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The field for labor ill this " fal" ' Vest," is


ample: I have received several requ ests to


preuch in neighoring towns, with , some of


which I shull comply when cireumsrences


w II permit. Preachers, unembarrassed with


families, firm and faithful, and prudent, can do


much for the common cause here, Circuits


; lIighl soou he formed j and in the larger


10WIIS, societies might be organized, which


would in due lillie give 0 clergyman with a


fum i1y, a comfortuble support . Tlt is field is


while lor the harvest, Who , viii thrust in the


sickle lind gnlher its sheaves r The ' s loc k of


tracks I brought with ' me ore heing used to


good purpose .


But Illy sheet is full, and I must stop, He


of goolr ellurngl~, 111111 the Gnd . uf · peuce shall


hle ss the e, Yours iu th e Gospel,


E. M. STONt:.


,


dreaded, ' On board ' ca na l packets- c- wns quite


select j and dIe kind attentions of on Episco­pal


c! er~ rn: m,,. et · ul" I) ing with his family to this


city ,- afld also the civilities of a . Presbyteriun


clergy III 11II, from RochestervN, Y" who joined


us at Holidllysburg, Pe., and left us at Whilel ·


ill,!!, VII.,- t'endered the travel pleasant as


could be ' desired. 1 believe I promised to


write yun on my arrival here, hilt until, this


moment my tlnie ha s heen Wholly engaged, ­Let


this he Illy ap% g\,. The brethren re­ceived


' In e wiilt every d~ rnonsti'lltioll of pleas­ure


und respect. With the Society, as I hnve


become ncquninted with them, I urn much


pleused , When J suy the1J are a praying peo­ple,


I SIIY ill U condensed sentence, oil that is


necessary to he spoken'll; the praise of any


people. TIIl'y are of the ri1\ 111 spirit, under­1II111d


thcm~ l ~ iI' es, lind . are " free from 1111 men ."


Th e)' have tilled up II neat place of worship, \ Vatertown N. Y. July 6, 1840,


whidl will ' co ll v~; l ietll ly accommodate SOllie My DeliI' Urother in ~ he Lo;' d : , ,


two or three hundred persons, where I have I am rejoiced


pre: « : lled to good cOligrel!" Iions. The morn- to know tlrnr I hav e found the people of the


illg emll! rcllu1ions an, usually 111f: lurg e;: l- the Lord, IIIllI also happy 10 return yOIl my ain-heat


Itt ihis smi"' lfl oftile yeat' ex" rlillg all ev rP- e? l" e allli hearly 1ll: IlIks. for your v~ ry gl'eat


orulilJ" intlu l'llf" e " 11011 ' lI fie~ lI oo l1 alltl eVeilill" knulne!' lll to 11Ie. I reeplvetl your pllp" r", Ih e


ulI: eli~ g". ' A SlIhh: uh Sd11)( 11 was sorn el jlll;' mllort of: di~ eussiofl anti loudlslone fln 20 111


I ~ il 4C. e ' Or! f'! nized, ond II reeetl! successlill effol" l June, lUll I Ilid notl'ec eiv e YOIII' killll , ul'Olh ·


Ims heell mude to IJroeure" lilll" lIry. A Hiule er ly lell er ~ i1! tl ~ c 2! llh. , I Iried 10 wrililbefore,


, Clas .. will he formell next Sahl, alh, wlli eh I but cfluld fill! 11/ 1 I re ceIved you r lelter- Ul. d


t t, ' 11 I III t' ru.. VI , e prO! c Ive of I;< JOI.. ,•... g" OO( I . IU- 111,, 0 1. lra\ ' e heen wailing" to ohtaiu II fcw sull-


lerllst ~ e ellls now 10 prevo'II 1' 11 C hureII UUl I scrihe. l's for .\' 0111' v.. ery exee, ll un( puper,,


SnI1IIIItlI S• CI10fl1, all d tlIe I'myers 0 f' IIII ar e tIlilt I . u. rn lIluch deh;..: hled wllh lhe urtl. l: les J" ou.


GOllm/ lY I'eviv e his work ill the / IIidsl ofy. eurs. huve~ ent lI~ e; th ey ar~ tl~ e ex~ ress llllnge 01


We hllH: fi. ilh that Ihe~ e pmy" rs will nfll he Illy v~" ws, 111 all hUI on e 11m II, 1 can Imly


t, il VII " III. 1\ 1 ee I'iliA''' fIII' C< Infe' rt' re lll: e anI I and slIlel. re ly suy Ihul . y01l1' stundlll" ll " hall be.


