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ICOMMICSICATXD.3
" THE LORD WILL GIVE G'3,AOE
AND GLORY."
J.c.Y.
0, pilgrim, thy way may be-dreary and long,
The wilderness bstreo, the storra . loud aria strong,
But One walketh ever beside thee ih.love,
His grace He Will give thee and glory above.
0 warrior; stand firm though the darts of - the foe
Are hurled from the regions of death and of
Thy Chieftain is with thee, He'll conqueror prove,
Its grace He will give thee and glory above.
0 weary one, bowed with the toils of tby
And weak with the tumult and din of its strife,
Lech burden thy Ulster has weighed in ilia love,
Ills grace lie will give thee and glory above.
0 stricken one, rest in the light of thy Lord;
Though the earth-clouds hang drear and but darkness
Euvd4,
Tie beareth.thy sorrows and hearetliAly err.
His grace He will give thee and glory oil kkigh.
0 wanderer, turn to the crucified One,
Whose blood will suffiee fir thy sins to atone; -
He'll welcome thee, pardon, receive thee in love,
Hitt grace He will give thee and glory above.
Hie great shall be thine for each 'hour of thy need,'
llittarinthy support-where thy steps He shall leitili
And th i en 7 -,11, Hut rapi,nre of bliss and of lore
That waiteth thy coming in glory above!
'sawates.
" Find-a-pieee- otbdard; six - nails, and
bammeri,and.bring Ao 'Me," taitl 9 .W.
Andrews to his son Philip one , Itooday
morning.. _Philip collected the articles , fez
quired, but. greatly wondered to what-use
his father was going to put them; soon en
terin&the.partor, h7e.said:
" I thought, father, :that you was. going
oat this Morning for the whole week P 1
"So I am, my boy; and the board, the - ba*-
mer, and the nails are for your mother's
use while lam away. There are six nails
—one for each day; thb 'board - is . for 'tAle
hails - to be,driven into, and„the basil:nerds
to_drive them in with."
Philip-was not a wicked boy, but -when
ever his father was froni
t home he took id:-
vantage bthis 'absence, teased his brothers
and. istors, constantly neglected.his lessons
and had :a hundred thoughtless tricks, which
gave his mother , annoyance and trouble'.
Whenever Mr. Aivirews returned from '4
journey, his peace was,always.broken by a
long list of complaints against this perverse
son.
" I have talked, and talked, and talked
, ,
again,"was always part of the mother's re
port. " I'm tired -of talking, lam sure no
body has more saidlo him than Philip, and
yet I don't see that it does him a bit of
good." T ., , - - - . . *
Mr. Atliiirfas—quite, Lbelieved-- this, and
therefore he had thought of a new mode of
rcgi s f
Orli, hi4ip'w - fissi s inm so 'ha said :4;7
11 94 li t as 3 7 9ur:nu l tbeL fic'
lo,Plea
C
to cme ere, and wil . I explain how the
nails si an 4 klic}..**Ti.4 l . aud-tho int mhfer. are to
be usedtt'.._ ~. , 4 ,a :,"'_ ~ . .i. . , - . t ..
,
The three were quietly seated, when Mr.
Andrews, in .4 calm and affectionate man-
- - -
": - • -
are, us spot ed wit the thought that youare
giving your mother so much unnecessary
trouble. I wish, therefore, to have your
conduct written, on this board, with this
hammer, and thcse six nails—one for each
.
'day." •
Philip's face wore a very comical, inquir
ing sort - of a look, as, his fitth.ek proceeded :
"If you are good every day of my ab
sence, the board *ill be as' smooth and
clean when' it is shown to me on 'Saturday
night as it is now. Butfox. every day
you misbehave yourself a nail will be
driven in ; if, however; you should alter
ward be good, a nail will be dracirn — otit for
each day.". '-
Philip certainly feared a stern look from
his father, much more than the long lectitre
of his mother. On this occasion 'Mr. An
drews did not loop stern, but he looked
very lovingly and anxiously, and so long at
him, that Philip felt the tears trickling down
his cheeks, and his father gave him an af
fectionate kiss; then he stole out of the'room,
fully resolving that the board should be giv
en in on Saturday night-as clean and smooth
as it then was. AI
Philip, however, in making this good ve
solution, had never thought of askinglelp
from the Strong• Arm, and besides that, be
had no notion.
