Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 16, Richmond, Wayne County, 26 June 1824 — Page 4

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I seem inclin'd, His in my mind, To write a little page; Some lines of truth unto tbe youth Of this our present age. Dear children all obey the call v o Of inward saving grace, 1eV When it appears in tender years, Give entrance and a place

o Into thy heart, and inward part, Where it doth first begin, There it will move, and will reprote, And cleanse thee from tby sin. Prise precious time while in thy prine, While time to thee doth last For time will be, no time to thee, When it is rone and past. sT The days of man are like a spao V His breath is like a blast, It is in vain to think to gain The time that's gone and past. j As one day goes another flows, s5 Time passeth swift away ; When the pale horse has run his race, Thou canst no longer stay ; O then prepared or unprepared. Death brings toy nnal doom; Thou can't assuage, if in old ag Or in thy youthful bloom. Then what great need there is indeed, To make good use of time, That thou may find true peace of mind 2iow in thy youthful prime. ) If tho wast old, had stores of told And silver bas immense, Or tracts of land at thy command L ""J J " -w - w rior gain a friend that could ueiena The unregenerate, If or give true peace nor saving grace, In a polluted state. tf r is there one ame; the sons Of men in all the earth, That can redeem thee from tby tiw, Or give the second birth. Wast thou to look in all good books, And read all thou couldst find, Watt thou to hear the eaints's declare, According to thy mind; I say therefore all that and mora Though rral truth indeed, ThouM he forlorn, except thou'rt born Of the immortal edt v As the wind blows whttj no Ci&a knows E'en in the wildeaess So every one thai born again They know thtir deep distress Though it be true, there is but few That love the living truth Vet some there are, some here and thera Amongst the rising vouth; These go alone and make their moan In places desolate, They sigh and cry most bitterly Their troubles arc so great. They love to be where none can see, Where they may Ireely groan Where none can sp, or hear them cry To make their mental moan. Canst thou abide the trying tide IS or from the truth depart, Then I believe he will relieve Thy feeble, fainting heart. He'll give thee meat that thou may'tt eat And drink of living wine, Of his own cup he'll ell it up. Come newly ficm the vine. Although thou rides on stormy tides. Where billows they do roar, Thouch waves run high they can't coe&c Digb, They'll break upu the shore. I say dear vouth, live in the truth Don't mind the scoff and fear; Kor mind the mock, of Ishmael's stodt or lend to them an ear, Cut live in awe to Christ's own lav Keep to thy inward guide; For there is none, there is not one That is so safe beside. strep on the rock, where Christ's own fiocix Wrier sheep and lambs do feed;

f . m nn. aj -rm nunc fiv mil Ami nourish his own seed.

Thouch ye have lain among the pot As David said of old Thy wings like doves with silver spot9 Shall shine like yellow gold. The Sharon rose he'll give to thosa ht re humble hearts do dwell, v The Mandrake too he will renew, That gives a pleasant smell. Also take heed in word and deed A Keep from bad company; i For many a one has b.-en undone By a wanton, glancing eye. Live in the cross, keep clear froa dross Keep clofe unto the light, Be thou aware and kave a caro Of fancy's foolish flight. There's one thing more I'll lay before, Dear youth, thy serious view; Unequal yokes prove heavy strokes, Many have found it true. Milt marriage, miscarriages Thou car. full j must shun; "V Such fancies flights, in darksome nights, Has rtiin'd man? a one. Thouch a hard fate, 'twill be too late, When it is ont and past, To sieh and try thou can't untie The knot while life doth. Therefore dear hearts, shun sudden starts, They're full of fa!e disguise. Cut hve and learn from others harms, Of mdin to he wise. From the New York Mirror. THE MITTEN. She who has trifled with the feelings, after having excited the warm glow of a longing fancy; after having led the ardent youth by winning smiles into her captivating snares, and brought every passion to a proper height, and entrapped him fairly in the net of adoration, then to corjuette in order to gratify her vanity, and place him as upon the rack of torture, will well

