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GENESEE EVANGELIST ~Whole No. 744
Vottrg.
For the American Presbyterian.
THERE THOU. SHALT KNQW
" For we know in OA." let Cor. aiii. 9.
Why is my.lot so hard to bear?
Why through the furnace must I got
The cruel rod Then dostnat spare:
The reason why,l,lgng t 9 iurw'
Why do my hopes give place to fears,—
bly pleseures to the cup of *o . ;
--- --
My songs to eighemy smiles to team?
The ressott'whyi Emig to kneir. '
Why xny cherished friend removed
Just as my &id Itiait laves him tect?
clot tboy. take the one beet-loved.?
The reason why, I. loieg to know. .
I hear my Father's volce - o _ •
"Be 'patient, child ,I .Not here below,
But to tby Father's house above,
The reason clearly thou shalt know." , •
THE 'FRINGED OROHIS.*
Deep in,an unfrequented wood,
*liere spring and *Mtn= waters stood,
Now drank by thirsty June,
I found thee standing all alone,
The brightness of a narrow none
Of moss, and sedge, and fern. , •
Thou didst not seek the meadow green,
Nor banks where streamlets now between,
Where oft our footetep Progeogi
I3ut in the forest solitades,
'Where rarely man with step intrudes,
Didst rear thy modest crest.
So k the world may merit !Amid,
With bolder fronts on every hand, '
In modesty alone;' ~ •
Where might puts on a brazen brow,
Beneath whose touch true worth may cow,
And droop and die unknown.
* Platantheft poyohodes
4'0.0 . 4.41:44itic
Per. the American Presbyterian.
ZETTEIL FROM THE N. T WILDERNESS.
Baguette Lake, ;illy SOth, 1860
After all the back of a tin plate is not a bad.
writing desk, and ,a reversed wooden trough is
better than no seat. The smoke of the dying
camp-fire, though not intrinsically pleasant to
the eyes, is, better than the stings of savageln
soots, and with a fair balance of, the pros and
cons, my surroundings may be regarded as still
delightful. Au abrupt point of land'extending
Into the lake, and covered with a beautiful spruce
grove, is our camping,_ ground. Three bark
huts or "MOW ".flive .much ,the appearance
of an Indian village, while the smoke curling up
here and there among the dark evergreens, and '
the prostrate forms of two deer just brought in
by two of the party, might still further help the
- comparison. If the savage who encamped, boo
a hundred years ago were .to-:rte anddionfyit
from the dead, he might not only claim his
grounds, bat identify the very huts, with their
Accoutrements, , Certain it is tliat the surround
ing scenery has not changed since he beheld it.
The samejslands stud the broad and irregular
Itaquette, the, same evergreen forests still clothe
those islands to the very water's edge, the same
circling range of mountains still rises to the
.eastward with the loftier summit of Mt. Em
mons?', or "Mt. Clinch," just now capped with
clouds. Though "art is long and time is fleet
ing," neither has made any changes here. And
it Is one principal charm .of the place that you
gaze upon scenes whick remain precisely as
they were two thousand years Ago.
BROWN'S TRACT--TAI FIRST FAMILY.
The point of my last writing was at "A.r
nold's," twenty-four miles from Boonville. A
brief description of that place may not be With
out interest..
More than half a century ago, as. tradition
runs, John Brown, a ship merchant.. of Provi
dence, li. I, exchanged a damaged cargo 9f
tea for a tract of land embracing many thou
sand acres, and lying mostly in Herkimer
N. Y. On the discovery of iron
.ore, the place
, which Arnold now occupies was, settled -by kir.
Harrisoph, a son-in-law of Brown. hun
dred acres of land were cleared, a furnace ,or
"forge," a saw mill and 11, louring mill, were
erected, and nearly .twenty; families settled. in
the vicinity. But the soil was found to - I4
cold and poor, the mines were not rich, trang
portation was difficult, pecuniarY resources
failed, and one morning after the climax of
misfortune had been reached 'by tapping a
stream in the mine,lhe enterprising settler and
proprietor ended hill vareer 'by anielde. From
that time forth, for many years, the settlement
was abandoned, and all improvements went to
decay. Wild beasts reasserted their claim, and
were interrupted by the occasional encampment
of the ,hunter. Twerity4onr years since, how.
ever, the aforesaid sqiiattet sovereign, OxiaAr
nold, toOk possession of, he four hundred acres,'
and became, Indeed; tha virtual autocrat of the
entire Brown's Tract. Re ,is now, probably
sixty years of age, and bail roared, a, family of
two sons and ten daughters, not one of whom
ever saw a water-cure establishment or, a ,box
of auti.qapeptie pills. Health, strength, and
a cart* independence of spirit, incident.to this
peculiar kind of life, are their compensation for
the lost advantages of the city or village, while
as to social rank, the family is moving in the first
circles of course, the very first:
ROMANTIC CRAM' Off' - LAKES-TEE MORT' 01
SOLOMON' 611#ASSED-PORTAGE.
From Arnold's yo? **ter upon a chain of
eight lakes known tut the "Fulton Lakes,"
and stretching for about thirty miles to the
north-east. They are ,strnuplike rosary,upon
one of the branches of, the atoose. river, and
present a constant variety ,ofrauenery,as your
little skiff or canoe , glides oventheir,elear wa
tors. Between the first and,'second,..and, in
deed, up to the fourth; there is a free, .netviga
hie connection by outlets.
Between, the ,fourth, :which is tour or 'fire
miles in length, and .Ib,e, fifth, the:stream is
shallow, and the, boats, relieved ,of all passen
gers, must be :mugged by'the bare.footedeaud,
bare-legged guide, ...The fiftlL(you lava now
passed from Ifferkkaer intmlfainilton: county),
is soon crossed, end. shallow:: waters;:
sixth lake spread oat before you a continuous
BDIYARD L.
' • J. R.
field of water-lilies, now in bloom: What can:
be more beautiful or more,'fragrant than the
white water-lilyl -Thromth the elear:waters,
you trace the slender spiral stem as, it curia
gracefully .from-a: depth of many. feet up to the
airy, sriowy,.belmy blossom that. rises audtfalls
with such - exquisite: grace upon the little swells
and rippleis.
