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torreopondena.
OPEN AIR MLETINGS.
BY EDWARD PAYSON lIAMXOND
In the history of the church, religious
services beneath the canopy of heaven
are no new thing. The Bible is full of
examples of gatherings for religious
purposes in the open air. What a sub
lime spectacle was presented at the
foot of Mount Sinai, when hundreds of
thousands were gathered_ at the 'giving
of tholaw,when "there were thunderings
and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon
the mount,.so that all the people that
were in the camp trembled;" whore
"Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke,
because the Lord descended upon it in
fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the whole
mount smoked greatly;" when " all the
people saw the thunderings and the
lightnings and the mountain smoking,
and removed and stood afar off, and
said unto Moses, speak thou with us,
and we will hear ; but let not God speak
with us, lest we die."
Again, what a grand sight was pre
sented at Mount Carmel, when Ahab,
in compliance with the command of
Elijah, gathered " all Israel unto Mount
Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four
hundred, and the prophets of the groves.
four hundred;" when Elijah "came
unto all the people and said, How long
halt ye between two opinions ? if the
Lord bo God „follow him ; but if Baal,
then follow him." How must the so
lemnity have deepened when "the fire of
the Lord fell and eonSumed the burnt
offering, and the wood, and the stones,
and the dust, 'and licked np the water
that was in the trench!" No wonder
that " when all the people saw it they
fell on their faces, saying: The Lord he
is the God; the Lord ho is the God!"
'One of the most interesting accounts
in the Bible of a great mass meeting in
the opon air is recorded in the eighth
chapter of,Nebegdeh) "AO all the
people gathered themselves together as
one man into the street that was before
the water gato. And they spake unto
Ezra, the scribe, to bring the book of
the law of Moses, which the Lord had
commanded to Israel." It is probable
the court of the temple was not built as.
large as in Solomon's time, and thus
" all the people" gathered into the spa
cious broad" street that was before the
water gate." Only at the door of the
temple could the regularly appointed
saerifice be offered, but the law of God
could be proclaimed, his name invoked
in prayer, and his praises sung as well
is. one place as in another.
it appears that when Ezra was thus
.invited to expound the word, "he bi;ought
the law before the people, bOth of men
and women, and all that could hoar with
the understanding.".- doubt there
were among the great audience little
children, even as many as "could hear
with underAtacding." Some of those
who had invited Ezra to address the
people, built a largo platform, from
which the spealiers could be seen and
heard; for "it is written" that " Ezra
the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood
which they had made for the.pultose;"
or as it reads in the original, which
'they had made for the word"—for the
preaching of the word. Those who
had the management of this great
gathering wished.to do all in thek. power.
to make tho speaker's words effective.
No doubt there were some .good men
who thought .such proCeedings most
unbecoming to thoselvhose sacred duty
called theni to the' porforniance of the
holy ordinances of the temple.., But,
ilovertheless i the blessing of the Lord
rutted upon theirlabors.
the: meeting continued the first
ilajr," from. the morning until midday,"
Tara needed assistants, and these were
labto Wanting, for "beside him stood"
nix _ on, his 404, hand and seven on his
left It 'appeirg alsb that the andienbe
was so litrg,e that all the ipeople could
not hear from one speaker's 'stand, and
Iscsithirtemit:pre:aoeTs and "41e LeVites" ,
at a little distance " caused the, People'
to . understand, the : law."! -"-And the
-, r people stood in, the .place,'( zie- running
fro* one stand` - to :the - 441her "Great
sOlenantfr mutt •have prevailed, for,
during the invocation, ' 4 ( all thu !people
bowed their heads anC4icirehipped- the
Lord with their fabegi to the grOuncr."
And a& the reading and e x pounding of
WO word : continued, it isstated teat
II all the people , wept." It does not appear
to have been mere sympathy for it is
declared 'that- ‘‘ all -
. _the: people wept
iplien, , they , heardthe,wards of the law."
