M VII. No. 52.—Whole No. 364. ffiWttfg* HE LEADS HIS OWN. *‘l will Lead them in paths they have not known. ’ ’ —-Isiah, xliii: 16 • ■ How few, who, from their youthful day, Look on to what their life may be, Painting the visions of the way In colors soft, and bright, and free; How few, who to such paths have brought The hopes and dreams of early thought 1 For Gad, through ways they have not known, Will lead his own. The eager hearts, the souls of fire, Who pant to toil for God and man. And view with eyes of keen desire The upward way of toil and pain: Almost with scorn they think of rest, Of holy calm, of tranquil breast, But God, through ways they have not known, Will lead his own. A lowlier task on them is kid, With love to make the labor light; And there their beauty they must shed, On quiet homes, and lost to sight. Changed are their visions high and fair, Yet calm and still they labor there; l<or God, through ways they have not known, Will lead hkown. The gentle heart, that thinks with pain, It scaroe.oan lowliest tasks fulfill, And if it dares its life to scan, Would ask a pathway low and still; Often such lowly heart is brought To act with power beyond its thought; For God, through ways they have not known, Will lead his own. And they, the bright, who long to prove, In joyous path, in cloudless lot, How fresh from earth their grateful love Can spring, without a stain or spot: Often such youthful heart is given The path of grief to walk to heaven; For God, through ways they have not known, Will lead his own. What matter, where the path may be? The end is clear, and bright to view; We know that we a strength shall see, What’er the day may bring to do. We see the end, the house off God, But not the path to that abode; For God, through ways they have not.known, Will lead Ms own. THE LIBERTIES OF GENEVA SIXTH I’APEE. In the six years, 1519—1535, of darkness which followed the capture of Geneva, the re linquishment of the alliance with Friburg and the murder of Berthelier by the bastard bishop, some gleams of light appear. Brave men were in that little city,' who could not be appalled by shocking examples of persecution. Aime Lev rier, the upright judge, was so deeply in love with justice that he could not hold his peace. “ God made man free,” said Levrier, “ ages have made Geneva free; no prince has the right to make ns slaves.)” He even started to Roine tn petition the pope to remote the bishop; and though he never was allowed to perform his errand, Leo acknowledged the injustice of the bishop’s conduct by compelling, hint to remain away from Geneva during the rest of his life, and to select a coadjutor—a grievous blow' to the bishop and his friends. At the next elec tion for Syndics, the' citizens asserted their rights under the ancient constitution to elect their chief officers, and ignored the changes in troduced by the Duke, whicßforbade the exer cise of these rights. But the circumstances were so unfavorable, that they simply elected as Syndics those whom the Mameluke Council had already designated. In imposing the war-tax rendered necessary by the resistance offered the army of the Duke, the priests of Geneva were assessed. Notwith standing their wealth, they refused to pay. They still farther exasperated the people by procuring an order from the Pope citing the chief magistrates of the republic to appear be fore him, to render an account of the tax they had dared to levy upon the priests. A copy of the citation was pasted on the door of St. Peter’s Church. Great was the indignation of the people at the meanness of the debauched and indolent priesthood. They had heard how Luther treated the Pope’s bulls. They de clared themselves no longer so frightened at these once formidable instruments. Geneva was shaking hands with Wittemburg. The priests, startled by the njme of Luther, the great enemy of their hierarchy, began to make long processions to the Church of our Lady out side the city walls. Seriously, and yet with a certain broad humor, such as often appeared among the great movements of the Reforma tion, it was proposed by some of the citizens; while they were gone on this business, to shat the gates on the baeks of suet a worthless, covetous population, which Geneva could so well afford to be withput. , The monks hearing of their proposal, returned hastily and in affright to the city, but were not molested. This bold proposition, which would at the same time have been what is called “a capital joke,” started by a few men of decision, has been considered— D’Aubigne thinks wrongly—a prelude to the Reformation in Geneva. The preaching of the Gospel was the true .prelude; that had not come yet. , - , !■ DEATH OF THE BISHOP. At length the horrible caricature of a minis ter, who had been set over them as the tool of tyranny, and who fulfilled his task with inhu man zeal, was called to his dread account. We give the whole animated and graphic picture of his closing hours as drawn by the historian. The retribution which casts its dread shadows before, and which darkened the last hours of a Voltaire and a Charles IX., was experienced to the full by this monster. ' “ Ere long another scene was enacted beyond the Alps,. The miserable John of Savoy lay at Piguerol on his death-bed. Given during his life to the pleasures of the table and of debauch ery, he was now paying the penalty of his mis deeds, He suffered from the gout,- he was covered with filthy ulcers, he was little more than skin and bone. He had thought only of enjoying life and oppressing others; be had plotted the ruin of a city of which he should have been the pastor; he now received the wa ges of his iniquity. Hear the bed where this prelato lay languishing stood his coadjutor, who had hastened from Geneva to Piguerol. With eyes fixed upon the dying*mah, Pierre sought to buoy him up with false hopes; but John was not to be deceived. Soon the dreaded moment approached; an historian, whom Romish wri ters quote habitually with favor, describes all that was horrible