358' Colatoponitszt. OPEN Afl MLETINGS. BY ED*ARD, PAYSON. HAMMOND The question has been asked,,. Can the'right sad of nieu be found to•speak to; the 'masstia in the open .This firat may appear a cliffidult kohlena.;to Wire. BT.t experiendeprovea'llitif, 'well adapted Ito ,the work NVIII with proper eneourageinerit, aprink' o 'on every band 'ln years gone b 3 some crazy fanatics have collectelf.rawis s w4ich have made` disturbance and been' dispersed by the polce. This !!);tas made itlF i ?cessi l o `for some of our city governments tp pass ordinanees forbidding' probilsonotis speaking inn the open air, at the corners of the streets, and in parks. Thus those wilds° zeal far' ltuls` - would ofteb - have ~ led ilhem to gather the people who stood by thousands in parks and on commons Sabbath, cannot,de'it,wiiitout the trouble of consulting the. city 'authori 'ties:': More moral couragehas thus. been nreqnired to initiate the =work:- , . , let, for instance; large!Pres bytdies- of New' Yiirk city fo'llbW the example of the Presbytery of Glasgow, whkch requiretiFibei?'nriiaisters to take ,theirlturn in preaching on " GlasgoW GgfCt...4"4 o :soft e' of • , thf. thatiekitdß Who, wands . _there. Lot pieui. c receke the praection of the police, pr,rapher make sure oi --1 0 interferenAe from that guar- , 1 -IterAtiredpi t abh ia bath after Sabbaiii, during tile summer ;‘Moriths;aed, aeon there would' be, nd ',,..VOtop.otr.Lim resting Upon those :who ~,Elh9rild,go to the,, highways.-andfi'hedges ,X,o„compel,sinners to °OM& to ihe'Grospel Nst• - Let 'tins be! ani), and!' a"..feW go,'',:fdTwiir,ct th4, v ioik; Vgisp - eakera would not bewatititg, ayl over the land to.follow their example. gkikti tiro tl3. ofµ thisApiEß ibeen ggarat4id on a small scale. in this country and Sitziadl, anon it large pscaietr in- great - Britain When a man of good common sense,„ with the love, of Christ in his soul, i.tofArfting fon 'the Billvaticikr,bf sinners, speaks to his fellow men of Christ and hisfiliihed work, there is n 4 dalger of a failure. I haVe seen very many min whbVipulpit 'ministrations were butordi speaking iriAthe ()pea ; de ritik6Argio4 brthe Spirit:and ch , ,power? ' 4:llthe:TetteEimultitudee of d laytnen," wbo, if they weae t onnti,')n.the Nould,llV4-no ,difaculty,in fit to large masses. Yes, " the common, rio - pie" would hear them gladly. _ 44.iiej c i;BA.6.4gi ; . 13 L i, tp interesting scene igk CA*6.1)011110- „ , tratefi the, , truth of ,t,bis, , ,statement. Siiieral thousand people ' i laienittled” ,l kfa rad_of .lA.:T,higa,n, .ne y n r- . t , RENE in Yurie`, to hoar tie ogpel. The first 'anekiiret:lntrallea. in about an hour and a half. 'Btitithe 'Hoopla still 4114 ex-ed. '"Thus whil,eaane wereitalking 'With the anxiousnin an adjoining. build ing, others continued tp siatali to the - multitudes of passers by. Thus the public speaking and singing and prayer continued, from' abont five IP. M. till fall eight: _at night. Of course• a large number of speakers was required to carry bn the work. ; At firstlif Seemed as if phe ,preaching conld ; not be con tinned very long after the first meeting closed. But soon it was found that' some twenty ministers frOm the country, • t noi'aticed to be preheat - .l l ,i'hey'inror" 0 at: J- bnce : drafted. It Was Very at L•st,to get them to speak to the crowd. .13.utt•rafter being urged,n'they consented ono I,ty,, one., .A.,nd 141 of theß seemed to " speak' as the Orkeles' Y of ' . God." I tt ( iflAiihr think someitwelVe - took'..part, who had not . the slightest idea of Baying ,INI,ANVoid when barn enlind - Yetrefery one '•of the& ' seembl''"to "gtiy just the riht thing. Each seemed." led, by the' "spirit of God." Indeed," ; I belieVe"illey, were thus led fdr.'"inuch irapoxtunate prayer for an immediate blessing - had rid& Offered. No cloul)t- some souls ,that da,v were 1.1 s, to, ! Christ:, Some believe that,-con- Many sivhO , came nand went, thoie hours; . ' between 'five . ..and eight thonsand inn's - L . have heard ttword.o.c-life that dany-..i.T.lftitir . afpr of am Were G-e'imitts,whn knoW --- n 6 ,!tahhath, and liomanistia Na police Wei , e' present; and yet there wati.net the slightest disturbance. The meeting - was but poorly advertised, iiiany more t . might have, been' collected.: o •Butn it certainly taught the lesson that ordinary ruinisters can speak with good effect. and *it the blessing of the open air. ME OPEN AIR MEETINGS IN HAMILTON,O. W., ,also help to prove the statement that has been made with -regard to the ease of securing, in almost any town or city, • efficient speakers to arrest - the attention of non-church goers. During the mild days of autumn in .862, ;special services for the quickening of God's people in the divine life, and for the awakening of sinners, were held in that Canadian city. At first their large churches wore not well filled. Especially the class, the most important to reach, knew little and cared less about the meetings. One night the preacher' announced, that in order to seciiie the attendance of some of the 4C outatandimg masses," hp would skak''at i ,.thp . `chinor of A'sthall park for-half, an before the ap