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FOR TIIE MISSIONARY.
MY GUEST.
He was n young gentleman from Inver
ness, in Scotland. He had just left his na
tive country, a country where learning is
more generally diffused among all classes
than in any other ; and though it cannot
boast of many eloquent preachers, yet it can
justly boast of many evangelical, orthodox
end profound divines—and having obtained
letters for several respectable characters,
had come to visit this our beloved country.
How the name of soobcure and useless an
individual as 1 am, should be known to any
of his countrymen I cannot conjecture ; but
so it was, he presented a letter recommend
ing him to my attention, and I must say I
consider myself highly honoured by the au
thor of it, and highly gratified by the short
visit of him who bore it. He had been ed
ucated in bis native town, and was perfect
ly acquainted with the English language,
though sometimes he would amuse me with
the Scotch. He arrived at my cabin on
Thursday Ijefore the Christmas holy-days,
(which, by the by, are too long, and are
converted to the most base uses) just as the
sun was bidding us good night ; and was
welcomed to my family and table with that
friendship and hospitality for which we
Georgians are celebrated far from home.
Onr first visit was to see our County
Town. The spire of the court-house at
tracted our notice nearly a mile distant in
a straight line, .though we had to travel a
jpjle and a half in pursuing the serpentine
‘fteanderbog of the road. “ Yon Ameri
cans are great admirers of Shenstone’s
scenery,”* he remarked, os we were wind
: iog our way around the trees which the
hoarse breath of Boreas had prostrated
across the original path, but which was so
bidden by the bushes which had thickened
around them, that the negligence of our
’ overseers was converted into their taste for
elegance. 44 Hogarth’s line of beauty !
Faith, this is fine be continued. I bit
my lip s , and rejoiced that the true cause of
* Shenstone, the Poet, had a moft beautiful
country seat at Leasows, in fcngland, where
: his walks were in undulating curses, so constitu
; ted that now his domain would meet the eye, now
be intercepted by his shrubbery, and it became
! the resort of the polite and wealthy. His plan
has been adopted by gentlemen of taste in every j
1 country. — Kd,s,
THE MISSIONARY.
our windings had not been discovered by
the stranger.
A prodigious number of people were as
sembled about the court-house, and as wc
drew near, their attention appeared to be
rivetted on some object. “ This must be. a
pious people,” be observed, 44 at their de
votions so early 1 What, the house cannot
hold them! Hark,” said he, and involunta
rily drew his rein to stop bis horse— 44 Don’t
you hear the preacher’s voice ? Now I shall
have a specimen of your pulpit eloquence.
Oratory must flourish in such a soil, and un
der a government so free as this.” He had
already conceived, from the fired attention
of the audience, a most skillful master of the
human heart, at work with them—now
opening to their vision all the beauties of
heaven—now the smoke, the fire, the chains
of hell—beckoning the humble Christian to
the former, and hurling the proud infidel
into the latter. But to his sad disappoint
ment, when we came opposite, the multi
tude were so engaged that one passed un
noticed. And what do you reckon, Messrs.
Printers, so fastened lh“ir attention ? Why,
they were looking at two chickens fighting l
We tied our horses and walked up to the
former site of the church, which some 20
years ago had been reared by the exertions
of a pious lady who now, I trust, worships
in 11 a temple not made with hands,” but
which at her departure was left without
weather-boarding, and itsooD crumbled be
fore the hand of time. 1 excused the mat
ter as well as 1 could, telling him that there
was a church quite near in the country, to
prevent his getting an idea that our town
people thought themselves good enough
for heaven, without attending on those
means which God designs to make them so.
The court-house was formed of the finest
and most durable materials, as were also
many of the dwelling houses, and I could
not but cal! to mind the lamentation of Hag
gai—” Is it time for you, 0 ye, to dwell in
your ceiled houses , and this house be waste.”
Though he did not intend to offend me by
casting any reflections on my native state,
he modestly inquired, u Is a bouse for jus
tice more important, than a house for God ?
And will there be much regard to justice in
a people which have no regard for religion ?
Force and power, rather than justice, sway
the heathen ”
We passed over the grave-yard, but he
, did not discover it, so overgrown was the
spot with broom and bushes. Here were de
posited the remains of the Hon Mr. ■,
who had done so much for his country both
in war and in peace ; but not a solitary
stone informs the traveller where he sleeps!
Though I am a downright pnemy to wars,
yet 1 wish, that should they be called to
defend their country as we were in the rev
olutionary struggle, our youth might imbibe
the spirit of my favourite poet:
Give me the death of those
Who for their country die ;
AndO! be mine like their repose,
When cold and low they lie.
On Saturday I amused my guest with the
small library left me by mv father; but
which, on account of the expenses of im
portation has not been much enlarged.
