GENESEE EVANGELIST.-Whole No. 796- f arttg. TSI BATTLE OF SUB DAY, JUDY 21st. bt a hoe b. havek. w 6 _walking so slowly adown the green lane, With Sabbath-bells ohimmg, and birds singing psalms, . Ho— eager with haste, pressing on o’er the slam, 'Mid the trampling of steeds and the (bum beat to arms; , „ ' In that cool dOwy mormng. We— waiting with faces all reverent and still The organ’s roioe vibrant with praise unto God— His face set like flint with the impress of will, To press back the foe, or to die on the sod— My fair, brave, young brother! We— kneeling to hear benedictions of love, Oar hearts all .at peace with the message from Heaven! He—stretched on the field, gasping, Wounded to prove, If mercy were found where such courage had striven; In the midst of the slaughter, : I Oh, God! —can I live with the horrible truth! Stabbed through as he lay, with their glittering steel, . i Coaid they look in that face, like a woman’s for youth, And crush out its beauty with musket and bed, . Like hounds, or like demons! Hint brow I have blessed in my dead mother’s place, Each morning and eve since she went unto rest; Smoothing down the fair cheek, as my own baby’s face, Those eyes with her look, where my kisses were pressed, Bor I saw hers—so tender I Corses spring to my lips! Oh, my God, send the hail Of swift ready vengeanoe for deeds such as this 1 Forego all thy mercy if judgment must fail! Forgive my wild heart if it prayeth amiss— His blood crieth upward t “Amiss!”— and the strife of my clamorous grief Is bashed into stillness; what grief like to thine! If my poor hu An heart with its passions so brief Is tortured with pangs can we guess the Divine, With depths past all searching 1 I know eyes more tender looked upward to Tbee, That visage so marred by the torturing crown— Those smooth noble limbs racked with, anguish I see; The side where the blood , and the water gushed down From stroke fierce and brutal. Help bps white with anguish to take up His prayer; Help hearts that are bursting to stifle their cries; The shout of the populace, too, has been there, To drown pleas of justice, to clothe truth in lies— To enrage and to madden, They knew not we loved them ; they knew not we prayed . . For their weal as our own, " we are brethren,” we plead— Unceasing those prayers to our Father were made, When thsy flung down thepalm for palmetto we said, “ Let us still hope to win them.” ' “God so loved that he gavei” We aregiving to these ! The lives that were dearer to tis than our own— Let us add prayer for blood, trusting God to appease Oar heart’s craving pain, when He hears on bis throne, “Ob; Father, forgive-them!” EvenfngPost. €arrs*pott6stws. LETTER FROM PITTSBURGH. I, Pittsburgh} Vtk'i’li&f S9th, 1861. . 1 Dear Bro. Mearb: —After spending a very? pleasant week in Rochester from which mote you, I loft on Friday morning, Julyjjth, to Pittsburgh, via Cleveland. The LakefShore 1 Road has a great reputation and an extensive amount of travel. You eatoh only occasional , glimpses of the Lake, as the roads run through . ml, and meadow, and fertile field, now and again passing along the Lake Shore, thereby breaking into what would otherwise bo a very monotonous ride. Many of the bridges, which have heretofore been tressel work, have been filled up with earth and made stronger and more per manent structures. At about 4P. M., I arrived Cleveland and immediately todk the Pittsburgh train, Having five or six years ago passed through ilio State of Ohio frequently, and always having met a great number of travellers, I was impressed '«th the fewness of the passengers. Upon inquiry I found that the travel had fallen off considerably litis year, and that the great item, of business on the road was the transportation .of troops. The evening being a beautiful moonlight one, and soon striking the banks of tho Ohio, the ride be came very delightful. One can very well content liimself with travelling alone under these circum stances. The opposite shore was tho “Old Do minion.” Difficult was It at such an hour to keep down the thoughts of Virginia as she was. States may be unworthy, they may fell from their high pedestal; but after having once been associated vith chivalry, with patriotism, with affection, it'is bard to repress, even if it is necessary, feelings of regret. The soil of a Washington dishonoured, the holiest associations of childhood contemned 1 Although we may be called upon to rotrieve the one, and punish the other, yet emotions of pity for tho blindness, the infatuation, and the guilt'of those who have brought about this state of things "ill sometimes fill the mind. • ' In the lives of individuals there are periods "hen passion, interest, and low and sordid motives rule; but there la often an awakening from this «ate, and in this new life, ip a short period the fast is recalled and the. bearings of these diversi fiod feelings and acts are closely scanned. Bitter then is the repentance for the past; sincerely "ould the days and months of sin be recalled and a "debetter. May it not be so witk Yirginia? .May sho not now be passing through that iperiod of passion? and may not tho day of repentance, And rutum to her first lovo, Her early allegiahoti, be tar a-head in the distance? Mmntraafl—tfsadtj; tosntkss. T e were to meet the-train from-'Pittsburgh, at 6O miles from the former j but as there “"dbeon some delay we waited nearly two.hours, ‘'hieh made our arrival at Pittsburgh so much 7 bfer. The traveller arriving Here at two "dock at night, tired; dusty, qlpopyj WiU not be Vtt y mush prepossessed with itl|gr • city; but correspondent had many reCoHoliions of the Nness and tlio hospitality of the oitissons when their guest, which took all übopm- feelings. I have not discovered in any town or city that I have visited; With one * w ption, anything like the amount of prostration mercantile pursuits that there is in Philadelphia,’ n ® oMod ky a lethargy pf hflsi* W , not scem to k® suffering. There is one lc > which is being developed here quite ex- I refer to the oil business. I had ob an impression from tk«‘EaMefrt pagers, that 1 s wero an inflated bubble that n,o,w burst. But after conversing with a number of practical business men, who did not at all appear to be smitten with an oil fever, I found that impres sion an entirely wrong one. This oil is said to give the promise of entering largely into the mercantile wealth of Pennsylvania; and perhaps will ultimately become next" to : the' iron iiiierest. Oil was first, discovered upon the i»p of the vratef in creeks, and was obtained for medicinal purposes. A resident of Pittsburgh, about three years ago, commenced boring for oili ' He made !»