MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER 
AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
OBERLiI N (JOXiLEGIATE INSTITUTE 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
HAVE PEACE ONE WITH ANOTHER.” 
Tub last Catalogue of this growing and progres¬ 
sive Institution is before us. The practical char¬ 
acter and noble spirit of this school are beginning 
to be appreciated byt.be people of the West and of 
the country generally. The number of its students 
has been steadily increasing from 101 in the year 
1834 to 1,210 in the year I.S5G. We question whether 
any other Institution in the land can present more 
satisfactory evidence of having rnet the demands 
of the people. It is not among the least of the 
merits of this school, that it encourages self-reli¬ 
ance in its pupils. By manual labor and teaching, 
a large number of them nearly support themselves 
while pursuing their college course. It was at 
Oberlin that the Ohio Agricultural College com¬ 
menced its career, which has since been removed 
to Cleveland. The College is exerting a powerful 
and healthful influence in giving a thorough and 
practical education to those avIio are to mould 
society at the West for the next fifty years. We 
wish it success. 
The Faculty of the 0. C. L, are well calculated 
to impart such information as will enable the 
“ work of their hands” to compare favorably with 
that sent out by any other Educational Institution. 
We append the list as given in the Catalogue: 
Rev. Charles (!. Finney, President and Professor of 
Theology aud of Meutal and Moral Philosophy. 
Rev. John Morgan, Professor of Biblical Literature. 
James DASOOMB, Si. D., Professor of Chemistry, Botany 
and Physiology. 
Rev. Timotut B. Hudson, Professor of Greek and X.atin 
Languages. 
Rev. Jambs H. Fairchild, Professor of Mathematics and 
Natural Philosophy. 
Gko. N. Allen, A. M., Professor of Natural History. 
Rev. Jambs Monroe, Professor of Rhetoric and Bellos 
Lettres. 
Chari.es II. Pknpiki.p, A. M., Adjunct Professor of Lan¬ 
guages. 
Rv. Henry K. Peck, I’m lessor of Sacred Rhetoric and 
Adjunct. Professor of Mental Philosophy. 
Rev. R. IT. FAiacuii.n, Principal of the Preparatory De¬ 
partment. 
Rev. Ciiaiu.es II. Cm; am 11 . 1 ,, Professor of Sacred Music, 
and Associate Professor of Mathematics. 
Danikj. N. Barbweia, A. M., Tutor. 
N. J. Morrison, A. M., Tutor. 
In the Female Department, Mrs. Marianne P. Dascomb 
is Principal, and Mrs. R. Ravi., Assistant. 
We give the summary from the Catalogue for the 
last year: 
Theological Department.. 27 
Collegiate Department, Gentlemen. 107 
“ “ Ladies.. 20 
Shorter Course___ 5 
Preparatory Department. 538 
Young Radies'Course.... 229 
Ladies’ Preparatory __ 278 
Ladies preparing for College. 12 
1,216 
For the information of our readers, we give the 
following relative to Terms of Admission, Expen¬ 
ses, etc,, etc,, as it appears in the Catalogue. 
Terms of Admission, Expenses, Eti-.—T he conditions 
of admission to the Theological Department, are, hopeful 
piety and liberal education at some College, unless the 
candidate has etlierwise qualified himself for pursuing with 
advantage the prescribed course of study. He is expected 
to bring a certificate of good standing of some Evangelical 
Church. 
Candidates for admission to either of the other Depart¬ 
ments, must bring testimonials of good Siaracter, and those 
coming from other institutions must bring a certificate of 
honorable dismission. None are admitted to full member 
ship iiDlil thoy have honorably passed a probation of six 
months. None will be received under sixteen years of age, 
unless committed to the special care of some approved res¬ 
ident of the place; nor any under fourteen, except by spe¬ 
cial arrangement with the Faculty or Principal of the 
Female Department. 
Tuition is not charged in the Theological Department.— 
In all the other Departments It is $15 per year for young 
men, and $12 tor youug ladies. 
Board is from $125 to $1 50 per week. Room-rent in the 
College buildings is from $4 to $6 per annum, for young 
men, and from $3 to $4 for young ladies. Each gentleman's 
room is furnished with a stove only; each lady's with a 
stove, table, bedstead and chairs. The charge for Inciden¬ 
tal Expenses is $2 for young gentlemen, and $1 for young 
ladles. Wood i* $1 50 per cord. 
