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THE CRUSADES.
Extracts from the History of the Crusades, for
the recovery and possession of the Holy
Land. By Charles Mills. London, 1820.
[Continued from our last.]
Tim victors wore in their torn beseiged.
The emperour of Persia alarmed at their
success, summoned all his hosts lo scourge
the enemies of the prophet: they pitched
their tents around the fallen capital; and a
famine, more terrible even than the former,
again drove them to the extreme of Wretch
edness. Their courage was kept alive by
the certainty that Alexins himself was on
his march to relieve them, at the head of
fresh parlies of European crusaders; but of
this lust hope they were soon deprived.
Xl#>[inndenry now unnerved some of the
br-ivst minds; and if Godfrey, Raymond
and the bishop of Pijy, had not deployed
heroick fj rnness, the soldiers would have
been abandoned, and several of the chiefs
would have escaped by sea t • Europe.
Their magnanimity checked the first burst
of popular despair; superstition ctmr to
their assistance, causing their courage to
overleap all obstacles, aqd the mighty ar
maments of the Persian, which threatened
them with ihe heaviest calamity, to redound
to their security and reputation.
On the 23th of June, 1098, the celebra
ted battle of Antioch was fought, which dis
sipated the myriads of Ihe Persians, and left
the Croises free to conclude the war, by
investing the holy’ city itself.
Os the millions of funatick* who had vow
ed to rescue the sepulchre from the hands
3f th“ infidels, forty thousand only encamp
d before Jerusalem; of thee reliques 21.
500 were scldiers, 20,000 foot and 1,500
cavalry. The destruction of more than
850,000 Europeans had purchased the pos
session of Nice, 4 Autioch, and Edessa.
Jerusalem at the time of the crusade,
comprised the hills of Golgotha, Bezetha,
Moriah and Acra. The garrison consisted
of 4000 regular Egyptian troops, comman
-4 ded by isfakar, a favourite general of the
CHiipbf At the first alarm, the peasants
crowded to the city with their arms and pro
visions, and the aggregate number inclosed
within the walls could not then be legs than
20,000. The valleys and rocks on the. south
tind the east gave the city an impregnable
appearance, and the Christians resolved to
attack Ihe more accessible sides of the north
and west. The northern line was occupi
ed by Ihe two Roberts, Tancred, Godfrey,
and his brother Eustace,- and the line on
the west was concluded by the Provencals;
hut their chief, the politick Raymond, wish
ing to redeem his character and gain the
reputation of great sanctity, advanced in the
course of the siege to Mount Sion, and en
camped opposite that part of the mount
where it was supposed the Saviour of the
world had eaten his last supper with his dis
ciples. Such wa9 the impetuous valour of
their first attack, that they traversed the
harbacan, reached tjie city walls ; and had
THE MISSIONARY.
they been in posse-sion of military engines,
would certainly have taken the city They
were at length driven back. Some Geno
ese vessels landing at Jaffa, furnished them
with mechanicks, and the wood of Sichon
with materials; and they soon presented
to the besieged those terrible towers and
rams, which were destined to scale, or to
shake the sacred city to its deep founda
tions. After a penitential procession round
the walls with hymus, psalms and cries of
“ Deus id vultf they resolved upon one
more vigorous and simultaneous attack.
This is Mr. Mills’ animated account of the
final success oi the crusaders in the storm
ing of Jerusalem:
“ About noon the cause of the western
world seemed to totter on the brink of des
truction; and the most courageous thought
than Heaven bad deserted its people. At
the moment when all appe.ared lost,a knight
was seen on mount Olivet, waving his glit
tering shield as a sign to the soldiers that
they should rally and return to the charge.
Godfrey and Eustace cried to the army
that St. George was come to their succour.
The languishing spirit of euthusiasm was
revived, and the crusaders returned to the
battle with pristine animation. Fatigue &
disability vanished; the weary and the
wounded were no longer distinguishable
from the vigorous and active; the princes,
the columns of the array, led the way, and
their example awoke the most timid to gal
lant and noble daring. Nor were the wo
men to be restrained from mingling in the
fight: they were every where to be seen,
in iliese moments of peril and anxiety sup
porting and relieving their fainting frieuds.
