‘ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SHORTER CATECHISM—X. THR JUSTICE OF QOL Thou lov’st alone Jehovah’s gentler ways ? Thought weak, unmanly ! Every heaviest Of Justice, in its fiercest mood, displays God’s love and pity in their kindliest glow : Do waves of doom o’er Ararat’s summit flow ? They close a carnival of violence ! ■While Ploab, rainhow’d, ’scapes the over- throw. Doth guilty Sodom burn ‘!i O love intense That spares, if ten he found ; while angels guide Lot thence. Sinks Phatoah? At a nation's glad birth hpur,: , Prom slaves to'freemen raised ; from whom should spring The seed to bless the earth. Doth Joshua’s . power Crush the fierce Canaanite ? As when .the • wing Of eagle swoops on serpents, whose foul sting Would spread th’ infection of its poison far. And did, not Calvary’s doom salvation bring } Thus ever love and sternest justice, are The welded'hemispheres of one great bounteous' star. “ Justice I”. Great sufferers know its worth ! The ory. /r Hath risen from widow’s heart, her children spoil’d | - ■■ ■■ /. Prom oaves forlorn ; from stakes whore mar tyrs (lie ; Prom the crush’d bondsman who in chains hath toil'd. lot the red hour come when t es, lot Wv . , ( .y' In their, own. cunning, snare their own . proud feet. ; : . f Or when tti’oppressor',-'scorpion lifce.self-coil’d,’ Feels in HjJ once proud bresist the hell-fires meet, . r. Doom'd at t.he;.hear,t’s high, bar,; God’s inward : judgment-seat. . ' ' [ -!l W!."> ■ ' ■ : - :; ) o • * v - , - , - God's law’ 'proclainis’: " With me, no*.co'm promiso!”' Unbending principle, demanding all! ; Sin finds no covert ’neath His luminous skies ; With crash on, crash hear tyrant empires - all; ! , ’Mid ruin’d columns see the tiger crawl! Come forth'then, all the manhood in our souls ; When tublt His thunderbotts, let us assent. When o’er Armadas, proud the tempest rolls ; When for one sin from Bden man is sent; When ’neath*Abiram’s crew the earth is rent; When Russia’s snows baffle the Corsican. See! Through it all runs Justice high intent To bless ;to ail the Right; to rescue Man ; To crush ohridirest Foe beneath God’s gracious • ban. , Elahistotbros. APPOINTMENT. " BY “M. B. M.” , [Gontinued.li ■ The chaplain was pressed for time, but he staid 'until after the funeral of of the poor youth. At ten o’clock, the corpse was placed in the rude pine coffin and carried, to. the ambulance;' A file of with arms reversed, marched on either side of the ambulance; the chaplain followed on'his horse, arid a few of the convalescents,, who had been, friends of the deceased, brought up the They had no band to play mournful music as the sad procession went to the burying ground, but when they reached the cemetery, where many a little mound was green over a soldier’s mouldering body, the men, with the chaplain leading them, sang the hymn, “Oh! wliere shall rest be found?” Prayer was offered, a few remarks were made, and ! the coffin was lowered into the grave. Spadeful after- spadeful of earth was thrown into the grave, striking the coffin with dull sound so heart-rend ing when we hear it over the grave of thosq we love;; hut there wa,s no one there to weep for this man, who had; given his' young life for the flag. All' were solemn and-sad till tlje volley had been fired oyer the grave, and bid ding. goodrbye to the chaplain, they turned away; l some to forget the com rade who had gone. There came, good news that day to Robert McPherson. People at home, who sneer at the number of men who arc ait hoffib !oii furlough, know little of army life, or they would feel that a fur lough is sometimes a boon from heaven to the soldier. It puts new life into him, and:-he is often a better man and a bet ter soldier from the glimpse he has of “Home, sweet home,” between the shifting scenes of war. Robert had lost his arm and was entitled to a dis charge, which he received. Robert and some of his companions, who were likewise discharged from the service on account of their wounds, soon set out for home, They took a tender leave of the nurses and surgeons, who had been :so: *kind to them, and tears stood in Robert's eyes as he said “good bye ” to the”gentle friend. .A long, weary journey was before them, but they bore up against its fatigues by the thou Hit that every mile they went over brought thorn so much nearer home. They felt, dear children, as you have often felt when, having been away all day, you have turned your steps home ward at nightfall. The shadows have grown long, and the sunshine has faded from the west, and still you have looked with eager eyes for the light in the win dow ; and have said, over and over, “ Mother, are we almost there ?” One thing struck the attention of these returning soldiers very forcibly. It was the absence, as they came North, of anything that looked like war. As they epierged from the desolated States’ that have been the battle-grounds of the contest, and came into our peaceful, prosperous section, they saw the fields, ripening to the harvest, the trees loaded with summer fruit, the pleasant homes of the people smiling with plenty, and the cities crowded with a pushing, sway ing multitude, as full as though they had never sent a representative to the war. “It don’t look much like war here, does it ?”. said Robert to a friend who sat beside him in the car. ; “ Not much,” said his friend, “ but I am glad to see how bright and thrifty everything looks; it makes mo feel how strong our side. is. All these people want.; Bob,' is to be down there and usee' things as they arej' to believe what we tell them, and what they read in the pa pers. If they believed us they’d volun teer."as quickly now as in the beginning of the war; there would be no draft wanted or,bounties either, but the people here are’only half awake.” * * i At intervals along . the way, the sol diers found “Uriioir Relief Rooms,” or “’Soldiers’ Rests,” where they were provided with palatable meals, arid now arid then-with books and papers., An old woman; entered the cars at oiie sta tion, witli a basket of fruit oh her arm, and-the boys were about to buy some thing, but she stopped them with a decided, “No; I never sell to soldiers. Take all you want and welcome' boys, for the sake of Frank McGarra, who died in the battle of Cedar Mountain ;” and no persuasions could induce this mother, aged and poor, and bent with sorrow; to take a cent from a soldier’s pay- .. Here and : there Robert’s comrades left him, until, when they reached New York, he was alone. Fairfield, the little village where his mother lived, was hut a few miles distant, and as he stepped out on the platform and looked out on the familiar’ scenes of his boyhood liis heart throbbed with' a tumult of joy. There were not many here to recognize this tall man, in his faded uniform, as the rosy-cheeked boy who had left them sfeveral years before the war ; so he Walked down the street without being spoken to, though many a glance of admi ration folio wed. him, and many a woman’s eyes looked pityingly on his empty sleeve. 'rant’s foil'd He felt almost afraid to lift the- latch of the garden gate, when he reached his mother’s cottage. It was midsum mer now, and doors and windows stood wide open, to admit the pleasant even ing breeze. He opened the garden gate, and went softly up the gravelled path, that led to the door. His step was not so quiet though, with all his care, that it failed to reach his mother's ear. Just as he got to the house door, she came swiftly down the stairs, and clasped him in her arms. It was a joy ful meeting, not to be described by tongue or pen; though there are many in our great land, who have felt its blissful reality. : i Jennie Martin’s home was only a few doors off. She: was playing with her cousins, in the garden, when her father came home and said, / “ Jennie dear, come in! I have good news for you 1 Where’s your mother ?”, “ Here she is,” said a cheerful, pleas ant voice, “ quite ready for any good news, you may have to communicate. But tea is ready; so well sit, down, and enjoy the tidings, with our supper.” “I think you would hardly be so cool if you had any idea of the news I bring,” said Mr. Martin. “Some body has come home to-night!” “It must be Martha,” said Jennie. “I’ll run up to see her to-morrow.” “Not Mattie,”—said Mr. Martin. “It may be brother Charles,” said Mrs. Martin. “He was expected this week.” y . 