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THE BAILORS DYING HOfft.
Th* graceful wav'd in the air,
Aik) shout;* of vict’ty * well'd the gaje,
While v'c-newagl bound, Glory's Star.
The Constitution, spread her sail.
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Anrf ooiv »he dirf^tt’ha'de’sdin, I#
ad cva**d alotg'be wave to roa^
Jiiv i IV bending oV» <ht scei*fe,
, D:i many a gadant yofltii deplore. ✓ /
PaJe.Hfi thedeck. voung William lay, rr %.
While from ai* b’-ea.s:, hlood
In ebb’itg tQrrenriflow'd away, > * ■
And mingled with his messmates’ blood.
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Beside him knd-'a friend more true,
On wh’ tr re; lin’d hh dtlrrg head.
And d ; >p»* to p due,
Fast down his moumfdl visagf sped.
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*o.tcll >nv Mary/ criM ‘he “ * v ;
*’ fho*.gJ[» f |*es dai kc) around US lour.
Yet her a;*d holy truth, /
Illume her Sprir's dyijjf liour* *g
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AndMrh *u?h ihr voyage ofckfe is o’er, ‘
And ’aea.h the Wave i ‘soo'rf shall rest,
BedHmner. whi nger lev*/a no more.
In vic/ry’s arms he and ed most blest"-
Me said—and on the pensive c*ew *
Th n mru'tijws dim aod closing eye,
*Tv.aad Os ’——the flew.
While each, responsive, heav’d th#sigh.
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But He Hdcs upon the storm, ‘jfc
Am|‘in he whirlwinds shews His power,
Th-iagh ncelfn hide the Sailor's form, %,
Suppof sjiim .it the dying hour.
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From an essay on the Divine Authority
or the j ttiv TKstAMzitr, #
* By DAVID BOUGE. ‘
ffc- Jk
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The Dti incat ion jfumau Nature
This is a gubject concertiingf
which wc ynay, in a revelation from
God, expect very particular infor«
wation ; nor shall we be disappoint
ed. The heart of man has been the*
stuffy of the most eminent philoso
phers ; and to explore the springs of
action, and trace its operations, has
been deemed one of the most useful
employments. But where shall we
find ( so just aqd sp full a view of hing
man nature as in the New i esta
ment ? The heart is anatomized ; &
yvery ini inmost
i| presented before our eyes. The
various disorders in the understand
ing; the will, and the affections,
.which constitute human depravity,
are accurately delineated. The nu
merous deceptions to which men are
liable, both from the workings of
then own hearts, and likewise from
the operation of external causes, are
here unmasked. The principles
which influence tbe conduct of men
are described both in a didactic, and
historiSil wsy : and by looking tlto
our own breasts, we perceive the
description to be just* The account
given of what passes in the hearts
of wicked men is so accurate, that
when theirtfnptives action, their
restraints, their fears, their remorse,
their desires, and thefr piuiftiits,
itave been delineated from the New
Testament, they have been ready to
consider themselves as poir.ted at by
the preacher. Good men are de
scribed iq it $ their dispositions,
their aims,, their temptations, their
difficulties, their hopes, their dis
tresses, their consolations; and all
trith such perfect Exactness, that
they are sensible the book could be
Witten by |he searcher of hearts a
lone. Xt enters likewise into every
walk relative to life : it sets before
vs, the rich and the poor the young
smd the old, man in prosperity and
1o soppily, in life and in death; Sc
gives a well-drawn picture of eaefa
In addition t<r these, while this
wonderful book represents the dis
tresses, the guilty fears, and the
wants o%pen, it unveils the gospel,
as the grand remedy, which divine
wisdom and mercy have provided.—
It describes the effect which the gos
pel has upon the heart, in delivering
it from these evils, ami in producing
faith, sanctity, awd .happiness. A
great,variety of different tempers k
sftaatioffs of the heaH is exhibited ;
an<! the influence gospel in
tliem clearly shewn. The christiE
feels irom experience, and remarks*
from observation, that the descrip
tion is perfectly and entirely'*just i
and he finds here ah argument for
the divine authority of the book,!
Which he cannot resist.
