GENESEE EVANGELIST.--Wholo No. 743.
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THE THANKSGIVING:
Deck thyself, my soul, with &admits,
Leave the gloomy hannts of sadness,
Come into the daylight's spiendOr,
there with joys thy praises *de*
Unto Him, whose boundless grace
Grants thee st His feast a place;
He whom all the heavens obey .
Deigns to dwell in thee to-day.
Hasten as a bride to meet
And with loving reverence greet Him,
Who with Worth; of life immortal
Now ir knocking at thy portal;
Mete to make for Him a•Way,
Cast thee at His feet and says
4, Since, oh Lord, thou com'st to me,
Never will I turn from Thee;”
Atli how hungers all my. spirit, ,
For the love I do not merit I
Ah how oft•with Mess feat thrall's's*
For this food have.' been longing"
Bow have thirsted in the strife
For this draught, 0 Prince of Life!
Wished, 0 Friend' of man, to be
ever one tvith.Ciod, Altroligithee I
Here ItinkliefOre Tline lowly,
, Flited , tvlthjoy mOst deep and holy,.
Aar with trembllagnwe and wonder,
On Thy mighty works I ponder;
On this banquet's mystery, --
On the depths we cannot see,; , .
Far beyond all-mortal sight-
Lle , the - seorets of Thy, mtirbtii
sun, itriciftr all my life dolt tiriglitenk
Liglitoshoidost mrsoutenlightenb
Joy, the sweetest man tAmknoWeth,
ount, whence all my being iloweth,
Mire I fill before Thy feet,.
Omni 'me worthily td eat ;
°Obis 'blessed: heavenly iood; _
To Thy praise, antk.towqr good.
Janis, bread of Lifer from heaven,.
Never be Thou vainly given,
Nor I tmury,hurtAnvlted , ;
Be Thy love with love requited;
"Ler meldarn-ttli deotha indekti;
While-orr T hee - mrsEnzll °Wined;
Let me hermso richly , blest;
Be hereafter too, Thy_guest.
ovvespitbittre.
POI" the lAtneticati Prestironwm)
LETTIREt rrit,ON! TAM VAILDWAIRSIR
Brimits • Trabti,; 444:ith-1161) 4 26,11860
Eight - o'clock yeSterdariaOrniag fdatia) at cam'
pony 'of eight .moni, besides -gaideip all in
garb, and ,tattl g , •ont oaav i opeunverinir
toward. the, - forest. • Guns; faking - Todd; flanual
shirt • sleeves, sloaohe db a ts ; gai. and; In ggage ;
were th e. c ont po en ta of the los di new - onii t 'salad ryl
phpiclani; glom&inie , :tradesmen , and , studiali. 1,
The. aid' and , bornfort of wheels wereteMporary,
however, and after it , few miiles' .adva Ude, theb r c;rses
were , detaehed from the vehicles and alinost.burled
beneath :the' superiu emboli :piles , :of apstieki4
kar; Awe' had tom Ifeasetttbe)
wail &erne& t 6 rlelt thiiif ifteplin Tn/i . 14
slougbw, iedgivandi Iliellitegitt=reOno ,
Albite) and- , variegate the -.8041111(141.;rdid.il 'Otte ,
company had come from Rochester; forldweiptes§:
purpose_ of
• seekii4 ,rare, enjoymeate .of -just.
suph x tramp, steadYingrtiie) nerves) •NvakingF top
the dormant , teusties; fikiThg e:/, 444. tiv I th: , sane/
thing better`than' th'e''snitike'imil
and generally reversing . the order of sedentary
life. Dere then We'ivere in medias i•es, no longer
a dreatn. Tlie'persspi'ration beaded every brOi , iitid
dienehed:: every 'back: The spirits'of the party'
wire at their height, and lest there should be any
leek 'of vivacity and impulse, the 'mosquitoes, pun
kies and deer-flies vied with' %whether in com
municating that prompt and pungent influence
which, throughout this region, is unanimously ac
corded as its specialty.
Let no one who bas never had fellowship with'
this primeval wildness, and, if you please, rough
ness, sneer at the ide% of enjoyment in such scenes
and exercises. If he measures all by mud or
mosquito standards merely, and has not learned to
love the damp, fresh smell of the forest, has not
marked with interest where the recent deer's
hoof had made its delicate imprint upon the block
pasty muck, has not admired the arched and leafy
vistas which opened his pathway ahead, nor, above
all, studied for hours the inexpressible effeOt, of
the sun-light as it came dappling through the:dark
foliage, with its countless gleams of brighter green;
if he hasknown :nothing of all this, -, then,bf cotiese,
a wearying tramp in the wilderness mist preie an'
insupportable bore,.and the .14:gyptian flesh-pots of
that brick and mortar realm, the city, will be
longed for more than once,
TO be candid with all readers, it must'be ac
knowledged that the . whole subject of bad roads'
is epitomized, summed• up, condensed, in this miry
compound of mud, stones, roots and 'brush whieh
stretches its crooked way from Boonville 'to Ar
nold's. Let the utmost work of 'the imagination
be superinduced upon all previous'experiehee, and
then raise the sum to the-hundredth Power, ere
you hope for even an approximation to this grand
reality, this 'prince of roads! . Milton's path'of
Satan through chaos, where wings and feet and
claws were all in requisition, i 4 alone worthy' of
mention in this connection."
Haying been refreshed, boiri'ver; at `thelnew
rough board• hotel on Moose 'liver, 'where' three'
years ago•we spread our frugal dinner Upon the
rough back
, of a log, we entered upon the'last halt
of -the twentY-four hours' joitrncy with renewed I
strength,' and' at six o'clock, P. M.l'earisti l into
quarters at Aitteles, jaded, bespattered and"be:
splashed." ' IE Was 'plainly observable, nt'oreoveri
that all werellightly sobered, less talkfitive
in the.morning., and= the =whole physical -system in.
that facile and pliant Statt in Which our attempted I
footsteps were as likely to move backward or side- I
ways as forward. The honored hospitalities of
Mr. Arnold and his good lady; familiarized with
worn guests and astonishingappeti tea,' were timely,
be assured, and effectual: -A night's' rest, - too,
under such circumstances, and in thie'cool region
of mountains and laketi, where onTY the•oWl - and
the loon break the deep silence,. is tb be placed
among all memorable blessings, and with the'cleie
moonlight shaping so beautifully 'and sharply'hit
the prominences' and depressions of the.' dark,
wooded hills, who could forget the great and tit
neficeut Creator of all this sublimity, and the guar
dian of our life and constant welfard—Within an
hour we shall be on our way up the Fulton chain
of Lakes, bound for the Baguette and the Saranac-I.'
6 .
