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lltr t r. ! t, !i.i'cT tSi? Mate iiikpif, , "," M) no. I t'.c tun lid itr;ihntliii'uti,...iiitiT. J .... J ,n.uivj: ckxics. ; Vr rxtrart with miicli f.Ic&wtrc, from the I.'hlniioml ('inn' j.t.r, lli- inltyw svrm-, eoniowd by ;i)Otut fvty Mroioiw; with thU f.x'.r flour r --r-The iiK-:uirs f tUc irv i-t tltc ftjirnc, aii.l tiny aj.pc ir to have been In- t; ruled an u jjjii-i.ilv uj)Oi the rik-lr.ttcil Sonjf cf llic '' v C jiYm Wivurh.H XV v tliini'vrt-ry !vr'of poetry, h wul uliiiiw i M i thr Imrm'thy f wect iniin- hrV' V i 1 prilninv tin- im.tation, if unequal, na V ry t:r1in mr to the cih hraltd unfiled. l't. lnU.l. .. ...funttfuf ?. Slmron aitt the tihrafihriaMi't;' Solomon's Soiijjn. !i.ij. ii. fi. li, n irricr ! pint Ic t!. laurel bMijrl, And liind it round thy reekinjf rr , Ye vjiis of I'lensurc! blithely Um. A ehapht of thv purple vine; A:l Iltsety til II .-:.( it hhmhiiij? How, r, . That evtrdjrkcJ the hm how r, Ao wreath bright, no gnrhni 1'mr, l'i:lei suttt Sharon' !e be there. Th laurel brai'h w ill droop and il'e, The vine, itn piirnfe fruit deny, The wreath that rnilin beauty tuii.'ii, . WiH leave no liiijerin bud hchind ; f'ur bcauy ' wn h' It. and IwauM's M-wii, 1: vain would sliun the withering tun ., Where nought ishriit and nought Is i'ir, U!iKi sweet Sljarfin'g'flosc be ht rw'. - Bright hhnvnn! (if imrnortul (doom, (if fadeless hue, and ect peifum--, f ir in t!ie desert's drear)- waste, In lone iiejfhcted beauty plated, Let others ctk the blushing how r, A .d cull the frail and fading flow r, Hat I'il to dreari'. t w ilds repair, JLf Sharon's deathless Hose be tin re. "When nature's hind with oiiniin.' .ire, - No more the opening hud shall n a:-, IJut huil'd by heaven's avenin;; mi; Deteends tiie i arlh-coni:tniing tin : And ik i-dation's hunying blast. O'er all the .saddened sc ene has p.ist. There is a tliine, lore; or fair, Ami Sharon Vltose shall flouriilAtu rp. Eloquence. frox tiie toMiiox obikhvlu vr n. V5. MIt. ririUJI'S' SPFA.l !'. Oelivtrrd at the annual meeting of the Ixmdoii Hibernian Seiiool Society, held at Slio. Sir I have very great pleasure in acced ing to the request of your zealous secretary, and proposing a resolution of congratulation on the success of" this institution, anil of ap probation of the sacred principles on which i' hjs been founded. I confess, that uYitil I pe ruitd the report with which he was so polite as to i'trnish me, 1 had a very imperfect idea (-1 the value of this institution, or of the great gratitude w hich we owe to our generous Kn filish brethren, who have so noblv and disin terestedly established it amongstus. It is an emanation of that glorious spirit which has spread their name amonj the nations of the earth, synonymous wkh tvery virtue. I had no idea that 'no less a number than 50,000 of the mfant- population- t)f this kingdom; inclu ding 2 ,000 ch i Id re n I, t u i r o w a country, who nov crowd this 1, all with pious gratitude, were thjs gratuitously receiving from them the blessed fruits of education ar.d religion. . How gratilYiijg it is ta turn from the abominable ..-ami infernal perjuries bv which the public -mind-t iM)w4tourlypT5lhttcd,-,-and-the:public- neart ardicted, and the public morals insulted, to the contemplaiionof such a subject ! Fifty eight thousand children, raised from the mire of ignorance and superstition redeemed from a state of almost brutal barbarism, and led through the temple of know ledge, even to the very aknr of God, is a spectacle which I en vy not the man who can behold it without enthusiasm. In this ccuntrv it borrows '"from circumstances even an-adyeiujtious interest, ripe iorlrs exhibition -never was there a land inore lull of fine intelligence, obscured and darkened, or of nabltr impulse, more miser'a . I'ly pv.;verted. The mind of Ireland has by. Acute but inactive magnintttit but uncuhi ' vatcd, the passing stranger hi holds' the peo )le a he does'il.cir countrv, with admiration. it is true, but still witl mournbd admiration, in t Lose lustre t!ic U: I hrcan f-r a m'iicnt vbiblr k.wai but for a in nunt, and t1c cloud it touched scarctly rcu.hu d a tinge of the jirofulesi phtnomcuon. There w. no pernutnent M.urte vhencc its radiance could be Ad and, the tiiere glimmering of una silted nature struggled tut faintly thrv the detjicnchs of the atmosphere1. To rescue tlie country from tint foul diirace f tfi d'ipc! the mist of barbarism und ignorance, with their attendant, train of a Ices and crimes to ele vate the peasantry from" ice and stiptrstition u a moral practice and an holy contemplation, your institution tins been foundr. A