Vol. V ''INO 5„ --rhole Y . 32 . °avg. THE CROSS. GRBA.D;R the cross the nearer,heaven , , Goclleas, to whom no cross is given The noisy world in masquerade Forgets the grave, the worm, the shade; Blest is yon clearer child of God; On wiibm he lays the cross, the rod. . Blest, by whom most the cross is known; God whetS u$ on his grinding-stone; . Full many a garden's dressed - in vain, Where tears of sorrow never rain. In fiercest flames the L gold. is tried, In griefs the Christian's purified, . 'Midst crosses, Faith her triumph knows; The phlm-tree pressed, more vigorous grows; Go, tread the grapes ; beneath , thyleet-- The stream that flows is full and sweet; In tronble ' virtues grow and shine, Like pearls beneath the ocembritte. Crosses abound; love 'seeks the skies; Blow the rough winds, the flames arise; When hopeless glooniThe welkin shrouds; . The sun comealaughing through the °lends; The cross makes pureAffeetion glow, Like oil that on the fire we throw.. • Who wears the cross prays oft and well; Bruised herbs send forth the sweetest smell; Were ships ne'er tossed by stormy wind, The Pole-star who Stould.care to find ? Had David. spent no darksome hours, His sweetest song had ne'er been ours. From trouble springs Chi tonging how; From the deep vale we mount the Mope; Who treads the desert's dreariest way, For Canaan most will long and pray; Here finds the trembling dove no rest, Flies to the ark, and builds, her. nest. Heavy the dross, e'en death is doer, The sufferer sings—his end is neat; From sin , and pain he bursts away.; Trouble shall die that very day. The cross, yon silent grave adorning, Bespeaks a bright, triumphant morning. Greater thuchsa, the lovelier rays The crown prepared ofG-od displays; Treasure, by many a conqueror worn— Who wears it now before the throne. Oh i think upon that jewel fair, And heaviest griefs are light as air. • Dear Lamb of God; enhance thy cross. More and yet more; all else is dross; Let neer a murmur mar my rest, Plant thy own patience, :in my breast; To ward me, faith, hope, love combine, '• Until the glorious grown be mine. CIIRISTIANS IN ALL PROFESSIONS. We must not condemn men as classes. In the soldier's or , sailor's life, in camps and fleets, there are many drawbacks to a Christ ian life ; but where sin reigns, grace has abounded, and even reigned more glorioußly. The profession of arms is not wiihoitt its army_of saints, confessors and martyrs, wh have waged successful war with other than carnal weapons. And if some lawyerahave given occasion for calling their offices "dens Of thieves," it does not follow that none of them are honest. If some merchants, haie sworn to false invoices, and sold goods infer ior to their samples, it does not, follow that they are all guilty of fraud. And if some officers of the army and navy do so far for got themselves as to . swear as if they were with the army in Flanders, it does not prove that all soldiers must take the name of God in vain, nor, that itis necessary to swear pro fanely in order to .maintain authority over sailors and soldiers. Havelock did not swear at his men. But he did often pray and sing psahni with'them, read the Bible to them, and teach tIMm about Jesus 'Christ. A most striking instance of this is .re corded by the Rev. Mr. Brock, in his Life of Havelock, in his first campaign. The English army had just taken Rangoon, in which there is "a famous heathen temple devoted to the service of Bondi', which is known as .:thee magnificent Shivey Dagoon Pagody. It deemed the glory of the city. Of a chamber of this building, Havelock ob tained possession , for his own purposes. All around, the chamber were smaller images of P.oodh, in the usual position, sitting- with their legs gathered up and. crossed, and the hands resting on the 'lap in symbol and 'ex preesion of repose. No great changes Were necessary to prepare the place for Christian' sande& It needed no, ceremonial exorcising to make it fit either for psalmody or prayer. Abominable idolatries had been witnessed, there beyond all doubt, but no sacerdotal purifications were requisite ere adoration of the true God could be offered and service well-pleasing to Him, through Jesus Christ. Havelock rememisered' well that neither in 'this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem ' were men to worship theTather now. To the true worshippers any,pliee might become 'a place for worship. Even the pagoda , of Shivey Dagoon might ,be rione i nther than the house of God and the gate of heaven. " Accordingly, it was announced that that would be the place of meeting., An officer relates that as he was wandering round about the pagoda on one occasion, he heard the sound, strange enough as he thought, of sing ing. Ile listened, and found that it was cer tamlY psalm singing. Tie determined tqTek: low the sound to its source, and started fin' the purpose. At length he reached the' chamber, and what should meet his eye but Havelock, with his Bible and hymn-book be fore him, and more than a hundred men seated around him, giving earnest heed to his proclamation to •them of the . glad tidings of great joy, How had they got their light by which to read, for the place , was in dark shade? They had obtained limps for the purpose, and putting them in.order, had lit them and placed them one .by onein an idol's lap. There they were, those dumb but sig nificant lamp-bearers, in eonstant use; and there they were, we may be well assured, to suggest stirring thoughts to the lieutenant and his men," Here