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• duties of servants, as truly members of the
mkful for sickness, be thankful for health,
family, is another branch of the, subject,
iankful for poverty, thankful for wealth; well deserving to be considered by itself.
lonian' for friends, and be thankful for foes, The state of the working classes, both male
kankful for joys, and be thankful for woes ; and female, as to dwellings and hours of
iaukful for coldness, or Sympathy's flame, labor, must be seen to if this subject is td
ankful in turn for both censure and fame ; be fairly grappled with. He trusted that the
Ankful for ease, and be thankful for care, Presbytery would not rest satisfied with
tankful for patience your trials to bear. sending an overture to the General As
sembly; but would make the godly upbring
ing of families the- subject of familiar con
ference, and of persevering endeavor. - He
bade God speed to the Sabbath School in
its own place." In this connexion, Dr.
Russell cited from the Sabbath School
Teachers' Report, the remark of Hugh
Miller, which refered to the Sabbath School
as rather a reflection upon Christian parents
and relatives, and implying a neglect of
their proper work.
In reply to this, a Ruling Elder,
Mr. Balfour, in supporting,thelrinsmission of
the overture, said, its object Was not designed to
depreciate or undervalue the invaluable services of
their Sabbath School teachers, whose zeal and de
votedness in their work could not be too highly
commended; nor was it at all designed to under
value the good which Sabbath Schools had done,
or rudely or violently to interfere with or super
sede the present Sabbath School instruction; but
when they consider that the present system of
Sabbath School instruction was very much going
in the direction of superseding parental instruc
tion, which they could never supply the place of,
it was, he thought, time that the Church should
awaken and take some measures to bring back
the country to the good old way of Scriptural in
struction.to which Dr. Begg had referred. Bab.'
bath Schools had in some sense, they might say,
created the evil which they were meant to meet;
for, instead of children being now more generally
taught by their parent's religibus instruction, the
very reverse was the case. The great mass of
people now Batisfied'thelr conscience with the ex
istence of Sabbath Schools, and with sending
their children to be taught in them, instead of
discharging their duty themselves.
This deliverance we'hold to be most judi
cious and excellent, as it is also timely for
Scotland and for us. The labor-saving ap
paratus of modern times, carries even into
the Church a disposition to shift personal
duties upon Societies, and the numerous
agencies of the day, so as to threaten, at
length, to do all the duties of religion by
machinery—like 'the heathen method, turn
ing out prayers by the whdel ! Is it not,
also, -worth our while to inquire, and even
to overture to the General Assembly, how
far the neglect of family religion, and-fami
ly Catechetical instruction, prevails among
us ; and what are the causes and occasions,
and what are the proper remedies? Would
not the proper application of this inquiry
extend to the case of SERVANTS, and lay
down a rule on this subject that would bear
upon all.households, North and South, as to
the duties of Christian households, in giving
them religious instruction ? Might it not
even reach the case of Christian employers,
as respects their duty to the s employees 'more
immediately cast upon their responsibility ?
And if the good old method of Family Cate
chising and Religious Instruction and Devo
tion could be extensively revived among us,
-Shoals rviritot see'the — Stibliath - Sehool mote
amply supported in its place, and, bringing
forth more abundant fruits for Christ, for
the Church, and for the country ? The
Sabbath School at HOMr would lead to an
appreciation of the Sabbath School at
Cauxou. The parental instructions on the
Sabbath would bring about daily exercises,
more or less, in keeping with them, and in
preparation for them; and thus these plants
of the Lord would spring, as the grass—as
willows by the water-courses. J.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate.
Hints on Sabbath Schools.
NO. 111.
have presented, in two preceding
:rs, the relation of Sabbath Schools,
iperly understood and conducted, to
ihurcic—called for by the Baptismal
:ant, as a convenient and important
;y in the hands of the Church, for dis
sing its obligation in the instruction of
shildren.
ie great objection felt in many minds to
whole system of Sabbath Schools, ex
for the ignorant and destitute, is, that
tend to supersede the higher work of
tntal religious instruction. This, we
t, is an abuse which often'occuri; but
in no way chargeable upon the system
Z. The Church, plainly, has a duty in
respect to perform to her children, and
the world without. The parent has also
and her duty to discharge. Both are re
site and obligatory. Neither can dis
rge the other's. The Church cannot, by
best appointed agencies, do what the
mt can. Nor can the parent dispense
h the Churah'S' agency. And God has
ained both, as not too much; but each
its sphere, charged with its own appro
ate operation.
