls away should be !
ai'ain t-n grafted ; indeed some will say,:
from Ileb. vi. and x. that one who wholly j
falls away from the true faith cannot be:
restored to repentance. .Secondly, There
is no absurdity in saying that they may he
engrafted a second time, because, in Horn,
xi : U.'I, it is said of branches, which had j
been cut or broken off, that ' God is able
to "raft them in airain.' If vou sav that 1
.!, simf :,y. ..T,,,.,. nr n.,t .f,.rrf.,l tn
'here, I will a-k the proof of that osser-!
tion. Thirdly, It docs not follow from the
second engrafting that 1 a repetition of bap-
tism would be necessary,' because baptism, !
once applied to an individual, is to him aj
perpetual pledge of grace and salvation, as :
often as he returns to Christ; and the re- j
mission of sins, committed even after ban-!
tlslll ls o1Ve:i without a repetition of bap-;
Hence, if it be conceded that djf p-
t;sm js llf,t to b0 repeated,' as they with
wlo:il you riow CO!toruj willinly admit,
(.t ;t not f0jjoW that believers cannot I
wholly ia!I away, either because those who!
wholly fall away may not be entirely re-!
st(,rod, or because, if they are re.-torcd, !
tiK... (0 not cej tQ yjQ hapt;zej a .second!
. J -i I
n the vine, so long they cannot indeed j
perish, as the vivifying power of Christ j
jwells in them. But if they do not bear
fruit, they shall be cut off, (John xv : 2). j
It is possible that the branches, even while '
l.t.li r. tin. i-in.-i niir nnl Knir -fruit I
moment, to be so extinguished in believers
that they may not at some time bear the
worst fruit, provoking the wrath of God,
auj deserving the destruction of the indi-
yidual. 13 ut, it a person commit sins, ue-
serving the Hivine wrath and destruction,
and God remits them, only on condition of
contrition and serious repentance, it follows
that those who thus sin can be cut off, and
indeed finally, if they do not return to
God. That "they should return, is not
made necessary by the efficacy of their en
eraftrnent into Christ, although that re
turn will certainly occur in those whom
God has determined, by the immutable
decree of His predestination, to make heirs
of salvation.jj m
44 The seventh argument. 'All who are
members of Christ attain the stature of a
perfect man.' ' This is true, if they do not
depart from Christ. This they can do. but
it is not included in the internal and es
sential definition of members, that they
should not be able to recede and fall away
from their head. It is declared, in John,
xv, that the branches which do not bear
fruit are taken away ; and in Rom. xi, some
branches are said to have been broken off
on account of unbelief.
44 You then inquire, as if you had fully
proved that faith cannot be wholly lost
What is the reason that faith may not ut
terly fail V and reply-' It is not from th
nature of faith, but from ths sift of crace,
which confirms that which is promised to
believers.' You, here, incorrectly contrast
faith itself, and connrmmg grace, when
vou ounht to contrast a man, endued wit
faith, on one hand, and the gift of grace,
on the other. The reason that faith can
not wholly perish, or rather that the be
liever cannot wholly lose his faith, is found,
fdther in the believer himself, or iu grace,
j which. coaiflis or preserves faith, that the
I' jr.
It 'm Ti't in the
,ii. carj i'-e Lit
V.-.-A if i, A U 'l-A'.ruM-.vl thtt
he slou! i not I ' his ::th. it wiii v- pre
feerved tl.ro'JL'h the jrrace bv which He
urengtLen him. that he uay tot f'-il-
4 n:i.
I Lay-? 1. raved for thee, that tf.v
.;!!! Tail r:'t. llAiV.fi X?.l
1 h.:
faith, then, of IVter, c- uIJ have iil d.J;
we consider his strength. Rut Chr?-t. by
His iM -re' s-io':, f.l u.it.ei f- r hi-n thjt
trrace, 1 v which it j-it-.-ent-.ticn s se
cured. 'J he covenant of God, of which
mention is mad-; in .Jtr. xxxii : 4:l. 00c-
net contain, in it -elf, an i,
-"ibiiitv "f
departure from G'-d, hut a promise of the
goto, ji 1 ear, oy wr.ieu, so long u ,
shall continue in their heart, they frball ;
be re-trained from departing from God. !
