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by example than by preceP', will more
easily follow the works of their minister
than the words Of God: and few men
will aspire to be more righteous than their
guide they think it well if they be as he
IS: and hence it is no wonder that we see
iniquity so popular. Every man runs
after his lusis and after his money. be-
cause they see too many of the clergy
little looking after the ways of goodness.
But then consider, let all such persons
consider, that the accounts which an un-
godly and irreligious minister of religion
shall make. must needs be intoerabse
when besides the damnation which shall
certainly be inflicted upon them Tor the
sins of their own lives, they shall also
reckon for all the dishonors they do tc
God, to religion and for all the sins OF the
people, which they did not in all just way;
endeavor to hinder. and all the sins which
their flocks have committed by their evi
example and undisciplined lives.-Jersm..
/ TAYLOR.
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Religious Miscellany.
THE DYING HOUR.

IF the experience of the dying hour
could be faithfully written, the thoughts
that then ill the brain, like the last inhab-
itants of crumbling temple, and the feel
rings that then occupy the chilled heart,
be revealed to the eye of sense, what a
view would be displayedi The period
of dissolution brings with it emotion OF a
peculiar character. There are at that
time operations through which the soul
never before. passed, Nothing appears IN
| lis old aspect. Like a splendid haa which
has been hung in new drapery, each OBJ
ject wears a different dress. Opinions
THAT the strongest force of argument could
lnotscompel TO- withdraw from the mind
then hastily depart-=prejadices that root
4 ed themselves more and more deeply 2
levefy attack. then, bend before the blast
i cherished feelings that the bosom had es
tier chung to. then are hated-and desire
i THAT had ever found home beside aiIet
!. tons ALTAR, then are banished. Wh'
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AN UNHoLY MINISTRY.

Every sin which is committed by
minister of religion is more than one,
and it is as soon espied to; for more men
look at the sun when he is In an eclipse
than when he is in his beauty; out every
spot l say is greater, every mote is
beam; it is not only made so, but it is so;
it hath not the excuses of the people, is
not pitiable by the measures of their in
trinity: and /. 1t is reckoned in the
accounts of malice, never of ignorance:
| for ignorance itself in them is always a
double sin; and it is very remarkable,
that when God gave command TO the Le-
vitical priests to make atonement for the
sins of ignorance in the people. there is
no mention made of the priests ignor.
ance: God supposed no such thing in
then, and Moses did not mention it, and
There was no provision made in that case
as you may see at large in Levitt. A, ane
Mum. IA. But g. because every priest il
a man, also, observe how his sin is de
scribed, Levitt A 8. If the priest that i;
anoirted do sin according to the sin of tn,
people; that is, if he be so degenerate
; and descend from the glory where Go'
hath placed him, and do sin after the man
ner of the people. then he is to proceed t
remedy: intimating that il is infinitely bt
r sides expectation it is strange thing,
$ is like monstrous production, it is un
: natural that priest should sin accordin
I as the people do ; however. if he does,
i, is not connived at, with sentence gent
a as that finds which is sin of ignoranc
d or the sins of the people: no it Is not i
a for it is always malice, it is always u
1t charitableness, for it brings mischief
il their congregations. and contracts the
IN blessings into little circuits. and turf
h their bread into a stone, and their vii
b. into vinegar, and then besides this. g.
IS, It is also scandalous, and then it is in
Id nitely against charity; such ministe
d. make the people of God to sin, and that
Dr. against the nature of their Office and
at fsign of their persons; God sent them
= bring the people from sin. and not 70
" like so many yeroboGms the sons OF i
res BAT, to sci forward the DEVILS kingdom.
&C. make the people to transgress the CO
nat nant Of their God; for they who live m,
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A PRIEsT's SERMoN-A Fact. A
friend of ours. was returning from church
on Sunday last, when she overlook two
boys, who. it would appear, were also re.
turning from chapel. Her curiosity was
excited by the earnestness with which one
addressed the other. and the energetic &C.
ton which he employed in telling bis sto-
ry. She listened with attention and heard
MIN repeat part of the sermon delivered
in the chapel. Now, what do you think,
reader. was the subjec: of discourse p
One of the little fellows, with artless sim
plicity, assured his comrade, that his
Reverence informed the congregation, that
Elias and Sophia tcere both struck dead,
because they told me Priest lie In the
Confession Boz!!! There is here an
evident allusion to the 5th chapter of the
Acts Of the Apostles, which the Priest
misquoted. nrisrepresented, and turned to
his own purpose. Here is strong argu-
ment in favor Of Scriptural education, and
presumptive evidence that Popish ser
mons are not always a fair transcript OF
the Word of God. A Priest may teach
and preach what he pleases-aye, and de.
ceive his hearers, SO long as the people
believe that he cannot err, and until they
are permitted TO search the Scriptures, and
ri Judge for themselves WaTdneT
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DIR. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

