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THE ROWERS COLLECTIQN 1 UJo J!. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA COtf 17FEENCE, M.E. CHUECIi, SOUTH. RUFUS T. HEFLIN, Editor. Til? v5 Vol, II.Xq no. rlrriiinin. Ficnitl.eKx;. uhlv i!. :n anil Lutcriir , Majtaain?. A Visitation- Wl.at vronM you with t';o iaJies?' Xv'.hii: lnf. p;-ae and iv.t. vi--Uar"on. SlIAi:5!':AKE. .-.iU El! ;0I;I.nm. :: F'-'r 01 ! rengio.i, aa.i i.i.rih. u r.gni to visit my brotlioro anuasww ol ute ehurci. (os-, b s , auJ n-lse togivo thematurr. for pecialiy toe ,ast,, every now !;i0n' ! those pleasures new" that wc shall bo ra tne way ci L.iristian incMvlsihp -jj tQ rcn.rin,c bj anJ by, bometunos too wnen I have leisare irj b ,0,v uo ? V(el., well,' it. 1 ,n;e to make a sort oi visitation a,a s! Al!lliIor, W3 cant put n woe, iKum, msaon euiio;. j olJheaj3 Uj0n our young shoulders, you e, img upon mil a un,on o, tnoana:, ;No indeed,' sa: 1 T, but we can' rl fee how taey uk and wnat , (r afc least ,y,, on2,lt t0 ivy. I thmk, , -ou "'.Y-, T . ! , . . f i. tii n:s ;aiev:i'on to Kite a wuii. ana iOoc i , . , - ' ? - ' inv ay. j no nine -i tooiv, vju see, v.. not the rno-t i':shiouaile : hut wlvi-t of that, said I to my-v-If. t'r indeed what have Christian? i ilo v. i:h the f'shion-s :f the world wh.vse fashion it- a 1 so s .',unii. I knocked at the door of ;n v am waiK'. iouna .:or tting uy tne hr., and tnu- tu;g a pa:i; o stoelangs iora poor u. ill, a ii. .-ot ui tu'i'a in. .vao not a:ie io wi.i to wor.; i..-r iierselx. slie saio. li;s was pro n!sh; z e.:oach. you see, in.l I c uld not .e!n saving to her with a iii'.'n: wiiien l saw site tooic very wen. I was go-,' on to make fconie seasona ble remarks upon the subject of charity, when she took the words out of my mouth, and run awsy with a long story about what she w is doing fjr the. poor, tk-.t I thoaaht would iuver end, i'for I like to t?.!k"a little myself.) She w.f? inferrnpted ho:vo,or at last, by the en try of her dan rhf -r, a s veet rosy look ing girl o about sixteen. wh eaine in with her hair in cuds. ind a fine work- 1 .-on -thing- in her hiod. The young ;uss-;y I ?;v.v was a little startled at fi -st, at seeing me there whh my well known onvnoui face : but she soon got over her firight, and- ashed my v:r don for coming before me with lier ha;r in tiiat state, (to make me observe her ina; state, i to make iue oo.-ive ner c t , - i. tee, 1 suppose, and it really was verv ' u-t . i v -S pretty.) - hv ves, to be sure, said f. At. i wjiuli. v itvji l j.iwn. uiv., wui-! cq!t im rh-ir tin m Mi il . I Lirt b- TrviT s:i )ui'iers, iiiy near,) out ,u -. vin..ner. -,, . Will excuse you as you are going to a 11 1 v i ..i- at.. ... n . party.' 'A party,' said I, a little fright ened m my turn, '.m l what sort of a party is it to V ho, o. .-f .m-.mn,' said Mrs. Wavering, 'the grand ball at Mrs. Gayton s have nt you heird of it? Why all the world is to be there; and FantiV is going with Lieutenant Flash, the finest young man you ever saw. Everybody says he is mightily m love wun ner ; out peop,e n. ia.K ; you know Inen, soemg I snj,Pose, that I looked grave at all tms, -for my k i -.1 i i . . mi in oar poor fallen nature, to seek for hap- 3 , i Pino-? mi. amusement oi sense ami'. t . n r.riU'.semenfc ot sense a lancy. imr : u not toe auiyoi pious . . .1. .: l -1 .1 r . s - , ' i, ,. , , he taise aunreirients ot a -ic-rld that - ''A . -soo . An t alas, how many fs have we had, of tho danger of a er wants r. little smoothing still:) but it does no g cd to talk to 3-oung people they ill ;;ave their own va-v.' 'Too c Oil. nde-eil,' said I, 'hat I can h; rd.y .disi; your daughter here will not taKe 1 ; l 1 good advice, when s ic knows you iove ner ueariy 'v iliorlv if von :n'e earefwl to give it m toe r:gnt w ly, perhaps. Here I was uiat is out - . . 1 inteii npteu again by the servant maid coming in with the dress that had been got for tho occasion. '0 dear,' cried the live ly girh 'here it is at; :il now oeai.ui. . 4 s. 10 ".st '' tr- :t on a. once ; and she dt rr.d cut of the room. The rr- :t cn at once -I .1 f 11 It. mcthe C'.ng .no to cxe'ose her for ; few min ufes, tdl f'-e ffo'ild go Pri'i give hoi daughter some a ."ice about her dress ! i 'I thank you ma'am,' Slid I, 'but I be-! lieve it is time for me to be going,' j (indeed I thought so,) 30 T 'ir.de her good afternoon, and left the house. j I now proceeded on my walk, and j soon turned my steps to the door of my j old friend Mrs. Tri muter, with whom I i thought I should, be sure to have a lit-! t! rrnml ti-ll- : nr..! iv.