_ , __ ~ .. , • - ' • •'''- - . -- ~- -.... ....._..._._._._....._..„.........,___. .._. c...., 4 , . . ... .. ...., ..„ . . . .. .. ~. . . e l NI • .., _ : V , _ . ... 1 Vol. VI, ,No. 26.—Whole No: 295. fIaIOICOP THE LIE OF killOS LW ` ItRiCE, LATE OF BOSTON. S4I4P-B*lOll,E THY. YOUNG MEWS CHRIST At; ASSOCIATION ON BY W. M. C 0 R 1,14, ALB. • , rConcluded from our last No.) Mn. PRESIDENT, and Gentlemen of this Association, Is thank you for the opportunity you now afford me of concluding niy remarks upon 'Mr. Lovtrence, which I commenced two mouths shaft) before your body. From , the: time of my removal to this 'city, a ; year and a half ago, though not, a young. Plan, only as . all are young men here, I have been deoply interested in this Association. I i view it: as one of the instruments by which the 1 4 outg mart of this city may do much good' and hence, believe it should meet the approbation and secure the co-operation of all good citizens. in 1882, the health of .Mr. Lawrence. Vali quite feeble, and he was much strengthened by riding ont horseback. was accus tomed to secure the company of a friend far his morning's ride. Sometimes this was one of his business acquaintances ; but More fre-: quently, it wan one the city clergy. In this matter, rio denominational distinction seemed to influence hiS choice, and there are now ltving in the city of 'Boston, nuniberi of cletiVnien, fat whose benefit and company he kept,a horse, and who still remeraber the long morning rides whioh theY were uocus toted to take With him, So feeble was his. health, that exercise alone would not render it tolerable. He 'wee obliged .to-be watchful of hiediet.-- -Hill food was of the moat simple kind, and was taken in small quantities, later havinilieen weighed in a balance which always stood before him upon his writing table. He had a certain amount sent to him from the table Which he ate alone in his,ehamber, that he might haVe perfect quiet. Per the last sixteen years, he sat down at tici meal with his In a letter to President Hopkins, of Williams College, he says—A , If your young want to know the meaning of Epicureanism, tell them to take some hits of coarse bread, (one ounce and a little • more.), soak them three gills of coarse meal gruel, and make their dinner of them and nothing else ; beginning very hungry and leaving off more hungry. The food is delicious, and such as no modern Epicureanism can equal." He wrote to his son in 1832, "My little Doctor does wonders for me." His little doctor was hishorse. "1 wantyou to analyse more closely-the.tendency of principles, as seciations, and conduct, and strive to adopt such as will make it ,easier to go right than wrong. The moral like the natural, is vitiated by abuse, Gluttonny, tobieco, and intoxicating drink, are not less dangerous to the latter, than loose principles; bad associ ations, and profligate conduct, are to the for mer. Look well to all these things." His two surviving sone have-so done. '.ro &young man in../882 , he , wrote, k 4,l l l here- " , 'There. psi t of Boston which. , used to be .visited, out of curiosity, when- I , first, came here, by young, men, into which I .Bever set foot for the whole time I remained a single man. 1 avoided it; beeause I not only wished to keep clear of the temptation common itythat part, but avoid the appearance' of evil. I never regretted it; and I would advise all young men to strengthen their good resolu ,tions, and to plant deep and strong the prin ciples of .rightand to avoid temptation." To a young friend about to selecta compa nion, he wrote, - "Take care that fancy does not beguile ,you of your understanding, in making your choice. A mere picture is not -all that is needful in the up-and down hills of life. Be careful, when you pick, to get a heart, a soul, and a body." To his daughter, on her 18th birthday, he wrote, "-Eighteen years of your life are now passed, and the events of this period have been deeply inte resting to me, and have made such impres sions on you and have left such mq.rks of progress, I hope, in the Di,yine life, es will insure your onward course, until you shall hjoin that dear one, whose home has been in eaven for , nearly the whole period of your life. When, I look upon you, or think Of Tour appearance, the image of your mother iebeforeme ; and then I feel that deep soli teitude, that your mind and heast may be in fluenced with ;those -heavenly influences that gave a grace and' charm to' all that she did." Let young [actin, as well as young men listen to the'following : ' 4 If I were to-select for you the richest portion, (and what a por tion,of earthlytivishea could not his millions have selected?) which a. fond father could choose, it would be--that you might have a mind and lc heart .to perform all those duties, which-.your station and, condition, in. We're quire, upon true Christian principles, so that at the day of account you may receive the cheering mind of the Master's voiee. But I must cease to qiiote the admirable advice "and beautifnl sentiment& of this'exCel lent man. All his counsels ; all his letters ; all his intercourse with his _partners and his clerks; -all hie , rides.en horseback with, ;the clergy and ladies -of Boston; all his, hinger journeys and tours with his companions,..and all the counting-room: and flresidschats with those who were privileged to be there—ell Speak forth the same kind of advice—all hive reference to being guided by that Chris ten principle which alone eat. secure confi dence and honor among men, the approba -tion of.ourxown, conscience, and the , favor of our final ITtidge.. To a .clater t -he wrote, "This morning seems alin9st like a foretaste of heaven. The sun shines bright ; the is soft ; lam corn= Portable--I am the hippiest man alive, and et would