Vol. 8. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. — JANUARY, 1847. 



No. 1. 



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The New and the Old Year. 



We rejoice at another opportun'ty to wish thee, respected 

 jsreader, " a happy New -Year." How swiftly the years roll 

 round ! That of 1846, like tlie thoisan Is and millions which 

 have preceded it, is now past never to return. Its whole 

 account is made up ; it is a sealed volume, which none but 

 the Deity can open. 



What is Time ? Our largest idea of it gives but a poii.t 

 on that vast and incomprehensible circle designated by the 

 name Eternity. Short as is the time in which our Earth 

 travels two hundred and seventy millions of miles in its 

 annual course around the Sun, still it is long enough to en- 

 large our conceptions of the greatness of the Universe, and 

 of the duration of its existence. The last twelve-month 

 has been signalized by the discovery of another planet 220 

 times larger than ours, which belongs to our solar system, 

 and pursues a track so distant from its centre, that its year 

 is 217 times longer than that of Earth. This new world 

 was first revealed to man, not by any of Lis physical senses, 

 like that of the eye, aided by a telescope, but by Cultivated 

 Reason, working the profound problems of mathematical 

 science. The Intellect that demonstrated the existence, or- 

 bit, and weight of the planet called Leverrier, was thirty- 

 8 3Ven hundred and fifty millions of miles from the invisible 

 object of its calculations ! These calculations were so ac- 

 curate, in regard to the attractive force and position of this 

 unknown world, that the astronomer Gall actually discov- 



ered it within 24 hours after he received the solved problem, 

 from Leverrier. 



Who cannot see a spark of the Divinity illuminating the 

 human mind as it sits in its narrow closet, and carefully 

 weighs in a balance, a globe 220 times as heavy as this 

 earth, and nearly four billions of miles distant from the op- 

 erator ? What a triumph of Intellect over Matter ! Le- 

 verrier is a young man, only 31 years of age. Compre- 

 hending all that is positively known by the discoveries of 

 others in their youth, young men now enjoy great advan- 

 tages, for pushing their researches into the unexplored, and 

 boundless fields of God's works that every where surround 

 them. Every new development in the mysteries of nature 

 serves as a basis, on which to erect the machinery for ma- 

 king far greater discoveries. Hence, the young men of 1847 

 enjoy opportunities for distinction in the various depart- 

 ments of natural science, superior to those possessed by any 

 of their predecessors. Tell us, young man, shall these 

 great advantages be neglected ? Can you reverse the Scrip- 

 ture maxim, and say : "to whom much is given, little will 

 be required?" Although the years that are past can never 

 be recalled ; yet the Future is all your own. This-is kindly 

 given us that we may correct all the errors and evils that 

 blemish our character and institutions in the sight of Heaven. 



Mere negative existence, a life of idleness and of empti- 

 ness, will not excuse moral and intellectual beings that 

 were created to labor alike for their own good, and the high- 

 est happiness of their race. Time has been created, and 

 indefinitely extended to us, that we may improve every 

 thing connected with our moral, rational, and physical na- 

 tures. Each New- Year's day should be sacredly devoted 

 to a close public examination of all discoveries and improve- 

 ments, whether real or fancied, made in the course of the 

 preceding year. The Progress of Man in Knowledge, in 

 Virtue, and Philanthropy, is capable of being reduced to a 

 science. Divine Revelaliondiscloses the true basis on which 

 this science must be erected. Man must evince the sincer- 

 ity of his love to his Maker and final Judge, by showing in 

 his daily conduct that he truly " loves his neighbor as him- 

 self." Pretension will not answer. All isolated selfish- 

 ness, by wh'ch on 3 person, or family, seek to elevate, and 

 aggrandize themselves, at the public expense, must be re- 

 linquished in obedience to that love of others which God 

 commands, and which, while it promotes the equal happi- 

 ness of the community at large, will impart the higest and 

 most enduring pleasure to the Christian Philanthropist, 

 who cheerfully performs his whole duty. If society as a 

 whole, is to prosper, all its members must labor for the good 

 of the whole, rather than for the benefit of the few, at the 

 cost of the many. The whole cannot possibly prosper, so 

 long as superior attainments are directed not to the public 