3i.it the Scripture nowhere teaches that it 1
i.s not possible to shake off that gift of fear.
nor is it profitable that promises 0
1 fcu'-h a i
b'.'ievtr r..'-v r.' t ! e it.
be'ievcr himself. f,r I.e.
obtioxio ;1 to error and
. i- 1 t. - . i . i forth corrupt 11 ait, it cr.nr.ot le a "nod tre" :
riant with God. It is sufficient that tLcvj.,r,i 1 . ' 1 r o
tl, 1 t , - , , . - " !i!r'0 certain ttiat when a man falls
should be ustaineu, by the promises, ,. a,.k -u,to SirT hahh. or c-nw of kin, he
against all temptations ot the world, the ce.iseth t . lea child of Cl for the same
liesii, sin ana ,t;uian, ana mat tnc-y may ce ;
made strong against all their enemies, i
if
they will only be faithful to themselves
and to the grace of God."
In my next, I will continue my extract
from this author. I now add the
views j
of the pious Fletcher, on the case of .Si-;
rnon Peter.
js
'That Peter's faith failed for a time
evident from the following observations :
(l.i ' Faith without works is dead' ; much
moie laith 'th lying, tur,mg, and repeat-1
ed denial of (Jinst. CI.) Our .Saviour j
himself said to His disciples, after a far I
less grievous fall, ' How is it that vou have
no faith Mark, iv: -10. His add
ing immediately, ' When thou art convert
ed, strengthen thy brethren,' shows that
Peter would stand in need of conversion,
and consequently, of living, converting
faith ; for as by destructive unbelief we
depart from God, so by living faith we are j
converted to Ilim. Hence it is evident
that if Christ prayed that Peter's faith
might not fail at all, he prayed condition
ally ; and that upon Peter's refusing to
watch and pray, which was the condition
particularly mentioned by our Lord, Christ's
prayer was no more answered than that
which he soon after put up, about his not
drinking the bitter cup, and about the for- i
giveness of his reviler.s and murderers. ! tQe tenumus 01 the Central It til Itoad
But if our Lord prayed (as seems most j to these Springs, in stages. Quite a num
likely) that Peter's faith might not fail, or ' ker of stages is waiting at Milboro', on the
die like that of Judas, i. e. in such a Man- 1 arrival of the cars, to convey passengers
ner as never to come to life airain, then ' to the different watering-places in the nioun
Ilis prayer was perfectly answered : for the j tains. There are five different Springs
candle of Peter's faith" which a sudden j nere all dug out of the solid rock of the
blast of temptation (and not the extin-! mountain-side. The mountain towers hun
guisher of malicious, final ob.-tinac-y.) had j dreds of feet above them, and the water
put out Peter's faith, I say, like the comes from a solid bed of stone. The
smoking flax, caught again the flame of j P"n.-S are very near together only a few
truth and love, and shone to the enlhdir-
ening
cos
own
, o,l tf, r-n irbicli rmmf:nf,? that ,
7 . -. !
our Lord was too wise to spend Jlis last
of thousands on the day of Pente- them, and doors of entrance to each Spring say that these di-interesfed ladies are : .-in ft r ' , ' , '
d, as well as to the conversion of his J separate. A servant is in attendance to tprt.i-j'uvj j.bout iii search of hu,b,nds. , ' J 1 P,p:c'"-"1 ut;L ;,;" '
n soul that very night. However, from ! (Id 0,lt the water far v--- specimens of huii.anhv ! S:'.rVS . ?,,e was Vl'r.v ve re dung
.... - r. - -. I iVr-A.-.t.V-vt. intrTnfferenr. Snrin"s. ariTWif. ', if.t7TTJf;,'S-uMJn-c.U l.,.,.,-.,!f.r. ,i'. "" T'"'!,T"ae to mv Sfn . It r- v-l
true laitli can never tail, in opposition to 1 , . ' . I . t t .T.,i--. Q.irir,f ,.-.;.,ro T-,-r. ...
the Scrintures which fill theopposile scaled I 'erent, and enter in diflerent proportions, ; There is a ball at the tpnngs every tnc Loid 8 appci w.t.i t..o,t .oce -v. . ;
moments in asking that a thing might j '-maio,., . nsum..a u -not
happen, whicdCif we believe' Zelotes, j tIie W;lt0 sparingly on their arrival, and
could nut possibly happen." Fletcher's ! "'crease gradually the amount daily used.
Works, Vol. II., p. 151. I The table is pretty well supplied, and the
PFTEIt POFB I variety is quite creditable. The servants
Normal College, Jul v. ISoV ' ' ' K'e numerous and attentive, and the pro-
pneturs are polite and accommodating.
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" If faith is a rock, it remains firm and
immovable.
"fThe promise, contained in this passage,
is made to those who are built on the rock."
" JFrom Matt, vi: 13, x: 32, and xxiv:
To give a fuller answer to this argument,
and vindicate the Divine record from forced
interpretation, I submit the following:
"Oj.O. lie that cannot sin, and that fur
a perpetual reason, cannot fall away and pe
rish by sin ; but every one that is born of God
sinn-th not ; for His seed at.ideth in him,
neither can be sin, because he is born of
God. I. John iii : 9.
