GENESEE EVANGELIST.—WhoIo No. 779.
TEE P.&LIDIPSEST.
In the Abbot's oaken chamber,
Long the parchment hidden l i my,
Given o'er to dud and spider,
Buried from the light .of day.,
Written o'er with mookieh'etory •
On each old and crumbling ipagek—
Written o'er with legende hear i yi
Of the dim forgotten age;—
Till the traveller's glance. , alightedv
Where the parchment leng_had,lain,,
And, alt mildewed; 'etaltied'arintighted,
Dragged it:to the
And, hie loving. care' bestowing;
Day by-da in:treasures bared,
Till he traced, in ,beauty glowing,
Olden lines which time-had spared;,
Traced the,glory
. underlying,
Traced the, azure and.the gold,
Traced, in letters still 'undying,
Treasures" . which it, bare of old.
Tilt Oil words of' truth'eonfessing,,
Words of prophet and of Neck ' •
Words of lore and; troth and,bleseingi
Stood in all their beauty clear.
And the old luttnortalatory , .
! hone upon its pages plain,
_
aming with their olden glory,
Speaking with God's Word again.
Brother. gaze with look as earnest p
If earth's-lessons thou would%st 'trithe;
gaze in faith till, thou &earnest '
What is written on its face.
Dark thick dust is on ityluF—'
Dust of dead and burtod tunes,:
Every age its duet supplying,
Charged with records of its althea.'
And the present, in the writing
First that meets the castni.). eye,,
Is:of &tan, still inditing. • :
Records of his victory..
. .
Poor Men l o kroative and Tioh nrett'S weeping,
Pisehing•vrant, aadigrillding.TtreN. t .
Wars nod famines o'er it sweeping,—
Saab the records that it bears.
Brother, gaze upon its teaching,
As men gaze througti'tlie thick, night,
Till thine aye, its sestet milling •
Bead its hidden,legen4 right., • •
, .
pieroe:this-tork fidoining,
Grief' and. morrow, sin .arict mitiitne;.
Show thee.where„ iii earth's giThd. morning,
God bath 'written Co*ii Mime ;.+—
Show thee, how that mane remaiplagr
Turtle its "dailineas.i,nto light.
Alt ite tangled enure© etplairiing,
Ilittling all ite; wrong to right.;
betbeneath Sin's sad'ina •; ;
Tales, of woe,',olidleavv,•.stitt trio* •'
Thou, shalt trace the old. battayritit t
It is God's, and it is odd..
And the old , intntortat stors
Shines upon its pages pain,
GleStning, with the olden' glorT.
Speaking with God's word ligtitt.
Porn* AvoritatiThistryterium
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AND StENTikl, 31 1 1T411" ;
ADDITIONAL CLIATTW--Orlirfin IX.-CON-
BU POTION.
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Specialities—Phgeicians dying of Consumptio*-p
Consumptives die.for want of breathing, organs
--The clam most liable to. this, diecase--- The
sYmpeono — rite Pre'Pwg ( o 4 of cfraihuivom , it
Structure. and function of the ltenger-Dizinc
Wisdom. displayed in them—The air fens-,
Strength proportionate to the size of the ; lungs
—The North man more vigorous than tife Sough
—A cold , climate better than a spars onejor
conetemptives—Dr. Kneeland's articics q4.:ool
eumption about Lake Superior.
There are three or four diseases, in the inves
tigation and treatment of which the writer has
spent twenty years `of his life., Of these, pnl 7
roman? consumption Is one. Efence, if 'he has
the ordinary powers of discrimination, judg
ment, ands , common sense, be ought to bnow
somethinglibout them; and he entree no more.
They are diseases, too, which, when they do not
destroy, do greatly damage the "enjoyment of
It may not, then', be inappropriate to direct
the attention of the reader to the subject narneti
at the head of this chapter.
If a single individual can be put upon .a plan
by which he can ward off this terrible destroyer,
or by which, he may recover from the first stage
of an attack, the object of the writer will be
worthy of his &tort, and life's enjoyment, will be
augmented.
It, is a curious fact, that no small number of
the physicians who have given more. than ordi
nary attention to search out the causes, investi
gate'the progress, and point out remedial mea
sures for this disease, have, Ultimately, becouie
its victims. This was the case' With M Laerittec,
of Lower Brittany, with Dr: A.rinitrong, of Lon
don, with Dr. Benjamin Lincoln, of .7ermont,
and with many others that Might be panted.
Oonsumlitiorerriettfa 'conauttibta, Or ibtratirra
of the body. But, its physicians understand it;
there are many disesseg`whiCir Wade the' fieshi
and result in death, that they do not'call cons
samption. They generally aftplythe terra con
sumption to a consuming "of "the dings.' I , the
lungs are the organs of respiration; la
consumption; the patient breathes, as long as
has any organs to breathe with. I hare'kiloWri
a person life, with' this disease, till tlior'S' Watt
found, upon examination after death, not' a fiat;
ment of lung larger than two fingers. ' The'be
tient literally - died for 'want of breothL4lied
because theta remained no apparatni;
breathing.
This disease, usually, approaches insidiously
upon young persons of "light hair, fair skin,
blue eyes, florid complexion,. contracted chest,
and high shoulders." ,/ say, *Nally, because
the disease is not confined to this class of per
sons. Generally, too, they are descendaits of
those who have fallen victims to the same dis
ease. To this, too, there seem to ba exce r ptions.
So it is with all hereditary and transmissible
diseases. Take the gout. No one doubti but
this disease is hereditary. Yet it, often skips
One, and appears again in the second : genera]
ties. So it is, also, with months, the Silo
from Which consumption springs.
One-fourth, or one-fifth of all, the deaths in
New Ungland, (and the case, is very similar
old Bugland,) are from dellantatticti. In tho
cl of Philadelphia, the Mortality from this dis
ease is but very little , less than in:BostOn, or in
London. Yet, we move calmly on, corisOling
ourselves, as best we , may, that such lathe ine
vitable law of an inscrutable , and mysterious
Providence. If the cholera were to cause as
Many deathe each year among ns as consul:hi
tion does, we should be greatly alarmed, Our
newspapers and Medical journals would fall
or reports,' recipes, fearful ravages, , and
" dire
forebodings. We should have cholera-hospi
tals, port-physicians, boards of health; quaran
tine, reward's offered for speeides,and premiums
for dissertations on the disease whi6h Was making
such terrible ravages in onr - commianity.,
Now, froui an experience of 'neat , twenty
years' practice in Boston, I affirm that as much,
and more can be done to ward off consumption
aecholera, and as much. to Rare the one'as the
other, Both may be, preven ted, id most eases,
by proper hygleniemeans. 'ltoth may he reme
died, if properly, managed in season. 2 Neither
is curable, w henit has arrived at,a.certain.stage.
