Vol. VII, No. 26.---Whole No. 338. fottr4, [For the American Presbyterian.l The Angelus. COME up hither, pause not falter, Thou shalt see a wondrous sight By the golden incense alttar, Stands an angel clad in white. Priest of Heaven, Angelus Pray we ever plead for, us. Love and sorrow both are blending, As he mingles incense sweet, With tho prayers of saints ascending, Fragrance to the mercy seat. Priest of Heaven, Angelus, Pray we ever lead for us. Lord, how long, our souls are crying, For thy waiting church come down, Turn our prayers to praise undying, Change thy mitre for thy crown. Priest of Heaven, Angelus, Pray we over, plead for us. For no need of priest nor altar When the King shall claim his bride ; Chang'd our prayers to angel's psalter, "Worthy is the Lamb that died." King of Heaven, Angelus, Sing we ever, reign o'er .us. CorreoponAntior. LESSONS OF WAR, NUMBER XXVIII. SITCOESS TIM STANDARD OF MILITARY COM PET2NOY. As this question is much agitated at pre sent, and serves to embroil the spirits of men, a few observations upon the subject may not be without some moral reason's to justify them. To rid it, at the beginning of what appears to be the chief difficulty attending it, we would remark, that when we say success is the standard by which military competency is to be determined, we have reference to cases of practical judgment, which is to take effect in the removal of an officer from com mand, in the midst of an existing struggle. It is quite another kind of judgment, that is passed upon him by the people of other coun tries, and by his own countrymen, after the war is over, and when his character is weighed only as a matter of historical interest. The latter is merely a speculative judgment, and is entirely distinct in kind from the other. Since, then, there are different kinds of judgment, that may be passed upon a com mander, so different standards are naturally employed in forming them. When other na tions, or posterity, or any unconcerned spec tator, form an opinion in the case, it is only the man that is before them. It is a, simple determination of the understanding, that is togo no further. They can take in all the eir munstanieti. which the progress of events cats upon the question. Their judgment is formed at lei sure, for instruction or amusement. No ur gent and present interest depends upon the decision. There is time enough to-examine all his claims to the reputation of a soldier. The affairs, amidst which he acted, are now subsided and past away, and are recollected only as the peaceable witnesses of his cha racter. Now, in this case, a man may some times be justly pronounced a great and com petent general, who cannot support his claim by examples of success. But it is not so, when those, who are to decide upon his fit ness for command, are they whose lives and fortunes are resting in his hand, and who are surrounded with present danger of bold and appalling magnitude. The question with them is not, what capacity for command can he be proved to possess ? but what can he do to save our country? It is madness at such a time, to speculate one moment about any an. It is to confound things the most dif ferent. The man is nothing, only as associ ated with the country's deliverance. His reputation is no concern of hers. Her cause is all. If he can help that cause, he endears himself to her heart. As he leads her sons to victory, he possesses her love not by title, but by a strong and dear association that cannot but exist. It is therefore by success she instinctively forms her judgment. Apart from it, the man is neither great nor small ; he is unknown. And it may be added, though it is a digression from our subject,---that for the people, in the midst of public calamity and danger, to have their favorite leaders, and to cry for one and another, as if these were competitors for the Olympic crown, is unpardonable lightness, that savors, not a, little, of disloyalty; and for a leader, at a time when the fate of his country is hanging in the balance, -to regard himself in the light of a candidate for applause and even when unsuccessful in action, to be still tenacious of his claims to a 'reputation, is an example of gross and impertinent presumption. To proceed : We do not say that success is a perfect and infallible standard; for an incompetent officer has frequently been suc cessful, and frequently he receives the cre dit of a victory, that was really owing to the unaided valor of his troops. But, we say that in the emergencies of, war it is the best that can be had ; that it should outweigh any other single evidence, and all others togeth er' when put into the scale against it; that after a series of disasters, there can gene rally be no wiser course, than to remove the man who has commanded through them.; and that no plausible arguments, drawn from his reputation among his fellow officers, or any skillful operations of his, however admirable, as estimated by the rules of 'his art, should weigh one grain against the tangible results of slaughtered armies and fruitless cam paigns. Military skill and talent exist for the exclusive purpese of achieving victory ; and when they fall short of this, it is a mat ter of• little moment, what other exhibitions they are able to make of themselves ; for it is on all hands admitted, that whatever fails to meet its sole and proper end, might as well not exist. If it should be argued then, the enemy was superior in numbers, and possessed of great advantages, and