In Ihe space of an hour the haibacan was
broken down, and Godfrey’s tower rested
against the inner wall. Changing the du
ties of a general for those of a soldier, the
duke of Lorraine fought with his how.
“ The Lore! guided his hand, and all his ar
rows pierced the enemy through and
through.” Near him were Eustace and
Baldwin, “ like two lions beside another li
on.” At ihe hour, when the Saviour of the
world had been crucified, a soldier named
Letoldus of Touinav, leaped upon the for
tifications ; his brother Engelbert followed,
and Godfrey was the third Christian who
stood a9 a conqueror on (he ramparts of Je
rusalem. The glorious ensign of the cross
streamed from the walls. Tancred and the
two Roberts burst open the gate of St. Ste
phen, and the north and north-west parts of
the city presented many openings. The
news of the success soon reached the cars
of Raymond, but instead of entering any of
the breaches, he animated his troops lo em
ulate the. valour of the French. Raymond's
tower had only been partially repaired, the
Provencals mounted the walls by ladders, &
in a short time all Jerusalem was in posses
sion cf the champions of the cross. The
Mussulmans fought for a while, then fled to
their temples, and submitted their necks to
slaughter. Such was the carnage in the
mosque of Omar, that the mutilaled carcas
ses were hurried by the torrents of blood
into the court; dissevered arms and hands
floated into the current that carried them
into contact with bodies to which they had
not belonged. Ten thousand people were
murdered in this sanctuary. It was not on
ly the lacerated and headless trunk- which
sho:ked the sight, but the figures of the vic
tors themselves, reeking with the blood of
their slaughtered enemies. No place of
refuge remained to the vanquished, o indis
criminately did the insatiable fanaticism of
the conquerors disregard alike supplication
and resistance. Some were slain, others
were thrown from the lops of the churches
and of the citadel. On entering the city,
the duke of Lorraine drew his sword and
murdered the helpless Saracens, in revenge
for the Christian blood which had been spilt
by the Moslems, & as a punishment to the
railleries and outrages to which they had
subjected the pilgrims. But after having
avenged the cause of Heaven, Godfrey did
not neglect other religious duties. He
threw aside his armour, clothed himself in
a linen mantle, and. with bare head and na
ked feet went to the church of the sepul
cre. His piety (unchristian as it may ap
pear to enlightened days) was the piety of
all the soldiers: they laid down their arms,
washed their hands and put on habiliments
of repentance. In the spirit of humility,
with contrite heart-, with tears and groans,
they walked over all those places which
the Saviour had consecrated by his pres
ence. The whole city was influenced by
one spirit; and “the clamour of thanksgiv
ing was loud enough to have reached the
stars.’’ [ To be continued .]
CHOCTAW MISSION.— EIIiot.
Jan. 1, 1821. —Mr. Kingsbury left Elliot
on business to the Choctaw Agency; and
Mr. Jewell set out for Six Towns to estab
lish a local school there, if circumstances
should render it expedient. On his way at
Mavhew, he learned that the mission fami
ly from Goshen, Mass, were probably at
Walnut Hills, and would need assistance in
getting through the wilderness to Elliot.
He therefore deferred his journey to the
Six Towns for the present.
Three men and one woman who had chil
dren at the school, came About 90 miles to
visit them, having heard unfavourable re
ports respecting the school. The result of i
GO YE urro ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EFERY CREATURE.— } un CRwr.
MOUNT ZION, (HANCOCK CO. GA.) MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1821.
the interview is thusGtated in the the jour
nal: J
Jan. 13, 1821. We had a long conver
sation with our visiters this morning, in
which we made known to them fully what
we had done, and what we meant to do,
with their children, whilst under our care;
and that we should not make any alteration
in our general mode of treatment, on ac
count of objections, or idle complaints, and
that we were greired that they should cred
it such reports respecting us. They then
freely declared, that they were perfectly
satisfied, in every respect. And as an evi
dence of their satisfaction and good wishes,
they went into the school and each address
ed the school in an animated strain. It is
worthy to be mentioned, that the woman
made a formal and urgent application to
join the school herself, that she might
learn; and premised to assist, with her
hands, in any labour she could perform.
She appears very young; and both her
countenance and manners bespeak more
than ordinary talents for improvement.
