VoL Till. So. IX.~WMe So. 378.
Vottvt.
PREDESTINATION.
‘lSougbta's^teWi'sroom, in which ofthought 1
The’ treasures lay * and anxiously' I wrought. ’
QC Goct'adearaes the tempting depth to sound;
But ali in vain I labored, rpund and round ;
* I-effiptied eyery shelf, andnothingdbund. »
: fefi>t;pne end )| a,eoi|li; of old,' ''.["/V;
,WaB. jhttpg, witb.namp jof every .saint egf oiled; ,
,Bnt p|aped unfit)
,,
Assutanoe .tfiat,, lmidst’others, I intis writ;
'T A K u : ‘i 1,3 P‘ : ‘ : Oil lio )
* * thought itwould aaott bwente t
•ißuitj as 1-Walked, . I foundtthejrepm prbßemi iu;.i
,ri | A'door,' wKioh openodwide to-odinuioU ground,
•:< 'On: wbiehiithere. stoofi » ©rash; andf^httfeto ■
<■ bound* j db:.>... iuiu\>
" i ’' : templeoibWabcf. " -iu:: >' ‘bSiiJ'*"»•
My heart.within me melted; th‘oti He /ipalee 1 ; f
And-tdld ihht Gdd. had spared the" for His siikc;
Enough, Ifelfc.the Word AfC/iip who Bore ! '
For me so ‘Bruch; aside i’ihrew'nlyjore, ‘
And went to’homely work, perplexed no more!
i l * •'•■■’ '•.• m• '- — 2%n«?i» Treasure, l '' 1
• ; ■'-i -'.‘O' ■■■ ■ vl '■> - fi-.i- .•:
fcEKKHfrOi THbIjUCH AWD :2&,.FO<fi
. - v.-: a.'.iwaito : / ■ ••'-<*••
, Wberever-thehumanrnind is able to obsemt
tjje fact, >ft readily admits .that-the material uni
vsearfee’is,! In: all/dts motions and > modes' of exis
te®6e; established law's, ' ; It is not
dehibdj'that 1 ’ jibe I sbii diid ’planets' irej iii their
retortions, thps Velocities, dimensions,'speoito’
gpjavitiep, .distances apd mutual? relations, regu
lated by permanent principles so as to consti
tute a. Extent,of. things!- ( , knowledge of rche
m&try demonstrates that the niitaite afratoge
meriis of- matter—every chemical action aid
result—are ,in.accordance with changeless,la,w.
The same ip proven and admitted with
to -the: formation of ..erysf alp, the phenomena of>
light; the growth landipropelties of the Vegetal
ble Mngdotmf anatomy -latad afiimal sUßsttoces';
tW mWtitoff And' offices, of of| toic formsf and
the a'ctioh’ of the-mind.' ' fill these in their num
berless • powers and ‘ detolppm^ih Arp ufidbr
law,; that it/caff
of God in their varied: ddpartmentsj material,
ratiopaf, etpoticpal <and SftUgiton,-they farm sse
TJnivebse; a subiimeisystein»ofrtnfihite varieity,
bti ttef wonderful dhityiiifi |
the |^i|ry'i|pl^ji»g f *'^
, jjyery -humawihoipg is thisi grand>
harmonya .7 The jßible ia apart of ltd and teverjh
baft afi place' tberein,-r-every ipeing) Who nomeS'
into sind' kvdry' jast fuTd and' pteejipt
for the govefttiag
ikbrebver,
ance with' permanent law—ah expression ,pf.di
vine order. When, therefore, the wise, inspired
Soldipon Bays'! . r Jffhe i ri,ch and ! podr meet do-,
gether,” and the divine Saviour says t “The
poor ye, have-w|th/ypp,alwiay ! s,” ( 4beyitoapopce
0 great! Isocial fact:; d- lawlidf creation and r of
prdfidenCe WbiChmp hbffitotheory, ho’scHCmb’
of 'can pr'tojjefce'de;' So' |
debris a fact, rpsultipg phyemfl'pd.:
our moral nature, from our aspirations,and:ac
tivities ; and its diversity is. .equally constitu
tional, equally/divine. ‘‘The rich and op,or
meet together, the Lord is the maker of’them.
all>/ ' ' ll *'
They .crsatp..,history,;: /they comprehend, hu-?
inanity h neither class alone, bat, both* classes in
mutual dependence and' .
ii; is not 'the purpose of'dM tßat they be
levelled to.'aq, uniform plane, ,tbaf the n P.eh be
deprived oftheir,eminence and' thepoor.take
the vacated place ; that there sltcrttld'be no riCh;-
no * yiat a prdcdss df’ 'and ifo
presslofa 1 sholtld^gd^bh^uniiViii atlrespects,
they occupy thd sknie'platforinl "Tberb cto'be
no society where all are exactty" alike, ‘ tbete
is no coherence, no interlocklng of interests, no
stretcbing,out oftoband to be filled, and a-htuid
to supply, l s(Eh|ji inantivdlld |bhs prelßtfto,
the other a smooth, surface ; there might be
contact, but not adhesion—a crowd, bdt not
society. As itis, : thfe'rcid%diffiiierpenetrationbf
interests, of wants and ;auppliesjT<wKick operate
as so many grappling; forces to hold humanity
together—so many channels of toutudl support
and Social compact. Were a violent Change to'
be hiade, it would destroy sobietyfqf the time.
But the qhange could pot' last.. ■ After the sub
sidence of .the shock,,'the old order would
turn, nqrgy pd industry' would ,again
create distinctions, idleness and stupidity again
sink, its votaries,, to .theiftdeservecl!. level/; and
society go on under its greatlaw., ■ *> '" ■
It is painfully patent'that in the conditions
of mankind, a .broa4f : inec^al%«S 3 R? ts if
sopie are rich,, others poorpsome strong, others
feeble j somp; intelligent, others; ignorant; some
happy, others wretched. And ! if-* is quite evi
deht that; While the* Creator has flpt' so dototi
tuted toto and so placed them tofong the other
works of his hand, ..that thhy must of necessity
he wretched, poor, feeble, ignorant, oppressed!;!
he does not prevent that condition—those in
fluences in which fiumalt scfrtbvdlahd
ahounfl/tod by wliidh thbyi& promoted. And ;
We gather from' the liisloiyof the work! and 1,
ffom the, declarations of jCfo|, that the inter
mingling of. th§, cla? 8 ? 8
divine, purpose, part qf,the (grand law.aod .sys
tem,of There ;fcaye^
and civilized nations those 1 who, looking on the
misqrien Of their ■specie's, and believing' that
stfch a condition does not accord " with the
divine benevolence attd f purp<p, en#e|vpred,to
frame and put into practical action new*schemes
of social,life. They say? '''there is enough of
all that manreqaires for food and clothifig.and*
shelter, bttt thdHituaet fe destitute, sometime^ 1
indeed by their own fault; but too often as the
result of causes which cannot pbhtrol.