Miscellaneous Items. —The College year is divided 
Into three terms. The first commences on the Fourth 
Wednesday of August, and ends on the Fourth Wednesday 
of November. The second commences on the Fourth 
Wednesday of February, and ends on the Fourth Wednes¬ 
day of May. The third commences on the Fourth Wednes¬ 
day of May, and ends on the Fourth Wednesday of August. 
The Annual Commencement is ou the Fourth Wednesday 
of August 
There is one vacation, commencing on the Fourth 
Wednesday of November, and euding on Die Fourth 
Wednesday of February. There is also a recess from 
study during Die week of the Fourth of July. During the 
winter vacation, a select school is taught, uuder the ruper- 
inteudence of members of the Faculty, which offers advan¬ 
tages equal to the Preparatory Department. 
Oberlin is easily accessible from all parts of the country, 
being situated on the Cleveland aud Toledo Railroad, one 
hour’s ride from Cleveland, Ohio. 
BV ELIZABETH H. ENSIGN. 
Speak not harshly to thy neighbor, 
Let not strife and discord reign ; 
Dwell in peace one with another, 
And a blessing thou Bhalt gain. 
Speak not harshly, but in kindnesa- 
Lift the veil that sorrow's thrown, 
O'er the life of earth's desponding. 
With tby spirit's gentlest tone. 
Speak not harshly to thy neighbor, 
Much of sorrow all must know; 
Many hours of heart-sick aDguisb, 
That will fill the soul with woe. 
Speak not harshly nor upbraid him. 
For the errors he has done; 
But by friendly counsels guide him,. 
If thou'It win the erring one. 
Aye, speak gently and lorgive him, 
Tho’ he mocks in angry mood, 
And would turn thy good to evil; 
For his evil, give him good. 
Then, the holy precepts given. 
Shall in faith and truth take root, 
And the heart tho’ dark aud barren, 
Henceforth yield undying truit. 
North Ridgeway, N. Y., 1857. 
MEN OF THE MAN DAN TRIBE 
For Moore s Rural New-Yorker. 
THE STREAM OF LIFE. 
The Mandans (or See-pohs-kah-nu-mah-kah-kee, 
“people of the pheasants,” as they call themselves,) 
are, perhaps, one of the most ancient tribes of 
Indians in our country. Their origin, like that of 
all other tribes, is involved in obscurity. Catlin, 
the celebrated Indian traveler, locates this tribe 
on the west bank of the Missouri, about 1,800 miles 
above St. Louis, and 200 below the mouth of the 
Yellow Stone river. They have two villages only, 
which are about two miles distant from each 
other, and number in all 2,000 souls. At a former 
period they were a very numerous and powerful 
nation; but by the continual wars which have ex¬ 
isted between themselves and their neighbors 
they have been reduced to their present numbers. 
Catlin thus describes their villages:—“They 
are beautifully located, and jndiciously also, for 
defence against ihe assaults of their enemies.— 
The site of the lower (or principal) town, in par¬ 
ticular, is one of the most beautiful and pleasing 
that can be seen in the world, and even more 
beautiful than imagination could ever create. In 
the very midst of tin extensive valley (embraced 
within a thousand graceful swells and parapets or 
mounds of interminable green, changing to bine, 
as they vanish in distance) is built the city, or 
principal town of the Mandans. On an extensive 
plain (which is covered with a green turf, as well 
as the hills and dales, as far as the eye can possi¬ 
bly range, without tree or bush to be seen) are to 
be seen rising from the ground, and towards the 
heavens, domes—(not " of gold,” buti of dirt—and 
the thousand spears (not “spires”) and scalp-poles, 
1 Ac., <fec., of the semi-subterraneous village of the 
hospitable and gentlemanly Mandans.” 
The stature of the Mandans is rather below the 
ordinary size of man, with beautiful symmetry of 
form and proportiou, and wonderful suppleness 
and elasticity; they aie pleasingly erect and 
graceful, both in their walk and their attitudes; 
and the hair of the men, which generally spreads 
over their backs, falling down to the hams, and 
sometimes to the ground, is divided into plaits or 
slabs of two inches in width, and filled with a pro¬ 
fusion of glue and red earth or vermilion, at inter¬ 
vals of an inch or two, which becoming very hard, 
remains in and unchanged from year to year.— 
'This mode of dressing the hair is curious, and 
gives to the Mandans the most singular appear¬ 
ance. The hair of the men is uniformly all laid 
over from the forehead backwards; carefalty kept 
above and resting on the ear, and thence falling 
down over the back, in these flattened bunches, 
and painted red, extending oftentimes quite to 
the calf of the leg, and sometimes in such profu¬ 
sion as almost to conceal the whole figure from 
the person walking behind them. 
