Vol. VI, No. 40.---Whole No. 309. tottvg. Shine on, Sweet Sue. Shine on, sweet sun, an,d let my day Grow brighter, as the gentle hours, Moving in silent love, draw up The incense of the noon-day -flowers. I need not fear the awful night ; That prophet-pens foretell as near; For me there is no cloud nor night,' My firmamentis fair and clear, It may be that the wrath may ,burst, And, nations drink , the cup of ill; I need not tremble at the storm, My summer shall be summer still' Like the still stars my peace shall be; MY,life is hid with Christ, in God. My anchor is within the veil, And there ms soul hath her abode. The dark to me is only bright;; Calm, as the sea of glass,time's flood; All grief is joy, and pain is ease, And evil shall be only geed. LESSONS OF WAR. NO. IX AN army, when in the country of ' at l ene my, and surrounded on all sides by over whelming numbers, and eager to reach the asylum , of some friendly territory, has 'but one resource remaining—to meet the enemy, front tolront, .and cut their way through all opposing force. To turn aside qr ,fly, is cer tainly to throw away their lives. The ene my, bent on their destructiony will not fail to pursue, and that with every possible advan tage. in their favor; since, emboldened: by success and their numbers continually in creasing, from the hope of plunder, they may safely and effectually attack the fugitives, at once unprotected against the wounds inflicted from behind_ and unable to use their arms for the purpose of repelling their assailants. isAiiinecessary to cite examples of this kind 'Of extremity. Such examples abound in hiStory, and' every intelligent reader is fa- , miliar with the picture. All the labors , and: trials we encounter in, life, and all the weaknesses we have to contend with in our own character, wage against us a ferm of warfare of which that which`is de scribed above id an exact and perfect resem blance. These are enemies that must be braved , and *anguished upon their own ground, as; they will follow us with persist eat and bitter hostility, till we :die. If we , Van our back upon thein they, grow the more fierce, and will not quit us while we live. We must attack them in their chesen position; we must push them before us. Theadvan tage is all, our own in seeking the conflict , it la all theirs if we decline it. Men, by sleep and intoxication, would drown !the present sense of grief and poverty;: this is flight, with all its' defenceless. naked ness, its disarmed and helpless iveakties,s ' certain and disastrous consequences „ Xuour. struggles with adversity, and thC, iuperfec fections of our own minds, we have to do with' foe that will.not desist; that *ages , a war, not of, &Moir `butt exterlitination. Quitting' the field will not put art.endlo the;battle, ,but hasten and embitter onr ,defeat. We have only to choose whother we will meet the. enemy - with the best { auspices.our condition Can afford, or, by slog and 4eqpnnaeney, turn the back and fill with overwhelming rain' and indelible dishonor. S. P. , FL To withhold formal honors from a descry-, lug man, does not lessen but enhance, his re putation. In the reign of Tiberius, Dolabella put an end to the war that had riged for many years in Africa by the death of Taofa rinas and the destruction of his Numidian army. Returning home, attended by the il lustrious prisoners taken in t:lke war and the ambassadors of other, nations, who, terrified by the fall of Tacfarinas, came to sue for the friendship of Rome, he sought the honor of a triumph. This, through the, envy of. Seja nus, the faVorite of the Emperor, was refused him—a circumstance' which is said to have greatly incressedthe credit of Dolabella, with. the Roman people. 'For, surrounded mile was by so many ,splendid evidences of his greatness and succcss, was not possible that the . absence of 'ceremonies they were ac customed to witness on such occasions could produce any other 'effect than to turn atten tion to. him, and increase the glory of his achievements. • - From this we learn that wherever great, and worthy deeds are performed their reward is sure, if not from the act of senates by the more honorable deoree of the human breast. There is a steady and pervading lustre in noble deeds and solid person's]. worth which no artifice and no untoward circumstances can prevent froth 'shining upon the world. Indeed, these seemingly unfavorable influen ces produce, where real merit is concerned, effects the opposite of what had been expect ed. As when, during the representation of some excellent drama, the lights that burn around the thronging gallery are sometimes diminished almost to extinction, that - •the eyes of the beholder, relieved from,the trueion of immediate objects, may be 'fixed undivided upon the transactions that are passing before them, and that these may glow upon• their view with and unrivalled splen dor ; so the silence of deservittg - men, to lay vain glorious claim to the honor pertaining to .their actions, and the attempt on the part of others to obscure them by drawing a veil over the eyes of the public, only render their, intrinsic lustre the more appatent, by concentrating, ; the thoughts of all lapon the surpassing deeds themselves, Which rapidly and irresistibly reflect back their 'glory' upon the Men: who performed Χ lidw deep soever the obscurity to which they bud' been deliberately consigned. S.P.H. —Banner of the Covenant. Ir believers are condemned by the world, let them remember that they shall not,be condemned' with the world. Sin,may live in a believer A but a believer cannot live in sin. It may lose its dominion, though' not leave its habitation.