Her husband died in the U. S. army, in the
late war with the Creek Indians. She ha 9
two fine little boys in school, and she ap
peared really desirous to put herself under
our care and instruction. This was a try
ing case. But we were under the painful
necessity of rejecting her. We had rejec
ted many children, and are already much
crowded for want of room. When she
heard our answer, the tears started from
her eyes, and she left the room, and walk
ed about the yard quite agitated. She be
came composed, however, and took an af
fectionate leave of us.
On the 16th, Mr. Dyer started for the
Walnut Hills to assist the brethren; and on
Ihe 271 h, the mission keel boat was sent
with six hands, on the same errand.
March 14. —The Hooper,
Cushman, and family, arrived at Maybew
safely, and commenced their labours of
love.
Severe affliction of Mr. Smith and Family.
14. One of the men, who went in the
keel boat, returned this evening from the
Walnut Hills by land. He brought a let
ter from Mr. Byington, who has made ar
rangemeßts for having all our supplies
brought up the Yazoo by ihe steam boat
Eagle, as far as it can ascend, which will
probably be as far as the mouth of the Yalo
Busha.
This man brought the first certain intel
ligence we have received from our dear
friends on the Yazoo. The keel boat pas
sed them 11 days ago. 130 miles below El
liot. Their covenant God and Father has
seen fit, in his all wise and holy providence,
to visit brother and sister Smith with se
vere affliction. Death lias again entered
their family and torn from their fond em
brace a beloved child. This is the second
time they have been called to mourning
since they left the land of their nativity".
At Bedford, Pa. they consigned Lorenzo, a
lovely infant boy, to the grave. But their
cup of sorrow was not then full. A portion
of (he cup was reserved foranofher and se
verer trial of their trust in God, and
as further proof of their resignation to bis ho
ly will. After toiling three weeks in as
cending th: Yazoo, their eldest son, an ac
tive, healthy and amiable youth of fifteen,
who had assisted at the oar, was taken
sick. They had but an indifferent supply
of medicine, and no one on board skilled in
administering it. In these trying circum
stances, when no physician was near, no
minister of the Gospel—and but a single
Christian Brother, —and more than 100
miles by water from any habitation ofman,
did these afflicted parents 9ee their beloved
child fall a victim to disease, and waste away
before their eyes, till he sank into the cold
arms of death; and then they had to aid in
the last rites of Christian burial towards
one, who was hone of their bone, and flesh
of their flesh. The bereaved father assis
ted in digging the grave, and in depositing
the remain* of his child in the earth, on the
lonely banks of an almost unfrequented riv
er. Then peeling the bark from a large
tree standing near the spot, to mark the
place of the grave, they proceeded on their
way with their surviving children towards
the scene of their future labours. They
were supported through this trial by the
grace of God, and the abundant consolations
of his holy word.
Several days after this, Mr. Smith fell
overboard when getting the boat under
weigh, and very narrowly escaped a wa
tery grave. Divine Providence interposed
and rescued him, when there seemed
scarcely a “possibility that he could be sav
ed. Mr. Smith, family aod company reach
ed Elliot on the 20th.
Sabbath 18. This was the last Sabbath
we expected our dear brethren and sisters,
destined to the Arkansaw, to worship with
us. They have been long with ns, and are
endeared to us by many tender ties and kind
offices. They have shared with us in our
labours and trials, and sympathized with us
in our joys and sorrows. Together have
we mingled our hearts jn prayer and praise,
and together have taken sweet counsel.
We desired, once more to commemorate
together the dying love of our blessed Re- ,
deemer and Lord. It was a profitable and
interesting season. Mr. Washburn preach
ed and be with Mr. Kingsbury administered
the sacrament. Mr. Jewell’s babe was
baptized by the name of Frederick Swartz.
19. Mr. Washburn left Elliot on horse
back; and on the 21st, Mrs. W. and her
sister, with Mr. Finneyfollowed. These
went by water, having been commended to
God in prayer by Mr. Wright at the landing.
THE OSAGE MISSION FAMILY.
