Standard, Volume 5, Number 7, Madison, Jefferson County, 26 November 1835 — Page 2

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Front the Christian Intelligencer ami Evangr'ical Guardian. NATURAL AND MORAL ABILITY. The Scrt;:r. s leach lh::l the whole nature of tint man whose soul has not been wi'shcd in the fountain of redemption and grace, is d filed will' sir.. He is "altogether r.n ia. clean thing."1 No! ;t

single faculty is exempt. "To the defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; Lut even tlic mind and conscience is defiled." Such is the constitution ol man's nature, that, if depraved at all, t!ie depravity effects all his powers. .Man Is the subject of moral purity or defilement, ;s possessing a moral nature: lie Ins a mors! nature, as possessing a soul endowed with reason, freedom of choice, and conscience, or the faculty of perceiving mord relitions, ol choosing or refusing things of moral obbg ation, ai!l of being sensihle of moral ccsctt. Iut the soul is immaterial and indicis'lde. The imdersiar.dirg is n"t one constituent part of the soul ; and the wall, ano ther: r.n d t!:.- n ;:;'riinhc nnothf-r- hut tro ?amo ir). divisible spirit acts in under, at iding, in will, Scc.; hr.u the tmdc.si tndh-.;?, the will, &c. are only powers or faculties of til's indivisible and immaterial sp rit. Now, th -.1 which is indivisible, if it be at all depraved, is all depraved. There may be degrees in its depravity; but the depravity, whatever in degree, affects the whole of it, for it cannot he divided. To talk, therefore, of the sou! being partly depraved, and r srt!v undtf riv d, is to tali absaidIr. This dcnlornoni nmo'int to an utter in ability to j live ho!v to know, serve, aed enjoy (ied. lie is ! '"dead m trespasses and sins witiiotit strength.-- ! i ncciraai minu is oitmiTV ngamst vreni. tut is not ; ! 1 . . . , ,- .1.. subject to his law, neither indeed can I.e. I'he ; natural man receive: h not ihe tilings of the Spirit 4 t fw-.fl ii .r t r.rv r. ,- t.u. ; i.. t . . ,,, ,1. . t . ... ...., ' ... . v ... .... ... v iv ..hi..- iw H... , hi i.i.i i tiiii . be know them. f. r they are spiritually d .seemed" 'No man cm come unto me except the Father which sent me draw him." " The nature of this inability is the subject of much controversy. A.ucli, of I .to. has been said on the subject of moral and natural ability, and no often the subject h.-.s hern h f t in go atcr perph xily and confusion; and while the .New School have been verging low, uds. or plunging i.. to ihe whirlpool of Felagianism, is there not some reason to fear that some of 'die Old School w ill d .sh on the rock of fatalism? It mbdit be vvi-hed that the ( ubi'iaiv) disiKiciieu. oi nauiiai uoti moral aoiiiiv n Hi nrvei neon 4 : . C ... l 1 . .. l i : , . i , , made, ant. that it were tor ever a! an Ioi oil : b r the nvnds ot toe nvj Hity ot cnnsii ns will never 1 will never be