[n this Christian land of ours, the Bab- -
di School system has achieved its grand
results. How far it has oontributed to
ke parents careless about their duty in
parting religious instruction to their• chil
m, and households, cannot easily be de
mined.
In the Scottish churches, the family
techizing is a time-honored and noble
Ititution, which is justly held dear, and
lously guarded. We think the recent
oussion of the subject of sufficient intep
to our chances, to iextract the followttry
FREE PRESBYTERY OF EDINBURGH.
FAMILY OATRCHETIOAL INSTRUCTION.
Begg moved the transmission of the fol
ing overture:—
It is humbly overtured, by the Presbytery of
burgh, that the General Assembly shall labor
sstore and make universal the wholesome
Aloe of family catechising and Sabbath even
instruction by parents, and shall consider how
'le plan of having evening instead of morn
d)bath Schools, and evening sermons, as a
,r part of public worship, has a tendency
erfere with these Sabbath evening duties
rents, from the discharge of which, so
of the glory of Scotland arose in other
PI
Begg said his attention had been called, of
to the necessity of some movement of this
by personal experience. When he -was a
ger man, he found that the young communal
were well acquainted with the Shorter Cat
'', and could readily repeat it; whereas of
ars there was a great difference in this re.
Is he found many young persons who could
;at it. He inferred, also, from other air
.nces which had come under his knowledge,
Lie good old practice of family catechising
oegun to fall off very materially. For exam
he held in his hand a report of the Sabbath
00l teachers of Edinburgh, drawn up by a
Committee which had lately made a canvass
he city, in connexion with Sabbath Schools;
in this report it was stated, that 11,994
)s had been visited, the number of children
_ _ .
ich, amounted to' 22,964. Of these,l3,7Bl
reported as attending various Sabbath
le, and only 680 were fought at home on the
ith evenings. Now, of course, there might
been considerable mistake in the number re
ad as being taught at home, but still, even
ng a very large allowance; if it be h fact at
r anything like a fact, it was extremely start-
The duty of parents catechising their obil
and giving them religious instruction, had
L established by Divine ordinance, and this
a matter which had not received the atten
w hich it deserved ; and the Church itself was
ul to look to it. .he object of the overture
to call the attention of the Assembly to these
.ers, and to endeavor to restore the gbod old
ice of former days, in having regular catechet
mtruction in each family on Sabbath even-
is a movement in the right direction.
of us knew in, old times what it was
Ara the Catechism at a Christian
it's knee, on Sabbath evenings, when
portion of the Lord's day was regularly
ated to "the Church in the house," and
In the family, as the nursery of the
arch, was occupied with these ordinances
instruction, prayer and praise. Those
re good old times. We cannot dispense
1 the Sabbath School. Nor can we dis
ise with the family instruction, with all
advantage of the parent's relation and
thority. When God was arranging for
3 tuition of the young Lawgiver, and
Lder of Israel, the great Prophet, and type
Christ, he would have for the nurse and
at trainer of the child, not Pharaoh's
ughter, nor any Queen or Princess of the
alm, bat the child's own mother, though
ie had been the most obscure and unlettered
L the kingdom.
Dr. Russell responded to Pr. Pegg ; that
the best of all social reforms, God's way
restoring a people, was to tura the hearts
i the fathers unto the children, and the hearts
of the children into their fathers.' The
domestic constitution, the family circle, was
the source and test of national stability. No
Sabbath class is so much in its place ifs that
which is formed by a family around g, ti
ther's knee. This should be one ref the
exercises beloeging properly to the head of
a family, to which the minister was.enjoined,
by our Direeter7, to Stir yxp s,oeh es are
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate
Religion:
OR, LETTERS TO A FRIEND ON THE DOCTRINES AND
DUTIES 01? THE BIBLE
Leiter VlL—Sin.
By the law- is the knowledge of sin.—Ron. vu; 7.
MY DEAR FRIEND :--In my last, I spoke
of sin, and promised in this to say some
thing about what sin is. Sin, what is it ?
What is sin? John declares, Sin is the
transgression of the law ; and Paul says,
by the law, is the knowledge of John
iii: 4 ; Rom. vii : 7.
And here, let me say, that a definition of
sin has sometimes been given, which in
cludes but half the truth ; and, hence, indi
rectly teaches a dangerous error. It has
been said, that all sin consists in voluntary
action; and, hence, sin has been defined as
the voluntary transgression of known law.
