)AVID M'KINNEY, Ntli Proprietor, • ~ • lt , „ , eo 4 Pt* S N ADVANCE. $1..50 a I 25 /9:61 = IT lit IL OP TUB thiltS 2 00 • a f t is as • w:ll soul by mall seventy camber r 4. .• • • kV. thirty-three nuothor4. r. / / .e" 1- 0 1, 7, 44.4 TN4 F N FY imbsuribprs upwards, will I 1' r‘t ;led to 11 putter without chit' ge. tt ttl t I -.twilit] be prompt, It little Itefore the year explres I } o.i rit limas 1.3, safe hands, or by mall. ^ ”111 , 1t...re to REV. DAVID M'KINNEY, Pittsburgh, Pa The Unseen Battle Field. There is an unseen battle field In every human breast, Where two opposing forces meet, But where they seldom rest. The field is veiled from mortal eight; 'l' is only seen by One, Who knows alone where viotory lies, When eaoh day's light is done. One army clusters strong and fierce, Their chief of demon form ; His brow is like the thunder-cloud, His voice the bursting storm. His captains, Pride and Lust and Hate, Whose troops watch night and day, Swift to detect the weakest point, And thirsting for the fray. Contending with this mighty force, Is but a little band; Yet these, with an unyielding front, Those warriors firmly stand. Their leader is a God-like form, Of .00untenanee serene; Arid glowing on his naked breast, A- simpre C 11099 is seen. His oaptains, Faith and Hope and Love, Point to .the wondrous sign, And gazing at it, all receive Strength,from a source Divine. They feel it speaks a glorious truth, A truth as great as sure, That to be victors they must learn To love, confide, endure. That faith sublime, in wildest strife, Imparts a holy, calm; In every deadly blow a shield, For every wound a balm. And when they win that battle-field, Past toil is quite forgot; The plain where conflict once had. raged, Becomes a hallowed spot. A spot where flowers of joy and peace Spring from the fertile sod, And breathes the perfume of their praise On every breeze—to God. Par the Presbyterian Banner. Pisgah Church, Pa. The congregation being called together, rrust 25th, to take into consideration the act of the pastor for a dissolu ,u of the pastoral relation with said irch, Andrew M. Slack was called to ;side, and Joseph Garvin, Esq., appoint- Secretary; when, after a very full ex ;ssi on of opinion relative thereto, the lowing preamble and resolutions were ani piously adopted: WHEREAS, By the continued illness for 3 past ten months, of our pastor, the Rev. P. Cummins, with but a distant hope, ever, of an ultimate recovery, he has be le convinced that it is his duty to cease ye labors in the ministry at .present; therefore requests this congregation to ,tc with him in seekinga dissolution of the Moral relation which for the last fifteen a half years has existed so happily be dn minister and people; therefore, Re,v,lvecl, That being hedged round by providence of God to an acquiescence his request, we desire, in yielding our Int, to bear testimony that he, to us, has a faithful and efficient minister, hon counsellor, and in times of distress a ' and sympathizing pastor. And our .!r is, that he may yet be restored to h and made a further instrument in ding the Redeemer's kingdom. Tolved, That in the event of his resto to, health, and desire again to his Muster in the ministerial work, 'commend him as an excellent and minister—as a man, at home or , easy of access, amiable in disposi lad in a high degree companionable, wrtment being that of a gentleman humble Christian. 'veil, that Mr Washington Cum be our Commissioner; and that a these resolutions be laid before ,et.y, as our deliverance in the case. )Ived, That theso resolutions be en in the record of the church, and the be requested to publish them in the , terian Banner. A: M. SL'ACIK; Pres't . Th, Garvin, Sec'l). For the Presbyterian Banner. From the Army of the South• West. KIENZI, Miss., Sept. 27, 1862. EDITOR :—The Banner, ever wel in many a prairie home circle, at strays into the army lines of the . tippi column, and is received as a visitant, reviving memories of fa by-gones, and pointing out the and golden path." The good old aced" sect, in the West, clusters around the ensign of' liberty, unit -1 those who love God and their land in clearing away the noxious ors that would mantle it in darkness Illinois has done and is still doing her legions are in every field, aid -1 a strong arm and iron will, her Mates who are battling for the right. I did not set out to eulogise irdom's braves," in general, or the of the Mississippi in particular, but a few words relative to the 47th Illi eolunteers, (an unobtrusive regiment, at Peoria.) The 47th is not yet covered with glory," or " wreathed iplets of undying fame," yet is a and trusty regiment—was initiated iter as garrison of Jefferson City, oh, with the surrounding counties, c)ked to good works," or at least to quietude. in for the Spring campaign,we tb Gen. Pope at the taking of New and Island No. Ten. With Pope up the Tennessee and participated aracted siege of Corinth, being in is severest skirmishes. After "s strategic retrograde', the 47th meandering through all the rear to quell the retreating foe, (by the swelling lists of Pope and Granger then materially added to by the which has no facility or neck for decaying squads of unarmed butter- We have 'guarded piggeries" and I.,ed negro-quarters (complainingly) nth to Tueoumbia , , Ala., gleaning to wounded pride, meanwhile, )o's sly exit, and the chagrin of his stress. (Most of Dixie's fair dames, husbands in the rebel army, claim •loru relicts 1) . recent Nita fight; the 47th wit's