Corruptatrarr. LLD BOOKS, AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO TELL. BY REV. E. H. GILLETT, D.D There are many persons to whom a taste for old books is something inex lineable. They can understand well 'ttniOugh the attractions of a Oean, white page and attractive binding, but time- Ifftwasted covers and dingy pages seem 'tin them simply unsightly. But if, for 'at, few moments, they could enter into r.the views and share the feelings of the .zhistorical student, they would begin to .-wonder at themselves rather than him. "The old book is the one he wants. He irespects it, as we all do some lingering asurvivor of the Revolutionary war, who -van tell. the story of what he saw and • edid. The . time-stained page is a kind :ef voucher for the identity of the wit ness. The tone of by-gone centuries is in its words. The worn covers are like the moss on some venerable monument. 'They take us back into a dead past 'that springs to life again in their com I take down from my shelves an anti equated, vellum-bound 24m0., entitled, "Defensio Regia pro Carolo I. ad Sere nbmimum Magnin Brittanim Regent 4Oarolum IL, etc., Ann° olnfooirrax," ?and find .bound up with it another work, " Joh an nis Miltoni Angli pro pp- Ando Anglicano Defensio Contra Clandii Anonymi alias Salmasii Defensionem Londini, 1651." I know that I have here the memorials of that re markable controversy in which, two cep rberies ago, the illustrious Milton routed Ads antagonist Salmasius, and if the old letter press, clear and distinct, had no oharm, the venerable aspect of page and binding carry my thoughts hack to the very heart of the conflict, and I feel; as no eloquence of even a Macaulay could 'lntake me feel, the force and earnestnesss Ai this Latin appeal, in which the greatest of English poets spread the merits of the' most remarkable of histOric. retributions before the court of public. +opinion throughout Europe. I turn to another shelf, and take down a quarto parriphlet of some one hundred dad , . fifty -pages. It was writtene.'by Solomon Williams, of Lel:Anon, Ct., in reply to thetreatise of his colleen, ebenlder Edwards, in which he'attacked' the Halfway Covenant. On the title 040 1 rqs4, Robert Bre ck, .„ . from the people of Northampton."--- There is a Chapter full of meaning in that simple inethiption: Rebert Bieck, pastor of Springfield, Mass; 'was 'one of the miiirsterbil l eeighborti of PreSident wards, by whom his course was con demned, and who was in sympathy with the majority of the Northampton con- . gregation; That majority ‘ persecuted 'lldivardirefter they hid driven.him out, sod to vindicate themselves, procured the publication, or exerted themselves tindisseminate this pamphlet, and they did it by such organized , effort as t'o warrant them in styling themselves ." The people of Northampton." This ig fully confirms the statement of President Adwards contained is his life, that his -;enemies at Northampton exerted them '''lteilves to procure the publication of some refutation of the views maintained by , their pastor, applying in the first in , etance to the Rev. Mr Clark, of Salem. The bitterness of this controversy, which resulted in the exclusion of the Half way Covenant from the New England 'Churches, comes strikingly to `view in \the inscription in that old pamphlet. On another shelf I find a copy of the original edition of old pr. Hopkins's "System of Doctrines," published in 193, and on a fiy-lest'l read, "Eliza beth West, 1193." In the list of sub; lioribers' names, prefixed to this edition, find this same' name of tElizabeth .4; frest, Newport, R. L" In Professor' l'ark's Memoir of Hopkins we read, after :1111 account of the death of his wife, in August; 1.193, that "as early at least its 1764, Mr. Hi.pkins had met Mies Eliza beth Weit in the praying circle of the .01d South Church, Boston." Her . *lends "persuaded her, after the war, 'le establish a boarding-school at NeW 4 :port. Few masters of the New Divinity had a more intelligent ' conviction of the *nth than she. Some of her letters to Dr. Hart and Dr. West are-worthy of a theological veteran. . . . On the 14th September, 1794, she was married to iiiim," l (Dr l .H.epitins.) At that time she was afty-fiv,e years of age, and he was - seventy-three : ,§,he ... died twenty-years later at,T4A9hS aiiir,no the vo lu me ' before me bas st rayed ' by unknown and MAraceible ronifis hands\ . But apart from the) name "on ao fly leaf, the book has anineere_Kwhioh does net belong to a copy of ,the2fine new edition of Hopkins 4_eblished by the Congregational' Btkird7 The list of sub scribers' names has-a bistory—a maul ' fold history—to suggest. Upon that list we find a column beaded " Free " and in this column are "New . port Gardner, " Solinar Nubia," and ~eleven. e.i.o tbers, citiains of Newport, and lour more, citizens Et Providence. Dr. Hepkin c ds atitialeVel'y efforts _had no . t . been lust on the theological sympathies - 4f the representatives of the African race mound him. 