The Sabbath sun was obscured by a cloud,
and portended rain. A drove of horses
came along as he was washing him, and he
asked, 44 have you no Sabbath in America ?”
You know every one has a little pride about
his own state, and I charged this violation
of the Sabbath upon those coarse Tennes
seans ; but my pride met with a suitable
mortification soon after. We had knelt
around our family altar, and my guest wa9
thanking the God of the universe for his
protection, begging a forgiveness of our
sios, and invoking the guidance of his Spir
it, that we might be “ in the Spirit on the
Lord’s day,” when we were interrupted by
a voice—“ Have ye any corn and fodder to
sell?” For my own part, 1 was accustomed
to hear these things; but it was not so with
the foreigner—he seemed to break forth in
a strain of impassioned importunity with
the Lord for ungodly Sabbath breakers, so
that the stiffness of the wagonner’s muscles
was re taxed, and he was found upon his face,
bathed in tears, ami almost senseless. He
asked a thousand pardons for his unholy in
trusion, and whether there will be a thor
ough conversion in him or not, we cannot
tell; we hope, however, that the serious
impression made on bis mind will not be
like the evening cloud nor morning dew-
GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE.—} moot Christ.
MOUNT ZION, (HANCOCK CO. GA) MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1822.
We designed to hear Parson R— that
day as it was not the regular Sabbath for
meeting in our neighbourhood. His meet
ing-house is ten miles distant, aod as we
might be late home, we took a little snack
in our pockets. We had rode about half
the distance, when we heard several voices
in earnest conversation—“ I’ll [you
would not wish me to present their oaths to
your readers] if he can’t beat any chicken
in the governmentand presently we dis
covered two negroes and two while men,
each riding one horse and leading another,
and each with a chicken under his arm! I
passed by them, dressed in my homespun
clothes, and on my little nag, without re
ceiving any compliment except a coarse
“ How are ye ?”—but my guest, who was
better clad, and on a more valuable horse,
was accosted with, “ How’ll you trade crit
turs ?” He answered in an angry tone, “ I
hae na cratars about me—if ye hae, kape
your distance.” A volley of scurrility and
abuse was vomited at him for many yards ;
but he expected nothing better from pupils
who had learned their lessons in a school,
the insignia of which they carried under
their arms. I could hardly retain my coun
tenance when I discovered the happy pun
he had unintentionally put upon the word
creature, as if they alluded to those multipedes
which sometimes crawl about such charac
ters as those who assaulted him.
Mr. R. preached; and after an interim
of a few minutes, Mr. G. followed—the
texts of each, with a skeleton of their ser
mons, and some remarks of my guest, I
v/ill endeavour to give you when I have
more leisure. I observed several young
gentlemen, (no, I mistake, ill-bred fellows]
smoking ; and heard them laugh and talk
during the delivery of tolh discourses; —
others kept going out and returning, and
servants were bringing in water ; which
gave us more the appearance of the traders
] whom our Saviour drove out of the temple,
than that of Christians who “ worship” a
God of order “ in pirit and in truth.”
44 Who is that little man with a grey coat,
i and who is that tall man yonder ?” said my
guest, pointing his finger first to ’Squire —,
i and then to our former Senator, Mr. —*
as we were mounting our horses to return
home. When I had answered him, he ask
ed, if “ ministers of justice violate the laws
which they are commissioned to protect ?”
44 The other,” said he, “ was making a bar
gain to get his cotton hauled—was paying
| money—contracting for Tennessee hogs,
Sic. &c.” while 1 was at the spring during
I intermission. The Old Book says, “ When
the righteous are in authority the people
| rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule
the people mourn.’” He then described
the conversation of several members of the
church, which he had overheard ; but it
betrayed so many traits of my own charac
ter, that I am ashamed to mention them—
one, however, 1 will name, and for ivbicb
I can offer no excuse, though I am verily
guilty of it.— It is the talking on the Sab
bath about my crops, and prices, aod plans;
but I get into it imperceptibly when it is
made the topick by those who who sit next
me ; yet it smites my conscience, and I car
ry the blow 9ome days.
Seeing we were a distance from home,Mr.
—, an officer in the church, asked us to his
house; as the afternoon was cold and unlike
ly, we accepted the invitation. When seat
ed, my guest began to make some observa
tions in relation to the solemnity and fer
vour of spirit manifested by Parson R—,
when up rode a boy on a well-looking horse.
“ There,” broke out our host, “ is a horse
l paid two hundred dollars for; there is not
a smarter beast in the government—l take
great pains with my horses,” and then went
on in a long dissertation upon the best
means of raising cattle, growing cotton, &c.
