earrupg4tatt.
A LAY SERMON,
[The following discourse was delivered on a
Sunday evening in November last, by an elder of
one of our city churches, at the request of his
pastor. By the same pastor's request, a copy has
now been furnished for publication in the Amu.-
ICAN PRESBYTiiiIAN. Those portions which
bad a particular and exclusive bearing upon the
affairs of the congregation for which it was pre
pared, have been omitted; and it has been divided
into two parts, so as not to monopolize too much
apace in one paper. _
- The part omitted in this number will appear
next week, raider the title" Giving for Christ?'
Y.t is believed that the factiand exhortations con
tained in these papers, 'leave an -application to
paany congregations in our combaunion, and; here
fore they are affectionately commended to .the
itoniideration of both pastors and people]
'Part 1. WORK - 111e roceinaisT.
t .keens saith unto thew, biy.meat is to do the will
of Him, jleiiient*e and to finish His work.'' J'oh4
- •
You all 'know the' connection in which these
itkikda. '43l)4er- ' The disciples hid gone to. the
neighboring city to buy bread, leaving , Jesus
Wearied with iHris journey sitting on .the curb of
i•
Jacob's , A sinful Sainarifin woman'; came
to draw water, and the Lord entered'into &icon
tersationt'which convinced her that he was the
ong-looked for Messiah. Leaving her watenpot,
ehe hastened to the oityymid invited the people
to come and see Ihe"Christ. Afterler depaitnie,
the disciples urged Him to eat., .bat He said, ;! I'
have meat to eat"thLa ye know iibt:pf;"- and *lieit
they wondered Who had supplied Him fvd,
He uttered the memorable words„ lc My #O4:
do the will of Him that sent ,me, and to ,ficlistt
Hls Work.".
The soul of our blessed Lord had been 'refreshed .
by doing good, so that He forgot His bodily-httie
ger and fatigue. .phicked a brand - fibril
the biirning;—he had saved a'soul , on the 'Vrink.
of . perdition; _nay ,more he
. kneNi 3hit.,6thers
*mild, be, led through her testimony to . ,believe
on him, and that many who would riot , trust her ;
words, on , account of her notoriously bad ch'ara.c-'
ter, would nevertheless be drawn •by curiosity tbi
listen tohiS teachiogh, 'and' confess `lie(
*indeedihe 'Christ the SaVinui attire .World."' •
What was true of oiar,Master, is also true,„for
is. The best.refreshment for our souls;i7-a-re
freShment • that= will make bodily suffering. light,'
—is to do his will, and to Anish his; wolic. If
'we wish -to, be , strong,. bright,
..cheerful, 'hopeful
Christians, we must labor in our . 111aster'etauSe.
If we wish to be rich: in graces; we Must be readyi
and willing to spend, and if needs be, to be'Spent'
for his, sake. The cendition- of discipleship isi
bearing fruit. As food strengthens the ! body, so
work for Christ invigorates the soul, and with
nut this nourishment, the soulbecomestinseitited'
'and starved: •
'"Do we do any work, fdr God? Da, 'iv' e tri,
however feeblY, to,* forward. his cause on,earth;
—to check that which ,is evil, to .prmnote- that
which is good,? If -we,do, let us never be ashaided
of Idoina it with our heart, and- soul, and
mind, eri c a strength. The world may mock and,
ilneer, and call us enthusiasts. The world - can
adintre zeal intiny service but that of God,
;caialireise enthusiasm on any subject'but.that;:of
religion. Let us work on, unmoved. • Whatever
men may say or think, we are walking ; in' the
steps of our Lord Jesue:Ohrist." (Ryle in loc:),
The Christian4who satisfied with saVii4,,hiS
own soul, ' does ' riot deserve the name by which lie
is cOlgd: nay, if any one supposes his soul
1360 while he feels no o z bligation to use his kali
ents, his time, his labor, his-money,and hia,pray
ere for others, there, is grave reason for fears
that Ile is deceiving himself and is yetin' his sins;
that his •rdigion:is rand that he: -ii going
down to the grave, with' a lie in his 'right; hand.
There is no way of proving our faith, but:by Mg
works. " The love of Christ constraineth us;
because we thus judge, that if one died for all,
then were all dead: and that he died for all, that
they which live' should not henceforth'live unto
themselves, but unto him which died for them' and
rose again."
We are bound by every tie of honor and grati
tude, to use the talents which he has given us, in
his service; whether we have reoeived.one or ten
Wisdom, eloquence, and wealth are rarely com
bined in one individual, but if they are, his res
ponsibility is thereby increased. It is not 'suffi
cient for one no richly endowed, to use the
tongues of men a:nd angels, and to neglect charity ;
—nor can he satisfy, his conscience and God's de
mands, by merely giving money to the church
and'the poor, without using his tongue and his
brains also in the Lord'i service. Every good
and perfect gift is 'from 'the "L?rd, and he who
gave them has a ,rig,,ht to demand that all shall
be used for his glory. He allupdantly able to
do his work without our aid, arid He does us great
honor,' when He permits us' to work , with Him,
and for Him.
