AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN EN 'SEE EVANGELIST. igioitts and Family Newspaper IN THE INTEREST ON THE Istitntional Presbyterian Church, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, THE PRESBYTERIAN HOUSE, 334 .0hestaut Street, (2d story.) Philadelphia. Tohn W. Mears, Editor and Publisher. B. B. llotehkin, Editor Of News and illy Departments. C. P. Bash, Corresponding Editor, theater, N. Y. puritan Hvoirgitrian. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1865 CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES. SECOND PAGE—THE FAMILY CIRCLE: The Two Villages—Waking Up the Damon—Stories for Little Children—The Five Clerks—" I Wonder what God would Like Me to Do"—With Me in Paradise. For the Little Folks: Familiar Talks with the Children. THIRD PAGE—EDITOR'S TABLE: Spracue's "Annals of the American Unitarian Pulpit"— Gage's " Life of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Thoreau's " Cape Cod"—Emerson's Poems"—Lucy Randolph: or Present Doing and Patient Waiting"— vlagazines and Pamphlets— Does the Bible Enjoin Total Abstinence? Agricultural : We Must Farm Better Choice Culinary Vegetables—Growing Strawberries—Small Farms and High Culture, SIXTH PAGE — CORRESPONDENCE: Notes of a Preaching Tour in India—Sir Edmund Andress and His Persecution of the New England Churches—Letter from Montana Territory—Minis terial Record. SEVENTH PAGE—MISCELLANEOES : The Zulus—The Place of the Sermon in Public Worship—A Scotch Worthy—Criticising Preaching —A Long Shot and a Good One—Value cf Prayer— Under the Shadow of Thy Wings. FRANCIS MAKEMIE. The extraordinary difficulties and oppo sition under which Presbyterianism took its rise in this country are graphically told by Dr. Gillett, and are worthy of being better known. The advantages under which Congregationalism, .Episcopacy, Quakerism, and even Romanism were planted in this country, were not shared by Presbyterian ism. No wealthy, no courtly Presbyterian, led over a colony of fellow-believers, and set tled them upon grants of extensive territory, where they could dwell unmolested, and to which they could invite emigrants of the same faith with themselves, as to a con genial and homelike abode. If the Bap tists and the Quakers were persecuted in New England, one found a sanctuary and plenty of free baptisteries in Rhode Island ; the other could broaden his brims, and re fine on the personal pronouns to his heart's content in the ample domains on the Dela ware. But Presbyterians, tolerated in Maryland while a Roman Catholic colony, td themselves outlawed as Dissen iry part . of-i-- 1 - , = - land in which they --establish their principles, or to to scattered sheep of their fold' tee. Had it not been for the it resolute and self-denying Ir'i'sh Makemie, the planting of the ian Church in this country must deferred for years. Let us give •ds to the picture of this indefat 1, rightly called the Father of the ian Church in this country. Makemie had enjoyed, not only teation, but had extensive oppor- if observation before he came to this country. Born in Ireland, and edu cated in Scotland, he labored in Barbadoes before he reached America, which was in the year 1684. Upon his arrival, he at once, with foresight and with energy, set himself to work establishing and organizing Presbyterian churches, and ministering, in every practicable way, to the needs and in terests of the church. His location was the eastern shore of Maryland. That col ony, so long as it continued to be Roman Catholic, afforded Makemie every protection in his labors; when it became Episcopal, he and his congregations suffered incessant annoyances and petty persecutions. The first church he founded was at Snow Hill, Ed., in 1684. " Here", says Dr. G:, "in the narrow neck of land between the Chesapeake and the ocean, sheltered by the mild laws of a_ colony founded by a Roman Catholic noble man, the Presbyterian Church of Amer ica began its existence." This may justly be claimed as the fact, although the prior existence of a few other feeble churches, scattered in widely different localities, may be admitted. Makemie himself, soon after he commenced his labors, found on Elizabeth River, Vir ginia, (the neighborhood of what is now Norfolk and Portsmouth,) "a poor, desolate people," mourning the loss of their " dis-1 senting ministers from Ireland," who had . removed by death the summer pre s. This is not, indeed, conclusive, as he denominational character of this tment ; nor does it prove that they en-1 td any church organization at all. As as 1686, there was a Huguenot !eh in Charleston; and in 1690, accord ;o authority quoted in the History, (1, 145, note,) the Presbyterians and Inde tents united and formed a church in city. In 1710, there were five churches tritish Presbyterians in South Carolina, a Presbytery was in existence there at early day. But these churches, al tgh sharing in the persecutions inflicted sigh churchmen upon the denomination, d aloof from any active participation in formation of the Presbyterian Church„ only after a century had gone by, in , did they present themselves to the , embly for admission into the body. In