PASSAGLIA. by ret. daniel march, d.d. Next to Pio Nono himself, the most influential person in the religions ftffairt of Cajtholic Italy.-at the Carlo Fassaglia':’ He belongs to ah-dld and reputable family, in a country where lineages are traced back to the Csesars and the Scipios. His • father held the rank of general in the military establish ment of the Grand Duke Leopold, and he enjoyed the income of landed estates in Lucca, ample enough to enable him to live respectably in one of the many prison-like palaces of Florence. Carlo was an only son, and heir to property valued at two hundred thousand dollars. By the laws of Tuscany, his choice of the priesthood and his subsequent union with the fraternity of Loyola, involved the renunciation of his inheritance,‘as well as the honors of his ancestral name and family. It is characteristic of the man ners of Italy, that disappointment in an affair of the heart, at the age of thirteen, should be assigned as the reason why the passionate and premature boy took upon himself the vow* of celibacy, add enrolled. r his name as a. novice in the College of the Jesuits. He gave him- self so severely and successfully to the ■study of .patristic lore, as to receive great applause as a public lecturer at the age of seventeen. After thirty years of patient and unwearied discipline in the duties of his Order, he had . risen to the Highest eminence the blind meter physics’ an«rthe theology of the Romish -t**-*®^ Wlfdn , 'jih^ / -t ■to establish the adgma- Cbn ceptibh'byipioofsydrawu from the-musty tomes? .of y»ediBe,tskl?;4<}re, r ;hen turned/to Passaglia for help,jmd. the vvyork .was done*/ ThiSjgreat/ feat of ecclesiastical made of nothing, was regarded by Pio Nono wifh'prdfauncL'gratitude a,nd~adini ration. Theric6fdraft#beneverlie wished to-’h¥rdSt thb'prbgfess ’bf the worldtn? ward light and "liberty 1 , or to set back the index 6nfthe' f &ill-jjlate time, Paßsa gfftfiwaS‘;the;nrahf;tp''w; homhelo()kedfor the~accoinplishmenlr,of the impossible. At lehgth'j in'' afte vil for the of the 'Fathers and Student of the School men, to negotiate with -Count Cavour for the adjustmen%’ ) %’f !: difficulties between Iflsdiftpfti;VOnd thp P.apal see. The’ great soul and the enlightened- patriotism of the Sardinian statesman were a new revela tion to" the man , whose strong .intellect had been disciplined ‘And darkened by the f durinirig qSsuiStry and false expedi ences of the Jesuits’ College., It was proof of great original strength and no blepes%,M &t inijtd, that he could , still, to some degrqe t and adopt the views of.. CaVour,'after thirty years.of discipline in the-dark school of studied igdOfandeikhd-sanctified falsehood..' Prom tpCTjHajaßKftfffogiMto see dimly thatwith wbi'SShe had aHbstah.fta i t4d‘ I #t H l i: Gbhcep tion, he. now- began*to use as a tworedged swotd ?ta> prove from," the same source that the head of-the Church had no war rant for himself up as a fcivil ruler. ’ " ', v 'The potyer? that' praised aniWioribrSd him before, were now combined for his detraction. of the Jesuits fcnd of the Holyliather knew ho bounds. An'Hnglisli, Catholic. lady undertook to conqeaJ 3 hiin- for: a; few days, until he houldvfind afa OjipGrtumty 'to escape from 1 the city, . and' .whiter doing so, she was, warned 'by ••friendly priestß, that his only .gainst'vphison, 'even 1 ! in‘ her Own house, wouldj' be to eat nothing but -eggs. . The vast'Dalazzo Spada. in which the, lady lived,-was,im&idly .:searched by th'e RomiSH ritflic'e while Passaglia was hidden in pne, of-its cp.untiess, apartments:. But hostess contrived fo di vert their attention' from the place of his concealment. , The r nexjy :( night,.a large party wiiA 'given 1 at’the palace; and al though' the- whola .structure was sur T rounded by polico, hr the multitude eomiDg, an.dj ;goingythe hunted fugitive walked out in.i the borrowed dress of a prince, with-,a lady upon .his arm,, en tered a and drove away with out being suspected: The, 1 next dayyat ehrly dawn, he passed through the P6rta del Popoio-in*the,djBguise .of -a,,servant A little" Way "oht"'6n' the* beyond , the Milvian Bridge, he found tffirep. men arrival, . with horse's Saddled and f ready to run. J ‘All metuntedscand. galloped toward, the -fr,on tier with a to which the dread of / *"' l The next "morning;: exhanstedr. with want of slee P. Pas saglia saw 'upon ile'balls'of the houses in crossing '"’the“Welds'- ahd J -travelling all nightori f6o’tf,i-=-“- Viva,' il He?' -'V-ittorio Emmanuele” andb’e ’knew that he was safe. .