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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1866
CHRISTIANS SHOULD DISTINGUISH
THEMSELVES.
There is something uncommon and pe
culiar in the character required of the
Christian, To be content with 'prineiples
of conduct approved of by the world, is a'
reproach to the followers of Christ. If ye
love them which love you, what thank have
ye ? For sinners also love those that love
them. And if ye do good to them which
do good to you, what thank have ye ? For
sinners also do• even the same. And- if ,
ye lend to them of whom ye hope to re
ceive, what thank ye? For sinners also
lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
But love ye your enemies, and do good,
and lend, hdping for nothing again.
The Pharisees had a minute and elaborate
system of formal observances and applies:
tions of the law to.outward conduct. They
had alms-givings and public prayers and
tithings and fastings and washings without
number. But the Christian' must have
what even these showy and maidens moral
ists had not : a spiritual source of right
living. The Pharisee did his works from
the shallow and corrupt motive to be seen:
of men, and to have his reward now; the
Christian seeks the approval of Him who
seeth in secret and who will reward in a
far other manner, and at a far different
time. ,arf
It must have come with astonishinglorce
upon these Pharisees and their admirers in
that formal, self-righteous, and corrupt
generation, to hear Chriit declare, in the
early part of his Sermon .on the Mount :
Except your righteousness exceed the
righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees,
ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom
of heaven. It must needs be so then; and
it must needs be so now. The Christian
must distinguish himself. He must be
eminent in sound morals and good works.
1. The source from which his life, and
actions flow must be peculiar. It must• be
inward, not outward. It must be of the
nature of principle, and not of impulse, or
for the sake of appearances. It must' be
for virtue and goodness' own sake, and not
for the rewards they bring:" , It must lean
on a higher strength than one l s own ye
solvings. It must draw its energy: , for
great deeds, as well as its supplies for the
wear and tear of every day's trials and
duties, from no mere enthusiasm for an ab 7
straction, but from the practical, personal
motive of grateful love to , Christ. In, the
utter prostration of human nature iieder
sin, it must have power from above. In a
word, the genuine Christian life is super
natural. It flows from the Holy Spirit,
who is the life of Christ in the soul. If
ever there has been any true, acceptable
living in the world, it has come from Him,
who is the light that lighteth every man
that °meth into the world. The Christain
acknowledges, cherishes and depends upon
that light. He lives by, prayer. His mo
rality is comprehended in holiness. : •
2. The Christian distinguishes himself
by the scope of his benevolence. The
goodness of the worldling is 'almost always
commercial or negative in its character.
He loves them that love him. 'He does
good to them that do• good to him. He
lends to them of whom he expects, to re
ceive as much again. He ta.kes care to
violate no other man's rights, to dispense
strict justice, to live up to a certain narrow ,
line of duty. He watches his condieatin
the light of a strict construction or th'e
second table of the` lacV. He is a rigid
legalist. This 'is a 'position which will
never do for the Christian; who is under
the law of love_ The reluctant legalist asks
How little may I do and be safe ? The .
Christian runs forward, without question or
debate, loving his enemies, doing good and
lending, hoping for nothing again. 'Prompt
ed by grateful love to his Saviour; and
catching the spirit of Him, who so loved
the world as to give up His only , begotten
Son for its salvation, he looks upon him
self, his wealth, and his powers, as, mainly
an instrument for good ; and the world
as a field for the accomplishment of the
purposes of Christain love. If he has ever
felt any glow of manly enterprise, if he has
ever rejoiced in beholding or in accom
plishing any remarkable achievement for
selfish or worldly ends, he now, as 'a Chris
tian, feels the same glow, and in a far purer
form, for the high objects of his spiritual
calling. It is his great business to do good.
And doing great things for God or his
fellow men, is true success in business.
The world thinks it hard to be summoned
to the exercise of any high degree of liber
ality. Its selfishness rebels. It refuses;
it satisfies itself with paltry sots ; and many
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New Series, Vol. 111, No. 25.
Christians sink down to a= dead leVel of
worldly irudence and close-fisted parsi
mony, scarcely to be distinguished from
blank worldly mindedness. But to be a
true Christian is to be distinguished in
working and in giving for God.
