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SELECTED MISCELLANY. ;
Dr. Dni-bin' Visit to Father Ma
; Ihcw. . ''J,,.'"
Bt low we give on extract from a letter
from J., Zy&m, t).f'Tridc1tftn'!
Dickonwji) College, to Dr. Borio, editor of
tho Christian Advocotrf' and Journal, Ju
whicli he relatrs the inctdehta wliic!ioceur.
red on his vNit lo Father Mathew, theg'real
' tLinpfrsnne rcfjmiur in Ireland. It will be
ruaJ vv 1 1 f 1 great interet, especially, by all
the friends of tcmperanco and humnnity in
; :icial, and of Ireland in particular.' The
Jitter was written from London, under the
date of SpUfoiber 27ih.Tho Doctor, we
b licve from his letters, intends to continue
his travels, for uometimo yet in Europe, and
tliL'ii lie thinks of visiting Asia. '
But nnnmg utl the ait ructions at Cork,
the Il-.-v. Tln;obld Mathew, tho apostlo of
tcnii'T;irci! in Ireland, was to mo the most
ailrs.-uvc; and 1 had the good fortune to
find linn at hi own house, just returned
l'rm' Limerick." In reply to my letter
wliic'.i 1 Nciit him he dispatched a messen.
ff-t to our hotelj Sayiifg tio would be plrased
to 9-e me t any hour. 1 waited on him at
liaif-pt six. Upon entering the narrow
hall oi his pliiu, but commodious Ivxise, I
found the room on the ground fl or fdfl of
very plain pooplo, all stunding afouml u
seorclury, who was making a most vcliu.
iiiLiit speech to them on the bonefits of tem
pi ranco. IIij was nhowifig how it incrcas
cJ tho vi;;or and power of enduring fatigue,
niiti illustrated iv by a bijat ruco which had
just tiiken place between three crows one,
whisky drinkers, one,Rle or beer drinkers,
and oue, cold water drinkers. As he ad.
v;mcji i:i his animated declumation he
raised his huge fitt aloft, saying, the tee
totalers came out first, the alo drinkers
next, and the nasty, dirty rum and Whisky
drinkers last,- which declaration lie confirm
ed by britfging down his lion's paw with
tremendous weight upon the huge record
buk ctiiitniniiig the four millions of names
of thoso who have taken the pledge from
father M itiiew'. It really was ajvcl and
ihliTu-siing accno. ... 7 '.' .7 :.7:;iTZ7
I soiin Liirned that the secretary wascn.
ten iini: g the cniwd until father Mathew
i-uj! 1 eoimi down from his tea and admin,
isler the pledgu to them. In a few minutes
he came down, and having spoken to us
with much kindness and affection, ho turn
1 J to tlie motley group and asked if they
wish' d to take the pledge. They came
forward cn masse, and kneeled down before
, liiin. Jlc.Aud.:.J!'ML iajjJLJur-j'QUf good;,
-mtiv tttTW nrcdccent,-welilad , a nd com.
lurtabie, who, before they took the pledge,
vre naked, hungry, and wretched: say
after me, I promise, -by divine assistance,
1 j a'jst iiii (Voir, all intoxicating liquors, and,
by my example and advice, to endeavor to
pr vail in others to do tho same. He then
.iiLVd, ' May God give you grace to keep
yur promise ; may God grant you all tem
poral ami spiritual blessings." Then put
tiii his -hand on the head of each, he said,
" (.iod bless you." They rose from their
knee, ami he directed their . names to be
ins'-i ilvil in the great book. "
We witnessed the same scene next morn.
ir; t ten o'clock in the same room. It is
tilw.iys full when he is in luwnrand a ac
en lary is in waiting to record the names.