tiat thus without auy fault on the part of a general, the loss er a battle may be accounted for, we would an \‘er • A nation in the act of declaring professes herself equal to the contest; rol in levying forces, and putting them in .the hand of her general, she pronounces them sufficient for the work assigned ..them. Wherefore, she has a right to expect victory from him, unless she - is at once to disclaim her own judgment in the case.; and either the aggregate wisdom of the nation has erred, or he is, less or more, accountable for defeat. If then, it is yielded, that success is the standard. by which the competency of a gen eral is properly ascertained ; when shall he be supposed to have had a fair trial?. Shall it be when he has lost a single battle ? We would •answer, not always. For a leader may so lay his plans, that some unimportant dis asters may be looked for ; and that some of more serious character may occur without any dangerous consequences, the main 'ope rations of the campaign being such, if suc cessful, as fully to repair these minor and single reverses. Or should the blow received be great and deadly, something against which it was self-evident that• no human wisdom could provide, may have brought it about. But without any pretence, of such occurrence to' lose a great battle, for which one had cof lected all his force, and upon which he had confessedly suspended the issue of the con test, so that he is now, brought to ,a stand, and destitute of resources, is sufficient to' de signate him an unsuccessful leader. Or again, when the whole plan of a campaign is exhausted, when all its parts have been tried, and all the expedients it embraced have been put in practice---whether this required a lon ger or a shorter period, = and all have.failed together ; this is a full and satisfactory sam ple of ill success. After all, nothing but the weightiest rea sons- can justify the removal of a general from command. All instances, in which au thority is transferred from one hand to ano ther, are dangerous; but especially here, where so much depends upon acquaintance with the position of things; with the troops one is to use, and the peculiar tactics of the enemy; and indeed, not even' could the want of success itself justify the retunval of a com mander, who was known to possess this one quality, the power of profiting by these ad vantages, and of improving his judgment, and catching new principles of action from the experience of defeat. If generals were to be changed in consequence of every slight and partial failure, nothing could easily be conceived more fatal to auccess. Yet the adoption of the opposite practice, to retain in command whoever is once invested with. it, without inquiring whakfortun.e had .attended him, would be more fatal still, for, upon that supposition,—eince the efficiency of troops_ depends mainly upon the mind that'wields them—the fortunes of the' war would be de cided before it began to be waged, merely by the unfortunate choice of a:man incompetent to lead, Our conclusion from all these considera tions is, that to those who live after the struggle, or at a distance from it, or who, otherwise are indifferent about its result, the claims a a general may sometimes be settled on grounds aside from that of success ; but that to those *hose choicest blessinss'are in "ioLgoAnto', immediate ' effect, success is the test it is wisest to apply. Indeed the truth is, that this is the only rule in all times and coun tries ; though it is not without exceptions. It is, the only standard history is acquainted with. The sense of the human race is too practical, to tolerate any other. And it may be safely asserted, that the judgment of man kind never placed any man in the rank of distinguished generals, only on account of great successes either in battles or in wars. Adopt any other standard, and it• would in troduce infinite disorder,into men's thoughts. It would engage the mind in a labyrinth of reasoning, in which it could find no Place of rest. For there is scarcely a raan'that ever drew the sword, about whom, in that case, the question might not be agitated to perpe tuity, was he or was he not a great and skill ful captain ? Such is human reasoning, wherever it discovers the evidence of palpa ble and real things. Actual effects are a divine anchor, upon which we should gladly lay hold, cast out as it seems, to relieve and, fix our thoughts, in these otherwise vain and endless explorations of the truth. S. P. H. PROTESTANT SCHOOLS ON HT. LEBA NON. [REv. W. A. Benton, who has been acting temporarily as Superintendent of these schools, supported by British funds, and containing over a thousand scholars, sends us his report, from which, we extract the es sential portions.] The Superintendent of the schools from January to April was Mr. S. G: Saleebey; and the writer from April Ist to Sept. 15th, and Mr. E. G. Saleebey on his return 'from Scotland from September 15th to the end of the year. At the beginning of the period now re ported, twelve schools were in successful op eration; five have been re-opened, and three have been undertaken anew. Two, new sta tions have been oce,Upied, viz : Bhamdun, and Baaklin. Of the teachers, one has been dismissed, and another has left the service of the mission ; one has been re -enlisted, and twelve new teachers and assistants have engaged and devoted themselves to this no ble work. All these teachers in their con victions and professions are Protestant, and more,than half