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From an essay on the Divine Authority
OF fHF. KEIF ’fF.S'TAMILKTj
By DAVID BOGUE.
Tfte JVew Testament conveys more im
provement to the Attnd than artj
other Book.
Most of the men who composed
this book, .spent theft early days in
manual employments. They lived
about three years with Christ, as his
disciples. Afttr his death they be
came U achers of his religion ; and
they wrote the Ne«r Testament—
The Grecian philosophers, and some
Romans, spent all tneir days in the
pursuits of literature ; and in the
acquisition of knowledge. They al
so wrote books. On a comparison*
judging merely from the character
of the writers which may be expect
ed to excel!—Can it be a question l
Can any imagine these unlettered
Jews capable of writing a book to be
/even named after the works of men
of such exalted genius as the Greci
an sages? But let both be examined
with impartiality / and it will be
found, that with respect'to real in
formation and knowledge, the New
Testament is as far above the best
heathen writings, as the heavens are
above the eartlw It may indeed be
justly asserted, that the New Testa
ment. connected with the Old, here
stands alqne \ and has neither equal,
nor second. The knowledge it con
veys concerning God, his perfections
and government; concerning man,
his nature, duty, and happiness;
concerning the present world, and a
future state of retribution ; in short,
concerning every object- which it is
important for us to be acquainted
*tfmh, is unequalled.
The ideas are most excellent,
most abundant, smd expressed with ;
clearness and simplicity. Hie ima- ■
gination may be more entertained .
with the decorations of fancy in o*
ther books ; the taste may be more
gratified with elegant composition;
but no where else is* there such a
mass of interesting truths on every
•übjtct which concerns n>an as a
citizen of this world, and as an im- *
mortal creature.- In both the e res- 1
pects the Nevy TtsUmefit contains
the greatest measure‘of mental im
provement and tends to make men
pot only more pious and moral than
all other books can, but likewise
snore rational and wise.
The argument will derive still
tnore weight from the consideration,
than the whole mass of truth in the
gospel is not discerned at once—
From the day when it was written
to the present time, every age has
found out something new. During
the two last centuries, how many
important discoveries have been made
of kite fit'tru/hs, which are now clear
3s the light of day. Nor is the mine
exhausted. From the same field,
•wise and good men will by persever- t
ing research continue to present
their precious and ample treasures,
as the reward of pious industry,
\ If any thiqg more be thought ne
cessary to produce a conviction of
its superior excellence, let it be com
pared with other books. I heed not
*ay_, “ compare it witb ihe Koran
for the good ideas there are borrow
ed from the stew Testament. Or
ahull I say, compare it i and you. will
perceive the man of Mecca often
corrupting what he pilfers, defiling
it with prejudices and passions,
while it passes through his mind,
and blending it with his own absurd
reveries. I need not compare it
•with the books of Christian writers ;
because they glory in having derived
thefir sentiments the #code of
* their relig.on. You urge me to
compare it with the writings of mo
de* n deists. But the comparison
would be unfair. They
their ideas of moral truths from* the
New Testament: they lighted theft
tapep at the fire of the sun. If you.
cai> point out one good principle in
them, which is not contained in it,
there will then, and not till then, bfe_
room to boast. But compare them
if you will ; I am not afraid of the
issue. The just line of comparison
is with the most celebrated books, in
the eastern and western parts of the
world, before ihe coming of, Christ*
Let the sages of Greece and Rome ;
Jet the votaries of Brahma, and of
3Fo* their sacred books for a
critical inspection oA this point. I
am confident that tvery fair oppo
nent will, without a moment’s hesita
tion, give the palm to the men of
Galilee.
Hut whence comes it to pass, that
fbt se unlettered men should be abfb
to write the best, the most instruc
tive book which the world contains;
and that none since, in any country
or aije, have K been able to impuove
upon it, or write a better ? Some ad
uate cause must be assigned,—
who, instead of a satisfactory
would tough, and ridicule
the book* must retire from the field
occupied by fair res*
pectable antagonists, to the ground
Plotted to the unreputable corps Os
buffoons . When they are gone, let
the others judge who acts the wisest
part—the opponent of the gospel,
who rejects the most improvin||jbook
that was ever written ? or the Chris
tian who receives it, and accounts
for its pre-eminence, from Us being
written by the inspiration of infinite
wisdom ?
