Vje famitti eirdt. SABBATH MEDITATIONS BESIDE LEWEY LAKE IN THE ADIRONDAOKS. BY REV. PETER STRYKER, D.D. How beautiful and grand these mountain wilds; Here Nature seems in pristine glory robed, And here the God of nature shows his power And majesty. I hardly dare to breathe. For in this solitude, Great God, I feel Thy presence. This is holy ground. I stand Like Moses full of awe at Horeb's steep. And as that holy man saw God within The bush that burned, but could not be consumed; So I in these grand mountains only see Thee, nighty God, and in this awful calm I hear no voice but.thine borne on the breeze Yes, thou sit here, and at the thought my heart Is thrilled with joy And wilt Thou come in love And meet me in this weird like wilderness? Father divine, clasp to Thy loving breast The child that fain would love Thee best of Jesus divine, exalted Son of God • Break this oppressive silence With: Thy voice, And tell me I am Thine, and Thou art mine! Spirit divine, 0 come, and gently breathe . .„ Within my heart, and make me.know.and , feel . That I am one, whose sins-are all forgiven! • Fair Lewey Lake, if on thy placid' wave. • I could discern. as anciently was seen • On Lake Tiberias, the form of One . My soul most clearly 16vii,4fiiiTif Itielard • Him bidding cue upon the waves go forth To meet td f Iff - sinking in the witere, l tetity - Ory' "Lord save mt)," he his,lia,ucireztp}clefkme, How would I, full of love and gratitae, Fall inc.his'irins int). fteep Sorsvery joyl ••; On thrs'fair lake, and in these solemn witds It is as if eternal Sabbath reigns. Skeept Ad now and , flicire the dpoitthhatr . dip& His line to catch, the wary finny tribe,. Or Some,brave hunter cracks, his rifle at The fleeting deer, it is as though each day Was holy to the Lord of hosts. thtis 'Twill be in heaven, but there no solitude Will be required to insure the sanctity. Maki .thid irgig ofLattgel.f a.nd ibe host bf men redeemed, naught. shall offend the ear, Naught shall-AV.hefikti , defile: Pallid we'll be Amid perfection, tiding .rest. and.bliss In'ene eternal Salikralh day. .Holl on Thousurging tide of time, and quickly bring Our bark to that fair haven ! Hasten; sun, ' Thy course, till daYS and monithi aud years Shall cease, And nn the.naount of God we breathe the air Of heaven, and begin to spend with God_ The blessed Sabbath without night or end. • THE DOOTOR'S.APPLE. ;! This — Greek class was over in the school room, and the boys Were beginning to gather their books together to pet' then'i by for the afternoon when Dr.' Markham, rapping on the desk before him, called 1"..,r silence. " Bays," he said, pleasantly, "we have jest been reading in our Greek mythology the story of Paris and the three godesses, and how they scrambled for the apple Well, I'm going to roll an apple amongst all of you now, and you'll have to fight skid push very Liard to see who can pick it up; but you must, not allow it to !becomczn apple of discord'. TO-motrow there is' to bir a, grand fete given in the Aldereley Gardens, some ten miles off. Professor Sorseinann is to make hie first. ascent in his large balloon, and there are to be fire-works in the even ing. Now, I can take one of you boys with me to this fete, and only one; and, as I don't like to single out any of you in par ticular, I have - deterniined that you shall fight for the privilege in fair and ope'n war fare, with brains for your cudgels and pens , for" your swords. Yoe shaal, eacht , of you who wish AO go, write me an essay, in poetry, on the subject of the fete, the bal loon ascent, etc., the first , class to make their attempts In .Latila verse; and tll6lllwer classes in English. As to-day is a half-holi day, and you have plenty of spare time, I, shall expect these papers to be finished and' given up to me this evening at supper.time ; and I shall jildge each paper according, to the age of the author, and the opportunities he has had for improving himself". It was evident, from the buzz, andclap-' ping ; , an d row which fopred this Arprirme ment lathe echool-rooup, th i at ithere , AvOild be a scuffle for ,Dr. Marklaatn*apple ; but, outside in, 'the,playground,.Wfen the boys