Of course, then, if this be correct, there is
no such thing as original sin; •for, according
to this, all sin consists in acts—in the vol
untary transgression of known law. In
fants, then, are holy; or, at least, have no
moral character; they have no sin until they
know the law, and knowingly and willfully
transgress it I Hosi contrary this is to
Scripture, you can readily judge, when you
remember that we are here taught that we
are, by nature, the children of wrath, and
wrath implies guilt.--Eph. ii : 1-3. And
Jesus Christ says, That which is born of
the flesh is flesh—is flesh, is corruptrde
prayed, sinful; for the works of the flesh,
says Paul, the works of our corrupt nature,
are adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lascivi
oniniessr idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, vaxi
attest, emulations, wrath, strife, seditious,
heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revellinga r and such like.—John iii: 6;
Gal. v : 19-21. This is a dark catalogue
of crimes to flow from a pure and holy
nature ; and to be, too, the proper works
and fruits of that nature, as -these are said
to be the works of the flesh, of our unholy
nature, the nature with which we are born I
And, then, how contrary this view is CO fact,
is open to the observation of every , one . ; for
if there be no such thing as original sin, no
native depravity ; if we are not by nature
children of wrath; if our nature is not de
praved, how is it, and why is it, that all
ahildren do begin to sin as soon at; they be
gin to act ? The fact is, the privation,of
holiness: the want of 'righteousness—is sin;
aud necessarily following this want or priva
tion, is the corruption of our whole nature,
so that we are conceived and born in sin,
and we go astray as soon as we are born, be
cause of, our innate corruption.—Ps. li : 5 ;
and lviii : 3. in consequence of the fall,
original righteousness. is lost, restraining
grace .is _withdraw n and withheld, and the
corruption of our whole nature follows as nj
neocasar y, and unavoidable consegnenee.
We are, as you know and feel a race °I
,
In Cruden's Concordance, uncondensed
and unabridged—as it should ever be—you
may see an admirable definition of sin, and
a full statement of the various senses in
which the Word is taken in the Scriptures.
"Sin is any thought, word, action, omission,
or desire, contrary to the law of God. Sin
is not a creature, or a being, but rather the
privation of a being; as light .is the priva
tion of darkness," (or, rather, as darkness
is the privation of light)" so is sin a priva
tion of holiness." As, where light is want
ing, darkness
_reigns; so, where holiness is
wanting, sin exists. Hence, where there is not
holiness in a moral being, there is sin; and
'Sin consists in'the wrong'state of the heart
and affections, as well as in open acts of
transgression. There is sin in an evil nature
or disposition, as well as in evil ants. This
is the meaning of john,.when , he says, Sin
is the transgression of the law; and r of Paul,
By "the law is the knowledge of sin; for,
though relating chiefly to actual sins, they
include whatever is not in agreement `with
the law, or conformed to it. A disposition,
or tendency to sin, is sinful; an unholy na
ture is sinful.-1. John iii : 4; Rom. vii : 7.
And, hence, the Shorter Catechism defines
sin as "any want of conformity unto, or
transgression of, the law of God."—Sh. Cat.,
ii : 14.
The law of God is the rule which he has
revealed in his Word for our obedience; par
ticularly the moral law, 'summarily compre
hended in the Ten Comniandments. And
here, you must remember: the nature and
extent of God's law. As - to -its nature,
it is holy, just,•and good ; pure, righteous,
and benevolent, like its Author ; requiring
only what is reasonable and right, what is
for God's glory and our good, and calculated
to proinote the best interests, and the bight
est happiness of the univerae, and the great
est glory and honor of the Supreme Ruler,
Lawgiver, and Judge. It is the dictate of
both rectitude and benevolence; ,and is,
therefore,' every way reasonable iiz its 'de
mands. It is no more than reasonable that
we should be required to do right; to feel.
and act right. And this is the sum and sub
stance of the law; it requires just what is
right, whatsoever is pure and lovely, and of
good report. This is its nature—a holy, and
just, ,and good law.
And it, is also spiritual in its nature and
requirements, taking cogniaance of the state
of the heart' and affections, as well as our
outward acts, and designed to regulate and
control the feelings and emotions of- the soul;
not only the desires and volitions, but that
state -of heart from , which they spring, the
disposition and bias, as well as the inclina
tion; as it is evident from the tenth Com
mandment, Thou shalt not covet.—Ex.
xx.: 1-17. Hence, Paul says, in Rpm.
vii-: 7-14, I had not . known sin, but by
the law—had not known what it is, or had
not known its enormity, and its extent and
magnitude, and that the very state and
emotions of the soul are sinful; for Lhad
not - kr:waif-lust or concupiseence---:had-not.
known that the mere inward desire was evil
—that the habits and dispositions of the
soul, and its emotions, were sinful—except
the law had-. said, Thou shalt not covet.
