Ell e=%;o Q littolautgt Gaidtt. BUTNARD AT ATLANTA. BY J. a. warrnzr. ... Bight in the track 'where Sherman . rioughed his red farrow; '". Oat from the narrow catkin, 11o.from the cellar's burrow, Gathered the little black people. • With trekdom newly dowered. Where, beside their Northern teacher, Stood the soldier, 'Howard. • - • HO fh en P e O d O a T n nd h e on d - th nd ch Te d d ren 'lteadlig the words or Jesus, • Staging the rongo of David. Behold t—tbe blind e 3 es s dub leeiinp g ! s speaking, . The m Bones of the Prophet's vision .I,lt. i Warmed int being: Transformed e saw theta passing Their new e's the AMOSt it se meti the mot al • (put on the immortal. ' . No more wi ri the beasts of burden. I No more ith stone and clod, • But crowne with glory and honor In the im ge Of God! There was the human chattel lts manhcient taking; There. - in each dark. Lamaze statue, A soul was waking! The man of many battles, With tears his eyelids pressing'. 'Stretched over those dusty iorehekds ale one-armed blessing. And he said: "Who bears can never Fear for or dcubt you: N Op a n ha haboe thou children Then ran rtund a whisper, a minim', Bogie ansrer devising; And a little boy stood up , : "Masse. `stn we're rising!' , 0 nlack boy of Atlanta: Ent I alfwas spoken: The slave's chat o and the master's Alike are brolen. The one curse or the races %Held both in tether: They are rising, — all are rising. I.he black and white together! 0 brave men and fair women Iltuomes ot hate assi s corning: S hall the dark faces only , Be turned to mornine ?, • klake Time your kOie avenger, All•healing, all-redressing: • Meet Fate half -way, and make it • „ A joy and blessing! —Atlantic Monthly, for March RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. CZZIOI The feeling in favor of abolishing the ,-pew-rent system, seems to be gradually growing, especially in those denomina tions itherto the most rigid advocates of the p lan. Several instances have been . noted of late by us of Episcopal and Presbyterianchurches having abandoned pew-letting and adopted voluntary sup portbf church expenses. Not long since the Second Presbyterian church, Prince ton, New Jersey, abolished the pew-rent 'system. Hereafter the trustee will enter in a book the names of the membeit and other supporters and secure from each a subscription of a regular quarterly pay ment 'of what he devotes for this purpose. *Presbyterian Church at Alcola, Illinois, has also adopted the free-seat system. One of the ruling elders of the church elpresses it "to work like a charm." Bishop Atkinson, of the Episcopal Dio cese of North Carolina, is decidedly in fivor of free and open churches... He very pertinently inquires: How can, we become the Church of the people unless we Open our doors to the people? There are'other things, he !argues, which we ought to do, but tine we. cannot afford to leatret.nndnne; . we must have free • and open churches. There must not be a man standing at the door and saying, "Pay your rent or you cannot go in." The Bishop says there was a two-fold answer to the objection that churches need not be free and open, because men ought to be willing' to pay their dues. The first answer, remarks the Bishop. was "that men, even the best men, might be willing and not able. The second is, that Churchee are built, not for men who do what they ought to do, but for.men who tem not do what they ought to do. If a man be av aricious and worldly-minded and unbe lieving, that is not a reason why he should be kept from church, but rather the very reason why he should be invited and urged to go, that he may learn to repent of these sins an' to forsake them." The want of space will not permit us to notice other arguments adduced by the Bishop in support of his views: ' The Seventh Street Methodiat Episcopal church, Zanesville, Ohio, Rev. C. D. Battete, pastor, formerly in charge of Smithfield Street Methodist Episcopal church in this city, is • enjoying a won derful work of revival. No less than two hundred and thirty-three haye'pro fessed conversion. The Executive Committee of the Amer ican Branch of the Evangelical Alliance have received Intelligence from the branch es of the Alliance in Europe that the brethren are not able to make arrange ments to attend the General Conference ,at so early period as the autumn of 1869, and suggesting its postponement for at least another year. It has been decided to acquiesce in the request, and also prosecute with vigor the formation of branches 'wherever practicable. It is pos . - sible that a Conference of Evangelical Christians, to consider certain questions and to prepare for the universal council, will be held in the Fall. The American Congregational Union stands pledged for grants voted to be tiveen fifty and sixty churches, in addi tion to the long list to which gmnts have • bee 6 already paid the present year. It is'stated the adult department in the. Sabbath School of the Fifth I3aptist Chursh 4 Philadelphia, having over , five