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EXTRACTS I 1-Vowi the Annual lie port .' the .Intfrican Tcnipc- j ranee Siciity. Ever since mm turned away from God, as ihc source l' his enjoyment, and tVoni his service as i the means of obtaining il, I;o ins been 'rone to

Tl if oricus, as stated in Iiolinshed's Chronicles j ;.nd not life

upoa its wonderfully sanative power; in whtc!

says, "It slowctli age, ii strongthciielh youth, it : teth like n serieiit, ;uid stinsielh like an adder

ueipem digestion, ii cuttcin tiegme. it aoauuouein lei as it gives present pleasure; aim appe

So with sin, in all c;:ses; its end is We copy from the la.-t Zion"s Herald the follow- ...!. .'.... i . . i . I 1 tvt. . ' i n rr IpHcr tVntii l!m llnv V. I linn L- i n i irl iro t .- t he

I u.lll I IiL s:, .11. tl tllV.til . OU Yt till i. COIIUI. l I ll.i'i" II P " "v - " " v""" -"c1 ' "

1 iic preset. t appearance fir reality, "at i lie last, it I

mel,

liiciioi v.

it relishoth t he heart, it lightenolh the jsometitnos to increase in strength, a motive is here-

set k it in some improper bodily or mental gratiliea- j mind, it quickeneth t he spirits, it enroll the hydrop-' by created to drink it.

UELIGI OUS.

lion. S in its in account;

its;

no kiiiii ii is perhaps toon more deadlv nee upon him, especially as a ration :, '.and lin msrtai heini', than tint winch

:s from the drinkm" of iiitxic.s i in liquor.

!, it healf th ihc str.mgurie. it ponrcetii the stone,! It sometimes also appears to remove trouble, and

ravel

it ptiiiolh away vcntesity, it jthis is nuolucr motive to take it. A man s wife in Ii the h ad f-oin whirling, the, the state of New- York, was seized with the cholera

For the Standard. The Bible is a sealed look to unregonerato tin

but its use

is r.ot

:i: reloro

for a saving knowledge of

to in? iu:?r. ; co:".;en:s is

tlem ('el

able. "What are t!

it-

as, in this

fine! cau.-e ot drunk' nncss. is cre. ti'm ; nor is it the result of in nature. The animal kinu-

varietv of existence, and modes of

he d;

ami he drank al-

J !i:.t intoxiciitin principle, which

not the prodiict o! anv liriug procts

.it

tiie teeth from t h altering, jcehol. L'nder ils inllaence, he took iier 1 v t'ne h .ir

it.

,s i.ot

f me;1 and the veircta-

il tx'v. jieth

keept-fh and preserve!

eyes from dazzling, the tongue from lisping, the a id he was in trouhh

mouth from snallhi

and the throat from rati bug: it oepcth the wensan ' of her head, ar.d in high glee, dragged her body afroni stilling, 'he stomach from wambling.- ami the j cross I lie floor, and tumbled it into the coiiin. It heart from swelling; it keepetb tin hinds from shiv- s ei.icd to remove trouble, at:d even under the most erinir. 'he sinews from shrii kino- tlie veins from i living circumstances, to occasion mirth. Hut the

editor ot the llcraid. r.a'timore, Nov. 17, 13.). To the Editor of Zion's Herald: In your paper of the 1 1 ih just, an article headed "Dr. Peeciile and the Sy mi," concludes with the following paragraph, from ijnu - pen. as I suppose: "This it will be perceived, i- an acquittal upon the charge of ;tr..sy. Dr. Wilson with all the obstinacy ot'a turbulent disorganize!" is determined to carry it tip to the (ienera1 Assembly.'' Wil! ou permit n.e to say, that you do groat injustice to an uncoinaionlv excellent man and

que:

-non

i :i a sister e.pnomiWiii vou permit nie

cnitubimir. the hones from admi

d t!

m ii

art

1 to the ireneral

ic marrow

iiications indispensably r

. ii:l ! "it.d. (ied

"It is not of nit

It can-, frim soaking. " S'ueh were fui'Dm-ed to be i's wo:

and :t do(s not exist in all the lirin? derful virtues; and inanv betu to think thev could i nose sulisiancts. however, which '. not iive without it.