in the end of this great sinner. Hirelings surrounded the dying bishop, and turned their eyes from time to time on him and on the objects they might be able to carry off as -- soon as he was insensible. Pierre de la Baume ; contemplated the progress of the disease with ill-dissembled satisfaction, eagerly anticipating the moment when, relieved from his hypoeriti- ! chi cares, he would enter into possession of all • that he had coveted for so many years. Jean Portier, the dying man’s secretary, the confi dant of his successor, watched that criminal im patience, that sordid cupidity, and that perverse meanness, which he already hoped to turn to his advantage. The shadows of the victims of ! the expiring man were traced on the walls of the room by an avenging hand, and when at. last the priests desired to administer extreme unction, he imagined they were covering him with blood. They presented him the crucifix; He seemed to recognize the features of Berthe- 1 Her, and asked with a wild ioook, ‘Who has done that?’ Far from embracing with respect , and submission , .this emblem of eternal salva tion, he rejected it with horror, heaping foul abuses on it. Blasphemy and insult mingled with the foam that whitened his trembling lips. Thus wrote an author less Romanist, we per ceive, than is imagined. Repentance succeeded despair in the guilty soul of the prelate before his death. Turning a last look on his adopted son, he said to him, ‘I wished to give the prin cipality of Geneva to Savoy ... and to attain my object, I have pat many innocent persons to death.’ The blood that he had shed cried in his ears: Navis, Blanchet, and Berthelier rose up before him. Pursued by remorse, weighed down by the fear of a Judge, he would have de sired to save La Baume from the faults he had. committed himself. ‘lf you obtain this bishop-, ric,’ continued he, ‘ I entreat you not to tread in my footsteps. On the contrary, defend the franchises of the city . . . In the sufferings I endure, I recognize the vengeance of the Al- ’ mighty ... I pray to God for pardon from the bottom of my heart ... In purgatory . God will pardon me!’ It is gratifying to hea£ this cry of an awakening conscience at the ter-! mination of a criminal life. Unfortunately Pierre de la Baume did not profit by this solemn advice. The bastard died after horrible sufferings, ‘inflicted by the, divine judgment,’ says Bonivard, ‘ and he went into the presence of the Sovereign to plead with those whose blood he had shed.’—‘At the time of his death, he was so withered,’ adds the prior of St. Vic tor, ‘that he did not, weigh five and twenty; pounds.’ The prophecy of Peeolat was- ful filled : Von videbit dies Petri. Instead, of twenty-five years, the Episcopacy Of John of Savoy had only lasted nine.” It was a year before the new bishop, La Baume, entered the city, which he did, ,April:: 11th, 1523, amid great festivities and high hopes on the part of all classes. He was a.de-. ceiver, an Unstable man who was easily wont to do the Duke’s bidding. Shortly after, the Duke himself, with his Portugese bride, Bea trice, honored the city with :his presence. What ; with rich gifts, festivities and seductions 1 of every sort he had almost hopelessly corrupted the hearts of the people. On the 2d of December the infant son whom he had. expected, and whom he wished the Ge nevans to welcome as their prince, was born to him, “As he was born in Geneva,” said the courtiers one to another, “ the citizens cannot refuse him for their prince.” It seemed likely, that the Duke, in the prevailing apathy, would secure the prize which he coveted, by the ac quiescence of the majority. . Among the;few who, like Levrier, still remained true to the an cient rights and liberties, new martyrs were de manded. “God only remained,” said Bonivard, “but while Geneva slept he kept watch for her.”- CHAPLAIN’S BROWN’S TRIBUTE TO CHAPLAIN WYATT. . “ Camp Nelson,” Heckman's Bridge, Ky., Aug. iStklSS*. Dear ■ Editor Upon the arrival of the 100th "Reg. P. V., (“ Roundheads,”) at this point yesterday, mails reached us dating, till quite lately. They are with exceptions our latest dates since those of the 19th ultimo, which reached us a . day or two previous to bidding farewell to Mississippi, on the Ist of August. With melancholy interest I read in,yours of July 30th, _ the just tribute to Chaplain J. C. Wyatt, from the pen of Dr. McLeod. It is but becoming that I should add, a few words to the memory of a brother and fellow laborer, through various scenes of toil and discourage ment, in the- midst of which whatever of con tact and fellowship was afforded to us # served still more to endear him to me; and to cause regret for his early loss to- the cause of his country and the church of Christ, I mingle my sincere regrets, with brethren in the flesh and in the Lord, who in so many various circles have again so sadly to bow before a work wo cannot understand ; beholding, how God spares the dry and cuts down the green. His regiment the ,79th X. Y. S. M. (Highlanders) had been since Oct. 16th, 1861, as they still are, closely associated with the 100th P. V. I was de-„ lighted to hail him as a fellow-laborer on his first appearance with the regiment in Beaufort, S. C., early during the following winter. We passed together through the scenes of James Island, and thb campaigns in Virginia and Maryland, and again in Virginia, under Pope, McClellan and Burnside. In the close of last March, the 9th Corps was transferred to Ken tucky. Thence Chaplain Wyatt obtained “ leave of absence” from Gen. Burnside to attend Ibe meeting of his Synod; and I, to visit my ; family. Our regiments were transferred to- ' Grunt’s Department in the rear of Vicksburg during these “leaves;” and it thus resulted that on my long voyage southward after my rdgiment, I encountered him in Memphis. He hailed me from the Champion,” as I was walking along the wharf bn the afternoon of Juiie 18th. We had reached that point on different boats. I found him ill as he supposed (though