The sight 'of this weeping congrega
tion at this' point •moved !the heart of
Nehemiah, who began to !speak 'words
of comfort He Was too wise
,•, pan,
doubtless,:to“ , Nade, peace, *hen
then% Wits: -i nod peacct” Mpg likely he
•made piiinkhe bfpaidon through
Shiloh, of w hom the ' qen.,
ch. xlix. And so those 'words, "The
joy of the Lord is your strength,"
brought peace and comfort. The occa
sion of their joy did not arise from their
having the fat to eat and the sweet to
drink, but " they made great mirth
because they had understood the words
that were declared unto them."
Had some visitor from a distince
dropped in upon them at thi l s joyful
stage of the meeting, he might have felt
justified to carry back word to his
people that such out-door meetings were
devoid of all solemnity and only pro
ductive of levity .and kindied
Ezra was evidently one of those who
could say "Knowing therefore the terror
of the Lord we persuade men," and yet
his preaching did not frighten away the
people, for " day by day" the people
gathered together, and Ezra "read in
the book of the law of God." "And
there was very great gladness." Had
such words been written then, many,
no doubt, would have joined in singing:
The Lord has pardoned all my sin, That's — the
news,
I feel the witness now within, That's the news,
And since he took my sins away, •
ii.nd taught me how to watch and pray,
I'm happy now from day to day :
That's the news ; that's the news !
Christ's sermon on the seems
to have been heard by ''the multitude"
as well as by " his disciples," for at the
ctose it is stated that "when Jesus had
ended these sayings, the people were
astonished at his doctrine." Though he
was so faithful a lawgiver, his alarming
words of reproof ;dirt not ",drive' the
crowds away, for we read, that" when
Ho was come down from the mountain,
great multitudes followed Him."
,His
preaching on this, occasion, like Ezra's,
only drew the people the closer to. Him.
Our blessed Saliiour was not ashamed
to speak to the people•in the open air.
Matthew Henry says, " W bile the
scribes and pharisees had Moses' chair
to sit in, with all the ease, honor and
state that might be, and there corrupted
the law; our Lord Jesus, the great
Teacher of truth, finds no, better a pul
pit than a mountain can afford—not one
of the holy mountains of Zion, but a
common mountain; by which Christ
would teach that it is the will of God
that men should pray and preach, eve
rywhere, anywhere—provided it be'de]
cent and convenient." -
Again we see Jesus preaching . in the
open air by the' "sea side, and great
multitudes were gathered ogether, unto
Him so that He went into a. ship and the
whole multitude stood on the: shore."
(Mat. slit) He loved to epeak to the
masses wherever He could find them.
Though often " the PharaSees and Scribes
murmured, saying, this man receiy:qth
sinners and;; eateth with -them," Ho
could say " I come not to call the right
eous, but sinners to repentance." •
In reading., the book of Acts, ono can
but notice how eager the apostlSs , ever
were to seize upon every=favorable. op
portunity to
. hold` Christ. - ' Novi
thanks bo unto God who always csusetla
us to triumph in Christ, and maketll
manifest the savor of his knowledge
by us in . every place," " They went
forth and preached everywhere," ':the
Lord Working with them, and confirm
ing tho word," and being workers , to-;
gether with Him." No - Wonder ;that a
continuous awaking folloWed:: their
What a glorious scene that must have,
been at Jerusalem when, thonsandg
uponthousands hung upon Peter'ls c iipsl
For eight Aays the disciples had con
tinued witk. ,: one ~accord in prayer,"
waiting for the fulfillment of "the.prona-.
ise -, of • ihe Fither"." Iwonder then•
that, in, a few days after this great open
air meeting, the inspired'record tells us
that " many of them which heat(' the
word believed, and the number - of the
men was' abontfive thousand."
The account in:AotP . iisit of the Open
air preachin&at the " Gate of the. Tem
pie" is full of interest and. instruction.
A pobr cripple had been h.ealed, " and
as the lathe man, which was healed,
held Teter and John, all the peOple ran
together unto' them ain. the porch., that
'118 1 :called SolorhoiCs; greatly wondering."
When Peter saw.it he at once seized on
thC. opportunity• to , preach . Christ to
the ""gathering crowd. He turns their
thoughts away from _man Ito the libra;
Jesus; and in a few awments when °nee
their 'attentioirislzedihe holdrAbliteA.'
them wiih:liaving ")iii led the Irnefof
Info," and exhorts then]. to refAittad'
be converted . that their ;sins 'May 'le
blotted out "Howbeit many of. them
which heard the 'word . believed.'
