19
j 1 i v
rrrr?. .j"-
f ' -i t)ouas pet annum; one mu m w .v
.ut V iiUMiemly. Rive notice of their
- , ( " -m f. r s I . 11 It... iff!-: t i ...
that I ;vas;the: fOnlysensioie genueman i serene as, tne-suriace oi unruweu ,aKt
ffor WhonolireilWt with ; that appeJla-jT-all wasujjshine and. gaiefy scarce a
' . . - i . st
rong time.i
acquainted
desirous of
trv Mrlrich was in aUl probability to be-1 "sous1 to .the then state;ot my,, feelings.-
rnmi mv faturelAbitlinff?; olace. He ob-1 And as the sea retains an undulating rao-
thee
asde
f Vto bare the' Paper fflswwtjnwd at t r
r.,mV their year, will be pwsurnea;
siring itscontinuance untU'.chuhtcjrmsnded.
Not exceeding svtetnl lines, , will Je , inserted
tire time "r "ollr " , eM,T . I ,
for esuli,eqaent;publ
rcWffnKth,;n,the sameropprtion. f If
fh number. of Insertion be remarked ,on
thenthey- will be contlimed nUl Ordered
served that he nvas notc aDuntlantiy ;ac- uon,.auer me siorm nas sudsiuctj, po uo 1
quainted there, being a Virginian himself, still i continue . to feel the effects of that
butpointlng'to a tawny, fucking fellow tempest of the mind which i then experi-
Whnwas reffalin himself with some mack-1 enced. ' Should these effusions of a mind,
iOttHK,, RALEIGH RgqiSTgB ;
Trrisiof
tentearJhat c1rxahvstaiticevin(luced
L in vkit North-Car
L Uiiaiir?lif f thecaifiaU boats that
ply i between prioiauu :Aiui.c
a;nit :fnrilhatvnurtnsei . JTwo reajiims
inilucca ae xofaKet inisrrpie , wiie..aa
to see the i?ima
her.to;save.eipenRe.ij:fne:oj(,
poorg miseraDiy.poorwv -eauer, ci
bones) thoughtPhilip couldt: tell I overwhelmed and borne down by misfor
fieaV about it- ! Philip in answer to Itttncv arrest the attention of the young
erel
m n fiean
my enqufrf. said that' he was : right smart I man who, relying1 on tha sincerity of
Philip
acquainted,'4 in North
been nusexi in uurrnucK, .or soinc vuck pvfpjj, ws muiscu y -since
he was no bigger than a sweet tater. cisjitudes, lejtne. admonish lumnot to
He had accordinj;to his? bvrn- account; rely on the professions of those who mast
seen considerable of the world having natter nis vanuy.V.j?or as me gay insect
been up the Chowan iii tit las Murfrees- flutters around the lighted candle, so will
hnrnnhi ami siailea three ftiines across these mmbnflutter around the man
thq Sound ; he was eloquent in his praises whose prospectsare gutted with the charms
of .North-Carolina. 5 In answer to jny ui: weaun auuiame. jdui as me niseis
question whether he .thought there i.rwas lorsaKes. tiier cannie, as soon as tne ngnj
Yankee ; from which;! concluded that it
would be no recommendation to hail from
the land of wooden Nut mess. What are i
most w demand down : your way, I asked
thil fresh water ttar ? " Fishermen, sir.
TOJIdo you think; I could get employ
roent at the fi sherjlea ? O yes 1 I reckon s
sb-iflSrouM(on?t axjtoqtnuch. Thinks I,
whenlvou -.catch : mea t fishths; '. voa may
(fer tri i aiStrangeplace, :;twthoutvoney icjp-epj.j0'"see sun shiniug at midnight, j
,nl withoutfiriehds If fOUrWerernof, mr vnn stand in nwd of anv Schoolman
, - -.. j . . - . S". I f j . -r :riT - -- - J , .
kou cannot'appreciate.mT teelinif prior j ters Jowh yiiur way ? F I believe the ftl-
to leaving oriai .Ai v, x , J l low uitl not Know what rmeanT, . tor so
been at school, it is
.vhether he ever was j
f one; until he left
jefer in my brainy-Put to return to piy homelto see thprld! and seek his for,-
ed to,ftntl the 4peopleiniCarolina very Jlisr I cu$iomed l( respect. Tat ndtrSch cttcufn-l.f the ?almlrt that ifcm&cV&&inoa&&'f' ' vt
Sipateo, : but have been most, happily dis- Ces I fchouta quickly overconOe those-liabiis, dsa'A: So atwaimy f Wt,' in fact'-dle- '
appolnted.In the,towh where 'i,am at wh.ch,ihe iwtraihw of education' litd imposed, "f?et, nf evnithe wtrrOof.MVflt
present Jocatcd, there are three taverns UuTJt'Z T i iT , 7 "7 Y, . I " avirof ipcjcm "eyew'i.wjtru' v.- ,
U:aU.A - . jlhetlesires.of my dntkenetl eyrs, is Lard Jrtq be I not present nv nlace rf Dnblie'-wimJiiw M V
itis tlie County, town,, and there is no such wondered at. .u'awW inr t ,iir!. nf vn fc.ft'a. i it ,r" ?rw5'. ora ; - i '
thing as a bar in either offhem.l have I wait inaf fortemputtoiK'itit madly scekinc h;
As some ot my readers rmay appear hbiftk it mav:be nrofitible to rtverttto A tZrcnm-
anxious to know whatis . Othello's nccu-l-sw-" which had rreat4nflence'iireobfiOTiflff
. j?.. i. '.; .'i - .,". .. . tm:.ti. ... --.. .