erroneously) with camp fever. Dr. Ludington, of the 100th P. y. f Medical Director of the Division, having been my fellow traveler down the Mississippi, I took him to Chaplain Wyatt, who immediately advised that he should remain in Memphis, and gave him a “ pass” to' the officers’ hospital; whither I conducted him PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1863. the same evening. There was nothing appa rently dangerous in his immediate symptoms; and I left him full-of hope that the rest, the refreshing airs fanning the bluff on which the city is built, and even the busy life visible from the hospital on the wharf, with the medical attendance and nursing, would, after some weeks, restore :him to health. Brother Wyatt spoke jn.no terms of discouragement of himself personally ; but expressed his grief over the intemperance, profanity and general ungodli ness, to the sight and sound of whigh this service exposes us, and especially “breaking camp, ’’ and on the passage through large cities. Trying indeed on health and life was our cam paign in Mississippi. Upon our return from Jackson previous to our embarkation oil the Yazoo River for our return voyage, I was saddened to learn of his death. Let me join in expressing the wish that the body may be interred in one of the cemeteries of,the great metropolis; where the veterans of his regiment’ when they* return to the city they represent after this war is over, may sometimes, seeing his grave, have their recollections quickened of the truths he taught them—and the. life by which he exemplified those-truths; and utter a prayer that the influence of his young and noble life maynot be lost on them and the world. He was a man of modesty, courage ’and clearness,’ with a good’intellect and culture. He was singularly free from vanity, the sin of small minds. He labored for his Master, hot for himself. The more the one dbos the world the more he re spects such men; and Mourns theft departure, for he finds their number rarer, alas, than be supposed. ' ' " \ I remain your brother in the Gospel, Robt. Acdley Browne, Chaplain 100th Reg. P. V., 9th Army Corps; THE REVOLUTION IN MADAGASCAR. Later and toiler accounts of the revoluion in. Madagascar differ materially from the first news,, arid the apprehensions of, the friends of Chris-, tianity are now quite relieved. We extract the following .from a long letter dated May 16th, and written,by Rev. Wm. Ellis, the well-known missionary on the Island: Seldom Fas the instability of human affairs been more strikingly, and, in some respects, tra gically manifested than in the events of the : last few days iri this city. Within that period the reign of -’Radama 11. has closed with his life; a successor has been chosen by the nobles and accepted by the people; a-new form of go vernment has been inagurated, and it is ar ranged that the legislative and administrative, functions of the sovereignty shall hereafter, be. discharged by the sovereign, the nobles, arid' the heads of the people jointly. ■ A seriosof re solutions, embodying what may'be regarded as the germs of constitutional government, has been prepared and presented by the nobles and heads of the people to the queen, 1 coritaining the conditions on whieß they offered her the crown; The acceptance of these, conditions by Rabodo, and their due observance ,by the no bles and heads of the people, attested by the signatures of the queen and the chief of the nobles, before the forriier was announced to the people as their toture sovereign, and proclaimed under the title of Rasoaherena, Queen of Ma dagascar. The death of Radama, the offer off acceptance, of the crown, and, the proclama tion of the present ruler as queen, all occurred oh Tuesday, the 12th inst. ’■ Within the last two or three months extra dinary efforts have been'made to bring the king;s mind underi the influence of the old su perstitions of the country, and these have sue seeded to an extent which has resulted in his ruin. Within this period a sort of mental epi demic has appeared in the adjacent provineed* and in the capital; The subjects of this dis ease pretended ,to be unconscious of their ac tions, and to be unable to refrain from leaping, running, dancing, etc. To the surprise of his best friends, the king was ’exceedingly interested in this strange movement, seemed to believe the pretended me.ssage from the world of spirits, and encou raged the frantic dancers who daily thronged his house, and declared that the disease would contiiiue to increase till “the praying" was stopped. : - ' •- ’ iLwas then proposed, to, assassinate, a number of Christians, as a means of stopping the pro gress of Christianity, and also,to kill the chief nobles who Opposed. the king’s proceedings. With a view of increasing the influence of this fanatical party, the king issued an order that all persons meeting any of the so-called: sick should take off their hats, and thus show .them the same mark of respect as was formerly given to the national idols when they were carried through the City/ With the view also of shield ing the perpetrators of the intended murders, the king announced his intention to issue an order, or law, that any person or persons wish ing to fight with fire-arms, swords, or spears, should not be prevented, and that if any one were killed the murderer should’not be pu nished.! This alarmed the whole community. The nobles and heads of the people spent the day (May 7th) in deliberating on,,the course, they should pursue, and the nextmorning the prime minister, with about one hundred bf the nobles and heads of the people, including the eommander-in-chief, the king’s treasurer, and the first officer of the palace, went to the king, and remonstrated against his legalizing murder, and besought him most earnestly not to issue such order. It is said that the prime minister went on his kness before him, and begged him not to issue his obnoxious Jaw; -but he re mained unmoved. The minister then rose and said to the king: i “Do yon say