Vol. VII, No. 30.--- . NDole No. 342. fottvg. Under the Cross. • I cannot, cannot say— • Out'of m7' bruised and breaking 'heart-- Storni-driven along a thorn-set way,. While blood- 4 ops start. 'rom every pore, as I. dragon. " Thy will, p God, be done!" , thought, but, yesterday, - My will, was one with. God's dear will ; And that would be sweet to say,— ' Whatetri3r ill My happy state should smite upon,— c " Thy will ) my Gad be done I" But I was weak and wrong, Both weak of soul and Wrong of heart : And pride alone - in me was Strong, With,ounning art To cheat me in .the golden Sun, To say, 0 God's will be done I" Q shadow, drear and cold; That frights me out'of foolish pride; 0 flood; that through my bosom rolls Its-billowy tide,— I said, till ye your power made known, " God's will, not mine; be done I" Now, fain% and , sore- afraid, ljnder my cross—heavy and rude,— MY iduls•An the. ashes, laid, . like- ashes strewed, The holy torch my pule lips shun,— " 0 God, thy will be done 1" Pity my woes, 0 Goal, , And touch my will with thy warm breath; Put in nig trembling 'hand thy rod, . That quickens death,: Thatrmy dead faith may feef - thy sun, And say, " Thy will be done I" —Poems of Sorrow and Comfort, Covrtoponitna. FORENN LETTER. pd'A:NOVATION : MEETING. A demonstration, the like of which has not been seen in London 'since the days of the agitation about the "tern laws,' took place lately lin and. around "Exeter. Hall. The main 141 vials 'crowded to suffocation, two 'smaller rooms 'were also ailed, and a ;great crowd stood on the - street, in front of the building; and thoroughly orthodox speeches were delivered 'in all the three places at the same 'time. 'The - meeting may lie described as one in favor of "'negro emancipation"— its object being to give, osthe.Chairman said, • an answer 'to the question, "<is the feeling' against slavery really dead in this country ?" Baptist. Noel and Newman Hall were among the .speakers on the occasion. Two :or three intragiV proposed• amendments to, the several motions, and were literally hissed down for their impertinence, so strong wasthe feeling of the assembled thousands' againk* sla very. The Secretary read, among others, a letter from =the Union and Emancipa tion Society of Manchester,- affirming that the operative classes of that city "are un tainted by. the vices of j pro-slaveyy-actvocacy, and that the sympathy with ;Jefferson Davis and his co-cionspirators, which makes so fop xnidabler an appearance in the miming of certain journals, is at best a 'colossus of brass with.feet cif Clay," .and that " Amid our :government, under pressure from tha aristocratic - sympathisers with 4ilavedom, at tompt .a premature recognition , of the project- ed Soatbernrslave empire, it willarouse the indignation of the working men in the North of England." Similar <meetings were held on the same evening:in Bradford and Strand. The rim,ersneers at the Exeter Hall demon stration as df no importance, but this gives no surprise to .either the friends or foes of the Protein r of the Peers , of 'England, which, lately was ignorant enongh i laudapious enough to a vacate, the divine mightof .the most glaring specimen of diabolism on earth. The British, £'tandard says, "No,words can give an adequate idea -of the, moral demon; stration ; it was grand, sublime, and glo rious !" These • meetings, while they must show to the Abolitionists of'America that the anti slavery :sentiments of the' English are -um changed, impress , Upon Atte, in common with many odors, the notion, that,'lkad the Northern -Btates , adopted An abolition policy at =the commencement of the war, they would have had the.sympathies,of at least the Pro testant world with theni, to' such an extent that the Southern Confederacy must have collapsed after a very brief inflated existence. I speak thus in no spirit of mere fault-find ing, fora I desire to be mindful that-he who " has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass," is working out his own eternal purposes by instrumentalities which are far from being morally perfeCt. a I should mention also that the " American' war . " is a common subject for popular lectures in Ireland, and that the lecturers are uniformly strong Abolitionists. THE BIBLE WOMAN MOVEMENT. The 13ible woman 'movement in London progresses satisfactorily its income for eleven months of last year being:X . lo,ooo. Its abiding vfruits in - the reformation of manners, education of children, , increase • of domestic comforts, and attention to-the duties and privileges of religion are mote than re numerative for all the 'pecuniary outlay. The midnight meeting movement is conduct ed. with great activity, and many of the " fallen " have been S hopefully reclaimed. The fourth series of the .speeial religious services in the theatres, is new in full opera tion. By this agency backsliders have been restored, and others who might never have heard the Word of life, have had an oppor tunity of listening to the "glad tidings of great joy." SCOTTISH REF01134.13,10N SOCIETY. The Scottish Reformation Society is pro. scouting its work with its wonted vigor ; and it serves to keep Protestants posted up in the history of the doings of Popery at their own doors. In the Protestant's Insti tute the Rev. Dr. 