' .< i.‘-ilzjlltiiiie the pilot’s visions dreary,
__.;:«:o...- --.. _..‘,_..,e’ V, ‘.4”,.k..‘,,._ . _‘ ’¢,,_T“h~_W_4_
new -
.
9 re’,--'
7 ,
are/or
l.'>‘L:.~ ~-c_-.' -: -. ,' v_
__ ST./IJVZ./IS.
STAR of Peace, to wanderprs weary, -
one the beam that smiles on me ;
Far at sea: "
V .'...r
S/tar of Ho/ac, gleamldiiler the billow,
Bless the’ soul that sighs for thee ;
Bless’ the sailor’ii lonely pillow,
Far at sea.
3.523!‘ Qf Faitlz 2! when winds are mocking
All his prayers-'-'-'-b'i:’d flee to thee ;
Save him, though on dangers rocking,
- Far at sea.
Star of Coil ! ye’: safely guide him
To the shore he lov'tl for me-4
l‘i.ong tetnpestlioijs waves have tried him
Far at sea.
The Birlh ifédizfy mid La-ole.‘
D OMAN ! when bupernal Power
_ First placed thy lovely form on Earth,’
I:le_gave thee Beauty for thy (lower,
Anti bade all Nature hail thy birth !
Creation vieivid thee with delight, _
‘ E3‘3ll_1’3 verdure brighten’d at thy tread,
The ,Heavei_i.s then gloivkl with purer light
And_Cha03..fljQ_m presence fled 1 ~‘
The Flowers in clustering union grew,
V Fragrant with _sw_eets, in beauty rare ;‘
Like orient pearls, with glittering dew,
They grac’d thy brow, and bound thy I re.
The maiden Rose, rich’ in perfume, j
Reig-n’d sov’reigr'f o’er each lovely flow.
T/zen, [zccrlees white, in B_eauty’s l)lp‘on".,
She twin'd around thy peaceful 6ti”ive_i.;.
- \
But ivhéii the Rose first inethtfie sight’, l
Alarrn’d by thy gaze, in modest hue,
'iVas lost in blt_1shes, deep, and bright, A
To meet thy eyes of liqttid blue !
And when thy lips the leaves had pres:;.
Love was created in that hour, ‘
‘And flew for shelter to thy breast,
When first he left the patent bowe
‘ To Blossoms.
‘Fair pledges of a fiiitliful tree,
VVhy do you fall so fast ?.
Your date is not so past,
But you may stay yet there »'.-
To bltish’ and gently snf r '
. And. go
4
VVh_at, were you borr'i' to be
. And hour ortwo’s‘del‘ '
And so to bid good . ’:“-—’
’T_was pity Nature”.
Merely ‘to shew,’
4. .
' gortli
. sa-2 .e'lyou quite.‘ I
g ‘ -.aves,‘i‘vhereive
‘ M'av; 3». y.,JII IIling3_.IIa"0
T?-,;.,;,,. .- ,3-_.-ugh ne’er sdbrave ;_
Ar ‘ '~ - -.' ii.-.y have sliewn their pride,‘
a V‘ ;..::: awhile, _t_hey glide
Into the grave; _ _,
Miscellaiiy.-I
FROM 'r'i‘i.E GLEANRR. =
From the Desk of Poor Robert! the Scribe.‘
“ I Wl’LI'.' sv__Ai_v_o _s_v.”
Zcunds !”‘;<;ii-, ypti may as well swear you’ll
—, never do it !_ I’m out of allpatience with thtse
“ by and by” folks. '“'0‘ne hour of are present
tense is worth a week in the future.”
V’Vhy I know a bachelor as wellicalctilated for
matrimonial’ felicity as every virtue antl every ac-
complisbment can render him ; but he has been
putting off the hop iy time from one year to art-
» . other, always resol'v‘ing that he would marry “ by
and by”-L-and “ by and by”-—till the best ten.
years ofhis life are gone, and be is still “ re-re-
solving,’~’ and I fear “ will die the same._” A
He that would gather the roses of matrimony
should wed in the May of life.‘ If you wish on- ‘
» ly the withered leaves and the thorns, why, poor -.
