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HETaSarOUS.
have since been led to say, I will
sacrifice to the Lord with the voice
of thanksgiving; I will pay my votvs
to hixu and inquire for him in his tem
ple; so when my days on earth are
ended, and 1 am called to lay my
head on the cold lap of earth, 1 may
retire with joy and rejoicing.
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From the Morning Star.
The joys of the World are fueling and
vain: but Virtue gives Pm jdicity.
• llow p.rone is mini iu his fallen
state to forget God! In all his la
bor that he hath under the sun, how
inclined is he to live thoughtless of
the Diriuo Bring, from whom comes
every blessing! We sou men active
ly aud assiduously apply themselves
Ho the various pursuits of life, and
gasping at riches and honor, while
<tlie vi‘*t concerns of eternity arc neg
lected It is abundantly, ewetilly,
however, that neither honor, riches,
jnor mil the enjoyments the woild
can satisfy (ho sellings void in the
mind. How many that have attain
ed to the summit of honor have ac
knowledged it an empty tame; yes
the victor’s laurel and (he monarch’s
diadem would often gladly b..- chang
ed for Ib‘e peasant's cottage. Rich
es eaunoi satisfy, and will uot profit in
.the day of ivtaih, but it is righteous
ness alone that can deliver the soul
from death. The positive command
-ef’be .savior is, Seek first the king
dom of beaveu. Tins nil done is
'tyeJi, The man toconciled to God
tinds a heaven below and can say
JSrh*»ihy I live long jor soort on
*tjw earth. God’s will be done. Fol
ium to live is Christ but to die ts
gain. And when the time arrives
for h>m to put off his mortal body
be raa, lay calmly on the bed, < f
.d*Htb, e ad say, with the pious Addi
son, •'Behold how a Christian can4‘l°vout
d t!” and, with the devout apostle,
*£l cm now reaily to be uffer-
s «dWhen 1 hafre visited “cham
ber where the good man meets his
fate,” language of my heart has
ibfeea. let me die the death of the right -
But I was once a stranger to true
happiness and joys of religiou. I be-
gan the world witfi a fair prosper* of
\vorldly pjeosu ref and said to myself
.a splendid career is before me f eu-
<gaged. literary pursuits, and “o’e
i) «oks consumed the midnight oil,”
4ill | had nearly broken a strong and
vigorous constitution. While thus
anpttd I hoard one of the servants
<of Mpjjnost high God preach Christ
Si theway of salvation and happiness,
when the Holy Spirit fastened con
viction on my Imart, and the sorrow
«f dertli compassed mo, and the paius
4f hell got#bold upon me; I found
(rouble and sorrow. Then I began
to call upon*the name of the iurtl,
saying, I beseech thee deliver my
soul. P*. Iiq:3, 4. H« f soon ap
peared, »s I trust, brought me out of
sn horrible pit, set my test upon a
rpek, and put a new song into my
mouth, e?eu praise to bio nape*. I
From the Chrmian Observer.
THE CHRISTIAN’S POLITICAL
DUTIES.
In limes like these, when numer
ous questions of extra ordinary im
portance are under discussion, and the
rapid extension of intelligence brings
them home to every family and social
circle, it is very important that reli
gious persons, and more especially
the miniate- s of Christ, should come
to a full decision as to the line of con
duct they ought to pursue, so as not
to fail io their duties as members of
civil society, and yet not to be en
tangled in unprofitable turmoils and
party janglings. We refer, of course,
chiefly to persous iu private life, who
aie not of nec.ess ty obliged to take
an active part iu public proceedings,
though the spirit of the remark ap
plies lu all In coming to a right de
cision, it ought to he considered, on
the one hand, that questions of ex
tensive political interest are not ol
necessity alien to the thoughts of a
well regulated religious mind, as
they involve the peace and happiness
of society, and bear not remotely even
upon higher interests than those of the
passing scene. There is nothing in
the spirit * f Christianity, that renders
it unlawful for a Christian to feel
deeply interested in events which re
gard the destinies of states and em
pires; nor even in the members of
the sacred profession, does an indivi
dual, in becoming a minister of re
ligiou, cease to be a mao and a citi
zen, or forfeit any privilege which he
before possessed as a member of civ
il society. .He is not, indeed, lobe,
so much engrossed in things temporal,
as to forget the paramount impor
tance of things eternal, but is to
view the flittering scenes of an evan
escent life with the eye of n Chris
tian, not permitliog his affections to
centre iu "the things that perish in
using;” hut studying be moderation
ebjoined by the Apostle, 1 Cor. vir
29-31.
