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DU. BOURNS Dff POETVILLE.
(.Prom sra Ole&n paper.]
Mr. Editor :~ Vour readers are already
familiar with the Story of Sergeant Humis
*ON, who was identified by means of the
ambrotype of his children, fouqd. in his
hands on the battle field of Gettysburg, and
of the agency of Dr, Bourns, .of Philadel
phia, in the matter. The Dr. camefo Port
>yille on Saturday, Jatitiary 2d, 1 $64, to
present the precious tello in person to the
As soon' as ’pdsilibie after' his grri
lf*l, accompanied of the ctidtih'
Kf which Mhir HtU&isiion is a by
Htey. J. Hi ii’incent;* bf whtf )£ 4at(
f providentially in Portville, and Mri f :&l u T.' 2
Warden, he visited; thehuinble home 'of the
family to disOharge-thia sadj yet ’pleasing
.duty. ■ ‘ : ' lf; ' ; ‘ li i;;»
I His coming had, of oourJe,-been
F ly looked forby thewidow and- her
and the Dr. was greeted*‘by thenf witb'ia
warm-hearted welcome,; When the'rfelicj
stained] with the blood fiof her, own husband,
Was presented, to. the .'wife, her hands shook
like *n- aspen leaf, ibut by a strong-effort
she retained heir .composures: The children
were-mnoh interested; ;by some-New Year’s
presents, kindly; sent .them by Geo. H; Stu
art, Esq., of Philada. ,... Wei talked: awhile,
and ~then it, was„snggested # as the; hand
of Gp4 f waa so apparent,in, all.the, eyenta.that,
led tojnoh an,nnus]ialmieeting, that weunite
in a. prayer of praise; for His wonderful
kindness as shown hy., His, strange proyi-;
dence. TVfe all .knelt,, little Freddy among
the first by the side of his new-found friend,
and joined in an appropriate and touching
i prayer offered by .Rev. Mr, Vincent. It
rwas a aoene. .for somej master
we believe, that angels.and the God of an
gels looked .down upon with interest and de-.
light. ,
On . the next day, a union meeting was
held in the Presbyterian Churoh, at whioh
several clergymen sad citizens from piean
•were present.. . Ifeyfas. an qooasion.ofj great
in tereat. to all presen tjand ; the. house; was.
filled to ita. utmostcapaeity. After.devo
tionai exercise jan, address of weloome -was
made by the ,ffetor,df' the churoh, Rev. I.
0. Ogden, in .substance, as follows: ..
il I have, the, pleasure of introducing, to
the audience, Dr. Bourns, of Philadelphih,
Land, of bidding him I ,'in behalf ofthiS'aS-
Isembly, a cordial and hearty welcome i to
Portville. We assure you ) .Bir.,ihqugbbere ;
tofore personally a stranger, you were not
wholly unknown. You r generous deeds
have heralded and proceeded your coming,!
and it gives us all great pleasure to see yojr
face to fa'ce to-day, and to welcome you to
our midst. Would it were in therpower of
my poor wbrds to give expression to the,
strong feelings of respect—-I had'almost
said affection—which N I ain sure swell up
in the hearts of, all this audience towards;
you. .The.deep interest yon have taken in
the family of our brave townsman who shed
his life-blood to defend your State from in
vasion and pillage, has touched a respond
ing chord in all tour- hearts. Suoh distin
guished philanthrophy is so rare in this
world, that your exhibition of it deserves
and receives our warmest admiration and
approval.
We welcome you not only for the interest
you have taken in the family of our soldier,
but as in some degree the representative
of the many families all over the land who
are in similar circumstances. The people
are just begining to realize what a debt of
gratitude they owe to those brave men who
have fallen on the bloody battle-fields of the
war; and the larger debt of sympathy and
support, if needed, that is 'due .to their fa
milies, and we wish by to-day’s-exercises to
deepen in our minds the impression of this.
