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POETRY.
For the Index.
Aurora.
Tbe morning dawns and darkness Hies, ,
Before Aurora's cheering light,
Sbeding its rays o'er hill and dale,
Leaving behind no trace of night.
The martin warbler speaks his notes
of gladness at its first appear,
And raises high his songs of praise.
To Him it is his only prayer.
Then the bright sun sends forth his beams,
la nl their grandeur and their power,
Ifj aad besses,’ dad Weeping things
g, joirr to see tln> riadsomc hour.
Ti.as tbe true Christian on *his earth,
Sheds all around a feeble light,
< ok pared to that in store above,
Which we all know is far more bright. I
>o that Great Son shall shed llis light,
Alter tbe dawn oflight below,
Ob all toe children round His throne,
Who ever Him rejoiced to know.
\V. J. C.
Wa-unctoc, Ga., Jan. 23, 1858.
The Fairy’s Burial.
■Where shall our sister rest ?
Where shall we bury her ?
To the grave's silent breast
Soon we must hurry her !
(ritar is the beauty now
From ber cold bosom !
Down droops her livid brow.
Like a wan blossom!
Not to those white lips cling
Smiles or caresses!
Dull is tbe rainbow wing,
IKor tbe bright tresses!
Death now hath claimed his spoil—
Fling the pall over her,
Lap we earth's lightest soil
Wherewith to cover her !
Where down in yonder vale
Lillies are growing,
Mourners the pure and pale.
Sweet tears Itcstowing!
Morning and evening dews
Will they shed o'er her;
Each eight their task renew *
How to deplore her!
Here let the fern grass grow.
With its green drooping !
Let the narcissus blow,
O'er the wave stooping ‘
Let tbe brook wander bv.
Mournfully singing !
Let die wind murmur nigh.
Sad echoes bringing!
Ana when the moonbeams shower.
Tender and holy,
light on the haunted hour,
Which is ours solely,—
Then will we seek the spot
Where thou art sleeping.
Holding the unforgot
With our long weeping!
A home without a girl in it,.is
nlv halt blest: it is an orchard with
it MoMomg, and a spring without a
- rtg. A house fall of sons is like Leb- i
:n..n with its cedars; but daughters
’ y the fireside are like the roses of Sha
— Swift held the doctrine, that there
wore three places where a man should
le allowed to speak without contradic
•a, viz: “ The bench, the pulpit and
t lie gallows.”
A man came into a printing office
t < 1-eg a paper. “Because,’’ said he,
*we like to read newspapers very much,
at our neighbors are all too stingy to
take one.”
periphrasisP “Madam, it issimply a
oircnmlocntory cycle of oratorical sen
ri'ity. circumscribing an atom of iden
tity, Wirt in a verbal profundity.” —
“ Thank you, sir.”
The mind, like the soul, rises in
value, according to the nature and
degree of in tuitivarion.
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX
; ('OMMLHCATIONS.
For the Index.
Jacksonville, Fla., )
Dec. 25, 1857. )
Dear Brethren: 1 learn from the
j Minutes of the Alachua .Association,
I recently received, that Elder S. French
was appointed clerk at its late session,
i Our delegates were prevented from at~
j tending by sickness in their families,
I deem it my duty, as pastor of the
i Bethel church, to state in this public
| manner, that Eld. 8. French is, and was
,at the time of his appointment as
I clerk of said Association, an exoinded
member of our church, as will appear
from the Mlow&g Preamble and
Resolutions adopte'd by the ‘CJwch,
(after availing itself of all the aid in
I counsel that it could obtain from sis
ter churches,) at its regular Confer
ence, held Aug. 2d, 1857.