Yet while this Christian modera
tion forbids the virulence aud entan
glement of partisanship, and limits
within well regulated bounds the just
interest which every Christian should
fcnl important secular pursuits, va
rying ncordiog to his particular sta
tion and duties iu life, whether as a
statesman or a private individual;
there ic nothing, wo repeat, in Chris
tianity, or the highest elevation of a
spirit, that ought to -render
any man indifferent to the important
scenes which ate passing around tin tn;
and in this respect it is to be lament
ed, that many of those who are best
qualified from their characters and
attainments to interpose in the affairs
of state, shrink from a public duty,
lest it should be accompanied by
peril and temptation; as if the prov
idence of G^l had intended that legis
lation, government, and the whole e-
conn my of political aud national inter
course, should be eoud icted by those
who are morally least fitted for it; or
as if, because the Christian is not to
make the present world his final
home and rest, be is to retire to the
abstraction of his closet, or to the in
dolence of tt cell, and to shun that
share of responsibility in the great
movements of the world, for which
his abilities fit him or which his sta
tion requires of him. The very cir
cumstance that he ia alive to his mor
al accountablenosa, and is anxious to
escape “the corruptions that are in
the world, “and feels it a duty to
avoid the snares of ambition and the
turbulence of interested strife it pow
erfully ip favor of hi» sllutary mtor-
position for the general welfare, not
burying his talents, or willingly leav
ing to less scrupulous spirits the
whole regulation of public weal or
wo. In this respect some good men
have betrayod a culpable degree ef
cowardice; Cyiug where they should
have maulully contended, and sacri
ficing public welfaie to personal
edse & indolence.—Christians ought
not to survey, with a careless eye,
the great events which are ever
passing on the areua of the world,
ami instead of endeavoring to benefit
their generation, retire within them
selves, in self-indulgent abstraction,
leaving in his sense, ‘‘the potsherds
of the earth,” heedless of the mo
mentous afflictions which are passing
around them; caring little of war or
peace; inquiring not whether lawsj
are good or bad; nor turning aside
to regard with lh» smallest concern,
the condition of empires, the vast to
tality of their fellow being: , if only
limy can quietly read and meditate
in an unmolested corner. This sure
ty is not the duty of a Christian citi
zen; aud it certainly derives no sane-
lion from the wo ! d of God; a very
large poitiou of which is occupied
with topics sf legislation, political
history, and other matters connected
n ilh the social weal.
From the American Revivalist.
SALARIES OF METHODIST
PREACHERS.
Mr. Editor,—l have recently had
the opportunity of perusing the Doc
trines and Discipline of the Methodist
Episcopal Church; and I must ac
knowledge, that I find in it many
things, which clearly prove to my
mind thai Mr. Wesley, the founder
»f Methodism, was a wise man. A-
mong other things, which struck
my attention w as the well secured nod
ample provision for the sifppojjj of
ministry. The impression was pret
ty generally obtained, that Methodist
prcachms receive a very small pecu
niary remuneration for their services.
