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Presbyterian Advocate, Vol. XIX, 11i0.1.0.1
DAVID MeKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor.
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Original '4l,
"Tempus Fugit,"---A. New-Year's Ode.
BY. N. WHITTON UNDICK., A. DI
" As the winged arrow flee,
Speedily the mark to find;
As the lightning from the skies
Darts and tented no trace behind;
Swiftly thus our 'fleeting days
Bear us down life's rapid stream."
NEWTON.
Transient as is the meteor's flight,
Athwart the darkened sky ;
As lightning's flash upon the night,*
Eaoh mOHENT rushes by.
Swift as the arrow from the bow,
By practiced archer shot,
The nouns fiy past before we knoW,
And soon are all'forgot.
As when the light and fleeting gale .
Sweeps With a hurried blast
Far over sunny hill and dale,
So careless DAYS move past.
Softly as steals the Sephyr breezo
O'er fields of bending grain,
And landscapes bright, through bowers andirees;
So wnwsts come On, in train.
As like a dream of hoped•for joy,
Now present, and now gone;
As playday to the impatient boy,
MONTHS some and then are flown
Smooth as a river in its flow,
Where flowery banks lie near,
The rolling SEASONS come and go,
And form the solemn -mu.
Replete with ills, and.toil, and death.
With change of joy and mirth,
The year is like each full drawn breath, ,
But measuring life on earth.
Thus moments, hours, days, nights, and weeks,
Months, seasons, years still piss ;
And hoary Time, though voieeless,,speaks,
" AU things muse fade as grass."
Yet ponder not too long, faint heart, .
But grasplbe passing hours
And act full well a noble part,
With all thy manful powers. '. •
Then, when life's stage is wrapped in llama,
And days and years are o'er.
Thou'lt pass heaven's•gates with hind acclaim,
Where Time shall be no more.
Allegheny City, Antiary, 1857. .
Christ the Source of All Blessiiits.
We have had occasion to notice the cele
brated Sermons of the late Professor Butler
of Trinity College, Dublin, with much ap.
proval, as the first and second series were
issued from the press of Parry &.; McMillan
of Philadelphia. On the' appearance of ,the
first series we'gave an extract from that vol
ume, and we now subjoin from 'the second
series, Whichis jitSt: published, the follpw
ing delightful 'passage. It is taken from the
first sermon in the volume,, entitled Christ
the Source of all Blessings." The clear=
ness, the fulness, arid the fervor of spirit
Aisplayed in this beautiful excerpt will re
ward our readers for its, length, and we
doubt not but that many would wishit had
been longer.
I must again remind you to weigh well
the force of the expression, "is made unto
us." Let no man persuade you that'this
can be satisfied by any remote - er indirect
connexion;with Christ; it is intimate 'as,life
is; he himself is made to ns the thing he
gives. As one with him, we obtain the
whole inheritance of Grace and Glory: The
instant that we are incoiporitted into the
mystical body of which he is the head ; the
instant in which we are made Hiring stones
of the temple of which he is cornerstone,;
the instant that we become branches of that
celestial vine—that instant we possess the
seed of the entire, and all the life of the
Christian ; yea, all his eternity is but the
less or greater development of the Christ he
bears within, around, and upon him. I
have spoken of a progress of blessings; it
is a progress to us; but not in the gift of
Jesus Christ; to receive him, is to receive
the germ of every blessing that is written
in the hobk of God. One with Christ, we
must have 'pardon; for how could God love
the Head and hate the Members ? One
with Christ, we must have sanctification;
for how could he that is boundlessly pure re
main one with aught that is wilfully unholy?
One with Christ, we must have the prospec
tive redemption of the whole man to glory;
for how could he abandon to the, everlasting
grave a portion of his own being, such as he
has deigned to make us—and.think his hap
piness complete'? Thus in blending him
self with us, he hata done all things well;"
he has in that one unfathomable mystery ac
complished all, mysteries. He is—not the
declarer only, or the means only, or the
instrument only—he is "made'unto us"
—he bath, himself become righteousness,
sanctification, redemption. We have justifi
cation as we are seen in him; we have sane
.' tificatio n as he is seen in us ; we have in
creasing holiness, and mutual communion,
and ultimate redemption, as bothcombine.
Abide in rao and I in you. . . . He that
abideth in me and I in him, the same bring
eth forth much fruit there_ is our holi
ness. .As thou, Father, art in me, and
in thee, that they als o may be one in us"—
there is our bond of mutual communion.
."Ye are dead, and your life is hid with
Christ in God; when Christ, who is our
life, shall aniear, ,then shall ye also appear
with him 0 glory"--there is our ultimate
redemption of body and spirit into the man
sions of eternity. Christ re-appears in all
for all the No* Testainent theology is but
different perspective views of the One un
changeable objeot—the gift of, Jesus Christ;
seen in one direction it is Pardon, seen i n
another it is Holiness, seen In another it i s I
Glory. He justifies as Christ crucified and
risen without us; he sanctifies se, Christ
crucified and risen within us; he glOriges in
virtue of both, as Christ enthroned4ii the
fullness of consummate power, and atiength
shtniiiing all things unto himself." Feel
and lino* this as it ought to be felt and
known; and you may leave the rest to the
schools. _These are days of harsh dispn
tinge, days *hen men are very bitter to each
other for thelove of God; I know not how
others feel; *Opt it seems to me as ifs: iould
a man once thoroughly realize to himself the
depth of this Tilden with the infinite pu-
rity of Christ, could he once realize the
heaven that is in him when Christ is there,
could'he gaze, not to question and criticise,
but in humble, adoring joy, upon the face
of the risen Jesus, and there but once be
hold his own " acceptance in the Beloved;"
all difficulties were dissolved in that blessed
vision, every doubt would be forgotten in
the fullness of its glory I Fix soul and spirit
steadily upon the oneness of the Son of God
with the forgiven and adopted sons of men,
and all the littleness of proud, restless dis
putation will disappear from the view, c,on
sumed in ' the blaze of that transepladent
thought. "He is `made unto us righteous
ness, Sanctification, redemption;" what need
of more?' For all the practical purposes of
comfort and holiriesi, what need of more?
