L Till, No. 18.—'W'hole No. 382.
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ILLUSTRATION'S OF THE SHORTER.
catechism.
Nd. is a spirit;
God i a a Spirit—near, where’er thon art
2? ost t s robbit »g 8 of thy heart
Thou canst not shut him ntit by bolted door
“ iM -cnrffSmplore ,
Thaj thought : Jalijde fromhla soul-pupciig eye.
>Ti a a ?? to star 3 dark -
* %W» l f J“ ynseeti .alone .etui mind unfohf ‘
And educate the ,
ITT., ■ :
sereen-ri ,
t„ ij bd t J? ?f^ Sille ’S^I?w3 1 ?w3 Ws soul to -von "'i
?? P l w ?^if o bo Qodrwraps his form and face- •
OJ Jofni^uration,lnfinite apace?
Worlds, Edens, Sinais show him breaking through!
'IY.: ■. ■*!. !
Ttien hia two Words—.thewrittenone that tells,
Th °dfe?~ g W 0X -' Wh °»nd healedijand
He shows the Father. wiih,w.hat winning grace 1
8e fWd heayt, that quickens through all st>ai>e.
Condensed m the death-a'r6p from'Jeaus’ Bide! ’
¥’ft !" eH? One;.
• J 1?* e ,? fiWatHfift worlds f arrays,thereon, ....
8 ea^n ’ 8 P a l&cehomes.that ne’er gcpw
He poureth forth-himself withoatra pause, p
•wmi* s lu^fi U t graphs, deeds and 'laws, ;
wane earth gee o’erflow with Him.
Yet, must not childretflong their Sire to see' ■ • l
Insome bright form, pure frorndddlatryj - «•;.
In saints, in ftngels ha-tlx this longingbeen.
Hearen’B wants supplied!. Christ to the throne hath
. come— . , ' 4 '
The brow thorn-crowned,, the scars of maVtvrdoro,
The Lamb that tape of the Pnsten. 1
, , ~ : - Bt-AHISTOTiIEOS. '
MEETING TOGETHER OF THE EIGH^AND
;' Sis'fooE.' •
111. BT'K i ADAMS. ;v ’. !
The rich and poor , meet together m their
HER VICE FOR. THE COMMOIf ; GOOD. . ~
The prosperity and.< growtheof & country ‘de*
pend on the industry of its peculation. The
demands of commerhefaigriciitture, 1 atid manu
factures are such, that the multitudes mhßt
work with their hands in order to 1 supply the
World’s wants. iTabpr Is Balutary in its moral
influence, It developed the pan. It saves
men from a tho.tjsnnd temptations , which idler
toss and leisure thrdutiu the of youth and
middle age. The rich will not labor, Ihey hah.
pay others for: what they .require,: - They
encourage labor and offer to the poor what
they are reidjr W accept, namely the.pppor
tunity of.personal support and of comfort and
respectability tq their? families. , ,The service is
mutual. The one is tlje head, the others are
the members; pulsates
through all; add by their|wo-foid, mutualserr
vice, they contribute comfort, health and sta
bility to the state. ‘.The; head presides over
the members, while, the;latter',reach out after
supplies ; and bring then* to the whole body.
Go' while the proprietor, 4nd the thinker give
direction to the labeling, classes, these in
return, ,by industry, by toiling hands, often
to<| $£ brains,' Bring, out of nature's
great storehouse the riches of the world.
But they would not do this were they left to
themselves. Wet'e 'ill laborers. there 1
would be: but little invention, and therefore
slow progress;' but when the few direct and
sustain enterprise, wheiFthey dfeofe it by : thbfr
ventures, they also create deihand for labor
and increase its beneijifs. Therefore the head
cannot say to the hand .or foot, “I have no
need of theeneither can the member say to
the'head—“l .have no need-of thee.’? The
relation, the service, and J the dependence are
mUtlial. ' - \>- Ul
But there is ahother eqiiality in the rich and
the poor—namely - , common EBikiibir
TO OOD. This relation is not merelythe fact
that they are created by. one the same
being-—for that may be asserted of all, created
objects, and. thus it would ,be idi4 .tp speak ,of
equality. It is not that men are made with a
constitutioa which demands’ absolute equality,
for reason and experience pcovethat such
sot and cannot exist j 'for men are unlike in
their capacities, forms'ihd natural tastbs; and
their condition is varied by providence, "in
addition to those div«r|i^eci > jj^kire
then is in a “common good,% jwhicji,; ,b#ii'
classes may derive from God—namely, the har
mony of tha'twb. so that their
be their biessing, and humanity be the better
for the diversity. Thie 4 result is gained by the
religion of Christ, by the lessons of the, spirit
of the Bible teaching patience to the poor, and
kindliness to the rich, making all to feel that
the cross is the centre around which they may
gather in one sanctified, hopefb!,.loving brother
hood j conscious of mutual dependence, and
dispensing mutual ministries,—the one class
opening their hands in bounty and beneficence,
the other receiving withogratitude apdihunai
lity j or laboring with bopoj-so that the best
sentiments and affections shall he called into
action, and the great ends and Sims of society
be gained. Christianity educates the rich to
respect the. ; «ts», and
elevates the poor to an ,intelligence and r goo -
ness nobler than riches ; to a. benevolence o
feeling toward 1m
placed in a bighey »oPi|J scalf ( equalizing
their condlticm/mW
dividing estates, but
religion sentoonts
ing up the soul clothe# > tWw •£
above all ootwa|d trU °’ &
universal humahity. , . u -*fc„if l - l a« M r
condition If feSoM
*7«h» Saw*#* ■^# m ***?y*-
A 1 alike are exalted by the Gospel. It stoops
' I as low to save the powerful and great, of this
world, aa t pjift up the feeble and the poor: to
both it gives the “unsearchable riches;” and
When they shall be safe in the “ Father’s house
i e £.. Wl ascribe alike theiriglory and their joy
to Bim who: bought the richest and the poorest
"With a price.”
