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VrtToPP^H^i ?opUj(Ut|3,i wlipnjillibfie, hqvjnfcluiiippss ...rre »>■ ■■■■•■ »■■:.. '»:i ifcMWcj »'«!< . 1— Helhr'ercd ’by fl*e Uov. JOHN N, iJIOJTFJIANj pntlus WHHtHW. M>l t Uo.p(rßt i pic.li|!ti)»lftn iPVI WS?£ *“ W» flflrp.MßU* n 1 ■.- tU.'fikfkdi'to wiMww»'*«* «Mt 4 M ly « uiiain'mom tolco/ thane pnsetHM tty time,-. , A feun fmltj.eat eMcutiail’J Cfinritcleit with the argument, x are\ pm\ile4Sp*fa wkttfbrptitw\ n-r .-. M In compliance with a public solicitation; and -1 in* ifl&thwd' uyobligation towtvKls C*bd j -sHd |jflari;wo hsv ; dihctybu,lb ndvbcttteilftf daUBo ofscfamh I Witlioot Any social reltodnco -to*4lio.'Tti'>‘ I cent diBCUBßionV,or''’lb’lfiO' : Vai , ioufl ; tncHlcs’’'drfot , mB> | bp which this'cause lrab‘ lieferfJ’br irWQßWlTieavWff design lo press the efulms oTTempcranco on the basis iltobc thc tadfcc of humanity,-of-rcligion, of -tb'c; church, and of. God without howovpr, sanctioning onich >that iiatf been nid and done, 10-rclatioji to this subject, lhq_flad-ro~ lollbf which might have;bqert avoided, by a more considerate procedure,' Biacegprdinglfic dictator ftaibn, philosophy arid. clWislianily,men, jmvorustad into' opposite'cilrcmed l havc'rcsprtdd'to qbusOjlo undueliureiirie'sairid violcnccVnlanguage; toridicujc and dccijaailort tm’d in llna'mahncr, by’rppcjlihglhq Wind ind habiting the feeling*, hjivo neulrollicd the Very cffccW they, designed toproduce., Conflicting statements,'and bppoSilc opmiohs'have agituled and' Embarrassed public sentiment. Not satisfied -with Hie obvious principles of the Gospel, men .have resort* cd'fo scholaelic disquisition) introduced extraneous matter, lb support assumed positions, and ransacked the dusty records of antique lore, to establish a fayp. file theory.* 'ln this.'man per, opinions, have been'os confidently asserted, 1 as they 1 were absolutely, denied; Counsel has been, darkeped by iriariy, words, so that the public mind has been unsettled, tp'ssbd to and fro, Until its agonized,Convulsions.resemble the uplicuv logs of the occarij When hepluhltt firpadJiako hgdeep foundations. . . >*' - We Comc bade to Gospel principles.' Wo have no lympalhy for the eulogized quihorilicaAf past ages, Wien tola! nhalfricnflD /brhjcdj afiVClj ho pajilfn Iho, codo oTchristia’n'inoi'alßl and When even the lonrncd, however brillianUholiblb of intellectual glory which tncirclcd; their, brows,‘knew «f- little of the nathto' •nd cUlmsjof American jtcmpcrdncc, as the snbjdct absolute, •mon&rchyv)iL .lb?'wllds-.of Siboriu, of,the plfrmonU of Au)cricdni,indcpci)denco.— As ncttmigUl M'O.apprnl ih* a JfywshiH sor/'. an Ao si fr/arr ftnor or a/Turkj«h bH.Bljqsv, ,lo;d«nnc'.lho unUitC of a renublcian governoieot* uf,to.anq|cni pulho’rillbs, • Wcdeprccplfl ' flic interposition of ancicnlior modern authorities, wlien tliby prove antagonistic lo an enlarged Christian morality. Wo lo a authority; lo a " more.shrd‘Word,” which is as clWr ann'distinct In its requirement*) as'it is final and Infallible In its decisions. \Vc refer to the more pure, riioro excellent md advanced system of morality, contained in the [Gospel of Christ., From this source wo will attempt to denjpnalrato:~; ; -. ■, . ‘ . That such are the circumstances rtf iM <*ge,thdt ac* wording to Gospel pfi*iciplte f the use of fejmenled or; fleohoUc JrinAs, us a bectrage;iB arid in evil, - .’ < ", , i , ■ ~ 1. And in order that.we may&t; once pxhibjt.lhp, mndalion ©four entire argument, ive he usual mode, of referring to d\a,ioirr(itejl t fpprohly flba old. Testament, A# final ofid. .conclusive “Utbo; ly in (he ease. Wq herb 'assume' n position*, which 1 som e may appea r startling, and iv luc I j ,h ash it her I □ Gained unnoticed In this Wo allude^ ) llib acknowledged ami obvlouß distinction betWfcbn he standard of morality which obtained in tho Old I’citmncnt, and that w.hicj) Js required by the more inished and developed -yslcm of the And on hli, perhaps 'novel position, wo base bur first orgu* lent;—a position, which,amid the excitement, of Urlisun ’ Wurfurb uiid iiiiolicclual gladiulorship, Itas ‘cen 100 much neglected. .We shall assign to it its Jtopor * place,' and hbld U up in all 'Us practical mo ■iont.- 'And' froni’il, wo will ahovy, thal' irihc 1 0.‘ 1 • 'nils liWe/rfcnseiand'pfnbliCcl'is Itf'dtcide the tho’’ r oliiy of our day, the lifcjunu tho r c r y^lfti)ijjlts^r:hun)ph-wsiety.vYo^J(fb(j Iq oracr-io ibrin a.proper view-of this mt/sl consider p , which has, of Goo, in tho wbrld. JVhai theologian—what c)insfiandocB nbl ''now. iha’f God' ffb.m the beginning, graduated liifi, r cvclaUonV ffcfeofdlng Id tfro cXisllug slulq of lliltfiftn Society, In .proportion a? thq moral, physical .add intyilcctujl 'nowdrs of, nidn'wcfb ' dcvclode'd,'in 'tho proportion' lio'oxtcnd6d.nn { i‘onlargcrf'liistcvo- iMloim. 'Thus;tho Adanjlc'cdVc.ntihl w«s>diltifubly •oitod (o Ihot firimUivc 'nd;happiness/ - A'hd *'When - rn 1 jirocciss of limb, thu circumstances of human life were cssolially cliunged, - »nd tho UutrtXtv paWr's, were p/f«ftcd into a mortkonlatgcd apd developed cxq^cipp, •° patriurd|nl;pqqaliUUion, us. qorrfispondlng. with of pripfbvcrpcnt. waR qbnfprfcd Upon man. Ajid \y||G«, In. layer Ages, the luimun, race mu\ rcycU ™ * still higher grade of. intellectual •lie Mosaic Institutes wcroglvcn,* which'in their ro- Raircmcnls iycro*tf(Ufilo f d' i for which they W<ro designed—ami< U>caoAVdrh>inlqndfcd. lo.bUiprc- lo 'oyinol and per/cct bqdo of morals,iWhlch •M-lo hb roVoolcd. tb'man, when onco-iim wprlfi w °ulc| be prepared for U. Actordingly.yin fiftdvWhpi?. flic Augustan ago arrived;; svlicn iphiwflopby. h“” Wore - fullyfcplargod -tho'liDilian intcllcctj when the stliand sciences had hoop morp.oxtonßiyoJyIrlculljva 1 r l culljva- C< l| flic rights and wants pf humanity nndcratoQd, and when tho immortal longings of tho *°ul, required a more solution of human Wjny avd. vc»p W «vhiUty»-T-thun, thp lobl • gjqvptf (iplfhqd dlapp.nB|\tioq,tbo Gospql, w.as poutqwca. lluß.lherq.isiglvpp f.Q us a mopl pprp, pcm‘o/ h aud, a\|. codo V'jch our lives are,r c K}fl. li lF. t K' . *i!: "I 1 * c««cm, ao'nlogy, .civilVdoycloiionienta, njifi lli.p ( nn.; V. Jflio dlvmp Icgifiiatlon.'allpjbyo lliat lhc filial dm- Pcniatipn.wpuld omlirabo tt inoro spiritual orta coni- Nhonsivo mornllty,' V , *,.’