CilrropOtutt,
OPEN AIR PREACHERS.
NO. V.
EGINALD EADCWPFE AND HIS OPEN
AIR SERVICES.
BY EDWARD PAYSON HAMMOND.
'Reginald Radcliffe has for years em
tiraced every opportunity to preach OhriSt
to,the masses in the open air.
Some twelve years ago he practiced
Law in the English Court of Crcery,
as a solicitor in Liverpool. ut, his
love for souls led him to,
~splak to the
perishing in the crowded Streets of that
dity, where his wealthy friends were
often astonished to find him prdClaireing
dod's'llaw and its awful penalty, to
those "condemned already," or pleading
with the guilty to ficeept of'" Christ as
the 'end of the law for righteousness
to every one that believetl.," • ,
At the first great open air 'meeting in
Huntly,, at the North of Scotland, in the
year 1860, - he was one of the leaders.
While the proceedings seemed strange to
so e, he apPearecl perfectly at home;
whether in addressing the collected thou
sands, or in speaking And - praying with
the hundreds of anxious ones in the
large tent. Though making, no, attempt
at oratory, yet, a power more thau
fLUMan seemed to attend his words.
No one could long be with: him without
discovering that he possessed that wisdom
which " cometh - down from the Father-of
lights:' making him " Wlse" :ttt.„win souls
sf4 4 Christ: - •
Shortly after these two days' open air
meetings at Huntly, it was My privilege
:to attend another gathering among the
high hills some six miles distant. I wish
could deso - ribe that meeting I ,cannot
think of it even now, but with , emotions
of gratitude to God The meeting had
been appointed for Mr. Radcliffe, Who
was a guest of the Duchess of Gordon,
at Huntly Castle. She therefore re
solved to render him all the assistance
possible. Her largest carriage, holding
I should think
,a dozen, was filled with
Mr. Radcliffe and his helpers r was
surprised to find that hei." Grace, the
Duchess allowed her , gardener, .gate
keeper and shepherd,' and, if I mistake
not, some other servants, to accompany
the party. After passing over hill and
dale and heather-moor for miles without
seeing scarce a house, we began to
pDuelerwheie' - COuid) bed found
ple enough to form a respectable au
dience. Jast,4.when entering as, it,
seemed, among ,the very,fastrcsses,of the
mountains, down in a valley,lve dis
covered one solitary , AOUSC. Rut judge
. of our astonishment to find hundreds of
people collected in the yard! Whn:e
they all came from- was ,iiikere thiinewe
could tell. But-such was the great
aolerun aspect of that la(g gathering,. of
Scotch yeomanry when, `MitiaJta_dcliffe
410 fed, that I. could hut - think of ,Cor r
us'` words to Peter on his` arrival'
at Cesarea : "Now, therefore, we are all
here present before God to hear all
things that are
commanded thesofod."
„-,
God."
After the meeting' wak:_opened: with
, prayer, Mr. Radcliffe, who was : much
exhausted, instead of addressing the
meeting himself, as all expected, after'
one or two short addresses from others, -
°idled to the platform the Duchess' cowl?,
man, and bid him tell to all how he had
found the Saviour. • I noticed that while
he was speaking, 'many were in tears,'
Then came the footman with a similar'
narration. And thus, one after another,
at ;least six of the servants of the
Duchess were introduced, each With 'a
few, words from Mr. Radcliffe, to the
weeping listeners. Mr. Radcliffe knew
well the power of experimental preach
ing.
Thus, after briefly holding up Christ,
and tenderly calling upon the dying to
wake and live, he closed ;the first, general
meeting. But not one of the people left.
It was found that " the arrows 'of the
King" had been made sharp in the hearts
of many enemies. All remained to a
most solemn inquiry meeting;; nothing
but the - darkness coming on dispersed
the assembly, and even then it was difft
eulti z to separate..., the spirit of God hail.
been - pleient with - mighty power, and
simple but earnest words had been
blessedin convincing "of sin, Of righte
ousness, • and of judgment."
That strange scene among:the mount;
sins continually reminded me of the con
venticles of the old covenanters two hun
dred years ngo. IYo doubt many will re
joice in heaven_ that they attended' Mr.
Radcliffe's meeting among the heather-cov
ered hills in Scotland
There are t. no scenes in my - life which
I review with more pleasure than those
connected with Mr. Radcliffe's labors at
the, great open air meetings in the
. "
summer of 1860, in Skeen, Aberdeen,
Perth,- ,Glasgow, and Edinburgh, andl
otkor . ,:places.,
But these must all be passed by that
, may speak of what seems to me
ninttemarkable in connection - with his
labors for the Master. I refer to his
efforts on the continent of Europe, among
a people with whose, language he was en
tirely unacquainted. Nothing can indic ate
more cD3ritely-thek•absolute-•soVereignty of
thsaoly Spirit, than the record of the•
blessing which attended that continental
tour. It was something entirerY nnel
pected even by Mr. Radcliffe himself.
