- V JA%I ES AL LI SON, 1, 14 DITOII.B I:01{1 1 :1ff PATTERSON, JAMES ALLISON & CO., Proprietor,. TERMS IN ADVANCE. pi 11 AIL, (Blogiy or In Clube,)..„.. nuLivouso SITIIIIII OF THAI CITLIB l'adere vending, MI tin subscribers and upwards, will ee thereby euritled to a paper without Charge, and another errs paper for the second ten ; he. fie itOr Sill should be prompt, a little before the yearexpires. Vrect all lettere to JAMES ALLISON k CO., PITTSBURGEI, PA For the Presbyterian Banner. SIX Weeks in the Potomac Army; OR, liloW TUE EWE MAN COT WELL No. VI. 'Washington and Alexandria— Getting Ready. 44 Packing up and going away." And here we are, in Washington again I Ice. We little thought, whe . n we went down to Annapolis early this morning, we would be hero by 7 o'clock this evening. March and countermarch seem to be the order of the day. You had a hard, race to get aboard the ears at Annapolis, had you not ? We surely had. Dr. O. says Mr. D. is a, v ery genial companion, and we admit the' fat, but don't •think he will ever again persuade us to wait as long as• possible be lore starting, to tell us only then,/ that the train leaves twenty minutes earlier than we had supposed. We made the connection, however—but by the hardest] Your Agent, too, seems ; .disposed, at tines, to have a little sport'at;The expense of his party. Oaf) would think so, when, with more than halt serious face, he tells us, " You are going to Annapolis Junction, but I have had your carpet•saok checked to Washington City ;" and so leaves us an noyed at the idea of being separated from our baggage—wondering whether we can't have the cheek altered—he advising, the while, to let it stand as it is. It is now evident that he intended, from the •first, that man and baggage slionld be carried to the came point. He has the advantage. of us, and we must allow him to use it a little, It adds to the " varieties " of our expe rience, But one or two of the company are evidently not overly well pleased at Wing thus left in the dark, when they think they might as well enjoy the light as he. And here I find you in Alexandria next ! Yes; changing, •changing aver, Next morning after reaching Washington, we were sent out to Cahn Barracks. Nur niediately after dinner we were set to paek T iug stores in haste for, our:, expedition— don't know why yet—and in two or three hours after, were sent in just as great haste to: get our "pass" and come down here—had to take " the oath of allegiance," too, before we could get it. Ohristian CoMmiseion rooms here, also ! Wherever soldiers are, id the rule; and the old " SUMPTER Housz "—the name still remains outside, you see—answers our purposell; and Capt. S., who has charge, OS everything in good order. e Hers, coll lets may come in at will, and write letters, and besides necessary stores and lity/simpers for distribution, here is , a good librar,y from which they can draw books. A soldiers' prayer meeting, also, is held here. I was present on Saturday evening last. The meeting was full and interesting. Brig. Gen.,Briggs made one of the number. Well, how have you, been- putting in your time here? k On Sabbath A. M. I went to-hear Dr. Hisao; of New-York, who here looking after the interests of the Baptiste. The service was in the First Presbyterian church, whose oongregation seems to have been " sicatter6dlibioad" by these treinblons times.. In the afternoon *if iiiiiished at Headquarters Third DiviSion Hospital, and in the evening at Battery Rodgers. Since then, beeldeS waiting, (for orders,) we , have dune considerable working. Have helped pack quite a number of boxes and barrels of stores, for our use in the field ; have also numbered each, and taken au invoice of their contents—oaught cold, too, work- inn at it in that damp cellar l Our corps (9th army,) has passed through Washing ton, and we wish to be ready to follow, soon as possible. Our personal outfit is now re duced to " light marching order." Gen. Burnside, so directed in regard to such as intended to follow him. Besides our blan kets, we take only what we can carry on our back and in our haversack. The car pet-sack, with upper and nether stories, can go no farther. But a haversack, well packed, holds a good deal. Here is the contents of ours: Drawers and socks, one pair each; one shirt; one box collars; two towels; soap and sponge, one piece each; " mess knife (knife, fork and spoon in same handle); sardines, one can; con densed coffee, ono ean ; matches, one box; scissors ; uue pair • jack-knife and gimblet ; Jamaica ginger, one bottle; " Old Rye," two ounces; easter oil, one ounce; red pep per, one half ounce; beef tea, one cake; toothbrush; ink, pens, paper, envelopes, drinking cup, " housewife," &e. I guess you will get along I But have you been around tows any ? On errands, we have; and' like the place. It is well paved, neat and °lean. Of course we visited the " Marshall House" Every body does; so that it is found necessary to keep a boy for the special purpose of 'show ing visitors w the very . spot' where the gallant Ellsworth fell. You will find the boy always ready, for "a consideration." We also visited the , church in which 'Gen. George Washington worshipped. It is a plain, neat structure, and the smooth brick or which its walls are built are said to have been imported from England. We entered and sat down in the pew whit* the General was accustomed to occupy. fit. is one of the old style , square kind, with Besto w/ three sides. It is said to be just - as it was when he used it, save that in lowering toe " high backs" of the others, his had to conform in this particular. On the top of the capping is a small silver plate, en graved thus: " WASHINGTON ' S PEW." And here you are in Washington Oity again 1 You must be the " flying artil lery" of the U. S. Christian Commission! . We make some'quiok movements at any rate, and a good many of them. We have been packing here, also, and have not been helping our cold much by working in this chilly store-room.. Besides, with help of Mr. A. P, F., we have been getting •up a " mess chest" for our party. For once we have found a man who.. works to our no tion, and we have jiotten up rather a con venient affair ; and stored it, too, with all the cooking utensils and table fnrnitiire necessary for the use of some ten persons. It contains also small packages of all kinds of groceries necessary for imaitiliate use. We have worked hard, and we have worked late, and now, when—after seven days eff,rt—everything else is about ready, there must be a hitch about our 'getting a wagon and horses. It seems that ,the treasury of the U. S. C. C. is so • low that the cffieers hesitate about making the pur chase. I think it is about time the good people of the U. S. were waking up to