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Ptuotcb to-tttligionjOTqraUtj), ttcraturt, Agriculture and .mcrarjntcjligcricfc VOLUME XYIL M 2U RALEIGE, I, C, FRIDAY, MAY 21,4852, WHOLE NO. .1102 5 TZOTIS XT. tOZLY, Editor. ) '1 I llii HUM II I i tif ' nun iii ti ii A Religious and Literary Paper: Wished weekly at Kideigb, N, C., at $3 00 per an- i r ' payable in all cases m advance. """-jT All otters on business should be directed to tilf publi Aer, Marcus A. Meredith.. ? Letters eontain communications, or ia any way relating to the ed ur'al departmsnt, should be addressed to "Editor of !he BiWtcaI Recorder. Privuto le tters to the Editor, .,iHo reference to the Recorder, address thus -K.fbo. W.Tobcy. v . . ' f&" AH communications, to insure attention, must ldirect si to rUleish, N. Cpost-p&id. " parFor further particulars see last page. 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" , Columbian Collet Several weeks hare passed since a correspon dent of the Philadelphia Christian Chronicle al!ei the attention of the public to the low state i cf this once flourishing Baptist Institution, and ri!0 one ia jour paper has yet taken up their pen to advocate its claims on ths denomination Xbough in many ways unsuitcd to the task, I would indeed he an unworthy son did I refuse my rbic3 again in behalf of a College that ought to Id dear to every Baptist heart. Colombian College is the child of Luther Rica. That devoted man, while strivirg to awaken a missionary spirit in the Baptist denom ination, saw the need of an institution, similar to the school at Basle, in Switzerland, where pi cas youth might be fitted for laboring in"' a fo reign field Although the University at Provi dence, R. I., was then flourishing under Baptist influence, yet that location did not seem sufli tieiitly central to answer the ends desired. Wtshington City was accordingly selected, and tie Triennial Convention taking hold of the enterprise, fostered its growth for several years. A Theological School, which bad been estab--liabvd at Philadelphia,1 by the Convention '.under Dr. Staugb ton and "Prof. Chase, was removed to Washington in 1821 , and became a part of the College. The Collegiate- department went into operation ia. January, 1 822. Dr. Staughton ' was its first President The first class was 7 graduated ia 1824 ; on which interesting occa sion Gen. Lafr.yette was present. . In 1827 the College ceased .operations, on tS0xm of having run too deeply into debt ; but was enabled, by the energetic exertions of the ftiefcds of ministerial education, to rc-open its doors within a year's time. The beloved Chapin then became its President, and continued so, I tbink, until 1843 ; soon after which the- present incumbent was appointed.' ? ( Such is a bjricf outline of the operations of Co lumbian College. Could " I furnish ' a complete picture of its history, I , am confident that none of your readers would consider as too bold an aassrtion that no Institution has stronger claims upon the Baptist dsnamination of America than t!i3 now.diclinin Colbga at Washington, t This assertion 13 not mada without reason.-- It is true that since the establishment of Col urn lian, nearly every State has founded its own-fa rorste institution : each, of which certainly de- man I3 the fostering care' of thoss for whosa ben ei it was calbd into" existence. ' We have in Vrvrt nnrnliha ai, ColIe28v which bids fair to compete inf nsefjilness and learning', certaiuliin rfaptation to ihfe wants of our own State, with any other in? kii country. ' Virginia has been aroused from nsr slumbers' in regard to cdaca Coa, and is richly "endowing her College 'at Eichmond, '.. which, however unnecessary its ordinal foundation, is now an honor to the d nomination. ' But are our charities so con Saei that we cannot : take within their scope other than merely sectional interests ? Must e,as North : Carolina Baptists, , be so sel as to neglect the cause of 1 the denomination itlarr Must we confina our labors to tdreagth winj' oirr sectarian influence -in a single State and forget the general interests