m Ifo. 50.—Whole Ho. 362./ ii; 1863. GENESEE E VANGELIST. —Who Sg>|fjg43J M nowmenJw the haughty and pcrfidnousDuke attempt to escape from it. Indeed, it would 3 * and inteattpted his bloody procw perhaps be better for both parties, if it were —— Duke, Jrer courageous, was dissolved by mutual consent. Many other rea- MOUNtAIIT HYMN. akrme# The nronrisal to sons might be mentioned to expose the folly of J , ! proposal to hasty and premature engagements but these « aC Q*i A dep’ are-sufficient, Hence .we warn: jOuag- mem wasjfetbytheDuke V against them, and .especially.while prosecuting. •east. , froM&dvancing. F their studies, as they then have anxieties iVale they dels' enough to perplex their minds, daties enough cantons viz to employ their time, and cares enough to ■ 2 , ’ worry them, without adding to them thbse of a , , ; Mpve» «r rashsengagement.”; vmthdrr cfane' Broader than the mountain’s ha; Flfrner stands Thy: wondrous gri . Highea? than tl*e moan t»in’s crei Swells the love that fills Thy br< , Freer than the Flows the low • Parer than ti Flows thei or/ Mountains fli But Thy gra Lofty ■ rests But thy love Earth may lot Heaven shall Crystal waves Christ's linn) Delaware yVuter THE LIB® "We are gathe; recent volume of; of acquainting ou. History ot Civil andßeligioi importance and interest, 1 known. Besides, thostrOggl •which marked the Geneva afford illustration, id couragement to the friends d our day, are involved in aim maintain and perpetuate suW principles, against the plots of their foes. The burst of joy with whit celebratcdthe alliance with FriH 6th 1519, was followed by rom formidable plots on the part of] his friends. The Swiss Leagae w They were not a party to'the! Geneva. The act of FriburgA number was actually repudiated a and a deputy was sent to Gene! citizens to renounce the alliance, 1 the deep resentment of the Leagl burg remained true to her pledges] though astounded and disheartened ordinary behaviour of the freedom-! nobly refuse#to yield the demand! that the darkest hours of liberty i which her own friends become fa] with tyrants in crashing, the aspirj they themselves have kindled in t| the oppressed. The world has see] tacles more than once. Little Genera and Friburg clung,Vether in the face of the* Duke and the SwiaLeague. The alliance was confirmed by General general couneUr.on the 2d of March, and liues and Malbuisson, were despatched to IMrg with injunctions to sign the engagements anulled by the League. " The faithful devndness of Friburg should forever'be exam ple ih the records of history.” To It alliance thus moiifully maintained by two iijkmficartt States, is due the preservation ofle most precious of human interests. But a git storm was about to burst on Geneva. The Ike was resolved to tiy the sword upon thojLtinate inhabitants. tßishing to give color tig pro ceedings, he procured from the Ctter of Pierre, the ecclesiastical council of thAjhop, a declaration against the Swiss alle Bonivard remonstrated hr vain against! act, pointed out the distinction; between mjpral and spiritual functions which the canoiwere disregarding. . % The people arose incensed' agaihbt these lefl e officials; and would have dbne them viofc e , had not Bonivard himself interposed in K r defence. 1 With such amazing seeresy and swiftnesi the Duke the arch-foe of thelibettieß of Gteni gather his forces to deal the fatal blow,: thai reached St. Julian, a league frond the city) ei in March, with seven thousand soldiers, bef< the Genevans were aware of his movement His army soon swelled to ten thousand. Befo him lay the little city with a population Of bi twelve thonsand in all. The Swigs had orderei (!) themto receive the Duke. The cavalier proposed to put them down with their whips. In this exigency the Genevese authorir] ties .sent Hugues to Friburg for assistance. A demand for surrender was made by the Duke. The Syndics replied courteously but firmly to' the 1 arrogant proposals of his ambassador, and made the!hest dispositions possible for defence. The Dufed advanced his army to a strong posi tion still nearer to Geneva. Hesitating and half afraid of tkfe determined little 1 city,’ he pro posed to enter ydth his retinue and fiveihjmdred footjnen only, The messenger of Friburg who had arrived, actually advised the Genevans to yield; and the Duke spoke so fair and made so many oaths and promises, that the council con sented, It was the wolf bargaining with the lamb. On the sth of April, the whole army of the Duke entered the city and took up its quarters there. Bonivard had forseetf'ifc ‘.' it Will be with Geneva as with Trbyi ’ said the classical prior, ‘ The Savoyards entering by stratagem, like the Greeks of Sinon, will after wards remain by force.’ ” Geneva was taken, ItfaUy citizens thought their country, forever lost. The plans formed against it during so many*years and even centuries were realized at last; (despotism triumphant; in Geneva,, was about to, trample under constitution and, , liberty. The most summary measures were inaugurated. Forty names were selected from the friends of liberty as candidates for the headsman. The representative of Friburg, who was still ?in thi city, remonstrated with the Duke at this outra geous breach of faith- He was answer# with insults, and with a, formal renunciation of the alliance voted by a council packed with the friends of Savoy.' But Hugues, who had eseaped to Friburg, was doing excellent service to the cause of the captured city. He had stirfed up the Fribur gerß to something more decisive than an embas sy. They had drawn the sword for Geneva, abd an army of thitfein’df meW of a council which the Huguenots refused to attend, agreed to the proposal on the part of Geneva, and the Duke was constrained to retire crestfallen from the city. He was gone; but .the breaking off of the alliance filled the loyal people with sad forebodings. Even