ThoughAhe meetings in Paris were
not exactly ;in the open air, yet I-cannot
forbear quoting an 'apcount'of Mr. Rad-,
cliffe and his efforts in that. gay inficle. „ l
metropolis, from the pen_ of, tha
knaWn. pastor, Frederick Mondd, n ilr
ciriees.rdu C hristianisme. ' •
THE ..AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, TRURO).
. 1 4_ - 4 - ITARY 19, 18'65.
"The Lord put it into the heart of a
Christian lady to invite Mr. Radcliffe to come
and spend some days in Paris, where the
annual assemblies had brought together a
great number of pastors and believers from
the provinces, to whom -the living word and
experience of Mr. Radcliffe might, do good,
and who might .. thus carry back to their
churches the knOWletheqif." a
prowling the "GoospeL r Mr. Radcliffe arrived
Paris Aprill7th. ' The first meetings were
almost exclusively - English, but the number
of French hearers increased so rapidly that
they "soon become illikOsC.exclUsively:Friinelil
Three or fair verses of a hyrtin 'are sung;
followed by, several. :very short_ prayers ,spon
taneously'offered.' Then Mr. -Radeliffe,'after
having read sornep_ortionsnf Scrip!nre which
serve as a basi4 for what he is going to say,
commences, by addressing briefly a word to
the converted, and his subject usually is,—
'God `first loved 'You lie , :h.ts.iiVen you Sal
vation in .Jesus Christ; ; love God, be holy
loveohe''' another.' - Then, 4 j , affeY- 3 several
prayers and, a hymn, .he„,addremes, always
briefly, the unconverted Willis pointedness and
remarkable force; , '
above all with, a great
power of faith and 'love he ,deolares alt the
hatred of God' aggaainst their sins, and all
the love of God for.;their sojils,i , shows to
them, in the bloody cross of Jesus, the con
centration of that' hatrealand'that - loire? amid
presses upon -them to Ulie'Ve now, without
delay in Jesus Christ, declaring to them from
the Scriptures, that , Whosoever believes in
Him - has eternal life and that from the
moment theyhelieve they shall best - ma. ;
the Israelites dying - in the desert Were healed
from the moment they: looked < to t hemt brazen
serpent.' Mr! Radcliffe next, invitds'ar those
who desire to, retire,, to, do, so while a hymn
is sung, and all those whO desire to wait, in
order _that he and.: other-°:.brethrew may .hon=
Verse with them about - their• sPiritgaiOoUli
don, remain; n their _places. Tbesenonver
sationa last;ordinaririfroin:an totklci ahhour
and a half, and this is the tuincipal means
which God is blessing ,so richly in Paris . at
this'inoment. ,
"Mr. Radcliffe addressei hiinself to'the
heart, and conscience and not to the nerves
and imagination. He speaks • doubtless of
the pit thaVs .bottomless,''. and of the
wages of sin which death;', .but , he speaks
of these as the SeriPt44 Cod ,speak,
'neither more •nor otherwisgisiThe paternal
and infinite love of God` v W6 continual'
theme ; that love is the begimung, the Mid
, die, and the
,end, the EROstande and-the life of
all his disconrse. We shall forget the
general emotion which wasproduced one
night by the simple retiptitionAoin the depth
'of his soul, of' these three.words that he had
learned to say in• our language—` God loves
you ; God loves
-you ; God loves ,you. The
'love of God for all, His desire that all should
be saved, the assured salvation through faith
:in June, that is What he hives to repeat in
*every form and_ tone. There is: in all his
'manners, in all that he says, something that
:comes frorre.thetheart and which pgoes to the
leart. He speaks to - a large assembly as
'simply as if .he conversed with a single indi
vidual ; but one, feels that he, believes, that,
he-'-feels' what he days, that helas made per- 1
sonal experience of it ;- that the. salvation or
perdition
• of souls is for him a, present reality,
A. solemn and terrible alternative.. 'Above all,
the is a man of prayer : ; he believes and he
realizes the power of' prayer ; there, we be
lieve, is his, power. 'There has not . been a
meeting at Which there have not been
;produced serious• impressions of conversion
and or faith among young and old, the indif
ferent and 'even hardened unbelievers. On
Saturday a printed list is issued of the meet
ings projected for the, following week',;;. This
Qat
_is plentifully distributed on 'Sabbath;
mornings in the various places of;worship ; it
is spread - by other means, and addressed by
;those, who take an interest in the meetings,
such persons: as they desire to !,attend.