Uis'iidius. another writer, ascribes to it this most shimil ir praise; ho says, "!t will burn, being kinOiod." And Ibis lie consiJc.,-, as demonstration s! its itectiliar excellence.

It was not therefore straiiue. with sch views of

i;s power as a

net e Wi.l'ks

contain, or which will produce sugiir, after thev are dead and have become subject to those laws which 1 thai, operate on inanimate matter, in the incipient , stages of decomposition, undergo a process, which chemists call rinou.? fi rix ntafion. Fy tins pro- ' cess a new substance is formed, called alcohol.

This is the means of intoxication, it is e i

carbon, ami o.wuen. m t:ie nrc-i.-ortion

ot i vtlrogt

oi t . ,.: . 1 1 : Jim j.ar.s to a n'lMort is in its iiiitiire. :.s m .infested IiV its ciiects, ;; cecdiiiijiv subtle and (ii;;iisive roixon. Tin

ami

con.

ments. by the

existed In -fore; but the si:lr1aiic nation forms, did not before t xi:

on oi wi.ieii

; 's lormeil

ie.'i tiits cembiIt is an t ntire-

cencmi.o Plat

dersvVere laltor; nur that they shoultl iatK('uce the gave this as a reason wl y they did use of i. tor the purpose of preventing as well .-.s j a this subject. "Vou."'' said he, 4

cunnLr diseases. 'J'his was tiie c ;se. pnrtic.ilarlv inUnd of course have no need of takin'" it

for the profitable study and the spiritual understanding of the w ord of God! The doctrine of Christ, the truths revealed by the Spirit of God, are not plain to the natural man; he will not receive them and cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Put this spiritual discernment is not to him unattainable, and therefore a right knowledge and cordial belief of Christianity are not to him inaccessible. The way, which straight and unerring, ads to these, is plain and patent: they who refuse to walk in this hallowed way are alone accountable for wilfully following another path, which as assuredly conducts to darkness and !eath. Reading the Scriptures with diligence and a dependence

upon the Spirit's teaching, is by no means a mystc- j 0,pr;i,(., a certain kind of matter, 'only after it the world stands, ever must be, the consequence in vious and impracticable, but an obvious, easy and j j dead. And the substance which is thus formed, i every country of thus using it, dfhmion, DELUimperious duty; n :s the neglect of this which isasieaily dill'tten'. in its nature and effects, from j S ION, as to its nature and effects. Men cannnt justly involves unbelievers in guilt and ruin. ' every tltii g which existed before, r:S the poisonous j come under the power of this mocker, and not be Their natural inability to unJorcinnJ an.i l.oiipvo, ' me sm u is diih rent irom tho fiuii:-, or if ve-iota- mocked. A nother effect was , and while it is used, i not iut around of excuse for unbelief, for that ,,k'?- f,om ,liC composition and decay of which j ever must be, it created a tendency to ieretuatc Divine Influence, which is indispensable, is freely 1 ''.!,nn-s U af ,rea!l ' ''tnt, as sickness is , that use of it; and also to increase the.piantily used.

j Oiiieit ni hhiii iKMiiii;

mirth (if the wicked is short; ;.nd the ei.il of tint mirth is heaviness. Yet. as the miith is nul, ;ind is occasioned by alcohol, it presents a motive to di ink it. And thousands do drink it on this account. it sometimes also seems to remove even poverty ; and to increase riches, and other desirable things. A poor man in Massachusetts who was not a drunk

ard, hut was in the habit of daily using spirit, great-

misjudge a most vital

nation, in tins snort parato make a brief s; atemei.

subject ! 1 have no design either T accuse Dr. i'eccher, or commend Dr. Wilson, ,'n what follows. To their own master thev stand ,v fab. That master has instituded a tribunal. vi'.i in this world, to which both of them have forma! iv submitted them- ! selves, to decide between them. Let us patiently wait the issue.