.of ofering up a prayer to
God, except his usual morning 'and evening
prayer. After trying to be good for a few
hours, he found it'so difficult that be gave
it up, and when might came,. his mother
said :
Philip, I am very sorry, but I really
must drive a nail into that board to mark
this day's migeondset."
"Ugly .nail 1" said Philip, when hosaw
its black head on one side of the 'board; and
the point half an inch through on the other.
On Tuesday the - Same careless and thought
less conduct was repeated, and another nail
was driven into the board. On Wednesday
he was wovse than ever,ancLa third nail
was inserted. - On' Thursday nikht An
drews told hum. She really believed he had
been trying to be good, so she would knock
a nail out. She, theretbre, turned the board
over, hitting one of the nails on the point,
and out it fell on the floor. On Friday,
s6cured a g00.,1 character, so another
nail Wattreinoired; and about-tin hour before
the return of: i 1: r. Andrews, on Saturday
oi.gl;t. the last ., " ugly nail " was knocked
out.
When Mr. Andrews returned, 'he save
each member the - cannily an affectionate
greof LI Jr, and they Rs.t down to tea, Philip
;is i',.. , ,about his father's chair all the time,
'tut ht. dill.net 1..)olt happy. He said he was
lad his ir.ad come back, but still his
DIE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1868.
face showed that he was uneasy about
something.
" Now Philip,"
; said his father, as the tea
things were carried out of the room, " let
me see the board." •
Philip curried it to his father.
After thoroughly Ics:)king some time
at thin sitenkrepoeteri Maid :
" Well inyl lam *fad tei see tt4fear€
no nails in it. Not a single nail, eh ?"
"Noi father/' said the wpeiiing : ivy,'"but
there are the marks I"
4b , y ets !! /mid theVefl "
er p
marks! .fps ita9a. relit ttko,ai 1 1 1;
the marks remain. So it is always, my dear
son, with sip_ Every .sinful .worcl you
speak; ivitrruloked - mkt you "colulikft, you
make r ti mark op.. 4 yrtar susi-r . s4Pstf,,a 3 Al t ain,
whlehttsmnais -ba-rbincHered-byEattny44rvithly
means. But if you repent of your sins, and
turn with humble trtaitt 4 to your Saviour, all
of your sins shall Le removed, and when you
are called jti.tilvel up 3 , Aittaai r iUnt, you
shall give it up with joy and not with grief."
-- Youth's Afdgalfae. 1 - f , . * A • 7 •
= 11 . 4 % 01 it!) itislji
LETTER FROM ROL 14.11110 ED TO THE
OHILDBEN.
zi-Lsi.mss_-141
WORDS FOR LITTLE CHRISTIANS.
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bEAR. rxrieLl Itorrius:-:Sonietkfttiv MY°
. . .
readers of the AMIRICAN PRESBYTEffiIN May
remeniMriAtitta PfgafroVetiofficgt wrote
some lettefilAtriAittle`Ailibleiitv But they
I V y ire: 'ol l7 . :f o
Oa ia , E
This letter, I intend for little Chrididn's.'
I know there asoiilin i asy_upder twelve
years of age in America, wilo truly, love ,the
precious Saviour, but-they seklomget books
orietters written cit;pecially.ki than: ‘,
Are you-, my dearlittle orte; i true-goi§-
tian ? Thea hSve some , words for• you,
which I pray God may,ude 16' belP you to
cling to .Jesus. If you really have' a 'new
heart I wish you ip_birquito Buie of It: I
find some cliildren Ickeze ic_Pnblin, who,
when.. under, six• years of age, gave their
hearts to Christi 1859, and they aro still
bright and happy Christians But : do-I hear
you say," I did hope that - elia'&gii•en my
heart to Christ; but sometimes - I am almost
afraid to believe, thuti have been truly con
verted ?" Bat- Wore, I ,you any ques
tionsj wish you_ would listen to some an
swers which a little boy in London gave me
inolcalis" ago. — PerhaPs,yOu will find
that if you had been—asked the same ques
tions you Might , have given the same an
swers. -He was, about nine yesys, of 'age. I
found one ight, lingering thephapel
and I asked him, "Wily he lop ked so happy.?"
if is becariie I haVo - fOnfid -- ,lituis."
"Nit what =makes you think you have
found Him'? " •
" 0, I know] have."
"But how do you know it? It says i i.l3 1
Potei, —( Be ready always to , brive an answer
to every man that asketh you reason of
the hope that is in you ; with meekness and '
fear.' Now what is your reason' for think
ing that you are a Christian.??t,
" Because I know-that He has forgiven me
all, my sins."
i 4
eee • • e I~ y IMCB.
know I have done many wicked things."
" What wicked things.have you .done.?
" Oh,l have - told
~and disobeyed my
parents—But the other night when I heard
you tell of bow Jesus Christ died surth a
dreadful death on the Cross for us, I few
was, a great sinner not to love Him,for it. ;I
felt ashamed that I had never thanked Him
for His great love . to - me. If He had not
been wounded for our.transgressions, I know
I must have been lost fotever.' lt made nie
cry to think that I had been so wicked net
to love Him."
" And did yon repent of this sin ?"
" Oh yes, I was very sorry for it, and I
asked Him to forgi've me."
"But did He forgive you "
" Oh yes."
"How do piTn - know ?"
"I know it because I heard yoti read out
of the Bible, If. we• confess our sins, Ileis
faithful, and-just to forgive us our sins, and
I confessed my sins and BO I. know He for
gave me."
" But are there no otbei reasons why you
think you are, a
,Cbristian What do you
love now that you did not love before?"
" Oh, I love Jesus and I neVei. thought
much about Him before. I fe6l , --that- He is
near me most all the time. I think about
Him when -I first wake•np in the morning."
" And is•-there anything else that ybilove
that you did not before ?' ,
" Yes, Ilove to pray. Before I just,said
my prayers because my mother taught thorn
to me, but after I got a new heart, I loved
to pray. And sometimes I pray now as, I
walk the streets, I pray for my little friends
that they may love Jesus, and be as happy
as I am." •
"Is there nothing else that you , love that
you did not before ?. Do you notL love the
Bible ,now ? " • e
"Oh yes, very much. I love to read it as
often as I can. I could not understand it
before, but now I love to hear it road.
Every morning when Papa reads it, I listen
to every word."
" What part of it do you like best ?"
" The New Testament; where it tells about
how Jesus died forms.'-'-
" Tell . me` how you feel toirardit those,
who, you'think, are Christians?"
"I love to be with them. If I know they
love Jesus then I love them very much."
" In 1 John, 3rd Chap:l4th verse, it says:
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE PASSED FROM
DEATH UNTO LIFE, BECAUSE. WE MOVE THE ,
( BRETHREN Now if you, my little friend,
have repented of your, sins, and have come
to Christ for pardon; if you , love the. , dear
Saviour, and love the Bible, and love. God's
people, then it would be quite right for you
Br=
that yea were a
to say, 1 1 know that 1 have passed from death
unto life, becaude 1 love the brethren.' If this is
all true that you have told me, then it was
quite right for you to answer me in the way
you did, when I asked you what made you 1
so happy. ...But what are you going to do
wh9n iht 63'il.t.cmlitis yo'n .to do wrong 2"
" Pray to God to help me to do right."
" Buttwhatrif yo u forget to pray and so
do vektu4:>ganost before . yoi Ilimk- of it?
What if you get angry and say some naughty
words'a most before:you' kticiw It - --Srbtit Will
you do then f"- i - ;- I e : ' ' •
" I Anil go and tell Sens` I em %cry tuitz7,
and usbi Iliur to forgive me."
4 Bu sOppose something says to you—
you a r hot a Christian • for if you had
been . y :would not' have ' displeased JestlV.
What ill You do then ?" •
This ee&ed to ttouble the BUIS boy, and
then- I said, to, him : "For the first few
month tto, r,l gave myself to MAW, I osed
to find 2 mochsitt,in ; n:ty heart, I oleo
for a sh'retfine, "did not dare t o hope that I
wasa C , istian, an &Sat= often at such times
Said al. opYinitirti , iie.olliittiiiii - V batirita
Irem• li red that-Jesus said in John vi.3'7,
'Him th ';',eorneth to me; I Will in, no wise
east out. And 'B - 6.4 used - AO go, at once to
Him an' , girrlenr`o, deir Saviour, even if
I was. de divedibefore, I givelnylfelf to T*
now. 0 take me.and make moThine own
obediel ; 4:;ita. , - Artf. - lAe : '3o`itykr" - titni nae
back to i ifi loving ht,iiii *: , Aod ;whenever
Satan t: *; pta you tothink that you are not
- a Chris ;n r if Tow =will go to 'Jinx's, I am
'shrelt- :. ill' receive you.',: ' But if . you live
: near too' : a im and pray to Him every day
iind!..see tto..ohey Kis commands', you .will
Pe Kapp .4 1 : 11 1. 1 .0.14.h. V'
Could k• 011, my. little refuter, havq given
the . san - 1 '4a:towers,: if theie questions had
been ri
~,100,
If yo rave read them car ef ully and can
trUthfllll fitY yes, then ''l think . it right ror
me to t 1 Ton that;God has, fOrJesuft' s ake,
. _.
.
forgiven on:your ans,ond given you anew
heart, - a 'that He has written your name
kof In Revelation, chap.
,J,esus'mords to you ail), '1 wita,
• - Jim; NOR F,ORSARE TREE: Oh-,
4 to "trust in Him at all
He!widdo - better for yott, than
lc.LOr think. Work for Him' try
ok - os to Him. Pray with them '
, or•iliem. Have a place and time
tiead the Bible every day all
; ye have , some 'one ouyour, mind
_ _
in the ",
16th. ; .N,01
NY*n
then, aril
times;"- a
Sou can
and blinl
as well u
to pray
alon e ; al
to pray fc
they own
them"be eavdd.l
Saviour,
and keep praying for them until
ll* Christ. - ,totr not, fail to - tell
l leskte' tthat ,
they 'might
If e yon work, in this way for the
be„ useful and happy.
klii,c e
.Anr fathe and.- ther Ninaid
'_you had n,boiii 'dm d dumb
could , eriiiiia - VO.tipaton word.
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have fe
so that y
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Christian:
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NDER "
32
This na
to our et 4
01Z
%.familiar..as a household word
1, . If:tad to the business ,coham , -
~..,
iii - terrtise,.enct TiVram ily gather
' as•irk years, may well be placed
ildren and youth ae a stimulus
ouregement. -• a l h:e , >Commercial
,y has recently Made Mr. Whin
let of a biographical notice, 1
-e make the following extractl
:r.Wifill4ip,'e CO'niiiiieht,'ClieCt
eful pietAland hie : , faithful as,
utiesatelian effiderdanif niember
are, just 'as marked as any of
ua s titiek etmArrkerated in the
ucces§fill business men seem
3d its- little =taint 'Of wbrldli
-1 much ; needed, to be .said to
lateness to the e7.tracts. Mr.
pill& be added, is a member
3rianPitblication Committee
Trustees of tht i'resbyterlail
ingin bone'
before our
and an en
Listof this c
din the sus
from.which
aciding that
chierge of his
- of the chili.°
the bapippla
article. Few
to haye'icqn
ness as be. ,k
give due corm
Whilldin, itst.
of the Presby
and one of tire
House
Among the any merchants who have
contributed to he prosperity of - our' city,
none are more eserving of honorable men
tion than the s bjeet. a our present sketch,
Alexander Whilldin. He is the, son of Dan
iel Whilldin, who was• in 1810 Captain of
the ship Oscar, ivhich traded betwedu Phil=
adelphia and sundry European ports. Mr.
Whilldin was born in this city on the 29th
of January, 1808. When `he was quite
young his - garents removed , to a farm at Cape
May, and htrfather, who was an experienced
and populail seaman, was lost in 1812, in an
attempt to tun the brockade of that year.
The ealamiticy by which Mr. Whilldin was
deprived ofla father's fostering care, occur
red in sight of the Delaware Capes. Had
the vessel, w,hich contained a eargo,of.o,live
oil and other valuable commodities, succeeded
in reaching this port in safety, its coniman der
would have - been rewarded with a profit i of
$lOO,OOO, which in those days was thought
to be a 'handsome competency. Captain
Whilldin left a wife, two daughters and a
son, the gentleman whose life we briefly no
tice to-day.
Alexander remained upon the farm aiding
in the support of his mother until he was
eighteen years of age, when he came to
Philadelphia in. search of employment. His
entire capital consisted of a rustic suit, a
small bundle of clothes for a change, and
twenty-five cents in cash. Thus poorly
equipped, the young aspirant for fortiine
made his way into a strange city, where he
had neither relatives, friends, nor acquaint
ances The situation of the rustic may be
better imagined than described ; 'but,:un
daunted by hardships and unallured a by
temptations, he pushed on, resolved 'to con
quer circumstances, in place -of being con-
quered by them. He commenced the search
for employment on Delaware avenue,
by
calling at the individual houses there loca
ted. After many rebuffs he came at last to
the store of Messrs. Widdefield & Corked,
cotton and fish dealers, on the wharf above
Market street, and these gentlemen taking
a fancy to the lad's honest countenance, in
quired-what he could db. Be replied' that
he could do any thing he was told to-do,
and this response toning in with the-procli
vities of the quaker,mentbsrs of the firm,
they set him at once to nailing up fish bar
rels; doing portthage and other work r tiliofit
the store. By ; tergy, industry and
he soon plaocdikisslX Of,.tom deik,
and at the end of two years. became. busi
ness mana,gct Of - thoecincetn with a salary
of $BOO pet annul:a. "r-44.
- Soon after this the firm of Widdefield &
Conies becarnsi invorrid-rind wthin - tifftiN
suspend. 'he 'creditors theSS gentle. ,
tn ed 'had such faithji, the . ' Xi;
Whilldin that hewas appointed to close up
the business•ofl the' firth: “ilibitviobligation
he-discharged to the, entire satisfaction of
mtke pear 18 8
tfris enterprising c youngitutam entervul
business on,hisLown.account, haviag by, his
wpiltattested charaiter , secured a special
partner in thi ,:person'otMr.-15,Ifiid v aritti
a cal% tal 'Of $20;000:: Taking itlith - S4,ftsjittse
of the old firm, he' prosecuted it with such
Oast 141 t a end pc, two
to•dkirj4 $ 30 ) 000 - Our
young, mercliant's j ickpas . „sclou . shot far ,be
yond those of his partner, and the firm was
dissolved, when Nr .; ;sy. remo,ved . to,c hureh
alley, 'Where he - remained‘Ariearly.ten. years,
ebgaged in-thO wobleii and cotton, b\t'-
siness, a branch of trade whictlfie has sUe
cessfully pursued up to the pratent time.
Id 1.8,37,0 e tortiatlEsw,ept - tiway
asets. Me rose
superior to misfortune i , and seenciededfinal
ry in conquering and keeping .it :la. - bay.
33y . tinceasing efforts:dire944:l l .tpwards . otis
Object he was enabled 'to retrieve his Wit
fortune. • In the y'ear 1850 Aft; igainlost
heavily, but again surmounting this hinder
anee-tcir fortune,-kis- success si!te.e...that,pe
ricid-haacenuMiitelruptea, andF.he beenow
secured a sum amply sufficient to gratify
the tastes Of, the riweitl tim
din has three sioid il aild i one, daughter. The
title 9 1 the firm is now Alexander . Whillclin
Sons, L.M. Whilldin having been admit
ted Jan uary let, 1851; Alexander
Jr...in 1862, and, John S. :Whinclin , Sanuary
186,8„ The fathnr,stitnontinues at. the
head of the firm in the old store; which is
located at' No. 20' South• Front Street, ex
tending through to Letitia Street, in whinh
locality they have been for the, last thirty
years.
- Ira° to the, principle .Whickorlgibally
cured his prosperity; ''Mr : Whilldin- has
ever! borne the reputation of an- , ekeellent,
honest and upright mitt_ f
. Al4O the
worth of an object, and - then bends hjs,,ener
gies to-its .accomplishment. For a number
of . yeamhe seri/Was-Vice President' of the
Corn Fxdhange. National' BEM k r and duiing
the - .absence. , of libn. Alexander. Cattell
acted-asits-President. .11e is also President
of that excellent- institution;. the American
Life lusterance!Codipany - -, 7 a, positipn,‘,Viibtr
lan' enjoyed ..since
.... 21019 977nt1im .rogrtri.
can Sunday School *asociation, the Sea
men's- Friend Soeiety3. and a number of
other useful and benevolent institutions..
WHO BII,NG,THAT BELL ?
;`''That there is asleepleak Providence watch
-1
fag over' all the affairs. ofmen and often
by special agencies, bringing ,to-!light, as in
the flash of a-moment; the crimes which
they commit, finds additional . confirmation
iaan event which has recently occurred in
Enfield ) 001111 . 1 and which merits a more
permanent record than a mere passing
thought. A young man belonging to one
of our most .respectaiic,facuilies, but who,
from his irregular habits, had been strongly
suspected" of being guilty fie; Criminal - o 1
fences; iinineatf once- ander arrest for figs
sing counterfeit currrency, and escaped by
forfeiting his bonds, on Sunday night, a few
weeks'since, broke- into a - store at Hazard
vile, and loaded a wagon, which he had
previously 4 stol,eti--.and -drawn to the door,'
witli - iaribnei kinds iifTpiatchandise. lie
then entered a stable, and attempted to
lead oufa'valuable horse owned by the man
from whom he had stolen the goods, intend
ing to harness it to the wagon, and make
off with his booty" in the stillness 'of the
night, when, he thought
„up eye could see
him and no
~ ear' hear him. Just at that
moment, hOwever, the bell,from the village
church tower sounded out an alarm loud
and cleat apon' the .n=ight air, , startling the
inhabitants , from their slumbers, who, sup
posing it to be a fire alarm, rushed into the
street, and caught _the thief With his Plia
der, before he had. time .to escape from thc
village. , . • . • . ' -
The ringing of that bell, however, was a
mystery. Eut upon inquiry, it was ascer
tained that the, sexton, in ringing the bell
for the church aerviee; the day previons,
blid.by a seeming accident, so turned it up
and set it, that be, could not pull it down
with the rope, and not having a key to the
,
belfry door ' be - wa obliged to Jet the bell
remain in that position. Just in time to de
tect that youthful criminal it came' down
without humati.helNandsounded that mid
night alarm. After his arrest,,goods were
found in his possession, wl3ich were taken
from a store. in Thompsonville a short time
previbasly; andhe 'confetAied-ihat with the
aid of.an accoinplice; hevhad. broketLinto it
and stolen several hundred dollars' worth
of merchandise: The owner of these goodi
had formerly enlployed hinkas a clerk in his
store. Thus the ringing of ,that bell , with
out human hands, brought several criminal
offences to - light,' and arrested the offender
in his dishonest-career.
ROME AND THE BIBLE,
About three hundred years
Martin Luther had translated anti
the Bible for the people to read, great nu h
hers were leaving the _Bemis!) Church ;I Q
becoming Proteetants. The Romiish
were very much alarmed. They wr , t e
letter to the pope, in which they -aid. ti
the Bible was the eittniti of all the trqui,i,
thex c were, tritying, ; lloll... *at the on ly v
to prevent the people from leavin g tli t : r
churches was to stop them from readin g the
Bible. bey said there were 60 many thin,,,
in their church that were different from wil l at
the BilaleAanght i that if the people w ere
allowed to rceinf
,the Bible, nothing could pre.
vent them ifroni Becoming Protestants. Ti n 3
was a strailige,Volifession for them to make,
but `still it was -the truth. And here is a n
illustration of
There was en:honest Roman Catholic man
who.knew nothing abont.the Bible. So me .
bodyt - gitire'hire a Bible. He began to read
After a while he said to i his wife, "Wife
if this book is grtie' - we_nre wrong." Ile
showed him
what a weitt:spiner he was, and he becam e
alarAe l d. Wife, if this book
i s title yie;are; But stilt-he continued
read the Bible.
,Then he learned to
know and', Jove ..74165. He found out that
thettWw_an:othe . r . nOtbet • Or way of &Ara.
tine thaw that whito):,the :Irritate taught,
and theti l- heriad,' Wffe, this.look is true
we :are rszvtdP That Want n . blessed die.
covery for, him. to make. Aniiif the Bible
has this effect on those who read it, we need
ilia — wonder"' t"lrat"teeß - Oeaiah — fiiiiiita have
ttietligatatteg steattot•ilpli/BilAft;And. stop
their people from renclin4 .Newton in
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OCWitill:;Sbildati.iiE&iiElliti3 / TIME OF
OILEIfg.
illixfctrat interest in' the TAnkuti, has been
awakened by a re , centxt_ipte,of great lean
inir, in die Londoii (27 - irtertk: Glistening par
tietes of wit, wisdom,-.history, philosophy,
poetry arid'Science; at% 'to - befonnd every
where throug h these thousand years of lic
brew coulxvm , hary, ja , ri t itpr!mle t iace. But
the treasures br ought up, only by
diggingrAebtly-thronz,b- tQe rlanst,- for tho
subjects are as varied, _and confused as gee
logipaL,st.r4a,that, hav,e ; been 81.1 b v t er to d and
mingled : ; t ogether I y kolYie 44, histprie per
turbation. In our own advocacy of educa
tion for tkeitalttisjssilan:diin,,tlte=„eddeavors of
England in the same direction, we may find
in the Talmud that Wife is nothing new un
der the sun; " ' =
I rEight,j , - Year 'before 'Cht7l.4;l4Ohools flour
ished through Ont the length and breadth of
theldßlT tiductjtioli had been Mack; eompul
sor3L ,Vi r lhile.theraiabikt a singes term for
'school' to. ,tke,fou.no .before _the Captivity,
there wei#,V u th i tii c iline . ibdit l it i dozen in
common usage. Here - are a few of the in
numerable popular-sayings of the period,
betokening thdloartemeniirtim_ porta nce •iv ich
public instrtidtiOnhad "assu m ed in the lire
of tlie'natiOh;'`.,.Te.rue4lia. destroyel
because the education of the young wa,
neglected' The` . ..world. is only saved by
the breath of the school-children.' Even
korlibleotitrilithwOthit Temple the school,
must not be interrupted.' 'Study is more
meritorious than Sacrifice." A scholar is
greater.than a Prophet.' "
Jewish schools necessarily included di
vine truth in their,system of instruction, fur
their government and , literature were based
on inspiration, But their education did not
save the nation when it refused to recognize
the same - divine truth in the fulfilment of
tbe. Law by the gospel of Christ.-11. 1".
Observer.
MR. DIOXINS' GREAT ERROR AS A WEI
Dr. Cnyler writes to the National Temper
ance Advocate, in regard to Dickens' read-
While he was reading to us in the Christ
mas Carol the lively description of poor
" Beb Cratchit's" Christmas dinner, why
need he have introduced with such gusto
the account of the u hot bowl'-' of intoxica
ting drink that was passed around the table
for even the children to sip at ? Has not
Mr. Aiekens eyes to see that the " hot bowls"
of toddy and punch have done more to
make poor men poorer, and to make bright
homes dark and wretched, than all the so
cial injustice in the universe ?' It is a ter
rible curse that our 'popular literature is so
saturated with advocacy of the drinking
customs ; ' arid' Diekeiis is preeminently
guilty in this regard. He may decorate his
" hot t tipyvla" of &And sugar with as many
flowers as he can weave, but he ought to
know that 'Within 'the bolvl. lies coiled the
serpent and the adder., He has written no
ble things, for which we thank him; but he
has written and read ninny'a line which Is
deadly4oilotr; - against' 't his we pronounce
our holiest protest and our molt, emphatic
condemnation.
England has lately sent us two of her
most eminent citizens . Both have had gen
erous receptions. 'But whit man o f Chris
tian principle would; not rather be New
man Hall, the faithful preacher of Christ,
the eloquent advocate of total abstinence,
the elevator of the London poor, and the
champion of gospel truth, than Charles
Dickens the brilliant novelist who has
soiled his pages with silly" scoffs at both
evangelical religion, and the teachings of
temperance
" , Nothing to do" in.thia world-of .ours,
Where weeds spring up_ with the, fairest flowers,
Inere smiles have onlY a fltfhtiflayr,
Where hearts are breaking every - day!
" No!Er% Ao du," thou Christian soul,
Wraplinfig theexound in thj , -Selgah stole I
Off with the .garments of sloth and sin I j
Chriat,,thy : Lorcrhath alinidoui;t6Win.
EIZIE