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From tLs' WatcKman ''and Reflector.
rBanislime"ntrcf Ko?er;WilJiams.
Mr.Cotton says,- -two., thin there were
i-which caused his banishment-;? 1 he prst which
"lis carriage againsf the patent' I have
ideredV and shown that what -Williams' said
iwas
i considered.
aeainst the r ight of the planters'' to take poses
?gion of the land by Tirtue of thbir patents; with
out the consenti.. d- the natives, .was perfectly
rihtjand highly honorable to him '-as aXhris-
tian miDiswjr, auu iua.i aiuiougii compiaims
were-made fagainst" him for saying other objec
tionable .things about it, they were riot proved,'
and he Vas 'never condemned, but acquitted of
the complaints. -- - .
Tkr secern cause Trhlcli 'Mr? Co'ttpn Alleges,
, TCgards. a new. oath-; of fidelity, which;": he 5 says,
the magistrates "did not impose but offered!: that,
' in case it were -refused ; by any, they might hot
entruscineniwitn puce oi puDiio cnarge ana
hemently withstood j and 'dissuaded sundry from
it : which was' the more dangerous because jt ten
ded to unsettle all the ?Kinfflloms. and Commjon-
firialtk
Jnbt many meu haje before:!
sras banished ; fbldsentiraenta jendangerifigl-.tne
Klngdon and.cmmonwealth
- The first" enquiry is,-Wby was". noiAVjpiama
louiplained of and i'couventcdjVv for.thus . "yc-
lemenUyiwithstdnin'r.this oath It A-S ll,have:
, Deiore $aaa, JLt is no a supposaDiet"Uig?-put ais
lonorary to the iiiagistrate3,tbaVfiie
d a man for one thing, and . conemnei ior,
another.. J It is not. probabli Mr Cottorispeaks
' him. knowledge r, hawas inBcton, andiWiUv
ains in Salem, ancl i there is rio,count,that;he;
ent thither to tear him preacli $1$ niay"ba.ve
heard the rumor of his resisting theJDathbut-.it.
is not to his credit if he . voted against', him upon
; Ve have, "a more sure word- of prophecy V a
to this matter, than Nr. a-GoYernor
Wintho kept a . journalof slIX Jthesa proceedings,
which we. may well believe to bc:' truo.but a
story told by one who, like, Mr. Cotton, was im
plicated in the wroigof this .transaction, and
told, to justify, himself, ten years afterwards, with
olit any.record or book of authority, cannot; be
got up, with any'soVnff maa cpn-
radiet or enlarg(? the. cotemporary record, of the
G overnor, . and . the . recorded sentence, which,
gpeaks of nosuch'tte 's-f wtj vJ
I ,Very few saeh oiatters are wlipllyuntruf ; ;thq
;lLacyconsist pf .the additioia
ix .months,; or .. laore; - before: the" banishment '
illiams was sent for by -the? magistrates ; "th&
QccAsioa was, that he liad publicly taught, that a
ijiaistrate ought not to iender an oath ta an un
regenerate man ; for that we thereby have; com- j
iiunion with him in the worship of .Godj and
cause him iQ-take thenamef of God in,yain7-
Ic was heard hcfaftjiU: thtminisUrs and (Very
tj confuted, QT'tifnfes$ed,X$ Hi WmtlSS-!
The reading is. doubtful. There is, no other; re
cord but this relating to any oath, and aths in
'general arc the Subject niatter, and not tkt oath,
of. tally. ; Moreover- hsre .is no'? : sentence. ; sacK
ts it was, it wasa jdeiiiori; of piinisters 'upon ,a
wraf uestion and ;it does ao appear, whether
WjilHains-waatisfi
tioBS.mayhave Wecn,peculiorl!on this subject;
bit did not ro tlic length' Avhieh multitudes of
mtmen;najre jsincergone Rowing t unuwiut
fd? CYsn .g oq d vol en to; t ak a: oiths : all oaths :being
fallowed by our Savior.4u iV e:i
J3t see how Mri Cdtton goes.bsyond the re
cord, and discolors thi matter : " So by thiste-J
not,1aeith2r?rj3ig&Rt;unrchrmembc nortJother
godlv persons take an oat'h.'i 1 Hubb2J J . c .Will
any sound maa say he ! -believes-that ? ? i None; -:
Bati, audi alteram paslcrto", iajrinaxim not ltd
"Ha LsrcsrardedX W havoWiHiainsr view of
this point, and are- bound, in justice to believe
t ' t . " 1 ,1 --"l '-.? r ? T - 1 . ; 1
nn honest, ;anq tnai jus.reasonsiare suca as - na
gfve "0rr:his occasioaV;.:See" Hireling's Minis-rri-VNona-of;
Christ's: i?uAtnixj ille ' are ar.
