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Vol. VII, No. 9.. --Whole
ofetirgo
Ode of the Vnion latty in Chirlestan Jon
In the following ode breathes a
commend itself, toevery patriotic citigo: It was
written by „the Rev.', Dr. thuKAN, cit'Tharleston, -
and was sung_at the 4th of July cetebration, in
1832, by the Union party of that c i ty . I had the,
satisfaction, to be present, and to assist in the'
choir. The proeession had Moved to' the Baptist
Church to flautist to an oration Colonel DRAY'-
TON one of the influential mon tof the' Unionists,
while the Nullifiers were leaded by .40 great
IlArrnts, HASIILTOpT, and others.
•
Hail, (*.country's natirmorn
Nail, s%rending kindied'born. I
Balk thou armor :net yet limn,
Moving o!er t the free I
While this day, in festal Wang,
Millions swell the PatriPt'a song s
Shoff - not 'we the notes prolong
Hallowed:jubilee 1
Who would sever Freedomls shrine
Who. would draw the invidious liner.
Though,by birth. one spot be !nine,
Dear IS ill the rest,—:.
Dear to Ins the , Seuth's fair lend, ,
Dear the oentralanountain band,
Dear New England's rooktatmad,
Dsar the prairie West.
By our altirifiure and • free,
By our law 4 deep-rooted tree,
By thequatialdend meinor3r,
By our NirAsn.TuuTON—,-
By our (opinion kindred t6gue,,
By our , hopes--
,bright, hioyani, young,
By the tie of e'ountry strong,
We wlil still he one..
Ii ath,so Il?ave bled tin. vairt?
Ages, must ye droop again ?
Maker / shell we rashly, stain ; '
Bleisings sent by Thee ?
No I receive mit &Skim voi,
While before thy, thrstel ?No law,
Ever rephitaie, as now, , „
"
The o:red of the ode .was truly !sublime. When`
the choir came to the last four hues of the last
verse l the whole andiento , arose 'spontaneously,
and these Wast an atful, grandeur the,sottad
the thousands, of voices exclauzuog— •
Nol ;waive oarsolemn ion",
While before thithrone,v,,lxlr,
Evir to taaintain, as 11014 y
Union—Liberty 1
Choir and orgati acid harmony were 'drowned by
the wild ejaculations; that' it: started feelings not
unsuited to the , sacredness of the,piaee of meetiug,
and the light of the uplifted eye ,had to struggle
through tears, Ind there Vas 'not a man present
who would not, it that *suoment, have ,oheeirfally
sacrificed' life, fortune and position to Union—Lib
erty !—Jour;ial of Commerce.
RA.WLINSO& trArtgrip..
STEWARD; -
Rev. Dr. Perkins, the Anteriettn.Minsion
*try to Persia, thus ;writes fro!), liqudo.l4Bept.,
1.86.2, to the inclependetst . f
Some of your readerantai'recultthe.unPle
of Wm. Ram,linson, ..who but year gave, for
the Ampriasal/aand, itsistraitened,aircim
stances, some three thousand dellars, and, was,
moreover,'' . the chief instrumont ,in raising
" the crisis fandi'sa-called, for the'same
ject. On-my-way froth" Liverpool tdifitindon,
I turned aside , to Tainton ' to spend a day
with Mr. R.l*hoseacquaiiitance ,
ring my finraier Nish in 'Englund. :Of All
mortals whom I,,kaaw, Mr. R. one ,of-tlae
most devoted and faithful ste w ards of the
Lord Jesus., kip is a wealthy silkmanufao
turer, employing .itt present about five hin
dred persons." '`lie does not allow his 'Capital
to increasefrem,year .to year, after Abe
frugal support of, his lueecrupuleirly
hands back to the Master's use ' all the "gain"
which the Master intrusts to hie care. '
Mr. t..labore, abundantly in word as well
d lfh
as in .deed mse - t e persom_cation of
modesty, yet equally so of efficiency, he re
deems time from superintending his large
factories to visit the sick, the Suffering, and
the dying, and speak to them of , Christ and
selvatiow;. and the number of committeeships
ou whichohn serves, for various religions and
charitablounNeetay it would. li!e , diffienit
count up.,
A rap , at door this morning brought
Mr. R. to my room with the statement, "I
have a short religious service at'one of my
factoriesovorymerning at. 9 o'clock ; will you
conduct xsorning 2 fl gladly.accep
ted the prep*, .and'V'o'clock found;us in
the factory,, surrounded by three hundred
operatives, On jitid just assembled with their
hymn-books lirtheir hands. 'Mr. R. read the
hymn, oltow tweet the-Imam Jeshs is,"
etc., which was 'beautifully. sung by nearly
all present. I. then read, ashartpassage from
the Bible, on mhich..lremarked a few min
utes, and fled,in "prayer. Asap. extra, on this
occasion, itb.oy , Aten the,,kymn: "When
shall We all meet again?" etc. Such a ,ser
vice has" beau kept up 'by Mr. R. daily in
that factory for twenty years. Sane fifty
of the operatives.a.r#4,lo,petAlLy-pttaus, and all
thus become pomptirstiv,ely: intolligent on re
ligions subjeots, while tie eref of eueb. a
service, to',prontote order and pod character
among them, is incalculable: last
,of them
are females." The' younger abilditen attend
school half of the day. There is Intioitorking
at night, and all have Siturdaysifteinoon to
themselvev ',The eitablishment.is fact a
great Christian family, of which. Rvis
the reveres} 414
"You have a great pressure of ondiness
on your hands," I said to him,.as we were
walking to: , his) factory; having in mind the
late hour iambi& he was writing business
letters in his Anikilyjast evening. 44 Yea,"
he repitof; would .curtail ray business
and t 4 keeasic,g, but, for the purpose of
thus dOing 'mere for cause. the, ef 'Christ.":,
Mr. R. with his thousands at command;
occupied at. doeilingiaa humble , us the houses
of most NewlSaglOd Pasters,-And very far
more so than some of.them—lvtale whole
style of 1104 s is. Pe-rfeCtIYPIOP simple,
though of cowl() more : com f ortable than ,the
luxuriousequike *,fo4ed Mostreligions
men of his peons in; America.
