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" The Western Reserve- Chronicle of Ohio , of the first ultimo , gives a distressing account of the death of three only children of Mr . and Mrs . Stone , of Kinsmain in that State , who were drowned by the hand of their mother . The circumstances are peculiar and were communicated for publication by a
Clergyman . * ' Mr . and Mrs . Stone possessed amiable dispositions , sustained unblemished characters , and had lived together in the utmost harmony . During a late revival *) f religion , Mrs . Stone was awakened , and supposed she had experienced a
change of heart . Spon after , however , she settled down in a state of grief an 4 melancholy , and declared that she had committed the unpardonable sin . Under this impression and believing that if taken off at their present tender age , the
children would be happy , and believing also that having committed the Unpardonable Sin , no injury would follow to herselfwhile her husband was gone to Meeting on Sunday , the 14 th day of May , 1820 , she drowned the little innocents in a spring , about three feet deep .
* ' The verdict of the Coroner's Inquest was , Drowned by the mother in a fit of insanity . '"—P . 187 . The JSditors have given us some interesting passages from Mr . Sou they , the Poet Laureate ' s Address to A . S . Cottle , on publishing" his translation of Icelandic Poetry : "
— Twas a strange belief ! And evil was the hour when men began To humanize their God , and gave to stocks And stones the incommunicable name . It is not strange that simple men should rear
The grassy altar to the glorious sun , And pile it with spring flowers aijd summer fruits , And when the glorious sun smil'd on their rites And made the landskip lovely , the warm heart > Vith no unholy zeal might swell the
hymn Of adoration . When the savage hears The thunder burst , and sees the lurid sky Glow with repeated fires , it is not strange That he should hasten to his hut and veil His face , and dread the Daemon of the
storm . Nor that the ancient Poet , he who fecj H it * flpek beside the stream of Helicon , Should let creative fancy peppJle eajrth
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With unseen powers , that , clad in darkness , roam Around the world , and mark the deeds of men . But that the Priest with solemn mockery , Or monstrous faith , should call on God
to lead His armies forth , and desolate and kill , And over the red banners of the war , Even in the blessed name of Jesus , pour Prayers of a bloodier hate than ever rose At Odin ' s altar , or the Mexican , The victim ' s heart still quivering in his
grasp , # Rais'd at Mexitlis' shrine—this is most foul , Most rank , most blasphemous idolatry ! And better were it for these wretched
men With infant victims to have fed the fire Of Moloch , in that hour when they shall call Upon the hill 3 and rocks to cover them , For the judgment day is come . ' * The Poet eulogizes America , as ttiat happier shore
Where Priestley dwelLs , where Kosciusko rests From holy warfare . Persecuted men ! Outcasts of Europe 1 sufferers in the
cause Of Truth and Freedom ! ye have found a home , And in the peaceful evening of your days A high reward is yours , the blessedness Of self-applause .
" He expresses Jus surprise at the negligence and inattention of men to Christianity . Is it not strange , my friend , If aught of human folly could surprise ,
That men should with such duteous zeal observe Each idiot form , each agonizing rite Of Pagan faith , whilst there are npne who keep The easy precepts of the Nazarene , The faith that brings with it its own reward , The law of peace and love ?—But they
are Who in these evil and tumultuous times Jleed not the world ' s mad business chiefly tfyey W | ip with most pleasing labouring ac qujre No sejrish knowledge . Of his fellow kind
He well deserves , who for their evening hours A blameless joy affords , and his good works , When in the grave he sleeps , shall stili survive . "— Pp , 191 * 192 ,
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116 Review . — The Christian Reflector .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1821, page 116, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2497/page/52/
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