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dispo sed to jeopardize , their respectability and


their prop erty, by identify ing themselves with


od ious reforms. B en c e th eir av ersion to what


they conside r the hot - head ed and iuconsid erute


movements of th e Abolitionists, Non- Resist­ants,


& c. Their wise and prudent on es ar e


. fearful of inn ovntions lind ex per ime nts . T hey


are conservatives. We do not wish to judge


them, but we ca nno t hel p thinking, thnt they


will do well to heed th e , ad mon itions gi ven


• them in the R EFORMER. We mu st, th erefore,


till b ett er advis ed, proffer our cordial sympa­thy


to Br, Wall and h is coadjutors, and pray


, that th ey may be ahundnntly blessed in all


t he ir godly effor ts to restore the ancient and


pure tesrim ony of F riends.


HR. CALKINS' LF. TTER.


We hav e receiv ed - an int er estiu g lett er from


• BI'. Jn o. Calkins,' o f S outh WilbrahalJl, whi ch


we want ed to publ ish iu thi s No.; but we ar e


obliged to d efer i t till th e uext , for want o f


rooin. . It brin gs li S some accou nt of his inv e, s.. ­tiga


tlo ns aud ex pe r ience rela tive to th e gr eat


prin cipl es and dill ies of " T he St andllrd." ­\


Ve lire happy to learn th at he has embraced


those pri nc iples lind dill ies, ' in th e fuln ess or'


s incere co nv ic tio n, and holy love of th e right


and - true. May he never fihd occasio n to re­gre


t th e pains he has tak en to undersruud


. these th ings, and nev er want stre ng th from


above to follow th e light wh ich shi nes int o h is


sOll l. W; regllnl him af; one of th e exce lleill


of · th e earth, and affect io nlltely COlrllllellfl him


to Ihat grnce wh il.. h is ~~ lffic i e n'l , uud alon e


gufficieut,' for' liS ull.


No. 2 WANTED.


We ' fiud No .2 o f' the I'l'IIcti cnl Christia n


ruuniug 1> hort. The hrethreu wh o IllIve on


halll! lilly extl'll eo pies are requested to pr e ­se


rve them wit h cu re; lInr! snc h us lire williug


to purt ivith th em ; lire clesir ed to forwarclthem


to us , Ilirecteu, . " P rac ticlIl Chr istiau, Meudon,


lIIass. "


EUI. OGY ON DR. FOLLEN.


This is " 11 D/ 1> COUaSE on th e life unci chul"


ueUirCifthe ReV. CHARLES F a LLEN, L. L. D.,


who peri sh ed ' Jan. 13, 1840, in th e CONFLA'


~ RAT I ON OF THE LEXINTON; delivered hefore


the'M ASsACHUS.: TSS AN'I'I- SLAVERY SOCIETY,


1l1 , lhe l\ larlhoro ug h Cha pe l, Bost on, April 17,


1840; hy SA~ IUEL J. MAY." We suy much


when we prououn ce thi s production wo rlhy


of its SIlbject au d ils author. ' Vito could huve


llpllke n of su ch u IIIl1n as Cha rle s F ollen , 011


sllch till occasion, lik e si lch u llIau as Sallluel


, J . MlIy ? '.!' he two men wer e in 1II0st resp ect s


cllugeni al spirits, who knew how to lIppr eci ­ute


each othe r's worth. They had hcen 1' 0 111­pa


nions iutrihulati ou durillg th e dllys wh ell


Ah lli iti oni ~ rn hud few fi'ieml s aud many eue ­mies.


T ogeth er they " elllhmi d , the crosB,


< iespi sing th e shame'" T oget her Ih ey meekl y,


jllltien tly, finnl )' pl. md th e cn'use of liberly for


, Ihe des pise d hlllf" k IlIl1n, lI/: lIin st th e comhiuel!


