The American Presbyterian. (Philadelphia) 1856-1869, September 30, 1869, Image 3

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    raitait'o Cable.
ger Publisher's will confer a favor by mentioning
the prices of all books sent to this IYeDartment.
LANO •oat 1601111 ANS.
The greatest work of- the)greatest Apostle, the
classic of all Chrhitian doctrinal writing, the
key note of moral, spiritual and doctriiitd,refortil l
t he substratum of Protestant thinking, before
the Reformation ~tead of the thinking and , acting
of the Reformation itself, the Moat leignal `maxi
o f the departure Of Eomanism from the'firith,
is Paul's Episflo o, the,Romins, • And all stir
dents of the word ; will wcicome the announce
ment that Lange's- Bible-work--*the most thor
cugh and comprehensive of all Comtnetiferies--L
has at last`rea4hed yds"great - field of Chastian
exploration. this volume, the eighth, of the
series, which is entirely devoted, to the.-Apistley
will be found. one-of the ripbest; and 3retl the
most difficult of all. Rich tifid attradtiVetoUil
will prove :the extensive nnd i ,nbly i %ft:glen
introduction, in which the life and ,charac.te,x, of
the Apostle are drawn, and, the ,wholaairele.of
his Epistles is considered, and , -.the' Epistle to
the Romans treated' in connection with tWotheik.
But the profound doctrinal pertiniii,t3
doubtless the Apostle ,y4er:referred, when be
spoke of the things hard to be understood , in
Paul's writings, ard•tiested , with 'elabbrateitess
which requires the leisurely tipiilicatiOn':Of
the mental powerS einployed in grappling with
truth. The volume, „may be viewed , almost. as a
compendious treatise on the theology and,rnieral--
ity of the Refrortatien. " The leareedf and ,. korn
petent principals:yf
mentary, Dr. tat3go.lii i ,GFFnany, andlDr.
in this country, hamparsonally taken:charge .pf
the leading part of dfni volume, Dr. Lange ,hring
been assisted by his ion.in•law,' Mr Fay; and
tichaff by Dr. J. P. 1111'1.4; Who tritnialateA
work, and by Rev s: . l3..Aid,dle A. 0 4 lF ik
comely printed, hatl4s:t Imes, andlis sold fort 0.
SCRIBNER SL Cost
-
. + ./.1.7 , . .1 ~ 1 _ll.d• ‘,.
The sermons of, Rey.,STOPB,OI4) A. Anpolil,
Editor of the Life awl Letters of Robertsonoted .
published by the samehottse,-41zids i iChatioon i l
& Co.,—are alniost - wholly ctkieernOd''l4rati tbi3',
.1,. • JIL. /.. l..
human aspects p e r l dlynle truth ".Qf , evangeltoirl
flavor they baxe glifss, even :thsn ! I,olfpertannb3.l
They know .nothingvot, the great redemption
through the A . '! • ble•o4, l tethieref infinite
justice, nor ort . l l.f.. of iiii'4l:taltJestiCeitirte
to take upon sMiiiirl4):*? ; l:o o 6, q 94..
ADAM BEDE hmLanciTp gospel,i4 }t than AMR,
essays around theiumre nunigin of spitituirb truth'
and human destiny. Foetiterrest;.theyttireiresb,
readable and ettirrelrbrtheirown 'sphere. 12mo.
pp. 323. $2. .*:. ;I
SAINT PAIXL. , 043 erk.
.1;i ria Rik
1, . • - t •
of a real geniust,and„uteß of,w, e learningiArcat
rhetorical power, pathos-011i , 1 1 . 45 Atitnntal fifvjg.,
But mingled , with those qualities; is the iheereet
waywardnessotelftvill - and - reckiesrlevitrtowards,
the sources from whinith‘ draws, which makes,
his books of alrfostp9,lfidne above! that of a/ro
mance written :Wittl i joe! ill-def:4o . liir'efili &-
pose. One reads, for a time attracted by the;
more elevated pEiteldrilliettl 101606115, like these
s• When philosophy deelares that she will not occu
py herself with teligicarr, teligroF replies to her by;
strangling her., e n 44, ,in , s!, .fer Akilettzt
phy is nothing un ' i,eskitypintl,otttaa patli, for
inanity;—unless ,it 'takes:at aerionseviewsof the
infinite problem, which is the same for all."
