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f . . ; ', i . ' ; . r t - : - . . . ' . . ; , ; --'.' . - .s. ; j. . . IP Hi E n(Di t id RIGHTEOySNES TEMPERANCE," AND JUDGEMENT EDITED BY T.. MEREDITH, NEWBERN, N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1835. IB I ; ! VOL I ! NO. C. I . -TERM S. The BiBUCALi Recorder is published every i Wednesday, ' at $'L 60 per annum, if paid within 'sir months, "or $3 if paid subsequently to thai Any person who will become responsible for six' ! ' roDiesi or who will forward the names of six sub scribers, shall be entitled to a seventh copy gratti. V No subscription will be, received for less than one yekr, unless paid in advance ; and no discon iinuante will be .allowed until arrearages are paid. I Persons wishing (o discontinue will be expected to give notice to that effect prior to the commence ment of a new year,; otherwise they will" be con sidered as! responsible lor the ensuing twelve .months. Ili-y :.'p,-';-.-'i? v" J? -H W'i ; I All communications except those of agents who 'act gratuitously, to jsecurc attention, must be jtost paid- fj'i v ) :,:'.' : , -i ' cist A 1 V l It J M. i'roni ihe Baptist; Repository.! f MIS M hie mostlreinarkable features! ,iri mod t r- . - . i . . ., . .1 S - I . . - them through the gates of loathsome prisons.- ITflnnv.trarisitiori I THrirrt banmr" rrnitirr I The peal of negro emancipation m uritish West India was now tp be rung from the platform' of tie metropolis, to the farthest hamlet that rested elf six days of workv iollowed by one of cessation would suppose. I nev ine.val9 . . . nWd,restvyou may now cease to imitate'! IU bad,thatsome professo: Under the auspices of the society which sent has npt' said any thine like it . The law is in ed away anibetraved c lion in J: boon PUISON SCliNU C1IANCJED, 5i AR AT I VU O t . A W; EST, t!j D I V 810 NARY Ire dtestant missions is, that scarcely a inffle nidividuil has fallen a victim' to the hatred, or the barbarityl of htpeole among vhoiri they have labored. While on-, the.CQatrarj', travel lvpl merchants, and speculators, Have often been .ctit?W by the hand of . the baT-bariUris, ajaon ivhbm iliev have resided. ' riie- miisioaaries 1 liive?.iVdep been; in perils, and they have ;fre . , milentlv lived in cantivitv at the mere v of inen U: who were l'mad upon their idols," but J he Lord, : ;ho was tneir refugoi delivered thein put of all fy .1-11 i . - - ; i' i '. i. ."!,.''. - nfir.trauDies pi .' -.v ,:; ip, . . Vk . 1 !' his tact will appear nvost obvious when wed :-ill to mihd the history 4f -the Burtiiari Mission i , - jh Sputli jSea Mission, and the labors of the ! . tlniled hr thren. The Uaptist Mission to the Ve?i. Indies also aflbrds ample proolof the in f vpirpd dj'clamlion, "They that put their! trust in ?od f;hall , be isale.,r i'he following from Mr. Ijtrcheli is given fvom memory, as it was stated hi an eveniher visit. durin'r his "recent soibnrh for a kv dAs m this citv, on his return to1 His sta- imaica. - ' ; v;. Vvi'ji . ULIi ifter the commencement of the revolt saniong' the slaves on that Island; in 1832, the enemies.'rf the cross determined) to make d few 'harmless,. innocent Bap. and Westleyan misiorjr nries lic scapegoats, to bear the obloquy. and re ponsibiihty of such an odious and heart rending .'.'scehe- and in pursuance of this resolution, among otniqrs. Hew Air. liurcneii, xi Ljaptist missionary of Ionteo Hay, ! lia ving a large congregation I under his ehajre, was on a mqst invoipus pre- 'i tencc arrested, arid kept on boarp! a vessel of war in ttiei hatbor. J After being there several days, the commander received a notelfrom the magis- ? trate to jdsa himiand let him goi as no charge ; had b, eon jtreatetl with rigor and scorn, iandi an armed sentmel placed over him on board shin, still this I'was nothing to trie brutal bloody measures' which were plotting against j him on shore. , r .;'. -:. ,! -il t 1 ) After t s.jknown; that no legal charge couidbe sustamed aginsV hir; seyeral leading individuals discovered also,jhat the tale of liis . . arrest; and detention on?bdard, a ship of tvar, ' w-HDuld no( sound to their advantage when hon- cstly and artlessly, tola to ireeoorn . . Jtsntons, ana eonSenueiitlv his mouth.must be stopped !; there - is no silciice like that, ol death, and accordingly tht'v bound themselves bv an oath to spill j his . heart's blood if possible, and thus free themselves j from any Representation, which he might make, noi oniv pi ineir eruciiv 10 