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I. li'iLL M E H E D I T II , EDITOR AND rBOPRXETOR. vol. -X: no.-- E;IO n;S;A;T U U A'Y : O C TO BE-U 18, 1840. WHOLE .No. 459 - ri ''ii::;-;,.; a, Jji (b- Cy).-. ir.:, . AJ) M -ts -".11 ,'UStOTta'TO S CLIGI03, UtORALITt i i t r W'i -r it e A n . - . J - J ?T.Y - " T Jr" 1 . f - -7 y f ' A t M T B L 1. B O B K C . ' . , Xl.Xr rjuty TER&. -. . Recorder is' published CTcry Saturday, pnd is ient iwSibcr at Two Dollars per .unburn: payable tn a .'.Jnf beTdclated longer than fAree month, two S' ...and fiftv cents wjli be charged and if longer than communications, o-ecMre attenttoh, mnt be post - J. u ..n art rrratuitouslv. and subdetibers Who Kin"" bc ordered, before the end of jrfie . lierwise the subscriber .will be held responsible ?eirr.nther annual term. , ' , '. " ' . . - . ' WrL,eontimianre will be allowed nntil arrearages are ' -j .ot bv special agreement to that effect. P1 7 SenunU, adapted to the character of the paper, rdar not attended to in a reasonable time, ahottld l tSated' wi all remittances not -duly receipted, u r,KinViiredafter-Uthat errort anil eversights may Lnromotlv corrected. J,s, . ; . ;-'V- L WP';. ..ndm" us six new names of subscribers with the for their services. , r s Me? .Si JUeitkt pamphlet., ant? book, call be printed with newness, and on to iWriDtinn, r From tlieCh. Observer. , THE REFORMATION ET FRANCE. The following is an extract from the Rev. S Hours sermon at the dedication of j the French lYotestant Church in CharlGstoni,' S.CL, noticed jn pur last' . Seldom,! if : cver lave ire scea so much true history, or :tbalt; of equal roterest arjd itpportance, compressed in so narrow, a space," $s iill be found in this article. ' -....., ,-.." ' France holds a distinguished position in refer ence to the Reformation. ;When Luther was nc tually engaged in a mission to the Pope, and Ziji t"e had not applied himself to the study of the fcripturcs, Le Fevre had already propagated from the lecture rooms of, Paris, the - doctrines of the Kpformatiou in the rerv bosom7 of the Sorbonne. I Vt had proclaimed the cardinal truth of Justified ercr, gare such subsequent prominence to Luther, ts to warrant for him the title of firstlReformerl; ret still the Reformation began its xvorlc in France an honor wnicn,, r ranee may not, neretoiore spiritual guidance f two, and TOmeUmes i five pasi tors. Ecclesiastical history aflord ma fwralel" to .. i ... . n mis ropiu nuvancemeni. iter day of prosperity was, however, of short duration; The adversary, coaded to madness, summoned Vip nil his energies, that, in one dread blow, th trutK might be inni' hiliatcd. Under false pretences, the unoffending Protestants were collected in great numbers; At midnight of St. Bartholomew's day, 1572, the arm ed soldiery were turned loose upon them. A vast number of Protestants, with the admiral Coligny nt their bead, were rnurdered that dread night m der circumstances of attrocity at Which the heart sickens and turns away n horror. V Other Uwns followed the bloody , example of the canitoUand uncounted thousands of the HugucnoU fell Tictims to their love for the truth. Triumphant medals. ed this 'event, nMlgonlly Illustrating the period of .nis ;onMratewAvj it Up to this time, 1572, according to Dr. Ed wards,' there had been martyred in France, for the Protestant faith 39 princes 148 counts, 234 barons. 147,418 gentlemen, and 760,000 of the common people, constituting a grand total of nearly 1,000,- KfM suiierea. - ,.. , ;-.. The eflect of the massacre was disastrous. The leading .Protestants were slain, nnd the people were a prey to . their merciless foes. Many were frightened from lb?ir native land some abandon ed their faith, and all were disheartened. So that in 26 years following minished to one thousand congregations a loss of one-half their number. . r . Henry, of Navarre, educated in' the Proles I tarrt faith, promulgated in 1589 the edict, of I Niintz. By this edict a free exercise of religion, and access to temporal honors, were secured to the i Protestants. . Their ministers were recalled, and the persecuted, church was once