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CHEROKEE NATION, PROPRIETOR EDITED BY ELIJAH HICKS.
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rated with garlands of jessamine. Mere
might mankind, if they would only
,v-p v subscription will he considernl as ; J throw off their vices, lead lives free
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rcintrary before the commencement ol a might ask, where hotter than here,
< year, and a'l arrearage 1 paid. : *~-
■••■VI. ..rill,I II1U.-I li" ir,
- - . 1 might the Christian missionary strive to
tov person procuring six suhserthe.-s spf the standard of the cross, and
p on . nipnt ... ’
dialect lvawi, found in Jav*
date is uncertain
Rut a
But their ar and seat of the ark of the covenant j Christians hud recieved, that the. might
Jodg xx. 13, 26, (comp, verse 27 )— k > ■ tin things that are freely <n e to
Rut n very small portion of this pen- For in these passages, as in 1 Sam x them of God. Tin n there is love t n
pie savs l)r Millno, can read, and 3. the phrase house of God, in Hebrew,' tin ecu huvmur, on whom laitli ■ «
reading is very much con neo t.. the B th-el ought to he taken as a proper with a grasp so firm us to fill on i h
Arabic, the language ol the K n an. and name It was one of the three places joy unspeakable and full ot gl .—■
a v they suppose of paradise tool ns if whore the prophet Samuel judged Is- J Tlie.-e, alt these, and much m e. i. y
Dirty were t ) he cha ined ivy strange rael 1 Sam. vii. 16. In the revolt be left at one and the same time. In a
s'-unds, or his creatures instiucted of the ten t> iaes, Bethel fell to the king- child ol God. iN'ovv, to sum up the
through the medium of a language they doni of Israel, and Jerohoant ensti- j whole, we mean, that when there :'< el-
do not understand. This preference tilted this place on account of its an- ! ings are enjoy ed and cherished i.-vpray-
; , ■>” *■”> uiiucimam,. im» pieferencc tuted this place on account of its ail- j ings are enjoy ed and cherished
I Ivpcami ag res 'onsihlp for the tva, ment. ■ , 1 . tfliilaid^otthc c i < -ss, nn j lot the A 1 nbic has led t lie AI «i la v s to cient fame lor sanctity, one of the prill- . cr, by' wut clil illness, b y bo<
Pive a seventh.r,ati«. induce the poor natives to “throw oil | think lightly of their 1 — ■ -* - ■ =- , - I , , !
CP-All letters ad bested to the E liter, th ' ' r vu c>s n,,d *1 >thed m the
i 1 N-11 -pcp'v'-. due a't-nt'ou righteousness. ( Chiist. and makethei
From tlio Kos’.on Reci rder.
THE MA AYS.
mo ilia ai o. Milan, as it has he
Yisscrtnlina cad before Ihe Society of revel amidst the lusts
ii/ninj, Andover Theological Semin- up the s ills that G«m
' capa de of rigid I v and really enjoying
i the blessing that G d is so Imuiitifull
jhest.nvi g upon them? Surely this is th
jthe Inst leligion that sh uld, b> (Jin is- j j( S e
j tian philanthropists, be surrendeied t
Satan, as it has been, that h might
ry.
’he Malavs of the eastern Archi
ll v. th nigh almost entirely unknown
s. are a*o onpletelv enveloped in
aiess and are sutiering as much for
bread ot - file as perhaps any heath-
eople in the world. Rut Prnvi-
p serins opening a wide and ef-
i! d r for the introduction of the
pi am tig them, so that an inquiry
:heir character and condition |>e-
:s to us important as well as inti r-
lev are two classes inhabiting these
is, the Mnlavs, and the pagan an
tes; a id the distineti >n letweeu
is not preciselv made by most
rs. Hence arises a difficulty in
vestigation respecting the Mala s.
