CDrusp.nutratf. \V IL FORSTER IN AMERICA.* A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE ABOLITION or SLAVERY. • It has been my privilege to read with rare pleasure the memoirs of Mr. Forster, published in London during the present year, in two octavo volumes. A member of the Society of Friends, intimately as sociated with the Gurneys, father and son, Elizabeth Fry and Joseph Sturge, at a most interesting period in the move ments for moral reform in Great Britain, his biography is full of interesting facts. But the chief charm of the work is the wonderful love of Christ displayed by the subject of this sketch, United with a meekness and humanity rarely wit nessed. In one of his letters he expresses the joy of his life in this language : "Of all other _things I love to be driven to the Savintir, and to have my need of Him brought home to my soul." He made several visits to America, burdened with a care for souls. The first was during the agitation in the So ciety of Friends that prevailed pevious to the schism under the leadership of Elias Hicks. In his journal, alluding to the growth of skepticism, he wTites:— " The sorrows and trials which have been so largely, my portion in entering into the depths and extent of that dark and skeptical spirit, so lamentably prev alent among Friends in America, have brought me more than ever to appreciate the kindness and love of our Heavenly Father in having caused the light of his external revelation to break forth upon us; and I think that Christ was never more precious to me, than since I have been so much in the way of those who call in question his, glorious divinity and the efficacy of his mediatorial offices." The condition of the American slave was the cause of much anxious thought, and in 1824 he wrote: "Almost from the first of my coming into America, I have wished to obtain a brief summary of all the laws in althe different States relating to slaves and free people of color. A few Friends in Philadelphia are now interested in the object, and I hope it will be accomplished, though it Must be a work of considerable time, of no small labor, and probably of some ex pense. I know of nothing that would be so likely to rouse the feelings of the people of the Eastern and Middle States into action as having these statutes brought before them by such a compenL dium." Later in the year, he wrote :—" The work I have had so long in view, a di gest, of this laws of the different States affecting slaves and free colored people, is iii progress. A. young man, an attor ney in Philadelphia, the son of my friend David Stroud, of Stroudsborough, ha it in hand; he is hearty in the cause. I argue great things from its publica tion." .. He was not too sanguine, for although more than a generation has passed away since the compilation was begun, it re mains a standard work for reference, and has furnished material for the use of Whittier, Efildreth, and Harriet Stowe. If space was allowed, it would be plea sant to note the interviews that this apostolic man had with the good men of the continent of Europe : such as Tho luck, Neander, Malan, Revel, and others; but in this communication I shall only add some account of his last visit to America. In 1849, although sixty-five years of age, he visited the Sovereigns of Eu rope, and in person presented to them the Memorial of the English Friends on the wickedness of the African Slave Trade. At the yearly meeting of Friends in 1853, it was felt that the time had come for the presentation of the same address to the President of the United States and Governors of the several States. Although now nearly three score years and ten, the subject of our sketch was appointed one of the de putation to carry out the will of the meeting. An account of these interviews with the public men of the' United States in 1853 is full of interest to every Ameri can citizen, and when it is remembered that ten years after, the President of the United States issued a proclamation that led to the abolition of slavery in this country, the devout mind bows before Rim "who doeth great things past find ing out ; yea, wonders without num ber." On the first of October, 1853, Presi dent Pierce, was called upon, who re ceived the deputation with great kind ness, but took a discouraging view of the prospect of an early termination of slavery amongst us. "He recognized the concern of Friends as a religious one, and did not regard our coming as an interference." Proceeding from Washington to Rich mond, they found the Governor of Vir ginia was at his plantation in the west ern part of the State. Nothing discour aged, they slowly journeyed - to the house of Joseph Johnson. He courteously re ceived them, but soon gave them to understand that slavery is a subject on which the Virginians are extremely sen sitive. He however condemned the African slave trade, but he was reminded that there was an internal slave trade in the United States. He then said that it would not do for the editor of a news paper to print the address in Virginia or for a minister to announce it. from the pulpit ; for the dearest rights of the peo- *'Memoirs of William Forster,.edited by Ben jamin Seebohm. Two v 015.,., Bvo. London: Alfred W. Bennett, 1865. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1865. pie were bound up in the subject of sla very. On the 18th of October, they called upon Lazarus W. Powell, then Governor of Kentucky. A brother of Wm. Ftrster, also a mem ber of the deputation, says : • "He was mild and Courteous. Like others, he agreed with us on the African slave trade; which caused us to remind him of the internal Wave trade. " I understood him to say that their laws forbid the introduction of slaves from other States, and that they do not forbid the teaching of them to read or write, though but few are so taught. Some of the inhabitants are for the abo lition of slavery, others against ft." On the 22d of November they ob tained an interview with Sterling Price, Governor of Missouri. "He said Great Britain had inflicted slavery on them. It was replied, when the American colonies threw off the yoke they could have terminated the system, but that we thought it well to look for. , ward and not backward. * * * He spoke of some ministers of the Gospel who openly - advocated slavery, and of the intelligence of his slaves. It was remarked the more the intellect was ex ercised the more galling the yoke of slavery is found to be." • The subject was calmly treated on both sides, and the deputation were quite surprised by 'receivin g , some time after they had retired for the night, a letter returning their address, and stating that he was not satisfied with them and their views. On the Bth of December, P. 0. Hebert, Governor of Louisiana, was visited. When the deputation read the expression in their address, " The law allows noth thing but hopeless, helpless, friendless misery," the Governor interposed, wish ing to, show bow his own slaves could look for something hett2r, and spoke of his own conduct in buying at a high price a slave of a family when sold at public auction on . the death of his par ent, and also of an open sale, where he had prevented the sale of a child 'under ten years of age. " Some pains were taken," says Jo siah Forster, "to convince him that it is principle spoken of in tbis paper, and that though he bought the slave, the law thus condemned him ; and although Louisiana does not allow of the separa fion of children under ten years of age, other States do. " I am ready to think he felt some convictions on hearing some home truths which he attempted to -suppress; and that he was tried, what if I say irritated, and yet he was careful not to show it. He thought slavery must terminate when slaves are no longer of value, and that emancipation must come from the States themselves!? Four days after, the deputation were at Jackson, Mississippi, and visited Gov ernor Henry S. Foote, who obtained the soubriquet of " Hangman," for his vio lent denunciation of abolitionists, while a member of Congress, and since the close of the rebellion known as • a refugee from the traitors he incited to treason, and as an advocate of negro suffrage. William FOrster, in behalf of the depu tation, explained the address. "He [Governor Foote] spoke in full terms of the Christian love . of the address, and of the purity of the motive in which it was issued, but that we were mistaken, being ignorant of the real state of things amongst them. He then entered at some length into a representation of the happy state of the slaves, well-fed, well-clothed, well cared for, taught: the truths of the Gos pel every week. He did not believe there was , a happier peasantry anywhere on the earth. They would hold pro perty' and live as well as their owners. * * * * We parted very friendly. As we went to the State House, we found, drawn up in front, sixteen men and boys, fifteen young women and girls standing under the railing, dressed in their best attire. We were told they were for sale, brought thither by a jobber from Vir ginia. " The Governor said, had he the power, he would put an end to such sales." The next, visit was made to Henry W. Collier, Governor of Alabama. , d He said the address was an admira ble paper, at the same time acknowledg ing that he held slaves himself, but would not sell them under any consideration whatever; they came to him as a patri mony. " He has one slave for whom he would not etake twenty thousand dollars ; he highly values him as a trustworthy ser vant and a truly religious man as he be lieves. The children of his slaves are taught to read with his own children, and go to a Sabbath-school. He has been a teacher in one himself. Had he to begin life again, it certainly should be without slaves. * * * On its being suggested to him what may be the con dition of his slaves' on his death, he said he had confidence in his wife if she sur vives, bit it was a-subject on which he often thonght seriously, and so did many others." The next person visited was the Gov ernor of Georgia,—Herschel V. John son, since then a candidate for the Vice Presidency of the United States, an aider in rebellion against it, and at the time of writing this article, President of the ConventiOn to restore to Georgia the privileges of the Union forfeited by re volt. "He admitted the mildness Of its character ; but he thinks they can under stand their own position far better than strangers can. He has studied the question carefully, as many others have done and thinks