'Wylie has a class of 150 students who are reediting a thorough train ing in the Romish controversy. Much good must result , from. this ,class, , as the rising ministry of Scotland. Will master of the, enemy's tactics,. and familiar with his strong holds. Such an, agency is the Scottish Reformation Society, is a neeessity of the times, and must be so, as the United King dam is the hotbed of modern Jesuitism which has its emissaries in all parts of the country, and in all ranks of society. Inasmuch as Jesuitism implies a Violation of the true theory of civil_ and religious liberty, no nation can 'be under any obligation to give it, or its , advocates quarters. When Popish pow era on the continent expelled the brotherhood of Loyola, for the sake of their internal peace and safety, it cannot be very wise policy, on the part of England, to bid it.welcome to her borders. The Jesuits have the whole com . mumty • under , an organized : system of es fiionage, by which they are fully acquainted with the affairs` of individuals, householda, and, even the Government. UNITARIANISM While Popery appears to be gaining ground somewhat in Scotland, it is,pleasing to note that Unitarianism is declining, as it is also in Ireland--and that 'rapidly. This' demon strates that cold negations are not accep table in the present day. As in Scotland, so in 'lreland, several of the congregations are so small that, they are hardly worthy of the name. In connexion with this, I may mention.in passing,, that in a district of Co. Down where they used to boast, there was no Devil, a Unitarian congregation had such a fight last summer as showed most conclu sively that "the old Serpent" 'has liower and prevails now. In the Remonstrant Synod of Ireland, they have had latterly every angry 'discussions about what is virtually a creed— the questions which a minister should be re quired:to answer before his ordination. The opinions „sand argumedts of some of the ,younger members—themselves pupils of Dr. 4ontgomery—startled the redoubtable old champion of Heterodoxy, who now insists on knowing what candidates for the ministry really do believe , and profess to teach. Of course, the creed referred to is sufficiently meagre; yet is enoughto testify that there is a reaction in the minds of those who de nouncedereeds and confessions tldrtyyears ago as the leading strings of infants. THE THRONE OF GREECE. It is.somewhatnovel in the history of na. tions to find a throne " going a begging." Yet this is actually the case with the throne of Greece, which has not yet found aman to take it. The sailor Prince (Alfred) of En gland, I suppose hopes to do better.;; but it speaks well fqr Greecethat she set hefheart on <a . member of a, Protestant family. A great change has surely come over ; her. It is a curious coincidence that, when Greece is in search of a king, one of the descendants of Constantine Paleologus whO fell in the Storm ing , of =Constantinople by the Turks; . A.D. 1458,. should now appear as the writer of a letter in the' London Star.' This gentleman sets himself forth, as a lineal, descendant of "the last ,Grecian Emperor." Could,he es tablish his " succession," he might catch- ,a "windfall " not to ,lie despised in these days of fortunes rapidly made and. as rapidly . lost. Poland long oppreSsed, is in a state of wide spread insiirrection. A new order of con- Scription, and the violent manner in which the'Russiams were carrying it out, seem to • have goaded the brave , Poles tto this last outbreak for the achievemeut.of ..their inde pendance, -without any rationalprospeet of success. It would be an act of righteous ness, as well as of humanity, on the part of the-"-Great Powers," to interfere on.hehalf of.a eruellyAvronged people who are little better -off, if better'at 211, .than the slaves in • America. Itikto beleared.and regretted that the friendly relations, for a time existng between England and. japan, have been interrupted if not suspended eine die, in consequene of the murder of some English by the Japanese This iti the more to be .deplored, as Japan, so long closed, seemed to be 'fully open to receive the Gospel without which no nation is .great,, or.free, or truly civilized. ITALY. With respect to Italy'there is not any sen sation intelligence this month.. In the Brit ish House of Commons there has been .con siderable discussion on the offer of an asylum to the Pope, should he become a refugee. Earl Itussell, in his ..place in the House of Lords, stated that " the offer was made solelx in consequence 'of the question, put by the Pope himself, whether, in the.event of a re bellion in the Italian provinces, there would be any objection to concede to him, the hos pitality of Great Britain.," This question shows that his holiness has studied to some purpose, the parable of the " unjust stew ard "-whose foresight is so highly commend ed. " Straws tell how the wind blows," is a significant.proverb; and the Pope's " prep .aration for a rainy day " plainly implies that he who has :the best right to know, thinks it is drawing near. It is likewise highly suggestive that he should seek quar ters in a protestant Kingdom, and not in a Popish country. It seems home is • not al ways the 'happiest place a man can be in. lii his present condition, Pie None , : has a close resemblance to the man who, on being inquired of. concerning "his occupation, and having a scolding wife, replied that he kept a hothouse I Dear reader, "I have a message from God unto thee." It is this, unless you are " on the Lord's side" in the great moral warfare which is waged on earth between the powers,of light- and darkness, you are neither right, nor safe, nor happy. They, and they alone, are "on the Lord's side, who believe in Jesus, and are born again, or have experienced a change of state and nature— rll grace, and to the praise of God of all grace. Be it your lofty and lawful ambition to-attain the blessed experience of holy Paul, exprersses in these words: "For me to live is Christ, and'to die is gain." Let Christ be the principle of your life, th e means of your life, and the object of your life, and so your life shall be happy and useful, your death profitable, and your rest eternally glorious. S. M. ESCAPING ;FROM SLAVERY. NUMBER SIX. WHAT are our duties to the multitudes now lawful escaping from 'slavery? 