is a subject worthy of a painter. The, cicy of Rangoon and its glory; a young British officer in a heathen temple with his Bible and hymn-book before him,' and more than a hundred men seated around him, list ening to the glad tidings of the. Gospel, and the lamps that gave them light shining out of the laps sail skulls of idols. -Troops just led through the fury and smolie otibattle, here assembled for prayer and singipgpsalws. This was an extraordinary sight. Bairdid not.disqualify either the men' or their com manding officer for, the hardships and Perils of war. The, voice of Havelock, so often heard in prayer to the throne of grace'iii time'of need, and in thanks-givingafter great deliverances, was strong and steady inbattle. When complaint was made, to the Governor- General of India - against Havelock, that he was "a pietist," '4 .a ranting. Methodist " or "a fanatic Baptist," and that he,.did nothing but pray with his men and teach them to sung psalms, and that his highest aim was to bap tize them, Lord Bentick having 'examined intei:the subject, dismissed' the 'complaint, saying, he - wished. Havelock "had-baptized the whole army," for that, after a rigid ei amination of the offidial records, he found that Havelo,ck's saints were the most.,sober, obe dient and.best behaved men in the regiment— in short, the model soldiers of the army"— " and that wherever hard 'fighting was to be done, Havelock's saints were relied upon." Certainly, no - commander ever had the cone- dance and 'obedience, of his Anet More fully than he had. He was remarkable for the accuracy of his drill and the rigidness of discipline.. No other troops on , earth have , shown more !coolness and precision : under; the: rattling hail of musketry, nor amid the mur &ring -crash of artillery, nor have any sold iers on earth surpassed Havelock's in ,the bayonet, charge. Nor have we any knowledge of braver,men in action than 'Vicars and. Hatninon before Sebastopol; 'and Lawrence and 'Havelock at Cawnpore and Luoknow, and yet these men - were distinguished as . men of prayer. • • Some,professions are, indeed, more favor able to a, religious life than others; and yet it is in these unfavorable ones some of the, brightest examples of the power of true god liness are found. There the reigning of grace over aboonding sin has made it preeminent. The mote temptations Men, have to resist, the more evil propensities they' • have to subdue, the more difficnities they have to struggle with, the more is there suc cess to be commended. The more terrible' the conflict, the, brighter the victor's: crown. Although the reputation of Nazareth: ,was, proverbially. bad, yet out of it came the world's Redeemer. Shall Ive not, then, be, cautious in judging of professions and classes, and not let our prejudices or passions lead' us to erroneous, hasty, uncharitable' judg ments? There are many more good and truly pious people in the world than we generally sup pose. And there, are a great tnany people that we , should love, if we only knew them better. All men are not reprobates because *some are. Judas was* one of the twelve, yet the rest were true men. Peter loved his Lord, though he did once deny kiln, and is now no doubt a saint in henven, whetker he ever was a Pope in Rome or not--perhais all the-better saint, because he was not. Ar nold's treachery does not prove that WaSh ington did not love and. serve his country till his death.. What, then, if some church mem bers are rade, unpolished, or even starcled,, hypocrites, it does not folbiw tkat ty is not the true religion. We cannot have a community fit to live in until the practice of wholesale slandering, and cruel, rash, un founded judgments are corrected. Public sentiment *lust be elevated and purified from the vulture-seeking of a neighbor's wrong doings, and by , speaking only the truth, and the truth only when necessary.--Scott. "BURN YOUR NETS." Two years ago there lived in the village of S---, a very wicked maia.. Hislips were full of oaths and cursing ; his passionate temper was the misery, of his family ; while nis un derstood occupation was that of a poacher. Some eighteen months .ago, the sexton of the parish being ill, this man was employed to dig a grave. It was that of a young lady, cut off suddenly, though not unprepared. Often had she spoken to this man of his sins, and of the sinner's Friend--ofteniad she longed and prayed that the hearts of many in that village might be touched by , the Spir it's power, Whilst digging the grave;, the thought crossed his mind," She is safe, I know ; but what am 1,7 If. my grave were being dug this day; where should I be ?—in heaven or in hell P" The. thought which canto to thud' suddenly, was a naitin a sure place ; the min Could - riot escape froutit ; and a dangerous illness which followed, made him feel still more his sin' and danger. Nothing, for a time,:; could give . him,conafort —he feared his sins ,were :beyond pardon. Could such a. one as he ever be saved ? By and by the light dawned. The promise, " Him that eorneth unto me, I will in no wise cast out "—brought him in faith to Jesits ; and now his very look told 'of the peace'he had found. For a time his life' hung in the balance ; but in answer to prayer, God re stored him to health, that he might bear:wit ness, by a new life,, to the grace which had sought and found him. 