Tii'1" general impression is, that it is more
sacreil ami liin.liQg "to Ttake "the pie Ige from
fither Math'jw tlrhn from any other. Hence
'.it few take it of others, and always take
ila;;i:ii 1 if father Mathew, whenever he
cuiii's within from ten to thirty miles of
"rtPTn."' iliero" were persons present when
wn we were in the room whobad como
thirty- miles t'A.take tha pledge. Ho in.
fwnej IIS that hcJiad seen jhirty thousand
P'yjiTe kiirtling hefiire-iunLat-urMiamihw.
epn. fi Ms, and their repeating the pledge
wis like little., thunder like the sound of
nmiY waters. The pledge is understood to
trprttnl and the party may not ilis
fc4ttfrtilrff2ntirm m -phnstire.- Ho rrmy
Jisrea,ir, imj viol:vit7na some do, but ho
mi..t, as we express hithtlrato There
"evidently a religious obligation attached
i" the pledge, founded to some extent, in
the authority and sanctity of tho party ad.
ministering it, as well as in tho consent of
t!e pirty taking .it, This impression on
'he mind of the taker of the pledge is
strengthened by the fact, that father Ma.
'hew has no pastoral charge, and is not
subject to any bishop or ecclesiastical autho.
r'ty in Ireland; but is, by spocial letter
from the pope, commissary apostolic for Iro.
I'" ! ; that he may prosecute his work with
m let or hindrance from any Church digni:
Thus the sanction of 'the pope is indi.
rectly obtained tut the cause of temperance
in Ireland. I learned these facts at tl,w
Wc of father Mathew, from his brother',
who sat next me, and from himself also
et, so judicious is this trulv benevolent
roart, thut he, will not enter the diocoec of
any catholic bishop without his consent. I
inquired of him why f,a wathua forbear
ing, wiicn 1110 feo; ia clamored lor his pre.
se nee find hi, answer was, tha success of
the cause depenoedjrery much 'upon the
countenance of the clerzy. and fio'- vvas
anxious lo avoid producing discord in the
Cliurch.7' Uport particular inquiry ,T learn".
Id from him, that the Cuthbticdergy were
Hoi generally favorable, as it seemed to r
fleet on the jW-jTi ieQcv orihelr influence
and proachintf to i!ioe a plediro was fur
ther necessary to UinJ their flocks to tern
perato living i and further, nnny of them
said, that jpitticr MitilH)vk;iew that adtinn.
istering the-iil.Ktg;:.to tho people would lead
them to cunoefnn"Cio practices of the
priests. Xhv Protestant clergy are not fa.
vornble , but, t hrjt t riaQi opposed. I hey
tajwr no part,flut inhk. littlo; opposition,
perhaps nonj as fh'rnovcnicnt is alirfoet
i ! jH'eH confir
p'edee f ni; ;-;-yct
to .Catholica, in the
ne of the digmtarjes
of tie-t(;stu Wished Church have been re
quested to give their sanction; and Arch,
bishop VVhutely, of Dublin i declined, sav.
iifg7the, Gospel was sufficient without a
pledge.' rpresunw it might be, if his hon.
or, and all others, would preach it as did
the Master and his apostles, and denounce,
in such terms as are suitable, all intempe
ranee and vice. - But until they do this they
ought nut to impede the good others would
do. . ' ' '
1 nnu as yet seen lather iMatiiewonly Dy
candle-light, when Mr. Cortlun and mywlf
took a cup of -colIIn with him, and, as he
said, a company of tee-totalcjrs--ladies and
gentlemen. Alter the party broke up he
wnlked with us to our; -hotel, taking each of
us by the arm, and invited aof us to come
and take breakfast with him next morning,
nine o'clock. Of course we accepted, and,
ns it was Friday, we hud a meatless break
fast ; but every thing else, eggs, butter,
honey, toast, bread, hot cakes, tea, coffee,
chocolate, and nobody to interrupt our con
versation. It was here I learned much of
what I t,avc already stated, and now I bad
an opportunity of measuring this rcmnrk
ubh; inuii. tlo is little above the ordinary
size, well built, square, and firm; arquiline
nose, fresh color, und a countenance very
expressive of benevolence and decision ;
very agreeable, and even bland, Iti bis man.
ners; if any thing, a little dvcrkind; and
ueatly dressed in citizens' dress, of a fine
black cloth frock coat, &c. He 'would
have been distinguished in some other way,
if not in the most excellent of all ways, in
benefitting the miserable populniidVpf. bis
country by suppressing intemperance. '
He showed us manyJittlhallfliJa ad
dresses, songs, "which had been pub
lished by various persons and societies, and
gave us ill a copy of each. He also pre.
sented each of us with a silver medal, about
the size of-a dollar, beautifully executed :
on one side a company-kneeling around
him, taking tbe pledge, while he holds out
his right hand towards them, and says,
"May God bless you , and grant you strength
and grace too keep your promise." On the
reverse a cross, with rays of light, under
which are, " He reasoned of righteousness,
temperance, and judgment to come," Acts,
chap. 24, verse 23, surrounded with a
wreath, open a little or the top, where is the
rossy and en the left hand of-the wreath,
,rThoapostIlo" anhc junctiofiof the
stem, " of," and on tho right, ' Tempe
ratMKj" referring to futher Mathew him
self. I prize it highly, and shall bequeath
it as a legacy to my children.
