, -t.,,__‘,
f--:~#_,- .;-. -.,
II \
- mending and jobbing will be done at short notice
_.and on cheap terms. ~They enrgave Spoons
Rings, Coffin Plates, Notary and other Seal i
” Norwalk, February 4, 1840.
' YHOUSE AND ‘LOT FOR SALE.
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November 20. 1839. 1
F UR NI T UR E.
Tue Qbseribor. grate-
ful for past favors. would
solicit a continuance of the
same. He is now matin-
factiiring Furniture of all
kinds, and will keep on
hand, a good assortment
- . — -. . not to be excelled by any
uuntry bstablishtiient. Any ltitld ofFUfI‘1llUre
not on hand, will be tiiade at the shortest notice.
.t-‘(good assortment of CHAlRS will be re-
ceived between this and the 1st of April, and
willbe sold cheap for cAsn. Don’t forget the
place, a few doors east of the B ridge.‘
N. B. All accounts due the subscriber to the
present date, tntist besettlcd witiiout delay. when
such as wish to, may have an opportunity to
begin a new score.
Also, for sale, a Horse Power. suitable for
carrying a lathe or saws, or both. It will be
sold cheap. \VM. A. B.-1RLO\\'.
Norwalk, Feb. 2U.h. 1840. lf15
THE subscriber has purchased
_ all the interest of Munsou Hoyt in
the Marketitig business. and will
C()tlln)CllCe ruiiuiiigtlie Sloop CIT-
JZEN, from I-loyt’s Landing to James Slip, N.
York, on Tuesdays, lllllll further notice, and
will take all froiglit stulfon reas<;iia’il_e terms.
Every exertion will be made to secure a portion
of public patronage.
1i‘rfcrencc-s——CnAitLi;s lsAAcs and Join: S.
S.~\.ii.\iis. ~ DAvii) S. KNIGIIT.
Norwalk, March 9, 18-10. 17'
MOR.L'. NEW’ GOODS.
" - THE subscriber is this
day opening a ticw supply
of Goods, among which
are Patent Lever, Hori-
zontal and plein\Vatches.
Looking Glasses 20 per
cent less than we have
. ever known them to be
sold in Norwallt : Clocks for $1. and upwards;
;
For the Norwal/c Gazette.
ON THE DEATH OF THE HON.
THADDEUS BETTS.
Why comes this sad, this melancholy feeling.
So likcia blight upon me? drinking up
My spirits like a draught'!—or, as the sun
Steals the last dew-drop from the moisien’d
flower, ‘
So steals the freshness of my heart away.
\Vhy chills the warm blood curling through
my veins,
As winter chills the little fountain rill?
\7Vliy drops the pall of'sorrow o'er my soul,
Shrouding itsjoys, just as the thunder cloud
\Vraps up the world beneath its darken’d folds?
What means that band ofmourners,bow’d down,
And train, that passes silently along?
The men ofthree-score years are there—for I
Can see their silver looks upon their brow—
Aiid youth are there—-yet all are sorrowful.
Ali, BE'1".l‘S is dead l no ordinary man.
A husband. ft.-.ther, friend is now no more!
Slowly and solemnly, and sad they come,
Bearing the rclicsofthe lov,d one home.
He might not see his home—tho’ he had loiig'd
To greet his friends and kindred there once
[HOTE-
Wc might not see him there, though we had
tlioiigiit
To meet him, as in fortncr days again,
And throw the smile back iti his manly face.
The home was ready, and no single guest
Could crown the place \\ ith grcaterjoy than be.
Oh in itnaginatioti I behold I
The little circle guther’d round him there.
Bidding him welcome o’er and o’er again,
Count.ng the hours as days, and days as months
That kept hitii absent from the place so long.
But he is gone—and now the sparkling eye
.Melts into tears, as iftlie soul hadjust
Found out that it can weep. Ah, hitters tears.’
\Vhen falling o’er the grave ofsiich a man.
Talk ye of strength, or tnaiiliness of frame?
His was a figtire, firm, erect, and tall,
That seemed a relic ofa nolilcr race-
Talk ye ofinind? A mighty mind was his,
A master spirit, swaying olier minds,
Just as the proud gale sways the mighty oak.
But he is gone!
The mighty and the great
May still convene, and sit in council still,
And listening thousands hang on other tongues.
A iid other voices make the Senate ring,
.Bll[‘BET"E‘S will not be heard. A. H.
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. Norwalk, April 1-1, 1840.
