Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 7, Richmond, Wayne County, 24 April 1824 — Page 4

'FROM TH RUSSIAIS.I GOD. 0 thou Eternal One! whose pretence bright, All space doth occupy- all motion guide: Unchang'd through Time's al! devastating; flight, Thou only Gd ! There is no God beside. Being- above all beings! Mighty One' Whom none can comprehend and none explore; Who fill's! existence with Thyself alone : Embracing; all supporting ruling o'er Being, whom we call God and know no morel In this sublime research, philosophy May measure out the ocean deep may count The sands, or the sun'a rays but, God ! for thee There is no weight or measure; none can mount Up to thy mysteries. Reason's brightest spark, Though kindled by thy Hs;ht, in vain would try, To trace thy counsels, infinite and dark; And thought is lost ere thought can soar io high, Even like past moments in eternity. Thou from primeval nothingness didst call first, chaos, then exitence Lord, on thee Eternity had its foundation: all Spring forth from thee; of light, joy, harmony, Coleoncio all life all beauty, thine. Thy word created all, and doth create: Thf splendor fills all spice with rays divine. Thou art, an 1 wrrt, and shall be, glorious! great! Liff-gmug, life-sustaining potentate! Th chains the unmeasured universe surround; Lpheld by Thf-e, inspired with thy breath! Thou the beginning with the end hast bound, And b mtif'ilU minted life and death! As sparks mount upwards from the fiery blaze, S suns are born, o worlds pring forth from Thee; And as the spangles in the sunny ray s Shine round the silver snow, the pageantry Of Heaven's bright army glitters in thy praise. A midion torches lighted by Thy hand WthI r uiiwfaried through the blue abyss: Thev owo thy iw r, accomplish thy command, AM cv with iifV, all eloquent with nhss. What sl. tll we call thie piles of chrt stal light? A gloriotn ooruinny of -olden 're"ims! -Lamps ofcpletial ether Lurum? bright? Sru Jichting sy tems with their joyous beams! Hut ti.ou to these art as the noon to night Te! as a drop of water in the sea, All ti. magnifies nrv ii )ot: What an. ten thousand worlds compared to Thee? And what am I then! Heaven's unnumbered hoat, Though multiplied by myriads, and array'd In all the glory of sunl'imest thought, I but an atom hi the balance weighed Against thy ereatmss; is a cypher brought Against infinity; What am I then ? Nought, Nought But the efluence of Thy light divin, Perr.tdmg world, hate reach'd my bosom too; Yes: in my spirit di.th thy spirit sknfe, A shines the sun-heam'in a !rop of dew. Ito-J'ht: but I lire, and on hope's pinion's Qj Eager toward thy preeuce; for in Thf e " I liv , nnd t re the, and dwell : 1 lift my eve Ev'n to the throne of thv divinity ; - 1 am, OG d; and urefy Thou must BCf T-""i art, directing, Cni dins: all, Thou art; Direct my un ler-tanding then to Thee; Control my s. int, guide my wanderincheirt: Tr mch bit an ntom uudst immensity, Still I am omthing fashioned by Thy hand : I hold a mi Idle rank 'twixt heaven and earth, On the last verceof mortal b-ing t ami, Close to the realms wh re aiiirel hav their birth Jut on the Sounrinne of thr pirit land. Th.- chain of bein is e. tnj lcte in me ; In me n mttter's 1 tt cradation lost, And the next tep i spirit Deity ! 1 can r.mron I the luhtnmc, ami am dat! A monarch, arid a slave, a worm, a Grd! When e came I hi re, and how o ri .inelIoulv Corr-tnt'd and etmrei ed, nnki.ou n ? This clod l.iv. s jrdy through .;? higher en rgy ; For fromhiiuM it ahnr it could nut he. Cr a! r! Ye, thv wivlom and thy word ( . real" d me! Thou source of lijv- ;it,4 pond! Thou s irit of my spirit, and ray Lord I h light, th love in their ! n. ht i It mttnU.

Fili'd me uith an immortal soul, to s; ring Over the aby ss of death, and hade it wear Thr -garments f etrn il flay, and wing lt heavenly flight hey r-nd thi s; r. re, liven in its co ir to Thee its Author there. thought ini titt le; O viion bt: Though worthies our cnre; tions all of Thee. Yet shall ty shadowed image fill our breast And waft it homage to thv Ii-it v. Cod ; thus alone my lowly thought's ran soar, Thus seek thy pr enre Hemg Wie;,nd good, 'Midst thy vat work, admire, obey, adore ; And when the tongue is ehvpient'no more, Tilt SOULSHAUPEAK!- TEARIOFfi R ATITUDS.

she was convinced that she was a sinnef a

gainst God : and she was at a loss to know

what she must do to be saved. Believing

that the Spirit of God had been teaching i i e r i i-

ner, and convincing ner oi sin, ior wuicn she seemed truly penitent, I thought it my

duty to direct her at once to Him who came

to seek and save the lost, and who invites

the weary and heavy-laden sinner to come

to him for rest. Several promises came to my mind, which I recited to her, telling her

that they were given by God in his word,

in order that she miiiht hope in his mercy.

