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ii in i i Mr r\ AWB INDIANS’ ADVWJ.kTM 1 CHEROKEE NATION, PROPRIETOR, EDITED BY ELIJAH HICKS.' ——— — ... — — - -. . ■ ■ II I. Hjja fdle V* MEW ECSIOTl, CHE&O'&EE MATIOM, SlTllklJAY, MAY IS, BS33.- KO. 22. <.T'jNn m>i . 11 ■ 1 > in-wS PAINTED WEEKLY, j poor widow woman came along up to »50 if p* : d in a.Uruce, $8 mem ! the taole, where I was sitting, add aa 1 nr #8 ISO it paid ait he end of the ' if ashamed of her offering, slily drop- | ped a new pewter finger-ring into my abscriher* who can > e d onlv the hand, while the big tear rolled down ^language th* price w 11 be 02.00 her red cheek, to tell it was the uirl- net 1 , or to he paid h ithm the 0?u » s mite. And as soon as it shall . . .. .... . . , J glow with fervent love to Jesus, and ■3"Uu-V. P .aWrih-» K?v “ „o.ic',-.» W»‘ t» . t «airy tho Go,pel message to r»rv before the commencement of a I °*^ er ^ Ul ? e3 .> ^ 113 Society will send r and a'l arrearage^ paid. them forth in the name ol the Lord, * pmon procuring nix subscribera and provide for their support. May. wmiog responsible for the paviucnt, the Lord preserve my life to sec it. I reive a seventh gratis- ! strongly hope for it. AllMettcrs addressed to the W5ditor» , ' | I have just returned from one of the most interesting meetings we have ever had in the natioa. \Ve had con cluded to have a meeting on Christ^ i mas day at our house, provide a din- ' ner, give a a general invitatiouto our fed who appears so devoted as Dr. them from nr fii'.enoss and other kind- Wilson. Your fellow servant in the Gosoel, M. PALMER. aid, will receive doc attention. RELIGIOUS. From the Philadelphian. From the Connecticut Observer. FAMILY RELIGION. Of all the sha-es which religion as sumes there is none more lovely than that in which it appears in a well 'eg- 1 . itinug :s pi casing u l.l aicc.jta it in- he sight r.i G-»d.” (i_E> ad Coiiiwu* -i: C,) — Cl.rislian Wald: man. A PREACHER'S OBJECT. from 'IJ.-. hritiiuiCi’3 lua-i.-ura' A.ldrcsc. Tliis suggests another observati •<> man who would speak with elicit- ! •Hid success’ s' o id always intent: j 'i. complish how definite and snecill :■ J’ey hiit discourse lie sh aid have J one mibjec.t. and that fu eject thion •tit, r:h! aim, i i nil and l>v all, tr c-m 1; !i a ce; tain predete-ininate \ ■■■•/ tr ri al ISTING I ETTER FROM Cherokee neighbors, and in the < DR. PALMER. fiiaFiELD, Cherokee Nation, West of Arkansas 1st Jan. 1833. [E.9.EI V, D D. ! of the day, present the Temperance i : Constitution for more subscribers.— But before the appointment was made public, our chiof, C<>1. W. Webber,, sent me notice, that he had made an I Sit .—Having a little leisure arrangement for a meeting on Christ- Uing I gladly em l>y it in wri- mas at . hl3 hoU3 ®’ and had sent r , 0 ’! nd Lou Mrs. P. wishes to apolo- ‘'Citations to all his friends, and that. [,you, for n-t having sent before 11 was hl " ; vish the n » eetin R should be the acknowledgments and thanks continued for two or three days in suc- l Cherokee Female Society, for cessioa - * hl3 was ^ most welcome [kind services. Her health has message from our chier, and we gladly Uemely feeble for m-mths past, ? 0,a /. ' ied ' v,th , h » ™ hc ?' iai! ‘ * together with other cares press- 13 ° flQ a,Ildv 0 Havid and Cat ha* Ln her mind, has prevented her rmo Brown, has a good mind, is dig ging to the object. But now she . ni ; ®. d > nad « a £ bo «"™ d °'ed as a rather better health, and 1 hope fading chief in the nation; and he has i convalescent She expects to »°«g ‘men the subject ol united, i Lie to forward to you soon, tho and ^ tlU3t . fervent prater. His wito j ad Annual Report of the Female a womai r09 P octod and beloved , ■sty: also sixty or wmntv dollars l ’ ec ? me seilous near a V°? v a Sb : e purchase of rn-re books, and having given very satisfactory evi-1 raw you will not be weaned with df V lcc °f pmy, was received with eight) Us upon your