VOL. XL NO. 5. again under fire, and was among the last to give Price a parting salute, when he de cided upon steeling away upon an indefinite sgjourn. Much more "remains unsung" of the Peoria Regiment—of its officers, casualties in battle, individual deeds of prowess, &c., but more of a kindred type would be a bore to your staid columns ; so, "lights out !" Synod of Southern lowa. FAIRFIELD, lOWA, OCt. 3, 1862. REV• DR, M'KINNEY :—Dear Brother— It is made my duty, as Stated Clerk of the Synod of Southern lowa, to furnish the Banner, for publication, some extracts from the Records of our recent meeting. In doing,so, permit me to state, that we met at Albin, Monroe County, owa, one hundred miles West of the Mississippi river, with the design of accommodating our brethren of the Prebytery of the Missouri River. We bad not the pleasure, however, of seeing 'any of their faces in the flesh, and have resolved to meet next year at Des Moines City, fifty miles farther West. The attendance was small, only eighteen ministers out of forty, and eight elders out of seventy churches. The meeting was har monious. The business, with an exception or two, was conducted with dispatch—in terspersed daily with devotional and public services, which were precious and refresh- ing. The Narrative, made up from the "free conversation," discovered much to depress and bumble us before God, and yet many things to stimulate us in our work of faith and labor of love. The following paper, after some discus sion, was adopted : " WHEREAS, The Synod, at its last meet ing, adopted a paper setting forth fully its views on the state of the country, and the duty of Christians and citizens to sustain and pray for our Government and army in their efforts to suppress rebellion and es tablish peace on just and honorable terms, it is deemed unnecessary to put forth any new deliverance on the subject, as the case then stood. But in view of more recent developments in public affairs, we feel called upon to put upon record our solemn conviction, that the suppression of the re bellion is a matter so vitally important to the cause of good government and human ity, as not only to justify, hilt render im perative, whatever measures are necessary to that end. And if, in carrying out such measures, an incidental result should be the disenthralment of the African race, who have been so long and,so unjustly held in bondage, we would rejoice in it, as the working of that all-wise and omnipotent Providence of God, which can brillg good out of evil and light out of dulness; therefore, " Resolved, That we approve of the re cent Proclamation of the President of the United States, on the subject of emancipa tion." [Selected Perhaps it may not be amiss to observe, that in Synod there was some difference of sentiment, touching the expediency and propriety of endorsing at all, in our Synod ical capacity—and especially of endorsing so hastily—a policy so recently proclaimed, and•with the practical effects of which none of us could do better than hope or fear. I make this remark on my own responsi bility. S. C. M'CoNE Stated Clerk. At a meeting'of the Junior Class of Jefferson-College, Canonsburg, Pa., Octo ber 2d, 1862, the following resolutions in reference to the death of our esteemed friend and classmate, William I. Nevin, of Sewickleyville, a member of Hampton's Battery, who died of typhoid fever in Washington City, September 29th, 1862, were unanimously adopted : - \\TnEnEes, It has pleased God, in his all-wise yet mysterious providence, to re move by death, in the prime and vigor of youth, our beloved friend and classmate, William I. Nevin ; and Whereas, It is becoming that we, as ,a• class, declare our views' and feelings under the circumstances; therefore, Resolved, That 'we hereby express our deep and heartfelt sorrow under this sad afflicting bereavement, by which the class has been deprived of the cheering presence of a. beloved classmate, and the college of a member whose gentlemanly conduct and attention to his duties made him respected by all with whom he was associated. Resolved, That we hereby tender to his afflicted relatives our sympathy, and mourn with them the loss of one whose warmth of heart in preserve his memory green in death; and that we regard his death as another sacrifice to the accursed Moloch of Rebellion, which he so nobly ventured his life to aid in suppressing. Resolved, That we will wear the usual badge of mourning for ten days. Resolved, That a copy of these resolu tions be forwarded to his family, and also to the Presbyterian Banner, and Pitts burgh D Gazette and Evening Chron icle, for publication. E. S. MeMuumitiE, J. C. WILSON, Committee. S. D. JENNINGS, Questions to Those who Neglect Prayer 1. Are you always better employed ? If not, can it, be right in you to absent your self Y 2. Do you get more, good to your own soul, and do more good to others. by stay ing away ? If not,, can you be acting wisely ? 3. Does your own conscience justify you, or huve you not sometimes a difficulty in keeping it quiet on the 'subject? 4. Will a death-bed commend your pres ent course, or will you then look upon.your negleet of prayer-meetings with pleasure, think you? 5. Does not your pastor suffer by your neglect? Does it' not hurt his feelings, cool ' , his zeal, and hinder his usefulness? 6. Are not your fellow-members in the Church discouraged by.you, and 'maryou not thus offend Christ's little ones.? 7. Is not your. own family injured by your neglect? What will your children think of prayer-meetings, seeing you ha bitually neglect them ? Is it surprising:if ,they despise them ? 