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C0MMUNIGnTI01S:
. . : I ' ' -; For the Recorder. -
Peter Doub on Ccoamnioii and J
? It is true tlmt ho quotes passages of scripture
treatin"-) of the Pinion of eh risfians " w itbf Ch risC;
aiid With;each-:other;'buVthatili not at all sa
tisfy the te3t whicli lie applies" to Baptisra.
; Th ere, is un precept or: corn m and," reqturuig
;-tnese-or.tne..;tpawicipauOTi oi an jaenuty oi
;rwjblc3i Iajiunderstadyal -iridium-
sable uaHjicaiiow foryihe eorrjmuaioa"Tiere
must be fiOmeAi giveh ini
which " xrqiitd Jad him to this conclusion, but
that something ianot a precept cr command re-,
uiHogt pieW as "
IIiwiCthat he can;;b6$oJel)r d" to this
. c6nelig6n
notUing?stwrFpfJa Pcept brtnman re-;
4ui?rngifepU indisperisal
coucfmle jtbat Wt H a quafifitfation at iultt is
indispensabiy required.'', Xtt he boldly asserts
that " the his Jour lfore; quoted)' are the
.quanfieaiopcVarc:?2y necessary
to a: worthy rticipatioiLor the .flcJjCciamu-
men." -:
"liTTsheiC pTainly tp Tie. seen; that he, receives
he wilt not .receive, baplisni i unless the4ttobjeoto-Y
can "produce the precept or command enforcing
v., -bapUsra as a qualificatioil .of ah indispensable
V elmmcter.'- . ' "
" V-ypWy. why?isihls tf f;WhJythe
ed byja -precep or a yommarulP Is there :
no- subleffuge " m it designed to? lead astray the
mirrd; 'of iUien?ary;i
still louder the -vulgar outcry against the i?
golry''' ofihe Baptists ;J It is;Temarkable and
as true a remarkable, lhat Pedo-baptists in their "
eracZeVe and elaborate' treatises as: works of small- )
er cali bra, in which thy labor to hold u p open
communion, or infant baptism, apply tests and
principles ;to"the' views and pfacticei pfthe ba
tists, which lay the foundation of their own the-,
oriesand wacUciwiha-inbre "remarkable':
13 it, that theyf cannofsee ife- Sach. are the de-
.. lusions. to" which , are given over , those , who
" : make vofJ the I aw s." arid rdi nances of God i
air traditions".
. - - .
.'But. has" the jSevv Testament given us ony
a iking by which f$e could. teyed tcT thVconciusif '
on that baptism, ii it is a'quali6catioii at all, 13 ;
tnaspen$aoiy reqturea or. men. u quamy tnem .
' for thesacraroeptiAat tui4CG
;, saUle.ani. iiijlipeusable. qjiatiCcatibn,."! .would
add a word to. what .tlhar.pre,s.ai4;.i9;a,fi--:
mer ' ijumberj ; , This doctrine not only leads, to
JthaSrof? thei'ri
, .the jBible lias: nbtg1 ven 4ia tliexact line of dis-t
S tinctiori btweeti'theml (whieh Jit has' condone) i
then the chu relK nVust ct o it and if tlj efau thori ty
of:Jthe hurca-43 to -1e regarded, Adecisipria
, must5 :;be received as always rightbr inflible
but it leads1 to another Popi
is, the doctrine pfJupererogation.s ; v ' i fo
j If there'be cerjiiln qaalifications which are in-.?
- d ispensablo and others tliat are dispensable, he
. wHp possesses the mdispfnsableones has aH that
' is; necessaW-tOentitle' him to the. 'privilege, -
though Be may "riotpossess th e 'dispensable ones
TTa la iialiftoflrl iTitiT7 JirtTtr isi'tlio 7ic Tb ii?TT
- who has both the indispensable and the dispen .
sable;:q"uaiiucatipns
are neces.s:m more than duly requires,
and'
, thii is Sirpererogatidn,
--."-But to return to the-sutecC J fIf fweladrriit
that -the";scnptares are given-byinspiration,":
,r we ""m ust suppose tliat their language is : not';
thrown together in confusiori but, tb.tf Its order-
J is' by design, aud that,' lhat vorder' must be rcS-:
' garded when v e would get.a; clearr andjeorrect ;
, 'understanding of their statementst The order of
the jtmpiissionis recorded by llatt (xxviii 10t1
20) clearly shows that the Apostles are, firsts to
. teach, i. e.- make disciples .("he that belie veth,"
Mark xvi.16), secondly, to bantize them and
thirdly to" teacKthe'm to observe Ciirist's comt
'inandraentv among which is that to observe the
Lord's supper.w To one . earnestly, seeking Ao
know.hw dutythii :
, his mind'; But to 01
- and indispen.-.!-! : .::
.'even a .precept, cr c
ent. .