the Swiss were opposed to this undertaking; they accused the Genevans of violence and insults; declaring them guilty of disgraceful conduct to the Duke, their most illustrious ally 1 The bastard, bishop .prepared to enter the city and carry out the proscription which , the Duke had been com pelled to abandon. < On the 20th of August, the bishop with one hundred footmen,, instead of one hundred and. fifty as proposed, entered Geneva. On the 23d, Berthelier the pillar of the liberal party and the idol of the people was arrested, condemned and beheaded. His body was hung in the gibbet, and his head was fastened to the identical walnut tree which had already borne, the muti lated remains of,the two youths of Geneva, the first victims of the bishop’s-savage cruelty. The calmness with which this truly noble martyr to liberty met his fate, the aggravated circumstan ces of his death, the eager haste with- which a citizen so illustrious was igaominiously put to death, made a profound impression upon Geneva and Switzerland., “Religious liberty” says Dr. Aubigue, “had many victims three centuries ago in all the countries of the Refor mation; hut the noblest-martyrs of political liberty in modern times have, fallen at > Geneva (if myjufjgment does notmisiead mej.and their death has. not been useless to the universal cause of civilization! ‘om the le desire ,_..ge in the [liberty, of great i hitherto little jaijd, vicissitudes P tile cause in luctidn and cn liberty, who, in I' struggles, to ■tialy the same violence of the Genevan ? of February |ed and more [e Duke and lapproaehed-. fliahce with ie of their he-League, (urging the bn. pain of , But Fr%, |d Geneva. Jthe extra |ng Swiss-,;, The bishop pressed his advantage with the stricken Genevans. Ou the 21th he pressed the Huguenot syndics to resign, and on the next 'clay four mameluxes were chosen in theji; place. All Huguenots were excluded from the councils. On the 3d. of September, an act drawn up and forwarded by the Duke was passed, excluding hli young men. from the councils, and removing from the people the direct election of syndics.. Six years of sore trial and depression followed these acts. 't is true,, thpse in and join ins which (hearts of iich spec- NIAGARA. NOTES TOWARDS A NEW GUIDE-BOOK- Niagara Falls July 23d. This is our first visit to this celebrated locality, and we are prepared to' say that Niagara Falls has never been described, nor will we attempt now what all others have flailed to do. What pen can convey the impression of the majestic sound that strikes the ear as you stand in the presence of these mighty rushing waters. It can be likened to nothing with which men are fami liar, because there is nothing like it. It is not like the thunder, now crashing in fearful loudness, and theft dying gradually away until lost in the far distance. It is- a grand monptone, ever swelling in deep, majestic cadence, ever tuned to this same key, never' receding, never dying. Thus’for ages* has it been uttering the one note of praise, thus for ages will it continue'to speak, as no other sbund has eyer spoken of the Infinite. And then these mighty, rusting waters;, how they stfell ana - tumble, and rash on and on with a speed and force that'make you tremble and adore. No pen, rib pencil, no picture drawn, by the srin, can convey to the mind the remotest i resemblance to the impression produced by the ' [wonderful reality. The rapids above the falls ire 1 not less amazing, not .less impressive than, [he final leap of the, vast volume of rushing albrs. As the maddened surges chase each jher with an impetuosity that mrist be witnessed be conceived, in every foaming crest is written wer, ’power, powernot power alone, but jver arid love j for while the beholder is Iply conscious of his own impdtance.andlooks labling upon the resistless flood, he knows ■ tie’ restrained it within bounds which it •ot pass, so that he gazes upon it wondering, whted, but unharmed. ’ , 'I is not however for the purpose of .discrit own impressions, that we employ onr P en ir a few moments during the hurry of a brifcgit. , Orir main purpose is to give a hint or travellers, who like ourselves, may be ign&<of soike things that ought to be known: 1 of a Guide-book that - will riot only distances, but-will also rbveal to the 1 envifte 1 mOst economical modes of travelling and Aim on hi 3 guard against the tricks that are s«ten played' upon the unsuspecting. TheTeifc be‘ g-uch a'book in existeticb, hut we have s|hed in vain. A small work entitled “The * of Niagara,” imparts valuable infor mation it when it advises persons to go under the'Ho»jjoo Trill, it should also mentibrithb ■ cost' of si an ad venturer. “To the nervous and timid,” l book kindly says, “go under the falls'by' ineans', and fear not ”to the’ datirig ' and boldlayg, “go but beware.” We wotild say to 'Jmewure of the “water-proof habili ments,” 1 beware of the obseqious- colored guide if j| would [ not be fleeced and hum bugged. fu ean descend the stairway for twenty-five ! ItSi 1 t Si which is just twenty-five cents more than % charge for a similar privilege ton' the'Afaetioigiae ; and you cari do this with-' out a gui% 0 r the stairway invariably leads yon to the Jem, the very point at which the guide aims! can g 0 j us t as far under the falls with t j-otection of a good umbrella,'as yon would ffibly feel willing to go, after being ridlouloaslylged in a suit of oil-cloth. When yolrive at the house near Table Eoek, you y*robably be asked whether : you do not warit ■scerid the stairway, and with the Bame Weitb I tffli jjrobably be Urged- to go* under the fall, and (before youhave time to con sider the matter, will be-hurried along with in decorous importunity to a small back room, and wh le yet you have not recovered from your be wilderment will find your elf sporting m water proof pants, into which you have been