WfiMOW ALLISON . S. LITTLE I AVID WIKINNEY 80 CO. Eaitors and Proprietors. TERMS IN ADVANCE. .sINOLB SUBSCRIPTIONS 01.50 i °row. T.25' 11eLIv tame In NIVEA% OP ran RtTlao, 2.00 Yn r TWO Douai's, we will send by mall seventy number I for Oxa DOLLAR, thlrtAhree atuttben. Ikon sending att2tratirr Subscribers and upwards, will thereby entitled toe paper without charge. ..isurais should be prompt, a little before the year expires end payments by wile bultdP, or bY 1 beet all lettere to DAVID arKINKLY: `Pittsburgh, Pa. • Jr the Presbyterian Banner.' What Lack I Yet? --Ne i lllfew xix ; : N. t is evident that. the/Person who asked ; ,question felt that', on his part, there nothing lacki , and that : in his own , he could de and and receive eternal It. is else, ident Worn the,eagerness whioh pressed the .question, that 19 / tat he I, t that, he bad done all, there iu hiseheart a want which he could not 1, tout which disturbed his peace, and re,stless, his soul. His spinitual can t is similar to one .who falls asleep i t •F idiering from pain. Raw restless disturbed the sleep; how..undefined sling ; how .dim the Conception <of it is that annoys., Just so. this per the spiritual blindness that was upon • disturbed by that craving of. the which. thee Spirit of God alone igh Christ can fill. It pricked his 9on le, reached his heart,renderedhollow his , and yet he knew , not what was wanting. Jo in the tone of one assured that.all right, yet devoid of that peace the heart 1 when it, really possesses:that which.its ire demands, he asks, " What lack I '" When the fever is high and thirst mines the body, if• perchance sleep s us, scarce are we locked in its sweet race, until thirst causes sweet visions of to rise before us. We see it ing from the , fountain or rising drip. from the well. We see it fill the is, even feel. it cool and, refreshing to touch, but when we attempt to drink, it our efforts.: Just so it is.with those , without Christ, attempt to satisfy the itual wants of their hearts. It will not stayed. In their feverish dreams.,they p,see the gushing fountain,.and floods of ,er flowing by their feet; they may ip, and in imagination drink, but their •st is no more quenched than his: who, let burning With fever, dreams that he qiiaffing the sweet, cool water. After have done all they can ;'after they have 4 erved the law from their youth up, they 411,1a0k one thing. To the eager, anxious ueuiry, " What lack I yet?" Christ romptly answers, "One thing thou lack t. Go sell that thou, halt; give .) the poor, and thou , shalt have reasure in heaven, and , come follow e." He does not say that hii moral life d deeds of charity are of , no use. On e contrary, he tells him that for all these ere is laid up in heaven a reward; but he ues tell him , that with all he has. lone, and oughtin addition, he should part with all is goods to the,poory, he would still lack ne thing to obtain,eternal life. He would of lose his .obedience .or exercise his be evolenee in vain. They , would be noticed nd recorded in heaven, and for them he . ould receive a suitable reward, but that eward would not be eternal life. This •is II e rock upon which the multitude make li, ipwreok.. They propose to , secure eternal ifs by obedience to:the moral law and works charity. God has not promised life in eturn for these. Ho loves, all efforts to ,eep his law. Hi is pleased with the leart open , to the ory of the needy, and his vor will be upon all auoh; but he has .not omised neither will he give, eternal life such conditions.. To all such he says, Thou , lackest one thing yet, come and Ilow. me." This is the only condition Ipon which God secures to men eternal tfe. It is only when we follow Christ that Is Spirit.. can dwell in the heart, heal it of ie disease, of sin, and make it glad in the tssession. of spiritual health. This is it all our endeavors' to live moral cannot do. There is in ;the soul the ling fever. of sin which nothing will Joh but the blood of Christ. There the deep wounds of sin, which nothing heal but the. Spirit of Christ. A. B. M. For .tlie Presbyterian Banner. Presliytery, ottAck 110 g. e following paper on the State of the 4try, was unaniniou4y passed by the ibytery of Des Moines, at its late meet at Wintersett. VirnEar.as, the fundamental principles it Constitutional, equAable, and. 4:le idly popular Government have been, large section' of out common country, ..ed and set aside, and as a consequence re now reaping the legitimate fruits in Ilion, treason, and, civil war. And •eas, we regard this wide-spread rebel not merely as revolutionizing the best of government, but as involving the .uction of both civil and :•religions lib- And whereas, all that has rendered .ppy, prosperous as a people, : all that istiriguished us as a, nation anion , " the .11S of the earth, is rightfully t, be at ted to the influence of our holy reli to the special interposition of the or nations And whereas, any .Na- infliction, whatever be its, form, ;ati ve of the Divine displeasure; for curse causeless shall not come.' There- Resolved, That in the present civil we are to recognize the just judg of Heaven for our National sins : are called upon as a Church, and as An citizens to humble ourselves uli e hand of God; to call to his distinguishing goodness to us as a ; and to seek by prayer and suppli , and the confession of our sins and is of our people, and the sins of our the interposition of Divine , mercy, is anger may be turned away from us, tr national integrity way be preserved, Constitutional law and liberty main- solved, That we feel it to be a. high uty to support, by all proper means, feral Government, aT the only repre ve of our Nationality, and of our Constitutional and civil authority. end we invoke the Divine protec- Irl guidance for our Chief Magistrate, i counsel ors, for our Senators. and `ors, for the Chief of our armies, his officers and soldiers. ;dyed, That We cordially approve of ton of the'last,Generalf.ssembly, ;e to the state of thecliantry, and conduct of our Commissioners in rig that action, believing it to. ;en urgently called for, as shown facts, as already referred to, and T, we most cordially and affection ;e the members of all our churches nit our bounds, to carry out the ies inculcated in that action, as a duty to God, to the Cburch, and to le , ountry. dyed, That this Presbytery regards .cere pleasure the act of Congress lending, and.the act of the Pre d ,ppoin ling a day of humiliation and ad supplication to Almighty God, in the deplorable civil war in which volved. And it is earnestly recom to all our churches to observe the last Thursday. of September) by t ie religious services." M. BarmuELDF,R, Stated Clerk. cr DUTIEB.