TLa ; l::3siva t'
ou'd be enough to -saiisfy
Lu;.t': ; out dispensable
: cr c-u. .. ' :, not
i i
i (. ...
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A L . . .
Gc
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botbv oar Example and xur ;Law-giy enforces 6
bonriuson;ihatJth order m wliicli lie iristh
tated arid csetvel ordinances,! 6hou1d be
f the order which We should undeviatindy follow
.iu uuserviug tuem. ' hq losuioteu, ana oy uis,
disciples practised baptism before he instituted
me ,uuru s euppr, ; ixe suonmieu to uapusm
before he observed the poramunion.-
pncelinote.i Ie aamit thatjtheUrUej
vfere inspired for the vrork of preaching the go;
pel and observing theordioances, and for exan
pies and teachers to the church,-we cannot e '
cape the conclusion that the order fwbic Uie ; ;
observed,' is binding, bn rthe church?iln' ua :
practice of th4 Apostles we tee',; as'" far las Is 're '
corded in thet Ire w iTestament that they 'invah
a6y baptized believers bfe they administerlr
to the mthe Eucharist., r For fexamnles see ti3
cases or the converts on ; the dayofPenteQ
Acts ii, of the (iuchrActs vii, of SauK i
is, of Corneliui'Acta x, "of Lydia arid' the jai
! Can Mr. JDoub see in these facts nothing tbt
can lead him td thp" conclusion, that baptismlisij
: quauuuauoiij t .au, vjorine commumoni-; 1
it cannot ;be that,a mind displaying 50
much . ingenuity as exhibited in the Treatise? -e-
u cau u so uoiu?e, as to aumit lqb iuspTa
tion of the;Scnptu;res "and of--"iheApc'tfesVid
tp acknowledge Christ as Lord and Lawgivrto
place Jthese ordinances,; in which the ApoVles
rvTOoticrl ttiotril unA in rTi!K' OViwtct ,nt,-fo1
and. observed, them, He cannot admit tlifor
mer without acknowledging the latter, save rom
. some mental obliguity.. This order places )ap- ; j
'tism before t&e
communion, without an lyep-
1 tiom J : If there
were no design in this, thii tve
iriigH expect to 3SnI iheTorder vedj "binas jt j
u nud tug)e, jnstance, we are oounci v 1 e
gard baptism as a prerequisite to eommum n, or j the ppsmon to ; which jlbr. Doup woold see this-
jis & quai.ncauon,; since jur. ioud seemspre-; orainance, anaiuenau it tnera s Supper 1
;f!evtb;t Wouldhav?assem around the Lord's ta-
gati"all blevthecJiete
Testament,as ipdisperisablp and not to sejctbutH00? profs sancticatipa ?; such as profess
owjjtidgmenV
6r7no TeMf.- Dou would npt'excuse sryant
who would act bn such a prinpciple.7Is iHsjone ;
of the, M priiici pies; ' believed to be warrfed ;by
!alwa? preceSirigf communmnpn the Har ;Tesr -1
tiiment, it,' ?' appears to my mind" that tiereHis' I
given in thXfe!w:Testanient,
aye!, to force .us to the conclusion that Itptism j
is m uumiuwiuuu. auu ii it is a quaiiiicauon at '
.;r r . : t, , 1, H
au, it, is inaispensaoiy. requirea oi meniu qua-
? lify them for thp sacrament," : f
.',rjau' gmjxace off
Baptism as iauffM tnlihe :&eij!ri&iafimV
would discern alpoprieiyvin the antececkice of?
to be a burialwhich follows deatii to sijd and I
a. resurrection j By baptism . the belielvilis bu- j
ried with' Christ "into death.; that liia: as I
-Christ was raised up frorn the dead .bblripTK -
oftiliefetheV:evSns
newness of life..; Baptism isj expressive If this
tuaugo iu iuo iuiTiuai,, Hiui i j is juewcrea-
ture In T (hrist .sr"v1"JA I jjW -1
The elements! in the; Eucharist are M as
symbols of the roken body and sbed lTod of,
Christ, who is the bread of life aridwateJUf Ytfef
Uio siutuai iwu yt una. new vreaiure xeieived
brfaith!. ? There is aproprieryin an iudifcuaTs
being born, beforp he is fedand tlie beijity 0f
-A A A .J? ! ':,i'Jfvji-".- .
these two ordinances as given in God's wrcL :
T;irA: :l.!J tfA itk A.AP l.A l.M "'t':
iuui. ims iiiu jiuui iutj v53 V j-"5; " Ff ana
prudent; M Bey. tcter DouVpf Uie NortllCaro- '
li na Conference, for if he could see it, thd thole
fabric of sprinkling and . pouring -(esj.t!ally to us under the prestige of such' names as Buri
wheo applied to tnjants) would exhibit toSrnilltsX fya Hall, andRefPe
.iim:;iu:.viiiib- nuu vuum iu vruu s WWUM fU-"
itruciiorietermjried ' to take GodWmlatiirig
wtat. ne says, ana is noii joojang ior oiiptsaiIe
duties.