congregated tpgether ,to talk the matter over, therif were not a few titigenerous enough to say, with a sneer, " Young Mark ham, of course, will be the one chosen.. It's a mere-farce, setting us -to work, when the doctof knows quite well whomhe intends to take ;"and one or two who knew they had no chance, said that " they wished Tall Graham would put on steam, and send up a set of verses, as he well could, which wonld com pel the doctor to -take the apple, for once in his life, out of his own son's mouth." Now, all, these remarks were decidedly ungenerous, as well as unjust. Young Markham was the doctor's son—his only son—and he might easily have given the vacant plate in his carriage to him without. calling forth indignation, or being Itdeused of shoving partiality or favoritism. But Dr. &Lark ham was nervously sensitive about ever extending any favor to his son which he could, not grant to the rest of the boys in the school, especially as his position of master was , rendered doublrdifficult by; the fact that young, Markham,.though a very, small boy, and the youngest•in his class was, without doubt, the 'Cleverest and most hard-working boy in• the school ; and, 4 it; in selecting vile nature of the competi tion, the.doctor i‘ad ecredippjustieg,towards any one,it was tAvardit klni4 Per son as a d eredti v e ear;ini'veilsifieatic%iwtip' Abel d i ffi-' chlty young Mti'iltlfam hat niatloltrug gle against. Notwfthstan'ding these ill. natured`remarks which were whispered freely amon the boys, the:. ,Sti dig! Asp' I e began. Foolseap.paper, pen?, ink . „ and. books were, eagerly , sought - for ; And, - initead of thei gagodo,oCcric4bnrhig a b erap W i Aay ben "lief SiL eMArd Siam nooks in the house and garden were taken speedy ,possetyaion of, .to young idea space tdshodt. Big!:Grithum..+-or .; The; Giant," flts the boys ca114t14414—earri94.0.9144i8, pa to{ the farthest corner of theground. lie-was! THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1863. determined to put out all his str3ngth this time. He knew right well he could make good Latin verses if he choose; but the slightest noise or bustle put him out; so he seated himself beneath a hawthorn-tree, with his back to the hedge, and set to work. After a time, be grew impatient; it was, perhaps, the effect of over anxiety; but somehow, this evening, he did not seem cap able of turning a single verse to his satis faction, orgrasping any very first-rate idea. He wrote, and scratched out, and began again—but all in vain—each line he scrib bled down seemed worse than the one before. The first hour was gone by and not even one simile was caught and pinned to the paper. At this rate Markham, faulty as he was in his verses, would certainly outstrip him. He hrd seen the look of steady, determina tion on the little boy's pale face as be car ried Or his paper and -pou r and with:each moment of lost time his fears of - Markhath's success, redDllbied. ),' it, At length he stood hp in disgust, and threw his papers on' the gtasi away from him., He thought, perhaps, if he looked over• the hedge-row-into. the lane, he ,might find a new position , giVe -a new turn , to his ideaS : So be leaned /Wren 'the sweet smel ling may-bushes and vdoiely turned dactyls *rid spondees in his „mind ; „but still all in -vain; the divine of latusrefused to-descend 'upon Malicia& He ha r dlrtebd'there half an hour, staring straight before him, when he heard a stop on the - gad,ranfl loolfingr ronna• suddenly, saw Writ'eitr, village'St heizilint,ster, com ing down the lane with some books and .