#riginal Continintitatins.
REV. A. M. STEWART'S LETTERS—XVII.
Nevada, Sep. 1868.
CAMP LIFE IN NEVADA
Not tent life, for in this region of magnificent
distances, sparse hOuses and long journeys, tents
seem to be discarded. When the pilgrim way
farer becomes separated from public conveyances
and night. settlesclown upon him before reaching
human habitation, as may often happen, the
'ground becomes his bed and the open heavens
his canopy. In thiS but little inconvenience is
experienced even by a novice or a new corner.
"The air is light, and in summer dry as that of a
`Parlor, heated by a furnace, yet without its in
conveniences. The ground is friable and with
_no more moisture than, an ash heap. ot a, trace
of dew can be seen or felt at early morn: 'Little
danger of cold-catching from sleeping on the
'ground understich , conditionSi! The (filly-Oboes
sity kir conifoit and safety is`s:' covering, as the
nights are always' Cool.' 'Theindigennudlitman-
Lities.of'Nevada—Ltheie true" native .Afiericaris,
!the Shoshonee'anct -Pinter Inaians,4l--ha,velnoshel
fers, but lie lilowtild sleAp.oii the. grbUidmithnitt.
`covering irrthis. simmer Weapon , . r.r liarve not hid
I opportirlitrte viittresivwhat -kind. !of shim-I%min
- they andtviinter inake - abeit sleep.: *.`l
+; 14 : ••••••_,I; „if
TWO MT DEED' MILES„ON HORSEBACK.
• e t
tl My yrev i llOg mission cali.pa me Von' Ausfin
to Oartion, Novada, a • distanee oi two 'hundred
- i .1
flfl.4Tl journey (!),18'142.9P.21131?1i5he41?°
, 110Asf#0aclr. My oitipanion was rev A. F. White,
01 , 19 ([22 ' I •
of Clarshn, now acting as State Geoloaist. His
If_ -..22r.r.:21.!;..2"1
conveyance *as a l buggy drawn by t*o.veryphil
05'Ii: 3612121, ) 4.1:21 C2'• • '222. -1 2 •
,-osephiriles. The wurney, occupied us five
.17 t'r
days— ot, ry, dusty, wearying, yet full ot in
"l, , ,
tared and iikaident;
I Thefinest opportuni y was ator edio
for
„tile _ ; I
leisurely examining the topograpny, ootany and'
;mal lade o hie ; marvellous region. Brother
"Nhite loolied,aftia. the Geology,,and gathered' p
ik II , • 1
t e rocas. ere was 110 town or mining region
on our route and no ranch or cultivated: land save
Olie" Our general coarse . was over the
old stage rpute, across the • COntinent. , The West
,.srn end, of the, Pacific Ihnlroad,being mow coni:
l'lxileted as far Eastward se' Rambeldt l !River
1 h and 'the' route heirldfarg„,Ati'e'f'this,, 41e, stages'
, and wagenkhave 4eine,,i 1)9014, withdrawn ;from
much of this region. In ,censequence; ,the sta-,
tions have hiiisA rabandened,f,farailiesqr employees
gone, ropes •And r hucketai i frern, ;dim, wells
,i , rfnlkciVell• I 3141 1 /14.4ntlY,PP , cc ing to ! , 11eSelThiRee)
• tWearY- an4(thi;retT,.we . o . o Act ( I ,o o k ,4 41 11 ):11.fildtieen
',the ;water, put
: were toreibly , reminded of the
speech !by Ithe Weniinn.,of Samaria toi our Saviour;.
The well jo<dosAg alr,d r ive:, had 1 1,0,4413 g, where
by to araw." Twice we were,qoppolled jour
new over-twenty miles.without water; either for
II; ourielves orpanimals: The general appearance of
: the region , . is !'desolate in the , eictr,omep . yet in
e, r<plBcesrr possessing:. certain:,capacities' fov\,,stack
raising andlarining; of which we shall wilt& in
Lranotherrecamection.l:.;-Tbo most, skeptical ; *bora ! ,
` , geological theories, would unite ,Tin• saying; 'the,
surface,,tlaterial of this great araa, ninsVhatie been_
at fa period not long- in. the:past, in -a ' firei zseen
iinlarhatitirr than. thatinte 'which eaht, the
three Hebrew r children.; ;
No' tree higher than.the elier,present sage' bush.
