Vol. VIII. Ho. 12.—Whole No. 376. SUDDEN DEATN, SUDDEN GEORY. Rev. Mr. Hall, of Arnsby, fatter of the celebrated Robert Hall,) Mr. Evans, of Foxton, abd Mr, Chris tian, of Shcepghead, three emineatly piousministers of the Gospel, attended a ministers’ meeting at Mr. Woodman’s, Sutton, in the Elms, Leicestershire. The day was solemn, and the discourses delivered were very interesting and appropriate. In the: evening these ministers spent their lame together in the most agreeable conversation. Among other subjects one oi them proposed for discussion that passage in Job • 2 s \ “ e .? co . nr B e slay suddenly, He will laugh at the trial of the innocent/* Deep seriousness per vaded the conversations while each , minister-gave his thoughts on the text. When! it came teCMr. Christians turn to speak he dwelt on the subject with an unusnal degree of feeling, 'He considered it as referring to thesuddendeath of the righteous, and was expatiating very largely on-the desirable* ness of suen an event, and toe nappy surprise with which it would be attended' when; s&id a flood of rapturous tears, he took his flight from the world while the words were yet faltering-on his tongue. Edmeston, the poet, wrote the following beautiful linos on this solemn event.: - Which is the happiesEdeath-tonife? Oh!” said One, “if I might cnlfse, Long at the gatesofblisstfouldllie, And feast inv spirit, ere it fly, ~{■ With bright celestial views. Mine were a lingering deatl without paid, ! * A death whichall might love tosee; 'll mark how bright and sweet would be Ihe victory I Bhoald gain! ■ > ' “Fain would I catch a* hymn of love , Prom the angel-Harps that ring above, And sing it as my pattiDg breatli Quivered aiidexplred4b death, 1 ' 1 8o that those fon earth might hear The harp-notes .of another (sphere; And mark when nature faints and dies, What springs of.heavenly life arise; And gather from, the death they view, A ray of hope to light them through. When they shall be departing too. “No,” said another* “fo opt J; Sudden as thougfatis the,death Xwonld die; 1 would suddenly lay my shacjdesby; Nor bear a single glance at parting, , N or see a tear of sorrow starting,- Nor hear the quivering lips that bless me, Nor feel the hands'oT loveffet press me, Nor the frame with mortal terrors shaking,, • Nor the heart where Idyl’s soft bands are ofeaking “So wouji/die.l 7 All bliss, without wpang"to cfbud it‘; ' All joy, without a pain to shroud it; i Not shun, hut eadgjjt up ri as it ware, , To meet my Saviour in. the air I So would Taie f* 0 how bright, wera,thd realms oflight Bursting at once upon, my sight! Even soT long,to,go, These parting hobra, how Md and Slow!” ! ” His voice grew faint, a iik feed was his eye,, As if gazing onHsionS dfhchtasy; The hue of his cheeks and Mgs decayed, if*';: Around his month a sweet smile played. ■„ They looked—be.wlis dead! ' r His sbirit had fled^' > ;■ / i s i Painless and swift,as hilrawndesire*,.. . v * His soul undress’d, • I L. From her mdiftitl ■ ‘iM Had stepp'd intojher ear bf - M And proved how bright v ; *M ■ Were the realms of ljght W,"*' Bursting at once upon Shl'iight. ' —>o*?? and Journal. EE CENT THEOLOGICAL EEVIEWS.-No. 11. HERBERT BPENCJORON EDUCATION. We are reminded 'by tßri foil'd article in the American BeVlbW, Erilsriforideuey and BridiCal defect on Education/’ By Bov. Si E. Herrick Malone, N. Y., that the erroneous' and infidel speculations which ’ have' got afloat lately in Great Britain, are taking tangible shape and working themselves but* into- 'a system on the most practical of all fields, “ Education.” The precise form of these Speculations is 1 well Stated by Mr. Herrick. -"Hesayi: •• l*" : i The fundatfidntai Otror is &’ discard’ what is supernatural Utod ! StopOrhumatj as essential for raising andperfecting humanity It disguises itself ander,the,following) fonpa ;,i It is , claimed that everything in existence hua developed ou.t of an original creation. 2.‘ An attempt is made to give a rational or philosophic developtrient of the race. 3. Then*follow#'the assumption that nature’s laws are supreme. 4. -Gomes an argu ment against the SupeffilferalJ 05. ; A virtual, but not direct, denial of the validity of Bevela tion. By these several roads the way is direct to the same general? cdttbtas!ori,#iz., that.man, as an individual, and. of .course .tb^,. race-as a or vice versa, the race, and Of course the 'indi vidual also, by a wise process of development and education, let this only he, adopted, .virill arrive at perfection—towards/Whidh goal, It’ is assumed, both race’ and individual are advaribe ing, spite all the blunders of leaders in reform, and the hindrances interposed by those who preach the necessity of a supernatural interpo sition. .. !-‘U' Herbert Spedber’s book, “ Education, Intellec tual, Moral afld is 1 sefeefed as'an ; illustratiog-of the workings of tfhis tendeneyfo set aside the supernatural 1 in edubitibU. Sperierir is believeds to be, exerringdUloerteiurldirebtfons more influence than any other writer on educa tion, and a forthcoming work of his is endorsed beforehand, by eminent names in literature and science, in this arid this forither-counfry. Hence the propriety of this discussion. The critic generously acknowledges .the merits of the work, which advocate* some yery fjupt and important though neglected;' .views in f its department. He.also points otit 'half truths, as where Spencer teaohes that educatibir is designed to fit men for the duties of parents arid Citizens, and stops there} or where he afdviiosnthe abandonment of the study of language, 'fhe substitution of that physical law; or where he proposes to make very prominent in the mbjal discipline of the young the laws of nature; with the penalties for their violated. • The grand objection made agafopt the book is that Spencer’s idea| of does not properly include a religipus l|e con fines his ’“ourrioulum,” or,,round of studies, ■ essentially to,; natural science.. There is no f allusion to the development of religious