■ HA whs MlcfomedSwith asm by the Gpyernment t apd the people of'.emancipgted' Italy fj<)l liable to the. same' penal consequences and desert of punishment. But there: are others who go. to the Other extreme,--and affirm that we have no connection whatever with Adam, any more than with -any (Other,-Individual who" has sinned. ; ( 1.) ; Qur}dehpmiuation,|howeyer, jdoes wot regard man as- thus an isolated beiDg; nor that he is in' any sense so related to Adam as to be guilty or liable to punishment for Adam’s sin. . £2.)- Thpy do believe'that; asia--fact;, ali inengare; depraved,-and do commit sin, without any exception, and that this fact results from our connection as a race with Adam. We do not attempt to explain by covenant or otherwise, nor do we think that the Scripture reveals the intrinsic nature or cause, or mode of the relation of the race to our first Parent. We hold' * that sin comes as a certain result, so that on account of this relation all are sinners, have sinned and will sin if left to themselves. We cannot see that this arrangement is unjust, for it is a fact, that all are sinful and commit sin. - In this law of association there are advan tages showing a wise design. The race ndight have been of individuals- each 1 in dependent of the other, each one’s con duct affecting only himself. But God hes so constituted man that the conduct of one, even now; may involve .the misery of others.. Those who thus suf fer, may not be guilty of his sin. The union, the grouping together, the mutual, relationships of society; ari not less the source of blessings than of misery; Man weeps not alone, neither does he rejoice alone Thus, while we can see reason, and wisdom, that- men should be . in timately related to each other and to Adam, we cannot, see- how men are in any sense guilty for'the sin ofi tuiotber,- commited six thousand years befoj-ethey. were born. r 'f . 2d. The second doctrine 'refers 'to inan’s relation to God as an I accountable being. High Calvinists believ| (we. quote from a learned Professor in ‘one of these Schools to his pupils) that “there is no ability, in .the proper, sense of the term, in man, truly to repent.and be lieve, while in his natural condition," and that “ there is an entire absence of any Scripture authority for," the assump tion, that a man can withopt. Divine in n fluence repent and believe;” that “there is no intimation in Scripture, that man can by his own Strength tiirri ‘ himself unto God, that the Bible does not teach, n-or any where assert, the- ability of-man to turn, repent and believe- the Gospel,” ajn'd that “ this inability is far more than an indispositi6n,.er7disihclihatiqn”—and therefore—“to tell men that they can do a thing when, in fact; theycabndt, is merely to delude, them.” They hold in substance that, , when it is; said,; 1 that 'i man is dead in sin,” that,?/the,jharnal mind: cannot be subject to the law, of God,” there is just aB truly an absolute inability; for man to exercise|hpiritp;al pojyets for moralfigood, as theje, is in ability in his physical nature to lift a ■world ; and that though physical, intel , lectual and moral -ability are different’ in kind, in the cases above, they are never theless premselyi; the same degree. They affirm, therefore, that there - is no valid. t . distinction; between mutual and moral ability as these terms are Used by' others,- and were unfolded by Edwards.. The Arminian, though4h& gresrtr-oppo nent of .-the high Calvinist, holds, never theless, the same view in regard to the alleged fact of'man’s total inability,to dp any ,good thing in bis natural, state. But while thus far agreeing, they differ most widely invthe practical inferences. The extreme Galvinist .