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PRINTED WEBKIY , milled here' to enjoy. We weigh too aging prospects The church at Bath- gathered into schools without delay ■ h : cin .< ‘j’here is nothing iieau.
PRINT ED WI.LKLY. | uroo f 8 ofthe immediate en- I aba a was organised on the 19th August Mr Moulton and Mr, Joslyn are to mmc political men and papers - i
' n , n 0 f a ii w ho die in the ’ of last vea>- embrac-iim 56 persons, devote themselves to teaching and su- President. ’ and anti-President; iarifl
** whohad inetnhera ol'tho church lb. One or two : and ...ti-T.rinr Bank ond an,i-Ba„K.
or in whatever bodily circumstances, before their removal, .and one who was other persons will be sent to co-opera- &c .vc. And am abaid it inav s .n
they make their exit from this world, admitted on • a new profession. The tion in the same work as soon as they ; be said <5( our country as Byron sirs
Hence our fonT.Schmen. lift .ur nun.!, or ha, .me. been ine,eared .clean be ohinined. j of Scotland, “ A laud of Liars, Mounte-
reluctance to quit this world. It can- 143; of whom 136 are Choctaws, 5, Bool s m the Choctaw language.—A W,.vai.d Mists. And 11. the Clm.. !.-
not be otherwise, while death bounds : of white and 2 of African descent, and ' second edition of the Choctaw hymns,;® 8 * the divisions u Inchare already e od
our prospects, and his deep shades set- 126 had been connected with the church amounting to 3,000 copies has been e6S a,ia oc i uall >' senseless, are evnicnt-
tling upon our views of the future, aro ! in the old nation. Two pirns captains printed during the past summer, tnak- >’ 011 ,h ® me^ar-e some oi the iJoc-
unrelieved by the scenes beyond so, have died in peace. Although manv.lng.Me whole number of copies ot j “ d " n Smith here have hxec. the
divinely grand, so surpassingly raptur- w ho joined the church in the eld nation books printed in this language 13,000. | to i'VonR™inncf the
ous! O the immortal temple of my have, owing t*. the perilous situation in ] State of the people.-Definite inform- ^ ( ^ p ; ^ M
God, the exalted throne of the eternal which they were placed for some time ■ at,on respecting the number of the :.j]V. '), 1,11,6 ™ a
and the Lamb! O ye blessed.spirits, before their removal and during their Choctaws, who havj become settled m * a ^ fr., a ,1^. jL'J'
angels, and company of the saints! O journey, made* shipwreck of (ho la, th their country has not been received ; ^ e J c , , ot aarec ■ ' I
- f ■ . u 1 „„.w*..„i|y withstand It is probably between 10,000 and'". 11 • cannot aert c no
and maintain , 14,000. The number of the whole tribe,
INTEMPT ATI ON OF THE FIT * nirii ' Whv -™ •* nwcirwarti to at-- u fair Christian character. They have. ; be for* their removal commenced, was
PURE STATE.
Let us not undervalue what is partial i fln mon conJe
bliss of the intermediate | ‘^"“'"he polluted and the short lived Still there is a great &. striking change j with a good degrfe'e of vigor to prepare
,lea»ur« w f this world, their attractions* in their /.-b-*-<-ter from. ub«.*,^t.v !f.«r themselves fields and comfortable
en compared with the
en compared with th ^
flit, how transcendent!—Think
mmm
AW® INDIA# S? ADVOCATE*
CHEROKEE NATION, PROPRIETOR.' EDITED BY El,1.1 AH
VOIi. V.
^EW JECH'ilTl, C3SK-tOai'Ete * VltOX, ^.ITUaPlY, AS. s 16BL 19,
VO. £3.
The
O journey, tor,ode* shipwreck of the faith, their country, has not been
the immortal joys and ennobling visions yet-ol^ members generally . withstand • It is probably between 10,000
of the divine glory, Father. Son, arid teun potion, appear decil
Spirit! Why jam 1 so backward to at-- a fair Christ . . , _
| tain such benediction*, to elite/ the been much occupied in preparing com- -estimated at 18,000, or “20,000. 1 hey
! fruition of sucli defightil . Does* the . Portable residences for themselves and■ generally appear to be satisfied with
» hat shall detain me! have shown too much worldlincss.— [ their new country,
and are laboring
1,tor from. H hi4 l) i,t was.
von or eight Choctaws are candid
ates for admission to this chin ch at this
station.
