f : rmsnzwo , g .
7:~R'¢3r}g';gg"u(ly inscribed’ to the 4/lgrzcultural Society,
my sA;|1-USE‘ WqODWORTH'. V ,
Ah I4!‘-ii‘-'7'/.1": ‘0‘ld‘_Ockcn Burllfe't.
" I figpd wl_io_ so oftcn hassung Independence,
rarrfip‘ I
4
.2v'Jv'M’t
,-gfid ’wé.kene"d'lfis'lyre_to the praise of the brave, l
_ Now hails anew. spirit among ,their.descendants=
_. f . jmpartcd from heaven that blessing to save.
The delicate white fingered hands of our lasses,
Have opened the era their virtues adorn,
‘-By making alone from American grasses,
‘ A delicate Bonnet that rivals Leghorn.
A pretty ‘grass Bonnet--a dear. native Bonnet,
The Washington Bormef that rivals Lcghorn.
No foreign intriguers can now disaffcct us,
Since we’ can oppose them with courage and wit,
;0ur masculine valor hasmade them respect us,
Our feminine genius will make them submit.
No more shall we send them ourcaglesand dollars,
Our fair from our soil can their persons adorn
With necklaces, bracelets,an'd corscts,and collars,
I-Mind delicate honncts that rival Lcgliurn. if
A"p:etty grass Bonnet--a dear ncrioe Bonner,
T he I'Vaslzz'7zgt~an Bonnet that rivals Leghorni‘.
Then hail to the arts that secure irjdcpentlence,
U And draw our rcso.urces from Liber;y’s soil,
* TIQur National banner derives new rcsp cndence
‘ From feminine genius andmasculine toil. ‘-
—0ur valor shall teaclrall the world to respect it,
Tho’ some have affected that valorto scorn,
And Amazon damsels have armed to protect it,
With helmets’ or bonnetsthat rival Leghorn.
A pretty grass. Bonnet--a dear native .l3om'tet,_
The I’Va's/12‘ngt'0n'-.%‘ontle_t that rivals Leghorn.
Abllnnss T0 trnn ‘Mommy yr 1n:I.zo1vt’s
‘ ‘ EXH-IBITION. .
[The following lines-rare from the pen of a mas-
ter. . We never recollect to have met with any
thing in the same strain, which pleased us so
much.--Lz'ver]zoo1- Mt-rcury.]
And thou hast walk’d about (liowstrange aster} 3)
In 'l‘hebe”'s streets three thousand years ago,.
\_’Vhen the Me'mnomiun') was in all llS glory ;
And time had not begun to ovcrthrotv ’
Those temples, palaces. and piles stupendous,
Qlwhich the very ruins‘-are tremendous.
A Speak ! for thou’ long enough hast acted D_ummy=
'I_'h‘uu hast a tongue--conic--let us hear its tone:
T_h}pu’rt'stag ontliylcgsgabovegrouncl,mun1my~1
iKevisiti'zi%;; :lirupS'c§_l‘..0ftl1: 1110!-‘Ill
‘Not like jls or.di§=cmbod—ictl creatures, .
But with :uy.i- oils and flash, 8: limbs 8: features.
Tell. us-.~'-for doubtless thou canst recollect,
_ Towllom should we assign the Sphiux’s fame;
‘Was Cheops or Ccprcncs architect
Qf either Pyramid that bears his name?
Is Pompey’s Pillar really a misnomer ?
Had Thebes a hundred gates, as"s‘ung by Homer ?
Perhaps thou wcrt a Mason, and forbidden
By. oath to t~ell~t-he [ny‘$tci’l€s.'ul'- thy trade‘;
Thou say ‘what secret melody was hidden
In Memnon’s statue which at sunrise played?
Perhaps thou wort a Priest, if so, my struggles
Are vain, for prie:-.tcr=:f!. never owns its juggles.
Pcrchance that ‘very band, now pinioned flat,
I Has hob-a-no‘o’d with Pharaoh, glass to glass:
Or dropp’d a half-penny in Homer's hat :
"1' Or doff'd thine own to let Queen Dido pass:
Or held, by Solomon’s own invitatiolls
A torch at the great ’l‘emple’s dedication.