Then we are stungto atteppon slew page„Our
ther on, by such gold arid , grfanitous Suggestions,.
as that Paul's speech at Athens may newer have
been spoken; that at any .rate itt is two-faced,
pretending to make'advanees.to•thilosephy with
out knowing what he was about, or being athe4t
sincere ! The whele thing a curious product
of French litereinie neuieleWhigria; iiptne
or coquetry, or of rare play-acting too near to
profanity to:leave , room for'any feelings very_dif
ferent from indignation and „grief. CAaLwron.
N. Y. pp. 422. $1.75. For Sale by Lippincott.
Dr. Breed's recent xpIiFru:.JENNY Guir„vs,
or " And its great Conflict
Despotism," is - a. piriiisewoithy attempt to , pepu
larize the leading 'facts` of the early history of
Presbyterianitn't It' Scotland . ; shelving its Vibe
rent antagonitnii eprireasienithd 'Vin
dicating its claims' Upon' the ititelliovl. rit and:faith
ful regards of its people an,a or" elr ohildre>i to- -
day. There wilLbe. no difficulty, ere app,rett4nd;
in getting young people to read the 'histerical
part of the volude, het that explaining and
fcmling our '.polity; however carefully prei red,
cannot be considered entertaining. We are dis
posed to think that JENNY GEDD9 is The first
book issued.by the Presbyteriaw,Boarkin: which
the name and epiniens of Mr. Barnes are men
tioned with respect. ,-
431E0E.GE E.I.IOT'S WORKS.
The ,prose, Works 'of this powerful writer, the
wife of dreor i fic; B. Lewes, are being` issued in
the neat, conmsgan,4 cheap,form which has b'e
come familiars tolhelipubiie. in the late re issues
of iteade's and. 011,000? works by the same
house. ADADTI3IIIOE fflf*VON• THE FLOSS and
llomom, have thumad...appeared.. Some of the
saddest and• deepest leisaoun of, human experience
in the tortuous paths okteimare taught in these
tales, which deal in no fancy characters, or pure
ly fietitiout incidentsliAt IMMO hove among
the familiar scenes and ohkraeters, and deal wit 4
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1869.
the recognized possibilities of every day life.
In Romor.a, however, the scenes are laid in Flo
rence, in-the times of Savonarola, the great Re
former, and are less familiar. The creative power
which frames and sustains through a whole nar,
rative, &erecters se real and so alive that their
memory haunts and holds one like a spell, belongs
emphatically to the author. And who has ever
drawn such fine shades of difference in moral
perception, as are apportioned by our author, to the
different 'characters in ADAM B.Dr. ? From the
belutiftil getty with no more morti nature, than
an Arab per to Dinah, Who is almost all spirit,
there is a whole diapason, in., which, every prom
inent character has a place. Certainlyi,i the au,
thor Inuit tank 'with the-most gifted writers- of
fiction in 'our day.
,The'yolumes areJor sili3 by
Lippincott .& Co., prie,e, .T 4 9yit!e a F the
inaprint Jac simile; of the .antior„ for „which
3fessraiFields; Cfsgdod & Co. pay isilrealsonable
royalty. " ' , L.
