glorious cause of American freedom, is given in "Wirt's Life of P. Henry." After stating some of the elements of Mr. Henry's character, which most happily suited him for the sanguinary struggle which our independence cost, Mr. Wirt says,

in the common and religious periodicals. We with the Guinea Fowl. The Turkey is in fact hope the day is approaching in which such oc- indigenous to America and was a stranger to currences will appear under their proper titles the old world till after the discoveries of Co-when frail man will no longer "deal damna-lumbus. Mr. Buonaparte has given a list of tion round the land," on those whom HE may twenty-seven names by which it has been called deem heretics and infidels.-Univ. Magazine. among different tribes of Indians. From the The London Magazine mentions the case of author's full description of this bird, we shall an Irish woman, 113 years of age, who, with select two or three paragraphs, in which are ex"Long before a whisper of independence had her mental faculties as yet unimpaired, had hibited some of its habits. been heard in this land, he (Mr. H.) had looked been continualy counting her beads and saying "When about to cross the river, they select through the whole of the approaching contest, her prayers, after the manner of the Catholics, the highest eminences, that their flight may be and saw, with the eye and rapture of a prophet, for the "saving of the soul." This aged wo- more certain; and here they sometimes remain his country seated aloft among the nations of man, while first listening to the one who read for a day or more, as if for the purpose of con- the earth. A striking proof of this presicence to her from the Scriptures, began to inquire sultation, or to be duly prepared for so hazardous is given in an anecdote communicated to me why the latter contained nothing about beads, a voyage. During this time the males gobble by Mr. Pope." Mr. Henry was asked in a holy water, the power of he priests, &c. She obstreperously and strut with extraordinary im-company of several gentlemen, if "he supporesisted the truth for a time; but at length be-portance, as if they would animate their com- sed Great Britain would drive her colonies to caine alarmed, ceased contending with the stat-panions, and inspire them with the utmost de-extremities; and if she should, what he thought ed reader, and to all human appearance, yield-gree of hardihood; the females and young also would be the issue of the war ?" When Mr. ed her whole soul to the influence of gospel assume much of the pompous airs of the males, Henry, after looking round to see who were truth. Not a great while afterwards, she was the former spreading their tails and moving si-present, expressed himself confidentially, in found dead in her bed.-West. Rec. lently around. At length the assembled multi-the following manner: She will drive us to The Troy Budget of Friday states, that while tude mount the tops of the highest trees, whence extremities-no accommodation will take the workmen were engaged in raising the frame at a signal note from a leader, the whole to-place-hostilities will soon commence-and a of the Methodist meeting house in that city, on gether wing their way to the opposite shore. desperate and bloody touch it will be.' But,' the previous day, one of the beams broke and All the old and fat ones cross without difficulty, said colonel Overton, do you think, Mr. H. precipated six of the workmen from a height even when the river exceeds a mile in width; that an infant nation, as we are, without disciof about thirty feet to the floor of the building. but the young, meagre, and weak, frequently pline, arms, ammunition, ships of war,or money Mr. Solomon Lay, of Sandlake, the master fall short of the desired landing and are forced to procure them--do you think it possible, thus builder, received a severe injury in the head, to swim for their lives. This they do dexter- circumstanced, to oppose successfully the arand his thigh was badly broken; an apprentice ously enough, spreading their tails for support, mies of Great Britain? I will be candid to Mr. Lay, fell headlong and wounded se- closing their wings to the body, stretching with you,' replied Mr. H. 'I doubt whether we verely; and a Mr. Wood was considerably their neck forward, and striking out forcibly and shall be able, alone, to cope with so powerful a bruised. The remaining three persons escaped quickly with their legs. If in thus endeavour-nation. But,' continued he, where is France? without serious injury. ing to gain the land, they approach an elevated Where is Spain? Where is Holland? the naThe Methodist meeting house at Norwich, or inaccessible bank, their exertions are remit- tural enemies of Great Britain-where will was swept out to sea by a deluge. A meeting ted, they resign themselves to the stream for a they be all this while? Do you suppose they house belonging to the Methodists at N. Haven short time, in order to gain strength, and then will stand by, idle and indifferent spectators scattered-in answer to a prayer at its dedica- with one violent effort escape from the water. to the contest? Will Louis the XVI. be asleep tion; that in case the truth were not preached But in this attempt all are not successful; some all this time? Believe me, No! When Louis there, it might be scattered by the winds. Cler- of the weaker as they cannot rise sufficiently the XVI. shall be satisfied by our serious oppogymen have dropped dead in their pulpits-high in the air to clear the bank, fall again and sition, and our Declaration of Independence, ohurches have been rifted by lightning-a large again into the water, and thus miserably perish. that all prospect of reconciliation is gone, then, mission family shipwrecked, and twelve out of Immediately after these birds have succeeded not till then, will he furnish us with arms, amin crossing a river they for some time ramble munition, and clothing, and pot with these only, Now who, with a reputation for common about without any apparent unanimity of pur- but he will send his fleets and armies to fight sense, would think of constructing these events pose, and a great many are destroyed by the our battles for us; he will form with us a treaty into judgments, but those who have been inoc-hunters, although they are then least valuable. offensive and defensive, against our unnatural ulated with ignorance by a bigotted, intolerant mother.-Our independence will be establishpriesthood. Rel. Inquirer. ed! and we shall take our stand among the nations of the earth!' Here he ceased." Every American citizen knows, to his joy, that these predictions have been literally verified.