. Pmyel' are held every Thursday, .:\' ening, my " Iullllllni. YOllr G'l1dmy Gotl, 01111 your pe o-whicl.


Hl'e fl/ i" 11 " Ii," ps of r.., ri,, · sbinl! ( i' 01ll Ibe I'le. llly 1' 1' 01' 1 1' j mltl wbere yOll ure there I


• pre" crlce of' IIIt'l Lord,", I II. \," flur OWII IIIlSI'IIl- wOllld wish to hu also. . Never WIIS my I'> oul .,


II ' I' tl . ' I . I' . I I 1II0re I',: fre" hetllllid rpjoi': ed IlllIn in perusing I iliA'S fI li S / es ei'll' IIln, r"" lell u, r lit I Ie


lIl" r" y Sl'llt \' flll'l' fiIIr · o ff I) t'el I11' 1.' 11. ' I', II: V neel I J'" o ur .". ood, - I! flfldlmper~-. ulld your uffeetil1nllle


, v"'.(" Cl' rllye• rs c 11.1111 YOllr ;:)' lI, 1l'allll""" ; lind .81' 111" heaveul'v lei. t er, Also, ' ,/ II, y. lleur hrolher


" I1(: 1'' 1' f'II IIy ,. W' 1I1 tI", y reC'iprocal'e t Ilese' fI ffi" ps III C'hn" I,. , wbo. I, S'ul" y l! ullte III tb. e h'. euvenly


f I I I I · I . hi' I' WilY here, I~ rejOiced 10 filld there IS velo peo- H n\ · f~ . lave . ( lUlU , nlle ~~ s prp. Jl1c It ~ e . . . . r • •


IIg" H, III" t IIIe I'el'u I" lftl" l" lle~ 0f our f: iu. l II IIran I un- 10 serve Ihe Ll1nl. II I, S . IIlUlle IS . rhOlllllS Lllm!.


(" lelpa telI. ( x' ellerll IIv, IIIUt wIII'C,, II eXI. StII ' IS tIie Aud he, he IIssured, IS' a'chosen lIIun, of God;


prc5. 111II'Ce 0fm't, mppr• fhe7l'swn Tilt IIeI' IIIlIn lIie Ihe spirit ill , lIim sellrclleth ollt the deep tllings


p,... · ,. lfllI'WI': 0 f lJie WI'll, JI\ Jlilly , love ' I, een IIe. of God; lie IS u chosen " essel ofOUI' Lo. rd allli


l~" re~ nI... I•'" UtllJ! I" VJUg . It ., tIIe 8Ueflt" lou · Jt nleru' lot, uI. y ' M~ ll. g" :; l- el',. ~ H e 1'''' 1l~ 1ests' me 1" 0,- s-, e,= ll- d- Y.. O..~ II IllS s_ ul~ l~ l. -_.


IIIf! rfpl'eSelllllll'ollS 0 f sucII os IIIIve c Ilos'en to { allolls III Ille n' illue o, f Ille L' ord., IIl1d I\ lso to '.


hlewl il witll ", iews with whid1 it ha s 1I01lffin- ollllle lIen r hrelhrell m YOIII' see, llon.


I, IV, . nIH I Irolll IV III. C. II ' It d ' lau: eri! t0I0 . Ct1o. ' Blit Anll Ilelll' hrolher, liS. it is youI' de sil'e, 10


" I ' I' I I Imow III\' expcl'ielwe, &(' " I sludl relute it in " . I~ U I le8e mlsappl'e lenSlons la,' e leen cor. , ' . , ,


re",'" 1I, 11ll( I 01'" fIiI'Ith IID' S Ileen ., . expIa'lllel I a8 liS plull, l 1\ 1lI'" ln el'' a" I . posslhly el\ lI. FrO, Ill •


we lLIt'rtlCve c'I , 011( I llot as . otIleI'S reptresell .' II, 111• 1 III•\' e1llldhllod I WIIS gllld.. d to Pl. lt IIIV• II'lI~ 1 III


' lI11eresl IillS nt ' once Imen excl. tenJ , lUllI on ' IIC . Ih e L, .... I, , u lIl 10 se /' k till' tmc lind . su hstant illl


I. I I I I J ' reliJ! illn . i\\ v par enls h.. ing- Melhodist s, of ~ 1I0W el gment IllS , cen lIIs< le-;- us was to 11\< 1 ,- " , " •


