Vol. , VII, No. 17.- 1 -Whole No. 329.
attic
The Return of Youth.
MY friend,. thou sorrowest for thy golden prime,
For thy, fair youthful years ' , too swift of flight;
Thou muscat, with wet eyes, upon the time
Of cheerful hopes that, tined. the world. with
light,—
Years when thrheart was bold, thy hand was
strous, •-t '
And quick - the thought thaf rved thy tongue
to epeak, r,,
And faith was thine, ma scorn of 'wrong
Summened the sudden etimson to thy cheek.
Thou lookesEforward on the coming, days,
Shuddering .to .feel , their shadow o'er , thee
- creep.;
A. path; - thiok-set with changes and..decsys,
Slopes dhiraward to the Plaelof ciontmon sleeP;.
And .they who 'walked with thee in 'life's finit
stage
Leave,one by one thy side,,and, waiting xittat,
Thou seest,the sad companions of thy age,—,
Mill love of rest, and, weariness and fear.
Yet grieve thou not nor think thy youth is gone,
Nor deem thafglorious seasorce'erleould , die,-
Thy-pleasant Attila, a little while.withdrawn,
Waits op the horizon of a brighter sky;
Waits, like the morn, that folds her wing and
'hides
Till 'the slow stare bring back her dawning
hour ;'
Waitailthe the vanishal spring, that slumbering
bides
Her own sweet time to wakeit,bid and tlower.
Thersr:shill htv welcome 'thee, when thou shalt
stand. • , •
more:
•on, his bright morning hills, with
'smiles
sweet • • ,
TEit,n when at first he took thee by the hand,
hrough the fair earth tolead thy tenderfeet.
He shall bring beak, but 'brighter, broader still,
Life's early glory to thinw eyes again,
Shall clothe thy sptrit, with new, strength snit fill,
l‘aping hairt with warmer Jove, than
then.- •
lis i st•thou not glimpses, in , the twilight inre,
Of mountains whore immortal morn prevails 7
Comes there not, through the, silence, to thine
A gentle rustling of the Morning gales;
A murmur, wafted from that glorious shore,
Of streams, that water banks forever fair,
:Atia voices of the loved oneesone before, t
Iliore *steal' in,that celestial air ?
GiEST.
f AN INCIDENT IN CsAPRANS ' HOME.
When :one of the boys had said= the pious
grace, Come, Lord, Jesus; be our guest, amend
hien ;shot, Thou hast provided r a little fellow
looked up,and said.— , - •
- "Do ;tell me whY. the 'Lord Jesus* never
comes? We ask Him every day to sit with
us, and He never comes;" • • •
"Dear , algid, Obly , balieve an& 'yen. Tufty
be sure He wilLcOme,, for Ite does not= des.
pise our r inyitation."" . ti
"I shall. seellim a seat," said the little fel
low; and just then there ;was a knock at the
door. A Poor, frozen ;'apprentice entered,
beggiiig a night's; lodging.
"He"made
welcome the 'chair - stood empty for 'him ;
'every child-wanted him to have his plate; and
-one laidenting.that his bed•WasioOziaall
for the stringer, who *as quite , touched by
such,unoontreon attentions. The little,.ene
had been tlAnking,hard all the time
" Joni' 'could not cOuie, andio He .sent,
this p6cenittu in His.placcr; is that it 1 .7
"Yeti; dear child, that is jug it. • Every
piece of bread and every drink Otwater that
we give tothe'pooti , or the sick or the prison
ers l'or Aims' sake we giveito Am.
enuehlts ye have done it unto one,of the Ile ast
_of these my brethreu, ye have done* it unto
The children' sang a hymn of the love of
dod to their guest "before they parted for the
night, litta neither he nor they were likely to
forget this simple Eible'coMment.—Praying
and Working.
1 1 0
WAR ; AND fooUBISTIAX CHARITIES.
connexiOn- of,,
,charitable Christian
works with , the plague of war that was des
olating Europe was by no 'means uncommon
at:that time. It was the war that drew Pes
ts:lml to the orphan children of Starks ; it
*ail the war that made Falk the builder "of
the tutherhof ; it was the war that gave the
first 'practical impulse to the noble band of
German deaconnesses ; and front the Crimea
we ourselves have received .a like legacy, in
the gentle ,and wise nursing of our sick, and
the rightful Ministry of our devoted women.
The connexion Is more than casual, and must
be understood all 'part of , that wider system
by which the evil" of this world is'ever being
redressed by good4.and the very outbreak of
wrong in one- direction ifs meant,to suggest a
remedy for it in another., At every point of
trial it would seem God. his some servant
vaiting, with kindly °frier& and sympathy;
• and the blows by which nations =inflict horror
and suffering upon each other become the
chastisement which yields, in nations -as well
as individuals, the peaceable ot: right
eousness.
COMM. And while the evil is local, and
while time obliterates itti traces one by one,
the good that has sprung from it abides and
deepens, and is spread over the globe.--
Phying and 'Working.
Witthr "a :.man is , admitted among the ser
vanteof Ohrist, he is often employed in such
services as disaPpoint all` his own schemes.
Not; being wholly weaned from " leaning to
his - Oftrt understanding," haz,is sometimes re
luctant to renounce his favoritaplan, even
after: he has been praying for directions re
meeting the will "of God.-- 7 _Dr. .Seott.
th h 1 f •
SIM, ere is no e p or it, says Baxter,
but we must offend wicked men.' It is itn.
'Possible to aN 4 oid it but by, our silence and
their patience. Silent—we cannot be, be
,cause the. Word of Gok
commands us to
- sp,eak4 .and .patient they cannot be, because
sin has the dominion in their hearts.
WliiT an account will: that be, when'God
shall one day reproach oppressors and, ty
rants with the tears of omitted innocence
, '
Gossivia lemma' the Eng'filth ianguage at
seventy, and ttatislated somanf 'Vie's ',tracts
when helves upwards of eighty. .
r` . .. ~y
JONAH SELF-BOOED.