If as recorded Itom. frWh`atSo
ever- things were _written aforetime;
were written for our,..learning," then
should we not lay to heart these scrip
tural leSi r ons on open air'Preitiitiing Po
not these Bible eamples
more which might be adduced, forma`
argument in favor of more
,systematical:
and energetic effort in behalf of 'the nu=
excavated masses ?
Each of us; hovirever •humble, can do ,
sometthing to 'spread. the. light of. tbe
gospel ; among the-`dark, places, of ;the
earth, and though We'llaiik not be able
7J meniciainwitivivaua: Y, DECEMBER 8, 1564. .
to assist in gathering the neglected
within sound of the gospel, we can at
least pray for them.
The light is ever silent.;
Most silent of all heavenly silences ;
Not even the darkness stiller, nor so, still,:
Too swift for sound 'or 'speech it rushes on
Right through the yielding skies, a Massive
flood.
Of multitudinous beams : an endless,sea,
That flows but ebbs not, breaking , on the
shore .
Of this dark earthovith never ceasing wave,
Yet in its swiftest flowpor fullestlspring
tide,
Giving less sound than does one falling blos-
SODS,
Which the May breeze lays lightly, on the
sward.
Such let my life be here; •
Not marked by noise but by success alone ;
Not known by bustle but by useful deeds;
Quiet and gentle, clear and fair as light:
Yet full of its all-penetrating power,
Its silent but resistless influence ;
Wasting no needless sound, yet ever working
Hour after hour upon a needy world
' ' HORATIIIS 1301f41R, D. D.
BROWNING'S DEATH OF ST• JOHN,
Unbelief is the height of folly and
perversity. It is the rejection of a
treasure of light and love without which
man must perish, and which he has but
too little time to put to good use in his
brief life. The dying evangelist thus
continues to speak :
I say, the acknowledgment of God in Christ
Accepted by thy reason, solves, for thee
All questions in the earth.and out of it;
And so far has advanced thee to'be:wise
Would'st thou unprove tAis, to .reprove the
proved ? - •
In. life's mere minyte, with power to use that
• proof,
Leave - knowledge . and reverno• how it sprung.?
Thou hast it ; use it and forthtoith or die ! •
If man Were not pressed by great
practical necessities, if - he had not a
- burdened conscience. to be relieved; if
sin were not everywhere in t; e world ;
if we had nothing to do but peculate,
or dream, or romance; if the condition
of our fellow-men zero, not one of such
suffering as to :demand; the,deal of all
the Wicherns, the, Bosts, the liedners,
the Muellers, and the organized efforts
of all the churches and •missionary and
tract and Bible societies in the world
increased a hundred fold, then we might
with sortie show of reason. devote the.
" mere minute" of life to improving
and reproving what is already suffi
ciently proved, and is, so indispensable
to man's welfare as the Gospel. Such
is the fair and doiibtless designed
ference from the *cirds of-the poet.
The morbidness 'of this speculatite
craving is further exposed by the Evan'-
gelist. It arises not from of proof ,
'but' from very abundance. This,• lie
shows as follows :
For I say, this is death and the - sele death-, ,
Whena man's,loss comes to him from his gain
Darkness_lcom light, from knowledge igno
ranee,
And lack of fove fiom love made manifest;
A lamp's death when, replete With oil,
chokes ; . • ,
A stomach!s when, surcharged with feed, i
starves. - •
With ignorance was. surety of a,cure.
The simiilicity of the .uninstrugted
favdrable td" just ithpres
siOns of the truth than 'the subtlety, of
the morn cultivated.' The maxi
under his.. early impressions' of ( . aive in
contemplating the,. NiTorks of nu,thre,
inquires "of the might c l unceale'd" he=
hindthese appear,auceTeceivesa satis
factory (answer ; -in the written word
An intelligent Will originatea.,and goi(-
erns - 111'.-1 " thd hhennirig Go,d. p-reated
the Heavens artd'thi3 earth." This is
answer enou.b.
But wheh he fin* mi g ht still radon - Mei:night,
Yet aiksjiSinee night *fiat use of, wilt?"