pointed time •foi.'seririce in the chnrch, ancl.as some teii`mini4progKere uniting in the " special services," he e'tpressecl the wis, tY at, some 'of `tbein' 'Might ..bei .present% to takeqaart) in, the out=door reetin4S.'''' The nett pitiachbr,i at the. app oin ted, ,was at , theplape_ of meetihig. IBut Whethink ye had hp , for an audiencb -ehtJc'e r thhi'dri'l Not a' minister-Mar& night was f be• seem on , the spotl After - '6lkiiiiaWhile' with : the cabmani.snine children on their; way to the _ church "Were' asked .to obrne'rind, ,hUlp sing. ' , Their &WOO ) vdlo ," i P 9, 011 caught the ears of those passing' to-and ' " fro. Before the time for closing 9pite a: iespeclarDl6'a`ndigribe' lied" `donvo'ned; • 4 ' I I 1 ,-, —1.., v ,';'' iyi , .!) , - 1 -, r,, acid` no t ~ few.. 'or. the fire:tgiPe iFfaki', indß i ced oattend, the aeries.ofpeptipga in .the , OßPreb9.l3, and sOmf3 of thsv ,em ezio . among the anxious•„i These fucts., , wer l e matfeirneWrr,-aucl-the'vextrnight- there' was 4 , no. wan of a R I , aud i ence •lind Of, spegkerti fz,r - th'e!meeting ai the park. , S - e - var 4ll, c4oßi' ITP.!'d•s4ffiPM6ll,9,tl'..hP city were, there • and „read,y to -take their part:, This open' air 'theetTilg-' was ",i'epti,,4 nearly every.nigbt, except Sabbath, for three •tr e.eka."'lt was no unusual thing to hei!,'si,X.Ot,,,tfol' - nliifo4l:ii' kyilovsi:Eg each other with , earnest words at theile theetifigs beneath ao d'a eprilleaetbrriple.: CatholicEi, and .harlots, - there . hear4,', andbelieved "a - ridi..kere 'saved: ' After , these meetings 9 cox inegge,d,,il2. e', .ci urch (?,E1 iterei" ialways=' 'filled to 'bit. t isitioviii?g::, ,A*Og i g th:f4;24 ... 49 4, '0d:,4: 0 1 , 1 .4,,i1e:‘ gielt c, or••i•9r eg at ' io r '' rta.l and t i u stifi ed ' th , at ' I theY were, , Ilk et4er,,arrefted o 1 r, brougb t ,under ,tconviction /at the& ropen. air Meetings 'Was 'an 1 liglish"offider of high rank: . After ;:a ... week or two•ryoungt converts,'sometimes . With a great blef3 :: iNIg,.SPI:I3 I I;)-1it0i:Y...,9,i:1 , 13:eir-QP4vpr,sie :- On going back ;to Hamilton a ye4r afterwarigi, Ile' ailbliWil".. 4 li'eBiiied quitO: anxious to have me take hsParriag i e. 'IN to,okozairiaobsfrgl Di'llypla.u.t'imbela I offered to pay bim he said : " I got nly pay last.year at thoseAper i i x air, meetines on t SAigrei, tor q'tfdtA4k salvati4n for thy , soul." ,- • .. 1, • !' ~:. ,- • ti' t, ' % fI, 'Hid not these 6 gOOdmen c 4 Onie,:to" ;the help:OP th eacifreschrtti rig lithe tinge, thii 'could not have been sustained. Nigat iftliriniklit theytepti:ll67-triidcileft4 never heard: one :of. Ahem-, make :a9-lailar i e. 'Norte of them brought stilts'iViththena i though.Aom.,„2,f theß. L iw o p T.° tg canny", ' ts ste' W''''' S I 'tfi l 'i k i 1. pastors se ate co a c arches. I i ; ' 'Do iioi, the ipieia'fia "iotiiiiiii' 14.10'11 It tended. the labors of these men, y? o for the first time s'polreln the open alr,, in Hamilton, intimate leatit, that it wowG'ic; lio n . 'lle?oliii' i- 6E r fig• I to find' plenty of good'prenahers'tie help - Carry, on open air meetings for 'tire leurtexaa vated, massesl"- - Oh !=tlYat -live-had in` this.oonntryztnotellfaithais'iOves , rtvoid: and in the mighty power 4 oft the:Ho .T SAiriti,ovhich, :ander :one :open- -air . Berl mon, led M,sabou,t.-three ,thousaed sonlii".! t° 9#F4 l Li: tic:I:IR-A I ' . .During , the .Jprogress of these op /ti , lair rheethigElikt -Triirciifton, an Epiatibpal ad-y r - T . 7 4%08.e , 7 - writiihmi -arfil, in.p. , eli .-fa l / 4 1- 4 1 :, ..i. ..t. Ce V.I. i 4. _4.. 1110 LI ii.l-1-11.4,11. - t 7 ! l ti :A. 1 rfarad,, i to r p, t h io rful.,_tle„hifAvFyig t iinea. ; Tqiiie' vibio by d- ol' Ergrace - hive lieen • enabled .'with I hat.l trOat ;apostle;i who' often proaohod'in . -thd operi. ,, a,it,id'ealy, " the , love 'of'Ohrks proonafirtifineth..a,d,A pannot, failloßeaa , them. , with interest: • .- ~ THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONSTRAINETH UB.l. ;. ji : • • • . i ii r i ' . :M - 14 , titairalithoseivilagpllarsllidefif. Upon Jer . usalom' , Erbroa , d ,towers, • ..,, ~,, , • ''rifFrishriiiiiiiii nlthe 44 . .4ti) air' ° ':` l . 2 - : Undaunted in th e - ueoptiste_hours ! ‘,. ArrOws•are at. die ! •wat.ehmen••casti •-•. •! ' . Why itai : 1 4-tha iiiiiii4d:isa4riatti :them;', i , Etol o alis "i'l.iti: yip kr•,sllosol4:ya,it;:'.: ';" ~• The LOi7e.Of: , Christ e?ast!aiii'ettotheni.':. • :r •,, • : -, r:45 - 1 - ' JA, Fai'o!er-. the bilsoar of the earth ' ' i . - From polar seas--to myrtle - bowers;" - , Are ti2`li t yfiNfiliG4haftt their hfud of birth, cl -4 1 3 e f e t, a 1± , L i p joitio,.fylicunfiti,swe . b,hours' .',, ' ha litakdhheo'•eliulit:all: flings' tra logti .. - W-eViih itiTiktiOa7i4iikitii'At'eA • 2 , , Thy, dt4, iiiiile•th'ei on the Cross ? . '. , "-The-Love of Christ constraineth hy-is it - that vre,dount it good.' • I=n His blest service to ho fotind? TO draw the ‘;watet:, • ~ • I So 4: 4 4 ,144.4pa4.,Im i manuel's glan4 They 4 eall u's4o6ls, , wheirat theliar./ Of hupaanprids.prrakgteth - f, Andttud& ofthiS'eliatti\ve'ariS, " The :Love. of Christ, Ceilstraineth It. Why ii.lathati the cliel ek?piilas Watching j3d 4he fl4k ? -Why is it:that the armifskilsy L not t s : Still ever pointing to the rock ? Still drawing water from the well, " The Pay iOur's eek•detiainetli us. We gladly own the mystic spell, -"The LOve of Christ constraineth us." Whence comes that martyr courage rare And that to.,us u i nbidden springs ? We are but weak, and can we dare To light with dark, and fearful things ? PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1864. Jer -- [ THE RELATICIFF4T , i•TRE SABBATH k :SO,ll.OilL - 1"0' THE OHMSEEI' " . . `' ' ' • . BY REV:' tk.ii.N4l RARdtiy' l lo. NiL i i: ' 9 '?