“ Wliereac, Elder S. French obtain
ed a letter of dismission from us by
making professions which his subse
quent conduct proved to be false ; and
whereas, he has moreover traduced the
character of iindividuals and maligned
and denounced the church in the ag
: gregate, written an insulting letter to
her, made false representations of her
acts, and preferred charges against her;
and whereas, when cited to appear be
fore her and answer .for his repeated
and manifest violations of the laws of
| Christ’s kingdom, instead of heeding
i the citation, he proceeded, apparently
i with the view of placing himself be
j yond our jurisdiction, to constitute
himself and a tew others into a church,
without the aid or counsel of a Pres
• bytery, and contrary alike to the ex
plicit instructions of our Lord and Sa
viour, as recorded in Matt. 5:23, and
to all approved. Baptist usage ; and
• whereas, lie has, moreover, pertina
ciously declined all our overtures to
submit his case to the arbitrament of
a council of ministers, although he was
invited to select such ministers as lie
thought proper to form a part of said
council. Therefore,
“Resolved, That we withdraw our i
fellowship from said 8. French, until
he shall have made proper acknowl
edgements for his many infractions of
the express precepts of the Divine j
law, while under onr jurisdiction.
“Resolved, That we are ready to
furnish, in detail, the charges prefer
red against Elder &. French, and the
evidence upon which they rest, when ,
respectfully requested so to do by any
church with which lie may become as
sociated.
“Resolved, That the foregoing pre
amble and resolutions be sent for pub
lication to the Southern Baptist, Chris
tian Index, S. W. Baptist and Tennes- j
see Baptist.”
A word of explanation is due for the
non-remittance, at an earlier day, of
the above Preamble and Resolutions :
to the offices of the papers named.
The duty of forwarding them was
assigned to me. Sickness and other
unavoidable causes, combined to pro- j
vent inv sending them at an earlier
day. Their publication, at a later pe
riod, I concluded might appear inop
portune, and thought it might be best t
to let the matter rest until the ap-j
preaching meeting of our Association,
when it would most probably, in the i
natural course of events, be brought
before that body and be referred for
investigation to a committee of dis
creet and disinterested brethren. I
moreover, felt a great reluctance to be
instrumental in exhibiting before the ‘
public, in any unfavorable light, one ■
whom I had baptized, with whom I
had maintained a pleasant fraternal
correspondence, and for whom I had
cherished sincere Christian affection.
It is with lieart-felt sorrow I now com
municate that which cannot fail to sub
ject to reproach, more or less, the
cause of Christ in general, and the
Baptist denomination in particular.
That our church has erred in the
case of Elder F., I freely admit. Her ;
great reluctance to proceed to extreme ;
measures with her former pastor, and j
the fond hope indulged, that mature I
reflection would lead him to see and
confess his past errors, led her to
extend her forbearance too far. Her
clemency has become her crime. May
God forgive all who may have taken j
advantage of her clemency to defame i
and injure her.
I will only add, that I entertain no
doubt of the readiness of our church ,
to have the whole matter overhauled
and submitted to a council called in
from sister churches, and to rescind
her former acts, if such council shall,
after prayerful and deliberate investi
gation, decide that they were unscrip
tural. What more could or should
she do ? But as Elder F. has hitherto
refused to submit the case to a coun
cil, the presumption is, that he will
continue to do bo, as long as one
OE-GkA-TST OF THE BAPTIST COrSTVEHTIOH of THE STATES of GEORGIA.
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MACON, WEDNESDAY, EIoRUIBT 3, 1858.
’ church is found ready to uphold him.
JOSEPHS. BAKER.
CHURCH POLITY.
Allow me to add, with some re
marks,. few general principles in eccle
, siastical polity, recognized as such by
intelligent and orderly Baptist church-
I es very generally.
, 1. In the trial of a church member, j
the question to be decided is not, “ Is i
he a Christian ?” but, “ has he been
guilty of unchristian conduct ?”
Remarks. —The following are ex- j
tracts from the “Periodical Library,” \
1 pp. 283, 284, published in 1847. “The |
character of the offence and not that j
iof the offender, phould influence all :
om* deeferons-well
as in civil tribunals. When a mem
ber is arraigned before a church, it is
no part of our business to enter into a :
I general investigation of his claims to i
be considered a Christian. The ques
tion to be decided is not, “Is lie a chris- j
; tian ?” but, “Is he guilty V* “ * * ;
“ The word of God teaches us ex-:
pressly to withdraw from such as de
part from the faith, or walk disorderly
among us. There are no exceptions j
made in favor of those whom we may j
hope to be Christians.”
