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CHEROKEE PH4EMIX
AN® INDIANS’ ADVOCATE.
CHEROKEE NATION, PROPRIETOR, I.DITED BY ELIJAH II1CKS
VOL. \\
NEW ECII0T1, CSIE3SOXEE NATION,’ SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1834.
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I he Great Fiist Cans. ! !f Imre,
it here our choicest pleasui i s are short
lived, where smiles and tenis keep m
constant familiarity, and farewells mi-
paradise the greenest spots in ot.r pil
grimage,— it here, tte cannot extract
a healing balm from the iuteicliinge
of affection.—then whit holy j>),
what pure eomniuniuii, where hainin
ny and love are perpetual resiiieius,
of enjoyment ehan suffering. We do- ei lv kindness charity. For if these
ceive ourselves perpetually, and there things be in you and abound, they make
is nothing, which we exaggerate more 1 you that ye shall neither be barren,
than the ordinary calamities of nlliers, ' nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our
until the* truth is brought home to uur- j Lord Jesus Christ.” The first round
selves by being placed in the same sit- in this ladder is.
nation. ' 1. Faith. It was only upon a pro-
V\ lien mankind appear to lie plunged i fession of faith in Christ, that the apos-
in the very watersof bitterness, without ties admiltcd persens to the prvileges | ir
hope or considation, they are m l alter I of the church. This
all, so wretched as might lie imagined work of all other gra<
approach ol the rich, nor sutler the
pain of feeling little when the sons of
fortune walk at the right hand, for in
dependency, whether with little or much
is good fortune, and placeth thee on the
even ground wifh the proudest of the
golden fleece. Oh, then, be wise ! and
let industry walk with thee in the morn-
ipg and attend the until thou rear best
i is the ground-| the evening hour for rest, Let hones-
aees. “Without | ty he as the Incai
ath of thy soul; and
never (orget-to have a i ennv when all
KELItt’OV*.
and partings aie in known, win re the by the young and unexperienced.— faith it is impossible to [dense him’
fold is safe from intrusion, and the on-1 Melancholy, grief, nay even despair —God. Ileb. xi. G. To this we must! the expenses are emimciatedand paid,
ly change the inhabitant knows of is i can hud a strange pleasure in unlimit- add,
from bliss to bliss, limn joy to jny, cd self-indulgence '1 be good being j 2. Virtue, courage or fortitude.—
from glory to glory 1 It in this un- "h" }t> Vf ‘ s the wound seems to have j We must expect, like our Master, to
friendly world, where Satan is a prince P»«'vicl.*d a remedy to soften its pangs he opposed by Satan and the world —
, • i , , • , by ordnimng that the very ener u Inch l.et us, like him, withstand them.—
am sin >i .ns pow ( i, am w uu P dwelleth in the innermost beat t should j “Resist the devil and lie w ill lice- from
r.ty mingles .tsell with on, hones, sc- he mix( , d wifh some rarP ingredients you” James iv. 7. “ Re y e standfast,
\ ices, ami tcais lake hold of us .it me j| ]n j. (-e-ton nr alleiiate the hitter unmoveable, always abounding in the
1. Cor. xv. 5—
The ariiulu which follows, must
lulifnliy written, tve copy from iho
iPtsiim Off. ring, Sold hy l.mcolu, very horns ol the altar. it even beie ^ dradgrht. in this exti emest justice, he | work of the Lord.
