61,1 s genu4 Cita PANGS, LINGUA GLORIOSA, BY THOS. AQUINAS Sing, 0 my tongue, devoutly sing The glorious laurels of our King : Sing the triumphant victory Gain'd on the cross erected high; Where man's Redeemer yields his breath, And, dying, conquers hell and death. 0 faithful cross! 0 noblest tree In all our woods there's none like thee: No earthly groves, no shady powers, Produce such leaves, such fruit, such flowers With pity our Creator saw his noblest work transgress Ills law, When our first parents rashly ate The fatal tree's forbidden meat; He then resolv'd the cross's wood Should make that tree's sad damage good. Sweet are the nails, and sweet the wood, That bears a weight so sweet, so good. , By this wise method God design'd From sin and death to save mankind; Superior art with love combines, • And arts of Satan countermines; And where the traitor gave the.wound, There healing remedies are found. 0 faithful cross! Sm. When the full time decreed above Was cotne•to sliow'this•wdrk of love, The Eternal Father sends His Son. The world's`Oreettir frdni His throne 'I Who on onr,earth,t.hia +ale of tears, Cloth'd with a virgin's flesh appears: Skeet aretthe 'nails, &c. 4 c , " Thus God made mail, an inf an t lies, And in the manger crieS ; His sacred limbs by Mary bound, Ttie ,pooresttattered'rags surround ; And God's incarnate feet and hands 'Ate closely bound with Swathing bands . 0 faithful cross! &,c. Full years were fully spent this our mortal bannillinent; And then the Son of Man decreed For the lost sons Of men to r blee,l; And on the cross a victim The' solemn eic piatiou nude. Sweet are the nails ezo. troll was His drink ; His flesli they, tear With thorns and nails; a cruel spear Pierces His side, Troin - WhenCe Streams forth r of waterinied with blood; With what a tide are washed again The P inftil earth, the stars • the main. 0 faithful cross! &c. Bend toweritio b tree, the,branches bend, Thy nativ.e.stubhorness-suspend!- Let not titiiPltiaitire tiseitlw To weaker sops have now recourse.; ~*ith:_sofeest arms.'receive I* pad, And gently bear our crying God. Sweet are the nails • Oii thee alone the Lamb Simi. slain That reconciled thetworld again ; And when on raging 843 was tost The shipwreck'd world,and mankind lost,. Besprinkled - with' le is altered' gore, Thou safely. brought them to• the shore. 0 faithful cross &Q.-. • r t. t • thcbspel.evi ihret , . 4 one undivided eity ; To Father, Holy Ghost, and Son, Be equal praise and homage doue: .. Let - the 'whole, iniveiliejittiel aim . is 1 t Of One and Three the glorious name. AMEN, Sweet are the, nails, (gm. 4 7 [From The Congregationalist and Recorder] FOREORDINATION• OF FREEDOM. Br 'ENV. JOHN TODD, D. D. " What are the decrees of . God A'l, ic The decrees of 'God are his eternal purpose ac cording to the counsel 'of his 'Will; whereby, ffoi• his own glory, he hathforeordairiedwhatsoever comes to pass." Why ? ,t,443 wild, beautiful lake,' which lay Snug , gled up in the further corner. of ihe town, ,w,,as called " Cedar Lake," I never knew ; ':certainly not because it was overshadowed by cedars,` for the memory of man could not recall a cedar with: in five miles of it. 'But there it was—full of fish in the summer, and the very paradise, for the boys to skate on, during the winter. Many a little fish had lost his life'by the pin= fish-hook, and many a hard fall as . well as teeny a graceful curve had marked the ice. ' At the south end of the pond was the outlet, over which was a wooden bridge, without any rails at either end to protect the traveller in crossing it. The outlet was a large, clear brook, that went singing.: off through the lots—nobody seemed to know: where, till at length about a mile off it Was,ai, , , , ain found tumbling.down a steep hill. Hare a dam was built, and the,frater had now t0.,,g0 to work, as if its time of play was over. At the bottom of this very steep 'hill was a grik4nill, with .a huge over-shot wheel,..a , very -house of bread to , alt th c ec region: , Wow .the boys used to ,come with the bags.,:of grain , - thrown across the horse's back, and dreadinc , to,go down this hill more thwall'the restOf their journey How amazing to them, the power 'Of water brought in a small trough, that could dash down upon the old wheel, and set in motion, and make every wheel' inf the building to creak, and move, and help to'clinnge >ilit