I I I I I I f " II' eOllrs ,', I was IIlslrlll'led III Ihot ordcl', I ni- I Ie oller I ay ) y a al yo snperlor Inte Igellce ' ,


- III1\ t H. I', S? l IIlIlSt I" e'asona IIIe syslem, 1111d ' ell. W" II,' S Illved Iho se whom I thollghl • to he C, hns-


I, ll'e IV frieell t IIe " o" el" lptllres firOIll trLiP' II'Ifl'ICII It", ,, s IlilliS, of evcn.' 1I111l1e, olld was a firm hehe,' el"


, ' ,. I II I I f I I ' I in elllllesii plllli slIlIICIII, 11111\ 1111 tlill other teach- III '" lII~ rl II 01 IeI' sc IlJlIles 0 t leo ogy lI1VO Vll, • . . , .


IIICIII. 1' 1lere ' IS lilli e II 0 f ollr Iilil' t II " atent ' III IIIg' 01" IIIe wise 1II111 prlldellt ,01 tillS w\ lrld.-


IIIe 1l I'fl" erellt I I" 1I0mn" l: ltloIlS, w- II'll' II IllllSI cre lollelllnlle" slllcerely slIngl. t lor the Lord, 10 .


I1I1l/( uI. el: ome IlIlIg'; IIIe. 1' 1lose w I10 I' L'I~ eI' VeI , It sh, ow '" l) IllS lrulh III some , WilY, or othel'. I


. I I I' . ' 11 ' . dIned 1I1l11l1st evel'V dellollllllalloll eOllllllnn 111 I Ie o,' e (\ It, WI soon percel,' e It a IIIV . , ,


tIley owe to ' G III I / 1111I tnll I1 to p I/ lce '. IIlel. l' I'I/; iI' t IIll10Ugsl liS, hilI cOllld . not feed on these ' husks,'


, . ' . 1Ill1lallllll~ t heglln to glv c 1111 lip for lost, when


wherfl II IV, U sllllle, ulld ~ el'v e ; 1:; u heHcolI to I . I 26 I ' rr. B I k '


OIhen!. I 11m informed on ' ood onthol'il :, ul'l'lve. ut my ) 11 year m Ie. , ut t IUn s


', ' g , , ~ . hc til lIur God, wbo helll's all/ illnswers prnyer .


/ llIu ' rululV nlllld s are now exerCised WIth tillS Ii I' J I I k ' f'


, ' , or liS gOIlt IICSS sent IUY uol IeI', spo en 0


"!' Iew of dilly, and thaI when, not long ~ lIlee, a I' ' II' I G


a uwe, II poor, I Iterute 1111111, tl) open I Ie os-worll1\'


mewher of the 1II0" t numerous dc- , I I ' I' I ' E J"


1I0nl, ln' ol, lon . III till, S place, who holds tbe · IIn- pe. to me. was t. l" ll • VIII t Ie u. n, uc I II Situ.


, fi ' I r J f ' . . ' fi r I II110n, lIud h e acted Ill' the holv PllIbp, all/ I ex-


Clellt ' w ' 1, IIP~' lei ( ~ r a c. el'lI cllte , 0 c Jarr., c, . lOunded the blessed ~ v o l'l l to' me. Thus


( er, that 1le . nrght unite WIth ! I chnrch of kill- I,. " . " , . '


<. Ired helief Illi wos informed ( hilt his " restora. " 1 he sweet mvltlllloll I hellrd With . u r p n~ e ,


tinnisn i" ': IIS 110 bor to rernlliuing wher~ he And witnessed Salvation 10 tlow fr~ m Ihe . Ili es."


WIIS! The example, it wus thoughl, would Yes, my brother, he it WIIS wbo preachel!


be clwtagoll'. Ifone weut, more might fiJI- Christ crucified to me, all/ I I hy the ~ piril re-low


! ceive~ 1 the WOl; I] ; lind thllnks he lo ' my ~ od,


LlIsr week I paid a visi t In Rev . . Duniel I'llr- I gl; ow in g nu ' p, and in the l\ IIowle, lg~ of Ihe


ker, ! omc twenty miles Ill' the riv( lr. In the trulh dllily. \ Ve wl) rk togelher the grelll. est


eveujllg I [ l(" eached in a school house hard hy, pilr! of the time, so Ihnt I arri dnily heal'iu!!


