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I--. ': i v : ., .:. :v,, - ..!.-.-.- - . 4 (DCQ) 1 -;.''' - e . . t .. RIGHTEOUSNESS, TEMPERANCE, AND iJUDGEMENT TO COME." I) I TED BYT. 31 Ell EDIT II, NEWBERN, N. G. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1835. ; v,i VOL. 1, NO. 45 TTJl ' :- v.- I' ,' " ' . ; - r T E 11 1 S. j r -Tin:. , Jjini.tcAi. IlF.cuiinEn is published every - iVcdncsdayat s.. oU pcrannum, tl paid within ix mouths, or ' 3 if paid subsequently to that Any person who will become responsible for six onion, or who will forward jth names of six sub ehltcrs, shall ho entitled to a xcci'iith coyy gratis. No subscription will be 'receivedj for less than )!! ii ar, 'unless paid. in advance; iiiid dis.cb.n--iniianc.e willibe allowed until arrearages are paid. l't r.-ons -wilhinij to discontinue will be expected 0 ive notice to that ctlect prior to the v .onunende ineut of a new year.; otherwise they will be con sidered as responsible lor.i the ensuing twelve months. .'' ? . ',' 1 - J 1 V - ; All couununica'tions except those of agents who t gratuitously, " to secure at:tentioh, must be post freely also. $0 far from taking offence, they ap peared td be gratilied at receiving information. When the morninr dawned on us. we seempil tn be as gdod friends as if we had been acquainted - . . , from our infancy. Jan. 1 4th. --Reached 1. Seville. Went to call on Don Juan Ramon Ramirez, who had called on me repeatellly at Gibraltar. lie deserves ;to be noticed here particularly. One Sunday eve ning, after the; Spanish sermon; he came to" me; requested ari interview. 1 he pext morning, by appointment, h;e called again. : Me told methat he was like a ship without helm or pilot.disgust ed with his oyn pristh(od, and yet quite "unih formed on the subject of relig ion. I va pleased with. his frankness, advised him to read a Bible Which he purchased, and invited Jam to ca)l again: lie did so When I called at his house, his mother, an old woman, instantly conjectnretl who I was, and on calling a second time, for then hu was not at h'omo, he told mo that mv bed was AW invite Che action of Ur readers to tlse j ieady forme atd-tftat iis house was to bo my HUHJV . .4.V- 'JffcJLlW.iWtt(V 1 It V A t till 11 trades with Gibraltar, ahu has numerous family . r From the, New-York Observer. niri.iGious STATIC or si'AiN. lowiri? interesting article which has been, for- v,-;iil to us by our correspbndent . m the , Me-!itcrranvan.'- It makes a disclosure of a state of iVt tin'g, In' Spain in .relation1' ti t'h'e Roman Cat ho-, lie velTgion, for 'which we vere not prepared. Spain appears now to be in a situation resembling that of France forty ye;trs ao. Popery seems U be "on the point of being destroyed by lnu'del-itv- re trust, however, that Christianity vili jj.jt beentirely prostrate'd. , The fact that a un ion oft he Spanish and Englisli churches is a. far vorhe project of some of the Must intelligent and 'earned of the higher clergy,' is full of the hap piest indications . 1 (tracts from- the journal of tpc Rcr. Mr, Rule -. ; Of (ubraltai: ; Jan. 1 1,1333. At Cadiz.-, It is the Lor ilay, vet all id and the shor Along the ml bustle, and tl places are tl connections in this'city, all of whom appear to be respectable trades people, and whom he states will be ready ttj declare tjiemsehjes Protestants, as soon as the religion so 'desired by the people shall have beenlproclaimed. He sa vs. that the population.of Seville is 90,000, of whom 70,000 do not go to mass, noil yetieon'ess. The 70,000 then '"are chiefiy,abanondd to infidelity, or sunk into indifference;. J ! A comcdv enti'lled u The Devil Preacher' is to be exhibited Ihis eVening, in iwhich it is said Fri ars will be personated on tie, slage. This is done openly in one of ihe chief towns uf Spain, Ian Epis copal bee i bishop. ,V must strive business.; I The market B crou-ded, with very few exceptions open.- Ifrow ualconial streets aa is nieanu e alameda Iplaza.Vand other public rpnfred with people in holiday dress. Four . sehoolsi"f boys marching two and two, at-'. :'racttd my attention. They seejned to have been .tc)iurc!i,and this reminded lqe of the necessity that w!l devolve on missionaries to Insist, in -iheirU-vols on, an observance lsof all llie .formali ties of (heir relitrion. ' 1 - 1 ' .1 ! " 11 11 1 r'ustinc convent, ami walicea is.