OUR SPEQIAI. EUROPEAN CORRESPON DENT. LONDON A LITTLE CLOSER. Charing Cross Hotel, London, June 12, ’67. Dear Editor: In my last, I gave you some of ,xriy .first impressions of London. Let,rhe,give : you a rather closer view-. THE PARKS. The city abounds in beautiful opehsquarcs like ours, only smaller, though' much mdre’numerous.' Then besides them' 'there are thfe'e extensive parks right in tlie ihidst'of thickly built up city, and a fourth in the north-eastern suburbs.; St. James’ and Green Parks, with Buckihghaih Palace Gardens, commence ; close by Charing Gtoss— centre of the citj?—and friri : westward for a mile, varying from" dri'e-qriarter td : one half a mile 1 in width, and ’cover some 200 acres. You enter and pass from one to the oth'er (they are all connected) through handsome gate ways; prettier, more expensive than'anything of the kind we have inf kinerma!' Thhri, at the western extremity of "thesis 'parks) ebrnmencfes' Hyde' Park, which, with Kehs!ihgtoh''Gardehs, ! stretches a mile and a half further west, and from a half to three-quarters of a mile'in width all the way. ' ■ 1 ■ 1 In Hyde Park) the trees'are not as laige' nor as thick as I expected to have fouud them, but in the western end, Kensington Gardens, where no carriages, only pedestrians, hrd allowed, the, trees are older arid larger. The Serpentine River runs through it, about 100 yards wide and' a mile-lOng—with row-boats in it. It is a beau tiful feature, though not'as picturesque as the sheet of water 'in Central Park, New York, nor as our Schuylkill running through Fairmount Park. These parks are all very level, the greensward is beautiful, foot passengers not forbidd'eri to'walk on it, and some handsome breeds of' sheep feed on ifc iii both. St. James* and Hyde; f ‘ ■ Lessthan a mile north of' -Hyde'Park isße gent’s Park of 470 acres. Just think of all 5 this green space, surrounded on alii'sides by the densely built up city! With us)it would have been sold off into building lots long ago. Four miles to the east of Regent’s Park, across the city, comes Victoria Park,'27o acres'. The drive through 'Hyde Park; late : iri the afternoon, is a magnificent affair. Not less than 1200 to 1500 of 1 the finest equipages ib London turn out, beside a full thousand ladies : arid gen tlemen on horse-back;'and "pedestrians rnthout number. ■: ' " ROTTEN ROW. All congregate at the eastern end of the park, along what is known as “Rotten Row,” and such a sight! The .polioei.moanted 'on fine- horses, keep the: carriages in lines;- to avoid a total' jam; two lines going up, two coming -down—a fifth line standing still next the side-walk. The side walk crowded with,pedestrians, and beyond it the riders qn horseback, thickly, crowded .together, and mostly standing still: and all the riders in their carriages and on horses and .the pedestrians staring at each other. The carriages are nearly all open, driven by. livened driver and footman, dressed mostly in blue coat with silver buttons; though many have drab, yellow, green, red, or white coats, with breeches of all colors, tight at the knees,' and' faintopped' boots. Many of the drivers and footmen wear wigs .of silvery white hair in little curls, many have their hair powder ed white; some wear plaited cords and: tassels over one shoulder. Sometimes 1 the