goodness. other3 > , mto 1 ? llo ' vahl P w “ h the J'rch. r at our place, in October lust. The do- 1 »revival of religion which began eided piety of his wife I suppose. was these people about two years the means of arresting his attention am haooy to say. is still steadily to the subject of religion; and n >w we |e«iag, and the prospect betfoui- are permitted to rejoice with trembling, I'flirc and rij'' r s interesting It is tn tho hope that hois a. vosscll of mer- |im ng the Cherokees as in m mt cy, and that his talents and influence j nations, whe e the G >spel has will be consecrated to the cause of Jo-J h t > take a decided o nset, it has aus. i>.C*hien Washburn andwilgon; d .them int > the Christian and! from d.vigi.t, attended the mooting |u parties; and it is not difficult with us. There were perhaps, To.) or 1 i tingnisli the n But blessed be 300 persons present, all comfortably I , IViile the house of Sml is grow- and handsomely provided for by tho i tnaie*, the hous. of D ivid is be- chief The native members appeared i |i» stwnger, The strength of the much engaged, and it v, as manifest Iwirties. was tested, two or th-'oe the Spirit ot tho Lord v, as in our midst, Lag') at a Gone v al Council, on bowing the heart"! of sinners, as well j eeadon of cho sintr a chief. The as relreshitur the hearts of his people, jistian na tv o*e ’ailed E ery night Wh^n the anxious wore invited, the |?,ihe C >uncil lasted, flm Oh is- chief wo,^ the first to present himself, I met at the house of the chief and vnout forty others followed his ex- |jii:iev had h >se i. for social war- ample. It was a most aflecting sight. while the opposing ’-.a r ty their They were nearly all full-blood Cher- i!3 in revelling n^d drunkeness. okees‘ and numbers of them, persons I contrast was remarkable, and of of distinction a id importance in the ho greatlv to tho honor of religion, nation. Beside the chief, there sat jb heathen na ty had prevailed, among the anxious., one who for years, fnl’ so;ne strong R"-ie :utiog mens-, has been regarded as the principal rould Invebeen ad pted in Coun-i warrior in the nation; b»k1 it is not But. G .-d vas olei-.ed f >r the hon- three months since he came homo at Ifhio na-.no to e^nf'ir’d the vicked, i tho head of a war expedition, bearing I bring’ their maliei^us doiigna to tho dreadful trophies of his victory.-— fing. You see by this movement, But tho Gispcl is mighty through God, file result, that has raised up ! to the pulling down t he strong holds of lug this peo.le s mo firm, substan- darkness. Two of the oldest and most I 8'ioporters of his Cause. And comnetent native brethren, successive- ill I took upon the weight of char- Iv addressed the anxious, with an ap- |r, as well as numbers that are : nea ar.ee of deep feeling, each conclu* fci i® over on tho side of religion, I ding his remarks with the significant fgeatly animated, and encouraged j ceremony of shaking hands with them, bop© that God in. about to d i great j This was followed 'vith a fervot prayer p am mg the Cher-'kces You by one of the brethren. It then fell to [smile pe- haps, when I tell you we : ray lot, with all these weeping anxioup persona before me, to preach to them the word of life—O what a privilege! I took tho case of the poor leprous man, “Lord if thou wilt than const make me clean,” and never did the Sa-iovr’s power and willingness to of imni'mlity, if they have, tlv: up; you.- rnmissucss, indulged in it. Lb - giu at h mo a id begin without dela It.is the • ttest J.cU in which yui - a , labor* the harvest will be g.eater th.v you'can expect anv-whore cl.c; the work will -<e mire accer uble to G.d m>>re conductive to you" own edifice tion and to your own d in-stic c m- ulated and pious family. The order, fort, as well as spiritual enjoyment the gentleness, the aiaiablcness, and When tho purit/ and charity and love even the refinement which it there linesa of tho G's el uhall cluster a- produces, show as str.nglv as any round orery Christian h uschdd; when thing its power and its adajrtion to the every head of a lainilv shall natch, as j c . ot . A man, with nt a fixed u pc-.