•" , I (?-; , '''.1 , ...._." , - t.7/. 2, .f.ti:e.'.11....*.:1'.! ., ' HOW' shaThii," bb elefilied!'?' ''.k4 tinder : - stood ? • Istit ^sunbrdirtifte, SiaperlbrPiir iilde-_ 'Pendent? ~/.re'- • iiI II optional, I:, deloidenital; :dr neeesSitry vris , it e q uo.;..wwtiliito;*htits.; t 4--: iii.stiv,?. le-- , :i'i thit 9f the'"agfrlV 1 fti - the • principat'ite instriniienetolthis , Reirtitiltii, the nursery " to the household, Ot.lthe'tecruit-• ing itatitni to the army ?! , WOl4-i:AVentirch, .die. it) its life Were not renewed, btaAneiSitiris, from:the :•Sabbath , :icltOC,ltl WOW& 'the Sat 'ba'th-school' beconie seCulitriz4 tared I:9Se . ,io' 'Characier' ag I a • Chris ti ail inStit'utien; ifitiivere tibt sine'tified by the • faith and piiiified I;by ' , the life of the Chtii'cli ? • 7 WOUId the pretieh-ins la'nebidinikh i eeS -1 Of I the . san6 ty Of .gb, e - I dogei t e tll, and 'the sacred clainislCV:Tellgibb :lot 'theft power in.'the , totigehbidVaOlthe lisirigteneribion be given up to 'Worldlineis andAintielief,' if' it were not for t1•4"-i4abbath -14blibb.- to - iinpress th e lessons'of , God'4-Wiird tipciri.'the' Minds of' the' :yofin<iliald 3l .tb giVle. :sittriibtiOn'tb the Worship.•atid 7 O miilifl66: 9f, the Church?' Isqlie Sablatiiis liboEitgelf ;tl'.• 1 •Ohlirbh fdr 'children; and are we' td! 4041 1 .the youn to derive from it,•alifthe 'di:able - us' . inflizeitcei•Whieh thetriftlilikt' ikhilhh4es •9. 'the gtqpel COnvey 'tktlibige of l ' ' atitrely,ee,r?,, -, Clfilf '-''theAc •:' 'questions' i'lttild:',, ' 'aiir" more,' i t , t; rdfia rife& brextivine"atid ail figoxiiStiCofiesti, and Teelinie in' refelleneeleithe proirneOnd,' •,•bflitileri'dy'of •Clnitel - P'.'itild I Bblittla'eliebl,', .rhaVe' been' ing,wered•l hoth'tiffiNtitifdly •iif Id; 'net; atiteiy.,- :'And- while imii eli qidlieliagbeeri throW•4 upon the general Stil - Ve Of Sabballi• , 'ielionl'instrnetieri by] the",•frKiii lit iyid 'ear:" -nest' hotniia - flion of'diverse bhini. ii';',W Il:fitte" / Illot'yWe'reaChed d - git tlifitBfOry lefinitidtl' et °the' iiii:Oldiie ' idittioii.' irt ! 'cfne.§t.i3l - if - And it •firidtlithe 'diffidultt kind `'.thE ' l linf,ketanCe I kff ' e''.Ulicitssitni Itd bingistll* btrely Train'', xisP, definition' that' will 'be • • •eqtitilly'hec4thble ''toillldispittants; It; Wilrikettiy, to deSeiibe, the' l id'eilircieill'''ObligatioM'l' a, vtidAb. , .6.4l Sabbath-sphool, when the'l*'yet„iiim'ar,oiso $6 t„the . biA l ei l • hai•l 'been" ereir, ll'e,*ekee'd and' 'lnintiall l Y - tibbePted;l" . Anici it:is I 'fo the'4i,l34i, - o'f' such' ti r defiliftion, sp'adeepted, l :that 'there; }la's' ' been , donne and 'controversy, •theie has' ' ilieii' been 'dis' l ttliiSt Arid Jealdt4gY betsveiirtilio . best of laboxierS: iii 'the•, t atrie" field4l.‘ j the MI °St' . Taithfill: servants of the'bitiri4: gtihieir,. 'Mid after fill`that - hak heen - patd!and Written 9rythiS'famthar heme, the on Y.44st salon' •lbt,'dontiiiiiing . the dis'cus'sion;'.' Is " e. 1 :14- IpOrtance `9l fttanlibia emninqtinittl 'Stand ing mg:upon•A!,,s . it . lijeat, - Which'sti deePlye4l:ibiEn•is.,, thespiripueWelfare'bf T ruillinng and CA' Nil 6s fiitli§hrti6iit•of'Clirtst's ''k'ingcleili l iiinlie earth. And-the-one-idea-which will help us mo tt in the .41 fiinnotent i ol. our,- desked I , definitio ~: iiii is the' leshrential iitAiti existing ''between I agencies and instrumentalities for good , ;.this Woildi , --Thei•editentitiOtirposes Of God' ' aU i aim, at the :accompliShme:nt. of ibn ti wokk, the spiritual enlightenment: am:l44**n ht .theLiminan--ittee. ;And .till subordinate in fluences whieh ,"aidi.: ph at :IvilOrk,lihare ,- mile' ,source-;--and;ltoweiter : 'variOttelheik•mtide bf I operation, they. , &el one bin: their .tipirit,.•ptir, , iptohrtvand;iesultti'.:in'pliminori\langtiage, the, CHURCH is the name of the diveisep• yet , li-vlit4",orgatiizbd and divinely, conimisSion4sl' agencies;:byriiihich.itheireligtotr of :ChriSt is' maintained, and the saving grade• (if lithe' . gekpell ' dip., proelaiined .tb . :the i • unbelieving Wort& ;This AChtirch,'''efaliiiicingi'•all€' Who work for Christ; with'? all their diversities' in ,gifts andioperatiaMS,' is orti.. --, '-itsiinity:ih that of the spirid and net - ofrfolrfn i•anclithe relation Whinh-existObetween. its of operation is the' 'Shine Jas.: thltlt.Whibhi elista, lietween?diffeilenfm'erabera ofth'e Shine :bodi,': differentlibte of:the Setae • inindi -'The !eye; the hand:sin& , :the'foiit are , essentiel , te the, ' ,Completeneig.' Of the hunaanfranie. and: isrhat, - -' ,ever lei ., done iby •••either,' is ifeferred:toi. , the' same living. agent which controls every organ and speaks in eVerY..a.t.: , It is basy to under= stand the relation of one .organ` 'to 'another, ' ibeeanse all tbmbilied ':'cbilistitute,' one body, and.OnejsZas , essentialt&itf•completelless ag . 