"one source of misfit, he;,,bein
iJ - • r
Aith.a man's mill anil,a man's might; To:feaeli
In little 116 - M the two ebmbind large,--- •
Taat man heethrlied''rouid, on himself and
stands,. f
Nji".hich the peurse nathre,is,
,
- Admirable description of the wither=
ing, -cripplingr self destroying Course_ of
the - tinhelioVing Specula-ter I Who are
.SO engrossed 'l.n' -self inspection and so
indifferent '"te the .- grege ' land pressing,.
facts of human Ckikeneii as he and his
class ?:,1 And yet,. the - most; conclusive
amsWerto his qiieslipiiirgs •is i so teat
.
that. it should have .
anticipated -them—
in - the complete structure of his' own
being! • So ;with' the grander and dearer
. _
subject of divine .love. ' A si &pie' 12i-find
~ . „
not mazed and disordered by the - enb=
iletie - s . iif'iin-idle and selfish '4ll-..,it,lsking
.;; , ir.
,if.-.behindiethe% Will and the,"Might in
naufti' the're `belove as real,'As . they, :
~rests ;F r ith cgmf , ortn . .the assurances of
"the yfilitexi- word It fit ' - db ais LOv&' ix'' ,
; B t u ;w ''
Ytle,MAiini,fitihei,Mpg
,Aliii,j,i love
:11{is ilEirisone; r i‘Sinde'sVelilove is everywhere,
'Aild;:sine,e; ourselves .eahrlciVe and would be
.-loved, . i
"ir,e ourselves make•ilni 1O•ve, 'and Christ
,was
•.-. i not"— . - -. ::, . i -'1 thz h , ' : , I
How'Shall ye helpAbiltilian: who knowis'hiuil ,
self - . :.; - ..i- , ---1 . . r,. ; %
Tha lio
t -rnust leve'ind4Vrould be loved again;
Yet, 6 wning,his
very oivii:leyk,l:44 provith:fliarist,--
itejecteth Christ thiouyr throuvery risect of Him i' ,
~
Itte lamp o'erswims with oil, - the stiOnaaeli
Voaded:_so-ih' initiurei, iiiil t - tit:timan!s soul dies..
L
Sti • ' presiinglas perverse objections;;
though`somewhat - changing his-ground,,
the' unbelieVer - 'compares' John s•• Gospel
and" the. whole story of .divine love.. to
that of Prometheus 'and the gift' of fire'
to 'men. . - , , ;,„ : .t.: , .1: _ 5, . :,
This fact is in the fable, cry the wise, • •--.
Mortals obtained the boon,, much is fact,
Though tire be speit
iriild produced on earth.
THE EVANGELIST.
THIRD PAPER.
John's " tale" is like the Titan's ; mor
tals have the general elevating influence
of the Gospel undoubtedly, but it was
produced on earth, and the evangelistS
have veiled the truth in fabulous state
ments. The Evangelist answers that
men by thus arguing of - the Gospel
forget
The very 'primal thesis, plainest law, :
—Man is not God, but hath God's end to serve:
A master to obey, a course to'talce,
Somewhat to.cast off, somewhat to become.
If all that the Gosperbrings is already
in man and his circumstances, if he is
self-sufficient; if divine love, like the
Titan's fire, an' 'earthly production,
•
then, man is god, "First, lAA and, best,
things." How the unbeliever deifies .
himself -in. rejecting , God, is post effec
tively shown in the, following, lines
, M.Sn' takes-that title now if he believes •
Might can exist with neither will nor love,
In'God's case—what he names now Nature's
'While in himself he recognizes love
No less than might and will: and rightly takes.
Since if man_ prove the sole existent thing
Where these'cornbine, whatever their degree,
However weak 'the might or will or love,
So they be found there, put in evidence,—
He is as surely higher in the scale
Than any might with neither love nor will,
As life, apparent in the poorest midge,
-When-the faint dust-speck flits, ye guess its
wing, .
Is marvellous beyond- dead Atlas' self :
I- give such to the midgefor testing-place !
Thus, man proves blest and highest—God, in
fine,
And thus' the victory leads but to defeat, •
The - gain to loss, best rise to the worst fall,
Hisdife becotnes impossible, which is death.