'His former practices he can no .longer fellow. He becomes an epistle read and known ,pf au men. Morning , and evening he has prayed ini his family. He loves the public means of grace, and is now a regular communicant. The change in his home, too, is very apparent = his chil. dren are sent regularly to school—his wife attends 'church, -and declares that :she has now; a happy home. One - incident deserves 'special mention. As 4 poacher he had nets worth some thirty . shillings. What should he do with them ? Should he sell them them? He resolved not to do 'this, lest others should ,use theni as he had done. Though a poor man,' with seven , phildren dependent upon him, he burned the, nets which had been the instruments of his unlawful gains. Reader I learn from this simple but true story, this lessen: Sin forgiven' will be sin forsaken. The.. . 'saved sinner hates and forsakes his old sins. this man lived as , new life—.put away former sins—even burned .the nets which before he had used. If you profess to have found mercy, do you show it in the same way ? Are old sins loved' or hated'?—cherished or forsaken ? "Every one that lath his hope in 'him " (1. e. = Christ) purifieth himself even as he in Christ "is pure." 0 reader, be sure .you burn your nets ; that; darling lust- 7 -that unholy temper—that besetting sin —cast it away, and forever.—British Mes senger. N o v .are pleased with the company .ef those who are, good, that are not pleased with the good of the company. .PHIELVRIA ' '. r T. , ! .r . ' IJRSDAY AUGUST 28, i:-1862',- THE RELIGION OF' THELA.TES:i AN infelligerit descripticti of=the i'eliiiotts habits of the staves 'given'by'Mr. McKim, of the Port Royal Relief Society lit'sorne respects it affords a practical illustration• of the simple faith required 'of. the followers of Christ. • • • The success of a judicious system, of free labor at the South is insured by the large development, on the part of the blacks of the religious sentiment. As persons cfpriVed'of one 'sense acquire' greater susceptibility in those that remain; so it would seem that. thE4e people; degraded in; body, stunted in intellect, scarred and. twisted out of shape in their muscular and mental forms of existence, • have acquired additional strength in their s_piritual. Religion is universal among, them. Their, convictions,are strong and their, expe riences viVid. 'They speak 0i 44 . seeing G-od and “learing' God" with, a simplicity . of faith which sounds fanatical; but virhiela the philosophical' mind consistent with . reason. Their spiritual yerceptions are like sights' or. sound .; and. thus it is-that they are supported in their trials. God is a pres ent refuge to them ; in every time of trouble. , 4 Francis " said to an, old gray haired man, who was conning over his spelling book, "why do you take the trouble to learn to read? You say. it is hard work and very discouraging ; why do you try ?" "Because, massa, I want to be satisfied';` I want - tci 'read the V - ord of God." "But can't you know the Word of God without reading it in a book ?" "Yes, massa, I do know it. -I know it here," striking himself on the breast; "but. I want to read.it for myself?: I had asked the same question of an elderly. woman, on the Sabbath ' pre , iious, at Sabbath School. She'was one of those Spiritual faced ones whom you will sometimes' fend' amongst the most illiterate. Her counte nance told a story of suffering and triumph. "Tamar," said I, "why at your age-do , you take so much - trouble to learn to read ?" " . ..Because I.want to read de Word of de Lord." f‘ But can't, you know the Word of the Lord without reading it'?" " 'Yes mama, I can hear it, but I want to read it." "How can you hear it?" "1 hear de vdice 'here," laying her hand. on her 'breast " I have.kearn it, massa." "When, Tamar, did youlear it ?" Turning upon me her deep and full eyes, she said, " One morning, sa ; one morning went out to de woods before daylight to pray. My he4t was full of sorrow ; and when I was praying de Lord spoke o.me." " And what did he say, Tamar ?" said, Tamar ! all YOnSe sins is for given`;'you're MY ohile.' " Well," said 1, waiting for her to go on. " Den I was filled with lub and joy ; my. heart was full ob lab for everybody." " Not for your. old master, too, Tamar, ?" ci ~ xe , s o i r ,. for Tay reas_ te4r.and everybodY... Ow who say that this old woman had not ,heard the voice of God ? And whose re ligious faith will bear a stronger test than hers? Religion has afforded these people their only resource ; they have no amusement, no diverSions, uo social visiting. Their children have-no plays--no games whatever. The " praise house " (prayers, house), as the hut in which they hold their meetings is called, is their only recreation. Here, ,as one of their songs goes, they " Sing and ay Their souls away." in`sweet `forgetfulness of their wrongs. • The night after the bacon arrived from Philadelphia, the people on'Pope's plantation gathered in the praise ,house" and sung and prayed, till broad daylight. In the camp of the black regiment there is I - was told, a prayer in one, or other,of the tents every night. I rnay here add, in passing that there is no better behaved sa of men on Hilton Head than this same '" First 'regiment of South Carolina 'Volunteers." Their appear ance, in their,dark blue', - Uniform midi:deck felt hat is picturesque. They handle the musket with as, much dexterity as other new recruits, and their proficiency in marching is more rapid. Their camp is kept neat and tidy, "`and theycompare well in all respects with others of more favored conaplexicin. As fdr their military capacity and the wisdom of General Hunter in enrolling them as soldiers; I say nothing 'here ; ;not for want of well settled convictions on these' points, =but be cause these points are,not embraced in .the range of inquiry, the result:of which it is my business here , to report.