■What is the remedy for s u ch a .state J There
must be fl.reeonfidliuqtipn of soqiety* _ ---vv
“As man. made.ito -live in,;ePciety .® H d
cannot liye without,it, .the great end of, science ,
>atid of legislation-ought, to be the happiness of
the race; the forming of society in-such a way
that all shall have the fullsupply of their wants,
and the complete enioymentof their naturhl 1
rights.” This' is praiseworthy in its motive., ,
:It is the reasoning of 'benevolence. It is what
;We all might wimi, , .It,is what vp* contemplate ;
as. the high ideal. of humanity. Yet we do; not, i
for uniformity even in 3 mania) perfected,;
states ‘.‘One star differeth from another: stariin; j
glory.” ; ■* r •'fhv /> -„/■/j
the.femper pf.the.iavisible.inind,. i f
! The godlike and undying,intellect,, ~, jj .....!]. V/ j
j There arg!dis|inctionathat wilt liYp. in heaven! r |
; But; we 'do not wonder that’ ! Piajxi; ! 'm his. 1
iheipgp, labored; tp.pet
'theprypiOf;,■sociaLiJife.i a.n!),whichireapon should,
rale, l and, ftlLtbehlowein passions-accept «tho- j
! swray'*of' ! the’.tegal’ ; faulb|'p. 'His 'eloquence; j
h'6weyer, : fatled-tb se , eurb : itd f! 'nl)ble''pHrp6sO.' 1
He ‘ found it far more easy tq Teeount'the facts; 1
of history in relation 1 9 the social condition,. ;
to point out defects fWeip, ; bnd abuses, .and to
speculate on the, influence,of possible system, <
than to offer, the w.orld.a, perfected* scheme, ‘
which its reason,,, would adopt. Sir Thomas
More created! an imaginary commonwealth, in
which were no corrupt;: tyrannical statesmeh,
hut only ; good citizens arid'meh and’ women 1
who. practised -perfectly‘the virtues ofjustice
;and charity;' But ini both these utopias,!' the_
.©reek ( philosopher, and,.! the!Engiish ; .Lord '
; Chancellor, .admitted elements,. which sooner
or later, would inevitably, overthrow the, .best
social fabric., 'Other scholars-and philanthro
pists, JikeJjDeFoe; "and-iFenelon, ! have written '
beaurifiilly. AToffdeiitly, otf 'of sbeiaf '
e;xisteuce, whileHf.simpti, r ltObt.'©Wbn and Fbu
rier have experimented' on a large ; s.e,aie,f >
success.; ;
AtW Iw.-raPMft,wd.Mfeh.for- the® .
sublime idcajs of what ; socletynmight beihrid; :
ought to-be. Andi now, after all the dreams !
ofiffahatiOMfflf alHbe’tbeories Of'phiVosOphyji*;';
soeMism,' or'the‘! ; Scienbe Of fdlfhiing’' arid' 'prC- I
3n ! a ibahihei* tb’give "all'an'
equal share of its, benefits, is still. uneojyedi'
The 3Sl.stp.lce ; ygitß Ijiesei .experimenters,
and has .been;, tfiat- they did nqtjtake !
; into,their j ealeule'tLopa;Snfta&vmoral) conditron.T j
jThayraasnmeiiftoOj jniaebifhr .hisi'Deligionjftoo';
muehnftol'His; gSodnOsa;* Whefeftslthtey'^ -■glibiiia ) '
r schfemds ; dii l tb‘e ; -fficf; pr bill 1 !
man M 1 . i
have' c'l^sOd
|bey would; i'ffg,' ;
earn ifo.r-maavthan.that/)'!
Ufhi.qh,;Ooj4 has ordain^!,-fva'aystCm'iOfantagOki j
nislns;) itt whjdr.tihd'Soul'Jmufet' ;
ahdfwotfc.>out gobd-a;» OBrifet; 1 »
tbfr’ belpbri’ -a{ff)bhrh ; fd'fbndOr'tlrb’ ,iouf \
better by’tfhhw cfeatiOh—by a ,divinO : life! J jl '
[system ■ :lhe-iii^lwBt;i; i
tprphsh the f of-poverty;, !
%hor!
doqsinot sep,lihat) tWs ,sy§temnof.:thing6 is best: ,
for, the humah racen llhatj jb» >terids ’ to«evoke-,
the largesti«bdnevolencO‘f to? stif thdlfb'niifaiil l
oflpity, to brottd i: fieJd‘ : f6y buinah and
Ohristian ayiibd oh -tbb iine'bari'di'aiid
late gratitude s ahd‘industry; on the ! other!? fhus* -
augpientmg aiy ti f (
[To he continued.]" 1 .1 > cs>.f « [
m v;.: >s-I,n V. rii; . •<. hi-:H'S' *
;;ilUi . r . 01 MEMORIAM. > j.,
- The recent 1 ; ,deeease )Of t Up MatildadLaseili;
Smith, .vfife of Rev. Charles Av Smithytß/ D.,' (
seems* (justly totolaiml a ; ! mo#e f ’ than passing' i
tribute’ of respects |:) Shb Was b'6'totolSShbHarie,*
HCwYork, and''educated'in'd'hbmte pfe-ejm
nently distinguished'by (he presence/apd 'the'
power of an earnest 'piefy. ,j Thp years pf .bar
married life, were, spent in .Pi’latipe; : X. JX’,.,
Baltimore, Aid., K/hjucheck., H. Y., Eastern Pa./
and; PhiladelphiajiiiijDn all’ these .positions her
influence was positive and contrqllibg.'
possessed tho -rare n, facuity'’;of ' attrheting alb
elaises, tod was woldbmetl hliko in the, d:wei
lingis of "the rich and poor, for the. gladness
which her presence 1 -always- created*. To her ;
hdsband'fbf ...was, more# than a sympathizing,
loving tompahion; shd wag-Jhe dhifep of his
burdens,—the wise counsellor; whose words-of
cheer were tp- him a .constant, and;
noble inspiration. Bom of Hew England pa
rentage, and tracing v; her> lineage'tb Elder
EreWstet; and to Governor 'Bradford; the :
Governorpf the‘Plymouth''c'Oldny, she'shared
largely ifllthbse’Traits of'ulfiaractef. whieh.''be- <
ltoged tp' that* todjiberty-loving
Stipck piety .calm and ['unobtrusive, yet., of
Sterling, (strength, fitted her to adorn the (rek
sponsible ■ sphdre/to whieh £ Gpd,' in hisProvi
dtoce, bad’.callid her. Those who'ctoie ’to
,‘kppw h4r best,that as'a daughter, .a.'wife, ..
a.sister/ra! mother, a friepg, ;and a neighbor/;
shelwasimade toxfie loved. Many wiflj grate-> i
fully recall the memory of *ber 'earhestGife/ 1
patient aQd’gentih/mteliectualfahd industnous,'
whiph made hdr ‘the light of' the dwelling,, and
the life of the social circle. .. They will remem-;
her tpe (unfaltering devotion: of the; [Christian;
mother, the genSM’-prudehce-tod discretion 1
which formed tbjp yvoof ’tnd warp bf her cßarr
aieter,—tto economic, wisdpm eyer .ruling the
affairs of her household;)—her foresight, ever?
prompt in its suggestions;; .her judgment, clear;;
tod M almost 'intuitiye in' ! '-lts. perceptibns'; and'
her ? buoyant' energy, which bore pp.bravely in,,
the darkest hour, and ever lent comfprt ,and>
attraction to the Christian hpme. Many .yvill
recall thef beppvpleiice. that • blessed' -the., .popr
and needy,; and which werit out with special
tenderness to• the, wounded' patriots of; the
camp and the hospital; her ardent patriotism,
which’farmed to , hey cduntrj’p, .flag, grotving,,
nWipAtooreintenseitPjtheiast; herhpintual;
suavity: of speech, sweetened; by grace into ,aV
“ia.'tb -of kindness, ” ruling bev life; her gentle
ness, that endured no breath pf 'icensoriousn'esS''
of palumny, and brought eveh : the frailties of
human nature within the smile‘ of .ciiristian' .
eharity ; her pious counsels, which ‘dropped
li|p ‘,|hpf <raih' tod distiUed. ap the dew, ‘tof
altoef Verbal ’precepts, but insensibly to‘a
--.-p,-, g-” "■ "f.-
PHILADELPHIA, MtHtB§A¥; • 3, 1863.
