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Strength and Peace in the-Lord.
" The Lord will give strength to, his people; the
Lord will bless his people with pease. SALM
' 11,
WHEN the weary heart is breaking, whim the
- sinking spirits fail,'
When the prayer we fain would'utter seems but
a feeble wail /
When the gloom is gathering o'er us like a black
and starlom sky, ;• • ,
How weloome Lord the strength add peace, thou
sendest froin orb high.
Strength even to press forward, even to bear our
grosAll - ; •
wriaba'er it be, the .sharpest pain, or, e'en. the
sorest loss; ,
When the weary feet are faltering, and we Would
life's rage were.rnn
&faith then ParrifY3Th Thy will not
.iokaine ; be doae,," , , -
Strength when the Tempter"l3 power seems ready
to o'erthrow, ••
Nerving the failing um with might to Eke the
motor's blow ; r
And peace steals oter the heart, whoa,* the vie-
tore wn'see'
The Utah OPThine °wit words, " My grace suffil,
• dent isle? thee."
When the storms of life are ready to wreck our
straggling barque, •
glen this proniise like a beacon-light shines o'er
the waters dark; • , •
men softly, falls the Saviottfs,vpice, whispering
"Peace be still,"
And 'a calm steali o'er each angry wave obedient
'to His will. • , ,
.44d 0 .0 ie. that dark hour • that n'en Abe firmeat
heart will dread,
When irom the•dinuned and elosing. eyes ?Oita
sunlight all has fled`; ' 4 •
When powerless are loving - ones to :0•. t) 11ro the
needed, aid,. . ,
'Tie p...eage to hear.,the blemedxopia; " 'Tie I, be,
not afraid,"
0, when the light of promises like these shines
forth so
Why should ever have, kdoubt„ whishould
we know a fear
Teach us to trust thee , who giveth "strength
e'en as our day,"
And peace the world 'can never give and never
,efskit. VOW.:
E. H. D.
-- 4 21coviser of use (Amnon&
APlke4
8 OX4VBIL WE,ISTD.ErfI4 ii.OLMF 4 S..
.14161.711 4 T rang heroes I , 'your . country is calling!
Timestrilges the hoer for the hrage and thorns I
w4tekt k e foremoct.are, fighting and falling,
Fill up the Linke, that haye opened for yOu'l
You , whom the fathers made free and' defended,
Stain not he serail' that emblazemtheir falngl
You whose fair heritago spotless despended,
Tissue not your ebildren a birthright of. shame!
Slay not fir 'questions while Freedokn'stluids
gasping I
Wait, not till Honor lies wrapped in his pall!
Brief 'the lipst ineetitik be; Swift the iJiisp
" 0 for 'tiebWers IP Is,enough for theruall.
t: - •
Byeak.fiem-the arms that would fondly caress. you.
Rorie 'tis the' bugle-WOO, I sabres are draWO!
Mothers shall pray for you, fathers shall bless you',
iMaidens shall weep foryou when youare gone 1
Never, or nor, :1,. cries the blood, of a natien,
toured on the turf where the red rose, should
bloom;
Now is the day and the hour of ealvaiion—'
Never or now I peals the trumpet of door&
'Never or, cowl roars the .hoarse•throated cannon.
Through the black canopy blotting the tildes;
ever or now ! flaps the shat blasied pennon
O'er the deep odze where the Otuntierland lies !
tom the foul dens where:our brothers are dying,.
Aliens, and foes in the land of their birth,
'rota the rank Swamps where our martyrs are lying
Pleading in vain for a handful of earth;
'rom the hot plains. where they perish outnum- ,
bored, • , •
Furrowed. and ridged by the battle-fleld's
plough,
lomes the loud summons): ton long you have
slumbered, • . •
Hear the last Angel-trump---,Never or Now I
LESSONS! OF WAL
ONE of the sleights of war, wlldth is never
eft unemployed circumstances admit of
is use, is to divert the attention of-the ene
ty, and cause him to apprehend danger on
to side where., does not, exist. It is •to
lake a feint of attackingsomentimportant,
dace, that a fatal blow, may in the meantime,
le safely struck at some other point where the
”uggle is to be decided: It is not se dart ,
mous to be surprised by an itnettty; as to
sve our fears excited by him. in wrong -
rection ; for in theformer case our strength
lough put forth under disadvanta,geoli
'ected to its proper mark but, in the la heir,.
mr strength, employed" upon some Mistaken
)biect, is spent in vain, and that for' ivliieh>
re have taken •Up arms left a bloodleis
inquest, to the enemy.
This is the favorite stratagem of Satan in
is warfare with , , mankind. It is the main.
Jature of his ,tappees.i.:the first lesson taught
is ministers ian ;hp_ art of destroying souls.
m
'ealy have we - entere the world, when
le raises the cry `of battle want and paver
are at,dur door, and must.be driven back,
whatsooVer hazard to' the *pelt and in-
:ePts of eternity. Our neighbors, he repre
int,o, are our rivals or enemies ' , envzing our
.osperity l 40.14Ottixig our destruction ; and
I,fety and honor Seem both-to sum Mon us to the
rife. Deceived by his treacherous alarins, we
dm the field,indconsternatiou, and are never
►rmitted to recover fretnot,ir groundless fears i
a all the real interests of our existence are
.chaps lost for ever. For, standing to our
..ms against what are but 'the 'phantoms of
tuman ills, we are spoiled, without strug
le, of our confidence in the: loite l , the care,
RI the promisee of God,---that solid pledge
id substance of all that is m valmble and
1r to man
It is directly front Him that' every 'form of
[pond protectimi and isqlta- be
•ght. The only''seriomt dangerthat , can
voach a human being in theprOSent world,
No: gv.
is tt. heart that departed from the Lord; by'
,
practical neglect of this high and 'un
changciable,lawi • Legit' be our suprenu3 aim
in,the campaign -of life v to preserve' an. obe.,t
client, heart-felt-,trust in his word through
Jesus Christ, and that is necessary,
to huMan happiness oar,be wanting to our,
condition. It is therefore amexample of the
greatest weakness, as well as guilt, to per
mit ourselyes to be seduced from this capi
tal' position, where all 'our!preniotis wealth •
for soul and , bedy - is gathered together, to'
wage a long andr , exhausting war , upron ;the ,
dreary, confines -ofi life; for the possession of
things, that
,cannot be lost if this pre
served nor preseried if4lAs he lost.
--Bo a ver ofthe Covencan,t.