exchange worlds this'(l.ly, If it be the good pleasure of our beat Friend and , Father in hesvenr ' 4-low happy must-such &men have been! jig he4imehed the zenith of human nttain ments—Trlch,,44 the . goods of this world—,. rich in i fstety,so kends—rich-in ihe hipp ing of .h that was ready to perish,.: whom his bounty ha'd fed and Clothed—rich in ."the alms-deeds," which iiiielVitas fie in a good conscience; Intricher still in faith, andean hein of the *braised inheritance re. serve!!, in heaven for ;41 whatio,tieSaviour's • e Young ( merchant, young. mechanic, ~young Christian member of thisassociation, the same riches,await you, if you are faithful in the talents committed to you. You nay silly possess the name amount . of idly goods that he did; and you Otoy, for liver and the gold are .tlie Lord's. Ire them to be possessed by whorb he • ' , pleases; and to every- tenant of them, he says, "Occupy till I come." .But, in.thosel spiritual riches,. which God • gives': to the faithful, you may be as rich as he was; ando 1 1 1):11, you may glide Alll9oohly . down.the: declivity of life, as the full-orbed, sun, having, fulfilled the daily appointment_of his Maker,, deicends the western 'horizon, on arealm sum-mer's eve, showing larger than in hismeri diann splendor, allowing us to gaze upon his beauty. Such. entire .resignation as litri Lawrence. possessed under many severe afflictions in the removal from earth of near and dear , friends, has. been rarely witnessed in the, children of God. Ile reminds us ef the con duct of, holy men of old in similar cireum stances—of Aaron holding his peace ' of Joh, "The Lord, gave, and the Lord taketh. away,," of David, " I shall go to him, buthe shall not return to me ;" of the Savionr, Thy Will, not mine be done." During the last twenty-three years of his life, Mr. Lawrence gave to charitable objects six hundred and thirty-nine thOusand dol lars; and, during his life, over seven hark, dred thousand dollars—almost a million. of, dellars = a large sum for a private individnal to give from 'his own earnings. It was not the amount, but the manner in *Adele , he gave,. that I admirethe spirit With whiCh le gave was admirable. He aid it with- a fingle eye—with the simplidity of ehild—he galena a good ateward of: earthly goods. Mr. -Lawrence died, on the last day of. the year, 1852. I shouldrather say on the early morn of the new year, 1853, for it was quarter ,past 'l2, A. M. He 'was ready for the event. His work` was done. Heleft as leiter, folded, but not sealed, on his table; filled with blessings` to .him to whom it 'was written.. By the manner in which he had often spoken .0f: the sudden, deaths of others, he seemed-,to desire to go in tbetAa.y, and , God . gave him his desire. If any man ever lived as though that saying of the Lerd Jesus were always before him, " his more blessed to give than to receive," it seemed to be Mr: Lawrence. He acted upon this motto—. ",That man may last, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives; Whom none can love, whom none can think, Creation's blot, creation's blank..q . The most prominent ingredient: in the life of Mr. L. was love. The Christian grace which made him so conspicUous•abo;le others was love. His whole deportment was as though he considered all the law, in accord- : ance with the Saviour's reommand, fulfilled by loving. God and loving man. He seemed,to embody the sentiment of the great Apostle, in the 13th chapter of his first. Epistle to the Corinthians, .so beautifully paraphrased by Prior'. !(.Did sweeter sounds •adorn my flaming tongue, Than ever man pronounced, or angels sung; Had,' all knowledge, Mullen and divfne, That thought can reach, or science can define, And IpotVet to *e that' knowledge birth, In all the speeches of the bilabling earth,-: To gracious charity, indulgent guest, . • , Were not thy power asserted in my breast; Those„speeehes would send up unheeded prayer; That form of words would send_ but wild despair. A cymbal's sound were-better than my voice, My faitk mere fermi my eloquence mere noise. Does any one say, we want more theory, more doctrine ' and less of practice: less of doing and of love? I -do not believeit : "Faith without works is dead ;" and ,what is a dead, faith good for? -"A living dog is,bet ter than a Akin lion ;" , but a,dead faith ren ders the salt of - the Christian good for nothing but to be trodden Under foot of men. Religion without love is no religion. Religion away from business is not Christ's religion.' It -maybe the religion of Scribes and Phari sees, who said, and did not. A Christian in the head without honestAn-tbe heart; :with out love to God, and: bpnevolence to men, will never hear from the final Judge, "Well done, good and faithful servant; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.".. Give me the religion, which, like the embodiment of Christianity in'the Saviour' himself, " went about. doing good." :This is the religion that annihilates' drill .form's' warms = cold ,hearts-L-casts. selfish devils; and, if universally practised by professing :Christians now in the Church, as it was by Christ and his 4pOstles, would show an unbelieving World that., there is a reality in religioo. Soch ivis.,4lkeTelrginn of Amos "LaWiertee: It spoke - out in: all his `aotions: - Men - knew him by ,his traits. 