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’'The Holy Bible.
u \Vh wcr bu* IV nun
.* • un«iS»»Vd in* avis ka v> * *
‘'’ln jd if'>rfcht naj-ion* bQnEtgifi uifferen*
p^r/
\f f >er«* strcb agreeing truths i or how
’ O H r
S! u and all cotispirc to cheat us with
Vl\* WS thtrr pains, ungrateful their a#-
,•* .% ‘ f * >
Serving their gain, and martyrdom the
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l Wfi& the like brevity drtd force Bish z
|b>p his Mimi’e PbiUpopher,
p scuts to the ropier the follow.^
sum m»ry of facts. » ML **
S-waking p£the Evidences or the amfij
legion, he observes ;
•‘lt w WAr pfafc that this faith m
rlni St Vas sp ad? abroad th feu;; non t
the world loon after-bis It is a
clear poiotv that this was not effected
human h arnin* policy or power. It is
a dear point, that in the ear.y times,
lire chin ci\, there wore several nm or
Knowledge and Integrity. ejpbWCed
the faith, not from any, bin : ynnat all
temporal motives. It is a c)<|r poim,
aArer they were to
tain heal, the more oppo.tiimty they
had to satisfy themselves us to the truth
of those bets v%l)ich they ‘believed. it
■ * a clear point, that the less interest there
\V »s so the more heed there
to convince them. It is a
clear pent, that they relied on tli# aii
tliorfty of llyos^who de.c,la red theiiistelvv
a .eye-witnesses of.the resur
j cctio|! ol Christ. It is a clear point,
thVt those professed eye-witnesses, su]J
iVreti mu Cm their attestation
and'linally cealetT it with their Wood.
It is a clear point, that tliepr witnesses,
■vreaU and conte m ptibleas they were a
-Vt . ‘UK: the world, spread more light,
‘ p r tached puidf jnooials, and did inol c
benefit to mankind than all the philoso
pier. ?md sages putto getlier ” .
flie foregoing quotations, the cne From
Brvden, a highly celebrated poet, and
the other from a man equally celebrated’
as a philosopher of profound depth con
tain a body of facts"which no arts of
cop; ; vtry can invalidate ; facts, which
are a ike plain and convincing to tliip
’ learned and to the unlearned. Andover
and aboVe these, the e*act fulfilment o
sundry prophecies ©f Scripture and the
tisfomailing miracles wrought in
? tion of|t : he divine natuve of the religion
‘winch sacrecl volnmfc inculcates,
are facts as well proved and as firmly es
tablished, as are any of the great events
recorded in Grecian or Roman or even
in English or Vmencan history.
But not to partcttlarize, the pr ophe
cies that h .ve received their fuilfW
complishmeru already,or the miracles’*
of ancient dates, theie are Uvd standi’ g
itnracles, which are evident a to ail who.
fe*\e ‘ey es to’ -the one is, themar
veSwus and unexampled condition’ - the
Jews have Been k£pt in dyer sined’ the’
vpviadd of their general dispersion; a
circumstance so txidtly corresponding
,»-ffcdh predictions fouhd in their earliest
‘ -yveords . dso tulfy corroborating the
predictions of tneir final ingathering—
nn.i the other, the existence of the Bibte
itvelfi a ul us astonishing spread in these
latter times.
Considering that the Hebrews were
; an obseme .people, always and by all
nui ions despised and hated on account
Os he singuiuriUes of their religion •
considering that they” .were conquered
add led away capt ves to a heathen land
■where they were held in'eaptmty seven •
sty years; and considering that thmr per
sons and all they p ssessed were so long
a time in the hands of their enemies
who held their books in abhorence—
there is cleariy m milest a marvelous in
terposition of Providence in the preser
vation of tneir manuscripts, whiEt those
Os their conquerors* have been utterly
.lost. Where are the records of the
Assyrians and Babylonians, those fa
mous nations of old, which \so rmghti
ly oppressed ih.‘ weak and depressed
Hebrew 5 1 fhnu sands of years ago, all
their onginal annals ..were extinct save
only the fragments that were uicorpoia
ted m the Hebrew Sciripture.
