Vol. :11, No. 22.--Whole No. 334.
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AIRS. CAROLINE. aburucy,.
rie,ttintsLL I farewell,, beloved , lkome I
Haven of rest I a lon g farewell;
Where'er my weary footsteps, roam,
r With•thee shall faithful inenfry dwell.
eft tali me other bowers will rise
.A.s fair, in fancy's, fixture view—
They little think what tender ties,
bear home I attach my heart to you.
Their happy, childhood has not play'd,
Like mini3ibeireath thy sheltering roof;
Thou bast upt foster'd, in thy shade,
Their nfturlears of happier youth.
They einnot`lrtiow ' they have tiot'proved
The sympathies that , rnake thee dear;
They have not hereTossess'd and loved—
They have not lost and sorrowtd here.
In till around, they cannot see
Relies of holses, and joys o'ercast--
They have not learnt, to live, like me,
On recollections of the past;
To wadi (as misers watch their gold)
Tree, shrub, or flower, (frail, prrious trust !)
Plantediand rearq in days of old,
By hinds now mduldenng in thief duet ;
To dandify peculiar places,
m mein s
Associate Mery's glass,
With circumstances, tithes, andi fades,
That like a dream before me phes.
These are the feelings—this the. band,
Delad home that knits my heart to thee;
No heart but mine can underitand
lbw strong that'seeret sympathy.
Therefore, of seenes more fair than thee,
They kindly speak to soothe mine ear;
Yes--- : fairer other scenes may be,
DdlinevOr any half so dear.
fortropnina.
MY LAST SABBATH WITH THE SOL-
DIEM .4
TIM three months' leave of absence gran
tea meb. my church to labor among the
Sohliera, having expired, on the 11th of lan.,
uary I passed my last Sabbath in minister
ing the consolations or the Gospel to our.
brave -men.
This day, according to previous arrange.
ment, I was to. spend with the men in " Con-
Coalescent , Canip,'lt. situated about four miles
southwest of ,Washington City„, over in 'Vir
ginia, and ,containing, about ten thousand
soldiers, afflicted with more or less infirmity,
having beeksout there. principally from va
rious Clovernmeril hospitals, with thnvi elv of
inuring them to camp-life.exposures, piepa•
ratory .:tti their rejoining ,aheirfrrespective
regiments. This is a new encampment—the
old one near Alexandria having been-broken
up, in expectation of improvingthe condition
of the men. The Old one was familiarly
known as " Camp Misery,"—a name fairly
won. The circumstances of the men in the
new camp are , materially improved, and fur
ther improvements are in progress.
On Sabbath morning the driver of a gov
ernment ambulance reported himself at nine
o'clock .punctually. It had rained nearly
the whole day before, and one of the
institutions of Virginia—mud—was inprime
Condition. We proceeded to " Long Bridge,"
but the " draw ' was open, being in process
of repair, and would not be completed until
8-O'clock P.M. It must be repaired on Sab--
bath, the supposed " necessities of war," such
as long government teams, Alexandria Rail
Road transportation trains for Government,
etc., admit of no impediment ; therefore re
pairs must he done at such time as will least
interfere.
No passage, therefore 'for us at this time,
over "Long Ik dge. Of gg Aqueduct bridge, . 1
three or four miles up the river, above
'Georgetown, was the - next best crossing. We
drove to it.' This bridge was formerly the bed
of =the large "Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,"
carried right over the Potomac river It is,
1446 feet in length, and 36 feet above the
ordinary surface of the river. Cost of con
atruction, $2,000,000, It has been condemn
ed by Government as insecure and is now
uied as a bridge for travel. We, therefore,
arose 'right through the canal ! Over the
bridge, wo soon met with picket-fences, for
tifications, the toughest kind of brick-clay,
of sny.desirable or undesirable amount and
consistency, constituting a new military road.
On we dragged, through fortifications, under
the muzzles of big guns, over hills, by en
campments, in front of the rebel Gen. Lee's
well-known "'Arlington House," upon Ar
lington Heights, , from the roof of which, on
clear days, MOT be seen from Washihgton,
floating the " Stars and Stripes," afid from
which eminence, we gain a. splendid view of
the capital cf the nation, On, through the
beautiful " Fort Albany, from which, again,
is one of the grandest views of Washington,
the Potomac, and contiguous country, to be
seen from any point. On 'Westwardly,
through a valley,—at last, amidst a pine
forest, romantically secluded, suddenly opens
to view the tented city of the ten thousand
convalescent mew.
It is near 12 o'clock. We report at the
tent of the Christian Commission," at pre
sent oecupied by two young men of that
nobleorganisation. One of them is in a little
place of worship, composed of three small
tents conabined,--" holding forth " to a band
of men, mainly of, Christian sympathies,--,
where we enter and listen until the termina
tion of the service.