the necessities of their Commission 1 I see you are about being off at hat ! Yes ; the team kiad to come, finally. And when it did come, it oame right—a large wagon, nearly new, and of the best pattern; four fine horses, well harneSsed, and a fifth, a saddle horse for our Field Agent—just as floe a "turnout" as we could desire. Besides, our Agent has been fortunate enough to secure a superior driver—one who drove Gen. Sigel and staff all through Western Virginia. And now, 112.60 240 VOL. XII. NO. 47. at 6i P. M., April 29, we leave Washing ton in good trim and spirits, to make Alex andria—eight miles distant—and take in the balanoe of our stores this evening yet, intending to set out early to-morrow morn ing for " the field," in pursuit of Gen. Burnside's Corps. You must try and drop into our tent, some day. Qood•by , Letter from a Delegate. MR. JOSEPH ALBREE, Treasurer D. S. Christian. Corronission--Dnan SIR :—On reaching Washington, in company with Bro. Lester, of West Alexander, Pa., we immediately sought the rooms of the Com -minim •There we met with large num ber of delegates from many different States. Same, like ourselves, had just arrived, oth ers were employed in the various hospitals in and around the city; and others still were just from " the front," and on their way home. The next morning we were as signed to the Columbian Hospital, to take the place of one or two others wit° went to the front. The Columbian. Hospital occu pies the college building and grounds of Columbia College, from which it derives its name. The building is quite large, four stories high, of which the second, third and fourth are filled with hospital beds, except ing a few rooms occupied by the nurses. In front of the College, at some distance, are placed the hospital tents. These are arranged in regular order and divided into wards, eadh ward having its own surgeon, nurses, &o. There were five wards of twelve tents each, and a sixth composed of fouf tents. Beeides these, there,is another building capable of containing from one hundred and fifty to two hundred patients, and occupied during an emergency such as occurred after the battle of the, Wilder ness. The hospital is capable of affording room for considerably more than a thou sand patients. The 'number in it oh the morning of our first visit to it, was proba bly between eight and nine hundred. Thus You have something like, a correct idea of the field of labor assigned to us. Truly it seems as though it could ,be only a mite we could add to the efforts made by others for the relief of the suffering. For the sake of convenience 'I will consider the sanitary aspect' of the work I was permit ted to perform, and the religious view of it. Of course the first thing to be done was to become acquainted,, as far as possi ble, with the wants of the men, dad then to relieve them. Our plan accordingly was to enter a ward, and proceed regularly from tent to tent, and from 'bedside to bedside, ascertaining what wag needed for the com fort of those to whom we went to minister. This developed the feet that the Govern ment provision 'for hospital wants in the way of beds, &c., was abundant. - I was not ones asked for any article of bed-cloth ing, or towels. But many of the patients had just been brought in from the front, some of them badly wounded, and many of them were destitute of clothing. They had lost all upon the battle field, or their clothes had been cut or torn off them to permit their wounds to be dressed.. There were many requests, particularly for shirts, drawers and socks. As far as our stock Would admit, I always felt glad to, grant requests._ 4n.4 havt,the satifffha tion Of - kW:Rg' thitlirmany - initinces pressing wants were in this manner re lieved. In no instance was a request granted, which did not call forth lively-ex pressions of gratitude from the soldiers benefithd. Besides those destitute of clothing there were many sick. These needed the delica hies which camp or hospital stores do not often afford. Many were prostrated with continued- sickness and without appetite, unable to relish the fare provided even for the sick. These craved jellies, preserves, pickles, and, other such things as a capri cious appetite would suggest. In endeav oring to .meet this want, much caution was necessary. It all-important that nothing be given which would prove injurious to the patient. The wishes of the Surgeon must be consulted, and scrupulously re spected. An' indiscriminate supplying of articles asked for, would probably procure a speedy exclusion from the hospital, or a prohibition to administer anything at all. My mode was to ascertain what a patient desired—what he thought he could relish. If it could be had, I endeavored to ascer tain from the 'Surgeon whether he would allow the patient to have it. If he decid ed that it would not be injurious, I then left it for hint in care of his attendant. I could then 'ascertain to my own satisfac tion that it reached the person for whom it was intended. We rarely sent anything from our room. By constant daily ming ling with the nurses and attendants in the various tents, we could soon tell whether they were trustworthy. And besides, when I left a cup of jelly for the sick man, he was sure to tell me the next time I called, how he liked it. Thus an attendant who might feel disposed to withhold a - delicacy from a patient, would be restrained by the fact that it, would be immediately knolin. But I bear cheerful testimony to the ten derness and faithfulness with which those with whom I came in °outset discharged their duties. In a few instances; upon ap plication of the Surgeons and nurses in particular wards, brandy and wines were given. In short, as judiciously as we could, and as far as our stores permitted, we min istered to the bodily wants of sick, and wounded, and dying men. riandkorehiefs were much needed, and were very grate fully received. It was also my custom, when. passing through the tents, to carry with me a small bottle or two of camphor, and wet the lasidkerchiefs of the sick, and especially of the wounded. This little at tention was most gratefully received, as it often relieved the unpleasant hospital odor. Such was the nature of our work among the inert in hospital. Albng with these efforts to relieve bodily wants, were coupled daily, hourly efforts to do good to the souls of men•. The gift of any little article always afforded an remis sion for pressing the claims of Jesus Christ, and urging men to care 'for their eternal. interests. -Here is a man sorely wounded, evidently near to death. You see that his time is short, and you address him about* his soul. If he is a Christian--some such we found—you speak to him a word of cheer, and direct his glazing eye to ,the 'Captain of his salvation. if impenitent, you` endeavor to direct him to the Saviour Of the dying thief. Here is one . Ada— dying among strangers far from home—no friend to keep watch, or to catch the last word of farewell. These tender offices you peek to perform, and communicate the facts" to those who will watch in -vain :for his coming. Here is a man wounded, but re covering. it gives you opportunity to say a few words or Him who was wounded for our transgreasions., Another wishes . you to write for hini to some distant friend, for he has not long to. live; or he wishes - a "bother or wife to know that he is recover ing; and as you write, yon: inquire what you shall say about his soul and About his hope in .Christ; and thus you enter into a solemn and tender conversation with him abiiit the greateit of his intatists. ; - • - 4- ' „ 01 7 . • it. . 