!% ---"it-* m^-n^. ll --rti,« ril „ » - '..n - ***■ -- - - ... „ S~~ m sJ I .VV a , ;JWW * T!i .., r . OT . iff r! "” n ' GENESEE EVANGELIST.—WhoIe No. 799. For the American Presbyterian. September 3,1861. Messrs. Editors:— These lines were •written for a joyful family reunion in memory of those who have passed from the "circle” during the sixty years of its existence. .. These wore the beloved and honored parents of the household—four dear gnosj who, before the age of twenty-Ovo years, had laid aside the sweet attire of wife and mother on; earth, for angel-robes in hea- Ten _nnd several who, in infancy or early childhood, were transplanted, as we believe, into the garden.-of the Lord:— out DEPARTED. Tenderly, think tenderly Of the gentle and true-hearted; Joyfully, speak joyfully Of the hiessea ones aoparied 1 Whore the sunshine of to-doy Sleeps along the summer air— "Where*we raise our grateful ley—■ Where we pour our mingled prayer— Other tones in song have blended, Other groups in love have met; And their prayers from hence ascended Full in blessings on us yet, Gratefully, think gratefully, Of the true and fervent-hearted; Joyfully, sneak joyfully Of the blessed ones departed. Though a father’s sturdy arms Kest in folded slumber now, Tumult’s rush and war’s alarms Flush no more his manly brow— Though long years have sought to smother Many a treasured look and tone, .And the sweet face of our mother Lives but in our hearts alone: Tenderly, think tenderly Of the strong and lovingdiearted; Joyfully, speak joyfully Of the blessed ones departed. There he graves where sweetly sleep Thoy—the beautiful and good, Leaving in our hearts to keep Fairest types of womanhood: Graves by prairie and savanna, Graves beside our daily way, Whence 'twas only heavenly manna Gave us strength to turn and pray. Lovingly, think lovingly Of the fond and faithfuMiearted; Joyfully, speak joyfully Of the blesEfed ones departed. Curtained from the day’s broad light, Infant sleepers, hand in hand, By their memories brief and bright, Draw us near the better land. One fair plant of.love and pride Slumbers by Cayuga’s side. There are babeß from love’s embraces Laid in mossy oradles low; Voices sweet and darling faces Vanished from the path we go. Tenderly, think tenderly . Of the meek and gentle-hearted; Joyfully, Speak joylutly Of our little lambs departed. Bless we God with song and prayer That our band, though parted here, Gathers where the ransomed are — In a happy, sinless sphere. Bless we God that all may gather, Passing over one by one, In the kingdom of our father, Fair ana shining as the sun. Tenderly, think tenderly . Of the pure and noble-hearted; Joyfully, speak joyfully Of the sainted ones departed. Mosagiel, Pa. THOUGHTS FOE THE PEAYEB-MEETXHG. HUMBER, 111. TIIS CHARGE UPON DELHI. Daring the terrific rebellion in India, it was found necessary to enter Delhi. The gattfs were overhung by a large company of sepoys, thoroughly. prepared to shoot every soldier who should approach. There was compara tively an easy entrance to the city by even scaling the walls or forcing the gates, but the sepoys on the walls and over the gates prevented the possibility of approach. They well knew that rebellion would soon be at an end if Delhi fell into tho hands of the English. But Delhi must be taken, and taken by force. Starvation of the rebels would also cause the death of many of their friends in the city; it mast be taken by storm, and the Colonel in command addressed his men, and a company offered them sclves who should rush upon the gates, aud re ceiving the bullets of the insurgents, should thus empty their muskets, and by their wounds and death afford an opportunity to the. follow ing companies to reach tho walls and attack them before the sepoys could reload. The com pany bravely rushed upon the gates. The bul lets showered around and upon them, and pearly nil fell; but the attack of the following compa nies was successful, and Delhi in a very short time was in the possession of the English. By this brave act these men saved a great number of lives and vast sums of money, which wonld have been lost had the waif not taken , the turn it did at the fall of Delhi. . Just so in spirltdal conflicts; the period ar rives when we must'contemplate a sacrifice in order to a victory. Nothing less will answer. "Delhi must be taken." Glorious shall be the consequence of the victory, bat it .will cost something. Sonle darling comfoft, project, or hope must be forever sacrificed. But ohi to win the proud eminence Of conqueror! this is worth the sacrifice, if beavsn, J?e obtained for myself or others. To wear the laurels of a vic tory gained for heaven, placednponofte'shead by all the good, and jnst, and honored of Hea ven, and quietly and joyfully to.,posses ! s it be yond the assaults of envy l Reader, have you ever found it lmrd‘tO pray in your family 7 In the morning yon rise health bil, and rested, an’d' your family about you. Hut 3’ou cannot pray with them. It is too. dif ficult in face of many reasons which you cun !?ivo why you cannot, but whijih you would ra -I'ior not stato. The truth is, “Delhi is to be *'<inaed.” You never will, until bravely, man fully, you become your owu. paster; until in your heart you can feel the victory here. Delhi Bl! <*1 be stormed. ' . you attend prayer-meetitiff? It Is a ter r. effort to some to offer, ,pyay<BrJn .public, the writer tried to commence sovcraltimeSjand fu »l«d, uutil provoked to think that, feat had s, I( 'h a mastery over him, he declared he would I |, ‘ , y if he could B%y but len words of tfcrplufe 11 "1 Amen, The offset w.as made and pride WiU lulled, but the victory was won and!Christ Wus honored, and he has praised God over 5 uco for the victory. Delhi teas taken, - H. S. BelvUldre, N. J. RISE AND PROGRESS OF 1 THE TEM PERANCE REFORMATION in THE OLD WORLD. - mt" BY JOHN EDGAR, D. D. In Belfast, the capital of Ulster, the Temperance Reformation of the old world, arose. There for a time, was the heart of the system. * When, in August, 1829, my first appeal weht forth, dire necessity demanded .reform’. ‘ In' that year twenty-seven million five hundred thousand gallons of proof spirits were consumed ; n th*- .United Kingdom, twioe ns much nr in 1819. Poor Ireland’s share of this, cost her about six millions sterling, three guineas for each family. Irish villages, having only one bakerb shop, had from eighteen to thirty spirit shops* the Scotch ■were drinking twice as much as'the Irish; and London,’ Manchester, Leeds, and other large towns in England, had spirit shops receiving customers at the rate of ten or twolye per minute." Distilled spirit was deemed a necessary of'life, necessary in medicine, for prevention and cure, necessary as a common