■;■ebntraet with an Eastern house that; they 1 should fake hid 01l at?l.sopergallon. AsGie4nantitypbtainedwks small, and they had sale for it,, this contract Was fulfilled. But after a great effort to increase the flow, and after much discouragement, the oil com menced running at the rate of several hundred barrels a day. The Eastern concern soon found that they would not be able to their part, of the agreement, henee a (mmpromiSe had to be ef fected. This-person soon became wealthy, .and his success toon ..brought others into the. business. Large capitalists have been the most successful, in buying and yeliinglit in sma|l sections gt an enormous advance. Tbema ehiijery required,ha principally a; steam engine. The prospect of greatreturns induces small capi talists; to venture. If oil is. obtained at a moderate depth; the party is soon remunerated for his ex penditures; bnt if it is not, the expense.of boring may be increased, the farther he penetrates. Such persons frequently abandon the search in disgust, after having expended theiy all.ln an unsuccessful effort. As it is a new business, and these frequently eoter itjwichout experienee, there are, no doubt, for this reason more failures, than there would otherwise. bs, The unfavora ble opinion in regard to these, operations has, originated in a great-measure, .fjoip-such dis-. appointments. Another, objection, has been made to the oil wells on account: of the danger of explosive gases; bnt when this subject is, scientifically studied, and understood, there is no doubt such risks can be avoided ;;but,:aBjt is; there has only beenoneserious accideutj.umong many hundred oil wells. A serious difficulty, has been to find epmpetentpcrsqnsto refine it for burning. This branch of-the business ap- : pears to be little understood, yetfi but neverthe less much progress has been made lately. Some refiners find it impossible to fill their orders, so great is the demand for oil of the best quality. It is said that mahy millions tire now; invested difectfy and indirectly in But little oil has been found fit for lubricating pur poses, as this requires a Crude oil 'of a particular body. When oil-boring ceases to fee so’much of U lottery, and becomes better understood, and heavy capitalists enter .into ,'it, who. can bear slight losses; j|nd occasidnal. failures, the profits Will be greatly reducedi audit perhaps will fall into the channels of a regular business. ; On .Sabbath we had communion service at . YhTjd Presbyterian churchy (jf, fs Jiut one (M. S. ) church in,Pitts- JipgUv; Glroreiiis a stwrag'dlnrcb; Wrong in.the, intelligence,. .pecuniary ability, so ciability and piety of its members. Your corre spondent has yet to find a church with a larger share of hospitality, ChJtbtifln kindnessand cour tesy than this. As he has bad*an acquaintance With the principal churches in our .State, he thinks he has a right to express an opinion on this subject. The interests of our branch of the church are perfectly safe at this stronghold of Old Schoolism, in the hands bf Dr- Kendall. I leave here this afternoon for. Philadelphia, by the Pennsylvania. Central, Ml P. J. LITTER FROM A MISSIONARY IN KANSAS. The Associate Secretary,of the Home Mission ary Committee, has placed the following letter at our disposal. It shows what our brethren on the toctreme right of our lines .are .exposed to. Dear Bro. :—I received; your lpjst, enclosing a draft for my salary, by due course of mail. It! Was more than I was prepared to expect. It was, -how ever, in good keeping withyour previous prompt ness, .and good will, for .which I owe . you many thanks. is one of .great .trial, and constant exposure. There was, up to some .few weeks since, a company of secessionists in; our town; of the most rabid Stripe. Dr. Jennison, having a company of jay-hawkers, oame along and arrested their men, find compelled them to take the oath, or suffer instant death. They have since all left, swearing vengeance upon the town, be cause they say, the union men brought them here. They are in Missouri, and are forming companies there, to invade us. What moment our .town may be given up-to; burning and pillage, and the inhabitants to death, is unknown. You say the government should protect us. There are troops under' General Lyon, in Missouri, and our own State'bas furnished three entire regiments, hut they are some hundred and fifty miles from ns. Wo would atm eur oWn citizens, and form com panies, wbich has been done for self-protection, but .we bave neither ammunition nor weapons of any kind, so that one hundred men; armed might burn Ml our villages, andspread devastation every where. We have scarcely a- hope,.-that- attention will be turned;to our condition, until-the work of , desolation -shall commence. What renders; our situation more desperate,-is the fadt, that all our able-bodied meh have enlisted, and thus left us without arms, and without the men suitable to repel an attack.. No longer ago-.than last Sa turday, a company of union men in Missouri, were attacked- by a company of rebels, in;theiri'own State, and they fled into our State; and; are now within a few ibiles of us. Our State allalongthe border is: [filled With men driven out and obliged to flee: for-their lives.; Our people have remained neutral So far, but. this cannotiasfc - A company df sixty men are now within a few miles, imploring ; help,-and; our people Wiil - not stand- still and see them slaughtered. We are only about tea: miles from the border, and therefore more exposed thaoi any other town. I meet my.appointments eyeiy , Sabbathj b.ut l.auv oblige! sometimes to ride thirty and even: forty miles on the Sabbath day because ; ; I dare not leave home for a single night; T