und the n ext e ve n ing in New RiclullOllfi. 011 somethin~ new lind old. We hoth hold to tbe


bOlh occa~ ions, the meetil; gs were well allellll- . order as . Inid down iu Lhe Bihle j viz. failh, reo


eel for the ' Jlar- e and season of Ihe )' ellr, und I pentllllce, and haptism hy immersion, for the


trust ,,, ere not e nlire ly pl'ofilleBS.' !\ Ir, Parl, el' rClliission of sill~ that : are p" SI. \ Ve helieve '


is./ l, 1lI0~ t worlby mlln, alld my snjourn \" jth ' thlll 1111 the gifts rec eived to Ihe j) rimilive


I. is. nmillhle and intelligent tilmily, will ev~ r be chur~ h, are allninuhle aL presellt hy Ihe Irne.


rememheredal! among Illy choi.: esl ' VesLern t> elievers. \ Ve tnke the Jews os a plnin fignre


remineseen ces. 1\ Ir. P. is tllo ' pioneer of our ofalltbings which are to befilll the world. ­cOllse


in the' \ Vest; and lVellunll fililhfilily hilS Wc) ool, for the Su,' iOl' of 1111 men 10 . come


, he enclured Ihe heat lind burden oflhe duy.- IIntl relleem his chosen people, tbe Jewli- IIn, 1


Foc twenty- 6ve years he slood alone, and hy tlmt III thnt time Ihe deild in Christ will rise


tlt e piety oud illtegrity of his walk, hilS lived and reign willt Itim one thousllnd )' ears, and


, do.,.,.. prpjlllliee and complex ol iposiug influ- sO, on in Ihis course, with which ram perMuII­ellcns.


As a IJr~ Alcher, he is II1110ng the most ded yOIl are well acquuinted, And YOllr


logica! and powerful 1 Itave ever heard. It " Slallclllrd" expr~ sses our vie,; s in tltHt Iiue to


hilS heen my Itleasure to Iiswn to his. puhlic the very letter, Tlteile ; lre Ihe . tI' uths ' yhieh


efforts several times. we sometimes make'an effort 10 ~ pread before


the people j hilt the cry ill; " away with YOUI'


folly, you lost. rleluded creatures!" Neverthe­less,


there are a few candid ' ones about here,


· w h o ' m~ l ke enquiry in these various thillgs.-


We believe in future punishment, both nfter


death and also after the judgment j also, in


that sweet, holy, joyful, eve~ blessell doctrine,


the restoration oCali lost souls 10 their homes


ami their families, in the abodes of hliss, where


God . shall wipe aWIlY all tears from off nil fa­ces.


" Oh blessed day of glorious hope,"


when he shall have delivered up the kingdom


to the Father, that God may he all in all. Do


I not love the human farnily P Yes, hlesed he


Illy God, I do j fOI" I can see them 1111 at home,


through faith.


Now, my dear brother, I hope yon will un- .


derstund some part of Illy views. I do ' not


know us you will agree with me in these things


- but I trust you will. lat me know. 1 do nOI


ex pect to find any people- agree in all things,


till the watchmen see eye to eye- till . he that


is perf ect comes II' make known his law j ' a nd


ecconling III'> we view the visions of Dani~ 1


lind Joh i1 , 1II1d lIIork the signs of limloll!, we look


for him ill aholil 140 years- taking the tilll e


' Ihe man of sin . WIIS rev ellled: liS spoken of hy


PUIII,


As 10 n! y circllrnstallces in worldly affairs,


I 11111 poor. Y011 know there lire not manv


migl; IY cllll ed, I alii II l1161dlRllic, ami work


Ilrincipally lit IlIl1chil; ery. house. joining, amI


CllrpclIlry. I hllve II wife lind two children, ­Uut


Illy God is gooll to me- I hu've ample


employmen l, lind rejoice thllt I · ha ve tn lohor


wilh Illy 11Il; 1, ls, to slIPPol't . rny little fiullilyj­IIml


wh el iever I get ' llIl oppol'lunily to spenk


tile Irlllh, I go wilh douh. l e coul'Hge 10 IlIhor. ­My


desire is to be like UlltO Punl, t[ llIt lIIall of


GOII who WIIS chargllhle 10110mlln for pl'e: wlt­i,


ng th" Gospel. Glad wOlllti I be to pay heur ·


erslo hear, had T tlte llIealiS. BUl, dear lk.,


I :\ 111 cll'lIlent with nlY lot in this world. . 1 1I ~ k


1101 T. id. i.. e. s, 1.101' 1-- 1- 0 lse" k them j the Lohl ,~ i11 " ,


1I11c1 cloi*, prel\' ille for me in ahulldance-'- hless ·


ed he his nlllne. 1 should like 10 he among


YO! lr deur' peop. le. 1 Iwow I should be hoppy,


lind IIICII 10' he muler your exce llent h. slruc­tioll


. ~!~\\ g~ od i ~\~ e I ~ r lIIei I hllve


hut I'e ry liule leuming" for which I nr ~ 1 sorry,


on so me nl · CCllnIlS.


