Vol. VII, No. 4.---Whole No. 316. totttg, THE SABBATH. . Lo I now the happy Sabbath sun shines forth, And the worn world shakes off its lumber , iug care; . • Gentle and joyous spirits walk the earth, And all is calm and soft, and bright and fair. The village is astir;the volon'of prayer' Floats; with the reamlet'srhymn that mur-' mute, near, • . In Solemn cadence, on the morning air,. And And tells, the day to lowly labor dear * The bleised Sabbath , praise be unto God; ishere I Afary`O'er hill and valley, stream and glen, The,. ancient church-1411's peal is blithely tossed; Now ' on the fresh breeze, cheerily heard, and then, • In the quick quivering of the green leaves, • lost. • Prompt at the,summons, moves the straggling host. . • The youths clear fence, and field with frolic bound; The ruddy maids, their prudent mothers' boast, Demurely step, sly stealing glances round, Nor leave the branohy path that threads the, burial ground. Around the low-browed porch they pause 'awhile, • Beneath the elm that towers aboire the dome; Exchanging, gravely, greetings without guile, They learn the welfare of eah. helmet home. But soon: the hum is hashed; the pastor comes, Advancing slow; their toll-bronzed brows they bend, And kneeling as he opes the sacred tome, Their gushing hearts and blended tones ascend, prayer' and praise, to God; their Father and their Friend. happy that band, reliant and devout ! The dusky artisan whose biow now bright, Ripands with love and joy; the ye,oman stool, Whose harvests are the bounty of God's might: - Matron and maiden, old and puns unite Heart-offerings : to God's low-roofed house to bring, • From whtoh the intruding oaks exclude the light, While to the organ-notes the glad birds sing; Yet Gbd is there, and 'Cis the palace of Heaven's - What, withod4thatvihioh`sanatifi6sllie lowly, The temple's•glory or cathedral's pride T,han conqueror's triumphs higher and more holy The joys that with the cotter's Sabbath bide. The Lord's day past, how sweet, at eventide,: His blessed sleep whose service' has been So may we live Ai% who forus That life may, like. a. Sabbath, be possessed, And death,heaven's Sabbath give of rapture and `of rest!,;* Stairtopuituct: "GOD REIGNS." PEW, havelpassed through sorer trials than David,,. Elia, life had often been in the great est jeopardy,. .Frequently he had nothing but (kod's proraises-to sustain him. Look iherelie wotild, except to God, and all was darkness, In God, all was light. When he had passed through the sorest, most heart rending trials, he could look up, and rejoice that " the , Lord rei: s, " and call upon the earth' rejoice. is faith could take-hold of that one great,-grand, glorious truth., in that truth, there was light, and in it there is nothing but light to the holy soul. Amid this world's darkness—amid the ;clashing of arms, and the consequent 'sighs, groans, tears, deatl'is,"l know of no truth better cal culated to rejoice the heart. That*" Godreigns,'' , is a truth-which stands out prominently, to view , in, the holy volume, and would we but open' our eyes to the world's history and .to passing, events,, we must see it written there. But ah! how, many will not read the inspired volume, and are blind to that volume which GOd's pro idence is writing. The great 'mass close their .eyes to the great, glorious, comforting facts of Revelation and Providence ' and be cause they see. ot ril ; fancthat God to de with the, affairs of earth, or, perhaps welt nigh atheistically ignore his suprawy, 49w many are blind to God's providential gAvernment, because 'they do not want to see'. It is a truth, whic,h their hearts do not love —a truth, which they would banish front their minds—yes, banish from the world. But to many a child of God, this truth brings nothing but joy and comfort. It is the sun in, the firmament of , truth. In such dark and trying times, as this , -times of our country's sorrow and peribit is , full of,comfort to them. Come, what, may, they "can en courage their hearts- in the Lord , their God." Come 'What may, they 'know all is right,• 7 -all ' is best. They cart sink into God's blessed will and say, " not my will, but thy will— not my ya but` thy way—not my time, but thy time." They know, that as Father is at the helm, at the very best.time, all evils of earth will be removed—that God v*illr wait for the ,Very best time, but not an hour„ion ger. The place of their " defense ip munitions of rocks, " and they can calmly ; and fearlessly look out upon the gathering, storm, or even on the descending storm. "Their steady souls can fear no more Than solid 'has When billows roar. " They can smile at all, the combinations of earth and hell—Yes, • Sallie at Satan rage, Anil face a froFning. " But are there not many Oh.ristians to whom—this truth brings no ,comfort.? It would be, false to say that they . " can smile at Satan'airaga." Often their minds are fil led with terror. Perhaps, they can only see the impending storm. They, see not , "the covert from , the stOrm," nor, the:Hand 'which directs it. They , see darkness, bet no light. They have not a faith which cain penetrate the darkest clouds; and seethe sun 'beyond. To the eye of sight, earth, at times, , seems to be given over to him whose tender mer cies are oriel: Satan is Ailed the " God 'of this world'" and the "print* of this world." ru l e s ir k the hearts of the children of disobedience. The ~mo ve s his billy obey him, He is really their king, He often allures and''secures the , grievous fall of God's children, and