pat:
am
" . -,""." ianv ui uxv iseirtintr tire fairest irosfects
bchool-master, pedagogue : the i l nftlS- I litmenl, I entered the College Of Willi tm, and
ultraV of fashion and the soul of trallant-l Mryt'Hut I mieht attend the law lectures oi the
ry. J The key to all village- mysticisms. I cekbr,tttlJ,r- Wthe, togtherf wWh the oihc
aV11Am'ew.a oml Mnk'.m 4i.S-Jz SfM'9 ft scieotitieacottiremettrthereiiaiicrhU
nil vtltntrfk licritifuc -; I. '. - . . o . ' i f - . . .
n i - I iieen oi in
ion, i neff leave-to miormiihem that I yriy WJ,,,,r i?rse purinjj..ii oe-
acting the part of ..country school- C. ?"T T. -
of honor and emo
There is no calculating'the importance
which my, new r dignity has bestowed
on me 4hat is, in my own estimation.
It is a matter of little consequence what
other people think, providing they don't
minK too loud. Uut as Ion as I wield the
birchen rod and "'porte Pair Isavarit," I
think there are fewswho will have the te
merity to insult me. The Schoolmaster
appears to be the only peradri in the world
on whom poverty sits yith grace, or with
whom it. ,i justifiable. The: thread-bare
coat or the, half-worn hat ttoes not in the
least detract from,' his- dignity they indl
cate a mind superior to the little vanities
Which i n ti u en ce man kind in 'general.
rriumg nimseu on nis intellectual treas-
the preatevt ativantare to my iros(ecta
in life ; hut by throwing me stillnie upoo -iny
own guidance, and increasing thymieans of aslf-
iiKiuigence by tne liberal allowance tor my ex-
ponces, it iiicreaseM in equal tletrrt-e tne powfrr
of tenptatio.nfnndT have to look back on the tHne
pent in ooUeffe as more marjc d by nrolvcjency
irt extravag'ance.' and juvenile vict, than sci-
erttifk: attainment. - Yet Uie means of ifhnrjm
is'- r tt ; - ; :";.-. 'l 1
mem Mrere limy wiimn myjeaciit anq inai i "
not profit more is wholly my: orn fault. . The
priiesars in me ain:rcnt aepartmnts were
hie men, and the regulations, of -the intilu-.
lirtn trood . in themselves: , but their", were not
enforced with the; vigilance 'hivi precu.
on necessary to. make tliern emcicnt. in that
moral discipline so supremely , important' at Jbis
pf riotl ot lilts Except at the hours appropriated
tq the lectures, my VimejWHa atony pwn disposal
Und though expected io attend prayers every
norning in the college chapetr absence v not
hut from some ccider d acemum'odulion to pro- i": . .
pr'eTVy in surrctt'lerx 1 Vlfte.oiKnTona of "others. -iV
. lndcerl e knuron - Mae 1 hsd mtnvTiow 1.
erV t.ew; wa jio't'tif eseripticff'to enpigfr
the; Attention, o'aMyin'rmedTraln3C I soon fojnd ?V
ioa t knew jnore oj ine cnptHfytrjtl pjembryiT
... L; r.'V?-
wan uie preaciiers, arwi ws v m enonsrh to thinks V ' ' r
tftat I n rcrortcl them better -and crtuTlppljr CX1
tbem more correctry, tlutn'tlie Velt-me?n tog; pers Jsn "
hanv butccruialv most JB,ftorant:.nrtalifiiili1 i ili
,
i
andlpf jcq S"'ev' iniuious 5 men. who'iinneired. a
round in llig rhD
Btttn I hanri no spiritual sense as yet quickcneoV
i rriej jthe nreaebmr of the ctdssj even FronT.n
nffe wouldhvebeeri tome astb'ilse Greeks v'
pf ol(fooliAness.s-'UDbs wlwt miracle of lon - j f L
m niiitni, n ilic WU. fKl pro 1-
vokeA to cut me off .LvWTiat Afmircle of erace'J'v
tnt 1 am peripittedo think and n k of it, itul f
tj? adore the T Ches of his mercy in Eiigttrg met v t
to aijCMet mind J',?-" 'V - -;r . C,
; It yas In tfie j eir 1810 that it pTcVsed God in'tf t
et my mind nt workrnd cT .'luaUv to brir.fr me " 4 '
o doubt J he dark aecurty.of my inawkene
sthte.' But I ;ht not, conscious of any peculil
pleasures. attacnea to noveriy, x uarc au 1 far frorn ever having
innottu hi ties for discovering them I Z.paM doubtful in'-mV.'minriH
"r r 1. -' 1- k - - 1 j .
