try \ ktliv, ._. . • 10 •1 . . „ . I . r, , . , , • 4( > ' . , GA .,.,, t 4l t . ' _...... v _ . . . . , . , , . I No. 12.---Thole No. 324 . F H PIIILAD JAI) IA THU 4A : , NCB ,Att - FR 0 '1862 ' AY '. , 4l ' • . - . , GENESE YANG LIST.---Wit ~. len. ;he , alc" ) -, vat ma ‘' 4 nd I . en, ,“ "I" 4. SC ; e ' lo t lk,• . -1, alll , 7. 84, I ; A ' C V 1, 'av lam , 7 , 1 - It t.. *am 4 i I ' ive . ;ol - ou, 1g . 4 ) , ,d, th; , ; 11 wh.. ; a e d .1., et., ien ft..., a • ; t • , Th. Da , t .b 4•13,,, 1 N,,,., )41' 1 -eb, h. •.) --, iii, Fut • 01 t i IWh.., 1 . ;10 • ] ht, tdi ii a 'i.. " ~n- `l. `1. . •se T or i ,e 1 ga, 341 i- " 1 nd 3pi Ito .).; lox i -1114 Lies ll _ , , en; , , , - I p •ed , . ivi .s f.a' At 3,1 j r oir i . . . Vol. V fottrg. Press On! WHY behest thou, deluded heart, Why waverest longer in the choice ? Is it so hard to choose the part Offered by Heaven's entreating voice 1' Oh, look with clearer eyes agaih Nor strive to enter in, in vain. Press on Remember, 'tie not Caesar's throne, Nor earthly honor, wealth, nor might, Whereby Ged's favor shall be shown • To him who conquers in this fight; limeelf and an eternity Of bliss and rest be often thee. Tress on 'Then break the rotten bonds away, That hinder you your race to run, That make you loiter on the way; When heavenly prizes may be won. Let no false rest your soul deceive, 'Up I ids a heaven ye must achieve, Press on Omnipotence is on your side, And wisdom watches o'er your heads, And God himself will be your guide, So ye but follow where he leads; How many, guided by his hand, Have reached ere now their native land! Press on ! Let not the body dull the soul, Its weakness, fears, and sloth despise; Man toils and roams from pole to pole, To gain some earthly fleeting prize; The highest good he little cares To win, or striving soon despairs. • Press•on Oh, help each other, hasten on Behold the goal is nigh at hand; Soon shall the battle-field be won, Soon shall your - King before you stand. To calmest rest he leads you now, And sets his crown upon your brow. Press on I Contoponittente. OUR FOREItiN LETTER. ROMAN CATHOLIC INTOLERANCE. THE monster Roman Catholic meeting in Dublin called forth the monster Protestant demonstration in Belfast; and the latter was followed up by one of those protracted riots which furnish material for very exciting epi sodes in the history of the capital of Ulster. Whether Orangemen. or Papists.be the more intolerent in principle I do not stop to in quire ; but I am quite sure the latter are more intolerant in practice. Romanists may hold a meeting, and discuss public questions on any day in the week, none daring to make them afraid," and yet they will not permit their Protestant neighbors to assent ble in a similar manner,' and for a similar object, without molestation. Taking the law into their own hand, they seemed determined to prevent the public expression of all opin ions that are unpalatable to ultramontane ecclesiastics in Ireland. Romish retaliation on the Ulster ,Protestants for assembling in the Belfast Botanic Gardena, did not end with the Belfast riots. Priestly censors afraid of the whole truth concerning Italy being made known, excited the mob to at tack the hotel in which Gavazzi lectured in France. Again in Newry, where the same distinguished orator was to deliver an address in a church, the magistrates, at the instiga tion of the Romanists, interfered, and pre vented the meeting, ;lest injury should be done to life or property. In Drogheda, the Rev. D. M'Afee was forbidden by the ma gistrates to lecture, for fear of a riot, because he was one of the speakers at the Belfast meeting. Later still, when it was announced that the Rev. Hugh Hanna, the champion of open air preaching in Belfast," would lecture in Ballybay on the American war, a most de termined effort was made to hinder him. If this sort of mobocracy is tolerated a little longer by the Irish executive as unlikely things have happened, as that any man who will open his mouth against Pope or Popery, will be tarred and feathered, as the pre r achers of freedom for the slaves were sometimes treat ed in the Southern. States of America. Our Government either despises or is afraid of,. these Popish efforts to establish an: /raper/um in imperio. If it despise them, common sense as well as history might tell it, that it is pos sible to carry this too far, and give good ground for interpreting silence as cowardice. If it be afraid of them it is manifestly inca pable of holding office in the present state of parties ; and the sooner a bolder hand takes the helm, the better will it be for the nation. They must have read the history of Popery throughout the world to no good purpose, who suppose that a temporizing poliey, or a facile expediency will avail to keep it quiet, where it does not hold the reins of power. It is quite time that the English Government should be made, in some constitutional way, - to feel' that while Roman !Catholic citizens have a right to their rights, they have right to more, and must not get more. Though the cry of the daughter of the horseleech, give, give, should never cease, yea, though it should wax louder and louder, Britain, for her own p.mce and safety, both at home and abroad, must withhold, that which is meet, and not heap the honors of office upon men who are subjects of a foreign sovereign, and the adherents of the most despotic system that ever set its heel on men born to freedom. I may mention, in passing, that in Hyde Park and Birkenhead, where Garibaldi meet-• ings