'Furtlefat is printed' on, large:bills, and ida-'
carded in all the quarters of' Paris upon the
walls, which have almost never borne the
like before.", -
The correspondent of another joFnabsays:
",,A. new feature' fir this movetannt,'and'ODe
that has done much to remove.prejudice,' has
,been . the successive. opening, - of the elegant'
:54 . 4174 'of ;Parig,,forXterileon meeting*
Tate invitations being circulated among the
higher clasies. Here; with ,the , venerated
pastors as supporters . and translators,Mr. •
'adcliffe was"themedrq oflringing: the:glad
eWs of pardoning;grace to:_ilmoy burdened
I,souls, of startling religious men and women,
'oat of' their : somnolence, and. of 'urging :par
,doned ones on in ~ t he way of holiness. We
?lave heard of cases', of, remarally: ,
b,conversion. The last Of these: aristocratic;
eetings was held at M. Francois Delesseresi
14'hfied` representative of a faroilY, of sterling ,
worth: and old Protestant celebrity, from the
earlie s t times of the 'ReformationdownwardK
and, withal, occupying the head of the suc
bessful eleption list of this year.. His, hall]
seated above 500; who represented the com
plete circle of' the' 'wealthy' Protestants,' of
Paris, together with many Cathelick The
subject was, /Toth. to be forgimi,' and the
illustration taken from ,Simon the Pharisee
and the weeping woman.. Nothing could ex
ceed the tender appealir," . the' awful, warnings
to, professors, and the intense"attrietion'te"
holy walk and', bad confession. Mr. Rad
cliffe was conk:rallied' to sPerid . day.longer
than he intended in Paris, to give opportu
nity of conversation .to , ,those, who- desired
personal interviews.- He is .now gone , to
various churches in , the provinces who have
desired his , visit."
From, _FRANCE, ,MX,Racicare went, to
Geneva, Switzerland, where he •speke
to thousands in the•open air, through his
young integrpter;: ikkarrry Monod,
a young minister, : a, son. of,
,Frederick
Monod, who had been led to the Saviour
by his preaching in Paris.
A great blessing attend4d his labors
there. Invitations came to him from
different parts of Switzerland and - . the
continent, some of which he accepted: *.
While myself spending an. April Sab
bath in Geneva, in 1861, my heart was
pained to witness the desecrations of
that holy day by - the populace. As
there was no English service during tpe:,
day, I quietly remained at the hotel.
What joy would have - filled my heart to
have witnessed some. Radcliffe with an
interpreter, speaking "in demonstration
of the spirit, and in power" to the
wondering thousands.
.:The great blesing which has followed
Mr. Radcliffe's labors, does not seem to
make him forgetfial of the divine bajunc- .
tion in 1 Peter v. 6, " All of you be sub-,.
ject one to another, and be clothed with
hurdility : for God resisteth the proud, but
giveth grace to the humble." Indeed,
those , whO knoW him best, be,lie;ve that
one reason God is Eilewd to attend-his
words so continually vlith.4l,h'effiao wer of
the, Holy Spirit, is because he seems so
entirely emptied, of self, and giving God all
the glory. May he ever -find God's grace
sufficient to bear every trial' and, tempta,
' , "'
No doubt Radcliffe has ' often ex-
perienced the truth of the sainted,Richard
Baxter's words to . the ministers of his
day, as found in the RE.FoaraRD PASTOR,
Where he says:
"Take heed to yourselves, because you are
fascposed to greater temptations than other men.
If you will be the leaders against the prince
of darkness, he will spare-yon no further than
God restraineth him. He beareth the great
est malice to those that are engaged to do
him the greatest mischief. As he hateth
Chris(d444e, tititklobr of s iisibeeiA lie& the
General of the field, the Captain; of -our sal
vation, and doth more than all the world be
against his kingdom ; so +loth he hate
the leaders under him r more than the common
soldiers : he knows what a rout' he may make
among them, if the leaders fall before their
eyes. Heath long tried that way of fight
ing, neither against great nor, small wtnora
tively; but of smiting the shepherds tliat he
Ward,s..qAtt.eifeth.e4lecklrapl sp,great hath been
his success this way, that he will follow it as
far as he is Able. Take heed, therefore,
brethren, for the enemy hath a special eye
upon you. You shall . have his most subtle
insinuations, and
. incessant solicitations, and
violent assaults. As wise and learned as you
are, take heed to yourselves, lest he outwit
you. 7,
.;.4-0741V
LETTER FROM 611 INA.