4 • • tro 1 „AV • MUM/ " For the Pre3byterlea Banner PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 10, 1864. WHOLE NO. 616 you go directly to the conch of the suffer er, and after a few kind inquiries, approach him directly and faithfully on the subject of personal piety, and urge him to seek Christ, or direct him, if he is already in quiring what he must do to be saved. In short, take any and every method of reach ing men's hearts and leading them to Christ. Such is this feature of the work. Some I found deeply anxious about their souls; these I endeavored to direct to the Lamb of God. Two I found who had once been members of the Church, but who had utter ly forsaken Christ since they entered the army. And it afforded me pleasure to hear their deterniination to return to his fold. I exhorted them both, like the Prodigal Son, to arise at once and go to their Fath er's house. From a member of the Dist P. Y. I received a request for a Testament and hymn-book. He was considering the question, ." What must I do to be saved?" I gave the books, and added such instruc tions as I thought would be of advantage to him. A member of the Zd Ohio 'Cavalry lay severely wounded, and in great pain. I learned from him that he had 'no Saviour, andno Christian hope to support him in his suffering. But he was very .desirous of seeing Jesus. I directed him to the. Sa viour of sinners, and gave him a Testa ment. - I-hope that, thus divinely guided, he has found a hope in Christ. R. N. 'H., of the 3d Vt., had been a very careless, ungodly man. Irrone of the late battles it.'. pleased God to smitehiin sorely—perhaps fatally. He expressed his great gratitude that L had called and talked with him. He'desired it" Testament, end hoped that . he had .found the Lord Jesus Christ. I- saidto him., " Had your atten tion been directed to- the interests Of your soul before you received this wound ?" " Oh uo," he replied, " I never thought of 'such a 'thing. I scarcely ever thought of God.- In fact, it'would he impossible - 'for any man to 'be farther from God than I was. But now I lie here on my bed, and seem to look right pp into kis face. I believe that Jesus has forgiven my sins. It seems so sweet to think God is con stantly looking into my heart. It makes me sometimes almost forget my pain."' This man, I hope, was truly, converted. One man' I met .with was a Universalist; he did not believe there was any such place as a hell. I told him JOSI/E1 Chrrtit believed it—that he said the rich man lifted up his eyes in hell. Just then a paroxysm of pain came on, and he made me np reply. Another I met witia was a regular Ration alistic' infidel. "Our Psychology" htid more charms for him than the Word of God. ' . In striking contrast with these was the case of a young lad from Venango County, Pa:, who lay in a9other hospital. He felt very desirous to see a minister from ,his own State, mid accordingly we visited him. His great concern was to be .found Christ. I explained to him as clearly as pOssible the nature of faithin Jesus Christ, and I trust he did accept of Christi's gra cious offer of salvation. In a day or two he passed away from earth. I distributed freely of papers, tracts and little books.. These I would accompany with a word of exhortation, er follow with conversation. The role was .t . hat„the "bier listened 'inoa. 'respeatfu ' lly. The eg ceplions' were fel, hut some would not hear. From the Chaplain and. Surgeons We oneeived every facility. Said one of the Surgeons to me, I always think my patients get along better when they have something to read, and thus occupytheir minds." On the Sabbath I preached to- a very attentive company of soldiers.. Thus we labored from day to day. All seethed, to love the. Christian Commission. My only regret was in being compelled so $OO/1 to abandon the - Work. -. Very truly yours, 8. M. HENDERSON [Selected.) •A Lock of. Rawl Hair. I have a look of flaxen hair, Wrapt in a tiny fold; 'T le hoarded with a miser's care, "'T is dearer far than gold. To other eyes of ,little worth, Yet precious unto mine ; For once, dear child, in life and health; It was a lock of thine. • The numbered hours pass slowly by; Days, weeks, and menths depart, Yet still the vacant place remains Unchanged within the heart; The lonelinesi is still die same, The same great want is there, While memory loves to brood upon The simple look of hair, The cold winds seem to sigh more loud, When shades of evening fall, The clock with more impressive sound Ticks louder on the, wall; For now no artless words I hear, . No smiling face 'I see; No tone& - of.ohildish mirth break forth,_. So dear to home and me. . 'T gone--like some strange dream That lingers with the mind ; • Some pleasant eerie 'of haPpiness -The heart hath left behind ; - An atom from.the fading dust, A relic of the past; That tells of transient hopes and joys, Of . things that could not last. 