were held, Popish mobs did all they 'could to disturb them. In both places seri ous riots took place, arid what is very remark .able—few prisoners were taken. A MONUMENT TO OIOONNELL. Justice is doled out with . niggard hand to great men in their lifetime ; but after they have died their worth is discovered, and ho nors are lavished on their name and ashes. A project lately set a-going in Dublin—l suppose on the principle " better late than never "—affords a striking illustration of the remark now Made. A subscription list has been opened in the metropolis for the °rec.: tion of a monument to Daniel O'Connell, and the Dublin Corporation,,including all shades of political opinion, has .sanctioned the pro posal, the Repealer being regarded, even by those wllo differed from him in religion and politics, as a man of genius, and'a historic character of considerable' note. The Cork Reporter, a liberal Roman Catholic journal, declares its approval of the monument, as' testimony to the grand principle of civil and religious liberty all over the world, which O'Connell advocated, while it dwells, in a withering style, on the gigantic shams he set forth, one after another, to gratify the ap- . petite for excitement he had created. It is to be feared that the leaders of the church to which O'Connell belonged, in 'this country, either forget or despise the principle on which he achieved his triumphs and earned his fame. Civil and religious liberty, interpre ted by the conduct of the Irish Priesthood, is neither more nor less than abject slavery to their, (un) consecrated tyranny. It is both curious and amusing that the Irish ultramon tane foxes have been caught in the snare of the O'Connell monument, and compelled to set' their seal to a principle which is the plague of their priestcraft and the destruc tion of their oppression. 'ln this case, it is cheering to o mark the force of circumstances —how men who have been doing battle for years against all freedom, are dragged on ward by an invisible power, and constrained to erect a national testimonial , to a man who hated their principles on the Continent,when those principles were unknown in Ireland. Vieving this in the light of Scripture, we are reminded of the Apostle's words to the Co rinthians, " The foolishness of God is wiser than'men ; and the weakness of God is strong er than men." DECREASE OF CRIME. At the late Quarter Sessions, held in Der ry, at the time fixed for disposing of the cri minal business, the presiding Judge, in his address to the grand jury, said, it, was with very sincere pleasure he had to announce that there was not a single ease to come be fore them at these sessions which was not altogether a novelty. He had the additional pleasure of informing the grand jury and the public that drunkenness seems to have de creased during the last six months. This is a state of things encouraging, if not satisfac tory ; and, while we bless God. for it, we ear nestly beseech Him to give testimony to the Word of His grace, that crime may disappear, and righteousness•be enthroned-in all hearts and homes. HOMES FOR THE WORKING &ASSES. It will readily be remembered that for several years the Rev. Dr. Begg, of Edin burgh, has been' calling the attention of the Free Church Assembly to the question of homes for the working classes—a question which, I think, Churches generally have not considered in proportion to its importance. " Cleanliness next to Godliness " is the title 'of one of Stowell Brown's popular lectures; and the motto is suggestive of important practical truth. For the members of a fam ily—six or eight in number—to be cooped up during the hours of rest, day and night, in one small apartment, cannot be good either physically or Morally. It tends to blunt the moral sense, and undermines the defences of chastity. I hope that the report from the Census Office of < Scotland, which contains startling facts and figures, relative to ;the topic I am writing on at present, will do much to awaken the interest of Cnristians in' a wide-spread effort to secure comfortable homes for the winking classes, not only in Scotland, but also in. Ireland and England, and is a matter whose importance cannot be easily overstated, as the labors of country pastors, city missionaries; and Bible Women abundantly testify. The census Report of Scotland, alluded to, reveals.the, almost in credible fact that more than one per cent. of all the families in Scotland were found last year living in single rooms which had not a window. Thirty-five per cent of all the fa milies in Scotland—more than one-third— were living in one room. These• are but ex amples which I mention as strong evidences in favor of a thorough-going • reform in this long-neglected. department of philanthrophy ; statesmanship, ,and, religlon. believe one of, the greatest obstacles to the success of the- Total Abstinence cause among the poor is, that the atmosphere of their homes is debili . tating, if not poisonous unto death, reaming the physical system to such a state ,of lassi tude that a stimulant is absolutely necessary to fa it for toil. The question of _homes for the working classes is one of primary impor tance, both in Church and State in every country, and one which no Christian, commu nity can overlook, without incurring the gra vest responsibitity. If those who are blessed with an abundance of this world's goods, do not manifest a concern for the bodily comfort and well-being of the poor, the poor will have very little confidence in the spiritual minis trations of their wealthy neighbors. The re ligion of Jana exhorts and requires its, pro fessors to be faithful in that which is least, as well as in much. It is gratifying to note, that the anti-Sab bath brigade in Scotland has been che.ck mated for the present, as to the opening of the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens on the Lord!s day. CHRISTIAN UNION. About the middle tof last monththe Synod of the Welsh 'Calvinistic Methodists:was held , at. Bangor. Deputies from the Irish and English Presbyterian Churches were present. It is much to be desired that the difficulties in the way of union between the Welsh Me thodists and the English Presbyterians may soon disappear, and that of the twain shall soon be made one large and influential Church ivhiah shall be felt in England.' At a great .