CLOCK IVATCH REPAIRING.
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A CONVENIENT two story house
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Application may be made to JONATHAN
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Greenwich street, New York. '
NATHAN CAMP.
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THAT well known Manufactur-
ing Establishment, located about?)
miles east of the village of Ridge-
""-=" field, known for many years as
“Bait/c's Factory.” Its situation being on a
fine stream of water, near the Sugar Hollow
Turnpike, is inferior to none in the county. It
is believed that the public are so well acquainted
with the establ.isbment and its peculiar adapta-
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For terms which will be moderate, inquire of
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\V1L1.tAM HAwLi-:v.
Ridgefield, 12th Feb. l840. tfl4
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., THE House, Barn and Land sit-
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LI _ Also, the Store now occupied by.
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ualit raisins forsale by
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Norwalls, March 3d,18_40. If 15
THE BEREAVED.
I’m sitting by the hearth, dearest,
Where then and I have known,
Of all earthly joys the purest,
That o'er on mortals shone.
Herc, free from fortune’s fickles arts,
The world was laid aside,
\Ve lived within each other’s hearts,
Content there to abide.
And in the pensive hour of night,
Tliou’st listened to the word,
VVliich tells of pleasures pure and bright,
The promise of our Lord.
Or by my side when seated, thou
Hast heard thy husband's voicc,.
Repeat again the loverls vow,
And claim thee as his choice.
Oh! then the pearly tear would start,
Unchcck'tl and unreproved,
’l_.‘ii_e tear fresh gushin,r_r from the heart,
In confidence and love! '
But notv, alas! I'm here alone,
That hearth is desolate,
Vlhcre thou and l in sweet coumtunc,
Forgot the will of Fate.
_ We never dreamed that death would e‘er
Between us cast his dart—-
As hand in hand wejourney’d here,
\-Ve never thought to part!
But deemed that when our work was done,
Still hand in hand we’d go,
And journey on beyond the tomb,
As erst, when here below.
But thou hast gone before, atid left
Me here alone--to mourn,
Of every joy, save hope. bereft,
My heart with anguish torn.
Yet soon thy resting-place I’ll find,
Thy " mansion in the sky.”
\Vhere in eternal wedloekjoined.
\Ve'll part no more for aye! W.
SERLMON
AT THE FUNERAL 01-‘ HON. '1}{ADDEUS
Bi-:'r'rs, SENATOR or TILE U. s.
Preac/Led in Norwalk, April 12, 1840, by
Enwrx HALL, Pastor of the First COIL-
grega-tioria-l C/I/tl.7‘Cll Noirwal/r.
The voice said, Cry. Arid lzesaid, l'VftLIl s/tall
Icry ? Alljlesh is grass, and all the goodli-
ricss tliereofis as the flower ofthc field : The
grass tbz't/zereth. (lie flower fade!/1.; because the
Spirit oft/Le Lord bloweth upon it : surety the
people is grass. The grass wit/ieret/L,’ the
thejlowerfudeth; but the word of our God
shall stanzlfor ever.”-ISAIAH 40: 6-8.
“ TIIE voice said, Cry. And he said,
W’/Lat shall I cry '2” lVhat is the proclama-
tion th.tt heaven would make in the cars of
man? \Vhztt is that striking and affecting
truth, so important for man to know, and to
keep for ever in his reinembi‘ance'.l “All
flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof
is as the flower of the field. The grass
witheretli, the flower fadeth; because the
Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely
the people is grass.”
Ah, the vanity of man as mortal! He is
not likened to the odlr, that abideth from gen-
eration to generation ; but to the grass:
“Ifone sharp blast sweep o’er the plain,
It withers in an hour.”
" Man’s days are as grass :- as a flower ofthc
field so he perisheth. For the wind passeth
over it, and it is gone: and the place thereof
shall know it no more.” Ps. 103: 16, 16.,
Is there any t/ting that enduretl‘i’.l There
is: but not in man as mortal: not for man
in the things of this world. “The grass
withereth, the flower fadeth; but 25/ze to-ord
of our God SHALL STAND FOR I-‘.vEr..”
The words of this prophecy were origi-
nally spoken to declare how vain is all re-
sistance of manyto oppose the fulfilment of
the promises of God to his beloved Zion.
The frailty of man is congjasted with the
majesty, the omnipotence, and the eternity
of God.