• ' k‘.. ie 7'; t
Idessrs.lllalaPan- & Bawarp Aisuing a Ail)
cheapek =edition -of f Mrs:Lewes! George' Blibtla)
works, in, morereadable ~ t ype,ltintl iTithike 3 vdral
illnairatkuia _
'NOW tidr j ftrierve
any ,eyi4enee, glat ,
Ihe proce.eds-of thraseditioni wehieh,rtb be i suref
is issued
, at the extremely W rate trot 75 eats' a l
VOlittn4. 1 .12in0. •
;,-.. A' LI 11:•; j• ‘I,
.! • CalinLES ISORIEBNI:11-:& have.iasued aanew l
•
Volumeef the .Itrittit'l'D'ATED LIBRARY*OF4TOpp- ,
Dins, like its predecessors , fropi that nation of
acute observers , and vivaCionsaa:Charining nar
rators, the French. 7 ,.1t, is upon
of Animals.;" going. through.the entire circle ,of
,animated exist,ence,*- : it Oren' suriiiiOntifeUits. and;
indieatione intellide l u T eefrhiri
I, 90_ 1 urc
o'fatifi fit'
the loivest orders. ; There : are hints o material-,
Jat .1 , 1 \ •
jade itendencies in tbe t - i writer,, govhen the gives;
statistics of the eburparativeiteig,hti of the brain-ini
min and the anitriall4 Nit Ihtial is "very little: at
tempt to anythrpg more 'than exhibi n t the facts
I 1
111 4 , the moat entertaining ray, er9vapi. il
lustrations of , great beauty and eifentifitnqss.-
. 16ni0.,.pv, 370: - .111: •
- 1 =
;•, • • •
The
P i xil.eat - zrk by ( E.Iie . TIO - ilior of
The ,Minist W 'a - 41 tr *"
, e, an .Th Nthorpeti." '
Awr , icAti Tract, SocieV'N ' •
o XElGEitaafs' " llliiiAr..ltrthe'aulh ` ot ." of
''The *Ow Coinnianfilaent„ 4 '‘&& Price, ;1 0.,
American Traci c Aodieir
.;1 . ;' • t
MRS. Ttioa.kl.g . GuEsTfi; or, daft • : V
and Without, byy 4rcli}e
Fell. *Prlpe, ;
Aniericio. Tract,Sctme i t,y. -7 if no - I'lllU '!
ARMY
L I 1: T A i . 4 ;(sl i ttlaTl :i
IFR IN 4., .._. AC
Thomas VC r etitvierih itm l i t ils6l l l 34; F1 Id ti' l3 6o'
& PO saleby :,3‘" if fl6') 4. ? Bg.
. . pinco,,t Co.
~,„ .1.r.e.0 /tit t
RLI !I_,OL'l', 1 RR. ti.ADI Az, ty 'Geo . . _Eliot.'
Os4e6d & CO : ' Palate hy L JTß:lipp'n
Cott & Co. 41' 00.
' I 1-
CKIWOOD / aAnNXfor ScPteiitlie;lBW.
,I;eoPardAcott, PubliAinc , isr.l".
11 1 - Lißrza ' s MO~l TI LY
; iMAf for October,:,
( 59 ..
HOURS AT 'Spank for, 'Oetolper 1.869 - has:
&wallet. & Co., N. Y. '
kructirra, getobf,i!
Osgood & Co . -
ti
Ira YOUNG Yovicr - tor trciOber: _
L
IPPINCOTI r,NE maakz ror 'otdbdr; Philo
- 01113 xl,l t • -
LITERARY ITEMS.
`f • -
new nacopaj IpOnit- 13 7L,
Tlt . r/Stb
iiaenden, has been verysuccemul as an
author of popular religious works, oCa Oetided
evangelical tone. They are, seventeen in num-
Lr. 18,000 copies of "The.Pitiables ,of our
Lord" have been sold, 26;000 . of "rortraitsfrom
the Bible," 29,000 of '‘i*Greitt Triiths,')ll very
plain language; 35,000 of "C.onfirinatron,
38,000 of the "Laboring 'Alan's Book," 33, 000 -
of the " Worda, of . Peace.," 8000 of " ThelßOme
Beyond " 160 000 of F' The Pathway ofll Slavery,"
• • • ?
and, 170,00 0 of " The Earnest CommuOicnt,"
The advertisement of these works obeuplei a
whole page , in the " London y.ublishers':Cifeu
lar." An Extract from ''Tlie , Earnest Commu
nicant, entitled,: " Communion Week'," has beeri
issued by the, Rresbyteilin PUblisiti ‘ cca ;Commit
tee.
—The Jews in Vienna, have, ',issued proposals
for a prize eseity-,-to, be,, written either in Ger
man; French, or ,liebrkv-i-ion. the,gewish Die
tary Laws," 'their, history, religious
and dietary effect- .The essayetto„be se_ ot. to_Dr.