glori ous work, and worthy of a christian ! A w ork tharajctcriaciLbyUu: ;jno -gluwio, jjvncyo lence, and not less replete, even in a worldly nense, with the wiietit and soundest p.Hcv ; for you mav depend upon it treat eoncr or la ttr, nationui good canit fail to flour from a moral rrcncTatnn."Theril;rietrrtl'eten-p-;rr.nce, the good faith, the industry, natur ally consequent upon ea:ly culture, will in lime, "like a rich stream, run baeli and-Uidc their fountain." The principles of freedom, by bein better mdemtood, will become, of course, more loudly cherished ; the impolicy, as well ai the impietv of crime, by being mtjre clearly prov ed, will be, of course, more sedulously avoid ed. An educated slave, and educated crim inal, are-moral contradictions, in luc vcrv dawn of knowledge, the phantoms that af fright, and the vices that despoil u gradually t.isappear ; anu it is only wnen us ttgnt n.is vanished, that vou find ignorance and super stition crawling from their cavern, and amid spectral shapes and horned apparitions, taking their . incubus station upon the bosom of eo :iety. If truths like thcue needed an exam ple, all history is eloquent on"the "subject. No barbarous country ever rose to greatness and continued barbarous. No peasantry ever yet became educated without becoming com paratively v irtuous the spirit of inquiry con- ;etji nt upon literature, and the spirit ot gen uim freedom, have been in general co-e::ist-enr, and fioutished-and decayed together. l'u.n your eyes to Athens in the ancient time J irmpic anite oi juiovny ar.u iciiers the. seat of the arts the mount of the Muses th: immortal shrine' of all that could consti tute the heathen's immortality, where even battle smoothed his rugged front, and the warrior's sword was garlanded with roses ! Uchold her now, her sages silent, and her temples'lalleff an Ottoman slave enthroned amid her ruins, and a degenerate people crouching to the Turk -oh shame! even with in sight of Marathon ! Yet there, where Ma homet now revels in contented ignorance, So crates was heard and Solon legislated, and echo listened to the thunder of Demosthenes. Look in our own day to part of our own em pire,the once neglected Scotland the country Irom whose lake and moor and mountain the imperial conqueror strode without a thought. What is she at this day ? A land of less crime, because of more intelligence, than any in the wotM ; wherever her name is mentioned, lit erature hails it ; wherever her people tread, temperance and industry attest their presence ; a primeval piety consecrates her church ; peace and plenty meet upon her plains, and the laurel, which her genius and her heroism have won, is intertwined with palm-leaf of an immaculate morality. Let Scotland then, even if she stood alone, jprove the advantage of an educated peasant ry and should the sceptic awake not at her voice, may the spirit of liurns ps across his slumber, and burst upon Jrim in the blaze of its refutation ! Oj.hy which associate it with that sntxr. whose imprcssioni fadu tWjt even in uature winter. When the daring infidel ir.tcrpo.ts its iny&teries, in order to rob those children of its morals, ak him, wliat h this world but a mystery ? Who can tell hot nature per forms her Amplest operations I Ask liiin to tell you how the Quwcr acquire iu perfume the eagle h'n vision, or the comet its re splendence ? Ail: him to tell you how those glorious planets roll around us in their lucid circle, or-how that miraculous order it wan Sfctted tvhit'lt (raids throughout crtion. even from tltf minutest worm that grovel i in the dust, tin to the pinion that pUys amid the lihi- But I feel I am 'injuring the, cause of this institution, when I view y either in the light of tem poral policy, or of temporal fame . Yes, though I am convinced that the most perma nent fotrndationsof a peopled prosperity are only to be laid in the popular civilization though I am convinced that crime decreases, and industry advances in exact proportion to the progress of knowledge, still I acknowl- edge in your ambition a much nobler project, in comparison of which the fame and wealth and dignities of the world are but as the rain bow's gem that sparkles and disappears. Oh ! you are right, when iigh'thvg-up the-torchrof knowledge, to invoke- no" flame hut that'of heayea-to illumine rit. - .T he lights of earth are transient and uncertain vapours that only dazzle, to mislead, and hine the brightest on the eve of their extinction ;but the beam I of heaven is steady and eternal it enters the souln expand.? and ranhcsT and lifta it to.i region where human vanity has no voice and human splendors are but