The Apostle Peter, however, in repeating
these words, has used them in the sense
which they naturally convey, if taken apart
from the particular design of the prophecy,
and applied to the vanity of man as mortal,
contrasted with the substantial and ]>erma-
nent good to ’lL'-/I/lcll be is raised by (1. true" in-
terest in the religion of Jesus Christ.
“Being born again, not of corruptiblc
seed, but of iricorruptible, by the word of
God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For
all flesh is grass, and all -the glory of man as
the flower of the grass. The grass wither-
eth, and the flotvei‘thereof falleth away; but
the word ofthe Lord endureth for ever. And
L’/iis is the word, w/iieli. by the Gospel is
preac/’i.ed unto you.” I Pet. 1: 23.
To these two objects, thus contrasted, let
tis direct our grttention:
1. The vanity of man as mortal .-
2. The substant-ia.l and permanent good to
wliic/2. /be is raised by a true ‘interest in the
Gospel of Christ.
If our existence were to terminate with
this life, it would scarcely be a boon to live.
To what profit would it be, that we are
allowed a little knozoledge, if just when our
desire for more has become unquenchable,
and when we have just discovered bowin-
finitely -the world of knowledge opens before
us,—we are to sink for ever into oblivion
and darkness .7 .
Why is it that we live creatures of /zope,
only to have_those hopes at once‘_and for ever
blasted?
For the Norzcttllc Gazette. Iings, and formed to feel the strong ties that-
bind us to kindred and friends, only to be
made the more wretched as these ties are
cruelly and for ever sundered by the hand of
death ? _
Ifour mortal life were all, the brgtes that
perish have an ciiviablc lot. T/icy are not
made, by increasing “knotvledge,” to in-
crease “sorrow.” They know nothing of
the pangs of bereavement. It is not forthem
to weep for years over the. grave of one
whom they have loved, and to have the grief
prey upon the lieart-strings, as though time
could-.nevei‘ wear sorrow away. They are
troublc_d tvitli‘ no fears of dying-—they knotv
iiotliiiigE‘of the hopes and fears of a future
state.
‘Were dying to be the end of us, all these
wonderful faculties of thought and feeling.
which distinguish us from the brutes, would
give us but 8. pitiful and a painful pre-emi-
neticc. Our very existence would fill us
with disgust. The perfection of all philoso-
phy would be, to forbear to use our reason;
to forbear to think; to forbear to love; to
banish care; and to “ eat and drink, for to.
morrotv we die.” ‘Nhat noble eiiterprize
cotild we undertake? How could we ever
hear tip under the ills of life? For what
“cause” could it be that we should “Faint
not”? And by tubal means, when we
should feel our outward man perishing,
could our“ Inward man” be renewed day
by day? If such were the condition of our
eitiste-nee, we might well lift tip our com-
plaint to God, and cry in agony, “ V‘fliei'e-
fore liust thou made all men in vain '3” Ps.
89: 47.
If the very crvis/ence of man were vain,
how much more so all the fleeting goozl that
is but the adjunct of that existence’? " Is not
the more than meat, and the body than
i'aiment’.l” If the very soul were perisha-
ble and vain, how much more so the pomps
and vanities,--the honors, the worldly
wealth, and worldly greatness, that adorn the
"vain show” of life? .
But were these ever so valuable, and life
under such a condition evet‘ so rich a boon
while it endures, still all is vain in the fleet-
ing nuture,of its existence. “All flesh is
grass, and all the gootlliness thereof as tht:
flower of the field. The grass withereth
the flower fadcth.” Such is the story of
human life.
Add, now, Eternity to the period of man’s
mortal existence: it solves the mystery of
his being; it invests this fleeting period of
man’s mortal life with solémnity and grand-
eur, if we regard him as spending it in a
wise pro-brttion for the life to come:-.~..but to
the “ men of this world, whose portion is in
this life,” it throws over what was merely
vain, the pull of eternal death. EMPTY and
FL}-1E'l‘I1\’Gl These words were written on
all that ministered to their enjoyment, their
greatness, or their pride. Go where they
would; pleasant and mirthfiil as their hours
might pass, these words still rung in their
cars: E_i11>'rY, and FLEETING, and INSE-
CURE! These words sunk into their hearts,
and marred the relish of pleasures that, at the
best, could never half fill up the craving‘ dc-
sires of the soul. Btit now there come the
additional words, DEATH and the Juno.iii3.\*'r
and strike upon their hearts. DEATH and
the Junr;.itE.\"i',—N1-IAR, and C'ER'J.‘AI.\', and
irAs'ri-:NiNG ex: and what! even now, per-
haps, standing at the doorl And where now
is the promised goodness of a life merely
mortal ‘.3
“ The voice said, Cry. And he said,
What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass,-arid
the goodliness thereof is asthe flower of the
field. The grass witliereth: because the
Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely
the people is grass.”