: . Wliile Mr Doub professess to confine himself
T n fv l n r n n m ara - n n n ni n n B v.v mru . r i z .
r--AlCA,:-fe A
wriiuiiiusi aiuutr, ju i cicj cute ij vriwireiiVJininU
- " :-i i : : -.; ----t.-A.,- j A
T.ibn.,f he nroves that : Union -with Chti
- : "J.-r a - :n A -r ; -cr - j1
anjwiawc2tHOT. tisr. - rpra; hQ t
clear reason of the thirig 'j' Should we ttto be '
iktA A iiAiA Wn A.tA" ii ArvA.V:cL: f :
frA, ibA tr, A .Vk- aja
. V . , r j a i : r . v.. , J,--; t "
I "Tt. I i , . :. -vpupse and; clear ex - -
rhibit tof 1 Bible teaching alone. InVteferenm t
Gospel. Communion' (!). Suppose, llr. Doub's
ytiW-inrlknpnblpisArelf.hat sta WrmlrtJl a,-
AiAS.:it t i-AAt; Ar A-Wti A 1 - a :
they are that passeth hem 1 j U
ten, ne win pi ease give us uie Jcey to tne ttys-H
teryfbr ;rio other man can. '4Yet he say a itlpv
re indispensable, and it follows that thoseko
AiAAAAAA 1. ii; J A i .
uw UUK ltvojk: vuv.iu uiuoii 1? ill Will II1B
s sapper.
-0:1.
j5f!;Mr,Ppub has given i no:criterion,:and th; Baptist Converitioni For several yeiars the expen
disaplme iias given none unless 'the pno refcrl ditures have exceeded the income!: And it the
.rVvirY r-rttiftWlih!! same disproportion should continuemuch iong-
v-si -,A A A a- - ":iV;: - J r-t
cidet. As the ordmance has , been xommd
x would seemto follows that the
: church must decide. This can be done onlr bv
one of two; "methods'" Either the church t-,.
liave the
endowment to discern the thouWts!"
, , :
h c.l 1 --t. -sor.5 toknow.ho-
n':'- ' - a.s or -there' must be gven!
'.tie: ? f it' r..r rri' -i; -.n ! v w! v
and 'intents
Ahas; thtsg r
-" by- iir.irr'i
t or cn:
. the c1 " :
. salles. ii.;1
; t J IU v .
V 1.0 1
- j
r A3 c
1
tLera e
:' .The SavjoaAay:;If yeSlove'mo keep my.
criterion by which the church must judge. 'We
; fiad in gcripture that baptisrii i the first duityy
j following faith; and moreover, it is an ordinance
which 'hrisvhas inkitute
havijnp poweir to go behind th s criterionVAn
indiyd ual com es forward prpfessjing these 1 four "
ojiaiifications j I the ehurcii liustl require m
evidence, and the ve'ry first in Scripture order j
wcisiij,;-ijuufclu1. auswerea tnar, tne mat
vidual may not consider it a iutylte churchi
ustvreply thatf he doeslflptkndwtaW
teachings of Scripture,' and that she cannot yio-'
,wu wo vmw i,uu vjrospet oj ignore iw u;st,
'because of his ignorance,. " "What doth it profit
ny brethren though fa man ay . he hath faitb
.ana nave not worfes; ; Ana again : buow me
; thy "faith without thyworks andl will show tfiee
my faith 6y my works1 pamieai xi, 1 4 -' As
the church cannot see thejbeart, it can judge
of the sincerity of the ; profession onf?" by the
'evidence afforded," an4 "the evid'eBCQ Hbe Scrip-
lures require is obedience to Christ 1.
5 ri pt inai oaptism is uieoniy coramana, oat
is one: it is the first
of
a believer, and is.
an ordinance and the 'church
has no v power tio!
grant a dispensation from it.
As other duties
arise an opportunity for obedience is afforded?