The church of Wheelock was organ
ized on the 2d Sabi>nth in December,
in had
anv
d and entranced society
rivers of pleasure, ite trees of life,
immortal songs and ravishing melo-
perpctually floating through the
iclc region. t)ocs it not. now excite
rprise that Paul, once admitted with-
it# precincts longed to be there a-
n ? Whither do his writings bespeak
mind to he continually soaring but
those happy scences lie had once
jefly* witnessed,—that iimn 'dal and
lestial region in which he had been
entarilv blessed". Thither his
111 was fVcqUontlj- V>A*«-ia 1^3/ fa Btrnn^r
b of rapturous affection counteracted
ly bv a sense of duty, a wish to atig-
nt the multitude of the blessed, and
desire to glorify Cjirist by swelling
triumphs and trophies of his cross,
appy strife of holy motives! enviable
itrait betwixt two,
seek the ocean, i g
ven; 1 depart to be with Christ in par
adise which is far better.—Lief chid'a
JJis.
e is not impaired, but enlivened by ur „ wl ini8 worio llluir aunicllou » * .„
lactation. It appears impel feet only | )ave [ 011 .r since become p., we; less to Sc
_j -—*n future; but ^ i )eart “ ixot innocent delights; not
** f 'S- 1. ° W p duty; not religious ordinances, heavon-
L “ l. hlT1 ° ly and heavea-fike'thoogb they be; not |
vid representations nt b arndisc ,. dear friend8 an d tender relatives they 1 i
irded in scripture, its radiant thrones, 1 a]J shadmvs here, but death con-j including 87 members, 7 of wh
amaranthine crowns, its golden ducts mo t() , t h e substance: they may | not before been connected with
pa, its white robes, its dav without ^ be dro c »f jov, hul I desire the foun- church All were carefully examined
[lit, its bliss without alloy, its onrap-1 dat j on J t he' y may he streams but I ' as to their religious views and charae-
think of ...i,. lt ’_ r - to the third hea-1 ter, the spiritual condition ofthie cliu’fh.
is much the same as that of the one at
Befhabara.
Congregations.—As the people are
settled so compactly, larger congrega
tions can be collected in common cir
cumstances in the old nation. Thu
average number attending the preach
ing of Mr. Williams at Bethabara is
150, and the largest 500. The number
attending at two other places where
he spends half of his Salmuth is con
siderably less. Nearly all are Indians.
At the stations and in a number of oth
er places, native ,church members hold
stated meetings on the Sabbath, which
they conduct themselves, when no mis
sionary is present.’ Frequent meetings
are held by the missionaries on week
days; there are also meetings for prayer
fin* themselves fi'
residences, and
considerable industry and public spirit;
manifest generally
From the New York Observer.
ARKANSAS CHOCTAWS.
WitiL£i.<kP«- —-AUred Wright, mis
sionary $ Bamuel Moulton, teacher’, and
their wives. Aniva 'Burnham, teach
er. * . .
Bethabara.—Loring S. Williams,
mmstonary Mrs. W. „ K.um*e Clough,
teacher.
-Eben’r Ilotchkin, catechist;
grot
unis, f- cio say they aye the Oid v.u?.
New Testament, s me and
the Lord’s Supper. IN ...
Britain and the United Slat .- A.::d
some hold that the Millenium and t!.
Day of Judgment are the same thing.
