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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
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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
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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==;==