more in compara tive safety.' ' ' , . Permanent security was however, denied it. Louis XI II. suffered and directed continued cn "oachmcnts . upon the edict. Louis XIV., his suc cessor, under t.vo combined influences, the most" ? baleful which can bc exercised, upon man, licen- cKee'rMly rnct,' that jhelf ch?Tihcd end "miht bc'nire a constant and dirtct interroaitkm of Divine! to be nund on thisEirih. ii U m.T to dr attained. The position cf those to whom flight was im possible, was one of crcat rpiriiual. peril; Dcnri. oi, mosi oi ineir pastors, anu me most eminent 1 rOVldence in It! behalf. , Other Churches cf nro- a delineation of ach an lastrucier w.rtM rerrv testant Christendom bare endured wjre ptraecu-' nize nnd endeavour to enrry 04 nor lcn !in prii lions, but upon no one has. such a combination of !cic!es of arfa instmctino nd tIttviio.i if rlturM. t . ndversc influences ooeratetL n uonn i!n k of therjay renders, without houses of worsh.p or or Zion, rendered illustrious by its irials, At oe upon the nether and the n,rL Or fuMructtr 1. . vi vv. iw 1 w0'm wwiuuiuuicoiion, lime, so Lcrcc ras ceennne lempett wbidi Las'then would bo one who rud rlwcrt Lis prxrr-i the ysnr result; was. to Le apprehended. ; Macy : assailed it, that the flame of piety has almnst Uea j with a proper tense of its impuruncr nd re-o. r1"' '" i.M---iycon-JoiownDtinnurgnia 11 uas riguiea uc:t ogninft Unities xibo had co ulterior or alio-rthrr rc'.n.'i 1 r mn vim ma m v v n w rnrn t r-i n - n aas s si & mm. m -. s 1 . .....ivu, vui 4w iuiv iuuiwvi iv.MW.mH, 10 uie.inc oiasi, ana ouroea wuu aa upwara ana steady ilihtl At other timet temptation has sssnmed Determined to worship Gotl, the faithful, mci ; the place of persecution, hut- temptation could net in caves or in the forest. In the -darkness of the Ifmmare where the sword had failed to inliruidate. night, lights were hung upon the: trees, to enable them to read the Scriptures, and tfic psalms which motions Farcl a? noble of Daunhinv. had been at- tmrtpJ in tlfe-cnnitnl bv tho fame of its universitvi , ,n neicitru uiutuuuu ini iuci 111c e-iai iniiiz iiuwi U rtnrprintl:vhnt wbirh will nt nnp ilnv ho claimed as the mo,st pregnant and glorious event . r..-..r.w..,...tu which has illustrated her history. !. - U upon siigiu pretencev 11s plainest provisos. lne doctrines 01 ue revre inrew raris intocom- . ; . -" til it couia number i,U00 ministers, was checked its progress. ' The churches of the Protestants ,ere nulled down whenever the faintest nretext t :-.'. .. i, mooht by the professor. They became his owH, coulJ De T in 1 ,l0U 0,one' m li0 out 01 and his life was'devbtMto nttrnrM thn irtc'nf tlift I twn nohfo W00 Protestants were deprived of a place of wor- - . , ; . - .- -, ' 1 . . m . . . Tn; the simple truth of the gospel wfee diffused ) SU,P Aney were lorbidden the singing of psalms e- . - 1 Tti J ; i rr" L! Lven nnvatelv' in their housess. VThev were om . 0( royalty, they entered the Jdiolute court of . Pe' in th?. access to the puViic schools. Pensions were giv. en those children who apostatized, -Debts were they sung. And when in the solemn act of theif worship, the old and' ihe -young freely, gave, up their li ves. , SlnugUte jUaitX-ome vriry of its labors. Policy foresaw the ru in of the kingdom in the depopulation caused by, flight aud swonl, and the work of general persecution! ceased. Rut the truth had outlasted it all, and still lived in the hearts of God's believing children. 5 : :,. ; Louis Xrr. was summoned to another world in 1724. During the reign of Louis XV, his sue cessor, the history of the Protestant Churcli ia m France is melancholy sometimes it is scarce ly distinguishable in the errors which pervaded it at other times, recovering its purity traceable only by the blood of its martyrs. - At v length in plications of the rising of a tnoro tolerant day were manifest.; ; In 17SSr twelve years from the access ion of Louis XVI an edict wasornuted by which Protestants were allowed to assemble for worship and to enjoy a tolerable share of religious frccdotr. Two millions of Protestants instantly nllied around j ed bod3 . . , . ; , . l . ? But hopes of permanent pence was soon des-" troyed. The revolution trampled all religion un der its feet. Infidelity, with its arrogant prcicn sions to liberality, was not more lenient than the superstitution it professed to despise. Rousseau, while he praises pacific disposition3,'stateS, in 'the same letter, that in dealing with fanaticism, M you must lay aside philosophy, shut up your, books, nnd take up the sword." And this is the spirit of the sect. The Sabbath was abolished religious worship prohibited the Bible burned and Chr'is tianity nationally condemned, arid for ten-years France was destitute of almost every form of reli gious worship. . . , . Through persecution and temptation, it has lived, 1111ns reviveu, it prosper. . .curciy 111c ioru, xtuo made, heaven and 'cartb,- bath teen her help iri in times past nnd now he'will not forsake her, nor liCT bmnchrrj, tbon-h reschliig across th? .bret J,ih of the" wide Atlantic ' ,k : ' ' ; From the Ch. .Wntchtnaiu v .. THE BIBLE. L By t!ti lati ZIr, Emcrspn AJamt, J F ranlliii, 32t.) V ' Kiernal truth !. what tnngueean tell - f , , The worth that in these pas dwell ' 1 , , 'ViiLoul thee, what would mortals know! . r, . No light would team on thera below.' .' ? - ,, n 1 , r- .1 . ; . , , .. ....... Ia darkness such m Lcal'ucn are,. ,r r---...- Who worh;p sun, and, moon, and atar h Like them we all shouM low to clay, ... And pay such homage, day ty day. . , - . Francis I., bnd found an humble ad iT6cite in Mali rareilhe fovelv sister, of the soveren.! The no bility in numbers followed the ' pious cample; pi tucprinccss. Anticipations of the speed yt and entire itformatbn of Ftance Were awakened in jthe breasts of the Reformers. Theiridisappointment wasfearful The university, changing its ground, became hos tile to them. Persecution ; was aroused. Driven wcysively from Meux nnd Slelz theyfbund ? s temporary resting place in the South Eastern Pro "inces. Repulsed thence, they fled to Switzerland. ind in the catholicity of the Reformation received i cordial welcome from brethren.. Having recruit ed tlieir.courage amidst the Christian sympathies "Oeneva, they determined upon another, assault the errors! which had overspread their belov tdtoantry Lyons was the first point of success ful attack. Greater things were then attempted. toe preaching of the word by the distribution of tliebib'e by the scattering of tractsa power fal influence was brought to bear upon the king torn. . Amidst alternate hopes and, fears, . some4 "mcs animated by success, sometimes overwhelm ed by disaster, the menjof God advanced steadily a the prosecution of their work. Providence rais wop as their leader John Calvin a man fallible,! jwse human, yet of K horn the learned Hooker has said, "thouirh thousands were , debtors to him. U J't '.'as to nonc hnt 1 Uat most blessed fountain the book of life and TTIE CHURCH UNDEtt TfJtrOLEOI. ; Napoleon, however, saw-tl.iat a nation could not exist without a religion : and his sairacious mind determined npon the rcstorniorvof Christianity . A Romarijst himself, the first consul granted tole ration to the Reformed professing to consider Loman Catholics and Protettants ns branches from the same trunk. This toleration was almost conn- But this discovers nature's CoJ, Who sureal the urmameut abrnaJ, And laJe the systems onward loll, .Tlien furmM in dust the human oul. This heavenly Cook shall never foil, Cut he our guide through life's daik rale If maJc our study eve anl morn, To embrace its rose without the thorn. Yes, Sharon's fair anl lovely ro, His worth, what mortal fully knows? Withont him what would iebels be Cut heirs of tuture misery.'. The Saviour, then, may all embrace,' -Ar.d learn the scspel's beavehly Rrace, An4 then the rest its trutbs dilose Shall enJ this lift and all our woes. " ,i- u j t... .u- !...-r . .n.. . T. 1 . 