"Ans. 1. That these words cannot be in
tended to signify that he who is born of the
Spirit and the Word cm never fall from that
state, is evident partly because it hath been
proved already that the Holy Spirit may de
part, and quit the habitation, and so he who j
was once uorn 01 trie spirit may cease to ne
so, partly because men may not continue in..
the Vorl, but may be removed irom the
hope of the Gospel, as is apparent from the
words of this Apostle, who, having t dj the
converted Jews (a) That the old command
ment was that -which thy had heard from
the beginning, he adds, (b) "Let that hieh
ye have heard from the beginning abide in
you : for if that which you have heard from
the beginning abide in you, ye shall ahide
in the Son and in the Father. And again,
Little children, abide in llim, that when He
shall appear you may not be ashamed at His
coming; clearly intim-iting by these exhorta
tions, that they might not abide in Him, and
His Word might not abide in them. In his
second Epistle, he tells the Elect Lady and
her children, (c) That many deceivers were
gone out into the world, who denied that Je
sus Christ was come in the flesh ; and there
fore bids thetn look to themselves, that they
lese rot the things that they had wrought,
viz. by embracing the doctrines i f such de
ceivers ; and to make them the more cautious,
be adds, (d) He that transgresseth, and
abideth not in the doctrine of" Christ, hath
nut God plainly insinuating that they might
so be drawn away hy nese aeceivers as noi
to abide in the "doctrine of Christ, and so
might lose their interest in Gud, and the
things which they had wrought. And this
he learned from "his great Master. -who de
clared that they only were His true disciples
who continued in His word, and that they
who did not keep His word, did not truly
love Ilim.
"Ans. 2. As those words of Christ. A cor
rupt tree cannot bring forth jiood fruit, to
wir, because it is corrupt ; and those words
of the Apostle, (e) The carnal mind is not
subject to the law of God, neither indeed -an
be, viz. because it is carnal ; and they that
are in the flesh cannot please God for the
same reason, do not prove that a corrupt
tree cannot cease to be corrupt, or become
good, or that the carnal mind cannot ceas--t)
be so, and become spiritual ; so neither do
these words, He that is born of God cannot
sin, because he is born of God, prove that
he who is born of Goi cannot cease to be
so, and then go on in a course of sin to his
own destruction.
"Again, As these words, How can you that
re i
"I- T
u in: ( f it, iLe Je r- o r t
... ! : i t r t-j'. if e :ir".'.
1 i.r if an irn j.--:!-ihT l?:t ;t !
i, i ut 'ri!vti c-:r T.r-r;t i jid
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I n
.M n t-i :!.? n-i.tranr, si;d the at-rfifi f
1 f'.r I- fr-T ti.-?'? tUtrz. trhWh it
-ail 1 1 t-v f'jri"-t 1 so ltie Tf-rtj, II
li at i- ,--ri, .J r-nreyt J,, rir.t im; r!
A J 111 T ' -iO:'CT that lltfj .bi'i i ft, t Bt
-r 5v thnt ti ev !,.iv at .iM that fitrae f
-T' rlt whicii r-ri 't-r ti-m Kr-'HifiT ti':s-:
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1 t !u i.er-
ai'-i,
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that ther ..-1 eve i r ot
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ot-' Kri-erf rafiC. f r
t 'TCI'
of t. !J
reea'ii.-
to -d t f e w-rd- thu : He that : b-in
:'. th r. t. t t-i'her can sin. ouan:d u
ri.1HMi, .... hf. U l,.r f.f (.A
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he .,..,1, ,., t e a child of God hen he'fir-s:
arc! tids i;.nst nece-irily the in.trt ' f
ihe vn.r.is, if vou ir.'etoret them .f livin" in
an hai'ir, or a.iV cour?o! md; for t's a cer-
!am t'"4t whilst a man doth so, he is r.ot horn
j'-f God, as it is that whilst a tree hiingeth
rea-.n nus-y on tne rive runts, pp.
lh
-4 1.
(at I. Je-hn ii :
le) Ver. 7.
fl.) Ver. CI, 7,S.
Id) Ver. 9.
( e ! inni. v i;i.
- ir. .' . , .