'MS list of subscribers' names helps IN to trace out the quarters in which the 44 .N0W Divinity"'*struck root, " Rufus Anderson, Candidate, Londonderry," .4(N. H.,) is the first, name that meets the eye, and we know his lineage, a Preni-, *at Wheeloeli's name soon followe. Joseph Badger, seven years later to become the pioneer missionary of Ohio, has a copy of the book; so has Charles Coffin, soon to leave Newbnryport and lay the foundations of collegiate and theological education in Eastern Ten nessee. Manasseh Cutler, to whom the early settlement'of Marietta and South ern Ohio owes so much, has his place ~on the list. Nathanael , Emmons, (Pres ident) ; Ebenezer Fitch; of Williams town; Jonathan Fren6h, of Andover; `Alvan Hyde, of Lee.; ,] Corse, of Charlestown ; Samuel Sprini r cif New buryport ; Stephen West, of Stockbridge. and President Maxey, are 'there, ‘ as matter of course. Dr. Chapin, of Rocky Hill, was then a tutor in Yale College ; Bethuel Dod was== studying theology at Oraagedale ; Jedidiah Chapman, t 6 Patriarch of Central New York, Was then settled at the same place-; Samuel Miller was studying theology at Dover, Deliware; Moses Waddel, so famous • among, the Southern Churches, was also preparing for the ministry, and each of these was a subscriber for Dr. Hopkins's work. Some took special interest in its circulation. Dr. Bull, the predecessor of Dr. Beecher at Easthampton, L. 1., took two copies ; Walter King, of Nor wich, Conn., Joseph Alexander, of South Carolina, who educated many for the ministry, and his pupil, James Mcßee, of North Carolina, each took twelve ; Joseph Bullen, six years later to start on Hs mission tour to the Indian tribes of the Southwest, and to be come the Patriarch' of the. Presbyterian Churches of Mississippi 'and Louisiana, took two copies; so did the younger Edwards, then. at New Haven. Among other subscribers, whose views. may have been--shaped largely by the' work, were Dr. Hill, afterwards of Winchester,•Va., Graham, of=-Langton Porter, of Cats kill, the celebrated James Waddel, father:in-law of Dr. Alexander, and Samitel of Torringford, Conn. Indeed, .a glance at the ilp.bscription list suggests at once the einnsive and powerful influence which must, have suddenly been -given to the Hopliinsian theology, and the agitating,effects in the theological world, which were, destined to follow for the next thirty years, cut. minating in "The Triangle”,of famous memory. Old books surelyliave 'some testimony to bear which is not apt to be founoi in new editions. The historical eiplhrer feels an enthusiasm sometimes in . 'ex amining them, not altogether unlike that of one Who oteivates a buried city,, and reads the inscriptions 'on its ancient monuments. llifen.n maylouch ti* hats to sore things more contemptible than old books. 'True, they are not always' valuable. There , are works which, whether new . or old, are, simply worth less. Time, with its centuries, cannot ele vate them to anything above curiosities. Bat if. the hoary head ; is "a crown of gloryy im some ,instances, the weather marks of old age.on an old book, may, well , 'give it sometimes ,a beauty far beyfind the reach `of the binder's art. JOHN KNOX, , THE SCOTCH REFORMER. The ,corraptions ..by which the.dhris tian religion 'was disfigured before the. IrefOriiatiOnThitd` - grown to ' a greater height in Scotland than in any other nation within the pale of the Western Church. Superstition and religious im posture, in their grossest forms, gained an easy admission among the rade and ignorant people. By means of these, the clergy attained to an exorbitant de gree of opulence and power, which were accompanied, as they always have been, with the.corimption of their order and of the whole system of religion. The half of ,the wealth of the nation belonged , to the clergy; and a greater part of this was in the hands of a few individuals, who had the command of the whole body. Avnrice, ambition, and the love of Bacillar pomp reigned sinong the inferior orders. Bishops and abbots rivalled, the first nobility in magnificence `and preceded them in' honors. They were privy counsellors and lords of ses sion as well as of parliament, and had long engrossed the principal . offt(lEis State. The Bishops never, en any oc t casion, condescended to preach.