OUR SPECIAL EUROPEAN, COBEESPON- - vDENTv. v x> 1 HOW THEY GIVE THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR IN Dear Editor: Let me give you some idea how they give the gospel to the poor in Rome. Everybody has been crowding to St. Peter’s for two or three days, to see the preparations, for the grand feast of the 29th, the fefist of St. Peter. In the building the immense arches which sepa rate the grand nave from the side corridors and chapels, have. been hung with curtains of rich crimson brocade silk, with a fringe of gold lace a foot wide.’ Countless glass chandeliers, holding wax candles four to six feet long, have been hung in festoons, high up along the.arches, and an other' series- lower down. Along the cornice' which runs above the arches, and round the in side of the dome, thousands of. candles haVe been placed, each five or six feet long. The columns themselves have been draped with crimson and gold, for fifty or sixty feet from ; the floor. Wreaths ' and festo,ons of artificial flowers, roses frotn six to twelve inches in diameter, but which. look of natural size in their,. lofty places, have been hung about the capitals of the columns; to telftfie truth, the grand effect of the marble colmrins, arches and walls is much impaired,by this finery. An English bishop told us that all this cost $160,000 in gold/ The silk is all new andt after these feasts, we have been told it is dis tributed,amongthe'Priests, for their own. In each of the'.firphes hung a,handsome banner, about twen ty by. fifty feet, with a finely painted picture in colossal ’size, representing some .phase: fit the be nevolent activity, of the church; giving- to- the poor;, visiting the sick, blessing the. dying, and the, lik«s,f The . size of the banners can be-inferred from the fact that the tassels on the corners are eachqs large iSs the head and .body of a mam ' This grapd. display,-rand, the .effect-was .grand, when the twenty,,or ..thirty: thousand candles- were <lit;- andi fifteen,; or, - twenty thousand : people! filled! the’ lraUdiqgjtoris ; #ll iotithe peoptymanj of whom ordinary; looking,’and poorly ;dressed,--peasants;: from a,distance and the masses, of t-Rome, werfe'in ; the crowd,besides thousandsi,ofistranger<priests,‘ and<maoy of the better classes-too:iGot: This- grand show*, i 3 one. of-Rome's ways of placing thn-gospelibefore the masses., -'The grand 1 - proqetjsig.n of the-pope and bishops from allovor the world, we did- not, see, on .the-29thfias-'the-' crowd .was,• too much forms, in such a hot day.; j ■ ILLUMINATING THE DOME. ' • The evening before,- however,!.we J did see the illuminating-of the dome, a; sight never to be-fori J gotten.; ..The, circle in.front ofVSt. Peter’s,"over 1 two .hundred yards.; in. diameter, around’ which run «the two. semi-eircular colonnades, the 1 -street? leading to .thpicastle,of St. Anglo; and the did bridge:of;St. Anglo over the .Tiber; with its: twelve colossal angels, in marble—were-filled with people<and;.carriages. Every space from which St. Peter’s; could ,be seen was crowded with hu manity. .One hnndred thousand persons at least, 1 .waiting .for the sight. ; The - pope’s splendidly dressed dragoons, andhisfiuc Zouaves and infantry were. every where, : keeping carriages l in lines.aadlpreventing a-. jam. . Paper lanterns were hung, along -the top of the semi-circular colonnades, along all the pilasters,:-win dowsj-en tablatures, and roof, of the church add; upon the dome. They were all lighted and -presented a splendid appearance; but a high wind blew many •of thorn against the flame inside,,and. they burnt, up and blew out. This