Vol. Till. Fa 6.—lMe No. 370. gttlfg. I; AUTUMN HYMN. . „ ■ ■ BY D. BATES. ~ Lovely is the autumnal forest, In its mahy-hued array, Standing, grouped by nature’s florist, Like a vast and grand bouquet. Over all tbe soft, bine heaven, Shaded to a purpling haze. Fringed with tints of morn and even, Calm and still its blessing lays. 'Tis God’s teniae; go unbidden, a aisles In freedom stroll, Ana a thousand voices hidden Tranqnilize and teach the.soul. Odorous Is the air, and saintly.-., . Shapes and shadows flit before, AM the dusky tight falls faintly On the tesselated floor. Each tree stands a lofty column, Gapped with over-arching limbs, winds iq concert solemn, V hatlt their wild and mournful hymns. Autumn leaves are slowly falling, Trembling through the dreamy air: They are words of preachers calling Man to thoughtfulness and prayer. Words of wisdom, fitly spoken O’er the dying and the dead ; . Hear them, mortals, ere is broken Life’s attenuated thread. , Dust with dust is ever blending; Soul to soul forever flies; That, towards earth is ever tending; This, immortal, seeks the skies. THE LIBERTIES OF OEtETI, OONOIiOBINCf. PAPER. “God. never forsakes a people that does not forsake itself,” Filled with this noble senti-. tnetttj the,indomitable. Genevese seized upon the first moment after the departure of the Duke of Savoy, with the purpose of restoring, and securing the liberties he had so nearly de stroyed. Ten days after his disappearance,; the friends of the exiled patriots crowded around he hotel-de-ville, where the syndics, were sitting, and, with a deputy. in the midst as a wit ness, drew from the Mameluke authorities the fullest admission as to .tho good .character, and rights of citizenship of the patriots. A declara tion was drawn up by the deputy to the same effect and the citizens, eagerly hastened to sign it. Not a hundred persons in Geneva refused to give their names, • This- took place on, the 22d of December. On the first of February, the bishop of Geneva, whose timorous, undecided charac ter made him an objeet of interest to both parties, returned to the city. On the fourth of the month, the annual election of syndics took place. The bishop expressed a wish that two of each party, Huguenot and Mameluke, be elected. The people gave no heed to his wishes, but elected four Huguenots, including one of those' at the very time in exile. The opposition counted. only eleven, and after the election, everybody declared; that they sided with the majority. , fi The bishop was confounded. He summoned & general council on the morrow to annul at least the election of the exile. In vain. His own presence in the counoil availed nothing. The Genevans were courteous b,ut immovable. The election of the exile was cqpftrmed. Nor did the people stop here. They repealed.all statntes contrary to the liberties of Geneva, passed under the fear Of Charles of Savoy. In Vain did the bishop expostulate. From bad laws they proceeded to bad*functionaries. Hu guenot councillors were elected in the place of Mamelukes. The restoration bad been so promptly accomplished that ; the .ducal /action coal'd not believe their eyesi They began to turn their sails, some of them were seen shaking hands with the. patriots,; whom however they .were not able to deceive. The bishop himself made a show of placing himself on the side of freedom. He despatched-a messenger to Switz erland, informing the exiled Jean Philippe of his election as syndic. m This was a most opportune announcement for the exiles. It confirmed beyond doubt their repressntatim to the cantons, that Geneva was not under subjection to the duke. The oppo nents of the alliance *wera overwhelmed when they saw one of these wretched fugitives ;(wien ,dicant* as their enemies called them) raised by Jthe people of Geneva to the head’ of the State. (They wdre welcomed as fellow-freemen by the council of Berne. All obstacles to the Swiss al liance, were removed. The people of Geneva were about rise if we, may so, speak .from the g»is, Their history, saye an old writer, is a marvellous one. It is full of special marks of the providence of God, who has guided, up to this present hour I this ship of his miracles through an infinity of shoals. The more' tho roughly we contemplate human action, so much the deeper appear the counsels of God. Fribnrg and Berne speedily voted an alliance with Geneva. The fugitives of sjx months pre vious, bore back the good news in triumph. They were met with honors and with great joy. The syndios and a mounted cavaleade of citizens went out to welcome them. A salute of cannon announced their approach. They walked.three abreast; in the middle W> a Genevan fugitive, on his right and left, a deputy 0 f Berne and Eriburg. This was on-the 23d of February, 1526. On the 26th the finishing stroke was put to these proceedings by vdting in general council the alliance which had been offered them by the Swiss. We give the account in H’Aubigne's own words which fitly, con clude this series, of sketches from his recent volumes the Swiss' XiEiAN'o? RATifi®o- _ The catholic ftmosed The Swiss alliance, an immense,in novation, threatened all the conqueste they had wade with so much trouble during so nianv l creuei^fttiODS*; foislipp, , ICS Ctod» *■ ™u°Kr TS others on whom he thought be could rely. An *> ,£& r ZSJ?£B!£ w&b“a<ffi% Sfbwwi -«W~* S. it « «..y to prevent the general council from meeting. It was cus tomary to summon it by tolling tbe great bell • now Canon Lutry had the key of the tower Where this bell hung. In the evening the re verend_ father, followed by some armed men; climbed step by step up the narrow stairs which led to the bell-loft,- and placed the men in gar rison there., ‘You are here,’ he said, ‘to de fend the bell and not to give it up;’he then went down, double-locked tbe door, and carried away the key. In the monhing the door was found to be locked, and Lutry refused to open it. ‘ The canons,’ it was said in the city, ‘ are opposed to the assembling of the people ’ The irritated citizens ran together. ‘ Whereupon there Was a great uproar and alarm in the church of St. Pierre, so thatDe Lutry was con-, strained to open the door and give up the bell.’ o r It was all over; they resolved still to fight a last battle, even with the certainty of being de feated. The general council met ; the bishop went thither in person, attended by his episcopal followers, in the hope that his presence might intimidate the huguenots, ‘I am head, pastor and prince of the commnnity,’ he said. ‘lt con cerns my affairs, and I wish to know what will be laid before yon.’