giudianfints.
WHY DELAY?
[From a forthcoming volume, under the
above title, by the . Rev. Jacob Helfenstein,
D. D., now running through the press of
the Presbyterian Publication Committee,
we are permitted to extract the following
chapter, which bears the sub-heading of The
Interest at Stake.]
If religion were a matter of indifference
'or of secondary importance, delay in atten
tion to its calls might admit of some justi
fication; but if religion be anything, it
must be everything; if it be needful, it
must be the one thing needful; if it de
mands our attention at all, it demands our
immediate attention. "It is no vain thing;
it is your life "—the life'of your soul.. 7 1`HE
SOUL l-who can estimate its worth ! 'Who
can fully appreciate the importance of its
salvation, or the fearfulness of its loss ? All
on earth is shadow. Decay is written on
every object upon which we fix the: eye.
"All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man
as the flower of grass. The grass witherah,
and the flower thereof falleth away.".
Kingdoms and nations that once acted a
conspicuous part in the world's history,
have long since passed away. One genera
tion has quickly succeeded another, and the
present will soon vanish with the past.
These bodies, so fearfully and wonderfully
made, eve in them the seed of dissolution,
and after a few more rising and setting suns,
will mingle with their original dust. The
places that now know us will then know us
no more, and we shall no longer have any
part in the transactions of this busy earth.
"The heavens themselves shall pass away
with a great noise, and the elements melt
with fervent heat; the earth also, and the
works that are therein, shall be burnt up."
But. the soul of man holds on in intermi
nable existence, "amid the wreck of matter,
and the crush of worlds." Creatures of
yesterday, as we are, we have entered upon
a oareer that will know no end. Millions
of ages hence we shall be the same conscious
beings that we are now; and in some por
tion of Jehovah's dominions, shall exist in
a state of consummate bliss or woe.
Tremendous thought!
"To think when heaven and earth are fled,
And times and seasons o'er,
When all that east die shall be dead,
That I must die no more!
Ohl where shall then my portion be?
Where shall I spend eternity?"
What question can be infested with
greater importance to man than that which
relates to his eternal destiny? I am to
think forever, feel forever, act forever.
But what will be the nature of my thoughts,
my feelings,and my actions? Am Ito be .
holy or sinful, happy or miserable? Am I
to dwell in the life-giving presence of God,
or wither under his eternal frown? Am I
to be the companion of angels or of devils?
Am I to swell the undying note of redemp
tion to the Lamb, or take up the sad' la
mentation, "the harvest is past, the sum
mer is ended, and I am not saved?" .
Why should all our thoughts and anx
ieties be limited to this fleeting, transient
life ? Why should not man, as an immortal
being, extend his views to the future, and
determine, if possible, what is to be his al
lotment beyond the tomb? Is it not the
dictate of wisdom to attend to those things
first which are of the highest impOrtance?
Shall we care for straws, for bubbles, while
we neglect interests of eternal moment?
What are all the objects, the pursuits, the
interests of time, compared with 'those of
eternity? "What shall it profit a man if
he gain the whole world, and lose his own
soul?"
"Ohl were the world one chrysolite,
The earth a golden ball,
And diamonds all the stars of night,
One soul outweighs them all."
If, dear reader your existence were li
mited to the present life, you would have
nothing either to_ hope or to fear in refer
ence to the future; or, were you an inno
cent creature, the future might present no
thing appalling. Death to you then would
be but the passport to a higher and better
state of existence—"the gate to endless
joy."
But whose conscience does not accuse
him of guilt? Who can confront his eter
nal Judge, and plead that he has never
sinned? Who, if dealt with according to
his deserts, must not meet with the sentence
of condemnation? Your nature, exalted as
it is, is a nature in ruins. Your soul, valua
ble as it is, is liable to •be lost. The soul
lost!—not annihilated; but doomed to an
existence of eternal sinning and suffering
—lost to God, lost to holiness, lost to happi
ness, lost to hope, lost irrevocably and for
ever! What calamity can bear any com
parison to this? Well, might the universe'
be clothed in sackcloth, and utter one wail
of anguish over such a disaster. The fear
fulness of such% loss no pencil can describe,
no heart can conceive. Heaven grant that
neither the writer nor reader may ever
learn its import by experience.
