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'.. . ..- r ..r ..t 1,47, • 49 31 . D .,,,,, ____-_, - ..,...., I- 8 . rlrt --,-, .. , : .. " I I— .. I .....ran ~.?1' AL/ L • f .s.Y: It -4, GENESEE EVINGELIST. , WhoIo No. 771. aatxp~. THE CRISIS i by on O. WIJITTIER. The'day is breaking in the East of which the prophets , told, Now brightens up the sky of Time, the Christian Age of Gold r Ohl Might to Right-is yielding, battle bladti to' clerkly pen, Earth's monarchs are her People, and tier Serfs stand up as Men; • The tales rejoice together, in .a der are Nations .born, • 'And the Stave Walks free hi Tanis arilStarnboul's Golden Horn! Is=this, 011 countrymen'of mine! a day fOr us to low 'he soli of new-gabled empire with Slavery's seeds of woo ,To with our fresh-life-Wood the Old World's cast off crime, Droppedi like' some monstrous early birth, ,from the tired lap of Time? To run tune* thevill race the ohd lost nations ran, And die, like them; of unbelief of God abil wrong of Great ifenvenst is this our mission? Ends in thisithe prayers and tears, .THe toll, the strife, the watohings of our younger, bet- ;." ter years? SO, as the Old WOrld rolls in light, shill 'ants in sha dow turn, A timeless , Chaos, cursed of Clod, through outer dark- ness bOrnel Where the far nations looked for light, a blackness in the 101 Where for the words of hope they listened, the long . wail of despair 1 The Crisis presses on us; face to face with us It stands , With solemn lips of questions, like the sphinx in Egypt's sands! This day we fashion Destiny, our web of fate we spin; This day for all hereafter choose we holiness Or sin I:.' Even now from starry DerWm, or Ebal's,cloudy crown, We call the, dews of blessing or the bolts of cursing down I By all for which the Martyrs bore their agony and shame; By all the warning words of truth with which the pro phets came; By the Future which awaits us ;by all the hopes which cast Their faint and tombling beams acroslftlM-biaokneiS of the Past,. 0 And in' the awful name of Him who for Earth's frecilom died; Oh s ye people! oh, my brothers] let us choose ate right eous side! So shall the Northern pterrear go joyful ork his iiiny„ To wed Penobscot's waters to. San Francisco's bap; To make the rugged places smooth, end sow the vales withagraln, And beati VlA.Libertp and Law, the Bible in his'traln ; The raiglity, Xtreat stud/ bless the Bast, and sea.shall an swnt,sea, And mduntain unto mountain calls Parersz Gen, von WE ARE FREE! ovosquittbours. For the American Presbyterian. "THE MINISTRY NO PRIESTHOOD." In nearly all the religious papers a paragraph has lately appeared with some such caption as the above. It was a quotation of one, of the smart sayings of Mr. Spurgeon, in whioh any mi nisterial character was denied to clergymen. ' They were put on the level of platform speakers, and required to win a title to the office of the ministry by eloquence and oratory. The standard of judg ment for them was such as he would have despised; " wbg came not with enticing words of zOint's wisdom" to prove his righil r o ofilEt It, in effect, denied all distinction bitween clergy and laity; all validity of ordination. It may be very good doctrine for a Baptist or a low Congregationalist; but what surprises, and grieves me is that it should be so widely approved by our Presbyterian newspapers. The argument implied in the paragraph alluded to, is based on a play upon the word priest—as thus; a priest is an offerer of sacrifice; in the Christian church there is no sacrifice; therefore, there is no priest; and here the word "priest" is used in. a sense much wider than before, and so excluding from the church of Christ any clerical order, having I rights and duties other than the members of the church, The minister is then merely the " speaker," as he is often' called in New England, and among the Baptists, where low views of the church and ministry prevail. Every mau who acts for the people in things pertaining to God—who acts officially and per forms religious acts or celebrates religious cere monies which the people at large are .not permit• ted to perform' and celebrate, is so Mr, and in all that is essential to the word, a priest. He has an official character derived from his ordination which the people have not, and by reason of which he performs official religious acts, without any regard to his ability to address an audience after the forms of login and rhetoric. It , is, of course, to the interests of religious as well as po litical demagogues to sneer at the "priest," and to measure God's ministers by the Beecheis and the Spurgeons; but Presbyterians should burn their constitution before they take up the- ea me cry and measure their ministers by the same stan dard. The church whose constitution affirms ct that, baptism is nobto be adniinistered in any case by any private person; but by a minister of Christ, 1 01 called to belttelt of the mysteries of God," has recognised a °lel and priestly ehatneter in its clergy, and 11 made that character indelible by orelinatiott it life. ~ Tlie ability to deliver orations on religious sub jeets no necessaty qualification for those whom the " Holy Ghost makes overseers" of the flock of God. Any man who knows More than his fel lows has therein a right granted, and a duty im posed, to speak for God and Christ to a dozen or a thousand, if they will hear him; but this ability and right and duty of any Christian man, in no way brings him into the ranks of the 'ministry; nor ought it to be regarded as trespassing on their ground; nor yet, again, ought such ability in tl.ll. ordained men be made the ground of dspreoi ating the ministry—just because, that which is peculiar to the uiinistry is priestly, and has refe rence to official ants whic;h may be performed by them, and not by tho , most eloquent and learned of unordained men: Christian ministers have so much put forward into prominence their authority to preach as the distinctive peculiarity of. their office, and elo quent preachers have found it so mach to, their advantage to encourage the distinction between good preachers and poor ones; that 'the Ministry have been of necessity tried by the standard of the platform, and their official character and acts have been overlooked and neglected. This has led on the one hand to a jealousy of lay preaching, and on the other to a depreciation of the clerical office. Ministers have been un willing to allow scope for lay effort, Jest it should trench on.their own ground and undermine their own influence; and again unfavorable con- treats are drawn With ill-eoneetiled gfati r itettljh tween ordained and lay preachers. In the fluies of the jayne's Hall excitement; iiiEenh.afa,ny seemed to think the millennjuin was about to no ushered'in. by Christian ASseelationstattini.;the place of the church, a, religious meeting was held, in which a lawyer eOrdeeted' the Worship and la judge preached: `Now there was =nothing; *iong in this, and would , to (141 we inightaSelt kepeated ten thousand times; for prayer .tit4preaching are not the exclusive duty andiprivilege of the clergy; but no sootier was this‘dOEl43 •than religious papers, Presbyrtakian paPers, remarked, did` o Well as if the hands of Bishop. or Presgtery;ltadleen on their heads." , ty, .