Therefore, let. the ; riehremember that
mr possessions ore the of God.
ima Lord maketfr poor and maketh rich
Be bringeth -low and lifteth up.”i But for
Hts’goodness-you would not haye the skill :to
gam .wealthy nor be ' placed in circumstances
possess it. Fe are not your own—-much
lessis your property. Bo nbt that
whs* is only lhnVtp you'for asehson. Bet it;
nof increase iayaride andribecome yourunaster
Keep your wealth; your positionyyour secular
enterprise to. subjection to your better nature.
Control them. ! Hold them as servants. Make:
them work ,out the purposes of a generous^ '
Build them into in-,
stitution? which, shall fend forth perennial
streams ofMessing. Let them appear to others
when you are dead, in churches and schools,
* nli ? in g men who shall forth the
thoughts of God to all generations. ; Woe to
man who is, a slave to his wealth, to his
enterprise, to his position. You niust.keep all
these things under. : . ;
carry on his shoulders a chest of
silver or gold. it will cause him to stoop. But
he set it down and step upon it, he may
stand erect and firm, with his face turned to
the heavens. So if a man'bear on his heart a
slavish care of riches, his ' Whole nature bows
earthward; but let him keep his wealth in its
proper place, let him stand upon it, and it will
be to. him a stage of ascent, of moral grandeur
and power.
Let the rich keep in., -view the common
manhood * ,
To be a man is more than to be opulent.
The title adds nothing to the true man. He is
greater .than, a. Monarch, A good man, a
Christian: man, -thougbiu rags, is: above ermine,
pnrpie and•••gold. He- has/within - him that*
“ tvhich worlds want wealth to buy”—a ’sense
of di vine friendship, the hope of heaven,, the; cpn
sW?9sness of right. He is “rich toward Cod. 9
T;* SACRED SYMBOLS.
BYJtEV. DANIEI, MARCH. *
. r 111.' 1 THE'SEEVANT. V;'
Phil, 2 : 7. He took upon the form a servant.
It ciS: impossible for as to describe or to
imagine the depths of humiliation, to which the
Son of God subjected himself in accomplishing
the workofman’s redemption. We may call
to our aid, the utmost resources of reason and
yet we shall fail to measure the distance between
thh thrOne of heaven aiid the mahger.of Bethe>
lem. Still it becomes us to avail ourselves of
every reason and every suggestion, which may
help usto dwell on_ the mighty theme, till our
minds are lost Tntvonder, love and adoration.
®0 this end indulge a single Supposition. *
01 Suppose- it to have been told in heaven, to
some ministering angel just returned from a
mission of* lbve to some far distant world, *tbat
tho fulness of’the prophetic times had come,
that the great expiation’s' for man’s! sin was
about-to be made, that the Son of God had
already appeared incarnate on earth, and that
enquiring angel/ hastens down to be present
at the* sacrifice. He has seen the* glory which
the eternal Souhadwitb the Father before the
was;'ahid he naturally infers* that that
mighty personage will be attended with a
retinue commefisurate with the dignity of his
divine nature, even when offering himself to
bear an infinite 'weight of suffering for man’s
sin. ‘ He •is' prepared to witness the 'assemblage;
Of all nations at some capital; and the Messiah
himself in the midst of his great agony, sur
rounded by legions of angels, and receiving the
visible homage oficherub and burning serraphim,
enlightening the 'world with their glory. With
such expectations the stranger spirit approaches
our earth. But he sees it illumined with no
nntisual light; he hears no sounds .of exultant
joy from the race whom the Messiah bad come
to save. He has learifed something of a chosen
people;, of a city where Jehovah had placed
his namej anfi of a temple which had been
hallowed -for ages. by awful symbols of the
Divine: presence. He directs his flight to
Jerusalem, hovers ih mid-air over the Mount '
of Zion. But he of-the august ;
ceremony there* The proud priests are offering
polluted sacirfice in the temple. The prouder
pharisees are addressing the multitude in the
tfw.LpriTa |fppse, and at the’ corners :
of the streets, vociferating long prayers, dis
playing the precepts of the law and the tradi
tions of the elders inwoven upon their garments,
and worn in phylacteries upon fpreheads, - /
The armor of the Roman soldier clanks at '
at every gate, upon every tower and wall.
The efi%umfig Cfi3ngel sees no evidence of the
Redeemer’s presence in the city where the '
daily sacrifice for ages had promised his coming
aiid typified his death. Could it he that the
Son of Godjilo produce the greater effect upon
all nations had chosen to make his advent at
the capital of the world’s great empire ? Alas 1
The imperial city on the banks of the Tiber is
interested far otherwise than ah rejoicing over
the Redeemer of mankind. From the marble
seats of the amphitheatre a hundred thousand
(spectators ’ look down with eager and savage
joy upon human confbanants cutting each other
to pieces, "to make a Roman holiday.” And
when one falls beneath the more, dexterous
sword of hiwntagonist, aiid hisliiß blood stains
the trampled sand of the arena, the acclamation
ffoin the crowded galleries, rises loud as the
shout of nations, hoarse and horrible as the •
roar of the deep in storms. In another, the
congregated wisdom of the Roman Senate* is
’ voting that the eruel and beastly conqueror,
who has gratified the passions of the populace
with' such murderous pastimes is a god.
Surely in such a city, the enquiring; angel
(.Would find'little evidence of a disposition to -
rejbice at the 1 Coming of the Prince of Peace.
