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SUBSTANCE OF AN ADDRESS DELIVERED
AT THE INSTALLATION OF A PASTOR.
' The mutual relation of pastor and people, in
volvesreciproeal obligations.! These Obligations
are not those of servant and master, tjior merely
of the laborer and the employer : though in a re
stricted sense; they partake of the nature of both,
and are more weighty than those .which arise
from any other earthly relations. : ' - ; ,
". ' In addressingHwyself to this congregation, who
ije regain favored with a pastor, to be over you
jii the Lord, I would say to you, as Moses said,
when 'he charged all Israel, concerning Joshua
"Encodragc him ;" and if you would encourage
your pa-stor, so that he may labor with comfort to
himself, arid profit to yjou, you may doij, by com
municating to him a comfortable and prudent sup-
port for himself and family. ; j ,
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; ! It is wen unown mat some pastors who have
. given; their whole time tcrse.rve their flocks, have
. been Obliged to expend, in a few years, all the
little patrimony which their: ancestors had left
them; and others have benjmpel!ed to tlfe
.farm or a school, to make, up their deficiencies
from year to year. Now this is wrong. Every
pastor who expends his physical and mental en
ergies in constant labors for a people, ought to
receive' an adequate .support, land with very few
exceptions, it is believed, it might be "'furnished
by!. suitable exertions. Many a valuable pastor
has been obliged to tear himself from a beloved
llock, because he could not meet the imperious
calls of a family,, by what he received from his
people and the consequence- has been no little
suffering to the church as well as to the. pastor.
Known deficiency in this part of Christian dutv,
is a just; ot Cast on for church discipline as "it
arises from the spirit of covetousness, and I can
noi but think it a great sin in any Christian, to
withheW what he might do without denying
himself of any real comfort. A full support of
4 the1 Christian ministry is u debt which every con
gregation is bound to pay, and no consistent per
son will be willing to withhold it, who reflects
Jlhatthelabars of a minister are required fifty-two
flays in a year more than is required of any oth
er man. But I need not dwell on this topic,
further, than to remark that the great Head of the
.(phiirch has ordained that "they who preach the
gospel should live of the' gospel,!' upon the same
principles, as in every other case, the "laborer is
worthy of his4iirc,'' and thatj-he should receive
ijt, when Jy agreement it is due, and -no j after ne
cessity has obliged him to resort to loans and
become a debtor when the same is justly dire to
him. j ' " ' . .
fYou may encourage your pastor, by banifest
; iig your confidence-in him. .
' , j By confidence in your pastor, Ido not mean
that blind and servile reliance upon him as your
Spiritual guide, which romanists, and; perhaps
some others are accustomed to exercise toward
their spiritual teachers, asthough they were per
fect and incapable of erring.; and as though they
-passed a right fo dogmatize over their parishion
ers. By confidence in your. pastor, I mean that
you should feel and manifest a reliance on his
character, as a good man and true that you be
lieve him sincere in what he believes to be right
und conducive to the good of i "his hearers and
where you can find no scriptural authority for dlf
. Joeing from him, that you confide in his; words
ami 'examples. ; V 1
j Farther than .this, I ask no man to go. Mims
jers arc but men, as frail and peccable as-are
others ; . but if they are the Lord's ministers, they
j xvfll teach only what the word of God intulcates,
and do only what an enlightened conscience tells
them is right; and they will be willing to have
hit that they say and do, tested by the unerring
! v(jrd of God. " ' , ' .
j There arc some men, whose minds seem to
be of so suspicious a cast, that they can feel n
- confidence in; no one. Such persons are very apt
to "make a man an offender for a word," and
! secmalways to have a jealous-. eye turned towards
"theiT minister as though he were plotting against
them, or seeking to destroy the independence of
the church, buch persons, too,-ate very ant to
think that their minister is partial, and pa-ys
court to the wealthy: thai he neglects the poor.
This should never be the spirit of any people or
person towards their pastors nor; should he ever
he thought capable of such unworthy conduct.
Unless there be verv strong and clear evidenceia
1 prove it. leather let it be yours,! to.cherish th
smnt of confidence toward your pastor, andlhink
him your sincere friend, even if he should re
prove and warn vou for your faults.