Now, it was to save men from this ruin,
that the Son of God poured forth his blood.
He would not have shed it, to save a thou
sand worlds, but he shed it for the soul of
man Here then, we have his own esti
mate of the importance of man's salvation.
Oh, how much is comprised in that one
word--6.A.LvAmoN I—Salvation from sin
and from hell, " salvation with eternal
glory"—not only deliverance from the
greatest of all evils, but the possession of
the greatest good—crowns of- glory, palms
of victory, songs of triumph, eternal pro
gress in knowledge, holiness and bliss.
All this, and infinitely more than the
writer can express, is now freely offered to
you in the gospel; and shall interests so
vast, so precious be neglected, or put off to
a more convenient season? Shall all your
efforts to secure these interests be crowded
into the uncertain future ? Better neglect
everything else—better beg, starve, die,
than neglect,the great salvation.
What object can be of more immediate
importance to a criminal under sentence of
death than piirdon? What more important
to a drowning man than deliverance ?
What must I do to be saved ?" is emphati
cally the great question; and it should be
to every man the first and all-absorbing
question.
Men trifle with no other interests as they
do with those of eternity. Every thing
else demands despatch, but " the vast Con
cerns of an eternal state'.' are often left.to
the mercy of a single moment. A man is
engaged in writing a letter. Suddenly he
is startled by the cry of fire. Does he sit
still, determined to fill up his sheet, re
gardless of the flames which are already en
circling him, and the terrible ruin which
impends over him ? Important as he may
deem the subject of his correspondence, it
bears no comparison with the preservation
of his life. In these circumstances self
preservation takes the precedence of every
other consideration. And what object can
be of greater moment to a poor condemned
sinner than deliverance from the second
death—escape from that unquenchable fire,
which awaits all the finally impenitent and
unbelieving?
We read that when Syracuse was taken
by Biareellus, Archimedes, shut up in his
closet, was so absorbed in solving a mathe
matical problem, that he was wholly uncon
scious of 'what was transpiring without.
While thus absorbed in his private study,
a soldier rushed in upon him and bide' him
follow him speedily to Marcellus. " Stop,"
said Archimedes, " until I solve this pro
blem." ; .The soldier enraged at his- delay
to obey the summons, drew his sword, and
struck him dead. You pity the folly of the
philosopher, so absorbed in his stales at
such a crisis, as to overlook the prior claim
of self-preservation; and yet what an illus
tration we have here of theinfatuatio'n of
thousands, who, in the eager pursuit of this
world, neglect the interests of 'the future,
and sacrifice, at last, their eternal all.
A COWARD'S ESTIMATE OF LIFE.
The following, from the Cincinnati Ga
zette, illustrates the feelings not of one per
son, but a whole class of creatures, we will
not call them men, who have disgraced our
army.
I noticed upon the hurricane deck to-day
an elderly darkey with a very philosophical ,
and retrospective cast of countenance,
squatted upon his bundle toasting hii shins
against the chimney, and apparently plung
ed in a state of deep meditation. Finding,
upon inquiry, that he belonged to the Ninth
Illinois, one of the most gallantly behaved
and heavily losing regiments at the Fort
Doneleon battle"", and' part of which
aboard, I began to' interrogate him_
:upon
the subject His philosophy was so much
in the Falstaffian vein .that ;I will, gig u e his
views in his own words, as near as my me
mory serves me. - • -
"Were you inAtte fight ?" • ''
"`Had a little taste
"Stood your grnizad, did
No, sa, I. runs."
"Run at the first fire, did .you.?" .