- , --We are apt to mis °cation in looking eat of the, way n to exercise greep,and rare air 7 by stepping over the ordinaiy lie directly in the road before we read, we fancy' we could be and when we come to act, we ‘r a provoking word.--gannah ;4- .." - . • • 41: VOL. X., NO.‘2. Vor the Preebyterum Banner, The Action of Beaver Presbytery on Parson- agqs. The , church; by every consideration of self-preservation, progress and success, ought to take the subject of Parsonage houses to her heart. T 1 e Presbyterian Church has always held the standard of ministerial qualification high. She looks for her most talented and edu cated, as well as pions sons, to preach the Gospel. In this she acts wisely. But the poor provision. . made for their support , n many instances, after they enter upon the sacred work, is a great loss of strength. Whatever tends to promote the efficiency of the ministry, leaving out of view the idea of comfort, should receive the serious at tention of, eve* established congregation. And among the things having an impOr cant bearing in this direction, is the erec tion of parsonages, or houses .for the accom modation of the Pastors.- .In 'some locali ties the Fathers attended to this matter by securing a farm,,upon whicha dwelling was erected for the, minister's family and which was 'secured in perpetuity to the congrega tion for this purpose. No such provision, however, is to be found within our bounds, and .the result is that , great inconvenience often arises to knewly-settled pastor. No suiiable house can be had to rent, and hence he must go into a .house where, his faMily is but •poorly accommodated and bis opportunities for, study, very materially in terfered with. Now, if in inch aeme, the, congregation had a suitable parsonage, the minister would ; at ence be at home, and, there he could ,stay, without the vexation and trouble of frequent moving. The wept, of such provision is a serious loss both to the pastor and the people. Otherwise, the newly-settled minister must purcbase land and build, or purchase property already im proved, this requires an immediate, outlaY of capital which few, very few, can. com mand, ;and frequently entails upon the pas tor a.„ debt that oppresses his spirit and cripples his usefulness for. years. It seems to us, therefore, that no time should be lost; but that all our churches should bi tiate„measures. for the attainment of this most:important object. In view, therefore, of the foregoing considerations , : Resolved, That .Parsonages, , in the pres ent-state of our churches, have become, a necessity. „ Resolved, That it be recommended toall our churches to take measures for the erec tion of Parsonages as SOOl3 as 'possible. For the Presbyterian fanner An unsound Doctrine In the published • Res*tions of a Pres. byte4--see Banner, Sept. 14—we find this statement: " Any established' Govern ment becomes, by the fact of its- existence, 'an ordinance of God,' and its Executive ; officers 4 God's ministers'" ' The italics are mine. . This doctrine is not, sound. The mere fact of its,existence does not make, or.rove, a Government to be the ordinance of God. It is its moral character, as founded in principles of justice, and. Organized, and administered for the good of men, that mar,ks it as God's ordinance of Civil Gov ernment, (see Rom. 1. Pet. ii.; Con fession of Faith, XX, XXIII, and XXXI.) The dovarnment of the United States is the ordinance of God; not because it exists; but because of its moral character; and we pray every day, that it may .prove itself, Not a,terror to good works, but to. the evil;" and show that the civil ruler is " the minister of God, a revenger to . exe cute wrath, upon him that doeth evil ;" and that he " beareth not the sword in vain." But were a band of pirates, to seize a ter ritory, and establish a government, to plun der other people, and murder or enslave them, their established Government would not become by the fact of its eistence, "an ordinance of God," and its Exccutive officers " God's ministers." Their govern ment world be an ordinance of the devil, and its officers the ministers of the, devil, doing his bad work. We must distinguish. So Algernon Sydney wrote, "He that ( pre tends to the veneration and obedience due to the ministers of God, must,, by his actions, manifest that he, is Ei a. And though I arn unwilling to advance a proposition that may sound harshly to tender, ears, I am in clined te.believe, that the same rule i which obligee' lie to yield obedience to the good ariagi,trate, who is the minister of God, and assures us, that in obeying him we obey God, dogs equally oblige us not to obey those, who make themselves the ministers of the devil, lest in obeying them w6,.obey the devid, whose works they do. * * * * The Apostle, commanding our obedience to the minister of God, for our good, com mands ins not to be obedient -to the minis ter of She devil to our . urt.; for we can , not serve two masters." (Discourses on Governvbent, Vol. Ill) This 'is the teach ing df she Bible and of common ems, The Vovernatent of the Southern Con federacy, based avowedly , on' slavery as its foundation and chief corner-stone, coty spiring the overthrow of the best Govern ment in the world, and the destruction of liberty, and living by perjury, treason, re hellion, robbery and murder—exists, that 's a fact-; but it is an ordinance of the.ilevil. it should be established for five hundred :years, and succeed in stealing and killing even more, extensively than it has yet beenlable to,)t would not beconio, " by the fact a/ is existence, gan ordinance of God,' antil its Executive officers God's