grtcs lanst, thzfrequ-tny)Bnd-midtikity.:.ol
oaths,! and contends, that enforcing them'm
tho most trivial oceasion, and upon .-all persons
indiscnimnatbly," - is' inexpedient acd swroag
and tliat, 44 although it befialrful: for." Christians
to invocate the -aamfedf .thelost Highria'swear
ing,ycV it otizhtHd betised:f mostolemnlyf and
alyjon alaost?solema sand?iweightyQcca-
sioB.' 5.So,he: practiced ia' his own Common
wealth, and so we bare jdaee. practiced ia this,
"and BUeh'oaths'aresnd cf
person entrusted;' with place of public clrarge
ncommarid.'?? "k$ iv 't?&iif:-tzl -hM&n-i
j'Bat? Mr Baekur-as-iuTthcr I shoira,-y 'ap-5
''pealhrta thsTrecoMsrwhich:vhe-has, copied aad
gites, that MrJ Cattoa ;vras under a -great! mis
take: iat this, mitter i that .Williams e o bj ectioa to
thtjath" was,1 that itas;aot?fraiaetl; or corded
according, to' the fharter an(L that ' tho . mngis
t!s? had "assumed? a! dispensing power, to rex
enrtcmea . frdiaj the, oath :f " Iclity .which
stHcy ha;f already taken ; which -iwas rdownright
Ipiryaad whicK" no human . tribunal ought to
trdertakd to'do. illBack; 60 GSi' jn I: :UH
-r4Bdt'ccdralatiMr Cotton's accQunt, it
was
ailty of any oSeace ia this raatter.HiThs oath
was to be ofujrcd hot iiaposeaJ"J Then,; every
man had a rio-ht to'lar,vu3 thi3 ; matter and hear
Ms neighbor
's arguinerTt, if ha wished; the argu
it to induce . "any to violate-.a; law
laefit was aot
but to indues incn ' rM Uoza ecevt th e cfT if ; ith
order havkg left this; 'optional .to acccpt'cr hat,
Aid -bo j' most .unqaesUoaably, - the migistrats:
ohsidcred the matter, They dilrat sesd. for
hmi 'a3 a seditious -rpdrsoa ' who ,vras inducing
Eeoplo to viclat3 the:law; but as aLpcroa vrho
avl "advanced znewrjpcirJ.m 'siorals. 113 'held
it was rTot lawful, or rather, sinful, for an unrc-g-ti;rate
men to rrav, and La Tr'is :nt for on
t-t
I til"
met of
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T.
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command," and .this oath, fc saysi, WjOllams veWto
w yae m.-t.uwAuatwsr Uj mucn'-icss 'to wn- or inemext jcarna cviacmij-Deen .aitcreu w tie ls ina universal agent : "mj r auicr-woriiein z -Xnerti ore
si Thus Ihisreat, offence, vhlch Cotton savsv i the' M.CCC.LIII., probably that the copies re- j rile is. the'source of all power: I jnvarou now- wnrf? fn t.J
lenJangered the governments of Europe', was 'no
pffnce at'all ; he has misstated the inattcY, and'
as'cIpar-as'thfiTBiintnat its had "nothing to"5
13 as cleara3 tha uunrthat it had "nothing to"
da.-with hi8 -bamshmentr,wa3vno oflence at all
exceptin ths.inind of Mr: Cottoa.. i
l ..But 1 have somewhat further. to allege. against
Mr.'Cottonl ; He has" stated. these two matters,'
and colored them, strained tbein ' far' beyond the.
facts and' thenThe addsIf iipoa these'-grouhs,:
Mr. Williams be ready, a& he professeth not,on
ly to be bound and; banished-, but also to die in
Nrew England, let him remember, what he knows,
'imnpana Uidi tdusa facit mart'yrtm, Uor ra'ar
tyr of Christ did: eexiBnSer forj such acausev-i-'
Hubb213i tTti?t as Mr:: William himself
says is dressing a;maa up ia a. bear's skia,, and
saying uther-y6ji, art a bedst "and aira fit only.