Nor would he find a better preparation for the
PHILADELPHIA, 3l, 186.1
coming Messiah should he turn to Athens, the
eye. of Greece, the fountain of learning and
philosophy, the home of the arts, the haunt of
the muses. The, Greeks are too busy with the
fables of false gods to receive, a revelation
froin.the ouly wise and true. great
capitals of ancient empire .Thebes,- Babylon,
Ninevab, had been levelled with the dust long
before, by the judgments, of heaven executed
upon their crimes. The bird of night and the
beast, of prey had -found a home amid .the
desolate palaces ,of . Egypt’s kings, and the
fallen temples pi Assyrian gods.,
Wearied with, the fruitless search for the
s 99P e pf the divine incarnation,.the enquiring,
angel begins to-suspect that he has'mistaken
in which the/.great expiation was
about to be made. Shocked and terrified by
the universal prevalence and bonndlcss excesses
of misery and . crime, he begins to fear that he*
has alighted, upon ; the region of the outcast and
accursed. Just about to wing his wav back to
heaven, he hears almost beneath, him, from-the
vicinity ofanobseure village: to the south of
Jerusalem, a chorus of angelic voices singing,
“ Glory to God in the highest, and on . earth,
peace, .will to men. For unto you is
horn this day ip the city of David, a Saviour
who is. Christ the Lord.’’ / ’ • ’
AM .there indeed was the Son of God f the
saviour of. the world, in all outward appearance
like the helpless creature, man, when his
bewildered, eyes first open upon the world in
'which he is to dwell. J.i angels waited upon
him, they were not permitted to display their
glory before those whom the feedepmer Was
born to save. If the swift messengers of the
skies bore the tidings of his birth . With joy to
the courts of heaven, no such intellligence was
announced in the palaces of earthly monardhs:
Shepherds Whre told of the coming of theking
of glory, while princes and philosophers knew
it not. The proud pharisee, with hypperitical de
votion, courting the homage of the superstitious
rabble in the streets of Jerusalem; the learned
Rabbi expounding the law in the schools of
the prophets, knew.nothing of the babe in the
waiiger.of Lethelem. -Their Messiah was to
be an earthly prince who should reign on the
throne of David, and crush the heathen with his
conquering arm, not the depised Nazarene who
should suffer and die. The great and mighty
of the earth, who. were devising schemes =to
perpetuate 'their own dominion to the latest
posterity, made no account of that Prince
whose throne should beset in the human heart,
and whose kingdom should endure forever.
And who .could * have supposed, that • the
King of glory would stoop so low? Who
wouldvhave thought that the divine nature
,woald siirifihi 'itself ;in the’ frail'foilfii of Wat
rWiiA -jgikjjkf, 4qW^,bed T : ma-dg-with.. JAa
beasts of the stall ? Who would dare Say that
angels’ might bow down and worship before
Wat'babe without forfeiting thefrallegittnce to
the King of heßireft? What prophet would
have been believed in Betheleih if he had said o i
the Son of; Maryj ‘‘ He - shall feed the destitute
hy< thousands’ yet himself suffer the pangs of
hunger; he shall comfort the afflicted,' yet
hipiself . become preeminently the man Of
Borrows.; he shall,be holy, harmless,; undefiled,
separate from sin, yet on him shall be laid the
iniquitie'siof ; us all; he shall still the tempest,
yet himself want protection from Beat and cold;
he shall give rest to the weary and heavy laden,
yet himself, not have where to lay his head ;
he shill; heal? the sick, yet be as sensible' to
bodily pain is they; he shall cast out devils,
yet himself. he assailed by the temptations of
Satan; he shall raise the dead* and yet himself
suffer the pangs of death.” ~
He might have astonished the world by a
display of his.real person, clothed in. the splen
dors with which he filled, the throne of heaven.
He might have revealed himself at the very
first in flaming fire, attended by the ten 1 thousand
thonsand of his ministering spirits. He might
have: descended from above upon Mount; Zion
with the trump of the archangel to herald 'bis
coming, and the wing of cherubimtowaft his
flying. throne.. But he made himself of ho
reputation, and took upon the form of a servant,
and it is only because her- submitted to meet
.such humiliation, that we have the hope of.
glory, and immortality’ ,
A LETTER FROM JOHN SMITH TO HIS
* - PASTOR-.- /
1 Mr Dear Pastor r—l have often thought of
seeking a personal interview;: with yoru, that I
might talk over with you, ink friendly way,-some
of the faults into which, as a minister- of the
Gospel', !• conceive you have inadvertently fal
len. - Opportunities* it is true, have offered'them-
Seiv'es time and again when we havebeen; alone;
but" I have been unwilling to interrupt the usual
: flo r w ; of good feeling between us! by any- severe
critidisras-On either your'matter ‘'or ihannek’-in
■ the pulpit ; and thus-a' duty which I have" long
bwed to you as one’of your besfc friends, has been
bfegleeted. And mow-T take this method- of
pointing out to-you some of these faults, as the
one least likely to wound your feelings; and I
hope that my-criticisms will' be : received‘ in: the ’
same kind spirit iu which they are given.
With your ministrations generally, I am well
pleased ; and yet there are offences constantly
occurring against the good taste of the educated
part of your congregation, that yotl ought to ar
rest; let me try to point them out to you. I
commence with your prayers; I know it is a de
leeate matter to criticise the prayers of any one,
and especially a minister of the Gospel; and yet
in these, I think, lie your greatest faults. Have
you ever, iny dear pastor, tried to think back
over your prayers* after they had been put up,
to see for what you ready had prayed ? Your
prayer beforo your sermon generally consumes
about fifteen minutes, and I remember very well
the kind of aprayer you put up.this morning.
Though you kept us standing for a quarter of ah
hour trying to follow you, the prayer itself was
very short, perhaps not more than five minutes.,
The other ten minutes were, spent .-in; preaching,
in exhortation, in warning,:in reproving and re
buking, &o. You commenced by giving the
Deity some valuable information qj» : a variety; of
■* tvx.'ii l , ;■ *v-i
points; then ,yoo B|fnt ipff,into, a discussion of;
several points in thMjpgy, elaborating, at.lpngth,
the doctrines of ,exposing : the abstuv
dity, of, the Arming, .yqi; jpent;
some time in exhortation, -appcajiqg toour, fears
and warning ns
lent in the world. When you came to. pray for,,
the eoun tryin ; itsprejjettt: Btrjigg]e-,(a.duty which
I am pleased that got ; ffglegt,);yqu; .dis-,
cussed at length,, the nature,of .the, cpntpst and
the terrible epns_eguenip?, if. We
fail to put downthii? great Eebj&Pipp, finding jnp.
