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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.
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