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through th' Hierarchal City., c rot% dett mart,
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- t the Dt•dtcatton of the 'Rock of Hotel Lodge,
Girard, January 2. OW). by Rev. .4. G. Lan;le. _
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can ho no (loan we think, whatever gloomy fa
- mien to Oto contrary, that this is a very beau
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and a very happy world. Th., general a-pect of the
mat creation in one of branty, and the life
itiet t being in one of joy. Beauty atnilec= upon na
the .ariegated earth, e.tooloi over us in the nisteri
ray nom, sparkles on p•unit natera, Iwho with the
flow •r in many a hidden dell, quive;s nom the
of he foliaged fore•rt, broothi upon 141.... tee in the
lot .1; cave, nod glow. to the toojet,t, of intelldet
human face divine. or ii. the doittioion of joy
ntver al than that of Insauty. Prom the huge ox
tilting in the midsmunitn pool, to the humble bee
hog the air with Ida happy hum, from the cureless
:1- oil the plough-ho, to the r;mting litti , ..:h of indo
eulditood, tho nattliat (dement and ex
f all animal life. NVe do not slob our 'yen to
hie a and the ietin elle(plering
lel we advance into the into Item it and the rie)r-
ippropriated to nor . OIVII /yr< le`l, W;t11 tA:I
, :ttellt3llJll of 11,,iiptiw,s, are wo iiisensitilt, to
anus on of new nod terrildo 1111-•erie ,, , unknown to
stern r provinces of mere pltt.ic,tJ being—Nyto. the
tof calm and diva.sionate survey, we In snide
rt that :the titt.tge of di Malser„is rellected, if
nit lorfect sereuit:,, still vet} and Nc‘ry
uruii. f r om a world liegotttli by hi. love, 1111t1 even
not..'together titiworth of eumplaccn-
Al en o. The dwel - fillies. of industrious labor, the
area •f rel! , ,tfion, the gratification of the bodily
ate
common to all, •the jay of Colliel 011.9 existence,
iltet e xe,ii ti in en t. 4 of intellectual employments, the
of "rienilship and suor I int , qcourse, tito separate
tes shirk spring from tim exercise of each dis-
!ono Lc atrection, various and so pre eious—tiro
r!. to de, the mother's fondue , ~, the har,y Into of
1,1,1, he lever's rlptut e, and the serene comfort of
onite,„ uniun—the blesst,d ettiotions thea resit% from
ots t 1 ought.; and dead,, etnotiuns at this moment
s o , no) ha pp y 1)05,1114 with their music, as if the
tinge of God were I, harpist heavenly harmonies
their I t e lr e., ; Oh, yeh, with all its distress and sta
r.. thi .s a lt.tp;. wolld, after all.
e tte are not mitomelfol that beneath and through-
s tto vereal trans., of beauty and cum wont, there
oni-tanti) and eve livre, "all the ad vat iety
' The stiffen:it:4 of the body and the agonies of
onsmuto a forinithablo group of enemies to
v•Tin se of man.l the tram, and leaden-eyed die
!td went :Ind keen remorse, tyrannous
:tSI , nd unprepitio4 ae..ident, tho bereavement
taion of the widow and the latheilvstt, the long
• 4p , in, the alntl dot l of hqeles , nries, the decay and
'lv ail which Mile I Sape our vigor, and loosens the
he . ..ilver cord, load the unwelcome rest and
couch, to which death urgeseAes all nt Itu-tt
no, n• • do tot forget these; nor, that without them,
paradise tor the bot h , not a pulp image
slo it, and Heaven t realm whose mysteries might
sour urtoenv, but whose attractions could never per
our eareettP l ,d
to fon' s our true on glorious
11 the, iotives infinoicing God thug largely_to mingle
Plm imperfection the general enjoyment of life,
ki.or,. in us, While shut up in this taherna
of eu austopt ili.crovor; yet ono purpose
",ir nuslrthrough the whole arrangement, that
444 `e 54111:ulk Mind l to refuse to tlhenti it. What
,ht 41C astons nod occ l ttpations which furnish to the
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en "t"rod perfections we know not, but were want
1 ` 1 "". and wt row rind death, banished beyond the
, 3 of "r world, we se r e not how the noblest faculties
ho, God liars elldolk*ed us—the sentiments and at
,.et ° f nr rpiriuud ii„,„,„...._eotiltl find means of ix
.'"at coto.ermently l of development. Clotho man
n,o, z d i of a perfect and undeviating integrity,
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ferring a pleiisure upon both giver and receiver. Equal
in the temporal and" spiritual condition of the race, and
all occe.sity for exertion annulled--energy would sink t(
sleep in the urns of indolenco;-and—the vocation of ho
nevolence gone—benevolence herself, so far regards our
own species at least, would speedily expito. Whatever
he the ulterior objects then, which God intends to sub
serve by them, ono purpose of the existence of imperfec
tion and distress, evidently is, the cultivation and devel
opulent of the better faculties of our nature.
