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On Ilorcb 't r«c" thefropW itood-
Tlic I-or«l Uef orit him pntjed ;
A hurric ane in nngry moodf\
Swept l>y liltn strong nntflnsY
Tlic forc it fell before It* foro ^,
The ro.:to were shivered in ill course ,
(foe! wns not in (he blast ;
•Twas but (he whirlwind of his breath ,
Announcing danger , wreck nntl death.
It censed . The nir grew mute—a clouu
C'nmc , muffling up the sun ;
lVlicn, 4hrou f;h ilio mountain dcop and loud ,
An Ktirth qunke thundered on ;
The frighted cfigle sprung in nir ,
Tho wolf rnn howling f rom his lair.
God tuu not in the utorm \
Thoi but Ibe rollin g of Ma enr ,
Thetramp ling6( his rftced s from f ar.
Twu Hill ngain ,'
Roare d his guest , ' A di»rccd %an ." and gallop-
ed awav. I r
it ritlcn for Ac Darnalahle Palrtot.
THE PELAGIAN CONTROVER-
SY.
A new controversy arose in the Church
the beginning of tho 5th century, und its
pestilential effects extended themselves
through ihe following ages .
-—The Au-
thors of it wore Pehigius iukI Celestius
both monks ;th« former of Briton nnd the
latter u native of Ireland ; they lived tit
Rome in the greyest reputation, on nc-
count of their exiito*ditmry piety and vir-
tue ; they muintjffned thai the sins of our
first pnrents wear imputed to them alone,
nnd not to their posterity, that we derive
no corruptlonaiDiH their full.
Pelagtus departed from Rome and went
into the Cast 5 ,it wm from this time that
Augustin the fomwfiBishop of Hippo,the
A frican oracle vegan to attack the te-
nets of PelugiujMbaCeiestius in his learn-
ed and elooujRtwritings,between the er-
rors of PcjroiiM and the opinions of the
African oracle; hence arose a new sect
which were called by their adversaries
Semipelagians : the leading principles of
the ScmiuvUtRtuns wer* the five follow-
ing :—1st , that O"d did not dispense Ins
grace to oik; more than another in conse-
quence of predest ination , i. <:. an Eternal
and absolute decree, but was willing to
save till men if they complied with the
terms of his gospel. 2d. That Christ di-
ed for all men. 3d. That tin; grace pur-
chased by Christ and necessary to salva-
tion was offered to all men. 4th. That
man before he received grace was capa-
ble of faith and holy desires. 5th. That
man born free wns consequently capable
of resisting the influences of grace,or com-
plying with its suggestions.
There we see the beginning of what is
culled the Arrniniun doctrine ; Arminius
gave the Semipelagian controversy the
finishing stroke ; lift e he got his five pro-
positions and the Calvinisls from the hint
voted in their five points at the Synod of
Dort. St. Augustin was considered by
some as a great man of that age, but lit*
hnd his failings ; upon many occasions
lie was more guided by tin: violent im-
pulse of a warm imagination than by the
cool dictates of reason and prudence ; in
the course of those unhappy disputes , Au-
gustine had delivered his opinion concer-
ning the necessity of Divine Grace, in or-
der to our salvation , and the decrees of
God with respect to the future condition
of men without being always consistent
with himself or intelli gible to others.—
Hence certain monks of Adrutnctum and
olliers wen; led into a notion that God
not onjy prcde&tinaled the wicked to eter-
nal punishm ent , but :ilso that thu good
sim l Kiwi nclioiiq of nil men were dcler-
rni ncd from eternity by a divine decree,
and fixed by an invincible necessity;—
those who embraced this opinion wen:
called I'mlcstinarians ; the doctrine of
Augustin (who was of opinion that in llie.