hun dred schnlais, comprises nearly half of the school. , This depsztment added forty members to the church last year. The National Sunday School Co/wen /don, es heretofore stated, will be held in "Newark, New Jersey, on the 28th of "April, 1869. It is intended that it shall be a Mass Convention, open alike to all who come, but every State Convention • Is expected to be represented by a dele gation not to exceed twice the represen tation of the State in both Houses of Congress. Mr. John Rea, a graduate of the last class of the Western Theological Semi nary, has been called to the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church at Dowington, Pa., as successor of Rev. liatthew New kirk, we believe the son-IP:law of Rev. Dr. Jacobus. Mr. Reais tine son of Samuel Rea, Esq., Preaide - nt of the People's National Bank of - this city. We join with the Banner in wishing our towns man much success in the great work to which he has devoted himself. Quite a number of our esehanges per-, sist in circulating the report, under the lead of the New York independent, that the Advance, the able Congregational paper published at Chicago, is running behind at the rate of twenty to twenty five thousand dollars per annum, in the face of the denial of•the conductors of that paper, who certainly ought to know whereof they affirm. We would regret very much to see the Advance go under, as it is one of the , best religious papers that comes to our table. The movement of the Methodists to reach the Chinese on the Pacific coast, at least the most practical and successful mode adopted by that denomination over any other, is stirring up other bodies to action. We notice with pleasure that the Howard Street, New School Presbyterian church, San Francisco, California, has or ganized a Chinese Sunday School in con -nectiOn with the regular school of the con gregation. A correspondent of the Presbyterian, writing from Dubuque. lowa, represents that there are two kinds of hops in that region. One is beer hops and the other church hops. The former Mad, however, , has proved so unprofitable that the culti: vation has about ceased, and the excite ment died away. But the church hop is just now in the highest state of cultiva tion. He hints that "Broad Christianity" would be a failure if it were not for the hops. We hope the charge is untrue that the Universalist church in that city have a weekly hop for the benefit of the church, instead of a prayer meeting, and that on one of these evenings recently, a grand masquerade dresi ball had taken place in the parsonage for the benefit of the pastor. During the war the. Presbyterian (West Union) church in Marshall coun ty, West Virginia, was the scene of dis sension, growing out of the struggle. Rev. Jonathan Cross, by appointment of the Washington Presbytery, held a com munion service recently in that church. The cUngregation was small, but the meetings were continued and a glorious work of revival brae out, which con tinued for a considerable time. Mr. Cross writes that he had preached sixteen times in nine days, and another brother two. We quote his own words "One hundred had professed hope in Christ be fore I left, and sixty since. One hun dred and sixty have been addid to the' church on profession, and thirty,that had left on account of political troubles, have returned—making in all one hundred and ninety, and the inierest was not in the least abated, but scarcely - any were left unconverted within seven miles of the church." The African Baptist Church, at Dan ville, Va., has a membership of over four hundred, and keens up a day school with a tax. of five cents a week on each scholar. This is an example that the "white trash" of the Sonth would do well to imitate. How Beecher Makes His Sermons. Vi hen he first commenced to preach he wrote out a few of his sermons, until he had enough other writing to correct his style. Since then he has never written out a discourse in full. He has an idea all the week as to what subject he will treat on Sunday.,, Still, there is no deft• nite plan in his mind until the time ar- rives. Usually he Aloes not touch a pen to pa per before Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon. Then he sometimes gets so many sermons under way that the one he intends to prepare is neglected until the first bell rings, whereupon he throws aside the incomplete work, and blocking out a discourse, he hastens to the pulpit. Generally, he writes what would make :a quarter of a sermon, embracing the lead ing points to be presented. In preparing a sermon he first "blocks it out, , and lays the foundation with a part. of the framework. At the proper places he cuts , windows, through which the audience , may see the beauties of the Gospel. The windows are designated by the letters "Ill.," inclosed in a line thus (Ill.,) show ing that an illustration is to comein at that particular point. None of the illus trations are ever written out beforehand or with the sermon, but they are