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AT SULKEAH.
From th* Calcutta Journal of Du. SG.
Suttees,* o often and so justly deprecated
y y et *ry Christian spectator as disgraceful
* tolndiS, are stilt unfortunately oi no un
common occurrence.
A rite of this kind which took place at
Sulkcahlast Thursday in the person ot a
vpung Hindoo Female, immolated on the
pile as her deceased husband, ncro
~ been witnessed, not merely to
arouse heart-rending sympathies, but most
unequivocally to exemplify a case of he
cruellest murder. I was informed tha the
deceased had fallen a victim to Cholera,
a • <l. niiTiif * tllltl
accraaru utiu - - .
some tune during the preceding night; nod
hi. infatuated widow determining to be
come a Suttee.fhe corpse had been brought
some mile* from the intenour to mix in
ashes with it? living partner by the river ?
side. This aeal, by the bye, appeared
rather extraordinary! a* all *be parties
concerned were of very inferiour casts.—- )
The devotee wai a good looking woman ot
seventeen or eighteen years of age, and on
this occasion 11s many others,, regardless of
maternal feMmgs, h id left an infant child at
home to come to the awful pile. Then
first care on arrival, about 9 o’clock in the .
s Horning, was to take measures to procure
■ } C o-al authority for this pious sacrifice, am)
delay occurred iu consequence, an
opportunitv was offered to several F ‘.ronr
an Gentlem who were attracted to the
spot to endeavour, if possible, to prevail on
her to relinquish her rash design ; but her.
mind appeared already so fertile ,1 with re- j
ligioos bigotry, so bewildered and occupied j
with the phantom of a terrified ami diner-i
de.red imagination, that no persuasion j
could prevail, because none, however for
cible, cc.dd-bs understood. The wring
emotions of her scat bwt created such a
degree of frenzy or madness that she a!-
*"1 j ♦ rr tinnH’fr wnrlil
ready seemed to belong to another world
Yet when a gentleman present observed to
her that in giving her file to he destroyed,
she was not only acting contrary to the
will of God, : but also doing an injury to si*.
cietv by leaving her child unprotected, she
erinced the most poignant anguish that ca;V
possibly be conceived. Wiih a look of
wild and pitiable distraction she said,
“ Speak no.t of my child—Why do you
wound my bosom with the idea ? Then re
lapsing into superstitious ravings, she added,
But that child no longer belongs to me—
i am not its mother, or wherefore did ! suf
fer thi death four times befire at this age ; !
shall I not complete my immortality ; and i,
know that I am doomed to crimination 1
twice again after regeneration”—so pow
erful is bigotry over the noblest affections
of nature !
Amidst the scene of sorrow and misery,
it may not be aini-s to glance-tor a moment
at the behaviour of the surrounding mob.
V Here nothing but merriment, laughter and
lobscenity, abounded in all direction. Not
Li man oi woman amongst them seemed to
(have a heart to pity, or understanding to
Judge. One sally of wit set the whole ait
lsence a laughing for half an hour, and
fcave occasion to many more good jokes.
’ p Come on, (cried a wag,)ye women of Sul
/keah, hs many as are fond of lire and hus
/-bands, now is your time to hug and to bum'’
’ —another on the importunity of the unfor
tunate wretch who was the subject of their
merriment, to he put out of misery as
quickly as possible, tauntingly replied,
11 Don't be impatieitf, my dear, you will be
among the faggots soon enough.'’ Indeed,
so far was any religious solemnity from be
ing attached to the • cca.-iou. that no levity,,
confusion am] ioilrr... *■* twin
g-eater than were exhibited in the conduct:
of both Hindoo and Mussulman spectators. ]
At length about 6 o’clock, it was announ--.
(that the sanction of the magistrate had
ved. The writer of this article now a
i approached the devotee, & endeavour
by exciting a love of life, to induce her
mounce berintenfion. lie told her that
.> had any fear of future poverty or dis
<, all the gentlemeu present pledged
nselves to provide comfortably for her,
that they would immediately give her
rs; I -had noticed with some hope
gradual decay of her resolution as time
sed. and I was sanguine in believing
might be recovered. Still to the very
’ edge of the pile, she was deaf to all entrea
ty. J-|er last words however, betrayed
arotfh-secret vascillation. She sard, “ How
can 1 go back ?” The expression, with the
look and action which accompanied it, im-!
mediately struck me as importing, “ how j
can I suffer the shame and reproach of such
impiety.” The usual Poojah being now
performed, she was hurried to her doom;
and employing the remaining moments of
life in blessing her family, and tenderly re
commending her child to the care of her
rnother-in-law, she stepped upon the pile.