-a cotton - umbrella under his arm. He nodded respectfully-to Graham as :he noticed his long neck 'above the hedge, and passed on. " Waters," ~crierl Graham, struck by -a • sudden • thlmight, "Aidie r back ; I *At , to speak to you. You are no end of a swell at. Latin verses, ar i e yea n - Ot 7" Waters turned back, flattered by the question, and replied; with:feigned humility, " Ay, ay, in a kind of a . small way, I am ; but nothing:to 'yea,yoUng, gentlemen." "Nonsensel kilow,better ; and 'l'm in terrible want- of a helping hand just now. I've been tryingthese two' hours to ;make some plaguey verses on a balloon, and fire works, and all that of Thing and, I can't make a decerit line,-,or. even catch an idea. Here, look at what , rve been doing." " r don't-find fault' With your ideas, sir," said' the old Man, looking,over Graham's ,but e d paper,'the,m th a " • m, Wetl could you show-.me how to make it better? -Just a hint ortwo,- to set me going. I'M hard Fp for time" "I:rn returning home*, My dinner now, sir; but, if: youlll ISt me take ,it with me, I'll just run my eye over it, and bring .it back in an hour or so." Graham hesitated a moment, and then, overcome by the sudden temptation, yielded his paper into the old bind's hands. " I'll wait for you here," he said hurriedly; "only don't. ku „ip . ng; t opple, ef AN, ws, might come this way, and wonder what I was do ing. Witterii put the pali'brittntitspbblietwad, walking. fast, was-noon-v4t nf sight, while Graham sat down again:beneath the tree to wait for hini ; 1314 even before the fiound of the fontsteps.bad died 'away, a:creeping doubt as tnthe honesty of this act ,had,sto len into Graham's mind, and, by the uneasy way he tore the beads'. off,the :dandelions, and snapped 'at the spears of 'grass beside him, it was'easy to selithat, as 'he awaited. WaterS' return, the dobbt was fast' griiwing into conyietiou. - But he vas not given Jong for re fl ection, Thg Sciickilmtditer, geased With Ms l ittei•ary effort, hurried back to the place Of&yst, and eatisnoa handeththe paper apro,ssithe hedgq with 15)mi1e. r k. I - Graham could not, he thought, refuse to take it backup:o , 4,lp. would look so babyish, and as if a fellow did not know his own fie fin ished it, "First-rate! The very thing I wanted! ..T 4 ofi'yo,kit it ( ei ff n t fos Tl Thank you, Witers; - yOn're a uric Waal]; Sir; _ " I thinklt'sitip-topt Goodevening." And Graham, putting the paper into his pocket sauntered hairtef He met no one in the playgrounclOto teaveat - f up,),to ) his own room, and bolted thedoor. There was an hour'still b"efoi.e e•iinpitlabili :Wad d ring; .and Graham, uneasy and dispirited, said to himself,. he would alter the whole poem again and take hill Cliande.'Butieceit, un less it iirooted)en't)it , thetkt.tt, Vonen't, puts forth a thOussina j sabts. ViitharefAnd it far more difficAltllNlNiffpcpedted any vital,., change, n 4, haters' composition, and he had no time , to mike an entirely new one. ' He" workedover it,.und .sigbed over it, till within . ten minutes of the sup per-time. Tikeli the thought of the balloon and fireworks came upon him w,ith terrible force, and in thopm,ten'minutes Waters' com position was ,e,opied out in a fair hand and folded up for the doctor's inspection. , 'The — morning 'came, bright and clear, promisin g a lovely dayfor the balloon as cent. The essays had beer left' with:the doctor the night before; 'slid nearly every, heart in the school held some trembling opt tkiAt flieneat 44", heir Kr. wHoy'r, ' tainhe Matti; S'airttek We're all 'marshalled beforet hitch.audtte hadtaken a foldedipopmfmntifs e poekpt kit is pleas .: ant in a case like t, is, when I see you are all equally desireus,t,a.e, not to be distract ed anxious c 1 1)11 .4.4 Etqat,'9,74 B 9l9PillOr'W,liEt really the best. I ex_peced, Voanfess, , :-to have had some drktronfitin: i decidAng.; but 'anone papei "dtsCiab*:4bo,,th d e age, that I, cannot, but . express my delight with it, as well as congratulate the author." Poor Markham half started up 7 -the Aush 14' anticipated' stieoesa,i'oii6,ltitteady in his' face; when!' 'father 'orritintied j - Off kapa, this ) essayeo yotuti ) l l (ke t led the "paper - as / 114 k spoker'ilis'a'el•edft to you. at iiilaiallailipnblitive shown ,what you are . m.witie, pg,4p/ng, you will eon- , tinue to work as well.' It was now Graham's turn to color, and a deep red flush spread over his whole face as he took the paper back from the doctor's hands. " Keep your essay, Graham," added his master kindly. "I would like your father, when you, return home, to see what progress you have made. And now, as we must make an early start, you had better go up and get ready." Graham did keep the paper, but only till he got to his own room, and then he tore it