Soon after, I started out through the en
canipmeiit,' accompanied by one of the "Com
raission.." ~,W e visited the excellent New
Englatid lady---from Maine,—eniployed by
the Sanitary Commission,; to minister to the
sick. She soon spoke of " her hospital,"
—being three tents oomhined,,in , which
,7,ere
lying a rdniber of men, suddenly taken too
ill to be removed' the large' hospitals yin
Washington,--sae - fs now done in the great
majority of oases. These sick were mainly
typhoid fever oases,—very , 4 ll . I inquired of
the lady whether , any one ever conversed
with the,-men about their souls, or prayed
with them.? She replied,' that attention to
their physioalU'Ocessities Sdgrefitly engrossed
her time that he WAS Utiabreqo auything
of consequence for them` spiritti*llyo- I .and no
one else came to comfoit them with the Gos
Rome.
pel rfiraired with and for them and their
dear ones at " home," and also exhorted
them:to look to the Great Physician of soule,'
who'wes willing' to hear the faintest cryler
relief from those 'even who were expiringt
amid circumstances of adversity. Theinter
view was very affecting; and. , a plaintive
".farewell" reached me from the lips
c of one
ofthe. afflicted, as .I left them to preach the
Gospel gut in the encampment.
I proceeded to the quarters of the Pennsyl
vania men, among whom were a number of my
personal acquaintances. I took my position
upon an elevation in one of their widest
"streets," and began to' sing in a loud tone,
"A charge 'to khep hive,' etc., assisted by
the Collll3liBBjoll friend. A rush ensued, men
coming in from every direction, up and down
the streets, and from the quarters of various'
other-States, as the notes swelled up from ,
many voices used to effort amid the noise of
battle. I read out two; lines of the hymn at
a time, and, a,general chorus was the result.,
" Happy Day ' rang gloriously over :the
encampment. I preached to this great throng
of most attentive listeners, with thrilling
.in
terest to myself; and `at` the conclusion
the service I observed many moistened `eyee;' .
and numerous were the hands extended' to
me bTmen from Philadelphia and varions;-
other -portions of the State. I then notified
theinthat at 3 o'clook:,—twenty minutes from
that tinie r -4 intended to hold another,ser:
vice in a iifferent part of. the camp. Many
soon started - ever to the designated place;
and at the appointed time we had a similar
'preaching service, with a large attendance,
and equally as great an interest.
• After this, with much regret; I bade fare-I
well to men for whose welfare I had• at dif
ferent times labored; and then started for
Washington.
But soon I was.,,favored with a spectacle
which for, the time dispelled all , sad thoughts
and filled me with admiration. As I ascen
ded to Fort Albany, the sun suddenly. beam
ed out amidst heavy 'Western clouds,
with a
brilliancy and richness in depth of golden
colors rarely witnessed. A distant fertifica
tion intervened, and there,
amid the largest,
brightest lake of glory, floated the " Stars
and Stripes," the flag-staff scarcely percep
tible; but of sufficient elevation to make the
illusion complete I My bosom swelled with
patriotic,pride; and I felt that thus will that
glorious, flag continue to float, elevated by,
the hand of Him who appeared now to inter
weave it amid the glories of His heaveriel„i;
I passed through Fort Albany, and turns&
to the right, with the view of crossing at.
Long Bridge," expecting the repairs to be
completecompleted.Ashort distance from the fort,
another scene occurred, surpassing even the
former. Heavy blonds passed overhead, ac
companied by a slight shower of rain. But
soon the setting sun beamed forth again ;
and 10, the entire, City of Washington was
illuminated ! The windows were dazzling
with. the reflected rays; the marble of the
buildings was of snowy whiteness, and emi
nently prominent Was the new capitol build
ing, with its lofty' dome. The city literally
"stood.out" upon the canvass of the heaL
vens, with the back-ground of dark clouds.
And just as I took in this view of grandeur,
behold a rainbow arose, the left base resting
beyond the. President's hones, arching over
the entire - city, and the right resting out be
yond Elizabeth Asylum ! Emblem of Peace!
I was overwhelmed with the glory of the
scene, and mentally ejaculated, ' God grant
the speedy realization ! " After a, little time
the sun mildly withdrew his face, the rainbow
melted away, haziness crept over the city,
and the " dissolving view ' closed.
I crossed at the " Long Bridge," and in
the evening, at 6i o'clock, conducted the
hospital service in the church building of
Dr. Smith, where I addressed the sick _and
wounded upon their bedS, reminding them'of
their Gospel privileg , .s, as'daily dispensed to
them in connection withkind nursing, as con-
treated with the case of many of their less
favored companions, whom I had seen 'and
preached to that day. With a prayer for
them and their friends far, away I closed my
"Last Sabbath with the Soldiers," and often
shall I look back to it with fond remem
brance. A. C.
Manapunk, 'Tan' 20, 1.863.
LESSONS OF WAR.
NUMBER ,XXVI.
USEFULNESS TistE 'PROPER MEANS OF INFIX—
ENO E'.
IT is a subject of daily observation how
the world adheres to the poswerful and the
fortunate, and forsakes 'those who are help
less, devold r'ofinfluence ' and sinking in re
putation and estate. • Against this disposi
tion every one thinks he :has a right , to
complain, as an example • of servile respect
for persons, and of'nnfeeling Selfishness , and
hardness of: heart. This trait of society,
however;, admits of a better apology than at
first appears.
The prineiple, 'upon . which political alli
ances are accustomed to be formed, is the:
interest and safety of the parties concerned.