bfieht am UastsiU 'lorifaml dhoied
He gives, the imaginary,1 aad mot the' real cause'
banished, and - die for them. V VVIlliams ,Kad
eausad lettrbCwrittelafrbm his own church
to the other churches,' complaining of the injusi
tice of the riagistrates,"arid advis
uition ; for, this" he was: convented,?? and; be
cause ,he insisted that, this liras.; rihtj,nd
their conduct was censurable fo'5 withholding the
land, he' was' then banished : the secret "cause hid
den in,the minds and hearts of the minis tcTS 'and
mafratesvrai thaC hcodended ffo? t61era
tioa and" liberty of xjonscieace' ir : ? matters of ?r&
ligidn; and for; these die:,3mbanishedi an'dr ibr
these he had already suffered , the loss of 1H
xninss , au nis lemporai estate. ancLior these ne
was
3- willing to "be banished," aad to" die." if his
master should call hiiav to thesc : further suffer-'
vNothiag could be more tinvforthy of the char
acter of Mr. Cotton than this manner of reproach
andscoroful treatmedt "of Mr. ilKams. H, He
was but 4 manV arid he felt that be w as implica
ted, and felt-driveir?j to make the " best 'join irinw
self and brethren, , and he : felt, also, probably
that his "Bloody -Tenet' V had; been reasoned
dotczn by. Wilfianis, and his pride could not brook
that Willams should be thonht to,bea real mar
fyr,! swjfcrcr, for-the' causa: of Chrisl,' by? the1
hands of his brethren : i;7itK5.; nfifi
'1 3fr: Cotton's concluston,in which she nrider
taks to ; passjv kind of j udgement ? oni Mr Wil-,
irms, returns, back, upon t,hiniself, being -much
more applicable td him, than to . his antagonisf;.--T
These' words : "Thus men of great parts J and
strong 1 affections,! for vant of stability in their
judgements toH discern ;rthe txumrin; mattersJof
controversy, le.yessel that -camestoohiga,
sail, are; apt to.overset .in ,tbc streani, andruin
-those" that are embarked with theiriV' "'.This is
very rcTriarkable, .v.''Mr;;C6jttdri,s' eat'Tau
not td Byfault was 'the want of this very stability,-ia
bis judgement, twhieh. he charges :;om Mr r
Williams ; whereas, Williams himself is more dis
tinguished forinffexibihty, and adhcarnco to his
judgement coricernirigthe' "truth-than for any
other: characteristic. lt 4 is'evident that in this
cohtroversy, (the - Bloody tTenet,) ' hfc "did not
discern the truth',randi "if either, of them'fover-i
set," it was Cotton himself i
rr Having thus shown that JVlx; 1 Cotton ; has jnot
assijnied the true causes of the 'banishment .arid
:-. ".
that the i'. cduseslie has shdwn are" gr'ouadless, arid'
II me real causes are ueruiury .m vulujii . iimi
self dndall concerned fh' itj Jc propose- next to;
bhow vha,f tJUi rtal I cmseras; if ; any , besides J
the; ona assigned in the complaint which, I haye
considered; the true causey which induced the
roadsters to -give their consent' to' the bariish
jnerit. " t ' " r " 1V '?
f,-; . -. h w
Tlie ,A1 tli orp? Library : Of .XiordSpen-'
cer.
From Dr Cogswell, of. the Astor Library, .NewOfork.
I f"? -i'- i in a letlef tfafej LoodttCa SJS. '
1
j The LVbfary. is" distributed t through ' various"
rooms of -the'" housi, ; eight altogether; I think,
iseveral "of whichiare very iakre i the" first ia oiw
def; is' tha room.' of"the Incunabula, which if devo-j
ted entirely. to editions of the, fifteenth century,
aira .worKS lnsaperatue irom tnem. . i nisroom is
larger Hlian a comPff'iizWpaflpr 'lew-Yprfcf
aridomplltB fhl And hereindeodV; are'
thti things which the prophet3 and- kings of liter
ature inizbt r welL desire to. see. some of, which
other Iibrarv in the .world.