A scene ensued which I shall never re
collect but with horrourand indignation.
The devotee’s father-in-law, who, through
out the occasion had shown the most exe
crable anxiety to clo-e the business, now
came forward with a thick rope to tie her
down ; so that if any attempt was made to
escape, it should prove unavailable.; but
by the interference of Mr. , he was
frustrated in his design. Determined, how
ever, not to be disappointed if possible, be
next produced two long Bamboo poles, and
would have fastened these across the pile,
but being again prevented, he had recourse
to a more infallible expedient, to which it
was not onr province to m<ike any objec
tion. He heaped such an unusual weight
of heavy logs at and faggots on the bodies, as
effectually rendered the living as incapa
ble us the dead, from ever rising beneath
their pressure. In this stage of the ceremo
ny some of the mob cried out, “ koon,koonj
in Petitions tragedy would SfKi IjJJ
formed behind the curtain. As soon a* th
action of the fire caught let bod£ he
slriiggHngs of this unhappy victim in thy
devouring element, would have melted %j
heart formeJ of adamnnt. ... •* [
Who, within the pale of Cb . r ”‘j"° l £’ j
could view this scene without sighimg I
the depravity ofhoman nature—who leav ,
it without laineuting that practices so aborn- j
inable should be tolerated.
Ht'RKar.u.
FROM TUI RBT.I DIST MXOAJtsr.
ACCOUNT OF THE workof god in
NASHVILLE DISTKIOT. ,
Nashville Ilistrict, pet. 15th, Rt-t).
Dear Brethren—l wou'd communicate
the intelligence coataioe.l *.i the tollowing
letter to one of our Bishop ß , if I knew
where a letter could read* him in safety :
hut as afflictions have prevented their con
templated route through this country, I
!takr the privilege of making the communi
cation to you, tf,at you may, ifynjj'think
proper, give st a place in our Magazine,
and by that means, let the lovers of Jesus
know what God is doing far us in Tennes
see.
In the opening of last siring, we witness
ed something more tinm an ordinary atten
tion to the ministry of'the word, especially
in those parts of Nashvi’ e and Lebanon
circuits, which lay adj* inirtg- There were
frequent awakenings and conversions in
other parts of the district; but this seemed
lobe the point where ibe prospect of the
work was the mast promising. On Satur-
J day the 21th of June, sfyiai-terly-M.-cting
j commenced at Ross’ Meeting-House, Nash
! ville circuit, Wilson cwnty The preach
iorsfrom Lebanon circuit attended with u,
together with many ot-tho mein hers from
both circuits. They hgtiogit the tire wiik
inem The meeting continueduntil Tues
day, and the Lord crowned it with seven
teen converts. Thus far the work pm-
grossed, rather silently indeed, but very
sweetly ;.and during one quarter in Leba
non circuit, upwards of two hundred were
added to the church, niLabout one -hundred
souls converted at the regular circuit ap
pointments. The expectations of the peo-
Iple were up. Zion travelled. The pro-
I lessors were sending their prayers to hea
! ven, and the general attention of the peo
j pie, seemed to be turned toward our ap
; preaching Camp-meeting, which commenc
ieJ on Friday, July 14th, at Center-uieet
: ing-house, in Wilson county. Thursday
j was a day of incessant rain, and the pros
-1 pect seemed very unpromising: But on
Friday morning, the material sun arose
without a cloud to obstruct his cheering
rays. All natdre seemed to smile, and eve
ry thing was calculated to,inspire the hu
man mind, and call forth its energies in
praise to God. The people began to col- j
lect very early, and came in crowds from *
every direction. The Camp-ground had !
been considerably enlarged ; but still we |
had to double the lines of the tents. Thir
ty-three preachers, and 1 think not iess
than five thousand people, attended this
meeting.