There are inferior medals struck, which
are sold for a shilling ianhva ncLihcso. p ro.
duce money enough to pay all his expenses,
and probably todelray the expense of build
ing a very magnificent marble church, now
hi course of erection in Cork. He took
us to see it ; he calls it Aw church.
, t have said, the Pcqlestant clergy do not
generally take any part in his temperance
movements. But there are exceptions.
Ho showed us t Iwtter from a young Scotch
clergyman, who had kneeled to him and
taken the p'udgo when he was in Glasgow,
some weeks since, where he had adminis
tered it to thirty thousand in two days.
From what we saw' when we were there
since,, thirty thousand more ought to take
it. But ta therTclergytnanV, letter yHtrwas
beautiful, and truly catholic, i -
Just before we parted he said, " I should
like to administer Jhm pledge to you all."
But our American feelings of Voluntary
and personal obligatiun, unaided by others,
bT4ihrriiasleJgQftgve- madeiio reply
Yet I am satisfied tbe pledge, in the form
of religious obligation and priestly sanction,
is necessary to Ireland, perhaps to Catho
lics everywhere..
NoTfian7wlio dtics not choose to be blind,
can puss through Ireland withoutseejng the
good effects of temperance among the great
mass of the people.. I saw only a few per
sons drunk, "or even disguised. The fall
ing uff in the . excise duty shows a reduc
tion in the consumption ml whisky from
eleven to six millions of gallons last year;
a circumstance noticed by the Lord Chan
cellor of England, while ho said the loss of
revenue was a matter of moral congratula
tion. So said the celebrated Maria Edge
worth, whose . property in Edgeworthtown
had ceased to yield its accustomed rents,
owing to the progress of temperaoce ; for
many of the houses had been rented for
grogshops; I have this from father Ma.
thew himself. . - ;
The gentry of Ireland are not opposed,
though. they & not assist; they see its- be.
nefits to the poor people, hence they are
glad of it. Dot lfit-y themselves, still hold
on to their, whisky punch and sherry wine.
It is something not to opposes But the
most Violent opposition cdrhes from th? dis
tillers, whd olten scna.ino peignooring
priests cask or. 80,and'.li6: 'Renerally
have all the grog.hoases under their eon-
trol, by paying the rent, and putting a ten.
ant in to sell their fire. waters. - Mr. Mathew
mentioned a single distilling establishment
in Cork which paid 6,000 per annum, or
nearly $30,000 rents for the thousands of
wretched grog shyps through the country
where their-liquors were fetaikv-f Bat tlie
cause is onward,; and it is hoped will in.
umph.' Nd one, I believe, attaches any
sinister motive to father Mathew: ; Hut Mr.
O'Cormoll ought Id tfke'the pledge himself,
and keep it ; but it Would be fieudish in him
to subsidize this movement to- political pur-
noses. , - T J. 1 . luBBlN
Loveli Nine, ano tHB LoVeueb
f Nine. -The Greeks and Romans, among
oiner oujecis, uresseu me 11110 ans in pejr
8(ins of nine virgins called the muses.
Tluse were alt,' according to their tny tho
logy, the daughters of Jupiter, by Mncso
myne. They were as follows:
Calliope, said to preside Over Eloquence. '
Clio,
. History
Erato,
Euterpe,
Lyric poetry
Music.
Tragedy.
Rhetoric.
Dancing.
Comic po'try
Hymns.
Melpomene,
Polyphymnia,
Terpsichore, ,
Thalia,
Urania,
These names were held in . high estima
tion by those refiuod heathens, and the arts
over which they presided were called the
humanities, as they were supposed to ex
ert a humanizing (refining and moral) ef
fect on mankind. In relering to them it
was common to designate them cs 'the
lovely nine.