With reference to the morale of our actions, wo may
observe, that the components. of that nature, the ma
terial and spiritual systems of which we are constituted,
art generally in Opposition to each ether. The impulses
of the one are essentially 60111,11—0 f the othcr, disinter
ested. The instinctive aim of the former, is to provide
for ourselves—of the latter, for others. We witness
scene of distress, the emotions of the spiritual ore stirred
within us, our sympathies take part with the sullorers,
and nrges us to relieve them; while our props it the
principles, if we may so style them, of our ultimo! nature,
would persuade us to pass by on the other side, by .re
minding us of the inconvenience, the trouble, or tlie.ex
ponse to be incurred by the more generous course,: Christ,
who neeilt.d net that any should testify of man, because
he knew what was in matt, in that glorioussystelli Which -
he has left as a legacy of salvation to the world, t Jas.; pos
session of Coe ',pi ritual nature, cchicrite.4, sanctifies and in
vigorates it by the spirit of his Gospel, animates it by
presenting it with the example of that Providence, who
maketh his sun to rise, and his rain to fall, alike on&ivil
and good, on jtht and unjnst, and so stimulates and reg.- .
i d ates it by has p r reopte, as to develops it in), practical be
navulenee in daily cuednet, of these, who have sub
mitted them -leas to his (imhority and gull. ti :inch
are said to be etc disciples of Christ, to walk in Christ,
to have put on ('host, to possess tho i tuindiand, spirit of
Ilut we •shall greatly mistake, if we suppose that
the vhtne of stud) men may, t, aentated by the spirit of
Jesus, and that beyond the limits of his invisible church,
he exerei-es no influence O r ion the moral destinies of the
u odd. Wu all EIIOW, there ere men nho make no pro
fession of direct allegitmee to the Savior, who pretend not
to recognize him ,as the authoritative dictator of their
metal comlin t, Ito net possess and t ambit, tempers not
unworthy the spirit of the New Tentament, and benoll
mice putting to shank the practice of many of loftier
pretensions. Now liairgoodue:,s, ;though lens dirt etly
than thimof the former cl is 4, springs trout die •samo
soNre t ,—tholio,pi.l of Jests Christ. They nutty lie part-
It indebted for their virtuous tendenei es, to th2ir ur'ginal
'eeestittition, but much mote hat etly, for that, and wholly•:
for the rectitude of their practice, to the Christian habits':
of thought wh eh surround them, to early impressions, to
sitle•equent eutfivation, and dui li-ism:lotion, all, to seine
extent tent d erf d and impressed by Cluintion influence;
and their nioralit, more particularly their sentiments of ,
kindness and charity, is as redly, though
,lbss
eCluintiata n aeigiu and character, a(l'that of their breth
reit more:formelly cut oiled tinder the banner of the cross.
Thu latter, ate the regular troops of the great army with
which the captain of mfr salvation bath undertaken OM!
regeneration of the world; the former, the volunteer corps.
not very 101 molly reeog,nicing the authority of their leader, I
nor sometimes so amenable to discipline as the good of
the service demands, :‘ et doing very efficient service nut
withstanding, nor 1111fiegtwtIth cheeied be
VOICO- - S0111C • A hat Indistinctly beard, pethf!ps, yet felt to
be uttering tones of encouragement—as to them, also,
Ise cries: "Well done, good and faithful servant, enter
thou into the joy of thy Lord."
We have now, if we have can you along with us
thus far, nellified the first objection which presents itself
to mane minds, against the. Institution of Oddlellowship
I — that ' "it,ofrets itself as a substitute for Christianity in
reforming lind benefitting mankind." 1 confess that this I
comideration, more than any other, weighed with Me.
Induei.i f tie to hesitate ere 1 feitied the Order, to whose
I purposes we this eVening dedicate the "flock of Ilerela
I Lodge, No 1 th 2;" nor, till by a course of reasoning„ smile-
!'what similar to that I run now pursuing, I was satisfied !
of the lathes of 1.1 u; objection, did I give my name to
to the I , ,
urothren as a caudidate. I repeat, that what
I hays alread!, adianced, there is contained a reply to
I this charge, because from What I Itac'D just said, oust
perceive) that we frankly mid heartily yield to Christiiini
' ty, all tharfier most aril' t advocates can pos,fibly claim
for her. We have acknom ladged, that front her only, f
etnahate those divine principles which appropriate, sane-
I tify, invigorate and direct to action, the capacities end sen
timents of benevolence and generosity, indigenous to the
constitution of OW spiritual nature.
IWhatever a few indisi reet members may nave assert-,
cd—and you surely would not hold the whole society ac
ceuntable for the folly of a few week brethren, any more
I than yon would the church' itself, for the absurdities of
simi l e silly sheep who bleat within its fold—the flank and
honest spirit of our Institution, indignantly rejecis the
Ihonors duo to Christianity alone. The offsiiring of
Christianity, stamped in all her lineaments with the traces
of her origimsdie forgets at her obligations to the author
of her being, but, as I hie she ever will—steadily re-
I sent, all proffers of such affection and veneration as are
due to her beloved parent only. And should any of her
mistaken devotees attempt to crown . ' her with the o
priate distinctions of a higher and a holier than sho, all
her true and judicious sot t .•. ! —aud.tlicy aro many—would
hasten to tear the misphiced balsas, from her brow, to
restore them to those temples, is horeealutio, without gross
lanjusnee and impiety, th!,y nifty be hung.
lint, you may naturally enough enquire, if Oddfellow
ship thus willingly acknowledges Christianity to ho the
origin :ding and directing spirit of the practical betievo
knee which so honorably characterizes the enterprises of
the day. what is the use and purpose of the Institution?