That .a proposed line of conduct is' far
other and far higher and , far more difficult
than that commonly pursued, is no argu
ment for avoiding it with the Christian'. It
is in just that class of acts that the
essence and power of his religion shows
itself. As it believes what is incredible to
the natural mind, so it aims at what is un
attainable to the natural will. 'lt over
rules the selfish principles and it denies the
carnal appetites that make holy living and
active service so difficult. • It •talres-up its
cross. It does not' only forgive, it loves
and prays for its enemies. It gees out
after the objects of its benevolence. It
hopes for nothing return..
3.
3. The high characteristic which dis
tinguishes Christian life and activity is, in a
word, self sacrifice. The Son of Man came
not to be ministered unto, but to minister,
and to give his life a ransom for Many.,
And his true followers are besought, by the
mercies of God, to present themselves a
living sacrifice.. . They , are not their, own,
but bought with a price. The love of
Christ constrains thenito livs,not unto thein#
selves, but unto him thatdiedfoi them
rose again. This is the true element:of all'
real heroism—self-sacrifice. Arid this prin'-
rOiple, whioh'the world knows nothing of, save
in some isolated and rare occasion, is reckoned„
'in the Chrietian system as the ground of the
every day life of the Christian. The world
worships and aggrandizes self; the faithful
Christian stands apart and above the world,
because ke is prepared to set aside self for
the benefit of the world. Hence, the long
roll of martyrs; hence the zeal that has
penetrated noisome dungeons, that *has
suffered death for' the deliverance of the
despised slave, that has crossedoceans and
continents, that has braved the, frozen and
the, torrid zones, that has dwelt among
savages and cannibals, that has astonished,
convicted, and melted the hardest =hearts
by its marvellous , exhibitions of pure, dis
interested self-sacrificing lovb; di:Alas fol
lowed close in the wake of war, binding up
wchindi and ministering to the dying, and
that has smoothed the thousand rough
nesses from the path of every-day life.
,
Yes ! Christians must be and do more,
than Pharisees, more than worldling, more"
than Stoics. Their morality and their
good deeds in source, in scope and in the'
great practical/ principle of-self-titicrifice
must' lead tlit world. Theoretically : it does
and'forever will lead it '
Says`,cloiairin Smith in his recently . pub-
Railed Lectures on. History
ic This type, it wouldappear, being per
fect, will be final: It, will he final; not as
precluding .future history, but as compre
hending_it. The moral efforts of all aps
to the consummation of the world will be
efforts to realize this character, and to make
it actually, as it'is potentially, universal.
"Humanity, as it passes'through,phase,
after phase of the historical Movement; may
advance indefinitely`in excellence, biit its
advance will be an indefinite approximation
to the Christian Type. A divergence
from that type, to whatever extent it may
take place, will not be progress, but debase
wentand corruption. F in a moral'point of
view, in short, - the world may abandon
Christianity, but it can never 'advance
beyond it.'
CHURCH SECESSION IN BALTIMORE.
:The persistent loyal attitude' of the other
branch of the Presbyterian Church, as
evinced in the action of, the Assembly in
St. Louis, is bearing the frnits which were
to be expected in the disloyal elements ad
hering to its communion. Last week,
movements looking to a separation took
place in two of the churches of that branch
in Baltimore. In Dr. Bullock's, Franklin
Street Church, a series of resulutions was
Utipptecl l the fourth of which is , as fol
lows 1
"Resolved, That having reaohed the con,-
elusion of separation, our path of duty
seems to be clear, and we feet, however,re
luctint to do so, constrained to pursue it,
and therefore further declare that we can
not, consistently with conscience, continue
our connection with any ecclesiastical body
or tribunal while they do not act in con
formity with the standards of the Presby
terian Ohuroh, , but persistently violate
them."
The Session of the church was instructed
"to make and continue such connection
with other i'resbyterian Churches of the
United States as may be proper and neces
sary." It is stated that the voting on these
resolutions, though unanimous or nearly
so, was done by about one-third of the eon.
gregationrand that in several cases, when•
the Tote mas taken by rising, three-fourths
of the' voters` ere young ladies. A:protest ;
signed bYbr.lFloiling,and eighteen others;
PHILA.DELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1g64,4;
was presented', the first clause of which ob
jected
. to the Seceders claiming to be the
Church, with power to control the Church
property and muniments, and affirming that
those who remained in . communion with
the General Assembly constituted the
Church.
The report of the proceedings thus con- .
thanes
"Dr. Fleming, attempted toonter into a,
personal explanation of the motives which
actuated him in presenting this protest,
and alluded to the well understood move:
silent which the Church was about., making
to attach itself , to the Southern Assembly.
