TU Mi'st! hate'tr uu; Mue Inspires,
Hj soul the tuwful strain almirts..,.A:orr.
to TBI WIITHI CAftOUIUV.
FRIENDSHIP A LA MODE.
Vbcn riiincd uon, by fdrtunt'i mile, ,
I could not walk a half a mile,
yidwit a friendly .fwetinji "
. Hut now, when iutune Drowns ou mc . .
I travel on in poverty,
Without one friendly meeting. 1
All eajcMhen my hand to take,
And shake and squeeze, and squeeze and tlukc,
With how d'ye do f M flood morrow ;
But now, they pass with askance eye,
With nod, nor smile, they pus me by
And leave me with my sorrow.
?My friend" 'i a word of common place,
""""like toilet upon a coquette's frfey " '"
Used but to deceive us
Or like th song that echo sings,
An empty sound, from whence it springi
It reaches but to leare us.
Ilad 1 ajortuae, as ere while,
Wbene'r such friendi as these did smile,
I'd draw my purse-strings tighter ;
And every shake or squeeze they gave,
I'd closer draw the strings to save
My purse from growing lighter.
Vhener a man with flattring praisp
Great stress upon my actions lays,
Or says that I am witty;
My form genteel, my person strait.
And 44 easy manners,'' " easy gait,"
I do his weakness pity.
Wiene'r a service I've received,
(Some trifling debt, or want relieved,)
I'm heartily most grateful ;
But when 'tis babbled to the crowd,
And b!azon'd forth with trumpet loud.
The deed becomes most hatefld.
And if I meet a stranger here,
Who tayt he'll be a friend sincere,
I'm tempted much to doubt him j -And
if he takes me round the neck,
I'm then confirm tnere'S not a speck
Of sincerity about him.
And fawning fondness, too, is such,
That one had need of friendship nmcli)
To keep disgust from blasting
The tender bud, ere it shall blow,
And into ripen'd friendship grow,
Or acquaintance made it lasting. rvrims.
Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its Havor.
rao.x xx uroiisa juoaiiss.
CHARLES II.
The licentiousness and thoughtlessness of
Charles 11. has become proverbial ; and his
(rood nature, which qualifies these, but ill a
tones for his ingratitude to those who suffer
ed forfeiture in his cause. When he remained
in Scotland, suffering the rebuke and censure
of austere presbyterianism, before the battle
of Worcester, his chief confidant and asso
ci At was the laird of Cockpen, called by the
nicknamingjnanners of those times, 44 Blythe
Cockpen." He followed ; C harles - to the
-I1.4guer. and. by . his skill in, playing Scotch
tun$;"a.1d by Ws sagacity and wit, much de
lighted his merry monarch. " Charles's favor
ite tune wasTrBrose andJ3ulter"
" My licfcc, it w'ai not mc, it wai not mc !?
he cried, and dropped upon his knees.
"You," cried his majesty, in a delirium of
rapture, "you couia never piay it in your wc
WhereVthe man? Let mc iec'himtM
CocVpen presented himself : on his knee.
" Ah. Cockpen. is that you Lord, man, I
was like to dance coming puj of the church J?
41 1, once danced too." said Cockpen, " but
that was when I hid land of my own to clance
on,!! :,44 Come 'with' me,'! said Charles, taking
him by the hand, 44 you shall dance to Urose
and Butter on your own lands again, to the
tenth generation !" And he was as good as
nis woruv
ItTWas
played to him when he went to bed, and he
was awakened in the morning by it. At the
- restoration, however, Blvthe Cockpen was
forgotten, and he wandered mtmg:the4anes,
, which he once: owned in Scotland, poor and
unbefrierided, He wrote to court, but his
letters were neve; presented, or were not re
garded." Weari edsuid incensar; he travelled
to London, and placed himself in .all public
places thinking that the eye of majesty might
y reach him; But he was .never noticed,'1 and
his mean garb did not suit the rich, laced, and
emoroiaerea aouoicts ot court ; so he was
insulted, and pushed from the king's presence.