How much they think of their families, and
what a sacrifice they make in leaving wife
and children at the call of their country,
we may loam somewhat from that touching
incident of the dead soldier at Gettysburg,
who, as life was slowly ebbing away, was
gazing fondly upon the pictured faces of
his three little children soon to be orphans,
and thinking of their mother soon to be left
to widowhood. The love of a parent for
his children, and the love of a patriot for
his country, are among the strongest emo
tions of the soul, and both were fully de
veloped in noble-hearted Humistoo. His
body, mouldering beneath the sod, attests
the one, and the blood-stained ambrotype
the other. The strong love of that dying
father for bis children has reached across
the intervening months, and is the real cause
of this assemblage. Truth is stranger than
fiction. That ambrotype found in his hand,
through your indefatigable exertions, led at
length to his identification, and has brought
you this long journey to present the precious
•relic in person to the bereaved family.
“But I must not protract my remarks.
'The oooasion, the cirumstances under which
■we meet, are full of interest. But the peo
(> have assembled to listen to you, not to
s, and so, again bidding you a hearty wel
me, I will no longer stand between you
d the audience.”
Dr. Bourns replied in a happy, graceful
inner, expressing his heartiest thanks
r his kind reception, and proceeded to
late in a graphic manner the .incidents
nnected with his finding the ambrotype
the possession of Mr. Schriver of Grae
lberg, Pa., and the manner in which, by a
itice of the incident published in the
MEKIOAN PbhsBYTERIan, thefamilyofthe
ad soldier was discovered. His narra
| tire was listened to with the greatest ia-
Merest by the audience. At its close Rev.
Mr. Ohamberlayne, pastor of the M. E.
l Churoh, Portville, offered the following
preamble and resolutions, which, after be
ing seconded in abta and eloquent speech
es by W. F. Wheeler, Esq., of Portville, and
Rev. J. H. Vincent, of Illinois, were;
unanimously adopted,
Whereas the. occasion of Mr. Humis
ton’s death on the battle-field of Gettys
burg, has been so ordered by an over
ruling Providence, as to draw towards his
fatherless children the,sympathies ofajjar
triotic public, and thereby awakening srich
an interest in’the ChOdreh of the deceased
soldiers of our country-as will probably
result 'in . some measures ;for "their - perma
nent.iWelfarjSj;
-4-84, whereas, Dr.. l|oumis, by his disin
terested and philanthropic services, has
been mainly instrumental in securing ririfee'
fiegiilyedi Ist,7 That the.sincere thanks
: c^S? B .<pf!Ppftville,iare due.and are.
Jiejreby most cordially tendered to/Sim/m 1
><ss widowsand>oqdhaoa)whiohthis iwar-hae
Sesolved, .2d, -That, while Sve as Chris
-iaan ;Mt “ the
•HimthaPwaa teady top'erisb/’ May nomp
.npqriCDr.BouraspwejiHMliemulateiMs.ex-;
.PWPte Jjs clqfoff,
whicjr r the,qlyffien of o,ur brave and noble
: soldil|rS l&veupon tis bntbr&d i aS' i thdse i
claims' urd/ i! frj?s s §uch ! % ' : Kw4dential : ’ ; ttn(l
touching i appeal i tondur: sympathies ;as. ti*?;
dearth. scene which this gathering, cpmme.- r ,
mprates, V . '"7• u -*
The following is a brief .outline of Mr.
Vincent’s .timely and. pertinent remarks
There are some little incidents which
fall out in life, which havp pp- much human
tenderness ahd beauty in them/ that their
sirriplri’riarimtiveAfrikrisn'resporisiWedrcll
in-every hPSrt: ' 1 Whit leye has not moist
ened iOterthemimple'act ofthekind T heartr -
pd woman.at: the grave,- ,of r a c -in.
New Orleans, who, asshedrew, riear’tne
open coffin, said: “iiet‘ i the l kiss !-hiiH l for :
his mother.” Alb o Ver «th#dand. faas ‘been
told-the story ofith&idead soldier whp, nyas
found .on the
thp ambrotype .of Ms ihre e .children' in his
tn ¥ !chil-“
’dronbCford-lfiie.• :; 0: -’ c'-M:j-->
1 ' We are met to-day? to: sympathize with
them; to talk together about thesingular.
