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Aspect of Chrl.tUnlty from the
.1 Trinity Mettiodlst ChiScli. "
IapCUL BBFOBT.FOB TUB EVENING TEtEGBAPH.l
1 n.tr filled with the Holy Ghost, said
,o.v; v rulers of the people anu oiior
unto nioiuj
.t Israel. If
this duy ue examineu oi iu
r , -A .lone to the Impotent, man, by what
good tle.fV?ode whole; be It known uuto you
means J roe , ,i,.,loJ tliat by the name
ud to Hhre, P. o' jfaiureth. whom ye craoined.
. Je8"81.V.ViLuo,l from the dead, even by Him
vnoiu ..anil nore before you wnoie.
doth this n"n,fB0W.!t vbs t t notiRUt ofvW
This h the b one thai come Ul0 OHd off Ule
builders, wlcU na8ro vftUon ln any othor.
corner, neiuw ef liarue under heaven
for there is """..,, i,- miui hng,i "
-en among mou
.Jtecw'was Just post, Bnd Its Klory was
f aleamlnir lu lliesoul of the dlHclples. Peter
ml John had gone up to me lumpie ui tuo
toour of prayer, ami at the Beautiful Oato had
found and healed a certain lame rnan. The
toot mau made almost frantio with Joy and
JrratUude by his sudden cure, followed the
apoHtles, leaping and praising God, and trie
people crowded about him in wondor aud
amazement. To this crowd I'etor preached,
and only stopped when the authorities arrested
and locked him up lor the nlgut.
The preaching seems to have been very suc
cessful, o much so that the Jewish authorities
were alarmed, and the next ruornluu, wIihii iho
prisoners were broughtfrom their nouilueiriont.,
they were solemly aRked the question: "By
what power or by what name have ye done
this?" The I'eutecostal zeal of the Apostles hud
not been weakened or even dimmed hycrmitne
jnept, and i'eter not only promptly tui.swered
the question, but proclaimed that Jesus Christ,
of .Nazareth, In wtiose name the miracle had
been wrought, was the Kaviour of Iho world, the
coruer-stoue of the (Jliurcli of God, the only
being through whom men could bo saved.
This declaration bo stuck to in deilanca of
threats and warnlugs, and Iho fcubseciuent
career of all the Apostles Is only a continuous,
multiform repetition aud illustration of tne
ame Ueclanition. Paul reasserts it when he
Bays: "If we, or an ant;el from heaven, preach
any other gospel nnto you than that which we
toave preached unto you, let him beaccursod,"
and he tells us what that Gospel is ln the most
compressed form when he says that, "Christ
crucified is the wisdom and the power of God
nnto salvation to every one that believes."
The meaning of the text, the meaning of the
whole lllble, is that the Gospel of Christ Is the
only power that can save the world.
We have selected this theme to-day to enable
us to express in a single discourse the particu
lar conviction which has gaihered emphasis
and power during a ministry of thirty years. I
am about to leave the pastorate and to enter
upon a new form of my divine culling; and as I
look back over my mlnlstry;in the Church of
Christ, and over tue his'ory ol the times for the
last three decades, I fuel most profoundly and
Solemnly that m cu ns Individuals, that human
aoclety, whet her considered as a whole, or as
separated into nations, can only be saved, purl
lied, and elevated by Christianity. This Is the
world's hope, or else there is no hope; and,
standing as 1 do, at the terminus ot a long and
laborious pastorate, thls.my deepest and dearest
conviction, shall be my farewell.
My theme, then, Is Christianity, the saving
and purifying power ef humanity.
First of all, we take it for granted that purity
Is an attainment possible to men, Une good
man Is a proof and an example of what is pos
sible for man as man. If millions of Indivi
duals ln the course of the ages have been
drought under the control of holy motives
Etave become pure, benevolent, peaceful, and
self-sacrillcing we cannot see why the same
achievement should be Impossible, in due
time, for the whole race. Human nature is
substantially the same ln all men, and the
cases in which evil Is subdued, and good
built up to beauty and glory, prophesy for the
race. And who shall number the host of the
renewed who have appeared on eartu to adorn
the page of history and to draw men towards
EiolinetiS ?
If. then, there have been good men, and not a
few ot them, and If they are Justly to be con
sidered specimens of what any man may be
come, our next remark Is that the renewing
and purifying power must be looked for from
the side of religion. As far forth as a pure
character and life can be regarded as the work
of ideas, the ideas themselves must be the
verv hlorliest. And where are such ideas found
but in religion? In politics, for example, the
great idea is Justice or right ln its applications
to earthly relations to Jlfe, liberty, and the
nursuitof happiness, in art. of whose refining
power we hear so much, the one Idea, the one
aim. is to gratify the demand for the beauti
ful. In morality, ns tar as It may be consi
dered apart from religion, the ideas are indeed
most important: man must Dejusi 10 msiei-low-inen
; he must form his own charac
ter by the rules of chastits', truth,
and honesty. But why must ho? Keli
gion must furnish the answer, or we shall have
none but a shallow one. Indeed, morality
-without religion is a mere collection of dead
rules, drawn from the fitness of things. Its
Ideas are cold and bloodless, and virtue under
such a system would have neither root nor ob
ligation, do relationship to vastness or grandeur.
Kellgion, on the contrary, is at home amidst
the noblest of all ideas. Indeed, these ideas are
part and parcel of herself. What are they?