—‘lt is not the custom for my lord to be present,’ said Hugues; ‘ the citizens transact none but political matters here which concern them wholly. His pre sence, however, is always pleasing to us, provi ded nothing be deduced from it prejudicial to our liberties.’ Thereupon Hugues proposed the alliance. Then Stephen de la Mare go up. In 1519 he shone in the foremost rank of the pa triots ; but, an ardent Roman Catholic, he had since then placed liberty in the second rank and the Church in the first. It was he who had un dertaken to oppose the proposition. ‘lt is suf ficient for us to live under the protection of God,. .St. Peter, and the bishop. . , ~1 oppose the alliance.’ De la Mare could not pro peed, so, great was the confusion that broke out in the assembly; the indignation was general, yet order and quiet were restored at last, and the treaty was read. ‘ Will you ratify'this alli ance?’ said first syndic G. Bergeron. ‘Yes, yes 1’ they shouted on every side. The syndic continued: , ‘Let those who approve of it hold up their hands 1’ There was a forest of hands, every man holding up both at once. ‘We de sire it, we approve of it,’ they shouted again. ‘ Those of the contrary opinion ?’. added the syn dic. Six hands only were raised in opposition. Pierre de la Bauine from his episcopal throne looked down'upon this spectacle with anxiety. Even to the last he had reckoned upon success; By selecting ; De la Mare, the old leader of the and, placing him at the head of the movement against the alliance with the. Swiss, he fancied that he had hit updh.an admirable combination; but his hopes were disappointed. Alarmed: and irritated, seeing what this vote would;lead to, and determined to keep his prin cipality at any cost, the bishap-prinee .exclaimed: ' I do not consent to this alliance; I appeal to our holy father the pope and to hiS majesty the emperor.’ But to no purpose did the Bishop' of Geneva; on the eve of losing his states ap peal to powers the most dreaded—-no one paid any attention to his protest. Joy beamed on every' face, and the words 'pope, emperor,’ were drowned by enthusiastic shouts of tbe Swiss.... ... ~... . the Swiss and liberty!’ FLIGHT OP THE CONSPIRATORS. The principal supporters of the old order of thing, engrossed by the care of their comprom ised security, thought only of escaping, like birds of night, before the first beams of day. They disguised themselves and slipped out un observed, some by one gate, some by another. It was almost a'universal panic. The impe tuous Lutry. escaped first, with one of his col leagues; the bishop-prince’s turn came next. Bitterly upbraided by the Count of Genevois for not having prevented the alliance, Pierre;de la Banme took alarm both at the huguenots and the duke, and escaped to St. Claude. The agents of his Highness of. Savoy trembled in their castles; the vidame hastened to depart on the one SidS,’and the gaoler of the Chateau de Pile; who was nicknamed the sultan, did the’same on the other. , • The fight of the 26th of February was the coun T terpart of the 15th of September. In September the new times'had disappeared in Geneva for a few weeks only; 1 in ! February the old time's were departing forever,: The Genevese rejoiced as they saw these; leeches disappear, who had. bled them so long, even to the very marrow. 1 The priests and the Savoyards,’ they said, 'are like wolves driven from the woods by hunger; there is no thing left for thfem to take; and they are com pelled to go elsewhere for their prey.’ No thing could be more favorible to the Swiss alli ance and to liberty than this general flight. The partisans of the duke and of the bishop having .. evacuated the . city, the .senate end the people remained master. The grateful citizens ascribed all the. glory td God, and exclaimed: ‘ The sovereignty is now in the heads of the council, without the interference of either magistrates or people. Everything was done by the grace of God.’ ANYWHERE, BUT DON’T TROUBLE ME. “I am having great comfort in my children,” said Mrs. Manning, as, she folded up a letter which 1 she had'.just beenreading. “Martha is here with me—my companion and friend, al most like a sister, instead of a daughter., Char r lie is fighting for his country, but God has been very good to him in keeping him from sickness and wounds, and enabling him to resist tempta tion. Ralph is out West, doing missionary work in one of, the rough-settlements, and Cla ra, my blue-eyed baby Clara, is an angel, in heaven.' Yes, of the living, and of the dead, God has given me to say, ‘lt is well.’” An expression of pain crossed the face of Mrs. Carpenter, a neighbor who had .called to see Mrs. Manning. 1 “I wish” said she, “that I could' say the same; But my boys are wild and give me much sorrow and uneasiness, and my daughters are self-willed, and devoted to dress and fashion. In our. younger fiays, our positions were very similar. I wonder why our children have turned,out so differently.” “Look back, Mrs. Carpenter, back over the years, to the time when your children were lit tle; when they played merrily at your feet, when they went to school, when they came dan cing joyously home, when ‘mother* was their first, their last, their only call- Do you remem ber the beautiful little dresses that you tired your eyes out Crirrie, and the tacks aid flounces, and delicate insertions, that you sat up late at night to pttt on Mary’s gar ments ? Fifteen years ago, one warm slimmer 1 afternoon, you sat in your pleasant room, sew ing quietly when yfiur children came from school.' Full of plans and pleasures, and pic PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1868. nics, which'they eagerly discussed in your pre sence,’appealing to toother for this and that, in’ every little argument. Your head ached, your nerves were unstrung, and you said impatiently, ‘Be quiet, children; sit down every one of you, 1 arid don’t fitter a ; word above a Whisper. I can not bear the noise.’” - f :-• IT ■Mother;” said Carrie; “won’t you come in to the 1 garden'and see the moss rose. It is in. bloom to-day.” - 1 “Hush, Carrie, I have all the roses I want to see in this dress of yours. I am perfectly sick of roses, and wish I had planted potatoes instead.” 