in ascertaining whether chata'-•
ics ascribed to the natives >f Java
rna V;?.;v;: , ,V! d flPV/fo iSSgah natives,
e writers m *»t deserving f-redit
the Malays to inhabit the rna i-
aarts of Sumatra. Java. B ne >,
u es Suloo, ihe M Innas islands
peninsula of Malacca and the m-
districtof Menanghaher in Sunia-
Savs a writer well acquainted
Dm subject, “the natives ot the
i r could never have originated
i the, Malavs on the c a<*t, l^;v«jver
reverse mav he true Ihe A aim's
essentiallv me people, and- have
• a u uat mu »ct;ii iu< £• ill 10 ct Oil— W| ■ ' *. »> vj an- idiu, %'iit-n iic j;ui
sider the Aiabic n> the onli language end to flu* worship of Baal, did not
accej tihle t> (j d and tit to i>e ein 1 >v- h fish ‘ u ~ 1 “ “ 1
ed in his worship, their vcm .ati >n is
weakened for every other kind of i i-
striu-licn in religion than that which
* ' • 1 > v >* "i auiji v»i (.lid uut U* j vvuijiu lit 1
Iv fish the worship of the calves at j listening to a person whose inte". i.a
Bethel and Dan. 2 K 10 23, 20. ! spirations
f men, and ti ai..
up the s ills that G<-d has mail* in his
ow n likeness, to beenne victims of ev
erlasting death.
Climate.
Although these islands are directlv n,,,l ‘migum muu i
under the equator, yet a correct idea passes through that medium.
of their climate is not to he derived
from accounts of the l>urnir;» and pes- Fro ' T ’ lh ° Religious Intetlipercer.
tiferous heat of African and Ara inn de- O.X THE RETI l-Ei. GF TIIE
setts, or whore the atmosphere is filed SClllFTUicES.
with unhealthy exhalations, or agitated Beth-el was situated, according to ' V) *’ '■V '*-•
by the fat U Siroco Eusebius and Jerome, twelve il-man ” >SRa ’ ;<'S ard *»S ' hc
The climate is for the most purt de- miles from Jerusab'in, on the wav l > ( 1 ‘ ,,so 0 manpiopimtc, calls
lightful 1 heir seasons arc divided into Shechem or Yeapolis It is iir-t men- j J ’ *- y ^ a ' V < a-o ‘ a (/oe
the dry and the rain v; the former cm- li nod in the history of AVahan. ^lojtseofmmty.orof^dols.) Ii s ,v.
inences in April, the latter in October, the place near which that patriarch 1 V “ ’ , e • ‘ aioiiu g o| the
!!..♦ I *.1... 1 ■ u..:i.i_j '_n ..i ... .. ,i.prophet, that the alter at Bethel should
: —20. (eoilV(
— - present day, and the_v would come to
This city was taken a- 'the people us clouds lull of tain. ln-
j stead ol coj'I, formal, -soil * ia-nic
, a ' preaching, given in the w ..ids and f.
arc told, when he put an , that man’s wi.-.d. in teaclicth, a.- scmiilies
it an onstui Ic to lliei, icligious i m- t'or. xm lit ibis city was taken a-j the
vement as tint one heie and tlicie gate hv the Israelites soon after, prnb- : stc.
found ca : a’*ie of reading Malay nblv hv King Baasha; for Jehu, King 1 pre
ks; a d having been taiglit to con- of Israel, we are told, when he put an ; tha. .. • uu o »• inu • in il at. lit* 11J j iirNt'
at a- j would hc made to feel that they v. ie
s at i ' ‘ ‘
^ OO !
< 'rider Jeroboam 11. king of Is
spirations were that moment leuj n g p
s ••• *8»ael, to his lips, and seeking uttermict ir ta
Amaziali was priest, of the- golden calves a ouiinng heart, ’t houghtless o| p. ; u-
ut iJeth'd, ami procured the banish- ta. 1 applause, :.ut desirous onlv
*'the prophet Amos, by accusing ing well and
ter’s work.
