The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-02-24


In the practice of using it as a soother and
balm: as means of procuring repose after
the Ianguor of ldleness, or the perturbation
OF vice. Miserable resource from care OF
grief! to supply ones self With such drug
for a few short hours, only to awake in re-
newed dependency, with mind paralyzed
and untitled for the commonest duties of
lie. The countenance of the unhappy vic
TINS OF the practice, reveals too painfully to
an observant eye their condition. The ex-
preston is more haggard, and the features
more distorted, than even from common
drunkenness, and produce on others min
gled feeling of pity and fear. The humid
lustre of the eyes is exchanged for dull,
turbld, and detected appearance of this or
gan, which is sunk in its orbit; the rounded
cheek, once flushed with the glow of health,
is now pale or leaden, and the corners of
the mouth no longer raised into ready smiles,
have downward direction, indicative of
suffering alternated with listlessness and
apathy. The moral nature is not less fear
fully changed than the physical. All man
ly resolution is fed to think is too great an
effort: the sight of distress elicits childish
grief, without furnishing sufficient incentive
to It's relief or mitigation. Not very differ
ent, in fine, is the confirmed opium taker
from the torpid animal warmed into motion
by artificial heat: it twists itself about, at
tempts some gambols, or with impotent NAL
ice tries to bite and annoy those near it.
But In few minutes, the stimulus Of heat is
gone, and 1t sinks once more into torpidity.
PROVIDENCE. "The goodness of Provi- I
dence is one of those self-evdent PROPOSE |
tons, no sooner proposed than admitted |
but, generally, few are sufficiently aware of
the experimenting operations of the Al |
mighty hand which continually provides for
his universal family, the dependent creatures !
OF his will. Gle openeth his hand, and they |
are satlsfed-he witadraweth himself, and I
they perish" Among the innumerable null
ttude OF living creatures, all of whom are
the undoubted objects of divine regard, there !
can be none more dependent on the bounti-
ful provider than man. Of eight hundred |
millions of human beings with which the
earth is peopled, each of whom is of "more
value than many sparrows," not one can
perish without the notice or permission of
the Universal Parent. His eye sees every
where in all places, and watches continually !
over the families of the earth !" The hab- |
table regions of the world are peopled-l
there is no place where their voice is not
heard. The tawny African, painting be-
meath the rays of vertical sun, or reclining
upon the verdant banks of his native river,
bounteous hand The caiTdi regions OF the
north are not disregarded. The shivering
inhabitants of the frigid zone are as con-
scious Of Providential care, and trust to the
same kind provider. He mounts, with buoy
ant heart, his swiftly gliding sled, drawn
by the nimble-footed deer, and over track
less wastes of endless snow, burries with |
impetuosity through unheard of journeys.
confident of safety and protection! The !
mild and temperate regions, characterized
for health, comfort, and convenience, swarm |
with population. The inhabitants feel con-
fdent assurance that % seed time and har-
vest, summer and winter, day and night, |
shall not cease" The merchant trusts his
fortune, and the mariner his life, to the mar
row confines of his little vessel, to traverse
the wide, tempestuous ocean, secure in the !
protection of the Almighty hand The far
mer ploughs in hope, and sows his seed in |
due season, with moral certainty of blessing |
on his labors."