. Robert says, put it off ‘till September.—--‘‘ Pro-
crastinatioiris the thief of time." ‘
I made a visit last winter to see -my old friend
- Jeremy Careless. When we putottr horses in
- the stable, he took‘-_me to his _barn~floor to see‘
, some white wheat h‘e had j’ust't~hreshed. I ob-
served to him that one of the boards of the barn,
was near falling, and he had better -nail it. “ I
. Will by and"by,” said he. Tliingsabout the farm,
looked a little as though .“ by and by” folks liv-
ed there. Next morning the boys ca merunniiig
‘ in w_iili' sad news.‘ Anunruly bull, had torn off
' the board :‘ all‘ the Cattle had sup ‘dill and break-
" fasted on the white wheat, and‘old’bi'indle t_he
' best cow in the diove, was founydered so that she .
died.‘ Now, two nails worth a penny-_-and five
minutes of time would ha>_le‘save<l,the.life of old
Bi-iiitlle, and the vvhite wheat itito the bargaih
“ A‘stitc'h in time saves nine.” ,'
Passing by my neighbor Nodwell’s the other
b day, I saw that his wife had made a“fine garden-,
- and the early peas were shootingluxuriantly a- .
“'l't looks wellé”-lsaid I, ‘
bore the ground.
“ n‘ei'glibor—-—‘-but there isa, hole in your fence,
~ wliich you had better mend, or the bags will ru‘.
" in your gardeii.”.—”—“ I will and by,"nsaid he.
I-Iappenirig to go by there two days after, I was
halfdeafened with the cry of-—-“Who-ee-'-’=who-ee
--stu-bioy--stu-boy.” A"drove of hogs hadcome
along, y and while my neighbor, was taking aiiap,
they had c'raw'led_ through the broken fence, and
-destroyed the labor of a week". “ Never put off
till to-morrow‘ what you can do to-‘day"’-—poor
Robert says.‘
,-
. ¢.’¢ib— . -I .
, A man that keeps i'iclie"s, and enjoys them'_n'ot,
is like 'an,etss.t,hat:oarr‘ics gold andfeats thjistles.
.. 1. ‘
! ~ g .,-3013.
J debts.
" There will be many eclipses of male and
* some of which are thirty~eight feetlong, and
sixteen inches in diameter, and has sixty-four
, : kept his wiora;
.- -, 3 . .. .,,.
Select Scntciices;
an injury, is to be almost as bad _as
Vvhen two throw dirt at one
, can either keep clean i’ _ _ ‘
{xi 56, as nobody may believe bad reports
2 on. . _ _ I
' -‘‘*'<yiri‘ri yourself first; and then others; . .. _
;.candalal_ene, and it wiildie away of it-
s_ppos_e it, and it will spread the faster. _.
. had better find out one of your own faults,
\='.:f) of your ncig/ibpu1:"a.
.,.
lf2~ -plse not the meanest of mankind 5 3 W889
- atinga giant. ' . "
nodest man feels his own superiority; a
-,man makes others feel it.
‘.32.; ware of mean spirited people.
'.‘t0nly revengeful and malicious.‘
.‘? .- abuse the poor for his poverty, is to abuse’
. s providence. I _
clear conscience is better than’ a clear estate.
-'lienever you find you do not care to look
- your all‘-airs, you may assure yourself that
i, will soon not be fit to look into.
To gain applause, you must do as the archer,
n obtains the prize by hitting the mark...
letter consider for an hour, than repent fora
r, . ¥/
They are
dlmanack Predict-ions.
Severgdmornings this year, ‘the sun will-
isc before certain people discover it, and set
‘ viefore they have done their days work.
’ In the course of the next spring and sum-
; mer, many alterations will be made in the
2 form and trimmings of the ladies’ head dress-
i es ;' but I am not able to give my opinion at
present, whether their appearance will be im-
*proved by these alterations.
On the 4th of July next, many sober peo-
plcfvvill bedrunk before they are aware of it.
/ ” The public debt will not be paid this year.
The same will happen with many private
female virtue this year, some visible and
‘some invisible.