The LOA blesses this faithful steward;be
ginning.with hii''6ltti household: His five
chndriciArAanging betsfUqn the twos of eight
mid twouty l tiaree, who are models gOt le ",
ness and i modesty, are ail s hopefully pions.
And the ritimber of other pjisons brought to
Christ, as T. was told in Taunton, through
th e active. laborrofthis meek-and quiet man,
is quite large ever year. ,Xiip u help
meet of her husbapd;, , an4 , 6 ,4#21094`p f 0R 1 Y
I know not in this world.
Cortropiollittire,
.OUR , FOREIGN LETTEII;
B,tisToE I wrote my rail the leaves have
been turning: russet, .and beginning to fall';
and the fields have bben whitening to the
harvest .which Will be into , this year. , Both
these phenomenwiremind us of the noiseless
flow of thrie f which bears us -all 'along to the.
boundless, and unfathomable ocean of eterni
ty ; and call for expressions of our most de
vout gratitude :14i Him who still remembers
the' covenant, which the "boW - -iii. the
cloud "is the standing sign. The weather
*hie!): was ve cold - and rainy firing the
earlier part of the Sin:diner, has been fine
ilatterly4 and ,the, food prospects are good,
•c(RPVed with.what,: *Lr , Weeks - ago, they
appeared to. be. .I believe;'. tbe„eifeetual,
fervent prayer of the righteous ";has availed
much, in relation to this matter ! ;and that
God has been teaching hid children if they,
as penitents; 'call on Him, He will net turn
His 'fade from ' theta,- or their' prayers' from
cHiui.; In many: "dwellings °tithe righteous,"
:and in many congregations of the saints ..sins
were confessed, Divine judgments.deprecated,
and,Divine forgiveness -and favors sought;
and the Lord Whose nieroy is in the heavens
agreeably disappointed both . the hopes and
fears,of his people, crOwning the year,with
His goodness. In many parts of the coun
trY,' where the lanais dry, that best earthly
friend of Ireland--the potato—is in a-better
..state than it has been-for :rainy years. The
disease, has not prevailed , - to such an ex
tent this season r and the gnality of the po
tato is' general, much superior.
A RPM ARCHBISHOP.
The Govermnent has appointed a successor
to *late Archbishop of Armagh—a33erea
ford,' also, ,Like all the ecclesiastical ap
pointrnts,of the:Palmerston ministry, thiS
is considered a good one., The present Pri
mate cannot be, said to be a partizan, and
this is supposed to be not the .east of his
qualifications for the very important,position
hellos ` been called to occupy. The 'revenue
of-the see isabout XlO,OOO a Tear; which is
.£50,00 less ,thau his= prededessor received.
Tait* .work, and, large pay seena, to be the
rule in theprelatiu Church every7here,l,,
PROGRESS OF POPERY.
.dreadful agrarian Murders 'Which
are a dark spot on Ireland, still go on. This
summer. - has been ,a "-shooting season." . all
,over, and landlords . and .agents were the
pine. In this inhuman sport Tipperary
stiltireserves its accursed prestige. One of
:the most painful celicomitantwof these murders
that the perpetrators are applauded by
their neighbors, and concealed from the offi-
CO% of justice. I think the'conelusion is in
evitable that the priests are abettors in these
brutalities which. the nation receives as
bloody ii * . tcrest for, the. £30,000, a, 4 year,
paid to The returnsihe Irish
,Papists make for _Gov,ernment faVeritism to
them, remind me of the proverb, less classi
cal than true; " save `a'ihief from the gal-.
low's; 'and he will cut yotr -davit." Nun
rieries are'on the increase in'the NOrth.% One
has .been founded at , Omagh,
..and , another
will soon be ready at Moville, near Derry;
and what- was rather-::singular - some -years
ago, is, -now becoming, more pow:non—the
daughters of respectable Northern Roman
Catholics are taking the vail—alias—bury
ing„themselves whiled sepulchres. In its
.self-inimol4ted brotherhoods and sisterhoods
Popery: s venlike the religion, of the Sa
viour wh9"ry u
went about doing geod; instead of
shutting Himself up in fOur stone walls with
1 a bolted deer. Surely:these efforts of ROme
at Church:extensionnirreland are only con
valsive strugglesfiri a remote meniber - of
body all but dead:at head and heart. '
Gavazzi - • has -been through this country
-on 'a lecturing tour, to , raise onOney for his
" dear Italy." ,
.1 think the Protestant pub
lic has not quite, so much confidence in him
now, as, it once had.- It is , whispered he ,is
more of a political agitator, than a religious
reformer, and that. he ia coming too often.
Protestants Mild become wiser in their treat
ment- of 'converts 'iron" ReSanisin, and must
:not put them so often on" the pinnacle of the'
•teMple "'that Satan may tempt .them in , cast;
themselves down in the presumptuous hope
of suffering no injury. It requires, line upon
line to teach us. , . ;
DENKA)I(' fairfir• '
It is said a largetabernade, or tothething
d:that kind, is being >erecteA in , Dublin for
.Denham, Smith of Kingstown: and Metrepoli
tan Hall:Webrity, who.has withdrawn-from
the Congregationalists. .lan unable to, tell
3 t 3 ;f 3 position =Ake chat of ,yeligion, and can
only describe him , one Irish ha,r”ster did
another in the city of Derry not long ago, as
4 ' Christian unattaChed, or an honorary
member of all denominatiOns." I think it' s
a pity a good man, les Mr. Smith is, should ,
Kufar forg,o,4m4foPwkso mar ,I4;4;4411-i
nass. " who best of men are but men at the
best." The career of such men is generallY
a melancholy commentary on the "'figure of
the Apostle Jude,:" wandering stars."
.PROTESTANT ; DE*O,N§TRATIC,N.