"Mr. Gill called him to order; asserting
that such a belief was entirely a mistake,
no such movement being designed, so far
as his knowledge extended. , The Modern•
tor sustained the point of order. The pro
test having been read, was ordered to be
placed upon the record of the proceedings.
The meeting then adjourned."
The Moderator of the meetincr was a well
known clergyman., who, since the war, has
been in the hands of, the military authori
ties of the Department.
The minister of another church in Bal
timore has attemptetito lead his people into
similar divisive courses -I;ut as yet with :no
definite result,
We regard this, all :part , iind,pircel of the
movement to rescue ana perpetuate, in. the
Church; the sectional and 'rebellious spirit,
which it was the aini . of the war, if not' to
exterminate, at least to disable from all
outward demonstrations A wise goVern
ment, in our judgment, would f9rbid lall
extended - sectional organizations, which are
not called for by any dictate of liumanit a i,
and which are absolutely , destitute of
tinctive features or=reasons`for separate ex
istence, excpt as they embody and conserve
the rebel spirit, No' Southern Church or
ganization, higher than the individual
church, should' be tolerated. Much less
should permission be given for the exten
sion of rebel insiitutione, in the form of
new denominations, in the North. But.
this is the opportunity for such movements.
Rebel demonstrations are no offence to
those who are entrusted with the execution
of the, laws. Great: as will be the mischief;
we expect to see the emissaries of an apoS , '
tate Christianity planting themselves in
more than one of the' royal cities of . , the'
North'. ''Could we but hope 'fol. a faii
forcement of the Civil tg hes Bill in be
half our own enterprises in Southern cities,
we would not fear ler the result. But the;
pro-slavery spirit, !arrogant as .Romanism,
claims toleration atilt deference everywhere,
while it persecutes and,prohibits everything
sontraiy to its own . Spirit, whereVer it has
the powgi.
•THE. MORAL , AENTIMENT , OF THE
*, • - COUNTRY.
The influence of the leading Evangelical
denominations of the country, when united,
maybe said to be decisive in formirig and
eontrolling the - moral sentiMcnt of A l e,peo
ple. , Ten millions of population, compris
ing the ,moat intelligent, influential •aqd
wealthy of the land, are associated with
these chiirches, and speak their convictions
and receive their' Inoral training through
them. In a word, the country is with them.
If they have settled unanimously and ear
nestly upon any question enterin , ; , b deeply
intuthe nationalpolicy, that policy. is set:
tied.. Contrary indications may bp set
alown,as mere incidents, without authority
and ivithoul permanence.
The strange,• the disappointing, the
dangerous policy of the Executive, for the
last twelve Months, has seemed to many
mere 'ominous, because they have feared it
would prevail. It was feared that full , one
half of the costly results of the_ war would
be sacrificed ; that treason would not only
go unpunished, but would•slink back again
to its old haunts of power; that the sterv ;
ings and slow tortures and blood-hound
...pursuits and massacres of .Prisoners of war
and of Union' then in the' South, would go
unavenged; and that'alt the , venomous ele-
Merits of secession and , the discarded and
defeated policies of the slave power would
be.incorporated into: the body
,of the re
eonstructed. American Union. There are
some who have feltmore discouraged than
during the memorable days before Gettys
burg. Crushed rebels have lifted up their
bruised heads, and a shout of fierce exulta
tion—the echo of the rebel yell on the
field of battle—has rolled from the Rappa
hannock to the Rio Grande, at the conces
sions
proposed by an Executive lenient to
rebels but unfriendly to a loyal Congress.
