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THE BIBLE.
That the distribution of the Scrip
tures should have been so much neg
lected for nearly three hundred years,
by Protestant Nations, is matter of
astonishment and sorrow. lliey,
who had boldly asserted and triumph
antly vindicated the liberty el con
science, the duty of private judge
ment, and the simple, fundamental
truth, that the Bible is the religion of
Protestants, they, yes, even they,
overlooked the grand, piacticaMlii-
proveinent of their victory. Even
the controversial spirit of the first
age of the Reformation, seems hard
ly to account for such an oversight.’
Perhaps the want of education in the
people at large, is the only satisfac
tory explanation, and the only reason
able excuse. Hence the vast pro
gress in general education since that
era, more especially in these United
States, leaves us without an apology.
The many and great improvements
in the Art of Printing, in our day and
our country, and especially in the
stereotype department, place the
obligation on still higher ground. The
difficulty of distributing Bibles, when
manuscript copies only were known,
must have been almost - insuperable;
and it is matter of surprise, not that
so many, comparatively speaking,
were distributed in manuscript, be
fore the invention of Printing, as that
so few printed copies were scattered
abroad, after the close of the littecp.lb
century. It well becomes, tlice, the
people” of this Republic the noblest
fruit of tho Reformation, the fairest
star in the galaxy of Protestant na
tions, to scatter the Scriptures with
a liberal hand, throughout their own,
and all other countries.
Two considerations decide my
opinion on this subject, l’iist l he
analogy, gathered from received
opinions and practices, as to political
institutions, convinces us, that the
distribution of the Scriptures is a du
ty equally clear, in its obligation and
expediency. All must admit, that
•an ignorance of their own institutions,
becomes slaves, and not freemen.
To have a Constitution, and not to
know and understand it, may well
characterize the subjects of a tyrant,
but not the citizens of a representa
tive democracy. And wluit ore the
Scriptures, hut tlu. constitution ol
our country, as a religious eominuiii
ty, acknowledging obedience to the
Jaw of the Scriptures, as our best,
r.ml safest, and most honorable guide.
Banish from our land the knowledge
of our political institutions, and how
soon would our boasted (rcedorn per
ish! Take away from us our reli
gion, and not oniy our liberty would
die, but we should be a changed peo
ple, in domestic and social happiness,
in public and private improvement.
My second reason is found in the
fact, that the people of this country
are striving with enlightened zeal,
and unwearied diligence, to carry
into practice a scheme of general
instruction. And what book is adap
ted, like the Scriptures, '.o every
stage in the progress of education?
What volume fits the human mind
equally, in all the various forms of
its capacity, and all the various stales
of its knowledge? Where shall we
look for such a collection of history,
the most important and authentic; of
eloquence the most dignified and af
fecting; of philosophy, the most corn-
ample, to character or conduct?—
Who then, is prepared to question,
who, indeed, is not prepared to ad
mit, THAT TUB BIBLE IS THE ONLY
TRUE BASIS OF ALL EDUCATION, in
tha infant and the primary school,
in the Academy, the College, and
the University? Woll may we mourn,
with mingled shame and remorse,
Bim.e we must confess, that even our
countiy, the land of Religion, pure,
simple and free, of enlightened rea
son, and sound practical senses, has
never yet realized the supreme im
portance OC THIS (TREAT TRUTH.
May the Teachers in all our Semin
aries, reflect on this solemn truth,
the Bible is the only true basis of all
education. May the Clergy, on whom
rests so lage a share of the responsi
bility of instruction, and of all our
schemes of mental improvement,
meditate on this neglected truth, the
Bible is the only true basis of all edu
cation Let them, and J speak em
phatically to them, as the noblest
order of teachers, let them remem
ber, that the Bible only can fit us for
the company of angels, and the pre
sence of God; that man is educated
in the school of Time, fp fit him for
tho concerns of Eternity; that life
i9 to be spent hero in preparation foi
heaven; that the Bible, therefore, as
the. only true basis of our eternal,
must be the onl ;) true basis of our tem
poral education. Go on, then, ye
friends and servants of the Bible
Cause. Rost not from your labors
of faith ami love, till the pious wish
of George the Third, itncomparably
more noble and benevolent than that
of Homy tho Fourth, shall have been
accomplished: and not a family with
in our borders, shall he destitute of
the Scriptures. Be it then your de
lightful duty, to go forth as pioneers
in the cause of Christian improve
ment: to prepare the way of the
Lord, to make straight ingtlic desert a
highway for our Cod: and to lay the
foundations, broad and deep, durable
and extensive, of - a purer and better,
of a more practical and harmonious
scheme of Christian education
THOMAS S. GRIMKE.
of miracles, that the Spirit com
manded Philip to draw nigli to the
Elhiopeau; that a vision taught Pe
ter, wlmt God had cleansed, call not
thoii common or unclean; that a man
of Macedonia appearing by night aaid
to Paul, “Come over inte Macedo
nia, and help ua.” Now, whatsoev
er things were writteo aforetime,
were written for our admonitions and
shall we profit nothing by the heaven
ly examples of the Scripture record,
speaking as never man spake, teach
ing as never man taught? Shall wo
await, until the Angel, or the dream,
or the vision, sent to Prophets and
Apostles, slioll come to enlighten our
understandings and open our hearts?