BiitChristianily .boasts of a J! lovelier1
nine, and every way entitled to the honora
ble title 'the humanities.' .. We find them
referred to by Paul in the epistle to the
Galatians, v. 22, 23. They all preside
over the heart of the man who is truly and
lully a child of God. 1 heir names are as
follows : . i ...
Love--Joy Peace -Long-suffering.
Gentleness Goodness Faith Meekness
Temperance.
Concerning these lovely personifications
the Apostle has his jemark : Against
these there is no law." Their influence
upon the heart (over which thev preside) is
so to spiritualize even apostate humanity,
as to render it a fit temple for the indwell
ing of the Holy Spirits ...
llanpy the heart where grace reign,
Where love inspire the breast;
Love i the brightest of the train,
And strengthen all the rest
To PRESERVE CORN FOR BOILING. Ex-
tract of a letter from a subscriber in Cana
da. " Travelling through the country in
the early part of this month, I was surprised
at eating green corn; out on recollection,
I had seen several methods ol preserving
it for winter use in your Farmer. On ask
ing the lady of the house, her method seem
ed to be far different from any you have
stated. I beg to introduce this simple way
to you. Pluck the corn when fit for eating,
strip down the husk so as to remove the
silk, and then replace it pack it away in
aTbarreTTa rid "pour jonjTst ong7)icklerji;h
as is used for meat, with a weight to keep
it down, and you will have a good sea stock
parboil and then bolted to make it per
fectly fresh and sweet as when taken trom
the stalk. Genesee Farmer.
Cows. Formers aro too negligent as to.
the kind of cows they keep, lucre are
many cows which do not pay to the owner
the expense of keeping them, and occasion
an annual loss. It costs no more to keep a
cow that will average nine or ten quarts a
day than one that will average only six or
seven : and the difference in amount would
in the course of the year be a handsome
profit. If we estimate the cost ot keeping
a cow at twenty-five dollars, we shall find
that if a cow gives six quarts per day, the
lots in keeping will be 84,75. If the yield
is eight quarts per day, then the profit will
be about $5. If the milk is ten quarts per
dayTthe-profitwill be 811,75. Now is the
time to ascertain whether your cows are
worth keeping or not; and the farmer should
look-well lo this part of his husbandry .
Albany Cultivator. . , .
Eloqescb is Abkansas. We find the
full wing specimen in A card published in an
Arkansas paper, by some one whg was
charged with not wishing to celebrate lite
fourth of July f 1
" Shades of Washington, Hancock, and
Efhen Allen ! If I have offonded, remem
ber Jhe frailty of mortals, and be propitious !
What! abolish that day ot days ( mat any
when the concentrated wisdom of ages was
blazoned forth in thai 'dim mortal sheet
that epoch, not only in American history,
but in the history of the world that day,
for tho celebration of which, I in the days
of my boyhood, expended the last sixpence
to buy ore crackers! rorbid it, departed
shades! Pacific Ocean, thou inkstand of
creation! and you, ye tall pines of Nor.
way, crow quills for such an occasion, aid
in expunging that resolution ! Lt toe Le
thean flood roll over it forever !
A' celebrated writer on sirfit. savs. that
the wearing of veils permanently weakens
t 1 . r
many naturally good eyes, 00 account 01
the endeavors of the eye to adjust itself to
the ceaseless vibrations of that too common
article of dress.
r N gw FR roK Sale. We observe In our ex.
chae ' papers, that quite a number of Newspa
per 1 , cs are lor sale. : Among them are the Ma.
bile
I annuel And AdvertiMir. wlinm
Editui propose to engage hi other butnea the
Pettn-'iHirg Statesman, (Loco.) whnee Editor re
tire on the 1st December; the Augusta Constita.
. p
uonaimi, (uoco ;) tne cnieago American, (Whig;)
and Dcnnetts's N. Y. Heraldr xLocd.) Benncit
say be hi going to London, to establish a paper to
u defend, expbun. and.exhibit to Eurooa. the laws.
moral, K'aouroes, movement, and tendencies of
the united states." The American people may
well rejoice to ct rid of such a nuisance as Beu-
nett, however much tliey may regret that he will
place hibisrlf in ajwsition to sink still lower Ame
rican errdit and character, . Hi defenoe and ex.
j!u'.titiiii uf Ainericiu urwlicau only cmmLd i'l
.1 .'.l.:.: ... .l ... - i . f
uic vAuiuuiun ui iiicir upposiic, in nisown person.