1 1 1 • “ Mother;” Said Eddie, “ George and I want to ask some of the boys over here to-morrow afternoon,- after school, to’ekamihe our ship. May*We f” <“ 1 “ May wfe indeed ? I should think yon might ask; a ! crowd of iioisy boys, tearing throfigh the honse, ; destroying the furniture and making toy head ache. I hare boys enough of my own, T don’t want any of my neighbors’.” ■ “ Then,” said Eddie, “we’ll have to take it in the-street, they want'to see iti” 1 . “ Take-it anywhere, gb anywhere, but don’t trouble me-about it.” - What wonder that the littte girls, whose love for the beafitifhl was so early cheeked, should follow their toother’s example, and care for the artificial rather than the real. That the boys, sent anywhere, should prefer, in their dawning manhood, the street to their homes. Make’ home unwelcome and unpleasant to a child, and yon are giving him a down-hill push. When the angels do not move him upwards, Satan will be ready to drag him downwards. "Mm. Mantling watched with unceasing fideli tyover her children’s childhood; she shared their pleasures; she lightened their sorrows; she made their home the dearest plaee on earth: She led them by prayer and precept, to the Sa viour, and in their matnrer'years, she had her reward. MKE. M. ; THE fiECESiSION CHURCH OF HOLLAND This, body is the only voluntary and thorough-; ly evangelical church organization in Holland, It arose in 1834 as a protest against acts of tyranny inflicted upon .certain ministers of the Dutch Reformed Church, because of their faith ful testimony against the prevailing errors- of that eopmiunion, and by a wish .to secure a liberty of preaching,, discipline, and ecclesiasti cal action, which the treatment they had re,- eeived abundantly proved could no obtained in the Protestant Iktablished Church of Holland; Out of the 1,500 ministers of that Church, it. is generally understood that consider ably less .than one-third adhere to the Evangeli cal doctrines of the old Dutch .Confession of Faith, Rationalism, in its various shades, wheth er imported from Germany or of native growth, having produced serious havoc in what was once the Church of Witsius and Yitringa. And it is easy to understand how in such a Church a faithful minority .must have found its position unnatural and uneasy, and how individ ual ministers,, subjected to peculiarly evil treaty meat, must. have beeu led to seek liberty in separation. . That the public mind of Holland was in no little degree prepared for the movement, is shown by the fact that while it took place so lately as 1834, and was led by a. very; little band of min ister, .it already numbers 263 churches, 70,000 members, and -60 students. Its theological in stitution or college at Kampeq, oni the shores of the Znyder-Zee,,is conducted, by three professors,. The recent session of the Synod in, August, was attended, by, delegates, from, the United Presbyterian Church of. Scotland, one pf whom communicates tfie above, facts and; others, given below, to the Weekly Review. : We were invited to preach to the members of Synod-and to the congregation on the following Sabbath evening—au invitation which we wil lingly embraced, It has always been affirmed that defection from Evangelical d'oetrine was far more edmmon among the ministers of Holland than among her people, and our experience con firmed-this, for the place of worship was densely crowded long before the hour of meeting; and though we were exposed to all* the disadvantage of speaking through interpreters, the interest continued unabated, through, considerably more than two hours. , And what singing,!^—not one silent worshipper in, the vast assembly* the life, and energy eohipensating'a hundredfold for,the want of softneSs and artistic skill. The female' part of the audience, all Wearing ornamental plates of gold and silver, which covered a large part of .their heads, sat seperate from the men, .In the middle part of the church, .and when the bhdrch was lighted the effect of the light re flected fioin the ornaments was novel and dazz ling. There was one practice which struck my fellow-deputy and myself as riot tri be commended or imitated. Two collections were made during the service, while the psalm was sung, and even during a part of the time when the minister,was preaching. The bags, at the end. of long poles, into which the collection was dropped, had little bolls suspended to them, and made a noise which, while it was fitted to turn attention to the collection, diverted it in the same degree from the worship. This is an old custom which the seeeders would, have done well to have, left behind them in the church from which they withdrew; but it is strange how custom recon ciles ns to practices that strike every, new on looker as unseemly. The picture which we witnessed on our recep tion in, the Synod, on, the following morning, was something which- I am sure could not be seen out of Holland. All that was external was as different as can be imagined from, what you have seen in meetings of Assembly or Synod at the head of the mound; or in Queen street Hall, Edinburgh. As we entered the.place of wor ship in which we had preached the evening be fore, fumes of smoke darkened tfie air. A long table stretched along the place where the wo men had sat, which was lined on either side by ministers