01. Till. No. 7.-fMe No. 371. THE DEW-DROP. A tear-drop of the morning Hung 'on a blade of grass; A sun pie bead of water: A thousand you might pass. .But when the slanting sunbeam Oame down in morning pride, Xlmn you might se« my water-drop Transfigured, glorified. .; i hipkcd; it shone—a diamond, r i j ’ B P. M hling, clear‘and keen. A looked again: and emerald Hung pure in vivid green. Again it gleamed out golden, „,A tapafc to the view; Then iwM a ruby, fiery red; then sapphire, summer blue. *1 saw tips how a water-drop; Is km to all things fair; Gan give as Bright and beauteous hues As arching rainbows wear Can shine with light as radiant. And sho w as varied gem A^u le xr ity ’ l re3h g*ory, The New Jerusalem. thought how many an action, €)f simpleafi, loveliest guise; * 1 le be&ta of heaven Shine lovely W all eyes; "fly show sueh beauteous, motive m Aaangels will applaud:, Truth, honor, virtue, justice, Love of mtto and God. Two mites, that make a farthing, Insured the Widow’ s fame. ? A single cup of water' Can buy a deathlesa name, The humble work for Jesus— _The gentle word or look, ? Fear not, then, lowly; Christian ; Though deep m dwell, Thy Lord will mark laithfulhess, _ He Will requite thee'well. The dew that waits the, dawning bhaU glitter m the ray, And bright shall shine thy jewelled crown When Christ shall bridg the day! q. 4 A MODEL FOE AMERICAS, PODJTiqJAKS, FOUND IN THE LIFE OF TOEODOREf REr.tNAHTryR^, So much is said of the corruption oftmr /poli tics aud our public men; that,ire. are prepared to welcome, with more than usual interest, the. instances of an apposite character which have adorned the nation** afinala Ifo name hito stood higher among i ; exceptional instances—than that of Tihetadore -Frelinglray een. Mo contrast has beerimore complete, or more imposing, than that presented by the pore, pious, and patriotic H^si.of this.- as; compared)with the popularamd.too just idea;of! an American politician? Exceptionalbis lifehas beer., but must not be in future. Exceptional it was; bat apt abnormal or a beautiful monstro sity. » just suohrai the! ruler. people ought to ike. ■ BBghr great opportunities;: the welfiaitf-of ptesentand coming generationsdemanddf irim.sach" mOrdl qualities ass Moses’ faflber-id-tefw taught him Ho require in thesubardinateibffiee-bearefs of the people. Nx> better adviceas to the selection of rulers has been >recorded tfeanr this of Moses’ sage‘Counsellor: * “ Provide; able men,”saidhe, “such as fear God—men of. tiutbjihatiHg cove tousness.” The late Mr. Freelinghuysen ful filled these requirements to the letter. ' Better service could scarcely be dOne to our legislators and congressmen than to put into the hands of each of them a copy of his'life. ‘ ■- t " Look at some of the ‘chardcteriStl'es of tbi's saintly Senator. 1. his raswssyfM IMtfjafetTT Ai*» yflsrir, This was well known to when Mr, F. was elevated to'offiiea At tile bar, the sincerity of hie religious professibns was unquestioned," and his pure life was a constant power, felt and acknowledged by all. He was a man of the most tender conscience: His bio grapher says: “He carried his Christian prin ciples into every walk of life, He regarded all things from a religions point of His dne great desire in things small, synd great, public, or private, was, to do what wab right. ,He was in the fear of God all tbier day longhand lived as : ' ' ■ ' -i 1 : / ' ’ ;Ii - 'Ever in the great Taskmaster’s Eye. 1 ;” His biographer gives none of the details of the transactions leading to his acceptance of the office of-U. S. Senotor. It remains true, However, that a man of this exalted character succeeded in winning the hoiqage' and su flrages of hii party—showing that true piety is not ne-- cessarily a barrier to such a tribute; and it is also fact worth noting, that?* With air Mr. Frelinghuysen’s tenderness, of conscience, he did not refuse to enter upon a.career so beset with perils to bis Christian thut of a Washington legislator. We do not believe the.mere honor of the position would have in duced him to face those perils. His piety was so earnest, his soul too! unworldly to be moved by mere ambition to enter needlessly upon a course of He went, doubtless; at the call-of his fellow citizens,; as to the fulfill ment of a high duly* He felt his country’s need of the services of conscientious, high-minded, and true men. It would have been: a weakness for him to decline on the ground of peril to his Christian character, ©pod ineu, who; : for this reason, or for the more* common excuse of busi ness and family cam, avoid the responsibilities of theit share in the government of the country, may learn a lesson from' the qxamplo of this godly and upright man. The contaminating tendency of political life is Indeed strong, and often deadly, but it must be; met and corrected, which it will never be, so long asigood men shrink back timorously from its influence. - . But that contamination does.not necessarily follow from the acceptaiiceof office, Mr. Frelmg huysen’s example equally proves. Eebgion is not incompatible with publicise. Woe to every free country if it i&l Woe to every ree country in wbich the good persist in-behaving, it incompatible, and.*,consequently abandon, the business of legislation tothe badd ®kus __f the testimony which the biographer o r,: ■ linghuysen accumulates as to the stea mess o his piety amid these temptations. , years of his term of office,: Ifom IB 0 ’ were among, the most momentous and exciting m our history. Dr. Chambers says: there were seasons- when the ex citement of- feeling reached a pitch almost un £r!