Put forth your hand over the how andpludk
the bewitching flower. Breat t he its `sweet fra
grance—compciunded of rose, vamlia andheliof
trope. Look in=Upon its ptire folds and inter-.
stices---chambers of light, palaces of. the fairy.
--and you can scarcely refrain from repeating
those divine words, "Solomon in all his glory
Was not arrayed like . one of:these."
, The passage front tha sixth like to the Se-,
ever narrow, -- efoilled, and very -43
citing. , Imagine each passenger standing up
right. with oar - or •paddle in hand, zigzaging
through' the etxrves` and crooks of a current
often less than tent :feet wide—now hidden
among the - alders, :now , dashing among rocks
that leave a space ; scarcely wider than the'boat
Let 'this' he Continued for a 'mile or two—in
deed, till the novelty and excitement, and boat
racing, and sport begin to assume the sober
character of , work, and just in time 'the noble'
seventh lake, the most beautiful of the whole
chain, and second in none in the empire State,
opens its wide waters with grateful relief. This
lake is about two miles long•by three-fourths of
a trine wide. It Is completel environed by
undulating mountains,,wooded to the very top,
and 'rounding their plump outlines of foliage to
the - water's edge. At the east end of the lake,
on a point where a fine grove of pines meets the
sandy beach, we formeti, our second encamp
reent—some sleeping in our tent, others, by
preference, in the open air, around the blazing
camp-fire. Between the seventh and eighth lake
occurs what is called a "carrying place;" or por
tage—a mile in extent. ,, Rem boats and bag
gage are borne over a rough foot-path by hand.
Knapsacks, kettles, pails, provisions, guns, fish
rods, oars, axes, `ate ~ are promiscuously - thrown
ont, the boat is turned over and placed by a
yoke upon the shoulders of the guide, and
hurried like a 'great tortoise through the-wind
ings of the - narrow path, while all able passen
gers, if true woodsmen, follow 'on with the lug
gage ; and it is safe to say that those who have
never before known 'tabor, are sure to form a
memorable acquaintance with it here. This is
roughing it with an emphasis, and It is, there
fore, with no little satisfaction that another ,
lake, the eighth, at length opens to view among
the trees. Two miles of a vigorous rowi=ng,
another portage of a mile_ and a half, and four
ndles of paddling through a crookedinlet, 'and
we are on the great Baguette, forty miles in
circumference.
WH4,.4
=HE WE . APE, . ANTI WHAT , WE ARE
'teaching thiloint of our present encamp
ment, we had oppoitx_iity for a quiet review of
theoveek. It had tiNn one, of tnilsome effort,
made easy by bracing air, exhilarating scenery,
and a constant cheerfulness and vivacity of
,spirits. Our party, which consists of Rev.
Henry - Fowler, of Auburn; Rev. George D.
,Boardman, Dr. W. W, Ely, William Ailing,
C. A. Dewey, W. S. Ely, R. Brewster, and
the writer, of Rochester, have, from; the first,
entered into the spirit of back woods life fully,
And the week has been one, Of rare enjoyment.
No form or mode of summer recreation can fur
.
nish,greater variety than is found here. Trout
ing,,trolling, partridge hunting, "deer floating,"
_rowing, "carrying," camping and decamping.,
climbing mountains. Here goes aparty to one
,of the inlets for speckled , trout, and another
beat load _pushes off to the nearest island, ,an
,aere in extent, for the blue- be rries- that are to
,be served np for the dinner's dessert. Two or
three are ll shooting at an unoffending patch on
yonder tree, And in due time allare standing
round a bark table well laden with venison,
trout, bread, butter, black toe, ,and the wild
berries of the lonalty. Surely this , is free
And .unrestrained sort ,of ,life—qnite equal .to
that of the wild savage, ,and any One who
Ahould see half a dozen men of professional or
,business cares, bathing off that little sandy
„point to the left of our camp swimming, spat
tering, splashing, and making the ,mountain
.sides 'echo with their :noisy glee, .or
,chance to espy.the Grand .Sachem,
et," and,the "M.edicine Man," rolling and tum
bling. on the ground in- a bona fide ,scuffle, to
the inexpressible.amusement of the whole camp,
would.judge that boyhood had ;'not been wholly
,forgotten. This is., unbending literally and ef
fectually.
104mo1(4)") Rivit44 - :.(clll;Orgt.ofiVT:fif:lAVie'
'Let those who desire it, seek for recreation
ib"that Irdebsification of eiti'life, knOwn as '"a
"Watering Place." Let "them be refreshed, if
they can, with the usual round of forme, and
toilet'preparations, and luxuricms dinners, and
gentle little walks, and morning naps, and
small talk,'Nal head-ache, ami_night-mare, and
indigestion.
But one week of retgrn to nature's quiet and
unrestrained simplicity, where plain diet,
re
freshing sleep, muscular exercise,. bracing air,
and insplring scenes are constantly enjoyed, is
worth.a whole summer at Saratoga.
.
It is indeed a general truth fieelY expressed,
that "Fifty years of England ere
,worth.a cycle
of Cathay,'? b.ut when we have had too much
of England for health, and etrilligth, then, for a
time at least, give us Cathay. Let us go
. to
some wild spot like this, ,where no noise of
mheels or spindles,, DO din of manufacture, or
bustle of trade, or dust of travel, or strife of
politics can disturb, but, where only the cry of
the king-fisher or the white gull is, heard, where
the gambols of the salmon trout break the still
-water into -circling ripples, or, the,great eagle
smceeps along the clear,blue,sky.
SABBATH THE :WOODS.
%Yesterday .was the Sabbath, and a day of
constant rain. Our bark shanties, or sheds, as
they; might ba called, as- one side opens to the
blazing tre, did -us good service, .ho.wever9-we
were , sheltered And . warm ~M ost .of, the_ day
gl i s , s pet i t, in' reading, or conversation, or
iogtiv"tthadeep deep and, prayerful Anteres t ,of the mot.-
shipping congregations we had left at home, or
ABOUT.