Extract of a letter from the Rev. B Pixley,
dated Aug. 6, 1821, Mission Boat, Osage
River , 10 miles above Chouteau’s establish
ment. -
Rev. and Dear Sir—You will join with
us in returning thanks to Almighty God, for
our safe passage thus far ; and .as we sup
pose we now are within a few miles of the
place where we shall eventually be estab
lished. Our journey has indeed been long
and tedious, but it has not on that account
been less marked with the peculiar Provi
dence of God in our favour. We have had
a flood tide against us most of the way up
this river, as well as up the Missouri—but
if it had been otherwise upon this river, we,
instead of being here, should undoubtedly
have been 200 miles below, without the
least possible hope of getting our boats up
this season. The water was never known
to be so high in this part of the country as
it has been this last spring, and we come
along just in season to improve it, though at
times it cost us much labour and patience
to encounter the flood-wood, and the rapid-
ity of the river.
An old Indian, as we have been told since
our arrival here, was asked if he could tell
why it rained so much. He replied that
the missionaries were coming, and had been
praying to the Great Spirit for rain lhat
they might get up the river. Our health,
considering the number of our family, their
circumstances, ond their fatigues, has been
remarkable. We have had no alarming
sickness, and only one slight attack of the
ague and fever.
The Indians appeared very highly pleas
ed at our arrival, and sent off an express
the next morning, (which was day before
yesterday) to assemble the chiefs, who
were gone away to their hunting grounds,
in order that we may have a talk with them
and ascertain where they would wish us to
make our establishment.
Air. Sibley, superintendent at Fort Osage,
has written us a letter to come and estab
lish ourselves at a place where he is now
building a trading house for government.
We are now within five or six miles of
the place where (he boats are necessarily
prevented from going farther by the shal
lowness of the water.
Three of the brethren have been to view
the station which Air. S. is erecting, and re
port favourably. Thus things seem to in
dicate (hat this is the time for Christian ac
tion. We may, however, be much delay
ed in collecting the Indian council, as there
are some apprehensions of a war with (he
Cherokees.
[We understand that the Domestick Mis
sionary Secretary ha 9 received a letter
from the Family, dated the 10th of Aug.
—they had arrived at their place of destin
ation.]
ABSTRACTS— Foreign and Domestick.
CHITTAGONG MISSION.
In our last, we gave some extracts of a
letter from Mr. Colman, missionary at this
station. Mr. C. was originally attached to
the Rangoon mission, but as the Burman
Emperour had refused to tolerate Christian
teachers in his dominions, Chittagong was
fixed upon as a place of retreat, in case Mr.
Judson should be compelled to abandon
Rangoon; and Mr. Colman went there for
the purpose of making the necessary ar
rangements. Chittagong is contiguous to
the Arrakanese converts —if converts they
they can b£ called, who, although they
have some very indistinct ideas of the Dei
ty, have no clear views of the Gospel plan
of salvation. Many of them believe that
Jesus Christ, the god of (he Hindoos and
the Burroans. is the same; and that the
eternal heaven of the Christian is the same
as the annihilation of the Boodhist. An
Arrakanese wished to be baptized, because
he thought it would save him from hell!
These indistinct idea 9 of the Christian sys
tem are attributed to the want of proper
instruction. Mr. Do Bruen, their first
teacher, did not understand their language,
and always spoke to them through an in
terpreter who was a boy; and Mr. Pea
cock, their next teacher, was as igno
rant of their language and religious ideas as
De Bruen, and, on account of the school he
kept, could pay them but little attention.
It is no wonder then, that jhe Arrakanese
are still deplorably ignorant. They, how
ever, ‘profess a desire for better instruction
—which, we hope, will he afforded them
by Mr. Colman, and Mr. Judson, should the
latter be compelled to leave Raugooo.
Chittagong is the name of a province and
of the chief town, and is about 200 miles
east from Calcutta. The province contains
1,200,000 inhabitants, principally Mahom
etans. The converted Arrakanese reside
about 50 miles from the town. Mayor, in
his Universal History, says, tha< an ancknl
king of Arrakan was made to believe that
he wofild not long survive bis <;oropstiooi
Price f pr. wan. or, >
™ CC ’*|£oO in advance!*
He consulted a magician on the means of
averting the impending danger, who told
him that he must make a composition of the
hearts of 0000 of his subjects, 4000 white
cows and 2000 pigeons, and that he must
also inhabit a house, tbte foundation of
which must rest upon the bones of females.
