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Miscellaneous.
Tilt. C Uhl STUN FEMALE.
“ tltA, HE 1 ALI'UGETHEH LOVELY.*’
1 H'k'U lii wneu in Ut:<tuL) lrea*d,
Wn u youthful hope inspired her breast,
IVhert live* tie whom ihou lovest best*?
Bhe aaul—in Heaven,
1 ank‘d her when sbe fondly press'd
Her Muniiug infant (u her breast,
“Where lives tl • whom thou loves heat?
She said—in Heaven.
I ask'd her when her bloom wa lost,
Wuen all her earthly hopes were cross'll.
Where lives tin whom thou Invest most/
She said—m Heaven.
| her in her hymn groan,
“Who is this brightest, loveliest one?
’Ti* liOD she cried, My alone—
And went to Heaven.
BBMMaa tm .■ .■ ggaa
THE BIBLE.
A nation must he truly bles
sed if it were governed by n
other laws than those of this
blessed book; it is so complete
a system, that nothing can Ik*
add tl to it: it contains every
thing needful to ho known or
done; it a fiords a copy for a
king, limit xvii 18, and anile
for a subject: it gives instruction
and counsel to a senate; autho
rity and direction fora tnugis
tiate; it cautions a witness; re
quires an impartial veil ct of a
jury, and furnishes the judge
with his sent nee: <t sets the
husband as lord of the house
hold, and the wife as mistress
of the table: tells him how to
rule, and her how to manage:
it entails honor to parents, ant]
enjoins ohedienrp to children;
it prescribes and limits the
sway of the sovereign, the rule
of the ruler, and authority of
the master, commands the sub
jects to honor, and the servants
to obey, and promises the bles
sing and protection of its au
thor to all that walk by its rules.
It gives direction for weddings
and for burials; it promises
food and raiment, and limits
the use of both; it points on?
a faithful and an Kternal fiimr
dian to the departing husband
and lather; tells him with whom
to leave his fatherless children,
and in whom his wid >\v is m
trust, Jeremiah xlix, it; and
promises a father to the for
mer, and a husband to the hit
ter; it teaches a man how to s t
Ins house in order, and how to
make his will; it appoints a
dowry for a wife, and entails
the right of the first born, and
shews how the younger branch
es shall be left; it defends the
rights of all; and reveals ven
geance to every defrauder,
over-leather and oppressor
It is the first hook, the best
book, and the oldest hook in
the world; it contains the choi
cest matter; gives the best in
struction; and affords the great
est pleasure and satisfaction
that ever was revealed; it con
tarns the best of laws, and pro
foundest mysteries that ever
was penned. It brings the best
tidings, and affords the best
comfort to the enquiring and
disconsolate; it exhibits life and
immortality, and shews the
way to glory; it is a brief re
cital of all that is past, and a
certain prediction ol all that is
to come; it settles all matters|
in debate, resolves all doubts,
and eases the mind and con
cience of all their scruples.
It reveals the only living and
true God, and shews the only
way to him ; and sets aside all
other gods, and describes the
vamty ot them. In short, it
is a book of laws, to shew right
anil wrong; a book of wisdom,
mat condemns all folly, and
makes the foolish wise; and a
book of truth, that detects all
lies, and confutes all errors;
and a book of life, and shews
ilie way from cverlastingdeath.
it is the most compendious
hook in all the world, the most
authentic and the most enter
taiamg history that ever was
published; it contain the most
ancient antiquities, strange e
vents, wonderful occurrences,
heroic deeds, unparalleled
wars. It describes the celes
tial, terrestrial, and infernal
worlds; and the origin of the
angelic myriads, human tribes,
and ilevelisli legions. It will
instruct the most accomplished
mechanic, and profoandest ar
tist; it will teach tiie best rhe
loiician, mil exercise ever}
power of the most skillful a
rithmetician, Revelation xiii.
18; puzzle the wisest anatomist
and exercise the nicest critic
It corrects the vain philosopher
and confutes (he wise astrono
mer; it exposes the subtle so
phist, anil makes diviners mad.
It is a complete code of laws, a
perfect body of divinity, an un
equalled narrative, a book of
lives, a book of travels, and a
book of voyages; it is the best
covenant that ever was made,
and the best testament that
ever was signed. To under
stand it, is to be wise indeed;
to he ignorant of it, is to be des
titute of wisdom; it is the king’s
best copy, the magistrate’s best
rule, the housewife’s best guide
the servant’s best directory,
and the young man’s best com
panion It is the school boy’s
spelling book, and the learned
nuin's masterpiece; it contains
a choice grammar for a novice,
and a profound mystery for a
sage; it is the ignorant man's
dictionary, and the wise man's
directory; it affords knowledge
of witty inventions for the hu
morous, and dark sayings for
the grave; and it is its own in
terpreter. It encourages the
wise, the warrior, the swift,
and the overcomer, and pro
mises an eternal reward to the
excellent, the conqueror, the
winner, the prevalent. And
that which crowns all is, that
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the author is without partiality,
and without hypocrisy. In
WHOM IS NO VAKf ABLENESS,
NOII SHADOW OF TURNING.