'T is all that now'remains of thee, Light of our home "andhearth ; While sadly pass the silent hours, • And dark the days come forth. Yet still I keep it for thy sake, And guard it with fond care, And oft I view, with throhbing heart, Thy simple look of hair., Frannie:led from the French for the Presbyterian Banaer Australia. ifistory of Fan Sing Louis, Chinese Cat echist among the Gold-seekers. Written at his dictation, by wmissionary of Mel- bourne It is known that the Chinese emigrate willingly, and that the gold mines of Cali fornia and "of Australia have attracted a great number of them. We have seen es timated at 30,000 the number of those that are in California, and at 7,000 or 8,000 those <of Australia. Missionaries are at work among these gold-seekers. The atito biographical relation which followi, shows us with what success Chinese missionary aids are seconding them in this excellent work. It contains, besides, some details on the regime of Chinese schools, which one of their pupils could alone give. At about one hundred miles from Canton is the vast district of San Ning,' which is well, peopled; and rice and tea. grow there in abundance. Its inhabitants are very in dustrious; their gardens, admirably culti vated, offer to the view a" great variety of fruit trees unknown in Aut3tralia. One of the villages of this province, named Sue Chiou, is distinguished among all for its picturesque site. It is situated upon, the borders of a river which, subject thus' far to the influence of the tide, assures to those who reside near it, the resource of water, ever changing,. without being salted. The sail, composed of a thick layer of dark col orod earth, produces, besides the ordinary fruits of the country, the yam, the nuts from which oil re - extracted' for burning, and tobeeeti. - •The stigir one so shun- dant there, that theArme of the neighbor hood might easily a*ply with this valua ble substance all the great cities of the land. ' One of the principal industries . of the country is the manufacture of stuffs, of which the first materials are, indeed;drawn from other provinces. The women are.oe cupied in spinnind, and the men weave, either alone in their houses, or' in vast buildings where they labor in common. The predicts of this _industry a* then dyed for the use of shecountry, or exported to foreign lands witfout being dyed. The men who are not erhiloyed in this sort of labor, exercise theietrades of masiorisj ear. penters, or others othe`same sort. Many women and young girls pass their, time in manufacturing silk Oraep, which are much sought for elsewheee., ' In this district, I".** born. ' My'father, named Hin Hie 44110010 t coloth shop in the city of Sue ,Ilow;, signatetti :s a t. me distance thence, but fenoY. renid4irt the above named l' e autt he Came to see them every wee . ' fiftlNiCi*ii, , „,, L ii. of kindness for me - .iMformy:ltroit,-'' er and sister; and I Pay say that we'led altogether a very happy life. The excel lent woman was likewise very charitable to the poor or the neighborhood, to whom she often distributed rice and tea, according as they had need. These liberalities little pleased my father, who _often complained of them; but they were of a good example, so that we much loved our pother, and all the" inhabitants of the villaie respected her. Like all the Chinese villages,'Sue Chies had a`school, which‘brother and I•fre quented from the aged seven_years to that of fourteen. This ,age attailltld, we were transferred to a superior Sehool, where we remained about four years. * In the eStab ! lishments of this sort;' the pupils acquire a , more thorough knotiledge of the different characters, or of the'words which they have learned to read or to write in ilia iioferior i school'. The written Chinese language is, 48 is known, very difficult to understand, because of the immense quantity of .its i eharacters,'havingge.ll their particular form and signifeation r iwithout counting ,that many words written i i i e same manner have a very differen sense, according to - the •accent put on, 'them -itr pronouncing them. '-:.- .-,. . : - At our first sehoot s one read to us three times a day in the, writings of Coat/041s and of Mengfucius. From the dawn of day, each child was reading by himself in a book; after which we repeated our lessons until breakfast, which took place at half past eight o'clock. Prom nine to- ten,o'- clock, we were exercised in writing; then, until noon, the dinner hour, we were read ing again, and repeating what we bad learo ecl by heart. At four o'cloe,k, finally, -We prepared our lessons for the next dayi and, at sundown, the sphool closed... During all this time we were not permitted any sort of amusement _Some scholars - took it, in deed, out of sight " of the master, but the more part returned, in the- interval of les- : sons, to work in their families. At the superior school, we were required very early in the_ morning, by lamp-light, to read aloud tracts or sermons comPoseii, by different anthers on texts drawn froth the ivritinge of -Confudius or 'of Mengfuci-, t ns sniailKiond until, the breakfast biii,7the'reitsVr, explained to us siiine:ef the passages of these works. After the re past, we were exercised in writing; then, the master gave us anew some explication, followed by - a work destined to develop our understanding. Upon, some words or, pas sages, extracted from our class books, we, had to. make compositions which should ex plain their meaning, and eitefrom memory other passages having some relation with those either for the basis, or the form. This manner of -instructing --the youth in that which concerns religion, is, nal have learned, generally employed Aroughout the Empire'. The maxims of Confucius, which are in general very sensible, and' haVe "some resemblance in form to the Book of Proverbs, are taught 'in all the schools ; but alas!. a branch no leBl3 important of-the.,.. Chinese education, is the worship of idols, or, to speak more exactly, the worship of ancestors: Books, composed by- divers authors, re count the-history and the virtues of the illustrious men or sages who lived in an cient times. The inhabitants of each city ) or even of each village, club together' and have hewn, out of wood or stone, represen tations of those men, which. are then 'ex-, posed in public,. Those sages of the an eient times are thus under different names, the objects of a public worship, and become in fact idols, so that each looalityphas final ly-its own gods. This is the only worship that I had practiced until the time of my quitting my, country. On leaving the school, I was employed as book-keeper by my brother-in-law, who, three years previously, had established a large manufactory of stuffs at I.?atschan, near Canton. I resided at his house, with My wife, whom I had married at the age of nineteen years: Re, at tweiaty-one years of age, I yielded to the solicitations of my father, who counselled me to visit the gold mines 'of Australia, and I embarked at Can ton with about four „hundred Chinese, al most all natives, like myself, of the district of SanTiug.