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Collectanea.
FRIENDSHIP . —Friendship , next to a religious course of life , is one of the greatest pleasures that can attend on man . Without this , no one could dare speak the sentiments of his heart , nor relate the anguish he endured in affliction ' s trying hour . No refinement of ingenuity , no ardour of enthusiasm , or perfection of literature , could delineate the happiness arising from this moral excellency . No love for our relatives , or affection for the world at largecould be maintained without thisIt
, . would require the pen of an immortal being to illustrate the radiant virtues of friendship . How could the holy apostles have declared their sentiments to one another , without fear of discovery , unless they were actuated b y friendship ? What social intercourse could exist between man and man , unless friendship presided over all ? What gratitude to God , or regard for holiness , could be maintained , unless love and affection were our ruling guides ? It is the gift of Heaven , and comes from
where it reigns in full perfection . All confidence in our fellow-creatures ivould be totally subverted ; and we should ever be jealous and mistrustful , and observe the strictest taciturnity . The ties of friendshi p ought to be lasting and sincere , and not taken away for every trivial offence . Real friendshi p does not consist in external civility , and proffered kindness ; this is onl y to deceive . It is not merely professing to be so , it is not caressing us while in affluence , that denominates a friend ; but it is an uniform conduct , not overturned by the misfortunes of the other , but maintains its ground as long so they exist . —From a Magazine in , the Reign of Queen Anne .
THE JEWS' LOVE OF JVDJEA . —The most interesting circumstance which presents itself to my mind , in recalling what I saw of the Hebrew nation in the East , is the universal diffusion of the love , the undying love of the Jews for their own Judeea , the Canaan of their fathers . Who could see without emotion , thousands of poor Israelites , who , from the remotest parts of Europe , have made their way—by long and weary pilgrimage—through privations incalculable , and sufferings without end
—often shoeless , and almost clotheless—friendless , pennyless—that they might see the city of David , and lay their bones in the bosom of Jerusalem ! What multitudes are there among them , who have sold their last possession , having gathered together their little , their insufficient all , and have started , marching towards the rising sun from the Vistula , the Dnieper , and the Danube , on a journey as long as perilous ! How many have perishedexhausted on the way ! How that have landed at
, many Joppa , or crossed the Taurus at Antioch , have been unable , from overexhaustion , to reach their longed-for gaol ! How many have sunk in sight of the Mount of Olives ! And how many have closed their eyes in peace and blessedness , when the privilege has been vouchsafed to them of treading ivithin the walls of Salem !—Dr . Bowring , in the Christian Reformer .
FEMALES OF NEW ZEALAND . —Many of the females of the superior class would grace a page in the " Book of Beauty . " Of course , these are " nature ' s ladies ; " and , despite of the abominable education , and the uupleasing scenes with which they are impressed from their tenderest years , yet , even in these wilds , we find a refinement solely appertaining to the sex , as simple as New Zealand society can admit of , in the absence , it must be admitted , of any thing like decent training ; and it is remarked b y those Europeans who have intermarried with the females of the land , through the mediums of the forms of the church , how
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Collectanea.
FRIENDSHIP . —Friendship , next to a religious course of life , is one of the greatest pleasures that can attend on man . Without this , no one could dare speak the sentiments of his heart , nor relate the anguish he endured in affliction ' s trying hour . No refinement of ingenuity , no ardour of enthusiasm , or perfection of literature , could delineate the happiness arising from this moral excellency . No love for our relatives , or affection for the world at largecould be maintained without thisIt
, . would require the pen of an immortal being to illustrate the radiant virtues of friendship . How could the holy apostles have declared their sentiments to one another , without fear of discovery , unless they were actuated b y friendship ? What social intercourse could exist between man and man , unless friendship presided over all ? What gratitude to God , or regard for holiness , could be maintained , unless love and affection were our ruling guides ? It is the gift of Heaven , and comes from
where it reigns in full perfection . All confidence in our fellow-creatures ivould be totally subverted ; and we should ever be jealous and mistrustful , and observe the strictest taciturnity . The ties of friendshi p ought to be lasting and sincere , and not taken away for every trivial offence . Real friendshi p does not consist in external civility , and proffered kindness ; this is onl y to deceive . It is not merely professing to be so , it is not caressing us while in affluence , that denominates a friend ; but it is an uniform conduct , not overturned by the misfortunes of the other , but maintains its ground as long so they exist . —From a Magazine in , the Reign of Queen Anne .
THE JEWS' LOVE OF JVDJEA . —The most interesting circumstance which presents itself to my mind , in recalling what I saw of the Hebrew nation in the East , is the universal diffusion of the love , the undying love of the Jews for their own Judeea , the Canaan of their fathers . Who could see without emotion , thousands of poor Israelites , who , from the remotest parts of Europe , have made their way—by long and weary pilgrimage—through privations incalculable , and sufferings without end
—often shoeless , and almost clotheless—friendless , pennyless—that they might see the city of David , and lay their bones in the bosom of Jerusalem ! What multitudes are there among them , who have sold their last possession , having gathered together their little , their insufficient all , and have started , marching towards the rising sun from the Vistula , the Dnieper , and the Danube , on a journey as long as perilous ! How many have perishedexhausted on the way ! How that have landed at
, many Joppa , or crossed the Taurus at Antioch , have been unable , from overexhaustion , to reach their longed-for gaol ! How many have sunk in sight of the Mount of Olives ! And how many have closed their eyes in peace and blessedness , when the privilege has been vouchsafed to them of treading ivithin the walls of Salem !—Dr . Bowring , in the Christian Reformer .
FEMALES OF NEW ZEALAND . —Many of the females of the superior class would grace a page in the " Book of Beauty . " Of course , these are " nature ' s ladies ; " and , despite of the abominable education , and the uupleasing scenes with which they are impressed from their tenderest years , yet , even in these wilds , we find a refinement solely appertaining to the sex , as simple as New Zealand society can admit of , in the absence , it must be admitted , of any thing like decent training ; and it is remarked b y those Europeans who have intermarried with the females of the land , through the mediums of the forms of the church , how