• The practice had even become unfashionable among all the `secular clergy, and was committed wholly to the mendicant monks, who employed it for the most mercenary purposes. The ignorance , of the clergy respecting religion was as gross as the dissoluteness of their mor als. Even bishops Were not ashamed to confess that they were unacquainted with the canon of 'their faith, and :had never read any part of the awed Scrip tures except 'what they met with in their missals. This state of things could not be well endured by the Scotch. ,`,Though they were held in ignorance, they were natu rally shrewd and sagacious, despisers of idleness and luxury, and filled with an unconquerable love of liberty,_which has ever since. been one of their prominent characteristics. The works of Martin Luther were brought into Scotland, and such were the effects that soon followed, that an act of Parliament was pat-sed in 1525, pro libiting,th.t.iruportatiou Of _the Reform er's writings for Scotland, as the act alleged, bad always " bene clone of all sir filth and vice:" Acts of Parliament, however, could, not exclude the truth. Hamilton, Wishart, and other noble spirits, saw the truth and embraced it, 'and because of their fidelity were burned at tbe stake. . While Wishart ,was n his last'tour throtiO:the eountu t prag t bing the'etier lasting Gospel, a man by the name of THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, 'THURSDAY ! JULY 12, 1866 Knox accompanied him. The same spirit had caught him. The same fire had begun to burn in his bones. This man, who afterwards proved to be . the great John Knox, had been educated for the nourish Church; but his bold and penetrating mind could not be held in the, trammels of mere priestly and scho lastic authority, and at a very early pe riod of his life he showed a disposition to disregard antiquated dogmatism and to walk freely in the paths of light and liberty pointed out by the: Word of God. Some other- influences had helped= to bring liis mind to the knowledge : of the truth ;, ,the ,clear , dOctrines, heart warmtlove, and the heavenly piety of the martyr ,Wishart were the principal instrumentalities for c*tpleting his'con version. After his conversion, he had employed himself in differentways. He lived as a tutor for a while in some gentlemen's families. He,.preached, also, when any persons wished to hear his doctrine: Resolute to walk by the truth and speck the truth when called to do so, he was not ambitious of anything more, nor did he fancy that he:was capable of Or thing more. In this obscure way he had reached' the age of forty. Albout the beginning of April, 1547, he eered the Castle of St. Andrews partly awn by respect to those by whom it was held, and partly induced to seek an asy him within it from the hostility of the Popish' clergy, who seemed, already to have marked him as a dangerous oppo nent. One day, in the chapel a certain preacher,after finishing his exhortations to the resolute spirits. around him, said suddenly, that there-:ought' 'to be other speakers, that all men who had a priest's heart and gift in them ought now to speak; which gifts and heart he' kneiv one of their number, John Knox, by name, had. Has he not? said the preacher, appealing to, all the audience The people answered affirmatively. Poor Knox was obliged to stand up.' He at tempte(to reply. He could not say a word, but burst into a flood of tears and % ran out.' He. was in grievous ;trouble for some dnys. He felt .hat a small talent he had for this great: work, and what a great baptism he, neojind =to be baptized with Being thus' publicly called to the work, John Knox proceeded inimediately to place • the controversy between the Re formers, and the Papists on its proper basis. Instead of contending about, tights and ceremonies and minor errors and perversions of doctrine, he boldly stated, and offered to maintain, the pro position, that the Papal Church of is cinti-Chrf,st. From that moment the Reformation may be proper& dated; be , , cause from, that moment, there could be no compromise. I In a short time we find Knox sent'off . ,with some galley slaves..; 'as o the river Loire. • Someofficer Ili.' prieet ones day presented him an image of the yirgin - Mother, requiring him to reve l r ance it, ".Mother I Mother of God I I " said. Knox. "There is no mother of God. This is :.a pentad bredd,' a-piece of wood, I tell you, with paint on it. She is fitter for swimming, I think, than . for being worshipped," added Knox, and immediately-flung the thing into the river. While confined in the .galleyB - told his fellow-pria6ners, in this darkest hour, to be of courage, the cause they had espoused was the true one. and would', the whole world could' not pit it down.: .Reatity'is of God% making. It is alone strong. Knox was liberated. froth the galleys. in 1549; and 'proceeded to 'England, where he labored dilbgently in the cause of the Reformation, under