We copy the following article from the
Canada Magazine. and although we are
not to depend on human testimony alone
in support of truth, it is gratifying to re-
feet that such men as Johnson, Mcknight,
Wall, Moses Stuart and Chalmers, are
willing to testify in behalf of the right
way, even if they take it upon themselves
not to walk in it. The critic who regards
his literary reputation is sometimes COM
PEELED TO acknowledge the truth. even If
it condemn his own course IN. H. Bdp-
tsst Register.
DIR. Chalmers, who has Just published
the second volume of his lectures on the
Epistle TO the Romans, commences one,
on part of the sixth chapter, IN the follow
ing words" The original meaning Of
the word baptism, is immersion; and
though we regard il as a point OF indiffer-
ency, whether the ordinance so named be
performed in this way. or by sprinkling.
j yet we doubt not. that the prevalent style
i oflhe administration, in the apostles days,
was by an actual submerging of the whole
BODY under water. We advert TO this, for
the purpose of throwing light on the anal
ocv that is instituted 10 these verses
Il Jesus Christ, by death underwent this sort
+ of baptism, even in immersion under the
| surface of the ground, whence he soon
0 emerged again by his resurrection. We,
0 Inv being baptized into his death, are con-
|. cs;yed 10 have made similar institution.
: In the act of descending under the water
: of baptism. to have resigned an old life,
: and in the act of ascending. to emerge into
!, which, it is our part TO maintain strenu.
: Gus avoidance of that sin, which as good
as expunged the being we had formerly
/ and a strenuous prosecution OF that holi
-lness which should begin with the hrs
IS moment that we were ushered into oul
II present being, and be perpetuated. ant
le make progress toward the perfeetien o
e fall and ripeDed immortality"
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INTOLERANCE OF PoPKRY. In Aus
tria it is unlawful to build Protestant
churches with towers, bells. or an entrance
from the street; in fact with any appear
ance of church. Protestants are oblig-
ed 10 pay the Roman priests not only the
tithes, but the dues for baptism, marriage,
and burial. and it Is the Roman priest
who keeps the official register of births,
deaths, and marriages. The Roman cler-
gy have the right of intruding into the
chamber of the sick Protestant, but pro-
testants are not allowed to converse with
their Popish fellow-subjects upon reli-
gious topics. Unless there be 100 Pro-
testabt families. or 500 souls. the erection
of congregation is unlawful. Such is
the Austrian lal0. But even this niggard-
ly measure Of religious liberty was most
uDjustly wilhholden from the Protestants
of Zillerdale. The known and written
and public law of Austria was basely vio-
lated, not bya tumultuous mob or fanat-
ic priesthood only. but by the hereditary
and official guardians of the Quar-
terLy Reriew.
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DEcE1rFuLNEss or THE HEARr..

DEcEITFULNEss OF THE HEART
The heart very often makes use of the
bodily constitutions of men, to impose up
on them. Many give themselves credit
for being humble and sober, because the
constitution. being naturally sedate. has
no tendency to lead them into excuses to
which ardent tempers are prone. Others
impetuously carry all before them. and
despise the rest for want of zeal; whereas
their own zeal is no more than the heat of
their own blood. If we would take the
measure of our progress in those lempests
TO which our natural constitutions are most
averse, we should more justly appreciate
our real character. 1t is BY pursuing
the opposite method that we fall into mis-
takes.-Reo. Henry Martyr.
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VOL. xI. NO. So.