he " worries whom he can't devour." He often secures the griev- Oiti perseention of Chriit's followers. It has been estimated that 50;000,000 of them have teen. martyrs. For- the last 6000. years, &tan has appeared to be , the supreme ruler of this world. He has seemed to be well nigh uneontroled and uneontrolable. Hence Many Christians have been led to suppose that God has had little to do with the affairs of earth. Their vision has been sight, not faith. • But 'though Satan has been roaming at large--a Hadean prisioner;and'riofa prisoner confined to 'space—though he hai been going about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour, yet he has not been permitted-to do as, he pleased„ ~but as God pleased. ; It: is equally true ef him, as of wicked men, God has caused Satan's wrath to 'raise him, and the remainder he has restrained.' The rage of men and devils has always advanced the highest good of God's people and of his uni verse. There has never been a. Manifesta tion of the enemy's wrath but God ` haS brought good out of it. The eye of. God, has ever been upon l that arch-enemy, and his hand has continually restrained him. Satan cam do nothing without God's permission., Because the good of the universe, and the good of His people demanded it, the infinite ly wise Sovereign has permitted Satan 'to go about as' a roaring lion—has 'permitted that spirit, who is the concentration of evil to roam • through the earth—yes, and through other worlds,—and by means.of sin, to make earth a vale of tears--a lazat house, and por tions of it to bear strong resemblance to, the. abode of the lost. And can good come out, of all this ?—has any 'good come out of it ? Yes. Is there no scene , of sin, misery, wretch edness`and woe, but God has permitted and. permitted because it was best ? No. Eterni ty will ever answer, No Eternity will pro claim that every thing was for the best— that every thing was a part of the allwise purpose of LOITII. But we must pass down through eternity, and see, see all causes pro ducing their ultimate effects, before we can understand all the whys and wherefores' of God's, government on earth. Bat in. this state of existence, in, which we can see noth ing but,"in part," some things are as dark to` us as Egypt—God has given us no light, so, that we may,—yes, must—ialk by faith., There is no sight here, there, it will be perfect viiion. Therewe shall cease to "see through a glaisr darkly." - Since " God reigns,"• all who trust him are safe. Everything may seem to be against. them, bufreally, all things work together for , their good. So particular is God's provi dential care,, that even the very hairs of their lea; are all numbered. Mat. 10 : 30; Lu. 1.2": 'T. Sight may see only clouds and darkness, but behind those cloud's, the Ai- Mighty Sovereign "Hides a smiling face, . and. orders everything for the best. Our ,beloved land may be called to receive heimete—what she has measured out to the. African qand'"thecindian; 'Our worse than Egyptian opprgssions, and our pOlbitions; which might weir nigh have bought the blusk upon Sodom, may have filled her cup. Ohr. vita of wrath may be filled up, and now. God May be measuring out to her double; accord ing to all her works. The Avenger of .his own oppressed, despised little ones may, now shiver our Government with his great iron rod. Angels may rejoice over her. The blood of Kansas may be required at her hand. The despised, unacknowledged Sov ereign of the nations may show her that he is Lord—that he is greater than Govern meats. But: ;fearful, unutterable, heart rending as may be the distress, God's hidden ones need not fear.,. They need not fear though :the earth may be removed, and though .the mountains may be carried'into the midst of the sea. Ps. 46 ' They can look up with 'confidence, assured - that their Father reigns, and that his promises are all sure. .-They know that he can, and that he. will bring light out of darkness,order out of evil. The darker the day, the brighter is the evidence, that his redemption draweth JAMBS KERR. SOUL THE DYKE BE PIERCED. I; ONt incident in the siege of AntwArP as related by Motley in his ilistory of the,New Netherlands has ' we' take it; a lesson for us just noviin (Mr history. The Duke of Parma, than whom perhaps Spainr never sent out an abler general, was-known to be intending to attempt the capture of the capital city of Antwerp. , It was,however, so situated, that it could, ; with a very little labor and some sacrifice, be made so safe as easily to defy his general ship and the power of his veteran army. It stood upon a river which` *might lie, and'was afterward, bridged-by - Parma, and so be readily cut off entirely - „froin tile-peanvtbspee it must look for supplies during a siege. Yet it was separateitfrom the oceanpnly by a - system' of gigantia dykei: - TO' pierce a° certain one of them, would at once bring the sea up, to the very gates of the city: - This done, with the. ocean Araversed by amphib ious Hollanders; the inhabitants , might laugh to scorn any attempt.that Parma might make to beSiege them ' for Parma had neither ships nor sailors, " and his arrimy would starve while the besieged would revel in plenty. - • • William the SilenV=felt entirely easy at the approaches of Parma, and'hastened his friends away to have the great dyke Blew garen destroyed, not doubting that it would, at once be pierced. But Wilham was too soon laid in the grave and before the order was excepted. Antwerp was governed by a Hydra-headed anarchy of