Viiy, chiefly God, a future life, aud the service
which the creature owes to God. ln the idea of
God we have the infinite in power, wisdom,
holiness; ln the future life, we have the ideas of
reward and punishment, that is, happiness or
misery In another world; and in the Bervlce
owing from the creature to God, we have wor
ship in Its various forms and obetlience to the
Divine will. Now here are the highest, most
fearful, most sublime, and hence, too. the most
powerful Ideas of which It Is possible to con
ceive. If goodness is to be called into existence
lu the fallen soul by the touch of an idea, then
bere is the idea with the necessary creative
power. The infinite breadth and height and
depth of the idea of God, linked with that of a
future life of misery or haprlness, must give
Infinite weight to duty. These are the concep
tions which are native in the sphere of reli
gion, and whiob.lf Ideas can, will stir the torpid
soul of sin to its depths. Kay, further, with
these great conceptions of religion once in pos
session, we can raise to dignity the other chief
spheres of life. Morality only comes to have a
' meaning when religion touches it. Hooted ln
religious ideas, it becomes divine. Ho of art,
the beautiful is its aim, but It Is religion that
keeps it from debasement, that puts the polish
of purity upon the soul of genius, and wins It
for the uses of moral Improvement. The same
is true of politics. But for the divine motives
that come to it from religion lu the souls of the
better people, the only polltlcB possible would
be a stringent tyrauuy.
Yes, it in plain that if ourrace is to be purified
the power to accompliuli It must come from the
Side of religion. The ideas of God, of worship,
of obedience to a Divine law, and of the future
life, must have a large nbare lu the renovation
This is the verdict of the whole world. Tii
father of the latest system of pliliosonti v. falsel v
so called, Com le, who denies the existence of
God and the immortality of the soul, thought
at first that he had no need of religion. But
towards the close of his life, even ln that barren
waste of a soul, without a God, and expecting
to die like a brute, reliulon. altera fushiou.
vindicated Itself, and the atheist constructed a
catechism, with sages aud warriors iu the place
of God. He felt his system of philosophy wau
not complete without a religion, it lacked, in
the absence of that, the highest element.
But where, brethren, shall we look for the
needed religion, from whlcu Is to come the
longed-for piirilicull"ii ? The answer is plain
there Is only one religion that survives the
lluht of modern science, aud it is the religion of
iuu iouuuuih anu promoters 01 mat science,
for these thirty years of pastoral labor and
thought, as I have looked at the wickedness of
our great chips as l nave heard the roar of
drunkenness auu pror.uiuy in our streets; us I
bave seen the worst classes of men aud women
massing themselves up before the moving
'chariots of our Christian civilization, I have
turned ever, and hopefully, and only, to the
Christian Scriptures, 10 the heavenly forces of
Christianity, ana in uiui. uiiection i turn now.
We must not, however, forgot that Christi
anity is not the same thing iu all hands. Wuen
we say our hope for man is lu Christianity, we
mean neither the disguised Chrisuaniy i,f su
iierstltiou nor the naked and dlsiiiniubirud,
Christianity of modern unbelief. Komanlsm
covers Christianity with loads of tawdry rui
bibli and then calls on It to move and save
the world. A movement follows, not, indeed,
of Christianity, but of the superincumbent
mountain of rags. Komaulstn works precisely
most with those parts of her sysem that do
not belong to Christianity. Hue lays God tlio
Father, and our Havlour, mostly aside and de
votes herself to the excrescences of saint wor
ship, bhe covers up baptism under grease and
salt, aud directs attention away from the
atonement by pointing to the oross of wood, lo
THE DAILY EVENlNGTELEGgAril PHILADELPHIA, l ON D A SgrTEM B ER J30 1867.
relics of saints and by the r?ftnt
the sign of the cross. Bhe ia" 7'"'' f rf,,rm.
' lloniBi)Ism,on the one hand, whether genu
ine or counterfeit, errs by excess. It relies on
finery and tradition for what the truth alone
can accomplish. On the other hand, the seve
ral forms of rationalism claiming to be chris
tian, err by defect. Unitarlaulsm and Uulver
nalism are only different sides of the the same
system. The same theory of Interpretation
Will draw either of them out of the Hcriptures,
and with rnual facility. If the New Testament,
especially the first chapter of John's Gospel,
does not teach distinctly the Godhead of Jesus,
there Is no way of knowing what It does teach;
and if Jesus and the Apostles do not teach the
eternity of future punishment, we do not see
how they can possibly escape the charge of pur
posely misleading plain people, not only by
particular passages but by the general drift of
their teachings. The misfortune of liberal
Christianity, as it sees fit to call Itself, is that,
according to the idea of rationalism, it goes
Into the (Scriptures with a theory which H
concludes to be rational, and there cuts
aud slashes fore and aft until everything is put
into a shape to be measured by Its tape. In
stead of drawing out of the book Itself a theory
which will harmonize with the whole tenor of
it, and allowing it to say what it will, they hold
their theory firm and stark, aud bend ami tor
ture the record until it submits and gives the
answer they wunt. Books, like men, rarely
utter the truth under torture. "The Word of
(iod Is not bound;'' nd if the human lutellect,
in its pride of bobsled llborly, attempts to bind
it, ti e dauir is it will carry away iho false
hood It wniitcJ.
No, unithor Romanism nor rat 'rxallsm Is
Christianity. Both of them mangle nnd distort
it until tlu make it quite another thing than
we nnd 11 the New Testament. Komnnlsin
changes ami betrays, overlays aud neutralize
11 by liinuii.i rabio lorgeu coaicus. wincn claim
equal rigtil with the original Testament, while
contradict ing it; rationalism boldly takes out of
the Tcstairent the oll'enslve parts. The two
toiu thtr exhaust tho Apocalyptic anathema
"Jf nDy man shall take away from the words of
the prophecy or this book, uou shall lake away
Ills purt Horn the book of life; and if any nu'i
shall ackl to the words of the prophecy of this
book, (iod shall add unto him the plagues that
are written in this book." Neither of these per
versions of Christianity has power to transform
human nature. Romanism retains her power
with the Ignorant masses born ln lior pale, but
but makes them not ore whit less besotted for
all her control. In converting meu from sin
she does nothing, nationalism, as represented
among us by Unitarlanism, has no missionary
zeai. anu nreacnes tue uospci oniy 10 roo meu
of their faith. In the hands of Rome the Gospel
is now a toy, a picture, a theatrical show, and
now a bugbear 01 priestly terrors. In tho hands
ot Unitarlaulsm it Is a philosophy, with nothing
about it that need trouble an enlightened con
science. Christianity, smothered under the
trapplncs of the Middle Aces, cannot recall the
human race from spiritual death; no more can
the dainty eclecticism of unitarlaulsm.