; arid the criterion brhpjudgrh
is continually;recurringt:;
Again, "from the clear reason of the thing"
Communion is an ordinance
of the; chucrh,"
wherein she shows her w Lord's death tilt be
come ; and its participation Is confined to the
i.i - The! church KiscompDsed of - believers
who have put on Christ," 5 Jfithe Lord Sup
the churp then it is 1 right for; any and every
Jrytchryelt; andl tlie, church may or not
a It Y AQCA
of , it. with them. Iithis
u;nconveried, or unbelievers 1 1
Such )s not the
LordVTable.
i??fte7 must '"decern ; te- LordV bodyV'
says our author. Ay, Ithey al profess this, and
they can discern in the efemeit of thef Lord's
? Supper, , the very body ' and! blood . indeed of
.";-
Baptism is the Lord's appointed way of pro-
r isiuii ; taiui , iu . iv suu iue xuurcu- as a
P'rlA;!:-:f tZf tf::t :
church can know no one ,who refuses . to confess
CarisOn th&Taywiat! he. has lap1 pointed. And
i he whp is pnwiilmg tp make tiis public confes"
no claim upon' the
church to be y-ecogmzed as a follower "of, the
The church can know no man save as a fol
.lower .of. ..Christ.' Mrl'ab.bu page 67,' says
that ministers as officers of the church can offi-i
da fecogniase person as irpemoersot the chTurch
I . .. While Xas an mdividualmay respect the sin-
ceny 01 uu wuniuuiti sveroai prpiession oi lailu
in. Uie Redeemer, tWchprcli can tate cogniizance
of that profession only ! as jnade in the way
;which the Head of the jchurcli ba9 appointed
y-Mariias?sought dut;mkiy inventionsj'':
J among, wumu w iuis, vuau jao lnuiviauai is enil-
I tied 'to thP: privilegeno fjdpd"8'MuW wnilevdi'sK
J regarding the ordinance of God by which he is
r - C - A.r - fiVX. AAiiJSLt. A Ai -.
I Andfthus alfawpf God-is rnadp void, by hu-
I ;A"-f A . : :2ii.:.: Ltl!. .t. ' . '
tuau liivvuuuu !;jtxn i.utjfuuuu wnico, as conuict
ing ith Ihe order cf God's hpusevcan have'np
1 clai m to pur rlgard e vpn though j it shoal d Cotrie
Timothy
Pop the Jtecorderi
- .4- . 1-
nd, a :
January
1855
I , ; Dear Bad. J am s.A happy
new yearl
I . Ll l w u jrf & H urn iui m w Mil Liu . v n m. .
mow enter 'be
more fruitful in personal hoi mdssj and m useful-
I ' ., . . . , , .-,'. 1 , - , ,
t-ness than anv: throusrh 1 which iwd have Dased I
' - -v -. ".t. , ,
t-v- novroiten, aunng t,ue?vearnusi ciosecL-nas
f the ,turieralf knell of departed tainistersand
I christians echoed around 1 us. . Mehyoung and
r ino-nronv reioicinjy in their 'labors, no 1as fhan
vaea way-worn : pugrnns,. navp enaea tue jour
; ney of life. And are we spared ? and for what f
1 ; A nil ; who. of us cfintelli whether 1 anbther,new-
fdv Av-rrinv ncA. rKrA 'An'r(Ainrt nra f i. -
: Let us work while it is day-i-the night com
I tll 1: AA::K .ft 1 Ap- -K f A-l,:tA"i4iArAA'S AA'
iAAndjtiv dear jbroiherAlet met besrieak from
liberal devotion ;to the cause of
the perishing heathen. - It is painful tp record
i i the factiihiut it must be stated i that the interest
1 01 Jour c , T1" 'l Becmf, to
have declined, as the amount of their contnbu-
I 1 1 11 1 ! ' t , 1 .1
nin" of our operations, througli- the Southern
er the Board will be -unable to! meet the riece
; of-our ting r.Asions. ! r
jBut there is aconstaut-necesslty for increased
1 exienditure.. " Now we ought ! to have several
mure missionaries in ; Central Africa, and our
Operations. mihtao profitably,! enlarged aloi,g
"the coast, while c:.r .brethren -..at Shanghai
.&ro ,yridn?for jLr, or-four-more men at that
cation. What sLi.ll we-dot! Ve can ;cuy,
.iit rraver to God. make our nt.neal to
with earnest prayer to God, make our appeal to
;::rdr for' men and 'mean a Will yet rot
, aa i:rcn 1:a ntt aMou of t!.-. 2tf 2Cv:'.i C r-
- .t .
Ve ought to have from $13,000 to $14,000 o overcome all your wicked habit3 and remem
between this and the 15th of April next," to I be.r what a down hill, slippery; world this is; and '
re- I
fceipts fell short by near $7,000 : of meeting exV-i
penses : . and surely we shall not ask m vain .that ;
all our breturen wilt send us tortliwitu, by mail,
aliberal donation,' to prevent a like result this
Asking an Interest, for myself !and the Board i
and our , Missionaries in the prayers of yourself
and your readers,' I am dear brother, ; ; ? f-Ti
xuurn iu vaink, : -..-
Greenshorougb j N. C.