= Bicentenary meeting held in London , a week orc two ago, union between the 'United Pres- byterlans and Congregationalists was freely spoken of Its by no means hopeless. It, is sig nificant; to hear leading , men on both sides: talking, of union. If the PresbYterians of r. Great Britain and Ireland / now divided and. subdivided so as to weaken them, and take up much of their time in settling accounfs with one a,nether, were fused:into one united Church, it is not unreasonable to suppose' that they would be, far more powerful for good in the land,,and would Araw to them perhaps many from • the Congregational and Established Churches. A NEW RETEtti.DOX BOOK. A report is now freely circulated that Dr. Colenso, Bishop of Natal, has in the press a' new theological work which should require' his presence in. the Court of Arches to answer • the charge of heresy, if. even-hanaed justice be administered to the clergy of every , grade. It. is, hinted, however, that because he wears a , mitre and lawn sleeves, his appearance in the Court of Arches, as the companion of Dr. Rowland Williams, will be dispensed with. THE EXHIBITION. It is authoritatively announced that the ex hibition will closed on the let of November, and that the Prince of Wales will distribute the prizes awarded by the judges to the sue ce.ssful exhibitors. THE SUMMER or 1862. Surely the summer of 1862 is one which shall long be remembered by many, on ac count of the golden opportunities they en joyed of sewing,the good seed, and by many others'who curie to' London' spiritually poor, and wretched, and miserable, and blind and naked, and left it,•having all things because having Christi Thevarious evangelistic op erations in the Metropolis are prosecuted as zealously as ever, and with much success. While we pray for the success of the Gospel in the salvation of souls, we must give God hearty thanks for every evidence of success. The prayerful must be thankful—always is. DISTRESS .IN LANCASHIRE. The Lancashire distress is alarming; and, as in Ireland, fever, has followedfamine .Yet, the conduct of .the sufferers, is.highly, praise worthy. The sale of strong drinks has-al-, most ceased where the distress prevails. This fact is an inducement to the generous and wealthy' public to subscribe because they be'know the Money given, asCharity, will not squandered. 011 the cursing and accursed. fire eater, but spent on real necessaries. Sub scriptions are being sent forward from differ ent parts of Ireland to aid the English suffer; ers ; but it must be a, ,considerable drain on charity to, meet the wants of 'starving thou ? sands whose previous life unfits them for any other kind of labor than factory work. The disastrous American war has darkened many a cheerful- English home, and withdrawn the means of support from many a happy fami ly ; and the woes of that war will supply a black chapter to the history of England. 0 that the Prince of peace would make; peace— and soon ! . GLADSTONE. ETC. I am delighted to - learn from an anthentie source, that the speeches of Mr. Gladstone, Sir E. B. Lytton, and- Sir John Pakington on the American question are notso Southern As the first telegraphic reports led the friends of the North to believe. Mr. Gladstone dis tinetly stated that England has no reason to desire the disruption of the American Union, and he emphatically expressed his private opinion that it would be for the interest of England that the Union should be preserved, declaring, at the same time, 'his approval of the neutrality policy pursued by the Palmers ton administration. Instead of expressing sympathy with the South, he .made a strong appeal on behalf of the ,North, referring to the reception, given in the North, to the Prince of WaleS when he visited America. GARIBALDI. GARIBALDI is recovering: Ile is now at Spezzia, where his' son also lies.- While he has accepted the, amnesty, on acconnt_of his fellow-prisoners, he protests against • it, be cause he holds he was not guilty of any crime, and could not therefere be Amnestied. La ,France says he has'not relinquished' any 'of his projects. Ile is preparing a manifes to which will contain important and indis putable revelations which, most likely, will not be very flattering to Ratazzi. Itis con jectured -that Napoleon is afraid of united Italy, and therefore keeps his troops- Rome to keep Victor tmanttel out. It is a shame for a nation whose cry once was, "liberty, fraternity, equality," to, aid in keep ing another nation in bitterest bondage. As sure, as God reigns, and in Spite of Frenah power, the Gospel shall'make Italy free. 0 for the dawn of that day! • DEAR READER, the season reminds me of the words of Jeremiah, " The harvest is:past, the summer is etided, and we, are not saved." If not saved, the Lord,Jesus - is near, and wil ,, ling to save. Fly, 0 4,* to his open arms without delay ! Folded in his hiving embrace, you will be as happy is you are safe in this world of sorrows and enemies, and happy and :safe throughout eternity in heaven, whence sorrow and foes are alike excluded. 