When iv State demonstrates that it possesses
the power and Valor to defend itself against
surrounding nations, ita neighbors begin to
manifest a disposition to cultivate her friend
ship. When, on the other hand, any power
proves unequal to her own defence, or suffers
a dangerous blow, by the loss of an impor
tant battle, they sit once begin to seek a pre
text for abandoning her alliance, as no lon
ger without hazard to themselves. , • • History
ma kes.iis familiar with these ideas ; and,we
are not accustomed to look upon this ,prac
tice of nations,. as particularly unreasonable
or unjust. ~Neither should ; we Isp look
that whiqh somewhat resembles it, the
intercourse of individuals and fainilies. The
present life is' to every one a state`of War, in
which a thousand Circumstances and liabiii
ties, and' the selfishneis and injustice preva
lent in society, are perpetually preying upon
his happiness. In such: a state it is not base
servility, but.necessity, and the pressure of
threatening• evils, that lead men to prefer
the friendship of those who are. able to afford
protection to themselves, and others, amidst
the dangers of an uncertain and hostile world.
A man who, from his own inactivity, is una
ble 'to bear up against the resistance of a
busy and selfish world, has. little reason to
expect that. bis •fellow men will sue for .the
privilege,of hie friendship, in like manner.as
State,qhat is the' prey of all his neighbors
ravaged by perpetual inroads, and in constant
danger of utter cledtruction,--has little ground
. . .
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PH HIA ILADELP '''TH .
URS' ,Apy,. 29 ,4863
•
to, hope that other nations will be impatient,
to,become her allies, to put themselves unctsr
her protection, and make her,. the umpire in
their diiputes.. -
The
. practice of mankind in this Mittbr,
suggests 'that 'the only'rationil Moans to be
e'mployed,in Making friends; is by" exerting
every - energy of mita and'body,-andTracti
sing every,art of diligence arid tprudence,
of, truth, sobriety, a,nd,,religion, to render.
ourselves .secure against the accidents
time; and, then, for their own sakes, men
will not fail to gather around' us, making
us doubly great and secure, by the, just
and ' willing tribute of their affection and:
support.
TheAfirst stroke of that consummate poll
ey by which Rome attained ,her unrivalled
greatness ; was when her founder to supply,
her, fewness pf of. turned the city
into an asylum, and opened her gates`to_the
afflicted and homeless of every tribe 7.4 0 3
seeking protection within her walls, gradual ,
I incorporated with her - peOple; and thus
became the beginning of her increase, and,
the foundation of heeptiength.' This is the
only direct road to. tine and lasting•great
ness. It is a= poor' and fading dignity that
is founded in a vicious and idle attendance
on the favor of the great. That.is far nobler
and surer, that is based upon the gratitude
of the poor, to' ihom we have, theopportuni
ty. to afford relief; and the" only h
' bnest .
means` to advancement; that nature his 'left
open to men, is by diligence and integrity,
to 'make themselves benefactors to their
race;_ pillars against whiCh the Weak :mar
lean' for , support;' and sanctuaries where all
who are.
_pursued by misfortune, may ,find
refugefrom their sorrows. S. P. H.
THOUGHT'S ON THE WAL
Some good has already . come out of 'the'
war. It 'is showing tó Judaii'her sins and
tolariel her transgressions. • -
• Men ivith the, sword in. their hands have
gone where without.the sword they could not
have gone and told the people theirsins.
Before this rebellion we were a happy;pros
perous pepple; and the nation had but.two
godi—Covetouenees and the love of political
preferment . Thb ,road to wealth or to poll
, .
tical eminence lay open ,to every man and.
there was,a general scramble to be.first in
the race., •
Now God has brought this dark cloud over;
us and has., evoked ,the sentiment of Patriot
ism and has turned the symphathies of ,this
people in a differeni - chapneh And , for this
we have reason to be thankful. Patriotisin
still liVeS. There is then such a thing as'
love of cotintry. — And,""aliVinany* a brave
heart which,,' beating':with this
sprang to arms now lies cold and still in an
unknown grave. Many a mother, who. in
spired -with itroffered her son ,uponl thw altar,
of hey country now ,rnowns her -lostgh.oy.
Andmany a victory has been-gained at rtimes•
too when traitor leaders led our brave sob
(tiers against, three times their own numher,
for the very purpoie of having them :de
stroyed.
True Patriotism is heard_ lifting its voice
to warn the nation against sins--but shall
it therefore forsake her in the hour of peril?
I may' see-my-boy running towards' a preci- -
pice, and if I am his friend I will rebuke him
sharply and.call loudly.on him to stop. , But
when that boy has plunged over and is cling
ing to the crags, shall I exult : over his ruin?
Tell him I warned him, and staad by and see
him perish ? ' '
But such is the conduct of those who', on
,
account of the sins Of the Republic would now
stand by and seedier perish. True Patriot
ism says : " Let the -Republic -/ive e and her
errors be reformed. When there-is so much
suffering there must be many things :that
need to be reformed:" -
Civil Government-is God's ordinance, and
as he gave it to man he had a <right to make
what restrictions he saw fit.
Now.Gcd has said, with reference.to our
rulers: " Choose out from among yourselves,
men of truth, that fear God and hate cov
etousness."' And Patriotisin seeks to effect
a reform in this particular. God has said
that every `knee should bow =to Jesus and'
adore 'him <: as Lord. Messiah rules and
should be recognized in civil as well as
ecclesiastical, matters and Patriotism seeks
to effect this. , . , ,
But4here is one other reform that Patriot-.
ism - call&loudly for at, this time. I need not
herestop to point out the wrongs, the crimes,
the horrors of American slavery. Thisis
not necessary in this age of fight. I shall
simply call your attention to the fact, that
to all its other crimes mist now be added
this—that it has lighted the torch' of civil
war. It stands chargable to-day with the
guilt of all the blood that has been shed
during this rebellion. It is this accursed
system that has alienated the minds •of eight
millions of the citizens or this Renublic,
and taught them toliate that flag which' was',
first unfurled:over the Declaration -of Inde
pendence, representing all the principles that
were contained in it. Slavery is the open
antagonist of Republicanism. They cannot
live together on the same continent. This
has been tried to our sorrow—tried in"vain.
