Standard, Volume 4, Number 22, Madison, Jefferson County, 20 March 1835 — Page 4

THE STANDARD.

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ON DEVOTING AN INFANT DAUGHTER TO CHRIST.

The sentiments expressed in the following lines from the Mother's Magazine, meet a joyful response in the heart of many a Christian Mother. Lord, accept my infant child, Thou the o;Iori;-c wi.t receive; Thou hast oft on children smi'-ecl; Help a :noth Cleanse lier in: Holy Sr;:. it-No-the licssc Which shall :cvo. vi i-oul fr -on her si v."ork be v.a ?ni, iine, . .. i t. tV! tamo. Lord, that heavenly v.-isdom ein Hear a mother's ardent prayer That her ch:h Shell, : M 1 ren all may iive, tbv tc-niiur care. Mothers with yor.n- children bkst, Daily c'.usicnr.g round yonr board, Reft on Gor s swt". : promise, rest. Faith v.-ill i;:c-et a rich reward. When with agony you pray. And "he dew-drop dims your eye; Then t Lea, Jest;?. ?rers i ov ru oildtvi: a tne i--;-.'-ncr, - wiil r.'ccive, He If wh:' i)-?essimr. Hannah v-ii le-licvc. tn:s. lord vour voices, iot ners, ! !ein f-t song to rane, host rtjuirc?, md harps to vtra'se. Hark' t :e r; :I he a vo:c:. it. cm the eocky m "From o'er the Rocky mount Where prairies wide are ?j Where streams. tVom forest i' Flow west to ocean's bed; See savar.e men dtscendi.ttr, To V.-.-h i;; iV v .! Their career eyes still I ending An eastern Ms'it to hail. uiiiS, r ;-d. mnuiins. For thev Of Go. heard a story oft l:o!v ! ook. All full ofii-ht art Oa which their And they, like ea Who -jourtit yc-.' c s would tern sasics, f. o::i a:ar. Have vei a weai v . e s , To find the Saviour's star. Have you tit These wat To us shtdi i r-ea v a tavi rt wise nit 1 e Ltveti, To cuide us eti o;irway We're wand'ri rs. ai! our i Dee t 1:1 cto-itiiv iu Oh! let us seek sa!va'on. Oh! sire us hcaver.lv ii. ':t. Yes! red men! hero forth !-eannn. God's word slit r.e Ivoad a .id free. And soon its radianc e'eantinpr. Shad s' ine o'er earth and sea. To you we'd send this pro? pc-!, Which God to u- lias civon; So faith may come bv heraitisr. And vou L e led to heaven."' THE PIOUS SAILOR. extract liom a Journal.! l! w.-s a lov.dy nt could sav fvom the way hoarl, cl ire the gloty of tiod, .and ihe ht. All on board ' The heavens de tinnament showeih ' his handy wntk." moving swiftly, a; Ail sids were set; and we were 5 in a tiling of lite, on our way to was on duty at ihe bans. I felt a htm. 1 li d he .id his voire in iJoslon. vieoige deep in'ciest m prayer; am seen a Rdde in h;s hind. Indeed, his whole maimer was unlike lint ol any el Ii s lehows on board ship As he was standing .at his post on the watch, 1 went up to him and sod Miner abruptly, "George, are you nt a Christ i m?" I lis countenance brightened in the I'ght of tho moon, as he looked me in ihe Hce; and I saw at one. that I bail touched a subject no ir lis heart. A pious sou! loves lo speak .!. t.i' ie eo adness ot God W iih tnncii emotion he rephe i 1. 