was but the. prelude *0 the real display. At quarter before nine o’clock the immense bell, of St. Peter’s' boomed-out a. single, peal. Then,a second stroke, and.instantly; ten thousand, brilliant flames blazed up, each one brighter, than a. hundred of. the little paper lamps combined. The dome, the cross—4so feet.above; the ground—the roof all burst into living radi ance. .The great front, the Jong colonnades all flashed with brilliant fire from hanging basins of iron each-showing a flame larger-than your hand Thousands of men stand in readiness, and at the signal, each one lights three lamps.- Tihe place was, in an, instant, as light as day. The bells of bt. Peter’s and (those ,of all the surrounding churches, rang out a . glad, peal. The grand band .of the Pope’s grenadiers, probably fifty in struments, pealed out; glorious harmonies ; but there was no wild huzza, as there‘would have been in America. The immense crowd looked silently on, and. soon began to move homeward. The illumination, lasted till midnight, and all Rome was out to.see it, rich and poor, great and small. This is another way they have in .Rome of giving the gospel to the masses. ‘ , ' THE POPE’S FIREWORKS. Again: On the evening of . the 29th, closing the grand feast of St. Peter’s, a display of fire works such as we in America never dreamed of, was made in the fine open space of the Plaza del Popolo—a circular area two hundred yards in diameter and sat- the -north end of the ettf. On the west side of the Plaza, rises abruptly the Pincian fijll, on which the present Pope has laid out a beautiful garden. On the slope of this hill the fireworks were displayed. All Rome came out to gee them. .The sight was m'ore ' grand than I-can possibly describe to you.'. The thun dering discharge of packs of immense fire-qrack Rome, July Ist, 1867 THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1867. \ *ls. V)' ers each one afflotfd as culminated in the firifig of a‘pirkof:'''th'o Pope’s 8-poa'hderS Sta tioned ofi theififieiari -andfthiis djfefied tfie 'fete. Instantly huhdrto’of fill the ail, shooting Up in arßhower, long continued, 'hissing up’all the time and opotfing-their stars high up in the sky. In an instant all is dark; then a single rocket darts up, and spreads to an. immense width its dis charge of not less than 1,000 white stars; dazzling ly brilliant. -■ After a second discharge of boom ing torpedoes and the artillery, suddenly appears in one blaze of fire, an immense temple, 300 feb't r high, covering the side of the great';, plaza,, and rising far above the side of the.hill. The Pope’s tiara, surrounded with rays of dazzling white light, covers the summit!' Below it in green letters a motto : “ Rome, the home of Christarid St.-Deter." '• At different heights oh the’‘front 61 the / te'mple blazed the ’wrirds,’' ’^Europe—Asia— Africa.” ’ Further fioWriWri the side structures welts’;' ““ Ameriria-^Ofe’e&riife'fi'”—and "twenty feet’ from' the gi-ourid; ‘in 'lettdrs two feei’hig'h,"*? Ro ‘martum ’ spatiu'm ’esib uvbi's 'ef brbis idem.” The imriiiense frame'-wofk’wriA’lighted'ih less than a" second, frotn the 'extrbihc ‘toip'w) the' ground, and bla'zed in white; red!' violet,"blue'and'green for* fifteen tainrites. 