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PIKENIX.
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RELIGIOUS7~
THE BOOK QF JASHER.
'The Book of Jasher, mentioned in
the following letter,, will be regarded as
8 literary curiosity, & it ^s even possi
ble that it may be the one spoken of
in Joshua and Samuel. It seems to
us barely possible, however; for Jo
bary, vvhorpresented oie with it with-,
out knowing its value, and 1 am now
translating it into E.iglish, and it will
be published shortly, with the He
brew on one side and the. English on
the other, with notes critical and his
torical—and what is rather extraor
dinary, I was this day busily engaged
in translation, when a glance at your
paper rivet ted my attentipn to this
singular and unexpected paragraph,
as I had made many previous inquiries
concerning it to ray literary friends,
and they had never heard of its exist-
ance. The Book, U seems, has been
preserved by the Jews in the East,
and some few copies were print
cd in Poland twenty yenrs ago.
ft is written in that plain and beau-
tifulstyle that will sufficiently testify
its great antiquity, and which is the
chief cause of my publishing it, with
the Hebrew text attached to it; and
however much I venerate the sacred
Scripture, and however infinite I con
sider the distance between this Book
and the inspired volume which we
possess, I am still bold to declare that
its language is equally beautiful, aud
throughout one hundred and sixty
pages it keeps up the chaste, elegant,
and historical style as that much ad
mired part of t|ie Scripture—the his
tory of Joseph. It commences With
the creation of man, containing very
copious accounts of Jewish records,
not at all mentioned in Scripture, and
reaches as far as Joshua. The. turn
places in Scripture wherein the book
ot Jasher is mentioned, are beautiful-
ly cleared up throughout this Book,
particularly that in 2 Samuel, i, 18,
“Also, he bade them to teach the
children of Judah the use of the bow;
behold it is written in the Book of
Jasher.” It also elucidates many
other parts of Scripture, and will set
right some of the most perplexing
parts of chronology.
But I do not suppose it has come
down to us as pure as the sacred vol
ume—and I have uot the least doubt
that some few parts of it are of a la
ter date than the body of the Book;
but even those comparatively modern
parts bespeak an antiquity of upwai’ds
of two thousand years. I have already
translated one half of the Book, hav
ing been encouraged to the task by
some Christian friends, who possess a
fervant zeal lor the house of Israel,'
and an attachment to Hebrew litera
ture. When I return to Liverpool,
which will be shortly, 1 shall issue
forth the prospectus of the work, and
it will be published by subscription.
I should therefore be glad to hear
man of letters, viz: the Book of dash
er, mentioned in Joshua, chapter 10,
% and 2 Samuel, chapter 1. and it ivas
procured at an immense expense by
Aleurin, the most eminent man of
his time, from the city of Gazan, in
Persia, I beg leave to inform you for
the satisfaction of those biblical stu
dents who." may read your paper,
whether Jews or Christians, that, 1 am
in possession of the Book of Jasher in
the Hebrew language, which I did
not procure at an immense expense,
but accident threw it.‘iw my way in
mdflijpa; with an Israelite from Bar-
in the Persian or Hebrew language
Respectfully yours,
M. Samuel, of 104 St. James’
street Liverpool.
Kelso, Nov- 14, 1828.
THE
sephus apd Philo evidently knew no-'I something more about the copy that
thing ol its existence, nor is any ac- { AIcurin obtained) and whether it’be
count of it to be found in the liabinic-
al literature of any age. In the
tenth and two or three centuries,
there were many Jews distinguished
for their literary researches, and w ho
kept up. connexions so extensive a-
long the shores of the Mediterranean
and iu the East, that under this title,
had it existed even then, could hardly
have escaped them.- As. to its char
acter, due allowance must be made
for Mr. Samuel’s enthusiasm as a dis
coverer.—AT. Y. Obs. ,
To the Editor of the London Courier.
