GENESEE EVANGELIST.—WhoIe Ha 73L For the Atnerlcau Presbyterian. \ GOING UP TO CALVARY. What is that sad Company, Going up to Calvaryi . Going in sadness and Borrow and .tears, .‘Going with trembling, and toiling,'and fesxs, Golbg away to Calvary} Who 1b it beate that heavy cross, Going up to CaiVaryi ; Bruised and weary, and fafo.tifcg, and weak. And halting; but gentle, and patifnt, and meek, Qoifig sway to Calvary! : ’ What bath happened in the way, Going Up to Calvary} ' ■ though .witling the spirit, the flesh ’neath the load Bath sunken at laston the road, V Going away lb Calvary. What meaqetb all, this mourning, Going up to Calvary} : Jerusalem's daughters in-sOrrSW hnw’d.dowh, Calvary!;3 Why, oh!; why, this anguish,' Going up to Calvary? JesWt 'our saviouri is bn the way, To bear in.hlsbody, our sins away, Upon Mount Calvary. €on«sp#&*!tpf. For the American’Ptesbyterian; SUPERIORITY OF CHARACTER TO - GENIUS. . Mankind universally pay tribute to genius. The ftowery field, the tangled dell, the ancient forest, the purling stream, the gentle; vale, all receive a higher finish —all bear a dheper impress of beauty, when presented fay man by'the hands of genius. It tracds but -and delineates before him * those mysteries of his inner nature which otherwise 'frofild be unknown. ; It detects ffhases of btima nity, exhibits motives'for actions, which lie too deep for the common mind to fathom. It enters iflto mid Investigates the results of mifid, the great Works that prove its immortality. It grasps and sympathizes with ideas that issue forth from master: minds, and sheds a * new halo over that which was before sublime, grand, almost divine, Genius has its mission ; one of influence, of power. It wins for itself a hearing; it attraots the trifling, giddy crowd, who are living for. folly. It* points the trifler to a higher destiny; tells him that he has powers too vast to spend, on .mere animalism ; that-he has an intellectual and a moral nature; that he is allied to angelic intelligences; and that he has entaredupon a life immortal. But whiib we are delighted, swayed, entranced, by genius, we give to character a still higher position; we yield to it, hot only admiration, hat something muoh loftier, homage. Beal character, not the mefe pretence, but that which is honbst, sincere, seoeives,frOm us in addition: the warmest flow of ' j |e%p I, noble principles f unselfish acts. Character carries’ these qht in the daily life, Geftius inspires us with the desire to heoome better men. Character makes ns resolve, and by its bright example, moves us to become such. Genius is the friend who is always waiting for an opportunity to do some splendid deed;, some act that will, astonish us, and make an impress es mankind. Character is the friend that serves ns in the most unobtrusive -manner, on the* most-insignificant occasioh, will ing to do us the smallest service, only anxious to find out the Way to benefit us. The superiority of oharaoter is manifest when we look at the man bf genlns devoid of oharaoter'. Immediately we perceive a spot upon our sun,;a blot, ripon our sheet of pearly whiteness, a defect that no other qualities, no .attractions of genius can atone for. Character, enters with ns into nature’s scenes, and there sees purity and God. It explores the almost unknown regions of the mind of man, and there meditates upon the moral bearings of his ,powers. It studies the Works .of the world’s great minds, and extracts therefibm moral ailment to sustain it in the journey of life, Genius has its rise,-its meridian splendor, and, sometimes, its inglorious setting. Character has it germ, its thrifty youth, its full-bearing vigorous age; but never its decay, desolation, death. Genius has its earthly toil, its triumph, and frequently its glorious reward; but has no recognition beyond, this dull, cold earth. Character has its earthly mission, its life work; but also its iufiuenee, its moral power, its “well done good and faithful servant” in a brighter world. Then let no one despair because the bountiful Giver of all good has not bestowed upon him genius; when the far higher quality of .cha racter is offered to Mm as freely as the water-that gushes out from the mountain spring or the breeze that fans the fevered brow. M. P. j. Forthe American Presbyterian. TEJTNEHT SCHOOL. Mere than a hundred yeira ago Rev. Wn>. Teanent, Sen., established atNeshamiiiy the “Tiog College,”i® wbielranumber of the bright lights of the Presbyterian Church were prepared for use fulness. Since that Institution ceased to exist, there has been in the same neighborhood, Harts yille, Pa,, at different titties and under the control of different individuals; a classical school of a high order for. boys and young men. The succeflsidtt is continued at the present time by the “Tennent School,” named after the venerable Father in the church just' mentioned, which is under the pare of Rev. M.Long. I was present duringsome of the exercises at thesomi-annual examination, recently held at the close, of the winter session. No effort had been made to prepate the pupils to exhibit their acquirements, yejUthey passed the ordeal with unusual credit to themselves and their teach ers. The recitations by the younger boys in the common English branches were yery commendable, and showed, that they had been under efficient training; and those, who had just commenced the study of Latin, had been drilled with thorough ness and accuraoy. They could repdatthe synopsis of the verbs in any of the' conjugations, persons, or numbers correctly and without hesitation, and bigl evidently been obliged to lay well this ground work of a knowledge of that language, an ac quaintance with which is essential to a proper understanding of our own native tongue. Several of the older scholars had pursued the. study of the higher branches of Mathematics; and, the recitations in Surveying, Analytical Geometry, Trigonometry, and the properties of the Parabola and Ellipse, wore uncommonly fine. I doubt: whether more clear and rapid demonstrations of some of the difficult processes of mathematical in vestigation are given in any of the colleges of the land on Examination Day, thanwere rehearsed by the young men of Tebnent School. Several of them translated with ease, precision, and elegance from