me. BABNES’ ohabge to eey. heebiok
JOHNSON, D.D.,
Ipon his Installation as Pastor of the First
Church Philadelphia, June 4, 1868.
My Dear Brother : It is a law under which
we live, and by which society is organized in
this world, that all which is of value is soon to
pass into the hands of others. What is held by
any one generation is held as a trust, to be trans
mitted unimpaired and improved to future times,
and to bless coming generations. All offices of
responsibility are soon to be filled by others.
They who now hold them do it with Ithis under
standing ; they who are expecting or aspiring to
occupy them must be content to receive them on
these conditions; —for there are no other condi
tions on which., they can be received and held.
Under this law all the wealth now in the hands
of the successful; and' the prosperous is soon to
pass >ih to the hands of-Others; all the great of
fices of State 'are to be. filled by Others; all the
se&ta-bf-learning and of justice<are to pass into
the "Of others; every pulpit is to be
occupied By another; every dwelling is to become
th’e habitation of otherß. : Others will lie dowfa
on our beds, sit at our table, cultivate our fields,
and occupy our counting-houses; a new
tiou'will be seen"climbing up the same Steeps of
ambition, or mingling in the same scenesoffes
tivity, folly or vice, , , ’ ; !
• ''T-herb are very great, interests entrusted
dn'e'-gbneration. All the accumulated wSalth’of
the World; all chartered institution's-; i dll
syhary, literary, or scientific endowments*;' all the
blessings of liberty —the result Of' sb many bat-'
ties, and Of so many sadriflees of treasure-and of
blood ; and dll the great interests of religion—
the fruit of the toils ind suffering of prophets,
apostles, confessors and martyrs—nay, of* the
work of the thnsehttust
ed to the present .generation, to be preserved and
defended, and *to be transmitted to future times.
The world has no, greater interests than these,;,
human beings could not be invested with more
solemn respdtisillilities. ‘ •
They who have received these trusts cannot be
ignorant 4hat they have received them *on these
conditions,; or' th'dt there is a generation pressing
on Ito receivfe .them, with the* certain conscious
ness that they must soon become their own.
They constitute the prize at which'they are -as-:
piring; the burden which they are willing to*
take up and bear. With this 'view theylearnto
cultivate the -‘fields;* 'they • practice the. apts, of
tiade or mechanics; itheylpursUe : theib- studies*
in the looking on the seats iof learning,•*
of justice, dnd- of legislation,! withe the' assured*
conviction that ’the pres'ent incumbents are soon
to pass away, ahd that all will soon be theirs ; a
prize not to.be grasped by power, or by the.
violation of'the rlghtsofothers-—for old age, or,
infirmity, \Qr death will vacate them soon-enbugh
fbrtheir pbrpose—so Soon that no wrong will be
done to others when they are prepared to enter
on the-possession. < ' -.V> . .*> s .\
■ There is a wort to* be* ddhe 'in religion,,as‘in;
other things, by iHe young' and vigorous :-which*
oannQf bei- performed, by those of advancing for
itdyancedjyears. • Whatever,maturity of .wjs.d.om,
there may. be in those, who are ending, above
those ‘who are beginning, life ; whatever ’rha'y be
the Valhe of'their inffuebce iri council 1 '; whatever
service they may still render in some departments,
of human responsibility; and; whatever*endow
ments, they may once have had for the discharge,
of the proper, duties of those departments, it, is a
matter vtbich they eahnot conceal, frbm' others;
e'teri'iftßey'sueceiisfdUy endeavor to*'fridm 1
themselves; that they are i no longer: fitted for-the
specific employments which, they , pursued" sue-;
cessfully in earlier life.. He, may be an.emipent :
counsellor in a high department of government
who cCUrd not,'as he once doul'di manage a case
ofpeh'ty.larceny-in a county court-; a nian might
be . lord- chancellor! who: could -not,, as. he. oncB
might have been, be fitted for the office oft a Chrisr.
tian pastor in a countryjjarish. Under this law :
there conies a time“when of a church, *
like all other men, must ,lay, down, his office. The :
ardog ; of-, a. ,is ;
power of sympathy with the habits and inodes
Of thought of the 'yOnrig is now'wanting;'the
fertility of imagery and the affluence o‘f illustra- .
tion which, may have been :’obce: attractive-:ha&
passed away; his arguments have lost their fresh
ness and noyelty and can no longer, arousp.hig
own mind or be attractive* to others. The work
Of the pasiSr,Sympathizing with th'e young, J
ing into the feelings of all, adapting-himself to
the circumstances of ajnewgenerntianj must pass,
like all other things, into other hands.
There comes a time also in every man’s life
when he is not unwilling that this should be sb.
