Vol. VI, No. 36.---Whole No. 305. Joietvg. Peace Purchased by Suffering. "But the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head."—MATT. viii. 20. BIRDS have their quiet nest, Foxes their holes, and man his peaceful bed; All oreaturep hive their rest— But Jesus had not where to lay his head, Winds have their hour of calm ) And waves, to slumber on the voiceless deep, Eve hath its breath of balm, To hush all senses and all souuds,to sleep; The wild deer hath its lair, The homeward flocks the ehelter of their shed All have their rest from care— But Jesus had not where to lay his head. And yet be came to give The weary and the heavy laden rest; To uid the sinner live, And soothe our griefs to slumber on his breast. What then am I, my God, Permitted thus the paths of peace to tread ? Poem, purchased by the blood Of Him who had not where to lay his head Oh, why should I have peace 1 Why? but for that unchanged, undying love, Which would *not, could not cease, Until it made me - heir of joys above. Yes! but for pardoning grace, I feel I never should in glory see The brightness of that face, That once Was pale and agonized for me I Let the birds seek their nest, Foxes their holes, and man his peaceful bed Come, Saviour, in my breast Deign to repose thine oft•rejected head! Oome 1 give me rest, and take The only rest on earth thou lov'st--within A heart, that for thy sake Lies bleeding, broken, penitent for sin. —independent OUR FOREIGN LETTER. Christianity the Parent of Enterprise—Liv ingstone and his Colleagues—Anxious In quirers in China—Presbyterian, Union in New Zealand—The Inconskltences of Nom inal Christians--Jewish, Mission in Da mascus—ltaly—Free Circulation of the Scriptures—The Papacy—The Great Ez hibition Building—Sabbath Observance, Temperance, sto.—Slavery in America— The Merrimac and Monitor—An Impor tant Inquiry. Every believer in cause and effect will readily admit that Christianity is the parent of enterprise. It inspires its possessor with a desire to improve not only his own condi tion, but also that of his fellows. It induces him to visit foreign lands, however inhospi table they may be, and to act as the pioneer of civilization. ihile the fact that Christian travelers and Christian missionaries have visited all lands is gratifying and encourag ing, as an earnest of the "good time coming," when all shall know the Lord and His Christ; their reports as to the moral condition of those regions on which the Sun of Righteous ness has not arisen with healing in His wings, afford plain and painful proof of the dread effects of sin, showing what a large portion of the human family is lying in wickedness. I believe it was the first Napo leon who said, "Providence is always on the side of the heaviest battalions." There came a day when he found his language false. Providence took the side of the light snow flakes of Russia, and left the flower of the soldiery of France wrapped in a frozen winding-sheet. In the mysterious method of the Divine government, at present, the adhe rents of truth are fewer than those of error; the marshalled ranks of the true faith are not as one to ten of those of false faiths. But this spreads no alarm through the Chris tian camp, when we call to mind the words of that Book which is the charter of our liberty and the prophecy of our high destiny. Christian reader, look behind you, before you, and on eithet side of you, and be stimu lated by what you see to painstaking and prayerfulness in working the works of Him that sent you, while it is day ; "the night cometh, when no man can work." FOREIGN. The expedition of Dr. Livingstone in Africa. and the mission associated therewith, have their adversities and successes; bat the encouragments they meet with enable them to surmount their difficulties. -Unquestion ably, in this field knowledge would be both power and wealth. It is matter of congratu lation that the achievments of the present, however costly, shall be the basis of more extensive evangelical operations in that land of darkgess and death. Livingstone and his colleagues speak in the most complimentary terms of the energy and laboriousness of Bishop Mackenzie, who is a working prelate, which is rather an anomaly in the churches that have gradations in their hierarchy, and the Bishop speaks with great cordiality of the sagacity and • success o his dissenting leader and protector. Thisis the evangeli cal alliance in real life amid the - unexplored wilds of Africa, exemplifying how men may may agree to differ and yet work side by side in the same field. Why should it not be so all the world over ? The Free Church of Scotland has sent out a minister to examine the Zambesi country, and report as to the expediency of establishing a mission there— not in antagonism to Bishop Mackenzie, but in harmony with him. Africa has been too much neglected by the mission-supporting Churches of Christian lands. It is very de sirable that, as the door is opened, there the name of the King and Head of the Church. should be men to go in and take possession in There can hardly be said to be peace in China, though there is a cessation of warlike operations in the meantime. While parties are plotting and preparing to accomplish their own selfish purposes, a very old Power in the world, but a comparatively new power in China—the Gospel—is making itself felt more and more. From several stations there are interesting reports of anxious inquirers, who are investigating the claims of Chris tianity, in the fond hope of finding what will slake the thirst