But it will not avail. The sentiment of
the Christian people of the North" is fixed
and well-nigh unanimous. As opportunity
for its expression recurs, it is found,' to be
true an d unwaver ing as the pole. Nay, it
grows in earnestness rind volume. It makes
even more emphatic
demonstrations; as the
situation grew e more dubious in other quart:
1-t-)
ers. If the Old School branch of our ChurCh
during-the war cheered all hearts by the
anti-slavery and. patriotic utterances of the
majority of its successive Assemblies, it has
reserved its most sweeping measures to the
close of the war, and it has thrown conster
nation and dismay into the ranks of the
temporizers and the reactionaries by a grand
act of purgation ; a crushing out of treason
in the Church, which might well be taken
as a Model for crushing out treason in the
State,
It is truly marvellous to see that recent
stronghold of pro-slavery conservatism, that
six years' ago seemed to weigh like an in
cubus upon the free heart of the country,
now, under the inherent power of the prin
ciples of Presbyterjanismy and by the Pre
vidence of God, led to take a position in
the very front of the movement for securing
the fruits of our late contest for national
life and liberty; abreast of the boldest type
f the Christian radicalism of theland ! With
joy we exclaim, What path God wroughtl
With overflowing hearts we. welcome 'this
reat, iw inlußtial „intelligenthO4 ofVrothei
reehyterians upon the platform. The
whole'
,country knows, and feels the signi
ficance-of their position. -.Moat deeply.is it
felt now, as a bold forward moment, when
tiinoro'as hearts were:expecting a retreat,
and when niany did not know what to ex-!
peat. It will work wonders in steadying
opinion. It will open many drowsy eyes.
The action or our own Church is also
!more distinct and more ' : significant than
ver. Without dealing in .rebuke or Per;
sonality, with dignity, calmness, and un
mistakable plainness of speech, it plants
itself directly'across the path of reaction;
endorses the great acts of Congress ; pleads
for impartial suffrage; warns against loose
tnethods . of reconstruction, and demands the
punishment of the rebel leaders. We know
there were some who thought our Assembly
would do little or nothing. We rejoice that
it never' spoke so plainly before. For our
selves, in the editorial management of this
paper upon 'question's of
; public interest, we
. have alWays felt , not only that we had the
,heart of Church with usi, but that our policy
of unreserved advocacy of great and simple
:principles, in oritioaltimes, was one entirely
'accordal_with the spirit of the
_hody we
represent. And we happen to kn? Vie that
this last action of our bodYhe'S been 'recei4d,
as an encouragement 111 high" quarters.
The Hon. MR. SllMili.n observed a copy of
the Resolutions in one of our denominational
papers, and sent it, with a note recommend;
ing its publication, to ;the . Washington
Chronicle, whereit promptly.appeared. W e
the folloviinglentencee troth the re
marks by which it was introduced - in that.
"Their declarations are strong and un
equivocal, not only in favor of what has
already been done by Congress but on be
half of granting impartial suffrage to the
negro. This denomination has for many
years maintained a clear and consistent anti
slavery record. Representing, as the As
sembly - :does, a very large constituency,
scattered over all parts of themountry, its
united voice upon any.subject, isrdeserving
of respectful attention. It will not escape
the attention of the reader that the resolu
tions attached to the report, and really part
of it, unhesitatingly declare that 'the chief
fomenteis and representatives of the re
bellion ahould, by due' course and process
of law, be visited with condign punishment.'
That is not only the sentiment of the As
sembly, but of the great mass of the loyal
people of the country, North and South."
The Reformed Presbyterian Church
(General Synod) meeting at Xenia, last
month, condemned ,the President's policy
in , express terms. The New England Me
thodists—well there would •be no need to ,
particularize the Methodists, if it werunot
understood that a prominent renegade Sena
tor belonged to them—the New England
Methodists helda meeting at Boston, a few
days ago, where resolutions in favor of negro
suffrage were adopted: In short, the posi
tion of the entire body of evangelical Chris
tians in the North may be described as
substantially that of advanced radicalism,
and such it will be found is• the position of
the country, too.
AWAKENING IN THE NORTH OF
ROTUND.
This region, which was among those
specially favored by the Holy Spirit in the
great awakening six years ago, is again in
some degree blessed with the tokens of the
Divine favor. The trembling hope is be
ginning to be kindled of a revival of those
gracious influences in the measure in which
they were enjoyed at that time. .The pow
erful revivals recently vouchsafed to the
churches of this country, help to strengthen
the expectations of a general work of grace
i n Great Britain.
From an - article in The Revival, May "IT,
. w elealn tb4 . ' i e s ncouraging indications have
Genesee Evangelist, No. 1048.
