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CHEROKEE!; PUffiMV - ‘ AND INDIANS’ ADVOCATE. CHEROKEE NATION, PROPRIETOR. EDITED BY ELIJAH IIICKS. VOL. V. NEW EC31 OTA, CEIExtOXEE NATION, SATURDAY, UIAY 17, 1834. NO. 00. PRINTED WEEKLY. i of immediate and paramount importance. \t *“2 50 if paid in adduce, *8 in six j The command of their ascended Lord, maths, or *3 jO U paid ait he end ol the j -‘Go ye into all the world, and preach rear. the gospel to every creaitre,” was I'osubscribers who can reidonlj the binding upon the whole church, and ,.i woliee language the price m 11 he *200, ^.y af( understood it. Tliev made it u A alvance, or *2,50 lobe paid w ,thin tlit | col n mon cause; clergy and laity, male Wverv subscription will be considered as an< ? ,eina * e : >'' u "e ai,c * a ** lonlinued unless subscribers give notie, to , tor thfi universal promulga h » contrary before the. fcommenceinenlol a tioii of the g'lspel. I he apostles in lew year, and all arrearages paid. j the early part of their ministry, had no Any person procuring six subscribers need of spending half their, time and il l (incoming res ion«ible for the payment, j strength to a.uiken their brethren to hall receive a seventh gratis. this work, and t lead them to such ap- |t3*-Ml letters ad tressed to the Editor, = -• • .• i — osi paid, vill receive due attention MI8CELL AN WHS. one to know how many clays his hands have been engaged in prepaiing the ground for a crop, how much seed Ileus 's ed, and at what time he ploughed, plant ed, sowed and at, w hat time his crop was harvested, and what the product, i should also suppose there would be an From ihe tieneseo Farmer. USE OF THE IiOLi Eit. A very small propoitmn ol the far- harvested me is in Western New Yoik uie pry- should also suppose mere womu oe an vicb'd with this valuable implement, a/id advantage iii knowing at what time to i am coin.dent tnat veiy tew ol tneni expect his sb ck to bring forth their ui uid be w ithi nt it, ii they knew us ycung, that he may afford them the ne- '»lue. cessurv attention. KELIftSUU*. CHRISTIAN MISSIONS I t the Atoslolic Age. The first Christians were eminently letached from the world in their affiec- ins. There was harmony between heir profession and practice. r l hey lid not profess themselves strangers md pilgrims on earth, and at the same . ...... .. , iine place their hearts upon its fading i was an t nlistincnt to . ... reasures. They did not avow a non- the whole will <d Christ; it wa propriations ol their time and property as was necessary. Cue spit it pervad ed and actuated the whole church;—it it as the spirit ol entire devotednt ss Lo the work There was in t then one standard of duty for the ministry, and another for private chtistians. 'I hen, I apprehend, there wus not much said ot the missionary spirit, as a speeiai gift ol the Holy Ghost to a lavored lew, while the majority felt themselves under no obligations to act by the same rule. Then a profession of the gospel ufler and to do reinsures. i nry uiu till. c* » v> ». ...... - i;itt iiiim. .rui , II1 1st : it was a de- onformity to the world, and then throw votion of treasur liemselves under the influence of its lasitns, and live according to its prin- inles. This detachment of affection . in the world, opened their minds to a ill impression of their religious duties- nd responsibilities. 1 he invisible lings of the kingdom of Christ were lathed with solemn reality; 8t while my acted by faith, it was with the cer- linty of sight. The service and King om of Christ were realities, and the orld a dream It is the love of the 'orld in some of its numerous forms, liat robs the church of her beaut) nd takes away her spirituality and en- rgv ■ In no age lias slie exhibited so in -h spirituality, as in the apostolic; od in no age have their exettions for he spread of the gospel, been so abun- hi.it. and so successful. The church in the first age, were nuoh given 'o prayer. So essential did hey consider this service to the Chris- ian character, a id s > .abundant were hey in this duty, that ‘’calling on the lame of the 1 lorstood as „ liscij.leship. The early Cli.istians not But it seems they were ru t punctual ... ly acknowledged in words, but fell their obedience; they tarried there a ‘‘ 1. 