The late Drp James Johnson, of I 4 ondon, than
whom no ,men did more for the adv i airement of
medical, science, or possessed more skill in his
profession, said, " rplmonery consumption alone
f.computed tq carry off fifty five . thousand Brig
ish soilje9ts annually, or cause one-fifth, or. oda
sixth of thearholemortality." *person idyll°
pulmonary consumption, precepts a picture .at
once deeply interesting, and exceedingly dis
tressing. , The symptoms are well,described by
aphysician who lived several centuries' , ego, and
they still remain the same ".‘s, soon. as, • the
hectic feier is established wasting of the body
becomes manifest; the .congli; expectoration,
juispiratiOn, and diarrixea,„„drettire abundant.
rte' nose hiccines sharp and'drii4n,;;the cheeks
proidinentiand red,, add 'appear 'redder by
trust
,with the surrounding' .rialeness; the men : .
jnnctiva ofthe' eye's "a.'ehining 1,140;:er
with a shade Of pearl blue;' the.chefiarpliol,
lows -the iLßl ,t ere r?tiseted, and seetn a titAled
into etitter smile; the hoot is obliq u e andAn
-Peded'inlis inoVeixtents ; the shotildet-Oiles'are
projected and winged 'the rips hepome
. pEcad r
nent,' and the, intercostal :spiees sink the
naffs become incurvated, and,the large joints of
the 'fingers more priimiA i
entit u r flese a re the
merited symptoms.
,of the disease in its.werep
farm. I have 4ten. looked, upon thus
'selin, with* deepest anxiety, and•fegidgs
bordering upon melancholy.
The first ostensible , sign, of the; sticease,is,
short ; dry cotigh, muck resetn,blinga„cotogion
cold. 'Usually bat little is thought of it. It
is ,frequently, attended with little- or no pain, and
the • r patient, feels. in .rto 'danger. • In this inci 7
, . e • •
pient stage,,pprio but , an..experienoed,phxsician,
or one versed in. the "physical ;01,01s).1
wol l /4-1 1 14; t 6 ;digg!aosticilicr core
reet.prognosia,of this .disease.. Bat„ ,foriquate
-12,, the physicion , caanow Mlli,to• an almost 04
thP lungs . 9 4T, fiqqassecit. 4114
ti ) : '7 l '4 extent - t t ll O. liisquirht*Pitelpe.
P4:04
estehl,ioecis the ,PiPtere is of o€, the. West
distr,essing which tbef human frank. e*ltibits in
its progress to corruption. Thr reguißrly.
turning beetle flmfb on tite.,cheeks,. the vermi,
her Ong 4mthemeites ef,the
anl 4and eglee 4 the feetr7thePe,-0 0 haPP4
F9F‘ ePeWgellitigietive' sweats; the holleer,ipek)
lawid-ege4teegteee ; retatefeel4eitfeheMPOeleg;
increased persOcation, and-progressive, epee
tomtionl. .W.bat .series beast-rendintsymp,
toms.. daili`preseated to tlte , ! agonized ; sfriends I
To., add to these, the,dietress f is heightened brtite
never-d,yingl hopes which: are ; forever: springing
up in the hectic breast! The Most delicate or
ganizations, which scent' to predispose to this
diseascy also seem to ceetributevto gzli#ility of
tetnper And sweetness of i diapositictn. ' „ Thus,
this malamaladyfells, npen the.yonpg„, tbe,4eantictil,
the most active,, the, best, t4e,lovelicet, ot.ctra r
tien.
Of the. structure of the lungs,,theAnt of tw r
berm:liar coneuniPtiOns'auntiMiste and physiolo r
gists have been divided in opinion, Some have
supposed that the Air : cc/le were fortn4l,l4ytite
inner membrane
,0.,f the bronphial tnbes dpide4
into .cells like those of ft, sponge. B.ut the o r
neral opinion has teen thst, they ere formed ; by
a simple cellular tissue, derived from the cello;
lar -envelopes of the various vessels by which
the lungs are, penetrated t Whatever be their
peculiar formation, all know that theY:are vital
organs. The wisdom of our *alter seen in
the function, which the ; lungs perform, and in
the tunrvellons, adaptation, which they possess
for doing, their, work. The. MePhfolleal object
of these organs is to .Present, extended Bur;
face of blood to the air. Unprofessional per
sons do not know how the bleod is, aerided,
It does not come directly to the air; as, if it did,
we Shotild bleed to death. But presented
to the atmosphere through a very thin and de
licate membrane,which allows the Carbonic:, acid,
or poiscin froth the - brood, to pant oat, to conta
minate the air, and vxygenithe vital property,
or lifellying powsr.pf the'nir, to Rase in, to pu
rify the whole , mase of blood, thus brought to:the
The', cir;•oells exceed, in number' all accurate I
calculation.;; and:have been theught to be one
hundred , end fty sr single` man, and
present' nsurfaen of blood to' the. action of the
air, twenty-tine hundred .times , As great •as the
v ulvae of4he. human 'body. The lungs I respire
from three 4o five thousand gallons , of air •in
twenty-four hosts.. " Much more air is respired
in tigerasti^ than instigate of ~ r epdsc AsE thti
hinge neigh and thus pilify the blood j •theisuPl
ply :vigor'-midi strength to the MAMA
wonderful this provision of Deity, in the fact
that the more we exeroise; the more we respire
and the more we respire, the.more strength we
have I Indeed, Otero is,something in natural
theology; in our very formatton,flivirie wisdom,
tithe eternal power and Gbd-head are visible.?"
- Our strength and, vigor are, dependent npop,
the sit: of the lungs. Yon will always dth
man of broad chest ande±pansive lungs, stronger
than one Of arrow chest and contracted langs.,
his is, also, clearly seen, in the male, compared
With thi female—. the•male, on an average'
fhe jurla are one4hird larger than in the fe
male; and there is, ordinarily, abowt-the skim
Propbitiorirl iitreagtlibCfwcen thesems.. Upon
the slime principle ,. can accOnntfothe 1 14 t,
•
••
.BEL 'ug l y ;:t
activity: of thOse - abithalsi:tliat breathe an Open
&biosphere ; andlihel3luigistingis of those that
hybernate in rocks, and dens, sid:eitioes.' So'it
-is with Balt , Theylisivimit litiltfiei'ertion, and
breathe but little air. In consequoned: Of the
peculiii;finqqatiditvfiheir gills, iant-ti`smill Sur
face:lof Islopireanibb: acted qipoil: at eiziee.ty the
air., Henpeilt t li&" at4antroni or tblow
upon the ice over them, so Wrests Allah' 'weak
pertrodiOsyStemithlit theriftrhoupotitheiebacks,
and •die,4.4hus.. , ..affording. frnalivinter spdrt; for
boys, but, we judge, not so pleasing.; to ;fishes.
On.:thei o that thandr bites r are , id.; well 1. supplied :
with lungsithatthey ean: ph Lfikrth greet strength,
091% ettilitre:: Ion& withbut ;fatigue,• Thus it is
that; the tlie%condor; \the- hawk; and :the
pigeozi..iareLeatiableeo6 cairying aweightiqtal
to their bodies. We account for thiscamientie
oital poweedbyAhe4arge , litiantityrOf aleithich,
id consumed ;`;'
Upon the same principle, we can assigi:the
reasotCwltyvtlui Nerthquiaantisialwaryktsiiiiiior
to tithe: :man of, the:Souths.o , lWitnessthe. Gatti;
and Vandals, and the modern Plusafanite Cold
air; rarefies' . the 'blood) much niore-thun Witrm4lr.