■with a few petitions, Tor,, pur, and; his
'cabinet, the eoldiers in' our armies.\and sailors on
our .high seas, &o. ; Thg.;praj«r germed, long to
Efte, entirely too long;, anjt|l agfeed.inyseif, jrlry L
"Was it ; because I j
of mind P I
know I ought to so this.morning, ■
but somehow your pray/jr did ;!
I really, did not get. Wjcrcstqdj ij» JAdeed,!
rarply dp get, intprwi^^a, f yOPiypraye)re, ; and
when you morning.
And why ? •> I thinkrthe reason *is that ypuj.
prayers are not pointy, that there
is so much in them that is not .prayer at all. It
is argument, preaehipg,‘exhor&tibn, reproof, re
buke, and I knoW ¥lSbl I EeavSiglall
this oht,'your ■prayer [is short “enough, it is good
enough, and Thopeifid .believe it is put up in
faith., But these (things in, ..a. prayer offend me
greatly,, they annoy, exceedingly.. ...
; i “ Preaching .as .tjhey. are .sometimes
called. though cppimon in the church,
were never very to, those, in the pews..
They are not . They, wear out the
patience -of. :Ahe.: in minutes,
and always offend mdst seriously the.itaore.devo
tional part of it.- : -figMi mud uy. >■
... ifhere B.a we believe him
to be a good man, born of God; well., this
very day,, he Aold the, House
of i&od,this mornin&jWith Asoulburdened with
a ; sense of sin; witb&pgst :; }pngings for.fellowT
ship with God; d?s|feg fresh- manifestations of.
His favor,'and. freshjippijes; of,Hjs grace ; . that
in vain he tried, to,,MLpw,you ,ip ; your prayer,;
that he Was noli iijdlpsted in, your : discussion ;
that he was unmoyediby y.our exhortation, and
that, when he sat.doMjij he/elfc that ,he had been
mocking God.■ ; niijgi -iXd C ; ;7r J7i , .
; Now, my dear pasjprjAhis is; a seTious jmatter,
Will you npt ; think pj|i,t WiU ypW not.tiy.aud
abridge your, prayer|;byi,leavidg7,out, alii that';
which is not prayer and;wbftd you rise to ’
lead us in pur devp^|9§ o hprefifter,,.will ,yop not!
try and,confine yourself and us to .the, duty before
-US?,., .■liX .
. y ;If ypu wish tpjiisepg ipy.lqipprtantdoctrines,
, tC;.exh»rt.'ustodwtXal?jSf
( rep,rpvs ior rebukg: u»wP ?fiJJ J}s,bsiij w i% ! jjp e:
. reaper kanff .attend opfehuA we,mu|ih prcSfenAbatf
you would : do these things .in your sermon and
not in your,prayer.. : i
But, ! must close here for the present; I know
I take no. malicipus pleasure in fault-finding,
and I am certain I. do.; not want to wound your
feelings, I believe you to he, a man. of good sense
and that you will take kindly .these suggestions,
theipfore r I subscribe mysejf ~ , , ,
Your , Affectionate Fripnd, ,
. ,JOHN SMITH. '
SI.
FIFTH SCRAP—THF HEART'S COUNTER-
Home! Mother! Jems!’’ Approaching' the
Soldier with''this pass-word, wo almost- invaria
bly secure his’ sympathy, and often gain" admis
sion t 6 Ms heart; - ®aoh of its parts is, of jitsSlf,
a word of power ovbr the rougher parts of our
nature) but the ’firtl'ff o have their hlghestvalue
in the charm which* they lend to the third; Sol
dier, look at them) orie’.by one. ' '
Home! Haveyou readMrs.Heman’spoerns ?
Tou may hot recollect that of ‘The Two Homes, 1
for you may have read under circumstances dif
ferent from the presenfcl But’had you-read it
during your present exile-from domestic endear
ments, shorn of almost'the whole round of home
comforts for either body- of Spirit, your memory
would never have loosened itself from these
stanzas:— ; : ' 1 ' v \-" ■
home! the spirit Of its love is breathing
In every breeze thdtplays-across my track ;
From its white walls, : rthe very tendrils-wreathing,
~ Seem with soft links, to draw the wanderer back.
There am J loved; there prayed for; theremy’mother
Sits'by the Hearth with meekly I 'ihOughtfuf eye;
TheremyyoUng sisters watch to greet their
Soon their down ,tbe path will fly.
There, in sweet strains of kindred music blendjng,
All the homo yojees meet at, day’s.decline:* ' ’
Onp are those totfek, at frbiu Onp hlart ascending-4-
THcredanghs,-m«Jiorne.,, Sad stranger, where is
thine?" ;
When some holiday feast is sent to you in your
distant camp, how;quickly the exclamation leaps
t from,,th,e, heart,: O, this 4s. 'so. like,, home P*
of the,end ,of your service, is a'
thought of-home. Xour comrades dying on the
field,.or in the hospital, aljncjst invariably speak
of home,, and ask that the menage of their love,
stippger than d.eath, may be sent to that homo.
Sjhopld you fall in,batt]e, it will bo an event to
sadden the home you, have left. But for that
grief, therewpuld.be one tempering considera
tion. The dear ones of that home would call to
-mind that yon died|fn a noble strife, and fill an
honored grave. should yon return, fallen
in morals and dead, to -virtue, are there not in
that home those who would weep your living
return with more consuming grief than that
which is felt by the coffin of a dead husband or
son who, in dyiftgjfor the country, had also died
in Jesus? - . ... . ■<
Mother!: ,The,,affectlonhetweeu the mother
and son may nqfc bethe most passionate., love of
life, but there is a aacredness about it, deeper than'
exists in any other human attachment."