fore long. Things appeared favorable be-
tore ] LEFT; but fear they are rather low
again. Yet the thought that the Lords
hand is not shortened, that it cannot save.
nor his ear heavy, that il cannot hear, and
especially that heau-cheering promise
Lo, am with you.' re-animaies US with
renewed vigor, 10 60 on to the conquest of
the world.
Yours in the kingdom and patience of
our common Lord, d. M'PHAIL.
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The following letter from N. s. S. Benan,
throws much light on the practice of using strong
drink in England. The time has fully come when
Il Is useless and worse than useless to the cause
ofTempennee, to preach lower doctrine than to-
tai abstinence from the use, as drink of any thing
that can inlOEicate.
From the New-York Evangelist.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-08-31

AspInATIoNs OF MINp.--By Rep. Orpille
Decey.--Fix thine eye upon a star in the in
definite distance and depth ofheaven. What
beam is that which visiteth thee from afar IF
were to pause now, for the brief space of on.
" eight minutes, a ray from the sun would, in
that brief interval have traversed about a hun
dred millions Of miles to reach us What
beam, then, is that which vsiteth thee from fur
beyond the precincts Of solar dayl Through
the slow revolutions Of years. speak the as
Economical fact, for aught thou knowest before
the world was created. that ray of light left its
native sphere, and through distances awful and
inconceivable-the silent lapse and slow revo-
luton of years unknown, that ray of light has
been travelling onward and onward. till il has
fallen upon thy poor weak sense. Now fol-
low il back, on the line of its immeasurrble
progress TO its original sphere, lis home, which
it hath LEFT to reach thee and does my mind
stop there no, not there, nor any where does
II stop, but beyond, and beyond, to infiniiy, to
eternity, il wanders; and can that mind say,
that il is I" well enough in little earthly COM
fort, and few worldly possessions Can the
soul, that spans the universe, and measures
ages, be content with grain Of sand upon this
shore Of timei No: had thou the measureless
ocean in the hollow Of thy hand, and, then
mayest thou clrb the dwelling ofthought, pas
sion, and desire, to that narrow compass
Garner up treasures Of infinite worlds IN TINS
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-08-31

THE WAY LONDON Cars ARE FED
There is one thing which | forgot 10 mention.
1t is, that your cat, if you keep Grimalkin,
will be waited upon as well and regularly as
yourselves. All horses that drop down dead
in the streets, or, in literal phrase, have not
leg to stand upon-ior horses in London
are barbarously worn out to the last, despite
the humane exertions Of the late member
from Galway, Mr.. Martin--are bought for
some trife by persons called knackers,' who
supply the town wholesale with this cats
provender The horse-fesh is boiled, and
carried through the streets in little carts or
barrows, drawn often by a dog; and the
meat is sold generally in half-penny worths..
through each of which skewer is stuck,
that it may be handled. If not expressed, it
is understood that cat, in taking up her
quarters in family, is to be allowed a half
penny's worth Of meat per diem, besides
portion Of milk, and such stray bones Of meat
and fish as may come from the table after the
repast, independently Of the game, in the
shape of rats and mice which she may Sc
cure on her own account. Also, that it is to
have no followers---an item rarely observed
by Grimalkin. II is curious, very curious,
TO see the cats when their man comes thro'
the street where they reside. No sooner has
he uttered his cry, Game, came which
translated means cats meat, cats meat, than
every puss upon whom a door does not chance
TO be shut, rushes up the area steps to the
gate, and waits, purring, with back and tail up,
until she receives her supply. There will be
probably two or three cats meat men pass
through street in the course Of day but
the cats know well the voice Of their own
man. and only TO that do they evince any
emotion.
There being scarcely house in London
that does not upon an average, take Its half
penny worth regularly per diem, in many In
stances where there are lodgers--and dodgers
keep cats-several haf-penny worths are
taken regularly; it will be seen that con-
siderable trade is carried on in this seeming
uuimportant business Putting the number
Of houses at $4,000. which is below the
mark, and averaging only one cat to each
house that receives this stipend, you have
daily expenditure OF R52S I6s 3D. amount
ing yearly to Rl90,104 3s. i'd or in round
numbers, to $950,oo0.
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Golfer, and then mayest thou lock up in that
Golfer the affections that are expanding to the
grasp of infnityi No, mistaken soul thine
eye spans the arch of heaven--thy soaring
thought rises to the eternal stars; thine own
aim must be broad and boundless as those
pathways OF heaven. As surely as thou Invest,
thou must live religiously, virtuously, wisely.
Life is an argument for piety. Sense y a
good guide to faith. Time should bear our
thoughts, as IT is bearing our souls, to eter-
nityl
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RAINING
From the Lo,ccH Courier.