of. the Redeem r's wide-spread kingdom ? Eor I contend that tithoch Columbian has not yet answered all its engial design, its interests are connected with ftosc of the cause of Christ' generally. ,-: ' ' But not frpnr motives drawn from an enlarged CbUtian charity alone should we seek to cherish 4e dollega at Washington! ' In its lye ry 'foun7 fotvm the denomination, at large vat fltdgtd fa il sjporf. -The' Convention was' then the eoibodimenfc of the ' viewa of the majority of 1 the missionary Baptists' (and none other des'erves the aame) in the UiiUeoV States. ; This Conven tion established the College', allowed its own agent to rk for it, nominated its- trustees, and . indeed as tha "protector of its infancy ; and v the "aid oT -it vigorous manhood.; Through 'the influence of that bod, Baptises "from all parts of the Union1 tomlined by their : prayers and1 contributions to astaia the enterprise. -Encouraged by this man- Station of general jintefest, the friend of the crtakine. in the name of the denomination I their hands" to tbe'ow: : Let not then the l--er ealls cf aa btitation at hoas s I III I llllllltillliltl I ,!) )! I I il I 111 illl. II! ,!t trior c!aia.cf onsrthcr' c- ItW to cLzrch, it r,zz to 1 a J ! cllt: r raoft tttend to both, Ouj lW wo f-r 0:9 Wd then tO'have undirtiiVfn nther rvlpdiTfis'bAforn , r 0 the first had been fulfilled Y As honest men, I think not. Bat this objection is not true. Wake Forest and Columbian can occupy tha hearts of North Carolinians without conflicting ia the least : ... .1 Colambian has another claim. - The denomi nation in tha Southern States, are indebted to that College for many 'of their best preachers. Sotne of the first men of our denomination, there received the mental . training by which they have swayed to?-hearts and intellects of our million members. Columbian's list of alumni is not barren in great names. In her Theological School the-, well remembered and still useful DaggTwaartraini'd.-- There Uo thimeated Armstrong sipt at the fount of ' knowledge. . In those classic halU CnAhman,' dear to 1 many a mother, received his education. Some of the brighest lights of New EnglandRolUn Neale and Baron Stoware of Columbian. Need 1 mention others ? Need I speak of those who are now actively engaged in the work of the min istry around us ? Where are ye, sons of Colum bian ? Why are not the powers yo acquired there now used for ner benefit ? If a thousand swords would have sprung from their scabbards to avenge an insult to England's Queen, why do not your pens spring to vindicate . the claims of your Alma Mater? . But this article i3 already too long. With your permission, Mr. Editor, I will continue the subject. Sacristan. Borrowed Sermons The history of preaching in Europe and America would contain a very curious chapter relating to what, has been really, or in reputa tion, stolen compositions delivered from the pul pit. Two or three cases of this kind now occur to our recollection. . Some twenty years ao, there lived at Bristol, England, a very able and popular preacher, the Rev. William Thorpe; Commanding in person and manner, with a voice: blending thepeal of the thunder with the softness of the xephyr, and with a pathos and unction which, in his best seasons,; were almost unrivalled, he was every where popular. No man, when he brought out his powers, could make a better sermon ; but he was" naturally indolent,' and having a most extraordinary memory, he never made a secret of the fact that ' not a few of his sermons were eomposVd'by xthers"." The practice placed Jnni sometimes in an awkward position, which, how ever, he occasionally turned to good account. His week -evening sermons were - generally ex tempore, and cost him btrt half an hour's thought in his vestry, which he usually reached so long before the commencement of the service s One Wednesday evening, on his arrival at the church, he found on tne table some fifty copies" of a printed sermon, sent by a poor neighboring min ister for sale. ThoTpe sat down, read and ad mired the sermon, and then went into the pul pit and delrvered it. Hrs