‘‘ eden i e *i: ,Frelinghuysen throughout dlvnbZ ed tS e h ghc ? t sta ndard of senatorial 8 y. He never descended to personalities, never engaged in unseemly altercations. ’ His dignified bearing, his transparent candor, his unquestionable integrity, and his high sense of honor, secured him the respect of all parties. A delicate feature of his piety is recorded in another place. He was a member of the party opposed to the administration. Yet itfis said: :Ifo disliked a factious opposition to the ad ministration, and rigidly confined his course to such measures as seemed clearly called for bv the circumstances of the country. ' * Again,-after describing his successful resist ance to the temptations of the-legal parties, the biographer says; ' w^on Mr - Frelinghuysen was transferred to the Senate of the United Stateß, he was sub ffiitted to a 1 still more trying ordeal; Not a teW of his;; compeers were either hopelessly ruined or sadly injured by the vices of the capi tol. But he not only escaped contamination from prevailing immoralities, but maintained, throughout his whole term, the same cheerful, simple, unobtrusive, but uncompromising godli ness. The state of: his mind, even at a time of the very highest political excitement, may he learped from some extracts from a letter written to his brother in the confidence of fraternal in tercourse. It is dated December 18, 1832 : “Your letter finds us in good 1 health, through the blessing of our heavenly Father; who has kindly watched over us. We have been much excited here by the doings, of South Carolina. She seems resolved on dreadful extremities. The President, I-rejoice to perceive, meets the crisis as becomes t% chief magistrate*' of the country. But still our situation is very peri lous. * * * i never more deeply realized our ■ entire dependence on God, who hath .the hearts of rulers and people in his control, who buildeth upandeasteth down. May we look to,his in finite riches of mercy and grace,.and bear m faith the interests of our .beloved country to his holy keeping. It is a season of peculiar claim on the Christian; ‘he has’an interest with a prayer-hearing .God;;* and, if the Lord leaves us toconfusiau of counsel, and to the. curse of selfish pad ambitious desires and purposes, we will be a ruined people. * * * Wehaveppcu liar trials in these high places of fashion, We ■have 1 established a Congressional prayer meet ing on Thursday evening, weekly. There were eight at the last meeting. More than twenty have agreed to attend. I hope to be. strength ened by this waiting upon our Father and Re deemer;” The Congressional prayer-meeting thus mo destly referred to; was, it is believed, originated : by Mr. Frelinghuysen. - Certainly he. was its most efficient supporter during his senatorial term. To him and the late Governor Briggs, of Massachusetts, and others of the like stamp, it wits a great source of comfort and strength; i nor may we doubt that prayers were offered' there, the answers to whieh brought down bles sings tipon the nation. , : Congressional life! is known, to be very un friendly to the maiht&inance of a pure and spi •ritual'Christian charaeier. It is one of the pe culiarities of Mh Freliirghuysenfe life at Wash ington, that he. was enabled to resist these in fluences steadily to the end. He knew his dan ger, as is evident from the “peculiar trials” in the letter to his brother, 1 and from other testi monies, and he*’set a double watch upon him self. Without .secluding himself from society, ; or neglecting-.any‘public duty, he walked un hurt through a|l the pollution and corruption- of the capitol. He guarded against the beginnings of evil. He was more inflexible than ever in his habits of devotion; He was dilligent and regular in using the ordinances of worship, Whether public or social. While he never pa raded, he never cloaked his Christian profession. 'The lustre of his,example seems, never to have 'been tarnished in J a single instance. He left Washington thesariieman that *he entered it, or, if altered, only in so far as his faith was ri pened by experience,: and -his holy living con firmed and strengthened by trial. Besides these evidences of his religious cha racter we, learn that, while he was in Wash ington, he regularly taught a Sabbath school class, every. Lord’s day, and frequently made the assertion that he deemed'this employment mote truly honorable tbai| the high official po sition he held in the Congress of the nation. Nor did he forget his association with the great benevolent causes of the country, nor withhold the liveliest demonstrations of interest in their prosperity, on the ground of his multiplied du ties as a Senator. He w as still their devoted, active, and efficient friend, and cheerfully used the advantages of his position in Washington to bring them into wider notice, and to reach •with their benign influence his fellow-fegislators in the Hails of the Capitol. Thus it was at the meeting in behalf of the American Sunday School Union, hold in Washington, February 16, 1831, in which Mr. Frelmghuyse'n took a prominent part, offering and supporting the fol lowing resolution : “Beaolved, Tha!i the objects contemplated by the late resolution of the Am. SrS. UnionV [to establish schools at once throughout the valley of the 1 Mississippi] adopted in - May last, commend themselves to the patronage and best wishes of every Ameri can statesman, patriot and Christian.” How earnestly he espoused the cause at that early under the trying and difficult circumstances of Congressional life, we will let Dr. Marsh, the veteran Secretary of the American Temperance Union, tell, in bis letter to Dr. Chambers: My acquaintance with Mr. Frelinghuysen eom- Bienced in the winter of 1831-2, at Washing ton, where I was deputed by the American , Temperance Society to excite an interest for .the temperance cause in gentlemeu connected with the government. On propounding to him my.views and objects, he at once gave me his friendship and support, introducing me to other gentlemen, and co-operating in a, plan for a public Congressional temperance meeting in the Capitol. That meeting was held early in January. Governor Gass, then Secretary of War, presided, and: the meeting was-addressed by the Hon, Felix Grundy, United States Se :nator from_Tennessee; Mr, Frelinghuysen, Se nator from New Jersey; Hon. J. C. Bates, member of Congress from Massachusetts; Hon. James