Cherokee phoenix, and Indians' advocate. (New Echota [Ga.]) 1829-1834, January 19, 1833, Image 1

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HICEiS, U 0 if r>» : d in Hilv-r- -e. rS iti si.’- pr *?*--0 if paid sii< lie end of (Ik Lscribe.rs who can readonly thv (Unge*fC« 1 he price « 11 he $o2,00 luce, oi $?4,$0 to he paid w .1 hin Ihr vi0btc/il'f i' ,:i will he considered :i- led links'? subscribers give n.•>( .<•<> to. l^y hrdVrtr the c*c>i;niencenien» nfn L r . ftirl a’l arveatkV paid- |nM>nn proourintt siv subscribers responsibletec the purulent, Lfive s seventh,errat is L|| (ellers n idi cs/eit t:vtlie Ediior, L,( mil! ir.eei' e it'-'’ v.*'*nti<in. >H»^v •'* >*■**£*!****/+***+ fe Yghws. | from Nicho'.noa’st Encyclopedia. ormation, in church history, is matins change in f hc religion 8* which these men threw upon the cor- uptiun of the i hu.vh, aiid the liecn- -.iousness nf the H->!y. See, the patron age of painters, sculptors, and poets, and the protection and maintenance of buffoons and jesters, afforded but a poor defence. > co X. loved end ad miral men of learning, notwithstanding their learning was often employed t<> expose his extravagances, and endan ger the church. These exposures had began to be made during the pontificate- of Sixtus IV. and that Pope, a/id his immediate successors, less remiss to the concerns of the. church than oo X had taken «• me measures to ward off the danger ; but instead of applying the only pre ventative, by reforming their, .morals and their lives, and heads of the chuyrh sought to stifle investigation by threat- eimiga and punioJimcnt. Gooiul > i" < * severe restrictions bad been'Jajd upon •the publication of those v/oiltn-which had a tendency to open the eyes of tin -Acts: M ", and X9. 10. Sinner. No 1 suppose not; fry I nhoiifd be a Clnistian. 'Truth. if not, (lieu what you -all repentance roods to lie repented of. f t j il is no ! ett« r than the ’-<voptnr.ee »f printing, had more or less diffused it- and be converted, self over the minds of Christians in ev-j iii. 1b. cry part of Europe; but no where had I Truth. Do y> u mean to do this? this spirit more successfully made its | Sinner. ' es 1 hope i diail repent approaches than in Saxon’.'. Intoxiea- • and become a Clnistian before i die. ted with luxury, anl dazzled with the j 'Truth.. When? “Boast not thyself Judas, the-son of perdition, vim v «* magnificienco of the Romas, court, the ; of to-morrow, for ikon I* newest nr,I what Italians sati/hc-d themselves with ridi- j a day may bring forth ” .ruling the vices of the church in poems j Sinmr. I don’t know when. I hope and visions; but took no effectual steps j 1 shall s-me lime «• othr-’*. towards bringing ab ut a velbirnati.-n. ) Truth. Vr« hope. What decs God 't hey consoled themselves with the re- fhv about ih> hove of the wicked ?-- But I can’t Trent v d; 1 must mil ’o hr < ,,.c;cril. f d mm.* ... ™ , hi8 ,amt, ■ ‘ soul:tors, wits, and enter! ummcuU. What tended also to -pa’ the wav for the refonifation, .was j rage which at that time pt availed n ,ofa great nart Europe, which i to take i lace in the eaily vaitoi j ., ory ,j C} an( j expose the errors and vice.- (kteentb. eentu y -*n en ' f*\ o the church. These restrictions were. Imagnitude, ’’’ith which toe pic- | j. , vever in a great measure neglected [oftne arts and univo"?al learning j j ^ art jent l<. V e of literature which bimatelv connected, demurds a , cmi:;0ntlv characterised the ccndu 1 [ enlarged and detailed account | q{ . u . ( ^ hat Pontiff foigot e hp pvcscTibed limit 0 of our work i, . [dmit. It would, r.e (improper wh' IR- to mit the m - |f w v im ortant an era in the r of F.urore. la time when the peace and bar- m ;r>g the legated tor Grecian life | iif the Romish Charch/corned cure and the l agan mythology, 'i he tKtablished, and when the auth - . barbarous