jo: in me last thirty years i. nave seen inou-
sands of people reformed and made new crea
tures, nueu witn tne inspiration 01 a neaveniy
zeal, but not bv masses anu noiy water, not by
an eviscerated Gospel, but only by the earnest
reachtng ot evangelical protestantism, les,
he doctrines of Jesus as developed. by Paul and
bis fellow Apostles; the doctrine, for example,
of the moral ruin of the race by sin, by which
"all are children of wrath;" the atonement by
tne death or the spotless anu uivine Christ; tne
preaching of repentance in Ills name; the cer
tainty of eternal death to the impenitent, and
eternal glory to the penitent: the great truth of
Justification by faltn alone; the work; of the
Jioiy spirit in tne soui, as eniigniener, anu
sanclltler, and witness; the glorious truth of the
new birth, and a holy life these are clearly
the essence of the New Testament reoord, the
very voices of Jesus and His Apostles, almost
lost sight of for many ages iu the wilderness of
forms and ceremonies, and amidst the mum
meries of Popes and monks, but restored at the
Reformation never, never, we trust, to be
eclipsed again.
bo far as we have seen or known, these are
the truths with which Christianity has ever
won its real triumphs. These are the words of
simple but mlKhlv nower before which the
slnlul heart husaualled and melted, and the
slriful life has been exchanged for one of glo
rious purity. The (lospel. tuns understood, in
its most obvious sense, meets, practically, all
the crreat problems of the human life of the
struggling, sin-sick soul. It meets, for example.
mat terrible sense 01 sin wnicu is niuvemm,
which fills the whole earth with groans, which
tm knit, wnniu nf nhiloKonhv nor any cunning
changes of name can silence. The crimes of
history, tho shameful scenes of the pollcacourls,
tne ulinculiy 01 virtue iu iu uest, uuu mo uu'
voruni kmtikb of on 1 1 1. cBiioulr bo met by a re
liglon which teaches original sin an inward
mm-ni hifpht. which has cursed the race. The
contradiction felt by the soul between Itself
nnd the Uivine law can only be met by an
atonement, a satlsiaction lo Divine J UBtice, and
the demand for this can only be satisfied by a
Dersoniuze who. liko the God-man of the Gospel,
combines tne giory 01 me ieny wnu ino pos
sibility oi suliering. nen we go to tne iauen
race with a eosnel. tho message we tako them
will be no tosoel. no irooil tidings, unless it
Tiroelalnis the aoctrtne or regeneration, xso
thing else will uo; turougu sm uiti urg:muuwu
is complete, the reconstruction must bo so
complete us to be a renewal ln the
lmnce Of God. a now oirtu . irom
Incorruptible seed, bringing in the power to
keep the commandments of God. When we
bo to the slaves of sin. with their consciences
seared, counting it a glory to riot ln the day
time, we can only roach them with a preaching
that opens upon mem biduiuo biuuuij, nuu
scatters amoua them the bolls of uivine wrain
Thev must hear of the lake ol nre. xueireiutcu
of kin must be burned loose. And wheu we
iiesr nnt. on the Graces of religion, on the beauty
and sweetness of a holy life, we shall bo us
t hose who mncb unless we oan proclaim a com
forter, an indwelling God, a present spirit of
Christ, who works in us the good pleasure of
ills win, anu makes tne reneweu tempie oi ino
heart His own dwelling place, and unless wo
can tell of an eternity of purity and bliss at the
end of the earthly race.
These are tho keys with whlcu ormoaoxy,
fired by the evangelical spirit, opens, praotl
cally, the mysteries of human life the ord
nance with which she batters uown me strong
holdsof Hatan, the music and the feasts with
which she soot lies and satlstles and si. .it.i 'ms
the souls that yield themselves to God. This is
Indeed tho Gospel the Gospel of the Apostolic
and the modern evangelical Church, which,
however woven into human creeds, and ally
ing Itself with present or future forms of litera
ture, arland worship, lias before it the task of
converting the world. This Is the Gospel which
is free lu development, but unchangeable ln
substance, which will work mightily, whether
in the log school house, ln the gorgeous temple,
or ln the streets and llelds, which will pour its
purifying power upon humanity through one
ecclesiastlcul organization, or througti a
friendly cordon of distinct denominations.
My growing belief ln the power of Chris
tianity as held by evangelical Protestants, has
ever Joined itsell close by I lie Church. Christ's
name is the only name of power; it holds in lis
mystical letters all tho trnllm of the evan
gelical creed, but it, and the creed that
grows out of It, must live in the consclousuess
ol the Church; the Train must putou the Church
us a garment in which to make itself visible,
must use the Church as armor, as enginery.
Now as 1 stand here at tho end of thirty years,
aud look back, 1 feel a profound regret for tuo
quarrels of evangelical churches; I loel a Jiang
of remorse lor moiaeutaiy indulgences of sec
tarian feeling in mv own experience. But I
nevertheless feel that there is a true and pro
found union among tho evaugelicul churches,
of which close communion lu one denomina
tion, and the do'maof Apostolical Succession
lu another, is only u very slight interruption,
btubbses ure well ollset by Tyngs, and closn
communion in oi,ly the result of 11 difference of
opinion about Iho mode of an ordinance, which
does not in tho least obstruct hearty co-operation
in most of our Christian enterprises.
Kvangelical chuiclus are one iu All the essun
tlnl principles of u, common faith; they can
Join, u 1 1 round the world, iu repeating from tho
Heart tho Apostles' Creed. They are one lu
la lug the highest stress on tho same truths lu
preaching; one in hostility to the errors of
Rome und of rationalism; and tills real oneness
cif the churches in coming more aud more to
distinct consciousnuss. This is the meaning of
the evangelical alliance ln Knglund and else
where, and of the Church Diets lu Germauy,
where the evangelical churches recoguize o.ieh
others' Chrlstiunily, by common expressions of
their faith aud common pluus for the woal of
mankind.
