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A' 'Legend of the Seven Stcfrs. y he .bfeuod ber younj and graceful sounding tV . . - - Inn In Ik. ifim nM.im I hm Will IAT fUl.1V " J II 'I i row In th skies, j A spirit loft IU native home And mink no mere to riM; tove h-r? on earth triumphant till, in Hearen his power t ; would prrwe. i led though daughter of the sUrs she could not conquer ' i ' J Her fcthw's prajrers, her sisters tears hnr i wn Immortal birth, 1 Wwall forpot: ishe atoopod townl n mortal of th earth ; Jhereforn, amid hn sistw bright, her light Jin hearen wan dim, And hor 6wwt voice was heard no more wbfn rose thel r evening bimn. 1 Hr star was dark within its sphere, her spice wa void In i :.. IWven I j fhe sunk! no more to re-appear, and brake the magic Sev- CloorHwa within her father'aball the nlgjjt In which he The darknoP of the funeral pall, the ilenci of the doad ! Old Atlan shook hishonry head, and wept with bitter tear, t or hr. hie own; his beet beloved, the darllhsr of bin vearn: drii-f in the nd monarch' breaxt had kfrnggled long But now it bunt through all restraint, anil would not be i aenita t wm but yest. i - -form ; . Yet while hie proud and happy klu upon ber cheek was warm She left Ther bri jht and Joyous home, the i;uardlan of her , youth, Jo listen to a st ranger'i yows, to trout a stranger's troth. ills daughter etood In silence round hpw could they 1 soothe bis pain? ' . They could not bring the loet one back to I teaven and him J . eain. t ' , Tlie sailor on the nn'et sea, rocked on the imtling brine. f,ou4 wondered that the ritlades rofnsedl that night to j shine; j For while the Heep blue vault around, ehone with one Winding t)l7.e, TThey strove to hide indwkest clouds tholr mow diminished I ' TftV. Xlectra brought! the golden harp, the watderer loved of 1 " yore. I j ; 'And placed it near the varant seat that sh should fill no ;i . . more. ' . I Clenlo wiped lir dewy , eyes, and struck the 'J string.. . $Jut h! the fwfetest tones were gone, how could ber iiE. k ters sing ? " j In vain they Rtitovo to rair the strain; the notes were soft . and low, I ' And died in on convulsive cry, one general w.iil of woe'l 'Ainaieinent Jlll.d the happy place at such ujnwonted sounf, MnA irrief finrl fnrflfrnaHnn rre.H furmanvA ffld Orion shook bU shlnfagehield forgetfhl of hie are. Andjnonis tos'd hie sparkling horns, anil bellow d wild ij . withra! - . jf)h ! from the vdry gat", of ITven in th.'s lour trial time, ;.:iI.iwwifuhowj easy 'tis to fall, how bIoW, how hard to ' climb : ! j angels rotind the throns on high, tho home, the source of ieht. " , . fall from the dazzling rAth tbcv trod to isiuk in endless llltrht. I i i Phall we who ti temptation lend too oft a helping hand, Down from our barrow pathway bend, and yet expect to stsnd? . i Eo sweetly spuiy i earth's magic joys, so sdtt her pleasures iThey lull our vryjouls to sleep In their dblnsire dream ; We stoop to gTp the sparkling toys, regRrdlese of their ((Nor do we drfam of lonine IWven nntill is almoRt lost! And what was Merope's after fat no mortal e'er hftth told 1-Sive that the n'er revisited her happy hme of old : . For where her (Inters lamp of fire ineoaslrag glory bum. illur darkened stlar too plainly show she never did return ! "jSlis left the fadeless stars of Heaven for earth's poor ding i - - rowers : j , ;;And what could! bo Tier destiny In such a world as ours? SjH'ippy If she shaped the fate' of some whoive b.ved as well. And 1 e-for whom she gave up Heaven made not the earth ;j. ; ' a belli j . ( i'WKn In t.llM aAlMTn rv wlntnl M rrV J tlia rrurmn nm 1.f tVia i r sky. I ' iAnd all the countless hosts of Heaven in ullence ehine on f We. I Seek mt ber.drkened star, where bright and clear her :.f.' . sisters rail. ' j . 1 Arid let the waJrning that, it gives sink daep' within thy $ ' . .soul I i Hast the n a spirit meant for Heaven, cha'ned downward to I ti e earth 1 T v Oh1 sully not witti earthly toy thv fowl'i) 'mmortlbii-th For thruerh ehJ clden gates of bliss Hhoold not be cloi d i on thee f Dim shell thy stars in glory wane, small shall thy portion The pmiUng companion of prosperity, slie Ftill more fondly clings when the thunder-bolt of misfortune has reach ed us. She is always upon the side of our country, true as the magnet to the pole, j A Roman Embassador fol lowed Marcellus, made a circle around him in the; sand and said, "Art thou the friend of Rome ?" Need we ask such a question of woman ? We have but to point you to the mother of Cor- iolanus. iWhen deaf alike to the pray ers of priests and the entreaties of sen ators, he v( as preparing to batter down the walls bf his native cityvher tears alone could change his stern resolve and he exclaimed : "Mother, you have paved Rome, but lost your son!" We have buite a