On my mentioning this her eyes seemed to

sparkle with joy, &, the gloom on her coun

tenance began to depart, bhe said, "Are such promises made to guilty sinners in the word of God?" I assured her they were;

and encouraged her to believe them for her-

iself. After praying with her, in which

uuiy i louna HDcriy oi spirit at uie uiionc of grace, I left her. I went to see her a few times afterwards. I found her becccunrj

more and more acquainted with the way cf

salvation, under the teaching, chiefly ot the unerring Spirit of God. The last time I

called at her house, 1 learned that she had

departed this life, and had desired her at

tendants to tell me, that "she died a wit

ness of the peace of God in her soul, and

hoped to meet me in heaven. JV. x. Obs

FROM THE EDINBURGH REVIEW.

The proneness of human nature to look out of this world, and beyond this life, is

one oi its strongest propensities, nnd one

c 1 M ' most connected with the better parts of its composition. There is thus a tendency to cling by every thing that, partaking of the marvellous and supernatural, seems to furnish a more direct and precise proof of Divine agency than the lights of reason alford,

BENFFIT OF RU'ROOF. Let th nshteou, smi(r lt sha hr a tin. Bess; ami let him re rove me, t hall be an excellent oil, which -hall not break my head." " Somo years ago;' siys a writer in the Vesl,.yan Methodist Magazine, as I was passing along Tooley-Mreet, near London Bridge, I was grieved at the profane expressions which were uttered by two watermen who were conversing in" the street. I passed by without speaking to them; for my "heart was not free to it." However, my conscience reproved me for not reproving them; and I had a conflict between the fear of man and a sense of dutv. It was suggested to my mind that I should be abused by them, and do no good. I, however, turned back & spoke to them (in what I have always found the most successful manner) in as friendly and affectionate language as I could. They hoth rect iv ed the reproof m very good part, and heard attentively what I had to say to them on the evil oi profane swearing and the awful state fn which feared they were. One of them was an elderly man, of the name of Web!, who immediately invited me to go home with him saying, that his wife was very ill, confined to her bed, and he knew she would be glad of a v..t from me. I accompanied h.m to his bouse in Crucitixdane, Hermondeey where I was introduced to the alllicted and aged woman; and on inquiring into her state, I found that she was in great distress of mind. She wasawnrc th.it lur -if.

flictiou would probably terminate iu death i

.- r - i . . no violate their conscience, and, as thev believe offend their God. In our new constitution si)s he, "we tell all men, in one breath, to worship God as they please and in the next breath, expose them to fine and imprisonment if they do so. Olyes! says that supreme law of the state, you may be a Quaker in religion, but if you act up to what that religion requires, we will extort your money from you iu the true sprit of Rubin Hood. Indeed, if Robin lhtdy or Rob Roy, and his associates, had made this constitution, in this respect they would not have made it worse. I believe they would have made it better: For a more infamous legal or constitutional provision never disgraced the annals of any country. While it remains unrepealed and while we continue to imprison honest but unfortunate debtor? and enslave the African race and exclude the Jews as in Maryland from the privileges granted to other citizens: while, I say, we thus trample on the rights of conscience, and violate the

purest principles of humanity, by statute; in the name of common sense let us call no more meetings, let us have no more flaming orations, nor any more executive messages, replete with stupidity or deception, in behalf of the oppressed Greeks. Let us show the Grand Turk that we know what Liberty means, in the full sense of the term, before we attempt to censure him for not emancipating his Grecian slaves' Speaking of the applause which has been bestowed upon the Sheriff for his humane treatment of these people, the editor continues; "Ilut while any of our laws are barbarous and tyrannical while they impiously violate rights derived from the God of Nature, and must therefore have been the offspring of sheer ignorance or atheim let us not applaud or board of their lenient execution, because it has, or at leat may have the effect of lulling the people

to rest quietly under them ; whereas, every honest man ought to put his bhoulder to

the wheel and endeavor to wipe from our statute books so foul end disgraceful a blot, the oflspring of that blind spirit of intolerance, which blasphemes the names of liberty and republicanism, while it affects to admire them. PRESIDENT OF THE U. STATES. The President of the United States, as well as the Vice President, is elected by electors in the respective States, who are chosen as the Legi:btures of the several States may provide. According to an act of congress, of ti:2 Izt cf Ilarch, 1792, the choice of these Electors must be made

