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I ;". : : : - Vl" !' --: mm A B ' fTr rw-i " - J . . :-;SD,Tu. Hi .1. ML KL DITIJ ; , 1 U ( Tiir. JilBUCAV .KECOKDKR'lS mibllsliPrl 1 I -a v I Vcd'n?sdjy,-at $2. 50 per annum, if paid within ;T -m iuLnr(h'.or it paid subsequently to that -'rcriud. 1 . ;.( r Anv person who wilj become Responsible or six .0nifs, or who writ forward the names of sijx siib-'c-rilwrs. shall he entitled to a seventh copyL-alis. , .subscription will be received for desk than '.. yAyrnr, unless paid in advance; and no discon-' Hnwf,e;wiU he allowed until arrearages ar? paid. lW.dus, wishing to discontinue willbeex iccted ;ive'noiiee to that effect prior to the conn "i.riit r a new year; otherwise thevrvvilf Ij.wnn. M - " MIIH. U I I, as responsible lor' the ensuing twelve AllonnHiimeaiious except those of agents who :M irrn.imvui!.), i unu aucnuon, must lie . riSHOT STONE'S rASTOKAL . LliTTKlL The hisht jp of. Mary land has recently address-, n Pastoral Letter-to the members of hi Hin. Yose. The "subject treated of are of the highest ' -vro'cfical importance. Missionary . . 'Lnj'orLiyaee of ike l,rl s Day. ' ' The duties appropriate, to Sunday lare not of : such trivial consequence, that, being 'performed when convenient1, ithey may be omitfjd at plea- , sure, witnout any oflence to i.iou or I mjnxv to ourselves, belie v'o in In addressing' myself to those who ,the .divine Institution ol the Jiewish ; Saboath, and m tne transfer ol its sanctity, and U'iiiiu.u. uuaiauuiiMu uj.t mot uay llie u eeiC r otherwise called the Lorcl's-day, -t cannot le'ne-l ; crssary to bring forward any scriptural ptoof ir .; f support oj itstlaim' to our regard. Ily object is merely to point out the best mode of givii full .eiycieucy 10 uie uusei vuuees 01 tnat -noiy Iay. if . .. 1 1. ..L, . ; f . 1 1 L. Pycctou prepa ration for it. In order to carry into the duties thereof n rlo-i . . . . out land fervent spirit, attain as :ono1heart on the preceding jnight '"as time and circumstances win permit. Avoid, then, as far as nossiWe, all those engas-einents and ohcunnJ t ioiis n ii ic h are most 1 i k el f to dissi pate the in i ikL or jo leave upon it a vivid impression- of wbrldly1 icasureiprcare.. 1 each yoursell. tol look1? for ward ,vith. mingled hope ajid fear, tlesireand frenibliiio:, to- the sacred privileges awaiting'oiu if JUKI renuhnber that your eternal destiny knight vim upon our mode of im proving the approach- i:at ) Duties -proper for it. T T U lis r.u;e iinsuan ftaDPam begins to t awri. .' !.Ot lire .... ' , ' . . t . ' Kyuiuun yourselves, "l may- now m- TOtracteu slumbers in the morninK :is t ::rtve hp secular concerns calling, me to va J- 7 kef lil ','ss a; u Clergy." But ask if vou have rio du- ies of a spiritual character to perform, thai sum :.-..)a.you to be up and doing; unrepen tea '..:ii,caii ior ueep neart-ieit contrition ; no .a noperkct exercise.; no habits to be vigorously - "'assailed l An impartial retrospect of th':v mst ' -n-eek and of your 'past life,, would roon bajiish a I -renoency tosiotiitul.i nuulgenee, and bring t your iv.utnuiuiniuu muni .umc nas been snout in iw.cncss arid folly, lie flection upon this', ifl pro- "enyjininrovec . ii..-: ' r .. ! wouiu cause you to retijre to i ; yo:ir plpsets, there to unburden your plpsets, there to unburden a. guilty' -con- ";emje, there td pour Put your souls befor ? God. in acts of prayer and prhise, praise for his p:istfor: - lttrapce, and prayer for his continued pa :icnc.e :iijdnicrcy. ., The o,mission of such important -.'.Vires, shows a fercetfulness of. (Bod and an con- Lioa 1 -j n J '.i:tr('s, shows a fercetfulness of. (Bod . ahd an '.'..H-iiatioti'ot the-heart from hint which outht'.to I awaken, in lis the deepest apprelieuJions,!i Vsk vl .Yourselves, then, whether VOU flfiirlit ill tlSt nor. i ...,uu. Wi me um-ies 01 praer, reauingtne lioly -Criptlires. and Self-ev.-ilTiinntinn I'.ir nrrnrlii-o ! 1. ' , - vv.V,, V I'Ul V 1 :V :-'.'d "Kedeen-ierby .'reading the Bible with prayer attention we become w'ise.to salvation, and by. "V'vamlnatibii'vvetHTome acquainted with tne :orniPtioi.i of our own hearts, are brought to see ; -'he necessity of the plan of redeeming love, and 'uMiL-utiiiwiuifu imu inc iiiceness 01 the b es j are in'M-ed U) " look unto Jesus:; he author hnd J: -nnishor ot-pu r faith." ': . j. ..; X Public. Worship. . 