In the mean time.it must be the dr-sire of every

d ii.'dge us can-

ly iiC-.v substance, nature and i diets.

nd is alSogetlx r dilb rent in its from what existed before.

l lO II S OWn inillrV. mill t lilt I.t hn :mil V. V:iS OH- ; 'rm: n-lnn,.. , .-it ,r.i,l, ii',

medicine. Ki..t men snouli begin tw; treated oy a rich neighbor, to renounce the practice, didly: and that the conductors if leading religious it must also do rood in hcsdih, esne-i lie imddoncit Iiimself.m.il fi.mul rro:ii l.pm-li'. iir.d ' journals should deal fair' v. if not kindiv, in their

iy w!:en thev were pccu!ia;ly exposed, and un-ilio wished his neighbor to d. it. Tint the poor man ; prendses.

i i i.- Know ii io an . t n a i i nm e is. in liie i i e. v nrian Church, that Church itself being judge, a difference in doctrine so fundamental, that the opposite parties have little or no fellowship with each other. This disagreement concerns ev?ry tiling tbat robitrs to Pros ; v to fi :i n !s 1 1 1 . iot!ior iiirprtlv nr

mt their soldiers, while engaged in a war. in lliejieel poor; and when a man liastakrna little, ho feels; indirectly. Doctrine, order, government, and Nelhethinds. itive hundred dollars richer, than he did before." ; discipline are involved, more or less in the con-

it was also introduced as a drink into Ireland and ; Hut is he any richer? Is his family an v richer ?-- 1 troversy. I refer to the Act and Testimony, to

not tlimu ;;iiie are a rich man

ou are

ibe mines of Hungary: ar.d afterwards, in LiSl. it j rich enough, and you feel rich cnotmh, without it. was introduced, by the English, as a kind of cordial i !'nt I am a poor man ; and nobody likes always lo

;ed in

was f. nofd. rot l y the process which perates in , vi.r'ous other places. What was the consequence ( r is it all delusion ? Delusion but n'r: more real ! which more than two thousand Presbyters; min

the formation of liviitff matter. Lut by that whit h 1 of tins? The same which ever has been, and while 'than the mn rvnorlo.icp in il,,M8n !, I.n-nm ! i:?t(,rs aml elders give in their public adherence;

them ui-iiMuin m uui nii vieiifiai .iistemuiy ,

and fuilv offered to all.

or drunkenness is different ; Hence says a British writer, speak in oftheir intro-

from sobriety. Ilenc it no more follows, because i duciti" it into the armv in l."Sl. "Kr.on lint..

To unreflecting flippancy and ungodly arrogan- j fruits and grains are proper for man. that therefore ! cloud! no bigger than "a man's hand, has boon cvolcy, no aid or influence may appear requisite, but , alcohol, which the Ic-rnientation of these substances j ved that mighty mass which is now suspended over these moral qualities are utterly repugnant to that : produces, is proper, than it follows, because those j our country; and which is pouting its fierv streams meek and suppliant spirit, which alone can pre- j substances are proper, 'hat therefore poisot.ons mi- I through all" the currents of public and domestic invare the mind to appreciate the Christian Religion. ' afnia f m;i,er- "c ,s l''nmi h.v il V"g Vw Itrcoursi;.'1 The people of that country, have since Some mav suppose a blameless life, or an acute. ' "e ",hor ';' Process which operates, only after j drunk 40,000,000, gallons of distilled spirit, besides

comprehensive judgment, sufficient qualifications to examine and adequately estimate the nature and internal evidence of the inspired record. Rut tboujli virtue and intellectual ability do not

unlit men for

igious inquiries, neither do

aca;n. in cause one is good, it does net lollow j vast quantities ot lermentcd spirit, in a year. And

thai the other is good; and to conclude that ii is, is j says one of their Medical writers, "The disease oc

as really tin; Iniosoi Incal, as it would be lo con

elude, licit because potatoes are sjood as an article

it gives them present pleasure, think it does

real good

pleasure of feeling that he was rich, when he was not rich; the pleasure of being deceived.- and this is its nature. It gives to men the pleasure and profit of deception. For this reason, it has often been furnished at public sales of property, for the purpose of leading those who might attend, and would par

take of it, to feel more rich (ban they really were ; anil to give more forpronertv th in it was worth.