1 This sublime display was fob' lowed hy'imm'bn'se wheels','tWenty-ieef iff diame ter; ten revolving at a time j ‘colossal baSkdts of botrid ’ together 1 with wreaths’of eyery huC/fiftyife'et lririg, blazing id every'color ; rock ets'iri tifouds;' l,ooo at a'time, filling ! the air with' stars' of glorious hrillianfcyi Then serpents by ‘the thousand whirled and' whizzed through the ' air. Between each ch'a‘nge‘o'f''sceue,' i the torpedoes and cannon deafened our ears. At the close, 4 a bird of fire shot from the hiiralong’an unseen wire to the obelisk fin the - centres off* the *sq ua’ie’ -) twenty birds started along - other wires, radiating to posts stationed round-; the -ripen- plaza; and ih'- stantjy brilliant red dights; blazed-fill-around;-re-- vealing such a. sea of -upturned'faces-asl never/ saw .before;: A star of white- light’ -thirty feet l in’- diameter, at the top-of the,obelisk, closed’the ’dis: play, and-the tens of thousands began to disperse!.'! At the first -changes of -scene ’.they hadclapiped' their hands-r but-noft once - had they cheered Or shriuted-a -huzza.- Twice a-year., ithis display iB .given to, the, people of Rome,: though! on thishc-" ,casion,jthey itellus; it was - grander 'than usual.':: “ Duriugrthese feast days!large cUrtains>of‘satin damask are hung Outsidecf the,windows-of the lyealt-liy houses. and the streets are illuminated at: nights,- partieularl-y , the fronts of- the churches'' .and|.public;buildingSi'. ’ The'stores aremostly shut thed day; 1 Priests rby 'the: thousand J and' people too;crowdthe'Streetearid ? wear's-; a;holiday ; aspect*’-"-ii-c’i'!' .:>vi:! T The (PopeobeepS 12,000 soldiers; in Rome; nearly all* o£ them! are ■ foreigners—Swiss, 'Bel gians, French, &c. There rare!’about. 3,000. of them- dressed as (Zouaves;-in ■ grey, trimmed ‘ with' red. They are all.yoking meu and present ( a,very fine appearances i-Fhei’cavalry’ares-fioMy dressed, lidierer areuthree -or: fbur; hundred of them , and they: are made’ .up ilargelypf the' betfok classes : of Home, many of them of noble'blood, ’ whose interest it-.is’to-isustain; the power of the’ P,ope. .:Tbe Gens d’artnes are dressed much like* , those, of Paris, in 1 majoris ■ chapeau',- blue ■ ■ chat, broad white trimmings, andjsword- at’side. ■ They are the poliee of -Rome and are not'foreigners.- The Zouaves, are seen; in all‘parts ofißomei'in every street, every gallery! and. church: • They like to see the: sights when inot on- duty, o At St:’ Peter’s, torday, -there were priests officiating at ' every chapel—and there are thirty or forty of them. At some a Zouave or two were kneeling-r-sometimes no one else—-at others, three: or four: men ' or wo men. In one ,of-the chapels, lisaw- a p'riest teach ing twenty or thirty,.little boys. It was iall'in Italian, and I could not. make ut out;- but it look ed nearer like, a-.-little 'Sunday-school, :in that enormous building, than I have seen; anywhere in, Italy. . •: i- Many of the country-people have been flocking: to Rome to these great, -feasts- -. The women from the country wear white handkerchiefs, folded-and pinned fast to the top of the head, falling..to-the shoulders behind. A r.ed or blue peasantwaist,- laced behind, and dark blue skirts of heavy cloth, with heavy shoes and stockings. I saw two of them come in to St. Peter’s on their knees,-and begin to walk up from from the door to the altar, on the marble floor and still on their knees; a long time I -watched them- as they ploded on. The country men wear pointed hats, roundabout coats, red vests.and short pants to the knees, with heavy woolen stockings-and heavy shoes with pointed toes and big nails in the soles,. All go up to the bronze statue of St. Peter, on the right, near the altar, and kiss its toe. The toes are all, kissed off—thousands in: a davi kiss it. " Priests, poor women, nobles, dirty ‘looking'then—women hold up their babies ' and'the men'lift their boys 1 and all kiss tlie toe. During the feast, it has been dressed in splendid satin‘and gold .robes, and has