Ad. Jellink, Vienna, beforOuly.-1,•,=. The
prizes are 1,009 i and 590 francs:.:;,:;• , . ,
—Count D'Oriel,iai,toteal'iindy;t-bf the last
generation, hitt 411 . I•emittite; *44 - once
offered by London - '#Vidiih'era j 140 sum if
in
he would write his eniehriloiidaefilrivhai .he
knew of English' sobieti.', ,Tlie'Coniitiwas , always
in want of money, for his habilis iterelexpensiVe
to maintain, and just.thenlre'bitik'aecon.nt was
very" " low," but he was aft' honorable man, and
to the tempting offer replied, " No;'l`wi 1 , never
betr t y . the people with 'Wl7ona I have.'dified'l
conniend 'the honorable 'reticenceilif' the
Ceinit to 'the eCosideration 'Of all those - Who ore
in the bait reporting the" incidents' ton
fersatiolas' which are learned in the free inter
course , prjirate. life; 'A gentleman alwayS
shrinks from alt4lng liiinself to be the means , of
introdieino . the public' to friend's dining or
'drawing room.. • r • -
---A copy of the first edition of Shakeifeare,
the t3liO,of wanting'two leers, and with
A slight defect, - in another, enf 'was lately sold at
Lonaori..for 51,0% • There is a $146430Y 61 4f
hiary in Birmingham; England, 'composed end
tirely of Shakespenfe's works and the litera
ture they have produced. Established in
1864,
it includes more than a - thousand volumes, many
of which are costly and , rare. 'Every, auqicir or
any book about Shakespeare - 1S requested: to con
tribute. •
,; —Dr. Shelton,: Maekenzie , ,makes the mysteri
ous ;announcement - that Byron's Autobiography,
which Moore burned, " will.yet see the
—Alexander Von Humboldt's Library was de
stroyed by fire, in 1865, at the London auc
tioneer's. .
—Richardson's novel of ",Sir Charles Grandi
so4," which, extended to eig t ht volumes, has long
ranked as the most extended work of prose fic
tion of modern times. Kistig to Bolin, a Jain=
nese author, has just comideted, in 105 volunies,
a novel 'whick-be commenced thirty-eight years
ages , 7 fi
ofLew ; _ York, writes gips
sensibly; on an International . Copyright law to an
English eorrespondent r :L-"'I have been familiar
With iheVOtik busiiess, arid - with bocpkselleri and
publishers, for about --twenty years, and 1 , have
never heardlroin one.single person the'utterand)
of the least. disinclination t : o ,reciprocate, a just
and .rair l law on . , that subject. I think, on t h 4
eon'trary, it has bee p universally ilesiied'thie
coiliati 1114 k if icoV-Wherb the greedy botiki
sellers of - witomlyou ‘speak.? 'The fact is, if I
mistake.l.not 4 :the English; claimed, all,.and.thoy
topjfl .angs,,, the An3es ; icarte„nothieg; but now,
that they see there is some - thing here, they are
beginning to yield somewhat, an I the iold wilt is
tbing kiihdiled:wo4tr;.htt4lei*il war tilie'ladi no
stiallfhattenee irebringing,fabout -different ea:
,thbalfumiriailEnglami , iof);Yisokee4oilairt4 l an. , 4ad
before prpv,ailed."
.11:41 f
0.1 -inrAnnanfutektenta la mew issues of American
.11 . 1111isliem i .mulSiplyzapaep. Scribner kelb,pr.o r
nuse a l fine list of lio - Ogs;, as " Piauresi of
tegeWocia," hitiOnalir Miiehell, of WlifehditlY
three hundred copiehriviWbeeisiiied:.'`They! .. alfso
innouilet ".BeLA3II a.ideheription
.Off Otery_litingprPatapft 1119.etioned iq,the §9.4.1-
tprea r from.the the ,Coral by ; the ROL.
litendid work will he issued
j Opecial iirraniernerit with tke LOnSilliublish
ertt''''l"'LitigeVe.braiiietitaryi" PtoverVs, trini
,ldiedlinctidited by Pscif..Teyler
Prof,....PPa-r-1,
,Union .Cotlege ;ii!‘.Ecelesi
akei; "by Rei.' Dr. diteeit,'4it Princeton . ; &tit&
of J. Addison Alexander, D.D.," by 'Rev: IL
TAlhxittider ,Church ortheiNine
lteau eentitry.X f kranslated„wl edited, rby
i,,We•plso note a large list by Cas
pit & Ro„ f lieirtue 'New. YO eß kk ; Alfred
lartieriPhifadelitlifa, JO. 'Harper Brothers
will titibrialiii editiiiti4"-UphanA PhiThiso
phyi,q.,Ttatihru,l*,..:Son ; -=". Mr. Bryantls ,Letters
from the East," Virtue & Yorston'; " Qurioaitics
rof the Pulpit "...bye Prebendary Jackson, etc.