hearers were delight- ed, and went almost in crowds into the vestry to express their gratification. The worthy paster, wishing perhaps 1 to test the sincerity of these compliments, and no doubt! desiring to benefit his neighboring brother, sard tolhrs people, uOh yes,' the sermon you have heard to-night was a good' sermon, a very good, sermon ; but do not thank me. for it; it "is none of mine. There it lies printed on the table ; pay your shillings and take home the copies, and so refresh your mem ories, and send a few loaves of bread to the fam ily of its author," We need not add that the ser mons were all sold. . When Mr. Thorpe was settled in London, before he removed to Bristol, he preached from memory the whole six volumes of Saurirs Ser mons, on successive Sabbath evenings.. -; Wtren be had reached the end, the late Samuel Bagster, the biblical publisher, a personal friend , of Thorpe's sent hira' a handsomely bound copy of Saurin, with a, note kindly hoping that his friend would accept a new copy of Saurin , as he thought the old copy must be worn out. , T borpe.most pleasantly accepted the present, and told Bagster that he hoped he had; been greatly profited by the labors of the best preacher, which France overproduced-. . : 'v- v - There lived in Thorpe's days, and we hope vet - lives, in a city tten or twelve miles from Bristol, one of the most popular preachers of the dav' He - and Thorpe - had been engaged to nreach on occasion of the , dedication of a new church, and travelled a great part of the journey nh the dav receding, together. Un th e way, Thorne acknowledged that bo had maoe no pre Mn Ynr 'the service" and" indeed was not pvph' Provided with a text. 'For this; his con vprfiW blamed bim.litue tnmitinS 01 what I the result was to be. Armea a me cuu of their journey, they were pui 10 sieep m double-bedded Tooix? ' In the night, J.t who was at ' theptime'exceedfngly careful of his delivery, awoke,' and supposinj Tho'rpo to be ; aslecp,;b.e carefully ) repeated ; aloud -, the sermotr.be had to deliver in the morning.' Thorpe lay and heard it admired it, and formed his plans respecting it. V" When" 'they arose, , be entreated , J. to ex- cbane "services with' him, chiefly pleading that he did not feel quite comfortable . in the idea .cf rnl1owinr the Caished sermon that,' no doubt, J .vould deliver iff the morning, besides which by ?ar the: largest congregation' would De in auen UnM in th& evening'.' Tfiaialt took. J. the uzsu-p-'ctlc- J. cat8 c? zvl trhca'ha-rsst And what added to his mortification was, that whenever Thorpe had delivered one of the finest passages, he would pause for a moment to look into J.s face to see how it took"! This was by no means the only sermon of J.'s that has been stolen from him ; indued, we bavo heard bim say, that in travelling he has some times gone into a strange church, and had'an opportunity of listening to a stranger of another denomination delivering and sometimes murder. n8-one f l"3 own printed sermons j and once introduced himself ; to ons of thwvr catkins tleires to reprove hira for the manner ia which he had spoiled hh sermon, - - On one occasion, a living .minister heard J m London, when he delivered a plain practical sermon, which could not welt be got ridof Sy any one that heard it. As the miuister arrived at his home very late in the week, and had not time to prepare Jlwo sermons for the Sabbath, he delivered in the evening, entirely from mem ory, substantially the same sermon he had heard from J, On goinc his rounds his. friends on Monday morning, ho fonn4 his people in a stat of excitement such as he bad never witnessed before. Every one contended that h had been personal, . and every man contended that tin preacher meant Aim. The pastor go throujh for tho time as quietly as ho could, expecting bow the matter would end. In a few days his church met on their general business, and th? pastor took an opportunity of stating the whole of the facts, and l id on the table a printed copy of the sermon as delivered by J., "reported for the Pulpit," a London publication dovoted to sermons. t One fact more, and we will relieve the at tention of the reader, it relates to J. hims?lf One . Lord's day he was absent from hisulpit, which was occupied by a young man with whom he had recently become acquainted, and who had delivered a sermon which had greatly charm ed him. In the evening of the day, the young supply delivered the sermon he had before preached in the presence of their pastor. 