0 that the Divine Spirit : may persuade ,and enable- you to. embrace. Jesus Christ, freely.oftered in the the Gospel. ! TEE FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID AND ATON ' MILAN. BY REV. W. W. TAYLOR.. AMIDST the throng, that celebrated the victory of David over Goliath, was 'one; on whose plastic nature, the merit of the young hero made the deepest impression, and drew forth such unqualified and devoted friendship,' as only lives in truly noble souls; I mean Jonathan, the oldest son of. Saul, and heir apparent to the, throne of Israel: , Jonathan had already displayed .admira ble -trai4 of character in the . shape of cOu.;. rage ' filial obedience, wisdom and piety ; now he appears in a new aspect, and exhibits in his disinterested attachment to David, A. 'loftier Spirit, than all other examples of friendship, profartelor sacred'writing, 'can show. The attachment seems to have origi nated iuthe. mind of.the ,Prince, and sprung from circumstances, that,. without ,the grace of God, wonld,,,inevitably have, created-the' same envious and hostile, passions that filled the heart of the - king,. his father. But Jonathan tranipled upon the rising 'depravi ty, ,and allowed David's admirable courage a 0 faith, to draw forth his unbounded es -tarn, till his soul became knit with the soul of David, and he loved hire, is his own'soul., Jonathan is the heir of the crown,' but a youth springkup ifildepath, and it the first start distartoes 'all his achievements:; wing also such-universal applause, that a 9 i*- *than is not even named, in the national song. By David's matchless qualities, all Jonathan's prospects were ,obseured and his sovereignty made uncertain, of which he, was reminded, by,Saul who sought to enlist' Ids son in the persecution' of David ;, " For as long as the son of Jesse liveth - upon the ground, thou Shalt not be established nor' thy - kingdom." 'But Jonathan's friendship presenting a lively contrast to Saurs mali cious temper, was proof against such potent lbgic, and he loved him still. How different his generous temper, also, from the conduct of most rulers, who, by sword or rack or dungeon or poison, put out of the way, yvhosoevr "impedes their path to royalty, or . threatens to disturb their securi ty, or eclipse` theit glory ' When tJ menced, Jor David, by with, him, stowing a t vid with his. When Dr tart' comni in - his pr( gained uni camp, .bein, among.all ed in him ; yor, his fri he became pointed. Faith 'and through Goi of "David's sion and of the brillianl in Ju.dah's tance, and to generati heart, yielk will, allowed tred to lodge ed the Lr been with elevation, Israel," al be next un, that the lo vid's enemi ately cow should be descendants - Jonathan' over:the n; danger, as unflinching er's plot agail vor, and perl his malice ;' a just wrath, an! behalf °fide' Witness thei and, covenants, ing, when Jot had indeed det( they kissed on another! For that las Ziph, where p, and his troops,] cotamarid, anal forest, amidst hiding place o a foe, but as hand in Ood. eel tive. "Fear net, f( father shall not find. ing their^ eoveniatk returned in his !howl woo& They Met the elegy composed fatal field of Gilboto ship for Jonathan: fallen in the midst° than, thon'wast elan Ilisfresiedl than ! very pleasan me ; thy love was w) of women. How al( the weapons of mar I The love of Jona parallel only in the lost sinners, and th people is feebl , friendship of these friend:, - that 'sticket whose love is stron many waters'' 'oann may be the eonditio ships, by faith and yourself with the Lo hy- an everlasting things and sure, e ;with the Father and JONAH -AN I ,THET must have g latitudes and longi the one toward Tars, Rome. Their exper liar in the terrible st though diverse in ,o fled from ,duty; count of ,his fidelity sued by the storm ; tempest. ; . ` Jonah wa geance,:or God ; preeence of an ange against heaven,' the ingly the great :pla' of the 'Gospel. In great, fear. .The st fury ; the ship rot he,aving seas, and ti ,bulwarks,, threaten Well might the 4 , the wares, for they Death„ ordina event of featful imp S. M. =ln , the excitement draws hiSrswordifor die. To the Christi heaven and feel tha is the chariot iii tea But mole' fregnentl Came to the bridal Come to:the mother For the first time her , Come when,the Wessel That close the Pesiilet And crowded cities wg Come in Consumptiou'l The earthqu.ake,shookl . Come when,the heart 1 . With banquet-song, al And thou art terrible l 7 Aid all' we know, or d Of agony, is thine!" But 'on 'the' seas, in the deep midnight, with the wings of th black north=wind t flap ping 'over us —with emories home and gUilt, and 'the fear o sudden Judgment, and eternity !.--to die tb and. there • And yet, all this uld,have no terror were thersnot " the lake of fire " 1 awful type of 'the soul's ConditiOn when memory, is without hope, and etnivietiou ( Withoit forgiveness'! Adams.' ' • • Piii.ob is a sin Which first slieweth itself in Children ; yea, 'and it grows up with them and mix.eth itself with they do but it lies 'twist hid, most deep in.* man as to his soul concerns.