VO 1' • ' .Y. • ' „
ii,sttltaittrato - ; -
.
— iico
L. -,d/TEMS ikrATILMSAL
.Rat. C. : NJ:Sutler, -
haveibeem int moreltilum,,thilty towns in. be
neighbo.gheed4.,,ltorpe, which , hyra i .4 ,rapgnpf,
from,l,99lto6,o,9Q.inhabitnl4., In not one Of,
them, not even in 's'Adlilnic,A.fic: summer resort d'
'of 'Rem% there' t!
book-store, oraritbek-it,dll,:ot.la place *here:4one
can buy a newspaper.. What a fact that is
deed,
,any . thing more diarnalrcire'iry, degraded,',
diirtyi.ilead , and -if' there be:. any other unplea-'
sant. adjectiVe beginning with, d; that too--thanA
a.l town,.DP4eliev.e anywhere tp
be found short Of-Tfer'key-. 4 i,.... 1 ` 1 * 4 " r •
The Inquisitor-General Of the - IDV See, in'a;
dtienment_ ''beaiing .`date September 15th; :1851,',
strittly'eornmend4 those' wlioth he address* to
makn.kno*nto him such: persons. and grimes., as
heproceeds- ! to ,specify, Among these, are the
following
All heretics, persons:'aitsp' - '4ctkd - or'repb
Vco-bertiereties, orwho gave'fairored,'or defended,
Tor! described .or !explained hereste.s."
~rt,"rThosef:vhof have hindered in any.ineasnre
lwhatever, the Epceedings of
,the office of the ,
erY Ingmsition
" Those'Who have eompased' satires, or di
.
vulged iikainst the 'llli,gh Priest,:lthe,
SacrediCollege,Siiperiors; Ectlesiasties, or against
-
"Those who without lidense retain writings
and prints, which contain lieresies, or the hooks
of heretics."
Those who without necessitror license, hive
...eatenyor:given others to, eat, meat, eggs,
latticini
; ,(the produets .milk),on ferbidden days,, in Con
tempt of the precept.; of the Church." ,
" Whoever fails to denounce the above crimi
nals to the Holy Inquisitor, shall be subject to
-Erednimunicati-on:" --
1 Thisfrightful.document was to be hung up in
all layerns; iciffethci4eS,JihoPlif,, book-stands and
frequented places of every kind. What a horri
ble instrument placed in the hands of evil and
revengeful men! What an, agency for• dissemi
nating distrust, and terror, and deception, and
clegradatiOn; through a 'ce t inniiiiiitY I What inr
'tures of mind' and heart,' whitestruggles betieen
compassion an& a. sense .of justice on_the one
aide;
_and a ; misinstructed conscience or an, in
evitsble,terror on the nther .
, ..; A, f
One i feature of .the edicts, which runs through
the.'4vhole herein ''adininistratibn; js - : the source :
ief untold woos'ari If gross injustice to the. citizens
of the Rothan 'States. , l the eases above
mentioned, whexp,:ui penalty merely correctional
As to be applied, a , speedy
, and summary process
8141 take place, when the character of the delin--
'4neney shalt he 'eStablished; and like names 'of,
inforsier , -/AcOloi . tnesses- 'skitlebe; kept secret:,
Half of the _fines imposed; shall, be applied tc(
the. benefit of holy plaecs, and , the _other half,
shallbedivided,-hetween the informer and the
officers who shall' haveexecuted the law?'
NOtliing;conld'eieMpliftyl betteitlian theseptb
visions the evils of the priestly government. The
names. eif,inforaier,shrid. witneseeeNe Obe secret 1
False informers run ino risk ,of contradiction, ex
posure, 'or• confuintion..- . If ; they, ; have enemies,
here is a means of cheap and safe revenge.,
direct: premium . ~ is ,offered : , to" -needy. and inahg
liant spies r and informer% for `. A h., :g r q r a ib rr e:m ro4'.
e ; 3.
11
:fines.go Ack , the,,infotraer- It*
* * . * • * _
" The number; of ! e,celelsatioal -persons,, priests,
monks land nuns,. preperly 'belengiPg to, Itome'ii?