-iR-od in without. 1 knocking. But iude how greatly T was surprised to find the old lady, (at ! least sixty years of age I think she is.) i does ail tliis mean? to be sure vou are not going to the bail, too, are you ?' 'O no.' said she, smiling, 'not so bad as that neither but sit down and you shall see. We are only going to have a party of ehi! iren here and perhaps they may dance a little by and by after the piano you know.' 'A party of children,' sahl I, 'and dancing after the piano! And you are to lead off at the head I snppose. Or perfcap3 you j pa now, .,.ua sue, x u . s..v x i k,-, - rl natmflh flowing frora us, as suoh things, any more tuan you doji J ,y:thout t.ffortt atlS without re- but young people wtu be young vu i . . ' j? i:fi. v,:i1 T,l. , ,,lr 1 -i r t : straint. r-ven tne little chihi, Ion know. 'Why res. sa:d I, 'am; I am : , , , ., , -.r ni i Ti -ii- l' i v i served, (while he wa3 with us,) seemeu. not surprise.! that ?dis3 t annv should ; . L , v , . rv.''nitvl:n ,-, ' ' v ii r i e to take tin interest m our discoui sc. ke roars an:i balls. It js the bent f, , , T nunA TCi,nT1 t 1,. n,., x u u. a Htt1e heaa for him when he ,ife oi p:easure as ,t is eahed ! Minus T . ;k O f it was a de- very true, said sue, and ;t s what I . 4 w; d Inin. toid hanny ,e day Un poor ' x,feg. ffrom us, as soft and si- Fairman oied, of a cold .he caug -.t at c sLle.S indeed. At last, ;i a iii.-e ; ru v. tuv c.ti. ir-ts iui.- . fitting in the drawmroom, bv a bright ! 'njoy their happy love, and 1 returned spirkiing fir. and dressed out in ailew j to my own home, reflecting upon ad can and V.bbon. so fine I hardly knew that I had seen and heard, her a-Tiin. 'Why bless me,' said J, 'what ADAM 1Mb L Lit. will prefer to show your steps in a co 1 tilh-m. 'Pshaw, pshaw, said due 1 'but to he sure you don c tiimlc there H : say Jt irm in these tilings, as lUey aro oa!v cliil linn.' 'Only -.ildien,' said J, 'but dies not Solomon say tram up a. chilu in the way no should go: ana 1 1 does not a greater than Solom.m saj, , and forbid them nut ; for of such is the Mrs. Trimmer, and keep them upon our own. iv ti nine, i.cwe.ci, viit t1 . r little seut'einen an., lau'.es, ail diCe i out m then newest ciotnes r. ere oegm- ning to come in and I found it time t'-v me to be walking again. A n.l now. vou see. it was n (iaric. 'nu i. was moving nouie.n'i -. when having to pass by tho door of mr y.mn.i sister, Mrs. ChVistit-n, T tho;:gh't L would call in and take a dish of tea .;!, .- .. l t n-L,,"! that f flJd. a- i r 1 1 . v-,. ( r tntorc(1 tho roym I f0!lu, lor wt-,. j s,.ue(l ;it ulu talr0, and pre- r-rrin for its pleasing service. Her husband, however, had not come in iVc.n hio bi'siness ahro-id ; but she was ; looking for him every moment, and j waiting for hun of course. In the mean-1 t:n:. she was amusing hcrseit witn 1 tolkiog to her little boy. about four years obi, the irarge of his father, who ! was sitt'ng hi his little "hair before : her. At the first glance, I caught that i nir of order and propriety that was vis- ihlc in everything about her. And Ii wao pleased too, to see ti e Bible and j Watt's Psalms on a small stand not far: o!F, without ar-y dust upon them ; but j looking as if they were often used. On, -:v entering she rose at once to receive! me, with that natural grace that belongs j to her, and ga'o me u most cordhd ! shake of the hand, that made me sure j she "was s glad to s-e me. TA"e had hard- Ivvrnn talkini? toj. when her bus- band came in, and his p-esence g.ve j , , , x ,f;i0., new pleasure tons hotn, particuia.'; , , , k i r L : v,". ' to her, no doubt, and I saw it in her . - rP riUvi . OT1(3 n n , what some would think strange, with- i ' a , c i i -,11- out a word of scandal in it. Our talk, . , , r . i , . lUi-i,, l I L 1 ' . ' . , I.U '.' -J u UJ .... - w - - - incidents of the day; but seasoned with proper reflections, as it ought to be. Jjv ant ny, iwwcvt!, ib ovt.i -.a. . . ',, u:r.f r -ni: "ion. We talked accordingly of our church, our pastor, our brothers and sisters of the Christian family to which wo belonged, some dearer names an(l finallv cf the state 0f - sonwhich wew:re not afraid n . A11 u:s wn. IV? ty .Tiivii v-'uuvi. I.U4V.. nened to aeote some lines ot our sweet Trf4. i Singer v atas, ne stoic up .u a-j n...