l.u' init.y of the middle ages [the H-‘ly See had just received gave way to the rcfuied beauties of Msignal Humph.by the labours ef etry and classical learning. The Luucil of the Eater an; when the ganisin of Cicero, and the beau vice o fss and perseveranae of I eo, the j Vi?rgil, were made to illustrate m 1 had ?urm'unted athoiiaaiid Jim- ad? rn (he sublime niysteues of ih s. and gi'cn „oace t^ hb dolnin- Christian faitlii* and Jupiter, A; >. l!o. t» assume its ancient grancfeUi^ iVitf. "f? CErT' A v\LT£i1*^ -ra< again become the centre of Trinity, and luminous ilUistrati wis • L lcttc.s, and the a ts; when the ; Christian platonism. The doctrine of Jci&uds of the middle ages, were At nement. by thi sutTering- of OK.-;..», | C red before the rays of science, j was explained and enforced by the ex lthe light of genius had begun t>> j amples of the Decii ’and of Cuvtius; line the moral horizon, the atten-j of Cecrops, Mcnaioius, and Iphigonia; l’tbe whole tQhri«tiao w«.*»ld was i <»f Socrates and I 'hocion; of Epamin- Fivd to an went that threatened I endan, Scorpio, and Aristides. I'he ing less than the si eedy ruin of i d... Il'apil authority lolition c>f that Ini flection, that though thei; chief -ity was the scut of rice and debauch- e iy, it was air?«' the residence of the sup;erne head of the church, the girat deposit--i - of riches, the scene of pomp and grandeur, and the nursery of the iiwe arts. The magftif ccnoe of ancient ruins, lie number of religious cdif.ce■?, and (lie spleiid ur of «»-«•»•• evd proces- -i ns, ga’.e a sort of dignity and ini- oortauce to (lie i it; <■>{ (he Ciesars, n.nd superseded pine devotion and simple ; vavers.; while a leligion which cn:’ti nted the senses of the italkuis. lolled heir vices, and caused them t< tliirdt •eformation less neediul than it was n Saxony, however, the cn e v.a ’i'erent This ha dy race of men had | -over been co; u -ted by lc-iu; Ai- j a st. the last to embrace the doctrines 1 the Christian faith, when tb<^, r c-ms ■ lied by Charlemagne to become 'ndf-lians, they soon embrac'’d the av.el with sincerity and simplicit■ 'iey had. with tiro nroibssion of pro- <■ rty, preserved thei’ l -'incinleH ip a • oat degree free si' in the evils vilh fi h that system of ’chgi'-n bad been ended in other c unt ie-’. The e -o y arists; *d ut aojicn was n t the redo of their» feiigion ; when, the-, e- v e, theg -rrupti- ’iis of the chu’ chvve c tight befl’ve they; .view, they Tst 1 ...j-Pnoa, then phhotred. and at last ’i*>««>K tuein ibev had alvrayn been impatient under the Reman v oke, and ’•'ere fully pipe flip a rdformaticn and the full exe cisoof national lii’Crtv The- revival of literature, which mani fested itself in Italy by the fine aits, the enjoyment:? of taste, and the clas sical beauties of ancient Greece and lost. S-uner am cov.r fi ltd. | Truth. Does G I con^ »•?:<•*. and timn r r- .i i commai <? y mi (> rc-.ent . d snv lr cm. “Their hep.- eh all he as ihe giving up of the ghayt ’’Job vi. 0>-. Glhoni like j think that nil you, ho.rc her,at, but are now where j pe::-t. - J '}»«;• 11 there is no hop?. \ and l ’.- lix m V'O <f ,,r g. v |u f p C< Tit ’.r\( ■ nu<l Jiclsl.axrar ■ u . »•« II 1 '•« T:.d Sinner. iirc. Trial But I must wail Gun': I The D es the 1'ihlr tell you to >- a ;* (J. ( «\ 1'iff-r- ^ r * Vin • r}\i/y /./..jiluiliC HO inen cominai\or!iC*T t. But will yen repent when G-cc time COM CP? Sinner. Certainly I will. Tmth. Then i have vnur word ’<•’ were one wh- sc'la ir; it you a-e honest, you will now “Beheld,” says God, 1 the acceptcd time, behold wt-?-” tiav of salvation.^ -'Cor vi now c' lnniandcth all nv n every (•> re.ent ”—Acts x/.o Th ';v*niritV««>»<* thyself with him an .er.ee ” J-. b v \ii G . Sinner But I must havefiw: cut This is net the . < ’ I-: el mt nt A ou give me no time Truth. 