grain inio flour This mill was owned and managed by General Williard, a ,larkeiilif&loiikagAgood-naturei man, full of , kinduass, monpen semr, shre-fdpess and theOlOgy) On 'the latter attaininent he' pro bably prided himself somewhat, focithere was‘rio 1 - nan.far or near„ , whq likect ariitArahe Giheral nhargii dowmipon hTs calenhisit, and his hymn.. book. He_wai What4e. call a Cal vinist—albeit I doubt whether he had ever heard of Calvin, or knew the difference between Calvin and. Calcutta. He studied his , Bible muc:ll, and went to his catechism for definitions. He had great jealousy towards anything that made . God small. He • wanted t 0 exalt him, and felt thal everything, even the smallest events, must hello der the' Divine presence and guidance. He ,not only believed that God foreknew everything, but that if he did foreknow whitsoeirer comes to pass, then it must be certain? Lind what could make it' ,dettain ? :Ntthing Arglpint the Divine will. 'He believed then in " the de crees." as they are called, and that everything great or small, must be a part of the Divineplin, efeit THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1863. to the falling of a hair, or the dropping of a seed, or the crawling of a worm to feed the sparrow with. His minister, not a very gifted man, though consistent and true, and who taught all the sailor boys the science of navigation, could never make what the neighbors called " real deep theology" as plain as the General. Nay, they even said, "he couldn't hold a stick to him," the General : though what holding a stick had to do with it, is-more than I- know,, About a mile to the west of the mill, lieds ar Mr. Lines, a plain; simple, honest, farmer., who had a large family of boys, whom he fed on the plainest food, and clothed - with the coarsest gar ments, but trained the wild, high-spirited fellows as well as he could. This ,Mr. Lines held a milder type of theology, andalways took man as his starting-point, and so clothed him with theo logical power and free:Will, and held that all was so poised oh this self-same point of free will, that there was but; very little room or need of 'God to act at al!, in the 'Salvation of men, What are called " the Decrees," or. "the Divine Purposes" he did battle against, always alleging that it was utterly impOssille for God to plan and 'mark out everythku,s , ',destreying . the free-agency of the •creature. • -" Nothing" he would say, " could be certain from eternity without destroying, our power to do as we• pleased:" Manyan earnest, sometimes altdditAen, eartat,:talk did the Gene= ral Mr.''Lines have, hilt neither"convinced` the other. „Mr. Lines wouild, allow .that God might foreknow everything, but not decree it. But," the.General(Wifuld say;'' neighbor Lines, what's the differenceli if God , knew from. titer nitythat we shoidd have,this' talk 'to•-day it•was certain to take place, was it not ?" . 01 0 no ! General. It is like d.od.fe power. He may do everything, but be don't 'choose to: So he may know everything, but he' 'don't choose to ! I've got you now, Gerietal, have I notr " Got me !•yeSl just as- I once saw a man get an old negro slave into, the same 'cornet'. When told that God could do everything, but,' chose not to do it and so could know everything but chetlse not to—the poor fellow scratched his,wpelly . liead a moment and then replied, "'den tink tlie good Lord makes a mistake, for. 'pears to me He ought to know everything so that He might know what Hewouldn% choose to know." - As k.t. Liiibs often boasted - that he rather; thought that he got a "leetle" the best of the argument in their - last coal:rotation, the •General deteriningtO4ligthe - .arggiTerafor: hifi•eideln a new form. As he kept thelltnaltto himself nobody had any share in it.' He called one after noon on 'Mr. Linesrlint found him'not, at home. So he talked withthe • boys,.. heard their account of their skating, and , • especially' of their sliding down hill in father's big sleigh. The General looked at the old sleigh,As he ... passed along, and left word thattlie4anted to-lee7-511.Mines, and would '&11 , again ttlie.next afthrnobcnil A Accordingly Mr. Lin'eS)Vicpe .ted him and pre paredlimself for a real theological battle: ..,BAt on arriving, the General eiMPly : said,: " Neighbor LineS,.Wife.h.miftteflsonite, company to,morrow night, and • sent.thei over:tos invite, you ,and Mrs. Lines to come` . NOw clbiet,refOqui—l shall esteem it a partiettlarffavor• it/ you-don't." Mrs. Lines had many, thilkis ticAyNienit having noth ing to wear, and abont'-'4o4.fing like a fright, and about seating:tall ;the: company, and about Mrs. WilliArd'S leiheitilifidlea. of, her, and all that, but her delight.at•the thoughtof going was so manifest, that; the4iiii..di,d,not long, and the bargain Was :made. ' ' •••, Now we are to have.tea at six, and we want you te„b,er,:these nu any account Mrs. Lines". , . , .