c. -
merit o| the prophet Amos, by accusing ing well and v\ itli pleasure, hi.» J\ as-
; him to the king. Am. viii. 10, l.b. The ter’s work, souls would feel that tm e
j prophets Am s and 11 sea severely was such a tiling as a deniomliuti n of
j reprove the id latry at Bethel Ani the spirit, and pou er in the mini, ii \
iv. 4; v. 5, 6. 11 os x. 15.— 1 I t-t indiv idual I'liristiuns cherish and
enjoy uli the energy of feeling which
God is ready to impart, even 10 bring
filled with all Ids fulness, and v hat a
sublime spectacle would the ( hun-l*
present to the world! lair as the inou>
^U&iHMnr'tir'e Uim up in 'his
The priests, bones, llis soul, enamored ot the
* I I,v ine kina' of A s - beauty and compassion ol Ins bav- or,
ent hack, hv in . „ ^ - VV ould find its way to Ins lips, m rap-
mo in rises allow*. 9 n , -V ,-v HM inMs to ‘ s PvifTcntlv used in ihese passagessyn^ to Samaria, to teac i k ne' praise und blessings. To all a-
though at midnight it mtm. tails f» ^ <>f . # ati , n The name , P . idt8t made h.s residence at Bethel ^ >. lUllll , uch im 0l , t . ,eek to U II of
.0 A cooler atin-sphe.e .nav at V ^ thP ' ci ty in the time «»f the put na-clis | o Kiags xvii. 27, 23. It. is piohahle dlie ,, s oi (j d Every piavtr-
time be enjoyed by ascending ■««»;’.“* wa8 L , ls ^Q Kli . xxvi.i: 19; xxw. t: Joy. thttt Jews and Benjaimtes settler m f wol|ld l)U a BethcU indiVd;
tains-.f the interior In the iiiou k-iius j . ^ 'fhe event wm.-li |},. t hel about tins time, for we Und that ®, llt i. reil
f Java and Sumatra tires a e tound xv ‘ • ' . • ...
mences in April, the latter in October, the place near which that patriarch 1 ‘ ° ’ j 1
But neither in the one do they know builded an alter and called upon the ; * a .__ iea ( ,< * , 'f 1 <: ^
any thing of ail unremilfed exposuie to name of Jehovah, before his : ; rian. " - Kings vxiu. '
a scotching sun, nor in the' --ther of down inh.wJyya place even in the time j j (>r xlxiii l3.) Une « t
nnaliatiiig storm. The thermoj»-*«. '" < ." A “’ rn i 1 8in a'tlr ugli the name Buri-vl, w | v , was rent hack, by e '
eld m rises ah.. K « on .u i s evidcmiv u«ed in these passages, I ,. iai t0 Suuiana, to teacl
lie* n-e
Wlie.n
i r,- iravo occasion to the name n
necessary in them omng, thoiig. . . ■ ^ ri ,| ated f} en xxviii 1 ’ 1 -B)
snow, or hail is unknown Un the wns tirr i, ; g fn m the lace ol lus
west coast of Sumatra which in many j ,, , ,
parts is covered with marshes, and m
«"«>•' *'•»“ "“‘ U ri Z BmM ■ “d ««0 cmit-reiice «oul<l cxhiliit -(jiriliial
such l-eis-n" -■I-™-’- 1 •» ”‘ ,h 1 umUiu-rgy. Such l.lmsti.iis, i. iu
inttn , .
the vicinitv of Bitavia in the northern
pa it of Java, fogs are frequent, and
the climate is unhealthy. But with
these exceptions these islands possess
. . *! a 'i 1 as temperate and salubrious a climate
anguage, th >uah tbev are ( 8 J^ ad a< anv tropical country on earth I he
brother Esau to his mother’s kindred
at Mesopotamia, he passed the night
here under the open sky 1 a dream
he sa-v a ladder extending Ir--ui earth
t,, heaven, on which angels were as
cending and descending. Above the
, t, ladder was G d himself, who assured
y on earth [ he protecti n, and promised him
„a»eii.™ v Uyt „ S h .w.
