ite Atwriron PrcsbtiU'vwtt J ohnAWeir I'Few Series, V"ol. XV", ISTo. 37. $3 00 By MaH. $3 50 By Carrier, l 50cts Additional after three Months. J grafticau Jjttstojlmait. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1867. spiritual tactics and strategy. A crooked policy is contemptible and un christian; but policy without crookedness is only another name for prudence.. It is the choice and use of the best means to an end. It is circumventing obstacles which cannot be surmounted. It is approaching an object cautiously and secretly, instead of openly; attacking by flank and rear instead of in front. It is relying not on the simple force of truth, plainly and powerfully spo ken, great as that is, but upon the mode of putting it, as well. It is the adaptation of means to ends, which arises from the study of both. It is'living and acting on princi-' pies gathered from a wide range of experi ence and observation, or reached by a gift of natural shrewdness, rather than by mere instinct and impulse, however good. It is not only allowable, but a duty as well, to use honorable policy in accomplishing agoodend. We are npt justified in confining ourselves to blunt methods in attempting to reach the heart and conscience of the un converted, or of tfie godless poor of our cities; to the bare’dispensation cifjustice in tho effort to suppress crime; to hard disci pline and peremptory commands in the man agement of children, and thpn in piously laying the blame on Providence if we fail. We are under the most solemn obligation to inquire into the causes of our failure; to change our methods and make new efforts' from entirely different starting-points. By all means wo must save some. \ We repeat, it is a duty to be politic in our efforts to do good in the family and the world. It is simply a question 6f accom plishing a greater or less amount of good. And while the character of simple piety, the cxamplo of undemonstrative, unscheming a'nd undoubted excellence, the warm exhor tation and solemn reproof, coming from the heart, the simple statement of the grand truths of the Gospel from believing lips, are powerful for good, in the circles pf private life and in the pulpit; by themselves, they have not done, and they could not do, the work of the Church in the world. It is not only for the possession of goodness that we shall be held accountable, but for effective goodness , to the extent of our' faculties. Evory aetivcly good man, every liberal man, can increase vastly his efficiency by study ing his opportunities, by laying a plan be forehand of his work and of his gifts. How vastly is every individual Christian’s effi ciency multiplied by union and co-operation with the Church! What grand enterprises of benevolence have been accomplished by organized effort in a thousand diversified forms! The grouping of the forces of Chris tianity in these forms of effort, is one in stance of what may be called “ spiritual tac tics,” the field of which is as inexhaustible as the combinations on tho chess-board. We earnestly believe tliere is call flsr in gonuity in a good cause far more than in a bad one. Tbe fact that truth has an intrin sic and victorious energy, does not save it from great disadvantage and peril in a deep ly fallen world, full of the deceitful works of darkness. Dhe devices of a cunning adver sary, who has no scruples as to the means used by himself and his agents, must be matched and counteracted by better wisdom and deeper strategy, on the part of those who will not stoop to dishonor in the defence of truth. The Master himself recognizes the princi ple of conduct which we are inculcating, when be says to his disciples: Be ye wise' as serpents and harmless as doves. And again, when he lays down the maxim of conduct: Give not that which is holy unto the dogs; neithor cast ye your pearls before swine. An apostle warns us not to allow our good to be evil Bpokeu of. And we all are familiar with the. example of the great Apostle to the Gentiles, whose manner of life and action was not more re note from “the hidden things of dishonesty, walking in craftiness or handling the word of God de ceitfully" thsyi it was from confiding in the ( unaided power of the truth alone*. So con fident and so clea? in conscience was he on this poir.t, that he uttered tbe well-known saying of “becoming all things to all men that he might by all means save some,” without deeming it necessary, or without being impelled by inspiration itself, to add If l6 jnlv6S ; PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1867. any sentence or word of limitation against the possible abuse of the language. And we know that be boldly practised on liis prin ciples. 