Divine service commenced on Friday at
2 o’clock. After a sermon was delivered,
the order of the meeting was published,
and an invitation given to the mourners to
come into the altar;* about thirty came
forward, and before sun-set, four of them
professed conversion. At candle-light we
had another sermon, the mourners were
again invited into the altar, about fifty
were supposed to be on their knees when
we engaged in prayer for them, and hefc>r
n°xt nnu riur*. “f-vbent found the bles
sing. On Saturday moru!nK-wt.Jui-riia a
sermon was delivered, and the altar Was
nearly filled with mourners. We had
preaching at eight, eleven, and three o’-
clock, hut the work was too great to admit
of preaching at candle-light; we had the
trumpet blown according to the order of
the meeting, for the purpose of having a
sermon delivered ; but just at thaj moment
two or three struggled into liberty and
rose praising God, while several- others
sunk under the power of conviction. We
saw it was impossible for the people to hear
preaching, so we declined-if, and consented
that God should work bis own way, and
thirty-one souls professed to find peace with
God during the day and night. On Sabbath
we had preaching at sun rise, at eight, ten,
and eleven o’clock. The work was o-reat
Jehovah was in Camp. We did not attempt
to preach in the afternoon, or at night.
Ihe convictions and conversions were al
mo.-.t perpetual; and on Monday rnornin- it
was estimated there were eighly-six souls
WHO professed to get converted through the
preceding day and night. At seven o’clock
i Mon,sa y m °rning, the ordinance of bap
-1 tism was administered to seven aduits, and
twenty-five children ; a divine power rest
ied upon os, and the Lord was present to
sanction the ordinance in which we are
caded by his name. The sacrament of the
I Lord s Supper was then administered to
several hundred communicants. It was a
j time of sweet communion with each other
and with our Lord. We closed the admin
istration of the ordinance with a sermon,
mu ® n . ,T UeS<,ay ,he roeeting ended.
I hrough Monday, Monday night, ami Toes
day, until the close of the meeting, fiftv
; mght professed to find the Lord. About
lorty mourners were on their knees, when
! * What we call an altar at Camp-meelinir, is a
place immediately in front of the stag,:, from
twenty to thirty feet square, inclosed with hand
rails, with a door at each corner. This is fur
nished with seats, and the ground covered with
pl nce clean and com
fortable, for the purpose of kneeling, in lime of
prayer, but mourners, and those who la
bour with them, are permitted to get within it
the men on one lide, and the women on tfce oth
ground, and othefi on tl'*' r ‘ va y hoina ;
making mall two lundivd and two, who
professed faith in the. Jesus, On
Tuesday inoyning wi opeal a drfbr lor the
admission of mem tuts, m4i ou 4 fctplred
and eleven joint'd fie Chdjch, sixty ol
i whom‘Were young n*%i. .
| Ido not rememheedhat saw more ;
agreeable weather iar la meeting iff trty :
j life; aud such was tl c>nfiual ‘and glori-,
| ous display of divine sowfcr, that the altar,
* was never empty of mourners Irom. the i
I lime they were fit?! it, pntil
! the nseetmg ended, except when they ,tv
carried out that ve nught\adinipistgr -the
| ordinances* ofhaptlftn pnd the lord's ?UDy
| per ; neither did th* people alt leave the
j stage, day or night, /rfftn the beginning to
the end of the meetipg. ’-Hie cries apd
j groans for mercy aoaoq# tlid distressed
were perpetualthe spoils offthe young
converts and old professors weft almost
without intermission; argl socji a k-nse of
the divine presence prevailed, that ftseeni-
ed to impose a sojeinf <pve upon the.,peo
ple as they entered the encampment, so
that we had no iiiterriijjiifyi, nor a single in
stance of misbehaviour worth not icing during}
the meeting. An agecj sjmer was heard trt
say, “ He never haiLseefithe like before, —
God had sanctified the ground, and none
could walk upon it withjut feeling awful.”
No opposition, uor a tingle remark was
heard ngai(tt the realty of the work.
Some who had once besti opposers of reli
gion, acknowledged t!u| believed this work
to he genuine. Whej the congregation
was addressed on Tuesday, a request was
made that all, noton! those who had ob
tained religion, but those also who intend
ed to seek it in good e.rncst, should get on
their knees anff join ir pfayer ; audit was
‘remarked that there vas not an individual
present who vlid not drop on his knees,
This t*iw followed by afuru'**) cry former*
cy throughout the congregation. We could
no longer got the mourners into th.e altar,
it was altar all over the Camp-ground.
When the meeting was drawing to a close,
a young man who had obtained religion,
stood upon one of the seats, and looking
over the congregation, exclaimed, u O Lord
must h .iTift l- ive these people,
and leave this place !’’ This was repeated
three times with an ejapha-as that seemed
to penetrate every heart, ns though it was
the language of each individual present.