n ti a to k .-r-n it i Kt::,i': i- m 1 i., "... ; . i... popmar sense. , 1. .Wan.ns a pr, per sr jeel efinrra obiigation ... ouu.,iai,ic ..e.i; poees a i eoiis-i'.;:;io;i- i rl) capacity ej ,uitvrc for km.wmg. s-.ning. and enjoying Uo,l. ly lias capacity of nature. I mean. ; lliose lacuiltes inleUec'.w ia.t r Ireedoe.i of choice. and conscience which man jv -ssessi s, : s ?.i;;. and ly ihe posscssio,-, of which be is distinguished fiom the brutes, which perish, and is endued with powers susceptible of the knowledge, love, and enjovmenl ci vjett sc.scepttl ,e ol liolmess. I nature m a; p. SiccCS r,0,v Rs tiuly as u fore the fall. ar.-.l befeae as wi n i.i r.c. ii. The fall not give it. took it not away; regener.u. (joc i:.,-'r. .,--,n 4,f it -l.il !:f ft: OS 111 . ' 1 ' 1 " , . . i " '; he ceases to be a moral aed accountable gem, .... , bece.r.es as inc.! pal le of sin as of holiness. J. Bv the fill ail these f.oolihs are defiled with s,n ok pr mi. not deslrov. if. M .n i. ceased lo be a pure moral agent, but r. be a moral agent, lie h as be come a corrupt moral nger.t, !ul still he is a tror.il acetd. :s consftuiioti. powers, in virtue of whie'i he lias a c ipacity for knowing and serving CJod, ar-d is subject to mora! ol, ligation, remain; but t.'.-ey are ail depraved "even the mind and cor.scict.ee is defiled." And ihis depravity is sach that man is ultt rly vnalle (as isslio.vu above) to know, serve, and enjoy God. 3. But it is the inability of moral deprarit:; it places man in ail his powers in opposition to tiie moral law. This contrariety to the divine law, in dl his faculties, is invincible, except by divine grace. This inability is not like that of ihe. eve to see, or the arm to lift a weight, or the im ilect lo grasp an idea, neither of which, when it exists, implies moral turpitude or contrariety lo the 1 iw of God; but lh:s docs, and is, therefore, every where, and under every firm. tinfid. With ihe understanding it is a sinful lliiidness; with the memory, a sinful forgctfulics.: with tlie judgmcnl. a sinful erroneousness; with the conscience, a sinful ;!.,. ?- sibilifi; and with the wiil, a sinful rtin llioi.tnr. And the sinner can r.o more overcome the blindness of his mind than the hairiness of his heart. The latter is inseparable from the fo.anor, sustaining it, and sustained by it. The blindness of the mind keeps the hard-ies? of the heart undisturbed; and the hard heart approves and strengthens the blindness of the mind. It is indivisible spirit acting in reference to the same mor.d tilings, ami m .all its powers acting wrong, and unable, in any of its powers, lo act right. The mind is blind 'and cannot see; the powers of intellection may be great, but there is no spiritual discernment r, seeing so as to realize; and the heart loves !o h ive it so. 4. This inability is natural; inasmuch as man in his present fallen condition, is, ' by natun -from the womb as descended from gu'ihv and corrupt Adam just such a corrupt, depraved, creature so totally depraved in all the powers of his moral constitution, as to be un ible, as well as indisposed, to be holy, or to know, love, ami enjoy (i,K. ' It ,s' natural also, because it affects his whole nature. There is with him not only the hardness of the bean, but the blindness of ihe mind. They ..,- Io gclher, and it is foliy to srp irate them. They are joined one to the other, acln g and m ,ciin". "You see it in children not only wiong psiTuis and will?, but dullness to learn what is .;ood a. ,1 r;,..- i ness to learn evil-great forrxetfah.oss of Z great relent iveness of evil. "-Tliev have The u'un i I. . ,. V . - to,, u. in.. r. . standing darkened , being ahenaO d irom the lift of God ihrougii the ignorance tied is i.a them because of the blind:. ss of their heart." o. In consequence of ihis in .bil.lv there is a necessity far the t-xeicise of Almighty power to change nol phvsically, fait spiritually and morally, the whole oul. And the divine ov.er d, es off, et a renovation of the entire man. Among many , ther passages winch miP!., f,e ,iil(rd lo . i. in conn, etion XVli!l j;,!u ,j js r.,. ingly convincing; fro,,, wh.eh it aj.pears ih.u vv,e sinners, w ho arc "de.,d m t.cspas.M-s and aro 'q.uckened" in regeneration, ,h,y .rivlH hl, 'exceeding greatness ol God's power according to the working of his mighty power which Inwrought m Christ, vvheii he raised him f.,,m p load. And that this Almighty power of Gd ,1,,,.;, cli. ct a renovation of the entiio man. we have c'f. ticent proof, 2 Cor. v. 1 7 : If any man be in Christ

' - "' ' " : .too 1 ' !v.-euo!-.? p. a,, ami t,:o will moves, itiuler distinction is iis.o.w::l he led mio m's pprehension : tlieir coMrvllii-g iidluei.ee, ddightint in. and ehoosand error and dispute. 1 1 1. ps il.e simple tru'h ieg iliat which is ::;ed. c may be set f ,:th ns follows, ia Li;u age usod la the ! .Now, in this v iew. hr- use of means of "race i

lie is a new '-feature; old things have passed away; behold all things arc become riftr.1' ii. Mm having the capacity of nature before described, there is room for the use of means, ad ip'cd to him. as a rational, moral, and accountable agent. It is by the use of these means, and the exercise ol man's powers in the use of them, that the Holy Spirit effects ihis change. Whatever else mav he

instrumental, 'the word of truth' is the great means: instrumental, 'the word ot truth is the grea means: j .lames 1. 1. And it inust be useo. U it. .out the j sjH?cial aid of the bpint the sinner mav, by the ; 1 . '- in- i ' .. won!, oe rationally convinced of Ins sin and misery. and of the fiet that Jesus Christ is the on'v Saviour and an all-snfiicient, suitable, and gracious Saviour. But it requires the IIolv Spirit to aive him a realizing, and abiding, and heart-atVecting sense J of these tilings. Yes: for this there is neevl of "the demonstration of the Spirit and of power." And .1?. .1-1 r . . .. V"". r"' i oi'Mtj; I'll l i il t U.US Hit IfUUtfU I II IU lilt" m IoeiMaiiumg, io me iie;.rr, aim otuam an entrance there, and give a controlling inlhience over tlie affectioiis and will, and hy this means, over the conduct. Now, in this there is an inJluence on the sinner's mind and heart, by thf Spirit, wiihoui t.'ie word, and a contemporaneous (the)ugh, in th-? order of nature, subsequent) ii ilneuce by t'.e same Spirit, through the word. There is a revel .lion of truth and du v in the word the sinner reads and