ladies drive, or oftener the gentlemen, leaving the driver to Sit to the left, or perched up behind. The ladies show/off, their most gorgeous dresses; and-ride on horse-back for the most-part with out gentlemen, while the pedestrians are, niue tenths, gentlemen, in their best dresses, who come solely to see the ladies and. their fine turn-outs. Most of the carriages are great, heavy, lumbering things, that we, in America, would have long ago condemned as murderers of horses, and sold for the old iron on them.' Some of 'them- have the* family coat-of-arms painted on the doors, as lar"-e as a dinner plate. It is said that the- largest and clumsiest carriages belong to the nobility. I No ticed several in the full diligence ' shape ; the gentleman driving his fine team, ibur in-hand; himself, his family, wife and daughters, seated two beside him on the box, two or three behind him on the top seat, and driver and footman on a high seat behind; the door'and blinds of the coach tight shut, and the coaeh empty inside. None of the dense throng of carriages can drive faster than a slow walk, so that there is ample chance for every one to see and be seen to their heart’s content, and after getting out'of the line at one end and making the circuit of the park; you cbme into it again, as you come down on the other side; 1 and the whole pageant passes in review again! This crowd of fashion turns out every fine after noon in the early summer. - i > statues: ' England worships her own great men with a passion which'certainly tends 1 to perpetuate her 1 nationality. 1 1 Equestrian- and other* 1 statues, in' bronze, are so often seen in the street that I do 1 not stop to hunt up whofthey represent. West minster Abbey and St. Paul’s are so full 'of fine marble statues that I am tired out and bewildered in examining them: Trafalgar square is a beautiful open’ ■'triangular THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY JULY 18, 1867. space, 500 or6oo feet lring and aboutasdaep. At the apex stands a column 178 feet high; with Lord Nelson on(the fetipj in brojze. 4- rOUI *dP the base radia.te four imme.ose bronze lion£;,jiurteen> or fourteen friajrdbiog arid six f feet 'high.' Two colossal of them Havelock) stand fifty or sixty yards to the right and left, back of the column—two equestrian bronzes still farther back, and; in the triangle thus formed, two large fountains play. Along tho base of the triangle runs the National Gallery of. Paintings; affine building, four or five hundred feet 'longfWith ai 'domeandb’eautifarcoldnriade,'formihg'alt6ge£her ;» handsomer; picture, column^statues, fountains, bpilditigs,, (all right iri the Heart'of the greht dty) : with, the busy, multitude passing, along the streets! forming the'sides,) than we' ever saw in any of lOiif American cities, 1 ’ CHDRCIHES' AND PtfSilO' BHILDINGS.' . Ninny of thp.churches are built right -in, the;, centre;of the; street-the street widening to,hold them, and you drive * to" either' 'Side. ' They' all 1 look very old. ~ The. stones, turn black from the-' damp elimite,' very ‘ soon, and’’give alii'buildings : alike, an air of age'arid debgy ibey looks old, but than^ many eerit /buildings. j The.. Houses of Parliament, though quitp new, are beginning to look’as old as though they had sJ.qod a hundred years.. : stone