'Bre thren, let me say, I yield to no'ian as to the importanee of faith, justification `= by • faith alone.. But I belieVe, that whit Christians", Protestant _"Christians 'of =ull-,denominations now need, is not more _faith, in doctrince-:" not more lenpw/ec/yek,but more . /eve—more obedience,: " "tis love that makes our cheerful feet :Zn.swift o ,bedieeee move; • . The devils know and tremble.too But Satan cannot love. When any, member, of, this Association shall - lig as weir as he knows, 'I, believe you see greater things than a you ever, have : 'and when all the professing Christians in this city shall de according to their ad Amos Lawrence did, there would be inch a state of things as will make this citylhat of brotherly love, beyond-what was ever dreamed ,by- , William Penn and` is Quakers.: It ,ris,i7sronderful what anadaptation Mr: Lawrencerssgssed, to„t i urn ; tho hearts of all classes of . men to, the subject of . We bareseen,how he managed to impre ss 'ipon %El . 6101 p, upon his bUsil ness, and Upon all his relatives, both 'male and • feroale; then great praCtical :duties Ur Christianity. No clerk of his, no business man, no friend,.-no. student, .no recipient of his bounty, but headmonished hiui to "seek farst,the,Xingdem . Ot God and his righteous ness." In the following letter he addressee a physician: Dear been read! ing, the last hottr,, beginning at , the' second chapter of Matthew, and so on in 'course: Please look at the 9th chapter and the i gth verse, and L yow will ;need, no apology for doing what you, do, - This . Terse reads, as follows i —P,And, Jeans went about all Galilee; teaching, .in their synagogues, and preach ing the Gospel' of the kingdom, andhealing all manner of sickness ; and all Manner Of disease among - the people." Ohriet's example,' no lest thin his precepts, is designed tole practically useful to the whole family of tan ;Nand I, feel /Ambled; and grieved that I have not followed him better by t all the motives lie .has thus spread out, I ,say, then, to you and. yourih God bless you in your good work, and ,make you a worthy follower of the Belovect" - He -- --. ,: ' 7 1 .:• • •I'r_ L' • 77 . .? '-" -,; f,• •'!y'CO . • r • ' - lr , .4 • ' ' ... _ . . - . . 8, .„. •. ' HLADVALPHIA,'.7 1 ~ , ,' s ..,:y 'IT- : . , „ -,A.V. „-,..,-.1 - 7-..- - 1-8-k_ ..,.,. ... E. ..•„), ,„ „ e 4.. , '7,,oht 1:, :;:' C*lll - ~1 • : , . • -•.- ! might have well added ) the sending; out of 44.; first. ;disciples.,, was a,- Par_t 0 _ f rtheY, great commission, " as ye go, heal the sioic, freely ye have received, freely give." Both Christ'and his . Apostles' opened the way-Tor their-preaching to take effect, by, healing the`. diseases of the .body. "Luke was the be loved physician," :,,yet, =he w.a.4 gelist, and was --commissioned the -Holy. 6pirit to write , a larger portion et the New Testament than any other man, save the Apostle Paul. Many since that day have adMistered to the health of the belay, and the'prosperity of the soul; exhib iting, both' by.precept 'and example, or. by preaching and ..plartiee, the wish Of'the Apos tle John '" unto, the well'beleved Gaius; beloved,, 7 l:wish above all , things that then may'st prosper, and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth."- - That 'bright luminary of science; that. wonderful manl 'that eminent phialcian, .Tehickaion Goed, - the - glery: niediCal profession in. England* his day; in imitation of the'" Great Physician," used! 'Co 84 of his gratuitoua Seriices, "the poor are my best patients, for God is`my paygnasfer.-", Well Might Mr. Lawrence::commend the works of - a - Christian ,physician as•hedid I It is surprising how much stress Christ laid upon doing: good; in thularg,eit ; iense, to the bodies and souls of men. lii this respect, it is believed, if there has been any man of the present century, to whom in the day of final account Ile will say, "in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these ray:brethren, ye did it unto me," that man will be Amos Lawerence. But, it may be asked, did not Mr. Lawrence do too much .? And, did he • not rely . upon his _good works as: a_ "ground of merit r _ As _to thefirst question, answer, No. He did not do tee much... He who labors for Christ will never do.too much. I think the great ''error of 'the Preteitant Church, of all denonlinations,:isi in So tee' Who ts'it thatis blessed ?. "'lle that hecfretlitheaS sayings of mine" ? He that *tieveth. these;sayings.? No.' He that heareth.lhese sayings of mine, and. doeth them ; he is the wise man thatbuilds . his house upon a reek. And you know who was the foolish _ man. "Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving youraelves." "This woman was full of good works and'a/ms-deeds which she did." There is very mach in -that little word did. It was the curse of the Scribes and' Phari- Sees that they said, and 'did net. It'is to be feared that the great evil of the Church of to=day, is, that they pray, and labor not to accomplish whit they pray for. As to the second,: that Lawrence relied 'upon his works, as meriting the Divine fever, there is no evidence of it : and it becomes , us to take heed, lest,' while we "gather up-the tarps,-we root up also the wheat." "Who made thee judge of another man's servant ?" But it may be aiked, would not others 'have done as much, and. more, if 'they had possessed his means ? Perhaps they would. But Ile, whose are the, eil%r.and the gold,InOWS bet ter than to trust most of us . with as much Ile gave him. In a :letter to Rev. Dr. Hop kins, President of. William's College, Mr. Lawrence said, " I am interested in:everything you write about in your last, letter, but among the items of deepest interest is the, fact of,the religious feeling manifested by .the, young men ; and ~I pray God it may take deep root, and` grow, and become the contrelling power in forming their character for immortality. I trust they Will count._ the cost. May God speedthem in-this holy, work. I have been moved to tearsin reading the simple state ment of their •ease.