"Yea, - -sa, and -would- had , ran soona,
had I knead it was
"Why, that wasn't very creditable to
your courage."
Dat isn't in my line, sa—cookM's,my
profeshun."
" Well, but have you no .regard for your
reputation."
"Reputation's nofin- by the side of life:"
"Did you consider your-life'worth - more
than other people's."
"It's worth More to me, sa."
"Then you must value it very highly?"
" Yes, sa, I does—more dan dis world
--more than a million ob dollars, sa, for.
what.would that be vuth to a man with the
bref out of him ? Self-preserbashum am
de fust la.w wid me."
" But why should you act upon a differ.:
ent rule froni other men?"
"Because .different men set different
values upon dar lives—mine is not in the.
market.'
" But if you lost it, you would have the
satisfaction .of knowing that you died for
your country." s'
" What satisfaction would dat be to me
when the power of feelin' was gone ?"
"Then patriotism and honor are nothing
to you?"
"Nuffin whatever, sa—l regard dem m
among the vanities."
"It our soldiers were like you, traitors
might have broken up the governnient
without resistance."
" Yes, sa, dar would have been no help
for it. I wouldn't put my life in de scale
'ginst no gobernment dat eber existed, for
no gobernment could replace de lose to
me."
"Do you think any of your company
would
‘ hare missed you if you had, been
killed ?"
" May be not, sa—a dead white man ain't
much to dese sogers, Jet alone a dead nigga
—but I'd a missed myself, and dat was de
pint wid me."
It is safe to say that the dusky corpse of
that African will never darken the field of
carnage.
LUTHER'S GENEROSITY.
He was a generouS giver, and would
never send any suppliant away empty, had
it not been for the necessary economy of
his good wife, he would often have been
made to want himself. He once took ad
vantage of her illness• to bestow his plate
on some needy student. He never would
receive a kreuzer from the students he
taught; and. he, even refused to sell his
writings, but gave them to the printers.
Had it not been for Mistress Luther, the
whole household would have been reduced
to beggary. He never scrupled to beg of
the Elector or any wealthy person for the
needs of others, (although never for his
own). His wife did not always have the
power to restrain his 'reckless giving and
his propensity to give everything away.
At one time in her very presence, he, in
defiance of her remonstrating looks, be
stowed 'on a student, who came to him
asking money to keep him , home from the
University, a silver goblet which had been
furnished to him, saying he had no need
to drink - out of silver.—Extracts from
Schcenberg-Cotta Family.
TAN-BARK FOR POTATOES.
A gardener at Troyes, " having observed
that everybody living in the quarter of the town
occupied by tanners escaped the cholera, de
termined to try the virtue of tan when plant
ing potatoes. For this purpose he placed a
shovelful of tan in the trench under the seed
in a part of the field, and planted the remain
der in the ordinary way. On digging out the
potatoes 'he found that those which were
planted near the tan were perfectly sound,
while the others were diseased. He found,
further, that potatoes were preserved in the
winter by sPreading tan on , the floor of the
storehouse.''
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL. 27, 1865.
Every traveller through England is
struck with the exceeding beauty, luxuriant
greenness, and compact, velvety softness of
their ornamental lawns and grass plots. It
is an evergreen greenness, which cannot be
equalled here without we also import the
moist English,climate.
Independent of the average drier atmos
phere, our severe and long continued
droughts interfere greatly with persistent
greenness, while they sometimes actually
injure beyond recovery many a• fine and
well-set lawn. This is owing very much to
the imperfect preparation of the soil'before
the grass seed is sown.. In new lawns, the
first and most, important requisite, without
which nono mixture of grasses, or ,quantity,
or kind of fertilizing agents will be of any
avail in securing - a perfect Mid ampact sod,
is depth of soil,. The plowing should be
fifteen inches deep, which can be best ob
tained by using a double Michigan plow.