“;;;;;, Ordination bestows neither authority ear lnali fication to speak in public en - religions" topics nor to pray in' 'Public; but it does confer `authority: administer the sacraments and superintend and rule the church., There therefore,no place for the sneers at the °ler& and: priestly , Of floe which are se:common *the lips of religions aeatagoguei- while there is ample scope for the lay element without infringing t , an, the, priestly prerogatives of the ministry. There is no good reason' why ;Christian lawyers. and .other's 'emus iteMed to - Public speaking should' hot' deVote spare time and energies to preaching the gospel as they haie opportnnity:withont, interfering with the ministry, 'who, guarding, carefuily their own rights and privileges, should ;Undertake the revi val of the spirit of tcni•ship,lnourchurishes.' If the much commended sentiment of kr. Spur geon is the, true one, and ability teattract.aloon gregation of hearers,is the Standard by which to ; ledge the title of idly tihniasterial Standing,"andif Ordination is a mere cerembnY, What objeCtitais should we make to the doctimei and practice ,of the Plymouth brethren, l and„ to .the ,baptista (or rather, the immersion) , of,l4lriGniimess - tby a:lay man? We' shoild 'Measure the validity of haptisin not by the'offieiai standing 'rif the *tier; hut by his eloquence, ;404 t-f,", If our ordination,is" a Inpm ; peielpolly " r an a confers;no right or authority, to: perform priestly or offiolal;religionstacti,Hte itat , fer the People lin things pertaining teadd,rte perform acts which may not be performed °'. in any „case, by any pri vate persen, butdiy ayainiaterpf thrist,.called,to be , the steward of the Mysteries of God;'? why shOuld we Complain' "of these: pisoopiliane who deny the validity of our ,ttorders'," When we denY it ourselves? • , D. G.M. blems.—The writer ineludes eli'lers in the int- Fot the'Arneriestn Presbyterian, CATHOLO SERIT4M'S; "Ye also haire a Master in heinen.or There is a subjectupon which- inanya Christiau housekeeper would be glad, to have light from some source. Such a one; conscientiously desirous of performing all her duty in every relation.of. life WhieltSheetistai . na,pannot failtotake t* into serious OCiasidenttfoxyher:infuenee capacity of eervanti,'form,part of her honsehold. Influence Went she rank for good`or evil. Her daily walk and perivehation "will dolt with Un ceasing power;7butshP:Will not be satisfied with this uneonseicns If they, are, it is comparatively easy to approach- theiri; first by gentle teaching, abillibin by pointing them earnestly to Him who left .aueeeinal threne,,and "took upon Hiat.the form of a servant," for i , their sakes. But 118 ; by :no means so easy : : to deal with thuCatholic servants 4111 our frifilies.. We cannot throw off 'reapOnsibi4ty because they - are such, for are to. stand With Us at the juda ment-seat of 'God, and can we then caluily hear them. say, "I was in your family : tWoiftVe;ten years, and you .never told `me I was in darkneas or danger—you never showed me a better wiy?" How to reach them is the difficulty. Many,,of them - have :been from their infancy in &cum,. stances which were ever weaTing^the Web of su perstition; ignorance, an& bondage, around their souls. They regard their own, religion as sure . to accomplish their salvation. They ,do not imagine that- their Protestant mistresses' can teaeh' them aught of religious matters—for are not they in, the right way, and we in the wrong? We speak only of the more intelligent Catholic stervants, w6,Fe attached to their church, and anxious to .:perform the duties by it enjoined. , • They cannot be approae,hed at all as those Who make no Christian profession, for they are quite satisfied with their own position in this- respect, and would be indignant at having it assailed. They decline decidedly to. attend -family worship,. and would not stay where it was required of thenY. An attempt at, argument Would drive them - slireetly to their stronghold of blind Submission; to the prie.4, and the casting of all responsibility on him. How can we, through this thick veil of darkness; reach their minds, rouse them to see the light of life, and let its rays come in to warm and brighten all their being? It is mainly to awaken thought on this subject, and bring forth suggioatiens, Allot -thesßwprls are written. Perhaps no rule of action can be laid down, so great diversity would be neeessary to snit different eases. But we, doubt not that it weighs heavily on the heart of more than one mistress who loves the souls of "her servants, and who knows not how to find the way &ahem. There is one influence that no human power can keep us from exerting for our servants,—one avenue which no priest can bar against our ap preach, through which we 'may reach their souls. We can bear them on our hearts in prayer to God. Nothing on their part can ever interfere with our daily asking that God will enlighten their minds, and open . their eyes to the truth as it is in Jesus. He only: can. lift the veil, and cause the glorious Sun of Righteousness to dispel the darkness; and We can use for this end the power that " Soars , on high, Through Jesus, to the throne, And moves the arm that moves the world To bring salvation'dOwn.'t It is worthy of consideration whether we do all that we can in this way. Should we not 4'40 ask that God will bless and save our, servants.? He has,,in His wisdom, brought them into our families, and he has done this, .not merely that they may do our work and that we may clothe and feed them, but that, as immortal and account able beings, we may fulfil all our duties in our re lation to each, other. Let us take care that we, who are most enlightened and:therefore most re= sponsible,do.ttot neglect olair ptlFt, . .. , 4..1 .„.., A , T sD •, ~ . , 4 .. ‘,........ “, ~,:. 1,..-% . - clp r•-. 7 -74:U-A7l- For the Americanl.Peabitenee• r• , .41 * SKETCH OF ~ r lrl x t alt..g bp AMOSLAW- S ,„ SEND. BEFORE THE IropNG Mpti: ; s A - A 00417014 V e tatAkrA,lll commix, M. D. (coxcenns9 • . • ue 1 7. ictroftuctiojt- r 4e„ 1 .0. feeble hecatis r --41:1,1 , stie zrsp dititAter—P iety the lan • ':guage. Of all kir actions-- Milt 'the true ; ,rfghes,anq,enjoymnt ) of life were vcombined--- +14'241 (m 4 spina. of /afe, danations- T -Lots . the graCce charucterfAc of * his life- 7 -7.lC,Thewat,lw,fiii fritits-LAciviee to a . plt . y.sicial-;--D Id lie' do t'o:o "' h'e . trust tn. 