* pray God An _perfect the, geed work. thus begun." There are few men in this, or in any other land, more discriminating as to 'character; more ripe as to scholarship ; or more devo tedly pions,- than President Hopkins, In a sermon- 'preached to - the, students, After. Lawrence's death, he said, "In the use, of his property, Mr. Lawrence was distingUish ed.: by -three Characteristics, The first= of these was, that.he gave the money in hislife , time. 'Had ;other men, whojta& designed. to do geed with.. their Property„. imitated, him in this, point, how ,Many law-suits would have been avoide,d, and how much more would been- done ? The 'second :pieuliarity, in the bounty of Mr. EaVirene,e;and in which he :was. pref.-eminent; was-the 'personal atten tion.;Whlch. he bestowed ,upon, it. , He made up ..the, bundle. , -lie directedthe*, package. No detail was everlooked. Ile remembered: the children, and designated &read]: thertoy, the heed( the 'elegant gift. He thought of every - want, and was ingenious and happy in devising appropriate gifts. Thee-third characteristic was. that, he gave as a .Claristian man from a sense of religious obligation. He, loeked, the, great doctrine of stewardship fullin the'face; and. prayed ear neatlyover it, and: responded xto it -L'praCtii eallY,; as Aw-have 'done. I have been asked by more than one since I read theformpr„,partnt thi,gssay i "'.What were Mr. - Lawrence's reli t giqus viqws?" I will let President' llOpj'cins. an- r . swer, this question akti; 'Law rence Was .ra deeply religiodinien. 'llia trust in- God,,and his , 'hope -of 'salvation' through Christ, was the: asis of- :his,' character. =He believed' , in :the Providence. of God,, as eon-, cerned in all events, lie felt, that he could *hit God ithere - lie - CoUld net , see. He believed the=tible, and saw rightly 'its trelitioutO:all ouv'.blessings. , ‘Ho read. the I morning and:. evening, in" his family„.. and; prayed with ;them', ., Of creeds held in,,.the unclerstandingi but. not.influenc ing the life, he thought little. Family reli-, gion he esteem e d a b ove all price; and when. he I first[ learned, that lubeloved relative' had established family..WershiP,- he lwePt for joy, He believed ineur i Lezd.Jesus Christ as ~a Saviour,. and-;:krOsted in Aim for caNation, He ,:was a _man .of habitual :prayer. He viewed death with *P'qui* and hope, ant preparation, fOr it was habitual with him - . At`midn get the summons' Carne t and'hia work Was dello. • ' - SUSPICION is the palsy t of the heart; fear is ' , a,' chain. of upon - the teigue: Half words are worse than silence ; And eihter death to conversation. i.A2 man to be genuine; to'be hinkself, must believe-aud be believed; must trust and be trusted. l'ke scowl of a doubt (wenches the charm,of Aouversation as 4":l o ui rtg cl o ly f.a as b . i t r ii d e . shadow of a kiwk does the IF- you would not be forgotten as soon as qou are dead, either write things worth read ing, or do something worth writing. MEMIM PII4!6fRESS -01ASELEVANQIIV viLOATIO lit 'Tit SINUTIL "`.• - • . I NEW 'Olin; February, 15, 18e2: " The right , inaliqn the tightplace - > - said one Of the royal;paStora , of Washington to the new `Secretary of- Wale,. whom':he had long known and esteemed, when congratulating hiinzen his; acceiSionld offich: , -Thi Secreta ry seemed riot to: Wed 'the compliment, but instantly said :" "Atriy i Azotte.;, I want you all, to pray for ine,'4(Thercr were other pier. gynien.present). ‘,l haye . greAresponsibil ities, and_ r. need yOur prayers." , There, is §Omettink affecting hopeful' in the repea ted appeals of 'Our pnlilic men, civil and niii itary,-"to Christian 3te'reesBl.oll.. - -The'Presi denes entreaty fort 4prayeri'of hiaSpring it field neighbors.; 04gral McOlellan's request that his friondclkiterhomption; would enlist for him the'supplic_ b 8 of: B ,wokristig nb it - nk GeneTal AocioroPig itOM rgfereTiePto the ga Hearer of T'rayer;jajid like facts„,indicato a either becoming trNse of dependence on.the God of nations, or a, deference. to the eentithent l athe'dountry-4he forrrier I trust—and in - eittiVicase 103 . 4 occasion for congratulation. 14',":-i-v- --'• ' '' '' We may confidelDVine Providence, in our groat Stinggle, *ifh v man ' fes recogm . tion - of that'Provideniip, tineapalpable regard for the will of> the'S *preree:Ruler and 4.4aw giver.. _Our contestw. Inthe"rebellionassurried a 'Paw' a'44 better- ph e from . the hour that i l McClellan's gonerakt pcfrfor the Proper ob servance of the Sable th was ssued, proclaim i ing to tbe arrOy'. an _:the nation, that "tho observance of the ~,:ttilit- o f the God Of mercy and of liatiles - is - `our sacred ' duty." Following so soon - titer' Sabbath Battle and Sabbath defeat 443a1l Run, that order had the significance' fr a national confession of a great.blunder4tba.greater sin, and Of a memorable purr ol,fs thenueforthto ,connect "aholy„elaissi!.. “b ell i gA i ti 4 enc , 9 o f the, Creator." Since:Oat period, the. Sabbath fights have beentie;fork of the rebel sL----as they should be—with `Uniform diseoprfitnre and disgracO' It rrhy -be that one' of `the mysterious purposes Godin - snifering this terrible scourge of otivillwar, has -relation -to the preservation of Itis day, and theTecogni tion of His suprema4, when bath had been well nigh ignored in t4e, onward tide . of mate rial prosperity and #orldliness. And every indication of the-realization of this possible end of the nationalciiiitisement, may be re garded as an dinen efi its early and merciful cessation. - ',,i : ' s ' :In this light, as We on undsuf per= petiud Merit and ratchei CO cub; the gen eral growth , of inteitdet - in'the sanctification of the Lord's Day, i'matter of gratitude and: hope. Oftheziatitiume can doubt: As steadily, and almostAk imperceptibly„ as the advance of Ile, mooing n. new and stronger conviction..of ,the,.senctity 9t . the Sabbath is sprearT ts ... Morediiiiiiirprere. - elend m, ore a re nOvitichi than a reform.: Prejudiees give way to it ; . laive take theii ,abrines wither-before it. God is in it. " His - miniisters and people'hail it; . 