before all these witnesses that if any man is going to fight with another fire arms, sword, or spear, that ! you will not prevent him, and that if he kills any one he shall not be punished?” , The king replied, “ I agree to that.” ' “ Theb,” said the minister, “It is enough; we must arm;” and, turning to his folio said,. “ Let us return.” I saw the long procession as they passed my house, grave and, silent, on their way to the piinister’s dwelling. The day was spent in deliberation, and they determined to oppose the king. ' ' r : The city was in commotion; all night women ■ and children, and slaves, with portable valuables, were hurrying from the city, while crowds of armed men from the: suburbs were crowding into it. At .daybreak on the 9th some two thousand or more troops occupied Andobalb; The ground around the prime minister’s house,' on the summit of the . northren crest of the mountain close by,: was filled with soldiers, every avenue to the city was securely kept by the minister’s troops. The first object of the nobles was to secure upward of thirty of the more obnoxious-of the Mena maso, whom they accused of being the advisers and abettors of the king in his unjust and injurious measures. 1 A number of these were taken and killed, a number fled, hut twelve or thirteen remained with the king. Th'ese the nobles required should be surrendered to them. The king refused, but they threatened to take them' by force from the palace, to which he had removed. Troops continued to pour in frqpii adjacent and distant posts; and, as the few soldiers with the, king refused to fire on those surrounding the palace, the people though pitying the king, did not take up arms in his defense. He consented at length to surrender the Mena maso, bn condition that their lives Should be spared, and that they should be eon fined for life in fetters. On Monday, the ,11th, they were marched by Ando,halo,, on their way to .the spot where the irons were to be fixed on their limbsi ’ A* , In : the course of th%;vdiscusSioii : with the nobles, the king had sam‘ he alone was sover eign, his word.,alon,e,wp law, his person was sacred, he was su pern sit urally protected, and would punish severely the opposers of his will. This fed the nobles to determine that it was not safe for him to live; and ‘hb died by their hands the next morning within the palace. The queen, who alone was with him, used every effort to the last moment of his life, to save him, but in vain. His advisers, the Mena maso, were aftiiward putjto'deatb. ' In the course oU the’ 1 ; forenoon four of the chief nobles went to the queen with a written paper, whichthey handed to; her, as expressing the terms or conditions on which, for the future the country should be governed. They re quested her to read it, stating thiit if she con sented to govern according to these conditions they were willing that she should be the sover eign of the country, but,.that if she objected or declined they-must seek another ruler. , The queen, after reading thp document, and listen ing to it, and receivingfexplanations on one or two points, expressed her full and entire consent to-.govern according ito the plan therein set forth,; .The nobles then said, “We also bind ourselves by this agreement. If we break it, we shall be guilty of treasbh; and if you break it, we shall do as we have done.” The prime minister then signed the document, on behalf of the nobles and-heads of the people, and the' queen signed it also;: tThe chiefs of the nobles remained in the palace, and, between one and two o’clock, the firing of cannon announced the commencement of the ne>v reign. RELIGIOUS CONDITIONOF JAMAICA SINCE THE, EMANCIPATION. .The difficulties which, the -first; Christian mis sionaries to this islaud.met .with, the persecutions they suffered, the dangeirs to which they were ex posed and the mafvelloiis successes which they achieved are well known. The wealth; power and' influence of the island were leagued against them , yet they persevered; and the noble men,whom. God raised up, as laborers here, lived to see noble results of their toil. It is known that at the time of Emancipation religion appeared tube making giaut strides among the people. ‘ ; Many thousands; were added to the churches,, and, new churches were rapidly formed. Several causes, which" are suflteiently apparent, operated at that* time to produce results which, like their causes, were transitory. Consequently after these influ- ■ ences ceased to exist-there was- a large falling off in the numbers of church, members.;: Stricter discipline was enforced, and many were excluded. In the year .1851—2 the churches lost thousands by cholera and small-pox. At this time there was great concern-manifested about religion, but soon there again appeared declension. Multitudes who had professed religion under the influence of fear, now went back. Then, after a while came the remarkable awakening which was ex perienced throughout the island in theyear 1860-1. The excitement of that period has now passed away, and we are able to look calmly, for the re sults. .Some, perhaps, have been disappointed; others have not. That work was unquestiona bly a great blessing to us. Though many have lost the feelings they then had, and many have become worse than before; yet there remain a iarge number who will always bless God for the recent revival in Jamaica. As regards the numbers the Chutch of Eng land would of course figure highest, and for ob vious reasons. Then come Baptists, Wesleyans, Presbyterians, Moravian.