From the Virginia Argus*
COMMUNICATION.
Richmond , June 13 th 9 1814.
Mr. Pleasants*
At a moment like this, when'the
Earth is filled with violence arid the
most unparalleled political convulsi
ons agitate the globe, it must afford
consolation to every real disciple of
our Holy Religion, to observe the
efforts there are making to extend
the range of scriptural knowledge.—
This heavenly spirit sours far above
the influence of political dissentions,
exhibits the real genius of. the Gos
pel, and presents to our view the in
teresting spectacle of Christians of
different nations* whose governments
are engaged in war with each other,
ardently uniting in the promotion of
the best interests of man*
Take the following Letter as a
specimen of this truth.
A Friend to Bible Societies .
Spa Fields, London,.
March 13, 1814.
DEAR SIR, *
I avail myself of the first op
portunity by a Cartel to inform you
that your letter of the Bth October,
1813, having been laid before the
Committee of the British and Fo
reign Bible Society, together with
the printed address and Constitution
of the Bible Society oi Virginia, it
afforded them much pleasure to wit
ness the progressive attention of
their trans-atlantic brethren to the
object of their institution,, viz. the
circulation of the Holy Scriptures,
to its widest practicable extent, with
out note or comment. * r -
The Committee have directed that
their warm congratulations may be
presented upon an event so auspici
ous to the common cause as the es
tablishment of a Bible Society upon
a liberal and permanent basis in Vir
ginia : and they request that your
Committee will accept, as a pledge
of their mutual esteem and co-ope
ration, a Grant of one hundred
pounds ; for which your Treasurer
may draw upon Joseph Rayner, Esq.
No. 50 Mark lane, London, a thirty
days sight.
This will enable .your society to
prosecute laudable object, some
what more extensively: and our
Committee doubt not that the Bible
Society of Virginia, will prove an
additional blessing to the nation in
diffusing light of J3ivine truth in
its native purity.
The enclosed papers will exhibit a
brief view of the operations of the
British and Foreign Bible Society ;
to which I have only to add that
measures have been recently taken
by the English Clergy residing in
Holland, to form a Bible Society for
the United Netherlands, under the
i patronage of the Heraditarv Prince
of Orange . and our Committee
have resolved, that should such a
society be formed upon a liberal and
permanent basis, they will assist them
by a Grant of SQO pounds sterling.—
In G, Britain and Ireland auxiliary
Bible Societies are continually aug
menting in number and prosecuting
their object withgvigor, in supplying
the poor with the word of eternal’
life.
Praying that the time may speedi
ly arrive when we shall again enjoy
the privilege of a free intercourse
; with each other. -
’ I remain* Dear Sir respectfully,
Your very obedient servant,
JOSEPH TARN,
Asst. SecJ.
R*v. J. H. Rice,
Corresponding Secretary
of the Bible Society
of Virginia.
From the Philadelphia Aurora •
AGE OF REVOLUTIONS.
Twenty four years ago a revolu
tion begun, which had its latent cau
ses in the inveterate abuses and cor
ruptions of an old government—the
vices of a degenerate dynasty—the
enormities of a rapacious hierarchy,
and a consuming noblesse—in the
forced torpor of the human mind, in
the midst of the finest country in
Europe.
I his revolution has,* during its
existence, exhibited a greater varie
ty of prodigious events than is to be
found in all ancient history*
Every civilized nation has felt its
efleets, and been directly or remotely
b rought within its vortex. %
-d i.o elements of spcial order have *
been at limes totally dissolved—par
ijpjUf restored; ag .in new buperstruc
urcs upon foundations
i • & wife :
presumed to be durable, but in a short
time destined to be shaken to their
bases. „ s;
Absolute and arbitrary powder anc„
legislation, have temporised with po
pular complaint, and the comprom
ise appeared for an instant auspicious
to mankind—but anew shock plun
ged the whole into disorder, and the
unbridled licence of ttie human pas
sions prevailed through a whole peo
ple, where a single wiU had been
the law.