.4 great Protestant demonstration-78,0,000
strong--came off in, the Belfast Botanic gar
dens this week, to protest against the con
duct of the Executive in, relation to the late
Sabbath Popish procession in Dublin, and to
demand the evenhanded administration of the.
laws Concerning party prOCessions; Whether
or not litniay be successful in-influencing the
GoVerrivnit questionable ; but;one thing
is certainrrit has •been. the, occasion: of revi
tug the Belfast 'faction fights which were
thought to bp,entirely •dead. In the evening,
afterthe Areat meeting in
~the Botanic gar
dens was over, the Orange and Popish, mobs
sallied forth to war with brick-bats,broken
stones, and missiles 'of that sort—retiring at
a regular hour.and returning to the same em
ployment fora.several, xtights. ,Much injury
has been, done to .POOO 4efiklenees, and
houses of worship —Party spiritds one of the
greatest curses of this country .If it would
leave the country,it would be 'for the com
mon good.
SABBATH -VESTIoNy
„Considerable excitement prevails in Scot,
laklid.on the Sabbath question—the foes and
friends, of ;the,Lord.'s day battling,f9r,.; and
agai,to„*he,nperking ofthe," Edinburgh P ol
tunic gardens—the running of steamers and
trains, and other systematic, publia
s
PHILADFLPHIA M il tl . 0CT08ER.30.1862:
fleas of "the sacred day:. The gchrhas " be
come dim and the most' 'fine gold'changed "
as to Scotland's Sebbaths. Open air preadhing
has been proseeuted very suecessfulls., espec
ially by the Free Church—the' ministers
going two i and two ^to ;neglected districts,
where they, remain.for a week or more per-
hapti . ,, visiting froni„house to house during.
_every day, and preaching j. 4: the, open air
every evening. The merebers of the Free
Church Commission at the'last meeting, con
gratulated themselves on being virtually de=
livered from-the lion's' paw of 'the Cardress
ioaae. It is greatlY - to be dehired that , .the.
,decision of the 'judges in thiscase; may
rule , the independence of :alitory-established.i
; churches r inspiritual matters Itencalorth,,
Vail A= OP' OANTERBIfitkr---CHltigOirbir" ENG-
',,,Z,~IV'D: 3
It`s"=more& circlei which cii ht to be ,
'well: infornied.' that Dr. arait, 'Bishop of lon-'
don, will be made Archbishop of Canterbury,
in thetroom .of the , ,•late , Dr.Sunaner. If the',
fact , be, a confirmation of this report, this - is*,
an appointment,which , will be hailed-with
'enthusiastic approbation. The elevation of I
the streefpreachinißishopwill be a notable,'
example' of true merit'rewarded in the ChUrchk'
of England: This matter calls to my Mind
a •subject, referred 'to , in my last letter—the
creeds of clergymen in the Established Church.
It is an. incontrovertible .fact that these
gentlemen have no , common, confession .of
faith, though they all most solemnly declare,
their ",unfeigned •assent and consent to •
the
,cententS of ,the Book of Common Praypr. -
This . mystic volume' unigt be, very much, like
a chameleon, or else the men 'who subscribe
it, must have a very' elastic conscience which
easily accommodates itself 'to the exigen-
Cies'of the moment; There maybe uniform
ity in the. Church of England, but it would be
anything but .itrue , to say, there is; unity.
There is not greater variety of belief in those
denominations, ;which., are the bitterest en
emies of creeds,,nd confessions. The he
terodoxy that exists within .the venerable
establish rent, if not purged out, must do for
it, What Guy Fawkes would have done for
`England's Parliament on a certain memora
ble sth of Novembe`r, had. he not been dis
;covered; and arrested: , Either , a second• re-,
'formation, .or an .entire;"destruction of • the
; Church which Lord ..Macaula,y describes •as
a,eompromise of.,Popery and Protestantisna,
is an inevitable ,necessity which any ordina
, observer can foresee.
THE BICENTENARY.
„On.. the occasion of the Bicentenary,,cel
&ration of the expulsion of the Puritans
many old sores werc--,-rather roughly perhaps
in some instances opened,up ; and, on the
whole, the Prelatic'patient bore the. oper
ation with much calmness-, though evidently
'suffering great pain. Sermons were preach
ed, lectures delivered, and tracts written, on
;the 'doing of black •BarthoromeAlbr.day„ in
such numbers that2if the Dissenters .are
norant,, of these 41,eiilge t ethey,,h aveT only them=
selves, to blame. , Ibis an ”.great
men are not always , wise ;". and ; we have two
striking illustrations of the truth of it lately /
The Bishop of London, though "a good man
—a very good .man,'' pronounced the Act of
trnitermity that left two thonsami flocks
without a, pastor, and as many pastors with
ont a flock in one day to be the " Charter of
the Chureh;" and Dr. Cobke, at, the late
great ;Protestant meeting Belfast, pro
nounced the, , Bicentenary celebration an
"attempt to call up,the,ghosts of ,departed
times- 7 - l amendeaior to. trade ,upon•the ashes
of honest and brave men.", We are, disposed
to. give both the, gentlemen alluded 'to credit
for common sense, of which the sayings • quo
'tea are entirely:destitute.' ' '
TH LAN,CASEEIRE 9PEAATIy..bs.,
:..The i Lancashire operatives areias, badly
off, now,, as, the poor of Ireland were when.
the potato was blighted first. The one class
is as much dependent on a single vegetable
as the other., Very large contributions have
been made to relieve the, distress ; but it
be rather a difficult problem for charity,
,to
solve, how thc.wants of the unemployedrare
to be met, if theAtherican war continite,=and
cotton come not to the English market The
,misery caused by that war is wide-Spread.;
and ;surely it will be, yearS after the, peace'
before it ceases to- be visible. Many friends
of the North here hope that the state,pf
affairs, revealed by, the late news, may have
the effect, of so`rousing the patriotism' of the
Federilir,,. that, Under God, they will drive
back,-and subduelhe*Confederates, who fight'
for the' perpethation and extension of that , ac-
Cursed thing- 7 ,-I . 'ilavery—lihich is .a curse to
all. connected :with it. :...0 that , He. whose right
it is, to reign, :may say te.the „war-spirit, it
is•enough ; putup thy sword its sheath?"
, • ••-i GARIBALDI!