work of conversion and suuetification all
was to be att ributed to a divine energy,
and nothing to human agency,) had ma-
ny followers in all nges of the church
thoug h his Disciples have never been en-
tirel y agreed about tlie manner of ex-
plaining what lie taug ht upon that liead ,#
for tiim tn set limits to the extent of tliu
divine grace, and mercy lor ,the Christia n
world was a small thing, and thus you
see the.beg inning and rise of what is call-
ed the Calvinists doctrine , brought about
by two men quarreling about religion
which keeps the world in a ferment ever
since ;the next man that nttracts (lie pub-
lic notice was in the 9th century , Godes-
chaleus, an illustrious Sax ton ,lie had also
an insatiable desire of sounding the deep-
est mysteries, and of being wise ubove
what is written "
, ltubunus Maurtis , an
Archbishop of IMent'/.,in a Council , con-
demned Cj odeschaleus as a corruptor of
the true religion ,and a forger of monstrous
heresies and sent from thence to Iline-
mar , Archbishop of lllieinis , in whose di-
ocess lie had received the order of priest-
hood ; Ilineinnrnssc rfbled a Council at
Quiercy, in whichVUndcschal cus was con-
dem ned a second tUie, and \v;is ;ilso (rou-
ted in a milliner enflnd ly repugnant to the
princi ples of religion and dictates of hu-
manity, because Ire was firm in maintain -
ing his doctr in e, which In; adii-mcd and
indeed tvitii trut h to be llic dortrino of
St Augustin , tlie imperious Hinemar de-
graded him from the priesthood , an d was
so barbarous as to orcU'r him to be whi p-
ped wilh the utmost severity, until the
force of his pain overpowering his con-
stancy, obliged him to bum wilh his own
hands the justification of his opinions ,
wh ich he had presented to the Council of
Mcnt'/.,and then cast him in prison ,wherc
he ended his days, because he was firm
in maintaining wilh bis lasL breath , the
doctrine by which he had suffered. On the
other hund ,while Godeschaleus lav in pri-
son, his doctrine gaiiml him followers ;—
his sufferings excilrA^coinpassion and
both together product a considerable
schism in the Latin Church. Ratramn
monk of Corbey, Prudentius, Bishop of
Troyes Loup, or Lupus, Abbot of Fer-
rieres Florus, deacon of Lyons, Kcmi,
Archbishop of the same city, with his
whole church ; nil these eminent and illus-
trious Ecclesiastics, with ,many others,
whom it would be tedious to mention ,
pleaded with the utmost zeal and vehe-
mence, both in their writings and in their
discourse; the cause ol this unhappy
Monk , while others went fiirlher and em-
ployed all their zeal and all their labour
in tho vindication of his doctrine ; on the
opposite side of lli^queslion , were Hine-
mar, his unriglUcaus ju dge,Anialnrius the
celebrated Johiiiufl^, Scottis, and others,
who all maintai ned t^iut Godcschuleus nnd
his opinions, had received the treatment
they deserved, as the spirit of controver-
sy ran high ; another council was called
by Charles bold king of France,in which
Godfscbuleus »was again condemned , but
the decrees orLttus council were declared
null and anotVr council assembled nt
Valence in DuuAhiny ; this council was
composed of the^lergy
of three provinc-
es, Lyons, Vienne,nnd Aries, wilh Remi,
Archbishop of Lyons at their head , and
its decrees were confirmed , in which the
Bishops of fourteen Provinces,supported
the cause of tte persecuted Monk , whose
death diminished cdTsiderably, the heat
of this intricate tojproverfty. It docs seem
thnt the doctrinrof Godeschaleus Was
scattered uboujJBnrope, but its principal
seut wus atJOyotll in France ; here a
strong fern^Rt was kept up till Calvin 's
time } the docttiue of Godeschuleus has
in our day, both «ble defenders nnd pow-
erful adversaries ; he undoubtedl y main-
tained a two fold predestination , one to
everlasting life and the other to eternal
death ; he held also tfint God did aot de-
sire or will the salvation of all mankind ,
but that of the elect only, and that Christ
did not suffer death for the whole human
race, but for that part only whom God
has predestinated to eternal salvation.—
Those decisions which carry a severe nnd
rigorous aspect , were softly and favora-
bly interpreted by the followers of God-
pschaleus ; (hey deny for examp le that
their leader represents God as predesti-
nating to a necessary course of iniquity
those whom he has previously predesti-
gatcd to eternal misery,according to them ,
the doctrine of Godeschaleus amounts to
no more than this, lliat God has from all
eternity doomed to everlasting misery,
such as he foresaw would go on impeni-
tent in a sinful course , and has decreed
ruin , in consequence of their sins freely
committed and eternall y foreseen that the
salutary effects of the mercy of God and
the sufferings of Christ extending only to
the elect and arc made good to them a-
lonn. Another , thoug h less important
controversy arose about this tiirfv, con-
cluding words of a very ancient hymn
which run thus : i: O God who art three
and at the same time but one we beseech
liter," &c. Hinemar wisely prohibited
the singing those words in (he churches ,
tliat were under his jurisdiction , from a
persuasion (hat (hey tended to introduce
into the niinds of the multitude , notions in-
consistent with the unity and simp licity of
the .Suprivoic Being and might lead them
to imagine that there were three Gods.