„, , , " Well;ve will be as punctual as the clock." "By the by, neighbor 'Ling, don't we meet day after to-morrow about that reference business of Ansel Jones . • ' Ii • . ‘" Yes, we meet at your-house at three•o'clocli in the afternbon."'. • , "Very well, won't you please keep this paper till then and bring it. "'with you: YOU`s'Oe,:it'As sealed up, but we will open it then and see what it'dontains.,' For "partichlar,:reasons;4 tbought :96 . 1a had hettg4 keep!!' erticid•dial. lo get six eclockTto , :ntorrow." ,••••• ••:Mr.' , lines tnrned Aver 'the paper _ l apin ,and again as if he could--find some crevice out of which its convents might ooze. .Mrs. Lines held it up to the candle as if itornight be translucent; but ne, it, ~was, sealed and mysteflous ? and . dot a. conjecture could be made to stick to it. , The morrow evening came, And the sun' went down in 'cloud§ and darkness, as 'winter suns are very apt to set. The night Seemed - to ocitne rapidly, and before Mr. ,Lines' had ,shaved his face, and Mrs. L. bad donned her vaty, best, and had lifted 'and pilled her cap every way, and had taken out her old; fadedyfiliTaWly„the •only one she had had since herlmarriage, add before the of horse was harnessed in the; old sleigh, it waTfull a quarter past six—the time set to be at, the General's. goii they did hurry noW!", .Butlthe boys had put ' . la the reins wrong,, and that souse se be corrected, and' then the 'Whip had in be - liolied up,'and then Mrs. L. had fel-Often her gl?ves, and couldn't tell exactly, where they were, But atlast, hurried and flurried they were ready'tO move. ~;The old, horse caught the spirit, of hurry, and gampered"Lff, as if' he knew 'mischief be to pay, if, .he, lost, a moment : It was dark now,' but . on rushed old Tate, making the. s a npF,....ereatr,apcLiet t he tremble'e.Very jornt". TTlilienitief came to the bridge, over the., outlet , oftl Oedar 41]ake, and in rushing, pop went the sleigh, off one side, spil ling them out, on the •sniftW-Co•tetell elfh . ey were not hurt, but the old Sleigh was demOlisbed- Just as they were saying,' "'prate shall we now do ?" a sleigh, with two men drofesupoind stOp -"I say, Mr. Lines, is it you ?" ' • " Yes,• bUt Who are,you'?" " 0, We are General Williard's hired men. You were going there I expect." "tVes,Ave 461:e'i;• 0,4, - H. " Yery woll,ipthOrtpcitny,'sleigh., 114J' carry you there in a gifhn, while Joe lelds,you horse after• us. He will put it in: the' barn .safe. f l our sleigh is about done for, Lexpece Under, weigh again,' •014: were , "soon; at he General's,—only three-qnarters,of an honr a ter time. But w,ere,, l lejated' l t i ley breke down though, they. acknowledged /that,: that id • not hinder them long. -- And,hew, queel.,,,that, le General's Man Larkinothfuildlhappen to be the re at the very inements,landstakkPthein h. The General seemed to enjoy the'sffttibi.:4S too, for he crave a soft little laugh, ending it in a small cough. ts But the company was all there, and all at first acted a little constrainedly, as all company is apt to do the first half hour. But the host and hostess were so genial, and the supper table was so loaded and overloaded, and the tea and the coffee were so perfect, and• turkeys and chickens were so tender and nicely cooked, and the cold, bracing day had created such appetites, that no body was so unwise as not to do full justice to the hospitality of i'oe occasion. After supper, when a sort of glow sat upon the-countenance of all, whom should the Gene ral lead into the,room, but Captain Hamilton a general, favorite, who cpmmauded a schooner, and whohad been gone srl long that all feared he was dead. But there Jae was, and how they shouted Over him, and shook hands, and crowded around him and welcomed him! And how he gave the history, of his • long absence, and how his wifa Was