M. Wayne, from Georgia; and Hon. Daniel Webster, United States Senator from Massachusetts. The assembly was large, and 'the meeting most impressive, Tne address of •Mr. ’Frelinghuysen completely dissipated all the levity and hilarity with which such a meet ing of the splendor and gayety of Washington was anticipated, and gave a tone of tenderness and solemnity in its portraiture of the personal and domestic evils oij intemperance not easily V '’ r ’ : '' PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1863. forgotten.. At subsequent Congressional meet ings of a similar character, Mr. Frelinghuysen’s voice was lifted up with great energy' and power against the drinking usages of men in public stations; and when the Congressional Temperance Society was organized in 1833, he becapie chairman of the executive committee, and, in conection with his most intim ate friends, Hon. A. Naudain, of Deleware, Hon. John Blair, of Tennessee, Hon. George N. Briggs, of Massachusetts, and Hon. Eleutherps Cook, of Ohio, he was instrumental of moulding a large portion of the. Congress of that period to tem perance principles. .This is ah admirable picture of unbending in tegrity, of lofty spirituality, of persevering Christian activity iq humble, as in more ele vatea, spheres of effort, of even and steady, piety, maintained in the midst of adverse cir cumstances. indeed, it is more. It is not only a consistent character upheld, but an ag gressive form of piety cultivated, that we be hold.; It is not only a hardening influence insisted by secret prayer’ but a Congressional prayer-meeting established. It is hot' only a Sabbath sacredly guarded against the contami nation so difficult to resist in political circles, but employed in faithful, active service in - the humblest capacity for the. Master i It is not only preserving piety in different situations, but actually using those situations for the most effective efforts in promoting piety.. And we maybe tolerably sure that this aggressiveness Was the' best security for his piety. Without such demonstrations upon the enemy, he would have been' far more likely to succumb. The Christian who would save his piety in the midst of political duties anil excitements, will find no means better calculated to be successful, than the faithful attempt to save his political associates by his piety. We canfiot better conclude this article, which we propose with one or two others on the same subject, than by quoting the opi nion of two of ‘Mr. Frelinghuysen’s most-dis tinguished political associates, upon his cha racter. • , Daniel Webster, speaking of his nomination to the office of Yice President, in 1844, said: A selection has been made than which a Wiser and better could not have been made. There is not a man of purer character, of more sober temparament, of more accessible njanners, and of more firm, unbending, uncompromising Whig principles than Tlieodore Frelinghuysen; and not only is he all this, but such is the ea's.e of Bis manners, such the spotless purity of His life, such the-sterling attributes of'his character; that he has-the regard, .the fervent attachment, and the enduring love of all who know him. - Said Henry Clay, in a letter written on the same occasion: t Ndthingteould be more agreeable and grati fying to me than the association of Mr. Frelingr huysen’s name with my own;. I have long and intimately known that gentleman, and no man stands higher in my estimation as a pure, up right, and patriotic citizen. I served with him, -with great pleasure, in the Senate of the United States, and shall never (forget the memorable .session of 1833-34. He always, seemed self poised, and bore himself uniformly with great ability and dignity. There Was a vein of be nignity and piety running through all his con duct and speeches which it was refreshing and delightful to contemplate. THE GOOD WORK IN THE ARMS'. At the recent'anniversary of the Fulton SiL Prayer-Meeting, Mr. George H. Stuart made the following remarks, as reported in the Chris tian, Intelligence^. Mr. Geo. H. Stuart, of Philadelphia, President of the Christian Commission, said : “ Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and all that is within me Bless his holy name,” was the language of Mis heartwhen *he recalled the memories that clus tered around the 23d of September, 1851. He came to bring to the brethren of the Fulton street hidering the tribute of thanksgiving and of praise of the Philadelphia noon-day prayer meetings,; who, in the providence of God, inten ded in. a few days to celebrate the anniversary of their six years of united, fervent, earnest prayer to God for his blessing to descend upon the Church of Christ, and upon a lbst and ruin ed world. All the noon'meetings had not been for ini the city to which: Dr. Rice referred he not long since! attended one of the best daily prayer meetings held in our whole country. As the providences of God were being developed in the struggle now going on in our country for the maintenance of the best Government that God had ever given to man, he understood the history of the Fulton street meeting as he never did before; he could un derstand why it was that that little band were led by God’s Spirit to commence in the adjoin ing building, a meeting for prayer; he could un derstand the divine message of the sainted son of the President (Dr. Tyng) to stand up for Jesus ;‘but it was when he went down into the, great armies of our country, who were stan ding up manfully for the “Old Flag,” that he -thoroughly understood the history of the daily :prayer-meetings. Ministers were complaining ,of the absence of God’s Spirit from -the sanc tuary, but blessed be Qod, he heard no such complaint come up from.the hosts who were gathered in battle array in defence of our coun try. A returned delegate sent out by the Christian Commission; said that be never met men so near the cross of Christ as the soldiers who were fighting the battles of our country. This was a large meeting