-affirms .that this total “ inability does not remove man’s obligation in this directionor, in gene ral terms, that 1 “ this inability (to use the language of the one quoted above) is perfectly consistent with moral obliga tion, sand that man ’a obligation in-regard to God, is not to be v measured ,by his ability ;” that God- r r?quires men by the greatest obligation to repent and believe, which they have not the '-ability to do. Bhr the' Arminian ,denies that* niah,';in hisirnatUral state,- is,under' obligation to repent and be holy; -he holds, therefore, that God communicates to, eyefy one a gracious ability,’( which renders him responsible.; that God.jnakes no .distffiC ,tipns in bestowipgr hiS'Shiritt ;>-t-h'at Man* s salvation depends exclusively upon his htyn.will, and that there can be no such, thing as the electing graee of; God ! " Ohe' of these - viewk’mak&s’everyt.Hjti'g ; depend- upon-the absolute 'decree of G^jd r ; the other, upon the self-uetermihina'-wBl of man ' 111 " 3 Bat we cannot see that either of these views, agrees with the: legitimate import of--Scripture vvhen -carefully compared,- QUbfparf fwith ahotfift! ' ’ j » (I-,): We hold that man’s obligation cmi be np greater than ■ his ability, both id physical, intellectual; and moral things' alike ; consequently: that ‘ mdn,' in' bis normal state as a.sinner, is not deprived' of ,a. true and genuine abjj,ity, and that it is this ability that renders him respon sible to repent and exercise faith. (2.) But we also hold that man is so wilfully sinful, - so; - guiltily selfish, that he never does, or. will truly repent, ex cept by the : especial operation of the Holy In this; view We have human freedom bn the one side,. and electing grace on the other. We do not affirm-, .thak -thisnexplains, everything, in regard, to the mysterious, subject' of Divine Sovereignty andihuman freedom; but that it accords -with reason,! Chris tian consciousness, and with the Holy Scriptures so far as these are;applicable; to the case.. - >:o ... It has the following advantages: •' • (1.) It casts, logically f all the respon sibility upon the sinner,;ayriidihg:';the contradiction of demanding of him, that vyhich ‘‘ he has np, propey j ability j ”.to, do. ; , (2.) Wealso avoid,- the- Arminian. fallacy—that man islrresponsible 'until: he has received “ gracious ability” of the Spirit—for if man must have communi cated to him, this “ gracious ability” be fore he is responsible, then he cannot be, in liis natural state, an accountable being at all; arid' it is, impossible to conceive, can be'called “gracious” which: isynecessary to man’s -becoming account- able, and without which- he is not sub ject to law or punishment. While, therefore, avoiding these errors on either side, we secure the great and scriptural doctrine of unmerited grace to all those who are saved, so, that they will say, in view of their guilt, which rendered them naturally sensible to the Divine perfec tions, “ Not unto us, but unto Thy namp give glory for Thy mercy and for Thy triithjs', sake.” “Not by works of righteousness which we have dond, but by his mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and the renew ing of the Holy Ghost, which He shed on us„ abundantly throflgh Jesus Christ our Saviour.” LILT S , [We pu dished, some weeks ago, a let ter from the; bereaved mother of this sainted e lild to Rev. E. P. Hammond. •Allowed the - privilege of perusing .fcjjrp; other letters from s this intelligent Chris tian lady (to Mr. Hammond, and contem plating tile calm, mature face of the de parted ascaught by the photographer, we'are impelled to share at least part of ,opr gratification, in giving these interest ing letters in part to our readers ] j LEXTER’ ACCOMPANYING THE LIKENESS. ' : Kev. Mr. Hamnond—My Dear Sir —I thank you for your kind reply to my letter, and also for the paper andpicture of your Self. I take; pleasure in sending youa-likeness of my precions, Lily, and cannot help\ wishing that she could: have, possessed before her'departure.'' I had been' unable to obtain one' here, vjhichf w'as a steripus, : idisappointment- to her, so i lovingly did -she cherish your memory.