11141 , 4enemies`fearit.: One of our ablest journald id speaking ()few ear nest efforts for the Sabbath California, notes "the unusual interest Awakened in all pa=ts. .the county this: subject, as anacing the encoureginiligns . of the times, It originated under .thici!royidence God'" says the _Examiner, "in the laibors of the Sabbath Committee hi thlicitY Mew Yerk); and . received a mighty impulse -from the moral effect . 'of the :repulse of 'our 'aril! at Bußßim." • ' - • -• • The course of Sabbath sermons , ,now, in progress of delivery city, important enough in itself, has amaddedsignifieance as a 'test of Public sentiment on this question"f for no topic that _414.• &qt. find public eitrad 'dm* iho 'olli lead ingeitizens from thefiliontee - 'nn - forbidding Minter nights';'io , as toNfierorbwd opr largest . churohes. The list -4preacheiiv enibrocee smineOf our best ablest pastors .; but none of them are. of the; ff:sonsation " class ; and mere, lkoriosity has Attie to do ,with thronging *me ; Sabbath . night . exer,cieen. An ardent likvelor 'the mole% thiy of the lord has Mimi to do with it, treat 'Trent of. the claims and cfnties'uf Witt' day has rewarded its devotees. t :The; preacher tor: Sabbath evening— Rivadi...Gorsiyof the Reformed Dutch Chnrch=•is is: sat lees knoWn to fame than..those who have ,tprecedcd him in this egmies,9£ discourses ; but his prudent and bril lip4,,ba,iliing,of a diricult•topic, will serve t9,P.8 ( 40 01 00s risi4g reputaMon„aa a faith ful aria 46444 _thi,nister The commit-, tee was, the Duties of the RONA."'' Afte ' r eatablitadiegiernilinifeat Spiritual design of the daY, ' &missed =iridiwidual and•honee hold duty, and duties toWard therneglectera or enemies , of the Sabbatlkinthe light cif the principle .kkg.t . .(4444,41.44 atd:rue 4abati4 keeping lio to a heßl A yAetAnt t co spiritual (lesi g n " PRO.C'M " gusai cd, and his illustrations itibein:Wad, a rare freshness and beauti; 'There is something of totliit pre = paratiun... It is *ha,* Mentia - pal is never.: resorted' to. - f ;Yei fie • ii'-abnolfiteli thorough' as toiogio - andzrlielorici with po' app proicirnation'Lte beuld not havo.lxlen,a coverer ;Asst than in -- gxe-4,f1Yne414%% Conffte44Y,4ifll'. cult siocof ni!4i.:j I3 4I O 9YVIO, liqfP4 lo • l 4 l i t *Fa 4 g9 itaca•CuAtiirtted - Ecuaiiiiee: 'sit,Yor aiihnur and : 644i! iiiinites pietielieili‘ld - the flied' atilentiefi :o with . elato rate; hi . ghliffinieli r edithcl - enfiftently pribtical discussion of liblitheme;-without one tons utterance, or one weitk point in his logic. Whether it :be •c .gift l or. a ;grace or- a disci 03:eft-it t•e'be: 0911* ed b.9•:1411434eP.P1A.ft11, pu b lic sPeaktM l .• .- 4ve , ? orpoiona ,y in s the armaienniii* Ter - this neries "Of - Sernifi4,- - .;.'ilitr.:la"ei 4 j , :griketiiriii people.'Slidjfflrentdenpiniint'Ohe are repres ente r & by did prifieliiiiike bald change of pulpits, and-the:gathering-664re gations composed- :=members -of - different communions,. tend/ , t4:k ohristian -edification: There is a:blessing:init " • . plg: city is much, excited by the oheering news. of I.lpteral victories ori:the,Coast aucl in Vir j eet and the confident hope expies lea Oh, all: &lei, 4 reached 'the bei t ininfig' ibb ivict:of i'ehanieleis, cause lees iretkli b iv: I . w .. _ ; t WE could not he happy without care. !MMI=I gIYUC4 I IO 3I AT"TIEE WES: I % , _ . . HAS THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF COLLEdiATE . AND: AlizoLotapAr. :EDUCATION AT VIIN WEST, Olt HAS IT.I.TOTi PIILRILLED: .r. ~ T 11 . 01 4? MIS4ION ? : ! This question received, the .earnest atten tion of OP J4o4r4 , 9f,PirectoMat their. last Annual s meeting, held in Qrange, Afber athorongh Cansideratien of the 3vhole sub, ject, resolutien was 4 adopte4:4l,i. on a review of the oPera!thin and : re; the SoCietylfef eigrite4it-years, presented) inthe 'Report, this Board is More thane ter,benvinced of theimportance of the *sets, for which the: Society; was _:instituted gtft 9. l*, ,tht 451 0 1MitY 9,f3.fng1l 'l4.4.4nanization as a 'perm of co-operatimrbetween the,east and thevteri, infthel , Ork, provitiling - the ilinrOlies,in 'the rce'W etat# s with 641.41 an. * l ` in 'The secretary was • also requested' to' urge upon the individual noHie eause the necessity of their- continued aid the present crisis. The' folk - wing brieV Sum mary of the "operations,and, results question, will be , sufficient';to. r show. the grounds- of the above decision, together with the ,nature; ,and strength of= the -SoOety' claunis to public sympathy . and '9pport,'H and - the careful attention of theftiends of cause' is 'most earnestly Solicited 'to ' the "ease base as thus presented: 7 - - • - • 1: 1 The particular advantages to:be secured by, an or - ganizatifin, were, (1) To, reduce the work of aidinvvestern colleges to something like system, combining the independent and desultory operations of various institutions into one grand - movement, placed :under- the supervision of a Board of intelligent men at the bail,' iidio should represent the Churches which' contribute the funds; and 'thus, sivire thim from'he distraction caused by numerous and conflicting appeals for aid . ; (2) To -fur nish every practicable security: to these charche& that the institutions 'Which received their patronage should be such only as were truly, worthy of confidence and support.; (3) To adjust their relative elaims, - and see that the aid in all cases—as to amount, and con tinuance, and conditions annexed—should beki - ftirnished as to prevent undue reliance upon the east, and make sure of the greatest practicable ' development of western re sources'. 