Vol. VI, No. 29.--Whole No. 29.8.
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The Yoke of the Beloved,
'Tis the Beloved from the glory ,
I would not, even though I might, delay.
Like a home-greeting the glad summons falls,
And I, unloitering now must haste away.
'Tis the Beloved from the Mountain oalls.l
The hill of incense, where the geode
Rises in balm, and night no,more enthrals
The captive earth, in its bewildering sway.
'Tis the Beloved from the city calls I
Oh joy at last to hear the 'song of day
It steals all sweetly dewa from these-bright walls,
And bids these cloudy tholight,s.,and dreams
give way.
'Tis the Beloved from the• paw calla!
He bids me qult these cells of crumbling, clay;
Doti' the sad sable Of these earthly palls,,
And join the joy of the fmixiiirtai.
'Tis the Beloved from the feast-board calls !
The Bridegroottaids his Bride oo longer stay;
Upward he beckons to the royal halls,
To bask in royal love and light for aye.
'Tis the Beloved frOm his vineyard calla
"Winter is past, now breathes the.fragrant May;
The deserttasts are o'er, and festivals ,
Begin; ray love, arise and come away.
,
'Tis the Beloved from the temple ea r ns!
And I, his priest, with willing feet obey.
With stole, and crown, and censer, he instals
His risen priesthood in their new array,
Oh call, Beloved I----Reavenly Bridegroom call !
Am I not listening far the long-loved voice ?
Oh keep not silence l Call, Beloved, call,
And bid this longing heart at length rejoice
—Banar's Hymns of Faith and Hope.'
(comarmeAm.)
MORALITY INSUFFICIENTARTTER TO A
FRIEND.
My dear friend—r look upon you, young,
strong, generous n in ,character; diligent 'in
business, earnest itt improvement, and I say
to myself: ;Behold a noble, well-nigh a` per-'
feetmanhood 1% Perhaps you say it too. -
Perhaps, When you hear th& minister of God
from the pulpit declare that all mien are lost
in sin—that all men need a Saviour, you
turn to your well-ordered conduct and benev
olent deeds ' and, say these shall save me.
With this feeling as your worthy efforts; ad
vance in interest and success you withdraw
more and more from the worship and word of
God. You have no need of Such a gospel as
this I You franie for yourself a system of
faith and practice r intending to conform your
life to it, and then presume thattyour Maker.
and Judge will he satisfied with : this. Start,
not, ;dear friend, at my boldness! It ie pre. 7 -
chicly .14re that .1 see your feet, are . standing'
on slippery places and for, very rove and
concern I would lift my voice to warix
you.
Be assured that, infinite wisdom has never
left to finite, sinful minds like ours the fra
ming of. Our own rule of life. From hewven
He has uttered forth His law, and by ityou
and I shall be judged! •
Once came a young man to our Saviour
when on earth. Looking upon him the Lord
loved him. He came to compare his charac
ter, spotless in his Own, and the world's view,
with the holy teachings of the Son of God.
just, generous, chaste "what lack T yet?" ,
One word from the puxe lips of Jesus resi
vealed him to himself, selfish, disobedient,
unworthy of eternal life. Refusing what
God required, from the very presence of the
Prince of Life, "he went away soroWfuli)
"Oh had he known, that harps were hushed '
Amid the holy throng;
Or hear • d the strain that would have gushed
Those shining chords along;
Or seen where waved his crown of-life
The fadeless andrthe fair;
Would he within that hour of strife
}lave stood and pondered there. ?"
Sorrowful—and who can tell the intensity
and hopelessness of such sorrow—aorrowfu/
must every one depart from Jesus forever,
who chooses to depend on his own good deeds
to open heaven .for him. Oh could we, for
One moment, see those acts we call the best,
in the light of God's pure law, we should
know at last how unutterably precious is the
message which embodies our one hope, "The
blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us
from all sin."
But were it even possible , that all our obli
gations to our fellow-men could be perfectly
included in our self-dictated code, we have
still left out of it, but so has not God, the
"First and Great ComMandment;" " Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind,
and with all thy strength." Some there are
who claim that this requirement is fulfilled
in kindness shown our - brothers. We know,
it is not The ehannelu of human affection
are too shallow and interrupted for our love
to flow through them up to God. But when
this deep love—the sOurd - IOVe / to its Maker,
Redeemer and Friend, is communicated in,
direct and joyfut fullness, thence will flow
iv thousand streams of affection to*ard: every
thing. that God values, "He that loveth
God," roil/ "love his brother also.". And
this is the true order:of the series. ,AlLy
other is simply false, andtherefore, as regards
our souls well-being, valueless. For though
beatow all Ty gOods to feed the poor, and'
though I give my body to be burned, and
have not charity, it profiteth me no
thing." •
And further,we.hava no security for even
tbiapresent life, save.in earnest faith and hear-
Gohedience according to the pure Word of
od. ,spoke of "slippery places." But a
little ag,o we looked upon one who walked our
streets in manly strength: *hose every
prossct seemed to promise a long 'and valua
ble ife.' But he made a law unto himself I
In one particular he wished to ignore the'
law. of. God, compromising , the matter icy
more strict and ,prominent , observance of
the rest. To-day,—andscarcely two winters'
snows have marked his' decline—We say he
is a lost man! Easiness connections; hen.`
°table. Mention among men, and his own
self-respect are all gone. 'Swift and sad for
him has Veen the downward path, and with
reeling gait, and haggard eyes, Ite,pursues it
still. Not always as manifest; but never less
true is that "he thikt treudeth in one point
is of all."
One word More, my friend. You are not
haPpy_ in your present way. You do not
realise this, but in the face—daily more
stern and downcast—is imaged the soul's,un
rest. What to. your experience are words like,
these, "In .Thy presence is, fullness ofjoy."
"Because. Thy loving
,kindness is better than
life, my lips shall praise Thee." What to,
your consciousness the. assurance of Jesus,
" A/Ie ye, shall' have 'peade." 'I believe
that, could even your love'" 'for_ theWer-`
ship of God return it 'would ',be .with a . glow:
of serenity and gladness, unknown in all'
these long and prosperous months ofeatrange-:
ment. And when the Son of Righteousness
has arisen upon you, enlightening and-eleva-,
ting every thought and ursuit and flooding
your soul with peace and joy, you willkn.o! , :,
that manhood is by so much richer, nobler,,
happier, as it is linked in just and blessed"
relations with its - ovin eternity and its God. •
ThuS far, dear friend, you have followed
my thought; now initi the Holy Spirit lead
Romans 3. 19-26. 'Romans 11. 32-86.
( O CPUTNICATBDO _
ENGLISH _SYMPATHY.
AMED the severe and unkind articles which
have appeared'of late in Britishjournals, it
is refreshing to find some true appreofation',
of our circumstances ,in the best quarters.
