Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-01

The Bauk Of Mobile bls invited lae o,lcr
banks OF Alabama 10 send delegates 10 a Con-
yenlion, 10 bs convened AT Blocut on .he l7,h OF
SeP'Smber. Ior The purpose of proposing and
taking measures for a simultaneous ana early re-
SUMPTION o! specie Payinenis.-.N0stri'.; CHtoH.
The first Establishment sf Inc Christian Re
| hgion.--No conformity Of crcumsances can &c.
/ count for the origin Of Christianity. \ being
known to the world only as the son Of jewish
/ peasant, delivered a system OF doctrine which
I overthrow not merely some feeble philosophy OF
1 some harsh and unpopular superstition, bat both
/ the theory and establishment, of tho state religion
guarded eld fought BY the armed strength Of the
| most powerful government, OF the greatest If all
emp res. Thousands and tens Of thousand, owed
then daily bread to Their connection with tia, re-
/ igi9n. Millions lai identified i; with all the,r
| conceptions of ide, of epjoymenL and o, ihat
obscure hope IN when the h,alheu saw lie Ia
/ cone The noble amlos owed 10 i, large por-
| uon Of their rank and influence, The ,mpero,
| himself was the high priest Old r5dl,oD lnvJg
! GRATED into LIVING belief, male ii the pledge OF
| safety to the empIrc--a sacred protector, with.
| out which the ggic7 Of Roman dominion were
destined TO inevitable ruin. Yet against col2s.
sal and naughty crectlon--he consuma,e work ct
subelty aud strenglh--stood forth a solitary be.
ing, and at his word the whole pile, the great for
ness that lowered up 10 heaven, came, wall and
gate to the ground And hy VIA, means hnr
this been douel b. nothing 'h7 can lind "a pn.t,e,
IN the history of human impulse. Signal ausleuty,
ephu.lasn, wealth, military genus; the promise
Of splendid success, visionary doctuaes, have
made proseIytes n b1rllrouS ages, or among
the loose creeds Of contending herses Bat the
founder Of Christianity cast away all hose woa-
pous Of our lower nature. lie shrunk from no
declaration Of the most mpala,ehe truth. lie
told the jew that his spiritual pyde was a deadly
crime. He declared that the cherished i'm
purity Of tho Gentlles was q deadly CRIME. Tie
pluckel u2 tho temporal ambition Of his followers
by tho roots, and told them that if they were to to
great it mus. be through the grave. In the iuIl
view Of unpopulary, deSerion, and death, he pro.
nouncedto the Jews the extinction other nation
al existence; to the disciples, their lives Of persc-
culion. At the time of his death hi4 name had
scarcely passed beyond his dcspsed prov.acc;
and when al length reached Rome il was known
only in contemptu1us connection wlih that Of a
crowd Of unfortunate inca condemned 10 the rack
and the flame,
Yet, within The life Of man, hi, religion consl.
tuted the worship Of emperor and people, his
doctrines were acknowledged as inspiration, and
the ciyilized.world bowed down before him as lie
God whom the heaven and the heaven Of heavens
cannot contain.
Those wonders are lamal 20 the Christian,
but they are still wondcrs-ths migbtiest phcnom.
era on which the spirit Of mm can gaze --he
stars Of our mortal twilight, and worthy Of our
Hottest admiration, till tho gates Of the grave
slall be unbarred, and The vision Of glory shall
spread before Us without cloud. Res. q Croly.
Hydroplobia Do not heal any wound from
the bite Of dog, mad or not keep II open
Tor three months, il IS the healing Of rho wound
tia. c n:cntratcs and confines The poison.