they feel, which the waters of a false philosophy and a false religion only aggravate. At Amoy and Singapore thegood work of the Lord goes on hopefully. At the latter place the congregation is under the charge of a native evangelist, who was converted by the preaching of the Rev. Mr. Burns, in 1854, and had the way of God ex pounded to him more perfectly by the Rev. Mr. Douglas before he came to labor there. In addition to his regular Sabbath services, he has been working as a street preacher, in which capacity he has frequently addressed large congregations, composed partly of Ro man Catholics. The last accounts from this station mention that there are, several cases of hopeful conversion. Oh, may they multiply ! It is gratifying to learn that the Presby terians in New Zealand now find union, on a proper basis ' would be both strength and happiness to them, as it has been in Austra lia and Tasmania. In a conference of the office-bearers of the several branches of the Presbyterian Church represented ,in the colony, the subject of union was very fully and freely discussed. At the close of the conference, a public meeting was held in Knox Church, Dunedin, at which addresses on the state of religion abroad and in the colony were delivered. Owing to the extent of territory over whjch Presbyterians are scattered and the difficulties of traveling, it is proposed to divide the Churdh, under its new organization, into distinct Synods which shall meet once a year, or' oftener, if need be, at some convenient place within their bounds, and all unite, as a General Assembly once in two or three years. One speaker at the public meeting said, " When they came to compare notes as to the basis of union, they found that they all saw pretty much eye to eye, and that they could all cheerfully and heartily unite agreeably to all and with out sacrificing the principles of any." They They have begun well ; we hope nothing will hinder them, and that the General Assembly in New Zealand shall witness a-good confes sion, and exercise' an ever-increasing influ ence in favor of the truth which liberates the enslaved and sanctifies the impure. 'lt is .a sad thought and a sadder thing that travel ers, born and brought up in a Christian land, often do not leave a favorable impression on the minds of heathen and converts from hea thenism. In illustration of this, I may relate the following anecdote :—" Two white men from a Christian land, engaged some New Zealanders to carry their luggage on a jour ney. The Sabbath came round while they were on the way. The foreigners, as if they thought religion an incumbrance on a jour ney, would go on, but the natives who had learned the law of God from a missionary, said, no, no ; it is the Sabbath—we must rest.' Because these poor men would not rob God, the travelers would rob them of their wages. "What are we to do with the law of God ? ' asked the natives ? ' What is that to us ' exclaimed the white strangers angrily. You have much to do with that law,' answered one of the luggage-carriers firmly. Were it not for the law of God, we should have robbed you, taken all you had, and set you adrift, or, perhaps murdered you. You have so much to do with the law of God.' " Alas ! it is distressing that so many who have - been' 'reared - amid` religious influ ences, should have only a "name to live," which they leave behind them when they leave home, exposing themselves to the well merited and well-timed rebuke of men just emerging from the darkness of heathenism. A Christian should be the Christian every where. One of the Irish Presbyterian Mis sionaries, who were obliged to seek safety by flight from Damascus, has returned to the fieid of his former labors, while the other has hithertitcontinued at Beyrout. The difficul ties of the Jewish Mission in Damascus are greater than ever, and so are the dangers of the agents, in consequence of the late awful massacre, the leaders of which the Turkish Government was unable to publish. By the interference of the English Government, the Sultan has been constrained to promise about £l5O a year to the widowed mother of the Rev. W. Graham, who was treacherously murdered in the streets of Damaicus, nearly two years ago, by police whO pretended to be friend him. It .is perfectly manifest now that a sense of terror may, but a sense of justice never will, make him fulfil this pro mise. The appeal of the " Turkish Missions' Aid. Society has been generously responded to this year, £1894 having been already re ceived. It is the sincere prayer of many British 'Christians that this mission which is an American one, may be enabled to tide over the present crisis in its history, and be crowned with abundant prosperity—"coming again with rejoicing," bringing many sheaves from the field of its adoption into the garner of the Lord. Italy is still " the observed of all observers" in the old world. Momentous issues to the world at large hinge on her fortunes. I use the word fortunes inolco superstitious sense. Her present aspects, social, political, and religious, are, on the whole, encouraging. Her citizens are growing in all the elements of prosperity and national stability ; and irrespective of changes in the government there is a strong desire, accompanied by a strong determination, to resist the common foe, and secure a measure of liberty unknown in Italy for generations. Garibaldi has issued again frorn his island home, and. every where along his march he is greeted with the post unbounded enthusiasm. It is his mind—and multitudes agree