*. „ GptV enlarged and cfoidod ‘mg remedied Vr?'*?iV 0 ’ ; fl<m as time and society* adyailce'dj let Us mow 'fecoed lo exhibit the alluded 10, and tho nqtquo .ppd pupqvvyr jStk , yqu'lo our iJordlVpVh' VP®. 9 * 1 '?! 1 ’ t (V*t a P°M } d balled Inio.qucqiion. bU’ Aormpn on, n ? jnounl, hb dhfQlda lub\Aorq. !, comp'rchjirin\Vo tiiid' TWottf %lhrb'bf h)s^ddctrl'ncb.ond'as^rcdtlio^wa eiabilafd 'b)Tmbf,rt( mnrily’Wa's Tcqulsjtc' klrigdbtp;'• lid tbbht a nihnbcr of 110I 10 signlfidafico which Ho aUadh* "H pWcopM, tind lb alidW ihiil’ lhb ; WJldlo;mt)rftl , : i'l' - " f *> -i • mi. \ ill' .’i| ..I mil j,- SM'>Of.\ogift„j 1 „ C |i tjcu.l.oroopmlpihlhqi vp^d ]i Jq>vs df lunraltty-wlnch nro-Mwiiypi ul u such fti nro’cuiitntrton lh I ’x-wxxffcK’ sftaod&rtl of- iksdncxiAasuwbich IfulACiJ avub tolorutod livtlio O-. T.~ «o h). i Who wouldlmorprul Hlr» fonsgoitiß arßummit. i|Homn, J!£l‘ , y tt retted toil on- Uio< Ot W Vllsplfcys U)o' much flcvinr projuillci) | ,toAiierJ»-rt'4oribi{Srop|y<-/ I V. *, r«il w 11. vr; t .-I <!• ,i ooij'iK .Uoi'rl »i; J '!• ~^Li 'J'V.r m -Au-tj • - "'I 'ua v;«',r -,|i jKiiic-a •, I r^ T “* '' nll *“ r^rir - '<> fti ’ k J * " 1 udnnrbwi.;,, ->li» »u;ol i, -:;;unv« *.’••• /• ■’ «»’. CpMStE; l > 1848;-:. - •» : ■ ■■■ -a , • ' *' .* -firr SIT , V ui U ? nuo *.orf m .oi tin-. I .A r V .m;,.,. f, .f whVch OicyTiadj giio'H'but tf’paiitlaiiahd dftni. Iq4 torpQqlvoimfulhtmiritual A^PSoPte S o*?* tygfofcwed to tbq law respecting, murder,which ‘they, ,ha'd .received BltiSply’ln Unmoral thbdtilhgbVt 1 r ho so Bmatgcd J iis lWpoH,d6 lpihakc f 'eVcn ! halred'ti violation of tUiua u pIBO.,St fl john -anpUas that Aa<eiA,ii| a ■^®/ h 9ri i M" fH;XS, .,.ln ; fike m<m, nor, our third introduced the Idw rbapoclirig divorce, Recording to which, they had been permitted' tb : jiot away Iholjr wins <&en DlYlriyal grounds, by giving brdiv^rcdnicht, 1 ‘Tfils’llo modified to for pno special paoW; ! 71b' eridkb of lex talioms, the law;bf rttolialiOh'iby'Wliifclf.tliby Had bbbn'ficr milted Ur tike mango upoh hn offchdcri^— ll an 1 leytf fordn c yor a Pd a *:tqolh.’’ l i}To; r thi9*lawpin.. pc. CQrdanep, will) f thp,, ,splat o£ hie Gospel, hq gave a far more clpValctl so fISnl mislead of debiting rctallatiah.’Wq’bhdßlH'ribl'dvcn rebate Vil, but return good for evil. Thus 100, whilst polygamy was tolerated in the O. T. & KdifWlty Prohibited,ln .Hie a, T, And wtop* op lbc rcfprrcd to.lhc* (Hficrondcbf qbr EordVtactnriearo spccting and appqabju to llio la\Vs ofMos’esj ho. dcclai-od to them tttal; jVtpbcs had pbrmjtlcd these things'only on accoublw.icrf the hardness, of : lheir : hearts;- r -' 3 ' 1 • 1 '“ ' ■ 15 [l I Vie TltCao iViiglltbfeJ mulliplictlvifro i sufficient to establish iho itfottf Excellent and compro. j hensivo ntbrsllty of the GospoU Apply thoargtfmcnl t to'lhcrsobtaei of tompol’anoc; which is certainly;in- | cl(ldtf’d{fi l i*lh6 range qfchiisuan dulffcsfkhd ,ypti Will, i liavo oi auiUc)onl fourtfiafto.p.for it. Accordingly Wo I must conclude, that,temperance untjen dho.’Ni.T.is, i entirely a'difrercnlllfmg'ftofo tcmpofanCO'bndfcytiie. ( O. T.-~lhat lll6,.Gfjspcl cfcohb>ny f ,lp.od | aamucli monb porfcctnnd (jomprchonsivc.uian it.was under fhd 'Mossaic^bs'ottr'/Lord’a construction'of ; mhrdcf, is superior, -to-’ tho meaning. which the Jewfigavo the same/ 'Who will venture to deny thesd conclusions? ‘ .*• m . 1 Why,then go bock, tq T; to f 'ddfibd practical' duties, which exist in'ilWhwghlcr illustration of the Gospel 7 Ate we in- this mahner to pass by the very System Which wo lyiVd Vjjunlarily adopted as the} rulcdf our'fuilh? "fTfifllftW was our Schoolmaster to lead us to • then Wq are professedly Christians, 1 *1 wo under the schoolmas ter.” ,Vo pro not law.” ‘‘Tho lawwas' the.shadow of good things, to come.” * Shall wo re ject tho aUbktanee and go brick to the shadotiff {'Shall' wo to luivo'rccojirso loan imperfectmq rallly, winch was prxvxtiied to man in an undeveloped stage of existence, When mdeh was lolcraled on ac count ofigijorancc and’corrjjption? Is il.proper.for, ns (o overlook a most finished and excellent otiiicai system,'and’to go ba'ck to dh antiquated code,■suited to othcr'.cllmcs and. darkeijOges, to learn.lessons of virtue and temperance"?" Is il rational,'that in the ]9lh century, surrounded by -the full blaze of Gospel light, wo should go bade-to old Lot to learn the art of Icmpcrnnce; or la wicked f Ham, to obtain lessons about' distilling wine'; to good oltTNoah, to receive instruction a son,? \V*,th tho same propriety, we migiit resort to the 'same source; to obtain permission to piil iyvay our wives, for trival causes; and, with equal prppriety wo might encour age polygamy and l(ien appflul to Moses, to sanction tho uhhalloWcd deed. -Is'll not therefore .'jilst us' absurd, in vie w of the ror'cgving-stalomtnts, to plead for the mediate uso of wfoo on the supposed sanction of lhcO. : T. as il would-be to.call for b ptddeVati hiimbcfcdf wives, on If'blmllarquthqrHy ?, .For il iHo former is tolcruicdjSfl >:1 ’ !.\Vo speak with then, when-wo assert,' that ngaihst tMi afgUmcntvno Valid objcctiop_Can be. •mode. Admitting.{tjiai thapj T. (Jpcs 'lolcrntc ibc uso of fermented and alcoholic liquor—what then? Why it tolerates it on tile arimiU it tole rates divorce; poligamjr -and. thD ground oflht!-hardness of ithfclr hfcafls.i .- Aud that oil o( tlictrtlwilh dthcr BinS'arc,embraced in tho Same category, and that tbclt abctlots UaVo theii proper penalties assigned them, scq In'lsl Cor. Vi. !), 10.;- ■ i ‘ ■ .