1 (1 l trust lhat I am: 1 l!ii;ik I can testify to the gea for my own soul his manner, and : in his soul in v more of hun. I hiossof God in the gifiof li s. Son There was so much humility in ich an evid' nee of .i work of ijraco at he s iid. th it 1 is:;ed iihn to tell i ):iged to know o somothum ol his history, when he give m-a ties narniive. UI have ;ilw,,ys been a s ;ilor. .My father was a sailor before me. My mother w..s a p.iotis worn in; and whenever 1 wen! on shore to see1 her, she used to say a great niai.y tilings to me about mv soul. I paid no attention to them, h i! bred as though I had no soul. I w .s a fo 1. 1 s ad in mv heart. '"There is no God.' Boldly d'd I p.r.fane ih ; n :rno of llim who s .ys, "Th( Lord wiii not hold him iiuihlesslh.it takelh his name in vain." rly frmie iren.h'.es when I look b :ck upon l!. se ! iys of sin iiiul diring. It is a wonder that God !:d no! c ;t im? down in the midst of my course. M is! rie'dv did I deserve ihe lowest place in ihe wot hi of the !r-J. hi the midst of storms at sea. when the thumb, rs and lightnings were abroad f.int MiibUui'is of liie wr..t!i ol(od and when f.r up on the m .st.oroni on ihe yards, in iuiinent peril of boiim plunged i.. to ihe de ep, I have called upon God to cause soy soul, t hus 1 went on from year to year, seeing the w.u '.. of the. onl,and bis wonders oil the w..!ers; and exp rieneing bis goodness all th" wh de, till the year IS. This yen I shipped under a pious C. plain, which I hid never done before. He w,;s a i.e. d m m, ami did much for ihe good of l.;screw. He read ihe Scriptures lo us, and prayed with us. For a while I was unmoved. Alier some tune, however, I began to tremble. The Word of God con iiiei d mo id' sin, and of rmhteousness, and id judgment to come. I saw my danger, and ft It it too. .Mysmscamo, up before me, and appeared as mountains th it must forever separate me from p ace .and hq piness. I was a miserable man, and thought thai I must always be so. At I. st I opened my In-ait to the captain. He felt for me, and told me of ihe mercy of God in Christ Jesus. With tears in his eyes, ho dnccted me to behold the Lamb of God, which takelh away Ihe sui of tiie woPal. ylv v:.iy moke. Tens of p-a. it. -nee ran dnw n my ehivks. .My f .iih look hold o- li.o Son of God, as ,,, ,;s yut( io p mo. v .in .,, n.y sou, V ( Ided myself ill) to i. lie pour, d the o 1 ol and pi.'.icu into mv . .-n lieu i : a. .il in nm. n, my hi,-, xlmjr wound .pi.se p. ,.c.:, p. ,tl;l pe..cVll mv horn again. . loo ciO d I toil Ih .t I W.,S a li,..v fi,v.l,lre lv.il;o!i in my h ui;l. I t :U...I ... me of liie Lord. My joy was full; ami n,,ls o.-en ieoui lhat tui.e in! now. ()! lhat all ; ii.iny lo the w.ite-s .aid diink. Come- lo the t s . I v . , i ion, e !ii-g children of men." o lie p ic.se d. ILs ( motions were too great irmit him to go on. .! tl.U time, ihe wrucr ol

this was in his sins. The sailor's words went to his heart. A few weeks prtcr, he was standing before the altar of God purely professing his interest in the blood of Christ. In the judgment day, he hopes lo appear as a sia- in the crown of the riot s sailor. N. X. T.