Why raise tronblons and perplexing questions
as to precise dates of pardon and purification?
Receive the full blessing of Christ by faith,
and in his ordinances; and theie, and "all
things," are yours; for "ye are washed, ye
are sancti6ed, ye are justified„in the name
of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of 'our
God." Alas, that with something .of the
plain simple-hearted trust With. which inthe
Church's first days these things were -re4
ceivedi We could learn rather to .realize the
truth thin to contend' about its nature !
We have a gloiious inheritance, and instead
of entering in and taking possession, we frit
ter away our short allowance of time in dis
puting about the'wording of the title-deeds !
Oh miserable, frivolous, faithless mockery I
Conceivnthat, instead of receiving the sacra.:
Mental token of 'remission, and hearing or
reading the Word of life, you' steed in the
very light of the vision of God; that you heard
his own blessed voice pronounce the word of
acceptance that translated you from the king
dom of darkness, and tirade you: one with him
in his Divine Son, that thus assured ' and
thus delighted,lost in inexpressible gratitude
—with all the past of wretchedness, all the
present and future of glory,' pressing upon
the soul; conceive, I say, that in such an
hour you were to' turn to the blessed Reveal
er and tell him you could nobbe content to
receive 'or enjoy his favors, unless he should
explain with minutenesi the praise mode in
which this gift of hinaself was to operate
upon every seperate faeuity of your soul,
and every particular relation between you
and him 1 The feeling and the cry of faith
is—he gives us Christ, and in him all things.
Christ cannot be ours and any grace b& ab
sent; this King cannot enthrone himself in
our spirit and not'brin - g with him his Whole
retinue of blessings. Blessings map 'they
must arise in succession to, creatures that live
in success' ve thne ; but the' first irritant that
Christ is ours,'the seed of every blessint is
ours, a life of sanctification is hiddeniri that
moment,' nay,—a long perspective of infinite
glory is there,---detith is conquered, Satan
chained, and haven .won ; for he who se=
complishid all these things "is Made unto
us righteousness, and'sanctification, atid.' , re:.
demption." The gift is ours , let it expand
as it will in our heart and life; Christ is
here-, aiid-Ateille ` 4 Son over hisuiiii house,"
Will take care to rule it in wisdoml in hav
ing him we haVe pardon, in having hint we
I have holiness, in having-him we have heaven
ithelf---t" raised up together, and made to
Isit together in heavenly places in Christ
Jesus." '
ottq,
till this' is mysterious, indeed"; of course
it is; who is he that will-believe God made
one with man, and have the union wrought
without „Mystery ? Children of the living
God ! ye walk in mystery. Your spiritual
birth is a mystery, your fellowahir with
Christ, is a mystery, your daily graces are a
mystery, your triumph and death is a rays
tory, your'resurrection to glory will be but
the consummation of mystery. Mystery
there must be wherever an infinite Creator
and his finite creature embrace; and it is,
therefore, your glory that you are thus robed
and shrouded in .mystery. Trust no one
who would draw you forth from it; it is the
awfut shadow which eternity casts across
time. Believe no one who would give you a
religion without much and solemn mystery ;
andabove all, when you think of God in
Christ, of what he has done, and what he
still does, and what he will do,-be well as
sured that in all his dealings tere must be
much you can never expect to fathom,; be
fore which, therefore, you can but bow in
prostrate humility 'of adoration; knowing—
simply knowing—that all he will do he can
do, , such is his power; all he can rightly do
he will) such is his love I These things are
" known in part," and therefore, we can
of them but " prophesy in part." But there
is no one who knows not what ought to be
the practical working' of such a- faith. He
is all things :to us, that we-may be in all
things his. He is to us, "righteousness,
that we may rejoice in his pardon with a joy
of the Holy Ghost;, he :is to 'us "sanctifica
tion," that,we may bear the fruits of his in
dwelling Spirit ; he is to us "redemption,"
that we may walk in white. as , being
"worthy,"—worthy to "follow him whith
ersoever he goeth" hereafter in glory as fol
lowing hirri whithersoever hetoeth in%sad
ness and itifferinermi. Go' forth, then,' ye
ransomed ones, and remember that yob. bear
through the world this day the image and
superscription of Christ Jesus; in whatever
company of men you stand, forget not that
his signature is upon you ; and men,
thoughtless and ungodly, would win you from
his sortie°, tell them, that there is One in
heaven with whom you are one, that you
live as members of his spiritual frame incor
porated into him, • in and by him righteous,
sanctified, redeemed; and that being thus
not your own,but his, you are resolved, what
ever the dreaming world may say, in him to
live that in him you may die,—in him to
die that in: him you may live for ever!
A Pew. Plain Thoughts to a Young Friend
Just Entered on the Nixdstry.—No. 4. ,
Speaking, of the mode of. preaching, 're
fer to the: mode of preparation . , as well as
delivery. As to the latter, choose between
preaching from Manuscript, and extempo
raueously, with or, without skeletons. You
must decide for yourself. The manuscript
can be used so as not to interfere materially
with th e
great ends of preaching; and, as
before hinted, so as to save the preacher.
And that—i s it no object ? Payson (who
bid suffered from all kinds of excessive
10 0 Ty) .used to say, "the Devil tempted
sompSanisters to ride their bodies to death."
The ,manuscript, itself, must not, be gotten
u p un4 . o. • Egyptian 'bondage. Raising
recondite propositions from short texts
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working them out with microscopic elabora- -
tion ; furnishing, in a word, :written dis
courses up to the standard of the taste of
any congregation, or (what is more to the
point,) up to the minister's own standard, is
a
not the work of man who writes a sermon.