--Banyan, Tii pulpit is the loftiest throne of 'man's intelleet' and 'heart. it is 'the ,- seat of - Ood among men. p of,the, two pre lized his devotion to a covenant of:love engagement, by he lloes, aM:l.':girding Da . and: bow and girdle. lted'by Saul to -mill i axed -himself wisely hpitorp, so--that:,he rity the court and and much set- by, onathan etill delight- ii a 1 ced , in worth and:4, ,as unabated, and when tat the Lord had afi -41 his fathe'r's thronO, hi 41tiumphed. When; . iffed,'he saw tharise the depths - of ofiprea posed by Saul ; when interrupted succession g.,' gieagte4 0!. glP,di§l dr,eN fr99 l ,kePgatio4 the throne hiiiiiihre submission to God's hl' ,c,, nor jealousy nor " ha erein: Yea, he pray- h. Pavid, as - had y he contemplated his ill shalt he over ope, added, R I shall ;ad when he•foresaw, t off every one of Da e earth; he ffectlon :t his own' children nd cheiished = by the p triumphed not'only fatne,.kut the fear of distress he stood his him of his fath fe, speaking in his fa e king to lay aside again_braving his Un g himaelf to death in ompamon. interviews, their vow's ter meeting and partt discovered that Saul onDavbi's death. How er and wept one with 'erg an x 13 ,, rail ieiv, in . the. *pods Of s surrounded, by Saul n stole" away from his e deep recess of the s and trees found'the end. He 'came not as gel, to strengthen his ered the *orried . fugi the hand of Saul my' ee," andl after: renew /re the,Lord, Jonathan leaving David in the again, on earth, but the survivor after the: 1/ balms David's friend- HOW are . the mighty the . battle !` 0 Jona n thy" high' places: •e, .nay brother, Jona hast thou been unto erful, passing the love the mighty fallen, and rished!" an for David; finds it ve of Jesus Christ for riendShipof Jesus and .liadow2d, forth;by the o princes.. ,Christ is a closer 'than 'a brother, than death; and that pen& ! Whatever of your earthirfriend iety you ulay<acquaint ; Jesuaand be at:peace, venant,. :ordered in all ering into' fellowship, ith. the Son. PAUL AT., SEA. e over nearlypthe same des in:their 'Voyages, and the other toward nee as somewhat situ- Ins that overtook them, .in - andresults. Jonah 1 was a prisoner - on; ac= ' G - 04. Jonah,was pur ' mil was master. of .the visited with the ien -1 Was herored by the The one was sinning kther working out will <is) spread the 'triumphs IVer case there was ehowle& with terrible d and labored on the surges broke over the death. litters ery, and Oast out ere afraid•io circumstances, is an f battle,:when the hero is country, itais , easy to , who rani take, hold on od is his friend, death him tohis coronation. is death' totbe dreaded., amber, death ; she:feels- , irst-born!s breath ; ' e, are broke, 1 its 'stroke'; ghastlyform, the mountain-storm eats high And, warm ; dance, and' wine he knell' the'iall the bier, own 'or fear; .• • :I) :f•1 ffittatitino, POETIC FEELING OF THE ANCIENT ASCETICISM Tnxiit was a, season in th growth of the Ascetic Institute—dating its rise in the 13fe clam persecution—in the, lapse of -which there may be traced much of the spirit of Romanee, and semething, of the spirit of Poetry. A conception. of romance, if not of poptry, one might betieSe to` have inspired, even the crabbed' and dogmatic when he" put togetherifor popular use, the prodigious - lei gends concerning the ascetic heroes Si. Paul the 'Monk, St. Hilarion, and' St. Mal chus, and others of , the sort.. It is certain; as' to Palladius, and. the compilers of the Lausiac Memoirs, that they had , caught' a feeling of the, sublime,,if not of the beautiful, in Nature ; and the terms in - Whielt'they speak ;of the horrors - of the bladeleriii wilder ` • ileas iuggWit 'the is conception` 'of - whit Is' 'gag' and beautiful; from the neighborhood of 'which the heroic anchoret far, was not quite:absent 'from their thoughts. These writers, in! their en comiums of what might, be called—spiritual: ity run savage„ betray their own conscious n.ess, and that of their heroes of those deee rations of the material world upon which they dared not loOE: ' whatever was fair, bright, gay, joyoue, 'in creation was contra= hand in the ascetic philosophy; neVertheless some of those who signalized their zeal in denouncing these graces of Nature 'gave evi- : den.ce obliquely, of the strength of their own . forbidden feeling towards them. In many instances the. Christian solitary was a man of culture, who, in sincerity, had fled from the abounding corruptions of cities, with their Christianized paganism-4nd who, when hehad well nestled hiniSelf in his emir ern, and had learned a lesson, not extremely: difficult, in a. warm climate; how to exist:and be 'content in the 'destitution 'of the' appli ances of artificial life, and had come to draw spiritual nutriment, from - every misery, would return' to his early takei, and would folio* that of pious meditation Which finds its, path from the worship of God, the Crea tor, to the manifestation of the Divine at tributes-in the creation. No wilderness in which man may exist is absolutely bladeless no solitude can be wanting in the elements of sublimity, if it be skirted by purple and jagged nicks, which outline themselvessharp ly againa a cloudless azure by day, and against the curtain of stars by night.' When once the genuine relish of natural beauty, has been engendered, the rule will be—or often it will be—the fewer the, objects on Which it feeda, the more intense, the more -"Concen trated, will be the feeling they excite. • The shrivelled grass, the thorny shrub, the scanty rush, will prove, themselves to be fraught -with ill:poetry ; and then