with him—that Austria must give'up Venetia, and no longer tread on the Italian side of the Alps. Bri gandage has done its worst, and failed. The wealth of the expatriated Bourbons, and the patronage of the Pope, who has but one leg to stand on now, have not been able to un settle the southern parts of the kingdom. The legions of priestly myrmidons have been foiled in every scheme. The reactionary party is but small, and incapable of a respect able demonstration. It is as unworthy of attention at. home as is its self-appointed advocate, in the British House, of Peers—the Marquis of Normandy. From a recent let ter of the Rev. Mr. McDougall, of Florence, I ',copy the following sentences, which are very valuable_: "To tell you in a few words that full liberty of conscience and free cir culation of the Word of God are thoroughly guaranteed, amid all other fluctuations, in priest-ridden, dungeoned Italy, is to say all that is honorable and glorious to the intelli gence of the Italian government and legis lature. While these are guarded as vital principles of freedom, a thousand present awkwardnesses, arising from the novelty of the scheme and the remaining bigotry of provincial authorities, are unworthy.of men tion." The people are bent on constructing a system of railways throughout the Penin sula, and educating the masses who have PHILADELPHIA Tlf, ‘„ItSDAY MAY .8, 1862. been hitherto uncared for by the clergy, who, in every land, should occupy the vanguard of popular education. The schoolmaster shall be abroad no longer in Italy. What of the Papacy? To speak of Italy, and pass over the Pope, would be like acting Hamlet without the Prince. The Holy Father clings to all his present possessions as a limpet to the rock, all the more tenaciously for being disturbed—and no, wonder he does; for, I am sure, he will never get their like again. Rome is about to be the scene of another council at which the patrimony of St. Peter will be declared, by infallible authority, to be inalienable; but thousands of the Pope's own subjects will not believe this infallible authority, or cease their efforts to escape from one of the• deadliest forms of tyranny that every existed in the wOrld. We hope the past is but an earnest of the future in the plan of God for ameliorating the civil and spiritual condition of that country, which has occupied- such a prominent place among the nations for so many centuries. DOMESTIC. The Exhibition building in London is rapidly approaching completion; and, capa cious though it be, it is too small to satisfy the wishes of 411 who claimed a space in it to display their curiosities of various kinds. Arrangements are being made for preaching the Gospel in different languages during the continuance of the Great Show, so that foreigners shall hear in their own tongue, wherein they were born, the wonderful works of God. 0, that a very shower of blessing from on high may accompany this noble effort to extend the knowledge of Christ's name and salvation ! In each of the three kingdoms vigorous endeavors are being made on behalf of Sabbath observance, and tem perance by sermons, and lectures, and tracts. Much is yet to be done in these departments of reformation. In his speech on the Budget, in the House of Commons, a few days ago, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated a suggestive fact, namely, that there,has been a decrease in the consumption of ardent spirits during the year, and that the decrease is owing to "the increased sobriety of the country.". It is to be hoped that our national vice of intemperance will speedily disappear, for it is making terrible havoc in all classes of the community. Religious activity in London continues with unabated zeal to prosecute a noble mission; and the example set -by London Christians, in some depart ments, is being followed in ether towns throughout the kingdoms. "tithe National Bible Society of Scotland," organized about a year ago, is quite a success. The Lord has blessed it abundantly. I have not space for particulars at present. The religious an niversaries in Dublin have been well attended this year, and the reports of the various trea surers have been highly satisfactory, when it is remembered that the depression in trade has been very great, to a large extent, in consequence of the American war. Thou sands of true, warm hearts in this country have beery made- right -glad by the--lateraews from America. The President's proposal to redeem the slaves is a step—and a long one— in the right direction. Surely the rebellion is quickly being compressed into compara tively narrow limits by the victorious move ments of the North. There cannot possibly be a stable peace while slavery exists, and is defended by the- Union. As the citizens of Paris cried one morning, in 1848, when Louis Philippe had dismissed the minitsry of the day, and a gun, accidentally discharged, had wounded a horse, " down with the king !" so let every true-hearted 'American cry, but in a far other spirit, " down with slavery !" When the news of the engagement between the Monitor and the Merrimac reached this country it produced a sensation little less than if the French had attempted a landing on our shores. The iron-plated vessels have inaugurated a new phase in naval warfare; and the existing question of the present day on this side of the Atlantic is, how may a number of these infernal machines be got afloat, with the least possible delay ? That nation which has most and best iron-clad ships shall surely be mistress of the seas. The case