1 another. ••', Seeing -and'•Searing, speech and ' motion, are all acts of one organized • life.'" cWh'atever is -phrpohed';''there ih , but -one , will. ~ Whativer is dono,4here•ii, lAA one.doel.. 1 -,..BoLtrf all the 'varied : , fOrriti of 'Christian: beneficence and instruction which are . 'errt: : Hpinyed to; enlighten brad to:ba•ve . - the World.., They are all outgrowths from • the, ..same spiritual life.'4Velf- &MIM I '', in Christ's , obi n, body,,his , /regenerate, 'sanctified and faithlbl' i pebple: of thieryanenie,:in-eiveriy :age . : in cil f. the eflirtlieT , . ( lS l 6' tinebf :Ithe':infinitel•yi iiiist3l"Bl.-: ' fied•tformraiChristlhaltiefivity is unessential= to, or independent of the rest, siMply'llier 7 . I ?canseallide the---iiteted aid bliesen..wbrlE of . the same people, fulfilli4;their `diyirib'Aerh- Mission( to .. preach , lhe•'•gospel'lto every crea ture. :-Bibles" are printed in Mere tbngubs than:Were heard on' the day:bf ,Penfecogt. The ailigious , preSs ;scatters::)trabfa'‘ l 'thick as - , leaves in Vallombrosa." The . poor ; -the .depraved and. the afflicted are- visited witlil gifts and : naesaages' of mercy , ; , WithPhelp?fat the body and healing fel. the'souli ' Witiqdle 'And' the 'Sabbath-breaking •are•-addresSed at the. iviers.cff the' , st,i'dets and iniiited. to' -the ' house of God. The wanderer- it IfolloWed .with theword'of life in the w'astelylaces of ' the wilderness; ' I Th _)",gekitle•ininistriesrOf Ibv e: and instruction• arti;'euipleY&l'in ;-behalf of. 'all'who-go: - dOWn to the sea in- shipsi'and ift , :who iperil their , lives:for their country upon the high,places of the field. -• The earnp and the hospital', the trenches and'the prison, are . ifisitecloWithu the:'cominission , of 'charity "and, the :rdessag e:,; of sal4'ation'. ' ' These I are - all', 'appropriate,: essentiiil: and...honorable - parts . iif the (great - VA:irk , which' the Church" of Christ, in all its branches and with- all I its. :agencies; - has"fo: - I'dO?:: -And 'althotigh- this; work may be marred by huifeanl•finjerfee 'tion.;:and. - some may ,engage -in it froth un-: wOrthy,motives;' B'4ll it•iS dtili hecalisephrist has akfchoseit - pe - ople-4n.":tlie 'world; that the good cause is stron i g. 'enoligh',to '.dOni t rriand• the -'service of iitiperfect: instruments' add: thus to bring good out - 'of eVil. • Frotii the one liiiiag •bddy' of' Christ'S own' peopl6 flow forth the streams of salvation of which„Christ hirns'elf isAhe fountain Read. his in aecadance;'with' these gelieraTandi admitted principles JhEh we must define the relatiori - of the Sabbath-school to the Chizrch. , When , the two are rightly- constituted, the relation is like that whlch• ex,ists `between different members. of the. same hcrYkr or different processes in the same work of 'art. The same life - lives 'in both; and both .; are 'subject to the command of the same the , life and&will of Chrigt the' Head: 13.,0th aim at the same result,. arid Share the fruit of the same success. The Sabbath-school, rightly constituted, in its body of teachers An evil spirit, fierce and arch Rejoicing if.he gaineth us ; How can we to the battle march ? " The Love of Christ, Constrainetlx us."° Christ cometh—forHis.reign shall be Froth sun to earth-; froth' moon to star): Hark ! heard4ye not beyond the soli ' 4 sound of chariots.froth : , e Music is swelling thr?ugh the skyr,„; T Coblearthmo ritore.dotalirent us 19, 1 Leuker hnd rou!lefoqwelfs•Mt The'LL4ve l Of con - straineeh t ng. 1.4 11'114 , ." ' • and in its system of instruction, is the Church itself, fulfilling the divine command to train up its Own children and those of its adoption, in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Christian parents, upon whom the'command is expressly enjoined, taking their appro priate place in the Sabbath-school, assist others and are, assisted"themselves in ful filling a ~common- obligation. Whatever increase tO•iis'oWn numbers or strength or vitality the Church Inv receive from the Sabliath-SchoOl, is hot siniply'a: gift from a 'fival'or.,independent institution. It is the harvest springing..from. the 'seed which its own laborers have sown. , It is the fruit of the guccass with which its own efforts and prayers crowned., , The Church suffers ,then 'thef_SabhethlSChOol, cieClines, simply. - becanie r tll4 ( t4o,' Org6hiigd and'cOn dueted, are one; and the whole body must suffer fsairr or Ithe lots inflicted upon singlelmember. :J; , r The study' oil the Shored SeriPturea WI the instruction of plasses,l4- the Sabbath-school are as truly Ordinances of the Church as the preaqiing and worship ..of , the , Sanctuary. The selectiOn and the supply of - the whole body icif tf;achers;;WhoSe duty it - shall be to explain the ,doptrineg and the promises 'of.di vine revelation dvery ,Sab.,,lga,th clay,, ?.,s, , a ye-, sponsibilifY whibh