Bi,stfitammts. THE CONVERSION OF CHILDREN. lid little children in the Gospel times rea lly and truly enjoy saving faith in the Sa ciour ? Ile himself expressly says that they di; Matt. xviii. 2,6: " And Jesus called a little child unto him and set him in the la id s t of them, (Mark adds, and when he had taken him in his, arms) and, said, verily I say unto you, except ye be con certed and become as little children, ye s hall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever, therefore, shall humble him „lV as this little child, the same is greatest , :1 the kingdom of heaven. And whoso s hall receive one such little child in my name, reoeiveth me. But whose shall of 'end, one of these little ones which, believe in ,';,', it were better for him that a millstone sere hanged about hiS neck and 'that he we re drowned id the depth of t,he sea.” observe that the Saviour is not t sPeitking :'.' young disciples, but of little children chat believe in him, such as the little child Thom he then called to shim'and took up :, o his arms. How little human ' nature c h a nges, and how the sins of believers are 83 r epeated from ago te age. A d what' a dreadful denunciation is this a' t every Kristianwho, like, the disciples old, by iits faith and practice causes one of these Hale children to stumble by doubting his co nversion, or discourages him in any way in his Christian course, or who ' will not re ceive him as a Christitm. Then, after Taking of other 'offenits or causes of sin, s uggested by the preceding passage, our Saviour says, in verse 10th :.-•-• 44 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones, for I say unto you that in heaven 'their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven." This is the only glimpse into heaven which Christ has given us, and it is at least singular, that it. relates to children. What, does the pas sage mean ? Simply what it plaidly de clares, that children haVe . ghaidian angels in heaven, always, beholding the face of God, ever watchful and ready to obey his will in regard to them with, the speed of lightning, Ezek. i. 14; and the argument is. what right have you to despise one of these little ones for whom God has such special care ? , After introducing and, relating the para ble of the lost sheep,Jesus a third time refers to the little child, and says, in verse 14th :—" Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven that one of these little ones should' perish." God, for bid that any care of ours i3liould be want ing to save them from perishing t Such was the special and tender regard of the Saviour for children, that in pre dicting the destruction of the city of Jeru salem, he particularly mentions that her enemies "shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children,with thee," Luke mix. 44 ; and " Ef,ow often would I have gathered thy children together even as a hen gathereth her chickens under, her wings, and ye would not." Matt. xxiii. 37. That children were true believers in the days of our Saviour, is alsO proved by the incident in the temple. Matt. 'xi. 15, 16 : "And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and say ing, Honsanie to the Son of David, they were sore displeased. And they said unto him, Nearest thou what these say ? and Jesus saith unto them, yea; have ye never read. Out of the mouths of babes and suck lings thou hest perfected praise." Was this crying of the children in the temple the sincere praise of true believers, or did it proceed from the mere sympathy of the children with the popular feeling for the time being in favor of Jeaus ? He him self regarded it as the foimer, and declared it to be a fulfilment of a prophecy contain ed in the eighth Psalm. It is therefore not to be supposed that these children's Hosannas were mere formal declamations, like those which they were taught to recite in praise of the Rabbis, or that David had a thousand years before prophesied these songs of children which meant nothing, or if there had been nothing spiritual in• their worship that Jesus would have pronounced it the perfection of praise. EXAMPLES. The history of the Church furnishes most abundant proof of the reality of early piety, and it is observable that the conversion of children often has an influence in leading others to the Saviour. 