1 he people did not conceal their displeasure that he had stolen a sermon from their pastor, who had preached it to them verbatim only on the pre ceding Lord s day evening. 1 he young minis ter ass3rted his innocence, but no one believed him. - He did not feel himself at liberty to state the facts of the case, but determined, not to leave the city till Mr. J. returned, and some ex plana tion could be given. On the following Lord s day nc aavertca in uis puipit 10 mo cir cumstance of the same sermon from; th same pulpit on two successive Sabbath evenings, and added, very significantly, ".It is quito ? true that there was stealing in the case ; but my friend did not steal it from roe stele it from him.- I heard him preach it ; it did me good ; 1 thought it exactly adapted for you, and so I preached it ; my brother; thought that you needed it, and gave it to you again. If blaaic rests any where , it is with your pastor, and not with your visitor." Watchman and Befiector . . J'rom the Union. - Re-Intcrment of the Remains of Df Stangn- - v' t v "ton. Pitil'a Delphi a, .' April 26, 1853V Ma.-EDiTOa: . ' I have just returned from the West Laurel Hill Cemetery, where the remains of Dr. Staughton were this day deposited in' what I hope will be : their final resting place until raised by the last trump. : . -You-, will remember that the Dr. was first buried in 1829 at the city of Washington, D. C, from whence he was removed in 1S31, to the burial . gsoufnd of the Sansom - St. church in George street, above Hth, in this city. - When this lot was first selected for a placa of burial it was on the outskirts of the, city, but now that un broken rows of houses reach from the Delaware to the Schuylkill, it is in the very centre of ths city, and subject to all the objections against its ose as a cemetery, growing out of its being a place of business., ; ' ' :The Church has recently .decideoTto remove all the dead - in this ground to a lot purchased for the purpose n the West Laurel Hill Ceme tery, a beautiful and most suitable place fo"vr- rial, lying upon the Schuylkill river, 2,1-2 ..a from the city.r ' ? . . Hither most - of them hare already been con veyed j the Baptist ministers had notice that the body of Dr. Staughton would be conveyed then? for re-interment,. April, 20, to leave the ground at 4 o'clock P M.. When I arrived at the grave yard,? many persons, ' ministers and others bad assembled, and were standing around in little f t . , i .. - ....... companies of three, or four, occupied in conver sing about by gone days." ; ' ; V as 1 arew wear to ona 01 tneso, i ooservea some papers in - tno hanas: ot an aged white haired man about which he seemed to be con1 vefsinj: with several of the Ministers.' 1 soon learned that they were , specimens of tbe writing of Dr. Staughtons which Q had- been presaryed, and were . very highly cherishedv by the 5 person holding them,-Bro. James Pa Person j one e a pa pil and ' afterwards an intimate friend of the Dr S. j ,r (-j V ; i 1 1 I .felt a desire t'o'cop one or two of these pa pers; but . had jbo opportunity to'dotoi The cotitects of one of ihnl' impressed me much., It was 'drawn'Vp'b the Dr. and. bore the signa tures of rotsa 10 ot,12 ' cf our inEuential bretb rca" cf th-t" diy (ltl2)., , Wtat.imprssscd'rie was tha fii tbat thlj'papst was a c!er, intclli- rtzi cxyrc::ioa'of tho fcspcrtacia and' ralas of miuisteiial education. It set forth, the desira- lencss of wha$ are calk'd raro human attain ments, and then came annual- subscriptions to a fuud to bt' raised for the express purpose of aid ing intho cause of Ministerial Education. My eye caught the names of Staughton, Ilol- comboj - White, , and Patterson upon the paner, dui 1 couiu. not copy to era an. 1 ne cotnn con taining the remains was open (having been crush cd in, I supposed from its appearance, by th weight of the earth upon it) and thcro -lay. a pile of dust and bones ! I will; not attempt to diseribe it. -It. was an bumbling siht !