7 w.. ... u.acuargw uy iuu bimpic aci 01 oecommg ixoman terbalanced by the injurious interference of Napo Guhohcs. Protestants were declared incapable Ieo in the administration of the affairs of the of acting as guardians, and therefore all Protes-' church. No doctrine could be taught without the taut minors were placed under Roman Catholic : Fanclion of government no pastors were permit control. These are a portion of the " worrying i tea to resign without its approbation. All elcc and weanng out - jnfluenccs, more to be dreaded j Hons were to be approved by the-first con sul. thanhe,sword or the fiiggor, which .harrassed The professors in seminaries were nominated by .theseunhuppy sufferers ; influences t which could : him. . No Synod .was suffered to assemble with: have been endured only by the sustaining grace of ; out nermissinn nA .Pml,i, i.t .a m m . y-- . , f - ---- -"w-j saw sjj WUUUI J WMmww Atmigr.ty uoa. , . 4 rrrare than six davs. And nil mnttrs nmnospd for j w - - discussion were to be submitted previously to the proper officers of State. The iniurions effect of 10 compieie tneir wreteneancss, on me otn 01 ; " iwencrcwce.oi me civil power can De reaauy October.'16S5, the protecting edict, by an act of I apprehended. It naturally resulted in coldness, infamy, wns formerly 'and wholly , repealed. It j worldliness, and error, both in the ministry and was then enacted that every place of worship be-l ! ihe.churches. Upon the restoration of the Bour- longmg to the Reformed in prance, should be de molished ; that no assembly, for the celebration of service should be permitted bn any pretext ; that ell Huguenot ministers continuing to refuse con formity should quit the kingdom within fifteen RENEWED EFFORTS AGAIXST HUGUENOTS. I bons, the protestants suffered severely, for ft short period i lheir situation, however, gradually im proved, and upon the accession of the present king, the charter sworn to by him, in 1830, characteriz- Ics the Romish religion, not as the religion of the days after the publication of the, edict that all j State, but as the faith professed by the majority Huguenot' schools should' be utterly , suppressed Jv of Frenchmen. When peace was declared in 1815, that all children hereafter, born of Reformed . pa rent?, should be baptized and educated ' as Roman Catholics; nnd every. attempt at emigration was many devoted Christians flocked to the continent from Great Dritain, ono! ardently cngared in ta bors for , the restoration of the French Reformed Iio, io spotliness of life, in strength, of character, puruy 01 motive, in ardor of piety, hath scarce- jocen equalled never surpassed. Shape and jrm were given by him; : to; the doctrines ofthe MIj 11101 iu HVin ',XKf 1IVI em theology, has addcd,nothin2.' -. Under his ruon the anliphonal chants of Rome were dis !acca' by the simn'e sonVs of .Iarot the minis- lry as disrobed of its' gorgeous vestments, all Jteard adjuncts appealing alone to1 the senses . '1) and the entire worship of the house . p stripped of its false adornments, 'was res H to primitive simplicity. And wben the scn ce had gone forth 4burnin2r alive was?the pro W treatment of the heretic," and the multitude Riming for ii blopd of the Reformed, spurn-' l - ,ear ueaih. m lAIav. 3539. whose daunt- Z?l convoked eir first Synod in Paris, prom- 1 peir Confess"lon of Faith and adopted rules . J Government of the church. And thus with ui,lst.mct fe'lth, and an instituted; ministry and es- . leU lorm of wnrsltin nn1 rovirntnrnt. lh ca Reformed Church became an organized prohibited '' under heavy penalty. On tbe other Church to its former purity. From that period hand, ministers conforming were exemDtcd from dates its revival. r Iri 1815 there weTe in France ........ ..... ... i , . ' certain taxes, and a pension was assigned to them 564 pastors of the Reformed, in 1843i 677, and in and their widows. Choosing to adopt the profes- there are upwards of 700. The Protestant sion of advocates,' the ordinary preparation was population of that kingdom now numbers between declared unnecessary. They were permitted nt four and five millions. Purifying' itself from the once to entecupon its' duties The laity wcrenl- would consent' to abstain - in public and private rom every profession of their faith and every form of worship. ctcnt body. REVIVAL OF TERSECCTIOX. to this period, this church had endured 6 uerai persecution. , It was now doomed to twelve years in duration. 