Wnen I sit down, and reason on
the matter, Lam filled with admira
tion arid astonishment. The writers
of this book, were most of them fish
rnr.cn of Galldc,e • and all the ear
lier part of their days were spent »n
Mollnwiftg their laborious employ
ments:— not in the study of human
But they ail Hew the sumt
Ksctua'e kt-owledge ot man
U ;kf4amv» This rc
mark might very proper! v he ex- I
tended to the Old Tcstam-nt. Be
sides (hey were Jews, separated from
tmT rest of Qian kind, and but Ifttle
acquainted with them : bi*t thiy de
scribe men of all nations, and of all
ages* The book suits us just as well
;s it did fhose who lived in their own
ays. For profoundness of remark,
or justness of description, for ex
eat of view, none of the Writings of
:iie ancient philosophers are to be
compared to this volume. But
whence comes the superiority of
these unlettered men ? Let the'deist
’ ccount for it, if he can.
The Doctrine of a Mediator , and Re
f \dent-)tiir% through Him . J
That man should love God with
all his heart, and his neighbor as
himself, is not the language of reli
gion only i it is .likewise the dictate
of reason.
nor religion have hud sufficient in-’
|lucnc*» to produce this effect. Man
h offended God. and guilt has ex
posed him to punishment ; for the
holiness of God huist hate sin, and
nis justice le..d arm to testify in his
conduct the disp.easurer which his
heart ftels. That man is also a de
praved creature, and manifests that
depravity in Jiis sentiments and dis
position, the whole history of the
human kind furnishes abundant
proof. If the annals of the different
nations of the earth do not pourtray
the tempers and actions of a race of
dreadfully depraved creatures, there
is no such thing in nature as an or
gument.. she tendency of guilt and
depravity is as naturally and certain
ly to misery, as of a stone to (all
downwards. /.# 1
In what wav, guilty and depraved
creatures can be delivered from
wickedness and punishment, and
restored to goodness and felicity, L
*one of the most important questions,
which can employ the mind, God
is justly disj>!ea|ed ; how shall he be
reconciled K Quilt makes afraid
of God : how shall th,c fear
“te removed ? depravity markes man
averse to intercourse with God : how
| shall his sentiments and disposition
be changed l These are all difficul
ties which natural religion cannot
resolve ; fnd reason is utterly si
lent. ,
Repentance and reformation Lave
been considered by many as fully
sufficient to banish all these evils ;
but they have no countenance for
their opinion from the course of
God*s moral government, Kdebau
dice repents, bitterly and sincerely of
iua vicious excesses ; hut repentance
does not heal his diseased body ; jj
44 he is made to possess the sins of
his Vouth ;*’ and the fatal effects of
his vices bring hirfPPla an
grave. Ihe gamester repents of his
folly, and reforms his conduct ; but
his penitence and reformation do not
procure the restoration of his lost es
tate • and he spends his remaining
years m poverty and want. By imi
tating, men testify their approbation
of tiie divine conduct, in their ideas
of distributive justice. The murder
er is seized, and led to the tribunal
of the judge. He professes $Q be a
penitent, and there is no reason to
question his sincerity But do any
think that his repentence should ar
rest the arm of the righteous law ?
He is condemned, and suffers death.
If then the sentiments of men, con
firming thp- conduct of God, pro
claim the insufficiency of repentence
to atone for iniquity, no rational hope
can be entertained of its efficacy.—
.We must look to another quarter s
but where shall* we look ? ‘
An extraordinary interposition of
the Supreme Being appears necessa
ry : and a revelation of his will to
give us information on the subject.
it would be presumption in
us to name every thing that a reve*
lalion will contain, we may say with
confidence, it will fee full and expli
cit as to the par-don of sin, and the
method of a sinner’s reconcilation
with .God. These are indispensibly
requisite* The Ndw Testament does
not disappoint our wishes nor our
hopes : it enters fuily into all these
difficulties, and proposes a remedy
for every evil which we feel. The
doctrines of a Mediator , and redemp
tion through /»», present themselves
l ou f fc P s in ev F? page ; and form
the vegr core of the enristian religi-
The mediator is Jesus Christ.
The dignity of his person, the apos
tlck |re at a loss for words to de
scribe. “ He, is the brightness of
the Father’s glory, and the express
image of his person.” Heh, i t 3.
“He was jn the form of God, and
thought it not robbery to be
with God.** Phil. ii. 6. “ But be
. cause the children were partakers of
flesh and bipod, he himscif also took
part of the Heb. ii- 14*-
His office is descried inull its parts.