I null- our auiuor rrarns, wnat is ne.tt.er
in:hnat-"I nor declared in anv north n of
iUyV- wor h The decree " He that helievc th
jiii.il is ia t;zei. snail he saved; Lut he that
! t ( lieveth n..t shall he damned." Mark xvi:
IG, is the rule. By this- decree, final salva-
ta n or damnation is wholly the r-Mi!t of
..... 1:.: 1 . . ii-
r f Vllll r ,hc Mll)Lrr,ne,s of heIief. Xhis
decree of G.-d is wholly immutable in itself;
yet it 1 .crate- the sah'ation or damnation of
mm, only cofidiriiinallv. No dpcrte, there
fore, works 'hp final damnation or Falvath n
unconditionally. " G;id has determined"' i;o
man p "return certainly," without the con
currence of his own frte will. The condition
of salvation complied vi'h, man is saved;
rejected, he is damned. P. D.
Sc also Rv. ii: 13; I.Tim, v: 12; I.
Tim. i: 10; H,b. si: 6; x: 33; I. Tun. v :
8 P. I.
For the N. C. Christian Advocate.
RocKBr.iijGE Alum Springs, Ya. )
duly 15, js.j.j. j
My peas Brotiilr : My last letter
closed wit'i iuy arrival at this place. Here
1 oe.-iii again. We came from Milboro'
''t apirt ana nave houses built over
ttlOllgn tlie springs
W. ,vi -l I-.iIn1 oi-ri. Tr-r-'I.-o nf NTo 11 TtiTe 1 o
"J.'. V , , "
ADGUt ouu persons are reponou vj ue ueie
The campus is in the shape of an ellipse,
and around it are located the little cot
tages, in which wc live
For the most
part, all is comfortable. Ihe campus is
regularly laid off, well shaded, and is co
vered with a coat of green and luxuriant
'rass.
A stream of water flows around
it, over a rocky foundation.
It is a very
sweet place, and it seems strange that
such a lovely spot could be found amejng
such rugged mountains as tower up all
around us. We are in a basin in the
mountains.
I actually feel pent up and
somewhat cramped by them. I have often
.
wondered how any human being ever came
to wander amid these wilds, and Jiml the
Springs. I have not learned the manner
of their discovery'
The story would be
interesting to me.
Visitors have a very
monotonous time of it at the Springs.
Life has no variety here at all. We rise
in the morning at 6 o clock ; breakfast at
7 ; walk a little before it becomes too
warm to be out; and then to our rooms,
until 1 o'clock dining hour. Pinner
over, we go again to our chambers, to read,
.1 ' fut-C ,. - ,. ,ftnf.n
sicci), or iiiiuA uut a uu,
1 1' . . . m, .
Wp snn at 7 n clock. This course is re
peated every day. We should walk over
the mountains, but we 2re prevented by
two good and sufficient reasons. First,
the weather is too warm; and secondly,
we confess to that which some of the
mountaineers would, doubtless term a weak
ness that is, of being very much afraid
of rattlesnakes, which abound in this coun
try. It is said the deer, which are also
numerous here, are mortal enemies to the
rattlesnake. They kill them whenever
they come across them. They accomplish
this, as I am told, in the following very
sagacious and successful manner: When
they meet with a rattlesnake, they imme
diately bound into the air, and place all
four of their feet ngnt together, ana onng
them down upon the doomed reptile.
Their hoofs being very sharp, the snake
is invariably cut to pieces ; if they do not
succeed at one leap, it is repeated until
the work of death is accomplished. How
wonderful are the means of defence with
which nature has furnished its creatures.
I am told that the hog eats them. No
meat is so fine as that of the hog, and
strange to say, in view of this fact, no
animal is so filthy.
A great many deer are killed here, and
their flesh served up for the boarders ;
but nothing can equal the princely luxu
ries of fish and oysters that abound on the
eastern borders of our States. There are
mrnfl nersons here who are confined to
their beds poor creatures! Duubtless
some have left their homes to die. Oh!
how I would dinlike to die it 6eeni3 to
are so near logeuier. mgiit, ami on Mmnatn we nave
1
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:r.e vis.t
;re he.-
here are n t all invali 1
r wicked rurr r- -s. an i
in' fre iiiervv seeking t.ist.-ure. sni
many come r.nly t . behold and ad mreN..
tare - wonder. It would be difficult, if
n it impossible, to give one any idea of
the ."'.t'carance of a mountain range, who
had never seen a
mountain. The peaks
and
urs
up and stem to t.-ueh the
verv 1
jeavens. In this country, they are
. surr utidc J with smoke, and present pretty
: much the appearance of a dark clou 1.