Fun-Caku, Oct. 20, 1064
THE FIELD
" The field is the world," and the field
_of the ninety-five missionaries in China,
is one third of ,the ; woJid's, population.
And thougli we actually Preach the gos
pel to a 'very small part of this vast mul
titude, still we, are striving, from year to
year, to establish - 4:ains,of influence which
shall ultimately reach• and pervade the
whole mass..
Think for a moment Of the magnitude
of the - Treographyl and.7-history
tell us that the Empire contains an area
of fife millions of square miles, equal to
a third of the conting e nt,. or a tenth of the
habitable globe • that its circuit equals
half of the etu:tii'ss ` i circinWrerice, and
that•it the largest empire that ever
existed; Russia only excepted. We find
that China proper - even, wird:iris about
!two-fifths of the whelbTis about one-half
the size of Europe, t and equal to seven
such countries 'as FrlAe: - Notice, too,
the significant fact th,a,tv less, - than five
distinct racee inhabit Its hills and broad
:valleys : the Chinese, the aboriginal
.Miantsz, the Mongols,,..the Manchus, and
the. Thibetans ; andAhat the varieties of
the local patois of the first-mentioned race
!are well nigh endless. No one probably
iknows very definitely how many. there
are. - Say *ern one to three hundred at
a venture. But td relieve the
',glance fit a subdivision of the work.
The Fuh-Chau tillksionaries occupy a few
sinailLpoints on - the borders of a single
Province, inhabited. by some fifteen
lions, nearly equal' to one half the popu
lation of the United States and territories.
;The - provincial capital, Fuh-Chau, with
its euburbs, embraces half a million or
more, a larger population than several of
Our States and five or six times that of
,the Sandwich Islands. Shall. Ltell you
'that for this large population, and• the.
'other fourteen and a half-millions of the
province, only ten missionaties, or or
.dained 'ministers, are now„laboring, and
that, in a few months, the number will
be reduced 'to eight or nine ? One.mis
:sionary to one and a half millions 'or
:rather ten for the-half million, while.the
` - rest May wait for the saving light of
truth Yet many years. HoVY vast the
field! How many the barriers to pre-'
gross What a work of faith! 'Ay,'
once eliminate the grand element of faith,
and the work is impossible, and the at
tempt to.accomplish it , unreasonable and
presumptuous.
DEDICATION OF A CHAPEL.
Now for one of the fruits of faith.
piLl3 , -f i a ew months shilde, 1, J:arkuaryA9f:
the-'"present year, a city mob timed the'
doors of -three native , chapels and de
molished pulpits, benches, and other fur
niture. At one of these places, the M. E.
Chapel in East street, their fury culmi-,
Rated m the diabolleal treatment 'of two
native • Christian . ; women, the ,wifeand
the sister of the native preacher, who
lived in the rear of - the chapel. The
native Government promptly paid a full
indenmity for pecuniary losses to the
missions, but failed to carry out the pur
pose,
of punishing the leaders Of the mob.
The Evil One had it alkin his own way,
and chuckled. over , his supposed victory,
but the event shows that "he counted
without his host." We were " cast
down but not destroyed." Faith en
couraged us to hope that even, the worst
features of the riot would, in some inscru
table way, advance, our cause and our
hopes now begin to yield, some fruit.
With commendable zeal, our Methodist
friends, having some,•spar,e • dollars, :have
removed-the old building, and erected in
its`' place a very neat and substantial
chapel.. - It is,„separated from the, street
by- a narrow court and. wall. • The main ,
or audience room' is furnished with plain
benches (slips they might be called, as
ihey have backs )-and- a neat desk, which
is wholly withbut ornament, except „a'
little gilding in Chine - se style on the back,
and on the wooden cushion which , sup
ports the Bible and -hymn book.
,It was my privilege last Sabbath, tci•
be present at the dedication , of this, cha
pel. The missionaries and native Chris
tians occupied the front .slips, having
entered at the 'back door, When the
time for the services arrived, the 'front
doors were opened, and the crowd of:
people from the street occupied the, re,
rnaining seats and,'all the-vacant Sparee
near the &ors. ' The reonit, will accom
modate one hundrod and fifty or two hun
dred comfortably, but on this,„ occasion ,
there were , from two hundred to three
hundred present One 'striking feature
in' this and other native , chapels, is the
construction , of screens •on each side of
the desk, enclosing spaces for the women.
This may, be regarded as a practical in
ference froni. 1 Cor. xi. 10. You must
say " " screens" for "power,l' or veils,
and " a proiniscuous Audience of men "
for " angels,7. or gospel messengers.