-isiseen for 'a, hundred 'and fifty, miles of our route.,
• When approaching the Sinks of,the Carson.riVerk
a tree was .seen afar .off; and wh'eri in its vicinity
ti rode penne distance out of the way in order to.
.get under .its shilde4 ,It_proved,to be, a scrubby,
• hoinely cottonwood,•nnly about;twenty' feet high,
:'but a tree nevertheless; and *henunder its shade,
t. my hat was taken 44nd:waved with a long, joy-
I. ,-ons shnhtraccompaniediwith thanksgivinge: to,,
God for bestowing upon our earth the adornment ,
of trees; for pjanting azParadise,; and causing the,
Tree of-Life th i gto* . alowgthe river,. with
its tweiQe inaidiet ofTrui63' and "ipee4
• thtu? to be an eternal % joy and beauty of heaven.
, „Sooty, after this, we come to and crossed, the
little Careen 'river, but a short 'distan&s , above
where it'-kises itself in the. hiid desert: 'Again,
[the shouts went. lip; and the
.'inayreseibie 'beauty of -.,a Scripture comparison
Was ..On;the tongue.: "As rivers of. ater in a' dry
place!ti, A 43 image of theZaviour to persons in
'our conditicinCtiould be rnore'striking and appro7
ANIMAL' LIFE •
..'"' not wlmiing boundleks arid"region.
" lifell4liiii' t illitde l anittuil life =in its
iiidiatk i ptiiiiiinkiven' more coMPletetilf,V occupy.
iibblEnfit dch '
ner of' land find , Bei; than iteg-,
:ettihre iorfons `Hide:And here safe
14Aiti'lciiielS , Wdlikarons... `1 he doting 'd64 would
Often'atedinietly B o4Y)the dry; dimtY pathway Until .
to
glniose traien'iiison ul•The
' l° Avbirfle . 4' l ifvei"ni4landv'erilakOd,
for their prey lif'deith. oieatiorialiburrowing
ad 84crwatifl - Bitttlaide itiolica4 , and look; ot,stemito .
' l 4ltle'its'igreat yelloWtny*. f, Zittle,
Y. l °ll?fineldibadir andilieantiful Hazards' !everywhere"
lasihotilidettistNiscitiand/then.talorabbit,',veity,large:
and with marvellously long ears bounded iftoin a'
r l'sagokbush'antitfloaropered off at graat-speod. Tbet
11 darkest fainiusaime mt. 71 e d qPints,ALOPiPtei,
sizailn49attaPe 0.' 16 t 4" 11,63 g4f ftht.lNFfk4:
:. , `lipeeiek-rftimitaßvfTding, Oneak4go 3 9,Ribl"
thing: 4&8, wokollyth srpu.,ll4,Ahexe.
overtook us, they were barking and howling
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1868.
ing about us every night. Once they became so
impudent as to come and seize a large shawl that
covered us; with an attempt to tug it away. This
aroused brother White in great indignation at
which the marauders speedily disappeared in the
darkness and among the sage brush.
HUMAN ABODES
These were few and far between. Now and
then we lighted upon a man, perhaps two, making
choice of a purely hermit life.
„ The
,history l of
such, were it written, would :411jrchanee .eicea
fiction. A few families were found,—one a .fa
ther, mother r and six daughters; the
,eldest mar
,
ried—not long from Utahj, weary, • or perhaps
disgusted with thedomeitiunotions of Brigham
Young. How they gotilhere, why they stopped,
what they, !ere, doing, and how they liyed were
all secrets to, us, : , I hiked to the. children about
,school azrdto the parents about, ohurch, antl,they
seetnei,to, them as unmeaning tpitns, A, grand
child had died the day w,e, called and was , lying
en.a utishrouded t and. uncoffined, awaiting
,the coming of,their nearest : neighbor :woman for
whom they had pent,,and who liv,cd a (Iffen miles
P•FAY:c flMell; 0, 711,-phall
'blessed gospel, be egtl 14 0, 7 4 1 41 1; 1 :0 1 -1 114 :j n
aptual.possession of eyou,fampy on,mthr i
S#WAIPTr.