The monster complied with the advice of
the inhuman magician; and, it is said, that
the lives of 18,000 human beings were sac
rificed for the purpose of preserving his
own! [Southern Eva.ngelical Intel.
The baptized Greenlanders, almost with
out exception, are able to read and write ;
are fond of reading religious hooks in their
own language, and anxious for improve
ment. They are cheerful, talkative, and
abound in humour. They honour the hon
est and industrious missionary, and have
much respect for religion. A distinguished
Missionary says, that he has never met
with but one scoffer of religion among the
natiyes, and he was an hypochondriack.
Bost. Recorder.
When the Greenlanders were first visited
by the Europeans, they had no other word
of affirmation in their language, than “ tru
ly,”—and had an utter abhorrence for
strong liquours, so that if one of their coun
trymen was found drunk, they ridiculed him
as a foreigner ; but now they are not uufre
quently seen drunk, and heard uttering all
kinds of sailor’s oaths.
So much evil do ungodly sailors and tra
ders effect—and so much reasoo is there
lhat those who traverse the world should
be brought under the influence of Christian
principle by the efforts of the pious at home.
Said a Greenlander to a missionary who had
sent for him to reprove him seriously for
his disorderly way of life ; “ Reprove your
countiyirien—they should be wiser and bet
ter than we, but the}’ are much worse.—
When you have corrected them, then call
me to an account.” [/6.
Seven young gentlemen completed their,
course of Theological study at the Baptist
Seminary, Philadelphia, on the 25th of July
last. The several classes were fully ex
amined in the languages, higher branches
of inathematicks, natural history, kc. and
the result was highly satisfactory. Disser
tations on various subjects connected with
the ministry, were read by those who were
to take their leave of the Institution, to an
attenlive assembly. [lb.
A Young Men’s Baptist Foreign Missioq
Society has been formed in New York, and
raised in the first year SIOO for the treasu
ry of the Parent Institution. [lb.
• From the Baltimore Chronicle.
VANITY.
The account of Bonaparte’s death is con
firmed—Gifford, in his excellent version of
the Satires of Juvenal, has some lines
strongly bearing on this point :
“ Produce the urn that Hannibal contains,
And weigh the mighty dust that yet remain*.
And is this all ?”
What an awful satire is this on human
ambition! Look at this lump of earth!
this mouldering corpse, offensive both to
the sighi, the scent and the loueb. “And
is tbis all” of Bonaparte? Is this the brow,
this cold, cheerless and bending simicircie,
that once appalled the whole continent of
Europe by its frowns? Is tbis heavy, life
less, mouldering hand, the same that once
distributed crowns and sceptres? Is this
dull and motionless eye the same (hat fired
armies with enthusiasm, and before which
victory herself seemed to kneel in homage?
Is this the form, now dragged along, cold
and insensible, exposed lo vulgar gaze, that
once seemed almost a being of another
world, who dwelt for a season among us to
receive the worship of man ? How trifling
is human grandeur, how fugitive human
greatness ! Yet those locks on that cold
and insensible head, will not be allowed
the common privilege of dust; they will be
made into rings and necklaces, and breast
pins, and surrounded with diamonds, to
adorn the fingers or the bosoms of surviv
ing idolatry. How littie will be known of
the last moments of the ex-emperour of
France ! Whatever accounts are publish
ed in England will he discredited in France;
and whatever are published in France, will
in England receive the same discredit. If
all his papers are at the moment of his
death sealpd up and deposited in the hands
nfthe British ministry, the admirers of Bo
naparte will denounce them as so many
forgeries. There will be statement and
counter-statement, crimination, and re-crim
ination, without end. The humble inqui
rer aftpr truth will he confounded and
amazed and give up his researches in dis
gust. We shall despair to see a fair and
impartial biography of Bonaparte. He
must be resigned over to another age. In
the hands of his friendly and of his hostile
biographers, an angel of light and a demon
of darkness will be seen contending which
shall hear off the character of Bonaparte.
Another generation tv ill know more about
(he man than ourselves. Perhaps the dead
body of this hero may be deposited next to
that of Admiral Nelson. Look at these
two little hillocks, six feet in leogtb, and
then (ell us what it human jjlory !