felt it d)»e ito: yourself and the committee, that they should know o.nr circumstances. I cannot, dear brother, ask: Of you, and the brethren, anything more caUicpnceive, than'.that.which -I am sure; yen will mqsti Wsdily jremembranee in> i PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22,1861 we may be shielded from dangerih this hour of peril, and that bur lives may be preserved. ’ God only knows'what is id reserve for ui; arid what is to be the future, m relation to our beloved coUn tty. If an hour of the inOst intense darkness and the deepest’gloom foreshadows the coming morn; as is sometimes true; oUr sun-rise may certainly soon'be expected "to beam upen usV I have been waiting for weeks for "the blearing ap of our sky, but thfe gloom ! obly thickens every houfl These ake not idle fears; yo'U WillvWadiiy see’Why'We' have cause for alarm. Let me hear fromyou', my brother, if you have anything to suggest. i V For the Atnericaii Prcßbyterian; THE |rJ|MTFEST tTF AIX EVENTS. ‘ - i “Be still,; and kgow tbat lam God.”—Pg. -46, JO. ' From -a sermon: preached lately, by Bey. H. S. Gaborn, We are-permitted; to make the following extracts:— : . ..?,.. : ,:-f j,,, v ?„ f --' " There are some, manifestations Which we can not mistake,' and which should lead iis to notice the driftings? of the, vast tide, upon which all nations? and kingdoms,- as well as;ydu and.l; are floating., rjj said there are soiUe destinies whioh are- manifest. >, It is to these,s Ic would this day direct your attention. . ThePsalm,thereadingof Which, you-listened.! to this morning, contained an eloquent enumeration of, revolutions and changes of earth—and after? a rapid presentation of vast disruptions, .earthquakes,,-- wUrs;s .pestilences,, and other. scourges—together!with the opposite con ditions; the psalmist suddenly pausesand exclaims, “ Gome; behold the works of the Lord, what deso lations he bath made in the earth.” Then as though casting his thoughts far ahead, he com pares the course of all the great,purposes and-acts of Godi to • that of a river, 1 with streams and tri butaries, which sweeps through and over; changes and. Obstacles, and devastations—un'alteredin its nature-—undiverted in its.great .object, but which is to « make glad the city of God ” * ,* * What though an insect, sporting, on a leaf, declare, as on his littlg world he winds around some mountain bdse, thairfhe fee'aUi tends not to the' ocean, but backward to 'its earthly-source again f What though bn that broad' surface, there he "ripples; h’ay, gales and storms, and '£ thousand ihsbct nations, and worlds be disturbed and sunk; yet onward shall-the ’mighty river roll’, carrying with .one vast Sweep to the ocean all Within and Upon it, ruins s arid wrecks Alike with life' and-beauty. What if'(upon the stiream of time,) yott' and T should be floating, what if upon the vasfcand ill limitahle sweep of. God’s great iotenlibtis, "it should be fonud that he would not permit the stream which ’“ shall make glad the city of- our‘God;” 'tb be arrested in -its hitherto irresistihle flowing, for' trifles of any class- but-should determine that ; all things; human and created,- should be swept on ward to the-ocean of eternity, tb fulfil-the great end Of making glad the city of Go d; and while yon and I and- others, iutend thousand minor ends; mightyAttoattexclaiming; 0 BirsfiLfijiiiti) mitm that ! am Goj>.* .'Every rlVer flows to the oeean,andtmtil the - peno&at whieh'the 'river merges'itself into that ocean, it is a restless stream. 'Tke destiny 1 of that stream was • to. the ocean.' It was one wheel ; in that:great)eirele of energies, Whereby Goid in His natural providence, keeps everything in order in this 'material universe. And there are countless hosts of such streams, ‘and plans, add wheels, ; afi of;whieh,in the great mass-on earbh, and in the heayebs/ are floating;onward toe greater end than any of which yOu orT'danconceive, and the great emd of:all, as the Context iasSettej-is, to make-glad. Godls great city, to-'terminate and culminate in eternal joy,-—to exalt;God.; ü ße still, and know that il.am God. I'.vaUl. he'exalted heathen. I will beeaxdted inthe 1 earth.” ’ * 1 : For the American Presbyterian. WAS BEE- WISE? Baxfer rather be the author of books to be earried in' peddlers’ packs to the poor ffian’e’dbor, than ’ef'badks-'tk) stand in golden li braries;” A colporteur of-the American Tract Society, writes; 1 ‘August fith-;' “I- febored during 14 the motfthiof July r :m‘ostly among' the; farmers 'in : the northern part'of this county. ' The'laborers' being in great' part Roman -tired ouifwitfi their week’s work, do not generally attend on any place .of. worship. Many have 'neither Bibles nor religious books. ' ‘ ' “I put Dr. Alexander's ‘Colporteur and Roman Catholie,’ into the hands of an intelligent Roman ist. When I called-again, she wanted me .tojake it away. I asked her why? She put her hand to her heart, and said, ‘ ; o> it makes me feel so bad.’ “ I told her I would give her the book, jf she would read it carefully; this she promised to do, but insisted on paying me for it, and kept it. When truth penetrates the : heart, and makes it sad, the victory over error is.half won. . . “ Another, lady,.with her heart full of emotion, showed me the ‘ Temperance Yolume/ published by the American Tract Society,- saying, ‘it had been the means, under God, of .the conversion of her son in a distant city.’ She -was just about to send it to another son, expecting.the like,result. It was given her last teur in this county, Mr. Sayer. “ I was told of the case of an old lady, .who re cently died up, in what. are termed, the back woods,’ in this county, who was aroused, from a long course pf sin by reading another of the so ciety’s books, ‘ Doddridge’s Rise .apd Progressrof Religion in the Soul.’ She died rejoicing, in, ;thp hope of the Gospel. Wi ' ; , . “ A friend who is, about to, start; as a foreign missionary,, states, that ‘The Anxious-Inquirer,’ by James, was the means of his conversion. “These facts give me,-hope, although I,see,no immediate fruit of myjabor, .that printed , truth# as well as sppken, will not return void, however unworthy the distributor may be. If -1 but, know that owe eou? w,ould ,be .turned God, and, live, through - my humble . labor, how..richly would I he (rewarded.” • ~, , ' These,are only 'specimens of facta which come to us in the correspondence , of the colporteurs, The American Tract Society is - keeping up . .its colporteur work, as far as funds are contributed for -thatt.purpose. The contributions, of- thpse tkogrjtti3to,uf,istributiop of,b%q|?, undtragts,. among the poor of the cdtmtyj ifli6milors,-arid the soldiers;-.,: i For these latter there are \ifnlAe.diaie pressing demands. Contributors ’caniseleot any company orregimehttbeyprefer, audtxre boohs will be for-: warded in their name if desired. . : ‘ r- 1 HvN. Thisseii., District See. Am. • Ibact Sadeitf, FMla. THE PULPIT AND THE- FEESS ON THE . );v - WAE. ; ;;W e gife extracts of ; intei:estjfroin;Tarloussoureesj bearing upon the, issue of.the,,day in its changing ajspeefoi j The first is from pen,of Eey.iDr. Haven, late chaplain of one 4f . the three months Massachsetts regiments, and disauBses . ; ; - THE RESULTS OF. THE |ei.TEjEEFSAT.i ;f t •We see that the police, seErice-is no longer to. be the legitimate, businessjof the, .government; It, has got to "fight,, to fight d*emerateiy, perrihance‘ for'itsvei;y existence, “ Wehaye risen to the obli gations of previous' hours. ' Sbfcll*we "rise 1 to those that ;are now being laid upon as? ! -The Veil!'. The government,' civilstMWi; military,, must.. The deadly struggle us. It will slay as manyreputations as men. . If .the officers of the state and the army are riot equal to the cri&is, ; they -must give way; to-those 1 who aie; ; I :Be; assured the - people wilL not grve'iover this effort to deliver themselves . from, an , ,infamous: thraldom without a struggle, infinitely surpassing that of the last century. ' ,And be assured, too, that in' this sfruggld the primal cause dud-curse will be throttled to death. ' : 'A forid of nearly two hundred and fifty years’ standing, is beingsettled I; know wellthatthere are some who will-find tor.day. ,If the war,holds on for a twelvemonth, fault with the preacher for words such, as these, it. tpll haye only one phase, . Everything else will and will say in language, grown into cant from, bh swept away, and one feeling'fill every heart, the lips of some who would have the pulpit deal Shall the slave power on thiicontinent be su- only in vague generalities, and preach a gosriel preme, or be utterly blotted out? - Two; hundred which; does not touch; the lives of men; possibly andifortyyears ago the seedwas.spwn. At. James- such will; say, that “ the-preacher should preach town a load of negro slaves landed, at, JPly- the gospel, 5 ’ and not dwell on such a theme as month a hand of phnstian pilgrims. Within a this. .If by chance there should be, such, to them few. years of that date/when the business had be- I would answer—lntrust that words of invitation come Brisk in Virginia, I’the 1 ’the ®utch ! slave-traders -whieh 1 unfold the work and thought i they would test the Cupidity Of the Bu- worth of Jesns; Christ are Very; fathiliarihere,-and ritans, and a cargo entered Boston Harbor. It have to-day been- heard within these walls; but to was r'efused a landiug, and driven, frpmtliepro- bight, too, I preach the gospel.and do the work vince., Then was the see.cLgO’wn out of which of a minister, wlieh I seek to exalt in your appre this bloody harvest is being ijehped.' hension law. My religion and my patriotism go The slave power has always fuled the conti- hand in hand together—they are -aripart one of nent. It ruled the colonies; it ruled the British the other. Look; up to-morrow,las you pass yon cabinets as- long; as we, were.-colonies;, it was no der door, and, you shall see the thought symbol-, small element in causing the- revolution) as Jef- ized. You shall see hanging’.oyer .the,street your fersom said in his deelaration, The revolution coiintry’s banner, one end of the halyard that was fought in the interests of ’freedom, andagainst holds it" is-supported’ by the 'housc of the sturdy' the real slave powerj which was intensely tory. men who guard your hdrnesffrom fire, the'other- Hence all the revolutionary l patriots were, r aboli-: attached to the- gable Of this church of Hod;-, It* tionists. JBut, the battle W9 ( n,. slavery again as- is well. Let the church hold it up. These hal serted its supremaey'j and, soon won it.,. The Con- lowed walls, grown sacred’ from many a tender’as stitution recognised it. 'Washington signed a fa- sbeiatioh, shall be henceforth more dear. In my' gitive slave bill, and’Jeffersohlannexed Louisiana place, as her minister, I would give utterance'to in its interest. It caused: sbo war of' 1812, the her mute,testimony, and speak for. the land which; War with Mexico, and the.prCspt; wgr. It is met has shielded, protected her so well and given; her. to-day .on its own merijs. X)uje statesmen do not a home so happy and so free. Let that flag hang yet avow it, But they 'feel/it, ’We may have to there; we will walk exultihgly beneath it; may. fight for political 'existence, for personal liberty your-eyes and’mine never sett another there ! may even. Ahy treaty of peace flow made would leave noibars ever wave over us! I look abroad l from us colonies, despi'sed more thanitUeir lowest slaves, day to day, and on every sideijl see that flag; I? We may have to hear, our Patrick Henrys, Otises; gaze upon it.with a yearning; love. It has grown Adames, and Warrens summonipg .us to the last wondro.usly beautiful of fate. It is my country’s, fight for our liberties. ’ If soj nfl quarter will be flag, the token of her power, the .symbol of* her shown to slavery; 1 That, orwettiust die. - law, it ! is-the’ embodimentofall thatl love. X i, WtWWHHftmV ,.. ; x ri’ ijVi v ' . 'dun; my heaTt, ;all,tremulous, iSises*and fallswitlr of the Watchman and Rejkctor, says: ... wavy fold as’it floats in the joyous,air. It is quickening to one’s spirit" tp, observe tbe Then! pray —The Great Hod protect ft and hold, moral'effect of the late defeat upon the cdm'niuni- i’t ! 