'The following inoi dent occurred more than a century and a quarter ago. " When Mr. Whitfield was preaching in New England, a lady became the subject of divine grace, and her spirit w"as peculiarly drawn out in prayer for others. But in her Christian exercises she was alone; she could persuade no ,one to tray with her but her little daughter, about, ten years of age. She took this dear child Into her closet from day to day, as a witness S her cries and tears. After a time it ?!eased God to touch the heart of the child d to give her the hope of salvation by the remission of sin. In a transport of holy joy she then exolaimed : ' 0 mother, sf all the world knew this 1 I wish I could tell everybody. Pray, mother, let me run to some of the neighbors and tell them, that they may be happy and love my Saviour too.' 'Aft, .triy dear child,' said iie mother, that would be useless, for I °pose that were you to tell your experi ence, there is is not one within many miles who would not laugh at you and say it was 4 11 delusion.' ' 0 mothgr,' replied the gift, think they would believe me ; I Mist go over to the shoemaker and tell him ; ke will believe me.' She ran over And aund him at, work in his shop. She began by telling him he must die, and that he was sinner, and that she was a sinner, but that her blessed Saviour had heard her mother's prayers and had forgiven all her :sins, and that she was so happy that she did not know how to tell it. The shoe maker was struck with surprise, his tears began tee flow like rain ; he laid aside his work, and by prayer and supplication sought for mercy. The neighborhood was awaken clond, within a few months, more than fifty persons were brought to the knowl edge of Jesus, and rejoiced in his power and grace." Archbishop Usher was hopefully con verted at ten years of age, and it has been said that few men have lived a life so busy and so devoted to God. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1866 Dr. Scott, the commentator, gives an ' account of the conversion of his little daughter, four years of age, and her happy death six months afterward. Dr. Jonathan Edwards, the greatest American metaphysician, published an ac count of the conversion of Phebe Bartlett, a little girl four years of age, and who after ward lived a consistent Christian life for more than sixty years, the account being first published when she was six years of age. The converted children do not all die in childhood, although many of them, even but six years of age,have suffered painful sickness and have ied the peaceful death of .Christians, giving the most abundant evidence of their acceptance of the Saviour. It is the converted who have the most keen ohiervation to discern the true Christian Character, - and these, unfortunately are f , • generally the fewer nuMber, therefore many of " these little ones which belieVe in Me,' pass unobserved. But 'almost every Chris tian community has some examples of pious children, both among the living.. and the dead, and. they -have been found in all ages of the Church. A book called " Little Oneain the Fold," and other books, by Rev. Edward Payson Hammond, of Cennecticut ) and now in Europe, contains many accounts of the con version of children. There is no doubt but that Mr. Hammond has been the means of the conversion of thousands of children, as well as adults.-=:Enangelical Quarterly :Re view. "GOD OF MY MOTHER." An infidel of talent and outward respecta bility, under the power of truth , bowed upon his knees, and cried in agony, " God of my mother, have mercy on me !" His mother was a deioted "Christian woman. " God of my mother !" How much-is revealed in that single word.! How eondlu sively it proves that this man had a mother whose faithfulness left its impression on his soul too deep to be effaced even by time and sin. Sair' 6 the son - of t l :4handthaid," cried King DaVid Unto God. It was a comfort to him' to'know that he'was the son of a gto'dly ratither; who 'had conseorated him to God in infancy; had prayed for and With him-in dill hood, and had sought to train him up in Bof piety.. Although this godly 'mo had long been dead, the royal Psa * t pleads with God to remember him in milky as the child Of Prayers and cove nant Wigagements. And- no doubt every pious man and woman, -born of a godly and faithful mother, has experienced something of David's feelingsland been in some degree a partaker of his comfort. What an inestimable blessing is a pious and faithful mother to any one. However unseen maybe the result of her labors, those labors never are without blessed re sults in the ease of every one of her children. Those who may become children, of God in after life, will always rejoice to acknowl edge her silent and powerful influence as one of God's chief agencies in accomplish ing the result. Even