'Weread' how uncompromising chaudpion of Christianlibefty at' Jerusalem was actually found circumcising Timothy' because he was the son of a Greek, in L'yca onia. He Was not at all afraid of the 1 charge'' of ’inconsistency, on which ' envibiis""dr thoughtless persons, acquainted 'with thebe' facits, might have 'ratted 1 a 1 terrible scandal: Students of Paul’s laiiguaige, as rebbWed In’ the Acte, have noted 1 with- #hat"extraordi nary shrewdness he adapted his addresteete' td'ih'e Exigencies of the case 5 ." Ho w, on one occasion, ho stilled a Jewish'mob; how, by an adroit Stroke, he turned the arms of the hostile parties ’ini 1 the’ Sanhedrim 1 against each other and away from himself; libw he diteptrted 1 marry mOjdths with the sophists of Ephesiis; and' charmed with his eloquence and coWciliateA with his cohidesy the’ Stdiete and Epicureans of. Atberite; how he awed Felix and stirred the better' nhjture 'iof the corrupt' Agrippa, By a presentation Of the truth; skilfully adUptedtb the character and history Of each." And the exaihiriatibn 'of his fourteen Epistles shows'the' Same ’bias-' teirly adaptation to the case in 'hand; the versatility Of a’riiind 'of en’dleds CxpeiSiehtte 1 ;' the bver-appfopriate' use, 1 now ' b'fvetitreaty; 1 how "of invective, now'Of hearty and hand some commendation, 1 now of condensed and 1 rapid argument, now of warning, how’ of hopo; contemplating and'admifnStering to every want and every crisis' in'the' life of the nascent church, over 1 which he watched. It'is dot a sufficient answer tb ascribe all ■ these characteristi cs'of Paul to inspiration. We do not regard inspiratSOn as designed to aet'upon ; character. Jbhh, whb ; Wds jnsf ate' truly and remarkably inspired aS:P'auT,'\Vas apparently destitute of 'any share *of Patti's' astuteness and magnificent practical qiialii ' ties. Hite whole nature was bathed in the' light .of divine philosophy. 1 One dee'p, calm sea of holy love filled his soul. Af tlcssneste ls-ith'b‘'typ'e't>f L -IHB-'B ; 6yle. He was content to be, to feel, and to speak in a sense of thq di vine nearness. Consulting our feelings, we should; perhaps,'be leSs'Willihg to' dispense with John than with any other of the apos tolic circle. Regarding the interests of Christ’s kingdom among men, we Bhould give the pre-eminence unhesitatingly to Paul. A great example of strategy in the his tory of the Church, is the Romish system. In all the history of religions, there has been nothing so artful, so politic, so worldly wise as this. But, alas, it is policy at the outra geous sacrifice of purity, and cannot serve our purpose in this discussion. On the other hand, the Reformed Churches and Protestantism generally have some need to beware lest they sacrifice policy needlessly, in the supposed interest of purity. It is to be feared that a tendency to depend exclu sively, may we not say lazily, on truth itself, is current, and needs watching, in these Churches. Yet there have been some dis tinguished ecclesiastical statesmen and di plomatists among the Reformed Churches. Such was John Calvin as distinguished from Luther; such, too, was John Wesley as con trasted with Whitefield. But we turn back to the life of the Master himself. If we may reverentially speak of such an aspect of Christ’s life, we would say that to us it seems the result of a profound plan, a master-piece of strategy. It was the triumphant solution of a most peculiar’and perplexing problem. Christ must reveal himself at once, as human and divine. His divinity must be so evident as to satisfy every reasonable condition of credibility. The witnesses must be able to write: “ We saw his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father.” “ That which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and our hands have handled of the word of life.” And yet this sufficiently clear evidence of divini ty, must be so tempered as to leave room for the equally satisfactory and convincing exhibition of his humanity. The proofs of diyinity must not be overwhelming or ap palling; they must not keep men at a dis tance; they must not extort homage from unwilling, self-deceived, or hypocritical wor shippers. Above all, the Messiah must not make such a display of his deity as to defeat , the -great end of his coining—to die as a voluntary sacrifice for the sins of men. He mußt appear in such a light that wicked, men will dare to lay murderous hands upon him. llow utterly the whole desigri'of'bisboming would have been frustrated by the 1 slightest unmistakable revelation of his .AlmigbtinfeßS is seen in'John's account of the’ capture {in the garded, (Chap.' xYiii.