New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-27

developments TO the spiritual cdfcation Of our read
ors without alteration or flrhcr comment Hear
hin
Mackenzie'- Book.
10 the Edaor Of The Tri5une.
The relations of this work 10 affairs purely secu-
lsr seem 10 be 10 intimate and interesting there is
danger that such o. concern higher and more impor
tsnt interests will be quite os crooked; for while II
NAV not be denied ba, there is much therein which,
ander the torture of proisne alchemy will be made
to yield poison. there is also much from which the
pious soul will extract comfort and support |, il TO
such portions OF the work invite attention.
Ii is impossible r. rcprcss expression OF grief
that Mr.. Mackenzie, who seems TO have been called
by Providence to the publication Of these letters.
did not omit the oaths and imprecaiions which
deform those written by the Attorney General =
Such we have no doubt, is the feeling OF the Chris.
tan public and probably of the Attorney General
himself As il is ii brings oblivion to "Our army
IN Flandcrs'--their stupondous profanity whieh
kept the hair OF succeeding generations on end"
II is no, likely will be remembered after this Is it
too much TO beg that from the next edition OF his
work Mr.. Mackenzie will cause those objectionable
passages to be "expunged p
Inc plOus mlhus II u Uuti IN icfCrhtu NncH "
turns from the profane mssives Of Mr. John Van
Barren to the opstlcs OF Mr. Butler and perhaps the
evil consequences of Mr.. Mackcnzie's too literal
publication will be much diminished by the refec-
tons the juxiaposiIion will inspire Who can read
the one without being smittcn anew by the odious-
ness of Vice. or the other without having his per
oeptions Of the ovclncss Of Virtue greatly sharp
enedl
The history Of mankind furnishes memorable
smples of holy living and dying, but the force of
many Of them is lessened by the incident, that while
old age s fragrant with the odors Of pety, j, had
forgotten its Creator in the days Of lis youth ,
John Newton, whose latter dGys would not have
dishonorcd an Apostle, was in early life a man
sicaler. John. Rogers, too whose name will be held
in everlasting remembrance at the period of his com
bus,ion, was by means young man. The New
England Primer states that he was at The time the
father Of nine Tor ten y childrcn-enOugh of itself
10 reconcile many man Ia the stake. Wha, may
not for John Rogers or John Newton may be right
fully claimed for Mr. Butler By one Of those mys
FERROUS dispensations with which Providence con
POUNDS the schemes OF the onvious and malignant,
this book which some would wrest 10 the desiruc-
ton of Mr.. Buffers Christian character establishes
beyond all controversy the fact that he worthy
10 be burned nj very early period OF his life.
So long ago as 1919 Mr.. Butler found himself like
Jonah. upon dry land. in Sandy Hill which appears
10 have been a sort of Nincych, the Gospel not be
ing preached there stately There are few depart
m~nis OF human business more agreeable to a man
of the world or moro dangerous 10 Chrs;ion than
the management of a Bank. and il was TO the trials
incident to that position Mr. Buffers picty forth
with subjected. The immoral tendencies of mo
ncy changing are not perhaps sufficiently appreci
atei for such il the niirmiiy of Human Nature that
~ u. ,1x IN sebu Ia
is recorded of the first board of brokers of which
we have any account that they made the Temple a,
Jerusalem "a den of thieves" and il would be vau-
able most Of its labors should the n. V Historical
Society ascertain whether the consequences of the
occupation of edices by that class Of tenants have
changed in anywise by the lapse of time. To the
ordinary pers OF these pursuits, great they are
extraordinary ones were added In the case o., Mr.
Butler the furnace of his temptation was, like Ne
tucbadnezzars. made seven lines hotter than was
won't for it was his vocation 10 change bad money
for good. The consolation Of giving "guid pre-
quo accorded 10 most money-changers was de
MED him. and how his plely escaped prejudice un.
der such difficulties is nothing less than marvellous.
Netit did escape for this book ;csties that while
he was diligent in business" he was iervcnt in
spirit Ia letter 10 Jesse Hoyt who to our utter
surprise, seems TO have been even at that day
March 27th sl9) but little better than one of the
wicked" MIR Butler says;
Il am more and more pleased with my dutie= They
leisure than had while in Albany and furnish me more
easily with sufficient to provide for my household
re esiy d,AcKhy here as THE WANT OF the stated
PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL. Mad faitAja
AVID respectable rsaisfe AVID e pcops
for and af,>Ere 20 religion. should hare aosfn 20 ask
for bs e continuance o. hcah 20 wake has place dtgh-
fsL The contrast between Albany and Sandy Hal in
this particular is great You do not at all estimate you
ought Tie peculiar PRIVILEGES you epoy They are re-
viour Of life unto life" Of death unto death" And
bow those escape who neglect great salvsioni
Yours truly, BENJAMIN +. BUTLER
Among religious writings whose excellence has
ndeliby impressed the human heart, none is more
highly and Justly esteemed than Bakers Call TO
the unconvertcd and without AT all depreciaiing
the merit of that work. we venture 10 predict that
Buffers Call TO the UncOnver,ed Hoyt" will here
after be found upon the shelf in all Christian Ii.
brarics There is not in judgment anything
Superior TO 1t IN the whole range OF uninspircd Lit
araturc.
The circumstance too under which il was writ
ten A worldly minded Financier would have sur
rendered bis faculties TO the provision of means to
sustain his crumbling Bank aud redeem his crculs.
ton. So did net Mr.. Butler II we except perhaps
the hsppy conccii expressed in the following letter.
which suggestion. by the way. In view OF the dis
tarbed state Of the Manor Of Rensseaerwyck we
commend 10 the notice of the trainers OF the next
lCons'i,ution) that the opinion OF the Young Pa
trooa should answer for circulation and be made Il
legal tender among the Dutch" Beyond this Mr..
Butter seems, like Paul 30 have counted the things
Of tine and sense but guano. 80 tina, he might
win" His insensibility to sordid considerations is
absolutely sublime. and will forever keep him neck
and neck" with the foremost Of the worthless who
are remembcred for the pursuit OF pety under dit
Rculiies"
SANDY Hill. June % 1919.
JEssr HovT. Esq Ill State-street Albany.
DEAn HoYr.-'rhc enclosed will show You how the
world wsgs" One OF those persons that told wait
until their turns came. THE YOUNG PATRON.
Who had I OF $500 taken for rents due his faiher
II you know him-ss believe you do wish you
would FALL IN WITH HIN. asd ass hfs 0Psatoa-i
ka0r u ria be jsrovab aiA0agh did ao pay hir o.
" rAis my and Rad ne papers An ~
DRANK WINE WITH NE FOR TWO OR THREE
HOURS BEFORE THE BANh CLOSED, and saw
every man who had come from distance. rds poor
asd ne.ds paid in specie without, moments delay.
Now his opinion Is friendly. dare say il viii pass
current AND BIZ A LEGAL TENDER Ia your DUTCH
metropolis and u rosif aasE-r for CIRCULATION, &C.
Let hear how every thing gocs-snd what s sad and
done at Albany youra truly. S.P BUTLER
Seal and send the enclosed after reading H. If the loan
with Baird concluded and you expect the specie
hrsdsy you may pcrhaps ask Caleb Baker to stay for