Litchfield enquirer., 1843-06-15
THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.

Stltuted, that 1t IS lmpoSStole lnal SsA'otu
 ever be destroyed, except by annihilatiOn. -
 Matter which is composed of innutncrNo'c
 atoms, is at once destroyed when the bond
 which unites them is dissolved; and snnse- quently separation of its parts is all that is
 necessary for its destruction. But tho mind
 is not thus composed of parts, but is :inipte
 and indivisible. For if the particles ot
 which man is composed were eIldueo wNn
 thought, there must be millions ot 'hcugn's arising within him at the same time, as there is an immense number and variety of parti-
 cles in his composition. That this is not the
 case, is evident from the circumstance, that
 however rapid may be the succession of
 ideas, we all know that the mind IS never
 occupied with but one at a time-whlch
 would not be the case if the particles of the
 body or of the brain were endued with
 thought.
 The mind, therefore. being simple and in-
 divisible, it is evident that 1t cannot be des- troyed except by annihilation. But 1t is a
 principle admitted by all philosophers. that matter cannot be annihilated, thought may 1 be destroyed; by what reasoning or analogy, then, may we suppose that the mind will ev- CT terminate! Now as the mind is simple and uncompounded, and contains no princi. pie of dissolution within itself, it's powers must continue impared throughout an end. less duration. And although the material universe shall be dissolved, still the mtnd "Shall flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, l Asylam JOGrRGt. FRueAL1rY.-The Creator of the world is infinitely rich and infinitely bonntitul; and | yet in all his provisions he allows no waste | He weighed the dust, and measured the waters' when he made the world and cal culated to nicety-so much earth, so much i air, so much fire, so much water, went to make up such world as this. The first quantity is still here; and though man can
 gather and scatter, move, mix and unmix, yet he can destroy nothing. The palreiac. l ton of one thing is preparation for the be. | ing and bloom of another. Thus a tree gathers nourishment from its own fallen leaves when they are decayrd, and some | thing gathers up the fragments, that nothing is lost.
 And when the Son of God was on earth, and went about scattering blessings when with a word he multiplied five barley loaves and two small fishes to feed many thousand
 persons he could in the same manner have
 provided another meal whenever the need
 of his followers required 1t; but, instead of that, he commanded them to gather up the
 fragments, that nothing might be lost thus teaching us to regard frugality as Christian virtue.
 l Il AM NOT ASHAMED TO oPRAY."-Mary had
 been brough, up by religious parents. They
 had taught her morning and evening to kneel by the side of her bed. and pray to her heavenly Father. When she was about
 thirteen years old she went from home on l short visit to the family of friend. Her 1 companions, who slept in the same room
 with her. were two girls little older than
 herself Before retiring for the night she
 knelt, as usual, by the bedside, and in silence 1 offered her prayer to God. When she rose from her knees her companions laughed at her for her attention to religious duties.
 Il should be ashamed to pray, said one of them.
 T am not ashamed to pray.' Mary quick ly replied flor if were ashamed ot my Saviour now, he would be ashamed of me ut the judgment
 | Her companions were silent.
 have written this little circumstance as l it was told me by Mary's mother, hoping
 that it may be lesson to my young readers.
 Some of your mates may ridicule you for
 attending Sabbath school, or for reading the
 Bible, or praying. Learn from Mary never
 to be ashamed Of religious duties. Remem-
 Der, if you are ashamed of Christ and his l COfnma0uS, DeIOIe yOuT CUIupuiiOueS HO "'
 be ashamed of you before his Fathers throne at the judgment of the great day.
 | Suuday School Messenger. l TIE W1pow's M1rE.-A lady in genteeI, 1 but very moderate circumstances, when
 presenting the clergymrn of, with small sum for charitable object, said, You may
 put it down as the Widows Mite, sir"-
 Mot so, my friend." replied the worthy
 pastor. "I beg you may" the lady earnest.
 iy added, "it is but trifle." "l am aware of that, madam, but it is not 0U your huing."
 How very few have, in truth. presented the
 widows mite, although many apply the pas sage to themselves.
 A young man, just entering upon the du. | ties of life, can commit no greater mistake than to consider himself above his business that such branches only as are particular. | ly pleasant are worthy of his consideration, and that in many respects, instead of serv' | ing himself and his employers, he must be served. Lei such an one, if he would win golden opinions" and fine gold, strive 10 l be useful, by attending steadily to bis busi' ness-ssudy order, neatBess, economy. sobri- ety and temperance, discard idleness, false pride, hypocricy, dandyism and tobacco. and
 be every inch man."-Jefsrso"iaH' KEEr ON Youn FLASNELs is the good ex- hortatiou of cotempoTary, in this flckle season. If the almost universal propensity to leave off our fannels with the first W0rm day of Spring. has the same influence that t gen. eraliv does, the doctors may count upon very material addition to their sick list