- S, 6 : ; ) where; at* the utterance of two words only, ! *from his lips,! the whole multitude is’ described fis 1 gOing'b’ackwards a'nd' falling 'to'the'gboundi l 1 1- Waa n ecessary that Christ'should 'die un-’ der'the Operation'of the ordinary'principles’ of fdlfen order of'events.' And to‘ ,I tb'ia i "e'Ud,"it ■'Was' 'needfrikthat‘he 1 'should! be dealt 1 with by iiVeu' : ad'a’ rn>ari“'rind'yetfy’td' acco'tiipli’sh'-'' hid 1 full 1 mission, 'iti was just as' neebsSaPy that he' should give all the paoofrtkatrcould in reason beyeqjiired; of, his 'ygpl diyipity-n ;Thjg,oiKf? say, was a problem 'jwhich only the most sublime, strategy, could solvp, lChrist's life, ! di 1 d u sol ! ve,. i,t. ~: . Men, wero. l ,and. ! ape. cpn vipced.pf Jus, divinity,, and yetyoom y/af Jeft grid, ma lignity in the carpal heart,, so: that the di-, ving,,Saviour; yas , : sapri ( sped.ap, aj criminal,: and typps of theGld, Testam,en,t pnd the, plan,,o£ Got},,in -Redemp tion *w,ere,fr!eoly aee,ompUshg|d,by.the, wicked, hpn,ds ; qf men. ; v , ;h; j, “•Th.is tepiper;an,c,e.in l pari ! turpi ,powei;.is the ; master r of ChyisJk.lt, is. a iH mpral .miracle,:^perinpßCgd,.upon, a physical one. [tTShis ,, greatness m : ak,es him surely, the, most ppbljme image ever offered,to the, human imagination. It is precisely this trait which, gyve hina .his, immense and immediate ascendency, oyer men. Heiwbpso power, andigfeatness, asshownip his.miracles were'oyery helming, denied .-himself thev.use of bispower,,treated it as.a;,slights £hiug„yyalked among,,men as though he were one of them,,. until pet rified <£Ojd be,wildei;ed memsaw him,arxested apd, ppt to,dearth with, torture,, refusing steadily toppse in this own. behalf; the power he co.neeifiEed he held for the. bep.efit of others.,: the 'combina tion' of . greatness and which won theiri,hearts,,ithe held-, under a mighty control, ..the unspeakable, condescension, the CVoss of Christ. . : t J A MELANCHOLY END. Died of delirium, tremens, September 3, in , the city of Albany, Hon. James A. MeDou gall, late U. S, Senator from California. Few who hqve read this announcement are, surprised at the fate which has, befallen the individual in question. The whole Ameri can public has been forewarned of it, and we trust that the melancholy notoriety of the case may give, i.t the greater effective ness as a warning to .our youth and our pub lic. men, generally. It is, indeed, the old story of fine.talents, brilliant prospects, and high honors miserably sacrificed to the ap petite for strong drink. Yet it is not often that intemperance finds its victims .among those who have but recently sat in the high est seats of political power. Thank God, thenumberofsotsintheSenateqf the United States has been so few, that a child might write them; indeed, we believe the most simple of the numerals is now alone required in telling the story of disgrace which still cleaves to that otherwise honorable body.. One of those whose loathsome exhibitions brought a burning blush to the cheek of every true American citizen, is .dedd —died of delirium tremens; let the other one, be ware. Let Delaware take warning .from. California. And there are some who are trembling lest the White House itself may le irrecoverably disgraced by a similar scene to, that which has just taken place in Alba ny. Certainly its occupant has been play ing a part which can scarcely be.explained, except on the supposition of the influence pf Strong drink—that .e'nemy which . men put: into their mouths to, steal away,their brains, Perchance impeachment may come in sea sonably, to spare us the dreaded denouement. From such melancholy, exhibitions of in fatuation and subjection to an evil appetite, working immense damage to . the public good, we turn with satisfaction and hope to facts of a far different character in the ca reer of some of our most distinguished pub lic men. Drunkenness and disloyalty have got into high places, higher, perhaps, than ever before; but more marked, .too, and