2. "In order to realize this desired system. and ,security, a vast amount -of labor has been ,performed by the Board, appeaking as it, does in numerous and- protracted sessions, held during a period. of eighteen years, in a Widely7eXiended correspondence, and in spe cial ,eommittees sent, in repeated, instances, to the,. west; to make personal examination of agplicant- institutions,--resulting in a thoroughness 'of investigation, for which no individual.pastor or friend of education_could have had either the materials or the time. -- ,- 8:- - Tiref(ecessity of reducing the work to system appears in the fact, that after all the scrutiny emiloyed, the Society hak extended aid to no'less than thirteen institutiorkscatz tered through the States `of Ohio, Indiana; Illinois, 'Wisconsin, lowa, Missouri, dalifor4 nis, and Oregon, not to mention three other colleges which received limited and temporary assistance,thus, in reality, combining , thirteen separate appeals into 4. Under the, scrutiny applied, a large number of institutions have been rejected; and kept out, of 'the Society's field, thereby preventing the waste of a great amount` of eastern 'funds upon ill-judged enterprises, and increasing at the, west the resources of such as were truly_worthy of support, and in the same degree; lesseningtheir dependence upon the edst. 5. The assistanceactually realized by the cluster of institutions aided, and received either directly through the treasury' or in connections - with the operations of the So ciety, amounts to some THREE HUNDRED - THOUSAND* DOLLARS,-=--and yet is ?supplenzen tal only to resources developed at the west; and that in large measure through the stimu lus thus applied.,. , 6. This assistance has saved.several of the oldest and Most important' institutions' upon the Society's list—according to the emphatic testimony of their oftmerS-4ront- absolute rain; 'while five out. `or the thirteen Western Reserve; Illinois, gnox, and Niittew berg- Colleges, and ,Lane, Theological Semi nary,- have.;-been bYought te a point:where they could dispense TrithSufther aicl from the older States. - 7. The good thus accomplished is further, seen in the ehdrizetee of these institntions—‘ consecrated ai they are to Christian learning, and showing hew the power of the - .Goepel may be applied in' connection with infellec= tual culture—by the hopeful conversion with- , in , their wallel of :IfORE - THAN -A THOUSAND iouNG ',lspN, large numbers of; whom, have already entered the Christian ministry. , The position99ollPlq4 .1?..y these ' re:fel-ince to the ministry, consti, tutee their Chief i'fektnie - of interest, as the foll Owing brief , .argument,- confirmed byall experience;.' will Show, viz.: "'No Home' Missionary Society or Committee can 'send in- from abroad an; adequate; supply of;minis ters; they, cannot be raised, up on the ground without. colleges ,, and-colleges :cannot be , es,.: tablishod as early as needed.,without ,more or less ofasSiStande froth the ,older Statei:" institutions also,' viewed in their general' relations Occupy fields of miparal» leled interest, cas-they start';in the midst of young empires, and not only - grow- with - their growth, and stren,gthen with their strength, but themselves ; through &thousand channels Of influence, aiigment the power of, those rising States whOge hosts are now With one heart fighting the - battles of the • ' • 10 We have as yet only the first-fruits of these - institutions, destined -as they are, .not only to be pe;vnanent sources'of infleence, but of influence felt in increatiny;itealure as they go-down over the ages. : - • .7 • -So muck for the, ”ioperations and results," xn view of whiett-thp !oar& of Directors bei came "m ore than.eyer convinced , of the im. 7 , pOrtarice of the: objects for which -the Society was `instituted." They also deelate their • conviction . of the necessity. of such an or 2 ganitation as a means of co-operation : between the . eastT and the west, in . - the -worle of pr`o2 viding the' churches =Yn 'the new-States with Christian , iiristitutions : of learning." This waain. viviroft - considerations like:the follow, lug, ; viz- '1 =;{ 1. MP far from by , ,the. boCiety is yet fr being completed,, as the following sums, most urgently needed; I ,,: .,., ':' . :GPEE'-'; ST.-- .Q.-,,:823-. stillaremain" On the afinal effort" in behalf of the institution:leak of the Mississipid, viz..: Marietta' College 42,468, Heidel berg, $2 ; 090, Wabash, 7,944 92, Beloit, $12,808 174 while west, of the river, lowa College, German Evangelical Missourl, and California Colleges will need aid `ail apiiai necessity for years to come, to say nothini'Of Pacific 'University, .(Oregon,) which has al ready ieceived's2o,ooq. 2; In addition to'theinistitutions now upon the` , SocietPsliat, applications 'for' aid will unqnestionably sooner or later-be, multiplied from. Kansas:; and.Miiaheseta together. with the. territories of Nebraska, Dakota, Celorado, Nevada, New, Mexico, and Washington, if not Utah, all.deStifled to riser . ere long to be organized, not tespeek Of new fields other directions' which the' 'cinshbig out of the prey ; sent rebellion may yet lay'epen - ;'; 8. Making'into view the tiiiinlier of institit tions!noVv-tpori'rthe -'together Withlhosetwhiel xtia,y,in 'future, even-after the keenest scrutiny, be pronounced worthy of aid, and, in' case the organization, were dissolved, there would be,a sure return, and that with increased annoyance, of the dis traction caused to the churches by mUltiplied and conflicting appeals, from which 'they haVe'ad feng - and , so happily been - delivered by the- systematic -operations' of the So ciety. 