: . The working - men of England have been
proposing to.raise. a fund for, the fallen, but
yet unconquered hero of : Italians freedom!,-
the noble, self--denying,, uncompromising Oar
ibaldi, Vfheis,novf, s.,„tate prisoner. u that
kingdom on W.b.o:* brow he`tjaca
a crown he might hive worn himself. , lam
confident, if they Proceed with, the proposal
of penny subsCriptions; they will teach. the
members' of the Church of Christ a salutary
lesson, as to the power of &ties, when they
act simultaneously ,and *in the 'Bathe dire'o
tion.
The, day there appeared in the 'newspa
pers yelative to Garibaldi, the following
•
telegram, " defeated—wounded—captured,
a thrill ran through many a., heart that, Was•
filled with high hopes as to the cii4er of this
wonderful Man; It is currently`StiPpOsed
that he will not be tried as a rebel, • but par
doned on the..odeasion of the marriage of
Victor EmrnanuelTh daughter to'the king of
Portugal.. The. Ca,prera, chieftain's wound,
it - is hoped, will not prove fatal., ,An En
glish surgeon has gone to attend bita. We
cannot see far into the myaterilous funt,r7
and it is well.--Yet,we cannot help regard/.
-ingthe capture of Garibaldi, and his removal
from the theatre of action, ailikely •to do
more -to adVancethe causb for which he' lived
and fought,:' than 'his continued' :lireskice
would,have done. God's.WayS are not ours;
and- therefore no believer the Bible can
have any doubt that the, truth crushed to
earth in Italy, shall rise againi and the
people free—rulers and ruled.
TWO IMPORTANT BYRNTS.
Two of the meet 'encouraging " signs of
the times," in, relation to religion are an ex
ample of freedom
,of conscience in,Turkey,
and the
,ppoplamatiBn of religions,_ toleration
in: the - Empire of ilie Sun. We hope and.
pray that in theselanas the precious
of religious liberty, ( pYiiiltiapd to the peoPlet,
by the rulers; shall War, :be nicereniamonsl.3r_,
withdrawn again, as'Or wad"by 'the' peifi4aus ,
Charles of tnglandlkWo- - -hundred yearS' ago:
i
ti
Dear reader;are ybllib'P I in , o h n ring ' ,g ii I de
the Gospel cause in 4he earth Itqliti.' Bel- .
emn thought that yOu can .plahe'aii °hatable
in the way of the chnxlot,,,wila.Aola ll of- f lesuS.
Watch- and pray tha.319 1 - PM.Y . R9.tn: :TN"'
tf l
so entails a responsi t ly n th34,is jr msirejbanl
11
awful. If yet 11sive seek lhe.l_,o l ra - #lO3.
He may be found. 1 'ita l ,:irtliM to le4Al'
-Others to the 'Saviour?toi4titing Illitkolheni.d
It Will make you wi wi si' ) lfOlfefAapVel , ; , tiride :
what` you' can for' '. iili.;' withheld` fiat llis.
~. 1.0,1 E , , ~, Er. t .., ,; 11' • .-:`
,Son, His only Son tiii yep, ail` ,alio, Jn
the `Funspe'akable . gio: 4, 4 '.' ; 'o' f, , ,, it ki t sl,o4l ? has .
rgiie:P -Y"Cille'..PlP4RSti.Mer.Y.,l9t'h4l.. tiles
t}i
sing...iAs ,a Chrisii Rib kr.RiAtiti:- 4 1. (0 1 ".
" all things are yoorx,k , : , ::..- - b, .M.,
' •-t.l 1 , ,
SSO N'S 1.101; WALE:,
brUMBEaI x v i-`•
-" • vAni - iTy - -
These who confine 'their ambition to the,
cultivation ,of one. or two great talents,. and
are thus led.to neglect, ALOse,lVmditer,Meslis
of influence, and succesi that othermen.knl
ioOPessary employ,„; might have thei&mis
take,corrected, ,by ebsrving- some ; -features
of the policy of war. - ,/,
A variety of weapons is' ndll4perAable-to.
wellAppointed' army. Theie' - iiinet be light.
and heavy 'armed ; some
.equipped'` fer eicVse.
and some for distant 'fight ; some bearing
swe'rd-and spear,.and soinethe bow and
Many a noble body , of Cavalry, or heavy
arme4l foot, happening
,to be surrounded by
the enemy in - some mountain' pasSi'have pe
rished under a showerorstones and arrows,
bepause• destitute of ,414 - armed in the same
manner, to assail' the foika distance Or pur
sue him to, his retreats. In Manner no
man, however great his-.learning., ; and,alents
may be, is prepared for action, or secure..
against disaster, *ho deSpiSes the talentS and
a.ccomplishreents upon which mankind in ge-'
,neral rare accustomed to depend. He will
not always enjoy, in the struggle;of life, the
privilege of a pitched battle and an open field.
There will be times whrin.he.raust trust to his
small arms or remain,- iveak anClielplessif
he happen to be unpievided with them. lie
will find it necessary to'pass some ruggedde-.
files in his march through the 'world, where
his more majestic powers will 'be•unableto
render him any assistance, and where he
be•at"the mercy of , infe.ior -men, who, 'from
their , hiding-places, ancl without danger , to
themselves, can gall him into madness and
to death.
A strong force . is
,the basis of militaucffi
ciency ; yet this Maybe ndered mieless for
want of a series of drill Maneen4teti ;, and.
• .a"sellAht ittiitake
tient. In . the same Mitainer;ireat-".abilitiks
may be' stripped of iheirinemted reward; by
the absence ;of 'it little address:. i:Orliinagry
talents prepare •the:Way:for, theAimithvef ex
traordinary ones; enable ;them . to•aot : with
security and effect, and..then „prciepre.what
they achieve.
AnArmy t: though it is the.,greatest combi,
,ration of ! etrength, that men are .ca.pab.leef;
thing . temarkable delicacy, 40,144
• . ..11J1 ; .. f .S
,to countless nangem, and need in g '.