galaxy of celebrated 'IT . .1 .1 I women, in tact, tney are tne aroi- ters oT fate, and it has been truly said, "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the nation." Sparta, celebrated as a nation for its frugality and bravery, whose phalanx is a by-word and a pro verb among the nations, owed its great ness to those noble mothers, who could say to their warrior sons, as they marched forth to battle, "Victorious bear back your shields, or .yourselves be borrie back upon' them." Who taught you to lisp your infant prayers ?' Who taught you to rever ence your parents, to love your coun try, to love its institutions and obey its laws? Who sang to you lullabies and fondled you on the knee? It was woman. .She who cradled the Savior of the world in a manger, "was last at the cross and first at the tomb." Whatever you are, whether statesmen or heroes, painters, poets, sculptors, or mechanics ; whether wedded to science or tillers'of the soil whatever the bent 'of your genius, the turn of your character, the tone of your in tellect it is due in a great measure to the moulding influence of your mo ther. Cut off from female society, "Byron, that flash of genius, Who stood on the Alps, stood on the Aln1?iine. And with the thunder talked, as friend to friend ; And wove his curlnnd of the lightning's wing In sportive twist, " died of wretchedness died of wretch edness, because the sweet influence of woman was not felt amid the gloom v emotions of his soul ; spent his life heaping nthems upon his race because the bloom of matrimonial hnppiness had withered unon his heaj-tri-ctrvna No kindjnnd affectionate voico wooed him fronji his fit of gloom and despon- er pour a tide of song, and he will tell ilpeoDle could appreciate the beauties of to bind down their subjects into still you, (woman." Ask the worshippers! their development, it was crushed of j deeper degradation; then was the oi tne muses upon whose shrine - ... do itself. ti of us who, as christians give praise to raeri within' her influence. The.alnful ( God, would, upoii the same principle.' ; parent-teaches his child to utter a fer-. Peaeher savs, the 'Grecian f Wood of our fathers shed in vain," and' be unwilling,' by the TemberaucrSo-' vent nraver. The monevrjf mere mbr xney lay their ottenngs, tor whose Hiberty was but partial ana capricious no more need the praise ot Liberty be : ciety, to throw any reproach upon. the jahsts,' often sends forth : missionane praise they strike their lyres, and for I and of short duration, rendered illus- chanted : then never will unhappy P6- Church. The Church is far deaircr to ' to convert the heathen. The Wseres- wnose Drow tney twine tneir garianas: I tnous ratner Dy tne tiarKnesa . wnicn , lann dc cneerea Dy voices oi ireememus xnan xne ocaery. ine .large ma- tsions ot a nation: may open a nela ior ; x I j .L. -J a 1 - i z i" :r ii n . 1 ' . l . . n m 11 From the iuadies' Literary finaeq. ABBIE. IPistcllHnemis. Since Woman. For Exprc-4 BT GEO. T. .GKAT. the hour that woman, "the crowning! iewel of creation, was placed . in the garden of Eden, byj the grand - has been jthe guiding star )f our des tinies, the shadow upon the dial plate f of our: existence, and whether for weal of woe.has spun the. ariadnean clue to ,; our HvesJ The first bloorrj of Eden, : she is yet a "Sine Hua nonl' the sweet Ri'ren that lulls our cares tojrest, buoys lis up,whjen ia; despair, kindles anew 1 the fading sparks oC hope, warms into i liln ihn itnolinrr rt ? tr5f.rrlchir mroo V tone to the morals or a community, I zest to the social circle, and plants the amaranthine flower of bliss upon the : hearth-scone. She weaves the golden ' web of.lofve and heightens our every joy. in all ages ana in an civinzea countries, woman has murili to do in V softeninc the asnerities of the ruder sexf in improving tneir morais, encour aging what was good andj noble, and ' frowning upon whatever was base and vicious. J And this is not all. Woman, though formed by nature to look up to her lord for advice, ana to solace 1 and cheer him, is capable of the high est mental improvement,; capable of administering public affairs with wis- ' dom and justice, adorning science with her offerings and art with her handi j work, giving. to literature jher choicest ' gems, anid music her sweetest songs. : it is true she has not sovnaea tne ' L depths of philosophy withjthe mathe maticaV Accuracy of Kepler, La Place, and Newton, or demonstrated abstract truths td an algebraic fraction ; play ed like Franklin on a kite string with the fiery' bolts of Heaven j or put into pracucai use tno invention oi steam ; yet she has trod tho blue empyrean with Galilleo-and has pointed out new planets to the wondering jworld, given. unaymg; oeauty to tne cmseiea! mar bie, ana, usea her pencil with a j grace