CAIM • • • L .
s ee that mow-11Onolet—iro":74:
pious, so earnestly devout. 13eliold his cowl.-
tenance.'wears a lo6k of intense ietious
ness.; His eyes are now eloseititiiithe were
absorbed in saintly Meditation; and now open
and directed up - wail:4s if he. were communing
with good, -=iiteiwy,l Diet with 'mighty
Ho lEttecds, bpgirmlyto utter, words of sup
plicatiou. Hear him now Rrayer con
sists of phrases and interjections,4 of which .
you hive a litiiidred tiraes heard in Previoua
instances. But you could, nevertheless; ea
sily endure. hisuse, of •hackneyead: expressions
could you see, any evidence•cfspiritual fresh
itess, and ,forvor, in tha t utanaa he utters.them.
But though he prays vociferously and with
grave intonations, yet lieprays with an , ob
vious' want of pious - emotion., His petitien is
lend, but emptily so. 'Hid Solenm manuer df,
speaking is evidently an affeetation. In short,
his phraseology seems to you utterly barren
of true devotional feeling, ancti•you cannot
help thinking that his prsyer, is , one df theh
Znd WhicloTe,sus condemned; in the Amnon
on the Mount. „Forcibly eneugheemes to your
mind thatpassa,ge of, the Mister in which. he..
cautioned leis hearers against the use of vain
repetitions" in their prayers, telling'them it
was the' wayof the heathen, who thonglifthey
should be heard .for their muel4•speaking.c
"Vainrepetitions r• How - vividlyddicriptive
is this phrase of Avery prayer like the one.we
are considering!, A expresses, all but the
rr
whining tones with which such, prayers are .
made. These two words, vain, Fepotitions, •
were adopted by the translator as best: show
ing the meaning of the single Greek 'term`
used in thetext. And' that-Greek term is
very Multiftr- ~c.''',Yerk tkg second
Person. Put in tnglish letters it is Batto
logesete., Ais 'said to have; een formed froth
the name of Battus,„ a certain; ,flab ler; of .
whom Suidas says,that i'e made long hymns,
consisting of many lines' all of which were
fell of repetitions. flow fitting , the word
thus formed to express` the character of a
prayer consisting of cant phrases and cant%
tones—a, prayer. which is a= sort of babble
"• ;Now, perMit 'inet to affirm that,every
stance of grave, mouthing, n like:, the one that
hat3,l?can eketPhed, ie atiln ineo449e, of senetiT'
monious, cant. This is a grievous_ evil in. the
church. Ibis, the SOl6 in which conceited me-,
diocrity and obtuse stubbOrn ignorance make
their professions of devotedness. Itis &strain
after ' effect exhibited in the eXpression of
purposes that nthe mind has never formed, and
nf a zeal that the heart has never felt. It
embraces a loudness which hasno accompany
ing earnestness to make ;.it justifiable. He
who uses this kind of cant ,assumes" rueful
looks of affected coueeTen,'' ,
*entV#4,ual
ly serious; he is dolefully Shallow r= J:. D.
HEAVENLY; REPOSE• :
Linon is rest to the loving spirit --con
glOal work is not toil ;, and in heaven t .,
tough the, redeemed " rest not day nor
Might'," yet
The
is a peaceful, coitgeniol
activity. The work Which on earth gave rise
tO the feeling of effort, then passes: into
sure . and the sours repose is in goodnese,
rt goCidness, which has become a very neces
sity, and in, whick holy thoughts and works
are as devoid of effort. as. song to,a,bircl, or
fragrance to a summer 'flower. -There is end-,
less repoSe, yet endlesii activity;—un*earied,
yet delightful employment in the.iiervice of
Gad.. No more shall the redeemed grieve
and niourn,=-:-no more shill' tears of 'sorrow
and di saPpointment fall, 'or' the 'heart be stir
charged; with;-affliction:- and distress. " The
anxious troubles and the bitternares of ::life
are never felt in the realms .cf glory ; for
there,. no seductive .pleasure,,,misleads,— r no
ainbition unduly excites, : --no caikingtho4hts
fetter and cramp the
BelieVer !, anticipate that "rest." Put a
few more rolling suns;—ale* more painful
struggles,—a few more " swings of Tithe's
pendulum," -and , the world's curfew-bell will
toll, announcing that the Sabbath 9f eternity
has come. Then will you enjoy that "rest,'.'
which even an. angeri`•Voice - eindlinot port
tray, and be :with Thin, who has 'been the
source of all your 'earthly happiness;—Him, ,
by -Whose sorrow you were niade to rejoice,
—Him, by whose grace your nature witere
newed,—Hith, who was your advocate When
you, offended,--who blessed you all your life
long,—who communicated to. you His Holy
Spirit,--who showed towards,you , a patience
iwhich nething could exhaust, a love I.vhich
: passeth, understanding,—who though you
outraged, and dishonored, and forgot, and
,turned ave,a7 from Him, would never turn_
'away from He had conducted you in
safety.o His everlasting kingdthn:— Words,,
of Comfort. ,
SALVATION NOT AN ACCIDENT.
IT is the signal error of many that they
treat salvation-as an accident. I repeat it,
they treat salvation as an accident—an ex
pedient brought in to remedy evils Which turn
up in the stream of chance. The propitia
,tiou of the incarnate Son of Godis, not a mere
refuge, from inevitable necessity,
,but a glo
rious, mystery foreseen long before, the fall,
before the world, before creation,' and de
clared in due time as beyond all conceivable
=ides the brightest display of the Godhead:
fr. Alexander:
Dverg giyes I t he he to all the elieoulatiois
of all the mol,l:fists ;' it' only, eves e yt. •
denee and eetuiisteney to 'the statements
the GospeL , —; - • ,
7 . --r7l 7t. I • 7
TILE 1!.0N - E 1,01: AU.G.O S,
,1 .V was one of those preachers
whose 'power nail never be estimated by their
written disci:nines. We want to see the man
and heir 'his - voice, tt? witness the fascination
afMhis niaturertand the flash° of his eye. - Who
could forni any adequate conception "ot
Whitefield by , the mere perusal of one of his .
printedserinons ? That tiugestinelad 'great
skill,,and power as 'a preacher, is evident
fiout the effects which he. occ + sioiciany, pro
duC4d. Two instances of this kind he [ hos
himself, recOrded.