. about .7,0.00..-Since„the establishmentof the king
eloM of Italy,, about 3,0.00 more ,have flocked in.
The number of Roman citizens is about 180,0,v.
.makes ..one .ecclepiastieat person . to_every
•
.eighteen of,the laity,, including women , and p4JI
- en. A.sufficient ,supply=enougli to, ruin them , !
.'l' once said-to -a. Roman friend; that 'it seemed to
Me that the.space covered: -by strictly ecc)esiasti.
'r f _
'Sam'e' pub
cal property within the walls of Rome must be
half of its whole area.- He replied that be did
not doubt it, and that, as he had some large
maps, he would make the estimate. He did
make it, and assured. me that it covered two
thirds I"
* * * * * *
.•
Mona. Manning was overheard extolling the
free schools arid - colleges and libraries 'of Rome
to one Of these Puseyite Englishmen,.wlio; by
one .short piss, so often stepi into. the Romish
Church.. But, it,is a, wretched education, and
there is, very little ; of ,it, such as it is ; ,for .when
the summer vacation,. of three months is, de ;
d l nCied it, tIiLT, 'are also sieand' a `half
Menthe 'Morel to' = instruetioir in-''fagis' and .
festas and ceremonials, so ythat-there arb
but. two. and,, a "half ~months pf instruction, and
Oiose,not consecutive.
I'Hk ... CONVERAION' :- '6O'NOAM7WELB'
. _STEM LL; D.
._
He came of. a pious stock ana *as a ,child
of pitiyei; bit' being 'of' aiiledepe.rideariipiiii;
and disposed inteilneddle
grew up , adverie ton the doctrinahformirlati.of the
never . a- disbeliever, the
andcenstant in wership, he, withheld
himself from' l any personal faftb:in diii4st.,'Hie
Wife' Wag "a liunible ' and - praYeillit At
the ttinie of which I Speak:4i is' ;family eMiseisted , tif
two- daughters; the :older of sixteene.yeati, the
Y°WIfVF-9A:fc'4rtOPP, aPd sonic YdullgeN PhildAeu;
418 the Old Cerst,e'rchurch of, New
thena youdg and' 'Ai':
via .iißti,clieViir the 'nevi 'theology. 'These'
'etiffiestliiinistrailotis Of the Word: were'stirring
tbe%comiumnity,te.its:deptbs. , . The, , Spirit,of,God
was ! app)ying.,the -trutli, ,mpp's, sonsoion cos, and
numbers among that
,people were being con
sin4and-VieMil tii6 a'vlour. the
I.46'dAutithters' i hr lifrl e. WebSter i beedine 1
.concerned 'for thelf , townqa4l+SYionl: 4 Theiedi-Al
;tress of mind was evident: 13 A: decided., Man,,he
t ysxote,,a yete Air_,,Stuar„Rourtpopiy but posi-
OvelyprokikiOng, him from conversing 'f'urther
With tliVnl'on'the ,
relc,gion, and'jai.
atini that 'they need, itioh
!change- °V .:character. - Stuart' irged, and
were all that, as their father, .desired -them, to
be. The elder he sent out of the city to visit
friends, as a means of'Zivertin,g,ber mind; but
`Gkidt - grileiikisly led hit. to' Iliinself during her ab-
Apace.. , Thityounger,;daugher, 'my•mother, re
oriajrial at home -ni withip, a ,weelrfound peace
in Christ, -tinheiAped save' work and:gra.ee,
The change' in ler, i.iiinianifeSied'le.!
her `very air' and: niiiiner, in tbederOne'ihtif-,
rieis of her life,: and bewtenderiasiiduity of ,love
:towards rberr .parents, Struck the father: to his
He e,was , tpo car.didia pan not p(), f o w ,
fact when saw 4 it. Trouble seized upon `hilt
alSeenil he felt the reality of 'ehin4 he never;
had 4 experiericed;ii l wrought by
Divine; grace Foi..dayi he , shut himself in hist
study,-with,histilible f :aed gave himself, honestly
to. know whatittiat,taoght, him et his bePditiga
before6id. "Al fast e senorM gru
a - ,
and unburdened his whole mind to
ner without-excuse . . - -ite — scion - found - peace in .be
liev,it,, lila .1:414" long after, with -his 4aughters,
he joyfully confessed Christ in his Church. At
the age of eightyfour he'died-giVing this testi
4nony have not one wavering doubt or:fear.
know whom I have believed, and,am persuaded
that.He is able to keep that whichl have
- .