boards, ward. masters, and colleges, and was without a man who, either as general in the field, or statesman in - the -council, could claim obedi ence or enforce authority. Saint Aldegonde,. whom William had persuaded ta accept ,the post of Burgomaster„ summoned a meeting of the magistrates, . and laid before them the plan of Orange for frustrating the designs of Parma.. They were convinced, and "'orders were en to 'pierce the dyke, 4 4 Unfortu nately"says Motley, there were many other boards in session besides Schepens, and many other motives at work besides those of patri otism. The guild of butchers.held a meeting so soon as the plan suggested was known, and•resolved with their strength to oppose its , execution. " The butchers . "[a, sort of border state men] " were indeed furious. Twelve thousand oxen grazed annually upen, the pastures. which were, about to be Ati therged, ,atid It was represented as unreason-- able that all' thisgood fleshand blood should i I • 4., ITURSI) O - , -SEPTEMEER 25,-1862. be sacrificed. At, a meeting of the, magis trates oh the following day, sixteerchutchers, delegates frorn 'their guild Made their appear ance hoarse with indignatien. They repre sented the vast damage which would be in flicted upon the estates of many private in dividuals by the proposed innundation. Above all, they depicted, in glowing, colors, and with, natural pathos, the vast destruc tion of beef which was imminent.`" " Thus far the butchers. Soon tifterwa'rds came sixteen colonels of militia, terepresen- Wives of their .branch orthe multiform Gov ernment, -These ,personages,' attended by many officers, of inferior, degree ; . sustained the, position of the butchers with many vein ble and vehement arguments. • Not, the least convincing of their conclusions was the assu rance that it would be Idle for the authorities to attempt the destruction of 'the dyke, eeeim that the municipal soldiery would prevent the' measure , by main force, at • all hazard* and without regard •to their own or other lives!' The opposition was. successful, The price , was..not a very large, one which -theywere. called upon, to pay/when " the, existence of the capital; and with it, perhaps , the whole confederacy was at stake. TheY would not however pay it. The days passed on, and a watchful - eye was upon - theta the :while,' all too ready - to. take , advantage of 'their failures. Repent= anee came to them,- but when ,repentance availed them nothing. Parma understood the importance of the dyke &they did not. His first work was to plant his army upon that dyke and clot it with forts; he, knew well that, the time would come When Antwerp would wish it . broken. came soon. He built his bridge, and the hapless city must have an open way to the sea or perish. Its' fate dependea. on ter piercing of the dyke. Now nothing was tbo precious to be sari fired for that end. Desperate and terribly bloody battles were fought with frantic en ergy and bravery, and thousands of lives Were sacrificed on its, narrow top, but the dyke could not be pierced, and the famine stricken city fell into the hand of its fee. It was willing'to give up everything but only when the time had gone by forever. Is there not-something frightfully sugges tive in this story to us at this day? We too have our dyke. It is slavery. Interests immeasurably ; beyond the fate of towns and cities depend on haw we use it_ , The dictates of the simplest wisdom, which it woUldseem a child might understand, not, to speak of justice and humanity, demand that the dyke should be pierced and the' mighty 'waters •Of freedom should be let in for our help. But alas we have our " butch ers " andour " mihtiaeolonels " am.d. the d.yke is not broken. :- We have delayed long enough; shall it be that we shall wait till Antwerp's fate shall round up the parallel? A. .kettftleinceiL__ CiUR FORCES THE STRONGEST. ,TRE Wilmington Journal and Statesman contains a report which the editor regrets is very iuiperfect, of 'a sermon . preached in the Central'Cliurch,Wiltnington, September 7th, the Sabbath after the invasion of. Maryland, by the pastor, the Rev. G. F. Wiswell. The text was 2.liings, vi : 15-16, in which occur , the words : " They that be with iis,are more than they, that be with them." We give ,an extract: ' Now, what' eiidenee have we that our-for ces are the strortgeert and that we shalFiue °ea'? . • (t) Not that- the loyal: States have the most material wealth. This is true. But vfi'have no insurance of success from this source.. Nei; (2) that we have the most men:And war Material. All this true. But thus far we have failed with all our great armies. it may be'Napoleonic bufnot sagiptural, that, God is always on the"side of the strongest" batallions."' ' - (3.) Nor that we hate national and historic prestige. , All this too is :true. Scarcely any nation has had such ahistory,rand perhaps it has been our weakness, that we' have • been so little thankful and boasted of our historic renown so much. Yet we, see how easy it is for God to bring us to ruin: Not by a for eign foe, but by - permitting the elenienti Of ruin to start - 12 p within'ourselves. - (d.). We believe we are contending - for the= life of , a wise and beneficent government- 7 We have never doubted that we havethe best governmen.t on earth, probably the best thit was ever framed. Here have flourished all the ,great institutions that so adorn and bless the race. And they have been nourished, protected and encouraged by the very genius of our' government This governitent is im-. perilled, and weits :childrenare rallying for its-safety. Who so base as . ' not to see (5) We. arc. contending:against a barbarous despotism, that ; perhaps, never•had its paral-7 lel among nominally ,civilized men.