—John Mason. Gob's pardon grafts thee upon a new stock and therefore he expects thou shouldet be ftil of new clusters. 0, X. AIIEANASIUS“ DR. STANLEY'S recent valuable work on the "History of 'the Eastern churah,"'Tire-' sents us with much that is interesting and even new in regard to 4116 life and character of this distinguished. champion of .orthodoxy in that early period of ecclesiastical history when he flourished. The.above;, author, con- ciders hhu a, representative man, inasmuch as " he. exhibits the peculiar, tendencies of his ageAlnd church:;" and without attempting to give a general knowledge of his' history, specially refers to his early life and episcopal cdreer; his contests with =the Emperors, in cluding the , - cue actions of his ; and his peculiarities as a theologian.-- Under these different heads he-clearly and graphic ally portrays the intellectual and moral .linea merits of a noted uhristian worthy, who ably and faithfully, did the work which Providen ce assigned him, and gained for himself a high place in 'the catalogue of these who, in dif ferent ages have served Christ" and the chUrch. The following selections from this excellent ~work. will' n` of prove uninteresting , to our readers: HIS GENERAL! CHARACTER. On•-the night of Thursday, the 9th of Yebruary; l 3.sB; Athanasius with his congre gation was, after:the manner of the Coptic Church, keeping, through the whole night in the Church of,S. Theories, in prepa ration. for the Eucharist of the following.day. Suddenly, at midnight, there was a tumult. without. • The church, which, waa of unusual size s was surrounded with, armed men. The presence of mind fore which he was famous did not desert the. Bishop. Behind the altar was the` Episcopal throne. On this he took his Seat; and ordered' his attendant 'deacon= to read the 136th. Psalm; whichlas for every verse the response, For his mercy endureth forever." It waslwhile thescresponses were being, thundered forth, by, the congregation,, that the doors hurst open, and. the Jmperiat General and. Notary entered ,at the, head of the soldiers. The soldiers were tor a thechantingmo " ment terror-struck by of e Psalm. But, as they pressed forward; a shower of arrows--flew through the church. The swords flashe,diri the lightsof the sacred torches ; the din of their shouts Mingled with the - rattle ,of their.arms. The wounded fell one upon another, and were trampled dow-P the nuns were seized and stripped; tip., church was, plundered. Through this mass of horrors, the two Imperial officers and their. attehdants passed onto the "screen before altar`Athanasius' '.'refused to go tiil most of the congregation 'had retired;' bit now he was swept away in the crowd.' In his own version of the story he is at - a loss to account for his, escape. •,But his di minutive figure may well have passed unseen.;, atid.7l4 l garn,_ besides, m _thac he was actually carried out in a swoon, Aida sufficiently ex plains his own ignorance :of tke nicakof his deliverance. 'The ChUrch was plied with dead, and the floor was strewn with the swords and arrows of they.. soldiers. Re, vanished, no one knew whither, into the darkness of the winter night. ' ' • This scene Well introduces' us' into the eOn siderition of another and more general side cif the eharacter of Atha,nasius. The quali ties that most forcibly struck his contempo-, raries seem ratherto have been the readiness, and versatility of ; his, gifts. An Oxfordpoet, in, the "Lyra Apostolica," has sung of •" The royal-hearted Athanase, With Paul's own mantle blest." Whatever may have'been. the intention of this comparison, it is certain that there was a resemblance between the flexibility of Athanasius and the many-sided - character of the Apostle whose boast Alms to have "made himself all things to all men." None such had occurred before, atid none glob. occurred again till the time of Augustine, perhaps not till the time of Francis „Xavier. HIS HUMOR. Amongst, the _traits which may, be espe-; ciallY selected, as bringing this part of his character before us, and also as being oo much overlooked in the popular' ziotinni of him, the first is the 'remarkable quickness' and humor of his address. • , 'Take his clever retortto Conatiattius, who;' at the instigation of his Arian .persecutors,; had asked him to open a ='church :for the: Arians at - Alexandria. "I will grant , a church to the heretics at Alexandria,4s soon as you grant u church to ,the Orthodox at Antioch.." It is just the one retart, obvious indeed,;but unanswerable, that may .always be made to an intolerant factien. They al- Ways shrink'frdinthe test. - Take,sagain, the wellsustained and pointed irony of the scene in' :the Council, of Tyre, where he produces the man whom:he is ac cused of having murdered, and whose right hand he is , supposed to have , cut off. , The muffled figure introdneed ;he shows the face first, and ake"all round: "Is this Arse nius, whom I niuidered ?" He draws out from behind the" cloak, first one hand and then the other : " Let no one now ask for A; third; for 'two hands, and' two only; haiv every human being received from the Creator of all things." ,It has been.,often .said.that a men who can pyovoke or enjoy a f laugh is sure to l'itioe'eeti' fellow creatures. We cannot doubt that such was Athanasius. Not less , efficacious is the power of making use of a ,laugh or a jest, instead of serious argument The grave ,Epiphinius 'Ventured one day to ask Athanasius what he thought Of the opinions of his dangerous supporter, theleretic Maxeellus. Athanasius returned no answer ; but - a significant smile broke out ofer his whole 'countenance. Epiphanius had sufficient humor to perceive that this. meant "Marcellus ha t s had a narrow escape." So, again, when,he was asked his opinion on the common irractice of death-bed bap tisms, he replied with an apologue which ad mitted of no' rejoinder : "An angel once said to'uty great predecessor; 'Peter [the 'Bishop of the see before: Alexander], why do you send me these sacks [these wind-bags]'care fully sealed up,' with nothing whatever side ?' " HIS MAGICAL REPUTATION. Another trait makes itself felt in the wide spread belief entertained ..that he was the great magician of his age.. It was founded, no doubt, an his rapid, mysterious ,inove meats, his presence of mind, his prophetic anticipations; to which must be added a bu morons pleasure in playing with the fears and superstitions which these qulities gendered. p/ I Th'e EinperOr'Constantineiaentering Conl • m 9 1 11: : : 10 - j•-u NE 5 .. 