Mittbd to Mini- till that day.' "
--ucev. Ja.,
' 4 •".
.
M=L=l
Some years= age a lady , was travelling
with ber- l husband to •1KE1,150413. ! As she was
crossing Illinois . she saw , in,the; saloon of.
.
the car a beautiful young lady recliningrOn,
the sofa, and asked her, " Why don't Yon
icome'thit a'ildenjoy the scenery ?".'
.'Mh* ., coniiersation - that followed revealed
;the rapt that, the young lady'sJather . was
.the agent ,of -the railroad, and thatrshe,was
ill, and in a despondent state of mind. The:
'lady endeavnrid to direct her attentionto
'Christ 'and thel great: salvation: • `
, g! I am.. very ignorant," ;she,. ,repliecr.;..,!.. I'
,never thought onuch on the ; 81:113je,gt;pr-liad!
c anyfriend to hely.ine. ' l , ,
'The tears began to;itow..; the; lady
the Adel tif the salcidn i and' say by her'
.side,qind; like Phillip; "Ipreaeled' Jesus" to'
her. I .Then` she opened her heart freely: "1
Uwe beeA,,a gay, aud fashionable, girl," . she
said, "fond of the balt,room and other,giddy
pleasures.feii months itgei 'aftended a,
ball with an intimate friend, and Walking
home; with our 'thin 'shoes in the rain 'we;
both took.cold., 'Diet friend is inAis.grave.
a,nd,„l know I ,am not prepared to die. I
haireAad npJneeting to
,go to ; no Christian
friend•toe,ollealt — l have read in the Bible
must' banNierted i''but - rcould:rnot
tell What it wits•fto be- converted ; 'and ram
still in 'Adarkness; - can, you teltnie
" It is ,to , comp ? right, to ,Uesni, r with an.
bumble, contrite' heart, and ,c . ast yourself' on
Him. ;He invites you; and is Willing and
waiting•to:receii6 'you. Are you willing to
give yoprself up .to Him, and! be His .for
-or
: .
..,
h, yes, and anxiopti., The world .
- his nothing to satisfy . my immortal
All MY deslie is to ' have' Christ ;for' mY"Sa
'Vicar:7
" Are yon,Willing r to' :commit yourself tO,
Him without, treserv,e, and when ,you go.
A l opie,,t t o i teil:, H your parents and friends that
you 'have .
_given yourself to - kith'?"
Still "iibeiti`e " Yes; " "
'Jesus, 'take rue asil-am ' •
she: said this,ber-face beamed;with joy.
,5110:Fitme.4e4 fcoitiPhey. ar!nP , P•nd e*Ted
her unknown friend in one long, fervent
embrace " Oh, how grateful lam for. your
'tratid 'has:stint You to me. - No
person lsibrlss;i& a Worelito =Me ,, on the
sub
je religion !before in my . life. _I can, I
do _trust,in Jesus ,* 2/4 paylonr. How, can
I evey thapky j cp eno4gb The darkness_ is
dispel led; ,/ r am haPpy now
' AsVre' *ere nearing -the''station 'where
lier father wortlitniebt her, she handed her
card and:said; r',We may- never.: meet again
in this world, but we shall meet aga).u: God
-110 W , 30:11E , SAVED.
bless you." That card and name are sacredly
treasured yet, and that conversation remem
bered, as among the *most precious of a life
time. How many such golden opportunities
are lost Oh, let us be faithfal.—American
Messenger.
THE DIET OF BRAIN-WORWERS.
The meals of brainittorkers should, so far
as possible; be leisurely enloyed •fit a pleasant
social !Ole.
~,This rule is of preeminent im
portance, and is usually set ed upon in most
civilized lands.. , ,Restaurants.are,an abomi
natidn, for the reason that they-compel
their patrotta ter select' their meals by the
na94 0 1 11 -.9 4 ,thf , . / carlqv a/I4 „ 11(4 by their ap
pearance and When brought upon the
table:=- We can not, tellf what .we desire until
we see the articles spread before us, as at
thelAttart filthily tibial The:" European
plan"—charging dearly for each..niontbful
as = -ow w edy, iworks"'sadly :"an the
health, because it-distracts the mind from
di& --'• •
T " Ohatted food jaill digested,"
is just as untrue as the idea that brain
workers should etitntiliS than laborers. The
three beat =digesters are, sound health, a
good table, and pleasant conversation ; but
the , ,greatest - of these- is conversation, for
it tan , divert the mind eVen-when the
health andlo - Od are both unsatisfactory.