T.A.KE the up and cast me forth into, the
sea." Thus answered the prophet when the
slip Men asked him, "What,ahall we do Unto
thee that `the sea may be calin mite lie?"
dinner carries in his bosom the dee],
sion of ' divine justice. It is a party of our,
moral. definition that we know. ourselves' to'
bCaihners that'we -assent to the procedure
of law. We are obliged to admit .our guilt.
We sit in judgment on our own; haracter,'
and tell the Judge what . shall be done with
us • and that too t lips ou when ps utter, words
of justification and self d_efence:. When we
inveigh against justice 'and'against God, he
heirs the soul's voice responding :to all his
eharges and terrible-contradiction''tO
our outward, audible advocacy-of sip.' , But
for this, no fire of vengeance could touch the
soul. -There is not a pit dark enough, nor a
,prison deep and strong enough, nor an eter
nity sufficiently dreadful, to render the inno
cent mind wretched. It coubflive raptu
rously KM*: of the bottomless pit.
It could meet - the fallen torturers in Rodee
without a shudder. It could look into the
blazing eye of justice. `'lt is guilt that gives
pain, that tortures with fear. • An innocent
being would be among the lost like Daniel
in the den of lions. Even the fiends would .
:lie down ,at his feet. He could weave the
very flames into a garland of victory. It is
guilt that darkens the sky, and blights the
earth,—that seethes and turns into - the soul.
"The sting 'of death is riit, and the strength
of sin is the law." The Sinner is self-doom
ed. His inward conviction coincides with
the Divine procedure. It shall be so in the
, final day. With sin loved, unpardoned, the
soul could not
.enter heaven, *even if the
gates, were thrown open, and angels of light
and purity beckoned it there. It would re
boil from "the glory and the glallness." It
would shrink from the songs, and happy fel
lOwship, and be happier even hell, with
the impure, the abandoned, and the deemed.
Its language would be,--“ , Cast me intci the
dame. There is 'my refuge from splen
dors 'of holiness and of heaven."
EDWARD DIAMENffI THE CHRISTIAN
SOLDIiR.
ALMOST at the
,commencement ; of the Fes
,ent-war, a young man wrote to his father as
follows : - 4
"Pjuladelphia, April 22, 1.861.
"Dear Father : I will write you • a few
hasty lines in relation to ..a. very, serious mat
ter., .:I have come to the conclusion, after
solemn. thought and prayer,that, it is my
duty to join the hundreds of friends who are
now giving their services for no less a cause
than to defend their own homes from devas
tation and ruin.'''The crisis hais - ceine. -
is` no time to mourn wirer the dreadful state
of things. , It is-no time to' shed tears-and
pray 'for peace. Immediate and decisive
.action is. demanded. War against our gov
ernment is already begun, and, the -only alter
native is, - bitlier fo Maintain,the Aovernment
and crush 'out rebellion, or to stand by and
see anarchyand ruin come 'over the country.
With instant action on the part of the,united
Nora, the country will.be saved.
"Last evening 'I heard Rev. Geo. Duffield,
Jr., preach a sermon on the Subject. .It
',went-.to prove, first,' that defensive -war is
right and consistent with the. principles of
Christianity; second, that the present is em
phatically, a defensive' war;.and lastly, it
being a defensive and righteous war, it is the
duty 'pspecially of Christianmen to give L
themselves-their lives, if need be—foi the
defence of the'ir country.
"Men are needed now: - Why should'not I
go ? It ,would be a 'sacrifice ; but hundreds
have, sacrificed immensely more than I should.
I am the onlyaone in our familythatnan
Would you and _mother, and all the.,dear
brothers and sisters be willing that; eur fam - -
ily should do, nothing, in this' time: of our
country's peril ? lam willing to give my
life, if necessary, to this cause. ... . . .
Please'.orite me as-soon as possible,' and tell
me'to ewith a father's blessing.
- "E. Y. DIAMENT."
I have copied liberally from this' letter',
partly because 'it se Well daguerreotypes the
author, but especially because it is a model
of Christian consecration to the country. It
speaks a spirit unselfish and self-sacrificing,
calm, conscientious,- and removed' into the
higher regions of patriotism by worthier lift
ings than-.the carnal, incitements of the re
cruiting station. • • •
EDWARD YOUNG DIAMENT, atthe date of
.
the above letter, was about twenty years ,
of
.
age. 'The parents whom he addressed reside
in Cedarville, N. d. There was: the homefof
his childhood, hand there, in the year 1.855,
he made his first public profession of. religion
—a, profession which ever afterwards be4uti
,fied a character ,of great, amiability, and
calm inflexibility in pursuit of right..
Ile 'came to Philadelphia, to learn;the art
of jewelry, under the instruction of Mr. N.
0. Benhett, between whose family nd. him
self there sprung up an affection se . only
...to the love of -his own household. ":'ere"he
changed his membership to Rev. T. S. Shep
herd's Church, where, as a Bible-class schol
arta Sabbath-school teacher, and a laborer
in mission school, he grew in spirituality
and selfSconsecration. His Pastor's estimate
Of hisn'witS `spoken in the'remark that,
while
he -had painfully appreltendeo. the issue of
temptation. .to many professedly Christian
soldiers, he had never trembled for Diament.
He felt, safe-respecting him..
When-
When his - company was drawn up in line
of battle, he, stood ;with his open Testament
in his hand.' While waiting the expected
order for action, be marked with a pencil
such passages as befitted the solemn moment,
so that if he should fail and the book be re
covered, his friends inightimovt what thoughts
last employed 'his mind on earth. - A tegi
'merit of such soldiers zeith4theler.t of corre
sponding temper, might, for readiness and'
prowess, recall the Indian -memories of
"Havelock and his saints.".,
A -certain hospital incident speaks the
strength of his religious principle amid scenes
which have black.ened - s'o many holy profes :
&Vera], months since, a'lady of Mr.