-r t wants and circumstances of men — did A!)-a u a'n, «vcr his own family, j pursuit 5 is an’t ts'thmV to stud/, toil m • This, indeed, is its mot natu al place and comma d thr fn to ‘keep the v. a •• j to do cverv thfno- in x ain And lie in "t for devehpement.—'This is its nativo | of the 2 o-d, t- d< juMi:e anil jutig- probably, will '*Z ob to no , urbosc’ wh<^ soil. Amidst the bustle of active life , went,’—half the g -oimd of un’-clief i has no purpose in v cw, in speaki nr, it is apt to be trodden down Amidst j will fie taken a ' ay, and one continued i Anb the dr\>rec of cincie’ncv in s eak-i the storms^if political life it chills and ; revival ot religion' will bless our world. | i :i g, depends.g eatly on tho na tire of " _ tho purpose: if tho end uursued he smalls C IRIS TIA V CxlARIT\ . I tho power iviii do small, and the } ■ ef the end .ie sued, lf iw . , vho earnest-' and ■ elicving the necessities of tho poor, j ] v pleads for his country’s honor, or for Here *he m fives may be overlooked, J the life of a fellow-creature, or for r!.6 and nie e alms-giving substuted for the j salvation of the human sonl from ever- cxerci^e cf the highest Christian g”ace. j lasting death, from him v ho has no cth- That the Amstle nrnied at s -melhing er object then to please men, or merely more cvake.l is e vide nr from his own to meet a professional call words, “Though I bestow ail mv g ods And hero i mav, perhaps, be permit < 3 to fi-od the no and though 1 give my to ad;, whether the exceedingly ir....t >od to ho ntrned, and'have not ehurity, im irossi >n cumni'nly made by^prea-’di- it prot tet': mo nothing “ Those vvha 1 jug, be not fairly resohaide into the give anils to be seen of men, a-e not cause now adverted to ? is it st-c, ,;e i 'ceoted py Hun '"In rcgavde'.h the that preachers accomplish nothing n fives, and jedgeth the heart.— finitely, who <:<:;? in accomplish n >t!ii .;>? liev have no reward fioui hun “ who ff speakem at the bar, or in our nati m- a! councils, sh nild reek to earn .uf point by their speeches, they proha. !y U'lKIS HA V VUAHI'1 V. Itho power will do small, anc The te m churvy is often understood ' will pro’t a' lvi e p oat, if t in a limited sense and made to signify 1 g :e at, and c earnestly’ purs more! , the ndminiMering to t!m wants \ diucrenily doef*4ie sneak, w i already a Missionary Society or- [ 17 fd, and expect before long, to be Mo send out Oher.dtea Missiona- to the wandering tribes at the 1 This Society is now raising ^ for the purpose of supplviny the >ikae Nation with that portion of clean' and save the chief of sinners, Scriptures which. has been transla- into their language a d with the d and Hymn Bo k published in ir language. About seventy dol- 1 have already been contributed for purpose, and mostly by the full- 1 Cherokees. At the suggestion ■>« native brethren, contributions b p en taken once o. twice on the ^ath, and was aTecting to see withers. But in tho retirements of do mestic lifo it expands, and perfumes the air with its bloss< ms and delights the eye by its blushing fruit. ‘What a man is relatively that he is really.’ Religion d ies not bargain a- br’ ad and send its impulses, feeble and few, homewards Its force is as powerful at the centre as at the cir- cumterance, if not m ire so. And prob ably it is never more strengthened a id invigorated than by e forts to bring members of the family circle to submit to its away. When ve exhort a stra.’ gcr to turn from his sins, even if w. arc conscious ourselves of romittsues in duty, wo know that he is igaora t of it. Wo can press obligation «u him oven wkilq neglecting it ourselves - \ot 30 when wo press obligationto holiaass on. th tse who seo ou. dai) conduit, and a 1.