1 8 RSA •..;•r !• . • -'!"; •-;.,1 statitinople. in state. A small figure darts across his path in the middle of the square, and stops_ his horse. The Emperor, thunder struck, tries to pass on ; he cannot guess who thepetitioner can be. It, is Atlianasius,, who comes to insist on justice, when thought to belea,gues away before the, Council of Tyre. "The AleXandrian, Chiirah is dismayed" by the accession of Julian. Athanasius is_ unmoved ; he looks into the future';' he sees. through the hollowness of the reaction. "It is but a little cloud," he says,:" that will soon Pass away." He is pursued by his enemies up the. Nile. They meet, a boat desesuding the stream. Phiey hail it with the shout so familiay Egyptian travelers on , the, , great ,'rivey: "'Where is :Athanasius`?" " ' Not - very far off," is the answer. The wind' carries' the, pursuers ; the 'current carries dowtv the Pur sued. It was Athanasius,-who, hearing of their approach, took, advantage of a bend in the stream, to' turn, and and and escape them thie. He is passing through one of the squares of 'Alexandria. The heathen mob are stand ing around; a craw flies 'Over his head) They, ,partly in 'jest, partly in earnest,' ask him to'tell them , what its croaking meant:( He :laughs inyhia,sleeve,,and 'answers: Do you, not hear It. says Gras, eras, whichisl in Latin to-morrow,' which nieansjhat to- morrow semething untoward will befall,you; for ,tosnorrow, your Pagan festiyal, will be suppressed by an Imperial decree." 'it came to 'pass, and few'Woulii. car'e't`ask NOW- Inteally had'-gained the inf6rination. :Of all- thesv , incidenta ° the; secret tspringa, are to: us sufficiently clear; his ••übigizito~is, activity, his innumerable sources 'xifi , kn,ow..l ledge, his acute observation. Auti.ythilst his,friends they seemed to imply sigiennw ture.laid, to his enemies they suggestedsp,.. piciona of the bla:ckest' witchcraft. the murdered man, with, both his hands, was` produced 'alive; there' Were those W r ltO main tained. that it Was an opticarillusion, caused' by the glamor , which - Athana.sius had . cast over the Council 4 J THE enrnE , - TimoinGrAx OF ,HIS AGE lle was one of the few theologians whose fame was cOniidon bath' to East and,West. Whit he- was in the East I: need 'not' tete, further Specify. But he left' his footprint the West also, to a degree far beyond What is the -,case with , :any Other Eastern. Fattier. visited,Ronie and Treves. ,learned Latin to. converse with.- ; the , Romand3ishop. ' e. introducedl to, the Aopan.4 the ; strange : froM Egypt. i i(e brought wortaeti Cisin into Germany . . 'His very remains were gradually removed - westward, frOm Alexan, dria'te Constantinople, to' Venice; toFranee, to Spain. He was the father -Of all 'in a more precise sense, than,either as the oracle of the , ancient ,Churches ' or the ,writer of the chief theological creed of the West.. He was the, founder of Orthodoxy., , Before, his time, and before the settlement of the ,Nicene. Creed, in which he ,to r ok so large apart, might be said that the Jae,: . Of an brthodex' the modern Sense of 'the Word, was almost unknown. Cpinions 'were ` ton Iluctuatiiii, too, simple, too mix to admit, of it. `lt is a word, even to tlais,d'ay, ,of doubtful repute. ~No one , likes to he. called, "heretical,' but, neither, is it a term of 1111 4 mixed eulogy o f be palled "orthodox..'„',.. is a term whieh implies, .to certain ,extmt, narrowness, fixedness , perhaps even hard ness, cleactiOss of 'feeling at time's, rancorous animosity. , Tn thes6 iespeets its gre'it; founder cannot 'be to lse altogether free'from the reproach' Cast on his'followers in the same line. But the excellence of ,Athanasius, like that of every theologian, must be measured, not by his attack upon error, but, by his, de fence truth. <lodged, indeed, hY the hard and narrow standard of Modern times, his teaching would be pronounced lamentably defective. - But it is his rare' merit; or his rare goOd forttine,. that the centre of his theology was the doctrine of the •Incarna-` tion. His earliest treatise is' on that ,special subject, before it had become embroiled the ,Arian controversy; and contains : his calm statement of the deetrine, aua. of its, practical, effects on the World ? 