This rtui union of the evangelical churched,
resulting from their outgrowth from the eler-
niT00., ' tiOH,' truth, from their feeling
within Hum the juices of aoommon life, irom
the love that binds them one and all to ihcir
Ix,rd, is destined lo udvauco. aud to become an
lnsliumtut of gnat power lor good. We cu-
not tell what effect tho niis may have on eccle
siastical forms, either In changing the old or in
forming new ones. We do not know Whether
the romplete unity of the church will come by
unit Irifc nil sects ln one compact organization,
or whether It will take place rather ln asp'rl-
. . a. -1 M,l. It, -f n.l
eradicating rivalry, and by a spirit of love,
brood and deep, Rising them Into one for all tho
purposes of communion, and retaining their
pevernl organizations for tho sake of elllclency.
Rut thai a working unity will come, the signs
foretell, the world demands, and I do not doubt.
And when It is fully come, tiiore is nothing lo
which It will not be adrqimte. Jusl think what
evangelical Christians could accomplish iu our
own country It they were all more perfectly
united by the love of God and of one another
than they are now as sects. The results would
be something like the following, Vrompted
by a Christ-like pity, whose undivided
tide would move with the strength of
an ocean and the gentleness of n zephyr,
the church would follow tho example of the
Master in looking up the worst classes of
the community. Instead of . leaving such
work to uncertain phlhwiturop.v. she Herself
would establish missionary Institutions for
Magdalenes, and similar establishments for
hopeless Inebriates; missionary reformatories
for the worst classes of every description. 8he
would recognize lu the most degraded of these
the brothers and sisters of the publicans and
sinners to whom Jesus gave special personal
attention when on earth. These would be
fathered up, If posslblo, as fast as they fell, and
lie effort would be by the Gospel aud itsdlvlno
charily, oy brcau or eartu ana oi nenven, to
bring them to Christ and to health. The abuses
of the press would be corrected. A public
opinion would bo created, before which bad
newspapers and periodicals aud books would
disappear. Such a papeY ns the l'vlice UaicUe,
aud portions of many ot hers, like moles, daz
r.led blind by the pure light, would burrow out
ol sight. Impure amusi incuts would Blinro tho
same fate, r.xtravngance lu dress wouia do
come disreputable, and" tho money now spent
ln trails, In Jewelry, aud mere changes of
fashion, would feed the poor and reform the
wretched, while thoughtless maidens would be
subject to no temptation to sell their purity for
the gewgaws essential to rospectabillty. Such
would be the force of virtue going forth from
the whole evangebcal church of tue nation so
united, that the Government would be pene
trated by it. It would breathe an Inspiration
of purity into the public life. It would demand
ine goou anu wise lor ouice, anu our laws anu
their administration, lu such a light, would
blush at impurity, at injustice, or at profanity.
Our city governments, no lousier controlled by
mere pariy interests, would make virtue their
central Idea, and the officers, from the highest
to the lowest, would feel and shotv the power of
the ruling idea. Nay, if the whole evangelical
church were carried up into this sublime unity,
merging ner uinerences in love anu in me
practical aim of savins the world.
she would with her whole heart address herself
to the roots of social order, ns they are pre
sented ln the life of childhood. The family, the
very womb of society, would become the theme
of profoundest, sanctified study, and the object
of devout and sleepless care. As now, it Is lu
the family that vices first root themselves, and,
unconsciously watereu anu warmeu oy over
indulgent affection, grow luto strength before
we know It: so then the intensified force of the
divine life in the Church would make pure reli
gion the ruling sentiment of the fireside, and
me children, instead or growing up the play
things of vanity, with pampered appetites, re
garding wealth and social position ns the
greatest things, would estimate trifles at their
true value, and feel in the divine atmosphere
about them the dignity of goodness. This
divine Idea would naturally enter and rule the
schools, and a perfect unity of Christians would
know now to secure a system or Christian in
struction, which would be seen to beaulteas
essential, even to common school education, as
arithmetic or grammar. To this the love-and-
truth-lnsplred Church would add organized
care for vagrants and destitute persons gene
rally, gathering them like lost treasure, and
laboring lo restore them to purity and happi
ness, iius is in me very genius oi cnris
tlanlty. Now. brethren, suppose such a united evan
gelical church, penetrating all the forms of
public and private lire with Us whole energy of
accumulated love suppose such a church to be
the heritage not of our country only, but of
every country oi unrisienuom, anu wno can
measure or limit its power? How would inter
national law drink in not only Justice, but
divine charity! How would tho weak tribes
beconie lUv WHali uf tl. o pow.rlul bt.at.pu, tn hrt
taught and elevated in a word, how soon and
rapidly would the world be on the way towards
tho fulfilment of that poetry of Scripture, iu
which "the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and
the leopard shall lie down wnu tue k.iu;
and the calf and the young lion and the fatllun
tocul.hcr- unil a little child shall lead them."
The union of the human race has been the
dream of heroes and dynasties, but they knew
no principle of unlllcation out pnysicai iorce.
jieaiuen rtome uniicuiue nations uycomiucgi,
stringing them on her great sword. Papal
Rome attempted the same tiling ln the spiritual
sphere, but her ecclesiastical bond was forged
out of the broken sword of her heathan ances
tors. Catholicity is right, but its principle is
not iorce; it must be begotten oi love anu iree
born,
liut is not such a union Utopian? Isitpossl
ble that all true Christians should heartily
unite around the only saving name, with lov
ica appreciation of its Divine meaning? We
It 1u tint, onlv possible, but certain, ft
is tileilufd in the prayer of Jesus, "that His
people may be one, as He and His Father are
one." ltia.Dropucsied and promised iu a hun
dred sacred texts, and it is rapidly udvancing
townids realization this moment, while we
speak. Think for a moment of the time, scarce
n. centurv fteo. when even Protestants had not
learned the lesson of freedom ol conscience,
and when to have a creed Involved the con
rit innni.inn of evurv man who relected a single
minute point of it. Recall the still more recent
time when, liberty of conscience reluctantly
nnr.ceriRil. the principal activity of tho evan
gelical churches was found ln the department
of heaieu polemics. Anu ucnoiu, ui
vance I evangelical alliance, nuruu iww,
T7nlr.ii TMavcr.mpnl lnirn. general rlunday School
Conventions, general Christian Commissions, a.