',There was a Custom, among, the people of
Cresirea,Mauritania ) which had been ear
vied to a monstrous pitch of cruelty. At a
particular 'season of the yeari citizens, neigh
-
boars, .brethers, :.parents, and children, , hav , l
ing formed. themselvetv into , partiee, engaged]
AcjiameaLvatin..hatithLmitkatonsaa °
killing. whomlie could. , Augustine's object,
was to dra7t oily, the xeople from& spectacle,
in which they pelt, ivery great' delight..
haa given his 'discourad on this Occasion.
tells us, hoWerVii, he availed. him
1 , self, liolfar as he was able; of the grand in
°: e1m:06126e, andnot without some success. Al-,
tonle 'la& addressed the people for a, while
in this way s 'they begat to.speak aloud, and'
to applaud. him: Ile was too acquaint,:
ed, hOwever, with. the, human heart, to, „sup,;
pole that he had effebted anything suhstan, ,
tial,, so long ,as they amusecl.thernselyea wit t
giying•liim applause. lie therefore proceed 7;
edin a different strain and soon saw then',
melting intblears. 'Blether'. concluded that
a' change had an reality taken pla'cain theM;'
and , thilY the iiorrid° custoni,. had been
hauded' , 'doltn to them. from their heathen
state, would be abolished. "Nor. witis
S. P. H.
he Ws,clisappointe4 . ; for itis,n?mr eight
year 4 since, ail4"-ng' attempt 11 .a‘..70 '49en
triad° to renew
As . to the second. in t atance mentiened, :
seems that the AfriCan- ohnichea-1-4,i4" thaf
atf Hippo'amolig the reathad long been ac
customed to celebrate the birthdays of cer
tain saints, and the end had so perverted
them,that they were made occasions,of feast,
ing and, drr plrenness. And what made the mat
ter more intolerable, these disgraceful -;cele
brations were held in,the churches. , Augus
tine early determinedto ptit an end 'to them,
at least In and'in a liing let
ter to 'AlYpini, le tellenalow skilfully and
faithfully' he inanage4 and with what , entire ,
success. ,He Iliad been' for some time pre
paring his, people for the change, by reading
and e4pounding to, them the.most appropriate'
Scriptures, . .o.n. the ,day preceding-one of
these celebrations, he told them , plainly, if
they dared'tp contemn the great Which
had been, spoken to thdinin tI4 name of 0-00,,,
that 66(1 would surely .. vieit' their transgres-'
sifts with a "rod, and their iniquity with
stripes", even in the present life. " While' I
thus. addressed therti," .says.he, and Made
cornpkt ! ints,_,t4. „op.ixtei . 9 4 9A secseko .
impaitto,* ceurage.and strength, :accord.
to, th - q r9kNpitudp, and danger of the en
terprise. I did. notmove, their, tears by
mine ; but when I had done apeaking:l con-,
fess that I was 'Unable to refrain.' Haying
thus' Wept together for a'wi ile, with a ',strong
expectation-of their amendment, - r brought
my address to a close:" . •
On the following day, ;when they were --ac
customed., to prepare, for the disgraceful fea-'
tiyity, some were inclined, to ,murmur and
ask : WILY , n O 7 ? Our 'fathers who livka
before us, and were wont to engage in these
feShivitiea, were not they Phristians?" " 'To
these men, and to all these who sympathized
with them, Angnatine 'replied
Why now, but'rather, Even, now. Yes, ndiv,
after so long a time i bieak offf this disgrace=
ful , practice; and honor - the holy martyrs in a
manner more- appropriate • an& edifying.!!
,The practice, the preacher goes on to tell us,
was effectually broken 'up." —Princeton ,Re,
view;
BETWEEN the false freedom,of, the Saddu
cee and the ritualism of the Iliarisee a third
course lay open. The tssenes sought "rest in
a mystic asceticism which Prothised 'freedom
bY the conquest of seise,' and true`Worship
in the substitution of the spiritual for the
material. Like similar reformers in every
ago, they begaulty asserting the soverignty,
of
,God,to they exclusion of . man's freedom.,
Jews byrace, they feithd their chief bond of
union, in mutual love, as members of *a society
rather' than citizens' of a nation. insti
tition of celibacy and' the: community of
goods reduced the relatiOns.oftheir domestic
lifutothe simplest form ;. but each detail as
sume& something of the solemnity of worship.
Though ascetics, theydid not wholly fly from
the business and society of pen, but,,
in Scattered communitis, they of ere ct pub
lie testimony to truth, 'justice,, end purity:
At the same time, by vaned fastings and
histrations, and by ;the totud.y of the Babied
books, th a irett towards a closer Conan
nion with' e, unseen world, and claimed to
retain, among them the gift of prophecy ; and
" is-..rarely," Josephits , adds, f! that. theY
are found to err in their predictions.,", •
the school of, the Essones, 4 ltewever differ
ent in its final shapefrom -0:1.1,p . of the Phari
sees, yet sprang•freth the same causes. A
feeling of distrust in life,' a faithless
ness to tread in the old paths,_acraving after
the protection of, 'a ' Stern. discipline, at Ihe
same time a zeal prepared for:any sacrifice, ,
found satisfaction in , the ,4ninuteness of •an.
oral,law, or in the Self-devotithr of a religious
rake..7—f-,t69u--•
rRoRESA go'l*ss•
,
THE progress made in the path of right
eousness, not al — wayi - diiroferible at short
intervals of time ; and 'to the sovereignty of
God, both in his general , providence and in
the communications of his special , grace, we
;must refer the question 'why, some improve, so
rapidli,'Whilp others are either stationary
or , denhning under the.same' means, ; and, with ,
similar natural diepositions, Dr. A. if&
Lea.'
Tats„is the actual situation of the world
—a mighty stage of Conflict and ambition to
higher beings whon'tii aspiring after the mas
tery over iti—Chalmers.
TEA Goipd 'is rutilandtleil solitkiy me's
isage.
.PHILADELPITIA
Tlig , ESSANE
THE S.
T ' . *II Rat •.. ""! •'
T ~ . • ~. . . .
.• •No nne : muse - le.° i Ithe itiody i ne.orie . :se toot
•
muscles can be e, !tilmonsly useditlwitheit4
an eventual paral "si:br.totil; lose, bf•poiVer; i
until restored by r te,:alut.,if .ofecolas,vof:
muscles , be. etuploY ./fo r., time , VOA : 41104
er, wbiie the. SO/7.3:1! 1-413 ,at
,eet t :the r twp ,tb.t!s
altem:ataig may : be ; O SIO .0 IncoPiOnl..wit4nuf:l
y
tlin'eliglaset fatigu e' oilxiiirs.f4ether., A
grind may even •cry' Valli: ivierineiii from
' walking; but . pre il t• Idin - siddenlylrith 4
beautiful•little *a • 'i• and tatoNibinfitOJteito
• hold.' of it. 'laid . ilit , coinpubionAkver , 4 •
"smoothatad; the • 0 et. mill‘be accepted. with
alacrity, ana L t4e: usement will . continue 1
for a time Kiel t ' the walk, withou eRy,
t
complaint .of .7beiwitieed*on the contrary,
there will berarfivOiseee;of i aotics new and
4elightful:. litany i4raveferlits rested him
self from riding 'Mk ItiOaiik.e't iiiiii car s
, . •
....Ming , air& . - wit• - • : tvi) ;mile TslW more".
