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The History of our Lord.
A sermon, by Rev. A. A. WH.T.ITs, preached
in Philadelphia, on Sunday 18th ult.
and reported by John F. Graff.
Subject—"Oun LORD'S TEMPTATION."
. The text selected for the occasion may he
found in Matt. iv. I—" Then was Jesus led
, up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to be
tempted of the devil) 7
To the speaker, this passage was one of a
deeply mysterious chatacter ; containin, as
it did, so much important truth, yet with its
object but so partially revealed. It was,
however, not so difficult for us to determine
Iwhy our lord had been thus tempted, as it
was to understand how the temptation had
been accomplished. Froth-the fact that he
was wholly without sin, it was evident that
he could not be tempted by any thoughts
-:within. It was true, that by his assurnittp•
the estate of man, he had rendei ed himself
subject to the trialsand sufferings of human
-ity; yet, in a spiritual sense, he was a God
'3-incarnate, as was abundantly provea by his
whole life. That he was equal with God
—:was attested by the Scriptures.
That there was much in the incarnation,
sufferings and temptation of Chtist, which
:,..was beyond our power to unlock with our
)`c,` unaided short-sighted faculties, he was free
to admit; yet there was this consolation—
',,that if there were parts beyond our powers
of comprehension ; there was sufficient devel
oped to our understanding, not to render
~them beyond our powers of belief.
The first great object of this temptation
probably -been to prove his condescen
sine and humility; as it was to a hol!) mind
- ..that sin ever wore its most horrible aspect ;
:!,:the greatest anguish and affliction of such a
mind, would hence consist in the temptation
to evil. In the second place, the reverend
speaker was of the opinion that our Lord's
temptation, and the sublime resistance with
which he rebuked it, was as intimately con
,' nected with the great plan of our Redemption
as his Crucifixion or any other event of his
life. Indeed his life, sirictly speaking, had
-been one perpetual sacrifice from first to last
.:-.--from the manger to the cross.
Adam by falling had subjected us to sin.
:and Christ by overcoming the tempter had
- verified the scripture ,
Gen. iii, 15, "I will
put enmity between tit ee and the 'myna, and
:'between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise
:;.thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Sa-
Jllan had bruised the heel of Christ in this
'qemptation, but Christ by withstanding it had
crushed the serpent's head.
In the speaker's opinion, the victory of
:.,our Lord over His insidious enemy should
,"afford much comfort and courage to his fol-
Aowers.
In taking a glance at His three temptations,
he would notice first, the extreme subtlety of
Satan in approaching our Lord at the most
auspicious time to insure success, viz: after
he had fasted forty days and forty nights in
the wilderness. We could all immagine the
anguish,.exhaustion and weakness, which
would naturally follow this protracted absti
nence from food; and hence the cunning
tempter had approached him with the words,
" If thou be the Son. of God command that
these stones be made bread."
Mr. Willits remarked that Satan did prob
, ably not know with whom he had to deal, as
his knowledge of the secrets of heaven had
ceased with his fall, though he had no doubt
been witness to Christ's birth, baptism, &c.,
and was cognizant of all that had transpired
among the people respecting him. Nor was
the presumption at all improbable that he
had much.to do with awakening among the
Jews that false expectation in reference to
his reign upon the earth.
The devil's plan in this temptation had
evidently been to allure Christ into the per
formance of miracles for his own personal
aggrandizement; that the pride and expecta
tions"of the world might be gratified. But,
notwithstanding the pangs that are always
induced by excessive hunger the adroitness
of Satan had been foiled.