What do you propose in the way of succoring tho indi
gent and comforting the distressed, which christianity
and the church may not, without your aid, just as effi
ciently accomplixh I This is our answer: God bestow
ed Chrislianity upon the world to induce men to love
him, and to be kind to each other. "Love tho Lord thy
God!with till thy heart, and sold, and mind, and strength,"
and "Loco thy neighbor us thyself," aro the distinctive
' maxims of the religion of Jesus.
The Cinfroli we framed to preserve and protectehris
dainty, and thus secure the stecceos of the objects she has
in view. The church universal, throughout all its
branches, inculcates upon man these sacred maxims : of
her founder, to inspire her members, and so far as alto
can, 010 world without, 'with the spirit which rest
from their appreciation and adoption. - Now- if we can
present her with an organization by ivitich to facilitate
the opordtion of one, at least, the second of these coin
mandinents, are we not doing a good work for her and
for mankind? But, ht relation to the church, this is all
we profess to do,' or to endeavor. What then becomes of
th'e s teharge thlit we insidiously design to supercodo and
undermine her? The Church is, no doubt, a Benevo-
lent Society:—the great benevolent society of the world—
for one main purpose of. her labors, is to inculcate the
principles of kindness and charity upon her disciples,
and to urge the exercise of these principles in the duties
of daily life. But we aro not aware that she has ever
been commissioned to dictate the manner and means. by
which her children shall exemplify the virtues she en
forces. fler aim is, to'inspire us with the principles of
duty, while she leaves us to select such methods for
their application, as circumstances and expediency pro
claim to ho the most judicious and effectual.
Oddrellowship professes to he such a method. From
SAiIURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY IQ, 1849.
3 peculiarities of its organization, from the 4erality of
constitution, and its distinct specification' of its ob 7
ts, it is, we think, admirably qualified to carry on the
mciples of Christian benevolence, and bring l tlq•rn to
,ear, upon a very considerable portion - of society. Chris
tianity lays hold of the spiritual faculties of our 'riature to
educate thcin; to to point them in the right direction, to
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infuse into them 'activity and energy, to rialto them prac
tically. usefel, in short. oddicilowsliip laims to be no
tnore than a human e..,' ,client, lending to the 1 faculties
thus educated, the Leib les of operatio resulting from
systemdtic organization, and distinct silo iflentien of pur
l.
poso. From the churcft of Christ it dra 1; its poiver, its
inforining and.animating,r spirit, and it ot ers itself in re
turn as one of. the many vehicles thr ugh Which the
spirit of Cliiist may act collectively 'mot the world. It
claims not the origination of its own imi oiling Spirit. It
gratefully ascribes that to Christianity. All it pretends
to chain, is the construction of au eflici lit an ' flexible
form, through which that spirit may vi,orously and situ
sussfully exert itself. With the sectaritims wtiels un
happily in some rerspects, and advantag ottsly in others,'
divide the Christian world, it has nun, lit to do With
the theoretical of religion, it meddles not but it Ischtes the
practical and cueditrte , i it , Diction. The Aposde 3arnoq,
-dutilies religlon to consist in "coniforiinz the fatherless
and the widow in their affliction, and '
self unspotted from the wet 141.22
The latter elanso of this tlortniton,,mll
astir itoLlontliotent to enforce, for over t
gates itr direct superintendener.—Ahi it
Lion of the power from which it Maws
hteatii and Its imrpoze is to e.
formonce Of the outward and moral MI
the comforting of the ruthetless and (lin
"But it is a selfish alid-ekcitisiva sod
we own member,."
This objection 'jou v, , oinetiines Lc
-consistency, from the very ;iris that have
to the one jest refuted. If the one he pc
erc , :rtainly is little, for how can an excll
intended to t•tipercede tine Cliritairi chuff
iiun the west expansive iii it, principles cif i
nny ever yet sanctioned by God, and frau!
The former objection then, abandoned,
this.. "Your eocnett is selfish and exclusil
itl r own member,",
In the (44 phi- , the ehalge is parti~ll
Institution does extend aid beyond It uwt.
lodge, we b;•iieve, poesses a fond for ti
the di-tre.Qed beyond it: own limits; cii
injourtion, the spit it of the, (Alloy 1.4 snob,
the inOuritlit tlo composing it, to in liscri
action. But ter freely ru•knowlezigo that
spectrc purpose far' which tlib Institution
That is.. mutunl aid among the members
tAiginatizi• it us st 16 , 11 on that account? T
)00 arc either eNce,-diagly stupid, or . e Ce
naut. You iaa, ! ,inch a , t h e pr
charge dt nouocc•s In,otutions. other than o
we tinuk ev e vour ito,t;lit to out% el-tulle
Condemn, tel int olving in the it d.111,6(111j0
flows, vcry iniquity whicli
lowsliip. Would you nsper.e hiie n.sitrai
Insuranco companies with the yproncit
because their benefits nre confined to eo n(
. x re tuev renut
,ceinsli and exein
for the principle on which they rest, it
though it be, is o,tenNibly-a - ul at cnvedly that
Yet Who ever dreamed of ohjeetitig_agait
they arc selfish and exclusive.