4. It is therefore - obvious that the work-in future, as heretofore, ::should .be prosecuted systeMatically, and, under all the guards that may be imposed• by - superintending minds, as well as under all the stimulus that can be ap plied by organized tioirer. 5. The Society offers, all these advantages, having position, and character, and experi ence, and if properly sustained can prose elide' Ole work with increased success, till our whole national domain shall have been carved into States, and all necessity for such an organization ceases, as must be true at no. ,very -distant day. The undersigned ; therefore, in accordance with the request of the Board; would hereby urge upon the individual friends of the cause "the necessity of their continued aid in the present crisis." Contrary to the apparent popular impression, even Colleges may have their crises. They did at the west ; previous to the organization of the Society, whose timely aid prevented the cause which they represent from going down stream half a century. But, assistance furnished in the crisis' now impending may, as then prevent dreaded disasters, and ensure results scarcely less far-reaching and beneficent than those which. have already been secured through the agency of the Society. • The organization has all the endorsement which can be -given by the ecclesiastical' hoj dies of. the denominations which co-operate in it—whose - common interests have been vastly subserved by its operations—whose whole history is-so closely identified within ' atitutions - of and everywhere lumi nous with evidence that them "Christian,- ?ducation.has _ever been a great < power for good, 'and who have now 'opened to them throughout the broad west a field of unparall leled interest for the exertion , of this power. They have co-operated in this work through all the stages of -western - history hitherto, and the Society not only presents the true basis-for its continiance, but all: its accuniu latedoxperience goes tb• show the peculiar advantages of a, combination of strength in the promotion of the - object, while the exis ting national crisis, striking as it does with such desolating power upon many a benevo- pent enterprise, puts in a new and impres sive light the folly of attempting to mul tiply _mere starveling institutions at the west. ; . The Society could hardly remain an organ ization and yet; lave its' machinery reduced' to ii,-Mare, severe simplicity' than exists at the. present time-.--its whole working force con sisting of only two men. The churches pour out their spontaneous contributions to the' cause, of Home Missions, and why is it not as truly among the obligations of benevolence to .sustain the Christian teacher at the west, throUgh Whose agenc,,yalone a Ministry.can be trained there,- as to sustain such ministry itself when trained'? • After the Pilgrim Fathers had established their first 'college, they described'their unex pected success: "As we were thinking and consulting how to effect this great work, - it pleasal Godto stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard, a godly, gentleman and -a lover oti , learning, there living amongst us, to give the one-half of his estate, it being in all about £2,700; towards the erecting of a college, and all Ids library." A writer in the _New Eqicrider for 'the present month, says: "'What"thoughtful' Wan, that now - walks" in' the classic shades of Harvard or Tale, and thinks of the-Men who laid those foundations, does not feel, mingled with the- gratitude which his „heart pays to their' memories, a' rising ambition., to, share, in the. honors which they have won . for themielves by their far reaching - foresight, and their- hbeial prow- Sion. for the, Mental and moral culture of coming - generations . It has also pleased God to stir up the hearts Of not's fewtof the loVers - of learning te 'do - liberal things 'for the Cale& Society, as its - cenductors during the last 'eighteen years have been "thinking and consulting" how t o.effect.t4e great work' on their hands. SeVeral have founded Professorships of $lO,- 000, each, a stilllarger number seholarsiiips X4OO or $5OO each,—while annual subscrip 7 tions : finin $lOO to $l,OOO, for specific oh: jects, or the general purposes of the SocietY,. have- been multiplied. The Life Member ships, at'sso . each, are some nine hundred, while-other donations are foUnd in the de scending scale , clown even, to "thewidow's mite,"- small cOntributions--contrary to a very general impression--being as acceptable and as iiSeful in this department of benevo lenee as :any other. May it please God to stir up the hearts of lovers of learning more and more I Surely there . -must 'be enough' scattered throitgh the SCciety's field to effect this great`ivork which Alias on hand,—at'any rate; to 'keep` the in ititntions now upon.its list' from being disas trously crippled by the. existing, crisis, and hold it in a position for. "an' advance move tue,nt, ' whenever the providence,of God shall open the way: They would constitute, a no ble' band, and have a record that, would shine with increasing brightness, as the fruits of ithe , "trees centuries".whielt:-they now plant; should ripen - through.successive 'ages. Do4ationamay . be sent either , to Rev._ THE= RON .134r„,owiN, ,o.o)Tesponciing ;;S'earetury, 80 Wall'Street, New York; or to Rer. J. Q. A 4 EDGELL, Assistant Secretary, Congrega. tional Library Building, ,Chauneby, Street, BoSton, Mass. By request of the Board of. Directors THERON BALDWIN, Correspqnding ;Secretary. :Yew kork, January 27th, 1862. 