Many people will drink more strong li-
quor than would be sufficient to keep them
‘sober, and take more pliysic than would be
suflicient to keep them in health.
Many young latlieswill be married,‘ who
are not yetcourted 5 and many who are cour-
ted, will wait another year. 3
The new President will‘ find it a tliflicult
matter to please all his friends this year, or,
‘in other words, to give “ every dog a bone.”
Account of the Organ in the Cathedral church
of Harlcim, in Holland, reckoned the first in the
the world :-'-J It contains eight thousand pipes,
3l°P3s foul‘.-separations, two shakes, tw taup-
znngs, and~v.;we:ve- bcnow‘s."j The) notes this
wonderful. ifistrument can swell-from the’ softest
to the sublimest sounds, from,.the' warblit&
distant bird, to _the awful toneof thunde’, until
the mossy building trembles in all the aisles. It
has a stop called the mar: lmmana, which most
:admirably imitates the human ~ voice. Handel
passing through Harleim, could not of course,
resist the sight of the far-famed organ ; be pro-
cured the keys, &c. and amused himself some
time, at length got into one of his rhapsodies and
irolled along the deep and thundering notes till
?the very steeple shook. A man passing by en-.
‘tered the church, but was so alarmedat thl: té-
.mendous noise of the instrument and the shaking
’of the church, that he’ ran all round the city and
swore the Devil had got to the organ. *
‘ London /ld[lC7'.
E r _ ANECDOTES.
A Painter being employed to represent the
.Chei'ubim and Serapliim in a country church,
made them with very sorry faces, and being ask-
ed the reason for so doing by the rector of the
parish, answered, “ 1 have your own words for
the propriety of it : pave I not heard" you a thou-
sand times say that Cherubim and Seraphimcon-
vtinually do cry .? ‘
_ Consolation.--A lady was once complaining
‘that she was nearly thirty. “Madam,” ‘said a
gentleman, who knew she was much older, 4‘,ev-
ery day carries you .farther from "your dom-
plaint.” ‘ " ‘ "
l
A gentleman was lately inquiring fora yeiing
lady of his acquaintaiice. “ She is dead," 1,,-cry
gravely replied the person to whom he address-
ed his enquiries. “ Indeed ! I never heard of it ;
what was her disease?” “ Vanity,” returned the
other; “ she buried herself alive in the arms df
an old man of seventy, with a great fortune in
order to have the satisfaction of a gilded tomb.”
An Irishman, in the warmth of national ven-
‘eration, was praising Irelandfor the cheapiiess
_of provisions; 'a salmon might be bought forlsix-‘
jpence, and a "mackerel for twouence. “ And" 4
fpray, sir,how'came you to leave so cheap a chun-
-‘Ztry Z’’;_ ‘‘ Arrrah! honey, but where were:tl_ie'
‘-slxpences‘ and two.-pences to be got?” I
.' ' ‘ ‘ A‘-'
fir. Iientleyof England, who became famous
sipated in "his youth. V7iWf«}‘-
versity, his father purchazi’ sent him sever-
al folio voltimes, ivhich“-the ' spark soldpnld
with the money bought a g._;r.- ":|p[)_I)' of wine.
I jar with those fol-
~ .»-"-.-"..=.se,’sir,.to step
..i6n, askédihitii whtit he hat":
ios whiclnlie had sent him.
_a'number of qu'art'bottle's‘ ."3iiL~c.i, zvith" wine-..."..
“ Your ;Folz'o.9,” added the .sc.=.\-, "-' 3 .ha‘ve- tamed,
;into Quart-os ;‘ but ii"°y‘oti‘iri{'a “+1 :1»-ifvc m5el.th'is
extravagafifie, it s'h'a'l-l’ be i‘ -"
whose checks were furrowed more by grief than
'.of a»
lips from every gross expression 3’
for his classical ‘learning. *-""‘-= very wild and ‘di's_-j' ,
was inthe Uni- Hare women in all ranks of life, who,"thou'gh they.