- hi the IviU ard some tri ne of which is-Shung round with btive uil'ts of "waxen ifi'gurU' of Hiierent nartsJo'f the human bod v, signifying that miracles of healing have been wrojight )y vir tue of the picture, vhich is of the Vi rgin Ma ry aad thq child Jesus. Underneath the painting is a hyinn to "to the purit. of ' the XlrWbi" who '.nvas'ixfrii?, as' the Augustines'i;n partibular4on tviul without original sin. To whomsoever j re- cites thksaid-hymn on that spot, two: hundred t;u. s! iiuiulgcnce. is oifered tor each ieurj! that is, nee from purgatorial patns. ln pie ljiw nd the residence of a Cardinal Arch bne prevent it, fori none 'can. Then we to introduce oilr placards 11 1 - r . 1 r 1. r'.:; t 1 i! i uio aiso ; lor v-nriuan uumness must done by anti-Christian t ilrontcry. to be thrown into circulation, as he says, among heads of families, priests who ought to read the. Bible, and friars who arejtoo generally ignorant of ,it. r By being published in paris, the cost has been o light to subscribers as hardly to be felt. He intends when the last volume, now in the pre3s shall be published, to purchase of the printer one hundred copies j have them bound, and distri bute them gratuitously auiong the clergy of his di ocese. ., 1 i For two years and a half his .version was sub: jected to a vigorous examination by the congrega tion ot the Index in Uoinel whenHhey sent hini the following iniunctions4-lst. That he should place under their respectivb passages several notes which he had published in a incuynary apart. 2d. That he should show his readti-s that the rea ding of the Bible is not necessary Jo salvation. Out conversation was long, and helspoko on all points as a man of piety and a frield of the hu man race. He gave it his ciionthaL the cause f liberty would advance iu spite of every effort to impede it. He said that public opinion and feeling are a torrent; Uhich, ii resisted, will swell, break forth and devastate with (violence, but which it is the duty ot tali governments, and of the clergy especially, to guide in a r.ght chan nel but which, if they regarded their own safety they should'by no means endeavor to obstruct. The time was now come, he said, for him to speak and write fieely, which lit was resolved todo, land he could now say things which a year '-ago it 'would not have been safe for him to 'utter. He de voutly acknowledged the intervention- of Divine Providence in his own aliaiKs, and seemed desi rous not to be addressed with that formality which itiquette'requires for his rank. , j ' At another, visit his fiyorite topic was; the ttihmn of the.' Spanish and tmglish churches. m t v L .u., .1,,. l.: -.1 r t'r. Lie ueiieves inui uu: myi would mostdfeadi-lv cast otl gy, he said, should have employed their pens to resist the influx of irreligion and scepticism, but it became impossible for them to do so. Priests who were generally profoundly ignorant; were posted at the Custom louses, to shut out of the kingdom every foreign work to which they might choose id object, perhaps without even understan ding the title page, and the ministers of religion were not allowed so much as to read a prohibited book, without a special license to do so, as though they were unworthy of confidence and had no judgment of their own. to guide'them "But i 1 1 ... t rt it. now, no saiu, ,"(? mpamsii clergy generally arc'ieeary of. the arrogance and domineering measures of the Jlomans, and are desirous to especially, aware of indulging a harsh ' spirit to wards those who slight or oppose his efforts for tlieii welfare; and also towards religious persons who do not quite accord with his own views oi christian doctrine He must not be a man of par ty spirit; his parish is his family, and it is his du ty to be zealous for the benefit oi a4l its members. He will, indeed, like the Royal Psalmist, make his delight with "the excellent ol the earth;" but this just preference will be far from IcadiBg him to display an acrimonious, or censorious, or superci lious fpirit towards others. If he could fully imi tate his Saviour, no degree of vice, no species cl provocation, would be atleto overcome his gentle ness and patience. - The