and richness approaching the j great masters of the art. -In looking over the pages of the chronicled past, we nnd tha some ot the hnest produc tions owe their authorship to the fair er sex. ( The brilliant creations of ro mance apd the truth-recoding ! pages vu nistory, nave both beet einDeiiisn ed by hpr pen. Sappho ang with as ujucn punty ana sweetness as any ly ric poet among her 1 learned" country men, and who has read a. more ele gant and fascinating work than that which perpetuated the fanie of Felicia ; Hernansj? Nor is womanj wanting in patriotism,, untiring devotion and deeds of noble daring. She ia firm n- Do they not bow to thetrharms of beau- preceded and followed, than by the be ty and yield themselves willing cap- j nign influence of its own beams." tives to the smile jpf woman, and melt i Greece is still unchristian and unre at the soft and bewitching melody of !f claimed. Grim despotism stalks abroad her voice. ' , over her hills. Moslem influence still You will all exclaim, "Woman, thy j spreads like a black pall over the land, virtues are many and thy friendship ; hiding the beauties which linger m her is true,- Like mosn beneath tts palor crent of enow, A,s better known. hr merits sweeter clow ; Nor like the dew which tremble on the flow'r, TMsplav her beputies in a sunny hour : But when trouble prs she brighter nhincs, And tike thf creeping ivy closer twines. Be mine the glance where beanty beams, Thon blnhim; g-Kldew of my dreams: Be mine the charm from virtue sprung, , Thou es.v-nee from Elyinm wrung; And thon the str that crowns niv horoscope Tho twinkling cynosure to ex'ry hope. ELBA, TENN. From the North Carolina University Magazine. Liberty and Christianity. BY MOOT. vales. Slavish chains sun clans on the arms of her sons. Rome, too, has passed through chang es from the most ignorant and rude state of society to the most refined was a time gave her a and enlightened. There when foul birds of prey king when an eagle sent her a deliv erer- when the cackling of geese sav ed her. She advanced in the arts and sciences, and when Brutus expelled her proud king from the throne, the sun of Liberty burst upon the eternal vf un:ni, i 'city. Under its cheering beams suc- JNot on the beauties ot nature onlv ai i i n i l 2 coming to her rescue, and the sad tale joriry of us, if nott actually profesiors' of Poland's wrongs will never be can- of-religion,' have! been trained uder celed by the sweet tale' of ; Poland's I religious influences; have been taOght restoration. If it be no, then that to regard - the chjarch as the great in- Hungarian wail which lately struck our .ears so painfully, was but the dy ing groan of freedom ; and the sounds wafted by winds which sweep Siberia's j fore it should brmg detriment to tfie in strument of salvation. There ar Tew among us who would not prefehat go down forevei be- our Order should! rlencv : and -when success oume, no i drlirrht, and no ruby jl'p wa- pre-sed to his in ex cess of joy. ( u ' own age, nnd onr own country, ben r ample testimony to the geniu and influence of womnn. Was it not lier fair hands that wrought the star.spangled banner, which the stern soldiers of the revolution bore to victory. See Moll Pitchers take her husband s place at his gun and hurl back the leaden messengers of "Vengeance upon the murderers of her spouse! And you all remember. the sweet nuns of Bethlehem, and the proud flag which was the shroud of the gallant Pulaski. Nor is woman's influence unfelt among the untutored -T1 1 . '111.. !. savages. I'ocanontas naa duc to nit her hand, and savage vengeance is stayed and John Smith lives. The name oi 1'ix win oe nspea witn thanks and benedictions bv poor, de- I mented suffering humanity while there is a community on earth philanthropic enough to provide for the indigent insane : and the curses ana snrieKs ot bedlam will be hushed to echo back her praise. Without her influence many of our States would now be without an insane asylum. I know that in North Carolina, our legislature: never had such a bill before them, or else there was no one in that Assembly of sufficient influence to get it passed ; but this kind lady came with her tal ents, her tears, and her prayers ; and now a noble building rears its lofty spire ajmonument to the exertions of a noble woman. Woman is the herald of mercy ; she sends the gospel to the benighted heathen, visits the sick, smooth es-lhe brow of anguish, and sits by tlrejbed of death. Jbull of benevo lence and charity, she is the first to listen to the voice of distress. Flora McDonald, when the world frowned, and brave men trembled, secured the safe retreat of her sovereign ; and Dr. Mason Good, gives an unparalleled in stance of devotion in a-lady whose mo ther was condemned to starve. This woman! entered the prison