In vain may we wail, for if we hear
not Moses and the Prophets, neither
should we be persuaded, though one
rose from the dead. And if we tlurs
wait, for some star to lead our way,
even the mild reproof, ‘‘ye men of
Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into
heaven?” shall not be fouchedsnfed
to us.
TflOMAS S. GRIMKE.
loss'than
They are
prrhensivc, profound and useful; of
poetry, the loveliest and purest, the
most sublime and pathetic? In vain
may we search the treasures of an
cient and modern genius and learning,
for a volume equally important, to
the old and the young, the wise and
the ignorant, tho prosperous and the
unfortunate,' t he happy and the miser
able, the great and the humble, the
ruler and the citizen. In eveiy stale
of society, under all forms of govern
ment, in peace or in war, during na
tional happiness or national adversity,
and amidst all the variety of revolu
tions, to which Slates* are subject,
the Bible is the only book, that is
equally indispensible. How, then,
ran we doubt for a moment, the ob
ligation and expediency of scattering
it far and wide, as the precious man
na, provided for us and our fellow-
men, in our journey through the wil
derness of this world? And must we
not concede, that tho Bible is the
9nlj tine foundation, on which to
ttoild, whether we look to the mind
•r to the heart, to principle or ex-
C11 III STI AN PHI L \NTIIROPY.
Sometimes, if is said, that it is no
pait of our duty or interest, to set
aside, for the good of oilier countries,
a portion of onr wealth and of our
services, that Whilst tho poor and
ignorant, the vicious and unconverted,
abound in our own land, they should
he the solo objects of our care.—
But, assuredly, ho, who said to us.
freely ye have received, freely give,
could never hold us guiltless, if hav
ing received liberally at his hands,
ive should only give to such of his
children, as arc our fellow-citizens,
and not to all, as our brethren. And
as it lias pleased our heavenly father
to command, that prayer and suppli
cation he made for all men, can vve
believe that wc shall escape condem
nation, if we give to tho heathen our
prayers, but deny to them any portion
of our time, and labor, and riches? Be
sides, if the argument avail, wc ought
to spend no part of our income, out of
our oivn immediate families, while a
single member is unprovided in any
tiling. But, do we not see, that all
men are related to us, and have claims
upon us, as their brethren, under the
Christ ian yslem, just as our fellow-
citizens of the same town or coun
try, are camvocted with us, under
tho same charter or constitution?
VVe are hound to our families, by
the tics ol natural love; to our neigh
bors, by the bonds of social inter
course; to our countrymen, by the
obligation of patriotism; to our fel-
lowinen, by the commands and prom
ises, and hopes of the Gospel, And
if the human race be„.indeed but one
family, though dwelling in different
lauds, as brothers mid sisters often
reside indifferent cities, or villages,
or countries: and if the Gospel be
tho Charter, the Constitution, or
dained for the Government of the
whole human race, to the end of
Time, then are our obligations fo
the heathen of the highest authority.
Shall we not indeed, imitate the ex
ample of him, who, although he sent
forth his disciples, before his ascen
sion, only to the lost sheep of the
house ol Israel, yet ordained h$ the
unchangeable law of his church, that
they should go out into all the world,
and preach the Gospel to eveiy crea
tures? They waited not, till the whole
land of Judea was christianized; for
then had they wailed ••• *il this day.
and waited in vain. It was iu an age
From the Albany Argus Tuesday.
The following communication is
from a respectable source. The
writer states every fact precisely as
he believes them to exist. But alter
all, imagination and rumor have un
doubtedly lent their coloring to the
affair, 'flic case has excited the
fears of some, and the curiosity of
many. But vve have no doubt that all
that appears to be singular now will
bo discovered to arise from some very
simple cause. The girl, we under
stand, has been removed to the house
of a benevolent neighbor; where we
venture to believe that the knocking
will not be repeated; and where it is
hoped that neither excited curiosity
nor alarm nor ill-directed sympathy
will intrude. She is in the hands of
an experienced and skiliul physician,
who is at least sceptical as to the ex
tent of the alleged knocking; and who
believes, as wc believe, lliat an ex
amination of the premises will explain
the supposed mystery.