YirgU, Cicero, Homer, &c., and. gave the grammatical construction as well as the sense <Sf the passages, to which they were asked to turn. The timbers of “ Log College” were long smee taken down, and scarcely a relio of it now remains. Two. qr three walking-canes, ;one of which is in Nassau Hall, Prinoeton, constitute almost every thing that is left of the material structure, wherein some of the best pnd most learned men of our church a century ago received a considerable share of their education. "Bati the love of.sound learn ing, whioh eharaoterized them, abides in the place, where they ohoe lived, and the attainments they ®a<je Ore no dbixbt in some respects equalled, if not surpassed, By their successors.' The old build ing of logs is replaced on a different rite by a sub stahtiaL stohe edilioe, and Tencent School of : to day with the Advantages of modem .progress in science.is perbapsnot only externally, but in many points intellectually, superior towhat ‘‘Log College” OnmWßSv• ■ . ,E. CiKMESTINB. THE HUNGARIAN PROTESTANTS. ■Opinion is divided as to the: propriety of the course takemby a part ofrthe Protestants of Hun gary in refusing lo' aCquiesceih the Imperial Pa tent pf geptemher’.lMt,* which, was designed tp re organize their church -system. The system pre viously existing, which Was: established in 1791, is represented as having been - very ,defective. It was peremptorily abolished bj ZTayriau in 1851, sO that foi about eight’ years the Protestants of that country, to their great detriment; have : been without any legally reedgnised form of church order. When in September last, the Einperor issued orders fdr a temporary re-orgatjization, a wide division of sentiment arose. The German element of the Protestant population very gene rally acquiesced in the proposed arrangements; we see it stated in obe journal’ that as many as 800,000 of these Protestants are now living under the provisions of the Patent. But the true Hun garian or Magyar race; which ‘has ‘always ‘been most 'restive,-as; under a foreign yoke, became greatly agitated, and under their political leaders, like Count Zay, who are represented', on good authority; to Be making a mere tool of the church itt catoying oM their onto selfish and’ ambitious designs, repeatedly remonstrated with the govern ment, andinsisted on the calling of a general Syhod’iVbieb shouldbbhlldwed to form a- church constitution to aconsiderable degree independent of T! the government*The German, Protestants who have acquiesced in the arrangement, and those who- Speak for them, eonten'tedlysaythat the pew arrangement is tor better than the condi tion of 1 anarchy which previously prevailed;; that the right of interference whioh the government praposes’to;e*eroise,-aoaordiag;to4he-programme of September,. & not by any meiins "excessive or intolerable, and thht thfe whole arrangement is provisional,; designed: to prepare the way for gene ral action on ;the partof the church itself. These ; Germans; earnestly hope that the imperial will may be maintained, and would consider it a mis fortune to the) cause of Christ; tor the party of the Magyar nobility, with the secularized; bishops who think with; them, to' have : their own way in the ohntch. Accordingly,: they rejoiced when on the 10th of January, an Imperial ordinance was issued, confirming the. Patent! of removing some of the most serious grounds of objection urged against that document. We -give the snbstancCiOf'.the, ordinaneeiof January: «lßy the ediet of September, it is made possi ble tor the evangelical churches of Sungary and ■Contiguous provinces to see speedily folfilled their long cherished and oft * expressed wish for the holding- of regular-synods; ; a matter necessary for giving definite form to their church polity. That this may be brought to pass, in the; shortest possi ble time; it is incumbent on the' evangelical popu lation to organize themselves in the form prescribed in the Patent, without delay. Such communities as have not already re-organzted, are exhorted to do so as a matter of interest; and to follow the example of the numerous' congregations already organized.’ This must-be done, at the latest, by the end of' March, or they bannot'afterwards ‘be recognised as regularly organized, and will lose all-the rights hnd privUeges. dependent oh such recognition. In like manner the church sessions are enjoined to constitute themselves in a regular manner, by the 15th of April, otherwise their acts will be declared; Void. ' The same; also, is required of the Assembly or GohveeatiOtt fOf‘Su perintendents, (who are a kind of superior clergy, anßweringito the deans of the Ghurqh of England.) The re-organized sessions are at liberty to proceed ’to thO Various'Stops necessary' before-calling a general Synod, and the evangelical populatiotv generally are urged, “as by the qaviee of a friend," to facllftate the holding df.the Synod at the* ear liest practicable moment, qnd to fix .definitely by tlieir acts such’a church constitution, as being approved by his majesty, shall take the place of the edict of September 2nd, -1859. : By this course alone can they succeed in averting a con fusion iu their church and school affairs, destined to grow worse and worse under the influence of the opposition shown to the benevolent designs of his majesty.”; Tt is claimed that this is a sufficient proof that government is sincere in this matter of the Synod, and that it really designs substituting the decisions of this Synod for its owh Patent, and that all causes for misunderstanding are forthwith re moved. Yet it is any thing but satisfactory to such as regard the straggle as a matter of princi ple. They demand the Synod first, without a recognition of the Patent of September, afad after wards the church system by which it is reached. A deputation of thirty of' these dissatisfied ones went- to Vienna to ask an ■ immediate' convocation of the Synod, but without success. Meanwhile, at last accounts,-the Lutheran churches werb ra pidly re-organizing. So that it.was expected the entire church in Hungary would have conformed to the Imperial edict withm..,the. time specified. Spoh . confident. expectations, however, we,re not . cherished in regard to thejteformed Churches, which bithejrto have been the most obstinate'. . In view of thfe whole, the correspondent of the N. J&paiuj. Kivchepmlttw says;— - ._ It is our firm, conviction that a rich hlessibg will grow opt of these new .ecclesiastical arrange ments to the Protestant cause in Hungary, if the expected Synod will but give them a suitable re vision.” PHILADELPHIA THII NOTHING BUT LEAVES; By Rev. H. Bcrmbo, . . Alas!. We nsed not go far in any church to find those who bring forth (t nothing but leaves.”