The Convention oucrht to have an.' able tmri-
:... ;n'n...nai.n.nn. . i. .u.ir nnoJKU
now flourisbingl like ; 'a grcen . b'ay.Uee. '-The
Presbyterians gan;rthn8dnhe;
Methodists perhaps; in 1825, but the-Baptists
dldnt hi rrt mMch fhere f iinft4B The
Saviour and his apostles paid "great attention to
towns, but the Baptists have in many places dis-1
"regarded terrrv
lard to'e Good."
T s
, rlommy Wilson -came home, one day, with
tears m his eyes ; tie ran and laid his head in
his motherrs lap and sobbed aloud. She pushr
ed. the curls back from his forehead, kissed him
and said ' What, is the matter, my son 1" tr.
- - . wf? wa, jousweiBu,, . u a w aru jubj i
x A.f ; : l. ifc--5.svTv":v.r-4. i
" Whaf makes you think sor Tommy J tef?
V Why, you know, t mammaWyesterday. was :
' Sabbath, and y out talkedvto me "in the cveningM
aoonj navmg a new neart, ana toia me tuai-i
kndthat then 1 would Jove every lwdyTand afc J
Mys feel happy, and nbt be afraid to die. And
i tuougui . luair.AK wuuiu.'iiae. iu uave vBucu- a
- mpmtuirci) nKmif. 'it. Anil -nrftiro orrflJn r-l ann Ifi -I
lA' m. lif rWvftl hrti
so hannv i and when I went to school I teed iti
t tic biuu iu auiuo wjBf auu imiu uijf ica.iuua
J onnson snatchea my .oau,and 1-got angry anal
called nun a tniet. And when wo were playing
Charjey Smith struck nie, and before I . thought.!
i btrucK. uiiu uacjs. aira-iu. : Ana coming nome;
thisafterooonJames.-L
ard," and 1 called Jnmi a. liar..; And ; so. roa,: J-
'Icept forgetting and doing wrong,' and no"mafc-j
ter how h ard 1: trrv I can't be l:eoo&;j at is sp.--
easy to "get angry, and bad orcomeontrJ
quick. What's the reason, ma, that we can t
be good when we want to be "41:!;:";s f.
s ? Mrs. Wilson thought a - moment, aud then
said; J" Do you; rememberV" Tommy;Tidingj
-down hill on your sledr last winter
O vcSi Tnfttti'miAhA hill n ethxrarvti xmi'-
snCw. and .it was beat down until it was almost
rs smooth aa '-'and .: wnt Anwn ;t?tt
. . - r . : i : .".r z '
toa.t it almost took away my breath iAA, A
" Well, my sou, but did you go up the hill
as fast r -r j I A:: -'rvA-r-i
a O no. ma! Ti was rTow' bard WorV tiin
up. We would slip at'almost every step, and
we couldn't gd up at all iu the place where we
sua aown, Dat nap tot go around, , to Itne otoerp
ido, where the snow was not .worn so sm'oeth I
A nd thft oftener J von went down on vrrar i!
Sled, the smoother the snow got, and the faster;
: you could go V'H 'i'i ArBiAi -!
for tbem to do right as to do wrong. ; It was
like walking on hvel ground ; and thiy could i
go one "way ; as Well as the other. ;-But", the v
.Chose to do -wrong and ever since then the
wona nas Deen u&q tne siae pi a mountain., is ;
,is up hill Vtowardsheaveri, and.it: js down ;hilli
lowarus neii,j A can not tea you, my sou, wiiy.-q
it is so, any more than I can tell yod why God
made a hill Put there instead of a level plainl
put everybody finds ltsoAi Ana tnen py aomg;
wrong, we make tne aown. mii-, more. ana- mora,
slippery all the time. : Our evil habits are like,
niloa- cmAntKithwAir w ihtw A
faster and fMSterl lt'S hari work even to stop :
doinrwrrinr intas- hard as for von to ston
. -J. i -P teA;j L -Aj'-Aiiiu 1:
t your Biea wuen nau way uuwu, auu gomziitt.o a
J - --' :-. ; A ' -1--."" -:. tf t . t .' " . A:;."
race norsc. iana it is sun naraer to go up.
' t . .it A . t; i . t-l- A t' . isA
e are uu iue uuie biippiug ;viiu&. t w w nuu
our old habits tripping us, up at ; very stepjt?.
