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CHEROKEE PHOENIX AND INDIAN'S* ADVOCATE. POETRY. For the Albany Christian Register. THE INFIDEL. While Paine, who only wrote to gain a name, And loose himself to everlasting fame, The “age of reason” to the world pre- ferr’d, To prove that all mankind except himself had err’d;' Then infidelity with magic wand, Swift as a comet circled round our land; Declar’d religion was but priestly craft, And at all faith and duty, loudly laugh’d— Her matted tresses o’er her shoulders hung, And round her form a monstrous serpent clung; The self same snake in paradise which gain’d The heart of Eve, and innocence first stain’d. Intent on mischief, ‘tw’as his part to serve His mistress’ will and teach the young to’ swerve Lo! That bent form, o’crclouded by dis ease. While pain and conscience shake his fee ble knees,| Scarce thirty years have crown’d his hoary head, Ere jov and hope and balmy peace have fled. Rut view him when a school-boy, full of glee;- *The happiest of the happy then was he— His lessons too so easily be learn’d That every medal from the class he earn’d, Then every evening at the throne of heav’n, He thank’d his God for all the blessings giv’n; And w hen his school years ended he re ceiv’d The highest prize; his youthful heart be liev'd, If he the path of useful science trod, That fame and fortune wailed at his nod. Now lree’d from all the discipline of schools, His parents’ lectures and restraining rules; He seeks the path down pleasure’s flow’ry vale, And riots on the odour of each gale, That freshly rises, from each blooming floW’r, That springs and buds and dies within aw hour. But soon his conscience bids him quickly turn, Nor seek the lab’rinths of the place to ’•unj' Too late the warning comes, for at his side Stands Infidelity his new found guide, Pleas'd with her charms he smothers con science’ voice, And drowns its murmurs with perpetual noise. At first he laugh’d to see the treach’rous die Sleep in the box, or thro’ the fingers fly: Till bolder grown, he form’d one in the ring, And prov’.l so dexl’rous that they hail’d him King. This was a time when fortune on him smil’d, And he was courted as her favorite child. But ere his morning sun its zenith gain’d The fickle goddess all his arts disdain’d. Now want, disease, and scorn, his step pursue, , And press him-harder as he flees from view. To inebriety’s 'oul haunts lie steers, the admissions of natural religion, and have traced out, step by step, the evidences of the truth and importance of the Christian revelation, as they would be presented to the mind of a candid arid sincere inquirer. We have not contined ourselves to a sim ple proof of each point, but have aimed at exhibiting the accumulated force of the respective testimonies, so as to augment and deepen the im pression of the unutterable value of the Christian religion, and the itnmeuse obligation under which every one Ires, to receive and obey it. In the present volume, we have gone through the proofs of tie au thenticity; credibility, divine authori ty, and complete inspiration of (he sa cred books; reserving the considera tion of the internal evidence for an other occasion; Previously to our entering upon these topics. We considered the temper oj mind in which the question should be studied; arid shoved (hat some measure of docility and willingness to examine the question with fairnes; of earnestness in the pursuit; of prayer 10 God; and of a practical obedience to truth, so far as it was known, were essentially, necessary, and might be most reasonably required. It ap peared, however, that in infidels, whether we looked at the literary, the careless, or the low and uneducat ed classes, this temper was so entire ly wanting, fhat their impiety, mocke ry of all religion, debasing print iplcs of morals, and general self-conc eit and imrririrtality, sufficiently proved the badness of their cause. The necessities of mankind next en tire credibility, or full and entire trustworthiness of all the matters re corded in these authentic books. And we stated, that in the same way as other histories, are proved to be worthy of credit, so were our sa cred books—wc showed that the proofs of authenticity included, in this case, the proofs of the facts con-' tained in the writings—that the con temporary heathen histotians record all the main facts on which Christiani ty rests—that the Jewish historian Josephus, tliongh an enemy fo the Christian faith, confirms in a’thou- sarid instanfces, the gospel narrative —that Mahomet dared not to call’in questibn its truth—and that the inter nal character and style of the writings', the evident simplicity and circum stantiality of the history, the number of the witnesses, their holy lives, the pure doctrine they taught, and the sufferings they endured, even unto death, in attestation of facts of which they were competent witnesses, and which passed under their ow n obser vation, made it impossible that they should deceive us. And this authentic and credible character of the New Testament, was not merely established, but