They never did live together in. peace. Com
promise has done its best and failed, as corn
promise with wickedness will always fail.
Slavery now depends upon the stage an open
foe to contest the victory at the point of the
bayonet. And in this struggle one or the
other must die. When the war is ended
either this Republic will lie a, bleeding,
mangled corpse, or slavery must be annihil
ated.
Let the cry of every Patriot be : "Down
with - Slavery ! Let it be forever annihilated !
Long live civil and religious Liberty. Long
live our Republic !" Rev. J. C. TODD:
DR. BURNS
,THomsorr, one of the most
valued agents of the Edinburg Medical Mis
sion, who was sent out 'to Madagascar IfY the
London Missionary Society, his written home
that helm been-appointed Court Physician
to4he King. He has six young men - under
medical and religious. training, - and his dis
pensary is conducted on the same principle
as in the Medical Mission in the Cowgate of
Edinburg ; religious exercises and instruction
forming a regular part of his daily work
among his patients. . •
IN everything let us give thanks.
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E4ESIASTICA DNHor 'ENO:00..1"
.It'has been'aiSerted-thatlCongregational
: ists and Presbyterians; that '4),:lngregational
ists and=pßaptists,, andindOctthat all three
denominations were moving,towards-Eeele-,
siastieal Union •in. -.England.t„This, we think
is.altogether too fast for the,faets. Presby
i
terians are tending to unio
. among there
selves; lint it is doubtful • ether, they Will
soon unite with the dongrek4ortilists: _the
latter''limy unite with the
,B4itists, Who are
far more liberal in thelandlo Bilityan and
of Robert,Hall than in ttha,tlitif Roger Wil
liams. :At o; soiree sueeeed* thoinStalla
tion of Rev.,iLsr; Edmon Alis i • stor of, one of
thnnew ChurehExtension e ; • prises of the
U. P. Church in London, It :- ventiAllen:
of the Congregational Ch4pel, Islington
Lane, delivered ari address ) *, hieh perhaps
reveals the true feeling amore men of liberal
minds in - the:4e three denominations. ' We
* some.' ' t ' * ' * 4 * a. — th
give extracts from it
,as ileporte in e
Weeklylipino . . •• . ) 4 ,
_ .
"ram 'not .afraid of doctiinal questions
which arise from time to time .We'shew lit
tle wisdom or faith when we .10ew suchlues
tions,, whether in the form
,g ~..gssitys , and
Reviews on of disquisitions on 9 Pentateuch,4.
at all to affect our equaniMio . , Theonly
.
thing I regretls that men Of,pupYing . SuCh
prominent positions in 'any)iran i ch .1 - 016'
Churchshould 'pit forth sueiverude and ir':
religious. speculations; and. tfeel more for"
them . than I , do of alarm for thertruth: ‘ Moses
haS:surrivedrmhily such, anOorse =attacks
and I think, •he will ,not be greatly affected
by the attack
,now made upon r him. Dr. Ed
mond will stand by us, foot tilfo and.
ot, anand
to hand, in the maintenance of these 'great
truthS which thelonger I live the more deep
ly I feel to be the life 4:4 , , soul --(Ap
plause.) y''
"Ecclesiastically, we differ , Arid,' do not
know that this is much - to beilegretted. 'I
hope he'ivill, in - every-fair anti manly way,
assert his own distinctive principles; I intend;
to :.do: so with .mine.;'.and I don't think Rither
will be the -worse!, foriliferences - on these
points. .1 am not 0,99 of;those ;vidio think it
possible or desirable that the Clwrch of Christ.
should' be gathered
,into "one gre,at' uniform
d
Ecelesiasticsystere. ' If I. ha,Ve read history
aright, it teaches that, When such' union 'has
been Succesifill - to any extent/ precisely to
that extent-the ;Church has!: bisiiome narrow,.
intblerant r inefficient, and eveir&krupti ".We
shall all be better, -therefore ; forvthese 'diver
sities of, opinion. It is a capital thing for
Nonconformity that we , have an Established
Church, although I f think it, wrong inprinci
plc ; and it is
. good for. the religious life_ of
the EStabliShmerit that 'there is a vigorous
Nonconformity isy the side of it : There is a
remarkable article in the Timeithis - mbrning,
in which therefaretwo or thr adinissions
thttb-mre-intrio - zpirptoitiatie':;lVltrithything
that has appeared lately. • It is .admitted that
Dissent is not heretical, that its tendency is
to-confirm and not to disturb the truth, and
that it has.grown to such a magnitude that
the Establishment exists only on sufferance.
Things of this sort may well encourage us.