slavery not a sin, nor contrary to the Divine law; that it was allowed by Christ, etc. He dwelt ranch on the happiness of the slaves, their kind treatment physically, and spoke of their clothing, their dwellings, and their religious instruction, * * * * He said if let alone, slavery may end in time, and the negroes be settled in the western countries as Freedmen ; but that, if im mediately set at liberty, they would be lazy and depraved, and in a few genera tions relapse into idolatry." Iq the 23d of December theY arrived at Columbia, South Carolina, and milled upon Governor ,John L. „Manning. "He soon told them that he was one of the largest slave-owners in the State. He is a communicant of the Episcopal Church; his slaves are catechised every evening,'and receive religious instruction every First day." * * * * " We assured him that , we had passed along very carefully, avoiding to speak of our errand: He expressed his satis faction -at this, saying he did not believe twenty men in the State would have listened to us as be had done. From his remarks, we inferred that he feared insurrection, if publicity were given to our errand. We told him that our business was with the Governors, not with the slaves." The last visit made to a Governor. by William Forster, was on the twenty eighth of December, 1853. At Nashyille, the deputation called upon Andrew Johnson, then Governor of Tennessee. " He gave them to understand that he does not entertain ultra views; on the subject, and >freely allowed the address to be read. He seemed to listen with calm, unmoved attention ; with that self command and fixed determination of purpose, that unmoved countenance i which has seemed to me to ma ,the American character of indepen I nce. * * * * He holds four slaves hom he 'purchased for domestic ser4ants. He says there are many colored pimple c i in the town who attend places.o 'wor ship, and have the opportunity t learn to read and write, Wit the genera ‘` con dition of education in the State is lbw." t At a ferry .bouse on the, Holston' der, kept by a worthy Cumberland Pr 13y terian, and about twelve miles from Knoxville, the aged man of God I ho had been the spokesman for the deprita don, became so sick that he could:not leave. The kindness of the family, the pre scriptions of physicians, the tender watchings of the few of like precious faith were of no avail. Day after day he grew weaker in the body; but his soul was filled with the illumination o the Holy Spirit. Towards his list, he digitated:: auti ful letter to his wife beyond - the eas, the lovely sister of Sir Powell 13u ton, in which he alludes to his only son, il liam, now a member of Parliam t, whose wife is Jane, the daughter . of Dr. Arnold, of Rugby, where Tom Hughes, and other friends of America, recently elected to Parliament, went to school. The concluding sentences of the letter are all that can be given. "Of course you will be sure that Wil liam and Jane should hear' all that is beard about me, if it can be so. " Dearest child, I know how tender he would have been ; but I do not know that I could have wished him to witness my sufferings and weakness. * * * * * " And now farewell to you all around. The Lord bless thee my dearest, and support and give thee quietness and hope for the sake of his dear Son'our Saviour." When one of the deputation seated by his bedside read from the Pilgrim's Pro gress of Hopeful, calling out to Christian beginning to sink : "Be of good cheer, my brother, I feel . the bottom, and it is good," he raised his hands with a sweet, joyous smile, saying, " Read that again." Before dawn, on January 27th, 1854, his soul departed, and a few hours ifter ward two small boats were seen on the swollen Holston river, one containing the kind landlord of the ferry, and all that was mortal of William Forster, the other containing his brother Joseph, and another member of the deputation. With great difficulty, they, at length, effected a landing on the field of a planter, overflowed by the roaring waters, and from thence they wended their way to a small settlement of Friends in Blount County, on a stream which flows into the Holston. In the grave-yard around their humble meeting house, was buried the man of lowly spirit, who, unnbashed, had stood in the presence of Emperor, King and Prince, in the Old, and Governor, Sena tor and President in the New World, and told the truth relative to the horrors of slavery, plainly and yet lovingly. The usage of Friends admits of no mdnumental pile in their grave yards, but there are Christian men and minis ters in now free Tennessee, that will live to recall his name and emulate his example. Over that very region where his body is now crumbling, there has been during the la - st four years, the continual tramp ing of armies. The valley of the Hol ston has resounded with the roars of artillery, the volleys of musketry, and the clatter of cavalry ; • Brother has fought against brother, and many bones lie unburied, bleaching in the sun ; but the smoke and dust of civil war has now subsided,iknd in that valley, and every other valley of the land there remains no place for a slave. The mission of William Forster hatibeen accomplished in a way he never dreamed of. That whieh he thought would