ideas'. | It is intimated: thattehttdreto orily neiedb fob true .system of educationj . jH&fthqb .B*®* as they grow older. His classification of iwhat he calls “the leading kinds of activity )-which constitute human < life," has no place for freligious activities except by-remote and' uncer. Stain influence. The moral. Education of children jls to be accomplished: through the “ normal Evictions” or penalties of nature’s violated laws, Kfhich parents must see, that their children Bxperience, SoieucC is declared by. Mr. Spencer Be be religious “ inasmuch aatl -it creates an im plipit faith,” not in a personal God, as a Chris tian reader might anticipate, but, “in those uniform lawß /which underlie all things.” “■jT,he rewards and punishments.of traditional belief” are unnecessary to the man of science, who sees that “in virtue of these laws, the process, of things is eyer towards a greater and a higher happiness." Here, says the critic, is Mr. Spen cer’s remedial system, not the religion of the Bible and the grace of God, hut “the process of things” working out “a higher happiness.” Such a system is radically erroneous} it leaver : no room for man’s free relation to a personal God, and no room for revelation and the grace of, God as a remedial system. It is a mere : system of naturalism and most fail in fitting men for usefulness even here. VYe quote spme of Mr. Herrick’s concluding sentences as containing weighty truths on the subject of education: /Wo repeat, if there is a. supernatnaal world,, and man is ; related to. it} if there is a personal God> and man as a free being is accountable to.,him,} if the Bible is true, and we have need of that Christ Abo is revealed in it ;■ then any system that sees no need of God and the religion of the Bible, is y^ndn^^te%,,prr«neo t ua, .whether it be one for the indiyipual or,the race. , We do not say that the-objeots and laws of nature are,-.not to be-rstndied.. ilut ii there are also laws of freedom, spiritual laws» tWsaafe not to be discarded.- If man has a conscience and a will, the cfentre Of moril'action, and a G6d, the centre of feligidus actidn,. why should „he not know nioral soiehee and theological science, as well as the. .science of nature ?, If therei are, indeed, moral.laws- distinct from nature’s, then the former ought to be known as thoroughly, as the latter. If there Isa God, there is a theoiojgy, and this heaviSn-desgended seien«e> is ad/ Wdffhy Our attention toil Say the least,-and inayns justly plaim it, .jis. any that. is earth-born, A.;nd, R in sducation,-instead of shutting up the mipd to the iniformity of nattire and her necessary laws— Whal is well adapted to quiet this senStrof rispon sibility—it should have given it a system that will leach to the full compass and supply:its real wants. And, why do,we discard,.under the term “education," ; the J idea of the itevtiife, which, though it oanppt be the:/human, is yet to be developed 'in the human ?” Fdrtheridorfr, that moral discipline is best for ; the young which is seeured by, and in accordance 1 and folrthe religioumdisclpline of thSiljrottng} for thetr.ipresent life ,as- well asffor the'futtire one for which they are tOv,prepare, that: .they should from the , first, feel the restraints And force, of positive authority, not ' only that’of earthly parents,'but thatralso' of their FathePln heaVStf j and thafcttihey learn toasubfiait to/thSi authdrifyj as thalf ( .being wiser-and ;better ’ptan. theyf This is,needed notnaerelyas a supplement to the.i discipline of natural coppequenoes. If s ls needed primarily.Wedhonld'begin'With it; *, ' i\ •Finally,then, let us d&maiid>for the young, a' - system of education—as .we. need a system of ’ govern mentj—based on the truth of, God. .and - Jo the religion pf Jesus, Christ, ■ _us re|eotj|u infidel jifl .n“i|nmi infillniT*ji|jii%iVi«C'w’i 1 * 1 — will, and adbpS’a 1 Christian system that shall make our eßildreii more tfuly religious, and- hot' tend to raise up a generation of pantheists/fabd iafidels. ..,y t v .if' ' God has made the human mind for, himself = andimmortafity, and wemust tre|t it accordingly. He declares 'it : to be in need of a'divine renewal; we must factp He h& provided' the means by whit}h we eau/heifermed in the divine image; we must accept of this- also, as, the sole effectual remedy fofcottf/rdm by ain, and not Gust in that’Which-we tody draw out’of, or deveiope in ourselves, r’ 1 . ' ' Dr. Draper on Development in Europe. Tpe pretentious work.pf Dr. Draper, in ;) \vhich he attempts the .preposterous task of bringing the whole intellectual development of Europe, which is nearly that,of the race itself, within the range and measurement of a .purely material principle, is ably, hgridled.and effectually demol ished by Prof. Sinjfo, in, the sth article..;.,Dr. Draper’s theory is } >in the .main, of Qomte, Buckle and Mi 11,,, and yet.neither writers, nor others /who Jiave written , on rl this topic, including some.of the most .distinguished scholars qf their day; Herder, Schlegel, Guizot, Sohelling, Hegel, , once men- in this volunuj. Dr. Draper differs from other {recent in confining all prospect of progress by ’ the race, hence forth, to the science of—physiology j . ,And as a proof of this progress,., he hqnds you his bookyin which for fhe first time all,part progress is con templated unefa- physiological princijilgsi; all histo ry is seen: through the medium of physiology. PhysiologyJs tlm science;df sciences; all devel opment *!