tar''..ctiib . ' tit,pObticcoi. , t3ltitittt, [D. A. BUEfILER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR VOL. XVIL-.52. NEW CLOCK AND WATCH ESTABLISHMENT. ALEX. FRIiZIR IIESTECTFULL Y informs his friends and the public generally, that he has removed his Clock and Watch Establish ment from Taneytown, Md., to Gettys burg, at the stand lately occupied by Jo- SEMI MATHIAS, deceased, where be will be pleased to wait upon all who may favor him with their custom. Ile will keep on hand a general assort ment of CLOCKS, WATCHES, 4AWF]kg3...'Yly_. ) which will be sold on the most reasonable terms. Clocks, Watches, &e., will be re paired at the most reasonable prices, and warranted to give entire satisfaction. Hav ing been engaged in the business for a num ber of years .he hopes, by industry and par ticular attention to his customers, to merit a share of public patronage. Gettysburg, Oct. 9, 18.16.—tf CHEAP WATCHES ! ff==lff= PHILIIDELPIII./1 •iil Levers, full jeweled, • ...or Levers, full jeweled, Gold Lepines, jeweled, Silver Lepines, jeweled, Silver Quartiers, tine quality, Gold watches, plain Silver Spectacles •hi Pencils, Bracelets, --;-ALSO ON HAND- A. large assortment of Gold and Silver Hair-Bracelets, Finger-Rings, Breastpins, !loop Ear-Ring, Gold Pens, Silver Spoons, Sugar 'rouges, Thimbles, Gold Neck, and Fob Chains, Guard Keys, and Jewelry at equally low prices. if"*Alll want is a call, to convince cos ' tomers. All kinds of Watches and Clocks' re paired and warranted to keep good time. for one year. Old Gold and Silver bought Cash, or taken in exchange. 'I have some Gold and Silver Levers", at al cheaper prices than the above. •A lib eral Discount.made to dealers. Call i tind Ise' for yourselves. For sale, Eight-day and Thirty-hour 'c'ass Clocks, at LEIS L A DOM US'S Watch, Clock, and Jewelry Store, N0..11.3A Market St., above I Ith, north tiide, Phila. Philadelphia, Sept. .1, 18.16. tf NOT ICE To Country Merchants, Storekeepers, and the public in general. THE Subscriber takes this method to inform all whom it may concern, that he intends to keep at his Old Estab. lislied Stand, No. 382, Market Street, a first-rate assortment ofall kinds of nell A' P suitable for the Country Trace.— Feeling confident from his exile. rience and practical knowledge of the bus iness in all its various branches, that he will be able to render general satisfaction to all who may favor him with their ems. tom. IK7^Country Merchants would do WOjj to call and examine before purchasing of his more noisy competitors. 4 3 ' 4, All hats warranted to retain their color. Hats from $1.25 to $4.00, of the latest style. JOHN CONWAY. 354 Alarket street, tilLive Elinelith,sotith side Philadelphia. January 22, 1847. Um ATTEND TO YOUR INTEREST! A Chance for Housekeepers! INTEND to sell my entire stock of New Furniture on hand at my Cabi pot.ware Hoorn in Chambersburg street, "Gettysburg, on Saturday the 13th day of March nest. The stock is very large, made of the best t ! materials and by good workmen, and after' i the most fashionable styles, so that House-1 keepers q 94 others desiring to procure good I and handsome pply FURNITURE ' nt low rates, will find it to their interest to attend. There will be sold, among other things, 10 galleany Front Bureaus, 1 Mahogany Dressing Bureau, 1 Mahoga ny Secretary, 4 Maple Bureaus, 1 Cher- Ay do., 3 Corner Cupboards, 8 Dining 're tries, 7 Breakfast do., 18 French Bed kkeads, 13 half do., 2 Workstands, togetlit er will) candle Stands, Dough 7 trays, anti chests, with a variety of other articles id() ; numerous to specify. Also, at the same *time and place, will be sold 13 dozen Coin mo.ll CHAIRS, 4 dozen Fancy do., 6 -Rocking Chairs, 2 lam Arm do., F,ive Settees, together with variety of small Chairs intended fin-chil dren. - fit...7"Sale to commence-0..10 o!. clock, A.. M. Terms—All purchases on< der $5 to bo paid in Cash ; on all above $5 a credit or 0 months will ho given. DAVID IIEACY. •uk Feb. 19, 817, is A. SAVE YOUR TEETH. Dr. Ferdinand E. anderslool, 31,ESPECTFULLY informs the citi zens of Gettysburg and vicinity that he is prepared to perform every operation appertaining to his Profession ; such as Filing, Cleaning and Plugging Teeth, with