Litchfield enquirer., 1845-08-07
HYMN TO LOVE.


 IrGnslation by Req. lsdGc J0nes.
 Thou most renowned of immortals, many named, the ever powerful leader love, Author of Nature, directing all things by thy law, Hail Thee it is justly permitted all mortals to address. "For we are thy offspring" 'partakng it were the sole re- semblance of the breath or echo of thy voice, and whatever lives and creeps that is mortal on earth. Therefore. will sing an hymn to thee, and will celebrate thy dominion forever.
 Moreover, this whole world, congregated around the earth, obeys thee, (wherever thou leadest,) and spontaneous is swayed by thees Thou hast such an assistant in thy invincble hands, thy two- edged, flaming, and ever-living thunder for by its blast, all things in Nature tremble, and with it, thou directest its common course, which agitates the structure of the world, blending myself with ifs mighty body. Thou art greatly exalted, the supreme King of the Universe. Nor is any work done upon earth without thee, o thou Divine Agent, nor in this ethereal divine globe, or in the azure ocean.
 But how many things do depraved mortals ac- complish in their want of understanding! Thou arrangcst in beautiful order things that disor dered, and things that cherished, are not cher ished by thee. For thus blending in one, evil with good there may be one common of all things, and forever lasting; which rejecting, however ma ny, can such be deemed the inestmable among mortals An wretched ones who ever seek and choose the procurement of good things for themselves, nor contemplate this common law of God, nor obey him; to whom, if they were obedi- l ent, they might, with there understanding enjoy an excellent life. But these again have rushed into evils, one after another Some, indeed, in their avidity for glory, have had violent conten tion, and some for gain, were devoted 10 no world but this whilst others were for the practice of licentiousness, and the enjoyment of corporeal sweets.
 But, 0 love, bestower of every gift, dwelling in thick darkness, and lord of the thunder, defend us morta,s from mournful ignorance, which do thou, Father, grant us to attain that knowledge; in which confding, thou dost govern all things just ly-that being honored, we may render thee the due returns of honor, ever celebrating thy works | as becomes mortal man; :; since neither to man or gods, belongs any greater honor, than to celebrate thy universal praise.t ,.a tt,
 Acts xviii. 2s. Aratus Phenomena, p. 95.
 f Cleanthes, Hen. Steph. Philos. p. 49. lEx Stobei Eclog. Physic.]
 [Jones' Ann. Lit. vol. i, pp. Is, 16.
 Can SGlfpefre Explode ?-Ths is perhaps the important question of the day. On its proper so- ution depend several results. The books say that saltpetre on being heated to 600 deg. of Fahren- heit, becomes converted into one of the most ex- pansive gases known: one which is rarer and oc- cupies greater volume than any other; but it is not InHammable nor explosive. Afer all, very lit. tie is known about this subject, although great professions of knowledge, accompanied with high sounding phrases of carbOnic acid carbonic oxide, resulting gases, nitrogen and sulphurous acid gas are thrown over it, rendering it still more smoky than ever. Who knows even what an explosion of gunpowder is! Who can give us the rofion6ie Does the flame ot the charcoal enter info fke body Of he nitre, and there cause sudden expansion, accompanied with lond report. as one oi the old writers saysl And if it does. arc we any nearer an explanation than we were hei0res S
 But the question of the explosion oi saItpetre is mere question of fact, which can be best tested by experiment. Let dozen bags of saltpstre be eharFed and exposed to insense heat, and see the result Mr. Dodge, who soggests this,. oiiers to furnish enc bag, and proposes subscription for the expense oi the rest. It is worthy the atten- ton of the special committee 10 whom the subject is tefsrsd.--M F. Evsniag Rasf.