Thomas Hughes, the popular author , Of
"School 'Days at Rugby," and" Tom Brown
at afford," in dedicating the American
tion of his last work to Jautes Russell
of Harvard College, Mass.,. says, after allud
ing to his book seemilike fiddling while
home is burning, to be talking of. such Mat
ters now to any American. , My dear, friend;
you cannot know how .
,deeply all. that is
soundest and noblest in :England is sympa
thizing with you in your great, straggle. You
must not, judge bylneWspa,pera or magazines,
though . so far as see the; best of there are
speaking decidedly On the - right side. • Net
so warmly or decidedly as I omild 'Wish ; =for
this our free-trade notions ; :and some hasty •
and inconsiderate Speaking, and Writing on
your side, will account. ° But be sure that the
issues are appreciated here, and while we see
the awfulness of ,thetask you , have in hand,
we have faith in you; we believe, that if it
can' be done you will do it, and we wish yon
from the bottom of our hearts; God speed`;!"
" The great tasks of - the world are only`'
laid , on. the, strongest' slionlderS. We, *he"
have India..to guide. and train, who have for'
our task the eatteatiitg of her wretched; people
intp, free, men ; who feel that the work cannot:,
be shifted from ourselves', and must, be done_
as Godwould , have ; it done, at i t4e,p,ri! of, :
England's own life,ean and de feel for., you.,
But as we hope to get, through:ivith:perpio
work,,, as we would' ask no meaner work for''
Ourselves; so' we rejoice that: yen;'
,our lire,
thren, have shaken yourselves' up to your
wbrk, and have put your hands to it in such''
piny easftest, , ast hammers= that, the °MIAOW
is .tie ewe, despite,all' difference of
latitude or longitude.
-" And, so with firm faith that your, country .
will quifherself as England's. Sister should i
this' fiery trial - time, - arid With all good,
wishes to you and yours, believe Me' ever
gratefully and Most truly yoUrs; •
" TnOs.
"Lincoln's jinn, June 15, 1861." • :; -
" tCOMBIIINICATED. )
NO SECTS IN HEAVEN:
Br one of those coincidences which -MT:
always occurring,-the poem, bearing the above
title, published in your last ,number, had
been selected for the paper for the present.
Week, by one personally acquainted With, the
author. We cannot afforif tohaVn the talents
of our New England friends credited' te
England. The author 'of the piece in gnes
tien is the daughter of the Rev: 'I S.
Jocelyn, of New Haven, Conn 4 and the wife
of Mr. Cleaveland, of South Egremont, Mass:.
"These lines appeared in-the Berkshire
Courier, August, 1860, under the write,es.,
name. They were also sent in, manuscript, :
to the Omar . egationatist, -and were published, :
in that paper with her signature The'piece,,
since then; has been extensively circulated"
in many religions and secular papers, ate
lastly as tract‘" - ' )
".No SIM ,nr The tpeetq ,
under .the above head, published: tin'the Ob—
server of Dec. 'l%, and credited, as ankEng,
lisp poem, we learn was from the pen of Mrs.
Elizabeth R. 4 - facelyn, South
Egremont, Mass. It 7Fts ; puhlished in Sep- .
tember last, in the "Conbre.4atiotaist. It has
since 'crossed ' and re-tioseea' 'the 'Atlantic;
having beet. extenSively Tripled --oil both
sides. We :are-happy te give
_predit ;to the
author for a production of ranch merit:" =TN.
Y. Observer, An. 81, 1861. -
BIBLE WORSHIP, *Or IS It ? t'
IT is a part of thet cant:of anertaimwould
be wise sehool,:to find . faidt'with evangelical,
Christians for -making s an (del ; of 'th'e
Their rhetoric is very much exercised, at the
absurdity of being , saved by alook. In their
zeal against this -supposed form 4 idolatry,
and as a means of bringing . it into' disrepute,
they have taken out a patent f3r anew word,
and called it bibliplatry. If it Were not be
neath their 'wisdom to sPeale, in the common
people's Wels, we, suppose' they.wonld say
"book worship," or "Bible worship." Now,
W . 6. have no. faith in the pions , anissionary zeal
of those who are so earnest in' we:rill - fig its
agaitidt the of making an 440 - ige r
Word of God. We, suspect, that they have a
reason behind the curtain for wishing us to
think less of the-Bible. We , do, not believe
that this idolatry of
,the inspired book is the
besetting sin, of _our. age,
.or of any denomina
tion of Christians.= We - find in the Scriptutits
warnings against various` . kinds of idolatry,
besides the grossest and spat literal forms
,of
it, against covptonsuess, against making a
god of the belly by senSualits4, Agginst many
forms 'of self-worship; and:creilure worship ;
but we do not remember auYinsplied caution
against making too much of the Word of
God.
THE APOSTLES DOUBIING OE CHRIST'S
RESURRECTION.---Of this, one of the andients '
well says, their doubting is the Confirmation'
of oiir faith'; and. the more difficulty. they
showed.in. believing Christ's resurrection, the
greater reason have we to believe it._ For
the testimony of them who believed not
themselveS, till after unquestionable convie- c ,
Lion, is the more credible on that aecoUnt.
P , . . ..•
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~.; A T bAY ARCH
.•
''OUR WOUNDED ,
PAntreAn, Feb. 221862.
TIM sick and wounded prisoners *it Pidu-:
cab have 'been' plabed in a' (Welling' house'
converted into =hospital, under the care'of
two oftheir'own surgeons. The , senior-sure'
geon, Dr. 'Voorhies, having studied 'iirEdin-'
burg, I introduced myself air the minister of
the Scotch,.Church, and stated my errand,
and was received in the most cordial and gen-,
tlemanly manner, Aft some cenvers,atiOn
With the doctor, who is `the son of an Epis
copal minister, I addressed myself to apar:
tient lYing, on a cot in the office. ;His eye'
lightened as spoke of the love of the Lord
Jesus, 'midi soon found that our prisoner was
a, brother in Christ from Northern Alabama,:
a class leader 'in' the Methodist Churelt,; asi
was also another .who -,came- to, his- bedside,'
albired by ,the, fragrance• of that. blessed
name. Both had- found Jesus precious to
their sours; In the next room I .was meihy
a - , little Vinegar and brimstone'lady—the
ladies of Paducah generally devUte them
selVes 'to the comfort of the secession prison:
ers almost exclusively—who: said, with . g. l
haughty bow, " Sir I am proud to. show you
our, Southern gentlemen. "Madam, I am,
sorry to see' them inr such a suffering condi-,
tion..' In this room . ,also I found Christians.
There are eight Christians in this hospit4.- .
Each' of them sPoke of 'the comforts of the
grace of Christ in - the hours ,of Sorrow an
suffering. They promised 'me that as sothi
as they' *ere convalescent . ' they - wed& ha,Ve,
prayer meetings,' arid' labor for the ebb:::
version of their 'comrades initosPital. They
all seemed to be' open
,countenanced,: manly
looking farmers and farmers' sons, To the
unconverted of, the only way.of,sal
vation, -making no allusion to their, politics.;W e are all alike rebels against God,,and be-,
tiveen the Jew and the Greek, in Visiiiht,'
there difference;' for all liaveainnetr
arid come short of the glory Of GO(f.'