, :tions in ‘loose conversation. ' But I, who once
His fatlier _visitin"ghi,m‘ s. am: or the transac't- Q
here,” llleri"opei'i_ing:a‘cl,o'si-1’: t’?‘4= : he pointed to ‘A
ALL IS VANITY.
‘ A‘ TALE. .
‘ Allis vanity !’ exclaimed a venerable man
age, as he reclined against a tomb stone in one
of otir church yards. Tile situation was inter-
esting 3 The church on a hill ; the night hazy ;
though the moon reflected sufficient to give him
a general view of the prospect around : the sea
at a ‘distance on the ‘right hand, neither tempes-
tuous nor calm, washed the beach with its waves.
He long listbned to its miirmering, his eye fixed
steadfastly on the sculptured memento of mor-:..
tality which supported him : there was a conge-
niality between its disordered state, and that of
his own bosom, which forcibly struck him ; and
as his eye insensibly reverted to the tomb stone,
he instinctively expressed hi.mself,‘./Ill is vanity.’
The night‘t;ather clearing, induced him to walk .
farther ; he crossed the spot where the encamp-
ment hadbeen. VVar, and its inseparable hor-
rors—the death of the brave, the distraction of
the widow; the helplessness of the orphan, the
desolation of towns, and the destruction of em-
pires-'—-afforded ample scope for rumination ; till
unconscious of his way, he entered another
church yard, about a mile from that he had left.
The church was ancient; and though in ruins,
service was regularly performed there. All was
silent! It was a scene to be contemplated only
with horror, except by those whom religion had
fortified against superstitious prejudice.
He looked around him with a sort of gloomy
on one;of the graves attracted his earnest notice.
He approached it, and started, on removing a
coarse but clean covering, at beholding a child
about four years of age, and fast asleep. In an
instant his sight_was arrested by an emaciated
female, whose wild look sufliciently indicated the
disorder of her mind ; ahd-who springing from
the church, ran swiftly to him, and dropped on
her knees, in a piercing tone of voice, cried-~
“ 0, don’t take him from me! then overcome by
agitation, immediately fainted. The voice was
not unknown to him : stooping to assist her, the
moon shining with lusture on her face. “.,Good
God !” exclaimed he, “ my daughter.” ‘.
At this instant a poor man and woman, attrac-
ted by the cries of the child, who had awakened,
came up, “Here she is,” cried the man; and
the woman snatched the child up into her arms.
“ What know ye of this young woman?” ea-
gerly enquired the almost petrified father.
“ She lived with us, replied the man, about
three months; her husband died of the fever,
and lies buried in that‘ grave ; his death turned
her brain ; she often used to say, she would put
her child to bed with her father."
Here the unhappy lunatic sighed, opened her
eyes, and fixing them steadfastly on her father,
in a momentofrecollection, screamed, “(rt fa-
ther !~ ' 33:,‘ pray forgive me 1'' Titan titfel‘ ’ «J
few in ‘herent words, she again died away, to
revive no more ! ~ - V
H8-klfelt over her for some minutes, in a state
of stuperfaction, which was succeeded by violent
transports of grief ; the extreme of which sub-
siding, he thus in broken voice addressed the
honest pair, who stood motionless with astonisli-
ment ; “« VVell may you wonder at the spectacle
before you ! In me you—behold the most wretch-
ed of parents--and in her my only child, estroy-
ed by my barbarity. My life has been general
scene of misfortunes ; but this childhas been a
comfort in the midst of affliction. About five’
years ago, she contracted" an" intimacy with a
young man, of whom I had received a most de-
praved, I since learned a most unjust character,
and in contradiction to mine and her mother’s
express ‘commands, was privately married to
him. When she came to ask my blessing, in a
paroxism of grief, rage, and disappointment, I
shut my door in herface, and have neversince
heard of her, till this moment." Here he was
interrupted by a flood of tears. He.continued.;
“ where she went to God only knows. Her moth’-
er broke her heart within a year after—-and I
have ever since wandered about, a striking ex-
ample of "parental brutality—-reserved by Provi-
dence to witness the dreadful effect of my in-
justice, and pay the last sorrowful tribute to the
victim.” His voice was here lost in sobs.