'l K*.'" \ : •.. ‘ v > '*.T'. v •' ‘. ; .V- ' V-’-' v l, ! ■ ''t ' r
diffused ahd'vitalinflu.fUceut the life, maturing
the .principles, .apd shaping, the characters of
her children.. / ... ...
, Some top can witness-how at the-last, as in
the mellow Indian Summer ,of . a life, . about to
close; her gentleness and ' Consideration ,/for
others, her desire to make them happy and s'e’e
them happy;/seemOd !! to* come' out ih'-inbre aiid'
more beautifql and habitual exjfiresSidh thaW
‘evei 1 before. ,"""/' '' i V ■ /''/ .
“Her’^'hfks'shaii 1 praiso‘!4er in the gale’s,
Hot only shau her, “ chilidrett rise up,, and, call*
hoq blessed,’! as, they repall,the sweet; fidelifiea
of > “ odorpus .Iftinp with deeds;
of :light,” b.ufc all who haVa iharked'the piety
which'ptayed' amd.;<c(AiMelldff and'uih^trtteted
the' , fiith ,/!^hi, dh ic 'bdiu ! Od >~c Slhi"ahd'Blhhr;'SVeh l
amid thh-ghsts"® slorihS" 6f dhtdrhrdfqrfiitte;!
tiirshe pht off thgt f,! ■ 4 , ■‘ > ■ 4J ’!'
' '/‘‘BartM-yload-.ofjDeatlif/ -i- d -,*•./!’ -
„ Called (Life,, which us .from, Isife.doth sever,”.;
and passed to a' loftier service’beyoild the veil/
IfJI M theYiih'eral, 1 the Keg;'Lidtner said: In
the mysterious Broviderice- of r Go|l f , deat)h has.
taken a .wife and a. mother tenderly .'beloved,,
who only a few days ago seemed,,to be.blessed
with all that could, render-dife,- desirable. She
WSfl surrounded by friends. and, in.tho midst of
an,affectionate,family,to, whou>tBhe wa&"at
tached/by. the' that %aW fc bind us
tbgether on earth; and who-regftrdfed Bef* ffl'Be
cfesshry foi?dheif ifappMSss Id this ‘ worid;’ 1 Hut
she’--Was'Suddeiily away. ' The "place
which she oepupied' mjlhat bereaved ls!
. vacant, , 3 ‘Away fppni homeland; among,
whej;e ,slie stifi, found/sympathizing,
friends, who did all,that-could- be done.for her
relief and comfort, 'ishe; met the. last- euomy'with'
that composure- and -calm Submission, to the"
will of God, which aloiie can-take away the 1
fear of death. , -■ ■ -v, .' ■.
. '.Our friends,and sistef intth'e Lord
wasmotjufraid to dies .<-She'>.was prepared-for
.that ate E Hur f, ilifd
was'early ; cohsdetltfed l to’ G*od; ‘by whtf
duty.’b'ht did drid bf means "ordained
of God for securlfig :;r Jtnd .tjQe Jiappl
negfi
and tr|.iping of and
formedrtbei;,, character, ; fur iHor/Tdid!, shq
prove oUnfdithfuldto; i the? .vow of feondecrationf
with winch-: shU'-wag, breseffted-fO
infancy. In dUe f tFmg''sKe'T'atifted , Hi'd eovenaOT
of heFififate’ babtyih, K ,i yd£
the saiffid’ l ‘bbiigalrbhS' , it , [imppse<i.';’' Haying
iKSM*
w’SßPfritSf!!.*!?®?®? a,hp|pjfses forder.lifiSt
tfflndjft & great,yrprh committed tfi bis dandS/
And in this re] ation,, the, Ijord .bl&ssed her with'
mahyTtbkbng ,uh Biaffawori:? iH© * dnabM'her,
lhrotfgh !l Hii i gra.be’tmi'd-PhCf nlaiy- viftlleS; td
beiibiiie l 5f i dibh, I, td :; hbr J lidibkA , d i 1 Sh'S rb'abbd
tEe’khOtvledfie* of Hod'mid His’
sergige.'so'lßat she’ whs pucmitlbato see ’two’
i.hth fur* ‘ffTT-yr tv- tfcyri- v.h)
of hef[i,ous theibSHlfMlb.
ministry, left ;thp wprld,,,^), go,before
them,j[nto of .etern,al:rest; -n - ,r: , -
t.< Mrs, Smith was ai'wontaii' 1 of "great energy
and* decision?ofb characterr She
gedtly'and 1 incessantly-to ‘ordfir whll he’r ! hoUkey
hSltf p’''tb“|lhrify u GBd I ,' toT’dtf in
ppfore’'ih‘'j%&icii Bak glared'
her.' dpsire and gp'yprpiggTrjnciple,
iyas',,.tp,.render herdifp, ij^p|;„and hey, be-,
reayed anTsoppwing.)MepdB, .it is a-gyeat c.on-1
aolation to. knftWithat she has lived long.enough
to see many-of jth4 precious fruits of henlabdr®;
•anT thto movr .'she -hais igone' to receive'’ the'
df;reWaSd. i; ”'''
sKO i 'wks Ji fi| , st J taken by'the
fat^l"'df^lasO'‘’which' fermihafed 'Her life;, she
seemed tpjhaye,.a ,pres^p|im^Et I ;that ij; wpuld
pyoy,e,h4 l j,,She. expressedsa.de
sire,to(herghusbaqd that he,’ would ...write;to; hen
dear mother, andnroquested .aibinterest to sher
prayersi'i AiProndjher youth, jshe ihadJlßamedithe
worth iof«a ; mother’s'prayem, , toQ J espfeCrally : bf
stoKa-iioitiier f ah-;'G6i|''iS’fHis ! Providtobe i had. v
given' her.' Shd'tosW'mtoifes'fhd ‘an’ anxiety ‘to
see her absent children, 'thaf'she ioight impart
to them her partifi'g u feoun'sel; i tSid her blessing ;
but this privilege* she'could not’enjOy, 'tod'she
rfe'Signed’herself tod hOr childr'eri MVffld Bandy
qf#od,‘tod ! etoihly,'|md'fiappy
mli J and''with full 1 cbhfi4ehc.e. that He,would,
provide for, and safely .keep 0 these f,qbjscts of
hejiaffeetipp.;,;!,; > K hrm-utt git v-Uv> w.« n
,v(To,. friends. and relatives; ftffi bereaved;, bus-;
btod,«;Jhe:?afflicted’;ehildrenf <and the hged-pa-;
rents so deeply bowed down iby' this 1 sud’deh'
and'otorwhelming stroke o^. the '*land ‘ f ot the
Lord, I would- say’!' ' She,- J *whom - your souls
ldvCd(#ith suOhy dtooted itod todeStltoedteolg
is- not dead, .but* sleepelh. v?,Your afifiiction is
nut.joyous,*but ,griev6u&i. 'The separation/.is
painful, ■ .biit;®oti(final. ' is '(eomirig,*
When! all that are-iii their graved shall* heat the;
toide 'df the' Son 'qf "&6d, 'tod come forth', aiad'
join yvith 'thfe liying who htoe' loved'tod
God in the full fruition of those invisible and.
