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.”
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