• • ;; " :/ •: ’• ' • And wlmt intelligent Bible rcadcndocs not know,> that lit Was ;a ; prominent dcsigb of tho Saviour, by means ofhls word, to clcvdle tho standard of morali ty among.men? jiHcnca bo furnisliod n more sublime atuCcxullcd system* and illustralod tho luorospiritoal excellence of his precepts, by his ennobling Thhftrall { iB , Blrikingty < ejp*mrflifled,,Jlrtlang'niher-'in slanccs, in the futf vital'whWMdscs permits retail mien, the Savtburmbl; only prohibits: reVenge and hatred, but.ovep .direct? that wo i should return good for evil, fofgito mJr encmjesi and for, thcip 1— Tins'instance criaraclonies' liis wlidlc system, and displays Us 1 u 1,1 ' K , ’ f i And have We hy such means made Ho advance in chrhliah riiuruUT. liasthu World existed in vain for Ujo lust two Utoijpapd years,i tUa.vp nqt.human science and prophecy, the dcvchiporocnl of hUlpry,,.rc9ojirpliqi of .travelers 1 opd llicJiivcflllgiUion of-piPUI talenl, furnished *o*l eroded hi.hV»ceUn\crt»r/ita\ion? Arc woV ihq.phMw-iCod jmrpqsKß.of Mod mprs clearly, under* Btoed v pni\ T moral duty more distinctly ..dchueiU; ,1/ nph iheß,,inigli.i,;\yfl gP.hftcfc,la Ihftago.ofMho inn ul *: sitiou to discover the science* of torturing heretic?;,, nr,Qvqntp,tlmPPtly>. ll iBlqr>’.or,NoWiEllglandflolgijrn Oie ; mysliipprovou mpthyd ,of hutping isvUchc, B i; • . . AiQWj hftyoj wi}: not dofnonslrated.onr.irirst,grpundj UftV.o.vy.e jiplsKovvnMiQtfashumafl society advanced, lira plans,of Mod WPCP mpro : ,rully ( davelopc4? ; , Hayo WPli «Mt out Spyippr’Bi qvm ; P*phca\ioh, tjio more, »p|f||nir) and toiuprolmnsivo, morality .oflhp, mi therefore.- Ujcsp statements.sweep.] awpy lliO(\v;holo tissue or.falsoiqrßunacHtPtißPi Wty-fA I lies, been founded supposition.that thp sonctibns the use of intoxicating liquor)?;' Thprfyl?. ntf.a-,particle ofriV-dcfc.iJAM l)o tvhp.maUps A. l ', o ' practical prill)p.,Q.,-.l J ..tJip{nilo of his liffi t jf onp, thqp3fpd, I p/g.ilt ilUndto.d 1 au(jti forty eight, years behind. ’ n* u f » , ;• * v . ‘ - 2., The.r,o«uta w*) hftvp, arrtypdj wilfhq amply BU6Minpd l ..hy ; U»o/fpHoW.\Pff MgmWl* h «HPt pprt ofpqr jnain. th?> n P. tM oMvUPjrc|r?HW u, i c . c * on Gospel prlnqipjqßj rcqdp.r thft Jia.hUnal.upc pf (oX'cating liquor flniNpiprflliiyw..!; <■ 'T , It) must enquire.:,jirtf'Vup ;Vyhat,aro tlfw o, qlrounmiPhPPP t, ./Nyhioh arvAhoa9Mopp.°l P!* v n T 01p10pt.,7 If, n | 11 . i» 'MI •!»,': » t.ur , What is.au imrporoUty.l; not iUM wp .deqjn #MflCsWary,{M. for (Itqaahq.af avoiding the charge of onesulpnqps.by gwmg n»r own o.Tjdnnation.. piclioijofy : dqWsVriiiniAprjtlUy ac(.6h lAuiMl* tirin'Willi'oW- d,ity;io*nr4» lift u nlh-ngiirißiGoJ.'’ ■,l l ii l cpnrpfiiv i \y W"! 1 lilts W(ii3E'will prplwlily;"<« 1V0 ,” P?#* (WliiUpircfrcbnrtlßnos!, ft $»$»«, ‘ o ,^* ,dor : *!"l" “ Jiji ilWiniirlnlily, 1 ' , , ; ’♦iviml nto’«oii>c pf tliOßo 7 n ~ ; "'Firit ' TLnu'ccp^ing.lp ripripfli (ijtyfijpiofls, imbilp.olpqo dCV-tely ! l !»>4KHjtay.(W; ii'iriipnuuy.lo.inpil.ftoflfr.ucUvciQf, (iliytppullll l ,; »ncl that uty,(inlingldttic,s;imc unquestioned QUliiprUy, alir lynips,)«nN><APf‘.!W Wl®.l’C 1 A l lj niinetsfli ,VHWpr/*«ffß ,4 r I!SI,.IIP‘ t a . P , „ i . : a’liNn* 1 , p, rQ jf" oven; iliqmptest^Hiioyir, wtOl/stlV, MTOf**. by!crMUn(j,ii ;ally Icncls lo excess and .an.d, yiiiyV Ino most pnntfqH?r ,'ftW cepiilijy led IplnPscHqpd,iq(|Hlß!!>lPft “Hi!fi»fW H'W’ o'J|in|(i 1 ir^otriy»ablqrPlp n , r i 1- Third,. ,Th*Mhß.riW o f,*H^Wi? , WWVh*»Wf««(!, dianiqy dnd.Jeppnit oyyrflpy wafldj, basps»qi(yd (lip .jirsed lb 9 ,fa|rp»l W» S‘ndl;?fli 1)19 bfohU ipjcliqpt. W!aVvi!)h« , ‘ , : I , “"!!fi r ?. a * Si.‘ise»ipw!9i> AUo.IM«»¥OT orflndi l.psflpngr, eSwwwrt twWwm wmwHra.W®, wwfljt. nmivM viw'JV?!fVS»)M?;PP»*W'!®I ?■■«! “HfK ' , "'- 1 1 lr. {K.JrI 'J/f Ji'd.-Ut fio ■ ..trtjv rjVJt'o V. .1) ‘i a-, I.mlvm r . Vov.n COUtl'l'B.t—MAY. IT ALWAYS BS .RIGHT —BUT RIGHT OR WROKdi ODft CdONTftVl" V- ,f .. >n ntvb.Vu t;.U .%u r.l .Ijj.i <jrt . - t 1 >» i n j Jirr .! ..-nf i:; j ;< ..i 'Ui'v;' -i.l' J.,,. IjIoW ■of,l)Ujp»pl,iyft glpcjno and 'yfjretcpcd and untimely death arid' an et’crhl(y k of wailing andVcdpaifc* n . * -"1 inldxicaVing drinks, Ih any nbaijnhf Prfdrmjios o> htvera£eyvn;o, eXhibit.'an ozarrt* qnfl course dr pjofligatsyarip sin, 1 and’ at' Ino‘Vamp (I trio pd^irddV' : b*’ii safciyl 7 . ;,1 ‘ w<n l,! :i kjr ''‘ il[ '‘ •• .- 3 1 1 fn VleW'of thecG'andcnfabicfaclfl,iitia not difficult i to/point .oaliUhoßOf’prinflipjQfl .of.thoj V h/qylpjatcdljy.Jlje hab}tuql-ÜBp.qf spintß. , I • One 9»nglo quotation would bp sufficient to establish our •poirit.'Roril. ZiV. 51V“ ii is good AUthcV'to''ba( fleeli, 'ndp'dunk' M ine, nptl tiny thing AwheYobylthy. I bfolbcc stumblft/i, or’ioidflc,nded,or;ia ; qiado vypajc;’? Thia wqpoaspsed no othcr'jgroundi would ho amply sufficient for all thopurpqscs of total alstinbhceV ,f ThD'prrnciplo'embraccd‘lhcr6in,adm’liB of a gphemj application. / Ifarijl'of-inJrlibliits otert a.pQrniciouß : snfloW)£o on others, it vjp* lalion of T ,our MdqllcsrlbyraW men; and Is,therefore a sin ogaipsl ood«'* ‘ '’ ‘ * /t ’. » i i , ' In'thd application t?f Ini? nfincipfbidoursc/Vds/ivo a’rriVo'at felmflAtcaribirisions/ Wdlaro bpmmbndcdi nol;lo:ki)k /ftNow,'.when tho United peten^wUnesseg.declare, Jhal tho, citing drlnkft is .destructive to ligand when Wc have daily'-pfobfehf Uib facl ; boibrb our h'o’w ‘fcatfw'd' k'nPfr WIJ! produce BUoh rcßuUs upon ua f ae toJshoYtcaourlivcVandsyet -pretend to obey,tho Gosppl?.. AmJ not commit asm, whoknowingly indulgesin a habit Ihai^YViir^c'slrby’ln^hcaltfj 7 , ’tittd Vvcn me* l life]lh6n woikA&W : rfljt thri^cahirig^OPsin—lhenmay’a 'fhatr cuiriraiLauidid&i aridyot bo’guiUlbss’.. TliiMspnlgpu pcl ity. r i“:Yc arp.nptyour, own }yo.arpbpgghl Willi a price; therefore glorify (5/>d jn yonr bodies, ripd, In 'y olVr Bpifiia'&AfcA‘rirc;Ats.’