, , . ,,1 I !f f ,. . . - ears lliei ecinal.v iiinlert:iniw sneen u v- !miv one-lia I ot our o-rx: in invent mrr r,-,T ("...-

is convinced. Here be slops he cannot move a - . 1 step farther, and the revelation of trulh and duly can no notlmis more. So far as the realhins li.cemmci.i oi inai w iitcu is -v a 1 is concerned, the man is blind; and though tlse sun of revelation is 'shining full-oiht-d upon him. he cannot see. The S T. ,1 S!,- r', f .V. . .. 1. rt 1... n ... inn, . r in limn vi o mi i ii i ii:ii ii: i t ii not ii tf ii v.t : . upm the organ of vision before it will lake in the liht. and firm the ini 'ge of spiritu::! ib.inus upon the letin.i of ihe soul. The instant he does this, ihe birht of revelation darts in. and the things of ("od vi a:ed in that light are realized. Jus! so with the flections and the will. In what is now realized in li e mma. tire presented tne motives .ai d e,n slih r.i.i 'us imuei v.naii u.e Oeait s hen . Hve ar.i . .... .... .i" i , , . , . , I,, , , , cuooe winch is g.ed. ,,!, then, ihe hear! is under an unconquerable alienation it abhors that wliicii :s good, and cleaves lo !iat which is evil, Now, here the Spirit must exeit a direct ommp - ole t agee.cy (n the heart, and renovate it. The instant this is d.ine.the heart yields lo the considerr.lions ami motives Pros anied in tho iiT,,t,ii!:m,!:!MT i . .. ;v. ..i .. .... . , . ,, important, (iou's promise vhh; s trr.umse warrants the aate. thai . . the man who, in t'.e diluent -xorri.sr nf I.U im,wcrs. as a vatmna!. moral agent, makes h:mso1' tic- . - quainted with the iruih and will of" God. shall be re newed in spiiit oi li s liiiiui; and then, in the kr.oaded kt.o.vioffgo of vio.islnuh and will, wilh which he has stored i.is mint!, he possess s the materi.,1 on which his n novated soul subsists and acqnaes vigor: he has a treasmo of light in his mind, under the mi -ml u.fjuence of wmrh .i-; soul ..,;! acts angh!.i'hete is m od of it in rermom!ion Tlif od.-.l m cus it; the a!!:'ct!i:i:s and ihe will need it. With out it e cannot be ilhinrnated without it be caunot choose thai turn to G i l. which is good without il he cannot Tiie most perfect eye cannot s.'e in ight : she most ex:u:sito I aste cannot tb.-. ;' rei s;; which is no! s'ii t ci to it I o Amxpotf. "What is ihe us said liie jitip.il of a medical friend of ours one ti.ornin" (. his master or, tneir way lo ;i place of woisli p, "what is liie use of going so often to church, when you only hearlm ?. i lit 1 1 11 "it i .1 1 1 ii.:.'-, ' , i" w. . . , . ..lied his masier . -of brea, f. in, do,:,,, BZ 1 " ' 44l,"Tr "w '

ping, every iav. vvnen you only cat the smie tbtiigs ; :l; n nines etju.my nenelicial lo man, kn.wlefg.. over again ? "I do not s;;e,"' s dd the youth, -tliat is not equally lobe .-.ctjuired and retained at all the cases at all resemble each other. "I must cat i 'ims. The tares of ihe world grow up in the tnitid tosnpjioit my hie and nourish my bod,-, which otlies- ; il,u' ( '' :,,u' d.estroy thv good seed. It has often wise would languish and die." uThe cases im j boon observ ed, as a matter of surprise, thai old age more parallel than you are aware," rejoined the ' "'"""Id peifertly ren:ember early and remote oireumtiv.s'er. "What fo.-d Is to the body, the ordinances stances, while jteihaps 1 he concerns and occurrences

i . . . of reogion are tothesaul. As the natural Ufa h .i . -hi -i ii , me one w in t ingu sti ami uecav, miioss we main tain it by the bounties of God's providence, so the diviiiR life in the ether will wilh r and piss away. nub ss we have recomse to ihe provisions of '-race"" "How does i: le ppen then," inquired the" von n mu, ot our friend, "Ihat al' have not the same relis.i tor relgteus oxercists, while all have the same api-clile fir llseir botlily food?"' ' There." answered the master, "you again mistake the matter. It is very Irue. when jur bodies are in heahh, we desire and rehsli our daily bread, line when we nresick.it is widely different : we have then not only no relish for our" food, but even loathe it: and not mdVeqaeuily desire that which is unnatural and injurious, iso it is wiih ihe soul. When that is al jteace with God, ihromdi the re.