unouenainir Aincans. . of their blood .thirsty malice towards those Joined by a fellow laborer, and a fellow suf. nas IS thl 1 : l,.r. wJ- 1 " '3 .Y terer, they must now be contemplated m a Jicrht ofits rpnnl?ur tr.bin frtheblpsiV ,,.,, -a JLt. far difierent from that vhich ws reflected upon ihich ho laid on the Sabbath. He has not ob free with the Lord's dav. as thev do with their literated the distinction which he put on the se- own days. So little regard is ha'id to divine au- vsenth position of time. He has not said, 44 You thority. ; Bo little do men care , for God. And, rjeed no longer remember the Sabbath, to keep they tell me, all sorts of men travel on -'the Sab if holy ; : seven days you may labor ; my example bath, even many professors -of religion. . That I lever heard of any thing so ssors of relieion who barter- anv thinrr liWe it. 1 The IaW IS in I tA a lvnv nnr ht'tmroA V.la.a1 T nnA fin. them forth they made an appeal to the govern- force, therefore, even until now.- " , L! . viour.- And some ministers of the rrospel, I am merit for the redress of thenr grievances, the! pro- Well, here is the law of God, with the reason told, do the work of travelling on the Sabbath. tectibn of their rights, aridv especially for- the ojf it Now. for the nractice of men. How nbor- Now emancipation of tl enslaved population of the Ivihey compare ! -.-There are indeed few' who I suppose it would be accounted dreadful, should island; The whom British nation sympathized dp not remember the Sabbath dav. and in some thev nloufrh or rean on thk Sahbatb ! Vrt tb l.i -v . . ? -; .IS i .. .. .... . i . I .. r -rf - o - - . - l , - - m tne suiierings oi tne missionaries, ana m about manner distinguish it from the other days of the might plough as innocently as those who may a twelvemonth, the IVmg, lards, and Commons, week, l .But the law is that thev should remem- travel.. But these hreakers of th RWl nA enacted the frerdom of 800,000 persons tjield in ber it to keep it- iioly; that they should distin- indeed almost all ;of this class of transgressors iu nivit iiiaicio vii iM.iau n uv iiaiiuwmi' 11 no u uv ui rtisi. x ixis i are me reaaiesi nersons i ever met with at mnv- 800,000,000. Under the protection of the crown, they dq not. Thev keen it no more holv than inrr excuses for their eAmfnrt T nv;n. ; , ir: iinaswnarieg now urgea: meir piea ior reirru- any oincr aay, inough they do aillerentiy on that next, to consider some of their apolomes. Thev nmflAn i S W t U. rlnn I, v..nv T ... A 1. i ,1 u A .J 1 ' f k 1 1 iL .l till J. 1 '11 I , . , " I - ' ui'u"u "iinwu uuuoo u uiBiiuAt-oiii'cu j uny, iioiu wiitti ixify uu uii uuicis. jl iicy uu uui r will oe JOUnu. Verv CUTlQUS. oy lawless moos, oi.wnue men, iea on, ana en- tnesame worK on that aay, which they do on yumgeu mosi irequentiy Dy men in authority, i tne other days, out they do some work. Such as vaniajes q.ver pulpit instruction. If this'be a cor rect view of the subject, then our ministering breth ren are under special obligations 1 hat distinguished nobleman, Lord Althrop necessity -requires, und such as mercy dictates, d Mr. Spring Rice, the Colonial Secretary, they may do. The law of nature teac and came forward and engaged at once, that the gov ernment wduld refund $40,200 sterling if I the Christian public would furnish the residue, about ,$0,000, by the hrst of August last- 4 ; : To this the missionaries acceded, and under took to arouse the denomination to - the effort. tpaches that and the jexa'mple of the Lord ofthe Sabbath sanc tions and confirms the lesson. ) But they do other work than such as these call them to. The Sab- b?ith is vith them, as secular a! day as any other,' though the manner of their worldliness on thai . i SKLF'EDUCATION. j Youpg; man, whoever thou art, rich or poor, high or low, learned or unlearned,---hcre is a lesson for thee ; and be assured it is worthy of thy atten tion -Here, he that i3 dead yet speaketh j and his words are the.wprds of wisdom and of ruth. If thou wouldst ever be gTeat if thou wpuldst ever day may be unlike what it is on the other davs Let it be remembered, ihis was on the day prer What is more purely secular than yisitincr. and acimre eminence in any of the pursuits or depart ccedtng the annual meeting of the Society in travelling, yet wliat is more common on the dav meats "of life,, it must be the fruit of thine own June. . i;n tne louowing aaj m tne presence qi wnicn tne jora nas Diessea ana hallowed 7 a vast assembly,1 the plan for raising