n. . r . .i ncrtiiy uimuiinuuoiv u'liucifu. ill June, ui iijia give to this man for a niomcnl the ,- .,.. ,ut , a

till j IW . UU H 114l Ulll U 11 l!V-'ii:r ILllllC lUj tlilU what the bulk of our churches think about the new theology, measures, principles and men. Within the last thirty oi forty days, three among our most numerous Synods, namely those of Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Kentucky, have all had this subject before them in some form or other. These three Synods embrace all the states of Marylany, Delaware and Kentucky: the District of Columbia, half of Pennsv Ivania, and about one third of Ohio.

BU v.

of diet, that therefore the manure, out of which

thev I 'bey grow, is good for the same purpose. Cut one spirit, j (!ocs ",'h'ovv from the other. There is no such

i v the ti ace ot a devout and uocne

1 1 l ,:., I... .1 i.. I.... .1 r , .-

nn-,iir,vo'l"m"u""u" "unl luemas loiavuie iounuanon

h wnic'i tnv are not necessarnv

t he

learned or to clerical councils.

for any such conclusion.

We are the more particular onthisnoint.be-

1 i cause ti.eie is much error in he nob br m ml with

elusive right and ability to explain the Christian v0,r,,ri lo j(. JJanv simrn :h-,f th,,, , 1

C- . i 1 v ....n i,n i.iini; jiji-

according to rtriae ana linestcran. reiou" me e.-

Revclatio'-i.

Put thai somethinz else than mere-

: i l .. : i... l !.... i . . .

l iisiuniii iv ii iias uttm oy i..i more oes; l net le ihan any plague that ever raged m Christendom; more maligitiit than any other epidemic pestilence that ever desolated our sufi'ering race; whether in the shape of the burning, and contagious typhus, the loathsome and mortal small pox, the cholera of the east, cr the yellow fever of the west; a. disease by fir more loathsome, infectious, and destructive, than all of them put together, wiiii nil ihuir dicad arrav

A I .1 11 .1.1 CD

-r uu,i; , er m .no neigm o.noou o. , Thiy r0!ltaiu .,ro,,ablv ovor thr(!0 lulluh-e( minis. ton was about to sell the wood which was standing ; ten?," and nearly double that number of churches, upon a certain piece of ground. lie knew that ar- j Tn the synod of Kentucky, the subject came up in-

cutentiv; hut it was voted, highly to arove the decision of one of its Presbyteries that theEev.CnAS. G. Pinnf.y is not ax AriT.nvr.D teaciier of Theology. In the Synod of Philadelphia the case of Mr. Larnes has already made too much noise to need more than a reternce to it. His doctrines were condemned, by an immense majority of f is brethren. Now as to the Synod of Uhio, and the case of Dr. lieecher. I only know what ihe newspapers state. Yet even tie-v say. that on the four

vital siilijicls ifitila! n-il native depravity, ability, and

dent spirit is poison, and of course that it is wicked

for men to drink it, or to furnish it to he drunk by others; and although il had been the custom, on such occasions, to furnish it, he told the venduemaster not to furnish any; but in its stead, to furnish nourishing food. The vendue-tnaster consented to follow his directions, hut, said he, ';I am very sorry, you will lose a great deal of money. I know how it works; ami you may depend upon it, that after

men have been drinking, the trees lookagteat deal

larger than they did before.1" But are they any I the work of the Holy (Jhost i,i effectual calling, the

uniiCti

iy human learning or theo'ogical science, are required to understand and interpret aright its mys-

? observation of every one. com-

11,11 f alcohol in all vegetable substances; at least blage of horrific and appalling misery

ten i us oracles

history of past a?es, render too evi-

dent. The possession of these is insufficient, while the want ot' them does not disqualify. Truths bidden from, or veiled in parables to the ".vise and prudent, are clearly revealed to babes. It is the absence of humility, and of a confiding reliance upon the teaching ot' the Divine Spirit who inspired the sacred volume, that constitutes the only invincible to a clear perception and cordial belief of Christian truth. The unlettered laity may possess the essentia! quaiiiicati jns, while the liC2-n---i Komish eiercrv (the caste who lay exclusive claim to scriptural interpretation, as thev pro

fess to be the proper depositories of the mysterious !