Inlands ill.Co. It. is from the pen tl i love cannot exert such a constiaiuing seems to remember mercy; and while ■ 3.
r J >iio U Clioul s. Pastor of the influence, and hope cannul imparl a j he strikes he spares. Amid clouds and | 3. Kuan'ledge. By this means our
ptisi Church in New Bedford. It .joy full of imiuni lalny and loll l>, can , darkness there is still unextinguished faith will grow stronger, and our
then shall thou reach pr int of happiness,
and independence shall he thy shield
and bucket-, thy helmet and crown,
then shall thy soul walk upright, nor
stoop to the silki n wietch because the
hand which offers it wears a ring set
with diamonds..’ 5
ill .i subject and in a style calcnlal-j giv« present peace, and reveal the j light; in storm-- and tempests there
mi tom h ilie lender ami < rucious beauties ol the laud yet alar ofl, then, tb ats a saving plunk; amid the deep-
isibili-.ies ol a [»ious lieart. Ourea- ! 0 (ora sight ol (lie land wlieiesin In s <,sl tbejo is a sail hixuiy in giving
it productioiiti of this character, we I no place, Satan no ii fluence, sorrow
nnot hut wish that their number | no subject, —w I.ere S'Uigs ol praise
be increased, for the delight and shall never he i.-lemiplc'J by wander-
ing hearts and weaiy powers! If we
experience holy ple<i9ures in meditat
ing un the trials and labors of a Luther
di lation of tiiose, who love to eon-
opiate the pmity ami iiieffahlt
•ssedness ot a state of glory.— Cli.
Hickman.
liE NEW HEAVEN AND THE I Eeighton,~-aii(l m dwelliug mi the e-
way without restraint to tears,
calling to mind again and again the hist
ohj< cts «d' i.ur affections, summing up
the extent nf our irieti icvable loss, and
pouring into < ur own wounds the halm
of our ow n p ; ity.
, . . . 1. i Happiness consists in a quiet serin:
and reusing the pious aspirations of « ! of 4tlll ,.^, in.perceptibic enio . men Him
NEW EARTH
'Nevertheless, we, ac.cordin
promise, look l’ r new heavens, &
tuj.
little impression on the memory .
n ‘ ;, ‘ Every free breath we draw is an enjoy-
to j soiling o| Paul, the songs ol David, merit; every thing heantiful in nature
and the words of him who spake as or art is an eujovmcnt; memory h »)/cr,
vent lul history ef the chinch; ill
iir.iv earth, wherein dwelleth light-
iisness.”—2d P ter, in, 13.
And I saw ■> new heaven an I a new
rt Ii * lor the flr-t heaven and tirst
ill were passed away.”—Rev.
, 1
ll, in this lower woild, where sin
s appeared, and introduced so many
Hr woes, and where even the very
lias been visited with u curse; it
e Nature smiles so sweetly, and
birds warble, and the flowers
natlie, ami the bills wave their
mis, or. wateis that riHect their
antics; if the teeming wonders ol
p elements surpass our feeble pow-
10 describe, and seem to ask for
a intellei t of an angel, oi the inspi-
ioii of a prophet,—oh! Inw magni-
rid will the scenery of heaven ap-
ar. when the curtain which now con-
als eternity shall be removed!
[Wliat gardens lliere, what bowers and vales,
Vliat living streams, what melodious gates,
To glad the immorlai climes!”
If the sun now shines from the hen-
s upon a dark and guilty woild with
11 radiance (and who has not fell
tl it is a pleasant tiling to behold the
In;) it the silver moon and the stars
neaven send forth so pme a splen
on a polluted oil),—what magnifi
ice and glory must peivade the
oiling place of Deity, where there
no night, and where there is the o-
ii visioi of the great source of light!