former! chapter, itn*ayshosiit why; ilie
inhebitainta Colticountries &name more ani
mal food than theke off vlaiinerVidctbeti- Slane
reason acconnts.for- their-being- more vigorous
It is not my purpose to repeat, in these. "Ad
ditional Chapters," whatxm said in , those pre
ceding upon any sibject • and I here only add
the following testimony of a well kno n hysi
een of BoAon, confirming my own view, of, a
col4, , rflther.than warm pihnate`for,consujnp
tbree, -*hose Who,' Wish to see my views:ex
pressed upon this subject many years , ago; will
find theta rePeute(Lin Vietkook "Hew to' gnjoy
Life," chapter on," Trayellingfer'Heaftli,"*com
mencing at Ale , 45th ,page. ,the, article just re
ferred to is the : following: (and -it is now'twenty
yearsi since I published opinion,Aind
thin; 110VIL Physician:,in::the` land 'agreed With
'
in j oit'do) ,"'
tiK:ene4 l o, a:taienteltphysiciau•of-Boston,
in an article in the Boston- Medical' andSyr:-
gic - allJburna,l, had. the following 'Pertifient re:-
marks upon the beneficial eirecta of ccl s r: . d ?r ta 7
*P r 't1444 of *o:irviarem:,ell4l/00 upon
patienteii and herhas again, ;referred to • the ,SaMe
subject • iri 'more recent numbers In the' for
t:deli.; le - sayal "The tineoinnion dryness ' of the
(.;
brinter r air, anslthe cemparativAlytrillingchanges
I':,„tf*pqrafaxe, render 4e-c l O4 te , ,clf, :take , Sus
perior 'eminently sulte,d td the re q uirements of
= never saw &case' of
Plitfilds reorobini t ptilinj there; acidknow that their
must be i biceedingly, rare - throughout the Ill:Es
till4;r' this ja r alse, :the optnjoir off all physicians
there: orThemlimate*is equally beneficial to the
fellieblar , inflainmatibti• the= bibcbui membrane
Ut"khP - air - plsktigm,knoivq as /?4.gtizzgitiq,
rY.P.94 1 4 4Al ,o4 o l 4 3 .i.ettronic ilicer4ttio44- on the
tonsils,/ uoruia, andt i ideed,f the
--whAltentaigorssacbiattlabxtedilinziedes,
sore throat,_tp,k,im.p_r9peerly,
It seems to me.that stkffichint evidence is now
accnintilatef from Canada, thenorthern
_parts
of ( .111aine, °ibid . -from aiiperidi,Ao warrant
the conclusion, that a - radical change is de
iniinded-inilie• climatic treatment' of COnsuinp
tion; that the enervating' climates of Ploricla
and the West Indies, the dysentery and cholera
„ .
infested' ISlands of the Atlantic, and the capri,
d* and positively dangerons charms of the
'Mediterranean, should be discarded, for the dry
and tiniforia coldOfthe northern regions: The
sooner foltysicians become. convinced of this fact,
the better fOrthe victims of consumption:
NDS OF OIXRIST
SERIVIDIZ • BY 4E4. 'E. N.ADAVOS;
Ji*nx , v cre my fiends if - w,a4t B Pe vPT
spoke a few weeks fwo about Christ as the
. ifiend of gaiters. I havesofuething to say nosy
abimV piano* bedoutiairthei Mends of-Christ.
Amore wonderful:feet is not found in the his=
tory . ,4 .men—in, the history of ~Gpct&than his
.peuupg in the flesh, to, offer lais„fticndskip rts7
hers, "hri had filled the world with, - wickedness
'end' iskje, done' ail in their poker s o'sleprive
-Rim of his glory and doniiniOn.%
- If there. isranything sebeifd to that sot of - Goth
it, is his offertp accept thelrierld.9ltip.ativaBe w.ho
had thus siesliz,ecl their dpep ; depravity.
Christ said to his disciples , and he saysto t(a,
"Ye are till frienilsihe do whatsoever tearAriianii
Why , ShouldJl433 mike this ~overture 5. to: men-?
Not 13909999 . .t 1 4911 3 .Wex9 49 h99rtS - tu love, aud 4 serve
him in 40avgaj v c19 . !,,keppApe honorp were
him among the celestials`; but lipeause he *Auld
render us happy, and fill our sOnla *ith r the,fal:
riesi ofhis life; 7 ' "
'.4HAT ritEratglifi?
Friendship; in its!iitatal import ; is an attiehtnent
founded l ot intinutte acquaintatxen/and a mutual
view of qualities whicti,sponse.the confidence and
win the cpleplace#ey,of,the , fipart.;, : anddeveloßing
Weir in recitifbeiy 400
iittinitilardeMen t ;0
- • It is , not beneidenee;though=that II implied.
it is not approbation, blind indiscriminate, it
does, not require absolute,unity, of ,vipos and elm,
recterietipe• We, can, at m°el6PYin-IF-9f
arose whom, although differing from us in. nenti
Ment, Mite and in deed, 'we' number - atdoni
our best and taste ,
friends. there is something
in their diameter, tbat' .is= noble; dr &neon's, .or
self.-sacrificing,--014sthingAuft c ,inifiktopf cod,
stoney, ,or that demands ; achniration ! confidence,
or iiiiripaihyv add ' With Out reasoning,„ , without
lioiiredly'defibmgle our own minds these qualitieS;
we find Our hearts rushing; in their wholeness, to
c l a im , brotherhood 'add; soublineage: With them,.
It is not ; : interest,. not intelligenee, not ,piety
Ways, not stern virtue, not love manifested enthe
part` of (others, but it. id a stringebleinfing .
many attributes, Making up a comp lete 'being in
our view, which,. like a glorious planet,'- attracts
and absorb :our • 'thoughts, our ;oonfideneei , our
faith, ,our love p —ras if they were . -so many stoms i
created on ly' to lose ihppmelyes in the mystery: L aud
beauty of another s
Our text Offers Christ to us in two-fold
being:---
I. ,11,4 f.nnaltood interested. z in _ our friendship.
IL.His deity &lug w ocounonnisivatiO4#l.4.g
the
test of our filendahip.
Tt would be a 'great factif Christ should say to
us audibly, "Ye'a'r my friends! Would ire ant
make any sacrifice to be assured= of 'such a reeop:
nitiour How precious ~ every ,taken in' .the word
of Grod,.and in _our own
~ ezperience, that such a
bond holds our souls to the t t runlifel Thn thoughts
of men, the tenure 'to estates and titles; are nothing
as compared With' the -asicaninais that - along 'some
hidden chord betWeini the heart' ol'our Itedeentei
Asm n figioe,i; etc yitalltir, Of 'friendship!
" —• • ' • • •f! • it 7, •:, •
. •
T R • ••;!. • A e•i:ltril sj';'lB6' •: •or •
I,
'T • • , -.„ „ •
we are life' in the , f
nee
tofkhow thatioinnerininnit "".
WHAT rateNrisie DOES
.1;10* VOLT.
• • :„: •
.
The action, and the 'bletielOCOE FttPki,re44-
tionship are one. The .natniii . of. the howl i car
ties in 'it the advantage. It iiiiii:liiii sjente, in
eiiitably„ our tenure on life in' thili4orld. 'Others
who-are strangers ~to this friendship; who •violate 1
every, law .41 2. nature and in morals,; 'borne along
to, a, comiortable old age, and thlp die . without
pain. God permits them to live, that his patience
May-be illustrated . , that they May Rive ample time
to 'repent, that they . may first tryilt other good
but.that•ofigodliness, and:that the *orld may , learn
to look for retribution in another ,life. ' .•‘
And such is the influence ofßiity,, sorestvain
-14% the'passions, such a safe-,g•uifd, against those
ilabits ivhieh gradually consuniette fibres' of life,
maik - soinetituesi ;pltioge the niani'MaillOng Inth
401441, Abet we; may. claim the .ptomiSe/ "With
Tong life, will„I ,sitisfy\ thee, and• i show„thce my
I
ail viktion,';'. while .f‘ g t , l,le .15 101 Fecl. 8 1' A.,-Rotiji,Ye , c9P
? sit ti l viiaiya. , ! , . This q a',%-t,tl ea a lawinithe
iietion of Viracibliti Providence , ;' ) r o. ifentidifilt .
so- mansrekeeVions thattive* . cimn ' , lri'dividnattf, •
be confident ; F,long life • on eartl4• , trugh wiaiiiral
As. fAepAq.,qf ,G o d.: .‘g
-f, YhriWilke i*orpihtke:
.4d Y f z . , ffi a4,6'ic . c frCkg , t-fill l) ,Wgit:iiß*44ol lib i
tiecimiie - otiqkhteo,B64. , 4 ' - - • .