simply because . a.‘4fier, e.x it a ti i a L o i .
muscular action is brought ino•Tplity:i'ibither
‘ new; get of muscleif t or an action .of the
Unes in. • ki, different direction ;x ill%lgOin to
dhow 'thin the muscular system; the w hole
'liod?r, 4111 have reet, or must''` retnatuiely
perish: - ''Precisely4.lilie is the liw Of; ;the
'blind, *Ose faciliti are
,verio*. ' A" limn
who tiii4s: intently 10•?:..fiiiugle.',itibjebtbe
domes*Upuble at #lgl3l ol plyko ? Arc i. ,t l in g
~t x.
his thonghts upon t at sub; 4,4 A, gdyitAage,
'and ip,etinotively lay down his bobiohis mod
.el,. oF his, pen, to; -e •• 4 Sr i anc... , '&18 tall% ob-'
servedfact, thet ;a • rge. numbe of profess
ed studentsof pro •i• eoy.Tibeobnit deranged ;
iti e - 46t4d - i s till of i 1 iibminfacis l 'of persons
web liitiCio persistluitlytkiiglit of &single
,eubject,; thit the - -mind A hsubecourgiTtrma,
nently-- " unhinge& f, i : d.n.7 trega: rdTto ; it. , !T ; •TThe
attention, of the. Yreka governmenthltae Ist*
ly..hepa. :4rerk to. the; , AvtidAn.,s li,gy, : khat
• one i n .ev,e7tealt .the-floi!! l 4figil ) W:9tir.•
of the army, f 1 1 .1 1, 41 -Pi c 5t7 40 14 , ,,1 1 4t9T-
Ano; .. m.iionse; •
.. , .
„O keveree,
tibia* Metli l eint :. ' rhiniti(*."" Vile id:Ca
e t , ,
of the tin'ining- , • I ege' Ofyrlitsgeif 'BOl, - ficoin •
long and extensive ',bbierVation,•l4P"iinit iiii'
dertake to teach UlliundrediehildierVinihree
• how* re ' day as; lunch as-they ban . Vossiblyze=
;wive ; " that ie,, , ,when: a dales Peen(
.kept .
'atiAtn4Y, -three,. lonce, Ate..Arain: lgtoomeni ilk .
Taßftolei ofPFBI4 it Netknci4y#l4t.mpo.4y).
until rested: Tlesl,tlikssll3ow:tl l o .lll2l oeq,'
mind' undbOdy both' likve r rectiOi4h . will he
debii6Yed - ; indlib ) lia:ve'lioth; biliiti4 . liigdoM .
issued the, preset,. "in the heginnim," . .pn'
,thiseVenth:
,duy'thtiii i .iiitili'VetiV'' • r ll4iiio no
'arbitrary • 6011MA:id; 'if' 'Wig - lixPlijiiiibtion
• fraught' *Mb Wisdom iird T l l3 eneVol.bli f and
in this' sense was itlibat TOrthe SUbbath !:wag."
'made for man ;" - matte to save his body from
.premature wearing. Tout, . and, :his: mind from
,f.atni V, •b Y diverting :.it • i!.or., Ole, IMY enth .of
the time from ita ordinary, studieu, t,i,nd aff e c,
'tic*, end fixing i t on a totally diffbrent clues.;
tallang it away from,
.the wasting ? wearing .
harassments inelwingFT:44:44l4Otlint - 41 f
' T ELBiIASO, -t - freta*firiii--: cde-tontOnfr44itkil,'
!and worship' of Diviiiill!te ochre to 'Ciliv j ite
:and sanctify-;:. cbinielhng "us' toi i iitchiimr. in
. affebtionate admiiationi, not only ''• as' 16 the:
laws .of :our physical, but- as to lhose..Of Our.
moral nature : "In loving-kindnesaAnnt thou:
made ; them' all r. ', i Vie .oeoriretTiOkilf the
~ In , :
borer and the. business•lnak.wil!, testiry,
.t.o,
the :exhaustion which Peldiy ni ght always.
,idw
'bringe; . :4l,4 . ..te the 'relic:o4A alacrit y, *Ali l
'whidi'biisiness iiChniried*lfonctiy more
inisi - 'The reflecting' kneviLtliat' irithinit'thef:
'compulsory observande' of fhie' SublitiMaYl'
multitudes of helpless• •slivies„iif defenceless ,
aPprenti9es,,of dependent empldyea ;• the tm!!!
,00mplaining Horse, and ox, And mule.;:would,
; be i driven to, depth! Who ben deny
.after, 040
that thei bible Christianity gr,!e poor, 34#1'8.
friend? . And et liOv4., ;; muny „malign . ;tbat"
blessed bCTOk,qtritirige a relentlessand life
long, war agitlitiat'' . .iliiii YeligiOillatra .
Jotfrnal of .ff ealth,.
BpLINGBROIES
`lope, in the gtleeful epigrpn?..whiph corn
&bents Chester&hi, had s'aidL-
"Accept a miracle instead of wit; ,•
See two drill lines by Stanhope:s pencil •Writ:"'• •
'
But Bolingbroke, in his argument,
,aga• •
nist
miracles, is chastised by, apikenomenon.that
might have seemed a inir,ple, in 1) - 4201E
Not two 'lines, but four thick volnmes,„ ,are
writ by the hand of St whioli not:
one gleam of superior, gerutni yr, ill , 1 4
the first page to the lett.' perhape ' the
most singular feature of thispeor performance
is it; extreme irresolution .P.4 1 7) 8 P,~,t.:14
some passages the author : lauds :Pkisti*Atl,
in' torma, glowing is a CfarlieoF±PlPV :
couldhive used in its homOr.; He eeys,
%NO religion:et:4r yet atifie4red inifie.W.#l4T
whose 'natural tinidendywaWnitich &rioted'
to promote' the peace and
kithsis had a 43°14141y ad*: it•hasl
it apparently,:mot realiy:r l, 4#-Chrittiiikitrit •
:folindod.olith***Boaillitie:Of
3 4 Christianity, 4 - nnisiniFOliimianity;'l6.bitnT
'tamed Profeb. l 44t)is Ny,04401' 04;
`itFP, ( l:tOree , tkge.Prei.c747 YoREFO-9A an•di
strict cprifiTnyty Hitrgthe only seems,
abbittlO fmpT i i distinction b&Ween the
~ Fos
,pels and the other writing s in„ the Xeiv . Tea
tanient ; yet eliewliere 'her iiiiirtesllf
deists have ever written tigainkitiliii autlientr
pity -of the Gospels as the' void 'Of- GOd.
ill as this posthumous.bookimquestioria
hly Ives, it did) not less -shock all, sects of
'Ohxistigu3 because uninviting„ to all classes .