in the emporium of ( the West, 1 at the mid-day hour, but’he could take them to a meeting, held three times each day, larger than it, all composed of men wear ing the uniform of the United States soldiers. The [average attendance was from one to two thousand immortal souls, anxious to seek Je sus, and to speak' a word for their Blessed Master. The Church of Christ in America should wake up to the important fact that God by hiS; wonderful providence has opened up to her the greatest missionary field; that eve; was presented to any Church. It was not in far off India or China, but it was composed of sons, brothers, fathers, and husbands who were' risking life that we might continue to enjoy the blessed privileges we possess. Last evening he received a letter from the wife of a major-general in Gen. Roseerans’ army, transmitting fifty dollars to aid in spreading the gospel of Christ, as a testimonial of what she owed for the labors pat forth which, under God, resulted in the conversion of that gallant gene ral, who was leading one of the corps against the combined hosts that were trying to over throw our Government. If he had time, he could speak of other generals, and of the per sonal labors of a brother from Chicago, who in faith and prayer spoke to another general com- mandinga corps in the Army of the Cumber land. ' He told him plainly what he* must do to be saved, and a Presbyterian minister heard the following words- fall ,from the lips of that general: “Sir, by the grace oif God X have sworn my last oath, and srank my last glass of liquor. I feel if we are to succeed in putting down this rebellion, we officers mrist fear-God, and pray to him for success.” He gave an in stance of a singular answer to prayer. A de voted man from. Wisconsin, recently appointed dq take charge of .the work of the Christian Com mission in Tebniessee, weht to a large 1 city 6n itbe Mississippi river, arid was instructed to get 1 a room: As the Commission could not afford tp payrent, the, Gqvernniefit agent gaye them the use of a tmOding* but (is the rebel who owned it found it convenient to take the oath of alle giance, the property wtjs restored to him, and he required fifty dollars-a month for, rent. One day,their agent, a man fu|i of,!the'Hqly Ghost, prayed that God’would convert .the major gen-, !Acitizen whpbad, dropped. intp the meeting’ went to headquar ters and said“ General^ hpartL for; I fyaye heard your nafip eri” Tlie’.genera} lppktd'at him, smijpd and said,: . “GLvp my; complWents to E., and: tell him I’ll pay the rent for,6ne year-”- Pive young, rnen of an Indiana regimimt commenced, a pray er-meeting, at the foot pf|it tree, arid, .continued five weeks'without any Addition. Finally one. after anpther of the regiment, came, and befprq tha,t meeting vyas broken lip. the . daily atten-; dance was between four mid five thousand, and now pearly every‘memb’etfdf that Indiana reg-. iirienf is converted. . ‘ “isr oira Is tberfe not too much s flail criticism in ridi cule'- of this phrase ?- Ik nay not be an elegant form of speech : but its grammatical propriety is unquestionable. I weary. Jof the mis-appreben-' sioris of'cleridaiarid' laicalr- J scholastic, and npn scholastic, perts And ‘priripS's in this" Connexion." “ In o&k midst,” means Mteply and rightly; in* the midst of oUr- circle,- Company' or dssemblg. Those who give it a perebnril application, as’ though it signified the mid-riff; or some-other anatomical tissue or organ, only expose their dwri grossness of'.tastj&'anf greed- of the vulgar.- I* do mot * 'know ’that tttejbrm occurs' exactly iif our Authorized the.' Bible ; but its; equivalents are riu’riacrbusithere,tend the precise form-is'an old and : repuwble Anglicism. “In the midst- of ttiee’’ os a' frgquent Biblical expres sion: i. e., in the- iriidst If 'Zion, of Jerusalem, of Israel, of iny peciple.' “Jin the midfet of them” is also found:; -as> u - Jesu® .biiriseif stood in the midst - of the apostblie'groip. ‘So we have^-“ln' the midst of ms.,’' “ Sfet fbouj Loan, art in the midst of us, and we arefcalled by thy name; leave ns not:” Moth thkn: a -hundred times, “midst-' occurs in iingiar" relations. How absurd to treat; ’it as though it meant of thy, their, our, bones, '-miiscleSi'-vesSels &o! “T send yon as ' sheep, in the midst of wolees”— i, e:y in the stomach:! ' “Sitting in .the midst of the doctor's^ E e.,-in -the abdomen' of the doctors'! “ Where twolor-thtoe’• arri gathered together in my name, there aril I in-the mMt of them, 1 e.’, 1 in their heart, ventricles and auricles! - ’ Notwithstah’ding the coarse’, "Unseemly, arid ignoraint objections' to tfie pbraseflfet-the “ two or three”, -still' pray} for -the fblfilthent of. the blessed-prowisiffi' -bkttrWf-€h - r £ml -'jfemis-V- Aj -whose name we'are gathered,be Thou in our midst ! t Amen and ' amen '.—Lutheran Missy.. THE CHUItCH Iff THE. FAMILY. , We have made a new arrangement for our Sabbath evenings. Instead ofi our usual prayer meetings; ea<-&,y<m%:is expected to spend: an ■Hour, at : least; in reading the ■ Scriptures, sing ing and-prayer; in which it is:intended that:all should- unite. This' was the .practice in my mother’s family ; and those Sabbath 'evening exercises, in ' which I was expected ■ to unite; even before I hoped I was a Christian; have left a marked influence upon me. :E desire, likewise, to enlist our young men and women in a Helper’s -Society, .which shall assist, in carrying out this with other plans of Christian labor and useful ness; Sometimes it seems, for a moment, almost a hopeless endeavor, when Christians have so little enthusiasm'in the work of their. Master; but whenever I am, tempted thus, I have only fo remember-the'tender long suffering' of a better Shepherd tPwardnmr/.ihis "wandering. sheep; Jonah’s Children are not all dead. Possibly I may be of his kindred. For if :jll my, gourds do not grow, I sometimes catch myself inclining towards disappointment. Line upon line, pre cept upom precept; here . a little and there a -little, this is God’s way; and how does his plan glow with wisdom as seen through the . glass of human experience. . ■ ■ ■ , If the practice above "referred to could: be adopted in each:Christian:family-iniour congre gations; would it-not add greatly in keeping alive the life of godliness in the soul, and in the houshold ?