—lts ture as seen in its movements; its studied, purpose for More than a qUarter of a centu ry—the means of its premotion—thecharao ter of its leaders and the end it pro Poses to secure ; all declare , it without , <a precedent. Tor. defeat such a.rebellion,:we ;fixmly believe is right, and God> must look , upon,.the effort, with, APProval. _ (A). We believe that the cause„ of our go verninent is the cause, of civil . and religious liberty, not only, here but throughout the World. Of this no one Who has without pre judice, at all studied the', nature of the con test, can have a lingering dbubt. The'rebel lion which threatens our republic, is:.based essentially upon zinjustice, 'oppression rand. tyranny.' Its spirit is the spirit of oppression. The ineans and methods it uses are the in struments of-tyrants. The object it seeks is the supreme power ofthe few over r the.maV• The fruits of its career thus far,_ are the fruits of despotism., Not alone the friends of oP pression, slavery, injustideandtyranny (Mr own land, are jtibilant et the prospect of 'the downfall' of this government, <but every petty tyrant and despot of the old world. Our enemies in England and France, are the friends of monarchy, amid the;privilege of the few to lord over the many , and live in luxu ry while the suffering millions are ground to powder beneath the iron heel of power. Eve ry unselfish lever of liberty and free govern ment must see this;; while our friends all through the world, are the multitudet who are struggling against oppressio4 and' reach- ing out supplicating hart bondage in which they gr " We are encompass witnesses." The comb, hosts- would fain drive ernnaent from its last ho record of two centuries, in bloody lines on.tlie,ye l ture history! Men and our work is to prevent t catastrophe, and if possi , continent from so dreadf this, we believe God , is W of ministering spirits smil course. (7.) We are contending for the. cause ,of popular intelligence and ch iistian civilization. 1 Who can question that tb,t.qa these causes have lade more rapid audifalthfill progress ii under the beneficent infi WO4 :of this gov ernment than ever - befor . `,irt . 11,4iy'''noitntry. - The great institutions o , #4oeation; cliria-' b r tianity ,and philanthtcp ',,:)have- here had- their largest growth . andfillet developthent. The Church; the School Ouse ; And the Col lege have always been, he symbols of our nation's health and rich .s. .Thus, by these the world has been bles 4. And it is just as evident that the Fug ess of this wicked rebellion growing out of dell a soiras it has, even were it- now to la down its' weapons, has put back the cause of eligion, education, morality and- socialerder one-hundred years. The very principles , uponivthic,h the So-called Confederacy is founded, arf , the prinCiples of ) 0 barbarism, antr,the succe 'of this rebellion will inevitably drive- the hole nation back well nigh into the darlin 'As ,of the savage state., Now until there a,,, radiCal change in the relations of right' and wreng; 'virtue. and vice; we must be riglkin„waging a des-' operate war against the relidltione hordes who ,seek to pull down thepillars and dome of our national temple crashing,',upon our, hapless heads. " They that,befdr us are. More than they that be for-them,"., .44 ' (S.) To maintain the reg`Warly., ordained civil government is our religious duty divinely Conananded. To horior and respect the ma gistrate, and acknowledgf the supremacy of law; is not only scriptural but 'Christian: This rebellion seeks to divide and dethrone the government. In a, republican country where the will of the majority is the law, the slave oligarchs seek to reverse this order and place the sovereign pow i er in the will of the minority. Failing in 'this they will fain turn this whole land into's *sate, and crush the hopes of millions yet to'be. Our clear chris -tian duty as patriots and citizens'is to prevent the consummation of this fiendish scheme. And in doing this, I believe we may expect the blessing of him who Says that " Whoso ever resisteth the powers ,that be, resistet,h the ordinance of God, and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation." For all these reasons I, do not despair of 'the RePublic. ' - .l' • " • tii • BRECIEINEINET OW11E:UNION: Ix the Danville Review for Juney Di. Breckirtridge thus comments upon the move ments looking towards a reunion of the Old and New School Presbyterian Churches : For a nuMber of months preceding the -- meeting of the Assembly, a movement, which had all the appearance of being concerted, was made both in the Old and New School. Presbyterian Churches, 'having for its object the organic union of the two.