..... _ GA .. . • ,.. •,,, ,•.• •,./.. .:, .:;.1 4..„, ;•,,,, ,:_., • . . ~,,,,,, ii, .:: „.:, ~... •,,, ~:ii „, i ••.• ....: .... C 11 10.• -,. t , .i,,,,, ...,., :,„ ...•.,,; ~ :, ci ,- , , ...,::: ii. „ ~,.. ~,, ,;1..,••,,,, ;1,..:: , • . tes\ i...v A., .. . . ,• r. , : 4- i . - .*` ~." „, 4 ' *• "' ..7 1 ' - . 111 1, . . .. . , ' . . . • ' . . , . , ... . • . . . , . , • - _ . . . ~. 0 ... . . . , . _ . ..... _, , , . . , . . .. .. —,,,,,,, i 0„,„,„ ~ , -.7i'7 : : :-' .", ' . :11 , . - 1,70 -z '....,, ,-..,-: .‘,..:-._: , :.; : :.:,,.# 111 7 . 2 . ,:e: '. . , , :,r , )•.1• - . .: ;-' '. . ' ' . • - '' . '4, , LIL 1 .1-• Jzi:';:.,:-.. . , Vol. VII, No. 23.r—Whole No. 335. Vertvg. "IT IS .NOT DEATH." BY MRS. CAROLINE SCUTRET t 2 `is not Death—it is not Death, Prom which I shrink with down& fear; It is, that I must leave behind -4 44 Ali I love here. Ttik not Wealth—it is not Weaith, That . I am loth`to leave behind'; Small store to me (yet all I crave) • Hath faith marga'd It is not Fame—lt is not Fame, From which it will be pain to part; Obscure` my 10:--bat 'mine was still An humble heart. It, is not Health—it is not Health, That makes me fain to linger here; For I have langaish'd on in pain This many sr year. It is not Hope—it is not Hope, From whip!' I cannot tarn away; Oh, earthly Hope hath cheated me This many a,day. But there are friends—but there are friends, To whom I could not say, Farewell I" Without a pang more hard to bear Than tongue can tell. Btit there's a thought—but there's a thought, Will arm me w ith that pang te eop6; "- Thank God.l we shall not part like those - , Who have no hope 'And some are gone—and some are gone— ' Methinks they chide my long delay— With whom, it seened, my very life Went half away. But we shall meet—but we shall meet, Where parting tears shall never ; And, when I think thereon, ahubst I long to go. The Saviour wept--the Saviour wept O'er hint he loved—corrupting' clay Vat then He spoke the word, and Death Gave up his prey!- A little while—a little while, And the dark (rave shall yield its trust,;: Yea, reatier'every atom up . Of human dust. What matters then—what matters then Who earliest lays hint down to rest ? Nay, " to depart, and be with Christ," Is surely best. tortropoubleit, NO FICTION. We have boriowed this simple title, to fol. low it with a, commom and well known say ing, "truth:lc - often stranger . than ,fiction.'" In the world of fiction We and groupes of un likely personages—exaggerations of human pursuits—performing all sorts of wonderful things. But•whert We have finished themost labored andlaseinating description of huntaw crimes and human virtues, as they, are clus tered befoie us, we ' eel like those whip have been dreaminF. We have awaked and the vision has vanished. But not so with thik truthful - realities of life. Here all the personages are real per sonages. All they speak are the words of intelligent beings. All their actions are tha &rings of living men and women. All they enjoy andall they suffer are the enjoyments and sufferings with whieb we may be familiar, and whit* may be our own. We have been led to make these .remarks after having just read a small volume enti tled, T 414 Pan . = MISSIONARY, published originally by the American Sunday School Union. It is a small book anti may be soon read and ought to be read by every indivi dual who can read and feels any interest in the condition and welfare of human kind. e, The book was published some ten years ago, and we doubt not was much read then,. and its contents pondered by many readers, and may have been made instrumental in awakening greater interest in the labors Of our home missionaries. But as this unpre tending little book may have been set aside and overlooked since that time, in conse quence of the incessant issue of new publica tions, we bespeak for it in this way, a fresh and more earnest interest in missionary; life. It will richly, repay a -perusal. It will do any one good who reads it. And if any reader, can rise from its perusal without leaving ; his admiration of the self-denying labors ,recorded there, just as they occurred, raised to the intensest 'pitch,. and' without having:lila - deepest interest expited in the labors of the home missionary, their we are utterly mistaken in our-cherished opinions of human and Christian Sympathy. If we had space we would like to give co pious extracts from this little work, so full of melancholy interest. • We .would ' just suggest that it will teach two prominent ,les sons. The one lesson is, that Much can be done by seltdenying labors. The other 18 the duty which the churches 6io to those'who are laboring in the missionary fie 16;,.liberally to support, and in every way Co :sympathise with them. kle.6 It will , :teach thtS lesson, how much east; be done; by seVtdenying labors. Who the writers of this little book is we learn from the, book- itself. She was the wife of the Prairie /Tie sionary. She was, while in her 'father's house, and before her marriage, accustomed to comforts and conveniences. She was, we prestitne, delicately reared; and liberally educated, and had .611 her wants .supnlied. But she married the Prairie Missionary and was willing to share in all the privations of the missionary life. Often without bread to eat—slimly sheltered from the weather— spending a long season in nursing a sick and disabled husband—and pressed with many cares thronging all around her-Lthis woman never lost her trust in the promises of God, never faltered in the performonee of duty, although' sorelylempted to relinquish both. 