— §hduld strict investigation be made through the vineyard of God imwhich you are .plants, I fear it might reveal' many.such; often has the power of this Olivet come seeking fruit and finding none. He finds a standing among the fruit-bearing trees, but beside this,’hothfeg v but tW leaves of empty profession, mid mere frultleise, formal service: He find's, “PleaSe have me excused, ’’ when something is to be done, and “So mariy ’calls,” when some thing is to be given, and a few formal prayers' ahd expressed good wishes for the kingdom of Christ 1 , These, and ottljr ‘tiiiesd, %M'clr ais “ ndtiWnp : &itt leaves,” characterize too many of those ivho are God: There’is one among you whom you see not'.' He’ W s i^^Bii%'a'ftrfsbg'youi i! l» , a l ii6lLes : .‘ u ’deeks fruit ,.fruit, , He sees 11 nothing but leaves!” Be -Wape,, lept,He pay of thee, ‘!jNq fruit ffvpv> on thee, evermore,” md presently-thou wither away- like the cursed fig-tree. Qh! sad, sad record ofiyour Christian profession. Year by year the Master-pas, come seeking fruit, apd year by year he has returned to enter upon the great year book of God, the history of your fruitlessness,. “nothingbut leaves.” ... . And this has been thyrecordlo! how. many years! .. . . • . Nothing but leaves! the Spirit grieves Over a wasteful life— Sin-committed .while conscience slept, ■ , , '.Promisesmade .but never kept, , Hatred, battle, and strife— • ■■■ Nothing but leaves !• Nothing hut leaves—no garnered sheaves Of life’s fiiir, ripened grain: . Words, idle words for lamest deeds: i ; We sow our seeds—iol tar»' ' vd‘- ads: . —us—10l tares am We reap witli toil and pain, ' ... -, Notliipg but leaves.— . No thihj; but leaves !—meniory-weaves • Nji> veil-Jo, screenthe papt,;-: , s . . As we retrace our, weary way, Counting each lost* and misspent day, We find sadly at last, i: . v • Nothiug.bnt leaves.— , • And'shall we meet the Master sot ~ Bearing our withered leaves!— The Saviour looks for perfect fruit: We stand by Him, humble, mute, Waiting the word he breathes, “ frothing but leaves." — Oh sad, sad record of past mercies ahuped, of time and talents unused, of life and grace and love received in vain! Oh, let me hasten and wash out that record with my penitential tears, ay,, with my life blood, yea rather with the blood of the Lamb Divine, if so I may atone for past un faithfulness, and past unfruitfulness. Why have I thought so much of myself, of my family, of my honor, or, peaee,or comfort, or ease, and so little of my Saviour and his cause ? where is my' service ? where my sacrifice? where my labor? where.my frnit unto God? oh surely the harvest approaches Where ip .my fruit? . I fear to look, I shrink jfrom the,examination, I know. 1 shall' find ” “Nothing hut leaves,”- —“nothing but leaves.” , And must I meet my Saviour so ? must I look iipon tpe vacant'record? 0 soul hasten, Hasten ere Jt be too late 1 BetrievO the past! arise* watch, jtray, toil, redeem' the time! thy Judge appears! haste! lest the word go forth, “No man gather firuiiofifieeMiietfarih” and thou bear fruit never, 0 never more. ' FEIACHiNG IN-THE COLISEUM AT We clip; the following beautiful extract from ftbs editorialicoiarespondence of the GhktckUout*- gtatt'ii:- 1 --'.': 7 - ■ !N' : ;• - . ■jo;A pleasing' contrast to the dark scene last de scribed, is the service which takes place at the Coliseum on Fridays, when, in the rich .daylight bf an Italian sun, and under’ no imperial awning, bht beneath' God’s r >wn hbavehljr 6anopy,a'm6bk ■preaches to a: fraternity of devout Romans, of the sufferings of. Christ, You must to your self—-to . get any idea of this scene—the interior of the Coliseum, with its beautiful,' soft-tiffted stone-work, and its half-ruined' arches rising one above the other, through* the open spaces of which the blue sky shows itself in all its placid, beauti ful repbsei iUp ’tiremHbS; : alcihg the bdges;dra%- : _ing to high; ; preeipitous:walls, the dark,’'luxurious' ivy and the golden wall-flower add their contrasts’ of. color and beauty. Perched here and there upon grass-grown summits, a few adventurous ladies, with tbloir escorts, have seated themselves on the ruins of the patrician or iower tier of balconies. Below, on the beautiful grass-edvered floor of the ‘amphitheatre, seattefedib grpupsor seated on fallen columns, some tvro hundred Romans and strangers have assembled to hear the preaching. One can not but rejoice and share in the feeling of triumph —even in the midst of things which .offend'our Northern taste and our simpler theology—that the Name of Christ crucified is here proclaimed, and His cross erected. Here rang the cry, “The Christians to the lions!” Here many martyrs fought |he wild beasts; and, as has been beauti fully said, closed their eyes on looks of cruelty and hatred, to open them upon thfe smiles Of the Lord. Here Ignatius himself, the Sisciple Of St.‘ John, the fervent. Bishop of Antioch, gladly laid 1 ' down his life, for Christ. It startle us, as an indication of a double change ; which has takeh place—a change not only in the. relation of Christianity to the powers of the earth, but also in the form 1 in whieh it presents itself in Rome— to find written on the cross, erected perhaps on the very spot where the ,Bishop-martyr shed Ms blood, a sentence so thoroughly alien"from the spirit of his epistles, as this:—“ Two.hundred days’ indulgence to every one -vvho kisses the Holy ; Cross.” " '. 