The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1837-03-10

for sinnRslg Such We the sPies h<pt up for
about 9 ho& until the people becs9e ssu6what i'm.
patient--whoa 10! the conquering hero came land
lone mon,sdt" was lef for "repests and enc
and another here there, and every where, were
rising to ask prayers &C. &c. The splnt soon COM
ated and became general all difiidenee and re-
straint were removed and perfect toOn mesHng "a
rniliarity spread over the whole asseniblage, CON-
pounded Of levity and impotence II was nosomteiy
infectious, this animal sympathy
Another part Of this machinery is spiritual despo-
tsm" This power he soon acquires over the unhappy
subject, through his "raiping process" mo mat
tor, will get you where want you, bye and bye, ne
was frequently heard to exclaim, when thwarted IN
some measure; and he soon verified his premise, so
that in the course of two three weeks every man
and woman remained at his beck, and rose and TELL
kaelt stood at his bidding; the wave of his hand
would PROSTATE the whole circle OF his body guard
in the exercise of his unrestricted and unbalanced au
thority. "Down DOWN. and every knee was bent
-"up! up!' and il was as if one nerve animated
every body. Truly ne was magnificent drill omcer.
But this ghostly domination was notalways exer-
cised as harmlessly as in such body drill. The poor
wandering minded woman above referred to, and who
had attended him for mere than two months to the
utter abandonment Of her family and domestic duties
who had been sent for two three times by her hus
band, good and inteligently pous man, was Invete
advice as the following: "Mrs c., you shall not go
home! God has thrown chain Of moral influences
around this town! You are liak IN that cham, ana
your absence aoiW break IL and the Holy Ghost VIII
depart and the blood Of souls EH DC your sKtrts w
Dare you go home"
At the conclusion of Mr. BIS recent labors in Pough
keepsie, about two hundred were taken into the
church, at three separate communons-many oil
them otter extreme urgency and with great reluc-
tancs 6 NY poor niece" said lady, day or two
after the last Of these scenes, she is almost crazy
she says she was urged to join the church when she
excited and gave herself up TO their wishes but
she kno1cs she has neyer been concerted, and Is
almost in state of distraction !!
The originality, the eloquence, the power, the fasci
nation the despotsm of Jedediah Burchard, has pro-
duced, during the last fortnight greater religious ex-
element in New York than have seen or heard Of
since the age Of Whitfield or Wesley. Men, women
and children all ages all sexes, all conditions all
classes are floating TO Chatham street Chapel TO see
and hear and tremble at the new apostle.
The man himself is most extraordinary creature.
He is revivng the ancient physical excitement in re-
lgion which marks the early history of the priests of
Egypt or the Bramins Of Hndostan. He operates
upon the religious Imagination through the nervous sys
tenn Hes himself cool, callsus cold hearted prophet
perfectly intent upon the qualification of his ambition
and his feelings He is above and beyond the excite
ment which he himself produces. He is particularly
studous Of converting female souls-and if they are
beautiful and lovely-have fine figures and engaging
eyes, it is sand he would 60 through hell fire to save
their dear souls from perditien Jedediah Burchard
is a modern Mahomei-an arataro Of the Hindoo
Khnstnoo or Of the Eastern Budaha. He is going to
create in this city sect that will swallow up the
rest and reduce all 10 one Burchardism Bmchardsm
-Burchardism.
Thus we go. Now there is nothing more interest
ing more amusing, or more philosophical, than the
study Of the various religions which 6ll the world
their rise and progress-ther peculiar traits-ther ef
fects on morals and civilization-and the promises
they severally hold out for new life Religion is an
element Of the soul ITSELF Religion is twned with the
first threads of existence Religion is the first intel
lectua movement that indicates the existence Of an
immaterial thinking, judging spirit Religion comes
with the first throbs of being and leaves not till the
last glmmerings of the soul fade in the eye The mo-
nent the youthful being casts his eyes on the heavens
above-the gorgeous clad earth around-the muldi-
nous ocean spreading cut to eternity beneath him
the living, moving, stormy, shining, or varying ele-
ments before hm--that momeRt the sentiment Of the
Divinity enters the soul-that moment the sublime
throb of Religion agitates his frame, and makes him
fall down in alteration at the msgnifcence and gran
deur of the great Creator Preservcr Sustainer and
Regeneraor Of the Universe. In social or savage life
the same wondrous feeling is spiriiualised, refined
softened, modulated, TO human sympathies and hu-
man feelings. The very love between man and wo-
man-betweeH glorious man and beauteous woman
lis an emana,ion in it, purity, Of the same feelings
which must have filed the Godhead in the act of
spreading out, in the great wilderness Of Eternity
those rich banqucts Of human life-of hanging up in
the realms Of space these gttenng and planets
the abodes of human life and the habitations Of hu-
man happiness. The Of creation is the throb of
extacy. Mamma" said one evening TO my mother
after had been gazing at the starry armament fer
half an hour, "who made the stars1" "God, my
dear child-the great God my child" ~ am trying
to think of him." said l. but il makes me tired to
get round him."
Such is religion-and such ough, it always to be-
among the civilized savage, for it is found that
neither savage social life-ncher ignorance nor
civilization, has any material effeclin altering, or bet
tering, purifying the religious sentiments of man.
kind. Religion is distinct and Independent impulse
Can Jedediahs systen compare with ihis7 We
shall inquire. Meantime we propose that he offer up
his next prayers for the brokers in Wall sreer When
they can't get money, they will take any thing else
even the prayers Of Jededah Burchard fsur per cent
off Tor exchange
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