-- Watchman and Reflector. , TERRIBLE FIRE AT FRAME, BITRIVIIUL THE New York Chronicle publisheg the following extract from a letter written. by Rev. Dr. Kincaid, Baptist Missionary to Burmah, to a friend in this country, giving an account of an extensive fire in which the. Mission and the. Chaistian families suffered great loss: On the 19th of this month (April), a fire broke out in, the' southern side of the town. The' wind was fresh' and,steaiy, but moder ate, from the south ; and, as the fire spread, increased greatly. There had not been a drop of rain, of course, in five months, and everything was crisp. In less-than one hour the beat became so intense,, that fearful whirlwinds were produced, which stripped the roofs from buildings, and lifting the fiery misses to ,a great height, scattered 'therm in all directions. The noise of these whirlwinds was like distant thunder, and 'the . flames . leaped from house 4o house in one : great ,ocean of fire. In less than four hours nothing was left that could consume. Even brick buildings supposed to be fire-proof were de stroyed. " It was, heart rending to see thonsands of Men, women and children, of all ages and ranks, fleeing for their lives : Mothers ago, nixing for their missing children, and 'Chil dren for their missing parents. Thousands rushed into the river to escape the intolerable heat. About twenty are reported as having perished in the flames ; 4,500 houses are burnt„ end 5,000 families without a shelter, or, article of furniture, or cooking utensil, and the.rainy season is just at hand. Beside the hoUses a vast amount of rnerchandize and other property is destroyed. "'The chapel which I built last year, and had been finished but seven months, is gone. All our Christian families but two, which lived on the,windward side of the fire, have lost everything.” " . oF CHRIST; MM=Il IP there'is one otipacity;'more than another, bharactelitiicof, a *rise, circum'spect, and steadY'mind, it is the power to combine per fect truthfulness ;and perfect civility with re fusal to, •yield any satisfaction to inquisitive insolenee, ,on7the ire hand, er to, crafty E v a_ fignity on.the 0,t1,1.,r. To lie is, in all cases a sin ; to throw ope cthe breast, for every man to pryiate,, is re lured of none. The char acter of the ',lle tie ,Ulyssea, is profundly dorieeiied by . Mr.. Ruskin, in the - last volume of:Modern PainteK *depended, in its intel 7 lectual aspect, OR 'dapacity to withdraw at will every thought and purpose froth the vul gar gaze. 'Tomei.deemed this a proof of pre-eminent, intellectual power. Reference is made to. Ulysses .eelely, of course, to ren -40 (lei it unmistak,ab e what kind of ability is now pointed out. The wisest of the Greeks had no carefor tr thfulneas ; the answers of Christ while' tra - ' riding infmitelY in mere shrewdness and : , , mg- ingenuity, the best uttered by the Greslr, are at the same tin& immaculately trutfOl. Is it with. an. enigma, an intricate, ; pugxlii g case,, that His enemies attempt - to rednee,# rm. to, 'silence, and thus to humiliate A lin, hefore the people"? ' Do t ask Him, for instance, how it will . kle` in heaven with the'wernan inarriedqtrseien brethren ? He removes the difficulty in a moment by enveloping the supposed casein a broader and more spiritual light. than had dawned on their preptions, and reveals at `the same •tinida`, principle, of universal and magnificent applicatitM te the relationships of humanity. "In the resurrection, they neither marry , nor are given in marriage. " That settles the whale matter. His He'to repulse' a 'hypocritical and Malicions inquiry touching the authority by 'which he, works' miracles ? , lie achieves his purpose by put-' ting the; simple , question whether the ,minis try of , John was from heaven or of men. How perfect the- L ampreciation of the charac ter and eircumstaWekof His assailants this displayed—how „cempletely the the posed and ,silenieti t itheml - But the most wonderful of Christ s ivonderfal answers was when He was'asked whetherlit isms laiful'te` pay'tribute to C*Sar o r no : " Render, He said, "unto Csarthe things that are Cmsar',s, and: unto God: the things that, are God's. " This is the wisest answer mentioned in pro fane or sacred history. ~ I n the, first ;place,.. it absolutely struek . dumb those who Knight to betray Christ* i into an expression of hos tility to the, Roman • power. To, have taken exception to it would have thrown them open to the charge to which sought to expose Him. But, While serving this first putpose, how marvellouslyrichare the words in sig nificance and in truth 1 ' They indicate a fact arid a law to long and as broad as hu man history—that where the dominion of conscience begins, the dominion, of the civil magistrate ends. They enunciate a princi, ple to regulate the conduct of Christ's Church in all ages towards the civil authority, pro viding for the h ~ ethane, mutually bene6.- Cial action oreiti ititi Sphere: . - Theyare an exhaustive formrila of , duty, political and' religious,—duty to God rising over and cast ing light upon duty to man, as the blue vault of heaven spans' the green floor of earth. Think of the amplitude of Intellectual vision displayed ,in those words; think,of the del icacy of tact which applied them to the case in hand ; and . then say whether' thein tellect which produced them had anything in com mon with .that of the' fanatic 'or Visonary, or whether it.is c nceivable -that it dreamed itself into a belie of possessing 'ffriraoulons powrs.