Yet, sometimes there is not only writing,
but re-writing of this kind. And this is
one of the things that is hindering other
pastoral work, and is crushing the breasts,
(and like memoriter preaching in many in
stances,) crushing the life out of God's ser
vants. In , preparing a manuscript, give
yourself room by taking roomy tests. Some
preachers use the Bible as if they feared
they would finish it before they died. Take
the Word in a proper quantity. Don't
hesitate about natural divisions. " Too
simple; too simple." How often has that
thought. interfered! You pan see that I
recommend expository preaching,; not that
it is the -easiest. It is . laziness makes any
of the proper'work of the ministry too easy.
But I deem this lind,of preaching best for
you,
_and, the people., When you. write,
don't,,think, of Mr. .So-and-so.. Let., your
main care be, to give Clear ideas of -God's
truths, Think' enough 'of taste, to avoid all
ordinary blunders; express yourself inplain
Encrlish and You will gratify all who have
any true taste. Too many / in writing, put
themselves in a false position. Pen in hand,
(Which is to them an enchanter's wand,)
and with the thought, "sink or swim, live
or 'die, here's for a sermon;" they are in
the straight, jacket (as Hall said he some
times was,) of the desire to do fine preach
ing—to do "better than they can." They are
not the same men they. are when writing
useful epistles to a friend. Suppose them
to be writing to one do a sick bed. " Non
sense 7 nonsense , " says Prof. 8., " let a man
always :do his best." If by "best" be
meant hanging over a table four days, the
not being satisfied with a Gospel truth
when you have it distinctly in the mind,
but must try to say it better; in a word, the
fixing up, with the utmost exactness, a
manuscript, 'we beg leave to demur. That
in not the bestthe Lord requires his ministers
to do. At the same time,
,it must be admit
ted (as there are diversities of gifts,) that
what appears as "'fixing up" to others, is
only the.easy and natural labor of a richly
gifted mind. Jan Foster's mind could not
be expected to express itself any other way
than it did: And it was the thought that
appeared. In how many others is it only
style, manner. There is no more extraor
dinary talent in the ministry than in the two
Ordinary professions. Perhaps not as much.
`God"does not usually work by uncommon
men, but by ordinary talent, well applied.
And we contend that Ordinary talent is not
well
. applied, by being mainly spent in fixing
Up'Manuscripts to the utmost point of exact
ness. The sum, then, of the matter is this
Write' (and I will shortly give you my reasons
for preferring that you should write,) com-
Dirtably, cheerily, and with pains-taking to get
out God's truth; and'this, at the same time,
till be 'the way to secure 'improvement, to
which all young ministers should hive an
eye. This will require study—often hard—
but its hardness will be of a different kind
from what attends the getting up' of a rhetor
ical, argumentative, poetical manuscript,
of 'five letter.sheets, full of " deducibles"
and jingibles. '
Let all your manuscripts be written plain
ly, largely. To a brother who bad been
writinglady-hand, and "keeping his finger
on the place," when preaching, I recom
mended the plan. He wrote with three
quarter inch specs between lines; and the
next time I saw him he said, "I tell you,
it niakes a difference."
Familiarize yourself with your paper ;
and with its bold characters before `you, you
can stand off three feet, and deliberately
" shoot at rest." .1 will, in 'my next,
speak of "the more excellent Way," 'and
conclude what I have to say about preaohing.
Yours truly.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advowde.
Parochial Schools.
ME THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE YEAR 1857.
The 'schools, under the ,are of the Ses
sions of our' churches, are doing well. Their
number, although not large, is sufficiently so
to, develop rich results. Several thousand
children have been educated in these schools;
and a number of the scholars have been al
ready admitted into, the communion of the
Church.
When some one asked old father Scott, of
Kentucky, " Why do you continue to
preach when you have converted but one
sinner in twenty years ?" "Have I con
verted one?" said he. " Yes," replied the
other. a Then," said the good man, " here ' e
for twenty years I may convert two I "
If our Christian institutions shoUld be the
means, under God, of converting' only afew
children, the effort 'mild be' worth all the
cost: But'even the present' comparatiVely
small number of schools have brought more
tActai, a few into the.`kinidein of heaVen.
The.blessing of God' is the work,-and let
it onward:' ' ; ;
The benevolent and judicious friend of
Christian education,' who', fOr 'several' yeits
past has offered r tUthe Board of B . (ldeation
the sum of fine thousand dollars' annually
for the support of Parochial Schools'has re
newed his offer for the present year (1857.)
The following is the extract from his letter
relating to this subject
.
4 , I hereby confirm and continue my prothise of
$5,000 for 1867, on the same terms and condi
tions as before. I believe that God has a great
work for us to do in this country; and much de
pends, under him, on the Presbyterian Church;
aud the great lever to use is the religion of Christ,
especially by training the rising generation in
truth."
Such. sentiments from an intelligent.a.nd
aged follower of Christ, accompanied by
such a donatiOn as the evidence of zeal' in
the cause, may well attract the serious at
tention of the ministers, elders, and mem
bers of our congregation& The simple ques
tions are, 1. Whether the children of the
congregation have access to a school, founded
'on the prineiples, and conducted in the spir
it of religion? 2. Whether measures ought
to be taken to establish such a school; as a
matter of Christian obligation ? And 3.
Whether tbere is any better way to secure
the general prosperity, the religious Charac
ter and perininence of the school, than by
putting it.under the care of the Church?
The BUM of five thousan,d dollars will en
able the _Nardi° assist congregations who
aid in establishing schools: From tWenty
fwe to .one hundred dollars, if needed, may
be expected by Church Sessiofie applying for
aid. The following , 0:108 off the'-.Board of
t'
Education are inserts A ;for 'the Iptirpose of
bringing the subject afitiiiely to the! Wet
tion of the churches,-: id of exhibititg the.
principles on which .ithe
tributed. (,- •k. yIjOTPV;
I. On the Organization . yvthi scm:aaii.Li.. - I*ety.
school applying for aidi,to thir
tion, must be under the 'care of th4teseirinfoPa.:,
Presbyterian church; and subjedt :to,.the gen
eral supervision of the fresbyter,y.; b -e,:
2. In addition to the lbranehes of elpiden
tary education, the Bii 10.'1411'84 a test
book.for daily instr l 'religiorg'aiid`ltie
Shorter Catechism nu taught at least twice
a week..