-v, and whispered to me that he could say, - How do h the little busy bee, alley ' V.e ' -.l.ne t ... . -. J, .y vt e r.owevor, as 1 am always a Keeper 01 1 t 1 gaod liours, I thougct it was time tore t;re, and moving to leave them, my good friends both at once requested me to stay a little, and give them a prayer before we parted. ""The proposal was qui -igreeable to iaC of course, and I " . 1 " 1 4 ..4 4 I. n f. .!'.'. 1 f r. , . ,T ii4. j v. ere caned m. and I proceeded to read , . ., - , . , a chapter from the -Bible, which hap enedto bo the loth of John, and seem- mi r 1 . 1 1 . nj,., , n - , u hook wnmh opened or itselr at that , , -..-.-. i T t. sct V the l3od n I remember,) I'.II'l H Ulll' It 1 : t.4 .14 44 V.' W 4 1.. 4U was. Il'o-.t. is the pious lioiihfi VY.oro 7al and friendship moot. Their son;; ef pruise, thwr miugled vows, iIike their coicinunion sweet. Tims on the Ileav'ly hiris Tho PT.:nt; are hleyt a Love, "'ihero i.y like aiornin; do .v dit'.Ils, And all the nir is love. Then we all knelt do wn togetheiyand I prayed aloud with them ; Saviour. I think, was with and our us and l end us. And now we parted with mutual worm ot kihubk-m iuat -mi sure were honest. They remained to Good AnVJC;;. A lecturer inquiring of n clergyman, ;i!ow long a discourse do vou sypposc your people will bear?' was tohl be ban nt better t-y the experimont. 'v' ..e tne consider tio" is not how eit.L- the audience will bear, but how nueh vbe will listen to with proiit. that is, with pleasu Beyond that Doint I don't ictend to fro, and 1 adv.io you to adopt the saaiC rak-' Sens! We edervmau i l lnT.lnni.iv t Iivi vcn .' Atlil iilf-il Can it The Gipsies- (For many centuries the roving vag bonds known as Gipsies have infested v.uio:;s countries of Europe. Within the last few years a large number of this singular people have come to America, and are now roving in bands over the country. Sir Walter Scott was accustomed to see and converse with the G-ipsics, and had informed himself as to their character and opin ion?. Th? following scene from one of his works" will perhaps give the reader a more correct 'idea of these wanderers than could be gathered from a more authentic and tedious historical detail. T!ie hero of the story is conducting two ladies on a perilous journey through hath lived always in thy fdthy horde,' France, in the reign of Louis XI, when said the Scot. the following conversation is supposed 'I bnve learned some of the kncvvb to oocur between him and a Gipsy who edge of this land,' said ITayraddic. has been hired to .tct as his guide.) When I was a little boy, our tribe was 'Yet you are no Frenchman born,' b tho huritc" cfcor hu'nan c.;,i , -i.0j ! nesii. An arrow went trough my '1' not' 'answered the guide. j mother's head, and fbeed. I was 'What countryman, then, are you Hy1"-1 ln tho blanket ou her.shoul- demanded Quentin. ; ders,and was takei hy fie pursers. 'I am of no country,' answered the ; A fJest bpfSetl. uom fi. ovf? ; I I archers, anu tra:neu t:.e tr .a 1 raukisa Ho w ! of no country V repeated the I Earning for two or three year;.' c;eor " j 'xlow c;ime you -.0 part with him i ,,;.,l tb, Boft!nbi.,. npjdema-cded Derward. ? . , non: T r7 T .1 . . : . .. - i - Tt'.h.nim .,n 'Are you a Cnristian ?' asked tl Scotchman. The Bohemian shook his head. little oleratioa"'m"the" sruVit of Catholi c-sm in those days,) 'dost thou worship Ma hour 9' " " " "'No,'' was the indifferent and concise answer of the guide, who neither seem- edolTendedor surprised at the young 'Are you a Pagan, then, or what are i . 'I have no religion, answered the Durwar.l started back ; for though he had heard of Saraeens and Idol a-! tors, it had never entered into his ideas or belief, that any body of men could exiot who practised no mode of worship whatever. He recovered from his as tonishment, to ask his guide where he usually dwelt. 'Whereve T .chance to be for the Bohemian. 'I have time,' replie ! no home.' 'How- do y 1 gu.id your property' . i!-.,,.-- 4---. -r K AfiQj xr'n.jWi T wnov property.' j 'Yet you dress gayly, and ride gal-! lAnt.lv ' "Lid Tin -ward. 