But ii, ay.:lke to these Consequences of your censure,
von :.till unscrupulously maintain your allegation, though
escaping the imputation of btultidity, you are justly aine
nahlo to that of malignity.
For what but malevolenee the most virulent, can
prompt you to vilify an institution, which, because, un
able to relieve universal wretchedness, so limits its ac
tion, and specifies its objects, as to carry into etricient op
eration, within certain definite channels, that benefi
cence, which, by indiscriminate ettension, world result
in fruitless exhaustion, or mischievous waste? Inform
us, 0, captious opponent—if' Mile( d a spirit prompting
the above, charge can indulge in such contemplation—
how, by any means, or any organization, we can heave
from the wide world the load of misery oppressing it. and
we pledge oyrselves to adopt it. Yon well,know there
0 no smelt inethod, but that by aiding all alike, we would
frustrate the purposes of that very beneficence, whose
advocate you profess yourself to he; and that only by de
fining and nicarodizing our aims, and directing our efihrts
to specifie end:, can wo satisfactorily nod vigorously
achieve any thing good. Yet you would have us adopt,
what, front the nature, of your objection, and the spirit it
inan if,t s , see suspect to be )our own plan, nod becndse
we cannot usurp the prerogatives of. Coil, and abolish : all
entlering and sorrow, and usher in an era of milfenial
'abundauee, and tranquillity: you would' have us break up
our organization, and leave. to perish the hundreds of
widOws and orphans who depend on the energies of the
order for support, an I instead, give, now a . mouldy.louf
i
heel, now a ragged waistcoat, or a hat that might enrap
ture an antiquary, o perhaps in some extraordimrre•ac
cess of generosity a ixpenny piece, to the few wander
ing beggars who occasionally-visit our doors.
Th o u g h wewonld • notb2 understood as countenancing
the sentiment of the Scolehman's prayer, I "Lord, bless
morand my wife, my non John and his wife, no more, 0,
Lord, I ask no more," we are )et fully persnaded of the
wisdom of the in . ittnetion of the get Apostle, when he
writes to the Galations. `•let rr, therefor o aswc; have op
portunity, do good unto all men, 'eapcciolly v;Lto tans;; of
the house:7l4d of faith.
"pa you are a becreet society, and all secret societies
are dangerous."
Arranged as a s:.liog;sm, we believe this chat go would
inn thus: All sZere't societies are dangerous, yours is a
pierrot society. therefore your society is dangerous.
Let us match it _with another of the saine form and
pertinence, and expose its fldlacy. All lanti eared 'ani
mals are donkeys, some mot hare long cars, thoioforo
some men arc donkeys.
Both statements me untrue in their first propositions,
emu:eqnently their conclusions are equally fudlacions.--
For it is no more true that all secret societies are danger
ous, than that all long eared animals aro donkeys. And
as, ianless it ho established that all lung eared animals
are donkeys, even though some men have lon g ears,
they are not thereby proved donkeys, so unless all se
cret societies are admitted to be dangerous, ours; even
though it be a secret society. is not necessarily an en
gine of danger. Are secret societies dangerous? Batiks
are secret societies, mercantile firms, Committees, coun
cils, families, all associations indeed, for purposes which
a general interference might disturb, are more or less
secret, but are they therefore dungarees? It may be,
that societies whose individual members. are Unknown,
and whose objects and principles are concealed, are
prejudicial to the public welfare. But is this the case
with us? You all may know by a question, who are odd
fellows and who aro not: — Our main object is mutual
relief, our principles emphatically "friendship, troth and
love." Wo o aro secret in , our signs it is true, but for
what purpose? That we may more certainly and direct
ly accomplish-our objects. - And if these are acknowl
edged by the world to be beneficial and laudable, ought
it not in justice as well as charity to conjecture, That the
means cannot he unholy by' which such desirable; ends
are achiececi? We have the most sacred of all authority
no rt A'S to .‘zu:
for deciding withreference to moral action, - that ..a .cor.
ruin tree cannot bring forth good fruit." Wero-thoro
any thing criminal in :our seerecies, depend on it our
public action would Aotrclopo and expose it. These con
cealments consist principally of certain signs, by which
iv° recognize (melt other, alit6;lcondarily of those trans
actions in the lodge which atiect•the moral character of
accused brethren.
'Of the last, we submit to You,. whethor, if; for the credo
it and fair standing of the order, we are labaritig to re
claita„sento erring brother, it would be; expedient, or
honorable, to publish to tho world the disciPlino,,to winch
wo aressubjecting him?
But the purpose for which we practice occlusion ittour
signs and mule-words, what is it? Mutual recognition,
that FO in distress or danger; mutual assistance may be
rendered. Now it strikes ns, that on this point, the only
questions tho world may with an}• propriety, ask, are:
first: "is it wrong that men should aid each other in mis
fortune?" and this answered in the negative—"is it jus
ticiable in persons who feel themselves exposed to vicis
situde and calamity, to combine for the purpose of mutu
al protection?" Is this reprehensible? S.urely there is
no violation of any law, human or divine, 'in the associ
ation of individual's for such a purpose as this, or the
marling° vow by which we pledge ourselves to shield and
comfort her wo select from the world ns a life companion,
is utterly inch:tensible. Well then, so much Omitted—
that it is nut wrong to give and receive aid in misfortune,
and that men may with all propriety, unite to assist each
other in calamity—what right has any one; to cavil at the
expedients by_which these persons recognize and acknowl
odc each other?