The good «couple sympathized with him-—
while their moistened cheeks evinced the sincer-
ity of their hearts. -The miserable sire pressed
the child to his bosom—-‘ Heaven, my. little in-
nocent, saidhe, has deprived thee of thy moth-
er, . I will endeavor to supply thee; and by my
attention to thee, expiate my cruelty to her.’ 3
The husband then beckoned his wife, and rais-5,
ing the corpse in his arms, they retired from the
grave, with a melancholy pace. The rep‘e'ntant
mourner followed, weeping over his grandson—
now and then interrupting the awful silence, em-
phatically exclaiming-"i-I“ Vanity! vanity !' all‘ is
vanity l'.’ _ ~ ' ‘ , _A j_ - '
-- - - ——'ue.a--—---_
, .--FRAGMENT. L g _._
¢ A)‘, madam !_’ -l whispered "Sally to her tnbth-'
er, ‘ did men but know how much theyjsunk in
the es_teém.of a virtuous‘ woman, by an immod-
est allusion, how carfully would they guard their
‘ Perhaps my‘ dear "girl, returned she, the fault
in some measure rests with ourselves. You are",
ignorant of the world‘ and know not that there"
would be shocked any reflection on their chas-
tity, will yet indulge their debauched imagiiia-_
fixed in soci“ety,‘ haye found true modesty’ as
rare in one sex‘ as“th'é other.’
The hahdi of the g'enero'u"s than’ is like the
‘clouds of h’eave'n-,‘whi'ch* drop‘ upon the earth
"frui'ts‘,* herbage andfloivers‘; but the heart of the
"ungrateful is like a desert of sand, which swal-
lowe‘th with greediness the showers thatfall and
serenity for some time; when anobject lying .
.=tacks.
‘she will be stilfrising "uponthe immortal winj
Moraliiszt. . I
o ‘ Tlzou MUS?’ die. ‘ qr
When we bring to mind -this‘ awful, senteiic
- no
x:
‘which has been passed upon every creature ,i
habiting this ball of earth, how insignificant, a:
pear those low pursuits which ‘agitate the toilir
race of man. He who has be‘ ii, for a ‘series-.
years, building airy castles, an preparing fbr ft
ture enjoyment-—who has bee filling his liar:
with plenty and his stores with bundance; ho-
is he astonished, when to him i sent this atvfz
summons‘! His proud projects. nisli into empti
ness, and more worthless than c all‘ appear “,0;
‘ vast designs of grandeur wliich had called forty
all the energy of his mind.-}-N
tian, who .l. ,
‘ Has madet./ie statufcs Qf t/is Lord,
His study and delight} _ p ‘j _ .
To him death comes not unlocked for ;_hé know}
it is the lot of our frail nature, and he rejoicési
it as the road to blessedness. ' Sustained‘ b
the hope of glory, he sinks not under the rend
ings of pain--the agonies of disease are consid
ered as the price of his passport ‘to a happié
state : and, resigned, he receives the cup of a
fliction. The death of the Christian is the revi
val of faith. Those who stand atjhis bed side—,
who behold him throw off the shackles of moi
,tality, his countenance beaming with heaven]
smiles, and his lips uttering praise-gmust surt
ly be convinced that he has followed no ‘ctiii
ningly devised fables,’——and’ even Skeptics inn:
be induced to wish, that their latter end mightli
like his. ' _ -. ' -
so the Chrii
. -1-' 2 - , -
anon Tim CATVSKILL itncoiinaft. ‘ ‘
“ Sjieak not evil one of anotlieif.’’ ) ,
That “ little member,”, the tongue, which thi
Apostle compares to a very small helm, that
turned: about it shipdriven of fierce -winds," ha
in truth wonderful power, and if "not tamed, pro
duces consequences as pérnicious, as the heln
does effects most salutary-. . - - sf .