-nost know our seerto th ’Ughts. As ‘praying will make p. man leave q f singing, or singing make a man leave orF pra /ing,’ so it is too case before us. We shall so n. ii negligent in duty, rfeform our lives, when we urge those of the same family circle—oiir brothers and-sisters, oar d -mestica, our apprentices, oar jour neymen, lo turn to G mce* for repentance Mve oyer >nro\bortations is an inconsisten human nature cam is like teaching m ------ — ;iff00d Uao sees the me insistency—almost t ) ahsu’dity—of urging duty on othe V1K 1 which ho utterly neglects himself. The consequence in tn >st cases either that the pressing of exhortations cm others, brings on® a own mind to ™ A;i )rr, P natc , aa to an^ i-onnntnnno nr thn irlr. 1 7,3 I V ( J» eoth in secret.” 1 J?iarItv has been defined to be “apvin- , ... , ~ , I , would earn r.:n;o, and their speeches la it nrevailmg love to G'<l,and ^0’<d ; • , .1 • .. . , . * ~ .. . t” . might bo an frc.ilo .’.sew too man;, cf l our sermons. Whv rliru’d a prcackei >f .'ill to men,which effect.11 one endued with it to glorify G cl,and t , 1(J to do a '"'d to others.“ It is in this coin-' orchonsive sense that, tho Aoostle uses rpel preach er rise to address an as- ombly, \o it he nt propodng t- himself to ... . . . . gain some certain end; raid c-naag'-og lie N te-m which many translators 1 •,, ’ . , - 0 irefor to translate love,’ because this ? . t >p- ..Ois o.- a.gu-n.. 1 a-jp pc word bet-«r Kprw. l.o M h-dy M- *■] ' , i * 1 ve.-clvirgtliat ha will not v linnsriy de*’4 ing are specific ,are kn. wn, and aie in- rofiaction and repentanae, or the irk-! u, °” r ’ . ,iu V 'f'-- b '- .V 1U ! J " s nne task after a while is abandoned arrayed.wo .-ehold it as it ns -fho clca Are you then, the head of a family in: t ' - •> which some of the members are im-' V UA ia ' iJ tt uf bcu 0 d r E l ! l,t I and cuicentratc mental eneig; , fo. fro- penitent? Begin ii once your duty J''?."?*; 1 ^h' due s -he heart,mid v as , unity a..d earnestness, and to sug* and exhort them to turn unto the Lord. | lw " 0 Jgest glowi.ig th uglits and burning e::- If they soe inconsistencies in your Without charity,the Christian mis- * ns » to rnakc discourse, in r-li ,t, conduct, very likely they will remind 1 represents his Master’s canee’aud his natural and oloa-nvit to the speaker, and you of them' and thus you will have , influence becomes a “sav^ 'of death 1 fo v ' vflr:,,J ? Rd ehiment upon tne heare.s. an opportunity to reform It will, if unto death.” Ho is requi-ed to “ live ! ^ urel >’ l 1 . 13 neither cecessriy nor exj c- vou are the child of God, excite lan- ( unto God” and to let his “light shine dient * nci ! hftr p'li! ><so-hical nor script-, ^.uishing graces, and bring seme new j befo*- P men.” If he obeys the will-*f ones, oorhaos, into existence. Their-, hi3 Maker and walks in “ newness , f objections will quicken your invention lifo,” his iniv living—h : «faith and --’la ■- to find a meek, but efficient reply.— ity n^c witnesses for G"-;!. HeV-'hibifs Their cavils lyill try your patienco J the power umj excollcncie of religion in anil thus work out tor you some ‘ex-j his conduct, and recommends if to -th- pericnce’ fif your own heart. Their | C ra who u o thu-i induced t-'lav Inld-f errors and ignorance will awaken your the blessed ho; c of the Gospel, which is un anchor to the 9eul. f hi. ■■est! ■ d- of |.-urpose to pieacliirg, a speech in court. Definitenem s requisite for success in tins no ca m, as in the other, It will se vo ns much in one as the other, to excito ral, that that preaching oh >u!d bo eve. n.’O ’o as gene'al. as common-place us vcrfii ictorv, as v id •*'f object, a* it r 3 .01 -i nh is, and has beeii thrju^hout’ Christcad un. commi’seration, and lead you to an c;i'*nft5tues3, a sincerity of prayer, which you would not have unless the subjects of it were so closely connect ed wjth your personal feelings. is appear m-re real to me, and nevor did I feel a greater anxiety to have poor sinners coine to Jesus.for salva