At lenjrthi he attempted by cunning what he
could not accomplish by plain dealing. He
ingratiated -himself with the king's organist,
who was so enraptured with Cockpen's wit
ana powers pi music, tnat ne consented to
his request of playing on the organ before
the king, at divine service , He accordingly
; ; played wro exquisite skill, yet never attract
fed bWrotjAsty's cye; But aftfetlesebf
serice- ifttiiu puytngtne common
iwlys or roMPEtr.
rt.Thezstrteis of the.citf of ;.Ppmjeitre vMto
be dailv disencumbered. Mr. Williams, a late
traveller, states that he entered by the Ap
plan Way through a narrow street of small
tombs, beautifully executed) with the names of
the diseased plain and legible. At the gate was
a sentry-box. in which the 'skeleton of a soldier
was found with a lamp in his hand. The streets
v
are lined with public buildings, the painted de
corationi pf .which are fresh.and entire.. There
were several tradesmen's shops also discovered,
such as a baker's, an oil man's, an ironmonger's,
a wine shop, with money in the till, and a sur
geon's shop, with chirurgical instruments. Also
a great theatre, temple of justice, and ampithea
tre, 220 feet long, various temples, a barrack for
soldiers, the columns of which are scribbled with
their names and jests, and stocks for prisoners,
in one of which a skeleton was likewise discover
ed. The principal streets are about 16 feet
wide ; the subordinate ones from 6 to 10 feet.
"Sweet, tender sex! with snares emcompassed round,
On others hang tby comforts an J thy rest." hoco.
Nature has made woman weak, that she
might receive with gratitude the protection
of man. Yet how often is this appointment
perverted ! How often does her protector be
come her oppressor ! Even custom , seems
eagued against her. Born w ith the tenderest
feelings, her whole life is commonly astruggle
i a
to suppress them, riaced in the most favour
able circumstances, her choice is confined to
a few objects; and unless where singularly
fortunate; her fondest parxtaiiuta are only a
modification of gratitude. She may reject,
but cannot invite : may tell what would make
her wretched, but dare not even whisper what
would make her happy ; and, in a word, ex
cercises merely a negative upon the most important-event
of her life. Man has leisure
to look around him, and may marry at any
age, with almost equal advantage, but woman
must improve the fleeting moment, and de
termine quickly, at the hazard of determining
rashly. 1 he spring-time of her beauty will
not last : its wane will be the signal for the
flight of her lovers ; and if the present op
portunity is neglected, she may be left to ex
perience the only species of misfortune for
which the world evinces no sympathy. How
cruel, then, to increase the misery of her na
tural dependence ! How ungenerous to add
treachery to strength, and deceive or disap
point those whose highest ambition is our fa
vour, and whose only safety is our honesty !
excuse the injustice of ncjcting,mcm in
those who want this advantages Let it be
remembered, however, that the triumj-.Vof
their rivals it thort and fleeting i the spell on
which it Is founded, is sooabroken-Mcn,
at least of any judgment,. are seldom long
in recovering their tenses. The admiration
raised by . a aet of featuret, or, the tincture
of 'the skin," it often, by the witlcssnces of
itt possessor, thrown down in an instant
tnc witcncrait 01 a lair ouuiuc is aiways un
pelled by " familiarity. "Nothing can detain
affection, or fix esteem but that kind of beau?
ty which it concentrated in mind. The least
dcarce of. undcrataodiog will be disgusted at
petulance, caprice, or ndntense, even in the
fairest form. External allurements are con
tinually losing i . internal attractionsar ei.coij
tinually' gaining;-A"-beautiful character it
" as the morning light, that shincth more and
more until the perfect day." "
The power of a face to please, or indeed
. ! I f .
displease, is aiminisneu every xime u is teen.
When passion does not predominate, and
passion cannot predominate always, the toul
will seek a toul; it will refuse to be satisfied
with any thing else : If it find none, in vain
shall the brightest eye sparkle. in vain shall
the softest smile entice: But if a mind ap
pear, it is recognized, admired and embraced ;
ever) though the eye should possess no lustre,
and smiles should at the moment be banish
ed by sorrow !
As a Knight of MaltakO was ambassa
dor from France to the Pope, was one day
walking with the Venetian ambassador in the
square before the beautiful church of the
Jesu, at Rome, (where, it seems, there is al
ways air, even in the hottest day of summer,)
he said to him, " What an odd thing it is
that there should be always something of a
breeze here ! Can your excellency account
for it?" "Perfectly well," replied the Vene-
all
tian, " upon a tradition that has been long
current in this city. The Devil and the Wind
were one day walking together in the streets
of Home ; coming to the College in this
place, the Devil said to the Wind, pray be to
good as to stay here a minute or two ; I have
a word to say to these good fathers within.