demp ioti which is in Christ, it is in heaith; and nol ! feniorse '-Tor he," says a distinguished moralist, only desaes, but relishes, these exorcist s of devotion. ! l,ni'f's to look hack hereafter Willi s disficlion and cannot ex:st without them. But while ihe soul j "P,m P lp; years, must learn the jtresent value of sincontinues in sin, it is in a slate, of disease: and hav-i minutes, and endeavor to let no particle of lime

mg no :ppe:i!o tor sjnriiu .1 food, it dislikes both the seasons and ihe exercises of devotion, considers the Lord's day a weariness, and avoids the society ot his people. For as bodily disease, unless removed by the hand of skill, will sjicedily terminale our present existence, so the continuance of thai spiritual disease, I mean sin, which wo deiive from our first parents, will issue in that spiritual and eternal death which consists in the everlasting exclusion of the soul from the presence and favor of us Creator." Loud. Er. .!,;". Srvcral ways ichich team mcji to de intemperate. I. Idleness. Whenever people are idle, and have nothing to do, they feel very uneasy and unhappy. Then they think if the'v can Wet some strong tirink, it will make them feel lively rron" 1rmk' 11 w,u make ,h,,,,! ''veiv. And, "f""? , lf0 ,0 J. ,h,' io the tai"' "V PO,1,ethinK IO n- ; s0 1 wo wisj, the ; topic to be eoeYe. we niKt learn them not to be idle. 1 CamUii!"-. Another thing that makes i,eo1 h; wncotnfortable and uneasy, atid so makes them vrjsh for strong drink, is the'practice of gmnUinsr. hen a io,son loses in this way, he knows he has got nothinpr for his money, and it makes him f. el very unhappy. Then he is apt to drink strondrink, in order to forget his misery. 3. L.iccss in Eathicr. Some oeonle Inam tr. ua line. operate in tniihig-t by f,,si becomi'mr intern- , . ..... i. . w ... .

perato in cat,,,?. When p-ople eat too much it I licipale an unworUiy doom.or Condemn ns it: h chnn.akes them thirsty, restless and uneasy. A nd i ing years, in order". hat last oimo, iumhes may l,e .hen .hey wish to drink. One intemperate indul- reUaeved (if tfa.y rV( r c,n 1,' retruved) , . gence ol tlie appetite is apt to lead to another . i n i . . , . The person that w ould not wisl ito , Z ..L- ! K? which we shrunk and recod, ,

ard, should lake care not to let his appetite be i , is in a sli r ei anything. 4. ,( Company. Uad company is another thins: that leads people into intemperance. Almost a!! .-oris of bail eop!e love ttrong drink. Keep away, then, from all sorte ofWd company;

TIME.