“ should give no more counten- j
ance to sin in one than in another—we
should be at least as careful not to
sanction it in the Christian as in the ;
unconverted. The fact that a sin has
been committed by a Christian does j
uot lessen its evil in any respect; it !
rather increases it. A sinful act com- (
mitted by one who has hitherto sus-1
tained a fair character, is calculated to j
exert a wider and more baneful influ-1
ence than the same act committed by j
a loose professor, or an avowed infidel.
It is with rays of moral darkness as
with rays of solemn light—the more ,
elevated the object that reflects them
the more extensively fs their influence
spread abroad and felt. Bhali we then
plead in extenuation of sin, that which
increases its power to harm ? God for
-1 bid.”
2. The granting of a letter of dismis- j
sion to a member does not release the !
recipient thereof from the jurisdiction
of the church that granted it until it
has been handed in to some orderly”
church of Christ of “the same faith and
order.” * * * ‘* *
Remarks. —The truth of this is evi
dent from the very wording of our let
ters of dismission, lienee, too, Bap
tist churches do not hesitate to exclude,
1 formally, from their fellowship, those
who, after receiving a letter of dismis
sion, unite with a Campbellite or a
Pedobaptist church.
3. A church constituted of or by
persons known to be lying under the
censure of a regularly constituted
church, is uot to be recognized as an
orderly gospel church, nor do letters
of dismission granted by such a church,
entitle one to reception or fellowship’
in any other orderly church of Christ.
Remarks. —Members coming to us
from Campbellite or Pedo baptist
churches are never received into well
constructed Baptist churches upon the
letter received from such churches.—
Why ? Because such churches are not
considered orderly churches of Christ.
4. For one Baptist church to receive ;
into her fellowship one known to be
; lying under the censure of a sister
church, from whom he had obtained ,
his letter without investigating the j
nature and ground of her censures, is i
nnscriptural, contrary to Baptist us
age, and well calculated to destroy all
j fellowship and Christian intercourse
! between sister churches.
Remarks. —Such a course is much
: better calculated to render our church
es like the Kilkenny cats than like “a
company of horses in Pharoli’s chariot.’
Is it not?
I would invite the attention of all
Baptists, Landmarkers and anti-Land
markers, to the above general princi
| pies, and if any one objects to any of
them, I would respectfully request him
ito state and sustain, if he can, his ob
i jections over lus own proper signature.
: By so doing he may benefit the public
i as well rs the undersigned.
J. S. BAKER.
For the Index.
To Dr. Leseuer.
The principal difficulty in your way
j seems to be your want of appreciation
l of the doctrine of election as under
stood and taught by the Baptists and
the Bible. ‘ The question is not wheth
! er election is right or wrong, but, is it
taught by the sacred writers. I take
the affirmative of this proposition, and
will proceed to sustain my position,
j not by logic, but by the Scriptures.
I first call your attention to the 17th
chapter and 2d verse of John’s Gospel.
“As thou hast given power over all
flesh, that He should give eternal life
to as many as thou hast given Him.”
I I wish you to attend strictly to the
■ phraseology of the above language.—
You will perceive that eternal life is
given to a certain numbeiv - First, God
has given a definite number to His Son,
and Christ gives eternal life to precise
ly the number given to Him by Hi s
Father, and no more. Now, if the
Father gave the whole confraternity of
man to the Son, then from necessity
| every child of Adam mu£t be saved,
i because Christ saves all who are given
Him by His Father. But all are not
saved, and therefore all are not given,
i Can you pick any flaw in this logic ?
As my object is tQ be brief, I again i
i call your attention to Ephesians, Ist j
i chapter and 4th verse:
“According as He hath ehbsen us in j
ffim^Ckrigt)’'• before ttefwridatloil of
the world, that we should be holy and 1
without blame before Him in love.”
If my logic is not at fault, the apos-!
; tie intends to say, that before tbe mor- j
ning stars sang together, every child 1
of Adam who will finally be saved, ‘
was chosen in Christ Jesus; that it
| # 7 j
was included in the covenant of re
demption in the councils of eternity,!