on its head a large bonnet or bishop’s hat, set with blazing jewels of immense-’value. But as the head, hands and feet are all that is visible, it looks just as if they were all kissing tlie toe of a negro. : ■ , If time and space permitted, I could tell you as much more. Yours, G. W. M. ' Bow dreadful was the situation of Pius Quin tius, who died crying out despairingly, “ When I .was in a low condition I ,had some hopes ofsatva tion: when I was advanced to be a cardinal I greatly doubted; but sinc.e I came to the pope dom, I have no-hope at all.” - •' ' • • ‘ MEMORIAE.;-'. Q . [The Session of the Second'tmurch, Chicago, haves prepared thssfoUowing memori&i ! «jptlieffifl«itb associ-| ate; W >; H. Brifitfn, Esq., lfifeheljgladW'. upon: their miputoSSj-stlj was also vAjhfr that nished thefAmerican Presbyterian; fbr%uWp& , tiotf§[ i ; William H. Brown was born at Grlastenbury, HartforcPtSotfifty Connecticut, on the 9th day of November, 1796. Having resided, during his eariy'yeTrs, at*TsTastenhury7 ahd at Colchester, "in Connecticut, and at Catskill, in New York, he ' came to settle" with bis'-parents about the year the ‘ T r ; . "Ifis father being* a man pf.sterij._ug worth. Christian'character, an attorney and counsellor 'hy' i [)r6fessio > n,'''th6 ; subject'rif .'this memoir enjoyed, the high privilege of early‘i\hriitian culture. Catskill, it wis ohe rif' h'is greatest, privileges to sit'uhaer the ministry of the‘Rev.’David Porter,' D;D7 fin emiu’efit'servant or Sod of that day,', genififi', arid were admirably, adapted to Wrest arid fasten the attention of all 'cla&ses'of hearers;'and at' Auburn,*for successive years tef 6peuirig”marih66d, under the noless emi 'neri‘f'’miriistrati6h of‘the Rev. jßirck C. Lansingj D.'Dlj fh’e 'fragrance of whole aiicf fervent zeal',’ still 'fresh’ iri 'the fecollection or the ch urches' of'Wesfrirh }iew York,’ the instrument of burning’many Wrighteousness. ‘ ' 'k£ Auburn r ’‘also;’ oif ’brother and 'friencL in ‘ these eveptful ‘years of formation of .character,* 1 .. i;>.V 1 ,11 t IJfIJ - vgl' '• V/GUOI Bill tu iIJUOVW enjoyed, occasionally, tne privilege of sitting under • t-'sev baij aw Aiiif fdrtG.oadlo m&n h-iim tne ministrations or such, other eminent servants rp~ i_ -i i- 11 11 i• ‘ ! J 3 ‘ ill 'f j" Liy (J •i .1 i.ii JL v bi the Most High the neigh coring of Cayuga frcsbytery could furnish, among whom , i ;. 4 ; j® . ( [ i» ; i v ' lib Hi iPd ;JO were ihe Rev. R’r. Wisoer. of Ithaca; Rev, Seth xa w* vit >*, ui.-ja I ijb mrunn! Sinitn. of Genoa: Rev. Levi Persons, of ,Marcel 7, lus, and many others, some ,of whom have, long •1 a\.i '-V •* ’ •-'"Vn since fallen asleep m God, and others yet linger in the flesh to this day. t . , , ~ ■lt was"at Aub'urn that Mr. Brown, iust before and about the age of majority, prosecuted^ study of law with diligence for years, UridqCjthe, -sriptermtorideh ce and. direction of ; his honored j* , ( i;l "•ii jjj /•} -IJ-/-iOkLiiff ■■‘■it by ->4 '.■JAj.li I-'i 'father, and in the month of August, 1818. filled 1 (.-LI., -j.il li-v-.-ll.,; ;-VfU-Ul.: With youtnrnl enterprise an'd ambition, made his l-ol , '.-tJv.-L'.il HK .U J -way, as a Western emigrant, m company with .t.he ■H'oniSamued ifi Locfewdrid, afterwards a Jddge !«f tile' Supreme Corirt' 1 of illiriois, to this then re -.cerifiy admitted 'State, the youngest born of fhe ;AiriericaiTtfniori! j ’With'ihe jflurac.ter planted and nur itjired'throiighoui eariief years under such auspi- VkUiiiL f/ .jjii/iiv rv'Ui yiij ices,-it was natural to/expect, and the factis •'kriowri to many contemporaries, some of ,who.m -still survive, that Mr.'Brown came to this the, _ i ,--i •.L j i 7 >l l . oj.ilj WUi.'MJ - State of nis adoption, not with views merely lar '’and* yitb a to -lead al'ife of'usefulness, to be a good citizen,°to /ii‘iv< ji*i j.Lfi ii y >< • ; sustain artu enjoy good . society, and thereby to i t Vi/-.'"