SiK^-Having seen in your paper of
the 8th inst. a paragraph extracted
from the Bristol Gazette, announcing
that an important and interesting dis
covery id'biblical literature has been
recently obtained, which will excite
the attention of the Christian and
can give to another, is to consult God;
and the best turn that any book can do
its reader, is to refer him to the Bi
ble*
* Let us seek to know more of the
Bible; but, iu doing so, let us remem
ber, that however much vve may add
by study to our knowledge of the book,
we have just so much true knowledge
of God as we have love of him, and
no more. Our continual prayer ought
to he, that our true notions may be
come true feelings, and that our Or
thodoxy may bpcome holy love &. holy
obedience. This is the religion of e-
ternity; and the religion of eternity is
the only religion for us—for yet a few
days, and we shall be in etarnity.—
Erskine on the Frecness of the Gospel.
“I JIM.”
By Bishop Beveridge,
“When the Lord speaks of himself
with regard to his creatures, unu es
pecially his people, he saith, I am.
He doth not s;-.y, I am their light,
their life, their guide, their strength,
or their tower; but only i am. He
sets his hand, as it were to a blank,
that his people may write under it
what they please, that is for their
good. As if he had* said, Are they
weak? I hm strength. Are they in
trouble? I am comfort. Are ' they
poor? I am rich. Are they sick? I
am health. Are they dying? I am
life. Have they nothing? I am all
things: I am justice and mercy: I am
grace and goodness. I am glory,
beauty, holiness, eminency, superem-
inency, perfection, all sufficiency, e-
ternnlly Jehovah! I am whatever is
suitable to their nature, or convenient
for them in their several conditions.--
I am whatsoever is amiable in itself,
or desirable to their souls—Whatso
ever is pure and holy; whatsoever is
great and pleasant; whatsrever is
good and needful to make them happy,
that I am. So that in short, God
here represents himself unto us as
one universal God, and leaves us to
make the application to ourselves,
according to our several wants, capa
cities, and desires; by saying only in
general, I am.”
rilBLE A WONDERFUL
BOOK.
Wc are accustomed to the sight of
a Bible, that it ceases to be a miracle
to us. It is printed just like other
books. But there is nothing in the
w r orld like it, or comparable to it.
The sun in the firmament is nothing to
it if it he really—what it assumes to
be—an actual and direct coinmuni-
aication from God to nan. Take up
your Bible with this idea, and look at
it, and wonder at it. It is a treasure
of unspeakable value to you, for it con
tains a special message of love and
mercy from God to your soul. Do
you wish to converse with God? Q-
pen and rend it. And, at the Same
time, look to him who speaks to you
in it, and ask him to give you an un
derstanding heart, that you may not
read in vain, but that the word may
be in you, as good ground bringing
forth fruit unto eternal life. Only
take care not to separate God from
the Bible. Read in the secret of
God’s presence, and receive it from
his lips, and feed upon it, and it will
be to von as it was to Jeremiah, the
joy and rejoiciug of any one fricud
INTEMPUHANCB.