From the LoUeH Courier.
THE ROSEMARY.
There is flower that never dies;
It's beauties ever bloom;
Among The dead its petals rise,
And cling around the tomb.
When winters storms are cold and drear,
And fierce the lempesis rave;
It's brightest flowers then appear,
And smile upon the grave.
Come, sweetest flower, wreath I'll Irvine,
To friendships sacred name;
brighter, hoier branch than thine,
Not friendships self can claim.
Like youthful love, thy summer bower
A living fragrance brings
Like friendships tear, thy wintry flower
Mid cherries tempesls springs.
"Come, fun'ral flower" I'll plant thy root,
Beneath the cypress shade;
And lei thy lowly blossoms shoot,
Where mans last home is made.
And when, sweet flower, that home is mine,
A living perfume shed;
And, softly DER the lonely shrine,
Thy soitest tendrils spread. M.
. The rosemary is said TO bloom in winter, and j
lnted around graves and tombs by mournin:
ends as an emblem Of that love and friendship
,ich live even in death.
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A FAT GHOST.

we inserted a few weeks ago, an amusing
anecdote, from the pen OF Theodore Hook, Of
the part OF ghost, in "Hamlet," having once
been played, BY an actor, whose name he gave,
In speciacles. Since then the Liverpool play
goers have had an opportunity Of seeing the
ghost played, at our theatre, by Mr.. Stuart,
with his arm in sling Amusing as the APP
pearancc Of the specialized ghost must have
been tho anecdote we are about TO relate of
fat ghost is not less amusing. Many of
our readers will recollect the late Mr.. Banks,
who for many years was co-lessee of the Lii
verpool and Manchester Theatres. He was
a remarkably large, fat man, as large and as
fat as Lablache, the famous bass singer who
appeared, recently, in the Italian concert at
the Amphitheatre. Mr.. Banks always played
the ghost, in " Hamlet" and though fornida-
BILE looking, amost excellent ghost he was.---
Once on time, while enaciing the part, on
the stage Of the Manchester Theatre, his great
bulk gave rise to most laughable Incident
The ghost, it will be remembered by onr
theatrical readers, used to vanish, from some
of the scenes, through the trap door on the
stage. Well, on the OCCASION, Mr. Banks had
taken his station on the spot. The bolt was
withdrawn and slowly descended the ghost,
truncheon in hand. The legs disappeared in
due course /; hut whether owing to the increase
Of his own bulk, or to some alteration in the
aperture, the moment the huge, round belly
touched the edge Of the stage, the process Of
sinking suddenly ceased. The ghost stuck
fast in the middle. No continuance, no squeez-
ing, no wnagling on the part Of Mr.. Banks
could force his Falstaffian body through the
trap hole. The auditory were convulsed with
laughter; even the ghost himself alas! poor
ghost" joined the laughter and quietly submit
ted to be lifted out Of the hole by the stage at
tendants. This most ludicrous unrehearsed
stage effect was witnessed by gentleman
who now occupies a seat in the orchestra
theatre, and from his relation we give ii to tho
public, as proof, that though some ghosts
can vanish through key hole, there are
others which cannot get through trap door.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-08-31