.to be melt
• careftilly raided on every side.. ' It must be
stiPporteil•m the Ante 6f ablionAnd'cOiered
in the 'moment:efuvetieatie. and, a brook, a
,anoissa, -or a senseleess line:.of .forest, to rest
•,its•wings. upon, is .hailed as a divine protec:
Lion amidst the : perils : of the ; battle._this
mray, there aro. times ,in, ( te.. caner
of.. the most , exalted, minds, .when muat
fallback upon a gaCe of shelter, *her r !? mere
can 'avail." them' little ; and' even in
putting forth the proud "efforts ier their keni
-1113, they must have' die it pport of humbler',
-qualities, or 'they will advance to the glorions
.task with but-little •prospect of success.
" The greatest intellect is weak:and
without prudence, caution, .self-contrOl; and
acquaintance with the common maxims ofm an
..k#o.. These are to a_ man; milat the marsh
,or the river-bank is , to an army, i??. battle ar-,
ray. They are his
: natural defences, and are
therefore .the more valeable:bectinse thV,N.O'
'certain and' 'nnshitting. And aa l lie;haa`tb
pay nothing for the benefit - theY•affoid„ he 'is;
the mere ineitensalie if lie= neglecC
himself of their protection. ;
In addition to these-remarks, this general.
refiection , may, be .made; that ;we
. see in; in s i
view of war, a proof .of .the imperfection of
all : human things. Great arr*s, great. ta
lents and abilities, which are the;truest, forms
of power among men, are :tlienkselyce
kingly Aefencseless and' expiisk dingei:
Hiunaff behigs are never so heitilisi; su when
etothediii• their vaunted fOirniirdAtfe4thil;
never: so liable •to mortal, aicident - das 'When
prepared 'to 'strike Is: W:heiefoteriat
not titer_ .heart,otimen or:4ations
.liftettnp
*itilpii,* _w
he „for it is lieCtioi r likave,..pnt on
their' s trength, they have ihajinzoet ; sensible
probt of their: .iveakness t .a ii rti;
vincin eVide'nee that 41 Waft
• ir
!. •'. 1 1.0414T1L0N ,IN OWL; J.
La, Prease .pnblislies a. remarkable decr i t,P,
issued by the — 01 4480 , Oroi,riißiiii;, in the
name of the infant Emperor, recommending
ihe ptactice orfulNleration to the people.
It states ::"'lf those-'4li6
their • lOt; .. liaid seek
to make. themselves Iseloveili they , fulfil , lbe
duties of tree, chiltifen of the: iEtapiate ,•crf the
Sun.:: As to those:: who do notiplikotise*
' 4Nto:PV*.they ought not to makola stalkog
.orite of xpi,ligion • to attack ; those. 00. do.
i th
*. if. a*.Wett.ezt ilB.l464.ifOlitM .seal for
tote ;purpose of;cloalling,overyn 'o,orpritate
Offences, 'aiiitor t the 6diriiiii*Vot .45141 0 . 5; 111
ritimal:of fribote, thelippressibn'df ilifiviiilk;
not only ii'itischief (Otte '4o thiliedplii' . ofthd
Eihpire t of' Lihe ! Sun; ; but -religion': itself-41
brought into bontemiit.'Y o Theiimdral of;the
decree ds, that every mans ninstofreelptcdcri.
ate the faith; of others, , if their ii practice:l4l
good—a sentiment, .somewhat uelF z iri 14
decrees of the - Flower,y Empire, thoug h o ld in;
its philosophy. - • ' :1
'MANY . mistake. poetic, sentiment 4'or true
• gq4jimilg, ~,111.4,.w0ner,s of ,d01. 14 1.gr4q4 ) •4 18 r
`ll l Xo,4SiinikTPA9n,. •04(1 11 a 4 . 3 *.PME a '.49.
from more natural gensibilitly:
J:,31 ;
SE==MM
15,:ttrie itenti i
i •
„
• .114; the' 'American 'armies; :we With is,
!laudable cspride to .. Washington who . h.Wiis as ,
corm:flunk-ant Ural as ;man. -of s , prayer
other officers of ;the Revolution;
W,Arney,Twho.pfVed c at,, the battle, of TBen- '-
0404
,at the head of his regiment, and th6 A .
a } called out, : I N*UW,blS,..for'werlrl7;stoCapt. l ,
Dodge, - s
30 . Said' such iorayers:ineetinigs
ass in'°tail Seithlirtiirthary
ThilerofliralteefOlfteeti who '*erfrifliiieeld'ers
liiitike.Church4-4Gen'i - sMergaiirGer PickeiM,
Col: - Camphell, .:CohJJankv , s.Viilliamsvi4who
,Mountain D 01.% Cleveland,
•Col.-Rheltry • 023144vier....goLyBpatten,s,411--
fo,r
: SaA4OJ*Prr9NVT i
And .there.were . godly ministers.-
served as
louS War.; : JeiißOdgeri;Of
New' YOrk,.
Mr - Gisar`. PeririsYlVinia,! - I)i,' -
-weviiiityprort, l ol.::`johid Makin of New Tork,
120 r iMcWh'orteri) Mr. iJa;rheig , s'Arnistrong
CaldwelVof :New 'Jersey, ;:
with, Rev.: John:Woodhull, :then of s-Leadock,
!afterwards:of Treehold,, who .wrohe i hotne 414.- .
v45k,11t4,477P - ; "Y 4 *PP prayers„ at- seven
o 'cloek !• ,4 ' .Morning and s c - e, vening,
when r the
Whole battalion attends, and, `behaves with
'
much, .os';w
'”' There' Wereether'' - diiines:WhnikiV'arms,
as Dr. James Ran i ' of North Carolina Pro- •
Teesei Graham, of Vitginfa','Whe wars
.elected captain of a.-'company , ; Dr:Ashbel
'Green,; who facted':as:oad:off
At,the:.! battle of White Plains;, Mr;. ABA.
rushed:, .as .•yolunteer..,:,Mr.„Turn-
luill.fought, ;on foot ; among .the 'mall , with
Whom., he . had, just ,been praying. Gone,
h; - Baptist '. clergymen,' deserves special men
tion: He was an army chaplain, and his
sermons iiere remembered hYthe Soldiers for
forty - ydittifterWard.''''Being"*Of Smill 'Ste
tun, he< was called .40 °FLAW g ;light:infantry -
man ; 7 but his soul must not ineaSured
brhis. • statute, !Thrill.' the, :battle of ;White .