.liieregiyphica' writing may be utterly destitute of them. To refuse the volume of Revelation,' therefore, to the former is presumptuously 'o jude their spiritual condition, which is the prerogative of Cod alone: and is to act upon the infidel supposition that human reason and learning, not humble, child-like docility, are their best interpreter. Resides, since their All-wise Author has thought fit, as must appear to every unprejudiced mind, acquainted with their contents, that the Sacred Writings with all their wondrous and gracious discoveries, should be published promiscuously, and proclaimed unconditionally to ail men, is not the arrogant withholding of the inestimable treasure from the multitude, not only doing an incalculable injury to them, but a daring opposition to the divine will, a blasphemous insult upon His wisdom, who dictated for all, and freely proffered io all the glad tidings of salvation. Mere unassisted reason and unsanctified learning, instead of qualifying men to appreciate the Christian system, too often generate intellectual pride, which turns away from it with eontemptu. ous disdain and aversion, for the hollow sophisms, false theories and delusive speculations of the blind worshippers of Reason, and the devoted votaries of Philosophy, are generally at direct variance wiili the pure and celestial light of Revelation. Not that modest learning, cautious, inductive philosophy or well regulated reason are or ever have been opposed to the lofty pretensions and benificent progress of the Christian Religion, or really felt antiphhy an fcornf disgust at its pure and purifying doctrines: we here speak only of proud, pedantic learning, presumptuous selfconfident reason, the vain an, ompiy deceit of pretended philosophy, which all naturally lead to the rejection of its profound and humbling mysteries. For it is notorious that men gifted with the inost rigorous, deliberative, philosophical and en

larged minds, it really humble and honest

-i i , ,r.r. . - r. I .1

... ..ir.ri- lLiiiioiiuuion, aner death, will produce it B:i( (his is an entire mistake. Not a living vegetable under heaven, so f.ir as has vet been

t ! i't ivnrnit

.-suv assemAnd al-

lii!iuo,i ii (mi not become a common di n k. with the

'the I'niled Slates, lit! within less than red years, they have since dm ik in a year

iscoycred, contains a panicle of it. It decs not j more than l0,-00,000, gallons: and the people ol xtst m any living substance. It is formed onhi by j some other countries have drunk, in proportion lo

iien mav also, sometimes. seem to see two

largei ?

or ua.." i;- es. ivi.cie ueioie t:.c v !ranx the votson

they could see but one. But are there any more trees than there were before ? Yet as there seems to he more, or they seem to be 1 ir'rer.and men who

poople of the I'niled Slates, till within less than furnish the poison" net at the time more money, it

iniu Miiiiiiini I'.".-, mi v ii.. i u Mine mil i. in a vpiir iir-soiit tn th...;, ,,,- n

the sin of furnishino it.

vinous fermentation. After it is formed, it can lie 1 thei,-

extracled from fermented liquors, in three ways. One is. to place the liquor under a receiver, and exhaust the air: when the alcohol, heintr liohterand

more vn hit! . thm 1 1

lam

out

i.i ui ine otner parts, at a temperature degrees, will rise: and ::i;;y thus be ob-

for way is. to precipitate th

and

coiorm'' m :t

stibaeo'ato. e

stiirtr cf lead;

oil' the wa

iiid ineii to take ; s;on

i iceiain.. i v means ot the

Mi.onue ot po:::s.!. or peal lashes; when the alcoiul will remain.

rw -v . !,y ,,e ;,pppon)i.,n (!f ijCi.t dist'.i! ition. The art of distillation

Ar.o!h Common been s i:

portion lo

inin.beis, mote than twice (hat ciu-iit ii v.