8. Is there .no reason to fear that uncon-• verted sinners may -be both hindered and Jed. to *think lightly- of prayer, by your conduct ? FORTY-SEVENTH For the Presbyterian Banner For the Presbyterian Banner In Memoriam. Meetings. PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, OCT OBER 18, 1862. 9. Can you have a proper concern for the prosperity of the Church, the spread of Christ's caue, and the conversion of sinners, it you never meet to pray for them ? 10. Are you sure that you fulfill your duty as a church-member, while you neg lect prayer-meetings? Is neglect of duty no sin, and is there no probability of your being called to account for it? 11. Did any one ever really gain any thing, either in temporal or spiritual things, by neglecting prayer-meetings ? If you think so, can you prove it ? 12. Is there no selfishness, or pride, or worldlymindedness, at the root of your neglect ? If soy ought such things to be encouraged ? 13. Would it be right to give up the prayer•meeti tugs ? Do you think this would please God, or improve the cause ? But if all the members did as you do, must they not be given up ? Could- not the rest find excuses for staying away, think you, as well as you? Do you not think they would, if their hearts were as worldly, or as cold, or as indifferent about the prosperity of the cause as you appear to be ? United Meth odist Magazine. EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE "Out of Town"—Wolverhampton—The "Black Country "—Trade and Natural Products:—The Conflagration by Night—Evangelization—Revival at Wellington— Visit There—The Young Span , lards—Alatamoras and Spanish Sufferers for Christ—Visit to Madeley—Reteher and, his Min istry—Hu Tomb and Epitaph—His Wife— , Scene at her Burial—The Vicarage and the Vicar —The Study of Fletcher—A ,IfS. Sermon— The Pulpit and Communion Table—The Church —Sowing and Reaping—The Harvest AlOO7l and the Crystal Pa. ace. OUT OF TOWN once more, after nearly two months' home-residence. "wended my way last Saturday to Wolverhampton, a large town fifteen miles North-West •of Birmingham. This place is in the very heart of what is called the "Black Coun try;" i. e., the region of England which, a hove all others,• produces iron. Here also are the coal and the limestone;.so that, with this three-fold combination, every thing is furnished for mining, melting, and fusing. The results, as they affect the prosperity of England, are valuable beyond calculation, and go far to make her the workshop of the world. Nothing can be more striking than passing by night along those railway lines in Warwickshire, Shropshire, and Staffordshire, where the furnaces send aloft their lambent land flames, as if they would reach the skies and set them on fire. There is a sombre and solemnizing grandeur in the spectacle, and to one familiar with Scripture,, brings up thoughts of the burning of the. Cities of the Plain, and makes the thought. turn toward the " crack of doom," and the last ()Teat Conflagration, when " the heavens being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat." Happy for those whose thoughts are - thus stirred, if they also feel the - force of-the lesson which Peter adds : " Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness, look- , ing for and basting unto the coming of the day of God," &c. The iron trade, as well S 9 the manufac tures peculiar to Birmingham, have .very much revived of late, and the whole of these districts—amid great depression for several years—has been free from that ex tremity of distress which now pauperizes. tens of thousands of the people of Lan cashire. In these regions, the "iron stones" you see being collected by women outside the mines, while far beneath, .men are at work out of sight. The whole country is excavated—honey-combed—and railway lines run right over. or very close to thp coal pits or other mines. RELIGION has been doing her beneficent work in these regions by many instrumen talities. There is a large body of Episco pal clergymen who preach' '`a full Gospel, and who visit from house to house also. The Congregationalists are strong in the towns, and many of their churches send out lay preachers on the Lord's day, to the villages and hamlets around. The Wes leyaus, and especially the' primitive. Wes leyans are peculiarly qualified for working on the nyder/a—hardened, anorualized, gross, and ofaimes intemperate—which, in teeming abundance presents itself. These people need to be dealt with by those who can move alike their terrors and their tears.. Men also like Richard Weaver, the Lan cashire collier, as evangelists, rouse them from the death-sleep and' point them to the' bleeding Lamb. No doubt there is often mere excitement, transient, sure to be fol lowed by reaction and induration. But in many cases the Word of God proves " sharper than a two-edged sword," and to the tremblers at Sinai's base: there is a Way made plain to Calvary's cross. Sun day Schools also accomplish a mighty work for good—civilizing, refining, elevating, and conscience-educating. Even where conversion does not follow, yet such train ing " emoiW snares ".