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AGENTS.
|. William E Holley, Maryville, E.
W*.
J, IVillianu. Colos-,0, New York.
[From the Chr sliah Obset ver.
[ws WELCOME 10 THE
given diet* Chat which shall never be
alien away the, fi***i Iruiis <>*
life, instead of 1 hose H’honi the firsl
••* orn ol death ha.ili devour* d. lint
why do I say devotrrc'df Doth ii> t
that fruly live at thin day, which was
duly lovely in th'se-'darluigx?— Didst
llion, O my fond he*n11 1 Itvc beamy,
snfcclne-s, ingenuity, ■ incarnate? And
const thou not love it Mill in the
loiinlain, and enjoy in a more ur,me
diate end compendious way? Thy
body indeed cannot taste sweetness
in the abstract, in.r see beauty, ex
eept as subsisting in mailer; but
eitiist thou, O inv soul, tasle the un
created goodness and sweetness, ex
cept it be embodied, and have seine
material thing to commend it to thy
pal He?’’
‘ Let me call upon men and angels
to help me in’celebrating the infinite
and almighty grace and goodness ot
the eternal Bnd blessed God, who en
abled me to ’■abide the day of Ins
riming,’ (Mai. iii. 2.) tu stand tvb* n
lie appeared, and mad' - rue willing to-
suffer him to bit as a refiner of silver
sorrow of mind or sickness of body
ever prevailed so mttet upon mo
during llnee months’ seclusion as to
hi; derme of my oidinafy; study, re
past, devotions, or my necessary at-
iten^alire upon nay several reams, and
administering 1p the necrtjsiiics of sty
sick. These ensuing discourses were
tlieu composed, which do it loasf ar
gue that through grace,j this mind
was not altogether discoHjposed, nor
hotly neither; who prejerved and
gave me not up to death!/for 1 judge
I was personally visitnl with the
plagu , though not with he sickness;
who hath given me a sincere and set
tled resolution, and vehement desire
to live entirely upon and to himself;
which I account to he me only life
of the soul, and only worthy ’o he
called living. Grant ir/i this prayer,
O most bless* d and gracious God
lor the sake of my only slut dear Re
deemer*
• Them, 0 Lord |Grod,'who ?irt wit
ness to all iiiy ihruights, and words,
and wotks, knowest tlir*t in truth mid
soberness I publish llicso tilings to
the world, not to advance the pepula
i> my house; who carried me above
ail mm muriogs uuainji* I li.<cl almost ' lion of my own silly j name, or to be
said all remi nibiam e of, those in-''admired of my fellow nealnrck, hut
strurnents that conveyed the infee-, for the glory o< thy holy name, t« be-i plague, w hich OC« orriiug to the lust t-
liking of so gracious a j nans of the lime, was attended wifi
he composed in the awful prospect
ot entcimg into eternity. J W R.
M’Gregor, 15th March, 1825; Bay
of Biscay. Was such language in
opportune then? 11 by then should
if he at any time and in any place?
What is the whole world hut a city
of the plague? And shall not all
that it contains be soj*n In* burnt up
and the elements melt with fervent
heat? What manner of men ought
we then to he in all holy conversa
tion, and godliness?
HISTORY OF THE PLAGT'F. DU
RING THE RL1GN OF JUS
TINIAN,
We have extracted from Gibbon’s
Rome, ar interesting account of n
plague, that almost depopulated some
count rtt s of the globe, A- D. 5*10
The piejndice which tven at this
flay prevails so extensively, and to
w hich Milton’s muse has given such
sanction, that the comet “from its
horrid hair, shakes pestilence and
war,” "us well grounded in relation
to this plague, so far as the coinci
dence of time could sene to enidirti
lt A c met did indent precede ihii>
lion to me; who reconciled rny heart cel a good Iikin;
to this disease, so that-it seemed no Creator in all thy pour cienftiTcs, I a remarkably paleness of the sun.—
*, and Whatever may he. the desolating ray-
moio grievous or noisome than any who are prejudiced against thee,
other; who subdued me to. I had ill- thy holy service; and to
PLAGUE.
|inlo thus cursorily noticing De
History of the Plague, God’s
ilil the Plngtif J*r2 f :ar«jj v# for
lAgue.&iiiti appointment ofFast-
iitl Humiliation on account of it
liust uot, forget Shaw’s “nel-
tn it. It is 11 >lv tilcsseij
lisa on ‘('Olivers** with God; ”
p should be tain to quote large-
Im it, if it wtie not .ilrondy de-
I.tty r*T rr, ,, » 1Jni * 1 wp* M'Bd tor
isale. It < onla'ns passages of
.ness, ot spit it u *)ity and ot el-
|on, which cannot In perused
out deep emotion. With what
|licity. what resigiflylion. do*-s the
sr allutlfy to hi» sharp* tied and
[ul trial.