' . , - r4iL,OgtiltiA;,::,,:.,:f4ij.l
looking up through the dark spruce tree-tops
that. kept up their enustant "anthem to' the wind,
while the rain dripped from every pendant twig. -
.4 was a wild Sabbath in the foriit; yet God
was here, and all found it e; day:of rest - "net
only, hut of enjoyment .At one o'clock, 'P.
we united in a religious service, Wand an infor:
mal but appropriate and beautiful discourse was
given us by Rev. Mr `Boardman:' At the ease
hi read the exquisite ' "I l eiest itymn" of Bry
.
ant, 'arid better still, all , joined in`singing` those
wellzknown..words,
"Jesus, lover of my M.?l,
Let me to thy bosoM
VISIT . TO.
YALE;
16 Attgus ,
Ne . .
T JOURNEY - A .
SINGPAS VIEW OF
THE GREAT
EASTERN
On Tuesday, the 22d 'ult. I set out for New
Haven to attend commencement I left Newbnrg
in. a crowded beat, the Thomas Powell, for the
down trip , to New York. Hundreduilf people were
on board, gathered from the surrounding region,
bound OA an excursion to the Great -Eastern ; arid
I too, had a long, look at the leviathan, as we ap
proached and steamed slowly past her. I was dis
_
per i pd to view t the monster with the most eager and
scrutinizing curiosity, and for this purpose I' se
cured a position on the steamboat, where I could
hold the longest and most uninterrupted contein
plation; and to the best` advantage and with he
utmost satisfaction, my eyes went through with
that mysterions transaction of speculating Upon
every point of surface, and diving into every open
ing; ' wandering over, and comprehending, and
drinking in the whole compass'of that wondrous
structure, So superior in size te anythirv , of the
kind they had ever before encountered. All the
morning I had been looking on mountains and
palisades, yet these I had expected to be large,
and'my curiosity was: not so Muck excited by the
sight, as was my idea of grandeur 'gratified; hut
in the ship man's work in' giant proportions was
seen, and the wonder was that Man had' planned
it, and made it, and managed it. First of all, as
we approached, my eye measured the stern, so
high 'rounding, and ineaving down to the propel
ling wheel, which seemed almost separated from
the great hull. Then my vision ran hastily along
the range of masts and funnels, six' and five, re
spectively, painted not blick and red, but mainly
a light lead color; my eyes, again returning to the
stern, and mastering that part of the hull, as far
forward as the paddle wheels; which rose high and
soniewhat skeleton-like, and is I measured the
huge bulge =and build of the sides, up from the
water line, and; by the progress of the steamer, I
gradually 'caught and comprehended the whole
length Of the ship, the paddle-box and wheel, great
as they are, suffered by the comparison, and seemed
like arms, too short and spindling for such a body.
I endeavored to measure the whole structure, with
the pye, lengthwise and in.height, hull and masts,
'and intrinsically it vies huge Then I considered,
in the ?way of comparison, how long our own rapid
boat was in passing; I also weighed the great ship
by,the string,of jolly-hoats, hanging by the daviti,
along her sides, I measured ;upward, by the height
of the workmen, standing on floats, in the water,
by her side; I compared her with vessels passing,
and her whole uplifted mass with large ; objects at
a distance; but that irhich most sensibly assisted
my mensuration was the innumerable, human heads
peering above the sides, on every quarter, the
overt ports and great square hatches, along
,the
sides, being• filled with men, and women looking glut,
whose persons, whatever may be, their future his-.
tory, now served to point the moral, and adorn the
tale of the Great Eastern, giving, in contrast to
her monstrous material size, an overwhelming im
,pression of greatness Near the bows ; hung an
enormous anchor,- whilst from monstrous holes ;
depending, 'chains that would adorn a colossal
Titan . srere,gracefully flung , around her, chest.
figure-head of any kind adorned 'her, and when, I
gained a position whence I could look directly,hack
upon the stem, the high bows, all up from the
water, seemed like a hue , without the' Smallest
bulge, ,and rather like,a pair .of sucked in cheeks,
and an impression seized me,nomething like the
ghost of a'fear, that the ship was too thin to stand
_alone, a kind ef. won* why she did not fallover.
When, by passing the,,aliip,,,Any inspection wap
necessarily brought to ,a ,close; a Jong breathing
sensibly, relieved innof the ; deep-hut maryelleusly
delightful excitement I had unOeT i gone, and I
wished to look again !
AREIVAL AT,NEW HAVEN--ORANGES:
Hurryinglram the North Riier dock; the New
Ravin station was reached in time for the , 12.15
train; and under a clear, bright'` dap,' constantly
Within sight of the - glittering Waters of the Sunni,
passing the handsome towns of :RYe; Greenwich,
Statnford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, 'Stretford and
Milford, by '2.-15 eraised'thedteadnfold'Lotig
Wharf;and by the dry-canal bed now used for the
Railroad traelt,.reached,our stopping place in the
city. of Elms-It was so..early in,the clay that
abundance of, time, after resting and dressing;re
mained.for sauntering around before the evening
exercise, the 04114i0 ad ae114777 • for the sake of
which I had accoMplialted so' early an entrance
upon the anniversary week. New Haven has not
been behind other cities in her improvements, and
after an absence of seven years, I' found even
Chapel street, so greatly changed as to bewilder
me, in my walk; and as to facei, I had little ex
pectation of recognising or being recognised, 'ex
cept by,old and intimate classmates and friends.
THE_ TWO HIINDEEDTEE 4441 , Wy-EREAEY . TUE
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
About 5 o'clock I found myself on - College street,
and. being reminded of the - celebration of the.2ooth
Anniversary of the. Grammar School, I 'happily
found myself within ...the Church -(Rev. Mr.
Strong's) where the exercises were progressing.