tion. The Lord only knows, whether anv, or how many leprous souls wore purpose, and mostly by the full- cleansed at that time. Mv own feel-; i Cherokees. At the sueiresti m mgs were so deeply affected, or rather I had such a sense of divine things; that instead of sloeo, most of" the night was spent in meditation, pm or and brjng in their pflVrmgs —j thanksgiving; and for a long time af- brought his gift forward in the ! ter seme of us had laid down to rest, j Uf the congregation, and laid U J the na*i've members c-ntjnue/1 thp sing- a the table. "S-ome brought rn *ney * Ing f h inns, ai d social worship. ’We .beads «oine handkerchiefs, | iVe a-’e .thnnbfiil that fl*d fins vent WUh»y had, worn aa tiuhi^. q fallow laborer w this whitened It is your duty to seek them—tc on- (lea- or to turn them fr-in error, if tbe\ have tl.Mugli v nr neglvct, pr inatte:: tion, been corrupted, by it—ta tern . issue ot ErAtercvi iu-iid c.) per feet ne3s”-that' 1 tin; c:-.;l of »hr : ”£.1 - mnndmcnt is charity, eat of a rn; e he a •*. and of a good co’is-ric-ice.af-.d of c th un r eigned.“ And agai 1, that all :!io law is fulfl od in. * -no word commandment, and t'-.e p, your heart burning 10 d > somoUiing t:! 1 ! t0 S P®! u, ( Ghi;r.*. j !-e promote tho glory of God aud the vvel- d ' ,: ; ai f ‘ c iu ’ i ' / ,s t: fare of souls?-*What a field is before you if you have impenitent friend3, 01 cl mestics, or apprentices, or laborers, in y n ur own employment!—begin to 1 iok into their condition. While you have been mourning over tho cold ness of-Christians, and tho impenitence of sinners—wliilo you have been think ing that your sphere of influence is sc circumscribed -as to leave nothing for you to do—while you have been pity ing the errors aud tho wanderings of those who live without religious insti tutions, you may find, on diligent search, that those under your cu e and i:i your own hou.seli Id, have Lee: wandering for away from the truth, and from Salvation. F-m nr '. J nV/ta-laT!. TTIE 310.1A /iA NS. ‘ AT\ T'j 'liv.—The following extract.* . n: H' i lie’s 1.titers on Missions, # Ti-uc charity, or love, Is the H* 1 x'Hrrr c mtaius, it teems t me, net me.*! a-‘ of the v/hrlc law—the g - at .0 id o ' -. be • o n, Kmect < .> *!-c Moravians, lu‘ tmi- , 1 ut tho subject of mission?, n J iiti.; • msry ; xC. ;i us, which it would ' be (1! for t!ir.-c now studying for the 1 >;.! i t-n-’d o • c':al;y for those v ho-' il-a.a r<-c'L‘cd t » r-ccome Mttsi.'TOiio • tc ccusiJer.-*— IfB’.twe ia such a tM <5 R . “mi. tionary lij irif” in this v c-iid, the Moi a' ians in opinio-n posf r e ii,’ '. 0110 word, even m the 3;oia'inns in opinion posse:-3 it, thou shall 1 vc tliy neighbour e • ihy-*{ und yet this S- ciety is blit very little self.” Alm-pivii:g is merely a single cx- know n. It is a foci that ruiiy Ch"i -bans tcrncl expression of this love. Ouv;r.ce, in a g>ent meamirc iguo.a -t f neighdeur is ben fitted by it, and there-j \\}ial lias been d me by this Society, fore the act b praise worthy in th° .‘ ightjand -f t!^ neli-dj.iyiug npuit ma'ii.es- of moil, M’h * ca < seo the outward o u duct onlv, k a- c m t p’.-omitted to >««’;;• he heart lint Q -d, whj c\n! th i’jm.-st rccossis ef ihe s'ul, an ! r :u:i niac’! its vrtost secret •v-irki-igi •—" b knows the selfishness r ed deceit ii:' :< if tho heart.—can anjiMvc our a no further then t!i«'v spri-ig fVi.-m <• •'linerb s aivl di-i -lcio-ted nr.iiv firem that “ fqith \'l ic’ workeih cub puviherb the ami.” “H. , v, f ’ rrrrs Mi. 0'-;n< itA‘ . e:v : cdoet ofU-d irv’l-i »csfiM5t> w hoar n ert tt’C ] ted hy'•.bom. | After giving an account of live r** A s to, t coming stucccs, and uttkniatWI Ifo'TuiX', 1 .gyllicr with the ta i :os o r i%'f j Jh'lure, t f .To«i::!s in China, end tad j a • jti.we'».f'S (■■> sr.i rk cl the opr!u!, ! ol'.ieverql I'r< ty hqr.t, rf [the uv r.a'iine «; f j “The ?.lv:«\i»:i breth-m ba- c bee.4 !: nr ttg ii'. 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