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RELIGIOUSAND MORAL
* DISCtJSStONS.
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REFLECTIONS,
UJMy a lady. #
Thk dreams of hope are fled ; the
bright visions of felicity, which, in ]
the of youth, and ardor of
affection, dawned on my mind,are
vanished forever; and this earthly
scene contains nothing in its dreary
perspective* which can engage my
wishes or animate my hopes!
Is there then no solace for calam
ity ? Is there no refuge front the
storm which has levelled the fabric
of human happiness in the dust ?
Does the creator of all things call
into existence beings subjected to
disappointment without alleviation,
and to* sorrow without support ?
Does he give thetji a capacity for
happiness, and a sense of enjoyment
only to make them feel more acutely
the deprivation of both ?
These, in the moments of misery,
when the retrospection of a melan
choly life renewed its sufferings,
were the suggestions which despair
impressed on my mind. But that
merciful Being whose goodness these
suggestions insulted, permitted The
mild beams ,of religion to dissipate
the guilty gloom $ and in the exten
sion of being to which her light di
rected me, this moment of mortali
ty appeared but us a dark speck at
the entratice of a never-ending pro
gression of unclouded existence.
When we take a survey of hu
man life ; when We consider the
Shortness of its duration, the insta
bility of its enjoyments, and the in
evitable period which will consign e
qually To the grave, the heart that is
flushed with transport or sunk in
distress \ when we compare with this
Chose glorious p om ses of life and
immortality, brought to light by the
gospel; we must regard with aston
ishment that propensity of hum in
nature litre to fix its resting place
for happiness ; we must listen with
pity to the clamors of disappoint
ment and sorrow. m ‘ ‘ . ,
But alas ! when entering on the
stvge of life, with all the hopes of
happiness inherent in our natures,
the present scene, the objects of
sense alone engross our affections j
the world appears all delightful be
fore us ; its pleasures are magnified
ami extended by the influence of an
ardent imagination, and that cease
less thirst of enjoyment which wjs
designed to elevate our minds to
purer bliss, and to meet its fruition
ii> a more exal ed state of being, is
lost in pursuits by which it can ne<
vei be fully gratified, and wiich dis
appointment nviy terminate ; or coo
fi >cd to a scene which the next mo
ment may shut out forever.
Did we, in our pursuit of happi
ness. view the extension of our being
beyond this earthly scene, did we
form our plans for eternity as well
as for t me, how would the enjoy
menus of life be heightened! how
would its sorrows be alleviated 1 At
tachments formed with the hope of
eternal duration, would give to the
heart that cherished them sensations
of rapture which the soul that rises
not beyond an earialy sphere, can
never taste. The warm emotions of
parental love, wouid be increased
and heightened by the reflection
that the objects were heirs with
thpmselves of immortal glory and
that in a future state of being, next
to the eternal mercy of the Source
of all good, they would bless- the pi
oiik care which had led their young
minds to virtue, and reared them as
claimants of the immutable promis
es of their God. In the temporary
§ separation, which that w sdonr we
cannot fathom has entailed upon an
erring race, how could we ‘sorrows
as those who had no hope,* if ou:
views have never limited to the
confines of mortality \ if we regard
ed this only as preparatory to a
scene where bliss is unalloyed, and
death nas lost his triumph. In men
tal acquirements, how would otir ar
dor be increased by the considera
tion that our ye searches would not
terminate in the grave, but that
hereafter the stores of knowledge
would be opened to us .our; faculties
enlarged, and ouymerceptions refin
ed, a|»d that everPlobscurity m the
natural and moral system would be
dispelled, and the radiations of the
Deity illumine every part of his cre
ation. In benevolent and social ex
e.iuous we snoulu be inspired with a
motive »uperior s even to that of com
municating happiness to fe low-oe-
Lugs* and animated with the hope
that their, nfluence here cultivated
would prepare the heart for more
perfect enjoyment beyond the grave.
