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WHE PERSECUTING HUSBAND
AND HXS\ PiOUS WIFE,
We take the followiug anecdote
from the Report of the Baptist Home
Missionary Sociesty of Loadon, which
heid its Apaual ‘eeting on the-17th
June. Tt excited a strong scisation
among the audience, and was foilow
ed by an enthusiastic buist of ap
- plause.
+*As the circ'omsiances attending the
atroduction of the Gospel to the vil
lage of Berwick are peculiarly inter
esting, your Committee venture into
gome detail, belteving that in them wii)
be traced with @dmiration & gratitude
the finger of Gad. The first seal to the
ministry of youir Missionary was a poos
woman, the wife of a day-laborer.—
Previously to this time they had liv
ed very happily together; but now the
husband becarne a bitler persecutor
and because liis wife wouid net relin
quish theservice of God he frequent
ly turned her out of doors in the night
and daring the winter seeson. 'Fhe
wife being ‘“a prudent woman,” did
mot expose this cruelty to her neigh
‘bors, but, on the contrary, to avoid
their observation, she went into the
adjacent fields and betook herself to
prayer. Greatly distiessed, but not
i despair, her ouly enconragement
was that with God all thinss are pos
gible; she therefore resolved to set a
part one hour every day to pray for
the conversion of her perse2uting hus
pand. This she was enabled to do
without missing one day for a whole
wear. Seeing no change in her hus
®and, she formed a second resulution
*#o persevere for six mouths longer.
~which she did up to the last day, when
ghe retired at about 12 o’clock as u
- gnal, and as she thought. for the Tast
- time. Feariag that her wishes, in
this instance, might be contrary to
hé will of Gad. she resolved to eall
‘wo wore upoa bim; her desiré not be-
CHEROKEE
g 2 an.ed, her expectation appeared
obe cut off. That same day, her
11shaud rveturned from his labor in a
itaie o' deep dejection, and insiead «
sitting dowa as usual to his dinner, Le
peoce dad directly to his chamber. —
lis wile foliowed and listened, and, (o
ier grateiul astonishment, ‘he who
ised to moek, had retired to pray.’
fe cama down stairs, but refused to
22t and returned ajain to his labor un-
vil evening. When he came home his
wvite affectiovately asked him, ‘what
was the matter? “-Matter enough,”
sadd he; lam a lost stmer.” About
tivelve o clock this morning,’ continued
ae, ‘I was at my work, and a passage
ol scriplure was impressed upon my
mind, which I cannot get rid of, and i
<m sure |am lost.” His wife encour-
iged him to pray, but he replied, ‘O
7ife, it is of no more use, there is no
lorgiveness for me.” Smitten- with
remorse at the recollection of his for
~mer conduct he said to his wife *Will
you forgive me?’ She replied, ‘O yes,
that Lwill” -Will you pray for me
now?” ¢“That I will with all my
heart.” They instantly fell on their
knees and wept and made supplication.
His tears of penitence mingled with
her tears of gratitude and joy. Soon
afterwards this pious couple agreed to
have their house registered as a place
of worship, and the scene of solitary
itercession became a house of prayer.
In vain did the parish clergyman visit
them, to reprove’ and menace them,A
and order them to hold no more meet
ings for prayer. Their house was
u.der the protection of the law, and
their hearts under the influence of the
osie Like the two b ren that
im m "¢: the Saviour, saying, ‘have
mercy onus,” when the multitude said
they should hold their peace, they cri
ed the more a great deal. The con
sequence was, that their little habita
tion soon became, too strait for the at
tendance; and having by great econc
my, saved out of their scanty earnings,
the sum of tive pounds, they resolved
to expend this their little all, in the
enlargement of their dwelling for the
accommodation of these who wished to
bear the Gospel. Accordingly, the
wall of their house was carried back
into the garden, and rebuilt with the
wood and stone which their neighbors
carried to them for that purpose; and
m a litile time the enlargement was
completed and paid for. There was
not o horse or cart used upon the oe
casion; no loss of time, nor discord a
smong the laborers; ‘the wall was
‘built, and the roof thereof joined to
gether, for the people bad a mind to
work.” ‘ v
¢Of this happy couple it may be re
corded, that having a church in their
own house, consisting of from twenty
to thirty mewbers, of which he who
once was g persecutor, is now a dea
con, and in the midst of which he reads
the hymns every Sabbath day, they
continue with one accord, eating their
meat with gladuess and singleness of
ceart, praising God. and having favor
with the people. So strong is the
~onviction that a larger place of wor
ship is neede’, that a benevolent lady
who belongs to the Established
Church, has kindly enzazed to erect a
Meeting-house at her own expease.
orovided a suitable piece of ground
could be obtained for that purposec.”