the CM.reft'esfrinet shun, -anclit, is tb befulfilled:withas !conseientious ,a),,regard , hp! the ; ,aalvatian, of ,gren, as, the. o)•eetaini of a pastor or ,the appointment ..of lank - one to bear office'in the house _of the' .IA14; There is indeed:no ordinance, of , the Church which needs to be Watched and sechr ed against all neglect and _perversion With `more zealolinVelliFirfliFinstration of `the fl-I young in.thp great.trutha that -congeKn . their ( .evcirlisili.i gf i,Pea. tis ni))!PlA,Keitienessaiy p t guard the pulpit itself against all' error and; worldliness and unbelief, than it is to provide the childreno.;of“the i.,,congiegation with in structors who .will ,most { - most mpsclen e tionsly and prai•erfully-fekettqlialrnth aR 'it'-.45 . in ,T - esnsp and whd Will'ilir4cf, their'young Charge With ' affection 4te - earnestness and Constancy ,charge, the to hf God:'?'' ' ' "' ' , ' ~ '-' It i. Udilduhtbdiy‘ . trtie:t,bif unconverted men. liaye - Sornetinies. stobd in holy - places„ and spoken`the l iVord.''Of life, arid the divine ,SPhit'slihs'blOedAhe'irtisSage *hell' came firOiiii ti'n''stne;tifietif lips to the sat anon of -'hiciil-''' Arld'ya a 'aliurel,` that shOtild'‘i,eleet anUfiefiristian mini rei fheill'ilinister. 16'44: rig and believinghim tb hWsuch - , would itself • forfeit the riiinie ofCl riglian: And scifeach ersinSahliallitirehbotsAaeOciietlineS rdillued We - 1614 ofiCliiiit theiriiiilVet•iihile a z tfeinit:•' ink 'lb' edMitielid IV i 6 'iithATal".. l kiiaSt,e,f, it is, Itifliikr:RitiNOSl fin l pii i rtfl'iide' - Olt; those .',Wlio I.lfideitalt -) e-,lci'.'glve:' idli,gibns • hiStrnettlen' to 'Otherfi,'slioulif hell:lite th i sAitali3Otthi 164 66 Christ 'fio* pelisonal' - eR$ - erien-ie of its 'O4 , o)ir. In direfitinc) the, t lainbi L 'of 'the — floCk -- : Wt., the great Sheliterd,..'iho k. ghen..hil 'leill tha *ay,'" 'and IshoW 4 that . 'te path is' fainiliar. 'to c lher. le/it; '')Ani-1- sir': tile hooksl'iliii Toseiini:•",ille leiieher4; - the variousiribldentalillhatratiOns; 'iitertiiiinfient4 and 'exerb,isei'enipley'ect in Instrdeting the gabbath4,ollBOl t , alionld, ',he chosen 'and judged iii the same liihtas 1461 'Preaching and Ordinances . of'the• SanctuarY, -I ,simply because in the Sabbath school ihe , Chureliitielf is 'gcluatiiig its - children and - its ilieniber;a; iLd." -- iS is`-determining its own,' character and the destiny'of Tdinciortal minis tbraYeTii: -1;1".•• -- , - zr r:i: '..". If. ::.1 - :. '', '. " t ylle generfl o pri t iaciples this far stated ad:•' f ruit (4-f, inany thiportankpracticalapPlicatio, 1,. very individual Chtirofi"sh:iiild to -. • tipiih its Sabbitt- r i6libbE 1% 5 hi pai 4 tidii. 'Of' i ::01V.111 familY4'-thel Child' of its dearest) hop, ' lfWdLottrPatinlis.4 Thf.-)two should lactbtagetlittr -1443.h arnionAonsly t4t 2 none mil)., nefid to j ask, thrielhtion,thilgting between Wein, bitt''ol., )glifill 4 iPcaltior lxitli' lie 'otitis. - The r it - ranger • enteringlthe3itthhaftl4 - choBl•as 41, ispeotator,,l ,014iineyr-sehola,r , cdming forithe , firtitititnot to .1 it4lce ' hthe is. ;p Chu e rch Is therikplass, should see at oie that e 4 WOrk, with n its "officers arid -Inembers,•ita Wealth iind'respep ,tability, itsitalents and'eultivation,litsdiving :faith and, feryent,piety,i Wine-sone ; of Divine' 'fiu,th.Oid its.zeal,for, the ; conyersion.of sonl.s • to'Clirige'''lVe'thialtli tlesifand the worldly. rutty: hearatheyinnsid'of "tab' Choir) and the voice of :the "Preacher inl the Sanctuary, and . go away without assuming anygesponsihility or receiving any permanent impression. But, in the Sabbath-school; individuals and clays,-, ses are bronght•into,zltaetial contact witili each other. ~_Opportunities _ are offered to 'forni'frieridships,:for, - life.. ' And he Church 'slitild i 'avaif Melt' of this preqibus institution to gatheV many within its ;sacred' enelostre whd would otherwise wander froth the fold ditlirist'and be lost in the 'radial wastes of the world. 'Sabbath by Sal3titik, it Shonld 'draiir the l Younk with-bands dthive, and lead them to,the.feet of Jesus, and sit there with ''them' to hear and . to'teaph his gracions words.; - •The' Chnrch'e4ritiot draw the''Sabbath', school too closely io itself.' * It cannot make . the duty of ,giving religiOnS ipstkietion to the Y , OUngtOo entirely apd, sacre,clf,its own. 'lf cannot pour'alit too many ji l ts and `labors 'ancl'affectiOnspgillais 'baptized and conse crated Work . . The'snpplieatipiis Of, the closet, 'the - honSehold, the prayer-meeting' and the sanctuary cannot ascend too frequently or 'too .ferNently,' for' the refreshing showers of ) DiVine grace rd descend on this', .ardenof the. I,Ofit. , TAiid' iii instance can be found in oiax-&:ciiiii - oh; lyi th - all 'its' MetuberShip,, uiel:1 ; Ont . its hqpes,„itS effort's , and its' affec. ' tionSlitpdrilhe'Sahhatili-scliool.and failed to s66eiVe,in - return; the gladdening harvest' of cincretiked faith and Muliipliea nun ens arid cOntii - ined,proiPerliy,' The seed of the divine word 'SoWii'Wfaitlifill. hands hi' the ii:sceji- , tible hearts of the yonn4 is most'sure to spring up anclibear fruit Unto