'nriernbittered poleniics `ofhi:ill:addle 'life. And though theloimg; both .of the errors which he oppesed and of the'traths - which he Main taine4have variedin later times, it may be worth while briefly to point out how his_teach , ing, rei,ches far ( beyond his own r,t4te,i and extends into those manifold ,applicatiens, Which form one oflhe best tests of truth. , have, before, spoken . the, POVitAqill#C. tendeneies of which 40ianism was. the, par tial development. The Unity of the - Father and the Son ? which Athanasius maintained: against these tenaencies; is still needed' US, the basia of sound representations of the Di:: vine acts. It is a standing witness, that Scripture andtheology, no less than in phi losophy and _conscience, there is a marked repugnance ;to the forced oppositions between the justice of. ithe; Father and the,,mercy the $ 011 1„ which 11 1, 11 . through the PPPuIaF 8 3'17; toms of, the Redemption adopted' since the Reformation. Amongst ,tbe various figures Which A:thanisins Uses to express one is'that of " Satisfaction. Bat this introduced incidentally and in entire subor•:' dinationito the ' , primary tritthilthat the Se= demption towed from the indivisible love of the Father and the A Son alike, and. that its object was_ the restoration of man . to union with * God-Ai':was a - fitAiiite position of Arius that the finite mind of man could never comprehend the Infinity of God. SUch 'no tions have been sometimes pushed to a still further development in the form of 'repre senting the Divine morality 'as altogether different from the human. .:But.. it is a pro found remark or gifted. Inexqber of the Eastern Church, that'one grand result of the Nicene decision was the reassertion of the moral nature, the moral perfection, of the Divinity. In the Athanasialt <declaration that only through the image of perfect hu manity can perfect Divinity be made known to us, is the true antidote to any Such erro neous or sceptical representations of, the Di vine character. The lithanasian *trine of `the =Divine re lations possesses an element of permanence shared by no other theories , of that time. It recognizes only, two intelligences; in the world,..God 'and man. These are two simple ideas . whielv`will , last: as long , ' 'as thn human rice itself. ' . -But the-Arian theorith intro duce into`' the sub4eCt the hypoiheSiS 6f beings beikeed and. thiiman, such as belong' to tie transitory anil dubious' province which! lies between religion and mythology. If the controversy ; ,, ad ended ; by fixing in the petypre of the Chrietiancreed,.. a being like the gels or /gong, et the,,e41,1 heretics, or 'the superlitmip . saints dthe Latin Church, * th departure' from .` ' the sith licity and sobrie ',Of' ChAlstfaii'faitli *mild" iiir. have been. far wi %View. elan bilicie &se in any true stateme 't lithe dtobtatn . el Of Atha'- , nasius ... - •;.• :v. .. i ~... .. i..1:0-4 ....)i.i'i MIS' DitlOßf anT4l IdifiCildENT:' ~ .t , i'T lI N 4 11 ... ~ . tr.• .... .os `There was it's l• aloe • •eXcellenr !Mr of •Orthodoxy inihigth-llthannsius ;!wair• con-1 spicuons. He h 4:1 _firmly. aped the-idea that it;was• a Cial • *turfduty. to reconellPjm; aginicY•diffe,re.R9 , P ll' •dialiir 2 i ' , Akeerllall 8Pn,4 1 4... 1 531- 1 1n 4 . Pliti l ol., ; ,,,,,, t ''. '.. t t '' . ; sAn Gregory .11tininn , ,:lbe i was i ti "fire m . ;14. c l . t ( t burns away ' as 'a fereet 7 the l lfoii44, 4egitiif tion; and a sword AlClrenta r WlTif 15Y the' roots, no he was a'liisbaiittliiiinliliihilbviiiit fan to separate' ttictlittaUfrOfhTtlii soli grain of the wheat;24... ‘ ' tr,lierirmlfraloiig• with the sword of4e e.6 ... iqueror, , he was also; the hreath ,of •the;cillickg spirit.'! e. .• .i. , Both in discipline and in•doetyine he gave; proof ; tha.t he4ten.iilling;tofiaerifice.thojet; ter to et theApßt'.l. A. solemn. decree of ihe ' Nicene COunbil, ii.ge of the : few still observed in the Vat; i 1 rte '; 'the' preagriCe cribree Bishops rfoiv Fop se ' al eoneeciation,s.aiut ilie 141 usage 'of the Egy ' taii-Chureh'regitiredithai alttenchApPOintmekits-;should take place %Ma Alexaidria , nen: a; young. active layman , hed :been: 063:wee tdlr;i.s i?' bra , sing le Bishop, . 414ittilt" dos :Ac:th.e see •of Alexin,: s r Athaisim ; Tueseed,in„the, nppoint” ffte a 49lo lagyipt 141tie:TA* received, t9lTr , iffultY> b. ao nifiiiier , "?eit to e noiesiies . Of; Oa thi ., "4aproMoted !cio'the'inetiefelti 'se e he proiince:' ' leiti- diktrin like 'gave a yetinidre siattli ‘ tigl !proof of this same disiositiont :4' . .1T there' was' any one objeckwhielk he . might seem , 16 hive at heartmorei thaiLsay other, it was thetworkb liomoousion>.whjolAlw had been, the:MI.ORPO; of . ii a tr,0404m,, ON, ..the Council ; .. Of.,.tepeo r; TtLeri 4:1 14 4 01. 44 . . 14 1 , 7 04 Oirk OVO. hy the word' Ala 4d: in kid di elid ' 1 ugh, ,life andlliiiitP.' ruf thelvi•rd it6fle ' wis iiiliiietiiiitiiii, Akeii he found' that it'd` misunderstood. We may think, with Bishop' Kiyei ihlithe flight have come earlieflio this cOnclubionp•-••:But that he -should have':come: to it at' all, 'shows • ;that he : possessed :a: mare qualification Oa great theologian, 1t,i44 An edifying ,instiinee,oLthe poyer.of appreciating, identity, of 4.9o.ro;•T'Aer,rd#lo4l3#ol:llYl4. oppoiute, 'terms of iseeeh.. ~- .., t f: . , , 'Yet„one .pift . re imisirtani toile of t ; luilftiul ;liiiii:ieherVed fifethellOie 61'16 life c, "nariely, fig ' reeoneile the' dfiritdciiih" 'of rilib l ".lllalit 'arid' West;' whfeh4•ehrtisAmit4l to , break outi,:as -they'. did after*ards; 1 into 4 open :rupture- on these verbal queitiens.; The; Council the-Apeak ties at Jerusalem is the only • one of which the direct object was not, an , enforcement,of uniforixkith".lmt A.,Plf)rat4wn of : diversity.. Thit which, in liter times,, approsiehed most : .a: .:.0 .V...::. ' •:4 Cou n c il' nearly to it p tbef eat was . ar c . . held at 'Aretgilifna, • • n he the , ,laittiidariertiif Athanaiiii; ' iii' 'the year 3621 ”It i consisted' of the Bisholis.;retitiming-hornefronobanigh ment, after the struggle with the Arianiiind wrisiintended.te "'reunite,. by niii tadt of am nesty, Om brOliren fragments. of 'the 1. Church. These who had -lapsed into Ma4finlr. were ' now on, : submission- to , , be. Aeceyed , again., Lucifer Of ' Cagliari,iiiii.:ki,iree 8 1441!4e, iii&imi; p:Otested, 'ilia 'the 14nedigeord was' healed. Amongst other questions brought blifai-it was the dispute which, , had ,nrisen in the Ofltt,t4 of NicgA on the,iftpanjiv 4hP hypsta r is, and which 'had now i reached ,its height. The Latins still used t inihe sense. in wliieh. it was used` in the 'isTieene . Creed; is' identical With ouitici,.