thirteen lost.

THE WILD TURKEY.

Extract from a notice of Bonaparte's Ornithology contained in the 35th number of the North American Review.

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These birds are guardians of each other, and the first who sees a hawk or eagle gives a note of alarm, on which all within hearing lie close to the ground. As they usually roost in flocks, perched on the naked branches of trees, they are easily discovered by the large owls, and when attacked by these prowling birds, often The author dwells at much length on the de- The owl sails around the spot to select his escape by a somewhat remarkable manœuvre. Chymical application of the Elder Berry. As the season is now approaching when the scription of the Wild Turkey. He asserts prey; but, notwithstanding the almost inaudi-berry is found in profusion in most of the hedge manfully the original claim of America to this ble action of his pinions, the quick ear of one of rows in England, we think it right to put our bird. The first certain account of it, he says, the slumberers perceives the danger, which is chymical readers in possession of a valuable was written in 1525 by Oviedo, in his history of immediately announced to the whole party by fact connected with its properties as a re-agent, the West Indies. It was sent from Mexico to chuck; thus alarmed, they rise on their legs and To prepare it for a test in the laboratory, take Spain in the early part of the sixteenth centu-watch the motions of the owl, who darting like any quantity of the ripe berries, picked clean ry, and thence to England, about the year 1524. an arrow, would inevitably secure the individual from the stalks; and after having bruised them, By degrees it spread over Europe, and within a at which he aimed, did not the latter suddenly press the juice into a clean, well-timed vessel. century was introduced in Asia, Africa and the drop his head, squat, spread his tail over his Add a fourth part of its weight of alcohol, and European colonies. The origin of the English back; the owl then glauces over without in- evaporate the mixture to one half. Remove it name, Turkey, as applied to this bird, is a little flicting any injury, at the very instant the tur- from the fire for ten or twelve minutes, and add singular. It was first brought to England at a key suffers himself to fall headlong towards the as much alcohol as you have of concentrated a time when it was customary to denote arti-earth, where he is secure from his dreaded juice. A copious precipation of the parenchy cles of luxury from foreign countries by this enemy." matous and gummy parts will take place, which appellation, and as this bird was a delicacy of will permit the liquor to be strained with ease novel and rare occurrence, it took the same through a fine cotton cloth. The filtered liname. This error was perpetuated from the circumstance of its being suppssed to have quor is now fit for use. It consists of the saccharine and colouring principles of the berries, come through Spain from Asia or Africa. in solution with alcohol and water. It is of a Some naturalists represented it as having been beautiful violet colour.-In order to ascertain known to the ancients, but they confounded it its utility as a test of acids and alkalies, the fol

From the Columbus Gazette.

The following anecdote of PATRICK HENRY,
whose overpowering eloquence Mr. Jeffer-
son, with his characteristic frankness, ascri-
bed the first impulse Virginia received in the

NORTH AMERICA.