—lst Cor', vi. 15 (ri’2o. ’-And'bridcr lheWnto dirbdhiBtoricdfl, 1 lbo , U8& rif in toxicating a bcvcrago,,con9lilutcaon imr! morality in relation to otAera.. Whp docf motkpow tho influcrice.of.cxamjilo 7 .Who'haa tile effect produced by 1110 ’character ond’cdriducl ‘of men, upon those around them? 1 5 Aro'ilibfd not cir. cUmaldncos connected especially-withthiS indulgence which,adds a tqnfqjd powerto pxamplc? ■ ; ; T iliq.,con siderations of wcijlthqnd fashion, taste .ondrcfipc; ment, togelhet. with the alluring nature bf ekeUing drinks, serve’to render the force of example more dangerous in connection with this'stlbjccl.than,bh ' any other.;; Is then) lo ; demonstrate, (hat such qnyxainplc^,having sUch a tendency! is Opposed to'riumerrius pnssagck of the Gospel? ’ How can wo prayi “lead' us not Into temptation;*' when at tbo same time.wo arc knowingly tempting others, byourcxamplc, lo on indulgence that may provq their,ruin? , We see the intemperate wVknow they seize upon cycry'thing] that countenances their immoral : lmbUswo know they will bo encouraged by our example; -wo know that'they arc rapidly .destroying themselves,; apd we encourage by (ho sanction ofpqr,.own prnqtico, —all tliia wc will.wilhaH attempt - to pray; “Icad’j/s ribt'inlo templarion!’ ,:; Ah! does notsneha practice provedts'eubjcct tb know more.of. the qudltJ i lies of tho .cup, than/pf the npture of prayer? r (Tho following" among other texts were introduced tn (he the application bf which'is hcrooinil* led for ’the sake of brevity; Luke vi 31; let Tlies.W 22, lai Cor.Mtm: 10; Rom. xiv. 13, Ibl Tiitf.T. 22.) But wajpeed not multiply. passagcs. Taese among others proy ( i^cieqVl(iBiiowJUatKo^ Q nnqLiiyincp.nU iy'.indulge'apabit. which.inDicta so serious an inju ry‘on others. ‘ W’c add'thri'direct flrßoC'tlini'aucit'a' habit; nnder sticA clrbumstanccsj is bn - | ,Pyi l«prd.!dcdarcs,.JVlaU(».,Jiviii. lum, llfrough,whom q/Tynce comelji.” jNow tyljdl. const! lilies n’n offence? " Paul Jells ua.in Rom. xiv. 21 “ It is'gbbd neither to cat flcsli/nbr 1 ;lb drink'winc, nor any things whereby thy brother slumlilclh.or is offend c£,pr ta,mado weak.” IJero yqwpcrooivcihtitatnong m(;or things, by,drinking wind \yc give offence,* and Paul says; “ Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend'; I will cat no - flesh while tho world standclh, lost I make my brother to offend.”' - tells the Christians ,nl Rome j “ but ffilliy brother bo grieved with thy,royal, now. wolkcat.Uiou pel choratobly.”; Applying this, principle, (which, ccrlamly was not Inlcdcd for that age.'or for (hfli 7 ihdividualcasoa/ono) it would Imply .--—when you seo that you aro-mfliot* hig nn Injury f on others by, your example,, and vet' perseydrp, you, aro'violating ..thp laws of chrisUan charity. * Arid now, to sum up (fie whole of this part of our argument, nod to seal the truth of bur slater mcni{~lho'Ap.’raul, reffirring to Ibis very thing; about giving ofibqco by qn example; absolutely do clarep it to. Co a. sin, ipl. Cor. vm. 12, “But ye slri ’so agninpt llio.brctliern. and wound their weak, rig'ainslChrist.' “This decides—l spook an unto'wiao nlari, judge ye wlialT Bay. 1 * ’ .We might hef6 afibrir, that even in the O. T.’lotal, abstinence was oft Avcl’t.kqowni *l® distinctly, rccog m‘icd K and approved of God as in the present And wo ddducb Bcvbrorinslariccs of suclf'an bbsll-' noheo, 1 thli purpose oT allcrtvrii'd'’ ; drawing nn far gumcnl of gfcat riipmenllHororrom..Wo,rcmindiyx>u that a formal organization ofthiq kind existed, among tho ‘ decend'ants qf Utcl|gil),,wl/o - Solemnly plcogua thonisclvcs (d oihsta/n from ullwluca - ; and cvcri when thoT/Prd‘directed’ilie-Prophct : J'crctttiklrtP' set >VtriC before them v nrid tell Mbm to drink, bucH rwap tbeir strict conscientiousness 9nd, firm adherence tex Jhclr, pledge, (hat they withstood Ibis sovoro tcs(—-yidc, JbremV Cliap; xxxvs ,- lrt eonsc'qucrieobf this singular fidelity, (ho Lord corircfrod peculiar favors upon them.' \Vqa h? not pleased with Oicir; - r.,\ ■Wp qlfo cofcf you.to llie yqW‘ orl|i'6 Waftirilo/. n?, rccofdcd'in‘Nunib.‘ y'i. 2—l‘ ‘ ' ' , , . Tho a^g(^hicnt'wb I d^l^w' , from'- Uf6*T6(!ora9a'fa6is, whlch cdrtainly hold xiplhp s bppositild Tof*the great! quesliqn, ip-n ip Ihisj-'rthaj to a more advanced pnd. r pcf,f99l.se/vico v of Grid, l|ic usooC wine, was even jhon, consit/vred a's an impcdi. riib’nt.-* 'Whenever ! lhcrbroi , o v (Hby dbslro 'to drivolb 1 thomsolvcß move the: wbrahip of ,God, iboy .uUotly abaodoorid..lhe,\ (WPi of.,wJnc ft -rr. Why./fid thcy.flh thi>/, Jf.wjnft iy«/f np v If it I dmhpt iniorferfi withjho pprity of lllpir if‘it was a’JVbbd ‘thirig* and' critirdly-'likrmlcHß;'why : abandon.il? "sdrh\y ihoy) mUBl> hovo lcons.idcrcd:4W even fl;en, an ohntaeU to $ tnorp.puro and developed tWrafnitof Jbhbvhli. •And whjr Wdiild GoiHitifo on joined it in thesb ami filter cascsj li’nU odnforrcd his speoi.ql fuvpr k.; Th° , co oc\ u ; slon is irresistibly farced, upon .us, 9 CdUrso'bf absliriouco, ihoir Worehip and inlei'toursb with God, 1 WdiilU' slistliin tt : ihbrc'pidnlual.'cnriybling and.acbcplablccharaclcrV/'Andlduds nut. (his-fact speak yolumoffi in, undcr.,Jhq spocifc fl 10 t , Arid under llip'Vnoro developed and spiritual mo rality of the Gofllpclffho’Christian ' should udopl this olmractcristlc of thoi Nazarlto; os tiio inPro porfeot pfi.ClirfeU'ycquirPß a j.^glior,»\antiuy<i o\ moral purity! and hcnco wo abandon ovpry thing that immediately or remotely Injures ourflelvcß' qr, others,]- i'J 1 j !;. ! .T- .-.vj 111. J j Having kowoyor. popclusivcly dcin/maUptod,, that < (ho hieiorical morality of lljp Q. 1» fe rmo of 1 life; dn'd’haVlrig mariner, aWcpl'awhy'oll foun dation 'of mridorttii drinkirig; a i dra'iAn Xrofnilliat (umrcQt' Wo now'come 10 ijidwrisfetomquif ,m thp^ri i°!> Aav». ten wr'wttsft ‘?i ww? od onus,, ~ ‘ 1 ... r 3.KVo ? Bcgi 1 n wttirihq assertion-, Ihaifroln Math! to Rev. thfcV’ri ft’ribt iho'llligliWsiah'ihorll/.'oHltßr'Uireol' or MirflftUlto panclion.tJio;nß,o of wine, as a hceerogc. : And .whomever, sue)} an is , thc monstrous progeny, of a fuW and onesided scririlurq intclprolirnnh.' ‘ TbTorrri'aV/hper- c'oncoptioh of (lio GospclyoV of ltd dpot’rinesfwo must consider li as tv beautiful and liarmonious whole, and keep.jn, ; y|ow; Us genera^object nt\iL» pnd tendency. Whenever wo tear it to, nioebs;'uctacH nqpcrfato feng mprilfl’frbriV Ihoir ' QBkonlral : coririd6iipH',;iri order-to suit (ihf* ftmqlfpl Vitilv.fi, mo Ritcgflly’of ‘tho ' 1 ??