5 l.ntnful compliance with tic duties just c nu ' iuctati.'d, will lead to the performance of another piteiv neglected duty i mean the public, worship 'HViofi. 1 xiLS: duty is more mniediateiy don hectccj with the Christian: Sabbath, as' prifate J'rayer is tne duty ol every day. Jt is indeed a v lamei table consideration '.-thato many are nebli cent, a 1 - ! 1 . . . 2 " his 'hd uu meguiar in waning upon. uie L,ord in iy sanctuary. In an a He like the preshit, vhfii so many tnings assuming the appearalnce of novelty, captivate and allure the unthinkjing muUitude, and draw them off, from' the 'line! ol' jdtity, i he utmost caution shouH be employed by hose whose: station imparts 'o them al salutary iiiflue ice over other; by nreeent And elamnlo to '.'herjsiurosn'ect for the Lord's-ldavi. Ndthino- ran ' binnre important to the public welfare. In, sections of the country, when a minister goes I o church, he has no assdrarice that lie shall V 3nd 1 is llock waiting with anxious expectation 1 heir'from his lips the words of eternal life. That must in a great measure! depend on a varie iy of circumstances beyond ih'isi control; ant.. . .''vhil( he has toiled, and prayed and wept befort!. J-od for the souls of his people, sornb novel ex 'libition in the neighborhood,, some tumultuous , assembly, or strangely modulated voice; extra' vgant gesture, is a lip wed to attract the gaping I' rowd, and divert them from -the wholesome docp .'ines of the gospel of Christ,! How discourag-i this ne'.frlpp.'t is to n minister vhosenrhp.ticF' t is is to je regularly found at his post, 1 need nqt ."'tiiark' ' ' 1 . .- - ' .,! ' - '; ' I."' ...'i' Poor 'Excuses: - " , ihers venture to offer - excuses- for absence' irom wprship,! which they would consider insuf-' jcientlp detain: them from any place of secular uuty; profit or pleasure. A cloudy .morning1 or nocCasjonaj visiter will keep many from church, 'vhOj wjll travel through storms and tempests, rfithj;r than;neglect the smallest teiriporal con- ,,prn. Some hesitate to expose their servants :md carriages m attending the house of God, -.while they scruple not at all, for their own plea sure, to expose them at night, and in temppstu-' ."'(Voathfr. i - ', -'. t' ,-i ! '" - -."i-h. ! , A " " "r, 'r" ' ' i - Sit 7i da u Visit t. One practice which'prevails more or less in every section of the diocese, I must mention with tne -utmost reprobation, .that of receiinT arjd Paying visits on tlie Lord's Jay. In the visiter this i a great violation of worldly decorum as of religious obligation. ; For i many cases, it com pels his host, whatever may be his secret regret and disappointment, to accept the idle chat of an mdevput companionl as a substitute fnr tWa uous privileges (private or public) of the Lord's ny iiis means uie worship ot (Jod is neg lected, his authority is insulted, the sanctuary of thii Sabbath is violated, the means of grace arc al owed to prod jce- tio lasting impression, and the ministers oilj Clrrist are inevitably left to mourn over the .declining state of religion and of morals'. This sacrifice of sniritual imnrnv.,,.U I is not confined to the persons' who occasion it; it " v.liai" 4ll"ut:"-v on ine minas ol your children and domestics. The former deprived of their, religious instructions,, the latter of their rest from labour, actually robbed of the'-pYivilcgp which God had mercifully allotted tiem on his bahbath, they cease to reverence the day and its divine institution. Light and trifling con versa tion is suffered to occupy the season which should be attendee) with hopes and meditations lull of immortality Ujider the existence of such a state of things the decay !of parishes, and the growth of infidelity, are the sure and certain con sequencds. iTrivialis jthe'exbse i for your own neg lect (if homage to God, that you do not pre verjt your families' from attending church, but thaj upon all suitable occasions, you recommend the -duty of attendance on the means of grace. This is not in conformity, with the niaxim found ed upon universal experiencel-that example lis more efficacious than nreccnt Wbilp fnn npo-- i lect so important a duty, there Ts little rtason to hope that your chile ren will Iduly appreciate pri vileges wlrich they see so lightly esteemed -liy t h ei r pa rents. A re' your $ h i i d ren no w 1 aftl ict ing you by living without the love aHd fear of God Ask yourself w hat has beenthe inlluenee of your example in this respect. Its ' elites may be as ; injurious to servants, who, 'from nefglecteJ educa- i nun, auuu lcuin iu siigni sacreUi?: things even with the best example set before them. THE NECESSITY OF SEEKING THOSE THINGS - . 