providence which has in such, a beautiful'
way provided for 1 their riuppriri. ' Though
from a :; distant-’"Stalp;'l ; am- glad'-tojoiii)
'you-iti'lthe 1 services'.of ,tiiiB;tPe^siop«; !£ lfc,
belongs to ns in Illinois, ; as much ,as? to
you, to sympathise with, these children, to'
trace God’s hand" in i the f biattei'; aiid’ if ! a
sphere of Work’iiS behalf' bFotherJorphaned-'
PnePis to be ppChed iip/ii wiilibe-"«buih'de-j
light-as>Wellras dutyfitoieoTpperateln'.Uial!,
work: r-,,.. '
■ In. creation, see" ,Gbd’s wisdom''and
power displayed hot'only among tihegreat
and - massive - facts of-thei -.uniyerse;.*biiti;
equally so iii What men calhftiifes-ijittle,
things, - , The telescope repeals God’s grand
movements in tbe heavens,' but; by tbe'mi
croscope we see’ his thdughtss'rif beauty
and lPve in tiny flowers arid drops’ofwa
ter. In times of war we see Godls.splen
did purposes in .the defea^pvictories, re-,
volutions, which take place;“but oil every
battle-field, in every hospital,if Here occur
little
dence—touches of human and
tenderness, which are. ,npt;::iioticed in re
ports of commanding officers, but which
are delicately beautiful; 1 Slid poiht'usto'-
God’s wisdom and' care. - Sach ad evefat is;
the one 1 connected with, our meeting,.to
day. \ -A:
So in the practicalresults of great strug
gles we find indirect riffortri/rioMe' ofiWMch
are small enough whenvie'wed separately,
which prove to us i that. ;He who-jp,erupts,
tbesevil, elicits from it, a -thousand.indirect
and simple benefits, while he makes , tlie
whole contribute to some rriore iiripoßmg
result. The' establishment of our mation
upon a foundation the solidity of . which
even Europe dare not doubt—the emanci
pation of the slaves—the breaking up of
corrupt political parties—these are some
of the grand results achieved by this war.
but I believe there has been awakeUed in
the church by the war, a sympathy with
the suffering she did not sufficiently feel
before. There may be less concern abriut
dogmas in our religion—hut there is more
humanity—more Christ-like pity'than be
' fore. See the hands of men, women, and
children at home, busy for the soldier’s
comfort. See the tenderness displayed in
our hospitals—see that noble Christian
Commission working like’a Christ among
the people—breathing its benedictions—
scattering its benefactions everywhere. It
cheers the dying soldier, sustains him in
suffering—goes with light arid fire to his
cheerless home, and brings gladness where
sorrow dwelt’before. We have needed
more humanity in our religion. -1 believe
one of the results of the war will be the
increased susceptibility—the enlarged sym
pathy—the greater practical benevolence
of the church: You remember Aben Ben
Adhem who asked the angel if; his name
was among those whom the love of God
had blessed. . The angel said," No,” Said
- Abenj “ Write me then as one that loves
1 hisfellow men.”
“ The angel wrote and vanished, the next night
The angel came with great awakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had
blest, ‘
And 10l Ben Adhem's name led all the rest."
The man who puts himself at Christ’s
work of charity on earth, will soon be led
to. fuller sympathy with Christ, even if at
first he holds Mm in too light' esteem. ’
So God works great results and little
results, and who can trill which is the more
important and sublime, the great or the
little ? And who can tell what may spring
from tMs little incident that has thrilled
the heart of the nation? It is already
proposed to provide in every State a fund;
for the relief? of soldiers’ orphans. Hu
; miston, while dying, lqoked at his children
till a film grew over his eyes, arid his
hands dropped in death. That last linger
ing look was a rich legacy indeed. It iriay
lead to the founding of asylums for thou
sands of orphaned ones over the land. It
reminds me of the South American hunter
who, as he climbed the mountain, caught
a herb by which to lift himself up. The
root gave way. On root and ground hei
saw silver ore glittering in the sunlight;
Lo 1 the silver mines of Potosiwere open-!
ed. So may the deed of this dying sol;
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY, 21, 18 64.
dier open a mine of treasure which (while,
it enriches nohe) shall distribute its
factions wherever’there are soldiers’ wi
dows and soldiers’ orphans.