ShePherd's 'church, on a mission' of .freercy,•
"passed through the Wards of one of the milt.
tary hospitals in Philadelphia. She inquired
- Pil-.7gAgtiP.44,,,T.TIVA:
of a sick soldiei respecting the moral expe
riences
nof his camp-life. He told a, sad story ,
for himself; but deprecated blame on the
score of 'the almost impossibility of leading
a religious life in the army. Yet he admit=
ted the thing - couldhe same. - "There," said
he, pointing a be& a little way off,-."there is a; Christian who carries his religion
Wherever he goes—into the camp and every- d
where." The lady went to the bed indicated,.
and there, to her surprise, looked ,upon, the
pale hat well-known face or her fellow7com
minticant, Diarnent.
He had been sent to this hostal,'lsick,
from the :flirty in VirTginia' Partially-recov
trizig, he was too soon recalled into active
service. In the forced march from: alling
ton to the Upper. Potomac at the time . of
the late stirring eventa : in Maryland,: he sunk
exhausted, and,, as a New Jersey volunteer,.
he, was soon after ; transferred tp the hospital.
in'Ndwark, With little hope of recovery., Iris •
anxiety was, now great to be Permitted to go'
home to his parents ; and theirs was equally
earnest to .. receive and nourish him. But
militarY:regulations, generally inexorable
and sometimes .unfeeling, forbid him that
solace.
- God however provided for him' 1, relief
from the unpleasantness of a hospital confine
ment. A kind -family in. Newark, in their
Visits' to the establishment, made his ac
quaintance. Won by his amiability and
goodness, they obtained permitision to remove
hint to their own There too he was
joined by a beloved sister, whose presence
gave •to his 1. asylizm as .much of the air of
home, as could belong to any - place that was
.not home. But home and father and mother
had become the goal of his earthly desires
and hopes and he anxiously awaited an ex
pected official discharge. The proper au
thority had already ordered such a discharge,
but it was delayed day after day, *Siting
the cruel . tardiness of red tape formalities.
Oii the 9th instant; the writer, then ona
toli3Orkvisit - at 'Cedarville; spent it:, part of the
morning with hit parenta.J The' mother had
wrought 'her expectations to the, point of his
return that day. Intimations, of imme
diate discharge had been received; the day
was bright and.tEe atitosphere genial; and
something :within her said, He will come.
Alas' for this cheerful 'forebast l It was
true, aneyet not true. The event of the
- e a r , .
—" Kept the word of promise to the a
But broke:it to the hope. ,, '
••
A letter was handed in, announcing that his
renufins would arrive that evening. - On the
- afternoon of the' previons day he had'come,
.Under the - escort of his sister 'as far as Phil
adelphia. - There, under the of his de
_voted friends, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, he Was
laid .comfortably in hed; 'feeling more re
freshed than fatigued, by the. ride, and hoping
that a refreshing, sleep might -strengthen. him
to reach Amp. And, so it did. -At 6 o'clock
*the next morning he was translated.
The reader would know his feelings under
ale aliiiist:certainProsliebf of mt. Aiatll7;'
are revealed' in ,a letter to his parents. He
copied out from the language of Paul in , r 1
.Thessalonians, iv. 13-18, the ,promise: of
resurrection to the immortal life for those
who sleep in Jesus; the admonition that they
. .are not to ; be sorrowed for as those , ' sorrow
who have no hope • and the exhootation
4; Wherefpre cpmfort one another With these
lords.'" To this.he. added; "Should, this be
`the last letter you ever receive from‘me, let
that be Your cornfort, as it is WOW Mine."
Gentle 'brother, farewell! • Thy heart and
thy flesh weret failing, ..but God was the
strength of thy heart, and is thy portion e,
for
ever. l3. B. H.
felltztionto.
TIONKSOIVING SENTENENTS.
BELOW we give some brief extracts from
such Tha sgrangermons as have been
•
published, `and' have recently, Come into
our hands. The first from Dr. Nelson, of
St. Louis, is interesting as presenting the
view's of a Missouri Paster:on •
„• , ,
GOD ti •VBNGEAI4"O2 AGAI.22T Tll2 SLATS •PODI
- 01; - .A.1 4 1D THE IN I EVITADLE DOWNFALL OF
In nothing does .- it' seem to me more evi
-
dent,that God is dealing with usin vengeance
against our sinful. inventions, yet in mercy
ready to 'forgive and reclaim us, than in re
spect to the enormous evil out of which this
war has come.
It willnot do for us to think of slavery
• , .. • as
•
the sin. of, only thatyart of;the nation now in
'arms againet theGoverinnent. The spirit of
slavery has possessed the nation—it ha's
ruled 'in the national couneils-4t has `shaped
the - national corrupted the
national , conscience—it has 'hardened -the
-national heart.. The •want of religious prin
,oiple in onzpolitics, lias made -it easyfor
4very to shape political isslies,,and,hold:thena
in subserviencyto its ambitious purposes.
Not merely has the 'nation refrained, as it
ought, from exerting, :its power against sla
very in the States, wheie it was not subject
to. the national furiadiction, but too e,xten-
Sively, in:all parts.of the country, hive the
people assented to"`slavery's` aboininable
doctrin'eof human 'chattel-hood, abetted its
schemes of aggrandizement and-cherished in
their own hearts a crliel eontenipt, for its vie
-
tints, in. flagrant, contradiction alike of the
principles of the Gospel and of our own great
charters of liberty. ,
' 'Even the opposition to slavery, which has
A -terribly enraged it, has had far too
„little
-ioncern for the welfare of the-slaves';:too,
often has shown a 'contemptuous disregard of
them—aud even yet too generally refuses.to
acknowledge huniane concernfor them among
its ,motives. ,
How wonderfully has ,God ordered the is
sues of this war, so as -to compel the nation
to array all its vast power against slavery.
Its _°lva mad War against the Government
'forfeited all its constitutional kuaranties ; yet
Were both the Government, and the people
exceedingly. reluctant to enforce that for
feiture: The Government anxiously labored
to • preserve to the people ,of, the revolted
,States all ;their State
.rights unimpaired,
while restoring them, with the least possible
force and violence to their proper relations:
to the Union.t - God has not allowed this ef
fort te' SUCceed. Disasters to the National!
armies 'and"successes'" of the i rebelliorehaver
compelled;the Governm i ent to recognize the
necessity of uprootini
lion.. The conviction
the minds of the ley&
that slavery, Mud. b
preme,military autism
'after Which, ;through
tinning rebellion, th
nairal.power of thd•
cised to maintain tie
ferred upon alt. wh '
With mighty armies.i
naval: power :nearly_
inany,hard know )
_le
periences of the 10.4
a chastened and :Eli"'
deepene& - and *deelmi
i
,soleninly Waita OP co
day. ,', • , .