| If tP; be explained by it, ~ In/othpr words, the race is a f huge animal.. Its movements, its h istory, its thinking,. itS||iscoV|Bri6s,, are but motions of ,;ifs an|mal life. Its development v is a grand |hysiolp|ieal fact., . “The equilibrium and movement of humanity, are altogetherphysio logical phenomena. , ... With searchiug ( and scathing criticism, Prof.; Srnirti inquiry are totally insufficient and fallacious. Dr. D. himself, y/an's accountability apd immortality, overthrows the fundamental position qHis theory, that tic life, of ; th|! di vidual is completely under thq control qf.patural lawß. Thp position that society made up of incliyiduals, is under the same laws is neither novel nor. true. The fine sentiment of Sohelling is quoted : /There pan only be a history of such beings as, have before them an ideal which can never be realize! by the individual alone, but only by the race as a whole.” Besides, the com parison between individuals and nations is incom plete- There are faces also which ’do not'dis appear, though nations and individuals do, arid >the entire race ha# had, and must Hrivey a' eori tinttous'being until the great end of its and' historic growth ig reached. Whatever place the physiological law riaay have in the life of the individual or the nation, it doesnot cover the facts in the case. 7 -Dr. Draper’s third position, that individual and social life is Under the control of iphysiofogieal laws, is-finally declared fobeirierin 'ißgless. • Strange a's’it mby appear, rib formal Dr. D. i s inade to prove his petition! An .ghaTogy indeed is claimed and admitted between infancy; childhood, youth, manhood, rold age and death, and the life of nations, but ri’hori it la-attempted to make it strict and scientific, it evaporates into a fancy. How can progress in religion or in government*'be con trolled by physiological laws, unless animal life, God and justice are viewed as identical? Do we pass from the premises to the inference in 1 a PHILADELPHIA, THXJESDAT, NOVEMBER 19, 1863. logical argument in the ssn>e way in which food passes through the. digestive process into, the blood ? Is .physiology to be enthroned as the queen of ths science and all art, ethics, science and religion, to be viewed but as branches of the science of animal life ? Surely this is. natural science run mad. .Chemistry, astronomy,. mathe matics might Just as .well set up their claims to universality.',', , ■, • All this falls in with the inflated style which natural science of late has been assuming; only it so grosslyqverdoestke matter, that w,e doubt not it will gtve’the alarm, to some who are'toying with its specious claims, unaware to what lengths they will lead. It. is assumed that intellectual ‘.-'s • - ftp ,v . t : ■? ’ 1 progress, is, the, supreme end ,of the race,, that physical disoovefy is the supreme end of intel lectual activity, - 'that-progress' is ‘proved by ad vahdesdn natural scibnce,; that marks au inferiorgrade indh dtioßiis''the only rodd 'to dtrutfipthat rail ’history •and ■Hjfoogress. are'-eonditiotfed! by *: physical; laws dml these' alone; such ate' the viewa WhictoDr.' Braperls work s doiintenanees, against whidlf no ? t only theuieiigibus •ednvietsioris (aindi bfelief ofi th'e race! risepup; 'but the instinctiveibdlief in fths reality; of!spiritual' truth; • whiotethas found ex pression in? tnetSphysical dystem elaborated by the feredtost thinkdrsldf etreryage.; snpl* 1 .v®hateverriPK(i:Dr!ipeß;.'miy M# in; the' strict lihiits of his own he bid i girt beyond liisjdepth ihiithe effort! to gudge tHa* intellectual development ;of Europe! >) f m H -hi .h ... . 'EOijER BACOIf. V’ r! ,™ seTOnfil article is‘translated; from the French by Prof. Biuile ( Saisset, and -gives ns a brief vigorous and “this most extraordinary pf tHeigreat' mmds-qf, the middle ages.” . seems that (jousin. jind ; other French scholars have paid' more attention than V-ii:. "jf. : fra > n-:;f•.;!'! .-i ; “is own countrymen to the memory of,, this B.hpwtojpter-- He was born. in Heehester, .Somer ling., aibbut 1214. ljie was therefore a contemporary of Albertus. Magnus, Alexander Hales and Aquinas. _ He studied at Oxford anil'Ear island' afterwards .joined the monks of St. Francis, from whom he suffered two distinct pmeTutio®,'fdvenng together, a quaßtSASf a ceffthky of IKis MiiS.i- <3fhiey-:; were caused by the novelty of his ideas an philosophy, which j those ,of/G-alilep,. afterwards could pot be tolerated, by.bis contemporaries.' n( ‘h Tbe .Friar,.is considered superior to the Lord Chancellor: in Per till tyof genijiSj in invention! Ip the!-thirteenth century hc had attained fas dear and/(positive- ■»? .conception of ftha.;value, of the prevailing, magnificent systems of l Speculation as/anyimodefn enti*! He utterly disdfcds; the scholastic philosoph^of-his aget iiiHeireprimches it vehemently, for its blind: credulity tbwards! the authpiaty its? groee igCoranoertrf aristotle antiquity-andof himself, ; so that; the Aristotle; it;yrorfjhips is,a .mereMnnterfeit; and fwPjb for.jmoyingfiif ai.fiirde ; oB abstractions; artificial, subtle, disputations;-; pedantic, four centuries in r adyance,; ! !iHe, plead/for the same experimental science, commended so’successfully to the world by Lord Bacon. /He brought ,to; light the facts and- carried through the-agitation which Jed , to jth^,Reformation, *f tbp calendar; he .attaekedtfhe false and "intricate astronomical System; of - P|olemy at all points. He; described the ( delicate and ‘ complicated median ism .of the cye/with, rare, precision. It is said that he inven ted spectacle.- glasses,,-,the ;microseope. and; ; the telescope. He studied the phenomena.of refrac tions, and entertained very sensible views of the: shooting.stars,,besides being-an, aclehemist. He! seems to-, have,-,, .quite.,^aptiei,gafed; the, modern i •teachers ot animal magnetism. We close with a summary.of-his remarkableandininany instances singularly (Sagacious predictions,of thetriumphs iwliich he expected to be; won by. m&u in physical science [applied ;$q practical,life. /,' ;r . /-- ~r r .■ Machines will be ihade for sailibg over the water without rowers and /for; navigating the greater ships, with only a single man to manage them, faster than .though- they were (filled with Bailors; carriages which will rush along without ahy‘ horses; mh’chinef for flylhgl’ in wSihV a maU may take- hi's 'seat?