lowing experiments were made: To one pinttaining some anomalies, than to cast all exist- hibited the motions of the heavenly bodies in of rain water, a single drop of the tincture of ing authorities loose, in order that they might a pleasing and instructive manner, within a elder berries was added. The blue color was produce a constitution more regular in theory, sphere of glass of his own contrivance and worktoo pale to be perceived; but the addition of a but far less likely to be put into effectual ex-manship; he likewise contrived curious and single drop of sulphuric acid produced a deci- ecution, than those old forms under which powerful machines and engines for raising ded red colour. To the liquor employed in the people had grown up-and to which they weights, hurling stones, darts, &c. launching the last experiment, a minute quantity of alkali were accustomed to render regular obedience. ships, and for exhausting the water out of them, was added, when it immediately changed to a They abolished no nobility, for they had none draining marshes, &c. When the Roman Conbright lively green. If a quantity barely suffi- in the colonies to abolish; but in fixing the ba-sul, Marcellus, besieged Syracuse, the machines cient to neutralize the acid be employed, the sis of their constitution, they balanced the force of Archimedes were employed; these showeroriginal blue or violet colour is restored; hence and impulse of the representative body of the ed upon the enemy a cloud of destructive darts, this test possesses all the delicacy of the tinc-states by a senate, designed to serve the purpo- and stones of vast weight and in great quantiure of litmus, or blue cabbage, and has the ad-ses answered by the house of lords in the Brit- ties; their ships were lifted into the air by his ditional valuable property of keeping unaltered ish constitution. The governors of the differ-cranes, levers, hooks, &c. and dashed against during the hottest season of the year. The ent states in whose power the executive go- the rocks, or precipitated to the bottom of the species tried as above was the sambucus cana-vernment of each was reposed, continued to ex-sea; nor could they find safety in reteat; his densis.-London Courier. ercise the same duties as before, without much powerful burning glasses reflected the condenother change, than that they were named by sed rays of the sum upon them with such effect, their fellow citizens, instead of being appoint- that many of them were burned. Syracuse The following observations, concerning the go- The congress exercised the rights which suc- medes, too deeply engaged in some geometrical ed by the sovereign of the mother country.- was however at last taken by storm, and Archivernment of this country, and the character cess had given them over the loyalists, with as speculations to be conscious of what had hapand pursuits of its citizens, are an extract inuch temperance as could be expected after pened, was slain by a Roman soldier. Marfrom Sir Walter Scott's Life of Buonaparte, the rage of a civil war. Above all, the mass cellus was grieved at his death, which happen"America must certainly be accounted a suc- of the American population was in a sounded A. C. 210, and took care of his funeral. cessful attempt to establish a republic on a healthy state, and well fitted to bear their share Cicero, when he was Questor of Sicily, dismuch larger scale than those we have mention-in the exercise of political rights. They were covered the tomb of Archimedes overgrown ed. But that great and flourishing empire conindependent, as we have noticed, and had com- with bushes and weeds, having the sphere and sists, it must be remembered, of a federative paratively few instances amongst them of great cylinder engraved on it, with an inscription union of many states, which, though extensive wealth, contrasted with the most degrading in- which time had rendered illegible. in territory, are comparatively thin in occudigence. They were deeply imbued with a His reply to Hiero, who was one day admipants. There do not exist in America, in the sense of religion and the morality which is its ring and praising his machines, can be regardsame degree, those circumstances of a dense fruit. They had been brought up under a free ed only as empty boast. "Give me," said the and degraded population which occasion in the government, and in the exercise of the rights exulting philosopher, "a place to stand on, and, old nations of Europe such an infinite differ- of freemen; and in their fancies were not lia-I will lift the earth." This, however, may be ence of knowledge and ignorance, of wealth ble to be excited, or their understandings made easily proved to be impossible; for, granting the most exuberant and indigence the most giddy with a sudden elevation to privileges, the him a place, with the simplest machine, it horrible. No man in America need be poor, if nature of which was unknown to them. The would require a man to move swifter than a he has a hatchet and arms to use it. The wil of one huge and populous country, with an lift the earth only one inch in all that time. republic of America, moreover did not consist cannon shot during the space of 100 years, to world afforded to our first parents. His family, cooped up in its precincts like prisoners, were suspecting that the artist had purloined some overgrown capital, where the legislative body, Hiero ordered a golden crown to be made, but if he has one, is wealth; if he is unincumbered liable to be acted upon by the applauses or of the gold and substituted metal in its stead, with wite or children, he is more easily provi-threats of a desperate rabble. Each state of he employed our philosopher to detect the ded for. A man who wishes to make a large America carries on its own immediate govern- cheat; Archimedes tried for some time in vain, fortune, may be disappointed in America; but be who seeks, with a moderate degree of in-nient, and enjoys, uninolested, the privilege of but one day as he went into the bath, he ohdustry, but the wants which nature demands, is adopting such plans as are best suited to their served that his body excluded just as much wacertain to find them. An immense proportion themselves with that ideal uniformity, that uni-diately struck him that this discovery had furown peculiar situation, without embarrassing ter as was equal to its bulk; the thought immeof the people of the U. S. are agriculturalists, versal equality of rights, which it was the vain nished ample data for solving his difficulty; who live upon their own property, which is generally of moderate extent, and cultivate it establish. The Americans know that the ad- through the streets homewards, crying out, I object of the French constituent assembly to upon which he leaped out of the bath, and ran by their own labor. Such a situation is pecu- vantage of a constitution, like that of a gar- have found it! I have found it!-The best ediliarly favorable to republican habits. The man ment, consists neither in the peculiarity of the tion of his works is that of Torrelli, edited at. who feels himself really independent, and so fashion, nor in the fineness of the texture, but the Clarendon Press, Oxford, fol. 1792, by Dr. must each American feel who can use a spade in its being well adapted to the person who re- Robertson, Savilian Professor of Astronomy. an axe,—will please himself with the mere ex-ceives protection from it. In short, the sagaertion of his free will, and form a strong con- city of Washington was not more apparent in trast to the halooing, brawling, blustering rabble his military exploits, than in the manly and of a city, where a dram of liquor, or the inoney wise pause which he made in the march of reto buy a meal, is sure to purchase the acclama- volution, so soon as peace gave an opportunity tion of thousands, whose situation in the scale to interpret its impulse. To replace law and of society is too low to permit their thinking of social order upon an established basis, was as their political right as a thing more valuable much the object of this great general, as it than to be bartered against the degree of advantage they may procure, or of the license Paris, civilians as they were to protract a peseems to have been that of the statesmen of which they may exercise, by placing it at the riod of insurrection, murder, and revolutionary disposal of one candidate or another. tyranny."

