Standard, Volume 4, Number 18, Madison, Jefferson County, 20 February 1835 — Page 2

THK STANDARD.

other the christian need not dismiss his religious nrincioUs and feelings when ho entered the ball 1

room - nor when he left that place need he acquire ' .. - . . i- i .1 a new outer oi tecim;a to oeiuio mm w w,vpure and tranquil pleasures of devotion. This position roav be illustrated and confirmed by a referi "-.- l . . . ...... l.Im .-. r . 1 1 . -! i llm n-itn other fcclin-r--. both vicious and virtuous.! No person will suppose that pride, envy, malice revenge &c. can luyc any possible union with reli-, g.ous affections. 1 he introduction of the one, will : necessaiilv banish the other; tne exercise of the one ! 13 HICHiaUIC Cl I UV i n.'ii iv u.v. vn'-" -' ---- : the case with tlie principles of moral virtue, such as ; justice, prudence, friendship. &c. Between these; rt.-if .U tctvn inn t ! thpr 1 hi is not ' and religion there is such an aUmitv as will actum ot : 'fi.., . - , : . r .: ti. n-i.w in. , . . ,. , , , i ctti-W lcl n iv i Ti 't vvi I t'renirthcin fwort Virlllol S ineir union, i nt; i'.i-n.i;'; v.j i humj uncc woo.?, m- ' o ! desire of the heart. (To be concluded in our next.) MISSIONARY MEETING AT CAPETOWN.

The meeting was opened with singingand prayer, ; would exist extensively over this whole continent, after which Dr. Pinl p introduced the Hov. Mr. B i-; The foreign si ive trade is st 11 carried on, both to ker who addressed the audience. We give his ad- ; the north, and in the south, in tlie immediate vicindress as reported in the South African Advertiser, j ity of this colony. The natives in tiiis v.cinitv be-

Rcsvlts of Mistionan FSorts in Madagascar. j t.. ,cto ,..:.t at. i" a. i, .i;,.f till ICllO, ISIIU Jll. lilhni im.v.iuu' III.-1IU.C.-I..II- i ary reached the Isle of M.idaaascar, onlv txvo or j three persons were found at the court of Radama, l! r i - i. i in c ;.,,rr I the km", capable nl writ :nrr, s' u 111 at in so irnprrr . ' ,i riT v i ; . ir Iwl n hh-. m i ii l l he lit .vrah e aiaractei. as to i leave their documents scarcely legible. And now j about 20.000 have l?en instructed in reading and writing, and the native covenunen? itself emi iloVS i ? 000 viiiirur tupii laki ll (mm :1k1 crliools. as writer I in various departments of government, that have I snniniT no under llie fostorni'T rare of knowled ilu3 neivlv introduce! A l" first. lb miionarv I brethren had to contend with a general unbeliJf ' amongst the elder and more inlha ntial natives, that i n-,,, i,i ii,.,.- o.,;.i o..z. I. .,.-..! ;n i i'iij'1 on diiii f'f'in. ii in iji.ii tin i after a lapse of about two y at thev were able i ears to hold ll.eir first meeiin-T of scholars to convince !

such opposes of the nature and value of knowledge, i operations whilst benevolence libs her heart to It was a me.norable dav; moiv intelh-ent and con-! C,0(1 1,1 iervent prajrr for his blessing on her elfident faces were seen waiting'to be examined. At 1 lor,? and arlejl.v d,-s,r's ,h u aS!y!,""s ot a hkc ,t .1 ;,,,! ?. iu,ivf.i1,hnrenwv soon surround .he maritime man'iu of

