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(—133—) member yot\r ivCaker, aud rifle him to gi'iiie you ; it Is a gnod old hif tng, “ tlicy ar; w*ll guided whom he guides, and he leaves them that dont aik him, to rheir own ways/’ f want you to keep out of bad company—it has ruined many young peonle. t want you to keep company witii fober good people, and to leara their ways—to keep the fabbaih—to be •ch iritabie to the poor—to be indullrious and frugal—jult to all mea, and above •all to lore one another. Believe me iny clnidren, if any thing could dilluib me ia the grave, it would be to know that you did not live as brother and filler Sught to live; nothing could be worfe except that yoa would not all follow me to lieaven. Oh my dear children! I have had a great deal of trouble and forrow in raifing you 1 If I (hould feci after death as I do now, I could never endure to lee any of you without an interelt in Jefus at the great day, and forced away never more to meet again. Parting here witli your parents you know had alraoll taken my life,* when I had hope to fee them again ; but I am n«w furc I could not lire to fee any of you curfed by your maker, and driven away to dwell forever with the Devil and his‘Angels. While I lived, you know tliat it was ir.y great defue to have you all around me and near me here ; hut my great de- lire has been to have you with me in tlia v.'oiIJ to seme. Believe me nothing €ould make me fo happy as to have my three poor dear children there ;—yes, and your children and all your conne5li- on^. 1 would wilh to take you all to hea ven. I’hen think of the vanity of this world—ihini: of Jefus the faviour, death, judgement and eternity, and don’t forget the iivijig ac;i dying advices cf your rr.ofl ailehionatc mother dll death and af ter death. PLIZABETH STEELE. Ffdded in the aforegoing Icifcr, was al!b found in her own hand writing, the foilorring prayer, which mud jdcafe eve ry pious nunJ— O Lf'RD mv GoJ, thnn great three One! i give ri'.y felf to thee this day to he thi'.te, to be '-niided uy thee and nnf by ano'J er ; and I defi.re to take God few my God, Jefus Cliriil to be ncy Saviour, the Koly Ghoil to be niy fanifllfier and leader. Lord, thou haft pron)ifed that all that will come to thee thou wilt in no wife caft out. All I beg is in the name and tor the fake of Jefus Chrift my Lord. To this I fet my hand, ELIZABETH STEELE. The date of the above was ci'her not affixed or Corn av/ay trorn the paper. It cannot be difagrecable to tlie fciiotis mind to add, that Ihe was remaikablj tend of the following Hymn, ami left it in her bible, where it was found fince her death, in the hand-u riting of her grand daughter, who had tianicrihed it for her. THE HYMN. THE hour ofmy departure's comcj, I hear the voice that calls me home, At laft O Lord ! let trouble ceafe. And let thy fervant die in peace. The race appointed I have run. The combat’s o’er, the prize is won. And now my wirnefs is on high. And now my record’s in the Iky. — Kot IB mlttc innocence T trud, I bow before thee in th.c daft, And thro’m> Saviours’ blood alone, I look for nicicy at ihy throne. — I leave the world without a tear. Save for the friends I hcldfo dear, To heal their forrows, Lord dcfccad. And to the fricndlefs prove a friend. I come, I come at thy command, J give my Ipirit to thy hand. Stretch forth thine evtulafting arms. And Ihield me in the laft alarms. It would be a fevere and ill-natured Tcfiedioc on the iciigious tafte cf the pre- I'crt age, to be niaking apologies for pub- lifhing the above mciiroirs, and therefore no apology Ihall be made. It is a debt due to an amiable charadlcr, and may jiot be without its ufe to the public. \fTl:e tihivc IslaUlfi cd at ils tequej} cf ^he r»’jtrci:4 Mr. ticn/ruil MacCit kU’ j From ihe FEDERAL GAZELTE. Mr. BaowK, * //-*’' ftf -inrs rrrnrdcvfd fr'r't an i hat bjirc'ijiy zra/ j/W by Its Indian}^ in "^_T fk\'ING lately fees: in your paper, •*--'// jL A a letter wiiri'n bvDr. hulh, in vl:u:h]'.e dc.*ie.'. the i.tili'v of core oral 4 k punlihmc-;s in fch.-G'?, or ttuit letules have the power of cernr.'uinicr.ting i.rxw- r>n- rt.v?r, tr-aipreuAng ii:e J Dr /lVv,--, y.trh, I.!, dirj c/' a iir-'^iriKa HI. i//..( ma/ i'/V.vm-fnesr/v af- .1 ledge, I cannot help conftJertng bis orE nton as a moft damnable/-(r^r y agaiuii ihe creed of almoft all the fchoolmzfter.c in the w'orltl. Let ns have none of the tie dangeroas insovatious. Was not ici- ence imprcfi'cd on tlie ndnds of ®ur ibre- fathers trom time immemorial, by uuc- and w'holcfome fijigcllation ci their bo dies. And {hall vfc pretend to be v ifer than they ! No, no, I repeat it, let us have none of thole dangerous innovati ons. A pretty ftory tiuly, to “ bum all the ferules in the woild”—Irre might as v'cll propofe to burn all the fehooi- mafters in the world ; for wliat is a fchoolniafter without his ferule r Aye, what is a fchoBlKiaftcr without his fc- 1 ..le ? Let Dr. Rufti anfwcr rne that ^ueftion if he can. •A king without a feeptre would not be a greater foleci.^ than a fchoolrnafter widicut a badgebf his authority ! Fcrmii me to addrrfs lo Dr. Rnfli the foliov/ing Verfes in praife (./ Eiich, re marking at the fam.e tim.e, tint they will apply equally well to a fir. bamboo, leathern ftrap, cat o’rfme isils, or any other inftrument of punifba'.cni ufed in fchools. X, In pratfi of BIRCH. T hough the oak be the prince anS the pride of the grove, An emblem of pow’i and the fav’ritc of Jo^«» Though Phoebus with laurels his tem ples has bound, And with chaplets of poplar A1 cldcs be crown’d; Though Pallas the olive has grac’d with her choice. And olftmcther Cybel in pines may rc> joice, ThoHgh Bacchus delight ia the ivy and vine, And Venus her gailands with myrtle ea twine; Yet the mufes declare after diligent fearch, No tree can be found to ccirpaic vith the Birch. The birch, they ever, is'the true tret Rever’d by each 'chco\ and rtmcn.ber’d at ciiUge. Though Virgil’s fam’d tree might pro duce as it? fi v.it, A crop r{ vain rii earns, and firangc V.bin's for each {hoot. Yet the birch on each bovgb, on the tep V; eacii fwitch. Bears tl'.c plfci ce of grammar, and the eight parts cfficseh ; ’Mcr.gft il.c arc cer.cerd’J mere than n err ’ry can rr—etii n. All cafisi ai’ gcr.dr:, all Icrnic of dccleTi- hon.
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