occupy generations, a wonder-working Provi dence brought to pass in ten years after his spirit ascended to Heaven. The English Friends were taken by surprise with the suddenness of the passage of the act of I . B34,.abolishing slavery in the British Colonies. The address of their yearly meeting was to this effect:— ' " It might be truly said to have been hastened in the Lord's time. Such were the singular Providences brought to bear upon the public feeling, and upon the Legislature, that none could point to the result as arising from their individual efforts, and the lessolit was afresh sealed upon the Christian mind, that the Lord ruleth among the children of men." Thirty years have passed since these words were written, and God' has sur prised the world again, and American slavery is abolished. In the language of our late President: " The 'nation's condition is not what either party, or any man, devised or ex pected. GOD ALONE CAN CLAIM IT." WHY THE MINISTER DID SO AT THE INQUIRY-MEETING. When 'Mary came down from her mother's room she found the following note from the minister's wife, awaiting her perusal : MY DEAR MARY :-I am in great need of help, which I know you will gladly render. Will you do us the favor to come in to-mor row, and let me tell you all my little troubles. In haste, very affectionately, EDEMA BURTON. PARSONAGE, Wednesday evening. Bright and early the next morning, our impulsive but efficient Mary entered the , e sitting-room" at the parsonage, when Mrs. Burton gave her a hearty but blushing welcome. The remains Of a very frugal Lreakfast were yet upon the table, and Mrs. Burton, looking very pale and care-worn, stood over the cook ing -stove, holding on one arm a moan ing baby just breaking out with the measles, while with the other hand she prepared some farina for little Elia, litho was just recovering from the same disease. With a cheerful alacrity, which put Mis. Burton quite at her ease; Mary offered lier assistance in the domestic department, which Mrs. Burton, how ever, declined with thanks, adding, " But if I may, I will venture to ask your kind assistance about the sewing. In the upper drawer there you will find what is most needed." Mary,' who was an adept with the needle, went smilingly to the drawer, where she foUnd a pair of stout black pants; about two-thirds made, and an other pair of old broad cloth, with a complicated rent in the knee, which was partially mended, and left with the needle in the work, as if hastily relin quished for some more imperative duty. Mary took the torn pants Without re mark and sat down by the window to mend them, with some guilty misgivings as she thought of the inquiry-meeting. A long pause ensued, during which Mary darned and reflected, and Mrs. Burton grew anxious at the silence, which she finally broke by saying:— " I trust, indeed, Mary, you will not be hurt or offended at my freedom ; it cost we a greater struggle than it ought to send for you, but I feel that a sinful pride has led me too long to conceal our pecuniary trials. You must pardon"— Mr 4. Burton's voice grew inarticulate with emotion. . - - - 4 1 "I thank you for sending for me," cri d Mary, " and am more than glad. in an way to serve you. Yet, while I 'am honored, I am humiliated by your confidence, for, indeed, I do not deserve it. I—" Mary in her turn paused for lack of voice. "I am sure you deserve all our confi dence," said Mrs. Barton, •quite reas sured. " I wish I had begged your ready aid in sewing before we came to such straits ; for I must tell you that we are in straits. We have been obliged to economize this year in every possible way; you see we have moved the kitchen stove in here to save fuel ; we have excluded tea, coffee, sugar, butter, everything but bare essentials from our table; have ceased to hire any domestic service, even washing; or to buy a cent's worth of anything not indispensable. I did hope, that having done all this, there would be something left for Mr. Burton's clothing, but it was impossible for us to afford even a single new garment Six weeks ago my brother gave the, materials for those pants in the drawer, which I at once cut out and commenced, 'having ripped up an old pair for's pattern. I economized every moment of time, rose early, sat up late, and ate the bread of carefulness, that I might finish them; but before the great deed was done, the children came down with the measles, and it was simply impossible for me to. sew any more. The newly awakened religious interest demanded all Mr: Bur ton's energies, and though he often en treated to share the burdens of sickness, I never consented. Meantime, the best pants", from due necessity, were taken for every day. It has often made my eyes fill with tears, to see .Mr. Burton, whose nature is all above such petty thoughts, so careful of these only pants, especially of the knees which where getting thin. I notice that when he knelt, he turned away the thin places, lest they should break with "pres sure, and knew that only the tenderest regard for me, in my multiplied cares and labors, could have induced such a thought. He dreaded to see me ;trying to finish ,the -new ones." Here Mary, who- meantime had finished the mend ing, turned her chair so as effectually to hide from