The convulsion affected the whole
•of Europe ; and all the vices of am
bition and avarice, rapacity, envy and
pride—the prejudices of ages came
in conflict with the labors and the
light of intellect—the institutions of
barbarous ages assailed shrunk be
fore the might oftne mind instructed
by reason apd philosophy—the pow
ers of science and genius prevailed
over those of brutal force, directed
only by partial interests or by ancient
habits. \
But the ignorant became experi
enced and by being beat were taught
the pupils imitated the teachers, and
at the end of twenty four years the
account stands between the nations
balanced by a total loss.
The Bourbons whom every nation
in Europe was taught to fear in the
ifith century, were prostrated in the
18th and after twenty years of exile,
are restored in the 19th. century. -
(The house of Austria, which in the
. 16th century was the dread of Eu
rope, three times condemned to
make peace with its hereditary rival
in its own capital, after/having giv
en a queen to the Bourbons and
fought for them against revolution
ary France ; gives an empress to
the hero of the French revolution ;
and, extraordinary to tell, becomes
a powerful agent in dethroning his
empress daughter, and restoring the
ancient dynasty of its rivals.
Russia, unknown until the seven
teenth century among civilised na
tions—after invading and being driv
en from. Italy and Helvetia—after
being beaten from the Danube to the
Neimen, after conflagrating the cap
ital of the ancient princes of Moscow
to defeat the glory of its assailant
pours forth from its deserts a torrent
of fierce barbariansthrougb Germany
and into the bosom of France ; and
in the capital of the nation which has
triumphed over all that the aneient
Romans and the most renowned of
modern nations ever achieved or ru
led ; in that very capital dictates the
dethronment of the hero of Franee,.
and the restoration of the ancient dy
nasty.
Such is the simple but astonishing
exterior of the revolutions of* twenty
four years—which replaces France
within its ancient limits and under
its ancient lords ; .and leaves the mo.
narchs of Europe to regulate the
fate and fortunes, the liberties, and •
the condition, of the people, uncon- ;
trolled.
But this picture, so amazing on the
exterior possesses Characteristics
more interesting to mankind—the
manner in which these operations
have been brought to
influence of that manner upon the
fate of nations—the consequences
which must flow from these revolu
tions—the J latitude and range of
their collateral effects—will they be
wholesome or pernicious to mankind?
Will peace be the necessary effect,
as it has been held to be the propo-
Liaed object of the great coalition ?
Will the objects for which the coali-’
tion against France was began and
conducted, be accomplished by the
restoration of the Bourbons ? Will
the nations who have triumphed use
their success with moderation and
magnanimity, or with insolence and
tyranny ?
Will the spirit of commerce be
restrained or abridged ? Will the
internal industry of nations be enlar
ged or limited? Will the navy of
France be tolerated—wilt the ships
at Antwerp be carried to Brest or
to Portsmouth—or will Antwerp it
self remain with France? W ill the
fleet taken by capitulation at Foulon
in 1800, be restored ? Will Mauri
tious and St. Domingo return to
the Bourbon's ? Will the nations of
Europe consent to abridge their in
ternal manufacture— to cease to be
their own carriers at sea ?
A thousand such enquiries are na
turally involved in the recent revolu
tion—and teach us t A expect that the
revolutions of the age are not yet
terminated.
But—bow stands the account of
our fortunes and prospects in this
eventful ume ? What are we to ex
pect will be the result to the United
States in this &reat crisis of human
affairs l l r .. , *
If we possess virtue as a nation,
we are adequate to meet every issue.