• KOST IMPII,EBSIVETUILERAIa. 11
'orei-dkfa: hitt eoVegation; assembled? iirlthe
Tliifteedtli Bt. Treabyretian , Ne*Tork,,
434.:--Bnrehalki ipaistor. Beffre the: 'pulpit,
were kiot ingl the remainiof of; aihus
band and a wife. Together they happily lived
"sibolii;-"twe wore yearg.'o , fiogetherthOduid re
joiced over the birth; the,,grewth; the , oharriage.
and 'prospettitY of their ichildren ; and togethefr
mtpti;lisilren 'a; ?mint af vidant;piilaw; a
vscant' plade - at' the tilde reminded .theirrof
dear tbiiti departed. The , other- day' theyi'droye.
out its Ease 0 hath am, N.' Y 4, to breathe thetsWeet.
'country - air, to ldok upon thdie
‘4l.leyi; 'to 'fold -eh Univl ha bernetity, ,
and 'Rim over ogainvthel c'enes , andt eid en tat of.
their. earliest yeirs. For this parp&e they were,
tura 'drive in a buggy'drith sPirited'horse: No.
wonder. .tliey •sharea , with , the:. Ciobte.initpal the,
thlidyiatiey and' hound !of ~his4lastie tstridec , over,
- ,
thdst'hoinestend'roidsl' 'INo Wonder , thatifor the
mdtdent ;they - foitot ' that a : - sWifteri hersi
times flew over- thagiroir track Cwonder thel„
*ere , tidt• thin king' tdi the ;pale horse," 'and
i I
W
rider' ilt in ther rear 'But' : on; on' Atn
my wap, 4
full! thiity iles qiniiinirfand befOrellee reverher
ations of 'their 'tramp luta •died. among, the'. 'hills
Philo V. Bebee and- . .his, wife Sophia were in
etern , ..V. . ,`
And, now we were assepibled in the city; weep-,
iug relativ,es,anga, very lame con j ecurseof sym
pathetic friends—for
,the .laq f offices 9.r.,,respe'pt,
and kindness.
_Thy ,iastor
_spoke
_of them its;
among his,earliest and : test fr , ie,nds
tp:. L .4 . 4141 I •
Thirty years aall they, al Ten him the
hand of fellowship and 'we
„come ; nor had that,
cordial grasp - been relaxed , till ,now . He spoke.
•• • 1
of their relatious to their pas J toras replete with,
the hest affections of the bumaii . heart,'of their
'f 11 f best d
relations oas 3 u o ean ig est
hopes, Death had rudelysuiidere eir an s,,
~ k i
but not' their hearts; and after, a few days ; at e
'' • fi"
the Master's call, ey_sheu meet 'min.
Hib spoke With tears on the. lessons of the.
•` , l Eat!: • • , •
hour : first, that Goa' geverns. Wiiely , and well ;.
secondly, t at; sanct ified afi letipne are amono• the,
richest hrelsiings x thirdly;of' he comfortlerived
from these views, and inally of; the iinPreasive
call of this event to prepare to' meet God
Never in the city, and 'very 'selaoln in 'the
country, have Y. witnessed a 'pep. so impres
- sive. The reanectiie ekes Of the,'cleparted'Were
pet. a - es
sixty- five - and seieiity : one. J . S.
J.
;cork, "Sept. 18,1$$8. n 3
"
i «LLTTfIS'aRROXuDOWW EAST.
Tfiel tide - of travel-has been largely tOwardithe
Isbakon. Many;< ItavifigVne
the pleasant •beaoheti , mainw.itind the 'Cool' r&
treats of v the provinees4juit now :they are- re : -
turning, with abundant ; okens of the advantages
j ot! suoh • :resprts., ,yeur porrespendent, r among
,others.,, t
After a ,aw,eltering t Sabbath in ,Au*nst, ,the
,Monday, following found hiniapd his fanily ) ,large,
enough for anyiniiniater:e salary, on the staunch; i
and, good!,,ship Yrancenia bound frptn. York
Ito Portland. .: n , f I 1.11
After: tbAty-five l hours , delightful experience,
of the sea we were in. Portlan d, nicely established.
At the, Falmouth House, one of, the best
tels in,, one of ,the most beautiful ciff i ies of New
.F4ngland,, lThis.city wAs3Aelf,ly consumed, it
.be remembered , a few years'aince but the fire has
piped
,disaster but „rather , advmtuge.
Larger And hetter buildings , ( have been, erected,
and A*ek
one can scarcely ,trvc i p t he t d9solation tl: Jt l is,won.. „
*dui to see the , energy Af rl these Nwq E?sters, :
s the., determination : with N , set abow,
!their recovery from AktylEirlitfOrtOief and' the
thrift that follows their efforts.