and eiders', while at; the head of this there was a transverse table, -at which, sat the Moderator, the professors, and other official men". Every man was smoking, or preparing to smoke. The Moderator held a pipe in one hand and a wooden hammer, with which to call attention, in the other. The clerk wrote and puffed too. While on the table, from one extremity to the other, boxes of lucifer matches, plates of tobacco, ink-bottles, paper, pens, books, &e., were mingl ed in most admired confusion, a corps de reserve of long pipes being fixed in an ingeniously con structed wooden frame, lest the business of the Synod should come to a pause, through want of the usual solatium. The audience stood on either side smoking, with a look off placid and dreamy attention. My fellow-deputy and myself were offered a long pipe, and’ all the facilities for smoking, a mark of brotherly welcome which we declined, as we felt that) we had abundance of smoke without it, unless) indeed, like Robert Hall, when anticipating in interview with the learned Dr. Parr, we had had recourse td smok- : ing in pure self-defence! j , ! : The business' however) in spite of these odd accompaniments, was conducted With a freedom of speech, and order and despatch, which would: not have been unworthy of any ecclesiastical as sembly in the world.' : v We said much to encourage' the youhg and faithful Church iri its attaehtiieht’ to th'6 doc trines of the reformation; ia' ti: its fidelity to Church purity, and to the'Christian''Sabbath: Professor Van Velzen 'replied in name of the l Synod, and the whole tonf and spirit of >his warm and eloqueht address ■ proved that our visit had not been in vaim ■ : I Wish to: speak with affectionate respect of those Evangelical' pastors ! |wKo' continue within the pale of the Dutch Profbettrit.Establishment. Such men as Dr. Beets,' Of Ifeecht, and ethers; would be an honor to any Church, and the piety and intelligence of many of Its privite members is unsurpassed in" any country. But their false position has made them timid and feeble, and keeps them from united taetibn.< < And I Cannot hut rejoice that a' Church has been formed which is iiintrammelled in speech and action,' which is by mo means restrained by delicate con ventionalisms in witnessing boldly against error and calling things by their'right names; • REMEMBERING CHRIST. If any skeptic or any ’ stranger to the Gospel were to look in upon a company of Christians at the Lord’s Table, and were to inquire; “ What is the wseof this service, and what does it mean? J never could see anything in it”—--we might an swer him bjr asking-him,' “Did you never see anything in the miniature of a ; departed'wife? Did you never find beauty in the golden lock clipped from thn tejmjiles of your dead boy? Are there no teachings, pp reproofg, no blessed suggestions in. the very sight (if yo'ur mother’s Bible? If you canbot understand and feel such influences," you .cannotv'appr'eciate - one of the highest and holiest uses, of the sacrament of the Holy Supper.” , . ; ' . For ampng other benefits linked with , this simple ordinance, one ! of the very cbiefest is that it is a niemorta? of the suffering Savior. It is a: keepsake of the, best of, friends. Not only do true believers come to the sacramental table in order to remember Jesus, but because they remember Jesus. In.'many characters and of fices, beautiful and glorious, does the Redeemer there appear. : In' two'Characters does he shine pre-eminent and ineCmparable. I. First,,we remember Jesus at his table as a sufferer. All suffering touches us; - but what sorrow is like unto Christ’s sorrow? When Stephen was slaiD, he was slain for his religion.; when Paul bled, he bled for his best Benefactor; wben HampdenT fellj -he fell for’ Ms nation’s li berty; but when Jesus of Nazareth died,, it was the inearnate Son of God dying to. bring salva tion’ to the inost malignant of-his foes. A world’s enmities he bore. The chastisement of a world’s iniquities was- laid upon him. By' his stripes is the worst of, lepers healed. His blood cleanses even a persecuting Saul of Tarsus from his guilt., ,But if this general statement does not touch my heart, I, can think of the atoning Lamb as my’own personal deliverer, bearing on hiC divine a-distinct ' and individual thought of me in the .hour of his bitter agonies. For the sins, of the whole , world h,e' died; but this does not so move me. as, the -recoljection that'for me, poor, guilty, wayward', ungodly me, he gave himself to the tormentors. What the broken!law of God-demanded cf'mdmy Savior bore. ~ What I deserved to: suffer,,-Jesus suffered for me. That . wounded side was cleft,, and those mangled hands were pierced, that I might go with clean bands and a forgiven heart into Heaven. Putting forth His grateful hand to'the sacred emblems, the’believer exclaims: “ This body broken for nvy sake, ' My bread' from heaven shall be 1 ' • This testamental-cup I take, And .thus remember thee; . Eemember tHee aiid all thy pains,' 1 ' And all thy Idvetome ;' : i : Yea, while I .breathe, or pulse remains,. Will I remember thee.” ; i 11. For Jesus ithe sufferer 4s at the same time Jesus the lo ver of my soul. . Not that I at the first loved him, but fie, when ( I was all unlove ly, loved me. This is the sublimest teaching of the sacramental hour, this its holiest, ten- ; derest inspiration.' On the emblems which Je sus offers me at his tables—On the folds of the banner which he lifts above me—on every mor sel of the bread, and on every drop in the 1 .fla gons, his sacred hand writes, “Herein is love.” Free, unsought' love was Christ's, for he gave himself for us. Sovereign love was Christ’s, for it passed by fallen angels l Weltering ,in woe, and lighted upon fallen me; weltering, in my guilt. ; Condescending love was Christ’s, for although lie were quite as rich without me, yet fie became poor that I might be everlastingly rich with a celestial inheritance. Mighty was this love of 'Christ’s, for-it subdues the most obstinate opposition, and transforms the