1 *l. n oust 1 <1.-,. ...s.. nnuli!nil Sill I \t iien my wlu ut came lip in the au tumn ul .o.j., i discovmcfl that, in one i.eid ill) lined mail lino n 4 sowed it evt ni) ; . ut it was then, u» 1 linn.gilt, too late to i< mod), it presmleii tiie same unpr« uiisiug peutauce, hi lngsotliin in ninny | faces, turn A anticij an u asiioitci.p .M mg disapp miiii in lecci.i g my clover seen tor the same neiu as curly a; 1 wished, I was iqqMelmn.-i.e of a uiiluie. in Chut also, and n pi event it, ilncctcd my son to roll Hie i.eid. Witnessing cessary attention. 11 he employ men in his hay or har vest held, to be able to asce.tain from his diary who were employee each day, , - „ . or, if driven from the field by rain, at in too spin g u w hut hour, that when settling time comes “ ‘ _ he may know, to an hour, how long each otic has been employed. iJy preserving an account of lmw many stocks of wheat, oats, or barley, he lias deposited in stacks, or in tlie barn, or how-many loads of ha) he has secured, he may form some judgment It,... m.mli . /moll Uo mnv li'ini tn w as careless of his person, and wore clumsy shoes, in one or two visits, done more towards sccui ing the victory than eiti.er of his competition who had trod for years, and with considerable ex pense, to win their w ay to the heart of the proud villager, 'the lawyer gave up the case as li p» less and Fein lie se destroyed the lover of his own heart befoie it destroyed him. The doctor greased his heels, and walked Span ish, that is to say, never to return.— Now tliis case seems to lie difficult to solve. The question is:—What made Hodge imue accej table than his rivals? Dye give it up? Ue teas rich, had more money than both bis learned com peers in love, 'i lie damsel loved mon ey better than she did law or physic.— Banner. and tiierefiore directed the rtniurie of hi) wneat to bo rolled. JiuMaess call ed me from home for sore a! wceliS, and on my return j was u.-t ,, isheo to find that my u rn at n..d spread s>. a-, to stand nea.i) as iflick ws i wisiieu; and at haive.i it appeared l » .jc peipecily even aurt produvcu a ..no i rop. i liimk that i must nave gained bj rolli. g, at feast one lou.lli. juv rl..vn mu, took well. Last spring I rolled a.tei’sowing and haiiovvn.g ,,n oats, v»in. it oume Up ve- j Soon a nd legulu.iy anu p. duceu a . , and influence, and talents, and iile to the gieat and noble bject of converting the world. r i here as no keeping back a pa;t, witiiout manifest inconsistency, n t I > sav per jury. There was no hoarding up mat ure in the church, when it was needed for the <:• uurioii cause, “they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men. us every man had need.”— 1’hey did eat their mi at with gladness and singleness ol heart, it was in this state of things, that the Lord added daily t< the church of such as should - . ,ie saved The last fact that 1 shall mention as 1 i n i , . , . 1 lie j.a.it autumn 1 rolled one wheat a reason whv the gospel advanced so ~ , . ‘ , . ... . ■ , i • .i neld lminctliau 1, aitei liar, uvv mg, and lapidly and extensivelv hi the aoostol- , ° . 1 J ... ... i ’ i .i .A thi.iK it «ame up umre ecuuiij and ic age, is, that the chureti then, so to 1 1 J s , ,, ■ ti . sooner lol - Inn ontiafmii. 1 nuve uiso speak, acted on the obenstve. ror u . e . * . , , , . a part of two oilier f.elds, in ortlei i<> consulertmie time, even after the day * , . , ,, ... .. 