•.' •' 7 i •.? :it ) :'/I .. • • ..v. , ' ti:o. J fr. • ~,• -.: ~ !1 :
"nevoid die bat, •
••. • . r ~, ; t i -,. , , ..p....?” •,, • . And "{hey , *boss ~ ry iie simnel' dusk
i ll lla • ) . pai.o . tre . 4 •- .. , •
: - .Vurn to•itiessOcketa!" -- •'- O. '
. ••.;:: .11:iii , ' • ' •
Neither dues our frlendlAnprt#l 'Child' i nsure
to fie the' special iticittritroflYodraffi waketh
Ifili stin:to rise on 'the, evilWd• ottrithe•lgatid; and
sendeth rain on the just. tiad;on - the uni mt.!! .. The
,wicked flourish and , :,have,theingo,o thingei . „T4e
rich man.and LF.sariii .. illasirate thit.iiiy,ifie A me r .
iii ii. 'they, b r idiOt ityetiitetli4fr life,. .'
f'• illitti 'shell • friendehip 4fili a73`cesPoir'*iiibO r ß
the-divine•lkipotl; Welica it - triocilied' fdritis iitlth l e
prjeog. blood. Wol.aro;the reemlgrateful: 'We
reTiva.ityaktp e4prtiai9D4 f.96x IdehiP; A g if t
is otten.ialiiiil'on4 . h'y hecaose given a friend. it
Fogy fi'ilii•i' b inalwOrli 'of :ifilit. l'rlAd. oin e tii 14
•c'thiit klaiii - life' hi Wrdughtitritniq ifi l id as Wciiiiiii
it on'onv peison; or Bang ipiirctitthanibil, ortpni
A 1.4 1 0 O9°,W; pillow, Atftfgei :kh§V a:qil issed t heart
k l iii l i it r —Lhe y,ery. /If 7rhein we ' Kiposvw:or*ip.
We are prompt e d by our friends to'Jesps Christ,
to reeekhildifit fie glitoi'iiiili,ilorlre'litidentie, n r Ol,
so much' aksibiliiiirfrolf ii shilliloo,'n; Whnse • lye'
guards ev.eryihand•-breath ofihisaltingdoni , (thimg,h
that: it) inn ' ) 1 0;fr.oul 4. . f 6. 0 110 . 11.1 0, feels!forAsi;.l
an'
utalt i mour • condition his, own.
..
ISO et- 'PRETEST BOR=
-1 r !'-' 4 .*:•,•+ ‘Bows., *, osv:
• . .
v. .. f . •• .1 „,. .; ~,.
PNeitlier'diet - tliti fribiidsliiicia e'•us rom•'sor-
Tests::: The :very birth-ofs•it ) vbkitbrins tile:lialt -of
P. l l**)!Lf'od on our : Pait..ikrlitteisiednivit.b: r pai%
The, agony of. Jesus on OP Tr!riffil3a9.,t4 . k% I .'eslAk9f
hive; and, it was.'..fa,tihat agog y t kloveßrOelainied
bit ?
its .turpese and ite' . fultreisi.: m!. . hi. '' first 'birilf t 'f
love, of friendship totterdvhiiii4,i,is.iii llie tail' of
penitence—isorrow4orlai&Alasilthifiepai• Christ
was crucified to complete and apply his frieudslik
We pro:9r4oifiei s tto• 4l ki r ..Wo,reiPsOiSnskaill to
hini becomes . genitine.and , pureilbeii, it ,)r eads, to
'greater'. eitelifiee.f - i kid' ac e , if . vreillid hls' frA a di,
bur friendship/3in sornetirndslie tlreU T setifee and
occasion of sorrow.- -It'will-render more sensitive
our.feellicg for licie f .bonqr ka. ifivriame. ~I.t.r,vill
qtfitdren our aecso,of,r!ght . and, Ming., A:e.,aball
mitt with am. 4 : 1 0ir . , sympathies wilt" ti6a' lo
ietbeer, rill-lie 'rage lid 'a riodtdigii . ioild,'ciiid 1V
......0144.4:40744
shall therefore weep and joy-11,010m.: i. l .' e - A - Z
suffer for the sinners_wlinuile• 'pHs -in vain; we
shall rejoice in his conclueste'lind their bliss when
other sinners yield to.llisltielionis commands.
Even our needful discipliukvt i ly? attend yith
Sorrow. ' genie. things. ill - be pojopieor on" xis
b y
the law of 'ehrist; dome tieths'uti#retlTolis iliat
its iniy.not like to de , aiidto 4 beir: . :GOld- is put
into the furnace' that; it . may - officio: forth f without
dross, 'lnto the crucible of . divine, disciplin:e,shall
we sometimep 4i,e put, that •pride,, and ,ikelfiallo.O.lo,
and unbelief may be . burped . away, rindiliefajtli
and friendiiiiiialliiit'iliatha and pretkvee; ikothii
out ie.' diviktel•Prifity; giving - folth• the image of
him whom,ivetrithirarid &dere.- .Soriew is.a mighty
POAer..for. eY.il or fOrafOodi -Wheer, ir,fallsi-orrtua
'ACP. IA ofrohloolle ? .otriAing ys tpm.Ofir,-Ontre. of
reit, and liearint ul:lleTpless iiko 'by its mad and
terrible' , i • ,-.1••,....:irtf •. I: ... .. •-•1 .:-• • -v.
streogti , away mom , away Rem cue
cross, away froth' ofietieureqoyeit and h'orneltifi
to be. feared; it ilVdcieructivel :60d/isvntit in. it,.
Put-when - it oroo/hellitho•-.4toupheco,NA . ..Mane!
it; when, like a f , mighty bill ow liftirtg,the l ,4o;
over the reef; and - bepripg it by a single swell,
blear aid 'lite' iiiio'o4, this 'sorroti - Till only
kiwi letifrinfilitelliketoPsinfintrt•tlie . bosinnoL,God
—it is a helping angel-b•lt lea& channelithrough
344 Christ, , spea ka p and I his. 100.11!d 48.1 4 ;nighty .. txt
e. •„OCio.fs..•.friP.pfolliP kith Christ; 714.• °r 'l °
multiply aorovre: .It will Ssid to th& , el;etnircil A kt
lieidelit Weir' lilt 'oThcris inevitifiligro*ink Wain
our new and Ilessektelatioth'nW
e tale 'inortudtii,
rble osf!iforrow as wl rise irthaPri diviner 1ife...1 'lt
ler, proof:of better • being. .: Things inanimate
!rever grieve. There are some animals which
eeeth to shire with Man, *thougli : in: at "'foyer forth,
1 this capability. Add' welook on them with the
, greater interest andAlfeetion, as though they were
above their kind. -piety ' refines ' grief, i makes it
noble. and suhlitnc, nay,inlegjes ., ,with it .a. ; myr r ;
teriqua and , nnutt,erelolo. joy,--a joy .th 4 ugh ,
tears' can tell. 'So' rro"'"*.' calle"..o ,pout-for, •for, lie 'tie,re
•i' ' - d' i- putt i n g us ' . - -I,
sontoeii ofdm ne friends . it,. . in th
sphere . rif 'their . thiniiiriest zitokiilitherefore bti:i
part of this mntual , friendsblikttp,..peafect. cur: by.