of them in the judgment of charity are new creatures in Christ Jesus. During this period, I am happy to report both the Messrs. Saleebeys and five teach ers.have been admitted to the privileges of Christian fellowship in Syria ; and ten other teachers have sought admission, all of whom we regard as worthy candidates. Some of them may be received at the next communion in 1863. Our little flock of communicants, twenty-five in number, are scattered in half a dozen villages in this upper, district of the goodly mountain; and appointed of God I trust for the introduction of true Christianity more and more on these mountains. I regret to say, however, that in all these districts occupied ,by the schools, no evan gelical church has yet been organized. But I am happy to state that at a meeting of the Evangelical.brethren cOnnected with the Bhamdun Station, and members of the Evan gelical Church at Beirut in the house of the missionary resident here on the 18th Decem ber inst., convened for consultation and prayer, on the subject, it was unanimously agreed to defer the matter of organizing a distinct chureh, that the brethren and sisters connected ,with the. Evangelical Church in Beirut may obtain their release from that Church. And at the same time it was unite'. PHILADETAPHIA, TITURSD imously resolved from March next, to un dertake to build a church edifice ; a Com mittee consisting of the missionary and three native brethren were appointed, and more than; a third partsof the'estimated cost of the building was pledged by the brethren present, for that purpose. For the organization ,of many Evangelical churches*, and the building of many beautiful houses for the Worship of the living God,. I trust the Lebanon schobls will be multiplied, and• their influence extended as the light. of a new morning over all . these mountain -tops. Cold prejudices and the traditional supersti tions of long centuries are yielding and pass ing away.. All the ancient 'feudal nights like the dark ages of Europe have already disappeared.. We hive the promises, 'we hear the' notes, we. watch the indieationS' of a happier age. We see the faces, and listen to the voices of many little children gather ing in these schools .on' the week days, and in the Christian Sabbath, and learning the truth, as it is in Jesus beyond all that their ancestors' ever said and heard. Jr'. the light of these schools, individualalienations and nationaljealousies are, forgotten, as Jews, and Mohammedans, Christians and Druses, Cath olics and Protestants gather into the, school room, for secular_ ,and, religious instruction. The schools open the doors and prepare the, way for the Colporteur - to gain access to the houses and hearts of the people with the messages of grace and salvation. Hundreds of individnals , and families unconnected with the schools, are induced to dome and see, and admire these fountains of Christian The entrance of God's word giveth, light and underSianding to the simple, Behold it is the accepted time and the day of redemption is nigh at hand. • In view therefore of 'such facts and pros pects as these, amid' the smiles of God's Providence I. do most Cordially submit this brief report; and, affectionately commend the beloved superintendent and teachers in the L,ebanon schools, whom .I have known from' the 'first, to the full confidence and generous support of, all the friends of . Christian Mis sions in Great Britain and in the United States: , WILLIAM A. BENTON.' . Mlssionary. BIAAIDITN, MouNT LEBANON;Dec."3Ist, 1862. WHAT SOME PEOPLE SAY OF THEIR 111INITER$. MOST people noWa-days, are excellent judges of ministers and preaching. 'The church; in a.. neighboring parish was vacant awhile ago. The former pastor left because the people were anxious: to- have him preach to suit ,them, and thought, they could not afford to pay him more than five hundred dollars A year. for his services. So he left. But they did not fear that they would not be able to , get quite as good a one in his stead, for; as one of the "leading men" said to me,-" they were all excellent judges- of preaching !" They r ha,d, made only about abundantly competent to select the right inan from the large "lit of candidates,' a's they. were all good judges. 'People in _our times are careful 'to train their children to criticise the preacher. To know the cathe clusm by heart is a good thing. But in, most families, it is apparently thought a far higher ac,complishment to know how to criti cise the last sermon. Mr. Smith and his wife are careful to let their children 'know what they regard the chief faults of ''their pastor's sermon. And so they very freely criticise it on their way home from church in the heating of the chil dren—and these in turn show their acumen, by dissecting the style, :manner, voice, and dress of the minister over the smoking dinner-table.. Some ,people can detect all the, fine points of the preacher as easily as the expert dealer judges of a horse. In these days of popular leceures and lecturing, there is a fine chance to judge of ministers, preaching, sermons and oratory by contrasting " our minister" with the popular and eloquent Mr. ‘‘ Silver tongue," who has a "great lecture," which he delivers two hundred times a year for twice as large an amount of current funds as 'the salary " our minister" receives. 