The exercises were, of course; wholly
in Chinese, . and ,consisted. of singing,
prayer, reading of :SciipturO, by Mr.
Hartwell, of : our .mission, sermon and
dedicatory prayer:, by- P,r e -Maclay,.of the
M. E. • Mission. , His -text cwas - 2 Chron.
vi. 41, And-many tof his reniarks were
specialy appropriate ''to' a-Chinese midi
ence. He Spoke ,of the - "immense size of
Selomon , s temple, And the inipOtending
dimensiOns Otthie • A aniParlion
of the latter, costing Oily a 'few hundredd
or attt(ouskind odd dollars, i6th , the,statvly,
piles of Western cities, ranging from
twenty thoustqld,t , o7 o or three hundred
thousand, : ht'hi'ive been instructive to
natives,,- pniewhat,sadly suggestive
to., us miisiorkaien. Still in..fact, twto
the_mittor ,oflitnestithese are betterfor
our use than thote.r . . :.1
The. preacher,s4itu &happy strain of re
mark, then dwelt on the contrasts of
Jewislinand4hristian worship., Instead
of thelifeivishv sacrificeshaVe _Christ ;
instead , of the blood of beast's, 'His Pre ,
cious bldod ; instead of the ark of testi
mony', the - sacred desk instead-of manna,
giaCe ; T instead Aiion's rod; carefully
kept as a,
,symbol of Jeloyah's poWer,
the' rieenerating envgies of the Spirit.
He, also, alluded to our coming among
people as foreigners, building churches
and, preaching .a new religion, as not in
aptly illustrated by the history of Ikrael,,
strangers in panaan, o f David purehasing
a;,site s for;the, temple, and Solomon, em,
ploying, foreign skill in its erection. Be.
:did not fail; also, to impress' on his audi
' ence the importance of- a decent regard
for the sacredness, of a place dedicatedto
i God's service. "It is God's house
greater than yamuns or iMperial palaces ;
' not a common house, not a place of trii"de,
not &place for smoking, or
sreePing,” In cducluding his remains,
he 'exhorted the two pregchers stationed
:there not to be, discouraged because they
were two only, while the people were
many,fbut ever to remember Jehovah's,
precious promise in , 2 Chron. ix. 3. He
alsd adniinistered a Word season to
any who might in the - future be exposed
to ,temptation or persecution- , If thdy
could find no place to pray, there was
God's
; they could come to it as:to
a safdretreat,, and pray to the God
consolation. "A word id, the people
from the street, our visitors They
:would always hear preached in that plied
!Jesus, and Jesus only. Though .His
name is hated, we must preach it. In-it
only is salvation.
A collection 'for the' - charity fund, the
,baptism of two children,' the Lord's;
prayer, and ',benediction, closed the
, c m-'
tereeting. service..
We have abundant occasion for gratii_
kither chapels outside_ the city
walls have been opened in years past,
ibut now we open chapels in the heart of
the city, and do close) on the step ,of
a retreating mob, who seemed resolved
Ito , bar `its gates againit us:
Allow me to introduce you to another
tscene, very 'different indeed, butiMpOrtant
in its place.
,-,
- A .SCHOOL NXOIIRSIOIC T
_ •
We live 'about thitty miles from the
imouth of thS Min About 'ten miles'
dovirn the river is a small island, calla
Pagoda Island;from a stone pagoda which
crowns a hill at its-upper end. This point.
11 4 the:riyer, is the .anchorage _for_ foreign
ships. There are seldom less than twenty.
or * thirtyV . o - soft sort at an
chor. We have siiips, brigs, -schooners,
Jorchas, sailing „and, steam,,vessels,..iner
chantmenund men r of-*ar. - , It enlightens'
{ ours eyes •to catch distant views of 'tlie,
glorions„,stard and . stripes - still ...waving
Aere, hi n lPite of Jeff. Davis and his
*retched crew. Our school of girls num
):)6Ts Si; 15ut '41 . 0116 onlir' wee
thing still , it , is one of the 'little' straWs
showing which way the, wind- blows. I 1
took them doWit with - My famify in two
Small row-boatS. They were' in high
glee, for they had the promise of avisit
to, one of, those wonderful foreign Alps.
il - Ow black eyes Aparkled, just as
- the.blue eyes of little :folks in America
Sparkle in prospOct of "going someWherd.”
Captain. - 41,4,idie, of the good' ship Bene
factress, of New Pork, gave -us a cordial
welcome, and :helped the chilltren ' see
eier:fthing on deek, between decks, "in
the cabins, and in the kitchen.. There
Was no, cargo' on board, and hence they
enjoyed- au unobstructed view down into
the TOid,Whcp o tliey won=deringly saw
some grass ar - padily growmeamid the
ballast.- When the vis - W was "-done "
we went ashore, `fluted the pagoda,
whence we saw a steamer puffing hy
oceanward,-then" Called on a friend and
drank tea; and then with oar,' and sail
found our way home again.