Dr. Bourns then read, to the audience
the; subjoined Poetic Gem, composed by
Geri. W. H. Hayward, Of Baltimore, and
sent to him to be used for the benefit of
the Hrimiston family. It is. now for the
first time published- -• It is, as will be fea- :
dily -perceived,; thesupposed thoughts of
theidying soldier.
' !Let me gaze upon this picture
f I Whilst mj Hfe-blood;from. me .flows,
, :On these aearloveA happy feces,-
Efe'iii dfcaiß fiiy’eVe lids'clOsei 1 ;
s»lif hpas(U . ii ;.,,. .
. ;sTotmi£[jons"cbtuilitnuy; . ( "~,l
' ” ;M nfri%'l6 , &y : ®eittri t i < ldwri’treß|ffieBi '-• i
i :: - ;4nd-WBs fteul afelidje.;,, . ~..
: jHSere cold-gromi'dlyibg,
:■ The ,earth ; my. last,lone.,bedj ,; t
~ iNo fiierid l to my firing,* ? “
’ 1 Or 'khW-m'e when I’ni'ntoai .
For my ,cliildreh yearns with care;.
' ■ ’ That:we all.mttylmget;togetlser,'u ui r ’
/ In happiness,onee,more<
: ThatarOuiid'the’pbaceml fireside,'
< r EiridHeaverijwiuiineirefetorKi.f
r r, But:lfed,>mynnlsegrow.weaker,;
Bi'the gibrirf imrbrcriri sW =■-
r Still, d recognise itheifeatores- ■>;
<’. Of my.Kt^e.poy—ds.he,l,.
' My boys!—my darling;dtmghter! .
Let none their , .
’ From this pdot-'riveiq' bWeding heart;
i•' OhjcheaKriLyidring pr»y(irj . ;; . >
. . . My God I protect the,mother,
’; irir/
- : I .dip lalope; Bbs&mgMne; >;
~: No one ,tp shed,s (ear. |
nr Sorpe.Btranger’a.handjwiU fipd me,
~ And a grave fpr me prepare:.
Onjmy Iwesst %Sey’iFjpffioe this picture,
Eet TM me,
The,Slai9 3 ana : StripeS i f ldVel
r;; Idiea.lh:ion.soldier,:
rest .above.
The flowers will blqom as t aweetly
O’er the Unknown soldier’s grave, ’
3 ' With hia heart-loved idofa uearihim,
And,thq,Elagfhe ; dled . .. . .
, No srorie Wifl'teirjße'story, ~ V
'* Of 'the-stranger nfeatlithUisod; f r.
> r Where so .p.eac«dq)ly he plumbers,
NnKn'own—save .unto Gedl'.
Thus ended one ojf the. most interesting
.meetings everheld in 'Western New York.
•It is the design of the J)r. and his friends
in Philadelplxia, to turn this most touching
incident to a larger account than simply bo
provide for the famiij; of ’Ser
gearit Humiston. It is hoped that interest
, enough will 'be awakened in'this subject, to
secure a fund to aid the families ,of de
tceased soldiers all over the land. It is
proposed that eaeh State cafe for its orim
war orphans and widows. It would be
a remarkable illustration of the wonderful
ways of Providence, if ffom the 'iittle'Wrix
brotype found in the dead soldief’s handsV
[^hould*spfingt^! g®eatpatklrial :
Small-b’egiiiriirigs often gro 'te a grCrit
conclusion; ■ i ".
THK : PATRIOTISM OF OUB TIMES.
Patriotism ! So mribh has the word r
been abused and maids''the cover'ofsClfish
aims and purposes; that some have .actually
become sceptical as to , ; t.he-. .real existence.
fof such a virtue. Yet jt does erisi iri .ail
: its pfiritine purity, aridifiourishes"ris!lriku
riantly to-day as ever.