The cards, the burdens, the responsibilities of
life beedthe toobeavy' to be borne, and He- who
hag/ lortg, b.ornb\ them is, .willing to.'loose-them
from bis own,,shoulders .that jihgy may, be
the shoulders ,of. .those’ who are better abldto
bear them. Most ipen ' look fo.r'w'ard to that
time, if not with an Absolute desire that it may
cbtne, yetwith a feeling that- it will - be a relief
wheh* it-dbes: come. Many an hour of canxiefcy
ip the ppnnting tp,om; many an hour of ija
the workshop or on the farm; many an hour of
weariness'on the bench; many a burdened Bohr
in the great .offices of State; and many an hour
of exhaustion arfd Solicitudein the*pastoral office
is thus relieved by the prospect of* rest —absolute
rest—entire freedom,, from, responsibility,., Whajt
merchant, what professional man, what states
man does not los'k"f!?hsiM®ftFsueha time of re
pose, and, anticipate a season—perhaps a lgug
QUO— of .calm tranquillity, before life shall end ;
aqd when the time conies, thpugh the f anticipa
tion’ often proves fallacious,* yet'hhte -c&ihihg of
the tiin'b ■ is, -nbt:'nnwelcome ! .: Diobletian * ahd
'Charles V. descended frdm their thrones to such
jp private; life or in 'a cloister, and the
j.odge, gr { pastor, vvelcpmes the
('time’pKehne feels* that the harden wfeiek he has
.iong’bofne ihayife committed to-ydutogbr me 9. * 1
iHto r * world* looks*'kindly On ttfosS'to iwhoffi
.ithese great interests are so soon to ihb entrusted,
they show .qualified
for the great trust, and , thgn it .commits-iftll
. cheerfully to their hands. " Those in advanced
(Or. t adr.aucing years look more kindly on young
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1868.
men than young,men do on each other. There
are, on the part of those who are so soon to com
mit these interests to others, no jealousies, rival
ships, or enyyings in respect to those who are.
about to rec'eive,'fcliem, ah there" ofteh are “among
those now ig*f®Sgession of those trusts and hon
ors, or among those who are struggling to ob
tain them. A father can have no feeling
of envy or relationship toward a son, however
superior to, himself in talent, in acquirement, or
in prospective fame that son may be, for he
trains his son to surpass himself if he can do itj
and all that there is in such a sob df learning of
honor, is but carrying out and accomplishing the
ch’efisEedTiopes'bf bis own life. With tHose , 'Wlio'
are of the same age, or who are aspiring for the
same object, there often, are enyyings and.rival,,
shipsbut hot where what has been secured liy
the toils of many’years is to be committed tor-the
hands of ‘ a new generation. It was prodf of i ex
traordinary yirtpa -and piety in tlTohu, the Sip:
most pppular.man. of. lps age, s and ,Hay : ,
ing a wider reputation then, than, any other man.
when he said of ,otie hear/his own .'time of' life,
“He must iricrease", butbl must decrease,” and'
when hg added -‘the ; that cometh after the is
mightier than I, whose shoes I aminot worthy to:
bear for in the mind of an ordinary man there
would have been'alP" tEB “‘feelings of envy and
; wHWKfy.OTffiRI j#°
the hands ot one so near his own age ; hut there
would have been little of this feeling to over
come if he had been’ then' atfaged man, for he
Would .have • rejoiefed’ ‘that alb that he'had be'en
striving for,' as ,'he ;must leave it, nbw,..might h&
.safely committed 1# pne,h,etter l ;quaKfied,.fqr- the;
!wo,rk than himself.. Whatever may be the ris
ing of,, a son, of the whom,*
the 1 ' great I" have ’ "referred 'W~
•fee tb be couimittedr it * cannot! affect • the i stand*’
’ing iorithe reputatiptr yif’ thosd .who, are to pass,
away, for .that is pow and if those, who are,
to receive, these great trusts’ show themselves to
bb qualified to redbive tbey/tfearied ( with
the burdens of- life, cheerfully 'commit all into their
hands. - They (give 6ver> to them'(without a; mur
mur, though; perhaps with) a,n involuntary sigh, :
jtße .great Interests. iW.hieh th ey haye itoiled to jse, •;
•cure,: and rejoice, in. the feeling (that: those inter,,
est's are safe
. With;' sdch-. feelings, my brother,' I :come' ito
yon this. evening by-the. direction of.; the-Bres-;
bytery, and' the choice of th.is congregation,'tp.