1. We ought to give them a generous and cordial welcome to the fellowship of Liberty. I say nothing of , the social position ' nor of the political franchises, which ought to be adcorded to them. Let these be determined in the future, by the intelligence, refinement, and virtue which they shall, at any future time have attained : and certainly Without abridging our liberty to choose our intimate PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAII CH 26 5 , 1863. companionships according to our taste, and of refusing companionships that are distate ful to us for any reason, or for no assignable reason. But to the grand 'essentials of liberty we surely ought to welcome these newlylib erated people most cordially. The free pos session of their persons, secure from all claims of ownership by others ; the '.enjoyment of the rights of home and family;, the opportu . naty to use, and cultivate their intellectual powers ; liberty to read the Bible, and to worship. God according to the dictates of their own consciences . ;suck elements of lib erty as these, which we have always enjoyed are to these people a . new possession. They have acquired this enfranchisement, not by running away ,from masters who had a legal Claim to their services, nor by any unlawful act of their own whatever, but by the regular operation of laws enacted for-the suppression and punishment of rebellion, and- by a - ets of war which the rebellion has rendered neces sary. - Having no just ground:of prejudiee against them, in respect to the mode of their -entrance, let us give them a, generouS 'atid-eordial wel come to the'goodly fellow - ship of liberty. • 2. Let us also remember that, they come from their long bondage in extreme . poverty. Considerable numbers of them haie reached St. Louis and other Cities. of. loyal States, and are needing employment; and (tempora rily) gratuitous supplies Of foodlnd fuel, and clothing..At -Cairo, Helena, Mempliis,Grand Junction, etc., they are gathered by the hun dreds and by thousands hungry, shivering, homeless crowds, exposed to the most, 'demo ralizing influences, often sadly. 'abused by some who ought to be their'protectors, while that better portion of the army who desire to treat them justly and inutanely have most inadequatenmans of making them .comforta hie, and'cannot turn aside fro& their great and' stern work of subjugating rebellious pn pulations, tcr•attend to the wants of these refugee& We who are not in:the army must attend to this. Organizations are already in...exist ence through which the benevolent can help to clothe, •axid shelter, and:instruct these poor sufferers. Lei every one.who has more gar ments- than he needs er money that can 'spare, consider what:or he. Can in any way serve the "cause of humanity, and of God bet ter than 'by informing- him Self of some suita ble agency, and sending forward his,gifts with all possible promptness. And let` those tb Whom 'God has given ability devise methods which shall commend themselves 'to the iniblic mind, whereby these myriads ,delivered from ith.e degradation Of slavery may besettledinlieaceful and guarll - ed, and regidatea -liberty, with opportunity to ascertain, andJahow to whatrespectability, and -Onristian civilization they are -capable 'of xising. Let the old question " What shall we do with the negroes ? 1 ,.' betas -soon as pos sible reduced to its proper farm, by placing them in such conditions that we can justly say to' them—" Now show us what VT' Gala do for youredves—Gollifieed you.' - St. Louis, llfo. , H. A. N. AN ARMY CHAPLAIN'S ENCOURAGEMENTS AND MINCULTItS. NEWRONT NEWS, VIRGINIA, March 141 i, 1863. "Brother Mears 'As yon printed .my former letter in the PsisierTERLAN, I am induced to follow it with another, although the nienotony of camp life affords very little of incident that might be interesting`to your readers. 'Since that letter was written, our brigade has been assigned to " thepost " to'do "pro vost duty," and other parts of the Division have gone to Suffolk. One of the Monitors has left for South Carolina; and a new dou- , hle-turreted. monster has Arrived, and lies ' near the frigate Minnesota, between the -wrecks of the Conlgress'and the Guirabertand. You can make for yourself a miniature model of this new monitor---:.or so much of it as appears, above the water—by turning.a :saucer upside down - on ,your tablkand put ting two. small thick spools of cotton .thread , on the upturned bottom of it, and at opposite 1 sides • with 'about third of a : lead pencil on fend between the,m„for the smoke-stack. This monitor differs from the others in haVing sloping sideS and two`turrets. It is a singular -conjunction of the old and the new—this new monitor and Old fri gate lying side by side, between the charred . remains . of the• Congress on the cottelhand; and on-the 'other, the outstretched arms of the lost 'Cumberland appealing so pitifully, so hopelessly for help. It is the old cross-bow and the minnie rifle standing ,in the museum between a broken javelin and a shattered shield. The great