importance of this tender and affectionate .spirit i-i the greater, because "man inborn to trou- b real off the yoke In short, he said, that it was ble ." ahd the m:iiiritl f,r'ih. hp, W1. much to bo desired that the Spanish and English the presence of the minister of Cluist is most wel- churches should unite and make' a stand against comej-arc thovq.f pain, and want, .and feuffcriiig, Romeronf-not, it appeared lb him that Christian- and dejection. . minister, the icrefore, must 'wccj for the Bi tty, thro' Komish and Antichnitian policy, would l'' weep ; nis swcetesi mcioaies must soon be driven out of Europe. I be attuned 10 a somewhat plaintive key. For hi I Udrit, Jan. W:, 1835.-I remarked that if' ft " FZ A , Lt" L i n ?i t .. i . i, -" " 1 me cpauiMi cm.rcu weio imeny 10 renou u v,iy . ,irivi!cLr..j . , fl.tuif VL.. their iov is allied to ;i Fopc of home, there might not be much dilhcul- i u.derne5s If spirit whicli is not very remote from ty in efiecting a union with the church of Eng- p ?,.rrov; or which, at k-.is, even in its most clc land, as far as discipline is conck'rncd, as that 1 vated moments, is not unapt for the t jndcrcst tyin church is'also Episcopal, and the position of the 1 pathies'of our nature. 1 labitual cheeifulness is two churches would then become similar. But 1 the frame of mind which a iniuistcr will desire to er clergy of Spain all subjection to the e imt nlace in the cherish ; but, at the same time, it must be, a chcei-.luIne.-.- so ch.istened, and so gowing out of devout affect it ns, as readily to blendAvith the solemnities of religion, and the most allifcling sceues of human misery. His whole conduct .-houlJ seem to say, the world is full jof vice, and pain, and depression ; but rel'mott su"2iests an ail-powerful remedv. Hi the first place; and then be further guided by the Hook should ever feel that he is the bearer "of th: fathers of the church for the first six centuries. :1 remedy. Whether he visits the sick or the healthv I feared it would be impossible for them toaijrce 1 as to doctrines, as they differ almost entirely on many of the cardinal points ot faith. But he thought thai! difficulty might be easily overcome "for," said he, "we would agree to abide by the j Scriptures of the Old and rew Testament, in lnn,' leavPn" him onlv th , - 0 - r . i j 'Eniscopacv, which he conceives ouirht no be al- not be out- j lowed to him, and thinks that it could nit be at i tended witli anv nreiudice to tho bishAns'and Ramirez took me itaol tije market place wWrej-jr clercV. He plainly acknowledges that once stood tlie hrst Inquisttion oi beyilic, raised uther and the Reformers vere right 'hi their by the fanatic h erdinand -! I rem this 1 the n fi fe of , f R . nnvompn ot h c h. now hides the hones ot manv It . ... J ' victims, the groans of the Wartyrs . ascended to ( but thinks they did wrong tn rending the seam heaven. From .thi soil blood ' still cries for less garment of Christ, llej says thejylid well retribution, and iSnain, distracted, half-oeopled. " in despising the Popes bulls and decretals, and that lie wouiu nave gone trie. same, ne mam tains that the most enlightened part of the clergy Oil'Snain woiild now most radilv abandon the and reject the superstitions which were after wards introduced: although, indeed, abuses be gan with Constamine." I was indeed delighted to hear such sentiments avowed by an Augustin ian monk, within the walls of his convent, in the capital ol Spain, and that without reserve, and m tb' hearing of a third person. Doubtless there are others,, who, like this man and the Bishop the destitute or the prosperous, the young or the old, his presence should be hailed as the harbing -- it good. His very remonstrances and reprotl? should be more in affection and sorrow than in an ger. The most erring of his flock should feel thai he lovesjtheir sodls, and seeks their happiness, and however much they may at first ueglcct or despi.-c his message; such a line ol" conduct will, in lime usually melt the hardest heart, especially when Entered an A yjnnd the. cloi liTug pictures, p : i. , " ' . lunacies ol and ' lvin'ir wasted suiters this retribution. A e went into a church in which the culprits of that execrable tribunaU used to bei assembled to hear their sentence. Chains ;arq suspended over the .In'ni,nr;(W -.;,. h h;, vh I.p. A intrndiin-d into' the , .1 1 1 1 ' .11 I ! IHIlillllU l-iKV.. . ... . iuuu,s m"U3C.1. liU1.wYlllt. "i. , i'-' ; worship of God in the course ol aces, a -d return mnnnrc u nni imp sntno n; ititno in Ttrivnie nouses- , . - . . .. . . .