Gold, Silver, Tin-foil, and Composition._, He will insert incorruptible teeth on Pi vots, or Gold or Silver clasps, in the most durable manner. If carious teeth are properly treated at a seasonable time, the progress of the decay may be entirely arrested. Ile will insert them, from one to entire sets, in such manner, that they will make the articulation of the voice perfect, and materially assist in mastication. From the success whiel► has attended his professional operations for a num ber of years past, he is confident lie ran satisfy all who may favor him with a call, t c,--For his place of residence in quire at the store of Mr. Samuel Fahnes tock, REFERENCE is respectfully made to the following gen. ilontan : Rev. Prof. Illrou En, Rev. 1)r. SCII :if re n. Rev. E. V. t lir, Prof. IL IlAurr, Rev. T. 11. Swrrznu, Dr. D. lion NEU, Rev. S. M'MuLLIN, Dr. C. N. 1414'A:cur. 1)r. D. Ge I.lignT, Alarch 20. 1 v $45 00 2:1 00 30 0(1 15 (10 10 00 15 00 1 75 2 00 4 00 DR. .T. LAWRENCE HILL, Nurp , s , n•ps nepotist. 11 ESPECTrULLY oilers his proles ' .sianal services to the citizens of act tyslg. otrand surrounding country.' lie is prepared to attend to all eases usually en trusted to the Di Si !ST, and hopes, by strict attention to Dentistry alone, to be able to please all who may see lit to entrust their teeth in his hands. 011iec at Mr. M'etish's Hotel. May 15. if FALL AND WINTE3 FASHIONS •J \ I;ST RECEIVED! THE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public generally, that he continues to carry•on-the TAII4 0 It N G Business at his Establishment in Chant. bersburg street, Cettysburg. a few doors below Thompson's flotel, where he will always be prepared to attend to orders up. on the most reasonable terms. Ile has made arrangements to receive regularly the Latest City Fashions, and he promises all who may favor hint with their patronage. that he will give them entire satisfaction. both as it regards the fit and wormanship of all garments entrusted to him ; and at as moderate prices as they can be obtained any where else. He hopes, by strietattention to business, and a desire to please, to merit a share of public patronage and support. • It.__.-Country Produce taken in exchange for Work. JOHN G. BAKER Gettysburg, April 3, 18.16.—tf VsnIMS ONlPZlrirmn 2 Isubscriber will keep constantly I on hand a supply of the Best k: Freshest Oysters that the market can aford—which he will serve up to his customers in the bust style, roasted, stowed, or fried. 01:7-11e has an apartment fitted up for the aveommotiation on:NINES, who may feel a desire to partake of Oysters—to whom every attention will be paid. FAMILIES can be accommodated with Oysters by the gallon, quart or pint, on the shortest. notice and most favorable terms. JACOB KUHN. Dec. 4, 1846.---tf NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS IIIE Subscriber has just returned from the City with a complete asortment of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, AND QUEENSWARE, all of which will be sold very low at R. W. M'SHERRY'S STORE Nov. 6. fresh supply of grst-rate GARDEN f t _ SEEDS just received from Risley's & the Quakers' Gardens, N. York, and for salo at the Drug Store of S. 11. BUEHLER. Gettysburg, March 5, 1817. lolirer Seed% RISI,F.I"S celebrated F L O W E SEED S, a large variety and best quality, received and for sale by • S. H. BUEHLER. Gettysburg, March 5, 1847. Vr HE subscriber has just received and has for sale a new supply of first quality COACH VARNISH—aIso a tot of superior Paint Brushes Sash Tools. S. 11. BUEHLER. Gettysburg, March 5, 2847. riPICKINGS, CHECKS, VELVET , Chord►, plain and plaid Lacings, Blankets, Bleached Sheetings, very Cheap, and of all tvidths to he had at WM. RUTHRAUFt'S, DENTISTRY. garden Seeds. Varnish Brushes GETTYSBURG, PA. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1847. [From thC North American HENRY CLAY. lives; and my father-in-law, the venerable I,laMos Maury, of Liverpool, possessed his highest esteem. "You have about five thousand relations in Virginia and Ken , tucky,", observed he, I aughing ; "Are you going to see them all? I have_ known _ ! many of them, and they are all endorsed Such as was George Washington at with virtue." These words I have treas ured as au armorial motto for my sons.