es tablished by an accumulation of testi mony which almost oppressed the mind. Every kind of proof of w hich the ease w as susceptible, poured in upon us. The evidence seemed to be augmenting by the labors of learned men, by the investigation of medals, the recovery of manuscripts, the il lustration of ancient facts in history, continually in every age. In fact, no ancient books have an one hundredth variety than has been shown by any Foun,-' dry in the United Stales. Printers are requested to publish thifr. advertisement a few times in their papers,, to receive payment, two dollars, in types, or in the settlement of their Accounts. A. W;KINSLEY, & CO, Prices—At six months credit, for ap proved paper;* or at a discount of 5 per cent. for cash. Meridian, and all | Small Pica #0 SS* plain larger #0 30 I Long Primer 40’. Double English Do. Great Primer Do. Small Pica Great Primer English Pica Other kinds of type reduced in'propot- tiou'i- Old type received in exchange, at nine 8 ft j Bourgeois 46. S2 | Brevier S6 34 | Minion 70- 24 1 Nonpareil 90 39 Leads and quo- 36 1 talions es on to the consumation of all thing* —which centered all its predictions in one divine person, the Son of God —which exhibited all the w'isdom of the Almighty in the arrangement of its 1 several parts and its growing accom plishments—which bore the stamp of a holy God in the pure and devoted piety of the prophets themselves—and which subserved the most important ends of religious instruction and con solation? But why do I remind you of the prophecies in their scheme arid plan, when I see their accomplish ment surrounding me with wonder— W'hen the person of the Messiah unites a thousand most extraordinary indica tions of prescience—when Jerusalem trodden down by the Gentiles, and the , ccnl!i per pound. Jews dispersed before our eyes, are a ! dllbany, July 22, 1829. standing miracle—w'hen the desolations j —— — of Nineveh & Tyre &• Babylon remain I PROPOSA LS. to the present day—when (lie Aral's By the President of Cumberland College.. and Egyptians are witnesses- of the , For publishing, by subscription, a weekly prophetic inspiration—when the sketch j Newspaper at Princeton, Kentucky, of the division cf empires in the w on- uxdeh the title of derfu! predictions of Noah, olid the I THE RELIGIOUS AND LITER* mystic image Cf Nebuchadnezzar, is- ARY INTELLIGENCER, being filled up in every age—when j A ^ this season of general excitement in the great apostney of the western the religious world, and when Chris- l ...iii, ttans ot other denominations, animated church strikes the hear , with dismay-, witi( anoble ardour and a. most laudable I'd °nc view, nnd yet relieves il in an- a!, have enlAted the powerful engine of oilier from the oppression, which such , the press in the cause of the Redeemer, the corruptions, if not marked out in the j Cumberland Presbyterian* possess not a word of prophecy, would have pro.- 1 8, . n « 1 , e W" *® 1,1 » cc £ unt ofll l e , re ! (hired? U .kilter do „-Uhe lc 1 complished parts of t lie great sent me ; infidelity and heresy, or to co-operate with lead the laboring faith of the Chris- their ebristian brethren in that general tian? But, triy brethren, I check myself. When was there such a combination diffusion of moral illumination, by which the present age is so much distinguish, ed. To remedy this deficiency, the Preside gaged our attention, oud we found ; part of the evidence w hich surrounds that the Heathen nations before the | a nd encircles the holy scriptures.— coming Christ, were plunged irilo a ] Men are acting every hour in their most fearful gulf of ignorance, idola-1 niost important temporal concerns, try, vice and misery, with rmtliinsr to { with infinitely less reason, .than the recal thorn to the know ledge ol the j case of Christianity demands. The true religion—without hope. ^ without. reliance placed on the credit of wit- God in the world. We saw moreover, J nesses in our courts of judicature, is that the superior light of Deists in j folly, compared with the rational con- Christian countries, was", borrowed j fideuco inspired by the testimony of from the very Christianity which : Moses and the prophets, of Christ and they reject—that the Pagan nations | the apostles. We showed, in short, now are in precisely the same state ol that the evidences for the authentic** misery and' darkness, as those before j ty and credibility of the New Testa ble coming of Christ; and that the ment are unparallellfed—the world condition of Christian countries, in never saw any tiling resembling it. proportion a3 the Christian religion is Nr, religion was ever recorded in sa- inadequately known and obeyed, con-i cred books, by the first founders of it, firms every other argument in favor | an< i submitted at the time to the in- of the indispensable necessity of a revelation from God, if man was ever to be raised from a state of hopeless of moral proof for the truth of any one 1 n nt of Cumberland College submits to hi» subject , as conspires to illustrate the brethren and the public the present pros- - 1 