Of,reaclers. The design„of -the incendiary ;
'Wan, sufficiently evident for - Odium, thengh,#.
!cake out, upon trial, that his match Was too,
damp , and hi, powdeptoo scanty, to %tags'
hinitn{iiinrch a beaMW-lhe 'building had
meant to - burn 'villa hid'
just:before beenassoiled from. ealclV•old•re=
proach, its claims on • admiration , dehiediby
none, its titles to respect but feebly, criticised
by, ousted plac,emen, became branded,.. by an
attainder, more withering t h an. all can
he framed by, the wit oflawyetaN,AMlL signed
hy the hand of kings. All4,AittrallY.er.l4)Pga)
likdinghroke's 'hitteitiatz•
1 3 - lii46o"tair
Awe who had been his . . 1 4 5 iesiviiiiiiskti
betoYe. hoistilifidA:pride of -'the
Tories; their most. eloqueitt: . chief, , Weir nidit,
accomplished author—he to fiendlorth froth
thainmb, over which they had wreathed their
Vas funeralgarlands, traitoesstraetion:
tO,the,common foe for the,. downfall .of thg:
diTine,Aer.epp,lis,' which was lit oncji the tem,.
pie of their worship and stronghold . , of
' kvery semi; his' boyiSh ek
In -'
isoa l was revived ; every tor hie 1)6t;
'-htical errors was ignored; Aid if to this day
geninsiis questioned, his Veijristylio
hypercritically carped:at; it is hot from what'
;14a,dicl in his life, • but for: Whatr-perhatat
;against his injunctions—an Inisortipuloaa ratol:7,
c , 97 4 1 4 bOuvifilYMA "On Nero,
c1:0 ,tci the voice, of .
Vorace his usual lev
tjr, MataPhysioarDis* 7
r `cihe best of his iiitinks i 'Leays; kg .
as' thsre. will be rankea`wiffe
Tindaband Totardi
infidel ; withhis -eyntoal:sneer4=-"may, •L'clon't!
.rm. l 43n Niketkerniny: lathar, Piroreb:iliecouic;•.6ll
na?4icornagtFrehr hillbribepn porseouteilaby4
, f••••fr. f :..ft
1 ) i f
a 1 fitflT I k il lgg Ai* * r ? M O* 11:1 ) :BM r: )
47 80 - t • B A lli g br *4 /PIO, the Wile**
onde eve accord ta i a less ariiless.o epee in;'
Dibbon. Gi,SYni" Ve ; 3 1144
editions fot the l•erniatt of fa niiliete 1141144
ske liktampaits .taiti4g4iail 'iaitiori4i6r.
_ t broinalkietittillibtfiloWlWOilltfil • . 4
- -leopzepi
TEE BFKIENON lox
!..,
grt 1 rs fit
, . , • ;
Aordity, , theiheititof :the tiattin'beatNiii *
•ifis found igeiniiithe - earnp
ie. s the spitfit of the army:?::; already.
aoporihecl it.; thipgsloppen:rner.e!atliieh•onr:
gc9r-iff .Perhaps: 4301)0 1 90 ;9c4Rret7
46 1151.: 4f'Bo:you me 100 B
fcnaacli, have,gone fight. foxl,hepoty . ,
thOSti - piiyer:tholletinge , :field is all the . rcig!-:
.;
tliiistrinitlien*.' of 'ti4i:Ctii
the '..dfiiiiiii . :theihßafeii;'
Naw , Irestanients”.printeid for the 'itinitW:
ihe:iate 'of several minute , anit Which'
Numt so *any.. ainest readers
these religious
.librariotirfoundedi. these .or-) • •
di r# ,og t 4. 44 ; stompiai i mith, ..ao openly re, .
PfPcirir4Pl. l .o 018Pir.#1,;
nods' liquors, #acepiea:Tilty . aagerrhy:- the_ 1
fohn, a 'Aura
.~total which
eirrikia"the mind to. the . 'old'Brigaenot
bind's or 'the .'eaniPS Gaetaiii• AllolpiMi. •
- .'presence
felti::There are-•;Mmierotak:';tiffieeril• who set''
the example of vital , ..piety, - Wad noit , Gen , -
411:,M4P1e..111R ; efore. taking. opm
furl' 9 1* . ~o.7)...l * Prekßq4:7itkAP- P 3 0 4: : :
of raying orii - . beml.ea..._knpfla,37o a , el,argz,
Abed given my,
tcitiltick. *eke ia 'Mita; of.
.thisinterView: • .• ' •
' - .Other generals have 'published 4lecidddly
Christian' proclamations: - 'Coloiela • care like
fagierentfamilies.for the moral: conduct . of
their, regiments. ; ~ Who - does, - not, remember j '
th97l4Pfe• EM worth, thP first :1
victim of . 01 17 1 :. ? soldiers,, ,
alt ial*. a pleage . i of geod cciyluct. Aefore .
quittineOhica6 ;
all have done honor to.their *ord.
-Oohing' Andeiao; inuirtiroie
defence 45t Fort Sumpter, Is' ;alio :a decided
913risti$uni Omberskg.entesated-latefy. t 0.5.17
* . felw4oias:t4i . a - Sibbatil i s - Choolirhedeclared!'''
in worlii to simple as touching,.that his rules.,
of,coinlnct
,had been : " Do nothing without..z -
placing iourself under . ,the eye. of GOY. ~•
I might: cite ,a :ficorgs:4- mimbutkw4oro i ,
SabVidigelioela are weia by the igao4o, .or
other effieers: inightWint out Oe wo rks
of evangelikatiow PursObti; by:ihe hristian
soldierslanne dthese'regiments;'under
`name of the,liave7Ock. Socitt,y. ' I'might add
thatthe•navy presents the Same j speettiele asc
the,army... Under, the influence.of leaders;
Auch.ag Commod ores Dupont, Mackean, and
Foote,, the sljr•A 9fte4 r e sound with the sing
fin of P3llFas.* '
These '
are great 't.l4gs. country in
which'snah'sentiments exercise so much
Iltende; in illich"the'liabit' of looking higher
than. the' earthing been Concentrated by so
(manyamds, le not nconntry'of Which we need
despair. It will go forward; it will 'notsuc
cumb'beneath its task,•holireverheavy it may
be,;,,it,will,ffilish, in the name of the. Gospel;
an 4,11. the Arength !given Qro,d, the, colds-..•
sal work ';r4f abolition. example is onil ,
in high The ministers , of 'th e : St,at,e,
puliliol~i: invoke . the ,
Oicdoli,thera
selves; :and 'the `direction of pubb,J affairs •
There• sr§ prayeri ; Btr.