daily and sustained the life of her parent by the milk of her own ' breasts, and her un wavering affection won her mother's pardon. All are influenced by woman whether on the toppling eminence or in the vale of obscurity. Of little worth is. the meed of praise, pronounc ed by other lips than those of woman. What is noisy fame from the tongues of the babbling million, without an ap proving glance from the one we love ? What is wealth and rank and station, without a congenial spirit to share it ? Like dew to the plant and the bow to the storm-cloud, woman, the sunlight of Heaven, diffuses, joy and life and sunshine , around. Her influence ,is felt whierever Christianity sheds her light, or science and philosophy, un do we find 'passing away' inscribed "But in all human int;hvtions . we see i liability to change and decay. '. No na-! tion now vigorous can date further back than the dark ages. England can scarcely he considered a national ity until the time when William the Conqueror enrne. She was then a m t:on without any government but the will of her King, until the middle of the seventeenth century, when the first rays of Liberty phot athwart the sky and rested on Albion. France dates her history as far back as eight hun dred and forty tlvee. But Hugh Cn rct did not begin his re'gn until the latter part of the'tenth century. The giory of the Hone of Hapsburg that mighty race which has maintnined its position among the tyrants of earth so long commenced its'rulin the twelfth cpntury ; and as for that des potism which svay3 tle sceptre over m'llions of the most abject nnd degra ded inhabitants of Europe, the House of Austria, -It did not possess, even a Duchy po feoon: In this power we have an instance..how oppressions can b:nd in ignornnce and vile subm'ss:on a nat:on of. nr llions, who, if five and educated, would, be distinguished for true morn i wo -rn ana lnreileetuAl vig or. Ilnna nv - - was in the times when so many thou--and - of 'savage Crusaders from the North perished on her plains. There Fr-udrtlisTTi, in its most direful form-5, 'holds swiy over the inbabitnnrs.: Thr.t l;rd of romance, the Tyrol, is sink as deep' in ignorance and super stition as when Peter the Hermit: preached the Crusades against the in fidels to her proud lords. But Aus tria still sleeps on, while the nations around are marching on with rapid strides toward some immortal destiny. The Prussian monarchy and Prussian power is but the growth of yesterday., History concerning Russia as! a na tion is considered as authentic; only as far back as eight hundred and eighty. In studying the history of this nation, what a strange anomaly is presented. The first idea we get of Russian gov ernment is the downfall of a republic. Christianity was want:ng and from the time tht Rome proclaimed herself proud Empress of the world, thit, sun began to wane. It soon set in dark ness and gloom. That lovely hind has seemed to rest under.a curse ever since. Calamities never come a Ion". Soon as Rome said "I am the world," liter ature and the arts began to decl'n". Fair -Science-found a grave beneath her former throne, civil wars and bar barian invasions devastated the city. Sylli and Marius made their. country desolate by stirr ng io that most of all horrors, a servile War. Nero, that horrid demon in human form, burned his capitol and stood in his window nnd gazed oa the horrid scene with g'-im and savage: delight. Cicero and Cajsar- were murdered. Brutus and Cafo self-imrao'ated. the great nat ural'st, Pliny, was suffocated by the sulphurous fumes of V esuvin. and two fair cities, Herculnn!um and Pompei. , buried beneath thebnrninglava. . Even ! a religion under the name of Christi anity has been a powerful instrument. in the hands of the wicked and crafty. to s'nk the land into still deeper er . vitude nnd woe. For Italy now groans beneath the sceptre of the Pope and .: shrinks jn terror from.the-tlvujd'f tne vaxenn. vj itaty, i.nr itaiy hart you received into your heart the teaching- of that fearless apostle of Jesus, who came to von, what bless ings instead of curse.' would have flown from your lovely crme. I he sweet chantings which a re 'now -but a mock- TW . 1 I erv to tlim in "whose praise they are uttered, would now be received on wings of prayer; and angels' would listen to them with joy. France and England merged from. the darkness of Feudal ism. England now boasts of the most enlightened government and freest con -stitution on the globe. Christianity sustained her through the revolution, and as yet supports her. But alas ! poor France, in her religion was but superstition, and Liberty was drowned intheblood of her votaries. Men with human feelings could not contemplate snows, but the funeral dirges chanted over her grave. A Vindication Or Tt?E SONS OF TEMPERANCE. BV REV. CEO. B. WETUORE. There are many who think that the Order of the Sons of Temperance is hostile to the Church, and that the principles of the Temperance Refor- mation tend to mhdelity. 