deruess is to him the same retreat which the

ARCHIMEDES.

A writer in the Literary Gazette, in noticing following remarks, which we recommend to "Mrs. Opie's Illustration of Lying," has the the attention of parents.—Ch. Adv.

little surprised did not attract a larger share of "There is one class of lies, which we are a children. We believe that the slight regard in Mrs. Opie's attention; as told by parents to their which strict truth is held by man kind, is prinIn America, after the great change in their cipally owing to the lies which are told to chilsystem had been effected by shaking off the dren by their parents during the first years of Sovereignty of the mother country, the states their lives. Then is the time that permanent arranged their new government so as to make Archimedes was born at Syracuse, and rela-impressions may be as well made as at any futhe least possible alteration in the habits of the ted to Hiero, king of Sicily: he was remarka- ture period. It is then, probably, that what is people. They left to future and more conve-ble for his extraordinary application to mathe-call d the natural propensity of a child is unnient opportunity, what further innovations thismatical studies, but more so for his skill and folded. Many persons who have a great abgreat change might render necessary; being surprising inventions in Mechanics. He horrence of lying, and whip their children if more desirous to fix the general outlines of a excelled likewise in Hydrostatics, Astronomy, they detect them in it, yet make no scruple of firm and orderly government, although con- Optics, and almost every other science; he ex-telling and acting the most attrocious false

hoods. There are few parents who do not do this in a greater or less degree, though doubtless without dreaming-they are guilty of criminal deception. With many the whole business of managing their children is a piece of mere artifice and trick. They are cheated in their amusements, cheated in their food, cheated in their dress. Lies are told them to get them to do any thing which is disagreeable. If the child is to take physic, the mother tells him she has something good for him to drink; if recusant, she says she will send for the Doctor to cut off his ears, or pull his teeth, or that she will go away and leave him, and a thousand things of the same kind, each of which may deceive once, and answer the present purpose, but will invariably fail afterwards. Parents are too apt to endeavor to pacify their children by making promises which they never intend to perform. If they wish, for instance, to take away some eatable which they fear will be injurious, they reconcile them by a promise of a

From the Universalist Magazine.

A PARODY.

languages of the Abyssinian empire, with a and those who did, have long since fled to Eu
vocabulary in each dialect. This manu- rope.
script is considered a valuable accession to
philological literature. Among the histori-
cal MSS. is the celebrated Chronicle of Ax-
um on vellum. It professes to have been
compiled from materials or records found by
Damatious, Bishop of Rome, in the church
of St. Sophia, and read at the first council of
Nice, to the 318 fathers assembled there.
There is also a very ancient Coptic MS. on
papyrus, said to have been found in the ru-
ins near Thebes, in the former residence o
some Egyptian monks.

Christian Observer, June 1827.

Reward of Ingenuity.-Mr. Thornton of the
Patent Office, Washington, relates the follow-

A certain orthodox professor of religion, journeying from GENESEE to BOSTON, fell among thieves, who stripped him of his raiinent, plundered and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance vinity that way; and when he saw him, he there came down a Reverend Doctor of Dipassed on the other side. And likewise an orthodox Missionary, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain non-professor, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an Inn, and took care of him. ride, a walk, or something else which will And on the morrow, when he departed, he please them, but without any intention of gratted permission to examine the models. I in-host, and said unto him-Take good care of took out twenty dollars, and gave them to the fying them. This is lying, downright lying formed him that they were deposited for public him and whatsoever thou spendest more, People think nothing of breaking their promi-inspection and that he was at liberty to see and when I come this way again, I will repay thee. ses to children, if the performance be not per-examine them as often and as long as he pleasHowever incredible it may appear, it is a fact, fectly convenient. But they are the last pered. Instead of spending a few hours, he visi- that this "non-professor" was reputed a Unisons to whom promises should be broken, beBut now the doctrine has become cause they cannot comprehend the reason ifted them daily for about six weeks; thei: versalist! there be one, why they are not kept. Such thanked me for the gratification he had enjoy-quite current, among many who profess to be promises should be scrupulously redeemed, ed, declaring them worth millions of dollars, or orthodox,-that the tree is not known by its that they were of incalculable value to a real fruit, but rather by profession!!