ship with its frowning port-holes which played so grand <a part in. the naval history of the past, and in those exciting sea tales which we hid under our desk-lids at school ; sits as noble and stately on the water as ever, but the romance of the sea fight' is over, for this ugly and insignifi cant iron tub could run unharmed under her broadside, too close to be hit by "a single gun and striking her thrnugh and through with a few shots, each one nearly as heavy as the frigate's guns, send her in a few minutes lumbering tethAottom. Since I wrote you, the chapel tent of which I spoke has reached me, and I have preached in it twice. In the midst of the numberless hindrances to a chaplain's work in the army, this tent, which ,gives -me a definite place for preaching and worship, makes me the envy of all my brethren here. The tent is one of Richardson 's patent,whieh opens like an umbrella, and is supported by a similar frame-work. Its peculiar form makes it as marked an object among: other tents as a church ,at home among the ear -- rounding dwellings. I regret, as do all •my brother chaplains, the insufficiency of our branch of the service ; but until it is put on an,equal footing with other departments, or until better and more able, men are put in our places I do not hope to see it greatly, improved. The only chaplain I have met Who did not seem to feel the diffieulties of his position and the inefficiency of his work, but' who thought he was accomplishing a great deal was a Universalist. I am • told that the New York Observer and New York Herald have been very soli citous about the purity and efficiency of army chaplains. Indeed, when I was here last summer, and had just preached three' times on an exceedingly hot Sunday, and was really more happy than Lean express at the, rare opportunity, a copy of the Herald was shown me in which chaplains were accused of being idle, mercenary and Cowardly, :neg lecting everything except the reompt, of th.eir pay and their personal safety in tune of bat tle. ' . Now, I care noVte speak ' for myself but for my brethren in the chaplaincy; -and AI can do it the better sinceoinlike ;theirs, :my position has been, ne in which I have invarl ably been treated with kindness and : respeet by my superior officers in the regiment, and almost as invariably by the others:'''Aiy su perior office'r's have been moral men, snot, nently free from all thO,se'vices which the army affects: They' ire my friends.' At our table God's blessina is always -asked and nothingi§ done or said > which ;night not - he properly said or done at , a'tablewhere , Goo blessing is asked., ! WitVone of them who was kill9d, Lit •A_ntietaip4 have often kneltiin prayer night, and moaning by our eamP,co4- At the colonel's special suggestion I have prayers before the' regiment ally, at dress parade.' , You willSift<ta, .#.iii;- , that 'What ever difficulties nitiyighe in eviky do not arise from this source, but are in° the nature and circumstances of the army itself..l But it is far otherwise with many of ,my brethren,. who are ;compelled .to associate • daily - with,officers who . seers:tp pride them selves oh boldly breaking every, command of D , , . the ecaloome ; men who delight to cast slights Upon the ministry and to humble the chaplain under their . iiiperior -rank. Such men ha,vei. shert way of , dealing. with Chap lains,;—if-they remain in the rear at the hos pitals with, the Wounded in time of battle, they are cowards,; if they go on thefield, and, like my, friend. Benton, at, Newbern, or that ,Massaelausett,s chaplain at Fred ericksburg, are killed, then it served them right, they had no business, to be. there. A. :favorite ' charge against -'Chapla'ins is that they aria ; but much' as I ha,4 associated- with chaplains, I have yet to to see the first one under the influence 'of . intoxicating liquors._ , Somet , ,chaplains are 'total abstainers; thtse are fanatics. Others are accustomed tort glass of wine with their dinner •at home, an ,sometimes take, a glass of liquor ; these,ari unardsk. It is as ef old, d 4r John came neither 4 . ating nor_drinking,' and they say, Ile hathadevil ; :Christ came both eating and drinking;'and' the .say behold a, man gluttonous-anit4t wine-bibber. ~,, And what does the government do . for -the ohaplains , ? It furnishes ,the necessary offi ces and appliances-for the quartermaster. It furnishes every,ponveniencp, as it ought, for the ,surgeork. But it does absolutely nothing for th,e'CliapLin, leaving hint Subject to all the inConiinieriee,s which the weather, and the movetretitiof the troops, and' the 'rant of disposition' of the army to attend divine service,. may occasion. But'- how does the government_hinder the chaplain ?. It sets an example of §abbathiPreaking from its centre at Washington to thevery extre mities of .the army 4 It, carries on its busi ness,wiPh -very li . tpj 4gAil to the days of ~ the week, and thug'. it - 611E81mi what -cones' science . there-might be in the men, who have no choice but to do duty when ordered by their superiors whether their consciences say yes or no. Inspections parades, reviews, . mark the day if it is distinguished at all from secular time. Do you say that orders are issued forbidding' unnecessary labor . on. the Lord's day. ' Yes; but they are only a sop to Cerberus—a mere complimenfto the Chris tian public sentiment-,--like the _articles of war against profanity and on attending di vine servipe---,-a more compliment and, no thing more. Besides this it puts contempt :on the chaplain. before the army, where rank and pay. are the criteria of respect. .