/-'touch- a -spring'and 'set in /motion artificial r wings, beating tho“ air* like; those-offiirds ;• a:; little instrument three inches mui^,hi|'l t (!oa|iii|'sie.iQf. nmlng > ,jpf By the aid of this last machine one' (iould' raise himtelf and his friends PrOtn the bottofoi oPa dungeon far up into the air and then, come -down >■ to: earth when he Another instrument will possess .the,p ? ower,of dragging any resisting oi)j,e,et over; level ground, enabling one man to drag! a thou sand* persons agamst tbe’ir Will. There will'be an apparatus for walking at the bottom‘of* I the; seaj androfirivers withouti the least danger jilhere will; also., betmaehinjes/iff.r swimming, for eqabling^people.to stay ntfder water, brijlgea pyer fivers 'without piles or ’ fact* all ’ sorts of marvellous machines aiid apparatus.'” THE DABKNESS HATES THE LIGHT. “Teacher,, whites ipan,”..said a. Cfaffre to the missionary, “we black, people, love , not the news you us. We are black and We pre fer to live in darkness arid sin; you disturb as in this; 1 you set yourself against our practice#.; i you persuade our childfen to forsake our cus , toms;, you, destroy opr (Kraals and devour ; our' cattle; you are the rum of our tribe andwetell you to day, if you do not stojilt’ we wilT fok sake you and’ this whole regiori; and go where the Gospel cannot reach' ! “ But how do you.make that out?” said the missionary.; “I indeed oppose ,ysur practices because they ai;e contrary to the wrird bf'God and utterly evil; so that they will certainly bring you to ruin if ■yStt do iiot fofoake them. I teach ybur chil dren? as yourselves to be wise, good and happy. But how do I devour your cattle, destroy your Kra,als and your tribe ? Do, I not .pay you.for every thing 1 get of you, and am I not a benefit to ’ in other'respecte'?” , ‘“Tbs, But' yOu prerich repentance arid faith; arid: a peiiiterit, believing man is as good ,as dead to usi ; He takes no more pleasure in ,what we doq he does nokhuffd, his father’s Kraal, but forsakes it and goes to church, and entices others also to the staiibri. As to our herds/dur’wives are our herds; and you teach them that they ought not to be sold like cattle, but clothed and taught an,dimade seryantß of, God instead of: slaves of Rteß.; fu this way. you devour our cattle. Many have left us and gone to the station, and mariy more are going. Therefore if you con tinue acting and teaching in this way, we will leave you and go to another region.”* Do all the good you can. i '; ON HM’EIHG THE WOED..; ■■ : ’ &>.'n. ' CORNELL, Hi. The word should be heard vdtfr.prayer.. Ho prayerless perscmhas.- any. reason to expect -to be profited by'f,he preached gospel. As no minister expects! a blessipg. upon his preaching; sp no heater .can qxpect to pe; fed and nourished by the gospel y,ho ; . dqe®!,; not pray : for the Diyipe.blqssmg.i ! . r , ... v . v, 7 . ; . If the Appst]J. with all his foaming; yaned taieiits f ,;Efcd experience;! yrith ftpq .pri vilege ,9f haying been “qjpght.up tfi-thq third tcould $;ill say G -“Brethrgn;7prfty.}for ns, f? pad, again,-; “pray, ,thpt'.uttgraftpe;<mayTbp much; pyre do them,,good, y^letthfg'.db, not yep, their duty,both,toAiwSnd to jGjnd.. Such, itljfn, are doubly criminal; and qtill, it is to bo fepred therp <are many-.of this class., .llj.ej; Sabpath inorning; comeSil iand>nri prayer goff up. jtqjjjjl od: for (aybtessing, uponi dhe word that day. ,sii§ hearer goes to the ichureb at the apjointed.ilfepr,: of, worship, butv never, thinks ,of v^rayfep^^iati t HfiS}WOnld prepareihiS! hpart, -hJ’jthp -.receive; drink iin/ and . truth.:; The farmer might , as .yreil, a .crop ,by <-casting: his seed upon ground; £nbr.oken; as.sncli:a ‘‘stony ground hearer,’? tojhe mourishedby: the gospel. The seed may be n|ver so.good; “ the sincere milk of the wordf may be dispensed,. ‘‘the faith once ’to tEd daihts,” may. be, iromulgated its excellency, power, deauty' 5 -a Heater it ; and laurel ; to hiini it’acts as instead of nutritive ele nidk M ;Tt*fi**tf‘Slwjbrhf death‘unto d&tC»’7. t The boldness Of’l'dte'r, the zealofPaul, and • He eloqndnce' 5 dfwould be inadequate to edify 'a qf jirffly drfess'fiunilfeEf is tp be ftpupd,often brigmateS; Mp^ Tbu ip. tijxe follbwiifg, “ o|^' 'it^ptbr 1 is hot so mucfi’en-' joyed’is he'once; s is dnll.' He is not ds powbirofmHe was,” 44 T.! r. '! : Hb\y far tic it from mb to! say that the! > il^^||''’'^ > ‘alre!^y‘ : Baid,!'^ is 'ii poor, frail,. errinfman;’ %ui|bct,” as !liiiis wis, wi|h other I ! db say that, in nine cfaeS jbiit of ;e P> spirit t is to be’ascribed This, iitis chayge., . y r . Hetiruf relate an' anecdote. In a church where there was a truly,igqodly' minister, and where hidTaborS in the early*part of his minisT try had b'ebn greatly blessed, things began, to gb badly.' There were, no revivals, no acces sions to the church, ho inquiries after the road to life; the prayer-meetings were, but thinly attended, and' the Sabbath-School began to dwindle down. At length, ’as Usually folloiys in mibh ! cases,’two prominent members qf'.the church waited upon the pastor, inquired why things went so ill among them ? You Used to preach with great power. . We used ip have full meetings; but now all seems and we have been thinking .about acJiange. Our people feel that you are not the man to build us up. Can you teil us why there has of late been such a sad change-for the worse ? >■: The. minister,, wbOT Have said, was a*gbod IPep, and whOiba&iong been sad ; nowstill sadder, at -length; in a most solemn manner said, ,1 think I, 'can account!; for ‘this change for the:-wiorSe^c. Ib^myprayer-bdob, Prayer-book i sWhyiiwe'We Surprised 1 We ’never -kpew ithat; you had any Why; when did -you have a prayer-book ? ' We' never saw you use It ; tod - : if this .has caused l such a-sad chapgfe, canyounbtget-'faibther'fit ■ I do. not: know; Saidrtho' minister; ! fear'not. Eor several years after-Tcame here> .01-J>ook was; any Igreatesf comfort; 'but sidce t -have lost it, I have' bben very, vefy"sad. My 'prayerrbook: teas mi/i church. i:= If I could only get, ikJback again,- dtrse&ins to mby all wbuld gb well. The- former times would* return, and we .should be'as ‘fib mohfhs?past,;wlienHhe'candie .