1 ; ’ : ’ A ROLL OF CALVINISTS. . Who for ages, suffered the confiscation of pro perty, pxtle, imprisonment, and death,,ratter than renounce the truth as it is in Jesus? ■ . ’ ' The Waldenses and Huguenots, those noble Cal vinists Of France. Who besides Luther were the great leaders of the Reformation of the 16th century? Melanctbon and Zuingle, Calvin, Farel and Vinet, Knox, Cranmer, and Ridley—all Calvi nists. ' Who “alone kindled the precious spark of li berty in England;” and gave : “the■. Rnglish the whole freedom Of their Constitution ?” • ' : According to Hiim§;;they were:rthe Puritans; thosereviled Calvinists. Who elevated Scotland to her high eminence among the nations? ; Her sturdy Calvinist#. -r. - Who bore the most important-part in our Re volutionary struggle ? . Calvinists, according to our distinguished histo rian Bancroft, himself a Unitarian. He says: We> are proud of. the free States that fringe the Atlantic. . The Pilgrims of Plymouth were Calvinists of fraage; .William Penuyras a diseiplfe.of the Om guenots, the ships from Holland, thatfirst brpiight colonists to Manhattan, were filled with Calvinists; He that will not honor the memory, and respect the influence of Galvin origin of American lib'oi) shall know them.” ." IS THERE AN INTB The v positions t aljeadw g||ted .still another, not less than the, last, which, if ,we can disprove, sevend: of the main positions ofilae Annihilationists are overthrown. With ‘ a Elijah, none of the ngwejm. dial have lived oh flip , earth, from the creation, to the present time, are ntho to hejaundinheayenif; iThejr bodies evidently are? not there; their none—they tuQ.ep&iiict, . .... '; We hail fondly dreaineff;that our little ones who .arq dead were, in heaven-i It, is some relief to a sorrowing mother, whc»h^ijii?v e n .erpisleeping in a cold.and distant which the darkness, ofi .niidhight and wihtrjr; wMa'fW||gj fa> tenderiambs are, •Wfjpyfolded in.' |hp' This.new doctrine would of the .last gleam of comfort. We hiibeen taught to believe that pious parents and Christian friends, when they die,- go -with Christ; and; that those who have long sipee-died, witnesses for Him, after being persecuted and hunted for their lives, had fonnd rst in hepen. This, doctrine, if it he true, proves it-to he but the rest of tem porary annihilation. Weiijs told that inasmnch as there is no consciousnbsipthe time from the death of Abel to the judjpient will seem as no thing; that when the righteous rise, however, long they may have been dead, it* will be td them but as a mbmeht, and, therefo| , e i , can make ho per ceptible difference with thepi. But it makes! thfe greatest possible difference jVith us. We do not believe, indeed, that the: pigeons will be made perfect, and enter upon the. fpll enjoyment of their powers and privileges till alter the resurrection; neverthelesSj that they wiflM.be far happier after death and before the resurrection than they-are here. How cheerless andijreadful, then, mustit he for the Christian when* about to die, to know that he is not going to hcpVen immediately, but into a state of unconscibuimCss, to continue, how many ageSfhe does not kfcow|Wt : till the resurrec tion of the body! " Are - of tthe saints that we ; have seen die in ||||pph to be blastedf Are. they.. to suffer this jgfept, disappointment ? They seemed to .see' Jesusktnrough the opening crevices of this.earthly fhlling to ruins; they had Visions of angelth l they thought they were about to step into glofe And the 1 latest sig nals they gave us, on the. outmost limits of time, after speech had failed, pye and the radiant smile, even ih d&n, % seemed to, give assurance to us that it sbo|i|)i "be as they hoped. It - would be a terrible shoekwour faith !tb-be‘con vinced that all this is hallucination, and that these kindling raptures of tfredepartlng spirit are to be suddenly dashed in Ap. darkness of a long, long night! . ’ f, ,‘ r " T' , T ' . We had been tanght to bilieve, as most of the Church, for' ages, has behaved, 'thkt “the whole family in heaven and eartb^feembraced the whole .body, of believers, ,apd ;'thp ; ,<this jnyplyqd the conclusion that the dead- in hpayen as the. living ,on the. eartbf |haj “the spirits of just men made- 'perfect;” ;am in 'heavoh; ‘ that Abraham, Isaac and Ja'eb¥«^ ; tlierej that 3 the holy apostles afejtherpj anilthat-jwhen Jesus said to his. disciplesjt^flnfmyp^feßr’w^ibuTOWTeynSady. mansions; I go to prepare aplacefor you ;• and if I go'and prepare a plaM'for ygiij' iwili eome'agaip and receive you unto myself, that where I am there ye may be also,” he was not understood to mean that this promise should be fulfilled at the end of the world, but at their death. . ,* - We had supposed, also, that whenever yre have read, with quickened pulse, as we always do, the inspired tocouht of Stephen's death/ the first Christian martyr, and seen him < kneeling and “looking steadfastly up Into heaven-,” beholding “ the glory of God and Jestts standing, on the right hand of God;’’ and as his persecutors ran upon him, calmly calling upon God, and saying, “ Lord Jesus, receive my spirit - ,” that He ! did not mean after a lapse of ages; after his spirit-had been ex tinct for many centuries; and. we cannot but think that if Stephen;had.sp,r.ega.rded;it, i it would haye cooled his ardor, if it had not made him shrink from a martyr’s fate altogether. Would it not seem weak or cruel, if an. Almighty Saviour, into; whose "flee' he w& Ibokibg directly through the ; openbd Heavens', cotfld-db nbtMfigf better- for 1 him -than for let the lightof higiifß'ancl his soul go,out together like- an extinguished taper,;for ages?. What an answer to a martyr’s prayer, uttered in the very face of the Son pf God! . What a recep tion that extinction must be for the spirit 1 of one dying a wifnefo for Jeisusl” - p 3 ; - If Paul had not believed;that he would. enter into heaven immediately after death, could he' have felt as hedtid?; could he have-expressed himself as he didf when he said, “lam in a strait betwixt two, Mavihga desire to depart and fobs with Christ, which is far better, nevertheless .to abide in the flesh is moreneedful for. you ? , .Was; not i the choice between heaven and earth, and not some third plape unlike either?. Did he prefer tempo rary annihilation or, a state of unconsciousness to a few more years on ; esifthi to 1 serve ; the Chureh? But Paul also says, to; the Corinthians : “We know that if bur earthly house of this.tabernacle were dissolved, ,we have a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” ‘‘Whilst we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord;” “and willing "father to be 1 absent ■ froiS'thh body and 1 to be present with the Dord:-* -Thb're; is. not the slightest reference here to a third siate*N-?f