In .the charminm biography of Charlotte
Bronee, Gaskell, we are told, that
thefather of the accomplished' authoress, on
abeonrit of tiovVeakness of digestion, was ac
editiotned :to take , 'his meals \by himself,
apart frora4he rest of- the• If that
bad been his habit long, it is no, wonder
that he was often_compelled to give vent to
his 'attacks of hypochondriasis by " firing
pistols opt of the 'back door." Solitary
'dining
:opt
idow death. To board long in
restaurants is not' - to cheaply, but to
diet.expensiVely, Keepers - of hotels and eat
ing-houses, pre ,l the highwaymen of our
They lie in wait at every corner,
allure by their tempting surroundings, and
lead ;Oil ,thein deluded victims to misery,
and perhaps to slow destruction. We may
visit, such places at occasional intervals, to
pass" a pleasant hour with a friend ; but
when we really need a substantial meal, 'we
should seek for; he humblest family circle
j.n preference to ,the most brilliant saloon in
the land., The
_great Objection to dining by
a bilhif faie'is;,that we' •cannot tell what
we most desire iititilvve see the articles of
food and,inhale,.:their, savory fragrance.
The eye ALp4 the. smell guide the sense of
taste' and rcallycontrol it. French names,
'with high prices annexed, are at best poor
appetizers-' , ' This..is •the philosophical ex
planation .th e feet that, in sitting down
to a public table, we often study over the
leheditle - irelnervons despair, and then de
cideoupon.li'dieh, which, as soon as it is
plated before us; we find we have no relish
for. Nothing can redeem the life at a pub
lic table but pleasant circle of very - dear
fliende, to - gbar i e the • Misery with us. Stu
dents in Colieges'ilind clerks in' Stores, are
often compelled lo , board themselves from
motives of
p eonomy. The Recessity is a dire
one, 'kit if it mint be met it shdttfd not be
by one single handed; but by two or three
company:.nni --
To recapitulate in -a few words: the diet
of brain-.workers,,, should be of a larger
variety, more delicately served, and more
abUndantlY nutritious 'than that of mechan
ics and laborers. 'We. sh'ould select' those arti
-des that are most agreeable to ourindividual
tastes, and so.: far ;as. possible, possible, we should
take our ,meals amid pleasant social Bur
riiuddibgs. grsit crises that call for un
usual'exertions, we 4ihohld teat •the sto
mach, that for the time the brain may work
the.harder; but the deficiency
,of nutrition
ought always to be supplied in the first in
terval Of repose.--Dr. G. Beard, in Hours
at Home, for .S'eptember.
MEM
MORAVIAN.r—iIie Moravian statistics just
published, 'show 14,871 "communicants, of
whom 4,895 are Germani, 3,208 . in Great
Brits - D:l;l'nd 6,768 in,North.-America.; The
co,mnannicants in mission fields are not
counted in, but therelare 19,133 persons in
thlni — fereicrn mission congregations, minis
tered to' b t 'y' 305 "Missionaries, which -gives
•them an average-of one foreign: missionary
to every 49 members= at ; home.
—A temperance eitator•says‘that seven-eighths
of the American :women ; ; would vote against
liquor, and that if such an
_election was appointed,
neither rain nor silovir, missing rubbers'nor leaky
slims; would influence or lessen the verdict of
he fair ones
. - .
—The Norwegian_h
s ave increased so fast
•
in this country that a-Western publisher is
prepared to issue a`large commentary on
'the New Testamentin that language.
•
. • ,
.IMPORTERS, .
4Aft iss i t • . 442,0 2 f • ,
achners 41; Pea'
Blessed
ind,Rod. Check
7.4!--I)IPENGSt
l ' ea r 4 Weiqffer a Wye. Tarieta.al24 welt sowed set
„at rorwood priopa. • •
'
No. 43 ,Strawberry ;Street,
I Mist Mr . At *id of /Weed,
• 1, •U BLPICAS