The . pa pel's yOIl sent me have ' heen ' o n Ihe ,


willg sillce I I'eceivecl Ihem, There lire 1IIIIIIy


well pleased with thelll, IIwl ifil werenOI ow­ill/{


Io the gl'eal scarcily ol'MolleY ' in ' t h i~ " llI ce ;


I II; il, k I could outllill u Illllllher of suhseri­bel'S.


There lire u lew who will tllke thelll Ill'


sOOllllS Ihey ohtllin Ihe mOliey.


Alld IIOW, dellr B!'" as I mllst e10se my let­Ie]>,


I I; i ~(, errdy implore . )' OUI' I) rny'ers, HIIII


Ihose of Illy delli ' hl'eilll" t~ 1I in COlllleCli" n Willi


YOIl. Remember me nlwny ; for I have ! IIony


wodclly. trials 10 en(' Ollnt', I', YOII ' sha ll 1111 he


rerne'\ Iher~ d hy me; ' Il firm bp, liever in Ihe


Gospel of our Lord 111111 Savior J " sus Clu'isl.


. JOliN . JORDAN.


" HI'. Jorelan will find, wh eu he hecollles


1I10rll tllOl'Oughly a(' qnuillled with our views,


that th el" e is no essential disH/;' reemel1t helweell


lis in respect even 10 tlte ilell. alluded 10. ED.


TRUE RELIGrON.


" That reiigion which . leads Ihe lIoul 10 God


mllst be right:' Much trulh is contllined iu


this br iefsenlence. It g ives n sure lestlVh ere­.


hy to know whether we pos~ ess the " peltrl of


great price." Profell.~ ion is worth nothing on ­ly


" s it inciles us to obey God, ' ond . keep his


, (~ O m lll ll n ' ! lII e n ls . Creeds are useless, . uu less


they lIIove Ihe heltl't in love to GOII and lIillll.


' Ve mllY profess, a8 thousands do, lind Hot


, p ractice. \ Ve rnllY believe, ay , even iu a80und


creed, lIud he as far ! i'OIll God ' a8 tlte East is


frolll t1; e \ Vest. " Now if any have not tlt e


spirit of ChrisI, he is none 01 his," • " By their


fi'uil~ ye shall know them,"


How stran.; e it is thllt so mHIlY should be


curried IIwoy with the sectH'riun cry-" Lo


herp., lind 10 there," fl" Om the plnin IIl1d Scrip


IUI" lII gronnd. . How 10r! g will theiie tl'ings he t


' Vhen willlhe close and piouli walk wilh God


- evidel1l: e of forlJearnnce ondrneekn'l. 8s'- he


received liS fruits ofChrislilinity? Wheu will


the loud cry for secl, " wralh, c1nrnor and little­ness,"


he ocknowledgcd liS unti . Chrisl?


Reader, or ev ery nnme, do yOIl I~ roless Ihlll


religion \ vltich ' lead" the soul to God'J If so,


he ossured it is true. 1\ lnn mllY cnll it flllse. ­The


bigot may slly- " sland o1J;" hu i an inwllrd


' voice , abo ve the cry of stet or party, will set a


seal of approbation upon II, e heart. Ifyou do


not possess this - true religion, oh ! seek it, and


seek it' instaurly, for , it is the , " lI7le thing need-ful


." , o. w. s,


DIED,


At South- Uxbridge, on the 23d day ofJuly ,


Jonathan F " son of JonnrhsnvF. and Chloe


Southwick, aged 7 mouths,


This WIIS an interesting and lovely child, in


whose deuth his parents; hrothers and sisters,


and others ofthe fiunily circle with which he


was connected, have suffered a great loss:-


. Indeed around his young i, earl, the affections


of all who knew him seemed ( 0 he closely and


flrmly entwined- and his sudden amI unex­pected


departure they mourned in siucerlty.....:


BUI he still lives, and is with that Savior who,


when on earth, took little children in his arms


and blessed ' th ~ lII , saying-" Of such is the


kingdom of heaven." Through the iufluence


of this hope, m, ay they who weep be made


pure, even as CllI'ist is pure j that when he


shull ' appellr, ih ey may appear with him in


glory, ond rpjoice ev ei · in the presencc of God.