It ia unnecessary to assert, what we all ac
knowledge and deplore, that if not cold and dead,
we are at least lukewarm and sickly in our Pro
testant, Churches generally, . It seems to be con
sidered by many, that Christianity consists in
going to 'church, with more ' or less punctuality,
on 'Sunday;—saying our prayers,• which does not
necessarily meanprayin ,, ;---attending the ,pre
paration sermon, and ,the supper; and oc
casionally, if quite Fonuen;ent, the week day, ser
vice. These things, which should be considered
prßileges, are lOoked upon' as duties; and instead
of feeling gratitude for being permitted to enjoy
them, we claim merit and expect praise for not
neglecting them. Is this Christianity as held up
to us „in the New Testament? I trow riot.
`ApostiChristianity began with faith in'Christ;
'allying faith, which worked by lole, and puri
•fied the , heart, and oVercame , the world.. In spite
of poverty and persecution, at the continual risk
-of their lives, the early Christians joyfully em
braced every opportunity of meeting together for
instruction, worship and praise. If those dark
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chapels in the Thin litacombs had voices,
What 'tides ' they e4:i I,d tell Of' the days hen
Christians Met, by th light Or torehes\-irZt.those
dreary caverns, to.glori the lord Who Ved to
save theca.r- They continued steadfast in the
Apostles' fellow Ship, and in breaking of bread,
and in prayers; but they were not content with
these things; they showed their - faith by their
works, and what works 1 Weak in man's esteem
but strong in the Lord ;—poor in worldly goods,
but rich in faith;—within three centuries they
carried the gospel of Christ Over the whole/Noll&
that, they knew, and to Witibh thnt tad itccAe.
Whit woiila Stich - fartri, and heli 11/3di an per:
severance Accomplish now,. aided . by, steamships,
railroads, the telegraph,, the plating : amis. ! , and
the present wealth of the church? 'How soon
would the dispensation'of ilhe'Getitilei 'be *aim.
pinted . ;—the• elect gathered :in F-and tlie,king
doin of the Lord • appear, with giortand. tower ?
"This gospel mustffilet , •be prfklAPPI unto. all nt
Ppm, .4tnd don shall, i,P end .-1 9 F17,i '
.1 - am thankful 'that religious iisociationa`.a,Vo
doing so much good in our day, and I trist thht
will liberally , St&it,' a - nitre . .-Lablii, d notlito
you 1 m, , 0 p
there ;—yort. cad' help that:6.4NA° Aire ,Miaterrs
work,.V.llt. 7 °l4 lPP rl39ll *lierl 4 , , itct.. 4 ": ) * l4 ) °F,l9,T
i quipt by pr02c.5% thau v i a ot,ct ' eat by kroxy. ‘ Tne
realfood which must ausea.in yalii titridian' l l*
ii' Plit t ; elnk WWI C,SrlieradThild thk,ikfirt 'ill else',
iteltd6ingfitile itiateple; Anil tollowingfin , Ehelbot:
steps of his Son. There is a danger,that..iiit4
some, ttlelAmrrie?tr 4PF d sA n li. , o e. ,C9lß u titti ees
of t: , ,tur, chnth, gip .1101# and Tract Speie.ties," and
thigunday SChbeltii;LlOn, We veritable siiikatifliii
hlOcts;--fieCitia'df aff*le:iihit; that itliihe difi
tafetitr pineesses by -.Whisth , %l4.4earbnistAtrobe
evangelised, are mp i neixdisca.leyttatestkilegfteci.W )
a04 , {41.0 , ;i4, PPA4e:i7Wt R9,9S 4 rdiRgANATITP I
axiom "Itui facit per alium, fa cit pel t se,,!,'" r we aie
a share in the good. deeds „of, our Ilitstadnafriet.
- Mit 'so, WE 'can . only iiitatitboviariattiriinitii by
nourishing food ; incl. fite lcarvailycisusfitia! and. iii..
vigor/fa-oak spiritual doing,, ; thetwork, of
oar ] Astor.,NhiPh,isotAe ffncla 9r ,- t ' ,he • P9 ul 3 4 e
eat which will 'always SuppOrt, StrenAtlien ink
~ 1.. . .11,1• •••,..ci...< 0 ,..1.7.
rejoice us.
''';`
"Go labor on; spend and be syst,,, f .'.,
Thy joy to do the Father's` win' ' '' r '''
''l : ' sltiNV th 6 icogy'the tlitUkterr , tfile,bt;;' 4 Ai A 1 Iri •
. ( : , ' .Bl / 0 41 1 1 . kilttAtegflel 3 f414VriitS 1 4, 13 ,tilil ,7 Rf
Fn and in t tlu c toil reNce ;
ortoif,conkas t rna,'W - iiMe li - odril.; . 'i"'i
- ';'" Sooirith6ii shalt &Ai. the Brixiegrbom'altoice,
~- , -.- , - ,,, Thr. l )4i4igktefoeAd ) ?, 49 1 ,A11 - P °m :!itY -e - ,1 :
J. G. 13
4.- 114 , any suPpose that , *e :emiamtifidutent.t.to Aia-;
eiple Ari - thitionp.-r-AocgreAW AtiTgogßlll PCIJAIWAY '
.qe4VeI:A.W-f10 , intq1 1 4e4,,,f9 1 tIL,9-1 , 4PY ; ;. - 1419Mir
none of them ca44ey.the reQuiretneht fully:andi
very AV of i ih&n: daupre - d.cli'*t all`?` w l f 'ktiliWeici
if you haft', the! iimaih,' ysii. ,- b.h.i, Ltielp,..- ftlibie , who
•do - preach the gospel, , in -i-the waste pla4es:of our
.own ; laott, and 40 : heathen countriesikyowcan.belp
Atete,h4rch to . i?„,puPia b .a.,nd i distfibylte i gooci T bo l ok r s!
and traCts;you....CanEelp 'tto Odlicate:poiir and ;
iiioug'Youlig Mill, who ; are' WilliWg aitararixMlis to i
'dti what yoli 3 catiriot , derT-Jtio- tan 1 11.elp"; fioof'o64-.',
giegitions to' build churches;—; andikou :eingivie,
; all these A ect:s yourea.plcst and,ferverkkprayers.
