Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-09-05

never was discourse uttered, III WllCn
the circumstances and scenery around
created a more effective illustration to the
mind; or one of more absorbing interest
Standing where Paul stood, on the same
craggy hill, beneath an Acropolis whose
temples are still splendid even in ruins.
the Christian receives sense OF the pow
er, sublimity, and divine wisdom of that
discourse, such as he never before expert
enced. go
Thus far the apostle experienced no in
terruption, and the judges Of the Areopa-
gus, with all who stood listening, might
have continued to hear his reasonings,
even upon the folly and guilt of idola:ry,
with equal wonder at the majesty of his
eloquence, and the supernatural wisdom
of the truth. But when he passed to re-
pentance, the day of Judgment, and the
resurrection from the dead, the speculat-
i've pride of some sectarlans being touch
ed, and the consciences of others troubled,
they began to express their doubts, and to
pray, like Felix, for a more convenient
season. "Some mocked.' Alas, for
those that hear the blessed gospel on y to
despise, TO wonder, and to perish. 9th
ers said, Eve will hear thee again of this
natter Perhaps they did, but certainly
a more convenient season would never
come, and probably this itself was the last
time, for Paul speedily departed from
among them, His solitary visit to Ath-
ems gllds the gloom Of its idolatry like a
setting sun, and even now communicates
an unWonted interest to the ruins Of its
ancient spIendors. He departed from
among them: but the words of Paul were
not this day to fall wholly among thorns,
nor as seed scattered by the wayside, but
some into good ground, 20 be planted, and
watered, and nourished, by the care of the
Holy Spirit. Howbeit, certain men
cIave unto him, and believed among
which was Dionysius, the Areopagite,
and a woman named Damaris, and others
with them A blessed, chosen few, gath.
cred from all that multitude unto everlast
ing life!
BRoNcH1T1s.-Am much esteemed
ministering brother who had been Sc
verely afflicted with this complaint,
informed US last week that he was
perfectly restored by making an en-
tire change in his course oftreatment.
He had been in the habit of muff1ine
up his throat, particularly on going
out into the air either from the pull pit
or the house, and the disease in
creased to such a degree that he was
unable to speak but a minute or two
without great distress. On consult
ing with a physician of eLiu asad az
perience, he was advised to dismiss
his bandages, and leave his throa+
perfectly exposed to the air at al
, times, whether in doors or out, and
by no means to put anything extra
round his neck after the services O
the pulpit. This advice was strict
+ ly followed ; the throat was left en-
tirely exposed, with merely Sigh
strip of black silk round the shirt col
lar, not much larger than a piece O
} ribbon. The debility and soreness:
have left the throat, the voice /:
perfectly restored, and no more diff
: hculty of utterance experienced
: During preaching he thinks if waite.
is used at all by the speaker he hac
= much better apply it outside than in
e The physician totally condemned thu
practice so much in use among min
listers of muff1ing up their necks witt
0 handkerchiefs& crav2ts, and pOintin!
his attention to several Of the old vet
Grams in the ministry who neve
e knew anything about muffling up a
S now practised, and who knew moth
# ing of bronchitis, though they ha'
$ performed ten times the amount c
T. labor in speaking than those suffer
} ing from the throat disease.-N. \
, u Bap. Reg.
J. The DEAD SEA.-Mr. Stephens, tn
if latest American traveller in the HoI
,. Land, has an interesting chapter on tn
d Dead Sea- He saw f1ocks Of birds foa
IF ingon and flying over the water uninjnre'
! The water is clear and transparent, but {
g a dreadful taste and smell. Masses (
S. bitumen are found on the shore, suppose
le to be thrown up from the bottom. Frot
ID his own experience, he remarks, he ca
- almost corroborate the most extravagal
r accounts of the ancients respecting tn
e density of the water. 1t was difficult
IS keep the body under the water 10 bathin
is and he believes he could have lain an
e. slept without sinking his head. On con
lie ing out, his skin was covered with thicI
2 glutinous substance, and his face covert
a. with salt.
h Mr. Stephens was very anxious to ma,
ye igate the lake, and THINKS that the ruins
n the plain might be discovered, especial
G az the ,vater preserves instead of destro,