beverage;,absolutely essential to hospitality; a multitude of drinking fines-and footings among tradesmen, and foolish .prejudices and compulsory drinkingfeustoms among all classes had established an intolerable drunken tyranpy; even the house of mourning for the dead had been invaded by the fonl : fiend, and the drunken ness. of. Irish, wakes and• was proverbial. Ho besotted had. the community,,become, that . ,to spirituous liquprs were attributed all manner of excelleuoieß; wherever men or women' met, at market or social party; at-wake or-'-funeral; whether for amusement or religion, there, too, was distilled spirit; at each, house, as the minister paid his pastoral visits, the matron presented her bottle, while, as a matter of -course, the house of God had a regular supply for its spiritual rulers, and the public house hard' by, its maddening drug for the people. -Temperance. Societies-first woke the world to the enormous evil, and all the hideous consequences of this universal spirit-drinking. They furnished evidence that the use of distilled spirits as on ordinary beverage, is a personal, do mestic and national curse, and they taught that three-fourths of the helpless -beggary, tour-fifths of the ctime tiled in courts of justice, and a fear ful, undefinable amount of the disease and wretch edness, under which Ireland groaned, were the natural and necessary fruits of spirit drinking. The surgeon-general for Ireland testified that in Dublin, nearly one-fourth of-all deaths in persons above twenty years of-age,- were caused prema turely by spirit-drinking; a magistrate of County Antrim furnished a list of forty-eight persons, who, in his own recollection-, and within two miles of his own country residence, had, perished mise rably' by spirit-drinking; while from a history I published of. three years of the public bouses on a mile of .road in county Antrim, and ofseventeen houses constituting one side of a street in a vil lage of County IJown, it appeared that not a fa- • mily of them escaped direful and hideous ruin. The public mind "Was horribly perverted; pub lic conscience dead; the drunkard was called by soft names, and took his place- in honor at many a sacramental table;- while congregations not un frequently l&ard unmoved, two or three generd tions of drunken ministers, reasoning- from their pulpits, of righteousness, temperance, and judg ment to,come. . In such a night of ignorance aud crime, Temperance Societies rose in the old world; and their origin Was this: In July, 1829, efforts ' were made in Belfast to provent 1 the desecration of the Sabbath; by-placarding the laws for its ob servance and appointing officers to enforce them. Professing little faith in such means, I -was ap ;pqiwtnd’6rwri|e ad address .ou-the subject to the understanding and, conscience of the public. While thus engaged-1 was-visited by my friend, Dr, Penny of America, who having told me of the great reformation commenced there, I eagerly seized tlje discovery, and in connection with the Sabbath question*,published my, first appeal on behalf of temperance societies on the 14th-qf Au gust, 1829; Fortunately, I gave copies to two papers, for th,eedit,or of oneof them,refused to pub lish my address, and intimated that he thought •me deranged. Tl)is -appeal - was publicly read by George Carr for.the-formation of .the New-Ross I Temperance Society. I was.-not, aware of: the 1 greatness of the undertaking, sod-it was not until some days after rny first publication, when con vinced by the flame it had "kindled, of the large- I ness of the sphere which Providence had opened, [ that I resolved to devote myself to tho work, I and emptied out my stock of whisky which stands I thus for July 81st, in my grocer's account, who, | with many others, has long since, from conscience, I renounced the spirit trade; —“One gallon old malt . whisky, 9s. 6d., jar, 9d.” My first address was I soon followed by others, all of which were copied [.into many journals; - and these, and others from I the same pen, being published as. pamphlets an<jl sold by poor travelling agents. Within a year from the commencement of reform, "a hundred' thou sand small books on temperance were in circula tion;- and before three years, two hundred -and thirty thousand from the Belfast press. I have written about ninety works of various sizes on temperance, nearly all of which have been fre quently republished m different parts of tho Bri tish empire and America, and they are in circula tion largely-over the world; and besides keeping the great subject constantly before the public in various periodicals, I edited the Belfast Tempe rance Advocate, and for a length of time, the periodical of the British and Foreigu Temperance Society. Wherever invited I went; and -in Lon don. Dublin. Glasgow. Greenock, Manchester, Bradford. Leeds; York, and very many other places.' I repeatedly addressed-immense crowds trom platform and pulpit, aud twelve years of my life were sedulously given to the cause. ’ Of the pub lic Interest m the-subject some idea may bo formod -from-the fact, that of one of -my first-publications, fifteen • thousand copies were' dbposed of; -of a series of ten of my tracts, two editions of forty thousand each have beenjjjrgplated; while of ,my_. tract i/ertwrer* wiretr puSlmbed by tbePAmerican Tract Society, one mdivimial ordered three thod sand fiva hundted copies. [Fifteen hundred copies of my first letters were the fir.-t temperance ; tracts circulated-in Scotland, and hy them the sacred zeal was first kindled in the breast of the father of temperance in B gland. It ib not too much, therefore, tq say of Belfast, not o.nly that the first temperance' trumpet of battle was, blown there, but tMt there; for years, was the chief armory of the temperance war. .. 1 The temperance reformation in Ulster, as con ducted from its'headquarters .in Belfast, was dis tip"uished for simplicity, sobriety, wisdom, and above all,- Christian principle., The first six 1 ’tiaihes subscribed to the pledge of the Ulster Temperance Society'were those of six ministers of th'e Gospel of six denominations. The same mind which gave temperance societies.to the old world r. aV c, too, the temperance' pledge. The old Ameri can pledge was illogical, defective and long; while that which originated in Belfast, and which formed tho model,of .all others, is characterized by comprehensive brevity, simplicity, truth, and power. Ws resolveto abstain from dis tilled SPIRIT, AND. PROMOTE TEMPERANCE. Bafltier of ffreCoveaant. [Wo let Dr. Edgar tell liis interesting story, but we prefer the American pledge of total absti nence from all sorts of -alcoholic stimulants as a beverage. —Eds. Am. Pres.