From the New Fork . Mirror.
“It was in the true spirit ofj
poetry —not of romance, but of
nature; that the idea was con-1
Iceivedof likening the various
creations of the vegetable
world to the feelings, charac
ter and atributes of humanity;
to the ever-varying sensations
of the corporeal frame, and
even to the almost inscrutable
workings of the mind; the
heart insensibly yields to the
truth of these emblematical al
lusions. because it traces in
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them a continuation of that
| beautiful symmetry of connex
ion which pervades the won
derotts mysteries of nature
How exquisitely lias a kin
dred thought been expanded
by the pen of one who never
touches the lyre without thrill
ins; the bosom of sensibility
with its tones:
Twos a love! v thought tomar?i (he hours,
As they limited in ligh away,
By the opening and folding flowers
That l;iug?i to the sum.ner’a day.
Jilrs. lie,mans.
hut the whole poem can
not hut live in the memory of
all who worship nature, or ren
der homage to genius; and
therefore we return to the
subject of this number.
The Jessamine — Emblem of Delicacy..
What a beautiful similitude!
One of the most captivating
traits of the human mind and
persons is typically character
ized by comparison with the
sweetest ornament of du flow
er garden; the delicious per
fume of the jessamine is truly
illustrative of that ‘breathing e
manuation of the soul,’ that
purity of thought, and action,
which constitutes the peculiar
charm of delicacy. This beau
tiful shrub, with its slender
branches, its delicate flowers
anil its fragrant odours, loading
the air with sweetness, is a
most appropriate emblem of* a
young and lovely female just
entering upon the enjoyments
of the world, when life is but
a fairy dream, and all around
her breathe the atmosphere of
delicacy —
V
An<t oh! that the world had no picture
but this—
That all the bright forms which have
&ild?d life’s hours,
Might rove through its bowers, and taste
of its bliss,
slid be as pure as the jessamine
flower.”
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The fForm wood—Emblem of Anguish.
The peculiar qualities of the
wormwood plant are prover
bially well known, and have
established it as the insignia of
bitter sorrow, of anguish—
deep, piercing anguish In
this sense it lias been used bv
an old writer, thus modernized.
‘For what shall banish heartfelt sorrow,
qt sweeten wormwood’s bitter pill?
Where shall affliction comfort borrow,
T o bid these anguished throbs be stilt?’
Medical virtues havejfeen as
cribed to the decoction of
wormwood, and many a thrif
ty housewife hss brought its
qualities to in her do
mestic pharmacy; A wine
produced from this plant in a.
proper state of preparation, lias
been found cf infinite service
in arresting the progress of
! pulmonary affections; and thus
I is the wormwood, whose bitter
I distillation affords relief to the
attenuated frame of the inval
id, like many of the world that
“minister to a mind diseased,”
and have a tendency to restore
it to “a pristine health.”
LEAP YE AD.
j . The following is extracted
from an old volumne printed
in 1(300, entitled ‘Courtship,
Love and Matrimonie’—
‘Albeit, it is nowc become a
parte of the Cotnmun Lawe in
regard to the social relations
of life, that return, theladycs
have the sole priviledge, du
ring the time it continued! of
making love unto the n cn,
which they may doe either by
words or lookes, as unto them
it seemeth ptoper: ami more
over, no man will be entitled
to the benefite of Clergy who
dothe refuse to accept the of
fers of a ladyc, or who dotlio
in any wise tre ate her propo
sal withe slight or contu sTly.*
A gentleman complaining to
his Boot-Maker, that a pair of
boots recently sent to him
were 100 short, and that lie
wanted , a pair to cover the
whole calf, had the following
jeu (V sprit sent to him:—
I'tu ee boot? were hever made (oi me,
They are too short by half.
1 want them long enough, d‘yc see,
To cover all the call".
Why, sir,said Last, with stifled laugh,
To alter them HI fry ;
But if they cover all the cf
They must b five feet high.
Tile following veiy expres
sive epitaph on a Shrew by
her husband, is to be found in a
churchward in Hcrtsfordshire.
We tiust that those of our fair
readers, who are troubled by a
too incontenent inclination to
make an undue use of what the
apostle Paul so well describes,
as the ‘unruly member* will
take a hint from this maiital
vengeance.
* t'.r two long year?, my dame and I
hived man and wile together ;
But now she g gone, alas, she‘s gone,
She‘s gone*—the Lord knows whither !
t hope she is not gone below,
Ihe d—l could ne’er abide her;
M bich makes me think Bhe‘s gone above,
F"r in the last great thunder
Mc hought I heard her well known voice
Spi tt l ng fho clouds asunder !’
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