ministers' Christi.as are commanded to be subject to civil a rthority. It may be heir duty to obey r lers that are badmen. "Infidel ity, or di;irence in religion, Both not make yea the i ag,istrate's .just.and legal author ity, nor ft e the people from their due obe dience to him," (Conf. of Faith.) The ruler may be different frnm youiutreligion, may bet , ;infidel, or a wicked man ; but that doestait make void his just and legal authorityt nor free the people, from due obediened:ta.him. Very ,true. Rut when any. Government despotic tyranny, depriving its subjects of. \ their rig tty.or compelling them upon wrong - dot, t, t , subverting the very ends of governme t,,, it, ceases to be n'od's, moral ordinance, nd loses its claim to.conscien tious abed' am. The slay ill doctrine of passive altedien,ce to civil pc er, just because it happens in, the permissive providence of God to exist, is wide-sprea t t, and permeates, more.or less distinctly. m thoroughly, the minds of many, people It is neither rational,.: nor Christian, nor ; Presbyterian, nor American:;; ; and,should bt,rooted out of the earth. **ate of 11. - ElHsi At a meeting of the Middle Class in the. Allegheny l'h:ological Seminary, Septem., ber 113th, ifs F.., the following testimonial to the worth, of Mr. H. Ellis, late member, was adopted WeEREAWod, hisinscrutible.provi. denee has sok' fit to, remove'our beloved brother,' D. 4. Ellis, from. his earthly la berm to-his 'fi*,revfard ; therefore, illesaved, •Fhat in this affliction we reeognise Gage right to clainaltis own, And TILEBBT.TER,IAN. For the Presbyterian Bantn: *. PITTSBURGH, -- SATURDAY _,§.vlp.T ,FM.BEt(:',2B,.- 1861: hear in-it his voice saying unto no, "Be ye also ready." Resqlved, That in brother, Ellis we be held a bright intellect, a warm heart, and an earnest Christian devotion. Resolved, That as a Class, we have kit an earnest and diligent student, and an ex ample of a brigbt Christian, diameter. Resolved, That we tender our Christian sympathy to the bereaved friends, counsel, kng them 'not to mourn 'as theser•without hope,tut to remember that witihthe Chris tian, to be absent from the,body. is to be present with the,Loil. MARTIN L. TODD, _ J. W ALLAOE IGHTMAN, G - EO. ' J. dRESSMAN ) Committee. (Selected.] Nearet -Howe. ".Beaven f is my Fatherland, /leaven is my home." O'er the hill the sun is setting, And the eve is drawing on; Slowly droops the,gentle twilight, For another day is gone; Gone for ayeAts,raee. is over, Soon the darker , shades will cone; Still 't is sweet to know at even, We are one day nearer home. 4, One .day. nearer," 8 493s.the;ParMle.r, As he glides the waters o'er, While the light is softly dying On his distant native shore. Thus the Christian oir life's ocean, AB his light.boat.euts the foam, .I.n. the .evening cries with rapture : — " 1 am. one ,day nearer. home." Worn and weary oft the pilgrim Haile the.setting of the sun; For his goal,iaone day , nearer, And hlsjourney nearly !lane. Thus we feel, when o'er life's desert, Heart and, sandal'sore, we roam; As the twilight gsthers o'er us, + We arcone day nearer home. Nearer home ! Yes, one, day nearer To our Father's house on high— To the green fields and the fountains Of the.landabeypnu the sky ; .For the henvens.grow brighter o'er us, And the laOps hang in.the dome, ,And our tents are pitched stillcloser, For we're one, .day nearer home. For the Presbyterian Banner, leknowjedgment. MESSRS. EDITORS :—Permit me through your paper to acknowledge the receipt of a valuable box of clothing, from the Ladies' Sewing Society. of; Pisgah (Presbyterian) church, of Jefferson County, .Penna.;_and otlcrs,.for the use 91 : myself. and family. For, this they have our . most sineere thanits. Such acts of kindness are worthy of the highest commendatiOn. For they afford much needed aid and comfort to those who are_ laboring to build up the 'Redeemer's kiregdom in destitute, places. Surely it is . a day of sunshine in the Missionary's home when a box is opened, unfolding its much needed gifts accompanied by the names of well remembered friends. ' May the kind donors ever experience the truth of the declaration of -the Redeemer: That, it is more blessed to give than to' re .ceive, and at last hear the Saviour say in asmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. D. L. McComß. Algona, KosFuth Co., lowa, July 36, '6l EUROPEAN;CORRESPONDENCE JOURNEY PEON LONDON. TO PARIS-NNOIT SCENES AND rm- PitINOONS.-PARIS /N MODNING-*LEINOLITION, AND COMATILUCTKON.-*IUTABT, DESIGNS-A, VI OT TO THE • SUB. HABS-THE "MEHORTAL CHAPELLE"-THE RED REPUBLICANS OUTWITTED...-POIPERE AND THE PILIESTS...4IIENCH PROTEST, PARIS, August 28,.1881 FROM PARTS, en route to Geneva, I write you: Six years ago, your , " Correspond ent " was here at the Evangelical Alliance ; now the same body invites others as well as, myself, to meet With Christians of all na tions within sight 'of the Alps and their eternal snows, and in one of the strong-, holds whence Vrotestantism sent forth, in: the 16th century, light and, liberty, over Europe. I left London by the " tidal train " from the London Bridge Station, on Monday morning last. We swept rapidly through, golden fields of grain bowing to the "sick.le, or already cleared; and past hop planta tions, whose " bind " this year, • from re cent dry weather and warm sunshine, is' better far, than was anticipated. We reach Folkestone Harbor soon after noonday. On those breezy chalk cliffs, stretching all the way- from Dover to Satidgate, and including Folkestone heights, one would' wish for a while to linger—for what air is more pure or healthy ? This is the place, where the Rev., William Arthurs, so long an invalid, says' he always "'feels better than any where - else, save in the desert." My advice:to Ameriean clergymen who have got the, pro fessional sore throat, is, not .to • repair to the dese,rt of • Sinai.; but if they are. not intent, as well they may, on visiting in June- and July the mineral waters of Soden and- Emms, whose virtues I myself have proved, simply to come• to Folkestone in Kent, overlooking the Channel that di. 7 . vides France and England, and• with the glorious tadk-ground: of beautiful, hills and fertile waving fields. They must abjure books and study, keep silent for a couple of months, meditate as they , ; can / on the mar gin of the sounding sea,, ascend Shakes peare',s cliff and Caesar's Camp (that hill where tradition says he concentrated his newly-landed forces,) live almost entirely in the open, air, eat heartily SO as to satis fy the keen appetite , sure to come to, thent,, and then judge, how health-growing, and bracing is the place. Pshall not detail the incidents:of the brief passage of. the restless channel, nor contrast with the vialade du mer of some, the excellent 'sea ,logs" of others—in-' eluding that excellent and Rev. Mr. Birks, the son-in-law of, the lamented Bickersteth, and one of the Honorary Secretaries of the Evangelical Alliance ; or better still, his genial converse with. Dr. Denham, of Lon donderry, and other passengers. Nor shall I minutely trace the progress of the train, as it passes fromßouloome Paris-ward, through the flat and marshy plains of Nor manby. As We move rapidly along, there is pointed out the harbor, where the Duke of liormanby—afterwards William the Con queror—is said to have gathered his fleet and troops. for that successftil inva sion of Saxon England, which was so. sug gestively brought• .to, mind last week; by the -inauguration - . of a commemoration pil lar recently erected (by Imperial command) on the seashore. Neither, may .I stay-for I am in a mail andfast train--at Clermont, once a French string-hold, which Edward- 111. besieged and, took; nor do more than notiee in pass ing, the beautiful groves =and chateaus-on the sides of beautiful Chantilly, whither the. great Conde retired in dblusti.from the frowning presence. of an ungrateful Night in Paris is charming.. The bright though waning moon, .-throwing her silvez inbeamk. prodigal fullness, on. columns, churches, palaces, and, thepoble.faca,des of new streets and thoroughly." Palladian" architectures. The. CafeS are all gaily lighted up, and the motlerpompany, seated outside on those straw-botiomed chairs, are busy, in discussing ices An't other ; refresh ments, and, all the.while chattering with volubility most, mareelloug. The Column' in the Place Vendome, the' Tuilleries Pal ace, the Louvre, Cleopatra% needle, the noble , fountain t: it. noble. Place De La Concorde,,all conic out at,,night, mere ma jestic in their sclema and majestic gran deur, than beneath the' garish _eye of day : And then is not the Cliamps IrElyse.es, with, hat sportive band of'youngsters, who, seated on. little woodenhorses chase. one another . as the merry gelound ' makes, 'rapid revolutions ; .and with _the voices of that band of singers from yonder canopied gallery, who, - (accompanied by a hand of music,) ever and anon, elieit the• plaudits of that brilliant crowd, .who scattered all over the gardens of one of ;he ; hotels, drink, their. cafe au tact or their, via ordinaire f Such, night scenes in ; Paris this sweet Autumn season do strike a stranger just come from a less genial' clime. In the balmy air itself he feels.elastic and refresh : ed; All is novel, and thertfore. he enjoys everything. Early morning, too inf''Paris has its • charms. - Wordsworth, the , poet, o.,ce wrote down in his pocket-book a noble sonnet when standing on Lotidem Bridge in the early Summer, ere the „noise of ,rushing commerce could assault his. sensitive. ear, and before dust and *eke had thrown their murky veil over the metropolis. But early, as well as all day long, Paris has a purer sky than London. 'Even the old streets_ arid.. buildings,in this dry and se rene atmosphere, stil preserve -in . ; a large measure, their native whiteness. But see how surpassingly bright, tied fair. is that long facade. either. side , of.the..newly faced, if not newly-built Rue Saint Honore, , as also that.magnificent Lonvre begun ages ago, continued afterwards and then left.long incomplete, but completed ;within the , pe fie& of 1852-1851, by Napoleon 111. point of fact, it is almosta neW,City, even since last visited it The Municipal ity, under Impellial inspiration, have been pulling• down and buildf i ng, up ineeesautly, and with marvellous, rapidity, and results. 'One' effect is the& lodgentents are dear, ,and ; house-rent in thl best situations something fabulous—the poor and' the working class being sufferers. New Boulevards salute the stranger, and invite him to long walks in every direction. Yonder, for example, near the Madeleine, is, the Boulevard de Mal- sherbe t stretching Ndrthward toward 'Mont martre as- yet not. half finished,. but destined to be quails aVinoepto:--as coin plete and beautiful ware the ho - ueee already built. This is the Boulevard which`(and in every new Bbulevard he has a strategic: purpose,) was"recently inaugurated by a speech, from .:the Emperor.' But how pleasant Eit is, when " up.in the morning early," you pass, toward, that, bridge over the Seine, on Whose further side; and just, behind the statue of Henry itau .find Les Rains Pour Natation, and after watching. awhile t,he j liven ile and. somewhat alarmed pupils 4 that talkative swimming-maSter who walks along edge of the basin, (holding up the boy dive with light cords passed beneath the arms,) to take e. plunge and, swim youreellf, and to ,come forth jebilant, inyigorated,,and braced, up, for the day! And then, as you come back, see how the shoeblacks (not juveniles, like the London. Brigades, but mostly old men,) begin to polish the " understandings " . of< the citi zens or the strangcrs; how, then passes by an ainbulance r yagen, with sick, soldiers for the military rospital; how, then come next carts heaillt laden with hay and straw, preceded and followed by cavalry,- how, at the gates_ of :the, various . barracks, you see soldiers of the line, with their closely fitting peaked caps, their small yet wiry figures, their red and flowing trousers tucked up midleg, over .the newly invented buskin of brown leather ,which ascends: over the Miele and above the white gaiters ; how, t e the Zouave, hardy and bronzed veteran, bears himself *aridly, with' a little' forest. of medals on his breast; how, the splen didly