V.HB- WWW . - . , 1
. - - 1 if "-- 1 - A " ' it 1 it . . i. l.n - U
wna snail i'seieciirom mis uiuiuiuut;, vi irei- :
ufe3 to describe td you?
me,: were I to attsmpt only Ha name th3J curious
and precious volumes k. which wer$ r snccessively,
placed before me by tho, learned Ubratian. j ; !
We must beirin with the block books' -.In
tion-rbf :..aBVr kiad aboutitr there cannot" be- a
doubt that it was executed at the time it was da -
tod and nothm'of an earlier date exists, wmcn i
is admitted to be genuine, that of 1418'npt ben
in- so. From thi3 onward therein a line series
oflio'ck books besides -riany the blocks V with
;d . rrowncro can on ?
the data of UiabinVlin-, 1 4 G7 probably it vo'aW
bo dienlt to.produce a boo!: buisl carlicr.tnan
fVU Vo r""d from t1 0 Hock-books "to the
moveable typs
sUh. Lord S
r-of tLa art m
'this
..3 a FpCCJ
lien cf lli.
j car-
11:, tu:
13 :
bull -cf; Pops
nee to nil
ryin.r 5rns r-iirt the Turks, v!.or.t
...',;-r rn t'i:ii c'or.ri:. i'i
VVilliams professes that hais willing; Vto be boundc
winch thfv were-stampj
mor-prfect Fncimens of the early -Xylograph- blood in his daily drudgery, his locks arc prem
ie art One portion , of the Biblia -'Pauperum is f aturely gray, bis genial humor sours, and slaving it
in curious old "skin ' binding,' on" the c over of till ho has bscouio a morbss : or rcekless man , lor
rr? XJi ti-k tam-f" the owner'' is tampcd"wit!r iany extra-effort-, cr any link- cf;balny feeling,
' niainins; from the preceedinoj -year rniht answer
j for 1454, and save
prcssiaiLi Nicli'oh
the necessity .of a new- im
' prcssion:v Nicholas -V. died in".March..l455.
an jwas' succeeded by Callixtus ' III. j it. waa
therefore necessary .-to issue a 'new bull. Accor
dingly" we find that the oae of tho date of 1455 i3
eatircly niffereatvtypc,' and the compansonof the
two furnishes the best atguirieat in' favor of tile
priority tjf Gutenburg'4 JBihle-printed; a'tr Mfnti
("noyrtknpwn'4is. the JNIazarin Bible) i.tol that ; of
Pfis'ter, -pnintei fprdbablytejtwcenV 1456 arid
j-1'460,' ut5vithout ndate orplac Pfister s re
'markable F bcinfouridoa th6 last dated bull;
Copies of s both thego Bibles are 'in the Altlibrp
.uiurary, anu.gi ne,Jirsii yiee is a copy: ia ew
York, but it. cannot be seen.. ;? Next in order. is
tie earliest Bible with a dato thatof Faust arid
SchefFer, printed at"Mentzi ti62?fof : which
' rLoroT Spencer" has a'magnifie'ent opy lon Veluuil
1 siuu .uoi v J3U1LB vi.svuu Kmiy mums ia lae an
guages j- ia. eyery-case, the 1 nrst;,egitioii of; each
I ' ; r I ?' xi tl T - - rri' ri
language found in this Xabrary The ai liest
prmtd book with a date, is the Psalter of. 1457,
of Avhich there is a1 copy in We preservation
The earUest Erillish: Bible is the 'orie transla
ted, from thedLatiir' and Dutch,: by-MIles:Cdveri-dale
and printed by him. n tbe; Lfer; Qouniries
in 1435 as v it was .not permitted to. be"done in
low-iri? proper order: bxthe library. - tl - - s
In the fct editions 5pf the: Oreek and-rLatia
Classicsj'lthe: library is -equally rich ;. not one of
the 'rare ones is wanting. J never thought much
of Alduses uritif I saw the Althdrp set in vellum
and how I know bowbeautiful they are Until the
addition-of the Cass ano Library to his-collectbny
Lord Spencer had no copies of the very rareNHf'
pies Horace and. Juvenal .' finding tbem;iu the
possession of ' the 'Duke o Cassano, her offered
him six hundred pdunds sterling for' these two
small -volumes, : which" .offer the "Dukd declined;
unless Lord Spencer would extend'his purchase
to, the .whole library; Jt was in; this way that the
Cassano library: happened to jbe bought bjbirn.