.
ReV..G. Ft Wste
thusWildingtowi ,e
mrl
OUR - EARLY •la ".
All; ig
the world Ma .
once to'almost tht la
little th' tinge_the . c__M•
zen with shame. !Mb
equity had their ;rise
and .blOod: Great` arm
ing mighty kingdoins
once flourished peacefi
Csar with his gonft,
the shores of the Brit
eye sees a. peaceful
islands beyond. 11p
gates' and enters; uni,
Wing train. Other i
On ,the very soil he Co
British' rapacity and
power notorious, w
In our origin.we ha
reflect upon.,, God In
sPPO'd us all such pain
early settlers, of: this c
Me peoPle, WhO oat&
from tyranny • aka 111,
neither` moved' hi 11: z
quest-and poweirt, Lt
New England; ,of Peon
little State. , ..'hey d
true who, in their do
no other object in vie
good; and tbe,progress
ness. In their interc
tive inhabitants, thky
of I;LUmanity; and de
here witnessed" that
lie -and private" acts.
taken from them'
they made common
acts of charity, and
-isfsomething,nr
-that a nation ,so
bad its origin and
little of ink iStiee .
Rey. Robert' Ont
England' in - .1621, , a)
moirthat wa,s ever''
the country "It,
loec4use of ti
triglexid the hati-
bein much the , s
summer and win
ground, 'but 'no 'higi
like the soil In Kent
arid ineadow , ground,
as England is. , But
we caw yet find; it, it
about the quantity of
from the mainlond
is from .Buromliy
which'
upriortlnvest and by
either into-the* South
'Oanida. The eirtai
of - whiqh we have not
as eye witnesses, we
thereof, but if God •
shall ere L ion& disci
that river, together
and so try what ter
cominodities may be
it:" Great discover
made. since,good
.Telowo seeretß and
driunitand *right
and 'the yroik
not tips)
.be' : gi ant 'out." or 84
'State* very soon:
Bev. Ailmin,
Wilmington, gives
and facts under the
THE POOR
.:•
• •What is t he . • pqwer
. ..
upon ust•Yrki*-1 4 4 8 '
to destroy ..our, l gor
express it. in a word
few lording it . over
"dental idea is' that tl
the refinedlave ri
They mistake•who •81
the skin has , inyti4
ject s over whom:, the
The poor white; not
the 131ack is the victil
floor wen which'the
the 'other. ia..the l f4'
tieids to - Aid' s :• it.
which ncii hie arra,
against us. • Ithrthis
to crush us ail toner
gle ;of to; day Asa: th
the ,few o.verjl
100, 1 4 swer..- pc
.iigkaPint4 gifflr°r
tigr, Hete .is week , '
iini
its his;bread 'by'
its theory is and
capital. ought : to-own
ought to be in.the,-
. 11 i 8 employer. . :
Oisen adiocaipa
normal ate of things
..Y hold , in mrha . ro,.
on tite daY of fas .
appointed by the
States, Jan:ll44 - 4k,
pastor
Tian Church; .Richwir
by the preacher... bb
;he.quotes a k t„great lei
the Rev. Dr.. Thor]
warm endorsement ; ,
me. read in ..your .
thikqriotationimade.
hope the then:moot
ter* Minister in. the
sing `the state of 'thi•
man is Old for his
, • .
' •
the cause - thereheli.
has become general in
people of the country
destroyed. Thesu
ity has,Axecl . the day
11 the territory of con
whole military ,and
epnhlic shall'be
cberty 'then to be 'con=
'now heldias sheves;
the:-field, an d: Si vaat
•ndy for-actinn,,xith
fled .by the hitter. ex..
ghteen.,PinAtha--rith
lined spirit, and with
fr *pose, the ;nation
ing of that appointed
Of Central qhfiteh
AS A GROUND MI I
r r
itafi7:kaktitteier;-
e of it, there is very
of an American citi
of the iiations 'of an 4
history in rapacity,
s swept , along,fplant
nd empires, *bore
and happy provinces.
irig„hosts stands on
cha,nnel, His eager
(44 nestled on the
ockis rudely ` at their
itdd, with his devas
ars ' haVe'ilourished
ed. The history of
nierupulous , lust of
ever, history read.
nothing like this ; to
s benign proVence
FemembTarfik 7he
try were a peaces,-
her,to,fuid a refuge
essiou. Thei were
_
Jo 'nor"ov6 of •con
atihe settlement of
ieWatn*"tilind Otte own
all •goiiii;mezi . and
and , sacrifices had
an, their country'sgdottalid rliht:euds-
Se with the -pri,mi
a bright ;example
tibiae of justice is
Aired all'thhir puh
a foot of' soititraa
their' consent, 'and
with them riii all
. This, Lhelieye,
wort' of the world. ....
anii PWerfli'4 B,l3
s. thus far, with so
ottersn of the g!eat
who `yisited''New
IchedAhe first ser
,ethris describes
xl!-New England
;1,2 thatAs44of
'`E'i'itsfilnexi: - - It
heat and - cold in
;lug champaigne
tains, somewhat'
)ex ; full of dales
End sweet springs,
ipally, so far as
island: and near
,nd,.being cut out
ica, as England
arm of. the sea . ,
;rees‘ankrunneth
and goeth out
into, the ; ' bay' of
,treot and secrets
so found, as'that,
mike narration
le and means, we
-the ;extent of
secrets thereof,
habitations or
;ither in or about
leed- have, bepn
L's day t .