Thus cries the “voice” in our cars this
day. The providence of God could have
struck down no man whose tall would have
startlerl this community more, or made us
feel more sensibly the vanity of earthly good
and earthly greatness. There lies all that
remains on earth of THADDEUS BE'r(rs.—
That erect and ma_nly form; that command-
ing intellcct; that power over the minds of
men; that weight in the Councils of the
State and Nation-—what are these to him
now? His honors—-his success in life——his
friends-—his family and lioine;——what are
these to him now’! in the midst of his
strength and usefulness he is cut dotvn.—
Suddenly, while his plans were unfinished,
and his prospects all opening bright before
him, his career is brouglit to a close.
Those who were intimate with him know
how reluctantly he left his home, when he
went to occupy the station to which the voice
of his fellow citizens had called him. He
had not greatly desired that station. He co-
veted not its honors. He shrunk from its
responsibilities and its temptations. His re-
luctance to depart increased as the time dretv
on. Little did he tliink,—-though he thought
ofthc uncertainty of lifc,——-that as he left his
doors, he was then passing from them for the
last time. Little did he think, as he looked
abroad over these fields and hills. which he
learned to love in his childhood; and passed
through these streets, which have known
him for fifty years, that he was beholding
them for the last time. .
By this day he was to have been at home,
with his family. His tnind had been filled
with thoughts of home. He had longed and
pined for home with an affection that few
men ever feel. Had the Lord spared him to
reached his home, it is more than probable
that he would never have left it again; but
that he would most heartily have resigned
his honors and his duties to other hands.
The last letter was written, and every day
was expected to_' bring his -arrival. His
home was in readiness to receive him; his
friends waiting to hear the sound of the ve-
hicle that was to‘ bring him to his door; and
everyday the inquiry went round, Is-_he
To’ what purpose are we made social be-
come .7
4 .........-out ._ __ .
Ah, the bitter disappointment! that was to
be followed by -still more bitter bereave-
ment! The community all shared in the
suspense and anxiety of his family. But God
had decreed a cup of affliction for them and
for us. Most thoroughly has the impression
been made, that inortal life is vanity. Most
thoroughly’ has the -providence of God ini-
pressed it on our tiiirids, that disappointment
and bereavement are the lot of mortal man.
“The voice said, Cry. Anti he said, VVhat
shall I cry? All flesh is grass: and all the
goolidncss thereof is as the flower of the field.
The gross withereth, the flower fadetli: be-
cause the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it.
Surely the people is grass.” .
Turn now to the good that is substantial.
“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth;
BUT Tm-: worn) or OUR Goo SHALL STAND
FOR Evian.”
That “ \'Vord of‘ God,” -—the blessed Gos-
pel when it is received into the heart, pre-
pa rcstlie soul for imrriortal life, washes away
the sins, and secures an in_het'itat:t:e in heaven.
T/re soul is prepared, Renewed by the
Holy Ghost, it takes God for its portion. It
receives the temper of a child of God; obe-
dient, submissive, confiding. It receives the
holy principles-of the Gospel within, and
they become a well of water springing up
unto eternal life. The Holy Spirit that re-
newed, works still in the soul to sanctify it,
and to make it “meet for the inheritance of
the saints in light”
T/ie sins are Izoas/ied‘azoa_1;.' The blood
of Jesus clcanscth from all sin The right-
eousness of God, which is by lltlill in Jesus
Christ,‘ is unto all, and upon all them that
believe; and there is no condertination to
them that are in Christ Jesus.
A title to (lie /zea.re/zl_7/ iii/ieritaizce is giv-
en. “ \Vhom he called, them be also justi-
fied; and whom he justified, them be also
glorified.”