'The other lesson ,is for the churches to learn: And here, by. the churches, let us be understood as moaning and including all the members of, these ; churches. Let no individual try to lose himself in the crowd. As a church member, he is equally bound, measured by his t*lbility, with' all other.ohirelt Members, to see to' Went every missionary in' the field, *ltethSelit home or abroad, who has been sent , oittuby , these churches, is liberally oared for, his wants I regularly supplied, and his joys, and sorrows warmly sympathised with. Much responsi bilitY rests with all the churches in this re-' spect, and their duty is plain and cannot, without great guilt, be' overlooked or for gotten. " I said to myself\ do the churChes know at what price their work is done? Do those Christians who sit, surrounded, by luxury, and out of their abundance give ; trifle to send the gospel to.these new settlements, ever dream what saorifices of health and strength and com fort those who they send hither are compelled to Mike ? If each - of these hearts 'could be laid open, what records of ''needless add un written sufferings - would be read ? Then comes the question, does Christ call upon some' of children to bear all this, while the great company of professing Christians never know, by experience, a single sacrifice for the,sake of the Gospel?" After reading this ,little volume we natur ally turned our'thoughts to the seventh chap ter of the Book of Revelations, and asked:— anticipating the revelation of future scenes 4 What are thoSe which 'are arrayed in white robes, and whence come they?" and the re sponse seemed to cane in cadences of the sweetest kind; and sonorous as the "sound of many waters.", Tam ARE, THEY WItIOIL OAME,OUT OF GREAT TRIFITIATION. R. • ' LETTER-FROM INDIA. PROPOSED TRANSFER OP GOVERNMENT SUP- FORT QF IDOLATRY . I'O _SCHOOLS. 111 Y dear Brother Mears I • lii"you bear in mind the very large slim annually paid , by the British Government in India, for the support of Idolatry, and that this patronage is the strongest bulwark of the, sytem with all its debasing influences on the Hindu mind and heart; I am sure you will rejoice, with us in any influences which look to the final withdilawal ot,this Patron age, and its appropriation'to, a useful and praiseworthy purpose. The Government novr appropriated 2,500- 000 Rupees a year to the cause of education, besides 100,000 to mission schools as ":qraitts in aid." A large part of the 2,500,000 Ru-. pees is expended, on Universities and Insti tutions of a high grade ; and it is not with, out cause that the friends of India are urging the Government to do, more to edUcate the n common people. The umber of scholars in all their schools is 127,513, and if to theSe we add the 100,000 pupils in' the Mission schools, we get a sum total of only 227; 513 out of the whole 30,000,000 of Hindu children and youth who ought, to be in school. In urging Gov ernment,to establish more common schools for the benefit of the people we have been met with a prompt reference ,to a deficient income, and the annual grsnt already made. To this the ..Paon,a Observer," one of Olir secular papers, replies ;-- - "With regard to the money we think we could obiiate this barrier. AS an exaraple, we shall begin with an object just at hand, and which is very imposing and clearly seen by every one who enters Poona, namely. Parbutti. It should be, made to disgorge. It receives yearly upwards of . 20,000 Ru pees, but gives no return, no quid pro qua' This sum is. laid out by our 'Government feed a parcel of useless Brahmins. They go there daily to get their beilies` filled; and these are not the poor and> the needy, but the substantial loanholders for the. city; men who do not thank us for 'our care, but give, all the praise to a senseless idol.- NOW, we would at once put an end t,o this absur dity, and devote this sum to educational purposes, felling the feeders, rather eaters, that unleis they work they shall not eat, that work will be provided for Such of them as like and are able, in` the schools to be' es tablished. They would' 'thus have no cause to complain ; many of them would be thank ful, and the people generally would benefit. But this, is not the only temple which re ceives, money from Government—there are. indeed few such, in the country that, are not some way or other paid. Were all the money time spent on 'idolatrY by our Gov eminentrecalled and deioted to prilnary schools, there would' be enough' and' to spare . ,, This temple of Parbutti . was the special, favorite of olci Bajitao, the Nahratti Pesh,wa; and tecause he endowed it. the British Gov ernment have continued the endowment;.. thus assuming toWards it the position of the native prince. But as the Poona Observer well says, almost every temple and idol in the counp'y Stands in the same relation to the'Government, `receiving an annual allow ance from the Government treasury. Now if , yon` have in mind that the sum total of these annual idol grants is more than 1,700,000 of Rupees, you, will see what, a• splendid, impetus, might be given, .to the edu-, cation of the common people, by the transfer of this amount from the senseless idols and lazy priests to the common schools. If this propeSition shot:ad be urged' by the press. of India, and finally carried out in good faith bythe Government, it Would 'mark theein troduetion•ofthe grandest era India'has ever yet known. And why may it