- - Tho hair was perfect aud nntural even in its colour, but this was all that could have been re cogniz2j! Tjba skull, 1 was disappointed to find, bora no very peculiar marks of the mighty mind that once animated it ; there was a fulness and even roundness of appaarance about it, but nothing that presented to my eye, what Phrotn ologists call evidences of greatness. : -; The jaw had fallen from its place, and dis played a fine set of lame round teeth. The cavities, -in which once moved tho speaking eyes of the great orator, were in my judgment unu sually largo, and as I peered into th?raf I thought of the thousands whoso eyes had drank in from these very, localitiej, the kindling, fires 'that . . . . . l 1. . . 1.. r .1 e . - 1 were wont 10 oreag toriu irom nis ourninj heart. - But I must not dwell upon my thoughts. You desire simply to chronicle event. The tniuisters had now arrived, and we proceeded to the ceremonies which had been determine up ..- upon by the Ministerial confirence. The bro kn cofiio was enclosed in another, covered with a black- velvet pall placed in a hearse; and followed by four carriages filled with minister?. It had been decided by the conference that th removal was to bo made in solonin silence. Wbcn we arrived at the cemetery a number of persons were there, must of whom bad come to look after their own daad, but some to witness the re-intormcnt. The remains of the Dr's. first wife were there and we placed them side by sida in the same grave. . , . , Thejmly service on the occasion was a pray er offered by the senior pastor of our city. Rev. J. II. Kennard, after which we turned from, the spot with. ; reflections, anything but pleasant to poor huuian nature, though, I trust they will bfi profitable in view of what 13 before us all. How true iiJsU ' , u The, tall, the wise, the reverend head, Must lie as low as ou rs 1" - Pa. Oa the Lore of Notoriety in Woman. From'tht Casket ; the Monthly Periodical of Chowan Female Collegiate Institute. She that hath ears to bear let her hear. There are seflfne characters so vain, that they are dissatisfi! Wrth' common attention, and are so inflated with Belf-conceit, that, urfable to 6e cure the nwtice they fancy they deserve, have recourse to various expedients to obtain it. These expedients ars invariably, of a d.cidedlv obj ectionable character, and while it is true that they do attract attention to the individual, they gain for her a roost unenviable notoriety. j To excuse themselves fas they think ) In their eccentricities, or more properly, their iiumorali ties, they urge their independent spirit, their disregard of public opinion. But, this is mere nffictatioh ; fdr in their strenuous and singular ' fForts to draw attention to themselves, they clearly fchow, that of all others, they are most anxious to be noticed and favorably spoken; of But admitting that theyjreally aro regardless 'of public sentiment respecting themselves, is this commendable ? Is not such contempt of the opiniocTof the great, The wise, attd the :-gqod, the grossest', art ogauce ? ,.; Is it 'tnod?s to declare with a bold front, to the world,: that - the .princi ples governing society inj morals rand manners arc all unnecessarily rigid, and thatl you have now discovered the happy medium f tho two extremes ?; ; -The lovo of notoriety is witb: many a passion."1 Like the simpleton of Athens, who, rather than not be-known '.at all, preferred beina known as a fool ; so the lovers of tlj is wretched atuiaiLer-than remain in an honorable seclu sion, drag themselves with -: all their moral de formities before the multitude, and - in the. full blaze of noonday bold to extremest. height theii marred humanity, and with i.nmcnse complacency thunder forth, . Look at, roe.' -; O woman ! greatly hast thou fallen, when thus thoufillustl - s ; American Charge D'ACaires at Rome.. 5 ' An American gentleman who has spent the last winter at Rome, speaks! thus forcibly witfc referenco to the , appointment of a Roman Cath olic to represent our government at that cityt The latteris fromr the American- and Foreign Christian Union : iV. 1 Recorder. ' : ' 44 In respect to our own government, I bure known, for a long time, t&at every effort was be ing secretly made toXobtaiti a Roman" Catholic diplomatic officer- here, in order to suppress our Protestant t chapel,- f and ; crush; the hopes of tbe people, founded upon' tha supposed! .liberal sym-i cathiea of - the United' States. - tsee that such a man' 5 at last spoken of as1 a successor to;Mr Cass. U All I have to pay is; that the American Cabinet that ' -Teutures "upon scth'- a step will haye ctcasicn to rue :iU For. ne,'.I should have no'fear cf tie final result Oar peqpl are too j:alcu3 cf foreign interfarenJie, and thePro cigandV too sacguhs of- tho progress of its rclltlcil nascrme-V ia-the United Sute, to allow of any long concealment of Popish plots to undermine bur liber tie?, and destroy the lib iral tons of odr foreign diplomacy. A Romin Catholic Charge d'Afialrps of the United States closeted as the would be;. continually witb th Propaganda about the affairs of the Cborch uiight, for a while go on swlmnnnly, and lay the foundation of an extensive scheme of per soual aggrandizement, by tha aid of the Bishops throughout tho Union, as coiimaud.-d by the Sacred College. He could . encourage the re. ference to the Propaganda of questions in which Roman Catholics are interested, which ought to be settled by our own courts a piocess already commenced by Mr. C!ayton-anl hecoald have to his successor a mass of business, which' would allow the Propaganda to mix' itself with -our af: fair a for a lonj; time ''to come. But sure I am that there would be an explosion, and . that the' infatuated politicians who appointed, hirau and ths aspiring Charge himself, would be politrcally killed; i Still, ' it would be ' infinitely better if such a cabinet blunder were' avoided.' - The rumor of such an appointment has caused great dissatisfaction among the Americans here. It is generally felt to bj a great indignity to us at a people ; for. it becomes obvious that the sole interest of this government in diplomatic inter course is to promote Roman Catholicism; and it takes a very decided Protestant to withstand the plausible insinuation's of tho Pope and Car dinals, by - which 'the most odious measures o? despotism are commended to the approval of th diplomatic corps.' f Upon no point, moreover is the court more semisive than the quastiiri of Protestant worship; and yet this is a privilgi which an Atnarican Charge ought , to defend which , however, no Romanist would defend since it involves a denial of the spiritual supre macy of the Pope Frnits of False Liberty. The English - Baptists might practice clos communion, and still remain a distinct body. But one error is but too often the opening nf a flood-gate to let in others, more absurd and un scriptural. As an improvement on open com munion, Robert Hall advocated mixed comma nion ; or the admission of Pedo-baptist members into Baptist churches. This absurd .theory U gaining ground in ths English churches, and pi 0 duciog its natural fruits- . Instances have occur red in which Baptist members have been exclu ded, on complaint of their fallow members, Peda baptists, foradvocating immersion and adult bap tisni in private conversation j thus sowing, as was alledged, the seeds of dissension; in the church. Baptism .is an interdicted subject in the pulpit and amongst the members ; and so fearful have pastors become of offending their Pedo-baptist members, as to refrain from baptising at the reg ular meetings of the church, and the perform the ordinance at night,or at an especial meeting. One of the pnucijwl reasons urged for this effort to amalgamate elements as antagonistic as oil and water, was tbor supposition that it would b- a popular measure, and lead to the introduction uf wealthy Pedo-baptists