lthat aTnothesi3 bas been set to rest, lor- :n (he rteirhborhooil o
passage? me yay on w men aurccu tune, at all events Jie made me no answer,
drora iwioi.waa ucdUMim im but jEipetl at me asm ti tnaa oeen ine
son- Every thing ore an animating as- Grind Turk, or some;wild beast, and as
pect, nature had just emerged from win- he turned to go away, he gave me a side-
; The bird when Winter shade the sky: ;
:j -J'Fiy o'er the seas wstfty;
1 V here laughinsr isles in siinshihe lie
; And summer breezes play -
And thus;the friends that flutter r,cart
: When lortunessun is warmf ")t 9
lit DJOIIirM I -t VllUVl 'CT4Iy
And fly before4 the storm." ;
- s
.If however, vou are desirous of secu
ring to your bosom a friend, that will not
forsake you when thei sunshine of your
prosperity becomes overshadowed by the him from the contumely of the rich, and number not exceeding fifteenfromthe
one in tne numuier waiKs, ui uie, wueijc oi respect. l5Ut 1 must conclude. 1 he the students permitted, to board in the, ta.
uuvau uanu iaai iv iia umvuiioviuuo w iiuur nu at iv cu lur nit n resume Um U!2- ! yrrnvoneisewiirrc as suixea iirera, i nis every
worth, neglected ana unKnown amwst nitonal chair. The little frv are already wny injurious, ana most unwise permission, pre-
obsctvre recesses, sequestered hamlets. & assembled on the sreen, in front of the ttd.eilities for 'disstpatton -whih- wool4;iot:
humble cotta-es. But where there is school-house, an lmdcin
much
tie sincerity.
..a: u'..- 'iC. .. : k sti'Ctly noticed, and very shfeht esatsea wrre
ftuu ftuuwni" ine UIIUUl UlllCC WUICU I JmU.J , - ifi,nl in). k...k ' :e.i.t...
is aLiacnea to tnem, ne contemplates witn a9 entirely optional, and the -great subject ofl
&luiu iiiuuificutc uie guiier anu pomp oi i reugion ; wnouy unanenaeu io - tne student
wealth, tits' character and office ?exemnt I Were required to board m college , buttrom tlie
kenett
citHar-
uiAHieiit or orcumsisncsf tbatliri.t led me t5
cnskl6ritioos1ofthe kmd.'; s'l t
'I As I w asth emanaRc t of my wn etat wldcl. s-.
erimprlsed a set of mill-as weiri lanttiow, ',"
about two .miles "distant from eah othW," I iwa
of CQirsmu'ch' akme at tes.st in that' kindof sot-
itude!; wnLcluglves, the mind opportunity to com-
.Kin, irnujijv'n ii violin ujr i um jivm tnre ur'
tTe other Jandt while aunerintenduir thetabcnuM -
of my people, that trajn of tlioij;hv to which- ...
prcjiwsiraitoetner unaccostomeune-
jratftcT occupy Jmy 'aUetltion;"ahd, though; ds
oilseed bnceand sraio -vuuld still nreturn' and
hjevcrv.rtfturo'tuldinterest me,iora ?snd
ed, concerned my condition as an accountable
cteatiiTe; wir bejreaddy-imMpnetti s 'alaothat
, . t'f'
' if -
t - F.j
perfidy
ters chains, and joyous ateremancipa-t I ling look which is ipdescribable.
tionV smiled yoltuousryi ine piacia jn order to get to the: Canal, we were
mfofthspabuab orjna obligedoJgo up ai small stream, . called
Norfolk harbour, presentedjaicheeriDjj i)eepr Creek, which . feeds its northern
jpectaele ta 'ope aUeisure to ntemp!ate section: We arrived at the Canal about one
en its rippfeshenumetboats pljmg waf: af very quick runDirtner was served
backwards aridf fbrwardstsseli )fya- up Dy the Dismal Swamt! boy, whom I
tos: uescripiion8,j2Wiin "ir auyas icaUed dismal John altogether tor there
tTCadt6tt4io6",ihe4 fireezerrtHe.i towns 1 -weire ' more' dismal qualities combined in
hands, that a minute ago Were elevated
in the air, remain now listless byi their j
i t i . i i .
suie. i am almost maucea to cry outj
of Portsmouth nhd Gosport on the d is-
hnt shore, and that monument Ot our
cou1atry'6atitucie hufity, the
vat Asylum- occupying a prominent situ
ation tto thr riffht. formed altogether,
him, than ever were concentrated in any
son ot Auan:that ever crossea my vision
Treachery.' and
canopies and spleudid pala
ces. ,
: But a truce to philosophy. And a thou
sand pardons for baving permitted my in the language of the poet,
accustomed to follow the wanderinars of
my mind, that it is with dimculty that I
can ever keep it within the bounds of
reason.S .