RTLIGION TAMES THE SAVAGE.
Nancy M'Kinzie, who is spoken of
in the extracts below, was a promis
ing girl, {ormerly in the school at
Mackinaw; and, as is hoped, beeame
while there, truly pious. Upon hear
ing this. her friends visited her, and
compelled her to leave the school,
somewhat more than a yearagé and
accompany them into the wilderness;
where, as they supposed, being out of
the reach of her teachers, the influ
ence of the instruction she had receiv
ed would cease to be felt, and she
would return to the ceremonies of the
Catholic church. Her friends treat
ed her harshly, and threatened to
whip her te ddath if she did not yield.
NEW ECHOTA, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3, 1828,
sr. Ferry wiile on a tour last Sum
mery visited her; and the following - is
ihe result of his interview:
At the Swult, 1 crossed the river to
the knglish side to see Mr. M’Bean,
Nancy s step-father, and though well
seceived, I found I was likely to have
no favorable interview with Nancy;
and proposed to the father to permit
her, with two of the other children, to
accompany me to Mr. Schoolcraft's
where I had left Miss Osmar. To
ihis he cousented, and said that he
would send a boat in a few hours for
them. By means of Mrs. School
craft, who is an excellent interpre
ter, I was happy to find Nancy im
moveably firm inthe faith. She was
ma very hap.y state of mind. Her
trials and peisecutions seemed only to
have brightened her graces. She had
been most amoyed by her mother and
brother. After she was taken from
‘us last year, they tried much by
threats and otherwise, to bring her
back to Catholic superstition. . In ore
iistance, she said, after she ariived
at the winteriug ground ag.e Cloche,
her brother asked her to go out with |
bium sailing on the Sabbath. She re
fused to go, and told him it was wick
ed: but he insisted upon it and de
ciared he would make her go. When
10 reasoning would avail, she told him
that if she went, he must carry her
against her will, as she would not use
her feet; and then the sin would be
his, il she could not help herself. Af
ter some abuse of language, he pull
ed her ears and left her. At their
wintering ground there was a woman
connected with some one of the tra
ders, with whoth Naney Veécame inti
mate, and was apparently iustrumen
tal in awakening her mind to a con
cern for her salvation. Hence she
sought Nancy’s company frequently
But no seoncr was this perceived,
than they were separated; and, to
use Namzy’s own expression, as it was
iuterpreted, ‘I suppose they ridiculed
and laughed her out of religion.”
Her own family, after they found
they could not move her, used for the
most to let her alone. But when her
mother’s sister came into the family,
(which was either just before or after
they arrived at the Sault this spring,)
she commenced her abuse, and has
acted, Nancy says, a great deal worse
than ever her mother did. = Whether
there will be any means for Nancy’s
getting somewhere under religious in
struction, is doubtful. She says her
step-father told her, on her arrival at
Le Cloche last summer, that she
should never set her foot in the mis
sion house again. The season we had
with Nancy was a very interesting
though short one. 1 believe we were
all somewhat melted with the privil
of once more howing our knees togeth
er. Forone I felt as if I could commend
h r in faith to the care of that God, w! o
rules as well in the wilderness and the
storm, as in the hallowed dwellings
and churches of Zion.—/Missionary |
Herald for October. |
The Sinner his own Destroyer.—The
decrees of God do not compel him to
sin, and election, when he has sinned.
does not shut him out of heaven. He is
voluntary in loving the creature more
then God, and he is voluntary in re
fusing to return to God by Jesus
Christ. A complete atonement has
been made for all his sins, and a free
pardon is offered, if he will repent.—
But he will not repent. = Christ is
willing to save him, but he will not
come. Aversion to God and his gov
ernment caused his departure, and the
same aversion prevents his return by
Jesus Christ. God has Luilt an eter
nal prison, and the sinner fits himself
for it, and goes there of his own ac
cord, in spite of all the restraints
which God has laid upon him, and all
the obstructions by which he has
blocked up the way to ruin. God has
done every thing, but just to exert al
mighty power, vet he will not turn.