Extraordinary Case.—A female be
tween 1G and 17 years of age, the
daughter of a widow woman, in mod
erate circumstances, residing in l)an-
iels-strcct, in this city, is (be subject
of the following singular disease, or
visitation.
She has been affiicted with hyster
ical or epileptic fits, at intervals,
(lining (lie last eighteen months; but
for several weeks if not months, down
to the last week, was in comparative
ly good health. On Thursday eve
ning, as she ivas preparing to go to
bed, she heard several knocks upon
(lie head-board of the bedstead; and
insisted that some one was iu the
loom, or under (lie bed; and it was
not until a thorough search had been
made i!‘.2t she was satisfied to the
contrary. She was nol, however,
much alarmed, and slept won' |hat
night without farther interruption. In
the course of the ensuing twenty-four
boors, she nguin heard the knocks;
became considerably alarmed, and
insisted upon removing to another
room. She was gratified, and a
young vvoinan permitted to lodge with
her. She was not disturbed that
night; but, on tho following day, and
every day and every night since, she
has been subject to (his strange affec
tion.—Attempts were at first made
by her companions and her friends to
convince her that it was imaginary,
or that the noise was produced by
themselves; and these efforts aided
in removing the strong sense of alarm
and apprehension which each recur
rence ol the noise seemed to produce.
But when the knocks became so fre
quent and so distinct, and under cir
cumstances that they could not be
ascribed to any cause (lint she or oth
ers could account for, she yielded to
all the terrors of extreme fl ight ami
alarm. Now, as soon as they are
heard, she eiilier fulls into paroxysms
and spasms, during the continuance ol
which the strength of several persons
is required to In Id her upon the bed,
or she becomes insensible under re
peated fainting fits. In her lucid or
quiet mumonts, she seizes the hcad-
bourd vvilh her hands, and endeavors
to hold it; or removes as far from the
place whence the noise last proceeded
as possible.
'I he knocks are rapid, distinct and
Iqud intonations; so heavy os (o shake
the bed, and so loud as to be heard
in the adjoining rooms, and when the
windows are up, in the street and ad
joining dwellings. They are never
lens than three and rarely
five at any one time,
heard at irregular intervals during the
day and night. Persons in the room
at the time, not only hear thorn dis
tinctly, but when seated on the bed,
Or standing near it, feel the concus
sion.—-A gentleman who with two or
three neighbors sat ifp with her dur
ing Sunday night, says .that he was
standing at the head of the bed when
it was heard on one occasion during
the night, and that it was sudden ana
powerful enough to throw his band
from the head-board, and that it was
in its nature, if not appalling, at least
impossible to account for.
Experiments have been made, By
changing her position on the bed, but
without success. If the he#H be re
versed, the knocking is heard in the
new position. If laid on the floor, it
is heard there, directly under her
head, and is sufficiently loud to be
heard in the room below.--If placed
in a positiou against the ceiling, it is
heard there. The intention is to re
move her to another house, a kind
neighbor having offered her a room for
that purpose in bis own dwelling.
It is not easy to account for this
phenomenon. The nature of the room
will scarcely admit of any deception;
and the distressed condition of the
mother and daughter preclude all idea
of it on their part. I have no belief,
of course, that it is to be ascribed to
any other than natural causes. Per
haps to a very simple cause. But,
so far, it baffles investigation, and has
produced not a little excitement in
the neighborhood.
From tho Albany Evening Journal.
We have taken some pains to as
certain (lie facts, in relation to the
young woman in Damels-street; of
which mention was made iu the argus,
and Freeman’s Advocate of the morn
ing, and have become fully satisfied,
that it is a case of severe spasmodic
affection. The phenomenon as the
Argus correspondent calls it, is no
phenomenon at all. When attacked
with these violent spasms, a great
number of people were allowed to
come into the room; this knocking
that has been so much talked about
was beard, simultaneously with the
pams. This was, of course suffi
cient to give currency to the story
that the spasms were produced by
hearing the knocking. But the truth
is, when the spasms came on, they
brought her teeth so violently in con
tact as to produce the noise, or
knocking that has been regarded as
supernatural. Great praise is due to
Mr. Low who lias taken the sufferer
to his own bouse and prohibits any
person from seeing her except neces
sary attendants. She was this morn
ing rational, appearently belter, took
refreshments, and begged that people
might be kept from coining into her
room; and there is reason to believe
that she will soon recover if she eon-
Jmues to bo dealt with, in the same
way P» is ?.* Present adopted.
«d of bad materials, is contrary to all
the established laws of nature.