! "'en through a grove, it Iiks preci'tdv
h;:-j a rising storm. Nearer to tie m. we
1 fin that their si If are rucred. and bar
ren, and covered with a small, thick and
: stunted growth. A great many whortle
berry bj-hes gr.w on their side.-. The
valleys are far below ; sometimes ferti'e
and covered with a larger growth. Their
sides are rocky, and they rest on a ba
of stone, as is proven by the streuUiS that
have forced and cut their channels throujh
the valleys
over stony '
sur.aces.
The old maids i b'ess their 5 .uls !
' they tdways co ne with benevolent fac-es
and cheerful smiles and gle fui hearts.
They are loadc-d with bundles of flowers ;
never for themselves, but for their luekv
friends. The edibles too: why, they arc
always mindful to provide a good supply.
We know where to go to get something
good t) e:t. And their store, like the
widow's oil, seeais inexhaustible. Tbov
r.re so active, elastic, an I springy too. If
they fall down, why, they spring up like
a ni ijhle lark, and iro sailing off in tri-
u iiph. We have been blessed
the
smiles of some such. They were stran
gers to us, but we loved them ; and we say
it with the assurance that the eve of our
better half
fall on these iims. Yes.
we do loeto lo k on their benevolent
laees.that are shedding sunshine ail around.
lie are an auvocate lor matrimony, bu' :
Providence, having peopled the world
wiili ths number of ladies iu the rseend-;
aacy. (as the census will show.) doubtless,
miist of necessity, have designed that some '
iu es suoiild oe old maus. And alter all
proa
is what I call
the same roo n.
j fighting the devil on his own ground,
I The temperature here reminds me of
that with i about the first of October,
It
is cool at night, pleasant in the shade all
the time, but hot and disagreeable in the
sun.
: Y.'e have a pest here that I have never
! met with anywhere else, or rather, that has
i never disturbed me elsewhere; it is a
swarm of little black gnats, that sting and
i annoy us early iu the morning It wakes
me fro ui my slumbers very unpleasantly.
j There is a most miserably degraded pop 11-
jlutioti living in the lujuntains, ignorant:
j and vicious. As I travelled on through :
; them, I found the children and the pigs
j almost invariably herding together; one ,
j very little superior to the other, except so
i far as man is naturally superior to the
, , ,r 1 . . Jt -i t t i ,
brute. Mv heart ached wni e I looked -
upon them, and yearned to carry or sena :
to them the bread of life and the means
. . - , .
;of moral elevation; .Man, without rea-
::. ., : b..a nnA;t,n I "ndcr snrdi
IcircuuidDces,' he invariably falls into bar-,
I barism. Facts prove this ; and yet, there :
'are some who would deprive the world of
j this blessed and salutary light Cruel or
I blind enemies ot the human tamily .
I Well, I have written you a long letter
j out of such things as come up from the
j urastanees around me. I may write
! you again trotii the bite Sulphur, l.op-
' iULr that we may be able to contribute
1 f.. a vr f. r.Unsnre
wucunu. 10
- . .1 i-i 1:..-
ot our tellow-men, wnue we ne,
I am very truly yours,
TRAVELLER,
John Kxox. 'The house of Knox,'
sayslhe well known G. Thorburn, 'is
now occupied by two barbers one be-
! low, the other up stairs. I got shaved
S on the around floor, and paid one pc-n-
ny. Next day, as I was curious to see
as much as possible of this notable house,
ti.'
I tins, some masculine bineds will dare to .1. . 1 y . te . e .1 f
I li
j I got shaved up stairs, and they charged ; ;rnp:irt peace with God, and the solid
I me two pence. 'How is this,' said I j assurance of the pardon of sin, he w.-.s j
j ;your neighbor below charged inc only vrt wonderfully pucces-ful in rrnov-
i a" penny yc-sterday.' '0 ho.' said he, 1 "m the doubts of penitents, on-1 inpi- !
j'butthiss is the very room that John:rjg tjtCm p.0p,. jt s likewise!
Knox used to study his sermons in, and ; recr Jfcd of the Iiev. John Newton, of ;
I that is the very winnock that he t.sel j London, that Le was excellent in paste- j
I to preach ou'on to the folks on the ra dutif s. '
; street.' 'Well,' said I, 'this being the j " An? hlessed be God ! there are min- j
j case, I think, myself, it is worth a peri- j j-. no.r in the Churchy on whom the :
'nv.' . ! mantle of Fletcher, and Newton, and;
j " lie said Queen Mary told her courti- j Goldsmith's country clergyman has,1
c-rs she was more afraid of the prayers i fauen ; and although no high honors
of John Knock than of an army of 10,-j rrorn college or university are theirs;
000 men ! She was a deep, dissembling, j :iti!OUgh the trumpet of fame has r.ev- !
j politic woman. On one occasion, hav-;fcr 50ljn,ed their merit from the banks
lin-r a difficult matter to manage with ,r tt.e Potomac to the banhs of the;
! .Tolm she treated him in a mostgraciox
j manner, seating him by her onthe sofa,
! holding his hand in hers, &c, Sherath
I er got tlie best of the bargain. for J ohn
! r...-..l forifirk-pil to one of his
j , tWhit a pitv the de'il should
ri , ,a $ " r,;cce D' bonnv
WAV "i3 iiuvau ii 1 -
aicted clay.'
rri;' 'i.;:;r. of a ci r jvt.: .:. a
r
1
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n
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A;
It . '
Il.r:.-.