.have been
epee, of man,
Ft begun. :New
is xiot, likely to
frOln the 'United
ver St. phuicl2,
startling vier
IVARe
4.-. 1 4 1 4.0g1/0
bloody:m(4s l .k
? how. 001 we,.
aristocracy of a. -
turida
the enlightened,
de over the few.
\at -the colOr of
:with the •sub
ity . is' claimed.
even more than
may make-the ,
, sßot,waflcs,3l ISt , .
upon
this Airiiitbaispy,
icy iihieh'beeks
lot; The4trug-.
• meaning,,-stiall
shall the. rich
178 ;a.P.Ar',42/ ~the
t.he,Pc.'9l ml 4 ' B .
38t9cOKY huirl
-
the idv:4s6ses
thein
eiery
of
avowal is, that
at the workman
the property of
says throßghits
is the tine and?
lean?. fte ikkiereel.
ion an;biraYfr:
of the United
Rev. C.
nited Preebyte
rinia," sent me
this discourse
a discourse by.
id With a . . very,
•
Let
extract: from
ritinga'o'
lorking- .
"-The most as-
tonishing contrasts.o i f;poverty,and riches are,
constantly increasing. ,Soelety is divided
between)princes and beggars. If labor is
left free how „is f this r condition, of things to'he
obviated? The Government must either
make ; provision to support people idleness
Or it must irrekii, the law of population' and
beep - thexiC from being born, or it Must or 7
ganize labor:* * * * The Govern
ment therefore, mist' support them or, an
agrarian irbvolution , is inevitable. But shall
it , * l l)Port , thel iAleness * .* 3 -*
The qov,ernnkent then must' find them em
ployment;,bnt how. shall it be done? On
what Principle shill 'labor be organized, so
as to make it certain that'the laborer shall
never without :employment, employ- :
Ment adequate for suppolitl" he. only
Way which it ean. be rdinit, as a'permanent-
'arrangement,. is by'anvertiog.the: laborer (sic)
*to eapital4 thatis,, , byiyiving,ae , employer
a l right of PriTe 9 ly.; 4,44kikihoremPioge4;
O .49PVKM,VTATAt3r4 . 7-
axed bylteaci. such„,'words
have, ':I know, a strange sonn -t e.cars of
men who have known the 'dignity 'of labor,.
but this is the theorY of the oligarehy;whiCh
now seeks to deStroy this Govqrninent..'
It wars to-day,lo "Make : its , *theoriea-Lini:
yersal facts:' If there are. any men , , Who
should rush to this deadly strife itis , those
whose -hard hands and brawny, arms, earn
bread • for :their wives and ehildren;
,I re
peat it. This is the poor man's war: It is
a war of. freedom against despptisin: How
deep 'tat degradation' whiPh it has in store
for its 'conquered vial*, can be told by the
fact that it can Marshal each lidita= to fight
its
The' venerable Dr: ;Dufrierd'i Sermon
preiehetl,oii the Fast:4lay IT the
Synod Church;
Detroit, 'November lith;:oontaint) a:passage
t+ • • :
EMANCIPATION - adnnßuy.
Many who` doneede f an i t Plain!" ;‘both moral
ly and legally, the'right -fif proPerV,'in man,
tegardthe emaileipationproclaiin nited'iohz
liery to be peipetraied hyleier, which can
not meet the approbationi of God.-' To thief
ens and -An the --opinion of many
others, l it will.Ae'sufacient to remark, that in
Strict justice according to the sanction of the
Divine law, and the'example and illustration,
given by th, o' God of 'kW, in nia theo
cratic" constitution and code , the""fact Of re
bellion againatlawful authority -1 persisted-in,
rightfully ilidimes;itet!erdly - a.'fcirfeiture of pro
perty; but of Let , 'Ezra', he the "'corn
here ‘.":Virhosoeverl will not'do,;the
law. of..thy 00, and the law:of.the , king,-;let
judgment- .be executed ~ speedily upen him,
whether it he - untodeath,
.or to banishment ;
or
.in,confiseation of gOods, .to imprison-. hient:",-Ezra 1: 26.
' leiOne'oWn Pri,"and we friinklistS,te it
as ` our 'Own - personal opinion, thirty' years
'since maturely adopted" and fniblicly-stuted;
we think-there is much of fillacy in'AiMples;
urged.,mainst the'destrnetionofthnproper4„
ty, -- itattaaged robbery, andinipoverialikentz
of slaveholders, by emancipation. It may
be made such; but, it is not rtecessaAly 60.
For there is possible, and easy. too, such
exercise' of wisdom; by a well ONised' and
guar'ded t system of emancipatien,
.a.sie Make
it a'beon, and means` Of ' enrichment rather
than 'impoverishment,' to, the 'slavehol
der.,
••• Suppose: a plaOtfir neede , loo. Blair* to ac
complish the•labor of hiefarm or plantation.
Say that, on anaverage, theyare worth $5OO
apiece. ; . Estimated in dollara,aldmente, this
,wprking , capital is, set .dowft •at the,sum :of
450;00Q. Adn4kt that thislivehOldersOam. sell
them foir that' round sum: . - You say:to ernin 7
olpite. them - by 'lair; ‘pro6laination,, or . any
other way, wOul4 be tb' inflict'on.himtheloss
Of jest that amount. .W_e.say, not necessiri=
ly so. For 'auppise•tbe planter •voluntarily
disposes. of, them himself,. and .puts that
amount into . hie . peOket - It is trioare • May
remove ; :awl carry ; that amotßit ,with 14,4
,Oefi`aygptbly
kcitintfir. But suppese
tipr! 'meets :the cases zzioat
irioit 'point,- 2 L-that this' •lihO - I4iis
sold his 100 slavei, must; or wills tdi'live'dn
his estate, 'and Work it, fors his sipport a'nd
enrichinent, as he las:ever' done{; he must - go
at once into: market,. and -*al, bib.. 100 slaves
:were, needed ; buy just. thatiamoont of others,
at the market.ratesffiendiXhfd
_hag he gain
ed by the operation g r isiothing bAt a change
of laborers. Non alolll4 , has he really, ad
ded his cash capita.... Of nebbsiity, it'his
been reinvested' ariirtfie change is
jiiSt . lis likely to have proved' a loss as'a
But now,
.suppose that theliws of his State,
and wise and eqaitable syseeni of •eman
vipation, enablethipl,t9,retain these. slayes,
not .. as sla7Ps, but laborers, so. thst,, while
eme,ei;lios .to them Oielite,clora of their, per 7
sons, :families, and homei, and .instituting a
judicious beeiguanit,enintFii he eniiilßys and
gets their ha* for wages, With°Tit'any obli
*gstioieoriSthei-sapPort frerif lili v wthen he
hag not linly'secnred. the athVantlofiniacossaTy
labor, he had bfifore,; to bet:trimvbetter and
'more .cheer fully rendered, but he has actual
ly created, to scirae extent, a market at his
; 0514 door, for what ha& previously, been cock
-4.1111e4 arid. watpted, at his etp,ense. L'manci
.Ratfojx9q the
.894 Will thMt,te , ; reiidered the
.means of eeoriory and thrift.,, Peal has been
the working, of emituelpitioo, actually, *here
benevolence Panned and
*tried' it otitOn'other 'bias.; and that too,
themere quickly 'arid certainly, 'jest. as the
:laborer; dependent on' his employer, has seen
,or, been:convinced, that his landlord' is his
,fri,end and`uardivi.