I need not ask thee if that hand when arm’d
Has any Roman soldier mttul’d and knuckled,
For thou were dead, and buried, and cmbalm’d,
Ere Romulus and Remus had been suckled:
An,iq,,;§y appears to have begun
Lung lifter thy primeval. race was run.
Thou couldst (lr:vclopt:,lfthal with wither’d tongue
Might tell us what those sight-less orbs have seen
now the world look’d when _it- was fresh 8:: young,
And the great deluge which had left it green :
Or was it then so old" that history's pages
Contain°d no record: of its early agesi
Still silent, uncommunicative ell?
_A'~.'l sworn to secrecy 3 then keep thy vows;
_',[’.u:.,pl'yll1::c tell us something ofthyself.
Reveal the secret ofthy prison-house ;
Since in the‘ world of spirits thou hast slumber’d
~W hat hast thou seen—-what strange advcntur-es
number'd,? .
Since first thy form wasin this box extended,
We have.ubovc ground,seen strange mutations; ‘
The Roman empire has begun and-‘ended,
New worlds have riseu—we have lost old nations»
And countless-kings have into dust been humbled:
\"l/hilt: not a fragment. of thy flesh. has. crumbled.
Didst thou not hear the pother o’er thy head
when the g|'eat;.fi__erslan conqueror Cambyscs
M-arch’d armies o’-bi‘ thy tomb. with thundering
O’erthrew Osiris, Orus, Apis, Isis, [tread,
And shook the Pyramids with fear and wonder,
tjvhen the gigantic Mcmnon tell asunder?
If the tomb’,-. secrets may not be codfessed,
The nature of thy private life unfold :
A heart has throbb’d beneath that leathcrn breast,
And tears adown that dusty cheek have roll’d :
Have‘ children clim’d those knees, and kiss’d that
face ?
‘What was thy name and station, age and race 3
2,:;§~,
Statue of flcsh—-Immortal of the dead l -
Ivmperishable type of evanescence 1
Posthumous man, who quit’s_t thy‘ narrow bed,
A_n(l‘slaIl(lcSt undccaycd-within our presence,
T1,Q,,.wilt hear nothing till the judgment morning
yV1,e,,' the great trump shall thrillthec with its
warning.
'Why should. this worthless t'cg_umcnt‘endure_,
1l‘its~undying. guest belost i0l'§V§P.? _, f V.
0 lefus keep the soul‘e'mba’ll=n’,tl an‘cl“purc' "
In ljvi4r1g‘vlt‘[lzlC,' that when both must sever,
_ flgrougli corruptionmay our frame consume,
‘hf’ immortal, spirit iuithe skies may bloom.
, ——oo-— .
Dix. WAjr'r5.--It was so natural for Dr.Watts_.‘
when a child, to speak in rhyme,'that even at the
very time llewislicd to avoidit, he could not.-—
. His father was displeascd_\yitl1 t-his propensity,
an_d'tlu'eatened to whip him if he did not leave
-— ofi‘ making verses. . Oneday,,when he was about
to put hi,§,,t_hreat "into execution, the cliild burst
gm into';1f'é'hrs, and 611 his kness said, '
‘ Praygfifathcr, do some pity take: j
‘ Andil will no" more versjss makb.‘
LI”. I V] ‘
. .V ‘fl?.:0M'If__I?il3_ifi-~,:Y'.S1!E¢TA'fi0B\,f
“ -Mqtigrdte" _rwz‘sIz_es ‘tire trzteybourcgqfflofz/1i2i,ess.
I ' There would be a far greater proportion of hap-
‘piness‘.in this world, if mankind, instea_d-ol'.c'on-
-tinually grasping, for more than they can obtain,
'would, 'set reasonable bounds to their desires.
‘T here must necessarily be. misfortune and dis-
tress in the world’; but thé comforts and pleas-'
ures of life, can always be made gentle to coun-
terbalance those calamities, and their attendant
‘evils. Contentment renders a mess of pottsgc
more savory to the"palate of the cottager, than
the richest viands are to those who are rolling in
gwcalth; but lvlxose insatiable thirst for gain will
not allow‘ them to think they have enough. Our
countrymen are continually murmuring. Turn
which way you will, we are sure to have our ears
saluted with the cry of Hard Times. And many
paragraphs in our country news-papers, _.particu-
larly those from the western States, are’ of._such
a despomling and gloomy nature, that if they
should chance to find their ‘way to Europe, they
would believe us to belittle ifany better off, than
the peasamy ofthe Emerald Isle, or the halfstar-
ved manufacturers of Manchester. Ajnd_.what_,
cause have we thus to murmur and complain I
It is our happy lot to live under an excellent gov-
ernment, administered by men ofour own choice.