---softens and subdues —while in many a case it sanctifies. Revival, in its genuine sense, has man ifested its power in the town of Wellington', in Shropshire. It is not a large or popu lous place—probably there are about 6,000 inhabitants. Here has resided for some time, Dr. Cranage, (an LL.D., or Doctor of Philosophy,) who is at the head .of boarding school for boys—among whom is the son of Denham Smith, of Dublin, the well known Revival Evangelist. Dr. C early indicated sympathy with the mani festations' of the Religious Awakening which has now been more or less realized throughout the kingdom, and which began in the North of Ireland in 1859. He is an excellent open-air preacher himself. He has brought down from London the chief lay evangelists whom God has blessed there, together 'with Mr. Denham Smith, Richard. Weaver, and others. Night after night for months past, meetin.s.laurnerous as to attendance have been held at Wellington, I and, the people—mostly all poor—have contributed 'sufficient to erect 'a noble " Hall," (not unlise- that in which the- Conference at Barnet was lield.last'Month;). capable of accommodating eight , hundred persons. ' - When I arrived at Wellington, I was taken to the house of Dr. Cranage. Here I found two of those Spanish converts— the first fruits of the harvest 'that is coming—who have been brought _to Christ by the circulation in Spain of the Word of God. One of themls a very remarkable man.--was preacher- and'-pastor= of a flock of Spanish conVertsAit Gibraltari-iind!twats the instrument of the conversion of Don Matamoros, whose name will be familiar to your readers, as having been condemned to long imprisonment for teaching and read ing the Word of God in Spain. After a public meeting for another ob ject, and for which I had specially come to Wellington, I accompanied the two Span iards, Dr. C., and also Mr. Green, the friend and interpreter of the young converts, to the new Hall, already described. This place was filled by the people: in their working clothes. Here were a number of recent converts, who listened with deep emotion to Don Antonia, as he gave an'ae count 'of his conversion, (in Italy, under the teaching of Dr. De Sanctis,) of his going back to Spain, of his preaching and imprisonment there, of his:, removal to Gibraltar, and of his present misit to Eng land in order to obtain help for the many who at Seville and elsewhere t‘e irk prison 4. for the Word of God, and for .tatis testimony. of Jesus Christ. From conversations with Mr. Green, I find that the Bible in Spain, has done and is doing a work Which fills the hearts of the . Priesthood with 'apprehension. Mata moros and others-are allowed to receive some succor and comforts from English Christians, and to these, the Lord's ,bonds men, £4O per inonth is transmitted through trusty friends. Certainly prayer ought to be made for Spain continually. She is rising once more into temporal prosperity.; but, if spiritual greatness is vouchsafed by, the abasement of, superstition and the ex.- altation of Christ, how glorious will be the : future of the Spanish Peninsula! The interpeidtion of English ,Protest ants, and the journey of General Alexan der to Madrid, and his interview. with Gen. ()Tonne] have undoubtedly softened the 'rigors of persecution. The Queen of Spain would gladly'cut off the heads, or burn in an " Auto De' Fe," the bodies of these heretics; but public opinion Would not suffer it. Two Queens now:a-days are playing a.. great part for, evil; first, the once; if not ..still.profligate.daugliter of a vile mother (the Queen mother;)-of Spain, whose Confessor it was that ,, made her launch an army on Moroceo . some•eighteen months 'ago; a second, thelbeoutiful Euge nie, Empress of France, who, with , the clergy, paralyzed all action—by ,Napoleon 111, and set up their organ la Prance to propose a Confederation for Italy,,with the Pope at. its head, and the abolition of they , now recognised Italian Kingqom I Wo: man or man proposes ;" God disposes." The Queen Regent of Scotland, Mary, Queen of Soots, Mary the Bloody, of Eng-. land, each in her turn sought' the destruc tion of the Reformation and Of Liberty, but their plots,.were vain ; "'So let all thine enemies perish:o Lord, but let that love thee, be as the Sun when he shin eth in his strength." Sept. 18, 1862 FLEW : HEE, or MADELEY,' isw-a name familiar to tens of thowands in connexion with thvilays of , Wesley and WhOeld, and, the 'awakening ofAbe 18th cev i gy. : From Wellington, Shi4slaire-- - finding to . my great satisfaction that the place was not far away-1 made a 'pilgrimage two days ago to the Parish of Macleley. , ~The railway passes about 12 miles , through a re.ion " black" as already described. Close to Madeley are the coal pits and iron works for smelting, &e. So likewise is it far as the eye can sweep around the hori zon. But Madeley Tillage, its church, its Vicarage, its fields, its old oaks and elms, its Elizabethan fronted little cottages, with "The Court," a fine view near at hand, once the seat of Lord Brooke, and whither Elizabeth came in state on one of her: Roy! al Progresses—all these concentrate my attention—forgetting the region around. I repair to the old churehlard, where sleeps the dust of Fletcher, or rather " Fleichere," his name as a native of Nyon in Switzerland. And •here is a copy of his Epitaph : " Here lies the body of the Rev. Wm. John De La Flechiere, Vicar of Madeley. He was born at Nyon in Switzerland, Sept. 12th, 1729. He-finished his course in this village, August . l4th, 1785, where his unexampled Mrs will be long remem bered. He exercised his ministry for the space of 25 years, in this parish,-with Un common zeal , and' ability. Many :believed his report, and became Ids joy and crown of rejoicing—while