G 1 W RD:,3NDrMANWA*ft.
'Alibi '&0(11" . said a bank-officer
to icAirectO4 tlivOthef day.' "'Bit depends
whether yon -mean ,Godtwaril.
maird;" was the answer. ",God-warili"con
!bind the director, . 0 Mr. Jones is
in our chur.ch is sounder,ip the . faith; .
Or,PriVA•AftFier , 4 ll .l rfoetil l lo l / 4 ; ( o ,, fri: 'gore
benevolent, Acipxdfng t 0... his mean& lint
nianwar4. I am tiotry t4' say that Mr. Jones
ttiolte." • •
Jop.es heti "inibd' se.a name
: tibX
many men in, the Church. • 'They are' fi
proach to' the name .of religion. They cause
the Church tobe evil , spoken•Ofyand do more
harm to the: of, Qtriligs.,lcingdom
than a score of oPenjenemle&— . -.EI. .‘
IT frequently happens that.riehea , tender
a man more covetous than poverty --Tholuck
TWO THEORIES' I THE .ATONEMENT:
SUBSTANTIAL ;e iiR kElc'r OB THE' PARTIES.
Of 'the most litertant apparent
ferimeiii• ,lietWeen t 4 tiii:theones or'"the
atonement, relates • I `the nettire' of - Christ's
sifferingi and
.cleat ' , the) one parttilifinv
ing.thathe : endure the proper penalty of
the: law for ne; cothen, hOlils 'that lie
suffered, not the exact •pettalty t ,but'a full
equivalent.; Tope l ijukt-theets : ali tpe emliyof
P s #9 o,, An 4. .)4Pin.aild ; 'of
and goiernm i ent . as well. Now: ere would
seem to belt andfiniportiiii differerice;
one frniff vluo most of other differences
Stni ; ' brit Wheri we;cotietri and acrutin
fie it, we find 'that it•lierlittle more thaw&
difference inrterms. %What. itthe penalty 'of
. law ? The 'scriptures .call it
dpeEhif.trthe second death," and by necessar,
ry, implieatien, eternal death.—;the 9ppoSite
of eternal - IMP!' - 4!. 0 0 0 4541 4` 1 1 1.5 .
bUt,the; gift' ;e*od: i'VAtr-lire'*9ll4
i.
, le'sus, l QLope*Pid:", " IS - the lairk r
ealigaiioeiviner infffeted' on the rebeli.
angels when 'the:* sirnl'ed. They were . " cast'
doWn to hell .'•''t being. " reserved in eirerlatt-:
chainsAinder darkness; into ;the judg-:
ment of •:the,.great day.", the same
which will, he cinflieted on, the twicked in the
4#3 , pfjOgiperAt o phe)l they will "depart ac-
carved : into everlasting fire, prepared ler
,tbe
devil 'and hii angels. It is a ppsitive,e , n4
definite nrushirient whiCh God' haWsufficient.
ly described in his Ford, and wlifel he has
inflicted in'the itigele, thus ,
thpwing conclusively whatit is. If involves,
in .liespect to thoie of our race who.die in sin,
the eternal destruction , of both:body and soul
in hell. Such then ' ,: is. the, penalty..of the
plait Pred,hair c ! explained it, : and as:
we,priderstand Chr.ist,onffer,sll.
this, When . he. diedlip,on the: *sat ••Did.lie
suffer ''lfriilhonulf many
iiiiiedie4lierWareindiir r idiiiite to be iiied; by
hie blOod t Did he Stifftr it, own
even Once •I'Dr. Bernell says', 144;" kid vie 'se
the , samei end, qiirartge :ia( it toiyieetn 'the
Princetori rin 'say,;
the Same. "The
sufferings of Christawerel uriuttera,blygreat;
still} .•• .• .. . the4ransient sufferings
one, man weuld.not be ,equivalent to the suf,
Oringa - d I P 3 to £he Riot
And
_ye . t th . eso renewers insist that Christ
did * Bake' t he PC4ItY" of the broken
What, theCdo thy :Widerift:end - by the pen- •
alty of tlie'leif? 14 / 1 4 iny*oifiatind:or
degree:Of suffering" t "deei
pair,, orieeternal. 4 banishinelit. , froth .GOdifi
". These:tihings . enter motesseiftially into-the
PelaaitYi ";All.that-env .stan&
POint, thy Eig9 r, ;w i se ky vv i z ,
that:out;Sayiour,entiured the miperiee of Eli s
life; 'the wrath of GOd; the accursed death of
the. croes . and continued' under Fhe power of
deith for a tinieo, the:penalty : Of,
the law" • • (p..107y-' " Vety — 4411 '; ice r enting' le
thielescriptieti=ofibe peaelfy, 4,6.84 that
Christ- endtred tiitr , Atl Would , say:
the-tame': . 'As tielesctibe the perialtrof the
mid as..Wixthinktheseriptureeldescribet
i.i - 'o 64 o l looY4Wgehi'tilthAminlia3inethat.