In all'your intercourse with him, be frank and
ingenuous, that he may be at no loss to " com pre
.. hend your meaning. Then, it will ever be his
pleasure to meet you in the businees of tbo
church, and the social intercourse of life- While
you 'have confidence in him,- if yotr would pre
serve his confidence in yourselves, you must
avoid that ambiguity which some men practice,
, and which, though it may fre by slowr decrees'
i .efrectually destroys the happiness of a pastor and
people.
head to preside and lead, in all that relates tb th
appropriate business and'discipline of the church
i encourage your pasior oy paying a just an dl goodness of God towardyou estimate your
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NEWIiKRX,
He is not to- ord jt over;God's hemageVV but
with all tenderness and wisdom to instruct the
church to reprove and admonish the oflending,
and as the organ of the church to administer all
the laws which Christ and the apostles have pre
scribed. C " ';"-: .: - i
Upon this subject, St. Paul gives explicit and
full directions "Obey them that have the rule
over yous and submit yourselves ; far they watch
for your souls as they that must give account,
that they may do it with joy and not with grief."'
The rule which such are to bear is, not what
their own minds may dictate, but what the stat
utes of their great blaster authorize ; and the
submission which you are requred to render is.'
submission to the laws of the same divine au
thority. Withm these limits, it is the .pastor's
duty to rule, and. thedisciples to submit Thus
will order be maintained, a wholesome, discipline
maintained; aud harmony and fellowship pre
served. The same laws are made for the minis
ter as for other members of the church. If he
viohite his covenant engagements, he is account
able to the church, and should be dealt with the
same as others, with one exception, which is,
that "against an elder, we are not to rec6ive an
accusation unless there be two or three witness
es, to prove and sustain it, According to this
direction a minister is not ic be arraigned before
the church, unless the fault alleged be first well
substantiated by a competent number of witness
es; whereas in other cases; members may be jar
raigned upon complaint, and investigation prose
cuted in the church, or by a duly authorized com
mittee. This difference affords ho shield for the
faults of the minister ; but as one standing above
others by office, it insures for him the Christian
respect and tenderness w hich he ought to receive
and serves to protect him from that indecorous ami
unkind usage which some prejudiced and over
bearing ininds indulge.
You may. encourage your, pastor by 'a regular
and serious attendance upon his ministry Eve
ry veek he will "beat out the oil of the sanctua
ry". to give you light ; and prepare the "bread of
life" to feed your souls. ' Beit vours asVonstnnf-
ly to hear, as it is his to preach : and if he should
sometimes fall short of his usual fulness and fer
vor, instead of discouraging him by your ab
sence in the afternoon, be anxious "to" enquire
whether you are not as much wanting as he
i he watchlul pastor has an eye to the state, of
the nock and prepares occasional discourses
adapted to particular cases. " Having done this
with much labor, how must he feel to ascend the
pulpit and find the very-'family or person he is
seeking to benefit, absent 4 from 'the place. My
brethren and Ifriends, it is important to the re
ligious prosperity of a church and -congregation
that all should be constant and attentive :hear
ersJ - ' :' :i - :- !.
Your example as parents and adults will have
an important influence upon the young. When
you hear, hear not as' critics, but asteachable
I disciples at the feet of the great Instructor. - And
when you have left the sanctuary, let it be your
aim to apply in experience and reduce to prac
tice what you have heard.1 Sfoaie fastidious' per
sons are in the habit of indulging in? free remarks
upon the grammatical constriction analogical
reasoning of discourses, itogetiier with, the air
and manner of the preachtr,.but make no appli
cation of the truth delivered, ito their owrr hearts
or conduct. Such hearers fob their own souls,
and I would advise and exhort you my friends
not tOfbe o'f their numlr.
Bo punctual in your attenqance, and hold it as
a sound opinion that every hearer ought to be
seated in his place before the speaker rises to ad
dress the congregation. Is it not a very unbe
coming practice for people to remain about the
doors and entry when their; minister is in the
pulpit, and especially when the serviceis 'com
menced with an4address to the Deity, to be then
c o w i i n g i n W ji y s h oul d n o t e ve r v p e r s o n feel
during religigus; worship as did MoW when lie
approached the -Lord with uncovered feet, and
trod on holy ground? Let it.'my friends' both
young and old, bea "part of your religion not to
disturb the religion of others.