uncon ciously thrust by offioious hands. Within the waistbands of these yOur coat tail has been hastily tucked, and your body has been wrapped in a jacket'of the same material with a hood at tached; which is drawn over the head. If you have ladies with you, they will’ be conducted with similar' h’aste by a •uniling maiden into an other apartment, there to be similarly attired. All this is done in less time than we have taken to describe it. Then you cross the road, subjects of merriment, doubtlbss, to some who have been similarly duped; you descend the staircase, pass under the edge of the fall, just far enough to' spoil your shirt collaar and’ in three or four minutes return. THe ladies of your party are now left to dress themselves, the smiling maiden s office has been performed in-getting tneih into the scrape, it matters little to her how they get out of it. And- as you now pass from the room in which you have laid aside your water-proof casing, with a debilitated shirt collar, and a vivid perception of sham, the'smiling maiden meets you at the end of the hall with the words, ‘•1 11 take 1 the money, sir,” well what must I pay ? How many of you are there sir ? Three Then it will be three dollars: - With repimngs for the want of aproper Guide Book we submit to the affliction, resolved to publish our experi ence for the benefit of others. idings. The t thoroughly * forty heads mameluxes e Friburgers lem onward, of the Swiss nd Soleure, lake should neva should A phantom Let not the reader imagine that we employed no caution in the matter. Again and again did we good naturfedly ask our polite guide, while busy in forcing with not very gentle violence the absurd looking costume upon us. What is all this going to cost ;- His answer was: “Oh ! no thm sah, de dressed cost nothin, it s a great sight —will more den pay— look*at de hook and see de names of all de great men whose been down dere. ’ A repitition ofthe question only brought a similar answer, the guide all the time busy m fastening and adjusting the dress- Perhaps- some may wonder at these impres sions; but we insist upon it, that therscene to us. would have just been as grand, and far less ex pensive, used a'good umbrella, instead of the “water-proof habiliments.’ We write for those who have no money to throw away, and we have smee learned that many share our impres sions; Indeed a letter was sent'us by a fnend but received too late, warning us against this heavy imposition. Ou our return through Rochester we break fasted at Congress Hall. The proprietor. H. D. Scranton Esq., looks principally .to the comfort of his guests, and. employs those delictite atten tions which the tourist cannot fail to-appreciate. One. excellent breakfast here cost us; fifty cents- If the tourist - return from, the Falls by the Central Road- to: Albany, he may prefer : taking Canandaigua, Geneva, ann Aburn in his route. The distance is twenty-five.miles greaterthan by the direct course.; * blit he has an opportunity of seeing Canandaigua, Seneca,;and Cayuga lakes;; and also glancing, at: the flourishing and beauti ful towns that are.situated npon-them. Consider this if you: please; a; short contribu tion to a. much needed Guide Book for travel lers. ■ ■ S. PEEP OVER A PASTOR’S SHOULDER. ‘.‘l like tohave Clergymen on the school com mittee,a gentleman was overheard! to say, “be cause they'are men of leisure.” . “I" wonder oiir minister don't visit us more,” say two hundred and that compose his congregation.; “he can’t have much to do—* at least not so very much.” “I think our pastor might gather the children into'the Sabbath school, and he might encourage the singing school by his presence, andhe might see to these charities thiat are 1 so hard'to and he might>attend every meeting ofthe Ladies’ Society, and he might get up a picnic for the children,” &c., &c;, &cp; say • aoffiundred voices. Eor the comfort of all such will you allow a pastor—not over industrious, I grant, and some- 1 times weary, I allow—to give you one day’s work, litera'l/.i/ y aa the calls took'place? It is Friday. . Having been hindered all the week by extra calls, I set apart this day to writ?! ing a sermon, toping to finish it before Saturday. I rise'at five o’clock. Let us see: four letters to write before 1 breakfast’; and hone of them on my own business. Bat postage is cheap if paper is dear; • One is to enclose $2O. from good Mrs. T. to" the Tract Society—half for' soldiers and half for bailors: in the navy. A' real pleasure to : write such a letters! .A second to a young man l who writes me that I should send him $5., he being destitute, his hpme in Maine,, his father.a deacon, his mother very pious, and his minister’s name s6-an'd-so, and he, too modest to cal! in person,' and ’too conscientious to work’ where' people are wicked! He wants me to send it at once to the Post. Office!,. I find .that the man whom he names is not the minister; of that place. Does'he think me a foo), or ministers in general all fools? Well,’! hsive answered'the letter, but about the $5. that is a secret of my own ! The four letters are answered; and now breakfast and worship. I then go oufc to see my horse “Billy,” and examine if he is all right. Hardly out of the Barn before I am called in, A young man wants employment—brings good recommendations. I run round among my friends without success. ; I then send him where I am sure he, will find employment. Now for my study apd sermon. No, a gentleman from another town wants to see me and “talk over” about a supply for their pulpit. I mention the best man I can, and he is through and off at 1 10 o’clock. Nqw for the study. ~ No ! a man front aidis tant part-of the town sends me .word that his child is very sick, and wants me to come at once and see it a,nd the family. So “Billy” has me help him on with the harness, and we go and come. It is now twelve o’clock. I shall