-;, Independents and others. I believe there was a decrease last year, both amongst the Wesleyans and Presbyterians; chiefly owing to the numbers who withdrew or fell into sin, after the excitement produced at the time of the revival liad passed away. This has been the case in connection with;all denomi nations. ... , In all the churches in the Baptist Union there are about 25,000 members and inquirers ; and reckoning other Baptist churches, not in the Union, there caimot be less than 30,000 members arid inquirers. On a very moderate calculation, I .think.6o,ooo may be set,.down as members* of other denominations, | Then if we take halj; the, number of members, as representing the number of young persons and others, who are attendants at public; worship, we shall have 135,000, or nearly one third of the entire- population con nected with the various denominations, lit the above I have hot noticed Roman Catholics or Jews. In connection with the congregations of the above ’denominations,' thousands' of pounds are contributed annually for the support and spread of the Gospel. Sabbath and day schools are. also regularly sustained. The latter are, far from being attended as the friends of education desire, but have undoubtedly done, and are still doing'a gfeat’work. i -Though there is.-much'that calls for continued, renewed and great effort,,and many evils still to be,deplored, yet how great is the change which the last twenty years have wrought! .Nearly 350,000 rhen, women and children have been ehauged from “things” to human beings, "face and degradation have largely been displaced by virtue; and religion. Bleu have learned to know the difference between the task of a brute and the free, honest labor of the man. The dark sha dows of ignorance, which dwelt with Slavery, have been largely driven away by the bright eye of Liberty. The Sabbath market has given place to the house of God. The word of God is now read by thousands who would- once have been subject to the most horrid cruelties had they even tried to learn to read.“ How many are now preparing forja life abpve the stars and amongst the angels, who, if left to the tender 'mercies .of the oppressor, would have lived as brutes, and died—-may I say ?—only to find that they Were immortal! Surely we may well say, how great the change!. All those who rightly estimate man’s, value as an intellectual and immortal who see in the soul and mind that which far outweigh the fruits of the . soil and the for tunes of the rich; even if the latter should pass away in exchange for the welfare of the former those who value the glories of eternity more than the tinsel of earth, will say, Thank God for the change which has been accomplished. In dosing I may quote the language of the Rev. J. Brown, who speaking’ of these things says, “From what have they grown ? What is the power that has pioduced these settled habits and order ?—lt is not force of arigs ; it is not physical power.- , If you meet with ruined estates and ruined houses, you meet with deserted barracks too. There is less need for military . power now than there was in the days of slavery. It is hot by the whip that the people are kept in order ; it is not by the’terror of hanging in the air that they are kept quiet-; Whence has come -the; power, that tames them? and what is the authority,that keeps tliemin, order? for they might be very wild and vicious there if they would. I claim it for religion. They have nothing to be thankful for hut the Gospel. They owe whatever they have that is worth, anything , : to religion. In these facts; —in that social order —%e have the fruits of our past labors ; ;the la bors of men who are living,, and the labors of men who are dead. ‘ GREENWOOD AND ITS DEAD, After several glimpses of Greenwood gained , from carriage windows, we set out the other day, to explore it more thoroughly on foot. An afternoon spent in strolling from one scene of djpvelipesß toanothet convinced us of the .superiority o£ this cemetery to another, yvheth-. * ,er abroad.or in America, (hat we have yet visit? , edl Its three, grand features are picturesque , variety of upland and valley, its enchanting bursts of water-view from so many points, and its vast growth of stately trees of the best: American varieties. To our grandchildren, ■ Central Park will be a peerless spot, but to us, no skilful disposition of fairy bridges, or-of rich shrubberies, can atone for the lack of such oaks as glorify Hyde Park, or such a superb forest as crowns the many heights of Greenwood. Let .the visitor-but halt. a moment on the; hill that is covered by the Pierrepont family-tomb (an antique brown stone structure) and he will sec anfessemblage of oaks worthy of Ohio or Wis consin; ’• ; • ' . The most bewitching spot tous in-Greenwood is the vale of “Dale,Water.” It is a spot.to dream about. Here, said we to ourselves, Washington Irving should have laid—here in this most Arcadian centre of his native city’s burial-place—here where his grateful country men could have lingered around the ashes of their most illustrious man of letters. Eat alas 1 the most celebrated sons of New York do not slumber in Greenwood. Pulton and Clinton, the founders of the material grandeur of the Me tropolis, lie elsewhere ; so do Marcy and Alex ander Hamilton and; .the Livingstons; Silas Wright.is buried among the hills of St. Law rence, and Irving at the entrance of his own “ Sleepy Hollow. ” Some of these ihen were pot natives of the Excelsior State, but their lives are identified with her growth and her glory. After several hours of exploration of Greenwood, we could not find on all of its tens of thousands of monuments, more, than a.dozen names that are widely known even throughout our own country. Dr. Samuel L. Mitchel, the chemist —bis illustrious namesake the hero-astronomer who fell, at Port Hoyal—and.,Dr. Bethune are among the most celebrated of the, occupants of this beautiful city of the dead. The present -war is contributing its heroes; and we observed that the workmen were already putting up a fine granite monument to the brave Lieut. .Harry Hidden, who fell at Sangster’s Station in Vir ginia. He is represented in bronze bas-relief on the pedestal; the tomb is close by " Crescent .Water.”