within thirty-four days fTCCcdisg the first Wednesday of December, cf the year in which an election cf Present and Vice President takes pbeo; ch'J they must be equal in number to dl the Senators and Representatives in Congress; but no Senator or Representative or person holding an cCice of trust or profit under the United States, can be appointed an Elector. The votes for President and vice President are given by the Electors on the first Wednesday, of December, in every fourth year,

throughout the Union. The next election

will take place on the first Wednesday in December 1024. The Electors meet in their respective States, and vote by ballot for Presidentaiid Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves. They vote for President and Vice President separately, by distinct bal

lots. They make lists of the number of

votes given, and o the persons voted ior which thev transmit sealed, to the general

government, directed to the President of

the Senate, who in presence of the Senate

and House of Representatives, opens all

the Certificates, and the votes are counted.

The person having the greatest number of votes for President is duly elected, if such number be a majority of the whole number

of electors appointed.

It no person have such majority, then

from the persons having the highest num-

)ers, not exceeding three, in the list of

those voted for as President, the House of

Representatives shall choose immediately,

by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes are taken bv states,

the Representation from each state having

one vote; a quorum for this purpose con

sists of a member or members from two-

thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States is necessarv to a choice.

If the House of Representatives shall

not choose a President whenever the right

of choice devv.'r.A ui-i, them, b:f;t?the

fourth of March, next following, then the

V ice President shall act as President, as

in case of the death, or other constitutional

disability of the President.

I he period of service is four years; but

there is no retriction as to re-election.

There is, however, no instance of any Presi-

M I

into blue water, exclusive of the ;' to be given incase the enterpriser

ed. Johnson had previously offtre: j 'l. v, services to the admiralty, and aflirn A "v'f -X he could blow up any ship without ); i ' v!i' hurt. Accordingly trial was gutnlH' ':t the Thames, accompanied by a b0atjv .f y -) of one of his majesty's ships, who 1 , '0; married only a week before, in al, j iT j similar construction to the one befjrA l-r)

cribed, to a barge moored in the mid the stream. They sunk the boat, fast the torpedo to the bottom of the and lighted the match. Johnson iliA ceived that his vessel remained last, ha got, as the sailors express it, his call,. St

wart the hawse of the barge ; upon h ;

.Vf, f M

dentV

i

naving serveu a

Sw-

longer time than

eight years. If the oiiicescf President and

Vice 1 resident should both become vacant,

it then becomes the dutv of the Secretary

of State to communicate information there

of to the Executive of each State, and to

cause the same to be published in at least one newspaper of every State, giv ing two

months previous notice that Electors ot President shall be appointed or chosen in

the several States, within thirty-four days

next preceding the first ednesday in De

cemher, ensuing ; when the choice of Pres

ident must proceed as usual. The ninth

with the of March

he took out his w atch, and having 1; j; at it very attentively, told the loatH ,

that he had only two minutes and al.;,i; ,y live. Upon this the boatswain ho-V make grievous lamentations. uAva-;l, ( bering," said Johnson, k Doff your jit and be ready tostuffit into the havH.l ! while I cut the cable' Upon savu; Johnson seized the axe and cut the cable,

if

Diligence. An indolent, inactive vo;-.i

person, who has not been furnished bv j .t tune with independence, is a character,, ' in little estimation, however bright hi: 1 tellectual capacity, however congenially "'' natural disposition. Exertion is a virtue j- ). ' husiness is so much the dutv of us all. t T ,

he who expects to be esteemed amoral ) spectable citizens, must be, not onlv iji-'j

ling, but must actually take his p?;p the cares of acquisition ; at least su far a.: procure to himself the essentials of lie,?' y In so doing he merits the good wishes c f his cotemporaries, and their assistaicetr , enable him to surmount those difcU which stupify the sluggard. Good humor is the clear blue skyeflhV soul on which every star of talent vilMh;; '. more clearly and the sun of genio enrcy: y ' ter no vapors in his passage. This isi:. - , most exquisite beauty of a line face: ar deeming grace in a homely one. Itislv the green in the landscape, harmeniz: with every colour, mellowing the glori-' , . the bright and softening the hue of the car. , or like a llute in a full concert of ii- ' ments, not at first discovered by filling. ' the breaks in the concord with its LtWiUf i i

ing melody.

