Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-05-24

| certainly contained sem- sublime doe.
trincs if they are all true, they are Of
great consequence II mankind and
mean to examine them with much attcn-
, ton. Towards the conclusion Of thu
letter he gives an excellent advice, which
is plain to the m~ancst capacity, but not
the less val3a0fe on that account. To
" this advice my dear Dung friend IwouId
, recommend you to pay grcatregird for
: it was on this point that | have engaged
in the present relation respecting this
philosopher. Alter having reminded
them fhis former instructions, enlarge
upon some points Of doctrines, and ex.
horted them on benevolence, he adds
the maxim which my memory has che
rished; "study to be quiet and >Imind
your own business" -
This, my young friend/ contaic,
more important advice, Cl1(hed as it is
in the simplest g,rb ,hn1fs to be obtain.
ed in all the daily LECTURES of our mos,
renowned schools. Xv,r since heard
have been rndcay6uring to excmplifv it,
and to revompFnd it to others, as one o.
the best mAxlms OF life. Consider.
ore/how Won NAV apply i tovour
own cAxE. Fuglgc IN some h6nourabIc
and Profitable pu Suit: rndcuv,'s" to &c
qWtt with respect to Sos'pAtor and Pm
Ida reflect that YOUR sympathy or 10,
in the issue Of their attachment is not ex.
pectrd by them that this being an ah,ur
Of their own, soisits consr guencc that
OenevOtenCe docs not comprehend su-
pctrrrogAtion that success in matters
l:otthls kind is not the uneqNivocal test
otmrrlt and that vcurs is not the most
irtcmidlable otlite's mis- .ortunes. tits,
therefore, expedient that You stsft your
| sorrow to your Disappointment. Should
iteven appear to YOU to be the greatest /;
! The career Of success which MY AZ nd
! your industrious pursuits, VIZ. haoitu4l-
" diminish your regrets IT feast the
interest they will excite must contribute
| to this dinunition.
When your happiness shall be thus
restored it will give ne pleasure to pay
you visit. Perhaps we may consult
together respecting this Christian Phllo-
sophv; which l am told is spreading
very rapidly at Corinth: and if we have
seen tn practical wisdom of one of its
preccpts, we may be able without pre-
jndice to>examnc the truth of its doc
times, which arc apparently so far supe-
ror to all tina: have yetbeen received in
to any Of our schools.
Sosthcnes was greatly comforted
and instructed Dv toe words Of AriStides.
He Quilted him with the warmest ex-
Prcssions Of gratitude ; went to Corinth
engaged in an active bI9!nrss ; attach
ed himself to the society Of Christians
became ultimately convert to their
principles and in the constant attention
which he paid to his own affairs, and to
the duties of religion, he forgot, orcea5-
ed to regret, his disappointment; lived
usetully ; and died lamcnted BY all his
acquaintances."
Thus ends the fragment Of Athenag0-
r1s. He has not condcscened TO infnIn,
us whether this Aris,ides was that \
thenian who, with Ola irat2s, wrrc.,h,.
first Of the Philosophers who becan..
Christians. AthvnaSoras must hive
known this fact, not only because tn,
Ar',tides fourishe4 not long before his
time, but also-bet>.use he was the biogra-
Ph~r OF Dionl sius, the AreopA9tte,
who was the first convert 10 Saint PAI
wttth circumstances must have been
we'll known at Athens at the time Ire
wrote.
LAY CURATE.