- w .hZr linv'n hnnnrvi -!ifK ll.Jjr it iKPlifi1 ' ' J) T 1 1T1 it I V"e Simplicity, From the nulnit the drtlad jsehtence used' to be ! gone into the oppdsito cxtre reatl, and beneath j thcse jtplendid arches sate lis tening the sanguinary lerd'iinand- and Isabella, and rising thence tarried wbod to yonder hearth as fuel to consume; their own subjects. . Jan, loth. Ramirez .went with-me to see the 1 aumi f w parish priest' of St.! Ciil. lie" is a frank and pleas ant man, but lax irl his religious sentiments. Speaking of the afa'irs ofSpjiiii he cooly asked, if I '"thought that God iiit-dtUrd with' such tiille as the (uarrels of insigt:,ificamcreatur.es.such as ericl .Uiers are a series. pf paintings representing 'T;.,"" ' " .t, i-r L1V1 4 -.."'...r.-.A-. o U.,.;;..,! i,,,-;,,. ! sauou wuua eiy miuii gem. geuue.uau. c;caa- mei ueoi. immense poisessiors of the monastic .lion beneath eackoftherri. Une of. these desciibes . r. . , . - t t a I . .4 .t ... c......A ,.;ii v.th.. i tociios no was leu tononce inci,r runs, wmtu m- Suvkmr and the Virgin! 'Bet vcn h'.ss of our Lord'.s 'coimtenanve on t and the raptures excited by the) 'i I I 1 . . .1 ... 1 I ether, lie is -uisiracieu anu luiuuanu hould love the most which "injts ainarja." But trie twd ous pun the thb loveli- le one side,; gin oa the: which he 1 at c, n 0 n e 0 f r e s pe c tab 1 e predicted the Protestants have e. In spvakinir ol difference of doctrine, he said, that -as to substan tiation, the Protestants' agree that Christ is pres ent at the sacrament, but then as to the mode, each one to his own mind, and added that St. Paul in so saying, had preacped toleration to all parties, lie defended the doctrine of Purgatory. "But still," j he said, "it was an article of faith, that none could enter into heaven ith.gutjbeing" purified front sm, but as to thelhoikvof purifica tion, each plight entertain l is own. views."- With great Earnestness, laying his hands on my 'shoulders and shaking me as if iiuo convic'ion, he exclaimed, "We must lay hside our passion, of A., desire a union of the Spanish and English! those visitations of -sickness, desertion, or bereave- churches, and this too at a time, when the Papal ! ineui arrive; wnicn sooner or iaier- iau 10 eciy Nuncio has hew dismissed from Madrid because I personMot; at which pcuods the presence of the Servant of the servants of Cod, and centre devout lid a lectionate pa.tor will be often valued ' i . . , , . , .1 11 as the visit ol a ministering angel, even by thoM- of union to the faithful," will not acknowledge . . 1 ,.,,,, i-t AAm;.uuimH ; their hour . f AS L was n,.....r5tv i ! '-''"UiL 'si r the actual sovereign of the country about tb leave, he fell me into his bed-room, and. rdavfu v exclaimed "These are the prisoners.' ( - a mnr.MNo iiohbkp. I j - - - - 1 .i j These prisoners are: prohibited books, in Latin, j :Evcrv rator is a hired servant. He devctcs French, Spanish, ccc. some hundreds of which he I himself to preaching the gospel, to a particular church or churches, With the expectation ot being supported jby the people to whom he ministers in body things. " Bveu s hath the Lord ordained, thUt they which preach the gospel should lire cf th'e gospel,' ( 1 Cor. ix. 11.) No other class of hi red servants are more imposed upon, and olteue; has collected, having kepUhem concealed during the times of the' Inquisition. He pointed out Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History, but has nev er seen Milner's, which he wishes "to obtain. I called on Senior. Potia, a lawyer and hlera- ry man, who has.been imprisoned in the Inqui- j tl(lprivc;i Gf their just wa?e?,thin the ministers. sition, on a political account, anu on oniwi T;he reason is plain . Thev never demand their . - ri 1 . i - Uumtana, one ot the mosLlearneg mennvpain I Procer of the kingdom, ioth of whom man ifested great liberality of sentiment. Thev are V. t .t til rignis, iie troiij iacvTqu.eliy biiouiil 10 00 r&Lcu. And