In the next room 1 opened,- 'two etre' Ina
mates lay on the ground in plain hilt& cof-i
fina, and the third was coveredwith - hia
ket, anti his coffin ,beside I paused a
moment in that solemn ward of ; death, and'
thought s a Hew transient are all earthly. joys.:
and
‘ cares. .Outside are mailtitndes lagetly -
running. fer the newspapers ; Just Arrived.
These three are no longer anxious' Aunt 'war
or' Politics. Where are the Si:o444'3,es
terda,y inhabitedqhese honses of clay - There.
are others Mole andAyiligin the next romif.
I,et:tile a work .while is_ day; the-night-corn..eth when no. man curl work. - 7,
n - the next ward _I Sound . several of:
Pllf 3 Tmordar, . I ,IItPY4O sufferid-PqvgelY from :
exposure„ and Measles. , here are twOveund-,
ediu the head by the bursting .ef, a gun. Se,
veral promised ins they Would seek salvation
here in - the hosPital., 'They f were all anxious
to know how they would` be USW, and Seemed
quite surp_ri6d when :1 told `thenr *6 Wens'
pittting4lteni
racks our :Own troops. thorn-".l
selves,.giving themthe same medicines, stores ;
and rations we gave our qwwmen,.hringiPg,,
them. to the same church ; they Irgypied;:4nd,
that; I was distributing ,the same books, and
papers, and inviting, them. to the Same Sat - . :
view who' aleitfOr all,Menalike ; :and-that'
the Wrorat,Tiikli' 4 / 6 "; Wialiathein Was - iliattho
might .live'peaketiblf Under 'the 'old MaiOn
flag. which - 1104k°' Washington hoieted,-and
that:the' We' 'Christ ..and' love! one;
another,, and anent mi. in -heaven., They' had'
been 7told • that rtheyiwunld.be.-treat like
dogs, if t4en iby the Yankees. They were
greatly surprised to find that the two or three ,
victerieS, a, week over fhe Federals which had
been anneiincedbY placards (the newspapers ;
generally - having expired)—were mere 'paper'
victories: 'A gentleman expelled froth Fl4s'
rlda assures' me that in the months 'of July
and August they killed and captured: not
less than fiftylhouSand of our 'troops by these
weapons. ,!. .
In the earner the,room 12Ta, little bog„
John Posey, looking very weak.
are you) tTehn 9
.7 44 Fourteen, ‘f You
have been very ill,, I learn. how did you
feel when you thought yen might tiler
knew the Lord would take' care of 'me."
"'Whyso t you- loVe the Lora Jesus .
Christ ?" Yes, sir; indeed I , do." "How
long is' it Since, you, became' a , , Christian ?"
"About two. years." Think of it; my: dear•
young friends, Here, is a little ; ;Confederate
pilSOner
, kiek. and :wounded ? serving Christ
frau ] 'ldstWeitt l l .:year..Ma n y, _ of, you, in
chireh, and Sabbath School n,re,yet*eheli
against Christ 'Baiinerl4/ the' dobencAi: •
. ,
DELIVERATS.:fROM7,:,EVIL -
TnlSln'ayer,;io)TPAP€l.itl eyer.y sigh, it.
rises from every color and, complexion,pf hu
man life. . From the snowsefLapland, froin,
the burning
" of_Senegal,froin MOslem t,
Ffindoe, !and' Ofiiistiart ;
lace and:hut, froin 'Castle . and subterranean
Mine, frorrilhe eoldiOt in thebaitip,ltvoin 'the'
besieged; 'iii alre citadel, Irour the sailor on
the: deck,- front. the on .the; Ex
change,: there,is felt or futtered..eneloude,ry,, ,
"Deliver us from evil." „What explains the
; . (II
card-table, the theatre, the ball-room, t4a,
remanee, and the :intense and absorbing der;
each "or to all 4 i to
dhaden Ms 'Sense 'orthe and applying'
'his ignariVe. broken 'ciiiterns' in"order
to 'beideliveted trout its ' :The miser prays, to
his gold, the student to his books, the hea
then ;to , his; idolay the! Christain to -hielatlier,
"Deliver us .srom. 'creation-toe,
sap the ,apostle,:,feels itself bound„by,,th.e
presence and the, pressurnof
,ati L irresistible,
evil,; for he says, '"The . apeature itself was
made subject to vanity; for the' earneSt.ex
pectation
,ot: the creature waiteth far the
manifestation of the '
'sons eft God`;'`liecauSe
creation itself shall ' delivered' froin'the
bondage- of: corruption 'into the gloriOn‘liber-:
ty Of.the children of GA..' Forilve know
that` the whole creation groaneth and travail
eth in..pain together nowi IvOtingfor
the adoption, to wit, the redemption of the
body." „ What are storms, volcanoes, .earth
quakes, but the throes of "nature in her ago
ny to be freed fromevil The evidetice . of
an• alt' present evil is palpable: ` ai4e' cry' of
all', "Wilier tiS from evil," the evidence'
of `a fact, that evil is not the, natural, or the
normal, lor. the original condition of. things.
If evil was originally made hy, God.; if evil
be part and ; parcel; of • the original :terrestrial.
or celestial econeriy ; then to pray to be de-.
livered from it is to pray to be disentffigly_d
from the very laws ancl.necessities of 'ilur
istence. But the' - very fact that even the
creature in' hislblindn'• lifts. efrins .seme
thing :eiterhal:tex , Elcd ...once I lii3autiful -and
blessed world; is tpreef
that evil was ;not wiz
dinally, m ade by God.. iManrefuses.to,settle
usi:zi intp,the wretehediT'antheistic notion of
,the derman.Jtationolia4 that .eYil is unripe
:gckki ; #ri th 4
.ifyiy,, 'Aire sin long plough:
inlielniOet sunshine, t, *ll ripen into vi;
tie' iii f you lei* it4iiik ii - ough `and shine'
,iiictliii %alai tkiwitt dill' deVelope • itself•
iiitii'liiiiel; diet kiiviclithirdet . 14'114 eniiiigh)
in. the • 'World; it. will devilope:itielf , into. br&l
theilr kindlikeigs. 'lonia 4edrld Was made, fair ; i
beautifeil t .maul -happy.4 i , Man's-HtN wia,
me:1 . 4.01)011nd for,overpmver boil, /F * hioken;,
the eye will, not
. gladet'sr tectr.a b rkof liftd, ...the
hes At. 04 4in5 11 7, aXi" .e ., ,
,y f i 0r.,..P 4 , 1 "1v?. We ,
vi - dee:rtiftaii'to is(? - lovitsx . • to live tei• 'ever ; te .