I and well known to the Father. In the i
! preceding verse we learn that all who i
1 were given to the Son will be saved, j
and that a definite number was chosen j
in Christ Jesus an driven to Him, and •
therefore must be saved. The apostle
continues, “Having predestinated us
unto the adoption of children by Je- i
sus Christ to himself, according to the
good pleasure of His will.” The idea j
is this: that all of us, like sheep, had
gone astray —were wandering uncon-1
scious of our destiny, and God, who
had given His chosen ones to His Son, j
predestinated (determined) to adopt i
them into the family of Heaven, not!
by any process inconsistent with the j
covenant arrangement, but by the me
diation of Christ, in whom they had ;
been chosen, and to whom they belong- i
ed. This was tne means by which j
they were to be reconciled to God and
become His children. But no merito-!
rious conduct on the part of the sin
ner moved the Father to bring about
this desirable result, for we are inform
ed that it was done “according to the
good pleasure of llis will.”
Luke .records* m the jl3th chapter
and 48th verse of the Acts of the Apos-1
ties, tliis strong and convincing lan- i
guage:
“And when the gentiles heard this,
they were glad, and glorified the word j
of the Lord, and as many as were or- i
darned to eternal life believed.” The
apostles had just been preaching to the
Jews, who refused to hear, and finding
that their doctrines were unheeded, j
they announced their intention to
preach to the gentiles, and all who had !
been ordained ta eternal life of the !
gentiles in that congregation believed j
and were saved, and none others.— ;
Were they all thus favored with cov-1
enanted mercies ? If so, then all were
saved. If not; then they did not be
lieve and were not saved. And why ?
Because they were not ordained to i
eternal life. Is it not strongly implied
that many were present on that occa- j
sion who did not believe ? I think so.
ITow then can this language be con- !
strued so as to destroy its force in sus
taining the doctrine of election and
Divine choice?
But let us proceed. By referring to 1
the 2d chapter of second Thessalonians
and 13th verse, we have additional
light on this subject :
“But we are bound to give .thanks
always to God for you, brethren, be
loved of the Lord, because God hath
from the beginning chosen you to sal
vation, through sanctification of the
, Spirit and belief of the truth.”
The unmistakable meaning of the
1 apostle in this verse is, that in the be
ginning, that is, before we were born,
if children of God we were chosen in
Christ to be saved through the instru
mentality of the Holy Spirit as the ef
ficient cause, and made heirs of God
!by the belief of tbe truth. If I am
correct in my interpretation of these
Scriptures, then the question is settled,
that all who have been or will be here
after saved, were chosen in Christ Je
sus before the world began, and will
be called effectively, by efficient in
strumentality, to the household of faith
before they cross over the Jordan of
death. But as a confirmation of this
position, I refer to the loth chapter and
16th verse of John’s Gospel: “You
have not chosen me, but I have cho
sen you and ordained you,” &c. The
children of God are here said to be
chosen, ordained, and set apart for a
specific work, to wit: that they may
bring forth fruit which will remain.—
It will be perceived that God not only
chooses - the creature and adopts him
into the Heavenly family, but also or
dains the means which will change the
current of his nature, and control his
thoughts, words and actions. His peo
ple are not only to he saved by grace
with an everlasting salvation, but they
are also to bear good “fruit as an evi
dence of their adoption -and sanctifica
tion. When, therefore, God deles*
mined to save, He also determma®]
and ordained that His people should |
walk worthy of the voeatiSWßET]
with they were called. .• ... >
Hence the idea that belief in the doc
trine of election begets indifference in
the Christian, is a very great error.
HT.IX
iTo.be continued.')
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For the Index.
Two Whats. .
Ist. What a sinner may do before’
his justification. He can read his Bi
ble, go to hear the Gospel preached,
tor
profit thereby. He can talk with Chris
tian people that he may beeome ac
quainted with the things of religion.
He can pray to and seek after God, if
happily, he may find Him. God has
made of one blaod all nations, and
fixed the bounds of their habitations,
that they may seek after Him and find
Him.