fertile devout meditation will feast itself upon these crumbs of the beautiful; even as 'the life-long tenant of a dungeon learns to satiety the" social.in- Siihets of humanity in tending a"spider: ,Far more of what, with our Modern tastes, _we , should admit to be true poetic feeling, here and, there makes its appearance iiPon the rugged surface of the ancient, asceticism, than we can find in the factitious 'versifica tion of some of thelyeatthurchlwriters of the same time,'eastern or western. . Such Spontaneous adornments of the ascetic life, 'if compared with the labored poetry, so called, of Gregory Na,zianzen or of Ambrose, Might suggest a comparisonbetween the rich Mosset, with a hundred hues, that embossed the. rocks around the hermit's cavern, and the dazzle and the glare r of the and jewelry of the basilicas' of the imperial city. Grotesque more than poetic, are those ro mances in the composition of which Jerome (as we have said) beguiled his leisure at Bethlehem, and abused the credulity Of his contemporaries. But another style meetsns when we look into : the correspondence of the accomplished and spiritually voluptuous Bs sil,—an ascetic indeed, who, while maintain ing his repute as a saint,—not, falsely, but factitiously,---knew how, in his retreat on the banks of the Iris, to surround himself with rural enjoyments which might - have been en vied by the younger Pliny; in.' his villa on the margin of the lake of Como. ;' • It does not appear orithe evidence to that effect is not at ?hand, showing—how far the Psalms of David,.rich as they are in po etic .feeling, availed to nourish ,a kindred ,feeling within the monastic communities. Through the lapse of a thousand years, 'dat ing back from the time of the revival of lit erature in Italy,' the Psalter had so been rolled over the lips of Monks, morning; noon, and night, in insane repetitions, as must have deprived these odes of almost, all meaning— 'spiritual or intellectual. , 'Let the modern .reader , imagine what would be the , effect upon himself l of - repeating ,the hundred and, fifty Psalms entire—, round the, year fifty times or more I - But the waking hour of the EurOPean E. uiind came on`; ,our modern consenausness toward Nature,as'well' as Art; - Sprang ?into existence;' analong With this rehoiation'of the Tastes,' as well as' 'of' thaßeason, of , the western nations, there Cams'.the diffusion, and the restored, influence, of the:lnspired writings. 'Thenceferward this mighty infiu ence; which was at once a Agee and a guid ance, took its way alongsidelf : the recovered classical literature ; and the two powers'— the sacred and the profane - - went, on com mingling ,their energies in those Various por tions which have given nationality to the lit- • erature, distinctively, of Italy, -of , England, of France, and 'of Germany.---/saac Taylor. WHEN DOES A SIN BECOME NATIONAL ?- 1. When sin'beeomes , so general among the people ai to be a 'controlling and oversha dowing element of society, it may be termed a national sin, and the whole nation may be justly punishable for it. Thus avarice, pride, extravagance, lust of the - flesh and eye, are national - sins, because they pervade the entire country. 2. A sin, confined in practice to a part only of a particular' looality of a nation, beccineS -h< riational'one,when it is tycquiesced Et in by . ruling majority of the whole people, by refusing to put away the sin when it is in their power to do so, by moral suasion, or by law, or by both. 3. A sin assumes a nation al form when permitted by those who could, order otherwise, to shape the laws and con trol the policy of the government which exists by they consent of the people., . < THE mays Godof,,are inscrutable., 'OF BURR .ANDI'IIAMILTON; T"need not tere relate who Alexander Hamilton was—a page I may some other time.* Both men were eminent t politi cians, and distinguished in eloquence -and arms. They were alike irtstature, and differ= ed only a year in their ages ;,.but to the noble name of statesman Aaron Burr ‘bould never lay just claim. His great opponent accurate ly deScribed him, when he wrote that he was "far more cunning than wise—more dextii- Os thin able." The history, of these two leading Men must now be recorded , in blood. Burr challenged Hamilton, who hid not the moral courage to decline acceptance, and,on the tenth day of July, 1804, the parties met on the " field of honor," at Weehawken. There they stand : the,seemfda have ,carefilly measured the ground, and s dehtificaij loaded their pistol's,' and now wait to 'watch Closely that the'iliooting is honorably dime, or iecund artenV.,,'llibw striking is, the:contrast 'be tweinAlm quiet - ofeurrounding naturesuni lutes loveliness,- and the sweet Bungs of the, birds—with the gloomy scene and bloody work 4n which man is to play so conspicuous a part !, The" second's, give the fatal signal; the damning: deedis finished, , and the affair of itonor is done ! In that horrid instant One falls ; Writhing in his bloedy agonies, - and while the other :flies away with everlasting guilt upon his soul. - Poor< Hamilton, brave at the 'cannon's mouth in defense'ofhis coun try, had not the moral courage to resist the bondage of what-is falsely called the , code of honor. Twenty , years before he had served as a second in a duel, and, it is known, had long regarded the fashion as a remnant of barbarism. Now, he violates his conscience as a principal, or rather as a victim, to that cruel warfare which he abhorred. Dr. Ho sack. fomid him 'sitting -Ott the groUnd, in the arms-' of his second. ' "His countenance,' he says, -" .1 - ,shall never forget. He had at that instant - just strength enough to, say, ‘ This is a mortal wound,' when he sunk away, and became to all appearance lifeless." 