The subtle pretext of the devil's plan was
still further revealed by his deceitful double
pretension ; first, that by turning the stones
into bread He might satisfy his hunger ; and,
secondly, that by performing the mirracle
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But his efforts had been in vain. The sav
iour of the world had in no one instance used
his miraculous powers for his own comfortl
hence his reply to Satan, that "Mau shall
not live by bread alone," having reference to
that passage, neut. viii. 3, "And he bumbled
thee, and srffered thec to hunger, and fed thee
with manna, which thou knewest not; *
that he might make thee know that man cloth
not live by bread only, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth
man /ive,"showing that God could, and Chad
in former times used extraordinary means in
sustaining the life'of his people;and that he
had even the power of sustaining them with
outany means at all, as in Christ's case, du
rinathose forty days.
These things, the Speaker remarked, were
written for our instruction, that God never
fails to sustain those that put their trust in
him. Yet it was a remarkable fact that He
who had all power to minister to His own
highest comfort, and to avert all suffering,
had shared so bitterly its keenest pangs
while on earth; and that He who had fed the
thousands with the five loaves and two fish
es, had never had compassion on Himself.
This same self-deuying characteristic had
also apparently been enjoined upon the deci
pies, as was illustrated by their satisfying
their hunger by the simple means of pluck
iag the ears of corn, instead of employ
ing any miraculous agency. St. Paul too,
to whom had been given the power to work
miracles, had never been known to employ
that prerogative for his own comfort or safe
ty.
In speaking of the second temptation of
our Lord—His being taken to the holy city
and set upon a pinnacle of the temple, Mr.
Willits remarked that it was most probable
that Satan had appeared in human form.—
The word "taketh," in this passage, signified
to conduct or accompany; the Saviour had
hence been accompanied by Satan to the ter
rific. heights of the pinnacle referred to, which
according to Josephus, must have been at an
elevation of no less than five hundred cubits,
or about 750 feet.
Satan's request of our Lord, "if thou be
the son of God cast thyself down," had also
been marked with his cunning duplicity; for
if he should fail, and be crushed in - the fall,
1-re would be humbled or destroyed : and if
He should succeed, in compliance with his
(Satan's) request, it. would be hailed by the
Jews as an evidence of his worldly ambition.
But if we wanted to see the devil in this
proceeding, on the part of Satan, it was on
ly necessary for us to notice his perversion of
Scripture, wherein, he tempted Christ, by
saying that "it is written, He shall give
his angels charge concerning thee; and in
their hands they shall bear the up, lest at any
time thou dash thv foot against a stone.”—
The qualify ilia clause in this quotation hav
ing been omitted, as may be seen by refer
ring to the original, 91st Psalms, 11, 12,
For lla shall give His angels charge over thee,
to keep the in all thy ways, ''&c., i. e. "in all
thy lawful courses.
The covert design of Satan having again
been nustiated by the Saviour's reply—
" Thou shalt 2iot tempt the Lord thy God,"
the tempter resolved to "take him upon an
other tack."
In speaking of the violation of the natural
laws, Mr. Willitts presented a principle,
which if it were more generally understood
and fearlessly advocated by our pulpit ora
tors, would be vastly instrumeWal in saving
many from that sad error so universally dul
ned in, of attributing to God, the thousand af
flictions that we bring upon ourselves. Thus,
for example, Christ declined throwing him
setf iivm the pinnacle of the temple, because
it would have been hazarding a danger in
which he had no promise of God's protection.
It would have been virtually asking of God
to suspend his fixed laws of gravitation. And
accordingly, whenever we do anything in vi
olation of the physical or organic. laws of
our being, we are tempting God, and must
not expect to escape the penalty. A scien
tific lecturer had truly said, "that however
forgiving God might deal with the soul, He
never forgave the sins of the body."
The scene was changed—" And he took
him into an exceeding high mountain."
This passage, the speaker observed, was
also difficult for us to understand ; but in
his estimation our safest plan under all such
circumstances was to keep as near to the let
ter of the text as possible. In order to ob
tain an adequate idea of the extent of the
view from this mountain, he would refer to
the 34th Chapter of Deuteronomy ; the de
scription of Moses' view from the top of
Pisgah. From this lofty summit the temp
ter had shown to our Lord the splendor of
the world, and offered it as a bribe if he
would consent to fill down and worship him.