" bifY,44ll itiiifiUltitildinons Islands, is a
thing of beauty.. A sail over its' Waters is never to
be forgotten especially if undertaken on a moonlit
t ,n Aght• ;111.6.94Y itself 1140'4 6 740. `igtgest..l,
iii itswell laid istreettiy , buildings - loomple4ct
a pl,hi‘prbeeaii' T ofe6c a tiin'' i0`1:alls of far-reaching, }
prospect and the culture of the people.
The religious character of the place is the re
sult of the prayers and efforts of that saintly
man, Edward Payson, who being dead yet speaks.
The church in which Dr. Payson preached was
burned, but a new edifice is going up under the
name -of_ the Payson Church, in which it is to
be hoped the same gospel will be preached, that
from that man of God was the power of God and
the wisdom of God unto many souls. Not far
from the city is Brunswick, the seat of Bowdoin
college,into which the new President, Dr. Har
ris, is Putting new life, aided by - a hara-ivorking
and enthusiastic corps of instructors. Some
twelve miles away lie the two cities, Saco and
Biddeford, in which; the noisy hum of innumer
able .spindles may be heard with the clatter of
looms.
Large cotton Mills-are in both -these towns,
driven by the waters, the ,Sace, which, some
nine miles from the sea, has:a fill furnishing an
, #bn,Oance power .for etten.ded taseufacturing.
Much .of the sheeting, -shirting, ticking, jeans,
and cotton, flannel pg-the mai*ets comes from
,these mills. They give,employment to a Jorge
lauinber, of, operatives, most them girls. These
, girls are, koto respestable,fainßea iu the interior,
and,,are,, with few eFceptionsoiptinstrious i and
Tlley.attend „ehtirch onj tl4eAa l bl),ath,
: give,for the: ,suppert6of .the., pastors, and , some
•,of them -have • eonsiderableisums to, their, credit
in the eaViigeAank.,. “They resort •'to ..the
either to assist their parents
,or secure, ; the'
Aeons ; of, establishi ng, , tliemse,lves in .wedded- life.
The Trriter has known ;instances of mill T girlsdla t -'
boring to irepp their t brothers in a course of ,edu
cation: for ,theiribir444 ,l3 , ,
-These torn are,,on Asa i llgad,
land at their: stations; passengers, for, ,Oid i Orchard -
fi3Caeh, and„the] 1'904 fare wl eft, t !Oh( OTOhrijd ' is
tar pof-, the, finest besehes op the - 14104110e .cos.st.
.ift is;-sorne,,nine miles, in extent; lurnisAing 7
. drive; of ,exquisite ,ehiloration; ,the ,hat,hing.is
atiellent,iand ~thereh i s .pondaAger of undertow. ,
tThere: are good, hotels, iwklase4xic,es, l have ,not
swollen into those of ilMore, fashionable. resorts.
Montreal° is one of the)chief supporters= of these
houses -.iThe. Paola. atithe.nr.ath of :the- Saco,-
.andfis!sa called fronauthec.eonforrnatiOn of; land
runninglnglie!se e siivveryiittnich in; the), form ; of a
Trooka-neeked,squitsh: Both, Old Orchardland
the Pool are:so situated , that from them .yon look'
[out itportfthe , broad f Atlantic. Old Orchard: fur
saishes the befit drives—the,Pooli the ibestfishiek:
.Both;)• places give your good fare, ands. provoke ,
sleep,. Se that; thei laftem! few weeks,. feela
Iperfectly , r,etioxated: ,'Fqtlaer East, a. day's.;
from Portland, is,lllotnt:Desertr--,-..-a rocky islakid,.
to Whieh manyi have aesorted, , this last, slimmer.
The ',lrate,. cliffs anti , picturesque, bays of this. is=
lanai with its cool; bracing atm,osphere, , make it
very attractive. .
charm ,these , places !is, that, they nre,not
Only ; doirabledirkitbemselves; but free from.friy—
oliViand!illseipatien,...Old,Orchard.'and, the Pob.l{
aredust,theiplacei; for families. Children thrive
-wonderfdlly, tthern f bah: 'A.nd-•let it be said
,that 'no. oneiknewst.what maeleekel ? .cpd, and, hall ,
but:are; till: they tere• eaten lin` IthEi *Maine coast..