— Mount Vernon, retired from the scenes of public excitement and service, such is .We spoke of affairs public and private, the ,Henry Clay at Ashland. I had seen Cal- past, the present, and the future ; freely holm at Washing`ton in the early spring of and fearlessly I spoke with this great man, 1846, calm amidst \ th,c strife and hurry of as other illustrious Americans, and he con political warfare ; I saw Henry Clay in , versed with Inc freely anti indulgently, for the May following in Kentucky, serene in getful of toy sex and inferiority "the mild majesty of private fife." Side • "Whatean Ido for you ?" by side these illustrious Americans had, I "Nothing, but suffer me to be with you for many years. proceeded in their sepe- , as much as possible." rate courses ; Weir ages not far dissimilar ; "That Vou shall be." their characters strongly contrasted; their' And charming were those hours, for we politics invariably opposed, their various were of his „family and of hiS hooselild. power's equally, though with different Tito little Doctor was wild with spirits, views, ardently devoted to the service of which to prefer, his visit to Ashland or to their country. Each spoke of the other Kinderhook ; they were the choicest days with high esteem, and each inquired with :he spent in America. And I sat, and talk earnest solicitude if health rind cheerfulness ed, and listened, between Mr. and Mrs. were still the portion of his admired rival. Clay ; and when many were prosent.— Manv sympathies, indeed, had bound them "Take him," said she, "into the garden, together ; each had rejoiced with die same and talk with hint there, for I know . ),.ott m triuph in the happiness of the Republic; wish it, and I will trust him with you. -11 1 each had partaken in the same exalted an- And into the garden we went, and Mr guishliiher difficulties: Clay and CO- Clay pointed out to inc the trees that his boon are the MAsTER settlers of America. own hand had planted, cut fur mo every Mr. Clay is the most popular man in flower I looked upon or touched, conduct the United States; his very name is a spell, ed m e to see his stock of cattle, of whin!' and no sooner is it heard than all mankind he seemed very proud, and pointed out his rise up io praise it ; not all mankind only pets ; showed me the direction in which _hut all n , onnin _i i i n d ; for as i n E ng l an d ; his farni extended, and explained many of ' ladies per metier arc Conservatives, so his agricultural views. The flowers, ro ses, red anti white, and yellow ; aramanth, they are in America, for the same reasons, doubtless, generally attached to the Whig magnolia, and others, are all preserved ; they are laid in a cedar box with those standard ;- a lovely and graceful ornament, f the ladies of America are the chaplet of from Kinderhook, and a rose bud given to roses in which is Ivreathed the name of me by Mrs. Madison with her farewell kiss. Henry Clay. "you cannot go hack to In the garden, during our walk, Mr. your country without going to Ashland,'' , Clay, in' conversation alluded to his own "You never heard such a voice, you never health and present enjoyment of life, "I knew such a man in England, as sour Mr. , have not been so thoroughly well," said he, Clay." All the children born in 1845-6, i "so cheerful, socomposed, for many years, are, I believe, called after hini ; there is a as during the last eighteen months.". little generation of two year old Henry •In speaking of the state of parties, he al-1 Clays. Some ladies at Ithica had lavished haled to die Presidential Election once or upon me every sort of hospitality and twice,. en passant, as that "event so unex kindness. ''how,'' said lon . parting, pected to us all," that ."untoward'circum- "shall I repay you, for so much goodness?" , stance," or in terms to that effect ; wholly "You are going to sec Mr. Clay, ask him free from passion or cram prejudice.