—Testimony of Christ to CAristianity. THAT which the opening vision of the `nova:; creature w creature looks forth npon, then; 'instead of inherent holinesA, •sincere preparation, or even faith itself ,as regarded, ; by reflex acts, is something -altpgether ,toitltout, qbave, and beyond itself. Leaving out of question; those who are altogether. indifferent to the whole matter, the majority of those who fail to ho lieve . God, do so because' they` cannot be drawn' away from the fruitless eniploynient of gazing into their own nothingness. The time and strength which might - be given to the- Cross are spent in querying, Have I Ito liness 7 Zavel Haverepentance ? Have I con viction? Have I feeling ? AS if title tO come to Christ were made to depend on such or such degrees or kinds of feeling, whethq tender or joyous. Looking at .selfpreventS the greater and More indiapensable work of looking at a -glory infinitely higher than self, and which is the proper object of faith. When a converted soul'has once been brought to the enraptured sight, of "Jesus , Christ and him crucified ; " nising"above its horizon with the morning. effulgence of love,' " fnll of grace and truth," it seems easy ;t,olook:a7ivay from, preparations and conditions. But where is the believer who does not recall 4w :time, when nothing Was harder than :to tuk 'the thoughts away rfrom home ? The . single point at which, the helloing eye is directed is not only exterior to'itself; but is altogether perfect, heavenly, and di 'vine. ; It, is something that , God has, fully 'd.one. It is a work wrought.and consummate ; a finishedrighteousness ; a fact, accomplished; ; an,event which cannot be repeated ;,,a deed which satisfies all heaven, and proclaims God a Saviour. The tearful eye of faith fixes it self on an object which is net Micitikreater or less, better'or Worse; by the act of believ ing, =but which is always the same, The " one sacrifice:: of Hituself„!,' the one atone ment, propitiation, expiation,,obedience, and satisfaction, lies there beforethe throne: of God, as.un.alterably, and eternally accepted. ,The quality, -or preciousness,. or power of this finished work is not' to be inereased by, anything that the sinner, can do, or"fOrbear to Ad. This itinnuta,ble abject of faith abides Ithere in a sublime plentitude and incorrupti ble glory, typified by the,golden covering of the holy ark. Being something not his own, the sinner sees it as pure gratuity, More over, in believing, he regards it ,especially ELS something given-of God, made over in free offer, and tendered to the ,acceptance of every one who hears. How, can we better represent this mysterious and lovely object, than by naming it- Christ Q It is the per sonal Jesus, Emanuel, God:with-:us, who is made over by died of gift to sinners of man. kind. What we call. Glad. Tidings, or Gos pel, is the record of this gift, "God his given to us eternal life, and this life .is in,his Son." I... Believe this, and the gift,is -.yours ;' the contract is joined; the connection is Win THE .OBJECT`: OF FAITH.' complete _• the soul is married •. anger is turned away "; Christ's righteousneSs is your righteensness ; yoii can never perish, neither can' any pluck ybii' oufpf God's hand. This is present salvation ; and it is accom plished in thacase of the humblest soul, that, perhaps atthis moment, joins itself to Christ. Such, are the consequences oP,admitting the truth that God- is reconciled to us for the sake. of his Son.—Aiexander. OUR SORROWS AND WEIR USES. Wn suppose that there L must come to all of us, just as the storms and the .nights 601110 th 6 years, hours of sorrow and en &tisk of soul—hours in which there is', no sweet light of the sun, nor even the faint fir glimmering of the stare—hours ,in which we loqk on,all sides. and there is none An help, for there i 8 no 'tiine when we feel how utter-, ly alone we are lion far off' and powerless : is earthlYlove Or shield, as we do m in . soe great shock ,, and: . surgfp.Of 'anguish whieh shakes the centre of oursOuls, and,-sweeps. over them,as the Spring, freshets , sweep. over the banks, burying under -their chill, and, blackness all .hope, and joy, and beauty. Sorrows are there so heavy and hard to be borne, that it seems they ; , can never pass away ; the soul shrinks from its burdens, 'and stands at-,that window whose only Outlook is a landscalie of darkness 'and' dispair 1. • And yet as every Winter is lost and`for gotten in the sunshine and the singing 'of the, birds, so the bitterness of these sorrows passes away—the anguish which drank up for awhile the very, springs, of;our life, and hope is slowly healed. God, who numbers , the hairs of our head, sends his angels to com fort us, and ! there is the soft faint gray= light, in the East,: and then the tender flush, and at last 'the ',daylight again—the strong,' blessed, rejoicing daylight. bear reader, it is uSeleaS to make up our' minds to. having simply, a " good< time" in . this world - Y. Sooner :or later, .'sorrows and bitter, trialstwills-come -÷no ' love will arrest them r -no care will shelter us from them— Ged's Joving; tenderness will not interfere to save us from, ail suffering and endurance here; it is written that man is, of fey clays and full of trouble. And we don't mean to imply here that all oiir . trials are` sent . 