- . j it J i./ /i\ li • r i ,j discharge the duties of an upright and honest .manhorid‘in tbe conflict of life. ‘When Iriri :6rdwh cSthk to the State of ,h ! e settled" at u firsf in’the southern part ofthe .and“nof 'iohg after, at ELastaskla, then tie seat.of •governme'nt;, J where he* held* tlie’ office* of fjWic of •the District 1 Couri" J of tiie United States "for tlie* on tfee’iemovar o¥the llmt“place. v ■: i. It was’ residence he "first Became openly a disciple of Christ',' professing before me'A the faith that was in~ him and" had" also dwelt in his ancestors for many Kenerations. and his (sub sequent life, ever, down to the period of his late re •moyal to”a better sphere, has evinced the genu :ineness" of the' profession‘which he'then made be .. i. . -.1 :u. j.. .it ~ l. .J,: i..I.iU ,j lv ;j. J i... (. I , tore many witnesses. j; It should also be remembered that this his pro -1 fe,ssion ! of waS early, trs-iumg in the way of parental fidelity and watchfulhesS,<-‘With' abundant inculohti'On from 1 the" preached’ word’upon, whieji.he’’ was an.'inyamtde. attendant in all his previous life, blessed: and sarictiflh'd ' Ijy the atthudaht 1 ministration' of the Holy Spirit. -'" .;C ■ At Vandalia, Mr. BroWn was'soon after elected a,ruling elder in the.church where he-first made his profession of faith, anduin .that; sphere, dis charged his duties .with, uniform.aD l d:coqstant de yqtion and propriety. His character always bb're the distinguishing impress of. decision. , He-was ever the last man to turn from any good purpose;, and though we thus write of him, we do hot mean in the least to detraet'fromf but 'thereia ,! also to magnify and extol the abundant covenant faithful ness and' grace of ‘ God in sustaining Christian eharacfer r ,‘hy seizing upon and sanctifying the strongest and most’conservative of natural pow ers. ■ - ' <; At that early day, the foundations of society in Illinois, botlf civil and ebclesiasticii, were yet unstable—all was' comparatively a moral chaos- African Slavery, even though expressly forbidden in the'ordinaoce of 1787'in all the N. W. Terri tory,from which'lllinois was’ take'n, and, forbid den eqdally in the'fuiiaamentaT law of the State, yet to some smiill extent existed 'practically, and was'tolerated in the then infant settlements in Egypt) (as the southern part of the State was .then appropriately‘called,) and but a few years subsequently, a powerful effo'i't was madeby wicked and designing change tbe constitution of the State itself, and'thereby to legalize its intro duction forever Incipient measures were adopted by the Legis lature to'call a convention to amend and alter the fundamental law, witii that view. ’ A contest en sued in which the friends of religion, and good order Were arranged on one side, and the friends of leading on spirits kindred to those which" caused thelate rebellion and drenched the - and in blood, were on the otter. It deserves to ill m ;*i< V 9 - iW*. : -.. ' |!pe .recorded, that oujojai|u|ntej| ftie.nd in, j;|iat con - •test' was a cfiampion of law arid reugion and good s ;‘.m | .