The sinner may avoid, in a great
measure, the secret and outbreaking
crimes with which the world is pollu
ted. Also, he can keep the Sabbath,
pay just debts whether contracted with
editors or some other, visit the sick,
be kind and benevolent to the poor
and needy. All these things can the
sinner do, not meritoriously, but civ
illy, morally and rationally. I would
notice, still further, that the sinner can
repent before justification, Repent
ance evidently, in the Scriptures, pre
cedes justification. This is the case in
the preaching of John the Baptist, of
Christ, and of the apostles, ft is the
case in the commission as recorded by
Luke. The Christian’s experience al
so accords with the Scriptures in teach
ing that repentance goes before justifi
cation. H appy is that preacher whose
own experience, n.ext to the Bible, is
his text book. Faith, moreover, is ex
ercised by the sinner before lie is jus- j
tified. It is just as impossible for jus- j
tification to precede faith as it is for |
salvation. The sinner, then, can and
must, by the assistance of God’s Spir- i
it, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ!
441*e-wottl4 be juotiiiod- f*ow 1
from which he cannot be justified by !
the law of Moses.
2. What the justified sinner can do.
He can enjoy peace with God through
Christ. He can loye God, become a
member of the Church and discharge
all Christian duties in connection with
God’s people, through Christ strength- ;
ening him. Even the justified person
can do nothing meritoriously, nothing
as the grounds upon which God will
save him, as of debt. The justified
person, when faith works by love, pu
rifies his heart and overcomes the
world, is still required to say, I am an
unprofitable servant. These are the
two whats. Which of them is ours ?
J. H. G.
The following from the Southern
| Presbyterian, may possibly be appli
i cable to some Baptist churches :
YOUR PASTOR’S SALARY.
Has it been paid, and paid up to the
present time ? If not, let it be paid at
i once; because,
I 1. He needs it. Few ministers re-
S ceive more, or have the promise of
i more than is required by their absolute
wants. Many not so much.
: 2. He needs it now. He has made
engagements, depending upon receiv
ing it. Asa man of integrity, a Chris
tian, and a minister of the Gospel, lie
I feels bound to keep his word He knows
that his character and usefulness will
both suffer if he does not. He may
have done wrong in making those en
i gagements, but it is more likely that
he was compelled to do so in order to
! supply the current wants of himself
and family. Every day he is deprived
of the means of paying his debts, sub
jects him to mortification.
3. He needs it now particularly. The
times are hard. Every creditor wants
i his dues — is urgent, perhaps clamor
ous, for them. The minister having
a great many friends, a great many
i debtors, is supposed always to be able
to get what is owing him if he shall
make the effort. An impression pre
; vails in the world that Christian peo
ple are always willing and ready to
| discharge their obligations to their
! pastor. Hence the minister is expec
ted to pay his debts, even if nobody
else does, and especially when nobody
else can.
4. If not paid at once, it will be more
difficult to pay it hereafter. It always
requires more effort to pay an old debt
than a recent one. Arrears have al
i ways to be brought up—up hill. It
! will be much easier to pay five
1 dollars now, and five in July next, than
! to pay ten at the latter day, or twenty
j a year hence. The man who delays
. paying his debts when they become
| due, only accumulates trouble in the
i future. He will repent of his error
some day, but it may be too late to re
i cover from its mischiefs.
5. You will profit more by the min
istry of your pastor, having discharg
ed promptly and fully your pecuniary
obligations to him. His labors, you
will feel, belong to you, for although
it would not be right exactly to say
that you had bought them, you will,
GEORGIA TELEGRAI'I&.Ait POWER PRESS.
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nevertheless, hav® a consciousness that
they are honestly yours—yours to en-
Aaff ®- 11 d to profit by. When you"meet
iMfc4luring the weelf, you will not
t reflection to ban
\ IB ®JjjMgMJhi<l,that you owe him
’ ; iwJWßfeer/"greatiy need ; nor
be annoyed by* fill the while you are
listening to hitfvoice in the services of
the sanctuary. You will think more
of him and ‘of his labors, when your
conscience* shall he entirely at ease
with respect to yourself.
He will labour with better-heart,’
He will knpw services are ap
preciated. f He will pj&f
love him-, and loathe is doifig good
among them. Thu@*hsw4lM>e enc<Mß*-
ftged to labor on,- aftd,:lab6t'frn’iearn-
Said” he this?”
whether his salary is paid punctually
or not. But how can he \ He is but
a man, subject to all the infirmities of
the flesh. Can he be expected to rise
above the influence that depress every
body else who feels them?