1 have been a little more particular jn
giving an exact account of this meeting,
because it is considered as being the com
mencement of the greatest work that ever
was seen in the western country. The
holy afflatus was felt like an electrical
shock, in tile surrounding counties, and its
iiiflneuee experienced more than one hun
dred miles in less than a week. The Rev..
Edward Morris, John McGee, John Page,
and Charles Ledbetter, who have been in
struments in planting the gospel in differ
ent parts of the United States, and are
known by many of the old Methodists, were
at this meeting, and pronounced it to be
the greatest time they had ever seen.
Onr camp-meeting * for Cany Fork Cir
cuit commenced on Friday, July 21st, at
Goudbope, in Warren Cos. This, upon the
whole, was a great and food time. The
country is but thinly in habited, and our
congregation was comparatively small,
though larger than usual at that place-
We had sixty-eight converts, and thirty-one
joined society. Another Camp-Meeting
was held at the same time near Shelby ville
by the Presbyterians, and Methodists joint
ly. This was the tim of the anniversary
of their “ Bible Society. r The Lord fa
voured them with his pce'enery nHout
seventy’ professed faith iri Christ, amongst
whom were some of thft students belonging
to the Academy.
VVe have had a gracieoVwork in Duck
river circuit. The Quarterly meeting,
June 10th, at the Big-spring meeting house
in Maury county, was turned into a little
camp-ineeting. It war anew place, an*
but few people attended ; however the
Lord was with us and gave ns twenty-six
converts. Our regular camp-meeting for
this circuit commencdd on Friday, July
28th, at Zion, in Maury county, and ended
on Tuesday following. Here the Lord
gave us eighty-two converts, and sixty-four
joined the Church. 1 baptized twenty
seven children and sixteen adults, and ad
ministered the Lord’s Supper to upwards
of four hundred communicants.
Our Camp-meeting for Bedford circuit
on Thursday, August 3d. at Salem in
Bedford county, and ended the Tuesday fol
lowing. This was among the greatest mee
tings 1 ever saw. The work, commenced
with the commencement of the meeting,
and continued without intermission day and
night. On Saturday afternoon we had to
fix a second stand, in another part of the
Camp-ground, it being impossible to preach
at the stage already built, when the mourn
ers were collected in the altar. On Sab
bath morning at eight o’clock we had a
sermon delivered at the lower stage, after
which it was absolutely impossible to preach
within the limits of the encampment any
more that day ; such were the cries of the
distressed and shouts of the young converts,
nothing else could be heard It was there
fore reported to the people, ’we would
preach in a grove about three hundred
yards distant; one of the pulpits being move
able, was taken up and carried to the place,
and the people not engaged in the encamp
ment attended. Here we-preached at 11,
and three o’clock ; and here the arrows of
conviction fastened in the hearts of many
sinners, and when wounded they would im
mediately fly to the Camp-ground, as to a
grand hospital, for there God was healing
the sin sick souls, and bringing the dead to;
life. On Monday morning I baptized thirty
one children and twenty adults, and admin
istered the Lord’s Supper to four hundred
and eighty Two hundred
ithis meetioftWl oau fcmdreFiindlbity
eight joneif.43dt.tys v One of the on of
Belial cauw so |j,is meeting, and fixed his
tent at n cenveiweot distance from the en
! campmfnt, whore h^it,tended ic enjoy him
self, with -his wicked cotfenanions; hut as lie
did not c brae until Fridfly,. o mo of them
; came betore him, nd got religion, and as
others came, they were under cun
viction, and left him, until, he said, he had
lost even his Class-Lender. On Saturday
e vening about half an Lour after the cmi-
Aliwv -vi'riemi liahinff up, ha came walking
j down through the Camp-ground, and stop
where I Ivappenedtobe standing;
at Unit juument the work was going on most
yleitously at both singes, and in at least
twenty tents; niui.qftfr turning and looking
; all ryutid for some pigment? u Well, said
. Lev. if tlys i*not enqugli to fret hell, I’ll be
ho wafsLy piiroelf, we pitied liirn.
but did nothing with hiu), as we saw he
: could do us fin harm.
j An extra held in Leb
| anon circuit,at Ebenezer, n Wilson county,
commencing August Iftth, and ended the
Tuesday following. This i? a place where
Camp-meetings havff been held for many
y.eaiA; but this meefing exceeded all the
rest; the people cnuic praying and believ
ing, and God was with them. One hundred
and eighty-two professed to he converted,
and one hundred and twenty-five joined
society. The Kev. Valentine Cook attended
I his meeting, and preoched on the subject
of baptism with uncommou power and great
usefulness. The sermon was much blest,
to the people.