I. ix:
v- :.
i m;
it
ir -f
: !
: n t'
Ii
l.
, verv j;:t,e 1:, it i t -
i
be pro luoi ! in ariv A
jy ik w
Hi
:rt-
Iti-Tit o !
call in th
ral se;cn -e. Vo c::;i -?.'v
.'M an I U faced go'd, ai,-l
p: tee K 1:1 our cruc
;t.i
an Ire-
co;i! and
into cir-
le-
imp it, and send it again
euh'tion ; hut al.i?
in the liew r-m;,-s:oii
it too fr. q
niiicu all
tc-ntlv happens th it there i
mixed with the preciou-
met ii.
Tru;-. we cannot sav
mucli th:
itove
.1
is 111 c-mpanv. a get. ve
liian. ac
Lrcflii.-,
low ever
siiiku at
rdiic
to the rules of . -3
had letter say any !h:!i:.
'uinporlaiit, than ni.iii.tain a
ungracious silence : so. in
th" pro-cut ago, according to th opin
ion of lr. Knox, the public wouM rath
cr h ive two or three lines from a living
author th in be eori-:r;i;ne 1 to n -sort.
en fo
01 1 is really valuable, to
du-ty folios of bv-".s;e
age-.
Clergy men are v;-ito:s bv profession.
It is :ui ( .-scntial part of their dify to
tc.icli at. ! exhort 'ijotn ho;;-e to ic
It is a powerful instriiincir for cot.
t:ug the good wiih and l.rotootin
ol-
, la
in vanous ways, too hot interests of tho-e
who arc coojinitte 1 to their charge.
Iy visiting.clergymen become acq .1. tin
ted with tiie situation, views f. e!i""s.
A ilicuiti- s. :uid wants
They can instruct ;ii;'
n
their e or.!e.
edify
then iii a
great variety oi
of pulpit addrc:
ways -, hicli the n itui e
:CS h.i s i.ot admit : a;.'!
trey 1;
oect.
;a;n
t!
ie;r
ove
au
1
1 1 .-
To be able to visit profpubly, tr tour
the cotitinettt (A' KuifTie. 1,0 Ion '
of
practising under :t fin'cil 1 n,c i:g
m ister, no promenading the saloons of
f ash:ona!
ie society, is iiccc-siry
It
inCIi,
good
ter-.
icqu.ics ineteiy ioe tOlne souis ot
a'.i'l an ordinary possession of
Sci'se.
Few persons other than mini
can enter into their f.-cKr,. v b
ll, ti!
folly and sinfulness or infidel
one 01
that wretched class lias been here, and ;
the ;ir oiuierits vou advanced on Sun- '
iv, have enabled me to answer bin:.'
O.ic of my family,' says another, 'had
one: iiiton:io;..s of ouitt'tig the Church.
II
; had tc-cn pestorcu i.y pe
111 1 1 '
on-
another h
nomination en thesuij' et'
baptis-m ; your J'rgtiments Pave c.;i ;n-.
ce ihitn of the Scrip" ur.il and primitive
authority of the pr.itiico of the Church ;
and lie now appears contented to re-
main with us.'
Every one must avow tha t if religion
dwells n earth, it is in the bn a-tof
that man who, in imitation of his Divine
la5!tei trmdoyel in goit " about do- '
jn , 0,j writer' ; ;,,.,!
- ii T , ,r , , ri
wiiu ,-t goll v clergy;n.iri u our Church ,
, n c , 1
"'VTtum. annost to loitune arm ,
l"'uut.MU"."" x . A
f..rt., .,t- lin tt.f.mi'oc ci Lire MV utfor
'"g '"- - i
the health of the members : he ao .". -ess-
e:s every child by name, he knows the
spiritual and temporal situation Oi ail ;
he tives such good advice ', he ho ten-
derly exhorts the absentees from
i Church to be punctual; he pravs so
; sv.-eetly at the ronclusion of his" visit, ;
; tjnt h Fperoator almost fancies he.
; , hm the U.Ijt.vo.