mgrinut ;rlt4Thi kin. New Series, Vol. 11, No. 14. any case, it was the activity and self-denials of Maken:kie and the men whom he gathered around him, and imbued with something of his own zealous spirit, which really founded the Presbyterian Church of America. Soon a number of congregations were gathered in this field of labor on the eastern shore. Of what material they were com posed, Scotch or Irish, Presbyterians or English Dissenters, the historian does not inform us. The old family names of that district, as well as the names of many Pres byterian families who have migrated thence to this city, and for generations formed part of our oldest Presbyterian congrega tions, are apparently. English, certainly not Irish or Scotch. Some of them may have been of the Swedish stock which settled in Delaware at an early day. In fact "Palm er's Non-Conformists' Memorial" leaves no room to 'doubt that English Dissenters found their way to this very field, long be fore Makemie made his appearance there. Certainly it is remarkable that such large and immediate success should have attended the efforts of Makemie, where the predilec tions of the people did not already run in the direction of Presbyterianism. And we have, hence, additional reason for believing that the spirit in which the American Presbyterian Church was formed was not that of rigid Scotticism, but rather of the genial, comprehensive, Anglo-American type. Of Makemie's early labors, the historian says: "An itinerant missionary, and in reality the bishop of a primitive diocese, he jour neyed from' place to place, sometimes on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, sometimes in Virginia, and sometimes extending his, journeys as far as South Carolina. To the extent of his ability he supplied the feeble churches, but he deeply felt, the, need of others to assist him. To obtain these-Was an object of paramount importance, and he spared no pains to attain it. With this end in view,,he corresponded vi'ith ministers in London and in, Bostm.—hrtfrer - • • ' retn_the pressing tills around him, that he might persohlatratv Ills — appeals. He diossed the ocean and applied: to the Inde pendent and Presbyterian ministers of London for aid. He visited New England and consulted with Mather. Indefatigable in effort, clear-sighted and sagacious in his views, liberal in sentiment, fearless in the discharge of duty, and shrinking from no burden, his name needs no eulogy beyond the simple record of what he accomplished and endured. . . . Makemie in 1703 4 visited England, and procured, as fellow laborers, John Hampton and George Mannish. They returned with him to Maryland—sent out and sustained by the London Union of Presbyterian and Inde pendent ministers. But when they reached Maryland it was to experience the intoler ance that allowed that colony no longer the enviable reputation for religious freedom which it once enjoyed. The Episcopal had now become the Established Church, and no Dissenter was allowed to preach without a license For many years, in New York, Virginia, Maryland, and South Carolina, the growth of the Presbyterian Church was checked by persecution and intolerance." One of the most interesting personal sketches of the man, instructive alike as to the difficulties Presbyterianism had to meet, and the spirit in which its ardent and in domitable apostle encountered them, is given in the following, from the early pages of the History, which may be entitled, MAKEMIE BEFORE LORD OORNBURY In January, 1707, Makemie and Hampton, • on their way to New England, doubtless to procure supplies for newly organited churches in their own neighborhood, passed through New York. Makemie proposed to preach in the Dutch church; but Lord Cornbury_ for bade him. In consequence of this, at the earnest request.of a number of individuals, he preached a sermon at the house of Wil liam Jackson, in Pearl Street. The exercises were as public as possible. The doors were thrown open, and the sermon was printed. This was on Sunday, the 20th of January. The same day Hampton preached. at New town, on Long Island, in the public meeting house, offered by the inhabitants. Here he he was joined on Wednesday by Makemie, who by public appointment was to preach that day. But no sooner had he arrived than he and Hampton were both apprehen ded by the sheriff Cardale, acting under the authority of a 'Warrant from Lord Cornbury. The prisoners were taken before the Gover nor at Fort Anne, New York. Cornbury de manded of them how they dared preach under his government without a licence. Makemie referred him to the Toleration Act of King William in 1687. He told them that this did not extend to the American Plantations. Makemie replied that it was not a limited or local act, and adduced his certificates of license from courts of record in Maryland and Virginia. Worsted in the argument, Cornbury appealed to the act of Parliament directed, as he said, against strolling preachers, and told Makemie and Hampton that they were such. "There is not one word, my lord," said Makemie, "mentioned in any part of the law, against travelling or strolling preachers." To this the Governor