} To trust in hutnhn love is often to be pierced as with thorns; to lean, on human faithfulness is t 5 feel t.bd broken shaft entering the side; but no phe trusted in God’s love, and' fbttnd.itgrow chl(l ‘ noTheart ever towards Hiui,'add gtajid itself Upon him,[and found Hitn unfaithfttb and unkind. ' , . ..i U:3tiSri- - - - ■ - ■ " PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE. SHOW AHD THE HAIN. for SAIfeATH-SdlfotiL TEACHERS. <■ ,‘ForiM the-rain cometh down, and'the snow irom .heaven,, and returnetli not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and trad, thrit , xt “ a J seed to the sower, and bread t6'the eater; >so shall My word be' that '®°* »!r k„ ou * mouth:■!if shall not return unto Me void,, but it shall ■ accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto - ly* XO. 11. From these verses we desire to derive instruction, "and draw such encouragement as nuty be'beneficial to those en gaged in -the ’ arduous’ though delightful work of Xea ®^ ln g i n Sabjbath-schools. The part which the snow performs in the eco nomy of nature is a most important one. Its in fluence for good'is exceedingly great. But it is chiefly of a preventive and preservative character. It does not itself directly promote vegetation, but shields the tender plants, the tiny seeds, and t r?, 1 . 0 P et J\ n o blade, from the biting frosts, and chilling bliiSts of winter. Then when spring re turns, and the sun pours down his warming rays, and the genial showers 'descend, - earth's fleecy matjtle disappears, and the fields are, once more clothed with verdure. How thankful we ought to be when we sec those soft flakes fall in all their dazzling whiteness, and recognise the goodness of God. in sending-this beautiful covering'for the ground,-, -without which winter’s icy breath would do so .much.injury; ' Sabbath-School. Teacher, did. you ever think that y6ur instructions exert a similar influence oftentimes upon the youth under your care?- You -are iu earnest in^your work, and you are anxiously looking for fruit. But, at present you do not djseern .any. You .feel discouraged: - You ima gine that you are laboring, in vain and spending your strength for naught. But no. Your in structions-are treasured up in your pupil’s memory and he ean never wholly*forget them.' 'And although he mayinot -now be decidedly pious and publicly profess his faith in Christ,.yet your les sons are very probably restraining him" from open profligacy and dissipation; they are preserving him from being-completely destroyed by-the bale ful influences which surround him; they are pre senting him from throwing oil all respect for re ligion, and casting Lehind him the fear of God., While this is not all that you desire, yet it is - veryiioqportant. And; when tho spring-time of grace comes.; the Sun of righteousness shall arise with healing in HisSvings; when God shall pour out His Holy Spirit in plenteous showers; then will tho seed sown.in his heart, which to all appearance had been forever’ blasted,; spring up and. bring forth rich and’ abundant fruit to the honor and glory of God. > ..... The rain, while its influence is more quiet, does not,always manifest its.effects at. the place whero, and at the time when.it falls. ■ Behold yon clear, crystal, sparkling, spring at which you quench your thirst, and refresh your way-worn steps with so much delight—where is its source? Were you to follow its silent subterranean path, as it flows along noiselessly and unobserved, you would find it fed in great measure by the falling rain, which, penetrating into the ground, thus emerges at some considerable distance to gladden man and beast with its cool, reviving waters.- So, Sabbath-School Teacher, may, and will it be, with your instruc tions. Years after, perhaps in some distant foreign clime, some youth who sat and listened toyour teach ings, will, by the blessing of God upon your former labotfs,-prove a blessing to himself the country, and theworid, and illustrate the saying of the Preacher, “The mouth of a righteous man is a,well of life." TW xrtly - - % Again, consider that noble river which flows along in all-its majesty, gladdening and beautify ing its path. What a multitude of blessings it confers; how far they reach; how constantly, how continuously 'they are bestowed. Its beginning may be found in the mountain-side, from whence the falling rain descends to scatter joy and plenty along-its weary course. In like manner do you, Sabbath-School Teacher, set an influence in mo tion'which shall not only be'productive of good a't its origin, but shall extend to distaht climes and generations jet-unborn,- and reach as far- as eter nity Itself. Be encouraged,* then, to pursue your work of faith and labor of love. Lay strong hold 'of God’s* promises.' Believe His word. Feel assured*'that you will, sooner’ or later, either in this world or in the next,'behold the fruit of your labors, in the conversion of your scholars, and in the extension of the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. R. W. ? • Banner of the Covenant. ' AST AND RELIGION. : This leads us to notice the connection of art wilh.rcligipn,. or rather religion with. art. The last'has be’eu placed first, and the first last. The general effect has hefen to. make ssstheticsbeiiefi cial to religion, rathe.r than religion beneficial to aesthetics.’ The example of our Puritan fathers; ‘should not, he imitated. They separated all art botn from their houisqs of worship and their forms of devotion, reducing the one to the simplest style, of the conventicle, as innocent of all Ornament as a lodge in a garden oC cucumbers, and about aacoiu fortless; and the other to the fewest possible and most sharply defined modes of spiritual expres sion. Nor,, on the other hand, would; we" recom mend the example of the fathers , of the Latin Church}iniithe imposing cathedral and gorgeous rites, in holdredi.vestments,:abd. the light stream ing through stained windows} in strains of music from unseen choirs, which seem to come from the air, and statuary and -painting; We would :not stimulate to the' displacement of religidn.:that we may enthrone art. If the Puritan and the Quaker were at fault.in one‘direction, no less were the adl vooates :of am? elaborate* sensuous service} and a church architecture: that in costliness vies with the palaces of opposite direo _aio»T Bsubtlea%.