Of death to overflowi.ig. This is the
master sin—the giant evil—the burn
ing curse. It is not enough to say, that
intemperance is greater than ihts or
that individual calamity. It is prob
ably not too much to say, that this sin
gle injury upon the physical, intellec
tual, moral, and eternal interests ol
our country, than all those evils which
are ordinarily deemed special calami
ties, combined together. Yes: mar
shal in one dread army, under one
flag, all the judgments that ever des
olate this devoted world of sin aud
death—blasting, mildew, hail storms,
tornadoes, earthquakes, epidemics,
famine, war, conflagration, sbip-
wrecks>apine, murder--blow the trum
pet long & loud. & call them to one com
qined universal, dreadful onset—let
them bear dow-h ivithfell purpose&w ith
unwonted wrath, upon this terrestrial
citadel of man, and strew their path
with ruin as they pursue their onward
march: and here is one monster—one
plague of plagues—-one scorpion of
scorpions—one curse of curses, that
can, single handed, out do them all.—
His name is Legion”. His spirit is
fierce as a wounded tiger—uncontrol
lable as a famished wolf—and malig
nant as a desolating fiend. 11 is foot
steps must be arrested or tlie nation
is undone. --JV. <S. <S. Ft man,
Intemperance a great national evil.—
Upon our national wealth it eats like a
canker; upon the heart-strings and
life-blood of our citizens, it preys like
a vulture; it breaks up the very foun
dations of immortal intellect; it ma
tures depravity into open and fearful
crime; and it buries the deathless
soul in the. depths pf eternal w o. A
nation of drunkards cannot exist. In
temperance would forge chains strong
and heavy enough to hold in bondage a
nation of giants. Let this evil diiiuse
itself through ihe family circle—let it
prevail at the polls of your elections—
let the drunkard be honoured with a
seat in Congress—and reel into the
senate chamber—and nod on the
bench—and doze in the jury-box, and
liberty is at an end. I tremble for
the fate of my c.onntry when I reflect
upon the prevailing intemperance of
the present day, in connection with
the freedqm of our institutions and the
expression of the elective franchise.
If liberty.shall here find her grave,
that grave will be dug by drunkards’
hands. If the knell of departed free
dom shall here toll, it wii 1 toll amidst
the revels of national intoxication. If
the march of intellect, in this Western
hemisphere, shall be arrested, it will
be arrested by the swolen torrent of
intemperance; and, then, these heav
ens will be hung with mourning, and
-this earth be wet with tears. Should
ignorance and despotism and all their
attendant evils prevail, they will pre
vail through the influence of ardent
spirits; and then, this air that is full
of songs, w’ill whisper only sighs.—
Do you ask where the dangor is?—
I answer, it is every where. In eve
ry city, and through all the country,
nrpent spirits are filling the channels
The duty of temperate men, espe
cially of Christians, in relation to
intemperance. It is not enough for
Christians to be temperate; refor
mation will never take place, till
the members of the church ol God
banish the bottle from their side
boards anti their bouses. If it is kept
at all, in their habitations, let it oc
cupy the saint* shelf with the phial of
laudanum, or the solution of arsnic;
and be sure to write Poison upon tin*,
label. But Christians must go one
step farther. 1 am convinced that
deep and thorough reformation can
never take place while Christians,
for the paltry consideration of a little
money, furnish others with t lie means
of destroying both body and soul for
ever. It is easy to make the stale
plea, that men w ho love to drink, will
have their dram, whether Christians
sell it to them or not. The same
might be said of dealing out poison,
i<i any shape, for the destruction of
human life. There’ are other ques
tions, tar more important, to be set
tled. Is it right—is it for the glory
of God—is it for the good of the
church—is it for the salvation ol'souls?
These questions ought to bo answered
upon the Christian’s conscience and
upon the book of God. The time
must come when a professor of reli
gion would blush to publish in the
newspaper, that he is a dealer either in
wholesale or retail drunkenness-—that
he is a vender of Cognihc Brandy, of
Jamaica Rum, and of Irish whiskey!
Would to God, that the merchants in
this city would take a stand, on this
subject, which would render them an
example for the imitation of the world.
Let them just resolve, and carry this
resolution into immediate effect, that
they w ill neither buy nor sell another
barrel of this article; and this one
act would reform the city and the
surrounding country—it would render
modern Troy more illustrious than the
ancient—it would carry down the
streams of mercy into the ages of the
Millenium—and continue to do good
till the Judgment Day.”—Ibid.