4 .. • , i / ascertain whether rolling in autumn is of 1 enticost, the disciples were slow to , , . . .. , ,. .. . r . ,, ber.cucial to the wneat, the result ol believe that they were to carry thegos- . ’ , , ., /, , , , winch x mav liereu.tei cominumcate. pel to the Gentiles. Christ had lett . .. . J . , . • .... \ , , . , i no tulv ci. riot x have as to its utility, them the command to tarry in Jerusa- • . , , r ., , i , i iii ii ■,< a ises lroin tne belief that snow lying cm. till they should be endued with putv- . , . J ® ’ _ ;,..;,m.n < n alieui, is advantageous, and a rear iii cause it oh. The a- liientioned trial of roiling in the is conelinive as to its hcnei.ls isdutv. tnat caning on me cm, till tiieu siiouui ue enaueu wun now- , , , • ’. ,, n .. i- i , . i • i • i- j i n alieui, is advantageous he Lord, was generally un- er irom on high: which plainly implied .. ■ . 1 / • i • . • I , | . . .i i l lid l It'iil-.Li 1 IlC lj.1 hUflU) W is synonv mens with t hristiau [ that they were to tarry there no longer. ° ., t ’ . J rr ,, • , i ‘s’ « ^ J x . , • lit* UiviiO t* ii 81 i \ UrlWil O. '!>•. rhe early Christians no Rut it seems they were not punctual ... mentioned trial ofro j • «« lliril uucuiriivu, ** rill** eir depeudance on the grace aud long time after they were qualified to ^ that season. Another bene, t result- ipirit of God, not only for their own go forth. It is not tmproba. le hey tl)e ,, u , U is k . a m so aLation, hut ,n a special manner for had founed the plan ot ent.encl. ,g ^ the js luuch u -cess m their missionary lahors.—, themselves, at east tor a time in the u(Jt aud gat , K>icd '.ill. less Lul their prayers were marked with beloved city where thev had witnessed ^ ^ nimble confidence and boldness When SUf .h pow erful manifestations of divine ^ j expc ie icod When S uch powerful manifestations of divine >vaii . u ‘ , . , . F certain whether lie gets pai divine '“arc Bid if the, lied ldrnicd IW.' i I,ave a l,o experienced great I,ceft |„b M ; or it'll* bn. made espen doubt- pl„, lire l.ord 8»m, tought Hie,,, their from lUo u» o, gre,,, kee,. ,m uccom.l, ol ll.e result ririt.—, error. He eofi'ered a ^rseoulion lo *. I'uugkutl m Urnlull, muled future guidance! ... . .. .. in a rwuiili siate lima.uh the wimci.— » ■ i,. When he thrashes his grain, and cleans it up, to know exactly how many bushels his acres liuve produced; and if lie has put them in at diiierent times, dio'cre'il ijuantities of seed, or have va.inl in the mode of preparing the ground, to know which has done the nest. A say to be able t > ascertain all these points, by an examination oi his diary, must he attended not only with satisfaction but profit. A la* iner lias a pair of oxen which ho concludes to fat. 11« notes their value at GO dollars—begins to feed—an account is kept of wluit they consume. He soil them at $G-3, and ascertains in a lew moments whether he is paid for fatting. i can say from experience, that it does not occupy more than ten minutes lo make an entry of the day’s business, and that all the bone.its 1 have enu merated, aud many more, may be re alized. it is the practice of many farmers to guess that they have so many bushels of wheat, corn, oats, or potatoes, per a- cre, and this guessing is oftentimes ve- - ry wide from the truth. Or, ii they take tho'trouble to measure, they for get all about it before a year comes round. Without preserving such an account, how is it possible for the farmer to as certain whether he gets paid for his ' iments, for. his A pedant, a bald man, and a barber, being on a journey together, ugreed that during the night each stmuld watch in Ins turn lour hours, while th« other two slept r J he lot for the first watch tell upon the barber: as soon as lie saw tiiat iiis c niipnnions were sound asleep, gently raising up the pedant, he shaven his head, a ad then awaken ed him. 'i he pedant, an used Irom his slumber, yawued, scratched las bead, and muling a smooth crown, exclaim ed— ••What a stiij iu dog is this barber, he lias waked the bald man, instead of me!” Quick Work.