'The great statesman and dying man was convey ed to a friend's house, in the suburbs of New 'fork; The sea-breeze reviving Min while 'Crossing 'the river, he opened his eyes, and the memories of his home, wife and children - . aroused his consciousness "Let'her be sent fori but break the news gently, and, give her hopes." What a melancholy change, there I Yesterday only, that dying father was cheer ful and, happy with life—to-day, _he writhes and sinks in, the agonies of death. Now are heard the sighs of the'widoW, and'the orphan's lamentations. Our pen - shrinks at this mom ent from further description. This was an affair 'of honor—what deeds shall' we then call wicked and dishonorable !—Methodist: WHAT A CHRISTIAN SOLDIER CAN DO There is now in the camp at Readville,' a youthful, soldier who, when he.entered, deter mined ,te take.,his religien„with him into, the army. On the first night of his life in camp, he was enabled with God's help, to do his deity. When the time - 4ad. come for rest, and all the members of the company with which `he was connected were 'in the barracks; he found himself in the midst' of those who were 'indulging in the use•of the most profane and obscene language.' A large proportion of the men were of this same, character. Be was ready for his.. night's rest, Before making preparation, to retire, he took out, his Bible, and read, a chapter rom it aloud. All pro fanity ceased and at the close of the tx4yer the men without further obnoxious language, went to their rest: This young man has since,- by his discreet Christian deporttnent, and winning manners, exerted a most powerful influence over his as sociates, so that pow he is relpected by the whole company. ,He has labored faithfully with the most, profane, and has succeeded in inducing some, or them to abandon this habit, which is so common in the army. One thing in his efforta to do good is'particularly notice able; he is' mild~and courteous to all, uses no harsh, 'reproachful language, but reproves; in the gentlest manner, and thus gains the confi dence and respect of all with whom he comes in monta,ct—an example which might well be follo3ved by all young Christians.----Cong DEBITING SOCIETIES The long winter evenings are at hand, and the hours should be spent - in some pwsuit or employment'that shallniake the time so pass ed useful and profitable. 'ln most of our villages-and towns' there are literary societies, formed of young. men who meet together for mutual improvement ; some miscellaneous ex ercises are gone through with, poetry and es says yead, and the proceedings generally weiridlip with a "studied debate upon some, fixedqiiestion: Now, the oratorical part of these 'entertainments is a good feature, but it too frequently happens .thai the subjects propounded arafoolish and silly to the last degree„ Thuviblic are not immediately in terested in the comparative merits of Marc. Antony ,and- Andrew Jackson, nor do they care about discussiiig the query as to whether women are, entitled to the elective franchise or,not. , Debate to be useful, must involve the discussion of some new doctrine, question or theory, and must elucidataknotty points, either of science, art or law, in such a man ner that it shall add to the stock of popular knowledge. In this way debating societies 'disseminate-useful' instruction and are the means of substantial goad. Why not then "discard all trite and hackneyed subjects and. confine 'the arguments to the consideration of. Matters relating to social economy, to inven tion, the adaptation of improvement relating to the saving of human ;muscle ' • all or any of these thingaoffer , a great field for profitable research.—Scientific American. • How reluctant are we to let ,our disorder ed nature feel the severity of that discipline which infinite Love has chosen for us The very afflictionat which we murmur, the heart searching oft God's. Spirit and Word which so sorely tries us, the very duty of which we perform but the half, would have proved the choicest blessings, if we had cheerfully taken them from His gracious hands. , , RELIANCE is the essence of faith, Christ is the object, the Word is the food, and obedi encels the proof; so that the true faith is a depending:upon ; Christ for salvation in a way of obedience as he offered:in the Word.— Joh*, lifaAon. , Its~t -OWEN'S LAST DAYS. OWEN'S life had been one of continuous arid urntearieCeffort. ,He had borne bur dens of• responsibility that would have crush ed, scores, of. weaker ,men.. had written volumes enough, to haystasked. vigorous pens for a . lifetime ; notv f oluines of superficial cast ormeagre merit,hut such as throughout declared the profound thinker, and the giant grasp of his thought. He ha,d.iitood forth as a leader of the Puritan 'Party, both. in tri umph and in defeat,•with all the responsibil ities appertaining te - his‘ position. Ile ;had taken up the great questions of his time, the. .Arminian 'and Bocinian controversies, civil, and religipus liberty, conformity to the Establishment, the fundamental principles of l'uritanisiii itself, and had devoted to their exposition the fruits of his reflection and the Atiength of his reasoning. It is no wonder -that eten. hi massive frame began, at lastoo yield! under the steady pressure. Unintermitted toil