*Lich; they by substantia, the etynlological equivilent . Or hyposteilir - :But the 'Greeks had flyeglatilU uses it in.the sense: of-• prosopon (",,person") ; and ,taunted the ignorant :Latins 'ivith, lianiem,; whilst the ti artins,;retorted with, the charge.of -,Others,..in the hope ; 9r, stkiling,P , o'lnarrO, ,Prpeerihed the ,use. of both . worde. "The controversy;" says Grepi gory ? ,"had reached to puch,a pitch that lie' ;:qii.arters of the- world we a dn"the'point of beingtfitiV Minder 'by's difference of sylta: . When Athantisius,;of blessed memoiy;- sawrand , ,leard ,, thisiihe, 'like Iv trite marr .06 God, like.. a grand steward • of. seals,. deter mined that this absurd and .irrational sign, 14: -4.9,P.iyAnc•Nvord,7&s,,not„,tp, be ,en.- dared; and the A . .emedy, the.Chierm, which .he,, ha 4 in his owAilmitact:er Oi:MiT4lie broliilit to bear,lirthe. 'disease: " HOW did' ' effict, this? • ge . addressallieni end, 'ilia' kindly:. He ' `ex ned I in r eitiht terms Ibis/ shinte) Of wh - atwir intended, and when he ft:1111110st they agreed. and had. no. difference • inritiMtithey. meant; he granted ,freely to ,ssoli. thn =slot their, words. and names ; ;, 7bilst he,bonn4, them to gether by ,the .thinga, and. ,frt& ,w)4.4k words alt. 3yae. nn i re ,ioofit4thl,e , than' alt. the YOngliktiort :*lB64is *s-4; wilich'OrhatiktridilhiY linen' ela•:" 4iidNahltl.-"'"This i 8 Chore } honorable all thelideplehe !night& hard couches 'of iihich .the • advantith ends with the endurance. This was woithy&ll ffoons. winderingstandi exiles;: for: this as the ,ohjpck for-w,hich4is pbcre•Aog t o spfKoriPgst a 1 . 3 4,P ) Ai0,1 1 / 3 1(leY54Pci,biR9X 541 s , MT e sufKor,ings„we i te over." ;./. - 'The - Connell Of Ale;tandriii, Ws' 13 'the list pn?l!c occasion on which 4 4.tharmsins ed." It iii i geatiiiiirtirreflect," thlit . iii'the' old - age:CP l l3innet,llie,qasVitilblic fictlf cr. - Atha.: sins' life were of wisdothi-dieeernmeat:ind charity:. 1, •• • „et ; • 11, TRIALS T 6 ruitiriaroir,," remember," says Whitteld,'''''esoke,"years' ago, 'When' t Vat? ! Shields, I . into a glasa-hoiie ; and,4tanding very attentive, 'I saw several-masses of f burning. glassi , of vv rious forms. .11heiwcirkthan , took a piece of glass and put it into :one furnace, then,helput it into a second, and then' into althird., I . said : to him,. ' Wklidp i ypy, gyt this through eo many fi.re ?' .. ) Laktowered,,,,i 9, sir, the first not lint eneligh;por the second, and. tlieieffie we p u t it into and that *ill tkake Ifftrallsparent.'" with a useful hiniVtlitit we must be. tried and exercised with many fires,' until our dross-be purged away and we are made fit for the: owner's usv-r-Setect.lifisaellanies. •1•") ••• .; !kJ GODLY huinilraiion; ciedi "* .l " THE; PATH OF iTHE ROL OHRISTIA,2I 1 • behold the, path of the just, of. thope who, all.suilty in themselves. are ilefiif!ed. , in Christ- It isi as,: a 1 s hining : , light." Yes, the , belieyer. was " someA4l3eB - but now he is light in ihe,-Lord. Oriee, he' vim igniiraiit of do'd in ClAst, now he' can siix, "Abbe, Father. ) .' Orkei• he'' d*elt. in - the diaries&bf 'fir lint iii!rw' he ha& behn `Ailed ''mite doditi.'ibititeignis '•light- , ,Once, he trod. Ithe '' path; tofliebseurity and !gloom,' now: , he followe 1 0 the Light of I the. world.l.. Ao..longEw blinded ',by .;the .GodioZ thift,World,—no,longer governed jorrtleit.ardri lit Id*, hides All *t-, is i in,vPolo, • reekmo. 4clF,lb;be " le9 3 rpilie, i l; l lfht .. 4ine,. lefore,. "men,' —414 who'l l & .i`.1...." e 'Word 'of s pe t i.- chyptianj have yoli gfe r rind to he)ievie - tlt ) it' , such is' youi'-rialhn' -.• ". ' '-. • ' ifif 80; . itift tiliO i tis'ipogi4siire light:' , Zren" as' tilt !dawn; of thokn creeps , gradually on the earth,—greyetteaks 'of light•brightbning the eastern hinlaoriolavealiagutheldar.kiandi disc , taut: outline ottheilefty,hills,--radually il luminating,glen, and .vappy r ,and , ,sweeping away the lingering mists of night,—so, l from • :the first dawn of spiritual light upon the soul -even amid gloom ana'stadOw,,there is an onwar4togrees,—fiiitliritfliOpe, and love .are invigorated, '=the 11 -46 :spiritual understa,nd mg is matufed , „-- T richef .consolations are en joyed, and - tie ' heart' expand's' to the warm !rays ;tof. tlie " Sun , of Righteousness." And this path ;is most surely to conduct to the " perfee r day: . What certainharbingts of sising simarethe first, streaks mf.aawn.l i Thicklniete maihelcer .over thnt eArttk,m - 4 1 tx_li Clonal; may, s . hroud • ,her RA4 storms ratty sweep a long Alio\ p lains', !itill, in silent' y ang undeviating progr s, e sun will rre--7111 as Safely' as ' lie filial , ' : 'so iiiill"litt! rittaih lig meiidian sple ndor.' Equally' eiftliiii IllittNiro '. be Ilia the first ( lawn { of/ spirituel ligh t the , uitdeviatifig': premise. of a perfect , day = of , glory. The day of grace..office, ,begun; must a4V 41 490- -There inaytheeinariy. hindrances, - ' , 42nde.-efrilark AndinLYetetiont PrctvideAneai. but nothingtliall impede itusourse ---.l.otbhig , ahaA l arresk ite / progrees., The §Berionom , thelioril war healing in' kis ' wings elan . 2I , • ~, , • 1 ..a .!