He appears as a Prophet, Priest, and
King 4 and we are taught, that od
account of the obedience unto death
ff tbe medtatior, who now in heaven
uuketh intercession for ufs, God inky
iusuisr of him that ’
belicveth in Jesus: tskt through
faith in bis name* pardon of hj| sin
is to be obtained, reconciliation with
God, and the enjoyment of his friend
ship ; and that*in. of
the appearance of Jesus Christ, and
his mediatorial acts, the Holy Spirit
is sent down to earth, to remove hu-*
man depravity ; afid, by enlightening
the minds and sanctifying sqjiis
of men, to make them m-tt for that
state of perfect and eternal blessed
ness which is promised in the gos
pel. % ,
As the whole “of the doctrine of a
mediator is matter of pure revela
tion, it is far more difficult for us to
pass a judgment concerning the*ne
cessiry, wisdom, and fitness of the
whole, or of some of its parts, than
in the principles qf natural religion.
Various points on which the doctrine
depends, and witii which it is co r
££ eete £’ a «
J tne effects of sin ; the injury it does
’ »n the universe ; what is necessary
in order to forgiveness, consistently
with the holiness and rectitude of the
dr ' ,ne jatur, v honor of the
dpnne gov rnment ; and the exam
pi-.* or tv.-r-iiog npcessat*y to be gi
ven to all inteU gent beings/’.— These
are things in which God alone ig
competent to judge. No man is
qualified to decide on these* high
themes, further than God
him by the light of revelation. In
various parts, and bearings, the doc
trine is above our comprehension
but in none is it contrary to our rea
son. This would involve it in cer
tain |ondemi\ation but thit does
not. Though in many particulars,
we cannot understand hour itteb**o*t
about, yet we clearly perceive that
according to the New Testament,
fmany of the -important designs of
Supreme Ruler are accomplished
by it. If the means be extraordina
ry,, so is the end : and if the Media
« be a great and glorious person,
his interposition brings about the
highest, the most benevolent, exteh
sive, and lasting effects, in the go
vernment of the universe. There
tnay be other ends answered by it,
of which we are ignorant; some,
perhaps, \yith which man has*as yet
no immediate concern, and others of
whmh we cannot see the reason in a
present state, and which it was
therefore unnecessary for God to
make known to us now.
Tt must be allowed to be in favor
of this doctrine, that it is agreeable
to the analogy both of the natural and
the moral world. In how many in
stances, is one person made the in
strument of gopd to another : ancl
benefits which we could not acquire
for ourselves, are acquired for us,
and bestowed on us by the interpo
sition of others. If, therefore, the
book which contains such a doctrine
have sufficient evidence., that it is
from God, this can be no solid ar
gument against it.
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It is worthy bf particular remark,
that the doctrine of a mediator gives
a peculiarity to the gospel, which dis
tinguishes it from every system ori
ginating in tpan. The ancient pa
gan religions, as retaining some tra
ces of the original revelation, had a
faint shadow of it. The Jewish dis
pensation held it up continnally to
view ; and its extensive ritual was
little else than a multiform type of a
mediator a.ud redemption through
him, in various parts and effects. ,
But when men wish to frame a sys
tem for themselves, by mending an
old religion, or inventing anew one,
they could not perceive the necessity
apd utility of the doctrine. Maho
met's understanding could not reach
so high: and one of the things
which left untouched in the New
Testament, while he purloined from
other pints of it. was redemption by
a mediator . How ill the tenets which
he put in its place, jare adapted to
bear the weight laid upon them, ev
ery enlightened reader of the Koran
will easily discern. The want ren
ders the Mahometan a very gloomy
system, void of the cheerful light of
the gospel; as it must leave the anx
ious mind of the devout mussuloian
always in doubt, whether his quan
tity of penitence, of prayers, of fast
ing, of alms-deeds, and of pilgrim
age, be'sufficieqt to cancel his guilt*
and open to him the gates of para*
dise. The ancient philosophers,
many of whom wished to have the
credit of anew system of religion,
do not appear to have discovered the.
Necessity of a mediator Nor have
the modern c|«» st * though their na
tural religion be stolen froha the
New Testament, felt the necessity
Qfga'edbmptioh, or transferred any
part of it into their writings. That
mun*s sins must be pardoned, and
that he must be reconciled to God,
and good, before -he can be
happy, the most rational dgiats gram,
but the means of accomplishing
these in w a way honorable to God. and
safe to men ; in a way that furnishes
powerful encouragemeotj. and lays a
firm foundation for lively hope, thjy
hare left out ; tmehuse they have
left out a mediator# Will not dis
tracting uncertainties, and perplex- **
ing doti*ji3 and fears be'the certain
consequence, with every serious man
of that persuasion ? ?