1 gi’-c- you as much God give s. K 1 I'T-g have Hare you n-'t had -:'.e *r.<:vg'<; teii.-h time do • ? u vant' rcr--.:’* "nor is is the «] where “Ac- d i>e rfl rye. n ullifuc-os cf nlhevv bo 0 in an agony Tf co-nvicti< -n t :a-'t state is wiKf-e 1 ’- ^ l.i-f, j nc’S in In U il! tijm.A ; i">r thev •• a 1 r.i'-re puisgeutl- cenriob d ih(~ r ! >n j *•’•-’u ’a ili ev er c lo re r fboTpp'-!- -* ■ v |they' “gr-nw theiv te-rgnep for rain tu-d ’ 1 das; home, the God c f heaven,’- is be come God’s law convicts ai d ten- - : ts ti • >n In - O', just, or if <l-<, farmers /- rtf c'd’ to en infir’ich gre-rte- d<-gr«-e. f'-ur.p'-.rc C-.d should tentht yoUj .'. bat would • : n do' /1. V, aid re: cnt. Sinner. i! 1 tould. Truth. will, a u 1H I eau'i e; out. •n -.iii •>ii sav st.ep ; s, a -,;d vou -'.aon side u.rd H. 1 e- o: yc-u S : i’))ir. J don’t l.p.cv •ocn. Vrs. 1 b.nvc Jjeen. Why <lid yc-u ever cor.vie but I arc T not vn rot S-r,:r-. Bec r.’oc I v.ne not err-it- !fi!! dv ? (V(^, l/HA' GOX, lu* the 'n eedy ruin of | d >ctfines and practices of paganism Rome, operated on the minds of the ao- , and the complete j hcingThus honored by the ministers ofi ber and active Saxons- i'n the cultjya- _ tabric of religious : the chu ch, no wonder that the poets, | tion of metaovsics, philosophy, aid li kience which the oi 1 rmi-ticularly Font.no, Sanaz'zaro, and j history. When the efore, the reform- id- bad ur.iUd to raise, and which ; Ma-ulliis, should constantly endeavour j tjo» broke forth, the Savon theologians h: t* of centuries had left rather ! , to ad in even their sacred poems with were move than a match for the Italian iblishcd than hur-aired. It is cuvi- j a reference to the mythology of Greece j poets, pnintersf, and latonists. A i■ t ,i C j vC ( (bat what bid fair t > have and Rome. • to and i.uther were very difl’erent char- a fhe cl :v and security of the. r J liis mixture of Paganism and actors: To the lie the world is iudebt- c .7,»sr.ired toher destruction, j Cluistiaiiity, the mysteries ”1 the i la- ed fo a diffusion of the true spirit v td eatoned he' trial overthrow.— [tonic philosophy were incorporated.—poetry; to ihc other, that of piety, and the Tenth, in aiming to enhance J Those retirements of the Flatnnists,;the right of nri-.aie judgment in mat- sl ..T '.fhis p" ti f ’V.o by the en- which we;e so ingeniously infused into ;t e rg ot* fuith and wo'ship. it was rc- the devotion of Lorenzo de.\Medici, Reived for the bold and entcrwifiiig v ere propagated among the learned u> genius of I.uther to unloose the trgm- the labors of Muroilio Facino, ot l'ico niels by which the minds of men had of Mavandula, of his nephew, Gian-j been so long tottered; to open th.- Francesco, of Girolamo Benivicni. and 1 prison doors to those that we ebruml;- •’titrate by the en i ;wrm-'vt ■ d life aime and tbc pa- Jnago - t the Arts, v.-as tosteneg in his m an enemy t dost- n his peace I ('eg ado his power n > he seeds f L-iii.ig which his father, Lorenzo do’ [dici, had sown, and he so plentiful- ’atp.cd, si-vimg u: to ehpa’-i his lasnves, and reva d him with tr u- -n-i' ,e ram nt to ■ 1. - ha*! coiiiinanuou me rep« thou kii'.*we?t i eaun t ” S’.itur. i ■'! '!! ■' iiiic m u a! r. ri 1 «t trkf. % ^ . .. 1 r rc: opt.—A'-c win ni !' a ‘» God ihe tiuth than you u-c ti tor or chi'ix?ia:i vhc urges 1 -er.t ? Shall 1 toll yet' why*? Be--an A yoi know it h- faint, ar.d •• ■. u!d 1 e such a aiioniinaV.l prayer, that you v-uild hr. c cause to tremble.. This is ?