3. The teacher must
regular standing of the
4. The school must
reading of the Bible.;
ticable, must be taught
with the other devotiol
11, On .Appliattion for
must be approved by the
oath))) Committee.
2. Bitch applications
Bdtioation what araot
expected to be raised,
school ; and what k
Beard., Also, the tn.
ichool.'
3. The application myaik be renewed through
the Presbytery annuallytif aid is needed.
111. Appropriations.--t *The maximum of ap
propriations from the Bone shall not, in ordinary
cases, exceed seventy-ftve_gollars per annum, and
it is expected that in mar cases a less amount
will be sufficient.
2. An annual deduct* ' willt be made on the
amount of the approprit.tion, wcording to the
prosperity of the
3.Apiropriations ei
n the reception of a
he Church, giving
he financial and gene]
May our church,
above to guide tlii
their youth I
Philadelphia,
• Western CI
DR. 31 °KINNEY
present, to drop thi
my last two letters,
to a sort of miseell
ter in this and pert
not, however, forg
ect ever to be kep
and reader
Has it ever me
hinkingof this gr,
God is here, and j
preSenting a most
Christian philanthi
an enlightened hem
not thought of this,
a few consideratiow
may not only be bt
but impressed upon
in the habit of r
field exceedingly
eral, and commercii
But remember, that
capital, without w.bi
cannot be made ro
cash is, and always
West. -This line
by the resort to wild=cat banking, as it is
called, which has proved se, injurious to some
States, and to so many communities and in
dividuals ; people being willing, fora time,
to adopt any expedient, however much, un
der other "circurnstinees, they might con
demn it; rather than:struggle along without
any circulating medium, and by the enor
mously high rates of interest which, through
out the West, are readily given.for the use
of money. This last circumstance may,
perhaps, be accounted for in part by. the
facilities for speculation ;Ant it is in a great
measure owing ,to the actual scarcity of
ready money, and 'the actual necessities of
the community. This - has operated injuri
onsli upon the suoceii.of Christ's cause in
this region, and is still the prolific source of
much embarrassment and hindrance. I have
been a resident of the State of Illinois for
many years. I speak in this matter what I
do know. Often have instances like the
following come to the knowledge of your
correspondent :—A farmer living in the in
terior of the State, , takes his wheat to some
market where he knows that a portion of
the pay will be in money. Be must go,
say to Chicago, one hundred and fifty miles, ,
perhaps, from his residence. The roads are
bad; his teams are composed of oxen; the
journey is, consequently, protracted; sev
eral days are consumed in the city, in effect
ing a sale; thirty-seven and a half cents is
probably the highest price, and one 7 half of
this is "store pay," of , course, at enormously
high prices; and, when the farmer returns
home,
,he finds himself actually in debt,
having paid out all, that he had received,
and still unable to settle his hotel bills as he
draws near home. A friend who had been
a hotel•keeper for some years, related
brit a day or two .since, a case in Point. ,
neighbor of his had taken two loads of beariti- •
frit wheat to Chicago;ind sold it for cash, at
twentifive cents per,briehel., CM his re,
stop
tierrtiiit he l *:lllldhna could
get home, as the, prriceedis.,erhia iwoleada
had ,been completely exPeiided,„
~,„,
Nor are these isolated cir l initrimie - baseS:
They were but a fe* years agckto be,found
'almost every community, throigiunit this
whole region. Trite, things are better now,
and the resources of the country areheing
rapidly developed; and in time, capital will
find a home here, and no inconvenienaewill •
be felt, such as is now experienced. • How,
under the circumstances I have just detailed, •
could men be asked to contribilte to the
ing of ohurches,'or the support Of the, Gospel?
/True, they could, and did' give something
even then. Yet the least experienced can
readily perceive what an influence such a
state of things- would have upon the growth
of churches, iit;a: ethration4 enterprises.
Though the 0(444 of thinks is imprey
ingove are by no means relieved, as yet,
from our . difficulties. ..A church' it to .be
built; the friends of Christ's cause see the
necessity of it.- -Money is scarce, but thtf
cause of God-should not suffer and they go
:to work. Where
, rnoney rates at two. and
three' per cent .
,alnion'th, labor 'is high, and
material 'is expeneive,' and despite all the
little.flook can-do,. they find themselves in
debt before the, house is completed.
.Money
must be borrowed; the lender • knows no
one where business 18 to be done ; he is im
partial, and must serve all alike, and so
charges 'twenty' : 'five: per cent. in advanCe, as
annual interedt:.•'Prom this time forward the
throetiand:strugglesSf that little church ate
pitiable, and continue until by some : Provi,-
dential interference in their behalf, they are
ti i~
a intoikr,lu gpg and
Igypirian - Clautoh,
ei with praytii:sid
as fdr as pima
`-united
plipmeis of the
is neeitea, from tke
r of scholars in the
.nua iy,
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stating
school
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readers
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it time,
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so it is
1 these,
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ready
,
IFII=EBE
enabled to cast off .the httrdefi',.4
until` tli~
enabled to
hammer ti
[ l ' ,4t klic 4l,- q4 9 P .c t d v9. l oTgis9 -S , :bsPJ4tSli
demanded by theeani r munity Yoling, i psti
and yguns' Women are to be Vdiiei4ed,, r and
tigdelor 'Beheioleni
penial'alindertalre it; thit alas, the-thistnii
to as attov477.4chti longlears ctsevete etres4
gljnkAnd,,,thqn ,pe'r,h,appa,soyi nAoro}pt
.9..Tastances hymihatifg,,*ncliininzloAlto:tllci
cane Cif cb
iiinoniielheiii 'ilisakrinetiVanif'dkiteh:
OtnifchesithMKetbeeniedlay :tot*.tdiekiiteeitoir
3.llo*axise klanaT,99 l l9g9thataolLeniibesoloo 4 -'
whlch.,,a,fewtlTneAd x 4o3lars„2*f4 r iluTfl .
capital of h
i
one, nthismore' highly favore
2 •-•• owl! II
gommunity, • havd Saved. - zeareey,
`Whilst 1. write iithe' Ink dry up,trn
mr 'lich conveys to other parties thd fitld
td .onuds of, Alexandt,
not believe that this is to, be its end,- It
must be preparing, by this saCrifice, for
firmer, and a more prosperous future. - get
this sacrifice might and should have been
prevented.