not be ? Na tive Rulers gave and vithheld these idol grants 4 their pleasure. Why should the present Rulers, feel themselves forever sold to sin, without reprieve ? I know.of no inea sUre in the whole scope of Government which would' do se much for India as the one here proposed. The ex-king of _Delhi is dead. He was'sson ; d Akbah, Shalt and succeeded' him in 1.837': 'His part in the late Rebellioii, and consequeni' forfeiture of the' throne of the Moguls, is well known. He leaves a. son. What will Government do with him ? The Maharaja , of Putiala has,, also , de ceased. He vras.o Sikh prince of,rare in telligence, and even rarer fidelity to ,the English. In the Rebellion 0f11367, his ser vices to the Britieli.';were' invaluable His government of his million of - subjects pre sented a model to the restof India. He hid' abolished some Of the' cruel rites of his peo ple, and gave his influence "to- , the cause of' humanity and political and religious reform. Would that all our native prinees,werelike him, or, better still, wholly on the side of, truth and the evangelization of their coun - Indium Punt, it notorious rebel of - 1857 hiajtisf passed our house in heavy chains. He signalized himself in 1857 -by attadking a defenceless 'officer of Governmenti, Masson, whose head he mat off and carried ITEMS. PHILADELPIIIA, TITUR4o PtiIkITIPV 45, 180., in triumph to his,,chief. For more than four years he eluded all attempt‘ to capture him, but was recently detected and apprehended at Pithclentimen, the great shrine of Vithdba, where he had gone on pilgrimage. , . Ile had his trial last -Week before: the Political Agent of the Southern : llfahratti country, Major Barr, whose head-quarters are at, this, sta tion, and has just been despatched =in, chains with a mounted , guard, to be hung on the spot Where lie committed the murder of Mr. Kamen. Another rebel of note .has been recently apprehended at Sholapoor. Re proves to be no less :acharacter' than a sec ond adopted son of old `Bajirio, a foster brother of the notorious Nana himdelf. There is sufficient evidence that he has-been plotting, widely in the interest of the Nana, and the recent circulation of, ,Cleup,a,t4ies probably had some connection with ~ his schemes. British officers haVe, ShoWn great kill and' Vigilance in the apprehension of these arch rebels, and this vigilance is sonic guarantee, under ProVidence, 'that similar plettings will continu‘te Miscarry. Thus the rebels .of 1857 are meeting the due,,reward, of their deeds. So may it be .With the rebels of our own, beloved; land. PREACHING.-40. 5. By Item ,E. , ;fP. _Adams. QUALIFICATIONS- , -CHARACTER. IT was a fine remark '"of Bossuet, is op of IVletiut, aruFone of the greatest of pulpit orators, that " the principal means between God and`maii -is' man.," A.-Vinet, the chal mers of Switzerland, taking up' and expand ing this utterance has said: , " If God uses means, we surely,may use them., Ourfacul ties are not more unworthy of us: than we are of God, and if it be certain that God consents to make man h s instrument,, let us employ the whole of the instruinent, that is to say, the whOle of man in God's service:" These words may be justly -applied 'to'man in every right calling and relation, how much more in - his office of announcing the thoughts: and *orris of God. It' may be, said that in, selise, character emlp-aces the whelp pan. It is a charm, a power which we fel but cannot define. It wins and masters' us It leads its possessor through oppoSing 'fiirces; converting Ahern into helps. It is 'a silent divinity in' the man. It `burns, and 'throbs, and presses within the soul' Like a restrained word'of God, Fulfilling itself by what seems to hinder.'T . . , -'Oharacte* tone; tine-chardoter, the tone of :a: lofty, pure; , 00niprehensive, , generbus Mind. - It is not the' .-monld , *:anil carving of naturnmerely, but, the :engraving of. God' finger, ae.on the . tables of stone. :It is courage great , heart-action that masters ,the_ hody, that- energizes siletit,,puier `arotte;- and like a in,i g hty, ay h ande within; moves the man to great and-;holy ,achieve: ment: . It ennobleithe lowlier, gentler Taal hies; standing' tall pine or ;gigantic' oak,, up , which the vinee'of sentiment; affec tion and sensibility may - It is sympaL, thy , with-nature, sense „of sublimity, ,of ma jesty And .beauty - material .fornia;.. the .ca, , 'parity. to 'take . sensibility to feel what-nsture:iewhat the torrenkpreaches in, its, rush of ,ivateis—what Say the granite lip's, of the mountain, when the storm rates . about its head-what the- streams utter as they dance' over the 'rOcki, and Wind 'arid murmur through the Vales.' It is a take'fot art—at home--:-not only among the rounded uniformities -of..a Dutch garden, butamid the , liberal and, varied paths and forests, statues, fountains and flower-beds of, Versailles ; it looks with appreciative wonder on the Greek. slave, or gazes on the marvelous Christ of Therwalazen it sees nature and art in the harnioriy; of a blessed Sisterhood; as, it gazes' on , the - Acropolis of Athens, and lets the eye,. run over the .Agord.; along " the- strearrile:' bed of the - to the Pirmus, , the of plane-trees, -and , ' torrent-loving Shrubs of Greece." Or, bolding in memory : and imag ination the- stupendous grandeure of moony, whose , battlements : are mountains, and, whose music .is by the avalanche and the glaCier; along with ;the glittering deities and Cohnitia of`Paris; or` the Solemn rliins and . sacred art of ROM& a 'Spirit . that -"catcheS the-trines; Of 'fallen 'erapireei'of departed bards and Philosophers,: ,and feels - the maj esti°, 'presence- of . the ,ages ; - amid. the the-calm walks : or stirring deeds ; of- the sent. , .It is, a deep view of. man' ; grappling. with, his soul's needs,, entering into his life, feeling agonies, ,cherishing hopes,, awed by his - The man of labor, of trade, of science, - of literary dellcition, is prone to regard hie spe ciee, 'each in. the light 'oflia Ownealling and priifesSiert.''