_These things d6not require.pen and tougue, but
Only heart andprirse. • '
.. . .. '. .
Bat ii - kir& that You carniclePreah F'Wheb!
`J'eku&utterea theiWords Id .the% , •ikti',l43ll:hel , sat
%teary-and hungry at !triedies well, he lilad been'
talking simply,and :plainly butfkiqdlyi to, one poor .
Evioked , woman yet the mrds he spoke were,
uot.billy a sermon;,but.have affOrded'aienieS for
''thousands of iereitinsr. have you''CO opperttini
tie's- for itiiitatiiii.- his' example ? V° Ycitt meet lie
0
ones in .. your own .'householo,.in : your.. :workshop;
counting-house,: ; office, or.„nlannfactiez . i. j i.ie I , lle
street. cars, pr„ in your daily ,walts , , to who m
' ''' -h. 'Christ by your eSraMpte '
yolk. r Carl preac
~ , . .
.., and
*-bitiveigation- 'by 'kind.'''ehatittrageinett `tit 'i,ffeb.;,
tionate - rebuire? Let us mit liesolvii) that -with
iGod!.a , help, we.i will ~ t hUs: -preach hereafter
.ancl.that, in imitation ; of ; our ,I,e,rd-'0 .1 3 xmaple,;10
will try e, thorough course o f •L
he
foun4 so sweet dilit so 4refigheiling:' Let it4e
'Mir' Meat' tO 1 (16 his ' , All, an d- te l Perform the'Wtik
he lhas aisigned'os,.; as? faithfit Zserlianta who; arc
;Waiting. - and Watehicg..firm,our.7,Xester's rekurffil
always ready,,to welcome his., coming - and. to re-;
joice at bis appearinv. 1 1 I
Inspiration tqlfs,,us that "faith Without wo r ks
is dead' and that"" piii!e relit,eioii 'andliiiiaifilM 1
before God and the Father is thiiikto '''ViSit' the 1
fatherlets and widows in their affliction, and to
keep him
~; iiriipcitte'd ri s e - Ili - the WOrld." Let
no. one untl . - .nd , me .-as pqtthig l vt•rks before
faith, or ai tea°,
,ng that irianAartbesived eithei
se.4 llt
wholly or iif - part, hlnistiving or church-build.i
inn, ;or by anything , t . the ~ b lood., o f - jeTsus!
yse ka
Justification by faith In' v .
crucified, and risen RO
deemer, is the cardinal truth.o4Christianitn.the
foundation, upon which the 4ohn.reo . :. Jnds. :,but
to keep that faitkin lively exercise; . ' • . '”. • - a
the .golden chain whic ti h. unites , us to 4.
i the , rii; , .
of God;-,to fit us for " the General Apseniblypid
church, of the first-born which are written in hea,
ven;" ,- - 1 -we must Work for Christ. *bee Paul was
converted, hii first question was " Lord whet wilt
thou have me to do ?"' There are duties lying in
the path of each of us, and if.we ask the Lord, he
will show them 'to - us, and help us to perform
them. . Rich or poor, -wise or simple, strong or
weak; we must endeavor to perform these duties .;
andif we make-the effort not ; in our own strength',
but confidently. relying on , the -promises of, GTod,
we shall not fail.' ''. • - .- ; ':
When the King" of ,Sardinia, hardly, a third
class power in Europe, braved the terrilile
strength of Austria, men, thought him mad; to
risk his crown in such an unequal contest; but
he knew that behind him stood the Pledgedfaith
of Imperial France; and that strono.ally won for
his threne upon the bloody fields of Magenta and
Solferino, the fertile plains of Lomberdy, Parma,
Tuscany and Naples. When again he battled
with the same formidable adversary, he rested,
and not in vain, on the promises of another ally.
Although his own strength was insufficient, and
his fleet and army were defeated, Prussia fought
for Italy at Sadowa, and rewarded Victor Bat
ma.nuel's faith with the rich territory of Venetia.
"The children of this world axe wiser in their
generation than the children of light." Feeling
our ' own weakness, and knowing the great power
of the adversary, we forget that behind us and
'pledged for our support, stands, not a selfish
earthlY,potentate 'who May desert usjn - the hour
of utmost need, hiit, the‘Son`of God cOmmanding'
all the hosts of heaven. "In hoc signo winces."
Yes, if we trust in Christ, we may confidently
go forth against -any and alterpenebt , ; and we
hall certainly be victorious. , •
To tkve, it* with the stewsiif *Lor4
them, sadly aek - iabarledge that they %ye not yet
begui to do the Lord's work, what shall I say ?
