eattruralOstrr. CORRESPONDENCE IN CHINA. INQUIRERS.--tPERTLE.XING OASES The relations of the missionary to professed inquirers after the truth are most important and solemn. It is often a work of amazing difficulty to fathom a man's motives on any subject whatever. But when moral and religions principles and aims are to be scrutinized, the work assumes phases of peculiar interest and difficulty. Such instances abound in the missionary work, and tax to the ut most both our skill and our patience. We need the penetrative sagacity and the large ministerial experience of your Springs, Wieners, and Spencers, and, after all, may humbly calculate on being often foiled and misled. It is becoming quite common for per sons to come to us with high professions of love for the truth and willingness to learn more about it. And there, too, is a difference in the cases thus presented. If insincere, and, at the same time, un sophisticated, from the extreme poverty_ of their knowledge of us and of the spirit ual demand on their faith and obedience, their mercenary motives soon appear. They are in distress; they want to-hwong (employment). This is the end. Pro- fession of interest in the Gospel is a means only. If insincere, but still tole rably versed in the purely religious aspects of our enterprise, they mask their real object under a form of pious talk and eager protestation of sin cerity and zeal. Often they overdo the business by extravagant assertion, and, thus' help us to class them as spurious cases. But in some instances there is an apparent sincerity, whose delicate and indescribable marks impress our minds and make us hesitate to decide adversely. Are these sincere or not ? That is the great question. AN' ILLUSTRATION.-A BEGGAR OR AN IN- QUIRER I will state, in illustration, a recent ease from the literary class. Seven or eight years since, an individual was in the habit of attending the exercises at one of our chapels. He disappeared ; but about two months ago he returned, and was recognized by some of our na tive assistants. He stated that he had been absent in Chehkiang province, for purposes of trade, and had failed in his plans. Also, that he had. been sick several months, and was living on the sale of some of his effects. He declared that he had abandoned idolatry and heartily embraced the religion of Christ, and he begged importunately for ern ployment. He has written me three letters, in which there is a curious mingling of the religious and material elements of his ex perience. The first letter is politely inscribed ping (petition). I give only the substance "My name is Tang Sinung, and I am forty-five years of age. There are five mouths to feed. My mo ther is old, my wife feeble, and my chil dren small. In cdnsequence of my sins against God, and my ignorance of the Saviour's'merits, my capital in trade is all sunk. Of all mechanical arts lam ignorant. Hunger and`cold press sharply. Tam in debt; in body wretched, while my soul scarcely escapes the pit of de struction. I have come to myself, think deeply and perceive my sins. I know that forgiveness is of God, and that I must obey Christian teachings. But I must look to you for temporal relief, that I may be rid of this corroding anxiety, and that my soul may perchance secure salvation. Then I can give my earnest thought to learn truth, seek God's par don, thank Jesus for His painful merit, be enrolled among the saiqts, explain the Scriptures to others, and in thought, word, and deed cleave to truth, consis tent to the very end, not daring to pro fess openly and transgress covertly, nor by supineness add to my sins. Hoping that others, too, will embrace the way of life, I will enjoy heaven with them, all which is due to God's condescending pity, to the Savious atonement, and the merit of those from abroad who declare it. A sincere and earnest petition." In his second letter he speaks of the Great Shepherd, of himself as a lost sheep, and of missionaries as shepherds who ought to pity and seek out the wandering ones. " When the sheep hear the voice and know it as the Shep herd's, they cease to be shepherdless. The shepherd must pity them as already having such knowledge; and help them increase it. But if he exclaims They are not my sheep,' and rejects them, and the sheep reject him, then, practically, their knowledge is the same as no knowledge. There is no mutual advan tage. How, then, can the sheep get a shepherd, and when will they gain sal vation ?" In his third letter he speaks of having renounced idols and turned to Christ, and then draws a sad picture of his dreadful straits. Ile says he is as des titute as though all were washed or wiped off clean, and that both in respect to fdod and clothing it is hard to " get on." He declares that his family has " not enough even to paste their mouths with," and how, then, can he economize to pay his debts? He begs that I will do the " beautiful act" of lending him some money, and in case of my employ ing him to teach a free school, he can repay the amount by monthly install ments. If this is not granted, the pres sure of creditors wily inflict a disgrace hard- to bear, and might even " bring his life down to the ground" by crime. His family would be scattered, and the laws of heaven violated. " The dilem ma is a fearful one—no means of living, and yet suicide sinful. No