This is far from being the fact.—
That Methodist preachers, as a body,
receive a mote ample salary than the
clergy of auy ofber Christian denom
ination iu the United Stales, will ap
pear from the following statement,
which l have taken the trouble to ex
tract from the ‘Book of Disciplined’
&e. I aui clad the Methodists have
.distinguished themselves in the good
work, ol liberally providing for the
temporal wants of their preachers. —
1 am uot sure 'bat tbc Preby teriaus
would uot forestall mauy ef (be diffi
culties,which grow out ol the present
system, by adopting, in part, the pol
icy of llHsir Methodist hrcthien. in
part 2d, Sec. 4, of the Discipline,
W'e learn that,
The annual allowance of a trav
elling preacher, shall be $100
Aud his travelling expenses,
which at a moderate estim
ate is
And the travelling expenses of
a preacher’s wife shall ue
If lie have G children, three o-
ver & three under 7 years
of age, they will draw—
three former $24 each, an
nually,
Three under 7 years $16 each
The provision of a “house, lot
of ground, and heavy furni
ture,” must be worth at
least
“The stewards shall provide
fuel and table expenses for
the families for the families
of preachers,” which can
not ordinarily cost less
than
sum, it is presumed their preacher 8
receive some perquisites, of which
ui estimate Can be matte. •
Another excellent feature in their
economy is, that it provides, much
in the same manner, for the aged and
infirm—lor widows and orphans. It
is to mo strange, that no such pruvis
ion has been made iu the Presbyteri
an Church. It is but right when a man
has spent bis days and strength in the
service ol iht*. Church, that in sick
ness or old age, his wants and the
wauls of his family should he amply
supplied. lo these respects the
ministers, and the wives and clii'd-
rcu of ministers, iu coimaxiots. on
provided tor as follows:—
If the wife of a Methodist preacli^r
dies, he is “allowed for each child
annually, a sum sufficient (*• pay the
boat d of such child or children, mi
der fourtoeu years of age.”—Dis.
Part II. See. 4, Art 3.
By Arrielo 4th, the emn of oar
hundred dollars is anmmily allowed
to superannuated and worn out Mb,
isters.”
By Art. 5’h, (ho same allowance
is made to their w ives.
By Art. £ f .h the same allowance h
made to their widows.
Bv Art. 7lh. an allowancf of s ■ ■
teen dollars annually, is mac-- l* *
orphuns, if they aie under 7 o-ct;
if over 7 years, they receive 24 dol
lars cacti.
Mr. Editor—I will thank you to
spread these facts before your read
ers. I (biuk they are not gene.rally
known; and perhaps by this means
other denominations may be excit *«
(o a greater zeal, in eontrihiMM-:
liberally to thesuppoitof the minis
try.
THE0PH1LUS.
or touchod; n r ouhgt to be worship
ped unde: tiie representation o a y
thing corporeal. Wo know him only
by his piopeilies, or attributes. <y
the most wise and excellent structure
o! things, and by final causes: but »ve
adore and worship him ..tdy on «c-
couui of his dominion: for God set
ting aside dmrniiior,, providence, and
final causes, is nothing but fate and
n.it ui«.
The plain argument, sv?" Mr. Ma-
clourin ft-1- the existcncg of tIte deny,
obvious to nil, and carrying irrc.sista*
bin , onvictinn with it, is from the
-vident contrivancM and fitness of
I'm one another, which we meet
"ill* ibrgliont ail parts of the noi-
v -!?■•. i lu-re is no need of nice or
sabt-’e reiisoftti-igs in this matter; a
rriiinih's! contrivance imnit distt ly
suggests a contriver. It strikes ns
n afoisr-tiun, a id artful reasonings a-
i- n-ev |". z?le cs, but .without
,i-. h our belie*. No person, for
il- !' t’cM knows the principles of
o; 1 i::s and the strclnre of the tye,
can Mievr that n was formed w-ith-
•v.it ski i in that science, or that the
nor was formed w ithout the knotvl-
d o of sounds, or that the male and
- iv d , ;*t animals, were not formed
i-.-i each other, arid for continuing the
spot k s. All our accounts of nature
'"oil of instances of this kind.-
admirablc and beautiful struc-
100
100
60
200
$680
Total
Here then, at a moderate estimate
we have the liberal sum of six hun
dred and eighty dollars, as the salary
which our Methodist brethren pay
the preacher whe has a wife and
six children. Over and above this
From Nicholson’*. Encyclopedia.
GOD, Dsus, iho Supreme .V'«g,
the first cause or creator of d<r >ni-
vtiise, and the. ouly true obj'-l ol
religious wotship. I lie Hebrews
called him Jt iu-vah; which name they
proneuneed, but used instead ol it
tho words Ariuuai. or Klobiiu.