the in termediate state anJiWimation .of a long in terval .of, .soul-sleep, unconsciousness or tempo rary extinction, of being, between death and the fesuriredfiiirf; ftßut the whole • drift •of the argument 3 concur with-the cufrenfetheology Qu the l sul§fot;',via.: that the souls of the righteous at death £d£ enter .immediately into glory.” ; I"** 1 "** . Presberia' nQu arterly Review! : NEVER JEST ‘ WITH SI&CRED THINGS. Not long' since T heard a Christian 'gerifliihah, while urging the improprietyof young men’s en tering even the vestibule lof .a church with lighted cigars; make use of this language : “Those are a sort of ‘burning and shining lights'.that I.never wish to see in the courts of God’s house.” Shortly afterwards J-heard a minister, in a ser mon on, ,the : ,-Power =of~ Christian,. Influence, an nounce as Uif text' ffie worp; of hhf hfesed Sa viour eoneerning-Jobh the' Baptist, “He was a burning and a'Shining lightand though the sermon was unusually,,solemn . and; impressive, moving me frequently during its delivery even to tears, yet as from timetotiine the minister would repeat the words of'the text, the ludicrous appli cation! had so recently heard' made of it Would force itself upon myimind, making it ; difficult, often utterly impossible, for mg to- bind, myself down to the solemn sense in which the text was used by Aim who ‘‘ •” and by the effort required to do so, much of the beauty and 'harmony of thc/liscourse was lost; Such is doubtless ;often,,thev effect pf coupling some thoughtless jest with.yfords of'Scripture, the result can be only efil. This practice is a criminal trifling with sacred,’ and by impli cation at least, a daring impiety towards the Di vine Being itself. Let overy approach to it be avoided, and whenever wo take upon our lips the words of Seripture. let it be with reverence to wards their Author, and fervent gratitude for the priceless’booh granted us-in this fouhtain of infi nite wisdom and truth. Sueli emotions will nip in the bud ahyirisingShdinatiopito ijesfowith God’s word, and fit us alike to enjoy and profit by its sacred teachings. AY, MAY 17,1860. pows but little of the w.‘ “By their fruits ye MATE STATE? , A house of worship should be kept in first-rate repair. Broken windows, leakyjroofs, crazy steps, and. dilapidated fences; are a shame te a church, and never should be suffered—-no; not for a month. house of worship should be/repf. chap: Every one who goes into the Lord’s house should clean the mud off his shoes; and, if he uses the weed, THE CHURCH PSAIiIST. ' Messrs . Editors “ A in your last issue, asks “why the churches of the Third aird Fourth Presbyteries Of Philadelphia, do not introduce the Church Psalmist?”. He very truly states that tbe-Publication Committee haye made a large? investment in its purchase, anil, would be benefited Hy its use. f ' ~ ' f In; fopfy, I would say !; that 4 a ; number ’of the churches of these Prb’sbyteries have adopted- the Church .'Psalmist.This is : the case in the Se cond Church of Darhy/piiyet; Church, tqw,n Church, Beverly Chufch 4 , Pirst , 'tibevtiosj Ohurbb, Catasaiiqua: Chufch; Noffistbwri-Church, Wbitemarsh< Chufch, and’ North Broad Street -Church. ' ; .; Our now churches as they organize, and. older ehurehes whdn.they rebuild or iriiproye their edi fice, feisl ready to take"hdid 1 -of ii dew’Bbok 5 bf Psalms atid Hymns. ■ In old Churches, moving -quietly off, the. change is more- slowly’ made. But, from inquiries made,?by;clmrch members an d pastors, it is evident that.there is. a re^diness f jfo,r the introduction of the Church Psalmist in the old churches of the city," whenever a mov'emeii t is proposed by the proper authorities. D. 088 BILATIC.HS WITH THE A. H. M. % , ; . Indeed, there seems- to he, a.?pretty general ob livion, on the part of many, of the .origin, ,consti tution, and policy, of the American Home'Mis sidnary“Society: At the tMe of its ofganizatiOti, the Presbyterian Church' had its own ‘Missionary Board, and churches in the same Presbytery- were aided at the same time, by it and .by the Society. The most conclusive evidence is‘ at hand to show that ip the eariy period, when the nature of 'the 'otjfanizatiOri 1 was • cfeaflyi udderetbod', -if ; was rO garded as a : voluntary association of individuals or local churches contributing ;funds : to. .aid in, the eyangelizatipn of any .destitute portions of ? the land, without reference to denominational pre ferences or denominational' eontributionS. , It fa the deliberate and persevering' departure of- the Society from its original policy, which has ied it fo ! and .exercise ;a, power at which; its |ounders would have stood aghast —cutting off chUrchesrin q body, because^of their Presbyterial cofiilbxioh, afthough individually these 1 churches might conform to the straightqpt rules which the SCciety-has laid down. . ■ If anything more were neeessaryto, show whither the Society ,is. drifting, what is the spirit and the inevitable tendency of its new policy, it is fur nished by the cool demand of the Congregational ■Herald, of Chicago, that the Society shall carry -out its principles;.to their 1 logical; result, and; cut fiff the whole Presbyterian, Church jn a body—an act which it might pefform quite as legitimately as it has done in the exscision of Pres* byteries, and o'u'preeisely the same grounds. 1 The Herald l: says, in a tone which seems to regard the managers of the Society only as menials appointed to.dq tjie bidding of ; Ypung Independency: “We see but one eourse ,for , that Society jto pursue, in Which, if it hesitates, longer than after th’ejietion of the next Gteberal Assembly, the'Congregatiou aliStsiof the East will be forced'to withhold'con tributions!” Consequently, “the various State Societies qf New England, will be necessitated to annul their auxiliary relation, and to send their spare funds to the West under the direction of 4hbfr oWfn*®xecutiye Cb‘nfoiifte^ J 1 declares; that It ‘‘knows' not how thefGommittee of the American Home Missionary Society” can refrain from this wholesale exseisiou, on the grounds upon which they already stand committed. Nei ther do we: The logiSa! process is arrested mid way, and'siuiply! because to! carry it out would re- in a reductio ad aisurdum of the Society’s policy. Yet it ipust be carried out. If there is hesitation on, the part of the temporizing Com rnittee, the Herald declares that Eastern Congre gatidnalists 1 must withhold their funds, and the Boston Recorder pronounces this an easy .way of “ cutting the knot.” In other words, the whole status of the Society is threatened, in case the Cqmmittee .refuse to abide by their principles. We 'have only to : suppose tbe Society to bow to this dictation,'add exscind at a stroke the entire Presbyterian Church, to perceive at once the na ture of the unconstitutional policy already initiated. Evangelist. hasty Inferences. Scientific men often, make, themselves ridiculous by (their credulity. From; a few supposed facts, hastily and carelessly gathered, they build up a lief of slower minds. They,.have faci lity in making the.o.ries, at.varianoewith the narra tives of the Bible. A few months ago, a Mr. Horner made: some discoveries in the valley of the Nile, demonstrating, as he said, the existence of man in Egypt'.before the -Mosaic.creation, and so eminent a man, as Chevalier Bunsen adopted; his theory withouthesitation., -But the London Lite- Gazette ventilates these speculation's in* ’ah •effective style: ■ • ; ; i:V y 1 That man has existed* on the earth for twenty thousand' years* is: an inference - drawn hy learned men from.,Mr..j Leonard Hprner’s .excavations,ip Egypt, -(Preface, xxiii.-xxvi.) which; were made at: the base of the statue .of Bameses 11., at Meha henny, bn the site 1 of ahoieht Memphis. He found an accumulation of nine feet four inches of ! Nile mud upon it, and assuming (it is said) “ the reign of. this Pharaoh ,to be, about; 1360 B. ,C., f and adding to this, 1854, (the date of. Mr. Horner’s exeaybtiouj) we' have‘32lh years for the accumii lation of nirie feet-'four inches of sediment, the mean rate of increase being three and a half inches per oeptury,tor thereabouts.” From, thence Mr. Horner proceeded downward borer, ..and “ at a depth of thirty-nine feet from the Surface of the ground ,the borer brought up a fragment of :pbttery.-”; The i nference made; by one of these cbronologists is thus stated: - ; ' “This bit of pot must be held to be a record of the existence of man 13,371 years, before 1,854, if there be no fallacy in my reckoning.” ,; ! Unfortunately for Mr. Horner, (replies the Lon don-Literary GazeUfif). therb : is a fallacy in ■' his -reckoning, and ,a one. The statueat Mehahenny was originally pne, ,of four caryatides supporting the epfrance front to the temple of Phtha, which, like all other Egyptian .temples, was built on a mound sufficiently eleVated to prevent its ever becoming overflowed by the annual rise of the Nile. ThiSimound must have subsided in the earthquake WhjiehVsOver,threw, tlje. sjtatu,g.; .When this took place we have no,certain recerdy earth quakes are by rio means uncommon‘.in Egypt. We knoW-ho waver, for certain, that this" Statue was upright-and uninjured only six centuries ago, for it is expressly and unmistakably described among the wonders:of,,Meinphis by the Arab his torian, Abdallatiff, who yisited its ruins, at tbiat time, anlrhas ’left' us an account of- them. Sir. Horner’s nine feCt ! four inches ofsedimeuthas, therefore’, unquestionably accumulatedin less than - six centuriespnstead.pf more ,-than thirty. rsThis ner makes his subsequent calculations; and these constitute the main prop and pillar of the assertion that man-hag beentppon.theearth for twenty thou sand-,years. \ , , ... , * . Watchman and Reflector.. . Hints about Houses of Worship.— Tile following is well * worthy of careful consideration and~<action :—■ ; r dispense with it entirely until lie leaves the sa cred place. Dirt enough will accumulate'i n such a place, after these precautions have been ob served ; and no house will long be a fit place of worship, which is not . carefully swept and dusted at, least once a week., This must be done by some one; and where' a sexton is hot hired to do it, it must be done by volunteers. There . are few, departments of authorship in ®hich there is greater room for the display of ta lent than in that whieli relates to the, preparation of books for the juveuile'ihind. In histbry, sci entific-works, novels, and polite literature, the Supply 1m kept up somewhat with the demand. The shelves of our private, and public libraries are oyer-burdened with: books in all these depart ments, though, if we except a single branch of reading, there are none too many. 1 ' But it requires little argument to show that the dost important department* has-been* "sadly neglected. We refer M thafe pf • Itris-.by, no. means true,, that. books haye not been written.-by the busnei, intended to meet this'deftciency. No one can dbubt'this, whb wili take 1 the trouble to look into the catalogues of some of our great publish ing sooieties, to say nothing of the thousands an nually, sent out by private, publishers. But while W,e make, no complaint of the quantify, we cannot say as .mueli of the quality. Of all the scores of volumes written' annually for the children,..few are worthy of a place in Charlie’s or Lucy's library. They are 'handsomely bound, and ele gantly. illustrated;; but .they do, not reach the standard, of. true juvenile literature. The fault is not in any want of childish talk, but rather in the exeeskof it; It is not that the bright-eyed leader •eaonoi>:nhderstaud : the- story, but that 1 the story.,being .understood, makes no distinct and .valuable impression upon his mind. Most writers of this class of books are incapable~of doing satis factorily, sh great a work. Not that they cannot descend to a standard bumble enough, but they miunot rise to the level of the child’s mind; The impression has extensively prevailed, that any person: who can prattle in a small way to the ex tent of three hundred 18mo. pages, is capable of preparing books" for “Young America.' 