. appos itiou of vII / gar prrjrtdice, literary disg llst,


: lInll ecclesiastical expediency. They kn ew ead l


ot her well ; a nd either \\' US th e IlIlln to he the


oth er ' s e ulog is t hefore an ussemhly of Abo li ·


tioni sts. F ro m Ih e nalllre of th e Cllse, it be­-


carne ' th e prominent d esign' of Br. May to se t


lo r1h, ill this d! sco urse , th ose ~ is t i ng u is h i ng


trllitll in th e c hurac te r of 01'. F olhm which


ide nti fied him with the euu se of Abo litionism,


Other eulog isls hav e don e, or will do juslice 10


the nohle qUlIlities or' his mind, the VIISt emdi ·


tiou , allli th e christi an excellence, for whieh


he wall in alm ost a ll , other res peels so jUlltly


hon ored 111111 beloved. Hut wh at ev er th ey


muy sa y o( hi Ill , or howev er e loq ue nt ly th ey


may ' portray h is lalents, virtues , leurniug, a nd


, accomplislu nell¥ , we a re sure none of th em


will offel' to tile world a more sin cere, appro­priate


und worthy ! rihllle than th e on e IInder


notice . It does th e heart goo d to feast on its


unost eutatious Ilut tru thfui llud affecting con­t


ents. And why might not suc h a' discl'urse


have heen pronounced in Dr. Chanuing's


Church- a temple . professedly d ed ic ~ ted to


the- on e Universal FUlh er , th e God of Love­the


beuignant PARENT of the grea t family of


man! Alas the emptilless of profession, th e


pride Qf ca rna l gr eatness, the destilUtion of


that frat ernal love wh ich sees iri , every humau


beiug th e imprint of a , common ' humanity ! ­'


T ime will I,{!' rave ( all mysteries, the judg-ment


will sit, and e'very mlln wilireceive ac-cord


ing to his deed s, Then we shall se e hon­or


rendered to whom honor is due, and know


that much which' " is highly este~ med among


men is au abominat ion unto God." ' Ve


should be glarl to give a synops is of Br. !\ Iay ' s


exce llent d iscourse, and to present SeVer!! I ex­tracts


from its pag es; but on th e whole we


think all ou r friends had bett er se e and read il


for themselv es, whi ch we respectfully recom­mend


them to do" at their ear liest con ven i­ence


.


UNION CONVEN'I · ION.


The Liberutor and Cradle of Liberty co n­tain


th e following anouymous notice :-" A


Conveutiou of th e F r iends cif Chr istian Un­ion


, on upo sto lical principles , will be held at


Groton, Mass " on th e 10th of Au gu st next, at


10 o'clock, A. l\ l. The object of th is conven­tiou


is to examine th e Sc r iptura l grouml o f


uui on, dev ise measures for irs prom otjon ": tlllf


se cure harmonious act ion alllong its friends.


All friend s of tlie Redeemer are invit ed to : 1: 1­tend."


This notice and invitatiou ure so broad , lit leMt


UpOIl a literul co ns truc tion of th e l/ l n ~ ull g~,


that every chr istian IlIlly say to him self o: J"""' il


means me." HtH we co nfess our igunrauceof


th e exa ct Illeulling of th e thing, und s hou ld be


obliged to lIny, fil eud w' 110 wou ld in form lIS


, wh el hel' th e cu ll compre he nded in ils scope


heterodox fi'iend s of the Red eelll er . ' Ve ba l'l~


heard sevel' 8 l ' tim es illcid eutally uboutthe


" U u io n i~ t..," lllat they are elldeavor ing: to 1lI" I" 3k


do wn the lIIiddl e \\' u lls of purtitioll hetw ee'B1


p rofessed e1, rist illIlS; but how fin' they ~ o, we


b~ v e never fillly un der stood . Perhups SOI. le


on e who kn ow sjust how Ih ~ se' th, illgs ure witl


be goo d elloug h todrop us n few lilies of ill­fOl"


lllution for ' our lIext flu'per . ''' Let th er e lie


lighl."