'Some' people say - their preacher is not " interesting." He -does not use such fine language and tell so many striking anecdotes as the ltev. Dr. Voluble. - If,he would have more poetry in his sermons, they would be more " entertaining '? to the young people. Some think the sermons too doctrinal and dry. Others say they wish the minister would not give them so much exhortation, and preach the "old doctrines" more. Some of my neighbors think if their pastor would visit more he would preach , better and do more good. But others think'he does . not study enough and runs around the parish - so much that his sermons are not what they ought to be. It is hard to suit, all people. But there is a, family in my parish which is a fair specimen of nearly all. They : know the infirmities, and cares of their minister and they sympathise ' They pray for him, and ' when he delivers his " messages froth God" tolheni, they meekly-receive the " ingraftedr word which is able to save their, souls." They find no fault with 'their PASTOR. ,ftlectiono. .ANEODOTES OF 1111 t. BEECHES. THE papers are teeming with reminiscences of this' vene'rable man----" the John the Bap tist of the Nirest.'!--is we once heard him very. appropriately called.. None of the sketches are quite so good as that of Dr. Brainerd's, from which, we present some ex tracts. . , He had no small ambitions. He left to his brethren unchallenged all the influence they' could gain' by person, dress, and ad dress, social assiduities, minute learning; and niceties of style ; he left to his brethren, if they desired it, all ecclesiastical offices and preaching prominence, if the people would consent, at ordinitions and installations ; he left to his brethren so much that he hardly seemed to be in the way of any, while all felt his deference to their persons and clainis, and therefore they all rose to aid and bless him in the great field of thought and enterprise *hiohle occupied.' And he was SO - willing to invite the sympathy and aid of others in all his great efforts, that they seemed to share with him in, all the good effected. If good was - done, he cared little by whem, or who had the credit for it. ; e made all around him feel that they, we . 1 necessary to him. If he had a grand thong i tor sPlenilid scheme, he shared it with them, rOd toolitheir sugges tions, so that when the onatter. was accom plished al said "4 , e,dia.4i." .His hopefulness gav e eerfulneas; and his t iti wit frequent merriment' :every Circle he met, and while all felt the 10ajesty of his'great genius, there was in hitOnough of plainness, naivete, and peculiarityw to disarm envy. or jealousy. So far from I#s . general bearing indicating hauteur and self-satisfaction, there seemed to, be exactly tho . opposite .a self forgetfulness and humility that allowed and invited, the sympathy anti sustaining efforts of his friends. 'He had naturally great can fidence in others, and wks: no so' satisfied with himself, his opiriloick'ote hisi plans,: as 'to be indifferent to the judehel *Aintr of his friends Like a great ship turn ti i'vefy:small helm, he let his frienda4vuthe,,satisfaction of feeling that,he was n?t, insensible to their influence. * . ,* '\ ,* * * Dr. Beecher's wit wperennial, and, it i derived an, attraction fr in his blunt, quaint ai mode' of • expresaion. l I lose this article with a few specimens, whiclf I heard from his own _lips.. I could furnah a great store of similar ones. .. .' ' I cv . I was dining with him! i'n :Cincinnati in 1833. His, daughter coming intfrom a ride told, how a little-dog, dog had started Irom a doorstep as she passed, rushed ,thA ,ugh the door-yaTd, ) around "thrOUgh the' ,' nce; come to her horse, opened his moulit, and was—silent. " Don't you know the' c i sme of that ?" said the Doctor. "Nci," sai •Catherine.` "Why it.was a case of :vox , hixst faucibus,; ' said the Doctor. , 'l. , : , . A brother minister - Was making, a lame:ar gument in Presbytery, " Brainerd,": said the. Doctor, I had rather bebefore that gun, titan behind it. . ' • . Another minister 4.-sl,,e 'Presbytery,' Who, by-the-bye, was a New England Man, but greatly alarmed 'for thb orthodOxy Of the Church; had habit oflekiing up, and swing-, inghis head to and'froishile he belabored the New School.: In ilia midst ofio - ne of his prosy speeches the Doctor grew, impatient. "Brainerd,': said he, 't,xlid you ever know a, man who looked to he4in so much for light andsot so little g" r r A .news Paper at Oberlin had said that other"gerninarica only :sent:' oat great, theo logical babies. `" Bettek send out great balries than little ones," he reArked; Rev. Dr. Wilson - 0 , 141 - ied us to try br. Beecher, on common fame of heresy in the - West. Dr. Beecher replied that this com mon fame : : was made - =by Wilson himself. z 6 One ,wolf," said, h.eL,‘‘ will _howl on the mountains in, so many, tones you' dthink ,there were a dozen." "In travelling with him in the 'deep mud of Kentucky in 1.834, our stage stuck. The Doctor 'Started across the ditch for a rail. Stop. , said' I. " Doetor, let me go. I have boots on, and - oar shoes." "N 0.." aa-ya_1ie,..;1 5 .1 haven't' . they - :aro both. 