the last These, I know, are not considered as falling un- on uer tne aenommation oi work, but they do tail ujiuci iu x uev ute as ttriainiv mciuueu amoilff named sum," wa$ Srst broached to the public, 1'he speakers were enthusiastically cheered, the things forbidden to be done on the Sabbath, and to wind hp with.theiRev. Mr. Liefchild step- as are ploughing and sowing. The former ped forward, and eagerly demanded of the chair- aie iio more sacred : ho less secular thaii are the man, wnai u was mat ne w isnea tne meetmg to do ? Any thing that they had was nt his dispor sal. l he chairman arose afla said thev nrdnos I. the and 1 is: : I .; C' j I have been struck vith the indiscriminate )DOS- I mnTtrtpr in u.-mrb trfivoilWc nit tVin envari f m mnl'O tin rHi-irt tn Mico thn en-m of -vv.. I ! . 1 i . I . . . . .""n. wiui( w -v ouui uvvuvv.oau TM WPPlt I hid wnulrl enhnnco thit hod laia down his check lor 5UU,anotheronept a simi- made an excention in favArof t'rnrelli ular employment men to journey btr tbnt will nntklAnnv rtlKor lolmr nn travelled the whole month ol July, ana were I th kwi, ,;nv..AVini'a.. ..;.'., everY re,TFf lved wi hopen arms, hearts aud tion, travel pnUiat day. The farmer, who would puisui. i .. , i . J not toil 111 his held: the merchant, who would The, 1 1th cf August was the day fixed upon by npt sell, ad article out of his, store ; the mechanic the missionaries to take leave oi thetrEnghsh wlio would not laboft at his trade: and the mis friends and return to the desolated field of their tress of the family, who scrupulously avoids cer labors. The churches who had contributed for tain household occupations on the Sabbath, w this cause, were invited to send up delegates, and lrr nmnilnt wrl Vnnnil i.ilr nrA litifrwrw tho I T T;i f ' ",vu j umg every otner species oi sec mg broke up, more than 2,UUUt were secured oh the day of rest, but allowing 10 raise tne remaining, 4,uuw, the missionarres on it T their money to this , meeting, to be held in the great room ot the London Tavern; The joyful day arrived, and with it multitudes 6f the bretK- ren-from the country, to-partake . of the thrilling scenes oi, me occasion, it was an immense meeting, and hundreds could "gain no admission to the room. After appropriate exercises, and sarewell addresses, the amount raised bv the churches, was. found largely to exceed what, the irovernmeiu nroDoseu. aim .uns was sxin iartner increased by a donation frem the Quakers, of 2,000 for" school houses. pations son the Sabbath, will .yet, all of them, without any relentings, travel on the babbath, and that whether the obiccfof the journey :be business or pleasure. It makes no oinerence, 1 hey would not, on the KabDath, do Other work appropriate to the six days. ; That would shock "them. But to commence, continue. patience,' industry, and toil. And remember,' that what thou doest, must be done quickly. Thy days on earth arc few thy time is short there is but a step between thee and death. -Editor. r ; And this leads me gentlemen, to another re mark, to whieh I invite your attention. It is this: the Education moral and intellectual of every in dividual, must be chiefly his own work.. There is a prevailing and fatal mistake on this subject. It seems to be supposed that if a young man be first sent to a grammar school, and then to col lege, he must of course be a scholar : and the pupil himself is apt to imagine that he is lobe; the mere passive recipient ol instruction, as he is ofthe light of the atmosphere, which surrounds him. But this dream, of indolence must be dis sipated, and you must be awakened to the impor tant truth that, if you, aspire to excellence you must become active with tmction perseverance that considers nothing done whilst any thing remains yet to be done, l Rely upon it that tnes ancients were ngnt wis que, sva jor tunafaber ; both in morals and intellect, we give the final shape to our own characters, and thus become emphatically, the architects of our own to' lend their influence apd personal efforts to the circulation of approved periodicals among their flocks. l lie ' that iith ears to hear, let him hear." Editor, i - E'gJ11 years ago my people took something like ffteeni religious papers which have been in creased to about one hundred. I was led to make ' flbrwto Increase the number by, seeing the dif- ' ferenck between those wlio read them and others. ; The inrn who took a religious newspaper, caused their fimilies to hear '.City-two more sermons a year, Ihaii their