No better sport can be had than that of, going,
out pfor otrvisiting , the ;coops 1, by day
for lobsters:lt Old: Orebard was i so-called from : an.
ancient ,orphard of -apple trees. in that locality.
iriliapv(hole, t icatintry suffered in vearly-, times;
frOnithetiudiansi in.one of, these .liadign
colOnial. tiniesi au farm house fwas: visited' by
the saveges , ,while; its ,occupant Vas, is -t_her.,cellitr
drawing, beer. 'Coming up, and placing his earthyen
upon as; table; waa seised, bound and:
taken •,to neariadaw f t Some years 'after, lie was per
.mitted retarn;land found 'his humble' dwelling
standing.; and the; Mpg .1:Ton the table • where her
placed it,. years before::, , The mug is still in
existence; an heir-loom in the : family, , who.se an,
castor was thus made ,captive, and ~.the visitor
.had sthe satisfaction of drinking therefrom an
invigorating diagglir or — the pure water that
conies- • bubbling, sprineing up, hard by, where
deeds of blood, were once done, and the wild
whoop of the savage, mingledwith murmur:
- t h • ul
,of the ever sounding sea. .Nou'im Aivxu.
-OEIMM , ENZA-R-TES:
The A*erie . ap I°9lEBlo4l:pride not only upon
the extent of his country and, immense physical
yesourceNhut f also upon the march of mind man-,
ifested.,r Literature,, science
i and, the fine arts find
;here ia-,hotne, and rich products of : thought are
,bQ°l s Pling - Pu-r,lx.ll9tOs well. as, imports•
,This is true sin many particulars. We have our
obseryatories,and astipaopers, and newasteroids
,are, as likely
. to be. dispove34,first here as in the
.old countiries: We,,have our
_patent offices and.
,agricultural colleges, t and, the jriventions which :
have don t e so much the .19th century to abridge,
labor, tad to ennoble industry, are chiefly the
,products of, American mind.
_tut , in no field of •lore do we. find our stu
slpnteraorng)afigratcr and better work than. that,
aceomplisheli by puF, l ear4est, scholarly common
iwiwellJ?e proud of our dear and
venerable . . Albert Barnes, whose .books are r read
• 1,1.1 LI , 'l' Li' • s . 1 , 7
all ovef die, Christian world., The secret of his"
accomplishing so much is well known, Not Jong.
since we, strolled with him and other braren
f ~ i through iLisis.rclen. l Everything wa i sla order..
tilq9;-7713rX8 80'.gar4e4r, was
• '3;:..'YEBitIVAR/9,l4liTsPhY prod t'
)P r r a M9 a g9tA', d °l)9l FaPY Ptail4a "; ; coik, '
: • ,
and yet pursue your literary labors? o, I give
some four or five hours a day to each," was the
answer. This four or five hours a day in the gar
den has enabled him to cultivate his taste, and
preserve his health; and the four or five hours a
day in the study, engaged in hard work, has en
abled him to give to us and the world those com
ments upon the Scriptures which are full of wis
dom and piety. It is enough for the religious
public to know that the first volume of his last
book, his commentary upon the Psalins, is pub
lished. it will speedily find its way beside its
'predecessors:
Then; too, who has not read with interest the
volumes of Jacobus, and Plumer, and what scholar
does not prize the works of. Addison Alexander;,
so full of erudition. We might speak too, a!,
'host , of Other American •LuntimAries—rsuph
Ripley,' Had"' etc, t • ,• I
And still .another eonAes.Tfi, H. Van
Doren haat lately , writtall ConliWiT 2
tary. upos l St.. 'Luke." It,, is. not , oely ,vggestixe
but also comprehensiye,i'-rwp had almast .504 been
haustive. It is astanishing,howmaeh ; has,
.nrowded bythi4 „author in a EPPIIIi slkleP• PFTTYstteTt ,
is :ftilly treated- difieult passages s„hocp,iighly
handled; and plain ~passages me, ,figly „and jadi 7
eionsly.,,,; analyzed, pr ; ' the ~.4.1i1,411,1„sello,01
'-teaeher this is' a Eboolk.ef:rage,4ccl l l 3 . l3 ,9P; ;4,e will
•firi'd heArartts.;:.Perhaps'we wouldiao.tig.p,Prave
all the , eeminents,,given,,; ; „hgt,,,, sck.
bee able :to, determine, without, read ip,g,A e„.llq9k
'&l6mi/the interpretations l and, efiticiAps, aTet,eqr
;reeti.andt judicious, . ri-.
•alheie. is danger, for Abe , Theolggii4 l -1. 8 044ePt
'and th r e. Pastor in the profusiOn. of, : napclern s ecomi
..inentariee, andespedially, from. s [oh a ,werk as those
written by Messrs.. Barnes ; an)l/Yau, i)oren. ,They
arb so C'einplete•that.. , he ,-roey,be rl temptedyto
them do,hiS•ettidyingiforr i himl' o t lt ,wAßl4:ibe..An
easy thing for any lazy minister to take one ],of
these. Niorks,which have cost theiv authorkso much
ilabor,findTatlier materials iin,•ai short,t,ime , for, a,
'very leirned Sermon:, -Thit,let be,,eautiona.
Let him remember these., are , ; popular T hoclts,;
the hands cifitall tour liiiykke Let h3Plooasi4,er
tliatif..he would feel inamly l and. spealc-„witly an-:
thbrity;tand enrieba his , ewp mind, ; ha m m,Rt r ipo'.t.
derfead , toonnuokapori , ,thest 3 ,o4ooilePt!hqps., ( ll6
rnust, 'dig:out:his own ore, !and s assay
..ing. It.is Well enough forthe itnlpArneAtilsqupeie
_the Commentary. ,The stadent.fliiimiq sPorn*
depnii:_upeni.atiotlaer's brains , w,itlmut
using wreascirgable innotmkof'his own.,
.
• OLD ALLEGHENY AND ND-UNION.
„Du. I~IEAas :. Till you allow Ape, just a word •
ifor i your interesting,,itistrocOte, and . useful re-'
„union wimp 7" I,was ,one,ef f those faVered,
aad„,.stibscribed:"thepitt.Shurgh
signed. it in, the interest of re-Union, I beAeved'
it tp boa otaimel4
things .. said aid
..thenght:of r .it
~,4thersos well as ; 7oursslf;t,st4li think it is a re-'
union document on the only basis . e,yeT 8A 6 13. 1 4
have ,been,, tendered., or, accepted by the two'
,',',Schools.',. POthpar4eislpenli , held "the . egtof
mon standards;" neither pr,?,ye . ,,l t ai i. ,4,at ,they'
wanted lopSer. Veal'
r 1:.11;
claimed te,, : be,..honest and:true to their symbols''
' Both `parties ,stiod on the Westminster
beibre_the ;,,bothcontinuedto stand' on
them ,after the BX4Si9li, and both professed to'
seekonly ) thatoldhashut a!ps for human pa
ture 1 ,, yyriltere .., was a . ,quarrel ever :healed, by
,opntraepl, i Theeleraints of strife are
never., satisfied the original re a ,,
1 80 $i i k ap.t,0 1 4.- 7 0,;e, §9 eleineuta, find no place
in the : .bond and,lieneetheY form for them='
selves clauses, explanations, and all. the inateri2'
els for a future,. and fiercer feud. ' qrt.'i*not, a
.„gnestion whethe r the haunted ;louse , shall been=~
larked i hy . seviral rooms for more demons oT'cit=f ,
minished soap to hold teWer
, dernons,..but whether •
it shall be tenanted tiy, denions , it all. ls it. not
;well ,knoWn. that the , smallest , tenement may @IOU
ter legions: of devi ls F? The briefest:creed is as'
capacious as the I:lngest—an!' all that is, needed•
to fill either to its ftill.eapacity, is 'fOr the'respec-1
„tive claimants "togoto law one with
and the house abOut s which they are
will not only
.pe roofed with devils as.was . Wernit,
;but 13e full inside, and otit.
Well to be plain, as, soon as some men began to'
discuss re-union on the principles of a - horse:
trade •or " sot a rogue to catch a rogue" then th 6(
Church, was beset„with all, manner of :patent
gins i and snares, in, the way ofclauses and cent- -
ter-clauses to Catch:. heietics and' an "enV
ter-clauses
s. e, •
or re n der' lar.e assortment of to.,deatroy i•en L dei'
_harmless tyrants and '
; ,inquisitors the'
,church of phriSt :trying to nor "together Wait
it thp.,),11x,[4,1% offrlterias,l'Pres4te r ian s to get
othef"aa.rins across the middle wall" of
pay#,i9fff'' ;;7 4hat,iy,t4lN 'ant 1 . 4 a g rk : ,
•
When the primitive } church found thepisetyf a
in the midst of' no little - diaserisiOn and 'diaputa:
thin • it seemed good to the Holy Gboat and to
the General - ASsemblics of totli partie's . " . o. • S.