though at a great inconvenience. For the child's moral habit, is of infinitely more consequence than any such inconvenience can be to a parent.

ing anecdote.

Mr. Gilbert Brewster, a very ingenious artist from Connecticut came to the Patent Office about the middle of October 1824, and request

per

mechanic. He said he saw movements and combinations of which he before had no idea, and that he was so enabled to improve the "We have only noticed a few of the cases of machinery for spinning wool, as to reduce the lying to children, but enough to illustrate the price of spinning from eight cents to one cent frequency of it. And yet, after having pursu-three months, with two models, declaring on Ib. He went away and returned in about ed such a course of deception for the two or his return, that he had perfected what he had three years of life, if the parent then finds his child is trying to deceive him, and will tell him contemplated, and that he could spin wool at a a downright lie, he wonders how he should lower price than the English, who would not effect it for less than four cents per ib. have learned to do so, for he always taught himed three patents for his machines, and a gento speak the truth; without reflecting that he has been lying to him from his very birth. So and who had engaged to buy these machines for tleman who accompanied him from New York he attributes that habit to an innate disposition and tendency to falsehoods, which he has him a manufacturing company in Connecticut, laid self been fostering and nourishing from the him down ten thousand dollars in my presence.

first. Children soon learn to know when they

tercourse with them."

The collection of Ethiopic, Arabic, and other manuscripts, obtained by the traveller Bruce, in Egypt and Abyssinia, was lately put up at auction; but there being no ad

per.

K.

Altempt of an Eagle to devour a Buy-A very singular occurrence happened the week before last in the parish of St. Ambroise, about nine miles from the city. Two boys, the one seven, an adjoining field, trying to reap while their pathe other five years old, amused themselves in rents were at dinner. A large eagle soon came sailing over them, and with a swoop attempted

to seize the eldest but luckily missed him. The short distance, and in a few moments repeated I issu-bird-not at all dismayed, sat on the ground at a himself against his heree antagonist with the the attempt. The bold little fellow defended sickle he had very fortunately held in his hand, and when the bird rushed upon him he struck

are deceived, and learn to deceive others. They chester last evening favored us with the official
The Morgan Business.-A friend from Ro-
are not deceived many times in the same way:
and the most conformable to the precepts of report of the large joint committee, who have
morality and religion, is never to deviate, in been for many months engaged in investigating
the slightest degree, from strict truth in our in-the facts and circumstances relative to the kid-
napping and presumed murder of Morgan.
The report and documents occupy a closely
printed pamphlet of more than 70 pages, which
we have read. We are disappointed, however,
in not finding the substance of the proof said
lately to have been elicited, and upon which the
murder of Morgan was positively asserted, in a
vance on the reserve of £5000 at which it
the article which we lately copied into this pa-
was lately put up, it was bought in for the which have not previously been communicated
Nor indeed do we find any material facts,
proprietor. It consists of nearly one hun- to the public, in one shape or another. But
dred volumes. Among the biblical manu- when we say this, we wish it to be distinctly
scripts, is an Ethiopic version of the Old understood, that we entertain not a shadow of a
Testament, in five volumes, taken from the doubt that Morgan was inhumanly murdered on
manuscripts made by the Greek Church at the Niagara frontier. We obtained informa-
Alexandria, at a remote but unknown peri-tion in June, which satified us of this horrible
od. It includes the Book of Enoch, which fact. But we have no idea that the great nurn-
was first brought into Europe by Mr. Bruce.ber of the fraternity who participated in his
There are also in the collection, two copies
of the Four Gospels in Ethiopic, the Epis-
tles and Acts of the Apostles on vellum, and
the Song of Solomon, in all the principal

abduction, had any direct knowledge or agency
was conducted. The men who fled from Ro-
in the bloody tragedy with which the outrage
chester to South America did not knowingly or
intentionally aid in the death of the victim,

at it.