'his tedrkit-IViiaiiit tied systerisi t 7 his yiviny==sfs *elfsAS'4ereill • 0 • Pretddent, 'and Aentlenien of this assOeia tiort'''l ilifittlE yeti ToY. theOPOrtitilly you .ford me of eon clUdingr my teniarkS upon" Mr:•Law eene,e,eiihichl-clutanenced itwitmohths sinee,,be ,f9M74l2rbody- • ."s n's irrom the time of my rem, to- this city,, a year arid a half ago, tithugkedt a Young Man, only aslail-are_ woi.here, have bedn, deeply in tereeted., in ,this,AssaeWian. I. view it , as.anekOf the'instrnMeete by which the young.mea of diirratiy do, much Iota; and hence; belieVe it shoirldlineet the affprobitiareand 'seeni6, operation of albgeod =,. • ) ) • •- In 1 ,832 the health , of Mr, le.": .was quite: feeble, and he Waslianch stemigthetted by riding on horse back.. ite was accustomed to secure the company df 'ftionefar Ills' ; in i O,'rdirig'S ride - . Soinetithes this wag-tone of.-Ilia but more frequently., it was one of the cify clergy. In this matter, A.9deromillationaLdistinetion seemed teinficence his choice, and. there, are now living thecity of 'Boston numbers of clergymen, for whose benefit and - Company he kept a and who still reinembei-theleirii-moiiiiiig rides Which 4, 1 e-Y r , wer,e,• accustomed to take i with hint , •1. So 'feeble wes,his health that,,,exereise alon'e would ,not t ,r,endes ; it jelerablet. He was obliged to he'watclrful 'Of this diet; his food was of the most simple kind, and-vie, taken small: quantities, after hatilYg been weighed ; in a balaripe,,whichal mays-atoodhefore him upon his writing table; he Vaff.,,acoi'Aain amount seat to him from ,the:,,table, "Whiehhe eat gene in is chamber; that l liendght have PaYte.st, 4 larat:' r 1 3 1 6 - 14" a*teen years, he Sat; .down, at no meal with hiVfaMilY. In a letter tiiPrSSWeatt Hopkins, me Willia College,' he your young , felks • want to know the meaning ofepieureanism, tell them to take some bits of coupe bread, (One ounce and a little more) Adak;them in three gills of_Coarse Meal gruel, and make their dinner of them and nothing else, be ginning very hungry and;leaying off more ,hungry. Th - e food is delicious ; and incikas no mOdern epi cureanism can equal." . . ,le, wrote to his son in 032, "My little doetor does ,wonders for ,me." His little deetoe vias his herse. want you to analiieutore closely the tendency of, principles associations, and conduct, and strive to adept such as will make it easier to go right than wrong.' The moral taste, like the natural, is vitiated by abuse. Oluttopy,,pebaeoo.l and intoxicating, drink, are lie - L:10s ,dangerous to the latter than loose, principlOs, bad associations, and profligate conduct are to the 'former. Leolt well to all these• things." His two surviving sons have so , done. To a `yoking man in 1882, he wrote: "`There fR s h d to, b visited t „ i .,,a0 a Part (t- q-tiOn sUSO eteutiesit,Y, when 1. - first came here, hi , yout?g,mex, 4 1ffrolvliteirrtgitilit remained a, single man, I Avoided, it because not only wished to keep Clear of the temptation, common in thatpart, but to avoid the appearance of evil. I never regretted it; and I would advise all their young men to strengthen, goodresolutions, and, tn.plant - deep and strong the principles of right, and: to aeoid, temptation.? To, a, yonng friend About to eeleet companion, he wrote:-- "Take Care, that: faney dees .not beguile you of your 'understanding in making your, choice,. A' mere pietere is not all that, is needful in the up and down hills of life. Becareful when you pick, to ect a heart, a soul, and a body." To his daughter on her 18th birth-day, he wrote, "Eighteen years of x our.ife are now passed, and the events of this period have been _deeply inte resting to me, and have made such impressions on you, and have,left such marks of progess, I hnpe, in the divine life, as will insure .your ionward-and upward course, until you shall join, that dear one whose home, has been in, heaven for .nearly the Whole period of your life. ;When Ilook„upon you, or think of,your appearance, the image of your mother is.before me; and , ,then feel that deep solicitude that your mind and heart may be influ enced with, those heavenly. influences that gave a grace and charm to Lslme Let - young ladies as well as young men,listen to the following: If t ware, tcy select, for you,the richest portion`, (arid w,hat, a portieni of earthly wishes could not his millions have selected ?) which a fond father could choose, it would be that you might have, a ;mind and ar heart to_perforni ail those duties which your station and, condition in life, require, Aperil true Christian principtes, se that at the day, Of account, you may receive the cheer- M • ing SOUR the as er s voice." But I must: cease to quote the admirable advice and beautiful sentiments ,of - this , expellent man. MI his counsels, all hii letters, all his intercourse with his partners And his , clerks, all his, rides on horse-back with the clergy and ladies of Boston, all his loeger, journeys, and tours with his compa nions, and all,. the counting-room and fire-side chats, with, those, who were privileged to be there all 'Teak:forth the same kind -of, advice—all haie referencete being guided by that Christiau principle which alone can secure ,confidence and honor among men, tbe approbation of our 'own conscience, and, the favor of ourtmal Judge To a sister; he wrote, ” This morning seems al , most like a foretaste, of heaven; tthe 'sum:shines ' l ;right;t4444 , z4B. iNfte/4111,genifort_aNe -lain the ' bappiest.man alive, and yet would Willingly :ex change worlds this day, if it be the good pleasure of our best friend and. Father in heaven.' s How happy must, such a man have been I He had reached the zenith of .human_. attainments— rich in the goods of thisworld--rich in family and friends—rich in the blessine.s of him. that was ready to perishovhem bis blunty had fed and clothed—rich in the 4lms-deeds," which like Dorcas he did r -rich in geed , conscience; but richer still in, faith,-and an heir ,of the promised inheritance reserved in heaven for all who do the Saviour's will. - • - _ Young merchant, young mechanic, young Chris tian, member of this association, the same riches await .you, if you ere faithful in the talents com mitted to you. You may never, indeed,, possess the 'seine amount of worldly goods that he did,,and you .may, for the silver and the' gold are the Lord's. He gives them to be posseesed by whom be pleases; and to every tenant of them he says, " Occupy till I come." But, in those spiritual riches, which God gives to the:faithful, you may be as rich as he was, and,' like him, you flay glide smoothly down the declivity of life, as the full orbed sun, having fulfilled the daily appointment of his Maker, descends the Western horizon, on. a calm summer's eve, showing larger than in his meridian,splendor, allowing us to gaze upon his beinty; Such entire resignation as Mr. L. possessed under many. severe afflictions, in the removal from earth