—Antong the earliest steps taken, one seems to have been . a joint meeting of a Presbytery of each Church, in or near Ogdensburgh, New York —in which resolutions of mutual confidence, and of the desirableness of a closer union were passed, -and-, we believe, afterward rati fied by, each Presbytery acting, separately. The religious weekly press of loth .denomi nations took the subject up, and editorially and through c,orrespondents, discussed it with a'certain earnestness. We are not very familiar with the, press of 'the New School body, nor with the State of opinion on this subject in' that denomination. Odr impres sion is that the organic union of the two' bo dies did not commend itself, to the cordial support of any considerable portion of the New= School Church ; and that, under any, circumstances,there would :be a large 'party warmly opposed to it. Moreover, it is_ pro bable that the whole body would expect the union to take place, if at all, by means of ``a treaty, or something' Of the sort;'in which something equivalent to a retraction—apolo gy—repeal of obnoxious acts, weakening of strictprinciples of action,- and of subscrip tion; in short, "satisfaction for the past, and security for the future"--should be im plied, if not expressed by us, for the satisfac tion of the other Church. We add' that a certain number of milliliters and members of that 'body were probably very desirous of seeing a union effected , with our body, and not' very particular about the. conditions. And this completes the expression of our idea of, the case,.as it stood in the - New School Church. If our idea is any way near, cor recta' the proposed union was im' possible, .7 .fr . 9 m the New School point of view. In our own denomination, which we understand better —there is no possibiliof an 'organic Union: ( /r Of this signalproofs we e furnished by two die tinct actions of our lat Assembly.. The first occurred on a report•frm the-Committee of Bills and Overtures, th second on a,..report ; from the Committee or Foreign oF.tpori deuce ; in both instances the House rerifrOg recommendatiens of its Standing Commik tees. In the first ca,se, it retped to say the proposal for organic union, might be favora lily Considered Hereafter; refused to refer the 'subject to. the het Assembly, and distinctly said the union ought not to.take place: In • the second case4t refused' to adopt'a recom mendation of its Committee. to appoint a Com missioner to the New. Sphool.Assembly then : in session, and thus abruptly, and for, reasons and in a way the Assemblydid not approve, open a correspondence under a . discussion for - - a union. . After quoting the; minutes adopted by the 0 S. Assehibly, ropesing , a, correspondence by Commissioners with the' New, the Doctev goes onto say, • This, in our opinion, is the proper relation for these two denominations to sustain to each other. It:was hardly an open question with the late Assembly,whether it was prop er for it to hold 'correspondence with the New School bodY.For having,' before that, eS tablished a cOrreetiondence with the New School body- the propriety of the corres pondence with ithe New - -School body Was a foregone. conclusion. We _admit, however, ';lfer*relief from the If; being burdened. 14 at great cloud of deepens, and the • af republican . .gov ,e r eTpu,rrge the fair pd:ivrite , despotism, blanit - pages of fu *omen of to `lk'sad; this direful le -Save this great' Ea fate.' In doing' Itlrius; land:legions' attendant on our, that if no .such, reason had existed, we, shoubl not only have .favored, but should have pro posed the, very action, in the very way, taken by the Assenibly. Great changes have oc curred in the laStiNtenty-five, years, in the' New Schnol Vody--Lthe most of theni-*and the most iiiiifertantundoubtedly - unfaiora ble. ItiatipOssible, at any rate, to deny that it is3Eaf.. , Christian Church—a Presbyte rian Church,la.Clikrehlour fifths of whose . origmal,eiements :went voluntarily from us without, ecclesiastical , censure--a. Church whose ordina,ncea, have ;lever been, questioned. by ur Church snit to be questioned. This is conclusive,.,and obliged the A : .siern- . bIY to! de as' it didHfirSt,in last. We don.; feis it Was a great satisfaction to us—and We accepted it as a sPed*l and kind provi-' dence that the time , and way of terminating: thua-,—as :We •should terminate-for-' ieveL77.7..thelparinfaTurttofAte , everitti of 1.831.= 1.8??, fell in 'some degree to, a few survivors : of m the great en who:achieve,d,those events. They will all - soon be gone. May their - works, follow them-Tin the best of all senses. We confess, also,' that it adds to - our satisfaction in what has occurred, to hope that the quei-: tion of areerganic runion Will now find rest. , We are fully persuaded that the differences? iunearly all: respects, between the two de nominations, are too' great for them.to con stitute denondnation sufficiently harmo -nieus,.to 'work together either with great are_ OT great comfort. These ditferenees• are not as great as they :were, and they May be less in time to come,.but beyorid'a donbt, every enlighteNed and - eandid:mind ought to"" see that New' School 'Presbyterianism is a type to-itself—and occupies a posture of its; , own, as really as any 'other denomination— and that, while it may be fairly doubted' even: by us, whether more harm than good Would: not result from absorbing that type and de stroying that posture ,• it is not, perhaps pos sible that this should happen at all; and pos -1 itively certain. it cannot happen by an organ ic union with Old Sehool Presbyterianisni without convulsing,. if not reVolutionizing that. Let us' confess' that it is the preoga tive of God to • bring good out of evil. We are not sensible.of uttering a paradox when we say, that the Presbyterian Church can never, recall or regret, what she did in 1,837. , and 1838, while she continues faithfuland yet that her very fidelity reqnired of her precisely what she has now done in 1562. And we thank the Lord for our'share in both series .of events. ' [The Cincinnati Presbyter/in quoting the above remarks—which. we .give nierely for the, information of our readera—asserts that "the majority of the Old School.chumh evi dently agree with " the writer.] • - LETTERFt*ON MOUNT . , PaAmnox, MT. LEBANoIy, July 30th, 1662.1 lify.likai.