vov. ovi c ii Uiv, ri iu iji i MU(.C UH, vT' IUV'I ri lil'UI called to t tie I eiicli a scnol ir, ano, alter iiavmg dictated a sentence in a whisper, lank it to the otlu r end of the room to be read by another scholar. This was an important experiment: lee child read oil the sentence readily; and the old judge, at once convinrrd a nrl b liirble.l o rl :i ! tm i . il.ntili in Oil. :fi ' a substitute oi the mouth indeed! And, to this day, a letter is called in the Madagascar language, "the mouth substitute."1 Ari hmeiic created still greater surprise. I he nativ -mode oi reckoning is i either bv stones of ,),ir,.ier.t s,t.s or 1 ,v e,. 1 1 in r n,erent sizs, or bv cutting pie ces of rush of various lengths, and using the shortest as units, the next length as tens, the next as hundreds, and so on. At t he meeting refened to, tlie senior judge put a specific question , which he he had previously calculated in his own tedious way; 'If 500 of my bullocks be sent to Tammany1, and sold, say 100 at 5 dollars, 80 at 1 dollars and so forth, what number of dollars, miM mv slaves deliver up to me on iheir return?'' This simple question was instantly answered correctly bv many of the children, when all agreed that the' children had become wiser th in the old people; the judge protested it was like magic and conjuring; and the Fchools immediately became noon.; Ami not only is tiiere no inability on the part of the heathen, but oftentimes remarkable superiority of intellect is manifested. He (Mr Biker) had known an instance of a little gu l only six or eight years of age learning to read the Testament in the native language in three months, and that without the preparatory aid of infant schools, which promises to mike such instances common in our own happy land of liberty and knowledge. "It was twelve years before the missionaries of Madagascarsaw any explicit profession of Christianity. Ordinary perseverance may impart the elements of useful knowledge to a few uncivilized heathen, but it requires Missionary perseverance to overcome the aversion of a heathen mind, to the purifying truths of Christianity. At present, however, there are not less than 500 natives, who have maintained a constant profession of religion amidst persecution and danger. It has often been said, 'you should instruct snd civilize a people, before you introduce religion.1 Be.t actual observation and experience had convinced him that the arts of civil zed life will always follow in tiie footsteps of religion. Tench a semi-b ubarian to believe in the future existence of his soul, to feel conscious of the relation in which he stands to his Creator, a relation with which no man has right to inicifeie, and he will imperceptibly imbibe the sentiments of religious liberty, and immediately transfer these sentiments to the affairs of civ il society, when the arts and sciences will not ft,l to follow in the track of religious and civil liberty. We find in Madagascar that just in proportion as a native becomes enlightened on these subjects of inquiry, he endeavors to conform to the habits and customs of his teachers. We find among them, as among all the heathen the civil inseparably connected with the religious state of the people. The whole scheme of barbarous customs and cruel practices ii built upon the conniry's superstition, and if you undermine the foundation the whole fabric r-pecdily fills to tho ground."1 The meeting was then addressed by Rev. Mr. Gebel, who in the louise of his address related the following anecdote. How to Convert a Husband. "A lady m Germany, who had been a sincere follower of ("bust; but whose husband was still un- . renewed, was very much alllicted on his account, and told a clergyman that she had done all in her power in persuading and beseeching him to turn from his evil practices to no effeMadam,'' said be, "l.dk inoie to God about vour husband, and less to your husband, about God.' A few weeks after, the lady c died upon him, full of joy that htr prayers to God had been heard, and that a change wasbiought upon her hush md. The Rev. Mr Uriley mentioned that Ceylon was at present in a much more promising state than it had ever been; that be had been laboring there 13 years; that there were S missionaries there at pres ent, 4 missionary stations, 5'.) schools, "I,000 under instruction, and that'da natives communicated at the Lord's Supper; that the feeling generally manifested by the natives 1o the Christian tehmuii was most encouraging, ami that everything scetntd to ensure sue cess m the cause, that the picjudices which had so long enslaved the minds of some of ihe most ingenuous of our ow n countrymen that of ihe mental capacity of the natives wvr; now exploded. Ir Adainson t! en addressed the meeting, urging the notice of. dl Christian-; to the present state of this colony; the visiting those funilies among ihe

poorer class, to which they can obtain access, the imperative duty of every true Christian; the field