have one hour to write!» Hardly, hardly l ;My neigh bor apross the way lias a great swarm pf bees come out, and they are hanging on the tree, and wont I please come and hive them, for he don’t know how to manage them ! Bee-bonnet and gloves ! Igo over and mount the ladder; and saw the limb, and bring down the bees in a scien tific way, and. get them housed in .their new home. They are beautiful creatures,.albeit their stings are awful. But, neighbor, why do you use the old box hive, since Langstroth’s is so incomparably,better ? Well, they will,do' nicely: now! It is now one o’clock and the dinner bell rings. Jletedtatji. BY REV: JOHN TODD, D.D. Can’t I eat very moderately, and write this after noon, on my sermon ? |Ah f no' my family tell me that a lady several miles off is to be buried at two o'clock She belonged to another denomination, but their’minister is gone, aud they want me “to be sureland Attend the funeral ” Come, down.with the dinner-.—hurry, hurry, or. I shall be late. “Billy, JJ why did I ..take the harness off/ We must & again ‘ Billy ” What a funeral! A young girl beautiful and white, as a lily, lies in thjtt coffin. But what re spect paid- to her! She had; been, a teacher ;tbe: last; five years—ra natural, teacher, who could subdue and draw all to frk How,many young eyes were there to webi! How many yonng hearts have received impressions 1 from her that will go down into-the. soal;-and ( help-form' char acter! How: much seedjfoath her; gentle hand: sowed ! What a multitude, attend.her funeral.— at least fifty carriages,of tone sort and anot-lier. And all the region movtd, Shakers and all. to come ,to her burial I -■ Irow nfiich 1 of character and respect can be earney in a-.few- years, by a gentle, unselfish,.laborious spirit!- Many rise. up and call her blessetHi, -A beautiful flower with, the dust of earth sfiaken from it. and, now transplanted to the ganfeu of tlie Lord, to bloom forever. Well I- get 1 through* the services, come back; and then .go.mp a mile north-'to the ceme tery, to be with.the family; as they..deposit the dust there. It is .now nearly dark, as L reach my home.. Hew jaded and exhausted I feel! I wonder if other ministei's get so ! tired and weary. We have tea and' Worship, and* before I have time to go into the-garden, or meditate over; a single thought, the bell ringa.for our evening meeting. I. must go to tfyat. There. will be j ust fifty present—the Barne tried ones who are alwavs at our prayer meeting. Every one" of that fifty will expect me to meettflem fresh as the morn ing and cheerful as hopeismgmg at the gates of day.. They all suppose that this meeting is the only duty I have .had. k-day. How can I be otherwise than cheerful, hopeful, instructive and interesting, when they cfeme on purpose to re ceive the; impress of such aispirit on theifsJ Why need a; town pump, ever to suck ? How can a man who has nothing.to do but be pastor of a great flock, and be at everybody s call, ever feel weary ? Tell me. w£ll jfe ? " ■ _ Well, it B‘half pasfc.nHwt'm the evening! Any thing more to-day?, A young minister has j ust come m —a goodl.fellow, (only I wish he. was a little more !) who wants .a parish ! I give him the best assistance m my power. Now here is the*" literal record of one day. Not one-of the people for whom I have labored with the exception of Mrs. T. and her. §2O-, be longed to my floek!, And.l have-not done one duty which I would not do, and which I am not willing to do cheerfully. But where, all this while, is my sermon, and - my studies ? How little will -my people understand, day after to morrow, why I cannot not bring a sermon that is original, clear, instructive and impressive. They are. not to blame that, they cannot; but should they not believe that their minister does all that he can, and honestly intends to ? I am not now speaking of my people but of every con gregation who have a frail, imperfect man- to minister to their spiritual wants. My brethren in the ministry will read over this record of a day, and each one will laugh and then sigh, and-say nomine mutato narratur de me. Up, brethren ! with courage. The only thing that is bright behipd uM&h the. little, the very little, we do to minister-to humanity : and our dear Master knows all our circumstances, and will remember we are but dupt! ; Report of the Presbytery of Geneva on Pro fane Swearing, * The -.Committee appointed to prepared minute' on the subject of profane sicearing, after, mature consideration and a review of, the discussion of the subject by the Presbytery, would etnbpdy the sentiments there expressed, and make public the recommendations there suggested. They are well satisfied of the existence of the great and, growing evil in qhestiori'; thatifc has become feari fully common in the streets; in our public con veyances; im all places of resort?, and in the ordi nary transactions of business, .pervading the cir cles of children in the streets and in the schools,, and even the more private waits of life, and that .its familafity. has so divested if of repulsive sin fulness,that the public mind needs to be direeted anew, to. its. enormity,, and stimulated t<? immedi ate and vigorous efforts for its suppression. , , , As the necessary result of irreverence, and the fruitful Source of evil, being bhe of the most daring of crimes,'and as corrupting all moral sensibility,, the Committee cannot but regard.the sin of profane swearing as the most fearful, indication of the public degeneracy,, and as more than anything else incurring the divine displeasure, and actually calling down upon the nation, the just judgments of heaven. A nation so profane as ours: may well tremble at incensed power of God, and fear the turning.awsyjof his: favor from our Churches, our councils, and our: armies. Nor can we expect political integrity or commercial honesty, no'r the safety of valuable trusts, where- irreverence and profaneness sb abound. ' ? - j..