Litchfield enquirer., 1838-12-06

defence, and in the course of nv argument.
will be able fully TO satisfy the court ON the
point. The learned gentleman proceeded in
the case. ., -. -. :
Argument. May it please your honor
MY unfortunate client has been convicted of
hog stealing against the most positive tesii-
monv. All the witnesses for the prosecution
declared the animal 10 be pig. daughter. }
Now, would ask, if a pig can grunt! Eve
ry body Knows that he cannot. He can
squeak, but there is no grunt in him. (Lnugh-
ter) Can he gain subsistence by roofing /?
No. Then he can be no hog. When man
says he will go the whole hog, bristles and
ali, he cannot mean Il pig, for a pig has no
Drlstles, and is but the minuln of hog
(Laughter.) fyour honor was to send Your
servant to market to buy pig, and he brought
you homo hoy weighing 300 lbs. appre-
bend you would not consider him rs having
obeyed your orders. (Laughter.) When
you speak of man, you certainly do not
mean an infant at the bosom of its mother.
1t ne be u years of age. he will be a man,
but until then, he is an infant in law and in
fact. When pig can grnnt, he is hog,
and not till then. Laughter1 Ishallurg
the point no further. ~
Striking Ilustrotion.-A valuable minister
OF the Gospel recently made use of the fol-
lowing illustration to impress upon the minds
of the members Of his Church, that they
ought to exert all the influence they have on
the side of Christ, however little that infil.
ence may be. SSupposc, said he. that the
small fibres of which cable rope is compo.
sed. were each living creature, and suppose
that one Of these fbres, or threads. when the
anchor is cast out and the ship tossed BY
ind md
hold, my strength is small, il will not bear
an ounce. 1t cannot be of much conse.
quence. that it be exerted in holding the
large ships Twill let go and SO that fibre
or thread lets GO. Another reasons in the
same way, comes to the same conclusion
that its strength is 90 small that it can be of
little use. and lets 60 and SO another and
another, until two-thirds of them have let 60,
and the rest of the fbres or threads compO-
sing the cable rope are broken in twain, and
the, ship driven ashore and wrecked. :i 81,
The application is obvious. Let Christians.
when they are disposed to imagine that they
can have but little influence--too little to be
Of any use, and therefore they will strive to
exert themselves none at all, think of the f.
bres or threads of the cable rope, and be-
ware Of letting 60, lest for want of these lit
tie influences, the Church is driven from its
steadfastness, Great detriment received, and
souls lost. gH1 ..H.llssaa sa,st. .e
An Appe0It to Reason Christianity and
Deism cOHtr0sted. aaea
Suppose the Deistto be right, and Chris
tianity to be a delnsion what has the De-
ist gained wherein has he the advantage
Is he happier than the Christian No.
Is he more useful in society? No. Can
he meet the sorrows Of life with more far
titMde No. Can he lo"k into ,futWriiy
with more cOn,posavs No. His highes,
a. oiss' ed" . ne: s4s II. sdr@ ssse
tor-his social circle is wilderness. over
grown with thorns--his life is perfect mad
ness-and Of his death it may be said, He
die,h as a fool dieih.' -. 3sa. ,.E sara
But the Christian is happy in himself.
or rather in his Savior: he is useful in his
day, and as safe, al least, in his death, Us
any Of the children of Adam. ~
Suppose tho Deist 10 he wrong. and
Christianity to be true-and true il will be
found-ihen has not tina Christian the ad-
vantage? IL he not present and eternal
gamer Z? Yes. He has a constant supply
Of happiness from above an unchanging
friend in his Savior and Redeener, to
whom he may unbosom himself freely re-
lief o, hand. amidst all his troubles sure
foundation for the mos, solid hope !; and a
delightful prospect beyond the grave. This
Christian hazards n0thing-He gains all
things! The Deist hazards, yea, fo'iei,s
all things, and gains nothing while he
lives. he makes himself .hs tool of.hs dew
IL; and when l,s dies. he looks for annibi-
laiion, but finds damnaiion!
Who is on the Lords side = Reader.
if you would be happy IN time, and safe
for eternity, you must take The Bible Tor
yonr guide, have God for your Father,
Christ for yOvr Redeemer, and the Holy
Ghost for your Sanctifer: otherwise, you
live under condemnation, you will die ac-
cursed, and you will parish f0reUer
Godlinsss is profitable unto all things,
having the promise Of the life that now is,
aud Of thai which 10 10 Gomez ! Tim. ~. 8.
IKov shall zoe reason scith DrHRkards Z
An answer 10 this question is suggested
By the following statement, which IS ex-
lraclel from The repor, Of missionary Of
tho City Tract Society, presented ~ tho
last public meeting Of lbe Board. sta e.
1t was few weeks since, that my
steps wore pr"vidcniiaIly directed to the
abode Of drunkard. He was nechanic,
we'll able by industry, to provide c0mpe-
tent support for bis Interesting wife aud
tonr small children; yer sysry thing around
bore the narks Of abjeci poverty. My
call was seas"nsbls t.r the n,an was So
Der, and nj work. Entering into eonver-
sation viii, him. 4 udvested ~ the various
causes "f poverty. and the distrasses Of ii'-
dividuals and families. and naned intsm.
perance as a pron'inemt cause. lie ~ once
became his "wn aecussr. And said, that IN