` ,' When the people demand retrenchment in the na -tional expenditures, the National Congress' looks about for some fearful -leak, which it may close with the finger'-of reform, and pitches' upon the , chaplain:whose. pay it re duces nearly one fourth—from ";the pay and emoluments of a -captain of :cavalry ' to a sum below the pay of a ,second lieutenant. A few other officers are deprived of some of their, perquisites, and`the work of retreneh ment is over. The pay is enough as it is. I would not haye the pay large enough to be an inducement to ministers to draw them .away from other fieldS of labor. It is the slight cast upon the ministry that I feel. It -shows that the government appoints chaplains to satisfy its Christian,subjects, but reduces their pay as low as it f dare because it is in ult their eyes aeer waste ofmoney. There is one , of the Articles of War which forbids profanity under the ,sanction Of a definite penalty ;,but who ever Beard of such a thing as the infliction of the penalty? What single colonel, for instance, could bear up against the overwhelming public' senti ment in the army, that profanity is , the Tight thing for a soldier, even if he should. desire reform ever so much in his regiment.? Could he punish profanity among his men when nineteen-iwentiethsof :their company officers curse and"swear ? - Could he have his officers punished when every general offi cer through whom his petition Sor a court martial to try them .must ,pass is himself an example of the, •most dreadful profanity ? What can you expect from the men, when gentlemen of ,education and refinement and elegant manners,:whOm they look up to as their models in everything that belongs to a, soldier, in all ranks 'from the . lewest lieuten ant to major-generals and cOmma,nders-in.- chief set them the example in disobedience to this law of the country and of the army and of God in the midst of our difficulties; from the circumstances .of the army, and from the dis position of the army, and from, the want of moral and religious restraints „in the army, and from 'the bad examples set by thosei in authority in the army; I hope we may be thought no worse than our brethren' who -stay at home, while we pretend to ;be no better. lam persuaded, however, that 'the chief real objection to.chalaains nnfaithfulness, ,, but theirpresenee in the army. Their very presence is ,a rebuke and art...un welcome restraint. - But I hese written too.much already„ and I close. D. G. M. GRAY HAIRS mark the decay of man;.but contempt forgray hairs, and want otrespect in children to parents, or in youth to age, is a sign that virtue, society, and the Church of God decay. THAT which is lawful is, not always expe , dient, and love brompts sometimes to the de nial of what is lawful.--.Th,ohccic on Ps. 104, 15. 'dation. PUNISHMENT OR A. MCIPLNE? There is rio more reason 'for regarding a nation struggling for truth and.righteousness, as accursed of God, than for,regarding ..the afflictions of God's elect as 'Ciidence of his displeasiire - . The monstrous doctrine of Car lyle, and of the modern philesophyohat the Weltgeschiehte is the Weltgericht ;.that his tory ds , juclicial ; ,that the strong are, always right ,;'that those who succeed ought, to suc ceed ; .that we must always take sides against the Afflicted and down-trodden, is simply abolical It'weuld make'us the partisans of the kingdom of Satan 'from- the beginning until - -'now. No man really believes this. No American regards the. trials of our revo lutionary War; Divine judgments for the•sins , of the people;, , no,patriot looks •upon theblood shed= at Bunker:Hill, Princeton, or Yorktown, ,as4rawn by. the Bourg° of the A,lmiglltY- Neither does any enlightened man of, this , generation look upon the civil war, in Eng land ,as a judgment of Gedagainst . the na tion.' it was its salvation. To the Perfidious Stuarts and their abettors, it 'may have been. punitive; but to the people it was the priCe and , means of their Protestant and national lifer- -SO id:our casei'we, as a nation, have sins enough to justify our destruction. So had Paul and all the martyrs. ,This war, for what we know, may be a punishment for those sins. But no man has a right to as- Slime this,...m.uch less has he the , right to press that assumption on the consciences of others. It may be, as other wars'and other inclividnal and national; have been, a mark ofGod's favor ; the discipline by which he is educating the nation for a higher %ca reer of usefulness in his service. Irmay, be his, means of awakening the consciousness , of of our unity as a nation, of arousing the oir it of patriotism, and of patient endurance. It may , be the necessary process of develop ment of our national life, and be all meant in mercy am:hint in wrath; This at least is an elevated' and view ofthe subject. At any rate, •we are not to take for granted that God is against Us. We are not to as sume, even should the rebellion be successful, that God approves of the cause of the Cen federates ; that he.favors the perpetuity and extension of slavery ; or that he condemns the efforts of the Government and of the na tion to preserve our national life and institu tions. - There is need for caution ao•ainst this pharisaical 'and censorious spirit. We can hardly take up a, religious journal, or el-I.: . ter a religious meeting, without being struck with some of its manifestations. If the .worksPf,some public improvement are car rried away hy.a flood,it is because the pro ,prietors violate the Sabbath. It a village is burnt, it is because the inhabitants were wicked; if a man fills deAd, it is beeause lie was ii 4 blasphemer:- -Do these' thinks happen to the just and unjust ? Are we en,' titled to gather up 'our skirts lest they should be defiled by the touch of poverty or suffer ing? Do not tne Scriptures and:all experi ence teach us, that: God is a sovereign, that the orderings of his. providence; are, not de termined by justice, but by mysterious wis dom for the a,ccomplishment of higher ends than mere punishment or reward ? We are in his hands, and we 'ire to learn his - will and our duty, not from the adverse or pros perous dispensations of providence, but 4 - , 2 m his holy word.