We may be surethat every faculty and mem
her was given.us for a good end, and was design‘
ed to be productive of beneficial efliects, in proposi-
_tion to its ability to produce them. By this rule
will it finally be judged. Howthen will stand the
last great account with the tongue, the most ca
pable of effecting good, the most industionsanq
successful in accomplishing wickedness ? _ pl
If every idle word shall be brought into
ment, there ‘can be no doubt but that speakilfig
e-oil one of another, the source of i-nnumerabld
contentious and woes, -will meet with extraordi-
nary vengeance. . ' e ‘- I _
It is a lamentable. fact, that this evil is so com»
mon, it has in a great degree lost its odiousness
in the sight of men, and is accordingly practised
without remorse. From ‘persons of a_ certair.
description, nothing better can be expected ; but
where, as in most societies, we see the contagion;
eagtending from member to member, of Qlll'l§?'!§.=
‘—’!5.j§’l!"'--—!.‘5’~‘-l-".*’*‘ b-.'-5.-‘=""“°" ‘."‘.l.Y %l%FUll“.$* ~ ~~‘:‘i -
» ., anyexpressions, whit; at the t:me»ma)',hg-t_.,,,
been considered merelyas “idle words,” prop. )
in the end, to be fraught with dissention and bit.--.
terness. T his shews the importance of bi‘idlirigg:.;;
our tongues. This manifests the absolute neces-
sity of avoiding, in this respect,-even the aft/tear.
ance of evil. _ _ . , ' - I
~ Asour holy religion requiresthat we “« speak?
not evil one of another," so its spirit, ~_when:i::
reality it has taken possessionof the heart, infal-
libly leads to that duty, and maturesthe practice
to habit.
one of another; even of your .euemies,.if any
good can be said of them. . And .what._if they
will not excuse our cominitting thesame. . Re-
taliation indeed is excluded_ from that system
bless them that curse us.
I -Brief Scfz'/myre Reivzarkcra I
;- . , W .
On Perseverance. -, I
All the performances ,of ...human art, at
which we lookwith praise orwonder, are instan-
cos of the resistless force of persevt.-ra'nce; it is
by this that the quarrybecc-mes a pyramid, and
that distant countries are united by canals.’ If a
man was to tco_mpa're the efl'ect of a single stroke
with the pick axe, ‘or of one impression of 1
spade, with the gene_i:aJ, design and last result, he
would be overwh'elmed with the sense of_thei:
disproportion ; yet those .p'_etty operations, iiices
santly cdntinued, in"time9*surmount the greater.
difiiculties; and mountains are 1evélled,;and_o
ceaiisliounded, by the slender force-of humanly:
ingslg It iii, therefore, of the--utmost importance
:that tlioi§e__ who have,a'ny_int_ention of ,de_viatiz4
from the beaten roads of _lif_e‘, and acquiiging a re;
utation stiperior to names, hourly swept away‘ b
time among the rcfusetof fame, should add t
their reason, and theirxspirit, the power of -pet
—si_sting in their purposes ; acquire the art of say
ping what they caiifiot batter ; and the‘ habit t
. ._.>_ _-_. .. .w_':
vanquishing obstinate resistance by obstinate at
if. .
l_-—j-
Vii‘fu‘e-fvuiil survive the transient existence 1
.time- ;' when the laurels of ambitionsliall fad
and the wreaths of adulation shall‘ wither on
bi‘oW_s of the undeserving--when; the empty ho‘,
ors of a name shall-cease forevei',_aiirl .the vo‘~t
ries of vice and folly be pmingledgvith their dus‘
original—"—_her existence will still'b_e pe_rmamer:‘
of endless duration. Religion will teach th
thus ‘to consider thepi;e'seii't only as a stato_
probation, and thyself as a‘ ti-zivel_ler.. haste
forward to a_betti:r cotintry.' But know th
By the discipline of afilictioiis that we
fitted to enjoy tlzc /zeace t/tat’/lat/2' 72 ‘
Virtue is no enemy to pleasure,
glory: Her proper office is ‘to ‘re
sires, that we may enjoy every bless
oration, and lose them without disc
: Find" he
‘If?’ I I h 1.
. burieth them in the bosom Sc produceth nothing.
Then!’ iich are ‘generally the me
It leads us positively ;to speak. good;
have opened their mouths against us 2- Their sin.
which instructs us to love our enemies, and ;to‘
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