Linbolnis not onlyanlionest man;'suireund
ed by uriiversal•sistaeini and; whoto
anxieties with respect to his children's health
are t4c , ,, anxieties of the whole eOuntry; , he
is.also a Christian. Those who have read,hisfrl
pratunatien
. 4esigned to set apart a• day for,:
fatiting,akd prayer, know the distance
ipilitates thilt mOnifOtapc . 4 - of a vital 1041
petboitat faith; Von SC many documents
Which official piety is accustomed to, &play
itrcoldforrimlas knOWIT gririted
wane:J.l6:w also gone - oVer Ihe e pioclaina- •
.tions ..published by the• governors of the
,gotes, in answer to .the ,, invitation of the
.President, and I have been struck with;the
•
, Ideep seriousness, at. oniqp
with Wl4ph fq!`iilts.44 l A9.cneptsikr..
re therein: `orsifeisea; This et,Ltir•ii ' 'l . O - 4••
- B:etausitzidkeigiatitiiar * eye ot. e
aceOrding' the 4 6Oniniif Of . Colonel ,
suivt- . L-Count Glitora. ' "*"'
• • • • - 11 •
*'One of the signs Of Spirit is the move ment
that. has. been• manifested against Sunday battles:' -
Assbeen remarked, that .whenever the North made r
the Wick on this dav, it was always beaten, witness
Bull' Run, Big Bethel, and Ball's Bluff. Sinc e-the Oder of_ Glenaral.hteCiellan,, the South has made the
annday•attaW4 and i been beaten. .• • •
f Religion eleictieea SO d,ecisive and in ; ,acniact.sori
m •
nversal an inflinitibe in• the United Stites,' that' the
same demonstration or pinty. take Place is the:4 4 :4th ; ".
The Message of Jefferson Dav is, en d , sorrielimeknith
prayeri. • - • •' •
OUR.
.t • • •-•
/WTI luialtD , TO SLAYARY:
Siw riian cause, r and in the
:question of his manhood, from the first 4.dam,
as. - no kin of bisttdispute 'his rig ht' in 'the
blood of thelnt *audits of Eder!, Mid.' du
"subvert also , Alt 3 !canto, " and impeach - also
kis n right. :the'.4econd,Adam, who; ati the
:ono, pf tsketh away the sin.,of the
world, Blot hip " pedigrSe, i$ yonsan, with
out blotting. also
,pasfipott. tn. 9, better
couliVrin that Which Ttedeemet's
blood seated:' TbatEld4rArotliervis He,
exclusiVely; `a nd by right OrCiinc i antan caste
You'ra only ? 'We ktiow•from fhe Biatigelist
'that he accepted aid in beaiing His:cross to,
the: : pit-hole *here- they planted it, from
nian.of African home--Simon,the Cyteniag:.p .
NyOber i t t lia l t.. helper's ,hue,, 41.8 • Weals as tirr!
)lOPle,...m.fert African, PatteTit:t.not,' zgei
Ethiopia>, i oietCh*g 3 0 1 .4 1 4. 11, 1%d . unto..
tiod, in the veins, sio that ,horid, - 2(4, the
smite hurn'in:2blOsOil, of Which' the The4nai lk. ,
liansehiteieok in' His 'humanity
•
.„ 40 .. • ,
. z
:. , '!. i• ' • Fs' prAN . No.. 845.
ritreUtiei,. far iii'Salvation is concerned,
.that:
hand)k vaini .toa bafted"Eden `arid in
cessible, , itiMmiable judge.. 84bVerretlie
Ethiopian's, the •African's the liegro4o- 1 -
Word•the name ns youmall-.4he black man's{
c114...t0; a common blind and a ammoinhul
/3 ..".0 4 T:i1vit4i7C49107, 4 0; wy i tt,e,piwitix
grin, before the skies Sambo,. cousin , toy lhg
app rind xou haye ! .!fAprned awaygAtt , '
Villa w sulArertedkiii caime",
Tait aid hid' . diiikenlihip,
irethit , New Jeri:amain. Hwy - said is tb
scoff, when you emniider its victim's
itietiinand his aboustiFwadvantages.l It 14 an
upepielgorribfit. .But , if the. tapnt chance for
.cag fgt.& higher arbiter—what - then?,:intim&
Eli.Oncixl lw.arnpd centuries ..;?,
ago : Whosar
V l l9o 4 4ktheknor reproachetAfAip
If *lis t rateamocker finds itith§elf ecArilned
by • Sainto's l Maker, 'to
another side: "`The
• • f er
upoit thorthiroivib*Seilef iTeifeVat e eblicitlif/
And Sambott Maker will Oariver yotir tantact
be. sawed. the Sulfaraf onrthaterosdif
apd t he ; 00,9pailt th4t ialgrtientSoati•
ai .Astt)ie Kog , 031/ 1 4/ ParA!*,••calnily , and,
innteiy i " . 4prov i e' t ynnr ; las
einiSii3e your iegulaSion i , ransoine
' ft
ongs to • b'xiLtaliain and,_,peiditiCn?
Speaking sq. authority ;'arge Mastei,
the , Atheitiinte one o 1 thestitie*idi ca tei
they: held- theihselves, cif thir•proudt . G;a6k
blood, that l Gcni had'. made rof nne - blond:4lP •
nati cwt. sof men •*. -*ow ithe lace ofthe;
ea2rtkr;t; ghhistimityiltepadiges, :this dis 4.
P ar As937 t and 8 4 7 %zanictP44 1 05.4frioaw's;
cause-ea, right. ,-ge pnr,kiwimmiro d , fOr
he is dhrist'4 kin: jiiiiiktunnpl4 .ait ye )14..ye
&W in it 'into, one . :of; Vie least ilnise r
biethiiin; lw.havelfane' it unt'6` w;e
node , ttigivnooti wb iire to heat' thdsii
andtrainiviVitom; and Acre.? .'
(Whatiehill Christian, OthisoiiiitiVeineri of
'thee:Worth, regara.;t4itelaterj . ;-iti.' - thie'
;Wife ? • Jilt was not a- war -.Of 'their , seeking.