■ — Exchange. THE SABBATH Iff NEW' ENGLAND. [From an Essay by Dr. Philip Schaff on the An glo-American Sabbath, read before the National Sabbath Convention, at Saratoga, August 11th, 1863.] It is one of the peculiar marks of Divine favor to America that its foundations are deeply laid in,; religion; and that the Sabbath, as observed in Scotland and England from the beginning of the seventeenth century, was one of the Chris tian institutions of the fathers and founders of our republic. The history of New England commences urith the politico-religious covenant of the. Pilgrim Fathers, signed on board the Mayflower on the day of its arrival in Cape Cod harbor, on the 11th of November, 1620, which laid the founda tion for independent, voluntary, democratic self-goverritheht In Church and State; and was solemnly inaugurated on the day following'by the strict observance of a Puritan Sabbath. During : the following weeks of anxious and dangerous-, explorations for a safe harbor and settlement on terra Sana, nothing could present the Pilgrims from spending every Sabbath in religious retirement, which invigorated them for the severe labor of the week. And when; on the ever memorable 22d of December, they landed on Plymouth Rock, not even the pressing necessities-of physical food and protection, nor the cry of some Indian savages, who threatened them, as they thought, with an assault, could in duce them to break the first Sabbath by their fu ture home, They were still without the shelter of a roof. Rut it was the Lord’s hallowed time, and the work of building must wait. There this small congregation of pious emi grants, the unconscious bearers of the hopes and destinies of a mighty future,* met, far away from friends and kindred, in a new inhospitable clime, in dreary cold December, on a barren rock, threatened by roaming savages, under the stormy sky of heaven, and in the exercise of the general priesthood of believers, offered the sac rifice of their broken hearts and the praises of their devout lips to their God and Saviour on his own appointed day of rest. These Pilgrim Fathers, of immortal memory, were first true to God, and, therefore, true to themselves atnd true to the world.- They made religion the chief concern of life, aud regarded the glory and enjoyment of God the great end of man, to which every thing eWipnst be sub- ordinitb. They reasoned—and reasoned cor rectly; that all lower goods are best secured by -' securing the highest, They first sought the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, well as sured that all other things necessary would be added unto them. They knew that the.fear of the Lord Was the beginning of all wisdom. Their constant sense of dependence on God made theiri feel independent of men. Being the faithful servants of Christ; they became the true freemen and the fathers and founders of a republic of self-governed sovereigns. The noble example of the Pilgrim Fathers was followed by all the Puritan immigrants from Old to: New England. The strict obser vance of the Lord’s day was a universal custom, in all New England, and continues to the pre sent day. It i@ there'interwoven with the Whole structure of society; ! it bnfers into the sanctuary of every family; it- is identified with-' the earliest: and most sacred, recollections of eyery man, woman,, anff child. ; The .strictness,: of the New Erigland Sabbath is proverbial, and ; has only its equal in the pCotch'Sabb’ath.. l In' | formerdays, irWas;nadbulit^^riiiyeartie'd ■' j to exfceßS, and observed -more in the spirit of - : Jewish legaliSm than of Christian freedom. ' But all along with these, excesses went the in-, numerable blessings of the day. Its strict ob servance was an fessential part of thi& moral discipline which made New England What it is to-day, and is abundantly; justified by its fruits, i which are felt more and more, throughout the whole Christian world. ‘ It is unnecessary, even in these days of sec tional prejudice, party aririnbsity, arid slander; tb sajf one word >in praiSb' of NeW England. Facts and institutions always speak for them selves.; iWe might ; say, with Daniel Webster, giying, his famous eulogy ,on Massachusetts a more general application to her five sister' States: “There they stolid: look at them;and judge for yourselves. : There is-their history; -‘ the world knows it by heart; the past at,least ' isseeurp,”' The rapid ,rise and progress of that rpcky and barren country called New England, is. one of the marvels of modern history. In the shorf'period of 'two Centimes and a-half. it has attained; the height of modern civilization, Which it required other countries more than a thousand years to reach. Naturally the poor est part of the United States, it lias become the .intellectual garden,'the' busy workshop, and'thc thinking brain of the Vast 1 republic. In general wealth and prosperity, in energy and; enterprise, in love of freedom and respect- for law, in the ; diffusion of intelligence and education, in -fetters arid arts, in virtue and religion, in every essen tial feature of national pbiver arid the' people of the six New England States, and more particularly of Massachusetts,, need not fear a comparison with the most favored-nation on the globe, , , , , . But the power and'irifluence of Eew England, ; owing to the enterprising arid rbstless character of its population, rixtends : far -beyond: its own' : limits; and, is almost omnipresent in the United States., The twenty thousand, puritans .who epiigrated from England within, the course, of ; twenty years,'from 162,0 to iff Q,;arid received but little aricessioigr until the mbdem- flbod of mixed European countries; set