-> The Committee would, therefore, cull upon the clergy, and upon the officers of the Churches and the teachers'of the young to lend their aid towards the'suppression of the sin of'profane swearing,* and' to; giVe-tolthe law of Godpforbiddihg it; that* prominence which it holds, in the decalogue, with the clear exhibition of, its sanctions, thatby. union of effort and’prayer we may see some effec tual check given to-tliis enormous evil. : > ’ Specially-would he Gdmmittee call 'the atten tion of business men to vhis’subject, and strongly urge.upon them the dutygdf checking; the profane swearer, and pf reminding all with whom they as sociate in business relations of the impropriety and sinfulness of the habit in question. There can be no reliance placed bn the honesty or ib ntegrity ofa-profane man. Pearless of God, he panhave.no feuf of man beyond the,fear of law and its immediate penalties. .He eannpt be trust ed, even under oath, when the temptations to sin assda'hiin, and the apprehensions of human law are ; set aside; ' Taking-the name of Gbd in vain, he will not hdsitate to violate every! other moral obligation. . . . j ■ - ■ . J. B. Y A. A. Woop, /• Committee, A. D. E»dy, 3 RECEIVING THE HOLY EIRE. The Greek, Armenian, and Coptic Churches have a yearly ceremonial at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, over the sp'otwhefe our Lord is reported to have been entombed; when whaedd called the .“ holy ijre j-”„is su.perstitiously;believed ; to be f sent down from heaven, by the .hands,..of the angels who guard the sepulchre, and given to the Greek patriardh, whb enfeiis' the toitib to re-' ceive it. 'The ; attendant ceremonies are always' of the most disgracpTulcharacter. A correspon-; dent of the London Twines giy.es, a,particular, des cription of those which occurred.a few weeks agp. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre once a beau tiful structure.'but' which has been suffered to 1 fall into decay and desolation, was crowded with' Greeks, Copts, and Armenians, who entered with food and drink enough to last them twenty-forir hours. The scene is described as revolting in the extreme. The'place was defiled with every kind 'of filth—“food, excrement,-dirt,'-’ —and the ! air while “the obscenities that met the eye were truly disgusting ” Men, women from the harems, eunuchs, dnd children, crammed the church There were two ceremonials First was that by’night The pageant is described as really magnificent “Flags and banners, mitred heads, crosiers and diamonds, deep bass voices, three thousand hands armed with the diving, flame,, crosses and genuflexions, incense and blessings, Roman candles and sweatmeats, all made up a vision which millions have come from the distant parts of the earth to see ” The second, spectacle-was that of the descent of the . fire by ;daylight. As the time drew on, men seemed to go out Of their minds with excite ment. The refrain would be taken up by the Armenians,- “ Jesus Christ shed His blood for us, for us, for us ” The Greeks and the Copts would continue at in the same words, the staves .would; get louder and louder, each would dwell, on the last “lor ns,” as .if it meant for us alone, when one of an opposing sect would shriek out. “ That’s a lie; it- was ridt for youthen a fight and a general scrimmage- for- all who were near the combatants, to whiph the Turkish officers-. . finally put an end by violent moans. Half a do zen of. these .fights occurred during the three quarters of an hoar preceding the ceremonial. They are almost always accompanied by-assassi nation, and this year wa3 no exception to the rule, for.a man was stabbed and died. At.length the.., ceremonial commenced. The Greek patriarch,, gorgeously arrayed in his white robes, came forth , and entered the sepulchre, accompanied by the Armenian "Bishop. As the door closed on Them-,' the excitement of the populace.was . beyond alfr*; belief—shrieks, arms tossed on .high, hair and,, dresses torn; were the external proofs.of a temp-, est that raged within. Meantime it was supposed the patriarch was receiving the sacred flame, in answer to prayer In just seven minutes the .flame was obtained,, in the form' of-an immense flambeau. It was immediately caught, up, and the mad scene is thus pictured by the Times cor respondent: “.It*was communicated from hand to hand, it spread from circle to circle, it rose from- tier: to tier; it sprang from mass to mass, it swept from gallery to. gailery up to the root, and m exactly . two and a halt minutes from its first appearance the entire building was one entire mass of flame. &o close were the people packed thatthe flam :beaux uicmany cases looked like one continued fire; Then.the.dehghtmf'aU was at its highest. Everybody wallowed,in Uie Divine element. Men bared their arms, and bre is aid b ched tlieni selves all over. Women washed their laces and arms- in liquid' flame.'and passed it round and uuder their children till the children shrieked again. They said the fire would not hurt though Itwould burn, and theycertainly acted as if their words were true. That itwould burn was proved next day, bv a woman who produced her child to the authorities with both its eyes out Mes sengers were stationed at'the door ofthe church, who carried the sacred fiie to all the villages around.