—The Charleston IV- riot relates an instance oi mechanical despatch, which has been seldom e- quailed. At Mceber’s coach shop, his young men built a i osl Coach body, trimmed, painted, and bung it up in eight days, and the ninth day it vvas under way with the United States mail, and of first rate world: airship.—Mcr. Journal And w hen noting the business of tha day, bow easy to add, in a few words, the state of the weather, thus: Snow, with high mind, 'JN*. W. This practice would enable the far mer, when enjoying bis lire side in the winter, to review his operations tor the year past, and to discover where lie might have done better, and ol course ■ a -'B as suppliants, it was not in >g. or hesitating frame of spirit— ; error. He stmereo a persecuuo.. to u- * ^ ^ lh h winte 'hey bore in mind the gracious prom- ; rlse> and drive multitudes of them out J the .iu-, merit previous icg of the Lord Jesus. j of thee,tv; and they that were dis- t ,/j| a . iov * the inequalities are .e- Oh! that we could now see ther, persed, went e.e.y where preadnng the d “ 1C openati‘ n of harrow,ng hurcli leaning upon the .promises ot monl. 1 hus was necessary that the |nud , tl \ uyc a .; erti , ti Christ, as did the first disciples' I here , Christian church should be chastised x h|j| J(>d lQ , )Uil Vl>) llul ia all cases * no presumption in so doing; on the , n her in;ancy that she might *r ar, ‘ where green sward is tu.ued under lor contrary, this is the offspring of the . obedience to the last command of her a cl , ( lo | lillg lllURt ue beueiiciul, even ! Christian humility. IN ever i mn Lord. . . . when it i« t» be miked ialluvv, closing rreatlv prosper in any age ol the “world From the Acts of the Apostles it ap- aild the - (Jlllnrt . s «ioS -o ----- - , . , md she never will, till her sons and poars, that after tho disciples had laid \ ‘ tjl0 ' ci p ecl t „ produce ^a more ! l,e would be ( l ualilied to pursue his bu- ier daughters,, feeling their dope,,- aside their Jewish prejudices,and were * e * nd thoru q, ^composition of lo raore Vantage during the lern e on Christ, honor Ins faithfulness j fully instructed into the nature and ex-. urd 1 coming season. ‘nd his promises, hy going with confi- tent of their work, they uniformly act- , ‘ f .. movvinw ence Jhis throne Ah! these formal ed on the principles of extending the’ V to ena.de the mower to cJt ! LOVE, LAW, AND PHYSIC. 1 to prepare the We once heard of a country w ight the horse rake; who fell in love with the reigning belle an iiiioiomeui wnicn, with a horse und of a neighboring village. 'I his haughty ule or noting is received. Not so, m j from among the converts, thus setting iuuio the whrfc of six men. fair one-had discarded a host of ad.mr- ! postolic days. Christians then took t h, n gs in order they passed onwaids to lN()VV lrt t|ie time for everv farmer not ors, and-so completely had she awed' old of the promises of God, and were , ot | ier cities and villages. iSo plums ■ ^ . luruisht . d w j t ’|, a r ;,|| or , to pro- the other sex, that they were afraid to j ot disappointed. . I accessible to them was too re J" ot * *“ : cure a B ,ick of heavy white oak, two come within a “forty foot pole” ol her But it should not be forgotten, tha jbevtsited ; no obstacles too _gteat to be ^ t ^ n|>d u llh | f ^ d i amuleri and six chat ms, for like Van Buren magic, rhile the primitive Christians prayed encountered. I bey waited not to oe ; , 1M , glu |{, e ous made of oue they threw a spell around every one rith confidence, “thy kingdom cnine, invited, but considered themselves on- , & b drive thpm in the that came within their influence. Hodge hey put their hands tc the work which trusted with a message to every dweller ce|ltit! (1 f t | ie stioki the „ rn i se j t so that -frequently saw the beauty, and was Christ had given them to do. Here is on earth, aud hastened iorward to an- ^ „ ud „. e „ ns %v in rt , st on blocks, when ! also smitten. “Who’s afraid” said lie he great, secret of their success. I hey n ounce it. ' theie w ill fie no ditficulty in bringing one day as he comigenced, what lie pre- irayed and labored, as they were coin- j g 0 longr a» church persev t(> t | ie s ), a . e 0 f n n exact cylinder.