The sickle entered under the left wing, through the ribs, and passing through the liver, and the blow having been given strongly went proved instantly fatal. The eagle was afterwards sold to Mr. Chasseur, who has stuffed it and placed it in the museum, where it may now be seen. It is the Ring tailed or Russian ea gle. The wings expand upwards of six feet. Its stomach was opened, and found entirely empty, The little boy did not receive a scratch, Had the eagle seized him, its talons, which are of uncommon strength, and about an inch and half long, must have lacerated him dreadfully. There is little doubt, without the bird was much its beak would have torn out his eyes, and with weakened by hunger, that a blow or two from the instinct peculiar to birds of prey, broken in a moment the thin parts of the skull about the eye, and almost instantly destroyed his life.

Several eagles of this species breed in the high capes about Cape Tourmente, below St. Joachim. In the fall they feed chiefly upon sea fowl, and the carcasses of fish. In the summer months they are destructive to poultry, often carrying off a large turkey or goose in their claws, from the barn doors.

The present is the first well authenticated in stance of their attacking children in this country, which has come to our knowledge.

NEW-YORK, SATURDAY,

SECTARIAN CORPORATIONS-NO. 10.

We promised in our last to occupy this number in some observations on Sunday schools. The subject is

GARD TO HIS FAITH AND MODE OF PREACH-
ING.

not a semblance of those virtues which is the patrimony DECLARATION OF BR .A. KNEELAND, IN RE-
of justice, and embellishes it as the glittering stars em-
bellish the vault of heaven? We are told in the good
old book that righteousness is the salt of the earth, and
Whereas, notwithstanding my admission
that when wicked men bear sway the people mourn. As
truth is one of the attributes of Deity, equally immutation of Universalists of the New-England
into the fellowship of the General Conven-
ble with all his laws in the government of the universe,

cieties, and (with one exception) so far as I know, in good standing with them all; yet, strange to tell! either through misunderstanding in the first place, or misrepresentation in the second, the soundness of my faith has been called in question; and the proofs, either of the insincerity of my profession, or else of the want of soundness in my mind,

and was the same at the foundation as it is now, and ever states and others, twenty-four years ago, and will be, it behoves the people of this free country, whose that I am at this time, a member of five or OCTOBER 13, 1827. minds are not yet fettered, to look about them in the all-six different Universalist Churches or Somportant suffrage that is to emanate from themselves. They are called upon by the loud voice of truth, which is heavens command, to bring their conclusions to bear exclusively upon the manly virtues. If an individual he presented to their view, imbued with all the sublime qualifications of the head and heart, in purposes firm, in justice inflexible, in integrity unimpeachable, in honor, in morals and religion, a bright example, and last of all, though not least, in patriotism and love of country like Cæsars wife even not suspected, we would say that the nation that held such a man in her embrace is truly to be envied. But as our paper is devoted to discussions on the score of religion we have made this digression to show that truth is not less precious in political affairs than in

an interesting one, and in our estimation has a direct bearing on the destinies of the people of this Nation. We can have no objection that wholesome instruction should be extended to poor children. It is not the principle,

therefore, that we object to, but the mode and manner in which it is enforced. We know the flexibility of the organs of youth. While the young ideas are shooting in the mind, impressions made on it are more lasting than at any other time of their existence. It is consequently of vast importance that the millions who are springing into life, within the borders of this outspread Nation, should be taught truth, not error. The former inculcates the benevolent and heavenly doctrine that in serving and cherishing one's neighbor he is actuated to the deed purely for the love of that God who loves our neighbor as our selves. The latter teaches that if one's neighbor differ in opinion with him, especially on subjects of metaphysical controversy, he must revile and persecute him in God's name. Truth advises the toleration of all sects; it teaches a morality that strengthens and binds society in the bonds of love; it sweetens the cares and strifes which are the natural inheritance of humanity in this world; it teaches good will to all, and is the only ligament in the character of man capable of making mankind a nation of brethren. The vulgar and untutored mind admires it, and being stripped of all those mysteries which disgust the wise, it has the constant support of the upright and just in the intellectual world, and offers more encouragements to the social virtues than any other principle whatever that men may be endowed with. It is for these cogent reasons that we object to the institution of Sabbath schools under their present management and direction. The whole of them are superintended by sectorians of the would-be-orthodox persuasion, and exclusively by the eiergy of that denomina

tion

The arrangement places in the hands of those gentlemen an opportunity of moulding the rising gene

ration exactly to their purposes; for "As the twig is bent the tree is inclined." In this consists our main objection. We consider truth, like the pulsation of the heart in the natural body, to be the vital principle of the social state in every possible particular in which it can be viewed. It is the essence and grand auxiliary to all our conclusions, however elevated they may be, whether in religion, morals, or politics. We will illustrate this, our position, by way of episode. Suppose the people of this nation were canvassing for a person most fit to be elevated to the first office in their gift; is not truth necessary to direct them in the choice? Would they select for this high and responsible situation an intriguer, a man gailty of foal corruption, of instable prin

those of religion and morals. We resume our subject.