This the reverend speaker thought, was just
the way in which the devil in our own day
urged professing Christians to go on in mak
ing money, no matter how, under the pre
tence of using it in doing good. In his opin
ion these was considerable justice in this
promise of Satan to give to our Lord posses
sion of those splendid kingdoms, for he had
no doubt that they were mainly in the dev
il's possession. The Bible called him the
"prince of this world," and he w:ould not
say how much the devil had it in his power
to bestow upon the children of the world, but
he would say that it was worth nothing. -
With regard to Satan's proposition, how
ever, for our Lord to "fall down and worship
him," we must not understand it as referring
to worship of religious character. The dev
il was not such a fool as to demand of Jesus
anything so adverse to his own interest ; but
his object hed been rather, as if to say to our
Lord, "You can never accomplish this spirit
ual purpose ; the world is against you, and
must ultimately result in your destruction ;
whereas, on the other hand, if you will do
this thing which t ask:, the world will rally
to your standard, and you can becomes migh
ty king." Nor would this latter suggestion,
on the part of Satan, have lacked plausibility;
but plausible or not, it could only have been
accepted by rejecting the interests of God,
and embracing the cause of the devil. This
Jesus saw, and without longer submitting to
the insiduous machinations of the tempter,
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He turned upon him with a rebuke, as if thun
dered from heaven, "Get thee hence Satan;
for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord
thy God, and Him. only shalt thou serve."
After this unsatisfactory term inatibn of the
interview, Satan left, for he had found noth
ing', wrong in Him. And from that hour the
efforts of Satan had not been to pollute the
Son of God, but to destroy Him. Then went
forth the cry, "crucify him," and in answer
to the question, "what evil hath he done,"
was heard, "away with him," "away with
him .%
The speaker here remarked that, to Chris
tians, it was among the most consoling of re
flections to know that our Lord had been thus
subjected to temptation—clearly evincing his
humanity—but that he had overcome the
tempter. There were, indeed, none so holy
as to be bey and temptation ; none had got
beyond Jesus Christ, or our parents in Eden,
or the angels who had kept their first estate.
Our liability to -temptation was universal ;
but, fortunately, there was no sin in being
tempted, so long as we do not yield to its in
,
fluence. The thrusts of hell might indeed
I come as black as midnight—while we resist
ed they could do us no harm, but, on the con
trary, might do us good, in furnishing that
ballast of trials which the Christian so much
needs in os.ercoming the influence of the
world.
As an illustration of the harmlessness of
temptation when properly resisted, the speak
,er quoted the quaint remark of another, "if
we cannot prevent foul birds from flying
over our heads, we can, at least, prevent them
from making their nests in our hair."
I If time permitted, he should like to show
how perfectly Christ was subjected to the
same sufferings that we are. He deprecated
the principle of sinners trying to shield their
wickedness—as is too often the case—by re
sorting to the stereotyped declaration, that
; "the world owes us a living," and fully en
dorsed the characteristic response of Dr.
Johnson to the man who once accosted him
upon a certain matter, sustaining his course,
;at the same time ; by saying that "he must
live," to which the Doctor coolly replied,
"that he really saw no particular necessity
for anything of the kind."
I In applying the moral of this discourse,
t Mr. Willetts urged upon all present the ne
cessity of putting on the full Christian ar
mor ; that we might have our loins girt about
with the truth—as there was nothing else
in the world that the devil hated half so much,
that we might have on the breast plate of
righteousness, the shield of faith an the
sword of the Spirit. This, indeed, iMhad
been that enabled Christ so ; effectually to
overcome his terrible adversary : there were
many arguments that he might have used,
but He chose them not, but in every instance
repelled the enemy with the sword of the
Spirit—the word of God.