Due wuh the tlesire,-we.do not al
ways possess the means of gratify
ing our amiable affections, and fre
quently our best actions are liable to
the misconvuuctnms ok malevolence
-end envy, and tiii.tr design to be de-
Je,,texl, by iMe.msoleiKe of uigraii-
Rfc* thf.- c
oi wncie these
iiiflLv W “ M* *
principles of goodncsy are ripened ’
into a slraphic and univeis* fcve I
no desire shall remain unfulfilled ; I
no malignity shall defeat the purpo
ses of virtue, but united in the pre
sence of the divine Source of love,
all are blessing and blest through
him, and in each other, throughout
eternity.
And are these the prospects, are
these the hopes which we overlook in
an impetuous pursuit of worldly
happiness ? are these the promises
which we disregard, or -account as
nothing, because the almighty So
\ vereign, perhaps the better to pre
pare Us to inherit them, hath or
dained us here a thorny path ? O
man 1 inconsistent erring man l e
ver panting after happiness, yet rush
ing to misery 1 for what but misery
can he the consequence of an un
bounded attachment to the things of
this wold, unconnected with their
existence in a future 1 y
To arm the heart with insensibil
ity against sorrow ; to see with in
i difference the objects of our affection
: torn from us forever, and those hopes
<of delight which their existence
gave us, sink with them to the grave
—to stiller all this without a sigh, is
not what Christianity requires of us.
But while the tear trickles, and the
bosom swells, ought not the promise
of immortality, given by Him who
oore our in i.mi ties, and our sor
rows, and suffered and died to raise
aopes to a resurrection to eternal
life, to teach us submission in sor
row, and resignation of all that is
lear to us in nature and in love, and
to elevate our minds to that fruition
of bliss which he hath procured for
us beyond the tomb ?
Alas 1 what mean these despond
ing thoughts, these poignant emo
tions, which even at this moment
press on my Weak bosom on retrac
ing its woes ? O Thou 1 who in
wisdom hast pierced, and who alone
knowest the struggles of my soul,
assist, I beseech thee, the feeble ef
forts of reason, and strengthen by
t ie blessed influences cf thy grace,
i heart, wnich, if thus unaided, can
not be supported ; but which, thro’
ihy all-surficient help, essays to hold
fast tiic divine hope thou hast given
it, and to rise above the sufferings of
mortality in the anticipation of that
state where suffering is not known—
of bliss, eternal in the heavens 1
P.
The following are given as the sen •
timents of the late venerable Chancel *
lor Wjthe on the most important of all
subjects:
“ I have ever considered Religion
as our best and greatest fMend—
Those glorious views which it gives
of our relation to God, and of our
destination to heaven, on the easy
terms of a good life, unquestionably
furnish the best of all motives to
virtue; the strongest disuasives
from vice, and the richest cordial
under trouble. Thus far, I suppose
we are all agreed ; but not perhaps
so entirely in anotheropinion, which
is. that 4 in the sight of God, moral
character is the main point. * This
opinion, very clearly taught by rea
son, is as fully confirmed by Reve
lation, which every where teaches
4 that the tree will be valued only
for its good fruitand, that in the
• last day, according to our works of
love, or of hatred, or of mercy, or
of cruelty, we shall sing with an
gels, or weep with devils. In short,
the Christian Religion fthe sweetest
and sublimest in the world J labours
throughout,, to, infix in our hearts
this great truths that Gdtf is love—
and that in exact proportion as we
g. ow in love, cohscquently shall par*
c ike of his friendship am! felicity
forever. While others, therefore,
nave been beaiing their heads, or
embittering their hearts, with dis
* nites about forms of and
nodes of faith, it has always, thank
; God, stmek me, as-my great duty,
constantly to think of this—* God is
love ? and he that walketii in love,
walketh in God and he in him/
Extract from the Jou the Rev,
John Wes tty. *
Wednesday, 9th, 1741. I rode o*
ver to a neighboring town, to wait
on a justice of a man of
understanding, before
whom, 1 was informed, their angry
neighbours had carried a whole wag
gon load of these new heretics.*—
But when he asked what they had
done there Was a da£p silence
that was a point their conductors
had forgot. At length one said,
4 Why. they pretend to be better
than t her people; and
prav from morning tp night, Mr,
S. asked, 4 But lyve they-done no
thing besides"?’ * Yes, sir/ said an
old man : 4 An*f please your wor
ship, they have my wife
i ill she went among them, she had
such a tongue ! and now she is as.
