SAO3&EB SYMBOLS. BY REV. DANIEL MARCH. NO. VII : NIGHT AND MOBNING. 'lts. iSci.' il—The ii)i<jr'niiig J eoineth, and alSo" fllOjHigllt Imagine .a. company pf en- r Cfqnpfdfor the night in ppe of .;. yallgy§ among the mountain? « vMjit were famiUac-j tihje pro- J phets /of Israel. Thpy .were waiting im- patiently forthecoming, dawn, that they may start upon,,their Journey, in-jthp .copl. air of the mom|hig, ,and ! reaeh !:; thpir,.p]pce of reat .hpfore -the-bucning .heat of noon combs on; As. they turn, with ojigerg^xe, iir4o.6thevquarter »j . from the bosom of darkness,.the; rq?y,lje7 ; .;. -fhld -fit the.‘dawn.appeals j ihe. blue,..s;tar > J spangled'curtain, of «the nightis slowly >. -'lifted from; of . the eastern mountainsyrand. they, can already see the ; ‘ golden fringe, mpon--,the robe, .of, the- king .! fif-day; Joyful that the reign of, darkness Is =past, and f thftt. the, whele. surrounding. , ilandseape-will isponi gladdfn.in. -the smite. of the all-beholding sun, they . lift up their !:• woipes '/in.:loud, to the great Father- of light.-.that. the;,morn come.th. .. ’Meanwhile higher ,and Jughprascends.the. ;cdgwn' 5. .and, in its, gray ( light,..distant, ,ob ; jects begin to and.awv :-ful;aspect { .. tEhe.jagged rpck .oyerhanging, ; the narrowpathway no lopger looks; * f grim giant awaiting to crush.and trample upon the passingtraveller... The solitary, cedars crowning the rugged.heights seem no.more like spiritual -sjentinels set to guard; theforbidden .passes, of the mo j uiitain& The roar toff, the, distant torrent, breaking the :: awful, silence .with its prolonged, echoes,, • no longer sounds like the tramp pf armed. ‘ men, or- tbe .thunder of. horsemen, rushing •: to battle. The night wind pgasesip wail, and moan as if foreboding deeds of ,rapine, and' blood; ; ; Joyful.forthe coming; day, d the pilgrims forget, the terror, the.weari '»-• ness,* and thewatehing, pf,. ,the night/ - and, . startjip*on th[eir.ioprß©y hefpre.the sun ap?, -• pears.-. •' :.;r ;: 0! q ssteeiMeanwShile- the huinid gis. which, at .the ray of ‘■ •the feeblest- star, becqipes, agit.atcd by the ■ day/t,and; break up' into opposingiand diversely {tapered feiir-’ rents. The icy wind of the; sweeps down from the cold heigK’tS^&nd : ’felindeiises- ihvisim| ;! iV ; J ike-'drivihg—aadl darkeningi every rf tfa6e’ 1 the , dikti«it i 'hiHs}if(ilds ‘dbSviii ife? ifnpehetrhhle'curtain updh'tbe'far-reachiijg ‘ 1 Veil# its hehvy btifdemupbn 'tile wind, 1 ‘* l sweeps : ef hand -efefy-aidge'farid' rocky ’yd&k, closes'tie entrance bf '’'‘ahddefife/’tifhthe-landmarks nf.thh'mohh - tamsTdM- thSdh knbhls’of-ithelstfeaiiis'are hidden, dnfl the tfaVeHets-findi themselves cin'vblbpfe‘dir[m c ddrknessmore,bei4ildering ; s'diid inSxtribSfilefthanthat of midhfglit? i: Tt • te neitherfisy^er'might. "They have nei theri^Mb'* i iighi'of‘ i the‘ , 'sua nor of the stars. *The)y fhay return to the place from 1 which thby karted while they suppose tfieinselvbs 1 '^j l bd ,< advaii'emg-mpon their jburhfey; 'Aiid : mist which' has 1 ' Adrkftinfde# tMsi'ihas 'not pufl’but ifie' sum’ Thb' mOifnin'g 'sttir Has .not bebn “ stayed .in Ste«B p !bdufSB;i’, h or tiias the day-spring forgotten place. ''iThough the'.path* bf ‘the'pilgriins is darker and more perplex ing thad before/ still >they know that gui- ' daflcfe anTd> deliverance are'Constantly ap proaching from on. high. To them the morning cometh and also the night. They press forward darklingandfearful upon : their journey, climbing'the-steep. and-slipf; petty height; winding around the project * ing crag;‘overhanging the' dark abyss; yet; ! iall s th^ ! whiie assured'that 1 the junconquerr! ' able' light will-struggle -through the gar thered clouds/the Sub will ascend the hea 'venS: with meridian brightness/ the ever ■lasting mountains will 2 appear upon their ‘•old foundations; and the pilgrim band will