Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 19, Vincennes, Knox County, 13 April 1816 — Page 4

rOETlCAL ASYLUM.

Lijc's Weather Gauge. BT I1R. DIBDF.N, I'm for Tom Filler's golden maxim, Who fiudir lite in every ftagc ; He'll tfll you plainly if vmi ax him, Content's thil life's beQ Weather Gauge. I own Tom had hut little learning, Such as our flats pick up at fcliool ; Yet he is cunning and decerning, And though no conj'ror Tom's no fool. A Tr, cried Tom's to petce a Araner ; 'Fore fortyn"'3 ten tpefl cuts and dnves, No (ingle moment free fiom danger, And fo does every man thaj live?. In trl nd prrit he hi? part takee, StVhoS fire, snd hurricane and fhot : He has his qualms, his head ache, heartaches And where's the lubber that has not ? The gold he qets does good to others, Though he at random lets it fly ; For, as mankind are all his brothers, lie keeps it in the famiK . H ur breadth efcap?s each hour he weathers, No moment he can caU his own ; And thus rre men put to their tethers, Up from the cottage to the throne. The thing is this ; in every ftation We're born for pleafure and for trouble ; And, if you ftrikr to each vexation, Good Hope's true cape you'll never double. But take the good and evil cheeriy, And fum up creditor and debtor, If in this world they ule you queerly, Be honeft, and you'll tind a better. SENSIBILITY. The high raifed feelings of the virtuous hreaft, Enkindled to a pathos more than mortal By the pure frame of Senfitiility , Are awful, fcred, in thr fight of Heaven. Seraphs in golden Ctnfora catch the falling tear , And high Archangels Hop their tuneful haps To hften to the figh ineffable. To the m mbcrs of the several JJiblc Societies in the U. States. BRrTHRF.N ltiswUU peculiar pleafure that 1 once rnore addrc Is on on the inlere fling fubjecl of extending the Redeemer's kingdom by meant ot the unlimited and gratuitous circulation of the

Holv Icriptures. From the moff rorreel in

formation that has lately been received, it has become evident that the demand tor -ble in the emote and frontier feulementt of our country, is far beyond thr refources ot'

the leveral Bible focie ties now exiliing m the U. States. An inHiiution founded cn a more extended plan, thai will concentrate ami direct the efforts of our numerous and increafing Bible aflbciation, feema jt prelent lobe the ge

neral wifii of the friends of revealed truth. Such an inflitution has a powerful claim

to the liberal fupport of the chriftian public. This plan, which originated with the New ferfey Bible foe iety, has within the laft year engaged the attention of the board of managers of the New York 13ible focietvThe relolutions, inferted below, contain the refult of their deliberations on this important fubjccT;. A brighter day appears to have dawned on our weftern hemifphere. That the prefent effort may be rendered an efficient mean of falvation to many thoulands of dellitute poor in our own, and more diftant lands, fhould be the wifli and the prayer of every fincere chrift i a n . And may the blefling of Him who is 1 able to do tor us abundantly more than we can either afk or think,' give it complete fuccefs, unto whom be glory in the church, by Jefus Chi id, throughout ail ages world without end. Resolutions of the Board of Managers of the New- tork Bible Soeiety. lit. Rcfolved, That it is highly defirable to obtain upon as large a fcaie as poflible a co-operation of the efforts of the chriflian community throughout the U. States, for the efficient diftribution of the holy fcriptures. 2d. 7 hat as a mean for the attainment of this end, it will be expedient to have a convention of delegates from fuch bibic locieties, as (hall be difpofed to concur in this meafure, to meet at on the day of next, for the purpofe of confidering whether fuch a co operation may be effected in a better manner, than by the correfy pondence of the different focieties now eftabliflied ; and if fo, that they prepare the draft of a plan for fuch cooperation to be fubmitted to the different focieties for their decilion. 3rd. That the fecretary tranlmit the above refolutions to the prefident of the New Jerfcy Bible fociety, as expreffive of the opinion of this board on the meafures therein contained, at the fame time fignifying the wifh of this board, that he would exercife his own difcretionin bringing the fubjecl before the public.' In purfuance of he foregoing relolutions requeuing me to delignate the time 6c olace at which the propofed meeting of delegates from the different ible locieties in the United Mates (hall take place, after mature deliberation and COOlulliog with judicious

