The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-03-13
LAW YE K S..

Law Ehos
According TO the Asiatic Researches,
very curious mode Of trying the title
Of land, is practised in Hindostan two
holes are dug in the disputed spot, in
each Of which the plaintiffs and defen.
dant's lawyers put one Of their legs, and
remain there till one of them is tired, or
complains OF being stung by the insects,
in which, case his client is defeated. In
this country, it is the client, and not the
Laauyer, who puts his. foot INFO IL.
From Sermon Of Me Req Joseph Franois. London.
Let this idea dwell in our minds, that
our duties to God and our duties to man,
are not distinct and independent duties,
but are involved IN each other that de.
votion and virtue are not different things,
but the same thing either in different
stations, in different points of progress,
or circumstances of situation. What
we call devotion, for the sake Of distinc.
ton, during its initiatory and instrumen-
tai exercises is devotion in It's infancy
the virtue which after time it produces,
is devotion in its maturity; the contem-
plation OF deity is devotion at rest; the
execution of his commands is devotion
in action--Praise is religion in the tenn.
pie, or in the closet; industry from
sense of duty, is religion in the shop, or
in the field; commercial integrity is re-
ligion in the mart the communication
of consolation is religion in the house of
mourning; tender attention is religion in
the chamber OF sickness; paternal liz
stuction is religion at the hearth; judi.
cial justice is religion on the bench: pa
triotism is religion i'll the public coun.
Cil."
Religion seems exactly fitted to the
wants of man. He is here, in world of
sin and sorrow, surrounded by ten thou
sand, evils, from which he cannot extri.
cate himself. The wind blows, the
storm RACES, the heavens gather black
ness, the elements vie with each other
for dominion, and feeble man finds him.
self
Just like feather.
On the whirlwind's wing.
Pestilence and death are around him
he sees the grim monster approach-his
limbs are unnerved-he cannot fly, he
is sinking in despair, when religion ap-
pears, and by her light and presence dis
pels his fears and teammates his frame.
She has power to charm, and while she
charms, she instructs. Her votaries are
happy, for she constantly points them to
heaven ofrest, in world where
No scorching rays by day.
No fatal dsmps OF night,
Shall ever find their way,
To weaken their delight
Where God himself gives Zion rest.
And makes her habitation blsst.
They who have known the sweets of
her society, pity those whose highest am
bition is "to shed lustre over a few
years--to live in remembrance century
or two, and then be forgotten" Yet,
even for this the scholar labors, and the
hero endures hardship-this is the sum.
nit of human ambition, and the bounda.
ry ofits most sanguinc expectation.
Religion tells her children and she tells
them truly, it is of little consequence to
shine in the road of science-to pluck
honors which fade like tho flowers of the
field, while you gather them to sparkle
among the favorites Of fortune--to WELD
the sceptre of Alexander, Of Caesar, or
OF Bonaparte-to possess the riches of
Croesus, or to wear crowns set with the
diamonds of Golconda. She provides
for them noblcr, more enduring honors,
more abiding substance. She teaches
them heavenly wisdom, and provides for
them a crown Of glory. She teaches
them what Socrates, what Plato, what
Cicero, what Confucius, what Seneca
could never teach. Though they had