pipes onward in safety and jby. To-them ' themorning Surely conies, though -for'ai f tiiiib 1 ' 3 it ' veired in a ' deeper? night - Athdthedarkei their path for a 1 while, the. more vidll they rejoice in the ! crowned and conquering day.' - ? ‘ In every faithful picture of human life, the night must mingle with 'the’ morning;; the ShdcfSs of’ Sorrow and calamity must dafken the da#n of hope aud%ladness.; the journey ’ that begins with joy must Bei phrsued’ with peril and uncertainty.. The successful seeker after earthly happiness has only time to cry, “I have found it!” ' when the possession glides froth his grasp, and he IS left to inourn,. with empty ’hand 'and Sorrowing" heart. • : Travellers amid the diversified scfenes of lifd, ; wjehnter some ijUii3t L vale, where the healthful air revives the lahdscjape' delights’ tMth itsbe'auty; and we prom|Se outselves secure rfepose; but soon the clouds gather darkness on the distant heights, the sun Is hidden and the tempest pours its angry flood through the whole valley, and our promised paradise becomes a desolation. The morning breaks in beauty and glad- ness, but it is night before noon. Dis- * heartened by private griefs, and misled by vain.attempts jo foretell thefuture, we en large the lesson" b^indT«^ifiibi.'dieaiq®ffl& ! ment, and say there is no hope for the world. We see enslaved and darkened nations lifting up their byes to the dawn- Beginning-., to rejoice Jn Ahe promise of day, and then suddenly their hopes are blasted by the coming; on of deep, dreadful night. And* so ‘ every change, from, the old .'cburkd, evhry; out break' of popuiar paeßibn) ! cOhyalsipp and supplies a hew of “tribulation.’*" ' , * ; But the morning is hot stayed from its .appointed hour, although, ‘to ,m,ah.’s;imper-. fee,t vision, the 'envious night 'keeps, ever .pace' with the ‘.’dawn. The frill j dayof truth; and righteousness,.and fibefty.may he ushered, ia )by a hoiyor of. great dark mess, and. a cup of trembling, ' [ and the earthquake throes of revolution. ' ; But the decree of .providence, appointing the prog ress of nations, is, not "reversed 'or ten, although the advancp must 'he f mhd4 ! .through cloud and' conflict ’* The dence .of God is wiser than the fears arid* mightier than the policies pf‘mam :il< The : night..tbat comes with the niofqipg is par tial and temporary,, although for a tiMp 'it' seems to, devour the day and'cut off’the hopes of mankind. In the darkest period: ,o.f human history, we need.only theaslear r yision, of Christian-faith,to. sep’the day ap-. ..pyoaching. If we take, only human feel- ing or-human,philosophy for our guide we shall he ready to admit that the “tide ,in the affairs of men ” is only a tide—some times adyaneidgyvith crowned and'.crested billows,.gleaming .in the light and break ing upon the bulwarks of the shor'e.'with resistless shock and thundering sound;' and then . retiring to, its original bed, only to .repose and recover strength, for the repe tition of the same aimless and ineffectual:' charge. But if we, take the sure word-of prophecy for our teacher, and, with such a. guide, .endeavor to forecast the.,destiny of nations, we shall see that the current of human ..history, never - flows backward, never stops 'in its. churse, Thh night of conflict and disaster, which, comes with, the morning of hope and progress,.is only the • tempofary darkffess of an unsubstam, tial mistwliich must’ dissolve and disap-. *pbif : before 6 trio‘'-light' ‘aridoibeat of . trie 'ribmirig"sun.- " 'All«hhmahi!pVdphecies may. httferly fdil— ofcthe’" wise come 'tripnriughty Trifeifirfuesr and sacrifices of ; theTaithfub maybetreatedTwith scorn, and imahtyrsiipay'; sdem' dfetaii shed>4n J vairt. ! :/Mmr,(inqtheir, m®d ;Bess, may shuftheir'eyes torth'e .fight, and' Set- on fire the templevof Fstheir own liber ties. 1; and, success,. ; thby may: overturn the) fairest jsjjructures. ■ that their themselves beneathf thevrdim fhgi |h<|ir. madness ba!s made;''-But snch.excesses aild disasters to'the Cause! of-truth are only the 'brief night that crinfes-with tha morn?