*», v*;. jn* 1 ..Ts. fSt, , m?n doing valiant seryicp for the. right; for which hishfe and memory deserve will re ceive from posterity, to the end of time, a-.tablefe' inscribing his name among the builders who have -laid the foundations upon which is raised the superstructure of American liberty, order in Church and State forever. God grant it may never again be shaken ! ' ■ Hayu/gfin alllAipgs acted his part with honor : ,at VandaliairMr. Brown, in the year 1835;,' came' to the thenmew, unformed, and. shppelj»» village . hamje.t called. IJpr.t dearborn, or, Qljieago, where, again the providence, of God calledj him, tp bear, bis paytiin laying fquqdationsj and; I}W well ( he pas acted ( that part, this with .its,present,ad-: vancement.frpm that period, ip its ohijrehipiiivA .leges, its schools and,higher seminaries ofr-learp-; irig, both, sacred and, secular, its, streams,of-Cbr is tian b ( eneficence and fast developing r pl%ns,o£, Christian civilization and. culture, in all,which, it is well known that our friend; bore a , > conspicuous, part, and, to which ; he has heen ever , ..mpre.dp voted,, than to, any seculprocalling,—hp.W; welL.he has: acted,, his part, let alb above: referred Sufljpiqutjtp.say, t0,n0., jOthpj [organhsyig aiid J pstah!h|h4 l lS. .its rpubjjc jn, tbm CJj jirch. imChicago .its, 9%, . jfOjjnpone is thp;Ghurph ; ,or < the ithg World, nt.jlayge, ;; mqrp for; .pecuniary;, contyibutipnand, ; .personal seryice in every, jroodjjWprdij ando WP.rht, In short,, Mij. Ilro.wn has ed .usefulness j.jujd; honor, seiiying, v at u ti.mes,; thg ; State as a, member; , the, State anti jJLtß : departments .always,- with honpr, and’ fidelity ,as r a trustee .qf ; its cherished; jßoar,ds ; and,lnstitutipns;. but, mpgt, of Alljsand.- ,with^,,zeal l and ( ,}ts_Hpad;and u the.,race ; of jjaipn;, whose,;inteAes.to.i >lay:.neair4iisjh,eart„and;to which ihft-PQnsefirated}; ,iu ,a K hig j hiapd i cpm.mandipg i seos.e) alli he wfts,.andi ali jhp; bad,,,, Hq jhqs, truly, .verified- Jfche, words; of. Holy writ proclaimed- to, the bclpyed, .disciple ■ in; ..Patmos,: dUes.spdr-arehhe .dead- .who > die; ii^the. Lord from; , ¥;ea> saith. theuSpirit,\ that they may .rest, from -thfliri labors vand itheirr works do follow them.” And, again, those other j words which ithejPsalmist .of ilsraeLdedicafed^to, . the. memory ofjjthe irigbteops.map;.;V‘ Hej shall, be likq, a tree: .planted by the: rivers, ;of, water. that :br;ingeth r fqrth. his fruit; in his .season.;: his leaf,. also, shall;pot. wither:, and; whatsoever.-he doeth shalLprosper.”;. And ih;; making-.this j memorial; .record his bereaved) friends;.desirejto.veri/y. again; ithose .other,memorable, words from heaven“ The ;righteous;,shall b.e.dn. everlasting remembrance/,' a LETTEBS FBOM THE HOLY LABD. 80. XII. I Br BET. EDWARD' P. HAMMOND ~| GARD,EN OJF GETJISEMANE..i , ' „i What heart, is. not moved at the mention.of. that name'! i Neyer : shall I : forget. Bow deeply I was imr.' pressed whe.ngny eyes.just,rested,npon it... How i could I but be .moved, at,, the .thought.that there my sins helped tp crush life-blood „from ; my. (Precious Saviour’s,,brow, )£o that was it werejgreat drpps of ; bloody falling down to J>h® .The.word,H©etbsejnane..means^.in the Hel)reiy- an pliypj press. •<_ It Iwasfe'.there, .no .dpubt, that .the pliy.es. from .the mountain nearby { were pressed. There, blessed Jesj%it. was that the awful thought ; of; a world’s.sins/pressed upon ■ Thee;-till JChou in agony wast foceedto' cry “.my soufis. exceeding isorro.wful even unto death. ; 0,. .my it' it. be .possible, let/this cup pass: from.nte." ;i , ,■ , 'Twas the ,12th of December, mywife and 1< first entered, the G arden,, which'the Latins regard as the spot .where our Lord was betrayed by Ju das. It is, according to some, half an acre in 'extent. A-.kindly-looking monk admitted us through a low door on the/east side.of• the wall. The ..conviction .t-hat,. if-.not-within / the .walls .now. enclosed/at least, near where we then were, our Lord endured those inconceivable “ soul " sor rows, deeply affected us. . ,In ,the, garden counted eight olive trees. .None ,of the other trees on the sides of the .mountain-had anything like the same appearance of age. Stones fill .up their trunks. Thus they are made firmer agaio'stl the severe winds to/ .which they are exposed.: .We, should so muck have liked to have believed that these 1 were the > same trees, underneath which .:our Lord so often prayed..... ... ,y : ..... ; . .But Josephus. says, • that “ all the trees*that were about the. city, t within the distance of a hun dred furlongs were cut down.” All we can say is, that it is very possible, that the roots, of .one of these trees were bedewed;with the: tears of Christ durigg that: night of “agony and bloody sweat:”. The rgots of. the, olive it is'said very seldom die. If the parent is cut down, others springup and grow for centuries.;, , . . • The monk, who,.admitted .us,, to the . garden, of G.ethsemape, allowe.d:us to.gather branches from olive trees,,which, he affirms are/the very same beneath which Jesus prayed. He also presented ns. witb . .cujitiyated in.,the gar-, ~£bese. .leaves .and flowers,.,we. garefully, pressed, and hope to take with us to America some of Jjhem. If Jewels” ia |et|jjs|f have al ready crossed feftving the garden, nyr gqpght ft ; *pet nook, ! yvbere we inigjjj; seq£ to, recall the ggfipes of that memorable night. The path to' the west of us, winding down from St. Stephen’s gate, Jesus followed with his disciples, after having broken bread with them in the" “ upper room” on Mount Zion. ; We could easily imagine the scene of our Lord’s-betrayal—the. hushed voices disci ples as J.udaa emerged from the dark olives, “and'with him a great' multitude with swords and staves.” hpon Jjh& Bayiouc/as', t?ie of many torches flashed upon Him. We could al most hear the. wosft 9£ Judas, “whomsoever I shall kiss that same is he—hold of the divine power, ,which, lor a moment, para lysediraidi&& hSnd/ wheii‘Jesus 1 made know.n Jbiinself to. thegui soonniAen as He hadi said to .them, L am He, they owent backward and felhta the. ground-”’; ;Einalty.we. couldfollow our,- Lord-,o forsaken by. His-disciples, acrbssi the brpok Hedrpny up. through, the gase<. on.H'is ;way too the house Annas ;‘tandv Beter; folio wed Him; afar; of£”'i r It did iudeediseem.to xis-the niost sacred l spot ■ ,on,earthi! . Quciburdened hearts 1 buly-found-re*- liefinitears. How could-it ,hkvejbeeu otherwise? < I pitythei man iwho! dan visit ' ,a tear. W.& tbehv prayed for-many* fridnds, and*' especially for.thedear young converts 1 and * chil dreni in America, iwho. we have‘been permitted to-- see led by. thei Spirit Jto -'finishe dl 4 rworjtj "If li'should; grow.euldvjn. theMas-' (ter’s.servioe) may>lirempmber Oe(hseinanc, where- ' all thetidisciplesjfoisooki Him and-ifled." If jever Ijamiinelipeds taitbint (lightly ofjsihy may ii call,, to.imind..thei6acr.ed < deeluigs*grauted'to : uapJ dunng f hat, hourdn Qeiliseinane. ■ : • . >ly ; .Jekus‘l'^ould : nd’er forget,' , . When there I Ba w/rby bloody sweat. 2V,'V ,[ lii> ’iiilW 'Twaß in that olive presa T ,felti s . • '••mt ,; TK<>d<ird4 ! W^p , S4 v'' j • Alas' t how : / , ,\^h,i]B^n^hs,epian as . J v ,' : ; ; I thought of-shfcw Thy heart-did throb, :: ’ u ’ * : i.Whm«.aU”. thine did flee., • . ' And feii'Tbee wilß cruel moo ‘j lasadGethaemane. ■ f :l .■ ’ ’Twaß there 1 ! felt mv guilt and shame. In oft forsaking; Tnefej ' How In’ dear jfiethsemane. How,earnpstlj L .with;tears;w:e. plead,,! ■i- 'For, friends apross the sea. r 1 That they to Thee who bled In lone,Greiiisernafie. . . 