: Mau must know his place—he is
neither'God, as the unbelieving idealist
wotild Make hint, mor - beast, as theun
believing materialist would , 'make him.
We recognize the only grounds of "real
progress *hen we admit this position
, -
of.man • , vihereas 2 ' if we insist upon itt
- .
that all lasiorical communications' of
religious.truth stand, on, no bett6r fottn
.
dation than the, story of,,P.romethens
arid the myths of-the early Greeks, ve
confess .ourselves chained to one spot,
incapable of progress, either gods or—
Übthift4 " Acknowledging himself to be
mere man,. by . , such confession, says the
poet
Straight he falls
Into man's place, a thing nor• God or , beast,
Made to know that, he can know and not More:
Lower than God who knows all , and . can all,
Higher than beasts whieh'khew and can so far
At each betties lirait,-perfect-to an end,
Nor conscious that c.they .know,, nor . craving
=
more • -
While man 'knows partly but conceives beside,
-Creep&ever on from fancies to the fact,
A.nd in;this striving,,this conyerting air
Into a solid he may grasp and, use, .
Finds progress, roan'b distinctive mark alone,
Not God's, and not the beasts': God'is, they : are,
Atfin part,l,Fis and,wholly hopes to be,
Such ' pro gress could nii , More'attend hi's soul
Were all it struggles after.found at Ord
-Arid`giresses changed to knewledge abiolute,
l'hananotion wait his:bo*, were all else
Than it the sOlicretirtli,on every side, ,
Where now througli'dpsee he moves Trorn rest'
Man, therefore, thus conditioned, mast expect
He could not, what he knows now, know at
first: -
What he considers that lie knows' to-day,
~
-Come to-tooriow,he will fie l dniisknown,'
Getting increase of: no - 18164e, smce'he learns
13ecauee Whiehisi fo be a man,. .„„‘„
Set to instruct himselt by hie,past self..
----We* must surely expect something,
sr:eat:Fr,' .nearer the ::truth, than those
early efforts of the religious, nature,
called myths. ...We mast expect progress
even wit,hiu, the Revelation.
If men stu‘biiornlyellngto, , the imperfect ,
-paet4o(loaud,attenwts of, unenlightened
reason, or • even to those .of n earlier;
=divine econdmy, to the exclusion . of the,
Vetter light:and •perfect: plans of the
G-olitiel;they Must perish.
The pattern' on the Monnt subsists no more,,.
Seemed awhile, then returned to notbingness
skit copies, Moses strove - to make thereby,
Serve still and arereplaced as tim..requires
13Y,'thes , e, Make hewest veiielKyeach the type !
ffre demur, flat§ judgment ofryour l head f •
Nevei.to,readi th ek• mltim ap? ,
_angels: law )
I.4jiligingeyery is stinct of the soul .
Thero where law, life; jer,,'i_lilPetge are Tine
ii- w 4)-!
This closes the.Voet's argument. in.
the mouth of the eva,ngelist., Space,
17i11.not allOw.us to givethe argu - ment
of another personage he• intro
duces at the close of or` to add'
a few-general ---remarks with
-,W10.4 we
elfallicenclucle our-criticism.
WEBTEEN: COLLEGE SOCIETY. ':
the. tweiity-firit Annual Hooting of
the §ocieti.jotAidieg • Western Colleges,
,was held: fn ,the - Begoed , PieShyterian
church in-,Newark,.s., the:Afth
and 15Ch.ult.-
The Senn.Mr was preached by Dr.
01 eaLveland;* " of WeH . ,- littilj gall] usetts.