for missionary labor that would soon be opened by the emancipation of the slaves. Dr Philips then closed the meeting by a short address. From Liberia. The following we copy from the y fi s, P itolv. It I3 lelt ski vho ,;te,y ,cft )is cr ' . ' , letter from Dr. country to la1 J 1 Liberia. Monrovia, A frica, Oct. G, 1831. Dear Brother, his with pleasure I embrace an ,' opportunity that presents, to state to you my views : r r i ." .1 1. niu i.:i;iuiiis in it'll nun to ui:s uuilc, 1 and to the Thousands rvt'lsi nf t-n .inivjilinii in th:; rnnlinmif here are in a state of slavery amongst the native j inhabitants of this island. Tiiere is not a tribe but j what has more or less slaves; even within thisculony i thev are possessed bv natives. If the iWenm slave trade w:;s abolished, still slavery with all its horrors I'ovc in a good and bad spirit: the one so J"1' i '' l-e needs no regard J lie other the cause of all ! . . ,ii their calamities W hen m any ditneui.y .he bad liml IS fd, and they try every expedient to appease Inm lv oheiinirs ot rum, pipes, tobacco, ii - ? i i - and wnatever thev liave ; thev reallv worsini) I he de- - ' - 1 V'N others sharks and aligators.-a yea.lv lU.n m j slu,lua Vl -'.UK ' mnc or -,i',I3U,l 15 lu'u,t to the shares wi.hiii a short distance to tho souih, iheBii'ht of Benin. In such a case, can the christian, can the plidanthropist be idle nllef What is to e ione : mil we iook on aim sec violence, ii ii i i I'O.iStlCC, idolatry, nd cruelty and do nothinu ?- The "anthioPist may , but tlie pliilanthrop st am e ''"si.an cannot. Faith takes the held in pes session of the promises of Coil- -and reason em ',raccs the safety and protection of the colony FWVKIr,,u:u as-vu,m u,ru,e commencement oi ner i . i i f . i ... i ! lies Vast er inl l ll li I mh! t.iit onrh M-eeible liiiint may be occupied by men possessing the religious and literary qualifications fitting them for the most extensive usefulness here as heralds of the cross; that as a surrounding army they may extend the lights of science and the religion of Jesus from ! the circumference to the centre of this ben: land, when a is evil wiil vamsu. I am persuaded h .1 if proper fccliiiiis were pos " V,M voo, . 9 sessed iiv cnnstiaiis peneraby in Aineuca, and ' 1 lc Had a true Knowledge ol tlie lacis, mat men. money, and effectual fervent prayers would not be wanting to carry forward this glorious work. The lights of science and religion must go hand in hand in this great work. To break those rooted prejudices, acquired by eaily impressions, requires in the commencement a thorough education. Schools and missionary establishments in and out of the colony in every place where the natives will ad mit them ought to be established without, delay. Pious male and female teachers, and mi-sionai ies are needed by the master and may Cod send them, and christians be workers together with him in supporting them whilst engaged in their vvork.Wiil none ofour deiio'ieifio,! venture to occupy th s field of danger? Who made the climate here? Did not he who s;id,Hio ye into all the world,""&r. Will any danger, lai I before the gospel minister by the providence of Cod, the wickedness of men, or the malice of devils, be a sufficient excuse for leaving part of tlie Lord's field unoccupied? Willnot the souls of innocents devoured by sharks, and of the millions, who yearly, in their idolatrous ignorance, are launched into eternity without the knowledge of a Sav ior, meet us at the bar of God. and accuse us of neglect of duty to that S ivior who died for sinners? And will not the blood of liiese souls cleave to the skills of some of our Ameiican brethren? I am without fear, for there is nothing of which a christian ought to be afraid but sin; for all things work together for their good. I am persuaded that I am in ihe path of duly and have God with me. The onlv timer that makes C3 me unhappy, is, I see more to be done than I can do; and it induces me by prayer and wiiingto siv, brethren, "come over and help us.1 God has blessed my practice in the fever thus fir I hope and believe a new era h is laken pi ice as respects its mortality. I feel but little fear but that nine tenths might be acclimated safely with proper medical treatment and prudence. May the blessing of God rest on you, and on the Israel of God. Pray for me, pray for Africa, and may God help all christians in America to pray for us, and to pray and act will a united energy in spreading the gospel here. From the Protestant 'indicator. Idols! Images! Beads! Cric fi.res ! Blessed ira tcr! Some idea may be formed of the accelerating increase of Popery, and of the Papal modes of tax at ion and robbing our country, which are now beginning to be adopted by the Popish priests, from a marvellous fact which has recently transpired in New Yoik. A cargo of about 90 boxes of Popish wares has lately been imported into New York. The boxes contained an indefinite variety of Roman rubbish, such as Idols of the Saviour, the Virgin Mary, and a countless diversity of Saints as 'Guardian angels1 Imagcsof all sorts and kind and qualities Beads of every species and costliness Crucifixes and Roods of great mechanici:! beauly, down to (hose of the coarsest manufacture Jubilee crosses of all prices Water blessed by the Pope and boxes of earth to be put in coffins with the corpse to drive away Satan from the grave with a large stock of soul guards, indulgences, p miens of sin, licenses to commit iniquity, and all ihe other trumpery and crime with which ihe Roman pries'.s defraud and impoverish their credulous votaries. Those 90 boxes of impostures have been despached for the Western country, where they will be sold as invaluable tre.-is-ures from Rome, at a most extravagant price, to 'the silly sheep fleeced ten thousand times before j1 the proceeds of which will be applied to the erection of those 'habitations of devils,1 called Monasteries, Nunneries, and bouses for the idolatry of the Mass. INSPJX'TOR. The Irish Ciirncn. Tiie following statistical account of the numbers of the various congregations, income, revenue, &c. tVc. of the different religions in Ireland, is from an interesting work entitled" "Political Christianity.11 Wct ley, hi Methodists Travelling preachers, 90; missions'.? 1 ; supernumeraries, 'd."; community- ; altogether, say .r.,00i). Primitive Wcsloyan Methodists Circuit preach-