We have a fruitful country, with .a varied, yet
healthful clime, that enable-s_ us to produce an a-
bundance of the necessalics, and m ny ol the
luxuries oflifc. True, our country’ a§’surm~eu—»
for two or thr'ce_)’e'£irs past, from a change in the
commercial-world, and in conseguence ofour own
extravagance.” But‘ have we uorenough to eat,
to drink, and to wear? Our fields wave with the
golden corn,.out' meadows with luxuriant bur-
dens, and our orchards yield a rich variety ofde'-
licious fruits. And if for want of a market for
our surplus produce,» we are not able as» formerly,
to amass fortunes in a day, we have still abundant
cause for gratitude to that Almighty Being who
causes so ‘many blessings to ‘ cluster around our.
dwellings.’ \Ve have only to curtail our cxpcn-‘
ses, to affix reasonable bounds to our desires, to
be industrious, ecomomical andcontcnted-to be
happy. _ Nor riches, nor fame, nor what the world
calls pleasure, will give us happiness ; and if we
search the world around, we shall find at last,
that moderate wia/lcs are the source of what genu-
ration after generation have laboured in vain to
find. The following story is a beautiful illustra-
tion ofwhat-we have here advanced :—-The youth-
lul shepherd, Menalcus, being in search ofa stray
lamb from his flock, discovered in the recesses
of the forest, a hunter stretched at the foot of a.
true, exhausted with fatigue and with hunger.
Alasl sllcpherd, he exclaimed, I came here yes-
terday in pursuit of game; and I have been una-
ble to retrace the path by which I entered this
frightful solitude, or discover a single vcstige of
a human footstep. _Infainted with hunger-—givc
me relief, or I die l—-j-Mcnalcus, supporting the
stranger in his arms, fed him with b_read from
his scrip, and afterwards conducted him through
the intricate mazes of the forest in safety. Me-
nalcus being about to take leave of the Hunter
Eschinus, was detained by him. Thou hast pre-
served my life, shepherd, heqsaid, I will make
thine happy. Follow me to the city. Thou shalt
no longer dwell in a miserable cottage, but inhab-
it a superb palace, surrounded with lofty columns
of marble. Thou shalt drink high-flavored wines
out of golden goblets, and eat the most costly vi-
ands from plates of silver. Mcnalcus replied,
why should I go to the city? My little cottage
shclters me from the rain and wind. It is not
surrounded by marble columns, but with delicious
fruit trees, from which I gather my repast; and
nothing can be more pure than the Water which I
draw in my earthen pitcher from the stream that
runs by my door. Then on holidays I’ galllct‘ ro-
ses and lilies to ornament mylittle table; and those
roses and lilies are more beautiful, and smtll swee-
ter, than vases of gold and silver.
‘ Eschinus.-Come with me, Shepherd, I will
‘lead thee through sumptuous gardens, embellish-
cd with fountains and statues: thou shalt behold
women, whose dazzling beauties the rays of the
Sun have never tarnished, habitodviu silks of the
richest hues, and sparkling withjcwcls; and thou
shalt hear concertslofmusicians, whose trasncen-
dant skill will at once astonish and enchant thcc.