For my own part, I seldom make ecclesias
ticalallusion. , „
sin the pulpit. Not more than
once or twice haVe I alluded to Congregation
al principles as such in my own church. If
I want to extend them—and I do, I do it , best
by laying hold of men's spiritual sympathies >;
and if Dr. Edmond wants to extend Presbyte
rianism which he ought to do,
he will do it
precisely in his way. (Hear, hear.) I never
call, our own Church a Congregational Church r
even.. When I transfer members to this
Church, which of course I shall have'to do,
the form used will simply be, "From the
Church of Jesua Christ worshipping in Union
Chapel, Islington." (Applause.) • -
Still these differences do exist. The three
great principles of the ecclesiastical govern
ment which have-obtained the. United
Kingdomare—Episcopacy, as manifested
by, the established Church; Voluntaryism,
as manifeated by the Congregationalists;
and Presbyterianism, which, hitherto, has
hid its chief Manifestation in .Scotland; We
haVe Episcopa,cy arid - Voluntaryism well re.=
presented here ; and 1. not the slightest
objection to a representation of Presbyter
ianism. The churches ; of England are, eccle
siastically, the .endowed and the free ; and
this classification brings us together in a
much closer ;way. Let
,each be but free to
choose its own government; and I do not
care what government it chooses so long . as
it has connected with 'its "own`" discipline a:
truly religious life. We have simply to - re-'
cognise 'one another as alike -voluntary ,
churches of Jesus Christ, -depending-on;the
power of truth for our existence and exten
sion, net asking, to be protected by the civil.
magistrate, but asking simply for liberty
,to
tell,:-the.people what we have •to say, and to
us
J• tify if we can the ecclesiastical forms in
;
ovhich, we utter and embody it.. 7his we are
trying to do. We shall be all the better as
Congregationalists for seeing your Presby
terian mode of life. There is. sonic extent
to which 1 would contend for , . unity. .Dr.
Guthrieillintlis address as Moderator',= says of
the Free Churchthat thetime has - come when
the Free Church and the United Presbyterian,
Church ought to be one. (Cheers.) He says,
theoretically, he is still an Establishment
man, but, practically, he delights in his liber
ty so Much that he has no wish to return to,
his bondage: I, for one; see no reason why
the branches of the Presbyterian Church
should not be united into one (cheers), why
the different sections in Scotland should not
be reunited. into one powerful Free, United
Presbyterian Church, and why'the like law
should not obtain in England. On the other
hand, I see no reason why the Congregation
alists and Baptists should not be one. We
agree in all theoretical doctrinea, eccle
siastical. principles ; we differ simply in' one
point of ritual. I never think'of these two
great sections of the V,hurch of Christ and
of their separation without 'sorrow. So-far
I would .contend for union; .1 think it should
be effected.
But. I do not think Congregationalists and
Presbyterians could be one. There must be
if compromise of some ecclesiastical principle
before they could be one organisation. Either
you must 'give up your principle of Presby
tery, or we 'our principle .of Congregational
independence. lam not prepared to ask you
to give up your:principle of Presbytery ; and
you are not prepared to ask me to =give up
our principle of Congregational liberty. I
, ~_.l__
'think Iliete May be excellencies im botb/sys.,
'was, ,aol:that, it will ba necessaq shota:
meiPttOli dliotiocti•To to,T4io of c r i nrch „goverp-Er* ply : hick 1011,promote a higher and more.,
11;4,11440 unity,; * for we can maintain e
,sliliVtiiii'foinie and yet be one in. heart and
sofilin all eViiikelical iffart; live 'together
adthriatian biitlikon! • That' 'my ides' of
tnie niity in - :the Church. Uniformity
never hdpe to see"; Laliould deprecate its
true, spiritual,•brotherly unity Ido yearh for,
strive for, day-by - da y, and . I thank God it is„
:PTiglz.soi mach ecclesiastical con
troversy, there bilges bitterness than : yre hava,
seen. heretofore. , , Lbelieve the time will 80011,.
65111e:Wheil shall uArstan d how:to live::
togitlier''as Chriitian brethren,' each maint: -
taining his inclividUal cativictihn aid 'his form
of' lite; 'bit fecognising otherrasoloassessing
they equal: right to.enjoy equal and all
ilnfitinepinitiziblinnorretiliritidy: (Loud
POLITM3 AND THE ;PULPIT:
. . ,
Tatra religion.should Reryade e yriole of
man's being., The Sabbath; ito
.o*it, the
church, are not its exclusive ,s phere his
business and hiapdlities ,
By politica we underitOid hilftelitiois' to the
state: It cannot beladinitted that these arid
other :decular interests; as;' they? are 'called,'
are:too common; and uncleanfonnontaot With
religion, since the broad requirement 'of.the
Sciliptute is ,that.whether 3ve eat or drink, or
whatever,we 40, we shonld.do all to thezlory
of God ; and if political duties and relations
are not'to`be - p.ervaded by" the spirit of relig
ion, then 'ate 'we invOlvea :in. the practical
solecism; that~ there 'is a'large part-of our
egisteneewhich is ifebesSarily irreligiotis.;'and
still the neeessity is entailed of -a
Sufficient numberheing detached, even;in the
millennium, to rig and work, the ship of state,
arrnugodly..creir, beyond the inspieio.n of all
sanctity and,piety, „Mi.!! common . distipption
between the secular th i s
. religieue is a
efiliveiiienee oflipebeh: for cer tain purposes,
but it conveys since'in the better
genefillizatiOn..cif the lie wTe's tatikerit, i gion
coVers-the oWlitiiii; extent of our *being; the
countless Varieer of our Intereits and rela
tions ; just;as the:sea fills all the bays and
inlets and' creeks with its in-flowing waters.