1IRST, WHICH ARE OF THE FIRST IM V ." l'ORTANCE. j " , I' A great part of the evil which prevails in the world, consists in an" entire neglect of what God commarids, or in doing what he hath expressly forbidden ; hut not the whole of it. There may bean attachment to many things, which in them selves are right, and yet'the whole may be ren dered worse than void by the w ant of order, or a regard to things according to their importanc?. Our Lord did not censure the" Pharisees for at tending to the lesser matters of the law j but for attending them to the neglect of the greater.! -If we pursue things is primary, which ouirht to occupy only a secondary or subordinate place in the system, we subvert the-whole, am rmnlnr . . i , . s - : i t j ourselves in tlping what is worse than nothins: j 1 think-1 seel the operation pong us, and that to a vi ! mongst tne'unconvi 'rted, am 'and a mongst different parties . Christians. I 1. It ishr thlsitbnf o-rni I thijilv L see the operation of this prikijciple . . . 1 . 1 - - . - . - mong.us. ana that to a wideiextenr; sm t h. rted, amongst the converted or denominations of -l." .It -is hr thls' thnf o-rnit nnmlinrt U,. their accounts, with obtainWn- the L-ino-dnm Af heaven will beibund to have deceived themselves It. mn- Kf ten mnrh 1 uo not seeK the Kingdom ot Uodj but they seel if" Tint f,c o fircf r v v 1 n nr K-.f ; 'IU ! J it not a-s a first or primary object. .: The world is their chief good, and the kingdom of God only occupies a secondary place in tfieir allections. They wish to attend Lo their everlasting concerns; but they cc nnot spare time. Now! we can com monly spare time for that which we love bestv- The scnsuilist caji find" tiiric for his plens'ur.es, and the min of the world or getting money.- They can think of "these things when sittinV'in rthe house, or walking in the way':' and evprl- l. ' j vJ i J.7: - y 9 thing else is made to bend, or give way to them. The result is, this preposterous conduct rnars.the wnoie; lor (jocr and religion must be supreme, or nothing-.. There are certain relations even amongst us in which it is impossible to be con tented with a secondary place. If a wife give her heart to another than, her husband, and aims only to oblige him so far as to keep him in toler able, good humor, it is. what cannot be endured : lie must be first", or nothing :snd suph is the claim of heaven. " ' .'.- - 1 2: It is owing to this, among other causes. that many Christians go from year to year in ' O '1 J j doubt with; respect to their interest 'in Chrtst and spiritual blessings.". It is very desirable to have clear and! satisfactorv views' on this suhiert Tn Jive in -suspense.- on a matter of such importance, must, if ye be not sunk in insensibility, be miser ble. : How is ti that' so miich of this prevailsa mongst i s ; when, if wo look intc the New Tes tament, we shall scarcely see j.ti instance of it among the primitive Christians' ? Some have done so,f jalleging that it is! impossible for a per son to be a believer without being conscious of it.- Surely this is too much : for if the grace of God within us, whatever bo its' degree; must needs beself-evident to us, why are we directed to keep his commandments as the mean of know ing thatj we knenv him? j The primitive Chris! tians, however, had but little of .this fear ;and the reason of it was, they had more; of that perfect love to Christ, to the Gospel, and to the success of it, than we have, which tended to cast it out.- If w'c make our personal comfort the first object of our pursuit, (and many attend the means of grace as if they did,) God will make it the last of his; for it is a general principle in the divin? administration, 'He that honoreth me I will hon or; but he that despiseth me shall be lightly es teemed.'' If we seek the honor of God; we shall find' our own peace and comfort in it : but if we make light of him, he will make light of us, and leave us. to pass our days j in darkness and sus pense. : : - .