From the Annals of Education. DEVOURING BOOKS. It is r corded of Madame de Stael Ilnlstein that before "he was fificen years of age,she had 'devoured? GOO novtds in three months; so that she must have rrni more than six a day upon an average. Louis y"I.. during the five months and seven days of his imprisonment, immediately prececding his death, read 157 volumes oro?t a day. If litis species of gluttony is pardonable in circumstances like those of Louis, it is less so in a young lady of fourteen or fifteen. No one can have lime for reflection, who reads at this rapid rate. And what ever may be thought, these devourers of books are guilty of abusing nature, to an extent as much greater than those who overcharge their stomachs, as the intellectual powers arc higher than the n!'Vr V c . , .! If we (inn but ew cases of mental gluttotiv equal , . c, , , -, ' . ,, 1 i to that of m. de blae , there are many who I..!! i ,. , , r . ' , r ' i ; but l.ttlo short ol it. Ihousands o voun" people. I ... . . r ' . i i j SpOilU llil'll HIIIO 111 pel :ill.ll lOllilll'g, IM IJIIIUI III devouring boohs. It is true, the food is light, but it occupies the mental faculties for the lime, in j finitlcss efforls, and operates to exclude food of a j bet tor quality. ; I should be amono- t!ie last to engage in an ind'.scriminate war against reading, but when I see the j 'rapid increase of books in our market, and iheir j general character, and consider, that the condition ! of the nnrkct indicates the character and strength ! of the demand, when lo ibis is added the coimction torced uppon us, ly lacls will.m Ihe range ol daily observation, I cannot resist tne conclusion, j lint i: strongly b- Iioves those who are friendly to i j n.ental as well as physical temperance, to sound an j i appropriate al arm. j IVrpetvnl reading inevitably operates 1o exclude i j Ihought, and in the youthful mind to stint the openj ing mental faculties, by favoring unequal devclopement. ii is apt either to cxeim.e social enjoyment, or render the conveis ition frivolous and ummpor- j tan? ; for to make any useful reflections, while the i I """l is ,,n 11,0 J-,!,1IoIN is l,e"Lv ult "f 'e question; ami il no useh.l reflect.ons are made during the j imuusoi icaomg, iney cannoi oi course oe reiai no i m ihe social circle. Besides it leads to a neglect I oi domestic and other labors. The lr, that 'man J jrt cat bread by the sweat of his face? is not lo I j lie violated by half or threcc Jourths of the human .

race, wan impunity. Il is a vmversai. law; ana j -,v fli,ir.il,orc is Calhoun, who condenses his thai mdiadual, let the sc.r, rank or station be what '. 1,o;irs int() ,jl0 nlo5, f.ihlo and lurid form of it .:ay, who (wsgrcssts, must stijcr the penalty I rxprjon-therc is l'oindexter, who ulteis sarnot mere poverty, but a loss of actual eujoymenl, :..m .i, mns. ,v,ih,.,in.T .-uul bitter in that oi.iet

.l.ri 1.1 . .1 i i no, o. ueaun. i.veu u xve a, not innuoe on ine J hotns sticred lo repose, sleep becomes uisturbe uiisound and unsalistymg. rood looses its ri lisn, bfo its zest, and instead of seeing the f iir and goodly Eden, we read and dream of, the woihl becomes less and less interesting, and we actually begin to complain of our Creator, while the faith is in ourselves. Such tire some of t lie results of a perpetual devourI ly m : V ! U& oul. U ""m Kfl""C . M,!"?,e l" s,aKi I : .i i 1. !.:.- . i i . .. i . . . j oivm .in in ueiaii, so as 10 snow uie hoi txieni oi ihe evil. I am fully aware that the error in question favors I book-makers and book-sellers, for, 'it is an ill wind it hlows nobody any good;' but this sliould not I prevent our protesting against it. And whde 1 (hs I cl nm all fellowship with those who derive no pleas ure in the contemplation of the future, but place ihe golden era among past ages, I do not hesitate to say, that our ancestors, at periods not very remote, were more truly wise than the children of this generation. If they read fewer novels and hght periodicals, ihey meditated more on those i hey read. If ihey had fewer books in the community, ihey h id more of what Locke calls, town!, round-a-boul sense. If Ihey devoured less, they digested more. Il has been saiil of l)r Johnson, lint giant in real literature, lhat he never read a book through, except the Bible. ilow would our mental gormandizers scout the ide a, suggested by one who passes for wise, that we should always read with a pen in our hand! Ilow would Madame de Siael have smiled, at bring told that siie would probably