unutterable joys, which are prepared for them:
in.-, thq presence,, ,o£ .GpdTpreyer,,, There jviji
then be a reunion of hearts. Every tear will
be wiped * away.j There wilhbe no moreisick-
netej’ nOr death’. The Lord ‘“toll have 1 toerey
on‘ bis toUeti&.' Wi, '-fie ; .’lihM‘toid I td' them'; '“i
will hetorltoyfe hOhfofsake you: ”' “ Bl<&- ‘
ed 'fee" God,’ the God of all comfort/; who com
forteth. .vis, in, .tribulations; .for,as the,
sufferings, pf .Christ .aboundiin us, so pur epneq,-,
lation.abpundeth-by:Christ,”;..; i . ; , ;
INDIAN SUMMER THOXJfKHTS Li,, ,
rln'all' the year there; are..no i-days 1 that .juatto
in loteiiness those of the Indian summer. ' There'
is 4 ; sdft'hush over'natuiethe win'd'plajs Harp-*
ltk'e'melodies thfough the naked of thq
trees, and as pile .walks in the autunm 'days'
through the forests, there is overhead, a sweet
subdued, symphony, Jikp the, distant isound .of
“.many waters.’’ The clear blue sky is»softer
than; it was in dune; ahd.the sunshine shimmers
down 'though a lumirious veUj- a faint gossaiuei*'
mist that floats over the ekrth/Hke -the wives Of
kdb ' that : eove‘r J thq fair Bride on Hei- holy, day'of
W’c a Pjl happiness. The flowers ipdeed are
.gbhd, "add hill-side did* hoibhgef Apple
; under a profusion of* delicate bloom ; but here
and there, a bifc of Bc'arlßp'fir yellow flaunts its
:brigßtne3stagaiast tße')bi6TO ' eErtK{ oP a white
ehnyiaathemnni! ‘lifts I its! ihdventuronsdmadi ahd
'biases the. homings wmtejff;- As; spring/isi full' of
■ promise; as summer of soi is;autumn full
ppape,,' TOiiiuyfmludjiibTiilFihgs often, *ythought;
oftthesoo.rej!,Beulah:ilaftdMPiheEein;t;bristian'an.d{
jhis fellow pilgrims
jwgijtedi pvepvithe, ,d|j^' H ;;'fhe'
messpngerwitha i tpkenfnmn,tbg'Ki.ng, r
| , How sylqt after,, jtHe and.liustlp pff#
jbppy jprrpyri
j to, peaMptoLpe^pe:
jbefo^e., exchanging;; flmifolrOßßi for .*s»! f .cyqWn..
i Wke SptjtaftffF
ImtVwytfiW&mifi i.«i md*
of ';j;r--';|'J!;(j“ 1 ln:a J' 1 I;;!':
-tirr-.-f, ;.lt mEsa.-joi)
! that-ieacls’iffto 5 the 1 • ! ■/'- > /
‘thdg^lingi'rihg;
i otfPfrleuds^a^fllinSirbd, ' Hly 3 # of Woe.
! e» thW i bid Tb&psee/
j catisW 1 6$ / 'Elfei , <^l'’' ! ‘Silehtly'Sohib'
hivWbdrhe
hodd, and- 1 others have endured thel- agbhy' df
; sabre-cuts, -and gun-ehotoWoundsT Always with
out a mur|ppp! f jtpa Amen-, among
; our &dVjj|e9djngj f^ey r bave
been brought to the hosMiais,/can testify to the
:
unfaltering calmness, with which they, have
;,'o \'.vu>. phc ••>.?- miff “of
ibome their sufferings, .mip, shall,we eyprforgpt
literally starved to deatm yet uttering np cry of
1 . 9““,, .fpr^jilie, old |ag s m
JRiclimdnd,lwitK'sdblimeftcourage than is needed
on the'biodd4toined iiemsW" '* . \ u ’ * J
: rmfc’tt.'r.*i«3 asp f.l’ii'-S Siinf -l.'s*v i: Is*. tvj.rff
; lhe war, while it has,impoverished many, and
dropped a pall of darkness over homes, that were
s -a; . f /iui;j'rrotn ia-uMlpu u "
; once apd, hope, ; has ,made our
: country richer in' a'harrlsPof brave deeds, and
yii to.-Desf ••■•-•om cut %mm ;,,ipKAnr-A i’ <*%>:
ihas, s given us pbefheE a, glorious page ,111
1 history..,' T|e /pen p'ort^s,Mr., Lincoln’s
; Administration ' in “tHe l hereafter," shall linger
1 .-iwp-miur.; .diuyt—.■stasis*>\o > Amum *•-•««*«
over.the stories pi manlw’heroism, ,and womanly
devotion, .oyer file"' tHruling' B mories of the
. -i. KUi i-'js.viotfi'ottii’wn ij-,.-;-, i mt.-fl/io
mountain.and prame, oyer the, sublime,.epiasde
* :yvs£r!; i ; .sttuirrindß ;1o f,Out,i«; V" >
.ox,LmapcipanoU., uieae dreadful days
;of s|f uggle. have been ,worth' iwice, tbpi r .number
i of'the golden*&ays An^
let us wait with hose ihibur Hearts, and prayer
jon our • lips~and unshaken, ■ for
i file long sweet
ib3^ahff t! by‘"gihhl'As EDg'fb '- ” - ’■•
; ■•->!’, at.aoA » Voi ,
; ■. .J'; - .!!)'«A
riihfiP 2' 41 —.ll F4tPittO PN .
A bl f t • - tut. Atilt 91 1-
,‘
... 1 4 , t
•• toi'...4t y 1 PI, t-1 er, t )Out tit
SoimiEa:^—l mnsfeltell 4yoaj.of a;isad«s6ene/
.growing out of a soldier’s..neglect of religion.
il j t|o9eurre,d, i on ? dhefbaiik:of the Rappahannock,
j im aeieni :hoSpJtaii7bdldngihgi;tOi;H!'aa‘cockJs. DiW
visionf on.-tt colff S.abba.thimbraihg'imriiS]ilfStely
following B"u£flsia^s'fl.efeat : at"S , gH/
; OH _ fHe
ihtfilsep.sufrfiring, .andi
whoseveounteiiance'iSpoke tbe *ddining : ! on* of
death;;;! Wbtlßde dl in. the 'fhigH.' ‘It 1
was ,<oa of. those, mgged woundi wHicH : ,ais
.made py.,thp 1 ~,. t
, 4p^ n "?R(fH®;groupd.by.his head, toqk
his: Land,:and'>fiaid;. .“ My.friend; yofl; are ‘very
, sick/ath I thiiik ‘kipff£lbs'S !;^as; ’ r 4xJ
that./W/yyasvin’
' I km pick,'
andv.l ‘.I .ean f .live, long.* !> I looked
into his.eye,' and-saw that it wafetohly too trne/ !
/f'My ~ said I, “ ptepdfed
•He groaned; i a Igrpa'p/iis. ppeafe
the, spirit’s anguish. Then, -gjasping my hand
wpth whatj strength .he . had, .he. said;; 0 ■ sir 1
that’s;.thd trouble >nowi. ‘ >lf Dvvas/dnlytprei
ph?ed-ii-bu l t i T
sHtcH A!pdHked;iife;!/'G.sir, a wicked
r-:u, - ‘
1 . Therp;wss«po.!tiinetOf:be lost.; scrLmade Pd
; inquiry respecting HHaf wibked "life/!! -I Aqiifht l
WjHo Wepe ybiy wickbd, t|iaf 'Jesps camp* jtq save.
if told him of the peniteip,
cross; and I strove, in the most simple speech
yhiehiLWe#
the LatfaNof GiM'who taketh! away- the ’sm Y/ of
! theiWrorld; -i! “ Cain’t behold ■ Him 1 is^dur 5
iSavidur ?>’ I inquife’d. l! 'He shdok his:-Head
imontnMly? -A Ux-iU-jiCir
'•* Afaifiiftresstcame'Ppdffhida;.' i: The'iiurse ran
for-tbs srirgddfijwhb happedea tb bfe ad
joining tent. He chhie'm , aPd r allb’wed-Him' I to i
lhad inf'iiy .podke't,
!Wnd which partially rfeviv’ed 1 The’ doctor !
him,! ‘‘,Nf u. may ,come. ,up frpm .‘this sinking*
tpipt ii?ut I ; pm .soruji* to, tell yduAhat it/WiKnot;
be; for; long.-, vlfi(you;have ahytßfng'td'idppydtti
"muSt 'dodt sdon>’*. We thfln Iqft for o'ther’ddtieH;' 1
THciudfCTep’sfalntpess' iidniediitefyreturned,' ’
'lm,ade one mbre appeal.to himito.'csistihis-soul
on,Jesus,, , He responded, wnth .a feeble .;shake;
of .his'head, " 0 sh, <1 hive lived'SMpA a wicked *
.life’ll'!