4 This persecu- 1 uerceana relentlesssometimes twelve hun of 11. Placc, yielding their lives indefence - 'Yet so Lipid during these twelve phW pe,rsecion was the advance of Pcotcstant fcst Xr-T" 11 there were 2,150 f Prctes v?rt Z cr'es:iFrance, in some of which there Lr tveu ten thousand members under the errors which have infested it, and reanimated by the senlof former years," we rnbst,-regard this church with lively hopes for the future. By. the ! distribution of the Bible and Protestant Tracts, and by the labor of evangelical missionaries, they have Could measures of more satanic cunning be de- commenced a renewed cflbrt for the sptcad of the vised, by which to suppress and destroy the truthl ; truth. ' Nor are they alone in this work." Protes- 1 caring cown, me cnurcnes, oanisning inc pas tors, taking spiritual possession of the children 6f- fenng rewards of money; and place to tne lapsed, and prohibiting .departure: to the determined. J If earthly power and worsej than earthly sagacity could have destroyed the church; in France, it must nave lauen m mis, us nour oi urcaum inau Louis boasted that he had exterminated the here sy.' Vain man I We are reminded of the monarch to whom the rebellious waves were disobedient However much he might torture, banish, murde rously destroy the unhappy Huguenots, the truth which they held was indestructible, nnd destined to an ultimate triumph. In despite of all prohi bitions more than half a million of Pjtrtestaots suc ceeded in" their escape from France. , The limits of this discourse will prevent our dwelling 'upon the horrors connected : with 'the flight ; of. such a multitude the abandon nent of home the, tedi ous and weary night journey the poisoned at mosphere of the crowded ship and the buffe tings of the tempest, f Stimulated by the pros- hpct nf successful flight, everv thins in sufferm which the human cenbtitution could endure. was tant Christendom cannot 'forget the land of Calvin and the martyrs for truth, and lias areused her en ergies to their assistance. ' Even in buir own coun try an effective society, directed by Ihe wisdom of uui luusi worioy men, is wieiamg n powcnui m strumenuility for the regeneration of France. ; America, with the roll of her illustrious sons be fore her, can never forget the ennobling, elevating influence of the Huguenots, in forming her own high character, and it is 'meet and fitting that she should great fully give of her treasure?, and hum bly supplicate in her prayers, that the children of the Huguenots in France should be strengthened in their weakness, and the truth which they hold, be triumphant over its antagonistic r error. Before such combined, instrunientalities ti home and a broad, accompanied, as we trust they will be, by theenerfrv nnd demonstration of the Holy Spirit, From the Kaleih Ileg'tfter. - TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS. -Those readers of the Register, who. Bare thus far accompenied us in ' the development of our views, first in regard to the importance of attend mg to the education, or at least the injlumcing of j the moral nature of children at a much earlier pe riod than is commonly believed necessary l and secotMiiy, on me advantage 01 Keeping tne young (after the manner of the Second gTcat Empire of Antiquity," xo beautifully described by Xeno'plwo in his Cyropaedia,) during the most impressible pe- riou 01 me, irom every mmg oeoasing; inose,twe say, who have entered into our views on these two heads, have probably, like us, arrived -it aome new ideas, or at least to a stronger conception of received ones on the subject of training, yonth. They will, probably, bc willing To admit that it is doing no violence to fair logic to infer that a fail ure to attend to the two obligations Vesting upon Parents, and already stated, may serve to explain. why it is that so many Prodigies," "precocious geniuses and "embryo warriors, statesmen, and poets have failed to realize expectations, perhaps, probably highly raised : doubtless in many cases, the very fulness joi promise of the blossom furnish