given as they occur at the time when they are needed. Often, when in the pulpit, he finds the Windows in the'wrong place. He always hasn variety of new sermons on hand, to be used on - special occasions. He said that in old times the housewife kept a batch of dough in the pantry, and when bread was required, all she bad to do was to go to the tray and cut off enough for baking. So it is with his sermons. He never preaches the same one twice, though he frequently uses the same text, but it is always in a different manner. ' In reply to the question as to whether he selected his text first, or the subject, applying such a text as would suit, he said that a text may be compared to a gate opening into the Lord's Garden; many minister's instead of unlatching the gate and leading their hearers in to pluck the fruit and flowers, content theria selves by getting upon it and swinging to and fro. He always makes it a point to preach his best sermons' on stormy days, for then these who are In attendance say to their friends: "Yon don't know how much you missed by not being , present, though it was a stormy day. He well remembered the time- when, on nearly every Sabbath during the win ter, it snowed or rained, "for it came near killing me," said he, laughingly. Some one inquired if he studied his prayers. "Never," saltine; "I carry a feeling with me such as a mother would have for her children .were they lost in a great for est. I feel that on eyery side my people ,are in danger, and that many of them are PITTSBURGH GAZETTE : SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1869: like labies, weak and helpless, Mv, heart gaes out in sorrow any to tumid; toward them, and at tin'dis I seem to car ry all their burdens. I find that when one's heart is wrapped and twisted around the hearts of oth,era r it is not difficult to ray." p Another wanted to know if it would not be better for Mr. Beecher to travel about the country, that the people of the various sections might be benefited by his preaching. "No," said he; "what would a stove in the Arctic regions be good for if it, were carried from place to place? Be sides, more people come to hear me than could reach should Igo after them. It is far better for the United States to go through my church than for me to go through the United States."—Packard' s Monthly. How Co-Operative Housekeeping will Promote the Health of Women. After what I. have already said about the responsibipties of women in regard to the study and practice of medicine, it follows that I should hope to see a great stimulus giyeii to it by co-operative house keeping; for then, if any woman possess ed a peculiar gift for it, the association could take care of the bulk of her domes tic concerns until she • had received a regular medical training, and was quali fied to be put in charge of the health de partment. Should she, out of respect to the resident physicians, decline to prac tise medicine, still she 'will have a noble function in the prevention of disease and physical deterioration, and in the assist ing of physical development. She will keep a strict eye on everything that goes out of the kitchen and clothing-house, to to see that nothing injurious to health, either in food or clothing, be ignorantly adopted by the community, and that whatever is necessary to odily well being and beauty be iii constant use in every family. Defective teeth, thin hair, pale cheeks, fiat and narrow chests, spindling legs :and arms, boniness and Wrinkles instead of roundness and dimples —all this melancholy physical detic;ency that haunts society and makes home un happy, exists because we do not know how to live physically; because we are ignorant what elements should preponderate in food and drink, in order to counteract the effects of our dry and stimulating cli mate; because we do not make our own and our children's muscular development in gymnasium and in the open .air a sol emn duty, or care what hours we, keep, and what injurious customs we follow. The judicious head of the health depart ment will, however, gradually change all this; and when the new generation grows up she will point with pride to the bloom ing Hebes and Janos all about as the just results of her enlightened physieal teaching. Even before the children are born, she will watch over the expectant mothers, that the formation. of the new human beings may' go on with every fa vorable concurrence; and I suppose that in this connection a Mass of phenomena is waiting to be studied by acute and ex perienced doctressee, of which the medi cal world little dreams- Another ftinc tion of the co-operative doctress would be the training of her staff of nurses. It is in sickness, indeed, that perhaps co-op erative housekeeping would shine the 1. 