'What nrn vnnr ! menus of subsisten.' " ! 'I eat when I am hungry, drink when I am thirstv, and have no other mean3 of subsistence than chance throws in my way,' replied the vagabond. 'Tinder whose laws do you live V 'I acknowledge obedience fo none, but as it suits my pleasure or my ne cessities,' said the Bohemian. 'Who is your leader, and commands you ?' 'The Father of our tribe if I choose to obey him,' said the guide 'other wise I have no commander.' 'You are then,' said the wandering are combined by you have no law,-no leader, no settled means ot subsistence, . no house, or home. You have, may j ' , ' J Heaven compassionate you, no coun 4-i.tt --. -1 tvi o tt 1-Ton irn- rinli ly OTifi i forgive you, you have no God What i is it that remains to you, deprived of! government, domestic happiness, and ! rebgion V 'I have liberty,' said the Bohemian 'I crouch to no one obey no one re spect no one. I go where I will live as I can and die when my day comes.' 'But you are subject to instant exe cution, at the pleasure of the Judge ?' 'Be it so,' returned the Bohemian ; 'I can but die so much the sooner.' 'And to imprisonment also,' said the Sect ; 'end where then is your boasted freedom ?' 'In my thoughts,' said the Bohemi an, 'which no chains can bind ; while yours, even when your limbs are free, remain fettered by your laws and your superstitions, your dreams of local attachment, and your fantastic visions cf civil policy. Such as I a'-e free in spirit when our limbs are chained You aro imprisoned in mind, even when your limbs are most at freedom.' 'Yet the freedom of your thoughts,' said the Scot, 'relieves not the pressure of the gyves on your limbs.' 'For a brief time that may be en dured,' answered the vagrant ; 'and if within that period I cannot extricate myself, and fail of relief from my com rades, I can always die, and death is the most perfect freedom of. all.' There was a den pause ot some du ration, which Quentin at length broke by resuming b's queries. 'Your? is : ...dering race, unknown to the natioi. of Europe Whenoe do they derive r r origin V 'I may not tell you answered the Bohemian. 'When will they relieve this kingdom from their presence, and return to the land from whence they camo V said the c-cot. 'When the day ef their pilgrimage Tv'vnt.ian. or whatever the Europeans. ! in"thoir diSTercnt languages, may choose iHayrauam with perfect composure ; to call our people ; but I have no coun-1 J3, fiecte-1 me, and beat me I stab . 1 r bed him with rav Knife, ned to the 'shall bo accomplished,' replied his va- fcraut guiue. 'Ave you not sprung ironi Lhose tribes ' of Israel, which were carr'into cap- tivity beyond the great rb'cr Euphra- tes V said Quentin, who had not for gottcm the lore which had been taught him at Aberbrothick. 'Had we been so,' answered the Bo hemian, 'we had followed their faith, and practiced their ritesr' 'YV hat 13 thine own name ? said Dur- ward. 'My proper name is only known to my brethren The men beyond cur toits call me Hajrad Jin Maugrabin, that is, Hayraddin the A frican Moor.' 'Thou speakest too well for one who f .1 i j- stoie money irom Mill even tne God which he worshipped,' answered woods and tvas again united to my peo ple.' 'Wretch!' said Darward, 'did you ; murder your benefactor V j .'What had he to do to burden me th h,3t benefits ?Iho Zmgaro boy wa3 no house-med cur, to dog the heels jhis t( crouch beneath his i blmrs for scraps of foou He was the I'"ne, wo.r-wnep. wmcn at; tne ! first opr .1 Ji.C . 440 tnd ret w.vd un iC'.-o was .another p.uise. when the i yonn a-jt. with n. view ct st: tarther investigating the charaUer and purpose His .awp.cioa? guide, asked ILiyrad ! din ' hether it was not true that nis 1 J V, amiu umir ignorance, pietetu was not given to the sages, philoso phers, and divines, of more polished society ?' 'We pretend to it,' said Hayraduhi. 'and it i3 with justice.' 'How can it bo, thai, so high a gift is bestowed on so object a race ?' said ' Juentm. 1 ay indeed ; but it is when Jon shil f'P to me why the dog CaTi traCC' the footsteps of a man, while man' the nol)ler animal, hath not pow- er to trace those of the dog. These powers, which seem to you so wonder ful, are instinctive to our race. From the lines on the face and on the hand, we can tell the future fate of those who consult us, even as surely a3 you know from the blossom of the tree in spring, what fruit it will bear in the harvest.' 