Tl. lMW4r Cr;i,l., I .1 ... . .. i,.uu..i IUIV.HMI; ir:ii,.ti I,.-, oil tilt vaiilC Ol ... uiu MMMi- mi- limn me auoress ot jaiwu i I uu i Uroirn, !(., to the literary societies of Rutgel s College, X.J. We commend them to the at- ! -; . r .!.,.. ... i . "m,i,- I'viiis.ii oi mkw io wuom itiev ate auuressod. (lam. Observer. ' Another and most in, portanl subject, is Time-in considering which, I should not be unmindful of the draught already made upon your attention. , t. . . , "The time of life is short, To jpon.l iliat sl.n.s, hasolv, frvere too I.w 1 ho' time ii 1 rije upon a dial's point, Stiil cieiing at tl.e mrival of an hour." Or ii: language more solemn, and not less a!n c-' ting or poetically beautiful '".Man is of few davs and full of trouble He cometh f.nth like a (lower, j "tid is cut down; he lleeth also as a sliadow and con- '.: .1. ..... ; ; exttaoruiiniy. in.n : .'"nvumuu ;c ; an: I uiri-t )I1S U K)It II 10 ttTQ Vanu impou nice ol time I une the veiv tenure ly which we hold all our earthly, may I not s'iv all our heavenly interest ; ;ime. wiihont w hich nothing can beaohieved, irith winch if carefully improved, tin world is too narrow for tiie majesty of man; and he woal.l seetn ever, w.m moving m a temporal sphere o en-renci upon eternity. I say is it not most mar- , .""' ",is i"CCM,,,s t it ii :. I .ill 1 i ' i w it, i .r t"i inn.i io rm.10 i,, , . ... , .... .-nuuiu .ii Mime. iii?uinces actual v em- . ,..,...c .m wasting or escaping from the other. l ime mav he said Io be the very soil of our existence. W e n ay . cnvert ii by pniileut culture, into a smilinir paradisc or abandon it as a bleak and barren and blasted he;.lo, to the (earnest and ihe wrath of offended Heaven. We measure and divide, dect orate and ' i .i, iv.v. r..,r,t- ...... .. 4 , : .. . r : . , 1 1 -. -. , '' I'll"! I'it.nn ni oi pen f ion en l it 1 1 ll Willi fragrant flowers and luscious fruit, refreshing arbors ; d gay parterres there the laurel and the pdni 'shall flout ish the vine and the fig tree shall clini n'id cluster loelhr, and the wholesotil shall revel 1,1 a vv ii.l.-ruess ef sweets. The improvement of time is liie first tnd best step towards a blessed etermiv ov ... . . . . i ime is ine puce o immorta l v: and it il Im ii i , - , . , . wpnndercd or misapplied m i-a.Iy hie, when it is i 'most productive and profitable, ihe riinuant of our! days shall he "speni in shallow pleasures and in mis- j 1 Improve iIhmi the time between the era-! ; ole and too grave there is a great work to be aceamS plished the wolk of two woilds. Not a moment - is lo be lost "l-'or nn ntir qiii'-kcst ilcrtcrs i The "mail iilile and noisal. fs toot of litue ' Sie.ils rre wc cna etY.vt Uipiii." j Wh icre isl.,e man that can look hack on Ins woildlv c e ,., i... i. i i. .. t in..1. ..... ...... ...II...1 .1 i t. ' ' ' 11 -l ? 'oiuaun ah i.v me inrongmg gnosis ol mur- ' "h'red years. e.l years numbered forever with those 1 , ., ,1 . , , ... . i,r.vol!1 tlic Hood, and hearing upon their brow th shameful blushing record of misspent lime. Ala as. no man sees fits penl nllil overtakes mm; no man listens to the votce C-'l anotnoi S experience; he. IllUSl . ..... i . l l i r . i i sa.e 1 1 it' ioiu:o. leu, lai.ait.ui! liiinsei I; :md the t.,sle IS 1E.VT1I. C -ollid men but deem the lime agonies would be tiv.nded; what triumphs enjoyed;! what evils subdued ;w..a. remorse escaped. .Moucy i ,s said lo lie the p rent of mischief; so far as it conHiliiiiesto rend .r ns indolent or supine it mav he true; the fastt sl fiiend of vice. An idler is'hko the sloth, tied is said by naturalists, to pine and perish on tiie I roe, from w hich it has eaten all the foliage. He ihat nre.rri'ai'-i'i'n.i tl.r. .!:.-.. i,.... i -.-lo.Vtiiit-s. ills crnVn,on;s imiil a period which he ,!,:.v "ever reach. The past and the .resent are all 'h"' belong to us. To sav uothiii" of the los-swh.hd we sustain, and ihe evils to which we are cxjiosei ... .1... I : r i , , . . . c- . ....... .. ,i. ,,.,,i. .. iviitinieiiL'e. ii is a leost ..-1,1 I. : . ... . .1 :. .1 , ' snen.simr ha the .si,io .S 11 11 .01 1 ii 'I . : 1 ' f 1 i ii, i!i, .n iru'n 1 , 1 1 ! 1 w' iv. w iv-ii-t; v."!!.II T ' 1 of yesterday are fotgoiten. When properly considered, where alas! is tho wonder. The difference is that, between an iner Ipiiou on ihe sand of liie wave l.n..1nn lI,..,-., .,.1 .... ,1... ... 1 II I ,i.t w uu .iu.,11 , in. I on I I Ji- t;,.. : n V .) UlllUl ''l0 inimortal essence of man, is ever the i perhaj-s grows blighter as il reiurns lo the bosom of : ll!i""li but the jhvsicd ..iculf.es. ihrougli whit ! neli it holds communion wilh the concerns of life, are bro ken and impaired Ly . go; the functions of the body the outposts and sentinels of (he mind, are asleep, and convey no distinct antiotmeenieiil to the citadel either of ihe a jroach of liiend or fbc. In oilier words, th,? imjuession thus made upon ihe brain is a di re:: my, visionary, fugilive exjtression. that lasts ... .)...!...,. lor a moment and is llnm forever gone. Youth is ic season for improvement; he that jtasses his m iI ,,inl.V '-Gilituil knowledge, has no lime left but for tail list less lo the ground. A sufficient deduction is made from our brief career, by tha unavoidable ajmrojiriations of life.'' .... Many imagine that time is most import an! to the .:i:vu. i ins is . t tuning ei i or. as wen might it he said that wilder was the most important season to the husbandman, who has neglected seed-time. That season of life, I :ippo;d to all eiei ience lo confirm ihe doc.tiiue, winch is mosl vital to the happiness of man, and exercises the most jiowtrful eontiol over ihe prot-pects of life, j'.s' that which ;;c now enjoy. Rightly considered and appreciated, how blessed ale die abodes of Ieariiine how .o. ires un7 tie shades i t oo.sw 4.f.,ti ..e r....' , - . . . . ... .-.! 1 .. i I , leioi.ic .inu unnumaercl liovvers. I he no-. ....... .-4. .,1 mituie."' How enlivening the scene,"" wlieu the .-,,.1. ,..! : . 1 1 . - . . . . vim. ii- oe.. ii, inspired ov seniiUKMits wlncli ripened into liberal exercise in future life, shall at ihe same lime imjtar! a rich reward lo ihe possessor, and confer permanent and invaluable, blossoms upon ihe so ciety to which he belongs. 'UW ei, how seldom ' ..!... are these blessings appreciated, until ihev are los,t ! How often are'l.K.ysacnhccd'or coidemne,; fli j ihe vain pursuit of empty and delusive phantoms 1 which I'erish in the gr.isji! ' The hours of youth cnenmloved .r mis,br,.,.o ,l ! instead of .adding their contributions lo the e-ii.,v. I . 'Oil t II II, i !.. .. . I ments of life and suji.lying the pillow upon which advanced age may securely repose, olion ciib. r " ,' P" '"Vl1 ' "" Vigor, lie that is content, like the worthless weed, to vegelale where