most malignant of the sinner/s soul. It was-a love stronger'than death. It saw me ruined by the fall ; yet (loved rde notwithstand ing all! 1 Bless the Saviour; omy soul! let' all that is within me bless his holy name ! Draw near to him now. Beach hither thy finger and behold his hands. Reach hither the hand, and thrust it into his side ; and cry out, “ My Lord and my God!” Thou art my Shepherd ; thou art my Husband; thou art my King. Woe be upon all spiritual love but the love of Christ I Shame be upon all glory but glorying in the cross of Christ; death be upon all life but upon the life of Christ! “As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the ‘ bride, so doth' my soul rejoice over thee!”' To remember Jesus thus at'his table, arid to rejoice in him, is comparatively easy for the be liever, when the'very air is loaded with the fragrance of his presence. . With every thing to remind us of Christ, it is not so hard to keep the heart upon him. Blit when we geVoiit again into the pestilential atmosphere of an un friendly world—when, we come among the jing lings: of the and the wrang lings of the seekers after gain, and the clamo rings of the seekers aftey pleasure—when there is nothing around us that looks or acts or speakg like Christ) can we remember him then ? ■ Can we order our lfves in remembrance of his law of purity ?, , Do we carry Christ’s keepsake with us into daily life ? Do we labor for dying souls in remembrance of the way in which he toiled for poor humanity, ? Do we try to be patient under trial; and forgiving under pro vocation,- remembering flow be .returned good for qvil? Do we remember Mm when we divide up our gains, seeing to li? that Christ’s cause receives its full share of our gold and silver ? Do we remember him in the person of his poor, his en slaved, or his injured ones? These are the practical questions for every Christian to an swer, both when he approaches and after lie leaves that sacred spot where the voice of his crucified Master says; ‘‘Do this 'in"remem brance of me.” THE CHRISiIIirS NEW RELATIONSHiE If 0 GOD. Had our first parents retained tbeir priginaj holiness and no 1 sin, consequently, have curbed our?/ world,' ■ happiness?—the happiness' which : unbroken communion with God gives—would have been the portion,of our,raee, and a world of beauty their dwelling, place. Thus and here would'We have foreV.ef lived, unless God should have' translated us; one by one; when 'our', work- was done, like Enoch and Elijah, to a “mansion above.’? .But then what relationship? would ,we have sus.tained .tp God ? , Only jthat of holy creatures, 1 ’lf translated to heaven,, would we have bden in any* sense' nearer to ,God‘ thatf the angels ? We daiinot conceive' hdw’ this Could have been the case ; for4he'angels;? equally with ,us, according to,our supposition,, are ‘holy beings, and, in, addition, are, superior intelligences. And, admitting this, then it wbnid follow that ahgels would occupy a higher place in‘heaven than the translated of dur race.' This seems Ito; be' the ‘ principle taught in the parable of ithe "talents:” Now, ithe servant who received the ten talents, and gained other ten, was made ruler over ten cities, while ,116 who received five and gained other five, 're ceived a corresponding reward-?4was made ruler over five cities. But since .onr ; hypothesis has ,no= foundation, sin having entered and .ru ined opr race, and-a Saviour having been pro vided, “mighty to save,” what shall be the new relationship of the saved Ones ? Shall their position be lower than it would- have been,-or will God overrule the introduction of sin for the bringing of his “ chosen ” nearer to himself, and for, their higher exaltation than if they had hever binned ? ’ .Wonderful as it is, and con trary to human modes of action as it iriay be, the latter is the ease. ' Satan Bhall riot succeed in divorcing; our raee :! froim; God. ! No,! , God will overrule, his workfor bringing his redeemed nearer to himself. - r . , Ist. They are brought near by adoption. . All arc creatures of God by creation; but the mo ment a sinner ekercises faith;in. Christ, a rela tionship is : formed between him and Christ, which makes him, in a new sense, a child of God, The promise, then, has a practical ef fect, “I will be a father unto you,‘and ye shall be my sons and daughters. ” They then be-’ come, heirs-of God, and partakers of the Sa-- viourfs glory, as it is written; “ Heirs of God,, and joint heirs with Christ., , that, we may be also glorified together.” Yes, once adopted sons and daughters, and heayeii becomes their intiertfancd—TLOt merely a gift, but* something which comes to; them in consequence of their new relationship. ~ > , ;/1 • 2d. They are exalted to reign in heaven. It is never said of the angels that they reign, they are always represented as servants : “Are’ they not ali minihtermjg servaiits, sent forirto minister to them who shall be heirs of -salvai- 1 tion ?” Yes, seTv&nts waiting m the heirs who, shall bye and bye reign: “For if by one man’s, offence death reigned by one, much more, they which receive' abtmdaneeof grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign 'iw life by : one Jesus Christ.” Again: “To him that over- 1 cometh will I grant to sit with ,me ;on my throne,” says the Saviour;.but no such promise; is given to even the faithful angels.' .In addi tion, they are represented as' being nearer the 1 throne in heaven than the angels.' 