quiet as a lamb.’ 4 Carrv them back,
carry them back,’ implied the jus
* Mahodists. * % Y
t ,t4.fi *
tice, < agd let them convert all the h
scolds in the town r
A pious man, who had
engaged in the performancejot reli
gious duties, was through the preva
lence of temptation 1 overtaken in a
fault.’ The news of it, coming to
the ears of one of his neighbors, who
was also a professor of religion, he
remarked as follows: • 1 thoughfso
—such a fuss—so much talk and
noise £bout religion, I expected
would end in this. We now see, it
is not all gold that glitters ; anti I
shall always suspect those for hypo
crites, who pretend to have more
religion than their neighbors.’ The
same unhappy circumstance was
mentioned to anolher member of the
same church. He held his peace,
and the tear of sympathetic sorrow
was seen to fall from his eyes. Rea \
der, which of the above characters
most resembles thine own ?
AGKITuUfU&E.
FROM fas RALEIGH SfAR,
IRISH POTATOES.
Gentlemen— l saw a piece in the
Star last spring, respecting Irish
Potatoes, and have tried the experi
ment of making two crops the same
season. I planted the first crop, the
first of March, which was nearly
exhausted by the last of July ; I
took up the la t of them, dried them
four or five dayl in the shade, so as
to check the growth, t ten plante 1,
and by the first of October hid them
sufficiently largi far use—they grew
larger and better than the first crop.
I let them remain in the ground all
the winter, adding a little more earth
on the tons of the ridges that con
tained them, on the approach of the
first frost, I have used them all the
the winter & find th *m quite sound
If our potatoes, intended for ste i,
were planted in June or July, w
should have as good seed as those we
get from the north. Those planted
in March, get their growth so early,
that the tops frequently take a se
cond growth, which injures the po
tatoe very much, and causes them,
to rot in the middle.
The second crop was planted on
the same ground the first grew on
and in cultivating the secon l th *e
was frequently found some o. t e
first crop, that had, remained in tne
tarth and had not sprouted, whicn
confirms my belief that it was ne
cessary to dry them and check the
growth before they aie planted tae
second time.
An extensive establishment has re
cently been formed near Toulouse,
in France, for the manufacture of
Indigo, from the woad plant. The
experiments are said to have'neen
extremely successful, and tne color,
mg matter obtained by a chemical
process* imparts a brilliant and solid
dye to the finest woollen cloths, li
nen stuffs, cottons and silks.
* London paper .
ADMINISTRA 1 UK’s b!*LE. “
On Thursday the list of April next at
the late duelling house of Garret
W, Park , deceased ,
‘ WILL BE SOLD
ALL the personal property of said
deceased, consisting of horses, cat
tle, hogs, a still, a waggon, black
smith's tools, household and kitchen
furniture, and several other articles
too tedious to mention. Conditions
made known on the day of sale.
RUSSEL JONES,
JOHN ESPY,
Administrators.
Jaekson county, March 9, 1814.
GEORGIA, Jackson county.
At an Inferior - Court held for or.
dinary purposes , in for the county a
foresaidy on Tuesday the Sth day of
February , 1814.
( Present David Witt, Charles Venable
and Joseph? Davis, Esqrs •
UPON 4 the petition of Samuel
Henderson assignee of Holman Free
man stating that Thomas M’Cain
in his life time executed his bonds
to make titles to a certain bounty ert
of land containing two hundred and
eighty seven and half acres, and the
said Thomas departed this life in
testate and without executing ti les
to the said bounty of land and-praying
the Court to direct the administra
tor of the estate of the said Thomas
M’Cain to'execute titles in tenm
of the law. *lt is therefore ordered
that the administrator of the said
dect^tsed. will at the Court of Ordi
nary to be held in and for this coun
ty on the first Monday in July, be
directed to/execute titles to the sak
tract of land in terms of tin
law unless cause be to the
Contrary, and that thisVule be pub
lished in one of the public gazettes
of this state at least three months
before the sitting of said court an
adyertisbcF■ ia two or more public
places in this couifty. jjp
A trti&copv from the minutes.
eDWAKD ADAMS, C. £.'o
F£M\L£ KC\d£?l
BY the first ui May next Mrs.