is rnriph The churches generally have bulletin hoards put, on which are pbsted; ' printed handbills, telling .of service .arid w;ho is to .preach—which is a,,gpodi feature. . ; ;-i ’ : ; - ~ ~ - ;;. : 'j | , . , PRIVATE .DWELLINGS. , .The houses are built mostly of rough, burned, yellow, not red; and sp rough, that. we in America would, not endpre them, „ I notice nice residences built of such material, }aid,mpre rough-, ly than any Jirick wall I ever saw in Ph^ilitrie| ( - phia. Our back buildings ,are palaces, qompared to any brick work I here/. Th.e yeiy fine houses have, s.tpne fronts, d|felfings f have the lower story.sometimes,, pretty door frame 7 to save, th? hideous .iook/qf the. front wall.. Thousands of houses .are pointed black, which hides the rpughness. • j TO,WER qP; LQND,pN.: ■,. , A.visit to the. Tpwer pf London . is,,yery. inter esting. .. To, papsj under, .those, .old _gate r and, under -the very portcullip, armed with iijs ri old spikes, which, was fiye hundred years .agq. to admit the Edwards;.,tp .walk along the very; same passage : way trod, by. William the Conqueror, and the early, kings qf England,, of.whom.weTead, whpn we,were children,; toj see,, where; jeoyaf, infants were murdered.and biirie<l;; theivery spot where Hastings and,Anne Boleyn,were.h.ehea^-, e d;. then,,oh horrprs, ; tp eee-the be-headingjbiophi and the headman’s axe, and the uqirks, ,on ' the block where his axe.came down !- Ho\y.our hiair. used to stand on ynd when read of these things in boy hood, and how it stood on end again when'we’sa’wlhri block"arid-'axl %3&r*clsV Then the thumb , -screw,“arid , 'th’g‘‘'ir'o ! ri' , eollar, and the other'instrumerits of to'rtifre; how 1 t-lify made us thank 'God that we' lived 1: now, arid * In-' free America,’ where' we' have-'riOcfeiriiridei-S of:Such barbarities.' l The mounted' knights- arid kings) ’ dressed in the armor of the different periods/ were' very interesting. (Henry VII‘T, arid the veritable armor-worn by him;- Dudley's suit, tob,while tbb veritable iron, helmets’ worn" By the Roundhead* soldiers; a'^Hundred o of-'them) ranged ‘ round 0 the’ celling;'-femirided l -.me Pefpstirfftfg 'tithes'.' 1 ‘‘ The figure of'.Qiieeri Elizabeth;:with i wHite'' , arid'ybHow' satin dress' and purple velvet robe,' reaching-froiri her shoulder down over th'e’babli arid tairrif'the 1 horse;''gives’'ris an idea "of the rich dressing of her time. ■'-•-T'• 0 ' ■■■■ ■'> 1 '- -'p: The crown'of Queen Victoria disappointed me much; " A-Heavy, ungraceful' affair, made of sil ver,, but set* with 1 glorio’iis diamonds; one 'tubj being as large as 'a pigeon’s egg. If "Simbfis Brother,' or sOme equally good' American ‘ firm had been' the designers and’makers';rH’guarahteO' it would have had' inore' 'graceful curves''and a' more gainly * ippearahee. ’ ; It was made Of 'the crowns of former kings/and henee’ b‘ut few old crowns are ’shdwn. Sceptres; solid gold plate, maces, &c., are there in abun'dance, and a‘golden christening font and a wine salver, each as largC found as a washing tub. It is all a glittering display, but in us Americans does not "awaken any awe'whatever. '■ .