into the Baptist chureh es. This it has done to' som'e extent, and the result has been not their conversion to Baptist viewSj but the sealing the lips of the pastor to an important portion of .truth, and inducing biui from, policy to handle deceitfully thJ word ? of God. ; In reference tor baptism, they -may say with the ppet, 1 '; OU no we never mention itJV ' 6 Tbe consequence is, that an ordinance of di vine appointment; is depreciated; pUced in, the back-ground,,:tconsid2red of minor . importance with Christian UtionV and of coat-se . in thes- churches falling into, disuse ; and if tha practice becomes generally prevalent, the time will .soon come when he Baptists will ccasa tOfCxStas.a distinctive body ; the victims of a desire to seuie popular favor, and the commendation of ibsinT liberal We oan only truly prosper a ad?nomma tion by adhering "firmly to tho scriptural ordar for admissioy into the vistWa church, repsntance; faith, and; beu buried, with Christ in" baptism. and thus beini qualified to commemotate. hi? death and sufferings by partaking of the Lord's Supper. If this firm adherence subjects us to reproach ; and contumely, as narrow-minded and illiberal bigots, let - us remember!'; that, it is a light thing to be judged by "men, when, we have an inward consciousness tbatwo are? obeying the Lord ; and doing tbe will of our Master in heav en.- iuiigiout .Herald. ? ;-; v. Pose jite Practices. - 4 A Miss Sellox, under the special patronage of the Bishop of Exeter, has for some years con ducted an establishment very similar in it3 char acter to a Popish nunnery, which has been known under the title of the'1 Sisters of Mercy.", We have seen in the High Church Episcopal papers bf this country a glowing description of tbismbit Cnristian establishments It appears, however, that Miss Scllon has carried the matter a little too far, even for the Bishop ; and. an lavestigS- tion has' led W some confessions on thepairt of the Superior : These will cfstrate,' the tendeEH cy ofj PuseyWm. For instance, -she ? .aciro wU edges that she has advised ben pupils ex cbiV- drcn,to confess, and she states that confession is practised c by thousands irx' the English Cburch,' tnd that , the; beticfit cf absolution is granted y Episcopal clergymen.'.' She does tat deny that one of her pupils,as an' act "of penince was cr dered IV niake tKe tign'of tha 'cross' 03 the oof , with her tongue $ it must hare been an act cf solf-abasbacnt, ctdartd by a clergrr n ocvolt- ed bv the ladvi and she beard that it Lad beetr recommended for sins'of falsehood, &c. j by on,- 1 ot our Otsnops ana euiiusniumnsa. inissou- : Uu also washes the feet of , her children and! i I others, doing it 4 in obedience to our ' Lord's ! command. . Her pupils ;aJso wear -.. religious - symbols' under their dress. . She alsq acknowl edges to barninsr candles -before : a J print 3 of the Virgin and Child in hir private oratory and argues in favor of praying for tUer deadandthe guardianship of angels. In ;hort, there does. not seem to be one material' allegation, in-; Mri SpurrelPs pamphlet which Miss Sellon does Hoi ? rather justify or extenuate than deny.,,Pri-. bviertan. . - ; .. : - - ' ' From tbe Tfew-York Recorder, , ? - - ThtDcath of Infants. : - . It is certainly Very bard to part with iitn Iittlo objects of our love. But when we think i of it calmly, and see bow riiuch the v hive rained. ty fcnouia oe a causs bf rejoicing ratlier: thai mourning. How much suffjring, , sin, and mis- f cry they escape !. !,Tbey are" not lost, but onlr. gone before. God had no more work for ih'sri- here, so h'o called them- up higher. ' They ire now vamon?: that innumerable-thrnn-r on hl) , o O 1 i enjoying the sweets of beaten1; 1 - -'J ; i It is hard for the mother tp part with the : loved one which "she Has so often pressed to hef bosom,' and whM3 aw32t soula an j yoas" prat tie delighted her, so much. rfiit lot tha mcither ; : remember that , the Creator of her clirfd,: who ii fore, has taken it away,, 4 He will provide for it ' far. better than you could. ' Be submissive to" hw will, - for he doe th