• We. can unc the beginnin g of this pernicious
(lorl rinc that lias h'ji.
'ii ^oi ni,
'on lor foiutcR ii ecu-
I nrii'i , tha t 1111 uncoilvciti -il ni;in (.miuioI do n
goo'l itcliuii , but if n mini believe s liis ministeri
rreiMi , (lit: mini nK'r will pronounce those virt u-
ixis iictioiu all meritorious i Out nccnid-
iii £ lo llic lump of I'ijjht re nfton , a good ncliu n
in good in any man , und thin is tho way to en-
i.'oiirngc hi m to do more ', to tell the man lli nt
ho ru n do nothing , is in fact to tie hit hnnd * nnd
whip the ciei'd over It is buck ', the n , perhaps ,
I hen: mny be n. chance to pro idyt u him.
North Dennis , laUl. U. II.
[To br; C'ontinuecl . I
An Impostor.—The I'ioga County, (I'a)
Gazette, gives the following account of a
trave lling adventurer who made his ap-
pearance in that neighborhood a (v\v days
since :—
A person calling bis name Hudenot ,
passed throug h this place about ten days
since on foot, and some six or eight
miles above called on u famil y, und
throug h bis remarkable powers of persua-
sion after a courtshi p of near ly tweni y-
four hours , succeeded in gaining the con-
sent of a younff miss, about 1S, to become
his spc-ise—parents not objecting, the
nu ptials were celebrated. The circum-
sta nces of the novel affair , are enough to
excite one's risible faculties , and the same
lime teach a good lesson to those who lor
pecuniary motives, will sacri fice higher
considerat ions. The impostor introduced
himself to ibis famil y, who arc respectable ,
as a nep hew u> the old folks, from Massa-
chusetts, possessing immense wealth , and
bavin " at band all the cootl things of
the world—and so ingeniousl y tells the
story, that his new acquaintances could
not but believe he was the real Simon
Pure ! He has come this great distance
he said , on purpose to seek this young la-
dy, and one great object in bis marry ing
her , was to keep his wealth in their own
family. He was for having furnitur e
beds and bedding sold immediatel y at ven-
due, when they would all start , for the
land of promise together.
'I he next morning our hero starts his
father in law for Tiog.i to procure an
elegant carriage and greys, which he had
said were in readiness for him. On his
fathers departur e to accomp lish this pleas-
ing expedition , his iww son starts on a
rout e directly opposite, after borrowing
$-1 of his good mother to expend nt the
stores above, for necessaries, promising
to replace the same nfter breaking one ol
his $100 bills. As our readers may nat-
urally suppose, the carriage,&c. were not
tn be found , and on his father's return
to his own habitation , his son-in law was
not there to exp lain the mystery !—sad
reverse he was 'oph.' A proper officer
was immediatel y despatched after him ;
he was found a few miles west of Cov-
ing, brought back , examined and suf-
(Vered lo escape. We understand he had
made use of part of the borrowed mon-
ey. Should any of our readers see a man
about forty years of age 5 feet 5, da rk
complexion , wearing goggles,independent
minded , glib tongued fellow, they will
have some idea of our hero, who was
last seen in this section, running for the
noo(!s,to avoid n sound flaggellution threa-
tened him bv one of his acquaintance.