■ But I am trying to do in a paragraph, that for which two or three columns would' not-suffice, so I might as well stop here as go on. 1,1 THE RIVER. ' The river has fast, sharp-built steamboats plying’ up and down it constantly, at omnibiis fire,' and they run crowded all day. I took a trip down stream and“sUW much that Dickens describbs'in his “ Mutual'Friend.” Thefioze along the bhbre was all 1 dried up, however, by thelfot shn, though the ships and their cables ' and th!e ; little boats’ pullingiabout; were all"there'jhst tts he' describes them: I still •want to gotoLiilmHouse pier arid* hunt'up the old windmill and the a Three Jolly 1 Bargemen” tavern—if Tcatf get the chance. '' POOR HOTELS! The' hotels are poor affairs .when'compared with ours in America. lam stopping at one of tlie best, and our Continental would have to shut its doors in thirty dfiys if it furnished 1 ho better ac commodations 'than' we get here! ' 1 They 'charge for what iwe Wdbrl •‘I order very’ plain fare, 'and my'bill is about'!4‘per ! day (in gold, of course.) I ordsr’ dihher'half’an hour’before ! want it, 1 then go to. coffee-room and' three-quartero of an hour longer sqfi*etimes, hej fore I get ite' Order roast bf| up, pbr4ta^ : ,&f the next hohr.; sa*'Jt mutton. ’ Order ijoast fowl; "it Carnes''after long' waitiftg^gfquality and cooking that we would not eat at home. With your roast meat they bring you potatoes and boiled cabbage—nothing more. Order asparagus, and they charge you 62$ cents extra for a little wilted stuff that would be thrown - opt. in Ameyicy.. No.icp po no nicfe-- frefehliruii on'-tie bilUof f(C*el 5 Ihey dotft seera to know anytWng^abTOt'ftT^ . IFhe.ice cream /here .«Quld ! make<fl<Philadelpkii': am lauoh. •••■iMce^'tb^l^rid’ijto^^TOtifinW' 1 ling, they give you about half of one:of ■ oro-fif, teen-cent plates—and such ‘Aav^-ntf 1 . /orCi ;with lemon- jnice 'oT^&jas'hsB~gtrawl)erries ! No idarkey poorest s fe |: ypft'j 3^6^ yfephffl. liye-jjWFithqutjjiqei alipost t e»M itere,! jing],iago,j>jtcfeejP .pff icfe Waiter cppies up, tp. ypur ifipom, t on,a &s !l dfis,ji£ (/ js piipi-I the, caspjia.pur/ijoJftlflitmAaaerrcai ••This; mprflingjiliotand .could hayeu-uojioe: water%asithe>.kei. had no.t i<?pme (in, yetr-tob; early. v-..i Jiaothe i eatiii bd! houses, .they .dpn’t.j hayej-.it ) lidan , t'' Beenii ito''lttfow' anythitijgjah.Qut (the luspryffio rn 1 h:r. m ail .asumo ■vMyjwife and I dined-witht Mr. HattimWiaridl lady at a.cracA-eatingl-housesoh Ba»liameht%ti’e&: Qailed foriroast fiftiniah:it.under an ihouii; roast >beef—pondl up - this - ‘hour; wbuld' be:nestjaso-awe took.rroastt.mTttton/iwhioh wjl^ finer! than- any mutton' Ik-ever tasted:' l; Vegeta-' bles:! pdtatbes and: boiled cabbage'agaib. ©ailed ior/ lettuce.-;: JEh&y; brought.- lettuce, •• -■ small ! ‘rfed 1 radishes] with red -beets' cut ttpj.aud water terefcsy all-on the same dish. Sirawberries or 'ice cream they had. us pretty ifaiib pud'dffirg with-execrable pastry. PMy little daughtere'hf' hohie; can maho ibetter^asiry' t-hab- aiyl tasted -in;-|hree jocP the hotels: f-in (■England Butienough-bfT&fldob'ba'tang: w.i -i-.wir o iw.-rfi,:-. I - ; CRYSTAL PALACE. i We’spM at '©rystal llf Pdiace at U Syden tarn,’fiW'or six' miles bcmtih; of ; Londqn. ; 1 There are seve&l handi-bd acres 'of‘very hkndsbmelyikicl out'grb'unds^ahOuridibgih 1 summer 1 hobsesfffew-'' efs', ‘arid glorious ! f6uhttms> ' Tt’e PalaOe ! 