This does the work thoroughly at a single
•
operation, lifting the sUbsoil'up, and;bring
ing it to the surface, where it ought to be
for improvement. In a dry season, when
there is no moisture above, that from below;
drawn up by capillary attraction, is it all
times available to the grass roots. Siich a
sod will seldom become brown, even in the
driest seasons. While the soil should be
deep, it also should, be, made rich by the
thorough incorporatign through it of short
and well decomposed manure. The deep
plowing having been performed in the fall,
a heavy dressing of manure should be
plowed in shallow in the spring with a
lighter plow. •
Thorough harrowing and fine pulvetiza
tion must - follow, and 'all hollows and un
even surfaces be filled; and levelled up. In
England a mixture of some eight or ten
grasse constitutes what is called 'their lawn
grass. But many of them are found en
tirely out of place here, and the mixture
which succeeds best, is the Kentucky green,
or blue grass, perennial rye grass, herd
grass, aucl w . hite clover, with ,a ,small pro
portion. of the sweet-scented vernal grass,
(Anthoxantlum . odoratntn). The two
fornier and especially the green grass,
abound in radical leaves, and having also
an abundance 'of: fibrous roots, soon, occupy
the ground and make a firm, compact, and
perennial sod. ,
A lawn or grass plot . made up in this
way, can: be • sustained' ;almost •indefinitely
by'jndininiis top ' &easing from time to-time•
of like, plaster, short stable nier4re;'Super
phosylates, and Other;:fertilizere.•=-4ural
Advertiser
FRDITGARDEN. '.
•
Fruit trees that have 4 proved undesirable:
from .any± cause, may be re-grafted. with:
more favored kiitcls. This is an advantage
with Some varieties—it takes an age, for
instance, `to get - the Seekel Pear into bear
frig condition from a nursury qised tree;
'but by grafting it on one that has already
CO milted at the years of discrgion," the
advantage of placing a youngr. hold on-old
shoulders, in this way is soon made mani
fest. \
. Buds that were inoculated last falls ould
not be forgotten, but as soon as vege tiOn
has pushed forth, the buds should ;be es
aininedrand all other issues from the old
stock taken away. It may also be neces-*
sary to make .11 tie, in order to get the young
shoot of the bud to go in the way from
which you would not have it hereafter de
part.
Above all, do not allow,themonli to pass
without posting yourself afresh on the va-.
rious methods_reeommended for destroying
inseos, or preventing their : attacks. The
advantage of a stitch in time .is never more
decided than in the great struggle with
fruit - destroying insects.-- Gardener's
Monthly. "
PLANTING PEAS DEE'
Deep planting is- not general' resorted
to, under the impression that thel seed will
rot in the ground. This is a Idae. - Peds
tjac
covered six or eight inches dee 0 will pre
duceltwice as much as- those cered but
an inch; they will continue flowering
longer, 'and the vines are mor vigorous,
and-do not lie down, as is ofte the case
when shallow plantings are, m de. ' We
I
have tested this matter, and , ther ore know
from experience, that if it is dewed to get
a large crop, the seed must be 4be buried
deep in the soil. ` A suitable piece of
ground, which , had been enrichthe tpre
vious year, was deeply ploughed - the fall,
and again in the spring, and t in.tuke
tilth. One:half of the piece wr
i
out n drill,a nd 'the seed covered ,
deep. 'On the othdr half the pi
sunk beam-deep, and the seed s
the bottom of the furrow. In
one-half the piece was gone over,
wards merely levelled; leaving t
least eight inches below the sur
peas that ' were ploughed in w
longer in making their _sea
they shot ahead of the others,
were more thrifty and vigorou
duced treble the quantity of t
two-inch drills at their side.
used was of the same lot, the
England variety, and the soil, ti?
ing, and culture (except the mar
ting in) were predisely the se]
place. This experiment convir
peas flourish best in deep' plani
have repeatedly had, our attent
the fact, in observing idifferef
learning the manner of cul
Herald.
fur at l'anttoms.
