Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1801-05-07 00:00:00, page 4

From the Maffacbufetts Magazine.
EXTRACT from Voltaire.
I AM of the religion of all men; of that
of Socrates, of Plato, of Aristides, of Ci
cero, of Cato, of Titus, of Trajan, of
Antoninus, of Marcus Aurelius, of Epie
tetus, and of Jesus.
I fay, with Epißetus, " God hath cre
ated me, God is above me, I feel that he is
above all. Wherefore Jhould, l insult him,
bv attributing to him obscene thoughts, low
actions, and infamous desires ? I unite in
m,felf qualities, ever, one of which imposes
a duty upon me ; man! citizen of the world 1
son of God ! brother of all men! son ! hus
band ! father ! lam called b, all these
names, and ma, I not dishonor one of them.
M, dut, is to praise God in all things, to
thank himfor all, and not to cease to adore
him till I cease to live."
I adopt this sentence of Jesus, 6< love
God and ,our neighbour." It is the eter
nal law of all men, it is mine, it is thus
that lam a chriftian. If he was an ador
er of God, an enemy to falfe prie sthood,
and persecuted by cheats, I unite myfelf
withhim, lam his brother. I will adore
God, not the frauds of men. I will serve
him truly. I will deleft infamous super
stition, and I will sincerely attach myfelf
to true religion till the last gasp of my
life.
Court OF THE flll^s,
The ONEIDA INDIAN and Mfonar, PARSON.
A TALE.
*
AN Indian, that liv'd on Oneida remote,
Was plagu'd by a parfm to join bis dear flock,
To throw off his blanket and put on a coat,
And no longer at churches or parsons to mock :
A long time the Indian resisted, be sure, (ing,
He prefer'd to their preaching his fifhing & fowl-
He could not the fight es a meeting endure, (ing.
Their singing, to him, was no better than howl-
However, by teazing and cor.ftant haraffiog,
Poor Swaugum was bro't to attend in the church,
Where knowledge by preaching was ever amassing
And the devil as ufnai was left in the lurch;
One day, as the Person was (peaking of Heaven,
And describing the beautiful things of the place,
The Indian, io part of the talk to be even,
Stop'd the minitier Ihort in the midst of his race :
Said he, Mr. Parson, this place that you talk of,
Pray what is it like, or what have they got ?
Have they venilon and rum ? if so, I'll stalk off.
And fix myfelf down io feme plentiful spot.
Poh ! ye fool, said the parson, no such things are
there, (meeting;
Why Heaven, poor creature, is just like our
There's nothing but singing, and preaching, and
prayer ;
Tbe've nothing to do with drinking or eating.
But the doors are lock'd up against folks that are
wicked ;
Few Indians, dear Thomas, will ever get there,
A life of contrition must purchase the ticket,
And few of you Indians can buy it, I fear.
Well then, said the Indian, good bye Mr Doaor,
In such way of living no pleafare I'd feel ;
What nonsense it is to be keeping a lock'd door,
Where there's nothing to eat and nothing to steal.
CUREfor the DROPSY.
TAKE a fix quart jug of old hard cider,
put therein a pint of country mustard
feed, one double handful of parsley roots,
one double handful of lignumvitae shav
ings, and one double handful ofhorfe
raddifh roots; let them simmer together
the 'RELIGION of an INFIDEL.
fflsceUanp.
over a flow fire 48 hours, and it will be
then fit for uft. Take a teacup full of
this liquid three times a day, and it will
work off the disorder by urine, without
any trouble to the patient. A most sur
prising infiance of the efficacy of this
simple medicine has lately §taken place
in the case of Mr. Wm. Wray, of Lun
enburg, who, from the worst state of the
dropsy, has been restored by it to perfect
health. Newjerfe, paper.
NATURAL CURIOSITY.
From the Vergennes Gazette.
Several remarkable phenomena have
recently been difeovered in the two
provinces of Canada. A few obferva#
tions, from an undoubted source, relax
tive to a spring, perhaps may not be un#
interesting to the readers of this gazette.
Recent difeoveries in the science of nax
ture, never fail to engage the attention
of the philosophic and enquiring mind.
A few miles above the great falls of
Niagara, is a remarkable spring, which
issues from under a bank, whose height
is about thirty feet. The peculiarities
of this spring, are the singular qualities
of the water. It is uncommonly cold
and equally clear as water in general.
It possesses nothing offenfive to the smell
or disagreeable to the palate. At the
head of the spring, where it issues from
the ground, its water appears to be
combustible. By letting fall a coal of
fire into the water, it will take fire equals
ly as quick as powder, and slashes at the
touch of fire, firnilar to powder. Its apr
pearance when burning, resembles the
flame of distilled spirits ; and the only
means of extinguishing it, is by thrown
ing a quantity of other water upon it.