in the present state, there are so
never linn did,—what w ill it lie to fancy, every (acuity oi the intellect ol
join the gen :i ol assembly and church man is a source ot enjoy incut; theliou-
cf the Ii st b un, to listen to the trial era
the fruits, the oirds, the woods
of faith from tin* patriarch’s own lips,
and listen to the universal acknowl
edgement, from a multitude that man
cannot number, ‘ lie led us forth by
the right w >y ?” above all, how ian-
(U’ous tlie transports when we see J >-
the water, the course, the vicissitudes
and tne vu t phenomena of nature,
created regulated and preserved by the
mighty hand nl’ an omnipotent Being,
all arc legitimate and reasonable sourc
es of enjoy incut vvuliiii the l each of ev
ery rational being Death is indeed
sus, and are like him, and walk under | (rt 0 f a || ( un u all should yield culm
liix guild.net :
There shall be a new heaven and a
new earth, w herein dw elletli *i iglit-
eousuess, a world of truth, and holi
ness, and peace; for I lie mouth of ilie
Lord hath spoken it. Then why are
men intent upon present s, tines, bound
up in passing events, s unlit d with
short-lived pleasures/ Why do net
men live for the whole of tin ir exis-
ubcdietice to the law of nature when
the hour shall come But a fretful im
patience or an affecting contempt of
life, is as little allied to philosophy as
to religion.—J. it. Paulding.
Jl dutiful widow.—The clerk of a
large parish not five miles from Bridge-
north, Salop, perceiving a female < ross-
zoal mg churchyard in a widow’s garb, wilh
will he properly regulated; for of some I a watering can and bundle, had the cu-
it. is said, “they have a zeal for God, j riosity to follow her, and he discovered
but not according to knowledge.”— her to be Mrs, . whose husband had
Dorn. x. 2, j had not long been entered. r l he fol-
4. Temperance. This implies a lowing conversation took place —
proper and limited use of all earthly | “All! Mrs, , what are you gung
blessings, and keeping all the senses ' to do with your w storing can r” ‘AYliy
miller a proper restraint. 1 tike xxi. ! Mr. 1 , 1 have he gged a few hay
34. Reader, reynember this is ail seeds, which 1 have in my bundle, and
essential round in the ladder, and : am going to sow them upon my poor
■ annot he dispensed with! j husband’s grave, and have brought a
*3. Patience. Clu ■erfully submit-j little water with me, to make them
(ing to all the afflictions that may belal ] spring.” The clerk replied, “You
us; lor from these the Christian is not. have no occasion to do that; as the grass
■ ■xernpt in this life. Let us not mur-lwill soon grow upon it.” “Ah! Mr.
mur, hut imitate those ot whom the! 1' , that may he, hut do you know
lurid was not worthy. Be patient in mv poor husband, who now lies here,
tribulation.” Rom. xii. 12.
6. Godliness. This implies that
ve should not only worship God ex
ternally, hut in a reverential and spirit
ual manner * “God is a spirit, and
1 hey that worship him must worship
him in spirit and in truth.” John iv.
2 1.
7. Jirolhsrhj kindness. An
made me promise him, on his death
hod, I would never marry again till tho
grass had grown over his grave; and
having a good oiler made me, 1 dinna
wish to break my word, or be kept as I
atn.—Liverpool paper.
feigned love of the brethren; those
who belong to the household of faith.
“By this we know that we have passed
from death unto life, because we love
the brethren.” i John iii. i 1. But to
all these we must add,
| b. Charily. This extends further
Truth is Power. Some men say that t | ian [| ie . an( ) includes our enemies
“wealth is power,” and some say that , ag well as our friends or brethren.—
“talent is power,” mid some that ac- | a l )0 ve all things put on charity,
knowledge is powei ; hut there is an • is the loud of perfectness:' 1 Co-
. . apothegm that i would place on high j iS —
lance? VV hy, iiii the enjoyment ot giMs abl)Ve tUcm all, when i would assert j Ji^ader, remember the religion of
do they forget the giver/ Why should that “truth is power.” Wealli, cannot Jc , us is p roglcss i ve Let the small
•he tvayfamig nun, tvl.o dwells in purchase,—talent cannot lepuie kunwi- W0I( | “add” continually reveiherute
the tent, forget his home and his fair edge cannot oveiieach—authoriiy can-; U j JO „ V( . |Jr ear *|’ 0 ascen d this ladder
poition/ Let tho eye of faith gaze on not silence her; they all. iike helix, [H i u i JO ,i,, us> but go on, “God will
the realities of heaven, till charmed tremble at her presence. 1-ling her in- S |lengthen the weak hands and con-
with their beauty, the v\ hole man is to the most tremendous billow s, <4 pop- ^ ni , t | ie feeble knees.” lei your
ular commotion; cast hei into the sev- |, ej “onward,” tor Jesus is bock-
eu fold heated furnace of tlio ty- oiling and crying to them, Overcome
rant’s wrath; sin; mounts aloft in l [ ie as 1 also have overcome.” C.