It was especially desirable that we study
the Scriptures and acquaint ourselves with
such passages of them as seem most striking
ly adapted to ward off the shafts of tempta
tion. The incentives held out for us to fel
low in the footsteps of Jesus, in orercom
ing sin, were of the most brilliant character;
as there was not one such victory gained but
that it was hailed in heaven with unspeaka
ble pleasure ; the angels then would be ready
to fly to our relief, and cheer us with the
smiles of hope ; and when the last battle
shall have been fought, and the faithful sol
dier returns from the field, who could con
ceive the joy and triumphant glory that shall !
await him when Christ greets him on the
battlements of heaven, "thou (rood and faith
ful servant."
Religious Denominations of the United
States.
We often hear it said, that, if there were
fewer religious denominations in the United
States, there would be sufficient church ac
commodations for every body. The argu
ment is a particular favorite with a certain
class of persons, when they are solicited to
subscribe for the erection of houses of wor
ship, but in face of this round assertion, there
are in the entire country, with its population
of twenty-six millions, church accommoda
tion for only fourteen millions. Allowing
three millions for children too young to go
to church, it follows that one-third of the
entire population have no church to go to,
even if they are so disposed.
The number of religious sects in the Uni
ted States is twenty, without counting the
Chinese Budhists in California, or sundry
minor Christian denominations. The whole
number of edifices of worship is about thir
ty-six thousand, capable of accommodating,
as we have seen, fourteen millions of people.
The total value of the church property, held
by these twenty denominations, is nearly
ninety millions of dollars, in exact numbers
$86,416,639. The average value of each
church and its appurtenances is twenty-four
hundred dollars. These facts which are de
rived from official tables for the census, ex
plode another false notion, which is that
there is too .much luxury and wealth in
American churches.
The most numerous sect in the United
States is the Methodist, the second the Bap
tist, and the third the Presbyterians. The
first has church accommodations for over
four millions of worshipers ; in other words,
the Methodists have houses of worship for
one-sixth of the entire population. The Bap
tists have accommodations for over three mil
lions, and the Presbyterians for more than
two. The fourth sect, in the extent of its
accommodations, is the Congregational, the
fifth the Episcopalian, and the sixth the Ro
man Catholic. The number of churches be
longing to the three leading denominations
does not always follow this proportion, how
ever. The Methodists, for example, while
they can accommodate but twice as many
worshippers as the Presbyterians, have three
times as many churches. The Roman Cath
olics though sixth on the list as regards ac
commodations, stands seventh in the number
of their churches. Of the principal sects,
that which has the smallest edifices for wor
ship is the Methodists, and those which have
the
_largest, are the Unitarians and Dutch Re
formed. The smallest denomination is the
Swedenborgian, and the next the Mennonite.
There are no Jess than fifty-two Tunker
churches, and thirty-five thousand worship
pers. The Friends so numerous in this city,
have accommodations for about three hun
dred thousand, or but little more than one
hundredth of the entire population of the
United States.
The richest denomination is the 'Metho
dist, which is set down in the cencus tables
at $14,636,671. The next is the Presbyte
rian, which is rated at $14,369,889. The
Episcopal, which in number of churches
stands fifth, ranks third for its church prop
erty, being estimated at $11,261,970. The
fourth is the Baptist, $10,931,382: the fifth
the Roman Catholic, $8,973, 838 ; and the
sixth the Congregational $7,973,962. Of
these various sects, the two which sympa
thise the most in doctrine, are the Congrega
tionalists and Presbyterians—both adhere to
the Westminster Catechism, and differing
only in their form of government, the one
being republican and the other democratic.
Together these two sects have over six thous
and churches, can seat nearly three millions
of worshippers, and hold church property to
the value of more than twenty-two millions.