‘ lllellalfue.--Our sun-burnt sl:é[)lierd‘é'slses are
very h-autlsome. How beautiful they lookjin ho-.
lidays, whZ:n they puton garlards of frc~sh'flowcrs
and we dance under the shade ofour trees, or re-
tire to the woods to listen to the song ofthc birds 3
Can your musicians sing more mcloliously than
our nightengale, blackbird, or linuct‘? No, Iwill
not go to the city. ,
‘ Eschirzus.-—'_I‘ake'tl1cn this gold, and with it
supply all thy want-s. '
v * .Menalcus.._Gold is useless tome. My fruit-
'trees,. my little garden, and the milk of my goats,
supply all my wants. -
* .Esc/zinus.-How shall I recompense thy kind-
ness, happy shepherd? W'hat wilt thou accept
from me 2 V
‘ 1l{enall:us.—-Give meonly the horn that hangs
in thy belt. Horn is not easily broken, therefore
will be more useful to me than my cat‘-then pitch‘-
er. The hunter,_ with a smile, took tltehorn
from his belt, and presented it to the shepherd,
who hastened back to his cottage, th'e abode of
contentment and .happiuess.*~- Gasman.’
ORIGIN on THE oiuzv 1smiu~:’s ammo '1‘:-IE mar-«
' _ . TBR uonsc. ‘
I had lately the pleasure of passing; a vcryla-
greeable evening in a mixed comp-airy with both
sexes, where the conversation liappcncd to turn
upon the propriety of that power which nien us.
ually arrogate to themselfgps of ruling over their
wives with despotic sway‘; a young lady of wit
and humour, rd-plied, ‘it might -possibly be so
sometimes ; but much oftener thogrcy mare is the
barter horse .” and very obligingly entertained the
company with the following account of %e rise of
that proverbial saying, which is made us 'l()I‘Wl1Cn
a woman governs her husband. ‘ ".12?"
._A youpg gentleman ofa certain countyin Eng-
land having married a young lady of considerable
fortune, and with many other charms, yet finding
in a short time, that she was of a high domineer-
ing spirit, and always contending’ to be mistress
of him and his family, helwas resolved to part
with her. Accor-dingly, he went to herffather
and told him he found his daughter of such tem-
4
~ l would take her-home’ag‘3ain he xv
-per, antlh\vas's0, heartily tired of her, that if he
-‘-x.
~
ry penny of her fortune. _
The old gentleman having irrquired into the
causejof his complaint, asked him ‘ why he‘ should
all, and consequently no more than he ought to
have expected when he entered into the marriage
state I’ The young gentleman desired to _be ex-
cused, .if he said he was so far from giving his
assent to this assertion, that he thought himself
more unhappy than any other man, as -his wife
had a spirit no way to be quelled, and as most
certainly no man who has a sense of wright and
wrong could ever submit to be governed by his
wife. ‘ Son,’ said the old man, ‘y. ts at but lit-
tle acquainted with the world it‘ )1.-u do not know
that all women governed their ‘husbands though
not all indeed by the same method. However, to
put; an end to all disputes between us, I will put
what I have said on this to proof, if you are wil-
hm; to try it.-—l'have five horses in my stable :
you shall harness those to a cart in which I shall
puts basket containing one hundred eggs; "and
If lupassing through the country, alld making a
Sm!‘-l enquiry into the truth or falsehood of my
assertion, and leaving a horse at the house ofcv-
esy man who is master of his familyhimsell, and
an egg ‘only where his-wife governs, you will find
y<3u_I' eggs gone before your ‘horses, I hope you
‘Will think your case not uncommon, but ‘will be
content to go homeandilook upon your own wife
as no worse than ht:r»nc:ighbors.‘ If on theother
hand your horses are ‘goat: lirst, I will take my
daughter home again, and you shall keep her
fortune." .
This propcsaliwas too‘ advantageous to be rc-
jectctl. Our youngcniarried man therefore, sat
out with great eagerness to get rid as he thought
of his horses and his wife. 4 7 V
At the first house he came to, he heard a wo-
man with a surly and angry voice call her hus
band to go to the door. .Hcre he left an egg, you
may be sure without making any inquiry ; at the
next he met with rxomcthing oftlle same kind ;’
and at every house in short, until his cggs were
almost gone, when he arrived at the scat of a
gentleman of family and figure in the country ;
he knockedat the door, and inquiring 5 -2' the
master of the house, was told by a sexvatutlmt
his master was not yet stirring, but if be pleased
to_ walk in his lady was in the parlour. The lady
with great complaisance desired him to seat him-
self, and said if his business was very urgent,
she would awake her liusband and let him know
tr. ‘ VVhy really, madam,’ said he, "my business
is only to ask a qtscstiorfwllicli you can resolve
aswell as your husband,_if you will be ingouuous
Wllll me; you will doubtless think it odd, and it
may be deemed impolite forany one, much more
3 Stranger, to ask, such a question, but a very
Considerable wager depends upon it, and it may
be some advantage to you to declare the truth to
me. I hope these CnIlsl(lt:l‘aI.lOIlS will plead my
excuse. It is madam to desire to be iufot‘med,
whether you govern your husband or he r_ules_
you ?’_—‘ Indeed, sir,’ replied the lady, ‘ your
question is somewhat odd, but as I think no this
ought to be ashamed of doing théir duty, I shall’
‘make no scr\uplc to say, that I ‘have. been always
proud to obey my husbzznd in all things; but if a
woman’s own word is to be suspected in such
case, let him answer, for here he comes.’