— fur an autograph, and send it to us ; on "Sonuninter,," said he, and with solewnitv, will have done more for us than we have "I am kid to think of the future prospects done for you." I mentioned my pledge to of the country with apprehension." And Mr. Clay who nt bum) redeemed It, and here be supped, and turning towards rue, with interest; adding besides, on the same added in the most impressive, mannor, and page, a most graceful message to my has-' with a voice of affecting tenderness, and band and myself. I have soon men of firm oyes raised to Heaven, "An d d yet, and Yet, and manly minds weep at the recollection ' why should I despair ? Providence has of Mr. Clay's defeat. If it were possible, so many ways of saving nations." • ' • that circumstance has increased his Film- • • ._ .. [ F: X 1 MC ?Pt] &OM THE STA TENNI EN OF A MENIC IN 18.16, by SAIIIII 11YTTON ALIVE T. to be published by Cary & IIA HT, this week.] laritv, and has %von for him the most uni- "Mr. Clay, which of your publicspeech versa( and extraordinary attachment es do you consider the most elective and thronghout the Union that probably ever powerful 1" fell to the lot of any man, except the reve- "There is a portion of the speech on the red Washington. his character. manners, ' veto of Mr. Tyler, on the Bank Bill, in re appearance, voice,—nay, even his dreis, ply to Mr. Hives, which produced the have peen minutely decribed to me long' most electrifying . effect of any thing I have iwfore I saw him ; every anecdote of his ever uttered. The immediate subject was hie is piddle property ; his house, his Patriotism. Nature," added he, smiling, arm, his domestic circle, all belong to so- had singularly favored , me by giving me a ciety at large—to the country, I might say; voice peculiarly adapted to produce the and many could relate a few words or svl- pressions I wished in public speaking: lahles uttered to them or their friends, or now," said he, "it"s melody is changed, its . perhaps to indifferent persons, which they music! gone?" (And this was said as if had, by some fortunate !chance, caught as in mockery, in sounds of exquisite sweet they fell front his honeyed lips. Thus noss.) The effects of his manner and ut. prepared, we arrived, late one evening at terance in the Senate, were most striking. Lexington, rind were ushered into a parlor at the hotel, on the door of which was painted HENRI' CLAY ;It 114(1 been his 'rho co l i .usgeeentslltll with easy art, Committee room during the election. I Melting they hill, and sink into the heart. scarcely slept fur impatience; and as oar- "I shall be happy if yourself and son ly as propriety would permit, the next will accompany us to church to-morrow." morning the Doetor and I entered a car- ' The nt..xt morning we proceeded, in Mr. riage, and set off for Ashland. "We ear- Clay's carriage, to the Episcopal Church. ry visitors there, Madam, every day. at all But somqminutes before the time of ser hours," said .the host, on the road. 1 had a vice, Mrs. Clay and I conversed Irm gentle thousand fears Mr. Clay might be absent, whispers. "Considering all," said she, m i g h t h e occu pied, m i g ht b e ill ; the wa y "Mr. Clay's health is singularly good, and (a mile and a half) seemed interminable, I his spiriti cheerful ; for we have been sore had no time to observe the far-famed land- ly afflicted. We have had eleven child scape beauty of Kentucky ; I was go- rem and bf six daughters, not one has been ing to see' "the foremost man ocail the spared to US; two died in infancy, two in world;" to visit him of whom my bus- the first years of' youtb, and two in mar band had said, "I shall shall esteem your tied The last indeed, was one that omission unfulfilled if you return to me parents Flight be proud of ; Mr: Cl)'it has without having seen Mr. Clay." I never never rci.overed her loss. YOu have the answered the various queries of the Doc- same 'tubber that once filled our house tor, so utterly absorbed was lin the pur- hold : M-my you . be more favored than we pose of my destination. At length we ar- have been, and keep them all." rived ; a carriage stood before the steps,— ' Duribt the service, Mr. Clay leaned his my anxiety increased,.