neighbors. Their minds ex pandei and they gTew in grace faMeri than oth ers, and retarded the progress of religion much less by narrow prejudices. They did not neg lect family or social 'otshTp. TirJT Seed the dis cipline of the church.! Their children and youth voiumaniy nuea ourawjatn fcccooi,uioic class, and inquiry meeting, j The. Salba(h f school, scholars rose ftam one hundrad and forty to five hundred, and tne Bible 'class scholars to more than two hundred, -i Solicitors for benevolent purposes soon learned to make little calculation on those who read no religious papers. But as papers increased ourcontributions rose fom 8100 to 81 Q00. The aid afforded by the papers, en couraged the preacher to early engage;kr the temperance warl and then Le would have been u?ciiuium, uui iiie euitur neri a constant u re or heavy arfiilery till cur; cause numbered 1000. We had no struggle with any anti temperance man who read a religious paper.! Volunteers were often called for to tecp Sab-bath-echool, carry on the monthly diilritution, and to supply the destitute with bibles lin neigh bouring to wnship's. Veiy few, if a single person, has performed these1 self-denying services, but such as read religious papers. We have sorno who denounce these things, and neglect (devotion al meetings. Thi'irchildren are hot in the in quiry meetings, nor the church. "Scme'few have' neglected family praycrj done things worthy of discipline," and beencicommunicatcd! But; I have not known these persons to read a religious paper. If a person is to withdraw from benevo lent societies, and other good thmgs.ke will male his prologue a billet to havehis papcrj stojjjrd. Those who do not read p religious paper will usually talk of a want of money; but, except in a very few cases, inonev, is not so much needed ana vigorous co-operators , rnr mrVmrr Int o fn rJw; rfl ypUr teachers and work out your own dis- rknowledge! of the vakie of a paper it a familV. ! with an ardor mat cannot be quenched. t r.mW ihren T ficn ,.r, Here wns thn rlimax of the. "nrison Wnn sitatbn, go to the place on Friday, do their busi changed" here stood the men in all the dignity ness on Saturday, and return on -Sunday, i Now! of British freemen', surrounded by the; best that j1 would do the one just as soon as I would the the realm could produce; ready again to fece 'otper, and should, consider that I desecratcdVthe I their nerserntors and defended bv the trik of Sdbbath, by travelling to or from the place of bu- the British constitution from their further ag- siness on it, just as much as by accomplishing frrPssmnsw'hilA withl'min'trlf nmntim.c nfW the object of the iourncy On it. I would ask the or finish a journey on the Sabbath, offends n6t fortunes How else, should it happen, gentle-, their consciences in the least. I am acquainted men, that young men, who have had precise y with many persons, who wouldnot, for the world, ine sai!!e opponuniues, noma ue continually travel to a place on Saturday,' accomplish their presenting us. with such different results, and JKinP f L nK;w) tV,0Jr ;nrr, : Snn,r rushing .to such opposite destinies ? Difference iiA . J ,..;fr of talentlwill not solve it, because that difference r. . i r.i . ii i .i . t ior a very lime oi trie world, ana witnoui any ne ,r but ' vhbl would show unto them the way 'of salvation i through dhjrist In Vain they tried to! get him agam on shpre, but hie, warned of their machina tions bysomefof his faithful flock, kept himself to the ship. At 'length, after malkina: larsre offers P-to any nvhitcman who would swear against hint 1 mey louna a man oi qesuonaoic stanaing vyno became-tlie tool of their malice.,. They drew up ' a writing, which they required him to sign and ; wear toT impeaching Mr. Burchell in the revolt. This the person said he could not do, as he had never heard Mr. B. use the words alleged iri the writing, j'hese men, one .ortwo of them being magistrates, pointed to the gibbet in sight, and 6aid,therc sir, sign this, or you shall hang there :.. within eight jand forty hours 1 'if ycni -cOmply, hwe -are 50 pounds in cash, and you' shall halve 10 more each year y as long as you Hvel With death by the fallows on one side, and a reward of money j on the other, the poor affrighted fel low complied, and got outof their clutches. But, infatuated! as they were, and. thirsting for the blood pf the innocent missionary,' they ) did not stop jo reflect that he, who had been driven to 1 this e.renjiity by their threats, might