Place the pipe of a stove in the spring,
in a perpendicular position, when the
water is burning, and on the top of the
tube feat a teakettle, filled with other
water and the tube will colled the heat
so remarkably quick, as to cause the
kettle of water to boil, sooner, than it
would if placed upon a bed of blacks
smith's coals before the bellows. There
is nothing which renders it inferior to
other water to drink, except its intense
coldness. This spring at the distance
of a few rods difeharges itfelf into the
river. When the fire is communicated
ax the head of the spring it will continx
ue to slash and burn till it comes to the
confluence of the two flreams, and bes
ing blended with other water, it soon be
comes extind. These are undeniable
fads, which can be fufficiently attested,
with many other remarkable circum
fiances. Should these obferyations en
gage the attention of a philosophic mind,
it will undoubtedly afford a fruitful fub
jed for speculation, and in the end per
haps develope to mankind some inesti
mable treasure, which those waters may
possess.
^ flaral Preacher.
" Out 0, thejam# mouth prottedetb bitfag and curfag.
M, brethren, theft things ought netjo to hi."
ST. JAMIS.
SINCE we inhabit a Christian country, and the
fame vice is sadly prevalent among us, for which
the Apostle reproved the primitive Christians in
the passage I have cited, with evident propriety I
may address my fellow citizens in the terms of
the Apostle. "M, brabrra & tbm things ongbt not ft
to be."
It is probable that those primitive Christians, to
whom the Apostle addressed this admonition, bad
inadvertently adopted, some modes of speech.
which were bordering on profanity of language ;
and which, accordingly to the gospel were highly
reprehensible. It has frequently been the case
in modern rimes, that perlons who have made a
profeffion of Religion, have deviated from that
simplicity and sobriety of language, which the
precepts of Christianity point cut. Some (with
regret be it mentioned) while they have publick,
ly profeffed to embrace the pure and benevolent
religion of Jesus Christ, have indulged themselves
in the use of profane language ; so that to them
the words of the Apostle may properly be appli
ed ; " Out of the fame mouth froceedeth bitfog •*'
'* r ,fr". This, to persons who are sincere in
their religious profeffion, and desire to preserve a
consistency of chara&er, must be very disagreea
ble. It were earnestly to be wished, that such
drofane Christians would ferioefly reflect on the
impropriety and guilt of their conduft and would
immediately reform it ; for " 0, brethren, theft
things ought net so to be."
Profane language, beside its egregious impiety
is a vice less entitled to an excuse, than any io
the black catalogue of vices, that marks the
charaaer of the most abandoned times.
Almost every other vice has some temptaion
to plead in extenuation of its criminality ; but
what temptation there can be, to urge in favor
of profane curling and (wearing, I am at a loss to
conjeaure. It seems to be an a& of generefity,
meer gratis to Satan ; for which the perpetrators
can promise themselves no reward of pleasures of
profit, or even honor, except in the infernal
realms, and some companies on earth, whose lan
guage is of a similar complexion. Certainly it
can add nothing to the elegance of a composi
tion, to have it interspersed with continual in
jeaions of profane and stupid oaths ; or to the
case and gracefulnefs of conversation, to have the
sacred name of God, or some horrid imprecation,
introduced at the close of every sentence, and to
persons of sense, an impious oath is no confirma
tion of what the speaker asserts.
• ECCLESIASTICAL CONTENTION.
KT THE Ecclefajlical Convention of the
State of Newhampihire, are hereby notified that
their next Annual Meeting will be holden at
Hopkinton, on the firft Wednesday of June next.
B, order of the Commit tie,
Asa M'Farland, Clerk.
0 The Printers in this state are desired to insert
this notification in their papers.
fabl? Almanack, for 1801.
From May 7th to June 3d.
Explanation—The fift column (hows the
day of the month, the second shows the rising and
setting of the fun in hours and minutes, the third
the lenght of days, and the fourth shows the ris
ing and fating of the moon.
Thursday 7 456 8 14 8 229
Friday 8 4558 14 id 250
Saturday 9 454 8 14 12 3 9
Sunday 10 452 8 14 16 330
Monday 11 451 8 14 18 3§r
Tuefday 12 450 8 14 20 M sets
Wednesday 13 449 8 14 22 838
Thursday 14 448 8 14 24 941
Friday 15 ^47 8 14 26 10 39
Saturday 16 446 8 14 28 11 29
Sunday 17 445 8 14 30 Morn
Monday 18 444 8 14 32 oij
Tuefday 19 443 8 14 34 044
Wednesday 20 443 8 14 34 111
Thursday 21 442 8 14 36 134
Friday 22 441 8 14 38 i 54
Saturday 23 440 8 14 40 213
Sunday 24 439 8 14 42 233
Monday 25 438 8 14 44 252
Tuefday 20 437 8 14 46 3 18
Wednesday 27 436 8 14 48 Mrife
Thursday 28 436 8 14 48 857
Friday 29 435 8 14 50 10 5
Saturday 30 434 8 14 52 10 57
Sunday 31 434 8 14 52 11 38
Monday 1 433 8 14 54 Morn
Tuefday 2 433 8 14 54 0 8
Wednesday 3 432 8 14 56 033
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