now first noticed as she had slipped into the room, crying over his sufferings and her present; joy: ' So they spent the evening—happy and joyful. But tnithe l -,Lines's, there,,was a, double joy : for Cati4a„ii Hamilten tRI d NA :lines that he iiiid, met lief ibtoth'e4 in Cid:lndies ' and'. tliati.hd was:well and would be : at home the, next year. He, too, was suppoOed,•to ,be, „dead, and when Captain Hamilton Produced .a package carefully done up, with a! foreign look about it, the, good woman trenilATl and dropped some nervous tears: . But the !naps were ,allSQ.mirious to see what .wasin the,package, that the seali were broken and the parcel, vetted / ,w4n, out , came, n Jarge, warm, bPßlltik-4 1 a*Lii on which,--was ,written, ‘fo r i• my, beloved 4ister" !low the ladies did , admire it! And r am not ;sure they, did not envy it, and wish they hact r n,br4her..who *mid go off. so, and, send them such "a ellawll '` - - ':*- : , - But'the ev i 4riing *as spent, now, and the de lighted ownerl of the shawl, and her husband were told by Nu Hough that he'had a two horse sleigh, 7 i,th.clatibli,Ya4to:4o it, they, would take a seat with him, he would rust drop his own wife at her iipoi; aukl then carry them home. This dropping her at her door, would: ake them round the pond about a mile further thin •the direct road`' home: at never. mind. •In due season they would 'gettime., ' , In bidding i m good bie, the General merely _ 3 said: " Neighbor . nes, you wont,orget.our meeting to-morrow. Bring that sealed paper. And by the by, lour:sliigh'istin,attins., 7.l4hnve au old one, I wili,lend you, or sell ,you, when you take your ; home to-morrow." , , • , The company dispersed, but when Mr. and Mrs. ,Lines reached , Mr. Hough's, out came their hired man with a'huge basket of apples. ,`' We understand ,you have no, apples, and we thought your bys would like some." • ' A hearty "ank-yee," and' in went the ap jii pies in eomPa . y'Withlheprecious, - ,shaTl, and in due time` tke, loififes°'s arrived ht-liome,.- safe ,arid sound. 1 :r: V:34 ; :Y.) . ... , '' The next dayl, only, half an hour after the time, 111 r. Lines came to •the General's house on ,the business of the 'Jones -estate. On coming up to the door, the General met liines,•-and pointing to a very comfortable logking said, that's the' sleigh 'rspokc Or I Will lend it to you or sell it-jUst, as you please.' " What do yuu,thirdc. it worth ?" !.‘ I.; think it .worth tci, ; dollars.4„but you ,may have for five". • . • `.` will talre it and the bargain is closed." 7. 2 ‘-;:j' 7 • On euteridg, the house,'it, was 'skin announced thatellre' was nth ready, and conse q,R,Tty.„thp„ 4mild krohilig_akcst,,it tht Any. i`Thltfltklio2.fiapperadAhatdefbi&ll k le. re aware of it, the friends, were- again in the very thickest of the old'theologieal battle. Divine purposes, and human free - dom. The one assert ing that, God 'could - 444u everything, , ,, and fore know how and , when everything would come to ism; and yet leave Ps` free, and the other as stoutly denyino• this to be pOskble • at length the General says,: Neighbor Lines, have you.that sealed paper that left with you,,?',' , „ , . . Yes here it is "Pe you know, ..,wla.t, is written in it ?" "No, not a word of it." . . "._You,are satisfied,it was written, and sealed up, before you `camel here, on a visit yesterday ?" "'yes—but Olt; ?" you please break theseal and read it ?" Carefully'and with a puzzled look, .M.r. Lines brolle the Seal and read as'follows: " To-morrow I am going to' invite ,company to my house'. Among those invited will be Mr. and Mrs. Lines. They will leave their home,' spniewhat after the ,eveping.;.. they will drive bridge atleedar Lake, tliey„lv o i4,r,un off the ~bridge.,,and-tumble in the ''srit4 - 6'n' But taje - t4rdli r lied men will he there to help them., one to bring them , in my sleigh',-and the other: to lead their• horse,— forithe fall off the bridge will tbreak their sleigh all to a. , wreck. At - . my house they will meet a goodly company, and Mrs..lines .will meet with three things that *ill Surprise 'ler. First,-she rizill'ineet with anitfild- friend - whdm she will he very glad to see. Seconds she hear'from a relative *ill Lite her'irerSr'hai:tp?, 'and 'thirdly, she'`ivill receilie iresent'„' that will make her very, glad, arid ' After'this - the Houghs' will parr?, l tioletli home' WtilelY,..lint they will go up round,at Mrs. 11°i16'S - door they will irecely,inotlierlrisent, a.nd.then will go liome it r next :day come: ,my house, and will >buy a sleigh of ane for five dol lars, fe replace the•one he had broken! ' "All this this is foreseen and and deter: mined' )by 'friend Lines will, knOw thathe was -free in 'doing every one of those. aR, s4 `..