in; have grown, into; a race of,many millions; diffused themselves more, or less ipto every. State, of the U n ion, ;and take a leading pari in the,organization and de velopment of every new State Of the great West of thri Pricifie.': "Thfifr; 'principles have acted like leaven upda the whole lamp of American. society; their fnflunee reaches into all.the,ramifications of our.cpniqiereq,.'manufac ture, prilities, literature, and religion' there, is hardly a Protestant Church or Sabbath School iri the land; frbm Boston to San .Frarisisco; which does not feel, directly or indirectly, posi tively or negatively, the intellectual, and .moral power which constantly emanates from the classical soil of Puritan Christianity. ‘ ; The Sorithem 'enemies of our'government, who; in former years, resorted to New Eiigland ; institutions for an: education,, acknowledge this fact by applying the term Yankee reproachfully : to the whole people of the North. But it is ; rather a term of hdrior of which rib orie need be ashamed. The New Englanders have their idiosyncrasies and faults like every other people under the sun, and are apt to run into extremes and all. sorts of isms in politics;, philosophy, and religion ; but they have counterbalancing virtues of sterling’value'which make them a real blessing'to the race. Wherever they go they carry, with the'm their industry and enter prise, their love of freedom and zeal for, educa tion, and what is better than all, their native traditional reverence for God?s Holy word and Holy day, and this, far 'frbm'bbirig 'a wfeaikness, is one of the chief sources of their strength and prosperity, arid ari unspeakable benefit to the whole country. Let us never forget ,the,debfr of gratitude which we owe to New England fpr the strict observance of the Sabbath. ' ; A DEVOTIpff2LI, FRAME. “I am not mainly concerned about the ser mon when I ,go to church,” said a Christian friend to us a few days ago, “ I aim rather to, ggt poy mind into ; a devotional-frame.” In' these days of undue preference.for pulpit performan ces, it gratified us. very much to hear such a sentiment. 'How many there are who seem not to expect any spiritual benefit from a visit to the Sanctuary, except that which may re sult from listening to a finished discourse! To such- persons, the devotional exercises which precede and follow the preaching are merely in cidents of the occasion, intended either to fill up the time, or relieve-the monotony, and no thing more. They care for hone of these things. The, Sermon, the Sermon—this they came' to hear, and they feel but little interest until it is commenced, and as little after it is concluded. s|he text—rWib it, be something odd, „origihal and striking? The divisions of the ; discourse —will they be lucid and logical? Thd:argu ments—will they be pointed and* ponderous, and the illustration S—will they be beautiful and brilliant? These are the-matters about which they are mainly, if not solely concerned. If they desire any spiritual profiting:, it is not looked for except through the serinon, carefully constructed and gracefully delivered. ■> Now we maintain that this spirit is not the proper ope in which to visit ! the house of the Lord. We well know, of course, that ,top high an estimate cannot be placed on the thorough exposition and faithful application of Divine Truth. It iS; too, as all admit; an evidence of spiritual decline or apathy when! the truth of God thus presented attracts but little or no at tention, aud makes but a feeble, if any, impres sion. Truth, as the Saviour hah.taugbt ns, is the medium of oar’sanctification, and hence its importance to our progression in holiness caul not be over-valued.- >We- have’reason, also/to believe that God clothes the truth, as it is preached by his commissioned servants with special enprgy for the work of salvation. Biit after all this is admitted, it still remains true that those who go to the Sanctuary have another errand there besides hearing a,Sermon: They should go to commune with God. . . They should go to worship. They should go to feel, themselves in the presence of the Most High, to have their hearts elevated by holy medita tion, to break away from the thraldom of earth and sin, and to place their souls under the beams, : and breezes and blessed visions of; heaven. It is too : much forgotten that God’s; house is to be called “ the house of prayer .” It is to be visited with the soul in an attitode of devotion, —realizing the Divine Presence, and longing for fellowship with the Father and the Son through the Eternal Spirit, Such a frame of mind as this, prevailing in our day, would throw an air of devoutness Over our Christian assemblies, much to be desired, and be productive of a growth in spirituality, the want of which there is Only too much reason,to lament. Far surer of being benefitted by the ordinances of religion is the man who observes them all in a devotional spirit and expects God to honor them all with his sanctifying power, than he who makes the advantage he shall de rive from his visit-to, the sanctuary to depend upon the success of the preacher ip making a strong argument, a thrilling description, .or a powerful appeal. AFLOWERY CROSS. A beautiful cross arrested my attention one pleasant Sabbath, fitted nicely in ‘front of'the" pulpitj J c6'mpdSdd-*oF' evergreens as *a background,' handsomely ido'tted with .garden "flowers. T am a-lover of, flowers wherever I pee, them, whether in gardens, forests,, fields, by the road , side, or even in the solemn shades of the church. Life’s cares and perplexities'aresoothedby their loving unfoldings. ; Who would be without flowers ? But a flowery erote is certainly very suggestive to my mind. . We associate with the cross usually the keenest suffering, even death itself in its most ignominious form. Nevertheless, we may find something .profitable in looking at a flowery cross. . Are there not many who would gladly embrace Jesus and his religion if it were not for the r ugged, gloomy aspect