measu f to the ^ thp „f the earth sh uld he
islands ot bu . matrR ai , it, is owing in a great measu e to me |iat ions of the earth sh uld he
ce the seat ot the Mn.a* an Ull!l( . a i thv situation of Batavia where wA j ac „h, on awaking, cned out.
hey became partinlh ct > - , the y mostly resort, and to their excess- t , y j ehoVB i, i, t this place. H v.
latter part <d the first eon- ive illdl|lgent . e in pa.taking of the fruits is this p , aoe ! This is none
Talingah-ahinins from H n , and ot | ier delicacies that a-e here so llJ|t t j, c l„ n ise of Go-1, and this is
a Iviile s'*ace ” Hie pm'.ability ' f . at ‘ nut<M ‘. v , a ised by
iat the islands of Sumatra and .la- r- ^ ov<i • in
ere once the seat ol the Mala-an
ite. Tli
in the — . . .j. , vll ,v.,..=,~
hv the Talingah-ahmins from Hin-t and othcr delicacied that die he
an. They afterwards sent • abundnnt 1 ct those who come hen. (>1 | ieave n ” I he «»»«•* u l ,u
; to the shores of Bone-, the Mo- ^ temperate, cautious ol exposuie, had wrested his head he e
as. and s me other lalnud*. and to sufficient exercise, and cherish tn mument. consecrate
lacca. In 1400, the Arabians intro- tented and cheerful state of mind, “ nu . lint i» K it with oil, and name
5d their religion into the maratime i ^ u wiU have less reason to com-
i .ns of these • s ' i ar,dsi ^ I aad plain of the climate.
Language and Literature.
The language of the Malays accoids
Ai from the captivity. Ezra ii. -
Nch. vii. 32; xi 31. I» 'be time ..i
Jonathan, one of the Macabcan prin
ces, Bacchidcs, the Syria general in
war With the Jews, fortified Bethel.
1 Macc. ix. 50. Josephus' Jewish Jb -
tiy B XII i. ^3. In the war with
| lilt* “ ' T » *
itlv am ug the other Malay cofir
The M .hamedart religion, and
atime habits, being peculiar to the
[avs, seem more definitely than any
o else to distinguish them from the
*** . Il* . »n/«nn nafll’P in
ur*‘un ui 1^ mi" i i * •
other hut the Inntse of Gu‘1, anil this is
,h« emte ot heaven ” The stone upon
^ .1 ‘T
lllVTlli ,
it by aunointtng it with oil, and named
the'place Belli cl. that is, ho.ts- oj t*ud.
In reference to this visi m, when T h >-
vah appears to Jacob to Mesopotamia,
he calls himself, th, God ol Beth-el G. it.
life mid energy. Such Ghristians, i- iu
higher■ circuinstuiice in liie, would fie
ciuidecendiug to know and comfnit < th
em ol fi.w estate. All would i e kind
ness, meitii g, 1 -ving kindness to tins
whole Christian fraternity. Such leel-
inirs as these, cmisolidtue the v. h le re-
% » XU i. V»- *1 >-• ileemed ...0 .1* .*!>• P-e, »r-
the Romans, Vespasian took tne uty ; individual Christian duty, m a
and placed a garrison m it. Joseph. \ J ^ tue ulih cure f, , a
IV 9.5,9 h-a-b-u,» «■,.! ; J ‘olJi.-I-.-ii.K
Jemme, in the third century, call Both- ! ^ ^ „nlv .emedy fm ti e
el a village In the thirteenth century, di t [j 8 | ot htulne.-s of our errupt
«>• Bi-o-harfii. »■"» “'''“J * aat * r ?„ the e>rvic« of oo. p-<t m i
stone monument, '' l icl " i3 "“‘J „ i a cious God; the only antidote to in g-
indicate the grave of Deborah, l.e ck- ., rit | c in all its forms, and 101-
ah’s nurse. From this tune, Bethel of f(thcrs ’ w. cs. It is the
is not mentioned by any travelci. j only sword that cuts the gordian-kn t
with which the fascinations of the w.-nd
or the interests of state binn themselves
We are not now going to write an ! at times to the professed followers ol the
claaorate essay upon the nature and nrnhofGod, and impreceptibly divest
I Ilf? ItlUIfUUE^ VII y lit* cancr uiJilSCll, . 1 »
with the pleasantness of their climate j xxxi ,3. Ry divine command Jacoo
and the luxuriance of their scenery. returng to the place winch he hud l «
- .1 _ ...nit . unH eiiiirolv ironic iipfore. and connims Uic
RELIGIOUS FEELING.