equipped. Imperial.. Guard, lodged near the Tuilleries, lofty instpture and proud in aspect, have become the favorite mainstay of In:Teri:diem 'now, . just as their fathers were up till they perished in the lasi .charge —led • by Maithar Ney —at Waterloo. See, too, how buying ,:ane.; selling, has begun, especially among the Dames de ;Halle Fishmarket, and in the public shank bles,' where veritable and excellent beef,, rich in fat, sirloins, (but soon to be over done and spoiled. in .the,.cooking,)t present. themselves; where the mutton so inferior, yields to its rival and' superior veal; which, killedearlier than in England, but not, too young,furnish those 'cottelets which, for a Britain . who loves his Southdown mutton, provides a welcome change and substitute. Next, let us—a party of three-1--break fast at the Boulevards des Italliones. The coffee, the. bread, the butter, the cutlets, the salle " imprisonipg coolness;' the iced water, the white napkin the tair table cloth, the marble , table, the, tout en,entUe— . excellent. But a passport is wanted. France is now open to an Englishman's card de visite ; but in regions beyond,. the old passport, system, though doomed, reigns still. And • so we: re .air. to the ; 'AmbassadCr i s house, and after a abort delay, are prepented with a passport free of charge, by, a handsome young man, who, though he may have;. in his'veins . " the blood of all . the - awards," is far more polite than that humbler,born Jack in office, the porter, who shows you into the waiting-room. OUT OF .v -D ARTS, are we borne, ..,by a .voiturier, whose vehicle we hire by the . ‘hour. this , an intelligent fellow, far, su perior to the London cabman—a politician to boot. He is a Republican, as most of his class-are; Orleanismle likes next best ;, Imperialism. helovexnot, it is " trop,4leer" too stern •and repressive. , We drive .to the famous Bois de Boulogne, thee property of the Municipality of ‘Paris, and. within the bou , dariee. of the Capital. We = pass through the Arc de Triomphe, with all its memorial and martial scuipture.and entab lature. We drive over, beautiful roads to the Cascade, along the valley of Long champs, past tbe Racing 'Stand and Course, and -up., to the =Bridge of .Saint Cloud— whose old. , Palaee and its new , Imperial Chateau are full iin view, the woodieTand. houses ,of the neighboring town All hot and,• glowing in the, broilinc , sun. Returning hotacward,.Werepefred'te the "Chapelle," - erected in memory of the la mented Duke of Orleani, the brave leader in Algerian wars, the -eldest son of Louis. Phillippe, whose sudden and violent death, by the4unning away of, his, horse with t his carriage,,his leaping out causing fracture of the skull; it is not - too much to say changed not only the dynasty of French ink, but the destiny Of France, itself. Sadly solemn and impressive is, that:memorial buildipg, with its Mosaic floor, its : two, altars ;,of white marble Mingled with jet, its sable coV:- ered chiiirs; above all, that forth of the , dead red-touchingly sculptured , by clecom..; plisl,ted sister's chisel, (aigreat.amilptur; ahe was and is) and, last, that greatpaint ing tlechirnher behind the chief altar, where the Royal father 'and mother and weeping- sisters, and- Gui.zot and African Generals, las, well as7,Marshal Soult, t all watch and wait, in sorrow- unutterable as_ the wounded.young Prince all unconscious breathshis life, away:. Politically, the , , . greatest . change effected of late in Paris, is the construction of a magnificent Boule vard, right through .t, .e Quartier de Saint. Aloimer—so,long the ; stronghold of the Pa ris Red Republicans. The Emperor has thus fairly unearthed and scattered them. No barricades'May nciiv arise with fierce and half naked insurgents behind them. A park , or two of flying,tartillery would, sweep elean..thaaq ) ,m,iles of, they open Boulevard stretching away 'to ,the Column., of. Italy, and to. the old= site of the infamous Beadle. TheraGrox- PARIS is what it has ever been since Coligny and the 'Huguenots disappeared in the massacre of Saint Bar tholome It is Spectaenlar,, superstitious, heartless and hollow: Enter that magnifi cent Grecian, structure of :the Madeline at M and :you find one priest. succeed ing another 'in' saying mass. AS I take a back seat, I see sixteen women and four men far- from the main altar: 'The • %priest is in, splendid robes, with 'shaven. crown and with his back to the people—as their intercessor . , forsooth, with God hews and oreSaes himself; no vow is heard, but he repeats the magic lormule, Hoc eat corpus meum, and 10,.as Pope Innocent put it, (i.-Thepriest's hands have created G,od, The bell''rings, the deibteee P'rostrate themselveS; the priest uplifts the host sev eral times,. and: the bell rings again.-and again, Six ~w omen only were the commu nicants—and the ,priest, tripping down the altar steps, puts a consecrated wafer (each particle of which, says the Tridentine Council, contains a " whole Christ,") on the tongue of each retripient. He has al ready," received," keeping the cap for him self. ,Priests meet you every where in their long black rebes—very like are they to black beetles; the oiie class, the originals, creeps on the ground; the other "creeps!' toe, (although erect) into houses leading captive silly, won:ten," and becoming their directOs and 'miters. Frenchmen, as a rule, are' skeptics - ; 'they detesi the priests, and if ever there is another Revolution, wee be to these satraps of the. Papacy. There are orders _of clergymen different from the." regulars,' smell as the Christian " Brothers of the Oratory," who, I - see, an nounco by' placards &grand "Lottery" for holy purposes, inviting the faithful to get a fortune, (if they can,): . and.the blessing of the Church,, at the. same.r time, by the small sum of one franc for a share ! " Think of that, my* 'little dears !" I mean, let ,Protestants in 4merica think what they deprive tl-emselves of by rejecting Rome and her .Lotteries ! GAMBLING'', ii("' there is in Paris—roulette:tablesin splendid gambling houses for rich comers from all the Billiards, with ,betting--women playing to gether at cards inside the Café—men (Forking men) outside at night—while sthe soldiemdo the same almost - all day long in the barracks and guardhouse. PROTESTANTISM IN PARIS bulks small. Its !