With much gratification, I listened to a character•
istie address 'from young Leonard Bacon, wherein,
without. learning much about •the details of the
Grannuar School, we- were treated-to' the.racy and
instructive annals of the olden time, glorifying
those worthy_ men who had - founded not only :the
State and Church,'•but the'School; nor could one
hear ..the , praises of Davenport and his compeers,
Eaton, •and' Hopkins, Without feeling his pulse
-quickened
, under a noble impulse to mark hfs day
and Place with. some good Work. (}f, all the
structors who had ever flourished the birch within
the precincts of the 't rinninar cliool an ancient
and mental.° teathe , named Cheever received
by farthe richestnOti apf the orator, Who deplete&
hini as one having op nions Of his 'own'," the niter:
&lee of Which E10w46 ;es trenched' on digpities;
whose prominent trag-howeier, consisted in the
facility of riaintaiain:: his opinions with' marvel
len's pertinacity; who IWwias . Suspected of having
left descendants,resep Wing hini in name and cha
racter; 'to the Preseri Vail From the breaking
up of this issembly, 4.- , mierice.d: the happy 'rectig-,
nitionari& Salutation i - Triends, which throughlhe
progrese and up id'ili' , . 6loie of the Coinnaencement
dierases;MultiPlied t 1 OSSTriendly gnah es of Warm"
healthy, hearty 'feelin:, to secure Which if nothing
else iiiiined7 it is Wiitkinpull4 of long travel
to one's Alma *dier, A: °-'' ' -:"' : ' '"
tier the benefit dikturnotprivilegedto visit
old Yaleildilea t i,l nOist remord"rntianderings
on College grounds . ; ' • i'Lliing the 'dilifidated aii
pearinee of the Prot lit'S' lion* . Whieh looked
ready for along journ - ;_niarkind with' tridanehOly
pleasure the old' el i :':and . Walks, *the chapel,
athenmum an dlyeen" 011ie - scenes of early prayers
and recitations, not fo getting the -laboratory, and
eating hall; now used' ifmore scientific - purposes;
nor Will I deny an- in 'ffeetual 'effort to roll back
the stream of time a s a ! re and a - h'alf - of years,and
iinagine a 'careless reti ', through' - the protecting
posts 'and bY the little ''ll-Wcitu pith to MY fresh;
Man room! Yet who', mild seriously wish to re
turn ? - - No, hasten 43' 21,6'that ••gliciriens', goal for
which 'we fight' the leof life, more` than con
querors through Hi Oah9o
o'ves. us I.' - ' s
THE CON6I ' Ai) CILEPIIM.
In the evening, I f l ed not to make my way to
the North Church, greittl3r disappointed, however,
at, the marvellously thili audience, of whom many`
were ladies, to listen t the appointment of the
association. , In the Sattie : tir I occupied, was
our old revered ' instructor, Prof &man, Most
remarkable for the Maid,' healthful and youthful
old age, which falls sOrdefully on his head. "
The Concio was re' s hed b 'a ,
P , Y young
C. W. Clapp, of Rockville, whom, the next day,
I recognised as an acquanitanco, of formeeyears.
The topic of the diiOurse was the Nature and
Design of Punishment,` elected by the AsSociatiChi
of Connecticut and put into his hands we must
suppose, as adisciissof not uncalled for by the
times. It was placed itigood hands, yet what can
be gained on such .tAvjcs from metaphysics, if re
velation helps As not? • ‘ Tlite preacher took a common
sense.view of the subject, upholding God's justice,
in the support of tbe light, as the grand end of
punishment, whilst alhiWing Other gooli issues to
be at the same time pr*oted. solemn and im
pressive was the treattnibt of the motneutmassnb
ject, as ,the greatness of ilod was made the measure
of guilt and. penalty, the degree andduratiOu of
punishment, however 1 earful, being no more than
justice, requirea,Aequ lung ik.n.seriouS matter to
have Ged as the avenger of sin towards
and injury committed avainst a fellow creature!
W. W. T.
ram
=mans sowAßpvxmoN 4irs-
We copy from the News of the . Churches the
following, deeply interesting_account, of thedis
.
,
missions . between that ! liberal and noble-minded
•
prelate, the Bishop of Adelaide, and Rev. T, Bin
. ,
iley, an, etninent . CeOgrsgatienal preacher, who had
lately arrived inAustrtdia froitpLondon :
the dismission on this highly interesting
aubjpei.,,(4hdly between the Bishop • of Adelaide
aid' Mr. Biniey,) Ire' must speak with very strong
praite. It is . worthy; on both sides, — of the high
'position of the speshers, and not unworthy of the
magnitude of the objects and the preciousness of
the interests invojvCd. Both are eiceedingly cau
tions and tentative, as became those . who had no
authority, to - bind - others to the proposali with
which yet rach:fertlihritielf bound to deal; both
are fully aware of , a' long and complicated history
behind, which , theyhave:cireftilly scirtivoid raking
and both, an phiialy,, animated by . a very
thorough desire to ,do what can be done for , the
. great^futtire interests' of theflhiirch„espeeiallY in
Australia : - and'yet; . after 'airiiitiein vain to agree,
they agree tcr.differ: -• ' • '
• The Bishop opened the matter by a very lute
resting letter to lA. Rimier in. September, "1858.
Mr. "R,inney!S oitt . writirigOtliteugh this book,
is remarkably clear, end radiurate, and 'poiverftd;
- bet this Episc4ial coninignication is perhaps Oint
ceived in a higher tone, and leuched with a finer
grace of scholarly words, ;than anything else-to.be
•
lonnd in it. In the of the letter, he re
"fers to thetoo grea,in4uence , of party-Prejudices
upon the' clerieal .innid especially, churchman as
'well as Ilion-cohforitist, 'bat "expresses' confidence
that ell Mist feel • a deep' iregret that "a mid-wall
of partition should so have separated•hindrealsouls,
pledged to the same csusc,. rejoining in the same
hope, and devoted, to the same
Christ and 'Rim CrueifieA, 'to' a. and"ftilfeit
World." Thenrreferrini.sPiiiiihlly
and exclaiming ; Talis enua i sis ntinam noster esses 1
he declares that mot. even the, "power of your in
tellect, nor,-vigor, of, yeur . reasooing, nor mighty
eloquence, nor purity. of 14 nor suavity of
,419:1-
ners, nor soundneSs In the fsith, would justify ire
'in, departing' from) the rule`et , the' Church of Eng
by.asking -him to ; preach in-the churches , of
.the diocese... But .this, at, ogee forces upon. the
; Bishop the question, of this,.