'to us . of' Him. Sins mistake are_constantly'working'out mischief in this world ; but there is One who hath overcome - the' world, and all things shall work :together -for good to tltosethat love And, reader, the- best way is to settle it with ourselves, at, once and forever', that we, shall not hive altogether a smooth, down hill-bed of roses sort of way in this life. Ally real, staunch, - brave' living is tough Up-hill' w'ork=work that strains the sinews - and calls. for all the moral forces orone's nature.'Aid; the great question for vs -to settle is, ho* we shall receive, and carry, and use our sor t. rows ? In , this dies the whole patter. T, ey may overcome us for awhile, as eqiiiiio hal gales do the forest, but when the winds are passed`by, the trees stand Up again, fair and . stately as ever ,'and; the hirda tod 'in the brancheS thereof. And - so are our sorrows to be received. We may bend u er them, but neither . death, nor loss, nor hange in this world, should break us. T y should make our hearts 'mellow with qui, k and. ten der sympathies and charities—they shop ld. give a new,,.richness and flavor to the fruits which hang on the boughs of our lives, so that which was before small, and s p ur, and, iii i gnarled, should now be full and sw ei, with juices like wine, for thesuu and he rains hive beat 'upon and ripened` them. ' ' ' . 1 It is better to take what Com , and :to i i take ,if bravely, trustingly. , W, all know of sorrows which seemed to us we could neve bear as we saw their first shadows,: Joon& up over the horizons.of our ,skies—,sorro from the thought of which we turned sb 7 dering, feeling . tb.at,if they cape eAown u en,. us there could never be for us again ligb , or song, or peace fora single hour. And yet the sorrowscaine . dow —sort , Ws ~ of death,' and cliange, and loss ; t ..y beat he stately castles of our heipeS to deist— , ey tore the quiVering fibres of Our 'earth souls went mourning in sacit-clo h and a- t eS; and yet the time of „healing, i d renewing came, .and Ged's -South wind ; eW over our souls, and we live and smile, ith a smile,:., chastened and Sobered by Old e °merles, and the World is beantiful to our' ey.s once more . ', Not with its' lost beauty. The 'sorrows that sweep over us leave - their races. They' enlarge enlarge and ripen us-:-4-they teach •us - that the end of living is not mere njoyment r but , : doing ,good, and improvem.ce :of our ,eawn characters ; but we.cannot car ~ ,the old, care lesS, free hearts, , the light 'oyousites,s , of, spirits; life lia,s now become Something real, *and earnest tons. 'There is aWoric to be, done,' a. victoryto be Wen.' So, dear reader, by all the.sWeetlises Of Sorrow, by all its pain and disdipline,-by the thornsiwhich Inuit pierce us the bruises we Jona carry ; by: the battles lye must :fight,!. some in high, but most in lowly places, whose witnesses are the great cloud. which no Man, beholdeth, and, by theevil which we must overcome, may we be,made meet for the Aing dom of heaven.— Virginia" Z Townsind: WHAT PERSONAL y EFFORT 'CAN DO Ix the New , York- Prayer-meeting a West , emu man - said he.wanted to speak of what we may do by personal _e,gsrt,, and illustrate; it by as example : Some time ago, he was,riding over a ,prai rie in the neighborhood of. Chicago, ; and coming to a'fine school-hobs°, he reined up , his horse at the door of a dwelling and in quire " Do you have prayer-meetings in yonder schoolLhouse ?" "Never a prayer-meeting, , " said the.lady of the., ; low. 4‘, Will, you go there to a prayer-meeting next Thursday night ? " "I do not know. Who will be there?" "If you will be there, and' two, Or, three otheri--all meeting in the Su:vior's the Lord Jesus Christ will be th.erp,' for he has promised to be. " I will be there, " said the lady • ",Will you be sure to be there ?" " Sure to . be,•there;'.responded the lady; " and I will tell all li,spe that , there is to be a prayer-.nf in tins 5P49 0 . 1- h9ukentqt Thursday night." The Speaker continued : "I ide on to the next 'house,' and stopping befo e the door, I Said to the Woman . of the house . " 'Do you know that thew is to be , a prayeroneeting in the NI - gal-house next Thursday night, ? t, , 4 , f Why, p 9! Is there o be, a prayer meeting ? ' ".''Yes. Will you go?' . '.' Yds ; and I will ask +e neighbors 'to go. "I' rode on again,'arid ailed at the next house, and said to a young ady who came to the door :r ,- - " ' There is to be a pr , er-meeting in the, school-house next Thursd y night.' "' There is ; ? Then i will 'be . the: first one. ' . , , - ' " 'Will you go ?', ~ ' "' To be sure I will; nd. I will give it out '' in the schoo ? ' ' . '' D yo teach that:sOhoOl ? ' ~`` ii " ' Yes; a d a large Schoolit is and I' will tell all the lholars. ' d i . ~, , Aind ask them t invite , their parents'? ' " ' Yes. ' ' ' r i --, - r.," ,I rode on to ;;1 Chicago,, and told some Christians there that they must go to a school house out eight i; iles, on. the prairie, and hold a prayer-meetin!, the next Thursday night. "Thursday ght came, and they went as requested, and ound about one hundred and thirty person gathered for prayer. The Spirit of• God came down on the meeting, a revival follew d, a church wa's organized, and now this sum er they are building .a house. of worship., I this,was the result of a, - little effort, which id not cost more than ten min-, utes' time, p ,t it'all together. "Now, I vented to urge upe'n this meet ingthe imp l 'ance Of a 'little personal effort, every day. Do something to winu soul to Christ, and 'ou wiltwin'tome, and more than you would believe. ' You'cannot go scattering good seed, that some will not be found bring ing forth good fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hun-: dred fold. . Do. something. If you cannot de alryou would, do all •you can, and sinners will he Saved. The world is perishing, be- Cause there is so little done by personal effort', Sinners 'ar e going down to hell, • because so' few invite t eat to go to heaven."