•ft? hsJ’* b«A These brethren' took ■ the »hi6it;* They went taiithea chnrchir . Theyxßtatednwhat, thepasttof ! had Vitolds ; them: ■,; They.'told how anxiousHe Wasj/L Hbw.sinbere he'appeared. They' gath ered! together the ehttrehi They had ®a ! clay "df fastings and prkVer. : They becameUike Aaron and. Hhrj to hold up tbefeeble hands of Moses. sThe-iflEtoly Spirit wfesi’again%o'utbcl out' and many , souls? were gathered'into the fold of ?<3Jbri&fc.'?c » 7 'id!■ -’"Hi- s i The celebrated,’ but Somewhat Nettleton, when the minister was a young .man, < came tci a town in’New’Euglaiid where •he resided; He had been invited to preach there; *■ • iHe* found the church almost prayerless, and was on the point'' of leaving, when one of the' mem Berk said to "him* my wife has-been praying almost; constantly ’ since you '* caine here for. a "blessing' upon* your labors. 7 Then, said ©r. N.,* I’ll stay. H Q ’did stay; ; and i; ia blessed, revival was the result. 1 »Bet pf-drjerless hearers take heed haw they hear. 7 The more prayer *there ia*. tKb fess -fault-finding 7 there will be. - 7 - : 1 7 - 7>t•; There isjio * time when Christians are in so mincb danger of becoming prayerlfesS, : as :l when they are hearing > candidates. A matf must be wry pious to he‘af'candidates ayearandnot lose all spiritual vitality. A church "plat heats fifty candidates’*ds greatly 'to' be ’pitied ; and, the prospect ghnerally- is, that like the' man who* went through the whole world looking fer a cane, they will get a crooked stick at last. No better advice can .be V given ; to candidate hearers, than to inculcate, upon .them, the duty of being praying, hearers, and to take heed how they hear. ' TnE marriage ring of Martin Luther has come into the possession of a Berlin artisan. The lioyal Museum will 1 buy •'it; There appears to be nb doubt: of the relic (being genuine. : . THE NAME/ WONDEBfcm,. The Saviour’s; inspired names (have all a meaning. -Each one of them designates sonm peculiarcharacteristic or.olßce, or work oftne Messiah;; Since this is the case,iive may expect, that some great truth! underlies the names Which! the ievangelichl‘prophet to the Ret deemer ;“His name shall be called* Wmidcrful.”- There' are : ndany obvious reasons for* this name. ■* -Passing by all others, there iB.>‘one, : which l seems to have especial weight.- • JesuS is balled 1 W<mderfdli'on acbount '6f tha strange \ contrasts and vrideetctremes seen rri himself'aitd i in Ms history, —contrasts. and 'extremes which appear'to be direct 'contradictions.- • --i, ■ ! There are extremes fn the' Saviouris nawiesl s off ioUe;page (oMnspirMoa ' hetii cMledyJflfe'; <Oai*he-n,eafi;,lhdsis!&iKii j 1 himfeblf: «4h»- Son *■ bf i Man'; ” at ■ anutheb tiuie;^‘tbeiSon;ofiood;t’ j; We%rb i he is “the child born;the’Sbn given,;” andfyet i wijth ( ,tho samp breath,„we o are, told that b?f is the. ;byer|asting!!Pather. : _the I’rmcc of Peace.” He is Jehovah, tioi .over all and 5 blessed forWer, aniifyef’liy iS a Servafet; of SSrvknts; -He is ! the same yesterday* i" and (forever,; the pverrHving and ever uachang- ; ing One, and yet he is the buried and crucified*! Redeemer. If Jesus is appropriately called by : all‘tKese diverse names, He m’uWbe'Wonderfiil. ; There arb bxtbemesinltHe Saviours m»!wres.‘ ; Bfe is not only and. ton, Mt he jeep ally is God and Man. He embraces in his own : person the human and the divine 'natures. God ’ could satisfy, but could not -Suffer;* man could suffer, but 'could not satisfy. Hence, for the ac complishnient pf .’ man’s SSlvatib&l 'must bb i, linibri! between The huriian aM [ ; that safiSfacti'on“hiid suffering migHt meet fir«” the sanfe‘person. = Isinotf thisfhecessaryurii&h * an object of wonden.?® can Such ex-i tre&ibg bg found gsiu tho;natUres ! iof , 'tfee ’Medi-® ator ? On the one hand,:he is:. God?'exalted above all our comprehension. In connection this ..diyine nature, he took, upop .himsblf , npt.ibe nature of' angels, but' the nature‘‘oE L men^—the'lpwbsf‘arid weakest of All bers' of the rational family of God: This unioif offthe highest-and (the-lowest,--t-of the strongest ; and the weakest,—of ,tbe- divine and the human, ma, lyopdei; passing wonders. , ' There are .extremes in the’ Sagipur’s life! i These'eitrem‘es are not extend from the day of bis birth to the’ day of his’ death: -He was’ .bom'; biit overotbe new born ,babc, .a multitude of the; heavenly host . sang audible praises to the, God of Israel, until, the shepherds heard apd wrapped in sWaddling.'clothes j ! but before him; . 1 the star-iguided Magi of Ihe : East bent the Kned!: andmffered gifts and hoinige..,; He whs baptb " zedip .bpt out qf the op,en ,hoayeps,. the Spirit, descended,. and, a voice ,!was heard, saying,- : “ This is,' my beloved Son.” He „ hungered; i briVyei 'Be I .ria^plie9'. : food 1 “suffl- ; eient for tbem;f’ on the 'b‘arren hills of Galilee. : He' thirsted:; .but yet by/his Simple wopd; fwater was changed into-the* gladdening wine. He was without a place where to lay his head,- — ; p'rior iri this world’s .griods'T'ptit yet' the fishes . of the 'sea' dipHe with moneyin, their mouthy to - pay'His tribrite ‘»d jthri" 'tribute of 'his;;diseipieri to t'b : e Roman Government. He.slept ■ ffo'm weariness; but yetwhen called by His frightened disciples, he! awoke to still the storm. But this is not all. There are extremes. in ;ho Saviour’s death, ' Here' again is' that strange &6mmingling;of the high and 1 la w,—6f ythe; ha! nftari and the divine. He wis';a; Ring,’whose crown Was an eternal crown,;arid Whose king r dom wa? an eternal kingdpm; but yet he was a ring crucified,-r-a king crowned with thorns ind enthroned on the cross. He was : holy, and his companions were the holy angels ; but yet be was crucified betp;een two malefactors, r—in his hoprs he;wah compelled to asSo ciate with the vilest of the vile,—he was made ri c’piripanioni with tbieves .and robbers,—tlie notorious Barrabas wa : s his' fellow. He 1 died as an Outlaw dies; but yet' the sun hid his face, ; and' darkness gathered 1 arpund the crudified,”- fhe earth shriok to its center and the sheeted dead Were; seen walking in the streets' of Jeru salem. Men passed by mocking and wagging their heads; but nafarri 'arid thri Grid of nhtrire gave visible Sign's of sorrow. Hb ciied ip pov erty, as a criminal and pu obteast ; but ypt in accordance with aricierit prophecy, he bis grave with the, rich in his death. He was buried. ; but yet, on the third day he rose from .thedead. . y; .There are also'extremes in the Saviour's'bfy fttes. 