The Mandans in many instances dress very 
neatly and some of them splendidly. The head¬ 
dress is the leading feature in the toilet, and is 
thus described:—"These are of various sorts, and 
many of them exceedingly picturesque and hand¬ 
some; generally made of war-eagles’ or ravens’ 
quills and ermine. These are the most costly part 
of an Indian's dress in all this country, owing to 
the difficulty of procuring the quills and the fur, 
the war eagle being tho ‘ram avis,' and the er¬ 
mine the rarest animal that is found in the coun 
try. The tail of a war-eagle, provided it is a per¬ 
fect one, containing some six or eight quills, 
which are denominated first-rate plumes, and suit¬ 
able to arrange in a head-dress, will purchase a 
tolerably good horse.” 
The civilized world will look upon an Indian in 
his native costume, and laugh at him for his oddi¬ 
ties. At the same time, an Indian looks among 
the civilized Avorld, no doubt, with equal, if not 
much greater, astonishment, at our apparently, as 
well as really, ridiculous customs and fashions; 
but he laughs not, nor ridicules, nor questions,— 
for his natural good sense and good manners for¬ 
bid him,—until he is reclining about the fireside 
of his wigwam companions, when he vents forth 
his just criticisms upon the learned world, who are 
a rich and just theme for Indian criticism and 
Indian gossip. An Indian will not ask a white 
man the reason yrhy he does not oil his skin with 
bears’ grease, or why he does not paint his body— 
or why he wears a hat on his head, or why he has 
buttons on the back part of his coat, where they 
never can be used—or why he wears whiskers, and 
a shirt-collar up to his eyes—or why he sleeps 
with his head towards the fire instead of his feet— 
why he walks with hi3 toes out instead of turning 
them in—or why it is that hundreds of white folks 
will flock and crowd round a table to see an Indian 
eat — but he will go home to his wigwam fireside, 
and “make the welkin ring” with jokes and fun 
upon the ignorance aQd folly of the knowing world. 
Like bears us on like the stream of a mighty 
river. Our boat at first glides swiftly^down^the 
narrow channels, though the playful murmurings 
of the little brook, and along its grassy borders, 
trees shed their blossoms over our yoong^heads, 
and the flowers and the brink seem to‘offef"theim 
selves to our young hands, we are iiThope, and 
grasp eagerly at the beauties around ijg,»but the 
stream hurries ns on. and still our hands are 
empty. Our course inyouth and manhoodis along 
a wilder and deeper flood, and amid objects more 
striking and magnificent. We are "animatedTiy 
the moving picture of enjoyment and industry 
passing before us; we are excited by short-lived 
success, depressed and renderedjniserable by short¬ 
lived disappointment; but our energy and our 
dependence are both in vain. The'stream hears 
us on—onr joys and griefs are left'behind us;~we 
may be shipwrecked, but cannot! anchor;’(our 
voyage may be hastened, but cannot be delayed; 
whether rough or smooth, the river hast east¬ 
wards its haven, the. roaring of the waves^is be¬ 
neath our keel, the land lessens from our eyes, the 
floods are lifted np around ns, we take our last 
leave of earth and its inhabitants—and'of our 
future voyage, there is no witness but the Infinite 
and Eternal. Willet Reynolds. 
South Otselic, N. Y., 1857. 
The Last Day. —To everything beneath the sun 
there comes a last day. Let the'"sanguine then 
take warning, and the disheartened take courage; 
for to every joy and to every sorrow, to every hope 
and every fear, there will come a last day; and 
man ought so to live by foresight, that while he 
learns in everystate to be content, he shall in each 
he prepared for another, whatever that may be.— 
When we see an acorn, we expect that it will pro¬ 
duce an oak; when we plant a vine we calculate 
upon gathering grapes; but when we lay a plan for 
years to come, we may wish, and we can do no 
more,except pray that it may he accomplished, for 
we know not what to-morrow may bring forth.— 
All that we do know beforehand of anything is, 
that to everything beneath the sun there come a 
last day.— Montgomery. 