/f 0 * *Tlio nltemnt toimpcHhl* arflulnßriU.li^orsQrtlutilistPkal luij nlln>ioq.,o,M>!) will? Ity.maSyoibm «*Kf i 1 r* II- kision 1 ' error aii'd mtecoftd[)l!brt; ploHb bffei^]alhlh^' l tli'b i Bcn[jlure',lhrough IgtiMhricte," hiatrqt immd',br 4o.fiijpfi6rt.buh: pfejddjcoaiuntt TwUo t < 1 expp un a e rs, Who w ( ero not ablols penetrate [ spirit arid Hecp Iridari{dg f oY‘6ii?rplV»re, and ' i pbC'dottipteWndlng' thb general designs bf Tcfeodial ■ pgcncy,iiatihnot ohly ( tofn.iUvcl«od: j 1 tq Bull ilicir fancy or lo covcf' I party purmftdSj alia liaVd tfius ‘occasioned error Id ' doctriwanfflrrimofalily* ihhlfcrirf like' manner, hist j the ahddr.rcVicwv been 1 abused, porverted nnd i rqiaqpdff rB -fw4a l ft4 , until men havcicUh- J in Ihc h^r^itiircs.th^inscVvcf*, or have ' bonfitnied'iKocn to sanction '{ho midnight revels of ; thb kot','fcf'tms reeling blas'phbmy f *nf thb’ debauchee'. 1 Abiongibucji tnlsapplicatioris wciclaris-tho .ordinary I exposition bf-jbp- contras!, which, the sacred,pentnaq, I draws-bolder© the,Dap|iflt and camp i heilhcrValingr. &cT.' ' ' i here comniilted, lies in -the usual mddb of : giviHg'ii literal tfnd : onfcsided srgnlficbllon'lo’thcse rufcSrtiifltnkirig the > gcncraldcsignof the 'vfileN.l'Sho^oo cannot inlorprcUhis passage.Jit* 1 terplly, is expression ( | —‘‘catlqgand tfririkiug,”~liVcrilUy thVs Wnum. nol ho true; as John Th like iharincr that which rb; IrtesHdibafl&idihnus.t be understood figuralivbly.'ln order Ip fTreseoMNe argument fairly v let me;aßk—dncs llic i appetites tp'thc gctjcral character of tbejr public lifo , J‘ , 'Silrclyit‘tfqcß not reqa'irc V doclnr Afdiviriil/ to-answcp<h»»'qucQlion.( W hen'inspiral ioriidcsigna- n iVQ“plaip,V .docB. it refer,,to ,lhq njqrp abstraction of a., military commission, or docs it not nqUVofdpUpcatc thegenprat feature bf his' whole fCirfcdial Wdrttf or when he is syiribnlized ad a “Phy. Bicibhv^-who'‘W’Bo , (Utcrly-Igttpronl aslo suppose that ho-limiteitiliejlivinotpqiyondo ciucai? who dqcn jiol _ppO, tbattlie ti l^nq‘‘P^ygicipn > ’’ emblematic of i tho Bqwa>nmg,‘ cbpsohng' and ' reviving no lurbVf “fiia wVojo mcßlultmal bfifee ? 111 We : conclude Ihbntlhalt Ihc.'bbmparlsdn- instituted between. John and ejiQtiafrbfercnbe.whalevot-lo the mere qbstratt gating,or- drinking,” nqf,. jnofo than to their walking or sleeping or speaking, mil {hat U pbiniddiittfio general fchi‘racler,'and‘diBtlh6tivofcai lute ofthfllr ttiWlb llfb: ~ : Evangelist designs'!© show.-ihtr opposite and characteristic mode of their cnlirc then, is, that John did -not fcniby Social lifin butjiyed as a recluse or hermit; whilst our Lotif associated iWd'ihiriglcd' Iri tho ordi nary wby, witfl huinoh'socibfyi Sic Schbedgoii In nov/Lex. Grace-in relation to Jolm:'conTcrsalionbfln cum allis yilanß." This view is sustained liy,_ji'num ber of parallel .Among, them vyc n mbBf'striking Snd, ctinclurko one ill Luke xxii/30. “That Wo v mayVut ln htdvcn 1,; &c. '’■No one drb’ams 'ttfllmlllhg this passage to mere, eating or drjmking but,as rcfcrrcdjplhc perfect 'and conlin? ued. enjoyment* and blessings of ll|O f hcaycnly king dom. . ' . ’This interpolation is'confirmcd olso-by other considerations. 1 !'In forimngun-cslimdlo of;the moral character of .any individualize do not select,any one action pr.featme, but consider the general,tchor pf hislifp. Woulcl we think it fair and honest, if inef., iri (heir judgment dfou'r character, would 'seize upon an'abstract feature points,And from them draw thejr. conclusions respecting our, gcnqral life? VVould this ho proper? jNyould they,bo Ukely.to. do uVjufilir.iifc/jWb. we VnUßt liikc into viow-tho general tenor of a TnanV'conversallon and life, to foi’m n correct estimate of his character; ,;Now,wo hesitate not to say, that from the gpnpral course of our Lord's life; —from ali bis .reepr^qd.doings, there is hpi,* a single indication either in his theory or practice,that would authorize thef Inference that' lie used wine as a beverage.-' Consider his entire. Ufc| his holy and spotless character 5 would l(io innocent and ijnmacu; late Redeemer { he, whose Ufo was holy, harmless and undefiled; he, who could,appeal to Ins past life in the presence of all his foes, and challenge them to 1 convict him of any one sin; would such a Being with a-full prcscieoco.-of. what ((reversions his actions would bo exposed to, knowingly practice a habit, that would 60 used us an argument agnmsl lum ? Had he'not the prospective good oifhls church fn view ? Could ho ihetel'ora hive ■ yielded to a habit, that in tho I9tU century would be employed to sanction in temperance,? -’Tis impossible. . - In support of Ifiis view, we draw; : thp argument from his own mode of action. This will afford us an adeqnalo solution of any doubtful point. His general lifb. constiluics the best commentary of his scperalo nets.i We prbposo the rule:*—that wo can best judge ho.sv-a pprsop would. havp noted in a supposed cape, by bringing into view, tho manner ill which ho did ael ih similar or analogous eases. We can refer to a cash which'la petffoclly'lri point, and ‘strictly ana logous j-J-in* which,: seeing that. hj» course,was. d&. Bigncdulp .be pcryctlcdi hq .cautiously.pvoidqd llpit result, by not .complying,with iheir, desires, .They asked;—“is it lawful to giVc tribute dnlbCoosar," &c. It will bo Tditterrfbei'cd.Mhul’ at this time the Jews were tributary to tholloinuns, vyhopo govern ment, tho former baled' will}, a perfect hatred. By this nucstjon llioy.ihlcndcd to entrap him in order to (Inti cause for tibcbsklion.' They well kHew that Id hlnVansw'oV bfiirniftUvcly : dr negatively he Would* be 'commillod.ii Had, he said, that-, it Whs lawful, -they, wpu|d 'enemy of their nation.. (Jr had. he said that it.was .hbt lawful,’ they vvobld lla<c 'a'ccbfltd him lb l llio Uo rfiahs, os a 'traitor and a rebel against their govern montf >art;bmn?scifcnl Being he 1 perceived their artful curmthg, a’rt'd.jnsfeiiilof (hem a direct ansWCr as they desired, Jic riuid;— I “Why jcmpl me? shout too tho Irlbul’o money/* and when this was presented,- h§ uokcdj^WKfWj uni£o arid superscrip tion is oo Hi They replied, 1 Cccs'irs , r-~~(hdti saidhe; •m,( V .o to Cmear the things that aro Ccusar’s, and. to tfod‘ .