- - On arriving at this colony, I was at first employed as a miner, then as a store-keep er, and as a messenger (with a vehicle and horses) to Melbourne,and Bendigo I then came into the district of the Fours, and gave myself there to the' same occupations, untillBs9, the period when I made the ac quaintance of b'an a Wye, who had been for some time in the service of the govern ment at Wodonga. Having come to visit the Chinese camp of Yackandanda.k, he gave me a portion of 'the New Testament, and explained to me the principal truths included in that book. It .was not the first time that I had heard speak of the Chris-, tiara religion. At,Hong Kong, some Chi nese,-who had embraced it, had discoursed' to me of it, arid had remitted to me.ssome tracts, particularly a 'little book which treated of prayer. On board the ship. which brought me here, one had besides distributed among the foreigners several tracts, of which one above 'all had attracted my attention. :It was about the Saviour of humanity, the Lord Jesus Christ,- and the immense love which he had shown in dy-, big for sinners. At the, reading ,of this marvelous recital, I had been struck with the difference which separated it from the writings of Confucius and Menglucins. This had thrOwn my mind into deep troub le, from whiola only escaped in thinking that the salvation in question was merely deitined for foreigners, and did not in any manner regard the Chinese. I had never theless, during the whole voyage, continued to make use of the prayers contained in the first little book ,of which I have spoken; and that notwithstanding, the counsels of some of my felloW voyagers, who pressed me to throw the book into the sea. Un happily there was no person' who could in struct mn, OT dissipate the doubts of my. mind. After our -landing in Australia, Oat little book remained my faitkful com panion until the moment when,lra I have said, I met with Fan a Wye. - In the frequent lonversationi that we had together, this dear fellow-countryman recounted to me the ancient histories con tained in the Bible; the creation of the world in six days; th disobedienoe of Ad am and Eve, which introduced sin into the world, rendered our first parents,subject to 'death, and paused the to be. east out of Eden ; then, the deluge, the callinc , of Abraham, etc. 'To all that, I responded by inquiring why these 'instructions had-been given to the Europeans and not _to the m Chinese. Fan a Wye replied to e, that the Europeans also had'been idolaters, and that, the Jews themselves,thai people cho sen Of Gol- 7 had mere than once fallen in- , to the same sin ; 'but 'Mid in his written' Word,' Godi had commanded', all men to break 611 from idolsoind _fie serve only the living and true God,, the, creator .of the heaVen aid the earth .: ' '''-- ' ' ' Re then showed' me "with olearneis wherein the first , instruction that I had re= ceived; was deficient and false; what there was good and commendable in the writings of Confueius and Mengfuoius, but yeth,ow , , ~--, :IViliii huinati soul inslarkiiesenWni T rinitileron v irtilitir Hit 4 dil' me to see , - finally the great' supetiority'of the teachings of the Bible, and concluded p v in decl - to me with force, that all s of those d come to Jesus Christ, be lieyi " as the Redeemer of the world, certainly' be siligd. At t same time, , another ConveM Chi, Pong.Sien; came to seti.me sometimes. began to pray with me, spoke ,to me with energy, of sin_ as the ruin of souls, of the power of Christ to army away these souls from that einel tyrant, of the covenant of grace which leads to this deliverance,z,and he pressed me .earnestly •to, _baptized. These. Conversations fixed me on the march that I had' to follow, so ,that after" another conversation with Fah a Wye, I repaired with him to the' pastor orYaekandendak, who confirmed:me in all my ,thonghts,'and pressed me to enter into the flock of which' Jesus. Chrrh is ..the shepherd. He gave me a prayer -book, and requested Fan, a' 'Wye to read to me several' passagesof the New - Testament, which he pointed' out to him. Soute.tirne afterile sent me :for my' own,use an English Newm . Testaent, which Fan aijeundertook to tech, me to read. For Several weeks, finally, he gave me in structions, whi'cli - his departure -for 'anoth-, er encampment alone interrupted. • . He *as rcplaeed at , Yackandandak by my compatriot Lo, Sam Yuen;who, r I, remember, did me, much good by explaining to mp, in the third chapter of -86. John, the conver sation of our Lord with Nicodemus. Soon, was in the habit of accompanying him when he went to celebrate the Divine ser vice in other Chinese eneampthents. Of tenubesides,- visited, during' the:-week, some of our fellew-Countrymen, and were able thus to have long conversations, whiCh finishelidiSsipiting all my doubts. • From this moraitt, chiefly, I began to love the Sabbath and to ',jean - heartily in the exer cises of piety. A' sojourn 'which I made afterwards with Lo Sam -Yuen; at the par sonag,e, furnished me the means of perfect, ing myself•in the knowledge of English and`of reading the,,Bible in that language almost as fluently as in . Chinese., , . Ih July, 1860, finally, was , baptized at Beeehworth, at the same time with 'Ting Num, wile' is new` assisting the Rev. Mr. Yeti% at Ballarat. Since then, Lo Saw Yuen and Fan a Wye have both left for China, and. I have entered, in the provi dence of God ; upon the duties of a mie sioriary in the district of, the " Fours," un der the direction of the Missienary Society of the °hitch of England which'_ has its seat at Melbourne. • 13efoe‘ the departure 'of Lo Sam.Tuen, two other Chinese, Ah Sien and Ah HoY, had been received into the church 'Thep tism and, since , then six other .00nverts have been admitted to the same' privilege. May God continue thus to do his' Work among my fellow.countrymen: ,lEL Cluistiati Commposion. The Aresy_Cofernitt.oe of IV:estern.Pertn'w. pre , cents the following report of its oiserations &win g , . the inonth'oLinlyi , ' - 3B B Needs, Pitteburg, . • - - • John J Fa. gart, •• . . Rev M'S Keadig, Oanonshum, Pa, Bev. Lytle, Bcoomfteld, Ohio, • Idelderee, • . Bev Mr Brian, 'Washington, Pa, Bev' SP - Benewelt,Neaver, Pa, • , .t. Rare bees CJtOMidetol2., d as delegates to the lamp of the Poiora .e:. • ' . . Dec A. 13 Irtelee, hit Plese!nt, Pa " J'D Waikinattaw, Mayor Date, Pa - O. ttr Fleaer , Bakererthe, 0 " J P fioold; Loaper Salem; e. P.Uock, Wa,oster,p, • As delegatea to the &tarp of the Ottinbetlani. The mukurer acheowledges the receipt of the fellow. Mrf ILODIST , XPLSCOPAL _CHURCHER flubinvi, Ohio.-- 14.00 Sabbath School, Notiorgsbe'Bl its- .... -. ... ...,..'.. : •.80 60 Beaver, Pa .1200 Restore, 81.0nong,hilla Chi' - " ' ,8 00 Girard and /Booty, r. 6 00 lit CHFLISTIAN ADVOCI.I%. - ' Simpson Chapel, Pa, Ebausburg, Ya..,...., -- _ .._ BrivlCubference; Pa.. ' ' '.........-, ..0 00 ( entrevine, Pa ' 1 00 Bellair, 0.:,... -...-..--. ................. -.. 'd 210 ,urrrrip SIESHYTERIAN ortinqm. Scroggsfold, 0 • 50.00 - Presnyterrof ?Steubenville,: 0 ' - 70'60 Jefferaon . Library, Pa . 69 00 Bathe:, Illerner'Od., Pa - 15 34 Jamestown *. .42 00 Camp Jun Butiseco, Pa 10 00 St: 01.1 r Pa; (add) 200 Lulli.,' 3d oh; 79 00 High B ldg - 23 00 lieskisnnock Babbatireeliool — , Blarceroo, P 4.... 