- "-This shall'now be framed and hung in--her l own pretty room, Where I am writih'g, and where I take greafjc'pm fprt in spending large portions oftiihe. . Here! I often think of Mrs. Browning’s lin'es, 5 written' by a child’s grave: i “ Well doneofGod, .to halvethelot, - i ’ ■- And give her.all'the sweetness; ." To ns,-me empty room and cot, — To her,; the .Heaven’s completeness.' , “Eorjier, .to'gladden in God’s view,— _:Eor ns to hope and bear on I-• ~ Lily, in thy garden pew, . , Beside the rose of Shatfon.”' ; This' of Lily was taken she, was nine andA-balf years old, and ! amsureyou .will: admit bears,, the marki -of maturity beyond her age. Her; skin was almost' Silvery in its whiteness, with, very red. lips, and a constantly varying •expression., . : ■ The picture conveys no idea of beauty; but when the soul spoke out in her face, i,t..mas. trulybeautiful. Gentle, woman ly, Christ her constant pattern, and her. heart fall of His love, do you wonder ttT&t hOT mobticr*H—ll To—eoomo most blighted by such a loss ! ; [Aisecorid-’ letter contains many tender and deeply o f' the closing scenes of, her life. She ‘was nearly, ten years old.] f i Revi Mb. Hammond — My Bear Sir —On' the'morning after her firstviolent attack,, jshe /turned, to, me as I sat' he'sjrW 1 her,f and'said, “ if I have my wish,lit shall never getwelll’ Startled, I asked, "Dp you think you should !g,o io j-heaven,' Lily, .jfyob died!’’ "Cer- she replied. • •, " Why, my. dear ?” “ OK, Mamina,’?'Bhe answered, almosfcfe proachfully, “you knowwhy I think so. perfectly well.” , .This referred to the re peated conyersationswe had had regard ing heruassurance of Jesus’ love for,her; ahd ‘ her -equal‘Confidence that He was the 1 ; dearest, object‘of her love.' She at remedies ‘offered* 1 saying, *< 1 would .rather. after ezplainingjto .her -the; Ghristiah-duty of making every proper effort for life,, she- I Cbdld : sbe ; ' always’ ’ She, iof,distress, cryo.ut, “Pray, MaWma, priay,?/; jHeriihrothfer being/ilPiafcthe ~ same t time ! with herself, she' one dfty sent * for him, land idaid,.," jChadie, ZiH^vphe'JafUr‘ tq 'ask of you, and it is the.last: Will you !go to< Sabbath/school?” • After obtaining! !his.J>rorhise, ! sh'e said, 11 Now you can go, Igpodj-gye.” As . the ,door dosed, her ,facdlighted /UP) -and ~ she, cried., out, "‘ When Charlie. comes, too, Maifima, ; we will be bright’ little'.angels together, ;won’t we?” .: After a while, she' added, “i promised my teacher I would get Charlie’to go to ‘ Sabbath-schooh” ■. She; ha'd-tried to peirsu'ade hirn many times’ j befdih 1“ i it a \ n i but fcquld/not bear, to die until, that .^promise. -was effectuallyc.Eep ’deemed. Lily named the class -'she; ■wishcdhim to- enter, and greats was my ; ‘Uuiazement. in taking 'him to, it after wards, to see the good judgment evinced in' the’ selection. 'Not another one | seemed so suitable, showing plainly how | mnCh thought, and probably, prayer,, she l had i • bestowed on the matter. She pos sessed that faith which made her prayers 'prevailing, for she assured mb : that shp could, not, remember one instance in. her - life, i where she had asked God for any-, thing and been denied. Ten days ‘be fore her death, instilling me this, she .added,;, “I cannot' pray in .icor-ds any . longer, now, but I lift up ’ my heart to i God, and L.'knpio he ,hears me.’! - ’ The next 'day she told her physician 'the greater, her sufferings, the nearer herjSgyio.ur seemed to her. (On Sabbath, she asked, for her Sabbath-school hymn books. Looking them deliberately over-; she selected “ Jesus loves me,” and asked me to sing it softly to her. In’ my grief ,'j'jdid not begin, the. right tune - ,,add she. commenced itforme in an exultant voice;! evidently appropriating it to "her qvsi |,itdation.- ‘As I 'finished, l shq ; ;said^ “ That’s enough,” and had the books laid aside foreVerto her. She noticed my uncontrollable tears, and restrained as much as possible the appearance of suffering, saying, “If onty m y bead ached, or some one place in my body, I could bear it better.” Once, in her ago nies, she begged to be lashed to the bed for fear she should injure some one, and cried out: “ O God, tike me- to heaven quick, if I am going,” and “'kneel down and pray for me, pray for me on your knees,” to every one in the room. One' 1 evening'her’face seemed to beam with ■delight. She said to me, “ I teel very happy-to-night;” This I learned was the- result of'“peace in believing.” Once: I came into her room after a short ab sence, and she. called meinear to say, “ Mamma, did you-ever pray and have your pain all taken away; I- did a little while .since, when my head- ached so* hard; I prayed, and the pain all left me:??: When asked to forgive/all -that had. ever been done or said to her in past that was she « I have nothing to ; I never remember such things afterwards.. How could I have said the Lord’s .Prayer every night if I had?” She loved very little, children devotedly/ and' seemed" most: pleased: at the thought of seeing* the .