(ho thing* ore, God’s/*. TUua Unowhur. their ‘designs, no aVoidodadirccl unsvycr, and tom pldlcly foiled ! them Wi their ’artful HClkmes'. ’in the samo'im’sntidr aSari Amnfcctent Being, ho must hfovc forcfqon, tM.by nstog.vvinfl:«ft n .boynfagejthb Would expose himself to Iheir qc.nsurcp, and ourcbnelußiohV from'his general character and life, Uy every ftfirtbljild'or'analogy rind logicol'dedudllon,' ffo mrfst«toftdh/d* thatrhb winf-m* charges Wo-iv.ith' this practice, Wo llurtlUhal/wv imyq roasop'off .the casohonestly and concjupjycly; a/jd U.lh, certainly n consideration ofdccp mommil.lliul thisyiow presents tf Tak'dn'diriumpliaht yindic'rtlion ufbur Ldrd’s char acters • ' ‘ ''■ '•* ! ' , These Rlaiomonla.rtlll:ol?o0pply to |ho at Cflnp« Tlje oirquipstancca recorded, in cpnncilon vvltb this iiitercpllhg occushm, h«vb all boon nnscon. 1 sVrncd, by dvbrlbdkinV'tWu' ‘and 1 me’iHofonAf opbrailorio'of our 34viAiir. ;l!, For tho suko- oUllustror: lion, wo inlrqducojlhis subject by supppsiug a cssoi ..jSgpposo'a JiusUatidiWan,* tin •.examining and/iniling one w|»ich in pnipt of luxu* dw,nyt'answer l>|a grasping 'cxpcclatimi-, ;would sbfomnty hta Voicii and prOnOunqusticnrpo 5 ticnrpo Idjfon UitiV field.’ What wduld youHhink OP su'chl«i( üblJ • And aupposoMlliptiwUcn reproved fnt :U,uho would refer to the example of mirXord npd,«?y /, ‘iL am hut doing what our Lord himself did; ho cursed tho' figttrtdjand suroly<l nn» «ot culpuhlo in ing : I)pt lo.tivnplc.’.. >Wji>t(Wfni)d ypu *otV I,> you not consider.the act,of cursing tl»9 fiyh) ns crim* inal f in iUoif, ad bis' reference to the cxaniplo of ChilblhViiriAVlokc'd'-ilud'pWnfnp?/Such n mlsopp i‘ aaIUA), groa»nndporhicdou»a(iit is. has hocn-mana (brmo<l lf.Ulio txocullon.or hi, W"" llWHlcnlnliUi -civil ,hy.«udv». '"SSlM.l'W o’,aC j; n^l'^rfenpSnioi'. ! in’'>l' ;,, r cS' miition r " ml r 1 ", „ Ili!t.»beno•«b , r«ro..ftr iiovor emiM M’d<l«r(»ricil lur himsclC Wh.l'lio nßchm'lpimhoij.ti. l.nol „ wind n« nil cuimnlo for uir. Thnllmwovot.wjiloh ;•» IU' nr »i AtiiT ’■ i ±.'uiiLiidlL-*A -t.) J\-ii ‘Mi; ..(hi/ »(•!> |e slr.l ii Ji i»l\ ... V. /;,i '-\V . A.f-i>or.j t'-u,! i- ! . ■ 'll (l-ltfll/i .'I 1, , •'r I Now fn tlio;pr«cnf in.taric'b, iiVacicia'ixMdiiYcly.iH, Tious..-rfiqMlA jr«vA*aio Wqtuyiijnf ,v(ft|)M|lN his 'dicingahdvAWmfoftoZ-fcldliotisP' Evety ; clr4um--’it.. . ? . - .- t . .. ;<r •.('T ’ * stance .connected- whin transaction,! distinctly-.! Aether egfegibbS blunder iflolHß^ccirotauWd ! prflVcs.tljlh. T .»! *.s:is _.u V . -:riiif‘r«aliort ) W ,, fife ekpressUAfik *Wti • - II bcomrcdlnthe early natUflilapUWlb rfainl.Uylni»«lMlhttlq"«W|lWt «irha,o'heilidWpljrtlalhntiT forjhc, lUal it was the beginning of occasion.:\ Now.'ifi Boy-pne.will itabCf IhftUoclilcn his.miraclcs., Here n‘n pecasiun* was offered. IQ b 1 WliVcll 1 fid; oVailcd himself) 1 tomake Vi 1 ! 1 idiprd'sslob'exprqsision, (ids fy), ■re (ere pq e wlja le ve r,) eW■ _ u/ibn'those ♦cry persohs whll/n ! hb i ivohld‘‘httlbrii'Jly"(iaffQ it Cana.* .'Hie Hrplmrmclmius spoke of desire, 1 Pot .many. lessons) to illo. 's^iA£, f ' fl frpUs'of his labors,.thp jirqt ,tp beflcychii, divinity, Uitft tdifllftP* ! aji.cl 'l‘ljcecf were his mother, relations u, e „ 00( j wlnofirsi, & c .; hence It has ho rfftronnß* 1 ond was aTiutlci'ofjrrdot im- tlVaUlrae or plHc^andttheredailhertforC'lKwirl and muiionft fid not bbWdhim. "Ilia'.Ml wlffl ».""«• h *T e * 8 PfjMjS? 1, . |4 K I,is Immediatedenl&n'ih |Wrlbrminglhd m!fatle lt .ini4 not , wbesaarlly ml Mi IjMdi. W that im i licro acted in i Mai mfallalori.il-capacUyi U r could be given. Onb'wm Suffice. In'ltolsn iwliK evident. If,oro ,Uio.result; -for ii,,is Bqid,ijiat jio tfyds | »•-« Jko prophet the tjbnndaiu biessitflcß forth hjs glory and his djscipjes believed of llic godly, under the efnblerit of on him.*’ ‘"'ljcrd'ybu ihuf tiils’ liU den* tv-hero the usda Ihh &ame firsl gVcdCnctf should bvvako' pilblleollcMlbh ohd QiAf ployed Above. Here'll teftdinty cannot mean that p|j»y-hisiglory;vnntf litncc asiGud.bc performed thb the garden tVas bVtn^iiKtWEWbV;§4- miracle, that he might, lay ( the hia m|n- •funATfeß tvilh water, fof ihis woli 1 dhdVo injpreu I jsl[y as Saviour of the ,Tho tfccPsidn was vegetation) And tiled Il’Bßuldhbi have hedn’n'ptol givcn'boili pefriniblFrrtbf thd uPßlghed bbHenll'iK}h*; < r ßbl U |of willed would HaVdMhc’v'rMtirhpltbH do’ , neanB the garden was au^ciehUy.wfeU&dJ* •ayjthril in oil,-liila there ousts art ciampto for oai!, 0T , lAN | NO ONE n noP Tod Viiicii oKtod lllilfe'*’ ** ' Imitation,.ot.that any part;qf it. is pftk , p # s;—the BlbAfed.ht tills polnUtt i*m i ; itij;- - ,i 11 / w tiv consequence of the Interiess 1 of the bdhrl'nho^H j : thisol). : ,Jo., fiqnncctiqn with llsiß^diualq.,number ofimportant items, which rire ! insepartbw design it presents a beautiful ilUislrution of connected with hd'f to be defolrea : fo economy. "In'tnis llglil"|t sets torih a syihbollb IcV a-fiifbYO'BcfiaatdHi l.: *' " " ' pfetechlatfori'6r , tlid : fd(tttlbdB"’(Wlii6h ,, Oljrist by his ' ‘ mUpion dcslgncdilo iH.dslratoond sahctifyy osisting ■ between himself os bridegroom ,ond thbiphurqbjSs yx. Ti-xxi.jO. /As hr) ; gpucTul|y m»-, prhvcß njl current events to explain tlio nulurc of his 1 kingdom arid lawk, hmi'io infllriic( M hi8 r diselplbl, lie availed hitrtiblfefthb becabron-ofdrt orltiu! inarriago to, leud Uio minder tboec prescnUo lliq,,I»oly ic\a. ; ! tionpbip.and.tender ufTtictiun winch exited between ! him' and Ins church—Eph. v. SlvsJS.—arid lb assure! his ‘'flbck’ ihat'us ho had now relieved llic tvihls-df tbebride and hef friends; so lie wobld nol fuil in any c£jgonby that The vyino it* fcjf, was a alrikirjg and cKprcssWc of the gifiS.brhjs fchccjand a bcAlitiftil lj’po of (hb Xjiirltt/al strength dnd ; joy whlfc’li' lie' would tbnfcr Hpdn the subjc,cts ofhls lieavenly , afi , oclions-~lsa.:xxv. 6.’