into a thousand fragments and threw them into the grate. "Show, it to my father!" he cried, bitter ly; "why I shall be a'shamed even to, show him my face. I won't go to the place at, all, and there's an end of it. I don't think, in all my life, I ever felt so wretched. Graham spoke the truth—he was thor oughly miserable. He had passed a.lOng, wakeful night torn with remorse for his'de ceitful act, and the dread of co'nfessing it to the master; for he knew. quite well ho must eitlier:go t thtpugh with the one or make up his mind to the 'humiliation cii'v the other. TO doctor hid said 'the prize apple was to be, struggled for ,in fair and open warfare; and how he had : obtained it?—by treachery and , He made no effort to arrange his toilet for the coming fete, but sat stupidly °wa k e corner of his' bat till the *heels of tliediti ilage outside, ,und',#ke opening of his, r oom door ) . startled him from his painful rever,ie. " Graham, why aren't you ready? Fath er' bas gone dovni stairs alreddy; Here,.l brought you my telescdpetelescope;'you'll belibleto follow the balloon no end of a distance. But make haste or you will be late." " I'm not going;" replied Graham:, gruffly. " Not goihg? Nonsense T. Why not ?" "I won't go. Your essay was'a thousand times better than mine." "How can you- talk, such rubbish, Gra ham?" ".It is not rubbish; it's ,the truth. _And if you want to hear more truth, you shall. I did ; not,. write that essay at all," he .point ed to the fragments scattered on the hearth stone. "It was Waters, the schoolmaster, wrote it. I did not intend to be a sneak, but l. ha:l'e...beeilione;; and yea. may.go down and tell your father..so; for I vvpn't go; and hejnay,give Me any punishment he • Dia' rkham• grew very pale. He walked over,to;th'e 4 kindow, and'looked down.atthe carriage, and at the • horses; which were pawing, the ground beneath. ". Shall :I re ally go down and tell father ?„Do you wish me, to dO so, GrahaM?” he asked, :turning slowly,,, round, as, if from a painful struggle. • "!Yes;" replied Graham, almost sullenly 4 " ancirthe Teat, of.the fellows, ;while ,are a b out . . ! ' am;eft :d A i n • kirkh 1 } the room, with , whi4, t seamed to., his unhappy companion, a too willing alacrity. But he was a long time absent, and when he :returned he was '‘acconipaiii44y his father: * 4 " Graham," said the doctor,,, very grayely but with .a-certain rnixtifiriitbiltbdriege," I' haVit heard the capfession you have bus made, and also you-willingness to suffer, vticiaeitSr $ v .linishment I may choose to in filet. I left the choice of that punishmei24 in-':my' son's -hands, and has • ohos'ett rightly—that , you should accompany m'e Aldersley."' ,• • • • • • • " Oh; father I don't, put it in that way," said young •Markhate,, earnestly. "Please, Graham, for my sake, go." - • , ; " Your father is ,sright,;", bitterly. "It is the,worst,revAngcAarkhain could have taken." But the, cloak% NW; fixed an ‘ ,repolution to carry the".punioMent AatbAtpt, and Graham accs i mpanieciib t Aderaley. Ile spoke iindriio:4,lli3 1 , :a51,112s drove beside him in thrs,e i rrAtie and even en couragingly t bat.":lii % vain—for 2.} aa h long as Graham lived tfteirivails; re never forgot the strugg i re'fiil. tlgi'ilciVtoVfiNAlZllhe sud den tem ni ptattb'n' alle'how, like the fruit inti esivitfekkillih ' iiikgrt, t though tempting and bithrtb'lbok had'tiiin ed to dust and ashes in his grasp. The following day Graham made the only reparation in his power—he confessed his deceitful yeforellfftWrole qichool ;Aid as'ihe story of - 11afkittree generous revenge went round, allpthfilienvious and ungener ous tongues which had been raised, against him, were at once and forever silenced.— The Quiver. , TALK OFOTHEs LICHENS. Far up the side of the mountain the naked reek shotiip still bigher. seemed very high as you-looked,:upward. The rock was even on its face,iind was, ull perpendicular. On its stirfabe *ere kiur kinds of lichens growi:dg—frnM that' ivhese leaf was very small, to the list, Which was quite chaise and large. We sometimes _ see such *hens' on an old fence, an old tree, or an old house. The face Orthe huge itick was almoit cov ered with them. -,•./cei sat-down_undethe shadow of the iii .mintain„yating- for 4 bay friends" 'g•itzedrit - ' the i tichen, and 6egafi to wonder in myown ; what it,wascreated for, and cif what, use it could be, I seethed .46' crispy `voine'fatztuil the rock, calling out: v' • • ' o er, () L W i .. a A 1,? " M t — li ---: it old - - m " " Whi,filYebadeloikhrviditajt begun t§ Live. *olPaKeotftytieigEtty , yeitrkfold yet."