1ms opin ion, whether due to the prejudices of others, or to our own indiscret'on, is much to be reg etted. Intelligent, christians have not fairly examined our purposes arid position, and irrev erent persons amongst us have given cause for jealousy and suspicion. But, although comparisons odious to t'np Chuch, have been made by a few indi viduals, vet our Institution and the cause which we advocate, are not-re-eponiBV for the'r errors. If our ru ling bodies should prefer charges a- gainst the church, many of us would and if would stitutions of God the; glorious :plani V hat, then, is or do aught tf fear of redemption; S ' the TemperanfW.So- the propagation of Christianity. jSchoola" and Colleger are human institutions They are established by the cdmbined aid of christians and -sinnersj --Both are employed in tho work of Snstnic- ftion and governance, t Both 1 are ad mitted to their benefits. - tThellegsla ture, actuated entirely by moitive3 of temporal expediency, is called j upon to render them more' efficient, !Nor if . ...... . .'.'. i . . . they are not mere expediences! of time protest agiinst their course, t' e evil were not corrected. I the bloody deeds of Robespiere, and ' A T n , 4V.T 1. 1-1 Tl .-.1.1Il krt,H r - rtl . 1 i , . ,i . . ,r 1 i'Aiii t, cu lucy- Klin n.'iuc iucm irci- , . A, . i ings and plunged into the darkness of dasnntism in tnp worm nnon its ruins.? . . . 1 ' - . . ... The first sound we hear of Russia's voice is the proud boast of the repub lic, "Who dare attack Gou anci the great Novgorad." But that boast was premature, and the next sound- that comes down from the north is the growl of the Great Bear, when he sees the Christian armies of the powerful Sweeds threatening his dominions. 1 In tracing the history of nations on whose ruins these were founded, one is naturally led to enquire for the caus es which have led to their downfall. We at this age and in this country, untrammelled by prejudice and with more light than has ever illumined the mind of man in -any former age, are skepticism, .bven m the public con vention, Marat called for two hundred and seventy thousand heads, and an other, sording to one, called for five hundred children, under fourteen year of age. And most of these escaped death by the bullet on account of their w'thdraw from their jurisd'et'on. In our respective ecc'esia-tical organiza tions, we use our influence, each man in his own sphere, for the removal of T-. . , ' i 1 ' . error, uut as a society, not claiming to be ecclesiastical, we do not profes" to amend the church,. If the, church were, appirently, at the point of des truction, we would not dare to save it bv substituting our institution in its place. , In order tint purbrethre'n in Christ, who tre.it us coldly, may understand u better, nnd that any real cause of their ill op'nion may be removed, I sh ill present to the christian public the trnp1!riosinon of this Tpmnornnp.fi Ro- rrrrv rr?r--T-neyrTt tne grounds UTforrt which it can be justified, and the prin ciples upon which Ave invite co-operation. Tlinro nrd d iflVi vein f ?srin t i m pn f 5 fin tbo afti t .i '.m subject oi lemperance, Dotn witnin and without the Order. I do not now argue with those who are moved either by appetite or by pecuniary interests. But even our christian opponents are not as one. Some of them, recogniz ing the Civil Government as a divine institution, call upon the Legislature to put down Intemperance even as a sin. Others are opposed to legislating on morals. Some of them use alcoholic liquors as a beverage ; others do not ; while many abstain even from wine; so we do not agree among ourselves as to the propriety of legislative interfer ence. We do not agree that the Bible prohibits, entirely, the use of ferment ed wine, or that its use as a beverage, is always sinful. But we do agree that it is expedient, not only to practice total abstinence for the example of the intemperate, but, also, to persuade them by argument to follow it, and to assist them by organization. It is ??.id. that by our abstinence we cast a stigma upon the good creator0 of God. Such is not our intention. d we not throw re- ctetv ? I claim ijt to be a huraatl ctn- !ia which the church thinks proper in trivance for; the benefit of those wlio 1 consistently tocngagehey art intend-' win not submit to the yoke ot the f.s pel. But while human, I hope" iths been aided by Providence, both,ln its foundations and n its operations i4iat it has accomplished "good in the tease of thousands, is vident ta all' f if hat this good to somt has been but Urief, his been followed. by a return" of, japd in some eases, by an accumulation of evils, is due Icssl to us than to iVose without.