Now what keeps all evangelical de-
noininafions of Christians assiuidtr
here in these United State? Episcopa-
though they have obviously suffered in I P ,esb y i teria » 9 * i Baplists, and
their exposures to temptation while j Methodists acknowledge or e another
prnpaiing for removing, and while on j m °»t of them
their long and hazardous journey.—I * lh en why not meet togefh
They have also suffered much irotn ! ?»">« “^rn! bond of^uniformity, such as
sickness while on their journey, and chanty would soon draw np? Let the
sinr.e their arrival in their new country*, j high (Nit judicatories cf these s^cts a-
!60 out of several companies, embrac-j K refi - to a PP olnt an equal number of
ing about 3,000 having- died by the way, I Delegates, to meet in sonce Central
including many aged persons and in- jP 0, » ,t * ai "> (,| aw up tins bond, and send
(ants. During the last spring and sum-j a C( W to ,bc Churches, lor consid-
mer. the mission families also have been ! ation, and a jear after let the con “
jommune together
id form
and Mrs. H.
.—Matthias Joslyn, teacher.
Mrs Mary Choate, teacher.
The new Choctaw country is bound
to stay or to de- j e <l 011 the east by the Aikansas terri
/• 1 1 « I m» t li/k n Avt h !nr t Itn A t'<1 tl ;*. n 1
irt in which he was so often placed! ' t«*7> *»» the north by the Aikansas
ranhic love said “Desire to depart river, on the south by the Red river,
id ho with Christ;” but Christian zeal , a »d on the west by lauds occupied by
id, to remain in the flesh is more pro- ! other tribes of Indians,
able to the church and the souls of I Mr. Wright recovered from the sick-
en ness by which he was detained at Little
... ... . n . r Rock, 011 his way from the old nation,
Von see in hmi nothing of that cling- gn as to be able entG1 . his now lleld
g to this life which ‘Charactered for- of labor on the 14th of September of
last year; and soon after selected a site
afflicted with much sickness.
Fioin the Philadelphian.
LETTER FROM A CLERGY
MAN IN ALABAMA.
February 7ill, 1834.
Dr. Ely.—1 know not what to say to
you—Church and State, appear to be
in Revolution. Incessant strife . has
become the taste of the times, and the
order of the day—Churches, Presby
teries, Synods, and General Assem
blies, Courts, Legislatures, and Con
gress, Indians, Negroes and white,
people, are all filing oil' into factions,
for a station, six miles south of Little
liver, a branch of the Red river, and
18 miles east of Fort Towson, to which
he has given the name of Wheelock,
in memory of the first President of
ier saints. No prayer like Ilezeki-
i’s for the retrogade mover cut of the
admv on the dial: no piteous cry
ke David’s “O spare me a little; re-
lembcr haw short my time is.” You
lark in him none of those timid shrink-
gs from death that have sometimes j) ar t moil th College, who was a devot-
lized [individuals of eminen pie y nn- ed f neud to the Indians, and first open
er the same dispensation °‘ ie . I ? , ,n i e d his Indian school, (afterwards trans-
is himself—no “shivering on the brink, j ferred t0 H anover) N. H. ) in Lebanon,
if.aid to launch away. No; his difii- Ct fh(j natife town of M r. Wright,
"by was to be reconcile to e 8 ® 'f’hat portions of the Choctaws, among
Innial which duty and zeal impose , ; w j lom i a b orec | before their removal,
0 keep under proper regti aints t ie e- 1 are settlednompacjly around his station,
he for departure. “O that blessed t | ier0 j, e i n g as many as 2,000 within the"
orld that I have seen!” he is ready to , di-tunoe Q |* l0 or ^ roi , e8 .
iy, “when shall I again hai it as; ^ WilIiamg entered (he new cnun . 1
urstmg on mv Xhs theifAcre to ' try and selected the site of his station'
Joiajparison of it, wlmt is there Jicre to j the of . J u i y of last year. To
nliance ® r fix r s anulauscihs station he gave the name o t Betha-
nations’, could I enjoy thdin all, free bam it being ^^^^1;^
from the alloys of bojdily gpun, of un- P uce
grateful friends, of scoffing enemies!
and exhortation held frequently in va- ! composed of discordant and very coin-
lious places, conducted by natives.— j bustible materials! I commenced my
The females also attend small prayer 1 mortal carreer, in ’&9, when the (J.
