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THE TEAR OF BEAUTY.
ft: down Eliza’s bllifts ing cheek ,
The tear offoft compnftfion flow ;
These tears a feeling heart bespeak,
A heart that feels for others woe.
May not thy -: drops, that frequent
fall,
To my fond hope propitious prove ?
The heart that melts at pity's call,
Will own the ftf ter voice ft love .
Earth ne’er produced a gem Jo
rare,
Nor wealthy ocean’s ample ftp ace
ho rich a pearl as that bright tear,
‘That lingers on Eliza’s face.
So hangs upon the morning refte
‘The ckryftal drop of iseav’n refin’d ;
A while with trembling luftrc
glows —•
Is gone, and leaves no ft ain behind
——
ANE CD 0 TES.
One of the criminals lately un
der sentence of death in Newgate,
was Vis ted by the Ordinary, who
gravely urged him to acknowledge
the justice cf his sentence, (Ac. ; —
to which the culprit aftfenting, the
divine demanded to know whether
he “ renounced the devil and all
his works.” The poor fellow
shrugging up his ftsoulders replied,
he begged to be excufted \ as he
was going to a strange country ,
he did not wish to make him]elf
any enemies.
An drifts man was lately brought
before a justice at Brijlol, cn a
charge of having fix wives l the
inagiflrate aftked him hew he could
be Jo hardened a villain as to ds
• hide Jo many ? (< Plecfte your
lerdfhip,” fays Pat, “ I was
trying to get a good oneA
CN TOLERATION.
London, April 16, 1704,
C'i A)
Some time ago being in com*
par.y with a friend from North
America, (Dr. Franklin) the
converfaticn happened to turn
on the fubjedt of perlecution.—
My friend, whole mderflanding
is enlarged as his heart is be
nevolent, did not fail to urge
many unanfwcrable arguments
ugainft a practice so obviously
repugnant to every dictate of
humanity. At length in iiip
port of what he had advanced,
he called for a bible, and turn
ing to the book of Genchs read
as follows :
CHAPTER XXVII.
1. And it came to pass after
these things, that Abraham fat in
the door of his tent } about the go
ing down cf the tun.
2. And behold, a man bowed
with age, coming from the way of
the wilderness leaning on a sass.
3. And Abraham arose and met
him, and /aid unto him , turn in
I pray thee, and wafts thy feet,
and tarry all night; and thou
jha.lt arij'e early in the morning,
anr go on thy way.
4. But the man fail, nay, for
I will abide under this tree.
5. And Abraham pressed him
greatly ■, Jo he turned, aid went
into the tent ; and Abraham ba
k'd unleavened head, and they
and and cat.
c. And ywen sir rasa. 7: ot
s
that the man bleftfed not Cod, he
said unto him, wherefore deft thou
net worship the mcfl high God,
creator of heaven and earth ?
7. And the man avfwered and
said, Ido not worship thy God,
neither do I call upon his name ; ‘
for I have made to myftelf a God,
which abided) always in my heufe,
and provideth me with all things .
8. And Abraham’s zeal was
kindled agdtnft the man, he arefe,
and fell upon him, and dr avs him
forth with blows into the wilder -
nfts.
9. And at midnight God called
upon Abraham, faying, Abraham
where is the fir anger ?
10. And Abraham answered
andJ'aid, Lord, he would not wor
ftsip thee, neither would he call
upon thy name therefore have I
driven hint out from before my face,
into the wilderness.
11. And God fetid, have I borne
with him these hundred ninety and
eight years, and nottrijhed him,
and clothed him, notwithstanding
his rebellion against me ; cov.ldejl
not thou, that art thyfelf a firmer ,
bear with him one right ?
12. And Abraham said, let not
the anger of the Lord wax hot
against thy servant j 10, I have
finned forgive me, I pray thee.
13. Arid he arose, and went
forth into the wilderness, and
fought diligently for the man, and
found him:
14. And returned with him to
his tent ■, and when he had treated
him kindly, he sent him away in
the morning with gifts .
15. And God fpuke again unto
Abraham faying, for this thy fin,
shall thyfeed be afflicted four hun
dred years in a strange land.
16. But for thy repentance will
I deliver them and they shalt
come forth with power, and with
gladness of heart , and with much
substance.
I own I was struck with the
aptness of the palTage to the fub
je<ft; and did not fail to express
my furpriie* that in all the dif
ccurfes I had read against a
practice so diametrically oppo
iite to the genuine spirit of our
holy religion* I did not remem
ber to have seen this chapter
quoted i nor did I recollect iny
ever having read it* although
no stranger to my bible. Next
morning turning to the book of
Genesis, I found there was no
such chapter* and that the whole
was a well meant invention of
my friend* whole Tallies of hu
mor, in which he is a great maf
| ter, have always an ufeful and
benevolent tendency.
With fome difficulty I pro
cured a copy of what he pre
tended to read, which I now
fend you, for the entertainment
of your readers j and you will
perhaps think it not unreasona
ble at a time when we are more
particularly called upon to com
inemmorate the amazing Jove of
Him, who poilefr the divine
virtue of charity in the moil
supreme degree, laid down his
life even for his enemies.
I am, &c.
W. S.
From the evening fire-side.
Having met with an ’ excellent.
piece of advice to married per
ft ns, and believing it to he u efui
to many ft the readers oft the
7- r~. t.ynq- T :t ”. r j .
made from it the following ex
tract, and new offer it to you
for infer lion.