! `,A.Lthd lidwtold'ilre 'soul 241 ''. ' ' ' "I call myselfxonn.g n for I am only five'' 1 6414,re,d and twenty . .yetgs. 91d," . . , , rnti4v',flisUniii r wiiii ,alf My: ears, fim , f knew thy', loli,e4,wOre'talkilig among them selves. • Li felt , sure they would sayimore, and I took or..t my pencil to put down what they would hay. ' !Pfatiliciorcl,'llliaid u the. same little voice, say : ,: i , 'fllllo,beiltren't . you diecouraged Ditle . elrag s e,dl AV wfia i t„p,rayr , , P — . , - Ae• " yaur , size Five hundred aiid twenty #. years old--and-how very small you are !" - ~,,,,a Nol; ' tiikall',. e9h§r,.; 41 4 Wlf, - 04,1,40he:5 . square a esity, wgide tboie's my poor 'grand mother, almost eleven hundred years old, and she covers on! . y five inches even now ! Very few, I am happy to say, of the lichen family, have worked harder or accom plished more than I have, though I do say it myself." " Well, mother, of what use is it to cling to this great rock, and hang here Summer and Winter, amid storms, and cold, and wind beating upon us? Here I have clung and been trying to gnaw into this rock for eighty years, and have not yet got .my roots in half an inch. What's the use ? We might as well die and drop off. Nobody would:miss us, or care. What do we live for ?" "To raise wheat." " Raise what F" "Raise wheat, to be sure." "Pray, mother, what do you mean ? We lichens away up here, on'this cold rock, raise wheat ! If that isn't funny !" "Listen, My child. This huge mountain is 'a solid rock: If it was all pounded 'up fine, it would make soil on which men would raise wheat. But it is now very hard, and thereis nothing to pound and turn it iqto powder. And so God has created us, the lichens, to have "oar home here, to cling to it, to gnaw it, and ''Vrith a kind of acid we ha4b; to• crumble-dud dissOlve Don't you remember that the, very last year, you. rolled down two little grains of the rock ? ,Well,, every grain we _make., falls doxt; then the rains wail' it into `the litTe•brQk, and the,brook carries it into •thp river, and the river, raises it. up, and as it overflows its bank,. drops it, just where the old soil is worn out, and the wheat needs new." [The Nile thus carries down little particles from the .mountains,.and makes Egypt so fruit ful.]..x "0 I mother, how often can I gnaw off rock enough to raise a kernel of wheat ?" • "Perhaps, one() in thirty years." "0! what slow,work 1 When will what you dig out this year raise wheat ?" "Perhaps, five hundred years hence. God sees that there will be old men and little ,children upon earth then, and they will went bread; and so He has created us and placed us •here to 'prepare soil, and , get this rock ready to , raise wheat. Thus He goes before, and provides, and makes even us poor lit tle lichens useful; and. if.we do our .duty, His, smile will cheer us; And though we can do but little, a very little, yet that will do good to somebody." I The lichens stopped talking, but I did pot stop ,thinking. What, would, my, young ( reader haVe'thought had'he beehitherel— Sunday School Times. • •.••• •., THE CHILD MISRIONARY. • .„ , • I want to tell' the readers of the 'Ch il d 't Howe 'Abut 'our :Little Wintde-- 7 our ehild . missionary, as we gall her. i A little time, since, 'while she:was vislifing 'in'the; . '§ity, she ,heard there was' two'brimi nal&• in the jail underthasentence of death; One tor Nirlieltn'apecially,:iseeyeed Very hard ened,: :She became very earnest to go and -See MTh, 'And pleaded so importunately, that her:mother granted ~ her: request and ea,rried her`' to ;die' Jail.' As they lettilticttiCe ‘.461.1, , , he ,was sullenly sitting in one` corner, all inabachill:'',Winnie went softly up And stood in front of him, saying in a