ers, 10; missions, 19; besides local preachers; mem

bers, lb,0UU; community altogether, say 40,000 Quakers, bociety ot rnend 5,000 f-y . Community, Moravians, United Brethren Ministers, 9; members ;r congregation, 500; total community, 1,500 Separatists of all classes, -"jy 5,000. Anabaptists, usually called Baptists Itinerant

mimsiers o; congregations 1'; Scripture readers j lorward to the bright hopes which he chei :s!n d of hath hie m hmiselt. John a. 20. "The Lord is 53; total community 1000. j dwelling forever in the presence of his God and the true God. He is the living God and an ever-Independents-Ministers 30; Irish Evangelical Saviour. lastin- kin?." Jer. 10. 10. (0) -God is a Spirit." Societies Agents 19; Lhurclies 30: people, 5000. Mr. Crittenden received such an education as the J0hn4.24 Cameronians or Covenanters Ministers 25; con-, grammar scliools of Kentucky atlorded in the eailv TI '" , , , , -, , grega.ions. say 30; community 10.000. ! periods of her history; and he was devoting himself 16 n.loreover' throughout tne bible represenScottish Seceders or Primitive Hurgliers Minis-1 to tlie study or medicine when his patrioue ardor "J a ,nhn,:e 111 bein and perfections, invisible, ters 13; congregations 10; community, 1000 j led him at the commencement of the late war, to '"hout body, parts, or passions, immutable, inArains, Presbytery of Antrim, Synod of Monster, ! enter the public service as a Lieut, in the 17th comprehensible, most holy, free and absolute, work -Remonstrant Synod Ministers 00, congregations; Reg't. of Infantry. He sold what little he had of in all things according to the counsel of his own 10: community 10.000. patrimony, to enable him to ei)iip himself for mill- immediate and most righteous will, for his own

Seceders, 1 resbylerian Synod of Ireland Minis- ! tarv duty. He bore his par: in the memorable camlets 103; congregations, say 1 10; members under paign of 1S13 to the North West, and was a dtstheir care and superintendence, 85 ,000. ; tingnished Captain in the expedition led bv Col. Synod of Lister, or Scottish Church in Ireland 1 Cirvhan, in the summer of 181 1, against the Island

Ministers o-jit . Wr..it i Ml. : . , 'ii .1 .".'j (.uijiu.ii.um ' , nominal c mmiinilv lUO.IHK). 1000 re'udir el n(,n koman Catholic Church Llernv J.1J1: besides ergy; parishes 0.00 J; people 0,000, - 000. (ihurch established by parliamentary enactment! i t i t -1 . . i i , i . i ,- i . .

-v. icrgy i 1 ; exira curaies, supposed IUUU; Den- j lastly "as a -VJaniitaeiiirer, lie cxiiioned a lugn c-a paces, l..50; people about IHHt.OOO. ! city for busmess. As a Legislator from this county