4 0 brightest. Some f these nurses will, no doubt, be ladles- love the work for its own sake, an It Would be well if each congregation represented In the Associa tion could have one or two of such Nurs ing Sisters, as they might be called, trained and ready to their pastor's need. The pillow of many a poor sufferer is stuffed with thorns, as she reflects on the dirt and waste that 'may be running riot down stairs in her absence, or on the discomfort that may be added to the anx ietles of the husband whom she loves. In co-operation, however, neither sick ness nor health ould make any differ ence in the clock-like workings of the great ' domestic machine. The Sisters would be trained not only in nursing, but in family management and the care of children, so that in case no relative of a sick mother could be called upon, her little ones would still be ' attended to. And I really think one angelic office of the co-operative kitchen would.- be the preparation of food for the sick. What exquisite delicacies would be sent in to tempt the fainting appetite! What wines and cordiala would be there within the reach of all! And when the patient grew better, how easy to give her the needed daily ride in the carriage that would be kept by the association especially for its invalids!--A gla /tile Monthly for March. Of the, peculiarities in the sacraments and rites, baptism is celebrated at home to avoid exposure to cold, as the child is stripped and three times immersed. The name is then bestowed by the priest, and is supposed not to have been before re vealed even to the parents. At funerals the corpse is borne in an open coffin over evergreen boughs, strewn from the ; residence to the church, and thence to I the cemetery, and there is carried with it, in resemblance to the old classic custom, o dish of rice cooked with raisins, which, after the interment, is returned to the home and partaken of daily by the mourn ing relations while it lasts. &wedding is an elaborate affair, and decidedly a try ing ordeal, for the ceremony requires nearly an hour for its performance. The pair, followed by proper attendants, and all bearing lighted candles, are met at a church door, by a priest, who leads them to an altar beneath the dome, where, af ter ninny genuflections and responses, an elegant crown is placed on the head of each and they are then led slowly three times around the altar, reciting the obli gations they are about assuming. It is the bride's privilege at any time before completing the third and last- circuit, to withdraw from the engagement; that Ru bicon 'passed, the plighting of troth is completed by exchanging rings, drinking from a goblet wine three times in alterna tion, and then, afterrepeating their vows, they kiss the Bible, the cross, and their crowns; the bride furthermore kneels, thrice crossing herself before the image of the Virgin, kisses the feet. The ceremo ny terminates with a general embracing of the couple by their respective frienda. —Oyer/and Monthly. ImmovED ENTBLOPZIL—One of those very simple improvements in the con struction of a loag known article, has recently been announced in England, in regard to the gumming of envelopes, con= tasting in applying the mucilage to the lower part of the envelope, instead of the flap. Oa moistening the edge of the flap, as usual, and pressing it down upon the gummed surface below, a very thorough adhesion takes place, without the objec tion of getting the t aste of the gum in the mouth, or removing a part of it by the tongue. The Sltka Fashions. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT vareql NO ORANGE MADE WHEN ARTIFICIAL TE ETH TEETH BET ARE onDERED. L For. Mi. ATE DR. scow's. EE We PENN' EaltEr.T, VD D 0011113 0 178 HAND ALL ATORS: WARRANTED. CXLLAND AMINE SPECIMENS OF GEITUINE VOLCAIS in99:daT GAS FIXTURES WELDON 4 KELLY, Manallsetnrers and Wholesale Dealers In Lamps, 'Lanterns, Chandeliers, AND LAMPDODDS. Also, CARBON AND LUBRICATING OILS. BENZINE, &C. N 0.147 Wood Street. se9:ll= Between sth and 6th Avenues. FRUIT CAN TOPS. We are now prepared to supply TINNERS and the Trade witkour Patent SELF-LABELING . FRUIT CAN TOP. It Is gERFECT, SIMPLE and CHEAP. Baying the names of the Yaricus fruits Stumped upon the Corer, rattle Bog from the center, and an Index or pointer stamped upon the Top of the can. It Is clearly, Obtlnctly and PERMANENT LY LABELED by merely placing tha name of the fruit ale can contains op posite the pointer and sealing in the customary, manner. No preserver of fruit or good HOUSEKEEPER will use any other after once seeing ft. Send 25 cents for sample. COLLINS tt WRIGHT. 139 Second avenue, Pittsburgh: PIANOS. ORGANS, &C. BUY THE BEST AND CHEAP.- EST PIANO AND ORGAN. Schoniacker's Gold Medal Piano, AND ESTEY'S COTTAGE ORGAN, The SCHOSIA.OICER PIANO combines all the latest valuable improvements known in the con struction of a first class instrument, and has al ways been awarded. the big hest Premium ex hibited. Its tone is full. sonorous and sweet. The workmanship. for durability and beauty, surpass all others. Price' from $5O to $l5O. (accolag to style and finish.) cheaper than all other scr eened first class Piano. 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