friends on this important fubjecl, I am decidedly of opinion that the moft fuitable place for the propofed meeting is the city of New York and the moft convenient time the fecond Wednefday of May next and I do appoint and recommend the faid meeting to be field at that time and place. Should it pleafe a merciful God to raife me from the bed of ficknefs to which I am now confined, it will afford me the hioheft fatisfaclion to attend at that time and contribute all my power toward the eflabliffiment & organization of a fociety, which, with the bteffing of God, have not the leafl doubt will in time, in point of ufefulnefs, be fecond only to the parent inftitution, (the Britifh and Fo reign Bible fociety) will flied an unfading luflre on our chriflian community, and will prove a blefling to our country and to the world. ELI AS BOUDINOT, P res dt. N Jf. Bible Socieory. Burlington, Jan. jt, 1816, WHAT THEN! As a diligent ufe of thefe two words has been very beneficial to myfelf, I am convinced that, if they were properly regarded, they might be equally beneficial to others. W hen I was 17 years of age, my father died, and left my mother, with myfelf and fix other children, in great diflrefs. My aunt, offered to take me as a chambermaid. As I was lively, well fhaped, & had a plealmg countenance fome of my friends difapproved my acceptance of this offer. An old officer, who had been my father's friend heard of it, and fent for me, advi-

fing me not to refufe it, conditionally that I would fortify myfelf daily by looking up to God for protection, and he added likewife, that he had prepared a faithful monitor to accompany me at all times and in all places ; to which if if I paid a due regard, 1 fhould be preferved from the danger fo much dreaded. He then gave me, written in large letters on a card WHAT THEN ! enjoining me always to have it about me, and frequently to rtflecl on it. He moreover charged me, that whenever any one flattered me, dy commanding my perfon, difcourfing amoroufly, or making love, as it is called, I fhould fleadily reply, What Then !' and as often as any of them repeated their proteltations ot love, Sec. I fhould as often reply, What Then V I affured him I mould endeavor to follow his advice,

and accordingly went to live with my aunt. I had foon many admirers, to whofe addrefles L always replied What Then ! It had the intended eftedi ; and thus I got rid of many vicious foiicitations and impertinent lovers ; and fo preferved vnf character unfullied Jut I was once in very great danger; for a fprightly young farmed gained pofleffion of my heart, whofe character and circumftances were fuch as in all probability might make the marriage ftate happy ; he itemed very fond of me, often profefled how much he loved me, but never propofed marriage ; I had therefore recourfe to my faithful monitor, and fo repeatedly that 1 found htm alarmed by it ; for at length, an answering 1 What then !s he replied 1 1 mean to marry you.' This he accordingly did. I am now very happily fituated, which I attribute to the conflant application of my monU tor. This ineflimable prefervalive. I would recommend to all young women, to fecure them againfl the various arts of reduction, fo frequently pracliled to the ruin of the unguarded. Confider well thefe two important words, Whhat then !' Paufe a while beware refift the temptation. What muQ be the con. fequence of liflenmg to thefe feducers Ah ! What Then ! o::o TALE BEARING. When I fee a young man fond of telling all he hears & fees among his neighbours, friends, and acquaintances, thinks I to myfelf that man is more injury to fociety than benefit he had much better flop where he is, than proceed. When I hear a young woman ' pardon me ladies j continually defaming thofe of her own lex, by fpreading idle, foolifh reports that ought ever to have remained in their merited oblivion, thinks I to myfelf, fhe had better look at home firft guard her own character from the tongue of (lander, and by all means to avoid the tale bearer as fhe would the ierpent. MAXIM. Diflruft is natural to nn unfortunate being who has blufhed for himielf : it feems to him as if the eyes of the world were upon hitaf and faw his conduct in the fan e light as he does himfelf. The flighted neglect, which he would not havd noticed white pofferled of an unfullied conference, appears to hii guilty mind, as an intended mark of contempt.

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