sorrow; and it.
ift bra.p . reof -44,Cp. &slep t efficvy,
that'an eiernoco, whigh, Je ft .to i lfp : thetrA 1 4 1 . 49)h,
would deStroi our linpai4"acia . es crush rittek
feebleneas and desfienilii tliiirebY Midi' tf fait&
in the up-workincroPC•nrrnatrirteto:thii lotlieetiand
holiest : life. ; Abstaeles.!lireJaida o to ;a:it.rsie-mienv
We need to be thrown,oy,erityrdAhit c lve . Marb.Ph
tie with-the surges and swap , ashore ! . iroto r ries
they be defeats; and "defeats 'are 'often victories.
Washington qoit. manybattleis Int .his ; float ITV
1 . 11 4 3 P i i was rwOkt4. oil .t4o,...disastersi ~..illsy by, day
ia our 9iiiitttjaplife,4l:e. we, overceme,,,Ont.Qhfut,
his overcome! And we have the promise. - Tithe
God trains - ' for -for heaven. • fie sends” eiititiiii
winds; and-cages u5..up....-jagged,onountains. He
loves us, and therefore, gives us soul-hattles,—
defPOldtatiating witli.iictorilS3..:...L . !VC U.:,
We have thus far apoken..negatively of the na
ture and in.figencp.of Alvin° friendship. .We take
the two ahniglokeilterlpi they are substantially
the same: ' • f - ( -.1 ' l7 !" • . '" -.
' . " ' . •
WRAT CARIfiTLiN lIIMIENDI3III1 1
We proceed now to. some, gf Ae
tive elements of this attachment, holy, .
with
then', also, its healthful' full tieline: • •
feeling, ---mutual interest in certain qualities,
kcitilett9r lations.., T49lo“betmeen whom this
affection, this principlelick% subeists„huve,
%Wee, &illicit communion, if thrown to
g,ethrei among strangers, gliahis in each other .
the;commOn thoughts,' liasoirititiais i and sympa-t
tines, out of which, for .theitimeoCnicatciwor
happiness may spring, ,i6pckiNdugs
in mutual converse, .interc . hapjFiNg t ylevril 40 ,
past, of famili .pruuppitfie life
throwing off restraint 4, confiding tecabh:4l,4o
their very choicest tliolighti.and parrobies; 'Bs
tening to 'each otheral•counselsi and•moaifyilig
each his own separate, vie43),T those of the
other. There is cQnpluKifir-,7FPAting t9s!l`
ther—grOwing into iineness-ec,c,h, fi nding.,la
the other somethirig,tiauting in" itnitielf=-04cli
realizing a• measure" or personal eomPleteneer
by making the other's thoughts and virtues his'
" ii• l l3.l ' ) IP • ;''' `.' ' • •'• 1 . - '
Rti ,cifh'ere:lB;ll,4lT'alKAilitirp and, impeta.
the: milatifcopsarief OfJohn ,
Poett7=terbiontgarbirY,AWining iia
'Olderkfireads, - mad hanging its silent clusters
Around . the strong e naken logic of Robert Hall;
Abe , timid . notlvof :Cowper, blending with the
,thrindertone of hbhNewton,.as the zephyr min-
:kies with ttiejiiiieati
do friCnds Who thinlc alike in some things`,
but differenily in 'others, walk together; talk to
gether; sit' together, pray together, sing :toge)
tpgether, and even die together,
r.r ; heyet bound inf.° one life, *no,t, ylike
t ii. - intikeneas; boldness m one,
i timidity"'d the
-iithetrVithi.!nreekness •of one, guarded the
Strength of theso . ther; this oriels , faith - balanced
. I)y : that one!s, lave;, delicaoyilbp
2net'P 'st 43 Kn'YM-,, sbeP4!TIOPZOIPA v viII
cly !qui roving "the: prinhe;,..Lutser,
Una.' and powerfainin Serfingtl3`,. - 0114ii
1014ng:and; elear-teariediatielancthein-tviihellbe
.tehdrilarothis,finer%sensibility aboat'himi I Oftink
frjendshipsAmong,,men .are p romoted
I r tf4o 4 ; l 'nf t • h .P.Tl F . A r v e ,B 3 . ,wo
like 'to finci n
11441eigtcliW Liaeriri 'end lintig
fthilts‘tb'bVlA,rushiHrorfs,abitissitiiiW 1111404
in:triumph:over us,' do ntraeted ;witb• - oints.
4 . Pm:rather, .sliscovet;,them—,ta, kld q thernAin
Weir uncOnscions..action . not liqra i fied, before
us ;,,lust as welike to be arrested bza splendid,
Tent, 'the theenn dean embosomed' ' lake,'or tie
opening of.a far-ivinding Talley=far betier th) . in
to , be. pol• in a. position, or. elipbwhili-top,
stvain:ohr, eye across,a jutting gra& tliat.we [say
see'. cheni,," We want the, thing without the an 7
withont the ' :
nabs IJO • , • • , • ~,
iftivr?ffl" , TIFt
. f ..Ftigt,Rdi , sl}lp. with Christ communion
bseeorrieltiy ratth,orip - witi; him.
His "thoSitilit; his i 111 V triOrul
grandeur; Ili aympathiehltiticiarlbeWifil
uth4.areloffere . d. linjoyed,:lxi be sa
mke4,, tct..1)e),1.4 20 Pr9,00(14.7 4'eropething to
h epronghtinto fllowship with, beauty and. ma-
Totty ?ft . ArM , ; I.!? con te' plata' p o(e'etio f rOn its
Ni a
` rd tipe; nitura;in kit;in Min. • :It; re
lineti Us: • EveriivieWirythe - trtily beatitifnl; of
ihtt "truly,. great; is, refreshing ,f- gives us 'new
.lifet,itldrapvellll. trgel, ofir, bas less: • • '
In, w do,nic,,i:nyo . ,fqiiewskip with infi
beauty, infinite sidilOity, 4;.e .. i.bought and
'opera 6 tele i ° VI ireiab - dte "its'Wvi n t e
.gleteslife .'ti thecireeelvegi - iand aohievementi
.etkereigal,aftt;Oclitbiuglwbeaeonipared
CORTiestßi„NcippleAn's yigtories,, 49 . 1 E
into nOfhingnes ! s in viewer , the
,cy,?,st.: Amleirer
fence 'appeati sindicatioq' of
law against individual swill''tliis'i'estorata ` o"n``ol'
humanity, againSt its rula;:thel.lWbrld'a:reddibp-
P 0 . 9. arimq.i.o: eNßire'A OtaiPliothe4l9o,4
agnitist t ibe fading boners of ,
We 'coi(fe 106 cdMtniciniqii with`alf purity;
bentor, all majesty, rove, in Vein;
tatiglit~of trim. • Tinth' is for-!his frtefidti. "If
any man' will. do, hit will,' he shalt know.of the
doctrine:" . : :41 1 ortseoFet •of the. LPol•.:4ll:•with
them that fear him.' )
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.i:".'!'." , . .'! - 1:7;14
.!'!"*:•0
,teachers
,/ql3l ckft4M deep,
tender,. and' lsst,ing. " It. was:
,so witii.the
. pupils
of Platt:) , iiiid leis so Aitt`the young
gelierallyr3' The.-life and -thought Peotir•tutors
grbwi.into bo,und , together -bi
olt;,pur,oni4„iiy,,onig! ebuituo,ll ,, thoughts.,,*
° Pl44 , l l l.Tln.t*Nlage• sPirtie, 9 .:-b l Pnd.
auALE,_..;
. 113414 cur .