low, sweet voice, "Man, Pse come to see you to know if you" lbvel.TeSiiis: does you?" The man said roughly, "Go away." She con hided ?:."Please o man, let me stay. I wanto • ell yell `a'beueje'sus: -mayn't I?" ic,,t., Tletco itriet made no reply: So, she corn ineneelf,'and, in her own simple language, told - him about the life of Christ, hie suffer ints,""ancl his death on the cross. She fin isheil hylekiiso:Man'ilesn's did all-this for yon,,gcqt, you. love,hitn for ,it?" The hard dened convict , hurst into tears, murmuring to himself, "Oh, •what a sinner!" Then Winnie l Arote,t6,.coMfort hirxi, telling him. "If he had been` haughty, Jesus would for give him." , The man,, in broken words, tried to tellAhein ' part of; his history. He had formerly , heen an 'upright man; - and a membcr of the Church; but by degrees, he became a tbackilider,, WO , fell into other sing,'"-hntil, Vt. hist, I - ani here," he added. The hour had' rtw come for Unlit to leave r abut:Pilnille begged him in parting, '9,to love -God; aid ask Him to forgive hi' m. The nekt.disr, , •Wintile an‘d'her mother went to see him again, and a very different face greeted them from that of the preceding morning. - Ile told- them, that .ever., ; since they had left him - he had prayed and wrest led' with God, and that now He trusted he could humbly say, "that although he was the chief of sinners, yet God, for Christ's sake, had forgiven his great sins." ~ Winnie went home that, day with a joy ous heart. Mai , she, as she grows older, never lose an opportunity of speaking for Jegusl', , and; at , the last' day; may there 'be many stars in her crown of rejoicing! And will not all the ellildren try and:, tßaly love Jesus and dO all in their poWer that others May ;love arkd serve s -liim.also?n-Thephild at Home.; '-, -..., . , 1 .1 A ~ , - , ' . , eAt. Ij ~ ~ I g , $ it Ili , Etri '. Simple 'illustrations • of the method • by iOlii66 faith 'may be eie'reised, are often 'elVei l l'f 512 TeeFng t l / 4 - tNubled sinner from do`dbts add fears-. 'Tee Tollowinwineident shows how, readily men trust in the .word - Of their fellow-men, and how. much 'nkore` Bro i rnnhier ha:ye t r y tnnt he word of "God': • It was , a time of iipiritual-awakeldbeii a small manufacturing town. The foreman . i A , IRPATI? ' o,Latte,of., the - factories 'N am . a t i ti dß°. !•44iAritofil. 14 whit - Oleo, tea to Christ-,, as the sinner's ,ohlf, re f ugt i , , , by many, and by htspiffu . nisteianiong the: rest., but it seemed to be witha" retkidti At lug ,his master thought' of c , ... 6 _ chttig hi mind~ of MO :in 4,hrizr:Clalipel, by writing a note,' noleft collie .ta,B94,im at six a L ftekr' left ' the work.' - - '-' ' '''-` - ' lll- 1 enure promptly, with the letter ir his hand. When ushered into his room, I l k master inquired : " Do you wish to see me, James ?' "James was confounded; and, holding up the note requesting him to come, said " ' The letter ! the letter ! " Oh !' said his master, I see—you be. lieved that I wanted to see you; and when I sent you the message, you came at once' " Surely, sir I surely, sir!' replied James " Well, see, here-is another letter sending for you by one equally in 'earnest,' said his master, holding up' a slip of paper with some texts of Scripture *ritten on it. " James took the paper, and began to read slowly " Come—unte—me--all—ye—that—la 'bor,' etc. His lips quivered; his eyes filled with' tears; and, like to chokowith emotion, he tl,lrmst his hand into his jacket' pocket, grasping his large red handkerchief, with which he covered his face; and there he stood fora few mordents, not knowing what to do. At length he inquired. " Arn•l just to believe that in the Same way' I believed your letter?' "''Jost in the same way,' rejoined the master: , • ' " elf 'We'rebelvetlie` witness of Men, the Witness of 'God is'greater.'" . expedietfewits owned of God ill setting Janice' atlibeliy2: Ali was a'happy bepe*er i that 'vett'nipit, and has' continued 't'o'ow his 'Way . .rejoielliglri. God his Ss- Atk., to point' elliers:to"Cat;otry, antfivalk in t the narrbw way. "Reader, if 'anxio'us abbtut Your salvation. be persuaded to belieVe Goff; when he'speaks