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in ivuwuviif vsi 111 iiiwnv? iv/i v/viiv ?J iv aw ipon. Thought may work oat into language, but not into action. But those men not only thought better, hut they could work t>ettor than all oihor men. The same self-control and perfect subjection of his emotions?even terror itself?to the mandates of his will, are exhibited in his 1 conduct when smitten to the earth, and I blinded by the light and voice from Heaven. I John, when arrested by the sainc voice on the Isle of Patmos, fell on his face as a dead j man, and dared not speak or stir, till encour- ! nged by the language?" Fear not." But Paul, (or Saul.) although a persecutor and a violent man, showed 110 symptoms of alarm or terror. The voice, the blow, the light, the glory, the darkness that followed, were sufficient to up-et the strongest mind ; but master of himself and bis emotions, instead of giving away to exclamation of terror, he simply said?'"Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" With his reason and judgment as steady and as strong as ever, he knew at once that something was wanted of him, and ever ready to act, lie asked what it was. From this time on his track can Iks distinguished by the commotions about it, and tlio light above it. Straight back to Jerusalem, from whence he had so recently come with letters to legalize his persecutions, he went to cast his lot with those he had followed with violence and slaughter. -Ilis strong heart never beat one quicker pulsation through fear, as the lofty turrets of the proud city flashed upon his vision. Neither did he steal away to the dark alleys and streets, where the deciplcs were concealed, and tell them secretly his faith in the son of God.? He strodo away into the synagogues, and before the astonished priest, preached Christ and him crucified. IIss thundered at the door of the Sanhedrim itself, and shaking Jerusalem like an earthquake, awoke a tern- j pest of rage and fury on himself. With as-: sassius dogging his footsteps lie at length | left the city. But, instead of going to ; places where he was unknown, and whore his feelings would be less tried, he started to j his native city, his father's House, the home |

l?eing asked why, nt his time of life, lie relinquished the comforts of a home ho had redeemed from savage life and rendered comfortable, for tlio renewed trials of a wilderness home, his answer was, "Oh, I am too crowded ; I must have more elbow room." l>uring this interval of time, Col. Boone 1 had made many lesser changes in his place of residence, and had often been employed by Government on missions of hostile and friendly intent among the Indians ; iu all of which he exhibited a statesmanship and courage which won for him the approval of i his employers, and the admiration of his savage foea. lie resided in his last home about' fifteen years, when, losing his wifo, who bnd j shared with him all his perilous life, he wenti to spend the remnant of his days with his ; son, Maj. Nathan Booiie, are when he died, in 1822, breathing his last in perfect revig- j nation, at the great age of eighty-four years. I It would for oxceed our proposed limits to j enter a minute detail of all the romantic and j adventurous exploits of this remarkable man ; j we content ourselves with the following: > While a resident in his father's house, on j tlio Yadkin River, being about eighteen 1 years of ago, he, in company with another, J'outh of the neighborhood, got up a "fire j lunt," which is conducted as follows :?One j of the parly rides through the forest on horse-, back, with a lighted torch swinging above bis head, wliilo the other remains in covert, i The torch attracts the attention of the deer, i and at a signal from the concealed person the torch is held stationary, and, while the j eager ev<is of the wondering animal are fix- j ! ed on the light, a ball is planted between ' thein, and the "poor foofv falls a victim to' his curiosity. On this occasion, Boone was , in covert, and seeing a pair of reflecting eyes i j through the dim shade of the trees, levelled j | his rifle, and gave the preconcerted signal.? , To his astonishment, the animal turned and ; fled; without a thought, the brave banter| sprung from his hiding-place and pursued. I Over hill and moor, through brake and thick -