derive more benefit from reading half a dozen pages in a day, than ihe same number of volumes! But we may anticipate a belter future. This book-mania is destined to pits i away. There is there must be iu a world which has been for thousands of years improving, too much good sense long to tolerate it. Let the present race of youth of both sexes, continue to devour greedily every, catchpenny publication that issues (iotn a tccmiui: press. But let them remember, that ihey are unconsciously hastening themselves from Lib's scenes, to give place to others, and we hope more rational actors those who will remember that neither their mental nor physical nature can be sustained by nine gormandizing, and lhat digestion is no less impoitaiit than mastication. A. ENGLISH CLERGYMEN. We copy the following p ir.iraphs from En-dish papers as illustrations of the influence of a church established by law, on the character of clergymen, or, rather us influence to induce unwoithy men to assume the oflice of the ministry. These specimens of cii.ir.icler, however, are not to be regarded as fur ex unples of liie ministry of Ihe established church, but raiher as evils to which such a church is peculiarly liable, and which demonstrate to Ihe world the corrupting tendency ol an alliance between church and state. Religious Telegraph. A young dashing clergyman in Yorkshire lold ihe clerk, "Do not forget to say there will be no service next Sunday. You know I shall want to go to Doiicaster races."" Accordingly the clerk bef.ne the second singing, announced in a sonorous voice, 'B:: no s.irvice next Sunday, becazo as how the measier wants to go to Doncastcr races. Let us smg the lUOih Psol-m.11 Times. Clerical Sportsmen. Amongst the names of ihe licensed sportsmen for Yorkshire, we find 55 with the word "Re .'trend 11 prefixed to them. Sheffield Iris. Chrical Liberality. The following choice production is from Ihe clergyman of the small parish of Boiieh-y, Devon, and addiessed to Mr Woslern, respectable lauded proprietor of the same parish, wiio refused lo sign the Church and Slate petition. "ISoneley, Aug.lh, lSJJL ''siir My fixed deleimiu.ilioii about the put of too glel y,,u are farming is, lhat lioni Michaelmas next you p.iV Un additional III. er annum. I also insist upon i's being dressed its I ordeied. If you

treat the land contrary to the custom of the country, I shall bring an action against you. You are to d as 1 command and have no will of your own in this case. You may consider yourself fortunate in Inn ing escaped a good horsewhipping, the other day. for your insults to me; any repetition of the same will be most seriously visited. I once considered you a respectable man; but I augur very il! of one who looses all respect for his superiors. 1

am sorry to inform you, that you are the only melancholy instance of a farmer being drunk in this parish, when I went round the other day for signatures to a paper. (The paper to which the Rev. and learned gentleman alludes, was a petition in favor of the union of Church and State.) If ever 1 find you so again, you shall be fined five shillings. I forbid you ever speaking to me. If I tithe in kind with any one, it will be for no less period than seven years. If you know not how to behave submissively and respectfully, it is my duty to teach you. I have great regard for your wife and family, but extreme pity for yourself. I will never consent to see you inside my house, except it is to ask pardon on your knees. I shall be obliged to dismiss you from the office of church warden; and I shall not allow vou to have a lease, nor keep the portion! r (, ,-, , . , , 1 , ot tiie glebe Vi.u at prrsent hold, longer thin the1 , ,, ' . , .. T , ,. law allows: take tins as a notice to unit. I shall i ,, , , , ' seille the business with niv attorney. i 'II. J. HUTTOX. "Keep this notice, 1 have a copy."' Compliment to American Eloquence. It is too j much a custom in Enuland to undervalue the tnorj,s nf ,jr ir,msail antic rivals. Because, all at once, ihe L nited States has not produced such a long list of worthies as, from ihe accumulation of centuries, England can boast of, the" are taunted with hiivinsi produced none. This, loo, while Irving is one ()f))llr n:lturalised Brilisli classics, while Byr..,m, mcm6 1;VC fOMnd aphce on every table, and ,,n rci j verv heart. -while Leslie and Newton ' slrjve with the liest artist.