'there stibleing in the, it 4." On. the same journey we were twice *set. Some were -timid, but the Doctor was entirelyunmoved. "My passage," said he, " is,- paid." lie seemed incapable of fear. - I once asked him if he found any difficulty in sustaining himself amid the pulpit com petitions of great cities. - " Na," said he; "/ have had the hardest race with' myself." The question was up in the Presbytery of Cincinnati whether we should divide a Nil lage Church ? "Make two,' , ' says Dr., Bee cher ; "Adam and grace willdo twice ,as 'much as grace alone." lie was urging meekness on his Church in Cincinnati. Ile told them ":that in the en tire constellation of their Christian virtues it would , reguire a telescope of unusual power to discern the grace of meekness." While he said this he suited the action to the word, as if peering into the heavens. In discussing before his, class whether the planets were peopled, he said "if anybody was there and saw ourJearth, and inferred it was inhibited, they would be right, for we, are here. Now," say* " we'll put the bullet into the other end ofthe gun and 'fire it back again." DR. BRUCKER AID MN. MURRAY. A correspondent of the Boston Recorder refers to the remarkable= influence-, of , one of Dr. Beecher's parishioners in Litchteld r in forming the Dr's. opinion upon temperance. The .pa.rishioner was one Hezekiah Murray, a thorough-going, conscientious man, remark able for the depth and clearness of his ideas, for his uncompromising adherence to the truth' 'and for his practical consistency in carrying, out his convictions. Long before the commencement of the 'Temperance re form his own reflections had led him, step by step to the point of total abstinence, then to, a resolution against furnishing spirit, to others, and then, against, aiding or abetting the manufacture traffic or use of alcoholic drinks. He even refused. to transport the article with his team. More than this He had for some years distilled, cider brandy for himself. and others. That very year at an expense of one hundred dollars anew copper still had been set up on his premises. Now he deter mined it should never be used for distilling., These conclusionshe had reached, not only without hearing a word in behalf of temper ance, but even before any public effort had been put forth' in that cause. The apple harvest arrived. No persuasion, no price could shake Mr. Murray's purpose. People called him a fool—said he was insane-- tried various intimidations or inducements, ,all in vain. At length Mr. Beecher, came down in hot earnest to cure him of his fanatical delusion. Mr: Murray stated the process by which, he had been led to adopt these princi ples. Mr. Beecher rejoined; and urged the Scriptures: "'Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish," " Let not your good be evil spoken of,"' &c. He argued, that if Mr. Murray were consciously too weak to resist the fascinating cup, he might abstain, but why judge for others, &c. Mr. Murray de-, fended his position, and with such effect, that his pastor went home •diseomflted, though not convinced. It did not so end. Mr. Murray followed his minister 'home, and again and again pressed him to come out thoroughly for temperance. "He would n'otgive tne peace," said Dr. =Beecher to the writer, " he stood up in the middle of my floor and .counted .the .names of ,my people who had died drunkards, and of ?those who were going 'tp,ruin,:he, pie tured some dreadful death scenes, and pleaded with me till the tears rolled down his face. . i x,.. IFEBEVARY,..„ 26..,. 180.. NISEI , Aiid, ifo . you believe—after all that, I made flip with a :crowbar •"--alluding to the bar used - fOr rolling haCk-logs on the fire in the huge ' chimney place, and whibh being al ways hot, ,served instantly to thrust, into the pitcher of flip when one returned from a 'wintry , ride. 'However, the stern, fixed conviction at , length seized the pastor's heart, and shaking off every prejudice--he poured into the Tern peranceivork his whole energy of 'body and soul l ''Then, ere lon'g, came the " Six Ser mons" intoYlieing. Mr.- Mintay's health, began:to be impaired"' but his innate activity, rand the love of doing good, led him to employ his time,, after dis continuing business,„in riding extensively to scatter tracts, missionaryjapers, and Bibles. This work 'he greatly enjoyed. " At length a tarp. ixttiLdiettse.eottfoodArim, to, the„7 house and to his `bed;'':." He. for his min ister, and upon his arrival exclaimed sadly, " The Lord has thrown me by 'as a worn mitt tool." No, said the other, but God has a service of activity, and a service of suffering for his people. He : is glorified in.their passive submission, their patience their meek accep tance of his will. This 'did not reach the spot Just then, seeing the dog lying near his Master, the minister added : Suppose Mr. Murray you wished to show me the thor ough training of your do's to obedience. We are in the woods; s, rabbit is seen leaping away. .You set the .dog. in. chase. At the word, he is; off in eager pursuit. He obeyed your comniand in so doing ;, but remember,. it was perfectly accordant with , his own dispo sition: Had he been alone there with,the game, he would have hunted it as well. ut suppose with that game in his eye, and he ready tb'sPring upon it, you had said to him, lie down'! and instantly, if petrified, he' had idropped motionless: That would have been:, evidence: of most perfect discipline. Now, as God's servant, at his bidding, you have long .followed his work, riding, and la boring far and, wide in his employ. That showed obedience, but.then, my brother, it was perfectly cOngenial with your own feel ings. You hid' rather than not engage' in such aetivities. Now God, says to you, in the midst of this busy service, Mr.