- t • . P. . , - - , mg. ' The thrones of iniquityimust .be .past down, and the perishablesfriietureis.of.hu inan-pridfei and passion retrieved,, to ■piafce'tn that living temple; whose .founda tions'‘rire! everlasting,*;sfl3Sd Vwhose walls shalfi'be builtby-God’S 'Orfn hand. . The 'kingdom) and th'e : greatness' of the power under the wholu heaveu shall he,given un to' Christ;) and- through whatever conflict or oalairiity the nationsimust pass to fhe.fufi fillmentiof that, propheey, the night, shall not outlive the moriir. The sun of righ teousness shall i fill the heavens with the full day, and all the kindredfe and tribes of the earth,shall, rejoice in his light. .THEWAR JireTiFIED. , ; BY R.E.V. \V. W. TAYLOR.-' ; J Suppose,. out of the best motives, the go-, vemment had let the,South go, unrebuked and unmolested; and the nation-had found itself, some stormy mom'mg, divided iraq two parts?. ; . . .At once, our national glory pales,and our*;, nationalistrength, whether-, to defend our selves or :to succor others, js..diminished far morethanonehalfljOuriiamejUnitedStateS; of must; blptted put, orj .whenT.i -e yer. spelled or spoken, im tj&lls* forth <a lie. : We must lower every flag, and with .opr own hands use the spinors on. ey.ery other star, whilst the stripes-..that might be left, give.a gegr. meaning.to the : tattered rag ;* now rendered ppyrerless, .to,, inspire bravery in its defense, or. protect the na 7 tion ; from. the, insults and impositions of the;gr.e.at powers-of the earth.’’ v:'Bat is it likely,Fha.t the. South, with the. ; towering pride and arrogance; with which they first? set out, would have been satisfied, peaceful * secession and .equal di-. vision? .-,\After the -first|battle;; although they were victors, .haying: seen the general uprising of the.Nprjthandjtasted, the.bi,tterf ihesS'-df a.bloody field, they cried.-out, “ Let Iks alone, r ’lubtit> had they-beeh..,permitted •unscathed!; and? .without any jprptestiroiii the government, to have advanced in the consummation of ■ their confederacy and the settlement and inauguration of their plans, the various claims had questions growing out of a great division of the na tion, could never have been stilted, with ;VP H I ABEIifHIA, IHIJRSDAY, EEBRUARI 11 , 1864. ‘ out such concessions and humiliations on our part, as justly to have put us in the dust under their feet, or produced the speedy ■outbreak of hostilities. What power could have divided the na tional debt, the national property, the na fionaU territory, and determined > 'what .States.might go, and what remain? and where was to be found the dictatriaf prat' to draw the line of visible boundary be tween the Jfortfi'and the South, the; East 1 and the West r : : ' ' ’ As''well might' ybu r take"'a' Sabre, and. cleave the human body 1 i'n tftvo', and’ expect . each to live and !shake : hands; as to divide. a ceUntrv that GodAlmightytas 'evidently; made one. Can yoh cut through thp Bine, Badge, and the AlleghanieS arid the Cnmv befland Motinfairm' and' : the‘ ybClrv Moun- f . tains and : ' the ' Sierra' ’ Nevada; arid ; : the. Coast Hills ; of the Pacific ? ■ Will l you: give a new terminu s to Chesapeake ''Bay, 7 ' and the''Potomac* River-; to thd Gjililjert! land; tbe“-Teniresee and the Mississippi.' the Arkansas, the RipiGi'ande and the Colo 'kado'i? If younpeniisinbtipo.tentenoiSgh'fbri thisy-if.you cahnotfSifilocate those'granite ‘bones, tbevcirculatlon; mighty Jarteriesuofv tKe: one ’grand, body politic, 1 then, stand back , and; : sfty)-' “What God hath joined mteipubassunder.’? ) who shall, legislate the fugitive slave laws, or, shall i we,maintain; the ;old statutesl.