those who may never become disciples of Jesus will be restrained by that influence from entering upon courses of vice and transgression, in which they might otherwise have become bold, bad men. The writer of this article lost his mother at the early a g e of twelve years, but never can he forget' her calling him to sit upon a stool at her feet while he committed to memory the Shorter Catechism 'or an' ap-' pointed hymn. Never can he forget kneel ing by her side, every evening before he was dismissed to hed, while he repeated aloud, his simple praiker to our Father which art in haven." Long years passed away`after her form was laid in the grave before he was brought to embrace Christ as his Saviour. Through all those years he was nearly without thought or concern about hie soul's salvation. He was sur rounded by Worldly companions, and . was tempted to enter various paths, of sinful en joyment. But when once the, Spirit of God began to work upon his soul, the memory of mother came up fresh and strong upon him,, and he felt that her happy influ ence, although unrecognized at the time, had hindered him from many an evil' thing. My young readers, love your mothers and honor them. Your mother is to you one of the most inestimable boons God has ever given you. Perhaps, next to the blessed Saviour, she is one of the best gifts even God could give you— Sunday-school Visitor RIGHTS OF MINISTERS, Many seem to-aot as though ministers were an inferior slass of persons and had no rights. This, however, does not make it so. On the contrary, no community can well do without them, and they should be respected and rewarded accordingly. In speaking of this subject, Hall's Journal of Health well remarks :-- - - The clergy of this. country are the best men in it ; they are the light of the world, the salt of the earth; for literary acquire ments, for mental culture, for purity of morals and blameless lives, they have not their equals in any class of civilized society, and when such men devote their whole time to the preparation of books, essay* Sermons, and discourses for the instruction of the masses, encouraging them and per suading them to a life of purity, industry and thrift; warning them against whatever may deceive the head, corrupt the heart, debase .the intellect, destroy the character, and eventually ruin both body and soul; devoting themselves singly to these things, while others apply all their time, and tal ents, and energies toward making them selves, their children and their families, comfortable and happy, it is a very small matter that these last shall amply support the men through whose influence, exam ples, and teaching their Rossessions are secured to them, and their rights,liberties, and lives are preserved intact, day and night for years together, from the depre dations of thieves and burglars and law' less, murderous men ; for no man of thought can be so blind as not to see, that if the Bible teachings were to cease, and the Sabbath abolished, the whole founda tions . of. society lonia be upturned , anarchy would Kuni, o and our streets run • pith human gore. Revolutionary France proved all, this; and who does not know, that where there is no preaching, and no ' Sabbath, there spring up drunkenness and profanity, prostitution, social disorganisa tion, and every other evil work ? The merchant pays his private watchman for guarding his property every night; the whole of the minister's time is expended in enforcing those precepis which, and which only, can make, not only property, but even life itself, secure in any community. The Broadway' merchant, or the Wall street broker, or the South street shipper, would crimson with shame to have it known that his faithful night-watch had starved to death on the pitiful salary which he had accorded him ; and yet there are rich men and women, who give so little toward the support of the clergymen of the neighbor hood, that they would actually starve if ,oth * did no better by them. ii. ANN , Allir , CAN, BECAUSE I OUGHT," A child's book exists in our Sabbath school literature, with the simple yet pro foundly philosophic title : " I can, iecause I ought.' The fresh mind of hildhood never denied the truth expressed i those words. The conscience. of a child must be awed down by anthority into unnatural con tortions, before it will create the feeling or the belief of guilt in that child's heait for that which he did not originate or cannot control. "I can, because I ought :" Abili ty—the necessary• inference from obliga tion ; obligation—the measure of