1: j >;Tbe Apostle John? records part of.'his;vision. of heaven: “And all the, angels .stood, round, about the throne, and about the elders,- and the four Beasts, and fell before the throne on their, faces and worshipped God.” : Here, in 1 'the in side' circle, arohnd the throne, we - have' the el ders-—representatives iof the entire church arid the jiving creatures, representatives of the, both together representing “the souls s that were beheaded for the .witness of Jesus, and for the word of God. ahd' tohoeueV hhd ! not wor shipped the beast;” and in’the outer circle “all the angels.” -Surely, among the “mysteries -pf. Godliness,” this is one, that the redeemed, of our. ruined, race should be 1 brought into such, a upw rela tion to God; and exalted tb such iiehea-' ven—a relationship ahd glory that would not have been theirs, only that through; much “ tri bulation they .have .been called,, to enter the kingdom.” Reader, what is your hope i ; ; . There are two goals before you, one a ! throne in glory; to be obtained through''Sri' interest' in' the Lord Jesus Christ; the other a plaqe'in the pit of woe,; where there is wejepicg, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth, the fit reward.,of impe nitent transgressors. , To which goal are you running ? Answer' your' own heart) and do not deceive yourself, for -God will not be mocked. .. , THE TOMB OF WHITFIELD. The Prince of Wales'took off 'hih hat at the grave of Washington. - Napblebtf lingered the; intellect in the! conception of- thosb mental, attributes with which the visible.frailtythasjbeen. associated. What we have known hitherto only by reading at such'a Sine .becomes'to' uApi-esent’ and actual. y ’ ; iT ' ;'r ; ;■'• Such were the thoughts; excised,-in. us, by a > recent visit to the tomb qf Whilfield..,. A)call .off, . few, hours is Newbury port, Mass., with'.no de sign of sight-seeing, led us to. inquire, for the church where his remains are. deposited) The; sexton conducted, us into the, vault which is be-) neatti the pulpit at the rear of the church,. , Min*, gled feelings; were excited as the rays of the lamp rendered,visible the open r epflin, the', Bare bones,, and the decaying mound ,of the, great, good, and eloquent man. The coffin-is of plain, massive, solid wood, apparently oak, and is yet yqry sound. It rests upon the coffin of a Mr. Prince, a,.blind preacher, and one of the first pastors , of the church. The skull, the bones of the arms, the) back bone, and the ribs are in good) preserva tion. One of the bones of the arm lies crosswise thoughtfully and reverently, in the tomVqf Fred-, erick the Great. An instinctive awe must pervade every truly thoughtful mindwhen standing in the, presence of the last earthly remains of thqse who wielded a controlling influence upon their times. One desires to see the living man who is shaping the thought, moulding the,character of geu eration to which lie belongs, that he may jqojc with' his own eyes upon the actual, form .uq)der .which power manifests itself. This may be hero wor ship. Bht it is not w.eakpess in our nature, only as pur nature needs for. its growth and* gfatiftia tio'n embodied thought, the visible concentration of those forces which we. know to be at work, So when we gaze .upon the .dust of the mighty, the mind is aided'by the sight in realizing 'the aqts recorded in history, .’The very contrast be tween past strength and present weakness sets the imagination vividly to work; the near'eoqtacfc with the last and the all of the earthly) quickens near the region of the breast, where-it was laid after it was returned from England. The little box iu which it was transported ‘lies' upon' the coffin.' ') : . 1 ' ’ Tile cranium can hardly he regarded as of very large size, nor of uhusually'full development ih the frontal regions. But as put hand Was ‘placed uponit, we were stirred it the’recollection of the lofty, fiery, thoughts which were tliire' conceived. ; As we peered into the;vacant eye-sockits, iina- . gination filled them again with those'whfidrous i luminous balls : Which ; rolled and flashed- With electrical power- over; gazing multitudes; We, saw the mouth again in its place, so full, firm and well-defined, and fancied we could hearthC worlds of superhuman energy which jpoured forth an, ir resistible"'stream of holy, fervid eloquence. Those arm bones were again clothed with sinews ajtd flesh i: and raised aMt were themselves, inf s stinet, with.,-the, meaning and. purpose of»the glowing soul which guided them, and converted their tremulous' wavy lines into an ‘inspiration. ; We were down in the gloomy'cell, with the bones anddusfc, but conception was up stairs, stretch-; ing forward andfgazing at the-pulpit.,. In it stood, the living man. hisy-hole person transformed by the grandeur of the themes of the (Jospei.'' Bap- ’ tized witli an unetioP from the Holy One, inves ted i#itr d supernatural presence,’ he 1 argued; persuaded, wept, expostulated, until the : great facts- pf eternity were as. real to the people as. though they .had already entered upon the ej> perienee of J them. v . 1, / j V ' V Yef'here’’he^re I“ns, 1 “ns, jii'st ’ ? hdre ! fd' tBe v to the touch', -was all : that remained of the greatest preacher of modern times. Indeed ;it, is doubtful if any times ancjenj; or.modern have, known a man possessed of such rare and popu lar eloquence. This mould, these repulsive hones are all. No difference between these and those of the blind preacher whose history, though a faithful man, is no,t known beyond his pariah! A'h'i this' is not all. The great preacher is living out His career and influence illustrate'the power; of ;-un written truth to survive-him who, utters it, apd. to exist always, and eyeryurhere., The. fame of, Whitfield, and, his . usefulness,, accumulate vKiK' 'thife' ! progms ’>tfd ■fiereiiiis 6f the Gospel with evet-y year. - The vietories be achieved over self and over others are-reproducing themselves, ip ever extending triumphs. To-day the rever enpp for. hi? characteryihe estimate of his labors,' the interest felt in everything pertaining to his histbry, is as pervasive and profound as at the day of his death. I — kMeih.' ; ] . THE iSOTHEE’S FAITH. ! Yeprs, ago,, a man. and his wife emigra ted from England to" WeStesi NeW -York.' The husband was intent ujibn adding' farms, his cattle, and his sheep; the wife; upon, ,the time riches and rgerving the Lprd,] The nearest xh<n;ch ; was ten.iniles, distant, and. on Sabbaths: the ‘ horses were always too tired tb take thodgM thtfhtlSband. But the believing-wife, someho w found! the foray to Godfe; ho,use, s if. .only once inmpnjtjbs; and as children, wepe hqrn.tg thorn,;she.resqlutely ,persevered in. training!''fnem for'afuture and holier life. In' thbse dutieS’alsb' she was opposed i "Air such’ reading and singitfg and praying and; learning thbscatbchism took-. too-,mueb> time..’