"Tokens'of a gracious presence were pre
sented in this ancient city, not only in the
faithful preaching of the word by the
stated ministry, ah well as by occasional
evangelists visiting the place and holding
special services, but also in Christian libel. ,
silty toward the cause of the,Redeemer,
both at home and,abroad. More than this,
Christian gentlemen were in the habit,
even in the midst of most 'severe weather,
of going forth on each Saturday evening
and lifting •up their voices, warning the
careless and ungodly, and inviting them
with tender importunity to flee from the
coming tempest of Divine anger. to Him
who is the only hiding-place and refuge.
ig Very„plessing was it also to-hear of
the blessing resting on a coast mission to
the seafaring population.; . and how, not
oply from asiongq, them, but also from
- among farmers and farm servants, trophies
of grace had been brought to the feet of
Jesus:"
been witnessed in Aberdeen, Banff,-Nairn,
and other pima, Of Aberdeen, the writer
says :
In Banff, for many , years, there
,have
been faithful labbibia, 'Both i'amongi l the
-*;
ministry and; the The,wrkter says :
"The Haldanes have left their impress
on these regions, and the aavor, of their
faithful. preaching of f te old gospel, and
their holy zeal and eminent,Piety, are still
fresh in the blesied spirituality and ear-'
nestness of many.. . . The young-men' Of
the town ; espeoitilly have; -in large numbers,
rallied around the banner of Jesus as their
Captain and , Leader." •
Zeal in , bringing'otheratO Christ marks
the young converts. One minister spoke
of twenty conversions; but this is a small
•
part of the whole number.
Of Nairn, another writer, says
You will rejoice to hear that the wor
of the Lord is still goirig on glorioutily
among the fishing population. Thanks` to
our heivenlY Father, many more have been
translated but of the kingdom of darkness
into the kingdom of God's dear Son, ever
since you were here."
As these fishermen departed upon their
perilous errands on the German Ocean,
some of them babes in Christ, they felt the
preciousnese of the privileges they were
leaving,..,and they earnestly begged the
prayers of their Christian friends. The
writer aontinnes ,
" There is, 'WO think, a good prospect of
the continuance and extension of the work.
There seems also to be much of the spirit
of prayer poured, oat on. God's, own peoPle
and tkoirAttekici apparsutly strong.,...Many
'of them consider that we have gotlint qh
earnest of the `blessing which Our God has ,
in store for us: May it indeed be $o !"
Lately, the children hatie begun to — ahare
in the work.
"Duringthe last three weeks a . very , de
cided movement hai commenced among
little boys , and girls, *OM the, age of ten' to
fourteen
,years. Some - n/ of 'the 'seem to
hive truly laid hold on Jest's, and' have
little
,prayer-meetings:aniong themselies."
The Lord's people in Nairn have been
praying perseveringly for yet= for such
awork, and now they are rejoicing in the
answers to their prayers. Let the v Lord's
people in America earnestly aid them in
intercessions for a continuance and spread
of the work.
A EUROPEAN WAR.
The latest intelligence from Europe
quenches the 'last faint spark of hope for
the preservation of peace. One scandal
pus sot of injustice, which France and
England beheld without active interference,
and which, perhaps, they could not have
prevented without a general war—we mean
the spoliation of Denmark by Austria and
Frussia—has lead 'to an unappeasable strife
between the robbers, and threatens to draw
after it -a war, the" mere' preparations for
which will oast more than 'the money
valve' of the stolen' provinces. The 'sdope
•
of the coming
,struggle is widened by' the
appearance of Italy among the combatants.
The long coveted opportunity to strike for
Venetia is given to her, and her entire
population hasrisen in ablaze of enthisi
aam, resembling that of the loyal North at
the fall of Sumter. Rome is forgotten for
the moment, and the Pope is left undis
turbed in his piteous efforts to effect a loan
at. 7 per cent., and to raise an army to pro
•
teat him agaimit his Catholic subjects.
The results of this war may be grave be
yond anything that has , :transpired in Eu
rope since the days of the First-Napoleon.
The immense armament of Austria; 800,000
strong, fills the minds of men with aston
ishment and alarm. The possibility of her
success is not to be denied. Prussia is
under the guidance of one of the most un
popular of the public men of Europe—Bis
mark. The people are without enthusiasm,
it is said, for the war. The smaller Ger
man States rather s ympathize with Austria,
or at most, will be neutral. Austria has,
in Benedek, a military leader who inspires
universal confidence, and who is showing
a quiet decision, not unlike 'that of our
own'Grant. Priiseda has no'Frederiek the
Groatto oppose to him. .1
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Italy runs great risks in the part she is
playing. Success, indeed, would bring
after it results of such magnitude as are,
perhaps, worth the risks to attain them.