like-Judas, havtt a conscience not perfectly seared, 'and dis- lo nea r the blood of a murdered minister connnuauy sounding in his ears. The sequel win snow mat he was too honest to carry plan 'of cold-hearted murder to perfection .With this affidavit they obtained a commit mciit from;a,magistrate, by whieh the missiona ry was removed from the; Ship to the prison ; yet in all tlicstj movements, so well was he guarded that jno opportunity presented fpr an assassina tion, which they intended by getting 1 him on fsliorc, either privately ot by a mobi He lay in prison more.thah amonihi when the court con- gratitude, and hope, they parted with a thousand andid traveller, H .any thing can secularise the endeared and devoted friends, to minirle airain in abbath more completely, if any ! thing can more T'" I : t . the society of the dark and ignorant people, to enectuaiiy nullity it, tnan orai whom they were ordained as i ministers of the lfa ipan may lawfully travel ever blessed gospel of the Son of God. C. Prom the New-Y&ck Observer. out a TRAVELLING ON THE SABBATH. Veiled for his trial. The conspirators made new ; and vip,orvn! pfTnrto tn: inbtnin ftvidenee 1 arrainst hcit Victim but to" he avail; rTh4 jury met: to see what evidence there was for ah indictment. .uau in iorlorn hone t these men was sworn. .and to the 'dismay of nil their hopes, he openly timony the threat, the bribe, and the urihesita Ungly avowed his belief of the inndcency ofthe rarson, and the consummate vilUany of his ae- Forthwith the prison doors were i B-Saf7 guarded by his faithful friends, the colored Wpulation. got on board a vessel and . eacnea the UaiM fittf anrt frAm , wilea to England, to pourtray in alUtheif genuine av wlcasiounamg truth ot negro suffering, .and European cruelty, and netrv tvrannv in s - instant province How few men act from principle ! How few haye any rulerby which they uniformly regulate their conduct! Fewer still act from christian principle, regard a rule derived from revelation. It makes my very heart bleed to think (how few, even, of civilized and evangelized men. regard divine au thority. , And yet it is the - disregard of this which constitutes the sinner and the rebel. Some disregard one expression' of. it, and some another. He who, whatever respect he may pro fess for Gbd practically disregards any exptes sior of divine authority, is a fevolter, a rebel is up in heart, if not in arms, against God; isen- gagpdin a controversy with Jehovah. ; V What has led us to this tram of reflection is the general disregard that I observe w ith respect to the sanctification of the Sabbath. He who madeusvand who, by constantly preservingf jus, when otherwise we should relapse into non-exis tence, may be said to be continually renewing the creation oi us, ana nas oeyona au question, a riKhi lo cuiuroi us, aia ion s ago irom omai, dis tinctly, ppress his will with regard to the man ner in which the Seventh portion of time should be spent ; , and how it should be distinguished trom the other, six portions. He reminded his creatures of it, and declared it to, be his will that it should be kent holv. that six ? davs we should labor, and therein do ALt our work, leaving none, ot it to be done on the seventh, because tne seventn is the Sabbath ol the LiOrd our Uod. It is his rest, and therefore should be ours 'also In it he I has signified it to he his will that we should not do any work j neither we, nor those who are subject to us as children, or as servants. nor even those domesticated with us, the stran gers within our gates.. Nor should man alone rest, but the beast also. Then he condescends to give, a reason for this enactment, in which all 1 mankind, whenever and wherever they lire, are equally, interested ; "a reason, which was valid from the creation ofthe world, and will hold good as long as the world lasts"; "for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the "sea, and all that inf them is, Jand rested the seventh day ; wherefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it." Now Gocl has never4 revoked this expression of his will HehaA never repealed this law. If he inary travelling?