By this time your readers will, without
doubt, perceive why I stated, near, the he
ginning of my letter, that a field was atthis
time open here for a displaY of enlightened
Christian philanthropy. And now
,I wishio
speak with deliberation, with, emphasis, and
say, that if any Christian capitalist ,is
search of a theatre of 'operations, wherethei
ready means which God has giVenhinr agy,
be expended in: the .bestipossiblit way; 'prof
clueing, so far as he can judge, the,,most -fruit
in the present; and giving, hope of the most,
'abundant harvest: in the future; that field'is
to be sought in the great *central ' valley of
our Republic, the valley of the Norissippi.
Society is here in a forining,'process: Every
thing is now to be'roonlded. The"ChUrch
and the Christian Institution of learning are
the instrumentsi.under God, to do the work.
Let these be built. •Let capital, controlled
by the Christian, be expended for this ob
ject. Let it be given where jUdicionalyit
can ha; and let it be loaned where it is not
best to make the gift; but. let it find a home
here, to do the work which nothing else can
do, for the glory of Hint, whose is the gold
and of earth.
Churches:. niay :. be aided and erected
through the Chureh , Extension COmmittee,
of which Rev. H. J. Coe is the active and
efficient Secretary, a WeStern man, exten
sively acquainted throughout
. the West,
knowing her wants, and being alive to her
necessities. Already has this Committee
done mach; but the want of means has pre
vented that extensive usefulness which the
friends of 'Christ would, rejoice to see it ex
ercise. ,The ;legitimate work of that Com
mittee, of course, is to receive funds by do
nation, and apply them to meet the necessi
ties of -steak chnrches. Another plan for
usefulness might be suggested: . Let any
i9l,(l4Vosolkaimustikil,
or to brother Coe, its Secretary, un .s.to s4l ne
loaned 'on reasonable rates of interest, to
such churches as would wish to take funds
in that way. Oh, how much might , be dOrie
in this manner, for tle clause of that Saviour
who has given his- life for us ; how much
here, wher e
_ capital is SO scarce, and necerisi
ties are so great. But:I must'. defer ihe
prosecution of this fitibjeof for another letter:
We; hear of some little:interest, in some
quarters, upon the subject of, religion.
feW;luite experienced a change, it.is hoped,
:idthe Baptist Church,in Dixon;Dl.. 'and
,some other colimitities we hear ..of
seriousness, , andittentiouteirchglous.thingai
which, •we have.reason to hope,4'betoken.the
coming outpouring. May god . us,
throughout thisworld:worshiPpitig West,
snail a revival that hie .'name ,. may "forever
hereafter-be glorified.
I cannot hear that the Board of Directors
for the Theological Seminary have been of
lite • doing anything, The Cobaniittee for
inciuririg grounds and bitildings fOr its , use,
are busy, and. will, I think, be able in a fevt
days, to give a report to the pnblic. , Our
Con'gregational'and Methodist brethren have
each, a , :Theologinal Institution ;or': near
lizid if ours be located - there, *this
city wilhe a sort of theological centre, as
it is nova railroad and commercial centre.
Yours,
. .
For tbe 'Prisbyterian Banner aid Advocate.
. _Reply to "A Request."
Eprioß,:—l read in your paper'of
Decenibeir. .20th, a communication headed,
"A Request." In complyina with the re
quest, permit me to say, ; tha t apparent
harshness must be attributediO a desire to
meet, the case briefly and pointedly:; .
TO THE UNKNOWN FRIEND
.
Your exclamations are, ".
.There in no
mercy .for me I My. day of grace is past."
Reply.—How do you know this ? Did
JeSus ever tell so ?
_These are , either
tfisuggestinicip,.oa!lyiUg - Deo4l, or of;tour
o.vna unbelievirigcheirt...,Rnther thariArnat
either of Uwe, lon had
.better believe Bine
mlio' airy thitiobietkitritblite",l l
• ••• ' •Ws 1 . •
z .
NUN& 14 hive not We - prayers
piousof. 'parents for me;•been anawered?"
Answer Perhaps. they are now being
answered in the fact, that you are an.anirious
sinner, instead of a stupid, unfeeling one.
Go to Jesus, like the woman of Tyre, telling
him„shat you are a. dog, .and want. ; the
°iambi. My soul forlonrs,:if •ho casts you
off! You are the 'unwilling one. Yon stand
'contradicting hirb, Fheri he says, I Will in
no wise cast. out." '
Exciarnatiob.f. Oh that I had died in
infancy; then I might haveheen saved," Sic.
Such wishes ere* idle. You are no longer
an infant.: What a 'silly onkyonare, to talk
mitAf:Nita . a.b:een saved" oboe, and re
fuse to be 'eaved, now, .
Christ. says,
" Come unto me all
i f that labor, and are
heavy laden, ainfrii giVe yon rest."
Some sinneil:Stab&rilong time, abusing
ithemselves; and• doulitiog..Christs cherishing
L their unbelief, and arguing , agaipst his love;
and at last have to, go to him as their only
Stilionr. Others at once look away from
themselvis, 'and seeing the print of the
nails, instantly exclaim, "My Lord and my
God!" believing that the wounds were made
for, their transgressions.