;
)14 lAtkittal, younc: 4in joy, in air:*
rirokiiiiittion to' dod, • itollhippiiipsa,- for -evet..
and ever:: Every. gtelllien. gist steals' amid!
the dark is eildeitn , 'OW Sin?liaw 'entsted;;
every• Wrinkle that coint49nithe.face,i every '
13Pnge:,011.1:?AbiggeAS ,i4fotik(f-jillibt ev.ery 'tea
that starts into the eye ; every pang,o,f which,
the frame f , the eerii i tvf , a mp, is ,conscious,
p,re . fraliso#liati iv.,40 , , :that somet,.langhi4! .
i
gone Wrong. '; T i -repeti Wai,`Tlniye ciken
skid; if r lbilleyeki.hb: Oduisneitlie'woill'
lust -as it is, =and' me iv§ itia "ini;ill'ilic4ll4
nifeil -that: the 'Olitlthhttineder it *kb stiOn=
iter;:w .cruel• ail& `a-az Aiiprcipitiateds tyxant:' ,
B.ntliodanade elf that gar appy in itipaind,
timereoM4 the•Lsow*Afill.that icy/win/N.
i11.114:`14 1 0 4 .iY 0 C. 4?", °Ft; EtPW4AiIr9f O FV.V 2 PA,
we conclude tliat.t:lus,,phoh,..of„pArgiao44.P.
be
,destFroy*i iiil4: Onl wh4 *devll l ititil i
man' ' figie tuiticida6i4l"l totll 'iiiii,..fe be ' re
-1
nioired. • "74 sliOtilai 'd*sii•Wit,:rlig:
hates nothing 'dila -1161*riiiide. "Thli'derth
has in it lingering tra'pi 'ef -its abotigthill
beauty ; so burly, so van • eel charming,thaf
one Nv old ,regret the: ~..ztrigOtien:of . suclui ito
for, ipaithaatAiful.: 4 or , .." 1. ; 1 ll i that, it - Remote ;
i) 1/!1 3 4.0 15 ,. 1.,-,rl
•I. s . t, ' t..l9.titiN 411441*
blessing;A,Ote gy34.1411 - oTgliTr; in ..Qx*r. :
tfiliCife dese rts nilky .
,re ~ Ce 4, 3ind - its: ei?lit,i4i
plieei blisiliWiti th i e`cn9l6.; and' hat Oils
lonk lost, iitAgal - dauktiVer,.ito4ittf team .
sisterhood 'of Orloff,' ditty' Eisitire lineit iiiilikdne t
the fairest; ',,theAsiv,eliest; andethe iinestr in-;
structive Of oall.lheiworlds, that 'fill Infinite.
spa:get:7-4)r: • OuftwitsiOol, ' ,„; ....• , , -,...-, 1 ','
BUNSEN . ARDlalliiiN'Thir,olo6t.i
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work , : The StipernititiglinfrifatitiPtoffhi. r
Natural," rt3publisb.edr:inythiiineuntsy lulu&
Pligter:Aißros-; extratt:tlfe)theliAllisting.
ißtoggsAllg'dnoticet fiPl *hi* Anler3leYlLkitilk
Bunsen and,2lEfusabogimiioFriftpd l l;•ll - p z ,,,
.44 , P 1 , - A l 94e,9Philftstb9.Sl4l*.l4:
for , ,a wpm t f . #;•4say,it.llnd AR.
views,' ; ati I have •1 - ennasio? ) n InoTt
than once to refer te r that "Stihgnisheil
I feel fie Tit weie'dne s inerehrYin
t i mimioktitt u atitoct
had; with hourto
day:for.five'. days,. ifi thi3 rOnthr ofiltaaignSo
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g00.,4, ;that T., l vaktod,on,hirii-A„ltia i „ple4beant s ,
villa, Ol, Olgirlog9nbitizi- #l4! - gOcie)lrrg f .
witti' ii: 1444' 'of introduction , 1 ,1 * . h
,iocl.o
hid t i eiii'lba#ol.'o,.W . iifidlictifig , uisltilt ii-' •
thili" nOble*arVai siidat fillmii of. liodiliolte .
As I *our tit to WW I itiiideride 'it-boilitilige'
passed routhay.ing , inqt laigoltiblatifintiof - iittin:t
gularly,,gra,Vis .aniknoble ,, ceitikteintige;.iinde I:
Wai.3:.aurenttnalanskbegßunsdnhidiself..!: .Not ,
finding. hun t eit h9YANIt left-Mr:AWL ligid , L ll 7 •
imAlL4; 9lB ,o4.4,,the;Jßßl,el„ol'.*Pg,iFillig, 1..•
kftxd lot* frina VkiAv,l.:ll% Mc' t 9 I ,74i t: t :OM.
next . day ' arid pre ssing
. .me. tcr . , g i ve r'hifik. as:
ai nilinhforiiiy - iiiin' ibetiobilible. • ' Ile t'- day' .
I secured my first interview with liiii;',iind'
On4ahh):Eitibensiiiiirir4llo, tiitlit'Sibbath'fifil
foviingy. inolisiie, 4. waited-l'On hi1n. , •1444; •
imintmentint. :dinner,. or - Toth coffee ;alit for tea,.
1011fivegtohi000ssionihadlonkthene,diconver-•
eationa•!withhirw... And..ikhat4o.l{4o4.l,. -14-.
ter,qoillg, al3,.,Rii9}y..g :410. - *r:447igq. Art 1 1 1 ! )
are not, nearly, i co 41.ach.,_0 . 0-0/,w4.5, - hil oonver
satiMi. ha man lnincelf .W 0 an
. nbjei:it :,Of t .
the' highest interest ' tOaliiiiiii'elifinl&fiipre-:
date' 'Ili!. ; - 'With : ii.'''hencrtliat''',iiiiio - like a '
dome, lie 'hid a heart .. from *MA 646'6:40
&genial heat .as : from.: iL' domeetio; 'firer. •• 41.6•
talked of education: iii Germanyaiidiri•Engz:.
land,: of retigion,..of theology, oft; philosophy,
of !1 3, PAt..14 , 9.A . .f.10 1 eL-490 8 4.144 - X:' , F.o.to@tmt , .