1 ■ “ I see,” replied Mr. Martin, “that I must enlighten you. It is your cousin Robert, from Tennessee.” Many were the exclamations and re joicings that followed this announcement, for, Robert , had been a favorite in the family of old, and of late be had been a hero in the eyes of all. , “ It would be wrong to intrude upon PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAPP.TT 24, 1864. the mother and son to-night-,” said Mr. Martin, “ hut to-morrow we’ll all go and pay our respects to the soldier hoy.” What motives arc laid upon all Christ ian parents to make the first article of family discipline a constant and careful discipline of themselves. I would not undervalue a strong and decided govern ment in families. No family can be rightly trained without it. But there is a kind of virtue, my brethren, which is not in the rod—the virtue, I mean, of a truly good and sanctified life. And a reign of brute force is much more easily maintained than a reign whose power is righteousness and love. There are, too, I must warn you, many who, talk much of the rod as the, orthodox symbol of parental duty, but who might really as well be heathens as Christians; who only storm about their house with heathenish ferocity, who lecture, and threaten, and castigate, and bruise, and call this family government. They even dare tq speak of this as the nurture of the Lord. So much .easier is it to be violent than to be holy, that they substitute force for goodness and grace, and are wholly hn conscious of the imposture. It is fright ful to think how they batter and bruise the delicate, tender souls of their chil dren, extinguishing in them what they ought to cultivate, crushing that sensibility which is ■ the hope of their being, and all in the sacred name of ■Christ Jesus. By no such summary process can you dispatch your duties to your children. You are not to be a savage to them,, but afather and a jOhris tian. • Your real aim and study must he to infuse into them a new life, and, to this end, the Life of God must perpetu ally reign in you. Gathered round you as a family, they are all to he so -many motives, strong as the love you bear them, to make '.you Christ-like in your spirit. It must be seen and felt with them that religion is a first thing with ybu. And it must be first, not in words and talk, hut visibly first in jrour love— that' which fixes your, aims, feeds your enjoyments, sanctifies your pleasures, supports your trials, satisfies your wants, contents your ambition, beautifies and blesses your character. I No mock piety, no. sanctimony of phrase, or longitude of face on Sunday will suffice. You must live in the light of God, arid hold such.a spirit in exercise as you wish translated into your children. You must take them into your feeling, as a loving and joyous element, and beget, if by the grace of God you may, the. spirit of your own heart in theirs. ■ This is Christian education, the nur ture of the Lord. Ah, how dismal is the contrast of a half-worldly, carnal pi ety; proposing money as the'good thing of life;-! stimulating ambition for place and show; provoking ill-nature by pet ulance and falsehood ; praying, to save the ride of family worship; having now and then a religious fit, and, when it is on, weeping and exhorting the family to undo all that the life has taught theiri to do; and then, when the passions have burnt out them fire, dropping down again to sleep in the embers, only hoping still that the family will some time be conver ted' ! When shall we discover that fam ilies ought to he ruined by such training as this ?