- .lf you think there is anytiiiigtteo_ peatiliar
in,your case to be managed by an A.l 6 hV
irdd r loiing SairiOur, then is your
innit insufferably prond. He odiikitlatieli
'million such as you without exharistingdrie
Jove l an .iota. ••• itXs 4
r( ~. ` .`ors"` ~ i
,)V4 Irff:
• •• , •
cfarrife3'iii.t.''ami littvocatil.••• •• ,'
. .•
Poin. '
90•Yiiii,r 5 / s "Ral eirri Viet" kfisideV
t' • P 0.1 0
ble number, of Presbyterianfinni4ett dpAoree
a home somewhere in, the West; and while
,
todea 4 re,tkeeirlls ,st
( f . ". 1 4-tuAind./Tl j gisat i ptivilafai,yet. , l „ , , ( 4 leLtkat
&tea matter dr greatitdportauce I to the intei4oo4
-oVoillWesteris •ZiciActafttllthVgplitialti re
4 f,rilic'euligMalltSt l 4 3 .W*Ntsitt•°•3l4tetiK,4"• °e 4 44i
Ikt o:best:advantage, Oot only regard to to
relfriosirri."v-,
tik*q..,•l Vol! iLiTzt{ alma/ sini
One greatfelt•in the est, the.,.dispersed
ettidliknitereiftitgetorPrgsti ,W yterriitlaiitig4T'qf
tfrkb'eT we:tad- o.nlyfsettle more inlarge•groupsp and ,
closeproximity to emelt other, Aein spifitpal
mupply alueltlarger zonnber t andronth more profit.-
..WS dispersed state t he „ result of necessity,
bi z 's' weld, oeip t ied,iiian &Id” jrnowreqge ; for,
-hbnieti pen, in a , largalinitjetitytbfreaSes, be pnr-i
.Ahased ma's good tertas„.,near -eyNch,epjoyi,ng•
grace, - • at adtsianee,nt 81.7., or ten {
'46IP bititlie fer-`
z . t.=•
•
DIEM
5.3). ;t, t ,tcre., can suohl
Auc'alitles as ; are favorable, NO 011 , 17
irietv; bit% fin. iTelikerafiyAiteg4: — SuCh t Vealities;
.
are nunierous, Anil, can;.easily. be. found: if emi
grants will but look for them. , The ministers now;
tVO Weit &Ott iii_tpplytt the resident PresbY
terian: families; if:l they were -concentrated int
.proper localities, Then, ( leir every Presbyterian;
family emigrating" West,' make the reigltitiolintitl
I°l6o:teat:any unlehe3lie lidnistrations
.the grot,q t el at the tioacibe,onjoyctiily t o s
leacttow . :
extent: If y it:eve the . preaching of the 'Gospel;
liihen YOU settle, you Contiinie't43`hare it.
~But many locate withoutproperretlection, where
„there is no present prospect, and scarcely
'fittifice pro'apict. Such' fatitilieg; niai& cases, ,
- arm lost , to: the; °hunt:hi:and their 'spiritual, inter
eats are blighted and ruined..... To, reptedy, this
evil, and put Christian entigraats possession of
,snob: knowledge as may he aeoessary k lerythein
make a wise selection, not only for their teinportd,:
t btit also' their spirithat Interests, 'I Wialt . to calf
attention to -West Point, and -the surrounding
country. ; ,"We can pTesent,as manyprivilegoe here,
'as any other:point. - We have here a Presbyterian
lchnrchi of more than. ordinary •strength . forAhl4
country, and in.the enjoyment. ofthe regular min=
istrationa of the Word. The Gospel is here
.preached its fallirese and litirerY Bab
ba,th, , by au aged but faithful minister, of .;Jesus
Christ., . _ _
,
' West' Point - Poss6sses more than orfdinary edn
national ,privileges;‘,.- It. sustains . a. good public
school, vrhich continues from six. to eight, months
of• the year 'lt` is tile - lecation . ef Demoine
Collegeitwhiel is nowln successful operation, and
has a yery respectable number of, students in at=.
tendatice. 'This College - is s under the control of n
Board of. Trustees; who ' , are priricipallyAnemberd,
of the-Presbyterian ,Church,.and its constitution
and charter require the Professors to bemembers
of the Presbyterian Church, vh‘dr'ilie
terests or this Institutionove r vish tolave a, strong
Presbyterian influence concealrateit around it.. l
We eau offer emigrants edUcationaPpiiVileges nett,
inferior -to those ,farther ,Bast. :,,:presbyteriane
locating here can qualify their sons and daughters
for any station in-`life to iv hialffifteV may
called. ,
We can offer ,to emigrants as rich igalyro,duc
tire land as can be found in Iowa: on the
prairie varies from. one .to 'four: feet; it= will
average two feet, and has a °ley .bottom„Thal ,
whole countryls dry and 'sufficiently rolling; lin.?
proved farms can be purchased at presenton very:
favorable terms,. perhaps more
,so • than ,can be;
done at any
. futore tithe. The location id'obioVeu'
4, :a y A tabWf iSiddftlii „aril. ; vraygYl,l4.
in our village of six. hundred inliabitailti,''We i
have not had the death of Mae :adult persons
within the last year. "'Our country is not only:
very fertile and healthy, but it is near to a good;
Market:. We are twenty-eight Miles froni Seokuk,l
• ten miles from Fort Madison,and twenty miles from;
Burlington, which are all large business places ofl
the Mississippi and Burlington . is connected W
'Chicago by .rai IO
lroad ; and. We exi3eCt
connected by railroads with all these places
thus have a good market at home.
FroM this statementionwill see,' tha'Weiifferl
you, Ist, A' good PreabYterian.chnroh
rioh and healthy country; 3d, •Good,markets;.
'4th, Tiridier and coal Ste — both eoaveniene. 'ln.
conclusion, I would sayt.to)allPeeiine•and.liee for:
yourselves. Others,may.,:i t tpes, t,lkie °Friary as i
Ido ';`. but `l' am sitietleil` 'ei•Will'find 'it all I.