..0 11 47,91xee.OP.tne-ORlltine l 4o ill.PFß.Pqatlli
'''''Srtfid tredeal:vii3ivaihich l}e deli . gl i fe.4 t
tr? enomi
. Ifiih'ioootwa:of 1 44§, 444" .
nienk • piiikiiiipfiiiiii;fatia likeoDgiatis"4 iliik
higkett -inane, - with ‘litim.lie'liiikritiiiiiiiriiitli••
mater -Bei las noble4iitlinciainii:efeil kindled
into the brighteettfiarnb iirlaf!iihei• spread, out!
before:lnn this ,', 'awn' in tend& .*or'lrs; as illuall
trative of the Efitdei Sof:Philoe-91)!Vi ' awl - h i* 7
. t9r:Tplt:o;:Attell. , toi4.9.lp,:9 l , l ,l4o4:oF l _s4ion..vf
4PttrW• X , -.)laY•ft•.,Wt 74, •PlalV: .Pe*te<J,
Br? , Ni*..Ta#, m an y good ' ileil,.**,4p_t' j,;,feyt
men 0k . 66413 , , . but t vi o c lied2, l 4li.Ofiril,kie.,
Of holdinecenfidentik*arih i avy.
three whourkrindaftiedwlreartilen - : One,
thatigreatest, 7"1...xthink4.4-Div•Ohalniers44ier
rises -up,: before Any memory; as:a mountainp
BtaW*Agst.foijii.i.l44 nolvg,:ziall , iierge•ii• a%
' 136 T90): ~14.niN4P1q4(Tkori fY 4 .--,..; 1 01 1 ,1T 0 .0or
Pr.9g l P.l l ß%:4:ll,:tY•eSjill si,yeri.with.7,numnerleriar 1
Pl.olfLAivAld'Aijcoisifq b 04,0::? 1‘. 1 i . 0 0:4
.0;. 1
Bimien; • itiqteheif 'Mk hiitiii& mi'iridei;;arid 1
lovely l. and fertile•Hlike the, plains Or Loinz'
MAY . Whi&i' II tad' jiiiit " *Or throilgh" be-
forelvieit4 him. ..) i.'" , -, 1 1 .:. , . :Ili'. ,;4 • ' ;:7 7 ' ..
1
.11 hair!). referred; to. tke fonduesimith Which. ,
he.dwelt :QM hip ;contemplated publications:,
tb.-Well:l4elf, klllf!.getinenti7tOlive ,to ; the.
world gm yipwg!. On I AR:, ERviOO4Y , ,P4stc4l44:
liiiikisopi4al and' 4Sological; which,, ; had
:.• .., ; •.. , • 4.:. ...:. the i r
freshness, "";• • when '
Ip:!itli: o4 ;4l .. ipT A . he .
stient s many Of hitiFoniliftif iare y l' in 'itoiiiel'.
1.. , eilnfe'o; hoWeterAhlit;'deePly interested as'
II wa in "his '•-speenlationSL-Las' these Came'
forth with snett.ai Wittrath and radiahOe from ,
his own lips—l had:all : the While-an impriii
sion that he would-require4o-live to- an ante
diPultyl ,age i'nf 9r,s4A , toa f pogonit 2 ,all,4lT ow
OP* tfAiMg l- 1 1 54.044 1 i INY7fitng:,!smo,
Y4 9 11 ?-!, 1a .... ti / i 4 v - I PTOJNPgrAI ti Iq•PPt
age rath'e ' r than the
. W a llt, 'an . at. ' some
of Ana - vibilld f ri6t; t in T.,iikoiptitittiicada .
9ftel! g ithviihlelipili liiiii , iili rail& iiiihei`it!'
IffeNti. cami:Olii;) ilidt , ho' d'Aitiko . dfotiitiAion ,
• hetiiiii.n;thenaturajf:andipreteirlittaral.•-• , 11i
was afirm,:belkiver.immesinerism , and •fclair
circumstances which seorne.d. to me to have,
voyance (infavornf..them heJnentioned some
n c . :,q34l.e.Ati4 YMlP?),gnillw#A apt. -tcyce l .l4.cct•
tlipinAitil - il!e. inspiration .of the . Writers i ; pf ,
tke . tsin ' ~- . r'. -q . " t
'.•
.'
,1 . • 3
. Iked r 'iriss , . 2 .11...,,,L ,):. i '7 l . if A..,:_, i ,%niil .y
• V" io wins o m 1/138, aneoSlol3, o
Alexander von Humboldt,' a swan so
some intercourse '"a •liheit tide before. My
interview With that illustriofis roan was held
by- appointment ;(through 'Mar , Sydow who
hadlintroduced tne tolinti,),in his own house ,
in...1104i%. on
_Alpe 15th off_ the, same , year,.
cuAy . .kfeix•months before his ,clecease. The
cPPl'M'a;tl . 9.7l,,Pcgan- by
. his referring', to
pUblished vi ews. as to the correspondence
.tivebti the iainification of the plant' and 'the'
venation-of its leiNifs, •as that there
is a unity of plan and structure thrOughOnt'
the platitto the general" doctrine
'his ;decided adherence, and said' thathho' lad
'himself noticed, the' , ,correspondence •He,
PosPd onto. d'ilicoßse•of. the injurious Impu
tati cps , which • had been
.cast_ on .10,religiona
principles „by certain,asepits,_,,and in 'NAN& 89,1
spoke in, terms cf,iltiong, indignation . of the,
vpy **fah itip,,e l iittlif - t t:siess:Leihiiike j , bad
,songhtitti riditlieh,'&4'..UoOrtiolinihf;DitlaxdOL
the. Supposed irreligroiis tendenCitS • oto
wprke.• He branched'off into 'thef latest die
ocetectesirpscieuce; showed me curious =nix
turaLobjects which • he had picked nytin var.-',
iottaurtrtlicf. the w,orld; he talked of the
11124 . 0t0r.0f NOrlda ? which he believed in 4 .
being . pipst consonant with his conception pf
dod ; aina. he 'eneoliksged speak. of re
ligion and of We "ieeonciiling
vibtf. ‘i Min are .going to iffetit•Bi4 4 6ll,"'he','
said; Icyeu most = by all :meanie do 80 ;" 'did - •
Ire 14mi:tided tcfspeak of :hiniin , the language '
oftthe greatest admiration, apartiffeetion, addun
ing o " .T.do not understands. 13:keothiswritings i
formektlae,yery highest ,
4 11 AROOFV•ki!' • • 01 1 5#9•If
me . wh94Ata ~
so impfrfect an acq uaintance Hum b oldt
bail to " reconcile Whit:hesag "
to' tirietle f hkrih opreasipne l amen
iditteiitzthltinighen'hiefetteie Ps agen t'' Were his feelings towards &meet ioftelied
ini his: iateridaystc , 'Or was het rejoicing in the
Bibplwerk , becatuie he saw th'at :it would; furL
therbve2vidifierout, eads >from: those• contetn
plotqd tis3rAt.R lB sll l ti Qn•UT.reP O /14g, to Blizt,-
at IP.) I PF kiNAVAIV. - Wirla.t.44d: B PPlFen.of 4i 1 14,:;`:
he ;said 4/1 am hii i nging • out .0 certain. por
tfon of
. `iny })ibelweik ,before other Darts_
all`. in lordell' t tlia - Vlt:
mai falViiiidei the-Id of 'l4l*We:4,lo6'i
:Us." the' liay he- Bait
showed the %resit love he hadifor - Humboldt
and he intimated pretty plainly that he :hoped
the;partof the , l3ibelwenkito.,wh ich :he Ireforrect,;
inight help.. to„4rafwAtifitticidt towards.deepeF
reliqus 0.9P7.1049Ft 4
ta it ; : '
ply./
* Ebel: onY,ftch r PPV:c" acSlPlP i a‘sheflll
11494 Ai means or tr. nowing: I ha!, initita ir
ae•toetlier ilie"iiAlie'imere"fitted.tiV4Ql
ui self ors A "l
alfeefils , position Eta"
oviccourntrYJ• raedriectedland belov @ dliyall °i
-z-Leiicapkalie enemied, of •civil, ;gild , religious
liberty-41in , :speculations,.:,;philosophical- or.,
tOologigok:o&rried, lia•found,.:,yery,
irf4g4 jai The : greakkArra .. •
e la r t h eitirt=t i At i : 4 .. ofd.s .