Moreover,” considering that the ear
liest of the old Lestuncni writings, name
Iy, tie books of Moses, were of about
three thousand years standing at the'pl;*
rind when the art bf printing v/liH dis -
covered, and thut for this wbble time
were Iran >milted, from one genera
tion to anotner, only by means of man
usenpt copies ; considering that, during
the ten great persecution, &oth the Sf f
ish and the Chrtsuan Scriptures were
diligently ssognt after for tds purpose
i *>*■■■..’- . wr x v
g life sirq m?i em|»U> tion>l*:e Jews 1
*j^run ; !'. rto falsify HrKs part»of tfceu
: ~ rip n•• on which twl: f»utio,#'is
rayMcfr'general wickedness, as wefl as
iSm h # tne t’rorarit l* of
ihctr ttedrMss’-i;il|i| so plainly pre
jtt isedand %o «c lca r 1 y clt seized, and the
;dk£ re§npfaitiotts of the .papal hierarchy*
° jjjpjsify sundry passage of
be Now /est ament. in which its rbrgn
>f darkness *nd corruption is so niahu
lestly foretold, arui considering that, not
withstanding such powerful inducement
Os interest, and ihe $a
creid oracles \iere, for wln.lc es aid
centuries, tile Lity ahjl
cr-rfmcdAo U?e hands of mos| tir.princi
. and yetlhe numer
ous ancient manuscript copies havi.jg.,
•vi letter limes, been co’laied and-coir,
spared immense labour &
! paths, illy wdre found exactly io har
f fiionrze in all essential particulars
| putiiiii all together
rnck<tul, weighing them, it would clear
ly seem that the ik - finger of God is inf
” thfS tW-t’ :.*•<, I Ifc* ’v.
And as the preser v;* tion of the Bible.
under alts the aforementioned circum
stances, is w(Hv : -vi lul -nd approxrmat
ifig to the tr iracu’ous. so its late spread
is sr.-irtcnjjMesa .wonderful.
In a r- crveiiotis manner,'the wry was
prepared for exien ion into lands of
darkness and the shadow of death,. An
incorporated company of
footing in India. Vhe|r first object was
gain* aacd thg»»r next was power. Ava
rice and, Ambition the master
spring'? of their enteritises. And yet”
they wcic.madg the-unconscious instru
n;euts% r preparing India for the recep
tion of divine truth; and for becoming
p. centfaLregion which the Bfbie,
tvansiaicd into ihfe numerous Asiatic
longues, should be spread in every di
\ region over the eastern world. bVAA
8 Npr is the time less wonderful than
l the manner. It succeeded to a season.
! of general and most daring intiddy.y, j
i when tne whole christianized world was
deluged as it were v/ith immoral and a
theisi.cai publications and when, in the
lijigbest circus as well as ‘among the f
dregs of society, it was the fashion, af
ter the example of Voluire, to speak,
of that book only in a way ol ridicule
and derision :—it watt upon the eye of
that dark? and threatening season, which
•sis within the remembrance of a consi
derable part 01 the present generation,' ;
that the Holy Bible had, aS it still has,
a spread more rapid, by rriany degrees
than at any former period.
Go forth diviot B M>k~-of all missino
aries the no e or com
ment Go forth add iliußvidate the whole
living world.
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v: * ‘’ hursdXy, ‘October 10.
. ‘
\| L.atest From Gibraltar--
rived at this.port the brig Boxer % Capt.
Mix. in the remarkably short passage ’
26 days Jrpm Qibralter The . British
squadron under Lord Exmouth, arrived
at Gibraltar on the 9th August ; and on
the 14th sailed for This ex
pedition of two tlp’ee deckers,
three 7 4’s. a nurrber of frigates, bomb
vessels, gun boat v&c amounting in all
to 18 sail They were immediately
iellowed by the Dutcii squadron winch
had been some time at Gibraltar In
formation had been from A1
giers, that the Dey had t Emitted a
number of Freneh Engineers his
service : that he ‘ had repaired and
strengthened his fort: 14c Sc deter
mined on a vigorous and obstinate de
u i he British frigate with tfie Algerine
Ambassador to the. Sublime re
mained at the Isle s os Telipdos, the
Grand Seigeior refusing to allow her to
pi*ss the Dardanelles. Ihe Ambassador
wished to be landed on the Island, but/
t& the frigate declared
n’e would carry him back to Algiers Am
ass he was allowed to land him at Con-
‘£&&& jffSLjjfr
“ Messrs. : Sav«i'/ apd Laile maud had
aecn some time at Smyrna ;
till remained there, and was preparing
» - .. < *.Ai ti wijiiix tutu, tie state
Mk~ should \
rcmun * r.n?d ant'd G-.n. sjft]l?nv'mdHg
bad leftTsnwuoa, it was for
tntrUiW.