of iron versus wooden walls, admits of an easy solution. Is it not probable that the perfection to which the art of war is coming will put an end to war altogether ? Would that the time had arrived when Chris tian nations would have neither heart nor leisure to study or practice the art of war any more The present invention, in which America leads the way, has produced a re wolution iu the annals of warfare to which there has not been a parallel since King Ed ward's cannon opened the eyes of French men on the battle-field of Cressy. Taxation continues at a war rate, though we have peace within our borders, and are at peace with all the world ; and this taxation is levied for the purpose of guarding our coasts, and preserving our prestige among the nations— I suppose by iron-clad war ships. If prudence be the better part of valor, we are paying well for it, but we are now used to heavy taxation, as "eels are to the skinning." It is more than probable that the Americans will henceforth see much oftener than they have done the tax gatherer, whose absence would be a cordial at all 'times. Oh, that ere summer crown the glowing year, peace may be established within America's broad borders, and that the States which compose the 'Union may swear lasting fealty to one another-for the sake of their common country, and their common weal ! Mader, how is it with you ? While there are wars, and rumors of wars around about you, are you at peace with God ? If not, you are engaged in the most unequal battle man ever waged. "Woe unto him that -striveth with his Maker ! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth." "Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace." 0 seek "the peace of God that passeth understanding," and rest not till you be in the enjoyment of it; and, having Ob tained it, be very careful to preserve it. S. M. SIIALL the Lord do so much and employ so many means and instruments to bring sin ners home to himself ; shall Christians, min isters, angels,, yea the Lord of Angels, deem the repentance of one sinner a matter of such vast importance and such cordial rejoicing ; and shall sinners themselves think it not worth while to bestow - any pain in seeking for this inestimable blessing ? Shall they not desire to cause holy joy in heaven by repenting, who have excited malignant joy in hell by their crimes ?-Rev. T. Scott, DD. LESSON I POF WAR. NO 47. , I 2 is a maxim in vr.ar that it is a danger ous benefit that is derived from auxiliary forces. It has almostl always happened that the power that is und4r the necessity of call ing in the assistance a)f its neighbors, be comes the prey of ticiise after escaping the fury of the enemy. i The people affording aid, discover the weattess of thoSe they came to deliver; they ohtl e in, at the expense of others, a taste of the tweets of conquest and of plunder ; the occas' n of many misunder standings is furnish ' which the stronger party can easily and ' fely turn to their own. advantage ; claims ar e which are the more difficult to adjust, fro the gratuitous nature of the service that h been rendered, and" at length war ensues t ween the helper and the helped, in which- t '" latter must purchase peace by subinission,; - perish in' the rash appeal to arms. - , -, A nation wagin g st war though the I struggle threaten to 'be long 'and ardnous, should steadily persewre; so long as she is not exhausted, in employing her own proper force, alone ; then whel,t,the victory is gained, it deserves the name ;' there are no delicate questions to settle:; h 1 r- interests are simpli fied as well 11 as establi . ed, and her glory is 4 lasting and `undivided, It is one of the wor thiest features of the }policy of our govern ment in the present irar, 'that it has shown itself so little solicitous about enlisting , foreign aid. .1- This principle applies with equal force to our individual relations, though it is not so well understood in thiS department of human life. Whatever men Owe of fortune and Ad vancement to mere patronage or favor, has an inherent unsoundkness in it that will scarcely fail to discover, itself in the end. It supposes no merit, a 4 brings no-cultivation of mind and heart Along with it. It is foreign to the man ii origin, never be comenpart ofhim-:sWand continues to be 'as changeable and perisb*ble as his apparel. ' The most benevolentimd disinterested neigh bor, however willing, never reinstates a fallen man fully in his former. prosperity. He car ries something away with him, even when he' goes in peace. ThotiOnds of valued and pre-, cions favors are doneeve,ry day, pure in the intention with which ;they are done, and in the gratitude they'excite ; and yet, from the imperfection of human nature and of the pre sent' state, they-do not prove themselves to be pure and actual favors in the end. Most transactions between, men are really of the nature of equal exchrge. The only differ ence is, that some transactions are professed ly such at the beginnifg, 'while others assume that character :by degrees. A man who has received a favor, rejOices over it at the mo ment, regarding it with unmingled pleasure, because he has obtained it without cost ; but presently he •discovers -that it is not so cheap and gratuitous as helkad thought; he finds himself gradually le, 0,,:n: into the condition of a itobfOtriU 6.4 , .i , i ,litatinn begins to press him with a heavier and heavier hand ; claims ' of which he tkaught there had been none, begin to rise before him in a diversity of shapes, and these the more vexatious, be cause they are delicate and indefinite, diffi cult to ascertain, and impossible to liquidate. The next evil, after falling beneath the power of an enemy through one's own incti lence, is to be obliged, in the absence of all personal resources, to throw one's self for help upon a created arm. Every line of his tory admonishes men to, fortify themselves as well against the necessities of friendship, as the inroads of hostility. —Banner of the Covenant. THE WANT OF FAITH. WHAT is the grand defect of our popular Christianity, in this busy, bustling city? It is want of faith. 