- When any man wanted to carry his flambeau to another part,-or to leave the Church, he.raised himself on the shoulders of those near him, and he actually ran rather than walked over the heads of all. Numbers were constantly run ning about m this way. Hair was on hre, beards were on- fire, dresses on fire, and the only wonder is the: whole place is not,burnt down. The heat was intense, the smoke and dnt were fearful, the shrieking and the noise the most horrible I ever heard. It is the Saturnalia revived—a Pande monium in the name of God. ’ “ And all this m the name of that meek and lowly One, the place of whose tomb, by the wise foreordmation of Providence no man certainly knows, that it might not become the scene of just such Pagiu ceremonials and saturndhan revelries as these!" THE CHOICE OF A WIFE The Rev. B. Kurtz, 1).,D. LL.D., on the Bd.: ult., made, this the theme ,of a lecture to the, graduating class of Theological Students in the Missionary Institute of the Evangelical Luthe ran. Church, Selinsgrove, Pa., Dr. K. favored , early marriages, but not early, engagements, for the following reasons: “In general I advocate early and might assign; if time permitted, many weighty reasons to sustain my opinion. But instead of this I shall only reply to the principal ar gument commonly urged against it; namely, that young men are too inexperienced’and pre cipitate properly to estimat&cbaraeter and exer cise sound judgment. , There is some truth in this objection, blit not enough to dislodge me from the* position assumed.' If men, as they grow older, generally became proportionably more competent,to, select wiveSi, the objection would receive additional force. But, is this the,, fact ?. Look at ybur old bachelor^; do they, as ’ a rule, select more judiciously than young rneii of from:twenty-one to twenty five years of age?" It is true, as we grow older we: become,suspi- ; bious, but suspicion operates rather to pervert than to improve our estimate of human charac ter. I have known as many blunders to be committed', by old bachelors as ; by yoiing men, and; this istbe,more likely to be the case because 1 on account of mercenary speculation they are ' more liable, to be, the objects of female art,. The handsome young lady too often takes the ugly bid bachelor hot for love, bnit for conveni ence or for money. Hence, there are no match es jmore absurd than those sometimes made by this class of. men, unless indeed, it be those perpetrated occasionally by old. widowers.— The Germans' have a 'proverb to the effect, that 'when Godtwants’a fool he 1 takes an old hian’s ..wife from, him,’ because the old widower is so prone to abt. fantastically " and' foolishly, and make himself ridiculous when in search of a wife. Now,' I readily grant, that therb'are mahy honorable exceptions in regard to the fol lies-attributed both to bachelors and widowers; nevertheless, it does not strike me that age , gives any peculiar knowjedge where woman is concerned, or which is likely essentially to assist in ehbosin'ga wife. ; : - * ! “ ■ ,: 1 “It appears to me, then, that the objection to early marriage,: arising from want of experi ence, , and; mature judgment, is nqt a valid one. If a man at ,twenty : one is deemed old enough to preach the-Gospei, tq practise medicine and law, to engage in mercantile pursuits, or any other'business which ialso-requires the exercise of prudence and judgment, why should he not have, sense .enough to, choose a.wife, if he /will only properly exercise his sense ? “ Blit while I advocate early iharfiage, I ,ahf not in favor of eirty engagements.' Such en gagements! open wide the mt>uth of busy gos-; sips, and too often terminate in .a jilt on oner, side, or a breach of promise ,on the other,: —Be - sides, the student of divinity is Constantly pror gressinghn knowledge; developing his'intellect and enriching- it with 1 learning, which is rarely the case with his betrothed. She 1 is usually employed in dopestic duties,-and remains stat- , ionary in mental culture. , , Of course, his vie ws are enlarging and his opinions rapidly changing, And the female that would win his affections wheii the engagement was made a year or two previously, .While she was his equal in mental development, is by no means the one. that : would command his admiration after the great change that has been! wrought in his taste l>y his'more expanded views.—Henbe, they no longer suit each other; sbeis the same, but 1 he as; pah, and ten »to onejife he do "not regret his premature engagement and MEN TO BE HONORED. Two men I-honor, and no third. First, the toil-worn craftsman, that, with earth-made im plement, laboriously conquers the earth, and makes her man’s. Venerable to me is the hard and coarse hand; wherein, notwithstanding, lies cunning virtue, indefeasiblyroyal, as of the scep tre of this planet. Venerable, too, is the rugged face all weather-tanned, besoiled, with its rude intelligence! for,it is the face of a man living manlike. . Oh, but the -more venerable.for thy rudeness, and even because we must pity as well'as love thee I Hardly entreated brother! For uswas thy'backiso bent,’ for us were thy straight limbs and fingers so deformed. Thou wert our conscript, on whom the lot fell, and fighting our battles wert so marred. For in thee, . too, lay„a God r created form, but it was not to be unfolded ; encrusted must it stand with the ' thick"adhesions and defacements-of labor; and thy body, like thy soul, was not to know free dom.: Vet toil on : thou art in thy duty, be out of it who may: thou toilest for the alto gether indispensable. For daily bread. A second man I honor and “till more highly; him who r seen toiling for the spiritually indis pensat le not da ly bread but the bread of life. Is not he too m hr duty endeavoring toward inward narmony; revealing tnis by act or by word, through all his outward 1 endeavors, bp they high or low? Highest, of all when his outward and his inward behavior are one; w hen we can name hin artist not earthly craftsman only., but inspired thinker, that with heaven made imple nei c conquer heaven for us. If the poor .and humble toil that we have f od mut not the h gh and glor ou“ loil tor him in rptur that he have] ghi and guid ncj, free dom immortality ? The e two m all their de grees. I honor : all else is ehaff and dust, which let the wind blow whither it nstetb. Unspeakably touching is