-.jWbb yfiall settle 'the'revenue flaws,, the passpoftrsys*” tern,' the 'boundary : forfe ; and garrisonsAand .standing, afmies.with interhatioßfti'ddnillsf ■salutes, privileges Andlduties ? ■. t T.o : my mind,-it is .incredible that thfese points could riave ; be»e T nsettled, otlifisOrt'* tied, long maintained,, without, hostilities arising;, and) if; fight we must,'how much' better; to •do it; with our honor untar nished; going' forth tb the battle on rtfie high ' ground' of Nationality and Union and the. with, the-united strength and'enthusiasm of the nation to punish Jtraitprs and rebels, to protect thri -inheritance, derived from our,,fathers; add . pid J.\'i 1 „Ct» r ; !5 1 > >1 ?•• - 7 . perpetuate. it f to our children,'rather 'tharf be galled' info war, in mere self-defense; • : 4 ? nr.-.-: '~~ ■■ - - ' with no hearts nor hands to ; sustain it ; a! miserable, unhefbic contest; Rowing out:, of diplomatib knd 1 'tie poor. i&-? sues of acres, dollars and'-cerits And more than this are w&'b'oundlto'cons-' temjjldte, In tie 'question'pf abquipßcerice Sin ( secfesMon',' 'dr r ffie?mo vemente Could' wehave'hbp'edfbr a'single 'divi sion.bfthe nation into ah iinbr6keS;lifcirth and Sonth ? Had the'Tjnion, l Fn 'that ease) 1 beW pr of! eji ‘to be the'Vbpe : If Sand; lit fhadi, fijeen tefmed,' and tbe too feeble' to maintain ite suptlimaeyjjwopldf not Section after 'section ‘-Mdidravifiji; both, from the' old Hnldn Coß.'a federacy, and 1 ' * State s - after I 'State, -s havS. crumbled lack;'’info : 'inSep^fident.! ; K)v.e--j eignty, tb'pfesyht a’fndp : like l, that;6f -bid's 'Greece;' anest“of ahfagoiiist rfeppblics and like let, to ‘figbirtbemselyes. into or bebohie;'the .victims' 6f some Ibid, l^abking}^) ‘power t our‘dame) t‘o ‘go but 1 ; :'bin*fathers’l work ’made) a f Vaifdfe', and ,tfip lopes,,of pa-^ for in till jn fuitife; cpntury, , a wiser and a better people than ourselves should slowly irise)’ by some hpw revplur, tion to work ‘out its'independence and lead the way — _ • If ;fbu'‘participate in iby views, you WiH'iridulge the'hope of sboii .seeing •&£& notary pOWbr of the insurtbctieii^rbkeh*; 1 Una ' the tjnipn element in ’ the ■ South : be-' j coming triumphant. Ypumaiy See slavbfy/’ with its everlasting 1 agitation; abolished/ 1 HMciv Imlh 'firee'/ hut'laboring' ; for wages;'master of. himself, settled ih Bis stony sbuthefn home; the American name' clOaiised of its disihai stain 1 before the na ifedns; the national govermneht[new seated ‘ Otf itS';majestictfirone the United States than’ißve f; therwKole land under its beheficmi'mflnehee; opdmtd emi gration and ; truly duitivated^Withdeatning, and labor everywhere ’flourishing! : . And, O, if it shall prove, that we have' Deeii fighting the f laSt great battle of Ar mageddon, for' freedom, equality, demo .erotic government, education'end-industry/ 5 I and God shali exact' Of the .nations nd f [.other; if He'shall graciously make our ! hationhl /afflictions disciplinary, for the pr'Omotibn of national virtue and godliness, 2 to make’usthe glory of all lands'? If He shail send--forth our example of real free dom, with new power, to (filhearten aris tocracies and tjd’annibs; imd'raise*up the 5 people and make them like ourselves,/who Will find it in* his sent''w;af.-But whilst' we' ’enshrihe -the .names 5 of' the heroib'dead-, : and sympathize with the be'reaved; ; we will rejoice that We'- had wisdom and patridtism-to sustain the' government in its dark berars, that By our' bitter anxieties, our prayers, our contribu-' tions and our'whrfefe; we took part in the ! struggle n adtf J shWe3 J in‘‘ ? the glorious tri-/ umphs J When power, policy and tumult have done their utmost, they have but effected what “the hand and counsel of the Lord had determined before should be done.”