- That this Society ha$;. de tracted from the! house of God nj-! of His holy religion,' which so manyf its. espouse, is only imagined' by our chris tian brethren who stand a1oaf.?that this human intiiution has been ij in strument under the Messing of Provi dence, for placing many within - rt?ach of the Gospel, ifjtrue, is not a. fault- I hel'eve indeed, that the emper ance movement has done good to socie ty. I learn from the more aged,; that- a great change ua3 taicen piitce ip tho fashionable; and iree ueof ardent iepir its as a mark of hospitality. Iam.'con vinced that drunkenness .is more .dis reputable t)ian ij; was ten or twenty years ago, and tiliat the frowftsf so ciety have drivei it back into thce re cesses where it shjould always behrclen. But, in asking cjo-operfition, we oint chiefly to the inebriate and his falu'dy, whose condition uuder Providejne'has been much imnnpved: and to irreligious youths who ha ve been arretted in. their first steps to dissipation.;; we point to those-wi':o. have joined' our Ordey, and have adhered toTour principles.-;" If it could even be fjroved tht thoie who reject our overtures, fare worse than ciety might f tilB be real.,: and, bttf-principles correct. r . i ed, when she takes them -under her. care, in some way to aid the church. May not the SupreimeuiB!eing permit' even Temperance SocietieSv organized, at least on 'principles' of. hdraahityC 4 .vhile pursuing their, legitimate object. man's temporal happiness, to. become.' under the laws which govern the heart . md intellect' instruments for bringing men -nearer, to the Church? Look at the debasing effects of intemteranee Like physical diseases among the Jews, it prevents many from approaching the congregation of the. Lord. Can we hope to transfer such. men instantly into a state of grace, into, the all light of the Gospel and the enjoyment b of its sacraments ? ;Yetprob blyt some i of ! them are saved, either under the gen eral rules which God has established, or by a more than ordinary tnterfer- ' ence of the Holy Spirit. Xhe most p-oper person to advice them, is the minister of the Gospel, and it his ab sence, the words of the philanthropist may dd somo good. Suppose! a minis ter should desire to bring intQ the fold of Christ a miserable and degraded creature,'whose" physical anc mental energies had been shattered, and his soul pnraltzed by intemperance .' Would we not, first place him under. the caro of 'those who woul restore his body to health, and his mind th reasoji? And ' then, removing him from temptation surround him witV such domestic and social relations as would aecilstom-his heart to gentle emotions ? "Vouldhe nnarreKwith hi3 agencies ; that occorri- plished such results ? This is all that 7t size only to be mangled by bayonets, Especially, woul wniie luey ciung, tui earning, iu uic i ,i . ,i,:i, u , - J. mi fe p proach upon that creature which the knees of the' soldiers.- The genius of L:.- '.jt :.,u Oariuui iiia'tu uj i mi i a,ic, aim m iuuu Napoleon-, for a time brought order from the tumul t, but at his fall France was again drenched in blood. Paris is all anarchy and confusion, and can do nothing but wait the nest revolu tion. Uhhappy France has proved to the world that reason cannot retain x 1..J..U..! fl:: JJiUCiiv "iiu.mi j in i.- nai i . . y . xv .o apt io uuiiciuue iiuit ine liiukb ui liich i . ,i ,. . , j- -j 1 i r . . . ... . i fitrnndf rhnt Tint nnlv lnniririiia s. hnt even nations, will resist reformation. rapid deterioration and their present condition, are to be found in some of those principles or qualities in which we differ from them. Nor is this con clusion unphilosophical. Take, theni, This spirit of opposition to everything new has been carried so tar, that re formation and innovation have become I .1 .maa awm. yv. a lit KAA)n i r. . r v i i i l ably the only man who has accounted out on the page of history marked by ! - TT J ,. , .v ,v v . .i, F. Z.:n: I ' font. He says, "where there is blind c i wr a i .i ' i i i r a nes and consequently no reception ot rful. We find them ruled by men of . , , . , A- - - , -j' , . a', i a the tmth. the minds ot such may be genius protected oy powerrui ana et-1 , . . . .... ' .. .. i pnmniron rn iirriii. i.iiiiiwti ilium nwn. UUl. V . y " - I ---v. ..uuu; unniig. kaiio w. ui ui -1 ieti you, woman . uo asK ine man eive u a perpeiuai mowuu, givu, . , . , , . ; 'i L . 