Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-07-13

riage supper of the Lamb, where the con-
verse shall enlarge, delight aud ravish
evermore
| THE PILLOW.
What delicious balm is diffused over
| the whole frame when the candle is ex-
Itinguished and the head laid on The pillow
| If on a strict scrutiny OF tie soul, We
cannot discover any thing which offend
our fellow creatures, then sleep is almost
celestial reverie.
1t is never so delicious or SO tranquil as
after day on which We have performed
good act, or when we are conscious OF
having spent it 10 some useful or SUBJ
slan.;a! employ Eient.
The instant the head is laid on the pill
low, is that 10 which conscience delivers
its DEGREES. Ii it has conceived any evil
design it is surrounded with thorns the
soltest down is hard under the restless
head of the wicked.-In order to be
happy, man must be on good terms with
his pillow, for the nightly reproach OF il
can make it hard.
We must be happy or miserable al
night by recollection. Memory recalls
our faults and .negligences, and this
should put us in method TO avoid them,
for they will not lose sight Of us; they
will baDish sleep from our eyes; they will
intrude into our dreams; they will fa-
tigue us, 10 order to teach us that there is
neither repose or happiness but IN the
HARMONY OF AN UPRIGHT CONDUCT, and
in the exercises Of charity.
Happy is he who can say when he lies
down-No man can reproach me with his
misfortunes or captivity; have paid due
respect to the property Of others, the Ger
tain pledge of The repose of families and
the laborer's hire has never remained in
my hands at SUI setting, according to the
expression of scripture.
These testimonies of conscience, these
internal enjoyments of soul, give deli
cious repose, and still more delicious
waking.
Whoever meets company with 40 In.
tention of making display, may rest as
sured that, though there is chance OF
their being so fortunate az to assoaish q
fem, they will be sure TO dispIease many.
The native pride of human nature rem
ders us very hostile to the claims of su-
periority /; and if it appear but in the
shape of ornament ii is sure to have its
pretensions contested.
A plain dinner, seasoned with sense and
cheerfulness is Infinitely preferable to a
luxuries served up with an air
of ostentatious superiority.
There are people who think themselves
uncommonly genteel, and seem determine
ed TO spoil every social party, by finding
fault with its arrangements, accommoda-
lions, selections, &c. Such persons re-
alize the power, which naturaIists attrib-
ute to the toad, of extracting poison from
every object.
Those ouer-gsnteet persons who make
wry faces and scornful gestures at every
thing which does not precisely comport
with their notions Of elegance or decornm,
are not only i'll Datured but unpolise. Ca
PRECIOUS and affected nicely shews the
want of COED breeding as well as of good
sense and those are generally most
pleasing, who are most easily pleased.
We should never needlessly offend, nor
willingly mislead those with whom we
converse. If our behaviour be not as
summed, but the genuine effect of hum
BILE and benevolent heart, though we may
err in some Of those minute points, which
custom has introduced and fashion sane
toned, we never can be guilty OF any
material deviaiions from the rules OF real
politeness. When the heart dictates the
external carriage, it cannot be artificial ;
and simplicity not only charms all be-
holders, but is an accredited passport to
really good society.
Printing in Palestine.-lt is well
known, the Archbishop Of Jerusalem. has
been some time 10 England, soliciting
subscriptions to establish Printing honse
on mount Libanus, between Syria and
Palestine, for the diffusion of the Chris
tan Scriptures 10 the Syriac language.
He has, we learn, been eminently success
full, having been patronized by Lord
Teignn.outh. Mr.. Wilberforce, and many
Of the British clergy though on his arr
val it was reported that he was an iinpos-
tor. He has visited the great universities
in England, where he was strictly exam