eternal life. ''''lr-EVery I Individual* 'Mein:her `', of the . =Church hat - a• auty tO 'discharge in,giving • life; character and efficiency to the 'Sabbath school. • The lifelOng ' sfindy of the divine' word, and the patientiriculaitien of its holy truths upon other minds,' are sacred 'Ordi nances which no one can neglect without in- , jury to himself, without failing of his duty to the cause of, Christ, -..The holy covenant which every disciple "radices with Christ and,. with his, people in the •picifession of his faith,' !is An. . engagement to lead It '. life of Christian . usefulness, to accept •with ` gladnessany•op portunity.te win Others,•old-or young, to the service of 'the dame Master. That bbligaticin is the same to ball;tind 'however -diverse the mode-of fulfilling it, each individual has'only to. labor according to his' seve4r ability; and, mhatevertt , ontwarit results may attend) his eV (forts, the will secure• in , his :own heart ;the • priceless reward of peace . ; gratitude and) love. .Eind...ilt - ii not simpTy'llefe and there `one .1 out of) w*hole Chtirah; pgssessing'rate :gifts , l Of time, - healtly'Und 'abilitY, Who .is ca)llect. upon. to eriktige4 Sabbath-school inStruc-• lion. )-•• It •is')not - t,,Ths- young; 'br the, pbcir; or - the' ignorant 'alone, who . May be benefitted by itakind4the place of Scholars in , the school .where•the word of - lifeVthe only text-book ,• tand Christ • himself , is the' supreme Master. 'The whole congregation may profitably re selve, itself into a( school every Sahbath-day -for lin hour's united-..study 'Of the greatest, and most) momentous truths that, 'can -ever'y engage the zatfetition of' man.' The act of studying and teaching, is the best possible preparation' of old-and-young for a profitable' hearing of the Divine word. It is mainly be-' cause men do not - study, the. Scriptures more 'that they deriVe ao little 'profit from all that 'their hear'in their ordinary attendance upon the Sanctuary, The preacher must have ex traordinary 'po*ers 'of - addreis, if he 'can arouse the attention and command the . con victions of hearers, who have not interest enough in religious truth to examine for themselves, and see whether the things which he affirms are so. If it requifes effort, if it causes inconvenience, if it demands self denial for a church-member to attend the 1 Sabbath-school, so' much the better for Min, for then it will do, him the more good. ;If he would gain the full amount of good which the Church and Sabbath-school com bined are fitted to confer, he must hold himself ready to teach or to take his place in a class ; to gathei in new' scholars or to visit the absent; to 'give time, effort and money according to his ability.; to cheer the despon dent, to persevere under discouragements, to conquer difficulties and in every way to en-, large, to enrich and to strengthen the whole, system of religious instruction which is equal-, ly adapted to every , emtier of the congrega tion, and 'which confers-equa I blessing upon old and, young, teachers and scholars. , The Church as a whole, should' throw so much of ita`power, its faith, its piety; its desire for the conversion of men into the • Sabbath school as to save it effectually from all un duly secular influences, arld all unsatisfied measures to .promote its prosperity. The safeguard against such, perversion,. should come, from the, authority of personal influ -ence and the silent restraint's and'incentives of high spirittuiliq in the'Church as a whole, rather than from ecclesiastical interference. There will. be, little danger that the Sabbath . school wilLfall inte unsanetified, hands, or be turned asideli - frOm its true work, when every enrolled follower of Christ feels the same interest in this sacred and, blessed in stitution, tha . 4 he does in the ether ordinan ce§ of the Church, and he, is as willing _43e give time, effort and influence' to secure *- success. And if anrChurch-member would grow in. grace; himself ; ,if, he would -have great peace . andjOy in believing ; if 'he de sireihis religion to comfort and sustain him under' trial's, burdens and temptatiorie ;I let ,him. maintain a systematic and devout study of God's words let 'him try to impress the ;real' truths &the Gpspel on other minds;` filreansliiiiiThii - firth tip Herinentrand lAbors„, system of imtrnetion ;which has an hlesSed the (failiglititkent,', and :salva tion of unnumbered thousands. If any- one would scatter blessings for others with both hands Aisle passes swiftly--along the journey of life ; if he would lay up, pleasant,,memo 'ries ' Visit him like ,angelS'of 'mercy and consolation in declining age and in. the:hour :of death; if he would ;he welcomed 4:the gates of the heavenly city by 'those who learn • Path-Or life ifridin his' lips, 'let him Count it a privilege to hold an active life memberilisp in the Sabbath-school ;let hitt" in his power to 'enlist the greatest' Po-- sable nninber,l in .the earnest • and' habiind study, ,of God's,word. 111., The . Church , a body, in all .its 'ineniber4hip,'should draw'the Sabbath-sChbok 'to:the sanctuary;byrthettitelvia Sabbatli-schopl.,, Let