- Murray, lie down! lie still! and I have come here to day to see how perfectly, you have been trained and fashioned to his blessed will. Over and again, did the venerable man, recur to that illustration, in the long weeks of his confine ment. He was thenceforth . perfectly qUiet and content. MY * SALAitY , .AND :441W I of RICH BY IT . Mrsalary is $550. I get it. Get every cent of it. (Hem., .for A. H. M. S. Ido not subscribe to make up my own salary. Nor does my wife. Yet the salary is paid prompt ly and in, full.) The Editors of the. 4 Hews- Letter wilt vouch for my.veracity if the state , ment parenthetical shall .he doubted. Yet more as'toMAitig'(io touch. more; that the .edi tors of a religious neuispaper mill not dare risk reputation by vouching,) I have 'been surprised annually for three years, by mem beruof church and congregation---not a sur prise that. " cost, more than it came to," but a surprise worth say $3O. Further (I say this deliberately and hold myself responsible when I say that) the $3O was not considered as any part of the salary. No doubt it would surprise some ministers were their salaries paid, but this church is either too young or too old for that graceless sort of thing. What I have, therefore, is, salary $550 and surprise $3O. • Grand total $5BO ! Row I dispose of $5BO a year—how much place annually in bank for, sickness, old age education of children, et cetera, &c. This much-0 ! How I contrive to expend, get rid of, squan der 8580 a year. Thus : EXPENDITURES IN 1862. Additions to Library $39,75 Reviews and' papers, 20,00 Postage on papers, . . 2,65 Corres'pondenee, . 6,00 Wood and sawing, ' 60,00 Oil, . . . . 8,00 " Help" . . . 50,00 Travelling, . . . 20,00 Benevolent contributions in cash, 32,00 House rent, . .. 108,00 This, from $5BO leaves $233,60 for eight of us. Say seven, by omitting the baby. This is, .fer each, s-i-x-t-y-f-o-u-r c-e-n-t-s a week !I 1--Bixt,y-four centB for food and rai ment ! ' So much for my 'salary, and low I get rich by it. • B. The, figures given - above are worthy of carieful consideration. Persons who have given little attention to such matters, will be very likely to think the Library and Periodi cal items unduly large; but the minister who undertakes to meet the intellectual and spiri tual wants of a congregation in such an age as ours must have books. papers and Bevielvs. He can ,not keep pace with the moving think ing world around him, without them. He can not make his pulpit utterances vigorous, intelligent, fresh and to the point. They are as - essential to him as tools are to the artisan or the husbandman tvery well chosen book he buys,and every periodical he takes,'adds to the value of his ministry. No congrega tion can afford to have' a nainister who does not want new books, and does not know how to them: " The dultpre,aching of which there is fre quently so much complaint, is oftener the fruit of a false economy among churches, through which their ministers are 4eprived of needful material for fresh thought and growth, than the result of want"of energy or talent. Our brother puts down twenty dollar§ as his travelina 's expenses for 'the year. No ex travagancehere surely. The whole amount must have been swallowed up in attendance upon Associat ioiaal meetings, councils, &c., to which he raust.neede go quite as much for the sake of his people as for, his own. He cannot have allowed himself any, thing for visiting friends or for pleasure-touring, though ministers are supposed to be so far human as to enjoy such things. • Since they are expected to be in all things an example to the flock, the thirty-two dollars given to various objects of benevolence can .not accounted too much:; and no one we are sure will think he finds < evidence of extravagance ,or carelessness in• any of the other items, named - " Givanto Hospitality" is one of the charao .. teristics enjoined upon all ministers, and hoiever much our lowa brethren may fall below the Apostolic standard of ministerial character andlife other- things, they are not found wantinkin this: , Our correspon dent is not behind the very chiefeit of them. But hospitality is a luktry that costs some thing, ,and no .special allowance is ; made for it in his figures. It must come out of the sixty-four cents ,a ,week alloves:1 for, food and raiment for each of his family of ,seven elusive of the baby. ! ! We trust that those persons whothink that 's4oo to S6QO a year is an astonishingly gener ous support for a minister' will read and pon der MylSalary and how"I get Rich by , it: - -lowa:News Letter— , • now A , o- MIRE SYMPTIT 11,1 OUR STUMM; - There can be no,.doubt of the fact that.tha complicity 'of the 'Natiqial Government with" slavery may. be, and is, one : ; great cause among good - men abroairof the want of sym pathyrin the efforts of the National Govern ment to put down this dreadful We shall stand upright before the`World';:we shall - meet the of htiman nature in this - age ; shill secure thenittire Sympathy of the lovers of freedom every where ; I may say that we shall secure the perfect sympathy towards us' of: Russia,. France, .Germany, , England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy too—yea, Austria it may be, only when With the clear, note of freedom, with a manly and distinct tone, with an unambiguous utterance of the national conviction, and not as a mere mili tary necessity, we shall repeat again before the world our solemn , declaration, that " all men are created ecinal ; that they are endow dowed by their Creator with certain unalien able rights; that among these are life, liber ty, and the pursuit, of happiness"—when we shall, proclaim that the National Government