- of these isles for the pre-! eminence, and certainly have not striven in v: in. There is something lit once supercilious ami ill )rcij j ,j,s asserting that America has not vet! produced any man ( surpassing intellect. The cavjHcr3 forget, that while Scott reigns on ihe land, . America has her Cooper, who is unrivalled on the: U' n I,. ,1 ,,r t',,,- Kiw.ri.l ,., P;m r,r. I nn Canuin-,- 'ut America has oiators who can ' r,)mpete will, the proudest productions of these fnclK There is Webster wiih an overwhelmjn ptrenath of argument, which, whil.- it repiires not aid of beauiiful 1 angnaee. does not disdain to se jt, .,)erc is Clav, whose wit sends foiib m.,nv a sj,.ft ai)(J wlmse eloquence lakes many a - r, - ( ,()ne w,)icl , fml!l(r irril:iUs tho vic,j!n -A)ii,inunder ihe infliction. -ihere is Preston, who (line orator as he is) is most eloquent on ihe sudden cmer.'oiicv, and unites elegance of language, with force of reasoning t thorn are Sprague, Por1or, I.oidi. Clayton, Fi obniihuvscn, all of these are now living till of these hive seats in Congress, and we venlure to assert lhat the best speaker in the Engi lish Commons is not equal to any one of them. N:.v, were these away we would venlure lo back T'dw; rd Everett nyainst the field. JAverpool J 'urnal. Cultivate Tdrc Try lo cultivate that kind of real love for every one around you which will make your hiart glow. Not a theoretic or a sentimental fire, but such -an affection as shall lead yon to go out of your way to do them good, and descend lo little self-denials, or little offices, and shall leave no doubt on their minds lhat your heart is warm. Some persons say, "We hale professions we wish lo show our regard by our decdaV1 Mere professions are indeed hateful; but let not this keep you from the words, the (ones, the looks of love. Remember what the Bible says: "He that is a friend must show himself friendly.1'' This feeling of benevolence, if it is genuine, will not explode in general kindness, but be a perpelual ardor towards individuals It is much more a thins of cultivation than you think. If you will to-morrow morning carry relief to five sick persons or poor people, yon will find on your return home that the principle has been newly kindled in your soul. S. N. Journal. uThc half was not told.''' Our lonjj standing estimates of :00,000 drunkards and oO,0(K) yearly deaths from intemperance in the Unined Stales, instead of being reduced as we all hoped they would he by the efforts of temperance societies, are now to be raised, on ihe authority of Mr. Williams' tables for Seneca, Yates and Cayuga counties, and other statements equally unquestionable, to TmO, 000 of the former, and 50,000 of ih latter. But no calculations have yet been made based on the reports from districts like that described in the Maryland Temperance Herald for Jan. 10, where in a settlement or neighborhood containing thirty-six families, only two men and three women were found who did not drink rum. Yet the world is full of such places. "In a close (or narrow) entry which I visit," says the Rev. W. Wardlaw, of Glasgow, in a letter just received, "there are 17 families. I have already discovered one third of the male heads to be addicted to this vice, and there are probably more whom I have not discovered." In the semibarbarous countries of the East arrack and new rum hold divided empire with opium. In the north of Europe are distilleries innumerable, and we doubt whether in any part of the world, even in our beloved and boasted New England, the sun rises on a more temperate community than now exists in those counties in New York, where in a population of 15,007 persons, there are 1S,S0'.) moderate drinkers, and l,-50 drunkards. To an intelligent survey, the condition of ihe earth in respect to this vice, is like that shewn to the Revelalor on ihe opening of the fourth seal, when he "looked, and beheld a pile horse, and his name lhat sat on him was Death, and hell followed with him: and power was given him over the fourth p.irl of ihe earth, to kill with the sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." One fourth part of ihe moral energy of the human mind now on earth is under the lethargy and paralysis of intoxication, and ol those who profess themselves free, very many have changed the name and not the nature of their bondage, cry out am. .zed and aghast, against the madness and pre sumption of the men, who with a view to the emancipation of their fellow men everywhere would erect a standard upon tint only firm ground of total abstinence from all that can intoxicate. None more impatiently suffer injuries, lhan those who arc most forward in doing them.