- r; - 3. It is owing, if I mistake not, to the same cause, that various denominations oi innstians, i i : i ' i1 ii i l t r v .j j v. , i.m. '"""" --it 1 who nt some periods have been greatly blessed off - E MP E R ANC E, A N D J VD G E M E WBHRN, c. f.WEDNESDA VOCKKR 7, 1835. God have declined as to their spifetual prosperi i Several of our religious denominations have arisen from a conscientious desire i to restore Winstiahity to its primitive purity.' From this motive acted, J believe, the greater part of the Kehirmers, the Puritans, the , Non-Conformists and the Baptists. I do not know that any one of these denominations were censurable for the sen sations which thoy made irom oiher profrssir Christians lltiay he alledged, that thev have torn the church of Christ into parties, and so occa sioned much evil : yet some of them did riot sepa rate lrorn; the church of Christ, but from a 'worldly community calling itself by that' name; and those wnrt did pretended not to be. the only people of tod in the world, but considered themselves mere ly as will drawing from bre'hren who walked dis orderly. It is a melancholy fact, however, that no sooner have a people formed themselves into a new tienominatioivtbati they are in the utmost darker of concentrating almost all their strength, inUu ence, zeal, prayers, and endeavors for its support not as a part of Christ's visible kingdom, w.shin all good -to other parts, in' so far as they follow Christ, but as' though it were the whole of it,'and as though all true religion were circumscTibed within its hallowed pale. This is the essence of a sectarian spirit, and the bane of Christianity. I am a Dissenter, and a Baptist. If 1 confine ray remarks to the faults" these denominations it is not because L cdnsider them as greater sinners in this way than alf others, but because 1 wish more especially to correct the evils of my own connec tions. If we wish to promote the dissenting interest it must not vie by expending our principaF zeal in en deavoring to make mtfn Dissenters, but in niakm Dissenters and others Christians. The principles of dissent, however just and important, are not to be compared with the glorious Gospel of the bless ed God ; and .if inculcated at the expense !of it it is no better .than tithing mint and cummin to th omitting of the weightier matters of ihc'hw Such endeavors will he blasted, and made to de feat their own end. Those Dissemers -amon-whom the doctrines' of the Puritans and iN'on-CW formists have fallen into disupute, are en'orally distinguished by this species of zeal ; andlt is prin cipal y irom such quaiters that complaints are heard of "the decline of the Dissenting interest " Wjhere they are believed and taught! and their llWiOrnitC U-Kolhnr III. j-.w.v-, "Mv.i "uiuil; Lisienurs or olh'r viewed with satisfaction1, we hear of no such com plaints. It is a curious iact, that while a certain'; description of Dissenter are inquiring into the ; causes of the decline of the Disseming imerest, a certain uescuption ol the established clergy, are: inquiring into the cause of its increase ? ! If we wish to see the laptixt denomination pros per, we must not expend our zeal so much in en deavoring to make men Baptists, as in laboring to make Baptists and other Christians, if we lay out ourselves in thw common cause of Christianity, the Lord will bWs and increase us By rejuichur in the prosperitjeof every other denomination, in so lar as they accord wilh the rnind of Christ, v.e snail promote tne best ipterests oi our own. But it we be more concerned to make proselvtes to a party .thin converts to hrist, we shall defeat our own end; and however just our sentiments may be with iespect to the subjects and mode of ban- ; ...U :.. j 5 usm, wcj snaime iounu sy niDolizmgJwith theJPhar irt'. u mi u c n iv i in i m hi-it inmt n.i A.. mm, to the neglect of iud-ment. mercv. nn.l-.il,,.' love of .0od.