Christian, parents and all chiirc'h meniters of adult age, ii4et, with the children to studY the scriptures;` and to , jell', tliteir voiceoa, hyrutus_of praisNarid then all the children will,. gladly , go with their; 'parents and We:Cher:ate - join in - the worship .and , to give attention to' the preaching of the sancturry. the..parents go, with, the chil dren to their seivi4e, the`children as a matter. • of course *ill go with the parents to theirs. iAnd, so tkkc,service..ln4he sanctuary and : in . the school room shall be eqUally .sacred and pc ` depth:hie' tO old and young: Thus the sane-, tuary shall draw life, freslinessand from.,thts., Sahbath-schook and . , the Sabbath= athoot shall derive. solemnity, earnestness. andhspirituhlity 'from theNauctnary. The , preaphß.Kwill not be , likelyt , to letad , his ' ser- • mon wit t h . lifeless abstractions,. Therthe sees beforelnin lig the sanctuary thid • stinielandi, erice whichlhe has just addressed with icon-` ease l andWiarity4nAtesctkoof. room.: There must needs be a firm, united, `persevering-effort in' all our Congregations. to remove the impression that Sahbathschqoli. are only for.the young, and that the preach- - intand serviced the sanctuary are for those `of mature yetifs. Andthere 'is brit one , 4ay. inhvbieh this most'/ desirable' result eancle accomplished. -,'Every individual,'Church must resolyel,tself into a school for the Andy" of 4oci's word every Sabbath-day.,, The of General Assemblies ancl,the *true tions-of Presbyteries the authority of pa's ' torslancl Seisiorii,Jand the dehatek of Gortiren ,ticink*ill'effeet•nethibg, unlesi the individ yual members or Churches, move! voluntarily and unitedly, in this matter and by their, .presence make the gathering, in the school room equal in' numbers, intelligence, influl once and respectability to the audience in the sanctuary. The youth of eighteen must be made -to see without argument, that, if they would keep company with the 'refined, cultivated and.most esteemed of the congre gatie,n; they must remain. in ; the Sabbath school tdl their hairs are gray, and : their eyes are dim with ,age., All our debates essays arguments and ecclesiastical : action on this subjeCt will 'end in words, unless parents and 1 the adelt members of . our Churches, can be, persnaded, of their own free accord , TO join., with :the ryoUng :and to give their (names, their presence, their efforts and their influ e,nce to raise. the, Sabbath-school 4,(: , fitted po4tition. which it deserves tp hold . in `intellectual : Cultivation and social resPecta bility as 'well as in., b'enevplence and' piety. And it would' lie well • every candidate for admission to any Church, should 'have the strength an dsincerity of his, love to Christ tested by the practical _question, whether he is ready to take up the work Of self-CultiVaf . lion .and usefulness to' others atqince, and to pursne it for life,: If. thiklcourse. were adopt ed, and every Church-member were, found in the Sabbath-school, with as many.of the con gregation' as. their example woUld lead, the result would be'seen in the unifOrni, "abiding and intelligent faith of :all 'who profess to-fel low Christ. Amid; all:the dhanges , and con , filets of the world, they would:continue set tied', and steadfast,, , ,grounded in the truth, and, alWays abounding Ai the c yfork of ,the 'Lord. And the children in Christian'house holdi, would grow hp with increasing 'lova for' the: Bible and:the 'sanctuary, ;with 'pro found, regard for the instructions and- 'ordil Aaances of .the Church; and with earnest de sires to!,,promete Christ's kingdom in the earth. I . . 1V... S nperinte,nclents and teachers should , labor, to,make, the ,Sabbath-school in all re spects worthy of ,the most sacred'and inti mate relation with the Church. They 'shoilld endeavor to make it a school in which the: • great 'lessbn of-life and duty, are taught in :a, inanner. stilled to:the capacities of the ofd . est :and , the youngest,, the most ignoraut and , the, most cultivated' of the congregation. Seeing that Vie subjects of investigation are always the.highest, and most sacred truths, the, recitations,and:Edl the accompanying ex 7 ercises, slicild , cOnducted with such ear nestness' and sincerity 'of heart as `become the solemnities of the sanctuary and the 10-, 'hest acts' of spiritual worship. The+ law of kindness and the spirit of order should pre side in : the school room, and , secure earnest attention and a sacred propriety of deport ment in all' he exercise's of,the hour. While studying God's Word, every pupil should have' his mind deeply inilmed with reverence, for all sacred. things, obedience to all right ful authority, earnestness and solemnity in all 'acts of worship, faith in all Divine revela tion, „devotion to all, the demands of duty. And yet while everything is done in such a Way as to secure the approbation of the pure and devout mind, the whole order of things in the school-room, should be conducted with such life, freshness and variety as t i win the hearts of the young, and to give hope, tatirnation i and simplicity to the piety of mature years. It should be