— Dr. Bushnell. THE MOUSE THAT DID HOT LIKE ITS . SUPPEE. A little mouse once found fault with its supper. It wanted what it could not have. “My child,” said its mother, “ your supper 'is better than many little mice get. Many little mice get no thing,” This did not make it any better pleased or more thankful. “It did not care whether other little mice went hun gry or not,” it said ; “for its part, it wanted cheese ;” and because it could not have it, it ran up into a corner of the hole,, turned its back and pouted. Ah, I’m afraid there are other naughty children who do just so. “Can’t I go and get some myself?” cried the foolish little mouse. “My child,” ; said the patient mother, “you know not the traps that are set in our way. Have you forgotten that terrible enemy of our race, the great yellow cat, that ate up your ; cousins ? Remember how well you are off, and let well enough alone, before you leave our snug hole for. the uncertainties of life on the premises. We are near enough to the granary to 1 satisfy ' every reasonable wanly and there’s j. your, fine playground among the rafters.” More good words were said, and she then left the little mouse to its oivn reflections, while she went out for a short walk under the bur dock leaves. •No sooner was her back turned than out came the little mouse from the cor ner, let itself down the hole, and scam pered Jn the direction of the pantry. On its way it met a dashing young rat, and asked his advice. “Nothing dare, nothing have,” said the rat. That ad vice- pleased the mouse, and it marched boldly on—it knew where, for it had often heard the old rats describe it. • As length it reached a secret opening into the pantry, and found it—stopped up ! How angry the little mouse was; while the savory smells that came through the walls only aggravated it the more. Heedless of danger, it began to gnaw, gnaw, gnaw, without stopping to listen. A rich nibble'and a full meal were all it thought of. At last it con trived to squeeze in, as tickled 'as could be, and laughing in its sleeve at ; its cautious 'old 1 mother! In this State of mind, just rounding a firkin, a couple of glassy eyes, a huge mouth, and mon PAMILY DISCIPLINE, strous whiskers confronted it. A terri ble fright seized its whole body. Where to go and what to do, it knew not; but it took to its legs, got out of a door, then hid, then ran again, the yellow cat at its heels. Bid she catch it ? Some time after, she was seen licking her lips; but she kept dark, answering no questions. Its mother came in from her walk under the burdock leaves, and never saw her mouse again. “Ah, it is a sor ry sign when children find fault with what is set before them,” she said and sighed. LITTLE WHITE LILY. Little white Lily Sat by a stone, Drooping and waiting, Till the sun shone: Little white Lily Sunshine has fed; Little white Lily Is lifting her head. Little white Lily Said, “It is good; Little white Lily’s Clothing and food.” Little .white- Lily, Drest like a bride!' Shining with whiteness, And crowned beside! Little white Lily Droopeth with pain, Waiting and waiting For the wet rain. Little white Lily Holdeth her cup Rain is fast falliilg, And filling it up. Little white Lily : Said, “ Good again, When I am thirsty To have nice rain; Now lain stronger, Now-1 am cool; Heat cannot burn me. My veins are so full.” Little white Lily Smells very sweet; On her 1 head sunshine, Rain at her feet. “ Thaiiks. to the sunshine, Thanks.to,the rain!, ’ Little'white Lilly Is happy again!!’ THE DANGEROUS PET, S An English, gentleman had- a tame yioung -lion, which seemed to have be come a lamb in . gentleness, and was a favorite pet in moments of leisure. . ! One day falling asleep, his hand hung oyer the side of his couch. The lion ,chine to his side, and commenced licking his hand. ; Soon the file-like surface of the animal’s tongue wore off the cuticle and brought blood to tbe surface. The sleeper was disturbed and moved’ his hand, when , the savage growl startled him from his dreaming half-conscious ness, to realize the terrible fact that the pet was a lion after all. With great self-possession, with the other hand he drew carefully from a pillow a revolver, and shot his pet through the head. /It was; no trivial sacrifice to his feelings, hut a moment’s delay might have cost, him his life.. | A striking illustration, of the folly and madness of men in their moral ex perience; A vice -which they call harm less, in the face of conscience, reason and liistary, is caressed until it gains the mastery. The pet sin at length eats its way so deeply into the soul that its, wages of pain begin to be felt. The, victim starts up, resolves to escape; but how seldom .has he the will power left — the moral courage to slay .the disguised, destroyer of his immortality.