to you in his word, in' same way you would credit the Word ie an honorable man. and''ythr Will" Obtain' twice 'through 'the pre eons of He cannot deny himself!'" , :—Chriatiroi TietiSury: • . t• , 7' AIIABBATII AFTERNOON , AT DR. BOMB'S OHUROH • IIUDDINEITRGH. Si: ' Having, gone to . es in the ` morning, to sit where, if we had sat .once, we ,sliculd hav,e heard John Knox pteach, or seen Jen nie Geddes throw her stool at the Dean, we 'sought Out gernorial, Chapel in the • afternoon, to Dr. BOnar, the sWe4test;hynin-writer of our . day. . The,MOrning'S lifeless Sermon had' wear ied us so Much - that' we determined to make sure of D. Donar-beforeentering the church, intending, in his absence, 'to return at once to our hotel: So, bowing to , an old 'gentle pan, who stood in the docit;',l asked him (in a Carefully prepared euphemis m, for people in this country seem to suffer in their nerves tfifustii it self upon then if Dr:33onar would preach to-day. The courteous affirmative reply pleased and .almost, surpriaed,me, so often is one's heart's desire defeated in this matter of the,nntinister. I speedily forgot decorum, and exclaimed : How:g4ad fotr , we.ulkinSricans mire hilt - gl4ittryir't 4 •• - The kind old gentleman became enthusi astic too. 44 Godd 'geidoft shalr have .the ..31 lest seat'we catt'fintl;'" find soon he had by the sexton's interventionrinstallediti adnost eliglihle place, Whence weinspeeted the ele gant church, whose i comfortable seats ~ pOll- triCsWdiaasan'ily'wttli thelitraight down board backs "where 'we sat at the " Establishment." ,, this morning. Dr. Boner is, in personal appearance,Wor , thy tol be the central figure' in any picture. 01 that height and rotald ,figure in which nature seenie:inelined •to' - measure out greatness; Of high, massive forehead, with silver gray taixiimhtishy lockarawthe sides of - his line head;,to ;match the somewhat deeper tinged English whiskers on the Aides of, hia , face;. its a *olikin's, yet detracting .-nnthing - lro 'the strong, masiieline toile of his,fitiel, With lips firm, full, and'. handsome, and ; reyes large, 'dark, pennliar and *itih iallaneefthate_ cleaves -IE 6 Was r iloiittrds 'Boner, as, in his black robe, with -y45*,,ef , ,,q€0.21,r,,5et, off. with, bands of, White; he - svallked. - qip the-'pulpit-stairs. He looked the - very man to write those Hymns , of Faith, and-Hop!, - which-have; to many a heert that, never: "knew' an item of his historyrbiought truest,consolatioa. A few notes of the sermon - will,'Perhaps, be interesting, "s - Notice the symbols in, this passage: 1. The Aze....,=You know what - this *meant to do, and what it is not meant to 'do. It is not a pruning-knife, to lop off here and there a hi:anch; it' has one use alone:—it is thetweapon of deatmetion. " 2.- The Warning.-c Laid at the root of the tree.' Not a word is.spoken; the sym ,carries ita,,aym - I n ae at ,the root of a tree, means to4nwitodoWni . (With startling emphasis these: , wo*ds - tire uttered.) ' 3. The .Ezeoution. 7. -For a while'the axe lies idle, its sharp 'eilige.glittering in the sun ; 1314 new, the mandate ennies which calls it into quick, relentless action Out it # s . wn 1 , ? 40441-1111 aULleirguaVirOfiktO tie fire !' , Tho.tr.ee O'cintiffh - dPie, ground, when living, it must not camber itrwhen,dead. " Now, in ebnellisitsitynbte the cause of thit.rernepdolubtrogedx simple un frtiftfiihkeh.l ' - thenkL it jtuit this - that makes the wholersymbsilv A w t p oa ,k a ) : 4 s , ter is-the, euttingedcwat of him who had everything birl'firniti g ihtid root, stem, leeyes, branChes-4Vhijiliint bitt fruit. Does nihis,ch kii9akigil4l ll lo*9 to each of us, %enrol' through and through ? But, oh ! w0u,14 tin, tilleß4l e llea,tbese, , solemn woe s despeiringy. Berner - o)6r there is time 1 6,1e.,finitful. yet:, 'There's One who give s himself toeseh „Ci t t . 4l,ll::•=9,tre who is full of life.. .Fly, then, lc cam, Who came fr0m )2(347.,e1 # 4, f it, f i lv : !LpW,ANylthired trees, 11-° might rear, far 41misitif.st,fgnli,piodicing for - "'May the- lidid'hfolgetftV-yords to all who hear ! "—The Arcata,' , 4
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