the pat ronage of !dward VI. until 15,54. In . SCotland, ,the Reformation was checked for several years. The clergy having got -the upper hand, used their power Witn characteristic vigor. Some a the most influeroial of the supporters of evangelical religion were prosecuted and banished or put to death. The laws against heresy were renewed, and fres)) enactments added. Some .reformatory regulailops were , also attempted= by ttie corrupt Church, in oriler to satisfy the demands of some: But these were in efficacious. . The friends of the GOepe l l, though Castr!lown, were ;not in despair. A goodly , yet remained, wile met private for, mntual cdificatioiC Atolength, , in ibe end of liarirest; in the year 1555;'jblin' Knox retttrne'di Scotland.. from place to .place and made a peNerfnl luvreseion vhere- , `ever he went ; IT , KnoX / 61.1 1 bOkkliDIZES Weie 30011 reported' to the 'biatops, and 'lie was summoned to appear' 'before a con vention of the• clergy in .Bilinburgh, : went, but no meeting' was • held. The ` clergy'did not think he would appear when he was summoned, and iyhen ; he did appear, , they were sadly disconcerted and set the trial aside; under the pre tense of some informality. This 'gate Knox a great advantage. Knox„ about this time,.' received an invitation to go to Geneva and .preaeh, which he accepted and went. But after a short time he returned, and rest , lved to devote his life to the cause of the Reformation in Scat land. 2tt - the time of Kook's arrival in Edin burgh, a number Of isiers of Scotland had been iquemoned before the court, and they Were to have, their trial for having taught heresy and having excited tumults tuboug the peo ple. Tiair enemies, preporiug a treach erous scheme to get rid of thew by death,, had met 'for several day n"t he m ; 13 '7 of . ' the m orning of Kll ls . l VrOk" *hen on the morning"a Atiadx l oo, while the priests were maturiug their plots, a monk who had probably been begging about the town, ran into the monastery, and, breathless and pale with terror, rushed into the room where the priests were assembled, anti - exclaimed in a.loud voice, "John Knox_! John Knox is come I He is here I He slept last night in , Edinburgh." If a thunderbolt had fallen in their midst, the priests could. not have felt more alarm. They lose hastilboleft the..halt and the con vent and dispersed, some one way and some another, in the greatest confusion and' disiney. Soon aftewards, Knox was invited to preach • l at 'St' 24S.litlietvs; The Arch bishop, 11sokg of this design, hastily collected an armed force, and, sent infor-, oration to Knox that if he appeared- in 'the pulpit 'he would give orders to fire upon him. ~Thiswas a critical juncture,;' Knox's friends did not know : bOw to ad- I yise him. In this perplekity they sent for Knox himself, to get his judgment on the case. And the judgment that be ' gave, was one becoming him. He re minded his friends that he had been first called to preach the Gospel in that very town—that he had been r dragged away from it by the' tyranny : of France under the, direction of the ~ BishoPs—that now the opportunity was presented to him - for which he had longed, and. prayed, sand hoped. He, therefore, entreated them not to binder him, from once more preaching in St. A ndrews. " As, for me," said Knox, "or the fear of danger that may come to me, let no man be , solicitotis, for my .life IS in the custody of Him wheSe glory- I seek I desire the hand- and weapon of no, man to defend me ; I only ,Crave audience, which, if it be denied here unto me, 'at' this , time, I must' seek fat: titer where I may have it." - The dauntless courage ok,k.nox enixt. municated itself to the lords. Like Wm, they ceased -to!' think of danger when called to discharge, their :duty. The next day Knox appeared in the 'pulpit. He hadra:vast audience. The 'Archbishop was among them, and many of the inferior Clergy, and. many who were, ordered_ to assassinate him. Bat the hand of God was with him. The subject of his disconrse ,was—‘‘ Our Sa iviottr's'driving out die profane trairtick ers from the temple of Jerusalem" ,:Prom this passage'he taught the tinti , of all Christians to remove the corrap. Lions of Papacy and purify the Church: He preached, for three days ,Successively in the same place, and such effect did it produce,that the magistracy and the-in habitants de thetown were brought over to the` Protestant faith, and itemediately ,stripped the Church of images and, pic tures, and , detholished the monasteries.. At a meeting'of the Parliament, held ,in ' August, 1560 'die Reformation was ,established in , Scotland. . Mary the Queen of Scots,took_tpossession of her , Kingdom in August, 1861. Soon after Mary's arrival in a Scotland, She sent for Knox and held a long'conversation with hint.accused of raising her She .