|tisnow more llign seven month*
it ple isnd the holy and w iso
[to visit rny house w ith the plague
J0G6 ) when suuta dear and ch* *s
llriends from London with itw.
reby he gently touched and gave
ping to myself ui)d whole family,
lilting then of eight souls, hut
lied away hence only linen mem-
1 (if it, namely, two tender babes
loan servant, hes'dcs my heloved
|r, and a child of njv precious
ltd. that mao of God. Mr G. (’
dso translated, w|w were of
|e eitizeos tlmt vWiled me. You
Jsasilv hr-lieve tlmt I Ci*n have on
Istne to rake into the ashes of »he
nor revive the tas*o of that
mood am) gall which was then
me to drink; and yet I sop no
|<>n but that I ought to take pleas-
[in the pure and holy will of God,
i’ll always proceeds by the etcr-
Jrulos nf almighty love and good
l-though the runs be executed
[* nay dearest creature comforts-
grata aver so much upon niv
[ftest earthly interest; yea- nod
a),I reason in the world why I
|dd give to God the'glory of Iris
fibulas and works before all the
rid, and endeavor that son o in*
letloQ may accompany that nsion-
«int, which from me nnd my
I**, hsth gone out and spread it-
fsr and wide.”
j’My design is to justify and glori-
inflnite wisdom, rightoousness,
[ ( >nes», an d holiness, before all
0 blessed God? who maUest
[•eeming dungeon to be indeed a
[ lft eeller; who brinecst P oor
into a vvilderuoss, on get pur
ls there to apeak comfortably to
[■? Be of a food choer, 0 my
pi, he bath talwm away nnthine nut
*t ho gavf: sad in Ueu of it hath
s* rortethen
the hearts of thy servants to a firm
lasting a.dl-Greece to thee even in the
greatest extremities; that thou mav-
est be admired invlliy saints, and lie
glorified for giving such power, and
gen e, and coa.fert, unto men And
’0 that men would praise the Lord
•oi bis goodness, and for liis 'wonder
ful wotks in and to the children of
mea’ ”—Psalms evii 8.
#**###
Who car read pieces like thesp
wilheut mourning over the modern
degeneracy of Christians? Where
glwM we meet wit)i such passages in
the present day; passages so full of
spiritual pathos and heavenly minded-
ness? Perhaps it is that, .though
similar feelings exist in the soil,
ti-v It * ‘■t' Mig.h upon my iniegi itv, - ) 8 a „ unu illingness to ohtrude
to drive iiih id drspnWency. or to any , hrm upon thp W0I -|j. |, j s a , 6( , a .
uncharitable conelusion coneenjog ai , n8 0 f extreme trial Rud persons
my state; who enabled me f 0 - < ' t,0 '.| j8f*nl>ovethefe* , lingofvvhat i8 .cus-
v.-rse w-itb bis love and mercy, m the- <0(118iy ^ allowable, and break
midst o' h*s < I’-'Siening; to see Im j n jj le |„|)guage of the heart.—
Shining uhd S.mdiog face through this Religion, which at less -.fllicting pe-
da*k ekiod; »••>;* l*ep< up a t'lear . r i 0 ds had been ^e|it in dec- nt retire-
and steady persuntion, m my ®' ,n l' nieut, nud drilled to. the/supposed
most said brought me in love vv.lh,
this uniination of tin divine will I
can reinemher (.'ibis! that 1 can say
little more but ibat I do remember)
how my soul was overpowered, yea,
and almost ravished with the good
ne*s. holiness, and jpe. fie cl jpn of the
will o! God; ar.d veiily judged it my
happiness and perfection as well us
my duty, to comply cheerfully with
i , and be moulded in* it; who gave
me a powerful and quick sense of,
(in* plague of a carnal heart, self-1
•ill and inordinate creature loves,
convincing rne dint these were intin-'
itelv worse ?Ii;>n the rdague in the
flesh; who .wonderfully pteseiVed
me f nm the assaults of the devil;
peve* i* t’im loose, so much u* to
may
ages .if the Cholera in this age, vu
have ceilfii.ily reason lo he giatetul
pvlicn cotnpavine it with this alnr **
incooccivahle mortality .-Juur »J JIu
“I'lic fatal dtscaso which dopopu
lated tin earth iii tu# u;iic ot Jusun-
lun and Ins successoiS first appcari u
iu the neighborhood ol l’< itsm - , be
tween the Serbunian hog and Uu
eastern channel ol the Nile. 1* rom
thence, tracing as it >eie a double
path, it spread to tipi east,, ovei Sy
ria, Persia, and tl*e Indies, and p* u-
eirated lo tlie west, along the coosi
of Africa, and over the continent ol
Europe. In the spring of the second
year, Constantinople, during three or
four months, was visited by iht pes-
jlertee. The ‘micelion was some
times announced by the (isiuns el
priciously disauppinu d then pn.g os}
tics of death or recovery. 111* ut>
der ot funerals, and the right of sep
ulchres, weie confounded: .lho»*
who were left without fr ends.or ser
vants, lay unhuried in i|ie si t ed s, tff
in their desolate houses; and a ma
gistrate was authorized to coliee|
(lie promiscuous lie ps of dead boo * s
lotraispoil tin in by land or waici.