To prove it, I will mot go back to days
of Grecian or of Roman heroism; or even
to the days of our revolutionary stuggle,
whrin such men' as 'Joseph Warrrin/'its
first victim, fought and fell in freedom’s
holy cause. I only ask you to behold
with vision clear and unobscured by.party
film, what is and has Been for the last two
years transpiring around you; aid yori
will find as' noble instances of true pa
triotism as ever adorned any era in; our
world’s history. You have not forgotten
(or if you have, coming generatipns never
will) the heroism of that man, who' early
in the insurrection transformed thri flag Of
his country into a comfortable, and kept
it Upon his bed until the time arrived,
when at the risk of his life, he with Ms
own hands hoisted it upon a staff, which
had treiribled with the fluttering of treason’s
banner, and thus wrote: “My child, my
loved one,-and you my brothers and sis
ters, lam satisfied, lam now willing to
go home to God. lam ready to lie down
with my fathers of the heroic age.”
Neither can you so soon have forgotten
the heroism of that citizen of Charleston,
S. C., of military arid ricieritific attairiments,
whowhen tempted by promotion to enlist
beneath the Confederate banner, responded:
“You cannot buy my loyalty. I love Ca
rolina and the South, but t love my
country better; ” Finding him faithful to
the flag he loved, he Was made to feel the
power' of" his* enemies. He was- thrown
into a miserable, damp, ill-ventilated cell,
and fed on coarse fare; his property con
fiscated, and. his wife and children beg
gared; Poor man ! he sank beneath his
troubles, and was soon removed from the
persecution of his oppressors.
The day before Ms death be said to hia
wife;: “Mary, yon are beggared because I
would not prove disloyal.” “ God be
thanked for your fidelity,” replied his wife.
“They have taken your wealth.and life,
but could not stain your honor, and our
children shall boast. an unspotted name.
My husband, rejoice in your truth.” She
returned to her friends shortly after his
; death,-openly declaring her proudest boast
i should be, “My husbaud died a martyr to
his patriotism.”
“Tell my wife,”said the dying Major
Bamum/of the New York 12th, “that in
my last thoughts were blended my wife,
my boy, and my flag.” He asked of the
physician how the battle went ? “ God
bles the fla—!” and expired with the
prayer finishing inaudibly with his closing
lips. Who Ahall say that the age of he
roism has passed ? The great struggle of
the country, while it has revealed the
baseness of many, from whom better things
might have been expected, has also brought
to light some of the grandest exhibitions
of the' pure love of country which the
world has efer seen; Not a few of these
have come from the common soldiers of
the army (God bless them—“brave boys
are they!”)— men who without the tempta
tion of rank, gain, or power, have gone
rnto the battle-field from pure and lofly
principle.. In one case, as a female rela
tive hung over a fearfiilly wounded sol
dier, She tould ; not hrilp exclaiming, “ Is it
worth;alltlriß?” The-poor sufferer turned,
Ms eye rfollupon-iher and marked
empfrasis,/’Yes—yes-rit.f?.worth it.ail.'i”-
Said one ■vwo.Jiad extensively vjsitrid otit
hosfifa& V 'met with a sol
dier, Mcfc-’df'WWtoileti, who regretted that
he; had gorie .into war; not one who;
used the coward’K.plea, that ,he ,had qn-,
Aured enough fiwnis couritry;” ‘ SaM‘
ano|thrir,
fof: rif .tbe;
woundedjrM ? |^^ii^ifrpm s she
hominy-to, theJapses egn.- nejrgp beknowp..
In’ the of .tnrise who some'
! of ! thbir I ; fesmll'- i fidftlririgs/ : tori “WiH 5
time: c Britnot riirian
among^lallsthe.jMtfreretß .yras heasdltOrSP,:-
she‘
uriiV-ersal se^flmnt,waS,'thai"iiadf thfey a
thbrisaritf IrVfes th^ i -Wdui'd-’ ; all : bri a fireet^ i:
terideredrto'tffie-Enion'nndt'he.rest oration;
Says, Wni., .Jennison, Esq, one of the
Defroit" committee .appointed to look after
the Michigan 2tsh, wburi’ded in the recent
battles ) Philadelphia: i‘ H
any man desires tor bnhealed qf- sympathy
withtraitprsia. compintp
this pool of blood arid wounds, and lsok
at th'ri’se' bjriySf cherirfui' Sefriridelri of tbe
TJniori. li l%igW( , ;i>Ot-;hriarfi a single mnr
mer.” 7 Says rßev: Geo. Huffieldi; Jr.', pn-:
gaged in a.rfmilM anission .near. Gettys
burg : “Words 'cannot describe the forti
tude Of thriapmhji:’ 5 ? lt is a& great 'ari their
ieCariP? (ffrCTMiS! great’ ins Suffering
as in- : J 9; M.. Goop&fa
Obituary gf -oetjdr Ferry,
EIGHT® HORAE—THE CROWN,
giyenryourself, for
the time your country. If you
are like'jthe majority of those wjio now
.make up ithe hundreds of thousands of our
armies,yipu have done it iri that self-eon
seeratirig-spirit r whip]^eonstitutes the high
est earthjy, ,qf,. patriotism.. ! Others
have given 'their sympathy, their influence,
their votes, and their money. When the
question came to you, What will' you
give?” your .mind swept past, all theqe
lesser form 4 of coiiriecration, .and you said,
.“I will'giye^rii^se!/'.”
Still,' yori have some personal ambition
—some thoughts of noble rewards Which’
centre in yourself. You would be either less
or more than human, if 1 you had not. You
.seek the apUmbatjon of your countrymen,
pmd" ’’yd i/*rrituiri ’home,
Bear throriiK lifri the honors Of fidelity and
bravery. Ur ifyou should die on the field;'
you wish your name to live on the brilliant
roll pf the’saviors of the nation.
Spme months ’ago, at the tiine of the
smali' fighis on the up'per Potomac, iirime
diately following the battle of Aritietam/I
was sitting vfith a friend who is known in
all our armies'arid all'our land as the 1 sol
dier's friripflj when a telegram was handed
in. He opened and read it; handed it to 1
me, laid Ms face ori Ms hand and grbaiied
aloud. IfVas from a field officer in a re
giment near Harper’s Feny, rind read, —
“Tell that his son has just
been killed while fighting nobly for the
country.” ' •
I accompanied the receiver of this de
spatch in Ms sad mission to the bereaved
father. The shock came upon Mm like a
s weeping ; but when time brought
composure of did find satisfaction
in the hoUof which adorned the memory
of Ms son, especially as he knew that son
to bp. a-praying Christian, and believed
Mm ready to meet God. This last was the
great consolation, without which the other
would have been poor indeed. ' But with
this last as the’main comfort, he could re
joice in the illustrious record of his srin on
the list of our American “ Legion of Ho
nor.”
Soldier, let me commend to you just
those views of a noble personal ambition
which, are presented in this case. Look at
it from the Christian stand-point—the only
point where the ‘ view sweeps over three
worlds, and takes in thri true idea of im
mortality. When you" think of reriown for
yourself, you always think also of the pride
wMch your friends will take in it. If you
ever think of the possibility that your mili
tary career may set in shame, the darkest
thought of that ignominy is that those
friends will blush rit the
mention of yOur name: r ", r: ' -
But if those friends take the Cbristiari
view of this matter-—and what other view
will bear the test Of sound reflectio'ri ?
they can never exult in any reriowri which
you bring with' you from the field of war,
or wMch 'may be srint home shorild you die,
so long as there was no laurel for your
liro w as a soldier of the cross, arid no hope
that you hrid gone to receive onri honor
from the hand of God. True, they would
feel that it was better to die bravely in the
assault, than to be shot as a deserter or
hung as a traitor, and from such thoughts
they would strive to gain comforting re
flections ; but the highest glory of all earth
ly fame is powerless for comfort, if we are
compelled to think of those who should be
our pride,* as disowned of heaven, and dis-
The ambition which stirs your heart,
has belonged to all ages in which soldiers
have fought, for a country of which they
were proud. Every generonsgpyernm«nt>
has provided, stimulants -and, rewards for
• it. The,Romans had crowns of distinction -
as the reward-of-the highest acts of hero- ,
ism. After a victory, the armies were as
- sembled -. to witness the distribntion of
theae .rewards; Ih .thepresence of- those
‘ the general in commandpiaced the
1 the ieafia .of .tbgse f whohad
iWOp „they t yere -
Ecasfopp, reg@rd§«l as
th,e. lpftif&t honors’ of! the nation.-
sThe ambijSpii for this liopor yas. then. the
highMt.lnmtement to soldieriy yirtue. and
a snstftimng support under soldierly endu
rance* tlndp|;heir earnal natioiisaf
ry, the. spfscr shaking in death,' feeling thht
rife, earned .the meed, asked,Jbr.ofiiy this,-*-
ttGtownme. andlet me~dis.”