others constrained him to take up the deelaration of the Prophet, All day long have L stretched forth my hands to a disobedient aud gainsaying , peo. , ple. Yet surely my judgment is with , the Lord, and 'my work with ray God.' " He being dead , yet speaketh." His wife long, survived him, as will be perceived from the following inscription, which is written on the above tomb, also : " Here lies, likewise, the body of Mary De. La Flechiere his wife, daughter of Sam ; uel Bosanquet, of Forrest House, EsSei Square. She was born Sept. 180739, and died September 9th, 1815; aged 76. Dur ing the long period in which she.survived her husband, she continued to tread the path which he left her, and ministered with ardent zeal and self-denying benefi cence to the spiritual and temporal wants of his flock. By the influence of her ex ample and instruction--dissensions were healed, and schism: in; the Ohnrch of. Quist prevented; and . , it was her constant en deavor to thiell in unity and godly love."' As I copied 'thisinscription ' an' elderly ' man a native of Madeley, whose father had been a pious coadjutor with Fletcher, told.me, that he well remembered (when a little boy) a remarka,ble scene. was the funeral of Mrs. Fletcher ; and in order that her ashes might mingle with those of her husband, the tomb was taken down,,' and the grave was opened. Thus forty years 'after his death, his coffin was.revealed to the, light. At the sight of it, a number 'of venerable gray haired menovho had been Fletcher's spiritual 'children; burst% into tears, and fell on their, knees around, the open graves, and lifted, up their eyes, streaming with tears, to heaven 1 . Xfter leivin,,o." the' tomb, I repaired to lhelouse of the Vicar, who had sent• me'a message that he should be happy-to receive me. I entered. The Rev. Mr, Yate bade, .me.weleome, and at once ; ushered nac into p Fleteher's study, a small room. There is the desk at which he wrote his sermon's. 'llere'the corner; where he used 'to agonize.: with Ged .in prayer fore his parishionersv , That wall,: or the paper that covered,it,was said.to, have ,long borne the dark stains of . the breath and sweat of that wrestler with Abe' A.ngel of the O&M:la:tit. Next, the' Vicar out of his study-table .drawe,r,. MS sermons of,,Fletcher, beautifully writ ,i,ngroy, p4rPhin, eqt:/i. 1 51 of paper.; ,The,divisious,..subdivisionsand inferences, all are distinct and clear to the ,eye. The sight of " arrows" from, the ''bow of the Mighty Archer, is highly sug gestive. The good Vicar shows and reads to me the,application of a sermon on the Agony and bloody sweat of doleful, dark Gethsemane. The " inferences" are short but pithy, and run thue : "1. Believers! Remember, how, by this sweat of Christ, the earth,. the grave, are sanctified. 2. Ye stubborn unbelievers ! beware of the cry of that blood! The earth hath' opened" to receive it: It now cries, Tutor it will one day cry, l ßtruN.'. It cries.now.BETTßß , things, and by and by it will cry BITTERER' things than the blood of Abel". After passing out of the Vicar's study, he took me to see - the pulpit in which Fletcher had preadhed, and also the coin— 'munion table used in his days=--both of old English ,oaft. Then he went with MeV , through the church-yard, tinclosed a door, and ushered me into the' interior of the parish church itself. The entire building; is new, and:much larger :than in Fletcher'; days. The only relic that remains is the steep oaken, staircase leading up to: the pulpit. , It is worthy of vendee that all the Vicars of Madeley, dyer' since Fletcher's days, have been godly men and earnest Evangel icals. So is it with the;present Incumbent, whose catholicity of spirit, courtesy and amiability may well endear him to all stranger pilgrims to the parish of the saint- and 'seraphic Fletcher. The -parish still `has within it the savor of piety and the ev idences of the Divine life.,-,There are many that fear God and love ,the Saviour, and While the good and great of a reinarkable past rest frem their labors, their works do as suredly follow them. The Bible and the tract are widely circulated ; education does its work faithfully to the rising race, and vice is rehuked. May the Head of the Church long spare and greatly bless the worthy Vicarof Madeley, that he shall at last fill his bosom with the sheaves of a golden and glorious' harvest. THE Ha.avEst MOON is now waning, but her bright heavens have done some thing, it may be much good, (the Scripture speaks of " the Precious things brought forth by thUmoov,") in ripening the cereal crops. A. curious advantage (in the com mercial sense) was recently taken of her Lunar majesty. Last week the Crystal Palace Company advertised that the park grounds •and palace would be kept open much later than usual, in order that the public might have the opportunity of seeing the fountains , play under the light of the harvest MOOD. Well: it was an attraction, certainly; many practically, owned its pow , er, and being not far. away, I walked over the country a or so, and then entered the palace-grounds; ,as,the shadows of eve ning began togather.. A hard gray light rested on the nave and transepts of the mighty structure, as it stood out., against the. Western sky., Entering the palace, its aspect was,novel and ,Interesting, Only, the orchestra, orchera, and a refreshment: stand nea.r.at hand, were lighted up. The rest of ; the interior was -.a chiaro-oscuro, which greatly helped the imaginative fee ulty,, by enabling one