keeOng OIIO'S
relic...6 l lop owns
le heart it arro
eaves to the ac
its own tiro and
.'pedito the per
ic of religion,
..ty, it aids none
And now friends aid brothers, having answered antis-
facterily we hope, a few of the, mere common objections
to oddfellowship, we conclude lby demanding your Gym
: pathien and good wishes at Walt, loathe i't'austi in which
r, with suicidal ,we have enlisted. To womati to those Members of the
given utterance ' sex esperiallyjdo wo appeal for countenance and com
itimit, the „ t i t . ' fort, Who have - personally experienced the l good offices of
~h.,„ society lto ' this admirable society. Your husband lies upon the bed
m, an assorts_ of sickness from which you know not that ho may over
oaneficence, of rise Pi?ajar
Patient and over-tasked , woman, your limbs
!led by men!— i trentn[l4ms from fatigue, your heart loaded with grief, you
let `sadly us attend to • lookully on those little onesiwhose sole star, you, their
i. t i. e, i t a id s 0 0 ) . bereaved and widowed teethe may soon remain. The
day declines upon younkcary i eyes, the dusk settles down
untrue. The the sky,
not more heavily than the thick shadows ofsor
'
i , ,, pale.
.1 ~ very row upon your spirit. The door opens gently and the
i. , ':issistauee of watchers enter.. You feel that there in yet practical
d i , it . lie precice ' sympathy fur you io this sad World, that God's eye is.uot
„ te slit:mime ' stint against your need, and the faith that had else been
ate, clia; Rabbi crushed to extinction perhaps, by the pressure of unaided
his is net the 'distress, re-assured by the 'cordial of human compasson.
is i(IVAIded.-.... lifts it s elf with trembling conffileneo, to lay hold once
more upon the throne of God, rind to feel that lie, who
1 ; ,,,, : , 1 , i x t1 ,, :it 1 i e1 t o
4,.':
' sinyth thereon, .-herdeth the broken in heart, and bind
edingly nialig- et't, up t heir wounds."
ineiple of your! ` Tho sick man 'timing, and a kind hand is laid upouldis
us, and which datpp forehead,. or holds the reviving draught to his lips.
tempt ‘,„‘ it , Ile 'is not yet utterly forsaken. -God bath visited hint' in
is and opera,- , his afffietion, and his tranquilized thoughts, mat' now
vuin °third _ prettodo him to the spirit laud whither ho is passin,g, un
ee, and "rirh 4 '''''"" /I0 I'l 02 s , sistir PrAestbution • for thetvidowandthe
f hfiashile , i ,..' little ones he leaves behind. The Brotherhood will receive
il m i nr .
, „„),.1 : and cherish the afte
S r/ femme. 'l,se st..ti ~..., 1... i-is • -
novo than we, use WltheTe eaves shaken untimely from the
i we,
i r reprehoisihie ' fallen frce, but tended like precious flowers carefully and
kir
gai
II
alone. , kindly, memorials of him, once linked with their protect
,st thorn, that, h ors in the bonds of Friendship; Lola , mid Truth.
• The spirit leaves the clay nod returns to the God who
gave it. The
, proprieties of burial—how harsh f,nd gra
ting at such a time to the heart yet raw with anguish— .
ore quietly discharged by faithful and reverent hands.—
And if earnest sympathy, and active aid, may avail to
soften sorrow, and restore tranquillity, the enorgics of
brotherly kindness shall be sanctified to change this "sor
row that endureth for the night," to the "joy that cometh
in the morning."
Oh. my brothers, faint not in your noble toil. God by
his dispensations of inequality and suffering beckons us
onward. Man in his sbason of sieknets, and from his
be of pain,implores our aid; and with 'the cry of help
less woman and orphaned childhood to beseech, and their
tears of gratitude to reward us, shall we from negligence
abandon, or from selfishness evade, the faithlid and
hearty discharge of. the glorious duties we have assum
ed? No. no, forward brothers, vigorously, unitedly, and
cheerfully, reeving behind us a train of shining deeds to
truck our march of mercy, rejoicing in the tribute thanks
of grateful hearts. wringing. late but surely, even, front
roar oppoitunts, o u r desert of praise, and eruhing above
all, in the blessing, and approbafon of that God, who
hall; declared, ''Blessed are the merciful for they Shall,
obtain mercy!"
An unfortunate, whose visit to California has been
barred by tho lack of tit3oo to pay his pees'age, and in
whose breast the fever rages most uproariously, dreamed
the other night that he was on the Sacramento, and bad
managed to get as much gold as he could carry. Hav
ing secured his prize by fastening it about his body, ho
determined to make the overland journey home, and
set out with a stout heart to meet the itinerant's difficul
ties. He had not proceedod far on the way whemhe was
attacked by a panther, and a bloody fight commenced.—
His struggles were dreadful, mid his cries alarming
pecially iu the domicile in which ho • resided, and . theSe
nerd in no way modified in effect by the etnothered
shticks of his wife. This duet brought the family around
the bed in consternation, and they joined their small
voices to the chorus, which at length showed all the fea
tures of an approved "Dutch Conceit," where each
sings his own song and all at , the saute time. 'l'llo
neighbors got alarmed by tho exuressiveness of the mu-.
sic, and broke open the door juit in time to save the
poor woman front being strangled. Her husband had
~ot hands fastened around her deck, and how lie did
his
.smiceze her is no one's business. The husband being
aroused from his flair ! : sleep, explained hiMself as above
related. This is only ono of the many ludicrous quip.
touts of the prevailing disease, and it is hoped that the
party who has been thus affected—for his poor wife's
sake—will not suffer trrelapso.—Tinos.