of near and dearfriends, has:been rarely witnessed in the„phildren of God. lib reminds us of the conduct of holy, men of old, in similar eirciim iteneci—of "Aaron holding his -peace," of Job, "The Lead gave 'and the rd •bath taken away;" of " I shill go to him, but:he qhall not re- .7 '''•'l.3 7 S ' - '2l.:j. r; :5i . .."'::,! . ".6".' turn to mem o f the Saviour, "Thy VI not mine i be dene. 4 ' ' During - the last tiventy'flirge yetki l 'of hiilifd, Mr. fib. gave to' Charitable object's sikthundre /and, 1 thirty-nine thousand•-dollars r indq difring hilmlife, over . seven ,hundred thousand.idojares almost. ,a ,Tillion'efdollars, , a large sumlor ff, .fri . vate ind,i `vidual to g,i4 g from his own eartiirixs. j :li . Ws not - tile qineuni hfit.thd manner in Whi6trit'C'eive l itliat I- adtnire. . ' The 1 sPirit ' 4vithT*liiefiAid'. g a„ ve . vas admAreble; he at:Lit ;with ' a .singlse kyo.,L7Sith 7 the simplicity l et' .a child—he gave..as si c g,ood.,steiyard of earthly goods. '' ''' .igi 4 Mr. L. died on the last day of the year 1 iihotild rather SAY, on Ite-olligyridillielof thi new .year 1.854, for 'if - was it (iiarter' t 1.!>14 ,N;'-.M., -}re' was 'reildy IN.' the ever,d3 his' - i'lc - Wakdbrie. Ifelleft.ti lettei:lfolded;' hilt not',o eld,qiiii` hid-26- i 'hie, filled , tv . ;ith blesSings' to hini'' ' ikiiii if , •iias ;vtrittdiii ' Ify - the'niatraer' in WhiCtigiii,"hialoffeit spoken of the sudderi 'death oni€l4s'l'he,deetnell terdbairjilo :o' iii that ivnyi:aild;GiAtgOe him his desire. 1 --:, ~, , 1D:,.:, , fp : , • ... -,... . *il tr ...., -. ..,.. , • If any,'nian'evqr-lived as thostigli aitiink of .the lord Jekis' 'were 'alwayErfhifo ' Ili IA tie! blessed"more to , 4 ile 'thaw tti iicii itAid 'to be Mr. Ti - ''lid'a:nted upoiiihiv ttb:sil v‘)' il ', ~ That man iniii , :liit, but never livt s ; , Who:innolireadivei; but nnft?ig AfJs: ; ' L l '"' l • it Whorls none , earylove,%*honi.zi 6'.caki thank, COatiPP'sfr49,4 eleatiOn's.. - PIAPArIeI wl' .1- - Dr , ~ ~,, ;1 .~ ~ .<t The most prominent ingredient t 1 the life of Mr;;7r.,,waslove, , The cbriolarig*e,wbich . wade, him so conspicuous above ottiers yfas ,His whole deportment was as though 'Se considered' all' athelaW, iiiiebordatide With the cfulftifect by God ander lilvitigs • .c man: seemed to emeody the sentiment: 40m great apos . tie in,tb.e•latlueliapter of{ hia ftrai epistle to the Corinthians so' heautifnily paranhrased by Prior: "Did sweeter sounps"atiorit toy iisming r tongue,, t ,. Than' ever proiiouneeill.orailtec sfint ; 1 ktt i tt a l li gli G tl l i e n g 'fl h hrinet l itt l ett e atil A e r And,hadi'power tirgiVeltihtblllidyol4dke In all the speeches mf: f Yet k6cidus guest, .• Were nekliy.,P.Owertalseximbin myAiteast Those'speeches would send up unheeded prayer, That form of words would be but wild ileipair A cymbal's 89PICI-IFP;!PetteP.l44.l4lYlACieei My faith were ftim, m eloquence were ,poise. ",-, , • y, / Does any one say we wah4tifdre..theory, more prantioe, l doing ihan of 1. lovrf,4 !not helfoaveit4 , Arßaitritadut works is dead," , and *hat is-a deabfaitikgood;fori?--";"A' living-ilogis better thin..a . deid iloni" • btit , at dead faith rendors the salt ofthe OftlisCiatt good -foetid 'thing, but to be troddeh undeF fotkhoV-rherr.‘ Re loVe is no' religiottk religion away frourtusifies's:is ;not tehrist' religion;. it may .be tthe--religion of Seribetiand.Thatisees,.:WhiY .and !did not; A Okristia - n-iiin”.the , bead' :honesty 'in the love 'to God' and benevolence to mini; will never.hear froth . the'final judge, ‘,‘ Wchl ione, „good and faithful•Servint i en ter thou into theljny of . thy :'Give ine'the religion whielrl4e the; einbodinient of Clirii3tiani ,ty in the) Saviour , hitnself; aivent about " -:doing good." This is the.relighin that! annihilates' dull forms, warms cold hearts, easti, , lut selfish devils, and if universally pr actised by professing Chris tians now in the church; as it was .. ty , Christ and his apostles, :would iipiailiasb*avvtitibilieving : world that the: 'le•n reality , in ,Such; was the rqhgib4l' of A-Ksjimr,eneec tipcike duthis actia4s; - men knew hiS "fruits. - 'Brethren, let Ind SafiTyililitto il no`nAin a s to to the'lmportit nee of faitY, by 'fait h 41011 e; 0332ita helie,v,eithattwhitt giliHatilinspProtest , 14 X 44,04 4 40 §t4iir0- 43 /ARitniPOI9AWYrAP.O snot more ,faith in loetrines f aiernoiWknotolecige, but more lave, „more obeti.qinee. - " ?Tis-love that:mikes, our cheerful' feet In swift obedience move, ,The devils lenow,,,Andiremble too,: , I Buf Satitrikentif. •••11.', ~,!` : . .:* sfe: J.. 1 When . every member..ofAisasaocialiott r phall its•well; Jte he knows, I thelieveZnu4lllllll ate greater thins than, you ! evet,lievepandt*hen all .the ..professing 0110Stisqsin..thilp l eity Atilt do ac .Cording.to their shinty, : ag„4 Mof :Larramm ; ; d id, there will' he eueh i'state of thini§a l a.alwa wake city . love, beyoud,who&Ntar§ ever 'dreamed of by. William - Penn' ked.-thia...qua ken. . .„.- • ..;.; • , . . ..It is wonderful what an adaptation Mr. L. pea. sessed to turn the hearts-of altalanees of men 'AO the subject of 'religion.. ~ige,have seen how•lhe managed, to. impregs- tipop his Alerks, upon 'his partners in linsigess,:and : :npen - all his relatives, both maleluxd kunalekthe practical: duties of Christianit y. -Ne f clerks iof his, no business map, 00:itt:iendi no student,,no recipient of his ttp . ilie , fidillffpiSllo,d,him - tO," seek fi rst the kingdom of dod ihd his rightsousness.P, In the , , legerjite addresses arpfiyeiciatw ' • "Dear tir I have beelvreadipgthe last hour, beginning at the second chapter of. Matthew, and so on in courro: . , Ifleaselookat the ninth' chapter and the 35th verse, and I think you will need no it'pehmy for - doing what you' do: This •vejefeads lilollows: And Jesus went about tt11: teacltitig'in I I heir synagogues, •and preaching the espel,of thelitmlorn, and healing all manner of stekness,, and all 7 Masmaer .of ,disease among the Peoide- Christ's exampin,ino • less:than his pre.