7 He was. majestic, yet humble. .and death,'men and-angels and devils acknow ledged his majesty, lie spake with such ma jesty that the officers* once sent to arrest ,him, ; were constrained to man spake like this man.” ’Bu|,yet he(washumble; so humble as to be a pattern of humility to all hife followers. He was omnipotent, yet merciful.: The. Saviour’s omnipotence and compassion'al ways went baud iirhand.. With the' sisters and with the friends he wept as he went forth to /.the grave of Lazaruh . This wag his; com passion. But when he stood beside the tomb, “he;.said, with a load ypice, Lazarus,; come forth j’ These were the. Words of Omnipotence. Jesus was great, but yet he >vas good.. Great ness and goodness are pot often found together in .the same,; humah heart and human life ; but they both, have their highest development in Jesus of Nazareth. His goodness is equalled .only by his greatness, and Kis greatness is equalled only by his goodness.' r ; Such are some of the extremes found in the life, and character of Jesus of Nazareth. Some times we see, thp divine/and sometimes, we see’ the human. ‘ Sometimes the attributes*‘of deity are most manifest, ~ add""sometimes the attri butes of, .humanity;,>’jAg we[ contemplate por tions, of the .Saviour’s life, we , arp compelled to say with the amazed .soldier, “ Surely this was the Son of God.” And then as we contemplate other portions of the; Saviour’s life 7 we are com pelled. to say in thedanguage, though not. in the Spjrit .of the unbelieving Jews, “Is not this the carpenters, son ?. Is not his. mother called Mary? and his brethren James and jfbses and Simon ahd' Judas?” Asweineditate on the wide extremes in the Saviour’s names and> na tures, in his life and .death and virtues,* we ,are ready enough to confess, that the prophet gives him an appropriate name, when he says,. ‘f jEis name shal,l be.called Wonderful.” ' . ,11 IMPERFECT WORK. To overyspirit which Christianity summons to her,service, .her exhortation is.:. 3)6, what you can, and confess frankly, what you’are unable'to do; neither let your effort be shortened for tear of failure, nor your confession silenced for fear of shame. And it is perhaps the prlneipal admira bleness of the Gothic schools of architecture, that they thus receive the results of the labor of in ferior minds: and out of fragments full of im perfection, and betraying that imperfection in every touch, indulgently raise up a stately and unaccusable whole. , " , But' the modern English mind has this much in common with that of, the .Greek, that. it in tensely desires, in all things, the utmost coinple- tion or perfection compatible vrith their nature. This is a noble character in the abstract, but be comes ignoble whenit causes us to forgetthe rela tive dignities of that nature; itself, and to prefer the perfectness of the lower; nature to the Imper fection of the higher; not ( considering that as * judged by such a rule all the brute animals would be preferablo to man, because more perfect in their;;functions and kind,, and yet are .alwajSs held inferior, to him, ; so also in the works of jnan, t ; feose ;whichafe jnore perfect,in their kind arc. # j-‘ ways inferior fe . those which are in their, nature liable*femore'faults and shortcomings. For it is'a law of 'this Universe, that thCbest things: shall be'seldomest seen in their best form. The; wild.grass; grows well and. strongly ope year as, another; but the wheat is, according, to the. greaterpoblenessof its nature, liable to the bitter bligh t. And while in all things that wli seel or do we are to desireperfection; ancbstriye; . neverthefesajot to4§&t,JfegssJftea'Ueri ;• above the. noblerflung, in its mighty progress; not to es teemsmooth minuteness above shattered feajfejy ; ; nbt' tb’prefef fiiChri 1 ’victory to 'hbb'orable'defeat; not* to lower;;the, level of/Our-aim, that) was may the more sprely, enjoy, the,complacency of,success., Bet, above, all,; in pur dealings,with ( the souls of other men. We are to take care how; we check, ; ; by severe‘req'uiiremeht or : parrOw'Oautifin, efforts'J which Uiight otherwise lead toa-nobleissue; and stiUsmWre, how.wo withhold our,admiration from: gjeat; ep»e)lenc.es,, because they.,are mingled, with rough, faults,. Now, in the mjake and nature of every'man, however rude of simple, whom we eiiiploy in'inanuaT Ifibor, thefe* aVe some powers for: better,things fsome tardy Smagiuatfony torpid* capacity of: emotion, tottering steps of, .thought, there ar ( e. even at the. worst; and ( in most cases it is all.our own fault that they are tardy or torpid. But'they cannot be strengthened unless we are con tent:to'take 1 them in their feebleness’, and uni less we prize and< honor them in their imperfec tion above the best and .most perfect manual-skill.: And this is what we.-have to, do with.ali.our la-, hors; .to look for the thoughtful -part of them, and ffot that PiitjOf .them; whatever we lose fdriit, whatever are : obliged to take'with-it; For/the best 'that is.in them can npt manifest, itselfbutin,.company with much erf Understand this clearly f -You can tpach a Man to draw a straight Me, and to cut one; to strike a carved line,‘and to carve it; and to copy and carve any number of • given lines: or forms* with admirable speed and,perfect precision ; and; you find .his work s perfect of its kind ;f,hut if you, ! ask him to think aboufc.dny.of the forms : to con- ' aider if he cannot find aUy better in his own fatadf'he stops: hid execution becomes hesitating' he thinks; .and ton:to one he thinks wrong;,ten: to,one he makes.ia, mistake.in: the. first, touch he gives to his work as a thinking being. But yefe j| r ave made a manfof him' for all thatV He was ; bhljfe. machine before, an animated tool.