T 111.7. PEARL OF CALIFORNIA
The peninsula coast of ilto gulf has long been celebra
ted for the great size and beauty of the pearls contained
in the oysters which abound in the sea on that side; and
the search for those precious stones has always formed
the principal employnient of people of cizilized nations
in that' quarter. Thc peals are procured, with much
danger and difficulty, by Indians, who dive for them to
the depth of twenty or more feet, and of whom a largo
proportion are annually drowned, or deioured by sharks.
A company, formed at London in 1825, sent Liettten
ant Hardy to the California coast, with two vceselsk,ar
rying diving-bells, by the aid of which' it was' expected
that-the pearl fishery might ho conducted more safely, as
well as profitably. than by the ordinary means; but, un
fortunately. it proved that the oysters always lie in crev
ims of the reek& to which'no access can be had by per
sons lathe diving-bell, and the enterprise was in_conse
quence. abandoned. I The value of the peallii detained
.apietire to bo trifling when comporediwith.the time and
labor employed in the search for them. In 1825 eight
vessels engaged in the business collected together five
pounds of pearls. which wore worth about ten thousand
d o ll a rs': Occasionally, however, s single atone is found
of value sufficient to: afVord compensation for years of
fruitless. labon.and-somp of the richest pearl's in the re
galia of Spain ago, the produce of the fishery in the Cali-,
forniaa,gedfi.
• , •
AN ASTOUNDING FA
THE RECORDING ANGEL.
' New Vent's fatitasß.
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One—two—three--four--for the quarters, chimed the
silver-toned time=keeper, that watched tho even flow of
the hours. in my quiet home. Scarce had the fairy-like
strokes fallen on my ear, when the great bell of the
cathedral rolled forth twelve of the night, and the gray
old year fainted and died upon the echo.
Time' cannot pause for thee busy heart. yet the hour
which dividesthe New Year from the Old—the night
from morning-.-even that little hour shall be thine.—
Thine to'sonrch amid ruins of the cold,"dead, year, for
jewels thou caiist never find; for !Now thou, treasures
lost in time are lost unto Eternity: Thine, to weep
over the faded blossoms of memory—to mourn thy per
ished friendships, and to wail In sighs the death song of
old and changeless loves. Thine to wander by the'sight
of memory's undying fires, through hoary caverns of
the plist—to stditle at phantoms which sit by the way
side, and to grieve for the lost—the beautified, Avlioso
shinning footsteps print those gloomy tfebts no more.
'Peace, tienry cud complaining one, breathed a voice
at tut side. Teacet'—and the accents of those of the
ravishing harps of Heaven. 'Peace!--thou art eager for
knowledge of the heart of man, and desirest to look upon
society of the inner life, stretch forth thy hand, and fol
low me.' I turned. 'and, lot beside ute, in lustrous
garments of untarnished white, there stood a shape of
seraphic grace and beauty. A circlet of every-changing
splendors gleaning multi his brow, and in the deep foun
tains of his earnest eyes celestial lights now hashed,' now
sparkled like sninheame brightening the waves of the
'River of Lifo,' which &meth fast by the 'City of God.' ,
Within his hands were crystal tablets, clasped by a sin
gle star of hunting gams, whose glittering Staines #ere l
lighted at the altar-foot on high. Reaching forth my
hand, (.lightly grasped the robes of my mysterious: viei-
Mr. An emotion of intense, spiritual delight, instantly
pr i evaded my whole being. It was as it great and glori -
empower had been added to weak. bodily 'perceptions,
making thorn keen, subtle, and penetrating. S[ieecli was
no longer essential. Thought foand instant answer.
without the clumsy vehicle of words; and swifter than
light travels from the. spheres, mind encircled the Uni
verse, and drank deep knowledge of the be s tuitiful Intel
ligence, Thrones, DotniniOns; and Powers,'which un
ceasingly hymn the melodies of Heaven.
I stood beside die Recording Angel, in tlie lofty hall of
a brilliant and hta l tely mansion. Upon a luxuriant couch,
drawn_ near a, brightly burning tire, and half buried
among its crimson cushions, reclined thu form of a fair
and delicate woman. liar eyes were paitly closed, but
a deep frown had gatherd upon her brow, and one hand
clutched the row) drapery mound, as it' it hold a deadly
enemy within its grasp. heisablo to her, we watched
these throes 'of mental agony, while th'u secrets of her
inmost heart were laid bixro before us, spread out as up
on a scroll. and road. as with an els of lightning. °
. .
desired to pierce the veil, behind whose dark and sha-
dowy folds man hides from man the workings of his
soul! I had panted to behold the mysteries of the hid
den life—to gaze upon the nakedness of spirit—in fact,
to look upon deforMity. Why did I turn awac, sicken
ed and loathing, from that form of outward loveliness?