Christ :did not suffer it. He
,conldnot have
suffered it. Considering .the dignity of hie
Persim, it was not 'necessary? Ait a as they,
describe the penalty of theleiv, •we agree
Wi .
thilieni in saying that. Clitilt may have
suffered it: ' We suppose he did suffer it. Our
difference on this point; therefore,. is merely
verbal, and'vanishes.ust so soon as the terms
are, explained ,And to the subject isliegard-.
ed by meat theologians, who say in Orme
that cbriet suffered, for us, the penalty,of
ihe" law. They do not mean the full and pre
cise penalty, as we understand it, and. as
God has explained it in hie werd; bat rather
fillt eiticiecine which, considering the
dignity and 'glory of Christ's person and his
ineffable nearness tethe •• Father, answers all.
'the purposes of law, and' justice, and govern-
ment,,as well. •Thus a writer in the late Dr..
Green's Christian :.Advocate says : 14 The
Redeemer flid not endure eternal death,". but,
"`,the • infinite dignity of person, imparted
to his temporary sufferings a valnethat made
thein afar and full equivalent for the wirer
kuliiing sufferings of all . whe ;shill be finally.
Saved.". -Dr. Bellaiiiy;:too;after hiving said`
repeatedly that. Christ. 'endured the penaltr
offhelaw for sinners, sums up his , meaning
in.the Alitiwing terms :. "Considering the
infinite dignity , of, his person,, his sufferings
were ftywaient,to..the eternal damnation of
suili,Wormeas we.' And again : • ."7be•*.
finite dignity of' his:SO causes these suffer
ings which he ore 3our room an d
,stead, t o .
be as 'bright 'a displq'Of tibe. divine holinees
and jiietiee,Yas if all . thehinfiiiiiacii hadjoi;
their rein; beentast into iyilakeof fird'aiid
brimstone, and .the Smoke of their.torinent
had 'Ascended up forever and ever." , - The
late e Dr...Dana says : ‘lnainnuch, as the sez..ip : ,
turek 'expressly declare'; that, in re4erni.rni.
iviarbin the ; course of, the , ist wge
inade a curseWA) afl), o,,Onsia'aine'd to
w . ere
lial'eiiontion 'Of the law - '; ieirettilurance
Cf - 'theknalty; so far ;as the: 4idture of the
ease . tamitted-or required. 'sk Dr. Woods,
speaking' 'of Ithe'penalty of. the;law,. says :
" Christ ainffered- it virtuallyz... He suffered.
that ;which had $. -like effeet i ,.orithich had a
like . value,' in God's , moral :government. As
to the ends.oi gpveiiime ri t, it as aathough
the course of the law had been 'endured liter-
Satqa. v
it'igitt4Ni§li.i".iril . ..imiti .
,
MI late Dr. Cunniiithim °Tied drily re
marked; that' "the - greatimit obabible to the
progress' of 'Presbyteriiiiianilii;Efigland was
its d:Referlßeyne's excellent
paper ;recently. staitedizaiondon, th eiWeek.
ly R 4 kiew, is doing, muchlorremove that oly ,
stadq. , - 4d while. the -terrible want of cyan
ggelical inbelnees 111 t1 1 0 PhriSt.iaA
huralieof :tn . giand. alsq fast losing
in
.visibility;, it. -18 well . that our Presbytegiaik
breihiek•ii that 'OdiMtiy are preiting for:
'ward vigorously'tesiimily the *ant. It: may
yet appear thatitile revival of .Presbyterian
ism now.giling - on there, is 'in: . a itigh degree
providential-and timely. May our brethren be
like themen.of.resachar that came to Hebron
to. esppuperthe ,qause,.of David; men that
had understanding of . .the 42iines t to know
what Israel ought , to i , do. . '
,The Weekly Review' of Nov, 29th, contains
an.account of theinduction of Rev. David
latiref - Glfto*, to.the pasta
iv:cif:the U. P. Olitirbh; Westbourne
-Grove.Terrace;llaYiwitef.' At the soiree
held •initheievenint; Dr:" Sing made: he fol.
lowing remarks on the; mission,. of Ike. Pre*
byterian Church in England:
a dENESEE.EVAAkiT7--Aole 866.
" - 01 - Cetiiii . ,"tie 'think itiiiiiiiieliiles - goad,
or, e would-not hold-.ihiiiiy and we feel that
If.e..owe to:Englitod !At ithe:gelailiit"is in our
er n ' tc ..4 9 . ..her• •f844 21 0111P4, a oliich forlll3 .
tier Westminster .4.l3ol*blydma giypti us our
confessions and 'catechism" ;--, v la,l3 9 f: ! ir as
we come Itei,e in the service
.91;:PreslorterY at
all 'it 'is rather to refreidg iiaiiVileriii:E. the
old Presbytery of England . dtiiii'tairiiiiport:
our own `., There is an` inipittitimtlitipia'fit
which: our presence here lett& tothe:repres-;
sion of schism among Presbyterians them
selves. 'Mil:rave di#idifd beyond:6h Tive r ed
,on questions pertaining toiScotland; and hap
pily the occasions of strife, are noon-existent
hers,. • or possess only a clonhtful aud shadowy
being. So that we find ourselves favourably
situated for dropping differences and seeking
identity. L put . a.4 - thi% cycii may say„ is Pres
byterianism, and breathes exclusiveness to
: all - otherifeligionists. T. Ayianswer is no:, , I
heliexe rs ,,,thet ....oxit AgualmvetTingletalwuld .
IT-0 0 117 teA ;to; PA:P44 1 92 1 .9q:441th: co n
._. , 7.
tx
itional bre . en, V A ey willfind,.in , f e.y
seeing mts; that 7Am? i ncit : quite whit t ., , pi
hid 'fan:Vied Us ' to b et; "ttat we - have a:ligSt .