could only reply, You shall 1 1 not spread your pernicious doctrines here." Makemie told him that the doctrines he PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1865. taught were found in " our confession of faith," and challenged all the clergy of New York to show any thing fa]se or pernicious in them, adding that he could make it appear that they were avreeable to the established doctrines of the Church of England. "But. these Articles,' replied the Governor, "you have not signed." As to the Articles of religion," said Makenne, " I have a .copy my pocket, and am ready at all titnesto sgn, with those exceptions specified in the Upon this, the Governor chargedhirn with preaching in a private house. Makemie re plied that his lordship had denied him per mission to preach in the Dutch church, and hence he had trten necessitated to do as he had done ; but he haj. preached " 7,16 as pub lic a manner as possible, with. open doom" Again Cornbury fell back upon his instruc dons, declaring none should preach without his lisenee. Ma,keinie replied that the law, and not his instructions, was the rulefor He could not be guided by what he had never seen and perhaps never should see. " Pro mulgation," said he, "is the life of the law." The Governor then demanded that they should give bonds and security for good be havior and not to preach any more under his government. "For our behavior," said Makemie, "thoughwe endeavor to live al ways so as to keep a conscience void of of fence towards God and man, we are willing to give it ; but to give bond and security to preach no more under your Excellency's go vernment, if invited and desired by anyeo ple, we neither can nor dare do." "Thenn you must go to jail," said the Governor. It was in vain that Makemie remonstrated. Lord Cornbury sat down to write out the ne cessary papers for their discharge from the custody of Cardale and their commitment in New York. While be was doing so, Hamp ton demanded of him a license, but it was peremptorily denied. Makemie moved that it was highly necessary that the law should be produced before their commitment, and offered to remunerate the attorney if he would produce the limiting clause of the act. But the motion was disregarded. In a contemp tuous tone, the Governor asked Makemie if he knew law. "I do not," replied Makemie, ." pretend to know law ; but I pretend to know this particular law, having had sundry disputes thereon." He had quite a large collection of law-books in his library. The copy of their ,Commitment was made : out. It was illegal in' several 'respects. It' was granted'an# signed by the Governor, and not by any. sworl , officers appointed and thorized bylaw. ,The .queen's name. or,au-- ,thority was not moritiOned in it. No was alleged as a round of commitment, "and' the direction to the sheriff to keep them safely•was not, " until they are delivered by, due course of law," but, "until. further or ders." ' _ • .. • ..— , a_RD-z•p*airttimld them selves imprisoned with no prospect of diate release. They petitioned the Governor for a knowledge of their crime, and, as they were strangers-on their way.to *3IV- gj a 44, and four - hundred miles froth their habita tions, for "a speedy trial according to law," which they humbly conceived to be " the un doubted right and privilege of every English subject." To this petition a verbal but un satisfactory reply was returned through the sheriff. They could not learn " the right way to have a trial." Petitioning to be ad mitted, in the custody of the sheriff, to ,make application to the Quarter Sessions in order to offer themselves for qualification as the law directs," they were again rebuffed, 'and the messengers who presented the petition were severely threatened. They now resolved " to trouble his Excel lency with no more petitions," but presented their application to Ihe Quarter Sessions. Their petition was looked at and handed about, but allowed no readi ,no• in open court. To the chief-justice, Roger Mompesson, they made application after an imprisonment of several weeks, and a writ of habeas corpus was granted. But when it was to, be served, the sheriff told them he had a new miftimus, wherein their crime was specified, by which it was evident that for more than six weeks they had been subjected to false and illegal imprisonment. To complete the iniquity, the sheriff demanded the payment of twelve dol lars for the commitment, and as much more for the return of the writ,—refusing, more over, receipts for the money when it had been paid. The case was now brought before the grand jury, and a true bill found against Makemie; for though Hampton was equally an offender, he was dropped from the indictment. The trial came on upon the 4th of June. The in- iquity of the prosecution was abundantly shown, and after his attorneys had concluded their arguments, Ma,kemie arose and spoke in his own defence. With great force of argu ment he vindicated himself' from every charge, and showed himself more than a match for the prosecuting attorney. He showed great familiarity with the English laws bearing upon the subject of toleration, and effectually set aside the authority