— JiusMn. .'•"<% l It,. 4 ;DESEDBATING THE GBAVES OF OITE :? ;*■ ~;;v ; fathebs. ; “It is the sepulchre of the man of God.” . “.Let no man move his bones.” 2 Kings xxiiii I'7j'iB. ; , There seems to be a.propensity in human na ture ! to idolize chf&gb'it is ready to treat'with the r gfeateßt in dignity. JELome has; for 1200 years; been dig ging, upthe hones, of mpn, women and children, and of the hrafe creation, to venerate anttwor ship! a . sanctity was attached to them as the Bbhehbf‘yome Imagß nary’ saint. -"These’bones' and the sepulchre became the’ object and? plaee of dfevbut idol fttsyiil 7/ V- .-if When Josjah commenced his reformation, to make blegn'wOrlt ofethiS'’idolatry, be took, the bones dtit pfthe SejfelehfeSahihßurnt them,* and polluted them and the altar. so as to;tu'rn off the minds of- the people from the objects - and place; of But iwhen he, came' ; sepulchre of the man of God he said,’ "iet.no man move his bones.” . ‘ .r 5 ' Of late years we'haTfe'been greatly annoyed withSff ipractide iwhichi is 1 beedhiing' vSry'bom mon„ but which sapors, either, of idolatry ,or >d e- practice which we think, is,.sacri r Hgiou's—the digging up of the graves of our fathbrsTb mhke fdbibi forthfeifenterprising chil dren:? This-practice of desecrating the graves of ourifathers,Tunning the ploughshare through their buryipg-places, digging up and casting away their dust, and, unless they have, heirs to rhm6hstrsLte, >einbving their bbhes off to fill up 'sbihe lot'br'the gulley Of some low land, has prevailed : in? our * cities' for' toahy i years. There have been various, reasons Tor so doing. Some apparently respectful to the dead, such as tjie removing them,to public cemeteries and ornamenting their supposed burving-plaee with a tasteful' ! o’r expensive monument, oftentimes designed more to minister to the pride and! va nity of the descendant than to, honor the sleep ingdust., Others are frpm sheer selfishness of the community that will mot allow the dead a restfflg-plabefbecause business or taste dein ands the spot Where they lie: - No memory of the ; past, ino> regard for fathers; or mothers, must ..stand, inthefjyaypf.auy.iinprovements. - What a source; it ,is ( .for thankfalness that the, grave of Washington is hot in one of our cities. How long since Would the decree have gone forth for its renioval. The* faet is, we, as a people, are exceedingly liberal, and;even extravagant, in placing monuments where our,works will be seen, but unwilling and .mean when we will not aliow Our fathers the ’little Spot which' they ehosb in ; which ; to have deposited their re- ‘■;? V-'..--c- . Me , cannot, believe that the blessing of, God .can rest uppnna rpeople whpfwill thus byena like desecrate the graves of the very men who gave them the means which they use in that desecration. ;; ;; ; ; ; ; Every incident of interest connected with the buryiug-place of the people who founded our cities and .towns will soon be erased. The march of improvement aftera while will have 'all trace removed, 'or the memorial will be ear-: ried for miles%way from the BpOt; U Me are setting an example to the generation following us to consider our burying-place just a eonvenienceor an honor to themselves, having ho respect for our opinions of deSirps. So far as we are concerned, we may leave it to those coming after us. But with ‘those go'ing before us there is amoral invoked upon us to have respect to.theix .opinions and desires. , } .Like eyery practipe which prevails in our cities, this is gradually extending itself in the tOwhs, villages and neighborhoods of our land, ho that the very church-yards where, for.'a cen tury,-: has been buried: the remains of genera tions, the new fashion must prevail.. The,sacred dust must be digged up for removal to shine place/where it will show taste, &c. • Can there be no exemption from this march of American pride; rain 'glory ends selfishness ? We have seen these removals, and have felt that it was the sheerest desecration., Only the bones can be gathered, and they bat in part’ The dust tp which* their bodies have turned has long since mingled with its fellow earth. Why not let it sleep together unto the resur rection morn? , Then God will bid it rise. Who would have the graves of Edwards and Davies, and Alexander and Miller, with the sainted dead in the grave-yard at Princeton, removed for the purpose of enlaying the lots or makings way for the, taste and fancy of the age ? Are there not sainted dead—ashes of men of GENESEE EVANGELIST.—WhoIe No. 913. • The place! that knows us now will 3oon know 1 us no more for ever.... Our hearts, which.now, beat s.o warmly, will in a little while grow cold.. Our friends, who now ; look so kindly, will, shortly disappear.' Our homes, which to some of uS ave’dqw 'So ‘swehf, will erfe long be des olate. Link after link that binds us to the earth will break; We shall go home., „ Whither shall W-c go?., Bfessed be our God ,and father, we are * .Mgotfen fe a lively hope'” We ;lodk for new; heavens'and a new earth. He hath prepared for ‘us a city. He hath embellished for us a para dise. He is adorning for us a palaced mansion,, an amaranthine bower. There already are some of our dearest kindred. There are many whom we have loved and admired. * There is the gen eral assembly of the just made perfect, add the’ innumerable company of augelfi; and shall hot Stir] bosoms burn, and our hopes aspire? Shine forth',: 0 thou city of our God!. Attract our -,eyesi f Captivate our hearts! Let us see thy jewelled pinnacles! Let us hear thy floating melodies! What do I See and hear ? Sly mother,tiny sain ted mother ! my brothers and sisters, iny cherub: brothers and -sisters 1 You, Oye fair and noble spirits—who