But whether virtuous or depraved,
we ca* no longer fold our arms and
wait for events—we must make, our
own fortunes, or we shall be unmade*
The ilmsion and the delusion ol
French influence no longer remain.
What have we to.expect as a nj£
EJihiic from the of Eu
rope l - \
r ; 4*/..; J.: . - , . • % $
The lever of Archimedes could
-lot be more powerful than tfte influ
ence of England ; it has itioved the
universe.
What have we to expect from the
justiqe'oi* the liberality of England i
Can we expect to be ‘spared by the
ftauOn whose gold has fed the confla
gration of Europe for twenty-four
years, add who has led every nation
in Europe'in gold chains to destroy
each other for her aggrandizement ?
The American nation slumbers in
the security of its remoteness from
the theatre ol discord and corruption
—but it is time this nation should R*
wake A vast proportion of the ar
mies of Europe are vagabonds, who
in pe \C<~ would be more dangerous
to those under whom they, have
fought, than they have been to those
whom they have vanquished. The *
people of America must calculate on
seeing thousands of these barbarous
hordes cast off from the armies of
the belligerents, thrown upon some
shore where they shall be no longer
dangerous to their masters#
The American people must be
prepared for the result, or submit to
the yoke, for which too many .are
already prepared, and which the su
pineness of our government, and tne
total want of efficiency in our nation
al constitution, have too fatally fos
tered and tolerated.
The time to try men’s souls” is
at hand—are we ready ?
.- • S
GEORGIA, “I Court of Ordinary,
< > Adjourned
Clark County, 1 6th June, 1814.
RULE NISI.
On the petition of Isaac Middle
brooks, Jun. praying that the execu
tors of John Maxey, deceased, may
be directed to make titles to him of,
in, and to a tract of land in fee sim-«
pie, lying in Wjdkinson county to
, the one of two lots, either No* 61 in
the fifth, or No. 1 in the fifteenth
districts, the choice of which lot
was left to the said Isaap Middle
brooks, which he hereby signifies to
lot Np. 61# Agreeably to a bond
made by the said Maxey in his life
time to the said Middlebrooks, a co
py of which is here filed in the court.
It is ordered that the executors of
the said Maxey make titles accord
ingly in pursuance of the provision*
of an act of this state in such cases
made, unless cause be shewn against
the same at a court to be held in
said county of Clark ,on the first
Monday in September next.
A true copy from the Minutes •
JOHN HODGE, C. C. O.
NOTICE. =aa * i
’ rnmmmmm § 4 ‘
THAT attendance will be given
at the following named places, on
the following days by the Collector
of the Internal Revenue for the fifth
collection district of Geotgiay viz
On Wednesday the 13th of July
next, in the town of Lexington, O
glethorpe oounty—Friday, 15th of
July, in the of Madison, Mor
gan county—Saturday,, the 16th of
July, in the town of Watkinsville,
Clark county, of Which all persons
who have not entered their carriages,
and those who have bonds for
internal ’ duty, and those vriio wish
to take license for distilling, or for
merchan4iz‘rng, or retailing foreign
domestic spirits, may avail them
selves of this notice.
J. M. C. MONTGOMERY,
G. R. 5. C. D. G.
May 30, 1814.
. CAUTION.
I do hereby forwarn all persona
from trading with my wife Fanny
Thompson for any species of proper
ty now in my possession, or any thing
whatever touching my interest, such
as goods, wares or merchandize, or
in fact having any dealing with her
concerning my atfairs, as I will not
b€ responsible for any of her con
tracts, she having withdrawn herself
from my bed and board without
having the least shadow of provoca
tion.
RICHARD THOMPSON.
Clark county , June 6, 1814.
|C7» PLEASE ATTEND .
ALL those indebted to the Sub
scriber for tuition, will oblige him
by calling on Mr. Josiah Newton or
Mr. Golding and making payment
as soon as possible.
M. W. DOBBINS.
April 28.