fre quent than ever before have been the evi dences; recently given of. piety and temper ance among .our statesmen and , generals. Only two days before the sad case of delirium tremens in Albany, Gov. Goary, of this State, publicly attached himself to the people' of God intbeFirst Presbyterian: Church (N. S.) at the Oapitai, and by raising the family altar', and by consecrating his children to God ittbaptidm he 1 has proved' that thei act: was too unmeaning! ceremony. We remem ber. fhe recent sitfrilar act of Senator Wilson. Whfijoyfully >oa}l to-mitad: the position!) of Gent! Grant; of Speaker) Golfaxj; andf/many othefs-ofour’mOßt'tfhstedan'dihonored'genT, eralstand statesmen upomtbesiibjeotof tem perances .We believe thfei priople iare sick of impiety an din ebrietydu t ibighi places, We' believeiiti is ionly neoessary, for,, pious and, upright-men to ' enter vigorously; into poli tics linAnMer; to 'control .them for righteous' ends.-u/'v ! th;:' -if A jkbiiiGOJERNOR) GfiAߥ. . : yn ' *'The. secular ! prOSs having riofcteed thri pub lic-profession of Religion"rooeh'tiy made ‘by Griverhor Geary] J it l proper' for! us alsb* ed:.i Satisfaction. 'The poMet public stand' whichiithe Governor‘tool£?bri''the subjecttof tem'peitiwfej.imtnediately'After' 'his.'iila.ugri-. ratioffjl'mPid’fult ofreligiSus pirinbiplfe, that; weiweretsoniewhat prepared thiS'fui’bh'efi' advarieer Thibpubliefacd kn o wltedgmerit- of'the ;d aiiths of Religion and" avowaief OhristiaripurposeUstno hasty, but. a w'ejl considered thing. (The-solemn eventß' of thejMrar'in bore so conspicuous a part, including hlsbwri' personal sufferings by wounds* and the- deeper! of fe'eling*in the fall'of'his-sori'by battle, have 1 been/dio dbubt,.’a»:Bolfemn' trhin-i ing; iindef’the blessing of Gb’dy for tlieposi-, tio‘n»'>he ! has : s ifnst ! taken.; The "communion:, services dt the- 'First/' Brebbyteriari’ Churchy > Harris b urg, when ion Sunday, the Ist inst.y GoVern'or iGeary .and 'hisdestiriiahle lady? united',•‘ificludinjkthe -baptism- theirvfour children, were v4r|y impressive-,: arid: will, be long rememberedri'by those' who l witnessed them; ? We haYC So'few men in leading offi cial Stations'- who?' fire-willinghto identify that it is nseful, wC think, to record instan ces of this .kind; They' are incentives to prayer that others in high-places of power may be led to do likewise.' ! r , TIIE EVAIVGELICAL ALLIANCE. Amsterdam, Aug. 23d, 1867, ■Thm is .the, sixth; day of the sessions of this majestic body.- The programme of its. discussions has long been before the Ameri can people, but the quaint and interesting; surroundings and oonditionsoJQthis meeting, no- one but a; person on the; ground; can fully know. r lt is easy; to say that Am sterdam is under thedykes and below the level of the sea, and that.canals run through mpst of its streets, and'that it has nearly, four hundred bridges, and that,-.if it were not for the skilful management of its sluices and dykes it. might be submerged at any mo ment,; but the imagination cannot construct beforehand any such conception of the place as will, prevent the visitor from ajdelightful and constant surprise. The place in which the .Alliance'holds its sessions is unusual and peculiar.., It is called-.the bPark Zaal,” and is-nothing less than:a large and com modious building, ip one Of the most delight ful gardens of thp city, and not altogether unlike some similar resorts of;.the German people in Chicago. Here under the' trees are tallies and. .chairs, where amid the per fume of flowers, and of an occasional cigar' and lulled by the music of a fountain, and perhaps of a band of trained performers, the members of the Alliance can drink either coffee or tea, as, suits their taste. The peo ple -of Amsterdam, have welcomed the strangers with a noble nospitality. Private homes have opened with the most abundant, Christian fellowship, -and every thing has been done to.make visitors from abroad de lighted , yrith the city .and its people. It has been found most convenient for the Alliance to dine together in one large hall in the Zoological Gardens } a place.of public resort, very near to the Park Zaal, It is a fine room adorned with the portrait of the King of Holland and when the Evangelical Alliance is in it, holds about six hundred, persons. “Baron Van Whssunaer Van Cat wyck,” the President, presides. The divine blessing is. invoked in two of the four lan guages in which the Alliance conducts its deliberations, and at the close of the meal, which lasts an hour and a half, thanks .are returned, to God in the Other two languages Q-enesee [Evangelist. No. 111 Q. f Ministers $2.50 H, Miss. $2 00. i Addressl334 Chestnut Street. all stan di Wh ether you con aid er this i repo sing hpdyjh.tbe midsl ot its deliberations in thp Park Zaal, or unbent and free for social in the great eating hall,purround tigers, hyenas, lions, porcupines, hippo potamuses and bird or beast, which the,earth aijprds, the view is equally inter* eating The great m.en,of the world,,are here. To djß,y, it Thoiuok.pnd Vajn Osterzee who jmplorgd.