. .... . c , ,
'eiir. an 1 H 1-1 . i -. . . -
Lord Jesus to tfio family ot Lazarus,;
,
'in- l;ii-thn ami larv.
...... , j-
i It is a easing trait in the ITe of,
j the Rev. John Fletcher of iadcdy, 1
Shropshire, England, that he frequent-
i y v;s-;tei tjie arij tpe dejected. ;
; j je wns t-minenty qualified for pouring '
j tjie jam Gf consolation in the wounds
( 0f peri-,tent ; and it is said that by 1
j rer.n-setitin?r the mercv of the Saviour, i
'; ,,. ;iwa vs succeeded in t ffecting good. I
; ir n(. ..u r,Gt bv the Divine b!eV.-iri2
Thames, yet they are honored c; Go4. ;
TheSund'ay scholar instructed, the tick
mm comforted, the tinner warned, the J
prodigal reclaimed, the dying s-u'nt pre- !
pared for everlasting blesse-dnes.-, shall :
ail attest neiore uchi mat ine-y i:ae
faitlfully 'kept that vbich wa3 con.Hiit-
v.Silirirr th(-ir pai i.-honci s. they h-arn
; -i :". -. ! : :i r 1 --. f
c ;.,:. ,.v : ,1 ., . . .
a : s hf i: V '"-t h '". .i ! . ' "
'-"'. the r. srch 'e ;.:
I" r t- - ,' - .. .:4V V'-". '
t hI , ; . : ' .i:-t 1 -:' " -
-'. :.. !? y ' 'e: ' " '
I .b" "1 ' v'-: - ; ! e " ' " "
t ': 1 j 1 nro fi'C 5 le - l
w 1:. i it ar- : w rt A ; ',
1 are i; - , i," t '. ' " ! ' : -i
- .; V -l ' -Vav o. ib
: v :.. : ':. t' s- t . 1 -i " " -
t' : . .' k : T . - t . - - - - "
- ' ' -i--w-?.' ! p a ; -
' ' !V J . 1 ji r.f ti. C, !,''
tl ir -j :r".'.,. 1 .-:r: ) - t . :'. - '
h-art-'f t!1..' s . atl ) r.!ch! ; .
s -rr w otc c r.-vrc t t ;' j v.
IT: .r-AT. );-.i; ki . Ti;- t-- ' -.
of V(ie.-t..l.,;-e1,l-si..-,-i. 'f. . 'or J
si 1 t ibl- -titer- f.r A n i:i t!
t'ise.,:il i :"'. i's. rrmn 0
thii .i.ite 11: .-If rc titly bv i
I 1 . i-. of S ..l' h "ar.dii.i. a ha . - r . :
v irn it.Sv-i ui rt lined id-; mn-.j.g Ft- -c
ooilians. To- J'r !' .( (''-
? ; ( f Xe'A -id- - Ultll l ;
I i;s. an 1 argu - -trot 'y iu (
tiie io'.v ehu. h' !. If-.ty-: Wi. 1
xv !..-.; at t he ruio'lt itiv'-argo-;.o 1 ' f .,
t!.o 10 to -try v,- ur iy arVi, r.'.- ; e
t "1 is 1 !;l n! Vfoh l' !;; V. d 'l'i ' ..
th it ord.ti It'-ei his be. -n C-'-if'I.U I :i
an ii-.'ro'h . I -i . It w -ei'd al n - 1
In - l.'velv "jh.it it should be s ;.
to i. aul to il nek i.O'.v !v Igcl t.eii -s!,o
i! i orl.:i iuin;-!ct , tioiti ;';i '
ciotje,;;! on --!. ou'd he sev red. ' ; i -j.:-.-..Mtl
or'..ii ttlou witho it pi. .-' v
no: t :o g h 1- t.ev.-r been arkti-.-O. ! .-
in th.- vlsi oi cirirehe.; ,,;" t!i I, .
And it tfiM-t 11 ;.i tin an im-r-ttb A -
ti":', to .-av tl." I-.-f. uh- ti.- r t -
-es,;n;i H ill the p ic s le e of t he eh . . ,
ef the on- o; h r o;- th- o r. ' i
c! a -s iy j .-'Iy a-- 1 1 tl iii h : -A-:u:::
f the pns'-yNry a- tl.- .!'!
tl. in I'-pa-t,- lid ; '! !,: ,. ii, of ! ',
V.!
.-.-..pate.