■commit to .you ithe : pastoral. responsibility-winch 1
I received in,-this house thirty-eight jyears ago,:
-Me.fr.om whom I’■received; at that i time what
is called,acharge, still lives—-a most most venerar
ble .and, lovely man; a man .without guile;. a man
though at seventy-seven'with intellect as cleaiyas,
bright/as .logical as ;in’ his ; most , vigorous days,;!
a man of most pure spirit, .to,b.e;lovedby whom!
is an honor'of,the highest .kind; a mjan; still] la
borious,-in >his Master’s Cause; and bringing forth;
fr.uit in old age-r-myfljfe-l.ong, friend,; who, has
n'ever'changed jin,ibis ,affections; toward/ me,; at
man i who shows by his daily-life how ■ lovely
Christian piety is when,.one has; lived all- fais>
days hear, tp &odv and how, it; glows ahUi bright,;
ens as-it S-possessor-stands, on the, .[verge of . hea
ven, and the, light of ,£Re 7 fete:4narhMohen&emst
to beam upon him. I hope that I may be-pardoned!
for'thusf'speaking. of myself,,and' odllingrupithe
remembrance of,other days;,! i The_ocoasiohiiand
myi l'eng. relation to; the Church to! be,committed!
, toiyouiv'care drill,-1 trust,< justify!it., ‘ < .The,! occai-,
sion will-nefer .occur againU , ,; !' i;,,- ■
I have nb “charge}’’in'the way of instruction (a,
admonition, to give, to you; , You have, occupied
responsible -and (useful; positions, having been
twice a pastor, once as a:,,colleague with - one of
the' oldest,and. most honored,-ministers\ih our
Church, andi onceias ,sole: ipastor,-,bf large con
gregation. It is; not for nte-to'fcttemiit todnstruct
you in the, duties of. the,'ministry or ithe pastoral
office;;! You,baye>beeniinvit,ed> here mot to be in
structpd;buti.to... instruct,;, mot (to* be taught-j but
because you are believed to, be,'{ apt tositeaeh;’,
not to beyput’onitrial itl regUrd to your endow
nients’ under,some! new, lessons, to .be received
iVomsme, ( in, respect, tb> the iduties; of a, Christian
paStbr, .but because you,have , so performed those
|duties:elsewliere,'iand;havesso.identified yourself
with the interests of our Church, and! have so
borne yourself, ih thesecgreat offices;-and have
i been,’ 'sojthlessed! in vyoar, work,* ab -to open the
;hearts, ofjthis<pedple*to.;welcome you and, ;your,
ministrationsqinvthel.charge- jwhiehvthe; hand of
«anticipating ,-but, t little what?age
would have dbfie-dhas'j constrainedAine {to/relin
quish. ! i
The sense of th'e'ra'aghitude, the' Importance,
and the reSpohsibility Pf-lheworli bf tne miiiis
btj iDcreaS6S*as %'e‘ ad vance in years. Paul never
had so deep ah impfeekion of*'thegreatness add the
grandeur Of this work; as ‘when - approaching'the
end of his life',' he gavhtlfos'e s'olemntoharges, -to
Timothy and Titus—preserved •in-' thcEjiistles
which hat'e’CPifae’-tO us-^charge’s l wKidh, as r, thhy
are'applicable’*' ; tßi any>.6'nh 'how' as; they werfe'-tri
them, 1 and therefore -as applicable to yon-' as
to'others,''seenttC supercede! fehb! necessity 1 OP any
other exhortation on our enterihg'drigihally', 1 ok
in new-relations, on the work of > the i 'mimstry.
Hhaf Ms wdrds trHetfj jnst atthe l etfd>df'hi& life!,
fife Says', 711 watch 'thW ih all‘-thihgS'!endure:affli/c
-tions' do the work'-ofan evangelist, l HiaM'-fill
proof of thy miliistry, FOB I am 'now'ready- to
be offered,' and* the time "of my departure- is' ; at
hand,' I have'!fOught a gdod-fight] ! I hive fitf
ish’ed my cohrscj I-havd-kcpt the- faith-, heuoe
forth there’S'laid np'for’nie'a crown* of righte
oubnesspwhieh the Lord ,*tbe ! righteous judge, shall
give me at that day!” 2 Tim. iv. 5, 8. ' 1
, Yery many circumstances Combine tb give' this
.sense of ( the' magnitude, !the importancej ahd the j
grandeur off the' work‘of the ministry to: one;
advancing.in years'.’' (a) ! TKe nearness to.ptertii-
it, for the worlc 'of' the 'ministry;
takes’hold oh etfefhity,.hnd one cdhhot feCl that he |
ik‘‘drawing''hhar’- tb' Ihat- #ottB of ‘ .retrfbhtibh
hrithout notfcihg as he may;not have done’befofC',
the magnitude ■ of 1 that wbrlc whose main purpose i
is 'to,^ .prepare man' for' that eterhity/ 1 " The
growing consciousness of onb’s'oyn Imperfection
in the' ministry'magnifies i&—rofc' n’man4ijsveri
feels this imperfection so much as, when standing
'on, the’ verge - of ‘‘etetnityf'he -iCoks over' a'past
life!., (c) The circumstances of' the age may
magnify it.' The experienee' df ! a long life may
have .so-impressed the mind with : th§ ! -magnitu'de
of'ifh’e'greiit movements of an age,’ and the-im
portaiiee of religiifc>-f6‘. ! cphtrbl -and regulate those
mOvern’enth magnify the wcorlrf'ahd
the responsibilities of the ministry in thqt view.