‘ , temples". are scarcely visible, and are kfew and far betwpen. Neyertheless,,,French and Paris Protestantism has got increased. life. True revival is really here. Adieu for the present I close in haste ;for the post. My next, I trust, God wil 'ling, will contain notes of the opening of the Geneva Conference. J..TV. Paul's Great Question. There is a striking illustration of the true character -of the Christian in'the question of Pa Lord., what wilt thou have 'me to do ?" It;was eminently characteristic of the man. himself. Hewes a trim ,of great .I.etivity and energy. He had, shown this by, his, zeal in behalf of his faith, and his devotion. to 'the service of God. Trained in the strictest school of the ancient faith, with clear_ and exalted intellectual convictions of ,truth, he was led to see in the religisn i of N'est's an element of power .over the minds and hearts of man, which threatened the subiersion of the system he had so ardently cherished. His soul was .stirred with im patient and holy ardor ,in. defense of his re ligion ; and with a. commission: to go , forth and . root up, if possible,, the new datrine, and persecute all who adopted it,, he was a powerful opponent of the Church of. Christ, He had. received a new revelation, on his way, to Dappacus; and when that great chee,ge had been effected in his soul, and, the violent struggle had been terminated by his subniisSion to the Saviour he had persecuted 'all the activities. of his heart and mibd were.developed in-a new direction, and, his first demand was.to,know how he could' consecrate, his ,po givers and his labors to 'the service of Christ. He is our example, and will remain a pattern to men iii every age till the end of time. \ • Paul, believed in action.. He was not con tent with simple faith, hope, and ex.peri ence of the power of converting grape. His faith was to be witnessed by his - vvip.ks. His hope was to be exhibited by nis testimony. His experience was to: hel-en 'idled, quickened, and deepened, by. the, constant, exercise of the new powers of Di vine_ greee.„ -Life, is action. Dead trees bear no fruit. Stagnant Streams water no ver-. dant meadows." 'Pulseless 'hearts serid'no blood-through living veins. Silent tongues kindle no ~responsive harmonies. Dumb witnesses ,utter no soul-stirring truths. So Paul, feeling'that the constraining love ,of Christ was a, Motive-Power which could arouse, convert; subdue, conquer, and quicken dead souls to 'life, and conscious that,:this power. had , been given to him; went forth to eadure all things, if he 'Might win Soils to Chriet. Eyeyy converted soul has this power. It is the. same in kind, if not in degree. There is a• unity in 'this love of Christ. It comes from one common source; it operates by the same means on souls inv.olved in one common spiritual curse, and. it produces the same fruitS., If all have not the same, degree of ability to testify or to' labor, we all have it in some degree. • The true lover of Christ Will not dishonor his-Master by practical denial of its possession, if he be conscious of his duty. Were Paul living to-day we believe that' he would' not be all idle man in the Chnrch.' 'What a boundless field of influen'ee would' lie open before him -With a zeal and a boldness of' utterauce like , that which .filled. his discourse on Hill, how would voice:Ve" heard ainong our modern idols trieS';and our timeserving conventionalistn,' and - our:menty-gettingl and pointing away from earth to: the Cross, how. would he -an , fold the truths of life and immortality I His, life would be a blazing epistle, whose language would be in, letters of living fire, and whose powers 'Would be felt throughout the world. But though,dead,Ae , speaketh. his example and his written word, he calls us to be up and at the Master's : ,. service. "What wilt thou have me to , do?" should be , the earnest cry of every follower' of Christ. ' 'The world is ripening to ' the har teit. DM the ireaPers:?r W here are WHOLE NO. 470. those who love the cause of Christ?:Where . are the men and women of self-sacrifice, who count all thi Ngi but loss for Christ'? Where are the talents sand the 'energy of the. Chinch, that need now to be thrown, izto.the battle-field,of. opinion 4E4 progress, and'striking the omnipotent blows of truth at the principalities and powers, shall, work for' the *rifled . emancipation when 'all men shall be made free with the truth as it is in Jesus ? The Sabbath ettool, and,the honest" ,communities, but few, Sabbath School scholars are found attending on the stated preac ing of the Gospel. Their parents send them to the Sabbath School, -but seldom take them with them to,church:' It seems to be taken for granted., that when the children have attended, the exercises \ of the Sabbath ,School, they , have attended upon alrthat is necessary for them. Nev er, however, was amore fatal Mistake com - - initted. The stated preaching Of the Gos pel is -of Divine = appointment,. and the means of graCe: furnished directly, in., con -13, exion with the services of the sanctuary, are those especially established by the great Head of the Church for the salvation of sinners and the edification of saints. No .others introduoidr , by.,,Merc - hunian au thority, how excellent soeyer ,they may, be, can form an adequate substitute for them. Thee children need theM as Much as the adult. They 'as well as their parents should regularly participate in them. It is important, that children; attend the Sab bath School, but it is much more import ant that they attend upon the stated preaching of the Gospel. If the privi leges of the' former cannot be enjoyed e* cept at the expense of the latter, iu that ease these privileges must be foregone. It is better not to send the ; children to the Sabbath School, if the sending of them prevents, them from attending upon the regular services of the sanctuary. • Rather would we see all Sabbath Schools, highly important • as' we regard' them, blot ted ,out of existence, than that the children should thereby - be deprived of their birth right privileges in the house of God. We do not, however, see that the enjoyment of the privileges of the one should.necessarily interfere with the enjoyment of the privi leges of the other, The children can at tend the Sabbath School and the public ministrations of t.e Gospel also:- German Ref. Messenger. The Young Soldier Dying. "Bring me my knapsack," said a young soldier who lay sick in one of the hospitals at Washington. "Brig me my knap- sack." - , "What do you want, of yourknapeaek ?" inquired the head lady of the band of nurses. " I want my knapsack," again said the dying ;young - .man. 