Onlietriswereof a modern poet, "Nay cheer
thee, thou hast not failed yet, there's no such
word as fail 1" When agallant officer was asked
by his general, if he could carry by assault an
important and difficult position, he modestly re
plied, "I will try." When Napoleon was told
by one othis careers that al ilatypssigned r fiim
the` Impossible nOt
ll'i r endh!lziti.tittaa'iroills'lre' - ourar --- -We may
be; snre .that
,Ahni?,hty , wisdom ,11 as not asked us
ldve torr,forp ; and that it , ,'mighty ha coithianded, bur duty is to go I llinkratd
raiolutely and fearlessly, strong in' thegrid
in the power, cif -his might; luamity us , lay:aside
every weight, land t l he.„,ela,whioh. cloth, so ; gasil3
liesef r as, and, let us,R4ll,:wiA, patience the,raT
that, set,,heforb us
aim •iii'shdioa otfriattio ,
fi
iitieltleeetikiilir beoaf6Ondtant
striigglei—La fight with the rworid, , tlie lea and
the -.( 1 (11 1 ; TemPtations:aFttd trials IRcet qn
every site - we strengthen on9elves continu
it_, • lir •-•‘: ,C;) ; .r.. . F.l To
t e heavenly food which sustained our
lifastif; shall" be abl to'eentend +arrintlY; add
td ffti'wh'enitelir depaitnee'doineK:"l haVe fought
a gerviifi„,oht; I hafekept the faith? ',Jet no one
hope te escape this warfarema . ncl s tcr:siteak, into
lie4yen , by some easyitwiegnitfort4le pfkvate way,
agoidinkireapnt ilia labors. There no
sa t e pith fbi'the' 7l eliiikialtr, bi ttl path bf
.*-I-1•N
TM' MUTUAL "B1tii01,1126:1' it:ASCE:UNION'.
sci ln late' niankber of 'the--N.IY:-tribuitellemi
'`-
k as wietter r da o toia,. Jan. W,/wlrt
,
argil ""Libtrar
that city. Their haie: feigned a club orblificie4
oiiiposed'• t
Of the : latterm's
o t 'bo are too- slrict, 'and -of- radaBhP an
- ailtoli?Alt"Daleat' : isfor n,
. . .
hliiiWeN,Ro t P"lthdYfirel,lheld:ii''cohferened'in
F • . -
ebru'ary l
of -'11,g6 1 yetir,*; 3 whielt , they= callhcl a
rneWting,-ivhich4as lielli'lluring• the Maysuni
niversaries, and since that timeAhir huvevhad
five:Meetings Tprivste ! hehisee, Attended by !from
-44.3'449 , on93.hucid?'eclw,PPrOglP. q,_„(3 , re see at
Ipfsf; I,,vgt.`een. opened by,an ,esSeY, folloTed by
conversations upon tyretopie*
"hale beimakiiked 1)7 1 04103e-
Iltirn,faud ttilegireexif inspiratiob vareiii.Wconfer,
Apo of any ; r. • -
letter' aPPP sunder n i o na. ,
_
riter is designated , _ as 1 { our special
ijia -- as the'redii ,
a 4 'uasi editOkal tablotion. :We are
- not surprised_ thatithiri club , ofoinflelsl:beve ad
vertised themselves in this manner, securing pip,
of their -own- number-tom-write-the -puff. Indeed,
much of the yeputatiop„of,these . Jnen is wanu-I
factured "`Bs virCranditliellaejivise in their:
.generatiorn Vat that, it shouldappeer,in a paper of
the elui.r9„nter of ihe Tribtio.q, devoted, to,pol(ties
and,:r.perar news , professing Co`liiire: nOtitial
„
do' th ifteOlOgiical tiffeatidds,;
o[' the
na
titr4=iffiJai Ohlristian inswerlo un .
- warrOtOloi:4ll4l-4 bFqxkaf with it ire4d-`
ers. „ such sentiments should be disclaim
ed, or else the publishers Should 'announce them
selves'devbted to the dissemination infidelity,;
and flien-'thdse . Ohristiaik *ad.s anti >families who
wanted - toibuild a.gooa Republioartipaper and
oll:otbatiVnew know, what to, 44.!