This word of God, in these blessed fruits
liveth and endureth for ever. Every wrong
passion, and every tinlioly desire are, at
length, cleansed away from the soul. Im-
mortal life and perpetual holiness are se-
cured. The believer is received home to the
house of his Father. Death hath no more
dominion, over him—nor sin, nor want, nor
pain, nor sorrow. His spirit niingles with
the angels, and with the spirits of the just
made perfect. It stands before the throne of
God; andthere, in holy and exalted society;
in excellent and blissful employment ;--for
ever satisfied, yet for ever rising to higher
knowledge, to more perfect excellence, and
to augmented happiness, it spends its eternal
existence. Oh, blessed portion! How infi-
nitely exalted above every earthly inherit-
a_nce, and all earthly honors! And yet this
is the destiny ofthc feeblest and the most ob-
scure believer in Jesus Christi This is
that substantial and permanent good to
whicli we are raised by a true interest in the
Gospel. “The grass withereth, the flower
withcieth; but the word of our God sltall
stand for ever.”
We lay our hand upon this precioiis, this
consoling tvord of God. ‘Vs are called to
mourn for one who was a believer in the
Lord Jesus Christ; and the word of God
forbids us to sorrow as they that are without
hope.
it is now three years since his attention
was, in the mercy of God, effectually called
to the demands ofthc Gospel, andto the con-
cerns of his soul. He had, indeed, long felt
the power of divine truth. He had careful-
ly studied the word of God His judgment
had long been thoroughly convinced; and
his views thoroughly grounded in the great
doctrines ofgrace; and he knew-—-he felt-
thatcorrcct views alone wercnot enough for
salvation. It was my privilege to hear from
his own lips the anxiety of his mind on the
great question, What shall I do to be saved?
With great candor and simplicity, be de-
clared thc feelings of his soul. He brought
all the force of his distinguislitdintellect to
bear upon his per.-‘onal concerns with the
Gospel of Christ. He lent to this all the
awakened energies of his feeling heart—
Most freely he confessed himself a sinner
before Cod, and undone. Most thoroughly
he felt, that except, he should be “Born
again,” he could not be saved. He became
as a child. He gave himself up at the foot
of the cross. Gradually, with trembling,
and with careful application to his own case
ofthe marks ofthe “new creature in Christ
Jesus,” he indulged the hope of reco:icilia-
tion to God. He bore witness to the reality
of the new affections, the new principles, the
new hopes of the children of God. He knew
and fcelingly acknowledged in what points
he was most open to temptation; and he
dreaded the thotiglit of dishonoriiig the reli-
gion of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
It is now a little more than two years
since he stood,-—where notv lie his remains,
—-—and witnessed a good confession of his
faith in Jesus Christ; and before men and
angels, solemnly avouched the Lord Jeho-
vah as his God, the Lord Jesus Christ as his
Redeemer, the Holy Ghost as his sanctifier,
the word of God as his rule of life; and
joined himself by covenant to this Church
ofthe Lord Jesus Christ.
Men and brethren—it was deliberately
and solernnly_done, after anxious reflection
and prayer. It was done in the fulness of
his intellect. It was the act of his maturest
judgment, as well as of his conscience and
his heart. Vile bless God that he has thus
left to‘ all who knew him this solemn testi-
tnony of his faith in the truth and infinite
importance of the Gospel of Christ. \Vith
sincere gratification I have learned that he
adorried his profession in the new and tryine
station to which he was called; and that in
his last sickness, the pious chaplain of the
Senate, who often visited him, felt great sat‘
isfactiou with his views, and with hi;-.-ex-pe
rience of the ,c-omfort of God to his soul, and
. with the evidence which he gave, that he
:
was prepared to die. \Ve bless God, tha-tlhg
has left to his sori'o\ving family and to‘ his
sorrowing friends good ground of hope that
be Is now entered into rest. Yes, he has’ at
length reached his /to-me. And if he is per-
mitted to look down to his sorrowintr wife
and children, methinkshe would wishathem
00 Sl1|‘e.r comfort, and no better port~iori,t'haan
a near aqqutiintance with his S‘avior"andi fills
G0d- . God grant that this may be their
cornfort. God grant that these bereaved
chtlcren may abide in the principles of their-
father. May their fatlier’s God be the God
ofthc children. . Mav the word of God, and
-tnourri‘s' hitn.
the Spirit of God, be their consolation.
If it can console these mourners to know
that there are many to syin-pathise with them,
and to_ mourn with them, surely this conso-
ation-may be taken tothe full. This Church
This society mourns an irre-
trievable ‘loss. This community mourn him,
Those who were his companions in the hu-
siness of life mourn him. He was indeed a
man greatly beloved. .