of the cross ? Dress it ip gaudy Fries j take 1 off the J self-denial, the frown ing world,, the rack, the prison, the burning at the stake, all this;, and take the matter easy;,.let us live as we list, eat and drink and rise up to play; sunshine oh all the way, to hearCn, singing birds, softly flowing brooks, and a cloudless sky. But you may as well think of walking a day’s journey without weariness, or of a harvest with out the toil,, as, to get to heaven without the cross. The Saying is true, ‘‘No cross, no crown.” ■ 1 What saiih the high and Holy One that inhabiteth eternity ? He that loveth father or mother .more than me, is not worthy of me; and, he that,loveth sqn or daughter more than me, is, not , worthy of me.” '*‘Xf any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and ‘ take up his cross and follow me.” Arid the same sentiment is beautifully expressed by one of our poets: - ~ ■ . . . “Must I bo carried to the skies , - On flowery bec|s of ease,,. While others fought to win the prize, ' And* sailed through bloody seas ? ‘ Sure I rimst fight if I would reign;” •<- All this speaks of a Cross; yet anything Frit a flowery one. ;:Let us take the, cross as it..os presented, r jigged as it may appear, and the sunshine and flowers will soon follow.— -Zion's Herald. " - ’’ "A SCRAP OF HISTORY- ' *.Somb half a century ago there was in our goodly commonwealth a certain church. Its locality was a country town, - and many were connected vjith it who had.learning, ! and, wealth. The" religion of its mtmbersvhaff declined, For-' mality had taken the place of spirituality, the' love of the world had become dominant over the love of Christ, yain and.sinful:‘amusements were popular, and iniquity in various forms coming in lake a flood, threatened a total extinguishment of the little piety which was left. There was a weekly prayer-meeting, and it was weaMy indeed, for out of four hundred members not twenty could be found to attend it. The pastor, three deacons, and eight or ten others constituted .the whole number who were usually present. One evening, dark: and cloudy, arid the roads in bad condition, one solitary sister came, and sat awhile alone.; By-and-by came a brother—-a judge of the Supreme Court.: He extinguished the light in his lantern, and set it upon the floor. Neither for several moments “ spoke-a word, for their grief Was great;” At last said the j udge : “I do riot know but this prayer meeting must be‘given up. It has been dwiridiingiand dwindling, till at last it has come to this. No-minister is here to-night, no deacon, none but you and I, and what can we do ?” The sister burst into tears. “ Dori’t say so,” exclaimed she. “I left an im penitent husband at home —I asked him to accompany me here, and he would not—l am distressed .for his soul, and, am here to pray fori him. . Jtidge, will you, pray ?’’■ They bowed down together,there. The Lord witnessed with, their spirits that he Was graciously, present; and that was the commeneement of a revival of religion-which pervaded that church* that town, and county, and whose fruits were so remarkable as to be chronicled in the Connecticut Evangelical Magazine of that date. Learn hence that the Lord can save ; by many or by few; learn never to despond, and learn never to cease to call upon the Lord. : — Religious Herald. LUE S AUTUMN, r Lit® the' leaf, life has its fading. We speak ana think of it With sadness, just as we think of the Autumn season. But there should’ be no sadness at the fading of a life that has done well its work. If- we rejoice at the advent of a new life, if we welcome the coming of a new pilgrim tb the uncertainties of this world’s way, why should there be so much gloom when all these uncertainties are passed, and life at its, waning wears the glory of a-eompleted task ? Beautiful as is childhood in its freshness and innocence, ifs beauty is that of untried life. It is the beauty of promise, of Spring, of the bud. A holier and rarer beauty is the beauty which the waning life of faith and duty wears. It is the beauty of athing completed ; and as men come together to congratulate each other, when some great, work has been achieved, and see in its concluding nothing but gladness, so ought we to feel-when the setting sun flings back its beams upon a life that has answered well life’s purpose. When the crops are blighted, and tbemildew blasts the early grain, and there goes all hope of.the harvest, one may well be sad ; but when the ripened year sings amid its garniture of Autumn flowers and leaves, why should’ We regret' or murmur 1" And so a life that is ready and wait ing for the “ well done” of God, whose, latest virtues and charities are. its, noblest, should be given back to God in uncomplaining rever cdoe, we rejoieing that earth is capable of so much goodness; and is permitted such virtue.— J. F. V. Ware. ..... BE CONTENT. There was a boy who only wanted a .marble. When he had the.,,marble, he ; ,only wanted a ball; when he had a ball, he only .wanted a top; when he had. a top, he only wanted a kite; aid when’h’e'had marble, ball, top, andi kite, he was not happy. Tnere was a man who only wanted money. When be had money he only wanted a house; when he had a house, he only wanted land;! when he had Hand; he only wanted; a coach and when he had money, house, land, andja! coach, he wanted more than ever. . : j Be. content with 'Htde, for* caaeti 'y?Bri|ye| more,’all the world oyer. ’■ t GENESEE E¥ANG»l®.—Whole ' No. 908. NO REPENTANCE—NO PEACE- Have you ever- heard, of the .great clock of St. Paul’s in London? ,'At mid-day* in the roar of Fastness; wheri carriages, 'and* carts,-'and wagons;•' and omnibuses, go rolling through; :the streets;;, how many never hear that great eloejestrike un less they'live -very near it! Bril whfifi.fhe ‘.work ’ of the day is over, and the roar of business has -i passed away”when mpu are gone to sleep, and silence reignp in Loudon—then at twelve, at one, at two, afc three, ririfoarv the sonn& SfihXt'? clock riiay be heard for miles -around. ,!Ew«Wiel—Oflf! Two !