EL9vr,!Yer this PITT' t° B l' l l 6 '
t ut is .one cunningly contrived to mislead the
jod'iia l and the l'Aoratti. •'- •
notice a 'few , oftitntatemdnts i
- mTo manyl`the club is diiinity School; church
land :Commimion t; so instructive i are ,the,thoughta,
sookiritual and sincere are the,confessions,
,and
so refreShing the TelloWship, of' these - hours of
free' religious cenfdrenee.. 'The high - priests' of
.ilfe iiiiKfaith, the - deSote'eli :itot :the free=spirit,. the
,ardene org,ankers of free 'religion,' the t zealous
eleorii, , oflevAry ! good Warky gather t./ii,e,Te. full of
intense interest, as, in the days of, freshest enthu4
siasm, disciplek gathered in Upper 'Cliatabels;"lo4
make ready for'lthe deseetif - pf'NeW Tefitsalem
lo'ilt oflieeven. Ilere;are - the , pronhets Ao whom
as'-iif old'trutit isra harden from thetlicily Ghost;
here are patient watchers under the cross of f life;
whose, large _hope., of tedemption is a pillar of
heaven's ' - ' - ' l i t * 1 i f - troubled
presence in'the utter da o a
World; 'here are 'Workers who ;have lat more
Vallbf the dity . 4 , 04:01 on earth" than a whole
lige fof, sect and dogmnutight - construct.';',., , . ,
To some, this,pieee of writing ivill,Seenrextremely
r amusing i ti) Others ' equally contemptihfe; and 'to
others again - equally blaipheniou&" • Whin' they
say that these men are prophets inspired by the
HoT , Ghost; we slippage , thatfthey . ' mean ; , thate-it,
rigid 1,. I ' same: Bein a who lbOre 'Wong (qmpopevos)
the wri Y:w9S the Able.. .But where is the, fir,st
-trait .of similarity
_in any. nfit 4 os9 ~..riters.-
'Emerson, Waa, • i„ 'Alcoa, H:igginsoh, -"= - -'s'aVe in
such paisagei as' a , : t en quoted or borrowed,
to any book or chapter o ,i at Book which in its
'entireness .and its manifee'::nse,, the. Christian 1
:Church holds so dear ? , This • riter accepts the
fact of the descent of the Holy- , GRast at Petite-
Cost, but whit is there in the werditk Peterlnd
John on that occasion or afterwards; ©_'n' the'
sense' in which - they were understood ,b heir
hearers, that corresponds,to the case,of this,-; ~
-
ton
. elnb of , infidel&? . What will, this intid
~,
church bey they formed one ? Let the state 'o't
mere% in any infidel neighborhood in the. land
be the answer. Yet." they have laid more wall
, of the city of • God, than a whole'ao.e.af sect and
ra
doga " that is ,than, all-the orthodox c churches
have done: iwthis zeneration or centurY. - : We
will not attempt; to give them a lesson in modesty.
They appear too, unpromising subjects.
'After:a eulogy in the most= superlative terms
on Emerson, this narrator - speaks of Aleott thus :-
ce He is probably more, of a thinker than Emer
son. Perhaps no man in America kap,ineditated
so much, or laid up so great a "sto t Ah'`Of fine
thoughts."
This remindsus of the fathous Crockett. When
he was at homein old lientuck; his father• could
h w io hi f p a , t a he.
any ,manin the State, and he could whip
But to .continue : "In,phe pera
formnee of the
Socratic office -Oraitending'c'ipon 'the , hiftlCOf
thought in other men's minds, he is most him
self."
We hardly letiost whOrt: to recommend.that,
he keep lip that nigh* tliiiking, is which \he
oiststri* all tike natiot; {dice Writer don
means the whole
_world,) ofe that he should de:
vote himself to the office of intellectaai obstetri
cian
for other men. Possibly if his
could be secured by his associates, the whole of
them, if " might bring out thought
enough to equal his own, at least to compensate
by its quantity. •
Bat let us notice - other quotations : "Consult
Mai upon arty? topic ofilite and thought, or ask
hiditirread select pages from his journal, and
yon and yourself in - -a - mine - ot- reeimar things."
" preciouisrthings, r " . What a range thisanan
has. for thirAy years past Alcott'S WOO;
tower contemplation: had been' in. 'Harvard
Unisiergity, as- it Sh'otild , have been; yduths ardent
for. -knowledge would 'have .cliinbed; up [wadi
line , the. presumption 1] ;
,to , the., kindly. sage,, r and
scanned` through hio heaven-aearchipg thought.
many . an abyss of the , iafi ite unknown , thr L O g
li
Which
our 'etiStence - Has
this mani prepared' his , Opue.inagiutn„ the new
Ninntni/Orgrista, n. I The •pidilic. and; the , ,,clab
sli'iznildseethat all these -discoveries are didy.re 7
Corded Cr else. wisdom will die with him andthe
19th century will be .left to "roll on in its fc fide
world ; ' 0 , 1. • ,
How oobtuse , of -the trustees': of llarvaAah not t
tasectinedhe Services of , this, greatest;thinker , of
the age .when., evidently it would. have been so!
easy. Truly, ,as our correspondent "rem4 l6 Ef,'
" The ptinge of religious - feelingivhio,h' hasexelii
ilea • - .4nvh. , n,;:arl.irr from. his privet - Place in flu-.
- mice - upon.- the besP,fyoUng.-=miadi
gross , :barbarisin r' Vas .-for ttie 1" huh r Alas;
for4-he ei4ei9n *Lick it turTl4 L. • AT.o. 3 4,i ' varsl , -
whicji r senai-infidel men stole an d appiepriate, to
purposes so: alien toc . tlibbp',tiflts founders, utufe.r.
alfalge sensn-of deceriny talt •
del of 'the . most radical Bel:tool to-teach iarisiiitittn,
.moralsi • , 1 +..1
Themext,iin order in : this l roll .ef fame is4fer=
toms:`,, What : 4,desires4B, to see a race 4p:4.W
ers a.nd.selinlarstake'tlaeha'slia,eis out ' '
of thelialidenf priest's and divAtisq.
picitaisitig.trath 'Of . ; principle: and' Of 2 tho - ught 'isi
,Themsnal ministiy-dif: pray-I
er, of .creed4Mad:ordlean . ce
. is utte.rlY,relitlgßaFft , i
it? 42(s ise . c ; Prol).°94tY• l ,9- at lqP it9,4l,ol l , - B tYiqfP'
him ani,the accredited churches there is an abyss! ! efl' :of cildcoratience'Too religioui'iirthe
glib
of Are Ltemile, too huniane' , for
:sectarista, delibertery--;cut themselves toff
from .their Allows, .Mr. Norton is content to loOlEt,
`for redemption. in the new araien.ing of cilture."