'They sq,ortheitgorernment in.a struggle for . .
ii4e!l l s7l4PreEtenation... ;Beek 011.8tatute8
gat Ana 4 7ood ; fOr out-,
tions,. the right of defence-• , To. his
eiliirpoWere, our natiim's'firsi nragiati t atelkao.
thiPeititlded Military, Orr!
with 41kiehile is boiiritititibrialli olsd
feiding, the nation's 'unity andlife: HOW
fat :he shall put ifoith:.that reserved fund of
imigliter,iel': tlmilitary poWer i the SoUth
arc,. Mo i np sense • themselves' to. be the. jtu:l-
!get. .F4tr, as thp,!Serith resist a coostitution
aloion#4l aukority, by treason and aimed ;
;rebellion;, the longer ,. h their struggle, artd,the
iwideethe'iiige of:eta: trampling hosts,
larg they natiber.;l4 'the mere inbvitable
iforeb' of iireritis,' of bonaireeti release&
boiidageJ 3 i Once 'thus' eefranchiseiVit'
would beliational infamy, to 'restore' theio
the• lash; and:_manacle; and slave isoflie.r-w
;Shall we depOrt them ? i Did Spalnkagat'by
der .exppulsion, cif
Ras
Tibor Land the
Ihnitt.edllehrtw.? Rao, grikupe,, .yety.fehrile
-rqltifr,V;trOdi7:#9/Ek the
Nikokery "drew, out of the pews ofhe r. art, trade and literature,.
life4lociar Hag' iiodern Beetland" prOgilla
ihai-ilistafgea which
SlaritiefrOurold' ancestilil.regiOna to' cifiiiiett
these into: sheep walks ?- aw'sge' 'whin
British iChi Oittus and American Christiana
have just heap, figyting the, good ight of the
abolition of caste in the ohitrohea,,
missions' planted in. l4ndia", Aajt : p9liey, or
piety, to exasperate the la, of exi . te, on these
shore's; and oiftttert ''otti. ii;11 . % item and'
toilers into ''a 'frifikreed
. exp a r ia l i tn i V• ' :I A1....A ;:.
,
Q t r evernment ns •t,
rates present
atti defkiireard the slaVeholding States, not
meroli illeititent; ail& polity of the first
framerwefoni give,
to freedom enlyirthe honor of &name in their
instronient, and ; us/respects :bondage,. pre?
SeTo i 4, FL- studied,,,,_,r.,grON4 sispjfiemit
lenok; but that . flei,erinnent is also camin,g
fotayd' thcl: Rt: inciple of the Gospel; in its,
hurt: ofteiluie atm; the lioltioige'tltt Pree
;clout, ivlieigi f titiiiiiable;is . te 'be *retied to
Bondage. 7 /1145 President 'and botleihenneti
"of-Congress: have ''a Whitt
the Apostle; rating _Freedom as , more desiria'
.said centuries since, " USE rr•RATAllig.':',4
l'hOY,4ve P,rOffered , a large share,out ,of- the,
national, treaaure*wiede
_;eoP l Pensatad'gnr.•
fria:adiomsato l o.Shoulduft.put the fear.- ..
ful anomaly in my institutions,' which; can
cerow3 in its:grpwtlrr,was---b-ecomipg-prepon
derant74:llo44u*Mse) 1 , 11 4.:4 1 1M44941e. 7
erkilaA'red,..wuSeg*nly not harmless
,te the
dominant race. Neither at the South, nor
at the .Northr.:esa *seem Christ-like,mheri
a peaceful; and. compensated „ escape from the
burdens, of..44lavem, ,ia teudeTe4l tlAt:- AIWA
should: undertake to . ier3irse the deoisiqu.,of.
the }Ply (first, land "to . . apply to.
,#ondage
the citbier Alternative in the. con4fitult - tak,
lanitutgelthich thit HolY:01160 'As ,
Freda*. elf . say, fice-ofiPailtarid . of
Paul's Master, of the Bendagici‘UsuAi
xe •"rhiessialeartiolify:isznet::likely to
swerve 'Our sisiltil."."ll6.lB• in one - mind,
anall* *OM 411111 , ":',i,AftuLlf with-the
FiSidommtds feaspe, by‘Goille Providence iuOurßaticiiiiti s i ghuAges, an#,,,P9nnaPn4P,4 as
the inOre'diisidile by God's wor d , whepSoever
it is TeasibliOie dispute the desirableness,
arid•spMik leaSibleneaa, it maY be &rind'
thatlli% GotrbffSinii, whO oftila di:impend;
ed thi . lovez ler. our %brether, has not' fallen"
asleep:Amon ; His own rustedthunderbolts, sad
that:Pael's -.Glorified Master, king over •all ,
earth'aspot,entates, is. not ready to accord'to
any °CRIS' meople the privilege of reversing
His edicts, and, will scarcely let his blessing
be reodlaCkwde in a witch's curie.. As to
theAst4liii'g•lavery is now fo,una' to be . t4i 4 ,
gtfaidiien titiapiple.' of Lkberty, in' the Chris
tianitY•42.ilis mneteeiitli:Century ;'=it is, is
if -the told 'Hebrew, instead of the paschal.
blood ,besprinkled onitlie door-posts; • had ex;
pooted3e. find the required securitylu
biz% into t4a,woofl the scurf of, the heredita
ry leprosy of some hapless ~(feha*.
Uring . 4 ; the Destroying Angel,sf 'Misrule*
uotAkelf to be banned fro ni the, gate s of the
Iteiniblio;4}firely byivi
shong ; iliere ‘the - ,nai a l t
prints whet* the litondnianly ear lad 'Veen
duly fastened:lto the' side-'posts.
' In our °hot& of the ,principles by Which
we itatid,'arieilf the part :which We take in
the greet centroverer noir pending and in di.;
tigasion, abrnot only forlhi3 'coming' ages
and our. pbsterity—we are .stswardw befofe•
the world:of. the interoits .of representative
iiemocratioi l institations,.. WeAtiut3t-in- the
grace and NO anti:Providence et;Ovi r staiv e
to neutralir t e each omen of t ili 4 , o43 4,pyj uk of x .
and overpass each kind 'w4sh and cheering
;word of those h on, ot c hg.r.shores who see in. us
the desCendantS'Ofilinif blood, - and the inhe
:ritws of their ancestral iiikt§, a 4 the van
id to. some of , ihein; Or Ueir or milli.En
ed,'lmffied, and betta jed' 'stations. oVi• " For
the takt of those Niho love` :11441bl of those
who hite may ion ;Eastern shores we must be
prayerfully . Itistriaimi B.' . pm.