'I doubt of your knowledge, and de fy you to the proof.' 'Defy me not. Sir Squire,' said Hay raddin Maugrabin 'I can tell you, that, say what you will of your relig ion, the Goddess whom you worship ! rides in tins company.' '10af e !' said Quentin, in astonish- . ' v" "V buS m answf r . at I ask thee. Gnr.sr thou bo f:ntbfnl ?' '- r -all men can,' said the Bohe- m! 'Btut u'lt tan be faithful ? , ' ouldst thou believe me the more 1 Huouiti l .swear 11 1 unsv.cieu luaugra- bin, with a sneer. 'Thy life is in my hand,' said the young Scot. 'Strike, and see whether I fear to die,' answered the Bohemian. 'Will money render thee a trusty guide ?' demanded Durward. 'If I be not such without it, No,' re plied the heathen. 'Then what will bind thee?' asked the Scot. 'Kindness,' replied the Bohemian. 'Shall I swe.ar to show thee such, if thou art true guide to us on this pil grimage V 'No,' replied Hayraddin, 'it were extravagant waste of a commodity so m .1 -r- 1 1 rare. 10 tnee 1 am bound already. 'How !' exclaimed Durward, more surpris- t . 'Remember the cheFTint -:r."es on the Yinks of the Oh er! The victim, v.L body thou didst cut down, was m brother, Zamet. the Maugrabin.' 'And yet.' paid Quentin, 'I find you in correspondence with those very officers bv whom your brother was done to death ; for it was one of them who di rected me where to meet with you the same, doubtless, who procured yonder ladies your services as a guide.' 'What can we do r answered lly- raddin, gloomily 'These men deal with us as the sheep-uogs do with the Hock ; they protect us lor a while, drive us hither and thither at their pleasure, and always end by guiding us to the shambles.' Quentin had afterwards occasion to learn that the Bohemian spoke truth in this particular, and that the Provost guard, employed to suppress the vaga bond bands by which the kingdom was infested, entertained correspondence among them, and forbore, for a certain time, the exercise of their duty, which always at last ended in conducting their allies to the gallows. This is a sort of political relation between thief and officer, for the profitable exercise of their mutual professions, which has subsisted in all countries, and is by no means unknown to our own. 'They Say, and do Hot.' The Pharisees were great talkers, : but small aocrs,. men of magnificent words, but contemptible acts. Iheyj made long prayers in conspicuous pla ces, but were guilty of the grossest in justice and me.anness m private life. They made a great show of religious ; geJical character ot .Lord i'almerston s zeal on all public occasions, but were I Church appointments. The premier is ev most sadly wanting in all the duties of 1 iJ,e.nt a maQofS.oJ practical sense in every-day piety. There was no class ,s as well as in political matters.arid j ji j wheth'he cares or not personally for re- of men witn whom Christ was more iigion s shrewd enough to know that it aispleased than witn these Pharisees, j caanot s,lceced well amon tho pcopie un. JSeyer did hi3 pure spirit so burn with je88 ifljs effectively exemplified by Us func indignation, as in view of their formal j tionariea. Dr. Tyor, who is now in Bng and hollow-hearted pretensions. iland, writes to the Protestant Churchman There are men in the church at the of ihis city as follows respecting these iru present day, who arc great talkers, but : provemcnts : . . v small doers. From tho words they j "Tho great theme of conversation scicng utter, one might conclude that their in- 1 Church people here is ih's new avalanche t.n,.nct ; t.: ? ,.i::,- : ! of evangelical bishops. The world seems , 0 . ' 1 the treat work of l- ,1 ' 1 0 11 1 spreading the gospel was an all ab - sormng interest, and that no one would u muiu iuiiuy iu ao tuan tiiey. uut the rector of Alarlyboue. This is new vex when it comes to the fact of doing j ation. Old Dr. Spry kept this enormous something, making some sacrifice, the ! parish so long in its dry regularity, that wtioie matter presents itself 111 a new light. 'They say, but do not,' They are very ready tc leave this part of the business to others. Their vocation seems to consist in talking. Others, , r , 0 -j . , , . J J ' left to do the working. .ow it is a great deal better to say little and do much, than to say mr.oh and do little. 