Current:

Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1816, Edition 1 of 1, Page 400, Untitled Article

Page 400
Page 28
28 of 64

On this page

  • Departments (1)
    • GLEAHIKGS ; OR, SELECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS MADS IN A COURSE.OF GENERAL READING.
  • Text (5)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Gleahikgs ; Or, Selections And Reflections Mads In A Course.Of General Reading.

      GLEAHIKGS ; OR , SELECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS MADS IN A COURSE . OF GENERAL READING .

      Untitled Article

      No . CCLXII . On the Use of Tea . The Chinese first used tea as a necessary result of the badness of the water hoang-ho , or yellow river . They must

      employ some corrective to render the water of that river potable , for this purpose they used tea . This made the plant popular ; hence it has been adopted where the same cause did not exist , and fashioo has rendered it almost a

      necessary of life , in countries in the cast , distant from China , and in the west , where the very existence of the yellow river and its qualities is y not so much as thought of . That the Chinese use it so much as they do , is

      probably © wing to their having nothing better ; for when the Dutch carried them sage , nicely dried and prepared , it appeared so far preferable that they gave in exchange three boxes of tea for one of sage .

      Untitled Article

      No . CCLXIII .

      Lave of Children . - " It forms ( says Mr . Wakefield , Evidences of Christianity , pp . 99 , 100 , JVbte ) one of the most amiable traits in the character of Sir Isaac Newton , who wa $ indeed all-accomplished beyond any of his species , that be was fond of little . children , and delighted to see th * m plaving about his study . Such

      was the simplicity , the sweetness , the cbndec , ens $ on of a mind , that could expatiate through the" universe , And pass the Jlaming hounds efplace and time / N resembling in this respect also the affectionate tenderness of the

      Nazarene , who fondled little children in his arms , laid his hands upon them , and recommended their innocent and artless mannners to the imitation of hi ^ s disciples . And yet ( that I may lose no opportunity of shaming corrupted churchesy which make and love and believe a Lib [ 2 Thess . ii . 11 . Rev . xx . 15 /] and of disgracing Anti-Christian principles , wherever 1 . discover them ) these very infants are strenuously maintained by found divines , the spiritual pafctofs ^ and teachers of this goodly land ! to be children of Wrath and born in Sin ; till the hallowed drops from their disinterested fingers

      Untitled Article

      hare purged away the defilements of nativity , and made the creature fit for the acceptance of its Creator . "

      Untitled Article

      CCLXIV .

      Highland Revenge . A Highlander who made the amende honorable to * an enemy , came to his dwelling , laid his Head upon the block , or offered him his sword held by the point . It was deemed unworthy to refuse the clemency iinploredj but it might be legally done . We re ' collect an instance in Highland

      history : — William M'lntosh , a leader if not chief of that ancient clan , upon some quarrel with the Gordons , burnt the castle of Auchendown , belonging

      to this powerful family ; and was , in the feud which followed , reduced to such extremities by the persevering vengeance of the Earl of Huntley , that he was at length compelled to surrender himself at discretion . He came

      to the castle of Strathbogie , choosing his time when the Earl was absent , and y ielded himself up to the countess . She informed him that Huntley had sworn never to forgive him the offence he had committed , until he should see his head upon the block . The humbled chieftain kneeled down , and laid

      his head upon the kitchen dresser , where the oxen were cut up for the baroa ' s feast . No sooner had he made this humiliation , than the cook , who stood behind him with his cleaver uplifted , at a sign from the inexorable countess , severed M * ln tosh ' s head

      from his body at a stroke . So deep was this thjrst of vengeance impressed or * the minds of the Highlanders , that when a clergyman informed a dying chief of the unlawfulness of the sentiment , urged the necessity of his forgiving an inveterate enepiy , and ouoted the scriptural expression , "

      Vengeance is mine , saith the Lord / ' the acquiescing penitent said , with a deep sigh , —* To be sure , it is too sweet a morsel for a mortal . ' Then added . * Weil I forgive him ; but the De '» rafce you , I ) onald , ( turning to bis son ) if you forgive , him /

      Another extraordinary instance occurred in Aberdeenshire , In the sixteenth century , Muat of AbergeJdie , then , a powerful barofi , made an agreement to meet with Cameron of Brux > with whom he was at feud , each being attended with twelve hor * e only . J * Muat , treacherously taking advantage

      Untitled Article

      40 O Gleanings .

  • Citation
    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1816, page 400, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2454/page/28/