F. F. E.
I was asbatned to see in the Ant - taw Pais;
TavraN a quibbling objection te tbe the
Episcopal Prayer Book, copied from the RilxVidice'
Herald. We rhaY have good and sufficient reasbni )
for preferring PreabYtirriatiiim to EplattoPhey end'
it customs and obeervances-:—reasouirWertily' of
being stat : ed, and Worthy of a hearing freiti Othera;
but surely so trifling and ignorant an - objectiati
the use °U tile phrase "Sudden death" is qtiite
unworthy its
" Sudden "' hes other Meanings - than AU
is noiv most &memoir, and which the' Relididas
liet•ald supposes to be its duly signification. It'
means " fOrthWith," a presently"
,and "soon'," .
and forineiV earried with it the' idea" of ulipreL'
In our' translation of the' Vile - hav6 a bine
of the,oldmeaning,of the word, where Timothy is ,
charged to " lay hands suddenly on .no man "—to'
ordain no man to the ministry "suddenly!' timo
thy .was to take sufficient time to examine into the,
qindifieations for ,the Ace. The, meaning is "too,
soon;" in .a.time, Without suitable delay.
"Suddenly" is here
. the same word as "soon" and
"shortly", in the fallowing: "I will come unto
you shortly!' Surely this is- not suddenly ac-,
cOrding to our present use of the word, but soon
or in a little while from the time of writing. " I
marvel that you are so soon removed unto another
gospel." Here the idea of suddenness, as we use,
the word, is altOgether wanting. The change
Might have bein grad Mil and yet accomplished
soon.
.
"Sudden;" then, both fn . the Bible and the
Litany, is not opposed to gradual?'
, To
.pray
that' sudden death may not be our lot, is to pray
fOr long life. His the prayer of pavid : Lord,
take me not away in the'midst . Ofmy,dayi?' The .
Christian, in: ordinary , circumstances, ought not to
Wish for 'death, but fOr long .life Job, in the
Midst of severest trials, might say, in a moment of
despondeney, "T . would not llveaiwayi" but for
Christians, in health and prosperity, to 'sing the
song commencing with `the same wards is ordina
ntrrilY hypocrisy; and when sincerely sung is the
expression of a siMple ingratitude for God's gift
4 .144:AA:gm 4663.-
A spurious pietism has taught men to look,; to
death as their hope, and taught men to think it
very pious to .gib`glatteh abSfriditieS lag the hymn
just , mentioned, lut r thote, ground-for-it in
Grpd's - word or the example ,of `God's saints,
, I,:lvouldrpsay i theni-with thanksgiving for-God's
preeiPVA :gtft-,.0f.;11£4,1-*-' Frain sudden death"—
frctm dyipg,§ootv- 7 ", Q,ood 1 4 ord,Aellvermaff
Lord, toko, me• ,not, away ; in :the midst of .rny,
days!? „ .
But, adhering ,to the:modern and InOw
meaning -of the wordy:is not a sudden _,death; ad',
snitably deprecated its drought, orfatnine, orsiek
opss, or, destruetiVA:ll4lltning:aed tetopeit? Add
'besides,,howeortunou etuougyObrintiantE itr.slollo. -
tion thatpssurangtoffaith itipresurnption,.atid-that -
'we , ought pot to he sure of salvation until- the hodr•
'of.-death:; wtd)e it is•thought very !piouS to be per
'feotly sure, et .the
,momeat of departure. Now. if
,this - notion be 'eorrect, then it- mottlf while 'to'
pray r that.: God would" spare us- from 'sad den' death,.'
that. we mayon out death-bed-have and giiteras-'
surance of 'our salvation. - '
_lf it be . .still.objeetecl that-the Word is, in •the
sense of the Litany, ,obselete and ought to be
placed ibranother, that is quite a different mat
ter, and will very properly,be attended. to when
we have amended our English Bible, and have
ceased to adore anifreV'ei.ence its er
rorsotnd build 4 "our theology on inistratislatione.
.13ut 'Law reminfled'in . cianiioctiou thitt'seit
raLyears ago-r g book' of%objections io the
EpisebpaLeffurcli'anlequalbi igaitist the
"Church Catechism:"
~
In that catechism there is this question:' "HO;ar
many- sacraments, bath Christ ordained , in his
. churc?" Answer—"e Two us generally necessary
to Salvation; &e."
The'sapient objector arines from the word
that the Episcopal Churchleaches that there are
more than two sacraments, but only, two of them
are necesSary to salvation. Now, 'plainly, the
word "as" is here the old-fashioned relative, which .
is still in use as a relative pronoun, though not in
precisely the same form of expression,-and among.
the common people of Britain is still retained in
precisely this use of it; as when an- Irishman tells
you about "the man as lived in the house with
e.,the man who lived there.
The.catechism means to Say of the-sacraments,
"There are two only, which are generally ;ne
cessary to salvation," and this is the doctrine of
our own church.
,remetfiber another instance of the same sort
of priticism, displaying the state of mind which
'St. Peter calls " willingly ignorant." Ralph
Waldo Emerson, in his book about England, says
something like this : That'the English Church is
more honest than theAmerioati Episcopal Church,
forwhile the latter prays for the ." prosperity" of
the president,-the former prays, for the " wealth"
'of the queen. He argues from it, if I remember,
right, (not having the book at hand) that it shows
the woildliness and money-loving character of the
English, that they pray fur the* "wealth" of the
queen. Now it does, indeed, shoiv this, but fur a
'directly - opposite reason; and that is 'because they
have so degraded the word "wealth," which in
thiPrayer Book means prosperity, as to apply it
to mere money and material posseS:sions.
A commercial and money-loving people, like
the English. and Americans, will always degrade
such words 'as " wortki! and "wealth" to denote
gold and silver and other property; but let us not
find . fault with the Prayer Book that it bears its
constant testimony against this process of mate
rializing language.
The Book of Common Prayer needs no defence
of thine; but "let justice be done though the
heaVens fall."
D. G. M.
EXCITEMENT AT OCCOQUAN, VA.—The popular COM
lake et Occoquitn; Virginia' 'reSpecting'the liberty
polwerected stt thatplaec diellepublicarisfreached
'a crisis on 'Friday, the 27th, when a,party of forty
:citiZeui demolished 'the ofibesive thus-staff, and the
banner bearing the names of the Republican Presi
-iidential nominees which floated at its bead: Ac
cording to the brief account of the affair, which we
publish from 'the Herald, Governor Leteher ordered'
out:a treovof horse to preserve the pence, but the
cavalry sat quietly in lbw saddles,•while the indig.
nant citizens cut down the pole.and chopped it. into
pieces. The. Irepublieads'stodd by, but offered no
resistance.
For the Athetieah ' Presbyterian:
StrDDEN DEATH.
PHILAW,:LPIIIA; ...T.O
TIE RK3 GIOVS WAR IN i*A..
Rev. Henri-H;'Jeainip, 'Missionary of the Atne
riditn Board in Trig)oli, Sy r ia, aii son of fnon.