and to inter tin in in deep pits beyond
the precincts o' the city. Thor
own danger, anil the prospects cf
public distress, awakened in th« minis
of the m*'St vicious ol mankiiui; tie
coiitidcucc of lioallh again icv i d
their p. Batons and liabils. ’I 1 •
plag* 0 too* lied the person 01 Ju* m-
ian hiixseli; but tin ahsu-nnous o*> t
of the emperor may suggest. ;.b in
the ense of Socrates, i.u tonal and
honorable ciiuso lor Ins iccoveij.—
Din ing bis sic)*, , ss, (Ik public « on-
sternal ion w as expit sued m (In- h. b*
it-s ol tin* cinztiiis; and U.eir idle < sS
and desp* 1 deuce, occasinned a genu
al scarcity in iho capital ot iluf
east.
Contagion is the inscperable symp
tom of the plague; wlmli, by uamial
aspiration, is tiansiiistd iiom the
-feeted persons to ilin lungs . i d
•tomach nf those who approat li tl- m.
M h*le phtk'S*.|.lieis believe aim 1 m-
le, it is singular, llial iheixistcm e
a ieal nangei sliould l-ave be* 1 *;e*
ied by a people nnst pi one to ». in
ml imaginary ii iiois. Yu the tel-
ow citizens of Brvi opius tu u- s t*
sfied, by s.me sltott and | si-
i-il cx|iei ifinee, that the n lection
mold iite, he gained by the closet
eonvpt sat ion; and ibis peisiu'Uod
miglil support the assiduity «*t liiemts
or physicians in the < are ot ti c sick,
whom inhumun prudence would iiav*-
c< ndenuu d to 6olm*(le and despair;.
But the tinal Mf urily. like the pie-
destination of the Turks, must hard
aided the progirss 01 the conlagiot*^.
& t <>se s lutary precautions, to w bieb
Europe is indebted for her sa ety,
were nnlci.own lo the government of
Justinian No restraints were im
posed on the frte -*nd ftcq lent m*
teiconrsc of the Roman piovnu**,?
a distempered fancy, and the victim . (Yon* Persia to France.fhe nations v< 1 a
despaired as soon as he had heard th_ mingled and tnl'Ciod by wais am. r *’ *»
men ce,uiul tell the Btio|ie ol an pn- graturns: and tt.e pesiilci.iial 00 *4
vissiblc spectre. 'Bui thp gr* aier j whirl) luiks or years in .1 hibr of
number, in their b'eds, in the.strceis, J cotton was impelled, by the aho*a
in their usual occupation, were sue of trade, into the most distant r. gt os.
prised by a slight lever; so slight,. The mode of ns propegaixm is * x-
mil* ed, that neithep llu pulse nor (he j plained by the remark olP*. ** us
( olot oflhe patient gave any signs oi j himself, tlmt. it always $[.**• i*('s <* nt
l , v ,s 1 , \' j| ■"* I 1 u f~ i requisitions of propriety and good ! d,©"approaching danger: 'flic sano,! the sea < oast to the inland country ;
flti’icd bv him: It knew my soul in , aS | C n0 4 v t;o ij ieR on j n ;) || h 0r daunt-
c!vt'isilv. visited rnw when ‘ v ® s j less energy; when tho plague was in
si«*k in the pfisoti rebeshed. slrengt 1- | f . ve ,.y girect, and had entered almost
eiicd and comforted mv inner man ■ ©very family, and the living scarcely
in a marvellous manner and measure. | B uffic*«;d (o 'bury llie dead, and no
a. d made me appear to mv self | m , n knew that it might not bo Ins
less shut up. iluin"lieu shot up. O ;q WU t urn to-ni(Ti*|OW or tokight, even
ixnild to G d I mil'll' be rove)' worse !’pvayar itself vvns considered in very
ben when I vv us shut up of tin plugue. | j, 00( | tag),,.; nor was it thought ineon-
The not removii-g that i.fil*ction j g,, U0U8 j 0 i1S j^ with regaid to the
frmne I shall cunt a grmiti*!’blessing 1 sou j aS , vc .|| a8 b 0( j y , -What
and a more proper mercy, t an the
removing that afflicted state; who
cleared up my inlnest in his-Son,
strengthened my evidences of bis
love and assured my sOol of its happy
state, more than hi all times loriner-
ly I had clearer and a*rer evidences
of divine grace jn that .patient, sell*
d' nvng. self submitting frame of spi
rit. than in all the dnticsthat I ever
performed. The valley cl tears
brought me more sight ot jray G otl *
and more-insight into myselt than
ever the valley of visions, all duties
nnd ordinances do' 1 '* when the
Sun of righteousness arose upon my
soul, aud chased all the mists ami
fogs of self-will and creature love;
then alsp did all black and dismal
tears, all gloomy doubting, most
sens'ddv flow before* him who main
tained mv health In the midst of sick
ness, Loin compassionate friends
with all thing* needful'for food, pbys
ics &c. The Lord return, it seven
fold into their bosoms.”