NOTICE-
Those having demands against
the estate of William liarvie, de
ceased, will present them properly
* authenticated within the time pre
scribed by law—and all who are in
debted to the estate ure requested to
make immediate payments to
John G. Meriwether,
or
James Meriwether,
March th 1814. Executors
GEORGIA. /
/ CLpa RK SIT PER IOH COURT,
■j AUJQIJRX SEPTEMBER TERM, 18 ij.
James Thomas, y
vs f RULE NISI.
Michael A. Gauvain. j
UPON the petition of James Tho
mas praying the foreclosure of thef e
quity of redemption contained in a
certain mortga|re r givt*n by a«Mich
ael A. Gauvsiiti tlr the said James
Thomas, on a tract of land
containing six hundred acres, being
part of two live thousand acre tract*
of land granted to Charles Henry
D‘Estaing, including a tract of one
hundred and thirty ’acres, lately oc*
cupied by John Thomas and sold to
said M. A. G iuvain by said John
Thomas, the said land lying and be-*
ing in the county and state aforesaid
on the Waters of Trail creek, for the
better securing the payment of a
certain sum therein specified.
It is ottDfcHhD, that the said
Michael A.'Gauvain do pay tntp this*
court in twelve months from this
date, the principal and interest in
said mortgage; contained, and the
cost expended iu <uul about the fore
closing the same, or be barred of
his equity of redemption in and to
the same. And that this rule be pub
lished once a month for twelve
months in one Sos tne public gazettes
of this state, or served upon the de
fondant six months previous to the
time required by this rule, to pay oflf
the sum contained in said mortgage.
A True Copy trom the Minutes of said,
Court this sih day of January, 1814*
STERLING ELDER, flerk.
■ •. .'*^«*—*-*| .
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GEORGIAf }
Franklin County J
Inferior Court Feb up Apr Term#
■ - 18JA
petition of Hudson Mos&
stating to the court that some time
ago, he was possessed of a receipt,
given to him by James M. riiurmon
for the sum of Two Hundred Dollars,,
which was in discharge of a noto
. which he had executed to said i'hur
nion, and which Was payable on the
25th of December, 1804, which re
ceipt he has lost or mislaid so that
it cannot be found. A copy of which
as well as he can recollect is in tiu>
wofdsand figures following—
April 17th/ 1809.
Then received of Hudson Moss
Two Hundred Dollars in payment
for a certain note that the said Moss
gave to me—l say ieceived by me,
JAMES iiiURMuN.
Test—Garland Lane.
WHEREUPON it is ordered*
by the Court, that the foregoing co
py of receipt be established in liet*
of the original unless Cause be shewn
to the contrary within the time pre*
scribed by the statute in such case*
made and provided. ‘ ,
* A true copy taken the minute
FRED . BEALL, C. J. C.
May sth, 1814.
NOTICE.
5 ’■[.;< $J •; X*■ £&■ ■*,..? >
Nine months after date applica
tion will be made to the Honorable
Court of Ordinary of Madison coun
ty, for leave to sell one tract ofland*
containing one hundred and forty a»
cres, more or less, lying in the coun
ty of Oglethorpe, on rhe waters of
Cloud’s creek, adjoining Job Felton,
deceased, Lewis Lester and others*
and lot No. 211, twelfth district of
Baldwin, now Jasper—sold for the
benefit of the heirs and creditors at
Hardy Sanders, deceased.
WILLIAM SANDERS,
Guardian •
-March 17,1814.
*3° WANTED ~
Ar> this Office, some neat plain,
homespun, either white, striped op
colored. Subscribers to the Gazette
, who live sufficiently near, and who
will avail themselves of this oppor
tunity of making their first payment,
will by sodoing confer an obligation*
£3* Cash will be given for a few
well tanned or sheep
skins.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
THE annual Commencement in
this institution wili.be held on Wed
nesday the 27th ol July next.
NO T ICE.
-- ■ /
NINE ihjnrks 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
Uheroofas is situate in the said coun
ty ; for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors.
THOMAS- W. COBB,
, • Adm. cu;u test* annexe*
March 22, 16U.
A. A „ W* ■