- • ■ : ■■■: '■'■■■■ ; Among the myriad of monuments at Green- ■: wood are several of rare beauty ; several; are sought out too for their eccentric designs or in scriptions. The two molt visited tombs are those of bluff Capt. -Oorreja, stands over his vault in cap'and ‘/ sou’ wester " with his quadrant in hand, taking an observation; and of a fair young girl who was killed by a fall from .her carriage. Her monument is Parisian in its style, and lacks the simplicity that should, belong to the burial place, of “ sweet seventeen.” We rather like the sea-captain’s monument for its individuality and descriptiveness; as the old' man is still living, we imagine { that he is em ploying the quadrant to determine the bearings of his life voyage. There is an improvement in the taste of mon umental inscriptions in our great cemetery. The fulsome eulogies—that were often false enough to make the marble blush—are now generally omitjted. • There is less, disposition, too, to in scribe,the tombs of children with theirpet names, such as “ Our Willie,” and “ Our Bennie.” The simple name and date, with a line or two of Scripture, or of elegiac poetry, are‘most fre quent ; but we would advise the Bible Society to. send, a copy or two to the nmrble-cutters, so shocking are many o( the misquotations. Sev eral tombs bear the simple line “ Our Mother.” On one, Crowned with a bust whose drapery is transparent to the sunlight, is inscribed a brief, dialogue between husband and wife in hed dy ingl moments. • .No inscription touched us so ten derly as the simple word “Good-night” on the - tomb of a young wife. Perhaps this was her last utterance as the twilight of the death valley fell upon ; her advancing footsteps. Among many; clusters of roses, myrtles, and violets, we often discovered on the graves of' God’s departed children this flower from, the Holy Spirit’s own hand “ Blessd are the dead that die in 'the Lord.” This is the amaranth which angels wreath above the ashes of the sainted dead. How redolent is it of Jesus’Jove, how dewy with promises, how,,bright with a lustre that palls and shrouds and funeral trap pings can never dim, how it shines in the light that falls from the sapphire walls of the New Je rusalem ! Matchless line, that never grows old, and never loses its heavenly freshness. If there be any line which the invisible angels chant above the sleeping dust of Christ’s ransomed, it is this one which the Spirit taught to beloved Jbhn. Not as a dreary dirge do. they chant it; not asa melancholy requiem. It is a jubilant paean of triumph over those whose achievement is complete; whose perils are past, whose work is done, whose sufferings are over. To no living man is such a blessing vouch safed. For his probation is not yet ended. He is still, liable to fall into grievous sin and to ■ bring dishonor on his Christian name. But the - dead in Christ are safe. With them there is no risk of failure, no danger of apostacym As .. Daniel Webster said of Massachusetts at Bun ker Hill, “the past at.least is secure.” The,be liever on whom death has set his seal is safe. John never can grow cold to the heart-ijeat of his Master’s bosom. Luther shall never’* quail before Popes, or John Knox before royal bigots. Calvin shall never retract one line of his defense of : God’s sovereignty; nor shall. Wilberforce ever loose his hold on the fettered hand of the bondman. Blessed are the holy dead ! They have come out of great tribulation; their robes are made white in the blood of the Lamb. They hunger no more, neither thirst any more; all 1 tears are wiped away forever from tfieir eyes. ,Wi|h these celestial words floating around us on the twilight air, we turned away from Green wood’s silent beds—over which the birds were twittering their evening carols—and halting at the arched gate we bade many a dear old friend good-night. , T. L. C. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE* Once, in a large and crowded city there was heard, at the dead hour of midnight, the start ling cry that the city was in flames. The bells tolled the alarm, the watchmen ran from house to house to arouse the slumbering inmates, and ’ others attempted, but without effect, to arrest the progress of the wasting conflagration.. The affrighted citizens started d'rom their beds, and rushed forth from their dwellings, leaving behind them all their costly treasures, and anxious only to save their lives. The sky above was lighted up with a lurid glare, the houses were falling in rapid succession, the dense clouds of smoke were driven violently on the wings of the wind, the devouring fire advanced in its destructive course, and every heart trembled with anxiety and terror. There was one house in the city which'at tracted every eye, and rivetted the attention of , the crowds who filled the streets. In that house ; there was one individual who had not been ; awakened out of sleep, and instantly a ladder was raised to his window, and a generous friend, at the risk of his life, ascended to awak’e and save the sleeper He-saw him slumbering in hisbed, and surrounded by the flames. He urged him to flee for his life and. cried to him, “it is high time to awake out of sleep.” But the sleeper | heeded him not—he looked wildly around, and ;bade him begone, and laid himself down to sleep .on his. burning pillow. His generous friend was 'compelled to .leave him- to his fate, and, soon after, he perished in the. flames—the victim, of his own. obstinacy, and the destroyer of his own life. (That man was a maniiic, in whose soul the lamp of reason had .been extinguished, and we cease to wonder at his obstinacy and ignorance. Bat, oh, how can r wonder ever cease in relation to. those who consider not, neither appreciate the connection subsisting between time and; eternity! How intimate is this connection ! The one is the efflorescence of the other. Time is the twi light, of an everlasting noon to come, or of an everlasting night to fall. As the one is, so. the other will be. Influences which are receded every day by all of: ns, gentle in their approach, but mighty in their> action, are leaving effects behind which will be felt forever. Death, which ends time and begins eternity, is not the arrest or alteration of our course, but the con tinuance