14tame apply the question in another form: Why is it, that knowing many things in religkin; you nevertheless are conscious of no such energy of transforma tion, as has been described ? It is because you do not believe. I anticipate your recla mation. You reply, We do believe ; we are unwilling to be ranked among infidels. Ah I beloved hearers, I protest to you that you believe not I This faint, inoperative assent to the august truths of religion, which works no repentance, no love, no joy, which hardly ruffles the surface of the stagnant pool within, this is not the faith of God's elect. This is not that mighty, heaven-wrought spiritual persuasion; which has made saints and con fessors, and shall one day revolutionize the world. You have only to compare it with your convictions respecting worldly things, to find how weak it is. The news of the day, brought across the ocean, and affecting the trade of nations, how differently does it agitate your bosoms I Here, all is clear and uncleoiable. , Xen of the world, ye need no tables of self-examination to settle the ques tion whether „Tour,: rest, in the things. of Irte earth is sincere orm t. But how nice a scru tiny must be instituted, in order to discover your faith of things divine ! And after the inquiry, how often doe's the search result in absolute negation. 0, how, long shall we trifle on the brink of that dread spiritual world which stretches away beside our very path ! When shall we awake to consider the stupendous interests which shall soon burst upon us to the utter obliteration of all our temporal fancies I The single truth of the incarnation and death of the Son of God, duly inwrought into the soul, would arouse, and attract, and transform. But to influence, it must be believed. And to be believed, it must be contemplated and portdered. And in order to this, you must come to a delibe rate pause in your whirl of engrossing occu pations. Wonder not that I repeat this again and again to the children of this world. For your salvation depends on it. You must consider, or be lost. While you wait for some sudden shock, to rend you from your idol, you tempt.Go & providence and rush upon his indignation."`' Let me cry once more in your ears, that unless you turn the con centrated powers of ... thought mi .- revealed truth, and unless yort believe it, you will live on as you have lived hitherto, and die in your sins. Dear brethren etthe Christian profession, we have failed to exemplify the -truths which we profess.' Who that beholds our daily walk, would infer ;hat we are living under the powers of the world to come? Our faith, if we believe at ally is too feeble to evince the energy of the Word. All churches among us need a deepening of the inward expe rience. Should such an influence come over us, we should become a wonder to each other, and a blessing to the world,—Dr. J. W. Alexander. IN anticipation of the liberty-day that seems so near to them, the slaves all over the city, and the free negroes, who are con nected with them by the ties of kindred and sympathy, are dresse,d in their best to-day (many of them in "their seedy best, to be sure), and are assembled to celebrate this Sabbath as a day of praise and thanksgiving. I have talked with several " ca,ndidates" this evening, from whom I gather that this "Thanksgiving Day" has been kept joyously in nearly all of their seventeen churches. There seems to have been preeoncert among them, .and the afternoon was 'devoted to love feasts. • , • - ::- . •,- , I attended the Bethel Church near the Capitol, this morning. The black clergy man preached a very good sermon from the text, "If God be for us, who Can be against us ?" to an audience of 200 or 800 of his own people. He spoke of the deliverance of Moses and the children of Israel, from bond age, and by a natural transition, 'referred to the condition of the slaves in America, and especially in this District. He thanked the Lord most fervently that he had been per mitted to live to see this day. Forty-three years ago he was tarred and feathered in Washington because he would preach 'the Lord Jesus as he understood it; "but now," shouted the sable speaker, "let Ethiopia lift up her hands to God, for a great good is coming out of this war—a good for me, for us, and for our people, whom every nation has set its heel upon !" His audience was boisterously j4:l l Yous from the beginning to the end of the discourse. Of course the ex pressions and demonstrations Were extrava gant—true to the quick fancy and fer Vent hearts of the race. Some rubbed their hands in glee, some laughed outright, some leaped in the air or twisted themselves into gro tesque attitudes, as if their joy was too in tense to be entertained at a staid perpen dicular ; many shouted, "Glory to God !" " Hallelujah 1' " Amen!" " The blessed day has come!" etc., while nearly all were in tears. When the speaker thanked the Lord that the slaves were to be free, the jubilee became utterly indescribable. What a Babel of triumphant voices 1 An old "aunt," off in the right hand upper corner, shouted and wept persistently. Probably she had a reason for it—her children I thought— perhaps two or three of them,helpless, and, in the hands of the kinappers.