up* -inar is ere ftt, *j!g,
opmfews t to Authlatie!ty tux( ukspraiagn
of the • fieettiritieiit; ' wfs . adhering:o I
• i t rery• Prevalent' ' the . 1
earlier Pert &the' centniy,bnithlidlbein fOr
years abandoned bran -who - had :given
attentionlito subject: The:rationalists,
who, jn thsdisys of their.strougtliphimth&ted.
B .l ni*F i l -for. hia Tapp Avangellcal, piety, mem. :
giat,*e tide
liro,against,
that kr/7.1 1 0.in liimalA j u? l , co n sk9 l lo l u3XliFY
intim'. wok Of 44i:terms:One 'the insinration,
of they &A no -klue Whatever'
on hie" own tipecilitiorlirand
venerated:name is being extensively tisildflbY r
the rationalistai of this country ; it is light-;
that they Should.. know that. he' lever spoke, of
rationalism jortOrMs of : otrongest•disapproba- •
tion: 'aiTFB.ißritAr44,4 IviOicod it to be
loyin2l- Overyar,herMlinkt'ile,idtpo94,biniself
with the ll i ving.evangelicill_`pgltz t of,Britain.
W`h le t - ritiap„
in spite of the' iigitenesie tifia Woderingeot
sspeculativeopinions,Ms - di ffi cult to see , •
hOw-antryoiniginanftrainedint the:treed leftL
tp Budsein oduld .aver , rise a belief in •the
Saliour. - If r .
; J
What r l• have now •,said, indicates pretty_
chsarly.tho,state of theological .belief of,latp ; „
years in, Germany. The
,ratiotudists..Of Akt„
two last ages , though di*, imuir4isie ,Por 3 T
waskekrieted the i fitinkate Waiver-,
tested" hroughilff"Country,: spires 'a IhOe.
baleful influence, resulting in a general .di&J .
regiird- of •Ireligit•lt among allielasses; be:gin
ning withfftdie• educated and going 'down: to ' :
the lowest. But since .1.1348-I—Whenthe: cotni4 •
trY,OPPEPle2ol4.niked , at th# 4 4 2 44V4kes to which,
infidelity led 77 thgedhn beept a a;reaPtioll
ferr. ,orthpdm i ttetrine
„mad, evangelical
sentiinisi4. this hes - been. epeeallY felt: . by,
saidiiiiiiiihtelidinWl - 0144ait•oifd office, Who.
hitite - vdov'iudelabilittiiggi the olil . 4tion4 l l-',
ietiV• and'
ing the 'cla&grooins those 'who' defend the''
inspirationfof Scripture and•thtoledoctrines
of salvation by the cross of Christ. The
F - G - eiman theologiaxu§,of,the.Age-now ,passing
awa.y,And of the n -age : have r: l , 44 tun
mafered- speculative
ability, defended the Bible .from - the assaults
made ,uponlit.;lAnd , tui it was, :from: Germany
we got , t i he , bane , from Pmmany,,ior,z
rather, fropi,F42gl ish..,writ l ers,whe pan p3o.the
stores' of ". o P r m%lo,t l 3/i144 1 / I ,4. II iTt)PPO /9(9,k/
for the antiaote. • , „ •
•.• „ tithe
--u•Whatl biliiiiil - anee4'6fli t o 'Other with
whom' intercetifie4atb it *o l '
never •noiivieriihd , duriiig =these five'tdais,. fa )
ten minutes a, time =without his returning
however: far he might:be off,. to his Bible Andw
his:Saviour,., as th.e.9bieettitthafi were evident
tly the,dearest l to Arid* ;
readers will. pc! afpnoliCyvhen, 1 - have ;to ] .
"add,' that One evening lie t6l# he
not suig,.fiVotirtilitgwiiig `44t . . 1 0-4:641
• f 1
II" - .1. .
a' Being; and that 64ufd not .
admit th a t'
tiOn ;be , i,slied,.:Ettfif **ark ' foe
one entertaining snchthe'Oretibaiviewi'toicivi. ,
his God and Saviourotsißtansenieemed 'to love
theinompremely)/ ~;Having a' considerable
aPIVAAtr, I •P philosophy,.
and.luiving 45Alyji,*oF,t time ,beforo w listened„
iluilectures ofe43nierof 'the- Moot .doviited
disciples ef;thit think' '`can efider
staid iTouid
nbveki;ithitue , 61 defendinglC' bad'
• been the' first quarter Of this cen
tury, when Schelling and liegel• (of , whom he.:
always; spokei , with profound. admiration)?.
ruled in ,the 31PiYeX4i•Aiqe, •olad,,heihad. so' fon t .,
himself hi ideal distinctions .and o nomenclaw
tune, that his words, ;wcre,no
,to,:be interpre t
ted ex sane t' the sae expressions had been thtit i
by another man. He was for ever talVing,
in Kantian phraseology, of the forms of space
and time, and of the manifestations of Godin
space and time. Ilabored to sow that there
were other intuitive convictions' in the mind
as well as those of apace' and' time; - and, in
partionlir; that - we all had an iminetliate
sciousnessi of , Ourselies as persons;:rand that
this' cotiscions ,persbnality, duly folloWed out,.
raised our minds to the contemplation of God
'as a Being and a Person. One evening, : in,
his house, I thought l had shut him up to a
point, but the conversation was interrupted
bY the; brealiing up of - the, large coMpany.
, We met next day, byappointment, to retinue
the . disensaienc= but amid the llowsof his grand
coneeptionfr I never got hini back to the point
at which we had broken off.: . -
The last clay. I passed,with him , was a Sab
,b,aAl Sabbathindeed _. for q, 11
~q7el" stl•
° l3l, #i9}ipt:sa-,lqre.pr,qcktrol-Nikv., the
!forenoon4at With, him his seat the
trnA;eisit'y "Church at lieldeiberg, 'Where we
privilege 'of likening tQ a pOwerful
Gospel' sermon' froth ' Soherikel. I spent
the afternoon in his -house,livhere lie'read to
us in German, or in English translations; out
of the fine old devotional works of his coun
try, interspersing remarks of his' own,' evi
del:l4 springing from the depths °this heart,
and breathing towards- heavon—to which,:, I,
firmly helieve 14 has now been carried.