Uon't fret, I've little moro'to add.' You reinern
ber,I)ibdinVglowin aecount'inr his Biblidiriariia
of the" Valdafar Boccacio ' for which the Duke of
Malbordugh,-when inarquis of :' Blankford, paid,
or rather agreed to pay2260 Dibdin's lac?
cdnnt;Of it, used to form one of my. stock stories,
arid now J, can add that 1 have had" the precious
voiume ill iinna J 11 is in-me Aimorp iaDrary,
having beri purchased by' the 'late ord Spen-
eer for.abouti2900j i wherii it .was '. sold '.under a
decreetq satisfy the claims of the JJuke pfrJlpx
burgh's, heirs, to,;whom .it has 'belonged, when
bought by' the" Marqm bf'BlariHord !Tbe
whole; histdrydf mis vdlmrie from the timer of its
being diseovered'in tbe'Libraryi'Df the Monaster
ry; until it came into Lord Spencer's hands, is
most curidu3 it has riow found a proper, resting
place, and reposes quietly "among its fit assoca-
-JIannot quit the subject of Jthe Aliorp'Li
brary without obierving that "everything there-is-
in proper keeping, every copy ia a choice oner,
aU books ofprints are proofs before the ; letters,
the binding of every ,volune is of the best and
richest-kindj arid Jthey "are "kept as neatly :'adi;as
free from the dust ar ;fresb'bdoks7iTbdvnrim
ber i is not very great,! 66, '000 .volumes only, but
that is enough to inchide everything worth hay
ing, t-As to the. paintings and other. works of
art,'wMch form the embellishments of the -'Edes
t?-.1 Mi-- .-4 i .--ii. -i -y i i t '-.
; Althorj)sahe they- afdjgust' 1 such' as "'prif would
desire to see ltf such'a-"pnrK;elyTesidenco ibut t
haver already rgspassed .top rion Pa. your -pa
tienca to. enter upon an.account of ihem-nowj
H .' : ' a "
oTlie 'Natural History (of the SalrtatU .
c'The" Creator has given us a'Unaturall restdfa-
-tive-4 sleep ;-and amioral Irestoratife Sabbath:
Keeping j ana iv s ruinm-aispensQ-wiwi .eiuier.
Under the pressure of high excitement. Individ
als have passed weki'together withTittle sleepj
. - . - . .
tf a n Irrtnt wliAtlini.' Tiro m I I fT , Tl AT.
uoiuuo nusiuc - -,
imanual worker the artisan, the lngiuecr toiH
mg on from day today,and week to wee ky the
crigat intuition 01 nis eye gets wuuwu, auu iur-
getful of their cunning, his fcngcre no. longer per
forra tlieir 'feats -of twinkling, agihtyt nor by a
Iplatic and tuneful loucH, mould dead matter, or
wicia mecnanic power,, uui-, uiiimiuj; u. iuoo
;ke must
stand indebted to ormm or alchohol.
. . f .. v.
..;' H JSvrth Brithh Rtvitio,
i k
Crari'ricnr v.t ChrM's Character. " T
Sr.ch is tha rrbry r f Ch.ri:-:t's character, that
th
s Scriptures hy
ill tha realms of ; nature and
of art under contribution, 13 cruor to
1 W. 1.W
it. ' ' IIo ii call:!