‘* The Captai*-Pbchn'» with- » sail
was on a crtti&c in the Archipelago.
“ The United •Stales* sloop <>* war
Peacock, Capt. Ro?vrst , arrived at Ttib
r ait nr on the 15 th ult; and the Hornet,
lAJU* Claxion, lioui Mala.
■ v " ; r rp^'jP
Sef.aratJo n qf Mxiirc —-Returns are
now received iio I*l ‘J Towns, v.’Ww
give 95-3*Tbr tile separatljjb, <\nch f 8851-
against ;«• The Boston Ccntiuel jprt
ieiits a statemerit of the&Retn rns us-Tar
received; and adds the re
marks ; *
u I'hough this result is different from 1
our expectation ( r f«j*wulcd o*» injpvrha- |
tion iTceiiyjd from the district ) adfthink I
we are authorized to state, th«t Q UES- J
TIO* IS DECIDED AttiMNSIASKp. j
ERAT4ON, and that the Convention i
which is to ceuvene at Btomtksviick onAhe
will have rro other hmdntss
to transact, fnan to count the votes,* ana
on ascertaining this result to dissolve
*• It is to be [ t that this subject
which has creat'd so touch itue«,c% will
, cpeiMy be|Mt ujPrest—ut Ica&fwr a
season, i. very cni\;cl man ha*s allowed
«dha in the % hole birr mess ~’ ~c H fcf;
lu,s conducted with the utmost fairneSs
and magnanimity juid her citizens
have net unnecessarily interfered in the
interesting canvas- T-his being the case
and the piopt'sstiob introduced into the ,
law that the expression pi the voice of
five ninths ctffthe.voisehfjlr of the and strict
in Jfavor of Separation, was
biy neces ary to justify the itieasurcf :
having been moved by the Hon Mr.
one 01 the friends Separation;
and that number not having, been found:
may tjie public.not hope ‘gUiat the dis
cussion has made tO.q citizens’ of the two
distiietS better acquainted with each
olhcr ; has demo;■ s* fatr«i t ha t must of
the existing jea on ie wepi& unibit tided ;
-i—hat the.connectiun is not upliaHiral,
but can he made a prosperous oile ; and
i that therefore they may jong tiuxjrb on
| happuy together as
I one Great People.”— Nav-York pep
Extract of and igtter jrom an American of
ficer .in the Mediterranean to ins ft had
in iVash'ington-Cilydialed j
U id, ship liYasnirgton, ) ‘dq
oaislesi ‘Ju-j 2Ch )8 » 6
“■We’arrived atihivut; on the tfth,
aftei a short h p.:easent .spassajlre thirty
three lidy-> from the A,ape?, topping six
f days at Gibraltar, pherc we coimnauni
caieti wkii ric ton luluiton.. v Juva, and
Erie ihe Dutch squadron is now, Ao-re
but afraid ot the A.;,,ern.es-
|ng their lorcc far stipei tor to, dial com
manded by Ccm. LiecMur iast t ummer.
Much attention to our , Mims
ter and on.-mqdore by the Governor of
Gibraltar- our iu rivabai this place
\vt were quara t>ned for twenty-one days <
inciud ng qur parage f-om Gibraltar,
so mat we will nocblabd Mr. Pinkney “for 1
at least ten days. 5 * : ™
1| grthquake- —A tm-sKlerahle shock of
and Earthquake was felt by many per- l
•sons in this town on Wednesday even- ,
itig last, a little before |nme o’clock * !
1 he shock tvas so sensible that the win
dows :n some houses peice.iyed to
persons’ in bed tell so -much
mo ipn” as to alarmed. The’ noise
winch accompanied it has been repre
sented--as similar to a heavy carnage
passing |he door
ground dis limit however from the gra
dual sound which precedes ai|d teimin
ates’its passage.
lr was also noticed at 1 El ohm fig Id aifd’
Pateison- And in the latter p.uce %Ore
than in this A prison .who
was in. Pierson at the time# represents
it as having muchjjgptaiteil the family
in which ive happened to be—and that
it -oee though the top ofthe house *
had fallen in.— tNewurk Xfiniincl.