from a form, before which my fancy had bowed in ad
niiration—frum a face, upon whose smile I had once
hung with rapture? It was, that 1 saw within her heart,
ImM - tittle - Vanity, inordinate pride, and most pitiful ambi
tion. It was, that I saw these monsters, witich.were but
nurslings once, had, vampyre-like, sucked the. sweet
milk of human kindness and of love—the wine of sntn
pathy, and the blood of living tenderness, to swelland an
imate these corpses of the bosom, making a ghastly
charnel-house of a woman's heart? It was, that to
these passionti, there had been a human sneritice—there
was blood upon her sltirt—there was remorse in her spir
it—there was hell in her bosom',
I turned to the angel, 'severe in youthfid beauty,' at
tray side; The tablets were unclasped in his hand, and
with his finger ho - wrote in Characters of fire, 'Remorse,
hut no Repentance.' The 'wards burned deep into the
cryatal, and glowed like living, coals in a heated furnace.
"
In a dimly lighted library, which Art and Science had,
with twin-endeavor, rendered a grateful retreat for the
poet or.student, was seated V 1 venerable man—a man of
of wealth and taste—of luxurious habits, and of un
doubted superiority. Before him, on the white mat ble
of a costly table, lay heaps of yellow gold and glittering
silver. The oldanan was bringing up his accounts for
the inspection of the New Year. - It was fatiguing, and
mortifying. or hint to labor, with his figures,- like mortals
of commoner dust; but then the gold and silver had a
musical ring, which fund an Enswering response away
down in the lowest depths of the old, gray-headed man's
heart. No instrument, no matter what its tone, no mat
ter whatahe execution. ever played half so sweet an air,
or,disecittreett snch eloquent mnsic to his sent.. No breath
of heaven—no flower of the earth—no fruit of any
clime, was ever half so grateful to the senses of an en
thusiast, as was tho handling of those shining metals to
that aged worshiper of Matnnion.
Ho had finished his task, and the white, shrunken
fingers closed lovingly
,ilver his treaqures, when a sudden
pang caused the hands to tremble•,, and the lip to quiver
with suffering. It might have been the r in, or it might
have the silvery voice of the gorgeous clock on the mantel
wltich suddenlystruck the first quarter after midnight,
and startled the old man, and pressed his thoughts into a
new channel. Ho was evidently thinking—thinking of '
something besides his gold—of something nut half so
pleasant—of something which made his heart tremble,
as did his hand a minute before. Perhaps the old man
thought the midnights of life had passed with him, and
that his hours were verging upon the dawn of now ex ,
istonce.—Perhaps a vision of the narrow house, appointed
unto all, with'its coldness, its loneliness, its terrors, and,
oh! miserable thought!—its wretched poverty, rose up
before hiin—before him, too, who had so hated poverty---
who thought the poor so vile—who shrunk from Con
tact with indigence, as from a hateful leprosy—who had
never known a want which riches, dignity, or ease
might supply—who loathed the wretched, and despised
the necessitous. Could it be that he must feel the pinh
ing, griping hand of Death, and know that gold—his
gold—could not puiChnse a moutens's respite—that his
hand should etifron, his eye sink, and the Wood stagnate
in his vein; that ho should die—die—like a • miserable
pauper? Poor old man? ho had never entertained so
dreadful a guest before—se dreadful a guest• as this hor
rible thought of Death; Wiry did it cling to him, then,
with such terrible tenacity? Why haunt his frightened
soul at that awful hour—at that hour whoie passing ma
moats fell coldly—heavily—upon his. heart, as falls the
insensate told upon the ' echoing coffinf Aloof the
spirit of the scythe and glass was near him. 1 saw hb3
shadow on the old man man's face—beheld his patsy in
those aged hands—and thank! man sawit too,for he cast
frightened glance around, as hie treasures receded from
hie right, started to his feet, tottered—and foil _anddied!
The angel plucked a glowing loaf from the tablets,
Placed it in his bosom, bowed his head. and
tiro 'threshold.
Once again we - stood readingth
children of men.
It Was a low, cold, dark chamber; the dyii
whose hearth, with the poor flickering
scarcely served fur light amid the surround
Near to the pitiful fire, his form wasted by
eye sunken and dimmed by the deadly spiri
the wine-cup, lay the mournful remnant o
had bean a man—a man rich in intellect.-- 1
rich in the respect and admiration of his fell
the inestimable treasure of woman's offectio
not fallen suddenly; but slowly, cautiously, h
poison entered his_ soul. Ho tasted, first t.
cheerful, warns-hearted (doubt—they exton •
and ho did drink. Soon, madness entered
poverty stood at his door—disease came—de
ed—station was gone—self-respect had flow.
friends deserted him—and there teas but 'on,
wide world that cared for the hopeless in I
one heart—and that ono ho had trampled o
betrayed, and all but broken. Yet ther e .
breathing consolation in his ear, soothing his
with gentleness, knelt that true and faithful i
ken in its love, firm in its devotion, and sten
ing towards the Hills whence came its help i
est and sorest time of need. An expression
tenderness lighted up her pule and attenua
she spoke: 'Repentance is hmtistu of the so I
cy is the attribute of God. Wo sliellbe - .kepi
husband, and shall live to bless this lonely h
ushers in the New Year of our hopes.' A s
noted the face of the penitent sufferer, and
Recording Angel blotted out a written page a
leaving it pure and white as the snow of inn •
One—tolled . the bell of the Cathedral, an y
stood within the hallowed precincts of my or
The high pinnacle of knOwledgo I had pant,
had been attained, . 1 L ad looked upon the II
himion Heart, add revolt the fearful lore writt.