-- 'He 'whe'makeeiyeareoit er hat. is iikelytothinkf'-'of ytiffireposkessing &body' or a head 'either finely adaptedito the: fitting , of: its. peculiar .covering, or :else as 'defying: the rules of his ,arti will not_ ask what) emotions thrill the .soul, that. dwells within your frame„ or, what plans of amhition, what theories of goVernMent, Whit concepti ons: the' beautiful,'What : philosophic' adalytis . , - , what grand historic thetneS,, what : questions' of NW,. Of gOcietY,' 'of ' , theology, may succeed each other,-forming into Systerniwithinj-our silent, busy , brain: , =! The Man of science may ,experiment; on: your nerves, with !devotion to his ideal,- to lais.theory, that. suspends for the; moment: the. thought that ,pain, can hum along those living .Thitthe,rnan of true, ~deep,. commanding charaoter will not lose, in the stress of the occasion, the , re membrance that " man is greaterthin Sci:. enee; "' that the laborer Who ''erects his mansiOnia greater than' thehouse .;'! "that he , who cuts your grain ,and beats it with the. flail is greater ,than. the harvest ; ":.that for man, the earth - ' rolls and .planetn. sweep the blne.upper. sea; that for man institution eai at-even ciivine , institntiona'Sueh'as the gos Pet and - the church. • No ope can claim the attribute of 'gennine charaetet, Unless,' the Sufferer, he ~ sees ' Mari something worth sacrifice, *nth ' • ' ' - Character ennoblestheught. It is ineepar= able- frOm the love .of truth. Theilrue ban; the genuine thinker, -whateverbe his calling,. seeks, truth: forever; sees it,.as by a ,diving ; instinet,,amidst „the fields of'' error 0 ,). the, 1 ayhri atlas — of deceit. Re soorns to te. The fo °lnn paragraphs are most y e Pulpit a civilizer, by the same author. , " R. . ; ,G. WILDER. 41j) in, 7 ) He is bad in truth. 4e belie Yes In- misr Sion, and its final - triumph. He h 049, to, it, "amid shaking' empires ,and `stormy revOlu-, 'Eons.' It burns before his eye with'ever= lasting brightness,. True:character Cofifides•in virtue', recog nizes a righteous Gdd, .W-safer and just gov ernment—law in nature, providence and grace.. It claims its own right,,as T'..,4u1 did when shielded .by thA power ;of IsOrnartciti zenship but only for i the,i3ake of Magnifying his office. . True character do4,,'UOt - liniii life. It has ' a grand present, yet _lves beyond reaching intO the adei! 1 4 is' willing'teivait for appreciation and restiliFlikej . Miltinv and Kepler, and supremelplAikei enough to know thatteodvrapprOVeS. , . man• of genuine charaeterf.demonstrates by his, intelligence, his culture, his ,devotion, his piety, his harmonyt . , h 0 power, his self-ohlivo4s i ,hgh o his pity of ignorance and Winion blip ess,"tike 'right to teach' otheigi.ri n Veeriliat the pulpit is his proper sphere. When'' e speaks it is with authority. They see that. he speaks from conviction ; and is-continually uttering the words of the great Master. There: is boldness with- DiodeitA:cowience 'with imen-_, tal, penetration, zeal t with prudeuec, E feryor,, With dignity, faith wipkrigid reason, prompt ness with deliberation amenity with stern resolve. $ . ~~~f PHILIP SKELTON,t THE IRISH RECTOR. In the early part the . 18th, century, there lived and laboured in obscure parishes in Ireland, an IrisVelergYman of 'ternarich:-' and original charadtgi, interesting meinorials - of whom are brouggt tio' light ty- a recent. contributor to thel?hsthn. Review; Hiawbrks formed.part of- th:,:aque and valuable col lection of the pos l / 4 1ifircivaly andfell into the. hands" of the revieyter,at the, sale, of the poet's effects ,sutsequent tthisdeath. . From these memorials,it.wonld appear that Skelton TO ; a person of goed.failll.lyarid excellent educa tion- ' tall, athletic, noble in appearance;' of a high degree o - C r THe gqneFee, and scholarly attainments. audiocict elegaltit - Latin' hexaz' meters ; finished". writer and logician ; a sound theologianp and a simple believer ; enthusiastic and;l4ariouS, in his pastoral work ;,'and abOve,,allfearless, "plucky," &Pendent, and i itidifferti l itthe4 the Com mon lot of mert,'*te praise or 'blame, of his fellows. He appelrb . to.have been an object of jealousy among his ecclesiastical superiors,' and was treated viitivstlidied neglect and in= justice, but it mattered little to the self,con, tainedpad healthfully-organized Irish rector; who seemed but too content with an oppor tunity to labionr.l44 deny him:self for his ignorant and needy l parishioners. .;. Skelton% characcergays:thetjviewer —at fitstbewilde4uktei... qualities unite in„„him. You are at times half vexed at bifi disregard of,diAnito'eS and his self-reliance, and en youfka,sictiffacrs for his generous patience with his and his-.willingness to surrender all hopes of honorable promotion, to. devote himself to the poor and humble. He could to-day give bat tle. on some question froru Aristotle, some quotation from Lucian, Statius, or Horace, and to=morrow sell his