of the Governor's instruc tions as a rule of law. The jury brought in 'a verdict of not guilty, and solemnly declared that they believed the defendant innocen any violation of law. Yet in spite of the k el diet,-and his own plea for moderate char es, the bill of costs which he was forced to pay amounted to more than eighty-three pounds. The Dutch and other dissenters neither asked 'nor would receive a license ; yet they were not disturbed. But any attempt, of Presbyterian ministers to extend their Church was seriously obstructed. THE WORK OF GOD IN DETROIT. From letters of Rev. Drs. Hogarth and Duffield, received in this city within a few days, we are rejoiced to learn that the work which commenced in connection with Mr. Hammond's labors in Detroit, is going forward with increasing power. From Dr. Duffield's letter dated March 27, we are permitted to make the following extracts: "Earnest prayer has been made for your success in Philadelphia. I have written to —, and hope that greater triumphs of the-cross than in 1857-8, shall be witnessed in that city, and that the 'big tent' will again be brought forth. "The Lord has not slackened his work here. Crowded meetings every night last week but Saturday, have witnessed the presence and power of the Spirit. The children's meeting on Saturday, which you appointed in my church, filled the house, and no loss, but rather increase of interest among the dear little ones. I preached yesterday in the Campus Martins, aided by Rev. Mr. Griffith. There •was even a greater crowd than you witnessed the Sab bath 'Previously. At the close my church was filled with persons anxious to converse on the' subject of the salvation of their souls. The work `was accompanied with great power. Much prayer ascended from those present, and many hearts yielded themselves to God, our ,Saviaur, before having left the church. Daily meetings are to be held all this week, and I have appointed one for next Sabbath in the Young Men's Hall. Pray for us still and ask Christians in Philadelphia to remem ber us. "GEORGE DUFFIELD." MR. HAMMOND'S WORK AMONG THE CHILDREN. , Every day last - Week, commencing with the Sabbath, Mr. Hammond has been laboring among the children and youth of the north-western, portion of our city. The fullest opportunity has been given to such as desired it, to become acquainted with his method, and, so far as a brief space of time will allow, to test tke results. Hav ing been closely associated with, the man and his work from day to day, we can speak with some authority of both. We see, then, in Mr. Hammond, a man. of ardent, vivacious, joyous disposition; of invincible energ7 and elasticity ; of strong faith; of much prayer ; devoted, determined, earnest, in' the Master's work. He is filled with the one great and inspiring, idea, that, with a proper * deo.ree of devotedness • • ' Trayerfulness, andac#lo , o nu the part of Qocl's ,ministers and of Christian people, :sinnerSin nualti.Ncles. may be truly converted istowi. - While depending, as we have not the; slightest doubt, upon prayer and the influence of - the Holy Spirit to give efficacy to the work, just as much as the most con servative ultra Calvinist could do, Mr. _ll„, „ 3 „, ....a—atva—the_. Tory_.best instrumen tality in his power, to bring the -troth to the hearts of the hearers. He is_ an ad miiable singer ifia -- TiiiiTer -- Or — m - usie - , -- as much so as if he had made it a special study, and he at once wins the attention and hearts of his youthful hearers by the simple and beautiful hymns which he so skilfully teaches them. The words of these hymns embody the pith of evangelical doctrine, and they afford Mr. Hammond, as he gives them out, an excellent oppor tunity, which he uses with great effect, to interest the children in the truths which they are singing. By these preliminary services he brings the children into the most entire sympathy with him. They are thoroughly enlisted. in the, work before them. _ ; They feel that Mr. Hammond is their, friend, and- knows what he is about in attenapting to address them. After prayer s generally by some minister present, and more singing, a passage of Scripture is read. We have heard one of tile, first ministers in the country declare that le never heard Scripture read better than it is by Mr. Hammond, an opinion in which we fully concur. There is real ora tory and great dramatic power frequently in these readings. One cannot but believe that Mr. Hammond has made this part of his method a matter of diligent study, though there is no appearance Of premedi tation and nothing whatever artificial in his style. The reading is interspersed with explanatory remarks, • brief illustrations, and sometimes with personal. appeals. Sometimes he addresses questions to the children, • and you might easily imagine . yourself in an immense Sabbath-school, where the scholars were undergoing a drill on some part of their lessons. Thus the interest of the children is maintained and fatigue prevented. More singing and a brief prayer by Mr. Hammond follows. In this prayer, Mr.. Hammond generally pleads with great earnestness for the gift of the Holy Spirit and for Christians