- him subjects against hex mother and herself, of writing .a bodk against her just an . thority, of heing the cause ofi edition and bloodshed, and of accompli g hie lD purposes- by,magical arts .., W h K9ox had answeredthese charges, she changed 'the subject - and accused him of leachink the people to receive a religion different from that which was allowed by their Princes; and she asked if this was not contrary to the' Divine corninatid, that subjects' ' should , obey ;,their.rulers' Knox replied that true religion derived its origin and authority not .from princes, hat from the" Eternal God.----that prineds. were often most ignorant of the _true re ligion—and that subjects were not bound to frame their religion according to -the arbitrary will of their rulers, else the'. Hebrews would - have been bound to adopt the religion of ,Pharoah ; Daniel and his associates that of , Nebuchadnei-- tar, and the primitive Christians that of the Roman Etnperors. _ " Well, then," said- the Qaeen, "I perceive that my subjects shall obey yoil. and not me, and will do what they please, and not what I command, and so I must be subject to them, and not they to me " "-God forbid I". replir.d Knox, " that ever r I should' take upon Me Co command any one to ohey me i ,or_ to set , subjects to do whatever pleases them, but my 'great aim' is that both Princes and subjects - may obey God." ^' Knox's' coed act tol he Queen has often been much commented 'upon and re proved. But we Abiuk. wi!tout just 'cause. : It, was; unfortun..tely, not possi ble to he politertvith the Queen - of Scot land, unless One Would prote untrue to the ,nation . and 'came of Scotland .4- man- who did not wish to see the land= of his birthmade a hunting.:field for in irigning, ambitions men, and the cense of lion-trampled under foot and made the victim of falsehoods, and formulas, and licentiousness; had' no method of making himself very agreeable. " Bet ter," said a distinguished writer, "that women weep, than that bearded men be -forced to weep." Indeed, it ought not to be expected that a wan,' sent to row in the French galleys fur test-hipg tee tra h, could always be in the mildest hutior. John Knox died November 24th, 1572, iu the sixty•seventh year of his age. He viewe€i the approach of his dissolution %yob the ntruost ealuiness, aid was consoled by the GeSpet to a re deg,ri.e. A few liours before be breathed bis last being• asked the cause of .snching so. deeply,. he replied, 4Lbave , formerly, during. my'trail , life,• Built matey contests' dui' his-- Nt,(l4, of lion has at „,..Preseut. that roaring lion has assailed me most laid ously, and put forth all his strength to devour and make an end of me at once. Often before, he has placed my sins be fore my eyes, often tempted me to de spair, often endeavored to ensnare me by the allurements of the world, but these weapons being broken by the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, he I could not prevail. Now he has attacked me in another way; he labors to per suade me that I have merited Heaven and eternal blessedness by the faithful discharge of my ministerial duty. But, blessed be God, who has enabled me to beat down and quench this fiery dart by suggesting such passages of Scrip ture as these What haat thou that thou haat not received ?" By the grace of God I am what I am ;"lot I, but the grace of God in .me.' Being thus van quished he• left me, wherefore I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, who was 'pleaSed to give me the vic tory.' " "Have you hope?" they asked him in his last moments, when he could no longer speak. He lifted his finger_ pointed upwards—and so died. When he was about to be lowered into the grave, the Earl of Morton, who was then Regent, gazing thoughtfully into the open sepulchre, gave utterance to what, from his lips, was the highest enlogium " There;" said he, "lies one wbo never feared the face of man." A distinguished writer has thus sum marily sketched hia . character : "In this manner," sayi le, "departed this man of-God—the , light of Scotland—the comfort of , the Church—the mirror of godliness==and pattern and example to all-true ministers in purity of life, sound ness of , doctrine, and boldness in,reprov iing.wickedness,—one that cared not for the-favor Of men . , how great soever they were." • • • . " Finish thy work, then go in peace, Life's a'battle fought and won; • ,Hear from the throne the -Master's voice ' Welt done! Well Bone !' " THE Km Eli It will not appear strange that the ig norant colorectpeuple of the South are superstitious, clinging half-unconsciously to many traditions-of the Obi worship of their far-off ancestors