-there -ia it corioection. batwaon thediwgja ekerted-by: each on-Ate'hiiljßKTmliut .there is a: happy? mean to be preserved;? in-which: the; spiritual shall pot; be overborne by the purely aesthetic, and the aesthetic not- wholly-exeluded.ftdmi'the ihigheE spiritual. The predominant powsr is id religion. ; jElsihetios are subordinate. The .reverse of ;ithis,'.impression has been made; yet the distinction .'is veryiclear. Religion requires a'God p the aesthetic-seeks after beau'ty. Tho}dne f ia.consciohsiiof::ni6raL the-other of ,ideapirnperfection;''the s on§?seeks:.a •Saviour, the other, a. form; the orte; rejoices; in .pardon, the other in; expression ; the 'one is im pelled duty,?thd otherffeeis all the freedom of .spontaneity; the: one has its seatin the heart, the other dwells iu the sensibilities and the.imagina tion. ; It will be,seen how different are tbe-two. ele ments, how distiuet their natures, how wide apart; stho sphere,of ilieiroperations;.-.Yet there-is a con nexion between them; religion giving to art its subiimest and most beautiful conceptions. f Even ( the; my thology of heathenism, isoifar as St possessed a religious element, was the inspiration of ancient art. The works of the old masters, which have stood the test of all modern time, are largely reli .giqujt; The sacred ebaraetpr-jof-the, OJjdrapdrNew /l’estajnenta;, the scenes.and; the events described and. recorded in Scripture history, have furnished: an inexhaustible supply of material ,for the imagi nation* to work,into the for ip of art. ‘ 1 Spiritual ex cellence is not only the highest kind of excellence,. butjjivea to art its greatest success. The spiritual .within, us mustrbe addressed by the spiritual in art to arouse our deeper nptjare, ; Moral beauty is the highest kind of beauty. To delineate the gracea and ornaments of asoul anew created in theioiage of" Qod,,requires tbejibighest efiort.of artistic genius. To make'devotiou ;visible on .the .marble ,*to;ibring. out. from, the canvass love,-and joy, anfi thornicest touches of the artist. To erect a suefi conformity to the JaWs of pfbportionj to decorate it so as'to be suggestive of religious ideas and pro motive of the-true'spirit of. devotions; to; make it a Te Deum, a .psalm, a.,prajse in,itself, requires ®h® ohej.d’ceuvre of art in the.service of religion. The aesthetic is' not'to overbear, but to give ex pression to the religions element; to bring it out in form, so, as to react upon itself, to arouse it, sustain, strengthen jfc, ..For this purpose,, when patterns,.of things were showed to Moses, after which he was to construct the Sanctuary.in, the desert, the asSthetiij element was not omitted, And at a subsequent! the temple was reared on Mount Moriah, the aesthetic element entered largely into the structure. Still; the dan ger is that, the imaginative will displace the reli gious. Thus the devotee jvho enters the Basilica of St. Peter, is bewildered with art; his scsthtic nature is’' go overpoweritfgly appealed to"''£kat God, and,. personal, unworthiness; and. spiritual life in Christ are lost sight .of; |)eiog,manifest through form, and and shade, and-music, and sacred vesfmeiits, and priestly ceremonies— God *and Gbrist, andthoral piety and "h'eaVcn are hot perceived; ‘only tjie aesthetic is seep!;' as the Saviour fails from thgimage'hcld in the band’.Of Romish ignorance, the_ devotee .woqjjpps an idol instead of the-Red^meialol''mankind. The aesthetic then is'hot'td flow over into religion, but religion is to flow over into the aesthetic, furnish ing the themes add subjeetß.for imaginative‘illus tration;., pouring divots conceptions into- art and invention; the feelings of the beau tiful'with the desire of the holy. Presbyterian Quaiterly Review. • •' 11 REFORMERS' IN ifIERRsSIANCHRRCBh Tie great hero oOMs period, whose figure, ip fact,’ fills up tfie wholepf our atitlior’s Canvass', is tfie Patriarch Nicon, whoin he describes as being toge ther (although in coarse and homely, proportions) ‘a Russian Lutheran^a,Russian Wolsey.’, He.has devoted tlie seccmdlajjt iep,tiire ; o( his volume to a Striking picture' of this ’Russian' Reformer. He passes by wifhabrifcf’ paragraph—being, we presume, beyond hij l special field in: these!‘con cluding lectures—the career and character of Cyril Lncar, ; a, reformer-;ipj*.;.f£r. higher sense than Hi con. Many of Hr. Stanley’s readers will be dis appointed, and"wittispme* j ustice, at tii is. ‘ * A move’- ; ment so tbe-Easterri Church as ! that represented by IrtiOfht,tfirst patriareh of Alexandria andthen ofGonstaptmople, might have.been ex pected to secure irja^er,share of nptiee-frpm the historian of the Eastern .Church. Lucaf was the ardent ‘ stndefit df’ ! Rp'r'opeah Protestantism,’ ’riiicl ‘thdeorrissporident oftMJutoh protestant 1 hriinisters 1 ; andutheflitiuuifi- Charles : L-of,fthe ? Cgdex Alexa’ri drinus, now one'of the chief treasures of the Bri tish Museum; a. theplogian who, if not properly styled, a a. believer-ip justifica tion hj faith, and* ip .fK§ snlPjauthbrity *of. i Holy Scripture; a Reformer-, withoutbeingan lephoejast, Strong in * ConVictidnfeyet patient ih ‘hopeyse'elrih'ip -to win in his own;knguage;:by-.‘geotle*’and 'slow Remedies,? wbat l he.oould i no,t achieve: otherwise; .a fervent apostle, a, demoted piartyr.. The Patri arch Nicon is a boidefe and more, decisive, hut :a ruder arid coarser' mixture of’simplicity arid barbaric strength, of magriariiuiify arid' yrit wilfulness and,'obstinacy;? as: dlffererirris -possible from,,the; refined,!thpughtfid, apd,- comprehensive: theolpgian .of AlexapdriaapiJ Qonstahtinople. r : ; The .refovpis after, which Nicon strove wpipmaiß :ly praetieal. -'Hu>s,6f|hi , n>3jLlf.witli .'sthEo s(ifekr. : i'aridtrfia'offiita'Bte riourrige to root out; the various *. abuses-,of-the Russian hierar6hy,vespeeiaHf. thri ope: i,crying ; ,evil rinfortunately,jnot.yet extincth-iotem-; i perance. , ,’JCp this day tjeypemegibm;, w;ith a, mix ture'of Veneration and hatred tlie.y'eipres sively call the “ hedgehog hiifid ’’ with which he ;kept-thein dijWn- He distinguished'-himself fcy* ithe .mostiacliveibemevolench, founding-hospitals and -almshouses, yisfting, thro .prisons-pieEgopaUy, ’and rendering. prompt justice, to .those, whpm he judgpd'irih'pcent after examination, lie innova ted upoh the most time-honoured practices of his eountrjmeift—-the’ superstitious .veneration 1 for 'sa cred pictures, the,exclusion of tbe-female sex from _the, open,enjoyment of public .worship.; _ Heforeed, after a long struggle, the recognitipn.of.theyalidity of the baptism ‘of tlie Western Chareh; he im proved the Church music; he promoted the circu lation of the-Scriptures in the pUresV'SclAvonic di alect; he revived preaching, and-ffromhis own lips was first heard, 'after many centuries, the sound Of a living practicahscpanon,’. To this rird,ent spirit | of reform be united-ft ; savage determination of man i ner,;in comparison .with; which the:.’ rough ’’action’ pf Luther op,oftßnox.js gentleness-itself.;, ‘He was,’ apcppdiug ,to -the report ,pf-,a. Greek arch deacon, who travelled at the time in Russia, ‘a very butcher among’ the clergy. His emissaries are perpetually going round the city; arid when they firid any priesteor monk iu a state of intoxi cation, they carry him to prison, strip him, and scourge him,, His prisons are full of them, galled with heavy chains, and logs of wood on their necks rind legit, or’they sift* flour day and night* in the bakehouse.’ A ferrtblri storyus told of him in ari interview with the ohiefs ofa.Kalmuek tribe, who avowed theniselvps,cannibals,.saying, in reference to a refractory, clergyman, ‘ I have a map here who deserves death; I wiU send for him and pre sent" him’ to you that you may eat him:’ ’ ‘ .. It;msiy he easilydtriagiffedl that’such a reformer as,this was not likely to ib'p.popular. 3 Enemies sprang up around likpatb, apd.at length succeed ed .in driving him into retirement, and„ securing fiih condemnation! - At first he’ had hot prily slo.od in high favour with’ the Gza'r Alexis;'th'ff 'sPir of Miehaol, und the father’ of Peter,; but -a and even affectionate intimacy, for. many years united;them. Many of the.nobles, however, hated hi,oi with an .intensity the Czar’s regard, rindat length the seeds frifhls.,.,Nicon resigpejl "fiis. dignity,. withdrew convent, and was at iflsydegradei and.imprisQpedrtduririg many yegrs. JftnaJjy he returned, but briljr to ."die.,. As he; sailed dpwn the. Volga to .rapet the Czar Theodore, wlio had recalled him, death overtook him;; apd.hpwas buried, after his many vicissitudes, Monaste ry of the Resurrection, or tho New Jerusalem, Which he had earnestly desired might be' his'last resting-place. 1 Peter the grea t t, is.,the second; reformer of , the Russian Chureli; andfto him;jp conjunction with ‘the Modern Russian Stanley accord ingly “'devotes coheluditfg I 'lecture: He : de scribes his visit to Engiandyaod his personal ap!- ■pgaranpe, mot with the broad vivacity of,Macaulay Ip his last voluine, .ftut ;witß .those quiet,and." gra phic touches of outward feature which distinguish Tils? style. ‘ Tliy-anctent G&Vs vanish to appear no more, and” Peter'rainaifal* with us, occupying henceforward the whole horizon. Gountenance, and stature, and. ipanner, and; pursuits,. are absqr lutels tlrift afiyfj in, our sight. We see ;Rie,».p -i turned look, the long Mack hair falling babh from his tine forehead, the “-fierce eyes glancing from | beneath the spyerhangiqg,;fbrpws.—the mouth clothed with indomitable We craze at his gigantio height;’ hiS wild fapid movements, the convulsive twitches of his face and hands'; the -tremendous, walking,staff, almost a crowbar ;of ftpn,-which hp swings, to, pndjfrfi; as he walks; .the huge. Danish wolf-dog. arid its, twp ; little compa nions, which run behind him.’ " With all his'owh savage peculiarities,; arid the'* wild’ passions in which-he freely indulgedi Peteri wriri tfudoubtedly the great civilizer of Russia. ,JHe had a; dear per ception of what-his country needed, .and ,fhe.mpst persevering ambition eie ■vation in', the ' seale r of. iatiohs. f '"Nothing could ! 'tebte ,; Mm' l fiptii‘'ilfe- i Mb 'eridurdd, “what itO-hliri • riinst- : liriTC ? beeri-ha kelf-d& niriJl AfdteiSpleAdofebfylParisirlrid'jjhriKdritty and, f* •: i t* j ,■ , !.r - * v . If • , what* is'still more the cleanliness of Holland,’ that he might’acquire himself those branches of knowledge and of art that he laboured to recommend, to his,country men. The reforms which he carried out' in the. church were similar 1 to those 'attempted by Nicdu, —re- forms of the ‘ customs,- institutions add ra ther than of the doctHncs "and ideas ’ of Russian Christianity, . Notwithstanding all his , contact with western forms of religion and of frcc-thiukiug, he remained himself attached with apparent sin cerity to the Orthodox Church. He had dined at.,Lambeth with -Archbishop* Tenison, and also with Bishop Burnet,, to whose gossip we are in debted for many Btories of his.visit to England; he had attended Lutheran sermons in Germany, and visited the house of Luther in Wittenberg, where Jte dashed in-pieces the Reformer’s drink ing..cup,in vexation at .not being allowed* to carry away the-cnemorial; he bad loaded'-vessels with works of Dutch theology for the enlightenraentof his subjects, and come across freethinkers at Am sterdam ; bat he remained stanch to the faith of his fathers, anddooked hipon-an adherent of th’e Seven Councils as wiser, than all modern -speculators in reiigioD. • Yet he recognised the necessity of many, advances ig Qhurph- as in State. Ho-increased schools, regulated the monasteries, and set limits to their growth. Ilis main constitutional change was the abolition of the Patriarchate, and the-sub stitution of a synod of prelates, presided over by the Epaperpr or,his secretary. -He also innovated, as Nicon had done, upon many details of ecclesi astical habit; and his changes in this respect pro voked more irritation, and* serious and permanent opposition* than any of his greater changes. -* Rus sian, Dissent seems to have been called forth chiefs ly,ifnot entirely, in .this manner. It is the'off spring, not of desire for change, but of conserva tive resistance to change. The main body of Dis senters,'known under the name of Stavovcrs, call themselves. ‘ Old Believers,’ and claim tmbe the true Orthodox Church of Russia. ‘They are Protes tants,’ says Dr, ..Stanley, ‘but against.,all reform. Tiiey are Nonjurors and Puritans both in one. They regard the Established -Church as Babylon, —themselves as the woman who fled into the wil derness; iNicon as the False Prophet; the Em peror as the great Dragon; Peter as Antichrist himself. Their convents lrom the Established Church are solemnly rcbaptized.’ . The grounds of ihis Eastern Nonconformity are - ludicrous in their frivolity, and present our author with a test which he does not fail to improve. It.was deemed a m.ortalsin, for example, that.Nicon should have changed the time-honoured practice 'of blessing with only two fingers. The ‘doctrine of (he three fingers,' asit was called, was impious and heretical in the highest degree. The repetition of the name of Jesus, in two syllables instead of three, and of the Hallelujah thrice, instead of once, were damnable errors. Equally to be reprobated was the correction of the service-books and of the old. version of the scriptures. In the same mau meuimany of the innovations of Peter—the intro duction of Western; pictures .into churches, the use of tobacco, and even of potatoes—particularly the alteration of the calendar, were regarded as fa i tal heresies. The horroT caused by this change was ! extreme. ‘ Was it not the very sign of Antichiist, !.that f the Emperor should change the times and i;the.seqeotfs?Cbuld there beanything.so impious as the. assertion that the world, was created in Ja- I nuary, wfieu_ the ground was covered with snow, —not on Sf. Saviour’s day in September, when the •corn and the fruits were , ripe ?’ Tet there was something.even worse than this—the attempt to tty-l-enfm-na thn Wnrfnm Tnr.iiii_CLf_nnmnjr tlm t,na.ivi._ To sbave the beard was.pronounced ‘a sinjvhich even the blood,of martyrs could not expiate/ 'So strong was'the opposition on this point, that the Emperor was compelled to some extent to give way; and‘among the clergy of the established Church, np Jess than among the Dissenters, ‘ flow ing locks and inagnificent,beards ’ are still,the fa shion. ' ' ’ - _ ■» . f JOYFUL LOVE TO ATT XTNSEEIT SA- There have been enemies to tlic cause .of Christ, •wli*o} f by plausible arguments, have attempted to ■prove that love to an:unseen Saviour is impossible; fp,abs,urd a falfehQod.as.-hardlyito, refutai tion. Sight is. not ,of itself the foundation or cause of any affection to be dignified by the name of love. We do not loye. that which merely strikes the eye—beauty of configuration or color ing; we only admire. The only way in which sight can have any thing to do with the inspira tion of geuuine, hearbaffeetion is by eatching the expression of those inner qualifies of the soul that are' adapted to excite it. And this it docs very imperfectly.- It was not by sight that you learned the character •of your friend so as to esteem and love him for liis excellence:; it was. by conversation and communion with liiro 3 by correspondence, and especially by observation of bis. daily life and hm conduct under peculiarly trying Circumstances. And' do we not'know our blessed Savionv? - Have ,we not ample' facilities —-in some respects more abundant.than they had who saw him in the flesh —for becoming ’acquainted with his excellence? We'hCye a fuller revelation of hii will iliain they' had'; and one which seems perfectly adapted to give us a knowledge ofhislovely character.. It comes to us well attested, and with an imperative claim upon our attention, and, belief; ~while, the great subject ,of- its promise and prophecy, its de scription and its eulogy; is, Christ desus—the ob ject of; our love. From -the delineations of the rapt Isaiah and.the simple stories ofthe- Gospel, .wq kiiow.hini as hc;walked on ,earth,, as far. as,men need know; it would, not add a whit to our,useful information 'see -him, with these bodily eyes. From'the inspired assurances of th'e JSpisties and the gorgeous the- Kevelation, we ’ know ;him as he reigns and : shines, above, with liis,tender heart.still, full-of luiman.sympa tines. - mi besides this blessed book, wo have .other sources of knowledge. .Tlie'ivorks of nature—the 'er&tibhs' of'his eveir telling of his wis dom, Ipower;;andi goodopss"; : *aro'everacquainting US withijhis glorious excellence,, and exciting 40 hislo.ve..;- Oh! how dull we.are to ; take, the rich discoveries that nature .makes of jClirist—how volume of his knowledge an&praisel !But have- wc mot leal-ried "souie'tbeng ofdnCi thus, au : d felt 'ourj affection warmed,and deepened .by-the; gentle and.persua- earth and.^ky*,the dprcsti and flowers f The' proper, btndy of external nature must'enrich the mind %itli precious' knowfedgC of the ■ Saviour ; and if our* iCvo'lSi'ihus'drawn out more! pure and glowing, ithat love shall throw a paw glory -.over,; th,e, : same. scene?, And, reiterate and doubie, tbei,r instruetive lesspns.| :, , ,4 , ' Is there qothing in your exppri’encej my brethren, tbe ; heavfefily Edwards ? “’God’C excellence, 1 his wisdom, hisUove, seehied]tol appear in every thing; in the; sun andim.pon.a.niijStars; in the olouds and blue sky; in ;tjie ; grass, trees; in the’water aud all nature; greatly to fix my mind. -' I often used to sit Imd view the moon for* cbntinua'nCe; ' and' in thC'day spent mueh,4itne;in . viewing sfhes.cloudsiandjsky, r iq behold the ?wcet glory, of. God anl,these,things; an. the mean tiipe singing; forth, with a low voice, my contemplations qf the Creator and Redbmef. ’As I was walking,' an'd'lookingi up on the skjrCUd clouds, ' there cauie into* my min’d somweet a-sense effflie glorious, majesty and grace of 'Ged/-that I ■ know not.how to express, p,I Seemed to see them , sbqtlyp-a &we®t Wjstoetion; and mee|t ■ ness joined Together; it was a sweet and gentle i ‘rnajeSty;’ l aiid' : also a* majestic' ; , sweetness y a- ; high \urid great and'-holy • ‘gcntlenfess.7 vio* 'T .. 1. ’ , _ Thus ■ Nature, her .thousand-dengue?, 12, 1861 North British Review. VIOUE. : T 1:" i ! ♦ '■ V- V 1 . ■ i -■ ■T • ■ ■ *!. ‘ speaks to tlio soul .that waits to hear, and opens the subject 'of 'tho Saviour’s matchless perfections. , Have you learned him thus,'my brethren, and loved.him:'.as.'you;learned? What matter, then, though we see him motwithourbodily eyes; may .not. knp.w biai: fully by his word and works, “ whom, having not seen, we love?” '***o nc IUTW< . The absurd notion th&t one cannot love .in in visible Redeemer; puts out of the- way 1 entirely the idea of faith... •: Why, faith takes;the place of sight —yea, more than fills that place—as a means of knowledge; it is the very substance of things hoped;for,rand the<evidence, the demonstration of things, not seen. And this faith immediately works by love. ! suppose that the most tender and confidential love is only-inspired by : a sense of lovep it .must be reciprocal, to be perfect. Now the thing, distinctive, and preeminent, which faith reveals concerning Christ, is his love for.us. The believer is made to see that his Saviour entertains a strong and quenchless affection for him; that his humiliation, obedience, agony and-crucifixion, are all expressions of it; : that it is therefore stronger than death. This it is that excites the answering glow in, his breast :,“We love him because he first, loved u 5..”.. • , ■ . . .' , Tic'Who' can say, “Dfy beloved is mine, and I am his,” has Vwell-spring of pleasure within his soul,: Whose waters, clear and exhaustless, are the same as those that flow iilong.sparkling in the river of life above. What, my brother, is that most dear, and precious treasure yours? Have you pro perty in Christ? And not only so, but actuul possession and tenure? Are you really receiving from his infinite fulness? Ts it your blessed pri vilege; not only to have a right in him, but also to have the present enjoyment of him, to be taken into his covenant and communion ? Is his swell ing heart of love yours; and is the answering, ec static glow enkindled in your breast? Thrice liappy. man I this must be joy unspeakable and full of glory. . I’d rather have, an hour’s enjoyment of this hope, and. love, and rapture, than a lifetime of earthly and sensual delights, or an age of merely intellectual and aesthetic pleasure ! This is the privilege of every humble believer; and if he now enjoys it not, it is only because he does not keep himself in the