` r TitlqX4l l ,-WPA , TARP;," ell ; said Mr:Lin - ea' "if &at - don't beat 'all Pray how, did you know this.?"` All' what? „, Why, hoi:did , you kno*,l shouldnot.leave. na - g, house till'affer Spur te:0;7ag)00-4 at six".?" • , • ..,‘33.eqause I never irUew You CoVe.punetiAl meeting on the Sabbath. That aint your-Way Youg',s2ll T PR a iff. Alit ow yo 4 4 05 Tiib9u driyo ast.?,." oorßecause being, late whenffyou set out, , -I sure you would dtive'fliirto-riAkruipitgetiiire:l; Now about the bridge, how did you know I should drive off?" " Because the snow is drifted on it, on the north side, and as I have passed over it, I saw a man must drive very carefully not to run off— which I felt sure you would not do" " Well, the breaking the sleigh ?" "When I called at your house, I saw the old sleigh, and knew that the boys had been sliding down-hill with it, and saw that •a small wrench would destroy it." " How came your two hired men there." "I felt so sure that you would drive off that I told my men to go there, and if you were in trouble, to help you on, one leading your horse." " And about the three surprises for my wife." " 0 Iliad, seen Capt. Hamilton, and he pro mired he would come in during the visit, and he told. me about your wife's brother, anti also about the. prevent of the shawl." • • •'- " How did you know I should ride hothe with Mr. Hough ?" " I asked him to be kind enough to come with his double sleigh—forseeing you Would- want eomebody,-to,carry you home."... - -• ... 4 • " How did you know we :should go up round the pond and not come directly home ?" " 0 I knew that Mrs. Hough would be in a hurry toget liereeort account of ter baby" • • And th'e.applee. which they gave us " Why, I beard . them. say they meant to give you some, , and I begged them as a particular favor to tne;to have them ready that night, for I felt quite certain that One Nvay,or another,, you, would gly hotne by their ; house. It. was planned you see, though they nor. ,you knew anything abotit it.' ' • ' '•Well, well, but one thine , more, how' did'ybu know I'should buy your sleigh the next ilay,.and, the very, sum .I. should pay forit.?" . '• As to that, I felt sure you Would brea,k,your sleigh, and that you wereoto.conie to my=tonst the nextday or the Jniles business, and I kknewl cpuld; , put the, OD so' low that you would jump at the chance." , • " Well, General, you are a cute one, but after all, what does alPftif&pfoire?" • " It proves that our actions may all be marked out, and written down,—all planned ever so minutely, and yet the• creature is left,free. My Plana, My drawing out all- these plans on' paper did not touch your free agency. You know you were fres to come or notfree to start in season, or late, to drive fast or slow, to go carefully over the!hridge, ot-careless,ly. You were free cone, Qapt.. Hamilton or to be cold towards him, to be glad or sorry to hear from the blether, free to rejoice over the shawl or not, free to ride with Mr,i 7 Hough or to walktome, free to receive oi• tease the apples, and finally, free' to buy my sleigh or nut. - Don't you lanotri and feel that in all this you were, freeto do as you pleased?" " Yee, yes ; but you could not compel me to'do any of these things!' ;• " True;, nor does God compel ,you.• He=leaves yoU just as free 'as if He had no plans All I have wanted 4,a show,. you is, thatiwe are, none the,,,less,.ftee.because. Qod can foresee and, plan that we shall freely act ,under His government. -Yousee, too; that in-all that I have done-I have dotie 'nothing init what was' for ,our good:' "`''That's trite 6,06, General, and the thing looks curious., I don't exactly know.what to say, —you have rathet 4, 2ut-witted me. . I , must. talk it all,ever-withitiy,,wife,- for shatava seal*ead of fief. I Aoiila- `k L now"wh'at ate will say 'all. 