PARITSAIF ANTIPATRY:IN"THE PULPAL.
It itoill'birremenilleilen'yini4 of our rea
ders -that , On "a • Certain yeti' iii•-iidfihy gentle
man in Massachusetts, after Qbeifig it :oatidi
date,ofthe.Democra ticparwfor ; Governor for
twent7 years, was finally:, to. theroffice
by a.majoirity of one.votes . ..It will also be
re,collected by all,whose early life Tut passed
in tliat ',State, ..that the custom
whenever the Governor isened his annual
pre p aination for thanksgiving, of Fending by
the'sheriff of the county a copy of `the 'same,
on &large larid-bill; to be read from every
Pulpikwhichdocument invariably closed, af
ter.the:eigikatAte.:44lle,riogerPori.--Nrith-44)
pious exclamatlon, ",God save the Common
wealth of
.MaseachusetM !" On the. year
referred .to the.,newly-electyd magistrate is
sueihis 'proclainiiion in the usual form. It
isieafir that a'venerable clergyman, of the old
paify, laid' the broad sheet over his reading
board,' and afterperforthing the professional
duty of reciting it, with an ill-disguised 'aver
sion, actually announced- the -official signa
ture with this' eigiiificafit.:intoni,tiith " Mar
cus Morton, Governor T. God eau the Com
nionwealth l!ititiaChinsettet
PRAYING POLITICS.
Rev. Dr. David Ely, of,Huntington, Con
necticut, is described as one of the most pru
dent, faithful, spiritual pastors of his times.
In a season of great political excitement, it
Was reported by persons hostile to him that
he had preached on political subjects in a
neighboring parish. It was thought proper
to trace the report to its source. "The neigh
boring parish was visited and the inquiry
made : " Did Dr. Ely, preach politics when ,
here ? Yes. What, did , he sa,y,? Well sir,
if he did not preach politics, he prayed politi Ps.
What did he say ? Say ? he said, 4 Though
hand joinin hand,
,yet the wicked shall nob
go unpunished'."—Dr. Adanis inthe Ameri
can Theological Review.
THE LONG PARLIAMENT.
THE English nation had been hard to'
rouse,: but the day of their•wrath was come.
The pent-up indignation of eleven years.
rushed on with the ntightpf an Atlantic tide,;
and. Thorough went down before it like : a,
house built by children in, the sand of the
shOre. Yet it is not so much the fervor of
righteous vengeance in the statesmen of the
Long Parliament which strikes upon the
agination, as the wisdcoin and calm intrepidi
ty with which iheY directed it "against its
objects. They had" formidable enemies to
deal with., In reading of the French Revo
lution, we are constantlyimpressed with the
. feeblonpss of the opposition with which the
chiefs of the popular party had, to contend,
LOnis XVI. Marie Antoinette, Calonne.
Maurepas, Ilenienie de Brienne, were;poor
'creatures, and the triumph of the revolition
ists (wirer them shews like a reassatre'of the
innocents. But our fathers fought Withraen.
Laud, Charles, above all Wentwerth, were
no despicable adversaries.. It was a - perilous
task to, cope with these. Can anything be
more.terribly magnificent than the arrest of
Strafford? As we recall the day when Pym
made his accusing Speech, and the Commons
sat hour after hour until the dread bisiness
was accomplished, we 'seem to see a royal
eagle poised high in the heavens, and mark
an eagle-slayer, planting his foot on a dizzy
crag, bending his bow with giant force,
taking calm and steady aim, and sendingthe
shaft hurtling through the sky. The arrow
mounts r strikes,- and in a moment thn.poised
wings flutter, and Wentworth sinks like a
stone into the abyss. What was the thought
which struck along Strafford's brain when
his - "proud `glooming countenance" darken
ed at the tidings that he' was impeached for
high treason ? Was it art the thought that,
great as he was, the men against whom, he
had measured himself, -11ym, Hampden; and
their compatriots were gbler , men thanhe:?—
Peter Bayne in thi Weekly Review.
DAYS M YEAns.—u swiftly gliding
time ! how soon wilt thou be done ? 0 wing
ed days and years 1 hOw guickly will you all
be run out l. Then the judgment, and the
sentence, and the reeompense,.andthe unend
ing eternity. 0 mail make 'haste to live
while thou livest, lest thou die for ever.
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD ABROAD.
OTIR January advices bring us . . little of
Marked nature in regard to the general pro
gress of Christ's Kingdom. Bishop Colenso's
Book is still attracting much attention. We
believe all the weekly organs of the gpis,co-
Church.in ;this country and in England,
High Church and Low, agree in repudiating
its broad and open infidelity. The faetthat
altthe recent changes in the English Bish
oprics caused by the death of Sumner, Arch
bishop .of Canterbury, have resulted' in 'ele
vating men and Biblical scholars of tried and
undoubted, fidelity to the .truth, is encoura
ging to Christians everywhere.
Madagascar continues to be the acknowl
edged centre of attention and congratuiation
in the whole field 'of foreign missions. Mr.
Ellis r aipeal'•for ,$50.000 to build: Memorial,
churches ter - the martyrs et 11 - adagescat,
made. to the English public - in December, had
been responded to by the first of the year, to
half that amount.
GREAT BRITAIN.