way of peacefully seeking the truth, and yet the lamentable danger of stopping half way." Now, are all his professions false ? He asks for temporal aid. He has con tinued to do so, even after being told that we usually regard' " place-seeking" by inquirers as a suspicions circumstance in regard to their sincerity. He evi dently understands the way of salvation in some respects, and his bearing has impressed some of his native brethren favorably. Two of them went to his house without previously informing him of their intention, and kind no trace of idolatry in the main room. He is doubt less sincere and truthful in his talk about his destitution, and is an object of pity as a heathen, even. We are now try ing an experiment with him. He lives in a large village where it is desirable to gain Christian influence, and he, can' teach school. Oar brightest native as sistant says : " Well, count him a hea then for the present. Give him work. Stick him to his bargain. Pay him if he produces the work. If not, 'not." This plan has been decided upon, and I agree to pay him privately three dollars a month if he has ten scholars. Should he prove, after all, to be inveterately heathen, the connection between us will be, diasolved. SHE PEEPLEXDRY.-PRAYER ASKED Yon at once perceive the trying posi tion we occupy in regard to such cases, and the objections that 'lie against any course that may be adopted. If the Lord, by the discipline of adversity, weans this man from his trust in idols, we must encourage him. How much ? In what way ? Our religion is one of mercy. How shall this be shown ? In affording temporal relief ?. If so, what `is the safe and profitable limit? But, on the other hand, will it not be injurious to the man and the general cause to lend any pecuniary aid ? Will not others say that we buy up Christians by giving them places ? There is imminent dan ger of this, for not one in a hundred or thousand of the people can understand the full merits of the case. I have given one specimen and it will prove suggestive to any who feel dis posed to examine it. We cannot, in deed, give aid and comfort to all the distressed. To do so, we should need a Rothschild for our banker. Still, the holy law of charity abides with it& limi tations of ability, , time, place, circum stance, and its many intricate relations to the high spiritual interest'of the indi vidual and the Church. And who is sufficient for these,things The subject may, be- fillowed to point a moral. Missionariet are 'needy. The best need‘rnore - grace, the wisest more wisdom. And all crave the hearty sympathy and ,unceasing prayers of God's dear people at home. 0 pray for us, that we may be wise to win souls, and that we may acquire large experience and a divine skill in our work. Pray that, with the apostle, we may be " made all things to all men, that (we may) by all means save some." Fua ClUtr, May 5, 1866 THE MISSION AMONG THE PAPUAS OF . AUSTRALASIA. [We prefix an account, which may not be faMiliar to all, of the character of theleople alluded to in the subjoined article frdm the Evangelische Kirchen zeitung.] Thgre are two distinct native classes in Australasia, " one of negroes called .Papuas, and one belonging to the Malay race. The Pappas inhabit New Hol land, New Guinea, LoUisiade, the Solo mon Islands, New Hebrides, New Bri tain and New Caledonia ; and in New Holland, particularly, they have project ing lips and woolly hair, like all other negroes, froth whom they are distin guished by very thin, lean arms and legs. This race, in cultivation, is far below the other race, the Malays, espe cially in New Holland, where they have very disgusting and apelike features, stand on the lowest step of bodily, and mental improvement, and live' in a savage state, without 'laws and without religion. Their great mouths and thick, projecting lips jut out something like a snout, and their little, flat noses are lost behind them. Their deep-sunk eyes betray a rude and malicious spirit, and sometimes, though rarely, a stupid good humor. They are naked, or slightly clothed in the skins of beasts, live on fish,'or the fruits of trees, or on the flesh of kangaroos, which they find no diffi culty in catching, and devour every thing almost raw; they hardly pull the feathers from birds before they consume them. The inhabitants of New Caledo nia and the New Hebrides, who are also regarded as Papuas, eat the flesh of their enemies when they have killed them, though they have fields covered with bananas, yams and arum." These facts will enable the reader more thoroughly to appreciate the bin deran ces to missionary effort in Australa sia, and the amazing success delineated in the testimony which follows. [Translated front the L'irehenzeitung.] The writer of these lines has still a lively recollection of having been pre sent, while yet a student, at a mission festival in Dresden, more than twenty three years ago ; on which occasion the well•known Einsiedel read the annual report. It made then a deep impression upon me, that this distinguished man was not ashamed of the cross of Christ; still more, however, was I affected by THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1866. his description of the apparently mountable difficulties that surro the mission among the Papnas. missionaries of the Society had I courage, and all