Lis'tly, if you would encourage your pastor, let
urTshare in your sympathies and vour nravers
The faithful minister of Christ, in the bosom of
the. happiest Church. . enioviri'sr the bnoht dav of
prosperity and success in his labors, is liable to
experience a dark night of adversity. Jt may
arise from personal sickness from domestic be
reavements, or trials and apostacies amon the
disciples whom he tenderly loves. At such times
he wilt; need your tenaerest sympathies,, and
whatever you can do to alleviate his sorrows.
In such seasons, to receive the kind attention of
faithful deacons and other brethren is as a balm
to the heart, ? -
Above all, let your pastor share largely in your
prayers. This favor even St Paul asks of his
brethren, and this, every minister of Christ ar
dently desires. While you bear your pastor on
your hearts before God," pleading for the Spirit
to help him ta study and to preach to visit
the flock and perform all the duties of a faith
ful minister, you may ex peat to receive much
instruction and comfort as Christians, and that
sinners wm be converted to- Uod. Fail not,
brethren, to pray for your pastor that the word'
of the Lord may have free course and be glorifi
ed. . - ;
Nest to the'ehurch, stands the Sabbath-school
ana uiote.yiass. While your pastor is cultivat
ing and training these young shoots, see that you
water them with your prayers. These are insti
tutions second to none but the church, and herp
allow me to sa, that the combined inflence of
pastor and teachers; Will not make a floarishino-
school," u nless pa rents shall faithfu lly do t hei r
part4 m senaing ana encouraging and aiding
their children. And while you foster these f?ood
institutions at home, be not unmindful of those
'which arc indispensable to the world's reform.
Finally, brethren and friends, consider - the
bb-
fear
may converting crace larirelv
attend the labors of you-r beloved pastor, brother
ly love continue amon you, and the union now
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N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAItCII
formed be lasting as the life of our beloved broth
er and fellow-laborer in the gospel.
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From the Southern tli urchmau.
ON THE EVILS OP FALSEHOOD AND THE
: j ADVANTAOES OF TltUTII.
"Wherefore putting away; ' lying? speak every
man truth with his neighbor, for ict are members
one of another" Ephesians iv. 25,
There is no moral duty, Vvhieh is not clea rly set
forth, and plainly defined, in the holy Scriptures.
Philosophers, and heathen moralists, have fre
quently mistaken vice for vritue; and have pub
lished to the world systems of ethicV, which have
had a demoralizing influence on nations and gen
erations of men. lint the founder of the Chris
tians religion could distinguish vice front virtue,
could discern the truth knew mankind and all
their wants,' and has given to the world the Bi
ble, the book of Wisdom u hich contains pre
cepts suited to all ages, sexes, and conditions, to
every people and nation under the sun.
After Christ ascended into heaven, his Apos
tles and disciples preached his doctrine to the in
habitants of the earth. Taught by divine inspi
ration, upheld by divine power, they spread the
gospel, in opposition to the passions.'the interests,
and the prejudices)! mankind ; through persecu
tions, through trials, through troubles, and' thro'
dangers innumerable. ISone of them labored
with more zeal than the Apostle Paul, in whose
Epistle to the Ephesians we find the words which
I have taken for my test,
j This Epistle was written to the 'saints at
Ephesas. and to the faithful in Christ Jesus" fo
those w ho had been "dead in trespasses and sins,"
but who were quickened by the spirit of Christ
who in time past had walked "according to the
course of this world," but who had been "created
in Christ Jesus unto good works." It was ad
dressed to those w ho had been strangers and ali
ens, and without . God in the world, but were
"made nigh by the blood of Christ," and had be
come fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the
household of God. Knowing that they had been
changed in heart, he thus spoke to them "This
I say, therefore and ttstify id the Lord, that ye
henceforth walk not as the other Gentiles walk,
in the vanity of their mind, but that ye put off,
concerning ahe former conversation, the old man
which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
and be renewed in the spirit of your mind ; and
that ye put on the new man which after God is
created in righteousness and true holiness:
Wherefore putting away lying speak ye every
man lruth with his neighbor, for icc arc members
one of another.
Some philosophers have contended, thaj the
truth should not always be told ; and that false
hood is sometimes justifiable. They have sup
posed cases, which might (and as they say do of
ten occur, in which they maintain, that it is strict
ly moral and proper, not only to conceal the truth,
but to speak falsely. These supposed cases
would probably, on a critical examination be
found to afford but slender excuses for deviation
from the truth. Impartial inquiry will, without
doubt, lead to the conviction, that the exhortation
of Paul to the Ephesians contains the true rule
of conduct; the sophistical reasonings of vain men
to the contrary notwithstanding.