—r.v. 1.-Such wfcfc.lhb high arid hbly cnds which ho de signed,lo orf this interesting occapipn.~ Whnl ground Iheh IstllcFobcrc for the misapplied lion alluded tot 'This high lioni bf lhc rriyalci’ioßofrcdccming lore, Bo expressive of fonder, syinpalby, 1 bo ylih in. dnnierhed grace; whoso elevated mediatorial meaning Jias escaped the SBtulcconccytion of ihorlcm Judajzing'moralists.— OH! is it not trifllHg tvllll tlio' strictly official acts of the Saviour, not to-recognise their connection with the sclicimj'of htiniah fcdompHob, lirtt to fob Ihpm of all, their rpora). and qfncluf “d<l ta interpret them into on cnfeoufagcmfcnt to sthsllal indulgence? . Is’lf not‘presumption, Ult hot litgh-liandcd daring,’ to mittortslfdc-’lhc sublime purposes of-hls remedial offices; tas misapply (ha highest acts of his divinity ; to overlook through Ignofanto of prejudice; the spit; it, significanco anil intepllou bf this chatuclcrifellc wonder; to pervert ilk sacred' meaning bV leafing 1 it ! apntldff frbm thdtcbhom} f»f grace ; and f idstopd of viewing it. ns an! essential fcalUrh In , the! mighty scheme of human dcllVcranccjlo pcfp'btralc lhc grpsS 1 outrafra of reducing ft (p an,occasion Of.trampering the appetiti, of cVen to il incTojaßTiiohtiUle dcbaucli t Nsyf wc-have Wot sdlfearned Chrislr H Brifc|yAvo can-' not bn so dull of appfdhcnsidn as nol to tcbogniio its connection with liio ; cntir.q Jeheme tff mercy; or (o overlook its moral glory-and sublime significancy ?. You scu then that by taking this consistent and 1 elevated view of the it stands bhfo’ro (i»- in nil its morurroognificrncc and glory. This'CQnccptiori > of the whale- sutijecl-reproves every difficulty;' pnd 1 you will perceive that wq have just as little encour -1 ogemont therein (o llio uto of wine, as a bcVcfage,iis wd have authority to imitate'oiit hord'ii oxamplh in cursing the fig-treo. - What’ would you think of-thq man who would ullcr a ourso, upon any object around him, and appeal to our Lord’i example to legalize the act? Or. what would bo your reflections' if you were to sco a man opproachlng’nh bpdh gfiv©, and 1 calling upon the lifeless cloy to corrio •forth and live? Would you pot unhesitatingly Qonclu(folhql<jp,ncUh -1 or of these instances we enn .or should p/pfondj to 1 follow our Lord; that there is no example herd for ibur,imilntiop, and .that in both caacs the Savlqur acted in'lilk official'and’ incdiotbrial.bfficcs/ And lyot-'shcb h course Would ’not bo* indrd absurd, than when wo explain tlio marriage at Cana, so as to im* I ply q sanction of jl;c habitual use oftWinr. • . - The. objection has.bccn mqdo-ywhy did he not perform some; other' uiiraoto7, why select a subject lliat wduld'bo liirblo to bo 'porvorled? - lie cautious how you judge tlio doings ‘of our Lord! Shull Avc, sinful, weak und.short-sighted creatures, undertake to criticise the glqrious acts of Him w ( lm was endmv cd with ipfinito wisdom,,and,who, as tip infallible being, always selected tlnS bcti means for tile highest purposes? iJoldafrdgahric! And what minicfdrhU was not abused-7 W lien ihe healed on the Skbbalb,! ■ h|q enemies foimd fanUi.; ,>yhvn.hoidrpvy.out-dttf»U»| : they, attributed it to the jiotyci pf IjcpUcbub. : W.l^u iho eyes of the. person born blihd, wjidl a storliiAVtts cAfcUcd. And iicncb;had : ho rtdoplodsoino other course at Cano, U would have nict wiih o slrol ‘ lar inisconslruclioni- ( Thls aqf' hdwovsr is tiUrmptiontfy vlndicutcdlby ■ (hose principles of, ? v k»ch we Ipiyc,already explained iiid Lei it ho rcculltctcdjiiat he ; jwrforfiictf iVtf- tottocleVcxccprort ficn»m condltlhn/. These wore,Mmung others, that'-a' suitoblb 'ocfiabidii was oflered) that the oCQubiou corresponded .with tlio dinily.of a miraclv; and thiil a pr/ipqf object could,b'q attained., Uo never.madq the ppnor (unity, 1 dr’pcfforiiicd u iVselesd’ artfl ji’ntiruil/y uir'racld; Dul when a proper ncciikido whs oltcfed he' improved it, to dcvclopc jind carry qul«his grflcioul designs.-- I'licsq distinctinns a ppca, r more, clear wlion tjioy, arc Qoutiasted wKlj the ly jng_ w.on<(erß. pnd fqlw mL ra’cles ofVnorb fecciif tfnio&' A flingfo cxoiiiple will IsnflicW lhut of a supptAed rJhif Who liddbeeA detap/ i(aied>nd:Who, U 8 wdiawi graVoly told,deliberately look his head under lifts nrni,‘goCos(ridqMiU*>TuHß>| and sailed across .the oooaciL Such miracles vfyro never , Tl'py o|l 1 lia‘ti,qn iqi- 1 udrlanl cud in view; suitable tu llic nature of a nura I 'JW,"art'll-Wifn tWWH torll/ bj- Till Non 1 ; tit i[i6 liWifdnHt .nbl only-was’ mil DpopnuWiy" ofliir.il lij> llie U'iUlt of \s-indf bj 11 p j ateai oliji-Ql. ns »'o'lia*o'!Bli».wn,.W.a» now>iii|il|sli cil,, Had l|ipr«\.o*i*l,d ony olhi-f wnni. it iUiiRIK. lliive lirnn « dYffl-runt infracto. Il»d ilimf '7«,'! ' WhiW litmiil 'V'.l.'t d liay? rt,i«i?ll«lldly.*iWlAl' -ArhoWcmit fl'ns « mi rions und eXnfi'ssivo roiiaclo.-! .ffto con6Tuslon is j uniivpidnlilf' li'M f,-liri.4 l^ ,Pa -G oil. io f (tI rfi'>K , , I mlinini.lrnllon Itracc. iniitli! .u..ploj„,ony , 1 •mu ns, nun any rniK«T», nnd.adonl nny mudb non- j sisU’iit w'nli li'm |.or(s , '.'.lopß, A"! 1 ' i "jly hare, no pptil ,lo nnijapp > I ”vVo iiuirbi'rest''iliii Xliiwef W««..W Irtiiort 1 1 ilfiilicr/y’Wp'pllt^l. »ll(' ri>nho\ln eMj ililti; S Ib'lli.iWiii.M "H.’lfcWMrr;glwfWlAw-hW' J been laid upon several points connected with it; o liriofoxiilitniilinn ofilit-m inny ? ot,bo pnl ofi.Uo. ■h,n wilin’ lscirni)i»ilrayoJlipnn,rbiir|!CT. Alliho , wotU bf i(iVD(i'i(y’; , ti9 thVy onihn dl(Ml(y ""!