.. No more he laMIe.. tho cup of grief,


Nor fear. the ill. to come,


Shorl ... a. hi. rae", and few hi. loil. '


To reach a peaceful home,


See l. rlleP. genlle shepherd . iand ,


With all engaging charms ;


Hark, ho~ he calls Iho lendor famh"


' And fold. Ihem iu hi. arm• .


From pareuls fond emhrace he lake.


To shield them in hi. own,


And charm Ihem with Ihe . pure deli:: ht


Around hi•• hining throne," w, H , 1". '


SELECTIONS ~


C. u, AMrTIES OF GE::' iIUS,- Homel' WIIS Il


hel!" gor ; I'IlIlJtu8 turnell a mill j Tereuee WIlS


aslave; Boelhiusdied in gaol j Puul Boi'ghe~ e


had fourle~ n tl'lIdp!" Illlll. yet starved wilh them


oil j TIISSO wasofien distressed for 0 few shil­liugs


' j Belllh'ogliu was refilsed aclmiuonce in-'


to an ho!' pilal he hat! hilllscif el" ected.; Cer-


_,' IIIlies di et!/ , j' hllnger; C ,~ inoeIl8. the _ l: debl" ll­led


writer of Ihe Lusillll; e nded his days in 1111


alms · house j lint! Vllug eills leli his hocly 10 th e


surgeoils, II! pay his debts, liS far liS it wou ld


go, In our own coulllry, Blll) on lived u life uf


lIIellllliess and ' di slress ; Sir WillIeI' Rale igh


died ou th e sellfliJld ; Spenser, the c1111rrrlillg


Spolls er, died forsllken , mIl in wllnt, allli tllli


, Ielllh · of Collin~ earne Ihrough ne/{ lecI, first


euu sing melltnl Ilerallgellleut; Milton sold h i.


copy r i!! h l of Pllradise Lost Ii,,' fif! p. en pOllnds,


. lit three pnylll en \!', lmd fillish ed hi s life in uh - ­Rcurity;


. Dl'yden lind ill poverty lind t! islress j


Olway di ed prelllluurely j and Ihrough hun­I!


er,; Le e ' d ied in the slreels ; Sleele lived n


lifp, of. perleel wllrliJre \\' ilh bailiffs j Gold­~


lIIilh's Vicar uf Wakp, fi cld waRsold fora trifle .


10 lillve him from the gripe of the law j Field­ing


lies in Ihe hurying.~ round of Ihe English


fac iory lit Lishon, wilhollt a stone to lIIark the


spofj Savllge Ilied in prisoll lit Bristol, wher61


he WIiS confined for a debt ofsix pounds j But­ler


lived in penury , nnd died poor j CllRltertoll,


Ihe child of genius an ; lmislorlUne, destroyed'.


h inlself.


BENEVOLF: NCE,-" I reverence Ihe man," s~ YII


thtl eloquent Dean Kewin, " whose gentle sp ir­it


flies out to soolhe the mourner; whose QlIr


is u~ tentive to the voice ofsorrow' ; whose Itit­tance


, is shared wilh those. who' are not tbe


world's fi'iends j whose bllautifnl hallds scat ·


tel's lood to the hllngry, and raiment to the


nlliled; and whose peaceful steps, as he jour­neyeth


on his way, are hlessed and bles8ed


agllin I. y t:-' e nplifiet! eye ofth, mkful indigence


and the soulids of honest gratitnde, from the.


lips of the IInfortunate and bereavell."


Too Tau E.- There is 0 philosophy in the


remark, thut every mHn bas in h is OWl/ life fol­lies


enough- in his 0"' 0 lIIil1lllrouhle. enough­in


' the perfOl" rllllnCe of his cfuties deficienees


enough- in his own ' for tn nes evil enoul; lh­wilhout


being cllrions ufter tbe uffuirs of oth ·


ers.


As rivers ont! loulltllilis proeeoll from th e ,


~ ea , and relllmed thilher Hguin, so true grace


. in the helll't, as a fountain, sends fOl" lh 1111 ils


slreams towards God, the ocean from ' whence


it flows,

Page 34 of Volume 1 from The Practical Christian 1840-1841

Ballou, Adin

1840