•
"While adhering vi'tlits, conclitsi* I.ani free
tioonfeas that my feelings kielc r againseniy judg-
Ment; and I am compelled to •ask , myself, Is this
•' standing: apart' to enatinue for ever? Is division
to pass from functional disease into . the structural
type Of Church organisation? Are the Lutheran
and. Reformed, the.Presbitetiah, and Congrega
lithialist, the Biptilt Weileyan bodies, to
continue separate frOni- the IRpiscopal communion
so long as the world endnrethl !svls.there no possi
bility, of accommodation, no ~.hope...of sympothY)
no yearning tor union? Will no one even , ask the
qUeation? None mike the' first MoVe?"
' On the sUbjeet of the desirableneiti of such
Ohm; be writes persuasively and . Well :ccincludirig
as follows; .
, .
"The. union I contamplate, is nokayekepf suli
jsction-an iron rule
,suppressive of,indiTislual or
sectional thought, aspiration, energy,: and,actioP;
Tar'otherwise.. IBthe great Apostle `OCthe Gen
tiles.would provoke his brethren after the flesh to
jealousy, in order. to save some—if he stirred up
the Churches of Macedonia by the, forwardness of
Achaia, and reciprocally urged
_the, Aehaian
Churches to be ready with thew, l'est
he should be ashamed"of his letistitioiineerning
them—certainly a loving zeal,- strivtag for . the
PlL 9 4)ry, not tu, ba.„ east out as. unmeet for the
Christian commonwealth. Unity is eompatihle
with Cariety,:auti: variety is pregnant Of coMpe
titian. God has create d but one'veriebrate type
of animal organisms; but• how infinitely diversified
are the specific formal: I know no reason why,
in our reformed-brai:lh. of .-the : Catholic Church,
there might not he particular corigre&ations,ef the
Wesleyan rule, or ignile'other'znettiodift internal p
diSoipline, 'Of tinge.; oefdrni- even
the Society of Ignatius Loyola, or Dominic, or
SDAY, AUGUST ]6;1860:
MIM
Francis, exists in the "bosom'of'lhri obe- .
thence.. The seamless coat 'of the Redeemer was
woven from the top throughout, The Roman sol
diers said, 'Let us not rend it!' Why should
chronic disunion be the symbol of Evangelical
Christianity? I cannot Call alliance ration : nay,
it irr founded on stereotyped separations."
Coming down to a Still chmar Consideration of
the conditions on which a uoion might take place,
he regards it as "evident, after. an• .experience of
300 yearS, that neither - Opiseopiliari„ nor.
Presbyterian; nor Coogregitichillilf, an reasonably
hope to force .upon 'the`his= own
particularsystem. • Is, eltberAnec o.r4he 'other en
titic# by the Word.raf God trio vplude,frum
tion - thosi believers Who dO not follow the -same
rule of *Chtiii3W Governinent?' If;'liovriiver; 'Sub
miision .may not be demaridedt-orwthelround of
its necessity to salvation, that:ton:3y Degotiation for
outward• union man-and-must, proceerton groundrit
of what is . best and wise* most likely to orate,
as being
. most in ancordande With 'Sorrow.° inn
apostolic tradition.' Winfilitlity aside haidivords
—schism, Church authority, sectarianism.
the .comity of'nations, 4e-1409. (}overnmenta are.
recognised and treated with . ; the auestionwhether,
they are tip jure abeyance. So Most it
be 'with 'respect to any union cif the Chireheri..
They must meet together lik'e'brettren whir have
been iong.estranged, yet retaining the strong af
f.eetion of.early youth; reselve to,forget the subject
of their dittpute, and walk tegetherin the house of
God frierids. It will be:nanecessary to ask,
'Which'
man did sin, this man 'oi'his parents?' or
to say, 'Thoix Warn; altogether' born in sin, and
dost.thou teach us•?! or, '.We forbade him, because
be follpweth nokus.' ,Ncrore, mast meet - in. the
g
spirit ofgodly fear, of mutual rcCpec, wi.th
earnest detnre,:hyall right concession, to promote
God's'trilthrand ad#aice Christ's kingdom. We
must receive.oneenother, but not to doubtful dis
putations."
The conciliatory, gi§b..9p,.goes on to state what
seems to the leading,ylest, tire characteristic
princirile of each section of the Christian Church;
aud, acknowledginglhatweach of these principles
is substantially, though not exclusively true, While
When eicaggerate4 or made exclusive it becomes
inischievogs, salusr—
tiVtherend analytical Process possible? no law
df.eifiriiti 135 iihich•the spiritnal• mind could pre=
cipitate the. errinineleave pure lind.limpid the
gospel stream ? • or remove-from the Initell•fine 'gold
of the
,temple the dams with whickit : is alloyed?
Would there net still remain a_scripttpul truth, a
godly 'discipline, a settled order, a eciMtnor3 altar,
a united miniStry, a visible union as Veil'as fellow
ship in the Spirit? Might there not'still be va
riety in • unity, partial diversity of usage , and a
regulated latitude of Divine worship?, . The Epis
copalian, the Presbyterian, and the Congregation
alist, might consent to harmonize what they-can
not exclusively enforce; they might surely 'in irit
deratanding be men ; ' and exercise.the great privi
lege of spiritual men—that is, combine freedom
with submission to jaw, and general order
.with
specific distinctions. ,
' - But it; i's - tirne iikdraw these general remarki
to a close, and define; with somewhat more of pre
cision, that Church of the : future Which)s to con
ciliate all affiretiOVai ties. I
scarcely krtow which to admire mnat,tbe pleasant
ness of the dream, or .the, fond imagination of the
dreamer. Still; let'ute speak, though it be 'as a
f°ol. 4 . l ,Myehjeet is - not to dictate proceedings, bat
to suggest considerations; triVrOvoke inquiry, but
not force. donclusioriti. • 'And since concession in
matters not absolutely essential to salvation, or
positively enjoined, must be the basis of the system
adopted by the various Evarigelical 'Churches, it
may be fairly put ,to me in .tho:langua„ne of-the
proverb, 'Physician, heal thyself.' I• .will
then, with the Church of England, and will - state
What it appears to ma can be given up for the sake
of union. 1. A State-tominated Episcopate. 2.