COMM~ CATIONS.


WALKING IN LOVE.


" Walk in love as Christ also hath loved us."


Tile apostle her c, as in many other fllIrt " of


his e pistle, elljoi lls up on hi s c hristian hr el IJre n


th ~ duty of loviug oue a uo tbe r. I f th ere , he


anyone rlllty more !, lJIp hillicnlly nnd u rg.,." i ly


iu cul ca ted thun · the rest, it is thi s; or, perh aps, I


should sa y; th at thi s, with love t!! God, is colH­malld


ed a~ the s um of all duty. Thus fi'lI ilh


th e SUViOUl', " T hou sha lt love th e Lon lthy


G? II with a ll th y heurt, w. ith nil thy soul, IlI)( I


with all th y miglll, lInll th y neighbor as t1IY­se


lf ; 0 11 th ese tw o r ommandmenls hang a ll


, th e law ulHl tl' e prophels" " A liew com­mll


ndll,,~ nt I gi ve IIntO yOIl, th at ye lo ve nne


allother." " By th is shu ll a ll men k now Ih llt


,' e a re my tJisc iples, ifye hav e lov e one to nn­other."


If we look for a momeut, at th e apOBt les


ulld ellrly chr istialls, we s hu, ll per cei ve t ile


trmh of ollr S uviou r's decl ar ntion. Yes, th ey


were known us his di sciples, because of their


love · for elleh other. Oh ser ve th e union of


feelill g, IlIltl li'lIwllver illg fri end ship th llt actu ~


IItllll th em in ever r effort, leudiug th em " with


olle accord" to ussemble for th e ' worshill o f


God; to IJroclaim the gos pe l of th eir 1. I? rd


and l\! lIster ; to he reudy to lIIeet th e scorn ,


cohtelllpt, nnd per secution of th eil' ellem ies,


and eve n deuth itself, in th e consc ien tio us di s ­charge


of dllty. See th em " with on e heurt


lind soul" en gaged in sprea d ing the doctrines


of J esn s Chl'ist. And what , was th e effec t


of th eir preaching ? Thou sands, behohling


Iheir affection for each other . were really to


exclaim, " h ehold how th ese christ iall s love ou e


an oth er ;" Ihey took " knowled ge of th em th at


th ey 111111 beeri wi th J es" s," lind coming, th ey


y ieldel t th em sel ves up to him wh o was 8'~ ­knowled


ged us th eir ma st er. Bill ! lo\'\' is it


now ? What is t'he sta te of the ' christian


church at th e present dlly ? Does love re ign


in it, as in'the da ys wh en th e spirit of God was


poured om so freely IIpon th e ea dy di scilll es ?


We rejoice in the spread of ch ris tiani ty; we


point to th e ki ngdoms lind continem s through­out


which th e gos pe l has been mud e known;


we direct att ention to the s plend id , c hu rches ;


the crowded and fU6hion ahie con gr egation s;


the exten sive funds- raised, nnd th e rnissionn­ri


ell employed to carry the glad tidiugs of sal­vation


through the world. But what avuil et h


ull this? Cross the threshold and enter with­in


the pale of the c hurc h its elf. Does th e


sp irit oltove, th e - Ililidt of J esu s h ~ t'd domin­ion


' there ? A'las ! experience teaches other -


wise . E ven where there. is - no op en , conten­lion,


th er e is a Laodicean luk ewarmness that


prevents th e flow of spiritual life.


I s one of its number in ' utHiction , sic k ness,


or di str ess? ' '' here is thevoice of love, bid­ding


th e mourner ',' weep no t ?" Where is


the friendly arm to sus ta in an d relieve P Does '


lilly one leave friends to come to its embrace?


Wher e is the ' welcome / tome' that such an one


shouId rec eive ? I s th e pea ce lind res t, so ar ­dently


desired, found where it was so ng ht for ?