hope ever to gain with the Gospel message to the ceptible savages among whom th been appointed to labor; and reason begged earnestly to be r The Society, however, resolved severe, and denied the request, i unshaken belief that Christ died f and that the power of his rede I. may extend to every one who b human form. Subsequently I le rued that the Society was, nevertheless com pelled to recall its missionaries, be ease the most self-denying labors of faith,in attempting to subjugate what mimed the unconquerable stupidity of ; the 3 " Papuas, were shown to be frn tless. This was 'also the experience of other societies. Even that Missionar Asso -1 elation, which had heretofore s ormed the strongholds of heathendo with conquering power, because wth the mildest and tenderest maim s—the United Brethren, after the labor f many years, and after many resisted ttempts to gain access to the Papua , had to abandon the work, because t f h least in ducement to perseverance con k not be discovered. But now we h ar, with joyful surprise, of- Gospel vi ones in t ; 22 this seemingly most hopeless o all con flicts. On the 27th of Sept ber, an - English missionary baptized at one time twenty-seven Paptias. This success, auspicious beyond all expectation, is to be ascribed, next to God, to', the self sacrificing zeal of an evangelical layman. John Green was entrusted by the Gov ernment with the superintendence of the negroes of the district. Instead t of re maining in Melbourne, as he might' have done, he fixed his residence at a l point . several miles distant from this place, and { 2 resolved to gather around him small colony of natives. He began to ' struct them, to explain to them the ord of God, and impart all kinds o useful knowledge. His endeavors were leased; the small colony increased; idol ry and drunkenness disappeared the afire to labor supplanted that of lawless i leness, which, until now, had been on of the most unconquerable impediment in the way of the mission ; and after a careful trial, twenty-seven of these poor apnea have been baptized. With the blessings of faith came also those of a developing civilization. The cultivated fields have furnished, abun dant harvests of barley, wheat a4d pota toes. All the natives of the colony, men and women, wear clothes made in European style, which, with few excep tions, they have earned by their own labor. The women make baskets oat of a native plant,- for -which, the _whites of the colony pay liberally; the - men weave a sort of coarse cloth, and maufacture instruments for hunting, which' are like wise in demand. Some already possess two suits of clothes, one for work-days and another for Sundays. Others have advanced still furtiler, and been enabled to purchase horses, saddles and fowling pieces. They generally set apart one day in the week for hunting, in order to procure meat, which they would not otherwise have. Their dwellings are all made of the bark of trees, very sim ple in their construction, yet pleasing to the eye, and have at all events the ad vantage of being the work of their own hands. C. C. B The children, about thirty in number, attend school every day, and make satis factory progress. The most advanced read the Bible with facility, write neatly, and cipher tolerably well. 1* have a taste for music, and sing with great delight, and in a manner quite agreeable to a European ear, several of the hymns composed for Sunday-schools. Thus the light has begun to shine upon a people sitting in unparalleled darkness. CORRESPONDENCE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. DEAR BROTHER:—It is more than a year since I came to Carrollton. Then the old-fashioned stage, running thirty five miles south to Alton, and ten miles., north.to Whitehall, kept open our com munications with the rest of the world. For early news we depended on the " Grape-vine Telegraph," which I re member brought us tiding& Of-I 4 Father Abraham's" ,death three or four hours , , in advance of the stage. I Now all thisis changed. The St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago R4ilroad is in fine running order as far north as Petersburg. Jacksonville, the seat of several fine schools and colleges, as well as the chosen site of our State Asylums for the Blind, the Insane and the Mute, is only an hoar and a half from us on the north, and to the south, within easy distance, lie Alton and St. Louis. Lightning tells ns the news. We feel as if we had overtaken the age. Our place is waking up. Business is active. Strangers ovellow our insuffi cient accommodations. Dwelling houses and business houses are going up in un usual numbers and at a rapid rate. Being the county-seat, our town lays the whole county 'under — tribute, and thus draws to itself a large part of the trade of about sevetiteethousand people. The material and agricultural prosperity of the county map be infer red from the value of a single article, its live stock. This is officially estimated to be worth considerably more than a million dollars. Religously, our county! resents the idea of being considered a part of Egypt ; but I cannot help thinking that the shadow of that dark land at least rests upon us. There are regions of moral darkness and spiritual destitution, which present a strong contrast to the material prosperity that everywhere abounds. In our village, which