pectus. His intention is by the dissenun- atiou of religious intelligence, lo produce as much as in him lies the co-operation of Christian evidences? All the wisdom and pow er and goodness and sovereign ty of the Almighty are displayed to our obedient faith. It is not merely a stream of evidence; it is a swelling tide—a flood which bears away the vessel, and against which not a breath or whisper of solid objection can be raised. It stands alone. It bears the tliat branch of the church of Christ, with which he is united, in tins most important and most glorious enterprize. Whilst' his primary object is to promote religion and literature, yet the theory and practice of agriculture is recommended to his no tice, as well’as by its intrinsic importance, as by the cirtumstance of its forming a dis»- • 1 r ',. .‘ c 1 tinguishing feature of the institution, with unequivocal impress of the majesty of j wh ? ch he £ connected. A large r degradation; blindness, and woe. These points, preliminary as they are, were sufficient to settle the whole question with a sincere mind. The necessities of man addressed such a cry of misery to the Father of mercies; and the want of all religious feeling in the opponents of revelation, so betrayed'the wretched motives of And drinks pbiivion to his hopes and unbelief, 1 hat any one taking up the fears. Scorn’d by the world he strives the world <° fly, His only hope, vet greatest fear, to die. Bethlehem, Albany Co. 1829, Nov. Ks MIS CE LLAJV E O IT S. WILSON’S EVIDENCES. To give at once a view of the character of this work, and a brief argument for our holy religion adapt ed to every capacity, we take the following extract from near the con clusion of the book. It is the author’s recapitulation of the discussion which he had pursued at length. Let ns now rapidly review the course over which we have passed in the p.esent voh ie. and coiu.lude the con- sidcrut'on of the external evidences of the Christian faith. Bible, and seeing tbe adequate and complete remedy which it proposes for human guilt, might be convinced of its divine original; and would be led from the very temper of piety and teachableness which we have supposed him to possess, to acquiesce at once in a revelation which meets all the wants of a ruined world. But we proceeded, in the next place, to consider the arguments for tbe authenticity of the hooks- of the New Testament, and we first illus trated the manner in which ancient books are proved every day, to be the real and undoubted productions of their professed authors, namely, by testimony traced up from age to age and lecorded in undoubted memorials, and publick w ritings, till wc arrive at the book sought. And we showed, that it was morally impossible lliat tbe New ’ Testament should have It will be recollected, that our , , .... . . . , design has been to enable the Chris- been lalsificd, considering the nritonety present day ” ..... • of the facts, and the earlv diffusion of! poi ted tian, and especially the young Chris tian, to give an answer lo every man that asketh him a reasoti of the hope that is in him, with meckucas and fear. With this view, wc have endeavored to combine the historical with the in ternal evidences, to give him such information as to the external proofs of Christini.ity, as may prepare him for those which spring from the in trinsic excellency of tbe gospel, and its holy effects on his heart and life. We have accordingly, not treated the argument abstractedly and formally, but as a matter of immediate inte'e’st and feeling. Wc have appealed con tinually to the conscience, and have enforced each topic with such practi cal addresses, as might, by God’s blessing, imprint it on the inmost *oul. We took up the argument on sped ion and investigation of mankind but the Christian. And against all I ills evidence, nothing can be alleged. There is no counter-statement, there is no other account of the rise of Christianity. The New Testament stands without a competitor. And yet all this overpowering evi dence is only the beginning of a se ries of proofs. We came, next, to consider the magnificent apparatus which surround ed the divine authority of the reli gion contained in these authentic and credible books. And herewe first contemplated with admiration flie miracles of our Lord and his apostles. And having proved that the facts involved in each mira cle, viewed abstractedly from their cause, w’ere undeniably established by the same testimonies as supported the credibility of tbe narrative generally; we consider the number and variety of our Lord’s mighty works, the pal pable and clear suspension of the laws ofnature Which they exhibited, the circumstances of publicity under which they were performed, the abid ing effects of them, the prophetic ora cles of the former Testament which were accomplished by them, and tfir national usages and monuments which were, in consequence, set up at the time, and which subsist to the Such miracles, sun- v such evidence—a whole the one revelation which the blessed God has vouchsafed to man. And why should I add a word on the