; Therij" ma, we might as well give up. try
ing,' said Tommy, in a sad and bitter, tone: ..'.''
t lid'riiy little boy iay so last wraterwhen
he was climbing up hill to ncla down on his sled?,
lie slipped ! a great many tiuis, ariivpQor
twice . fell quite .down in the -snPw ;but,u;A
scrambled up again and kept on tryieg, because
:ha wanted to have the plcisure of riding lowu
: so swiftly over the smooth snow.;'. - Vill T ora-
i my care m ore foe a fe wminutcs' sport thanfor
being good and going to heaven ? :-i A a
A Tommy felt ashamed of what he had said.'
i He laid his head iu his mother's lap, audhat
' his thoughts were P cannot tellA But; aftera-
'While he looked up, as earnest as a hero, rid
44 Ma, I've been a foolish boy. ,I thought I.
could bp good right offand with hardly any
trouble- 'But I see now that it is not so, and I
- mean to try with all my might ; and I knowy
"maV that. 1 shall bo happier even, while I am
trying; and God will help me, won't he, ma ?"
A Yes, ''my son, if you are humble, and do
..not think that you cannot, be good of. yourself .
without ,his. help. You' have learned to-diiy
1 how weak your strength is ; -; and ''I hope thai
you via pray every day, and often every uiy
f:r G
1 to wr.ftli ov
you, aua liccp you iroui
::1 rii
t:n- tI -n vc i lull : nui
ri.;?5- V - y.;. y ;- 1een much perplexed with some of the circuto-;i
r--ii.hr'i-i'r Sii- 'stances connected with the' miracle recorded in..
il&'tVtM the 5th chanter of Luke.: We were ntferlv un-
, heart, and ! . prayed when J ! went to: bed,- and. signs which should . happen before the destruo
kept thinking about it .until I'went to sleepf tion of Jerusalem, to flee with all specd'he said
land as soon as I awoke-in the morning,! re4; ' ft Let .not him ! that is : on" the houseton conn
I'.-'
.,ir
', ny Ai.r, and try
If .
and he is now, a good man.- He! says, be often
rernembers - that Monday when he thought it
was so hard to -be good, arid the hill, and the
snow,' and the sled; and he hopes that the sto
ry will lead some little boy who Teads it; to
quit slipping down: and try to climb f up ; and: t
persevcre,;and pray to God ; and so hopes Un- !"
cle Jessie.F
-'l(;'.V:
.4
'-r':1 :1";:3, r - ?S '. r UTi-; f -
swhenwp ere-childrenrlhav i:
mk to understand Low the poor paralytic man J
could be let down through ihe :roof and ,td toffiv - - :... i -- ..j.'.
and laid atrthA ftp.t of .Imiis - fla hfl Kittincr I
which-our ownhoases are bnlt, we could. not
understand e circumte of; the inrestmg -
. history, :M, z m f i .;: : i v.; Ui u
Houses in thVtare
O : .; , J -
& several stories; they .'are generally of two )
fl?rs only in height; though tu
of the-upper room, owing to the number of per- M
sons andthe many lighte burning there is.said:
, ut uave lauen irum wnmowi in. me imra ion
They also occupy a "great space pf ground- '.On
entering the doors yotr usually' come "into-; a"
-square, round which are the different apart-"'
-ments runs a; small gallery. : . The roof ;of . the '
house is flaV with a light: balustrade rurming
:round iV to prmnt pWns frorrr: foiling
-This balustrade, or coping, : is made . of clav or
pouery, ana is easny removea. uver the court,
in tne miaaie ot tne nouse. a roonng ot canvass
Ms strained; in hot and wet weather,, to shelter
those in the h6iiMt(m'liieimdlT-
Tliergteirc
root, js ori. the;outside of the house i so that; any
. dowii from it. without over frofner into the housed
Arid:this,rexplaini four Lord's .fWord4 wben,-
, waruing . his disciples on the . sight of certain
'AXiorT.'- foVo'5antrlim( X,t- :-'t.v.-' A A";
nff'nfX't'n-lt fl f. n i;w - v
Tf we peaf these particulars Jnremembrance -
the court in j the middle' of.- helibuse tblr:tunate Bkalwaysxcepted. After Mr. Henry
staircase onthe outside, the flat roof, .and: the became animated inj the cause, says a corres
Canvass awninirr. which Covered tle pntirn Vnnrt i '"' ,-' ii, -'--! -.y .- l ' -.
canvass awning, which covered ; the entire court
r weshall: 'pltparedbj&tter. for innderstanding V
mis nisiory s SjJa -AA--iA aaa
1T.3 :-A ' - z . r' . A-- A" ir ., r . -t:
'm- ' rli;AA 'y;'
tlSome one writingibhe i-Mason1o Mirror
has drawn a charming picture pf a home-living,
chUd-loYlnjriabtbjei.-VK-f'
i'fi YVpmu'sii'.Hrawa Jine
Detwecn ner ana tne trivoious butterny; ot ,.