The sect whose average value of property
ranks highest, is the Unitarian. Next comes
the Dutch Reformed, and next the Jewish.—
The Swedenborgians, Roman Catholics and
Episcopalians follow in the order named. Of
the leading denominations, the Methodists
stand lowest on the list, and the Babtists
next, while the Presbyterians and Congrega
tionalists hold a middle place.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
The New Hampshire Ejection
The opposition journals have already rais
ed a shout over the defeat of the democracy
of New Hamprhire by the combined elements
of faction and fanaticism,in eluding abolition
ism, whiggery, free-soilism, native-Ameri
canism, and religious persecution. But that
which most excites their exultation is the
fact that New Hampshire is the native State
of President Pierce, and that the granite de
mocracy of that State have been compelled
to yield before a pestilent fusion of the worst
political prejudices that ever afflicted a hap
py people. They feel, doubtless, like the
enemies of the American revolution in the
dread hour when the common foe of our
country, united with hireling auxiliaries and
savage allies, and stimulated by internal
treason, had almost annihilated the cause of
the American colonies. In their joy at the
temporary defeat of a proud and heretofore
indomitable democracy, they forgot the de
grading means resorted to accomplish such a
result, and the monstrous doctrines to which
they are ''now irrevocably committed. So
was it with the remorseless and infatuated
factions that for the moment bole down Gen.
Jackson during his bold and fearless execu
tive career. When they defeated his friends
in the neighborhood of the Hermitage, elect
ed his personal enemies to the United States
Senate, and carried their candidates in most
of the States of the union, they revelled in
an elysium of delight, and looked forward to
years of triumphant ascendency. So in
1840, when the rekindled fires of federalism
were fed by local aud sectional extitements
until the whole land was swept as with the ,
wing of a devastating angel. So, too in '
1848, when the democracy gave way before
a military mania, and when corruption
mounted into the high places of the govern
ment on the reputation of an honest but mis:
directed soldier.
But at no time before, not even when trai
tors sought to stain the good name of Gener
al Washington—not even when they held up
Thomas Jefferson as an incarnate devil—
not when they slandered Madison for his
conduct during the late war—at no time,
from those periods down to the days of Jack
son and the times of 1840 and 1848, have
the people been called upon to meet such a
foe as that which has prevailed over the ster
ling democracy of New Hampshire: None
of the great intellects of the past were ever
called upon to meet such a coalition as this.
There is not a personal revenge against the
democratic party—not a malignant scheme
against the peace of society—not a hatred of
the Union and of the constitution—that has
not been thrown as an ingredient into the
boiling cauldron of this contagious fusion.—
And whether we regard this conglomeration
as a war upon religion and morals, as a blow
at good government, as a conspiracy against
well-defined and covenanted rights individu
al and general, social and political, or as a
gang of secret plotters against sacred institu
tions, it stands out in unchallenged infamy,
and, thus far, in unequalled recklessness.—
Had Jefferson lived to see such a demonstra
tion against the barriers of constitutional and
personal liberty, he would have despaired,
with all li is sanguine patriotism, of the du
ration of the republic. Had Jackson been alive
to meet it, he would have beheld in it the
omen of a decaying Union. Neither could
have resisted a tide which gathers strength 1
from the worst of human passions, and
threatens to overwhelm the nation in one
common ruin.
New Hampshire almost completes the
round of these victories of fanaticism in the
free States. The whole North has temporari
ly yielded to the progress of this whirlwind
of intolerance. The abolitionists and their
auxiliaries have swept the free States; and
now, like an invading army, flushed with a
harvest of blood and spoil, they turn to the
fair fields of the South, and prepare to seize
upon the rights and the interests of fifteen
States, heretofore steadily and bravely defen
ded from the assaults of the now victorious
actions, by the democratic party of the free
States.
Bnt the President has been rebuked, say
the leaders of these exulting yet incongruous
combinations. He has been rebuked, cries
Burke, for appointing free soilers, to office
—and this by a gang of abolition zealots !
