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Trir, NATIONAL REGISTER.

MARCH' 6.

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preacher. When conscience has performed, i4,,part, how-
ever, and the heart of stone,is..,turned to au heixt of flesh,
still the preacher's office is not to soothe, except to save ;
he is n't p flatter, but to console. Yet, forgetful. of these
• great ends,' how
many a preielter wanders wild
("Yerliumati life, exhibiting his dranghts
Calin.'d alai transitory ; le distract
Th. attentive eye, that with vain g:se.pwrsaes P
Tber-e are persons, doubtless, who admire such sketches
of mat; ; and they might be left to enjoy the pleasure de-
rived from" this source, were nest their gra'itication experi-
enced at the expence ref tbat- which will be found of inde-
scribable importance to them. Roused they must be, how-
ever, fi mil their beguiling views; roused, if not now by the
voice Of mercy, at lengli, by the trump. of. •judgment ;
roused, if not in life, its death,—if not in time, in eternity.
Their delusion is, unhappily, an immortal one.—
' ilear the just boy, the jittignselit of the skiet,
lie that shims truth, sits!i be the dupe of lies;
And those that wt l t'e cheated to the Inst.
Delusions strop.. as HAI •hal bind them fast 1'
Whether Mr. Dibdin is yet unexperienced in, or has some
icluctancc to press home. the requirements of the inspired
word. kilo: to he decided in this plaz-e , but, setting this con-
sideration apart, lie may certainly claim some pre eminence
above many of those clerical teachers who have diiported
theimelves in the snnshine of fashion. llis literary attain-
MCIIZS are conie,sedly respectab!e; his acquaintance with
biblical criticism is sufficiently apparent ; and, together
with a fine itna.;in.tt ion, he commands an highly captivating;llis appearance, also, is pleaiing, if not ;
and his delivery k studkuly gracelul. Perhaps, his mats-
lin the pulpit is not ahcays strictly devoti•mal ; :bud he as
evidently over cities hip part in reading the altar portions tle
the church service. Let him appear less declamatory at the
altar, therefore, and he less consequential when inONLS the
IMUS.

THE iNfLUENCE .OF' EDUC.LTION

ON THE
'ORAL AND POLITICAL WORLD.

No. 2.

Focigite ut mores renew% came dicats
Vt si quis cera inulttim facit.—Juv. •

The formation of manners is so connected with canna**,
and so essential to men of all ranks and conditions, from the
highest to the lowest, that it would appear incongruous to
separate them. Advantues, attendant on these principles,
being inculcated at an early age, as the only enjoyment of a
terrestrial existence and hope of future reward, are suffici-
ently obvious. Their beneficial results daily unfold them-
selves in our commerce with mankind. A polite educatioe
tends to. weaken the more violent and fierce.emotio»s.
• kg-view dOeisse fide!iter wits
Einollit mores, necsimit esseferos "
Orid de route, ii. 9. 47.
Without information the farmer would be iAnorant of
seed-time and harvest, And unacquainted with the manage-
ment and culture of the soil, from the produce of which we
derive our very nutriment. Without knowledge, the me-
ch4nic would be unable to bring his invaluable discoveries
to "perfection, so necessary to khe comforts of his fellow crea-
tures; without learning ministers could not propagate the
word oT God, nor explain the hidden mysteries contained in
holy writ to the spiritual 'comfort of their hearers; neither
could statesnaen harangue in the senate, nor enact and pro-
mulgate wthlesonle and salutary statutes for the happiness of