He will die! He shuts his eyes; he
stops his ears; and casts behind him
Bibles, axd Sabbaths, and exhertp~
PHERNIX.
‘lions, and entreaties; he treads under
foot the blood of the covemant, and
does despite to the Spirit of Grace;
and, through a host oi opposing means,
and while God, and angels, and men,
are entreating him to stop, he forces
bis way down to ruin.—Dr. Beecher.
I'have known many go back and
perish, after they seemed to have al
most reached the entrance of the way
of life. I have seen them sensible
that they were the chief of sinners,
Tully convinced that everlasting mise
ry would be their portion unless they
repented and embraced the Saviour,
and assenting to the truth that he was
able and willing to save them. I
have seen them in this state for seve
ral days, unutterably distressed by a
sense of guilt and fear of God’s wrath.
their understandings and consciences
waged an ineffectual war, with their
obdurate hearts vain attempts to
sibdue them. At lensth their hearts,
and made gained a fatal victory |
their conviction of the truth was’
banished, the void® of conscience
was silenced, and they returned to
their former courses, and their last
state became seven-fold worse than
the first.— Payson’s Sermon’s.
GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE
CHEROKLEE NATION.
NATIONAL COMMITEE.
Tuesday Oct. 28.
The petition of Reuben Thornton in
regard to his Road and Ferry was a
gain taken up. The following Reso
lution was then adopted, and sent
down for congurrence:
Resolved by the Committee and Covn-,
ctl in General Council convened, That
from and after the passage of ihis Re
solution it shall be unlaivful for any
citizen or citizens of the Cherokee
Nation to cut or open any road or
roads from any public road in this Na
tion, in any direction whatever, or re
pair any road or roads that have been
put down by the authority-of the Na
tion, or to open any road, or establish
on their own account, or in conjunction
with any white person, any ferry or
ferries on any water courses bounffing
on this Nation or within the limits
thereof, without first obtaining a per
mit {rom the General Council on the
terms of the law passed Oct. 1819 on
the subject of roads. And that all
roads and ferries which are new in op
ration within this Nation as aforesaid,
and which have been opened and es
tablished without a permit from the
Genl. Council since the passage of the
aforesaid law of 1819, are hereby de
clared to be unlawful, and the same
shall be forthwith stopped by the she
riff of the District in which such
roads or ferries may he located, or by
the Marshal of the Nation, giving no
tice to the parties using said roads or
ferries, or at whose instance the same
may have been cut out or established,
that the same are put down, and re
quired to be stopped by them, by vir
tue of, and in obedience to the provis
jons of this Resolution. And any per
son or persons continuing to keep o
pen or use such roads or ferries there
after, shall be considered as if the
same had been cut out or established
after the passage of this Resolution;
and shall be subject to such penalty
as shall hereinafter Le fixed.
Sec. 2. Beitfurther Resolved, That
it-shall be the duty of the several sher
iffs of the circuit courts of this Nation,
and the Marshal of the Nation, upon
information being lodged with them,
or upon any violation of the provisions
of this Resolution coming to their
knowledge, forthwith to arrest such
violators, and carry them before one
of the Circuit Judges or Justices of
the Peace, who shall bind them over
to appear at the next circnit court
for the district in which .the offence
was committed in a bond with such
security at the said Judge or Justice
shall deem sufficient to compel the
said violaters te appear at the court
NO. 36.
| aforesaid, & stand trial. "And in the es
| vent of any person or persons so arreste
ed refusing to give good and sufhcient
security for his or their appearance at
court as aforesaid, then it shall be the
duty of the Judge or Magistrate, be
fere whom such person or persons
may be brought, to inflict upon them
the penalty hereinafter specified.
- Sec. 3. Deit further Kesolved, That
any person or persons that shall vio
late any of the provisions of this reso
lution, shall, for every such offence,
of which he is convicied pay 2 fire of
five hundred dollars, one half to go
to the arresting officer, and the oth
er half to be paid into the National
Treasury; which said fine shall be
collected by any qualified officer of
the Nation by seizing any property bee
longing to such person or persons, as
in case of other fines imposed by the
laws of this Nation.