This I regard as good missionary :Work
Such and similar instrumentalities, mul
tiplied indefinitely, will supplement the .
More important agencies, help to keep
down prejudice, and pave the way for
success in our great work here:
Allming the annual, increase of the human
family to.be at the rate ascertained in FiUnce,
the present numbers of the world's'popula,-
tion (supposed to be1A0q,0139A9,0) would
be reached in 4,207 years from Noah and
his ,sons. Add,.1864 to; 2348—the peried
from Noah to Christ, according to the Te- -
ceived chronology—and we have 4,212
years, a suffmietly cloae coincidence to be of
service in the argumeut on-the ,antiquity of
the _human race and the authepticity,of the
Old Testament history.
SHAXSPEARN Wails Trust not him
that hath once broken faith."
C. C. BALDwrii.
"IN ILEMEMBItANCE
- ."
On a communion day Nte should no
come to our ror4'S tablee - With heavy
hearts .and sad faces, as if performing
funeral rites for deparied friend, but
with souls full of: joy and gladness that
the e,4piatory, sacrifice,_ haa + beenq made,
that tbe full p4ce . of ,our s , ransom has
, ti ibud) 4,,
been paid, and the drip„,to everlasting r,
glory throWn open or'ntrance:
We meet to contemplate, not so much
the death aiid sePulffiNiit Chigt, as the
fountain :he has Opeifiedo which. is .-still
flowing on tlu:ough the, world's wilder 7
ness, making. " the desert, rejoice and
blossom
U s the rose ," to
.contemilate;
not the "darkness, bit the light that "arose
froth that.,Settink°Snri, still 'increasing in
splendor, and spreading all, over the earth;
to d*ell i 'not -.upon facts past and gone,
hut jiying, „ , facts, ae- potent, as ever in
their influence on man4iriclfor time and
eternity, ;A:n(l4l46re fa' ti our
life When, atio r id' all others, we 'should. be
filled with joy and gratitude, it is when
we celebrate, our S,avipur's, love in com
pleting His redemptory work. When
we - 'sit''down to a feast with a dear friend
and benefactor, we do it With -joy and
gladness. When we :commemorate heroic
deeds and illustrious names, we- do
with thanksgiving and praise. And
when we meet . Christ at his table, and
commute with Him, we should 'be filled
- With-a, sense of His 'eieeeCling loveUnd
compassion, and 'sweetly trust in f fis
power and willingness to save.
I am inclined •to think that, the most of
us fail to, receive in its fullness the bless
ing this sacrament is designed to bestow,
'by not fL.ing our on Christ. It is
no time to think of ourselves, it is no time
even for self-examinatiOw or repentance;
these are ,preparatory: duties. ; We come
Ito remember Christ, not ourselves to
:bring back
_our hearts to the one great
sacrifice to'Which all the ancient 'prophe
des; ancrterriple offerings pointed, and to
'which all the redeeined in heaven" Will
look back with everlasting praises, as
they sing, " Worthy, is the Lamb that
was slain." E. A. H.
THE- LO* OF CHRIST.
E. E. ADAMS.
'L'OVED
It is the observation of Sir Waltei-Baleigli,
;that if all the pictures and patterns of a merci
less prince were 'oat in this world, they might all
!again be •paintedteibe ent of the history
of King Henry VIE On the other'hand, the ,
`Jews had such a, high. esteem of Esdras, that
they declared, " if mercy, love, and knowledge
were extinguished, they might light them'
I again at his heaft and - brain." May we - not
with greater . truth say, - that our love
r were. quenched; welmight rekindle it at the
I. lote. of , Christ?
,Not , a word_ that He ever
spak.e, not a work that He ever did, not-a
pang. that He suffered, but is an argume,
,an afweSsion of His Love. He hionghtloVe ,
down. frcim heaven;' 'purchased. love by
MS death ; He 'exhibits love in His life ;:- , He
bequeathed -it when He left the-world for hea
ven;; He shall bring it again ,when.lle revisits
the earth ; it marks His intercession ; it shall
fill His reign - -; it 'shill - e)rotin 'iris kingdom
and glorify His Chial* Thiw hath he-knied
!uslo - - , Ask the mouittairis'lof Judea, where`
be prayedthrongh the lonviight. - Ask
,Oli-•
vet, on whose side thc,midnight.hou.y found
him watching, p o rayinkfgrus Askßethany,
ask Jerusalem, ask - the MuiTnurng: - Cedron,
',Whoselwaters offa laved 'his weary feet.