cf r;
1
xugiunu, ueiuj; wuAure.j.eury vni- nas ueciuea
for -ty,ffiikda$ itbr-TA1I tthe 'other ; ing-:
lish versions tdT tb'e time ; of thd Treceived 'onV- fol-
yrnpneTbut:whtiieproce
the over-driven powers "bwfe
nmand, death comes;onrcanthe natural a. . reliQas eanbfbnndin fairy
niupnt be sysmaticaiiyjcurtaiiea wimom corres- -jf magnitud0i which.' riiay .'be
ponding nuschief, jSThe Sabbath .does not arrive 1- intiori 'under hedven. We4sk
U3 liKe me nour OI siumoer; 'ii uoes noi. eutrance s
but: address-
cr.ta tread on all serpents J and if yo drink any
one is your master,: even Christ. 71 4 'He is the i
vindictatof "of rigliteousnessr "inasmuch as.ye
did itiintoQnenf.thQ.least of these my servants,
ye did nntq meIp.irLord of the Sabbath He
is the proprietor of all": "Alt things' that the Fa
tbet hath kry'mine.te'1a'lh8"; truUTf that is
his worda are: "4ii6ms ;pf -theological -rsciericei
He is as to-hU nature, incomprehensible; for his
J name is' Wonderful Counsellor, tha mighty (Jod,
the spnOt man ; ana he saysr.JNo man know
eth wha the- Son is but '"-the JFather.t' -"!&h'd'say,
reader while" such a befrig,havirig 'takcn oh
hira' dur pboruriaariit
siftf has the :keys t of iheavenr and.: helJ , arid? can
I raise iyjngiteriftpnVa -gibbet. t9
the,,celestial;
paradise, -is he .not worthy to' be
lovedwoshipped, addred,"wdrthy to repeive the
supreme liomage of thy' hearty and 'theentirC ser
vice of thv'lifc ? s'-rv " s-. r.-. tr .zr - r
-w ?f fir Ant TrlniTi1V "ii 'Ssk
5
It is iriost - fcheeririg, when?'deep f apathy 'pre
vails at home, add we can b'oastof noncwvicto
ries,'. to look abroad; at a T distant , part f. the
world, and see some - magnificent result of . our
work ; slowly achieved but achieved arid be
come a'great characteristic trait riot" td be "blot
ted out from i wholernatidnvSucb a iriumph
we witness - at the Sandwich Islands.' ( iSIen in
dignant at the progress f virtue, jjnd .the eup
pression of licentiousness and every evil ;Work,
have indeed endeavored to mite It 'appear! that
all the represen tations of reform have been
overated,ahd ca IcuEted vgfeatly t' misleadithe
pubVio ind.;iBut it is toolate for such, state
ments., f -We have, tpq much reliable testimony
to the contrary to alldv? us for a , inoment tcTdis
be'lleve or falter. r We-ridtlpnly knowhat a great
reform has beerr 'effected- there j but' there lias
been almost acoriiplete triumph Jof thetemper-
ance .reformation. The latest, and we may.;say I
iuosi,reiiaDe lniormation staresmapii fis; soj
arid b for it ' we tbarilCGod i ryes amid 'all the
rikeneMS whjchsn
and take Pourage The following stateinents are
made by those who Jhave resided there and know
all ; truth -v, V- ? '& tXiii :
.On the, first arrival of the. missionaries, the
;rime was
a state
disgusting licentiousness might - be tseen, ihe le
i? a " 1 ' 1 ' . i .
guimaip ana never raiim accompaniment pi ,ra
temperanoe.. These abomiriatidna were riot con
fined to the common people : but the Kinss' a hd
the chiefs .were the principal actors in the'- riot
ous scenes nf those days. Ine; eye saw74hd the
ear .heard, many things "which iriay notlbe utter-
ea pr written, i ne tongue. wonia lauerj ip spqag
them,' and paper, itsebf would blush ' to ' receive
the: record. : ' ' y" f 'i' VtKt :Hru
Has any chaiijPe beeh effected Iri the5 habits of
um lsianuers-in mis respect r is every .vuiago
now, as formerly, filled witb-intoxicatea and - U
centious revelers f'Npt atallThereba3 been
a translation from brutal intpxic'atmri'td Chris
,tiah spbrRtyH -It is a thing of , rare ecciirrence
10 see a arunicen native, i ue scaie is lurnea.
The foreign eothmuriity are the eonsumera of in
toxicating drinksir "iThcre ; isia nation pn tho
globe , tliat belter deserves the . appellation;, of
would be more' consistent and entirely sd. l
were" left to" manage the' subject fori themselves,
witlio'ut foreign.' interference, -Biit alas ! the
Hawaiian .- Government has inotj-tbe libertyto
make any .article of commerce contraband.
i - The Kiriff' the G dvemnierit, and the nation
itself, adhere to the principles of temperance J
ana toe wuoie mass migut noi unaptiy oo aesig-
' - i, .... - ; -o. . ... , - - . . .....
natea as one sreatf temoen.nce society, ue re-
regard to temperance is not proof of some prCH
gresg m : civilization, intelligence, and moral
effected, through the agency of Ins
furnish evidence, that-labor and
treasure have been expended to' good account:
Prosess ofIlcllgion in. England-!