he grows, instead of embellishing the bosom of so- u"a! Seminary, lhit our annual ajipeal to them ciely by his moral and inlelleclual bloom and be.m- j in iis behalf. Ion scarcely Fecun d ntilhrof what isly, can scarcely be said to live. The enjoyments of. necessary for its su p port existence are unknown to him-l,e1kcs no debgh,: p:-tff,, v.;.h pecunhir, m . mr.,iiv

in me accomplishments ol those around him. or Htl.PV rnmlnrl l,lm f In, I . ... ! .... 1 , J .-...... ....ii ,. ma minis misspell!, IUlU I.ICUI-i"un-uj mu, eieurnig no pleasure Hum i w"ont, lie lias no world witiiiu, to which Ik cun re,re:" for consolation or repose "A cypress, not a i luKnm l. i.: .. i . i .1- " i- . ""-"'"5 "wva puoi ue.ui. 1:1 mis comiition lie yields to the unholv blandishments of vice herds ! ''e ,hp prodigal, with swine, exlingnisluii" the ! pP:,,k '"e divinity which once burnt briuhtlv withj in Ili"b prostituting his glorious birtlin'ght to . ncrnetual sh ine pcipi uai s.i..me. ' Tin:M.ss,oNvuy.l.:s,r:,c, frum I)r. L Porter's sermon on" I no D.ity ol Chr stems to pray for the Missionary Cause f '..mong modern missionaries, though literal porsccution and chains have seldom been know n, sr vere labors and privations are common. A few exaniples. already familiar I am aware to manv of ,v Iip.i t(r may illustrate this remark. The first is aii inemeiiiai gi nice ;;1 Hie I. loot Uavnl Ik.iim-id. from ! i cursory sketch ot his own pen. 'I live,' said he, m Hie most lonely ilesert, about eighteen miles Iron, Alhmy. My diet consists chielly of boiled corn, a.id l)i(.:ul liL-...l ncK.io Mi, I. ..I. : .. !:..!.. ,Cip of straw laid upon some boards; a hltle above the mound, for it is n b.mr r, i,l,t ..... n..,,. ,i .it . . . - i I lodge in. My work is exceeding hard ; I trav.. n f,. .,,,,1 .. ,ir i . .i ..i i i . t. ! " iiii .1.1,1 ,1 II. ,11 ulllli'M UJlh, illlO OaCIv ii I . r .. i i- ....... ,,,,,,,, ioi i nve so iar irom mv m i.u.s ' A.-tm l. .,;,! ;., t- ... r i i.. i ... . , ,u UJ t,-., v M,i t: oi v. i v;w i Kirpnf ; lor want of suitable food. I had no breaid, nor! ro'il.l I .mt :o ii,...i. . ' had some meal' of which I ,Tvul. iitib.- ,l-,. ""i : ihesn rir ,kh,.m I C.A, ..,t : i' i i blessed (iod :i nuwli -ia if I I, ,,1 I.,,,,,, ., l-., l.'.., , .... ...... .... .nt,.., i. ii ui .',.,..,1 ,1 lli;. J M i ... e .1... i ,i ii ..ii . , ,ii v.,Mi.v.ir:,in oi me ueauieii, i long and love to lie a pilgrim. I would not exchange my present mis sion lor any olher business in the wot hi."1 11 'xo-;i" I'.ilt to gam, is heavenly benevolence fortifying the heart to eticounterh udsliips and sullbrmg. sickness, poverty, and toil, i ,,c missionary wtirki' Let the ambitious g un, is heavenly benevo'.e ; minister look at luamerd, and learn humility. Let j thecompl lining minister look at Brainerd. and b arn i ,..,in.,i. ... i . ,i... ..i,-.. i" 'Mi.iii-ui. j., i on; .-eo-mmiigeni siointui mmislcr 00k at lJrai!lCrd, and be ashamed. Dabixi; Hioiivvav Robukrv. Wc learn from tlie Boston Centinel that on Sunday cvenino-,' as I Messrs Loke &. Wells," provision dealers, were rditm I on the Salem inrnnike. their l,rso wa c.,,,,,1 ....h their m'-iwv flrni:owb.l br fl.,n.,r ,,!.. . rt,... I inslantlv eoiaimr from tbolr .i:iie ,1 IT.. I ,.l seized a club, which fortunately lay in the road and :,t!.ack..d one ..fthe robb.os -o.d ,"...,wl..l !,, f..n;.. I !r - .' - , -in. him to the mound, when he was attacked bv ihr- - . . c . other robber. .Mr v e s unmet at., v .-iim,. u l.ij ; rescue, took tlie chd whirl. Mr I. li ,,1 ;..!,',! Cl. e snccessf'iiliy, and bv a blow broke the guard of a w" ; sword and one of the fingers of the as-ailani, who ; took llidit. Wi lls pursuim? him. Another horse m. chtnse. with two mnt emeu, nnd :i04,tl...ri.ra..ti : whom they had f mud lying in the road, driving up., I ? - . . ... . ....... .....,,.,..., , I ... .1 .. I I C II" - . 1 , , ' ' .Mr. i.okc nquested iiiai nicy would o lo I he ass:slance of Welis,whiie he held his man down. They complied, and the other robber was soon captured,