con tains about two thousand people, the Presbyterians, the Methodists, the Bap tists, the Campbellites and the Roman ists have each a flourishing church. Being pastor of the first, you will permit me to add a few facts concerning it. As early as 1823, Rev. Owen Catlin and Rev. Daniel Sprague organized the First Presbyterian Church of Greene County. It began with twenty-one mem bers, the most of whom came from New England. Ruleff Stephens, Anthony Potts and John Allen were its first elders. Thus organized, without meet ing -house, it seems to' have continued until 1831, when a new organization was effected under its present name, the CARROLLTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Among the ministers who have preached here statedly, are Rev. Thomas Lippin cott, that veteran pioneer of Southern Illinois ; Rev. Hugh Barr, who left the South to get away from slavery; Rev. J. G. Rankin and Rev. M. L. Wood. Here also may you find the footsteps of Gideon Blackburn and James Gallagher. Their impress remains. Men will tell you. how the whole community was moved under the preachipg of the latter in 1842, insomuch that the multitude who came to hear him filled not only the church, but also the whole yard around it, and many people were added to the Lord. But those days passed. Others of sad declension followed. Discipline was ne glected. The church became demoral ized. Presbytery was constrained to dissolve and reorganize it in 1850. Since then it has gone on until the pre sent time, enjoying a moderate degree of prosperity. It has undoubtedly suf fered somewhat, and been hindered in its growth by its known anti-slavery position. That it has had any measure of prosperity in the face of a dominant pro-slavery sentimejt, affords great reason for thankfulness. And now to day, its position assured by the wonder working providence of God, it seems to occupy a high vantage ground. It stands abreast with the most enlightened Chris tian spirit of the age.. It is ready to move forward -to occupy, in its propor tion, the rich and promising field spread out before our Church. ineur- Tided dr The oat all eeees Already it is seeking to gird itself for this work, by erecting a new and more commodious house of worship than the one now in use. The money for this purpose is pledged by our own people. We do not go abroad for a dollar. Very soon we hope to see the foundation laid, and the walls going up. Next to the church must ever stand Ts'st -4 3.•=411„8ut of the cause of educa tion it is not irosbibla_ to speak very en couragingly. Our common- .zoixonls_ are good and well appointed. We have also an academy. The building is owned by our Church ; its present want is a principal. The right man would find a fine field of usefulness, and command's liberal remuneration for his labors. • Toward the moral and religious edu cation of our youth and children, an ad vance was made during the past week by the organization of a county Sabbath school Convention. A fair representa tion from different parts of the county was present. Strangers from abroad added numbers and interest. Rev. Dr. Glover, of Jacksonville, introduced the occasion by an appropriate and instruc tive sermon. Rev. Edward Eggleston, of Chicago, gave a model lesson to a class of children, which illustrated finely how the thing could be successfully done. Many questions pertaining to the work of the Sabbath-school were discussed with spirit and ability. A permanent organization was effected. After sitting two days most pleasantly and profitably, the Convention was closed on Wednes day evening by Rev. Frederick Starr's admirable lecture on the Mosaic Taber nacle, a model-of which he, exhibited, to the delight of all who saw it. Our church at Walnut Grove, eight miles east of Carrollton, has been greatly prospered under the ministry of ReV. J. R. Aimstrong. During the past year its membership has been doubled, twenty three persons having been added at one tirne. They have just completed a new and commodious manse for their minis ter. He, installed his family in it yester day. This affords him great relief, and puts him in a more advantageous posi tion with reference to his work. I congratulate him and the Church on this forward movement. May they go on together until they fully possess the whole of that most fruitful field, in the name of the Lord. S. H. H. CARROLLTON, GREENE CO., ILL. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. It is only a few short months since I bad occasion to notice a donation, op portune and handsome, made by our Mission Church in Birmingham to me, (then in a state of singleness.) And now again (the said state hav ing been abandoned) certain members of the Pittsburgh Third Church, (whose praise is, in the Gospel throughout all the Churches) having conspired with certain scheming ones from our own church, have managed to roll upon us, a debt of gratitude, amounting to about two hundred dollars. Now, Birmingham, Pa., is said to be the dirtiest place in all America. But a principle of compensation is said to extend through grace as well as through nature. And this generous liberality has a voice that will be heard by ten thou sand ears. It cries out of the clouds of smoke that wrap us round: lam black but comely, 0 ye daughters of Jeru salem. These good deeds are not unappre ciated, and the