12 40 POURVVEILIAN 011t91013r4; B bonuses*. nhurch, Butler cO., Po ' ...' ' ' 80 -00 Young Ledien, Elsonezer* Fa , .... . .................. ,6065 , Tini,tt 'oUrransville, Pa.. . :-. .. ', - - 97'00 Bethel and...lacksouville. Indiana c0.,,Pe,......., 61 00 Rural Valley, A rinstro4 044 Pa - ''' ' ' ' - 26 26 McOlellandtown; Pa i 6. 26 Muddy Oreek,'Butler co., Pa.. - .;.. ''''- . 73 40 Porterevills, do .. d 0..—.-. .. 23 16 NonniNovo, do do - -- " ..7 .'' -- 'lO 90 Acedania,.Venangoco., do ._ 30.60 Cluirien Bun, Pa - ....:...; " ' '.... )0 00 , Bsiling ,t' pting, P 0...... 83 05 Mt. Washington Church' and' Sabbath School... 86 St Pike Grove, (N. B.) esercer co., Pa .23 00 Va-ley Oburch, Allegheny co., Pa...... 8 25 ld.),Etlid . do 'do 7 - do' 600 Bialand Ohorch, Clarion do " 9 60 ~ logocier (adttitional) . 2 00 . Mt. Plienane do Pa '' ' ' 2'oo Appleby Manor, d0........4 ' , 11 30 'hallooing, d 0..., 8 05 r w Tailoealc, Ohio - ' - :73`76 Bearevi:lo (additi.nal) Ohio -.. 3 76 DaDbilhAti Setioni, DanhAps Creek, PA. - .., 27 00 ', .- * ish +.roek, 0 • 3 33 . _ .. " 00. ' Near buritainit. , o...... ' ' Near 14 s4,erfuLd. Pa., Monterey, Pulaski co., Lid......... ...... - Tipton, Ima ..... ....... ..... . .... . ... ........... Gannon Reformed Plymouth, ind....... litaxu.d Lotheran Coursh, Pittsburg., - r - AID ROCIDTTEe. XIV. 'Obviation Commission; Wiiibington, P s, "aids. Canal, (total) Soldiers" .1d suisiaty, ilariieonville, Butlior co., - . 5erne5,.....—„... " - loci 93 Soldiers' Aidlociety, Crosi Creek; Washington co., Pa. - 185 00 Soldiers' Aid Sotisty; ,Tackson't'p„ Mercer *a, Prian'ts Efoldierne Aid Society, Muddy Creek;Stitler cr., , ' Penn'a. —.. , ~ 13 60 'Boldiara' Aid Society, "Pootaintowii," Veningo, yo-, Pa ..« "10 00 Saidicre" Aid Society, ... Adamsvitle, iirawford coy Pa 97 90 HOldiers' aid:ionise:, On' ar Grove, Pa OD ," • ~ • McKeesport, " " Ridge, Pa .3 90 4, 4' 4 ' Near SCctievide, . 44 45 44 4. :Bremen, rid' field, co, 0. 62 25 " " coaster 'Guernsey Chi° Citizens of gptiongahela day,. Pa - 10040 Citizens of litioxyGe, Jefferson eo., O 21 00 Cirironc,er Bowling Green; Jefferson . co., 0-- .69 65 GnionLeagne,nugarGrore, ra 606 MINIBiTIONN RESTIM LS, 10: Vertical and Concert at Hanover... Bearer CO, Pa. 326 75", Ladi. Sapper at . Joesph. Belay:Fr Co:. • • P 4 161. ... ....... Concert at Baler's ... . ... • 00 , 00: 061cl:1r:tied of the Fourth of July, niltwde# MieaYanoee Mario ohms, near Vi'lmingtni. Pio-Nle arab:story Point, Pa 20 00 Exhibitinffin John'Nerin's Karp', -Heaver Co., Pr 79 85 INDTTTDDAIm NAwing,:l7 - 4toriiirai . st;:Pa. 60 00 3 McMartin. We .. . ... . 30 00 Berronilo.l4istribi o Pa.op . Mrs li Felhelmer, Latrobe, Pa 20 00 Samuel Co.lina, kittssurg . Pa. - 10 00 Catherinp (locomen, Allegheny, Pa 10 00 0 Beggs, do d 0,.., 10_00 it Skinner, Chat/nice county, E. E...... .... .... 10 GO Bev 1 Caruthers, ttilgoi, Pa 6 GO A Fri ntl, E. 1.. Springfield, Ohio 5 tit Bev J 16 ,hanthera and Laity, beechhargh, Pm. 6 00 It Lt Brim Pittsburgh. PA.... 6 00 Easter Olen lie • eolestre, Pittsburgh, Pa.... . . .. 6 00 , ;8 L. J., Itittauning, Pa ; 5 00 , .i.avid it menus, :Plum townshp, Pm a. -' 6.00 , _ - „A IC ifirker- ; A• itll cash, North Bowicirmy, pm. ,;- ' ' '6 00 'Jowl hi Johostou, Pi teburg, Pa .„ ~ 5 00 .../ L. G., P alufield, 0b10........... • • ' - 5 iai • ''. A. Lady Prien t ..,, 6 00, Dr Brow4;ll.lthimitruh. Iliinole • • -- • 2 . 00 :J II Pitts, Tappeo ' .0h „ 10,,.... ' ' Era and MIMI Parks, Fidvente, - Pa...... 3 00 "" ,C • ir E.,hu,Pittebtligh, Pa ' 2po iMilected: by 'Kiri P,' Tli.inplion, Coehrantorit '': - . 2 1(5 841i/feta Friend, Wit ierford;PM " • ''• -'" '.200 ' d o . do ,;.Delaware, Ohio. .. :„. .. ~. ..,.....,..,.: ~.. 200 • do •do ..lttens, _ do • •. 'I : 2 *OO . ". Eary.o,da y, 6th +yard ; pohool . • -_ . 1 20, t`,; !8 .phis Esklea, Pittaltur • ga, 4 5..4 ' '' at ; zet-sti:Ella.Fofd. 0479.1•p1, Ohl". ... -. ;am. , . 2.00'. x . W.l Bauman, West - Newton; Pa - .... • 160 Collection oy 61ra „Catharine Corby ' • BelltifS -..; . Oble . .a 2 00 ; id"Vi Gime sebum i.tistrict Ico 3, Mercer em, . ' Pa - 1 6 0 .. 7 . , ..C1ath - a,:,...t.......: - .....a., .............. .it.. gm ....... 10... ' 15 00 Received during nt0nth..............b.. ........ re v: 4 in 18 %,..• Prevl nel ackuowledged..... r ... ' -.... r i!0893 et aNtial• ... - .......... ..... .. .45,J34 3 440 00 'ii,, eieitfigiqlgstainahlralibeimisigasiaito - ila . . iii4Si rsip.h6spit,ak '. ,, .. - " ,,, —,'—t-- 53 , '" . ' - Xofintiliallik '. .-..‘..';: ............. .irnrrhOgnsee , ez....'4-.....,„ 4 , . lir r detfis of R. Id axento of 'Army' titan:liner- ' - '''.:4'll land Office 'rent end expanses 16,615 79 The follosking contribution's of hospital stoles have_ been received during theineuth of . I. box heapitel Rum ; SoLdW Mg . lety of • ochesser, Suer ono ty, box and barrel rem Ladles of Bellsir,O. 'boxes seed '1 barrel ' do, from Soldiers' old Society of BSI% Paelaine t 0. I wise( fruit from Soldiers' Aid Society of New Ma- . 2 boxes hospital stores from Springfield elanrch. townvhip, Mercer coonty. , • bezel co from Wayne, township, St c& Point, Law -1 loxes do, from . Sthdiers' kid Soeiety of Freeport; " Armstrong comity: • • -• , finsoins front Agri aßiv.;. Li box ofdothing from;; Soldiers*, aid society of Mt Pleasant, Weetrootelsnd county. _ I.box. of hospital stone from Oblidren's 4 41 .590M:9 of Soho 4 ifo., 7, Ulu:alms township, Washington notnity. __ - box of do; iiintt Itoldiene moist) , . of : Sharon,.' Beaver bounty. Pa. 1 package of fans.from eobolars of Presbyterian Sun. day .cbool, Freeport, 3 basil.. of ma.pita storeafrore Soldiers! aid society of .fitn eetoten, tat k conoty, 2 boxes and 1 bag' of do from &Mier& aid 'moiety of Slabanitigtown, LSWreil€4o enmity. 2 -do inim &gale& 'iticUiociet4 of liferrittstowe; Fay etre county. • . • • Wiwi do from obildielf of Dunlap's Creak Sabbath School, Olerrittstown. 2 boxes do from Soldiers' std society - of Worthingtani Arautroug cAnty. , 1 nord4 fr4nl Sunday S:1001 of ltraw'Texas, glom* , rourity. ' o.m do froM Soldiers' aid soelel* of Itoimersbilig, COII , .. ' 1 box do from Soldiers' aid societyit of Gratfield,Ve" county, Pa. , - I bor. of do from Soldiers aid liociety of Bomeiiiit 1 keg of pickles Lout Soldiers' aud society of ,Aroicy, Ebenezer and centeitown;Eftercir county. -' 1 'box of boapiral"exores from ,fioldiers' aid society of Washington Pa. " - " '"' • lima of do from Soldiers' aid society of lifilton Arm strosg county tbrix of ~do from Ladles' , Belief Annotation of Buftaloe Washingtim county. f hnpitat stoma faun Boblione ald society ot, !ercer, Pa. Vlios do, troth Soldiers' red society of South Girard, Ede Co. 3 boxes do. from Soldiers' aid sotielY of Row Sheffield. Beaver 90. 