Win Jegiuji, of Montrose, P . a., writes hcime from
Beiint, Whithei he has been' driveh by the con
fined and insecure ebildition of the country, giving
a detailed, graphic and defy sidmirahle account of
the varbetilsen the Drtizei it'd - Mohammedan's On
the 'one 'Aide, end the Maroniteti on the other.
These' letters have appeared" in the Independent
Republican of Montrose, front 'which we inake*Ahe
extracts;-;:—:
ORIGIN OF TBE WAR. .'
-. . •
GO fact is apparent thus far. TheGreek and
Papal IlishOPS and; Patriarchs who Stirred up the
several` Chrietiati sects to war, told the_ people' to
exterminatethe DrUzes and not leave one in Mount'
Lebanon. They, prayed te, the ,Virgin. and pro
mised success to, the a wild fellaideen who . should,
put an end' to ,thie race of pagan brazes. The
Oliriaiiiiii,ruslied into the war'with perfect ma:-
'Restless. W itheitleadere;withetit order or union,
With little ammunition or provisions of any kind,
they meta racerof men trained to war, hardy, bold,
under.erfect control 'with able - leaders' mitd - tfitad
as one man. On pruz,es, understand each other
perfectly, in i d ne one elSe; litiwevhf . slir'ewd, can
posaibly.lindefstand them. They have men sta
tioned on, the.. hiJi l tops toiwatelf, horseMen'ritliiis
at pos,t haste in every direction,. and yet them,
leaders hive perfect, control over every man, wo
men` and child in `their body. At the first onset,'
the 'Ghiliatiatis we're= routed l , , and the War' thug far
has been a:-succession of Di victories. When
the - christians portnenced,, they succeeded
hnining, thirteen. Druze "villages in the easterri„
par't of the ".IVietfi _district, but when the Druzes
rallied, they dine' the hridtiaris back.
SiAsAettE . AilsiDth
Last week the 'D uzes, who are very strong in
tbdt regicirv:ittbickedieziin, 'drove out ail the peo
ple, men, women, and children, burned every
house, and then burned all neighboring Chris
tian villages. The - poor' 'Christians' fled precipi
tately down the mountains : towards Sidon, hoping
to get refuge hi that city of the Stiltan. The.
Drutei - pursuect their, and they kept #fd a'running
fight: as =they We' they approached
their nuiribers in °tepid& to .hnhdiitift,' and what
was, their dismay to_find the • MOSI . eIRS af the city
coming out ,to attack them, in- front, the Druzes
behind' them, and the mirage ilfetat;vileh sweeping
uffroin the`Setith: 'The 'plikistiani fought awhile
and then laid` dciivia'their .erins, on condition of
being allowed to enter 'diet city. No sooner had
they , given up, their ,arils than 'every inan was
butchered, the women plundired and stripped, the
boys' all nitirdered; e*Ce'pc those who secreted
themselves with thelwOmen aitd - giris hi'the canes
and among' •the gaidehs; About twenty priejte
and several n'uns'were killed. -
.:The'massacre was
frightful. The •i
,e in th xity shut the'gates
. ,
to, prevent the, poor people from entering, and then
busted thelnlike - Witd beesta 'through the gaideni.
DESTUCITIOr HAStIFIfA yns. THE bussiori
• • Pa r dPiiiieliwt , &INVERTS.'
The Sid fact-tiitist be told Probability
the Ilasheiya .Picitestint•chiireh is burned, the
Protestants; ; - uatite 'preachers all massacred,
eight hundf i ed the . people murdered in cold
bloodi the whble town
,plundered and burned to
ashes,' allthe Pietestant villages in 'the great (Hs;
: trice: bet.Weeti' Mena ifernion . oti!!the East and
Tyre on • the Wesi,7phindered, ''the people
driven, ; .
,their homes Utterly destitute, and
this in the region. where the
.. gospel..hadjuatle the
most progress, and whibli"was the brightest'spet
in - Syria in spirititalithingi.' sopfe of the "fugitives
from thtilblood-thirsty:Drtitea suecceded'in reach
,
in,,r , ,yyre; and froth thence came to Beitet by sea.
The tales they tell are h,eart : rending, and one can
hardly say whichr einOtionla'the strongest, that of
indignation at this atrocious Turkish - goveinident,
or of
~sorrow and pity,for the, poor people-who are
victims Of*Diuze, ferocity and Moslem fanaticism.
think "I have alfea t ily written aboutthe massacre
of-nearly a tlibiliand SYrlanCatholies and Greeks
near_Sidon; and of the burning of 150 hoes in
Deir,el,Nomr, including school-house,
together with the almost starving condition of the
people, 'and th6 . fitiplieity . of the Turkish govern
meti tin the matter. We thought' hat the account
of th6.4e ., twd scenes' was iis tad as 'anything conld
he; .but the Wry of Hasbeiycsurpassea it in every
respect, and now it does not-seem as though any
thing could be worse. You are aware that Has-,
beiya is one of the most flourishing , strions of the
Syrian' A'beatitifur iine roofed .churCh
edifiee was built there, and for "a Rini . time John
Wprtabet was native' pastor. It is the centre of
the most interesting and, prosperous ,part of our
miSaionary,field.
~ There were about a dozen Pro
tenant fareiliei in the town, the rest heing Greeks,
Drama, and Moslems: . ' The population'was abOut
400. For a long - time past 'the Druiei have' been
threateningto give the' Christians "a black day,"
and ,at length it came., On I,saturday, the 2d of.
June the DrUz'es who seem everywhere to, have
made that' day the time for a concerted movement
in every direction, attacked the Christians
beiya; The governoref the' town, the Einir Saad
ed,Peen, a Mohaniniedin,"witli.i large fainily•Of
Emirs numbering over thirty men, - were friends. of •
the Christians and enemies of the Druzes. Oth
mart Beg, the cOniniander, or the Turkish soldiers,
also `promised to aid . the Christians againstihe
DrUzes. Now all of •these Emirs with lilt of the .
Turkish seldiers , were inside of the ancient 'palace
or castle at the, lower end of the town. Before the
Dinzes made the attack, it was arranged that when
Otlinatifi bee,ove'the signal, the Christians should
all - leave their hodieS'arict intrencliMents and take
refuge in . the palace.' ' The' attack Commenced on
Saturday afternoon, and the Christians Maintained
themselves well until Sabbath, afterzioon,And were'
doing well, when the Asia was,given, aud tkey
were obliged to retreat to the induce. The Drixzes
then' hadfull sweeP; 4),,if.'plutiaired and :turned'
every Christian house in tbe'tewn,',not excepting'
the Protestant church. As the town was laid
waste and the Women and children had nowhere
else to go, they too took reftige in the palace:
Then commenced scenes which can, never be de
scribed. Probably, not less .than three or four
thou - Sind Men, women; and children Were crowded
together in the Palace, with but' little food, their
arida .taken from them, and the - Druzes prowling
about outside, like wild beaks ready to butcher
any, person whe,sheuld appear outside.