MAKING A LAWN.
BLOOD FOR PEAR
Years ago, when pear tree
my father, Ki. C. H. Wit
large trees Which were/very
with the blight. He cut ou ,
affected, dug up the earth,'
and turned the blcod of t ,
hogs on the roots, when h:
I
the fall. In spring the' tr:)
full bloom, never showint.
blight, ripening their' fru
ever. • Since ,then our tre.;
the benefit of this noh ft I
have an abundance o 4 this 2
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Mrs. E. W. SMITH,
No. 28 N. Fifth St., below Arch, Philada.
Ladies' Dresses, Cloaks, Shawls, Ribbons. &c.. dyed
in any color, and finished equal to new.
Gentlemen's Coats, Pants and Vests cleaned, dyed
and repaired. 963 1y
Dr. BEALE'S
DENSERVO!
Is a most invaluable, reliable and delightful prepa
ration for the
TEETH AND GUMS.
To a great extent in every case, and entirely in
many. it prevents decay of teeth. It also strengthens
the gums, keeps the teeth beautifully clean and the
breath sweet. It is highly recommended by both
Doctors and Dentists, and is believed to be as good a
preparation for the teeth and gums as science and ex
perience has ever produced.
Prepared solely by
S. T. 13EA...31..E, Dentist,
1113 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
W For sale by Druggists.
. Price $1 per Jar.
HENRY HARPER,
No. 620 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
Dealer in and Manufacturer of
WITCHES, FINE JEWELRY,
S , TT,V.VII. - CV.ALTtm,
AND SUPERIOR PLATED GOODS
BY THE
TRAVELERS' INSURANCE COMPANY,
CAPITAL.
Atil, It ALLEN, AGENT,
404 WALNUT STREET,
For Five Hundred Dollars, with $3 per week compen
sation, can be had for $3 per annum, or any other sum
between $5OO and $lO.OOO at ptoportionate rates.
TEN DOLLARS PREMIUM
Secures a Policy for $2OOO, or $lO per week compensa
tion for all and every description of accident—travel
ling or otherwise—under a General Accident Policy, at
the Ordinary Rate.
THMITY DOLLARS PREMITTM
Secures a fall Policy for $5(0), or $25 per week com
pensation, as above, at the Special Rate.
FOREIGN RISRS.
Policies issued, for Foreign, West India, and Cali
fornia Travel. Rates can be learned by application
to the Office.
Arrangements are in course of completion by which
the traveller will be able to purchase. at any Railway
Ticket Office, Insurance Tiekete for one or thirty days'
travel. Ten cents will buy a ticket for one day's
travel, insuring $3OOO, or $l5 weekly compensation.
Ticket Polices may be had for 3,6, or 12 months; in
the same manner.
CHARLES STOKES,
E. T TAYLOR.
W. J. STOKES.
Hazardous Riskstaken at Hazardous Rates. Policies
issued for 5 years for 4 years premium.
The rates of premium are less than those of any
other Company covering the same risk.
No medical examination is required and thousands
of those who have been rejected by Life Companies,
in consequence of hereditary or other diseases. can
effect insurance in the TRAVELLERS' at the lowest
rates.
Life Insurance Companies pay no part of the_prin
cinal sum until the death of the assured. The TRA
VELLERS' pay the loss or damage sustained by per
sonal injury whenever it occurs.
.The feeling of security which such an insurance
Siva to those dependent upon their own labor for
support is worth more than money. No better or
More satisfactory use can be made of so small a sum.
.J. G. BATTERSON, President.
RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary.
G. P. DAVIS Vice President.
fIENRY A. DYER. General Agent.
Applications received and Polieies issued by
WILLIAM W. ALLIIIIG
,1110. 404 Walnut Street.