of it. The body is dropped as the tent is struck, or buried, and the spirit pursues its journey, gazing into that unsounded futurity that stretches far and wide before it. .If our character be righteous and holy now, it will ad vance in the same direction forever, blooming in greater beauty and exhaling richer fragrance^— The pilot who has steered it safely through the rapids of time, will conduct it to the peaceful haVen of eternity, and perfect it there. He who is Driest, and Prophet, and King, will guide us from grace to glory, and make us like Himself, for we shall see him as he is. And how great is the importance which this consideration stamps on our present existence, and on all we say and do. We are building up an immortal nature, we are accepting impulses before which, we shall move forever, we are im bibing influences and hues as fixed as our, being. For heaven of hell, for happiness or misery, all things are preparing ns, and every step is taking us. Every analogy or experience we become acquainted with, teaches this lesson. Habit is the act of yesterday added to the act of to-day— an accumulating force gradually building up a character which will endure forever. Youth makes manhood, and manhood old age, and we can read the earlier in. the latter, the young man in the oldl The same law of,continuity runs be yond the world, and in the joys of the saved, or in the miseries of the . lost, we may, read the character, acquired, and exhibited here. The one is the reproduction of. the other for ever .and ever.- ' : ' ■/ Thus true is it, that ‘‘Time is'eternity, Pregnant with all eternity can give, Pregnant with all that makes archangels smile, ~ Who murders time, he crashes in the birth A power ethereal, only not ador’d.” A PRACTICAL SERMON The has been handed us, cut from another paper. It is some' time, we presume, since the incident occurred, but it may be “as good as new 1 .” A number of yearn ago, Parson B- preached in a certain town which need not be named. A sound theologian was Parson B- ,' as a published volume of his sermons evinces; but,. like many clergymen of the ; past genera tion, he was too mueh given to preaching “ doc trinal sermons,” to the exclusion of practical themes; at least, so thought one of his parishio ners, Mr. 0 —. , “ Mr. B- -,’i said he one day to the clergy man, “we know all about the doctrines by this time. Why don’t you give us some tical discourses ?” • ‘ “ Oh, very well. If you wish it I shall do so. Next Sabbath I will preach a practical sermon.” i ..Sabbath morning came, and an unusually large audience, attracted by the report of the promised novelty, were in attendance. The preliminary services were performed, and the‘ parson announced his text. “ Opening his sub ject,” he said he should make a practical appli cation to his hearers. He then commenced at the head of the aisle, calling each member of the congregation by niime, and pointing out his special faults. , One was a little inclined to indulge in crea ture comforts; another was a terrible man at a bargain, and so on. While mid-volley, the door of the church .opened, and Dr. S en tered.. * “There,” went on the parson, "there is Dr. S——- coming in, in the middle of the ser vice, just as usual, and disturbing the entire congregation.- He does it just to make the peo ple believe that he can’t get time to come to church in season; but it is not so—he has not been called to visit a patient on a Sabbath morn ing for three mouths 1” Thus went on the worthy clergyman. At last he came to Mr. , who had requested a practical sermon. “And noiv there is Mr. 0— . He is a merchant. What does he do ? Why, he stays at home on Sabbath- afternoon to write business letters! If he gets a lot of goods up from New York on Saturday night, he goes to the store and marks- themon Sabbath, so as to have them all ready forisale on Monday morning 1 That’s how he keeps the Sabbath 1 and he isn’t satis fied with doctrinal sermons-Jhe wants practical ones!” At the conclusion of' the services the parson walked up to Mr. C -, and asked him how he liked the "practical sermon.” L “Mr. B —was the reply, “preach what you please after this. ' I shall never at tempt to direct: you again.” A RATIONAL SKEPTIC. , w»Vemuient' lawyer of Western New York,' who ‘ died a few years since in the triumphs of, Christian faith, when a student in the office of Judge -H——, was inclined to skep tical views. His moral character was unsullied, but in his ambitious aspirations be cherished that dislike to the gospel which is'the hidden source of nearly all infidelity. The eloquent ministra tions of the sanctuary failed to remove the deep ening gloom of unbelief. One day while absorbed in the study of law, his eye rested upon a copy of the Bible lying on the table before hitti. He paused,' and’ the thought came like the' voice of an invisible spec tator to his soul—“ What if that book is the Word of God I” Then, his. conscience inquired if ho had, with the earnestness and honesty be- GENESEE EVANGELIST.—WhoIe No. 901. coming the momentous question, examined its claims to his faith. He was condemned at the bar,of that inward judge and monitor, and he re solved to begin a careful perusal of the sacred voliiine. The duty and propriety of prayer to the “Father of Lights,” for illumination, were impressed on Ms mind, and for the first time in his life he solemnly entered on the reading of the Scriptures and oh closet communion with God; Inalew days he became an anxious sinner. ' and he very soon rejoiced in the love of Christ, He made a full consecration of himself to the Redeemer, in a written covenant copied from Doddridge, and found among his papers after his death, and for more than 20' years was an active, growing Christian. In the court room and social Circle his consistent piety revealed itself, calm and clear, beneath the excitements and pleasures of life’ 1 Truly “atheism, is a crime, rather than a mere intellectual error”' and so is all fatal unbelief. The heart is wrong, and the