begin to tell on his iron constitution. Repeated,strokes of affliction, robbing him successively of all his children, as well as of the first-loved of his heart, op pressed hill). * with a weight of sorrow, even while no murmur was extorted. There,must have Been sere SadneBs within—the gna*ing grief 'which we reeognize in -Burke bending tearfully over the grave of his only son, and making his dirge-like confession: "I live in an 'inverted 'cider:. They that should have succeeded me, have gone before me." The excitements a`nd anxieties of more than thirty years of steady labor invited the assaults', of complicated disease. (hen was forced to abandon his pulpit in London, or to occupy it only at rare intervals. In the preparation of his last writings for the press, he availed himself of the aid of amanuenses. Along 'Pith his prosecution of his elaborate commentary on the epistle to the Hebrews, he' wrote' his "Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ." To Owen it was what Howe's "Blessedness of the Righteous " was to,him, or what his " Dying Thoughts " were to Baxter. He stood upon the Delec table Mountains, and gazed in exultation on the"prospect ofthe_Celestial City. We al mOst seem to see the smile of rapture on his brow, as we hear him saying, (in his noble letter to Fleetwood.) l in immediate prospect of his departure, "am going to Him whom my soul loveth, or rather who lath loved me with an everlasting: love." And when, from his retreat at Woburn, the country residence of. Lord Wharton,—to which, amid his grow ing infirmities, he was kindly invited by that nobleman, —he directs his tender, touching fare*ell to his flock at London, we feel that his words .of 'dignified simplicity . and of Christian fidelity are truly such as become the lips of the pastor parting with a flock whom he longs , to meet in , heaven. Even yet persecution dogged his steps, although they were already pressing the brink of the grave. His work was done, his soul was at peace, and as death ,drew .near he ex claimed, with"unaffected' exultation, 4. The Yong' wished for day is come at last, in which I shall see that glory in another manner than nave ever done, or was capable of do ing, in this world?' Cahn, composed, more than resigned, the closing scene was one which befitted the life that, had. preceded. On. August 24th, 1683, at the age of sixty seven years, died John Owen, the greatest of the old Puritan& On the Sabbath which followed his fun eral, his colleague, Clarkson, said, from the pulpit which Owen had occupied, "We have had 'a light in this candlestick, which did not only enlighten the room, but gave light to others, far and near. But it is put out." So at least it seemed. But we feel that it shines yet. John Owen is a star of the first magnitude in the theological firmament. -- Pres. Quarterly Review. THE REFORMATION AND POPULAR • LITERATURE- The impulse which the Reformation gave to popular, literature in Germany was im mense. Whilst in the year 1513 only 35 publications had appeared, and 37 in 1517, the number of books increased with astonish ing rapidity after the appearance of Luther's theses.: In 1518 we find 71 different works ; in 1519, 111; in 1520, 208 ; in 1521, 211 ; in 1522,'347 ; and in 1523, 498. . . . And where were all these published ? For the Most part in 'Wittemberg. And who were their anthors ? Generally, Luther and his friends. 111'1522, 130 of the reformer's writ ings were published ; and in the year follow ing, 183: 'ln this same year only 20 Roman Catholicpublications appeared. The litera ture of Germany thus saw, the light in the midst :,of, struggles, and contemporaneously :with, her religion. Already it appeared learn ed, profound, foil or daring and life, as la,ter times have seen it. The national spirit showed itself for the first time, and at the very noment of its birth received the .baptism of 'fire from Christian enthusiasm. What Luther and his friends =composed others•circu lated. Monks, convinced of the unlawfulness of monastic obligations,desirous. of exchang ing, a long life of slothfulness for one of az ,tive exertion, but too. ignorant to proelaim the word of God, travelled through the jiro vinces, visiting hamlets and cottages, where they sold the book's of Luther and his friends. Germany' soon swanned with these bold col porteurs. Printers and booksellers eagerly welcomed every writing in defence of the Re formation ;" but they rejected the books of the opposite, party•as generally full of ignor ance and barbarism. If any one of Allem ventured to .sell a book in favour of the,Pa paey, and offered it for sale in the fairs of Frankfort or elSewhere, merchants, pur chasere, and men of letters oVerwhelmed him with ridieule and sarcasm 'lt was in vain that the emperor and princes had published , severe edicts against the writings of. the re , 'formers. As soon, as an inquisitorial visit was to be paid, the dealers,vvho had received secret intimation,concealed the books that it was in tended to proscribe ; the people ever eager for what, is prohibited, immediately bought them up, and read them with the greater avidity. It wee 'not only in Germany that such scenes Were passing'; Luther's writings were trans lated into: French, Spanish; English, and Italian and circulated among these nations. —Presbyterian Home and Poreign-Record. LOPPING off the branches of sin, is labor in vain, and always. to be renewed ; there's no way but rayinttli l e axe to .the root. ole No. 861.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers