eurtopmAnurt. FROM OUR TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENT IN THE WEST. MONMOLITII, ILL., Nov. 1.9t1 v DEAR EDlTOR:—Travelling on the Father of the Waters, is not a very sure way of "anniltila ting space," when the river is low. I went on board on Tuesday evening. We started on Wed nesday afternoon, and reached Burlington, lowa, on Friday afternoon, a distance of 245 miles, 25 of which, from Keokuk to Fort Madison, was by the Keokuk and St. Paul Railroad. We ran aground about once every half hour, and in one place, the crew had to cut down trees along the bank to enable us to "hug;" the land, and so keep in the deep water. The reason for this de lay, was the effect produced upon the river by the, long continued drought. While elat of the AN ghanies the windows Of heaven have, been opened upon, yoto;'and You have-had the :early and the latter rains'in inere than their usual' abundance, here in the West there has been nothing of•this, Since. June, there . have.,beert-enly a few unsatis factory showers comlong ing at intervals; add barely wetting. the: surface of _the soil.' Instead of rain -stereos, there'have been dusCstorms, dark ening the light 4:4' the 'sun 'with their continued violence, and penetrating every nook and.,corner in spite of the ho . usekeepers' care. • Residents of Egypt—the literal, original one, over which Ali I'Aia . 'reigns,- - -say that even in the' far East they saw nothing to surpass these. The c:stei n 4 in wh!chi,the rain-water: is'. Caught from the tops 'of the houses, are almost dry, and the people. are forced to fall back upon the were of hard limestone-water ,Rr go without. In some places it seems like tresPassing on hospitality to wash one's face. Vegetation is eierywhere burnt up to a dun, ashy color. The trees do not redden into. their Wonterglay - of autumn, but the leaves dry and fade away into a light brown. Grass is a thing of the past, and, only weeds flourish over the wide prairie fields. The roads are a mass of hard ruts overlaid with dust, that every touch raises in dense clouds. The streams have become a string of disconnected pools of mud, such as travellers iri Australia tell of, and Campbellites are sore be?. , et to find a creek deep enough for " the medinanee." The' cattle roam through the timber 'after water, and suck at every damp plaCe in a way that explains why the Sucker State was so called. The tires trundle off the wheels loosened by the shrinking. of and many a trav eller has to add a.heavy hammer to his wagon a'ear. The crops suffer 'Bitch, but not as much as the croakers would have you, believe; the corn crop is by no. means a feiltirC; . potatoes' are as small as marbles, but sound and dry though not nu merous. Turnips are " no whar." .Fruit is abut', dant in spite of the neglected, unpruned-,,worm eaten state of .the orchards. Fall wheat—the staple crop in Egypt=is not coming up well for want of rain; though a few recent showers have helped it greatly. More, however, will be needed to give it a good start before the heavy frosts come on. The hog crop is suffering somewhat from the scarcity of water and comparatively of corn. This is a great staple of the country ap parently. When liine in his journal up in' Arctic latitudes, spoke of the seals as being as numer ous as "hogs in an Illinois oak-opening," he touched off a feature of .the natural scenery here very graphically. You may ride far through the densely wooded river bottoms, without seeing a house but not without see ing hogs. A long-legged ungainly grunter scuffles off out of every hazel bush, or snorts with terror at your coming at every corner of the road. They seem to be rapidly exterminating every other species of animals, and especiary the snakes. The breed is not of the best, but intel ligent raisers of this stock. are rapidly introduc ing our own. Chester county and other approved species. So long as agriculture:is the main •ein ployment in the West, so long will pork be the handiest shape for exporting corn to the East. The present drought shows as few signs of giv ing way as when I crossed the Alleghenies two months ago. The weatherwise prophesy that it will last till " well on in January.' People'have become sceptical as to all signs of coming shOwers, so often have these failed them in the past. On dozens of' occasions the sky has lowered;••the clouds gathefed;!the thunders rolled, and - yet it has passed' over our heads and left us dry as Gideon's fleece. The equinoctial rains were ,cer tainly counted on, but. they came not. The it was said "we must wait. October is a bad month for rain, but dreary Nevember will .bring the showers." But November is here and almost over and iS still as dry as August, much, drier than our last Philadelphia August, unless my memory de ceives me. But to return to the Mississippi, after this " dry " digression. The river was very low and still falling. The dampnesi of the bank for many inches . above the water-line showed how great the fall had been within a few days. We passed several boats that, seemed to have stuck hopeless ly, but for our own part, by dint of " backing out " when we weremanife.stly . 4 in for it;" - and of pushing on by might and main where the wa ter was not too shallow, the good packet Sucher State succeeded in landing us at Keokuk. The scenery up to this point was by no means inter esting. It consisted mainly of low laud covered with forest trees the water marks upon whose trunks showed how far the river had fallen. The dull, dead, dryness of the leaves made these woods anything but attractive. The towns strewed along the banks, except at points where Railroads touched the river, looked more than half asleep, and seemed to be.in a commercial point of view merely depots for the produce of the neighboring orchaftls, , Hannibal,. Quincy, and Keokuk may be set down as exceptions. The Railroad hurried us from this last place, over the prairies of lowa, past the dangerous rapids at this point. We passed first within a stone-throw of the river, with hills on ourieft but at er reaching. Mont- . rose daShed out across. prairies covered with the golden wealth - of the corn crop, and among houses and farms that spoke of enterprise and thrift. When we resumed the river travel, the scenery was decidedly improved. The lowa hills gave promise of a beautiful country when the weather THE AMERICAN PR left any greenness there, and the houses perched here and there in the oddest position among them, and the plantations sloping down to the water's edge, broke the monotony of the view. When at last we reached Burlington, and found our selves once more on firm land, rye-were not a lit tle tired of our river travel. The glory Of the Mississippi packet boat is gone by. Since Railroads have made travel by land so much swifter and more direct, the tide of travellers' is turned into other channels. Not every Wes•erner in this fast age can find time to meander along the Mississippi at the rate of eight miles an hour. 'I he boat seemfid tofughutghosts of what they once were stealing through their old haunts to see if things still continued as in the old time. The cheapness indeed of.trausporting goods-by water will always be ap in j ducement to employ. boats wliere che locality sluts, and time is. " no object," but the I steatners must, as titre rolls on, be More and mire devoted this one end. The long rows of dimble-berthed state-rooms, openitig on the -.one 'side, • into., the long cabin,: and,, o,utward_on „the j• Nera t nAlith-like ) guards, the, cabin divided off by the 6:l4:bailie curtain i'n'to thatfoi''flientitlieki, * - and 'that for the' comihon iheird .(a relid, by , the way, of the' /totem; and* the ienaßa). Lb e ildng • table; the' lofty, upper deck; the. complaisatitistewarkthe, shiny, cook, and ,IJarber ; the , ,spiey walter, the burly clerk, the' dignified captatri,--:these'are among the relics of 'd 4eparting age:' Iron has beaten' water, and it: is' More' than' pheliable. that '.wgrcai, Railway Will:yet rub aloh e ,a - ithe;length,ofitthe Igibsiseippi; ta preserve for . the towns on its batiks, that, upper tance which their positiongave thenkit'an earlier day. artre.' This perched 'largely on a:dluster of hills; but 18 rapidly cutting these down in: several directions to-bring the leve,e on, theriver banks on .a leyel.gitli the prairiei far therinshore. I t was told.ttat more thatt f sl,ooo, 7 , 000 had, heen spent, Within a j 'y.A.r in 'such ini proveinentS, and'the est'im'ate 'seemed tiao small rather than too grea,V.l. .A.thouhanct undefinable signs tell you that •you.are,in bept on mak : , ing its mark ; .a city where the municipal gove rn ment had not . yet fallen into the hapds of - the o'. P. F's., and was ill administered lir the' coin - non weal. The Eastern 'terminus of. the Railroad 'running and growing up the. -valley of: the. Des Moines river, the. Western terminus. .of. the Northern branch of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroads, as also of the Peoria Road . ; supplied with an abundance Oflumber'hY new‘ ly made canal (grateful , to' my nostrils was the' long missing odor of the pile boards it is not content wi h these ample means of communica tion,, but is plotting to run.a road up into South ern Minnesota to join with the McGregor West, ern and its connections, which run on to' St. Paul: In spite of the strong infusion of Dutch into the population, the city archite: tare-shows taste' as well as spirit. Some of the, houses are ,perched on, the steep hills above the.deep gut roads and are reached by ladders. The churches are nuinerous, tasteful, and, fora small city, look to be quite costly. The Yankee billuenge is marked and beneficial, and if Burlington is' not 'one of the, largest cities on the Mississippi before ninny years, it will greatly belie its present Promise. From Burlington I came On in the night train to Monmouth, a United Presbyterian stronghold, and am now comparing notes on Northern and Southern Illinois. The comparative anatomy of the two regions is interesting enough, especially from an agricultural point of view, but must be postponed for the present. Yours • FROM OUR OCCASIONAL EUROPEAN COR RESPONDENT. LONDON, Nov. 6; 1867 SPURDEON'S RETIDiN. • • Last Sunday evening I took an omnibus for that region of London known as the " Elephant and Castle," having in mind to enter the famous " tabernacle" which has been built for Mr. Spur geon. It was generally understoOcr that the great preacher was out of town, and disabled with. the rheumatic gout. He had been for a long time absent from his pulpit to the apparent as tonishment ofhis people, who seem to regard his absence as something strange, like a permanent eclipse of the sun - , or something of a quite , unu sual nature.' • • . On 'arriving in the street on which :the• great houseof worship stands, I discovered between myself and the noble fade a veryfhigh iron fence, and on the street side. of the fence I per ceived a large crowd of people, who were stand ing in a hopeless-sort of . way before the church. I inquired if there was no admission. " None," some one told me, " until the second service, about half past 'eight o'cloek."- The house was already full to eve flowing. Mr. Spurgeon had returned. He was, about to preach. — Forcing my way through the crowd, I liio:ked•tbrough the iron fence, and after several ineffectual endea vors I attracted.''tlicAttention-:bf : a Mal) who might have been—to . Pidgelrbiii . hie dress—a policeman, a 'porter, or a sexton. - endeavored to persuade this obdUrate Official to'open the gate to me. He refused. " Could not possibly do it." "Orders were imperative." However, the appeals I lodged in mind were more than he seemed able 'to digest by himself. I observed that he appeared to be mentioning my wishes to a small group of gentlemen:. 4l waitedsome time for the leaven of his communication- to work. There seemed to be no appreciable result. At last one of the gentlemen walked a short distance from the pest, and •I managed to attract his at tention. He had the kindness to come to a face to-face conference with me through the iron bars. After some little parleying lie:relented, and said that if. I could go to the sedi*d gate, to the right he would come and let meAfter ~ spine eau tious delay he was as good as Ills promise. The . ponderous • gate slid back on its rollers, wide' enough to admit me. The crowd rushed to fol low. A lady flourished a ticket of admission in the very face of my friend, but in vain. The gate slid back to its place, and the disappointed throng 'composed themselves - for further waiting. I was furnished with a' ticket, and went into the building by' .a door in the rear, ascended •one flight of stairs, and endeavored to enter the au dience room. There was 11: , rdly room for the SBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1867. sole of my foot inside the walls. Two immense gallaries running entirely round the whole room were packed, as was the body of" the house, in every place. Every aisle and corner were full. The door by which I entered was quite near the pulpit, or the place where the pulpit would naturally be if there were one, which there was not; arid, as some weary ones retreated, I gra dually approached till I stood quite near the speaker. A member of the church assured me that there were seven thou , and persons in that one audience room waiting to hear The speaker, who seemed quite lame as, he moved, was very much at home before this im mense congregation. His clear voice penetrated to the farthest corner of the building. The text was from, Job xiii. 25: " Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro?" In this short question the speaker, found great significance. He petted,the. text,fondled it as r is his wont. 1 - t, was' CI) a question Many personS hid oceasioCto ask. leaf was a good symbol of a min - in trouble' and' paircaleaf dry and,. driven. to and fro in;the, wind. The invalid pould .ask it; the baokrupt could ask it; the husband atik- the - graveof, his wife could aiy,'W - ilt thou 'brea, - r drivenlea to atlil fro . ? The 'Chriatiaa who' had lost the pre= senee:of ehrietf:was like ,a, driven ,leafii‘l,l6,any persowbefore him was, hot in a condition to use, the, question of tbe.tfft .then. the ; time, was surely, comiogsThen pain,and sorrow would ,force it out, of his - heart: - - 111,8,4 Yiirie 'receet sbirp affl i ction - the &atm. hadfaiiid to the Lord;- " , Wilt , thou break - fa deaf driien,:to:and fro The .text (2), acknowlo lged:lthe power ,of.Ciod, to breal,ns altogether. This, point the speaker handled with mat:effectiveness. God had. not only'the power ;but the right' to ,break Vf_e deserved to be broken. Was well that we should. feel-it.. • 4', • ;T„ho text (3) was.,a ,questickm,riglatly!directed.' thou-? ", and, _here again ; he oudjiavored to create the conviction that frail and ° Verishinc,'sin pers Could plead their' own weakftess with God. He did hot dotibtl•that - a helpless soul, tossedt to and• fro, 'could make •a: good . plea- with -.Gait off his own wretched insignificarice. God ; would .not fail to regard a penitent all = the sooner, because of,hiS helplessnes'i. The test was (4) a question Which Could 'be answered. It was - truly said of our -Lord Jesus Ohrist. that he would." not break the bruisecl reed nor quench the smoking wick." :And here again, the speaker referred to his own recent, experience, He had found ineffable c )mfort during his recent illness in the belief that God waslooking tender ly on one so much like . a , withered leaf as him.: And this answer, to, the text (5) was backed up by numerous, examples. Then followed the story of Hannah most tblicitously told, and of MariaSseh", the woMan - taken in adultery, and others, with an application to all whO were driven in 'the :storms of •life and in need of-comfort. • ' It was. an excellen,t,dispourse i solemn, earnest, tender, and true, and could not have failed to in struct and gdity. THE LORD'S SUPPER followed the sermon. ,The deacons broke' the bread and collected'the' ticketa. Forty` Or fifty new member were welchtned 'into the church by the pastorovho gave'. his hand •to each, with an occasional remark. A brother implored - the di vine blessino. The bread was distributed. Mr. Spurgeon himself poured the wine, and made brief remarks. • It was- cheerful and . pleasant to hear frsiu time to time in .the stillness, carried into every corner of the house, on the clear v•oice of the minister; such texts as: " Without shed ding of blood is no remission"" Flis blood cleanseth us ' from By one offering be hatil perfected forever them that are sanctified," ' While the collection for the poor was being taken; Mr.. Spurgeon talked with .the church t about A matter of : business." That business w.as the action of the church, by which they- had provided, their pastor with ON THE WING " There was a church meetine , last Thursday," said. he, "which I shall remember with joy as among the most, delightful of the recollections of my life. It was largely attended, and those who were not able to be present could not but regret their absence!' He would- telt- them about the meeting. "It has been long apparent that-this, congregation has outgroivn the supervision of ona' man, and therefore it has been kiddlrand wisely proposed to give rile an assistant, and it: was thought that no one ,could be more suitable than my own brother., I did not know but there might be one or more foolish people who would oppose this projedt, ) but there was not one. _t should not 'have been'surprised if- a hundred or five hundred had opposed the measure, but it is one of the comfbrts of my life that it was quite unanimous." He spoke very, highly of his new assis'ant in the pastorate.' "No per Sou living was' more de- - seiVing of their -loVe and confidence." There was much that an humble and faithful mail' like him could -But though the kindness of .his flock had given him so suitable a helper, he",did not intend to preach one sermon the less or - to ever let hiS brother occupy the pulpit when he Was able•to be•in it himself." There' were • less co - riFpiduous placesln a great congregation where a good man could-labor and prevent the stress of business from coming wholly on one poor heed and one pair ,of hands. There ,was nothing wrong in having two pastors. The earlY chdr dies had several. Let us pray God -to prosper . us so-much that we shall need, not tteo hut ,ten pastors. C.. C. K. Breakfast at 7+ A. M., and 'at 8 A. AL, we reached our Church in town; the bell ringing out sweetly as. I approach, reminding the of the Sab bath-bell in :our own native land. Our church, too, in form and appearance is like many a New England church. But all else—qhe city, streets, temples and idols around, and, Moit'cif all, the people—ls heathen India. , ZIA. an audience of some 300 souls, many of . whom as I look down from mylplatforrn-pulpit, redognize Mrs. Ris, a European neighbor, who THE SERMON A COLLEAGTJT, MISSIONARY WORK IN KOLAPOOR. SABBATH . , AIJOIJST 1.8;.1867 understands a little Mahratta, sitting between Mrs,. Wilder and our children ; a Brahman teach er of a Government school at Kagul, twelve miles distant ; several intelligent village officers and others from surrounding villages; thirty or forty intelligent young men from the city schools,-and the Tutor of his highness, the Rajah. This lat ter is a Parsee gentleman, a graduate of the Bombay University, who claims to be an infidel. My subject is the death and resurrection of the Son of God, necessitating an allusion, to the Hindu taunts and reproaches that Christ could not save himself, but perished like a weak man •at;the hands of; 11 - 0-enemies,—a development of - the-motive and cause of Ilia death—its virtue and efficacy - in making atonement for sin, and the: salvation of thesioner possible 7 -the . evidence of gig. power and divinity in" is id .-resnrrection,`de7 His'the utmost precautions and of Jewish enemies and-Roman guard, the penal ty of whose slightest neglect while-on:duty, was, death,-the ; everwhelming..evidence of. Christ s resurrection ; more conclusive and convincing than' the evidence of the life and death of . CMiar, Napoleon; or Sliivaji,' the great kin& andfounder of the Mahratta nation. Difference between I t Christ -and the ten Hindu incarnations sirt- Jess, perfection contrasted with - their sinfulchar .acter as described in'.Hindu Sha.sters, Constitu-, duo- Christ's pectiliae&lory and fitness as a Si- L COiachiSion God's -in finite dernpaisiodin • so-loving-the world:as to gtVe , such, a ransom, and man's fekrfdl KullOrt nealeetiog,or rejoctillgsuok ,lover- 7 soch,a Saviour, his; only -hope and, refuge.. 'Biesseti blessod d-ospel. Thank: God for it 'and . ; for_ this day's. precious ,opportunity for - declaring' it . to the :perishing - 'idolaters. "0 how' intently ,many -.of thertfAistened.: God - bless his , o*n . :truth-to their .souls: ; ! The` infidel Tutor seemed riveted -and...his active-mind- completely roused. Service over . 4t,.91 . A. :111". `Mrs W. ` takes 'the ,girls and woiheivorie side of the'cliiireli and' hears their. Sabbath' lessOna. I heal' voluntary class of ,twenty to forty.,(thirty Ul:ddyi) , youtig men, from 100,,t0,,10...0thers lis „giving them,, an , opporttim.ity to. i propose questions. freely, and:converse on any points they bring up. Scarce a'queStiOn to-daY,'lont'i•eady assent to all 'the 'great truths I 'bring up and question them - upon: •0, is there not 'a founda tion here:to _hope that God's Spirit ,wi// take Of . I thing ho. thin ,of Christ, and - reveal them unto these precious souls` to their Salvation? Leiving eburch, the infidel Tuter "accompanies nie" 4:cowing a wish to talk. Avows his infidel Views; yet•says, he . tells the Hindus to he Chris tians. • I reply And do ,they never, ask you in turn why you do not , become a Christian ? " 0 yes, but I tell them I believe inno'reliot%ion— there are so many, who can tell• that- any one is true? All are Men'a inventions '- Parsee. Relig ion, Hindu Religion, Mussulnian-Religion, Chris tian Religion—altjust alike, human inventions." Wiider.—"g.one true?ls no one froth God?" don't believe any religion true rejeCt . them all. • " • Wilcter.—And because- there is so much coun- terfeit, coin= afloat, (300,000 rupees just lost by counterfniters,inPnona,) do, you believe there is no genuine coin, and refuse "to touch any What eVer . ? How long -since Sou declined taking y'Our salary - frok His Ah, sir, I see your analogy. IViltler.—Then look well to your money my friend; and when you reject all money because there is so much counterfeit, you may reject all religions because so many are false. Till then, ring and test your gold, but be still more careful to test'your faith, and see that it has the ring of the true gold in it. Far better start a journey round the world without a permy, than the voy age of eternity without faith in Christ. Tator.—You . Chriatians believe in the Trinity. Now my mind is too Mathematical to believe any such impossibility. One can't be three—and three can't be one, that's plain to Inman reason; then how can I accept a relioion that teaches such an absurdity? Wilder.—Well now, my good friend, ynu've hit upon one of our hard doctrines, I grant you. I feel a sympathy for yon, for 'I once felt just as you do:: and .I don't expect I, understand it now so fully as I shall in heaveri. It's . ' deeper than I've dug and higher than I've climbed. But shall I mention to you a slight analogy which may suggest to your shrewd intellect some thoughts on the suowject ? Tutor. 7 - 7-0, yes, sir, I shall be most happy to hear, any argument, but no man can prove an im possibility. ' Wilder.—Certainly not, but we should never call a thing impossible till we .a.re quite certain our finite minds fully compass it. if I say Mr. Ja.ixisetji (his own name) is mortal, what do I mean.? Tictor.--0, that am to die, some time, I sup pose:' Wilder .—B u t do we Christians believe your sou/ will die ? Tutor—No, you mean my body, of course. lfq/c/er. = And if I say Mr. 'Jamsetji is remark ably - intellectual?' Tutor. =You speak of my mind, or intellect. Wittler.-- . -Andif I say Mi. J. is immortal, can never die,- - ---must live forever in heaven_ or hell ?.• Tilton—You mean my of course. Wilder. -Is Mr. J. one, then ? or is he three? Tutor.—l'de 'your ana'ogy—iocia morning, (taking le6.'ve)' we'll' talk more' when we meet auain • Wilder.—So let us. Come and see me, and come to our preaching services as often as you - Reach home about 11 A. il.: find school chil dren and others 'at' the house waiting for me ; take their Sabbath lessons without a moment's in terruption, till abmit 1 P. M., have a few Min— utes to myself; bathe, and at 2 M., sit down to dinner. At 3 P. M. preach again. Text : Luke . : '2O; Need of miracles then? why not; ?maw? . Contrast those miracles with pretended Hindu miracles. The honor and dignity-of- being able. to work such miracles; greater honor and glory of having one's name written in heaven. The peculiar privilege and glory of being a Chris tian. Terrible mistake of those who think they have done anything meritorious in giving, up caste, or friends, or any worldly good for Christ or heaven : have only exchanged ashes for gold dust; stone pebbles for diamond e; earth's poverty for heaven's riches, jays and glory eternal. There was fixed attention and thoughtful looks. May God seal the truth to some hearts. From 4i P. M., to sun-down, Bible lessons again, with Christian converts, their children and others. Coming to my room find Bulwunt Rao, an intel ligent young Brahman, Tutor to the chief or Kapsee. At once press upon him the claims of God's truth. Find him intelligent, and thought ful. He asks, "Do you really believe, sir, that I and all Hindus who do not confess Christ before inen will to hell ?" Just the opportunity I desire to impress this solemn truth, in all its fear ful import. I assure him it's not my opinion ; but God's own declaration ; hint briefly at the posi tive proofs of Christian revelation—the total ab sence of such proofs for the Hindu scriptures. The best proof to hiui.. of the sincerity of our own belief in this fearful doctrine is, that we have left home and friends and native land, and toil here so earnestly to persuade hint and others to repent and, believe. He confesses he believes we are sincere, and _evidently,his owa mind is not at ease. He has attended our preaching' often, and knows . the way of life. 0 that he may yet come to Phrist, believe and be saved! At nigh t completely exhausted, but thank God for the precious :opportunities of this day. Could angels desire better' dues for serving God and trying to save men's souls? May the Lord for give us wherein we have'come short or failed of rightly `improving these golden hours. At eve ning • prayers, gad at the little evidence of pro gress in 'winning souls to Christ, we comfort our "hearts by.singing "Has th . r night been long and * * "Cease thy mourning; Zion still is well beloved." A prayer-meeting with native converts, by'candlelight, is the usual close of every day. :R G. WILDER. PUBLICATIONS OP' THE PRESBYTERIAN PUBLICATION COMMITTEE, 1334 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Just Issued. FOE SABBATH SCHOOLS. Beggars of Holland and Grandees of Spain. By Rev. John W. Hears t D.D. 477 pp., 16m4. Eight Illustrat,ions and Map. $1.60 A hiStory of the Reformation in the Netherlands, il lustrating the heroic constancy, of the witnesses for the truth in Rolland, and the cruelty of their Spanish persecutors. The efforts of Philip of Spain and the Duke of Alva. to crush out liberty, civil and religious, from the Netherlands, and the resistance of the peo ple,'led by William of Orange, form one of the most deeply interesting chapters in history. It is one that our,young people should understand. Morris' Choice. By the author of."Be.ssieLant's Mistake," "George • Lee," Ac. 320 pp., 16n30. .Four. Illustrations. 1.25 Ili this tale the author contrasts simple, Christian life.with the•confortnity to the world so prevalent and so debasing to .society,.. • It ip designed ._for young la dies and, their parents. Shoe-binders of New York. „T. McNair Trigl.a. 237 pp., 16mo. Three Illustrations. 1.00 A thrilling 'picture of low life in New York City, il luminated by • the loving labors of & Christian woman. It is shown that there is a power in the love of Christ, bdrne i t o 'the degraded, toikhise thens out of the depths of sbrinto a-higher, atelier Walk. Weakness and Strength • or e Out of the Deep. 'Bythe Author of "Peepatt Eaton Parsonage," &e., &c. 296 pp., ISmo. Four Illustrations. .85 This is a narrative that will chain attention. The thought is wade real that hiunan• strength is unequal to the reform of the life, that it is, weakness, and that God's strength is equal to • the'WOrk. Aricient Cities and Empires; Their Pro phetic Doom. See description below. A book that should have a place in every library for Bible-claiseS and older pu pils of the Sabbath-school. - • • STANDARD AND MISCELLANEOUS. Ancient Cities and. 'Enipires; Their Pro phetic. Doom, By E. H..Gillett, D.D., Author of "Life and Times of John Huss," "History of the Presbyterian Church," "England Two Hundred Years Ago," "Life Lessons," &c. Twenty-two Illustrations. 802 pp., 12rno. 1.75 Keitik on the ProPhecies did a good work for the truth, but modernesearch has opened rich stores of information then unknown and a new book on the fulfilment of prophecy is called for. Such a book is this, enriched from many modern books of travel, and fully illustrated by wood cuts. Future Punishment. • By the late ➢loses Stuart. 2251ip., 16mo. .00 An examination of all the passages in the New Tes tament in whiCh terms relating to Future Punishment ciccur, including the kindred Hebrew words of the Old Testament. This work is one of great value, and being entirely out of print has been reproduced. It will be found 'Valuable by the popular reader as well as by. the scholar. Life Lessons in the School of Christian Duty. • By B. i. Gillett, D.D., author of "Ancient Cities and .Empires,", "Life and Times of John Huss," tte. 407 pp., 12mo. 1.50 A new e.dition of an already popular book, now first issued by the Presbyterian Publication- Committee. Parental Training. By Roil William Bacon. 209 pp., 16mo. 60 ets. This book was announces on our. April list .• but an unavoidable delay occurred in the issuing of it. It is now in press. What Then? or, The Sours-To-morrow. 128 pp., large 32m0. Flexible muslin. By the same author as "Life Lessons," and, like that book, now issued in a second edition. I3EREA7E'TER, The Presbyterian Board of Publication WILL PUBLISH THE SABBATII-SCROL VISITOR MONTHLY AND SEMI-MONTHLY. It is a beautifully embellished paper, full of interesting and instructive reading for children. TERMS_ For a single copy, monthly, 25 cents a year: " " semi-monthly, 50 cents a year. When over eight copies to one address are taken, one cent for each paper. No subscription reCeived for less than three;rnoeths. Subscribers for the Monthly, whose terms do not end with*the year 1867, can-have the SOmi-Monthly sent to them by paying, the difference. Orders and money should he addressed - to PETER' WALKER, 521 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. SMITII& DREER, TEA - TI .51.1VE aIIECE STREETS, PIIMADELPHIA, THEODORE SMITH MEEEM 'A FINE ASSORT:IIFM OF WATCHES, JEWELRY, AND SILVER WARE, apr^2s-1y Of the most fashionable styles. FERDINAND J. DREER
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