- “A mother.isamother, still,
The holiest thing, alive.
Your mother, if she bo living, will, through
all which may befall you, be your mother still.
You may forfeit the regard of all the rest of the
world, but you cannot cut yourself loose from her
love., Others may forget you: she. never ceases
to think of you. In thepampor hospital, or a
r grispner heyond the ligepor in whatever case of
suffering pr pped, if there be any such thing as
reaching yonwitb succor, Bhe.irillAecpispliBli.it,
The; highest heroism of this war is that which
fexiste in the breast of mothers. The son brave
ly going forth to meet the perils of patriotism,
requires;for his support less loftiness of pur-.;
pose, than, the mother who, is obliged to hold
all the tenderness, of her nature ; at bay.
while she girds him.for .his, soldier life. From, ;
her, long,parting embrace,, you stpp; ; at once intp., j
scenes,of excitement, and, thoughts..of glory to,;
he, won sustain your spirit. But she retires into .
her pwn deep reflections. While you ar.e scout
ing Abe thought pf danger, shels brqoding over
it. ?oiir consecration of yourself to the'eountry ’ :
is great,and noble: her consecration of you.ls ;
move noble and great. The sacrifice is more in-
unspeakably greater. _,
, ‘Jemal Amid your greatest .exposures, thome" ■
i itr*’ »**■<-a i.u i hsweew
land , the at .are of no immediate i
practical ayaiE 'When .you, faint in' the long i
march,"or lie on Ihe field wpdnded and forsaken," |
ror.fee| yourself, dying in the hospital, your'heart;
may turn fonclly'.to thqse 'domestic endearments, 1 , |
|bdt their help is“dut of your* reaohl, "Eeceive j
jJesus into your heart, and he goes with you";
leverywhere. jßepeive.him m your Saviourj ana j
in Weariness he.will"refresh you'; in.ldrielincsß :
he will be your companion; in mdness, of heart, ;
|he witieQpitbrt.ypu; in suffering will cheer :
you with hi 3 sympatiiy; and tjirpugli death he
will hring yp'u. jhto 'the immortal jife.
You may or may not agaiu behold your earth
ly Home. Should you ,return to it, it may not •
be for long. But Jesus has an everlasting home
for those who accept your love".’ There are the
“ iqauy mansions ’'.of which he spoke—the \
Wb’cH b, e has. prepared, for them, and where they :
will' be’jforever-with tbe.'Lord. The .first and
gentlest'human loye which you ever received,’
you may never in life receive again. Dark fu
neral shadows Sre ever overcasting the sunniest
earthly loves.' belong to earth. In
him^all .that belongs to homc and mother—words -
|yHich are sparkling diamonds’before the eye of
the lonely wanderer—ii more than fulfilled. All
the best affections pf eaith, are, in his pre.sencej i
re-produeedi *Xn'him, they,’are , changed from
the natiiral.toythe and their eternal;
dnratioh and Sudylhg j s oyfulness, are confirmed.,
“ There ar£the good and,blest—r ’ •’ ' ;
Those’T loved m’dst arid Best— '■ ■.
• • ; There I'top Boon shalbrest :
.<• Heaven.is my home.” ;i. i’
g;; ;b.b.h. _
1 WHAT KEE.P3 YOB. FROMCHRIST! 1
Perhaps you are kept from cotniag toiGhrigt!
aPtoia: snteeiboi;
weak minds alone; to many persons, there is
more terror in a laugh than in a blow. Yet,
from, whom do* you expect ridicule ?’, From
those whoso good opinion you ought fo valtte ?
No; but only from the igiddy, the frivolous, or
.the profane. How shall you meet it ?. 1 You
may, if. you choose, quail before ib arid be
laughed out of ypur soul. This, will give you
but' sorry conSolatiori on your dying bed. : At
’t-H'e'bar’df- Godj it will be a poor’airierid to you
for having: lpsfc the favor of God, and the joys
,pf heaven, that you won the applause and feared
the laughter oLfools. There.is but one vvay to
meet ridicule—face, it down. .It is indeed’a
nettle that, if - touched lightly, will sting thee ;
but grasped firmly it becomes a “ handful of
down.” A college lad, who scoffed at his
room-mate for “saying His prayers” before re
tiring, was at last *sd affected and shamed by
his room-mate’s; persistency in doing right/that
the; was led-, himself,'tpj penitence,.and .prayer.
You Injure even the sneerers wbeh you yield
’to their sneers.' Pray for more grace, arid peri
severe 1 • -' ;,x v - ! l - : ;1
11. Pride has tripped many-a soul and kept
it; back from Ghrist. ; Every sinner has his full
share, ofthis— fsome.more than their\ share.
Naaman, the Syrian, had dike to have lost his ■
life through this snare. He wished to he saved
Wee a gentleman; but he had to give in, and go
to the Jordan like a filthy leper. ,■ i When you
undertake to. diptnte -to GiQdirjust how;-.,he shall
save you\it is sheer is keeping you '
back. When y<Ju ; refuse, to godownin the
dust before Christ’s' cross and confess guilt, and .
cry Ho'd' be ' nierciful to me’a sinner !”
pride is: the lurking !devil; that is plucking at
your skirts. : If y ou are savedatall, it must-be
on God’s terms, and iu God’s way, and in his
good time.' .opunt it 'the ’greatest marvel of
Divine generosity that God is willing to save
so perverse a sinner at all :i But, : if you are
lost; the inscription-which truth will write over
you wilL.be “fPerished through pride. ,” :
111. Several, persons w,ith> whom we have
labored during the' past year have ‘been kepjt .
from yielding to Christ by their passion fof the
cup: 1 Appetite warred against the Holy Spirit.