meetings in different [Maces. | S. Government commenced and the
The Choclavvs have eroded two ; General Asembly of the United States,
houses of public worship in the part and have kept pace with them till the
of the nation where Mr. Williams ie- present time. And my deliberate op-
sides; one near his station and one in a inion is, that every thing is growing
settlement 20 miles distant. | worse and worse Tile size of every
Three Sabbath schools have been ’ thing is increasing, but the quality
established by,Mr. Williams, princi- 1 declines. Gigantic efforts are*made
pally taught-"by native teachers, cm- 1 for universal reform!ion rfhd headlong
bracing about 100 scholars, and two i plunges into corruption seem to be the
more are about to be opened. result—we live in an age and country
The calls for preaching and pastoral j where freedom of opinion, and freedom
labor are nurnerotv, and urgent, and at | of expression are among our boaste.d
this crisis two or three additional la- privileges—and what is the result.'
borers are much needed. j freedom of action. All classes are
Schools.—The Choctaws on arriving j beginning to think and shy and do as
in their new country, were urgently I they please. Then what is to become
desirous of having schools established j of Creeds and Constitutions? Interest
among them without delay; so much f is the'controlling principle in every,
so that within a few weeks after Mr. faction. Creeds and Constitutions are
Williams arrived, Mrs. W. opened a j made capable, of any construction.—
school of 25, the parents offering to j Then an interested faction has nothing
pay three or'Tour dollars a quarter for
each scholar. This was continued one
o\v insignificant to the prize I grafcp
(it, and ,h.ave actually seen!” And
mark when he saw himself on the point
of obtaining, though a bloody death in
tervened and ^spread itself before his
eyes, how he exulted and held hirpself
forward! “I am ready to be offered
up, and the time of my departure is at
hand.” No stranger quitting a foreign
shore ever beheld with greater ccstacy
in which he w'as embarked weighing
anchor, and the favorable breeze be
ginning to fill her sail% than Paul Mid
the signs of his approaching dissolution.
My brethren,' did this paradise re
main for Paul alone? Does uAt fhe
Apocalypse, that affords such trans
porting glimpses of its blessednoss war
rant all dying believers in J e $ u . s t0
expect an instantaneous admission into
its bowers? “.They have*h right to the
tree of life, and to enter through the
gates into the city.” We familiarize
ourselves too little with even the indis
tinct glimpses of jt which we are per-
of the Mountain fork of Little
river 1 ; lOmilfs westofthe eastern boun
dary of the Choctaw country, and a-
bout 25 miles north of Wheelock.—
Around this station, also, there is a
dense settlement of Indians, amounting
to 1,500, witifiu a distance of 5 miles,
and not loss thun 3,000 wtthin. 25 miles.
Mr. Ilotchkin, who, i^th Mr. Moul
ton, arrived early in Doci has been au
thorized to .commence a separate sta
tion among the Christian portion ot the
Choctaws, near Wheelock, where he
was urgently requested to settle by two
chiefs. Mr. Joslyn, formerly a teacher
at Mjhew, and who has spent the last
spline and’summer at D\vlght, is ex-
quarter, when the health of the teacher
compelled her to relinquish it. Mr,
Williams has since opened schools in
three settlements, in which the pupils
are taught to read and write in both
the English and Choctaw languages
by native teachers, under his visita
tion and superintendence. Thb parents
board and clothe, the scholars, and gen
erally furnish the books. The teachers
receive $12 a month each from the
Board;. These- schools now embrace
90 scholar*. A. number -more have
probably been established already on
the same plan, in other neighborhoods,
under the superintendence of Mr.
Wright and.Mf. Hotchlyn; and many
others are still needed, especially one
or two of a higher order, into which
those who formerly attended school in
the ofd nation add more promising pu-
4>ected with Mrs. J. and Mrs! Choate*^ pij s fi-pm llie neighborhood, schools
soon to open n new station at sonriL'might be collected and carried through
favorable place among the Choctaws,
and devote himself to the instruction
and superintendence ofUbfiools. , A
' Qhurchcs.—The misfefonarics appear
to have been very cordially received
a more advanced course of instruction.