to people, these vast solitudes (usually, crowded with moderns in crowds) with Romans and Greeks, As syrians and Egyptians,,, with Medimval Knights and , ," barons bold "—with especial reference to the respective Courts which bring up the mighty- past in connexion With these names and nations. I felt, for example, in entering the (exact copy) Ro `man Villa, at, Pompeii, as if I were carried back seventeen centuries and more, and that I was about• to enter to partake of- the prandium vespertinum" as: an invited guest. Here is " salve" (" welcome ") written over the threshold, and.when I •go in, I see the marble table and the Tricli nium—the couch for three persons reclin ing at - the: feastat either side Of the table. At will, in the shadowy. darkness,. I could people; that room with, guests, cover, that table with viands, and conjure up is sympo sium, worthy almost of Olympus itself ! But what of the harvest• moon? The fountains----now that neghtis really come— are about to begin to play., I chilli) Ito the " Queen's balcony," whichlooks out over the grounds in front, of the Palace. Bat where' is the moon , Last night, ''ca the mountain's brow The cold, round moon looked deeply down, Blue rolled the waters, blue the sky Spread like an, ocean .hung on high, Bespangled with those isles of light So wildly, spiritually' bright;" but to-night a black cloud continuously pass ing Eastward, right over fair Luna's face, has been making the people who have waited for the display, doubtful and de spondent. Half-paSt 'Seven o'clock the ap pointed hour. is come---true to time, if not to promised,moonlight, up springthe foun tains in what would be silvery showers of splay if only that envious cloud would re lieve the fair Queen of Night from'enforced eclipse. Soft is the Music as the waters rise and 611, but scarcely through the I darkness, can they be seen at all. There is disappointment, but not loudly or bitter ly expressed. Not a "glint" of her " bon ny face" do we get. But it was not the Moon's fault. If we were promised light, the ' promise to the ear" was broken to the hope, " and the result was rather a droll illustrationof /ucus a non lucendo." It was into the thick black cloud just indicated that two hours before, the hal loob, with its scientific conductors—Messrs. Glaisher and Coxwell—had suddenly dis appeared, after ascending from the Crystal Palace grounds, as described in my last letter; when, after they had come down,frem an "Excelsior " region of five miles and a half—to which none of usi however ambi tious, need care to sore—and when and my party were returning homeward, the Harvest Moon" came outein all her glory. J. W. Christ Singing Psalms. We return to our narrative at a solemn moment. The Lord Jesus has 'just insti tuted the 'sacredordinance of his love-- the Lord's Supper„; and according to cus tom at the feast of the, Pass_ he corn-, mences with, his discipleg; in the silence of the- night, the °" Hallet," or 'great song 'of . praise,' which Coniisted' of 'Pealnis "exv . . It is thelistlime•that we find our ,Saviour singing ; for, the original Greek word admits of no other interpretation. The Lord thereby forever consecrates vocal music yin his; Chureh." Singing—this 4art guage:of the-feelings, this exhalation , of elolted:• state; of ,mind,- this pinion. of an enrsrured soul. 7 —is leaven's valuable gift WHOLE NO. 525. to earth. Adopted into the service of the sanctuary, how beneficial and blissful is its tendency ! Who has not experienced its power to raise us high above the foggy at mosphere of daily life; -to transport us so wondrously, even into tlie precincts of heaven; to expand and melt the heart; to banish sorrow, and burst the bonds of care ? And it can effect greater things than these, when the Spirit from above mingles his breath with it. A thousand times has it restored peace in the midst of strife, ban-, ished Satan, and annihilated his projects. Like a genial gale of Spring, it has blown across the stiff,.-and frozen plain, and has caused stony hearts to melt like was, and rendered them arable, and capable of re ceiving the seed of eternity.—Kr:umma cher. „ Watching for tne'normsg. BY ANNIE E. ROWE. Watching, waiting for the morning, For the blessed light to dawn, When the horrors 'and the darkness Of this fearful war is.gotte; • When sweet Peace, on snowy pinions, Joyfully shall hover o'er, And the glorious songs of Freedom Echo back from shore to shore. Watching, ;waiting: for the morning, When, with sound of fife and drum, Husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers,, Back to their loved homes shall come; Worn and weary, sick and wounded, Scarred and crippled - though. they be, Yet rejoicing they had aided In the cause of Liberty. Watching, 'waiting for the morning, Poor black sliives, with eager;eyes, For the blessed sun of Freedom, Rising in' these Northern skies ; When thechains that long have bound them, Powerless in the dust shall fall, And the free glad light of, heaven Beam and brighten over all: Watching, waiting for the morning, When, within its radiant light, This foul stain of dark oppression ,Shitil be veiled from hiraian sight; When upon our proud escutcheons Every eye, shall then behold, - "Peace our watchword is, and Freedom !?! Graven there in lines of gold. Watching, waiting fdr the morning— , Blessed Master, bid it dawn— When the horrors and the darkness Of thilfearful war has gone ; When sweet Peace, on snowy pinions, Joyfully shall hover O'er, And our bright, "Star-spangled