We find children restrained from mischief more 
apt to be studious, and, vtce versa, whon engaged in 
study less likely to be mischievous. Let us come 
then to the root of the evil, disorder, and bring the 
right influence to hear, so that children will in¬ 
cline to their studies and not mischief, and the 
object is attained; you have an orderly school 
and good recitations. But says the young teacher, 
how shall this be effected? This is the great ques¬ 
tion with all teachers, 
I consider whispering, if not the entire sum, 
certainly the cause of more disorder in school than 
all other things, and as such would aim my efforts 
towards its complete suppression. I will propose 
a plan of prizes or credits, which in my experience 
has proved very successful, 
A list of the scholars’ names is kept, which is 
called at the close of each half day. The two half 
days may be reckoned as one, or each half day, as 
thought best. Each scholar who does not whisper 
is entitled to ODe credit, and not otherwise, even 
though his deportment in other respects is unex¬ 
ceptionable. And lot it also be understood that 
no one shall receive a credit for not whispering, 
when at the same time guilty of other gross mis¬ 
conduct I would advise also to give occasionally 
extra credits, one or more, for unusually good 
efforts or perfect lessons, as an especial favor. Iu 
this the teacher must be a little monarchies!, or 
rather patriarchial. 
Next let a bundle of tickets be provided, each 
marked for one or more credits, to be given out as 
the scholars shall have earned them. As the num¬ 
bers increase, the tickets should increase in value; 
and as many varieties and as expensive tickets 
may be used, as the teacher’s fancy may dictate or 
the state of his purse allow. The smaller denom¬ 
inations will necessarily greatly predominate, 
especially ones and twos, and for all under ten, bits 
of plain cap or drawing paper an inch by two 
inches, with the uuoiber in Roman letters, aud the 
teacher’s initials, (or other mark which cannot he 
counterfeited,) will answer. If marked in this 
way, few lessons on the Roman notation will need 
be given, as the children will be interested to 
learn to reckon for themselves. If preferred, the 
one may be given each day instead of the list, but 
this is much more trouble, and the list becomes 
necessary, from the fact that some scholars will be 
found who will barter their tickets, and the list 
w ill he the only means of detection. I f the teacher 
marks his own tickets, his sagacity will detect 
counterfeits or changes of denomination. In giv¬ 
ing the tickets, T generally prefer to keep a daily 
record, appointing a half hour at the close of the 
week out of school hours in which to give out tho 
dues for tho week, exchanging several of small 
denomination for their equivalent in larger. Thus 
changing four I’s for one IV, or a V aud a n and 
a III for an X, pleases the little ones very much. 
The very idea of the teacher being banker to the 
school, and issuiug bills of credit according to 
“ value received,” that is, good deportment , will 
interest both teacher and pupil. When the credits 
reach 100 or 200, a book or other present may be 
given. Tho teacher’s ingenuity will suggest to 
him many ways in which this plan may he varied 
to suit different tastes and circumstances. 
West Bloomfield, N. Y., Jan., 1S57. W. Beckwitii. 
For many years previons to 1827, this phenome¬ 
non was relatively rare and not splendid. Being 
now 72 years of age, I am able to speak from my 
recollections. The first I saw wa3 about 1708, and 
was a bright cloud of light across the north with 
scarcely any streamers or pillars of light. My 
mother, and the people still older, said the “Lights'* 
had not appeared as in former times, and spoke at 
once of their appearance before and along the 
period of the “Old French War.” which began in 
175G and ended in 1763. They told me, that the 
appearance was that of armies contending in the 
sky while the red fields of light showed the bloody 
desolations; and that they were objects of terror 
as portending war and bloodshed. What have 
since been named the "Merry Dancers,” were 
marchings and counter-marchings of contending 
foemen. Dr. Holyoke of Salem, Mass., has writ¬ 
ten of one that he saw in 1755, which was spleudid, 
and of others which happened in the following 
years. It is evident, then, that from 1755 to about 
1780, there was a rich period of Auroral displays,_ 
Hero then was another period of 20 to 25 years. 
Tho Aurora Borealis is rarely seen in muchsplen. 
dor in our country as low as I.al, 36 N. 
In the period of greater display, the number of 
these Auroras is greatly increased, being iu some 
years above 70: but. at other periods far less a 
year. From Ls27 the Auroras numbered 10. then 
3u, afterwards 50, and finally 75 in a year. 
Turning back in history.'the records make cer¬ 
tain the appearance or Auroras at particular peri¬ 
ods, while at others and long periods they are so 
few or unattractive as to receive no attention. 