!w r H^ ! ‘go‘te/ 1 from
the . time yyhep, I , first saw; him, he num:
bered with our.‘country’s.dead. - - 1 , ■ «,
'»I have toldlthis sad stofy/dnlyforfthhsakp l
of J itS sHididfl: 1
yop miwJi haye.j^Kb^j|l)¥t^^ej^,.pa^ l^a/
triotispi, to, give yon..peace : when you come to
die. No one-exults, more in -ydur. i self-consei;
cration- tonyour- ; tban‘‘’the'
Writer wh l d < Wdw addresses ypti; f but this will 1
npp‘ sfand/in pf A ,true'[cihnstian ex
perience . when.- y,qurisp|il, ,gpes! up to its,.final
account.-::,;/.-. .-.I :t ill,‘-'-i ;l<i. v.;ft
I>%resu'me > that ; ' ; my ‘jtoor-» uriltnbwri ! 1 friend;
wßoSn‘eyes I
warm’,patriotic hpaf); 'for cp t untryi
a right, to. presump this* fo.rihe was a.citizen
spldier, and,:asjajgfiiieral rale*it is only'thton’gh
that s bur ‘ citizen'
,solflieifi I liaVe': h’ec<3*ine’'s(jMier|' at'all'.. ! I lulo,w
. l.iilMi'E ■" t •• • ••- 5: = C
■fbr ifespedtihg this due, that-he forsook;
home, to flyito the rescue .of his country, and
that.he died for;his-country.' " - ■ •§ ;
| 'But did this secure any heavenly support for*
jhis ; dying hour ? - Did .ittake the place of the 1
bibodi of Jesus, to wash away, hiS'sms^and to
secure for his departing soul a jbyfdi acceptance
with>€h)ff? ;I have toldiyomall that fs to* be
toldi'respecting his death, and.you cbn jhdge'
,-.U v. ' f. ; ;
~-:Bouj itbo; ;are! least-l iazzatd
blitlittleinlassuminglthis’of yon:* otrOjcuGe in
:thisi »j(As,«ii Ainericanpl' aiuiproundlbf you—
propdotbhold yod> rfpifeforl theislavish
tnents of the other-.heinfepherfe,
the t loftysspirit which Ta'jgovernnientf 1 like EMrs
infuses into its citizens. But'as:acX)hris£ian,i
witb.'my.’eye on the character of? the 1 heavenly
graces, l 'Biid 1 the 5 ' eternal ffuture;?*!’
I'see ybu'r p&tri
■ob^n^pui;’p|i,i^b< erpwn^f^’religiom'.
i S iyrp
greatiservicesrfdrihu&antty'Bnd righteousness f
saWe'field
of yiew ! , X wodia haVe.yoii's'ay,— - • vr ' r
: 'JEhis^piln,copldnejer atone;,, j ..if f.
, , . save and,thou,alone, . •'! .
1 ' ' jn.my, hand übjpricellb’ring';' ' , ’ ' l‘
Siihply'totby'crosS-i'cling;”f. ‘ ” •"
•'"iv f • b, b, h. ■;
. .-■• 1 s:■'> ; i ?■ iv ' - ! y:n«
;> ! " : i ? ■'y ; TEOT^MEOTs''¥k :: CAiffisr
A delegate of the. Christian on giyes
’following” account; of exch^nging J ''restu,-
mehts for.cards
~'’Q|te eyehb I shall never,forgei i^was’the
purchase of a of eards'Altbb first an^ohly
|acfe bought. It was at the'camp'of
ti|e 'fifth', Tennessee Cayalryl' !!. When entering
tjbe gropnds' fbiy ’ybuug men at cards! t
them and "'pleasantly proposed* a
bargain/: jT offered ''to give pacH /of’ thbrn a
Tesiiml^tXf 'they tybyb’give me"the cards.’ 1 ’ ft
was bone'. WoWj”’skid* i '‘write" your
bdtnaiEt the' boo®:”’ ‘1 did ’so/ ',,‘‘|lbw,” said
I,Vfbacjh' of^^you ( write’ybhr name the, Cards.'*,'
Neither'bfthem was"willing£o'be*the owneroi
the pack. They seemed to fie ashamed to own
ivtlToduiO'-. nca.v ,'i. -l; ;•(
tne^cards.. It is said, that a soldier never goes
mto'battie|with' them! oh
”! h 11
c - m »m ~
KiMJ U}- J/f V Til .. f U/ ‘El' ri"^}
;o ':y:-y\ j :i uyiui '.■-•■'•oJv-'oL'i fi*
■iM> ill .‘ij;;-i'isoro.ii-'dl 3.-, > in.-olu tan -oil.-,; .
THE r BURNING,, OF WICKLIFFE’S,, BOOKS -
i'-n'Jin:: •?•>(!» 4!.ll ir'if UELtr v:m !l\ brr r v/t lllJ.j .
. . (From “ Life and f Times of john Huss.”) i
r appeal. pf.Hpss ~yas, g|acle ;j Jupe,,.2sth 1
1210.! Lesu than £Hree Weeks after /(Haly ftiS
! 'tbfe li AtchbiihOp, ) Wh‘b’ grfw lnlpS,fi¥nf 6y;er “thy
delay of the Margrave of Moravia,
wishedlstoi ahtioipate vany: 1 from'the j
nsWrd?ope,,proceeded-, t? -ex^c^e;ae#e9!cet#puit;
:|f books,, B.auds. .of arpted soldiers,,
wejre stationed'ar.ound .fhe court of nis palace to
bfbv’biithiiy'
®si i pfl^Whta!l’prelhles?indt.a*ifai i g% Ahritber ; of> •
the jclergy!the,.fii?e was, kindled, and about; twor
hn,ndred>yolgmes, some of, them, in plegant and,
costly binding, ‘ were devoted to the flames.. The
belis'‘tolled from all', the towers of the city, as
lbr J a' 1 Iblemii dnnefbl; I Su ol ! d ; ’ehfbuicler re-'
marks.th'at'it was meant to -’indicatefthetonliof’
{ronble, .while; by-./Gpd’s. providenee lt? proyed,
tj|e .beginning, of-sorrows.. ; ..Three tfkys j later., ; ;
Huss, of Wartenberg,,and tho§e,of the
recusant sthdbiits'aHd others who had signed the
protest against the--A-rchbisbop’s order and the'
Papal,bpl},.were soJcmnly excommunicated. v .„
The; deed was donb. The books were burned.
The ban of the Ohuroh' Tested on those who had
dared to object. Donbtless tho Archbishop 'felt
that hp .hadi secured, ,a trium*ph.’| ,He, had exer
cnted the Papal sentence, and ,proved himself
Uti able'in.stfumeht of the’ChurcJi party who had'
instigated him to the 'bold' dee’d I .”' ‘ ; ,! ; : - ,r s ‘
'Bat it provoked more than -it overawedl <? THe
, King, the ;court, and a .large proportion of the.