About sixteen years ago, when the vil-
lage of Woodend was not so thickly adorn-
ed with houses as nt the present day, and
being in the neighborhood of the celebra-
ted Molly Pitcher, wns peculiarl y favora-
ble nt this time for furnishing ihe timid
mind with impressions respecting witch-
es and ghosts,a young man who is now
removed to a distance, though the story
may be relied on ns a reality, wns return-
ing to his home, from the house of a farm-
er,of whose daughter he was enamoured ,
& with whom he hnd spent the evening. It
was about the middle of a pleasant starlit
night of Summer , when silence and re-
pose had spread their dusky wings on the
village,and nothing was heard save the
light rij iple of the waves on the beach, or
the occasional voice of an owl or a whi p-
poorwill from Ihe distant hills. As lie
came up the Marblehend road, and had
approached near one of the houses of the
village,he cast his eye at the roof, and
saw what appeared him to be a human
form,dressed in white,standing on the top
of it. At first he thought it might possi-
bly be a light cloud, floating in the dis-
tance, und which ,coming in visual con-
tact with the roof had assumed that ap-
pearance. But ns he approached nearer,
having to pass the house, which stood nt
nt the roadside,he became convinced that
his sight did not deceive him ; and be-
lieving it to be a superhuman being, he
nerved his heart to a sufficient degree or
firmness to pass the object of bis fear and
then ran. When he had gained a con-
siderable distance , he stopped nnd look-
ed back. The form stood there erect
white and motionless , with all the sem-
blance wliich sight nided by imagination ,
could give to n being from the world of
sp'uits. Fear took possession of him , he
fled with all his rtrength , nnd for nearly
two miles the hills resounded with his
flying steps, which ceased not till he felt
himself safe in his own dwelling.
After that event , n young gentleman
stated that on the night to which the story
refers, he was reposing in the upper cham-
ber of the house, when the neat prompt-
ed him to seek for refreshing air upon the
roof. Seeing a person approaching at a
distance, a propensity for amusement
prompted him to throw a sheet around
him , and to walk out to the end of the
rid gepole, to observe what appearances
would have upon the observer. The re-
sult was such as we have attempted to de-
scr ibe , and it was thus that the young lov-
er became conv inced that he had actuall y
seen a thost.—Lynn Mirror.
Loss of the steam boat Washington.
—The Steamboat Washington , Captain
Tomlinson , which left New York for
Prov idence , on Saturday last , came in
contact with the Chancellor Livingston
off" New-Haven , about half nfter II , the
same even ing, and wus so much injured as
(o sink about 40 minutes after.
Most ol the baggage, und part of the
deck freight was saved. Two passengers
nnd the assistant engineer were missing.
The Chancellor remained by the wreck un-
ti l day li ght , and after an ineffectual at-
tem pt to dra w her nearer the shore, pro-
ceeded lo New-Yor k. The passengers
were put on board the President , whic h
boat succeeded in drawing the Washing-
ton '
A miles nearer the shore. On Sun-
day evening the wind increased , and the
whole upper deck was broken up. Our
informant , who was a passenger in the
Washington , states that the Benjamin
Franklin hove too, near the wreck , about
10 o'clock yesterday, and was left there
by the President. The followin g Cards
huve been handed in for publicati on.
We the undersi gned , passengers on
board the steam Boat Washington , from
New York to Providence , on the ni ght of
May I-I , lft.'Jl , w hen she was accidentall y
ran into and -sunk by the CUnnctAlor Liv-
ingston , o/)' New Haven Bay, do stale tliat
in our opin ion the conduct of dipt Tom-
linson wns entirely fau ltless. The night
was calm and pleasant , nnd he with the
passengers generall y bad retired to rest.
At ihe time , the Washington was under
the care of a skilful & experienced pilot.