,What hreadth of humanity there is in tlaia
Juan s, i freOom from sectarian 'feeling, t
gileinet seiiinte to call the'Adle'iliags ahnith
=inediberer igithiPhEtristleal" , Itiyalty to ijnith
histProfonnd conscientiousness Makesttkeir pray-,
-er • Wit cited:Sid 914inallP97PPugnallt. -Tht%Pil 3 ; -
.these are all false, false
: in spirit; andiialse .
All /die, abeor , iiiig:Vi argele
iu thct2wl. - -tiifir • On 'Ofieiicl€ , - - otthi.isitie, ;as
ting that paper, there certainly , ,inust
=ranged: ignorance,. incapacity, and dWinneaty- J i /TS
it on the side ,ntiths early apolTists...and
Flans, of the transcribers, "translators, ..divines,
coinineritiitorA an'd'holy - emiteiscii er ''hie that - 6f I
Mr.'.leiffort'?.‘--WC" would^ reinitta ?oft readints
that they mity,;not reit inany.liday;see such
`epe - eimeb of tP,seseenxiet* ittt4ence`o, •
The portrait-of Mr. David.A. Wasson is gigot),
last on , this list.. -"Mr. Wasson lial 4,coomilished
very much, if he .'could only fink Ti. parka - for
resultsorhi 3 Olabors:" .Ticknor
presume, not'want to mingle heavyAiterature
t. with-the light.- Calvin :Blanchard is dead, mind
: perhaps his, imprint : would not haye,pade b phe
work seIT -
•
Mr. Wasson read to the club in Decemter a
very long auctmaster)y essay on The pie, he-
Ory Life.'"?' Well 'ice do iicit wo,rit to
read , it, if -itiffilorig. We would white the elnb
not-to have him; wiite.Often; but to" get the IN
burie,roT. any other i paps. sentiments to
give him a:p4f, and
_that i will co :fort tle
he devOtes t liniself to'that, - " remunerative laVor,",
which hil' - eialdgiet`Seertiato regard' so unfoktunate
for 'him '
ktrieri3on`Was mentioned first, but we have..re
served our:notice-Of himto the„ l lask Ile, is de
scribed as the , i' best talker,". which is doubtless
true. : Ake has something of b,rillianev. ahout him,.
or to use: the happy - teen - Of 'the I ) ;esbyteriates .
Wing' correstiofident, there is du:4"in
telleotUal jire , inist in his language. -," yhe, Sin—
cerity;:purity and force , of this, luau's:humanity, -
is one. of, tbe A signa.
,and :wonders „of our ,titne,--
nay.of all time. it is perhaps rude in the faee
Of the Cdrietit sentiment - cite hristeUdom, to Sum
up the (iiialities - a a-proVidential Mang:ender a
Atle-tipptied but once ilia the usual,[ll ]:render--
Mg of history; but-this we.may, say,in view. ,of,
A:m.llllre and undefiled sweetness. 810 strength' of .
Mr. Emerson's character; that here is- a man
Clrisitted . beicing to TribUne, :Greek,'
zpurros; zpiew“tb" anoint] with:Ale finest
of grace and truth yet revealed in , humanity, a
man.sent to
,;he a master of - r9gPper4t.e hnnamtity
in this last age AC the manifestation of divinity.
iu mankind - ." It, Might as well be told in'tqain
`worts'Es, veiled under' an .etymology. What he
Means 'is that Ethers& IS a OW/it. He supe
rior to the ..Christ of, the NewiTestament, kre,
Nal& sea .to J3Palll.aster (kft l l-e regnerat.e. tt, is.
perhaps'frude", to, 'say this. Etuerspr r s essAy i s
and poems on c o,ne:hand,, the fohr Evang, r elistiron
the other. `l i his;l67the'clinifix of linipietp and'
Aplieiny; the) iinstiuction which
Heavenly Father has given to guide his childre6
in:their blinduess ponld nevor he ; ignored or per-, 1
verted n a more ; darinc , :way.
It ise that theSe men AQ. not worship 'this
idol:They -,'dtnit that he mayhaVe - errors. They
think themselfes'approximated toliard. Christ in
propoition aarrthey• progress , -in !their miserable
principles. Theycce so, convened and selfish-tat
theyydo „not tingt worship ,anything : But, if
they. had true reli4-,ious feelirig, in their souls, would doubless'be l found idolaters at'the
,
shrine Of this miserable nfidel---and that amaan'
shallow and - vain. 'Yet tbis writer says_that -.lie
does "- command the worship almost (1)-4 the
younger generation of frite_thinkers," Norton
is too far advanced to need — ftyer and worship,
They have turned, from 'theill;great 'Source of
wisdom 'and strength, and now Arong delusiims
have come upouthem. It is:easy to l 'predict;the
degradation that will come upon;. : he worshippers
at inch an altar. But we will streak further of
this man in a Mute article. Having entered the
temple, we pruPoso So pull down the image.