- ceptS, is designed to - be pcectieallY.ttseful to the whole fetnily.of man; and I feel.humbled and grieved that I have not - followed him hetter by all the motives he has thus spread out. I say, then, to you and yonfs, Gad bless you in - your good work, and make you:a worthy follower of the Be-, loved." - • - He might'havetrveliiidded,wikiti Christ sent out his first disciples; it of 'their commission : l "Al ye go, heat tliesiciptireely ye. h'aVe tieceiVed, fraely give." Both,Christisadfhicapestleaopenedi the way for their preaching to..take effe,str i „,by , keal 7 big the diseases of and happy , i s that in tbrirho can do'thesainni 4l l.,rike witrtir,(l. - beloVed tibysininri:,"..yee Wasilael commissioned :by ,theXcdy Spiritlo write a". larger portion of the New typatament than , any otherm an, save the, apostle %Mug, Siege that day, have atlipinistered 19 the:Vei n of tihe liqd;Y and the PrOaperity of the soul , precept and example; orzby preathintlind practice; the wish of the apostle John;." Untoltbe well-beloved' Ghdes,---,Beloved, I, wish abeve sll *hinge ,th,at thou mayest prosper, and be ip,health;even as thy soul p l roagereth." That :bright Itin'iinary' • science; that wonderful man;' thit'erninent'plifsinien; John Mason Good, the glory,of the - medical profession in ; England , in his day, in imitation of-the Great KllYs!emn," used to-say of his'gratuitpusservices, "The poor are my hest - p atie n t s,; for .God is my pay-master." • Well might Mr. LI cominena'•the of Christian physician as be did!' . It is surprising how much stress Christ laid upon, doinggoed ) in the largest sense, to•the bodies„ and-souls, of -men: In this respect, it hi 'believed if there hai been any man of the gireseut century to Whoul in the day of final. Recount; blawili %lay, " Inasninch as ye have done it unto .9ne.'m the least df ithete,my hTethEen,-ye. did , it, unto l'.it.is. c auell,* i men as Mr. L. Nit . it may i t e,i r icpd, .not, Air, L. do too . much? And did he' net relY z h'ia l gikd works aiaground of inei•itit"'''' • As to -the :first: rineistinii; I - andicer No; lordid not *do tuemuch.; he who labors lor:. Christ will nn y erdo too inuoh. I think the g,r9at,error, of the Proiteilt:ini church; all - d s enommatiOna,.; is in tfaik t.,6 9 ' Tad' is iiitultni L lifeisell that'heareth these sayings ' NO; that bilieveth . these-Sayings-?• No;? he that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them; ihe a irk i the wise man that builds , his hense k npon,,a roe4,an4.4en Ina* who was the foolish 'Man. . 4 ! Be ye doereof the word, and not hearers ortlf, aciieg.e.),, is 4 1-.7 J; 41 . 211 Ufli .1 4 ilanot le , Aa dir 4 .. 14 1 I. . 1 1f 7 4, - 71 1 : 4 1 ' o . ravia Ta g ilt ''' . b ''--:' ---- ;'-• ' , -;` 1, ! , 1 J ',..'. hhi ' h rcei'l t . I 1Y) V-I. ..1 vo irp ' 7 : 11111 Int ;:;:;:ih' V.,,_ tr , • I Sat: J::'; 'lO ~ itthit intSl (MI Al,l. : - P.;;;;l — Atlit7= ='..— -= = .. , , ~ p t IL- • - . ii'This iiiiiiairiA ' ' ''filiPdr-, - 0114 - isind ' awl t •, , 4 ) ...i . , wr y , u 1 Alnistdedde . wh811 1 41:10 'the- Tiler' tilt rb Oh , . ilifthatilittleaverdiiiifdll,,ltlvai the,.nurse of :the Scribes and Pharisees that they said,ap,slazicktot. ;It, is, to . be, feargd A tliatthe great, _evil ; of, Ake .) alorch Of 16:4y is that they prii, atid i lahor:n i ol fo accl9- o.l s h w i t iit t i b s r ,,, f i ty . t zti : 0, 1 : "A. 18: ili .'+' •+ I . ' ii ; t ' 4. i d - ' l'if -L: ' ird""p-'''h - As'to:t eosecon `; that) r:-re e -u on , - is worics.aimeriting.tthhes,vine , faver;t4here . , , ik:nn leXil4Pee 2f: it y:R94iit , l4l9PW ,W 4 ,: bilAkkel:hP . fd) lest,„wai , e,we( l gltherpp,,tll6tares l zvgetnP, alo the *licit?' VWii nado:flde judgp °Tino il,r t i !i++7 +,,+ 1+ r.., . . z:‘,P3l )"? &Fiaieileividrt 1.,1 ' 4 13rit it:iiitty beoatke'dl7ivouldiintlithera hav'elblie .14 Arfuchvintid:Anolli-if; they: 144 y. posaesod'.lhis iITIP9?P7 - i , Terbtalltqlerremid.ll--AlltAblvfh9l9A r f 1 the;silver and the gold, knows netter,,tharao trust 9. f-: ne ir: ;1 /1"' 7 ligqf .1 , 114-.1:: r•ii Limy wine i most o us wt. as mina as Jae gave irn. ~ 1 .1 "' TirielgteeP b' ritif3DVAlrotkilii;llielsidni g iolf Willianksr;Oollege&truliliftitti43eq'am_intelestal, iiPaerVerObingLyett;ffiefiletp:Pontqin YottPilaefr-le.t.kni AYtetel 3 ag .t O l l 4qlAO Ql;49B,PplAT4Acr,4t is 9n / fe l t ot the,religious teelisg s maidest.ed by tit r e,youtig. Irrenlinal pray God, ft ;&10.3riae 'aUgoidt,lfa egi*fit4wedbitigiket aiilkiNirelsdiolditi f6M -ing t&birtehartrolertfciiiitniobittilityriukiunrlthey iFilLtie9ll9t,tke gqS;f . 4o..Y,fGAfteoil'OPßOlrt gd B . . / ? .°,/ , 3c PA' '4' llla:TP;Pe-en-,"?9vß4,l.tq,..tepip,ln, Teed in47-the siiniile' Statement' of their' Cale. ~,,.' I pray , , God to perfect the good,work thus begun.., „, .;c l Thefetarefifeiririebrin f, :`this`-',Vr it? tayfhtherliind, -Mort disciiininfiting,:as tol.bliatacterilmdre Wisetin .„eilelaTelliPr 91 . 13 .,:tAe .I.4evAte4l.,lln9Pello/2,,P,Teei cient -Hopkins. ), In a sermon t preached. to, tne sta.- denti, after 11r. L.'S "dfratlf, lip said;' , ,lii,i,h,e, use of'his propiitY,lli2 L: was'diatingniihed. the, three iiilihrantetistics: -: The first of thire ivalq-Illit . he. -:gave ,the meney in his life-time. - .Hod pther „men, who, had.designed todo good with, theimproperty, imitated 'him in this point, hoW, { m w law-suits - Weilidliii'Velieeii - avoided, and 'Yi4v;, many _more goadrir f eenidHliaio lienicaiiiie ii' , Thb wdiiiid.peoli liarityin the-bbuntYwof \lr:'-L:,< and in 'Aid:id:he .-wst pre-eminent,-waS the personal attention which he bestowed, upon4t.. He made ..pp ~the bundle - lie ditectetl the, package' ; pa t :Aettill . was over 'l6blielii'tte'iginetriliered the "childreii; ' and deSig iiatedifeee'ibli` ihn'tby,4lie bank,' the' elegant gift. He =thought of every-want; and:was ingeinoiS and happy .. in. devising appropriate. gals --- - The third cliareeteristip was, .t,bat he i gave-as„a Christian man, froma j 'heit.se or religions obligatiOn. " He;looked the great doctrine of stewardship full in tile face, lirid prayed earnegtlfliverit, - anct -responded tb it iirbaibbliV , s ai few have dOne." ' 'l , ' 00!! -I hate heen-kikedlbY more than one, since ,1' read to ycitfilieforiner part of thie:easay, , fg What Were hlt7L.is religions vio*s??' I willfrlet Presi dentr,Hopkinsanswer; this vcitteation:' liwsays:-=-: , 41 111 - ri L. was 'adeepirteligintis - man. Elie trust Itt:God, and 'his hope of , salvatiOn throughChrigt, tire tlie basis of his Character. lie believed in th ( e , 'proVidence'of God as Concerned iiralli &elite. He felt that:he couldtruat God in his 45.1.1rvidenee, where he could not see:-- , 'He belieVedthe Bible, 'andl saw rightly its T relation to all out Blessings. - Reread the'Bible; morning and evening:-in -his faitilly,' and''pi:eyed - with them. Of: creeds ; held in Ilie'Vndetstanding, hilt , not influencing „the 'liffi, he thought little. 'Family'religion` he esteemed above'all price;! and When lie first . learned "that a , beloVedfrrelatit4 had. established , tinnily WorshiP, he wept for joy. Ile believed in. ont`Lord'',Jesils Christ-as-,a: Saviour; ~and :;trtisti"ids in ihini,for, salve tleP.-• He wa,e I n...9fl);ilabtua.l Tra'Yer- -.He [ viewed death with tranquillity and lope, and pre paration for 'it, was • habitharWith him.: At raid night, ' the' siinithoria Caine, and his *Orliiiiis done!' .;‘. vligrll'a us. EINEP4 B : 4 4 . 1 .4 1 DA 9 11 48 - 4* 412!i eTlateissue of the , CoAgregatipnalist was an article quoted from the N: Y. Observer about a young man who "hedanie anxious about his soul. 