— " Glory to God'" said the preacher, so lemnly and slowly. " Glory to Lovejoy !" yelled a voice at the right that belonged to a stoutly-built mulatto. "No," com manded the speaker, instantly, " 1 tell -you-glory to-aod!" for he, seemed<<>deter mined from the first word that God should have the undivided praise, refusing to give a moiety to the President or Congress. Such a chorus of exultation I never heard before—such joyful jestures I never beheld— it was a spectacle for man and angels.— ;Wash. Cor. N. Y. Tribune. TERSE SENTENCES FROI JEREMY TATIOR'S tendency to diffuseness and ex cessive verbiage, is sometimes checked, and he repeatedly throws off sentences terse and striking enough for the pen of a satirist. Sometimes in a word he paints a picture or condenses the emphasis of a whole paragraph. Urging perseverance in prayer, he . says : " Fall upon your knees, and grow there." Absalom's sin, committed by the advice of Achitophel, was "to secure him in the pos session of hell." By offering tempting al lurements to sin, a man " kills his neighbor like a gentleman." In such a case our civi lities are direct treasons to the soul. " That you may be kind to your guest, you step aside and lay away the Christian. Your love cannot be expressed, unless you do him an ill turn, and civilly invite him to a fever." The folly of sinners is depicted by showing them to be " as greedy of the world as chil dren of raw fruit." Counterfeiting sickness, he speaks of " a trap-door to fall into it," as in the case of Ccelius, who pretending to the gout, found that " his arts of dissimulation were so witty, that they put life and motion into the very image of the disease," so that the very picture itself was made to " sigh and groan." Not a few, Aentences we meet with, in which a sound philosophy or a striking thought takes the form of a proverb. Here are a few specimens: "A sacrifice without a heart, was a sad and ominous presage in the super stitions of the Roman augurg ; and so it is in the service of God." " Although a little wound upon the finger is very curable, yet the smallest prick upon the heart is mortal ; so is a design and purpose of the smallest disobedience, in its formality as malicious and deitructive, as in its matter it was par donable and excusable." " High specula tions are as barren as the tops of cedars, but the fundamentals of Christianity are as fruit ful as the valleys or the creeping vine." Vice, grown into a bad habit, is a tyrant ; but Taylor illustrates the truth by saying, " He that feeds a lion must obey him, unless he make his den to be his prison." Setting forth the spirit of the law, he says : " There is a homicide in the tongue as well as in the heart ' • and he that kills a man's reputation by calumnies or slander or open reviling, hath broken this commandment." " Feli city," he tells us, "is not a jewel that can be locked up in one man's cabinet." Again, "All our trouble is within us. . . . No S. P. H. men sleep so soundly as they that lay their head upon nature's lap." "He that despis eth his preacher, is .a hearer of arts and learning, not of the word of God." " God, hath opened no gate to heaven but the nar row gate, of which the cross was the key." " A prosperous iniquity is the most unpros perous condition in the world." "Fame or honor is a nice thing, tender as a woman's chastity, or like the face of the purest mir ror, which a foul breath, or an unwholesome air, or a watery eye can sully, and the beauty is lost, though it be not dashed in pieces. " He that, without any end of charity or in stitution, shall tell lies, only to become ridi culous in himself, or to mock another, hath set something on his doom's-day book, which A FREE CAPITAL. TAYLOR. must be taken off by water or by fire—that is, by repentance or a judgment."--Preab. uarterly. DL RHETORIC AND OTHER PREACHERS. DR. WrriaNGToN, of Newburyport, Mass., discourses somewhat facetiously on " Perma nent Preaching for a " Permanent Pastorate," wherein ,he gives some very good hints to different classes of preachers, and concludes, that short pastorates are more owing to de feets in the clergy, than faults in the peo ple. He thinks the minister needs discre tion, industry, piety,' and common-sense, with a love for his work and a knowledge of his pedple--and then there is -no reason why he should not succeed. Of the pastoral fail ures he thus discourses:— ".Dr. Rhetoric was always changing; he was a man of disproportionate power • with a fine person. and a 'thrilling voice. fie had pas sages in his discourses which would almost start the frotaiis foundation. But hiS taste was incorrect ; if he often hit. he some times missed ; and his great impediment was, that somehow his very eloquence created a craving he could not, satisfy; be had, at last, to compare himself to Noah's dove, who left the ark to find no rest for the sole of her foot. The Rev. Mr. Indiscreet was his pu pil ; I watched him from the first, and never did a preacher so disappoint me. He began by imitating Dr. Rhetoric, and as Dr. John son had clearly proved that no man ever be came great by imitation, I set him down as a failure. But no ; Indiscreet survived his imitations, soared above them ; had every quality for a permanent preacher, so far as sermonizing is concerned ; but, las failed for want of common-sense. He was always moving. Mr. Finespun was a remarkable ex ample. Finespun had power, had ability ; imitated nobody, and was original to the last degree. But his combinatiens were forced; his figures were brought frotn the ends of the earth.. Nothing could beliore curious than his introductions ; and when he named his text, no hearer could divine what would be the subject; yet Finespun was a man of real power; and if, when he left his mathematics, he could have remembered that a straight line was the nearest distance between two given points, it would have been better for him. He always had use for his wings. Shot- Over had:short pastorates, and abundance of them. He has left the world a lesson which himself never would learn. Shotover was too politic ; he played the politician. about cabbages. He always had a plot, because he always imagined a counter-plot against him. If he had the simplest measure to car ry in his church, his friends must meet ; there must be a caucus; we may have opponents ; we must be ready for them, etc., etc.,' until finally, he had use for all the machinery he had prepared; and what was very sad, Shot over could see the last need of his machinery, but never could see the origin of the evil. Wigfall I always sincerely pitied ; for he had short settlements vithoat any great= cause. Somehow or other, he always made the im pression that he was a great man, and in a few years the people always found out that, he was not so great a man as they thought him. They were indignant, and rose at once to revenge their own mistake on their fugi tive victim. He went' to another vineyard to make the same impression and to find the same treatment. Sensitive was killed by gossips, busybodies, and tale-bearers. Oh ! if he could have put on the shield of indiffer ence—but he did not wholly make himself. Wantwill tried to please everybody, and ended in pleasing none, not even himself. Rev. Mr. Flash had a most pleasing and pa thetic voice, and might have spoken for years with effect, if he could have found anything to say ; but he died a pastoral death, smoth ered in his own previous popularity. Wrong head had a short career, because he never could put two ideas together. His sermons generally consisted of one idea, which he would repeat over abut seven thousand times, with astonishing variety of language. He would endeavor to make the bantling pass for a new baby by putting on a new slip ; but when the audience found it out, they dismissed him and his bantling toge ther. But the most melancholy example of the temporary was my dear friend Mr. Prim. Prim was a good scholar, a man of common sense, a diligent worker, and a.true Chris tian ; and yet he was slow to find a settle went, and never could keep what he .had slowly found. What was the matter ? Dr. Franklin makes poor Richard say A lit tle neglect may breed great mischief: for want of a nail, the shoe was lost ; for want of a-shoe, the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a lit tle care about a horse shoe nail.' Prim was obstructed by little impediments, and which he knew to be little at the time Nobody must speak to him going to meeting ; no one must intrude on particular hours; if he had a call' for settlement, he must put in some vexatious condition • they must have a new bell, or change the lamps, or the hymn books. His manner was always precise, and his very laugh was ungenial. In short, he was a rose bush full of verdure, flowers, and fragrance ; but you could not touch him but some hid den brier would scratch your fingers and re pel your friendship. - He fell a victim to a little briers. Methodist. THE IDEA OF INSPIRATION. INSPIRATION may be regarded. in °lie as pect as the correlative of Revelation. Both operations imply a supernatural extension of the'field of man's spiritual vision, but in dif ferent ways. By. InWration we conceive that his natural powers are quickened, so that he contemplates with a divine intuition the truth as it exists still among the ruins of the moral and physical worlds. By Revela tion We see, as it were, the dark veil remov e 4 from the _face of things, so that the true springs and issues of life stand disclosed in their eternal nature. This idea of Revela tion which regards power and truth* and beauty as veiled, and yet essentially existing beneath the suffering and sin and disorder which are spread over the world within us and without,—over man and nature,—seems to be peculiarly Christian. Probably noth ing but the belief in the Incarnation could give reality and distinctness to the concep tion of a " restitution of . all things ; " and St. Paul describes the possibility of' a clear vision and transforming, reflection of the di vine glory as the especial privilege of believ- GENESEE EVANDELIST.