3 .1" C j il vtli .s J.v midst dangersaffliction and privation. of eloquence for whom he would rath-' was" wanting, and almost before the ; Then despots may go to forging chains ! suddenly, to give up the ghost. Those to advance the church, and ij bring , httle ones at home, or your neighbor s ncient armies ana - abounding in wealth and all that wealth can bestow. But one essential element of true great ness is wanting. And in nothing per haps is resemblance more striking than in the choice of leaders. We find no where any development of the princi ples of true religion Let us look but for a moment at the history of Greece. The ancestors of those stern warriors who drove back the mighty Persian from the shores of Europe of those inspired poets whose dulcet verse still falls in enchanting' strains upon, our ears of those sublime "artists who could deceive the very birds of air, or carve the perfect man from stone. The ancestors of these once roamed ignorant and degraded over the now classic rrround. subsisting on roots and - j acorns, in time they grew wiser he still gives us as a symbol of his blood. But while we all agree, that in the sacrament wine is an instrument of salvation; in medicine, of health; is it, in our country, and at the present age, when used a? a beverage, the in strument of greater happiness of mis ery ? If the latter, then, those who make this charge stigmatize wine as much as we. But the- reproach is, in reality, placed by us all, not upon wine, but upon the moral agents who misuse it. ." " . ". . : Again, may we not voluntarily re-j sign the most innocent pleasures, the enjoyment-of the most innocent crea tures, for anvorthy object? John the; Baptist and other Nazarites, the Re chabites, denied themselves entirely the. use of wine. Certainly, then, none can reproach U3 for practising similar abstinence, unless tho3e who use wine as U beverage deny that Uhrist ha3 It is sure to set them screeching." We have notibed the rise, progress, and decay of most of the principal gov ernments that have appeared upon the . - t .1 . " ' l o . . . . . earth, except one, ana tnat is our own; vr liberty to U3 eaual to that which the last that has been formed, which thGv claim for themselves. And we holds up to the world the purest model nave the right to convince our christian that ever met its gaze. It rests upon brethren, that thev can do more good. the firm basis of wisdomequal rights, not only by resigning the use of alco and Christianity. Can it stand the notfc liquors, but if truth be on our John the Baptist to the church. Only tne ordinances 01 jurist nav.q tne pow- er to save. xuc wno wmsay. that, in preparing men for their recepjion, God never employs secondary ageucies? Who will say, that the Holy bpint never acts outside of the church ?-r Men in sin have prickings of conscience, impelling them to da right. If 'theso ' .1 1 1 .'l..l.t. A impulses are ooeyeu, tnougu tue sinner may be ignorant of their source, he 13 nearer conversion than he was before. Should he follow up such obeklionce to the warnings of conscience, be will be led under the guidance of the spirit to - the body of. Chr'st, to pardon and sal--. vation. Men of the world, in their re forms, are incapable of having such ends in view. . But it is one pf tho nb- ble characteristics of the christian. that, in .entering those schenjes of the day whicKare proper in themselves.' he always considers their bearing upon man s 1'icruai iiueiesis. xipw glori ously tho opportunity sometimes af-. fordedj of pointing ensobered men to tbot true object of their gratitude 1 What a held is opened formaiung con verts to Christ ! " . '-"'.' . . . -- i .. y. I have, now, endeavored to answer some of the objections tb thej Temper ance ooc.ety, if suon a war, 1 hope, as to remove, not oiuy nreiua ce Irom that I woulfl blame him, .Btit'Jo so- wiuont, but presumption frojm within, ciety was established for the temporal believe the wholec-ycmerjt, is only Avelfare of the worlding. And tb him, one ot the results! of Christianity... JNor if intemperate we can honestlf say, thing else could teach men the eau- "bir, it you have determined to tjestroy your soul, still iadopt principlef tP tal abstinence, and by the Westing ot a Providence wihom you do no Clre cog nize, you wiill become more usefeilapd your family more happy." I know temporal interests ayel -small compared with jeternal, and tham here after, it will make little difference with lost beings, ; whether, in thisavorld. they wallowed in a mire, or resclined still scrupulous about tne principles ot nightly on a1 cquch of down. But the our society how - often, in jerttertun drunkard his friends, some pf,whomv ing your guests; have you handed the are servant of! Christ, and we! feel for intoxicating draught to' men! of intem- their happiness and for his. I-have no perate habit3 ? How dftenj "at your confidence ih that charity wbicft loie3 sideboard?, have the young spent more If intemperance, were a mere sli like the. omission of duties which we ;we to God, then, we .might djiubt the pro priety of interference, either fron the legislature, or from voluntary associa tions. But it isi also, a great temporal evil. When; men make use of the reans which nature and reason point, iit as calculated to promote their .temporal happiness, j God does usually , liable them to become happy. TloWna-ny thousands are thiere who thus pasg lives of respectability, rendering thei fam ilies comfortabU, irhd society pisper-?. 