'up! ! ' fy ttrouhdus here. With akin d of electrical ener- With that love I stand l to-night. I would not 5 gy it has 1 sent a. shook throughout the land which; be n worthyimittisterjin -this, fair land; did Tnoh has .put new life into the : millions. There is no stand, an.d with what power ; l,have,spoken for her discouragement, no fear, no distrust as to the is- peace. . What, what would compensate me'in the sue. In fact, no event conld more sa- coming"-tittle'if’l were wanting now? No, you iutary. The highest statesman ai&d the hnmbleht and Finny dfel*our country may fall, that'flag maf' citizen - share its influence alike. It was really be torn by traitor hands, our children may be beg needed. So;far from disheartening; it has inspired gared and our wives be - sidpwed; ; hut* at an courage. ,As an illustration, observe, the remarks; other ,day, when .our names are spoken, let it, be of a young soldier,just,enlisted;, not .quite a raw said—ln the' time of j'riarhe'stood in his place, a recruitjfor he hashad.two months’ drilling. On faithful man.; STyoifffflsthhd, you all bidding a friend good-bjy and alluding to some- night withme—let others curse their country thing said about Bull Bun, he answered, “We are and their country’s -flag;; Iwill bless; them both j fortuuatewho go now,toTthosham generalship is I will give my life for them;, wp wili take up the done with!” Even so, It wap a, pithy expres- old' Hebrew patriot’s song: “if I forget thee, Q sion of the buoyant, hopeful sentiment of the Jerusalem, let 1 my right band-forget her cunning; country. . if I do not.remeniber thtte, let my toDgiie cleavtt 15 Perhaps it may be safely saidthat in the inei- to the roof of my mouth, *if ; L prefer- not Jerusa piency of a r war for a great cause acmtain measure lent abflve my chief joy ” of defeat is But. who shall define the measure of such a fearful need? One thing is Certain; the process, of defeat is necessary until tlie shams of vain inopinpetency, the eliqueisriis,- the favoritisms, and the party complications that stand in the • way of real merit, are thoroughly broken ,to - pieces, so that there is an open path and, a; feir, field for,,the man of : true Then it is that yon behold not only an awakened and ! sobered nation, but also a nation represented By a fitting leadership. What fresh occasion l for' thanksgiving to God there will be, if the chasten-; ing lessons already given shall be so reoeived as to .qualify, us for victory! Rev*JiP. Thompson,-D.IX,of N-NVlately deli yeredan addressinwhiehthe fallowing passages oc cur, The quotation from' Milton is most apt and expressive: ' : • ' That my grandsire Was one of the first? tfr-Offer bis life for his country,’ fighting under the -gallant Wooster at Ridgefield, has been with me a matter, of household'pride. : Rut yesterday.as the,cars whirled by the .old church yard .n£ .Strafford, JE seemed; to hear a voice from the' l gravebf that brave s lieutenant biddingrheto ‘ b'e’dirm and faitli futforrthel liberty he’.diqtfrtmwitf, fcndj everydfop of his blood within me stirred with a new impulpg/ He,.who was once.a memory—-sa tradi tion, is now, and vmnstnof,dare not , hesitate-to' fulfotf'#bafe-''Kb- ; p , '‘iibßly led. Sb=if is - with all of us. The story of the • Pilgrims, of the. Revolutionary Fathers, is no’more a dead his tory-r-but a living pow.gr. .The, passing-hours, in terpret ‘tous all the grandeur and’ heroism afi our history. I,'too, hadthbughtthe natioh dead in trespasses and sins. But'to-day the grand vision of Milton rises into view: “ Methinks I see ini my mind a noble und puissant nation,mousing herself like a .strong man after sleep, and shaking her in vincible locks; methjnks X see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty yputh, and kindling her un dazzled eyes at the full mid day beamy purging and unsealing her long, abrased sight at-,the ifgun tain , itself, of heavenly. radiance, while the. whole noke of timorous jlocking birds, with those , also iKdt. love the twilight,, jtutler about, aftiqied' At what -ilk'‘means.’’ ■' s They'.will'know whbt ! she means when they shall seestheeagle perched again upon the flag staflF, of .the Montgomery Capitol, u; This, is God’s seed time for principles. He has driven in the ploughshare, uprooting pur pride, our luxury, our vanity, and he is : sowing truth andliberty in righteousness. Religion must guide this war, There.are two kinds of fightere who ; dd exepution,jp : an;army-?those who don’t fear ; the devil, and ; thpee .who do fear God. Billy Wilson's Zpuayes mil’ ; v but for hard fighting, give - nSe* your prayibg, psalm singingdieroes of Massachusetts s ' A friend* asked' one of these in New York, “I)o you not shrink a little.from:aetual battle??’“Sir”tsaid he, “ we fought (he battle and itj wlten me"narfe/i. front 'dur’tdives and' ' Ah!; thesis men who : begin a war ! hy' ! gßipg' : intp' the jclPseT } 'bnd- laying' , their'dearesb heait? treasures ?Upon* the' altar I of •; their country, ,the men , who will. endure to -the, ai rytV) :b tk>iB ‘fa um n-i -jlspz-q ;>.i< lo -ThS following itf from' tbecbnidnsioirOf Jser hjotb-pfeached by. the Rev: Wm. Aifcmab of Ha-' nover street church, Wilmington, -April 28th. We may : take courage’’from the fact %hat we have aot brdughfe on this wariS ft Theyitbat: take the sword,” said, pur;Lprd,.‘f shall perish by the sword," an<| it,.ha| been evermore the law of hur, man history. ‘. But who are they that have taken the' sword? 1 h'ushed eage¥ly and gladly to' j g***l>’it? Who haVeufadly ekulted that it 1 was ' drawn;! Not, we. The psalm, from whifeh my text is taken; has a deep-ton.ed-signifieance. Let' me read.it to.you .v .