love of his Saviour : that is it which opens the soul to the experience of these joys. Where is the mourning disciple, that I may chide him for bis gloom? What aileth thee, my brother, that thou art sad? Dost thou love an unseen Saviour, and possess his love? AVhy, then, walk in that love and joy; recall your privileges; count over your treasures; lift up the hands that hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees! All. Christ is, is yours, and all he has; all he has done, and all that he is. doing; all he has,promised in the Gospel, all he has prepared in heaven—all are yours. Himself the. richest and.divinest treasure—in all the plenitude of his outgnshing love and tenderness-—hirtiself is yours; yours to keep, guide, protect, strengthen, comfort, and save you;- idle not ' therefore, but belie vingpbe not despondent, but glad and joyous. Rejoice, for your redemption is both sure and near. Said 'Jesus: “In this rejoice, not that the spirits are'subjeot unto' you; but rather rejoice, because your names are- written in heaven.” If yon truly believed that Christ died for you; that,you have an interest in his love;, that he is pledged, for your complete salvation; that he is able to rescue you from every danger, and bear you conqueror through—would you not rejoice and be exceeding glad ? > Your joy would bo, com plex,-ecstatic, and intense. - There would be the joy of;returned affection; the joy of fixed, immov ttfele-eeeiwity; the- joy of triumphant victory; the joy of rapt expectation ; for it doth not yet appear what we shall be; the joy unspeakable and full of glory—yea, glorified, oovered with the vwy glory of heaven I This is what fills and beatifies the soul, ,enabling it to take, pleasure cveu in trials and .persecutions, that the power of Christ may rest'upon it; to exult even at the approach of the king of terrors; to rise from the river of death, shake the -black waters from its glancing plume, and dart upward to the abode of God ! Religion a igloomy!-thiug! Bring hither your boasted worldly delights, accumulate all eaith-born joys, and see how they will look beside the pleasures of religion. Tell me now, of which of these cawyou say,it is a: “joy unspeakable and fall of glory?” Ah ! the very phrase is a touchstone: you cannot appropriate it.; it would look strange in any otheT book^t ban this; you cannot utter it in connection with any other subject than the love of Christ. Rev. N. C. Loclrc, D. ». THE SOLACE “ God is our refuge and strength, a very pre sent;help iu trouble.”—xlvi. 1.- God is whatever his people needs, and whatever he is, he is to them. Arc they in danger? He is their refuge. Here they are sate from the avenger of blood, the justice of'God, and the threatening of a violated law. Are they weak ? lie is their strength. lie will strengthen ■ them for conflict with the foe, strengthen them while iu the engagement, and bring them off more than conquerors. Are they in trouble? He is a help, a very present help, in trouble. • He will help them to bear trouble. He will help them to im prove trouble. He will deliver them in six troubles, and in seven shall,no. evil, touch them. Christian, in every danger run to thy God. His arms arc open to receive thcc. His heart is a re fuge for thee. He will screen thee, lie will shelter thee. He will defend thee. He will be thy protection in adversity and-prosperity,,-in fe and death. In all thy. infirmities, repair., to lnm for grace. He is the strength of the poor, and the strength of the needy in his distress. He has strengthened thousands of poor feeble ones, and he will strengthen thee. Im all thy troubles go to him for solace and succor. He will!help thee- Hear.hisown precious words, addressed to his peo ple when in deep trouble and distress:—“Fear thou not, for 1 am with thee; bo not dismayed, for I am thy God: T will strengthen thee ; yea, I will.help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” lie is thy shield in danger,, and thy. very present help iu trouble. He is always at hand,, always ready to help, al ways willing to bless thee. - PABENTAL EAITHFULNESS. : . Efobably rull:’CUriatiau parents, at. times, feel deeply anxious for the conversion of. theircliildrep. But tliey-indeed put forth., any earnest effort for this momentous concern? Do they conduct towards their children in such a manner as to con vince ,them : that they do believe’their soufe are a§ .mueh.ito be cared for as their- bodies? With many, parents,the -daily duties of life occupy most of their time. - The evening hour is the only op .pbftunity for serious thoughts. But the events and ; the business of the day are to’ be discussed, the daily-papers ;to,:be:Teadpaed nO;time ! iemainSj; and perhaps, uo disposition is felt to speak to the childreu of the necessity ;of securing a title to the heavenly inheritance, to those mansions which Ghrist'has gone to prepare for those wlib ldve him! A title to an earthly estate would not bo thus neg lected. Are many professedly Christian parents, uiho.have never, invited their children to the Savipuiy or s .tdd them of-.tUeir lost condition? Nothing is ni%<» calculated to make an impression on a child's initicl* than to hear a dear parent'ear nestly pray for his conversion. Butliow often do we hear a father pavtieularize every other object, from “Greenland’s iey mountains to India’s coral strand”—the'benignted heathen,'the poor Afri can,' the islands of the sea, the missiouary and tlie sailor, uni never mention hisown beloved children, and-thus draw their, attention to their personal •need of-religion; . •• , Si'-G'od has.graoiously promtsed tn faithful-believers, will pour ouksuiy,;Spirit upon; secd, an’d VOL VI—NO. 2.—Whole No. 271. t 1 t 1 Rev. James Smith my blessingqupon thy ,offspring.” He will not be slack concerning his .proiuise, and we should be looking for and expecting an answer to onr pray ers; for “ without faith it is impossible to please God.’ Let us not doubt his word, for in due sea son wc shall rcap, i£tee not.. DB. STOCKTON ON THE WAIL Off the Sabbath after the Battle of 801 l Ban, the Rev. Dfc Stockton,'Chaplain of the U. S. House of [Representatives, preached a sermon on Rom. xiii. 1, which- is said to have made a deep impression tipon.a very intelligent audience. It lias since been published, by request. The sub jects American Sovereignty; but it concludes with thefollowing paragraphs-relating to War:—' What,is the Christian doctrine of .war? May tbo war, and, prosecute war? Not all. May it even encourage war? I doubt this-—as a direct measure. The Church is a peace institution, -. It should preach peace, and in every way promote and encourage peace. The Church, so tp speak, isnot the people’s proper war organ. It was designed for redeeming, and not destructive P??! 1 ? 