0U3, Therefore, the efforts of sfcners are proper,, to rpiieve themse1ve from tntemperance, ap the source of sickness and piin, of poiTerty and disgrace, of domestic grief and social misery. And the christian hks the right touunite with them iin such efforts. , To' he in temperate professor of religion , we would say, sir, jyou need not! '-ake a "pledge from nian ; your vowt Gad should keep)-yon from an indulricnce, which, in your ease, is a great ielrnpja tion." If he should take themedge, not as a higher obligation, but as a mere excuse to those christian breth ren, who in jspitD of his infirmity,?would stdl ask hinii tni drink ; 1 do not say ty of making great and lasting sacri fices for the welfare ef en of tme vicious. 'PL. 0-' i ii U 1 ii-ill 'J ". 1 X tie oucieiy, -.uiuugu cuuipiicu oy christians have , erred in the ' govern ment of the church. But errors of individuals do not prove that either is hostile to God or is deserteid by him. 1 hough they may cause both to be de serted and opposed by men j You, my christian brethren; who are signt, not aimtpsc, Dut ,auogevxeur, 01 vuau ,u.iu uic uigui iu cxgessiye Unas the affairs of thine.' St. John say, VHe ing ?. Surely; in such eases! the cus that loveth not his brother : whom he tbmjof Society are Jess 'Defensible hath seen, hovrean he love Gocf whom than our principles. If good manners he hath notrseen ?" So, hOTr ian we will not allow, you to make distinctions bo properly concerned for the .external among your guests, and if jyou have but future wo3 of ,our fellowl if we not the courage to exclude jintemper- do not care forUhose which are buffer- ate" men from -your"; houses or jour test of time and change I lhe answer s-1(je bv abstaining as many have al- . . - . ' Tf .1 1 t ! ' . - . . - - is yet to be given. 11 mat answer oe ready done, even from the u.?e of wine. YES, then a world of slaves may look Butsom'ewho practice abstinenceop up and worship the glorious sun that pose organization. Let me ask them. now shines on our. shores, that will are there no grounds upon which or- jperance sooni illumine the world, and will send ganization can be sustained ? The Tem- j principl such a light round the thrones of des- potism that the people seeing their pollution and inefficiency will tear them A j down, and in tneir steau erect lempies and read the Scnpturi TJ - j - fareof men in elernitv, and, as lithink, ing wine and strong dnnk to nohe.-' a little more for their welfare.ui time, j Christian parents, you who, twenty It will thus be seen 'thafthei Tem- J ag thought that familiarity c.i.ij j j 1 it n ipmnrsr nn. iroiiiri rmvn laiflv . r ... I Arnl4 A. 9 0AV. A t.fMitn.iniaa ilAAfu principles, one rs nor. authorized to ih, '"j""1 x njru.o"" perance Society does not profess to be move men by love for God, toreach jo, now tnat a pari or mem a religious body; its chief object is to! temperance as!, a christian nue, to. wve uecome ornTB u,w h" assist the irreligious. True, we pray ! promise the regards of salyaticp. Yet But hare y mi changed your news on . . - . .r -J if. , ii a.- . K r frtf-nl "iWinancs V Tift ao 1 1 nrnri ini it h)9 ll rtnnrt Oil flU TtlPR. IMF, mPn.HU OUU CI. ui M."Jv..Mw . C5. - 111.1 V y t at t i. rrn . ; . , . , .1, - 1 .1 '? f - . a-i. ;"' ji if. 1 T-rtn fhmt vnur AVftmn wnnia nav Solon and a Lvcurrus came and ave to the uoaaess 01 uwenj. men bouu t not rendering glory to Irod, was eaten nave jomeu toe oocicty urei, piu lua -7- j . ; - ooion ana a ijycurgus cam, aiii s.vc , 1,1 . i,, t:Iia, 7 &, .J - t... i 1 a a l--- tpnded to frvil. if those ruined sons fold their volumes. Go ask the war them laws; and soon a fair, republic ours nio fn'0t "s. na 11, our society, a- ciiuicu tnu. : nor, dusty from the battle . field and fnman are wne ? Why do you not, -eren -now, flushed ith victory, whose hand shall bind his brow with a laurel and he will tell you, woman's. Go ask the man hand, and be victorious together. But 1 8bould refuse to acknowledge the hand j to the church. while, but that force which alone would; tnat answer be 30, inen may we i0f Providence, m all the temporat good it presumption: machinery worked .smoothly for . ai pand nrVi-IlA Vi,, Vio nrna vlllri lflTl( Wftlllrl 1 lt'tu give it a perpetual motion, Religion, j truly say, "Liberty is but a dream. ? Human aerl'Ses are ne r vvny rto you it does, It WOOia aeserve, tiite xxeruu, oiieuumes cuijiivju uv nc Atmigubj -1 j You st'dl have 5f X -