— Dr. T. Scott. HUMAN FBIENDSHIPS AND A DIVINE FEIEND. There are events in all natures which qualities in other natures are adapted- in a measure to meet and satisfy. ” The qualities sought for in friends, depend much ;on'necessties growing jjut of differ ences of temperament, which influence the gifd-character to friendships. - .... , ; ';‘TBbjstrong; T selfieliaht -nature; is drawn toward the, ’one of fa jiamid, splf depredaling temperaineint; wkose heart . .to,, its, greater . cfieeriulness., and s strengthens' natyy as theweemodestj’, : mpjintam daisy .spreads'its snowy b.ospm ; - JW; -s»e ; dilu.^-ey e jl glory ’ 4Su)it l i,f6 e^?. > t. e ?<iri|B l jtq the, .offered;eup--! sdf-abn|gatihg.v.Joj t i ;aathan,'! laying; ?pye;passing-, jjhg L wonderful; 1 [lbVelddfwoman, and admicatibh; rand fa, ; ; ffid|d|m;’ at;the 'feet f oftfie shepkerd boy !di.Rrinpeiy, tear|y, ; and^kmgly)traits;; i;i r,,iJeßub; on one ,occasion; .tqofetheipface ' of a Bervant to liis disciples, that he might teaefi tfiieid J to 'bbebime ■ ’servants;to - Cach other. . Bo in all pure cm*th,ly f riend- 1 ; ships, .there is -a.mutual serviee of self-for-; | getting love, though :in; the strong and ) .tefiYe hat*hfes,; ft -Ofteief * take‘si oh iM a)'maferiai , 'kerTide and sacri-! , ‘ the : service of soothing, i iwords and-noiseless unobserved deeds; Ini such'efficient nattiresthelabor of ilove. is‘ ■ •that" ofrthefair'•Moarbitess'-gleanin g, among iLMJiSJ!; and helpless friend, for whom she has- fort Sakeh alfi and to whom her brave arid ac tive dove has made her better than the; : manly strength -and more Selfish affection; of seven'sons. • : : * 'But how much we all -discover in hu man friendships that disappoints and; pains us! How many unlpvely traits re 'riiaih in the .lo veliest characters; hdw much, 'cause ’bave : friends, the best and purest, to beak' arid forbear. How sweet to .know, then/ that every one, with every variety ■ ' of f teiri|eramerit may! Arid -a friend in ithat; iOrie'peifect, ’tiriciiariging, •'uridying friend iresusl ' Every loveiy' trait ‘that wehave: B ever'kbugiit ; for in earthly frierids we shall. ’find'! in Him;' for isi the chiefest •amorig ten thousand,” -and * “ the’ one alto ;gather lovely.?’ -¥et iHAik a friend'Hrom "Whoke gbodniess we need-nevef sbririforri A o'ften ; Jis'"it ithei'caW'that eartfily natures, possessirig lcsk Of evil' tocoritendf ■against than others;; arb 7 on that vei’y'ab;' ehunt-apt to'ffefeliarid'giVeilegsibfraffeetioh: (and\ sympathy ,tOf. those whb have many. hvaywardvitendSneiesb' -■ B&t Jegus notorily. ibffers hstajperfect friend' in -himself,ebuffa; 'perfect;sympathy:; He inbt only offers ffsi ia friendship'^vithout one; iinperfectibn, but is able'to riiake ms, like hiiriself/mbulding us '-info.' His town Ibleksed Image, arid cat! last;! will, riot be; ashamed: to : ’ weaf ns as ia' gem in'-His crownroft-rejoicirig, and owns; ri? as.Bfi8 f bel <^ T ,befoiß assembled; universe., loyes,. us not because we- Ig? Tre,.needs-iEßs'.di-:- to change our, natures, andc ; ft to- encourage our upward efforls. .' ... . y; ':tße,sttW, : Tfg l ruine(iJ?y jfcjie fall, - v . ~ all!” / ' 'I (3J.0 (matter ihow unloyely by nature.or peculiarly organized, or little understood; yve ; piay', regard ourselves, Jesus under stands us freely. “ Yes lie knoweth.our frame; he feiuembereth that we are-dust,lt as,a father'pitieih his children,, that fear Him.s Are. we despondinghe' is always able to give JlS;hope.,. Are. we sensitive; none but jloyjng vsjprds from . Jesus’ ever reached a : quivering, .