Atm. AL CuA SE.
[The following knotation (roam Sion's Herald.
`Boston, is appropriate here, as Showing that Mr.
Emerson's followers, in working out the legiti
mate results of his teaching have gone far be
yond the position and intention of the teacher ;
'truly, a "comnion dolt of theliisirtiry of error.
" It is IY4tipst s tcr_ ?Ar. Eperson,,to say that he
has no syntpaoPirift - /deb a deifitation. lie
knows too ;gra- fratifry; mortality, fi n i.
Itide, to set hies tM - finest spirit yet
revealed in human ity,' a 9o -rival and superior of
Christ. , • *a* i 4 onenaf the most bril
liant of 'bib distiplaiSW he did not take Jesus
in his representative men as . the Ideal of Mystic,
he replied,, Ah v to, treAltra : prtiperly would re
quire great 'constitution!_ Though he refuses
'WPrshiP hs.,ipAcery fax f rom elaiminc,
'semi" G IMel ) rJelliet freely and
frequentLYibiliftil orillianWittl4*.those whom
his,gel}2ue.has iptoxio!tell that are thus falling
down and Nfoishippng,
641, .9.A1( -
."' x i
- !'*,' '," , ;: 4 . 1 . 4 1 , 1 s-,: - ; z:•_-... , 7,1
.:
- 4118 1 1(45 ' ' ' d ' ll • . Ifflut
,••• r' , ' . r' - ' , .'31:! . "! .„43•4 ,-.: 'Tr5 . 7.,.. - i ' *
I ago
_b 4191 ' : put , ~ 1 ';
ur b'elbot.e4Ciattnges report re
gafftilifontillkpbblish and Aead.
t ompialrhieh t tivegky-Ave i hme 4#.o.lted to hope : in
„Vrookfield, Uo, in which i 22 hay b•Ob added to the
pgicar: • forty-three
parstims/Aseircittirftedptis' sip woman 'Jain@ in 1 41
APAP/g92 Welherkwe!enattbeem,_ converted
an 4 many momare ipqcuring,t Ureek,
iiilihWtwetiVtilro'ifiteirkleFellitalesleerte received : in
-/ItiliarTtei/C4 Neliera 04,01 :31kaiv6profeeeed conrer.
4don. ever, .•TAttgary)at 43.4tavyreneeville, Pa.,
where twenty=threa'cs W - VaPtiArt) - - IniVe been re
:delve/I'f • itilVittßid4 tilazinquirtrs tn
rherlAß i.44Wift l 4lllAtteelAtiv o 4l l 3lN - Loole, where
h
thirty-six ave b_e . pn reap/Ted: 'in .13i/oliejille, Mo.,
Weetillikpfliciiiii4eValeare report
ked4 in4leneeisoi, 11131;(1Der s lristad4regt) /where be
-Pfce•440.07-',#,JV artd s. ,4lyriaTe.bm, hreught into the
chareli : otrir - cir viiiisonthaol, New
lirorki-csrlieretwelity-threeSa‘beaa)afdded add men
-are. • voiiiiiigittvigin .0. 1 44 1 1 1 ,A. 0 47.4rbf1. y where twee
-4-Jl/vO/aye 3/..nkteti i with the church • ; in 'the South
'BBfittla, Cilirbitgo7ViheieilitintilEPtave been re-'
"clived inflOnarga,-111134/wlme there have been fit
-,teed i n4ditit:msi /dJEC.:. I ~,Q,.,4here seventeen ao.
bessions Have taken • • : where
`fifteir• have bi b slit' Station,
_l3l4t.wheral'afty . 4are'Ldete,o4l.o44e444)--Ad4 twenty
seyen,
j iwe i jmossi s ,ehprOks o.# i ga d gerstown
Where. fillx,tiii‘ bbeii'ltibted?tp Cal * • - • tersvi
ithe - sa•ina nuaitier. lb' 10 /
• The FdttiPtablitkeedatnebykeiwellarch,—
(014 . b . chog) tTeat,ltork,Jafinjoyjpgh g;reat degree of
,R.roSperty. On elite Sanday fi.'n peraons were re
' bal . : a - 1045*f' , banAliniet,tailtnbltAii6; on. profe.&.
bion int- faith.. ar-Thtringtittliewkanti,thiOngn month,
(sincethe installation of the present pastor, Rev. J.
E. Annan), fifty-six persons have been added to the
)614'44 grobrtlfeipinA titiipeffeightLand
_one-third of
these,w,ere7, heads of families, and ,about the same
Wrbito'itiOn - iver'e' bitintizgl thfr In ..Clubifission. The
thurehi, atit.the - teornmeeketfitent pfts.tthis list year,
• unl l ;4 6 r ‘w , ltd o Ar„ n i! , „ell - kuwit,,,4 I; .
-Aanre than tutrti yearg o ime ac effort. was
made' to' establish a ReTirrmed-ctintrega
tion.in2Widishingtessai.ty-oftlietpumfektrovere favor-
Able—a loh wifts e niFtweta.and,,a Imitable edifice
ereeted, - Whi,c`h now fie •stroikh''6* -i fzit'i thousand
dolled' s? lfittOire eiiretpgaeglibtih.-4. Synod in Bahl.