clauorate essay upon the nature auu aa ib ol God, and unprecepiiuiy uivesi
origin of religious feeling; yet we may them of the garments of salvation. Re-
uossibly say something about both, in , hgious feeling, or the life of Christ in
[he lew remarks allotted to this u. tide. the suU l, inspires delight in, the cross
. Tapair native in h abounds with vowels, and is entirely
nor natives. If a P a r* . I r- r r „ m harsh consonants or coinhina-
• Misr .:." d i u r y» rK
,'£,ccou f «.o maratime p-irsui.B. *°. r u^rataT Even the fol-
word -. T* !he natives of Celebes' share ofinlluei.ee upon Us vocabulary .
IlS. u'S , , hl“o , cc»i. i n a 3 ,, ;L"r“nk
Malays and aborigines is tnese
ch greater. b uuu iuiii _
Character of their Country. S’’Another "is empioyed in mercan-
hese islands will of course he sup- tUe ’ . 9uits; a third, the dialect o
. . _i nil the bentitv and . / t.erVmns a model ot
returns me —
twenty years before, and confirms Uie
name which lie had formerly given.—
Gen. xxxv l -7. Deborah, R« bec ‘
ca’s nurse, dies, and is buried here. 1
Gen. xxxv. 3. On G d’s appearing a-
crain, Jacob confirms the name of the
place anew Gen. xxxv. 9—lo. From
Ibis time on, Bcth-el was regarded bv
Gur object is to suggest the inquiry,
whether too many Christians at the
present day, are not wont to live on
from month to month, year to year, al
most destitute of religious teduig.
not this one rcas
culties occur iu
lliu auuij iiioj-n — n-- "p— —
of Christ, induces sell-denial, disdains
conformity to the world, dreads avoida
ble associations with the ung dly and
ambitious, seeks retiiement, and glories
It consists of several varieties this tunc on, i>n»- r * -
deoend on the occasion and the rank , the descendants of Jacob as‘ a 8a ®
SSb.- ,b»« in »« i».i-»““ a, !pi»«. "Ir.tSfnffia
laneuno'e, abou iding in terms of adula-j Canaan, Letliel wd> t,i . .
.. s lo «.....loved in mercan-1 a Gannanitish king. J *1' xn - * 6- 11
ed Ui share in all the beauty and
ariance of tropical regions-
re a perpetual sp.mg mingles its
r and exhilarating charms with the
re substantial delights of autumn,
.ductions of every kind abound here,
1 form a constant succession of llow-
, and spices; the air is filled with a
rennial and delicious fragrance.—
, r is the scenery less enchanting,
ountains and bills are scattered over
jse islands, not with their su i
ts covered with external snows but
-her covered with perpetual and va
cated bloom, save where volcanic
eshave burst a passage through them,
,d streams of lava with desolation in
trace flowed down then- verdant
£li.. Ve. they have h«..e
reams than thnse nfl.va^ ^ thou
ind rivulets trickfi* down the hills,
ivs a writer who could appreciate t ie
itt» ofnatuie, “and m.ngle their plain-
tue pursuits, « -- . . ,.
their writers and perhaps a model ol
the Malay language; a iourtli the low,
irregular language ot the multitude.
Manv foreign words have been intro
duced and the language is not capable
of a very exact grammatical analy
sis.
There is hut little choice of words in
this language, and figures of speech
are much more rare than in the lun
guage of Western Asia. V\ hen the
Bible was first' translated, the natives
were inclined to understand tho meta
phorical expressions, “Our Heavenly
Father,” “the only begotton bon ol
G id ” Stc. in a literal sense, much to
the perversion of its true meaning.