'A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son. go work to-day in my vineyard, He answered and said, I will not, but afterward he repented and went. And . . he came to the second .nd said like wise. And he answered and said, I go sir, and went not Whether of them twain did the will of his lather ? T hey say unto him, the first. It is a great deal bettef to be small in promise and liberal in performances, than to prom - ise Avell, and do little or nothing. It is a great deal better, moreover, that those who have no ine-.Lloii of 'insr their "arfc in the work, which must be done by somebody, should hold tneir peace. 1 hey not only do no good by their talking, but they do a positive injury to the cause in whose behalf they profess to plead. If they were silent, the church would not be so much burdened with the evil effects of their inconsistency. If they were silent, others would not feel so sensibly thc disastrous influence of their example. These are plain words, but they are words which .have reference to a prac tical evil. And we could wish that they might reach and affect those who .ire so much more ready to talk than to act, who 'say and do not.' A Word in Defense ef Tobacco. 'And Clod saw every herb ho had made, and behold it was good." Henbane, thorn-apple, foxglove, bel- j ladona, and tobacco, are good in their j places. In Materia Medica, tobacco is considered a good expectorant, a j good emetic, a good cathartic, a good diuretic, a good laxative, and a good sedative. It Kills Ytermin ! 'Deacon,' said a young man, 'do you use tobacco ?' 'Yes,' was the reply ; 'I have used it twenty years, and shall use it, if I live.' j i am surprised, said the youth ; '1 thought you a gentleman, and a Chris tian ;' and left him. 'Come back,' said the Deacon ; 'young man, I pray you understand; I use tobacco to kill tic on sheep, and lice on calves.' A Good Ixfectant ! A pet girl said to a venerable lady, 'I am told, madam, you have lost one of your five senses, by snuff-taking that of smell.' 'True, my dear,' said the old crone, with a smile ; 'but there are advanta ges in that ; for as I smell nothing, I avoid all bad smells.' It Aids Virilit?, or Makes Boys Men ! Said a man to a little boy, strutting up Cornhill, with his cigar, before breakfast, 'My boy, you would look better with bread and butter in your mouth, than with a cigar.' 'I know it,' said the urchin, 'but it would not be half so glorious ' A Good Soporific. If you wish for self-satisfaction and contentment, whether rich or poor, saint or sinner, smoke. Two Dutchmen, living opposite each other, got mad,' and each aiternoon,for some twenty years, they seated them selves upon their opposite stoops, with their pipes, and looked each other right in the face ; but, so pacifying was the smoke, they never came to Ho..s ! . Holland has lost all her foolish ambi tion ! Her ships once wore a broom at their mast-heads, an emblem of their power to sweep the ocean. But Hol landers are now self-satisfied beings ! satisfied with their pipes, and the glories their fathers once achieved. A Good Repellaxt ! Would you avoid being eaten by cannibals ? Use tobacco ! Use it freely ! It is an en tertaining fact that cannibals in New j Zealand, who devour human flesh, will 'not eat the victims of tobacco. Even i turkey-buzzards, in Mexico, refuse the flesh of soldiers much addicted to this i indulgence A Good Levklleu ! The prince and beggar smoke ! The saint and j sinner smoke ! The sage and savage ! smoke ! Bishops, doctors, deacons, lawyers, smoke ! Little ragged, dingy, thieving, swearing boys, smoke I '6 everywhere This is equality to your neart-s oortent Anti-Tobacco Tract. . Dr. Tyng on the English Church. e have repeatedly reterred to the evan- to theDi upside down. Mr. Pelhain is just i .4.,1.. xr --u rm.: i appomteu to Norwich. Ihis appears to i falK and wo But j Charles Err of Bury, succeeds Lim as the very idea of such a man as Eyre ol- ing, who can never be opposed with sac cess, nor made angry by opposition, ap pears to al! who do not love the Gospel little less than intolerable. Marylebone is, like Islington or Paucras, a dioces-e of it gelt. One thing is very remarkable in these new bish Th are ulj in tha Drijae of : tll. Thc 2ish,.? 