/142748 4 1, 1 1; o'l
A'Ail,lll l7 ,'A:g O O...XP BOWL ,
• .•
r.l)
vembers of. the • church at
2 PIPTiO 0704 the •11e0P11,7*, , : .who was too
feelga;tO move ; sionc, and 'doposited him. on a.
kind of couoh, intlie Midst. of .the i ,”sorribly.
Althoilghive l were liet•wltholit . tiety as to
the effecti.tliatl.itclevithed'itiotionti 'bright
havb,upon him.:Yelthought if Onif duty, trust
imoirketbefispriWin*r,hilik tb:give an ap
kcnt At :vt! •• :- 4
tmihT.R;:oo.l Im,lFitheggiesitation, !in
Ist pFtli„*A tnite4GpAi : fio, created me, and
who hic Rr:lsmed - ,x40, ,;59 the , present hour.
liatPrqf who 'hated him, and
has `deliver " l JOliani:toc i dgtfi,td save me. Oh,
M'aster't O h, . ,my fattier ! *liaid e mercy on
mei I have no move strength my days are
ended... Take,me to' Thyself: let death have
nothing of, me. ; but ,theso poor lona! • Pre
serva.mo tromAell..ond..the devil !. Oh, my
Father, helq,Jesus,...ilio is praying to Thee
..gCr me Olf,sm.y i Ural . • 4 ' . .* .* Oh, my
'Faller I " * * The gOod Ad 'man fo r
completely in these pious eja
oulatibiii;lhat my colle'ague of Moigah, who
Officiated', was Obliged 'to interiript him, by
Putting the lolloWmg questions Do you
! still place; ant confidence. in. the 'sacrifices
that yon•have, ;been accustomed' to make to
the spirits: pr your ancestors ?'—‘ How can
AuCksacilAces purity ? I believe in them no
more t : the : l466d Of Jesus is my only hope.'—
you ;any desire you would like to ex
press iciyoUr, family, and to the %autos as
semfilk roimil you ?'—' Yes I desire them
to :make haste .to believe and repent. Let
*mail go - to the house, of God, and listen
.meekl,y to, what is taught there. Moshesh,
sou, where art thou ?' (Here Moshesh
covered eyestwitha handkerchief , to hide
his, emotion.) , And, thos, Letsie my grand-
SoO, *here a r t thou ? Attend to my last
woids:"Why"4;yo . la resist God . ?: Your wives
are as abject These women are your
sisters; not' yoto. **es. Jehovah created but
'one niimkan'd: one iroman, and united them to
be one flesh. • -Oh t submit yourselves to Je
sus--He will save you •! leave off war, and
love raft: fellewroreatures.'-÷-' Why do you
baptism?" 7 -03ecause Jesus has said,
ho;belieoes,snd:is baptised shall be
Ilrixow better than what my
'Muter tells' ?' is .the custom in our
'station's 'for 140.".cbiA , Crts, before receiving
Viptigiii, to repAtitte' ancient fOrm of re
liotmcement. ' It hail beon explained 'to Libe,
aiidle:7:had ;perfectly understoOd it ; but it
fiEir*Tiu:' n to learn it, or even to
repeat it after the officiating minister. This
circlunitanee•iras'Airp,ed.' to our edification,
insomuch as,,lhe em barrassment of the con
:vat:l)o4W for* 'filial 411 the ardoUr of his
!IT ke,n*iriee - the ' world and its
olap? said . inrciolleaele. No,' exclaimed
.Libet; ' renounce it now, for I did
.110-lciris.ago.L—e't renounce the devil and all
NC work The. devil interrupted the
happy . . holievei* '. ':what. , have I to do with
,
himy .He has deceived:l4e for many long
y,ki Does Nish. te.lead me to ruin with
'himselfl '1 leiri h 1 , l to.hfin, let him possess
. the - flesh and its
Are there
uw . t .iye but those• Cf . this world ? Have we
notAiiiTesus pleasures whiblisatisfy us ?'
oordiing foil desire very generally expressed,
Lib') :Way: sur,named' Adam, 'the father of the
Bargttos,it Re died .one Sabbath morning,
.shortly after. his ; baptism. One of his grand
sons had just b.tigl , reading him some ver
ses from the dlspels. yon know,'. said
*i'i r t°4l r.thOy . Ahai to-dRi the, Lord's
.day , .giow it,. h e replie I 'am with
mi!Goot - '"'-' 'A:few - filth:l24as 'der, hi) asked
ithalt4 mgntle fight be vreallfaver'.him, as
10:felvbverpowered With sleep; , sate slept
o.~ritike:i this : world no •more.;=4Thristian
,Try.. !. • ;• i . •
I-CHAPLAINS . IN Iffß NAVY
Ws_ presented last week some 'statistics
showing-that Otir navy is very inadequately
snpplied:Witk Chaplains, 'or with any means
of spiritual imProVement. We find our views
confirmedibyintellipincie from many sources ;
among -othev.;eaetter ow in our possession
from a.,c4rifoan: sailor :.on.-board of one of
our largest ships, of,war• describes the wants
of claw very forcibly
' 4hinkGoyernment :ought to do some
thiiiiin.ligniihing the, means for the spirit
nattividfare of the naiy. It .ought to pro
-Aide bliaPlairis for every ship carrying 100
' Ova': ',ULU has 'nearly 500
soubiediiliriatil; 'and no chaplain. Before the
ir;en‘,.the. coast of Africa, where there
wera.sixtvessels, there was not a chaplain in
the fleet. Is this right? All the churches
andlidsaionaries agree to the importance of
the coriversicn of seamen,that their influence
niay 4, for good in foreign parts, instead of
evi l ,, 0 , is. now the case; and,l believe the
s aVy 'is the best field-for the sailor's mission
'lry There the chaplain has ea steady con
gregathin fpr two or three years, and if heis
an energeffc,. persevering, God-loving man,
who will. make hitoself acquainteCwith ev
ery fore.and aft, in the ship, and will
:striye.tp gain their hearts, and to show:Ahem
*hat, they
. are, and has the ability.to do it,
,cis wise as a serppit, and as
Itetivraesi as aaove,' he will be - made an in
strinient of good.' He. an officer in the
navy - as as' a servarit.of 'Christ, 'arid the
wicked ones dare .not. `insult him. Then,
again, if the cominantlers in the navy -Would
~ enforcathelawitsrelating to the Sabbatliand
profane swearing, and set a good example of
morality in their own persons, and support
'the .0,42114 in his labors, we might expect
~4 4 40)14i5ig, to specially manifest itself."
Th4is a..work here for the Government
to 6;1)40 lie want to see it effectually done.
' THE scho'ol of -the cross is the schOol: of
,light ; it discovel-s the world's vanity base
ness. and wickedness, ;and lets us,see, more .of
God's mind.