(d) The peculiar circumstances of the world
may magnify, it. The talent that may be em
ployed in opposition to the gospel ; the learning—
“science that may take the form of
fruth; the 'errors that may 'be
abroad among men; the customs of the world
arrayed-agwnsf the precepts of the Redeemer,
all these may magnify it. (e) Prophecy magni
fies it ; what the world is soon to be; the ap
proach of the “latter day” of glory; the com
ing on of the end ; the rapid developments of
the plans of God; the view of the glory that is
SooU to be the) bar th, all iheie too
magnify it, and cannot but' make a wish
tbakhe migETKave a pafrih those’ great scenes
and events, if, percbance-they do not make him,
though no longer in general affected by the. rival
ships among men,' envious of those who'
are to takd''a part itf 'those Scebes, and who are
!to witness the. boriiin’g <otf -of 'those brighter and
'better.dayß.'j.j f !:i.m ■ >
: ffhe,^qrld ! imfiyps fi .iant.,as it,;draws nearer, and.
nearer to the time .iy neh itb affairs will be .wound’
up. ’lt moves Taster, perhaps O'thousand fold,’
than xt‘did in'the'timS'bflhe Ctbsafs, or of'Chat-'
lemagne. ’ pit-will movblfasterin your. time .than
lit has in the time of your;predecessors,, as
(bodies deseending-froma»great-height moVe with
!a greatly accelerated force and velocity as they
[approach of ittfel^arth.'-iR will re
i quire more, (mqreToyqgymore., pow f er;
'more acquirements .to meet the, .demands on the j
ministry in the coming generations , than have
ibeiff'ne , <&ykry‘ih^thb^psist,'and fl jfed;' f and’those j
Who'aremibetConitniipOraries with'you, will never
peHbrmh.thei(proper worfciof. the ministry, unless
[yq|» understand ithe s^irif;,pf-,she age u fm4;ap,Pr e ',
iciate the .rapidity with whibhits, affairs are tend*
ling ito thp final Consummation. 1 ‘[lt” haV'bebn a.
great live? irfkbe' world; a’nd'to 1 labor
.for :: trU.th I ,if6r * the last ■fifty' gears'; it will be a
: greater!) priyilegesto !iye?hUSl ;labor;in ; the.same
(caime; in (> Ijhe }1 4^.,fea^; i^l pfpq*,.,piere have
(been, times when" human-, affairs, have made so
islOjW progress .that a good.man would scarcely re
jgrel; the' nWekMfy ofleaving the worldj'tHere nev
er-'hasbeeh‘,a time ‘when a > good man would so
desire to live>,on<stillflongcrUa the r presenti! Ad
mitting,,as we jmrßt,(that, if is j,personally better!
!for a good man-at to depart; and to “he
with Chrisf, yet who can refrain the'expression
tof awislhltasee 'the deV'elbpments of^thfe"present :
tehdencjhof thitigs, of the di
vine purposes.in- a redeemed world, and the fulfill
ment .pfcfhe, <Jjyi;ne r pijqmis£S, in .’the,next thousand
.years. , v ,
.Your Vork in the^bstorkfoffice'will be accpin
,plished d!n t a fe^W'yhafk^a'nd'those years "will sbbtt ;
glideaway. oiiWhen ' the!y,-are Coming; to:a (close,)
youwill tegret,,that ypji have pot been more .faith-,
fill fo-yopr gre.at trusty - Ifhose. years may. ,yery[
(few. ,tf piroippged' to thif oiitpr iimjt'bf [human
life', 'tiie’y 'will 'ln'iSt 1 fib ®airiy.'' ‘Beat •in reiriem’-|
:brance that the average w6rkinglife-of'
fer of .the: gospel, as* aft men ; in: other professibns,
is dot muchjpyer ;;aqdjhy refiecting.
how soon .would pass, away, you may lefrn a
lesion,of jthe necessity of" diligence and‘faithful
ness in suc'h'a vieW of lift 1
tfhd of-the ..ministryi.ypu may see mbre-’impres
sively the 1 force of those SdJe.mri'murrgcß .tw-n-uicn-
I have,; already,rjeferred, .makes to
Titus and to . Timothy,. as he was s ajjbut to leave
the wp'rld.' ' Ponder'very “often those. precepts' sis
ybur :li nekt' |ulde r int''£hielwctfk? ; 6f‘ thb‘ministry;’
precepts] tittered bya mathwho'-fert that hi& iwork
was. nearly done,:; aafPin near ;yie,Wipfam eternal;
world;; precepts as,applicable to.y(jUjp.s.it]hey
to those young, ministers of, the, gospel; precepts
of the Spirit of God siddbessed to ministers of’the'
gospel in , 4verY , age ; sbici J ihlBveflt TattdJ ii ' ' •• J ' !