-heart. Whatever sorrow af flicts, . there, is no time when wernayjnot fly to his side and lay our weary heads Upon his bosom of infinite love, and hear 'him speak fdour-gadness those comforting words, L “Bet not yOur heart be troubled,, neither 'let it Be f afraid; J, ' ; A.re we, way wayward add-impulsive; 5; ever returning from wandering' with 5 penitent heart; we, mUy feel his 1 pitying-eyes’ upon ns, and we may hear his assurance that though Satan -Hath desired "to' have us, that he may sift us as wheat/Jesusour Almighty Friend will pray for us that our faith fail: not, ' r ( ' ■ 7 Human friendship is rendered imperfect' iina insufficient in its adaptation to oiir wants, because earthly friends are impert' feet like ourselves. How often have .we gone.' to qarthly friends seeking conffort because our hearts''were sick with sin and care, only to find them encumbered with the same' earthly Joatl, There is only one friend who can send out frorn his presence those who were wenry 'nnd heavy laden, .wjth hearts‘truly-'' at' rest.' ; There 'is' only bne'friend.who, is afways’willing, and has always the' power, .both to tel) us to cast our Wdeirupon huh and actually to re move It;' Sle' is J a‘ friend who can never •nit-* Slh’tul' \' f • • . ;. ■ - - * . cue, or change, or grow weary of onj. con tinual coming to him, • evefi | with little eare and want He is never too busy to listen to us, and there is no time, or combination of circumstances, or state of the infinite mind, when he is not ready to receive us with a loving welcome, and to attend to at] our wants for “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever.” 0 who but a divjne friend could thus meet ‘and satisfy the almost endless num ber and variety of wants which yearn from the great aching heart of this needy world 1 M. R. L. ffwfe, ELEVESTTIi FAREWELL. ' Soldier : :—Thrpugfiout the variety of JhoughiS wllieli,?during the last ten weeks, 1 J have sought, i© commend to your notice, my kept a singleness of. purpose.' jl have 1 emmestiy desired to set religion ■ before ypu as’ /tfe’object, of yoiir highest effort, ai£4 to persuade you' to give to our Saviour. Jesus the wannest love of your' ■’//Hit t *; ?-•!"?' 2 ’ - ; ■ . i ■„• . * heapt, and freshest consecration of your •life. } Nowhere have. I seen religion doing rjte. work inoreblessedly, or yielding- its mope hichiy,than on fields of war, as well. as the dyirigl Ih.aye written, toyou only because I long to. sbp -ypu. doing:,, that work and sharing those.comforts.- , r . WWlp. writingihese. articles, I have felt .mysjeif rppewmg the.intercourse which; 1 1 ■ jhaye, Jtefore enjoyed -with my soldier .friends faop to face. I say friends, because , American, every brave soldier feafriend, and more'than a friend— - •< * f ,■», ft? s -tf i.i. j iv cji , . a guardian protector. We always love tv hehqld-.thp s .quality, of goodness in Our j . and. we mourn over anything vKhich. lessens the respect which wie wish : to . feel lor. them. ~ You soldier, are my , .pepsfactor, and the benefactor of all miy countrymen. As suefi, I wish no dark : .tra,it bp come, in and abate the true esteem of the .good for yqu. I desire for you an s apd outacting religion, because it ; wijl so . ennoble your soldierly virtues with immortal excellence, that no bar will remain to ypur country’s pride in you. , But . this consideration high as it is, is . far enough below another which lends the , greatest urgency to .my desire that you yourself to Christ, and then : live for-him,. Dear soldier, I see your ejtejnal iSabyatipPht stake. You must die. You may e.ome out from the next battle without a: scratch, but for all that you ; mugt die. tt J[!ou may fill. out yohjr whole ( ,ternr of. ,and Return, alive to your but,ypp, eschpe death. ■ then—6- Jiusl.my heart’s desire dKNyRJISf j&Slstypjp*: is that you may ipunner. .of. your;.death,.nor .the cause.in which you, , .apy difference in,..th© 3P%§dBlBB£ ef preparation for .Seath. fit is, the;,§ame law, for the soldier or the : ciyiligni; foy.thgjfield^.where, amid shot and shell,, -freedoms-battle is. fought, and for the - chamber, ..where loving friends are, rMPunoL You must; haye peace with God. .through,our.Lord Jesus Christ, or death is ,fpr c yo,u -the, gate . to,the black realm