'Re "reiolVit'to' call on a'rninieter d- aaklda eons,- ; lie found the 'minister eta - riding:in animated:. not-to" , say light, ,cot versatiotyw44 a couple of.yisitors, and arranging with them ayisit to gentleniati in.the country, who had private ninepin alley. The 'impression' en the 'mind of `the' young inati-iras very unhappy; 'he could - Mot 'Open hia mind-to the•minister;and he :retired with'- out •having lieriv.ed any benefit from, the interview. He, ere long, became a careless, and,-in, the end, an abandoned sinner.' . lilorarof the /TT: bbierver. selves harinless, 'are to be avoided', if 'they •cause -others to'offencl." ;:f =MO .M4:tral,,oflpplinary observers: Ministers, in* not engage in animated, particularlY in ligheenn r. versation, and must not visit gentlemen who'ke -:. • • If this incident liad-been suffered to remain in the tiOlumns.Where it first appeired;'ikinight'be Ihtit r ione. PeOpl6 who take that paPer'niustlttik, r e it 'cunt 'fireino 'sails: (If anyone d6es . bet the w t thart meaiii;.'tis - pfobgibly-fhe larp , tdijoiity Of` Ayr - milers do 'not, he may rest assured that jt is'"Of. 'no conseqnence one way •or the',Other,) but when the Con:regaflo,nalist takes itinp,'ind litidorses it, at least Bo' fat air to pUblialtitivitheiit co iriehti ; keinquiting'public liegs le'a've' td'ask in *eh r lininlili and ?-rentable spirit; Whit it is, - Oritittrigiitidria/ist; - that yen mean? • - 7?. Thatlninisters are th"bn ,iniformbikaVe and serious? but does it not oalitie to Yon ,that :the clergymen who are never light, - must - be extremely heavy? Is- not thtngr . evitjr of -avman•who is al ways grave, nearly as weithless,alifi'e levity of a man who is aliays lightl . l .Did not the Rev. Row land Hill' say that the man Who is not a'fool half ilie.time; is a foot - all the time? Is not too much nutritiveness just as . bad' a quality Of food, as too andelid Teu never hear oft people eating sawdust to Yee .re the balance? „What kind of .a picture Would - t Which `was,all shadoWs,ind no lights"; 'and - Whit" 1".4 1 4it people are th - ey'wlio would blot out the lights the landscapes?' It is the Edmund. Sparklers of sOcieer,fyou.may be sure, who want men ‘vrith. no. nonsense about them." Did you ever hear a high-sculled, whole hearted, clear-braineti ?..r large-minded,' ctiltivited Christian, olijeotto_aamMated,conversation," not to say ninepins?. • _ Anti-what kind .of! ctonversatiotr would yon /re 9,ommend..botween : a minister and 14s-chance visi tiro ? a he inchoatetreatise on Malthus and the laivi.Of population , Shall he entertain them With the differential cab - nulls? ' hoi. What of 8%& late, free-will;:foreknowledge, ablsolttiet My dear Congregationali:st i do' you not very well know that if you should make a friendly . call.upon your .pastor, and ho sbou*take yon,np . M this way.,,yon would' be exceeding" Cored joi:not t you whet lave 'so much 'to; do with, minittene, do "citi ;not .knoiv that many who are the very salt'of the earth, Plat in•every ; good. word and workyhre the many-sided men—the ones who tonch.life ne,many, Pointe—the men. of quick sympathies, who,joy witlilttejoyeue, and sorrow with the sorrowful- who neither - laugh nor Weep from'a: sense of diity, hat-beintuse .tbey.cannot Are .you not now thinking of individuals, tender of beart;;strong nf ri yill, sound of mind, pare of,purpose, :who are as fi;lrof fun as a.nnt is of meat . r and would you litii - dfhe'm abate one jot ' tittle of th at heintiful mirthrtilnesS'that gleams - over ibesitilice'd (bent and.lights•up the' ark-:Paths iiound them; and so "makes a.supshine in .afsbady placer. ;' don't accept the rules of f action that a worldly' man adopts for himself; Why shrield we those which he, adopti for others?. If he is not trustworthy to guide oWn'tife, certainly is not trustworthy to guide ours. What abenrdity is it for me to cheek• my natural and innocent gayety, because. a man who has never _begwto shape his, o;w0:1, o,y ; gospel precepts, and = has never ituhilnid the . gospel spirit, sets up, itfeit: that 'such gayety is iqonaigent -L eitit Why is my jtidgod,''ef - antstherithhiell I ' l " ' • MEM 11WWIE • ' . _.' , 1...',?1fi 's i -1 l'l f, ,, .' , ..i7'. f; 1 :' V -1 " 1 "C"!T .M13111 : PRJIO,S2 . 2AVW „especiallywhenil?4 i Cps,,,c , imr,f ) ip,F nnenliOlstena-,one?' f.e,'We do not give: a .P3an - eigtfe Kee' iiili ail' dif. jiiStlfiei Ititire4i n'' idt/rAW, i Why •fikettittweiliteli het , 'Condsonns - Jonitt - ?(.4 Whittaind :oflamq.e as thatArhich Works! onlyiOneiwAyi?' , Whilt 1 ' l4 R d JiRf iV.:,-iliflinii.sl PeolfkiP,4 . ,,io:iklyAlcihgo4st .911L-in? . .4, ts 'out, tandagatnst'anotnel .. , I L. - . . , • ' " It ia - i 'p - artiY'tft faulte of4:lToiiiigtilifwokraqhk the 'iolitiglinhil alhided itilirent awdydisappofnied. I c APublicropinion:" 'shoul&iio be sllowed-itoe.--1111 -4.litel slich ? , an t error as,that r sprightly conversation 0 1 (?,Ad.Seeill tiktleil,4ooloi4ibls. witht4ewin4Pst piety` , r' V the,yiing nlan hid . .been pifopeily:edn nated;'• . the'ltbuld-'haVe' - koiditil 'that': the.:iniiiiSter could sympathfa.;-ivithl hit( Sadoielsa'rione thelesa lorlxavingljust syinpathizedwith.tgladneas.! - ; , ., Nay, 410-40uld r have eetisidered;it, rather Fan indication of; roANzolkpath:7,., It isa)i,slqlpatillictal,Ntt a toil true saving that ' ' - -' n saying ,;1 - 71 . °1•.•.:.; '...1. ,:::' :-.•'i , , - "Hearts that.vibrate sweetest pleasure, 144 " 17 .j 1 ;‘ ) llTllkifitaiciteepiiitrouiteii Uti*OP: - '-•' j" .2- - ; . . -Tf lP f rlilliiai'''' '"I 'I 5- iirittl • -I- • t , . e 0 , -east y ays 0.0 - joy', lays easily Iliedditsillsoirofr....! Though thwroinisteri was not Are: ito;filkorrolio 'oat toper4tospindoitivraFippt.pwidg; • .1, . 1 - -.,..A4l`49tnarlmkev,eTtacnklii,,,i39fih9,4ktkEt3W7i .iug. r i 11ey,,,,,,wi1'a1ver,,,60, - ,ni4y l l,l 7 avajbought.., nitnist r ei iiiitylhavi lAA' it'friVoletia,itiiiii.4,4 'until,. a eumberer of the ground, - a, blind - gilide; . .-tiSheP-- herd whose. sheep-looked...up and were not 'fed,' ,intt,„tb t a did,no,t„irodic.ate„it., ; . 1 11,1„e greatest, gravity Vt - detii ~„ pei v ii:Wei) , *liat' With' ,ems Wealteat - dha. ractelfia'etile 'P r atilest:' Pailk - , and of all• frtvolity,- - §6l r eiiitilfrivelieyidtbetibslfirepillsive; nat ;not Only . -Pails, .but:: exasperates. ; One; IS • not' only..anri.opd. hy, the littleness, -but indignant : at, the:deception. ,Good .seuseis a ~ good thing, and good nonsense is a.good . thing, but,toonlenSe setting, uP 'to e sense, iS'ocitrageous: -. •', -' ``•• - - ''--' ''" ' I What punisbmentilaseiere eiteuglrfoi hitn who :would;-curtail ( i:anithated.; [conversation ? I ,' ..•-W he offas, that have ,been. dragged, through, weary hours. :of I stale, flat,_ ilat,,'anotUpprofttable" ,ecitnononliisee ,iiease itimitftoot haveWeleOined the advent' of' any 'erre,' on anullijiitorean, 'ilia 'el:alit - hate 'itirred"rialip with , a r-iittleiiiaitnation ,-- even --though - it, had - heen• • ktraosferred , bodilyifroixtrtherhynies and .chiniesiof Mother Goose? Who of ',us that has ,ever know the genial glow of bappineas whiCh a royal mind 'brings, when, leafing its cares, Which never are 'bUitfolia leaving itafatatteri:: . 