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'biute? Of what use is reason if. it teach hut: only liat virtue is.
but an empty name, an unprofitable Self denial ? •If death be
an eternal where are the soothing -suggestions of
hope ? What comfort is left to the afflicted soul ?- Where:
shall: the- Oppressed seek for redress If thus deetrihe.be
true, their G9d, Hope, Justice, Virtue, Clime, are train:
unmeaning words, and man the most despicable, -the :most
wretched of possible Beings. These conclusions are strictly
correct, their are naturally, and necessarily, deduced froth the,
promiseS of our pretended Philosophers. ' Stich are the conse.;
quenecs that must necessarily follow theadoption of their doc-
trines. Let the friend of man, the lover of his country, pause
theirefore -ere he a.dPpts sentiments so pernicious in their nature,
so fatal in their probable effects upon the generality of mankind,
However necessary religion may be to the existence and wel-
fare of Society, ao inherent is the idea of paying.a just tribute
of homage to the Creator, that it existed prior to the citablish-
ment of social compacts, and proved L-4,;;I:i of.
'tiOn. If this corner stone be removed, the whole fabric will
therefore fall to the ground. Reason alone had pointed out
this truth to the Pagans. Plutarch asserts, that it would' be
easier to build a house in air, than to establish a Republic with-
out religion., • Plato tells us, that not to believe in God, was a
more pernicious evil for States, than the plague.; and that the
man who attacked religion, sapped the veryThundation of So.:
ciety. The same sentiments abound in some parts of the workti
of the most determined enemies of Religion among the Moderns,
In the writings of -Voltaire, that worthy. Chief of the Anti-re-
ligious Conspirators who have disgraced our days by their
- im-
pious productions, we find, " That it is better for man 'to live
in the shade of superstition, than without Religion." - That. a
Religion is necessary in 'every Established Society,Lthat laws
watch over public, and religion over private crimes," iSz.c.

Indeed, the man who denies the existence-of a God, may be
considered as a dangerous madman : but he who while l ac-
knowledges a God denies the necessity of religion, is the very
worst of human beings. Hence, the doctrine of the Athiest is
less. disgusting than that of the Deist. We may pity: the igno-
rance and the blindness of the former, but weauust detest the
ingratitude and wick6dness of thelatter. If no God exist, man
is independent; but if there be a.God, man must worship with
gratitude this author of his being, this dispensatOr of all the
good he enjoys, his present prop, and the hope of his-future
existence.

The necessity of Religion may be further proved by the in.
suffiiiency of civil laws to restrain the passions of _men.
Lavis protect the interests of soeiety, , only by watching over'
the .outward appearance of vice. Religion forms themind and
the heart of man; forbids private; as well as public crimes, con-
demns the• inclination no. less than the actual deed, points out
the certainty, of detection, and the inevitable condemnation and
punishment of the-offender, The laws of man maybe silenced
by bribery ; evaded by cunning, set at defiance by power ; but
those of God are dealt out to all.men with the most appalling
impartiality ; their sentence- is as immutable as the eternal
Being by whom prononnced. They are therefore, from
their very nature; as well as from that of the human mind, the
only secure basis upon which the whole edifice of society can
possibly rest, and deserve as such the zzalous support -of every
legislator and friend of humanity, .
Ewhurst. A. P.