But it cannot be denied, that disaster and
defeat might bring the young and strug
gling Italian kingdom to the verge of dis
solution. The process of consolidation,
now going forward, slowly indeed, yet truly,
might be indefinitely postponed and a con.
dition of hopeless insolvency, discourage
ment, and military weakness might embold
en her internal and external foes, re-estab
lish the Pope upon his tottering throne,
and give the Peninsula once more to the
sway of priestly hordes and begging friars,
and idle monks and nuns.
The defeat of Prussia would involve pro
bably the restoration of Silesia to Austria,
its rightful owner. For in all Carlyle's
six volumes of the Life of Frederick the
Great, there is no claim established but that
of the stronger against the weaker for
Prussia's ownership of this province. And
we believe that history itself has largely
aided in preparing the public mind to re
joice , in such an event, as the return of
Silesia to the house of Hapsburg. Whether
any harm could befall the cause of liberty
in Prussia by the triumph of Francis
t joseph over Bismark, we cannot decide;
Perhaps, in either event, the long cherished
purpose of the smaller German States to
form a real organic union will be greatly
facilitated, if not brought to completion.
The war has at least two relations to our
selves. It depreciates the present value of
Our national securities, and so involves ua
in more or less of financial trouble; and :
on the other hand, it relieves us of further
European intervention in Mexico. The
first result may be but temporary; nay, we
cannot see how it should be otherwise.
Peace and prosperity here; a daily dimin
ishing debt; immense fiscal resources,
contrasted with enormously increasing na
tional burdens and an uncertain future
there, must, in time, reverse the present
unfavorable tendency, of, which our own
rapacious speculators are taking advantage,
and doing their very beat to stimulate it to
the farthest possible point.
Now is the time to labor for the evan
gelization', and using the term with no view to
ceinquesfi`fot: the Americanizing of Mexico.
We' can have our own way now in that
country, and we should consider , the prob.
iL.
lera of. truly elevattng it• and making it a
valuable, intelligent, republican, Protes
tant neighbor, one of the first and most im
portant to t be cherished by the Christians
of .the..linited States.
TOO GOOD TO BE LOST,
[We out from a newspaper in New York
State, the following item :]
A popular clergyman of one of our largest
cities has lately ceased to be a housekeeper,
rented his residence and gone elsewhere.
The party who auooeeded to the occupancy
hasleen greatly annoyed by the daily calls of
those who come' for assistance in a variety of
forms. He has at length resorted to a novel
expedient which has served perhaps a double
purpose, viz.: first, to relieve him from
bores; second, to let the beggars see them
selves as others see them. And we may add
that he has given the public an insight into
what a popular clergyman has to endure.
He posted upon his front door, a card upon
which the following was written, in a hand as
plain as the talk itself. The copy which we
produce was obtained without the knowledge
of the. writer thereof:
TO ALL WHOM ll' MAY CONCERN I
-Dr. - does not live here. He has
moved away from where he lives now, and
will not occupy this house again till May
15th, 1867.
In cOnsequence of this, the present incum
bent has decided to suspend the free list. No
books, maps, pictures, stationery, or receipts,
of any kind wanted. No history of the re
bellion, whether written by Greeley or Jeff.
Davis. Have no desire to put my name
in 'any subscription book, in order that it
may be used for influence. Have no old
clothes except those I am now wearing,
and' the customs of modern society are un
fortunately such, that I cannot dispense
with them. Have no cold pieces, for we can
not , get money enough to purchase at one
time more than we can eat at one meal, con
sequently proprietors of boarding houses will
have to look elsewhere for supplies. This
house will not be kept as a hotel, and warm
meals at all hours will net be furnished.
Have not a spear of hay in the lbarn, or a
`single oat, and have not taken care of horses
sine I drove on the canal, which means
that we have no room for horses or donkeys
either.
Have no vacant rooms or beds to spare for
agents, colporteurs, travelling ministers, mis
sionaries, teachers, elders, beggars; sponges,
leeches, professional borers, needy students,
soldiers, sailors, negroes, freedmen's aid soci
ety agents, rebels or abolitionists. even though
ministers in neighboring towi.s and cities
h4ve told them to be sure and call here.
N o - mone y to spare' for any of the above
individuals, 'or enterprises which they repre
sent, even though it be for the laudable
object of furnishing newborn,Africab children
With red flannel night, caps and fine tooth
combs.
`!--.ln short the minister does not live here
;, and." old:things have passed away and
all are become new.'