darkness. You are right in making the bible the primer of the .in fant place it in his hand bv drivnlnrVt nn I J J' mm, w - ux tneir neglected g,;mdeur and their, unpro- his pillow by night. : Full of glorious thoucht i uetive loveliness Ir K , t:.ii:. ?. mi , , . , . - :"'' "i'c pui- duu.iywin images, it wui inspire tne lancv ; Midi (in: filing in uie nation lias c 1 hese arc mysteries, and yet wc see them and surely we may trust the word of him, who, in his own good jii.Kvwill tea.li ns their solution. Meanwhile, amid the bigtil' cant, ttnd the"polemtt-ruH'm,"'StFfr- th' littl children to come unto the Lord. They will bless you with their lip-, in their lives, and in their tleaths tie God- Ifr-Avhoni-you -have turned them will blc'hs you the country to which you have restored them uill bless you and should your own little ones ever mourn a parent, the Great Spirit will recollect the deed, and surely save them from the pet iU of their orphanage. In the discharge then of this sacred duty which you have thus volun tarily undertaken, listen not to the imputation of any unworthy motive re'me'niher that ca lumny is the shadow of merit, and that though it ever follows, it never overtakes it. "Were the solitary charge which hostility has flung on you, even true, it i, in my mind, under your circumstances, not a crime but a virtue. You use no weapon but th : bloodless g; pel you assume no armour but the nakedness lA truthand in a" good cause, and svith'ari tam est conviction, 1 would rather court than a void this accusation of prosely tism. The for eign and pious potentate who made the charge thould be the very last to utter itfor deba sed, as I admit a.-d deplore, that the Irish peasant politically is, still he and his prede cessors, as far as in them lay, have left him illiterate, imbruted and debased fallen in his mental delasement even below the level of his political degradation. But the accusa tion is untrue. You have not borrowed even a rag from the establishment the word as cendancy is not heard within your walls. You have studiously excluded every book of con troversy. You have rejected no one on ac count Ot" his creed, and you have invited the scrutiny of every pastor of every persuasion you have introduced the Bible unspotted by a single pen of this world. You have allowed the saints, the sages, and the martyrs of Chris tianity, to unrol with their own hands the r cords of their wisdom, their sanctity, and thiir fortitude. You have expunged the comment whether of council or svnod,or con clave, or convocation, and left sacred histori ans to tell, in the phrase of an inspired sim plicity, the miracles, the sufferings, and the triumphs of the gospel, from the conception to the cross ! Sir, if this produce proselytes, such conversion can have its origin only in the truth. In. one sense, indeed, you do pro fess to proselytize, hut" it is from vice to vir tue, from idleness to industry, from igno rance to knowledge, from sin to salvation. Go on then, and may prosperity attend you, and when your enemies are clamorous, be your only answer this : " Behold fifty-eight thou sand subjects restored to the state behold fifty thousand souls introduced to their Re deemer!!" Proceed and, prosper. Let the sacred, stream cf benevolence flow on, nd though momentary impediments may oppose its progress, depend upon it, it will soon sur mount them the mountain rilj, and.the'rir vers of the valley will in time and in their turn become tributary the roses of Sharon will bloom upon ks:hanks thcpinaMtsiF- on will not weep by its waters the soil it has fertilize will be reflected on its surface, and as it glides along in the glory of the sun beam, the sins of the people will become re- generate in us oaptism. EXTUACT FUOM FUAXKLIN'S WORKS. A Swedish minister, haying assembled the chiefs of the Susquehanna indiaiisime'a sermon to them, acquainting: th'em" witfrtrfe principaLhistoncalfaction; which our rcligio is founded ; such as the fall of our first pa rents by eating an apple, the coming of Christ to repair the mischkf hjs miracles and suf ferings, &c .When he had finished, an In dian orator -stood up. to thank him; " What you have-told us," says he, u is all very good. It is indeed bad to eat apples. ' It-is. better to make them all into cider Vre are -much obliged by your kindness in coming so. far, to tell us those things which'you have heard from your mothers. In return, 1 willxell you some ot those we have heard from ours. cca- null or noote sentiment ana virnrnna iWir-nr ,i,iiu I,...:. .k. k. . . . . !....;.. . . . :. - r'vvvrv Two of our young hur.tcr; 1.. -ing kiilel 4 deer, riadq a hrc iu the woods to