It docs not surprise im that many of the Edito.
rial fraternity should be on tha lookout for more
pleasant and more profitable employment. No
class h worse used by the public whom they serve.
In these times, esMciiuTK-thev Safer both from
the inability ani indiffhiencp of their debtors, ma
ny ol whom, scattered over the face of the world,
cannot be hnnted up, and manaso to resit all the
appeals of justice and admonitions of conscience.
It is enough to make any editor gloomy, and to
deprive him of all spirit to conduct his paper as it
should be, to look over his book and soe how hi
earnings are withheld, year after year, by heart
less or inconsiderate persons. . W e are told a lew
week ago, by one of the Editors of the first paier
in the country, that with a qitarttrof million f
dollarton i,ulml; hoo!ten found himself with
out five dullnr with which to go to market !
Though not so unfortunate as to have so much on
our books, we yet have many thousands, which
we would eladly, most (Madly, rcalizo, if possible.
to pay our own debts. When it is seldom thut a
man owes us more than ten dollars, it would seem
that we might bo paid without much inconve.
nience, and yet we have to struggle on, apparently
totally forgotton by those who could s readily
pay so small a sum. JWji are at this moment in
urgent want of a considerable amount, which we
have a right to demand, ten time over, but which
it seems impossible to collect ' but we had no
idea of writing a dun when we commenced this
paragraph. icrf Observer.
Taking a Fool's Advice. There is a moral in
the following which we would all, as well as the
Yorkshire Noblemen, benefit by studying. A
Baronet of the last century, whose mansion was
Yorkshire, was supposed to be dead, when the
following conversation took plaeo between his jes
ter, or fool, and one of his servants.
Srrrunt Our master is gone,
Foo!.h '.' whither is he gonu J
Servant To ll. aven I hope.
Foal To Heaven ! no that he has not, I am
sure.
Servant Why so T
Fool Why because Heaven is a great way off,
and when my master was going a long journey ho.
used Tor some time to talk about and prepare lor it ;
but I never beard him speak of Heaven, or make
any preparation for going s.Jtte cannot uicrciore,
be gone thither.
Benefit or Whig Measure to tub Foot.
It ia estimated that the Revenue Bill, just passed,
will give work to 850,000 person, and the means
of a comfortable livlihood to about 1. 000.000.
What bava tbe Lsoo Focoa ever done fur the poor
Answer they promised them,.- that on condition
that they would support Mr. Van Buren, that a
flood of gold should come up the Missisaippi, over
spread the counU-y.and that Afr. Benton's shining
" yellow boy" should glitter through the inter
stice of every poor man's and poor woman's
purse" these are the very words. ' Now years and.
years have rolled away, and where are tne " y el
boys 7 Alas, Echo answers, where ? And the
poor man's purse" responds, where ? Such is
the fiulfilmcnt of all the flattering promises of Lo
cofocoism. Newark Daily. ,
A IIaso Hit. During tho discussion in tho
Senato of the Tariff Bill, (now the law of the
land,) lilt. Calhoun indulged in a very fierce and
harsh denunciation of the Bill, calling it a mea
sure of oppression, of abominations, of plunder,
and all norts of odious names. -
And to illustrate and how the enormity of the
t)ill,-aidjust take -therluty-qn rolled - Iron,- on
wiuch tlie larmer wiu bo obliged to pay $25 per
ton!
Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, answered Mr.
Calhoun, and said, tlie duty on rolled Iron is not
as high in tln bill, as it was under the bill, of
in, which imposed a duty of $33 per ton. Tho I
ily on rolled Iron. isrjot as juglua ttiisJiill. aa
the Taritf of 182B, which Mr. Calhoun advocated
and Voted for. This bill only impoocs a dut j of
$25 per ton on rolled Iron, and Mi. Cuihoun'
Tariff bill ofl816 which mode himso popular in
Penhpylvania, imposed a duty of $30 per ton on
rolled Iron that was $5 higher in the ton, than
in this bill, which was now so much denounced by
ior. Calhoun. "
Ciiouc oa Gross. I give you here a receipt for
cunnir horse of cholie or rrubs. 1 have tried it
more than a dozon times with severe cases of belly-ache,
(whetlicr from cholie or grubs; I could not
say,) and without failing in a single case to give
instantaneous roller.