In all, we have ecclesiastical teachers of the difcerell( classes of Preshvtei ians. and of other denomillations, about eight hundn d ministers and preachers; connected with the Protestant Episcopacy es - tablis'aed by law, so far rs we can judge, about two thousand ei"ht hundred clerirvmen beneficed and non-beueficcd: and in the Romish church, of seenlar and regular clergy, six thousand one bundled and thify-four: In all, upwards of nine thousand seven hundred clerical officials, belonging to all sects of l jligion, among eight millions of people. IiOAPvI) OF K1H C.VTIO.V. Monies roreivcl by the Hoar! of Kilucation of thn Cener.i! AsTinh'y of ihe Piesliylei i:ii church, from December jOlh bS.Tf, to January 'Jllih iX. Mimlle Tusrninra cons;, per Mr. J. S. Lati'!, . Collections by Rev. Ii. Smith, At. Rochester, N. Y. ' CKi.) G.') Da. do. do. Duff.ilo, . GU 01 na v 100 of tli is already acknowledge), UK) 1st Instalment of Scholarship by a Layman nf Wiilianispoit. Pa liev. i. M. t.aird, IVinc-ess Anne. Md. -20 00 11 OD A memhc r ol Ihe Cenual I nbvti ian c.h. Philadelphia, subs -rijiiion for ls.'M and 100 00 A member of the Ceutial fresh, ch, do. subscription fur IS'II and ." 50 00 For Annual, . . . . , . . G 0 I resb. ch. I (mums-Ion, lie;-. Mr. IVeb!e. nor Rev Jacob .Miller, ork I'lmj. in I'a. e, pe 55 00 3 (10 5 no 15 00 100 (10 in no 5 00 r 00 in addition to the amount recently acknowledge i. , 1 open el! do. Mr. A. Check of a student returned, James .W DiikMin, lidi Fresh fur 1"!5, Mr. M.-Kinley, do. do. Floi i iinu.Sliermau, do. Stetson Fohdel!. do. do. absciimioii do. do. do. do. do. I John Hlack, do. do. 5 00 Collretious in Presb. ch. I!. ill ;to n, . V. per Rev. E. I '. ili .M ist. -is 100 0!) .lo.-nua 1 1. rorrson, 0011101:1, I .n.i.i.L-o . . Hemmed by a sta lent, per Uev. N. Pull, i'l -!. ch. Know des die, per do. Tiie following staHMicnt ii ief.iet'' i by the Fastor of the Presbyterian chuirh Knonklesville, N. M . l"I wi-h in noli, tog its receipt puh'.i.-ly by ihe Hoard, it may be mentione i that il is the avails of a sub-cripiiou laken tip after a sermon by the Rev. Mr. Murray, Aent of the Pre-hy ierian F. lucuhm Societv. The circumstances of our relation to tin; (Jeneral Assem o 00 i: -jr. 11 50 bly's Hoard uere explained fully to Mr. Murray at the time, but lie cordially preached. M. Scovil, (Alansmi Scofield it is supposed) another aeut was here he-t week, and seemed to think that half of the money should be paid to them. Hut as our youm men were connected with the Assembly's Hoard l thought otherwise. He thought at least il should be slated that it was obtained by their aent, and to this L tl'ink there cannot lie any ol j cUon.1' Mrs. MuyCiift, d . do. Congivsati'in Shacrs ("teek, per Rev. Mr. Haibcr, by Rev. Samuel Wilson, .... Do. rinetoove, do. do. . . . Annual subsciiplion Alexandria and llaitslog congregation, do. by do, ... "'ah lrom a "Friend of the cause,"' do. by do. Do. do. do. do do. . Collection in Piesb. ch. Alientown, (IvPv. Mil. Perkins) per liev. D. Newell, .... ! Instalment of the l.eicv of the lain (General Dan n r.:t 't 50 2 50 13 GO iel Montgomery, per v nrr. Sec'y, Collections in 'v York, per Corr. Secy Rev. Rob it 15. HeKdle, Xeshamuny, Pa. per Rev. William M. Fugles, .... Mr. Arknian, per Rev. William Chester, 2m 00 500 0 ) 19 00 w John Huston, I niontowai, Pa. UJ Ladics Sewing Seeiety of Cold Springs, N. Y. per Mi;s J-.iiza A. caver, by Mr. J. 1 . Andrews . '2 Annu lis sold, per Corr. Sec'y . ... Itntger St. Ch an:b, (v. Mr. Kreb?) per Corr. Sec'y from "A Friend," ItrooUyn, N. V. per do. do. Mrs. Smith, BiirU Chinch, X. V- per do. do. Sweet Hollow Ch. .. I. (iiev. Mr. A'immo) per do. '23 0D 3 1)0 158 u g CD riii A member of the Prick Ch. X. Y. per do. do. X. Itoyer, Coatesviile, per Rev. Jo-eph Mahon Solomon Piitterson, Chamh-.'r-burii, Pa. per do. S. Thompson, Pittsburg, Pa. per do. do. . . Presb. Ch. Silver Springs, Pa. in pait per do. Ahram Scln-ll, Scbell-burg, Pa. do. prr do. . . Highlands cong. AUegeny co. Pa. do. per do. Bian iywine con. Chester co Pa. do. per do. . . Huftalo cong. Washington co. Pa. do. per do. . IVtcr A. Johnson, Moniitown, X. J. per Rev. Alfred Chester ..... George Shaiswood, Esq. 7th Presb. Ch. Philadelphia Pu sh. Ch. Pennington, liev. Mr. Ogden, per liev Mr. Marsh ..... William While, Philadelphia Collections in Tth Presb. Ch. Philadelphia, in pan, for Id'ia, r Rev. W. Chester James Scholt, I 'sq. do. subscription for 1835, per do. 2 0 I iit) 00 15 00 11 OH 1 00 13 78 20 I'J 8 00 50 00 5 00 41 75 1 50 51 48 100 00 18 00 7 0 I Iiitle Valley cong. in Pa. per Kcv.W. Annan, by Rev. Mr. Enghs .... West Kihaco(i iiila, Ta. per do. do. Proceeds of Lectures on Anatomy, to the. children and youth of the Central church Philadelphia, for the bi nefit of the Satiford Juvenile Education Societv, by Mi J. I). Jones Presb. ch. ievv providence, Pa. per Rev. J. S. Miller Presb. ch. New Lexington, I'a. per tin. bill Presb. ch. Philadelphia, in part for 1835, per Dr. A. V. Mitchell .... J. Moieht ad, Uanphin co. Ta. per Rev. J. R. Sharon Rev. J. R. Miarou, near 1 lumniebtown, Pa. G) 00 7 00 3 W) 30 00 5 00 3 00 $2VJ'J 0G From the Western Luminary. Til r. LATE IlKNKY t'lUTTENDKX, Esq. Departed this life on the 21st Dec. last, at his residence in fShelbyville, after an illness of two weeks, IIf.nry (Jki rrKNimx, l,sq. aged -13. lie was the third son of I lie late Major John Crittenden, of Woodford county, one of ihe early settlers of Kentucky, and a thslinomshed officer of the Ilcvohitionary war. His atllictetl widow (the eldest daughter of the