(It is not to' ibe concealed from .yon that the:
workfoihe donCihere 1 -—in a;\ great eity-r-in ; this
congregation, a t wor;k fhat, Lt fylll,.reqqire i :.all
your time, 1 all' your .talent,“air youf'wisqpm," ail'
your youthful Yet you will be
sustained and helped; in your work. You have
come aippng.j^re.thr > enoin, jtbe ministry are
united and Harmonious; , wh*o pn without rival
ship or envyings ';'and''wno"rejoice in the success
of each'Other as if the!succesa wereithelr own—
brethren whose: friendship, co-operation and love
I-trustj you r will shafe,. as p have shared,,, unipfer
riiptedly, the ( u;.fi;iendship, apd qf those, wlm
have departed Yrqm our ranks,“‘for nearly forty
years. ' You'will fitid'a [pe'bpre ready £b'st»ndby :
you and assist ' you in 'your -• 'e fforts to - do good.
Thirty-eight years.i have' taught me what.it iisi to
Hve’among such, a peqpje; to t ;partake offhelfepn-,
fidence : to experience their.kindness and.ih.duh
*>'■). -•’ *«• ft *•, I' l '*U it . .I / K /h'.lt '■if'f P'
reference to. services , honestly, thougn
ihiperrectly,' rendered; arid' to ‘receive' from' them 5
unvarying tokens*of'esteem; and the experience
of: those, years; h«*3 taught: me how: hard. it .iq to j
b,e,,se,parated jS ffq j m,suc J h / a v pastoral j charge—how
hard, it is to have the feeling come into his mind
!«;!. iv. '•l'.fiMin esm.f 'jn.ti.'si®, ■.•m •ibk; •
that he is to be a pastor no morer May you,
after ‘more years "'thariHbese ' Have passed awaiy;
have the happiness ;of resiling then memory: of
a'pSstoraMifeowith,as,-m.any pleasantT.ecollections
as, I, have.[ ,jlore. .us.eful than l i; l
hope you wifi bbj but you will have no more to
be gratefurfor’in'the remembrance of''the past:
You enter on this work, I trtist} for'ybrir whole
life as a pristoK - In- the: long; history of this' an
cient; church) nqvfinearly an.hundred,ari!if. se yeff
tyyem;3-7--qneqlthe ( theyery oldest, ip
our connection—-not .one pastor has been dismiss
ed [ to' a bother 5 pastorhi' 3 ; hbt one has gbtie
froriv this to -, - •:
■-.lMay I he. in conclusion-,
to; .appropriate the language. of,, Raul, .and to say. :
“ Thou, therefore, my son, bq strong, in the,grace
that is in Ghjist Jesus pud,.far on in life,may
you be peffeittb'd; fel am,' Th obedience to the
kjnrit ofthl' | li!&psito%ffinjunction, -to’commit the
charge, which ybiimowFreceive; at,our han.d§; .to
Some faitjifjqlWtifi he ,able ,tq s !#m?h
i»fW.4^^ouW
Chris the with thy spirit. Grace ,be with thee.
Amen.” ' IS3V "i"' ’ s : -.
t'i
•vfe* .-••■'ll.
Some -say causer-great -deal of self-
conversions be,
thorough. "\Thih '’migh(i* hh a sensible’ remark*
among heathenss,who do not know the first prin
ciples of the Gospel; but in communities'dike
burs, .where, from- thejiVferycradle, men are.t&ught
all the hpsid kno,wlec|gg,,tbat they ipeed, and
when is eimply,, “ Will you submit*
to the .rule of. Chrjst,'renouncing the. ways oft
wickedness ?” it's a'mere quibble of
H. W. Becheer.
NEW MANUFACTURES IN THE SMOKY
OITT.
Pittsburgh, May 14th, 1868.
The pressure duties has prevented my
making the “ notes' of some of the things that
Parton left out" in regard to “ the
Perhaps some of these days I shall find time to
begin.