Con3pulsory.unifok.4o . of Divine worship.. Al
ready the former hos .gtirenplace in Canada and.
New Zealand to an Ateseopate freely elected.by.
the Church itself. The latter, it appears, even in
England, is only required from the clergy in.parish
irhurches, but not when preaching in the fields,- or
streets and' lanes of the city. In addition, then,
to the separation of Church and State in this
colony, and the absence of the legal machinery
connected with that union, greater freedom and
diversity in the modes of worship seem attainable;
and an Episcopate, nioderate in its' pretensions, as
well as constitutional in its proceedings, associated
with, and not lording it over the Prestrytere; above
chosen - by the free suffrages of the united
clergy and 'laity."
The doctrinal artieles , at least,ef - tlici i llinfeh
of England he would be desirous to retain, - as "a
settled form of sound words, a deposit of objective
faith." The Litany, too, he would• :keep, but net
to the exclusion. „of-extempore prayer. Other
matters, especially as to the appointment of pastors '
and the discipline of congreg . atiorle,.he wOuld leave
as detail for after regulatign; and with-regard to
the'diffic.ult retrospective question,, as .to the effi
cacy of ministerial 'orders; 'instead of proposing
"hypothetical' ordination," or the "consecration
eB-Ij%shops of fbOsting - yireeleyan Superintendents
iand'PresbytUriaii Moderators, 'he says,—
"Ilestmiintthe existing ministers of the several
denominational° be recognised as de jure ,li3P l their
congregations, and-de facto as sueh by the
can Church, might not the bishops of the latter,
supposing the'before-mentioned teims of union
were agreed upon to take effect' prospectively, give
the. right hand of fellowship to thein, that. they
should go to their own flocks, and missions also, as
preachers to the 'Anglican congregations; when
'finite& by' the pastors of the several churches?"
About, the Aime that this communication was
made ,to:Mr.pinney, another ,movement sprang
up; lum:lg Aaity. A memorial was
fortiaijle,d Pithe'Bishop, the signatures - to which
wets bYlliatsaf - the Governor; 'Sir R. (.1.
, Matidennell; (who, by the writes admirably
.on; the whole subject,)•desiring that his Lordship
should invite Mr. Blaney to preach in one of his
,pulpits This course, he at once declined te,aceede
*to,laii.O.theugh possily 'not an actual; at least, a
virtual transgression of . the ourYChurch."
:But; before his reply; a second or 'counter memo
rial reaghed ; him, expressing disapproval of the
proceedings of those -wholiad signed the first, and
couched in terms which it least seem to express
to the too great liberality; of the Bishop's
own son men with'regard a prospective
Church. Such were the public steps which formed
the basis for a t good many.ilttters .exchanged be
tween the BishopptheAl-overnor,,Mr. Bioney, and
others, Arbich.hav obtained . the title of the Ade
-1 laide correaPoridence..' usual in such disens
sions, 'the end'is . not quite so harmonious as the
beginning; yet, there:is nothing in them—nothing
preserved hero at least-,which is unpleasant or
larking in tone; the farthest point of,recalcitration
reached by the Bi s hop being indicated in the fol
lowing paregraih.:
"CharlealT.,difter_his,abdioation, amused him
self with trying p make sothe watches keep time
togelher: , his hopes disappointed, he
motalicns4 at a
~folly of his own endea
yoKs nial>e . nken..`, to 4(00 same jpdgnilsot
"'and same bile: • 1
.My lattei
'haii no", bridged 'the ecelesiastieial tihich'sojia
'isles us. On. the other hand;ll not think it
.; has wideiu ,the breach. am content . to: bide
; the ,tinie, ani,allow the leaven to ferment.. ,li. the
Coined be of God; it cannot be overthrown:
Meanwhile, as the evatmelicalwatches, thougli all
professin a.tu
: be set by7t4e sun, .do not seem at
present inclined professedly to go together, I must
continue to stlt`iiiiina.by :ace raid church clock,'
Nyhigh,.afterall, is probably the surest going . time
piece. in -thaworld, and as near, peilatis,.as any
otherito the li•ge - time of the• Sun of 'Righ.tina
nos."
Mr. Dinners own views form the larger part
of this book, the central portion of, them being his
formal reply to the proposal, or idea, or "dream"
of Dr. Short. This reply was made, not by letter,
but in the form of an address to the Congrega
-I,tiOnal Union of Tasmania, at which he was asked
Ito preside. The first, part of, this long and care
ful address, or i!.eharge," as the coronial news
papers persisted in calling it, is a careful analysis
of the wording of the Bishop's letter; the second
is a disentangling cif What he'calls "jarring sounds
inlhat document;expressions here and-there in
consistent with that general glow of feeling which
he frankly acknowledges, and indicating prejudices
in reserve which might 'come to . ' be• formidable
difficulties; the' third, a - pointing out that this
seheme of union does ; not contemplate •the union
of the various .denominations, but rather an ab
sorption of all the others into the One of Epico
pacy; and, lastly, a distinct expression of opinion
that the Bishep of Adelaide's scheme "can never
be;any thiiig but an ideal 'iketeh.' As a specula
tion; or theory, it is not likely to find general ap
proval; as to its being realized in fact, that would
seem to be utterly hopeless. ,It aims at far too
much. What it seeks, is not possible, if it were
expedient; and Many will think would not be ex
pedient, if it . were possible::'ln liturgical and
other matters, it has been thought to offer, in the
name of his own , communion, concessions and
changes which many of its members would depre
cate and resist. - It asks of others what it is not to
be supposed they would be willing to grant, and
suggests their acceptance of; and submission to,
that whose claims to pre-eminence they.:. have
'earned to deny. But worst of all, the project is
impeded, as we think, by the nature of the pro
posed union being r such;that if attempted, it would
involve serious responsibility in respect to doe
•whichc
trine, &uld not but have orresponding se
rious results; results on all sides,—certainly some
for which his lordship is not prepared." The
chief difficulty he finds, is a doctrinal one; in the
priestly . and sacramental elements found in the
"offices" of the English Church, and in the-gene
ral leelini that it is "too late" for one body to
seek to absorb into itself aff the others. We are
doing%some injustice to. Mr. I3inney in not going
More fully into detail of his very careful SO
elaborate arguments before the Tasmanian
Union; but it must suffice to indicate what he
considers - the more expedient course' for ..those
wh6 desire a "Church of the future, 2 .!,to take.