knoT7 the full meaning, and will sometimes smile at the mention of'Uhe mitten while, in others, it calls to mind the opportunities that have been slighted, while they who have been the object of them have gone forth successfully in the world, and left them to mourn their folly in a state of "single blessedness." From the last class, the substance of the following brief tale is gleaned. "Will you except of my arm and company?" said a young man to a girl of fifteen, after they had been spending the evening together at a party. "No;" was the laconic answer. He cast his eyes upon

her, but spoke not; there was a glance of contempt in them that exceeded the powers of utterance, and yetthere was a smile of pity that blended together and produced a countenance that I shall long remember for its animated appearance. Samuel E. was an engraver, just entering on the stage of buisiness, but without what the world calls the necessary recommendations of property. With a character without a blemish, he was relying upon his own industry for support, and went on gleaning from "the various sources, the means to satisfy a just ambition; the way growing easier as lie advanced, he was obtaining the sure reward of industry and cconomv. Jane'K. was a printer's daughter; possessing all the proud feelings she had imbibed from her farther, her mind not having expanded to the light of truth, and reason had never held her empire within her heart. She was called a beauty, and flattery was strewed around ; and the world appeared before her, filled with roses which were for ever to bloom; and the pathway clothed with verdure; it was to be one continual sunshine of joy, and not a cloud was ever to cover the horizon. Under such impressions she mingled in the youthful circle and moved in the splendor of fashion. She received the homage of all, and considered adoration as her due, un til vanity took possesion of her heart, and she was carried away by the torrent and hurried into the vortex of follies. Beauty ever commands the tribute of admiration, but is ever dangerous to the possessor, for soon flatterers crowd around, and soon it is that flattery only suits the ear, they have learnt to know that they are handsome, and think that accomplishments and beauty are ever connected. All in their progress onward have opportunities offered, but they are waiting for something more brilliant that are, too, in their hey-day, and beauty will continue,and, admirers will still throng around, and they shield themselves under its smiles, and forget that Beauty's a charm; but soon that charm must pass, until they are awakened from the delightful reverie, to behold the true picture; one after another of those had disappeared, who they could once count in the circle of their admirers, until they are left alone; the horizon had become clouded, the roses had all withered, and the verdure was seared. Then the scene, is changed, and if there is ever a ray of sunshine lights up the scene, it is when an old gallant comes to ogle a few dull moments away; it gives them pleasure, because it creates a gleam of hope. Thus were the parties situated when 1 left the village occasionally I received a letter which served as a link to bind together many fond ideas in the chain of remembrance; to keep warm the feelings, and direct them in a proper channel, where they might revel and feast, by the powers of retrospection, and grow dearer and still more dcai,as I viewed more and more the cold selfishness of man. Finally one ar rived containing the marriage of Samuel; it was the last I received. Several years after, one bright summer day, when nature was all calm and serene, and the landscape all queit, as I rode down the main road to the village, a noble mansion drew my attention. Around it hung all the riches of the season ; it was delightfully situated, all spreading before the eye its noble site, and presenting the neatness of careful husbandrj', combined with the influence of beauty and the regularity of prudence. The scenes of my irAivity had almost vanished; the village had risen by the majjic of industry, and naught was left but the village green, on which the schoolboy was sporting in all the frolicsomcness of youth. I inquired for Samuel he was the resident of the noble mansion I found him still the same prudent economist although he had his thousands at interest. Neatness characterised the outer appearance, while simplicity dwelt within; and then appeared before me an elder maiden lady, around whom the faded appearance of youthful beauty yet lingered; it was JaneK. she was the tutoress of his children. Thus time, that wrought changes in the Village, had also had effect upon its families, and she who had once sported in the hey-day of fashion, and basked in the smiles of fortune, had becoms tutoress in a family,