Mankind may be divided into three els,

o three c r ,

ses. Those who learn from the exit: f i

ence of others they are happy nai.-

e'.'se who learn from their own i

ence

i roMuenuai term will expire

3d

eighteenth Congress, on the

liia. R. 6'. Journal,

From Hull's London Weekly Messenger. Projected Escape or Bonaparte. It is not generally known that a vessel was undertaken to he built at Battersea, by the renowned Johnson, the smuggler, for the purpose of liberating Bonaparte, from the Island of St. Helena. The vessel was about 90 feet long, and of the burden of 100 tons, lt was built of half inch plank; the grain of two of such planks was placed in a verticle and the other 2 in horizontal positions. These planks were so well caulked and cemented together, that the thickness of the sides of the vessel did not exceed that of an ordinary washing tub. The masts were so contrived that

they could be lowered to a level with the deck, and the whole vessel might be sunk in shoal water with the crew on board, without danger. Ample means were provided for supplying the fresh air. The plan was, to sail up at night, within a short distance of St. Helena, and sink the vessel until the next or some subsequent night when Bonaparte would be enabled to make his escape to the beach, at w hich time the vessel was to be ruUed, Bonaparte to get on board, and sail away in the dark. It happcued, how ever, that Bonaparte died before the vessel was quite finished; ami it is a curious incidence that she was to be coppered the very day the news of his death arrived. Johnson was to have received 40 thousand pounds as soon as the vessel had got

they are wise men,-and,

those who learn neither from their oui.r; ( from other people's experience thw M fools. Pride destroys all svmmctrv and crrV and affectation is a more terrible cue.) beauty than the small-pox. J

n

'i

V,':

THE REFORMER. j THE j'.cign of this wurk is to x; use the oe::i J schemes, ai.d pompous uiuh rlakir c ' ' ' ; present tlaj, un!er prvtuice of promi'tit'c re; ' nnd to show that they are irrtconcihibie v ill. t..e spirit ami principlesol the Gospel. The prt.;tr Monary operations which commenced a iVw " since, and the numerous Theological i erected, and which are still erecting; in tv:) f , of our country , have tended to the cxaluti. n -,: , order of men to a htight not warranted hy ti.e Testament. Their numbers and infltiriior nr r j ly extending throughout nil part; of the coir.ni r; ', i and threaten the destruction of our civi! ' " ious liberties By means, either direct cr 1 they are steadily advancmc their caur, ;m! v.--ascendancy ove r the1 minds of the people nr. . no diktant period, shouhl their influence cci tn -t -- - increase, searcelv an individual iillk fot:i d,

to incur the hazard of oppoin; any ci t'. schemes. The pernicious effects of clerical 'ciu'" tion in this country, may be inferred frem il.e tory of other countries, and ought early tobt:' cd against. There nre already few who hive - -cient firmness to present those men before thf tK' :- in their true colors, and hence the prospect ol -success, and our danger, is greatly increase!. From these considerations, and to expose tf-ef rupt, pompous, and fashionable relitrron lticu' and supported by this pensioned order of ik iu 11 " . was commenced. The rxte:;- , t; ' culation of the work among the refleetms an' !y 'f ttr part of the community, has convinced the 1 that his iews on these subjects are not prcu'i r' and that the publication may become more sr":,r" 7 ly known, and consequently be more u-t fuh lTf ' induced to prest nt some notice of it in a more ru ' lie way than ha yet been done. Being neitlf1 der the jurisdiction nor influence of anj j-articu i ; sect. 'I'be Ri furm.T u ai , -.ii iiistrunt"' .

for advancing the views or interests of anv, 1,1 . buke evils wherever met with, and pursue tl ' i , , truth marked out by the precepts of Divine i tion, regardless of the frowns or censures ol ' ' . Vi;?

who, from interest, prejudice, or caprice, a-3) Cl' 'i come its opposers. ' -j .j

TF.KMS, kc. vfHi' i The Reformer is iubliI,ed in nrriodicid r0tn-fT: ;

of twenty-four pages duodecimo, the heci'-' 11 i . ( , each month, at t a year, payable in iuUi''- ( ,1! "A lourth year is now completed, and li e fifth n ' ... c- i I. ' .,.,11 'J I

io vuiiiiim ner. ?uuscrif.ers can h ue tre , i ( forwarded to any part of the Union, bv n.i" '?l .'( pot office where they are to be sent, at an fxP5'9 1 , 1 f for postage, in no ease more than lwenty-f".ur. r J' a year. A few copies are yet remaining ,rom', jj beginning of the work, but persons are at let'r i commence at any period, and withdraw tl,tir L ti,J

llvl , iiujr jieriou, aim willuimw crintioru whenever notice is iriveu and nrn-f; )

... . .i i

are pani. Letters post paid, to be auV.rr Theophilus H. Gates, proprietor and princi 1 tor, No. 204), North Third-street, rhiladeljtf T. U. GATl Philudelphin, Dec. 29. (Xr Subscriptions to Tbe RcforKtf' ceived at tliis otlice.