— , suincd would be a ten years siege ot .landed to do. At no period, since the J this mode ot operation, she prospered, th# , re|miin3 to l)e done i 3 to make storming the adamantine castle of her igoof the apostolics has the church! while she watered others, streams ot ^ ^ t Q the latte) . affectiolls . Sometimes however, love vholly neglected to pray for the umver-; salvation descended upon her owni - b d can see what nobody else can, and al spreadV the Gospel; but she has l heritage.—Literary and llieological \ u • " ' ’ : Safe Side.—During the riots in 1730 most, persons in i_oiidon, in order to save their bouses, from being burnt or pulled down, wrote on their doors, “No I'opM'y !”• t. Id Giimaldi, to avoid all mistakes, wrote oil bis, “.So Ktli- gion.” An Irishman hearing tlicre was a letict ia tlio post otlice, went for it - Un ils being uanucu lo him b e iiankly confessed lie could not read, and re quested the post master to open it, di.d let him know the contents, "'Inch he very rcdily did. After getting all the inibrinution lie wanted, he shrugged up his shoulders, thanked him for his po liteness, and dijly observed, %V lienp 1 have some change i’ll call and take it.” JUI ( ~ • —p employed but few and feeble efforts to j Review sxteud the knowledge of the Gospel, i j Such are not the prayers that will pre-! Lawyer's Honesty.—A lawyer ot vail before the throne. The world will ' Stratsburg being in a dying state, sent 1 < n nmnuor I ft cur'll l .. n liK/.lltor I SI IV V ft f . tO I11&K6 Ollt lUS ONTARIO. there was someting in Iiodgo that in spile of his awkwardness, sent love’s j raptures to the bosom of this lair en-, clrantress. Now it happened that Matrimony.—Tobin, in his II mey Moon, says, “all women are angels be fore marriage, and that is the reason whv husbands so soon wish them ill heaven, afterwards.” A reply —A gallant veteran, many years the coinmaudinding officer ot one of the finest regiments, in his Majesty’s service, being at the governor’s taole at Corfu was asked by lady Ruthven, (a blue) if he had read Sir Walter Scott’s last work?” “Give you my honor, my lady, I never read but two books in my life—Bible and Articles of War.” The officer was John Freder ick Brown, col. -3th. An Irish schoolmaster, a great ene my to idleness, thinking the old copy, “i aziness will clothe a man with rags,” not sufficiently cerrect, altered it aud gave it to one of his scholars thus: “La ziness will clothe a man with nakedness.’ A Sovereign Remedy.—A faeetioua son of TEscuiapious, once prescribed to a love sick damsel, who complained, a- mon«f cither uilments, ol a sore throat, “a shirt-sleeve with an arm in it put round the neck at night. From the Republican Banne'. FARMER’S DIARY. -. . t ail DCiore uic uuvnio. * ,.® j ollolBUU . B - —=» • . . T, mnv excite a smile on the part of Doctor and l awyer both, had essayed lever he converted, in answer to such , f or a brother lawyer, to make out h.s , ltn b t her Farmers, P to be to storm the aforesaid castle of adamant, rfas for her :.■! The church in the apoBtolic age, con- nidered the conversion of the world to Christ a wo-k of common interest, and and at his request. “Whv not bestow it up- ; making .ne. n ora„ouum m ^ heFhcenix, and the doctor, that his on them?” ..id the djlttg »•»■>. )^ 1 1iSrS S™ heart’s idoUhnnlJ onjoy « very divinity Z” ’ -S iu his domicil; yet lW though its Happy Retort.-Two friends who hap pened to be judges of different courts, and ure quite opposed to calling each other by their titles as unnecessarily ceremonious, meeting one day in tho street, Judge F. said to the other, “Good morning, Judge S.”—who im mediately replied in the proverb, Judge, not that yon be not Judged. ’