: This exhortation is to be considered, as having
reference to our words and conduct through life,
and also to our most secret thoughts and feelings
as intended not only to regulate our outward be
haviour, but to reach and control the mind and the
heart.
Wicked men have always been enemies to the
truth. St. John says "every one that doeth evil,
hateth the light, .lest his deeds should be reprov
ed." . Men of bad characters and ill designs shun
the light of the day. They are deeply interested
hi resisting the truth, and 1:1 persecuting-its vo-
tirres. I
J'he Jews hare given to the world the most
conspicuous and memorable proof of this resis
tance and I persecution. Arehhishnn Tillotsnn
has in one! of bis sermons, made the following
not only refuse to receive them, but set themselves
to confute them, and by all means to blast the
credit of them; and to charge them not only with
novelty and imposture, but with a seditious de
sign, and blasphemous and odious consequences.
They perverted every thing he said to a bud sense,
and put malicious constructions on all be did.
though never so blameless and innocent: When
he instructed the people, they said he was stirring
them up to sedition ; when he told them he was
the Son of God, they made him a blasphemer for
saying so; ! w hen he healed on the Sabbath day,
they charged him with profaneness. When he
confirmed his doctrine by miracles, the greatest
and plainest that were ever w rought, they report
ed him a magician.- When they could find no
fault with many parts of his doctrine, which was
so lovely and excellent that even malice itself
was not able to misrepresent it, or take exception
to it, they endeavored to destroy the credit of it,
by raising scandals upon him for his life. Be
cause his conversation was free.and familiar, they
taxed him for a wine bibber and glutton ; and be
cause he companied w'itii bad men in order to the
reclaiming and reforming them, they represented
him as a, favorer of such persons, the friend of
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puoiicans and sinners. By these and such like
calumnies, they endeavored to disparage his docj
trine and to alienate men from it. Being preju
diced against the truth itself, they did what thev
could to keep others from embracing it, and as
ou baviour tells U3, they shut up the kingdom
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wi ucaveu -ugciinsi men, neuuer going in inem-
selves, nor-suffering others, that were going in,
to enter." : . . .
There is not on record a more convincing proof
01 me hatred which wicked and perverse men,
bear to the truth, than that which Tillotson has
spoken of, in his long extract. The Jews resist
ed and persecuted it, when found in the wrords,
and seen'iri the conduct of the Saviour of the
world. The scribes and Pharisees, although
they affected peculiar strictness in virtue and reli
just remarks on this subject. Speaking of the
Jews, he says, "They opposed the divine truths
which our Saviour declared to them. They did
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gion; could not bear that divine liVht. which
shown upon themr and exposed their hypocrisy
to thtmselves nnd others. Light is very trouble
some to a bad conscience. But it is desired by
good mem They have every thing to gain by
it; and nothing to loose. They have nothing to
be afraid or ashamed of The volume of their
lives is open to nil who may choose'to look int6
it. They have lired in the fear of God, and do
not tremble before man. They have spoken and
acted with thw knowledge that the all searching
eye of God whs upon them; and they neither
dread, nor shun the strictest scrutiny of man.
They not only rejoice in.the truth, when spoken
and acted upon between man-and man, but their
hearts are cheered with the light of divine
truth.
The advice of St. Paul to the Ephesians, to
"put away lying," leads the mind to inquire into
the ceils uf falsehood, and its different kinds and
grades. They are numerous. V
Perjury, or uilful and corrupt false sic eariti';,
by one who being lawfully required to depose the
truth in any judicial proceeding, swears absolutely
in a matter material to the point in issiie, wheth
er he be belie ved or not, is an offence of the high
est grade. . The laws of every "civilized society re
gard it as an atrocious crime, and punish it in an
exemplary manner. The proverb of Solomon,
which says "a false witness shall not-be unpun
ished, and he that speateth lies shall not cscape:'
uttereth the language of the moral Uw, and of
the laws of every well regulated society. Perju
ry is a most atrocious crime, and deepj-.nd damning-sin,
which stts at defiance the laws of God and
man. .
Falsehood not an oath, (of which there aie va
rious kinds and degrees) is productive of great evil.
Heathen moralists,, and Christians, have for the
most part agreed iii their hatred of falsehood.
The former have looked on it, as a vice injurious
to society the latter as an offence against God
and man. The moralist has reprobated it, when
it has shown itself in the language and conduct.
The Christian has condemned it, in thought and in
feeling as welLas in word and deed.
The moralist, thinks falsehood a vice deroga
tory to the true dignity of man, and injuriouto
society. He sees its mischiefs perhaps in their
mostaggravatt d form in the conduct and charac
ter of the slanderer. The tongue of the slander
er is "an unruly evil, and full of deadly poison
it is set on fire of he!l.J' Is proof nee'ded, of his
hellish' tern per aad more than human depravity ?
Behold the triumphs of his malice over his
neighbors 1 Go to the cottage this humble man
sion was but yesterday the blest abode of peace
and happiness. To-day, you may find its wretch
ed tenant a young, lovely, aud'innocent female,
drooping undiT the heavy burdencf false accusa
tion; or a feeble old man, sinking to the grave,
pterced though the heart by the envenomed'shafts
of malice. Visit the splendid palace of the rich,
and you may there see, that the envenomed
tongue of the slanderer has been "speaking all
words that may do hurt." Goto the city, or the
country; look through thcranks of society; and
every where you may trace the slanderer by the
wrecks of reputation, and the ruins of individual
and social happiness, which he has, lefr'V'hind
him,
IJas it ever, my kind reader, been your good
fortune to know a happy circle of friends and
neighbors, who all loved one another as brothers,
arid seemed to enjoy a heaven on earth ? The
boldness of innoeence and virtue, and-the smile
of contentment, were seen on every face. Mutual
confidence and respect every where existed.
Charity dwelt in every heart, and benevolence
prompted every action. But alas ! few and short
are the days of man's glory on this eai th! Per
haps you hare lived to witness the destruction of
the happiness and total prostration of the hopes
of this blessed circle. Satan, who hates all that
s good and holv. and unceasingly strives to mar
pihe happiness of man he that tempted Krein
Paradise, has been among them. He practised
his deceit on our first parent'm the form of a ser
tent, the most crafty of all animals. But he has
now assumed the shape of the slanderer, lie
has whispered suspicions, artfully excited dis
trusts, envyings, hatred, and strife propagated
falsehood scattered abroad the firebrands of ma
lice : and peace, friendship, confidence, love, and
charity have been driven f.otn this once happy
society. The slanderer has delighted in doing all
this mischief. He has been "the pestilence that
walketh in darkness,- and the destiuction that
wasteth at noonday.', The great pout of nature
rath well described him, when he said "His
tongue outvenora all the worms of Nile, hisbreath
hides on "the posting winds, and doth bely kifls,
princes, matrons, maids, nay eren the secretsof
the grave -this vibrous slander enters."
A Lav max.
l-'rom a l'oreiU Magazine.
SUNDAY sr:kness
Dr. , among other "papers, ba3 given us one
containing the particulars of this disease, which
lis represented by the patient as a natural, but
which, he thinks, bears all the symptoms of a
moral disorder. '
' "There is a disease at this time, but too preva
lent, an account of which is not to be found in
our popular books of medicines; I shall, there
fore, endeavor'to communicate some particulars
respecting it: The disease to which I refer, is
evidently of the intermitting kind; and in all ca
ses that have fallen under my notice, has attack
ed the patient by violent proxysms which return
eve ry seventh day. It may be thought to savor
of superstition to mention it, and yet it is a fact,
and therefore, must not be passed over, that these
paroxysms return only "on the Lord's Day on
wnicn account me uisease is called the Sunday
Sickness; and the faculty knows it by no other
nama than 'Dici Dominici Morbus.' On account
of its periodical attacks, some have thought it to
be a kind of Ague, especially, as it is attended
with a great degree of coldness; though I do
not perecive the symptorasof shivering, which are
usual in that complaint. I ,
I have observed the paroxysm commences at
different periods : but generally in the morning of
the Lord's Day, and in many cases it seizes the
patient before he has left the bed, and makes him
indisposed to rise till a later hour than usual.
A coldness lias first been noticed about the re '
I gion of the heartland a dullness in the heart,
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which stubifiesthe hraln mt m. M ' 1
. , . . . , . t v.uuuouauv succeeds
this is followed by yawning, and a sort of lethal
g7l-iPaV,enl lss?mes deprived of the
use of his limbs, especially the legs and the feet
'hVuseo
house of God. ' Some, indeed, hare cone un to
the solemn assembly ; but they have Sll?
entered it later than their neignborsnaTven'
there the paroxysm have seized them, and tbo
symptoms of yawning and lethargy hare becrt
so violent, that they have fallen into a deep sleep
even when the preacher has been deliverhig 'in
most solemn truths, and others have beeH ex
tremely uneasy in the,r confinement durin- the
short time 'of service, though they have been
known osit very contentedly in a play house for
several hours together. This diseased ppcars to '
stupify those who ore subject to it : eothat how
ever, they may appear-to suffer, they are seldom
if ever heard to complain. I have known per
sons under others diseases mourn on account of
their confinement from public worship, but the
victims of this extraordinary disorder were never
heard so to do. I was at first greatly turpriscd, ,
after hearing that the patient could not get to'
public worship, to flnd her the next day as active
as if ;she had not been subject to any kind of
indisposition : bat I have slnr r,.A :.
common, after the paroxvsms are "removed for
tbe patient to appear perfectly well tiil the' ap
proach of the next Sabbath; though - most of the
faculty agres, that there is a low feverish heat
to be perceived during'the days of interval, which
is caded febris mvndi, or the worldly fever
There seems also to be a Joss of appetite for.
savory food, and an entire want of relish for pcir
if vitliT, (bread of life) which it is thought might
be of service to n move their disease, as a very
skilful and experienced person has asserted, that'
it was more to him than his necessary food ; and
another, has recommended it as peculiarly agree
able to the r taste. One circumstance I had al-.
most forgotten, -viz. that those who have not laid
aside all attention to the form of religion, if they
are subject! to the Sunday Sicknes?, gcncralfv
feel somew hat chill and listless' about the hours
of secret retirement, and family devoSon. Frcm
some symptoms in the fami ics where this dis
ease has male its appearance, there is reason to
fear that it is contagious. Some children hare,
received the infection from' their parents; and I
expect every week to see itmore prevalent in the
vicinity of certain families, who' are dreadfully
under the power of the disorder. The symptoms
ofyaw;ning are evident iu some, and of lethargy
in others, who are not yet so far gone as to be
kept from public worship.
I was willing to hope the Sunday Sickness
was a new complaint and peculiars these parts
but it seems there, are but few peaces where the
malady has not reached. Weariness of the Sab
bath appears to have been a raging disorder
among the; Jews; though it is to be feared it
never was mere prevalent and contagious thanat
present; and I am sorry to say, that its prevalence
is, and not a little, owing to some attempts to
prove that its effects are not to be dreaded. In
searching for the cause of these symptom I
have nut with considerable diflicufty, but am
now convinced, after the closest investigation
that they are generally brought on by excessive
indulgence and feeding without reserve on the
sour fruits cf the flesh, and the windy diet of the
world. Persons who sit for many hours together
in close rooms vyth vain, carnal eomnanians, are
peculiarly liable to themalady ; and I havc ob
served that a neglect of family and social reli
gion on working days, a great delight in cards
and other games, a frequent attendance upon
night feasts, drinking clubs, and the theatres, am
among its certain forerunners. '
lam desirous that these particulars should be
laid before the public, that they may serve to cau
tionsome persons cf their danger, and that the
skilful may ! be excited to seek out a remedy for
the disease. Some have thought that the com
plamt isa moral rather than a natural one - it i
however, argued on the other side, that ihe pa
tients generally complain of a natural indispoM -Hon.
What is to be done ? It is high time that
physicians or divines should attend to the mala
dy. I have sometimes thought of prescribing
draughts and bolusses. to thns whn
me that they could not go to church, or net go
in time, or keep awake while they, were there
but when I have found them well and active in
their business, I have declined it, for fear it
should seem like forcing medicines. Had I been
sure mai wonaiy ousiness or pleasure had de
tained jthew, 1 should have recommended (he
clergyman to attend to their case ; but when thev
talk of their infirmities and indispositions, Ido
not know how he could address them. Perhaps
it is necessary to hold a consultation of phvsi
cijns and divines, that it may be determined to
whom the patient belongs, and whether the coin-
piaini dc scatca m the body or the soul."
! - Ziorfs Adtocatr.
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