'Shekel of silver" which is probably one of ihe most ancient coins extant. It. is of very pure silver, and appears not to have been s'ruck will, a die, but to have been cast in a mould. Although much worn, the designs upon it .are sufficiently distinct. On one side is a Censer with incense burning, and this inscription in Hebrew characters, ' Skekel of Israel." On the reverse is an olive tree, and the Inscription "The Holy Jerusalem.'1 No date indicates its age, .and it may thence be inferred lint at the lime of iis coinage the custom of dating money had not been introduced. As the Romans were careful along with ihe independence of the nations they subdued, to merge also their civil institutions, and distinctive character, it can hardly be supposed that ;i coinage of their own, was permitted to the Jews, after ihe conquest of Jerusilein. Upon this supposition, which is certainly a probable one, this Skekel must be more than eighteen l.nn,lrua old Ilow maiiv va'juo associations and conjectures cluster around it. It may have been upon some table of ihe Mouev Changers which our Saviour overthrew at the Temple. It may have been one of the thirty pieces of silver which were tendered to ihe traitor Judas, as ihe price of blood. We know of it only this: It was brought to ibis country many years since by a clergyman from Holland, and h id probably been car ned there by some of the Jews who emigrated from Palestine. ( 'atshill Recorder.

Dancing. A young man who had attended more to the cultivation of bis heels thin of his mind, flittered himself that he could better bis condition by shaking bis feel, rather than an empty skull, issuetl the following proposals: Dan Sing Nkull. miss ter bghtfoot proposes toe open a dansing scull in witch the hellegunt hart will bee tort in the new west fisbin. Lad dies and gentlemen boo may sea fight to pitron eyes him in his under take will please to sin thare names to this ear piper. Note a Bean a Skull toe bee o pin as soon as I wen tea sinners do sin.' Airs. Chaponc being asked how she managed to be always so early at church, said, that it was a part of her religion not to disturb the religion of others. One of the most rem likable instances of sagacity of which we have any record, is Wolsey's ictnark on the I ress. Speaking m the name ot the Kouiish clergy, this haughty prelate said, "Wo must destmy the press, or the press will destroy us. Simple, cure for the Rheumatism. Boil n small pot full of potatoes, and bathe ihe p uis alluded with the water in which the potatoes were boiled, as hot as it can bo applied, immediately bcfoic getting into bed. The pains will lie removed, or at least greatly alleviated by next morning. The most obstinate rheumatic, piins are known to have been cured by one application of this novel and simple remedy. Xursing by Steam. It. is an absolute fict that a patent has been taken out for nursing by steam! It consisis of the application of the steam lo the machinery which rocks the cols of children who happen lo be passengers in steam vessels. From the Christian Observer. The IJidel Prophet. It is said tlvl David Uuinc, a little before his death, which took place in 1770, predicted, that bv the commencement of the nineteenth century, Christianity, would be generally exploded, and its superstition, as he called it abboted. But ibis presumptuous witling had no just claim lo a prophetic spirit, nor even to a good natural fores:ght; the event has destroyed his credit. This present century is already fraught with events so clearly in fulfilment of verily believed prophecM that we may lake these cases as Ihe sure prod-""-of the l.ttler-dav clory. iW are the nls to which we allude, only inlnnative and promising, but they aie the active, ox ralive ar-ncy, by which this (uand epoch is to be hrou"'-' about- Can ye pool not discern the signs of this l'" S A Bl "Til's kill.T.lnn, ,,l" irrid','' ilW I-isCO of Berlin s-ivr. "is to extend to ii men, as .1 is conformable t.i'ihc love of liod, who wills that healih should he extended to all, and coulo. inalile lo tiie wanis oi men. who are all sinneis needing redemption, -and eternal happiness, but incapable of piocui'iii-r it lbr lheinlvet".