The Devil, as the story goes, never returned
to his companion, who has been ever since
waiting for him at' the door.' '
-'-! ' V" : ,. '..
atltnipt vas then tiadc , to conciliate him, by
preseting the j ,rrat .'t intended for him
which wa the LJ.Ic.'iu tH volumes, cover- '
cd with gold leaf, in the Uurman style, and
each "volume enclosed in a rich wrapper j but
he told them hef hid no use for their sacred
books, and ordered them to be taken away,
The missionariet consequently Jeft Ava and
returned to Rangoon.'- ' .
They thuVUescribe the entrance of. hit ma-"
(cstv into the hall where they, In company
with hisministert of iUte,"were" iriwaiting z"7-
He came forward unattended in solitary '
gTandeur--cxhibiting the proud jait and ma
jesty of an eastern monarch.-His dress was
nch,niiOoFdIstinctl veTfc! hercarried 1n
his hand the gol(lvhealn word, .which
seemt Jo have Jaken jh place of -the sceptre,
of ancient timcsJ Uutit -was his fugh aspect - -and
commanding eye, that chiefly rjveted our
attcnttqn. - He, itrodebn. Every head, ex- '
cept Qurs, was now in the dust', , .
This Emperor! publicly patronizes the re
ligion of Coodh, which teaches men to pant
alter annihilation as the supreme good; He
allows foreigners, residing fa hls'dominiom,
to worship after the 'precepts of . their reli
gion ; but forbids their making.'prollytes.
.SIltCTIOJTS. ,
iMoTftV and HeWstious .
rWENDSIliP.
No man needs a friend, so much as he who
is under the slavery of a domineering passion.
A friend is like Time, the. master of us all,
ox-likejtaundless Space'. He removes us to
a due distance from the object, which, wc see
falsely and distorted "only because we are too
near to it; lie makes us view it m the Iicht;
irrwhiehythegeneratiorfyettinborirshallTiew
it. The mere communication and common
discussion with a sober and healthful mind,
of what sovereign power arc they ! A Silence
and sequestered thought have a magic charm,
sometimes for good,- often forharmr.'The
dreams of the poet, while yet they lie ".in
sacred sec undine asleep," creyt thepower
or the master has - .
Turned them to shapes, and given to airy nothing
'A local habitation, and a name, .
perhaps cannot be communicated without the
danger to perish. There are certain holy, and
mind-exalted conceptions of the solitary wan
derr,ifhat will npt4bear the touch of a second
individual. But ,111 that is disease in the
soul, is, by this gentle exposure,jjot in a train
of cure. .-c-
iuracirrsUc;Tni;rru
mvni Ir i mumeut; the astanishtd orrftn
wav ofdered intaxthe king's presence
av the futility of persomu, ciunais,
JVITIIOUJ ' METM . QEJWTY.
How often do we see handsome idiots com
plimented andxaressed by. men from yhom
better things 'might be expected r while the
most accompusnea woman in :'"tne-'.aame.xom
s Awere v ij'in oc au t v -a matpifr wnicit
'.'"..- - cj
teftainly dbesr encharlt formie, fheTrier!
UHty:of beholders this will h no meanij I
MISSION' .IT BUIIMUL S
The American missionaries at Rangoon,
in the Burman empire, fromqthe unfriendly
disposition manifested by the governor of
that place towards those who manifested a
desire to inquire into the truth of the chris
tian religion, (which caused them all to desert
the missionaries,) found it necessary either
to remain inactive at their station, quit the
country, or make an attempt to gain the fa
vour of the Emperor, and his permission to
propagate their religion among -hissubjects.
They chose the latter ; and. for this 'purpose
left Rangoon, and proceeded to 'New-Ava,
or Ahmarapoor the capital, about 350 miles
from Rangoon. They arrived there in safe
ty ; and after going through the various for
malities of eastern etiquette, were introduced
to the " golden face" to whom they present
ed the following petition : 1 '
44 The American teachers stand to receive
a favour from the royal supporter of religion,
and the lord of land and water. Hearing of
the great power of your majesty, and of. the
settled state of the royal country, we arrived
at;Ba
wards we requested the - governor- of. -the.
city, that we might ascend and see the golden
face ; thus have we arrived at the golden feet
In the great country of America, we are
teachers, , preaching the numerous things that
proceed from the sacred books. In them it
is-taught that -if-a teacher crosses over to a
nother country, travels about in it, preaches,
and establishes the religion, great profit will
UiasuejeO-thjcaelier and disciple will be
delivered from the miseries of hell, and, event
ually wilV enjoy tlielra
heaven, where is neither. old age or death
They therefore petition, first, that they m.ay
TinufrWec obtain"
permission Jo", preach the religion in the royal
kingdonTnd," second, that those who are
favourably disposed to the religion, and wish
td listen and worship, whether Burmans or
foreignm, may remain without di-fHculty.