/•. true v ■: •on. i'o" say “yon wrndti repent k .011 could fld ” 17 e • n le: VOU others. : to silence bv ticrietU'c and argument The liberties thus taken with thei the thunder* of the \ iti-an; and t- Christian faith, a .id with the peculiar ■ 0 sooner had the human mind j dogmas of the Romish church, natur- ,11 to be emancipated from its sia-tv . all -* begat a degree ofspcctacioin in (he employed Us nowl\ restor- li 1 n-tv in bold and presumptuous 'Ligations into the conduct cf the |man I*< ntifls, the extravagances of Papal' court, the foundations of urch governments, and the truth of ‘ lished doctrines. The errors and ion duct oi the clcigy were exposed I the f hr. :t.s of ridicule and the remon- laaccs of reason. r r he hardy and in- ft'iil genius of Haute, v. hie h placed i vRa; c. of Christ in the infernal rc- s, lighted up the fo e of I'etrarca, enr ol aged him to identity the t of R me with that of ancient byk-n. He made the vices and er- of the Church the subject of hi.; Innets, and the constant theme of his Fuse, protected by their genius, and meted for their character, these two men not only escaped the cen^ W’Rofthe Holy See, but emboldened [populace to question the infallibili- 1.4a chur- h which had nothiug but pnry in its train, and learning for its The entertaining work of Boc- icio erp"8ed the debaucheries of leligious, a id opened the ey es of I* people*, and the emancipation of pkuman rfHe, from the ign >minous urkles ignpranue and prie tcraJl, [i? havtehed bv the celebrated Facetiae mi.i-ds of by whom they-were indulged; and from them it spread, more or less, over the minds of multitude, and ; .e- nared the way for a general reforma tion in the creed and discipline of thu church. At length the danger arising from these unbounded speculations becan c too evident to pass any longer unnotic ed; accordingly, in the eighth session oi-'the Council of the Latte rail, several decrees were passed, tending to re strain ecclesiastical students in their pursuits relative to nhilososhy; but these restraints and prohibitions were made too late; a spirit of speculation and research had gone abroad, and if w as not to be checked by decrees and councils, fulminations and threats. In addition to the causes of the re- forni«ti"n which wc have just emmier- afed, there were others more obvious, which are said to have been “the long seism of the Church of Rome in the fourteenth century; the misconduct of Alexander VI. and of Julius II.; the encroachments of the clergy on the rights of the laity; the venality of the Roman court; and above all, pcrhqps, the general progress of liberal studies $nd the happy invention of the art of printing ? a d the writing <’! 'ibu*ch- 1 The spirit of inquiry, aided by t[ie MVicif and Fiaooo. To the li^in | li^ut of sciq^o tw<i the iqve#4«R of assure the world, that tl<e human mind is naturally free —tw continued.} PI AIK CO VFRSATION. Or truth so !:cn, sthj m 'old that Shiner: cannot den 11 il. Truth. A;o you an impenitent sin ner, or which is the same thing, an un believer? Sinner. Id <n’t know; I suppose 1 am. Tmlh. Do you suppose you arc a Christian? Siuw-r. Vo. I know I am not. Truth. Then you u'e an unbeliever, for none but Christians arc belie vers. What do you tlifnk will become of unbelievers? Sinner. I don’t know. _ The bible says, “He that believeth not, shall be damned. Mark xvi. id. “And be that believeth not, shnl| »ot see life, but the wrath of Gv)d aWdeth in him.” And also that “the unbelie ving shull be cast into the Rkcof fire.” —Rov. xxi. 7. Truth H«w lon<f bav^ you been an unbeliever? Sinner. All wy life time. I emi- peso. * Truth. Wbat is the duty of unbe liever*? Sinner. The bible, Bays, “Believe ou the Lord Jcsu^ CkfuA;'' “Repent forsake them? sins to God ,. uh a broken resolved to forsake t'lrtn Kavo • «*i- d'-’ie ail that r ; *«it ,on f J do, this x* r- !. ’ 11 , to St, . C .It!* ’• *1.1 .* Sinner. So, Ifupposo not; indeed ] know 1 have not d<v:« all that 1 m»£- ! -. i-.avc But i have been trying t- do something Truth. If, as you sav, ynu have ” f d..ne v.hat you covhl do. ['and you '.;<-. or spoke a true*, tiling \ then do not wi le your fine, by saving, “1 would i cpc.ut if 1 c-uld;-'’ for you know that “«// li ars .