common creed distinctively recognized by all
evangelical Churches ns containing all essen-
tlol tmlh unrl for whlr-li mnrtvrS COUld be
found in ull communions, and, as the crown of
all, the dawning or a lovlug co-operuuou, w
fore which excluslveness colors with shame,
,Hcb neiislieH. and the various denomina
tional organizations consecrate themselves to
the general good, and build themselves up only
as a part of the kingdom of Christ I He who
does not see among evangelical Christians a
broadening charity, an easier movement at the
points OI luter-aeuominaiiouai wmwun
of quiet emptying of tbestreams Into the ocean,
. . i . .... M .1... T I i. .11111 iAva.
seems to us lo neeu u toucu oi mo
But if this Divine unity comes, Is It cohiP6
tonttnlha OAr nf l.llrt Unrill'H rullcWM w
the ideas of the gospel, of the fall, of " God-
man, the atonement, repeutauee, ,c,..,
hell and heaven-are these, as a Divine revelu
notiur.,1 i.i 1 1 ni 1 1. ot lilts heart of an
nure'eiug, laboring Church are these suuTolent?
u'lmiiinntiiH.imiiii i ha Church involved in
Christ's law of universal biolhcrhooii? Nay, is
it not included in Christ's spirit, In his example
of sacrllice? Is not love, the very iwwm
r,rr, riutiQr.it,, d kmuni. of moral omnipo
tence? Is not heaven itself only the pertect
bloom of the love which shall unite the purified
Church? Does not the good Hauiarltan, bind -it
g up the wounds of his enemy, represent the
woik of the Church? And when the whole of
the living Churches of Christ shall be baptized
luto the good bumarltau's spirit, their united
strength shall Hit the world out of slulul
Hiu.lli on, I .,1.1 Int. I, I., .i,,htpoiisness. clouds
..... i.. 11 i i nu nwnjiinii iu . . n" . ,
of leproach shall spring from their frown, and
their emlle shall become tho common light of
dally nie. Kvery good man, lu me ngm,
f.u,,i,i -v ,i,v evi-rv union
ot Christian hearts a symbol of the oonriuet log
of love at the lust, if God shall overthrow
oiuiiv iv n.w. tin ci.. .ii unLiiiio the world by tue
J i.. Hill, 11 O llll .. - - - - , , .
united all. We may Bay this I !' ". ltlRC
there are many obstacles to surmount; moun
tains nre to bo levelled, und seas to be 1rl,.ltsu,
,iu ii u. Mi,.,, ,.f Tim mills mature
to grind out these results ure not pressed for
time; they do not weur out, but polish aim i
piove by friction. A few days or a thousanu
Ln.u ,.i. ...i.,..i, . mutch the dawn
;viu.e,uii,uii,iiii;ii WW pin," " " , . , .
aud fliiilit Irom the bills of glory, will Un U me
work, lu Heaveu we can ullord to wall; uere
we cun wait for Heaven. , , th.
wits t, la x,iur ,.r Mia flnsnel and me
rillirnli linnlrlns an It. dOBS PHy for
Christ'senemles, and contempt for their hatred,
I ...... ,,.., ii,u ., ,,t,. inlet with cheerful
ness. The oilloe of pastor has penetrated my
in in K nil Ai lin pnuoinion. av . ,
topi each; it in painful lo bury tlie saints, aud
yet it is aweet to have laearcl the laiiKuii of
i.inin.ii, f,-.,,,, nw,ir iivinif tins: it Is toilsome
l.Ai.AA ..tt 1. It.. ,.n.., I1..U
1L IS I1U1U UUV QVVDi'W
and exhausting to have upou one the earo of
souls, ana yet mat cliasteueu c
Best to social enjoy inent among tlio lock. Jt is
null uUi-r nukliimla nf thirty VuurU to lot I
that you are within a few hour-
of never ncaln having a people.
Hut I shall seek to remunerate rovself by re
tiring into the chambers or min,irv. niul
arranging the past n Paul did hl cloud of wit
nesses. 1 shall compensate nivsell bv iiumheri
for the Pthereal nnd shndowv ci i art, i,t.o. .if mv
new nnd yet, old flock. it sliill consist of all
the congregations of which I Imve been pastor.
I shall preach to them sn.l visit them often,
but Bhsll much oftener have tliein preach for
me. Their eyes shall melt me, nnd their lives
and loves shall comfort tne. You, my dear
brethren, are my last iloek; yon will occupy the
saU nearest the pulpit, and over your heads
and from your loving glances I shall look fur
ther aud further back into faces oulyusdeir.
Butchlefly shall I look upon you aud Hie rest as
pan, oi mat uiiurou winch, in a belter
shall conquer humanity for Christ.
!
i can say to jou. my conirreL'at on. in tho an.
guace of David, "Very pleasant hast thou been
unto me, my brother Jonathan." A more
aevout, a more
irenuilielv relltrifiiis. nr ninrA
llheinl church than this it has never been my
good fortune to serve or to knov.
The mutual attachment of its members, its
beautiful, cheerful unity, I have never seen ex
celled. Its tender and respectful consideration
for Its pastor and those riertaiulne to him. has
made him feel how dltllcult It Is for one ade
quately to return the lovo of so many. He
leaves, but ln a precious, a spiritual sense, he
inkes you with mm, anu nopes tuai iu
tho same sense you will keep him.
He leaves you with a retiring
pastor's blessing, and will follow your history
with a pastor's nnd a friend's prayers; he is
sure you will continue to think kindly of hliu
and his. Relations so pleasant as ours have
been point us to. the land uoross thoilver, where
r.eyonu the llilit ol ttuip,
llcynnri the vttln of tlHuth,
There stir, ly Is a blessed clime
V'lier ll.'e Is not a brentli.
Nor life's nflectlous transient dte,
Whose s iirks Hy upwurd and expire."