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In the moan lime, the man that they had picked', , . .. , , ., ,, , , , - , ' , tlie rlii'ics ol their oiiiee. public v subscribe It. it. I ri:,il i ..e.,v.,ri..l li-c onc.c no. I n.fi.MM-.., . L

is thej.e.sons who h,d rohlied h;mand 1 lnc i""""Z oumu.a, viz.: ,n tin- pie.dead m th- road. The two scoundrels i ollcc ' (0il ;Uul t,iC di-eclors o. t.us senu-

h fi him for tie were seemed. examined before a iuslice of ilie peace iii Chelsea, and committed to our j ul in Levereil - er'-" ."n names iire given ;;s i nomas Uraden and 1 homas 1-orsylh. The name m .no ,erson loued apparently hfeless, is M inlv II S-i.it i V i .... r i . . oe V .v , ,,rrM.,a 'O'P'ossonrad- . . uu wh vi i it- it 1 1 i t (i iifi ui i it i i- nttfc. i .,1.-4. ...,.1 vv .,1 1 ... .1- . j,,, ii.-ii i I' 1 r 1 1114 ru- such 1 , , I l'"'s a Salutary dieet upon th , F:Ul''S 1)1 llf-rj r- riwaymen. bui'dat and incendiai it s lb at p.rowl about ihe community. THE STANDARD. THURSDAY, XOVF.MBiliJ 23. Is'J.,. UNION IS STRENGTH. The truth of this position is so nearly self-evident, that an attempt to demonstrate it, would approximate very nearly to the ridiculous. And yet, unaccountable as it may appear, wise men and pood men are ot"icn found shutting their ey?s azainst it. They have all the same grat and important object in view it is an object obvious! v leasiblc, provided they unite their dibits: but each one has his own favourite plan, and unless the others will co-operate w ith him in if, he will do nothing. Or what amounts praticallv to the I . . ' -aine thing, each one. by attemptinp; to prrform aloae, what requires the united strength of all, effects nothing. A very striking exhibition of this trait of human character, we have in the conduct of the friends of orthodoxy in the Presbyterian Church. All are convinced that innovations of no ordinary magnitude, both in the doctrines and government ofour venerable church, are bcim? made. All see the necessity of immediate effort to arrest the ev il, ami all seem convinced that, for this purpose, an orthodox Theological Seminary is indispensable in the West, and yet the only Seminary of this kind in the West, is left to languish far waul of jtatronage. Its location, too, it would seem, is of ihe most favourable kind; immediately on the bluff of ihe Ohio Haver, affordimr a safe and frmtv . ' --'.jt v inniiniiiuiiiui H a TV ,1 t i.i . i-.t '!,,,. I. .,..1.1. ...... , i ' i ... .ii. no. ii in ,ii, annosi exclusively I reslivtei ia ti i b0ln,latlon- removed from the temptations of a j.o !t - tlll - llCitir lt. i"'""'1 a"(1 l 1 cojovuig au ine advantages ol neighborhood with Cincinnati and Louisville. Amid trials and discouragements, itsfoumltrs have aersevered. until th.v l, ., ,., i .. i i - ' .7VIU11-U ,1 tlilimsome b.irk ...lihVo i.i rv , m " ' m u,e e,n,aJ"? ? - ,--"1 ihousand volumes, .nd , wo ' ""r1 r,li,,r is ,,T"rarily filled by a genilemen tmm Nonh britain, a student of ll,e j""tlv celebrated Dr. t'h:dmer. Siv nr ,,., - - ' I t l J l ' I " 4" . ammni ot t'ie institution, have already .-one forth ,i i.oio, ers inio tne vast and whitening field. but the support of the Professor?, has imposed ?n almost insupportable burden on the trustees of llanov. r College, struggling, as they are, with the dillieulties of rearing up literary Institution. It was confidently believed that the churches would .... . . . l'V ''"'h annual contribution, sustain tne Theolo-