The gentleman at that moment entering the_
room, and aftergsomc apologies, being made ac-
quainted with the business, confirme,d,m/c:'y wold
his obedient wife had reported in lIél¥l“;0\'l'fl favor ;
upon which he was invited to e_hoos~ which horse
in the team he liked best and to accept it as a
present. A black gelding struck the fancy ofthe
gentleman m0st,';bttt the lady desired he woutld
choose tllezgrey mare, wliich she thought would
be ‘very fit fox'.llct'. side saddlc: Her husband gave
substantial reasons why the black hors_c_ would be
the most useful to them; but msdzirn still per-
sisted in her claim to the grey mare. ‘ What,’
said she, ‘ will you not take her tht-.n,. but I say
you shall ; for [am sure the grey more is the bet-
ter /:01‘,9c'.’ ‘ V\'ell. my dear,’ l't‘[)llC(l the husband,
' if it must be so.’—‘ You take an egg,’ replied
the gentleman carter, ‘ and I must take all my
horses back again, and endeavor to live happy
with my wife.’
‘ -—--1-2::-$-:::—¢I-—-—
FROM THE conconn PATRIOT.
Rwolutionary Incident.--'I‘wo young men,
brothers, belonging to a rifle corps, were unfor-
tunately made prisoners of war, and sent togeth-
er on board lllc: .IcI'scy-prison ship, anchored in
asolitai'y"fiq9k, called the VVallabout, near New-
‘York, wherti?‘t§t_ low water, her rotten remains are
still to be seedy __nd made to ,be not only the dun-
geon, but the \&:3ul_ll of many brave . men, the
flowers of the tvbljld. Tl)é Jerscypxison ship
was a very large and roomy vessel ; she bud once
carried seventy-four guns, but was now stripped
of every thing warlike and I‘€(IU( ed toa naked
hulk. All her ports were close shut and secur-
ed, which elfcctually prevented any current of
trash air between docks, where the prisoners
were all shut down from sun-set. to sun-rise, and,
during these melancholy hours, all accessto, or
intercourse with the upper deck, was p:'ohi_l)itcd.
She had a guard on board, which were forbidden
onpain of severe punishment, to relieve the least
wants of any ‘distressed American prisoners ’
The elder brother took the fatal fever, that then
prevailed on board, and in a few days became de-
lirious. _0nc night, (his and fast approaching.)
he became calm and sensible, and lamenting his
hard fate, and the absence of his beloved mother,
begged for a little cold water. His brother, with
tears, entrcaicd t-he guard to give him some. but
in vain. 'I’.he sick youth -was soon in his last
struggles of death. ’l‘he other, in this awful dis-
tress, offcred the guard a guinea for an inch of
candle, only that he might see him tllc,‘and even
this was refused. The la’nlgu'ageg_of the survivor
expresses the irresistibleéiiscntimerits of nature
and humanity. *vNow,’;;says he I
‘God ‘I ‘ever regain my-.1ilii=7f¥5. ..
ter enemy.’ This awful "op t‘.:4‘it _
fuot in vaiu.. He rcgaincd'lfis*-flibcrty; he rejoin-
‘cd the American army , and, ,when war was cud.-
ed, he returned home in Wllh elglll
large, and one hundred and fiventy‘ seven Small
-"notches on the ‘stock of his rill‘?-.'.l A tremendous,
but just revenge. A bityeri pill for those whose
feelings are British, but glorious’ for those sons
tears,‘ after the lirst"burstsj of gri
. ,4
is
ould-retumleve.-§_ _.