—Christictn, Intelligatc '!' • ' 1 NOTHING TO .SPAR E. ~ " I VE found nothing to spare, "is the plea o sordid reluctance. Mat a far differ cut so timent willfie formed`amid the scenes of t last day. 'Men' now persuade them selv that they have nothing to Spare till 'he can support a certain style of luxury, aveprovided 'for the establishment of idren. But in the awful hour, when you Ihd I, and all pagan nations ' shall:be called m our graves to stand before the bar „of rist, what comparison : will these objects bear to the salvation of a single soul ? Eter nal Mercy ! let not the blood of heathen millions be found in our skirts ! Standing, as ..14t6w'do; in...the aight of a dissolving niii . " w -- verse, beholding the dea,d arise, , the orld Ire li es, the' heavens fleeing , away, all nations' c vulsed with terror, - or-wrapt in theivision o the Lamb, .I pronounce the •CORVerSiOII Of a sin gle pagan of more value than. all the alth Omnipotence ever produced. On s ch 'an awful subject it becomes me to speak, ith caution ; but I solemnly avow, that were 'ere butoild'heathen in the World, and he ' the remotest corner of Asia, if no greater uty confined , us ,at home, it would be worth he pains of the people of America to embark together to carry, the gospel to him. Place your, soul in his soul's, stead, or rather,,,con sentfor a : moment to change , condition with the savages on our borders. Were you post-. ing, on to the judgment of the great, day in the darkness and pollution of pagap idolatry, and were they living in wealth in this very district, of the churCh, how hard would it seem for yoUr neighbors to neglect your 'Misery ! When you should - open your eyes in the eter nal world, ,and,- discover the ruin' in which they had, suffered_you to remain, how , would your reproach, them that they did, not even sell their possessions, if no other means were si&cient, to .send the gospel to yow! My flesh tlembleS at the prospect! But they shall not reproaCh Vs. It'shall be'leilown'in ' heaven that we'could pity bilibrethrert.. We 'will - send them all the relief in , our power, and will enjoy the luxury-of reflecting what . bappiness we l , may entail on generations. yet 'unborn.7,---M,,P , Grjiht. ' • . -., ~ THE 'SABBATH OF THE :tIIRITANS. FEW perversions of higtory are More cur-- , rent than,Jhose relating.to our. Puritan an, cestcrs. One,of them is ; thus, dealt with by, the 10v. ,Dr. Adams, in , his late Sabbath sermon "AttemPisliave frequently been made to caricature' whSt his been called the Puritgy. S as' though it .ivere a. 'ooolmy and austere institution, from which nature re volts-. - Time works out Tthe sure vindica tion of such as are maligned by prejudice. To.comprehend just what, the English Puri tan was„and what he intended, you must go, back to his times ~ a nd. circumstances, , and understand, the antagonistic forces against, whirl he `,.testified, When the monarchy 1 Ohof England Underteoli to ant urc men compel Christian freemen' to ads which 'con science`' forbade, it, was the - Most natural of . all thingslhat oppdsing tesiiniony should put. en its most vigorous expression .for the sake of contrast. When King James issued his Book of ~.Sports,':and•commanded the people to visit, bear-gardens on the Sabbath day, it iwas a matter of course that the brave men Whe were called sk oppose that desecration, .should, on their way_ to Con venticle, give an unusual length and gravity to their countenances, and occasionally an intentional , twang to their songs, for the very pnrpose .of.making' a defiant protest: Some time was necessary for the pendulum,' swung violently to an extreme, to return to a just mudium l and for the strained features to relax, into va more natural.. expression. 'Neither laughter nor seriousness are mutters: of legislation or compulsioh. Caricature, falsehood, ind'hadinage set aside; we should honestlY say,that few'men, and feW homes, on the earth, knew so much of cheerfulness and peaceful enjoyment, and true content meat; and religious delight, our Puritan ,ancestry in their,,Christian Sabbath."--_--Evan • He is no man ivho needs no iteiding. GEN 'SEE EIT.A,NGELI!ST.--Whole No. 849. THE SUNSET,:QF TWO LIVES; "A. K. 11. B." 'writes in an English Magazine a pleasant essay about Begin nings and End: , ." Here is`his description of life-sunset. have been touched by the sight of hu man life, ebbing almost visibly away; and you could, not but think of the sun in his last little space above the sea. I remember,, two old gentlemen, great friends : both on the extreme verge of life. One was about 90 ; the other above 80. But their wits were sound and clear'; and better still, their hearts were right. They confessed that they were no more than-strangers and pilgrims on earth; they, declared, plainly that , they sought a country, far away, where most of those that they had cared fort were .Waiting for them. But the body was very nearly worn out ; and though - the face of each was pleasant to-look at, paralysis had laid its' grasp upon the 'aged machinery of linth and muscle which had played so:long. I used, for, a few weeks, to go one evening in the week And.sit,wittt, them, and take tea. a They always had fia in large breakfast . cups ; other cups would not have done.. I remember -how the two paralytic hands. shook about, as - they tried tc; drink their tea.' 