MS recommendation, in few words, is united
action as a means to, union., not union as a pre
liminary to united action—agreeing rather with
those members of the laity who would have him
Preach in the Adelaide Episcopal churches, than
with' the.Bislicip and his prospective amalgama
tion- •Mr. I3inney's view as to the question of
the Church's future, is exceedingly well put in
the following pafagraph:
"The probability is, that any general agree
ment among'Ohristians, any new order of things,
will spring out of our acting together as far as
we can, and not from the discussions of ecclesi
astics. The inward life of the. Church itself, the
spiritual longings of the flock of Christ, may
become So strong, active; and irresistible, that,
without breaking down thnform of the folds
peculiar to particular portions of the whole,
they shall yet one day so overpass them as to
reach and real*, through an accomplished fact,
what never would have been secured by ecciesi
, astical negotiations.. As women ; by_ a quick
unreasoning instinct, often arrive at the - best
and` wisest practical decisions, while men are
thinking and hesitating on the, subject, and
getting more and more: hopelessly perplexed,
so a religioni, zealous and active laity, will often
be found ready for an advance, and will be pre
pared to settle some knotty question by positive
acts, before the clerical mind, can see, its way.
We divines, especially in relation to ecelesiasti
cal matters, are apt - to forge strong iron bolts
with' which to bar our doors against each other;
the laity have not skill to draw‘these bolts, and
we dare, not, or will not; bat every now and
then a time conies when the force of the confined
and crowded. 'mass presses against the limits
which enclose it--,the doors suddenly Open—the
-bolts are broken or fly off, being found, after
all, to have no better fastening-than_tin-tacks.
Thus will it be, most likely, with practical mea
sures of Christian co-operation between different
Churches. Instead of-everything being'settled
and arranged first, by our all agreeing in cer
tain specified -ecclesiastical traditions, something
will 'be done—somebody will act—argnments
will
of
be found to justify it; and then
out of this may emerge at length 'the Church
of the Future.'" '
We trust This book, so able intellectually, and
soliigh and -generous in the-tone of its diplo
macy,:-may be of much use to all parties; not
only as what it was originally intended for "a
spadeful of rubble thrown in among ihe first
rude hiyers nf the colonial ecclesiastical struc
ture," bat also in theßresent position of churches
at home. It is good for dissenters to see the
generous and honest feeling of many : in the
English Establishment towards the multitudes
who are without, and how much of prejudice
and reverend tradition they are willing to throw
over for `union's Wake; and it is still better that
`Churchmen should-find:the honest difficulties: of
others Put f3O carefully and so conciliatorily, and
should realize,what a vast amount of good might
be done by a little honeSt,ernit towards at once
purifying thote formula7s which all acknowledge
must be rectified sootier or later. And for-both
parties, "as far as we'have already attained, let
us walk , by the same rule, and mind the same
thing s ,' ever cherishing an inward discontent
andsbrrow, till the rents of the Church be' re
*tired, and the Robe be woven into one.
THE TRUE_ wispol4i.
man ,may know all ,about the rocks, and his
heart remain as hard as they ate; a man' may
know all about the'winds, and be' the sport of pas-
Siena is fierce as they; a man may know all about
the stars, and his fate be the meteor's, that, after
a brief' and.brilliant career, is quenched in eternal
night; a man may know all about the sea,,and his
soul resemble its troubled waters, which cannot
rest; a man
,maS , know . hew to rule the spirits of
the elements,' yet know not how to rule his (Ywn;
naan may know how to turn ,aside , the flashing
* thunderbolt, but not the wrath - of God from his
own guilty head; he may know all that La Place
knew—all that Shakspeare that Watt
knew—all that the greatest ,geniuses have known;
he may know all mysteries and all knowledge,
but if he does not know his Bible, what shall it
avail? I take my stand by, the bed of a dying
philosopher as welt as of a dyincr c miser, and ask
of the world's wisdom as of the world's wealth,
"What shall it profit a man
' if he gain the whole
world, and lose his own seul?"
I despise not the lights of science; but they
burn in_a dying chamber as dim as its candles.
They cannot penetrate the mists of death, nor light
the foot of the weary traveller on his way in that
valley through Which We have all to pass. • Com
mend me, therefore, to the - light which illumines_
theJast hour of lifs—commend me to the light
that can irradiate the face of death; commend me
to the light that,
.when . all others are quenched,
'shall guide rfoot to the portals of that blessed
world where , there is no need of the sun, and no
need of the moon, and to need of any created
lights; for God and the Lamb are the light there
of. Brethren, leavnothers_,to,climb the steeps of
fame—brother, sister put your feet upon the lad
der that scales the sky, nor 'mind-though your
brows are never orowned.with fading bays if- you
through „faith inffealp, the crown of eternal
life.
Dr.
.Guthrie;
VOL...
.IK-LLN0 . ..:.' . :51.-- 7 .7iYi01p.:.N0... '
.216. i
Nothing has surprised us More than to find
the prevalence of drinking in this land and
among all classes of SUCiety. 'Even among the
ministers there are few abstainers, as they are
called here. Almost everywhere, at the houses
of ministers, the glatses are passed round two
or three times at the - close of the dinner, and
all are expected•to partake. And upon making
a friendly call, you are asked to take a glass of
wine. We were-told, before leaving home, that
we could not visit ; this country without taking
a'social glass: So,far 'haye maintained' (Air
integrity, but 'not without great' difficult",_ and
in some cases offence. But certainly nothing,
has done 'more to:weaken the hands of the liipt
friends - of temperance -in, this ,country, than the
comiiroMising 9f American principles'of tempe
rance by American ministers: Every man *ha
professes td be a teroPeratice man, and bas'-the
,
cause at heart, Should stand: up ;for .