library for 'a song, and live on herbS; to keel; his starving par ishioners in heart until relief- should reach • "You are reminded at one moment of ,Dr. Johnson, at, anotherof Thomas Carlyle, and then of the apostlelblm. Your perplexity .increases till yon' turn from his biography and read his thoughts, and then you are roused,in evely fibre by his holy zeal, awl his Splendid periods. You are borne away by 'his *irresistible and fearless eloquence, and you do not wodder that, when the Irish Skelton preached.in London the houses were - crowded,' and peolihwavondered that he was known.' • . ' s He was born in the Parish of Derriaghy, near. Lisburn ' had a somewhat severe early training, and entered Dublin University in 1724, - where 'his delight in vigorous ' sportS,' his manly spirit and . the presages of his pe culiar lot in after life, to• be s the object of jealousy and injustice from his superiors, al ready begin to appear. - • Skelton took a curacy from, Dr. t Madden, and was. ordained 411 1 deacon,, 1729, by Dr. Sterne,..bishop of. plo g her,. successor to, ths fainous - Dean Swift. , He entered. upon this' :withrfasting and prayer. The noble charity .of Skelton began to show itaelf. He gaie away half his Scanty Salary. - Returnini from church on the Sabbath,' he came to a smear 'tiering &bin Where - three children had 'been burnt - to death. To <dress the wounds of a fourth, he , took off his garments arid stripped his linen to pieces... -qT , While with Dr.,Madder t .,he. published pamphlet,,recommending s , Dr. Madden's scheme for preiniums in Trinity College. .appeared; was sentto the Doctor, Who'shOw ed it to Skelton With the joyful declaration, that he had one of the finest pamphlets "ever` written, <and nitist find out the author' wrote a very conaplimentary litter to the-un knoweauthor, requesting his 4 name. A , cor= respondence was,inaintained. for. some time, through the publisher theunknown, resist ing, the politest and most, pressing invitations to reveal hicaSelf. Sad ,stat norainis umbra. The Debtor was corresponding with his own humble 'curate. 'His position under ,Madden was very unconifortple, however, and he soon left' his cure; • Skelton was: never inarried: He was thrice engaged ; the first tipie to a lady who became too curious. in her inquiries into his financial prospects ;-the second disgusted him with, herattpmptsto awe him with an account of her grand connections and ancestry; The third was so unfortunate as to 'receive the calls Of a 'gay' young nian, a of Trish Beau Brummel. Skelton, in - a - massive way, laid hands upon him, bore -him with 'the greatest ease td the landing-place' of the i .stairs, and dropped him like a puppy down 'a flight,,ancl took his final leave of the lady. But he, was, no misogynist. He- ever, spoke highlytof the sex, andtreated them with a cavalier's respeet. Tn, his works we And t w o very able and godly discourses upon riagp, and albeit the title of one is slightly ' Sarbastic, namely, "I: ow to be happy though married," yet, throlighoif the sermon itself; 'there is no trace of irreVerence—nor a tinge , 1 of the cynical . ; on contrary; it is , carnest; eloqUentoand full of'the :" meekness andgsn tlettess of Christ." -11 , ) • A .4 4 Apropos of tides. The. following are some Of the quaint mottoes prefixed-to hiS eloifuent,, ' l and often classical, sermons : Scoiner, Scorned ;- " GOA will Measure to you in your own Bushel"; The'Thinker shall be-Saved"; " The True :Christian— is both Dead And Alive"; " None" but the Child 'of''Godliteara G-oX';; •,"iThe•Gqo4 Few require but Nar row Boad s !;'," A Crowd, must have a Broad, Road" ,•‘.‘ Rob him. not of, the Seventh who gave you Six"- . f‘ The Church of. Christ can. havebut one Mind"- "31. e only Saves,-. Who wisely Gives Away", "Infidelity ; IS . of the 'fidart,'"&c:; Ste' . These ferSe titres's:ft It.qs' to iliatiCkqbef dis - coursa' Subjoined" to `'them und=diSplaY-no little-poWer of cerapresSing thought:. The ' title of another • The '-, Angeliin the •Marble!'; and every;sentence of the. sermon: is ~stroke; to set. it free. It wbuld:be well for. all who are desultory in their etyle of preaching to comprean, their dia.. c6firsei, 41t8 sowe i r.O.n.glc, statement, likdabit'drett t kiifitlieri^bast'iiiitallirreleVant mafter: - -• Skelton opened anew chapter of his life in the' cure of Monaghan. He was all ,ablaze with.zeal., He catechised the _children, vis itedthe'peniile;) of all - sects, from hoUse to houSe and, certain,' evening, invited them , all 16 his house 'to' instruct' 'Add.' He novrbegan tto:; diiplay • an eloquence. alMost dhahnerian: His giant' size, -his flexible voice, , modulated by the.instinct of-;genius, his clear diction, his eloquent feature,s, his Sincerity of heart, which wasfelt like a breeze from the sea diffused and brac4kg„,lhese combined made: him impressive, „irresisti ble. =MEE His life was parallel With 'hiS prehe mg. It was 44 decorated with piety, Chastity ? hu mility,-and`charity:" . He set otili'histe to .publin,t9 save a.convidtisenteneed-to be hung in five days i i knowDby him t to be,' innodent‘ ..He explored. his way- to, the „privy, eciuricil i ', startled them with..ploquenee, and returned with, an acquittal ' - reformed a.notorioin sinner, a perfect, Gibraltar of iniquity, whom no bemhardniebt of tiller had ever silenced or 'taken.'t Skeltoii was forced to $y bounding from his presence, f6r he took a spit and ran at him , to stick him." Jut he .inveited him again, and by. divine aid, by thunderons leo tures,made a. good Christian of He studied medicine, and cured diseases . lie' , of his people.cured a lunatic, by ~hu- moring her whirns. She was haunted with a phantom. She declared that it was first here, then there-sometimes on the bedpost, some times" on the 'clipboard; and then in the win dow. Skelton. Made a Celtic- demonatration. with the broomstick, not sparing the crockery or sash-lights; until the phantom was routed, ferever, and the woman was,restored.