No nation has over adopted the use of it without its producing similar effects; nor without its proving to be. one of the most fruitful causes of all their woes. Yet while evil after evil has nlled in upon lh in like Ihe w ,ves of the sea, they under the vain

iii delusive idea. 1 1 1 : 1 1 they werj prouiolmg then

, have continued till witiiir a few years, to increase the cause. Here is a d. lu

etic of the most entire, extended, and fihd.

-.ih) j witii wh.cii si.o,atid Nit an, lias in any ferni ever cur

sed tiie world. And when this delusion is exhibited, under ihe life-siting power of Him who e.ausf s light to sin tie out of daikness, men awake fiodi it.

mt'cil gmeus : own oe ;:e by means eft constant!

at a

1, by some, to have been known in China,

nnr.,- ....w.l. ...1 .1. ... ... I

ui e.i li.iiiiri i inn we nave any an

ticaied evidence of its having been known in other parts of ihe world. But there is no proof that alcohol Wits ever extracted from foiM.ooto.l i;n,.nr

till

aeoni oi'dit

.i ; . ....

or nine hundred years

Wb.en

in their

puts ol J.uro;e. Judging from its imnwdhttc ef-

tects, il was thought to increase life; and was denominated aqua vihe, water of life. This was what ifs friends pretended it to be; and what, while under i's influence, and deluded by its ellects. mul-

inquirics after truth, nave embraced, and will em-!''''':?, ''own to this day, have thought it to be.

brace, not only with the assent of the understand- ! "' r"::s l! Ii ;""'l according lo its nature and coning, but also with the consent and acciuiesceiic" ' S,C1,1,'l,'.f's'. 'l FiioU'd ii:lve l cc"' :!(l"a mollis, et of ihe heart, the glorious scheme of salvation I t.,a,"':' :;-,liiS; death and damnation. Vet,

through a crucified Savior. . 's ,llI",tc o ccceive men, and

ever r.i :ei ? and that is

o.ttot e in Arabia, no person knew what ict ui dlsiilliiiion was; nor was there any i::a! had for it even a name. They how-

name lor it. Th

I,,

y Ciilled it alcoliol;

e ...lemical name, in evorv mnnin. ir,

this day. Alcohol, in the language of that country, was a fine impalpable powder, with which the women used to paint their faces, for the purpose of increasing their beauty; and in order to appear to

he, what they really we-re not. And if any, tinder

thought Ihi-.t i hey v..i..- c bountiful than tlicy

were wnen sooer, and imder the influence of thai only, w inch Cod made as a beverage for man, they were deceived. But they were not more really deceived, than have been ihe thousands and millions, who, under the idea of being benefitted by the drinking cf alcohol, have since" lived and died under its power. It is in its nature, in a hiofi degree, 'a mockcrf and it is also 'raging.'1 Whosoever is '-deceived thereby," as every man is, who thinks that as a beverage, it does him good, "is not wise." Il was however soon ascertained lo be a poison; and it does not appear, that any ore, who understood its nature, even thought the time would ever come, when any people would think of using it, as a drink. Anioldus do Villa, a physician intdie south of Fmope, who lived in the thirleenth century, is so far as is known, (he first writer whose opmion is on record, who recommends in any case, the use of it, even as a medicine. Under his influence, however, and that of his disciple, Raymond 1 n!'v I... ....... i "M . ,

,, ,, lHm, , jti.!joiea, j.i, us uieclicin-

eaui; iik, as oie ,h.:;; is exeinihll.c;. i

practice, tin y s y in aim emciit, hy have we never seen this before?" The answe r to this question is, '-If (had hi J not showed it to ns, we should not have seen it now.'''' - . . i r .1 . i i

it'i mere are reasons lor liiat delusion

why-

think (hat this poison, taken

; reasons in some

men

form or decree, does them "ood: and of course, whv

after they have begun, they continue to take it; and also p-asons why they continue to increase the quantity. Some of these reasens are t lie 1U lowing, viz. Such is the nature of tdeehol, thai its fiist effect on the human system is a quickening of action; animation, excitement. This, by a fundamental law of our nature, is a source of pleasure. This nrex.,i.w :...!.,. r . i i t . .