• -
„,.
and 1e41 , ," to lay upon the fat
'
tare church, 'bUr f de& than a few nefl
cessary i things,Whinh deliverance , caused 'n[
consolation and joy. "` !::
Was not a similarly siniplellaiOiefore tll4'
Presbyterian eitili4i,licfas t it 'll'4 Nina the
moment (that • wa s'
common sta r rots Tym
r^us-‘,l • t
forsaken,,an we w ere at sea, --a wild, frothy waste
• ;•tn,alD, taw'
of •sy?rs paget and pamphlet- and' he
last there 'sa l ria"."q f.0 ,-, 1 1
me signs o returning repose,. and'
old landmarks again appeared, the Pittsburgh
circular spoke out quietly for the original Pres
byterian basis. It was not divisive, it was not
meant to be a movement of delay. That some
understood, and meant to use it as such, and still
do, perverting this as also other Scriptures, is
not the fault of the circular nor its signers.
The Allegheny City Presbytery made good its
re-union record •by an almost unanimous vote
for the Assembly's plan. Not as the best, but
as better than no union.% The Pittsburgh circu
lar is better, and we hope yet ftr•ponsistency sake,
for future harniony's.sakn,thatAds, wig, : be the
only Presbyterian basis, until we get a stikl bet
ter One,--which will be 'some' time later
the Millenium.
DR. COI ON MINISTERIAL BELIZE
T 6 the" L IZ'SO . . Dr: Shepherd,' tikairrnan of the
Executive Committee of the Ministerial Relief
' U.EV-AND * TEQN9 I OThtPTH-E/t
..kntirtali Report of i the -Executive Committeei
ynnd, presented: 't,4:! . the
GeneraleAssembly;May r ilBQB," is lately presented
here; aildiliatt‘just treed it with-=sincere sym
pithy, nnd,=".o` I trust, with Christiate approba
tion and tlianksgiving to God. It - is an interest
fandian AtzdocP, AO: fa..ftr iPTP.rO42AidVA.9.rg i3llefi
cen ce • and is so manacied. as we all think, who
linew its'princlidea aiid auspices, iviboAdom,
=darretisoihtiey, .arelzblipartialkinduessptsi needy,
,6 1 9 4 .40 3 49 6 tItrgOWARPUtkfttiT,-RAn of
two causes that might, one or the othery/or. both
liPprlisPerefis
osefulness,:tnamelyligiopsokokiiass. , t-19419g-09neY
and misery ilore thattu merep , and) magnhnimity,
telet s Uterine ? ' Of tlifrno and
, 1 • . , 1 , 14 14 , 1•:t. , 4„ /' •/ • I /
lebriategiicharactex, cotAtmue witoont „rop,m - ,, or,
tiNi3RANCE ofthe faete,)and Orofitheimerits, of
; :t4i - • • -- •
suchi.peoulierf .5c55 fq
5 so,#jell,„pv!il a
k . oepic
tored-io.the. e*pellent!appeal and argument of
,'4441' ond*)tiyy: page,rers,
ithe uobledi, the peereof; the realm of fikvdiJuusT
' f i rm h "Ah • *ribtar's and `their Wants. unre-
A9R 8°
• dressed: The', iiresbyterian . .Ishurchi. of either
Viraneh, 2 -4 kilo* ilieOctoo ',tell :to doiibt
neeeds, only,ftto q3e atekh2infOrmeci, .A0;1 4ussured in
the premises, 3 to`giye,' ifs- the Lord ''loveth, each a
cheerful giver, in such a cause.
In our noble COnfiti the Church, not the
State; .114likerla /and our
Savioub's; ,, oirri I.fieritageoithe,yphureh r of ;God,
must: sustain.fand)...materially, ..comfort ,! : all, her
own, ospecially, her, ; ./superanountell i indigent,
:and' faithful) , Amirdsters I To offlglect them
were not. ardp.ccuiprateble and,phort,sighted
SlN;it it it deserites :no , better: ; name ii in, the
sight. of God, though avoided- by„many„wealtlt
' Christians,ik that name may boapplied,:to such
personages-in modern itimes who, too often, seem
to act, `as imita.bingthose in. the parable;: Lukel.o :
'31;12,. whap i asabiL AbSt. on ~the' dther stide, so pru.
ldentialiyy-anclinzirch state,: ibeeoming high life.
of , ;getlemen of nnearsi and Anode , and dignity t.