T'h'e Reppit read by t¢e Secretary,
~.,41'he, „ dplibz?rations 9f
,„ the directors
were continued ); ,during„ the 'JAY iirria ,
13:i4ilag Tuesday. Tbe past year .
has been one of great interesf,'2ana
. . •
portance . iu - the - operations. of thia So
•=riqv
ciety. 'have
$60,6151i; . '4 a, plop tut than
i.kebeen - ''realized in 'anly l forrner , year.
proportion this , slam has:
been 'siie'Cia,lly'Ceritribilied bylthe par
tieultirlrfetidiS of seiveral..6fthe colleges'
tb f eciiiiiiletetheir EndoWrnent
yVicli'the successful accomplishment
of the effort' tO ondov the ;Older basil.,
Lions" that hivit i bOen'tlie obj , ..ots of,its
_part. -of the'
former work'of the Society; is 00Mpleted•
It itilAtilow turn its thoughts and e.r ,
ortions more 'Bariii36ll37- towards the
future.: Tile new Stites anclVerritories
must provided' fori and with the
return of 'peace large portions Of the
South where literary Institutions have
hitherto languished "under` the blighting
influence of slavery, will' call loudly for
just such 'aid. as . this Society was formed
to secure = How can this work be most
zoisely prosecuted Q Sow can the strength
of Congregationalists and .Presbyterians be
most fully developed and harmoniously
concentrated for the performance of their
portion of the work ?
These qaestions now engage the at
tention of the officers of the College
Society and' they are commended to. the
thoughtful consideration of the readers
'Of this paper, i‘nd of ministers and
Christians generally in connection with
the two denominations that have hith
erto co-operated through this society
in the work of aiding Collegiate Educa
tion. . -
HOME MISSIONS
On applications received from the
churches they serve, the following minis
ters were commissioned by the Presby
terian Comniittee of Home Missions at
theirlast meeting,twenty-eight of whom
were under commission last year:
Rey. P. S. Davies, Birmingham, Pa.
" L. P. Webber, Austin, Nevada.
• " Moses Robinson, Point Pleasant and
vicinity,'lowa.
John M. Brown, Minonk, 111., Presby
terial Mis-ionary.
T. Hempstead, Fairbury, 111.
W. Jones, lowa Falls and Steamboat
Rock, lowa.
H. L. Stanley, Lyons, lowa.
G. D; H. - Hebard, lowa City; lowa.
• " ,A. Heizer, Winterset, lowa.
- " " T. B. Jervis, - Burr Oak, Mich.
• " .• Timothy Morgan, Gentryville and vi
,cinity,,Mo., Presbyterial Missionary.
" James, W, Stark`; Berlin, Wis.
;"1 E.' Thonwsoti, Hartford, 0.,
" J';Calins,'Somers, N, Y.
" L. l ll..:Booth,.Seyinour, Ind. •
P. Griffin, Carleton, N. Y.
" Louis F.- Laine, Canisteo, N. Y.
" James A. Laurie, Lowville and Arling ,
.ton, Wis.
" • A. C. Bishop, Warrensburg, N. Y. ..
" W. B. Evans, Granite` Church; Md.
- Jai' M. Alexander; San Leandro, CaL
• S. H. Clark, Baraboo, Wis. '-;
L. W. ijunlap,LLa Grange, Mo. •
" F..-M. Dimtnick, Omaha City, Ne
braska. ,
Saml. - NewberrY,Cotiricil Hill, lowa.
W It Palmer Attica Ind., •
Chas. S. Le Dde, Hastings,'"Minn.
" E. Long, Hublersburgh and Spring
' - Mills, Pa. - • .
W. Adams, Brooklyn, Pa.* - -
" J. Brownlee ; Baldwin. City„ Black
Jack, Palmyra and-" Prairie City,Ran
" .Q .D. W. White, Clinton, lowa. "
C. W. Wallace, Coshocton "0. ,
D. H. Abbey;' , Apalachin, - N. Y.
'"'"Mr. Widdermeyer, Nauvoo andAppa
. t nOdse, •
J. L. Freach,, Bantam and Batavia,
Ohio.
R. - G. McCarthy, Manchester, Mich-
" -P. Bevan, Mt. Vernon ; Mt. Lebanon,
• - Greenville, Ipd. •
". J:Jenkine, ButteinutNalley, Minn:
" `George . :T. Evekeet, Au , Sable Forks,
N., Y.;
" John S. Craig, Presbyterial, Mission
Tenn.
A R. Freeman; Brooklyn,' N. Y. .