•ri.. - i. I' rieVerstand itill,--keiwards it will roll mite gloriouti" orbit,'' penetiafing , with Ifs' iianh'it eve d'arkiiketie; untirsillbtnerital shadows are merged and lost in its unclouded hid iter naltraptendorp jSee the. Christianp-aftet he :has descended into the gloomy • valley ; , and, ' cr9ased ti+e-htllows Of thei4rdim ! He stands uponlmmanuel's shore, amid the splendors of that ev erlasting day, whose, sup shall • s set no. more.' Diane, the, d,a Idaini ll i has now, yielded to ' gh4y, the, '"pe •rit 'day:" The i i , weary pilgr,ink+lia - s i6.'fig'" fArir the ilia (lows of'hia.pilgrimage; and fins;ihiteredViiit wcirld, of which it is. said; "There' shall:Ws no night there ." Dwells lie: on . thcillerile: and dangers through.which he has 'passed,, the,painei 8 0, sufferings and Privations-of his journey,—the toils, aud,trials,, and anicie tkis of his life,—itiif they had been too nu-, merm*. pt#rifid and as,Onining 7 4 11 , I I • lifetllinleh mi l li') enters waliin . the por t tals o , the eterrigil Oity ? `with ',ii i ii wall ' , lif sapPhire; and' ts"' gate Of pearl,l-Ladshe ngiee's On' the derail) tklnie; 'bid HIM whb sits upon it;'. and takes up His golden;• harp,—this will form,.he burden of his sepg • —Az‘Bleiei . the Lor d r ,Q . m~y. Lord;,o my !Tul l; fpf,His i converting grace,, ( His . prOidentill - tietilliis c -His unceasing care And lot?: Saviour Go t d, Thou haat Jed me by the'right Way,-I' - now Ben' by whit Thy dispensations towards' me were regulated aria.• is whit happinese•theiy• have ended'. • was chastened of the Lord, that I might not . be-condemned , with the writld. Though II then did 'sow in tears, yet.now I reap in joy. Often, didst Thou.turn my, gloomy night into BEWY. "Yl. ,ManYosdt* Plena of my Pilli gnmage hest Thou frinpf with - Thy golden beams.' By :Thy light Iluive walked through . daiiiriesViriany 'a Icing andithely itage.'of My journeY: 'Blessed ' Siviorirl rfiralie Thee for thy sustaining grade,:-L4tfor Thy cheering ~ P resencle,=---fox Thine . rimitirering faithfulness, -for Thy tender, rove ;—l•praise ',. Thee-for the .pains and sorrows,.the' affliction's and. bereaTements of my, earthly ; lot. , All. were deeded.: , With not,one stow cloud,-,not one night of opffering rrr with not °nein iredient in my cu p of could I safely havediiiieitsed. ' Now I ban _lke with what infinite*isainn laid tender hltvW, Thou' Week' . oota:tin' ell, rind 'eliding all; and'. ovArienll l ' 11%4.811)&6 veiled; turribige arid:lvirkiligs• of My earthly journey. Now I find, by blessed.' experience, the truth of •these, words; Which I 84:Platen:heard:in the:days of my fies4 s that, my, 114).er ha `no t been in vain :ix the Lord.' I,4ader, he t 'fi ypurprayer,i - 7; •„ 'Vouchsafe, 0 God, to lead ana gui d e m e by Tliy - Counsel:lbis; t and'afth6esid' riiceiie me into glory."—The Path wary 11010 LIBEL . „, I AM a creature of a day, paE*g,thr9ugh. life as an arrow through. the air. 'am a spiritidnie fidriflOod, a'nd~refiiiriing to G d, just hovering over the great gulf, till, a fkiie= nioinents , lienc'e)4 l li amino m'ore4eim: , FART" iikto2an , 'unchangeable eternity: Pwant-to: know, ona,thiug, the, way to:heavenly how to land safe .on, that, happy . shore..:God, himself, has .coßdekeenApd to, teach os i tA(l way,;. for,, ,this end he came * heaven. ,4p„ Bath' imitieri it dOwn t io a hook.. 'Oh, Me that At any priCe, give me thi; Book of God ! I have it ! Mere is khelv ledge enough - forime.' i Let melbe hinno terriuB .ilbwn• alone" , ,' only • God • is here. In - his presence,' I read his• boOk for.this end —to , :find the may- to , heaven. • Is. there a. (1 ' 0;4 oongerniog-the,meaoing,of what I read? Does anything : appear dark or,Antricate ? lift up .my heart, to thit . LOrd, is it not' hy *Ord? "if toOdiuoaOk wisdom:* let` id' 'of 'G A. Thinillgi*Ost liberally; 'and'•upliiitidiset - iiot," "Thou' hut* said; "if 'any_'• WWi ll ing 46 1 thljr he' shall.-k noir." :.11 4o.in' willing 46 'ad; let.' me khowrtliy ll“then .6eaitch‘afterJandnon-. eider 'parallel passages of Scripture,- ""normparing spiritual things ',with •spiritual."—J. Gon doth sometim.es• on pprpose , show us , ereatures'-emPtiness, that we may go to 1413 40.14(58. us, to see the,erea./ tares to be broken cisterns, that we may know him to be the fountain.---John Mason. It is ,119 t talkin g be a t walking with d th itt giires 9 ';'• bta • 'THE Rev H ,M. Harman recently deli vered.a timely Jeanie ,in the,Butawistreet M. E. ',Church, Baltimore,; on 57 . ;. ff Apocalyptic Dreamers l and their Dreaini,'-? from which we take,:the foiloiving .pithypassage: , It timely rehukeelthosu imaginative eXponfid ers of Scripture whe catch at sfight'arialo gies between. Scripture prophecy and ; histo ric events; and ,straightway persuade -them- Belies, that they have found the keys to the deopest „mysteries. accomplishedAn apocalyptic dreamer should have the fancy of Shakspeare and the powers of Dante. He Should possess the keenest perception of resemblances;liiit a totatblitidnesk-to' differences the 'first of these Awo , qualities would enable-him tebring forward; to the astonishment of „his readers, strking points of coincidence which their dull intellects had never discerned while the second would render him to all opponeh s. "' IVlathema'tles he ned.not letteli; at'least t he Should confine himself 'to to its. imaginary'quantities: ' Ha miglit also glance at'the poetry of the calculus. tut the rigid demonstrations of &did and Legendre would clip the wings of .his genius and Curb the powers of his:imagination. Hebrew he should never, study; not for theTeason assigned by one of the saints of the middle ages, for fear of becoming ; a ,Jew, nor, for that: assigned by George Fox, that the enemies Of Christ put an, inscription over hi head hi that language, but because a profnund, knOivledge of this tongue' bight 'sap the very foundationkof his airy castle, and make' it- tumble about his ears.' It would not be , safe for him to dip into, Greek further than to be able to trans late spme ! of the easiest passages of the-Ana .Burx.torf;.,Gesenius, Winer. and.