,pratet--
pies at home and abroad. • Two things were
thought remarkable about us—one that we did
not own slaves; and' the other that we did not
drink whisky. Our friends here are all anti
slavery men of the most violent character. -Dr.
IVlorray and Dr. Leyburn were not only do
nonnced from the pulpits in Edinburgh because
they were connected with a slave-holding chnrch,
but threatened with a Mob *lien they attempted
to speak at a prayer-meeting in the Old. Thea
tre. Americans and American churches ,are
denounced in the strongest terms for their con
nexion with slavery.. But while we meekly lis
ten to the rebukes oar friends on the subject
of slavery, we would in' kindness remind them
of their great home-sin of intemperance. This
is the great curse'of Scotland. We rejoice to
know that some of her ,
.ministers have taken a
noble stand on this subject. We bid them God
speed, and hope the day is not far distant when
ministers of the goalie' will cease to use intoxi
cating lignin's as a common beverage, and teach
their people, by their practice as well as by their
precept, to abstain from that which may, even
in mederation, prcive their ruin.
Cor. C. O. Herald.
The Act that same of the most diStinguished
men of the United States are not much indebted
for their, position to scholastic training, has`
given rise to a common notion that the distin
gaiShed youth at - the college or university gene
rally falls behind intheeotripetitirms of the Wbrld.
It is undeniable that some of our first states
men, lawyers, clergymen, &c., have been men
who .did not ,enjoy the benefits of thoreugh early
education.` This is not true, however, of the
public men of Auierica generally, especially in
the Southern States. .The subject was dis
cussed some years ago, in the British Parlia
ment, and on that occasion the historian .Ma
cinlay pretty effectually exploded the fallacy to
which we have referred. '`He traversed the Geld
of Parliamentary history from the days of Mon
tague and Bolingbroke to those of Canning- and
Peel; and the laterperiod .of Lord Derby :and
Gladstone, all:.,
of, whom had taken high col
legiate honors.
.The ablest Govcrnors of In
dia were Hadtifigs, j llletcalf, Wellesley, and El
lenborough, Cadli-ormihoM, he Said, - had been
eminent at Westminster, or Eton, or Oxford,
or. Coleridge. „ the. beech, and the bar, he
enumerated Mansfield, Eldon, Stowell, Gibbs,
Tentenden Lyndhurit Baron Anderson Justice
Manic, Baron Parker, 'Justice Coleridge who
were no less distingiiished for seliolarship than
for the strength and'acuteness oftheir practical
faculties. All of these, - and many others who
had obtained high positions, had kept the start
which they - gained in - youth.' If the eminent
self-made men who - have' iiecome justly'illus
trious, acquired great fame :without early ad
vant.ages, they might, have risen still higher if
they, had enjoyed the opportunities of intellec
tual disciPline which colleges and universities
afford, and Would probably hive taken the' ead
in the competitions of youth, as , they afterwards
did in those off matures years..
Thank God for 'John' Calvin To be sure,
he burned' Servetus; but, :the Puritans, or at
least their immediate descendants, hung the
witches; George Washington held slaves; and
wherever you go, up and down history, you, find
men, not angels, of course inwerfect, but com
missioned- of God-to conimunicate blessings to
earth. One of these was John Calvin, the
largest statesman of - his generation. : If, in the
great straggle of his day with boy*. and Ca
tholicisM, Western Europe was victorious, we
owe it more to the statesmanship of Calvin than
the large German heart of Luther, and to Tohn
Calvin many of the most excellent characteris
tics of New England... Lather's biography is
to be read in books—Calvin's life is •written in
Scotland and New England, in the triumphs of
the peoplf over priestcraft'and power. ,To him
the Puritans owe the Repnblicanism of the
Church. Caliinism, which Charles - IL said was
unfit for ~a gentleman, is a_religion of the peo
ple. It recognises that the heart of God beats
t_hrough - the heart of every human being, and
you get. nearer God's heart by massing up the
millions than by the second hand scholarship
and conservatism of the thoughtful and educated
classes.
In a voyage to America some nine years since,
on the seventh or eighth day out from Liverpool,
Capt. L-----Canie to dinner at eight bellies usual,
talked a little to the persons right and left othim,
and helped the soup with his accustomed politeness.
_Then he went on deck, and was back in a minute,
and +operated on the fish, leaking rather grave the
while. Then he vrent on deck again; and this
time was absent, it maybe,- three or five minutes,
during which theftsh disappeared, and the entrees
arrived, and the roast beef. Say ten minutes
passed—l can't tell ,after nine years. Then L
-came down with a. pleasetiand happy countenance
this time, and began carving the sirloin. "We
have seen the light," he said. "Madam, may I
help you to.a little gravy ; or a little horse-radish,
or what not?" I forget the name of the light,
nor does it matter. It was a point of Newfound
land for which he was onthe look-out, and so well
did the Canada know where she was, that be
tween soup and beef the captain had sighted the
headland by which his course was lying. And so
through storm and.darkness, through fog and mid
night, the ship had pursued her steady way over
the pathless ocean 'and roaring seas so surely, that.
the officers who sailed her knew her place within
a minute or two, and guided us, with a wonderful
providence, safe on our way.
By this little incident hourly, of course, repeat
ed, and trivial to all sea-going people, I own I was
immensely moved, and never can think of it but
with a heart full of thanks and awe. We trust
our lives to these seamen, and how nobly they
fulfil the trust! They are, under Heaven, as
providence for us. While we sleep their untiring
watchfulness keeps guard over us. All night
through that bell sounds at his season, and tells
how our sentinels defend us. It rang when the
Amazon was on fire, and chimed its heroic signal
of duty, and courage, and honor. Think of the
dangers these seamen undergo for us, the hourly
peril and watch,-the familiar storm, the dreadful
iceberg, thewinter nights when the decks
.ttre as glass, anethe sailor has to climb through
icicles to bend the stiff sail on the yard. Think
of ihnifconr - age' and their' kindnesses in Cold, iu
tempest, in hunger, in wreck.
THE GREAT CURSE OP SCOTLAND
AN ERRONEOUS ASSUMPTION.
CALVIN
COASTING IN THE NORTH
Presbyterian WitneSs.
Wendell Phillips