The Camp-meeting for Richland circuit
commenced August 2§th, at Pisgah, in Giles
county, and ended the.. Tuesday following.
I This is a place whichf?od has highly hon
j on red with signal displays of his priver on
former occasions. The people c.’.tie out)
expecting to see gracious times, a \t <hey j
nsl disappointed. r *
seventy-two converts, and sixty-r ve joined
society.
The Camp-meeting for Nashville circuit
commenced September Bth, at Mount Nebo
in Williamson county, and ended the Tues
day following. Here we had to contend
! with strong prejudices against Methodism,!
nevertheless, God was with us; the worki
of conviction was general, and deep in the 1
hearts of the people, and we had some of*
the most distinguished and bright conver
sions 1 ever saw. According to the returns
made, ninety-two* professed to be conver
ted, and ninety-six joined society.
Our Camp-meeting for Stones-Yiver cir
cuit commenced on Thursday Sept. 21st. atj
Windrows Meeting-House in Rutherford
‘county, and ended the Tuesday following.
| Here, 1 may say, the faith of the Christians
’ rose to i£? proper point, and became the full
persuasion o f the truth of God's promise , and
the confident expectation that He zoou/d be
■mth us. Many of the young converts from
the other Camp-meeting attended, and num
bers under conviction, came for the express
purpose of getting their souls converted.
The camp ground was to twice
its former size, and yet fully one third of
i the tents were outside of the lines. Two
stages were erected and seats made for the
accommodation o* two congregations, with
in the lines of the encampment, and ano
! ther some distance on the outside. Altho’
: Thursday and Friday were days of almost
incessant rain, the people appeared to be
entirely regardless of it; they came in their
carriages, fixed their tents, and collected
round the stage to hear preaching with as
much attcnlion as if there was no rain fall
ing. The time was glorious beyond de
scription ! It is impossible for rtie to give
an account of particulars. , Three hundred
I and fifty professed conversion, and two
) hundred and two joined society.! On Mon
day morning I baptized twenty-five children
; and fifty-six adults, arid administered the
Lord’s Supper to nearly six hundred coin
! municants. Murfnet-sborough, the county
j town, and at present the seat of govern
i tnenl in this state, shared largely in the
| benefits of this meeting. We have raised
; a society there of more than forty mem
j hers, and the prospect of an increase is ve
! ry promising.
On comparing the numbers returned at
Conference with the former numbers, 1
1 find that we have a nett increase of eigh
i teen hundred and twenty members in the
i district, and in order to have a. correct
idea of the work, it must be recollected,
j that besides the deaths and expulsions, at
least five hundred members have emigrated
from this district, to Missouri, Alabama and
Jackson’s purchase over Tennessee river,
. in the course of the past year.
| The character of this revival is the least
mixed with what is called irregularities or
’ extravagancies of any that I ever saw.—
: We have had nothing of what is called the
jirks or dance among us. The work of con
j viction in the hearts of sinners has been
regular, powerful and deep ; their conver
j s i°n °r deliverance from sin and guilt clear
j and bright, and their rejoicings scriptural
and rational. I think fully half of those
: who have been the subjects of the work are
young men, and heads of families ; many of
them the most respectable in the country,
men of education, men of talents. We an
ticipate help and usefulripsa from some of
>-them,inthe Lord’s vineyard. Upon the
whole, it is the greatest work, th most
* It is evident, there must have fycensomc neg
lect or mistake in this instance, as the number of
convert* appears to be less than the number added
to the Church. Our method of ascertaining the
number oi converts at ourCamp-ineetings, is, two
men *re appointed to go round to the tents every
morning to make particular inquiry at each tent,
and set down flic number converted through the
preceding day and night.
■ t When we open a door for the admission of
members, they are invited to take their seats in
the altar; their names are then taken down, to
gether with the names of the places where they
wish-to meet in class ; and they are instructed to
attend, according to rule an J order.
* 1
SomHuces seems lil;..
tfcjOttrT i!:a<Attel ; religion moot; iv 11 !i Very
little that cHrße called opposition; and
many who neither profess, nor Appear to
have any desire to get religion theujselve*
manifest an uncommon degree of solicitude
that others should obtain it, and express a
high satisfaction at seeing the work pros
per. May the Lord continue to pour out
bis spirit, and may the hallowed lire spread
until all the inhabitants of the earth shall
rcjoico-m his salvation. To God he all the
glory. Pray lor us, dear brethren, that
this year may be as the pass, and much
more abundant. We look fur it and ex
pect it. The district is well supplied with
preachers, men oftalent3,mpn of zeal, am!
in the spirit of the work. May the Lord
bless lfteir labours.