‘I? “ “ _'is the hulwatkofour'religlon,?__‘_.
be more disquieted at it than any other marriedi
man, since it was the common case with them
M __'yiug up lnisir
e_f,b‘ifit;' pleas? ‘I
. " «-.
of lise..,,.,,iszie.§$f*ivl.os.*.,,.,yarss{;;iinsgtana-r
The . h uman , bones Xan.‘§§cul_ls of? ouli, sravt{,.bm- fy
thcrs, the twetit-y‘-t'w'o'lhundtctl'Ainé_ric‘an ri ii’-5
ers, who fell victims_,f,t'o British barbal-jit_I‘y, I
heard the Jersey-priso_n' ship, -yet';,bleachjng'—;‘7§I,ii
the shores of Long-Island, and daily e;:po_s¢d,-,_ls‘_y" _
the falling down of the high bank on which; th_e=- _
prisoners were buried, is a shocking.3igb_:, .;_’;,,',;¢]_- 2-:1‘
manifestly demonstrates that the 'Jet'sey-p;-1go},‘:. —
ship had been as destructive as a field of 1,-,{“‘,;.” I _[f
tle. ‘,' F A .-
‘V’ _ _ '<0}- . y. _,g, _,j
, The following anecdote, from the pen °f_M‘},5—3.y ,
Wright, illustrative of the Nation, and ,,,,‘,,',,g;‘'' . 4
its brightest ornamcnts, are gratifying_g°;..._},i;é1f "
pride ol our hearts as Americans. She .th\”1s.Itle-t " T‘
..scrrbes the circumstances of the mutiny in the 5
Pennsylvania line, in the 7th y'eatr‘:'g‘rl‘ me pgyoip; '
tionary war: , I ‘ _ '
‘ Faimingunder the united hardships of tnilira.
ry duty, and deficicnlgof food and clothing-,3th¢y _
A withdrew from the body of the army, dem’a'nding if
that which their oliicet‘s,had not 19> gitg, u,,‘,.,,,,..
,.medIj-ue supply of all their necessaries. To awe
‘then’: Into obcd1e_ncc, Gen. Wayne presented" his; ,
pistols ; they pointed their bayoncts at his bteast-.
‘ We love and respect you, but if you fire, you
are :7: dead man. I VVc are not going to the end-
WY - D’Ut fife determmed on obtaining our-’ just
rights. I hey wnhdn.-w in good order.with’thcil'
arms and field pieces to a‘neighboridg town, com.
mitted no devastations, butpcrsisted in their dc;
mands. Congress dcspatched some of its mem-
bers to the mutinee:'s,but before they arrived,
cmtssartcs from the enemy appeared.,amo‘ng,_,
them. Unconditional terms were dfikred '; gold,
pt-cferment, and the immediafe ‘covcr. :’and
assistapce of aybody of royal troops,.ra],',,,,d’,.-
on their march towards them Their reply was
the Instant seizure 'of’their evil tcmpters, whom —
they sent Immediately under a guard of theirown '
body to thy: same general who had poiutedois‘ pig.-
l°l5 ‘° lhel" l1V.eS- At the appearance of the Con-
gress commissioners, their gt~ievances-flier-e 3,5,. . «
“id-‘ alld "°d"°55Cd3 but when ‘President.-Reed
offered them a hundred:-guincas from his -own
l’”‘_"“le l»"3'T5‘=. as‘ a reward for their, fidclity- in
having surrendered the spies, the sturdy patriots
rcfuscd them. ‘ VVe have done a duty we. owed
to ourcountry, and neither desire: nor will receive
any reward. but the ‘approbation of that country
for which we have so often bled.’- A country
l-Mlplefl bl’ Such men, mighth: ove'rrun,»but not
subdued.’ ‘
——-—:-‘-.‘€--§-'-—-
ccnmmrv or .DEA'I"t1-From Maseillon.