Mrs. Barton her fast-flowing tears. " Last evening," continued Mrs. Bur ton, " came the long pending catastrophe. Mr. Burton got a slip on the ice, causing a complex fracture of the knee (of pants) in a very good time,' so he playfully told me, when there were no witnesses; and when I can don the second best' as well as not, for a quiet day in the study, thus giving you a ,chance to make the• rent invisible with your nice darning.' Thus I sent for you, dear Mary,—knOwing your good-will, an d your skill, and your having had the measles—because the new pants must now be finished." Here Mary, dashing away her tears, jumped up with the energy, of a firm and righteous purpose, set a warm flat-iron upon the now invisible rent, and taking the pants upon her arm, said to Mrs. Burton, "May I go to the study ? I desire some conversation with Mr. Bur ton, and I will take the pants with me, if you please." Thee scene confessional can be im agined. Mary was penitent. Mr. Bur ton was magnanimous, so they were soon-at peace. MARIA TERRA " Then you now think I was justified in having regard for my pants when I knelt?" said Mr. Burton, very seriously, yet with a twinkle or genial humor in his dark eyes. " Certainly, sir," replied Mary, very gravely, "it was only noble in you ; but it was outrageous in is people to sub ject their ministeM suck necessities. Why are we blind to the fact that the seven hundred dollars, which barely sufficed before the war, can now only half supply your wants ? I believe my father is as blind as the rest, but his eyes must be opened, an 1 the eyes of all this people to do you justice." " God grant it," said Mr. Barton, fervently, " I desire it even more for their sake than for my own." Mary went home after this interview, taking the new pants to finish on her sewing machine. They were sent home completed at noon, and with them a large covered basket, containing. a boun tiful supply of cooked and uncooked pro visions, with sundry delicacies for the sick and convalescent children, over whom Mary watched that night with mother-like tenderness. A week later, Mary sought a private interview with her father. Mr. Morton bad been for many years a professor of religion,-but "the care of this world and the deceitfulness of richness" had choked the word and he had become unfruitful. A salutary pang wrung his heart as his only child told him, with evident effort, of her new found hope in Christ, and her single purpose to make His ser vice her life-work. Mr. Morton replied, with emotion, that he was grateful for tliis great and unmerited blessing. " Dear father," cried Mary, eagerly, "if yon, are thankful for these spiritual blessings, let me beg you ,to manifest your gratitude in a substantial manner to our minister, to whom, under God, we owe them." Mary proceeded to enlighten her father as to the pecuniary state of things at the parsonage, and .the result of the.con versation was, that Mr. Morton surprised everybody by attending the parish-meet ing soon after, and moved that the min ister's salary be doubled, as a simple act of justice in making it equivalent to what it was at his settlement. • Mr. Morton expressed the wish, in any case, to double his former annual subscription of one hundred dollars. The motion was unanimously carried, with the amendment that the salary be paid quarterly in advance. Never did minis ter's family receive a more joyful " sur prise" than did the Burton's that even ing, when the parish treasurer laid $350 befor the wondering pastor, as the first quarterly payment for the coming year. From that day the work of grace pro gressed with new power, for He is ever faithful who has said, "Bring ye all the tithes into the store-house, that there nay be meat in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to re ceive it." HERBERT NEWBURY. There is one lesson from the life of Noah which is valuable in these times. It is that which comes from his waiting. One most remarkable effect which faith, the substance of hope and the evidence bet ter than sight, had upon him, was to give him endurance. He turned from the questionings of disbelief, the conclu sions of reason, the disheartening of long waiting, to the promise. He was in no wise staggered by any positive phi losophy, and though there were doubt less plenty who could show by the im mutability of self-evolved laws, and from the fact that all things continue as then were from the beginning of the creation, he was no antediluvian Comtian. And that faith which had received the Divine message as true, clung to it as worthy to be trusted. It was a conviction not only unshaken, but founded deep below the level of all disturbing influences. There are few things we need more than the faith which engenders just this endurance. We are impatient. We strike the flinty rock and expect to see it .fly in pieces at one blow. In the ar dor of first love, we go forth thinking ourselves mighty as the archangel Michael, to do battle with the hosts of wickedness. We believe that we "have NOAH'S ENDURING FAITH. but to speak, and man must hear; but to begin, and speedily reach the end. But we slowly learn the hardness of evil hearts The conviction dawns on us that we are fighting against principali ties and powers. This conviction