-How path He loved us? Aik the band
/That fled His woes with faithless haste;
Ask Peter's sad denial tone
Scarce by his bitterest: tears effaced.
Ask of,thetraiter's kiss, and see
What Jesusiaath endured for thee.
Ask of Gethsemane;'Whose dews
Shrank from the moisture strangely red,
Which, in that lonely liOni*Of pain,
His agonjwing temples shed
The scourge, ,the. thorn, . whose , anguish sore,
'Like - the unanswering to - nib; He'bore.
How, hath He loved us? Ask the cross,
The-Roniefi l iVear, the shroidediky;
ofthe sheeted.deadygfhpjp..!st
Their cerements at his fearful cry.
Nayrtisk no more; brifbow-thyl3ridei
, And yield,thy heart to :Him who died...,:
His love , is - peculiar, it, is:ierlaiting-4from
eternity ..te eternity it; -gracinnagiven
without desert on. our
_part; it is, infinite in
depth and,fulikeis—the mind of God'is' in it;
it,is activeleile, iiiiriirnpts to all benefiCence;
it, come to us iilid , blesses it is patint -
enduring our errors and imperfections ;kid
a watchful love,:ever present.to guard and de
fend us. It is a pitying love, touched with
the feefing of our infjrmitaes ; a forgiving love,
remembering, our sins against us no-more for :
ever; a saving loye, for it has ascended into
the heavens to Prepare a place for us ;
fulfillinglove,,for it will move Hip to come
again And receive us unto Himself.
now WE LOVi..IIIIII.
Now what is more appropriate, in thisview'
of our Saviour's hive to ne, thanthe persimal
and searching : " ifs7/ove Christ ?"
Does he not speak to us from' the manger,
from the brow of Olivet, from the slopes, of
Judea,' a mountains, and the shores of Galilee ;
from the cottage of Bethany, from the grave
of Lazarus, from the garden of sorrows,. from
the judgment hall, from Calyary, front the
open tomb, and from the splendors of heaven,
saying, " lovest thou me?"
What reply can , you -return to this solemn.
question? ..What,.eays the closet, where He,
has bidden ms go, and pray? What the 'daily,
life in the , householkand before, the. world?.
What ,says your,. anxiety for the
s aalvation of,
sinners? What amswercomes,from the tiacEi 7
fice you make, for his poor, for his kingdom?
What testimony comes from,your {Sabbath
hours? What says your expenditure for
luxury offiviogi What proof its there,}u the
mission fields of the Church in the Sabbath
-8600,, in the pew, at, t,he,table ? What does,
,lEte see,hi your labor, yoni gifts, your prayerS,..
Your search PftPr, 4ro),•Y9ur AAA
w ol :4.aika V*, Ys_Mtllatr94
deruess of conscience, your consecration. to
God? If ye love me keep mysonnam*ents,
Ye are my`friends if ye do WhitS6ever com a
mend(iu r • 03
Jerome, one of the early j fithers — Said • It
my 'father - should stand before Me, my mother
should'l,l l / I g , upon' me, my brethren skotsi
preSinhOnt, I . *onld break' throng
to trample over than; if it mast be so; A*
I might the hinier cleave tato Christ JeAu t a
my
Leelheicy, flesh, and friend
Ail, the frOin,' yea, life - vanish
Chris - t - is better than . all. '11'.156 Should say
tOnie t iv"Tilie
,tl4lll of sinfal:Aelights, eat,
diciti--`ind `in - diy; so kite thyself in the
' -
midst thine Stniodance, then shalt not
perish; onlilla'idealt'ia , be 'kith one"—not
With then? net with 'thee; 'then farewell
delight, fireivell phnip' and vneity, all fare
well. I will follow iNee wherever thou goest,
for it will certainly - W hell where thou art
not!
„ . • - . (1 7 ;711...£1..h
LOVE, THE lailitAlt iyar.A.RALoopt..