,InOre,-900134'.40„a4V-Ititetti4- Isrr4bblhau'
to organize a cong • regatip. Acctichngly, " Tr inity
Chttreh'"L-Lri newt 'ffifice, J iligiEly EfituaW, on a cor
ner lot (corner ofe . fithjatukriif. Stmt.' sl—lias been
PnYe , han,dr,slifille.re,,tthoy-dfays,uciair.,7torshipped for
about one m nt.: , 1 .....,1'•e Itude.dcelOabeen steadily
increasing, 5 M
"' 1 11 1ifrieethefofietiPitheir church.
es i t P
tA'Sitbbath-843 binichnishbViiilotpir i enped with good
. PrcIPP94 B 4 ,- i#o o Pnefi 0,15.59. filr'Oer•
Canadian kiao3ien -
-4. 7 correspondent` Of 'the' Pbitland;'(Xe.,) '"" itit;.,nn (Cong.) hav
ling visited - Montreaktiriteatt- 7 "Theold Scotch Kirk
diatrits repregentayv,es_ift,relnif4Wp.nd congrega
tioriefa4hering rifirietWiblieletirt.diy 'triages and es
tiblislied Canorik whilatithi4 l FreAlhiirch minister-4
inn& people, ara-licket tiappgyAdended with the United
I I"resbyterianet under the title of the Piesbyterian
i ditutell' oittinida." - This inotfy is late, wealthy.
.41311 very thormighlyi iizi:itied with that 'spirit of li
beranity lin„mpzwyonta t tters] which ; fp m the time of
'its memorable, exodua' trim the house' of bondage in
• 1843; la' BIM largely rlistid . tin= the FieeChurch of
.Scotland; # X.to najnistere Aregondigien; f 9.11 of faith
Atad o,f good, wor i ks,_and known .and read of all
rtiound thern, as the chit:4lolli of kttpure'unadulterat
edi'LandAttipoikbannaising..gotanel.• -.44T.heironissionary
jenterprlaes.aroyuclicionsly joklaßted,ffealously pro.e
cutecUand liberally sustained. - Their tollege in To-
Tonto; biditi fair' to ifiiipinf in l'uttfrtiothe% Canadian
provinces of the.new.dothinioAiwith able and effec
,tive ministiAs of Chriet. , I arfi. not aware of any
defection in eh* litrie g aild'YikorbiliFluxly• from the
Hlaith one deliverediartinalthongh =some of
:the good old
.K..ifk , ..peopflAyloOrssoinerbal, askance
on their unennorneal recognition of brotherhood,
as hetiv eitilhem'andqfitlie'r-braiadliesof the family
.that is named et desus : ,, 'Rfie n rcio on kV wec,ted ed'...
Cflees, ballot'ic old,TJr,klapd. t opthe "Presbyterian
hurch of Cannda,"'zire"all egilik l entiiely granite.
ele g iint,cOnina ndinusPitidiffionuilly-toithe beauty 0 '
the city, and aptrialt4gr4ingge t * r * °fiche liberalit)
and zeal of theft-adherents.'"
:... 4..i ... trityt - ', . .. ,
Reunion.- 'By' a nna,ritolcins 4 *vote the Presby
tery of Reditobe;at-:itit P tifeetifrgieConitebVille on
,the 21st and '22nd 31144 Itte iin-fa.vor of the
union, of the setieral palvinist
elt,w id iCkirancl)es of the
Clinrch on the il iate -i nf i lifil'hiltidelpliia Conseil
tion.4i -4.. i • -!:-Itt 175 viitrio• r• '
, =The Southern ChnrithKikeßtoshAtian i n ansWer
,to an article,in the •QergraL,pre x tbyteri f in against Re
union says:— "Pmeiyi itatttier rthetiation which
has been instituted' byr-Itie the; Ithilitdpipbia nego
tiations, and whiPhinan,f,nr.a Lime °Wenn(' the sub
sidiary- negotiation between - OUA l 4lveiillin irth e Nov
'Sehool' brafiCh; the S ilutVertinPriab r yterian Church
, has some I n teresteflid A b ny , ,e,,pth o jrim,Apeeen. The
Southern Presbyterian Church wits represented 111
the Philadel phia'Confeirfori - by one - delegate, duly
accredited from the Presbyfery- - bf Orange in North
Carolina. It wart Ab4..flirectAcnv of „the Convention
`that the proceedings
of the isoky Ineqh , tiorted to the
'highest judicatories%f tire - different bran ches of the
'Church represented in.ftlie , Ponvention.' We under
' stand that it is the - intention of President Stuart to
appoint Professor HePitti'd;if• •ifi 9 lll6k 'not already
appointed him, to lay' the proeeediaga of the Coa
vention, including, the - proposed.l4sis of Union, be
fore the-General Assembry, of the Sitihern Presby
terian Church, whichis to meet"iirßaltimore in May
next. So that-the action ofithaAlttaage Presbytery
in appointing its delegatf#l tote Union Convent:on
seems likely to be the lint- Whiek IS to connect the
Sbuthern Presbyterian Chute:it iiithAlte g eneral
Inckentent ibr a reunion of .theAvidert ban& of
Presbyterians in this land, anatliime who supporteti
themselves te be.simpilp s eCttterry'rnay find them
selves; willingly or_ tinwithralikincto rs i n a move
ment which, even if it should be disastrous, can
hardly V insignificant."