of ~etemal,TyTath.,,, j.,;,,. . injS.uphyjare the. solemn apprehensions, which proptpted me to seek access , to.you through „the medium of these articles.;’,' I have been .to you with the story, of the ' •. - r t r c^. c ' : •' ; f cross, .out I could not go now; and so?L smd 'jfo myself, “I T miiSt' wiite to, ..thaf, soldierj'aha ’that the salvation,o£ thu soifl is precious still,' that the. arms of; love 5 are; still duiltretched’ r,tp-. save iumj and fSht ‘the Spirit^and-:jh§- sjay, coine 1 ' I must speak- to him; for hemay did before I See the camn agatn-” ; „7 „ , ■ ' , But soldier, the time has come, for me, miode of intercourse ,with. This-..is the letst scrap .which?, for thp prespnt at least, I can contribute to, the " Soldier’s Scrap Book.” I wish that some better, man or .woman, with heart of loyp and pen of fire would give another three month’s service to this column. I believe tuay one who will do it, will love ; both the “sbldier and Jesus all the better, is a sweet, reactionary power in all .labors of holy love. if ; ? . I'ieeve you in‘a moment of the highest spiritual r interest to ‘our army. ; Gteat religious awakenings in great. armies iu. the midst' of warf are the last wonder of the world. lt. ;opens,a new- page in the history;’of war—Mine which the old: ages wotna have pronounced a mad conception-- that ap " immense army of. combatants shouldfind in its midst another army raised tip; expressly to follow them/not with sulphur : : and steel, but with both' hscn'ds laden with help- I —one for the .body and one for the soul. This mad concept tion- or the; old- ages lias become- thef rational reality of the present war. Kris’ the of prayer and love, one that haspretfeed-'but so many thousand ebfrffiissibn;!” ; Gud]yuhaplaihs;lia¥e thanked heaven-fd'rits‘cbming, aiid maSe" noble; ewajtnfrutions'to its efficiency. God wrought!” Not onlyoi the Sabbath, bat from day to day, and night to night, camp sanctuaries are thronged. By scores, by fifties, and sometimes by hundreds, men rise in the presence of their comrades and askforpTayers. They give their hearts to God,“and, ‘ •“Tell to otbers connd, What a dear Saviour they have foand Ministers retam overdone frQm this grea; ripe harvest fibld, but they cry earnesily for others th fillthe ranks from which they riiotrhow to leavevoa ahehherdl&Bs. when the. fold is so glowing with blessings within, and So wild with perils without. ThrOnged -with of this chara'cter, I closbTbls kenei'bf-'Sbraps for the sdldier; Wiih shch*h the hour*.' SdldSer,; 'it Et'thii clbdffhf mercy which'is' you noW. The shoWer which isPfcaining -from it, is the shower of salvat&n. Now- is your time, iris .the celestial refteilfe ft—Fall* ib many of Mose’who fkiftb ei heize'the ; gdlBS& oppor tunity, it will hfe' thie las’tcall of grace. “ For mercy the appointed bound And tarns to judgment there- 1 ’ This sealing System ‘ mil be reviewed from many dying beds, andrthe retrospect will there lend!sweetness to peace, or bitterness to remorse and. despair. Expecting meet few and perhaps hone of my. SPldier readers in the present world, I rise-frdto this labor deeply affected f with the thoughtthat l shall meet them all ft i in the eternal; wprld, and before the throne ,pf our Judge. lTntil'then Farewell ! ONE GF THE HIDDEE ORES. "PS. aiamjiuntomy fee; andj;a light ;unto. my path. f ; ........ ■■. ; The missiPnary Moffat relates,the follow- . i was onhfi travelling with an associate in, the interipf. We had journeyed day and night withpnt food. Hungry, almost famished and wearied out, we came before Sunset to a heathen village, but did not venture to set foot in it, fearingjW.e’might be>- rohbed or by thp inhabitants,; the wild Korannas. We-accordingly re solved to pass the night in- the open air In’vain Hkd asked by for i drink of water or. milk ;.it was denied u; with reproaches., - Our hearts were greatly troubled. We lifted them in belie vine prayer to God. Soon after, we observed ‘a woman coming down from the heights v ! on which the syiUage lay. Hhe drew nea ? •to; us with a jug ; in her hand aod a bundle of sticks. -The jug contained jpilk. She set it down 1 and went suddenly back again But she soon returned with a jug of watei in- one hand-and, a piece of emutton in the other. She?