it. however, when I find both dignities united: and he that must toil outwardly for the lowest of Omanis wants; is also toiling inwardly for, the highest. Sublim er m this world know I nothing than a peasant saint could such now anywhere be met with. Such i one will 'take thee back to Nazareth it self; thou wilt see the splendor of heaven spring from the humblest depths of earth, like a - light shining, in great darkness. ,ljt is not be cause of his toils that, I lament for the poor. We must all toil or steal, (howsoever we name our stealing,) which is worse. No faithful workman finds his task a pastime. The poor is hungry and athirst ; but for him also there' is food and drink ; he 4s heavy-laden and weary, but for him also the heavens send sleep;, and of the deepest.; In his smoky cribs a clear dewy heaven of rest envelope - him and f tful glitter mgs of cloud-skirted die - ms But what Ido mourn over is that the lamp of his soul should go out;- that no ray of heavenly or even, of earth ly knowledge should visit h m but only in the haggard ,darkness, like to specters. Fear and In dignation. Alas! while the body stands so broad and brawny, must the soul lie blinded, dwarfed, stupefied, almost annihilated ? Alas ! w is this too a Breath of God j ucsiyw ea in heav en. but on earth never to be unfolded? That there should one man die ignorant who had cap acity for knowledge, this I call a tragedy, were it to happen more than twenty times in the min ute, a 3 by some computations it does.— Carlyle. SAD SIGHTS. A correspondent of the Evangelist from the battle-field of Gettysburg, thus closes his letter: I In the 11th Corps my heart was saddened by the pitiful condition of some of the poor Ger mans—perhaps the more from my inability to converse with them. .It wrung the heart to see them dying, with no friend to speak to them a word of comfort. It pressed from the soul a cry of anguish for that day when “peace on earth” shall be the glad'song of men and angels. But it was in the 2d ; Corps; Whither we were sent to make a register of the wounded for the Directory kept by the .Sanitary, ,Commission at Washington, that the saddest scenes met our Ayes. In two great camps- one upon a bare hillside; the other on a wooded hill across a creek; lay our wounded men of ,this corps. >Tbe rain was rapidly falling, the stream was swollen, the earth soaked, the way muddy. The .tents were many of them the little shelter tent, and straw was very deficient—it could not be had. .Intermixed-with our men were wounded rebels, treated precisely as were.our own, sol diers. But at the bottom of the hill was a piteous 'sight On a muddy flat mainly without any shelter, lay many wounded rebels, where they had been deposited after the . battle nine days before. . Nine corpses lay in a row beside the ■fence, half. covered with gray blankets. A Southern chaplain, with a volunteer physician from the Christian Commission, came to beg from, us- some stimulant, as the men were about to be moved. We Were happily able to give them a bottle of brandy, We crossed the creek, ascended the opposite hill to the other camp, and, whilst making our register, the Army wagons followed us, the shrieks bf the pbor wretches at every jolt telling oftheir suffering. But this w;as hot all. A little farther, on an other,, hillside, we found a hundred and fifty of these wounded rebels with no shelter whatever. There, for nine long days and nights, had they lain. One poor - fellow from Mississippi, with a voiee-and face: of profound -melancholy, said to me, “I thought I - had a good deal of patience, but it is almost gone.” He was shot through the thigh. We bade ho of good cheer and keep" up heart, as the wounded who could walk were being sent off rapidly, and so making room for others. • O God, when shall thy law of love ,rule the world! UNION- The Princeton Review halts’ notice* of the ac tion of'the two Presbyterian Genera! Assem blies touching fraternal correspondence as look ing to future reoriioh,'says ; “Every ChHstiaU must rejoice in the spirit manifested dii'both the venerable bodies which have thus auspiciously inaugurated the mea sures which contemplate the ultimate re-union of the gi;eat • churches which .they represent. The causes which led to the. Separation of the two bodies, were partly "diversity of opinion pn matters of.doctrine; partly diversity of prin ciple and practice on matters of ecclesiastical' organization; partly difference of views as to the import of the, formula of subscription to the Confession of Faith; .partly conflicting views as to the best method of conducting missionary-and other ■ benevolent operations ;" and'piartly, no doubt, alienation of feelingan' the-part of-lead-1 ing men on both sides. All these causes are ’ gradually erasing to exist '* TBetfe is, perhaps, at this* moment,- greater harmony"' of’ views be tween the, two bodies on all thes&pqints, than; has existed at any time since the separation. Certain we are, that every Old" School man would joyfully subscribe to. every principle, sand cordially sympathize with every sentiment contained in the beautiful address of the rev erend Moderator of .the Philadelphia Assembly, above* quoted;” THE , ADDRESS,;ERQM, EUROPE, REPLY TOTHE ENGLISH ;AND FRENCH MINISTERS. At; a meeting of the i ministers of New York City/held at the Bible House,-on; the 10th inst.; Rev; Dr. Vinton ! being in the chairs the follow ing'was adopted: c ;- Reply to-an “ ! j&ddresb to Mibisters and Pastors of Ghristian Denominations throughout the: States , of,America,’[from Ministers in France. : ' and Great, , ... , . . . Reverend anu Dear Brethren :-rfWe, have ; received with much pleasure the “Address to Ministers and Pastors bf ail Christian Denomi nations throughput the. States of America,”: adopted by' the ,;‘ AhthS3a|:ery Conference of' Ministers of Religion,” heldHh the" city of Man chester ondhe 