Does one in th e flower of youth come for­ward


to co nsecrate his powcrs to its servic e P


\ V here is the haucl of fell owship put fort h to


welcome him P, \ Vhere ' the kin d, christian


, voic e, encou raginghim in his effor ts, point ing


out th e path of duty, inst ru ctirig his ign orance,


streng the ni ng his weakness, es tablishing him


in the faith , an d leadin g hil il in th e way of


life everlasung P \ Vby is it, th at, instea d of


bein g guide d on ward and upward , by th e


counsel aud sy mpat hy of th ose mo re ad ­"


an ced, he is left to curr y on th e christiun WUI' ­fare


" s ing le · hand ed and ulone?" But, per­haps,


he uiu st he co ntro lled , s wayed and go v­e


rne d by those in a ut ho rity . This is no tale


of fict ion ; past ex pe rience proves it true­al


as ! too tru e . \ Vou ld it wer e not so; hut so


it' is. Every oue , who kn ows a ught o f th e


Sla te of the church, musr ackuow led ge it ; and,


ce rtuiuly, one , who hlls himself heen th e vic­tim


( if 1 mllY use th e term) of sllc h a co urse,


can speak from the heart. " Brethre n, th ese


th in gs o lt~ h t not so to be." '' If IhesA thill gs


he clou e in th e green tree, . what sha ll he dOlle


iu th e dry?". If th e church alld e lll'istiuns


th us Ilrt, what will th e worl d do? ' ViII th ey


not feel lit liherty to go fllr heyoud this? If


the s pi rit of pence and love be wunt ing.,-- if


I: oldlless, ind ifl" erelll: e 1I11d even cOllteution s


uhomlll amoug professed d isciples, bow cun


~ ve ex pect to find " peace on ea rth, lIu, 1 good


will am ong men " wh o do uoi' ~ w u th e S a l' ­ionr


of mankind ? " Ye nre th e ligh t o f th e


worl ll ; but if the light that is iw- you be dark­nsas


, how great is thdt darkness."


But while the form of reli gion is thu s main ·


lllinell wi tllon t th e power o f it ; wh ile IIU IlI Y


: hl1';;;-" lhe lett er i1ili't killillh~'~ - Jjut~ la ck " the


Ilpirit th at give th life ;" th unk s he to God, th ere


is ye t " a re mnunt" left ; th er e are ye t Ihose


" who ha ve no t bowed th e kn ee untn fi alll." ­TheI'l'


a re th olle wh o obey ing the upos tle's in­jnuct


iou, " wa lk iu love," lilie th e ellrly " hrist­iaus;


" wi th one hea rt and Wilh ' one l! oul" go­ing


forwa rd in th ei r chr istian co urse, ris fell ow


heirs " of th e same pr omi se, delltin erl to Ille


SlIme hcnven, citizens of th e s; lIle Zion , ~ n b ­jects


of th e Sllrne Priuce of Pence, allli th er e­filre


hu~ n d by th e most solemn ohligatio ns


" to be kind oue to ' nnother, tcu cler heart ed ,


for g i\' ing one a no the r, eve n us Gr; d, for


, Chri st's sllke, hath filrgiven lhem." Hllppy is


tl~ e c h nrc h th llt is th us nni ted. HlIppy th e


s he pherd feeding snc h II flock . Hnpp y, thrice


happy, is he who, once froz en up-, liS it were,


in th e icebe rg of iudiffer en ce, hns heen mel led


inio love, strengthened,' a llli enco uru ged , hy


communion wi th suc h a c h urc h , Rnll sqc h


chris rians. \ V cllmllY he exclaim from th e


rlepth of his heart-" wh ere th e spirit of the


Lord is, there; is liberty." " As Chris t also


hath loved us." The apostl, e her e urges th e


dUly, by ' the most pot ent motiv e thut cou ld


have heen brou ght forwnnl. The free, un ­limited,


ull! n erited love, of. Christ for us .---; ­Whut


a love was th at whi ch in- fluen ced the


' only hegott en of th e F ather to leav e the " glo­ry


wh ich he had with Him before th e world


WIIS ; " to come to ea rth on , au er ra nd of lovc,


preiJching a gospe l oflp ve, in cul cutin g in his


tea chin gs th e duty of love, di sp la)' ing . in his


miracle s tb e pow er'oflove, br eathing thr ou gh ­aut


a ll his life t! le spirit of love, and fiuall y


perfecting th e wo rk of love wh en he utt ered


th at un equalled p rayer , " Fatfie r, for gi ve them,


for th ey know not wh at th ey do."