.Th3 5Ul‘P"i=‘e which you have to fear isnot fiie
ofthose rare, singular events, which’ happen to
but a few unhappy persons, and which it isfnore
l"'“d°m l° _di9'C8a.i'd than to provide for. It is I
not that an instantaneous sudden death may seize
you-that the thunder of heaven may fall upon
YOU: lbs“,-YOU may be buried under tl1e’~-ruins of‘
Y°"l‘_ h°U$6=s that a shipwreck may overwhelm
Y0“ "),:ll“‘ d‘°P; nor do I speak o'f.tlies€i mis-
fortunes whose singularity renders them more
terrible, but at the same time. lessto .beol’pprep
..|_1"cnd;-d. It is a familiar event; tllereiisiinbtfa‘
day but furnishes you with examples —of’it”;‘al-
mostall men are surprised by ‘death ;allsee'it ap- .
Pl'°aCh, Whegp they think it most distant: all say .
to themselves like the fool in the gospel: ‘ Soul, '
lake lllllle 9356, thou hast much goods laid up for
man)’ Y_€3|'S-’ Thus have dicd your neighb0.l_l.l's,
Y 2“? lm‘-DCl§s almbst all those ofwhosedeath you
_lliW€ been Informed; all,-have left you in aston-
ishment at the suddcnness oftheir departure. You
have sought reasousgfor it, in ‘theimpt'udence..-o.f.,
llfe P¢1‘_S0I1 while‘-sick, in the ignorance of physi-
ClaD§. In the choice of remedies; but the best.
and, indeed the only reason is,.-.tha't the clay of the
Lord always cometh by surprise. . t
'1 he earth is like a large field of battle where ,
Y0" 3"’ "Fly day engaged with the enemy; you
“am h3l’l’llY escaped to day, but you have scion
man)’ l05,e their lives who promised tlremsclvcs
l° °9°“P9_ 35 You have done. To-morrow you
mllstfllsaxn emerthe lists : who has assurcdxyou .
Ilia! lortune so fatal to others, will always be fas '
"°”‘l’l° l° YOU‘ alone? And since you must perish
Illa‘? at lash are you reasonable in building a firm , ‘
and Pfirxnanent habitation upon the very spat
which is destined to be your grave? Place your—'
selfin whatever situation you please, there isuot
a moment of time in which death maynotcome,
as it has to others in similar sitgpatioxis. There
is no action of renown which may not be termina-
ted by the eternal darkness oftliegrave 5 Hum;
was cut oil‘ in the midst of the foolish applauses
of his people : No public day which may not lin-
ish your funeral pomp ; Jezebel was thrown head-
long from the window of her palace, the very day
she had chosen toshow hersclf with unusual os-
tentation : No delicious feast that may not bring
death to you ; Belshazzar lost his'~life when scat-
ed at a sumptuous banqii§'t~‘g;:, No sleep which may
not be to-you the sleep‘-litffideatli; Holofernes, a
conqueror of kingdoms,’lost his life by an Israel-
illsh woman, when asledp‘ in his tent :« No“c_rime—
which may not finish your crimes; Zimri fouml
an infamous death in the tents of the dacghtcrs
of Midian : No sickness which may not tet'inin-
ate your days; y',oirl'§yery' often see the sliglrggst .
inlirmities resist. a l applications of the he.-sling
art, deceive the expectations of the sick, and sjud- A
denly turn to death. In a word, imagine your~"_’
selfin any circumstances oflife, wher'ciq-yott may
evcr be placed, and you will hardly be able" to reck-
on the number of those who have been surprised
by death when in like circumstances ;«“ and you.
have no warrant that you shall not meet the some
fatc.—-You acknowledge this; you own it to be:
true‘; but this avow.-ll, so terrible in itself, is..only
an acknowledgment which custom demands of
you, but which, never leads‘ you to a single
precaution toguard against the danger.
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T/re Plziloso/2/rcr outdone.—-A learned philoso--
" ,bei_ug very busy in his study, a litjtle girl .
_fe"to' ask him for some fire. illut,’ ‘says the-
,odtor, ‘ you have nothing to take it in ;’ andiafs.
he was going to. fetch something for that purp'os“e,“
the little, girl stooped down at the 5!‘:-place, and’
taking some cold ashes in one hand, ‘she put..llve..
embers on them with the other. The as_tooished:"’
doctor threw down’ hisbooks, saying, “With a!l,_l
my learning. I should never have found out that .-
experiment.' ' “ ‘-
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