Whence had the Apostles their
knowledge I They have given us a
full view of human nature ; and have
exposed in the dearest light the de
pravity, guilt, and misery of man.—
They have, at the same time, point
ed out a method of deliveranctf from
all these evils. “Their system is
wonderfully ingenious: it is origin
ar: it is adapted to the condition of
human nature .* it is a remedy per
fect and complete. They say they
had all their knowledge of religion
from Jesus Christ. jPhit whence did
Jtsu&gphriatderive Those * who
deny ms divine mission, will find it
difficult to accoupt for his know
ledge. There is something in his ;
scheme unspeakably superior to eve
ry other. It takes in the rights of
God, as well as the necessities of
man ; and renders Jjjkpd glorious in
all his well as man
completely happy. Who besides,
in ancient or modern times,
conceived so vast an idpa ! But Jfc|§|
sus had no literary education. P f ?r-”
haps the Old Testament was the only
book he ever read. He never asso
ciated with the phiffisopuers: his
companions were not the chief
priests, and elders, and scribes—
Let the deist sit down and assign a
satisfactory reason for the vast supe
riority of tjie gospel. The Christian
is free from difficulty ; for he reads
in the sacred page, and believes that
* Jesus Christ is the only begotten
Son, who was in the 6f the
Father, and hath declared him unto
us.’* John i. 18. . * •>;
North Carolina Baptist Society.
“ The North-Carolina Baptist Socie
ty for Foreign Missions'*—To the
Inhabitants of the State aforesaid.
BELOyKD AND FRIENDS,
We address you on a sub-teat
which is dear to our hearts ; a sim
9pC| which claims the attention’ of
who love our Lord -desus, Christ
in sincerity and truth. We who
inhabit the western world, are fa
voured the blessings
far beyond the inhabitants of the
east. In the United States of Am
erica the sound, of salvation to dying
ment hrough a glorious Mediator has
been loudly proclaimed, and the”
moats alutary effects have been there
by produced ; effects which have
made many to rejoice in the God of
their salvation.
1 he gospel of the Messiah has re
gulatcd the seat of justice, and our
whole economy both civil and; rcii
gious, mark us as a national manu
ment of divine clemency. We call
on all the friends of* King Emanuel
in North-Carolina, to join with us
in supporting a Society Tor Foreign
Missions. It may be: ; supposed by
some to be an unnecessary thing ;
but this supposition we deem ill
founded for the following reasons ;
first, we know God hath commanded
the gospel to be preached to all na
tions for the obedience of faith* We
are fully persuaded that God will
use his own word to accomplish his
holy will ; and that he will raise up
some and influence them by the best
of motives to undertake the evan
gelizing of the nations. Secondly,
we believe God will fulfil his promice
to his son, and give him the herthan
for his inheritance and the utter
most parts of the earth, for his pos
session—-and further, that the la
bours of his servants will be crown
with divine success.
Great things have already been
done to spread the Ensign of Peace
through the world. Blessings of
theHrst magnitude have furthered
the attempt. The friends of Zion
rejoice in hope, and that hope shall
become as a tree of righteoiisness and
All the whole earth.
The great reformation which took
place in the fifteenth century, was
accomplished by means which
viewed in themselves would look
contemptible when compared with
the See Rome. But the hand
of God was ip it—*the Church of
God arose and spread her mantle
and raised her notes of praise. Re
formation in a heathea land under
the special of God, is
easy to be accomplished. The
means is ours Brethren, and j
happy opportunity to use tfye means
has now come. Hail ye happy ser
vants of our Lord and King l Go,
and peace attend you to those dis
tart.; shores where barbarism reigns.
Go, and with salvation in your mes
sage teach an untaught world to sing
tnefr maker’s praise. * * < *
Has the propitious day arrived J
If we consult the signs qi th# times,
we may consider the day i$ come.