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! VUlUt OUHlClfe, IUrniShillg WOlksho'.S lor t' ic students, and sup porting tin; Theological professors, the trustees of theCoIieiie prevailed on t !,.-.; i-,.i.r.i-;,i,,ivf , pread the claims of their Institution before the i ----- ....... i ui-mi iii. me jii iy christian conimunitv, east o! the n.numnin. I'.. ! ,0 ''ic'r isappointiuent. seven months labor failed to procure as manv thou.-and dollar ' sum far below the demands a-ain-t t j - . , i L in er these circumstances the I , . . . , , , ', s in hand a them. ey resoived to til TOW t II ! .f, ,1 1-rO ... t' 1. I . ' . ! lain CO;limi,,liiv ot-the west, 'rhey felt con fide m i ,, f ,, , - , , , . j that there v as suihcient wraith, and piety, and ! pul'hc spirit, in too J rosbyterian church ol' the West, to endow their T ieo.oiica! Seminary Es- ! Ppcial!y as $12,000 would besullieient t ) establish ' a IVo sorship at Hanover, while twico that amount was renuired to r :-!:.';! r.n.. i mi mines. A plan wa accordingly devised tor tbuiiuin 'hree professorships, by seen ring 36,OiX dollars. It was hoped that the States of Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana, would each endow one. and t! thus. with ihe bless intr of Hod. place the Seminary on a ' Unn and permanent basis, but the Svnod ofKv linn it their late uieetr.i sr. refused to co-ooerate. because. ih ,...,. .. nv.. ..t ci J 0.... .m.,.,. j ,c w,.. Though disappointed in the t'ruterna! aid anticipa. ea m Kentucky, we do not uespair: but now I Miake our apP 10 the church, by hiving our plait i before its members. The fol'owinsr is the caution ; o 1 a subsrrintion uaner which i nbnnt in l.o circI j - vi.v v.lated. Fun experience of several rears liaving : convinced us th,t a permanent luiui, sufiicieit . 1 ' . . , r 1 V , itG suPP";t ls professors, is absolu ! lo the success ami pcrmane tcly nccesncv of the Indiana Theological Seminary: and being' moreover satisfied that there h sufficient wealth, and patriotism, and piety in the West to make the endowment, the Trustees of Hanover College, under tlic provisions of whose charter said Seminary is placed, have resolved to open for that purpose the follow . ' ing; subscription lor sums of .s 10 or upwards. 1Z. 0, tb.C subscribers "f this ortiele-. promise , ., r.-i . ril 4. ., l, IM- lo 1110 1 '!llei 01 iianovcr Lollcge. the sums severally annexed lo our names, in "vc annual instalments, together with six ... , i . per com. nncresi on sucn part ol lue sum as mav remain unpaid. Favmetifs fo be made : ... on or be fore the I.)th of Jet. of each v car. - ut that this find he not pen cried from i il... .d.ior. now iniomle.l. wo main n.u- dr.t.n- :. l.... c. ii ..,.:.: , l, , I, I.O II I 1111 111 " -Ot tllli I I II I t I f I! 1 1 . . . . 1 . . l.oNorrioN I. j hat the said fund be and :.. a,,, ... ... ... r.i . ... t...i: i T "X. ic ll W ln to Pro c ' i . " ? ' g 1 , : ie.o: oi s.u i iii.-tiiiiiioi!, oe kmc entering on : . - . . . ,. . - , , i I do solemnly, ex ammo, .adopt. reailh ; eeive ano suoscr. ! and L;ite' lusms crihe the f'onfe.-: ion of ol the rre.-hyterian Church I tilled States of .tn.. ne;i. as ;m;n:u v lie cor,ind iut , fusion of mv faith, or a a t (.xhibition of (nal svslem of doctrine and re!igious belief which is contained in the holv serijitures. and therein revealed by Cod U man for his salvation: and I do solemnly, tv animo, profess to receive the form of government of said Church, as agreeable to the in-jured oracles. And 1 do sol miiiv jiroaii ise .and engage not to inculcate or leach ativ j thing which shall appear lo me to contradict or conlravene, either directly or implieillv. i anv uung latigiii in u.e said v . o:ile.-ion oi j rami or i aiceiiiMiK nor to n;v.se anv o ! the fundamental principles of l'i csbvU rian church government, while J continue a Iholcssor in this Seminary. Commtion '2. Tii.it no part of the ii iiicipal of said fund is ever, on any pretext, to he used. ( 'on nrrio.v That the interest of said fund he appropriated to fl.e exclusive purpose of supporting the Indiana Theological Seminary. Com)it:o 1. That in ca-e the sii!M-ri-hing the above formula should he- dispensed with, or docf lines taught which manifosfK I contradict or coniravene the doctrines eontained in said Confi'ssion arid Ca.tochism ; then the above um !v us severally subscribed and donated, shall revert to us or to our lawful heirs, and b; recoverable l,v l;lvv in any court of justice. Now we confidently believe that there are I'.'d men in the Presbyterian Church, in the State of Indiana, new as it is, w ho will be able to give twenty dollars jier annum for live years, without deranging in tae least ihcir pecuniary affairs. The little church at South Hanover will furnish at least sixteen of them: fourteen have already b. en obtained. Assurances have been received from friends in Ohio that the IgO names wii" be forthcoming there: And we cannot believe that Kentucky w ill be behind her younger sistcis in so noble an enterprise: especially as it can be done without at all interfering with her endowment of a eimihir institution of her own. And then, with the blessing of God, the work will be done, Provision made for sending forth annually, down to the latest generations, a band ol devoted labourers into the vineyard of our herd, thoroughly furnished for iheir work. We knew that it has been sai l "Let those w ho come after us, jnovide tor themselves as wo have done."' Hut this is a work which must be done now if ever. Let this iiistitnii',-,1, m,lirn b.. ........ , and tho ground will be occupied by otlu is and a radii ally different aspect given to the Church and to the moral doctrines ofthe country. In conclusion we remark, that although the Jilan only coi.tctnjdates subscrijuions of K0. and upwards, tw o or more individuals mav be, if necessary, united in the jdedge. though but one of llitan is known on the paper Xow all iliose who may feel solicitous ?o invest a small jiorti,n of the ahum lance which Cod has

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