Sec. 4. Jind be it further Resolved,
That this Resolution shall be consid
ered as an amendment to the Resolu
tion of 3Uth October 1819, on the subs
Ject of roads: And that the following
clause m said Resolution, *On wny
such cases as may be brought before
them for trial,” iq, and the same ig
hereby repealed.
The Judiciary Bill was again taken
up, and, after further progress, a Com«
miliee was appointed, coisisting of
Messrs. Daniel, Gunter and Ward, to
draft a resolution, organizing and de
fining 4he duties of the inferior Courts
of the several Districts.
The Resolution of the Council, to
appoint Committecs to visit the sever
al Miission Schools in the Nation and
Jos. Vamn (of Hightower D.) Jobn
Baldridge and John Timpson were zp
pointed a Committee to take into con~
sideration so much of the Chiels’
Mcssage as relates to the passage of
a law regulating the menner of con
ducting elections in the several Dist
ricts, and to report thereon.
A petition was presented from Jehn
C. Bird, who was sentenced by the
Supreme Court to receive one bLune
dred lashes on the bare back for the
crime of horse-stealing, praying for
the remission of a part ii not the wholé
of the punishment. * The house re
solved that the prayer of the petition
er ought not to be granted. ‘
: Wedsesday 29th.
Reubeit Thornton appeared and ex
ecuted a bond with security for the
payment of the loan authorized to be
made to him by a Resolution passed
the present session.
The following resolution was passed,
and sent down for concurrence;
Resolved by the Commiitee and Covre
ctl in Generel Covncil convened: -
That the Resoluticn passed 24th
October 1827, prolenzing the suspen
sion of the poll tax law, be, and the
same is hereby prolonged for the
term of one year: and the "law impo
sing a tax cn citizen merchants isalso
hereby suspended for the above mens
tioned term. :
The Principal Chief rcturned th
resolution regulafing the manner o(}'
issuing permits &ec. stating bis rejecs
tion of the bill in its present form, and
his inability, on account of the death
of an infant child this morning, to state
his objections immediately. Laid on
the table till the Principal Chief
should state his objections.
The Resolution of the Council re
specting the appointment of Commit
tees to visit the Mission Schools in the
nation was taken ap and several -
mendments proposed and discussed.
, Thursday 30th.
The subject of visiting Scheol
Committees was resumed, and t'e
following resolution passed and sent
to the Council for concurrence, in
lieu of that submitted to the Com
mittee by that body: :
Resolved by the Committee and Counctl
in General Council convened, 2
That there shall be appointed by
the Principal Chief of the Cherokeg
Nation two committees, of I\vo mens
bers each, one on each Judicial Cig . ᏣᏕᏣᎳᎩ ᏧᎴᎯᏌᏅᎯ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᎥᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗᏘ.
ᏈᏔᏭᎪᏓᏆᏍᏗ ᎢᎪᎯᏈ ᏌᏉ ᏧᏂᎴᏰᎪᏘ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
ᏴᏫᏁᎬ ᏘᏂᏬᏂᏘᏍᎩ ᏦᎢᎣᏁ ᎠᏰᏢ ᎤᎾᎫᏴᏘ
“ᏓᏎᏱᏗ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᎬᏪᏅᏛ -ᎠᎾᎩᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ.
ᎭᏯᏳᏃ ᏑᏓᏢ ᎢᏯᏅᏁ ᎢᏴ ᎠᎾᎫᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᏃᎢ
ᏫᏕᎸ ᎤᎾᎫᏴᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ. - “ᎠᏠᏗᏱᏍᎬᏃ ᎢᎮ Ꭹ.Ꮩ
ᏯᎾᎫᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᏅᎩᏁᎢ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᎾᎫᎮᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
ᏣᎳᎩᏃ ᎤᏩᏒ ᏗᏂᏬᏂᏘᏍᎩ. ᏔᎩᏃᏉ ᎠᎴᎸ
“ᏯᎧᎫᏴᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏑᏕᏘᎬᏛ; ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᎬᏪᏅᏛ ᎠᎧᎾ”
“ᎯᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ. ᏦᎢᏁᏃ ᎠᏰᏢ ᎾᏍᎩᏉ ᎤᏕᏘᏴ”
ᏠᏗᎡ ᎠᎾᎫᏱᏍᎨᏍᏗ.
ᏣᏳᏙᏙ Ꭹ
ᏧᎴᎯᏌᏅᎯ.