1 box: •do. fram Soldiers' aid eoeiety of Oechrantoni Ore, , ford , .oe. • - • • 2 ii.a.ea do -froo2 St 'Aim' aid society of Pigeon Oreek Preshyteri Plumb, Washington Go. . • fdo from fir Jae It Crouch. Dayton, annstrang itle from . Soldiers'. aid society of_Proearille, county. " '1 box of paper and envelopes from Ladles' all society , of Witablogtott. Butltte t/f. ' -1 box of hospital sten o s from Ladies' _Yellow Creek _ Church, .018. 4 .g0vr; - obis. 1 box of hicks, from the D. P. Board of. Publication. , 3 boxes hospitat stores for Soldiers' aid society of ' Wombingtou, Pa. 1 box do from 3idilierslaid 'society of the Manchester . . . 1 b x do fr'oro Friends' of thOOhristian OOmmisslon, Steubenville, Ohio. 1 box do from Chess Springs, Oambria'Oo. I box do from Cross Orme Village.. 1 - package of clothing from English Lutheran Ohnrob, I nes. of hospital - skirts fristi Paris Jiiveliitetid so .. ' 1. packsigitif Vonsairtiortrirefte;v7tlT'Beid., I packa s e ot clothing from Shafer Township Doldiera' aid sobiely. ' '` ' . . - ,- - - Lpacktags housewives iron Wilkirtaburg AcadOmy..., LI uoir. of frulf Dorn "Doliertti uglari. - '' = 1 packag- of muslin azd bands...ea from hire B. fillets, Ido 'front Mm Dr Jones, 1 . do froth Zvi J Laughlin, 1 do -from MIRA Flair, . I do from r Mrs II a Snyder, .1 do from Mrs ,- ressman, Ido from Mrs Ilfawolusy, 1 do from_ . Mrs Erow,n, 1..d0 from Pres'n ~Okeurch, 1 0(3 from Mrs Aiken, ' Birmingham.' - 1 do fr'm Mrs lk ,Aidwell,l 1 ,do from Mies A Knox ; , ar 2 do from hiss Diu ch I de, fcbm Mrs Renton, Ido from Mrs- W.l.fowau, Ido from Mrs Forsyth, Ido from Mrs Dore and, Ido from Mrs J W Paul, .2 do from-Mrs Mai Bar..es, 2 .do from bits Speer, .. , 1 do f- om. Mary and Eliza 1 do from kirs Louth, - • Ilicbards, , - - ; 2do from Mrs 1- , ,,Dirze11,,-. I do from siren Kitchen, 2 do from Mrs J eb:4bard -1 Ido (rani Mrs: Jar- rs, Ido vrom.MreA .1, Smith', " 1 do from Mrs Newingloun 2 0 ,from hlrs Jo. Reed, - 2 do.from:ldra T :Marshall, 1 do'frorn Mrs E'llichardi,.. 6doldlT P Oh Aligheny Ido Mrs fitzgert . Ido Mimi Colonist,' - . 2do Mrs a hill 1 do mrs e. Et- kwcied. .." l do Miss C Raerclier -2.d0 Mrs bi. , psan . .- I d'O,Mis - JE Richardwin r Ido Mrs 0 Jordan , tdo Mies Sawyer . 1 i. , 0 SI las Sloan • -- Ido Mrs' Beasley . . • '-; 2do Sys Schmertz - 2 s d , Mrs McConnell 1 do bliss olleo I.pkg.booka. E 61 Wilson 1 do 'Mrs M P Jduee sdo Eke . WAldogford 8 do hire J ITEM ' 1 do Idra,J Pent do Mrs Orbighton 1 do Roy J E —aro chore 2 d-, from rt.wlcloy boi do Aviv Gentian L s aiberan Church, East Liberty 1 box boeydial storks from Lidies Aid Society of Mix abeth . 230 bozo; of o timed Vont Christian Oommidalon in .rbitadell. . . . le do`cf bcota andlerperi. The following articles have been tent to Our , armies during the toontkohJnly : " dried, in cene..—.„ 794 RAtreets, betties..... . 150 6490 Butter', 1 . 08::.7.4.. Milk cans Beef Tea .Corn ctarch.ibe...... Peron*, . . . . _ . Picketed cabbage,,ble Vitric 'acid; As Bay. Sam qte Wine Bottles Brandy " roger " '9 "Tea !arrow Booto,-battlea,' lb- Shit to 700 Drawers, pro' `'soo Arm Slings 259 , B. 9 dages, EWA , . -1925 Oh. Sioelin- 1206 Ynde and 529 Hank erchitle 895. tu web, 90a Sacks, 264 ishoot 51 Pillows 139 Pillow swiss " 215 Housewisrs 166 W tippers '14... 17 Corn , orte Pp'mgis ' 3001 Slippers. pre . ......... 1491 Crutches, pm 133 ' , Liiriro'Bunke for Libre 259 Small soldier booti,pgs 9155 „Papers, paste 82910 T...cts, plum 1.0376 . .Writing eaper reams tts 16 Fruit la Cans 8160 3 73 The continuance of thri Campaign in Y'rgi * nia, end.t'he active movements or our western armies. and the need there Lion every band for renewed 'Med imilagging exer tion, urge the Commission to continue uerinatediy.its work. Act every poin where need it apparent hat ell' bedews is ;Wog eff: Mod. The . !ollowing articles wf 1 be most needed during the comb .g month_:, Ries, ttal bedding - and clothing,. Rids tilted a Ith.-botroe ant straw, briodsges and ieuelin rags; fruits in ,ours„ dried frni a, vegetables of ail kinds, but ler and • Obriemi.n Cksinnisedon Roams, No 76 Smithfie'd stmet. „Ladies' Christian Conszitissiorrileorns, Oyen every aAernosn ft:pm ?. to , 6 o'clock. ~ A mother on the green hills of .Ver mont, stood at- her garden gate holding by her right band a son of sixteen years old; mad with •love of the sea. ' " - Edward," Raid she, they tell me that the great;teinp tation of the seamen's life,, is,drink.: Prom ise me, before.you, quit your tother"s hand; that' you, never' will drink." .Said he; . for he' told me the story,'" I gave her ihe proinise. r went the broad globe over--- Calcutta; the Mediterranean,. San Francis co, the Cape •of Good llope---and dur ing lorty years, whenever I saw a , glass filled with the sparklingliquor, my Moth er's' form by tbe garden gate, on the hill side of Vermont,' rose up before me; and to,day, at sixty, my lips are innocent of the taste of liquor." =i• - ^ 85 ..... '2 00 ..... 20.15 18 10 13 z 5 7 25 000 00 Was not that sweet eyidenCe of the pow er of a siegle word ? And yet it was but half; " for," said he, "yesterday there came into my counting-room a young man of forty, and asked me, De you:know me ?' No,' said L I was brought once,' said he to . my informant, drtmk into your presence, .on shipboard; you were a, pas senger;, the captain kicked me aside; you' took me into Your berth, kept me. there until slept off my intoxication; and then you asked me if had a mother. I. said, never, that I knew of; I never heard a mother's voice.' You told me of . yours, at the garden:gate ; and to-day, twenty years later, lam master-of one of the finest peek ets in New-York, and Came to.ask you to Aetna and see How far. back that little candle throws - its. beam- 2 --thimothefti word O`r} the - gre,en hillside Of Vermont! CM he thanked for the almightfpower of a single fr Gam 9 %5 iM;MII ..... 825 00 .... .. 88 00 12do T Oree I. do Mr Mimi I do W Et Murphy I do Mies Ooply 2 do Mies Cuthbert l do Airs tlayakd t do Mrs Mitchell l do Mr Cuthbert I do Mre B TiloM96 . .... 128 40 4g 0 10 640 .. 225 f die _ Magazines ..... Rue= .. El 'yam 'Books ' '399 "654 "' T siameete 355 Load Pencil* 4ozens, 3.5 Ci _ ....«. 6248 689 Power .91 a '%Tord. 'RE PRE • - . I k ,„ z Publication Office : GAZIMTB BUILDINGS, 64 Ftrra 82., Emanaos, EL. B&I/EG, BN4LIB/1 & 00, 28 Naiss-618 ADVERTISEMENTS: Ji M A* 2' IN ABI'4 . NCB. TRANSIENT ADVEitTISEMENTS, 10 Chore ALi for each Insertion. A liberal reduction to those Who adver tree largely. SPECIAL NOT/OES, lb Oares L lattn. ISDITORIAL NOT/0103, or CARDS, on second peese. 28 OZNTO s PAL OBITUARY NOTICTS; 6 01117 11 A TIM." Influence of Gentleness. 