—Princeton, :Review. 'WI REPUBLICJAN GOVERNMENT-FAVOROM TO ART, Republicanism is not the bald. and fruit less thing that monarchists are wont to term it. For the:general expansion of min d for . 'the diffusion of knowledge, forr the equalizm i g of intellectual position it has done' tneire than any other form. 'lf lt has not produced in its youth the , first scholars of the age, it has given, birth and development to: minds which Germany, .France nand Britain halre honored. : Our historians and poets, oursculptors and painters .have; won no .mean fame in Europe. Of our great metaphysician, Robert Hall said, "He is the greatest of Philosophers." We have had statesmen , who, in -their ,c9m iirehensiveness, foresight and honest devo tion, rise above all but the noblest the annals of 'the world; already, to'o ir com mentators the old world comes Our preachers and jurists ; and writers on surgery; medicine, science and romance; dan number editions of their works abroad; and foreign pens are rewarded, both substantially and with admiration among our busy, but reading „millions. With the stimulus for trade and wealth, for conquest over nature Which a new . country offers, the people, do not, cannot settle 'into calm thought and study, as in the more staid` society and fix.ed institutions of older nationalities. We have not yet had tinie to accumulate au& libra ries, manuscripts and varied annals as=are open to the European scholar. This isinot the fault of our form of government. It is rather the glory of it. We are creating his tory. Our posterity are to collect and write it for the world. By the mightyJever of re publican govermient, tried and .Sifted and glorified through sacrifice, ; by" antagonism, by the reproaches of death-struck and dying systems -which the world has outgrown; are we -to be lifted to loftier attitudes of thought, and:a nobler ideal of life. -- And,. if we have not the prestige of palace. and,throne ;.of a grand. and towering aristocracy,; !of an npper circle of privilege Tasting its majestic sha dow over -hopes and possibilities; if we have not a history of family titles running through a millenium already gone; we have the inem ory of successful revolution ; of escape from old tyrannies; of an- emancipated 'Chiiroli . and•manhood ; of religion , born in* martyrdom and nurtured in sacrifice:; of:patriotism which no art can.amplyglorify. We.have a present - in which suffering becomes sublime,,and from which we see ourselVes emerging into a grand and holy , future, to the apotheosis of art, the glory of governinent, the highest models of statesmanship, to '" anthems of old victo 'ries," :to the noblest oratory, to the full bier -se,dness of religion. We seek the unseen. Our symbols are the great lives we live, 'the _great deeds we do; Let us ferstbe—then achieve. •It is the genius of our government, as of Christianity, to give us the largest de velopment ; to, let man . grow as great a.s,he will, that he may take in and give out for ever.—Rev. E. E. Adams. TgE TBUE KNowtgooF OF pporr. It is somewhat remarkable that we =never find the Apostleegrotinding their confidence Upon a privilege to which we are often dis posed toattribute it,—l mean the fact of their having known our Saviour in. His human ,per son. To , those who are conscious of possess ing. their Loyd, it is, little merely to have seen Him; and with them the external view is so merged in the sense of inward realization,- that St. Paul, in describing theintimaCy and - fulness 'of the life in witioh . all' things are made new, exclaims, "Irea,theugh We have known• Christ after theflesh, yetonow hence forth know we Him no more." To understand ;the bearing of these memorable = words, wo; must, drink so deeply into the spiritin which ,they ,are uttered, as to be Ole to meet the speakeriUhis explicit statement ! ._' that no man I can Say (in a Baling and effectual sense) '" that Jesus is the Lord bat by the Holy Ghost"; ' and 'because any nelinowledgment of Him' that rests on merely Outward evidence must necessarily fall far short of that good confession for the utterance of which- St. Peter's. Master : pronounced , him blessed. .That, pri.,.the Master's own testimony, was the expression of ,a deep, inward conviction wrought by God himself upon the soul; and it was not because Christ had beenmanifested to St. Peter in theflesh; hut because Heilid beenrevealed to hita in the' Spirit, that he was able to , answer our 'Lord's question, " Whom - sagest thou - that I am IP in the words which drew f forth -this comment : ":• Blessed art thou, Simon. Bar-jona, forilesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee but my Father which is in heaven." Now it is cvident, npon the warrant of these words, that the Apostles, to whom we ascribe so many superior advantages, were" exactly in our own position