• Soldier, yon can appreciate this feeliiig,
ifor you understand the soldier’s ambition.
Then ihake it' thpatepping' stone ‘ofthe in
finitely hlghbraittbitidn wfiichwbuldgtesip
the crdvm y 6f life. ! What the prospect of
a militaiy coroiitltion was ; to the Roman
istotbe’ Christian' warrior ih the strifefdr'
heaved! • It is ah incitement to faithful
warfare, and’a support of the spirit uh'der :
ah its 'hardness and perils. God presents
it. bbtere' you' in -that : light, '“'Be ~ thou
;faitiifbPiffiftd ! death, and I wilf gKrh-ifeei a
CFO'wd l 6f ,; life.’’ -■
This'is your first and great strife. It '
requires-' a higher order of heroism and self!
sacrifromg consecration' than : belongs to
any “earthly warfare. Ih the litter'yon'
khowybur foe, nridyonr
are- bf the saiheorderwith : his. ' It is
muscle ’against mnsblc, and steel against
steeh ' But the other is agaiaSti both' seen
f^d' ! iifiseey foe&*-not alone' foes of iffesh
andbloodi'hut the rultersdfthe
this frdflcL’ You are often in' ; company
where it requires more stiiid ;
faithful fbr Odd,'than toTiish tothe assault
in the face of a,‘blitzingbattery.
Me lesser ainbitidns of earth bear you
Meroidilly threUgb this last. Inspired by
such ambition, you would not “give your
plac'd to indthdr ;' yOu-Wouldnot fling
away the opportunity for'the" brilliant're-'
cord-which you pant to achieve:' So let
the holy and heavenly aspiratidhi stir your
soul to be’fdremdst in the warfare against
Sin, and in the fight of faith. ‘ This alone is
the forever'sanistified ambition; and only*
this can beautify and sanctify even .so no-,
ble an impulse, as th at winch has thrown
you into this breadh between our country
and political ruin. If the oMßoman re
wards were revived, you ? wbuld *not be
pushed out of your chance of wrestling fort
the mdrk of distinction:' ‘ In the striiggle'for
the iniiiiortal life, God does contihue to
hold before you the same reward ds ever.
In that strife, see to it, brave soldier, “that
no man take thy crown.” B. B. H.
Peterson. Poems. By Henry Peterson.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott&Co. 12mo,
tinted paper, gilt top. pp. 203.
There are pleasing pieces of lyrical com
position in this volume. Several of them
are upon patriotic subjects which are han
dled with grace, force and the right spirit.
An ingenious .plot forms the foundation of
the long poem—“ The Rivals.” Mr. Pe
terson however, is not in any high sense,
a poet or a teacher of mankind. His book
must be classed with many others in .-this
lime which give a transient pleasure but
make no lasting impression.
Sargent. The Temperance Tales, with a
Prefatory Sketch of their Origin and His
tory. By Lewis M. Sargent. A new edition,
Vol. 111. Published by the American
Tract. Society, Boston. 18mo, pp. 255.
It is a good service the Tract Society
is doing, in the republication of these sto
ries, Wo trust the times are not so
changed but that some of the moving,
startling and reformatory effect which they
produced on a former generation, may be
felt in this. The present volume contains:
A Word in Season; Well Enough for the
Vulgar; Nancy Le Baron; Too Fast and
Too Far.
Chaplin. Black and White; or the Heart
not • the Face, _by Mrs. Jane J). (J ha plin.
Boston; American Tract Society. lSrno,
pp. 174. ■
A most touching and skilfully'composed
story, designed td make a favorable im
pression for the African race in this coun
try. • The incidents are claimed to be true
in the main.
Pleasant Tales in Prose and Verse, with
Illustrations. 18mo, pp. 224. •
The Children’s Guide. By Rev. J. S.