CANDID VIEWS FROM • AOROSS THE
•• 'iST....LAW.RENQE. -
The Montiaal'Witne&s, a. paper Which,
in - its -beating towards our troubles,has from the first'bPeinSoin4-and gene
' 'roils, publishes - -the following '...comniuni
catkin frijol' it Canadian on."; The Right
'erithe Rights( and of
'
Iterrei g nbrelesl. •
"Even in those countries which every
foreigner, , may freelyirlenter,, the ~sov,er-,
_eignAs,supposed• to, allow him. access
.only.dupon this tacitconditaon,thist he be
.subject to, the laws;,- -I mean theigene
ral laws made to maintain g ood :order,
and.:which,have,no relation to the title
,of citizen. ,or of subjey ls of,the State: The
publioiafpty, the-„rlgijts of the
,nation,:
and, of theT.P.rovince,AnzineOlirily`require.
,this::condition,j and thetforeigneetiteitly
-submits to it as soon ,as he enters the
country,,aa, hp cannot presnuip, : ,he has.
access•Aponlanyother ,
Book 2, cap.; 8,
By„the Extradition i lreati;it' is pro-
Ylded that we shalt, upon.requisition in
;due form, deliver up to ,justice all per
.sons who being charge,d with the crimes
of -or assault
~with intent to
commit murder, or piracy,'or arson, or
robbery,.&c., &c. • •
Now, let us suppose the case of thirty
-persons, Canadians, making a raid into
thaneighboring.tate, and robbing the(
banks o,f (..ne of, their towns, murdering
:one. or; more.. of their citizens, firing
loaded ;: pistols : at 'the peaceful:
tants, and stealing their horses to escape
it.'be• pretended thb.t under
• i the fiktraditiee!Tleaty, , , t we ,not,
be:itlOUEld
,tordeliver 'the p?..jus tip r
13utrif our- ei-tixeus woulKl-_111010le:0 be
surrendered to justicte,,:isi nhi; true
that-foreigners- are subject tVtite''same
•
•i'.; •
'°er easea *here the tarrithry of
one i3,a;,ion is invaded from the country
of anotfidr, whetici'er the invading'. force
pe - ,c,PyripoSed' of
,:the 'refugees of 'the:
&intik* in c Vii:cled, or of 'the-stilipats,,,e.f:
th'e - iither eoentry, , Or':of ••bah; /the . - gov-i
ernireetitkif. the, invaded`- country.;has, a
right to be satisfieCthat.the country,,
;fi-om which-"the invasion ; has come ,has
neither by sufferance nor recpPtiOn
'knowing,y aided er ; ahetted it. S e must
purgo, herserf, of both. therie'cliarge'4
otherwise if the caase,be feebeeliesti
he,.: geverPgrrantedin iQiskt, 04invitded countryis
a
reorOsinglierown wrongs'
•
by
entering the territory and - •destroy_'.:
; of' "mar - therein..
shelter
1 7 3 }t B iti t s il t eo
h' p r. a ' nii ' d -
jn a
1:134;j8. found
ba the A ttiericatosiriore,
sequence ww.smied-ithe steaMer " Caro_
line" lying in. American waters, and
burned her.
- In 1826 the mustering and equipment
of Portuguese rebels on the Spanish
authorities was considered - by Great
.Britain as a casus frederis. She accor
dingly sent troops to assist the Portu
gtiese.
We'are now'to decide whether we
shall follow the golden rule of doing
-unto others, as, we would be done by
The raiders, whether Confederate sol
diets or tiot, have committed an offenc,
agaio - at h nation' witli whom we are a,
peace. When they crossed the frontie,
into Canada they-:ceased to be soldiers
and became subject to tl3e laws of He,
Majesty. Under the broad folds of tht
Union Jack they could rest securely ID
long as they respected the . laws of the
protecting power. They knew full wel
that it was unlawful to violate the neu
trality which We are bound to main
tain.
Thinking men seen this St. Alban
raid a well laid scheme to embroil t t
with our neighbors, and create a dive
sion in favor of the Southern cause
Desperate men resort to desperate
means. Is it wise or noble for us t
risk a war for such a cause ? If we at
to have war let it be for some grea
principle—for a purpose other than t
be made a cat's-paw for the creation c
a power fotlnded upon the declaratio
that slavery is a divine institution.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ON EMANC
PATION IN MARYLAND.