in this one respect, that they could know nothing except they received it from •heaven,:—Could learn nothing truly, even 'of Him,-whose words _they listened to, and whose steps they followed, in, except .they were taught it of God.' Without a spiritual en lightenment, even when they looked upon their Lord, ,their eyes were holden that they should not know Him ; without a spiritual approxiinatiori, even when they sat with Him in the house; and` Walked with Him in the way, they were not really nigh Him. Their need was as great as is ours of that inner illu mination, that internal contact, without which it would have• availed them little that they .ha,sepn with their,eyes, and handled with their hands, of the ; -Word of life ; for all this might hive been, and yet have left them without that knowledge of a Sivibur which is life and peace,—have leftthem, too, among - the nuinber'of those 'te whom, after having lived-in their presence, and taught in their streets.; Re will mike the lees one day profess,— " I never , knew you."—A Present Heaven. PAIIENIDE.OkLLED OR; REV. w. P. EREED'S F.R3I ON ON AND' PA:TIENCE:" the men of the Revolution endured se ven long years of distress and angaialf;''shame on us if we cannot endure seven long years more, to:leave to our children a more perfect ,goyernraenti, and. a brighter national; heritage than they' left to us. We can endure twen ty years of war with less suffering, tan se yen cost them. 'Cicero was, fond of saying that in rescuing. Rome from Catiline, he had done a larger service for his country, than the founders of the nation in erecting the com monwealth. And.wa harbor no shadow of doubt, that they who carry the present strug gle to;.a successful issue, 'will lie nearer the heart of _posterity, than even the „sages and heroes of the-Revolution. Let us be patient under, disasters. No great cause ever, yet went onwar varying success. It ie riot God's way in hu man affairs. The 'husbandman must plough, and sew, and toil, long and hard 'before he can'reap, and why should God fill our national garners with so rich a crop; without adequate antecedent toil and trial. He is a bold man, who will:confidently 'affirm that any one of our victories has been more pregnant with ultimate blessings, to our nation than our de feats. Beloved, we verily believe, that the day will come, whenthe devout and thoughtful patriot will give - Cordial thanks to Alniighty God for our "Bull Runs,'' ." Balls Bluffs' and'even•for, the Rehellion itself I' = Let.ins:lb - eupatient also with regard to the Future. ; : .,The great, all-engrossing duty of the hour, one that demands all we have of thought and energy .is to disarm the Rebel lion ! Till this is done, the sword orDa.mo cles is hangingover the nation's heart ; when this is done God ;will show us what next to do Many an anxious inquiry has been made as to the probable continuance of the war ; and this not only by parents whose sons, and by families, whose fathers are gone down into the valleyof conflict, but every interest of mercy and humanity joins in the inquiry. To this question there is one very obvious answer:—This war will end just as • Soon as' the government is reinstated in its rightful sway over the nation, and not one instant before ! An arrest of the war op any other :condition, , were the annihilation of : all hope of peace till the nation has bled to death.; - * * * * * Nnow and then, the threat has been heard, of an organized attempt at .a construction of the nation upon the princi * pie of excluding this portiOn or that from the new confederacy. A sentiment e like th;, 'is politically blasphemous and pestilential. Its prevalence would' be the utter ruin of the country: This land is one—made for one government—and there is , not a bleak rock on one of its mountains.nor> a sandy island or peninsula, on one of its shores ; there is nOt,one, square inch of its 'territory, - that does not take hold of its very life ! .We can just as well w spare. Pennsylvania as e can South Carolina. We can just .as well spare, Ohio we ,can spare - Rhode Island. We Can just as well spare the Mississippi, a's we can spare the narrowest, shortest rill in which, the farmer waters,his horse, or the child wades and. sailsihis tiny boat ! There isnot a square ,inch of territory-for which the nation, had not better heroically, Ale than yield it—for yield ing it, would be to die most unheroically ! And we should say from our very heart of, hearts, that he who should seriously : propose and set himself to secure a ei imembermen of the Republic, even to the tip of its little finger-L" Let his right hand forget its cure- ping,' and his tongue for ever- cleave to the Tod of his mouth.r • .But our refuge, from all fear of serious and extreme division among our people ; of the undertaking of wild and suicidal measures GEYESE4 EVANGELIST.--Whole Ng. §39, _ . is first in God l andeunder , God- . the sound sense and intelligerfee — c& the mass of our citizenship. This'fasihas rarely: failed in the hour of needr. aid .- the first cannot fail. %.* Let us be patient then with one another in the ,expression of honest• convictions. Let °Pinion meet, with opinion—let thought clash with, thought. All extravagance and treason will meet its just rebuke.; the atmos phere will he cleared by the storm, and Goa in his own ,good time, will make the hells of peace `to call the nation to the house ofjoyous thanksgiving and praise. On the 23d of October, 1781, the midnight slumbers of the good citizens of Philadelphia, were broken by-a strange= clattering of horses hoofs-over the street pavements. A courier from the South had arrived. "With breath less eagerness, he made his way to the house of the President, of the Continental Congress on. High street near Second..