ark upon summit ol’tlie deluge; she
walks with the Son of God untouched
by tiie conflagration. She is the min-
brouglit under the influence ol the
powers of ilie tvoild to come.
VARIETY.
True Happiness.—There are certain
conceited moralists, or philosophers,
if so please ye, and certain affected istering spirit who sheds on main that
sentimentalists, who profess to consider blight and indestructible principle of
life and all its blessings a boon nut j life, light, and glory, wliich is giveri by I j none y. There are many borrowers,
worth receiving, not worth possessing, ! his Mighty Author to animate, iliumin- j an j p u t few lenders, and we think the
How to make money plenty.—Every
person is complaining of the scarcity of
Labor is Honorable.—The following
un- paragraph, extracted from the Message
of Governor Davis to the I egisialure of
(his State, is highly creditable to its
author. It is the tendency of slavery
to make labor disgraceful and servile,
hut of hhertv to make it useful and hon
orable.—Boston Traveller.
“While we continue to respect la
bor— while we look upon it us il is, the
great element that imj arts to our coun
try a growth which errors in public
policy can scarcely check, anil to cur
institutions then - overpow ering strength ;
while we hold it to he meritorious and
honorable, instead of servile: while
weeding to the purity and simplicity of
life, which belongs to this condition,
instead of degenerating into the follies,
the vanity, and false hopes, which
overgrown wealth often begets; while
wo pursue a policy that will give to this
labor the most ample scope and encour
agement in all its various occupations,
we shall have little occasion to enter
tain apprehension for our free institu
tions, if w e also continue to provide
liberally for the culture and improve
ment of the mind.”
11 U ' J?.. . * and not worth our thanks to the Great i ate, and inspire the immortal soul, and j a j v j ce of the great Sage and Lhilau-
m , m- 0< | ,1( H ,< li' 8 ° ‘j ,,u y 111 . ,e i Giver. In the pride of fancied supe- 1 which, like liimselt, is theriaineyes-U|| r0 pi s t i p ra nl ( |i n| couldnev , erbepub-
»iId; il the eye be so eloquent, l ie r j or |ty they pretend to look with calm terduy today and forever.” When the ; |i s h e d at a more appropriate time than
lirt oa orn/l I i L o • if htwIlPQ Kill'll tft < I I»» i ,1 I .1 1... . I I 1 J ..II ||„, I . iv .
in so god like; if bodies born to die
bihit such a spriglillmess and giace
iheir passage to the tomb,—how
irious to gaze on the bodies of ce-
btial bir'.li,-the dwelling places of
ire inttlligence! bow joyous lo see
whole population shinning in iin-
Hlal youth, all free from the curse
lich pursues man from the cradle to
i grave! holiness in every eye, anil
e in every heart!
If here know leilgp is good for the
il of man, and it affords interest to
t* mind to enlarge i's acquaintance
contempt on the struggles, the pursuits,
the enjoyments of their fellow creatures,
and to hold themselves aloof from swell
a petty warfnie for petty objects. r l hey
undervalue the enjoyments, they exag
gerate the sufferings of the human race,
and indirectly impeach the mercy ol
Providenco, in having created count
less millions of human beings only to
increase the sum of misery in this world.