Simply rub the largo vein on cither or both side
of the neck of the horse with spirits of turpentine.
Kub it in strongly lue whotelcnprr-oT-the neck
.oVcrejvcjnMdialwcityniinHtcstheJiom
will be relieved.
Kkss. Some 'Solomon, and a war at that, ha
put out the following snug affair :
" If vott cannot inspire a woman with love for
voufilljicr above the brirq with love for herself,
and all that ruiis over will be yours. '
Csmut had the testimony of arc to hi brave
ry, and yet he refused a challenge from Anthony.
If Anthony m weary of lire, tell bun" said. Cesar,
there arc other ways lo death besides the point
of my sword."
ExruSATOsr; ',' Grsndms," said a little girl
with rosy checks to its elderly dame, u what make
It thunder and lighten T"
" Well, my darling, I 'spect 'the lirbt of the
blesaed sun gets lodgrd in the clouds, and when
nag on't ireta towtrier it bun. I lie streaks
that fly out is the liijhUiin and the bustin' i the
thunder." , .
A Mr. Joarph Cose wa recently married, in
lilinoia, lo Miss Susan SnarL Poor Jo 1 What a
pity that so Je Case a fellow should be caught by
mSaarl: - .
"Saw ht leo orr." We not ice in a Western pa
per that a Mr. Saume was untied in marriage late
ly to a Mis Marian Lf goff.
A lady M down east," advertise for a M divine,
jovial, serious, bold msjeslkr, inoffensive, scien
tific, nimble, husband."
-1 have ao many things to ece to," a the eight
eyed spider said wheuJio jumped four ways at
once. j ,. '7 .
" Ache away." said the man to his tooth ; " yon
ban yourself more Lbs you do arte."
Whv i thcrt soch honor amonr thieves T Be
cause thry generally kg togriktr. " ...
AN. ADDRESS
Delivered beore tie Literaru and Theological As.
taciatum f the UaUtan Annual Conjerenc of
im Metnoaut Episcopal Vkurch, at Utanmver.
tary meeting in KaexvilU, Ten., Oct. ?M, 1843.
7 ""by R. "m'AXALLY. ' '
rUBUBllEO SI lEttUEs r or tub association. .
Dka Bretarkm: Ifl understand it cor.
rectly," the object proposed in the organi.
zation of tho association which now ho'ds
its anniversary rrieeiing, was tho intellec
t'jal and religious iinp-im mcnt of i.s indi
vidua! meinour. To iiid in vat ryi:; out
t!ieprtjHjsed ends, tho cotistilutiou proviiea
that an address ahull bo delivered at cjcIi
annual meeting, ajul that it shall bo the
duty of each official lecturer " to hold, up
the importance of .the doc'rine of Iluliness
to tho success of. all ministerial effort," v
In presentingyself"lH:foreyou pro-
thern, at this time, in obedience to your
call, tor tho purpose of attempting an au.
dress, I have to regret that a work so
solemn in itself, and so important in its
consequences, had not been committed to
abler hands. Little has been given mo in
a tangible form, from which to prepare an
address. With the exception of that clause
in tho 6th article of the constitution which
I have just quoted, neither tho constitution
itself, nor any resolution of the association
points out any specific course to be per.