He has been rebuked, says Gavazzi, for ap
pointing Catholics—and this by those who,
in 1852, denounced him for his alleged hos
tility to catholics He has been rebuked for
his integrity; for his consistency; for his
vi,gilent guardianship of the public honor at
home and abroad ; for his sterling nationali-
4. 1855,
From the Washington Union
ty; and for the boldness with which he has
punished the frauds of his predecessors in
office..
But it is not only Franklin Pierce that has
been rehnked. Jefferson is rebuked for his
noble efforts in favor of religious toleration
in Virginia; for his championship of emigra
tion ; and for his life-long devotion to liberal
principles. Washington is rebuked for his
approval of the patriotism of the Catholics.
Lafayette is rebuked for his gallantry in de
fending the cause o f our infant colonies.—
Jackson is rebuked as the son of an Irishman.
Our country is rebuked, we fear, for prosper
ing so long under the example of enlighten
ed legislation and equal laws; for growing
great by the aid of the labor and the valor of
the adopted citizens. There is to be a halt
in our national career. The counsels of the
sages of the past must be repudiated or revi
sed. We must travel back to the days of
King George and the alien laws. We must
reanimate the spirit that drove our fathers to
the western wilds. No longer shall Roger
Williams or William Penn or George Calvert
be the lights by which our path is:made clear.
Our standard is to be that of an intolerant
priesthood, a corrupt court, and a bigoted ju
diciary. We must reverse the ideas of the
revolution, and forget that we have had a
past, in the earnest endeavor to make the fu
ture worthy of the creed which persecutes
men for opinion's sake, disfranchises them
for their religion, and disowns them for the
land of then• birth I
The President and his Native State.
The Concord (N. H.) correspondent of the
Boston Post has the following:
"I have been permitted to copy the fol
lowing high-toned sentiment from a late
private letter of our patriotic President to a
friend in this city, which is pertinent to the
point. The letter is dated about aweek ago.
Gen. Pierce says :
"I am naturally anxious about the result
of the election in New Hampshire. But tell
my friends the t if, after a contest conducted
with the ability, honor and courage with
which this has been, we are defeated, such
defeat, under such circumstances, will never
disturb me for a moment. If you could have
carried the State with the aid of any one of
the isms by a majority of 20,000, and would
have consented to do so, I should, in my
feelings, have sounded the depths of humil
iation. As it is, no disappointment can de
press me."
At a moment when the democratic party
is the only organization left to oppose a con
solidated crusade, howling with impreca
tions, and eager for the fray, against the
rights of the States, the rights of the citizen,
the peace of society, and the welfare of the
Union, such language as this from the Chief
Magistrate of the country is like the voice
of the sentinel, that swells above the roar or
the elements, and assures us that "all is
well." Not, indeed that victory is blazing
upon our banners, nor that our hosts have
not, for the moment, been defeated ; but that
their faith in the truth, and their undying
hope in the triumph of the truth, are still
alive.
Men who fasten their• fortunes to the ex
pedients and the factions of the day can nev
er permanently succeed. Nothing gave
Franklin Pierce so warm and so strong a
hold upon the affections of the people as his
scorn of the ternr)orary excitements of the
hour and his conflicts with sectionalism.—
In the darkest periods he was foremost in ta
king the responsibility ; and though regarded
as rash by those who would have held him
back, he never failed to ernsh faction and un
consciously to elevate himself at the same
time, It is in seasons like the present,
when proscription, like a foul and festering
disease, rides, as it were, on the very atmos
phere, and strikes down the purest principles
and the most eminent men, that such a man
has a right to speak to his countrymen.
The democratic party has been true to the
standard of fidelity to its principles, and it
will be true hereafter. Nowhere has it com
promised or forgotten them. In no State,
North or South, has it failed to struggle a
gainst its infatuated and infuriated adversary.