Plains,. he stood. inlront of: hiss regiment ex
pesed to, ' the hottest,:fire lie did r this for
the avowed nurppiei'Of . and en
couraging lus troops.,
was the war' of 1812 - Without its
the
of piety, both in the' arrnY:and " th e
navy.'Commodore Perry, upon entering
• Lake Erie, , sent 'ott•ghore , for clergynian, to
' , holds religious services on: shipboard: ;He it
trilited his subsequent ;preservation- ,to the
;influence- of prayer. Commodore McDonough
was i kpietis. man, • and always read prayers
himself at the burial ,of a seaman. He read
prayers just hefore engaging in battle- at
lattalnirgh, on 'the deck - of the Baranac,
Thatliattle Was 'fought''.on gunday;
.against
the' emoiaStrances. of the British' . general's
chaplain,- who - predicted nothing but defeat;
~ , =sfor,'", said she,.;" yen are , going , to fight ori.
-1-40.01'stdaragaitistiVIMirifhlrfeikVsitfit'
General Andrew Jackson although at that
tune far from, possessing the religious char
acter he bore at his death, told his-pastor,
the late Dr. Allan D. Campbell, that he knew
he'Shimild beat'_ the enemy at .V . §w Orleans ;
"Torr, Said he; awe had more than two
'thousand praying men among 'the
Fitt* *lc,t'ttanked alongside of: the : pions
sebieftainS .al ready enumeraAed,./I should name
.6donej, ,4 . lexander Thouwen, who fell in
the' Florida war ato-keeicho . bee. This
gallant,offiper had a furlough *his pocket,
granted 'account. of` his - *itiefed 'health,
bilk disdained' to of i the eve
ant lintiginiienti'"• The'eiening Before he
fell,lhethid - atinefittng for ' socialtpiayer in
his tent. o.,:,.lf.e•ieceivedlis fetal-wound as be
was leading on.his regiment, with :the words: -
" remember to what regiment you -110 i
long!".. • '
• While ivo record former instances of pious
0741.4, it ?'P );E?. able hat
there'
is no deterioratten Our oin ay..
' say,. n
~
Surig the prese nt'r unhappy contest, prayer
has' abounded. Ohaploins - haie not been
- backivard to' offer their IserVices•,. and whether
• with or Without chaplains;: the men have been
-known to, meet AL pray by 'dozens and .by:
.scores, ,and sometimes even:by -hundreds,: in
the.tent,.the hospital, and down in thenrlop
'44 has , boen thought . that the ,number
of conversions duringAelast,eighteen months
anuifittlie'arrny and" navy, has been greater
&an 'would probably' '
.have" occurred 'among
the 'amide men had' they' remained
homes, for they hid rhea' the Gospel ail& its
precious: truths • brought 'nigh -to their bon;
sciences with peculiar and unwonted freedom
and, force. ...Many of our, efficers.and privates
are men who, have known the : power oftreli
gion in thOr own spuls ;' And cod
Teptie, are as well qualified to lead ; a prayer-
Meeting' Orte* deliver an exhortation, as to
PancttaVe diVo9l° l * APOnand !t .ll o,illa
'Of genboliti.'; ,
It is•etifeil Of the late ',Colonel Russel' bf
the Tetth'Conneticut ibginieut, thli he asked
Governor Buckingham- , for. rat. -
chaplain,`. `to imake, 413 .-. ; he: said thiniself, his
aoldiers , the best of troops.. He -*Ws not 'a
Christian ,himself —rfodteihe reverse; !but he
I had, ncOcecl :that ,tbe,bpsve,st and poot,relia
hie men iiaanger vete the religiotts ones
w Governer cheerfully accorded : ,his. re
adding,' that one; who Felt so
anxious aboutliis men. bneoni Ch r istians,
ought to . feel- aothe-COncern for hiMself The
ridmonition)wainetloetj The Colonel sodght,
from a'brotlier Officer, how he might . save his
/mil, and- gavebis heart to the Lord. <lie fell
soen•after bliteanek‘leading ,on his men
;•-_, • • • •_. • . •
Anil. l'aYtle;aa'4 oll S4 .lbx-imPfOionio./S;
that Just belle the boiriao : Oiiglploling at
Pert RoJral, one 'ate apemen
,boaid the
Sero c inole,, a man who. was Converted'in a sig
nal mailifei only a 'short time age;' Obtained
permission , tO. retire to a convenient place
with his• preying'• companions, and: . 'for a few
Inifiates:l4,r: < commended thOmsblves and
their cause to God; i.and it vrianotbe deemed
0 1:!Pgetiti9oLby tbe presentaudience, if it is
t l lmt .bpparent, answer t,oAteirpray
eki, not . one of the.Rrel wasivounded:m the
HUMAN LW- - • .; :; . •
Our life .is.but a minis'. day ; •
SomO only broolifin4): oo 4 away:! ;
Others to dinner 'stay, Ind./ire full fed :
The:Oldest•rnah but sups ilia go'e's(plied!'
Large.fs his debt 'whki-lingers thtouh
Whotties , the soonest, iblys :theLleast perttli; .ti
Qwarles.
RELIGIOUS WORLD'ABBOAD.
FRANCE.,
Synod of the , Union of the Evaiigel
caZ , ohtrohesi. met. at' Laforce, Dordogne,
South of France, on the-4.th of,September,
and wps, ,ppened with a sermon by Pastor
Fisch of Paris. The Minister of _Public
Worship, after . refusing to . • autheriie the
A 1;1 , • ft • •
meeting,, length not very graciously allow
ed 'it; rindcr Certain restrictions; such'no
foreigifers'adrPittdd; -Po pliblibity;uid pot to
be more th - an three days An-dinutimil. No
'thing 'could exceed the,holylarmony,i living
guacts,;. loving zeal.which ,perwaded the sy='
od n , TlYent:YrAirtAcklgeh'es :fere represented;
of which, six. are ( ,newly ; -admitted, TiA, t three
qfshoots fiom:TaitbonPollapell,in Paris
,(the
chairls .6f the itne Madame,4:theyaulknig
dd . * Win Ple`; 7 artd Fogonrg 'S: Antoine,);
and those of Verges, Marsillargues, and Es
per ausSes, in the South of France;' There
were fortj-severi duties from =the churches,
:having a deliberative voteilbesides thoie with
consulting :votes. Nur:brethren from Scot
land and others, representing -Belgium
Lyons, Geneva, and 4ausappe -were present.