Banner" Flings its folds from shore td shore —Chriatian Advocate and Journal. The Yoke of History as to the Sabbath. The history of the,Sabbath amply justi fies the following coociusions every age, Ate connexion has been most intimate between sound faith and vated piety, and the strict observance of. the Sabbath ; and .the connexion has.been as close between public morals and public respect for that holy day. It would be im _possible, I believe, to point to a sin Ale pe: riod of any considerable length, 'that' can ' be justly regarded as forming anexception to the general statement. And if this be• true, then it is a truth which •ought to be deeply impressed on the mind of every Christian and patriot; for it demonstratei the importance of the the to all 'the dearest interests, of the human race. 2. Whenever and wherever the Sabbath, instead of being kept holy, has become, a holiday, it has become a source of dissipa tion and corruption. It is a universal rule, that the more important and invaluable any institution is, the greater the evil of its perversion. We have only to go to Spain, Mexico, or South America, to see the effects of such a perversion of the Safi-- bath Upon public morals. After the thorn in., service, the masses of the people resort to the bull-fight, the cock-pit, the theatre,' and the like;.and no day is so fruitful of vice. If, then, we would not have the Sab bath to become a curse, let us insist upon the strict observance of the entire day Bet= ter that it should be a day - of'secular labdr, ' than of frolic and dissipation. 3. The two classes of men who haVe op posed the protection of it by civil legisla tion' have been errorists, who, rejecting the fundamental doctrine of Christianity; have thus undermined its merals, and irre: ligious men. Some, indeed, there ' have been, whose published creeds were not'fun': damentally unsound, who have"trampled upon the Sabbath, but they lave been men whose lives demonstrated 'how little regard they had for the doctrines ' they had not publicly renounced.' As a general rule,it is true that . the worst men have ever' been• ths bitterest enemies Of the Sabbath; the best men its most earnest t defenders. • 4. Neither the C.burch of Christ, .nor any nation 'can spare the Sabbath. The lanotia. - e or covio is not too strong, when he says that without it . " the Churen would be in imminent' danger of ithmediate eon vulsion and ruin." And if the Church can not live without the Sabbath, neither could any free nation survive ita overthrow. We must have the Sabbath, or we must have despotism or anarehy..—Dr. One Prize Won, and loather Lost. The son of pious parents*raduated with honor at university.' He had been-nursed in the lap of prayer, and consecrated in his , parent's purposes to the ministry of Jesus. But he abhorred piety, and set b.is heart on winning political distinction. Reluctantly his parents consented to let him study law. time he was - admitted 'to - the bar.'' married an excelleift lady, and begat to practice with prospects of em inent success'. Still abhorring religion and resisting the influence of two powe;ful revi vela, he' sought political ilistija:tioa' as th 64 grand object of life., Then the, hand ofGedivai laid upon him. His` Wife died. His only child was buried: He was assailed' 10y.'4 disease' whichbore him to the bridk of the grave, and left him merea wreck'of farmer self. Stilt lie repelled the'persuasions of the Holy'gpirit:' and craved above all things 'the honors 'of political life. Restored to partial health; he -resathOd his legal pursuits, and fed his desire =for political distinetion unceasing elfarts' to win :it. At leegth .. a government office weal vacated..' He 'sent in his•application;strong , ly supported with in II ue ntial 'fiamee. While the question of - his Sifeeess - wal'Pending, he ,wis"seized with, typhoid filer; and was lad! THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER Pub tioatimi ffice '4!AZETTN (SIJILDINUS. Si FIFTH Sr.. PISTSOUIIO.2. /1/1..:D0LP111.A., 'SOUTH-WEST COO.. OF 7211 AND CffESTMPS ADVERTISEMENTS. PERLIS IN ADVANCE tft, Square, (8 lines or less,) one insertion, BP. cents; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents; each line beyond eight * , 5 ate A Square per quarter, 84.00 ; Parb line additional. 8.3 oents A REDUCTION made to advertisers by the year. BUSINESS NOTICES of TEN lines or less, $l.BO each' ad ditional line, to cents. REV. DAVID 11'RINNEY PROPRIETOR AND Ptcamainta: once more on the steps of the grand portal of eternity. While lying thus his commission arrived. He had won the prize. The paper was placed in his feeble hands. He perceived its import, shuddered, fell into a= stupor, and—died! Yes, died—died without one sigh of pen-. itence, one prayer of faith, or one ray of Gospel hope to cheer him on his journey to the bar of God. He died in the office he had so eagerly sought; ,died the possessor of the distinctibn ~for which he had sacri- ficed everything else; died atl the goal he; had sought; died crowned with, the laurels he had coveted on his pale brow ; died to,. find that he had lost his soul! 0 terrible successl- „What did that honor ; profit hip when he, entered eternity ? Was it 110 the millstone, think you, which sunk him to the' deep depths of Was . he profited - by gaining political distinction while losing heaven ? Would he ribt.have • been a thousand times wiser if he had " sought first the kingdom of God and his righteousness lf you think 'so, and E know you do, act up to your convictions and' ' seek that 1 " kingdom ' yourselfl-r Make sure of salvation, whether you.gain = human distinctions or-not. -Make sure of heaven, and then, whether.you die a. Millionaire or. a beggar, you ;will die possessed of life's true, highest, only real prize.