- He pauses, again falls asleep and awakes in hell, home of sin,and the sinner when his work is finished.. .U, S. OKRISTIAN COMMISSION. Cash acknowledgments for two weeks ending March 11., 1864.—Army Com Y M C A, Boston, per Jos. Story, Treas, $.2,256.68; Collection at Williamsport, Pa, per A Up degraff, $1,410; “Little Helpers,” Carlisle, Pa, per MissA L Beelem,Tr,s2so: Proceeds of Festival at Dry den, NY, $lOB 36; Citizens of McLean, ,JI Y, $lO, per Mrs Van Valken burg, Sec—sllB.36; W A Porter, Monson Hampden co, Mass, additional, $lOO ; H P Church, North Kortright, $B4, Ref ch Kort right Centre, $l6, Free ch, North Harpers field, $l4, Methodist ch.Eurgresonville, $28,- 50, Collection at Betty’s Brook, $3.10, per. Rev James M Smealler—s9s.6o; Proceeds of a fair held by Miss A Ramsey and others in Brooklyn, N Y, $BO ; Soldiers’ Aid Soe’y,of Newville, Pa, per Mrs A A Greaver $57.04; M E Tract Soc, per Rev Dr Wise, Sec, $200; Mrs Sarah Z Curtis, $100; Mrs W E Dodge, N Y, $lOO ; W A Blanchard, additional, $5O: “Lux,” $5O; Collection at Lewisburg, Pa, per D.avidGenter, $5.3 ; .Ladies’; .Aid Soc, McConnellsburg, Pa, per Rev N G White, $5O; Aid Soc ; Chatsworth,-111,1 per Mrs'M H Hall, s6o;' Money found in an office: of the Provost Marshal,, and appropri ated toPenna wounded soldiers, $25; Union meeting at LockhavOhpPip f 34.8 5; Union Soldiers’ Aid Soc, ; Phelps, N Y, Mrs M J Browning, $2O; Collection, at Terryville, Ct; per.M Blakesley, Treas, $10; Union Benev- ; oient Soc of New Hampshire, per Miss Mary ■ A Dearborn, $5O ; Rev N K Crow, Alexan-. dria, Ya, $5 ,; Samuel McMullin, $5 ; J C Davison, Oxford, N Y, $3 ; Ladies’ Aid Soc. Delanco, N ,T, per Mrs Whitney, Treas,sll.- 28; First Presb . S S, Grand Rapids, Mich, $4;50; S W Brewster, Hannibal. NY, $l5 ; A Friend of the Army, Mercersburg, Pa, $10;. A member of Neshaminy ch, $2; Corp Ed K Mann, Battery G, Ist Regt R 1 Artillery, $1; Miss C Sheldon, $5.; “jC M,” Astoria, N Y, $1; Louis R Southworth, South Wood stock, Conn, $1; Mrs Johnson, Williams burg, NY, $10; E McKennon, Deposit, Del aware co, N Y, $1; S 3 Mission Box of United Presb ch, Lower. Chanceford, Pa, $3.30; £5 S, East’ Haverstraw, N Yj57.35; Spring Ridge Aid Soc, $4; Elizabeth Holt, $5 ; “M A B,” $1; Capt E Keys, N Moun tain station, West Ya, $1; Henry Peters, Co A, 59th Infantry, 50c.—55,247.49. Amt. previously acknowledged, $259,781.24. To tal, $265,028.70. 1 Jos, Patterson, Treasurer. The United States Christian Commission begs lehye to acknowledge the receipt of the' following stores, &c., up to March 11, 1864: Pennsylvania—Philadelphia, 1 pci, “ Lit tle ones,” GeoS ®ox,:Esq;i. 1 do>. (12 books) “A member of Dr Boardman’s church”; 1 do, S S sth U P ch ; 1 do, S S Ist U P ch; Ido Mr Green; 3 boxes Ladies’ Aid Soc, ch of the Covenant; 1 pci, Jos B Sheppard, Esq; 1 do, Ig Kohler j publisher, East hTant meal, 1 box, Aid Soc. Colerain Forges, 1 do, Aid Soc. Athens, 1 do, Ladies' Aid Soc. Upper Providence and Perkiomen Twps, 3 boxes and 2 sacks, Sol Aid Soc. Spring R’dge, 1 box, Ladies. Pine Grove, _ do, L SS. Good Intent, 2 boxes. Aid Soc, Lower Providence, 5 do, Ladies Aid Soc. Gettys burg, 1 box, S S of M E and Presb chs. Vermont— Bennington Centre, 1 box, Ladies. Massachusetts—Boston, 11 pels, and 12 boxes, Army Cons, Y M C A. New York—New York, 31 pels, Com U S CC. Le Roy, 1 box, Army Aid Asso. Buf falo, 5 boxes, Ladies’ CC; C pkgs, Com U S CC. Albany, 3 boxes, per Mrs Pruyn, from Herself, Ladies of North Dutch Church, and a Surgeon. Dansville, 2 boxes, Aid Soc. New Jersey—Moorestown, 1 box, Friends. Farmingdale, 1 pci, M E ch. 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