all things wll; i' And if ths dear one could now pak, the first words to; mourning; parents.' broihers and " sisters, would, be t Weep not for me, for I am so happy ; but weep for yourselves, and prepare to meet mo oa - high. ' :- . ; - Infants compose the maj irity in heaven. And their songs around the throne, on hijrb . infinitely'! surpasses even our highest ideas of -muslcO.T&ejf' m ,V A A VAV, 1M M wmX t. tI u . A. .t. T V? "j """ "V " ui wiiu mcir prius-a 10 vis ljamu,'- who deliffhts to hear tbem.' Oh. bow hannv aW :f ' il V.. - . ,.: ' --rt - luiauia in ueaven 1 -v- v- s. From the American 'Messenger v r. E - J . "I hate come ; to Talk 'witli you ah oat m -" Sonl." " ' 1 1 . . " One day,' we' were just risin? from the ditrV ner-tauie, a young man Knocked at the door He had lived, but a few- months in the town; and -' 1 my acquaintance ;. with him was vsry; slight deed. ,. I.teHevewe had never spoken together ' " vmwv, nuwu i'.m tuiiaiug a pasburitl TISll tCf he tfamiTyrn which he boarded.' The thing1 that most struck me then wis his extreme dif fidence; I was not aware that any p-.'iicular impression had been made on his mind. ' Hence it did not occur to me that his, call,' especially ar such an' hourj .was connected with the state of, . . -. . -j . ..... rklir ATI n v. toh.ft I wmwm Tm-Zmm - A . . . - . ... . his feelings' on. the suboct of religion, -:, . -1 f J udge then of ! my surprise, ; as fra (00k Ks seat by the fire , in the . midst of ray famny,- and looking up , said, X hate come to talk with you ahot my soul. .The" words thrilled through my1 heart. 3 Such a Temark, from a1 modest retiring youth who had never entered -our door before could not but awaken tenders emcrdorii br a! f w moments I hardty-'k'nVw'wn'a"sa however,1 1 fund utterance' and in aTe w simple j MntcncgaveTWnisuch directionJasrsewnei-j!v suited his circnmstaOces Jt as iprqrd i4V'"l.-;" season. rGod Jiad evtd'enUjbeetL moving upon ff the mt nil brihedifiideni young man, and tt wat r in - a short tiraa lod :to the. knowledge, of the 7 truth as it is in Jesus, siiYeaVChave since passed away, but no onejias, had reason ta doubt that ' : this was a genutn corrversion. . UZ: X lL 1 ;f i :J ... Is there no reader of these . liaes! who might ? be benefited by such an interview with his pai? , fop ,'iTtovk cant imagine what it cost rf tHng f ;li ; timid youth to bring bis mind to make a visit ; liko this. V Butbad he nbtdonrso it mightT v W b ave proved a fatal rcsistence of the Holy Ghosts The direcfionMs Seek Vthe 'oViwhiIe!heay3 bsYound; call uponhirnwhneha Unw?Prn'Sh ministers are. appointed to guida souls to the : ; : . Saviour. ThV youhgman that takes such a : " siepis usin? m?anV whiS Go3 mly bless to his ! spiritual and eternal good I Hei.p Otieks.-V our have no risi lgbt to, be tn i ; preaieiy seiusu. x ou are nor. given an extstenes ? ; here to accumulate for self-Mo pray for self, and ' t-jii for scKFhs Ihousmds around youwsh J I whom you come in daily contact, .have a right' to t ' ' expect aomcthing from yon. tBct 'a f few - solicit ?3 your cnarny -wicy ;ukcu ior woras, 100X8 ana " , s : cross, crabbed man. ' If this is vour characterl ' voq mar relr OTWrrV tltr tTiW aiiim - to do with your creation, or yoacre now under' ' ms dominion. I na world around ir fA - .ku uu a.o, a.gi maun; wurua uu'j sina acta. i; a ueau au can cesiow. uj ,omg uDerai- -toae- T w-0 niiu - uiuii': v aim xiirii wil nr a. - wiirn r - r.rfxi irPHwmir nrnrnora amrr EiETJrm.i warw a x . z them to'bear'the tarrowa of life, ai to be eoia; f L paratrrely happyr f;; :i 1 fa'tti W mm Min?r faith .. 1 1 est'A-spark'fcf-'fire is as"trua fire assay -isia'-.iJ thaelemeat if trt.tr "K drC? cf Water is ti trea" i i water as atijr u ia ths ocean, f So the Iast'crais" of .faith isas.trna ,u;tb, andas saving as fho J greatest faith ia the world. -The least bad drtvr f sap from the roct as well as the great;t t" Tho hast fth 'c!trrk tha "r?ul to Cbritt. - r ' I, a i 1 : if
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 21, 1852, edition 1
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