’ A FRIEND TO PIETY.
•
An addrffs to married pefforts.
The duties between man and
wife are various and important.
They suppose the union not of
* persons only, but alio •and par
ticularly of afFe&iohs. It is not
joining of hands, but of hearts,
which constitutes marriage in
the fight cf God.—See then,
that no motives of interest or
convenience* deceive you into a
notion that you love one ano
ther, while you do not.
Gou never winks at the vk>
lation cf nature, nor fuiTers it ro
take place with impunity. Rut
this must take place in every
marriage where mutual attach
ment is wanting. And that fa
mily is uniformly curled with
the moftfubftantial wretchcdnefs
where there sublists no love, be
tween the heads of it. Thou
who art the hulband, mistress
thy wife with delicacy and dif
crerion. Nothing in nature is
so indearing, lo winning, so
captivating as tenderness; no
thing creates aversion so loon,
so strong, so inveterate, as rude
nefs* indifference, or difrefpeCt.
She depends on thee for protec
tion and comfort, in her diffi
culties. For thy fake she has
left her friends, her connections,
and all the world, and fnculd she
meet with a tyrant instead of a
lover, she may repent of this
day as long as she lives.——
Never incense or insult her j—
and as thou wilhelt to keep thy
own temper and peace, ruffie
not her’s; for crcfthels and af
peritv, especially when they fet
tle in morolenefs and ill- nature,
are the qualities of a lavage, not
of a chriftian. Never on any
pretence whatever, squander
that in dress, drinking, or difii
pation, which thou ffiouldft lay
by for the benefit of thy family.
By the laws of God and man, of
justice and love, they have ex
clusive claim on whatever thou
canst earn; and every unnccef
fary indulgence which thou ta
keft, apart from them, it is at
their expence and injury. Con
sult thy wife, especially in all
cases of difficulty, it is her inter
est as well as her duty to give
thee the best advice Hie can.—
Never keep her ignorant cf thy
circumstances; this has been
the undoing of millions of fami
lies. The wife who deserves
the name, will never fad to eco
nomize, when Hie knows that
her partner’s circumstances re
quire it. Be not much uneasy,
though the world Ihould some
times think lhe has her full share
of influence. Women of good
sense, leldom ahufe their hus
bands confidence. And thou
wilt fee few happy families in
whieh the wife L either a slave
or a cypher.
Be ye equally yoked is the
command of God : let neither
leek basely to throw an undue
weight on the other’s IhoulJcrs.
Suffer no interference from any
quarter whatever, to interrupt
your harmony ; you are con
nected for life. Nothing can
separate your fate in this world ;
O let nothing divide your af
feCticr.s. Regard each other
] with the tulkft confidence; the
l least spark of suspicion from ei
ther, mult foreverblaft the com
j for: cf both. There can be
\ no harmony where there is no
| faith. A wife Ihould no: only
j love her hulband, but on ever;
j occasion Ihew him the greatelt
• attention. Study by every
mean;; to make his home com
fortable and inviting. Where
the creafure is, there will the
heart be also ; and a man’s pre
fer, ce, as well as his heart, will
always be there moft, where he
has inc.lt plcafure. And Hi
venture to aftert it as a fact in
conteftible, chat he who finds
his home aparadife, will leldom
ft roil into the wilderness of du?
I world.-—While on the other
j hand, a {holding wife and a ho:
j house has driven many a wretch -
[ e&hufband to the tavern, where;
cards, women, and wine, lave
feakd his ov/n dcftruCtion and
that cf his family.
In a word, be habitually lov
ing and kind to one another.—*
Have no separate fecrecs, nor
allow yourfeives any airs of my
stery: but open your whole
hearts to each other. Conceal
as much as poflible one ano
ther’s foibles, and cultivate ha
bits of affability, forbearance
and good nature. Never be
fulleri cr in a pet with each ether
especially in the presence of
strangers. And, to lay all in
love, live together as the heirs
of glory.
COMMUNICATION,
WORM-SEED.
At this time cf the year, and
during the warm season, when
Colcra Morbus, commonly called
purging and vomiting, very often
combined with worms, is Jb fre
quent amongst children, that ma
ny are every day carried off by
that dreadful ft chiefs, the worm
seed essence will be found an ef
f cations medicine. Even should
the patient have no verminous
complaint, it will accelerate the
cure of the cholera, if given ‘in
time, and conjointly with other
remedies, calculated to temper the
acrimony cf the bile, cr correbt
the acidity of the juices nsceffary
for a good digeflion , the cholera
morbus having its cause in the
want of a good quality in the File
and juices of tbs stomach , betp
being necessary for a good digeflion .
It will be remembered, that tbefe
who do not digefl well, cannot en
joy good health ; the Essence of
iVonn Seed, as thousands have
experienced, is a good preservative
and refloraiive *to the stomach ,
having much the fame quality as
the essence of pepper ment, with the
advantage of preventing and def
ir oying any kind of worms, and
may be ufsd with fafety at any pe*
riod of life, from childhood to old
are.
w
the dropsy cured.
A psrfon who was prodigiously
Jwelled with this ‘forcer, put a
large cup full of bobea tec into a
tea-pot, j;2sped it, drauz itoe l 1
quor by degrees, and cat all the
tea leaves, in the couffc of the,
forenoon. The fame experiment
was repeated in the est erne on end
for the two facceding days. Or
the second day the water began to
deer safe by natural evacuation*,
and on the third day it wa* total
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