.Vfl, lIIMAICWITRIIST:_CONAII
932-tf I
LOSSES PAID DURING THE YEAR
Insurances made upon Alsootal Abstinence Rates.
the lowest in the world. upon JOINT STOCK
Rates which are over 20 per cent. lower than Mutual
Rates. Or MUTUAL RATES upon which a DIVI
DEND has been made of
on Policies in force January Ist. 1865.
THE TEN-YEAR NON-FORFEITURE PLAN, by
which a person insured can make all his payment
in ten .years, and does not forfeit, and can at any time
cease paying and obtain a paid up policy for twice or
thrice the amount paid to the company.
ASSETS.
$lOO,OOO U. S. 5.20 bonds,
40,000 City of Philadelphia 6s. new,
80,000 U. S. Certificate of indebteness,
25,000 Allegheny County bonds,
15,000 U. S. Loan of 1881,
• 10,000 Wyoming . Valley Canal bonds,
10,000 State of Tennessee bonds,
10,000 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
bonds,
10,000 Pittsburg, Fort . Wayne &
Chi
cago bonds.
9,000 Reading Railroad Ist mortgage
bonds,
6,500 City of Pittsburg and other
bonds,
1,000 shares Pexuasylvania Railroad
stocks,
450 shares Corn Exchange National
Bank,
22 shares Consolidation National
• Bank.
107 shares Farmers' National Bank
of Reading,
142 shares WilliamsportWater Com
eanr,
192 shares American Life Insurance
and Trust Company,
Mortgages, Real Estate, Ground Ran'
dke
Loans on collateral amplysecured
Premium notesaecured by Policies
Cash in hands of agents secured by bond!
Cash on deposit with U. S. Treasurer, at
per rent
Cash 011 hand and in banks -
Accrued interest and rents due, Jan. 1
THE AMERICAN IS A HOME COMPANY.
Its TRUSTEES are well known citizens in our
midst, unfitting it to more consideration than Xhosa'
whose managers reside in distant cities.
Alexander whiudin.l William J. Howard,
J. 'Edgar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine,
George Nugent. John Aikman,
Rom James Pollock, I Henry K. Bennett,
Albert C. Roberts, Hon. Joseph Allison.
P. B. Mingle. Isaac Harlehurst,
Samuel Work.
ALEX. WHILLDIN, President.
SAMUEL WORE, Vice-President.
JOHN S. WILSON. Secretary and Treasurer.
WENDEROTH & TAYLOR,
Nos. 912, 914 and 916 Chestnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
PHOTO-MINIATURES ON PORCELAIN,
Ivorytypes, Photographs, Cartes de Visite
Portraits in Oil and Water Colors,
Executed in the highest style.
Air- VIEWS OF COUNTRY SEATS made, 10 b
13 inches.
Skylights on First and Second Floor.
EDWARD P. RIPPLE,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
No. 820 Arch Steeet, Philads.
Photographs from miniature to life-size finished in
the finest styles of the art. 960-17
GERMON's
TEMPLE OF ART
No. 914 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
PHOTOGRAPHS IN ALL STYLES.
Late of 702 Chestnut Street.
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERIES!
akinvaitio.
INSURANCE
AG AINS
ACCIDENTS
EIT3P.II - Y
HARTFORD, CONN
rmL J ELrML&.
GENERAL. ACCIDENT POLICIES
SHORT TIME TICKETS
INDIICEM:ENTS
AMERICAN
Wahtift Street, S. E. cor. ofFourtb.
INCOME FOR THE YEAR 1864,
$35'7,800.
AMOUNTING TO
$85,000.
FIFTY RER CENT,
Ito'bffaittl,s.
And every style of
B. A. WENDEROTH. [942-IyJ W. C. TAYLOR.
0. B. DeMORAT,
S. W. earner Eighth and Marhetlita.,
Entrance No. 2 South Eighth,
PHILADELPHIA.
$500,000
$39&i36 50
207,278 86
112.755 73
114,899 0
26,604 70
50,000,00
50,331 6
10.454 41