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Far A wav; or life at Tanna and Samoa.
Prepared for the Committee by the author
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Missionary life, its obstacles and; sacri
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’ powSf
of the Gospelbeen exhibifed-pn a grander
scale than ahibng' itibSe remote aUd balmy
regions" of the Pacific, - The Publication
•Committee having recently published a
handsome yplnhie on the .Pejee Islands,
.now follow it with'cine of deep and varied
interest, on those. nobler specimens of ha
inanity the.^amqans.. It most prove a
voritei yrijh .ihechildrem
StenmißAi- Tracts/ No. it-. ■■ The: Parables
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A ; good:little tract: for soldiers. .
Hammond. , TheCbiljPs Guide to Heaven,
by/EdvratePaysonHamihon'd, author-hr
; “liittle QnesTin: tha Fold,’ ’ &o; Boston :
.... .treatise, is a report of an ad
dress, deliyqred!-by Mr, JHammopd before
one lJnite- Children’s mectingsdu
ring
the pf- ’OB, when it is believed that
'hundreds of in tender years were led
by the Spirit to accept ed Christ. It is in
fom4 direefe lull of tenderness, illustnu
ting, the way- of. -salvarion by many ample
narratives, one. Qf .yhich, “The Kohleman
and the Serf,” was transferred, to oar col
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among the children, to whom Hfr. Hammond
seems to have a.special and blessed mis
sion. , ,
PEB»H>ICALS AND PAMPHLETS.
The Amebican Pi
Rsvibw fort January, .1864.
Hemy B.’ SiUith and •J. M. Sherwood,
Editors.- Contents: The Latin- Patriarch
ate, by Dr. Philip Scbaff The Epistle of
Barnabas, Translated from the Codex Si
naiticua The- Regnla Pideij or:the Gos
pel ofiohnvby Tayler Lewis. Education
in the Presbyterian Church, by
Pisher of Hamilton; College. The The<|gy
of for Preaching, by Dr.
Skinner. The BbhemiaU Reformation,
J. M. Sherwood. Renan’s Life of Jesus,
by Henry B. Smith, D. D. Criticisms on
Books; (23 pages.) Theological and Litei*,
tery r Ecclesiastical Record,
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full and satisfactory. ' : .7 i ;
A laudable effort has -been inaugurated
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raised for the purpose, so that one-half
of the cost price of one thousand volnmes
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each volume) to be paid by the individual
subscfiber3, except in extreme cases. If
any* of out laymen wish to aid this good
work, they can address J. M. Sherwood,
5 Beekman St., N. Y.
Methodist Quarterly Review- Jan.
1864. ; Contents: The Moral Theology
of W atson’s Institutes. The Saints of the
Desert, by Rev. P. Schaff, pf Mercersburg.
The Antiquity of Man, by Prof S. D.
Hillman, Carlisle. The Emotional Ele
ment in Hebrew Translation (Fourth arti
cle) by Prof. Tayler Lewis, Condition and
Character of Negroes in Africa, by Theo.
Dwight, Brooklyn. The Prison Associa
tion : of New York, by E. C. Wines.
James Floy, D. D. Foreign Religions.
Intelligence; Foreign Literary Intelli
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York, Carleton and Portor.
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Life, by Bulwer. Tony Butler, Part 111.
Tyndal on Heat. Navies of England and
France. Chronicles of Carlingford. Per
sonal Identities. Wigtown Martyrs
(skeptical.) The Invitation (poetry.)
Books on the American War. (Thoroughly
copperhead, praising McClellan and Lee
and closing as follows—before the victories
of Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge—-“We shall be disappointed, there
fore, if we do not shortly hear that they
[the rebels) have achieved a decisive Suc
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Spees. A new Song; or the Marvel
lous Works of God, in behalf of the Ame
rican People. A thanksgiving sermon,
delivered in the Third St Presbyterian
Church, Dayton, Ohio, on Thursday, Nov.
26th, 1863, by Rev. S. G. Spees, D. D.
Published by request of the congregation.
A stirring sermon in which a just ap*
preciation of the Divine mercies to our
nation during the past wonderful year ia
expressed in glowing and devont lan
guage.
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