On these accounts, we' stand to receive your
permission, royal supporter of religion, and
lord of land ami Water." ' "
The Emperor read it through very delib
eratelyv without say ing to, vord. - A tract was
thent handedktOMhimcontaininr the fUnda-
Ihf, l tuft. ftemtil, liftI' ! kh '(
, -wrim m,m,9 WV
fegimain dfita
rciundj: with :somctfen rrlWce disdainv - Anr
TIIE SCRITUJtES. ,
M I will confest . to you." .say s Kousseau,
44 that the majestyof thetcripturet strikes
me with admiration as the punty Of the gos
pie hath its influence.'onimy heart : Peruse
the works of OurJihilOsonhers. with ail their
pomp of diction hojv mean, how contempti-
Die arctney, compaa wiinine scriptures !
Ilit possiblethat a book, at once so simple
and sublime should be 'merely the work of
man ? It it possible ; that the tacred person
age, whose history it contains; should be him
self a mere man : Do we find that he assumed
the tone of an enthusiast or ambitious secta
ry f What sweetness, what purity, in his
manners ! what an affecting gracefulness in
his delivery ! what sublimity in his. maxims !
what profound wisdom in bis discourses !
what presence of mind in his replies ! how
great the command over his passions ! Where
is the man, where the philosopher, who could
so live and so die, without weakness and
without ostentation ? When Plato descri
bed his imaginary good man, with all the
shame of guilt, yet meriting the highest re
wards of virtue, he described exactly the cha
racter of Jesus Christ : The resemblance was
so striking, that all the christian fathers per
ceived it." . :
f aox Tex iriw-HiMrsaias rvraiOT.
U ' MORAL INFLUENCE OP CHRKTIAMTV.
44 Few men suspect, perhaps no man com
prehends, the extent of the support given by
religion to every virtue. No man perhaps is
aware hoVVnuch our moral and social senti
ments are fed from this fountain ; how pow
erless conscience would become without the
belief of a God i how palsied would be hu
man benevolence were tnere not the sense of
a higher benevolence to quicken and sustain
it j how suddenly the whole social fabric
would quake, and with what a fearful crash it
would sink into hopeless ruins, were the ideas
of a Supreme Being, of accountableness, and
of ajfuture 'life, tp be utterly erased from ,
everymind. Once let men thoroughly be
lieve that they afe the work and sport cf
chance -that ricT superior intelligence con
cerniiitsdf i affairs ; that all their
improvepjeltfts perish forever at death ; that
the:.wea)cM,Puardian, ndjJbecno.
avenger 'hatthcrjs is no recompense for saVr
crifices to uprightness and public good ; that
arrathisnheard -in-Heaven rthatrsecret
crimes have no witness but the perpetrator ;
that human existence has no purjiose, and hu
man virtue no unfailinfricnd ; thauhis.brief
life is everything to us, and death is total,
everlastingrexthictton oneer-Iet men thor-. .
oughly , abandon .religion, and who can con
ceive or describe the extent of the desolation
which would follow ? We hope perhaps that
fuwaia would
hold society logethcr. As reasonably might
we helieve i that were theun quenched. in t , ,
heayens ewr torches could, illuminate, and
our fires quicken and fertilize the creation.
Whar is there; in humart nature to awaken
respect and tenderness, if man is the unpro
tected insect of the. day ? . And what is he
more if Atheism be true ? Erase all thoughts .
and fear of God from a community, and self
ishness and sensuality will absorb the whole
man Apatite, knowing jio restraint, and.
poverty and 'suffering having no solace or
hope; would trample in scorn on the restraints
ofhumatf lawsrVir
wnnlH he mnrlrfri and amirned as unmeaning
nmTrin'fattprh
glares him to be , a coroptoiott for brute?. ,
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