Yesterday in company with your accomplished
Civil Engineer, and recent most efficient superin
tendent,' of yoiir : {City Water Works, H. P. M,
fiirkinbtoe, Esq., I called at the foundry of
Bollman, Boyd and Bagaley, on'Penn Street
Finding nobody in the office and all the; huge
lathes and, machinery standing still, I learned that
all hands were engaged about the casting of the
large “ chilled roll.” Hurrying to the ' rfeaf, we
foudd all—journdymdn, foreman, principals' ahd ;
all, soi&e 40 or* ; 50 persons, perhaps, besides visi
tors-—on! tip-toe, in breathless sile.nce ,to witness,
the experiment of casting.the largest,roll of ; the t
kind ever attempted anywhere. A twenty-1
eight inch chilled roll, and weighing som'e
ten tons,' it seems, is a’noVel experiment, 1 and-all*
were hushed pVofoundest silence. Some
.eleven tons of molten iron .was'Suspended, by -two;
•enormous cranes, to two iron ‘‘'ladles” so ar
ranged as to be capable "of Being readily poured
int»{the stood
mol.ten mass,. practised eye of the foreman
was oh tne alert , 'to‘ de'termin l e ) ! hy'ith color'alone,
the' ihstant'wh'euWdhiass'was ready‘to i! be pour
ed. As one' bolt after' another was- drawn back,,
and as the-stalwartmenwjth-their soiled; faces
and clothes,.grasped; the s huge jhandlca . ( of thq
“ Radius,", ready to begidto pour at the firat word,
the fo'rfcmajn again’ and ‘ againsteppid forward,
with shaded eyeiSj' to look mto the ! seething mash
and 'se&if 1 the I cdlor was yefcr ightj and vat his quiet
butflirm command the ladles, began; to .turn over
anp a small,strea,m.,to poiir. .into /the ..rnquld, to-,
creasing to. a volume of severi or eight inches in
diameter, : accompanied by the 'mhst beautiful
scintillations in-every direction'; ! It was truly 1 a
sight for a;painter.; j 1 Only fon'ce.did<jEiheat ;aiproJ
fane word f ront.ane of,,the .men,in bis excitement,;
and he was merely a visitor, a , fireman, from a
neighboring foundry. It .was alike creditable, to
the men h'nd to thehmployerb—the eicitemeht—
the hteest, earnest endeavordfevery one‘that the
experiment should'succeed. ;As I heard my ex
perienced . friend from Philadelphia, ,as he. noticed,
the appearance of the mass rise.to the. top of the
mould, say, “I’ll warrant, it a perfect'success,”!
, cbuld hdrd.lyYestfaih my 'desire to call for 'thied
cheers. To 1 them it was-''the' oidinaryl fulfillment
ofduty.; l When- shall the time cdme whenf iii
stead.Qfjstrikes, §nd;the, clash of toterestSß.upposed.
f hpstfle, f ,ajl, these ..wgrkersi. yith .the .hanjl,
and wjththe Brain shajl eoine ’tqwofk, ‘as ,thesp
ise’emed to Be doing; 1 dcindly; syinpathizihgly, in'
,the spirit of union', h&rmony/muiuai'r&spectand
esteem,,every one earpestlyisfeekihg, to the best of
his-ahility, thpjgirainl; res,ul|,?, .A stogie; one jpe-.
glecting, his part, an, A step,. even un
timely. Word might 1 have inarrecl the Wliolethinov
r'dd'ho't khow I hdw’toatteto ! are l a i rfaiji i g4d : in fHm 5
. establishment. But I,;khqy-rhWfc ai—
'atlcast, oiie oF ciufUargeunaSulacturing establish
njents arranged virtuajly on the.po-pperative
principle., . As in th,e whalp ships, evary one had
a- share' in the profits. Every boy' was stimulated
: by thS possibility 'arid hope oP fisifi'g; 'arid 1 By f he’
certainty that he should shareAn; ;tlfe profits s tit>
everything saved or . earned. .Property , to,, this,
neighborhood, was bought tolaigeJp.tsjand,of|ei;e<l.
to the. employees in suitable portions,at tjie lowest
prices,'and tKushbmeSteads'secured'fof all. 1 A 1
1 gr’afid 1 Ehristmas 1 dinner • 'for-“all’' was 1 provide'dy
where wives, sweethearts l and; children,-could be;
brought. ;lu. the summer a picnic expursionwas
planned and carried put, to, the .exceeding joy of
all. Is, It strange that one never heard of, strikes
: about that establishment'? 'ls it’irnpossible thus'
to 'combine' ■ eixittinsively ‘ 'the interests of capital
and labor?•'; I will not;believe it.. :>•; i■.