—he mus the enga- face don upon his hands, which rented ged,—we knocked at the door, and were on his stick, in the attitude in which he saluted as old friends by the faithful negro hits beet painted. He almost constantly who opened it, "Master was at home,— carried ik hiS hand a full-blown rose, with not engaged,—would be happil to see us." a short 'stem, and frequently addressed In a moment Mr. Clay appeared, and with himself icm its perfumed cup. I, too, am a that voice of surprising and surpassing passionaii lover of The fragrance of flow- melody, with winning smile, and open ers. . • hands, himself tendered to us the courte- On our return to Ashland, the members sins 01 welcome. Assisting me to alight,' of Mr. Clay's family-, residing in the neigh he accompanied us to.the sitting room, and ; borhood had all assembled at ,the parent read the introductory letters that I had ; house ; an infant grand-daughier, his very brought him. Here five and twentyyears j image, with light blue eyes, and bright before, my husband had been his guest; : completion, climbed upon his knee when here five and twenty years agalte had im= i he sat /own, and thence ascended_ his bibed, - and been confirmed in those princi- shoulde4 and put her arm around his neck pies or American politics whiCh, Free' and playkid with his hair, and kissed his Trade alone excepted, have since formed l head and face all over. And when he the articles of his unchangeable creed.— walked, she clasped his knees;. and ! he Thus are we a divided house,and yet a I - called h 6 "Soppy," in the softest accents united one. We both serve Clay and ! ever heard, and she ran away in childish Calhoun, regarding theM not as the men playfulness; sc a t to be called again. of a State. a section, or,a party, but as A- And .now the hour of parting had arri mericans, free of thought and pure in I ved, and we tool; leave of this attractive heart, Quickly Mr. Clay spoke of all I ; group. Mr. Clay handed me to the car loved and revered; many of Mr. Maury's i nage ; and,it'olding both my hands in the family were familiarly known to him ; his ! strong grasp of friendship,, "let us trust," son henry had married! one of our rela- said he "that we may inec . t again either "FEARLESS AND FREE." But when he speaks, what elocution shows, Soil as the Tierces of descending snows; here or elsewhere; and send those boys of ' oat public devotions of Christian.. and.to prevent tbo yours to St. Louis, and let them come to ceremonid aspects of the Jewish sabbath from eon. me, and I will do all I can for them : and tinning connected with that of Christians, to which there would have been a constant tendency, if tbo God in Heaven bless you." Such were his farewell words, and still they linger on same day had been retained. That the inspired apostles, and primitive christians iny ear, and still they dwell in my heart. under their guidance, selected ' the first day for their As the carciage swept through the trees, ' regular weekly public exercises. we think, needs no I turned to look once more to Ashland, and labored argument. Luke, the evangelist, not mere. Henry Clay still stood upon the threshold. .ly tells us that the disciples came together on tbe first Mr, Clay - is tall and of muscular frame; day. to break bread; that is, to celebrate the commit. Mon, but he says, on the first day of the week tehtn walks firmly, and looks as if he rejoiced in they came together for this purpose, Paul preached healthful, vigcrons exercise; he is nearly to them, implying that it was their custom to do so. seventy years old, but I have seen many , Paul also directs the christians of Corinth and Gal men of fifty show more of age than thee atia to hold their charitable collections on the first, Statesman farmer of Kentucky. His eye or as St.. John calls it, ..the Lord's day," for the obvi, is 1101 large, but bright; his forehead high ous reason, that then they were assembled. (Con 16, and broad ; his month is large and wide, : 1-2.) That this day Mg religiously observed by ehustians. lh regular succession during the firid and firmly compressed; the pictures of Mr. ,' three centuriff, is evident from the testimony of ig. Clay are p rovoking in their,, dissimilitude ; :natius, Justin Martyr, Pertulian, Clement of Alex. the painter's usually flattering art has never . andria. and Cyprian. Eusehius, of the fourth cen done him common justice, his limners have tury, tells us, that christians were so well known by the fazt of their observing the Lord,s day, that the painted only