—Good Hews. Eiteniporaienk Sbeaking. It is not - pleasant to fail in public speak , . mg, and many persons, after asingle. at tempt, in which the success is not encour aging, lose 'all courage to repeat the experiment. Ministers often feel the im portance of cultivating habits of extempo raneous' addressi but 'the effort costs so much hard' labor, and is attended with such indifferent Tesulta, that they relinquish it in despair, and confine • themselves to the manuscript. A dogged ••energy, however, and'a resolute liierseveratice Can overcome all obstacles,• and transform an embit: • rassed and hesitating , speaker into a ffuent and persuasive Orator. The iron.: will of Dernosttienes changed the' timid aud'stnt tering `•pleader into the most eloquent.Org2 tor of :Greece r lif not of the world.: difils experience is, not , a peculiar one, for main' have attained power over themselves and their hearers only by similar struggles. Daniel Webster records in his autobiog- raphy that when a boy in 'Mr. Abbott's famous Academy at 14.1xeter, he never could muster courage enough for declamation. He says of ,himself, " Many a piece did I commitle 'memory, and recite and rehearse in my own room, over and over again; and yet, wheia the day came, when the school col lected to hear , declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned to my seat,• I could not raise myself from it. Sometimes 'the instructors frowned, some times they' smiled. Mr. Buckminstcr al ways pressed; and entreated most winningly, that I would venture ;‘ but I could never command sufficient resolutiOn. When the' occasioirivas' over, I went home and wept tears• of bitter mortification." That was an unpromising beginning for''' the great orator and statesman of New- England, whose forensic power has had no" superior our national history. Sheridan, it is well known, made an utter failure in his first Parliamentary speech, and was hooted down by his impatient and: weary hearers.- Henry Clay made•his debut in a debuting elitb by losing all self-possession, and commenced his speech with, " Gentle men of the Jury," instead of 44 Mr. Presi dent." And Robert Hall, confessedly without a peer in the English pulpit,- broke docin irrecaVerahly in his first two atteinpts' at preaching, and was-So mortified: at the' failure , that he scardely , dared make-a third experiment. With such.signal examples of early fail ure and ultimate success, no minister need be dinheartened, if his first efforts in ex-= temporaneous preaching occasion only chagrin and mortification. The•cross must come before i ,the crown, and struggle pre cedes success. No young preacher of ex traordinary talent, need despair of acquiring a mastery over -himself and his audience, if ' he have an' inflexible • purpose • to= "animate him. No minister ot mature years, who has acquired discipline ; hy,habits of patient, thought and composition, can fail to speak well, if he• is willing to endure a little shame and'mortification in the outset. The power attained'', is Worth ' all the -cost, and New-Englandl,preachers woad dd =well, to seek to possess it.— WaWcnian, and, Re-,. Affability. Be good natured, if you canFifor there is no charm- so great,,no attractions , so ad mirable. A face that is „.,alwm . s . fullbf the, ex.pression of autiability, i is alra,ys fut. It 'needs no pint ;lad no gpwder. Cosmetics are superfludue: fer 'it.' Itouge cannot improve its; cheeke nor' mend its 'complexion. - Its loveliness lies beyond this. It ,is not, the gaze into the face of a ,noble Man or woman,,it is not the shape of tbe - features that you really see, nor yet, 'the 'tint of the' Cheek;''. the hue of the' lip, the brilliance of,the , ' oyes; you. see,,the nameless something which, animates, all these, and leaves „for your instinct a sense of grateful fascina tion ; you see an indiscribable embodiment of heartfelt goodness within', which nrini3"'`' your regardfio spite of external appearance;. and, defies all the„critical rules of the, , testhetic. The /idlas Rest; There are no weary lieads or weary'hearts' on the other Side of Jordan. The rest of beaverilwill'ile the Isweeter for the -toils of #. earth. .:-tThe indite of eternal firest ben.). enhaneedrby, the troubles of time., Jesup nowullows us, to rest i on his bosom. , will soon bring, us "te rest in - his Father's house. His rest will' glorious*: A. reste d from -a rest 'Trim. -suffering;'u rest) from , 00nfliet; .a rest ,from , itoil;ii rest, frau:Li; sorrow. The ver.Y.,rq§t.,t4a4, (Jesus ,enjoy,n-,„ himself ? , We shidA, only, ; .rest i him, we shall reit likeltow:inao :wit 'y of thes'ea,rth's` Wear,,iiieS'areiresting in lii§ob *glorious preseneetinotia? olie cundig-til I turbo& rest. ere:thet, rest, of ; _the, hodfriffii disturbed by dreams, and # sonepileg„bly 1 ,., r ono alarus,;,,bpt,there, are no troublesome • , dreaMO )harming rene~s there: Thinks he iiiito-`O-edutor. the' 'rise lwelirfoiVii enjoy! Ten *thonsand than Orniirfort the -rest,v,wo , Wearied,opp,,look a,trAyfront,;,,the, ei # VM,°he thy , preseutsliff4r'ing, and, remember there , •# is a rest - remaining for thee. littie 3 t while, and - Ih° it Shalt' enter V '•#' =EI
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