; citizens pf .J^y^. ll ?, were enraged and piubittered.
by it. A cry'of.indigtlatio,n raii thfoughout
: Bohemia! ' Soineb'f the pries ! ts,-bht > tKe hbbility'
especially, f - -protested' agaihgt ’ this ; Vandal act/
!The Queen, and?iSViO nz hl''- c nrsed aloiidV
: Some;. aets. r ,of /violence. were ..cqmjnitted- by; the -
, enraged pppulace, ( The. Airehhishpp trembled /
ii'n;his fortified; palace. His name was covered',
i witH’disgraqe’by h;k s ih'sultihg' ! in f d ! bigdted isoutee.'
'SohggiM'derisibh’df him were ktlng in the streets/
!So far .was .this parried; (that the! King .found; dt
'necessary-to prohibit, ih wdnr- severe pepalties,
: hjs .work was, only Half exeeuted. Not
; all of wickliffe’s books"' 'wef,e. ,' Some,
| fefhsbd) f A’givC -IBbW *M-§P 'They‘'sebriiefl' tfe'
’ Archbishop’S' and 'reguirddia more'ddfi/'
;v.incingrlogieithan...tha|rf of;f2goteiand;boufires'.i
iljlhofigh the prtp|nrint,ing waSjnotfyetinventcfd*,'
jso great, says Cpchteius, was. lhe zeal'of/thp pep-
anxiety forffie
‘writings of-Widkliffe, inflauied ;! aS'' : they i welßi%y
the frequent harangues of J,he new dogmatists,
that in a short time a'large number'of the for-*
uTHiff wahi
fa work of secrecyj, if discovered,
fWQttld have,.been treated as g, crime. ;. ,
MeanwhilAthe suppression of .derisiye sbngs.
by the King, forced "the peopft;t!q invent some
new ' expression ’Of tEbir 1 With/"the-prior
Jceedings " of e "the Archbishop 'and "bis 1 clergy;
jMaUy of'the people had, aeqiured shcli'a
JlMge of the'.‘Scr?ptureS, which ‘had/been trahs-;
lated for them, into the< Bohemi4a ‘language, as l
jto be (tible to .refute and;silence the.priestS' ini;
;arggmen,t. may perhaps 3 -,trace some ;fele- ;
:m;en,ta,of sthe.rapid,,success of,ithe ; principles"-of
reform to Jlie, fact ;that the;Bibld had,already
been given to-, the. Bohemian na^on ( in. their own
tongue. " . " 1 ." . /Z ' !
It is impossible that convictions Which had
taken so strong a ..hold<upon-their minds, and
/which the study of the Bible had confirmed,
Shohld'hasily; be .'eradicated!;; -It! is>no jwimder
that Jthe.argupient qf fii;e shoqld exasperate..them.- ■
They could see through ,'the smoke of
books nothing clearer' than loefore, /except the
ignofhtiee ind j mdlice Af fheif' pdrfeefe i utfes‘. i; In
such a' state of mind they might, easily’ be ■ ex
cited to. deeds .of violence or imprudence,which
in their cqoler piomehts they would condemn.
[l'he/whole ‘histofy of JEfuss slioWs tH'af T witli ! syh '
exeesse's 11 hd.had no syWipafchy,* however liiUcli'
some of his followers might think .to.find ai war
rant for thgir- actions, in his .tyords, \Tfo .are
rather sn|prisfed that in siich a state J offHe' cbin
mfexiity', and'.SvhiW'tHe authority Was iff IVenZefA;
feeble 1 hands,! kuch order should have beett ob 1 -' 1
seryed- : Iticertainlyshowsthatthe influencedf; >‘
H,qss’ doctrippp retrained aSjiwell.aSrijnpelleil.,.
". ';’on the Sabbath following the burning pf the,
boqk'sj/fiuss femrred itf his sermon to the evepts"
pfiti& i 'pre^d£%¥%it/ < ’ : ' : Hef ! (^D!aieyneH i ,' t iiMliyil. v ''
talingly, the eobiluottof the AreHbiShbpahinjiij|i'y
tained "that by liis burning he had rooted no sin
put of the heartk df m'cnfbufirathefhad destroyed
manyj treatises. tmd,. arguments i (;hat oontainod
importenttrnthSjand exiielient inoija}^rhad.g|’iren l ,
occasion Ipr, disorder,.altercations, .and Hatreds.-
! *? n\ . ■■• x •, • r •• ; '•.,> •. iV ' . • r
• •* * i . • • s' i » ti
among the people,i as well as acts, of violence-and
crime, and haddishonorcd tlie King.in the eyes
of foreign -nations By this foolish, senseless' act.
T&e boiirse of the King in this emergencyssleihs
td have Been charaeterizedby a more than tnaaf
share of. discretion, . While lie prohibitedfthe
derlsivjß.anji insulting songs of the people ag&st,
the Arehhishop, he yet complained of his contact
to the’Pope, John'XXIIL. ahd Mm to*
-fi ‘ n
iThe: rath hahte. of'the Archbishop brought
The 4ppmpr .possessors] of,
t ’ tlie.ir loss,,
as well' as tlie insult|ng' course of the'prelate. 4
Theft books' ebSdy; lßborfonsly' trah'sJ 1
SHbMif and'heautiffilly BoUndii' .’They i®:ed and!
obtaiUed-pef mission of. thje' king /to/pietnand, back,
#a u F^ e PM f j%fl T Pi u ?.-j
Hie rejedted the demand. The King, willing to,
see justice done, authorized -kwh*df hit” nobles/
with the old city councilfto” bring the elaim be-'
fore the abhbj^irdpansj^nd-otherj ecclesiastics,
who r haff adorned'" the to burn the/books.
They alio if, and violence
foliowedi- t!; The iklfe-fihdigiiaht l : at-’ the :
wrong insnltlngiysdone '.them',- and . would have:
harshly treated, yne of them tes thrown into
tile' rifef, and ‘wtfiild have been , drdwied' if a 1
knight had hot'coni'e tkyhls help. 'lln< this dot"#
violence Jdromdlwas implicated*; i But Hues con-/
|yaupd[. tp,.,prea,ch,. >}, Jndpe.d, ~hp, dared, nqt fte
mlpnt. , tb,e pf hisiseymons oyer the
throngs which f pressed td hear 1 ibih in Bethlehem?
ehttpef wisHnealbM’ablef ‘ ‘ thrilled ths
hearts <M his hearara, oas .heibxhlaiined’r/'Pire!
doest not consume /truth. It-igi always ia mark ,of
a kittle mind.to,ypnt Mger on f in.animate and op-,
injurious., objects. The hooks wpiclt aije Burnt
afe a lossfto' haiidn.” ! jHuss*ddn't Ms
appeal fco J lt6hie-y"aid shortly
patehed a deputation who'weref fo inatraet the:
Rpman oourt as to - the, real, state/ of.affairs.’at
Pi-ague,; vindicate the proceeding of.the Arch,-,
and present charges against’Huss.