“little : angels’? in heaven. After asking me: some; ques tion* regardingpheir growth, to .which I Twas obliged to say “ I dti not :know, dear,” she burst out with,l.shall know more of heavSh in five minutes than all the Bible - tells.” I said “When you reach that blessed place you: .will tell your dear Saviour how , much you love him, and:thank him, for ; dying ; for you.” “Ido that here,”(She? replied. During the night preceding.her. death, she ejacu lated frequently, “ Aft/Eatherinheaven!” “ o,God! Father,” etc. _ ..... She herself calmly announced the immediate approach of death, saying, “I am going, to..idie/^Mp?®,”,and. calling for absent members; of the,,family, added, it will be a happy release.”. . • I have thus ..at. the risk.qflsome repe tition of,the contents of my former let ter> given ,you afew additional ;particu-. dark regarding, dear..Lily’psickness and peaceful ,-.. !KW(i ... ■ , THE.SPIitLTUAL USE QF ; ECCLEBIAS- ■T-ICAL MEETINGS,.. The time for the: autumnal meetings of-Presby tefiesahd Synods near. Pastors • refreshed rby. vacation, rest, and'rambling, are looking SfeFward to,new labors and increase of.gohd,*. The people thinking,, of the approaching winter, with , its .filled churcjhes, with its lengthened evenings, its opportuni ties for effective work., in , .the.i re-assem bled,, congregations,, and,, it may be, of the renewal of blessed winder experiences in.years .gpne by. The -utir- ncclemaabioal court's, stan d fittingly as the prelude,-—as th|> war , councils, in which to plan .new campaigns , and re new the .vigor add spiritual force of those whom. CfoThau appointed leaders of the host. ■’'These'meetings 'shouldTie;the be-' ginnings of revivals. *' ‘ Consider the amount of 1 spiritual force concentrated at such a tiine; a dozen or serve Gpd; zeal to 'tEeir owh ! hearts, dnd for an awakehingin'the'ir'ownnhurchesrThey peet, maiily;j^}r4]iu^iesf,j(!corisider ing blisineW chiefly ih itS'fortefnal' rela lations,) and even their business is best done when it'tfake^^hold 1 - of.the heart most firmly.’Herfe are men‘whbseliyes in their widest bounds/whose’ '. ail, 1 ,'m every relation,.has, beonl consecrated to God ; ’men, whose daily prayer is that God’s work may bp’ revived; men o$ experience, who been: blessed; inthe days .of ;Qld,:who have studfod'the daws' oT ; theyrXingdom' of HSavenmen'Wh’o* Wish' tbatthfif ule pT.theirlives increasingly ; that ;o£activityiimsedsbnund!Qut.ofsBeaBon,;the. jzeal for ! th'e ! ‘Master’s sake which shall by .ail means save souls. Here are men who nap; : mbre, c .dh kindle a, flame ; not simply :'foiling where :the dry -sticks •: cani be] found; or how bestito heap them’ to catch the full est draft; but can bring the live coals; a,nd blpw the fire, and fan a : nxf feed’ till jthfr,lo.yei;pi^e a jvorid'tphall- be burned up, and-pastor and.people with .whom: they meet shall fairly blaze. If one’ earnest minister, of elder, or praying niembpr, can do great things in‘a* church, what shall not, be iooked for from a Presby tery ?■• It is wonderful to think of .the possibilities' l in the reach of such a con- 1 ceiiiS.atiph of force..,, ' : " ’‘“.Consider, ‘ .too, T the .-attitude :'ot > a churchbfeceivihg Such a meeting, .: They, know that every man professes, to have no thought before the glory of Gbd inthe good, of men. They kno w th*t they are : praying men ; that. they are to be i scat tered through the congregation, arid are to have many and many to. build or.rebuild;- or nowfy anoint .the i family altar, ,to speak words- of encour i agement; and comfort and'tfae-iChristian fellowship ; • at the very least, to shine : *ltb the light of a' godly. and .devout example. , They know that ; often ; such 'meetings:have been the beginnings of 'great;things, intlie Ghurchi ’’‘They know ! th^g.od’p,‘blessing,goes witj^theip'. ,! l These: things are true in geh'erai. Buir the meeting of this fall, .come; a'pephMMyin^ortanttanifcji -ip. n 2 C character?'*Ehe ! o?Sing f , always Animated amOpg the negroes,, rang, out, with, stirring potver upon the quiet air. of the green woods V-.r,.:vV- ’"V ?: c.'h: , j ■ - i - •■MvV. . L ■