- It is too much: the feeling thatiloveilielongs
only to. children and women ; Bthat is suit
manly to be under: the poWerand - impulse 'of
affection. But does not thestionenienlove
his gold, his profession; is he not enalixored
of war and enterprise—alas, too 'often .over
come by low_ and , debasing passion? Paul
was manly, and yet set holy,love on the
very, pinnacle of the Temple ; on, the height of
God's throne k and giving his view of its
worth and grearnes,s, he swept up from the
lowest stand-point of a disciple, through ,all
afflictions, exposures, privations .and labors:
through the gift of interpretation;,- the_ gift
of tongueri; the gift of discerning spirits;
the:gift of prophecy; the lift
,of miracles;
the „gift of healing; through the word of,
faith; the word- of knowledgp; the-Ford of
wisdom,;; the understanding of all mysteiiee;
through the faith that remotes mountains:
passing the almsgiver; ,the interpreter, the
healer, the
. worker of miracles, the.teacher,
the prophet, the believer, and.touches the
climax in the ItivAg, soul, and close' to the,
throne ..of GOd—and having exhausted alt
property, all worth, all supremacy, all autho
,rity and,,life itself in martyrdom, he rises ,to
the culmination and zenith of virtue ; and wit
all other glory beneath:his feet, proclaims that
;from the beginning to end, from the heights
to the depths, through the whole range of
thought, achievement, honor and glory, theie
is nothing without /one/
HOME MISSION.
On applications received frOiniheChucchns
they serve, the following =ministers were
commissioned' by the
Fresbytarian 'Com
mietee of HOme Missions, air their laSt
meeting. Twenty of whom were under
commission last year.
• „
Rev. W. H. Williams, Perry, and Naples,lll.
cc Jas. Brownlee, Prairie Civ,Black
Jack, Baldwin City and Palmyra,
Kansas.
" F. E. Sheldon, Troy, Kansas.
" P. J. Hof, Louisville, Canton and
Berryville, Ohio.
" W. H. Edwards; Camden and vicinity,
I Del. - • •
" E. F. Tanner, Barton and vicinity,
Wis. .
" Saml. J. Mills, West Liberty and Ata
, lissa„
-" E. W. Brown, Wet _Dresden N. Y.
I " J. B. Preston Oruro Wis.
44 Jas. A. Darrah, West Ely and New
Providence, Mo. --
" H.3naliiiell, Jr., St. Louis Crossing,
Ind:
", C. 0. Reynolds,,Hunte r , N
.
-"` S. R. Bissell, ElgUgham, Enterprise
and vicinity, 111. ' ' '
1. " Stephen Phelps, Waterloo;JoiVa.
"- W H. Smith', De Soto 'and Olathe,'
Kansas. •
H: C. '.oheadlei. , Tupper's Plains; Ba
-• : shan,and.Racine,..Ohio:
" if Hal, Thornton -Station 111.
_ Sordiana,. Winchester,
and North Liberty,; 9hio,
" E. F. Fish, Stevens' Point, ,Wis.
e‘ G. H.Binith Washinaton D. C.
4 . W. J. Essick, Wabash,
tt R.' C Howell, Vevey, Ink
" Okenaos'aikl Delhi, Mich
Beebe, Manifoioc, Wis.
" Judin 'Ada Mich.
GERMAN ECONOMY.
• .• • • •
latetourist. - Germany- ascribes: the ,
economy practiced :by theLpeastuits ,
lows s=
f(Each German has his houseihis oichard,
his road-side.trees ,so ladenpyritbiAeLit that
did he not.earefully prop them up, tie them ;
together, and ,in many places hold the
boughs together..by wooden clamps,. they
would' he torn asunder by their"ownymi
He has his, own corn plot, his plot for man
gel Wurzel or hay, , for , potatoes ;
&c. 'tie is , his 'own - ' master, and, therefore,
he and farhily have the stionest tint
fives' for exertion. In Germany nothing
lost. The' produce .of the trees and thde
cows is Carried to market - . Much fruit iata
dried for winter use. Yonsee NioodentorayigT
of plums, cherries, and sliced apples-Ayingq
in, the sun to dry. You sec-strings of th.pn.
hanging from the windows in the sun. The,
cows are , kept up the greater,part of the
year, and every green thing collected s , for
them. Every little nook where grass grows,
by the roadside river' and bßakiiS'barefully
cut by the sickle, and 'earrieelibine`en the
heads- of the women and' children, in bas
' kets or tied in large 'cloths. Nothing of the
kind' is lost - that, can. possibly be 'made of
any use... Weede, nettles, nay,- the very
'Ooseziass which`; covers the waste places,
are' . cut up. and : taken for the cows. You
See the little children standing in the streets,
inf the villages, and** thestreams which
instally rundown them, busy washing these
weeds before they are given to the cattle.
They carefully the leaves of the marsh
;naps carefully cut the potato tops for them,
and even, if other things fail, gather grew,
leiVes from the wooarlands.
All the men, who.have.done great and good
,iverk .in the world have, made mistakes, 811
far, as Ipark.fiee. It is only .the easy,. cam
-
tioug people:who sit, ,still and, de nothing int4,,ne. mistakes, unlesS their whhla
lives are one great mistake; Wlimli"seems
Probahle. .7