Protestants from far and near ,crowded the
daily public "Meetings, and all were undis
turbed by the unusual muster of gendarmes
sent by. the' unsympathetic "Sub-Prefect, to
ireep. order.
' On Safurday the' 6th the Synod was occur
pied; during nearly the whole of -the public
meeting, in considering 'a Proposal by , some
of the churches for ;&fundamental change in
their financial ,corkstitution, which would as-,
similate it very much toi the.. financial ar
rangements of the Free, Church of Scotland.
On this subject there was a lively and pro
tra:cted debate, which ended in a resolution
to appoint a Conimittec of five, carefully to
examine' thewhole Matter and draw up a
report for the Synod of 1864. It was agreed
to appoint a preacher whose sole duty it
should be,:to -visit -the , clurches. A prOposal
was made twarrange and , organize the church
es,into groups, with the view of their holding
frequent meetings ; and with this view to ,pre-
Rare a plan to be submitted to the Synod of
1864. ' ".
The large extension of petsbnal evangelis
tic labotS -by the` simple memberi of these
various -churches; is remarkable and most
rejoicingleature of their pesterity. It is :the
work of 'societies falling into its right and
normatTosition; each individual disciple of
Christ spreading thefword: of God around
The Synod -at Laforce, is the best, ,the
Most - satisfactory and ,enconraging, it has yet
The meeting'eYeited much interest in
the neighborhood, and it is hoped may be
the means of much spiritual good. • Much of
its comfort and success has been owing under
God, to the noble -Christian spirit and large
heartedlabors of M. John Bost, the pastor of
Laforce. .11:w-institutions there for, orphan!,
idiots -inenrables, lilind;,and the epilep
tic, founded and carried on by M. John Bost,
presenta picture of unristian activity,
,cour
age, and wisdom fitted to fill one With admi
ratiim anti thankfulness: These iniiitutions
received the National Prize 'for 'Virtue some
two - or three. years' ago ;_ and more' recently
the Nationalr.Prize for Literature has been
iawarded;to M. E. Pressense, for his work
on the three, first centuries of the . Christian
ChurCh. Axi l extraordinary tribute to this
Atple Proteitant.church, that two of its -min
iste-is should thus haVe gained national dis
tinctions. '-
At Arages, .Prome, the quarterly meeting.
of _the ; Central Protestant Evangelization So
oity.: assembled ,on August the 24th, 25th,
and 2,oth. Thelast day the gatheringwas
Tinder's tent, whOse 1500 seats were far in
adequate to accommodate the'numbers who
cane from villages' (where formerly it . Was
death to hear the word of God) and surround
ed theplatforin, none making-them afraid.
In denev'ti, the newly elected Constitu
ent/isemlilY has been - MOdifying Con- -
Stitution, 'a proceSS which, it seems, is ex
pected to take place'upon theadvent of a
inew,party to power. The results, , so 'far as
hear upon "the relations. ofchureh and State,
are regarded f with satisfaction .by the friends
of evangelical Freligion. there. Jndeed,sorne
what of a reyolution.,; in ,the form of a reac
tion from theexce,ssesofthe combined world-,
ly and Remau" Catholic
, ; parties in the'
city;'havingT taken .Place, the Medifieations
were looked for as the natural result" of the
election. - The opening clauses.of the Church
Constitution are as follows : •
44 The•Natipuil 'Clrrokis 'composed of all
the GeriVii`eitizens -, khe ,accept the organic
forms ofthis., Church,, as' hereinafter speci
fied.
"Thehdministration of the National Church
is,,exchtsively entrusted to, a Cansistory.
"-The Consistory is composed of twenty
five.lay'and> sir clerical members. , "
iNotWithstandiUg " exclusively "•
in the second clause, there is `a " Company
of Pastors "`provided for who havo
and
functions such as the training and ordaining
of the ministry. the Correspendent of :the
News' of th,q` Churches says":'
" , These are the everynrticles Of the cou-
Stitution'of f847,-and on =this fact we hive
many - reations to congratulate ourselves."
its .to the 'Company of Pastors, he says
. spite of the article of 1847, the Com-
PAU of ,Pastors has always,,in the eyes .of
the Christiau,world, remained the head, and
bidlop of the'thurch of Geneva."
GERMANY.
The Nineteenth, Anniversary of the Gusts-
Tl4,Adolphus Sciety, the great Voluntary
H,ome, Missionary , Society took.place by in
vitation of the authorities at the ancient. and
intereSpii city of Nuremberg, August 26th.
Dr. Grandpierre says Of the meeting ::
The Central Committee 'of ',lite foundation
of Gustairus 'Adolphus could scarcely have
chosen , for the 'place of nineteenth gene.
ral meeting, a city better corresponding with
the spirit of the-institution; or expressing
more faithfully• its grand characteristics than
Nuremberg . 1 No other:city in Germany has
More, cemplbtely and, sympathetically adopr
tc.:l - he.prinßiples of the. Lutheran reform ; ticri, Luther had' a peculiar affection for,
thii imperial ',city, where hie doctrines pene
tilited sleWly, hut endedby achieving acoin-
Pike Iriumph. He, called it the eye of;the
Reformation . , : and that valiant, king of,We
subsequently Aefended- it by his
powerful, word— , as the .Germari reformer had
edified it by his powerful:Abide—termed tit
the apple of his eye.