Smith will open a *
SCHOOL ]
in this town for the instruction of ■
YOUNG LADIES.
She will ’ teach will the common
branches of an English education, in
eluding English Grammar, Geo
graphy and History—the
Language, grammatically—Needle
Work, Embroidery, Drawing, See.
A Music Master of unquestionable
abilities will be employed to give
t lessons on the Forte Piano, three
» times a week. Board and tuition
from iOO dollars to 120.
February 24, 1814.
JWNE months from the date
hereof application will be made to
the Honorable Inferior Court of
Clark County, lor leave to sell the
Real Estate of the late Col. Peter
Randolph, deceased, or as much
thereof as is situate in the said coun
ty ; for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors!.
THOMAS W. COBB, y
Adm . cum . test . atyiexop
March 21, 1814. v~
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| GEORGIA, ‘Jackson County. \
Whereas John C. Smith & Wil
| liam Smith apply for letters of Nad-
I ministration on the estate of Asa
Simmons, late of said county, de
ceased* >
These are therefore to bite and ad
monish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, to shew
cause, if any, why said letters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand this 18th
lay of March, 1814.
EDW ARD ADAMS, GC. O.
Clark Cousrr,
Whereas Isaac Newton applies
for letters of administration on the
estate of Walter J. Newton, late of
said county, deceased.
These are therefore to cite arid
admonish all and singular the kin
dled and creditors of said deceased
to file their objections ill my office,
if any they have, .within the time
prescribed by tew or Said letters will
be granted. ,
Given under my hand and seal at
ffice this 2Lf day March , 1814.
JOHN HODGE , C. C. 0.
; : ~ - ~ — : - - ——
GEORGIA) Clark County .
Whereas Edward Paine, Esq. ap
plies for letters of administration on
the estate of Alexander D. Strachan,
late of the State of Virginia, deceas
ed. . A
These are therefore to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of the said de
ceased, to* file their objection* in my
office, if any they have, within the
time prescribed by law, efr said let
ter's will be granted.
Given uudtr my handy and seal at
office this £l st of Marth, 1814#
JOHN HODGE , C. C. 0.
GEORGIA) Clark Couttrr.
Whereas Carolina Na
il an B. Barnett and Johft’F. Bar
ett apply for letters of administra
tion on the estate of JohnAßarnett,
, iate of said county, deceased,
j These are therefore to’ cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
; dred and creditors of said deceased
to file their objections in my office,
: if any they have, within the time
prescribed by law or letters will
be granted.
Given under my hand and seal at
ffice this 215/ day of March, \Bi4.
JOHN HODGE , C. C. 0.
GEORGIA, Madison County .
Whereas Col. Edward W T are hath
• applied to me for letters of adminis
tration on the estate of Briton San
ders, late of sakf county, deceased.
‘1 hese are therefore to cite and
* admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of said, deceased,
to .file their objections in ray office,
qo any they have, within the time
! if escribed by law or said letters will
pi-granted.
Given unden my hand and seal at
•1 ffice this \7th day of March, 1814.
WILLI AM- SANDERS, C. C.
C.EOhGiA, Madi>on county..
WHEREAS Ephraim Stickland,
sen. Cade D. Strickland & Thomp
son C. Strickland apply to me for
letters of administration on the es
tate of Ansell B. Strickland, late of
said county, deceased..
1 hese are therefore to cite and
; admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of saidMeceaSed
•to be and appear at my within
the time prescribed by tp shew
cause, if any, why said letters should
not be granted.
: Given under my. band at* office 1
this 17th day of March, 1814^
William cv c m.