While it might have purchased base advait
tages by base compliances, it preferred to
fall with its creed, assured that a short time
would restore to it its gigantic energies in
the cause of the constitution. And now,
when this adversary is full Of exultation, it
will be a source of universal satisfaction to
hear the eloquent and manly voice of a dem. ,
ocratic Executive proclaiming his sympathy
and his co-operation with an example and a
consistency so worthy of the great democrat
ic party of the country.
We have never had a nobler issue than this.
In the midst of the crazy clamor that "old
parties are dead" and "old differences ex
tinct"—in the midst of the demand of shal
low demagogues for "a new issne"—lol the
great truth that divided this continent from
the Crown of Great Britain, rises like a -nem
ing sword between the democracy and its
foes, and marshals us to new conflicts ! We
thank these foes, combined as they are by
passion and by plunder—we thank them for
the issue, and we almost rejoice to see them
succeeding in the first conflicts which this
issue has precipitated—for the time has not
yet come when despotism, under the name
of intolerance, shall erect his lasting throne
upon these shores. The hour is nut at hand
when the lessons of the past shall be entirely
forgotten. The constriution may be shaken
by the convulsion of internal treason,bnt it has
not yet fallen. The Union may vibrate to
the machinations of •its foes, but it still
moves on in its majestic orbit. While these
things are, the democracy may be defeated
in its high mission, but they cannot be de
feated long. The whole land may be cov
ered with the bitter waters of discontent, but
these will soon pass off, and the horde of pol
iticians who would flatter a people only to
ruin them, will be driven back into the ob
scurity from which they have been transient
ly taken. When, upon such an issue, the
American people cannot recover from a tem
porary delusion, they will be ready for the
chains of the oppressor, and prepared for per
petual bondage. —W ashingtcm Union
, We find the following picture in - the Arne
erican Liberal, and commend it to special
notice. Bill Poole was a bully and a prize
fighter, of New York, and, having whipped
a mart by the name of Morrissey, the friends
of the latter attacked him one night in a
cloggery and inflicted wounds upon him
that resulted in his death in a short time.
His last words were, "I die a true Ameri
can !" and it will be seen by what follows
that he was buried with a good deal of pomp
and ceremony, by his "true American"
friends ;
"There has been an immense excitement
in New York last week. It is Sunday—ho-
Jy when nobody works, nobody
drinks; when a true American lady does not
even make a fire in the cooking-stove; when
all the world—a few foreigners and infidels
perhaps only excepted--fills the numerous
churches and is deeply employed in prayer
and adoration. The ample length of Broad
way is fully crowded by people; the rich and
the poor, the upper and lower tens, honest men
and loafers, ladies and thieves, all mingled
together so as to obstruct every passage.—
There must be a great festival. The people
are wailing fqr something; but surely, it is
not God, nor Sunday, nor Bible, nor prayer
that occupies their mind, the minds of all
the many thousands walking imptiently up
and down in the streets laughing and chat
' tering from every window, hanging upon
every tree branch and even on the edges of
the roofs. Great things, surely, are to come.
Nov listen ! Is not that the sound of
0 yes, I hear it distinctly. The crowd
is moving on wards. They come nearer and
nearer. All is silent, not the least noise
heard ; all eyes are directed to one point,
where the music is approaching; a deep, sol
emn, mournful music. The band is followed
by military companies, by firemen, by some
associations, all walking silently and mourn
fully. rears trickle down from many eyes,
And behold, there comes the hearse, richly
attired, drawn by four horses covered in
mourning. See, the coffin is covered with
fresh flowers, festooned by the proud Star
Spangled Banner. The sides bear an in
scription in large letters : "I DIE A TRUE
AMERICAN !" One of the spectators on our
side utters in a - voice trembling with emotion :
"That is the way the people bury their great
men!" Surely, then, that must have been a
very great, a popular, a patriotic man in the
ornamented coffin. Who can it be but one
of the champions of freedom, a hero of the
Republic, a second Father of the Fatherland !