GENESEE EVAWELIST.---Whole, No. 858
•
NurechiA 4 7 ;iff:'eVeryliliere:-:fiad with the
memorials of Gilt' thvus Adolphas ; and in
'GUitivriS . XdBlfibis' ; the`blirgitea of littrem
berg venerate - tlythisday the hero,:the'ehris
tianr and th'e preserver: e fith 9 ir religious and
national. independence: ,At ,aiquarter of a
league from the city is situated !the castle of
Lichtenh6ff, 'Which that, prince inhabited du
ring 'the whole duration of th . e,Si L ege, and
rJif whero the carop-bed is still shownmiierfect
preSerVitilirtokdaich lie eins:oir
after cainitaign'tk ' Adt i'odnd
Nuremberg are'still seen the reidainfriooft4he
trenches ," and - redoubtis ivbiahthe . . , Wilig of
-Swollen caused ;to !he eonstrueted. Whelend
the. ,pityltoi w_hose relief .he, had eolner.,:ap ;
and at three-quarters of l ark, : honr's, march
from Furth, a town which is itself only one
or two leagues fr6ni - Mfremberg, the goodly
Ains are still standing of a citadel which was
occupied and defended-ig Wallenst,ein, and
on which. Gustavus. Adolphus twice made an
'assault at the head ,of troopi electrified by
'his brilliant courage. 4, high tower is still
seen to rise in the midst of,the citadel, a part
of whose wills hiS remained upright; and
ini!iheSummit of this tower, which commands
the course of the little river Reciniti, along
which Wallenstein'fortnerly extended . his
camp, we heard with emotion that famous
anthem of Luther's, Ein fester Burg iot ;ulster
Gott (God is our refuge [and strongth), sung
in German by a number of well-adapted
voices.. .
The receipts of the Society of Gustavus
Adolphus amounted last year to 165,000
thalers, (nearly £25,000)
w hich served for
the'relief of 578 churches or commtinities.
This is the - highest figure that his ever laden
reached. That of ;the preceding year had
been •of .157;628 thalers, Which had been di
vided: between 559 churches. In 1853 the
receipts of the Society were only .E. 3000,• by
which, there had been aided 234 communities.
From this a judgment may be formed , of the
reniarkable progress of the Society.
The most important subsidies voted at
,
reinberg, duriug the last . week of -the month
of 'August were: that of 5050 thalers, al
lowed to the Protestants 'of Salzbui,g, who
were formerly prosecuted-and oppressed, and
whose long and: cruel sufferings- are known
by all the world; that of 5000 dollars grant
ed to the commune of Grappe, in the pro
vince,of Prussia • and that - of 4917 thalers
to" the Church oelironach in Bavaria.
It has just been , voted, that the city of La
beck should,. as it had offered to do, enter
tain the friends of the Society of Gustavus
Adolphus in '1863, when an Austrian Roder,
whose name we shaie forgotten, rose in the
tribune, and anneunced,, to the great aStou.
ishment, and not less to the joy of the whale
that he hid just received from the
capital of the Austrian empire a telegraphic
despatch, conveying the important intelli
gence that thellome Minister Von &lne
-3/141„&-', Mk i ' 49 S* 3 l - t e : ' a 401 1 0140 e
o the Society to convo m .e, two .years' time,
its twenty-first asseiphly,atVientts,. As may
be imagined, this very unexpected proposil
was accepted by; acclamation. What a change
:has; been lately effected' in the temper of the
Austrian < Government ! A little while ago,
under the control of the Concordat which had
been concluded with, Rame;it waslampering
and , distressing, not to say;afflicting,the Pro
testants in its dependent states. At the pre
sent day it.is in a manner inviting the col
lective Protestanisrn of Germany, personified
in the, great Association of Gustavus Add
piing, to come and hold their meetings in its
capital I
HOW `SHALL WE ESCAPE?
THE world, the, wide *cad, is 'apostate.
On this broad fact, wide as the world, and •
prolonged as' its history; the 'Christian *ay
Of salvation is based. Here is 'an apostate
province of God's empire. Rebellion has
come upon the earth. You must not embar
rass yourselve§ by inquiringhow this came
updn us, or:Why this is so. It is• the fact with
which we are concerned, not the mode. The
grand question is not Why. this is so, or why
this was permitted, or how we can reconcile
it-with the" goodness of God, but how shall
we escape When a man is struggling in a
current of mighty waters, it does nothing to
fa,cilitate his escape to, be able to determine
Arlo*. he eame ;there ; nor, would, it help him if
he, could• satisfy his own mind on the ques
tion why God ever riaade streams so'that men
could fall into them, and dui not make every
`bank Of granite or iron so that it would not
give` 'way.
The grand question is, how shill we es
'cape ? You will not escape if You remain in
your present 'condition. Indifference is not
safety ; and unconcern is not' salvation. it
is northe way to be saved to 'give one's self
no concern about it, or to suffer things to
pass on' as they are. If you remain as.you
are with a sinful and depraved heart—vitti
no love ,for God---what can befall you,lit
ruin .
It will not save you to murmur and, com
p4in. at your lot, or' to find fault with the
- Mine arrangements,or even reverently and
devoutly to ' call these things Inystertous.
'ScepticistFisaves no one from danger; mur
muring saves no one ; a sneer saves no one;
contempt saves no one ; nor 'does it save any
pee to, call. Fa truth a mystery:, _None of these
things make you, a better man.
It, not .save, you to ,cultivate the graces
of manner, or the accomplishments of life : ; to
become ..more learned; in the' sciences and a
better critic of;thetTproductions of art; to
make yourself - more moral before men; to
`break off pint' external Sins, or to put on the
" form of godliness without its power." You
may cultivate a - bramble,' but it, will not be a
rose.; :a rose but it not be a bird of para
dise ; a bird, of paradise, but it will not be a
gazelle; a gazelle, but it , will not fie a beau;
tiful Woman. You may Pilish brass, but it
is not gold ; and may set in gold..piede of
quartz, but it is not a diamond:-Llai?djuSt
certain is it, that none of the graces' otrititiill
Character ivhich you can cultivate will ever
become true religion. The evil lies deeper
thin this, 'and must be healed in anothel
way.' It is, not by works of righteethii l / 2 04
which'you have done that you can be saved;
" The !Son of man is come to saVe that whi4
was lost. "---Barnes's " Witt' of Saluation.Y
deieois arise from our beings iii
so absorbed itt:smrsetvqs.
- fr rot '
HARSH iudgmeittOco' .eseape 0.-ps
that profess extraordinary attainments.
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