Before closjng let me, ,with a touching pride,
say, as. I tp>ok my.pwn pupils
a few years, ago, apa' Mr. Boyd, liis partner, by the
harid‘and 5 congratulated'thfeiu oh the subtlest'W
this experiment? that-my heart leaped' for joy' at’
theprospe'etof Pittsburgh thus going, ahead. Here
%r,e ittirtuallyft|WO.,'boys,, one of,. them,..hut a, fe.w;
months oyer iil years .old, organizing ; and most
successfully carrying, op ah‘establishment of this
kindi, turnihg ’out “ chi!led , rolls ” of the largest
size ever made, harder than' steel, and' at'a - cost,;
land of a quality drawing.to jihis point orders at
this very moment from Jersey City, Lancaster,
Pa., Eastoh; PLyHichmbhdfWa//Eincinnati, 0.,
and various other;points,.so .that notwithstanding
the .general depression in business this firm is
wording lb its fall capacity, night , and day, with
ample orders ahead. Either these young meh
must be marvels •of •enterprise and -’ability Or
Pittsburgh; has-unrivalled facilities for turning
o,ut good work.at.loy; rates. ~, ,
, Mubh pf the yrork done in Pittsburgh lacks,the
polish and fine, finish,’ externally, of most of your
Philadelphia work, but" if it be' true as' I ‘heard
yesterday’that’ thes'e young men c&h turn-out for
$l/50.0 a. roll ? lathe: complete, for turning and fin
ishing rolls of, any diameter, in substantial, effi T
c.ient; working, or,d,er|. \yhiph in.your .city would
cost $17,000', ‘ I can .only say that’in Ihe judg
ment of country people ahd f ’those" übushd to th 4
polish-of the’- 'Metropolis,'it' seems like 1 'paying
(hpretty dear fonithe'jwhistle.f’i!-; « , H ; , ; i. a : .
o' This establishment' of these
rolls twanging jipiHwoxk,, and. claims to
be able to put iip the, most substantial kin.d of
work,’ht Very low prices.- '’l’ presu’nhe ’the same
istrufe of other 'establishments heib. ’ i‘ '
Wit-h theprospebtof Ithe .enlargement of-the
Erie,Canal|7rjwhiph,>itjs,s^jd..willj,doiihle.,the(plqp
ulation of _Pittsburgh,, I cannot see that there?
is much propgect y.et pf Pittsburgh s not going
ahead. '‘lhdeSdT'have'nh doubtbhe is yet'iii heri
infancy. Let me mention one significant''fact
'mentioned tchmetajdayfoc two-agoibyj the, 1 Presi
dent
in a part|pf 'Allegheny which^ were sold" on time,;
at r s3oo a piece some/six' dr seven ’ years add hre
Eoiday invdemand'at'f^OOO 1 ! lb 1 l-.us ?
■ If her 6oys can? do isueh things as I have l des
cribed, what canjiot.iher nietg fairly
leaked, np-rrand they pipploy-ithe witej.bus
inep energy and inventive, genijis of‘more of h>*r
boy?, and make theni fair sharersfh tfie prbfits df
their r exeftibhs? J J u ,! •
*i iSome of‘these times I must try*!o tell, jotmqf
our Western University with its admirable head,
President Woods; its corps of 10 or IPProfessors,
and its noble telescope, one of the .very best in
the country, of the School of Designfor women
recently removed to the new rooms in the new
Bank of Commerce'building <jf the JJigh School,
and of the Third Presbyterian uhurch, with its
magnificent new edifice now rapidly approaching
completion, and of its NOBLE pastor
REV. A, M. STEWART’S LEfTLEBS. 11.
, Aspinwall, May, 186 S-,
Dear Doctor ..A, wa,ter, passage between
North and South America to unite the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans and thus to combine without
reshipment the commerce "of half .the. globCjhas
'been'the dream and the hope'of' the‘‘iflCrbilitile
world, ever since the Spaniards, through thehrains
of Columbus, grasped and ruled these regions.
When American conquests and pioneering made
certain the existence of; vastetreasure-houses in
the,(California region, this still- slumbering desire
became intensely .stimulated. Yet afterj thorough
scientific water communication was
abandoned as transcending the present grasp of
lhbdr'.' •’ ---u-.r.i;ai - '•>•-. vi.
1 1 i ! iA-tBtlisoa#'to > TtMtejthW3? r, gi'eat<pceans was the
Mdxtnbestaexjiedienfei; to.i American
! railroad, bflildei;s^ i wbM^Sfl.Wgy/? n peem to
!stop j B|t,pq there,, were ( many apparent
difficulties to the’ qbbs'tru<3tron 'bf an iron way
across'the lsthtnusV' Atid Wheh"atld'ngth finally
undertaken, 1 sb many newiand Unlooked-for diffi
culties arose : aa;fed, %lmost,to ; ,its ; abandonment.
'Yankee ingenuity and perseyerane.ej,however ; at
; length triumphed. A permanent railroad. forty
fivfe tnileSs iij length,- with all mOderns appliatiCes
| andeonvenienbea' mniteshy iquiek'ahd -easytran
sit the Atlantie an4fP,aci|i.c.nceaps^;.ijj^;f.J l | .
’ t ~
••il -m- ui ABS^NttrAU4'r<Ubta.UU->t!-J
the ■ terminus on the Atlaritiois-.alniost-entirely
due to the shipping ,and -commercial; interpsts.