's&nds ! on giving' affine jkrdspei/fc rif' a 1 very 1 hhanltiluHcorintry suVrouridirig, ono o’f'the' loveliest lands'eap'es T ever saw.v'' "- 1 ' ' If is tHe 'olti iialace’of'the I 'ibnddh of‘im&etise’ size; though fiashecMy Seen bufhed-ioff:' *fccdnMns f mislay a'worlilii minia '-IK 1 bekutifuP fountain 1 aftd !) (|uitb a\large ba'siti, cbmtaiiiiiig' water lilies'knd ! the centre Of 'ohe ; wiiigi "Plaints Itt abun dance, small trees, vines and hanging baskets in pfoMion;'afe* fa^gha ; blbng'each S< snl&S]f%e great centre'aiSlev Birds Among'die tribes are'figuresof life size'in' groups' representing the varidhs’-heatheh hktidns'hhd'their ! cu'stdmSJ- '•Sthhds' and’ stored,' te!siiibiiihg for’skle a great* ’bf fahcy articlfe^'iphdtblraplHc 1 ; iirrah£&cl , yri&h : 'sbinh eyelo'iik-" tibiialityy'French,' %c.; is'tofbs’ for dry* gobds, an'd ; 'then; nUmb’erless restaurants,;' whyni meals'of dll-grafies ahd prices nre'fufhinhed,'with' ale; bebi-;' and Witte ad 'libi&tin,' fill up’the ground' 1 floor. 1 A-'theatre stage andh cdndfeft gklleiyVtijkt 1 will accommodate 'sooo'’singers/ With i‘ great'-of gahj arblocited iifthe centre. : In the'lippef cor ridor, is v a ! lhfge gallefy W pSitftrkgs, over iW6‘iii nuhibef,' : df "whioli mne-fehfciis are i daubs'.' i "A grahd’ featdre, however; : i'rf fhb u rebrqductfoh' ih ! plaster of all the noted'statuary in JBurbpe'i Th'6sb; fine statues are ranged Mound the. entire' bhild ing, And- are- very'ihterestih'g.y’ Then there'are' halls made up entirely'of t Eg_yptia'n ! 'af6liite : cture •' temple’s, bdpies of them; a's ;: th‘ey now exist‘ ‘in ahd you walk through them seeing wliat you'Would see 'there, fresdoW and' all ‘ ebmpietl. 1 In' fhe same maimer,''G-rbbi'hn, iftphikn, kttd other'. buildings and ' temples ‘ are reproduced. Ain a!c curate model of the Acropolis, another of DElb man Forttin 1 , are to be tett 5 thousand other objects that wbuld fill a coluhin to mention; Negro 1 minstrels 1 , rope • dancers, trairtod ponies,' monkibs, dogs, and gbats weTe|‘exhibited on the; stage thb day we were there, without extra charge except for reseffed seats 1 . There were probably 3000 to 4000* persons present that day. Thby have gala days, when they exhibit fire-works on a grand Scale, illuminate'the fountains and show' other’extra attractions, when 40,000 or 50,000 of London’s population cbme out.- If is Owned by a stock'company and partly by the railroad'com pany, and is carried‘on solely to make ■ money. On Sunday it is always open and' is immensely' patronized; agrander desecration ofthe Sabbath thao weiknow anything about imAmerica. :■ I attended'one of Mr. Hammond’s' meetings in Rev. Newmah 1 Hall’s'church Surrey Chapel— the same in which Rowlaiid 1 Hill predched years ago,' and standing just’ as he left it. I found a very full house and a good work going on, the f church 1 members taking hold Udmii'abiy. ' • But I must close this long letter. The next will be from Paris.’ . ' ' Yours, The bloody battle of ‘Philippi laid the ‘founda tion for the-Empiije of Augustus; the bjoddfess; victory ?of Paul, a: century later, laid* the founda-' tion'for the-kiiig'ddm of Christ upon earth. *' itat-LMD. ijLX'IL. : |f ' Ep.fiAs| ' r 1 ' ’■ v * We bale adieu'fo the-Monks of MajrSaba on the morning of December 6tb. Our moat. dj.rjy-t -route to Jerusalem would have been by the deep glen-of the Kedron. By that way we could- have reached J erusalem in two hours and ( a h,alf ; but we wanted to see the place where our Lord in- carnate first entered this world at Bethlehem. fiyeYjthe northern part of the “wil ideFnesft efi J.udea-,” wefeli-that it was in-deed a~ wildjit. Ayray-, f[ tKe t ( h.e.' lug] l barre.n ropks y pver,. fy]y,Qh w | e ! the . , of ( “ pfwhiter topk.ttpree. to seek.ipaprij^ ; the rpchpoijtliA wild gpete” y Tbe wjfsi S,Q a^ ? stijl, ; ljlye pipoiig the .ropjpgjof Jhe f ,shaf of,every A.s ] ,yre looked; dowp: upon jthe, spptijwbsrg S,auL B^vid,. .lpterepiLn,g . fep, rpad in i Sppa.: xxiy.,', jt%, accqjpt ojf, jDavii’s .yictory oyec, his; p^WiTT#Jj .i.j&>old jt%£, .especially! God’s, p.eo ?j p|p,, iftlght, th.ps ,q<j>nquer .ajl, thpir,premies;., ; ; ,SBTH.UEHEM; I .-)i4 little 'befoiietnopa wei.reaojbetoho.oonfineisijofT ! iThgugkow fhpnghjtstwere ocoupL- ; ed jwithithe historgr-jofthe jLoegl M with: tMffsaoredspot,still weco-uld not-ifeilLto obsepve theisingujac appearance the i r thousands.,.- of Judah, ” yefcsecon.d in l inter est' only, to i Jerusalem itself. In hhe .distance; it; had thejappeatance /of a hill asceridedby'lofty. sfceps,;,up. which* a ; giant might J walk to .the top. 4 Rutjas;we: drew;nearer, -me. found-ife was covered with‘terraces; adorned.withubeantiiful. oJiveitrces,- with a sprinkling of; the’vineuand-the Thp atmosphere,-was v liJ?e;,a,isamhier’B;;dayhTfand ! .we': were, entering of,which we hadheardfofurlmdthers re^di«nc<w^iHdhflodo;j u.»« -i 'll s i ! : ! As^ye,ascended;,thevhill-side;, the first .promi-j nent object in the village which attractedvQtaatr ■ tentign', wss,an> j ofrdirjgydQftkihg buildings,., which, jhliehael-jtold .ns --Was" of the, uVuLuiV.y ,;and the three convents belonging to J .;the j Latins,,, Greeks; -and ( turnedtOgr r hpraes; at once tp it. f.-Jtisie.emed asi.if, hajjf the,peioplejin..tlie itow-n wereiall pstiiiat jQur: .crpwd .of hpyc 4 around us,feaqh.' claiming) the., privilege of;,holding pur! horses,-for,; opt; of .the-Unifed; States, I,have sel-, dom ise,ep, ,a,.hitching pos,t., Therefore,.in iall v pla.-l ces.yisited by : !rayeljers,pn ■hpr^ebaclc,:.a-.n,u t mher j i fal l gfSater.,than the* hprses t ;ai?e dnvarikbl:y, qharw. r ¥i-i,ng: about performing the about the bac7cshesh \vh.iah.is given., ■ . u , , . I sAt'jthe of;the.jsgnven&j ai-Mo'nk smeft:ns and kindly showede.us ; iilbo;ai!cp.m6)riiable. sitting), room and brought We we ,r®,|hen conducted info th<|.ehurplj s . a ,Jits, .ap p&ftifeS* fo‘&&whstt J ivk;e ‘the* rnb r ßque'’df , ’ , lA!'ksa' , at'^3"eriisaletn. : ’lt was‘ difficult to r beliove our ' Miirray, which tbld us that this' church', built by tfie 1 I*l rh press Helena, was the’ oldest* monument; "df Christian architecture in ' the” worlds, "arid that T possibly the "marble' ‘column-f -whic h; 'shppbrc' ; the; 3 roof were' ! 'taken frbm the 7 ' phrehes of : th'e freinple mf jbfukalem. ' Different 1 pUrts of the’gTeat ;, cHufch r are how used bythy 1 Lsffiiik-'thb' (Greeks" and the 'Armenians; ft'ii indeed'comihbii property; rind fihnce a'conbtaht sohtce'o'f cbutehtibh. !j 'rn ;;'. Our greates't ;desire ::, was'to kbe'tlife cavejbidoW, wEere tfa3ition J says' our'Saviour was bo ! rb-^it“i! ! called tle efiapeibf the Ndtiiiiy. " 'foesCen'ding bjf * we'stoba in W Sii/all' room,' iiglted'- by lamps;'kept 1 hurtling bightahc! day. ‘ ' We&W fixed in the pavement' a marble' slab with : these words written' upon it, in a circular ‘fornW With'' a stirdhthe centre' : “Zfc <fe VS-0 e ’ : Mdrcd l Mui Christus natus est. “ Here Jesus Christ was bBin' of the Tirgiu Mary." But how different the P! ace - jooked from what we. had supposed from, the Scripture account—no manger ■’ was to'be If it was'iebvfered with most aa<i gorgeous .decorations!, . 