0f Loudou is 43 ; the , ctliers aboafc t!ie saiuc age. jut remcm. j ber that a fair American proportion to 43 j is 33. They look like youth. Frash, full, j decided, earnest on the Lord's side, what ; may not be expected from them under the ; blessing of God? But the revolution seems t Ji- .1 1 rri ril naru;y more tnau oeguu. lucrs are Win chester, Rochester, and Exeter, that must soon fall in. The two former are taluiug r it. . , v.h ..." , e7cr thcs0 nl he mcn aHt a. j reaJ taIkcJ of wLo ,au,t 8UCaeed. yv-bo. j ever maj ,e tiie agCDt3) the work is the . Lord's, and it is wonderful to all who see it." J TLcse changes explain the facts referred , to in our last week's editorial on the state of religiou iu England. Whether tempera i rI1y or permanently, the English prelates I are tending fast toward the course of John Wesley. Christian Ad. & Journal. Customs Derived from the Instincts Immorality. of The Indian buries the hunting imple ments of his friend with him, that he may not want for the means of pursuing the chase in the unknown land where he has taken his fiual flight. The ancient Egyp tians embalmed their dead, under tho no tion that the soul would return after a cir cle of ages, and that it would be au infin ite misfortune to find its organie existence dispolwl. Their burying ground was sit uated beyond a beautiful sheet of water, called Acherusia, cr last state of man, over which the dead were ferried, from which the Grecian myth of Charon and his boat, were, no doubt, derived. Beyond this lake, grounds were laid cut to receive the dead. They were planted with trees, and intersected oy cantos, to renuer mem as their name imported, a literal Elyseum. Indeed, provision for the dead occupied more cC their attention than that for the living ; and while bo vestige of'their abod 03 in life remain, the mausoleums, catacombs and pyramids still survive, iu grandeur, thc wrecks of forty-nine centuries. The exquisite touches of Grecian art ooincrted j thc Parian and Pentilician marble into the I frm of men and godo, in obedience to the j instincts within, by which he mort:.l is 1 associated with the immortal, and thc earth-1 ly destiny of man with the beings and j scenes of a higher world. How much of the geiiius, industry, and wealth ot the world is controlled by this mysterious instinct ? Man can no nore be divested of it than a fish of his iij-tinct to swim, or tho bird to fly. Atheism may be forgotten, but can not extinguish the tendencies of the human Boul towards immortality. The Quaker's Creed. BARTON. My creed requires no form of prayer, Yet would I not condemn Those who adopt with pious care, Their use as aids to them. Oae God hath fashioned thcra and me : One spirit is our guide ; For each, alike upon the tree One commou Saviour died ! Each the same trumpet-call shall wake, To fana one judgment seat ; God give us grace, for Jesus' pake, In tho same heaven to meet ! Exaggeration. The late Bishop HcIJIug used to the stoTv of a young minister who w.ts tell r.r-. raicned before one of the conferences for too erre.it excess iu the usa of exaggeration. I Not that he positively lied, but superlatives ; flowed so freely from his tongue that ..fteu great barm was done. lie was sentenced to be publicly admonished by the Chair ; The Bishop administered a severe rebuke, j when the young man arose, bathed in tears acknowledged his fault, and determined to do better. In elosmg, he said: 'I regret it; I have wept on account of it, and I cau only say that it has already caused me to shed barrels of ttnrs.' 1 50 a Year, la Ativan co . The True Spirit of 'TC. On the day succeeding the adopt on cf the Declaration of lndependei.ee, John Adams, exulting in that glori i:b .cvenf, addressed a letter to Mrs. Ad ams, in which may be fou id the follow ing spirited, patriotic and prophetic paragraph : Yesterday, the greatest niestion was decided that was ever debated in America ; and c. atr perhaps, never was or w;n 1 - dec led among mcn. A resolu' 1. s passed, without one dis senting colony, that 'these United States are, and of a right ought to bo free and Independent States.' The day is passed. The fourth cf July, 1770, will be a meaioraolc epoch in tho history of America. I am apt to be lieve it will be celebrated, by succeed ing generations, as the great anniver sary festival. It ought to be commem