-'t7-.. ! ! ! . ' From the Episcopal Recorder " ry irn r xr r-. . i . - - - ' - ......... I A habitual awe of the majesty and presence of God is a sentinent most suitable to us. It is that REVF.REXCK FOR TUP Ki-nnr-wr n t-t - m which we most honoi him, and through which we receive an influence from him that bleaks the power of irregular passions and the hold off unwor thy objects of the heart. This sentiment has been peculiar to eminent saints both ancient aiid mo dern,. . We however see, or think we sef sermons and religious discourses of this day less character ized by it than those of distant periods. Even the writings of the early1 divinesof this country are distinguished from tne present boitaio-v .and ner- ceplive style by the frequency with which they bring to j mind the character and various perfec tions. of,Dod. They make him a great and awful being. lie should be so viewed, and then our thoughts upon him will be his restraints upon us. We could not better express in a lew words our idea of piety than to call it the keeping up of the recollectioirof God in the soul, with such thoughts and affections as his manifested professions and de signs are'adapted to inspire. Such recollection oi nun wouia uo more man anthin we can sub- .. imiii .in . iu l II v, e (;n 11 in its place, to exnel from tho Unrt iKot m.i ! stitute nityleviy and worldliness, which we term! ouri lorgttulness ot Ood, .and which is the fruitful j the supposed book, the event from which we have sourpof our departures from him. The kcejiing I dated such pleasing consequences, but on which 'of this recollectLm seems to have distinguished the j consequences we are not io be indulging our , anti mosf eminent saints, a'rrd to have disposed thetn to cipative congratulations as if the bdok wrerc to fall reie every ming . to nis will, and jlo acknowledge . ed by it as never to mention his! name without a pause or other token ol reverence Such a feeling ""ul"' . uuiiiL- ii li j oeen so aiifti- ' vVV VV.IA H i.l musF De ' most wholesome effect on rhe heart. Tnlf was true oi Kobert Boyle, vnd he delightec r .- ...... -. . j . , uu i i . W v 1 1 to nleditate Upon God : it was his occnnaiion. the asre of twentv-two. he writes " 1 timi thptn-- dy cftrfbse excellent themes,- God's Word and his Providence, so difficult, and yet so pleasing and invi ing, that could heaven afford me no greater blessing than alear account. of the abstruse mys terit sjdi divinity and providence, I should value the laving .of my understanding gratified and en rich 2d with truths' of so noble and precious a j na ture, enough to court heaven at the rate of renoun cing all those unmanly sensualities and trifling va nities, for which inconsiderate mortals are wantfp forfet the interest their Saviour so deaily bought then in it." Here we have suggested the noblest theries themes'that will reward our stud', store our minds with truest wisdom, and while we are mu5 ing Upon them we shall take a great distance in knowledge and excellence from those who are bus ed with the sciences and hopes of the world. We shall learn how to estimate and to take all eve its, as well those which mock or disappoint our designs,as those which exceed our wishes. We sljall see ourselves in the arms of a Universal Providence, and frhall rejoice to feel its care and own its control. The idea of God present to the mir d helps us to feel that He is All in all. It im par s to piety a meditative character, which may abs ract much from our agitations and fears, but wil add more than it takes, to our efficiency and comfort. r ' ' Our religion will thus rather be a walk with God whenever changes, than a creature that has fea tures and compliances that make with the charac teriktic.s nf th ncrt It will hnor pver -urinn . th y "o-- ... 1 ...w arni of the Lord, and root in his truth and perlec-; J . t t '..11 . l J : - ami ui iiiu juoru, ana rooi in nis irum auu eriec-r tiojjs.'