1 cannot say with Paul, “ that after the
most straitest sect of our religion, I live a
Pharisee no, Messrs. Printers, lam a
poor, imperfect, peccable creature; and
were it not for preserving grace, I should
wound the cause of my Blessed Master eve
ry day ; but yet I think we ought to pay
some attention to our conversation and
thoughts on the Sabbath; there appeared to
me somethiog so incongruous in the dis
course of our host, that I could not hut say
with the Psalmist, “ God is not in all his
thoughts.” Whether it was because we
were present, that prayers were made, I
cannot say; but from the disorder of the
children, and their gazing when the Bible
was read, and their quarrelling to see who
should be nearest the fire, one might sup
pose, they were not used to such things. His
Bible too, dear me! was found after a long
search in a dark closet, and it was so disfig
ured by the dirt and pictures made by some
mischievous children, that it was scarcely
legible.
I would beg leave to say, if any of your
readers should be displeased with the great
words I have used, that I cannot myself de
fine some of them ; 1 learned them of my
guest, and trust they are written correctly.
I am improving from his visit, and hope by
and by to be able to write in a better style.
Your obliged servant,
Richard Orderly.
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THESSALIAN MARTYRS.
The following interesting narrative is translated
from M. Pouqueville's Travels in Greece, a
work recently published at Paris*
Euthymus Blachavas, renowned aod
quoted as the last of the brave Thessalians,
was awakened at the noise of arms which
the northern nations caused to be heard at
Lovcha, in Thrace, in 1809. He had in
vited to a last effort, all the generous sons
of Thessaly, who were prepared to sacri
fice themselves for liberty. Olympus,
Osa, and Othryr, Were shaken—the Ma
hometans, thrown into consternation, had
entrenched themselves in Lerissa. A great
event was preparing, when it came to be
knowD that those had retreated whom the
Greeks had regarded as their deliverers.
The satrap of Epirus at this naws let loose
his hordes on the Thessalians, and the ciit
■ ting off of heads and the burning of villages
brought back the people to obedience.
Blachavas, deceived in his hopes, in vain
wished to resist—he retreated like a terri
ble lion from mountain to mountain—and
1 when he no longer found security on the
i continent, the Isle of Trikeri offered him
i an asylum whence be could escape into
the Archipelago. But he heard the cries of
’ the Christians—he reproached himself for
1 having compromised their existence—and
iu order to redeem a whole people, he
, accepted a capitulation, by which he plac
, ed himself, with a promise of life, in the
hands of the eldest son of the satrap of Ja-
nina. 1 1 am going to die,’ said he to his
friends—> i know the faith of the Turks—
i reserve your arms for happier days—fly.’
. With equal courage he appeared before bis
( enemy, who would, perhaps, have respect
, ed the pledge given him, if he had not
been the lieutenant of tha’ man who em
ployed oaths only as the means of deceit.
. At Janina, tied to a stake in the court of the
Seraglio, I again saw Blachavas, whom I
’ had met at Milias, at Pindus, at the head of
‘ his troops. The rays of a burning’ sun
• played on his bronzed brow, which defied
> death, and a profuse perspiration fell from
, his shaggy beard. He knew his fate, and
. more composed than the tyrant who was
about to shed his blood, he raised towards
“ me his eyes full of serenity, as if to make
I me a witness of the triumphs of his last
. hour. He saw the approach of that hour,
so terrible to the wit ked, with the com
posure of the just. He bore without trem
bling or reproach the strokes of the execu
tioner, and his limbs, dragged through the
streets of Janina, showed to the astonished
Greeks th remains of the last of the cap
tains of Thessaly. Alas, why should so
glorious an end be stained with the crime
of rebellion, which had dragged so many
innocent persons to the tomb I The inex
plicable designs of Providence are only
explained by prodigies which confound the
calculations of our feeble reason. The
punishment and revolt of Blachavas prepar
ed the triumph of a feeble mortal, who bad
no other arms than prayers and patience;
one of the disciples of our Saviour, destined
to support the timid during the tempest,
whose blood, coufounded with that of the
warrior, restored by his martyrdom the
honour of the Christians.
“ Demetrius, of the order of St. Beilins,
elevated by that evangelick charity which
characterized the Apostles in their perse
cutions, traversed in these stormy days the
neighbouring cantons, in order to'calm their
minds and lead them back to the yoke of
obedience. Denounced as a seditious per
son, and taken with Blachavas, he appeared
before the salrap of Jaoina loaded with
irons. It was wished that he should name
accomplices, io order to involve in the con
spiracy the orthodox prelates, who occupi
ed the ecclesiastical thrones of Thessaly;
but strong in faith he testified the truth of
the living God, and his answers inflamed
the rage of the Vizir, which blazed nut in a
dialogue worthy of being recorded to
Christendom as a monument belonging lo
the martyrology of the church.
Vizir. —You have announced the reign
of Jesus Christ, and consequently the des
truction of our altars, and the fall of our
Prince.”