Never was there a period of time
since the early day*,of Christianity ;
m which Christians nave evinced
such Ibve to be cause oflChrist.4 and
the propagation ot ftis gospel as m#
present.—Uinstiuns are much afi: t
v red up, and the ai vat ion of
theu worldis their universal topic ]
Hd a majority of the States Mission**- |
?y are nirmcl. j
thy the moH j
happy consequence» will, we trust
be the result. In the city of Phi fa*
delphia will soon be Held a meeting;
composed of Delegntt'S from il.c
difleunt Missionary Societies inthtr
United States, aii of whom will acu
in concert on the great’ and import
tant means to bd sending*
the, Holy Scripturse, and lioly men
of God to distant lands, to a peo£!rt
of a strange language, to thin then* .<
to holiness and God. j
Before we close our
we take the liberty of informing iyo:v
that two of the Missionaries who*
were sent to India by the Congregu
tionalists and Presbyterians tit New—
England,
of the bf befteveis Bap-<
tisin, were acc< fdhigly l&ptieed by*|
the Baptist Missß>narieV in Indian
Brother Lother Rice, has returned!
to tl|e United States, uirl
fers his services to the Lord's people*
a|% Missionary. as also h*s colleague t
in Asia. We are also encouraged,!
Afhope that 4 several other Mini*4k
tersot the “ Most highGotß’ willpreJ
[sent themselves as tfandhlftes for?
Missionary service. A»
these Ministers of Jesu% and tiis»
Cross are willing to leave the happ)r
land of their nativity, and cast them- *
selves on the Providence of Ghd in.
a foreign clime, we must have but*
little love to Christ, or we shall dc
ligt to aid and encourage them a*
far as God enabfeth us. Th©#
Lord loveth a cheerful giver’*
And now dear brethren and friend®*
We affectionately invite you to be
came subscribers or donors to
important Institution, which we be
lieve has the approbation of God
and all good men. Wrt
VVe call you to this laudable work,•
u By the songs of wnopro- :
claimed peace and loye, at our
deemer’s birth; by the solemn ia*>
junction of Him who, said, ye are,
my friends, ifyekeep my commaKL
ments ;by the glorious Be-nticost*
when every language praised God
by the multitudes who have washed
their robes m the. blood of the lamb
by the acts of the Apostles and th
sufferings of the martyrs ; by the
piring pangs of Jesus, and by those” ,
sins of ours which bruised him, and
put him grief by their remission,
if w# have \hcleed tasted that the 1
Lord is gracious, *’ we humbiy'Cntreat
you Cbristain Brethren* have mercy
%U the poor Heathens, and so fulfil
the joy of your Lord!
. VVJKLIA.VI LANCASTER,
* ft I*resident. I
JAMES WOQD3ERKY, Cor. >
.*&. Secretary.
still Bank Meeting-Hr.tsc, Edge
combe County, Mirch 19, 1814.
r INSCRIPTION TO VOLTAIRE.
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Some years ago, some sot disant phi
losophers offered opening a subsec
tion in the city of Paris, for erecting
a statue to the memory of Voltaire.
The subscription was in great for
wardness, and the statuary applied
to, when ah English gentleman, who
happened to he there., defeated the
whole scheme, by writing the follow
ing inscription, which soon made its
way into all the fashionable rouelles.
inscription for an intended statue of‘
Voltaire.
•ri- £&', •’ ■ ‘5. .i* “v , { * •\* , \’ if JjKSm * ‘.± ‘• ■
Behold Voltaire! deservingof a stone, ,
Who in poetry was great, V
In’ history little,
Still less in philosophy, aptf
Jl In religion
Not hing at all.
His wit was acute,
His judgement precipitate*,
His dishonesty extreme.
E r Loose women Smil’d upon him,
- The half-learn'd applauded him.
And the profane patronized him;
Though he spared neither God nor man*
A junto of atheists,
Who call themselves philosophers,
s-f’ Scraped some money together
And raised thil stone to his memory,
GEORGIA, 7
Franklin County . J
Isfsrioh Cat/**, Februart Term,
On the petition of Hudson Moss
stating to the court that sometime
ago, he was possessed of
given to him by James M. Thurmon
for the sum of Two Hundred Dollars,
which was in discharge of a note,
which he had executed tn said. Thur
mon, add which was payable on tho*
2 Jth of December, 1804, which r.e»
ceipt he has lost or mislaid so that ‘
it cannot be found. A copy of which,
as well as hr can recollect t% m the
words and figures following*-*
April fnh, 1809.
Then received of Hudson MosA
Two * Hundred Dollars inpayment
foi a certain note that the said Mot*
gave to mt—l say me,
f t JAMES THOIMoN*
‘Test*— I Garland Lane. g
\ViitHEUPOK it. ?
by the Courts that the
py of receipt fie established in lieu
of the Q\ iginul unless cause be shewn
to the withih the time pre
scribed by the statute in such case® *
madeprid pibvicfeSS*
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