- on the Sabbath, ex cept in a case of stern necessity,' such as would ' iustifv any species of work. I know not what he niy not lawfully do on. that da yl What is more j absurd, than that it should be lawful and proper tojourney on the day set apart and sahctihed lor rest 1 burely lourneyinc: does not comport well with rest - But they say that travelling is not work, and therefore not included in the prohibi- lOn. . I deny the fact. 1 It is ofteh hard and wea- nsome. work. Ana what it it be not work to he passenger, ts it not work to those who a re. em ployed in conveying him 1 ' If he does not labor, yet others must labour, in order to enable him to travel, and is he not equally responsible for the work which he renders neeessarv on the Sab- lath, as for that which he does . with his own hands ? But j what if no human being is em ployed to forward him on his journey, he de- Drives me oeasi oi xus uav oi rest & auu is it no thing to , withhold from the poor animal the pri vilege ofthe Sabbath ; to compel him to workon the day, on which God has directed that he should be permitted to rest? r ; ! According to this theory, that it is lawful to journey on the Sabbath; a man may so arrange it as never to be under obligation toJceep the bab bath. v He has only to set apart that day of the weelc for travelling; he is only to keep in motion Ori the day of rest; that is all. Moreover, he who gets nis living oy travelling, or oy -."c juuriiey ihg of others, has, on this supposition, a manifest advantage-over his neighbors. He hasseven daysYor profit, while they have only six. r The day-laborer and the poor mechanic, may not ;use the seventh day as they do the other days of the week; They must make- a aisuncuun Detween them. But those who travel for their pleasure, qr! whose business , calls them abroad, and those, who accommodate them with conveyance, may use the seven days indiscriminately... Is this equal ? :- f- ".. j j t think it must be evident to every unprejudic ed mind, that to travel! on the Sabbath is to use it as anv other dav. It is to make no distinction between it and Monday and Saturday. It disre gards the peculiarity ofthe day altogether. JYet is yery often in favor of the 'disappointed can date. You will see issuing from the walls the same; school ; nay, sometimes from the bo ofthe same family, two young men, of whom the one shall be admitted a genius of high order; the other scarcely above the point of mediocrity ;yct you shall see the genius sinking and perishing in poverty,' obscurity and wretchedness ; - while on the other hand, you shall observe X6inediece plodding his slow but sure way up the hill of life, gaining steadfast footing at every step, and moun ting at length to erainenceand distinction, an or nament to his family, a blessing to his country. Now, whose work is. this? Manifestly their own. They are the architects of their respective fortune. The best seminary of learning that can. open its portals to you, can do ho more than to afford you the opportunity of instruction:; but it must depend, at least,1 on yourselves, whether you will be instructed or not, or to what point you will push your instruction. 4And of this be assured : I speak from observation, a certain truth ; There is no excellence without great labor. It is the fiat of Fate from' which no power of Genius can absolve youths Genius unexerted, is like the poor moth that flutters around a candle toll it scorches itself to death. If genius be desirable at all, it is only of that great and magnanimous etiy tnese, l oiten.preacl .sity of religious intelligence, and .h!ow Uhij was secured by a periodical The same thine: was urged on the young, both in public and private In pastoral; visitation, the family 'read ip g was u matter of discussion, and in this way;a paper was often added. In the pulpit, and every ! where.!! have always contended that goodjincn fhould at least put heaven on a par with earth, fcf a man takes a political paper, he should i:ot make1 any pretensions to be a christian, unit es he also talcs a religious paper. Persons removing Unto the i 1. i i -i',.. ious paper. 1'erirons were appo different parts on the congregation tocal on the people and. urge theirt either separately or jointly to take a 'paper. A nlan was at one lime sur. ested to raise a fund in the wealthy riit cf the church, to supply the poor with a paper. : Seeing that they who read a paper five years, j become another order of Christians, I 'Lave keptimy eye on the subject, and pressed it. on the people, as often as prudence w:ould permit. I fceJ confident from actual experience, that he who woujld raise his people, can. spend a part cf his time no better.' .V,' 1 A ' t. r .! 