es the explnation of the premature blasting of the fruit, for why should "warriors, "statesmen, and lpoetsw -in swathing clothes and jump-jackets need any care! fto, let them go out to .lean ho- man nuture and get sugar candy. oucD a course of conduct on the part of Parents, does certainly redeem our Colleges from the disgrace of having spoilt many a nascent Cicero and Byron -poor creatures ! they are to be pitied then, because they 1 1 . . . - cenaimy nave oecn spout twice, lor wncn tney came from home they exhibited all the signs of "spoilt meat." . t' We also think that the views presented in Nos 1 and 2, and in the foregoing part of this, furnish some hints that may be uscfnl in determining to yvhat sort of person, the temporal, and by conse quence the immortal interests of yonth should be intrusted t and here we remark: that the careless ness of parents in making this selection is anoth er evidence that we estimate the seen abore the unseen, the physical above the mental : if we do not so, how does it happen that the. profession of leaching yeilds less emolument to it votaries than any other 1 that a man going to build a fine house is more particular and liberal in choosing nn Architect than he who is going to give bis son a fine education, is in employing a Teacher 1 that Head Blacksmiths and Carpenters get larger saw views, who felt' that he wa educating Un ptpi not only for time, b-.it f?r rtcmlty, not only r i!n. individual,' but olo for his country ; lint h ws (what Judge Gaston hss deciilcd nil Tenchers to bo) in oco parentis; LC wonkl liare grne thnvh tlm whole circle of the Arts nnd Schcc, aiid'ibcrr fore not one tided, but liberal, tn.i;nninvm;' Im$ would bc firm, dili-cnt, diwr'nnma'ti..jmriril, patient es (we were aSii u wntV'Viore pniict t lif, but this would be irrrvercnt.) Jub; if possi ble, he sliould have chosen his vnctiion cm airnre he rluiuld himself hot ordy appreciate but oVIWbt in wnn nc imparts; the kUy eiaDcrice cf Dc moBlhrhese and Tully should stir bira lLe a war. trumpet j hc sliojM bc able to fraternize with tho soul of the1, etbertil ' Plato, and . to . soir with th Mautuanowan." Ifaround sjch a "character. Rw i wo throws her bcinlulo, there results the un exceptionable Teacher. Of course such a one is seldom, perhaps never found, but ia proportion as he epproaches this ttao'wrd the oettcr bc is; at l ... -... l. J... t r. . 1 - . 'vupi, nwuic uuk uuij 11 umy ceTCBllCT DC IO SO- led Teachers for classical I Schools, may get a hint that may bc useful to ihcm from th foreoia e- nnmeratioo of qualifications. But if be be the re verse of oil this, .sordid, rubject to prejudice, m. lionate, or.kind ; if he. follow Lis profession from -motive cf "filthy hicrc only, le is convicted of being'no'germine votary of tlie "Muses, no son of Apollo, but a bastard, a pretender, never baptized in the pare dew of Castalla : to til such a deeply interested Public sliould ssy, Procul, O procul, ete profantray ' hot your iinlialiowcd bands up on the living Ark oflTuman hopes, freighted with its rich cargo of generous eflectioiis, boble aspira tions and embryo virtues, tbst maysnvea sinking Stale, or ,'givc rcno'vvn to a prosperous one; and why should the hand of. such an unworthy Pre ceptor be thus dreaded I because as 'surely as ef- icviiouows cause, as pouery bears loe stamp of the potter, as "the thing 'moulded is like tie mould, so surely will the ductile "and drpcndeot mind of youth nssimilale itself to the character and manners of its moral and intellectual guide. WAKE FOREST. . Sept. 22a, is45. ; : , TRUITS OF iXnDLITT AND TIlE blBLH 4 ' - Rorssrir, the French Infidel, en Vis return to Paris, (says Lord iJrwgWt, in, his Sketches oC Men of Letters,) went to live at tn inferior hotel, or rather lodging-house, near the Loxembourg, sod uicTCuuiingEi uic inuie wan me isroiiy, be became ... " . ... acqoaraiea wiin n lemaie temint, a girl from Or leans, where her fatler held a place in the mint, sta m m mi m. - - and ber motlier bad been a sbop-kerprr, but both were reduced to distress. Tlieir name was hn Vasseur,' and the girfs Theresa. Sle was about