pitiiMue, iin.,1 uusiaivo 101 real good, it aiso a

A number of gentlemen in ihe state of New-York assembled to consult upon the worth of certain parcols of land, w hich were to be offered at public sale. After due consideration, they concluded unanimously, that the binds were not worth over a certain sum and that they would no! sell for more. At the time appointed they aitended ihe sale. No one offered more than what was considered, by men, when they were not poisoned, to be the worth of the property. The owner would not sell it at that price, lie invited the n. en to his house, and gave them alcohol and water, sweetened and prepared in such a manner as to be p datable. After partaking of it they repaired ngain to the sale, and one of those very men, who is now a highly respectable man, fell so nun!. r;e!.erllia'.! he did before, ihe property appeared to L-j so much more valuable, and it appeared to hiiii so much more important t hut lie should have it, thai he hid, and actually gave moie than four tunes as much as lie. or any other man, when not poisoned, thought the land to be worth, or vrs wil

ling to

for

Synod thought that Dr. Hecchcr had not exhibited the

Scrij)t::re ductrinc in simplicity and plainness, hut rather had used illustrations and esynssioiis calculated to mislead, S,c. c. I need not quote the whole sentence of the Synod. Suffice it, that while the Synod admonished Dr. Peecher to be more guarded in future, ii was in view of his explanations made lo them, that they passed thejudgment, represented by you, perhaps correctly, to be an acquittal of heresy. Put the conduct ot Dr. Wilson amounts to this only; if Dr. ile. eiier will, as directed by the Synod, make tin-so e.rji'a.ni'ions public and permanent in print, :t is well; if not, be will carry the case to the same tiibunal where Mr. Harnes has carried his. Vou should know that by our rule-, an appeal must be taken within ten days after the rising of the body whose decision is appealed from; or not at ail. Unless there fore. Dr. Wilson was ready to throw the entire issue of tne event upon the mere promise of Dr. I.eecher, whom he had already arraigned upon such weighty charges, be appear?, to have been shut up to the course, which procures for him, from you, the charge of acting L'wita tll Ihc ohitiintey J a turbulent disorganizcr.'' What the event of ihe diiiiculties in the Presbyterian Church will be, neither you nor 1 can foretell. We may trust, that they will so terminate as to promote Col's glory; and we may pray togeth

er, that the end win ne blessed lor teat ciiurch it

self. In f

ic meantime

we have a right to expect

al use extended northward

, a no spread over various

to make thutn call evil good, and good evil, that

A-UF.nie.vx Ricle Society., Prom the American Almanac, we collect the following facts respecting the receipts and issues of this society since its commencement in Iff 10: lleceipts.

1 he tirst year

irihuence of this inloxici.lmg poison, really rouses for a moment ihe reserved and dormant

crgicd of ihe system, which are not needed, and were not designed fur ordinary healthful action, but were intended to be kept for social einenieucies; .... 1 C J and which cannot be drawn out and used, on ordinary occasions, without necessarily shortening human life. This awakening of dormant energy, men mistake for an increase of real, permanent slrenglh, But on both these points they are entirely mi.-lakeii. As well might they conclude that because sin

sometimes gives present pleasure, that therefore il is a source of real good; or because (he delirium of a fever, sometimes arouses into action dormant energies and the man w ho before had hardly life enongli to raise a hand, for a moment puts on the cneigy almost of a giant, liiat therefore disease and delirium are a source of permanent strength, as to draw any such conclusion concerning alcohol. The fruit which God, on pain of death, had forbidden, promised, and the eating of it may have given, present pleasure. But 1 ho man who thinks that it was, or that sin is, in any case, ihe means oi' real good, is entirely mistaken. He calls evil good, under ihe delusion which the practice of evil occasions. The

filling -i to a river, and the immediate danger of! drowi .igofan infant child, or its exposure lobe consumed in a liemso on fire, may awaken ihe dormant energies of a delicale a id affectionate mother and arouse for a moment the strength almost of Hercules for its rescue. But the man, or the woman, who thinks, judging from tho immediate effects, (hat such scenes increase real, and permanent strength, is mistaken. Whatever ihe present appearance or reality may be, the consequence is, weakness, not strength; sickness not health; death