impressed a. the great lesson of life upon the minds of the young in. the Sabbath-school, that the only right way of living, is the Christian w av, and that they should expect and purpose to take their peace and fulfill their dutieS in the Church of Christ as much as they expect to live. Every ieacher should be able to ex plain . the character :;of the. Church, to ei pound its,doqtrines,,to exemplify and honor its claims, in such a way as to draw the heart of his pupils to that - Skied society which bears the• name of Quist and in the midst of which the true „believer findalis ehoseal and con genial home. _ _ y , So without raising the question of ecclesi astical precedencb or aUthority, - " the Rela tion of the Sabbath-school to the -Church" should be ~defined by the harmony and suc cess with which- both.,united work for the f m Salvation oen. Theixteinbers the Church as a bcdy, taking their appmPriateplace in the Sabbath-school, can speedily raise it to their own diVine standard of purity, faith and love. And the Sabbath-School, laboring only with such means and for such ends as the gospel approves, shall be a continual , source of life, strength and growth to the Church. GOD IS LOVE. We rejoice that we are not without some knowledge of the charicten-and Work of 'love. We have beheld her gileving over and removing distress, delighting in happiness and scattering it abroad, contemplating excellence with joy, and humble. desire;, planting : the rose where the thorn grew„and making the waste a fruitful field. IV &can de clare that were- this spirit to have free conrserin goad! unWerse r ind Siery where effect het perfect work, there would . remain few - defecti'io deplore, and',but little good to desire. But this `does not enable us to grasp :the truth that ` God is love, nor can our earth language, though rich, exp7eSS its in finite meaning. This lgve it is riot 'possible that we should entirely com prebend. After we have taken from our.knowiedge of this principle is Pure and true, whatever is gtetit L m self sacrifice, wonderful' in, deiretion and ,delicate 3n achievenient, and have fused ,these golden particles into , a single complete idea, we shall then possess 'only the faintest realization or that love which God is. ,`Man's itnbicst con - jectutie falls immeasurably beneath..ab .solute,ionite lbve. 14,i3ither can thought comprehend God. Created intelligence limited in all directions, graspina only small things, cannot measure Him who built all things; diseased and obscured .may, not behold Him who dwells in light uniPpioachable,, Ifingly are unableto . gieep „these toths, ire Certainly sbp,ll not unite „thena. fin. ope —t conception. God is love, , L are therefore ,words too high for us. Bat our lives ,would be strange his tories, if that only were vital truth which • was thoroughly comprehended. ,Therels here laid tilion us again, that every, -day,hecessy, to believe. These wonderful words will yield their bless ing when we have " - put ,them in the heart of an . infinite - belief. We can, to begin with, purify our conception of human love, purging away imperfection and sin, and, as this thought rises in oar souls, and builds in them a. Sabbath of joy, we can repeat, God isdove. We can, then remember that outside and mound us stretches the infinitude of being, and' that. God l is the Spirit in abitang immensity ; with 'reverent 'hearts we can a second time repeat, , God is'love. We can say these words by comparison.' A father imperils life to save an affectionate son, his equal; the inftnite, eternal, and holy One descends to , assume humanity and its burden for the redemption of a creature, revolted and vile. Having kindled in our hearts the - flame of the' purest sacri ficial love we are capable df, we can go to Calvery and . look upon Him who is suffering upon the Cross; beholding in mute awe the truth that" God so loved the world that be'gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him might not perish but have everlasting life," a third time we may utter, God is love. : . • We may do this many times, till the truth sinks deeply into our hearts.. Our days will . then be serene and, joyous, though `His ways are obsciti.e aticlinany times terrible; though we may not • , 1. sound His purpose, nor trace His going. And while life is unrolling liefore each its closely wiitten,vallous - scroll, dis closing sentences dark- and perplexing, words of bittetest sorrow, lives so charged with painthat the , heart almost bursts in looking upon iliemrwe shall be borne through thr ugh'`theperusal by the consciousness that 14,e, who gave it us to. read love., This . belief will be the rapture of, joy. lt...wiltagord,songs in the night. =lt will, •too, diffuse itself. As from the Apostle's soul it has gone to' our: hearts, , so Will it now not long fill a single soul with its melody, before it shall burst forth` 4 . rid cause other hearts..'Thein . to vibrate. anthe become universal;" the riiountains and : the hills shall break forth into singing and All the Irees „of the fields shall clap their hands." A. C. S. CLAYVILLE, October 24.
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