late Col. John Allen.) and five children, together with a wide circle of personal, Dolitical and rcliiri -

I ' C7 j ous friends, are called by this mysterious dispensation to tlie exercise of the deepest distress and svmrp, ,, , , .. pithy, lhey enjoy tho consolation, however, o l . i.r i i r- iti j ' , , , looking back upon a hie wine i had scarcely reached its meredinn, signalized by energy, zeal, and initlligence, in whatever pursuit he engaged; and they have tlie yet more precious satisf iction of looking i- ir.-i.; I .. :.i...i :.. i...: ; o-. i i ... i: . ( oi .uaciM I a , 'li'u iiiuvu in uiiiiiii uu u n.t 1 1 a i lor ,.f t,o (rallant Mo. Ho hnr s alter his Honons. tin - .1 r- ' oll untimolv fill. He was selected ll'tel'Wards to be ar ' a flajr of truce to the enemy. His discharge of . ilint ilifllcnlt duty was liijdilv annroved. Asa Soldier, as a Merchant, as a Farmer, and . . . . ' . i i -1 i i - i : bo nvinrnd s:m useful oualities. and he wa iwire sunnorted for a seat in Coii'-ress. on the List occasion failing only by S votes, 1 But it is .he purpose of this sketch to notice him more particularly in the character of a christian. He moled with the Presbyterian church in the revi- '. val of lOS, and continued to the last moment to enjoy the hopes and consolations which a heart-felt belief of the saving truths of the gospel alone imparts, He had indulged in some of ihe follies of the day. i which are too often regarded asouly venial; but he ; now looked upon himself as condemned both by the purity of God's law and the heinoiisness of his own sins. Under a sense of his porishiiiir condi tion, he was led to seek the salvation of his soul and to flee from the wrath to come, whilst that wrath ! was vet to come. In the midst of peiplexing avo- . " i e . i . li- i ill canons and political turmoils, u.s reiunou aiuued

i with him, as was beautifully illustnted when attacked by the disease which proved f ital. lie seemed to have had a piosentimeut that he should r.ot recover; he made' his w ill. and sent lor the sl Jabl only two individuals w ith whom he had unfriendly