is separated from slavery ; that slavery is not: represented" in it as property; that the civil tribunals of the nation, its marshals, its military and - naval forces, are not to be em ployed: in, arresting fugitives, from bondage ; that citizen free themselves, are not to be subjected to imprisonment or fines for declin-, ing to aid in, returning human beings, guilt. less of crime; to chains ; when we shall an nounce to Mankind, with no uncertain, sound, our belief as a nation that " God bas made of one blood all nations of men to dwell, on all the face of the. earth;" that all have been redeemed by the same sacrifice on the cross that 'every human being who has no other crime than that of " having a skin not color ed like that of other men" is entitled to lib erty,—.R,ev. A. Barnes. THE ARMY Ol' SAVOY IN GENEVA. [From advance sheets of D'Aubigene'w Re formation in the .Time. of :Calvin. Authorr'a Edition; R. Carterh, Bros.] THE army of iSavoy approached the St. Antoine - ta,,(o", it Was e a trilimphat pro gress,. Menarchy, according to politicians, was abont to gain the Victory. over republi canism. In front marched the Count of Genevois, in 'complete steel armor,' say the chronicles, ' , wearing a long plume, and rid ing on a stout stallion; who curvetted about so that it was pleasant to see.' He was fol.= lowed by the cavalry in breast-plates. Then came the main body, to the number of about eight thensancl infantry, 'headed by six Genevan niamelukes. Last appeared the duke, followed by all his guard ; he had laid asidd'his;'iraciOus humor, and desired that his entriffee should have something warlike and alarming. Montrotier," he said to his principal captain, have sworn that I will only, enter Geneva over the gates? Mon trotier understood him, and, going forward with +;a body of men, knocked. down the St. Antoine gate and the adjoining wall. The satisfied duke now resumed hiS triumphal march Ale was armed from head to foot and rod 'a handsome hackney : two pages carried before hhu his lance and his helmet. ..One 'of these was J. J. de Watteville, after wards,, cud yer of _Berne. The weak-minded Charles, inflated with his,suceess, pulled up his courser, and made him paw the rebellious stoups. A true Don Quixote,' says a ca;- tholic historian, 'he showed the same pride as !t,cotiqueror loaded with glory who at, the cost of Much blood and fatigue had reduced a, fortress after a long and dangerous siege.' And' nye may believe contemporary docu ments': ' Charles advanced more like a Jupi ter suribunded with his thunder& than a con querefhis head was bare in order, said his courtiers, that his eyes, flashing with wrath, should, blast the audacity 'of the Genevans who , should be rash ..enough to look in his fate.' the army having passed the gate after him marched through the city, in order to pa,,ne its triumph in the streets and defy the citizens. $346,40 In conformity with the engagements made by the duke, his soldiers entering by one gate ought, after crossing the city; to have gone out by the other. Bonivard on hearing of this had shaken his head. 'lt will be with Geneva as with Troy,' said the classical prior; 'the. Savoyards, entering by strata gemilike the Greeks of Sinon, will afterwards remain by force.' And so it happened, for the ,whole army took up its quarters imme diately in the city.' took_ of Faue,igny, which' - were the 'Most 'terrible, established there'selVes at St. Gervais by Order of the duke ; those of the Pays de Vaud at St. Le ger, up to the Arve ; those of Chablais at the Molard and along the 'Rhone; those of Savoy and Genevois in the Bourg de Four and the upper part of the city. The nobles were lodged in the best houses situated prin cipally between Rive and the Molard. The duke stook yup his quarters also on the left ' bank, near - the lake, in a lylaison de Nice which.belong to Bonivard. The count,. ap pointedbY his brother governor of the city; fixed his headquarters at the hotel-de-tille. Geneva was taken; the Duke of Savoy •bad Made himself master of it by perjury, and there he intended to remain. Many citizens thought their country for ever lost. .The plans termed during so many years and even centuries, were realised at last; despotism, triuMplient'in Geneva,' - was about to trample under foot law, conBtitution, and liberty. The Savoyards had seen from their mountain-tops a fire-in this city which disquieted theie—a fire:whose , flames might extend and=con 7 :some the time-worn edifices their fad:rend:tad raised. They :were now going to stifle : these, flames, to, extinguish the ,embers, and scatter. the ashes; 'the duke, the emperor his bro- GENESE.E' EVANGELIST.--Whole No. 875. ther-in-law, and his nephew Francis I. might henceforth at their pleasure oppress their subjects, put martyrs ,to death, wink at the disorders of nobles and monks, and sleep quietly on their pillows. • The Savoyard princes behaved as in' a .city faken.by. assault. They very evening' of the sth of. April, the Count of Genevois removed .the cannon from , the ramparts, placed them round' his.quarters, and had them loaded that they might, be ready to fire upon the people, the hotel-de-ville thirs becoming a citadel keep Geneva in obedience. NotwithstaßlP ing theseTrecautions .the count was uneasy; he had violated his•paths, and knew that he had to deal with men of energy. He did not lie down, and at two in the morning his officers went by his orders and knocked at the doors of the four syndics; "commanding .them