, Christ's tin h s us - 44,p
that,' deepening our friendship, becornei itself
More folltand clear: We have the life-of chnstif
protets, tenches„d wells kilts; 'oti,res
c(,),uppuni9ft with him, we l base ,his thooght. bid
Iliolmes t i. The mOdein of his lifti,stand iiefera
andlinPriiis their' perfection on its "ll,Cre;
fhenl.in tile nature' of Chriitiaifirieurdhhip—j
rather of -our 'friendship- with- C re seen
the _lop.h.qt ; And adyantages :of sugh
tion. • T i o be.,, his., friends, is to be
grow
to imitate his life, . to grouVintici
theccitirtileteiieiiie 'of
by him, 'to ' be' exalted to have betotd
Ifs the best standard., of. chitnie.ter;-th . bpi:
in
vestgd, ,with ,h o qool. ail4indeetbed: to.":,the
blessednesskingdom, i ,,,O.nc, t trippdoips
aiii ; lint; fOnndefi' on .external' things.
They Otteli'Vici4lh 4 spfte'Of *otitiaitid"obs'faeles,
aird'4o6l3tronterl'orztlie tesitithniuut Wireby to
be;ovetcdtite. -Wealth, station, power,-are not
among; tbe prompting& of : genuine fdendship. ;
e may, Oel ihe genurny , nature, of- a, poor
May fin d the wealth thought and
wh i eie gold' , We: may be
' re'frothed-brhonestyind truth where 'gleams of
intelligence and triumpb&pf mind are not seen.
We, may feel- the [flow, of geriial, sympathy, and
qp.julPressipn,of real,Tanhood,irt prespo,o
"initwird . - deformity aria' distortion .. Plato:
ib-sitytmaiidthuffoitisi:butiliii'ioid 'was virthe,
and-efrom t him came stich , divine and pa-
Ote,ticrthings twpiererAi !Jig, heart and drew tears
!_ 1 ,110,1, 1 7&" But where all, is -beautiful
in mane r, Utterance, in . Meekness, in con
rage, in fisithyin derotiob,AUPtiaracter,—;:frierid
ship findki ifirthiorla:l food; - and grows' intogthat
didinenusliy which' it is enansoredp• Tirtho.
child nfygiod,shis Son; poosesses all, ouch
Ves. - 4 1 , is h: l the chief anion den Ormand i
altoriether Tooely." Shall wit,irifi on,
61#
omnipotence.' wmdom
;td 119mina , and , a,diaires'lli , wisdom
Isof :ERA -lbmercy' to beg seinghtteindegained , ?-
4 18 4nputigi )00ve Alm,:be4o:.ono,:and yet flow
in in jo, fulness to ` , earth. Does !pith seek•an,
object?-fie is the "same yesterday, and to-day,
and forever," able to save even to the uttermost
ail- who come tint° . God'brhisq. • '
,:.••
THE (~ONDII~IOpi : OF CSHSIBTIAIY • VitlENiti ,
It was once a matter of:supreme desire among
men to be the friends of Cresar, the friendi of
Napoleon, the friends , of Nicholas. friend , lit'
Court. is a, proverb. Christ ismAling to be,your
friend, , end to ,call you-hi,B frienFle,.bis, sog 4
is,B .
daughters, his heirs tq the, iriheritrpitepf, 3 l* /
And he'says to You: "te are my 'frilindl t ryo
rig whatsoever - I command Ydu." the'
- condition , of friendship. Here is Ohtifitlit-claini:
to govern us. , Ate hattaistnnadlitor,neae.-Thei
friendship jet. human. drsr4 I Q jo in 4,
beano tenderness and lova, by sacrifice, by,
the qualities which can fait; oiiilofip'
eat;' best ideal' of hutnairity. But
is that of Deity. The test of our 'friendship
takes hold on the Godhead. Without the—con
dition we may 'not expect the blessing:
We come together here-from time. to.thhe ;
we pray, and §ing, and
,prevh, andAiatem o and
sit at the table of otg•Aord .p. riftit..x . e ; ,,, rest
But are we ? We gret4,knisix :not , b3 , , , ,pur
frames;. e motio nsi and'.ooo pi, laid prayers,
bat by doing constantly, cheerfully, with ear
liest choice,..what he coinmandcus..
Re commands a 8 to believe in him, not his
03,1,1TIOY•fint aftotiotiatelYr as a ;personal.aa oar afioae. To rep,eut
.sin,,
forsake,hate it. to do good to all'aen.
TOfdigiire oui'fitieraies'ard 1c ihern; not com
placently: Iliatv,benevolently: To c •niake great
sacrifices for .his glory; to love the brethren; to :
five a life
,of prayek; togron,ia grace and •god
liness; to subdue b99Y to the will — t 9 a.tiotY,
will; to resist er; Arlie after good; to
Fifth the salvation or einnari; to joy Co' • Cfcid ;'
to look foi the eominrof our Lord; to occupy
come., , kon:ine,it /frith you, brethren ?
"Ye are my friends, if ye do nliateoever iicopt
MEZS
•!• ; r
wand you," .110 Inager, how hard is.for the
natural man; ChrieL.commintle . He, seeds
a' panic stops your' trade, euts off Your
wealth, then -confinands pall- to trust in him
Vatiently. He `'comes:into , Yrittr - family and
takes from. iyout ; heart the nearest. and the
dearest, leaving all, its tendrils bleeding and
torn, and, commands you to; be resigned to. his
will. He interferes with your4olatis, and pros
trates- your' holies,' cute Viryentr supplies;' and
das' ti` you ) Stripped; 4:tereft ; and helpless, , on the
streatir-ofa,dark providence; which is sweeping
you into, a :mysterious future.---and co mm ands you
to trust him. Do you trod' lihn/bo you re
jOice in 'him t Are you willing that - he should
thud Protteiiff-yonrwild'braticles; Subdue your
pride, quell your - native rebellion, and form you
for his glory? Ye are , my friends, if -ye do -what
soever I com,man,4,yrk. He ~cornmands . only,
that which, ill: exalt, us ; Only that which he
knows to be essential to oniFeteionl 'life: It
is . not to• Show his' power andritithotity; baling
lobe; o picimre uslot , its =fullfenjoYment, When
our, sin's)shallzbaJoehtArawarforever. - ;
caritsrili ritAviN.