Since witirig,the above my eye ,lias alighted on
a 'passage in one of Schleiermacher s Idettdrs, written
in 1817 (Life . , translated byy. F.-Rowan, 260,) in
which, kpeakny of animal inagnetism, he says,
My r opinion, in regard M
to the•nature of these en
tatphenomena and to their truth, is this: any dis
tinction: between the natural and supernatural ,be
tween,the comprehensible and the incomprehensible,
I do-not; nixin'the *hide, recog,thae." '
TilL EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE CHABA.C..
!BRUER,
_
- •
WE find in the last, News of the Chaiehts
the following interesting and
.comprehensive
vie* of the Evandelitil Alliance, which sat
lait fall in the city' of Genev4. - it is froth
the - pen - of Cairns, of Berwick; and
forin& part of the prefaket to a ivery full repcirt
of, the proceeding.s of the • Alliancei, recently
issued Edinburgh; under the supervision
of Rey. thwiu of the Arms of
iee,Clitirches.
" The most distinct and vivid impression
made on my mind, by, the whole, Conference,.
and the 'one to "which' r conStantly - reenr, is
that of the , vitality, and energy of ':F4
ren
-Bfiiiiking' ChriBtiOn4y.' ` I 'never had 'Such an
ittegeof thih , before ; and I do not think that
before=it>;has ever een so *exhibited to the
worldi'., The English :and - Anieriban element,
*as equal; to :itself,-a,s it; :could. not but be
With such men as were 'present. The German
was probably superior to any former occasion,
Berlin excepted, and nothing,rea,d,at,Berlin
was i 'equal -to; such iap c ys as
gi.°F644:116/497k-f..V.:4"4:*110- nitct, :The'
Italian was'' altogether -novel in tho.prOini 7
nexice'-'and "darneatrieSS of its representatives;
arol the 4itthusiasmoftheir reception. But the
Conference was French, .and was a
Moist, powerful .andlgratifying display of the
resources of French-speaking Protestantism.
The amount, f of ability,., eloquence, and, evan,
gel 4 l B o'it! Swiss, gallica:11) and Bel
coptinentsof Oils - army was greater
0 1 4 I had anticipated, and was very fairly,
diVidedurnintethe MeraberS of the national
and diSaidant'elturoh6S.' - 111aVe not `seen this'
naiad; but Ishould think that the omen-.
b.r4tion of- these : scattered' rays in this one:
Mirror must have given to, he:whole French:.
speaking. Church a new.intensity, as well.
an enhanced sense of its own importance, in
Europe. While the peculiarities 9f the
French genius naturally enough appeared,,l
the higher order of papers read- 7 -such as
theie of 4iisseuW St; EEilitire, Ernest Naville,
Merle d'Aubigzie, and Ile' Preasense:--cer=
tairilyilid not suffer by 'comparison Viith the
best •of any: nationality,: and even the second:
rate essays ere Itbbably better than' the
average of similar productions at former Con ;
ferenees,,and showed , how - much mind- is at
work„ amid ;the French-speaking .Charches,
and how nobly thiFrench language may yet
serve our . common Christianity, The -intlu.
mice of Vinet *tie discernabl'e ‘ all through the
French' part of the'
,Conference;'and Oho'
of his deep Spiritualism and liberal isyrnpathiSS
Wasp one of the 'moat hopeful omens of the
futttre::, _ • : :
other .feature of the Conference,whish
can never be forgetten,, is* lyprp4qpigip
loving ,spirit. • In • this.r,gipPßt ( t, I, Mink, it
surpasses 40 that :4:0 golie.Yefgre: lie dif
WOE! iiettefuied; and,the
loliisiea irChnitheli Aidliit'oalise one Unpiea l "
siiiitjar! The iiti:ife) tlizO 'had' heraldOd the
meetings in' Ge'tieVa"oriltdileilithe brethren'
within and • withouti the , National , Churches
closer together . ; • and.'no:inntow'ard. 'incident,
arose. either anloilig residents or ;strangers IA?,
ruffle the delightful tlgw,-,of lsrotherly,fpelipgi
The
,celifkratipit ,the, Lord's ,Ivas
probal:47_f4? m a st , 13taiori4le - ixi i *,
of the ;, and iiiine'bf dtikei:g#li
erings did - not fall iniiith behiad 'that most
thif sigh'
sure hi Yboa' cRn liaYe bedn !ruin tlie tfaiee
either . ..4'4U -PrOtestait or , Papal world yin .
. „ ,f; • i •.•
othei• feafure ;which: I would
nottce,:isithe picturesque and romantic setting.
of .-the,,Oonferencet:: : :.ll:4l9 mot ;Tier, merely - to,
the, Alpine : scenery, or to the grand historical.,
ripllectipris under the shadow of which these,
dap; were paigied.; :There was t b side a.
present sense of vivid interest,in,sientlingn
the. nuietinetiliieel'orFrench;
Italian influences ; audthe background.
ect:Aheu 111:41011 d b6tter than. at , any previous
time. The very peculiarities - aarisinefroin.
the soUtlieirti climite, such as the - openlair re
unions;.. with/. lights; and, :music; taili their
charm;,.and-the hospitable emerness'and the.
hgoliday. gladness of-theAneient flsiqtsurrenndi
edatheAr.hole-PROing! an atmoliPhe.r,e.
iholl•rlfs . in ,one,,gifint3e, as. novel as it Web,
Pleasing.
, ve, not tu2Se . to , y way of
t v iifand that
comparisen, between s o er,ence
itt:Veilin, in, 1857. !;iieeiresi t tf..th o r eirik
hierfilketiibleil 'each Oth'eg . tho: one Meeting'
recalling Frederick-the' Greit'and•Voltairre;
as much as the , other recalled' Voltaire , Una , .
Roniseau. There was not; however, any (iylil
bo/;cif -.Maury, at Geneva equal to. the, recap;,
ti,ontof,the,4lliance, io the palaee:ot,Freder
ick at,PotsdOn t ,b,y,thelate ainiahle and.pious,
King* Of • Pruss ia;,: and that, extraordinary
acene,./p;likelyto,TßOnrithft:rarallel: In
OTliti t tgsl3?.e l ptinggle had more
ad khge,Viireliit'Alliliairtaillo fight
GENESEE EVANGELIST.L4AZ7-i-D-,74172-W.