sued in tho annual addresses, but each lec
turer is left to persue that course which in
his own judgment, will be most likely to
secure tho ends proposed in tho organiza
tion of the society. With litis in view, I
propose ia tho first place, by a very few
remarks, to puss in review before you the
importance und necessity of study to a
christian minister. You will not, however,
expect me, on this subject, to produce any
thing new, or deeply interesting, when you
recollect that it has employed the most pro
found talents und extensive learning in
every ngo of the christian church. From
the learned and inspired apostle, whoso
lemnly enjoined it on -Timothy, and with
him upon all subsequent ministers, " to
study lo.show himself approved to God a
workman thut needed not to bo ashamed,
down to tho present hour, whenever and
wherever the gospel of Christ has been in
its purity preached and practised, tho im
poftance and necessity of close assiduous
study to a minister has been urged, received
and in some good degree acted upon. And
I am truly happy to be able to suy that we
never need 170 bevond the Writers of our
own church to find this subject examined in
all its length aud breadth. Among our
trans-atlantic brethren, the deep pene
tration of Wesley the apostolic zeal of
Coke the sweet and solemn strains of
Benson the profound and extensive learn
ing of Clarke, and the close, logical dis
crimination of Watson, have all been
made subscrviant to this cause. Each of
these in his turn, with many others who
might be named, fell the importance of this
subject, had it carefully in review, and
each bus lvftfrtcKTild what in generations
jet to conic, will prove that "he being
(load yel speuketh."
Uu lias side tiro water, there have ever
been men ready to contribute their tcsii-
inony in favor ol the truth ol tho position,
and labor industriously- to impress others
with a sense ot Us importance. Instance
such as the revered Bangs, and the lament-
ed Emory, Ruter and Fisk. These, taught
by example, as well as by precept, l heir
whole ministerial career was living evi-
whole ministerial career was li
pence of ttteif 4oe o sen so of tlie irnpomnc
of tho first rulo of a Methodist preacher,
BE DILIGENT. , . . " .
The interest ever manifested on this sub-
ject by the wise and good in all ages of the
church, will not at all astonish us when we
remember lhat the preaching of the Gospel
ot CbristT is xteguldr-syslaa.jf-leaching.
Belief, in its ordinary sense, is an act of
reason, therefore superior Teasons alone,
should dictate to the Weak. No position
can be fully relied on as true, until it iu
itself.or its accompanying evidence, be fair
Iv or satisfactorily understood. When we,
us is often the case, give our assent to the
truth of a Dronosition which we do not un-
dVrstand.itis bccauseweiindersrtand and are
convi need by the evidence which acciom-
panics such proposition, and establishes its
claims to truth. Not that we ever did or
ever can believe in the truth of-a proposi
tion when "we neither understand it nor its
accompanying eviJenco. To'supposo such
would be preposterous. II then the busi
ness and legitimate work of the ministry be
lo teach, and to teach ihe most awful and
important doctrines the world ever knew;
doctrines, which grasp in their widening
range the solemn realities of heaven, earth
and bell, which gonlown to the deep shades
of dentil plunge from -.thence' into the
fathomless ubyss of eternity, and involve
the fearful interests of a deathless exist' ncr;
and if it be impossible, as it certainly is,
for ministers to teach, until they are them-
selves informed, the importance of study,
must be obvious to all and must be fell by
all who feel as they should. A ministers
relation to his fultow-tnan is a peculiar one
None like it On moral and religious sub
iects there is. and ever has been a variety
of opinions extending lorm tnetiHes 01 a
well grounded faith into the cheerless and
hopeless gulf of atheism itself, covering all
dn shnrW between these two ereat
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.Ttmpa7 All of these varieties demarroTand toils are surpassed by thosoof noot
his attention. He must mingle with every association of men on earth. MinikU n
clsssol society, from the palace of kings; whom I am persuaded feci, deeply fol,
to tlie pfcaants cottage or thexulprit's dun- their need of much wisdom, as well as m
geon lie musrrt'eFt every form of ohjec- grace; many of .whom have already pac
tion contend with every grade ol intellect ed, wbile others aro fast approachirg, t:.e
and with every yariety of talent.' He matt
array himself against -the learning, the phi
losophy, the wit and the sarcasm of the in.
fidcl,and against U10 stupidity end igno.
ranee of the clown. : He must be a bio to
draw from tho deep fountaiua of heavenly
wisdomso as tcrmeel every "possible caseT
He is the advocate of the bible, and as such
must show the justness of its claims fc
antiquity, utility and truth. He must show
it origin, trace its history, note its stiug.
glos aud proclaim its conquests. Ho must
explain its doctrines, defend its morals, en.
forco its prcceptaj maintain its institutions,
oxtr out jt comfort -and thunder its n 11
uthamos! Aitl nil this must ho done tnukr
ilu recollection thai every rU'orl is helu'ng
Kauiiiio heaven, or driving them fy hell !- -Wtll
nigh4 ao holy apostle. exclaim wh;
is sufficient for" Jhese things!" And. well
might he exhort a fellow-laborer to-J iako ,
heed lo himself," to "study" and to give
"attendence to reading," for without which
these duties never have and never can bo
properly performed.