the earthly - , not the heavenly , heathen. when wishing to know whether any person Clay ! . was a disciple of Christ, decided by his answer to the Mr. Clay - was elected Speaker of the inquiry, Don thnu observe the Lord's day? In the House of Representatives of the U. States fourth centui7, Constantine, thefirst christian Empe, seven times, Ile was Secretary of State ror. enacted civil laws, requiring abstinence from se, during the Presidency of Mr. Adams, and cular labor on the Lord's day, and from that time to the present, similar prohibitions are embodied in idle the close of that Administration, remain- . ed in private life two years. In 1831 he code of every Christian nation. Nor do the statute books of these United States form an exception. It was elected to the United States Senate, is true cur national constitution, having provided that where he held his sea t till 1842, having Congress shall not establish any religion, makes no sPent forty years, save one, in public service. . recognition of the Christian sabbath. Yet the same And Henry Clay, in the full tide of pop- men who formed that instrument, virtually did 80 by ularit ,returned to seek re pose and h decrce in.; that all the public offices of the Legislature, yappi- Judicial and executive departments of government ness at Ashland. I trust that he will not shall be closed on that day. In our own Common, rofuso to an English woman the privilege wealth, the legal provision is supposed to besatisfac, of mingling her vows with those of his coun- tory, if faithfully executed. It is only the from trymen, that length of days, and health, and observation of the sabbath, abstinence from secular peace, may wait upon him. : labor, that civil government has a right to enforce. Par be the day when our rulers shill venture the . When Uen. Jackson, on the plains o f dictation of any particular religious exercises; and eltalmette, put to rout the whole British should the attempt ever be made, we trust there will be patriotism enough in-the land to defeat it. Whilst army, in 1815, he did it with less loss than yet a British colony, as early as 1705, the service has been suffered by the 2(1 Mississippi Re- of civil process was prohibited by law, and about ten gitnent of Voltinteers rbcently encamped on years after our independence was achieved,in - 1794, t he same ground. 1 . a general - prohibition of all worldly employment on . , the Lours day was enacted. It remains for you, Elihu Burrit computes that the Engltsli fellow-citizens, to give efficacy to these laws as well have expended enough in fighting the Preach by your own faithful example, as by the,infliction or to have bought the whole of France, at £l4, their penalties on transgressoni. per acre say $7O . ; And can it be questioned, at this late day, wheth - -'; er this recognition of the Christian sabbath was , Prentice says : "We never in our lives ; the dictate of wisdom in our fathers? Can ir have heard anything half so dismal as the howl- been the result of weak headed superstition; or rather was it not the product of matured civil wis, ings of the Government editor on his ex- ' , dam and enlightened political philosophy? Da pulsion. from the Senate- It the old notion we not recognize it in the action of minds capable is true that the howling of a dog heto- of rising above the clouds of prejudice and sense, lions the death of his master, Mr. Polk aid enjoying a clear and just perception of the cannot be long for this world. i highest interests of humanity, not only press ° ent but prospective and eternal. .To decide this question let us inquire, what are the influences of the sabbath on all the cardinal interests of man, in hiS physical, intellectual and moral nature,— ADDRESS 1 %What are called our physical wants and comforts Of the Committee appointed a! the Sub- constitute by far the larger portion of the necesai _., . ties and happiness of the mass of the communitf---, bath Convention, held in Carlisle, u" Whether the observance of the sabbath tends to re, the 171/t of February, as read in the lieve the one and secure the other, therefore presents Convention by the Rev; Dr. ScHMUCK- ' itself as a most pelt Rent inquiry to every friend .or ER, of Gettysburg - , chairman of the his country and humanity., -This is not simply a Committee. i theological or political question, but a vital topic of THE LORD'S DAY. . .. -. personal and individual economy. Physicians FELLOW CITIZENS :—Belonging to your own ;Pe of • I great eminence and number have attested, that the Abilities which we would urge upon you, we have number, and ourselves acknowledging all the respon necessity of a sabbath is a law of our physical na assembled in consultation on a subject of vital im , portance to our common rights, onr common en- tuns written by the finger of God on our mental and , bodily constitution. The sabbath is emphatically munities and our common duties.' Animated with : the poor man's boon, it relieves the laborer from I increased interest for our mutual welfare, we ; worldly toil, from corroding • cares of business, : and from incessant physipal efforts, thus promo ; feel constrained to use the privilege of freemen and ; ling health of body, and vigor of mind . Experience ; of christians, to present to you some views, which ; has .proved the universal necessity of something have engaged our attention, and some results to 1101 which our deliberations conducted. We address vou . like a hebdomadal recess for permanent health as those whom the Creator has invested with the vigor; has evinced the claims of the seventh day of 'rest to be founded in nature as well as revelatien, powers of moral agents, and to whom lie has granted Tne bow, never unstrung,loses its elasticity. La ! freo institutions ; as those, on whom he has devolved • • - bor unremitted consumes the vital powers of the I the high but arduous duty of self-eovernment. No ' ........ . . - , 1 • body and mind. If, therefore, man has no right ; despot controls onr civil interests ; no bigot has pow to commit suicide, he is not authorized to labor er to infringe our rights of conscienee. 'We are es .on the sabbath, for by doing so he most abridge yet seenre in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and the : his life. God, who knows what is in man, pursuit of temporal happiness under the progressive ; ' compels us to daily intermission of labor, by the lights of reason and science ; and in the prosecution al'ernation of day and night, but this being insuffi " - of our higher, our immortal interests according to the • cie t he hasalso appointed one day of rest in dictates a our own consciences, none daring to me - which the recuperative powers of the lest us or make US afraid. Both these interests, bows s y stem are preserved, and life prolonged. ever, need to be guarded against dangerous enemies, !Dr. Harriem says, olnessant toil wears out the and both are materially affected by the institution I energies of man's limited strength. All expenence which has engaged our deliberations We therefore is expressive of this universal proposition, that s need no apology for addressing you on the subject , longer life and a greater degree of health are the of the Ca nisei A N SA II II ATM ! sure results of a careful regard to the commandment, We are agreed on the divine obligation to cense- : Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.' Dr. crate one day in seven, to rest from secnlar toil, and Massey. of Ohio Medical College, a close and en- Ito exercises of religious devotion. This was enacted I lightened observer of nature, aflinns.—"There can. at the end of the creative week for reasons equally ; not be a reasonable doubt. that under the due ob applicable to all nations and all generations. "Be - ' servance of the Sabbath, life would, on an average, cause in sir days the Lord created the heavens and i be prolonged more than one seventh of its whole I the earth, and rested on the seventh, from all the period." Dr. Farre, in his testimony before the Com. ; works which lie had made.' And as he created the mittee of the British House of Commons maintains • heavens and earth, not for the Jews only, but for all these two positions : 1. "That men who labor but nation, so the example of his resting and sanctifying I six days in a week. will be more healthy and live the seventh day, must also have been designed for , longer, than those who labor seven. 