ability. ,The central truth which gives value to the -tomes of theological lore on this subject is compressed into those words. It is im possible that reasoning should go below it or around it with the purpose of evasion. It is ultimate; thought can go no further. We reason around and around the iininen sity of the therne, and an invisible thread conducts us through the labyrinth back to the-point at which we started, and at which every child can see as far as tip keenest of us. "I can, because I ought" ,we strug gle to go by this truth; we traverse the universe in our philosophic search for Somethin beyond it, but at the circum ference ofour' journey we' have not outrun it,= any more than we can outrun- the even ing star in search for the horizon. We , plungeiinto.the depths otour own being in quest of something which consciousness may have treasured up beneath it,,but at fthe bottom of all things we find it awaiting us, "a gem of purest ray serene." "I can, because I otjght :" it is one of those truths Which we earry with us because it is part of 'us. We Cannot look into any mirror of truth without seeing the reflection of it. It is like an omnipresent Deity. It , is indeed the voice of God within us. We may say of it : -" Thou hast beset me behind and before; thou haat laid thy hand upon me. *hither shall Igo from thy Spirit ? whither shall I flee from thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there;, if I make my bed, in hell, behold thou art there ; if I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall . thy hand lead me : yea, the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Thou hest possessed my reins : I am fearfully and wonderfully made." "I can, becauie I - ought." This, then, is the conviction with which an inquiring sinner must meet the question of his own salvation. I can obey., because ,God quires me to obey. I can repent, because I feel guilty for not repenting. God would not demand of me to do what I cannot do. God would never have,* constituted my being that I must feel - ghilty for not . 41oing what I cannot do. This is the irresistible reasoning of any un sophisticated mind. The common sense of the world reasons so without hesitation and without exception. Teach- your child that he has, lied to , you because he could not help it, and will he,instify your rod ? Teach a thief tbat he stole because the necessity of his avaricious, nature was-uponn bim and will he look'up self-eondemned td • t your barred windows and bolted doors and armed sentinels ? Teach a murderer that he shed the bloOd of his victim because he wan the victim of-an insane Malignity over which he had no power, and will he confess the awful excellence of justice;on your scaffold 7' If he- does,., it, will be. simply ;because he knows better than your teachings. So, proclaim to an inquiring sinner that he is a sinner because he cannot be any: thing ielse; that he hates God because it is his nature to hate God; that-he is a de praved being and a child of wrath because he was born such; that he does not repent because he is impotent to repent; that he does not obey God because the-power is not in him to obey God; that, therefore, if he is not saved, it is beeause God has not elected him to salvation • and will he feel the dam ning guilt of his condition, the equity of his doom, the awful righteousness of the coming judgment ? If he does so, it' will be because conscience and the Holy Ghost are mightier than your theology. Never, never does reason draw such conclusion from , such premises. The common sense of the world never reasons so.—Bibliotheca Sacra. 4 THE GOD-MAN. When I think of -those laws of absolute generality which Nature shows me, ,I trem ble sometimes lest I may be overlooked; but when I remember that in Jesus there is a human nature mingled with the Divine, I feel sure that he is a being who knowa what special wants mean, who can be touched with human sensibility, and can remember the woes and temptations of human infirmi ty. What a blessed and amazing thought I On the throne sits this God•man, within the very shrine of the „eternal glory. He has mounted up to plead for sinful men. By the side of the Infinite One, who 'hails in the compass of his laws of infinite gene rality the infinity of the visible and invisi ble creation, is One conscious of our needs and touched with our infirmities. Yes I we know that we are as much the object of that Saviour's mercy as though this'uni verse were empty of all the inhabitants but ourselves. He knows what we need. He cannot be perplexed