The" Editor of the "Loridotf Christian Times,
contrasting the. civil- quiet ' ot 5 Jngianan wiin
the resuitto
!- same source
He says :
influeri6e "of
the -iiibla. 1 minions tc verericd - the 'Sabbath rind
asscmbla for worehip -under some -teacher. ot ae
word.-.' Forty thousand . Protestant fastors aro
cnfrirrrl rpntYmt ftfid teachm? it every ; baboatn
:.i i;t kndwkd2 of
mi
.ho Lord hall cover "the eartji as ! thswatcrs
the
cover the cel.
1
m;;IUUkUU'uu1' '"c "V? A man may have hidden trouble, as well as hid-!
fountaui-oflue. "lam ;ome that they may dcif treasures,' in -his strong loi, that ioona'
have life."; He. is one with the . Father.?' -,"he tnows of but himself.- - - - , , 1
who hath seen me hath, seen the Father. . He . We conceal, our.infirmiti and our adlctions-'
the "One greater than the temple," He is often, times, more' jealously tlianVebidi our mo
the. Lord of onscicnc : "call no man' master ; riev ' bas. .Whatever Wv Lj Vou'r tr.i.!r
were a nation oi arunKarus ; anu?-Tery
committed, 'which crows oat or sucn
of thinss." ' J. Itt'everV' villaffe; tho'; most
td the people. Hundreds of thousands of Sab-f .rrv - ,
bath S. teachers gd forth to their work; Scrip-L t 1 u.f ; ' -
tare readers" "and berievdleat' vlsitori in cndlcEs' '; The Pope. Democracy in Rome contmyes
variety -of ways-arc 'pressing-on; the ? religion f in the ascendaritj and 'the Pope remains in exile,
rnrsvpnfnt The fclidons aspect of tho ,couLt:y If this potentate,, who claims th? veneration zlI
18 sitch the religious elements at work are so ' ef-t. obedience of the Christian world, cannot, coni
fective, accept able", and growing iri.th'e 'midst of'. mand the rc;pect and nfTectionsef his "own u
U5 'that we do not " hole forward to tho: futu e jects ; "if the Pope and the cardinals are the oU
with alarm:- Let the? dec trie agency .of: reveal-; jects of the ridicule and aversion cf the Tlorizn
c l truth go forth byrcr. ly invitation; a weleone: rVl ifaU the infallible tcacb-g cf Uis ;.:cd
yVntalon- preed lins throu-houtt!i3 land;.' of tha Church ...leaves them -two-foil mors
?.-.l t'n without explosion dr alarm, the. whoU. children cf hell than others, what is thainf.rence?
atmosphere shall'-be healthily cleared cud ilia- Cf prophets and teachers our Civiourbiinjcj
'Adictioiis.'
very few of "God's poopla who Iiavo!
or some secret anlictions ; for th;
are not figure of fc W d KteraI lru
whether in the'rhihd,' bddy,or estate, take couf
ag. - It Will not be so always y 'Jjx, ; 1
Ynumay tbmk
Har Well, what of thatiGodV people are a'
reUar;pepp!e,arid hayepeculiar support ; nai
WondeVr that their troubled should bc peculiar aU
sd. Dwell riotuppri therii but look forward i&
peculiar joys.-r-Thcse light adictions, heavy,-4
taoughs we think rthcra, spring. not .forth of tho ;
dust. They, are weighed in.the' balance, and
are JiOt a scruple too. light or too heavy for youfi
dasa.Beaf , then, your afflictions patiently,-
iubinissively' acquiescently.-- It will not - be so
always". hc: j -: - - ,r
:J-Ijf,we did but" know.what our afflictions defend, '
us from, aswell as we know: what they bring iip
ppr ns, we should be more recpnciled'to L- J :
"therai'f or companions. They may givo1 4is paia
aridyet: impart a glory to eternity.?. I have soJ ,
friends 'now whoa afflictions I put .in to. my . pray""
rampt,thatHh.ey
mightrdrjnight not be a blessing ; but that they
may be'amon tht(all things" that work togethV
eir for the good Of God's "people. ' --'U - i j
3- :-N iu ' xi --',t ;'.4'.,-,f -1' "
- i Tlie Sourteof Happiness; v-V.-
Ydn might wear a'"crowribut a Jiilty- con
science would line it'wth . thorns; fyon might .roll
in wealth, but an accusinVcoriscience would haunt
you : like a demon ; you may launch into ;rh
pleasures of thd" world ,but cdnsciericc will register ;
every deed, and foretell a day df reckoning. AIiIj -ton
has put the deepest philosophy into the moutii
Pf the arch friend when Jne exclaim
r -
- "Th mind i5 jt own plaiet and bf.'itwlf ; . '
make a belt o hearen a hearen o( hell,?