.l.'e jnns ho be'-eed their forivem ss, and stated repeatedly, that he was at peace vviiii all the world; and though on account of li s family he should like to remain with them, yet he was entirely resigned to tl.e will of God, on whom alone he trusted. ():i 1 1 1 ; day before his death he asked an Elder of the church to sinir the beautiful hvtn "When I can read my title clear, To mansions in the skies, sVc.' but ihe physicians prefcired that il should he read. This was done in a most impressive manner. 1 le requested il to be read again, ami siidit afford, d him "real satisfaction. He ws often engaged ear nestly in pnyer. A few hours before his depir'ure. .. ivirli'ii ir fiiiiwl ruif it t in e itllf 1 ,1 ,111 HI t 1 hmi 11 I'.mi. ifvi ' ' mi, in.... n hut lot whose salvation he appeared to let ! a 0. - en 01 1 1 rest, supposing liiui to be talking to himself about Ins w.e blly ail'aiis, inteniipietl him by asking bun what subject lie was on now. lie remarked with I?reat earnestness, "I am upon the iranscendently important subject of my soul's salvation." N iiai an exhortation !o that friend to prep ire to meel ln (iod! ' 'J'. TBI! FRIDAY FEURUAllY -JO. is:?r. - . f.vcf. of (.ion Tin: same. Go Attributes and e is known to us, only by his works and by what he lias been pleased to reveal of himself in his word.! We see a world without us, proved by manv in- i

1 fallible witnesses, to have had a hegining; we have; man law, or public opinion. 5 0 ) : knowledge of a world within us, differing in every1 The primary law, which may be considered a-j- ()! j respect from that without, except that both are not ; the law of nature, is recorded in Gen.ii.'M. 5 10 : from eternity, but effects of sonic cause. Reason ; ''Therefore shall a man lea.ee his father and his

alone would teach us, that this cause must be from : a.-:.....: :...! ,1 ' ' 1 ' ; er, and in nature and operations unlike all other; ; objects with which we have any acquaintance. The revelation which we acknowledge confirmsthe conclusions of reason and opens immenst sources of light and information on this subject. i Tlie conclusions drawn from the works of nature ; overwhelm our faculties, being universal, vast and bouili beyond all comparison. Keve anon comes down, as it were, to our limited capacities, I introduces to us, this Great First cause of ;) III) i things, tinder an idea more personal, more deterI minaie anil more within tho compass of human I 1 l effort. Here, under various names, titles and at-

tributes we are more fully made acquainted with same reason that a man may not marry Ins ow n the Author of the world without and the world mother, or a father his own daughter, he is forbidwithin the Creator of mind and matter. We, in den to marry his deceased wile's mother, or his order to distinguish one from another, and some- deceased son's widow. times 93 significant of their natures, give names to The law of nature views husband and wife as Ihe objects around us: but the Creator of all tilings, equal.-, and the duties resulting from this relation being one and alone, and on this account, stand- have a respect to the equality, and in a sense, wring in no need of being thus distinguished, and of the parties. Eut it would lie a violation of our highest conceptions of him, being infinitely be- nature, and produce utter confusion of relationlow the truth, it is evident, we can, of ourselves, ship, and the corresponding duties of relationhave no name by which to call Him. To supply :dip, to allow those who sustain the natural relaihis defect or rather, to compensate in some men- tions of superior and inferior, of paternity and fihsurc fortius imperfection of our intellect, and to ation, to enter into a connexion in vol ving equality, give us more adequate conceptions of his perfec- This primary law, therefore, implies the prohibitions, we have him represented to us in ihe Scrip- tion of marriage in the ascending and descending

tures, under the relation which he sustains to ourselves, and tor the most part under some precise character, resulting from that relation, or from the history of his providence. If all nature bespeaks the existence of a Great First Cause, revelation supplies us with a name. "He that made all 'lungs is f,W." "In the beginning, (iod created the hea-

vens and the earth and all that in (hem is. II lete, as forming a part oi the special dispensation again, the same voice ascribes to this First Cause, of divine government over the people of Israel. omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, eterni- v e shall, therefore, assign some reasons, which ty, self-existence, spirituality, all these perfections, may satisfy every unprejudiced mind, that this law and more, not otherwise discoverable, are ascribed was not limited to tlie .lew s, but that it is, at this to the God of the 1 ihle. Thus (l) "1 am tltn AN day, obligatory to us. mighty God." "The Lord God omnipotent reign-; 1. That this law is moral in i;s nature, and coneth." Gen. 17.1. Rev. 19.0. (2) "The only wise soquently of general and perpetual obligation, is

i God. 1 Tun. 1. 17. "lit wisdom hast thou made j them all." IV. 104. '24. "There is no searching of I his understanding." Isa. 10. '2U. (3) "The eyes ! of the Lord are in every place." Fiov. 15.