-then sat down-and cut the -meat in pieces.We asked her name and .begged, her to, fell us to whom we owed .offr 1 ’thanks?- *' S&E''sfia answered not s 'wPrd. At--last-SBh : answered “I know ■whose servants; yon? ;are,. and.l love bin has,paid,,- ? Whospeversshall give t ■driii these little ones a cu; ofyoid water only'yerily i sajc unto yoi he'hhall *iff hb' i vHse -hfee his 'reward V' : Hpon fartherr-iriquiry I learned that she -Svas the. solitarjr light.that shone in thi dayk plagej ■past. With glomhg words‘ahd tears she Expressed : her“j6y at seeingUbne of th j -seSvants- Of : Ghrist. Regardfeig her ad really a asked hpty.rthe- light o God had.fouml jts way in,to., her soul anc how she copla maintain Ber'Jwth! withou' opportuniffel’ ! Bf !i, commhß®Sif-with th ■ saints. Shfe drew a bodk from her boson .-and said: - “That is thesptuigjfrom whic' J thjs is the oiLthatJfceeps my lam burning.in . theAarkness't&aFprevails i: - the world’arofmd.’’ I examined the book i it was Netv Testamen' printed: byHhe; British and-.rForeign Bib! | i Society, amissionan ft upon leayjng school;. and. it was the boo-1 that ndurisnetf he.fhopei and confirmed he \ prospects 'for-eternity.-' 1 ■ ; : ir- Uj i;- • hb& MOituiNS swinso ** • ; r - {. . ,ftPAR . i ' ■ - ; ‘n !■ Vj;!;: 7 , , Ijiike '11: 25. Jtut he said Vgfl, rather blesst !■ are they that hear me word of God and keep i: r When th’e ’pious missionary Georg i 1 ■Schmidt; ‘wais ’obliged to leave his ehurc! p ,which;with .much labor be had gathere :| iout.-of the heathein, it was soon scatterei J .and the Mbravian missionaries who, aftt || an'interkipfroSii of’fifty yeare, settled ther S again'in lri92 found scarcely a trace of h -I* laborsremaining. A single aged Hottent: js woman, named Helena, was pointed oi to them as . having been baptized t. 3 Schmidt. The newly arrived missionarif * visited the humble dwelling of Helena 3 She lay there; an old, blind helple* a woman; her powers of mind had suffered _ like her hut lt was only wifi the greatest' difficulty that lhe miesionarif E could make Her who the'i were and why they had come to Africa e By degrees' a ray .of light seemed to fa a Upon her memory, her heart-revived with k her, her eyes began to sparkle. Trem lously she raised berself upon her stra bi bed and commanded a Hottentot girl wi « was by, to'.Eruig her 1 something from K comer of the httt. That, she said, tl; f Georgd -had with her at L eI 'departure,'eßarging her-to preserve it a: ar use ft Biin again. | T was brbughfc As a -precious memor: th it was wrapped up Mth the great: re care in tw iheep-skiasJ ' They unroi - them, and |6uud- tKem to 'Sbntain a 1! 01 landish 2sei& TestairiSeftt. ■ And thistakf'W 1 committed to her iiTnst she had not I! |hii that slothful ’ servant, ;: (Luke, 19, 20-3 kept wrapped 1 up in 'a napkin, but i - ffiithfully -used ft - according- to her o' I ■ hpited abilities. She herself could t ! W read, but'young woman'of the nei-' de borhoQd hbpie and read itAo her. T {coi ;ven4ralffidajsciple wh«g terdnnded by ‘heathen, had fiftyydUsi t: to her Master through the -Strength imx B ted'by his.avoEdj !was-in6w oveijoyen j.*? the; arriva} ;«.n#jv.--ipissionarie.-' n 6 filled her soul with heavenly pleac’ j For six years she was privileged-to i 'i in communion with the church a- ; established by the missionaries, and P l 6 good old age was gathered in as a st ; of com iu his season. ■ 8.8. H.
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