'l g l , 11/ A spirit of fatilt-findin • an unsatisfied temper; a constant irritability; little ine qualities in ,the look, the temper or the manner; a. .brow (don iy and dissatisfied-- your husband and wit,: caLnot tell why-- will more than neutralize nil the good yott can do, and render life anything but a blessing. It is in Such' gentle and quiet virtues as meekness and forbearance that the happiness and usefulness of life consist, far more than eloquence, splendid tal ent,' or illustrious deeds, that shall send the name to future times. is the bubbling spring which flows gently, the little rivulet which glides through the meadow, and which runs along day and night by the farm house that is useful, rather than the swollen flood or the Warring cataract. Niagara excites our Wonder; and we stand amazed at the pow er and greatness of God there, as he "pours it from his hollow hand." But one Niag artfia,enough Xer,,theeoptinent or the world.; *hide - that.,fame ,world needs thousands "1 11 T )31 theniands of 'Mier fountains a In. • ip•sflidifibili'vilietk, 1 Mit water ev err feint, and meado*; and every garden; and that shall flow on every day and every nigl2, with theit gentle, quiet beauty. So wit the acts of our lives. It is not by great deeds only, like those of the martyrs, thallood , is to be done; it is by the daily and quiet virtues •of life—the Christian temper, the meek forbearance, the spirit of forgiveness in the husband, wife, the fath er, the mother, the brother,-the sister, the friend, the neighbor, that this is to be done and in this all may be useful.—Barnes. The less a man does the more fuss he is apt. to make. A ben -with one chicken !does more seratehing than if she had a fain of, fifteen. RIGEIT . WAY.—Archbishop Usher says: alf god people .would but make their goodne agreeable, and smile instead of frowning, in their virtue, how many would they win to the good mute I" THE DIFFERENCE —A grand radical WI:lotion between a true Christian, and an unconverted . sinner, is ..most significantly stated in , a single senteice : "'Christians wonder why they should be saved; and sin ners why they should be lost." THE CLOUD •F WrrNzsints.Bishop Simpson spoke in a recent sermon from the tent, " No man liveth unto himself," as fol lows : ".While I was in Europe, I stood in It grand cathedral, admiring the paintings and, statuary, when a - friend' called my at tention to the dome overhead. I looked tip Ward to Ile ceiling far above us, but oeuld see only, a cloudlike hue. Soon, how ever, the. confusion vanished, and angelic faces were looking down upon us from ev ety part of the magnificent dome. It was a beautiful 'thought (if the artist.• And so the-great cloud of witnesses gaze lovingly uponseyery worker for Christ. Sometimes I see only, clouds about me; but they melt away, and I can behold the saints, the loved gone.before me—with looks of encourage went" 'and - affection, filling the heavens around and' above me." LIFE IN Tan PULPIT.—What preachers moat generally lank, is life; not animation of- voice gesture, - or-style, but that electric fluid which ought to penetrate every word , of our discourse and make it, as it were, a living thing. This agent is invisible to the eye, but consciously felt by the soul; it has a warmth which -is contagious, and which oratorical art can no more imitate, than . the most perfect automaton can pass fer a humin being. If need be, this life Can make up for every other deficiency, but no skill' whatever can supply its place. Warm with this life, the feeblest discourse has:, been accepted with sympathy by the audience ; while without it, a fine sermon is a beautifni statue, a bad one, a corpse. THE TRUE SOUROZ OP - ETRENCITIL—A distinguished Irish law officer and a con servative; Member .of Parliament, who was on the most intimate terms with Sir Robert Peel, made, his way. one day into his study without being announced, when seeing the great - statesman on his knees in prayer, he retreated as noiselessly as he could into the outer apartment. - The Premier soon joined him, and conscious that he had been die novered, said : " You were perhaps, sur prised to find. me at prayer; but the truth is, I find that in reality the whole . weight of the affairs of this people is gid Apra my.shoulders, which are too weak to sus tain,it. I- have therefore been to the only Source of strength for help, and I find it continuallyrequisite and only to be ob tained there!' '0 diet all our statesmen tittderstood that I INTERdESSORY PRAYER,—Every Chris tian freely lays himself out by prayer for the benefit of.his fellow-members. Each member of-,Christ's Church sues for all. .Neithet,can any one be shut out from par taking the benefit of the prayers of all of God's saints upon earth. There is a cer tain spiritual traffic of piety betwixt all of - God's children,- wherein they exchange prayers with each other, not regarding number so much as weight.' Am. I weak in spirit'and faint in my supplications? I have no less Share in the most fervent prayers- - of the holiest supplicants, than in .my own:.all the. vigor that is in the most ardent hearts, sikplies my defects; while tltere is, ltle in their faithful devotions, I cannot - go, away unblessed.—Bishop Hall. ME . S 1 ITATION. —ln order to have the body invigorated, food must not only be eaten, but digested. And if we would have our souls nourished and our spiritual strength renewed, we must not only listen to discourses in the sanctuary, but likewise meditate upon them when we retire to our dwellings. The latter duty however is too much neglected. Philip Henry says : "It is easier to go six miles to hear a sermon than to :spend one quarter of an hour in meditating on it when I come h-ime." And observes Coleridge : "It is not enough that We swallow truth. We must feed up ,on it-as the insects do on the leaf, till the whole heart be-colored by its qualities, and show its,food in every fibre." A ir .Tfix Two TooxTnna -- A ffectionate in tercourse with the young is a considerable help against the too rapid invasion of old age. A gentlemen of our acquaintance is leenstomed to repeat the saying of a dis tinguished man, "If you would avoid.grow ing old; associate with the young ;" assign ing as a reason' . that the old are so apt to Increase their own and others' infirmities hy`talliing them over, while the cheerful ness ot the yelling will do something to en liven the failing, spirits .of our declining years. There is sense and wisdom in the rule thus suggested. • SIMPLE PETIEI3.—Let all men know this, and keep it, in mind always, that a Single, narrowefit, Simplest duty, steadily practiced: day after day, does more to sup port, andmay do more: to enlighten the soul of,l4'doer, than a course of _philosophy taught by a tongue which a soul compound ed'Of Biwa, ` ',Shakespeare, Homer, Demos thenes Aid Bake, - to - say nothing Soc. rates'- and '..Plato f ' - and Aristotle, should introire.—John - . 111 BREVITIES.
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