“In the Lord put Imy trust: how Say yV to niy soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain ? For,' lo! the wicked' bendtheirbow, ;they make ready their arrow;upOn the'string that ! they, may privity shoot at,- the -upright in-‘heart. If the foundations be - destroyed, what can - the righteous dp t THe tiord is hi his Holy temp.le, the. Lord’s throve is in' heaven; his eyes behold,* his eyelidsltry-the child renof men. The Lord try lethrthe righteous;,'but--theiwidkedjjandqAiwi-jiftdfi ! loveth piqlencf.his t soul, hate th. .Upon the'wiek.edj He spall snares,,fire,,aud brimstone,, and,,anr horrible tempest'; this, shall be the portion of their 4 j,dfa'p'i? ,ii -"Ws have BoBio#d 'viblenee; Intent and all* !oyal pedple rhave Shruhk ■ horrprfromit; -but while we (have waited and; ’hoped, • they, have ,ff shot privity at ” us. -They; have sought to destroy' the. foundations; and what can we do but seek to prevent them ? They have loved violence. “Upon the wicked” shall be rained : destruction', and'who are wicked: if Hot they who seek to bring ruin upon a country such as this? I read such words as these, jt take keart aijd I look upward to God with confidence that he will disappoint their malice, and turn them* back in utter;defeat. <•' - v^; :■ -: fBY MISS MARSH, AlfrHOR Ot THE LIFE OF CAF- TAItmOARS. Not „vpry , lopg agOj-juvafeed friend requested me to’ visit- i£yM<% wdihaff, ibdgibg M‘ an 1 alley in Holborn, who?was dyiog'Pf the : mBst psiinful of all diseases.. : j*:, ? t --i: , f7 The small ropm wjs delicately tclean and; neat,,- and on,a little table.stood a.jar,,adorned-.with.a, few ; country floWcrs—tlie offering' of an early; friend. ’ By the Bedside stood a-pale ydung wo man, with aigentle and nance, smoothing the sufferer’s ;pillow; It was, scarcely whiter than her face; the month, and, chin Of which were covered by a handkerchief,! to veil the ravages wKibfi her terrible disease had' made. ; ”,’’ 3 -'- Y V : : v " - - After a few inquiries of the nurse, I spoke a little to the sufferer} andthen.remembering that it must seem so easy for one. in comparative health \to speik to her of,the goodness of God;. hut tow" i*tich : Mrder- 3 it her ; & believe it,-—' : tying there, ?Jbdur after hbuii, %McW ' suffered her searoety to sleep by night or by dayji 'increasing during the -thirteen months past, and ' leaving no hope of alleviation in the future but by dSSK™*lliLth6ught' IPhesl "tS ; tefllher alf thaPwas” • passing in my mind, ; and, s thea. ; l;aflded: if you. can believe that .the blessed Saviour, who, when .He was oh'*earth, healed all man ner of disease, with a touch or- a ivBrd,‘and who : b'kS the same healing _ppwer now, yet withholds it firomyou' ; —does i s6'for' some infinitely wise and: loving reason; it would. ;gp ~ m? B Pj jnu-: you,just ; lift up your‘|nger in assent?, r , ,<<’ ’.She raisedherpale transparent hand/and waved it over her head, with an expression in her sunken eyes wbieli* almost glorified.hertfae'el , i '-’ 3!r ' I .could; not help saying to her,; When I could I command psyypiee enough to, speak,,l;bolieye ; that otie wave ofyourtand gives more honour to your Saviour in the sight of all the angels of. heaven than whole years : of any little He might permit ine to Tender Him,- in comparative' health and easejvbeofuse iyour &ith .isi soiiniuchr more..severely tried. ~ Itseejned a .nejw,and/de lightful thppght to that pa tjence having its perfect ■"work 3 would glorify her Shtiouf. : Hlmfeatf just meekly borne because it was His will. The tears gathered in. her eyes, a sign fpr her slate, pud- wrpte upon, it, This makes; mo so happy. Jfo.w, wonderful and how. kind, if .He wilfttake glpry for‘'Hims^f 'out'ijf suc£,a'ppof ethature as*l;” ; Shori alter’ “ He" ifes taught me to say of Himy‘-My beloved is niirie; »n&;I Wiflfc.’iifHerhasjforgivenpall'mysins.i'He Ipyep me,with .pcaco.and-joy, in believing.” 7 . ,’77. . ‘ 'her ooraphnion came dbwn gteits,'Xwsked hot if she 1 tried to go out for a little'fresh air some times, and hadi any. on e> t» relieve her occasionally’ ,, S! <j .‘i She said, “I take the tjllej'itq.get-aiUtt,. tie fresh ap;, now and' then; not t» i dedve'li'ef ! for' > mia ; ny : ihih\i|®, nor td 1 fie; sleeping a ly “Is sheyouf sister?’’ I inquired. “Noma’am, we are not relations; we were fellow servants together at a hotel in the West End. And once , *“*- nursed me very kindly: so when this tenable illness came .on,her,-1 could not let her leave her place alone to go among strangers, for she is in orphan: so I left with her. : ■■ ,1) “Andmay I venture-to ask, how, are you both supported?” . “ hue liad saved a good bit, which lasted some time; andmow I have still some left of my own savings whilst I was a housemaid.” A housemaid l-r-a Queen 1" I thought to my self, and could have laid down my hand for- her to. walk over, and felt it honored. . " That woman of a royal heart, sent me through London that day, feeling the whole world better because I b«d met with such iah : instance xjf dis interested self-sacrificing Jove. One .word re-- vealed its inner secret, “We ore as good as sis she said: “ We both know that our Saviour loves us, ahd:we love Him, and want to love Him 'better!" ••• i It 'seems scarcely hecessary to add, that when ;*iw JVbehS.laSercthaiiafflictedcone; entered s intb rest, in the fall assurance of. salvation through Woodi of Lamb, her faithful and devoted friend was pot .left friendless. . Fine houses were thrown open to receive her, but she preferred re turning, to her original situation, where she had b,een treated, with uniform kindness and considera tion, , This story was told the following day to a few young men, who Were members of a Christian As sociation in Beckenham* and who were chiefly men of ithe working classes. Early next'morning four pounds weresent tome, to be conveyed anonymously fa _ the sufferer and her nurse, with those words written on .the envelope,-— { A token of sympathy and respect from Christian brothers.’ The word Culdee appears to be of Celtic origin, and seems to tneab “servants of God.” The Cul dees are identified with Golymba. He was born of a noble family, near Letterkenoy, in the county: of Donegal, about 520. According to Bede, he settled, in 565, in the island of lona, Hii dr lcolm kill, one of the Hebrides, off the south-western extremity- of the -island j of Mull, -how belonging to the county of Argyle. His foundation was not a monastery.in the Roman-sense.