--,-Whole No. 833 ers. The change wrought in philosophy by the vital recognition of this idea penetrates to the very foundations of knowledge and hope. The "recollection" of Plato becomes intuition, and we can now by faith reverse the words of Plotinus, who thanked God that he was not tied to an immortal body." But while the idea 'of'Revelation in its fullest sense appears to be essentially Chris tian, every religion presupposes the reality of Inspiration, of a direct, intelligible com munication of the Divine will to chosen mes sengers. The belief in such a gift is in fact instinctive, and equally at least with the be lief in a Supreme Being possesses the testi timony of universal acceptance. Even in tellectually the idea of Inspiration offers no extraordinary difficulties. To enlarge or in form any faculty is evidently a secondary operation of the same power by which it was first given and quickened. The intercourse between the Creator and the creature must, in common with all spiritual manifestations, remain a mystery; but that, it. does take place in some form or other is a matter of constant experience. And' if we may ven ture to regard Inspiration merely as a men tal phenomena, it is not more remarkable that man's spirit should be brought into direct connection with the Spirit of God, than that one mind should be able to exercise a sympa thetic influence upon another. That man is complex and finite introduces no difficulty which is not present in the ordinary proces ses of thought and life. And,, on the contra ry, this consideration fixes a limit to the ex tent of our inquiry; for all abstract analysis of Inspiration is impossible, since the Divine element is already in combination with the human when. we are first able to observe its presence. Our inquiry is thus limited strtly to the character of Inspiration. The eal existence of such an influence is proved at once by common belief and personal experience. The nature of its operation transcends the power of our thought; but it remains to examine the form which this Divine teaching bears when presented to men. And hei4 a charac teristic difference may be observed. In hea then nations the Sybil or the pythop.dss was the type of an inspired teacher -I-and Plato consequently places the 4 prophet low in the scale of men, as one in which all human pow ers of body and soul were neutralized. The dream, the vision, the ecstasy, seemed to be the only means whereby the Deity could come into contact'with man, and thus all per sonal consciousness was destroyed by the supernatural influence. In the records of the Bible, on the other hand, the teaching of Inspiration appears as one great element in the education of the world, and therefore it has an essential connection with the age and people to whom it is addressed, while its form varies according to the needs of men. —Westeott. A. LEAF FROM THE ;HEART'S TABLET WITH A sacred awe, almost a dread, yet impelled by the strong outgushings of a mo ther's heart, I approach my child. She is God's child. I may not injure or destroy what belongs to Him, lest I rob God." And she is so fearfully and wonderfully made,— how dare I, with ignorant hands, touch her ? " A harp of thousand strings,"—how can I venture to draw my unpracticed fingers across it ?' That indwelling spirit, with all its acti vities,all its tendencies to good and evil,— how hall I manage. that ? And those warm affections, the out-reaching tendrils of the heart, ever growing, stretching, entwining around something,—how shall I bring for them the true support, and teach them to climb heavenward ? She is destined to develop my Father's image, and I must be the sculptor. How can Ibring out form and lineament divine, unless I have the model before me, or the true ideal in my heart ? Oh, then, I must have the heavenly pattern shown me. before I can do my work. I must study that, mark well eadh divine feature, appreciate each grace and beauty. 0 God, I must know thee before I can transfer thine image to another ! She is to live forever, and will always wear the impress of my hand. The work man shall be known forever by his work. My labor can never be undone. God has put the living material in my hand, and I am to build an eternal destiny. My little one is to me, then, a constant memento of God, of duty, of eternity. Unaided, I must shrink before the vast undertaking. I tremble -I am over whelmed. I cry aloud, " Who is sufficient for these things?" But a voice, sweet and gentle, whispers in my soul; "My grace is sufficient for thee ;" "My strength shall be made perfect in thy weakness. lam re assured. I hope. 0 ..God, I give myself to the work. "I'll do the little I can do, And leave the rest to Thee." —The Mother and Her Work. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETL Tnis Society, on the supposition that the funds of the American Bible Society would be crippled by the war, unanimously voted to give the American Society the sum of $lO,OOO, to carry on its operations. The latter declined the donation, on the ground that the funds of the Society had been amply supplied, notwithstanding the disturbed state of the country. The American Managers say in their reply : It was, indeed, a most noble act of Chris tian benevolence, worthy of that venerable Society and its enlightened Committee, and, as such, will long be remembered by the friends of the American Bible Society throughout the length and breadth of our land. But while the Managers are truly grateful that it was thus in the hearts of the Com mittee to proffer this aid, they are happy to inform them that a marked Providence, in the extraordinary receipts from legacies and generous contributions from other sources, has brought to the treasury such relief as to enable the Board to meet the demands upon it for the current year without embarrass ment. Such, too, they trust, is the number and devotion of its members, that they will not see the Society suffer curtailment during the war on our Southern borders—a war which they believe is already coming to a close. WE may conclude with certainty, that the powers of darkness will never be allowed to rejoice in the final ruin of those over whom angels have rejoiced.—Bev. T Scott, D.D.
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