/? Twelve; children,vf;ere .jtihe,.frait ( of„,this .union; seyen-, were sons,, and as they grqiy ■ qlder’' they, del lighted to "gratifytheir mother by assisting her to .enjoy religions privileges, and the father ceasedvrin a measure; his!opposition. ;• , ; , -In,; jier., fiftieth ,year, the .Alastej called .her,; Spine of Her children had embraced the truth, the feat werd'ltill in unhilief' To die and never meet again, it -could ifot : be. ’She 1 balled her family around bade them “take heed to the word of life/’and “ follow her as far .as she;had followed Christ.”* ; !!i i.. 1 ! “ I am going home, and lam happy,. Here in my I ’heart God haW gifen' me 1 an assurance that you, my j husband and children, will Jail’ jbin me iduitHe company of the redeemed. Not one of yop. yv,ili ;be left ont ; sooner or later you, will. and rebellion, and serve Him who died for you. Do not put off that-blessdd 'day, hut' hasten' to’ prdve that God hears and-answers TrayerJ Thirty years F have' taught youiand prayed for you. Some of you, my sons, yifill stand before njen and preach the gospel of , Christ, and souls will be converted through' your means.” Firmly as ‘in days of health tM s dyirig wbrnaii' spoke? 1 to her family; ! but .when the message wats given,; with a smile; on-her face she sank to rest. ;■ ;i. -i ~. :. i, The : , jmoit^er’s,, assured.trust, .was .fuMled. Hpr ehildren all professed their faith, in Christ,' arid five/piit of tne sbvetf sons became preach ers? of ‘the gbspiel. 'The father iharried lagriin, andilivediasihfe hadsdone until hiSeighty-secorid year,/when; jn a powerful revival in, the, plac.e, tyhieh had,,.gi;ptjm from, a forest to,a: foym[Un der his own eyes, he ibecame convicted of. sin. Humbly lambntirig Along,; riSvasted life'/ at thfe' eleventh hour!be entered?‘into? the Vineyard l . l As? he received baptism, his white locks shone With asilvery? light; and the sight of one ; so. aged jubmitting at las I t,tOithe ; Lprd l ,he I ,hadjso. long’ denied,, was tenderly] impressive.' jour! yeairS odly 'were added to hlS'daySi and foritwo' of these? He was scarcely ? able to ! waiki -Brit this was a true regeneration j-everyi-word and act; revealpd, that hg?wfas, born, of „Gpd- He liVjgd , lamenting the past,/and holding ,up his long, life" of rebellion as' a beacon to others. God‘ is merciful,., arid 1 graciously received 1 the servant who pariie at* Jibe eleventh hour-. - ?>.' Fid Ethel.. •• THE COST OF MAKING A BISHOP. The Manchester (Bng ? ) ( -analyzes a bill in; a return, made jto/Parliament injrggairi to the expenses, of becoming,..a .bishop, in Engr land, / The hills in . the ,return .show that the rgtp has ranged.from £3.9T :te,, 6d,, to .£624 Os, Bd,; bjxt the’. JSxayiirier takes the ,bill,paid,by the Itey, John .. Jackson, D. D., on Iris promo tion to the bishopric of Lincoln. ; It,amounted to £468 odd, and;was made up as fpllpws;.... v IfeiConunejdces Jikfe ithafe of- his right reverbnd brethren with, the payment of L*l 13s, 6d. fpr the .Secretary of State’s warrant and stamp. Ihe Attorney-General theri extrifcts£9 18s. 6d. The royal letter of rfecommeridationto the dean atid chapter costs'£9 3s.'6d/while the “Petty Bag Office’? takes .a first installment of £46 19s 6d, Allst,his head.of the conge, d’elire. But ,as soon as the dean and chapter have done what'they were'toid, arid’eiecifed the royal horiiraee, the Growri changes its''attitude; assumes a lofty air of strangeness to the whble? of thp, previous transactiou, and claims to -be paid for.confifming what' Has’been done under its own'directidns.' The Seei'ritafy of State arid ►the Atterh'ey-GeneraTare content ti> repeat'their previous demand ; but h Petty Bag.!’ will not be satisfied* with dess than £48.25, : 10d.:Aftentfajs the government for ,a time relaxitheir hold upon the inchoate bishop, but it is only to givp the* ArchbishPp bfOaut'erbury his turn, die and his : officers are quite equal to the occasion. 1 The Lambeth Palace fiat' costs' £2l, the- Vicar-Gen eral’s pffiee .gets £31,, Dpctprs’ p.ommons’.libra ry claims £2O/the installation mandate ’figures for £lo, some’ tainor officials pocket their two or three guineas apiece and. although it docs not figure in the bill under examination, there is' itt a 'similar account an" item of £l2 12s. for gloves used at , ■ ,;.. , The dean and chapter of, Cantep|)ury, Having received a little matter of £5 10s."for a license of some kind or other, -our clergyman is now a bishop, so.far as .spiritual matters are concern ed.’ ‘ But the' Crown ' how takes Him 'in faaind again, reminds hikn that " there is an embargo npon bisitemporaJities; and, imposes some,- ra ther stringput pecuniary conditions, upon hfe entering into teeir enjoyment'‘ , First oft all he mrist’do bbma|fe td : her W that ceremony is, it costs more thah ff 494? E Theif (iKXKiSEB EVASGEUST.—WIwIo No. 907. n v the Secretary of State, and .the Attorney-Gen eral again send in their little bills “as before.” petty Bag returns to the‘chargewitha demand l for» HR. lessj than £68., A gentlemam named iHalfbide, receives no less than £22 _lo_s. for seals'tiller the rather vague of* <“ passing papers through the efifie§s>”\’ftfe have |a round sum of 20 guineas; letters, messages, land parcels figure for £3 10s ; the sergeant of jhet Majesty's Ghapeiltoyal; is ;goodenough to content ihimsefitf £l Is.; and, thejCourt, 'Circular figures, for • & similar sum, , A TEUE CHErSTIAN HEROnTE. I ; A delega|e,of Cpmwissioiij la-,; (boring at Jefferson Barracks’ Hospital, near St., iLouis, gives the following of the work jwhich a devoted .CWsfcmjnJady 4s doing there jfor the Saviour and’ her‘suffering countiymen : i under God’s grace, in the'religions, work here, ja a womaa In an uncarpeted room in the barracks, furnished with three chairs, a stand, 'and a hospital