Nil J} - •*» 4$ ’Mi ft:
joh\ t r. gdv >;^g,
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L ■ /’ if * jdfc'V‘&’ t.a y?*
IIAS LATKJ.Y RECEIVED A StfI»PLT O|F
v.. BOOK-? <
From Philadelphia, wiuc+i her wiildiM
pose of oli moderate f rrM,
among thtm are the foil’ ‘WM
Aftlictcd Man’s Compiuifik
Atheists confuted
Pilgrim’s Process v
Come and Wekome
Village Dialogue's
Village Sermons
Blairs’s Lectures Abridged
Pise and Progless
Glad Yidjdgs
Brown’s ccnccrdanrc
Baptist confession of faith
Baptist cathechisms ‘
Calebs in Search of a Wife
Case of conscience
F-. ligion of the Fashionable Worlfc
Hymns of Dobell
Hervtys Meditations
Life of Christ
School Testaments
School Bibles
Pocket Bibles *
Alfred and Galba
History of Mechanistic
Beauties of Sterne s
Broad Grins I
British Cicero
Columbian Miscellany - ‘$
Clermont I ‘if'.
Contrast
Cart’s Holland
Northern Summer
France ij3
Dominican, a Romance
Danger in Delay
Dyer’s Assistant; ‘ /£&■ ’ i
Epistles on V\ oman ■ %
Franklin’s Works
Georgia Speculation
Rojlin’s Ancienf History
Smyth’s Regulations
Sterne’s Works
Do. Sentimental Jourbbf
Fenelon on Eloqdenc^
Goldsmith’s England
Ditto \ Greece
Ditto t Rome
The Bliad of Hornet
Immortal Mentor
Letters of Junius
Life of Kotzebue
Lay of ad Ir ish Harp
Moral Sketches • *’
Modern Europe Abridged
Qssiai/4 Poems j.
Will’s Philosophy
Park’s Travels p • ■ *
Hall’s Distiller
| American Preceptor
Ditto Tutor
Ditto Orthography vj
Ditto Selections
Columbian Orator
Essay on Punctuation
Murray’s Introduction
Ditto English Read©
Ditto Grammar . v 1
Ditto > Introduction
„ Ditto . Gramm# Abridged
Parish’s Geography
Ditto Ditto Abridged
Webster’s Elements
Walkers Dictionary
Webster’s Spelling Books
Ditto Grammar f *
; Ditto Philosophy .
Roman TjtisJLory Abridged* . ,
Primings, Toy Books, Sc Stationary*
AfEHNSy February 17, 1814.
T “■ L ‘ y l ~ 1 .
(Grand Lodge of Giorgio
Savannah •, March 5,1814.
v, Resolved, That thosfe Lodges thati
are two or more years .in arrears,
who shall not error before Ht. Johii
Evangelist, the 24th December next,
pay up such arrears, shall be stricken
off the List of Lbdges , their chaiterjs
authorising them to give degrees in
Masonry be revoked from'that day*
and:, declared no longer as regujair.
Lodges ; that notification thereof br
published in’ all the’ Gazettes of Ino
slate. “ ,
Extract from the Minutes • /
’ “ JD .D. WILLIAMS,
% / Grand Sec'/y.
%£jP , ’The printers of the different’
newspapers in this state are. requested
to insert the above resolution three
weeks in their papers , and forw v~ct\
their accounts ( which will be paid cm
demands to
JOHN PEARSON", \
Grand Treasurer.
March 14. 7—3 t. *
MTiYCa.
The Co-Partnership heretofore
subsisting between the subscribers ic
the town of WatkinsviUe, Clarke
county, under the firrn of Brows sS*
Oliver is this*day dissolved by mu
sual consent —Ami all Bonds, Notes,,
Book Debts, or other claims due the
said firm are tor be paid so and settled
with Bedford Brown, to whom thev
are assigned by >aid Oliver, and who.
alone is authorised to receive and set
tle the same.
BEDFORD BRQWtf.
—a.tsse «**’
N. B.* I have empowered George
D. Pay lie to settle the bpoks and .re
ceive payment pf tire debts due the*
late hnn of Brbwn and
• alf other books and papers placed in.
! his bandar at different time* in whici*
I asn iQtttrcsta||Hl ‘l\ BROW A T.
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