'The “ altar of the shepherds and the “ altar of in nocents” were shown us; but we turned away again from these to meditate over the events full ofliuterest to every Christian heart. There, is a class of visitors. Who, fearful of the charge of undue credulity, and- not having pa tience to enter fully into all the facts ahd pi-pha bilities, throw aside nearly all tradition about the sacred places jn-Palestine.; The arguments for and. against this cave being the stable, where' our Lord; clothed ini flesh, Erst entered /this world] j cannot in one letter be discussed ; hut 1 must skV aftpr reading carefully the. opinions. of ,I)k IloSin son, Joseph Dupuis, Horatius Bonar, Wv'CK- Primeyjtndothers,! am strongly inclined’ to be heye that the lord Jesus was born ,i n the cave or' stable beneath the church of the Nativity iu Beth-' lehem. Caves'to this'day iu Palestine are very frequently used for shelter by day and by.pight, for,domestic.qpima]s.,i" V . :Wlthth ’ 3 ooovictiort -resting' upon us, it was impressive to reflect upoWthe wonderful conde-' scension of obrdhofd'tkkihg uphn HimselfoUr'iia Himself Of no rephtatioh and toOlcupoußifo'tlib form;of and was made in the likeness of men. HoW vivid' those %or<fe%ppea&!l ibdib ih ; r* k e;“b ff lrea 4 •themJn'B-ethlehem.-- snl “Airid there' were 'iri'tfre same country shepherds' Gr. W. M, in .'ion 'abiding in illei, fieldl;. keeping , watch, over their flocks by nighty s ‘- “ And lo ! 'ijjsp aifgclf’of tha.’lf)ni qame upon angel said unto them, Fear nof p for behold I Tiring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. ... “Eor. unto youis born thia day in the city of David, a Saviour which is"Christthe Lord. I “ Mathis[shall/Be a.sigi’jjojl^yom—ye.Bhall find. .the. babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in ampngq&v-,.-') ..g G 4 g| # .fipJS \S :K “Aqd suijtdenly a Jjnd 'tne. heaverjy Jt&sibl..'pr^ifl& w Go3and saying, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace^gooff,.wi^Aqwgpd, YfT ~,T u. O f/( £. Not 3 fhr ,! f¥oih fjie me f lnitn>vSt) hpon about the same level, we saw the vault in which all agree that thatiremarkahle man,; dferaine, lived and wrote for the ages to come. ‘-'Here it was,” says ed a. grpat, pqrtjpn.pf jhis, life j,, it yap that he fancied hp heaijd .shall one day all. mankind tp judg ment, in.cessantljf .wringing in. ears,; here it was that with he., by the weight of years and austerities, and with loud cries he besought mercy of,.the Ford, and here too it was that he' produced >bh»se laborious > works whichhave the title of the Bather of the Chttrch.” i ’i 7 yf\ Leaving this plabej ye passed the town of inhsljitautSjtp-jtihebiO.use of the Missionary* tb’whoih ; we had-leetpifif of in troduqtipn. FrohrSthe top bfe his hbusej,sitti*feßd, pn thb 'highest -eleyation in 3 the town'iyfe'had 1 a fine viby,p;f the ( epun(gy r Tp, East were’the