Not only is a ministers individual rda.
lion to his fcllow-men, peculiar from tho
foregoing considerations, but it is" so from
the fact that ho is engaged4- in teaching a
system of a peculiar character. A system
peculiarly exposed to objections because of
its addressing every one, ami every one is
compelled to answer yea or nay to its re
quirements, hence every one must needs
have something to say however unrcasona.
bio it moy be, for or against it. Pertness
and ignorance may ask a question in few
words which may require some patience
and much learning to answer, and as man
kiud are generully more fond of short ob.
jections than long answers, the same ques.
lion will be as triumphantly usked the next
year as if nothing had ever been said or
written on tho subjoct."" In view of all these
facts to suppose a minister competent to dis.
charge the duties peculiar to his office, with
out the benefits arising from unwearied at.
tnnlion to his proper studies, would bo as
absurd ns to suppose on architect compe
tent to his task without his square, rule or
plum-linc; or a mariner, capable of navi
gating agitated and dangerous seas, with.
outchurt, compass or rudder.
U may not do improper juxt hero to in-
slitute for a moment an enquiry as to the
relation Methodist preachers in general
have sustained to this subject. . That tho
principle has been from the first recognised -by
the church in general, and by her min
isters in particular, nono will deny r and that
it has in tho main been acted upon by tho
ministers in rcvery period of the church's -
history, I must Contend ; not ignoramly,
however, of the many charges to tho con
trary. - But these charges, In tho name of
my brethren, I fearlessly hurl back upon
the' heads of their originators, and point to " -more
than one million of souls now compo
sing tho Methodist church in theso United
States, and thankfully say, " ye are our
epistles known and read of all men." That
is tho most competent ministry which most
efficiently secures the end for which it was
instituted ; mid I call upon all candid men
to say if there is not, proportioned to the
whole number, ns much intclligence.nietv.
and prnclical demonstration of the power of
Oouiini 8S in the Methodist as in any of her
sister churches ! And cruld sho have at.
tainedto this had her ministers cither have
disbelieved or disregarded the principle in
question ? No ; they ever tiave born they
arc now and I trust in God they ever will
be, a Dibie-reading, u, Bible-studying, and
a 15ibIe-lovin2 set ot men ! As. however.
those whom tliey loach advanee4n-aknow
ledge of tho truth ' so muslhcy.
Your attention will therefore bo now
culled to an enquiry as to that course of
study which will be mast likely to secure
that amount of sanctified knowledge so lie.
cessary to the full and faithful discharge uf
niinjsteriaLdutyj But let 1:10 remind yoii
that I shall speak of learning a consisting
only in the acquisition ot ideas, and asLc-
ing valuable or desirable only ho fur as it
enables us lo promote the truu interests and
secure tho happiness of ourselves arid our
Icllow.nien. Many mdmduals have passed
through literary institutions of high chu.
racter, and received their diploma, whoso
U-ge-eourso scrved-onty-if- possible-tt
make hein the more ridiculous. The stu
dies which they had pursued were only
preparatory to their becoming learned.
fhoy hero received a capital, but never
Trfiprdved irr arid v a utiTedi hariieTves u p s. 1
tTiemero fact, ol, their having taken their
degrees. Another remark suffer me hcri
to malco-; that languages arc only useful so
far as they are tho .medium of conveying
ideas; and jt will bo directly in the way
during the present lecture to enquire whe
ther, possessed of a language sufficiently
copious to convey all the ideas our minds
are capable of conceiving, there are not
studies from which we may derive mom
uselul information than is possible for us t
do, in the study of cither the ancient or
modern languages iu the abstract .Tins
will no t here be considered as a gcm;j;.l
question, but as one bearing on the present "
enso, only. . To literary studenls generally
I would recommend the study of both an.
cient and modern languages to be carried
as far as circumstances will allow. But I
am not now addressing literary students
generally- but a body of ministers, wIrkju
academic and collegiate day shave all p: ,-
ed by. .A body of ministers whosoialM
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