- ,:lle.was a,man of a noble spirit, and of primitive piety. Scholl* says that the'Culdees, “had a simple Bible Christiani ty. Their great work was the study of- the Scrip tures, and Bede, though the zealous opponent of the Celtic Church, can present no higher example of Christian temperance* humility, self-denial and unwearied missionary. zeal| than those of these (so called) Scottish monks. ' Each church seems to have had a bishop. ' The marriage of priests con tinued fa the end of the Celtic Church. They are distinguished from; other branches of the early Church by-having preserved the simplicity, moral, for the Scriptures and missionary zeaf of the apostolic Church, joiigpr than the rest.” Dr. Wylie* in the work already'mentioned, has carefully collected; the points in which the Cul dees differed, from the Romanists. We give only the.ipain points! cursarily. ; The standard of faith of the Culdees was the word of God. The divinity of the Redeemer was firmly maintained. : Human depfavity was clear ly taught. Statements to this.effect can be fouhd in Claudius and Patrick, while Sedulius (818) aaya:—“Alan has nothing from himself but sin. Justification by free graee .through faith was one .of their foundation tenets. Usher is explicit on this point. .. “Not. the believer,” says one of them, “ lives by righteousness, but he is righteous by his faith;’’-/They, believed ilirmly in predestination. Sedulius, and the missionary, S.t. Call, are. clear on ;this‘ {Joint.‘) St; -Gall says, in lahgfage which pre ceded Calvin' several Centuries : “‘Gtfd, by hisim moveable counsels, has ‘ ordained 'some of • his oreaturea to pfaise him,.and to live in blessedneas from him, in. him, and by him, by his eternal pre destination, his free palling, and his grace which" wah due to nonfe.’ 1 They denied all works of su pererogation; but believed in good works as the fruits of faith- ' ;. ; \ :i :■[ As to their, church government, it was different from that which prevailed in the Romish Church. There was a' presbyter abbot' so-called, with fcwelvepTesbyters over "which, he in some sort pre- though Bede says that Cdluiri’ba Was not a’ bishop,rbiit a presbyter. : So again Bede says that at a particular time there .was not, except Wini, any bishop canonicllly ordained in Britain. This was said When Chud was ordained by,Wini, as sisted by two Brifcishbishops. The complaint is frequently made oftithe irregularity; so-called, of the Scottish and Irish -.bishops, who discharged episcopal functions without proper ordination, acr cording to Romish views.' These were called “Bishops of the Scots,” to distiDguish tbem from others considered more regular! ‘They had 'no prelacy, for the' council: of.Gealhythe (815) re fused, to maintain communion with them on ac count of having no prelates,-andso no regular oir. dination in the view of the Council. There were" no'dioceses in Scotland until 1128, or, according to another., authority; 1070. The government Was administered, by a number of elders, gathered for i the purpose. . Thus, when Oswald, King of Nor- 1 thumbria, wmhedJGuldee missiqriarira ft>r his.peo-J pie, Bedesayshesentto “the eldersbf the Scots.” So when Golihah Was defending" their method of keeping Blaster, :he .says' he received it ’«froiii my elders who sent mehere as bishop;? Thepeople elected their, bishops., ..... , As to their Worship, they devoted much time ito-preaching. and singing 1 the praise of Cod, and were very particular about discipline and’ purity' iof'life.,,?; \,i r,, ; r v ■ ? the-Guldees are 'beyond- j all, praise. W henthe -monk .'Adgustihe, arrived, in England, in 597, 'EnglaridHadbeeo mainlycpn verted-to Christianity by them. Ibna’ Was 1 a sedt' of learning and. primitive piety. St. Gall carrie'd- Christianity from Britain,- in- 650, into Eastern France and Switzerland, and St. Killian: about, 700, into Germany, and the borders of the river; Maine.’ In the year 880, it Was said, that so many preacbers on the continont were Ciildees, that-.-aH. Irelandjwithi the herd of philosophers;' had : “i-grided dhithenh fn- the ljth centuiy,»cd=* lonief of spiled jn, Cologne anjJ, Ratisbon, and Prague, where Jerome and* Hjass 1 suffered/ and St. "'Gall, a hfear ; ‘’wßich Zuinglp was" bornpwerehoth-sites of Giildee ifiohaste'riesi ft Tbeir opimons<;resemblediyeryimuoh those of the Wal-‘ d W- ' ,? f./vi:;- ,i .-r, ,i > e.= J Rpmanism,setltself to the Guldees.. GnC 1 pointof>sp ; e'pial aispite^was the time pf Jhe' oblhbrsition of* Bister/iti I wMich ; tiie i 'BritasK ChhleH' ad he re dr to;the Oriental afe distinguished' from the’ ißOStom.ji Another .point wasttheiTsindof* tonsure,-, in which the British Church-; again insisted on the Oriental,; as distinguished, from, the Romish method. The third point was bap tism, in' Which the Culdcbs rejected the ’chrisih' and:Other ceremoniesjwliieh -the papists had add'ed to the ordinance. "They refused ;to/acknowledge) Bope,, or to reno.unee their or dination.-"'They* a. rulCj thongliMthey-aillSgßed s rio.hs;ito.;.it. ; :They: .rejected itransubstltritiation’. l Scotus Erigena, is.especially strong- onsthispoint." f&MW* nor the worship of saints, nor prayqre for the dead, nor crosscs/ituagdg 6r relics. J "" i ~ ; - v w v, ?* / Attempts'Were" made to destroy'the Culdces bpthnby,; fojao; -and/ fraud. - ) /: SEtbelredj; the Saxon when: is. said,to. i>o- «!* Tn VOL V —3O. 51—Whole So. 268. THE CULDEES. have slain twelve hundred monks at Bangor. Both Ireland and Cornwall were invaded: The incursions of the Danes also trampled out many Culdee lives andsqme establishments. It was also represented that' the Chldeea differed from all the rest of-the Christian* Church* and very artfully the Culdee i bishops were’ persuaded to accept bishop rics .and benefices, represented as resembling very mueh their own, cures. : Romish monks were also introduced to, oyerthrow.theirrprimitive establish ments,'and, lastly* the invasion: of the Normans brought in Romanism in its developed form. The Culdees,-however, died hard. Romanism, never really pervaded Scotland.. It only overlaid tlic primitive faith'. In 1176, a young Scottish priest, named Gilbert Murray) at the Synod in Northampton, declared that, the English Chnrch did wrong to oppose “Mr mother, the Church of Scotland and that he would lay down his neok to the sword, rather than subject the Church fa any other authority than that of Christ. The last documents-signed by the Culdees, as a public body, aredated 1297. The Lowland nobles were generally Norman, and inclined to Romanism, though we are mot to consider them Romanists in the