To- s,6chi a man a faithfulpastor ’oncer said,
“You, must, do -as you'-choose; but you must
give ,up. your .bottle,,, or give up. r y6.us 1
The sacrifice was too great; the poor slave of
appetite bartei-e'd ! his -soul' for bis drain. -■’'Thk .
number of -those who are held in-the snaresb'f .
secret sensuality is fearfully great. How ; can
;a man a.dmit,tbi into his hear,t.while
that.heart, is,a dram-shop or brothel? And.it
is worthy of thought, 1 too,' that whoever sells fer
offers the’bhsnaring' chip* tba person -who ir bat
tling with 1 tempteMdnPdtteet eonspirhso with
Satan to dtam a eotfl l -.'’.Woe-unto him thdt
putteth the' bottle .to his neighbor !” Hyil-iils
wrought by whnt of thought, as well as well ais -
by want of heart.
IY. Perhaps none of these snares—pride,
fear Of ridicule, love of gold, or' love-of drink,
or love of sensual enjoyments—may hinder es
pecially y,o,ur salyajtion. .You frankly say, "I
am all wrong. I , ought to he .ajpjhristian. ,1
want to be one; but iny;hfeart id ohstinate, and
I cannot change it.” ' You are rigbt f yob can
not change it alone. Do not attempt it. ■ But
suppose I band a nbte to my,servant, and say
.to Mm,, “,Go and deliver that -tp a: gentleman, in <
WaU The lad comps back and says, :
“The river isdeep and tbeHicle runs strong; T .
’cdUld h.Wtffdrtfnor’sWim'thh BastHiyer.” 1 “ To
he'sure ybti cobld not*;' but dppdsite Wall Strhdt '
its an established/dm/. It.was made fox thole 1
,jvhp, caimq>t for,d or,; swim, thejjstyeami., .Take
.that trust it to carry you,oyer' ”, B - i
tweenjyou and heaven is a river that hb good ,
works cab bridge, and no strength of your
own can breast Your : error and your sin are
that you do not take God% ferry of frep grace, -
(pardon the homely allusion,) and go, bver oh -
.the merits of the Lord ' Jesus your Saviour. :
(Christ Is waiting to cbhnge'ypur heart; be has
been ready to do it for many a giiiltyyear of
your life; the Spirit >of Love is wooing you;
reason unites with conscience, in urging,you; to
Jesus, just as.Bartimdus submitted to -be cured
bjindness. ‘Sut, that Bartimeus
did three things—-he “ came to Jesus,” he sin
cerely prayed , for sight, and gave himself up to
Jesus without any dictation to be cured entirely
by the Divine Wonder-worker., He didnot wait;
for in ten minutes the passing Saviour would
have been out of bearing. He did not attempt
to open Jus ; owp eyes after he came to Jesus;
he submitted to*bb operated ori; his faith took
him tb Christ, -a'hd Christ healed him. Pre
cisely this you are to do. Here, begins and
doing in the matter of regeneration.
Dpn’tjfprget that . the. blind man went to Jesus!
Have you done that? If you would be helped,
you must be'astir.: There can "he no chre
wrought wifho'utofaith and active obedience on
your part-: Religion is obedience. Christ says,
“ Come to-me.” Light, will beam on you, and
help will be given you, when you do your
'duty.,''"' . - f,; ‘ y. - '" v
Perhaps you are intensely serious for ah
hour br two on the Sabbath under the pressure;
of-preacjuugi but on morning slip back
g
mind upon money-making, or study,; or self
gratification. How long would it take yon to
builda house if you worked on it one hour each
week;iandspulled itidown the.rest off the time?
When will.you; become a Christian’byserving
thb, world .six,,days, and then tanking about.
on a .small portion offh'e' seventh ?
‘ u My fMndJybu'are 'trifling with your soulil'
Y bii 'are' trifling with ; God: ‘ He offers the heW
heart ; he offets the grace that can convert you.
Christ, has knocked for many a year at . your
heart'sdoor;. the arm that, knocks is not weary
yet. But presently you will hear 'another
kuobk—the band df death will be at the'dobf,-
and him'you cannot shut out. How if he borne
in and find no Saviour there ? It will cost thee
an eternity to, bewail thy folly in !
Do not stop to pick flaws in others, when
God sees; in thee the huge sin of rejecting the
blood of Jesus. Do not prate about the “in
consistencies of Christians, when your whole
life is one :long.‘inconsistency, of admitting that
religion is the only one thing needful, and yet
making it less,, than nothing. There is no'in
cdnsistenCy on earth that compares with his
ivho knows that Christ Jesus is willing to save
him an’d 'yet he persists in damning his own
sobl!. Whatever you say. no win self-excuse,'
yo,n..thatygfe the judgment-seat, you
will Jbe yeady to confess, with bitterness of spi
rit' 5 &6(t teas right; arid I was wrong!—lnde
pendent . •
, PRAYER ;
iM?ihel)edicc&im;qf#ieNtttjtimafiQmetery-'at
; : .Gettysburg; Thursday, Nov. \Wi, 1*863- :
'An authentic copy; free fromerrors inthenewapaper reports.:
: '0 God our Father, for the sake of Thy Son
our.jSliviOuri j.Spirit, and
sanctify ns to .the right .fulfilment of. the .duties:
of this occasion. ' * ,
‘ We coine to'dedicaißßYthiii historic centre;
as a National Ceffietery. ■ If all - departments of
;th‘e onej Government which: Thou hast ordained;
ov.erour.TJnion, and .of the many Governments-
hpst subordinated to ohr . Union,,be ;
'here representedj if all elaßsps, relations, and ih
'ttefesis l of ’ our blended brotherhood of pebplei
'-Btand severallyl and' thorouhgly in' Thy presence;;;
fw.e trust that it is hecanse Th'ou hast: called us,l
I signs, may be embodied in practical results of in
calculable and imperishable good. ; 1
'■ And so, with Thy holy Apostle, and with the
Church of all lands and agesj we unite in-the;as-;
, cription‘f Blessed be God, even the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ,,ithe Father, .of.,mercies,
and the God .of all comfort, who comfqrteth us in
all our tribulation, that we'may be able to com
fort them which arc in any trouble, by the com
fort , wherewith we ourselves are comforted of
God.” .