-Ro binson lie should by all megns shun. the'other hand, he - shoul4 be versed the poets; W and. all the novelists from Wal ter-Scott te Charles Dickens ; hp. might 'also glanke Traveli. Fox's Book of Ilfartyis he should by alihneens read, as it would 'enable him the Pope all through the Apocalypse. The Mitlines of the ,world's history from the time of Christ should he,farailiar to him;_ outlines ; I say,. for otherwise, the imagination might not have sufficient room in which to work, and he might also - find too many stubborn facts to bend to theory. 'This - fortified, our Apocalyptic &eat:lei:is just as hipenetribleto deber eri ticismrasis the Monitor to the shots - of the Merrimac.' ‘f Itis a great - mistake to suppose that a man has judgment ~beeause he has genius. Geniusisth.e_faculty that invents,; that gives to an: 'astonished world' new ideas and new systems. Like the net, spoken of in one of the parables of our. Saviour, it brings to shore a &alight of all sorts; but it requiree the skilful hand of judgment select the good and east the had away. Genius says to us, in the language of Virgit--Hcee Gaza ,un dique—here-are treasuresfrem every einarter. It, is the office of judgment In determine, ac curately the value of these, treasures. ; .Ge, Wins may' ,401 P-Pared, to; ,the Vh?-§r) who throws up all sorts of minerals, while judg ment, like the assayer, determines the value of each rs Washington had but little genius, but a great . &it'd j'udgraent.' Kepler, Ba con and Newton bad great genins*, and, great jihiginent too.' -.:Our apocalyptic dreamers hav&generally bean 'Men of considerable ge. nius, but 'of slender judgment: In the inter pretation of Scripture, judgment is more,ner cessary than genius. For genius t,ells us what a text may meda; critical judgment tells us what it does thein..=—Methodist. liAm ,thee !';.every ~day, every hour is prepions. Make the :most of the golden mo ments. , If God have now, sent His minister ing angels to thee, whatever these may be, though they Should be the sable messengers of sorrow" and bereavenient; listen to `their call I' 'Up; and Prepare for the journey ;'go with the:determination of those who feel that life or: death is. involved in its issues. \Work out, your 'own salvation with Tear and 'tremb ling. The salvation is,-all= ,God's, giving,— the Z,oar of refuge is God's providing.. But, in reaching it, yon must set out, with staff, in hand; like men. in earnest, ,and stay net, in all'the 'plain.' thearigels could have waft ed Lot and his'faMily on their wings through the' air - ;" they might have'reared some fire:- proef pavilion' irc•the 'midst of the city, like another .Rababls .house in Jericho, which would. have; unscathed amid the tre mendous ont, 14gr*ti.on. the, command to Lot, as. to us,Haste thee, Pe! tarry nOt escape The angels, brought them out side the gates and then left them to pursue the aiipointediath. The Gespelia a heantiful combination of simple x faith, with earneet, ;—a plc dependence on: Christ, and yet the dili gent` use of nieina:' Its command is; Run with patience 'the atee' set before you, - look ing rant° -Jesus;' The night is far spent, the day,is.at ." Of • the times andnf the, seasons;, brethren ye have no need ,that I write unto, you For s -brethren,, ; the day of the. Lord so`cometli as a thief in le,night., l .Fer when they , shall' say,' Niee and `safety,then sud den' deistruction SUDDEN`! " ' yes, 'sudden Reinothei Lot's wife I' What must hate lieenthe feeline of this woman, as, in the twinkling of an eye; she felt every limb hardening—her body incrusted with the briny shroud. a winding-sheet of salt ! No sculptors' chisel ever so depicted the,horror of despair as in the rayless eyes of that cold statue on the heights of Siddirn ! And what Wall be thy feelings,o careless negligent procrastinator, despiser of warning, rejebter . of .grace,"When, • all unmet and un ready, the icy hand of death shall fix thee for ever and the irrevocable sentence go forth,,‘ Aim that, is filthy, let him : be filthy, , . Up ? , then, tarry net! : ',,Lost or saved, hea-' ven or hell, are the awful, the momentous al ternative ! As thy soul liveth, verily there mayhe' but a Step betWien 'thee and death.' With all; our 'abounding privileges, in this age of Gospel lighvand 'Gospel blessing, may we not-J-Temenibering how Lot's wife perish ed despising angetie warning—may - we not well conclude with the cogent appeal of the great, Apostle, the, word,Elpoken by an- ; gels was, stedfo, and avecy , transgression and disobedience xeceiY9d Jupt recompense Of reward; hew shall we escape, if we negiect io-givatMaedulf.`" =MU „GENF4FIE EVIS.GEMT.--Wiloie No. 837 APOCALYFTIO D4HAIIitS• BEWARE OF BELAY. =MEE tfiroizifter4NoE OF DOCTRINE. "JR the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do f" Ps. xi. 8. Of all Christian character; "'experience and action, the:foundations are laid in divine truth. This truth is capable of being- stated in clear, in telligible propositions, which,. when brought together in logical connection,- and embraced under a, single view, constitute systems of doctrine., : Such arrangement of things known are not inventions of the learned, but de- Mands 'or a necessity . , existing in all human mina; iireciselfin the proportion of their resiective eiearneds, strength and patient in.- vestigation..