sense of Frenchmen or Italians. Certainly it is scarcely,possible to look upon Wallace and Brace, in that.light. ■ By -1824,: Wickliffe was bora, and in the same year Pope John XXII., while ac knowledging the kingship of Robert Bruce, in the same bull enjoins him to suppress the many here tics which were said fa exist in Scotland. As Wickliffe was only born this year, it is obvious that these heretics were of an earlier kind than his followers, and it is therefore plain that they could have been none other than the Culdees. Presbyterian Quarterly Review. ARMY CHAPLAINS. _ The position of an army Chaplain, at the present time, is one of great importance. It demands a combination of qualities that are rarer than might —upon a merely casual glance at the subject—be imagined. A chaplain ought to be a brave maD; one who not only will not run and hide when it hails bullets, but; whose ealm, fearless, Christian heroism shall not merely stimulate the men of his regiment to brave deeds, but in doing so, shall insensibly, (and therefore, irresistibly,) suggest the relation of Christian faith to a truly heroio life. He ought to be- a strong man ; who can share all the fatigues of the march, and all the roughing it of camp life with the men, in such a manner as to win their respect for him as a “mus cular Christian.” A pale face, a whining voice, a bronchitis-rusted throat,.and a “ lame and im potent” physique, are enough to predispose sol diers against the gospel itself, if associated with, it- He ought to be a wise man;; wise to know his place among the officers, and his duties toward them, but specially wise among the men; knowing how, with apt pertinence, to wed holy truth to secular life; quick' in his wit for rendering a rea son for his faith;; patient with all sorts of objec tors, and even scoffers; knowing always what not to say, and. how wot to say it, as well as the eom moner skili of the .reverse ; shrewd in Seizing un guarded entrances, for wayside and casual truths, and skilful even more in the “sermons from stones,” than in those from pens and library-yigils; saga cious in the instant discernment of-how mnch preaching—as such —is good for the regiment at any given date! and how much preaching trill he better done in prayer-meetings, and personal chit chat under canvass,mud wherever he can “catch men.”- He ought fa be a familiar man; one who : will liooiir‘aU"(/i: -}jiB fcguM6ni make himself felt by each l diverse the men may be in original qualities and tempera ment,and however good or evil may have elevated or depressedthetu—as his friend who really loves him, and whom he can trust; who doesn’t-come as a matter of form, in the least, but as a genuine helper in all possible temporal and spiritual ways. HeAught'to ■be a soothing man; one the aroma of will be like ointment poured forth, in thehospital, or where the dying volun teer is ; breathing out: his life amid the smoke and thunder of the battle; one the very thought of whom will always bring the tear of gratitude and love to the eye of every soldier who has enjoyed his ministrations, to the end of life* when those who come out of .this, conflict alive shall have melted .hack. into, the ,comparative' obscurity of common, peaceful citizenship, and he scattered all over the length and breadth of- the land which ’they loved and saved. •It is clear, we think, that no young man just from the Seminary, can" be fit for the best filling of such a.postlt requires an experience in both practical theology and pastoral theology, which no such man can have. So, too, the camp is« no plhpe' for the disconsolate candidate who reinaiosi-after ninety and nine failureSj still tole rant of ;the idea that the iLord intended him for a j parish. . He who has not :saliehcy and force enough of character to make somebody weep bitter tears at the .though tof givi ng him up’to go with the army, is hot We man Whom the volunteers will be' glai to see* and obey} as their spiritual guide. .■ ■<; ' ; HUMBER ASH)' DISTRIBUTIOIT OF THE ’ JESUITS. There are reported to be 7144 Jesuits altogether, an increase of 2292,; in 14 years.,-. In France whiph is diyide,dln three provinces, they number 218,1; 1385 of-them are at Paris. Their influ ence must he greati, as, they own no less than 4 day schools, 21 Institutes for education, 16 Ke ligious Seminaries, 7 houses for novices, 36 pri vate houses, and Mission stations. j[n the 5 pro videsM Jtalj .thejre are 1742; in,Home 300,,0f , en J£g e f d at the" &segium Bo mnmmm ' Th'n j-simmider are distributed as fol lows: 631 in Belgium; 205' ih HoDaol, lo 1 Spain, 455 iniAtfc(ria, 527 in Germany, 879 in England,.444 in America. About 1000 are en faged-ih foreign, missions, in the service of the 'ropagkhda. s! ' t : ** 'Si Evaner Ktrchenzrftung. WHY ARE YOU CTWICUSti TO PEAT is PUBiic? 1 • : ,<! lfc was “toot till ‘some time after Bro. It. be caTne’JHopefully',pioesi that he could be' induced to tSkeabyparfcan ourreligious meetings. ’But at length.he. did,take part,-,and helped ,us much, and has since been,.'as. you; .know, a very useful member of the church. In convening with Sir. H, upon ibis alter be hiad'begun! to pray in im'e'etiogs,he said, ‘Xfou'hd, upon-si careful ez amlnation as to 'the .reasons why r I could not take any part in .religious njeetings,’tbat my embar raMmentwM wholly by pride. I was apprebensiVe ’that'if'll&ouid attempt to do any thing; my peVfbMrian®sHVduid fall quite below those'df Bros. dTarohain, Oonant, Toluianj Wash burn, [and, others'. -: -1 yias too proud to bo willing tube .regard as not in point of talent equal to : t|«!yt^ r Dreiifren...,..Wheii : ''..l..saw. this, I was akKamed‘of My pride, and endeavored to humble (Jed ob account of it. At length I qameato feel quite'wiJli'ng that’if shauld'be said by everybody, “ A,,- 11 ' ■'■makes the poorest prayer of aity man in,,tlie church."- After that I could pray comparatively unembarrassed.”’ Reader, why do,you so seldom, if ever, pray with, as fdr'otbefs?'"^ :Poiritless'»sermons, John Newton pithily com paj-psito a letter pnt info 4he--V* ,, * t ' ' Q fSco with* out a direction. ■ — * Congregationalist. Tract Journal-
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