-4141-11feecre,: ~, , , , I have just returned from my Wed pisday afternoon prayer-meeting at 13tullum, little village about a mile distant. I war d, and a dear native sister went with me the wo men of the village were' so glad' see'rne, and all collected; about twenty-ft in num ber, though it is a very . busy s son=the harvest with these peasants. a woman- took ;her hands out of the do h, saying, “ let Inc come and heir a few wo ds from, tho' lioly, Book." . I trust , a good w k is going on in several of these sirctple-hearte daugh ters of Lebanon. 'lt is, our warmest eather; 1 and I was, very tired ; but when I t home I found my good husband writia to Mr. Mears, and I thought I would write. few lines to you,' and tell you about the od.. work which is going-on now all oven or mountai field as never•before. Did yp o ice an .ac count in the June herald, 'A Voluniee Laborer." That dear brother referred. to Asaa&A. Salebey, whom I ha e often spo e ll of in my letters to' yn—th on; who ' s going to kill his wife becaiise, sly read 1e Testament ; and 'his . tours are ' a mad: n our distriet. He has juitgotbak from tt e of his tours at the north part, of I .ifiebl. I' wish you could/hear him tell in is own' rt less way of what he has seen an heard. In Slaw, he, thinks theie are eye one hull red inquirers. .They sent by him specilt ,re- . , quest for Mr. Benton to come d spell , . the next Sabbath with them. Ile i opes to go. In Slinar they very much want missionary; it is a great town in the raids of a perfect maze- of little villages all a •ut it. .•The School teacher, there and; hi wife are both' decided for tre,Gospel, and eis a hopeful candidate fer our next couo nion • season. He was enlightened before li was married, about a year ago • after histriage , he told his wife of his change a ' ofient ents ; she •at first was very angry. lie to , her to read ' his' good bboks, and if she ,saw anything wrong in Were to talk free', and he would turn back if she could' prle him in error: She was from Is wealthy/family, and, for a wonder, had lea ' ed to read, and was very intelligent. Sh began reading, and after a few weeks of st' y, with her husband's faith-, ful teaching, s was as bold for the truth as, he, and declar d herself a follower of Jesus. Her mother t e her hair and said with wail ing, and beat'. g of her breast, "'My &Ugh: ter, my daughter, why did a allow you to' learn to reap? I might have known the he-. reties would have turned your head; you have brought disgrace uporrill our family;" and-much more like bitter reproaches. The - daughter bear all so. sweetly and patiently, and assists .he husband in the school, em braeing every pp,ortunity to speak, of the . Gospel, that ere is every reason to hope she will turn 1 efainily all over to the love of the Gape' , hey now despise. 'We have-to or tvielve more asking for the ' communion, andwe trust they are worthy , to'' be admitted to - tbe table of our Lord in due time. Our brother saad, the, colportm, spent the last §,Obat at Maalaka. The, good , _ . work was 6Pread g there, but he was greatly ,„ , pained to see- tat ne of our Protestants broke the'Sabba ;he brought home a load of straw on a camel. Assad reproVed and exhorted him. 'fle excused it by saying he could not get the camel on any other day, but c onfessed it was.wrong and that heliacl sinned against God, and promised to-keep the Sabbath in future. When - we consider how these> people have for ages been taught"- by their priests that such sins are very slight, and ,onlY Wed to be c onfessed, and a.,few piastresto the con fessor paid; and all is pardone&L-we cannot wonder that after they are e called with theiteavenly acmetitueslalter lit the way groWn-up children ? , need, cons care. Rev, ,and Nits. ;Killen, ariis, are sliptiling'the gun) area dear Ohlaian broth : it is Very , pleaSint to ha They live at 'Beirut, ands h. the: heat to Thatadun. ' , Rev. gr. Payne, ,ohapt lish man-ef-va,r, has, bex He visited :the ,schools,, s delight 0., • Re, gave iv ti tohelliiis in our Wale any us by his piods.councils him asa,. bro er ini Ohr Do :pray pus. Wi t quire ferns ;good by f 4.49P1 r' ; . •• , 1 1 WHERtS MAN -is a,cre tire of emotions, of "hopes; of fears, and 1 , •e: susceptible of pain; or joy; of anxiet , or sorrow; Seeking peace here, and cepa, elf, mmortaljoys in another world. The ! , spe 1 ,addresses itself, to all these ; /and iti the ;lispelaione which, meets them fully. ie most Power of fear. may, be felt; 'whet 'at oaks at in eternal , he 11,,, The farthei, 11 , t of Nape may ,be met,' when lie leek at Veiernalleaven. All the desires of 8 . pa, i 1'5 , 1. friendship, rove; `ma be'gratified',thiprospeet Of immortal hap— piness. Tlt iit ost intensity , of love may be exhaust in the effort to love Goii. And all, the mig est, powers, of the soul-may, be sirmmonedi au effort' to understand the works l in and wo d o God, and to do tlis - will. 