Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1832-02-10
SOCIAL WORSHIP.
Agreeable TO the best impulses Of our nature.
DY MRS. BARBAULD.

Z ueeu may be klnded by silent muSlng; but wheI
: kindled it must infallibly spread. The devou
heart. penetrated with large and affecting view:
iof the immensely of the works of God. the
harmony of his laws, and the extent of his be.
! nehcence, burst into loud and vocal expressions
'iof praise and alteration; and from full and
overfiowing sensibility, seeks to expand itsel
i Ito the utmost limits of creation. The mind i:
lforcibly carried out of itself, and, embracing
the whole circle of animated existence, calls or
jail above. around, below, to help to bear the
-lburden of its gratitude Joy is too brilliant a
Ithing to be confined within our own bosoms; il
FURNISHES all nature, and with its vivid colorinp
lgves kind of Fictitious lifeto objects without
lsense or motion. There cannot be more
striking proof of the social tendency of these
feelings, than the strong propensity we have to
suppose auditors when there are none. When
men are wanting, we address the animal crea-
ton; and rather than have none to partake of
our feelings, we find sentiment in the music of
birds. the hum of insects, and the low of kline.
nay, we call on rocks and streams and forests
to witness and share our emotions. Hence the
royal shepherd, soiourning in caves and solita
lrv wastes, calls on the hills to rejoice. and the
floods to clap their hands; and the lonely poet.
wandering in the deep recesses of uncultivated
nature, finds temple in every solemn grove,
and swels his chorus of praise with the winds
that bow the lofty cedars. And can he, who.
not satisfied with the wide range of animated
existence, calls for the sympathy of animated
creation, refuse to worship with his fellow mem?
Can he who bids Mature attend forget to
| 'ioin every living soul in the universal hymn
Shall we suppose companions in the stiffness of
deserts. and shall we overlook them amongs
friends and townsmen? 1t cannot be- Social
worship for the devout heart, is not more du-
lty than it is real want
On the FIRST inst young man named James
Lilly, of Berks county Pa. fell into the Perkio-
men creek, near Boyerstown, and when taken
out appeared to be entirely bereft of life, Two
| phvsicians were promptly at hand, but their eff
forts to restore him were without success. Aft
ter all hope demonstration had fled, DR.. Knight
of SOUTHAMPTON township. Bucks county, who
was passing the house, was solicited to exam
inc the body. He did so, and not discouraged
by the failure of the medical gentlemen who
had preceded him, he proceeded to renewed ex-
ertions, when in short time. to the astonsh-
ment and delight of an afflicted family. succee-
ded in restoring Mr. l.. to life and health. The
same physician. we understand, was recently
emineutlv successful in removing painful and
dangerous cancer from labv's breast. DR..
Knight is entitled to high Communications for
his skill and perseverance. The foregoing is
published in order to show the importance OF
continued exertion in case of drowning.
Saturday EVening Post,
i Revolutionary Pensioners number OF
Revolutionary Pensioners on the roll OF the
Il War Office, Oct. 18th. 1881. was 11.876. Oi
A this number goo reside in Maine, 7o3 in New
. -, IN
. Connecticut, 100 in Rhode Island, 931 in Yer.
mont. 2749 in New York, $50 in New Jersey
!, 1882 in Pennsylvania. IS in Delaware. 40 r
Maryland. COS in Virginia. $50 in North Car
q DINA, 116 in South Carolina, II in Georgia
47e in Kentucky, 275 in Tennessee, 5S4 in o
). Ihio 1914 in Indiana, 10 in Louisiana, 10 in Mis-
sissippi, 10 in Michigan, % in Illinois. IS II
Alabama, g in Missouri, and 10 in the Dis
Itrict of Columbia.-BesidCs these there wer
n 1868 Invalid Pensioners. The amount OF war
rants issued in 1881 for the payment of Revo
=, lutionary Pensioners was S1.Oo5,632 70; an
!. for Invalid Pensioners. S168.512 10.
5. 1t appears from an article in the Mobile Pa
q triot. that about 1000 Choctaws have alread
!, emigrated to the lands allotted for their res
j. idence bevond the Mississippi-that about 100
& more have been ticketed to remove for the CON
ID mutation of $40 each, offered BY the govern
re ment-and that still 1000 more are expected I
IN remove in the course of a few weeks In
" whole population composing this tribe is est
I'd mated at 90 or $4,000. We have no objectio
in 70 the removal of any tribe of Indians who ca
y be induced to change their place of residene
il bv honest and fair representations without II
re. intermixture of any degree of compulsion. b.
ak we are afraid the agents of the government al
m not alwpys as scrupulous on this subject
YRS they ought to be.--Journ. cfCommerce.
The following toast was given at the la
he cattle show dinner in Concord: Old Bdcheio
es- and Old Maids, cold set; may they be toas
ed till they are melted together-'