'His knapsack was brought.to him and as he took it his eye gleamed with pleasure, and ,his face was covered all over with a smile as he biought out from it his hidden treasures. " There," said he, that is a Bible from my mother. And this—Washington's fare well address—is the gift of my father. And this "—his voice failed him. • The nurse looked down to see what it was, and there was the face of a, beautiful maiden. "Now," said the, dying young soldier, " I want you to put all these under, my pillow." She did• as she was requested, and the poor young man 'laid down on them to die, requesting that they should he sent to his parents when he was gone. Calm and joyful was he in dying. It was.only going from night to endless day—from death to eternal glory. So the young soldier died. The Great Object. The, great object of Sunday School teach . mg was the' conversion of 'the young mind and heart to the knowledge and service of Jesus Christ. The time was when a differ put object was contemplated—namely, sim ple instruction in reading and writing, and loading the memory with facts. What' ob ject, however, could be so noble and sub= lime as that in which the humblest young man or woman could :become ,;a co-pastor and fellow-worker with Christian ministers, in leading souls to Christ? What so noble as -to tako young, ragged children from some &the purlieus - of this great town, unprotected by human care, unloved by pa rental hearts ' and to Airing them to the feet. Of Christ!' Which was the greatest, man, Sir Henry Havelock going to the relief of Lucknow‘cor Sir Henry Havelock the sim ple lay Baptist preacher ? That' was a point of casuistry which some persons Tight be at a loss to determine - 4 but to his pr. Archer's) mind, it was, cleaiund ob vious that Henry Havelock, the glorious 'Warrior, was a greater man When preaching the Gospel or singing a hynn: with a few of his soldiers, and instructing some of their children, in the path of eternal truth, than When leading on the marshaled legions of his country to - the relief of that great centre of vice and iniquity, and the rescue of those who were struggling under op pression. ' • They were not to go to the Sunday School to teach mere science, or politics, or philosophy, in the common sense of the teriit, but to present tlie.si'Mple story of the living, the dying, and the risen ltedeener. If that course, was adopted to a greater ex tent by teachers and,by Christian parents, what a genialounny gtow, would be ca - st over our homesteads! what a sweet and bleased influence would be spread among the congregation I When the Moravian missionary of Herrnhuth tried,, to. teach the arts of gardening and, carpentering, lie made but little pr6gress ; but when he read, aloud that charming Part of the Gospel, the •three= last chapters of John, Kainack said: ".Oh ! read it again; that is what we The,chapters were read again and again, until there rolled down,, that savage man's cheeks tearica' contrition and melt- ing • pathos. 'Let\ teachers ever bring out, thatsimple story, because they felt it and understood it; and let"lhent in things have a clear and definite, idea of ,what they meant to teach • before t,hey, attempted to in struct their. pupils, for no one could preach. or teach distinctly, unless he knew *hat he ,aimed •at:—Rsr: .Dr . Archer before the Irondon. Sabbgth, School Union. . 4..Volcitito,.Can Do. Cotopaxi; in. 1738,. threw its. fiery rockets 3,009 feet above crater,, while in, 17141 the hlazipg.mass, struggling., for san outlet, roared so-that'iti awful' voice was heard ,a distanee of more thin 600:Miles, In 1797' the crater of Tunguragua, one -of ilia peaks of the Andes, flung out torrents of mud which dammed up rivers, opened new. lakes and in 'valleys of-a thousand feet wide made 'deposits of six hundred, feet deep. The stream in Vesuvins, which in - 1737 passed through Toiredel Greed, eon: tamed 33,000,000 cable, feet of mal , ter; and in 1794,. when ;; Torre Greco:, was destroyed a , second time, they mass:9f lava"amounted to" 45,00,000 cubit feet. In 1679 Etria,.poured Toith Rand which 'covered eighty-four equifre milts of surfate,; 1 --,.'..•': ', ;=0,",i'......:, i h r ~ i,s =El= • ra -PR Publicsa ion office i 3 • U/iPPNI,BI3.i BUTS Prnswican, PA. 1.4 " . " . Z.LV W - A!" a(TTH,WAT Cox, or Tv; AND CHSBTNIPP ;- • ADVERTISEMENT& •TENDIS IN , ABEANCE. A Square, (11 'llms less) n insertion ; 60 . cente ; each !oubsequenthato 40 rtion, cental Wine beyond,eight, 5 pis A , Nilquarirper quarter, $4,0; li ne 83 penis A REDUCTION rnacie:to advertisers pith(' year. BUSINESS NOTICES of Its lines of 1(011,11.00 sacs 94. • dltteusi line, 10 cents. , _ . DAN :ID PoPKINIVEY • Sr. 2 PROPRIETORS END PUBLISPW. .Which - measured 100,000,000 cubic feet. 'On this occasion the scoria) formed the Monte Rossi, near . Nicolosi, a cone two. miles in circumference and 4,000 feet high.. .The streain 'thrown out by Etna in 1810 was in motion at the rate of a yard per day, for nine months after the eruption ; and it is on record that the lava of the same •mountain ' after a terrihle,eruption, was not '.thoroughly Conled and Consolidated ten years after the event. In the eruption of Vesuvius; A. D. 70, the scoriae and ashes vomited forth far exceeded the entire bulk of the mountain; while in 166 b Etna'disorged more than twenty times A's own. mass. Vesuvius has thrown its ashes as far as Constantineple, Syria and Egypt; it hurled stones eight pounds in weight to Pompeii, a distance of six miles, while similar masses, were tossed 2,000 feet above its summit. Cotopaxi has projected a block of 109 cubic yards in volume a distance of nine miles, and Sambawa, in 1815, during the most terrific eruption on record, sent its ashes as far as Java, a distance of 300 .miles surfacer andl' ut of a population of twelve thousand sonls, only twenty escaped.