It is not enough that our mechanics,
our laborers, our strong men, our gift
ed and our youth, are engaged in the
great work. Our women must be with
us, or we cannot hope to prevail—our
mothers, our wives, and our daughters
—thc.other half, and in sueh matters,
by far the most influential half of our
whole population. It is not enough
that wd confederate together abroad,
as men, to discourage the use of strong
driuk, in our workshops, in our taverns,
or in the highway—to make sobriety
one of the qualifications of a ruler—to
encourage the culture of the grape,
or the use ot die ip ami sale wines liiat
would be accesoibie’ to tiie poor, i...d
not lead to a des.ie for uiiy tiling e..n-
gerous—to labor infill a..d uay lu ( .ne
overiluow ot tlie Lesunyer—it is ..ot
enough that we do all this, if the wi.ts
aiiU mothers, and sisters ol our I oi.ii-
try, continue lo iiu.m. om very liem.,s
a snare to us, evety amiable coin.tig
together; every I.re-side iuttnev,
every joyous event, an excuse lor t. m-
pering will) tin? shadow, or p! y ag
with tiie skills of the em my, As l\. p
wiiai we may tio—
“We but w 3i- >
“Our strength aWay in wicstl.ngwitL .‘ha
air;”
So lo.ig as women persist in pot. u.g
the fiery drug into the 1 audit-.uj cf
tiie babe—mingling it v. ith ti e Ar f
the infant—substituting Icvei lor iuu tli
and sorrow tor strength—coui!*.i a
iug the stream ol pearl, and hiti.n. the
treachery with flavor, and color, and
peitume; for all these things are to be
done, before the. youthiul purity of
taste can be perverted. What are
we to do, when we have, muter r e
pretence or another, brandy mixed with
our very load—our saut es—our j> in-
lies—our cakes and our pics—with
whatever is intended to he better anti
richer than usual? What are w<. to
do, as men: alter ue have been mad©
to relish the flavor ol ardent spirit iu
this way: from our cradle to our
giave: accustomed to it in ot r pn;i]
taught in our very childhood, to sit t:j)
to the table and throw oft'a glass cf
wine, like a man', ol Portuguese w .tie
too; such as (lie Portuguese tin tr*v
selves never drink, for v\e. like 1 o
English, have it with what we call q
body 10 it, in other vvouls. overcharge
ed with brandy: in a gloss of our (v»q
too; for where is the child without a
w ine-cup of his ow n?
I illy years ago, vve had few or no
drunkaids. Now we have th.ee hun
dred thousand. Fifty years from to-,
day; if our youth should persevere,
taking counsel together, not to it-prove
the aged; for they were unworthy cf
tlie cause; not to stay the Destroy
vvith a wall of brass, or a sword of
li' c ; not to trv the gathered brow, nor
the strong arm; but gently, and pa*<
tiently to discourage their younger
brethren, I heir associates and all that
are w ill) them the great business of
life; 1 do believe, judging by what is
already done, that in fifty years from
to day, this onr great national re-
1” oat I) would be no more.—Meal s Ad
dress.
mEL&KS.
From tlm Christian Watchman.
REMOVAL OF THE INDIANS.
1 his subject is one of great import*
ance, not only to the Indians, but i<
our own country and government. V< <
hope nothing will be done by C ongiess
which will not bear the strictest sera
tiny of the great rule of equity,—“At
ye would that men should do to you
do ye even so to them.” Feb. 18
Mr. McLean, from the Committee 01
Indian affairs, to whom Ihe plan ol re
moving the Indians westward had beei
referred, made a Report on the sub
riect. In this it is remarked, that tin
United States Government cannot- ii
justice to this dependent rn» e, reasi
to exercise over them a parental guar
diatiship, and that no means should hi
left unemployed, which promise a
elevation of their character, and si in
crease of their happiness anil prosper
ity. Some assistance has been ren
dcred them, by feeble efforts, to res
cue them from vice; “hut in doin
tliis,” the Report observes, “we hov
not fulfilled our obligations, whirl
grow out of our relations to them.’ *-
T be Report then continues—
“The condition of tlie four souther
tribes, the Chickasaw*, Choctaws
Cherokees, and Creeks, has Lecem
ex trendy critical. There does ap
pear to have arrived a crisis in whir
the salvation or destruction cf thofc
tribes is involved. Some of tbp §t»tC