. d . 13 , 1a. iit ' 'aripiiiiqi 'igth ifielii ' and drat eta,:
'odi . ffiffergais • may tietiletuile 'fit 'WIZ AM.
:other, like 'tivetailitigriiittirgeritry; by.which
;projections fill , -esvitiee,.andf,different sides
become frocQiat ed inAYM I O4III 8 04941 BEAlaino4.o:B4)mb),harAonyand:strength.
Expel ukfroM the realneorhistory : iepoured
iNonconforMitit r sus pect:we are qtite'as
near to the did
Nonconformists affilie present
.Nonconformists'` themselves. And 'if any
.Congregationalists contest this pretension; I
bring it tothei.festiof facts, and offer to
t con
fe,withitlienlabout Union, on , the single and
':simple proviso that they will seek for its ba
,sis in: the writings : yr Q 31440 Laying aside
all ,pleasantry,, I think that we and the . Gon-
IregatiOnaliste
.. Eave innplc material forap
proximating,ltnd .by'so much as we come
nearer to them in place; I trust we shall
also coalesce inaction, andreciprocate that
.charity which is the bond,of perfection. And
!Ili*44f,Aq ChWA t:O
lngind ? :Som may
think - that all I have :said looks frowningly
at the.Establishinent,itrid that, if I have not
for ' Presbyter y,'a mania r lam at react an
ab
solute devotef . for dissent. My reply is, that,
disienter though I tb; :I"with well to the
Church of England; Ind that, in my opinion,
"a ivigorous , EvangeliCal . Presbyterianism
alongside of it would/do more to advance its
prosperity than .any 41eCree of convocation
within its pale. lts Jest writers make the
largest Concessions' - to our principles. Its
most ' flourishing congregations are those
which, 'like • ours, maintain their own worship,
~itithil'engagoithe laitytalong witli`the clergy;'
in' , :zorkslof faith and labours of love,-: If we'
get la - few sheep from their , ilOck, 'its . they
km : gotosumiy,from ins, the clergy will be-.
egme,:yo,:-.,more.,tyatigelical, said yet more,
apsidtkotu(lo prevent : such secession, ,and ,re
vivel,.atid beneficensc wifl v l:4o,i. frpui our
Alin:gun: Thus ' dissent !froth- :the; Mistab4sh ,
, iiiiifiiill re-act On iiti,V•iiiiiiblyl! fiite*y iii .
eitherviil painiiiiioliii; fidellifinitie• °ed.."
OUR WAR A PART OF THE WORLD'S
FORWAID MOVEUNT.
• Lee°Ver . .) , one promptly and gladly take the
place assigned hint. in the grand' march' of
events, by ivhich ,Providence 'is now in this
land,i with fearful swiftness and with .
ineirtilOtalitii3s,irerking out the progress
of `nations the redetnption of the . world.
Let eVery-one have faith enough to believe
that there is a Divine Commander on the field, .
where .the great destiny of this nation :and of
il
mlions of mankind is to be determined.
'With infinfte wisdom and sOVereignanthmity
He assigns* nations Weir 'ikeriods of trial
and of &inflot; 'of prosperity and " of repose, in
midi order as best to secure the idtiinate
triumph •of righteousness .and itirutli. The
great world-wide contest is ever going on, not
always with 'the sword, but always with re
sources of vast.extent, and with weapons of
mighty power. ' Other nations were wasted
,with its fury, , while we were permitted to
iitaridNiti4eaceful spectators 'of the strife.
We 'fondly supposed• inutelves ito have ad
-vanced so far in Christian civilization as nev
er ourselves to add'another page to the blood
stained :Annals of, iwar.
-But the active tonflictwbigh the powers
of darkness are:ever wa ging for the possess
ion!of.ihis world, lias.,,at, last
.rolled toward
iliat.cluarter of the ,fiebrlihere the Divine
Commander has aSsigined Zis our 'station.
And we must take our titri in resisting the
attaet,-cOnaiderinilthat who:Vie:de:and suf
fer in this , contest; is not. for ourselves alone,
but for the ages and generations of the human
familyinilllthe,fitpre e , We must never for
get that l it.is the i eyil,,power of darkness which
.gives greatnesi, clinning; and malignancy to
the enemies of peace, truth", ,. righteousness,
wed liberty in thislaud; - and m all the earth.
And it is juit.tc. , contelidi; and honorable to
suffer, in conflict with such a power; because
itis , the eneinYiscif the human , : rice; against
which Cbrist , hiniself conterids, and .which he
came to destcoy... Thedignity,,therightepus
ness, the infinite:;orth of the cause,
' which
we are. Called to supperk,. and. for irk: ch we
should . 119 willing,to i suffer,. can be rifitlYes
tiniatad only,when we cOniiild that, A is the
canid for whicli the ieod and iln3faithful have
cthiterided, and the mirtylii stiffered.
• .
smsigitirr. O'Ne THEINUTES OF THE
"ROTIOItiOUSE.
ANlring.the morning worship several of the
elder bgy.fl expn:he youngest ,ItrolF.e out
into load weeping ; all were so moved on, one
occasion,, ttki; .9 1 e, 8 4 1 ?galgh0.t1 ) 1'...it ePPPed ;
Ime,Was stand a vacant , tar
lobic,-ind' 4116i:on:sea niflie said; " I for
got that I was here, and could not help think
ing over the past:" •Two , 'brothers fell into
each .other's. ants, aud. were so overcome that
Wiehern had to send them into the garden ;
the thought of their 'unfortunate motber•Was
too keen to be.borne. , " We cannot stand it,"
the buys -usedito ,says :'.it makes us think so
cif whitovie.ivexe”,.The . singing seemed to
*
ppnetrate,.katelfst i 'with soft, and . blessed
thendlite n siid:ta.lity . hold on , thl tenderest
pir! . ;oftheii natiir's ; se that; afteritoiti hOnrs,
they might be been walking up and down by
the irtifir o go tatting in the upp6i bilanches of
theisheattittiind raising hymn after hymn.
.
• ' THE , snnrings of, the. , Redeemers Boni
formed; as has been well said i the soul of his
sufferings.—Dr. Hanna. •