I ; left the reader in expectation of a
thunder storm the vessel fastened to the
embankment of the canalthe Capti and
j
dullness with which credit
pectation. The ball remains hbs 'obtained frolipeliliins ' whose "BalculatSons
motionless at their feet, and their I little jtsrere formed on the heedlessness and improvi?
Delightftd ta8 t-o rear the tender mmd l
And teach the young idea how to shoots '
.. - C; B.
Winton, N. C. April 19, 1830.
THE
IiATE BlSH0t;RAVENSCKOFTa
ACCOUNT OF HIS OWN CONVERSION.
Ana the ainner it was a
Vtt rnf
r'StiualtttPR-.it walone ' that would which wouldhave ben.a pretty situation
- . - -i . . ,- ' -r i x - ' -i ir - ' t i . r - lz i i l j i
a VervJlriTroS nS ffht J1S We receUeit irom k- AA WnW of W Hrfh or th enougn lor a roraauuc lover m jus teus.
ihe wharves. t;was no ntdwe delineate. "
passea tne ravy ;i aru anu uie.na.ruou r.ui . ; , .
ferfolkV.fwjth'il ideas and curious
closed upon my vision, .that' I -began, to reflections came across my mind as
circumscnue mj ooservaupns u i elided "alonr the Canal.: The scenery
around me was well calculated to pro
duce unique reflections. On each side an
almost impenetrable forest presented it-
self, while beyona the emrjanKments a
person would have sank to his armpits in
mud arid waeK JThe Canal is 22f miles
nondescript, crenr PalinS heir jespects , to Morpheus
ch witli the -r1??5 ck !n meditation ;
or for a man civen to Quixotism. The
former could have sighed bis soul away in
solitude the latter could-Jiave fancied
himself a Commodore thel little vessel a
ship j of the line the Canal, the Helles
pont ' or;' releponessus.' Hut the storm com
dence of yonth, temptation whs divest ed-iof all
an evu wiucn l ocueTeiueiius aii semntanes ot
fearmn and forms Ot)e of the greatest obstacles
t their real, usf lulness,'- and one -oPthe must
fruittul nursenes'of vice. -mAs such; it ought to
be met and resisted . by. tne, whole power of vthe
communuy, ana Dy uie arm , or tne law innici
in severe pecuniary penalty, independent
iif the loss j (of "debt contracted ami1 even in
prisonment of the person convicted of eirmg
scredit to J student at any cole?e,,or other pub
he seminary of learning- Some S'ich provision.
h ap . e.irsto me, is essential io iue puoiic use
fulness of such institutions ; and if enforced with
due Vigilance by the ptojft;S3ors,n whose name,
i 'I i t. ; ' 1 A .": ...il
ami ai wiiudc jinsiiuicc, iu& ijrosfuuuou sinmiu
oe carriea on, waniu go .tar lo.nqqupteraci mi
increasing mischuf. And when.it is considered
oii the rview'lyiound it bad enoocrb- This
iTO8t)a,difn$ultthin 4
out, nnr as yet a a there appear much uitucuuy
u reforming what I Could, not justify. .-' i
j ' -n-Mtitii(CMi aa pusamnaie lemper, wim - t
mosl sinful .(id .liateful hsb,if of profane awear s
mjr.Nin wnicn i was ?a -great pxuncientj fWerw-; my
mopen ahd'beseUin.sinju: -.iuna Mvwtftr, '
I cptisid'-red asjwhhiit iny btrn mlrpl? ind Jai j
such s t forth witn'abmit-ameridiitcr tlienv but
without any relunce upon GikI fpr ht lporwith-- I
pyt muchif any imprasion flti-lt was at, all i
heedful n. this endeavor at reVi mationt-hicU f ,H.
it nlcsseu God tliiis to oermit me - to makei" T . . -1-
went on prosp -rotisly for ,a iseasonv stid began to
pride myself n thrftjself-comnund I eetyed ' to
shown me, and when ;- temptation again a?sniledL
me, all my boasted self-command Was but as
f osh against 'the vWalhj ' I fUTtenred to' paV-
sion; and from passitrp to blaspbenry. : When1 Y'
: i-'- -a..- --ti-....
ciiktihi reueu upon hi, v.ien it. w as .. xjjht, , iar .
t he first time 1n?my life, 1 Wis sensible of some '
thinglike' concern- some consciousness 1 of
Though a native of Virginia, heingljom in the
county of Prince George, in the year A772, of
which State my progenitors, as tar back as I have
been able to trace them, with the exception of
my maternal grlndfather, were also natives my (thai the practice iff giving credit to mlnorsttivdrr
first recollections are of Scotland, my ? parents isitchcircumstances is a stab aithe very vitals
having removed from Virginia .the same year in iof society hardly any penalty can be considered
wntcn was oorn ; ana, uiier an interval or aDoui too severe.!.
While I thus waHkediaccorihrtT to tfte course of
tnifijwarldt fulfilling Vie desires, of the
out wail mg to examine farthcrr-J hastily' con1- 'u' 1
eluded toexerroyelf more hearaljv'and yet;- )
to command myself thorough tr." - ''' f
fallen intd'a mood ofi contemplation oc
casioried by passing; tHe Coryette Jgn!
.Aishentting out for Sea. -Three
veafs hefore, I had arrived j inrthat-xShip
I Irom theJJVest Jri?8, ariflejr most auspi-
tioas circumstances. 4, )$te ,haa -not at
tha period contracted my - brow. r sJT was
VfuiTio-J and nnftpa4d sl heart as licrlit as
aqytarthat everreefetl a torn he Expert
prospects' were bright -and glowing, my ment of human enterprise hot in gran
yoang-ana
antici
strangers i 6
nappy, s noyr
two years spent in the north ot ii.nglanri? pur
chased arid settled finally inthe south ofScotland,
where my mother and two sisters still vesicle.
Here I received the rudiments of my education ?
menced and rather than any of my read- and I feel bound to record, that I owe much to
ers should , get wet, I will introduce-them the custom there- established of . making the
into our cabin; which under any other Scriptures a school book a j custom;! am griev-
and academies among us, but denounced as iin
lUStlbable in doing. 1 am bot very fasti- nroner. if not iniuriousl Althou-h I was uncon-
in lensthind contain. Iflve locks. The hay'ng enced.l.le a I .t UUW 'Sy "StS
T7- n' i ,i n nolo Jnfnimoaiucauons; ourtne nauseous smeu inar.i,,vcr "7 uuu5wi iwnw ucn.cu,
Erie Canal and all Other Canals Sink into - - , , J . r .t.- what meres 1 icmorv relained of their 1 fe-c-ivine-
riu w aaifraissiiM iihiiiiih iiiu r". I'livri- w u -
r - - ' r , . x i I truths, proved of unspeakable adviintage twnea
fcM muu., Ttto 4ouol, tuwiiuiK.. it K-c'ame.awakeftetl onthe subiect oftre & on :
am consiruneci to oeneve, inat wn m was
inconseiously sown in my heart, tho s mo-
red and, choked by the levity ot youth, and
bused and perverted by the negligence and sin-
utness of my riper. yeis; was ' nevertheless a
preparation f Heaven's foresight and mercy, for
grace to quieiten me-a migijty neip .io my am:. 7,
ed and confounded' stMil,' when - brouaht to 1
just view of my actual condition as a sinner,both
warm imaginauon reveueo in deur not in maginififeence not in extent I 7 . . - -';" " 4
niiut n oicnrtt' friPnrt milPl1. I il . -i Tr.ikiKU. -.rlUecIOsT ll UcvUnsai Y to ilttYC CYtl v avenue I imim
.1. .1 . jL.-i.itiv' .n.r t ...Aa 1 ' . r if in3ff. ftv wntcn air was accessin e.i c
oKeu vniuuiautuuv itu i art over naturei. A lhe uenetn 01 ( time ; . -: - . . - ; 1
changed; hbv7?a31Jhqre, whicK elamed from its commencement. 1 here were out three pirws in the caoin f
versed Jhescene thought I to myseil, as tot Hs completion; is suffieientimdence of H.,I -1UA VUY w,c
,I thr tlirdifllculty attending its construction, were lumbered with goods. Twas obh-
IhttlomeiJ Btheoblest bulwaTka of nature must fed to s eep onjhe locken with my coat
dt The K Captain who wak I scrawny yield: to' science and human, enterprise.- R1 ,ch was my condor five
1ooHgTtnp1iaiC Thelmbankments of this Canal aVe firm, fubqnentgMs. There is but one man
lmmrr: and one side presents aslgood a turnpike ;mi the world ;besides Capt.. Basil, Hall,
darnatioUemiicholy, wpntyou take a lto be found! anv where in the coun that I xouldwish in the same situation 5
the "mxndf 'the custom apd 'manners of geuteel s-
ciety 1m posed .some degree ofrestraint upon my
putwara aepavtment f iandtuex respect ireaiiy
entertained forsome excellent .p;eianavh$ fa.
vored roe with their notice and regard, preserv
ed me from open debauchery. Strangejcrea-
tures we can submit to some restraiutSc com-i
nianu onraeives io some sen-ueniai, ipr jiue praise
of nan, Hat is a twwm, while we madly defy the
omnipotent G61 1 We can , be influence'd!hy,lh
fear of x fellow creatirre, Awhile thereis
God befart aiir eyet. ' "What other- proof q??
neetl to ibnvince"us that we are fallen creaturrs.
1 i liuring-i these my endeavoufs. Jibwever. lha
scriptures were xnntp and more the objeci'of my
attention, nd ,pm;t them bega"U 'gradually tt
discover f whst rt was' very -loath to admit) thS
uue aic una .coiuiuiou . or; uaian nainre..
What little 1 had lattly come tojknow of - mv-V
self., however, and U thst knew of the world j-"
seemed o ..rise tup as stronrf'prfthatlhadocV!
trine of our natural depryiy , wstrue J Wil
ling however, to, esrApe . from rj, 1, resorted to i
the subterfuge jof. two' many among nsthat ?
what we find in the scriptures If !jtgnrtttittlj ttt-' '
-pressed,- and is thtrrefjrei, hot to be taken in tbt 4
stnciircss o tne leuer, v uut ffly..own experience 1
was to Bei the 'expositor, of, tho.worJ.vyAffiMn,!. :.
a"nd;gift -werVrayi seVf-rigtileon ernleavouri
foiled and defeated much as 'at the lirst i aml. J
humbled, and confonndtdV I became alsrmed ai- '
what- must ibe the-isue if r was thusio reihaln
the sport of passions I. could ndt comtnanrL , tjtei
prey 01 sin-a ?couirt, not..ciunuen, Somethioffi
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spiritqajly .dfd, and must ctfhtinu Such, tilesa. hke prayer would Hw from. my lips;' buf if' was -
quickened into iyv bGoa Tas Hofx GHpsTj the prayer.of a heart haeVkiewjoi arigli - '
yThese rest raints, hit wlveryxouldt have con it ownRgue- 0jie mure effort was' to be? -
tinned to operate for any length lof tfmejigainst rnade,' anl'with' greatcrctimspection Stlul't
tl.e natural tendency of vice torw.iX wotueand w&lch over myself for some' weeks " Stlfl did i' K
worse i aiid-tbajj became" not totally and me- continue: however, rot; search in and meditation? 'V ,
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fuem. '' ij,naanoi irr iooic aiar ;nior tncirtloc
lrim -K.irmiikniint ? I iln- Lv; k. -2-.i.J -" i.ii wi:ww ana that is toe aumor oi tne rieasures
clineaflakingajiiyr; iibt because jI am Cttv passes" aloiig Jihis I turnpike! The
aversetoi principal feeder of ! thel Canal h Ijalce
odaterrbut-bewusId Drummond, a large ; sheet .of water in
mament feel) antinclina)Liohto fevet my the middle of the Swamps The water of
tv histl e. Maybe; says Ivei be pul I- the Canal is Impregnated with Juniper
.d an enormous jeofjtobatcut aiid is of a rqddish cast. . This arises
his. month andlaidMr' care full vliV'hnith fnrtm ' l, I.,m,Ljif 'ln'ivu
. w - ... m - -t - -t - 7 j f 1 1 1 um j - liic 1 liiuiii'ii .r: 11 11 111 k a ua una kf v.a - . - . . . i :
V comnanrdwaymiy: trees! rowihin the swamn. After uaW- navigation is uaa, ine stream running tnro j arguments may beroughtaiMp
u.'r.-AiQ.ur- Mr-i'i U - -ir,:. ., .i1. ;r-iilw CVnress bwamo-' lor .t.ie distance 01 we can repiv.tnatjt is a meansjjtgra
e Canal wel haitett tor V V:rL. "L 1"! rvomised to bless ahdhVke rtcc uL
teninr oar vessel aloni?' " U.1c.a"u-Dr 410 '" terthdiJu
vamwispulersVot this worm -that
should te'ioViVt:.Aff D riQnt v .i.i, Pble our,vessei nearly to liiizaoetn. iity, nians f children cannot com
TV' rnp nest thimr tl,.t m s .w,f,in T l: .a..i: w..tr,L' frame uauci juuiicu'vu vuc a" --fn . ;,(,. n.
m mi f U 1 woMiia- o oaves ana sucKiings
i senieu io oeconie my wire; in;;my,z isi ' year. i
I Kit n.lnrs onrt hv bmpIicp iU ithnill IhK hlr 1 I'K.a ;Wmfmn' n Ih.rniiM. ntl
' I might, like thousands of others, have wander-; rriyjife I abandoned .the. study .of lawad em- chfldt Lha4 known them tIuis'iarttiough now?' , i
l edina bewildered state, the prey of, many de- braced a country lifed voting myself to agH it Was that ilijeir UVipjV proot waaio be kperil V
i ; lusjons engendered jb'y the anxieties of a distur- cultural pursiiits. Thus removed from. ibeternp enced. Vrbe whole, I believe, was to oe'midW " '
of bed and ignorant mind, .or by the fanaticism ofi 1st ions and ; facilities'to vicewhlch ouf cities tculepend, on itiy sequtescencem ' the lurtiine A ,
enture to become; plsant occupation n' my farm, -and my tlomcs done,' spiritually dead and helpless Jrt oursele's - (v " 1
lis reason .it 4i.tlur tic happiness, studied and promoted by the affecf und soU.fiiml it; .'if "J -': . ' j
ministry, in press-! tionate; partner of my life-my years rolledoss r Xgaia and dreadfullyTdid I fall from'my'oW 4 . I
hose who have the, happilwere the pre3enH'telone to be pro; Meadf4anMs-teurptltlon'like, tfmijhtg man ihhf '
of furnUhipg their vided- fmas- could reasoeably .bei!tirW.;Tle shwtc&ty rrasin bfJVihe, awept. my trthgth
he trsurespf dfersonal regard I enterlained;for ;my 4wif m before it, cafriedway my rtsolutionjts"SHmp s-
uVjjtamjh "creased to the h!ghest4sfeem,ra.hdl-eyen r.ee- son didlhe gates of iGaza. 4; returned' :o thet?-Vr .r"'
Mhafssofti ration, siSthe., virtue qfliefcharacterv opened housed convinced of.'m'y-eWft be1nlessneos.ot' ci 1
hf racticej I upottjoe; while,,, the prudence and discreOon j 1 my native depravity,, jfml- Uut-ttf spiritual thmgV v i" I .
Pi. lit l.fU1' I h.a LnnXi'i til.1 rtaktlna llu fl AV firvVklt .w.,a . .nn...n -i t J 1 lt".l . e i :"; . i ,i . , '-v I I I
hen has! ous dissiDated habits, t SKe Was a woman of hitfh in me' dwelt na vaedlhlin.': 1 lbrv wiv.ir ' I
V iMo matf Itii-inciDJe and of a verv irideDCndent character ; I mv bed 3n mv nrivtite room -I wpni T hKi' - -i i'iv
is obiecUd 1 whSt;she dMl not anhrove of. she would not smile IThVfi was slinweduntif irie tetWVtatiltiw'lf Tv-ti. - 1 i
the I tinou i vet she tnevir. erave me a crs$ word.; uir Ito an arm of flesh. Tb en did it nLA:Kv -". f fN- I !
prehend suchdeCnjan ilbiatured lookliii lieriifei:andm the iiventy-itoVoint my bewildered view to him who i-th' l t
God,we know, isi three years? jt pleased; God to spare' her to nifi Lo;l mrifcoune.t;-TUen was I enabTe iri 1
ndiliers. and aid oftkeln'ch wus hp riisrretiAti 'that thoii?li I nfteh aCl l!inntbrr ctpiKtriK iK'nmrt'iTirt.iriin; i,ra ..Z ".--V" 't - I
to perfect his prais. i otherwise than she cmld hsve wis'ned me i I From -that rnometit my bt setting sin v of riroranei C l - f
'-rT.-TTi . .t b -vr.--;t -!&uAui'f. ,tiiu.reKecuun which were auy twuiEt, uoi 1 , . . :ivr :T7
nuvia neap 01 notion tp join UmyslffWy enviable. . .The day wliicbbad been unu- IC1 auuut trCMv ,MW" , No matter, though it 1e argued,' that it isvam, dp,aadhough she was faithful to, reprove we, wer ng was overcome; snd to ihbraWenv bar ' v
cou suaUy plemnt for the season, closed ra- J was -surprised to see 30 many vessels ,f not actually r wrong toforce their mtuds tore- there'never ka a qurrel betweeb ncpen, fcoubled me 110 more;; Jiat ei wMs mticti to W ''
iiV thatof liefsuadirig peoplei nottoMrlttk. thVr ioVientAiiUr - Clouds indicative of trading from different ports in orth Itgion, and thus give tliem a distaste,' and.eveji ed her mndWih-.msm, audU her tongue vas done, whteh tbeaaoieiwiouafrnd-of a
AVliMisterRum la aJ chlSSlIS1 11.? a K. Carolina for Norfolk. Scarcely 'an antipathy agamst it. 'Alas r what a-6fi,msy sub- the law ofjandnes! So . that, when -she, left me: jiieneraontinued to.aiippry V and M lead pm - .
MKl-or? a thunder Storm, gathered in the western 5nt nAi without nassinc a ve&el terfuge of unbelief and opposition o God s' and torabetterworld.it Was an exceeding" comfort, step by step; to pracluini his saving nsme,' aV3- -
hprizon , towards - sunset andlere the Jour w yet what liumbcrs'tre .vayedby it ! j?or,.ist to me; tliat I could )ook back upon iHtle to declare his mightr power openly tSthe wirS? .