:have described it.' • -W./ 0. Honernsi.'
•'• • AdataildedgMent. • ' 1
• , Bnoosrmin, Jefferson County , Pa
me, through your col
umns, to acknowledge the receipt of ti:tirdelY and
elegant preaenk
,It . eame znefrp one . of those .
benevolent female bands, 'which are so eiteridive
ly - springing up in 'our Church; and sotwidely dif.:
fusing their. beautiful and ever, welsonni.Ofts.•
Not long since, when prostrated by Sickness, and
:ready to .sink under the oareirand piivationspeou:
liar to a border : missionary „life, I, was geutly
'cheered up by haying transmitted to us, through!
the Female Sewing Society, of the Clarion Pia.;
byterian church, a most useful and ;valuable do-•
nation; as serviceable as it was unexpepted, and:
just sent,'lt \could sewn, to meet the ei - igenciee
of the case. I suppose it is not theiwish of that
body of lovely and devoted . women to have their •
acts of:kindness trumpeted through-the land;
nor could I be the willing instrument to early out
such a course ; but when, I consider
cent character of 'the-gift, the quite, modest man
ner of its:presentation, and. learn that Who the
first effort, of, their, infant Society, I;aut; prompt,-
by a sense . of ',gratitude to give this' publicity
-to their:deed . .. 'those inothein and datighteris
of Israel.pwriurre,re,witli L itioroasing Allmon
'their'heavenly , work.. Let them know that by
- every .snehigeiiirons act they reviie tlfidrOOPing:
spirit soine s worn inissionaryof the.ftsa,:and
impart a new ittipulse, to his, zeal,
,to spread
•thr (Suitt a dying world the blessinge of 'eternal
Let them. remember ,tliat these generous
pots, though done in, sileno44 tu4d-, unseen by, an
idiniring world, will beriigietired hi heaven, and
lisil: be Arqught ,W4liglit,:iiihentital bright -un
erriug,annale art! !leg up to -anAseembed nni-
Irene. . D. POLE.
NWITH-WEST
It is just as possible to Ireeli•a cabh houie
it a olcan hoirse; a cheerful house, rinfOrder
iThouse, as a furnished house;.if.-the.leads
set.themselves to„do so. Where is : the diffr
milty of consulting each other'ii . weilirleases,
well as each Other's ; each Other''s tern:
as well as each other's health; each
other's comfortilks:well as: each other's char
-acter ? it is by,Jeaving the peace at
home to chance,. instead of .pursuing,it by
syStem„ that so many
_homes are unhappy.
1t notice, aliikihitininiost any One
can be`ciefirteous•andldrbairditerid patient
in a neighbor's hotuieit;! :If anything go
;wrong, or, be, oikt of, ; time, or disagreeable
there, it is made the best of,, not.thl worst;
even efforts made to excuse it antf 'ehoir
- 4 •
is felt ; if felt,sit isriittiibated
to acoident; not:desitn; iind•tthis.is :not on,
ly. easy, dint natural, in the house; of.a friend.
I Will not, .therefore, believe, that what, is so
natural in the. house of another i s impossible
at ; but!mitintain, WitliOnf' fear that
all the Courtesies of secialflfe" may Ihe up
, held in . domestic societies.. •;.& , husband
willing to.be pleased at home, and t as.arprions
to please as , in his Feiglibp - r:ls l i c gi q fot
wife:as intent on iiin l 44ls ( i`ninfoita 4
everyday Whet' iiilrrs4Cdiya
flier gueits,•cenild'iiitfa I:tri4rizikeqlieir
home; happy. Ant nsmoturfirade. the point if
,t,b:ese remarks , : ,by , i peoupging .to., the, ,maxim
MIIMMMW
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'11161” 1 .1hOlisot
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4.04 saw 1
ribuig Vtllttigtl7l AIittLUSVAUXtut
Mi1.2113E0
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How`tO Secure Peace at Home.
AIMEE
ma
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OR,t4 TS 61! t 1 , 1 , Wilk" LA.IS eiga 3
~ zroe t il, sf..,
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t , aii its 4, . 1 0.140 ti•l b#ilw t rim et it
iii3thiTtilittliii~ fbiegiMititattowitiffir %Otte
I
i ll
Ntittii'Vy,tValenti t gelg :1, 'lritelfe
- ::o4lCiaillioriiraitr, .9 414 6
ing
good-by giving. way to it. IN N a i n iv r
Perini:Awns ;quite esiscatehrwiftplinelle f utilan
wthoteftiterovvistada dray ;Mfg Vieth:tally
ntifiVelitrafia l 'effOri,7 gderiii%Tillitnen
4 9 /VIRAWMAVp.rni7S92OII3PII4 I OI6 I)
i mrplaw.thiagt PT.,PlWip,,,pr,, autos. ..wam of
(3, 0 ' 4 I• •
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to
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t, 23 . ? if:. 1 ./f-, 3 7 1 yJ h eMlTigaritY
y r
w i uhe i o , ,aq nave un give us
`'hibilt ' Ortilalki Wodeit . :' 63 V
1 :XV , ...) P.! S 1:1 ~:t h e / 2()N ni9 .1.3. ni.,,t.
17 a wa n a e r a ,:ii i .? - ) .9 ( ..1!•.7. / ir, n Mt"
tack of its (lOW' s not' thinreqesb iglu h
, as an in.jadiii 3 Oini - derersitTfli by its friends.