: ( In emulation of* all angels, in fellowship -with
all saints, arid in sympathy with all sufferers'; in
remembrance of Tliy works, in reverence of Thy
ways; and in’ accordance’ with Thy word; we laud
arid magnify Thine infinite perfections, Thy
creative glory, Thy redeeming grace, Thy provi
dential goodness, and the progressively richer
arid, fairer developments -of Thy supreme, uni
versal, and everlasting administration. 1 - - ;
Tn behalf of all humanity, whose ideal is di
vine, whose first memory is Thine image lost,
arid whose last bope is Thine image restored;
and especially, of our own nation, whose' history
has been so favored, whose position is-so peerless,
whose mission is so sublime,-and whose future is
so attractive y.we thank Thee for the unspeakable
patience of Thy compassion and the exceeding
greatness of Thy lovipg-kindn.ess. In contem
plation of Eden, Calvary, and Heaven ; of Christ
in the Garden, on the Cross,and on the Throne ;
nay, more, of Chriet as coming again in all sub
duing power and: glory; we gratefully prolong
out;, homage. By this Altar of,Sacrifice, on this
Eield. pffßeiiyerance, on this Mount of Salvation,
withiri'-the fiery and bloody line of these “muni-
3f tricks,” looking back to the dark days of
fear and trembling, and to the rapture, of relief
that came, after ; ;we multiply cur thanksgivings, :
and confess our obligations to renew and perfect
our personal and social consecration to Thy ser
vice and glory. ?
\O, had'it riot been for God ! For lo ! our ene
f mies they - came ■ ; unresisted; - multitudinous,
mighty, flushed victory, and sure of success.
They exalted on our .mountains, they revelled in
, onr valleys ; they feasted, they rested; they slept,
they, awaked; they grew stronger, bold- .
! er 'every day ; they spread abroad, they concen
trated here ; they looked beyond this horizon to
the stores of wealth, to the haunts of pleasure,
and to the;. seats pf power, in pur Capital and
iphief Cities. They prepared to east the chain of :
Slavery around the form - of Freedom,.binding
life and'death together forever. Theirpremature
triumph' was the mockery of God and; man. One
pao^evictory,andallwastheirs! But,behind these
hilis was heard the feebler march of a smaller but
still pursuing host'.' Onward they hurried, day and
night, for God and their country. • Foot-sore,
way-worn, hungry;r thirsty, faint—but riot in
heart,-they came to. dare all, to bear , all,and to ;
do all,.that, is possible to heroes. And Thou
didst sustain them 1 At first they iriet the blast
on' tho'plirin, and bent before it like the trees in
a storm. ’ But tlien, led by Thy hand to these
hills, they tdok their stand upon the rocks and
remained as firin andimmovable as they. In
vain were they assaulted. All art, all violence,
all desperation, failed to dislodge them. Baffled,
brokrin, their enemies recoiled,- retired,.
and disappeared. Glory to God, for?this rescue 1
But, 0; the slain ! In the freshness and -fulness
of their young and manly life; with sweet me-*
mories of father and mother, .brother and .sister,-
wife and rihildreri, iriajden arid friendsythdy dirid
for usi u From; the coasts' s beneath the ' Eastern
'.star,' from the shores of-Northern, lakes and riv
ets, from the flowers of Western prairies, and
-from the, homes oft the Midway,, and the Border,,
they came here todie for us and mankind. Alas,
ho# little wo can do for thcm'l We come-with
the liumilityof prayer, with the pathetic elo
quence of venerable wisdom, with the tender
beauty of poetry, with the plaintive harmony] of
music, witmtlps honest tribute of our Chief Mag
, is.trate, and with all this, honorable attendance r
but our best hope is' in Thy blessing, 0, Lord,
our God!' 0, Father, bless' usl Bless the be
reaved, whether present, or absent; bless ogr
sick anjd wounded soldiers and sailors; bless all
our rulers and people; bless our army and navy;
bless the efforts for the suppression offthe. rebell iiiri ;■
GENESEE EVANGELIST.—WhoIe No, #9.
" God,” was the reverential reply. ’
“ Is it;” said the Scotchman—and
grew fulktenedandhis eye kindled with; po
tion, “Is it.a new idea which enters the divine,
mind or is it from dll eternity?’ '' *
“Oh,” said his doubting neighbor, “I see
whereyou would lead’ me, I decline answering
that .question.”
Reader, have you a neighbor, a good man,
who from habit, or defective education, or want
of familiarity with God’s word; ever indulges
in depreciating remarks concerning the cove
nant o'fwace and the wisdom, power and love
of the Eternal; as manifested in God’s electing
love ? : Perhaps it will do him no 'harm to ask
him these fopr questions. .Pilgrim,
Bed Wing, Minn, Nov. 9th, 1863.
and bless all the associations of this day, and
place, and scene, forever.As the trees are not
dead, though their foliage-is gone, so our heroes
are not;dead, -thoughtbeif foms .faUen.
In their proper" personality, they are all witn
Thee. And the spirit of their example is here-
It flllslthe.aiji, it fijls'ioui- }hearg.;; 4n§,!«>ng3»
time shall last, it will .hover, in. these skies, and
rest on this landscape; and ihe pilgrims of qur
own l land;.and from •all-landg, iwillthriiLysathrits
inspiration and increase pnd cmihrpa:thpi? ,
don to liberty, religion and God. ; . '
Oar Father, wKo art in heaven,“halloweui oe
Thy name!'- Thy kingdom 1 come.’
done on earth as it is in heayein „ jGiye,;ps
day our daily bread, and forgiveus our debts, as
we forgive our deWors; ’ Leaef-us hot into temp
tation, but deliver us from evil; for Thinels the;
kingdqa*, Jhe /the, glory, r . foreyer-,
’Amen.'’"' 'X*
7 Ice declined answering.
fiany years ago a'pious. Scotchman 'hjyhy'.
