Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-05-03

their great astonishment, having steered close
to rock, he desired them TO wait till he went
into the sea 20 fetch her, jumped overheard, and
Just as they were beginning to be seriously a.
Harmed at his long disappearance, he rose win
his mistress FROM the water This story Is not
deficient in tina, which all such stories should
have to be perfectly drlightful-a fortunate
conclusion. The party remained at the Figs
ill the oppressor died, & then returned to va
vaoo, where they enjoyed long and happy lite
This is related as an authentic tradition.
Quarterly Revie,o.
Maternal Love If there is one human feel
ing free from the impulses of earthly frallty,
that tells US in the slightes; breathings Of its
celestial origin, it is thai OF mothers love-a
mothers chastr, overwhelming, and eVerlast-
ing love for her children.
The name Of mother is our childhood's Ia.
lisman-our refuge, and our safeguard in all
AAn- nissry:- the 6ssi bali formed word that
dawns on the opening mind; the first, the fond
est, and the mos, lasting tie in which affection
can bind the heart Of man! II is from the be-
ginning the same and Interchangeable. Ii owes
not its being 10 this world, or the things in this
world, but is Independent, and sef.exis en,; en-
during whilst the pulse of life animates the
breast that fosters il; and il there be any thing
Of mortality lha, survives the grave, surely its
best and noblest passion will neverpersh. Oh!
i. is pure and holy emulation ofheaven's mer
cy, implanted in the heart of woman for the dear
est and incest purpose, to be at once her trues,
and most sacred pleasure, anG the safety and
blessing Of her offspring
E.,
permanency on the reciprocation Of dvan,ages;
but on its sincerity 1t caseth not itself, and
CENTRES bu, in the happiness Of its object; and
when the welfare Of that object is at stake, it
put,eth away and knowetli not WEAKNESS. L,
is not excited by form of feature, bu, rather by
a happy perversion of perception, imbues all
things with an imaginary beauty.
1t watches over our helpless infancy with the
ceaseless benignity Of guardian angel; antici.
patps every childish wish, humors every .ay.
ward fancy, soo,hes every transient sorrow,
sings our sweet lullaby to rest and cradles US on
its warm and throbbin:' breast; and when pain
and sickness prey up n The fragile form, what
medicine is there like mothers kisses? what
quoting pillow like mothers bosom? Or
when launched into the wide ocean ola tempes-
tuous world, what eye gazes on our adventur-
nus voyage, with all the eagerness of material
fondness, amid the sad yet not unpleasant con-
test of hopes and fears. and deep anxieties.--
When the rugged path Of life has been braveIy,
patiently, and nobly trodden; when prosperity
has smiled upon US; when virtue has upheld US
amid the worlds temptations; virtue which she
herself planted in US; and when Fame has bound
her laurels round us, is there heart that throbs
with livelier or more grateful pleasure than
a mother's1
There is not book on earth so favorable to
all the kind, and all the sublime affections, or so
to hatred and persecution, to tyran-
ny, injustice, and every sorl Of malevolence, as
the Gospel. 1t breathes nothing throug hout,
but mercy, benevolence, and peace.-Beaitie.
The scriptures contain, independently Of a
divine origin, more true sublimity, more exqui.
site beauty, purer morality, more important
history, and finer strains both Of poetry and
eloquence, than could be collected within the
same compass, from all other books that were
ever composed in any age, or any idiom.
The two parts, Of which the scriptures con.
'ist, are connected by chain Of compositions,
which bear no resemblance, in form or styIe.
10 any that can be produced from the stores Of
Grecian, Indian, Persian, or even Arabian learn.
ing The antiquity Of those compositions no
man doubts; and the unstrained application of
hem to events long subsequent 10 their publl.
cation, is solid ground of belief, that they are
genuine predictions, and consequently inspired.
Sir VIM. Jones.