10 SINGERS. A new Music Book, stereotyped in patent notes, arranged and composed by Lowell Mason of Boston ; anil W Timoiliy B. Mason, Professor in the Eclectic A' a.leinv nf Mime, Cincinnati. M AS' lNtS' S.U'KKD HARP Is adapted lo the wants of all denominations. The variety of nieties is murli gieaier than in any oilier mile. -tion of music. But very few livinns are contained in lliu hymn books of the !i(Terenl denominations of christians, for which a tune may nm be found in the Sac red Harp. It contains a great variety of very heauiiful Psalm and Hymn tunes; a collection of interesting Anthem., f-et Pieces, Sacred Songc, t-'riiteiievs and Chants, which are short, easy of performance without instrumental aid, appropriate to the various occasions of christian worship, the wants of Singing Schools, Musical Societies, and pleasing and useful to singers, for their own private practice and improvement. The Ha.p contains much valuable music, which has been drawn from ihe highest sources of musical taste and science in Kurope, especially in Germany. It a!o abounds with the sublime and beautiful arrangements and compositions of ihe Masons, ot winch the following are specimens, viz. Missionary Hymn, pae 13!). Haste, O Sinner, 21. O! prais God in his holiness, 224. Watchman! tell us of the uight, IsS. Inverness, 95. Norwich, 119. Corinth, 57. Ilebwn, and Ward, 49. Cxbridge,43. Epping, 212. Cardow, 133. Sabbath. 12'". Olnry, 9b'. Haddam, 114. Snrdis, 165. Rowley, I G2. Oiiphaut, 137. Oliver, 147. Brown, 174, iic. From the St. Lotus Observer. We 1 are examined the Sacred Harp with care, and do not hesitate to give the style an I harmony of the tunes our unqualified appiolaiion. The music combines in an eminent decree, that chastencss, simplicity and facility of express on; Inch ought evr-r to characterize devotional tunes. The pieces aie in exfjui ite harmony and taste. Were we to name all li e tunes of pre-emme ut excellence, we should select a large pioporlion of all contained in the volume. It is just the kind ot music which, it seems to us, the aug-ls would loe to sing. We are confident that the Harp needs only lo be known, to be introduced at once iutu universal favor. From Uic Standard. Written by Professor J'ilcs, President of the Musical Society in South JIanoi cr Cullcge, Indiana ,. The style of music contained in the Sacred Harp, ischastet sublime and bcauiifol. The harmonies throughout are in ti.e highest style of scientific accuracy a, id skill. We are confident that the name of Mason wiil secure for il the wide ciicualtion it deserves. From the Cincinnati Journal. The 'Sacred Harp has been very much needed. The senior editor, Profe.-sor Lo.vell Mason, of the Boston Academy of Music, has Ion; been esteemed, both in Europe and America, nm- of the ablest musicians of ihe age. He has been for many years, president of the Bo-tou ItanHel and Haydn Society; is author of 'Handel and Haydn Colleclios of Church Music;" a work, said the London Hannonicaiif several year, since, 'which is not surpa-jed by any publication of the kind in the world ; it is highly honorable to American talent, and shows clearly, the rapid progress of Americans, in musical science. He has since arranged 'Choral Harmony,' a collecliou of Anthems, ifce. published by I he Handel and Haydn Society: 'Boston Collection of Anthem?,' published ty the Handel ;,nd Hay-In Society: 'Lyra Sacra,' a Collection oi original selected Anthems, Chants, &c. The Choir,or Union Collection of Sacred Music,' and several other valuabl- ,am, sical vvoiks.