4 'State, leaving all -thelatignia "dal; royalty, it :comes into the. draw ing-rootto of daily life,.,: and ,draws -around - it- .all ..grace,:add zlrOr i tee : Sjian.d 9.ortiv:fiolp.ls arid happy '.love, and . wild 30 n sop ep pss,: by ,a, spontaneous opt,. : 'inah,Of'the sauce bfeliecf 'Mill greasing finalities - - itliti: that has eferibaskedlti the! siinshitie otif'sneh "A ipreseneiy but Inust feeha spasul.of :wrath.. against that 'prwri9o 2 piety:.which. 4ar,os so: much-,0?#..,1tvi:41; finger ctil .the r hout of, its beautiful garments..... Gait Hamilton le ' tie' denkregatioriaiisf. ' EVANGELISMCIE -Tux 01111 CENTURY. r „., CHARACTER , OF, THE (;BEAT npvivAT.,. The, great, reviial of the last century, as well in theßritish . our own country as through, Isles;` was 'Airadterized . 'by same features Whick'were en rtirulynewrer Which at least had never before. been brought so distinctlyto view.' Oneofthese pecu liarities was the awakening of the religious sense. There was not, properly speaking, any discOvery of new ir doetrineg; nor a modification of the talk hut i - Utak:Mg:of ithe • evangelical and well established .truths of the gospel-and reproducing them,aatrne to : thu,suickenekbearts ,of ,men .And here, ; in missing, would we record our. belief that the preacher of the word is instrun3ental in the con ' version of the largest-number of souls who preaches the iltietrinew of thecross; useumiirg them all to be aheraitetldakeitirinatanoiMmh.,4etiniteilogio and; reasoning, and arguinentatien ) .as the direct and pungent appeals of truth, ."in denionstration of the Spirit and of power."' This always cow- Mends the attention of the hUmin conscience and makes a lodgment in the sensitive heart. And thialwaa precisely what the , Methodist : preachers set themselves to do. What in this connexion -is termed the,religious sense, is the susceptibility to relioious impressions that every man finds deep in his nature.. At'the time when this great eian telical• movement began, this religious sense bad been slumbering for ages. ,For a long period the intellect had, been the theatre of action, while the dominion of the heart had very much run toWaste. `lteligiOn aa it' existed idthe English Church, in the midst of ware ;and rumors of wars, was , a •specidative, frighl e .and formal matter... -A, dead, yet rigid tormalism was seen on every hand among the nominal people of God, and when He kindled Within their bosoms the genial glow of a 'higher and more vigorous Christian life,.the early revival preachers coul d no longer, content thereselves while living in the-midst of such dreadful stagnation. ,This,state of things may be said to have given rise to Methodism. Hence we are not surprised. When we find` the mighty preacher-aiming his heaviest, bibirs against thia. heartless religiimism. These earnest men could not,enduralthis - -spiritual,..sicep so near to dearb,this,„torpor of the hiolest and no blest na.ture. . Hence we find them aiming at the outset to awaken and, bring into more, vigorous play, - a vivid sense of eternity, and the reality of future' and eternal retribution. The primitive Ile thodist preacher dealt with his hearers as if he truly believed that the time is coining, "in the which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and the `eletnents stall melt with fervent heat!'. To him the-scenes of the final judgment were a startling: and awful reality, which lie never thought of doubting. .This, full, conviction ; gave to him great plainness of speech. The very same men_ tial truths, proclaimed by the `staid, godly, and saber Puritan; or the polished and scholarly Churchman, would awaken no such emotions, would stir ,no such thoughts in the hearer's heart ormindi They might indeed, be received as true; Challenge the reason, and lead catitive the intellec tual man, but there wouldle the end of their work. The atigregatioia ofliorshippers wouldpiss'from the' sanctuary as ,imaffected -as they enteretP it,. When' the truths of the Word of God fall simply upon. the intellect, the conscience unimpressed, the religious seinsibilities unaroused, and the heart un affected, the multitude - of respectful hearers may, indeed, be orthodox; they may, through a long course, of years,, i nstructeiteo , - soundly indoc trinated ; but, resting there, they are still far, from Christians. 'The preacher who only succeeds in convincing the 'intellect of his hearers, While the religious sense remains in a torpid, dormant.state, will be oompone4, at hit, to mourn over a barren ministry.. his congregation will go unprepared to judgment. Not, so, • however, when the primi tive preacher of the last century' entered the sacred Ogee, - and delivered the.'masiage from heaven. The' word is' now :very „"quick.. and Powerful," and (the multitude are swayed by it aa the forest trees by the,blast ota tornado. Heaven and hell are nelonger fictions, butthey are awful realities to be riot - only belieyed het felt. Sin is made to appear exceedingly sinful:'."-The Irt*tratiagresactr; claniors for satisfaction and, Violated justice lifts the rod toiiiin'te the guilty in vengeance, the, sound Of the final trumpet is heard, and, in a ,twinkling, thaatie-Strieken hearer is borne up before greKwhite throne, t 7 books are opened, the 'Sen° tence is pawed; the ungodly are .driVen into btiter darknees,, , and.!the righteous' inre welcomed by choirs of oberObintlinttseraPhilo "into life Ptero! l -" Under the full power of such amazing truths so vividlypresented, the people are transfixed; groans and sighs, and sobs fill the sanctuary; froidwhich, o c in b ee e a d d l i p e m e : t a h n s l y u lt S j o e il e b t t e:c ni o o f m Bh :;:h e e li n t ee t f h o e r ‘ thlb g e -e .w .g il at l i i t n 2 ;a7 "Xing of kings, and the Lord of lards!' ' Piesbyterian' quarterly Revievir. A torn ' , ankot is soon' mended, • but bard words the' heart; or ~ "" 1 151 .1 _•'Sl".'3 ,I>. n=fEl • • VOL'O f•cr 26 1 1, 6 -243' •" 1 1 .1 ,'' 7 , ,• • - - `• Ei,iE RX,,, yAligri":oorik f r ii; - II4YER 'OF .. . . . _. . ff. .._. ... _. . -INN Alexander .olark of the ,School, Visitor dives the 1 to ng imtpre„stin,g.,apcenatTOf a visit toValley, Forge, in" lbt : of t • • l ast n umbed hat , I fill journal . . - This celehttated,spotitakesits.namefroman, uon forge, loca&l.d. h ln,thp yieinity,.Which.. belonged to one Isaac.t'o't, Frieud t , who called these - 10dB his oi4 . 'li' - etieiefidfore'llie time 'Of the revolution. .Valley it=sattlEtoientlyllame to 'drive the .great water Wheel ofLO - 4 large:co-Ma factory which statkde,npon the Aw e and adja ,mt- to the julactien of .the . tWo streams.' The .rest4nce„.of 'Sean l Altukted; near the month e'reelr, is Visulistahtial, initl'oldffashioned I lit6iretlittiflniegi: Occupied to this. - day as a dwelling i'• ; ."