Mnv tho candle ol the l.orii ever sliiuo upon
yon. and the name ot the God of Jacob ever (!;-
lend yon! May your walls bo salvation anu
your gates praise!
UlltAKLi ii ) v. .
E. M. NEEDLES & CO.,
Eleventh and Chtmut Streets.
HOUSE-FURNISHING DRY GOODS,
Bought at the Recent Depressed Prices.
Phlrtlng, Pillow, Phr eting, and Table Linens.
Table (.Moths and Napkins, to match.
WineClolhs. Doylies, Towels and Towelling.
Marseilles quiiis ana uouev uovers.
ft Inn It LA.
H oueycomb, Lancaster, Allendale, Jacqaard,
and other Hpieaus,
DOMESTIC MUSLINS AND 6HEETINQ9,
In all qualities and widths, at the lowest rates
A cm cmvm; )
WANTS.
B
OOK AGENTS IN LUCK AT LAST,
The crisis Is passed. The bonr has come to lift the
Tell of secreey which has hitherto enveloped theimier
history of tbe great civil war, and this Is done by oiler
ing to the public General L. O. Baker's
HISTORY OF THE SECRET SERVICE."
Fnr thrllllne Interest this book transcends all the
romances of a thousundlyears, and conclusively prevea
that "truth la stranger than fiction."
A cents are clearing from t'MO to 1300 per month,
which we can prove to any doubling applicant. A
tew more can obtain agencies In territory yet unoccu
pied. Address
Ma WA.nnK.AA OK AvVt
NO, 70S tUEHMlll STREET,
T2tf PHILADELPHIA.
WANTED FOR THE TJ. S. MARINE
Corps, able-bodied MEN, Recruits must be
able-bodied, young, unmarried men. They will be
employed In tbe Uovernuient Navy-yards ana ln
Bblbs of War on ibielgn itatlons. i" or further Infor
mation apply to
JAMfJS LKWIS,
Captain and .Recruiting Ollicer,
NMI1H. FJtONT suwit,
419Imw f
LUMBLR.
1 QflT SELECT WHITE
PISE BOARDS
J-JJ I AKD PLANK.
A A K A 11 A n 11 1 a JA A A
CHOICE PANKL AMD 1st COMMON, 18 feetlon
4-4, 8-4, 6-4, 2. 2H , and 4 inch DB"o0s
."I1E VAlXKiA PATTERN PLANK.
LAH.UK AND feUPEKlOK BIOQK ON HAND,
1867rBBcVL,IKal BIDING
LUMUKK! LUWKBB1 LUMBEBI
4-4 CAROLINA FLOORING.
6-4 CAROLINA FLOORING.
4-4 DKLAWARK FLOORING.
B-4 DKLAWA KK FLOORING.
WHITE PINK FLOORING.
Abll FLOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
bPKUl'K FLOORING.
Kl'FP BOARDS,
BAIL PLANK-.
PLA8TKRING LATH,
i QtV7 C E DAB
AND CYPRE9S
J-SJ . UHINULKH.
LONG (JEliAE FWIINQLKa.
bHORT CJKDAK bUlNULia.
COOPFll BHINHLK8.
FINE AfKORTM iNT FOR HALF LOW.
NO. 1 CKDAK LOOti AND POHl'tt,
1867;
-LUMBER FOR UNDERTAKERS
LUMBER FOB UNDEKTAK KRHl
BED CEDAB. WALNUT. AND PINK
i AT ALBANY LUMBER OP ALL KIXDi
LOJ I ALBANY LUMBER OF ALL KINDU,
Bjs.Acuri!.i walnut.
DHY Poplar, cherry, and ash,
OAK PLANK AND BOABDtt.
MAHOGANY,
ROSEWOOD. AND WALNUT VENEERS.
i Q117 CIliAR-BOX MANUFACTURERS.
XOU I . CIGAR-BOX MANUFACTURERS.
bPANIBH CKJJAK liOH. XtUARUa.
i QfV7 SPRUCE JOIST! SPRUCE JOIST
XOU I SPRUCE JOIHTI
FKUJH 14 IU K J,'E.T LiOIVG.
BUPEIUOB NORWAY (SCANTLING.
MA CLE, BROTHER & CO.,
1 rpt No. iSiOObOUTH BTRKET,
U, S. BUILDERS' MILL,
KON. 84. 86, AND 88 8. FIFTEENTH &TH
ESLEH & BRO., Proprietors.
Always on band, made of tbe Best Seasoned Lumber
ai low prices,
WOOD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, BAXBBTERS,
AND NEWELS.
Newels, Balusters, Bracket and Wood Montdlngs.
WOOD MOULDINGS. BRACKETS, BALUSTERS
AND NEWELS.
Walnut and Ash Hand Hailing, 8, 3, and 4 Inches.
BUTTERNUT. C U E 8 N U T. and WALNUT
MOULDINUS to order. I2j
Jm C. PERK I NS,
LUJHBEH MKBl'lMllIi
Bucceasor to IL t'lurk, Jr.,
NO. 824 CHRISTIAN STREET.
Constantly on hand a large and varied assortment
Of Building Lumber; iH
STOVES, RANGES, ETC.
NOTIC K Til E UNDERSIGNED
I woulu cull attiiiil,iu ot the pnlilic to h
NEW MOLIKN KAUMS URN AUK.
Tills Is an entirely new lieutor. it In mi'con-
Btructed an to at oncecoinnieuil llbelf to general lavor,
being a couiblnaliuu or wrouttnt uuu cusi iron, n is
very Htinnle iu lla construciion, anil i pei Iw.lfy alr-
UKIH; B'll-Clf Ulllllg, iJUVHIK liu Jipt-B UFUrillUfl III lit,
tn ken out and cleaned. It In so arranged with upright
linn aa lo produce a larger amount oi neui irom tue
mine weigui or coni man any iiirnuce now in u-ie.
Tlie liygroinetrio concilium or IheulrnH pruduneil by
niy new arrangement o! evaporation will at once lo
niDiiHtrate that it In Hie only Hot Air Furnace that
will produce a perfectly lienliliy almouplieru.