"Whither shall I flee from thy presence," kc. Ts. ' 139. 7-1-2. "V.;ti,f,r ti, o,- eit,, ;

--'VlclAl 1 1111.1 V till J liitll, lO not maaitwt in his ,itr,lt. (;ir n t,,illr ar ,,i nnf,n()fi f), , , ., , and openea unto the eves ot hmi with whom we , , , TT , , - , , . have to do. lleb. 4. 13. (l "Peore the moiiii- ' ula IML,ll1 ,!Uns wcre bro"Sht lor!h' or ever thou hadst formC(l t5ie earth and the wcrld, even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God." Ps. 00.2. (5) -'He glory; most loving, gracious, long suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin: the only true object of prayer and. religious worship, and the rewarder of them that diligently seek him; and withal mot just and terrible in his judgments, hating all sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty. Ail these norferMnns la 'Inn" to the First Cause of nsture, and the God of the Bible. Thev are thi names:, titles and attributes by which he make-; himself known to us, and by which he is distinguished from his creatures. If now, it is asked, as it is sometimes done by theologians, are the attributes and essence of God the same! it is answered: As to his essence, it is altogether incomprehensible. The measure thereof is longer than 'he earth and broader than the sea. We cannct scan the height. We cannot fathom the depth. After ail that we can discover of him, it is only a very small part of his ways 1 1 1 - t is known. The question, however, does not appear to present much difficulty, if a real distinction is maintained by the negative; that is, if bis attributes be one thing ami his essence another thing. Iloth reason and re elation teach, that (iod is one simple, per-ft-ct, unchangeable. Nothing can be added to him. and nothing taken lrom him. Sometimes we vie w bim under one attribute, sometimes under another; now as acting in this way, again as acting i:i that wav. From what we know of his doings and ways, we at or.e time sav lie j. a! all in rhtv. at anotl er omniscient; now, infinitely ho! then, abund ant in goodness. We speak according to our limited capacities and feeble conceptions. "We cannot do otherwise. We moan that this almighty power, is God; that he who knows a'i things, is Cod; or this omniscience, is Col; that he that is infinitely holy, is God; or this infinite holiness, is Got!; he that is abundant in mercy, is God. ,:1. A real distinction, presupposes things, different in essence, which tho greatest simplicity reluses: ami tiling rea.lv diverge one, unless by a.nirrojratio!), wi absolute perfection. 0, If they essence would be completed 1 cannot be ma ic'i is contrary reaiiv uiiler, ... 1 1 something reaiiv distinct from itself, and perfect in the highest. o would not be in itse.t" !. Jt would follow that 1 iod was not Inn-, in lnm chanire by vv y immut a i-i.-i' tl.'le. hi cause he won! 1 jui'a e: , 1 ho rool of !i:e :i am iStites might r ittier be tor; or joined to it.'' TrnnrTiN. I'roin his essence F-jf the S'iViJirJ. ON JIARRIAGE WITH THE SISTER OF A j 1' EC EASED W I F E. Continued.) I The first thing to be regarded i a our present in. ; quiry is, the existence of a divine law, prescribing I the limits within which, in the present .state of socioiv , it i unmoral to torm marriage contracts. 1 : For if the divine law be silent, or have become ohso'eto on this point, then we have nothing to guide us except the fluctuating principle of ex pediency : nothing to bind us, of higher authority than humother, ana slrill r leave unto Ins wite; and thev 1 l.-.l! I,., rt.wl. " il.,,.-. t 1.. ; .1.... ' 111 . .I. i 1 1 1 i. 11 e 1 ii'iiui liiijmrti, ma. ihe matrimonial relation cannot be lawfully Ibrmed between parents and children. "A man shall IiK IVE hi r.ATiiFR and his motiif.h," in order to form this connexion. Hence, it is evident, thathe law of nature, which is the law of God, forbids marriage between a son ami his mother, and between a father and his daughter. And as it i. further declared, that th,; contracting partiep,"sha!l be one flesh,'' we have here, the fust annunciation of the doctrine of affinity, by which the kinddred, by blood, of the one party, become reciprocally the kindred, by affinity, of the other party, in the same degree of relationship. Hence, for the nie ot parents ami children , ad mfnnHtm: so that. as the Reformers often speak, if Adam were vet alivi-, it would be unlawful for him to marry, because all are, in a right line, his descendants. l'.ut the divine law, on this subject, is recorded at greater length, and with more particularity, in Lev. xviii. Some, however, think this law obseevident lrom the express words used in the uvtroduction and conclusion ol" ihe divine enactment, " I am the Lonn v our God. After the doings of the land of F.gypt, wherein ye lv. It, shall ye not tie.