- He .will be to it as a great shade in a weary t land and as the morning upon the face of natures its lest and its rrlorv. S?r d.nli j .1. God in his ways, bo shall we feel his care, ' o shall we he his children and he our Provider. ; ,.' E ven as a mother o'er her children bendinff ! earns with maternal love : her fond embraces ' And gentle kiss to each in rum extending ": One at her ieetj one on her knee she places And irom their eyes, and voice, and speaking faces, I heir .varying wants and wishes comprehending, i o one a look to one a word addresses1 ' Even wiih her frowns a mother's fondness blend- So o'er us watches Providence on hH) And hope to some, and help ta othcrsVnds, ! And yields alike to all an open ear ! And when she seems her favors to 'deny : ' fehe ior our prayers the boon Or, -ieeming lo deny, she grants the prayer. Iran, of Filicaju, rom Kdin.Ret 'icw. EFFECTS OF THK BIRI.F.i We may imagine the destiny of some particu lar copy of the Bible or New Testament in one of the native languages: and strange interest would attach to such a volun e, could there be any sin to indicate this destiny, at the moment of its issu ing Irom the repository. It may' be supposed to come into the hands, in a way much like crxsuolty, ot a heathen somewhat more thoughtful tha.1 his companions Disgust. or indignation at the first aspect ot what he finds there may prompt turn to throwjaway the h.ook which he may perceive to be virtually, an impeachment of his religion, his gods, his priests, and himself. Put a ceitain disquiet ot curiosity mingled with a deeper sentiment shall have seized him, and shall impel him irrisis Ubljto that book again ; he shall feel as if the eye olasikctrehad glanced upon him, and stricken him with a lascmatiuu that compels him to follow whether he will or not. A rising suspicion that allWIth n h m nn.J nrnn,l t v - wrong, shall be asgravated bV f.,ll onv;n,;, . .u W.L v,c, lQTU-hn -and ot a hanniei st:iiH is hri'alitini.n t!. ..c ..v..mv.i,un, iiiit: nit: u; wn oi me true ior ,i I Ins soul. Communications , ui-u-jciuii. t J L 1 his relatives and neighbors may accompany the latter part of this pioce,s ; and his finally complete persuasion will be followed by zealous exertions lo imparl wnat he w ill e'eem the greatest good ion eurtrr. rne v.t t m.'lUirilV Wll O bdnrntdv rociwt. TO COME." . ' T"' ' T Qf- . "j -h l.iiMfitrnMo , i i r r. -- ' v ' i " Jiiu uju me ont- ai me northern he ex evera ,r ore , 1 " a,'d in I ilw olht'r at extremity of 'his kfn uu iitxi sinrai more, sunenoerin to the aiiipr-(inm d r i J ni"r eonvie-ions ; and then, as it worn. JnnYSSi?S. ! dnV Ut h,S mastpr P,rce of atc l&cy, as lv. convic-ions; and then, as it were, instinctively tm- luuung ue r new :aitn, as a net lor prosHytes. ho shall presume lo say what the consetjuence may not be m fifty or in thirty year's ? Which of our christiah deriders of the madness of missionat ry hopes,; u-ould venture to pledge his fortune for the inviola(eness, half a century hence, of those shrines audi idols, at preseutfreq'uented and adored m the district where such a man is, perhaps at this hour, begin hing by the intrusion of the supposed Bible, to be! distuibcd in hjiWhangeable. notions and rites, as these christians have so often pro- . . 1 it rt We mav, wltlioiit oxtravarranro. tnc events to ents to happen in a e-ieat number nt inttnnnnc I here and t iere in that realm of darkness ; and wet might add agents. ' many o ner diminutive incidents and lie possible r-fiects of a few tracts, con- veyed in a manner appearing at first unaccounta- 1.1,. ... J.J4 .i: r CT., . . . " u;e. ; e v , i eo irnm i n n im fri.At i have Bieen put intopiWan hands, bv roml .n..n little apprised of the di-uitied appointment wirh 1 which tho?e humble gifts left their cwn, have been ' cleliSlltl'u,Jv exemplified in some of the recent ac- .counts of t he m i s s ion. Among the little causes thus presented to the imagination as destined, to produce jrreat effects, will appear some imafrps nf k ;..:. c P T.i -T"u,1JUltl'!s OI, ine I'"P"s now, - ........ ... v. . ... .v .w luujjiiv ill 1IIUSC 1JIWIH"- rous schools brought into existence by the mission not indeed contrived fur proselyting, as the imme diate purpose, but certain io contribute lo it direct ly in the course of yeais. You arecrlad to admit how rn.iwn.nMp. Wv cn. her it is, to expect that many such apparently in not begun quite at their beginning. It is a picas in2 thins to see. in the hands of the snnnnci'il nn gap, he book, or tract ivhich may thus explode his superstition, and perhaps be the cause of ultimate ly sci'tiug his temple itinl, idcls oh jire: but how is that formidable substance to come gratuitously into lis hands ? Think what must have preceded. Think of the complicated process of its prcpara- .:.. I: i i-.. .i r i i. nun, iuivuivinjj u many hinus oi worKmansnip. This: brings the train of the operation up to its ori- - n "nims i uc ii a ill ui iiiv; ujifl Uliuil up IU IIS Ori- piniitin mattpr in vnur own hnnrl'n pnmmnno merit so loner antecedent rio the pagan's receiving irom the sky. l he little cause, then, which we may follow onward to such effects see it deriving irr- .:tii J- r ..P useii irom a smi less a piece. 