entranced my young desire and en-, kindled my mature ambition ! And thee, omy Saviour, with thy countenance of love, thy dia dem of majesty 1 I see your 'waving arm's. I heir your beckoning voice. There they are gathered together safe from every storm; tri umphant over every evil; and they say to ns, Come and join tis in our. everlasting blessedness. Come and bear part in our song of praise Come and share our adoration, friendship, progress, and works of love. They say to us, Cherish now in your , earthly life that spirit and virtue of C hrist, wliich is the beginning and dawn of heav en, and we shall soon welcome you with more than human friendship to life and immortality. And shall that voice speak to ns in vain ? I wonld say, No. And God grant that we all may be en abled to say, No l—Beo. Geo.'Zegge, LL.D. THE CHRISTIAN BFEB.It : EXEMPLIFIED. Just opposite; ithb Christian Commission’s rooms on Cherry street, Nashville, is an unfin ished hotel, the Maxwell House, containing three hundred rooms. It is now used as a 'con valescent barracks: A delegate of the Commis : sion writes that they have held prayer-meetings in this, building ever since May last, whieh have been the means of blessing to many souls. Since the battle of Chiekamauga, many rebel, prisoners have been brought in, and as the pri son was full, some four hundred confederates were confined in the fifth story ofthis hotel. 1 Last? Sabbath,, (Sept. 27,) the building presented a noticeable appearance. The first floor was oc eupied by a hundred or more refugees, men, women and children, driven from their homes,' perhaps by the very same rebels now prisoners above their heads; while between the refugees on the first floor, and the rebels on the fifth; were pur own braye troops, on the other floors, standing, as they ever will stand, between re bellious hordes of the confederacy and the de votecTUnionists. On the Sabbath referred to, menibers of our Commission held: services with each of these three, classes, refugees, soldiers, and rebels, brought in the providence of God so strapgply .together. was a beautiful sight to behold and to reflect upon. The spirit of the Master was truly exemplified in that day’s l-bors. The gospel is for all. On the Monday' morning following* contin ues the writer, we were called upon to minis ter to our enemies in a different manner. , As they came'out-of their rooms to, pass to break fast, the crowd 1 whs'Mb great that the floors and stairs gave'way ! Nearly two hundred were precipitated to the second flo'or among the tim ber and rubbish. . Two were killed almost at once. Over one, hundred were wounded. All were' much frightened. Now the delegates had an opportuinity tb do good to their enemies hind up their wounds, and act the Chris tian. i They faithfully improved it. Their labors will ever be,held in grateful remembrance. Our field of usefulness is increasing, concludes the delegate, and our faithfulness must keep pabe With ifc Not a day passes, but some one of our band is making mention of a new case for prayer, or giving news .of the conversion of some one who had been labored with, or bear ing testimony to, the gratitude called forth by bur ministrations. We remember our Christian friends and brethren at home, and rejoice to know that they are constantly bearing us up in their prayers to our common Father. A Christian officer in the Army of the Poto mac, writing to George H. Stuart, Esq., Presi dent of the Christian Commission, gives the following interesting account' of a Bible class in His regiment: Last Sabbath evening, as we have no chap lain, our Bible class was held in the company ■street,. to allow .as many to attend as possible. I was pleased to. see as many crowded around as could conveniently hear. It was to many of us a solemn season—one, I trust, that will be long remembered: God was there. The Holy- Spirit seemed to open our understanding, as we talked; together about the sweet truths of inspiration. How well adapted they are to meet our every want; to comfort us under every af fliction ; tb lead us to set our affections on things on the earth t In the Bible we have the bless ed assuranee that our sins, though of scarlet hue, are . made , white in the . blood of the Lamb. Our hearte burned within ns when the love of God was the subject pf meditation. Then and there we were permitted to renew our covenant vows, encouraging each other to cast our whole scare upon; Jesus, who, we are persuaded, careth, for,us. May we .each day have fresh supplies of grace to help ns on to God! A painfer l once, on finishing: a magnificent picture* called his artist-friends around him to regard,it, and express their judgment concern ing it. The one. in whose taste the author most, confided, came last to view ihe wbrk. «Tell me truly, brother ” said the painter, “ what do you think is the best point in my picture ?” “0, brother* it is all beautiful, but that chancel! That is,a perfectmaster-piece—a gem !” With a sorrowful heart the artist took his brush and dashed it over the' toil of many a weary day and tiirnihg to ‘ liis"friends.' said, “0, brothers, if there is anything ;i«. my piece more beautiful than the Master’s face, that I have sought to put ,there let-itbe gone!!’ Thus, brethren in Ghnst, dear teachers in the Sabbath-school, if, in your instructions, anything seems to stand out more pfomihent and more beautiful than the glory of Jesus—forget it all,.dash it out. If in your la bors as a teac h e ranythingaee ms ..to reflect more . loveliness* ;or, espite mpyrf admiration or desire, than Jesus, however beautiful the work may seem, blot it out. ■ God lying in all these old hurying-grouads? “ Let no man move their bones.” ; In the name of the dead; with a feeling of horror at the meanness of human nature, that, would desecrate grave-yards for public im provements and man’s vain cheer, we protest against such desecration— Standard. THE HOFE>: < A. BIBLE CLASS Hr CAMP. HOLD BP JESUS.
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