had become so apparent, and so alarming to many of my brethren, that it was thought that a renewal of my public profession, had become absolutely necessary; to quiet not only the public mind, but also the minds of many of my friends, respecting it: and dress was delivered on the "benign influence of Sabbath Association, and even At a certain celebration we are informed that an ad- whereas, notwithstanding the Hudson River schools, as intimately connected with the perpetuation of voted unanimously that my declaration, or my accusers, have our free institutions and the progress of moral and poli- concession," as they were pleased to call tical reform throughout the earth." If this is not hypo-it, "was satisfactory;" yet, nevertheless, as critical cant, we know not what to call it. What section of our country needs political reform? Is it meant that through the medium of these wide spread Sabbath institutions, under the superintendence of the ecclesiastics of the Nation, that in the progress of a generation a set of nen would spring up and enter our Legislative halls, as the Apostolics in the Eastern world cry out for the inquisition? Trained to certain sectarian habits and notions,

they would beco:ne fanatics from the nature of the princi-
ples they had imbibed in the progress of their early in-
struction. To this preparation for the purpose of effect-
ing a political reform we note our serious objections.
Whilst on the one hand we would rejoice to behold a pro-
gressive amendment in the morals of the people, on the
other we would lament that this improvement in their
condition should in any way be ascribed to the would-be
orthodox clergy,-a reformation inspired by certain fears
impressed upon the mind, say the most of it, is artificial
and unsubstantial. There is a playfulness in the nature
of youthful minds that seems to court freedom of thought,
and freedom of action, at the very threshhold of life

some may still find it difficult in their minds to reconcile my declaration, as published in the Minutes of the Hudson River Association, with some things which come from my pen, and may wish to have some more information on the subject;

Therefore, I feel it my duty to make a more full, explicit, and definite declaration, in regard to this important subject, than what I have ever before published.

In the first place, I wish the reader to keep constantly in mind our general profession and belief, as also the declaration to which I have already subscribed, and not suffer himself to think, even for a moment, that any thing which I now write militates, in my own mind, in the least degree, against the truth of what is there declared. With this caution, I shall first state what I do not

believe.

Deprive them of this blessing, which contributes so much
to their happiness in this world, they become the gloomy
votaries of the orthodox persuasion. Faith, instead of 1. I do not believe that the evidence of
being exhibited to them in its true colours is distorted; the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as record-
and instead of being held up to them as a mirror that ed in the New Testament, is so full, clear,
would show their perfection or deformity, imparts to them and conclusive, as it might have been. But
the gloomy picture that is spread before them rather to still, it may, on the whole, answer the pur
frighten the imagination than to inform the understand-
ing We shall give another number on this interesting poses of Divine wisdom better than what it
subject and trust that the candid and liberal will not mis- could have done if the evidences had been
take our views in the discussion.
more clear. There is no doubt in my mind,
that had the wisdom of God so designed, the
"Can a man take fire in his bosom and his evidence might have been so clear, as to
clothes not be burned."-SOLOMON.
have converted the whole Jewish nation,

M.