- ~ , -4' He was brave as .a knight-errant. in tliei . It. service of God., .Disgusted, at an, inn, with' the profanity of an officer glittering with iscarlet, he, requeited himte desist from ids swearing. - "The Officer insultid Mtn,s I nag him' a"scoundrel eirrate.''' Skelton gave'him a. deliberate and effectual drubbing, and ex torted from-him an apology, and a promise of more reverence in future. . , In the meantime Skelton's fame. as a. preacher and writer was. extending. His ; conspicuous charity, his eloquenee, and his ; treatise ridiculing Infidelity, concentrated" upon him the attention of many. This com- f position was anonymous, and styled ' SonaQ 'Proposals for the'Revivat of Chriitianity";` and was "taken to Bean Swift, with the in quiry, whether'lie was the author or not: Swift would give no positive denial; thus indicating his sense of the ability of the TRUTH RATHER THAN PREFERMENT. Bishop Steriae at length died, and the see - of Clogher fell to Dr. Clayton• who was an Arian in his proelivitres.. Skelton; early de terrnined to he a champion ofrthe.,Orthodox faith. WhenrAe i and the.bishop i met, sparks 'flew from- their ,broadswords. . . On one" occasion Skelton tracked him, in the` Socratic kyle; froth point to' point, until the , bishop found his position reduced to an absurdity. If Skelton had been more art ful, or had recalled the,fatesof.podr Gil Blas, he would have, been more careful than to beard thus' bishop, ,While Skelton's so ciety was cultivated, while hie,.conversation dazzled, and his ,publicationschallenged the respect of Clayton, the livings,were given to Deism Revealed" is 'a remarkable Work. It deals tide:shillala. Style With the 1301; ingbroked- and^ ET:times - of the day. It a curious circumstance, which Skelton related with , much gusto, Ahat , Hume himself one day took the manuscript into a room near „the shop read for an;-hour—then returned- . and Said to the publisher, "print."_ Skelton made two hundred pounds by Deism Revealed." This first introduded:him to.the churches of tondon, - ;'Whont he sta'rtl'ed 'with hii elo quence. •After` many years of represeion--:- the humble curate was to rise: The celebra ted-Dr. Sherlock of Londe& asked the shop of . Ologher rif he knew the author of " Deism Revealed." " 0 yes," said he-cold ly; "he has becir a curate of mine for twen ty _ years.", " More shame for yoM. Lord ship," replied Sherlock, ." to let a man of his merit remain obseure so'leng." THE PARISH OP PETTIGO.. A year after.Pr peiamy and.another, bis hop called upon the Bishop of Clogher.„They assured the bishop that such studied neglect would be 'brooked:no longer. Efe,rnu4 give Mr. Skelton a living noW, after so many *- lays, or, be removed himself from his diocese. But prelatical'meanness now 'reached' its cli max. He' made a number of'chttriges: , ---and his industrious jealously, sent poor Skelton to the town of Pettigo, " a savage place among .mouatains; rocks and heath.'? The people themselies were as rough and hirsute as the bills. They seemed have sprung frem the rocks of the wild and primitive for - - matiOn—aWif the deluge had just withdrawn, and some Deucalion and Pyrrha had cast stones over their•heads to repeople the coun- He could.not collect , from his parish two hundred poundsa year., His peepletwere al most as fierce as the subjects of Hengist and He was really afraid of being killed by them: He took with" him from Monaghan, "di:n:las Good;`a,great box . &.,!!'tiplefend hint. 46 PI YOU tb am tidd you arefiretycleVer.!'` GbQcl confes sed he had a knack at pugilism. "Wall, kit, you must fight bravely; when you see me A PARISV. r laying' down-my hands be Sure` to do the smile; then strike stoutly, and *hen I stop then stop: you."' Unequipped him With pia tols and holsters and a horse. They , sallied outhtogether--like some knight-errant and hisoquire. The: squire went forward and, received. most. Of • the salutes, for many mis to4him him for his lord. Like a true evangelist, he a,dapted himseff to this wild race. He laid aside his learn= ingYalid the , 'ornaments 'of rhetoric'. He vi sited thetn-frotn 'house to house, and told theta of the SAviour Jesus, whose name was as new to :many, of them as that of Plato or Leibnitz. tie-lured them tnthe church, and then locked the ,door—talking to,them in a with ,a wild , and impressive era, tory to fix religious truth in their minds. He ‘‘ worked ;Upon their shame,", and plied them , in 'every manner till he led many of these •wild Ilibernians to believe in'the.Ged who made, and = the- Saviour • •who-,tkidOmed! them: He : preached , monthlyfat SirlYabes . baldwell's houseito Ahe ;peasantry, and it is, proof,offthejr ; O.W - et and stark. ignorance, that On one occasion, one of them assured him there were two 'Gads, another, that there Were -three. " ' In a 757 'his parish , was,visited with famine. He ,shuddered at the prospect of his, people starving.. He, ,sold his books, the great so lace of the scholer- 7 the friends of his soli tude. '"Watson, bookseller, of