'There they Were, two old friends ; - they had been friends from 'boy hood, and they had been over ;the: world to gether. You could not have looked, my friend, but with, eyes somewhat wet, at the large teacups shaking - about, as the old men With difficulty raised' thin to iheir lips. And there was a thing that' particularly struck me., There was alarge old-fashioned watch;: always on a little stand , on the teaetable tick ing on and on. You seemed to feel it mews wring out the last minutes, running fast away. It always a - Wed me to look at it and hear it. Only for a few weeks did I thus visit those old friends,till one died ;, arid the other soon followed him where there are no palsied hands ors . aged hearth: Igo doubt, through all the Years the 'old-fashioned -watch had gone about in-the old gentleman's pocket, life had been ebbing as-really and as fast then. And the sands were running as quickly for me as for the aged pilgrims. But then with me it was the middle, and to them it was the end. And I always felt it very sol emn and touching -to look at the two old men on the confines of life; and at the Watch loudly ticking off their last hours. One seemed to feel time ebbing as you see the setting sun go 'down. SCRIPTITIIE WRITERS. THE rhetorical and poetical beauties of Scripture are merely incidental. Its authors - wrote, not for glory nor display—not to as tonish nor amaze their brethren—but to in- , struct theta, and make them better. They . wrote, for, Gmrs ,glory, not their own; they • - wrote for the world's advantage, not to ag- grandize themselves. Demosthenes coin posed his most sidendidcration in order to win the crown eloquence; and the most elaborate effort of ancient oratory—th e'pan egyric to whicliTlAefateS — delkoted fifteen years—was jusl eslay:writteh'for a prize. How different the circumstances in which the speech on Mars Hill was spoken, and the farewell sermon in the npper chamber at TroB,B. Her..odotus'and. Thucydides composed their histories with' view to popular ap plause ;' and Pindar's fiery- pulse 'beat faster in prospect' of' the great Olympic gathering and the praises , of assembled 'Greece. How opposite the circhnistances in which the seer of Horeb penned .his faithful story, and Isaiah.and Jeremiah poured, forth their fear less dehtinciations of < popular sins. The most superb of Modern 'histoiians confesses the flutter which he felt when Ihe,last line of MS task Was writtefi, and lie thought that perhaps his fader was establishe,d : A more important history coiie,ludes: ":These things are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son ,of God ; and that be • lieving ye might have life through his name." gamaton. TESS REASON FOR -DOUBTINGi Darkness is, a reason 'for .doubting every thing but Christ, but a reason for trusting in ;him drawing near ;to him, and keeping close at his side. DarknesS is a reason for dis trusting one's self, arid walking warily in 'prayer. and'erying out 'for Christ's help, but tcertaii;ly not a reason for unbelief. When was, in darkness—nothing but darkness around him, darkness withiin .him,. - and the ; waves. opening to Iswallow•him upi Christ was shining, and the, ordylight that could-he seen 'that night was in him. It, is always so. 'We may seem to have light in ourselves, but it may be mere ignorance and 'pride; or if there is real light, it. is only 'because Christ . ' is shining wit in us and upon ,'" and some 'reflection is seen Of his own light. Darkness in ourselves, And darkness .around us, is no reason for doubting the light, hut for believ ingin it,-loving.it, and pressing forward to it. "I am ,the light of. ,the world; he that followeth me shall not walk, in, darkness, but shallhave the light"of life. While ye have the light,,belieye in the light, that ye may be the children'Of the light. Walk while ye . . • . 'have the light Ylest darkness comeupon you; for- he thaVvirallieth darkness knoweth not whither he , goeth." All the real light of the world is in hilakancl he that followeth him shall not, walk in darkness, but shall have ,the flf life. " Why, ,a,rt thOu cast down, my soul? hope;, t 4, 9 3.1 God."—Dr. Ohlteever. RENOINE: RZSIOASE is ,a moral -hunger of the soul ; it is theliitter l ivail of a . famished immortal ity. canseience lashing your par- Verse will'; your _defrauded, hungry love weepitigits 'dry, pitchy tears • an'' the desert :your life has -made for it. r It` is-your whole spiritual nature, famished ihy.siti, inuttOing wrathfully, and 'growling-like a- caged lion at the bars w_hig.4-Allgt-him up toihimself. And as bodily hunger sometimes causes ,the starv ing man to see devils in his ravings, so this hunger of reinorse fills the soul with angry demons - and ministers` of verigaance, IVaiting to e:ireenteljUdginerit.• • Sleep vanishes not Belden, or i comes only'in - dreams that scare the Isleeper. The day lags heavily, the_ look is 'on.;.-the, ground. ,The walk is. apart and silent,,' and the man parries, a load under which he stoops, a load of selfish regret and worldly sorrow, that worketh death.
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