strange to tell, it is not, considered dishonest, j or a sin, foi church members: even those of them and manifest Christian charity,. The enemy ol did with the utmost contempt lie stated, that ol 1;-the (church is not now Luther or Calvin, but families have taken the. Antichrist: and in order to c6mbat him effectu- r a pi- la-maria, iug last words are artfully farm; by- being written thusf-inus which, when repeated solves theldoubt by say ' ilary kn$t. ' Thus mingling itf th)?.s:ime.'pas--sa'e, mysticism, sensuality, and blasphemy. A 'i friar inthe court was buying pranges of two . hoys; Tl'his on the Ihrd s day. They alter ' 'wa'rds kneeled down as if to receive his blessing. Calljd on a foreigner who is ib oOIce here. '' lie was absent"; fmt his son, who bow acts in the place oVhis'ut her, ntered cordially, inio the dau'se of the Bible bociety, .with wnicn 11 is 1a c t'.ie'r has cor responded wiitbrof the "Diario do Cadiz, troviY.tT nf miosifirmc: n ? tn thp f ftftntlPS and OVaC- I till IV t Ul l uvi-jiivi. 1. ' .. ...... f tices ot the ciil Thev tell tne t ve xuty. Th erenti religious sects in 'England. at there are thiree thousand stu dents of law, niedicine and divinity in the- Uni- greater part 'of w hom are,: it is tcf .- s 1 be feared infidbls. 'A number of them brough me their books, w hich had oni their covers the titles of devotional works', but k-hich upon open I ing them, proved to he the wrilings of Toltaire 1 and others-of-tne same clavs.v ' I .,,. 22.-leachcd Madrid. Scriptures into Spain. ; ' - 1 - ' 3 Jan. P'th This.'mohiing called onMr.-IIor- t. l, the principal bookseller in Cadiz, .who has fir some time past. been -waiting tol receive! copies of the scriptures 111 SpaniHi for sale m his shop, lie, is perfectly willing and even idesirous to re c.ive them. He suggest xl the pan of sending .each' book -in a distinci enveloje directed to some particular friend, as accorj persons. arc alldwevl for tl .-ka book pn'ntedin theb tt thecircumst laou. anu no nreuicieu' iue -rapiu uuuuuuu ui ; a lv. we must leave tne outposts anu 1:111 uac u imu monastic'ism. ' ! i j the fortress itself, which is divine revelation, and Jan. 10. -I have hhd ja Jong, conversation j then be united and contend for that, or fifty years to-dav with, parties of students! who asked me a 1 hPnce there will be no reli-jion in the world. . - r. . 4 . 1 -1 1 . . ... - . . . i , . 1 M The, majority ot the Catholics would say that you 1 cannot be saved, but I say that you can, for you .; and other Protestants hold to the essentials or Christianity, and are Christians as well a we." lie advised me, being youngj to think well 011 this subject, and drawn sketch of a project for the union of Christians aainst infidels. l ob served to him that infidelity had been spreading its ravages not only among the laity, but also among the clergy. "Among a few: ot the cler gy," he replied. "They are more generally fa natic than infidels. Iufidelityj would rob us of our living, but superstition and fanaticism pro vide Us with maintenance. Therefore it would not suit us t! be infidels." ''But," I rejoined, "the truth . sec ins to be that too many of the priests nrr. J n d i fTUrr-lIt nt lipnrf" "Alns that Js the ) u.e, members of the Junta commissioned to prepare a ; who have solemnly promised to ay so much, not new rode of laws lor Snain to he submitted to the ' 10 pay them. Perhaps not more than one in twen- Cortes j ty, it that, ot thejrrcabyternn ministers in the val- t 'i' i t r r i i f ti. I lev of the MUsUfcsippi, receive anv thing like an Jan. -Zith. look leave of I dela (.. the Augus-! . 1 1 ' ' . .t 1 - . ,1..?:, i , . . - , ,i , " 1" 1 ' 'JUtiH UJ IJHI I IH'ill llll. I..'J"IV Ml lllVil lliJIl iui muu. a1T...eni w.- i w neisun il knowledge ol more than a scete who scarcely have bread to cat, or decent clothin tinian monk. sincerity, he lamented the conduct of multitudes ofvfriars who are now in ooen rebellion against the government, rendering religion, as he says, contemptible and odious to the people. . C. II. , Prom the Christian Observer. The infun nct tf tin a ffectionate and tender ttpi " rit in a Mini.