^h^^diy-ine^blessing, at,the table. It .wap;PrjsBS,efl l £<s i and returned of.the meal. .Near me at; the l; table, ) §at I Jj,ange I famous for his commentaries, snd Br. McQosh, famous for gqqd books, an,d other good and., gteat ll^n^T ,^Qp, ! qum ) erp,us tq mention. ,tp,jgiye extended re ppjja.af, °f the 'Alliance in plp^aWfc 6 ) .f PWtyHfo.Jar,t gNWJg ’-some,, notice address,.made; to-day by n Ep^.jDHf,^f!rH^iE ( ,of Edinburg, on the |,iO: ( i;.i!: l iiiUAd*ED , , andtbow’beibeo&nreeonnec&edl wi th them. In his early lifeythageniatorator told us, in that charming natural to himself, he'iwas iii'most excellent' coun tryuparisib containing athousandsouls. Of dne,. and he wasla!me,dnd< dll fcould read except one, and he was crazy.. Andjamohg tbssesobdr andin te]lig.en't!ipetople'.heiremained (forsome years, untill atr last be found himself called to the midatibfjaiparishdn the city; containing vast huiniberiof theimost wretched And vicious. TbSy* were often starving, and as he came home; from .Hisdvisits among; the -degraded and'(the,, suffering,: he loathed the food on his tablo, ithinking.-of the misery-.of ;those ‘who had notbread: - Oftenrhre saw children pushed into criifae by unnatural parents, ar- tried,-convicted and bung, and the thought; forced itself upon his mind .that “not those .childpenl so much as the. judges of the courts-,and;the ministers- of religion deserved most to be conyieted and hung.” It seemed to him-a most unnatural- and hid eous thing that a- child trained to cyime should suffer the extreme penalty of the law while those went free who never, in their lives made A- single effort to remove that child from the’ training of vice and misery. “Not .all the money that Amsterdam could pile upon that table,” said he, “could induce me to endure again-the anguish and torture of mind I felt in those days of sickening parish labor.” But Out of all this mental distress God ordained good by leadiag him to labor in tbo-work of instructing the chil dren-iof the-poor.;- - • . ■ ’ The manner of proceeding was two-fold. He took a poor, pinched starved child, squal id and wretched, and “into his head he put know-ledge, into £ his stomach ;heput porridge The effect was beautiful. “ See,” said he, “ a child with a body six years, old, and wan, wrinkledtand suffering face, seeming to be sixty, so marked is it by distress and hun ger, :coming to the, ragged school. And see thatisame child six weeks later! The wrin kles are gone, from the brow. The roses are growing on his cheeks. Freshness has come to the complexion and fulness to the limbs. -.So great is the change, yon would hardly recognize the decrepit child of six weeks ago. Behold the good effect of por ridge!”, , . These children were trained to useful em ployment, fed, and clothed, and instructed, and they turned out well. “They did as well as any children; and that was enough.” But to have instructed their minds, while their stomachs were suffering the pangs of hunger would have been useless; and worse than useless. It would have been nothingelse when they asked for bread than to have given theta: a Atone.' ThegbOd ddetor concluded his address with two 'facts illustrating the moral- condition Of the children in these schools,*which drew tears from a thousand eyes,- but which' would be spoiled by re porting, so much was expressed by tone and gesture. The invitation from ‘ the branch of the Alliance in the United States to hold the next general meeting in Hew York is enter tained with great favor by many individuals, though of course, no official action has yet been taken. The American and English de legates meet to-morrow to confer concern ing the matter. In the afternoon there will he excursions to Haarlem and Zaardam. ' : c. o.k.
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