is daily increased, and at last courage, once apparently inexhaustible, wanes away, difficulties are magnified, our weary hands hang idle and we give up all endeavor. How long have we ever endured ? Rem was one who lived for God four hundred and eighty years, bearing up bravely against the corrup tion and crime and violence of a world ; standing alone without sympathy or held or godly companionship. And taan when, by a heavenly revelation, le had a definite work set before hint toiled on. in spite of jeer and scoff and ridicule and e compare with that opposition, building the great great ship. How does such which we have thought was persever epee? The days were as long then as now, and the years were as slow to move ; and through their process the patriarch toiled on ten, twenty, a bon ded times as long as we are willing to wait and work. In his case, as in "is, and continu ally- through history, 5 seen the method of God's dealings. He waited and tried i Noah for nearly five hundred years be fore he gave any definite hope to him that the wicked world should be righted. And then having revealed His purpose, He waited a hundred and twenty years longer, and bade Noah wait and work on in the midst of evil. Thus God perfects the saints. We often, in our short-sightedness, murmur against the plan, but it bears good fruit. For instance, we seek the Divine bless ing in prayer. We speak words of at' , fectionate entreaty and earnest exhorta tion, and look for speedy results. This is wise. We go abroad and look over the field and search for the signs of growth ; we find none and are discour aged. This is not wise: If we cannot wait, we have not faith. If we cannot endure, we belong not to the noble com pany of the faithful. This is in accordance with God's plan of development in nature. Ten thousand years went by while the rocks over which we tread were being laid in order. While day and night and the rolling sea sons pass, the little tender stalk puts forth its single kilt and its frail branch and grows wiffl widening girth and deeper-reaching root, till on Lebanon the giant cedar matches its strength against the fiercest storm and conquers. What force is there in all nature that does its work on the inspirit, except those which, like the swift lightning, are powers of destruction? God works thus deliberately with ns. Oar bodies slowly unfold. More than half the average life is spent in growth from infancy toward maturity. But above all is this evident in our moral development. The soul is ever growingi and the long life of the most aged seems to him who-studies his soul's capacities like a few evil days, as a dream when one awaketh. The same discipline of delay is evi dent from the whole of the sacred rec ord ; and counted by. the brief span of our lives, and still more by the narrower limit of our impatience, how intermin able dQ these centuries appear in which God withheld the end from Patriarch and chosen People. Yet as 'in their revolu tion God's great purpose has always been developed, how weak seems that restlessness which changes its fickle pur poss if it cannot see the end of its de sires in a few days ! These dealings of the Divine Provi dence are for the' development of charac ter. The zeal which flashes up and dies away is like a fire of stubble. There is a sudden blaze and smoke, then a smoul dering heap, with here and there a wan dering spark and then all is cold. But the long enduring purpose. is like the heat of the fierce furnace, drawing the iron from the tough rock, or heating white hot the great shaft whose well. compacted strength is to bear without yielding the weight of ponderous wheels. One may be• quickly kindled, but as speedily dies. The other endures. One is the impatience of man, earnest it may be, but irresolute ; the other the endur ande of the living faith which obtains the good report. I. E. TEMPTATION AND SUFFERING. Temptation, according to Luther, is one of the ingredients which goes to make a minister. I have before the two stones, which are in imitation of precious stones. They are perfectly alike in color; they are both df the same water, clear, pure and clean. Yet there is a marked difference be tween them as to theirlustre and brilliancy. One has a dazzling brightness, while the other is dull, so that the eye passes over it and derivei no pleasure from' the sight. What can be the reason for such a differ ence ? It is this : the one is cut in a few facets, the other has ten times 'as many. These facets are produced by a violent operation; it is 'required to cut, smooth, and polish. Had the stones been endued with life, so as to have been capable of feel ing what they underwent, the one which had received eighty ficets would 'have thought itself very unhappy, and would have envied the other, which, having but eight, had undergone but a tenth part of its sufferings. Nevertheless, the operation being over, it is done forever. The differ ence between the two stones'always remains strongly marked. That which has suffered but little is entirely eclipsed by th&other, which alone is held in estimation'and at tracts attention.—Oberlin's Memoirs. PRAYER is the path that God made, on which man travels back to him.
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