eot, we found this devoted lady. Here she labored for six months'among the sick and-'wotarided, receiving nh salary, but her appearing to be absorbed in the jChrist-like work. : , Sometimes , there have been jneariy two thousand patients,here, requiring all •maimer of, religious counsel. To, each she ■spesiks directly, making personal appeals, and ■urging the’impenitent to go to Christ. She jhas a peculiarly Bimplej>natural,'and impressive 'manner ; of ( talking about religious subjects, that 'limits one feel f that she, is most shneere, uneon iseiops pf Eefgffiif, and nothipg more than your IfellOw sinher. ,We perceived, from 'incidental remarks that she dropped, that it is no ordiuary triali for iher to pass through the distressing scenes incident to the,hospital.; She could not ■ witness t the death-struggle. , She had done so at first, and,was sick for several days after it. During the day, the interest of each new case 'would Sustain her, but when She came back to (her lonely .-room: at night.the distressed faces of [the day would come up before her most pain fully.,.. Then, too, she, would so often hear the death-tread, beneath her window, at different hofirs bf'the iiight, and know that one of “her |mfin, aS she called them,” was being home to jhis burial She would feel wretchedlv, and 1 close the shutters tight. Her friends warned •her that she was exposed to dangerous diseases!.. jHer noble reply was—, ‘ am,immortal till my work is done.” | .nStill jShe persevjerps; in her labor, and; would jepteem ,it her sorept,trial ,tp, be removed from it. |We shall never'forget the hours of delightful (eomiisahidhWith fhis Vdrthjr Christian lady. (The prayers of Ghrrstians shoald ascend for her (that she. may > foe; supported, iand still further blessed in ; her, most,,fatiguing but self-imposed labors. . , .' ■ A SOIDIEE PRlAcklM. .-.1-. .1 . AND WHAT CAME OE IT. . field agent of the C.hnstiaii Com-’ mission writing from Nashville, Term.; relates the-fdllowmg beantlful incident. ’’ •"* - • - i it-.;:;, \n.r ■'< Sabbath morning,.l was. standing at'the dpor of the Commission room," supplying - the passjng soldiers with testaments. : I asked one if he 'Mad a testament; ihe Said,>‘tNo, ; ‘.‘ Would .you- 1 like to;haye one?’- “ I''es, sir, andiwould thanfc you,kindly for it,” I asked him about Jesus: he said he Mad known his love. Before the war he was a preaeher io a' branch of his church, but was Sorry to say he’had well nigh backslidden, inheart and; life.: I remarked,;you are the man l am looking, for, I want some one to preach to the soldiers in Jlie bracks, at three o’clock. “ Well, they heed it,” said he, “ for I am quar tered there myself." 'l' saidj select a text from the little book-'ligave ; you, : and preach in : the ! name of , Jesus; j; At.the appointed hour we assembled together. My soldier friend. was ready; his text, was, “He that.eomefn unto ine I will in no wise cast out.” Wh'en' hrice&dtepeaWng,;! I 'tried'to say a wordt* The Lord was With us? 1 ■ I saw the' tears drop off the soldiers’, cheeks on ithe floor. . A proposition came, from a soldier to have prayer meeting in the, evening, which .was, agreed, to,, and with one. exception, we have" held prayer meeting every evening since: : A' ! 'great'many Havri risen to ask’ an interest in our prayers. Two have requested? me to write; to their homes and have, their names placed on the.,church .books with their friends., jThe following Sabbath, 1 held Sabbath school. With them—hadforty come together,to read the Word of God. 'Wehad a glorious time.' Jesus was? with us; and so the good work goes on. '.?^r.‘.'Tod&,'%oyn^ ! tW re’eal]s : rejnißiscen'ces : connected with- them:: • Well, there is : one' dh “rec6ivihg'the kingdom' of heaven as a little child.” I 'well recollect' | writing that.. I was vto preach before a college, and .1 made .it with great; labor and care, in the ■ hope that some yqung.inap wpuld be saved, fay it, Iwentand preached it with ailtbe power I could' j drimm'arid/ The/resrilt’Was, "rib'young man was |converted?,? -norteid 1 Lever ■faear l that‘ ?any one was jin fact, the least moved or interested by it; But ■ last year, when at the West, a lady came to me, ; a stranger, and with beaming face, told me that ■ the.town, ; and happened to be present, and my poor sermon, riselbss to the college, Was the means of her con version! Thank God !’ I debit brirriyonv Ohemoreinitbe.drawer! ‘Well;what are you? Texte- 11 , Every Ldevoted thing, is holy,” I re-, member that when I wrote that sermom I felt an uncommon burden'on my heart, and hoped and prayed that it’ might reach some of xriy flock, ; and?be the means of'their salvation. Alas! it , madrino 'impression op them. It seemed to van iish like smoke in the airland perish like foam? on.fthe-Mk»l i months afterward I received a letter froiri a young lady, saying that she’stoppedin town over the Sabbath, and heard that discourse, arid -if’ was the mean’s ;of her’conversion. ■ I have hever seen her; never heard from her before or since; but if, by any possibility,. should fall under,her eye, I wish she might Iry fo conceive how much her Getter did to cheer the discouraged preacher. 1 i-J? T-he Biibble Buest—Campbell, the author of the' ““Pleisbres ‘of 'Htipe,”' In ‘big old age, Wrote am alonwin the world. .?My wife andithetehild of my hopes are t dead; my surviy-: ;ipgiCliildis c9ns.igiied ( f,qaliving tpmb: my old ; friefljis,, brothers, sisters’ are 1 dead all but one hopes are blighted." As for farde, it r ig a bubble 1 that must ,soon burst. Earned for others, shared with others, H.was sweet; but'at my age, to mr own solitary experience, it is bitter. Left in wonderful my nhdosophy at tinies - takes. flight; that I hSi Dt i°' bonipai,yi ’- esort U ' that w»kS» Wonts 1 but Heals;no.pang ; :and then;: sick of the world m y aelf -* i ‘rink into soli- Wde rj A,ndm this state of mind he died. 'W X'v- ?ri -,7 . n. »■;,!»,i»» , •' ia This iifJ ?® n ( JRtifo of, ail accepta iSSS^Sre t:: ■ '-'(..i
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