..7 .1. .- j l lllPjB . §143.1; :house . Vg . pflihipgto4 had small TriVa.A.. ,room ,p . whieh he attended to his cofre ziondeboe;` held social iiitereohrSe with I's ' of •the east Window -- is an in litile-reavitylin which' the. Commander-in -1011-i94-49PlOgeit.s4hOlni#14POiRaill13, 9 ,11 4'. 1 . 11 #4o"e, FOl4O never saspest:: - ,any such hidden : depository . , for the rough - carpentry is so adjusted that the itinbeent 'timber ob which you lean to admiieTthellgndseapeWithout i has the appearance \of an ordinary sill—and nothing more. ' From this window the visitor obtains a fine view, of the hallowed hills around; the ruins of the old whose hum was heard in that - peaceful valley long' before the roar of the cannons ;made thOse regions the place of strife and the camping grounds of brave warriors; and here, too, ; the eye may follow the many crooks and ripples of .the . little oreek, as it 'comes down from 'highlands, off toward the Brandywine, waving and' , like a-'silvet: ribbon flung out over the brown vesture of "the meadows. 3,Ve wanderetileisurelynp to the summit of the hill on- the south,, whieh elevation the main part of the 'American 'army was quartered. The lodging-places of the soldiers were nearly - all rude •eabing, bastily.'btillt :a n d ,very' low and 'small. The, deep snows of.that terrible winter so nearly covered them altogether that they had the up pearattee cif mere burrows in the drifts. Just un the spot Where 'general Washington's marquee `.was situated; there now stands a beautiful obser vatory, about forty feet in height. Here, we had .a general,view of the entire camp ing groun,.and all thc picturesque surroundings oeValley Forge: Here, 'in the melancholy what ?.r otir forefatherS suffered the bitter hi rl-4ogs of the cold and tedious tortures of famine. ,Poor soldiers! what trials they endured. Proud patriots !what liberties they purchased for us. Whercthe • Crtny- Marched from' Whitemarsh to 'Valley' Forge,' it is said that their bloody,foot :prints were!distinctly visible in the snow for nine,- teen.milesi There is a peculiarly touching incident con neeted with ;the history of Valley Forge. One 'dq,lylien. the discOnsolate army were almost ready to despair; When. starvation stared them in the Jape r and,vrhen their weary bodies were well nigh :Worn .out with cold andlatigne, Isaac Potts, who was a preacher of the society of Friends, happened t&pas.s along ibrotigh the camp, and heard the , atiify•larnentatiens i and -beheld the many tears, - but could only sympathizawith them in his heart, and liop,e with thewfor the dawning of a better day. He passed on, sorrowing and thoughtful, into' the' dark forest farther up the creek, where 'all was Silent as the graVe. There were 'no 'birds to sing and flutter among the .groves insectS to, relieve the deep quiet; ,119-ltreenallnutinr . ed..thrpg,g,h; the leafless trees. TTherepot . ,a solitary sound in all tie foreat valleY whither he'Wandered, when, suddenly 'he inificed - Waibington's; horse tied to the swine:- ing limb 61a:tree. lie paused to listen, when lo! from a thicket of evergreens, near at hand, came a voice sad, and solemn. Itwas the Commander in-Chief upon his knees engaged in humble, petd tential prayer. His 'eyes were raised to heaven, and his Cheek's suffused with tear -Potts was-much excited at so strange a specta ,ele,,and feeling that, he had ventured on holy ground, cautiously - withdrew from the place wit-, 'Mit - attracting obserVation from the Christian warrior. When he reached his home below - the .earep; he :burst into tears, and remarked to hi agitated wife, who. had never seen her husband so deeply affected, that, "If thereis any one on this earth whom the Lord will listen to, it is George Washington ; and I feel a presentiment that under such a vottimander there can be no doubt of our :establishing` our independence; and that God in his,providenee has willed it so." What a mighty power—borrowed strength from the God of battles.. And such was Washington's faith, that his infitience was vouchsafed to him by the arm of the Almighty. No wonder he con quered. . The hosts. of heaven were marshalled on the right and -on the left of the chief, and thus our. la.nd was redeemed,. And thus may it ever be' preseried from foreign aggression, and from - seetioaal strife. Let disunionitts remember Val ley Forge land. Washington's communion with the Great Father of us all. . PRESBYTERIAN BODIES. -The following summary, from Wilson's Presby terian. Almanac for 1861, shows the numbers be.- longidg to_the different Presbyterian bodies in the world. In some cases the statistics are estimated : Commu ters. Ch's. Presb. Chain U. S., (0. S.). 2,693 3,592 292,857 Presb. ch. in U. S., (N. S.) " 1,527 1,483 134,9:33 United Synod of the Pres. Ch. ....:.116 193 11,931 United Presb. Ch. of N. America,..447 674 58,781 Ref: P,resb. Ch. General Symod,-......56 114 10,000 Ref. Presb. Church,;Synod; 63 75 8,000 Assob.Ref.;Synod of theiSonth', 75 80 9,500 Cumberlanttpres.ichnrolv • 1,150 1,250 103,00 U Aeso6. & AsSoo: - Ref Free 66 4,500 'Ref. Protestant Dutch Church, .....410 401 50,427 UNITED STATES BRITISH PROVIRCES OF BORTH AMERICA Presb. Ch. in Canada'in 'connexion -with the Ch. of Scotland, - 99 116 12,000 "United Presb. ch. in Canada, ».. ... 70 120 11,0-0 Presh. Church of Canada ...151 187 20,934 Pres"). - Ch . . of' the Lovier Provinces.. 76 143 9,950 prc , sll. in Nova Scotia in connexion with' the Ch. of &Wand, ..... ......20 2:5 2.000 Preab. Churches in N. Branswick,...29 34 3,400 GREAT BRITAIN, ETC. Chdrch of Scotland 1,173- 1,208 Free Church of Scotland, .....797 875 United Fresh. Ch. of 5c0t1and,......526 586 140,502 Ref. Fresh, Ch. of Scotland, etc..... 87 90 1,000 rresb. Church of Victoria, 137 - 150 15,000 Presto: Church of Ireland, 560 750 57,000 Ref. Presto. Ch. in Ireland; etc., 46 55 4,000 Pre!iih. Church in England,. 88 103 9;600 12,416 976,218 Total, It is here seen., that the Presbyterian family is divided; the United States, into twelve branch es; three'distinct bodies, the Associate, Associate Reformed, and Free Synod, being classed together in the ; .above survey; in the British Provinces, 41,0 branches; and in Great Britain and. Ere land into eight branches. The year before the asgregate Statistics of Pres= byterianism were as folloivb:—mittisters, 10,145, churehes 10,271; eauntinicants, 826,748. The lieed,andist, , fr4p whose columns we quote the aboye„saYs:— ""We call attention to the interesting statistics of `the Presbyterian' Churches throughout the World,'Whieb. we publish. A comparison of this table witlfisthe statistics reported a year ago, shows the:copsidetable increase of about 150,000 coni 7 municarits, as Urge an increase, we believe, as' any tifriatian denomination can exhibit for' the past year. 0 : evs- t
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