The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-07-17
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

Il Is an awful thing % come out OF trouble
for il alw.y, leaves as better or wotse than i,
find, US We should therefore ask with pc.
cuIlar concern--what beneht have derived
fom such a visitstion Of Divine Providence
The rod spcks, did l hear It's message The
physician has been eBoioyed--!s my diNem-
pei even beyond the reach of medicine
have lost the lie OF my iriend--snd have 1
lost his dcath 100 My relaiioo has entered
the iay OF his L.otd-t have one reason for
loving heayan mo,e snd DO love II less
True religion is seated in tho heart; that
Is the centre fgor, which all the iinss Ut right
practice must diseTge. II /, the great duty
snd chief business of Christian to labouf 10
make all his sffections, with oil their motives,
tendencies and operations, su5servient 10 tho
wo,d sod VIII Of G,d.-.His irregular psss-
ions, which are still apt 10 START oct into dis
oTder, viii require vigilance 10 the end lie
must not think ell is safe, because the most
trasabc ones ato not rebellious but he may
onlettsins cheerful hope when those which
were once rebeliious are become traetab!e.
General truths are what we all ackDowl-
edge, aud all forget We acknowledge them,
because a generai ssseot OF tho understanding
costs bat lnlc, and we forget them, be cause
the Remembrance would force epoo the con.
science great deaf OF practical labor. To
believe, and remember, and act upon co,n
ron, undispu,ed, general truths, is The most
important part Of ,ehyion. This, though IN
ilcl very difficult, is overlook, d, on sccoon,
of its beng so?posed very easy, 10 keep
up 10 the hcad lively impression OF a tew
piau, rnomsn;ou, truths, ~ OF more use than
IN: -Dlest discussion ola hundred eon,soveri!
I'd poin's f
We mistakenly adore most that part Of
hfe which least roq1res II, and neg Iect 70
pros,de for ,hN watch viii want II muN. II
IL to- that sobec period when life has lost It's
trrshneis, the passions their intenscusss. and
tho spriJs their hilsrmy, tha, We should Se
prepaciag. Our wisdom would bs 20 snlici.
pNe the wants OF middle life, 10 10y ia a store
Ol actions, idoa,, principles and HABITS, which
may preserve or trs0sfer to the mind, ,hat af.
fscion which was y, frs, par,ly aurseted by
Tue person. Blt IL add a vscsnt Io'nd To
iorm which ha, ceesed 10 please TO p ovids
no Subsidiary and TO beauy wh,io il lasts, and
cspeeii,y no Substitute when IL is departed.
i,,o reader III; comioriiess, and marriage.
decay.
We should not be SO angry with s,oiy il i,
would keep its pc er place among the vices
b { "a quarrel with il Ia, that it will mix It.
scif with our virtoes, and lob US Of theie re.
vlei.
Ca'enpy &C ,orgs The third once said to
sic j. Icw,n, fam,us69r vivart. They
veil me, sic John, you love glass Of wioe.'
Those, size, who have So reported ne TO
your mJes,y," answered he, bowiog pro.
!ou6dy, +" do IN, g'eM inj,s;ics ) they should
have .ad---a bottle"
Pride--A spaniatd, t;sins from fall
whereby his nose had suffered considerably,
exclsie,sd. I" To'a q tai, esto es cam mar nor
ia nsrrd 2" I" This comes OF walking upon
cae,h.'
Ore tsi-y az a nme.--The fspcu. De
Wu,, one Of the greatest statesman of the
s,e ia shich no lived, being asked by f,icod,
how ne was able 10 despatch that mullitud. Of
afiits in which he was engaged, replied, ths,
his whole art consisted in doing one ih,ng az
oace. Is, says he, have soy necessary dss-
patches 20 mtke, think Of nothing else till
those a'e 6nished il any domestic affairs 70.
qui'e my attention, give myself up wholly
10 them ill they ave so, 10 order.
LOVE,
Like the cold bath, is never negative
il tseiJom leaves us where it finds US; if
once we plunge into il, il will either ex.
alt our virtues, or r,huence our vices. +.
M1tyin'oy. "A great portion of the
wretchedness whichhas often embittercd
married life. | am persuaded, has origi.
mated in the negligence Of rRIfLss.
Connuoid happiness is a thing si too fine