3d of June, 1863, and presented to up by the Rev. Jas. W. Massie,D.D., LL.D., of London, and the Rev. J. H. Rylance M.A., of Westminster, who were appointed a depu tation for that purpose. The personal character of the gentlemen com posing this deputation, and the honorable and dignified assemblage which; they represent, be speak for the Address our most respectful at tention. And its importance is enhanced by the consideration that it represents not only the immediate Conference at Manchester, but also 4000 ministers of Great Britain, and 150 ministers of Prance, who had agreed in protest ing against the recognition of “a Confederacy which lays down as the corner-stone of its con stitution the system of Slavery as it exists at present in the Southern States.” That so many intelligent' and thoughtful men in the ministry of the gospel should have united in .such a protest, is equally honorable to them and gratifying and encouraging to us. Perhaps we ought not to wonder, and cer tainly we will not now complain, that the severe struggle in which we are engaged, is looked, upon by our Transatlantic brethern so exelu- • sively in its relations to the 4,000,000 of Africans held in bondage upon our soil. As Christian men, we also are fully awake to the sin and the shame of American Slavery, and are instant in prayer to God, that tne time may he at hand when this hateful institution, which has inspired the* present gigantic Rebelion, shall be utterly destroyed But we are Americans, contending in arms for the preservation of our national life, and, for all the great interests of Constitutional lib erty and order, which are at stake upon the is sue of this conflict. The dismemberment of our Republic wculd be, not merely the loss of territory and power to the Federal XJnion, not merely the ruin of existing forms and institu tions of Government, but the downfall of Consti tutional liberty itself upon the North American Continent. Nor can there be any well-founded hope of’ ultimate' deliverance for the enslaved among US, but ih the triumph of Our arms in this conflict between antagonistic civilizations—the one asserting and vindicating the dignity of la bor; the. other scorning, labor, and trampling it under foot. That we are to succeed in this struggle, and by the blessing of God' come out of it an un broken nation, we do not doubt. It appears to us also to be .the purpose of Providence, that the Rebellion and its guilty causes shall be buried in the same grave. In this, as Chris tian men, we do greatly rejoice. It sweetens .the bitterness of: our present lot to believe, that in vindicating against an inexcusable conspiracy, the just and beneficent authority of the nation, at so great a cost of treasure and blood, we are at the same' time serving the cause of univer sal libertv. We thank you, dear brethem, for your words of cheer. We rejoice in the fellowship of the saints. And most heartily do we unite our prayers with yours, that the powerful Christian nations, to which we respectively be long, may never be arrayed against each other in deadly strife, but may stand up together for the maintenance of righteousness, of peace, and of freedom. And to this end, may the Christian people of these nations cultivate a mutual respect and regard, and be ready to cooperate in any good works for the welfare of mankind, and the advancement of Christ’s kingdom in the world. Francis !!. Vinton, Chairman. Joseph T. Duryea, Secretary. It was resolved to request the publication of this addre'ss in the religious papers, and that the ministers throughout the country be desired to' send'in their signatures to it for transmission abroad by the hand of Rev. James Massie, D. D., LL. D., and the Rev. J. H. Ry lance, M. ,A-, -the English deputation. FOOLISH THOUGHTS- We are apt to believe in Providence so-long as ,we have our own way; but if thingsgo otherwise, then we- think, if there, is a God, he is in heaven and not on earth'. The cricket in the spring builds his little house in the meadow, and chirps for joy because all is going well with him. But when he hears the sound of the plough a few furrows off, and the thunder of the oxen’s tread, then the skies begin to look dark, and his heart fails him. The plough comes crunch ing along, and turns his dwelling bottom side up; and as Be is rolling over and over, without a home, his heart says, “ Oh, the foundations of the world; are destroyed, and everything is going to ruin!” But the husbandman, who walks behind his plough, singing and whistling as he goes, does be think the foundations of the world are- breaking up ? Why, he does not so much as know there was any house or cricket there. He thinks of the harvest that is to follow the track of the plough; and the cricket too, if be will but wait, wiir find a thousand blades of grass' where there was but one before. W e are all like the crickets. If anything happens to overthrow ,our plans, >we think all is gone to ruin.— JEL . Beecher THE,BLIND MAN HAPPY. In. a,journal of a tour through Scotland, by Rev. p. Simeon, of Cambridge, we have the following passage Went to see Lady Rosa’s grounds. Here, also, I' saw blind men weav ing. May P never forget the following fact: One of' the blind men, on'being interrogated with-, respect, .ito his, knowledge of spiritual things, .answerpd: , ‘ I never saw till I was bliiid \ Bor did, I ever know contentment when I had my eyesiglit/’as I do now that I have lost it; I can truly affirm, though few know now to credit me, that I would on no account, change my present situation and circumstances with any that I ever enjoyed before I was blind.’ He tod enjoyed eyesight till twenty-five, and had beeh blind about ,three years. My soul j was' much-affected and comforted with his 1-declaration: -Surefyjctheje: is a realitv in reli- Igion.” ile No. 899
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