by multiplicity nor, confounded by minuteness. Therefore we may leave all confidently in his hands, committing ourselves to Him in prayer. And though we may have to wait for the dawn of tie eternal morning to illUmine some of the dark passages of his Provi dence, yet we may rest confident' ofshis power, his wisdom and his goodness. He is omnipotent to save us, because he is God. H e i s %tilling to help us, inasmuch as he is man. CHRISTIANITY A LIFE. , Remember that Christianity is not a new system of theological reasoning, nor a new assortment of phraseolgy, nor a new circle of acquaintance, nor even a new line of meditation ; but a Arm Life. Its very being and essence is inward and practical. It is not the likeness or the history of a living thing; it is itself alive ! And therefore to examine its evidence is not to try Christianity—to admire its martyrs is not to) try Christianity—to compare and estima e its teachers is not to try Chris tianit —to attend its rites and services with ore than Mohammedan punctuality 4 r is no to try or know Christianity. But far o week, for one day, to have lived in the p e atmosphere of faith and love to God,4lF tenderness 'to man; to rejoice in the felt and realized presence of Rim who is des4ribed. as " coming up from the wil derne4," supporting his-beloved—to have behehlearth annihilated and heaven opened to theigophetic gaze of hope—to have seen' .ti ever re revealed behind the complicated troub s of this strange, mysterious life, the u ?hanged smile of an Eternal Friend, and e erything that is .difficult to reason solved by thit reposing trust which is higher and better than reason • to have know . and felt this not for a tile, but for a sin: • , blessed hour, that, indeed, is to have ade experiment of Christianity— that i= to know the imperishable work of the S 4 rit in preparing souls for eternity— that is .0 have a glimpse of the meaning of those ystic words, " Our life is hid with Christ n God." Etttant gaiLats. 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ALVORD, Secretary. 1026-1 y ' IN ..:::10.114 ' . :I)WN , _llo# : ' COMPANY, S. E. cor Fourth and Walnut Streets. Insurers in this Company have the additional antee of the CAPITAL STOCK all paid uP IN C which ; together with CASH ASSETS, now otiluS amounts to Invested as follows: $lOO,OOO U. S. 5.20 bonds, 100,000.0ity of Philadelphia Loan 6's. new, , 70,050 S. Treasury Notes, 7-30, 25,000 Allegheny County bonds. 15,000 U. S. Loan of 1881. 10,000 Wyoming Valley Canal bonds, 12.700 Compound Interest Treasury • Notes, 10,000 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad bonds, 10,000 Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chi . cago bonds, 6,500 City of Pittsburg and other bonds, 1,000 Shares Pennsylvania Railroad 450 shares Corn Exchange National Bank 107 shares Farmers' National Bank of Reading, 22 shares Consolidation National Bank, 142 sharesany Williamsport Water Com . Mortgages p , blround Rents, and Real El tate Loans on collateral amply secured Premium notes secured by Policies Cash in hands of agents secured by,bond Cash on deposit with U. B. Treasurer Cash on hand and in banks AoVned interest and rents due, Jan. L INCOME FOR 'IILHI YEAR 1865, $544,592 92. Losses Paid daring the Year amonunliniao $57,636 31. LOSSES PAID PROMPTLY. DIVIDENDS MADE ANNUALLY. thus aiding the the insured to p premiums. • The last ay END on all Mutual Policies in fore* January 1.1866. was vitirrsr PER cmrra-. . . of the amount of PREMWMS received during the Year; 1865. " ' Its TRUSTEES are. well known citizens in our midst, entitling' it to more consideration than tholes Whose man ere reside in distant cities. Alexander Wlltildin, William J. Howard. e. J. Edgar Thomson, . Samuel T. Bodine. George Nugent. ""i ''''JiiiiiiThian, Hon. James Pollock, -Henry.E. Bennett, 1.. M. Whin' din, . Hon. Joseph Allison. P. B. Minzle, Rase Railehurst. • Albert C. Roberts. ,-, • AXIIIX. WHILLDIN, President.. . , 46 1 1111WIGE NC ENT, Vire-President, TURN 0. Gnafi, Actuary.. JOHN, S. .IFILSON, deapseewy BEd Treseurar. O. G. ROBEISON. Assistant Seoreeary.., . A few first-rate canvassers wanted. INDEMNITY FOR HAATFORD, CONNECTICUT $596,338 12, 409 WAISIIT STREET, COMPANY IN AVRICA. PANY IN AMERICA WM. W. ALLEN & CO., General Agents for Pennsglvanlis, - 409 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA XNSURE YOUR LIFE AMERICAN OF PHILADELPHIA, $1,143,874 15. el • g 5461,061 45 -4 . 147,309 89 169,481 96 . 217,504 52,469 24000 . 65,824 10,2`.11
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