Dublin, bought them for XBO. TWO ladies sent him a'...Z50 bill, requesting him to secure his books and devote the money to'his poor. He received the , Money, wrote Lady Barrym6re that he had , . "dedicated the books to God, and 'he must sell them.? THE-SUMMIT' OP HIS WISHES. Meanwhile the See of Clogherwas again made vacautliy death: Dr.:Garnet succeed ed Clayton' and at , onee paid Skelton that attention Which sopious and learned a divine deserved. In 1766 ;he promoted him to the. living .of Fintona. Skelton had preferred request.;,no With the loftiness of true hu , mility,he sought, not promotion from man, but waited for the movement of Providenee. Not long after, the Earl of. Bristol, Bishop of Cloyne, invited him to preach his consecra tion' sermon in Dublin. Skelton wrote . the discourse,• - but was, seized with indisposition, and sent his lordship the sermon. The bish op was astonished, with its ability, but was piqued by his Absence, and wrote him that he had broken the chain of friendship. Skelton replied with an independent but Christian spirit; and there the matter ended. Had ;it'• not been for this " contretemps," Skeltontwould , have been promoted to a high* position! in the 'Church. Burdy: says, "he had 110' ambitious motives." :Fintona was the summit of his wishes. ",In no human breast was thereever a. more settled con tempt for the vain pomp of all sublunary things," What a contrast does Skelton offer to that restleSUegotism of many of our, mo dern clergy, wh6' are nervous lest'the world losttlindhefit of tlibir trdtiscendent abilities, and who are no sooner :settled in One field than they are seized with the migratory im pulse, and explore for: another. • DIL BEECHER'S FUNERAL The, fiineral 'of Dr. Lyman Beecher was held at the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn on the 14tlillt, in the afternoon. The house was-deiiie,ly -crowded in every part. The family d the deceased were nearly all present. There mils a very large attendance of clergy men of,:various denominations. Rev. R. S. Storrs, Jr., D.D., read' various passages of Scrinti4e, and offered 'prayer. The sermon was, by Rev. Dr. Bacon of New Haven, from the teii : " Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." Rev. Dr. Skinner made the con cluding prayer,, and Dr. Peters pronounced the; benediction. The :pallbearers were as followar: Rev., Thomas Skinner, D.D. Reit William Adams D.D, Rev. Win. nallock, D.D., Rev. 14iltfin Badger, D.D.,, Rev. Samuel H. Co; DA, Rev. Joshua Leavitt, D.D., Rev. John Maish, D.D., Rev. R. S. SterrS, Jr., AD., Rev. Mr. Spear D. D., Rev. W. I. Budington;7 Rev. 111. Bidwell, D.D. On ( Thursday 'the remains were taken to New. Haven, and ,buried beside those of Dr. Taylor, in, accordance with Dr. Beecher's dying request._ In the course of the sermon Dr:•N,Cort read the following note from Mrs. Stowes • Yotthe last year of his life, all the organs of idnimunication and` expression with the outei.' world seemed to' fail. His utterance was,much of the time, unintelligible sounds, with:only short snatches and phrasias from Whidh: could be,gathered that the, internal current still flowed. Still his eye remained lurninou,, and the expression of his face, when calm, s raarked.bo.th by strength and sweet riei.4.,„ Occasionally a flash of his old quick humor would light up his fade, and a quick reply would break out in the most unexpec ted manner. ' One day, as he lay omihe sofa, his daughter stood by him brushing his long white hair, his eyes were fixed on the window, and' the' whole expression of his face was peculiarly serene and humorous. "Do you know," she, said,, " stroking his hair, " that you are a very handsome old gentleman.?" Initantly his eyes twinkled with .a roguish l s i o g m h e t ;thi ti g d n h ew e i p s wered quickly ? " Tell me In anothef mood as he sat gazing apparent ly into vacancy, a friend drewnear and began to read to him a little article * cut from the papers, called " The Working:and the Wait ing-Servant." He drew 'nearer and nearer, listsned with fixed attention, and finally cov ered his eyes with his fingers; and the tears silently, coursed down his nheeks. '' How could, yon know that was what I needed ?" he said. " Keep that and read to' me often:" At another time, when slie had; composed him to his night's rest, she named over to; him the names of • his old friends Taylor, Ed wards, Cornelius, &e. " Oh, know them all," he said. Then in a moment, with ai! effort at ,utterance ---" One more thing let me say - : they are all gone, gone lam left alone, .alone, j" .Dec. 8 1 ).--the`was rent for a few honis; and `'a vision of transfiguration was yonehiafed. - 'lle called, " Mother, Mother conle.' sit beside me ; I .haye had a . glorions tisionAf heaven 1 ." connfenancel:was luminous,-his utterance full and stiong his .b es t, Aays. ''He continued,: ").,think; have begun - to go. Oh, such scenes as I have GENFASTIA ,EVgG-EirLST:—.