propagation of Christianity, and its beneficial effects, except to say, that they constitute of themselves indepen dent proofs which nothing can invali date; and that, when connected with the preceding, they shut up and ,con- clude the external evidences of Chris tianity. Nothing can he added. So far as we can judge, the case admits of no stronger evidence. All the attributes of the Almighty, refulgent in the mir aculous powers; and dispersed all a- round in the ward of prophecy, as : ’ re- portion of his labor will, therefore, be directed tp extend, improve and disseminate the knowledge of this art. Commerce and Manufactures, sustai relation to the welfare of our beloved comS* try too important to be neglected. The reader may therefore expect to sec them frequently noticed. A brief and comprehensive account of affairs,, with a summary of the of the day, will be insert-- A public news crl. To aid in defraying the necessary ex penses of the establishment, a reasonable ortion of the paper, (never to exceed one our(h,)‘Will be opened to-arivertisenients. The public are assured that this paper shall be '■onducted in a spirit of liberality, candour and charity, To prevent misrepresentations, it may. fleeted in the events of the world for j be well to mention that the neat profits of six thousand yiears; and concentrated i the paper, after paying expenses and a in the propagation of the cosuel; and i f a ;''compensation lor the labor of editing L*a,.„a :.T i\s /._ i will be applied to the bmefit of CumleE land College. TERMS. blessing mankind daily in its ben jlcial ejects, emblazon- tbe Christian revelation with a glory which must burst upon every eye, and penetrate The Religious and Literary Intelligen- every heart which.is not wilfully clos- f er ’ w, ‘* l,e printed, with a suitable ed and hardened by perverseness and ! SSX? BoJ “' **“ " d Wlllbe obduracy. / The ,■ WiPers, will be. And the whole evidence is scaled i dollars and fifty cent 3 at the end of six by the doctrine of the divine inspira- ; thrCC t,0,larfi al the eJCp,ratiou lion of the scriptures, which leaving i ..’ - . „ , ,, . , 1 ’ „ _ No subscription Will be received for a every tiling human as to the form, . shorter period than one year, nor will any renders every thing infallible as to subscription be discontinued, unless at the the matter of Ihe revelation which it option of the editor, untill all arrearages and thus unites the highest | are A failure to notify the Editor of a wish to discontinue al tlie end of the year, wdl he considered as a new engage ment. Anv person procuring ten subscribers anil becoming responsible lor the money, shall be entitled to the paper for one year. cCjp’Persons-to whom this prospectus may be sent, are reoucst'd to return it, ,r,i i Mrnuiman w i th ,}* Subscribers’ names, by the 1st of cost ofthe materials used j anuai . y nextj astllP publication Is expect- io Punting yj>rs, and| e d to commence about that time, provift- s and increased facilities a Ml(r , cient patr onage be obtained. the books; and that its authenticity ! nation witnesses te them—a new anc! pests on precisely the same evidences, j holy religion set up trom the fust on though infinitely stronger, than men t the footing of them—-interwoven ir* are uniformly governed by in all like j dissoiubly with the religion, in attesta- cases. • tion of which those who wrought them From these general remarks, we i l* v *’d aid suffered and died suck mir- procreded to show, that the direct »«’les the world has never seen, cx- eonveys; emanations of the w isdom and power of God with the most compassionate exercises of his condescension and grace. testimony to our hooks may be;dis tinctly traced up from the present age to the apostolic; that the canon of scripture was cautiously settled, tint the utmost integrity is apparent in all the testimonies of the Christian church; that Heathen and Jewish ad versaries .admitted our books; that manuscripts now extant are of a date reaching back to the very time when Jerome had the autographs, or the transcripts of them, in his hands. We next proceeded to inquirer into 'cept in the dispensation of the same revelation under Moses. The unso phisticated coni lusion of the human mind, on perusing (lie records of them, is, that the Christian religion is of God. And what shall we then say of the prodigious scheme of prophecy fulfilled in every past age, and fulfilling now before our eyes? What shall we say of a scheme, which, beginning with the fall of man accompanied the Jew ish chorch in each period, and stretch- TO PRINTERS OF Tint UNITED STATES. I ^RANKLIN’ LETTER FOUNDRY., Tlir reduced in tho composition the improvements tif casting them, have induced the subscri bers to a 'opt tbe following list of prices. The style of their large and small letter is modern, and of the most ele’gant kind.— The metal M ill he found very hard and du rable, having a new ingredient in its com position. For accuracy and finish, the type cast at this Foundry is warranted e- qual to any whatever. 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