'ilione iu wnnt ol a complete Healing Apparatus
would no well 10 can anu exam nie i ne women lunula
i UAiiiirn iviiiiiiAius,
NOS. 1132 aud 113 (MARK Kftiireut,
Plillailolplila.
A larae assortment of Cooking Hansen. Klre-llnaril
Stoves, Low Down Grates, Veulilutors, etc, always
Oil lit, LIU.
H. jonnmg oiaiiainus prompt jyaone. 8 pi
COAL.
BMIDDLETON A CO., DEALERS IN
, I1ARLE1GU LEU Kill and EAGLE VEIN
(OAL. Kept dry under cover. Prepared expre-,y
for funilly mkb. Yard, No, l-"5 WAHUINGIOS
Avenue. Oulce, No. Hi WALN UT Btree. g
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, ETC.
1867. 1,,ALL- 1307
JUBT UECMVED, V EW STYLES
FANCY CASSIMCnCO
AND COATINGS,
In addition to our unusually large line of goods
adapted to
PICK'S AND BOYS' TftAll,
MOLIKIS, CLOTHIER & LEWIS,
CLOTH JOBBER?,
8 2-tfm NON. 1 HI 91 N.FOlTRtH HT,
Q L O A
I HQS.
We cull particular attention to largo assortment
oi very desliable styles
I. A IU IS' C'LOAKINtiS,
Jut received Irom New Tork auction sales, In addi
tion to the BILVMt FOX, DIAMOND, HYDE
PARK, and many other Icadlpg uiukM.
SKIFKIS, CLOTIiIEK & LEWIS,
CLOTH liousrc,
8 246m fcS. 19 AM SI N. FOrnTU KT.
WA k C.
JLWELKY, ETC.
O D. KITCHEN,
JEWELER,
S E. Con cr TENTH ana CHESSUT.
URFAT ltF.ri: TION IS PB1CJKM.
IUAMOISDS, WATCIIXS,
jHi:i,ItT, MllYVril. W AttR,
ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES,
WATCHES AND JEWELBT BEFULLY KB
PAIRED.
Particular attention paid to Manufacturing all arti
cles In our line- 1 821 thsrn
We keep always on hand an assortment ot
IADIF.M' AND 3ENTa "FINE WATCHES'
Of the best American and Foreign Makers, all war
ranted to give complete saliilactlou, aud at
GBEATLY REDUCED PRICES.
FAIIR & BROTHER,
Importers of Watches, Jewelry, Musical Boxes, etc.
11 llsmthSrp No. 824 CHE8NUT Bt below Fourth.
Especial attention given to repairing Watches and
Musical Boxes by I IKMT-CLAbH workmen.
LEWIS LADOMUS & CO.,
Diamond Dealers and Jeweller,
HO. 808 CHESWCT BIT. PHILADELPHIA
Would Invite the attention ol purchasers to thelt
large and handsome assortment of
DIAMONDS,
WATCIiro,
JEWELBT,
KHiVB-WAUn,
ETC. ETC
ICE PITCHERS In great variety.
A large assortment of small faTUDS, for eyefs
holes, lust received.
WATCHES repaired In the best manner, and
guaranteed. 51(4p
WATCHES, JEWEJ.liY.
W. W. OASSIDY-
IS SOIIU MECOHD STREET,
NO.
,n?rsBn entlrely new Rn(1 most carefully selected
AMERICAN AND GENEVA WATCHES,
JEWELRY,
6 ILYER-WARU, AND FANCY ARTICLES 01
EVERY DESCRIPTION, suitable
ion D It IDA I. Oil UOUD1T PBESEKTI
An examination will show my stock
to be ansui
rwoeu in (jimmy nuu cneapness.
Particular attention paid to repairing.
81B
C. RUSSELL & CO.,
So. 22 KOIiTU SIXT1I STREET,
Have Jnst received from Europe an Invoice of
NOVELTIES, consisting of ANIMALS' HEADS, for
halls and dining-rooms; HAT-HACKS of Hoar's tusks,
and some very curious CLOCKS, of Chamois and Elk
horns.
Tbe above Is the first Invoice of these goods in the
country, and are offered at very lew prices. s IM1
AMERICAN WATCHES,
The best ln the world, sold at Factory Prices,
BY
C. & A. PEQUICNOT,
MANUFACTURERS OF WATCH CASES,
No. 18 South BIXTH Street.
8 Afanuaetory, AU 22. 8. FIFTH Street.
RLIKQ SILVLRWARE MANUFACTORY
NO. 414 LOtTST ST BEET.
GEOllGE SHARP,
Patentee of the Ball and Cube patterns, manufactures
every description or fine STERLING SILVER
WARE, and offers for sale, wholesale and retail, a
choice assortment of rich and beautiful goods of new
styles at low prices. 9 26 3m
J.M. SHARP. A. ROBERTS.
SADDLERY, HARNESS, &c.
T
HE UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS OF TUB
NEW CIIKSNIT MTBEET (NO, 1310),
HADSLEBY, KABNFSS, AND 1IOBSE
II lUMalllKO GOODH UOVWE
OP
LACEY, MEEKER & CO.,
Is attributable to the fallowing fucUt
They are very attentive to the wants of their cus
tomers. The; are satisfied with a fair buelncts profit.
They sell goods only on their own merits.
They guarantee every strap ln all harness they sell
over (40, the fault of the purchaser only who does not
get what he Is guaranteed and paid for.
Their goods are 2& per cent, cheaper than can be
bought elsewhere.
They bave cheaper and liner goods than can be
bought ln the city.
They have tael rgestand most complete stock ln
Philadelphia.
All Harness over 26are "hand made."
Harness from l i to 64.
Gents' Baddies from to JTB.
Ladles' Baddlea from $.0 to 125.
They are the oldest aud largest manufacturers in
the country.
LACEY, MEEKER & CO.,
llOm
NO. 1U10 CU EMM UT MTUEET.
Ij FINE WATCHES.