in Africa, when we remember that cunning, the strength of the Weak, hae been their armor so *many years. Indeed, there' are many white persons, highly cultivated, and learned in the' e2r.sOt sciences, wbo have some pet superstition,` which fetters them in Its invisible chains. There are those who will not sit'down thirteen at table, lest the unlucky thirteenth should die within the year, the omen itself being derived-from the fact that there *ere thirteen at the Last Supper, of whom one was' a traitor, who afterwards went and hung' himself. Some are distressed with apprehensions if a , dog howl,in the night beneath their window; s and in our Southern woods, where the timid hares play in the long grass, many a lady is`alarmed if a frightened creature , run across her' path, lest some misfor tune brood over her home. =A belief in the evil eye seems to be' general among the colored people. An old auntie told me that her daughter had been sick a long,time, and never could_ recover. " Dere's no use doing nuffin for her, honey. - You see, she was looked on with the Evil ,Eye 1" A, man not long since gave, himself , up, to the, mili tary authorities hereoaying.that he bad shot amen.",investigation it was found, that he had hint no one. ." Did . you hit him?" wat auked. "Of course not," *was' the reply ;."Who 'can hit a witch ?" " But why give yourself up ?" ":11. am afraid of ,his ;'Evil Eye 1" In hiring , servants, one has to. be ex tremely guarded in referring to any other applicants for the position; as ne servant will enter a " home" to which any other has the shadow of a right. Not long since, in changing my cook, I said to the dignified old woman who was officiating in the , culinary department by the day : " Well, Anut Fanny, I've hired a woman, and she is coming to morrow ; did you see her ?" " Certainly, honey, she saw me first." I once thought that this peculiarity' was to be referred-to a high sense of honor, bat I now know that it is occasioned by a sense of fear. ,One of, the ,brightest yellow women I ever saw, refused to go atgood hiume, because old Uncle Sam, .who lived there; was a witch. But since die days when. 'grand old Paul stood in the midst of.. Mars Hill, and cried with fearless voice and em 'phati9 gesture, to the' learned and the lotty of the earth, " Ye men of Athens, L perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious," the =world has not moved forward so very fan - But a few days ago, a veteran soldier unbuckled his sword, and slept' Lis last sleep, in the shadow of the beautiful Highlands, that .guard the stately Hudson. And there were found petmle, we charitably sup pose y that the mere ignorant, whose en . riosity tnipellecl then to attend a seance tat which a young laity, who ought to be in a lunatic asylum,-told them of the old man's entrance into the spirit land, and gave a d. seription, in true milliner style, of his ree , ption robes. There is an Evil Eye, whose baleful glances shoot, like scorchitig fire, over earth's fairest 'and twat. It IS an eye that looks into the dark places of the world and makes the darkness - deepen—. but it also throws iti — gloom over the beautiful and the noble. Not a mortal eye—but the eye that shone in the , fte. pent's !head when our mother Biel wig' Skived , frow-her °because. to Heave.a.-L -040441.iif -S'atin.' Let us 'Of t~iat Evil Ey4;.J ig)litat'o Catrit. BOORS RECEIVED. NAPOLEON 111. History 'of Julius Cmsar, VoL 11. The Wars in Gaul. New York: Harper & Bros. Svo., pp. 659. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphi a . SPENCER. A Narrative of Andersonville ; Drawn from the Evidence elicited_ on the Trial of Henry Wiz's, the jailor, with the argument of Col. N. P. Chipman, Judge Advo'cate. By Ambrose Spencer. New York : Harper &--Bros. 12m0., pp. 272. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Phila. 'TRAFFORD. Phemie Keller. By F. G. Traf ford. New York: Harper &' Bros. Bvo., pp., 142. For, sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co., PhiladelPhia. Giudoß.E. Four Years in the Saddle. By COlonel Haxry Gilmore. New York : Har pen& 8r0ti.;.. , 12m0., pp. 291. For sale by J. B. Lippincott & Co., rhiadelphia. MAGAZINES AND PADOPIIIEWS. Tas Non= BRECISH REVIEW, June, 1866. American Edition. Republication of the London, Edinburgh, North British, and WeStminster Quarterly Reviews.