-bail have thei'- part in the lakr •vliich buri cth v ithfirc and brimstone ' And do ivif d( • c ive otlievs and destm*.* y. ur&elf, by c.ivi:i;i, that y.*-u aio in>i-\- ’■0 repent. Suppose, (If there is any meaning ir- tlio«U]’:>osilicn.l that you did iry'i i litis required in am j-a-t «.f the word God? Docs G d C'-nitnand you to fry to repent? You might, as you say. • I) repen!, until you air n “h»*.ulre<< years old and (hen die accursed.” Sinner. Blit 1 must keep on trying or 1 can’t be raied. Truth. Suppose > our house w pit c< luc over your l:cnd, and you she uid only say, “I’ll try f' get M’t,” arui should sit ft iii, or make a faint eifnrt. and fall into (he fie, veovln that near you? rVow G- d sn-s, repent and not/»*;,- to repent. Rpifiemher that nothing but repenting rave you. Do y«» yet say, you canhet repent, will you hear Jc.su/. Christ declare what cmi and shall be done? “Except ye repent ye shall all likewise pei/h. ’ I.nIic xiii. x. f>. Sinner. But I hope I do repent for I never did any thing wrong but l was sorry for it. Truth. Another lying refuge. You have all along admitted that you had not repented, but now when your wick ed excuses are swept away bv the truth, you contradict youvreifby' su ing you do repent, jfo; do you re pent? Docs y»ur repentance had i n to confess your sins, and />a,V them cm- th New, dv’/ig <.inne’ )v (• !! S 1 on tin KBinp 1 y*'ii: s-uJV sake this i- ■ 'wc- 0' t!’C devil. Instead of n re v.hf-n <A.:-u.W, the m -o veu • < r>- c,-\ • acU r. -fv moie « hav« -r f ed ‘--’i:.■ t:'d G fl . ■or l as .! • :.!);■ «vf<6 CUT} /Id ‘ (1 ■’ Tvi'-.b-.n, wlme <-•.»■■■.■■- prun'd hi:- k’u.e*’ t< Finite * fed •. ri.-f » \\C f fFf «• > ■ c. .*casoi.- (<• .cart!:*" ; .-f< tplbg y,., wo,,Jd bias,,T’< inc. Sin., fVG!„ | d.-n’t ?.-,.<>- :• ‘ ,;e ; s ’ v An soon tie r excuse v■•-<(; la! 1. it k.vt mv excuses tire nil p,»„ r . ’ Truth \\ * at a if aiful state v. ’C brev.glif r•■•111 self into! V.» “’i d to td'.i’kc c- vc ’:. accountssk? y-’.-J, bv denymr; v..u**a' :.r . l.<-r If-.* ir fr < f d, t- e l! • it nnf'Vf nvic; rcfcnt. GdV •’!i, 1 •u 1 :!•• (lie ho M'lVH'lefc't oui-. !" : ;/<•(, % .'it ■ time, ar..! ' - . - at n i; miglt • - ■ flint G< (;V f’jyr j ; ' imd know al f'haf. v ch: \\,a rc’ipiit, and tuio to God/ 1 ■- ■ * ’ <'<■ mv awful sitvi’i’ Y .' “oul ’ four is lost foreve r. < J'F ? rV.(it) f m l^r* 52VC'(^ ^ Truth, l will n.-.v. esf.Jv to!' «r„ wl'T (o do. T’rll it. your b,r;.y :j ""icdin/eiv and -ep.ent and hello--, . n ibc 1 x-’d Josus drift p rt ,- .; ^ for C'/wV’s coir only, tr 0..-, wicltedncfs. “for I c r G ■■e "4 n hf -give perceive thou sun 30. i ;! ;b.c gall of biltoriie'-sapd in Lie bi . d / inquiry, ar.d iby heart is n*-f ll-e Gght fGcd ” ' *‘t‘ u * n What thou d’.eet, do quickly! retracts for the Cherokee Pharix front. n * old book entailed—"The non si,h irref i-fscr 7 '— r Cor.fiijuxd.} fo. There is no instruction to ho pet m the sundial of duty, exceot file ofn-htcmmr.css sbir.c upon it. V , . ,a \ v CA, 'demns those ns ’unmalii, who lay cKim to the crown ••vii . when they a. c net of the blood royal. Y u 31. A believer is ] ikc the Wa:il . cr9 •unpnsB, which ns governed bv (he co ,,. wind*; ° VCn8 ’ ahd “ 0t b > v th « van-abl, -'-i. It ia dangrousto dress oursolves 7C^r Mby,hc , 5* reat mens vices are more imi- fed than mens graces. The Persians thought a crooked nose a great f.ip,i- fient because seated on the fn-e of their Emperor, and the whole C r.i tt would go away, because such a neck was on the shoulders of AIet"nde> 34. There is a r^lcn who nys in his heart, “why may not I bo ,imk ns well as Konb and commit a, niter) as well as David? Tfid v<’U over hear- U aay wl ro beet fK t ^

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Cherokee phoenix, and Indians' advocate. (New Echota [Ga.]) 1829-1834, January 19, 1833, Image 1