XmAMERICAN INVENTIONS.
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It is with pleasure that we announc c ’
the progress of labor-saving machines
in States,; the stem|hs
Vfhich have been made’to prevent the
t migration of macimiery in
the different departments of the cotton,
woolen «nd • manafaciunes, have
l
been unavailing ; these improvements,
have, nevertheless, found thtir
er, at the same time mat ge
nius has been at work and ov trie aped
tlie Europe.m fniprovt meo. id..’
Gilbert Ibewster f now in this Mg#;
believe J has budt a machine for
wool .>v power, ‘which exceeds
k any. thing’’ of the in E urope
unu.-is nryfr \t\ corr.pvVc cp-rat ton !tt
r»l!vf M* ,:s r.n
k Cav the
it fcrodnc-s. yarn of a foperior (pta! ‘y ,
|o 60 cuts in the *j> ypt!
the owners arc'of optni
finest can produce fHp&L.
fro:r the pound of wool. V.
piacv, K Moyev’a *l9 ui.
waten4>owup Jfcars su~.
pet fine merino cas»«rficr?, v
thing; executed by >li?*rki/jL?»h
artistes exertlo’tf lijji
constructing a loom to work by inuctu
ne vy.
i *» r
Avgust* Oualcr 7 %
The f Homing genii erne a
weregpn Saturday last, appoint-*
eel officers of, the branch of
state bank established in
r y:- Mr. D. M?*Murphy, teller;
! Mr. Yv*. 11. longs, bcokJseepcrj
Mr Clark, discount clttk; and
Mr. Claries Crawford, assistant
clerk. • “• 4
The Alban j Register
terday contains an ex. vac; gs n
letter from SaßLr/s Kavbcur*
dated the 1S th ii\y t *?j
that colonel Hawkirft, agent fur
the United Sta-es under the Tea**
ly of Ghent, and nuriar R >bar.
deau, typographical engineer*
have bee . at that place, on their
way to the we tward, exploring
our northern boundary; an,: ad
ding that these gentlemen
the line west of Connecticut nv*
er is at present too far squib,and
by establishing it on the* true
45’ h degree orp -rallei iati.
fade will gWtethe U. States sb:«
teen townships of Lower Cana
da, and their excellent fort and
island, the Isle aite Noix.
iV, 7\ Cam. Adtcrliscr*
Letters from New South-*
t, SL «
Wales state, that nearly tha
whole qj the natives of the IsN
and i Eimeo,imhe South Seas;
near Oiaheite, have renounced
idolatry, and embraced the
Christian faith. Six hundred anci
sixty attend the school.
[ jLon.pep
y ‘n?. ‘ m
S5 GallaCdet and Clere, haVw
arrived in Connecticut hjbrfr France and
j propose to open their for* tho
I instruction of the deaf and autnn a}
Hartford immediately
;.dL y w. •
The Avgust Frosts arc described
having: been particularly, destructive a'**
long the Banks of Hudson, and the
Northern Borders of N- York.
Accounts from Guadalope
represent that one half of the*
inhabitants of the town had beer*
swept off by the plague.
iW ■ ,
De Witt Clinton, Gideon
and Chief Justice; Thompson, have beet*
mWmatcd'in Ncrvr-York. us Candidates*
to succeed Mr- Tompkins, the present:
Governor of that state-
A man* in New York* has* been sent,
to the Penitentiary six months for steal
ing newspapers at the subscr.bed’s door*
The offence is mean enough ; yet ’ the*
punishment is'loo severe.
In the treaty palely concluded betweet*
the British power in India and the Ra
jah ofNepauW ‘after acquiring’ a Urge
addition of the Valuable? possession of
that prince, the English have
him tt> agree to an article- whereby he
is profnbued from taking into his em
ploy any American officer.
GEORGIA, } Presentments of the
CiavKe County. > Grand Jury tor Clarke
Jr County,. Sept. Term*
jglg-pjs iZl *-
We present as a grievance the pre
sent the Roads in this poumy,
afcdjbcjeivmg. that it cfrigruites Tro-.n the
ia!praclicabili|y of chferci’-g the law,
r t# cu-r Representatives m
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