- 'Truths of religion, inspired truths that is, Scriptural truths, are not ex empt from thisilaw. The enunciation of these truths, intheir.simpler; more rational, or, more scientific, form, is dOctrine., To inveigh, against doctrine, therefore, in religious teach ing,- if not a Contradiction in terms, is at least withdralw religi ons. truth from the analogy dfilCiitheektitliltedge. " And to say ad= has been said, that " doctrine is the skin of truth, stripped off, dried, and set up empty," is to prate ighorantly for the sake of momentary effect;-if not to be treacherous to the high majesty.of truth itself. Doctrine is the form of sacred truth, adapted to inculcation and transmission. Doctrinal preaching is sup posed by some to be controversial - or polem ical, If any so err, they need the school master more than the preacher. Doctrine is aboVe all needed at a period of general awakening. A man convinced of his sins, asks how a sinner can be pardoned, in con sistency with God's justice;the answer to his question is doctrine. 11 asks what that work of Christ is, on account of which he may be adinitted to favor : the answer to his ques tion, whether true or false, is doctrine. He further asks by what means the benefits of redemption may be made his own : the an swer to this is doctrine. Awakened souls de sire the sincere milk of the word, that they may grows thereby. The Apostle Paul, be yond all - New Testament writers, affords milk for babes andstrong meat for men. He is the-doctrinal apostle. . —Alexander. A. COMMON MEETING-PLACE. The rich and poor , meet together in the same mouldering of the tomb. There is no difference .down in that spot where the grave worm has banquet I Among the dark ness, dust and putrefaction—among dead men's bones, you can find nothing to minister to human vanity. The loftiest and the low liest rest side by side, and mingle their duet together in the bosom of their common mo ther, earth. Affluence seeks, indeed, an ex ternal distinction in the burial spot ; but it cannot even seek for any other, and all it can do is only to rear some more imposing sepul chre, or more proudly-sculptured marble, whick may arrest, for a little while the pass ing stranger. It is only for a little while. As time sweeps on his course, the chiseled marble gives way ; the letters are worn off ; the piwi'd name is gone ; - the splendid tomb is crumbled > down ; the ploughshare passes over the mouldering :heart, or the spade of the grave-digger flings up the dust and bones of the mighty as . unceremoniously as those of the mean. In' 'a few centuries after they have left,the earth, the high and the mighty of Babylon, 'Tyre and Egypt—of Nineveh, Rome and Etruria, have not even a man left upon tbe earth ; and if thein sepulchres are known at all, they are only known as matters of curiosity to the antiquary, or to be rifled of their bones by the _rude hand of some heartless barbarian ! The decree has gone forth over all the walks of humanity alike, an will be everywhere executed just. &like— d:kg thou art, and Unto dust shalt thou return. —Dr. Spencer. SOLDIERS IN THE WRONG PEW. A few dayi since, at a church not a hun dred Miles distant the members and officials of 'which are somewhat notorious for active sympathy with treason, it was concluded to have a "Love Feast," and everything was arranged for inswing a good time, where they could console with and encourage one another, and pray for the cause of treason. Scarcely had the meeting begun when, to the surprise and consternation of the assembly, there Marchea into the aisle a considerable number -of the ",Lincoln hirelings," who having been informed that there was a meet ing—that night, naturally associated it with the meetings of yore, when and where Chris tianaxnet for an interchange of religious views and experience. But they had " got into the wrong pew," . 8,8 their appearance was as sociated,in the minds of some present with impprtant personal correspondence with the Provost Marshal. As soon as the excitement ceased it 'was'decided to place the "Yankee horde' in the side slips. But soon another trouble arose. Custom made it incumbent on the officers of the church to hand around the emblems of frater nity and Christian hospitality, and after an other consultation it was decided to include the " Hessians" as the recipients, as by so doing theywould heap coals of fire on their heads. • All the 'time the enemy were in entire ignorance Of 'their position, or the consterna tion, and , panie caused by their presence, and at the-proper time one of the " Lincolnites" arose, arid stated that four years ago he had enlisted under/ the banner of King Immanuel, and one year sine, he enrolled under the glori ous. Stars and Stripes,the emblem of civil and religious liberty, and by the help of God he would fight undor theformer while life should last, and under the latter while there was a traitor Aid with sufficient temerity to oppose the Union He Was, followed byy - similar re marks fret& the same side. - They fell like bomb shells in, the very midst of the camp, and 80011 scattered the seee,sh, who retreated in,," good order," without returning a shot. --4/48ouri paper . TRIFLING IV VIII ETERNITY.—How violent ly busy;ltre we often about trifles, and how trifling are we_about.AhiugS of the greatest moment how do many friends of Christ toil andsweat for earth, if not for hell, but sport and play with heaven:! Yea, do not too many friends of Christ, for the main sincere, engage their hands, if not their thoughts and hearts, in such a crowd of worldly affairs, though materially good, as that their spirits are distracted - eta unfitteillor conversation with 'Christ as their friend.-0/ii Writer.
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