1 remain as ever, your very sincere bro
ther in Christ, T. L. DOUGLASS.
From the Nciv York Spectator, May 8.
METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Last evening the second anniversary of
the Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis
copal Church was celebrated in the meeting
house in John street.
At 7 o’clock the Rev. Bishop Georgs,
one of the Vide Presidents, took the chair
and commenced the exercises, by reading a
pkrt of the 10th chapter of the Gospel of
St. Matthew.
The Report was read by the Rev. JoshrY
Soule It was gratifying to the friends of
the Missionary cause (otJearn from thi9 in
teresting document, that although this So
ciety is still in its infancy, much good has
resulted from its labours, particularly
among the VVyandott tribe of Indians; ma
ny of whom, under the instrumentality of
Methodist Missionaries, have forsaken Ihe
worship of gods made by their, own han£,
i and are now worshipping thg only living
God- .Missionrries h ■■■ been
appointee to labour among the Choctaws;
and it is intended to send more aid to the
Wyaudotts.
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE
in South Carolina have resolved itself into
! a Missionary ‘Society Auxiliary to the
i•• Methodist Missionary Society of
1 America.” Every member oi - the Con
| lererice present at the annual meeting in
January last, became a subscriber. At the
same time, they determined on new efforts
to supply the desliiute within their bounds
with preaching, and to select a suitable site
for a missionary station among the Choctaw
| Indians. To meet the expense incuired
| by carrying these plans into operation, it is
proposed that in each of the societies con
nected with the conference, a weekly cent
collection be made and appropriated to
these objects, distinct from all other collec
tions. It is calculated that ten or fifteen
i thousand dollars may be annually raised in
; this way from this conference alone, and it
*s to be placed entirely at the disposal of the
bishops. Host. Recorder.
THE SLAVE TRADE
!is stated at present (o be confined to the
j Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch and French.
. It were to be wished there were no Ameri
cans engaged in it. Portugal is the only
i Christian nation that has not agreed to abol
\ ish thri inhuman tratfick—and even she, has
, united in it, as immoral, inhuman, and un
just !—Where, it might be asked, is the pot
I icy of persevering in a system that confes
sedly involves immorality, inhumanity, and
injustice? [76.
From the Metropolitan.
“ Lord what is man that thou art mindful
of him?” Alas! alas! what is he indeed?
If thou must needs know, reader, turn thy
steps to the grave-yard, and there behold
him in all his loathsome nothingness. The
remains of the dead should indeed be sa
i cred, but the necessity that exists in the
present case for disturbing them, affords
us a lesson to which it well becomes us to
attend. There is not a skull rudely tom
up from its prison house by the unfeeling
spadesman, that has not been like ours full
of ethereal spirit, shapeless and ghastly as
it may now appear ! Yes, in those
: cells luxurious fancy must have reigned, or
u wisdom held her empire /” from those
sockets which now shew forth horrid emp
tiness, eyes once beamed “ that kindled in
love,” and wept for the departure of those
whom they themselves have followed.
Perhaps the. owner may have been as beau
tiful and bright as Hebe in all her fresh
ness, and honouiedanc! courted in life; but 1
in death—she is shrunk from, as ah object
so horribly appalling, (hat every sense is
disgusted, and we turn from her with these
agonizing reflections—“ to this completion
must ®e all come at last.’’’ Pilgrim, Ihy so
journ here is short—lhy life is beset with
pain, peril and trial; make it thy duty,
then, iij thy pilgrimage, to do all the good
thou cans! —banish from thy heart thy ba
ser passions, and above all place thy reli
ance on him who is able to lift thee froirV
the loathsomeness thou hast just viewed, w
glory unspeakable.
PRIDE
Is as lorn] a beggar as want, and a great
deal more saucy. When you have bought
one line thing, you must buy ten more, that
your appearance may be alfeofa piece; but
poor Dick says, ‘it is easier to supnress (he
first desire than to satisfy all that follow it ; r
and it is as truly folly for the poor to ape
t„be rich, as for the frog to swell, in order
to equal the ox.
Vessels large may venture more,
But little boats should keep near shore.
An act by which we make one friend,
and one enemy, is a losing game, because
revenge is a much stronger principle than
gratitude.