1 ' This impression has, doubtless, been nourished and Stimulated by the excessive demands and-liberal offers to authors, made by many of the publishing societies. .And hence, as we should expect, there is a vast amount of the veriest trash on the shelves of Sabbath School libraries. It serves no CJu-istian Observer. ; , W,e have often thought that on e Daniel Defoe in. the lapse of a century, to write the history of hne Robinson Crusoe, would be worth more .to the Children of the wbrld than all the writers in that department who have flourished since his day. , . : How strange it is that parents and guardians should have a greater care for the dress of their children, than for the intellectual pabulum which is ministered by a thousand book-makers to their minds—more' for the outside appearance than for the internal growth! , There is far too little attention given to the kind of books our children read. Let those who desire rightly to shape the mind of the next ac tive generation see-to it -that vo lumes written to gratify the; rage' for .Authorship and fill the purse, be consigned, to an early grave; and let them, by an imperative demand, call into play such a high class of minds for the prepara tion of books for the children, as will be sure to come at such a call;- Let those who have in ,charge the. selection of books for the shelves of our religious and popular libraries, exercise a wise and,well-timed vigilance in this department of literature, and insist upon having the first class of juvenile books'or hone at all. It was on a dark, rainy afternoon of last Oc tober, while the winds were stripping the trees of their last withered leaves, that a Christian man received a letter from one of the most .eminent physicians in Philadelphia, whither his wife , had resorted for medical treatment, conveying the as surance thata disease which might and finally must prove fatal, ihad-fastened itself on his beloved eom pauion. . This opinion had for some time been anticipated by him, but only as possibility, and now a dark cloud settled suddenly on him. He strove to realize the Saviouris presence and love, 1 and find a conscious support and sympathy in this; -but he-ksbuld .’oily feel sure that God is good: and gracious. A covering of cloud was over him, while he lookediiito a dark, dark valley before him, through which a loved one was soon to pass. The shadows of twilight were gathering., His two little children had laid aside their childish sports, and were seated with him at the tea-table, cheer fully talking of an absent mother:whose return Was daily expected, bnt only, as their father now •knew, soon again to leave themion that last journey from which there is no return. They knew not his thoughts and feelings,-as, he gave them their meal, remindedjby the vacant chair that soon she who'had occupied it would leave it forever. The meal was ’ over, and he sat in silence and in dark ness of soul, wondering at what God had brought before him, and gazing at the messenger who, in a definite form, was seen drawing near his beloved partner. ■ Soon, his little daughter, who is hot yef four yeira old, Climbed'upon his knees, and nestling her head on his bosdm, told, is was her custom, of her little doings though the day.. Her father heard berwords, but did not give them the usual 'attention. ’, But one. thought occupied his mind. 'Hooking to the future, he Was striving to see light beyond the and His’-silent prayer waS—“o God, hiy Saviour, send forth thy light from : thy presence, Where light ever dwells, and where sin and sorrow never enter! 0 Thou, who art ac quainted with grief, give thy servant light on this mysterious dispensation!” Scarcely had this prayer left his heavy heart, wbebhis little daughter, breaking frqm her previous:prattle; said—“ Papa, . must we go through death’s dark vale to get to heaven?’’. Now, he heard her, and answered — “Yes, my dear,” —when she added, “But we will not fear any evil, will we?" BOOKS 808 CHILDREN, better purpose 1 than to dissipate and retard the proper development of youthful intellect and .heart. -,. ; ■- h- AN AFFECTING INCIDENT. The fountain of her father’s heart - was nOW opened, and the cloud of darkness was dispersed. The Jjight which he had- been seeking, broke upon him, and .made even the dark vale radiant with the brightness of Heaven. He caught up the words of David, in thb Sth Lord, our Lord, how excellent in all the earth, is thy name! ” “ Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings, hast thou ordained strength that thou mightest still theenemyand the avenger.” .The shadows of evening, were closing over earth. Father and child were silent ft#a time. She saw hot his face, and knew not to what he was apply ing: her .words;: but she felt the heavings -of his bosom, as her head rested upon it and caught the falling tearspn her upturned, face.; and as if with a quick sympathy taught by a beavehly teacher, she again spoke—“ But, papa, Heavenly Father knows what is best for us ! ineDeryiAMig be, papa?” Sympathizing friend—experienced Christian— learned divinel What could have been said more fitting— more instructing—more sympathizing— more cheering? - - All narrated is strictly true. Tlow precious is out j Saviour’s love! ; How constant, and tender, and compassionate, his. care! How wonderful his, ways'of, speaking to his .ser vants!_ How precious is his truth,-and* bott pre cious, in this instance, his ministering child! Banker of the Covenant. VOL. IV.—NO. 38.—Whole No. 203. Journal- and Statesman. DR. BETHUNE ON SABBATH SCHOOLS. 1ni849, eleven years since. Rev. Dr. Bethune, then of Philadelphia, delivered a sermon in New York on Sabbath Schools. It contained, as it was thought, some radical, if not false views, and its doctrines received some severe criticisms. At the request of the Sabbath School Teachers’ Association,of the Dutch Reformed Church, on Bifth Avenue, Dr. ! B Repeated this sermon last Sabbath evening; He apologized for bringing it ontiftom' thedust of years,” only because invited to .dp so,:and with the gratifying reflec tion that those who, formerly opposed his doc trines were. no w practically carrying them into operation. •< ■ The sermon l of Dr.*-Bethune, as, delivered ele ven years since, and as repeated on Sabbath evening, advocated the original use of these sebopis,. as legitimately for .poor children. He urged that parents 4h comfortable circumstances, and of piety, were the proper sources from whence children should; reeeive.tlteir moral and religious training;, ; Tbft reaspnsfor it were -ob? vious, such as natural affiection and fitness, home being the peculiar place for snch educational culture. Parents ordinarily had no right to de legate such labor'to' strangei’s, and they would always receivpithelr-appropriate; reward in the superior character and rightitrainingjof their Offspring. . •./.'