head refuses to re ceive orseekjtbe light of the -cross. This view of the skeptical and seornful gives fearful import ’ to the prophet’s*question—“What wilt thon say ■ when He shall punish thee?” LABORS AMONG THE WOUNDED. The Rev. Die. Monfort thus closes a, descrip tion of a visit which he recently made fe Gettys burgh: We Radian appointment to preach in the White Church (Lutheran) Hospital on Sabbath, and we shall never forget the occasion. The house was well filled. Loose. floors had been laid on the top of the pews, and the wounded were lying on straw beds so close as only to leave room for the surgeons and nurses to pass be tween them. Some were groaning with pain, some asleep, some reading and others having their wounds dressed. As soon as singing had • commenced all were attentive. In prayer many cries for mercy were heard, and many responses also of trust and hope were ejaculated by woun ded Christian soldiers. One of the most thril ling meetings we ever attended was in the Presbyterian cliureh in Gettysburg, in which we had preached two years ago. The services were, conducted by Geo.H. Stuart of Philadel phia, President of the Christian Commission. The house is large, and it was filled with the . wounded and others. The speaker, a layman of the Covenanter Chnreh, made the most tender and appropriate appeals to the suffering men, and closed by singing, “ Am I a soldier of the cross.” Every one felt, “ This is none other but the house of God. This is the gate of heaven”—■ * We hope that Christian people of the United States will be more and more liberal in support of the Christian Commission. The arrangements for laborers and for the distribution of donations, are of the best character, and are entitled to all confidence. They are such that every good marg in the country may give and he sure that his benefactions shall reach the objects of his sym pathy. The efforts of the Roman Catholics. in behalf of the wounded, and especially of their own ad herents are worthy of all praise. Priests and Sisters of Charity are everywhere to be seen practising as much industry and self-denial as any others; no one should lightly esteem their efforts; , By, the way, we several times met Cap tain Frederick Stowe, a son of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, at the house of Mrs. Sarah Mon fort, in Gettysburg. He is a Roman Catholic. He was frequently visited by a priest, for whom he sent, and on one occasion desired to be alone with' him in some ceremony. His wound was in the ear and head hear the ear, in reference to which, on account of its location, he felt much uneasiness, bat he,was soon convalescent. This wgr hpAone much to secure a growth of kind feelings towards Romanists who have done well in the conflict and whose bishops and priests are, some of them, among the most loyal and efficient friends of the country. We are glad to know that Roman Catholics have been well represented in our hospitals, by labors and gifts for the wounded. When the war is over all will ac knowledge that Romanists are entitled to claim a share in the credit of having preserved the Union. ' We. had an opportunity of seeing something of the labqrsof the Indiana Military Agent in behalf of his State. Gcgr. Morton has done a good work in this appointment, and we may say, from expres sions made in our hearing, that many soldiers of other States envy the care and kindness, and the saying of expense which the Indiana soldier en joys through this agency. , OUT OF DEBT “Out of debt, out of danger,” remarks one of onr exchanges, is a. good rule for individuals and: churches. A modem writer says that the Apostle was careful to owe no man anything, and then asks: “ Had he been in debt to Felix, does any one suppose he could have made Felix tremble ?’, There is great power in that independence of man which one may feel who is out of debt “ The borrower is servant to the lender. ” And no church or individual can be wholly free from the trammels df slavery, unless free from the bur dens of such an evil and debt. This is the sea son that many of our churches have improved to deliver themselves Trom these burdens, and the more rapidly and successfully they push pn their, work, the better it will be for them and the cause. INFIDELITY. An infidel meeting was recently held in Bos ton. It was a sorry affair, made'up of a few wrong-headed men and strong-minded, weak faithed women. One of the resolutions proposed andiadvocated was thm : “ Resolved , That Infidelity is not always Athe ism.” “It is popular error,” said the mover, “to believe that every infidel is an atheist. The fact is, we number as many shad® of opinion as any other church. We are. Unitarians, Trinita rians, .Deists, Pantheists, Atheists, Spiritualists, and divers other ists and isms —in truth, we are all things. but Plenary. Inspirationistsj” &c. The financial affairs of the. body do not seem to be flourishing. “The Report of the Treasurer oi the Infidel Association of America” acknowl edges “contributions received during the year, seven dollars and fifty cents,” and “cash received for sales of pamphlets, six dollars and ninety-five cents!!’ ■ u.. ; /.. . . TRIALS. , It is the pruned church, like the pruned vine that bears the most precious clusters; it is the S ° Ul the .crushed aromatic plant, that is the most fragrant. r harp of David reserves its sweetest notes -for dirges, and the pencil of the Holy Sund dra H S ¥® htest Pictures on a dark f• Wh ? IS a straQ g er to the depths of diyme mercy is a stranger to the heights of divine appStooi-fcr- 65^ relig !? us Joy-' Mannever appears more glorious, nor God more eracions Stati 6 -" 1 : proi>het " one ?u atn , ess ’ Sa Y s Seneca, to have in toe fraiity of man. and the security of God jfeft spoken of gift.-— the behalf of Christ ndt only to believe on him, but also to suffer is ’ and 1116l 116 Prediction of suffering l ea Fords F ords o f the Master; “In the woiid ye shall have tribulation.
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