Their literature seems to go back no
tartherthan the introduction oflslam-
ism. There are indeed some poetical
composite ms upon subject s connected
with Hindoo Mythology in the sacred
a uannaHMi»»« L
was assigned by J 'stuia to the tribe ol
Benjamin. J sh xvii 22. It occurs
riontn, year 10 ycai,.u- aia t)itious, seess rmneinrui, .mu
,f religious feeling? Is ; t) constantly hearing about in tlic b< <iy
s -u whv so many dilh- 1 j] )4j dying ot the Lord Jesus, the Ife
cumes ,iaa, .11 churches? so much , a i s0 c f Jesus might be_ made maniiest
pride abounds—so much coldness to
wards fellow Cniistians is rnaiii.ested—
• 1 . U .i'/u-.o-re fTUfn ftVfir
so many minds ol professors given ovei
to political strife, and love ot gain—s -
much ineffectual preaching is done-
so little grow th in Christian graces is
evinced in the churches—so lew souls
converted? What is here meant by
vi * I 1 ( ’ < '°' U f T Christian feeling is, a glowing, ardent
in describing the north-west border ot | _ m a i.noole. his service,
this tribe. Josli xviii. 13. It occurs
also in describing the south-west bor
der of the children ol Joseph. J 'Mi.
xvi. 1,2. In <he passage just men
tioned Bethel is distinguished from i uz,
the former name being used with more
precision to designate the spot where
L . .11 . 1 .u nml wnprri nor-
love of God, his people, his service,
his word, and the souls of those 111 tho
bonds ofiniquity. An abiding unction
of the Holy bpit i'- sweetly resting up
on the mind, limiting the heart to ten
derness, filling the subject oi it w ith such
a sense of God’s presence, as to awe
- ■ - -..1—• nt the
precision to designate the spot where u j illto sweet submission; at the
God appeared to Jacob, and whero per- tilu0i producing such deep-lelt
haps a monument or ebopel stood, ut L m jj a ud penitence for sin, as to
a small distance from the am lent town j induce J tlie vel> feelling to which divine
of Luz. Although Bethel wu9 c °"‘! favor | 8 promised,—‘ trembling at my
quered by Joshua, and assigned to tho vQfA „ l Th j a ifl n
also of Jesus might be made inani.est
in our mortal body. It destroys self-
will, entombs contentions, seeks the.
peace of the church, and the spi it mi
good and happiness of others and . ants
lor holiness and finally attains it.
Such is the religious feeling we think
the word ot G d and our Clnistian pro
fession inculcate, and such arc a part
only of its blessings Through grace,
such feelings are not only attainable,
hut by obedience and faith, maintaina
ble. When enjoyments so nearly akin
to heaven may be ours, who that ever
tasted a drop of that river, the stican.s
whereof make glad the city ot G d,,
will contentedly grovel along contort*
less, half-hearted, debilitated m action
j.i language, in faith, in hope.' D
Christians! be entreated to awake tn iu
Benjamites, (Josh. xii. 16; xviii. 22 )
vet the Canaanites must have regained
soon after, for the Ephraiinkcs, wc are
told being unwilling l" have the enemy
so near to their territory, wrested it
from them by the treachery of one o
its inha iiants Jiulg. t. — -i. 1 r A, - • t i 10 spirit
was for some lime the national sanctu- [ 1
woru. ^ mo not all; there ts also a
blessed religious feeling to be enjoyed,
called the “peace of God passetli all
understanding.” Add to this, liuni
blenessof mind, and the testimony 01
God’s Spirit, bearing witness with uu-
sr.irit that we are the children ot (rod
-I • which 1 nul sun*
OllllMiaio- uv - -
sleep, aiise from a state ot death, and
Christ shall give light.—Chr. SurJa-
>'J-
The Cape Cod Journal says thero in
now livintr in the town of Falmouth a
farmer who has killed 103 deer, 3u$
foxes, and 5497 wild fowl, all with oik*
gun,