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.
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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
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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.
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[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
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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."... - -•
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" 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