its way into the city l - nOt 0. 1 a4 Geneva against
the Rationalist, but against the High Church
formalist, who :stands: at. the scre,ond tenitive
from Voltairian scepticism: The whole
pression of the Berlin onference, was -differ
ent‘from that of Geneva, being modified by
the nature of,the oPpoSition.,it had to encoun
ter. It was substantially:a *test against a
narrow and ,bigoted confessierialism, 'which
puts a clergy-church, Popish or Lutheran, in
place of the Bible and the universal priest
hood of Christians • A
Ana the 'chief good it ef
fected was: :that direction. .It •undoubtedly
helped, and that- in no • small degree, the
4Pwitfail Eef. the : Stahl-Hengsteriberg party,
and the extrication of the .I<irchentm from
their inflUence, and the; fiberal weer of the
• preientPriissianeeelesiastiCal adMinistration,
of which thebest frult is 'the rp,stituiioii of
Ilte7e4teittpioViiiees.• • this
in - 1011Se to ceclesiastical=lilieialisni is proba
bly the best .result of Ihe'Berilliffeenferinee ;
though it alSo.'rendere& good :servioe by' its
testimony in the face of the learned of Ger
many, and supported by, so much-nf that
learning, against
,the errors of, Rationalism
and. laxnity. The Geneva Confer
encel , .Christia,,
ias-had to dwell more on ,the evils of
unbelief than orsectariareformilism ; and its
highest issues will probably flow in this
channel. The notes' of defiance that broke
froth Geneva itself,the excesses of Hegelian
ism in *German Switzerland, the revival of
the Rationalist, controversy in. France and
England, all impressed on 'the conference
this character; and such paPeri as those of
Ernest Naville and Professor Riggenbach
had no counterpart in the Berlin meeting.
The, only other noticeable difference is resol
vable into the different qualities of the Ger
man and French character. The Berlin
meeting was more. massive and solid; the
Geneva one More vivid and eloquent; though
the French sacrificed much of their consti
tutional advantage by the (perhaps) unwise
retrenehnients of extemporaneous dismission.
It is to the credit' of :the Geneva Conference
that, supported as it was by much less nu
merous body, of French-speaking. Protestants
than the Berlin Conference had of German,
it yet 'succeeded though certainly with' Valna
ble English,' Italian', and.even German help,
in making, at least; an equal impression of
mental poiVer and spiritual elevation."
THE mum= -PSALM,
TuE ninetieth. Psalm might be cited as
perhaps the most sublinie of human compo
sitiOn-:2-the deepest in feeling-,:--loftiest 'in
theologic coneeptior—themost•inagniticent
in its imagery. True is it in its reliart_of
human life—aationbled, transitory and sin
ful: 'True in its conception of the Eternar- , --
'the• Sovereign . and the Judge; and; yet the
refuge and hope of men,, who, •notyivithstand
ing,ithe, most severe „trials, of,tire'rr. faithi hoe
not their confidence in Him .;" but`who,:in the
StrnnesS of faith—pray for, ,as, if iiipy -were
,preclicting„ a near-it-hand season ib
,of refre-
I ment.: . WripPed, one 'might" sky in itys
tery, Until the distant day o'fievelaiio` n - Should
come,there is h ere 'conveyed the doctrineof
mortality; - for fri this 17,:e r y'plaint of the brevity
of the life:of man,!and of .the sadness; of, these,
his few years of trouble, and itheir brevity, and
their / gloom,. there is, brought-inth, contrast,
the -Divine immutability-, - anti, yet. it is in
,terms of a submissive piety :: the thoUght of
a life`eternal `,is herein erabryo: "Ro taint
is:there . in the' pride and petu
lance-J-411e half-iitteredblaSpheni3r.—the-nta
'lign &Spiting 'or = arraighim ` ent. if ' t h e justice
or - goodness of God, avhkeh have So often shed
a - ,venoniatmeolof iupoit thp Language of those
personal or ; re
lative There, are few probablya,moig those
Who have_ . Ps'iPtl-.thNo. l ightilnes of bitter, and
d'e'tracting , -
lsxye
stOoi. ;the help
less spectators of the 'miseries' of others that
have not
,fillenioendotliofOttind violently
inl.o6ntrast With 4 the devout and liOliefur Me
lancholy which breathes.throughout this ode.
Rightly attributed: to the; Hebrew :lawgiver
or .not, , it bespeaks its. remote antiquity, 'not
merely by the majestic simplicity, of-its style,
but negatively„by o tht,entire avoidance of
those sophisticated turns of thought which
belong -- a`r - people's
intellectual and mOrarbiiitory. This Psalm,
undoubtedly, is, centuries-. older. than tho,mo
ralizingt of that time when ,thellswish mind
had listened;to what it. could never bring, into
a' true asSimilation with' its_oin mind-L4he
abstractions of 'the Or&ek'
lidac r Teiglei. .
THE PIETY OP THE PA ' HALF EL
. .
accordance with itsal4ext" lA'and .lB.. ex
ternal cciiiditiorus the piety ,4f . the ratriagcduil
'irt*vick44
d 6 ee ' tic~ U4ik,ecclesiattical . ;—it was genuine
andraffectionateinotforraal•or'choral, or litur ,
gical:—it did not-imitate, or evetidaire,•the
excitenientA'of..a. thiong of .vorshippers,- as
sembling to ",keep holy.day," and making the
sit thig witkrithtur, aeOlattnations : more, of
depth wattithera 4.:thiAlluknigq)l49tY ; and it
13 #:Y beabelie e;:rrillirat .drew
much . to
Tne'Ma:44e.,ol,tbii4ajOflty on
high than did th e t•rokuiao+ vcrOiftlutt,.in
artelitiiiiiic assembled td:ce.liliAtee:lativals
tlioserConditiotis;nimilyz-Itlieteneuneing of
wcirldly mnbitimAuindlthe.i.istless iinagming
Offal soikething hetteiv..utipposed to be attain
able!:bythoughtmidAsben.then the Pairiar
01*.r.aPa4a 4 0 404 triPal?P9ni the hoPe' and
prom*Ptae 18114Tru t tur,,!fl-44e land of souls,
4efuinte, the permits of: 'doa - 0 ,6 gathered,
ettCh on
Hour now
think IJAithelf 'conditions
milli bo= eecttrbilll-gdi theriar . iotaii-this
is riot ptiesible ; for mitn4asimilioned:tolvork,
and to suffer; and the piety of meditative re
poss, arol.of conscious. laxtrisitto+the parudise
must twy, ;to . Aa; piety that
bleu& to , be.sti:enugph splf,denyitig, and mar
tyr-like ;.,fml. t tlii.t,mutAt its crown, after
a eonlyet.
„Istiyert,fiotesi, tio, FRiiable lot haylitg Once
been,.;real4o litie;reniotepess. 'cif ages. it
017 es irethoii4iiiiiiii4o,'Otnien, and to
*kid it, tibtippetti' en/;.'hdrilfe most' prosaic
Otzthii. ord'Or.oVthrift:siiii) "gide t 6 - tending.
Toil and turmoil tiiroUgli, sixt,Y , years, are - en-
Onfed.; if:unly these may purchase a closing
decade of rest—ruralvecupation---seourity—
or, in a mond,.aisOrt ef:Blo3llll4llgeoemblence
of ithe Jeisnre ,an d lake Aiinit,3r :that was long
ago realized in the desgt i by them of old.--
Ibid.
WINIMffI