a slight scorn on her lip, which stung Lucy ' to the soul. "Angry or not I will go with Satori," said ' Lucy, with flashing eyes. "Sothat's fixed," 1 and she rose from the table. And she did go with the Italian to the con- < cert. Frank arrived a few minutes after she had left the house, and words cannot describe 1 his surprise, indignation and pain at her conduct. He paced his room for hours that night now determined to see her once more and hear her excuse. Lucy herself spent and unhappy evening. Not even the divine strains of Is igel's instrument could banish from her mind how Frank would regard her conduct. On returning home she heard the surprise of her lover, which he had not affected to conceal, aud arguing the worst, she retired to her chain- i ber and spent the night in tears. At breakfast she strove in vaiu to hide tlio effect i the last evening's events had produced on her. j Iler sister read her secret in her swollen eyes, and with a few well mauaged taunts, turned 1 the whole current of Lucy's thoughts, and i ashamed of her weakness. It was while \ she was in this new mood that Frank called. "Well, your jailor is below said her sister bringing Frank's card up to Lucy. "lie has!, come, I suppose, to see your repentant tears under pain of his eternal displeasure." In ho temper, therefore, to receive her lover as an injured person, did Lucy descend to the parlor. The salutation on both sides was cold, and the conversation at first embarrassing. At last Frank came to the point. "You went out last night, Lucy. Was I' mistaken in supposing from what you said, \ the night before; that you wore engaged to visit the exhibition with me ?" This was said mildly though with some constraint, and had Lucy replied to it in a proper spirit, all would nave arono well.? I

of his boyhood, for his kindred and friends, j To entreaties, tears, scorn and violence, he I was alike impervious. To Antioch and Cy prus, along the coast of Syria and Rome, over the known world ho went like a Mazing comet, waking up the nations of the' earth. From the top of Mar's llill, with the | gorgeous city at his feet, and the Acropolis j and Partheon behind him, 011 the deck of his 1 shattered vessel, in the interval of the crash of billows, in the gloomy walls of a prison, ' on tho borders of the eternal kingdom, he j speaks in the same calm and determined \ tone. Deterred by no danger, awed by no presence, and arinking from no responsibility, he moves before us like a grand embodiment of power. The nations have around him, and kings turn pale in his presence.? Rands of conspirators swear never to drink till they have slain him, and people stone him; yet over the din of the coutlict and storm of violence, his voice rises as clear and distinct as a trumpet call, as lie still preaches Christ and him crncifted. The whip is laid on bis back tiil blood starts with every blow and then his mangled body was thrown into a dungeon; but at midnight you hear that snmo calm, strong voice which has shaken the world, poured forth in a hymn of praise to God, and lo! an earthquake shakes the prison to its foundation, tho manacles fuli from the hands of the captives, the bolts withdraw of themselves, and the massive doors swing back on their hinges. One cannot point a single sp>t in his ca -

1 Vfbcn firat that word Her light heart heard. It flattered like the frightened bird, Then shut its wings and sighed, , And With a silent shudder?died! % CxtlU Stort). Jhe SecUud JLobc t. BY KlilKN AS1IT0N. Will you go with mo to-morrow night t said Frank Alwyn, as he parted from Lucy Alton at the door one evening. Oh 1 to bo sure," said Lucy, "provoking the exhibition is worth seeing, which I suppose it is?or such a gallant as you would not have aaked me," "Very well, said Frank, lifting his hat and turning to depart, "I shall be here early." Frank was Lucy's lover. lie had been so fix several months, llo was open as the day, and loved Lucy with his whole heart, and had often urged her to a speedy marriage. But she was a gay thoughtless creature, who thoogh she loved him in her secret soul suove to conceal it from him as many of her sex do. -Had not Frank been a declared lover, this would have been commendable; but, as it was, it only tnado him unhappy, without any commensurate gratification to herself, for often, after she had been so capricious as to drive her lover to despair, would she lie awake weeping all night How false ia that sentiment which induces a woman thus wantonly to trifio with a lover from mistaken notions of pride. : <But Lucy was not solelv to blame for her <0M*duct She had an elder sister w ho possessed great, influence over her, and this sister secretly disliked Frank, taking every opportunity to injure him, though outwardly