to the head of which she had once given the "the mitten." Ladies, take care, if you are possesed of beauty, use it prudently; reject not too many opportunities, for remember that poor Richard said "no morning sun lasts a whole day." From the Herald of Peace. GLORY. The most fertile source of all the warlike madness by which the w orld has ever been affected is the idea of GLORY, so unfortunately attatched to the spirit of military enterprise. This association has been the more dangerously influential, because it frequently derives its etrengthirom a union with feelings that are in themselves right and valuable. The sentiment which teaches us to despise a mean and cowardly temper is natural and correct. Now meanness and cowardice have indeed given birth to a quiet acquiescence under injuries, though not to that magnanimous forbearance, that moral resistance which are only produced by truly Christian motives. As however the immediate effects of each are similar, men forget to distinguish between two principles, the most opposite in their origin and tendency and involve both in the same indiscriminating censure. Again, self-devotion and courage are properly objects of respect. The admirer of military honor seeing these qualities exemplified in his hero, admits them to their due rank in his esteem; but he admits with them sentiments and actions that, deprived of their adventitious companions, could only have excited unmingled disgust. Two distinct ideas the idea of grandeur of soul, and the idea of destructiv e violence become thenceforth united. Shall it then be said, that they are necessarily and inseparably united? The time has been when a deed of abstract revenge was hailed with similar enthusaism, and from a similar cause; the idea of revenge had been associated with the ideas of power and courage. The custom of feudal warfare was once deemed so honorable or so necessary, as to merit the sanction of legislative authority. To expose to the hootings of popular derision the unhappy captives of her arms, was the crowning triumph of polished Rome. All these feelings have passed away; we lookback upon them with curiosity and surprise; we almost wonder they could ever have existed. And may not the time arrive when national warfare shall be to garded among the relics of departed barbarism when men shall have learntT "t the spirit of freedom and heroip . estedness is worthy of more 'CT" i r

fbcotesthan rapioc,injustice,&b. ,:hc Even at present, notwithstanding ClL-r bitual perversion of our sentiments, the mind experiences a more exalted emotion of pleasure in contemplating the enduring fortitude of the martyr, than the active bravery of the warrior; and an accidental trait of humanity in the chronicles of war shines like a bright spot amid surrounding darkness. When too, at seasons of intellectual expansion, we look upon this earth as upon a mere speck in creation, the mighty shadow of human glory vanishes into air. We laugh at the insignificant quarrels and imaginary importance of its inhabitants, who, like ants swarming from their petty citadels, are disputing each their inch of ground. We then feel that the real dignity of man can only consist in that elevation of soul, that superiority of mind over matter, by which he approaches the rank of angels. The courage of the bravest soldier is in fact so greatly dependent on mere animal excitement, and is so often found totally unconnected with ail the nobler qnalities of heart and head, that it deserves rather to be classed with the instinctive ferocity of the tiger, than vrith those lofty principles which animate and sustain the true hero. Tho following story, from the History of Switzerland, in the 14th century, will serve to illustrate this remark. "During the various disputes which accompanied each successive election of an emperor, Soleure bavin; embraced the cause of Louis of IJavaria, was besieged by duke Leopold; nnd a great inundation of the Air having carried away his works machines, nnd bridges, a great number of his men were in imminent danger of perishing. At this moment the Soleuvious forgetful of all hostile considerations, put off in boats and rescued them. The duke was touched, and, unwilling to be out done in magnanimtiy, requested io be introduced into the town, with only thirty followers, when he presented a banner, and made peace." Is there any one who does not feel the beauty of this anecdote, ami who does not feel it more forcibly from the 9trong impression of contrast? From the Philadelphia Reformer. Extracts of ktteis from a young man at college, Gtassgrovy Scotland, to his uncle in America. "March 1 8, 1 820. I have finished the Latin and Greek logic, and Mathematic classes. Moral and Natural Philosophy are the other two junior classes I have to finish before I can enter the Divinity. You may wonder whether I am intending to be a minister or teacher. I would rather be a good teacher than an indifferent minister.