fashion, who flits from ball to opera, and pajty,!
decked irt rich xobesl "and followed by' a tram1
as hollow and as tieartless as berself-rSbe, who:
forgetful of the holy task assigned her, neglects
f ' those Wtio ' have been given her in charge and
1 t. - . l? ..ir . .-. t Vi
wvmw mibw pi , mreimgs, wgup sue
pursues her giddy round of amu5eai3nts.vNot
8 witti our,home mother !i blessings bebn her
I pcad..: . The hearti warms to see' ,.her in her .
clady routine of pleasant duties How. pleasant?
S b sits day t after May, ahapening and. sw-:
-u6 .jumo mwwc ui , uyiu"i:ui,
1 fr ber little flock! i And how proud and pleas
; more - comfortable Hhey feel if mamma - wrips
Jthem'up before 'theygo to school lfNp one :
il Pe precious . mother, .1 bey could not sleep,
UilJt tortus uiauerue couia noi,.u sue iauea
; Tisit their cter, and with her own soft"
uanas. arrange; tnem - conuortabiy- betore she
:."-t"! .. T - &',",'"vk' r -
.Crpaforas .shejooks onMhose Sfreet,i3loomin
-"-- "--: z . '.; - .-r--j'r. j.-r"
! a good night kiss on each rosy mouth. It may
y httlo nestling, ,
v""-" " 7;r! -
i : rr; r vt', v"w"o?
tbe sleet and snpw descend and the wild winter
i bowls around its.had I f It needs no longer her
I care S'er rm enfolds it U-Jt
' l'l rest Ij i ohe v f eels and f knows 'that: it is
.right, and bends meekly to the hand that Bped
the shaft, and :turns, with a warmerlove, jf it
be possible,' to those little ones who are left to
love. How tenderly she guards them from
danger, and. .with a . strong, :untiringi love'she;
'watches' by ,theirl bed-side ;whtriAheyre 11J !,i
Blessings bo on the gentle, home-loving mother. "
Angeb will look with love upon her acts. .Her
I children will rise upland call her blessed, and
I tho memory of her kindly deeds will enfold her
.as a garment.
?JSf;- ;i-tV
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' r
Voltaire's Dbatii. Some years ago, an in
i dividual wellfknpwriand iiignlyrespted-in"
t 'ihe! religious "world, narrated in myhearing the-
following:; incident: in earlylife, while with a
! college companion he was making a tour on the
; continent, at Paris his friend was seized with an
1 alarming illness, j; A physician pf great celebri-
i ty : was speedily summoned, who stated that
: much-would depend upon a minute attention to
his directions, - As therpwas tio one at hand
upon whom they could place much reliance, he
i was requested, to recommend .some confidential
-and experienced nurse. He mentioned one, but
added, You may, think yourself happy, ir.deed,
i should you b'e able to secure Lor services ; Lut
: she is so . muchin : request : among the higher .
'circles herc, that there isiittlecliuucc of finding
: her disengaged 1" The carrAcr a:' once 'order
ed his carriage, went to her rcAAuc s-J muoh
ito liii satisfaction,' -found her at home, ,IIo
liieay stntc-d Lh crrhr. J, and requested- her ira
' incdir.'.e fAt:r.lanic. 'jBat, before" I-consent to
r,' f r.'i; "s!:e. 'to
;askr you ',a;"Singlo .. question: -Is your f-iend n :
..Christian,!! .Ves,' he replied, 4 he is indoc i r.
f Christian in the best and higL: ?t ser.sa cf th j ;;
; term a'man'who lives in the fear of 'God. But -J.
should like to! know the reason of your inqui- "
; ry !'-..; Sir, she! answered, fI was the nun 3 tlr.t '
attended Voltaire in" his last'sickms, cr.d.for-t-all
the wealth of Europe I would never see s.n
other infidel die.' Lord's Damascus. - '-";" '
On taking CSl JOSr 7Z.tZh tzrizj CIZ H.
v ThL, nQ; a1 : . -, -t . Thprnn rA
advantages arising from it.'; In tho 'first place,'
:jt wilt be knorn that the man.has a'vra'tch. la
i K c.knrtl , t,-;n -t- A4 -A . ..
. i .; . ,t: v. .
will be: a modest;, hint- to tho minister, tbat he
has preached about lon enough and should
W his'sermon to a : close. Fourthlv. it will "
. . . ; r . ; '
, .w . wfcjf-. mw , T,ll CilVJ k7 'MUlli 1 1
mate thc lnen, puts on the messa-e of graced '
sixthly, will abstract the noUce ofothers
a 'ili f - if A ' -a1- .r
turn their attention from the taes-.