THE • LANCASHIRE DISTRESS.—The pa
tience and excellent, behiitiour of the slit
ferei* Lancaehire .are truly marvelouS.
it is conduct quite as unexpected, as IS the
sntinissiVe iferaeanor of the slaVes in the
SoUth, during ;the agitatiting of civil war and
the prospects of their` liberation The Lan
pashire operatives know-what is the 'meaning
of our mar' and what is its bearing on the fu
ture of the , working-classes all over the world.
Some of them are reported to have said :-,--
We don't mind ,suffering a bit' if it helps
to free the slaves."
Marc wonderful perhaps than the steady,
and;peaceable "demeanor of these men; iethe
vastness the Contributions made in the
British'Einp . ire for'their relief. On Satur
day, Dec. -27th, Mr. Gladstone declared `that
the pnblic and general subscriPtions -had
amounted Ito= X 1.200.000, nearly six mil
lions.of bur . money ; and that an additional
amount of X 300,000, might .confidently-be
expected. , Less ..than than half the amount actu
ally raised had as yet been expended, and
Mr. GladstOne said they might look foriard'
with; cheerfulneii,'in the abseiace of any hew
and fgreat calamity, to the remainder ofthe
winter. How much More befitting a great
Christian nation is this Method of meeting a
Providential difficulty, than it would have
been forcibly to interfere in the troubles of
our nation, engage in = a war for a cause
which would have estranged her own work
ing classes from her, and expend forty times
as much money with a very uncertain pros
pect of
~'reaping any, practical benefit. The
belligerent demonstrations indulged in, for
the salA of Mason and Slidell, cost far' more
than has , yet been raised for the Lancashire
sufferers by subscription.
1 1 1; revival niaovement has been again
m`i kiniremarkable . progress in Buckle, and
in - zanyttrier*lrilingesi in 'Banffshire; North— Of
Scotland. The excitement and the' prostra
tions have been as marked and as extensive
as when the movement commenced three
years ago. The meetings are chiefly held
by,a few young lads belonging to the place,
but have also been addressed by two of the lo
cal clergymen, who are prudentlydesirous of
pfirging the movement of all pernicious ex
cesses. Still further north, in several parts
of the Shetland'lsles, a religious movement
of a remarkable and hopeful charieter is
&till in 'progress.
Or. Adler, the chief Jewish Rabbi in Lon
don, has written a letter of considerable
weight in the Athen,eum,to digprove some of
the deduotions of Bishop Coleus°.
Protesting Msions in Ireland have been
,
conducted as zealously as ever during'. the
past year, and the mission forces - are even
More 'concentrated, Colportage hai been
greatly extended, and will soon cover 'the
entire of the south and west:;.an agency pe
auliarlysuited Co spread-the truth in Ireland.
There-has been much church extension; among
all bodies of Christians, perhaps most among
the Presbyterians. There have been im
portant changes in the Episcopate, and the
new bishops haie been cordially hailed by
all Christian men. Altogether, the Protes
tant Church is in a healthy and vigorous
state. The Romish Church has shown quite
as, much vitality in its own direction., 131-
tramontane views are more common, and
bitter, and rooted. The relation between,
priest and people is stronger ; the dominion
of Dr. Cullen more imperious. Yet there
are whisper.s . of dissensions from his rule, of
jealousies, 'and possibly independent opposi
tion. Dr:*Cullen pursues his plan of isola
ting,the Irish Romanists from the Protestant
people of England. The last result of this
policy*, to.. hinder contributions going from
Ireland to the tancashire operatives. Sev
eral riots have taken place where subscrip
tions were 'attempted to be opened, and the
liberal Bishop Moriarty of Kerry, was ac
tually hooted from the stand in Tralee by
his , own people for proposing a contribution
to this object.
FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND.
'An Anti—Popish Literature of great di
mensions and circulation is growing up in
Paris. The correspondent of the News of
the Churches says,
Dec. 29th, 1862.
" Thousands of the Illonita Seereta Societatis
Jesu, translated, have been sold daily in
Paris, and are permeating the readi.ng public
all over. France, creating nausea and disgust
against the. Society, which creep,s into houses
and leads captive silly women laden with
gold and Sins, ad majo2.enz Woriant Dei.
The hies, aims, and diplomatic deeds of the
Popes are displayed with the minutest.bear
able detail, and in the boldest possiblelorm,
in journal and pamphlet. < The misdeeds of
monks, priests, and cloistered and,other com
munities, in rapacity and vow-breaking, are
set in full glare of publicity. Supersti
tions and shameful relics are dragged into
daylight" "
Government Interference. 7 —For a year past
there has been an interesting prayer-meeting
among poor working-people in a rural district
of Paris; it never:exceeded twenty, and was
much prized by'the humble attendants. It
was denounced to the police as a clandestine
society for politics; the cure mentioned it as
such in the pulpit, and the ~tradesman in
whose room it was field was summoned by
the coramilaary, who advisedbina to,close it
immediately. The: street was, filled:by police
agents, and tbe:rnodestdittle prayer-meeting
thus came to an end.
GENESEE EVANGELIST.---Whole No; 871.
Proteettp*A,fo, the Siouth of France, as
in Geneva, has included not a few radical
semi-infidel elementk, calling theinseltes
"liberal," in its organisation. A. separation
has xecently taken place, in the pastoral
conference of Gard, on account of the out
spoken tone recently taken by tlte " liberals,"
and the orthodox members have already ,or
ganized a Society for evangelization.: . This
event , will no doubt result in' goad - in
cause. of truth< which will hencefdith",be
of very einbarfassingassociationi.