*** It will nOt'he -a little gratifying to'our. Readers to know
that the amiable, pious, and learned. Author of. the preceding
;admirable Letter is a constant C-Orm-,pottdent ateur.Paper.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CA 3lnninat, Oc T. 4.—William Joseph, Bayne, Esq. B.A.
of Trinity College, was on Monday last elected. "a: Fellow of
that Society: The circumstance of there being only one va-
cancy at the annual election of Fellows, has not happened be-
fore for upwards of 30 years.
There will be Congregations on the following days of the next
term
Wednesday . . . Oct. 24, at eleven.
Wednesday . ' . Nov. 7, at eleven.
Wednesday . -—2 B, at a-ven. -
Saturday . . Dec. ill, (end of term) at ten.
• ..• A grace haying passed the Senate to the following effect
That those to whom the Sunday afternoon Willi, and theturns
for Christmas Day and Good Friday are assigned, shall, from
the beginning of October, 1821, to the end of June, 1822, pro-
-vide
no other substitute than such as should be appointed in
conformity.with that grace:-the foll,wing persons have been
elected, each for the month to which his name is 'affixed
IlulSean Lecturer.
:November...Dr. Bloomfield, Trin.
December—Rev..S. Lee, Arabic Professor.
January..... Mr. C. Musgrave, Trin.
The Lord Bishop',of, Peterborough, Lady Mar-
' February 't
garet's Professor. '
11 arch . Dr. Wordsworth, Master of Trinity.
April The 1-inlsean Lecturer.' •
May ) • •
June.., Mr. Dicken, Pct. •
The following Gentlemen of this University were ordained
Deacons by the . Bishop of% tiloucester, at Wells, on the.23d'
T. Blackburn, B.A. of Christ College ; and' G. L.
flarvey,B.A. of Sydney Sussex College:.
The Rev. Edward Paske, M.A. was last week institelted to
the vicarage of -Battisfoul, in Suffolk, which is. endowed with
the great tithes, on the presentation of George Paske, Esq. of
Needham 51arket.:-L.The Rev'. Launcelot Robert Brown, B.A.
to the Rectory of Thorington, Suffolk, on the presentation of
the Rev. Bence Bence, of .Beecles.—And Cie 11,v. R. Crutt-
well, to the 11Cetory of Spexhal, in Suffolk; on the presentation-
of the King. - •

. . .
. • Lyttom _THE IitISSOUIII.I.N.]
•- THE WORM.
-" Out venoms all the worms of Nile,” .•:
• Sliakspeare.
Who has not, heard of •the rattle Snake, or the
.eoppei.heitd?
An unexpected sight of -either of these reptiles will make 'even"
the lords of creation recoil, but there iu a species of worm, found
in various parts of this
.state, which conveys a polson of a nature
so deadly, that compared -with it, even the venom Of the rattle
snake is harmless.

To guard our readers against this "foe to human king," is
the object of the preient communication.
• This 'wOrm varies 'much in size. "It is frequently an inch
through, but as it-is rarely .seen except, when coiled, its length
can hardly be conjectured. It is of a dtill'lead colour, nil
nerally.lives near a spring or small stream of water, and bites
the unforttinate people' who are in. the habit of' going thereto
drink. The brute creation it never molests.,-iirhey avoid it
with the sameinstindt that teaches the aimalS of l'erti tb shim
the deadly Goya.
Several of these rept;ks have long infested 'our settlement, to.
the misery and destruction of many of our_ citiims. I ltas
therefore' had frequent opportunities of being • thenielaritholy
spectator of the eftetti produced by the subtle poison which tins
worm infuses. , •

The 'sYMptorni of its bitearetetrible. The eyes of the Pa.
ti.mt become red and fiery,- hiS tongue swells to an immoderate
Biz'', and 'obstructs his utterance, and delirium of the most hor-•
rid charact.rcinickly fhlJoWs. Sometimes in hiSinadness he at_
tenipts.the destruction of his dearest friends. If the sufferey has
a fainily, his weepimc wife and hilpleis; infant's are not' unfre
quently the objects or his •frantic "fury---Lin a word, he its
to the life, all the detestable passions that-rankle in the hosOni
of a savage, and such is the `spelli in which his senses are
locked, that no sooner has the unhappy patient recovered from
the paroxysm of insanity occasioned by bite, than he -SeekS
out this destroyer, for the sole purpose of king bltten
• I have seen -a good Old father, his locks
~wh.te aS snow, his
Step slow and trembling, begin vain- of Ins only son to quit the
lurking place of the w •helrti 'bled when he turned
away, for I kneW the lead kope that tlikson would he the " staff
of his declining yearS,-'i had supported him throut,-h many a
sorrow. • .

Youths of NllSsami, would you know the' name of this rep-
tile ?• It is'ealltd the worm of -the still:: • • •