1 rould therefore, sincerely

you to write particularly what e '" re? 1M ment there is for ministers and tJ ana wnicn oi mem is scarcest in v a i : Kt i X try. Also write what salaries school masters tore." "June 1 6, 1 820. Send word Wu-dr, and clothes I snould bring ovcr send over JC40 or 50 to me, and buy books and clothing, and other sanes, 1 will pay you when I conJ I think it would take 30 or nA me ofTin a decent manner and t) freight. 1 "August 18, 1820. There are , young men who have gone throu l course of the college for ministerial) no view of places and many teacher.) cannot get schools. There appears ij no encouragement tor the rising tion trade of every desciption is ',,, Send 20 or 30 to buy books ar.d t ing, and I will pav you when I tor and begin to make little money." Answer to the foregoing, with little' ation "Dear XcphcTL The burden of vct quest seems to lean to a lucrative and; ionable living, and betrays gro5 ! ancc of vital religion and the exa: :.' and precept ofits first ministers. Clot ; books, college education, and sal uK?, poar to engross your whole attention if you had a wish that by means of then might attract the popular favour, certainly ought to know that these ors, though admired by many cannot the soul of a spiritual mm, or convtn! unregenerate, any more than a sepulchre could furnish a nutrative :j to the hungry traveller. There are 1 1 who would be satisneu wnn ouuvar! pea ranees "only would flutter arrur.j and as you became obsequious to : fashions and forms, would flatter or f: But on these would you place your d dence? "To be filled with Greek Logic, N: al Philosophy and Mathematics, ai d1 ble to use jestures &, tones artificially Iced at college, never looKs to me like I filled yrith the Holy Ghost, ai d wi: from abov In -preaching the iv " God h J: rod foolish the wisdom i ; vvorlc1 T- j "J o out atnonc vou ofhc-..st reporter II of the Holy Gk: wt: a." These characters mav 1 "i:... -i i- o i i::-.. ..iv "true Cmircil. out :n quauuu. "rrMc ministers of the New T at of the letter, but oftiiesi : nis s4 nt furnisheth matter and ma: th'durh not according to the vain shot wisdom of this world. Christ sen'; i: ny but to. preach the gospel: not hi t onlv, but in the power and demonstra: of the spirit. All this, even by a lean man, was not to be done "with the :r: of w?off," (which is the principle u: college education.) "I hope you will learn who and v.!: rns that furnished ability to poor men to preach the gospel. It was re the ihetoric of the schools, nor is it at day but a fulness in decree of that which inspired the primitive preachers snake as themViV rare utterance. Tu pose that a bottle tilled with coloured' tcr may be emptied out wine, is no more consistent with right reason, than to s pose that a man filled with merely ih domof this world, could pour out spin: things. I do not wish to discourage from learning but the contrary, if y motives be right; only do not cfi'ut know, by human learning, that whicnever rnn hiriuh. urn learr.lMM place of puffing up to self-importm makes a man more humble, more cor.st i-'h of his ignorance and the sins of his tf heart, it has produced a salutary eifeci-j but these desirable attainments are scM-i produced by a college education, or in j the habits and manners ol those wuii111 we are associated in obtaining it. Barnct, Vt. 1820. Your Uncle. When Dr. Franklin had appronchec the very close ot his me, lie reasoneu coolly with a friend: "Death is as rj ccssary to the constitution as sleep j shall rise as refreshed in the mornii r' j The course of nature must soon put aprj od to my present mode of existence, f1 I shall submit to with less regret, as havi j seen during a long life, a good deal of world, I feci a growing curiosity to befft, acquainted with some other. I can cheerful confidence resign my spirit to ft conduct of that great and good parent j mankind, who created it, and who hj graciously protected me from my "llkU the present hour." Receipt ron the Gravel. T'c i double handful of water-mcllon seed? a throw them into about a pint of Pir:" them stand for about a week, in a 3;J place, been frequently shaken tocctj When so nrenared take a half wine -) 2 or 3 times a dav,or as often as you rcqu any thing to drink at table or other