•i-vf-..!.-- It was the poor who needed for their cbniaren the care of the Sabbath School. A perversion of the original design of Robert Raikes, con sisted in permitting the children of families not in indigent circumstances to usurp the places of t)ie,popr, and thus engross, the sympathy and time of teachers. In 1849, at the original de livery of this discourse, there were but two Mis sion Hchobls in New York and Brooklyn, Now there are thousands of them, scattered in every part of the c,ountry.: ,At that time, eleven years sinee, what were called the “Cold Victuals Children!” were gathered into a school in the old Cedar Street Church, New York. But such was the prejudice; with even Christians, against teaching.the-indigent poor,, that all classes lite rally shrunk from the work as if from contami nation. , Dr. Bethune said he had a right to speak freely and frankly on Sabbath Schools, for it was on his mother’s knees in New York, (she was one of the first teachers,) when they were first .established in this country, that he early learned about them. He congratulated the friends of Sabbath Schools on the wonderful progress they had made, and especially that Mission, Schools for the poor were now both so numerous, so well attended, and so admirably sustained by all classes of Christian people. Dr. B. was in his best mood, and .delivered the dis course, with some closing additional remarks, with rare impressiveness and power. The church was crowded, and all were highly grar tified. ■ , : , PERSECUTION IN BELGIUM. . Below we give an interesting incident, the truth of* which is vouched for by the Brussels’ corre spondent of the-News of the Churches, under date of March 19th, and which exhibits the method taken by zealous Romanists to hinder the revival now going on in Belgiura.; ; ~ . : It has reference to a poor widow, a worker in lace. The first time that .she attended at bur Worship she received such an impression, that from that titoe she began to attend regularly at all the services, although resolved not to abandon the Romish Church in which she was born. She was afraid of losing her soul by separating herself from, it. .But by tbe progressive knowledge of the gospel and love of Christ; she was soon con vinced of the' numerous: errors which Rome teaches. ■ -It was then that many ladies of rank, who procured for her assistance and employment, redoubled the efforts which they had already made to induce; her to cease frequentiiig my chapel. They threatened her with eternal damnation, and all sorts of temporal miseries, and made her the most enticing promises if she would cease her attendance at the evangelical preaching. The poor widow, harassed by respect and gratitude, to her benefactresses; from whom she knew wbll she ! w6iild have no more to expect in case of her refu sal, and fearing, besides, for the safety of her soul if she ;quitted the Romish communion;, was one '.moment undecided; but the truth of the gospel or‘ Christ ’ had already penetrated too deeply into her heart to allow her to renounce her attendance at the preaching, and she refused to accede to this demand of her patronesses. Then these ladies tried another expedient. The widow had.a child, twelye. years of age, which, by the intervention of some of itb mother’s fribndsyinfimbefa of my flock, had been placed in ourlongregational school; In orders suvbftbis child: from the hands of heretics, and- to compel the mother to remain in the Ro mish Church, they addressed to the poliee, in the mother’s name, a species of complaint against her child, accusing it of some misdeed, it is said theft, ■and demanded that it should be arrested and put in prison. Then the widow,, entirely ignorant of these machinations, was exhorted by these same ladies, and the skilful intervention of another, to acknowledge this complaint as .emanating from her, should she be called on to appear before the police. Not comprehending well what was going on, but suspeetiug some bad design from hearing them talk of the police, the poor woman refused to accede to their request, and, being summoned by the police magistrate, she declared that she had not authorized the complaint against her •child. Her eyes were opened, and the Satanic plans: of these benevolent ladies unmasked. The last link which attached her to the Romish Church, the partisans of which had recourse to such noble expedients, was broken forever. God insnared die wise in their own trap, and, ike plans of the wicked were frustrated*. FLOWEBS IN HEAVEN. “Well, now, tell me what is your idea about heaven ? Do you think there are any flowers there?” I have thought of this very often. Are there flowers in heaven ? Why not ? God has scattered them all oyer the face of the earth. He has im planted within us a taste for the beautiful, so that we do not; like the brutes, trample them under our feet, but cultivate them with tender care. They adorn our earthly homes, and make them cheerful.. May we not expect them in Paradise above? Flowers are so sweet and beautiful that we should think no one could help loving them. But is it not true that those who love most Him who- made them, love, the flowers most? The profane man, the inebriate, and the infidel, don’t care much about the flowers. The silent rebuke which, these innocents express, as they look up smilingly in the face of guilt, must be terrible in deed. I don’t believe there are any flowers in hell. < They couldn’t live there.’ If there are no material flames to scorch and kill them, wicked men and bad angels are quite enough to extermi nate anything fair and lovely. But purity and holiness shall d well in heaven and flourish there. There will be4he blood-washed saints, and there, too, possibly, may be the sweet roses and lilies. God made the flowers, and far away from the haunts of .men, in the uninhabited wilderness, they sing their-silent praise, and send up their fragrant incense to him.’ The poet has said: — “Full many a flower is horn to blush unseen, . And waste its sweetness on the desert air.” -But it is not true. Though no man enjoys -its beauty; there: is no waste, for God created it for himself. New York Observer. Sabbath School Tunes.
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