present, that their hearts may be enlisted in the work. Now follows what may be strictly called the address, which is from twenty to thirty minutes in length. Upon this all the energy, skill and resources of the speaker are concentrated. Those who think that Mr. Hammond's sue- ceases are the result of mere feeling and childish sympathy - or imitativeness, or that God has mysteriously chosen to bless a very humble and inadequate instrumentality in Mr. Hammond, are in our judgment greatly mistaken. We believe that these addresses are evidences of remarkable Christian tact, skill, good judgment, and wide experience, on the part of the speaker. Humanly speaking, there is power in them. Mr. Hammond's resources in anecdote and illustration would stock a score of good an nisersary speakers to children, to say Genesee Evangelist, Na. 985. nothing of the manner in which they are used. He is a classically educated man, a keen observer, has travelled exten sively in Europe and this country, has seen and dealt with thousands upon thousands of minds in the most interesting and in structive. conditions possible; he has a superior mernorjr, he is familiar with every part of the Scriptures, he has a vast corres pondence; and from this accumulated store of treasures he draws forth illustrations new and old, rapid, pertinent, forcible, sometimes suddenly striking the deepest fountains of feeling, sometimes causing a flutter of agreeable surprise, sometimes weaving smile and tear into the same ex pression of countenance. A simple practi cal evangelical , truth is announced at the beginning, in the form of a Scripture text, as the duty of loving Jesus; his sacrifice; belief in Him; the necessity of a wedding garment; and with every variety of illus tration, always ending in a well-devised climax, it is urged upon his hearers' im mediate acceptance. Having thus, by divine aid, enlisted the feelings of the hearers, Mr. Hammond re quests them to join with him audibly in the prayer in which he will lead them. Kneel ing upon the platform, he utters, in a dozen brief, well-chosen sentences, a child's prayer for forgiveness, for a new heart, and em bodying a form of consecration to the ser viceuf .Christ. Then follows .a momentary hush, while all heads continue bowed, when Mr. Hammond's voice is again heard in a concluding word of prayer. The meeting is now, properly speaking, over, and yet the most important part of the work remains to be done—that in which- perhaps the largest part of the secret of Mr. Hammond's success lies. It is the general enlistment of Christians, ministers, Sabbath-school teachers, young converts and others, in the work of personal con-• versation and prayer with those who remain. To this work he urges Chris tians as earnestly and solemnly as he -urges the unconverted to repent. And under God, he succeeds in the latter because he succeeds in the former. He is enabled to accoMplish as wonderful a work with Christians, as with the unconverted. Timid Christians, Sabbath-school teachers, and ministers, who have never dared to open their mouths on the subject of personal religion to the unconverted, except under the most select and favorable circum stances, are impelled by the earnest words, and encouraged by the fearless example of this servant of God, to enter boldly and freely upon the work, then and there. And is it any wonder, that when uncon verted ones, already softened and interested by the earnest and affectionate appeals of the preacher, find themselves kindly ap proached on every hand by the people of God with the simple test questions—Do you love Jesus ? do you give him your heart now ? will you trust him as your Saviour ?—is it any wonder, we say, that many thus caught, as it were, between two fires, before their impressions are suffered to cool and evaporate in contact with the world, should be brought, on the spot, calmly, sweetly, sincerely, lo yield them selves to the service of the Saviour ? Cer tain it is, that those Christians who do engage in the work, find a very great joy and blessing in their own hearts, as well as indications too clear and marked to be mis taken, that the children of their flocks, their Sabbath-schools and their families, have, in those meetings, or as an immediate result of them, in large numbers, and mostly with the utmost calmness, serious ness and intelligence, given themselves to God. And it is worthy of note that the older Sunday-school scholars from the Bible classes, and youths generally from twelve to seventeen years of age, have been reached in large numbers, and have given most pleasing evidences of a gracious change, as much so as the younger children, towards whom the efforts seemed more especially directed. Whatever others may say or think, who have stood aloof or have coolly looked on, those who have thrown themselves into the work havulearned to appreciate the man, and to admire his methods in their essential parts; and many ministers and pious lay men are grateful to this bold and' enthu siastic worker for Christ, for the example he has set them and for its contagious and stimulating effect upon themselves. It has put them in an entirely new and aggressive attitude toward the unconverted, which they will be likely to maintain as long as they live, and if Mr. Hammond had accom plished no other result, that alone would have been well worth his coming. Judging from past experience, it seems too much, to expect entire unanimity even among truly spiritually minded persons, as to the methods and general work of Mr. Per annum, in advance: By Mail, $3. By Carrier, $3 60. Fins cents additional, after three months. 