eshaiy?e:ahle tged ipbthing twilight had givehiway to the dusky lcd Ylh SvCrU?t UCe lrNor" thought wrong, or even improper, to font their reprb.ch myself with, respecfmg.her)t ojilydiis,1 .aWknouiWarfrof K
hues of night distant ,pealaf; thunder
Tf0f ciuit ih? ear. The lofty Cypress waved
?amai-ca. fever mournfully, and .the Juniper bowed its
aad ague l heatl gracefully, as now and then, a fevlst
OTPIW ;iuitV and ofwind came sweeping and sigliiitg across
Its shoves are'sKirted' with "some ery
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pretty resraeuces, aaauifu uie 1 reservoir ii,,.-
taste
aea Uie bottle oUtS XOntentS. xTheaelA rno : SaaZA r. nrWnt Wl vrv uuc. uauc ,ne low.oi uoq,-aua goooness, a rorceo..inat s, she was oaptisea Haying pfit
uigrves of mpnn 1 i Imv whornJ th. P4ht 7 i v Vii r Vui. ..T,rXf of the country bordenng on .the" Sound an unnatural state; to us spiritually dead and one: she came: to-years&f d
ismil Sr.t .n.i,t,n 1.0.1 1 t,ti li. ?n . .n i .i .- . I IN ortoiK. -1 lnoeeu" JNorioiit appears to ot I . , v, . l.. .iri-Z-.utril ,
:ken by.hts W mi, h Kn .nellowed tn to section, at hfladelphia.lSto relgW instruc4ontrom tbeailiesCyearsitolUcVaSivW
rthe feer;m' ir nuiJLii .Wcst-Xers'ey r; C '.M his children, or to trust them Jrfa schoolwbere i .llutthouch my majriagre
btirable amT Tt ' ' v jTT " Wtf Arrived our place bfdeitbiatjoit i the;Bible is excluded asa class book. $ great change mmy outw
Wr ""yyt9-v'1" wc urs-j - - 'ti.-luJ '.Jtr came neceSAty to return to virgtma,- to loot at- la thoui'iit oi religion.'
s,' if we must use jhe;,words .toany othr that but for the last jRve-years of our union, .Hhad I aptl a murttuiiesala do, wittiout-c6nidetVv J.
:h of learning ? and jet the danger .of dls- tuy-senseof herreal.valueor Gods good-, .nr tbaany 'tiling depended on my be(rrg a niem-f !.r;tv J
. and erer of antipathy, to human sciences; nessin giving her, to me, or any fommunion with bcr'oflie Church of Christ, or that any difficult
beenually great. Besides, is not tliis db- her in the; lovexf that Saviour who hadVJbeen ty existed as to what wasalid what Was noitrulv -
state oh fallen creatures, and religion, not fotmally a professor tbev Church An whveh inat.onsli.to which the' Christian world is ; split 'a
ove oi uwi. -auu crooiiiess. a rorcea. mat s.isne w as oantisett Harms' oeen cast uown Dtrioreinn. 'I a-f oriteretl " not?ufur nwr 'tn- n. 'v. ,i
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--, ..... - - "vvi-ii MyvM iii.j(mu ici.iunjtaM;u ui mo ' ii ; - .- -vir:' 1 --t w -JL0 i? r I came necessary to r
api. a good opportunityiofirflisplayvJ buddingsof ambitionthe tender admo- departure. . her the reck oftt property my seventeenth
l!?v.?lubUiiy bf fbnd andMoatinff parents-ana l? VlV?tf year, accrdinglya was separated iWfll 1 had
rhevbourof deatli.. (0 1 pra--t'.tal trligion, with jsucb a' systeni of discl A- I
v fn m v . viirii. i rvi voa cuiniinvpn in nnnmm . t n . s. ... ...... - t .- : . . i .
cave a saviour ami 1 equirauon 01 xne society mis 1 mougnt 1 founa f
t ' .Cs A , Hi .ai'Odv of tJhrmtians called ItepuUiean KUtclKa -?
certainly produced VI dwf .-' ami infiuenced 4n no smart decr?e bv ner 7
ard" cotoduci Iv,was ie-1 3fjb frieiMdship for one of ie r prt acber. Mr. i.''
aasererj-wuuout.evsn 1 jonn lioDinson, 01 unarioiie counxy, my we ana s",--
or jor.ee opemnjr the uibie 1 my sett tooic roemuerMnip with rthem.' At thi ;s.
for eighteen years, to learn whiit Cod'the Lord I time; howeTtrtBeylul;no church organized '
should sriyl or once beriding my knees in prayer rwithmKah of my dwelliog, ouly atmo'ithly an
to hiny on w hom my all depended 1 and though Ifjointment for preaching at one of the old church- -.
twice in thU time broutrht to the rates of death I es'1ebmitea'ai'.(; : .. . ' ' r :' .:"."
mas-i by ikknesij;tnouaeasvtlimight of aa berefter iIt::wasootveiy.-1ong, however, before- this
iL-nowani 1 ine lauu is cicYiiicu 1 uie wa- i ever; Known. ; anu mat was near 10 me: or. laiiaea
ntAi:m inMT.nV m.l in'V.ririma Mew-Year', lav. 17&)- atn,i.-
i ne-!. v.uturocn my. mas, : &q true is lac expression wxnx wa iupcv gawiwui .ivjf c ucr ux
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