HORRIBLE TREACHERY' OE THE TURKISH COM-
Othman Beg had proniimcl to fire cannon upon
the . Druzes if the;Ohriatians would , only come to
the 'palace.' He fired - twicd with blank 'cartridges,
and - then stopped. It makes one's blood`boil to
hear of the infainous treachery of this fiendish go
vernor. The poor people remained id the palace
until the fullowing week, Alonday, 11th,
when large'bodies of Drums began:to gather in
town. There seethed to be an 'understanding be
tween 'the Drams and the Turkish commander,
that 'he' would I give up the Christians Lo the
slaughter. On Monday noon the -Druzes held a
long conference with this Othman_ , lieg ,. and im
mediately after surrounded the palace. The
Christians' of all - sects, Protestants, Greeks, and
Marooites, were scattered over every part of the
immense building, in the upper rooms and in the
lower rooms opening upon the court. As soon as
the Drums surrounded the palace, and commenced
their hideous war song, the Turkish soldier& in
side.gathered up all their baggage and property
and took it away. They also removed the harem
of °durum Beg from the palace. that before
this'alamOus Druze sheikh from Lebanon, named
Kenj el Amady, came into Hasbeiya with a crowd
MANDEB.
of Druzes, keying in ittitAt tfiy Christians frOm
a village to the North called Koriun. He had
dieeivetr them saying that'his had orders from the
Pasha,. of Damascus to take them . and , all. of the
Christians of Hasbeiya to Damascus. Tbia„news
I oliedied the
,pOor impriso n ed people yerymuqh,
and they gathered togethe r' their few 'Valuables
which were with them, anticipating a•reiea'se.
,Alasl little did they know of their fate.. Just
after the Druze conferee ceh oth man, Beg broke
up, the, more sagacious of.ili hristians inside saw ;
at
thet• death was inevitablp . ; . T he •` had all been
compelled; to the number of ore 'thin a ther/111A
to assemble in the great *re yard below,' witk
about four hundred women t ndstane children, the
majority of the women
,be . :.obliged to,.sta,y up-
stasis. Aftei they were td , assembled , Ott ,T.uilc-. 1
isisoliffeirti stationed the • ifea': on, theltiiiiii•to
prbient any man or boy clot. going 4 *hi.
The. outside door was then .throwti open, sad in
rushed the Pnws with gu a and „pistols. loaded
anlkeirfierl'in drawn. The., nos that followed beg-..
OA ole:;4eiiptleti. ' The Oh" tiaitS'had no arrae,,aa
tee' Satenio Oilittian' Beg 11, Oiraeli'diemAnl,
milling: the 'protection of t ' ' Itttioi,: , gitintlet
utterly , defenceless; they !were slaughtered like'
sheep. ; 1r Christians who triediro f rush.up stairs
were bayoneted . kiy.,Turiciski"ldire ! . The - men .
Were. cat. in
. pie`ces;and a.bye! of blood poured
acres - I:the 'plvemeitlaid'o4'otthe door.olitil tiiiii'siiiiii'iOn 4 1*1101' IN AN Awry'.
• . • • ...
.p,TEN4 before the slaugh4ri Ahtt Monsoor, one.
of .the. leading Protestap*s. plait . of, faith,. and
seeing that there iirAtti• i t we hope of escape,
called, out' in a - loud tile assembly, ppm
potied " of a feif ProtestaAsVand: Mnititudes:d
Cireeke,and "Marcinitei;•siying'SOldethiii like the
following wmis: My .. 4loo..,brethren, the aline
is short. The Druzes sreApinin,o! uponandwe .
are all. going - like . shee to: ‘ ,..be`slanghter. Thing
is before ns, and we shalilloon
.leave chip - 40,4 d..
slid 'stand - before 'GA' idi.Whoin Will you trust?
There iirno .Saivitnir bit.° t. Chrialh:v Look.to
b 0 3., 43141.*Pc1P) trust Arid iftl , nill.sever
&rift and honey°, 14P ) . fit IVIU,II9A uttilp 49 1 f -uff.'
Let every the Lord i Jrunlythe Saaistr."
K Multitude of "th64lllieti . Out with:
hiin.to *Taus' Christ AO 'M$ their soulli 'done
could: kope.for..!soape fttotesiw death of the bOdy.
3 1 1 . ) :989°.Tran4'fAtft CtlieYrqesWit4,oen"
centitiusd,.4l4l, its Abu ' soor was,pEalins, lie
was'killed bititirprines aid,' 4eyed r te
pieces. • Min 3;
the Drnies upon'thi prOtoteminus orotid,
the Prtme leaders gaye"or.ders' that nb womat:or
girl or boy under ten years should ; le injured;
The dead bodies lay in heapa, and the few tyke
finally escaped as by rhirackeowietiled themseli*
under piles of the slaiori if • • •
A tiIARViLI4 radA:PE.
Saturday; jenel6.-- 7 4,1iet came in from Tyre
yeaterday, bringing orieliedred and fifty refugees
from Hasbeiya. • One'hiin red of them escaped in
the first ontbreak bef o re : e people entered the
palace; and abo`tiefifty . :eieliped as by a miracle the
night of the dreadttif.infiliacre; Sarno of them
lay under heaps' of derid,lWies until they were
soaked through and altimit - atiflid with blood,and•
thin threw themselves 'f'rgan , windows 'or, rushed,
out, jn'the darknese s a . nd'ranfor . life towards Tyre.
°be !heti mulled JebraitVoshib escaped as if by
mas Ole. , Reis e Greek l lbut , Protestant in•senti-,
merit and ninny 'enlightened. Being a p,rmiiiient •
miio..tho . Pruses Were. yrecertnitiedto,destroy him.,
Hy ity r opisllittor,4o4 . o. 1 4a5t0.t0,"4011
with ti 44 liir ieverallietirs, mit' • the Dtitpeare
tnined 'fin'tn' their' slipper,' when. t hey, turned, over
~.. . , .
the dead
. bbilies; killing the feir'whe; ; remained.•
Aflength . a . Druze found him cad prepared to, kill
him, when jebran told 1010 "to ,wa it and hisivirentd
giire him' ininey. The 'Drule paused; and .febran
gage him twenty pieces of gold, Wlitah seemed to
satiety, him, and he .went utay,but.,pi:ohably.,to .
tell others to come and kilkhim. Son company
of D r iezes (lame and dieWtheir'swords upon hitn,.
when, to gain time, he told them, to follow,hini,
ont'and he would lead them tO a.hiddentreasure
of geld. • They
. then dreased 'him,With a white
to:ibid . and Druz° robe and . led him orit, - ; 'He took
therk'to . the spot,.but on ,searching_ they ,feund
mothitig, and then one of theni came with hip mord
draws to despatch lain: He begged them to shoot
him and not butcher him like a sheep. They .
then. 4.adell their guniatidaliprotiched him, when
he told _them ; to et. him . Ode them to another
.tresiiiire - neai the palace of the famous Druze Sit.
or lady;where they would find gold in abundance,
They then `screed hinfby bo . th'wriatiend bis gir t
dle be hi n d,. hitt es' he- approached the Driiie Sit's
palace, be made a .ainhtid i xand. Sudden spring,•
threw the threetnentema s tilegro,und,pn4 eseeped
into the palace% He wfArktsued by a crowd.of
Dimes who clamored ',
at'the door for . his delivery;
More than a thonsand iiiortitifi'ind children were
inside under the protection of the Sit: He threw
himself, 'among, the woolen- alid , children, ivhmall
screamed with terror. ,Seeing,fie would yet ,b.e;
given up to thern;he 'listed through the erowdto.
the hick side of the falece, thiew himself freMit .