. , ,
""IltiW i gitirionte-Viittitlite in which:our every
foul sfiail a clettliostia the . t arvice , 44 , Christ
where; bap% graciontritiaility:shall , be: Wet, to Ate
full ;tettsion -and,give out its Most'habr and ma
jestic,strairl; Where loye l shall spread, its wing
over "the 'WWI'S ) of life; , where, like ravishing
iiiiiirs; or I ennjeit' trituntibant' melodies;
the' fornesf , inf our. Weil shall mingle/m:4o*o
abroad- bless , the . universe. , One of . the 'at
tractisa, of the world to come, is' in the as
surance tbattlie servants of God shall serve
htzii 'tiqy obstacle Shall be removed ; every
weakness gone; every linguidAesiiestirniilated;
every - Vhotight - 'alakened 'by; GM'S-light and
UhristTs dove; by..the f; cothmunion of, 'spirits',
the sense ofimmortality, and•thejoy„that is
,ups,-•
apekable;,, by the boundless range of life, the
presence, of `angels, and the consciousness of
victory; by the smile of Christ, and'the cloud
less light;:abdlhe glittering croivn ;"bilhe•ful
' neas of. SVery, aspiration, and the sweet, eternal
friendship; ,of,. God ,Oh is there not present
some bead that has, trusted to- falsehood ? that
has been bagidied.by world's charms,—by
tbe prOinises 'of 'Piimart 1614? And when all
your pride,: and 'hopeit and affectiOn, and conliz
deuce, and. life , were won, htivS-yote not disco=
vered that, the seeming ground of all was , but
a - I ,npgl , 7pg, —the fascination of sin 2_ Andi in
your solitude, and, darkness, and despair, and
1'41:66; arid ldngiag r alit vainfor sympatliy,'iiiiii
heart-barsting. silenee; ' wheii some deed broke
the charm; and letioose your thoughts- the
dreadful reality , did not your . ' •
't Heart, irtl.then serene; unit=safely kept
A:trust's strung,eitadil,: quake ail night long,
. I , ;,. .fia;towet• anti bus,on ,felltih n fore the rush
.01fieree convictions, and ,the tumbling walls
BtiornWitli dull 'of ruin through your brain T'%
• •
bid not all the hopes you raised into the dome
of ' all - the bright pictures your fancy
painted; fall 'in'dlade_before the sweep of that
sonl-tempest; and Jose themselves 'in the sepal
dire of., , xnurdered- friendship? : I .-iay hear=
ets,.you peed a. friend who will not:thus betray,.
We i offer
,you ihe friendship of Jesus ;. we ask you, frip;ut your Mast in his promise. _ Yon
ought - th knoW . whether you are' his friends ' Or
not.: YOU do;know. eThb soon be Com
pleted—tke book of lifefilled; and'closed I Shall
TPur - Paine; 14!" , t , there,77.lYritten in, the -hlood•of
atonetrieut,—a.witaess- before angels and., men
that - Olral:GOOddeirieFrloit, and That your in.
• ;'; --4, .". '
:OYOIrS `'PRAISE OF =THE ,EARLY
CHRISTI:AiTS:
What; now, was the spirit of thegospel, as it
exiSted'in - the 'experience 6ebelievers in the epos.:
tolic age? It WasLpre-eminentlya: glad and joy
ous spirit.
~,,They had received by faith a gospel,
which brought them glad tidingeof great joy, and
their
,daily walk Was in the fear of the Lord and
iir`the. comforts of) the' Holy natural,
add; with them, the , ?habiitual expression - of this
joy,wast praise:; No sooner was the; Lord parted
from, his disciples, and carried. up to heaven than
they returned to Jeru.selem with } -great, joy, and
;vete:Continually in the.teinple'Praising and bless:
ingGod." - *: Praise Was 'a part of the daily, expres
i siou of that pentecostal , gladfiess with which thou-
sands of , now converts at Jerusalem'. received 'the
first great outpouring of the Spirit.. ‘..‘And they
did eat their ; meat with gladness, and singleness. of
heart; priising aod!' - At-midnight, in the inner
prison` , at with their feet
fast in the stodks, were overheard 'praying, and
singing praisesytdS.od...--,:TheLpeace Which:passetli
all understanding kept their hearts, and one who
never sleeps ; and who had Troinised ,never to for
dike theiii,lWas beat. they and ,their coin
panionaldithetaith Were often in 'tribulation; bdt
as the sufferings of: Christ abounded 'in tlietn,-ed
their conanlation,also aboanded.:hy Christ. They.
knew how,,to obased, and how . to abound; how
Gbe far, 'mill how tobehungry; and in whatso
ever state they therewith ,to be content.
Whether they *Mein favot with' all the e people;
or:were.led; for>thk to priethi and to death, they went
out with joy, and were led-forth with 'peace They
linew not what a day would bring_ forth ; but they
were Careful for clothing, cosGing all their care on,
him wlin'eared ler - then]. '
Bleised be God 'the joy Which
. prison-waits,'
- and chains; and - midnight , darkneis 'could not ex
tingnishi was not Confided to the apostolic' age.
The, history of Christianity,; own to the time of
Consiatitine, presents, the ,great body, of believers.
• as'beini pervaded; to an extent never sideereal
Red, spirit of religionijey, expreeied by
praise. The:Jiving Spring ;at glinineis which had
been epenedin their hearts; poured itself tarth
exuberant, never-failing streams of sacred melody. ,
It sent these streams winding : and purling along
all the piths•of life,`Makingtheni,•like the garden
of the Laid, a perpetual 'delight. 'ln their social
gatheringsiiwtheiihome4 and in , their dilly
vate walks, the.:eally'Ohrietians lived moved
•
in an atrnoaphere ofrpr4se. • Generally, no seasow
of household worship was without , The read
. ,
ing of the Scripturea r ptayer, and sacred sting,lie
sides opening and dosing the active lab Ora of' the'
accompanied `their orditiarymeals. 'Through
' a ,portion„ at-least', of-.theperiod_tvliloh we are now
contemplating, the notes.of
_tuneful worship might
lei% 'been heard ascending from their, happy
dwellings fo'netimes in a daY. And there were
those wheilike the psalmist, rose it midnight:fa
give thanks; a custom which is sai&-to have origi
nated ;in those persecuting days in which Chris
tian assemblies 904elled,to . seek
0. the: cover.
of night;', for sofety. " Songs dedicated to the
1: 46 . 18 ' 0- 'BuYs termed' their
pastinie in private; and their favorite recreations
at, their'family and...friendly meetings.", When
thelamily group dispersed from the loved house
holdaltar, each to his daily,ocOupotiott, their songs
still cheered thein in tbnintgaile. Jerome, writing
front the'itirar?etitenient Which he Lid' songht
iriffieateful 'life, says
“:.Flare, rustle though, she aie; wei.are all
fifties. ~psalmsf t lonehreak the pervading stillness,
The ploßgn man is sin ging h alleluj ahs while he Wins
his' furroW, • The reaper eoland his toil Witb hymns.
The vineyard dresser,'as` he pruttes - his . Vines,
chants something from the strains of Deihl. ~T hese
are our.songs, end such'the 'notes with :which our
love is ; opol.i!, He .might 44.70.odded,,that hymns
were, the solace of the mourner; for the Ghristians
of day did not cease their singing in their fu
Ora processions, th6`gravei of their
dominmed friends. -;Autitel they not aciaxiii for
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thoisc that titi t e v aliat had 'no hope,
these funeral . antheins i were ailiv4s joyous, never
sad. Pains were taken to have their children
sing; not merely or mainly that they might ac
quire a pleasing arty;- ; but that-hy means of it the
great theme, of Ite. demption, which was ever the
burden of their sough, might find:an early welcome
in their hearts. - Melodious speech, from hour to
hour„ concerning Jeans rand salvation by him,
dropped like ; the rain, tend distilled like the dew,
upon the ,tender bads, of thought and feeling in the
household, uelif they became trees of righteous
ness, the: planting of the.Lorci.