" ■f|» -*#■ ' o-r;-: ';V.< ,' VV v; ! :.;j
JHIDIf. ; ..p
A eommunioatipp; .in, ope.pfi our
“ Qoneprhipg Hearing,,” cogelndes #8 .follpwg:
i. Bromia v.eEyMittle hearing; I have'befenstrqek;,
with the ; diffprOut inodes in jjvhifclj,different men'
preach the .fxospel. ; ;So d iverse is’it, as jtcf topic,
tuanner, hnd pfeSent special aim, 'that "if there
could Be stfeh-a/thinU as 1 an edabated hearer/ yet
educated inrijghorauee of the' Gospel hjtheistojiwho
Should,:heafr; any: seven; neighboring,/ministers
qn seven,ppnseeutiye he would.scarcely
quspfect’them ’to, be preaching the .sayie- Gospel j
but would/think* them .All it wbrlF. eabh on(what
6vek‘sbpa¥ate hiih ahd ; tH'biii'k ftitea t 'Kim’shliK !i ’ '
til godn ehuTeh is; lafge,<
w,ifh ■ jHe
man, with no considerable ,pp.wer^pf;l,unga ri -bu^
with a. cultured miud, .He sterts* out'AdiAhis
text'add 'does hqt-’koihe bleki tff’it hvh'en • odee
away, hiit gOes»int6 ( 'prdseßt%fti’gi; i an'd ; diSeussds
thfe i topics, of/- tOrday/im tthdl of ’Sdripture
ißlpdlipstrates a .gppd;dpal^and; ; hap-r
from the ' Scripture—always from’me world of
nature and of man. Occasionally, he : 'rochets
dbojft; ge&'Upom!wingB,’;and.Ti(ies!off'lntorthe'kir
asrif-jhe!would please .theiboys andf girls, Bdt.
%hen hemlightSjhe givesjtheniia : ~liinch of ’good
Solidißeripturet truth:!as if ,he. wdttld say “We
have=had'a:ride,rnow;>;3et usitoihuswess.” 'Hip,
attitude and, action, are those of tbe orator:,
effective, He i^'a hard systema
tie worher;'keeps aii abundant 1 miMiohary Sab
bath schbol force in etuployj'hiis conversions and-
growsrinwardly and- outwardly. 1;
, I;go,- ; agaiii ; to Jfr. D/.s-jehurch. He; is'as ;
much unlike Mr, T-. ,as.an ear of porn to arshotf,
guii. _ He has been'long; pastor,, and’ never of
bu!t one’ cbiirbb. His 011^0^too is ia^g'ejJandis ,
made iip‘ laiggiy ‘o'f eSpyiists;
wholesale merehantSj &e:j &e. - - Mr./TUis, no
oratoi;, and.neypr .pretends, to be. ( He neypr;of
fers a gesfureyhat, does the good..' But Mr,
D. is a itnhiterj and he; thinks to purpose, be
cause he 'thinks 1 in very" nq'arly .the, same.piacesi
The, range of ihis thought ia over, the. central
Gospel |heine. These
rpplows.jhaprowsjover and! wpuld
like to Bee : the man, who says, his fields are not in
tilth. An/qf manner that addlo his pulpit per
formances.’ consist,' ijn.' a good .presence,,,a ■’good,
oountqhahce, .-hjgQpd vqipq, a faif...rhetorib, and .a,
natural utterance! He seldom,illustrates, ’ He,
states, argues, and enforces. His" imagery is all
Sefiptutfal; !! His T topics are'eithe# theological/of
biblical, and are very similar from week to week:
■inmost apd eolqring, , r Mr r ,B. holds his own; in ,
jhis people, and has had large additions" t.o,
his'chufch. 1 ’ ‘ . . ~
1 has flb likeneih'to T. or D:;' or indeed
to/ anybody else/ I He (has his Own lines- Of
thought, r-afad his, own wayoftstatingaiUustrating
and enforcing. <He preaphesthe,
broadest sense—including Scripture, Nature, and
Pftmdeu'e’e, f - HisHra'ck'is where n6'one’ else Tills
gdney anf ‘his lines afeiioth; logical ahjd;ahalb|i- ;
,ral.';Htf is'{imaginative and/inetivphoricil- and 1
makes the figures : dahee.' - He is withaf-keen,
penetrative, 'addyet he r! is varietis:
He'ddeshot’keep-'his bearers "ever Sna
but-Pomes'babk eveP to'' plaihdiet and “ cbmmph
doings:” .'■ r:r : 1 ■ , ' l ‘i JT—"'- 1 ■(«
Mr. G. has another way still. I ' ! He ig apt to
N&thffiyize to his) congTpgatiop. ‘/Thou artthe
njap!” form|ila which gtjrs them.- ; « JChis
end . other .praotice. | and shortcoming,
are cufftfit in'this congregation. Hb w sHaU we'
answer if?” ’ His-hearers'cahnot' complain that
he did not. warnitheimof duty, or delinquency.
, Mr.; Q.j. blazes and thunders to his peo.ple<,
The lawj utters its. voice and, Sinai smokes again.
He phis no wreath of lowers about 1 the sword of
Justice, but gives it mbanee to smite where ind
as it will. If it cuts smooth/well;;; if mot, it must
oatS. Zet. aline presence and a musical yoiee.in
elihing to the"; steh ( lbrian', serve to epmmend.the
tralh/ botve'yer in ‘itself or ! by itself hnpalatable:
Mr:fQftis : a sWccessfiil-hiinister.'i''i- cTy.-/. wr.
■ In, Mr. f ;B.’s church you-hear nothing/very
' topics are common, and, their,
are such as the pulpft ; every-.day, uses.
The 1 old paths" arb industriously trodden., 'Yet
hash pleasant aid easyex'ptessidhj which'
conciliates/the!' hearer, aud-gets goods credit for
the truth...,(Be has gcnjal ways, which go ituthe;
pHpe ,of, power; ,his ■ ministry is successful,
above that or many abler’ men. ‘ '
These samples might'he added to indefinitely.
No two men preach /I: he.pd a sermon not'
long since'which was metaphysically acute, but
philosophically' obtUse a'nd-ibiundfering! r Yet'ev
eryhody, s^id. it was. a good;- sermoml °My firiendi i
“ iihas-iSS metaphysics,at : all ; .but he is full-of, -a
HhMpsophyv;,: There ;is K.„,whom,
everybody is a flue* preacher: but notedy
wants'Kite >fof a’ ’ihinfeteryaritf'nobod# ,cdii'
why./-!A'/|'s"/■/://////i, -it. ■/; . J
ft) thins: this-itoatfeer/of preaching.,
You would say m the oustet that every man’s
Gospel was as different from that of every other
man as the mauhipself is Afferent,, f Yet though,
some careless and ckv’ilHxjo are
misledpas/tbay: seemingly,fend in fact seotoito be,
the jgreat, multitude pf th,p :; earnest , are not.]
The effect is iu substance one. The hearer dpes
not dependibn the preacher alone ; least of alfon
one preacher! '{By the hse if his owh factflties :;:
hf comparing -<sn'e With dnbthfer; tiy the teach
ingg-ol th'a'jEnfinite,Bpiiati''he achfomaiisis,%f ke<
fSgfiHgspql, and recqiyepj it. as it is;. !Voae,
<. . , ~ r*,, .7
. GfBSESEff. ETAN'SEGST,'—¥hoIB' lo.‘ 915.
may efr to be sure, as in the road to.
Boston,* beranse the different guide-boards he
passes wear ' different lab'elfffMiC then lie nsed^
!noti ... ; ' - fc-shtl.-v, :'■* -1 »
: Qn;rei}eej;ipß, Teonolude
Setter, after all, than to be himself" pul; ;
pit. He will surely play thgTool. if he tries to
be another, no matter :if tha£anpther elo
iquent and a Setfeikbirtvorse, he
imast? nee his pwa>i£aeultiesc~ihis
bwn voijse,’ hjs-i9ymjut/|sjranee§,, his’o^n»tqn^ J
if these art taking, : if. nofe.hp.r
; on!ydohisbi|t wiflttbemt ";,
' Biif 'fibefc; r O‘®hearbr, "how’^ye 7 "hea'f’i' 1
Hearing)is mote tha>d-half tSepMaPhing) ■ 5 Thbrfe 1
were those, .who:: pyJedHßettl
'“ contemptible I” The Saviour had" cavillers
Tafee heea Sow yeHEearT ~”" J “
,1:.C’30U114-7 fcj "
what is [, W Memos ?