4 j? uuiu jjiiuuiug mc muse ui icuyiuus perioaicais. r ' journal. kind, wrncn, ike tpe canaor oi utn America, In lhcir travels through !the woods and fields, pitches from the summit ofChimberazo above the they generally wend their serpentine way a!onr aIiiIo anil cnslaina if solf7nt ti I pn ;ti n in t hnt m - .t .i . il... . ?. ..i ' J' viv, ..v -t - "" " tne-natns i nrevionsiv A SINGULAR FACT IN 'ATLKAL 11ISTORV. In the western part of .Virginia", are dens where the rattle-snakes and ether serpents retreat on the approach oi cold weather,1 into .winter quarters and where, in a torpid state like others of the., 1 .1 . 1 ! t ' . . serpent triue, mey while uway that dreary sea- ; son. in a state of cold and hunger In the'spring, when the genial influence of the sun quickens them into active life, theyjcrawLrom tBeir uu tumual retreats and enjoy the pleasure' ofa ren- ovateu exisianve in iccir own peculiar manner. made, pyreal region with an energy rather invigorated frequently meet with trailers of a chatJl er and than weakened by the effort. It is this capacity species very different from themselves. Amonir the members ofthe animal kingdom, that- fre quent that district of the Country, is the wid deer. between whom ana the rattle snake there srcrr.s to subsist a most inveterate instinctive ihatrcd. When the deer in thejelevated pride of hts char- acter, moves gracefully along the path wljefe the rattle-snake is travellinerl they both instantlneous-! Where fathom line could never touch the ground lt in their course and prepare for a combat. muni is iciimiiaic m uic ueuui oi one for me i for high and long continued exertion ; this vigor ous power of prplound and searching investiga tion : this, careerinir and wide sweeping compre hensions of mind ; and those long teachers of thought, that v .,- Pluck bright honor from.the pale faced moon, Of dive into the bottom of the deep,- . And drag up drowned honor by the locks. This is the prowess and these the hardy achieve ments which are to enrol your names among the great mdh of the earth. " But how are-. you to gain the nerve and the courage for enterprises of this pith and moment ? I will tell you. As Milo gained the hoc signo othef of the combatants. I . The snake immediately coils and prepares I for the fatal spring, the deer slowly recedes, and i coming up with lofty bat praduated bounds, 1 i ' i J c -mi.' i leaps witnas mucn precision as is possiDia wuji-i his hard and horny feet upon the serpent ; sand if 1 ne miss iiirn passes rapiaiyon,ana,rcrurmug,.re- vinces: for this must be your work, hot that of news the contest,! and attemps to spring j upon your teachers.. Be riot wanting to yourselves, him again, i The. serpent,5 .on seeing thes deer and yon w-iU accomplish all that your parents, friends and country have a ngnt to expect. iroi Wirt, ;. ;-j- . . ' BfiLIOIOUS. NEWSPAPER 6. By a Pastor. . 5 We call the attention of our readers, and parti- raove towards him patiently awaits his approach; ; and as soon as he coBccives him .to be within striking distance, darta w'ith the most venOmous, intent upon him and if not disabled when the deer approaches him a secorfd and third; time, the rattle-snake repeats his springs, and,!1? if he strikes the deer, the latter is soon put hors dk com- bat. and swens ana mes. r un the contrary, it I. suppose there is a3 much journeying on the culailv of our brethren in the ministry,1 to the facts the deer strikes the rattle-snake with his hoof, Sabbath, as there is on any other day of the week With very few exceptions, the steam-boats ply, a!nd the stages run las usual: and both, Lam in- formed, are as full, if not more crowded, on the ; Sabbath, than on any other aay ; ana private carnages are as i numerous op the great tho roughfares, and in the vicinity of cities as on the Sabbath. . Ana tne repeiers qi lug Tyaier- recorded in the following article. We have often stated! it as our opinion, and every day's obser vation confirms that opinion, that one of, the most efficient auxiliaries a" minister of the gospel can have, is a well-conducted religious periodical. By this means he secures the co-opecition of his editor, and that tpo in. a 'form which re ad" the latter has his back bone broken, and discern-; i fitted, dies. And it is a fact Well khowm to, many, ; that these two hostile animals never seperate i after they meet, uniil one of them dies. ' ' i i - " Time is iriven. that we inaa take care of eterni- -) ty ; and eternity will n be too lonj, to regret the loss of our time Ik
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 11, 1835, edition 1
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