01 money, which may have carried its imae and superscription, in the insignificance of ordinary service, through- a thousand hands, at each movement very harmless to the cause of evil, till it has come into that hand which devoied it 10 produce a Bible, which may have the effect at length of a thunderbolt on an idol's temple. Here is a direct answer to the ques tion, perhaps querulously asked, what can ire do? John Poster. Prom Butler's Ilore Bibliccc. ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF THE B171LF., ' There are many Anglo-Saxon versions of different-parts of the Old and New Testament." The four Gospels were published by Matthew Parker, William Lisle, and Thomas Marshal, in the years 1571, 1G3S, ajid 1GG5. This last edi tion was printed at Dorjdrecht, with the Mocso Gothic version, and reprinted at Amsterdam, in 1084. As thq Anglo-j?axon" version was evi dently made from the version in use before St. Jerom's, it is much vaiue.d by those, who are curious after the readings of the old Italic. The most ancient Eiiglisk translation is that of Wicldijfe. It was finished about the year 13G7, It was revised by pome of his followers. Both the original and revised translation are still extant in manuscript: the printed copies of it are not uncommon. The manuscript copies of the latter are more rare than the copies of the former. The principal printed editions are, 1st, those of Tindal and Carcnjc;; 2d, the Genevan Bi ble, or the translation made by the English, who fled to Geneva, to avoid jthe persecutions ofqueen Mary; Sd.the Episcopal translation, made in the reign of qucerrEliabK. nnder tJir direction of uw il is, iu win-Li iiui iiKiny Mien apparently in-' na,m; Hum jiiimcj w vr iue vngei.ana prevail considerable things will thusgiow to magnitude in ed, he wept and made supplication tp him he the progress of their effects contributarv to the sue-j found him in Bethel, and there he snake with cess ef the good cause liut it will occur to you us." Thus, in those very fields in which Jacob that in imagining those d.rninutive causes, we have thcir downed ancestor, had convert with "tt i - . 1 " ! I, XNU. 4U . ,, 1 Matthew Pa Canterbury 4th, King Jamri Bible : It was pnnJr,r"'amJ is at which is at! present used in all 'the British dominions; the joriginal copy, with the manuscript corrections, is in the Lodleran library; 5th; the English translations made by the Roman Catholid The chief of f";l Rhcmhh Testament, printed at Rheims m 1582. In the year J5SG. Dr. Fulke, mas ter of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, Reprinted Jbistrans lat,on together Avith the bishopV Bible, m two columns. It fe a performance, and very much deserves the attention bf those, who study the subjects in controversy bet wcerr the Roman CathoKcs and Protestants.! particu !?m y !?ehalturn on scripturaliinterprctation. IheDmray Bible is printed in. two! volumrs quarto, m 1G06, 1G10. It is said to ibe made from "the authentic Latin' ' X new edition of it was published in five volumes' octavo' in 1750 by the late Dr. Challoner. Besides! these, a translation in two volumes larre octavo was nnfc- Jished at Downy, in the vear17Sft by Dr Vth nntoe t I I .nuvuiitiim i v ii nfiui aiju con 2 It' From the Eclectic Review. 5 TilF. MINOR PIiOPlFT r i- The Minor nronb:ts mnnri I witho.ut a careful attention to the relativx-jiosition in whif h thevingdoms of Judan and Israel stood to each othpr, and the exteiit to w'hich the. idolatry of tlie calves was carried in the latter kingdom. The separation of the tribe? after th. death of Solomon, which n-ast the punishment of his own sins and those of his people, was the F V " v.--. - "f.iuun. uib""""-i vuuiiunoui ijjc jeusii nation. Lni- eu iney m,ght have .vithstobd for :ages th,- hostile attacks of the proudest dnem ies-lhnf rliv. j , , . ,. , . . r. . oeu, iney Doth ell under the doirfinion of Babylon. Xnr vn tliie fill rl -.-.