The height of the Aurora Borealis has not been 
ascertained, and is probably variable, and has been 
estimated from a few to a thousand miles. The 
later attempts to measure the elevation make the 
range from 40 to UI0 aud 250 miles. Prof. Olmsted 
places the probable limit between 70 and 160 miJes. 
This would carry the phenomenon beyond our 
atmosphere. 
The Aurora Borealis has been ascribed to various 
causes. Of these electricity was long maintained, 
and is still held bv some, perhaps many. There 
are some analogies, which are striking. Prof. 
Olmsted attributes it to cosmical matter, or mat¬ 
ter of some kind which has connection with the 
earth. Having produced a plausible theory of the 
Zodiacal l ight, by a nebulous body revolving 
around the sun. and the origin of the meteoric 
shcncers from it, he suggests that this nebulous 
matter around the earth is the origin of the phe¬ 
nomena ot all three. 
This cosmieal mutter or nebulous body is sup¬ 
posed by Prof. Olmsted to evolve electricity, and 
thus accounts for the apparent electrical’ phe¬ 
nomena. Thus electricity is evolved from the 
action of some cause upon the nebulous matter.— 
bee "bmithsouian Contributions to Knowledge,” 
The Zodiacal Light is aeon from the latter part of 
December, after the end of evening twilight, for 
four mouths at the west, or rather in the plane of 
the ecliptic. It is oblique to the horizon where the 
sun sets aud its vertex further south, and has the 
form of a triangle whose sides are slightly curved 
outwards. For the corresponding four’mouths, 
Jane to October, it appears in the morning before 
sunrise in the east inclined towards the horizon as 
before. 
The Yot. of the Japan Expedition advances the 
cans® of Zodiacal Light to be a nebulous ring of 
matter round the earth and having the earth for 
its centre. This may make more probable the 
origin of the Aurora Borealis. 
Finally.- ‘'Knowledge” will deduce for himself 
the conclusion that we have no data by which we 
can trace the changes in the seasons, and in the 
temperature of the atmosphere to the Aurora 
Borealis. c. d. 
Eds. Rcral: —Presuming that it is not always 
necessary communications should be connected 
with agricultural pursuits, I w r ould ask informa¬ 
tion of your scientific correspondents and numerous 
readers, in regard to a phenomenon now almost 
extinct. I have observed for the two past seasons 
an almost entire absence of the Aurora Borealis 
or Northern Lights; which in previous years so of¬ 
ten beautifully illuminated the northern horizon, 
and one would suppose had become a permanent 
institution of our country. Last season there were 
two or three fainteffortsmade, but they would feebly 
compare with some of the torch-light processions 
in the late presidential campaign. This season, so 
far as I have observed, has been entirely destitute 
of anything of the kind. Now cau you or any of 
your scientific friends give us any light upon this 
subject? Have the two years past, remarkable in 
their character,—the former extremely wet, the 
latter very dry, and the last w imer with its Sibe¬ 
rian proclivities, had any influence iu extinguish¬ 
ing these Polar lights from our country?—or has 
their absence had any influence in changing the 
character of onr seasons? 
It would appear from the accounts collected iu 
regard to them, that they were not unknown to the 
ancients—CiCBRO and Pliny having made atlusion 
to them, so that they must often been witnessed 
even in tho climates of Italy and Greece. From 
1621 to 1707,1 believe, no English writer gives any 
account of them. Since that time they have been 
of quite frequent occurrence and of great bril¬ 
liancy. It is said their first appearance iu this 
country was iu New F.ngland, on the night of Dec. 
17,1719. 
An unprecedented Aurora Borealis occurred on 
the evening of January 25, 1837. The glow of 
light was of a purple hue, and reflected a dark red 
color ou the snow which covered the ground at the 
time. It was observed by Prof, Olmsted, of New 
Haven, to a fleet the needle in an unusual manner 
—the fluctuations at times amounting to a whole 
degree to the westward of its mean position. 
We did not sit down to impart, but to gain— 
l’orriuton, Doc.,1856. Knowledge. 
Some of the above points have much interest to 
every intelligent observer of the wonders about us. 
