Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1847-01-07
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Wnutd roq WhnesStls virtues its bless
edt Rrcis! Visit the smoullering ashes ST
The conf .gra,ion 1.-The cherries heaiths
and 1esoIaie hbmsssof he ch,lareo 81
pennsy and misfortune 1.-The abude IL ~
sorro@ing widop and The unprotected Of
phan-the couch Of disease and The bed
ri death you will there lnse, whne-lob3
ed spin, Numbering angel 10 humas
form. who shields The unprotected ones
10 mantle ot benevclence. who raises Tie
dropping head ei the suffering invalid
mois'ens bis patched bps with healing
medicine. poars balm aud comfort inso
The bleeding and desalase heart. eloihts
The naked. feeds the hungry, snd coun
sells the errIug. 4 speaks 10 the sorrow
stricken the magic words Of comior, Id
The Gaicst Of bis cherries dissolution tbs
persecutsd find protection beneath its
shsltering arms. and the wfeiched. peace,
Wherever faits The HidoW's,. ear wherev
er is uttered The orphans wall. wherever
lowerstbe dark storm cfmisfortane. there
CLEAN its heavenly light TO bless and to
save. Wherever there II seen ! protects
or of the friendlass. . provider for the
destitute; wherever i opened up 1 way
Of ligh through the dark tempesls Of life j;
wherever al orphan 6nds shelter and The
unhappy eonsolaiion-tbere you will 6nd
The spiri, Of Old Fellowship. The duties
i enjoins are sll pure, and holy the du-I
tyit imposes are insepsrably connected
with the happiness Of man. 5..
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An AwFUL CALcULarIoN.--An an
then,ic. Ingenious. and valuable stalisti ].
gal work, published . few years since.
states that the number Of inhabitants Who
nave lived on Eshe earth. amount to about
36 SCI S43 2I5 075 SAG This sum absaI
divided BY 3 096 900. the number oil
square lesgues of land on the surface Of
the earth; leave Ii .2,20 6e9, 1872 OF per
sons TO each square league. There are
RI S64 900 square miles of.land which
being divided Is above, gives about Iii
3l4 522 O76 toeach square mile. Le'
The miles be reduced 10 square. rods oi
land on The surface Of iheglobe.. and the
oumber will be $50 lis, 500 900. which
divided q above will give | 283 person.
who have. lived on each square rod Of
land. Reduce the same 10 feeia and il will
give five 10 The square foot. Let the earth
be supposed 10 be one vast burying ground
according 10 The above, there has been
,2S4 persons buried on each square rod
Of land capable Of being divided ia,o
twelve gtaves. Il then will appear thar
each of these graves must contain l07
persons. and tRa, the whole satth has
been dug over lD7 tines to bury her chill
aren. What al awful. overwhelming
thought Whata lesson TO the infa'uaa
Fled being who has centered ell bic hepes
and affections upon the evaosseent plea
sures OF this truly tFaDsiiorv lie.
SLIGHT CIRcuMsTANcEs. Sir Walter
Scott, walking one day along The, bank,
bf The Yarrow, where Mango Park was
born, saw the traveller throwing stones
into the water aud anxiously watching ,he
bubbles that succeeded Scott inquired
the object Of bis occupation. I va
ihinking.' answered Park. how often ]
bad thus tried TO sound the rivers in Al
rica, BY calculating how long . time had
elapsed before the bubbles rose 10 The sur
face II was slight circumstances, but
The travellers. safety frequently depeS-
ded upoait. Ina watch, The mainsPrinz
forms small portion OF The works but II
impels and governs tho whole. SO il II
10 the machinefy of human life, slight
circumstance is permitted BY the Divioe
Ruler 10 derapge or to alter il; . giant Il
killed BY pebble; gitl ], the door d
IN ian changes the fortunes Of power
Elul empire II the nose Of Cleopatra
bad been shortef. said Pascal. 10 his epi-
srammatic and brilliant m anner, the, con-
di,ion Of The aorld would have been diff
fersnt, The Mahomme dams have : trsdi-
| ion, that when their prophet concealed
himself in MountShur, bis pursuers wers
deceived BY a spiders web which .saveri
ed The mouth Of tie cave, and if Mr.
EIeenyille had no, carried, in l746, hii
memorable. resolution d to the expedien.
cy Of charging certain stamp duiiss o.
the plantation 10 America, tie wss,err
world might Till have boEed 10 the Brit
ish scepiIe.