twenty-three, of modest demeanor, end so moth trtlhout education, that, even after living with tim for roany ycars sue never could read 'the figure . on the dial-plate of a clock, or tell ia what order the moo tbs succeeded each other, lie became attached to her j she cohabited wUh brm, and bore him fire children, all of which be sent one after the other to the Foundling1 Hospital, regardless of the poor motheVs tears; and after twenty.fire years of this - t - . mrm. . imercoarse ne marnea ner. i ne motner, a vulgar and affected woman, lived whh litem ; and the father,-whom be coukl not endnre, bat of whom Theresa was very food, was, on the pretext ef r conomyi sent at the age of eighty to the workhouse, where the disgrace of this treatment immediately broke his peart.' . TnaxAs Paixs was another infidel, as tome yVr alive in this city know, yielded vp his spirit in a tempest of agony and despair "all ernatcly utler ing fearful curses, nd calling for help on the in sulted name of Christ 1 Ah atd gentleman, well acquainted with him, says, "One rrfning I foun.l Paine barrtngumg a company of his disciplts, on the great mischief done to mankind; by the BibV and Christianity. When be paused, I said M . Paine, yon have been b Scotland; you know thcr' is not a more rigid set of people in the world tha.t they are in their attachment to theBiUe is it nc their school-book 1 When a young man leaves hi father's house, his mother always in packing h'n chest puts a Bible cm the top of his clothes. He said it was true. I continued You have been ? Spin and Portngsl, where they have no Dibit T He assented. You have been in districts in E rope, where not one man in fifty can read; and ju i have been in Ireland, ihere the majority cev -saw a Bib!e. Now you know it "is an historic I fact, that in one county in England or Ireland the V are many more capital convictions in six montlv, than there are in the whole poptilaiioo oti5coibt i - - - - - g - - - - - j - rics tlian Head Teachers or Professors 1 and this ih twxlre. Besides, this day there is not one Scotch, is done although the preparation of the former has required only hundreds and . months, while the preparation of the latter has required the expen diture of thousands through years of toil I We know very well that there are- many men in tho Teacher's place, not worth the salary that is giv en them, but this culpable indlflerence of the Pub lic to their qualification lias placed them there, but there never was a human want that was not sup- I plied sooner or later precisely according to the ce error must recede nnd disappear; and the cheerful ncuvL Let thsn there be a demand for Crt rate light of the glorious gospel be reflected from every teachers nnd they will be had, of. course, at a lib mountain, nnd illumine every valley of that lovely eral compensation. Perhaps it may be expected but benighted kingdom. , that Fometbing sliould here Je said on the qualifi . Irb this imperfect review of the history cf the , 'catiins desirable.- in en Instru'cter of jouth; we French Reformed Church, who can fail'to.rccog' "promise this; the realization of a bt-a ideal is not man in the Almslioase, Sute Prison, Bridewell, r- Penitentiary ofNewfYork.. NoiV then, if ih IV. ble. was so bad a book as yoa represent it to b v those who use it would be the worn mfnbcni society;, bat the contrary UtliC fact; for our pr1 ons, ahnsliousea, and peniteo'jaries are filled wrh men and women whose ignorancs or unbelief p vents them from reading the Bible.' lt was near ten o'clock at nghu PaJne answered no; a word,' but taking a candle from the tat!?, walla-.! up suirs, leaving Lis friends and myself siarin one imothcr " ' 1 , ii . .' : '.When such are rem' to be the fruits of kiCJ -ity, contrasted wiih tlo cf tle Bibe, can ft ! cooiidered of no ccnscqueucc wtst children re-., , or what a man xftve.--,Vfv Ycr TcTcrtjl, 1 1 . t . l - 1 u s b - : i - i. t t. t f , f ... i' t 1 !'.;.; c , , 1 . r- i- f r- . ! . i - . V ' t t t - t: i -f Y: I-' V ; r
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 18, 1845, edition 1
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