i personally nan taugut# It was never rebuilt, though oneo attempted by Julian. I On the assumption that the prediction in Pnniel refers to the first taking of the daily i sacrifice by the burning of the temple under ! Nebuchadnezzn, 088 la-fore Christ, the prediction expired in 1642, the beginning of the preaching of John Elliot, of apostolic inemo? rv, to the American Indians. If the second period of taking away the daily sacrifice Ikj ' meant by the burning of the second temple by Titus, then the prediction is unexhausted, ! and will not expire till A. D. 2370. To what extent human is to concur with divine influence in this great moral event, those can best judge who have devoted most attention and exhibited most wisdom in dis| cussing the subject. I design only to make 1 use of the ^faets to observe that if it is sup1 posed that the spiritual and moral dcndncs* ; of heart of the Jews or Indians is to be made sensible by this call to repentance, either wij tioruilly or individually, the importance i and vitality of the call at this time may l>* well judged of. fSliall men wail till it I?e proved that the Imlians arc descendant* of i the Jews before efforts arc made to reclaim them i Shall I at iixiinn priests and powwows have hundreds of years' farther scope j to practice demonology, magic, and witch , craft, before their errors, are exposed ? If at | last they arc not proved to be descendants : ?i.~ i - 1 -

niniiiii- iiiiu 11 uor oisvtjra impiieu I ail I>18? "And if I was engaged with you?what then t Frank looked sadly at her, for thcro was a defiance in the tone, a9 well as in the words. Lucy's heart rebuked, and had she changed her demeanor, all might havo gone well. Dut pride that fatal curse interposed, and sho again resumed, "You say nothing.* "Lucy," 6aid Frank reprovingly. Her eyes flashed. "I do not understand you, sir ! You assume a tone of unwarrantable authority over my movements this morning. Have I ever given you liberty to do this ?" Frank hesitated ere he replied. He saw that she had taken a position which precluded an explanation Bince it denied his right to ask rmy. But ho saw tho erroneous nature of her position. Ho thcrefoTo determined not to give up the point yet "This is not what f assert, Lucy," he said, "you havo made an engagement with mo which was broken, This certainly entitles me to an explanation, and I ask nothing strange?I assume no unwarrantable authority in seeking it." The justice of this position improssed Lucy, and again she was on tho point of yielding, but again her better impulses gave way to i prido. 'Thank heaven," she said, rising, "we o . not engaged. If T cannot do as I please, without being treated as a truant child,?if my conduct cannot be regarded as right without an explanation and on the faith of my own

rcer where he faltered a moment, or gave way to discouragement or fear. Through all his perilous life, he exhibited the same intrepidity of character and lofty Spirit. "With his eye fixed on regions beyond the ken of ordinary mortals, and kiiuliing on glories ho was G't permittee' to rover.!, he pressed forward to an incorruptible crown, a fadeless kingdom. And then his death, how indescribably sublime! Napoleon dying in the midst of a midnight storm, with the last words that fell from his lips r battle cry, and his passingSpirit wntcning in its delirium the torn heads of his mighty columns, as they disappeared in the smoke of the conflict, is a sight that awes and startles us. But behold Paul, also a war-worn veteran, battered with many a soar, tho' in a Spiritual warfare, looking, back, not with alarm but with transport, looking not on earth, but on heaven. Hear his calm, sereuo voice ringing over tho storm and commotions of life :?"I am now ready j to be offered and the timeof my departure is i at hand. I hare fought the good fight, 1 have finishod my course?there is laid up for ine a crown of righteousness." No shouts of foemon, or smoke or enrnago of battle surrounded his Spirit straggling to be free ; but troops of shining angels, the smile of God and the songs of the redeemed, thcae guarded and welcomed him homo. T SARBATn-natAimG is that a?n which i.ada to all other suit.