-iter of She iiospcl. p cr"vm;m. however wise or piou, it he is tie-1 rowing, and uartid not borrow, lest lie siiouhl nc- fleient in'the kiudlv svinpathies of the heait, must 1 ver be able to remv. The daughter of auother. be content to forego a large measure ol usefulness, J an amiable, intelligent, and pious young lady, ha- spcciajly amon" the poor, the young, and the at- vingrehtted and hiatchcu, and repaichcd ucrold hcted. Even though there should le no assigua-j gannen till it wuld no longer be patched, was to put on. 1 heii kiniincs, many ol whom are lare, are growing up in rags and ignorance. One cau hardly tell when he had a pound of sugar in his house. Another is seldom it ever able to at ' tend the mark t.jor purchae"5iiiv thing really nc- e'essarv brought tin his door, for the want of money. Another was recently prevented going a day s jour- 1 ney to altcnu to pmportani ousiness, necauM nc j hail no inems of Jpay ing his passage, without bot- lest he should Towards the i . r .i1 T I. J .U..A.nti,. tTniit He told me .that the . uiejm, , .mu u --,0. ... 1. o.r, ia gentlemau of Hernandez." le spoke ot MonU- eiutor 01 tne miw u. - t on t ,tsays that even ploVed in England as translator ot some religious v , - U j m .. ; n Z .11 :.t t.-.A,wl fnr i;K5m tn ha the convents there, are some learned men -iof urKS.anu Kinuiy promts -u iuhuu - Muur.iU oW desiretheabolitioffofmo speak with me on the subject ol introducing tne j X ' ... int: iu. IiaSllClSUl. tie LUUSlUlia ;ii'iriauuu ,' Protestant religion, as a measure of government pain. i'ept when printed with jding to (a late decree," leir own use one copy lanish language out of iitv e that the Bible, ex- inotes approved by the so nece-i Spain, t longer. a bo'olcs clmvch. is a nrohibited book, and the fact that an alesiasticv is j always , posted at the;' Custom Huuse to 'prevent contagion from; being intro duced info -the kirtgdorri by prohibited books, l.ust lead, us to employ the utmost caution as to -itiu'iir introduction. f . ! 1 ' Entered the Capuchin Convent. I had read bl ?omewhere,'that inu the style of monastic devo "ior, our Irdl is chlled uTht 'Lai" and is said" ') vouchsafe especial revelations 16 the religious v lio desire them. This had appeared more like Hrlcsipie than truth, until a boy.: who happened - he there directed my attention to , a picture of of See the 1 1 '-'"rist, exclaiming 4Mira eLMozo'l i-ard. The Council of Trent declares mat mi- rtges . have nd divine or ftiherent virtue, jomi Tuck'me as biing peculiarly inconsistent jwttlr ihatdomiue, tiat lO0 days indulgence should be framed to every one who should recite an . Ave fcia and Pater Noster, before an! image oh the f'astora, or Virgin Mary in t,he habit of a shep Unless, -or before ay- print of that image. K r Jan. V?,th iT .oft ( 'ndiz for Seville. At Xerez. ! lvc students of the law . entered the3 diligence to J Foceed to the University of Seville. We had ! fe brisk controversy on subjects of doctrine, frodnced by their questions as to the faith, ahd P-acticc of Protestants. Tspoke asfreely as if I ,'Nbeen in England, not having any reason to 'jouathe truth no, not even in spam, apan- KlrS themselves snnnk freelv. even 10 licentious- and.thorefore it becomes our duty to speak" ?ary to the comrnercial. prosperity iof latitwillbe impossiMefto avoidj it any This morning leaned on Mr. Liazola, Her. with whom I had corresponded before: He is friendly to the great object of dis seminating the truth hy.means of the press, and desires to receive, if possible, Bibles for sale ill his shop ' : . j-v. j- : . ..: f . : Jan. 23d. This morning I culled on Don F. F. A; Bishop of A.,- Translator of the Scrip tures into Spanish. He is a truly amiable man. He said that lie" had - received kind assistance from Englishmen in -reference to! his version of the Bible, and recounted the services they, had rlndered him. He saul that he acknowledged tile Protestants to be jtrue Christians, . and knew many of them to be actuated by tlie most pious and generous sentiments. lie dwelt with great apparent interest on the incidents of an early friendship formed with an j Engjish gentleman in Spain, manly! years ago, when both were young, with whom he has ktely renewed corre spondence, and who "has been his agent in send iriT hi version of the Bible to America. . In compliance, vj'ith a request that liie would gjyj information of the versions" of the Bible publish ed in Spanish by the Bible Societies, he has trans mitted to Rome an assurance : thai having seen all, as he believes, ot these versions, and exam ined the principal passages cited in controversy between us, he has noit detected thejslighthest cor ruption in any one instance. At the same time he has told the Pope that, if Catholics calumni- jate Protestants by lading against jthetn accusa tions which cannot be suDStanuateu, tney win inevitably lose their cause.