1 ■■ Sfrould'Ver our lore to Tfte'e grow cold, ‘ 4«dwe I'otgeU'ulJbe, 'We’ll call tp mind Thv loy&untold, WHiie'ih Gretksernane. ' '' '1 l!i : ,T ' - :; , COLLEGE,, CO^jpKGEMEHra the'University 9f.Olllc.hgo occurred on .Thursday,. June' 25th. <• Ten graduates of the department 1 # of - iiiw.received their diplomas. * ' The degtee-or 'Sh. D. Wis conferred upon dev B. iFelsenthali of Ch ipajg*and that ofiDm 1 upon «WSi.#e* Jqsseß.= Thomas, 01 Brooklyn.,, William' B: Ogdeiiytße “ railroad kibgp has sub scribed t s)o..<h.W,;;on-eM thatOOtP/more l are raised, and .wjthip s2o,l»G(Wore,.haye been received, Ihe prospect is that about $l(fO 000 wilbbe.subseribed in Chicago, ere tiiW is fin tVpel ■ DitikinsojjjjjJqllgg^.Y-T'^eiCoflipii.ohioeipentltoolß place, Jupe ai i; 10 o’clock, A. il. -President Johnson conferred diplomas upon ‘the senior class of thirteen.,, ' . ' ' . . • •D lh i h ?P?fiS r J , Jegf i ee of D. D.i.wa 9 ,,.cpnferred,,on... Key. Robert A. Patuson, of the Philadelphia Con-' ferpnce.vßevj JS ! .-M'Caulev, : of AHd Baltihiore Conference, :and,^rofe^9jyLock,-,of Indiana Asburv , Umverfity • tliat of >l, A". §rac£ v , missionary to Ihdia; and Professor J; H. Worm an -librarian! elect of the Drew Theological,‘Seminar/ < • in, th ft history, ol this ,old insti-/, tution, the income ol 'the college has (net its ex-* peiises,’ aiid a balance is -in ? liand' thward’ the reWairb of the. buildings;, etc.j i;The L endowment has Jnow- >0 ‘ ‘ Commehciement; 4ftbthfe : University of ifendont and .state- .gollege'M jßuriihgtobv oc curs August Ist.;. Rev M. R.. Vincent, of Teov N Towmaddr^-aii and -Rev- Dr, Andrew .Harvard Col lege, will also bg an. pratoy of.the.oecasipn. !- - are at present 490 students at thel University, of whom i>6 are professors pt religion;,; XheiYoung.MenlsiChristiaß ... Association aslollows-. f>res- „ bytenans, 40, Episcopalians, 38, Methodists, 27;. Baptists, 26, Disciples, ! 5, Unknownf'l4. This As-' sociation hasja, -Sunday Schools, in the-,. Uagg'ed Mouutains,atMiltpn, &s.' ‘ , Hampden Sidiejr College, Virginit.—Com mwieejjieht June ,13. 4 graduates. ' :■ i,' - of Doctor of, Divinity , was .conferred, 0n.,. Henry -Wood, of Philadelphia; KeV. T. & Peck 01 the.Umop Theological Seminary; HeV.R.T. Sunt-- theebirst Presbyterian, church;.Fash- A 1 .Key.' James ,W., Dale, (author: of . Classic Baptism") of Media, Pa.-' The degree of AC M. was .conterred on Dr. J. W. Ayler, a practising ■ phy,si9iap,in the neighborhood..,., circular of Major Whittlesey, of the United States Army, by order of General'Grant; proposing a plan .foj instruction in ; military tactics to all the colleges in. the .land, was .referred to the Faculty. to report at the next meeting of the Trustees. The Board took action looking to’ extensive and hand sonie imprpveip9nh; of the. College buildings ,and grounds. The Pacuity was authorized to organize a departmwfcfor instruction- in applied mathematics. Michigan -Universityw-This University has in lm-sevCTa . departments, of *aencs, and. art, .medicine andlaw, 1,255 students, and a vacuity of thirty-three rS??? and thtors. Rev; K, OpHaveh; D;D., of the Methodjot . Episcopal Church, is president, Dixon. Wbito, .president,,elect, of, Cornell eL/Sr*? 1 ’ ***“(*•_£• ?•,. received the Honorary de gree 01 jj1,.,.!). at.the comnifehcement held-week‘he- ONFX a v!TP^?^iT'- ev u.^d] i hm, Adams. D.D., of' rf? f P rk ' a graduate ofthe “blassofltYT, cleliv eren the annual oration before the alumni of Yale t , ': ,
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