'Man is in r has but 'the Antis are mighty, and grand, rid ell us Orli& lt,e'W - as, as broken arches ix columa tell us what once ,Thebes was,. d, ruin.e as .lie is; there . is no object in this world tha satisfies the original sus / cepa' ities f.. 11 mind. After - men have sought the orld gained its wealth, run its round af pl asure, ,and climbed it's steeps of 11 dep. sit down in the evening;of ambition - big tear steals down the cheek refreet that not one -singlepro the mind has been'met and gra.t alth had no 'such happiness to - be-. promised ; and~ the theatre• and life, and when the pensity I ifred. stow a• A assent ~ oom •never: met and filled: .2,cp , .the des' 4 cf joy; the toils of professional life ha - ot ufled the measure of the ,soul-;. ; the c m .y' call to the fkeld.of liberty, and vie or , : rasp of satisfied the desi t res of the .im ni "- I mind. And "there sits the man, ihdwing desires of something unreaoh ?. antitiated, and ' still as" restless and satisOedias he wds in allathe aspirings of nthl. - ambition. There 'he sits -wailing, ait if re, on the shore of a boundless and npas• d , ocean, for some new .. bark to !bear him, to -olimes he ~ has never trod, and to an, Elisii f he has not yet fourtd. , How 510 - the he: via l gs of his bosom, and, the last,kindlings of his , eye, and the last Sighs of ambition, si. ow , that lie has, never found what was at , pted'..to ALL the - original propensities of -f ThhThat' is the gospelnf the blessed' Or od - e voice,of pardon—=the hope of immortality. , ere the mind , reposes ; :: and is &tease ; nor there -a desire of happiness or peace —a sceptibility of hope, of.fancyof friendship, loye, ,of boundless wishes,;—_. that is not tilly 'Met by the gospel of: God. ,When man eels this; he weeps over the. sins 'Which so ong shut it from his vie*, and repents and turns to God. He reclines his head oil his Redeemer's bosom, and every desire is :sat isfied, - and, he . calmly waits' his change.-- Barnes's .".Essays on Seleneeand Theology:" fittELLER'S LIFE OF TRUST. • , WE' do' not doubt' that all the statements of fact in this volume are true. , We 'safe very far from thinking thaVthe author in tended to ':.misrepresent matters. Yet *e are very confident:he was deceived and that the book , will deceive others. The actual results.ef his lire : .we do not question, but that these results-were obtained in the par timilar way 'that he supppses, we -entirely disbelieve. He says he contracted no debts, and ''yet howeier la their ftindi might be, they were never - in' 'want: And; yet it ap pears that, several times, when large sums were received;:• they , , *ere spent in paying arrearages due On the salaries -of the teach ers. One :feels : ; inclined to ask,, Were` these debts?, Mr = Muller with great simplicity answers, No, for the, teachers understood that they were not to haVe their salaries un til they could: get - awe.. With the same conception of what debt means, he advises a loin who wishes to go' into business but has no capital, to borrow money; but he must' be e'arefal tol bit so that "if he is'unablete re-' pay it he shall , not be considered a debtor." By calling them_another name, Mr. Muller made himself believe that these were not 'And With reference to the statement, re peated so 'often `=and and insisted" 'upon' with so` much energy, that he never asked any hUman being , for aid, we find it' a - most manifest; though doubtlesslan unintentional perversion. of the, truth.. Mr. Muller never said,' by voice or pen, " Give me money for the =or phans, " but he said it really every day he,. lived. • Soritetins — the I mest effective way of publishing a. fact is to tell it "as' a 'secret,. and, as men, are constituted, there,is method of soliciting funds so sure‘of success: as. to let it be known that there. is ,need of, aid without: using„ other solicitations. Mr., Muller having 4 reputation for extraordinary, pietf, established himself in - a; wealihfoity, he proPoses' a new theory of - livink, which seems tto . be especially- deiout liegins roble . charity on the wails Of which is-virtual' ly written, 'tl ask none••but Gbd for : Yet, he , makes actual reports of- what 'aid is given. him. He tells touching. stories,t, as when a few pounds have just, saved _himself and the, orphan 4 from want.. When the-work;" grows on his hands and he needs more room, he sends forth a pamphlet Making a state ment,of- the'number''Of • orphans to -be'provi ded for-and the Eitnountlleedek and that he does not propose to asklany man for aid. Now we submit that there can he no api! peal to mAn'more! powerful than this. The beggar who with a hungry look stret o hes,out his hand for alms but does,,xot., say a, word, might with as much propriety efftrinthat F he never asked for aid, as can say SEE EVANGELIST -Whole 'No. 853. ightened d :s they sh4uAd They are No nt vi;ateli -and rinan mismona 1. with . They 'and"sister; and them' with us" e comet to escape n of adarge Eng, with us a week. of them, and was ee EnOsh pounds greatly encouraged dprayets: Weleve love-td all: who in theleighta af.Le- 4-, :,PEATON6 FIND BEST? that he accomplipl u osll,his work without so liciting a shilling. Therefore in this matter of-asking. God only fp; ~, 1 ,14,; M. Muller's experience by no means eptabl i i,slics his theory. We db not'blame . j u him foi ilk soliciting aid. We feet that,he ought to lin ss Ve deneso." We ask milY to' repent, to be loving; temperate, -virtuous;—why riot ask him to be Charitable ? rt„ is, very' strange that Mr. Muller 'colild put forth , sol continually the statenimit that he neverlasked.any one for aid," w,hen.he was,virtually,sAking everyday.. Still, we do not doubt that he iipcerely,thought, he was some. one Arty- ssIF : net the seal of God'i.apprOval Upon his Fork ?" We cannot doubt it.ltegults atcom pit shed: it 'Bristol. that' alio* thepowei 'of God add not of niin. Mr. Muller