-J. -i from going up to Jerusalem, which might have weakened his .authority, and formed a bond of union between the now separated Stairs Wn.. . . -.- ...o twi. iiii;it-iii iijc it'll iririi-s ... ?. . I 4 - ( am determined to Set up the twp calves for wor- e nnt'n l,.l,l ,1 n .1 L . . ! no doubt deemed it. failed throughout:" for t he more pious of the people and the priests, abhor ring the new idolatry, tied frorh Israel to Judah, and materially strengthened the two tribes vhich clung to the house of David 2 (Jhron. xi. 13 17. The projiheti were especially! raised up to re buke this idolatry, and most of them were sent to the ten tribes, tho' they sometimes gahv power ful exhortations to the people bf Judan, loth to confirm the piety of the faithful,; and tolguard the n.oreiiax anonlhcra' rnm.iho r.nrr,nn c ! Israel s apostacv and mailt, to ivhich rnt n W CJ ,- VMlUi, 1UH V. WJt&ah and Heninmin wrm crrrotl, The (knowledge of these facts civtV peculiT point o the exhortations of Ilosea, ftvho was conternrinr.nrv witli nA .,J.n , - fine arinf w'f IXXl? . ii . - 'j i nv v um t uj nif' U I j c l: i . i, IV ' - . u, OI nis rr9recy. He draws this ! G!sl,nc V?.n bveen the two kingtiinis. "E- PlirainV. m;aningth I ?"llX1 1,cs. Wlln G"d, and is fa: ie ten tTibes. comnnssrtli and the house of Judan yet ruleth faithful with thp shir.tc" -r'. pliTaim feedeth on the wind anfl followcth after t ihppnst wind- lioilinVrnncJi), t:. ., Ij ( . ...vucYuiii8auuuwoia- tion - .and they do make a covcnanl with the Assyrians, and oils carried mto K.-nt Tb,. Lod hath also a cotitrotersy witir&udah." -Tljere is much force and beauty in the following allusion to the patriarcji Jacob's" vision at Bethel, viewed in connection with these circumstances! anrls. and drawn down thp ril:t j, . - "! " heaven, hi degenerate descendants had set up idolatry of the calves, and provoked the Mos: High to scatter then among the nations From the Lutheran Observe r i IIO,y SINNERS ARK II ATtDEN'ED BY rnorrs- SORS OFRELIRIOV. Pjo truth ismorefnlly established t . .1 - j 1 py experi- cnc(r."than that professors of nieti'hre nnrrnl,. wtihed in theix worldly transactions by the pro fessidly irreligious. The particular cljass of men whe thus closely scrutinize the words and ac tion 5 of their more sober neighbors, rnay be de non inated the self righteous, or those who justi fy themselves in the sight of God by their strict adh:rence to truth and honesty. 'All the prom ises which they make, are fulfilled punctually, as they ought to be ; and in their buying and sel ling they scorn with honest indignation am-1 V. iair auvaniagc. 1 nese same self ju: sonj find no j little pleasure in the rea sed advantage which thpv nniA In r 1 . 1 mi . r . tified" per- or supno- these. nar- ticulars. ovpr their professedlv nious h neighbors. 1 L I--1 " ?"""': auu vuuijiuiuum.- nit-nisei ves nor a lutie in this superiority. In their view it is quitda triumph over Christianity itself, and furnishesjthem with an argument of great power not only to despise the individuals whom they have fouijd guilty of falsehood or fraud, but also to suspect all who profess godlines, and to regard with comparative content, even the solemn ordinances of God himself. It ought to be sufficient Tor! such per sons to know, that when they are hon'est in their dealingand adhere to the truth strictSy in their promises and statements of facts, theyjare perform ming npthing more tlyin their'duty to:themsclve3 and their fellow beings. If the transgress th ordinary rules of society in reference to truth and honesty they injure themselves; (and there fore an adherence to these rules cannot be merito rous in the sight of God. They ought to know too, that it is the grossest injustice And unfair ness, to charge upon Christianity, which ij pure and holy, the faults of its possessors, j When the gospel teaches all men to speak the truth in ' simplicity, and to do to others as theyjwould have others do to them, is it not great 'wickedness to charge upon this gospel the frauds and lies of those who profess to be guided by ill The truth I is, these, non-professors of piety, unwilling- to rome under: niVthe rciri?:tions of the Bible, and r 1 'I
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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