Do you know him, dear reader 1 We - shall
whisper his name in your ear. But do not
look surprised—do not start back and shake
your head doubtfully ; what w_e . tell you is a
true, real fact, riot a cration of fancy. The dead
man thus buried with all these honors, ac
companied by so many thousands of a free
republican people, is none other than Bill
Poole, one of the greatest loafers, rowdies
and pugilists of the modern Sodom!
You may ask what he has done to merit
such honors, to be buried with such funeral
pomp. Oh, don't you know,. he died the
death of a loafer, a mean, awkward, coward
ly loafer—spit in his face, knoeked down by
some of his fellow loafers—shot down in a
tavern. That is what he is buried for with
all this solemnity ; buried like a hero,
in a country that boasts of its free institu
tions ! He died a rowdy, but he died a true
American ! 0 shame What shall we
think of Americanism whet manifested in
such a manner ! Who would have thought
such a thing possible, who would even believe
it were not the real, undeniable fact before
our eyes. And yet—America is a great coun
try And such a death as that of Bill Poole is
a model death of the true American !
Lawrence died exclaiming : "Don't give
up the ship ! , Harrison died with the re
quest, on his lips that the principles of Gov
ernment should be fully consummated.—
Taylor died saying he had endeavored to
discharge his duty. Yet these go for naught
and are cast into the shade. and Bill Poule
stands forth a brilliant picture. of American
ism, to be handed down to future genera
tions and our children called upon to imitate
his example !
Baltimore Conference of M. E, Church
This body, which has been in session for
some time at Baltimore, has adjourned, after
making the usual appointment for the year.
The following are the appointments for the
Cumberland and Bellfonte Districts:
CUMBERLAND DlsTurcT.—John A. Colins,
P. E.—Cumberland—Wm, T. D. Glenn.—
Cumberland mission to Colored People—Ho
race Holland. Cumberland Circuit—John
Lloyd, F. A. 'Mercer. Allegheny—James A.
Coleman, George W. Dunlap. Westernport
—Samuel Cornelius, (one to be supplied.)—
Frostburg—Samuel B. Dunlap, B. F. Stevens.
Shellsburg—Joseph N. Spangler, Wm. Ste
yens. Bedford—Joseph T. Phelps, Bedford
Circuit—George W. Bouse, Jas. W. Curry.
W ood bury—Wm. M. Meminger, John M'-
E I fres h Hollidaysburg—James H. March.
Altoona—Alex. E. Gibson. Birmingham—
Elisha Butler. Williamsburg—Job W.
Lambeth. Coalmout , --Samuel W. Price.—
Cassville—Geo. Berkstresser, Richard Hink
le and Robert Beers, supernumerary. Shir,
leysburg—Jas. M. Clark, Henry Wilson.
BE LLEFONTE DISTRICT.— John Poisal, P.
E.—Bellefonte—Thomas Daugherty. Belle
fonte Circuit—W. L. Spottswood, Samuel
Creighton. Penn's Valley—Allen Brittain,
R. A. Bathurst. Huntingdon—N. S. Buck
ingham. Manor Hill—John W. Haugha.,
wont, Wilber F. Watkins. Warrior's Mark
—George Guyer, E. W. Kirby. Bald Eagle
—Nathan Shaffer. Glenhope—Presley B.
Smith. New Washington—C. G. Linthh
cum. Clearfield and Curwinsville—A. M.
Barnitz. Clearfield Circuit—Charles Clea
ver, W. M. Showalter. West Branch—Dan
iel M. Giles, (one to be supplied.) Clinton
—Nathaniel W. Cc.,lebourn. Lock Haven—
J. A. Melick, Thos. D. Gotwalt. Great-
Island—George Warren. Jersey Shore-,
John W. Elliott. Pine Creek—A. Hartman,
(one to be supplied.) Ridgeway—Thomas
R. Satterfie;d, (one to be supplied.) Sinna
mahoning—Jacob L. Eyre, James Hunter,
Liberty Valley Mission—Reuben Kelley.
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