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A Chapter ON yames The smith.

Names are cur Ou. tuings. Sud hy the Jews
we're gwen 10 infant. on the gbtn Jas, tho
Romans on the niuth, aud the Greeks the
tshth. In al nations the name, OF men ~er,
.snihesn:. and not amply sounds y ih-
.Sk. ct distiuetion. hapPy nAn~ scefn.d to
indicate p'o-ren,s IN IL, h.uc". Tie.Or. CIs-
tor, ProbHs. F0astHS cci. The faaI'H, NO,s
hd. or luck, names, were Slways first .uroii-
e'i IN the Rosan musters. and fret called g.
serve nj the Sacrifices.
P,Ato rec, tDtnend. fortunate names. snI
Pyihagorss even taught ihsi mems .eiion,
aud successes rs's according 10 those di.;iuc-
uonp
The Romans, from the bsgissiag, la. two
nsm.., Abd sit,r-srd three, the better to d..
nnguIshed them.-l'e. Ia Bnc,-nt time,
saves bad DO names bu, ~ha, th.y borrowed
hom their masters or the countries Of their
origin. Adopted ciiz ns ~. umrd tn. n.-i-
OF iheir hsueisc:CTs retaining slso dat q
Their own family. NJ Jus,u, Brutus, siop,-
ed by u. serrIliu, Cepio AgCl., ~ss called
Y. ser''hus Cspio Agols Bruu..
lestbens, upon their embracing Chr.tisn-
iiy, received n-- names, ss Saul, the Jew.
va. called rAul, and the Jew. were in the
habit OF being cslled hy Jewish A~m- among
their own people, and hy another the Gen.
tiles. For instance, We fnI IhomA, called
Dydinus, aud Tab.;hA. Dorca'. Some ih,nk
this is the resson Why Saul assumed the Eo-
man name Of Paul
Who has hot scGuaintAner' snong the
smiths E mu-I .I''Aoriinsry name -
Som- time ago there we've very I,srud di.cl.
sions gong on Concerning tie - go md " on
dsriuI extension of the race. S,uItous sI,
plOrrrs smong J.rivsti'-, and nominal roo
found 10 the name II John smith . world Of
mystery. Some phI'ologl-t IA Providence
wrote thirty columns to er.gh'cn the rutlc
or the sui Jet, and thew down hi, pm b.,>
cause :; sas sShau.',-.s Some yru,ss 10
have discovered thst the gren, family Of the
Smith. are the ,-riAhls d-,cendsu,s m = d.
rect line from Shem. Noah. .on the father Il
the Shem'tsh irib- or SEem hence the dsri-
vAt'on. Shem. Sh-mii, Shmri. smith
Ano;her LEANED .Cho'Ar m Phi' s4,lrhia
contend. for the univer,Alty of John >mi,L'.
nNr-s hot only IN oar own but smor Z all 9th
er .auds Commencing with the Hebrews
be say. they hNd no Chrs'i,n uAm-,. and
cons qncnli, 10 J,LEs; 70 Hehr.~ The name.
stood simply .Sksp or .Sl,.I In other
nations, however. ths John S,sih !, found
fall one nui uUiivii-d L.; u, tt.ceit.
Latin - JohAnu-. ~milhlus
ltshAn-GioVAnHi = uIihl.
Spanish-JuAn SmithSs
hutch-lians Srhmi1t
FTsnch-JeAn Smeets.
Gr-ek-lun skinitton.
Ru-siau-Ipnlpif Schmiuo~.ki
Poli.h-l'au SrhmituW..k.
Chine,s-1OLn Shimmi,.
lcelnnd,c--Tshne SrnIt,son.
W-lsh-Jiph Schmidd
Tu.oarora Ia Sui',is.
AsyjcAn-Jvni fSmi,,1
To Prove the antiquity Of tie name. th.
same 'u~Gp observed thst 10 the temple of
O.ri., Esyr,, ~s' found ID. us,n. al .Pb,-
rosb Sm,ho,i.. beng tie nir,h IN the Oh.
te'u'h dyn's'o of the Th-hsn kings H. Va,
Ihr founder Of the c-lst'A,,d temple >nr'ho-
pole Msgna."
w congratulate iie respectable Smr,b, on
th,se lv-Tu,d eri p'n'ur'l rr-,srr.,.. which
I.i "a o. explode th- o|fE .,us that IL. .,-sst
fsm'.s oi >ui'h. we've the descendant, Of
bor... shr-r., ,u, and hammer mn. To
them th'.- researches mat tr l..ply e'g- {
hl Ny u-i.hlur 81 Ihs name. Who not
luns SINCE consulted ne at,u: o.. pfyb,l 4ty
Of hi, herr-h,p To- rrinr,jv r.'at, lu the Tn
g'Nh Count ~ Ch7rrrry. en- now es,'y .s,
tsbli.i the au'I tIi'- ~ h8 family = Nv
\ ork c'l,0oynut told hIm 90 ~ Ah-si IN hrs
rrl-'cnt,pn, y. be va. the Is,ilu,ry lsgat--. .
- Tie Glare