TJietownis named, after one ,of our merchant
princes,—Yankee construction curiously mb t ar|
fidd to shit ife
od the low ; murky'coast.- w 4 r. ■iml H
Of.all human conglomerates, heretofore,seen,
its population excels. Genuine Yankees, .thor
ough Europeans, true Africans,, mongrels of all
colors from the" adjacent islands, with a mixing
in of true native OStitVal AtherieShs, 1 all ih cefe*
tume according to'nationalityp whim 6r demands
ofitssultry.clirpate. . The youngsters,; in the
: midst of heat.and dirt, despise jail
with their funny long-nosed, pigs ‘.and
Cqhakmg mbnk%s l 'run‘Sbout’&ld ntiturk. '
(,i .0- Ui'iii!-io 'i--: ; -i!
TBDB CptJRCjH AT ; y
is an example here worthy of all praise, arid' most
cordially commended to the atfeh'tiOn of, arid“for
imitation'by, all* our great railroad'compariiesand
shipping interests. ‘ The Isthmus, Riailroid. Com
pany, at ite own .expense,! and for jfhp benefit of
its emptoyeps and .for.ctfcbers .jiybo,may choose to
share the privilege,,has erected at an' outlay of
sixty tHousau’d'dollarsj-d'Dedbtifur CrOthi6 : cbutohl
r Pbe v maieriilt is* l a 'curious'- conglomerate stone
rMinisl.BCana a
close to the surf on the. Carribbean Spa, TJ5®
company has .also b.uilt and comfortable
parsonageand withal pays ‘the salary of the min
ister'in charged i '“ ' ‘‘ V! “ '
: Why should this example be singular ? ' Why
not each Successful railroad build dt its termini
and at .prominent .points, alqng.'.its route, commo
dious churches ? As a'mere money making, ar
rah’geiheni no investment would pay larger divi
dends. r -■ - r-'- ‘
- Delayed here a few h'ours, we called >npon the
incumbent, llev. Mr. Tulledge iof the,.Episcopal
Church and, (lately, from-,Ohio—an earnest, evan
gelical man, "laboring in the most difficult field
■arid'not' without 1 ' ienbourdgeffie’nt.: Not
rimeb encouraged; heib formed'trie; by the Ame
rican employees,'but the-church; hopeful lyfilling
by a colored.population, coining principally, .from
Jamaica, One of these having received a good
education at a .mission school,'in. Jamaica,'has
, lately'opened a subsoriptioh 'sch'dol' here with
hdpbful prospects. •> l Thdß,aihroad Company-with
its. (wonted liberality f furnishing rooms ■ for- the
school. . /. r . ,j r>l t , •/
Gr-jd bless .the labors, of this, dear minister and
, Seep him from the baleful fevers 'of this sickly
coast. ' ; A. M. Stewart. : ’
, " 1 I ’ 1• I - J i-n I
“/ ‘THE OHMSTIAiN’If :
“’To'the theory of the indebffucfilbiliiy of matter,
physicists have added the somewhat bolder con
ception of the indestruetihility of forcel'*’
only have they sought the r co r relaii6n df forces,
but also their unification. Lienee the question,
What is the one underlying foripe of which all others
are hut ,the' manifestations? ’’ Is such' a'generali
zation possible? / L'aradjy has that'light
and electricity are tip same in prineipleand sbiehce
seems approaching 1 immediate
revelation—tlm/ one “ultimate force, ‘"the 'only
traceable gentsis of all motion." ' / !i ' l
Turning to' Scripture we may fake* by antici
pate, so to speak, what'science giv ( es us so cloubt
ingly and tardily. '’"te' are the/light' of tbe. vrorld,
sdid” our Sav?ohr,‘Mdresilihg' his discipies, hnd
we do not err perhajfe'in '‘thinking we catch a
glimpse,.in tthis Vastly comprehensive; baptiohyiof
.physical fact, viz:
force dominant
in the physical, as well as in the spiritual world.
There can be hd"dodbU that’ Kght is
fotce-Aitjt siinply selfccontfiitfed/ bttthcPHtaining
all other forces and is their vital origin^., “ Let
. .Wjhat
are wrapped in" this ’ singular precept I This
i subdued by light.* Irirst in the
'order-of-'Creation l , it'is 'firsb ailsot'in' ia renewed
from; the natural sun fhpt,aroused
inatpr&.frpmi her primeval, s\eep—light irom the
’ Sun of Righteousness first quickens that soul
; which shall shine as the star? for ’fever 'and ever.
: What 'dignity hath the shibing^ilifetian'?
■ As a star repeats'itself athousand'times in the
face of a dark .and, tumultpoua sea,, so he who is
,pplis]ied after thej similitude Qhrist and is
beaming with, His grace, ]s; ‘destined, while voy
•• aging upon life’s Lurpuleht/waters to repeat him
self With'brighter 2 and brighterMnplications till
his last’wave of: influence has .broken upon the
farthest shore of time. ' ' y?. J. W.
J. S. T.