mountains upon-which ,thft shep herds yore the glory of God; shone round about them: ;We could* easily fancy (ne wise iheh from the,Eapt, ,toiling;up that hill side at our feet,i led by theistar of the nativ ity fro oa*-their 4istap(! Persian' homiest • Somewhere also, Bath, the, i Mbabitessj fglbanCdl 'barley^aftdr ithe* reapers offhef kinsmaii, EdasL.Tlnltihat' Adullam yonder, David, the.’ graindisoui ofcßuthi, iwben hiding from Saulp longed'foKiwatani from nthe iwB)!, wbichday thenjtd the ,North,ofJus, hiitihf Which’bn would not tbste when brought t 6 hihi, ; because to secure it three of his valiaut 'men ' bad hazarded their lives. .uux-nl i (i;: SriA.ELi 1: ' . ' somewhat Slngal& dhstSnce'ilf inattention or eaOelfe'snessirf'a learned l wtiW , on f tKO Scriptures occurs 'in k'itto ! s‘ i ß’dilySßii)ie' l Bluhfiatidnsy Yol. 2; pag'e , 3lS./''Th& K'an (son tains a large amourit o£ infbrmatifid r pdrtki i mkg to Oriental 1 countries 'ia'nifc td the' ‘word ; o£ ' and it’is'gfenefaiij( i ace'drkteih*its ; statfeme , dts ! ? J Btitin thfe' nahe'refeVi-fea'to’ itseeiHs'tdke qiiite iri ; error. rah 1 It' m.f b’e'prbhiiseil, fthat iri : fntrbducmgHhis description; Deborah Ispeakb of h''Judge- called Jaeli hot.named,,injthft,history itself.; Bhamgar if- Iff! Wne yean : iu whiph he is remembered, j ael probably occurred in the ihteWal 'bbtweeffliShamgar’grdeath ahd the commenceuiGiifeiof.'tihe/iiortheiin tjjfratfnyH ynd it is ipipossibJ| • ,tp sppepk/p,.safely, upon, .the circum mey£,existence of his government jo be, gathered from two words in an ancient perem. • Vijv;- The bif which mkde is in Jildges’v. 6 sonfof Ankth; in' the highways were- unoccupied, _«sd thfe 1 giQfttyfc talked through : by-Ways.” ; 1 The ’ pefsbh called’ Jael ” the l’<###, the 4th Of Judges,-aW'ac l cOuht'is' , given''o'ft i he i deat^ ] bf ; Sis erai'thWleherkl tlle had ibvit'eci i! kiin into her'teutj wheule Wks fleeing discohifiled from b ber countryihCh' In ‘the 2lth .verge chaptfer' Deborah exclaitts, i&SsSed above Women’ shall Jiel, the the be ’, b^sse d shall slfe be above'‘Women in the 1 teat,” 'and freheWpioitfs recounted'and’prais ed through nearly all the of the chap ter. The a’uthbr’of the] refers evidently to the same person, in' the verse as : in the 6th. The destruction of'Bisera -was-a'liiost important event, bearing I directly S upon the deliverance * of the Israelites fromfryiamny,- and on that account it is 1 not strainge‘that -the- days in- which she lived should be designated by the inspired poetess as a perieid VFOftby• of special meritioni The idei that there' wtts ; a; Judge of the name of “Jael,” imme diately after‘ShaiMgir, is a mere conjecture, with- Plit , thb shadow of a foundation. : ' ”f qy q< . the Djavjo.—-How. constantly, how faithfully, even unto death, dq multitudes serve % the world, and thejr'iusts, without any othey reward than lipn,e f of outward enjoy- WiUtW with ißyn, s f * e }?fk evoriasipg Veji, amid. deyour 3Lord, may. I never serve such; mon sj,ers of ingratitude 1 But. let my soul.'cleavo to re.s§hoe;.' and follow thee .whithersoever thou goest! 4 ! ]iow ,mupli of our life a shadbw siihstatice ! ;is it not a sad defect in bur *T0 od f is ; '»,ex- Wi& pagan fooleries and n ' J ’ l '' fi ’ Lir.n wi u
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