'TILE POLICY OR THE ADMINISTRATION' The follow* extract is the concluding por tion_of the Speech , of _lion. W. D. Kelley, of Penn.. on the above subject; delivered in the Houie of Representatives, January '31,1862. • Mr. Chairman, brief time' is left me; and I hasten to'the point of the AfriCanization Of Amnrican - society and - Ataerican labor. have said that themembers.of the dominant partyof this floor are not advocates of the reopening of - the slave trade '; that we do not advocate Alie extension of the'colored institu tion throughthe whole free Terriiories of the country ; 'and that we are in favor of opening means by which colored men can leave our Country and.find a happier home. Bir, na ture'works by invariable laws.., It: s by no freak of hers that the light of day paints the likeness of our loved,ones. It'is by no such freak that the wire bears the message of joy or woe over land and underwater. - Re who traverses* our continent finds on the Pacific slope' of the:Rocky mountains - the grandest, arboriferous vegetation of the world.. An the eastern slope, divided thence by a nar row strip, which produces its effects on the clouds, you lose all arboriferons vegetation. You find only the red sage ; you find nothing larger growing there. The same skies are over ; the same God watches ; but He works through wise and inflexible laws, and thus teaches men to look to - Rim through nature for guidance. On the Pacific slope the earth is refreshed by ninety inches of rain each year, while on the eastern slope but five fall, The negro is the creature of the tropics. Submit him to the guidance of his own in stincts and volition, and he will find his way to the tropies, or lands lying near them. Nature's unerring, law will lead him there. The cruellest monument of " man's inhuman ity to man" that I can point to to-day, is that colony of fifty thousand American negroes living in the cold wilds of Canada. As well might you expect the tree of the Pacific slope to thrive in the region of the sage, or the sage to thrive under its broad sfiadow, and with ninety inches drain falling in the year. The negroes will wilt, and- dwindle, and pre maturely die there. We all know, the gentleman knows, and those with whom he votes—who give kind. words and haid blows to the Administration. --4 now that the President and his real friends- on this floor are in favor of the recog- ' nition- of-the republic . of Liberia, of extend ing to Flnyti commercial relations, of procur ing within the AMerican tropics lands where the negro, made free by the crimes of his master, may go and dwell as nature intended him to. This the President 'recommends, and all. this the majority-on this floor intend to consummate. , We are for retaining for the Saion, the Celt—the 'Caucasian family— that,portion of this continent which was in teralattfor them. They who -misrepresent us are for infusing black blood into the veins of the country. , Sir, I have opened a wide field for disCussion. I care not now to enter into it. The hammer *ill soon fall. The Presi dent whom we support honestly--conserva tively or fanatically as it maybe—but whom we suppOrt, recommends us to pursue what has long been an object of""interest to them, and those with home he has labored politi cally. will allude to Liberia at the present. time only, far enough to show that it refutes the theory of the gentleman from Kentucky, [Mr. WADSWORTH,' that the negro's only idea of freedom is relief from labor. There, to the western coast of Africa, where the white man cannot live, we have sent ten thou sand freed liondmen, or the descendants of such. And what have they done ? Per formed a Miracle. They have created cities, towns ' 'school, universities, and churches. They have assimilated, civilized, and Chris tianized—those ten thousand poor, illiterate, freed slaves, and the descendants of such— have civilized and Christianized two hundred thousand heathen semi-barbarians. In view of this fact alone, will you tell me that God created negroes only to be tram pled upon by another raee, and treated as soulless cattle ? If it be true that there are parts of our own country in which the white man cannot live ; if it be so, then I say plant the negro there. Rice is wanted, cotton is wanted, tobacco, and all tropical and semi tropical productions are wanted. The labo rer is worthy of his hire, and it is wrong to muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And if 'it be true that there are parts of our coun try in which the black man 'alone can live and labor, in God's name, if you want peace' and justice, give it to him ; but at any rate, stand by the Administration, and by Presi dent Lincoln, who knows that Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains!' Give him all the means, all the arms, and all the men . he calls for, and trust him to drive his generals onward. . . CAMP DOUGLAS. TEtE long-wished-for muskets and marching orders have arrived, and soon Camp Douglas will be deserted. Every day troops leave, as transportation can be obtained. Ask the men their- destination, - and they tell you, New Orleans. If they only have leaders worthy of them, they will undoubtedly cele brate the Fourth ofJuly in the - Crescent City. It is deVoutly to be prayed for, that General. Holdback may be cashiered, and that our officers may learn to pronounce the word "Forward."• • The fareweltprayer-meetings in the camp church have been deeply interesting. It is a long, low building of rough boards, floored with rough lumber, the roof supported by en planed posts, With planed benches; (the only piece - of effeminacy about it) heated with red hot stoves; lighted with twelve co a l oil lamps, and capable of _seating a regiment. It has been kept busy enough since it was opened, with prayer-meetings and preaching. On. Monday evening,,, a farewell meeting with the ChristianS of the 57th and 58th was held. The attendance was over Nu. himdred. never. attended a more interesting meeting. One had to watch an opportunity to spea as he needs to do in Fulton street Noon-meet- ME==;==
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