—Contents : The Roman Element in .Civilization; The Sea-Fisheries Commission Venetian Rela zioni ; Rawlinson ' s Ancient Monarchieso of the East ; Baker's Explorations in Central Africa ; Colonial Policy in the Government of Colored Races; Edmond About; Disinfection. New York : The Leonard Scott Publishing Com pany. For Sale by W. B. Zieber, Philadel phia. THE EVANGELICAL QUARTERLY .Ravin, July, 1866. Edited by M. L. Stoever, Pro fessor in Pennsylvania College. Printed at Gettysburg. MUSIC. SUNLIGHT POLKA BRILLIANT. Composed by Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst, New York: Pub lished by Horace Waters. GENERAL SCOTT'S FUNERAL MARCH. By Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst: New York: Pub lished by Horace Waters. LOOKING FORWARD. Words by Frances L. Beeler. Music by Mrs. KA. Parkhurst. New York: Published by 'Horace Waters. FAITH. The word faith, or belief, is evidently used, by the inspired writers in the same sense in which it is commonly used and and understood among , men in ordinary eases. ThePneVelgave the least hint that they had any uncommon " c Vies annexed to that tetin, nor did they give any directions how le believe or set faith,. thaugh `they insist mue.h upon what men Irate believe. and upon Divine , evicienceef.its truth. It is also-re.markableithatMe.do not find any of the first converts inquiriegmluit faith is, or in mhat manner they mere to believe. Hence we may reasonably infer that the apostles used the word faith in its ordinary sense, which required no explanation, and that their hearers did in •fact so understand them, The writer - of the' Epistle to the Hebrews defines faith in' this manner:— " Now - faith is the confidence of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." (Heb. xi. I.) 'Faith here ex pressed by the two words confidence and conviction, and its objects are things hoped for, things not seen. -Thing; hoped for must be , future -good things revealed and promised; and confidence in relation to such things must be a confidence - of persuasion. founded ori God's faithfulness and power, that what He hath promised He will un doubtedly perform-; for .-tt. is explained thus being persuaded of the promisee: .a judging Him faithful who bath promised: ai being fully persuaded that what . God bath promised He is able also to perform. This. confidence of faith in Divine promises is inseparable from hope; for it is the confi dence of things hoped for, and so is said to be a believing in hope—nil : of obtaining the good things promised. Again, faith is here defined more generally, the convicting: of things'not seen. Things not seen include not only things promised; but things testi• fled; not only good things to be hoped tor. but evil things to , be dreaded; not merely things future, but things past and present All of them, however, so far as they are the objects of faith, must be things not seen: for faith is opposed to sight,—it being a conviction of the truth arid reality of thinz• made known by revelation, and is grounded on the authority of that revelation, con , i dered as the word of God. —Bomar. WAITING. Every time -of religious quickening N marked by an increase 4 willingness on the part of the impenitent to bear the Gospe , from the pulpit not merely but to hear is in private personal appeal. if we are IN; mistaken, the present revival is peculiarly: marked by this feature. We have again and again heard it testified by Christim: that in their late` advances toward dire: appeal with their friends in regard to the condition of the soul, they have—to their surprise—been met almost halt-way them. We have ourselves been cognizac of frequent remarks made by those who still out of Christ, indicating not only the:' `desire to be labored with, but their prise that Christians do not make more kind, warm, earnest, direct individual in.; tation to those who are still in impeniter It - seems to ne that it would be quite for. Christian people to assume that th' friends who are out of the church are tina ing to be spoken to by them on the enty of the soul's salvation; and to prue , accordingly to direct appeal They c• hardly go mach astray on such a suer tion; while it ought much to eneour; them; ought, indeed, to shame theta theii duty. Of all depressing and malignant irr , ' ences in the way of the approach of s ine. , ' to the'croeS, perhaps there are none rr a:' °ally worse than this: their le. religion, as developed in the lies profeesors, is so feeble in its pow , r S”j• ineffectual in its working a- to hinds from any practical influence t hrouL:h upon others; is, in plain wird..., sistent in its developments as to devotion to the lips, while I. avint_r the to flow on as before. • Christian ! It your imp , nitcct *le, brother, sister child, 'rend Waiting in daily expee , arion of n , ir) by you to b. come a Christian, and in 01, disappointment that no such appca' can you readily es'imate the p obAh influence of snob a posture of m ind Ric". jA&.lsatarlar I inferences? n y. ththat . l3l/ob , fritlaitlestql remain uuruco o. to God P—Congregationfist.
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