Second

Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth FourieentU Fifteenth Sixteenth Seventeeth Eighteenth Nineteenth

Total

$.35,f;77 -1G 30.") 04 30 53,2U 04 41,301 97 47,009 20 40,6f!2 3 t .r, 2,021 75 4,410 P.r 49,003 Oi! 40,1 15 43 Co. 19-2 l!8 75,879 93 1 13.134 33 170,007 55 I -25,3 I G 73 107.059 00 34,935 45 110,600 i)2 100.SOO 27

$1,.404.009 50

from our Lreihern ot' other evangelical denomina

tions, a spirit somev. hat dilierent, from that which seems to he manifested in the article whxh has induced me toa uiress this note to you. I am yours in the bonds of the Cospel, R. J . !'i:!i-,i.:iii;E.

The whole number of Bibles and Testaments issued from the depository since the organization of the society is 1,767,963. Besides these issues, large sums have been granted to missionary stations, at Constantinople, f'ombay, Ceylon, Rurmah, China, and the Sandwich islands, to aid in circulating the sacred Scriptures in various pagan tomrues, into which they have been translated V. Y. Adv. and Jour.

From Tvw :sei:d's Ciironological Arrn-igi incct. PA RTICULA R PRO VID ENC II. AUtiUEr mora Tin: rn.FiLMKXT of raoniEev. The peculiar value ot' the argument for the providence ofOoJ, which I shall deduce from this discussion, is derived from its allusion 'o e and dates. The prophecies of the Bible demonstrate the truth of the Religion of J esus Christ: and those prophecies are not the general language of men who foretold future e-ents at random, as events which might possibly take place; the prophecies refer to exact and precise dates. The prophets mentioned the- very lime when the tacts, which they foretold, should happen. Thus the actual time was declared when the children of Israel should come out ot' flgypt, and when they were at length delivered, we read, iti the emphatic language ol" Moses, on the self-same day it came to pass: on the self-same day which was prophesied it is a case much io be observed, because1 the exact fulfilment of prophecy demonstrated the providence of Cod."' So it was also wi;h tiie Babylonish captivity. Seventy years were appointed: and when the seventy years were over, the providence of'God overthrew tire kingdom of the Chaldeans and brought in other powers who bad never before beard of the God of the Jews, ami who restored the captive tribes at the very tinis which the prophets had predicted. So it was with respect io the seventy weeks of Daniel, that the Son of God was born at the very time and ' place, and under the very circunitances which had been foretold. Now the passage before us has reference to one of the most remarkable of these proofs of the superintending providence of God. Tho prophets had foretold that the seventy years of captivity should be ended and the Jews should be restored; and thev added also that Jerusalem, which had been destroyed by ihe Chaldeans should

bo built up aain. The Jews were certainly resj lured at the appointed time, but when they pro

ceeded to I ui i ti the Willis ot mo city they were cp-

tans and bv o her nations, and

Ser.ure of the Cherokee Cheif John Rosa. On the night of the 7th inst. Ihe Georgia Gu ild under command of Col. Bishop, and aciing by order of Maj B. F. Curry, arrested John Ross at his rcsi deuce in this Slate and carried him into Georgia, togetiier with all the public documents belonging to the Cherokee nation. John Howard Payne,

from New York, the projector of a row periodical j .,()S0,i bv S;imari

publication for which ho was then collecting maler- j ,0 w ork was :-iispen.!ed for many years. Every ials, was also made prisoner.- TF U t .-. Re. 'application which was made by the Jews to the