•
Signs' of Progr4s.—Regular services hive
recently been establialted by the Proiestants
at Albr(wheitce the - Albigenses), a new pas
tor's appointment has been established by
the Government at :Crest, in Drome, where
there is an evangelical preacher, at dangnac
anew: church,has been dedicated, Also orke
Veircnks (Isere..)- And..what, is-the.most
gratifying circumstance in,the inauguration,
of this new place of worship is, that the con
gregation which will there assemble hence
fOrth to hear the preaching of the gospel,
his been almost entirely brought over from
Catholicism—thanks to the faithful and per
severing labors of the paitor of Grenoble,
assisted by an evangelist, who is, supported
by. the Evangelical. Society at Geneva. •
The new Constitution of Geneva has been
defeated; the :Papistst voting with the Radi
cals against , the - Protestants to secure that
end. The proposed Constitution would have
put an end to the shameful, system under
which Geneva has sixteen years been. bowed ;
it Would ? above all things, have absolutely
'destroyed the dictatorial power of M. Fazy,
and have necessitated the closing of his
gambling-house, on which he' insists even
more, on account of the profits which he
draws from it, than he does on 'the political
authority. ' -
ALL
Paesaglia forbidde to preach in Milan.—
The government of Italy may have done
exactly the right and - wise thing in dis
couraging Garibaldi's revoliltionary move
ment, but its treatment of Passaglia, as
below recited, is simply contemptable.
" Those individual members of the Romish
eleygy who have ta,ken the side of the Italian
government, and contended for the abolition
of the Tope's temporal dominion, have met
no'hearty support from the Ministry, amid
the troubles into 'which their patriotism has
'brought them. Passaglia's treatment the
other day at Milan is an instance of this.
The Provost of 'San Carlo al Corso, one of
the largest parishes in. Milan, having ascer
tained that there ;was no disability in the
way of Passaglia's preaching, engaged him
to preach the ceurse of sermons for the pre
sent a,avent. The first was attended by a
crowd.that filled the large church to suffoca
tion, though his presence in Milan was not
known until-he appeared in the pulpit. Mon
signor Caccia, the ,Vicar-General, acting as
.Bishop i ,interdicted- =his , preaching in: San
Carlo, the Provost insisted that he had the
right, and applied to the Prefect to main
tain his rights against the Bishop ; but
instead of doing so, the Prefect telegraphed
to Turin for orders from the Ministry, and
the Ministry sent an agent of police to en
deavor to dissuade Passaglia from appear
ing again at-Milan. As he declined obeying
anything but a positive order, however, he
was at last forbidden by the authorities to
fulfil hi's preaching engagement."
Protestant; Institutions. —The Institute
began more than a year ago under the
auspices of Dr. Di Sanctis and Professor
Mazzarella, at Genoa, for training evange
lists from among those who have had no
college education, had been already closed.
The college at La Tour has received from
an English lady, who will not let her name
be known, the splendid gift of £2OOO, the
interest of which is to be expended on small
bursaries of £5 each, to aid poor scholars,
thus: supplimenting what Dr. Gilly and Gen.
Beckwith did in this way.
GERMANY
Dr: F. Srummacher writes an inter
esting letter to the last News of the Churches,
giving a summary view of the religious state
of Germany during the year. We give
some extracts: "A most decided spirit of
anti-Christianity on the one hand, a most
perfect indifference to, religion on the other,
are now, alas ! of such dimensions in our
people, as to make us fear greatly for the.
results. But fortunately there is no lack of
a strenuous, and, as we doubt not, a victo
rious reaction against the negative theories
of the time, while the banner of faith is held
up from far the greatest number of the pul
pits of our church and chairs of our universi
ties, and a better spirit strives to force its
way, in well-managed seminaries and even
in elementary schools. . . The Gustav-
Adolf Union has,, for about ten years, been
of very important and still continuing in
fluence, not although, but because it tests on
no settled confessional base. It is an un
questionable fact that there lives in the Ger- .
man people an ardent zeal for all that
furthers the common, good, and this union
affords those who have separated themselves
from positive Christianity an opportunity to
bear a part in the intellectual and moral
elevation and ennobling of the people.
Thousands support this union, only because
the object -Which it' has in view, consisting,
as it does, in giving assistance to those
isolated members of the evangelical church
whoulive in the thick of a Roman Catholic
population, finds an echo' in their hearts in
their antipathy to , Romanism. The faithful,
who at first stood 4istrustfully aloof from the
union, have thought, the more it progressed in
its work, that they
_would not be justified in
withdrawing from it their active sympathy,
since they perceived that the building of
chuithes and schools was its sole obj'ect, and
that all influence on the teaching and general
culture flowed from another quarter. In
point of fact, the pure' and unencumbered
gospel is preached in these so-called Gustav-
Adolf churches ; and =in the meetings, of the
union too, many testimonies of belief have
already been, mentioned, which far outweigh
those that
<:, of the old or new Rational
firm" ' '
The King of Hanover rescinded his
order- to introduce the new catechism, and
generally leaves the question to the option
of every congregation t The strife now-a
dAya is far more violent against the pure
evangelical views contained in these new
hooks, 'than in' former times
_Against the
neologies' views.