; window; then' riiiheeithrough thointi - ,ant 'oyfer
walls; and ran for- dear life westward' towards Tyre: .
I went down yesterday to the. Greek where
all.of.the Hasbeiya,people were amenihred.*:..TheY
all loOked haggard and wan throi2gh I dle effects . of.
the intense su6ribg and excitement 'threngh
which they have passed. Their girrinents" were
literally dyed in •the hlood of their dearest earthly:
friends who were slain over them. But mot a sin
gle . Protestant.has reached Beirut. They report
that two or three of ;the Protestants with a hinv
dred other men tnok„refuge in the palace of the
Druze Sit, 'with two thousand of the women and
children, but, ,to-day, me hear indirectly the horri
ble story, too horrible to be believed, and yet - said
to be true, that the . Druzes of Houran, south of
Mt. Hermon, came in, after tlininassacre.of. Mon
day -afternoon,, and. meroiiessly.hitchared all of
the. remaining men, witik:,,a,a of the• women and
children!
•
DISASTROUS intemi;xivc)i dIIBSION
I feel almost sitik is I Irrite of .these horrors.
It seems as though the gates of hell ',lad been
opened and the infernal sßnits 'themselves had,
broken loose upon the poor peoille of 'that yegion..
Protestantism is pretty much blo;imf out from that
part of Syria, and in all probabilityiliat part of
the land will be a desolation Lai along time to
come. What will be the effect of' . these slioCkitig
massacres upon the people Of Europe, none - can
predict. Hasbeiya was chiefly a Oreek town,.and
under the especial protection, of Aussia,,whe has
long been seeking, in union Withi„Franee, sonze
pretext for interfering in Tililktali I
shoUld nut be surprised to hear` tlitit *Russia and
Franco had declared war against the Sultan, with
a view to the dismemberinent of the Empire. Yet
so strong is the opposilion,of England.to,otich.an
aggrandizement of French power, that leis. feared
that such a step w ould lead tor? a• *betwe en France and. Engla nd, and
,plm, 8.9004 in the
kttitude of a defender of tho perrirators.Of tliepo
fiendish outragesin Syria ? in ,hor tyttenipts sus-
Lain this tottering Emu ire . • How. Oils, state
of thins continue? !Ate lonefor rest from these
turmoils ; but the Lord'fqn th 9. throne and He
will overturn, till he whose right, it is Oak
Should foreign forces take Beirut, arid. ntta l ek the
country, the, Christian'populatiOtia in Damascus,
Hums, Hannah, Aleppo, and''.citker similar
, places
in the -interior, would probabii , be massa cred at
once by the Moslems. We know not what to wish '
or what to pray'for",.exeePting "Thy will be done!"
Missionary operations can only be. carried: on now'
on the most limited possible scale.,
What God will give, he , inclines the hearts, of
his praying people to ask; and fOr what he will
do, he will be inquired of.—Henrll.
=E=M'l
1)AL:.: AUGUST ...9,:..1800:
Tit Again, if faith be a property of the heart
rather' than of the understanding, we see hiiw it
is thiit'nien,lare accountably for their ,faith:', It , is
a work Of:the' act of That
•us'''to
which 'respcipsibilitt attaches"So' far
as it inicilires eieidlie 'of 'the und'er'standing,'
there is not 'entire l -freedgini-from accountability,.
for in every intellectual opettitiOn there is personal
agency. %Though. men cannot .mske truth; nor
alter the,lawa.qt,eyi.dßnee, they can stterid . te i that:
evitienbe a.,,sltuple,.single-hearted desire to
know the.A.ruth;' and'for ill tbat is Otherwise, in
forming their opinions; they are accountable.'
But•the-real ground df . the faiilv which the gos
' pel requires, is .noti. simply nor, chiefly appie
hension of trntli.to ?which, the .poderstsucling,, of
itself, is cotnpi . .tent,• . W.lieeeever•beliersk that
Jesus is ibeSOn o dod;"liatit the'witnessin:idtri
self. Faith is fontided.,•not upcinrihe belierer't* .
timony of :those aboutzus;' not because"the - mind
ca n state, the .historical.nncl,ratioual grounds of ite ,
belief, luvortaut , as are
.I,ll*, : ip their.,place, but
because it sees the eacelleneiittad feelS;the autho
rity and'poler of truth i bettitsa, ivitkand i by the
.truth; there is'the witness of the BOWL the .
taind,witbinwhose reach this truth is placed, dose
not .Aliecern its true character, if it has not this,
evidence, _the difficulty lies deeper than its Aoder-,
standing. It is retiixMaible for not believing
Nonce rhi gospel enjoins 'faith iperi ell hear"
its call: If faithwere fOunded , Upontlifi'teititnony
of the : church, none; could be under obliption to ,
believe,i% wboni that .teatimony should not be
afforded, .I 1 it, were founded on historical ,testi-,
ittouSr, it could - not he, required of thoSe Who haVe
not .thii: tithe and ;ability to examine arid Sppre
eiatepthat, evidence. But since it rests upon. the
divine character of) the truth, the obligation to
believe, is.ttnivefsat.,,, if there is not ,gonvipeing
evidene4, evid4n4a,, which forms a. sotllOent„eipl,
ample" , basis for un univavering faith, it is becans6
sin blinds the mind, because the heart is 41'64.
•IY.r, ve'see that all faith:whithis.not
moral And, practical, .its wanting in the !essential
:charinisteri h art,`
of, the , faith required. in. the . gospel.
Jr faahls'Of the art; it must influence the life.
SAVING:. FAITEL. '
In the last number oT the Bihliotheeq.Sacra
Prof, E. C. Smyth, ofßovir4olti
~a College, Alfainc s ,
introdnees
. tn pilling of the re a der
the htte Archdcankri. Aire; the Wi1m..,44
Faith, a companion bnoi. .ta bid
of the Comforter, though kikeyzi in this
country than the latter. book. 1 1 '9f,estior Smyth
_to give us the EMbstance of Araideacea Haie's
views' as laid 'down: in the "Victory of teith."