' Etyma& and Choirs.
DOCTRIVit ;1111131 1 8 -
It is often 'maid "that' the'doctrines of the Bible
'may be,diseardedi; while thp.spirit of the Gospel
is incorporated ,intorthe, life. • Skeptics like Strauss
and. Baur, express surprise that
.any doubt, their.
elaim to Chadian. elkiraeter. Men of genius,
and Maurice and Jowett; who deny
the fundamenialtdoctrinee.of the. Christian syStem,
affect greatmob der , that their capacity as Christian
teachers, should be impeached. They affirm that
the essence or bliristianity lies in the life, not in
the doctrine, and 'while their lives are blameless,
their Positiniiii'slab'bers 'ought nOt- to be impe
rilled. :Prefessora in the English - Uniiersities, and
clergymen in the pulpits ;off the English church,
are openly teaching a refined infidelity, and justify
themselves for retaining office, by the plea that
differeneek of dootrinal faith are of small impor
tance.
But "a sound philosophy and the experience of
history unite in teaching that errors of faith always
lead, to errors of life, and.that unbelief in the doe
trines.cf the Bible.will sooner or later lead to a re
jectibri of Christianity. The Bible professes to be
a rivelation from God, to be the medinm through
which Divine truth, unmixed with error, is con
veyed to men. If its authority is once shaken,
and its history is called mythical, its narratives
fabulous, or its doctrines erroneous, its, power over
the conscience will be lost, and it must forfeit all
claim to be called the Word of God. We are
glad to see that the - Westminster Review, the best
organ if modern infidelity, recognises the impor
tance of doctrines to Christian character and
iplinence. It says:
EVery religion which ever flourished, did so by
the strength of 'a body of doctrine and a system of
definite axioms Nothing else could give unity
and permanence.fto its teaching. .No collection of
maxims or rule oflife.cam last lom , when deprived
of dogmatic basis, and common intellectual assent.
The whole teaching and influence of every religion
has rested ultimately-and entirely on cardinal pro
positions universally received as true. Nothing
but such a basis can satisfythe mind as an inquirer
or, giv,e coherence to the social body. Moral prim
ciples..have hcen fOund to lead to strife when made
the foundationa of.enni m unities. Endless attempts
have been made towerds union in an ideal of life.
Theyhain ended invariably in chimera and confu
sion.- The, moment one cardinal - dogma is surren
dered as .uncertain,
,or event provisional, the whole
intellectual' fiame-,work gives way. All the repose,
the unity;all`the'permanence which rest upon un
doubted trtiths, are' gone. The unguided feelings,
the.variety and fluctuations of moral cooceptions,
talte.their place in, endless
,agitation and. discord.
iiebt, a work indeed undoes the labor of St. Paul,
brought le perfection by the church. He taught
faith; hope and charity, insisting indeed chiefly on
the moral truth, but resting it on a system of im
mutable doctrine.' He preached a. life Of righteous
ness in;this world to ,be followed by certain glory
in the 'next. Be preached Christ and him cruci
fie.d. ;Once - dot& the certainty of the story or the
• • • •-• tyviil the_p e goo reacher
apappeal , ?He will be left too t e truism, ff;
for.it is good to be •good." * * *.* It is not this
which can -. bring order out of the intellectual
anarchy around us, control the whole moral energy,
orthe present, and heat the deep diseases in so
' cietiesan. States.
"A'. NEW THEOLWICAL SEMINARY.
We find" the queition on our Table, and pass
it along, whether, another school for the prophets
is not needed. Many churches have great and
protracted ditfictiltY obtaining a pastor who is
fitted to their very peculiar wants and wishes.
One Church' has very nice shadings, perhaps over
clondings, in its theology. -Another is so given
to practical godliness that it cannot receive any
doefrinalpreaching, like a pilot so intent on the
Practical ditties of the helm that he cannot give
any attention to charts and reckonings. Yet ano
ther_ehurdh would captivate and convert (to pew
occupants ; at:least) certain 'outsiders, who rank
sermonizing among the fine arts, and the pulpit as
a baptized lydentn. The Circumstances of another,
Church are *pry peculiar. They are surrounded
by :Atitriniane, lleitorationists, "Unitarians, &a.
They would, draw;all :these into' a Broad Church.
Evangelical.„ l A young man' of popular talent,
prepossessing appearance,. (good physique, we
think the churches watching for pastors call it,)
silent on doeirines; progressive, devout in atti
tudes and intonations, would answer their pur
pose. The First Avenue Church is destitute.
Under the fernterpastor this church did nothing
but sustain its regular meetings and the common
charities of the day,.malie small and frequent itd
ditiona to its numbere, and live a common Chris
tian life ~ B ut-they mini& not pay their pastor,
and so sent him away . .., They want a smart young
man, and are not particularabout the salary. The ;
Piigrim .Rock Churc i h is in . wantrof a than.
ring the presidential :Campaign' their house Was
cloied, , except fa. the diSerissibiL of "great ques
tions." < "What; mustl do to hasaved?" was not
one of:them.. The election is now over, the times
are, dull, and they prOpose to have a revival. , Dea
con Eli, me of,the officers in this - chnrch, wants
a" Malt' - df 'ptiiier; for 'his sons,
Hophni . and
Phineas, gyve Mai 1 aortic' arixiety. They want 'a
man-who ALM alryCproduted a revival in his six
and twelve moutlettlements, A new and fa
shionable chitich, in, a growing place, feels the
deed of a* in‘4ll.' a little above medium size, dirk
complexion, heavy whiskers, and perhaps mou
stache( %The litttehpoint cannot be settled till al . -
ter r t,he.,,ue,at.lPM. 40, laye but the mon
staelm, arid.they : , s:ektle it to heve,it,.they,consent
to chiSethe'heise While he tarries at Jericho the
tinie'reqiiiiite:' The .Polygon Church' wants a
man so smart and so feeble, that he can preach ,
but seldetrw thoughtful realise, whol as
strength, to see only the principal families, and.
has a .German reputation, would be,preferred. If
hisiliertitti requires a trip . to Europe While they
shit up the _churchlfer six montheoind pay his
eapeusee, it - will suit theni; for "It :good name is
better .than precious ointomcnt„"
It is proposed to found a Seminary that will
furnish. custom-in:et& yhantsters. From four to
-eighteen months, according to the specialities is
the eider Vroulditifftee to get up, the artiole, while
many, a chuich. hat spent three years an hearing
candidatesand-,eriticizing, and then got nothing'
but a 1,414.5tar-Ut the Gospel. ,
It is'en open question, wbether net to' have
any creed, even one for "aubstance'd . deciriiie,"
in` MS new. Seminary. For-it ilfotind that a de
finite ereed, as the Westminster, is it special bin
derance to settlement. Yet nothing serves so, well
as a *basis en which, to beget confidence, funds,
professorship, &c. 'Thit we leave the whole ques
tion open, as We .found it
Terriby,V t amine.—The famine in India iadeso,
lat~ng• 9i firiiiiihees far a thotiAand
milel,slalWttient.riliuraan%heinga were dying at the
re,te or 499 a day. Mothers are salting, their
ehffdrerilte slaves : fir 6d tt t t tt tttt t t they melv_haye
btail4ii-ordi for a stogie day. '
Watchman and Retiectot.
13ostoti 'Review.