• Jm- , mml'ntnlb fr6m liln lidn(ln, anMemoil Iho'hlchHv pctfnolion. Wlmn (hi, world WoVorn«f.l Ood ; blthWrpfcnoundbd ilftodof put 1 im» «mCO if«-t paired \ty, gu.whemnran vhjs fitstmealed,i linly, putn. noil iiipoqf.nt. 1 lius, CHii,l„»il L could not |inrfoi)nnn tmilrrr.'Cl )Ctliu win (r conlniiii'tl nny (lololorioiie pt iiiU)Xicnliii(t qimliliu. ■it m, ImnmlVitt, Bj\d l 'Wt w V“, 77 rr 7 Af! <n;i t/.w 'i ;{J VH , i Tli£ representatives of the of vania7ih Convention’'ntsembTcd, felicitate Ihclr jfeuti 3 1 icid 'friends (ipohlfic prosperoos 'cdndltloh' I country and. the •brilliant truimphorbcr-ahn*.; Stacdh the iklqgdUjq of the Democracy of tho Stale last wilhin this. Hull, io make knbwtl iheir qholco. for President pf. the United Stales, vast and -imporllql event? have illuminated the pages ofrmr hirtory t *fld') cffoctcd the destinies ofour. poTillcot union, u e lpflV , abroad anil meet hone of Ihe ttldcnfccS bniibWliiir’' proplicbicd (jy f'bdbfafism with ilalhoufttnd We see ohr commerce expanding to the roosldUUDt.i fiorts'ridd wlliicnldg the mos.l d|^ n J»taeM. . Mahai, facltircß lidve flodrUllcd all aha example. • Mechanics* and corporate and individual industry, are producing to honest enterprise - a-suffij j fclbnl fcompfcicncyj. Our fcredtl at lib'mcjtnd| apfoaa., is dnsdspcctbd aiiU fi/m f cichoHges afo equal th (no. ntidal of v foreign war—-"and tile great theaadrd Which' ’ "cperaicd .the government from lhtt^Banks t inlended , ‘i only fur a lime of poucCi has preserved oor rpooeyed.; circles und grcatcities from the disasters cotitcipypi f upon ull thode b<pa neinriS which befell* oilfi of Ndlionol speculalionl _ s V*. Sincp 18*14; a noW and flourishing Slate hac; bociid added to our confcdehifcy} andawm tang deferred by ourselves,'and long provoked by Mexico; altnmtf Kll has been prosecuted; (after, having bceil cantroeriCßa ? by tlio UUer,) into the dealt of the enemy’s country , , end hda made those who to aggression’,'the' avengers' oT accurddlatfcß, hufserveJ to elevate mir cfiafacter be (ore thc / naUemy ‘ of the earth; to display new cldmenW' pfitialWaali strrhgtb; and lojircscut new rfefiaiihii for Uiq perpejUj, ily of our politlbnl institutions. The prbschl administration, which cume into power oh the 4th of 1845; has lived to see ita policy ,andit< principles fiilly Vindicated bv the lest of time Jana, the firnt and fearless Executive; whbdid ndl nesuato to s\ow liis great reforms, ahd ’llf (mfAue thefO un flinchingly to completion; Is greeted! by the Inbatii , of ihp reluctant witnesses, who daily.confcaa to the,, wisdom ami foresight of his. measures. nia, whiertt was first to bo prostrated under the iron hand of free trade—according lo.lhc horscope cast her by oiir political-seers—still pianosbicfofo KerJ 1 sisters, with her fair, fields lron hfllai aliC*c with flic htVm of incltally, and her teamirtg Val.. /cysjocun with the voice of well rewarded 1011. , It is ufider auspicious circumstoocca like these that the delegates of tfio democratic party, of rchnsyl* ariaembTod dheo mOro to express their unaUer-< 1 able atUchWcrrt to‘ Dcmoc/atlc principles,’ and assert their satisfaction at the experience'of lucpiatli,. and their confidence in the prospect for the future. The glave duty of Mprcsiing a preference between the several distinguished nairtfcsi pfcMftCedt> Itf.flrt, country, in connection, with tlio high office di-nt oftlui United States,* has becn,cAmflifttcd Io WfS Convonllon by the Democrat of Wo do not conceal, what indeed it would do M -io conceal, that the country will rcqM?rc uf Che KxCfeCU live, who sliall toko his seat oil the 4th of March, 1811>/ peculiar abilities. Neter before liaqill heew moru <*sqc(itfal,.Cha( a vigilant guardianship of .©Ufi blcsßcil pblUicul Uilicn. slioulij bu . ht'forc hbs fh-it uhcqmillc-d political compact; been to InsidubUxly throaloncd. Never before bate tho’lnco. rlmt of the enemies, of a morqj f.ipcinaling or a mciro dangerous pspCft*. i; wk shcTjl govern the helm of Ihe shif of BUlr,’ foMhd next lour years, nnisi bo.c inaft cqaallolhUprjaatrig and formidablerenicrgency.’/ ipbal ,brjng lojllJb f ’ performancq of ils.dulk^, 5 wise‘inscrrliob, end a wrll jWlsrd fnlcllecl, but ha * most show to the country (haf his fliilty -Io ‘w »»“ clilulions is not bounded by the hoti/uii.'M Joo4l ’ trines, but is |>;oad and gAne-ral ns the spinl of free* ' (loiniiUclC.. ilb miiflt flio sairod aridinviAl^ ! hlo ibu Coastiiiiliqn. , flc ,must,R£Th * btforc lifpi tho sacrifices which allpo^wpi, > 9 f \l,o' Union intidi; Ut\, lh«t o«l jrf, * launched inlb being nnd«r circhmstancts full oTpetfr. !' ||ennP?| repiember Ibul ns oorternioiyexirniwsamli ■ our, civiliialfpn tho KWTO : licuniMu forces its way. down tu thu k I the Pacific, mid croshU beneath the * sislrtbto proorcss (he Itcbfu’and‘bloody despotism of* ' another exporichoo of free gdvernroon^lW *. self may <h'|Kmd up<»n lit? facr, |hnt I i.lralc .hanirio ol, tl'O €X,..Jlenco «J> * However Hie linnJ mev lic.ili) 9H9T'• , nrovidcnrfc, lo; ficimnct) irt bf geognpliiai . prat lacnco, " 10 olhllottll ~„«M n .n •m»r ■ feZm lnU v.ivy, lL lirobal’JW oNor eJ«o>J)lfc c, vilhi W eo>> eootroUinf llii, ffiMrc S 0rc.t.n.h»,,11.0 : v .1 vlndtailirie il.r r > nn<l ■ l ! 11 , "” n sr'’ p r drio polhjcol liberty ia'.bW -r.Zf To Iho Democratic |i»rly tilt qouflinl, K «yjM Ito .1.......1y «|« «;«ve auUc. ■ i . under it will-lie horoellor connmlMi fltfo weSnve nee nollliue <lic ; ll‘illrt'p!> uf Jlcniocro-t-t . J "V e iTeV .invo > Uo i or (! ini'.uli6n. «I.o>ir KOvpr.y ! IwtD been originutecl under unit !)>l iliem rrAM been urr.ilcd .|id doul(l«<l,by. Ilw |ed ff eilM',jWlW q rnnei‘nli'illly nnd muligjijly. I runl liio lllod^UtjWliCn rnidti wWcU ihit drgalil.Sliurtlm.«infcbboeO !o Ibo lime when l.io exuni]ilqiwa> «0N Van Bubun end I’ot.k, n bu.y »nd rijonllc.. «n> '.(rini.mlKo. consu-ntl/'lifenlon ih<!icut«f,<ddltyf*tf die pratlloublUtyii.tul.in!.tcprcw«lingi,JM» or imtioiinHiriiiMw fl*H,;?mii‘cqyejSSß 9. f crifllc jinlicy. I(nw often Wwe Bfrn who , edhJ lloo*. of VeillfnUmOi wl.llo nnA WWW linjr.llie.lrodcjiclCe uE Ii.JHbW, often ImVo we teen I'ic.o ptedieiion, of'VP.fe.WW who .tumid hove -heed, ftrsl- Co dcd. l qnc. .nd donj UioiiV f.„, 'fjio orm'iuipn, pinloimiirw.«» upipv lli'm (opa lirul .e-ooHlAlept pUkirefdiVlh_>o round ddy VuiTtlly ' e rello reuui n" (|< | Ml ) c ,njroV while lho!u.iuid» who l,a ' ’ . 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