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Baptists and Methodists, by Con gyegationalists, and by Old and New School Presbyterians, and which has been at length corroborated by what has transpired under our own eyes. Others of God's true people may not be convinced. But let broad and comprehensive views prevail; let all show a readiness to recognize the manifold charac ter of the Spirit's manifestations and of the instrumentalities he employs; and let each and all, bowing humbly before God, and entreating him for new supplies of grace, labor in their own sphere and in the me thods most natural and easy to themselves, with new zeal for the salvation of sinners, and the upbuilding of Zion. THE CROIVNING VICTORY. " The Lord of Hosts is- with us." Com plete success has crowned the national arms in.the last serious struggle with the rebel lion.. Richmond and Petersburg were evac -uated in the night of the Sabbath, April 2d, and were entered by our victorious armies on the morning of April 3d. The rebellion which has been plainly doomed, ever since Grant intrenched himself across the Wel don road, and Sherman occupied Atlanta, has now come to an ignominious end. It is stamped before God and men as an utter and an ignominious" failure. The flying remnants of Lee's army—the few un quenched embers of rebel, hate and rebel purpose that may still glow in maddened bosoms, are not of sufficient consequence to qualify the declaration that the rebellion is crushed, and that our country, by divine favor, is saved. And how thankful - we are that this result is not marred by any lame, tricky, compro mising diplomacy, but has been accomplish ed by valor wielding the weapons of simple justice ; that our honored chief magistrate at the front proves that he bears not the sword of authority in vain; that such a measure of determination, such a view of the high moral and temporal interests at stake, such a conscience against yielding the precious principles of justice and na tionality involved in - the conflict, have been vouchsafed to the people, as to carry them with unbroken spirit through four years of the most stupendous conflict that modern times has witnessed, and to bring them to the realization of their high purpose fully to vindicate the insulted national au thority, and to reestablish Union upon no thing short of the utter ruin of secession. Yes! we are saved, doubly saved. We doubt, indeed, if, in the madness and pride of the secession leaders, peace could have been obtained even upon the dishonorable terms proposed to be offered by some sym pathizers with rebellion among us. How ever that may be, we are now, under God, sure of a righteous peace and of a lasting national salvation. We are saved from re bellion, we are saved from concession to the principles which justify rebellion. They are twice dead, plucked up by the roots. Their ensigns, nailed to the walls of Charles ton and of Richmond are trailed in the dust. It has, indeed, cost us more blood, more tears, more treasure now, but the future will show us that it was the true economy; that it was truly wise thus to risk all tem poral good to save the soul of the nation ; to part with all that we have, if we may thereby gain the pearl of great price in the casket of a free people, a deep-felt rever ence for the sacredness of the national cove nant. Hail to thee young Hercules of nations, crushing in thy cradle the formidable ser pents of rebellion and of slavery ! Hail glorious Republic ! rising with new strength and splendor from the dimness of long and doubtful conflict! Hail Liberty, with thy fresh wreaths blended from the palmetto and the pine, leading forth three millions of new trophies from the last stronghold of bondage in the civilized world ! All hail humanity ! that under the grand prin ciples and inspirations of the Christian faith, nowlaying aside the cumbrous weight and besetments of the past, and resisting sin unto blood, preparest with new ardor and elasticity to run the race set before thee. Ohl " Look unto Jesus" as the great polar star of truth, and no more swerve from the spirit of his Gospel, which, wherever it prevails, proclaims' GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, ON EARTH PEACE, GOODWILL TOWARD MEN. DEATH OF A BISHOP.—Rev. L. L. Hem line' for some twenty years past a Bishop of the M. E. Church, died at Mount Pleasant, lowa, on the 23d ult. He has been an inva lid for twenty years past, so much so as to preclude him entirely from the discharge of Episcopal duties. He has been a great suf ferer, but remarkable - throughout for a cheer ful submission to the Divine will.
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