God, says Sir Isaac Newton, is n
relative term, inn! has respoeei to
sgrvams. It denotes iiulend an eter
nal, infinite, absolutely perfect being:
but such a being without dominion,
would not b* God. tiie word God
ficqueutly signifies lord. Hut eve j
lord is nut God. Thu dominion of n
spiritual being, or lord cousinutes
God; true dominion, truu G "i. Ftom
such true dominion ii tolmthat the
true God is living, n - t^mit and
powerful; anil from lus p. : f-vciions.
that he is supreme, or supremely
peifect. He is eternal and infinite;
omnipotent and omniscient; that is,
bp endures from eternally to eternity,
& s present from eternity to infinity.
He governs all things that exist, and
knows all things -t^al are to he
known. Ho is not eternity or infiai
ty, but. eternal and infinite, lie is
not duration and space, but h-
endures and and is present; he ■en
dures always, and is present every
where; and by existing always and
every where constitutes the very
things we call duration and space,
eternity and infinity. He is omni
present, & not only virtually, but sub
stantially; for power without sub
stance cannot subsist. All things are
contained and move in him, but with
out any mutual passian; that is, he
Hugest nothing from the motions of
bodies, nor do they undergo any re
sistance from his omnipresence.
It is confessed, that God exists ne-
aessarily; and by tho same necessity
he exists always and every where.
Hence also he must bo perfectly sim
ilar; all qye, all ear, all braiu, all
perception, intelligence, and action;
but after a manner not at all corpo
real, not at all like men; after a man
ner altogether unknown to us. He is
destitute of all body and,bodily shape,
and therefore cannot be seen, heatd,
: nr*’of tilings !or fioal causes, exalt
oui idea ot the cent liver: the unity
design shows him to be one. The
gica? m non: in the sys'em, perform
ed ,r|; h dies;-me Inci’lity at the least*
s-iggcM his almighty power, which
gave motion to the earth and the ce-
•<-’stir:l bodies with equal ease ns to
the minutest particles. The subtil-
ty of (he. motions and actions jn (lie
intern I partirs uf bodies, shows that
'is i f'- .-ef penetrates the inmost
ef.sHs of things, and that lie is equal-
iy act .vp and piesciit everywhere.
The fii'onli My of the laws that pre
vail in the world, the excellent dis
position of things in order lo obtain
the b *-• ends, and the heaiy which
a,Joi ns the works of nature, far su-
peii-'-i to any thing in ait, suggest Ins
cotiMimate wNriom. The usefolm-ss
of tin- whole M-h me, so well contri
ved fo: the in'olligent being* that en-
j. \ it. wich tlit- internal disposition
i -l moral structure of those bcii;«s .
•Mcmselvos, show Ins unbounded goed-
, .es-■ These arc the arguments which
sufficiently o ( en to the views end
apa? ifips of (he unlearned; while,
at 11- same (ime, they inquire new
streng h and liutre from the (iiscuve-
i ies of the learned.
The Deity'8 acting and interp-Wng
in the universe, show that he governs
as well as ormedit; and »he depth 1
of his counsels, even in conducting
the im tcrinl universe, of-wliich gn at
pait surpasses our knowledge, keep
up an inward venor ti^n and awe of
inis great being, and dispose us to
receive what may be otherwise re
vealed fo us «‘oncerning him. It hat
been j ;silv observed, that some of
the law s of nature, now known to utf,
must have escaped us, if we had
wanted the sense of seeing. It may
be in his power to bestow upon ug
other senses, of which we have at
present no idea; without which it may
ho impossible for os to .know all b|i
works, or to have more or adequate
ideas of himself. In our present
state we know enongh to be satisfied
of our dependency upon him, the
Lord and Disposer of oil things. He
is not the object of sense; his essence
and, indeed that of ail other substanl
stances, is beyond the reach of all
our discoveries: but his attributes
clearly appear in his admirable works.
We know that the lightest concep.
lions we are able to form of them
are still beneath his real perfections*
but his poiver and dom : n : on aver us
and pur duty towards him, are manjl
fest.
“Though Gok has given us ao h
i
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