ON truths' are exhibited with a terseness' and
frkahneffs of eipiessroii that'i , e are quite snr¢`will
warrant us in makibt some elate* for our reidera :.
. .
"Xs matter of fait thonsandi of men are Intel—
lectually convinced of the truth and divine 'authe- -
ritj':of the Christian religion, whose Hies - ski*
that : their hearts ate ;strangers toits.powers,
itt peid - Alukt.tbey do ; not. have a convincing ' appret
henaion of_what they profess to believe. This is
true;bntviliy do they not realise this?.The e . aide nce
*deli% 'Why, when' men aie told bf the truth',
itti'd/Pletibe, end. hive :of God d theiii
things with the tiideilitartdiiigiintheremo'attract
iveness, no constrainingpewer, over them,. of theae
apgust,And authoritative, ind.living.verities? And
w h e t i s it tetaptirodiiiie mprig! tiii4Apiritual things?
Cali it be merely to'peredivetbenrviitli the mind ?
Can it . lie merely - that assent or ifiernhad*Which is
founded npoeasiotelleetual,apprehension of their
existence? That .to, which faith-assents is their
hOly and , sacred qUalities, their diviee authority,
loveliness,and perfection. Assent to qualities such
as these, moral and spiiritual, must be of the heart,
a moral, and , spiritual act : whOsoever';loveth, says
the ; ~Apestle, knoweth. , Walt the *art man
believed.. unto., rt'gkenuartert. In order tp. faith,
there most be to
. the mind ; , some demonstration
of the spiritua l; and 'te this the'uoderstan'ding is;
of itself, intonipiteia , it would be 'incompetent
even if there were not so much bad teaching. in.
the -world ; ;, iprece' i e pts, through the: eon cep
tien o,f,their hearts, had not become bewilderedlo
the teazel of error. In 'oider'to be seen, knojrn,
appreciated, thi;tiutli must be loved. 'So long ` as
the' 'mail, is :Wrdo'g; all the learningind knowledge
of te.ltigheetiarcliangellmight be.ipottred into the
human understanding, untilitmtie filled and flooded,
'would .he no
the
more
then reasoning, even though' the yeasoner ,be the
idjArit; of Tinth, , is'necessaq'to cominnbicalte si l
vine .knoWledge ; to . .ope.ia.the 'eyes to'theldivihrty
Pr.eeieOseerAPAdMa- ,
jes ef . hito,iv,hoie the . Truth.. •".I j klv.e seen a.
God lifreason," . wrltei, one of the ropieeminen . e,
Puritan
. divines,. Were einalot it God
thins apprehended; hut I have sien-G i otl:HimielA`
and /wn Yaeishele'behatlc.drim:" . . , ) If faith• be
simply an:e;,Pioft 9f.4he-4°,4PltaOilliog, why: thfiq
vast di fferencehetween knewing,thinge by reason,
and by fliith' faith? ,If 'the agency
of the Spirit, in i tlfetir'ddiiatiOn'ef Talt.li;'be neces
sary simply beiatiee there nittbh)rateneel
and error, andbadjeachingiptheiwerld t at men'et
minds are hewildered;lieeime-he eao.2reaatin,
a power , h. Cegeiiiey,keyend,,that . er , ibe,llittmen;
teacher, why skoultf this agenli
necessary to th - eprOdtictier(offaith it1:64 7
human (soul? :Why, :tie,) often, ...thiise !.whealievy
sat, oUlt.heit:kellgthnei.litoOt•oPiler.the teaPhiogt
of the aanit uary,as yeally,d - est.itnte of a genera.
• flittli,Whieb:oVercomeethe world, • &tic
'Tightentieniesfas -'are 'the most degriided
Bushmen ?.'• Why tot allhinen, the refined-'as'-well:
• as ; 00:311,9$3410,214.01; 411#1:; 1081104 .as: the T
:igoorant . ..,, the :masters i4!-TTtelf..as,llve:ll:-Ps.'i/je
pnbliaiiss and 'sinners,. mpet.it t he said,
,aljk,e
of GM': ye niiist 'be tber*lagain; . lehOiiieber4to•
lievetk is born of.Goell: . : • • !
d3ut of f4ith.Ad. with the heart 7 -a submission of.
the wilt,tO the will / ef•Ged, a per sonal
. trust in the .
redemptive act of b is Son—then must it be
tuid in its very and the appropiriate,fruit
of the Spiiit: For it is 'with the heart that 'mei'
sin.. .Afid when sin has,thus once gained a lodge:
went at the very seat and centre of personal life,
it patient, be,. dislodged but . by the renewal of
the heart, by 'a change in the man; so that the
affection's and the will, once sold under sin, may
become free to love and-choose -the truth. Such
a change , -no amount-of lightin theuoderstandingi,
can of itself be , ret- nor any , more dispense with
its necessity.
11. In view of the truth which• has been - Sit
forth—that faithAlepeodentoreupon' the will than
,upon the understanding—we see, secondly, why
a genuine faith is so oftin - the prvsession of the
poor and Unlearned,'While Vie' learned and culti
•vated are destitute of it. Ittliegroundi of faith
,were the decision - of the understanding, the results
of a, balancing and weighing of ergnments,,a sift
,ing of teatiinonl; then the beatjuges as to huma n .
leguilation t 'wbrild be the beat as ' to the dijine
'those most skilled - in 'earthly Wisden4 *mild •be
most Competent to appreciate the heavenly.: :Faith
.Would. increase in, proportion to the expansion: of
the nnderstanding.., ,lie who is, most conversant
; with . hunian Science, wiaidd 'most easiliappfehend
the things of God. The philosopher would attain'
to faith -more easily than the peasant: •Anietii
men of science. we should readier apprehen
sion, a fuller reception, of the divinity and atone,.
went of Chiist, than among ihose whose intelleeels
are less keen and disciplioed: Whereas the fao‘
it bas with truth keen said; is " , f veri Often exactly
the reierse: . 'the litiildsoph,er, beguiled the.
rni
phintoef,his understanding , finds it diffieult, it
,not - ittiossible; to raise-his aptritbeyond•themnral
teaeher„the'man Jesus; while the poor and humble
acknowledge:sied'adere him as their eitiltpresent
Saviinr'anda...3a." •
There are the fountains of life. As a man be
lieveth, in his heart, so is he. Hence we find so
often, in the scriptures, obedience, works, made
the condition of salvation ; while it is affirmed,
'with unqualified;distinctness, that by the works
of the -law ; shall no flesh be justified. It is faith
only *hi& :justifies,,which is the condition upon
Which *e beeotnuone with Christ, in all thehene-,
fiti and triumphs of his redemption. Yet faith
can• never exist alone, no more than they sun can
climb the azure vault of the, sky, and shine in his
meridian splendor, and not pour his light upon all
that he beholds. Faith brings Christ into the
soul; and this light of the knowledge of the glory
of God chases away its darkness, and purifies every
fountain of feeling,.and makes it fruitful as the
garden, of the Lord.