A fter the accident , and dur ing the scene
of confusion Captain Tomlinson con-
ducted wilh the utmost coolnss, delib-
eration and energy, a nd by the spirited
exertions of himself , bis officers and crew
saved not onl y the lives of his passengers
with their baggage,but a very considera-
ble part of the freight. He was the
last man on board his sinking vessel nor
did he quit her until every hope of saving
her had vanished. We tender him our
warmest thanks for his skilfu l and urbane
deportment on that eventful occasion.
We ultribute no blame whtevcr to Capt
Comstock of the Chancellor. He was not
we understnnd ,on deck at the time the ac-
cident happened. For his kindness and
attention to us, and great and well direct-
ed exertions , we beg him to accept our
most grateful thanks.
Steam Boat Chancellor Livingston,
Long-Island Sound , May 15, 1831.
Signed ; Sylvester Brownell ,Tito 's Riv-
ers, John H. Coegeshall ,Richard Water-
man , Charles Cheney, Franklin Cooley,
Joseph F. Phillips, "Samuel C. Gilbert,
Cha's C. Adams, Wm. L. B. Gibbs, Job
A. Peckham , John G. Stanviilu , Oeo.
Philli ps, Geo Di.xou, Elisha Crane, John
Howard , Daniel Perry, James Marshall ,
John Sawin , Wm. W. Pease, Joseph II.
Palten , Henry Fits, Joshua Deverson,
John Clough , Math. Duroi, Tito's Whit-
nker, Jotham Lnnp.
We know not to whom blame if any
attaches in consequence of the diaster to
the Washington , but we concur in the
opinion ejcp.essed above, of Cnpt. Tom-
linson 's activity, energy and coolness nf-
ter the misfortune.
Signed : Win. B. Finch, Theodore
Lymnn , Jr. Samuel J. S. Vose, Joseph
F. Philips, Rogers Kendall , Z. B. Ad-
it • , S"lcle HPP«*«-s »n in the London
United Service Journal for April , entitled
Notes on Warsaw,by a British Officer—
. .?• I
n1
uWDff»'!»e My« 'ofHit Jropcri-
el Highness the Grand Duke Constanline
whether he had not an American in 1iis
army he said he would introduce me to
him. When one of the divisions had
marched pnst he culled out in 11 loud tone
something iiy Russian, upon wliich a very
fine young man dropped to the rear and
came up to us. It was amusing to see
this young gentleman , born in a land of
freedom , rigged out in a Russian uniform,
and approaching with an nwkward and
stiff gate of a Russian soldier. His name
wns Monroe. By the late accounts 1per-
ceive an aid-de-camp of that name men-
tioned ; this must be the same gentleman.
We find says the Charleston Courier,
in looking over- the Paris Constitutional ,
that Gen. Bernard , lately in the service
of the U. S., and who returned to France
a short time since, has been re-instated
in the grade in the French army, as an
officer of Engineers, and called into actu-
al service.
At Pensacola, U. S. ships Viccnnes.
and , Natc hez, schrs Grampus and Shark
sailed U. S. ship Eric on a cruse.
Two old Jews who go about London,
dealing in old clothes, passing by a gen-
tlcmans stable.were so fascinated by n cou-
ple of jackets belonging to two postilions,
that they could not resist the temptation
of adding them to their stock in trade.—¦
While they were secreting iheir prize, the
owners returned from a public house where
they had been drinking a pot of porter,
and saw the whole transaction. They
rushed out seized the Israelites, locked,
them up in the stable, and went in quest
of certain things which promised better
sport than prosecution. They returned,
lied the two Jews face to face,and malted
together their two beards, smeaieJ with
warm shoemakers wax. As soon as the
wax was cold, and a sufficient number of
spectators bad gathered together to view
thj s fraternal Jewish hug, the postilions nt
intervals applied a few pinches of snuff,
which caused such a concussion of noses,
and such a sneezing and spluttering in
each others faces, that while it inflicted
the severest punishment on the thieves,
the spectators were highly plensed with
this specimen of distributive justice.
A married woman of the shawnec In.
dians made this beautiful reply to a man
whom she nut in (be woods and who im-
plored her to love and look upon him—
' Oulamoti , my husband ' sa id she, 'is ev
er before my eyes1 and hinders me from
seeing you."
IWltecelUinn
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