, ,


" Bre thre n, ifC hr is t so lovce! us we ought


ulso to love on e an oth er ," Let us thA!! go , ­wh


er e th e'c hr istiun sh ould a lways gO,- to th e


cross; and there, as we look u nto J esus, mllY


we imhibe h is spir it} und be ' t ransformed in


mind int o his imnge; lhn t, th us He may he


formed \ u us " Ihe hop e of glory."


F. H.


A'trad e in which wi.~ e men, never engage,


is t~ e sale of a good conllcience.


AN EXTRACT.


The following from th e pen of on e of th e


greatest men ' of th e ag e is commende d to th e


ut te ntio u of our readers. It is all good; but


w~ wish thc' last paragraph s ho uld be well


pond ered , How far are SUCil views from


toha( some are pleased to s rigmut ize as " No-gouem


mentismt" -


It is strange, tha t the Sou th should tell us,


th at th e in cr eas ing pro test a t the North ag ains t


s la very, is the greuter wr on g, because s la very


is one of th ei r institutions. As if an evil lost


its d eformity, by hecoming an institution, that


is, au es ta blished thi ng, held up by laws aud


public force. O ne would think, that the eir­cumsrunc


e of its heing so roo ted , of its having


gai ned th is fea rful stre ng th, were the very reas­uns


for vigorous op pos ition, A few straggling


individuals, given to a had co nr ile, mightbe


ove r looked for th eir insi gnifi can ce . But


wh en a commu nity, ope n ly, by s tatutes, by


arms, ado pts and u ph old s a n eno rmo us wr ong,


then good men, th rou gh the eart h, ure ho und


10 unite aga inst it, in ste rn, so lemn remostrnnce,


The greurer th e force co mb ined to suppo rt a n


ev il, th e greater th e forc e need ed for its suhver­sia


n. Crime is eompnrn tive ly wea k, until it


embod ies and ' slinc tifies' itself in insti tu tions.


I ndividu als, seiz ing on lind euslaving th ei r


bre thren, wou ld he put down by th e spontane­ous,


imme diate re probation of'society. It is


th e perpetr ation of this wrong by co rnmu nities,


whi ch makes it fbrrnidahle ; and, I co nfess ,


th at her e, if uny wh er e, a justifica tion mllY be


fou nd for organ ized ussociations ugui nst s la­ve


ry. ' rh is ev il reSIS on u880ciate d stre ng lh,


o n th e prostituti on of th e pow er s of tire st at e.