spotted leaves. The lesSon witriterrible in th
and in Memory ineffac l eciblo. :rho Recordist
stood nt' my side. Sinking exhausted befort s
I
claimed, 'Leave tine not, with this awful powi
- r
spirit-,-this unlawful knowledge at my hear
he a living death to learn these. Matins dail
rather walk athong the deed, or meet a lope
path, than, - gate upOis the naked soul of ma
angel turned away, and, as lie vanished fro
I saw but the severe look, upon his brow of
majesty.
• • •
In au agony of terror I awoke. It was
morning, for the 1)0 had indeed tolled one
mental joy and pain was mine:—the dream.
.on, if ithave one, with the kindly wishes of
heart, are now, my teader4. )011r8.
pruLic OPINION
=2
There is a (else necessity with which we.
Surround ourselves; a circle that never exp
estraiptof
fer). Under thre despotic influenco. men
check their best impulses. suppress their high
Each long for their full communion with the
but dame not give utterance to its Yearn;
hinders'
The fear of what 31r.Sinitit or 31ro„Cl;r1F.
the frowni of the sect; or the anatheinn of so
the fashion of some cliques; or (ho litudh of s
the misrepresentation of somo political party.
Thou art nfrail of thy-neighbor, and know ]
lie, is equally afraid. of thee. He has bound
anti thou halt fettered his feet. It were wis
!irap t h e imaginary bond and walk onward
If thy heart yearn for love, bo loving; if
have a brother frank with thee, be frank Wit
. But what will the people sa)l
What duos it concern theo teltat they say?
nut-in their hands. They can give thee no'
value. nor take from thee` thing of real cm!
iney promise theo nil the. kingdom on earth,
not-ono acre of it to give. Ile may ofror in
price of his worship. hut there is a flaw in
deeds. Eternal and sure is the promise, "
the meek for they shalll inherit the entth."
But I shall be pisunderstood, misrepresented, And
what if thou art? They who throw stones at what is
above them receive the missiles back again by the law of
gravity; and lucky are those who do not bruise their own•
faces. - Would that I could per,uade all who read to be
truthful and free;. to say what they tbiidt an act - what
they feel; to east from tht:m like ropes of sa.d, all fear
of sects and parties, of clans and classes.
What is there •of joyful freedom In our social inter- .
comse? WO meet to sec each other. and not a peep do
we get nutler the veil which each carries tout biur c --
Wo visit to enjoy ourselves , and the host ekes - away
our freedom, while wo destroy his own. If the host
wishes to walk or ride, he dares not lest it seem impolite
to the gust: so they _remain slaves. and feel it a relief to .
part company. A few individuals, most in foreign lands,:
arrange this matter with wiser fredotn. If; visitor ar
rive, they say. "1 buy'atn. bu to-day; if you ish to ride,
there are horses and saddles in the stable, if you want
to read, there are books in the parlor if_you want to work
the men nre raking hay in the field; if you want to talk
to tar I can be with yon at such nn hour. Go where
yen plerv,e, and while you are herO do as you picture."
At some houses in Florence, largo parties meet with
out the slightest preparation. It is understood that ou
some particular evening of the week, a lady or gentle
tnemalway receive their friends. in one roonreirebtroks
and flowers, in another, pictures, and engravings, and itt
a third; music. Couples aro escorted in, some shady
aclove, or in groups deur& about the room, in mirthfra
and serious conversation. Nu one is required to speak
to his host, either entering or departtng. Lemonade and
baskets of fruit stand hero and there on the side tables.
that all may take who like; hnt eating, which-constitutes
s o large a part of -American cutertainmente o it is a slight
and almost unnoticed incident in these festivals of intel
le}ct and taste. Wouldst thou then like to sae such so
dal freedom introduced here? Then do it. -
But the first step must be complete indifference to Mrs:
Smith's assertion, that von were mean enough to offer
only one kind of cake to your company. and to put less
shortening in the undercrust of your pies than in the up
per. Let Mrs. Smith mile according to her gifts; be thou
assured - that all living souls love , freedom -better than
cakes end, undercrast.
Dlarnrfovv OVERDONn.--Hon ry ararnall, was lately
convicted before the Lord Mayor of London, of having
married nine wives, all of whom were living. Tho
heaviest punishment which the law awards for this
crime, is seven years' transportation. This penalty the
Court thought much too light His Lordship regretted
that ho could not sentence him to live seven years with
the whole nine wives, as that would be something like
punishment.
117 The Oberlin Institute. in Ohio. lately conferred
the title of ilachetor of Arts, uphn a young lady named
AN :c MATIVIX.
NUMBE
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that sits id
what once
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He had
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please his
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th threaten
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heart in the
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tho dark
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again I
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It would
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But the
my eight.
youth and
ew Year's
he
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ith its teEs-
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duetriously
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onventional
nd woman
, et thoughts.
lather conk.
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on wouldst
Ell
thy life is
'ng of real
ue. Satran
ut he has
uch as the
his title
!teased are