'What is your definition of purposes an plans ? '" The deerees' of God are:His eternal'Plir'poie , according o the counsel of His will, whereby, for, Eqs *own; Vor.y,te- 414' ordained ''•w4teoever comes topass.' . , " You see 'Ole' putimies or Oath . of God are eternal, hecausa He, His thoughts 'and Plans, must bc'etertiall atid-thefare according to the councils of, His own will, because in eternity, when the plans were forineil;theiViiis naefeated being to consult, ar,id, as they are all, for his own glory, theffiiiiiikfttle . ufijiisi, feri that; would not be for : His glory,.nOr ,unwise, nor wrong, nor hard,—but such as will make 'UM ruoye, glorious. And they embrace everything, or else something mighttappen that would not .be for His.glory. " Well, General, I= see things in somewhat a new light ; but I must talk it over with my wife. She can . see through a ladder as quick as any one`, and so I'll just, take my new-bought sleigh, and go to, my home, and ask her all about it. She'll know.' ~' TEE - PALI 'TREE: A stately and beautiful tree is the palm, and perhaps it is, of all trees in the East, the most useful. It comes to its greatest vigor and perfection-when about thirty yeafflild;and from that, time willfrequent ly yield, year bY year,'nforethan three 'inn dred pounds of dates, and continue this won derful frilititilneigs";'for - allay' or seventy years. The trunk, unlike other trees of so large a.grOwth, is not formed of solid, Close grained wood, butts filled in `the" centre with a Etofklpith. It rises to fi: gpeat'height from thelrbund; and growa so litraiglitAlidt'the prophet Jeremiah uses an expression which seems as if it were -,a sort, of.proverb, " Up r.igh.t.4%-tbe ,pplin-tree." , 1 r L ;t 1- , Every Part ()tibia high4=Vallied ilree ia of . .some use. A large part of the population of Egypt, Arabia, and Tersia subsist almost entirely, on the fruit, which grows in clusters jimit' below the - , l ‘ eaves. .The date-Aon`dg, when ground, furnish food for camels. ,The leves,- which grow from six to eight feet. in length, and are very' bread, are used for coverincr. the. tops of houses. They are also made into various useful articles, such as baskets, mats, and , bags. From the branches are made cages for poultry and fences for gardoilsi,.„ At IA tpagh fibres which_arefound inAhe t houghn. aye manufactured into ropes, thread, and rigging for small vetisels, •and the trunk affords firewood. From the sap a t kind of An.ey„ili prepared, whi.(2l.is, consid ered tit Aatintst tilual - ,to.,thakkr i oduced by bees: a" nd of wine is also obtained rrom it. In foftner times the palm whs found in great abundance in Palestine. Jericho was so elehiated flit- the abundance and rich ness of its palm-groves, that it was called " thenity of palm-trees." (Dent. xxxiv. 3.) I , Fourteen hundred years after cthia they seem to hive been equally numerous and for tlieY are frequently'spokert by the Jewish historian Josephus. Bethany means "the house of dates." At the present time palms are not nearly so abundant in the Holy Land as they formerly were. Reference is made to the palm in the jour neyings of the children of Israel from Egypt to the Land of Promise. They were passing through what is described as a " waste, howl ing wilderness ;" but one day they came in view of a picture of verdure and beauty, which must have been all the more welcome in contrast with the surrounding desolation and barrenness. "They came," says the sacred historian, " to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and three-score and ten palm-trees." (Exod. xv. 27.) And here, for a while, around these wells of refreshing water, and under the pleasant - shade of these, seventy palm trees, with their rich - green foliage, the weary desert-travellers halted, and pitched their tents. In the book of Psalms we meet with these word:, : " The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree." (Psalm xcii. 12.) Now, when i vre .consider:; that all - around, almost everyWiere, where - the eye rested, the noble'and graceful palm was seen giving beauty to the landscape, and reminding every, passer-hy of one of the most fruitful sources of national plenty and wealth, we can easily see how much meaning the Psalmist we4ald inelu.derin his N W ds, "The rigb teons Let it always be kept in Mind that the life of all those who are gond i an t d holy is a beau tifa_lithing. God commands it, We read, "'The righteous Lord loveth righteousness; Ills countenance . d 0 thl3ellol4 Ake upright." (Psalm -xi. 7.) Good men esteem, it; and even bad _men,4l.ougli ,it, cw i nleons _them, adtVrejit,japol. cinifaidattVitt thOrkils nothillg so truly beautiful and .lovAly; as goodness. And bere,tep is the .secret, of f happiness. o'ar'youni readers wish to truly hiplif, find tclgolthTroug'b It 'e= 1, 41.11 - t t proval of,God, and-to have the inward quiet of a peaceful, conscience, ;they must, ;above all things, aim to be good. . Another allusion to the palm occurs intone of the closing scenes of our Lord's life upon earth. In fulfilment• of an old prophecy, Christ was entering the, city of Jerusalem riding upon` ad ass. Hearing of tbis, a largo ratinlSt of people went out to meet Him; and, carrying in , their hands " branches of palm-trees," they "cried, Hosanna: blessed• is the King of Israel, that cometh in the name - of the Lord." (John xii. 13.) They did' this with the intention of show ing the honor and esteem, ~in which they held.Jesus,' and in . token . of the gladness with which . they welcomed Him to the Oity. Only a few days after, however, instead of the glad. " Hosanna. l" another cry went up, " Crucify Him ; crucify Him." palm ;was the emblem of vieteri,flnd'jyyiand,St..Tnlin thus speaks of the, glorious companY of heaven : ," I be held, and le, a great multitude,l , wbich Man could number, of ail nations, and kind reds, :arid peoples, and tongues, stood before the throne, and befOre the Lamb, 'clothed with white• robes,and palms in their b d " AD S. vii. 9.) HoW.° glorlotts"th'e" tritemplr Over 'sin and dt ath which these ransomed ones thus cele brate I flow glorious the deliverance from all ain,' and fibtrow, and evil; from all tears and temptations, of which they sing, as they cry,"`Survation to our God which , sitteth upon the throne, and unto the, Lamb !" Tltatptay.XE :6) 01 he mine ?" But how many are earnestly and successfully- seeking ttyhafe - -answered ? Let ~ each of. out :young...fniends seriously, earnestly ask,. y " '.‘dtm 1'' —Early Dati -*. The NEW YORK OBSERVER calls attention to the WOingiNi - Hospital Of ttlat .oity. This noble and merciful instiOtion was origina ted by Dr. gnus, whose suggestions have beet' tit'rt out band" Of beneficent and selfklenying women;-who have provided for their sex one of the most benevolent charities in the whole world._ At the recent annivtAlary, torliginl44h l is address made the follow Lag allusion to this Hospital—this Bethesda inNew York : "Look at its records and you will find that it has given shelter; health, and life, as it were, to the wives and.. daughters of clergymen, 'of lawyers, of doctors of mer chants' clerks, of merchants who have been unfortuniit4"in businesa, Of' college profes sors, of teachers, of druggists, of artists, of farmers, of mechanics,, and,Nany others of respectability and culture.. A young man on a salary has a poor, sick wife. His family plipiician says to . him ;--,‘.‘..Your wife's case is peculiar,'—it is delicate,—it is diffi cult; but it can be , cured I have not the facilities for perforMing the necess'ary opera tion, but if she could go to New York she might be cured, shorktime." "But," says the husband, " I can't afford-it—my salary will not penan - le to send my poor, suffering wife.to-the'eity;:find to place her in a boarding house or hotel, and then em ploy a greatAt,,y . ; doctor'," But," replies his physician, ,"Eiendliiii to the Woman's hospital and she will haN;e, the services of its medical alßeers.-withentai, .cent's,,post, pay ing only for bciard;ticcording to 'circum stances." The honest physician not SCCUS tomed.. to perform the . foperations that are done here almost deify, is too glad to know that there i5,..09,41;L : en Institption as the Woman's Hospital, where * die can: send his respectable patient of,modest means, with the hope, nay, almost with fhe certainty, of seeing 'tier return soon' to'the`b'osoni 'Of her little family, prepared-to , fulfil again the re sponsible duties of wife and mother." Sadh afP institution 'iv indeed a blessing. Dr: , 'Sims -spoke of the recognition ,of the Hcispitai aboail, a&complish ing for woulep in all civilized countries. Seventi-five beds are , nOWin ilieHospital, and they. arc-all .in, demand .ponstantly. hege-..-Oamplaints, hitherte; considered incu rableittiie 'li - 6W:treated' w "411140 sucdess, ancl'tlie'bjektfligesthe,:Hospitp,l confers are m limited only y itsmeans
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