is'a great missiontryiticiity. in himself.: - As, we said at the first; ,his is , alife .o.f#ost. We i gladly-admit this. ~Buttlini, t is ealled.th _ ,:; s 2,0ftt,r,10140-,if!tflage-9944-"' r !be none °thi_ . xcept on_ this model. ' We protest We iiit ribt to affirm that because God has blessed Mr: Mullet' most wonder fully,' and his 'heard hii prayers, - that there fore he' approves of the particular. theory which he sets forth. God blesses' sinful,' er ring men as well as perfected saints. And now as to the effect .of the book. There are those who ,can separate. the true frOm the false, and to such the book may be` quickeniitg and frratable. It suggests the need and the beauty of amore positive trust' in Gott:' ' Though the author's fancy often runs away. with his reason, his heart is childlike " and pure ; and any one Who, avoiding. is errors, can catch the flow of his devotion, may have his love and zeal kindled anew. .But the book has fallen, and will yet fall into the hands of many whom it.,l4se- ' riouslyinjore. They will not sift: thelittl# good wheaffrok the mass of 6lfrit We do notspeak merely of those 016 ifttn always ready to:receive any novel pro - I:refit:ion in' re ligion, especially if it seem devout. But there are, multitudes of earnest souls that are yearning for ,a, deeper trust in God, who as they read . this book will fancy they may gain it in the way here laid down. They may, perhaps,.;conclude that they ought to live in this way. - And yet they will not— partly because it is so new and strange a theory, and partly from a half convic tion., th.at it is all wrong. Such persons will 'be much, perplexed and much hindered in their Christian course. There is nothing more damaging to . Christian character than for men,to resist their, convictions of duty. It matters not if these convictions are alto gether erroneous. The conscience is wound ed'unless 'lt is Obeyed. And of the great number who are now pointing to Muller's as 1 an illtistration of the life of faith, we have not yet heard. of one who has followed his exam ple." All such , are refusing to obey their convictions of duty. And, it is because we believe that these convictions, which many have formed upon reading this book, are ut terly - false, 'that We, 'for their' sakes, most heattily - wiskthat the volume had never come from the press. 'We have good. books enongh with t ott r,ufor the sake of the good this one contains,, bearing with its errors.Bostort Recorder. ' - ' - WHAT i'SERtONIS WO THIN MONEY. A CASE DECIDED BY THE COURT. The National Preacher for August con . taiiis. two lucid and forbible Calvinistic, and therefore cemforting, sermons from the pen of the Rev. ,Joseph R. Page of Perry, New Yorli, :now' on- a voyage to -Europe for his health:, • The hittory of these discourses is so re markable and unusual, involving a principle of propertyright and a rule of civil law, that the, following explanatory, note is appended : " These discourse's were lost by the writer, in June,lB, on his way to Presbytery. 'His efforts to'recover them, were unavailing, until a year thereafter he learned they were in the possession ,of Rev. J.' B. Wentwerth, then =of Perry. On-fhis refusal to deliver them to Mr. *Page's agent, who made a de mand for them .in his name; her commenced a suit for their recoveryin the Supretr,te Court, which was referred to E' G., Lapham, Esq., of Canandaigua, ,by whom the ease was tried: He depided againet the defendant, and, to determine the question of coets,, that, from personal`exiiniziation,the sermons were worth to the writer at least' fifty dollars. An appeal was' taken from this decision to the General' term of the Eighth District; and at the last February Term, held in Buffalo, the referee's decision was .sustained." • We see, r from this case, as the preachers sa y 4 , by way,,of inference :" That sermons are worth much more than many people esteem them to be.. a minister preaches two such ser mons to his congregation =fifty Sabbaths of the year, he gives' theme the avails of what the-Supreme Court' of the State 'of New-York. declare to be worth "at least " $2500 ; which ' is, five times.the average salary, of our preach ers. , .1: 4 7e hope congregations will take notice. 3. Minieters can recover of " common car riers," forthe' loss of sermons as of other property., A cle'rgyniatC on his way to hit present field of labolyis* a candidat, had hisitrunk, containing - • softie! 20 of his best sermons, burnt,. :while - in, charge of the Railroad :Com pany, Ile recovered for the trunk and a, sin4l amount of clothing it; contained, but scrwris then , had, no value in law, .and for .then oc, could recover nothing. Hereafter the case will be . different. 4 ; Many thanks to the Supreme Court of Ne* York 5. Blessings on - the man who mvente Printing ter' bylis art, - Mr. Bidwell, the enterprising Publisher of The , rOa/timed Preacher at:No. s.Beekmanatreet, can fur. nish these two sermons to any who may de siretheni, for onefivi-htimmith, part of their real Value 'as establislied'hy 'the - courts;.—N. y. Evangelist. The neprovenient of mercies best 'shows. whit'esnd ' had - in prayiltk fOr• theta ;he thit'se4ks pleasethliimself ith.thein ;, but henha - t: seeke7theoalfo'r God, plevieth. Godovith.them. - ‘'Do ;Omni your audiences attentive 9 ." `iiiiPshreiid - vold tam:Mink' " then give siineethin:q ttr , a-ttend'to." ' - mail may know the history of Christ, and yet be ignorant of the mystery of Christ.
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