broil som.' part .' r ..When they were about to satisfy their hunger, they b 1 c!d a beautiful .youn woman dcacxnxlfrom the clouda, and seat her self on that hill which ywi sec yonder among, the Blue Mountains. . They said to each otht ert it is a spirit that perhaps Has smelt ourV broiling venison, and wishes to eat oPit: ti us offer some to her. They presented her wiuh the tongue : slic was pleased with the taste of it, and said j vour kindness shall 1,. rewarded conit p this plate afteL,tbirtetam moons, and you shall-fin J homething that will be of great benefit iu nourishing you aud your children to thelatest generation. Fhcy. clitk so, aud to riKtiTsur prise ioud"plants thty Kail never seen before ;but which, from that an cient time, have beenjonstantly cultivated a tnonlf uV,io our great advlfntige'rVKcrc her rioht-hand; had - touched -the. ground,, they found maize ; where her left hand touched it, they fouud kidney-beans and where her backside-had sat on it, they found tabacco." " The good missionary, disgusted at this idle : de, taid, 4k What I delivered to you were saenrd truths, but what yoft tell me is mere fable, fiction, and falsehood." The Indian, ofFvrded, replied, u My brother, it seems your frie:,ds have not done you justice in your ed ucation ; they have not well instructed you in the rules of common civilitv. You saw that we, who understand and practice those rules, believed all your stories, why do you refuse to believe ours .'" f. r ril. WeWgtous. -'- A. aiaag ifca-i. I. 1 -i MJitjUUVCB OF SHERLOCK. CLECTfO. Bishop "Sii Kit ric k, in odc of Ins' 'sennohVy his; the following elegant passage, which is qnotcd by Mr. IIlaih, in his Lectures on Rhetoric and Utiles Lcttres, as a remaikably fine example of the figure of personification. The author is comparing our Saiur with Mahomet. . J" ' (io," says he, "to your Natural Religion; lay before her Mahomet, and his disciples, array ed in armor and blood, riding In triumph over the spoils of thousands who fell by his victorious sword. Shjv her .the chics which he set in' flames, tnecxruntricV w -l.'ch he Ktvaged and de stroyed, and the miser-Lie distress of all the in habitants of the earth. ' When she has viewed him in this scene, carry hef4rtto his retirernenFr"" shew her the Prophet's chamber i hii concubines and his wives ; and let her hear, him allege reve lation, and a divine commission to justiff.his a- dulieryatid lust. When she is tired 7with this pioscct, then shew her the blessed Jesus,' hum ble and meek, doing good to all thcsonf of men. Let her see him in his most retired privacies ; let her follow him to the mount, and hear his de votions and supplications to Cod. Carry her to his table, to view his poor fate, and hear his heav enly discourse. Let her attend him to the tribu nal, and consider the patience with which he en dured the scoffs and reproaches of hrs enemies. Lead her to his cross; let her view him in the agony of death, and hear his last prayer for his persecutors: Father Jlrgive thcmyfor they knot) not what they do When Natural Religion has thus viewed both, ask her, Which is the Prophet of God ? But her answer we have already had, when she saw part ofs scene, through the eyes of the Centu rioh, 1. 3r attended at the cross. By him she spoke and ?.;& 7Vtty th; manvmt the ..(Oy)13 Tnord-::: than elegant; it is truly sublime. The whole passage fs wlmateil ; and the Figure rises at the conclusions whin Natural Religion, who, before, -was onljva ; jptctatof, is introduced as spe'akifig lv the idiu'ldn'ti voice. fl haa" the better cf- X fect too, that occurs at the conclusion of a dis course, where wc natui ally'louk for most warmth and dignity." "V The, iix Jollowlng lines on the children of Is rael's departure out of Egypt Mr.. Pope. thought superior to any tiling he had ever met with in the gliiimi.,...,..,.,...... . . ' . When Eirvnt'a Ivinn- GodTcTiosefi tribes nursucd. - .-ft.jcr.. o .7... 7 .-- .-...' In crvstal wrIU th' admiring waters stood " When thriwglt the desert -ildthey took tiieir vritvf ' The rocks relented and poured forth a sesu - What lintifrs can Ahnilrty goodness know, . When stas can harden and w hen lvtki can ficv, . '-; -----jrfoTUt -;'-?'--; In all its acts, Carries with it a reward. In the exercise of conscious rectitude ; in the perform". ance of charitable offices ; in feeding ori in Hiinistering tothosick ; in consoling the.mour nets ; and in guiding the inquiring souls, in inc wav to heaven, there is a blessedness so holy? w f divtthattherosicdclirhts-of Mjnsuaitjrw 5. if cc mp'awon o:uy clguised ;ns.efy:rTT'r:r':yll,'v
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