FIRE AND BURGLAR PR OOF SAFE
894,500
SAVED HIOSI niTsCLAU3
IX K OF
MARVIN'S SAFES.
See New York Vaptrs oYlih September.
Tie Burglars were at work during
last Saturday Night, and till 3 P. M.
Sunday, and failed to secure a dollar.
MARVIN'S PATENT
riBE AN! BtUGLAtt
SAF
ALULI A3D DUY PLASTER.
Are Always Dry.
Kever Corrode the Iran.
Never lose their Fire-Proof Qualitiej.
MARVIN & CO.,
721 CHESTNUT St.(Mason!cHa!l)
AM) NO. SC3 BROADWAY, N. V.
Bend lor Illustrated C'nt alogne. . 9 II) mwalm
c l. MAisnr?.
MANCFACTOBKB OV
r i n e ami BrudLAK-rnoor
SAFES,.
LOCKSMITH, UEUrllAHfiEB, AITD
IEALEIi IN IIVII.OINU HAKftWAUB,
M SO. 484 BACH HTBEHT,
A LARGE ABSOKTMENT OF FIRS
and Burglar-proof SAFES on band. wKh Inslda
uoors, jjweuiDg-uonse ttnre, iree rrom anmpueas.
Prices low. ClUsKENruitDKU,
I 5 ' No. U2 VINE Street,
GROCERIES, ETC. :
FRESH FRUITS, I 8 67.
rEACIIES, PIABS, PIBfEAPPI.ES,
lEl'19, APKItOTS, CHERRIES,
IILACKBEHIIIEM, UUISCKS, ETC,
FBI SEBVKD AND FUKMII, IN VANS AND
CiLAttN J ABM,
Put op for our particular trade, and for sale by the
dozen, or ln smaller quantities, by
MITCHELL & FLETCHER.
vio sm
NO. 1804 CIIKNXVT MTHEET.
gUPERIOR
VINCARS
' CitNUINE IBENCII AY II IT i! YVIKB
AND
Pl'BE OLD CI DEB VINEAKM,
FOB SALE BY
JAKES B. WEBB,
8 Hi
Corner WALNUT and EIGHTH Bt I
yillTE rHESERVINQ BRANDY,
PTJBE CIDEB AND WINE VINEGAB,
GREEN GINGER. UCtiTABD SEED, SPICES, ETC.
All the requisites for Preserving and Pickling pat
posee.
ALL1.KT V. KOBIBTS,
Dealer In Fine Groceries,
1LI5IP Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Sta.
CHINA, GLASSWARE, ETC.
gELLING 0FP1 SELLING OFF
KERR'S CHINA HALL
NO. S20 T STBEET,
ON ACCOUNT F BEMOVAL TO NEW STORE.
(
NO. 11118 CIIESXVT STREET,
(Late Messchert's Mansion),
$100,000 Worlli of Cliliia, lass
and Stoneware,
To be sold at a great reduction in price, ln order ti
reduce stock, previous to removal to new store.
Families, Hotels, Boarding Houses, and Iteatau
rantui now have an opportunity of purchasing China
Glaes, or Stoneware at greatly reduced prices.
largo assortment of rich Cut and EncravAd ntt..
ware and Stone China, marked down less than mam
lecturers- prices. 9 w imwini
JAMES K. KERR & BRO.
GAS FIXTURES.
pALL AND BUY YOUli GAS FIXTUBEj
VANXUliK A MARSHALL,
No. 912 AHC1I Street.
VANKIRK A MARSHALL, No.' 912 ARC 9
Street, manufacture and kn all .tvinii nr it
Flxtnres and t'handeliersi also reriulsh old tlzturesA
TTANKIUK & MARSHALL HAVE A COJ
V I.I..1U U,l I'Lr .f I'li.nilnltiiM ....... I.
, ,"i ...... - ... u, jii.l.cu,, i KJi
Stands, and Urontes, at No. B12 AKCH btreet.
TTANK1RK & MARSHALL. No. 012 A Tin
V Street, (live especial attention to litting 1.
TimtOWUtT KATKM.
at r r!rT ir K'T h vnTnn L-tr nr..
VI plated Ghm Fixtures, at VANK1KK. & MAI
SHALL 8. No. 12 AKC'U Street. I
All work guaranteed to ntve satisfaction. None b
l!ratrclu68 workmen enrployeu.l 8 lilUZw mwfau
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, ETC
CUTLERY.
o22 A line assortment of POCKET a
HA OH STltOl'b,' LA'DIKS' Hl'II
1 V. HJSLMULU'H
Cutlery Store. No. lss Svuth TENTH utreeL
11 Three doors above Walnut.
LEGAL NOTICES.
tonu UuvliiK cluiiUM will itreucnt Uicm lo
'1 1 J i 1 M A - L I. ,..!,.. , ,. .11.
muvioh tiuiui, win nreueut tliein i
1 lJOUAK H. N 01li; IIV, Administrator,
unit No. mi UATM street. l'''t'"j!ti'
S 26
TTiRRISON'H I'ATENT PAIM RfSOLVAN
X-L or i'aint and Vurnlnli lietnover, wpalulera.li.
nilure andcurnaiieuittkirs. prli'ters. nu lauiity u
'ihe preparation Hill reiniiva me b(-l "d old.
P int from any surface wltnoui acrw"'; ' d u b,
InjurinK U.e H.....I, or inakii.K It ui;A '-r IicbIi p
Jt wahlTenolt Willi water. lk Ing if" I ' Jmls
or oil wlih It. It In itieiiiier, UJ01 eni'niiiious, ui
umie tlioioiigli than tiiirniujr. j. . d , , I
lor .ale by all i'mlf-tH r,d f '3'','" ''f
Lniltd biatia.C'onadan.aud Ww'mw
Si-?,
INSTATE OP THOMAS WOODBl'HY. Pf
-J C'EAKl'.p. Letieix ol Administration I" t lie N:J
EHtate having been duly Krunled to tin1 unilernu'inf
all neiML,iiH Iii.ii.i.i , 1 &..,i ull t,.f,