notwithstanding all their prejudices, and
produced as clear conviction in their minds,
as was produced in the mind of Saul of
Tarsus. For instance, if the rulers of the
Jews, with all the members of the Sanhe-
drin, together with the disciples, had assem-
bled at the sepulchre, at the expiration of
the third day, and had found the stone still
sealed, with every thing in as perfect order
as they left it; and if the angel of God had
decended in their presence, broke the seal,
and Jesus had come forth, openly, before
them all, and had showed himself openly and
publicly at Jerusalem, who would have 2. Now then, let these objections be ur-
doubted, at that time, of the truth of his ged with all their weight, and still we are
resurrection? No one.
But so far from able, rationally, to account for the existence
this, the whole of this transaction was per- of the Christian religion. All the epistles
formed in a way, and the evidence of it, de- of Paul were written, (according to Dr.
veloped itself in such a manner, that the dis- Lardner, who is generally conceded to be
ciples themselves, according to their own correct,) before any of the Gospels. They These circumstances convince me that
confession, were, for some time, filled with were (at least many of them) addressed to the resurrection of Christ, on which fact
doubts on the subject. Is it not a little sur-churches; which churches must have been alone the primitive Christian churches
prising, that but one of the Evangelists men- established some time, at least, before he were built, was a fact, concerning which
tions the circumstance of "sealing the stone wrote to them. Now, on what founda- the apostles had not even the shadow of a
and setting a watch ?" But, not disputing tion were these churches built? Not on doubt; and that their conduct can be ac-
the truth of it; I ask, what could have the books of the four Evangelists, certainly, counted for in no other way, and explained
been the object of this seal? Not to pre- because they did not exist. But these chur-upon no other ground. Nevertheless, I
vent violence, certainly; for this it could ches must have been built on a fact, or else
not do; but to prevent fraud! Was not on fiction. And, whatever we may say of the
the bare circumstance, then, of breaking the people, the founders of those churches must
seal, when no one (except the soldiers) was have known what evidence they had of the
present, calculated, to say the least, to ex-truth of what they declared: that is, not
cite suspicion? Is it not a little strange
that the women said nothing about this guard
of soldiers, when they said, "Who shall roll
away the stone for us, from the entrance of
the tomb ?" Were they ignorant of this
circumstance? and if not, how could they
expect to gain admittance? If the Jews
understood what Jesus had said about his
resurrection, previous to his death, so as to
use all this precaution, how happened it that
his own disciples were so little prepared for
this most astonishing event, and so slow to
believe it when it took place? Thus I
might go on, and criticise upon many other
parts of these records in the same way,
which I am well aware, would be only cal-
culated to raise doubts, and perhaps unsettle
the minds of some sincere believers. The
question will then be asked, Why, then, will
you agitate these things, which might other
wise, perhaps, be suffered to rest in quiet-
ness? Why endeavor to sow the seeds of
doubts and despair, as though the world was
not already sufficiently prone to scepticism?

before it can be made perfectly sound. It and the known Epistles of Paul. And even
is impossible to let these things rest, unless these may have some early interpolations
we can prevail upon the people to shut their which it would be impossible now to de-
eyes against all the light there is in the tect. The others may contain much truth:
world; which they will not do. People and (except the interpolations) nothing but
will read, and they will examine for them-what was believed at the time they were
selves, and it is perfectly right that they written. For it was not the object of the
should. Deists are urging these objections Evangelists to prove what was not believed
continually, and they are finding their way but only to give an account of what was
into almost every family; some in one way, most surely believed,” (Luke i. 1,) and to
and some in another. It is the safest way, hand it down to posterity. Now for any
therefore, to meet the objections in their man, at any time, to write a book with this
fulest force.
view, and yet to write things which were
not "most surely believed," at the time
they were written, would be the extreme
of folly; and the book would be rejected
at once by all: and especially if the most
important fact should, at the time, be even
suspected of being erroneous,

only of the resurrection itself, but also of the
evidence of that fact. Books which were
not written, and which did not then exist,
could have been no evidence to them of the
truth of this fact, whatever they may be to
us. Now suppose that there was no real
evidence of the resurrection of Christ, and
that this was all known to the apostles, how
is it possible to account for their conduct?
This is what Deists have never done; it is
what they have never attempted to do; and
it is what they never will succeed in doing,
should they attempt it.

3. Here, then, the humble Christian may rest the foundation of his hope, on a ground that never can be shaken; because if there ever was a time in which these facts could have been refuted, that time has gone by, and never can return. All the witnesses are dead, and even did they now exist, they could give nothing more than mere negative testimony. On this hypothesis, there fore, there is no necessity of undertaking to defend the genuineness of all the books of I answer. Because the Christian clergy the New Testament; nor any of them exhave been such unskilful physicians that they cept those whose genuineness has never have only healed the wound slightly, and it been called in question: viz., the Gospel is necessary to probe it again to the bottom, according to Luke, the Acts of the Apostles,

must be allowed to say, that I am unable to account for the discrepances in the testimony, otherwise than by supposing, that none of the accounts were written by eye-witnesses; (for Luke does not pretend to have been an eye witness;) but that each one who wrote, gave the best accout he could, according to the information he possessed. I am not alone in this opinion; but others, and learned men too, have had the same opinion before me. See Evanson's Dissonance on the Four Evangelists.

Thus, in the simplicity of my heart, I have set forth what I honestly believe: and should it constitute me, in the minds of many of my brethren unsound in faith and doctrine; to such ones I would say, in the language of the apostle, "Him that is WEAK in the faith, receive ye; but not to doubtful disputations." Rom. xiv. 1. Let us, then, endeavor, at all times, and under all circumstances, to "keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace." K.

QUERY.-The Editor of the Utica Magazine is requested to explain why he published the

Minutes of the Hudson River Association, learing out Brother Kneeland's "declaration" which the Association gave him liberty to "subjoin" to the 8th article, by which the Minutes, as published by him, appear as though Br. K. made no reply whatever?

The Editor of the Christian Tele