donors will not be un blessed. The liberal soul shall be made fat. P. S. DAVIES BIRMINGHAM, Ps., July 28, 1866; LETTER FROM CAPE MAT. DRAB. EDITOR;—This ever popular watering place is again crowded to over flowing; and no wonder, for there is nothing on earth so invigorating as this glorious ocean breeze. It met us the moment we arrived, and has been fan ning us day and night ever since. Then this magnificent surf ; no words of mine can describe it. It is universally con ceded to form, by far, the finest bathing beach on this continent. I will not at- tempt to describe the joyous excitement of the bathing hour, nor the sponta neous shout and scream of a thousand bathers at the moment when a huge breaker conies swelling in, as they sim ultaneously rise to meet it, some plunging through it, others being tumbled helter skelter as it breaks upon them. These pleasures must be entered upon to be un derstood ; words convey no adequate idea of the exhilarating sport of the surf. Sitting upon the shore, watching by the hour the ceaseless roll of the billows, or driving along the hard, level beach, are pleasures that we never weary of. We are enjoying, too, a full moon, with an almost cloudless sky, and certainly no more sublime sight is ever offered to human vision than the grand expanse of the moonlit sea, shining like molten ' silver far out tti the horizon ; not a "path of rays," as the poet has it, but a wide expanse of brilliant whiteness, that brings to mind the "sea of glass mingled with fire," as seen in vision by John. The telescope from the side-walk on Chestnut street is on the beach every night, and many take a peep at the moon and the planets who never think of doing so when at lime. The spher ical roundness of the moon comes out beautifully when viewed at the full. The deep fissures, valleys, mountain-ranges, and craters of extinct volcanoes appear very distinctly. Turning to Jupiter, with its broad belts of cloud, we were struck with the fact, that four moons appeared, all shining brightly on the right-hand side of the planet, one even ing ; but the next, two of them had gone round to the left. Saturn, too, with its rings and its moons, is as inter esting as ever But I find I have strolled a long way from Cape May. The ladies will be interested to know that the profusion of elegant dresses and the show of jewelry and diamonds ex ceeds anything that was ever seen here before. The question with many ladies appears to be, .how much of expensive and gorgeous finery they can poillbly display. One afternoon and evening here will convince the most earnest po litical economist that there is no use whatever in decrying the immense im portation of European luxuries that make up the weekly reports of the Cus tom House. Oarladies' husbands have been making money, and do you think they are not going to let other people know it ? The little Presbyterian church here is pressed into heavy duty on the Sab bath. At nine o'clock in the morning the Episcopalians use it. They pack it crush full. At eleven they leave it, and the Presbyterians enter. The scene at the door, as one set crowds out and the other crowds in, is novel. Such cur rents of worshippers seldom meet in our crowded city thoroughfares. On last Sabbath, Rev. Dr. Seiss, the popular Lutheran divine of your city, preached, and the church was filled to overflowing—pews, aisles, gallery and vestibule. Such a mass of well-dressed listeners, from all parts of the land, must have formed an exciting audience for an appreciating minister, and richly did the Doctor repay the waiting assembly. Seldom have we heard a sermc more eloquent, evangelical, stirring and satis factory. Doctor Seiss has a fine voice, a commanding appearance, and a most interested and hearty manner, that car ries the audience with him to the very last word uttered. He read the account of Daniel's persistent piety, and preached from Rom. viii. 2. The leading idea was that Christianity is Life, an active principle, more than orthodoxy, more than education. It is a life that takes its existence from Christ. Most beauti fally did he compare the awakening of life in the soul to the opening of spring after the death of winter. Exactly when the life begins, we cannot easily determine ; but the important inquiry is, Does it exist ? The first, germ of piety in the soul of Paul was doubtless formed at the ston ing of the martyr Stephen, but its de velopment into life occurred on the way to Damascus. Timouhy, on the contrary, dates the commencement of life in his soul (without being conscious of any turning-point) far back in the teachings of his pions mother and grandmother. The Doctor rose to sublimity in treat ing of the life as an exalted, a blessed life—a life linked to the royalty of heaven—a pulsation of immortality which receives its impetus from the heart of God—an outer circling undulation of heavenly life, proceeding from the throne of the Creator of the universe. • Most beautiful and pathetic was his 1 contrast of the enduring, indestructible nature of the Christian life, with the fading, evanescent character of all earthi r things. The expansive, ever-growitig character of the Christian life broughi out sublime thought; and at the doze, an appeal was made, tender, direct a ad searching, to those who fight away this heavenly life, which it is their Make