--- Whole No. been permitted to behold. I have seen the King of Glory: - God for re vealing Thyself ! I did not think I could be hold such glory while,,in the flesh." lie prayed' in an inspired nianneefor some time, and then soliloquized : "Until this evening my itopewas a conditional ong,-, - f-rmyciOs free, entire. Oh, glory-to-God:l'-- I asked, ", Had .you. any fear? 7 , • "'No, none at all, and, what is wonderful, I have no' 'pain either," passing his hand. over hiS head.' " I repeated, "I shall be satisfied. - *hen awake in thy likeliest" answered, nliat creature can approach the Creator so as to awake in Ilia likenesS t;,O, glorious, gloriods I.rejoice with you,- father.", i"Lknow you rejoigi as a pious ,woman, but,you cannot, , enter- into : my eicpemence " Fatter, F did you see Jesus ?", . . " All was swallOwed up in Good. himself." ;For an hour be was in this state, talking and praying.' The next day he remarked that he had an indistinct remembrance of some great, joy. The last indication of life, on the day of his death, was=a mute response to his Wife, repeating. " Jesus ' lover of my- soul l Let, me to thy bosom fly. The last hours of his earthly sleep, his Lace was illuminated with a solemn and divine ra diance, andisoftly and tenderly, without even a sigh, he passed to the everlasting rest. REVIVAL OF BUDDHISM IN CEYLON. A surprising energy has lately been dis played by, the Buddhists in. Ceylon. ,A Wes leyan missionarywrites : " They have insti iuted, ''Society for the bestruction of Superstition,' that rs, Christianity, and for the propagation of Buddhism. They have secured a press, and are issuing tracts, lectures handbills, &c., with an energy worthy Of ,a better cause, evidently imitating the exantple of those they oppose. " A priest of Colan-Chena, a place imme diately behind the cathedral, and near my house, has been giving lectures for some montka. I have not been to these lectures, but I ark told' they are full of abuse of Christianity. I have just heard that this priest is extending his labors, being now in one of the circuits of Colombo' South. The Rev. Daniel 3. Gogerly has' expressed some fear of a collision ,betteen • the people, so great is the excitement. Indeed, there 'has been a slight one already. The Roman Catholics could not submit, according to Christ's rule of returning good for evil, gen tleness for abuse, but fell upon a poor Budd hist with their usual theology of blows and knocks. A police-court.case was the result ; but conflicting evidence led to a dismissal of the ease. " On the whole;we think there is cause for rejoeiing ratherthan regret, evewthough unholy hands are tempted to &lett the ark of God. The excitement has instituted much inquiry. The `people are coming for Bibles by hundreds. We are holding lectures weekly and fortnightly in our two leading chapels, where we get crowds of Alinglealese of all persuasions---Buddhists, ROlllun Catho lics, Protestants. They listed with breath less attention, and the subject of the lecture is matter of constant thought and discussion in their homes. May God deepen this spirit of inquiry ! Anything is better than the apathy of the past." CORONATION OF G ZE iIt I p NG OF MIDI. The King Madagascar's Coronation came off on the 23rd of last September. The crown was a present of the French Emperor's and the priests claim to have for mally, consecrated it; they took no part in the public ceremony of crowning. The king put the crown on his own head and after wards put it upon, the queen's. The native pastors and native Christians, who, by pre vious arrangement, and led by Mr. Ellis, offered prayer for the King at the moment of coronation, might much more reasonably pretend to have performed the religious part of_the service. The King seems to aim at impartiality in his dealings with. French and English alike, yet, at the same time, takes no pains to disguise his decided preference for the English, both as political friends and as religious instructors. It may not be easy to determine the King's 'precise degree of religious light, but Mr. Ellis mentions an occasion on which, turning to him, he said, "Mr. Ellis knows what is in my heart. He knows that I desire to know - and serve God. I pray to Him to enlighten my mind, and teach me what is right, and what I ought to know and do." .It also incidentally appears that His Majesty is regular in attendance on the Sunday service in his own house, and that one of his habits is' to read in the Bible daily. A new delegation of missionaries has been Sent out by the. London Society._ When they' were annoiincedas having reached the island, the King sent an ese,prt from the palace to bid them welcome and to conduct them to the " The most marvellous and gratifying accounts," says Mr. Ellis, " are from distant provinces." Hundreds of be lievers have sprung up two hundred miles from the capital, in the Betsileo, a district to which some of the early Christians were banished: 'At several distant military posts, there are whole bands of Christians, the fruit of pious, officers' labors. In the pre sence of the newly-arrived missionaries the Lord's Supper was administered, at a place near the capital, to, eight hundred communi cants, at once. " There are at this hour," says the BiShop of Mauritius, " Many thous ands more of openly-prOnounced Christians than there 'were at the ejection of the mis • sionaries in 1845." HiS lordship also men tions congregations` of from - fourteen to fif teen hun.died- as convened in one place to hear himself or „NIL Ellis. But what , seems to have struck- the good hishop•more, particularly :was, • fervor of piety manifested ..by these,. simples-minded Christians. " Their praying and,singing," he observes, were _of the most fervent. char acter‘Y' " They were ever .ready is enter apdri the exercise of*OrVer and reading the ScriPtures,' and he mentions instirieei *Mph shoW that •their stay' or the 'lnspired'Wri tings was'sleep, and power of applying their consoling assurances most remarkable.
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