- '1 he presentj?aitron of his version, of whiih he presented me with a copy, for GO or 70 reals ofvelloti pb.r volume,-is sold so lowas26reals;to subscribers. Tt is in five volumes. -He calculated the expense of printing .k- ;c tl.o cpennd. iind adding a small commission' 16r the printer, uesueu. ! ifisKoit o srain trom 1 . . r . .. -m he replied; and such was thetyle of Has however few, to give , s --r - I K I - . much ot our conversation, .ue says tnaiiuc i-. 4l ,.m,:2 1, .,1,.1 Anil.s. .St. John. , -1 111 IIIC CUISlltaui ii ig utiu . . , . , e thcted ble error- of doctrine, or inconsistency ot conduei, a coldness of heart, or even of manner in a rninU jter, will usually prevent his gaining access to the affections of his people. Tenderness was the pre dicted and the fulfilled character ofllim who is the great exemplar to his church in christian and ministerial attainments. He did not break the bruised rejd orquench the smoking flax ; his whole life was a career of mercy, benevolence, and disin terestcd alfection. How deeply his immediate lisciples drank of his spirit, may be seen, not only . 1 . 1 1 I lit ..- Of e must nave some notes, nowever lew, 10 .i,. r ,riVr- u mverb a v ch; it currency in Spam. 1 hat those notes uiigu. oe tjegs an j svml)athv, but evei criticah and not aoctrnai, anu on trie passages, ci- n entire silence it. This edition iif three thousand copies, ana 1 ted in, controversy between us, might be observed. Jyi..2l. Called on J. de la C, Augustin6 monkjip the cjonvent of St. Felipe Beal. lie is busy ill preparing a continuation of the Espana Tagrada. by appointment of the 'Royal Academy of Histbry, of jwdiich he is a member. He has an .excellent suite of apartments) in the conem,; and'anlextensive library. Evety thing around' him has an air of comfort. approaching to ele gance, i With great warmth he expressed his nleasure at beinc:-visited by an Englishman. The Inquisition, he said,1 had ruined Spam.-' The nation had been literallir vanquished and enslaved by Romer. Religiork had been oppres sod nnd almost lost literature had been buried, maining as if nresered hv miracle, for thai any other people of inferior genius would havelbeen sunk intout ter barbarism under such immense dtsaa vanta ges as had Effected Spa in. Infidelity had been imported from France, and the people, submerg ed in ignorance, were carried away by a "torrent of licentiousness and unbelief, untu in tne pres ent day1 the state of the Spanish youth is lament- nhle in the. ivlrpmi show me that t.iese views were not recently adopted by hjin. he read a fe w sentences of a preface which he had writ ten to liis translation of a work from the French in the year 1813, entitled, "Apologista Antirevo- 1 n rt . 1 jl-.urt lint thf lutionaria..; ne tnen openiy uetwivuj' fnnn1e. hf Snnin had heon nilnahlv abandoned to a state of profound ignof ancc and that the only remedv was. in tK hands? of the clergy, who ought to provide the" people with sound instruc tion 1, But since then he added, things have ,rrrtL ,vrc irictoo r,f Kfter - The nrohibitions whSiK havfi hppn laid in the wav of literature he l i . . ml I I lamented in the strongest language. I he cier compelled togct) new dcss on credit, and knows not how or when she w ill ever be able to pay for it. But the heart sickens. The more we think of this subject, and the more we make inquiries, the. more tio instances f ieal suffering and want among min isters and theirj families present themselves. Would that that j part of the conscience to which this subject addresses itself, was not wauling tr seared as with a hot iron. We might thentnake an appeal in behalf of th rolled and destitute, with the hope ot ?eing effectually heard. As it is, we cau only say, great guy'1 rests upon ther churches. X