7. lie will be better satisfied with
his present charge. Let a pastor find
his people slow, irregular, reluctant in
paying his salary, and it is not in his
nature to prevent himself from asking
whether there is not some other field
offering as great inducements for use
fulness, in which he would be released
from the annoyances and wrongs to
which ho is now exposed. If, whilst
in this state of mind, an offer from an
other should be made, it will be hard
to resist it. lie may make nothing by
the exchange $ still there is a hope of
better things, and that may he enough
to turn the scale. If you wish to retain
your pastor, pay him his salary, pay it
promptly, pay it all.
8. He has not the power or liberty
to enforce the collection of his dues
that other men have. He cannot sue
his debtors. He cannot worry them
with incessant duns. He cannot"“shave
off their paper. It would cost more
than his character is worth to do any
of these things. His salary is there
fore a debt of honor. The very disa
bilities under ‘which he lies from the
nature of his office, render the obliga
tion the more imperative in the view
of all right minded, honorable men.
9. It is a sacred debt. You pay him
as your minister in holy things—the
servant of God, having a commission
from God for your spiritual welfare.—
T our religion, your allegiance to God,
the good of your souls, demand that
your obligations to him should be faith
fully THscharged:. - - wnt hfm
to you, and authorized him to require,
and commanded you to furnish, “ the
hire” to which, as a laborer in the vine
yard of the Lord, he is entitled. It is
God’s ordinance, and no one can disre
gard it without guilt and danger.
< (i<M
Interesting Interview.
The Washington papers give glow
ing descriptions of the interview of the
Pawnee delegation with the Secretary
of the Interior on Wednesday last.—
The ceremony commenced by shaking
Kinds all around, when the Secretary,
through an interpreter, addressed the
Savages as follows:
lam pleased to see you here, inas
much as this is the first visit you have
ever made to your Great Father in
Washington. We have now made a
treaty with yon, which we want to be
one of peace forever. [Hugh ! luigli!]
We want you to go on a reservation
and live by your labor hereafter, and
educate your children, so as to make
them smart men. [Hugh! hngh!]—
You have been living south of the
Platte, where you were not entitled to
live; but now we want you to go on
land that we give you to make up for
your lands, and we will protect you, i
for the country is rich, and they tell us
that with little labor, and not so much j
time in the hunt, we have every reason
j to believe that you will become pros
perous and happy. [Hugh! hugh!]
Pe-ta-na-sharo, or “A chief and a
man,” said that they came to see the
Secretary with plenty of mud on their
feet. [The Secretary, “tell him that
we make no difference on that ac
: count.”] They were poor, but per
! haps the Secretary would be the means
of their not being poor; perhaps he
would give them all money instead of
i part goods. They had not much sense;
but the chief thought they would have
sense enough to manage “that; and if
they got the money they could do bet
ter buying.
The Secretary replied: “We wish
: to give them plows, hoes, and means
J to make corn and meat.”
La-itz-na-sharo, or “The Little chief,”
after stating that they had travelled a
long way to see their Great Father,
j said they were very poor. He was
like the first chief, and would rather
get all lfioney and no goods, lie
thought that if they had all money in
stead of half goods, they could keep
their money longer, for the goods would
wear out.
_ The Secretary. “If you want to he
rich, you must do like white men—
learn to work, plough, and make good
houses.”
Na-sharo-cho-hicks said that he was
pleased to see the Secretary. He
thought that his ancestors who came
hereto make a treaty had not made a
good bargain, but he hoped now that
they had made bargains that would be
lasting, and do them some good. He
wanted to have everything that had
been promised them.
The Secretary. “We keep our word.
All we want is for you to keep your
word with ns.” *
He-sha-ro-lad-a-00, or ‘The Big chief,’
Number 5.
said that he believed that the Govern
ment what it had promised.
Bat a good many bad ‘white men had
told them that their Groat Father
lies a plenty,” hut they had confi
dence that he would give them all that
he had promised.
The Secretary. “You must not be
lieve the stories of “bad white men,”
who wish to cheat you out of your
money.”
The interview then terminated.