THE GOSPEL IN INDIA.
We take the 'followin. interesting account of
the; state of things in India, both among the
European resiaents and the native Hindoos, from
.
the'-e6ltimits of an' Pittsburbia aitsdan Advocat e ,
(Methodist.) • -
First, among the Europeans evangelical religion
has made a- steady and most gratifying =progress
daring the past half century. Fifty yearS ego
the English offieials, with rare , exceptions, were
notoriously - profligate—skeptical in religion, cor
rupt in politics, and most 'fearfully depraved in
private:life. They were the avowed, enemies. of
missionaries, and, they' barely tolerated any clergy
whe.made the least pretensions to personal
piety. It is well known that Dr. Judson and his
companions wera banished from the country, while
the talents and learning of Henry Martyn did,not
protect him from a-continual succession of slights
and insults wherever be. went. When he preached
his first sermon, in Calcutta the whole city was
thrown into a ferment, and ministers even preached,
against him from the pulpit.,
,Although he was
one, of. the first scholars. of his age, and beyond
doubt, the most eloquent minister in. India, yet
he was recklessly charged with fanaticism and
ignorance, as a setter-forth of strange doctrinea,
and a disturber of the peace of the Church. •
• put,all.,this is changed now. The English re 4,.
sidents ot'Calcutta will compare favorably in
point „of morality with those. of any other large
city in, the world. The pulpit in -which Henry
Marlyn, preached is pointed out with pride to the
stranger. The churchyard,where lies the dust of
• Sidney ,Smith's, "canseerated,cobbler" and his
associates is regarded as -a hallowed spot. The
missionary meeting is crowded with sympathizing
Christians; the churches are filled with devout
worshippers, and, even daily prayer-meetings have
been, held with eneouregieg success. In Bombay,
Madras,' and other large cities, similar changes
have occußre,d,while !the general character of the
, whole English population throughout the country
!lee decidedly changed, for the better. It is true,
Work of reformation is by no means complete,
but, it,has surely been.cortunenced. The officers'
seraglio has not ceased to- disgrace the character
of Englend. in the eyes,of the heathen; but the
eampy,le, of _holy - men, has began to retrieve that
disgrace—tilling the heathen, as it does, that.our
relieion is one. of .the heart and not of name or
race. . every station may be ~found. men, who
are. at least favorable to piety, while many are
consistent and zealous Chfistians.
To such an extent has this change been effected,
1 ' that now missionaries are actually dependent, to a
nonsiderable extent; on theliberafitrof the Euro
pean y residents at ,their several stations.- Their
salaries are nearly-all paid by, contributions from
home, bid' the greater . part of their other expenses
is given . by' Christians in this country. In the
year 1850 the amount thus contributed reached the
very liberal stim of $150000; and there is no
doubt bet, Chit it has, increased very largely since.
Perhaps it :would be safe to say that it now amounts
.to $250,00.0, per annum. Tiiese figures speak for
themselves: ' - ' '
In the tinny, also, a most. gratifying c ange is
taking, place: I have conversed with many sol.
diers, who have spent the greater part of their lives'
in India, and all agree in, saying, that a wonderful
change - for the,bkt.er is observable in the army.
With very little encouragetnent from the chap
'plottainen have established prayer-meetings
in .the different regiments, and by well-directed
personal efforts have succeeded in ; leading many
of their comrades to. Christ. In, a single regiment
in the Madras Presidency more
,than a hundred
men'a,v'e- been converted during the past year,
while less extensive revivals' have occurred in all
,parts of, the, country. -.Dissatisfied with, their
chaplains, the soldiers are .now asking for scrip
ture readers—men who are supposed to' have a
little personal piety and "enough humility to allow,
- them-to mingle with the common soldiers and de
them good: One regiment has actually subscribed
enough money to sustain:such a man among them
at a salary of,SCOO per annum; which is practi
cally the same thing,as a little church in a wicked
community Of nine "hundred persons settling a
. pastor over it on such a salary. The introduction
of these men into the army will mark a new era
in its,religioue history. , The commissioned chap
llains who are usually sent out are no more fit to
meet the 'religious wants of the soldiers than a
lawyer would be to fill the post of surgeon.
Atnong the natives the progress Of Christianity,
if not so general, is no less marked and certain
than,amoug the- Europeans; IDuring the past
year alone the Bishop of Madras :,receivted more
than two thousand native members into the church,
while in other parts of the nountrytemarkable
vivals have taken place'. -In Delhi more than one
hundred have been baptized by' the Baptist mis
,sion; in ,;Meerut, Allababad, Bombay, and other
placesin,South India and. Ceylon, unusual move
ments:haVe taken place. The.baptism - of a dozen,
converts is now so` common an affair that it need
not be chronicled in all the papers; . so that we'
'fiear.legs Of the. general Work that is going on in'
all directions than formerly.. -
A,new census would-also show a. large increase,
of nominal Christians. • Li' some places many na l
tines have rentiunced idolatrY and embraced Chris
, tianity outwardly, without having been, formally
,received into any church.- rThere is a-remarkable
instance of this within the bouttd&of-ourown mia-
A , number of ,villages, embracing, several
hundredeataves ? haVe made a nominal profession
- of Christianity, and 'many' of them rbgtilarly at
tend the services which We have-established among
them.. These-people seem:to he actuated, by such
doubtful motives, that,we have per felt able to.
admit theim, into., church fellewship—although
their mitivard ecniquot,.in many, respects, is very
exemplary: The work among them; however* ' ,is
becoming. e,"
promiaing,.and m-arelooliiegfor
much fruit frorn,oo laboraduring the coming year.
Such movements-as this, embracing• as it does,.
"Whole villages, is one_ of the, signs 'of the times
which clearly points'out the 'dawn of a brighter
day a.tbe history of India.
QUACK DOCTORATES
It would seem, by the 11)110 wing from the Dal 7.
timora Cliristiaa Advocate, that our Methodist
,brethren are` as much afflicted. with Quack Doe
torates as •some of their, sister denon:tinations:
"Methodism is in a .fair way to'be made
diculons in itsliterary aspect., We great mac ,
'Tiifictent titles to ordinary men The The 'Doctorate
of Law's, Pro:Orly diitiuctive of the few eminent
.scholars a + natjurists of antatre,ls 'given by us to
men mlio.:are, neither setioliivs4or jurists. The
Docterat,el of Diyinityi,has,heeeme:rether a re
proach Allan, a decoration., I ZTo preachers sport
inch s grand titles asours, with so little right to'
,weal-4116e: We cannot hilligine the di4nsf
with which Mr. Wesley would look upon the
VOL. IV.—NO. 50.—Whole No. 215.
crowd of-unlettered doctom who Tram to fol
low his teaching.. We are , not much plagued
with great scholars, bat with-little ones. It is
in the ever-Inflating, dangerously-distending
petty-scholarship-of-Methodism, that we see the
danger of rupture and collapse."