The Aurora Borealis, or Northern light, is evi¬ 
dently a Periodical Phenomenon. The Periods 
have not been ascertained with certainty. The 
last, prevalence of this Aurora, began in Aug. 1827, 
aud ended in 1848,increasing in number andspleu- 
dor to about 1838, thus limiting the period to about 
twenty years. While the cessation was striking, 
there was a pretty bright Aurora iu 1851. 2, and 3; 
but only very partial Auroras since. When this 
period began in 1827, tho Aurora was seen over 
wide territory in our country aud in Europe, as well 
as on the Atlantic. Capt. Parry had observed 
brilliant Auroras iu iu L.at, 73° N. iu 1824, and also 
in 1823 as he returned to England. The phenome¬ 
non also occurs at north high latitudes, when it 
does not appear as low as 40° of latitude in Ameri¬ 
ca or Europe. 
The Better Land. —Our relatives in eternity 
outnumber our relatives in time. The catalogue 
of the living we love becomes less, and in antici¬ 
pation we see the perpetually lengthening train of 
the departed; and by their flight our affections 
grow gradually less glued to earth, and more allied 
to heaven. It is not in vain that the images of oar 
departed children, and near and dear ones, are 
laid up in memory, as in a picture gallery, from 
which the ceaseless surge of this world's cares 
cannot obliterate them. They wait there fer the 
light of the resurrection day, to stand forth holy, 
beautiful and happy — our fellow-worshipers 
forever. 
Sincerity. —Urging the cultivation of sincerity, 
Philip Henrv said:—“ We must not be hypocrites, 
nor do anything we do in hypocrisy. Even disci¬ 
ples must beware of this. It is the cry of the 
world against us, that we are such; hut let us ap¬ 
prove ourselves to God, and then no matter. We 
must not have a form of godliness without the 
power; nor a name to live without being alive 
indeed. We must not do what we do to be seen 
of men. We must not draw near to God with onr 
mouths when our hearts are far from him. We 
must not make clean the outside and be careless 
of what is withiu. Suspect this evil; search for 
it; watch and pray against it.” 
For Moons'* Rural Now-Yorker. 
PRIZES IN SCHOOL. 
Rewards are stimulants, and whon like other 
stimulants their benefits can be secured without 
reaction, their influence is wholesome and salutary. 
When success is the result of earnest effort, it is 
worthy of reward, and not otherwise. The teacher 
who rewards patient and industrious application 
only, need never fear a spirit of envy and strife. 
I have tried rewards on many a different score, 
but consider them unsafe in all cases where gne- 
ooss can be attained without untiring application. 
Hence, in my experience, it has seemed unwise to 
offer prizes for many of the exercises of school 
for which thoy arc often given. 
“ Going up,” as it is termed, in spelling, some¬ 
times produces wonderfally exhilarating and ap¬ 
parently very beneficial effects, and yet I think 
more or less rivalry and strife consequent upon it, 
are generally sources of serious difficulty to the 
c onscientious teacher. How many young teachers 
are there, who cannot hear me witness of having 
been really vexed to know what to do with a class 
who have forgotten their places, some having been 
absent from school one day, and some two or three, 
and then perhaps one or two new pupils to add to 
the same class. In country district schools some 
classes must contain more than ono grade of pu¬ 
pils, else the teacher's time bo much move than 
taken up. Then agaiu it usually happens that 
some pupils have no time for study save the six 
school hours, while others have both extra time 
and assistance. It is hard to make an equality 
between these two, with the same disposition, and 
without it it is impossible. 
Effective Preaching.— A relgion without a 
Saviour is the temple without the Shekinab, and 
its worshipers will all desert it. Few men in the 
world have leas pretensions as a preacher than my¬ 
self; my voice, my look, my manner, all of a com¬ 
mon kind; yet I thank God there is scarcely a 
corner in onr little church where you might not 
find a streaming eye and a beating heart. The 
reason is, that I speak of Christ; and if there is 
not a charm in the name, there is in the train of 
fears, and hopes, and joys, which it carries along 
with it. The people feel, they must listen.— Cun¬ 
ningham, 
Dyinci Profitably.— To die profitably is a step 
beyond dying comfortably; I mean, to die so as to 
do good to those that are about ns in dying—to 
dio so as to convince them of sin and convert 
them from it: which is to die like Samson, when 
he slew more Philistines at his death than in all 
his life before. We die pi'ofitably when our natu¬ 
ral death is a means of spiritual life to any. Now 
this will not, cannot be, but in the way of believ¬ 
ing. He that doubts, droops, desponds, calls in 
question, and dies so as rather to frighten from 
than allure to the love of religion and godliness. 