But for our part \vc hold no communion
with such men, whether they aie sin
cere or not; nor do we believe for one
single moment—except peradventuir,
when 6iiHeiing a twinge of the tooth
a
Hli God and bis will, even through a ! ache-that the good hearted, well dis-
ass darklv; if man finds a char'll in posed inhabitants of this world, take
‘ them by and large, do not on the whole
„ enjoy more than they suffer even here,
, , . i • where it would seem from these philo-
? “**> '••• T""*? BOliitera ,„d sentimentalists, Ji a.,
Hu, „»„ sr dihI t till son of pie.mil np-, |u J |e di , uibutio „ „n»ii„ito justice as
malices,—oh! what ccstncies will „r . n c r ,.i,
felt when the soul is ripened, when
mediums are removed, when we
nv all myst* ries. when matters and
nd are alike unfolded to our gaze,
•1 we are students nf the universe,
der the teaching nf the blessed God,
there is diapension of infinite mercy.
What though there are intervals of sor
row, disappointment remorse, agony,
if you will mingled in the very cup of
existence, that man must he very
wretched indeed who, in looking upon
his course, cannot count iar more hours
mould lias long been heaped on all the
pride of wealth, and knowledge, and
authority; when earth and heaven it
self, shall have passed away, truth shall
rise, like the angel of Manoah’s sacri
fice, upon the (lame of nature’s funeral
pyle, and ascend to her source, her
heaven, and her homo—the bosom of
the holy and eternal God.-A’. 11. Siules-
man.
From the Lutheran Observer.
THE LADDER.
One peculiarity of this ladder is, that
no round is superfluous; every one must
he tmd upon; although some in their
haste to uscend endeavour to evade
sonic of the rounds specified below;
hut such inevitably meet with a dread
ful fall. The rounds or properties of
this singular ladder are represented in
the following verses. 2 Peter i
5—8.
“And besides this, giving all dili
gence, and to your faith virtue; and to
virtue knowledge; and to knowledge
temperance, k to temperance patience;
and to patience godliness; and to God
liness brotherly kindness; and tobrolh-
the present. Read it; reflect upon it
and fodow it—ye who are complaining
of hard times.—Lowell Jour.
“At this time,” says Dr. Franklin,
“when the general complaint is, that
“money is scarce,” it will he an act of
kindness to inform the moneyless, how
they may reinforce their pockets. 1
will acquaint them with the true secret
of money catching—the certain way to
fill empty purses—and how to keep
them always full. Two simple rules,
well observed, will do the business.
1. Let honesty and industry be thy
constant companions: and 2. Spend one
peney less than thy clear gain.
Then shall thy hide-bound pocket
soon begin to thrive, and will never a-
gain cry with the empty belly aeh, nei
ther will creditors insult thee, nor want
oppress, nor hunger bite, nor nakedness
freeze, nor bankruptcy seize thec. The
whole hemisphere will shine brighter,
and pleasure spring up in every corner
of thv heart. Now, therefore, embrace
these rules and he happy. Banish the
bleak winds of sorrow from thy mind,
und live independent; then shalt thou
he a man, and not hide thy face ut the
The crop of falling stars during the
late meteoric display, appears to have
been more abundant at Germantown,
Pu than any where else. The Tele-
grnph newspaper of that place says that
an acquaintance of the editor informed
him, that in bis yard after the shower,
the stars were at least knee deep. Pro
fessor Olmstend of Yale College, who
is desirous of particular information
touching the phenomena, ought hy all
means to he furnished with an authen-
fiented account of the Germantown ex
hibition.—»Y. F. Cour.
SPANISH PROVERBS.
A handful of mother w it is worth a
bushel of learning.
A pound of cure will not pay an
ounce of debt.
A wise man changes his mind, a fool
never will.
You had belter leave your enemy
something when you die, than live to
beg of your friends.
That’s wise delay, that makes the
road safe.
The foot of the owner is the best ma
mire for bis land. '
He is my friend, who grinds at my
mill
Enjoy that little you hate while the
fool is huntihg for more.