I'rofei-sor T. B. Mason, of the Eclectic Academy of music, Cincincaii, is a very able musician. W e are familiar with all .Mason's musical productions, have carefully examined every page of the 'S.icred Harp,' which is the last production, an I think it is not too much to snv , it contains the cream of all the other works. It may be justly entitled the 'beauties if music.'' It coul litis a ureal number of pieces, composed by Si ison, of almost uneqtiated excellence. The Anthems and Set Pieces are x try beautiful. The music in the Harp is rich, beautiful, it liv ing, melodious and tasteful in 'tis character of a style perfectly simple and intelligible, so as to be easily snug. From Vic Pittsburg Christian Herald. The Sa. r.'il l!arp will pro e a highly useful work. It undoubtedly forms the. best manual far I hmch music ever issued f.oni the press, h has been piepare.l cxpie-sly for the west and south, an I ?ho'dd le posse-sed by every iudivi.lu.il who desires the progress of music in our countiy. I'liracts front notices of Vinson's musical works. The 1 lar.nonicau, publi-lied at Loudon, Eugla nd, says ( f Mason's 1 1, fc II. Col., 'It is ti'ie of the most complete co!leciions of Psalmody ever puhii-hi'd. The times aie weii arranged, the harmonies are faultless, and the devotional character of both words and music has been attended to nios. strictly.' '" - c.-.-:-n Spectator. The tones have been prepared with constant releroce to ,l. j.rand obiecl of Sacred Music, the excitement of devotional feeling, it is emphatically, 'religious harmony.' From Ihe .Missionary Herald. The current testimony nf good judges, is that the melodies are singularly judicious and Complete. Prom the Christian Advocate. We congratulate the pubiic on the appearance of music arranged and harmonized with accuiacy, judgment, and elegance. We hope it may become the standard ol Sacred Music. From Ihe Hudson (Ohio) Observer. The authors of the acied Harp are well known as mu-ical composers of high merit, whose songs of praise are heard in ad the churches. Mason's vaiious Collections nf Psalm and Hymn tunes, Anthems, Choruses, ,tc. have all been pre-eminently popular and useful, in ihe estimation of men ol science and ta-ie, both in Europe and America. The l.'arp is the author's last production, and it contains the 'beauties' of all the former publications. Tfaciikhs of sini.ing, clkrgvmf.x, and others, who are desirous of impiov ing Sacred Mi-'sic, can employ no means so effectual, as the circulation of this admirable collection. frT Mason's Sacred Harp is stereotyped, and can be furnished to onler, iu any rpiantiiies, by Trcmax fc Smith, publishers, and booksellers, 150 Main Street, Cincinnati. Also for sale by the principal Booksellers throughout the I'niied Slates. Sold by George Holtou, St. Louis, Missouri; the Booksellers at Pittsburgh; Fisher Sc Co., Wheeling; A. T. SkiMmaii, Lexington; W ilcox &z I ickerman, and James Rice, Louisville. February fi, IS35. a;i-:nts you the standaud. onto. Cincinnati Jacob Wheeler, elder 1st Pres. church. Wooslcr, and vicinity, Col. K. Taggart. Fianklin. do. ( 'yrus .lonnst- n. .Vfrr Ilarcn, do. (ioslien, do. Dayton, do. Oxford , do. JIhiiio, do. Dalfun, do. ChU'.irotbr, do. J cl. Spring, do. " est L'nion, do. Springdalr, do. I( itliainslmrgh, do. Piqva, do. Troy, do. Franklin Co. do. Lebanon, do. Hdliirook, do. Xrnia, do. .V w Athens, do. Hipley, do. Eden Cross Roads, William Wakfilield, Esq. Rev . L. G. Gaines. Mr. David ( Ishorne. Bev. Thomas Armstrong, Ivev. Alexander M' t'ai lane. Srepheu ( "oe, sen. .1. L. I lea rue. Bev. A. W. Poage. Kev. J. P. Vandyke, J. Gaston. Bcv. Sayrs Gazl.ty. Kev. James Cue. 1). Williamson. Rev. Archibald CraigJlaiiiel Voorhis. James Steele. Rev. Hugh M'Millan. J. Armstrong, Esq. James Gilleland jun. W iliiam Anderson. I DDI ANA . Cratrfordsvilie, and vicinity, Ceorgc W. Benncfiel incenncs, Pi inri lon, Paoli, Franklin, Uushtillc, Indiana)' lis, Jf'asliington, Spring yi, inicecille, Knov Co Kilt" do. John Holland. do. do. do. do. do. do. William Hummer. I,, (ween, Bcv. I. Monfoit. .1. Hamilton. James M. Kay. Jamtfs Caiuahan. Rev. J. G. We.iver. Cornelius Merry. Archibald Simpson. ILLINOIS. yaJalia Rev. William K. Stewart, PENNSYLVANIA, Pittsburgh Rev. Robert Patterson. Conuelsi illy Alexander Johnston. L'nion Town Kev. Joel Sioneiod. NEW V01IK, Caledonia J. R. Clark, Esq. Xmktnun .In mi's Purdy, Kir. luiiten' illr Bcv. James W. Sievvart. MHUIMA. JYIieding Reddick M'Kee, Esq. ALA 11 A MA. Tuscaloosa Thomas Eumnds. TERMS OF THE STANDARD. Yearly subscription f if paid in advance; if jiot paid within six months, 'fi,:0.