„ He . knocked so vehemently, that, the watchman was about to arrest him as a disturber of the peace. But the strangeireplied—" I am from York town—Cornwallis is taken." Instant measures were taken' to communi cate the thrilling news to all the watchmen in the city, and ere long the' cry was- heard echoing through all the streets—" Half past twelve o'clock .and Cornwallis is, taken !" Hundreds, of Windows flew up ! Thousands of heads were thrust out into the frosty air. The streets Were thronged with citizens, and old Philadelphia, thrilled from her heart to her extremities, with joyous, exultant emo tion I Let those who love the Republic have faith in their God, and faith in the eternal principles that underlie and pervade our Government ; and let them have patience with that Government, with its armies, with its navy, patience with Divine Providence, patience under disaster, patience as to the future, and when the clock of Heaven strikes the appointed hour, the, feet of another Courier-bearing steed will ring' upon these paVement stones, with another and more thrilling message from the South, telling us that wild delirium has given place to reason, mad passion to returning patriotism, and that the odious three-barred symbol of disu nion and despotism lies buried beyond res surrection, while the stripes and stars wave in triumph over its grave! And. the time will come when every patri ot will thank God that he witnessed and shared in this great and 'glorious struggle for the nation's life, and our noble soldiers will be prouder of the crippled arm or crutch, than courtier ever was of the stars of honor conferred by royal favor. " We are living, We are dwelling, In a.grancl anal awful time I, In, an age, on ages telling, To be living is sublime ! Hark I the, waking up of nations, God and Magog to the fray Hark ! what soundeth ? creation Groaning for its-iatter day , ? Will ye play then, will ye daily With your music and your wine 7 Up! It Jehovah's rally! God's own arm bath need of : thine! Worlds are charging, Heaven beholding ! Thou hest but an hour to fight! Now the blazoned, cross unfolding, On! right onward, for the right" FORGIVENESS. A soldier, whose regiment layin a garrison town in England, was about to be brought before his commanding officer; for some of fence. .He was . an old, offender, and had been often punished. i Here he is again, said the ufficer, 'on his - name being mentioned ; everything—flogging, disgrace, imprison ment—has been tried with- him. Where upon the serjeant stepped forward s and apol ogising for the liberty `he took; said, there is one, thing which has never been done with him yet, sir. What, is that ? wastbe answer. Well sir, said the serjeant , he has never been forgiven. Forgiven ! • faclaimed. the colonel, surprised at the suggestion. He re flected for 'a few minutes,, ordered the culprit to be brought in, and asked' him what he had to say to the charge ? Nothing, sir, was his reply ; only I am sorry for what I wave:done. Turning 'a kind and pitiful look on the man, who expected nothing else than that his punishment would be increased with the repetition of, his offence, the colonel ad dressed saying,,we have resolved to for give you! The soldier: ,was struck dumb with astonishment ; the tears started in his eyes, and he wept like a child: He was humbled to the dust, he thanked his officer and retired—to the old, refractory, incorrig ible man ? No he was another man from that day forward. He who tells the story had him for years under his eye, and a better conducted man never wore the Queen's col ors. In him kindness bent one whom harshness could not break ; he. - was conquered by mercy, and, forgiven, ever afterwards feared to offend. Shall the goodness and grace of God have less effect on us ? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? God.forbid. Let the forgiven fear; and, oh, let none offered a greater forgiveness, a par don which cost God his son,, refuse so great a boon ! Weigh well I pray, you these solemn words, He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under, two ,or three wit nesses ; of how much sureipunishment, sup pose ye, shall - he be thoUght worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted • the blood of the Covenant, wherewith - he:was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath' done despite unto 'the ,Spirit of grace Guthrie'e Sipe:aka:7wto the Heart. _ , CHOOSING A TEXT. In. his anxiety to save:poor sinners, to rouse their fears, their love, their interest., to make them understand and, feel= the truth, our Lord pressed everything—arkand nature, earth and beaven-,---into his service. Crea ture,s of babit, the servants if not the slaves of form; We'inVa.riably select our text from some book' - of the sacred Scriptures. He took , nviider, freer range; and instead of :keeping to the invariable routine of text and sermon with formal divisons, it were well perhaps, that we sometimes ventured to follow ; his. example ; for may it not be to the naturalness of their, addresses, and their .stri king out from the beaten paths of texts and sermons, to their plain speaking and. home thrusts, of their direct appeals and homespun arguments, that our street' and lay preachers owe perhaps not a little of their power ! Bid.
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