, gab. h. au ,- -- ..-w...,-,-.:1 oi Di I'B3l '• f rsi ,
.:' . 4 4° 'i.4' '.4 j !:. I I: ';' 9 : trii t. 4) is . ;')„,.
tfrait,- ; .ias-yf o olitarmen di. 'lA"li4te6-
titio a lei peasiWiNtYlitheri yokir . Objeet than
4riumph.%lNaltie Arinmfpli Ai, dhe ancitruDlaf
peace.:----Sll4ney. Smith.) -py trric.:l 9.1 t :tit
WEEF I N stnibt in limes and feelings,
as soon r iisltigeylare''goloii; . •Alie4onl is dis
.oourageai and -dejected Lbnt. :when, we trust
~!1[3q043 ,prolpfpgs,,,Fliich, 'Fp ,always
Eage, ilien it is we are ind l a sense
of Goda niiclianoable 134 iowart
froin"stioloiruti, (Oitr- tbril ' 'With
a:continual iOire towiriis hit
. o c4rd ponditifit'ortheCongregatioltdliit eqs :
)0.1.-:should , fas• *Mon :think ' of going. , without
butter on my bread, or anat.dpmy ooffefl o as
: to, go wi,thouts,relig:Mus,rumpapoF. Should
1.,d0 so, should - not blame as one for put
. iing dnwe a man
• WilosdArelishre man' "who
minded earthly things .indie :than heavenly,
if I could dispense.with such an important,
7-luglfillaSAVVlCPEWY,AppOlciligt to:00e 41 11 -
ily circle. Lift grr
114 beat
, againett a rook litfunling lin.....l•tronbled sea,
-bat, it: re niain s -nnmoveo 4) : ioe !Duty :entice,
and the eong,and the oßp flin t in*te. Be
ware; stand firmly at your poet. _let , your
prine standphli r tik3bibiregr' there is
glory in' the tiiitryiki Haile rreErisied
temptation and•eopqrieredl• •.• • Your;bright ex-
ample will .be 344 the. averld , ,what :the light-
ton se is toAe,9 ; arimnpon, a seashore;, it
will gu id e ethers to the
, point Of virtue :and
I kt, 1 7 1 .,1 1. •-•..: i• .
saf!ty.
3 1 .1 . .* •
linria3l:4frrini.—what'4 tins use
' of it r • *lt'i*Orni YOniseli* td ;fa* on ac
- count otiiihat - '4itliertiedplirinaitiieortriitt,
as • lonease:yop...•krioia it illionot true.
.Tl4le , qtreflf4Orilth; that's. your business.
All falsehoods so to , the bosom of their lather,
the d ev7~ an *air frameni soon follow. So
mach se to falsdliogds Of: you. As to false
at ads did is to•ntOtrialettha moat
iemotnly.pfejudioial,to. another, treat and
d.
; thia only is fast; and' . wise'
- t , • 4 Oxiges Dam wwileye!, more syeet
mourned than in glese...ges VI IL B.
' •
sl lttioniii rude spot *here rilgarlierbage grows,
di.Chaiice a iriOletrear ita , purple head;
2 -The carefulsard'ner moves it ere , it blows,
„„To th4.ve . and ,ficittrish in nobler,bed, ;2
Anch.Wfts . :thi fate ,, dear child, -
• 'Thy if.Tening sushi
earliblootit *as shown,.
3.. (earth-too - good perhaps, ;: :
• -And:loved- too much--- •• •••• •
Resin saw, and early marked tlieefOr its own !
- :1 1 ` 114 ;frIGHT. f.W:Tra , EacAtlrDdLe
very f i 9gfeg*:4 I ma
"filith. It is a ihoughi 'tor those w ho are
laholing beiiiieith to "their
aliil
• ' drim. 'The less yeti leave your children when
..you • die, the more they will /have twenty
ielim afterwards..,• Wealth inherited should
e the incentive - po
,oaertion; Instead of
that, 44 ft'is 'the'title:deeiffnAth'." The
• drily 'Money Obit what he
"earns himself.: , A.' ready milde• fortune, like
ready made clothes, seldom fits the man who
comes in pustralion._ Ambition, stimulated
by hope and a lialf-fillediociet-book, has a
'posier'that ifillrirliiiijoh over all difficulties,
begitinink4ini rich 'man's boxitumely,
and leavinviff with-thwenvious 111812'8
J.,Bmiiwwirro.,Kr..oNor..- - -Faith is the start
iimpost ,of j obediance butrwhat I want is,
that you start, immediately, that you wait
not for morelighteto: Spiritualize your obe
dience but that pII work for more light by
yielding preeeuP cbedieece4 , the fires
°ent'li ht pii;iiesa • you stir up
- .all the gift lihieh in *Wind this is
4E6 way to'lhive . the:giftfelilarge, di that what
.co.vielV9llX}h,lll4,44ol.4 to, do in !the way of
.fe7ipt-tck cmllslttA?wll43,) , tywith all your
might.. Ana . the very . fruit,. of aciirig it be
44ititilibT ia 3 thit'lstiti 'Will at
leittlirdaiil)ft . t '&6 of Yea r cow%' renovated
taste. As you persevere in the labors of his
oF l o l lll:YolLAV,grolir.igrAlika likellets of his
t olkaracteT. : ,,The, eraceasof : hairs both
' blightenaixim i tilbfoly,npoi
be' Yohr *Aea; and treasures fOr:lfaiien,
dolit hts'of which . ] iminty cmisist in
. the --affections, and feelings, and :congenial
-11'140Plents., of the ,new .creature.—Dr .
Chalmers.
~
i. 't ,*P I/813/92 ig %.439.pyPig7.4M,WFWG,-.--.-The
Jiarn 4 'tfieloPoNPEAol.4ox.R*44oo
- is'4ol-43ingii,. :4 - .
i .f ‘A.prA4tßeNArm -Ai 13.91444:PaPtilfell a
ile a*" 4 :' , s 4. .t . h • : *:. '. ,NKahlex in gt•
'-d - *iO:O 4 I P3PO The o .9Anin***Oed
,his.lffeb.ll9l,APOrlb the PO* Pew a little
° 9 7. .r.5n4 .4931 3 .14 Pie, 5 4,..tin,en Imminent
flg4n. , Aumtii3g.ita design,: he said to
'the ultife4 .o ;iift ia this Z7,ippinting with
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