The geodrEamaritaiihad the honorandithepraise
el all' Limn as well :as the.benedietionofour. God,
forltheielief?! hetsbJebrdially abol so effectually
'extended to the .fieedni injured sufferer. Hear
thedvvoril—"..GoAlion, and do likethise" Great
cause; mY:der& sir; has, the :writer, to thank our
[God; that, though 101411 , 0 d. lonely ,f Minister.
who: entered the list fourth of a- ieetenial life on
i the 25th:ult., yeti die,ialnot:arpong the Suite*, but
! wonldhrather be' off the. patrons ;off:this munifi
cence: "It is morel:blessed, 42 tgiv:e .than to re
ceive." I , Though his blow= quite limited, and
`mot , he z. ,- alone, •depending. on it, :yet 'he writes
'Herd his tpUrpose,' if do spared,, that the next
" Reportt"l'o - fl the wise and giioct eommittee to our
Assembly, ishall -, cOntain name, with more.
pdtVaPs; thail two:mites 'contributed., I respect
fully ask every reader - of.thisv.:if, not there al
ready, to have ursoritem -own proper attestation
, and example' ,there, :honorably- and honestly in
serted '; one common and` honest and impressict
commendamits to so 'good: n pause 7
Ifiwelovithe.Ssmigur, so of necessity love we
a l so gii , thiOiotiny; Thence,; to' write our names in
-the 134- )Sks•ofdliiicintn,3omof. done in godly sin•
e'eritY, is=detlio'llstrlitienytoo; that our own names
sielitirittemby ilimselfim the Lamb's Book of
Lifev frorn tbe , foundation ofithos,world.
But: 'h Pain - too :lunar ;in ,writing, as often, or
BOmitim — e - s;l:'have tbeenrin , preachiug, they say.
Ye old"sind - falthful ministerei" of Christ,
Winners ofsoule;:sOproiperealY His grace ;
~
there, fffL o „itart,h,,theKliitoff,l44 oft not expms . q
Who love* ye`perate your name and face—
Mut" nioTe'yo r r charactOt4;annfOrmed!to His;
•Faiol4;lol3lolll4o . l . 4 4l4 , liß:YNTl..°9Prse '
The good you dp, best known in worlds of bliss,
Thb viiSeNnciiiitrth..tfirtivingvittdits souice.
- god 9,o€B.itke i iri ffP.% * *e)Pfh4eiltr'S Hi s 9W11;
This, ord. is „but vpsybular in saver':
'`..:. Bore God 'onanipFaikt r'lle fills-the. throne—
:Jehovah's word inviOlablY•sil,en--;
;
You know s and
r ogt. have realized itsw orth,
Its 'eldidial cOinfin c iethrie'yOur-iiilirimage :
He , can tongettyOurtfnavniti ionilhe.,eardi ;
Your, griefs or I fears,, the weaknesses of age!
Time's pinions feet--sobtt Wdlill r 4l3' BTERNITY j
dAntl.*.death'hs yours,: as vielliis life_ eternal.
(Th' RnfadingtParatlisepiorelnd.,tyouill,see ;
Bich traits, la f right seeries, its airs for ever vernal.
AtaaAvlitii 'kuirottniencEiVhat!etoiiety,
rYiliiP/I),,tcr4o.9l4:WitrohlWi'Ln 4.1#71'
But here - the old, the wise, as aloes must be--
'Partial inn'' , lenstoWleASte4,ozir fbetceritiork:dull;
leNiwai4.4dl4ll4o3Vidskoit4il)o9lersw' SEII
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is 1 )
' l l 4, tack -: 4l ' ,t ' ftf . : 4 4 1 ,C r Parailise . 'to which v .
' 3 °l. ~a ckiwi,tst: npug,if es that o f the fi" s
.
liVtilarc fra , S,Lithfi - Of ba - ehilithood—that of tb t
ih i fr e hip levity ,1 / 4 4 Bn/JatLyul' w-•