‘-'I. do not. remember that either
must I Jo to be saved?” Trial, Rick
ness, death, and eterui'y, make many
things very reconcilable (0 .lie sinful
/astidiousucss of the fallen mind,
which would liuve been thought ob
trusive in the day of sportiveuess and
sunshine.
Alas,even Christian men ore too much
0ve. awed by his conventional canon of
making religion s - decorous that she is
never to he seen but upon set dnys &
set places.& when ushered in with the
tinging of bells. But '.hen the hour
of trial arrives, how absurd do such
re8lrietic.tions appear! On a death
bed the most timid Christian speaks
of religiou as if it really means some
thing. Who could read without
thrilling emotion the note, written,
signed, directed, enclosed in a bottle,
committed to the sea, ana afterwards
picked up in in the West hulies, re
cording “The Ship Kent, Indiaraan,
is on fire; E. J. and myself Commit
our spirits into the hands of our bless
ed Redeem; His grace enable# jfs to
tbp next, or the succeeding d.*y, it the utosi seq * stored .slam s
was declared by the swelling ol the mountains uce si < < rssivejj v *-
glands, particularly those ol the groin,
-of the armpits,- and under the cai;
and when those buboes or (vuiou'is
were opened, they were fhuml to
contain a coal, or black substance u-
hout the size ol lentil. . It they ci|int
to.a just swelling and suppuration,
the patient was saved by, this kjpd
and natural uisch ,ige ot the morbid
humor. Bui it (hey couttnued hard
and d*y, a n*o*iification quickly en
sued, and the fifth day was coimnou*
ly the term of life, 1 he teyer was
often accompanied with lethargy 01
delirium; the bodies of the sick
were cove red with black pustules * 1
carbuncles, the symptoms of imnte
diate death; and in the constitutions
ton feeble to produce an emptier:,
rhe vornicn'-. of blood was followed
|>v a mortification of the bowels.—
Y'outl) Wi*s the most perilous season:
nod the female sex was less suscept
ible tlian the male; but every rank
snd profession was attacked with in
discriminate rage, and many of those
who escaped were deprived of thee
speech, without being secure from ;
return of the disorder. The physi
cians of Constantinople were zeafou
and skilful: hut their art was baffle*
by the various symptoms and perti
naeiotis vehemence of the diseased tv,
same remedies were productive'*
contrary effects, urf th© •vppt ctj
I
elf,-
tit* places which hud es* ap* * »
fuiy of i s pa&suge, were aloie c\«
pvftpd to ’lie con'H-. icn ot ih c Mitng
year. The winds nri;.hi difi’.s- <*- A
subtle vennUi; hut. unless the auiinS-
|)heie be previously disposed t* its
roceptjbn-, the pi; gm would soon < x-
piie in the cold or ternper^ic. cli
mates of the eartii. huch was the
umycis'.l cor, it) non of I tic* air, that
ihe pestilence, which hn*Kt forth in
iiiteeii'lh ycai of JiisliniHit. was not the
checked or alleviated by any difler-
crcnc* ol the seasons'. In time, *t«
firsl malignity was abated and dis
persed; the discus* alternately Imi-
guUbed ard revived, hut it i* as tui
till the end of a culam tuns period of
fifty tvVo yea-s that mankind ik-ov-
eied tlieir health or the «ir resun . d
itspuroand suluhrious qnnli’v No
'.ids have been preserved 'osnymiM
an account or even n cn jeciure. of
vhe numbers tin*l pe'ishrd in this ex*
i-aordinaiy mortality. I only ft ,
that dming three months, fiv. •*!
*t length, ten tb*tus:.nd p* *S'*n» died
ach day at C.onsmn'mopl'*. th -' n*u-
y cnies of e:tsi were loll vacant,
<qd that in several districts of Itulf*
he harvest and the vintage witheied
11 the ground. The triple seDur^w
f war, pestilence, and fomine. nffl' «t
d the snhject* o! J is'mioo.,»•*• Uh'R
itijjn is disjjj-tic^d by » visible die