proe'eed immediately to the hotel-dc elland me the keys of 'the gates,''said the count, the ramparts, the arsenal, and the provision magazines.' If the magistrates had really fancied that the Savoyards would come as friends, their foolish delusion must now have ceased and the bandage have fal len from' their eyes. But how could they resist ? The army filled all the city, and the citizens were divided: the syndics did what was required of them. The fanaticism of the disloyal mamelukes was not yet satis fied. Cartelier, Pierre Joy, Thomas Moyne, and others, taking a lesson from the terrible Montrotier, whoZesired to nuzzle the Gene vans completely, visited all the streets, squares, and churches, and began to wrench off the staples and locks from the city chains and gates, and even the clappers from the bells. The syndics strove in vain to stop this violence. The wretches did not forget a street, and having thus disarmed Geneva, they carried all these trophies to the duke. 'lt is ksign,' said they, laying them before him, of the real transfer of the jurisdiction of the city, to intimidate the rebels and de prive them of all hope of succor. Geneva lies at the feet of your Highness.' This oc curred before day-break. EXCUSES FOR INATTENTION. A fanner sends his boys into the field to spend the day in work. He tells them what to 'do for an hour, and says that after that time he shall send a man to explain to them ' how they are to proceed through the day. The boys go on with their work, until at length the expected messenger appears. He begins to tell them how the land is to be ploughed, or in what way the father wishes the seed to be put into the ground. The boys listen to him a minute or two, until .one, perceiving some oddity in the man's manner, bursts into a laugh ; another sits down upon a green bank under a tree, and gradually falls into a state of drowsy insensibility; a third looks away with a vacant. countenance upon the hills and mountains around, utterly regardless of the message.. The boys, consequently, do not learn wVat theirfather wishes them, to do ; and-do-not-de und-whert night comes,- and they are called to account for the labors of the day, they try to justify themselves with this preposterous excuse:—" Why," they say to their father, "the man you sent us was not an interesting man, and so we did not pay any attention. to his message. He had no talent at making his mode' of cxplanation novel or striking, and so we did not listen to it" " could not possibly fix my attention," says one. " Heovas a very sleepy talker," says another,. I could not keep awake." "He was dressed so," 'says a third, " and he had such a tone, that I could not help laughing at him." Such 'are' the excuses which many persons give for not giving heed to religious instruc tion on the Sabbath. They try to throw off all responsibility upon the minister ; .and .if he does not awaken-by, the power of his genius, an interest in their minds, they consider them selves excused from feeling any. They say, in substance, to themselves," We know that we have disobeyed God, ad he is sending us messengers to communicate to us the offers of forgiveness for the past and direction for 'the future; but unless he sends tiS agreeable, and' ingenious ; and eloquent men, we will pay no .attention to any of them.—,-Abbott. A CONDITION OF PEDIMENT PEACE. The ultimate entire removal of slavery from our land is essential to permanent peace. Our history, under the Confederation, awl now for eighty years under the Constitution, has shown that slavery has been, and is al most the only cause of alienation between the North and the South, and that but for this there never has been any insuperable reason why the North and the South should not live and act in harmony. Indeed, on the entire surface of the, globe there is no one country of such an extent, or of any very consider,i ble extent, where there are so many causes for unity; so few for division. Of one lan guage ; one religion; one. origin ; one general character ;—united by vast rivers, and by the advantages which. each derives from the peculiar productions of the other ; united in their history, and by all the sacred recollec tions of the, remembered war of Independence there is every reason, in the nature of the case, why we should be one. Our fathers felt this ; and hence our glorious Constitution was formed, and we should have been now with nothing necessarily producing alienation, collision, or war, had it not-been for slavery. But the same, causes which .have now produc ed collision on this subject will produce it again ; nor will it ever be possible to adjust our free institutions to the idea that slavery is to be perpetual in - the land. That *fact is now established ;it cannot be denied. The South knows it ; the North affirms it;' the world sees it. All attempts, therefore, to secure permanent peace except on the as sumption that slavery is sconehOw to cease ultimately in the land, have been demonstra ted by our past hiatoryto be vain.—Bev. A. Barnes. OUR ACOOITNTS FOR ETERNTTY.—Remem ber-that your.adeOunts are coming upon you withAings, as fast as,time posteth. Remem ber "what peace with God in Christ, and the presence of the Son of God, will be to you when eternity shall put tithe to the door, and ye shall take good-night of , time, and this little shepherd's tent of clay, this inn of a 'borrowed earth.--Butherford. ROPE brightens up the darkest hour.
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