868 - ~P“L,thpy ,hav.e.a. proper war organ. '■lt'is.the'Siittei' As citizens, they are joint pos sessors of State power, and responsible for the ex ercise of it. The State , may declare war, and pro secute war. But what is its justification ? May it commence and carry on war at its own pleasure? Not at all. It is the most solemn performance of a sacred office; and must be fulfilled in the name and with the sanction of God. The context illus trates the whole subject; Let mo read the text again, in its connection with the subsequent verses: “ Let every soul be . subject unto the higher powers; foOWre is no. poiver but of God; the powdii tha'fmrar,: ordained of God. Whosoever, therefore, resisteth the power, resisteth the ordi nance: of God; and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation, [or condemnation.] For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the name; for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, he afraid, for be bearetli not the sword in vain; for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doetli evil. Wherefore ye must needs_ be subject, not only for wrath, bat also for conscience sake. For, for-this cause ye pay tribute also; for - they are-God’s ministers, attending con tinually upon this very .thing. Bender, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. Owe no man anything, but to love one another, for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” In ordinary cases-—eases concerning a single criminal, or a few criminals only, war is not neces sary. Punishment of evil is easily accomplished, under such circumstances, by ordinary methods. But in extraordinary cases—casesof extended treason and all-threatening rebellion—war in some form becomes a necessity. Yet the nature of the act remains the same. It is a ministerial punish ment of evildoers. There is no pleasure in it on the part of the magistrate, any more than there is on the part of-God—that is, if the magistrate act in the true spirit of his office. It is an awful, but imperative obligation; and derives all its pro? priety and dignity from this fact. The more blood on the sword the more tears also; and hap py is’ the day when its blade may be restored to its .brightness and returned to its sheath. What then ? If war is to be thus justified by Christianity itself, as, for iKeliiue being, an indis pensable State power and office, how shall it be conducted? Who shall be chiefly represented in its management? The worst part of our popula tion? wicked men? ignorant men? wild, rash, and. cruel men? men who take pleasure in rapine and violence? men who fight for the love of fight ing, and care not what amount of distress they create? men who laugh at the Bible, and scoff at God? Are, they to be chiefly remembered and re spected by, our authorities, and allowed to fill our camps with profanity, Sabbath-breaking, intempe rance, and all. manner of iniquity? Surely these are not the people. They are the rabble. The great masses of Evangelical Christians, and all who sympathize: with them in reverence of divine institutions, they are the people, the strength, and beauty, and glory of the nation. They are to be chiefly represented in the management of war, as in all other connections; the best part of our po pulation; good men; intelligent men; prudent men; just men; benevolent men; men who de plore the necessity of war; men who believe the Bible and adore and worship God. They are to be remembered and respected, and such a disci pline established and enforced in the council, in the canyt, and in the field, as they can approve and sustain; such a discipline as will preserve ia the army the highest moral tone; the majestic sense of law, and the solemn and immovable might of a good conscience. There is no ’Sabbath in war! Who says so? Has God ever said so? Does the Bible say so? Do the people say so? Does the Church, or even the State, duly representing the.people, say so? Or, is it bn’unauthorized assumption—an arbitra ry and infidel description ? The Jews regarded the law of the Sabbath as prohibiting war. In their later ages,'indeed, they so cohstraoted it as to admit tfie propriety of a defensive battle. And, so .far as I have noticed, they always make their defence good. But an onset was not allowable on the Sabbath, 'Neither, in niy judgment, does Christianity allow it. Nor can I hope for success under such circumstances. - Oyr IvUebattle was a Sabbath battle. It is said to have been specially ordered so; to provide a .spectacle for civilians who could attend on that day! Can this be true? If so, who can wonder at the result? . : Somo. forty regiments werethere. Were there fofty. chaplains, also, the Christian ministry of the country? And were there hun dreds or thousands of soldiers also, representing the members!)ip of' the churches of the country? Why,?thenj was: not the sentiment of the, country; remembered and' respected ? Was that ousel a woric of necessity ? Not at all. Was it the work of rticrcy? ' Nut at all. Bather it was the work of cruelty. The necessity was for rest— for sleep —for food —for religious instruction and worship. Had the Sabbath been observed, as it ought to have been,..in.all probability—that is, so far as we can 'see and judge—the 'result would have been different. As it was, there was no de feat, properly speaking. Never was greater bra very exhibited, in the history of the world. And victory was almost assured. But,, then, for wise purposes doubtless, the innocent were allowed to suffer for the guilty. Then came the punitive panic] the judicial disappointment. And the ci vilians, for whom it is said the battle was ordered, became the instruments of-overthrow. The “ Na tro N A LIN TEEM » encer ” —perhaps the most trust worthy of all ’jout-hals, in an editorial headed “ The Tstjth of HiStoby;” issued on last Fri day-—distinctly declares —“The panic began with some amateur'warriors, was communicated to the teamsters, anduffected only a portion of the troops, who bad been wearied by a ten fours’ struggle without food or refreshment of any kind. The great body of the army maintained good order.” " Well would it have been for these civilians, and for their country also, if, instead of attending this Sabbath battle, they had been quietly assembled in the sanctuaries of the city, adoring and worship ping God, in the beauty of his holiness. And well would it have been for our army, as for our coun try, also, if that Sabbath had'been kept as a holy day, throughout the encampments; if the bodies of the soldiers had been refreshed by food and rest, and their spirits refreshed by hymns and the' thousand conseience-eheerers of the word of God. ; Boston. 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