ME called on to caution the public the Druggists
IN Particular against purchasing from any traveller
under whatever pretences they may be offered, Of
DIR. EyANSs INVALUABLE MEDICINES,
as their unprecedented success in the cure Of Consump
non, dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Indigestion, Cosiiyc
ness Loss OF Appetite, Papitalon of the Heart Pain
10 the Head, Breast, Back and Limbs, Dizziness Rest
essness, and all diseases originating In the Stomach
Heaf Lungs LIVER and their associate organs, &c. has
caused reckless Imposter, who il is asceraned Ia.
been travelling through Pennsyl Maryland Virginia.
&c TO counterfeit and vcnd deleerous imitation of
EvANS'S CAMOMILE & APERlENT PILLS;
and another mposor has introduced into Pennsylvania
&c spurious article, purporng TO he PARIS SoorH-
ING SYRUP, for children when cutting teeth both OF
which deleterious colnttrfes. Therefore, in order
to protect tho public against the nroads Of such impos
TONS and them the benefit which his Genuine
Medicines fail in besowng, he has caused the
label Of Evans Camomile &c Pills, 70 be entered nc
cording TO net OF Congress-"
notice Of which entry is printed on the labels ON
every bottle OF the Genuine Pills. and he has caused the
Of DR. j. L. Paris TO be stricken out of the label on
his celebrated Soothing Syrup for children when cutting
teeth. so that the label Of e.genuine syrup reads
"DR. VIM. EVANS SOOTHING SYRUP
infable remedy for the pain and sickness To which
children subject when cutting teeth tested and n
proved BY thousands omohers and who have by
its early application, not only prevented their children
from suffering circulating pain but in many instances
escued them from DEATH
HI Be particular in examining the labels, and also in
knowing that DR. Evans vends any Of his medicine
through the medium Of his resident agents. adver
tised throughout the Union. his Western Office Lou
isyile KY, and his principal Office, 100 Chatham street,
New York where wholesale orders will be promptly
cuts on the most liberal terms
HI The public may assured that in every instance
that within the knowledge Of Dr. Evans. any Of
his agents where the Counterfeit Medicines pnrcha
sed vended, he will give them the earliest public
tice Of the imposition Already have proceedings both
civil and criminal been instituted against several Drug
gsts who have been detected, and their will be
laid before the public at early date The best potec
ton he offer for the present Is to caution purchasers
to obtain his Medicines from the Agents only.
LEWIS JOHNSON, Washington, d. G.
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THE WEATHER.
Il rains all day; Il rains all night
Oh how IL keeps raining:
II rains IN earnest and no sham
The folks are all complaining.
What shall we dol what shall we do7
Asks farmer and mechanic;
The traders and lawyers too; 81
Are in dreadful panic.
Umbrellas now are all TO CO.,
They've risen, and are rising;
And while IL keeps on raining so,
lis not at all surprising.
wonder when the wind will shin,
Or when the sun be shining
When clouds and fog away will drift,
And folks ioave OF repining.
guess Squire Espy's ta'en a job
To do twelve months raining,
And means 10 do il In three months,
And nine months time be gaining.
But we must take what comes, for good,
Nor always be complaining;
But when, ask, since Noah's food,
Has there been such a
RAININGa
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ANEcDoTE OF M. PAER.-Tn the Rue Pois-
soniere is small cafe, which is used as a
sort of bureau, or house Of call for musicians
out Of employment, and where persons en-
gaging performers for balls and concerts are
IN the habit Of resorting with the certainty of
finding supply of artistes. Notmany years
ago one OF these purveyors Of harmony enter
ed the ffee-house, and announced that he
wanted violin player for the Sundays dance
at Ranclagh. 4 little decrepid old man step
ped forward and offered his services but
the purveyor declined them on the ground Of
hissage. "You shall see," said the fiddler,
brushing from his coat quantity Of snuff
which had fallen upon it. 'Giye me three
francs and you shall not repent your bargain
The orchestral director, allured by the low
of the applicant, suffered himself to be per-
suaded. and two hours afterwards the little old
man of the bow was installed, with the rest
Of the orchestra. in the open air at the Bots
de Boulogne Only few bars had been
played, when all eyes and ears were turned
with establishment and delight to the most
pure and melodious tones issuing from
source whence ordinarily nothing but sounds
of harshness, if not actual discord, were
uttered. All at once law student, who was
a frequent visitor in higher circles, although
he was then dancing with pretty modesto.
recognized and proclaimed the magic creator
Of the unaccnstomed harmony, TO be M. Paer
the composer. The amiable and gay old
man. who often cracked jokes Of this kind,
laughed till the tears ran from his eyes at the
hubbub he had created, and was carried out
of the orchestra in triumph by the company