2. That 1 all. We claim not that the identical hours must be they will do more work. and do it in a better man observed over the whole earth; for Unless the night ' nee." And the distinguishil Dr. Warren of Boston, were employed, this would be physically knposible. I confessedly standing in the foremost ranks of his Had the occular theory of antiquity proved true, that ; profession, says, "I concur entirely in the ()Pinion the earth is an extended plain, the same twelve • expressed by Dr. Farre, whom I know to be a phy hours might have been observed for the active duties j sician of tee highest' respectability." Scores of o of the sabbath by all men, But how can the inhale i ther physicians of first rank in our conntr/ and Epg, itants of a revolving sphere, illuminated from one land, have testified to the same positions, Thus It fixed point, all have their sabbath DAY, or any other is evident, that that the religion of the Sabbath Be. DA r. at the same time? We need scarce ly remind ; cures the temporal as well as the spiritual interests any of you, that if colonies had simultaneously cmi- :of man, by reinvigorating hie physical eriergiele-e grated from Eden, and proceede I bull round the ; But it also advanees the same object by .increased globe, they would have been involved in midnight, , moral impulse, With motives drawn from etertis whilst the meridian sun illumined theiretartine point ; ; ty, it enforces those habit* of integrity, industry, and if they continued their progrela till they corn- • frugality and forethought in "providing for them pleted the circuit, each having faithfully kept the that are in our own household." which naturally, se. seventh day as sabbath, they would find themselves ' cures the comfort of families, and the prosperity of observingdiffe.rent days.• Since the creator has made nations. Does the amount of our profitsdepend on it physically impossible to observe the same hours, I the amount of labor performed by us and those in or even, in some oases, the seine day ; does he not - our employment? It is the observarice•of the Sib. thus evidently teach'us, that it was not unalterably bath which enables us to accomplish more, than its the seventh day, but the religious observance of the , neglect. Does the success or our busines s depend sevenths portion of time, which essentially constitutes on the honesty and trustworthiness of those. to his Sabbath ; whibit, in the old Testament dive's- : whom portions ofit are confided? What can bets sation, the seventh day was confessedly appointed. ; ter promote this object than the ordinances of the .During the Mosaic dispensation, the rime day and ; Sabbath, by which they and all their doings throttgls proportion of time were reiterated, with various cere- : the week, are statedly brought ender the alleceepst Menial injuetiona, and the sabbiath, like the rainbow ; eye of Jehovah, and.fidelity is. impressed on ,„tam 'of old, employed as a type or sign to the Israelites, - by the anticipated retribution ,ofetSernityl without altering its primitive relation to other nations. 1 many thousands of dollars are lo st by *me s This typical character and its ceremonial appendages 1 in little petty sums. purloined by labonert lode,. Paul tells tho Collossians (2; 16,) were abolished in : who would never allei them selves mach-fiber the now testament, with the other types and shadows : if their consciences were qui ckerwd by ,tbie • _ of the old; but the primitive design and obligation i ministrations of the ,Sabbath 1 And :Iscri . ' pt: remained to sanctify thq seventh portion of time.-e. i thousands of cases of gross die honesity, l of Jar The,inspired apostles. doubtlese for wise reasons, se- 1 and even robbery may be triaged to a ' the :, lected the day of our Lord's resurrection; the tirstibly , the restraining influence of the Satibiatbr:' of the week, for theieeitated seventh day religious !teed institution has "thereftiii iii jest a$ services, perhaps to connect the saviour's triumph i claim on isll tbe Ikboring and business e east user death and the powers of bell,—withihe perm- ; ought to receive their hearty aid itlliggst ; . . . . FF.R3IF--Two DOLLARS PER ARNIM.) IWHOLE N 0.884.
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