STKdre’ ifpt#6 's&r6ibti,;
eitHeraea h liman yoihjJdsiJien'',6Vh i diViiie mes
sage* If we] look »ppri :itßonffire}y.-as:ftihe first; : '
ans rpq^rq<oiw,.clergymen. tudmishat with their j
lutmost care and learnioff. for our tetter delight;,
iwifefter ojf’' Mr'of intellect, we J slmll necessarily:
HeTed tjj expect ffiuoh formlfity SndP ifebletiels
:imits-delivery; and fo tbinksthaf iall is-not well'.
i n ,%U pulpit that has not a golden,-fringe round it;’
and if the sermon be not fairly written in a blaeki
book, to be smoothed upon a cushion in ,a ma
jestic manner before beginning. All" this w e
shall dulyi come toexpect;hat we Chilli, at the
same; time; corner the treatise 5 thus.prepared as<
,«jmething to, whigh it is ouipiuty tojisten-with-r
out, restlessness for half an .hour or three quarters,
but which, when that duty .has been decorously,
; performed, we‘ 1 may dismiss frdta our' minds, in
happy confidence of having another whenever it
'shall be necessary. , , ,
! - _,But if-.once we regard the preacher, whatever
fyis faults,^, as a. man seut with, a message .to us.
which is a matter of life and death, whether we
hear'or refuse* l if we look upon ilitrf as set in'
Charge oyer many spirits in,danger Of ruin, and*
haying allowed 'him, but an .hour; or two in the
sp yen, daystojspeak,to them] if, we make some
endeayor tp conceive how precious these . hours
Oiight to'be to him,.h. small Vantage on the side
of God after-his floek'hhVe been Exposed for six
days together, to the .ifull weight! of the world’s'
temptations; and, he bps been fOr'ced-to, watch-the.
*H?t n ,und the.thistle. springing in thp hearts, and
to See wHat wheat had been scattered there,
snat’ehMlrOm thb' wayside by this wild bird and
the other, at last, - when, breathless and weary
with the, week’s labor,* fthy give* him tbis inter
im?; o^ui^rfeipt,and languid hearing, he has but
™**ty mmutesto get at tfie seperate hearts at a:
fHousana men, to couvihce them of their,weak-
from ill their sins',‘to warn
them: of .all their danger, ’to by this way and' that
i
-Master himself has stood and knocked, and yet
• ,aad to. call at .the openings of
tndsdl dark' streets |wliere’ wisdom hersplf has.
stretched forth'her hands, and no man regarded.
Thirtyiminutes toiraise the! dead in—let us but
| <JP.ce understand and; feel all this;. / and rwe shall
frippery of gay,
iy r about the place, from which the mes-.
'|udgmehtmusi; he delivered, - which'either
jbfeaJhbsJufon Wboßes fhafthey ’ or if
jioeffectaal,! remains recorded in condemnation,'*
'P, e . l illPP s j: againgt-rthe) utterer and listener alike,
mu v? 88 ! l^l? t a g^ nst ,pne jiofj, them. , Wfi shall»
:ri ft f° 'easily bear with the . silk wad, gq.|d
•the seat of 'j udgment, u hor' with ornament' of or-.
■atory imthai inettflf hi* *llO its' shall
wish...that .his words may be simple,’ even wheir
j’hpj are sweetest, and the' plaee.where bespeaks
'ke a marble rock ia .the desert;, about which,
the people have gathered ih their thirst.— John
R'uskin. f : ~ ■ '*
[-"SB - < - - ■
' THE'
A. traveller relates that, when passing tb ro;i—h
an Austrian town, his attentioh was direhtetfto'
,a forest oil. a^slopejnearythe,road, and. he was
.told that death was the penalty of cutting down
<>rie< ofUhasa'Xrees. He %its incrbdulbus 5, until he
wag, farther informed That they*were the protdc-'
*he: city,, breakjng the -force.of rthefie-...
®?,®®"^ n S a which, without this natural,
bamer, /would 'sweep Wer the;.quiet'home of,
thoubahds.- Whfen a KitsSian army was marcii
3ng there; and began to cut a way the'defehse
ior fuplj the inhabitHn.ts them to take'
their dwellings instead,which was. done/; n ; . ;
ri, thought, .are' the, sanctions' pf,.
God s; iAdfal/ldw. On the.lnfegnty and support.
Or that IAWj-dCpbnds the Safety‘of the Universe. '
: /fihe soul that-sitmeth,-it shall die”' ipa'nisrci-
.prqelapiatiou:, ./{‘/He-. thaW-offends'^- in one-
P°Wijf .g a i% of .all,'’,!s equally, just and be-;!
nevolent. Jn this view,, to every sinner out qf,,
Christ, ‘Gqd must Be;'“ft consuming To
transgress%nee| is to*lay-the ; 4x' at 1 the < fbot of ;
the-tree which represents/ the. seedity Mff peace'
°f eyery loyal.sopl^^inthe wide-dominions of the
Almighty,, . . ~.. ,. r .
! . Howihexorabie is law!;, .Hdw wonderful and,
gl&rions'th’e intefpoirtida of the'Cross !— Family 1
Tretteurt/.- ' ,T(-/•/; /i -r:
. the HOIteEHSE OF ! SKi!PTIdS.
! :’{A:n elde , fly' i manbain ; e to me tb show me how'
the uniyerse was ' created. " Thefe table- ’
cule, whiph bp/vibratiOn)became—Heaven iknOwU '
how!—the sun.. Farther .yibration produced;
Mercury; and so,op.- I,suspect fhe nebular hy-.
pothesis had gbt into the poor man’s head by
reading in. somesingular mixture with What it
found. there. Some modificatiogs ,of vibration
gave heat, electricity, &e. I listened' until my
informant eeased'tb is always the
shortest said,'“GurAnoWledge of'
elastic fluidsis limperfeofi” “Sir !” said he; £i Ii
see you perceive the* truth of what;l-,have said,,,
and I will reward ,your attention by. telling, you
wllat I selddßa dL46losl, aeVer except JoQJhose WTib
can receive ! tey thbwy': 'the liftle mbiyiilhwhose
Vibrations have/given risa tb our solanidstem is
the Lbgo&.qf John’s G:ospeU”-i-Ptofessor De-
the Afiienaeiiru. , ... ; ...
: Txasimai /the Biimbt; at (
one of ; his! visitations,, whemtha name, of .*dwsrv
old clergyman was called oyer, (of whom a nri
' m 'tiusiparish
couidnot endure hiin, he gave such.had sermons,)
gravely chided tfie pai&on i iM,
~T7" ■ that! y d ar parish is vbry well satis
fied yyijh. many respects i but! they! are ••
nmph mth, your ,sermons i /Now
®ao excise,% tins: for instead of
T W tdWyterlbSetilS '
ior »‘giving Them youh'b#h’•c'6'mp ( JsiGbr 1 l s, : : y ‘od
; have only to sermons Irtd
tey.wiltMve no panse to; -cOmplsb » ’ -TMay
% repltedThe clergy mm
K&ng’ pfintfeSl
t THB-LißSAnyi oF Bets: J A sJ® MdNmtT
n 4j pl »/ has,been con-
|ecreta4 of
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