orated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized nith ponipi, sho'os, games, sports, guns, bonfires and illiwiinations, from one end of the continent to tin? other, front this time forward forever ! ' You will think me transported w!iu enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of tho toil, and blood, and treas tro,that it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support and defend thojc btates ; yet through all the gloom, I can see tin rays of light and glory. T can see that the end is worth mor than all tho means; and thai posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not. A Great Country vo i.r'iL ks. The thus lor marriage in oparta was fixed by statute that' oi the men at about thirty or thirty five years ; that of the wo men at about twenty er ::Mo younger. All mcn who continued unmarried id'tcr the appointed time were liable to .1 prose cution ; and old bachelors were piohibi ted from being present at tb? full exercise ot the Spartan maidens, a-, rrc dei.ied the usual respect and honors paid t th" aged. "Why should I givo you plav," cried a young man to an unmrrie J gene ra!," "when you will have no child to give piace to mo when I am old V 4N0 mar riage portions were given with any 1 f tho maidens, so that neither poverty sh. uld prevent a gallant nor richer tempt him, to marry contrary to his incliiialkms. Tlo parents of three children enjoyed consi 1 crablo immunities, and those with four children paid no taxes whatever a regu lation which all married men with largo families will readily admit to be most wisu and equitable. It was customary for the bridesmaid to cut off all the bride's Kir on the wedding-day, so that, for some tiu.e at least, her pcrsooul attractions isboul ! increase- with her years. Life and Tr io cis of ir:rodalu. A Good Heferexce. A stranger said a religious m.m, 'if you don't believe I am religie-s, go and as.c my wife. She'll tell you.' This camo out so bluntly, that it came near caus ing an explosion. But is it not a good reference t Many a man's boasts about his religion -.u; bo proved all vanity by jus . ... g his wife, and getting an honest -nswer from her. How doc. hi3 religion make him act at home ? is the pungent inquiry that is the great test. Sec to. it, reader, that this ref erence may be to your credit. The lata Hearer. A well-known minister, obsorving that some people mado a practice of com i nr. in very late, rmd after a considerable pai t of t'ae sermon was gone through, wai deter mined that they should f.ol the force of a public reproof. Oue day,bcrefore, as the entered the place of worship at their usua . late period, the minister, addressing lm congregation, said, 'But my hearers, it, is time for us now to coadu-ic, for here are our friends just comt to futeh us home.' We may easily conjecture whut the parties felt at thia curious hut p)lofod address. jgyTlie most singoar valedictory address on record wa delivered by Sydney Smith to a you.i;; English mis sionary who was about to pro'eced to Yran Dleman's land. It was as fol lows : 'Farewell, my dear fii : A, fan- 1 ! You go to .1 country v.-iuio ii thc custom of tho aborigines to have a cler gyman on their side-boardj every mor ning for breakfast ; but let us hops that you will prove very ind.ge&.iblc to the savage who cats you.' Taking Out an Ejh to J".r nd it. Tho licip.de Journal of Literature, Science and Art publishes an account of tho wo.1 1 :r ful discoveries of Dr. GracS in disreafes of thc eye,and the woudeiful cures he performs, lie bus found the ball of tho eye to Li tran; parcut, and by a curious iu.sUumeat, xau: iucs minutely the interior, takes it out, performs any necessary su-gical operati in, an 1 rcpla.va it without injury to U appe. r ance o. vision. A young girl had Lrg boon afSi'.:tel with the luont cxirueiatii g pain iu tha left eye, tha cause oc wh'u'i the most lcwne 1 could not understand Dr. Gracff found in the centre of thc ball a little worm, which ho removed, and r.'s tore 1 tho poor creature immediately tj health and perfect s.fiht. The Home Joirnal give tho best do i nition of beauty that we btve net seen : 'Beauty, dear reader, is tho woman we do-e, whatever bhe may seoiu to other.'
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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