r ' s wish that every man should possess. Stich impassioned, fervid, animated delivery is seldom enjoyed when a rai_ later reads every word, as does the D oc . for ; but he has a way of having his ev es more upon the audience than the man. script, and this easy reading is one secre t of his power. Few preachers say wh z is so good, and throw their soul iato what they say, as does this gifted di, vine. The choir of the church deserves spe. vial mention. The first hymn given oi l; was " Safely through another we e k. The congregation was all ready to si n , with a will, as the wards reminded thez b of home services; but the choir pr oar , polized the worship by singing an on landish tune that nobody knew. Tr te second hymn came, and the choir harm s displayed their artistic ability, we sap posed that they would allow us to ',is in the worship. But the audience sae again disappointed, many closing their hymn books. We fared no better at the close of worship. A new tune, made up of odds and ends, in which were dis. coverable traces, of " Antioch," " Silver Street," and one or two other tunes, t f. fectnally prevented the swell of prafie which the crowded assembly was rear to offer. When will some church choi; learn that sensible Christian people esLt , rally love to join in church music, 1 1 , 1 , 2: more than to listen to their performan o: of new pieces ? A morning prayer-meeting is kept daily in one of the churches. The Itt:. ings are interesting and refresh Brethren from the West take part av 2 with Philadelphians and others. ani, lend variety to the exercises. (.3.&Pu RAY, July 31, 1866 TWO QUESTIONS. No question can be more important fax this: Are you resting and depending ups Jesus Christ alone, and with all, your bean' f'or if not, you may as well give up all it, tensions to godliness, for you have not any if you have not begun on this forth:, tion. " Other foundations can no man than that which is laid." Come, there be no exceptions here. That exceik: disposition, that devout ceremony, all tt• is nothing at all, unless you begin ty ae claiming all good works and all hum merits, and come to rest on the Lord Jest: and upon his finished work and lighten. ness. Now, that is the% first quesziw: begin with. Christian, if you can riot that and say, "Yes, blessed be God, I d in that respect, walk according to the eon.' mandment," then next, I want you, Cirri., tiara, to answer this : Is there anytmm.r which you are now indulging which :at know to be wrong, or which you mi know to be wrong if you took the trou-i to search ? Then I charge you, by allegiance to Christ, give it up now. (1 - leak sinks a ship, and one sin really bored will be a proof that the grace of G is not in you. You may fall into one may fall into fifty sins, and yet be a Chr, tiau ; but you cannot live in one sin, ai love ane sin, and be a Christian, for it indispensably necessary to vital godlin , that all sin should be the subject of yt heart's disapproval. What about chi. My dear brother, saved in Christ, is ti:e any one command of your Master whit you have neglected ? I shall give Debt about what it may happen to be, for it - be a different one in every case; ht there one thing that you might (3 ,, Christ which you have not done ? Is ft , one service which you might render your Master which you have not render Then I charge you, as you hope to be tot approved in the day of judgment, and the sincerity of your attachment to y Lord, see that one thing be done, and at once, with all your heart.— Spurgo, THE JOY OF A CHRISTIAN LIFE A life of sound religious principle ha, joys. It is not that cold, dreary, inani' tract of country which it is so ofte; scribed to be. Let the picture be with candor and impartiality, and am: few fleeting clouds, there will he sunshine to gild the scenery. The ing more particularly of a religious must ever be painted in glowing ee l And if the life of a real Christian coal analyzed, it would be found to contah particles of satisfaction than the life L other man. But make, I entreat you, experiment for yourselves; and you find the " ways of religion are the w.l"' pleasantness, and all her paths are path peace." And if they be so in the what joys will they not lead you toll world to come ! There every cloud st: dispelled, every mist dispersed; the will be drawn aside; we shall no 1 , see through a glass darkly, but shall God face to face. We shall rest fro labors; all tears shall be wiped fps faces;, and nothing will be beard thanksgiving and the voice of ro Then we shall look back upon the' trials, temptations, and vicissitudes 0 . 1 life, as the Israelites, when arrived earthly Canaan, looked back upoe bondage of Egypt, the terrors of the %' ness, and the passage of the Red Sea. shall commune together of these which have happened. "Did not our burn within us while our great Lew! Captain of our salvation, talked With v• . the way, and opened to us the Seriplar: Did we not anticipate that which m , actually enjoy ? Blessed forever ye the Father, who have given us 61.! ous inheritance ! Forever blessed Ig . the Son, who has purchased it ; own blood ! Blessed through all 1.1 , , be God the Holy Ghost, who has :4 11 i us, and made us meet to be par l ,' , 1 :: i the inheritance with the saints in Rev. P. Beachcroft. G. W. M
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