"" We all seem rather to inhabit ourselves, than
dwell any where else. The world within . is Jour
lioriie .and: constant. ;abpde f:Our houghtsT are
our nriinston, pur, food, -our wealth; ioheritanee
Everything is viewed through the, medium of
thought.-' Hdre,v flid" present wdtldtbV vrdfld to
comePufselves, Pur fricW(our foes apd even'tha
Deity are reflected, surveyed arid contemplated
and hence,vto . have peace within'j isf: heayen
When all - is tranquil around, the 5 iriirid ."may bd
like the troubled sea, arid,-on the contrary the last
thurider may roar, the earthquake; 'arid the heavens
Resolve and "melt with fefyent .heat, and the soul
far 'froto feeling the. least, alarm may; exult' and
sing Nor .need wewait for our'.- happiness till
deatb" bas unlocked "the portals' of bliss. '- Why.
not be happy now? Td wlkbyfaltJi,arid1serve
our generation according to.the-will of God,
will enable, us torcalize no sma amount of hies
sedness.- Parsons. ' " !. - ' - ; ... .
-V'Napoleon'i Hearts
"WhenBdrMpart1 died it is well -known thai .
hi heart' Was extracted,' with 'the- design of being .
preserved, -ir. Tha;;British physieian,wboyhad
charge;pf the wdnderous organ had deposited it in '
asilver basin, among sprne water and jfetired td
rest, leaving-twd tapers ..burning beside it' in his' "
chamber J'JIe'idf ten confesses to Ms f.ierids while
narrating the particulars, that he. felt rery nerr-
ously anxious, as to. the eustody of such- a depos-
it. and, though haf reclned,: he did not. sleep.5 "
irt?i - iL Jli2--t r t-r"' : 'i
ni ie; lying tnus awaKe, no neara aurmg me bi;
lerice of the nfeht; first! a-rrisUirig:t no6e',Hh"eri
piuugo auioug uie waierin me Dasm: aau uieir
a - -j . ' i. i t 11 .... - jt
uie-souuu ot aa oDjecc raiimj wua a reoonua joa
the floor-lU occurring: with the .quickness . of
thought. rDr. A. sprang from his bed, and the
'cause of the intrusion upon his repose was ex
plainctl it was an'enannous, Npriiiandyr at drag
ging the heart of appleon to its.ho.le. 4
L A few moments more, and that which had been -too
vast in its ariibition td be satisfied & with the;
BPvereTgnty of continental fJppe wnuld havd l
becri found: iit a.more degraded position .than the,1- -dust
pf Csesar topping a,: beer barrel-it wonH
have been devoured as jiie supper of "'ratl-r;
"To such Vile-uses must we i come, atlast t-1, i
: : :-';- . Death- , , :
-a
Death' cdmespg&Hyr to us ;all arid.makes - tis
all equal "when it eomes. The sihes of an oaU'
'in a chimney are no epitaph" of that oak; to tzlY
nie how high or hotr large that was ;f it tells me
.not" what'" flecksit sheltered while it'stcod, nor
what lnen it -hurt when it (felL The 4tut of
great personsgiyes is speechless too r it says
nothinrr; or distinrniishes nothing. As socn:4.hd
dust of a wretch whom" thou would'st not, ai of
a prince whom thou eouhrst not look upon, will
trouble -thine eyes if the "wind bolw it thither :
; 4 and when awhirlwirid hath blown the dust of the.
clmrchyard into' thc church, and the man sweeps
outithe tlust of the church into th churchyard,
Who yndl ' undertake 'to sift those dusts 4 again,
I and to pronbunce-liii3Vis the ; patrician, r
this is "the noble llodr, and this' the yeoman, thh
f.ivs iBv theirs fruits ..ye" shall .know ' tarn.
- The fruits of the Papacy correspond with its;--
2auai cnaracisiiiucs. itm ytt ""-... rf.