: eage in like manner. Seventhly, it is an act ,
a rassae of
tbat :ve i01 sel1 corn an;i the. Sabbath; that
we may 5 wheat Amos viii: liT-'
-,ayarr. v K-
AHD HU1I0H OF PATHICH
. . A" - i - .HEUEY. - , : ..
: 5 Patrick Henry was a distinguished orator and
ut . :?z . ... ,. . r
wasa Sccchmaii,a man of wealtb'and I suspected
of being unfriendlythe American cause. Da- ',
ring the distress of the American anriy, conse
quent, pni the jointinrasion of Cornwallis and I -;Pbillips,"in3n8lla"M
cota-
misryy ha4 taken' ten steers for tHe use of the .
rpopsiiie)act;.l
auu, on me aavice oi wr. Oowan, a gentleman
- of some distinction in , the law, thought proper
7lo mmofij against iMr.-Verja-J
a AMo ' in" lii 'icInAt 'nnf Xf Am-t 4- . " '
iXr - 4Hr - "-'; ".t--'.v i: ' . ; ; 4 ' ' -
; said tp have disported himself in this cause to
'j - 1 anfimta- enjoyment of his hearers, ll. i
porident j heappeared to have a complete icon-
';,t'.".1PM-- hi audience ; at one !
heexcited ;fheir indignation' against Hook 1
riin'when hi jbse-.tb relax, ;'and ridicule him,
the whole audience was m a roar of laughter. ,
HepaintedT the distresses of the American
army;; exposed almost n aked, to the rigors of a
f wmterV skyj arid making the frozen ground over
jvHich they;trcw
. feet.i t Vh'ere is the man,n he said. " who has
an,Amencan heart iin i the bosom; who would
i not have th-owp open his fields, his cellars, his
.barns, the doors of his house, the portals of his
hreast,itohaye! received with- open "arms, the
meanest sld1er in that Tittle Jandof famished;
patriots I iWhOreis the man ?i There he stands'
-Abut whether -the heart of an Araencan beats
in his bosom, jou,' gentlemen, are to judge." ':
. He then carried , the jury, by the ppwers of
hi3 imagination; to., the plains of Yorktown, the
surrender pfwaclihad. mllowed shortly after
'.thcr act Cbmplaiiied of;, he depicted the surrea
;derj:in thd most: glowing and noble colors of el
oquence; the audience saw before their eves' the
humiliation and .dejection of the British, as thty
-;'A A iAi T ii if t. :-: tV . i - .A' 1 -" .
uuv oi tiieir trenencs; tney saw tne,
which flighted up every patriot face,-
: and. heardHhe shouts of victory, and the cry of
WasWn and
echoed ; through the American ranks, and wa3
reverberated . from the " hills, and fhoa-s of the
' neighboring rivers. V Buhark I' .what' notes of
discord are thosp whijh disturb the general joy,
aridisilericjSr the5 'acclamation of victory I They
; are tlie - nptes of John Hook, hoarsely brawlir g
, through the'Ainericon camp,' Itef leef heef V
?AThe; whole"audience were convulsed; a par
" ticular; inc!derit will give a better idea "of the ef-'
feet than any' general description. TL 3 clerk of
the ;court,-, unable to command himself, and un
willing to commit any breach of decorum in his
place, rushed opt of the court house and threw
himself on the grass, in the most ; violent parox-
Herett ;wa3 rolling, when Hook, with very
different feeling, J came 'out: for relief into the
yard also. r A Jemmy v fcteptoe," said ; be to tne
clerk,' "what in the world ai!s ye mon ?;' Mr
j Stepboe; was only ;able to say, that " he could not
' helpiit, .Never! mind ye,? said Hook; "u wait
till 'Billy; Cowan! gets lup;he'll show him the.
-law r ''.-'"; ; - '. - A " 'A-A ' -.' -
Mr. CpvYan, however was so completely over-..
whelmed by the torrent which bore cpon Lis
client, that when he rese to make aTcjIy to !.Ir.
Henry ho was scarcely able to make f.a intelli
gent ..or 'audible femark.T.hccauso vr:. . decid
ed almost by acclamation. The j ury r . I urac i '
with a verdict for the defendant. -a
"Nor did tho effect of Mr. U-rf
there.. The people were L'1'
Tory audacity of srea a r t"
a step
It tiA .
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VtAA
to Lca ail around, Lm a
ciy r
that ci "te-:t
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.3 - cry c.
i;n cfv.L:
LAlt'aal
feathers
a i
savel 1.' .
of Lis l.e:
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accompany you, permit me,
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