Let me notv speak to them who were his
early associates; or- who were familiar with
him in the walks of business. You knew
him as eminent for the native powers of his
inte_l'lcct;' erninent in acquired knowledge-
eminent in his profession-—a-nd that among
m0f_1.~ amung"whbin it would scarcely be dis-
praise to be inferior. You knew him suc.
cessful in this world’s affairs: honored by
his ft llow citizens, and elevated to at seat in
that Council of the Nation, which may well
limit the ambition of most eminent met'i.--
l‘ell me, upon what part of his life woulfd
you fix as the most valuable now Cl’ Wliiich
of all the works of TAADDEUS Bstrrrs will
“follow liim” into the world where he is
gone; and the ,rern‘embranc'e of which he
will love to cherish to all eternity? Only
l/L036 to/tie/i milled him to C/irist as a bum.
ble recipient of his grace. Only tliose works
to/iicli flatbed from love and duty to his God:
if he were without this now, every thi'.rig-
would be lost, He would look back upon
life with unrningled sorrotv——and forward
into eternity only with despair. His great
day was not when he took his seat in the
Senate of these United States; but when he
fled as a ruined but penitent sinner to Jesus
Christ. His great day on earth was the
day when he‘ solemnly joined hiinselfto the
people of God. He could not think that he
was to die so soon; but 0 the mercy of the
tires last years! Has he not already fallen
at the feet of Him who sitteth on the throne,
and b9f0Te the Lamb, to render praise for
these? ‘ ‘
Two years, or three years hence f and
who among his early associates are sure they
will not be gone? And, alas! are there
none among them who have no inheiiitance
I -_ - ‘. ' . ,
beyond this life? A voice crieth to you from
the grave. T/tat sad to/ten" God may have
sent perhaps to warn you as soleniply aslcanl
be ‘I090. lb?-.5 _V0.l1 be also ready and’pr.epare(_£
to meet your God, ’
And now, the hotgoftliis beloved man. is
to be carried from these tva.ll3s= for the last
time’. His name will live. His memory
we will love to cherish. But till the resur-
rection morn his work on earth is done, and
the places which knew him shall lmow him
no more. Oh God! comfort and bless these
his bereaved wife and his bereaved children.
Sanctify this heavy stroke of thy providence
to, all our souls; and to thy name be eternal‘
glory. Amen.
T/ie t/tree Frzeizds-Trust no friend wliere:
in thou has not proved him. At the ban:
queting table how many more are found than
at the door ofthc prison lv
1‘. man had three friends :' t'wo ofthem he
dearly loved, the third to him was indffererit,
aith.o_t:.gh he was the most true hearted ofthé
three. On a certain occasion he was surri:
moried before a Judge, and was, although in-
nocent, cruelly accused. “ l/Vho among‘
you,” said he, “ will go with me and be a.
witness in my behalf? For _I have been
cruelly accused and the king is angry.”
The first of his friends immediately ex-
cused himself, saying he could not go with
him on account of his business. The sec-
ond accompanied him to the Judgement
Hall, then turned away and went back, fear-
ing the anger ofthe Judge. The third, up-
on whom be reckoned the least, went in,
spoke for him, and so joyfully bore testimo-
ny of his innocence, that the Judge released
him and sent hint away.
Three friends has man in this world, and
how .do they bear themselves toward him
in the hour of death, when God sunimons
him before his judgement seat? Weallli,
his most cherished friend, first forsakes him
and goes not with him. 'relatz°'vesand_f'riend.§
accompany him to the portals of the gratge,
and turn back again to their dwellings.-_—
The third, that which in life was most fre-
quently forgotten, is his good works. They
alone accompany him to the throne of the
Judge; they go before, speak in his behalf;
and find merc'y.. T
The New Orleans Pica;/iie: “ We have
an Indian squaw who coils beads ar_o,und
her neck, or the good sense of an African
who suspends brass rings from his'nasg.l or-
gun, as we have of the brainless fob who
voluntarily enters the chain gang; and en-
cumbers his person with baubles. Doesa:
chain of gold, or one of diamanps, giye bril-
liancy to the eye? Does a breach pfstained
glass, the size of a carriage windogv, even
though it be cornelian, add a tint to a blush
of the cheek .7 The custom‘ of wearing a
superfluity of such gewgatv trinkets is abom-
inable, and displays any thing buttaste par-
ticularly republican taste. He who is a
slave of 6-by-4 breast-pinst, watch-chains
’ike the tiller-rope of a Mississppi steamboat,
"or finger rings that would encl:_t,ai_.n"the-,ctl.1v
prit, is, in our opinion, deficientbf brains; a.
man with a partially fiinished attic story.
about as -high an opinion of the intellect of"
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