Anvici: i Y"i n . Mi;. ! w
y. w I've ?' .r y..ur v. if-. ! y.-:r ,sd-inir.-.ti
-.ii "f lo .. not in ri"i - , A .
p'iuntit; ; e-t in nl' kf g up ,.-; hi;, '-ken-hi-r.
or iu cur. ng Ik r m: ) ,
,'Uh y i '".1V0 the ly.cr, 11, ml: 1 -
tic kets aiel 1 a-.'.h - le 01 l-.-r ; n- : ; 1
n iKiiig v ei's'if a fo' ! by .i d-:i -
0 si -:u t'
1 .
ed wit!. Ir r I -
1
V foil.) s. .p f.. l-dts; lot show t.;:i
by Jl'-TS of real g' ,dl;e-s te.:i:d , ;
! O'. e, b li:o ('!, ocal '!( d-, tl e 1
vahi- vou .-i t en h r health Mi l !..'.
at.d e ie - ,; tuii.d ; b t your t ; . !-e f
i f r go to t:;o I'.d! c.xteot of ii,-, .1. - ; ,
h.; let i: !,; cor, -jstf-r,' vith t:u h I
( 1 Vi. ur tele elily. lie WHO i.s n
t-n.-r of, hi-, wife, only .r-p.uts ..
(ni ; fir the hvperholie.il stufi ol oil 1 : .
Tii'.' kin. est Jippell.it n:i th it lor' la. J
tiaii imii afi'.r ls, is the I,--: yo i . 1
it--, c-poei a'iy b-for- fit:--.-. An ";
1 i -1 log ' ,0 v '! 1 r'' is but :i i y .:;-p'-ti-itiori
for a gr.it. t of that so. r ?
1 iv- that i:;ah - the ! u-hati'l el e.-i !,,'!y
toll by day, hreii; his rest by t,- r,
endure :tii "'a t s of hai d-hi-, ii ' '
I fe or l.eai'h - f his -a if ; d.-n;-.r. 1 1'.
L ;t yoiir deed-, jind iiot your .-:! ,
carry to her i. -art a d illy and . ; '
confirmation of the fict that y -i v..' :-
l.- r heidth. ai d life, and h if.fet '. - . -yond
ail ot! o r tilings in the v,"i!'!; a- I
let this be J.i ii.lfe-t to h'-r, parti' :;' !
at tho-.e times when lif isbays ne ::
f)T b--s in danger. ''lA-it.t.
-
Cov,"Ai:nrri: ani-S ki.f-i'Vi:. I -e
fiWAi tllOtlgtli 1. - .r.t . . .1).. I.
l.it.t pritic-iph-, which etiab'.cs a j ' - i
to pa-- a j'i-t and sober Jul go
upon t'l things that o-'-ur, without ev r
b-itig warp-d iivde by the infl ier,-;,- .,f
fi-hion and cu-toui. I'. Un noh!" 0,1
that can practise -tei'ly virtue in oppo
sition to the eoiir-e of the humor of the
nriltUude, Not that we should be f ,vl
of running c unter t' the cu-tom of he
age or tuition wherein we dweli, ' 1' of
u'li'iinorous singularity to sho v o ir v.t
lor;!but when these customs h.v- :i
ll tln appearance of vice and f !iy n
them, we should d ire to be vii t'-o ;-: I
w;s" in frite ff the wori l.
Some persons hive so Jitne . '
truth .'ind virtue, and ruch an cw
fondness for the thing called -'. th .t
th- will never expose them--.;-. ' to
the least inconveniency, in order 1 - .
y.ort the honvr of wl-'lotn and rt! o-i
among men.
This wxc a:a-A self-lov.- is !'-a
prlneijde, that it will v.'. only c i.-m: in
a man to avoid hi duty, but it will ' f
tcntimes pu-h him upon most u.l u -'i
practices make him -verify; h i
IV en Is, his purt-nts, or his cout.try, Vj
his own ease and s.-.fe-y. Watt.
AEOLiTio::IIr:M.rf:TV. Tl.e fh,w
r rrhem !? frs.i tht I) tro,t JriL-::.'
CouM such a thing occur ac.oi-g ihvJ
it ueh abused 'Uve 'driver-'r' Vie op:ne
r.ot. TheTrih i'ie sty-: 'An e-phai
r.egro bov, nine years old, died at he
l.ol-e of Mr. Johri Allen near Yp-'.V.ti,
list Fridiy. An inqu'-st reve.-.le I n
verv flattering array of srcum-ta?. c -.
3 1 "hid the wh'xping cough all th .ti
ler and before the the snow was i.l the
ground he was set to work o-it of I r
birefuoted. When taken sick, he was
removed to toe barn and put in the hay
with nothing but a 'p'llt for a b d ar.d
covering, an I he was unttetdid ty ti-
tlier dxtor or narse.