Mr. Douglass, by especial invitation
spoke in Baltimore on Friday etrenin
of last week. In announcing his pu
pose to do so, at Rochester, on t,
Sunday evening previous,- he spo
thus jubilantly
"What a wonderful chatrige a fe
short years have wrought I I le
Maryland a slave, I return to her
freeman ! I left her a slave State,
return to find her clothed in her no
garments of Liberty and 'Justice, a fr
State! My life has had two'crises—t,
day on which I left _Maryland, and 1,
day on which I return. L. expect
have a good old fashioned visit, for
have not been there for a long time.
may meet my old master there, who
I have not seen for many years.
beard he was living only a short ti,
ago, and he will be there, for he is
the right side. I made a coritert of hi
years ago ! Ile was a very good in
with a high sense of .hotior, and I ha
no malice to overcome in going ba
among those former slaveholders, fo
used. to think, that we were all parts
one great social system, only we w:
at the bottom and they at the top !
the shackles were around our ankl
they were also on ,their necks. 7
Common Council and city authorit
have promised to be present at the ne
meeting in Baltimore. I shall be gl
to see tfiem. I shall return to th
with freedom in my band, and point
her free Constitution, and as the ohi
branch was a sign -that the waters
th 6 flood were retiring; so will the fr
dona which I shall find there be a s ,
that the billows of slavery are roll
back to •leave the law blooming ag
in- the purer air of Liberty and Justit.
Mr. Douglass lectured in Washin ,,,
on Thursday evening,
,reputing
Baltinip l ie effort; which was on "
Mission of 'die War." On this occa,
- a presentation was made' , to Col. B
man organizer:of the negro regime
of iliaryland.
Mr. Doi - 3glasa'was to have paid a v
to Talbot county On Saturday, to see
old master, Capt. Auld, who is D
eighty-sevon years old, and, such of
kind.red :as the late internal sla
tracle had toC consigned to south
plantations. His brother Perry, wir
he deeply loved, is somewhere in
South.;`-A. mumber .of of;: white citiz
called‘ on Mr. Douglass on Friday.
,MEMORABLE • DATES.
An old man; Was sittiPg in his rt
one Sabbatlyafternoon.t - His Bible
*before- him, opened, at the blank slhe
before the title-page, up/ 4 , which is
written some dates, of days and ye ,
He was so alisorbed in c,entempla ,
of: he did itot 'notice the
trance of a tteighbOr, wlib asked
What he - "eOtr . l.d' riead with such
tense interdSCrwhere'lie‘only saw a
dates. •Tai•old man replied : "Ne
bor, ,, could you but know what t
dates stand for you would not be
onger "surprised." These were
dates of, all the p%incipal occurrence
the old, man's life. _lle.pointed with
finger, to, one after tfie „ether. "I'
.is the date of my hirth,:,.of my chris
ing, -of my enlisting, my inarria,ge,"
.so on till at last he came to the da•
the day, lytien.,#te jaord_,.had effects
called, him,, and s sauce which he
known himself to lie - aAtild of Goti
inheritor, of t* , , 4in gi loro of ho'
And then he exeladord;.;.l Oh the ( I,
ofthe,riches, hoth. i g,t i thimiadom an. l
knowlidgo . , 4§4- hp - w unsearch
are his judgmenta,.And4iis way 6
;finding ont,l'-!
Oduld & tit ousiblif Ytriees raise,
j Alllonsand..tcaigu r es employ,
hflart wM.ild pour, itself in praise ,
In ttian•ifulliUzi arid:joy
ass And:attii-itkiliapPY songs should be .:
• . Hem.
,w 4-0,1; /.14 . 0,9 4 4d:4 - as done for
77.9'47T:,-;:4dvQcate.
aT -
HAVP riotnewhgre
_read (perhar
Hebrew tradition)" thatof the two or'
t .
o f a er spirits-the; of
arta the' Angels of Knoivfedge--tbe
'missed the - start they ban lest .,
wanderedtheough the darj.,
one by, one to heaven but the
lighted ,on- by theiz - ovemlurid
"sadd.,‘.! Wherever we go,there is hear
and deeper andlower • deseenduu!•
their,Aape ,and the;ir,, , nature,
formed and obseeite,.the- bottoui&'
closed. aroniA