'During six or seven years past, I
have examined many publications fa
relation to this interesting subject—«
Numerous plans have been proposed
to save wheat from the destructive
enemy, and the method which to me
appears best, may be found in Mack,
enzio’s Universal receipt book, page
529; the whole secret consists in <j4i(.
ting the wheat about eight dayabefore
it is ripe. It is- stated that 'wheat
reaped in this way is fuller and finaf
and never devoured by weevil, which
was proved by cutting one Wblf of a
field in tho green state and leaving the
other half till the Usual lime. The
early reaped portion gave a greater
number of bushels to the acre and
moie bread by weight frog* the same
quantity of flour. The weevil at
tacked that portion which was reaped
late, but not tho early reibed
wheat.
It is stated that it is always neces
sary to discriminate between the ripe
ness of tho straw and the ripeness sf
the grain—that straw in some seasons
dies from the ground upwards, which
may mislead, if the ripeness of thtf
grain is judged from the appearance
of the straw, but the true and proper
time lor reaping is, when grain ptesg
ed between the fingers has a doughy
appearance, like bread hot from tho
oven pressed in the same way.
Wheat ought never to be stacked
until the straw and portion of weeds
and grass that may be mixed w ith it
is entirely dry, otherwise it will heat
in the slack. Under existing cir
cumstances, tho field may bo con
sidered the best stackyard, until tho
farmer is read^ to thresh out the
w hole crop—in this way tho crop is
sometimes saved from destruction.
Millers and manufacturers of flour
generally agree, that early reaped
wheat rn^kes the best flour, and that
nothing is goined by the late reaping,
except more bran, and that of a
darker,color, which, after grinding
and bolting, gives a dull color to the
flour.
BI*NJAMIN MORRIS.
Bethel, June 10, 1881.
The Weevil is an
insect, which
injures ripe grain, as it lies in heaps iu
the granary. The female lays an egg
or two in each kernel, which in a few
days, hatches into a small white mag
got, which is continually in motion,
without much power, however, to
movo from place to place. Rees’
Cyclopedia stales that the ravages of
the Weevil may be arrested by steam
ing the grain, and ascribes to grain
that has been steamed, much tho
same qualities as are above ascribed
to early gathered wheat.
I he insect, which has so severely
injured many fields of wheat in this
region, then, is not tho Weevil,
though in has been called by that
name. Wheat cannot be defended
against its ravages by its early reap
mg recoin (trended iu one of the precQ
The foregoing C-r , * aont, W not extracts; for the iniurv is none,
belorc the time for even this early
satisfactory. Nor is the case a sol-
ilary one. In the year 1805, i(i a sim
ilar occurrence took place at the
corner of Mulberry and Bayard
streets. Whenever the knocks were
heard a young woman who resided in
the family, would go into hysterics.
The young woman removed into a-
nother family nnd tho knocking was
heard in ‘.hat house. A vast number
visited the house, heard the knocking,
but we do not recollet whether the
cause was ever found out; the writer
ol this note heurd it repeated
1 here was a case very similar,
and more extraordinary, in Hacken
sack, some thirty years ago. And
who. moreover, does not recollect
the cnscoftliat eminent servant of
God, John Wesley, who, with his pi
ous family, wuis so long afflicted with
blockings which never could be ex
plained. “There arc more tilings in
Heaven and Faith, than are dreamt
of in our philosophy ”
N. V. Spectator.
From the Ohio Sun.
WEEVIL IN WHEAT.
The amount lost yearly by the
weevil is so grest that it almost ex
ceeds (he power of thought or calcu
lation, and that the use of weevil eat
en wheat may occasion disease, can
not he denied.—Our food by various
processes and modifications, princip
ally by the process of assimilation,
forms a part of our texture ami or
ganization, and that healthy fluids nnd
solids should spring from or be form-
reaping, while the grain is in (lift
milk. What this insect should be
called, or bow it can be resisted, we
are ignorant, except that, last year,
early wheat in elevated situations
suffered least.—Wc understand that
in the Wester n part of the state, a
very small fly has been detected,
which comes in immense numbers up
on the wheat fields and lays the eggs
liom which the w orm is hatched. In
what stale does the insect exist the
rest ot the year? Does it live in the
straw? Does it descend into tW
earth? Or where, and under What
appearances, can it be found? We
hope the subject will receive a thor-
oogh investigation; for there is prob
ably some point in its annual history,
in which it might be attacked to ad»
voutage.—Vermont Chronicle,
l 1 ish may be preserved alive Cot
ten or twelve days, by making a
paste of crumbs ol bread - soaked iu
good brandy. FilUhe mouth of the
fish with this paste'and pour on it a
small quantity of brandy, then wrap
tho fir.li in straw, being careful not to
wound it. In this manner fresh full
may be brought from New Orleans.
“Boot and Branch,^—Governor
Branch, ex-secretary of the navy
will probably be elected to Congress
from North Carolina, and governor
Root, of New-York, will be appoint'
ed governor of Michigan,- U. S-
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