Dtmttrim. —God reigns from eternity to
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eternity*. I revere those masters whom
he has given us.
Vizir. —What do you carry on your
breast ?
Demetrius. — The venerable image of the
Holy Mary.
Vizir. —l wish to see it.-
Demetrius. —lt must not be profaned.
Order one of my hands to be released, and
I will show it to you.
Vizir. —lt is thus that you mislead the
minds of men. We are profaners! 1 re
cognize iu this speech the agent of the
bishops whom the Russians are banging to
enslave us. Name your accomplices.
Demetrius. — My accomplices are my con
science and my duty, which obliged me to
console my Christian brethren, and to teach
them submission to your laws.
Vizir. —To your own you mean, you
Christian dog.
Demetrius. —l glory in that name.
Vizir.— You carry an Image of the Vir
gin, with which, it is said, prejudices are
connected.
Demetrius. —Prodigies say ! The mother
of our Saviour is out intercessor with her
immortal Son. She works miracles for US
every day, and every day 1 invoke her.
I izir.— Let us then see if she will pro
tect you. Executioners, apply the torture.
u At these words, pronounced with the
energy of rage, the pages of the satrap
concealed themselves while the execution
ers seized their victim, and threw him down
at the feet of the tyrant, who spit in hia
(ace. The holy image was taken from
him. Pointed reeds were driven into the
nails of his fingers and toes. His arms
were likewise pierced by them, and at the
height of his agony nothingTiscaped his lips
but these words, 41 Lord have mercy on tby
servant—Queen of Heaven pray for us !’*
The torture of the reeds being ended,
(here was applied round his bead a chain
Ot ossalets, which was forcibly tightened
] while the executioner called out to him to
name his accomplices, but the chain broke
without extorting from him a murmur.
’ The executioners, tired out, begged that’
the torture might be suspended till the fol
lowing day, and the patient was precipita
ted into a damp dungeon. The satrap did
’ not again attend the torture, which recom*
menced according to his order by suspend
ing the victim with his head down over a
J fi re of pitchy wood, with which they slow
ly burnt (he skin off his cranium. They
were afraid (oat his life might escape, and
withdrew him from the chaffiugpan to cov
er him with a table, on which the execu
tioners mounted, and danced, for the pur
* pose of breaking his hones. Victorious in
, *l ie I**l trial, Demetrius having now passed
through the torture of the reed*, of the
5 fire, and ol the estrapado, was built into a
* wall, leaving his head out of the masonry.
’ He was there supplied with nutriment, in
- order to prolong tiis agony. He died on
• the tenth day, invoking the name of the
| Almighty. Hi 9 supeinatural courage as-
L tonished Epirus, and his name was quot -d
as a saint. It was said that even iniraclea
J were performed by it: and what cannot be
doubted is, that his blood appeased the
• rage of the satrap, and that he was the last
1 expiatory victim of Thessaly.”
i J
! MISSION TO JERUSALEM.
FROM THE MISSIONARY HERALD.
In our number lor September last, we gave an
outline ol .Mr. Parsons’ voyage and journey from
Smyrna to Jerusalem, as furnished by letters
which had been received from him. Lately his
journal has come lo hand embracing the period
trorn Dec. 6, 1820, to May last, and n ntainiug
a particular account of his travels and his resi
dence at Jerusalem during three months, from
Feb. to May.
EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF MR. PARSONS.
Having engaged a passage in a Greek
vessel bound to Jaffa with pilgrim*, I left
Smyrna on the evening of Pecemher sth,
expecting lo sail the course of the night.
I found on board the vessel about 20 pil
grims, 12 sailors, and 3 Turks. But even
in this small assembly were spoken no lea*
than five different language* ; Arahick,
I tirkisb, Greek, Italian, and to include my
interpreter, English. In these, ns well ag
in several other languages, I have with me
1 astarnents, together with sevs ral thou and
tracts for gratuitous distribution.
Brother Fisk, with a friend from the city*
accompanied me to the vessel, and before
separating we enjoyed an uncommonly in
teresting season of divine worship.
Agreeably to our expectations we set sail
in the night, and the next day came to an
auchor oil Voula, for the purpose of taking
in more pilgrims. While we tarried, I read
from the Greek Testament to the pilgrims *
and a young man present read part of a
in an Arabick copy of the epistle
lo the Hebrews. After this, two boya
came into my cabin and read from a Greek
tract. As I presented each of them with
a tract, 1 spoke to them of the final retri
bution ol the rewards of the righteous,
and of the punishment in reserve for the
ungodly, ‘i hey engaged to read the book*
attentively.
On the morning of the Bth the cold b
came quite uncomfortable. The mount
ains in the vicinity of Smyrna were white
with snow. At 10 o’clock the pilgrim*
came on w* saj.l with aQg