The stato of feeling on this subject is
represented to bo such both among the
IViendfFand fhe opposers of’Cbriftiani-
ty, that it would seem if suitable teach
by the Cfhristirfn portion of th<! Choc- ers arid books could be furnished, that
taws ‘gtrierally, and entered on their j a very large portion of aH fhe children
labors immediately, Vith very encour- 1 and youth of a suitable age mi"hf be
j lieiv an uiierusicu liiunm uao iwuiuig
to do hut fly fo construction.and nufli-
fication. Tlic press, ^‘that most unruly
power, requires a strong restraint.”—
Doctors abuse Doctors, and disciples
abu^e both. Rulers calumniate rulers,
and the people despise them all. The
time is approaching when Creeds and
Constitutions must j)® laid aside, or so
amended and simplified that all cun un
derstand them, and they be capable of
of only one construction Look at the
political parties that rally round the
Constitution of the United States, as
the great Palladium of our liberties,
and their views of its meaning, as wide
apart as the circumferance is from the
centre. And look at the character, .of
nreachers all rallying round tha Con
fession of Faith of the Presbyterian
Church, Old Sc* <ol and New School —
High Church and Low. Some drawn 1
together by ‘Elective, Electric and
Cheirtical affinity, orTent assundfet hy
the opposite power of repulsion.—
Church aud State keep about even.—
General Government claims power
over the States, and Stutes over it.--
General Assembly, over Synods, and
Synods over it. These convulsions
must become decomposed, or end ? in
explosions. 1 should give my \'ote for
n day of fasting fo.r a cqrdiaT union of
the States; and of prayorj* for the
Delegation meet again, and con.-mcr
the alterations and suggestions' coming
up from all parties, and in the mean
time, IlSt a public journal he e.onductxd
hy some able and liberal Editor,, con
fined to this subject alone, and b t all
parties write'fiu it, with no other mo
tive than the glory of* God, and the
salvation of a dying world, and my de
liberate opinion is, that three years
would have tho union compleled.—
Then the country could be surveyed,
and each parish contain a sufficient
number 10 form a good church and a
good school. And this system once
organized and set in motion, would
move ahead with such beauty and ma
jesty, that Infidelity would bn struck
dumb, and heresy with consternation
and dismay. This by the help oi God
would not only bruise, but break the
heads of those seven Spirits, of discord
and party spirit, which I have always
considered more wicked than the rest of
the Devils, because they have entered,
like-strong men armed into the house
of God, and are dwelling there, which
is making the-last state of the Church
worse than the first. Let this he dono
and the heathen would ui-derstand our
Missionaries; which at present they
cannot, where missions of different scuts
are planted near together. Lot this
be done* and the revivals of religoin
which would take place the first yepr,
would raise the morning stir of the
Millennial day above the horizon. Lot
this be done and the rumbling of the
Saviour’s chariot wheels would wake
a slumbering world—>and in ten years,
his banner would ivaVe in every wind,
and bis standard be planted on every
shore. Rut more of this bore-after.
Your friend and Brother.
SABBATH CO VERS ATION..
Mr. Editor:—There is a practice
prevailing to a greater or less extent,
of assembling at the honse of worship
and standing around, engaged in dis
coursing on various Worldly topics —
And sometimes wo have the pain of
discovering professors of religion appa
rently enjoying such pcenes and en
gaged with tbo impenitent in conversa
tion, ill becoming the holy Sabbath,
and especially the solemn purpose for
which we oright to assemble.’' Now I
wish to make a» few remarks bn this
practice.
1, God commands us to “Remem
ber the Snbbutb day to keep it holy.”
And least then should question what it
is to keep the Sabbath day holy, He
says hy hi* prophet Tsia, 58: 13 &. 14.
“If thou, tuhi away thy foot from the
Sabbath, from doing my pleasure on
my holy day; and call the Sabbath a
delight, the holy of the Lord honora
ble; and shall honor him, not doing
ililne own ways, not finding thine own
plcasuro, nor speaking thineown words:
then shaft thou delight thvself in the