—Three !-j-Foar I How that,clock is,heps i by many a,, sleppless irianl .T,hat clock is !jpst like the conscience'ofl 'thV impribiterit' man;'' JSVhile he Has' v healtB !k arid arid-goes ibfl' 1 iufhe whirl tof busin&su he will riot hear hisiema':, ‘ Science; ' Hriidrowns, arid .silences-its vioccr, W plunging into the world.,, allow the . inner man to speak to him. ,But the 'day 'will - come when Cori^cierice 1 will he'heard; whether He- * likes it or not. The day-will come when its -will-spiund like, f sword.' tire froth the world, and lie dowri dri the sick Fed, arid look death in the face- Arid ,then the: clock of conscience;,- that solemn , clocks will, , jsound in his heart, and,, if he has riot repented, will bring wretehedrie|s to his soul. Dh, r no !'write‘-it down in~ the. tablets -of your heart—without repentance, no peace.— J. C. \Ryk. - " ' THE LOSS OF A WIFE. In comparison* with the loss, of a wife, all other bereavements are? trifling. The wife i rihe who fills so large, a;space in the domestic heaven! she who busied.herself so unweariedly for the precious ones around her; bitter, bitter is the tear that falls ori her cold clay I Yon stand beside her coffin and think of the past. It seems an amber colored pathway, where the sun shone, .upon beautiful flowers, or the stars hung, glittering overhead. Fain would the soul linger there. No thorris are remembered save ‘those your hands may unwillingly have planted. Her noble, tender heart lies open to your inmost sight. You-think of her now as aU gentleness,-all beauty, all purity. But she is dead! The dear heart that laid upon your bo som, rests in the still darkness upon a pillow of clay. The hands that have ministered so un tiringly are folded, white and cold, beneath the gloomy ; portal. The heart whose every beat measured an eternity of love lies under your feet. The flowers she bent over with smiles bend now above her in tears, shaking the dew from their petals that the verdure around her may be kept green and beautiful. . There r is no, white, arm over your shoulder, no speaking face to look up into the eye of love; rip trembling lips to murmur, “Oh, it is •too sad.” ; 1 : ” There is so strange a hash in every room; rio light footstep'passing around. No smile to greet you at nightfall.; And the old clock ticks and strikes, and ticks—it was such music -when she could hear it 1 Now it seems a knell on the hours through Which you watch the shadows of death gathering upon her sweet face! ■ ■■ ■- - ' And- every day the clock repeats that old story. Many another tale it telleth, too—of beautiful words and deeds that are. registered -above. You feel—oh, how often—thkt the grave cannot keep her. . SERICTTS THOTFGhtS FOR MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL; “The'grand scope of the Christian ministry is to bring ineri home to Christ.”— Robert Halt “ I see’that? of mind is the main qualification 'for the work’of the ministry;”— Urquhart. ..... - “Your .work is to save souls. ’’—Gems for Christian Ministers. “Wherever-you- are,; remember you are a ‘minister. Gems for C. M. “ The readiest way of finding access to a main’s heart is to go into his house.”—Chal mers. \ ' - -- ; ' ' “ In preaching, study riot to draw applauses, but groans, from the hearers.”— Jerome. “ A minister who is a man-pleaser is a soul destroyer.”—Gems for.C. M. : ; . , “Let every minister; while he is preaching, remember that God makes one of his hearers.”— World. “ Let ..Jesus Christ be all in-, all; study Christ, jpreaph Christ, live Christ.”— M. Henry. “ Preach no sermon without lifting up your heart to God both before arid after its delivery, that it may be blessed to the people.”— Gems for C. M. “ One.soril converted to God is better than thousands merely moralized, and still sleeping in their sins.”— Bridges. , “ Melanethon says of Luther, ‘ I have found him in tears praying for the Church.’”— Funeral Sermori, 1546. AFRICAN PROVERBS. He who digappoints another is not worthy to he trusted. - A pig which has wallowed in the mire seeks a clean person to rub against. An ungrateful guest is like the lower jaw, which, when the body dies in the morning, falls away from the upper by night-time. It is easy'to cut a dead elephant to pieces—• hut none dare attack a live one. He who claps hands for a fool to dance is no better than the fool himself. All men are related to one another. The time may, be very long, bat a lie will be discovered at last. - The dust of the buffalo is lost in the dust of the elephant. ; ’ He who cannot take up an apt, yet tries-to take up an elephant, will find out his,folly, A matter dealt yyith gently .prospers; but a matter dealt with violently, brings vexation to the author, ' ' " He who ; sees another’s fault, talks about it, hut covers his own with a potsherd. ; When .you are, warned,.w.arn youtself. Be ace is the father ,of friendship. TT'NBimiED DeAd' Peosi.e. —There • are many dead people in.the world who are not yet buried. There are thousands who jbave been dead many years, and do not know it. . When a map’s,heart, is eold.ahd indiffei-ent about religion';' when his hands are never employed in doing God’s work; when his heart is: never familiar with his Ways ; when his: tongue, is seldom used iin , prayer and praisey whep his ears, are deaf to the. voice of; Christ in . the Gospel; when his eyes are blind to the beauty of heaven ; when his mind is full of the world,did has no room of time for spiritual things—then =a man is-dead.; ; .f : . PsaDms and Axms;!-^—Word-worship and' acfc worship have their different’values ! JReople who suppose that ; a good prayer is preferred to a good net, doubtless imagine that God has more hearing than eyeipghtS jThe end. we ftaf, *il[.show th«S they reasoned from ’ false preiPisbs. The poor are oftener prayed for than helped. The reason is, beheve, .that, breath, is cheaper than bjalhon; , ;■,„ . r ‘V y i
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