'acquaintance had a neighborwho prbfi&sefSHfcish
’doubt 1 God’s electing lpve ; and railed againfet
•p?sc|gsti|iation, ,My Scotch,
‘to him, “ Will .you permit me, sir, to ask you
a few questions ?” v ' ' ■
“As many as you please,” was the answer;-:
I tell me; then, in what statejuauj
'is'horu?’’” .",1' '..77;71«f;' ~
“In a stateof-sin,” was-the ready-answer. •
,“Is a change'of heart necessary VI : n "MT
“ Most certainly,” was the. prompt reply..
“ Who is the author of this change \ ..
A GUINEA A, YEAR
“IThat they do . good, that they be rich in ‘
good works, ready to, distribute, willing to
communicate.”—l Tim. 6, 18. :
A rich old* gentleman residing at Manchester
Was’ lately called upon by some meinberh of
the Bible idomety; there to subscribe his .mite-;
he replied that he had been thinking about it,
but would iSrst wish to become acquainted with
their plans, etc ; , and wished them to’call again.
Some time after, they did so, and he told them
he had madeyipTipf mind to subscribe a, guinea
'W year, and immediately began to count out
•upon the table a quantity of guineas. . When
he had gotto twenty-one, thegentlemen stoppeji
him and said, as theit time was rather precious,
they should feel obliged if he would give them
his-s übscriptiqn, that *th ey might go. The ojd
gentleman sull Continuing to count them out
m|(Bff4h#fiß)te,i3ieyfe^wiigtSd-htea kehShii '
time, when he simply, hoped the gentlemen
would suffer him to go on, and on he ,went.till
he had counted down eighty guineas. , ;
• j ''There, gentlemen,” cried the I ‘old man; 11 1
promised youh: subscription of a guinea a*yeai»;
,I,am eighty,years ,old, and. tliere .are the eighty
guineas.”' ' "• -•’ ' -- ~
ROMANISM IN] ENGLAND AND SCOTs
••*.-•• -- - JfANR. ... . ,
While the ChurehVFßpme, is growing weak
at the ceniri, it'still shows signs of vigor at the
extremities. Travellers in Italy tells us that the
Catholic faith is dying out in the land of-the
Papacy, itself, but at the same time it se.ems.to
be spreading in other parts of Europe, as well as
in America,- Especially has it-taken-deep.-root
in Great Bri am'arid not only iriTrelarid,but also
in England,-and even in staid old Scotland, ! the
home of Preshytririanisirijitlie Irindrof the Cove
nanters, Romish churches are beginning tp ap
pear on every side. A late paper gives .t& fol
lowing list of Catholic" priests and Churches
North of the Tweed-: - - . - ; ; ;
• “ There are now in Scotland 4 bishops, 171
priests, 193 ehurphes and chapels, 2 colleges,and
10. convents. Pigot’s Directory for the year 1828
gives the then state of Catholicity in Scotland as
1 bishop, 22 priests, 20 churches, and 1 college;
thus showing that-in the short space of thirty-four
years there has been an increase Of 3 bishops,
149: priests, 173 churches, 1 college, and 10 con
vents.” ,
THE TWO. STRONG ARMS
A. great scholar m Germany who was anxious
to find the right way to heaven, but' for all his
learning could not succeed, went one --'day to
church. On his way he; met a poor old-man. to
whom he wished “ Good-morning.” The poor
man thanked him, but added, he.did not exactly
remember ever having a bad ones “ Well then
I wish yon much luck.” “ I thank you, sir; but i
to tell the truth, I never yet have had any bad ;
luck." The scholar did not know what to make i
of the man, so he requested him to explain his j
-meaning. .“.With pleasure,” said the poor-man. i
“ I have never yet had a sorrowful morning; for -
if * I am hungry, I praise God; if I am cold, I :
praise God; if it rain or snow, thunder and light- ;
en-Met;the:weather bejhat it may, I...praise ,
God; and am always joyful. .Aud i have never
had a bad week. I resign myself to my dear
Lord and Saviour, and atp sure be does nothing
wrong. Whrit he permits, whether sweet ’’’or
sour, joy or grief, I know is all for the best, and
accept.. it with thanks?.and joy...‘All things
work together for good-to them that love God/ ”
. The scholar was at the faith of the
poor man, and ; asked again what he would
do if God thrust 1 liim into hell at last. “Thrust
me into hell? that he will -never do,” answered
the poor man; “hut if he should, I have. two
arm pfcfaitK r ani the arm of love—
with thpm I would grasp him arid hold him ,so
fast, that Re must go with me; and where ihy
Lord arid miy- God is, there is iny heaven.”— Am.
? SALDTARITjTRIIGHTS. :
-When I whs -A young. man,;there’ lived in onr
neighborhood arfarmersiwhQ;yvas nsually ;fe
ported to be a very liberal man, and uncom
monly upright in his dealings. When he had
9 f bis farm to. dispose of
he 'niade^it ah invariable rule to "give good inea
sure—rather- more than could be required of
him. ..-One of his friends, observing him fre
quently doing so, questioned him as to whyjie
Fl%rtr-told Wm he.gave too much, and said! it
tQ hm disadvantage.' : Now marff l?he
•rinswer of this'excellent mam ?“ Goa'almi&Stv
“has permitted'me .but one ? jo&rney through the
fworld ; .and.when I am gcme ? ,licannot reten
to rectify stakes.” Think of this. But 6nr
jowme?/through the world ! . ’■«
, Mee »% discovered, that six Mn
a year, nearly two' # day, m
hshefl m Eri gland, and written by women P b '