'When a congregation eilta minister to take the
office of pastor. among theta, and the charge of
their sonls; they also hpromise to ; im all due sup
port, respect, encouragemment and obedience in the
Lord." It is well; to, consider what this means.
WithOUt the fulfittneidorsucl promise, no pastor
can in ordinary , eirchinstances the expected to con
timie. his labors among a peCiple. The remarks
intend now to make have reference enly to one
of the points, above named—encouragement.
What'kind of encouragement is the pastor enti
tled to receive? - The covetous man who judges
every- bodpby himself,.replies, pay. him a good
salary punctually, and then you have, afforded
him all the encouragement be needs. None but
the most mercenary hireling can be satisfied with
such encouragement. The salary is apart, an im
portant part of the cong'regation's - promise, it is
true, but if not , the least, it certainly is by no
means the most important.
Some appear to think that flattery is the best
encouragement. But however much a pastor may
deSire to have the approbation or admiration' of
his people, every minister- of sense desires some
thing more than what Dr. Chalmers happily styled
"the hosannas-of a drivelling generation."
Every true pastor must leave some sympathy
with his cause, some identification of feeling
with that of his Master. If he has not a constant
desire that " the pleasure of the • Lord shall pros
per inhis 'hand," he has
~assuredly mistaken his
calling. Evidently then, that which:will cheer him
most, will be the sight of his flock living godly
and devoted lives. We venture to say that many
a - minister is more cheered by the devout beha
viour,- the constant attendance, the conscientious
and prayerful living of some obscure widow, sup
ported by the charities of his congregation, than
by men, of wealth, who, though professors of re
ligion, are covetous and lukewarm; dead flies that
cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth
a stinking savor.
No onehut-a 'pastor can tell how rbeat a delight
it is to seethe people of his charge growing in
grace and in knowledge; none else can fully un
derstand the joy that springs up in the heart at
the sight of men reclaimed from error and sin, by
his instrumentality. And none else can-under
stand the grief.caused by the inconsistent deport
ment of a member of his fleck. John ,says, -"I
have no greater joy than to hear that my children
walk in truth." And the brave Apostle of the
Gentiles, that never quailed before a foe,-wept
when he saw some. walk disorderly. We have
sometimes wished we could tell some of our, charge
how much we have been lifted- up by their meek
and quiet living, their constant and interested at
tendance upon the word, and their generous sym
pathy with the Master's cause shown in many
ways. Ohl how sweet to feel, as one'looks over
a congregation that there 'are persons present.that
have.just.corne from their closets, where they. have
been praying.for a blessing upon the ordinancei;
that have 'conie to' hear, not so much the man as
the minister, or as Cornelius expressed it, that
can say; "Now, therefore, we are all here present
before God to hear all things that are commanded
thee of,God." . '
misapprehend entirely a familiar text
that bears upon this point. - Reb. xiii. 17,," Obey
thwn that have the rule over you, ani submit
yourselves; for they watch for your sOuls, as they
that mustgive aetOttnt, that they maydo it with
joy, and not with grief: for, that is,unprofitable for
you." Some seem to understand this as referring
to the pastor's giving up his account with joy as
one that has been faithful. But the exhortation
evidently is .that the people should obey their
leaders, so that those who have charge of them,
may, have the joy of reporting to the Waster that
the people under their care have done well. Let,
our readers never forget that the best way to en
courage their minister, is just to dO their duty as
devoted Christians. Remember, too,, what is
grief to, the. minister. is losi to you. bo your
part as zealous disciples, and, your pastor will say
as Paul to the ThessalonianS, "Ye are our glory
and joy." '
It is curious, and 'according to the observer's
-
point of view, amusing or painful to read the bills
of fare for Sabbath, spread before us in the secu
lar papers. We have not yet had the Great _East
ern morally considered, but in due tune it probably
will be. We have sermons offered us on the
Chinese, the Japanese; and no doubt, if we wait
long enough, we may have .some on, the Esqui
maux; sermons on Free Soil and on Popular ,So
vereignty.; sermons on the power of the Supreme
Court, and the Prerogatives of the Federt;l Senate.;
sermons by newly-fledged Surnmerfields; sermons
on Kossuth and Humboldt sermons on the last
executed mirderers sermons about Gog and Ma
tn
gog, sermons on . every :person Unil every thing
under the sun but our adorable Redeemer and the
way of* salvation.
We' grant that there are aspects of our daily life
which imperatively demand the attention of the
earnest preacher, matters of general and social in
terest , which should be fully diseuised by him.
But here as elsewhere the spirit in which a thing
is done will make all,imaginable, difference in the
quality of the work. And it is the spirit of levity
carried into the most seriouS business intrusted to
man on earth,' the effort to startle by extravagant
statementsilthe ambition to Make an auditory gape
and stare, which is doing the mischief we depre-
There is in this perversicn of talent and -taste,
a want of confidence in the power, cf the legitimate
themes of Christianity, to awaken public attention
---a-feeling that they are worn thread-bare, and
that- the old garment must be pieced with theie
particolored, patches of new cloth. We believe
that : was never a more fatal mistake. There
is a richness, a fulness in the Gospel alone which
will always attract and charm, if it is honestly
brought •Out. The revival of 1857 has awakened
au interest in the simple and effective statement
of the, glad tidings front God to men, such as was
never.before known.among us. This a time of all
others when preaching should be Scriptural, when
every -'-sermon - should contain an answer to the
question, "What must I do to be saved?" when
every -church, service should-contribute to alio •
tien., The unparalleled multiplication of popular
commentaries is a symptom that there is every
where a hunger for the word of life, and a proof
too of the i readiness . to use suitable helps for the •
understanding of its contents.
ROOT Tn r OVT!—We remember once of `having
heard the following quaint anecdote related of an
old Indian, who in travelling across a cornfield, in
company w ith s ome whites, suddenly came across a
best ofloung field-mice, a vermin which proves very
destructive to corn when staelted in the fields to dry.
Quick- as thought the Indian despatched the whole
brood with his heel, both old and young mice shared
the same fate. - - •
"Why," said oheof the party, "did you kill tbd
young ones? Surely they eau do no harm when so
small!'
The Iniiish's*yes twinkl . ed as he answered in his
own un7arnisbed style :
GROW BIG! GROW B. 10!"
juitltd with 'the sinner. He commences almost
unconsciously with. trifling faults or, sins, deeming
them too slight for consideration, when he is horrifid
on suddenly rousing from his lethargy, to find that
the have " GROWN
ENCOURAGING THE MINISTER.
SENSATION PREACHING
Christian Instructor.