lie 14:111 01 eiei iwi) j p -" " ' ul v " i v. Intel. characterized by en in those of a perhaps naturally less gentle spirit bt. 1 cter, yea, of him who once was a "persecutor and inju rious," who ': breathed out. threatenings and slaughter," but whose altered character is evinced throughout his -writings, and nowhere more so than in his Epistle to Philemon on behalf of his fugitive but penitent slave. It will instantly be left, ia perusing this affecting Epistle, or indeed of the New Testament, how cfli- 4 --, - .... - . r caciously an ahcctionate spin in itic minis er . j fc :rj au1 i:nmortah rM.riof r....lc iic tt'nr tMihp mVnnn heart, and how 1 . .1 1 1 v . . ir . very different would bate been the effect, if, in stead of such a spirit, had been exhibited the mere coldness of scholastic admonition, or the imperi- onsness of official diirnitv. Against nothing should From the Maine Wcsleyan Journal. PAK PHRASE. A view of the dilieient materials of which man is composed, may teach us to form a proper esti mate of him. He stan ds between the two worlds-, the material and the : piritual, and partakes of both. His body is material, frail and perisha- t rom. its birth the body conthins within itself the seeds and principles' of dissolution, towards Which it tends every day and Jiour, by the very means that nounsn anu maintain it, ana which no an minister, who values his pastoral usefulness, j can protract beyond th allotted moment. In ' - .1 . 1- J .IS r 1 1 - - .1 -tl more strenuously uard, than against unKinu unu ; Splte ci precaution and meaicinc, the evil cay objurgatory habits of address, either in tne puipu come ar,d tJie vcars Jrav ni or in his private intercourse with his uock. iei this is no'tenouffU: his heart must be imbued with amiable aflections: he should feel a prompt and unsolicited expansion of soul towards his leliowj creatures: he should love them as Christ loved urn. It ii impossible to calculate the ill ettects arising from a hard, unleelmg discliarge 01 ciencai duties, orl lrom ausiere or morose habits in tne ' . I . . . 1 ITn more retired walks ot pastoral uucrcuuisc. un happily, the largest heart is not always accompa- nieu witn suavnv uuu niuuui. , ,- -.1 . il,L o niiniefpr IinWPTlT lUStlv TCSOCCt- v 1 nil 11 1 iir?c. -w ' - j j r hone to be the friend and adviser of his people, except so far, indeed, as the weight of his ehnraetpr. and a consciousness 01 ins real eAtei- lence may be a counterpoise lor ins exieruai ue fect for if the defect be a defect of heart, nothing can atone for it. The urbanity of the most ac- complishee' courtier would be, an utterly unworthy and inpffieacious substitute for that christian affec tion which urges a pious minister to " spend "and be spent" for his people. - It TOnnM hp. tedious to enter into particulars on this inexhaustible subject ; but it may not be inar" 1 1 years draw niga wiien ne shall say I have no pleasure with them. Pains J t.,, , 1.1 .11 T . . ana sorrows win succeed cacn otner.asiueciouu return. after the raiii, blackening the face oi heaven and darkening the source of light arm- Jv-. : . . u . T he hands, those once active ami iguiou keepers of ; the housK grown, paralytic, shall tremble : and the strong men, mwe mni ..u able column that supported u, siiau u u-uu selves and -sink under their- weigDL . i nc ex. ternal grinders ofthe food, the teeth, snail cease, because: thev are few,-and the work of nnstica tionbe imptlrfectly performed. Dimsuflusiou shall veil the organs.of sight, and they that look out of tho window shall be darkened. The doors, or valves shall be shut in the street or allies, of the body, when the powers of the digestive organs arc. weakened,, and the sound oftbe internal grindihg is low.' Sleep if it light upon the eye-lids ofj age, will quickly return a"-ain, and he will rise up at the time when the lirst.voice oi tne Dira proclaims tne approum vi 7 , , ' r hp lirst,yoice oi me Dira proclaims me apiuawi w positc to remark that a f rgynian of r lety, it he F q miz would be srenerallv uselul in his pann, wpcuiu , to . ( d . .- "1 ? : .V'.v-' :-. . T . . . ( . - (.' ' s". I ..' ' , f. ty -i " i - r- 1 -.: t a. i ' ' t- .v.; . .p - ' - . ... . - - 1 1 : t i . . - . V- - '. W"- ; t i . 1 " ! :ir: t. r ,.3 . is n