The fii|t two chiefs, after shaking
liands, embraced and kissed the Secre
tary, and a portion of their warpaint
besmeared his face, giving it a gro
tesque appearance.
A Lively Corpse.
An of tire-ar^-*-
pmctJsC'u in thiAfcit.v to extort money
from the benevolent, is contained in
an incident related in the Daily Times.
A Quaker lady, residing in Philadel
phia, was recently visited by a little
girl who said her father was very sick
and was not expected to live, and that
she and the rest of a large family were
in a state of destitution. The kind hear
ted Quakeress gave her SB, and the
little girl with tears of thankfulness,
murmured her gratitude and departed.
A few days after she returned with a
countenance more wan and sorrow
stricken than before to tell her bene
factress that her father was dead, all
that she had received had been expend
ed for a coffin and shroud, and she had
nothing left to ray the further ex
penses of her father’s funeral. The
generous lady gave her $lO, and went
among her friends and collected three
dollars more for her, and then went
with her to her wretched abode, where
she found the family wringing their
hands and uttering loud lamentations
over the body of a man which lay in a
coffin placed on two chairs in the cen
tre of the room. The lady, who was
unused to such scenes of woe, and was
greatly affected by what she saw, hur
riedly drew forth her purse, gave a
portion of its contents to the little girl,
with a promise of future assistance,
and hastily left the room. When she
reached the foot of the crazy stairs
which she had ascended to the squalid
apartment above, she had forgotten
her purse. She went up again imme
diately, and as noiselessly as possible,
that slio might not disturb the sacred
grief of the sorrow stricken family.—
What was her surprise and terror on
entering the room, to perceive the
corpse sitting upright in its shroud,
eagerly counting the gold which she
had left behind her, and ftfWnneiiig
the result in tones which sounded more
like those of robust health than the
sepulchral accents of an inmate (al
most) of the tombs. She contempla
ted for a moment this phase of human
ity, and then departed as noiselessly as
she had returned. — Ex.
Imphee Again.
Mr. Wray thinks that Imphee, of
the African sugar cane, will furnish
the Northern states with means of mak
ing sugar for themselves. Several va
rieties of it will ripen perfectly in from
75 to 100 days. He thinks that it can
be crystalized by a method which he
has used, and for which he has applied
for a patent in the United States as
well as in Great Britain, and some
countries on the Continent. The meth
od consists of several distinct opera
tions.
1. Treating the juice with cream of
lime, without heat.
2. Filtering the juice through char
coal, to remove all febulence. This
gives a clear, bright liquor, without
any heat.
3. Heat the liquor to 128 or 180 de
grees Fahrenheit, but in nut galls, and
j bring the liquor to the boiling point.
| Keep it so a few moments, then cool
and filter again.
i 4. Evaporate the liquor in open pans,
: skimming the scum as it rises, till the
| syrup is ready to grain.
■ 5. Then remove to vessels proper
for this purpose. Ifit should not gra
nulate readily throw into the concen
j trated syrup a few ounces ot well grain
ied sugar. This will cause it to grain
j rapidly. By the use of this method,
Mr. W. affirms that excellent white
sugar can always be made from the
j African sugar cane.
If he is rr|nt in this matter, our far
r mers will do well to look into the sub
; ject. The experience of the last eigh
I teen months will give additional inter
| est to every effort to secure cheap do
| mestic sugar. Our advice to all is,
; that they read extensively, observe
I carefully, experiment cautiously and
| having proven “all things, hold fast to
1 that which is good.”— Ohio Farmer.
The absent man would wish to be
thought a man of talent, by affecting
to forget what all others remember ;
and tlie antiquarian is in pursuit of the
same thing, by remembering what all
others have thought proper to forget.
I cannot but think it would much im
prove society, first, if all absent men
would take into their heads to turn an
tiquarians ; and next, if all antiqua
rians “would be absent men.
The two most precious things on this
side of the grave are our reputation
and our life. But it is to be lamented
that the most contemptible whisper
may deprive us of the one, and the
weakest weapon of the-other. A wise
man, therefore, will be more anxious
to deserve a fair name, than to possess
it, and this will teach him so to live,
as not to be afraid to die.
We cannot do injury to others
without injuring ourselves.