Re/! Ill'ded as lin institlllion , w! Jich combiued


milliolls uphold , it se ems to I," v e II streug t! J, u


perlllUllllllce, aga inst wh ieh, iudiv id na l pow el ·


clln a\' a il lIothing ; 11111\ helice, il nillY he sa id ,


slrength . is to he so ught in uSSOcilllio ns. Tho


urg umen t does IlIlt sa tisfy / I1 e ; for ! helieve,


th llt, to prod uce moral c lul1l ~ es of j'udg me nt


a mi fee ling, th e ind ividu al , in the lon g 1' I111, is


s tronge r than cOlllhina tions; hut I ' 110 feel,


that s illvery, e nu'e lll: hed he! Jind in st itut ion s, is,


on tlllll vcr y accou ni, to be assll iled wi lh ull


wellpnns of" reuson , of moral suasion, of mor al


rep robn tion , wh ich goo d llIell ca n wie ld. Less


mercy sho u ld be shown it, becn use it is all in -


slilntio n. •


The not iou, which I have co rilha lle d, tb ut


slavery is to he IrElIIted with r esp eet , becausc it


is n pn blic ord ina nce, is one ofmuny p1" CJof.~,


th at, e l'en yet, th er e is hut a ti. illl co nse inus lless


of th e . existe nce of lin e verlusting alld in irlJlllu­h


ie rule ofrigh r. l\ lnltitu des, ev en uow, kn ow


110 h igher aUlh ority th an hUlIIlIlI gove rn me nt .


They tli ink ; thut II mlluuel' of men jp erl lllps lit­tIe


hon ored liS indi vid llllis for int elligence and


virtu e, ure ye t compet ent , when eollecwd int o


u leg islutu rl.', to cr ea te righ t lind wr on g. The


lIIust immoral inst itulions tI, us gain II sancti ty


fi'om luw . ' T o the hlWf; we are indeed homlll


to sull/{ Iit, in th e sen se of nhs tilining from jlh ~' s­it'u


l resista uce ; but we ure uu der no ohliga ­tio


n to how to them on r mora l jUIIg.' lIl enl, onr


free Iho ug hts, our free speec h. Whut? I s


co nsc iolH'C to stoo p from ils Sllpre llllll" y , nnd


10 b",: ou , e 1111 ec ho ofl he hUlllall IIIl1gisl rnte?


Is Ihe IlIw, wr ilw n by ' Gcul's 11nge ' r on the


helll'l, placed at lhe III crc~' 0 finterest cd SIRleS­me


n? I s il nnt olle of th e cFlief ' Ilurk s of Sf) ­c


ial prog ress, thut men are co, il iug to ree o/:- '


n ise illllllntahle princi ples, 10 un der slllnd th e


independ ence oftrllth an d d uty on hnlluin will,


on the so vereignty of the state, whetb er lodg ed


in one or Illan y hlllll! S?- Dr. Charming.


DIED.


In Rochester , N, Y., F eb . ] 2 th, Mr. J oel


Chuffee, aged 34. Wer e it not for th e hopes,


alld co nso latio ns whic h th e re ligion of J esu s


is ca lcu lnted to insp ire, th e monm'er might well


re fuse to he co mforted. But thunks he toGod,


th at J esus Christ huth brought life und ill1­mortalit,


· to iight hy his tr iumphant resurrec ­tion


fmm th e gra ve . How full of c on sol ~ t i on


a re th e words o f J esu s to th e tru e mourtl er ­"


I 11111 th e resu .... ection an d the life." One of


th e most di slinguish ed blessin gs which ru tion­al


c hr istianity co nfers upon its possessor , is, it


qu alifi es h im to look int o the g raves of depart­ell


friend s whh composure , be liev, ing th ut th ey


will li\' e ag ain. Weep in g IIIfmrn ers, list en , to


th e sublime words of J esu s , allli d1")' you l" lea rs


- for you r friend sha ll li\' e IIgain. God in his


pl'oviden ce has seen fit to rem ove him frolll


th e pre sent sl at e of impe rfec tion and tri ul, to


anotber lind no ble r slute ofllcti on and enj oy­ment


, wh ere his ca pac ities will be unfolded,


and perfect ed. \ Veep not as those withou t


hop e, for yo ur tempo rar y loss may he his eter­na


l gain. He Illlly now he lhe , companion of


ang els, ofE uoch. a nd EJijah , a nd all [ he gooet.


of pust nges .


.. He'. gone. the voyage of human life is 0 ' er.


And weeping friends shall see his face no more. ,


Far from the lenderest objecls of his love


lie dies, to find a happier world above.


Around his grave his friends appear .


To embalm his precious memory with a tear ,' ·


. Gra.../ t. on". J. u" ne 7", 184.0. •, tl....... .• N. O.• c•.

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