—Recreative Science. „ . SELECT READING. REWARD OF FtnELITY.—NeSet forsake a friend. When enemies gather around; when sickness fails on the'heart; when the world is dark and. cheerless, is the time to try true friendship. They who turn from the scene of distress betray their hypocrisy, and prove that interest, only moves them. If you:, have a friend. who loves you, who has studied your interest and happiness, be sure to sustain him in adversity. Let him feel that his former kindness is appreciated, and that his love was not thrown away. Real fidelity may be rare, but it exists—in the heart. They only deny its worth and power who never loved a friend, or labored to mak,e a friend peppy. A COWLING ETEitNITY.—And Paradise, Paradise lost, is awaiting you, and stands before you with unfolded gates, and time hastened' past, and eternity prepareth itself to roll on forever. And the body loseth its strength for labor, and its relish for sensual things; and both haste to an end; and rest corned', and refreshment in the presence of God ; and every blessing of our'first parents, with every supciadded blessing which arises from the sense of dangers past, from the glorious knowledge of redeeming love, and from the certainty of salvation, and deliverance, and eternal security.—lrving. FAITEL—A little fellow, eight years old, who ' 4 as without a relative in the whole world, was asked by .a lady if he did not have fears as to whether he would get along in life. The child looked up, with a perplexed and inqUiring eye, as if un certain of her meaning, and troubled with a new doubt. " Why," said he, "do n't you, think God will take care of a feller, if he puts his trust in him, and does the best he can ?" BEAUTIFUL"IDEA.—In the mountains of Tyrol, it is the custom of the women and children to come out when it is bed-time, and sing their national songs un it they hear their husbands, fathers and brothers, answer them from the hills on their return home. On tl e shores of the Adriatic such a custom prevails. There the wives of the fisherman come about sunset and sing a melody. After singing the first • stanza, they listen awhile for an answering melody from off the water; and continue to sing and listen till the well-known voice comes borne on the waters, telling that the loved one is almost home. How sweet to the weary fisherman, as the shadows gather around: him, must be the songs of the loved ones at home, that sing,to,cheer him; and how they must strengthen and tighten the links that bind together those humble dwel lers by' the Sea I 11.014 TO HAVE PEACE.—A friend once asked-Prof. Franke how, he maintained so constant a peade of 'mind. "By stirring up my mind a hundred times a day," replied Franke. " Wherever I am, whatever I do, I say, Blessed Jesus, havel a share in thy redemption ? Are my sins forgiven ? Am I guided by thy Spirit ? ..Renew me, strength en me' By this constant intercourse with Jesus, I enjoy serenity of mind and a set tled peace of *soul." VALUE OE A SUMMER STORM.—A good Summer storm is a rain of riches; if gold and silver rattled down from the clouds, they would not enrich the land so much as soft, long rains. Every drop is silver going to the mint. The roots are machinery, and catching: the willing drops, they assay them, refine them, roll them, stamp them, and turn them out coined berries, apples, grains and grasses. All the mountains of Califor nia are not so rich as are the soft mines of heaven. A CAUSTIC `REPLY--Drs. South and Sherlock were,disputing on some religious subject, when the latter accused the other of using wit in the controversy. " Well," said South; " suppose it had pleased God to give you ' wit, what would you have done ?" ILLUSTRATING NOTHING.—The practice of Illustratina nothing is too common in our . Sunday: ,Schools to be passed over. Many teachers, seek to purchase the for bearance-not to say the interest—of their scholars,. durilig the ordinary exercises of the class,. by prothising to tell or read a story to Ahem., if the sermon is quiet ly listened to afterwards—that the children : shalt each have a sugar plum if they are good, and if they will take their physic afterwards without any d,eniur. This most mischievous prac tice. On the other hand, :by taking up the Attention.of the,Olas.s by relating tales and atiecilotes, : however good, merely to amuse and keep them quiet, is also au abuse; let our illuStptiens be 'aids to doctrinal truth, never iMlTstitutes for it—let them be short, simple, and' pointed—carefully distributed throu,gliontthe lesson. HINDOO INTERPRETATION OF GRACE AT .M.EALs.—The ~ffindoos are said to have thought that the English had no religion at all; and the' following story current in India confirms the statement. Some mis- Sionaries; recently arrived at Bombay, were asked to dine with a party of Europeans. 13efore.taking,theix seats, they stood rev erently at the table to observe a custom which the' others had king neglected. When the missionaries clasped their hands, bowed their heads, and said grace, the native servants, arrested by this strange proceeding, are' said ,to have whispered to one another :`l 4 Why! they have a religion after all; Bee, they worship' the knives andlcorks !" FEAIt'I6TOT LlinGHTEL—Learn from the ( earliest /days to inure your principles against the ; perils of ridicule. You can no more, exercise your reason; if you live in the constant dread of laughter, than you can 'enjoy ydur life, if you are in the cab stant terror'of death. :• 6tur,-- ouoonChildb nod is like a mirror, .catching and-refteetang ont irkl, piOPS or profane thought,' lifter's d,' hy 'a parent's , lipstnitY operato upOn.the' young heart .as9ollol snray'of water throw n upen. poll:44 Steel. staining it with rust;' which no after scouring 'earrefihtt . ." ' ' MM==i mr,a - rrisyti - ]
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