This command of the law stands as a guard
to all that precede it, and serves to explain
their spiritual nature, and teach us their ex
tent, as well as their spirituality.
And here, then, you see the, extent of
the law, in its requisitions and prohibitions.
It extends to the thoughts, and emotions,
and desires of theliiiart, and to the state or
disposition which precedes desire, as well as
to the words and actions of men. This is
indicated by this last commandment, which
is, designed to guard and - protect the whole
law, and shows the spirit required by all the
commandments. It forbids not only lust or
evil desire—concupiscence—but that state
of heart which would lead to such desire,
or to any unlawful or improper desire or
emotion; and it requires " full contentment
with our own condition" not only, " with
a right and charitable• frame of spirit toward
our neighbor, and all that is his," but a
right state of heart toward God and man in
all things. So the law of God requires per
fect purity of soul, a right state of heart,
uprightness, holiness,, love to God and man,
perfect, constant, perpetual, with no devia
tion and -no failure, from the very com
mencement of existence, onward,
4, While life, and thought, 'and being last,
Or immortality endures." -
Human laws regulate the., outward con
duct ; God's law fixes its claims upon the
heart, and condemns as sin whatever accords
not with the most perfect rectitude, in dis
position as well as in act. It is spiritual;
and' it claims dominion over the. soul of
man, as well as over his manner of life.
Such are the nature and extent of the
law of God; and this law is'binding, on all.
Its binding on you. It requires obedience
of you. Yon are bound.to do whtit it com
mands, and abstain from what it forbids;
you are bound to possess the love and holi
ness it requires; and any failure of coming
up fully to its requirements, is sin. Any
failure of coming. up to its demands fully,
either as to : the dispositioq and habits Of the
soul, the state of-the heart and affections,
the feelings and emotions, the thoughts and
desires; or as to the volitions and, exercises,
and the external deportment, the words and
the actions; any failure, at any time, and
in any degree of perfect love to God and
man ;, any failure, 'in any respect, is sin;.
for sin is tie transgression of the law, and
want of conformity is transgression ; for we
may break the, law by failing to be, and to do
what it requires, as well as by being and do
ing what it forbids. Hence, by the law is
the 'knowledge of sin; for whatever in man,
as to his nature and disposition, his heart
and life, is not in harmony with the law,of
God, is sinful. The, law is the standard.
By it, the state of the soul, and the conduct,
must be tried ; and whatever in heart or
life comes not up to this standard, is sin.
Thus, my friend, you see what sin is .
but I may say something more on this sub
jeep in my next. = What' . I have said may
suffice for-the present. From what I have
written, you may learn something of your
own sinfulness. In view of your undone
condition as a sinne'r, look to the Lord Jesus
Christ for pardon , and salVation. He'came
to seek and to save'the lost; and he is'able
and willing, to , save you. Truatln #ins ) and
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which they suggest I
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beir healthy toil, on a
.'nildings, close at hand.
;earns the wages which
hildren clean and corn
`bright the honsehold
ell (twice a week) is
attle Market, a visit to
time, I recently de-'
long, by railway and
nd breadth of London,
been conveyed thither.
, Orning of Mondays, or
the announcement to
' butchers, that the sale
is heard. It is that of
del Prison. The 'Vivo
joyous. They tell of
But another bel
the Pentonville
former are cheery ,
freidom, honesty;
lutes my ear as .I
sound. It tells';
of
of crime and retil ;
despair 1.
Within that m; ;el prison, I-have stood.
Through its long:: orridors, I have walked.
Here and there ti: , ‘ meet a man in convict
dress, &Weeping ti or Cleaning out
a cell. But by a 'by a troop,of convicts,
with heavy wood clogs, and with ugly
yellow,mash la • down over the • fore
beilisandkn 7; which the 0 ,- espeext;
disguised.
One of these may be Sir John , Dean Paul,
or Bates and Straliani his partners in the
Bank, in Fleet Stree4 whose rain hits made
so many widows and 'orphans poor. '
It is dinner thrie. Along the corridors
the wardens . wheel light carts., .. In ti
dishes, you.see the "messes intended for the
prisoners. Each is now in his cell: Ther:
is a little iron wicket =in-the centre of one
massive door, The 'cart is wheeled up, an
the warden, taking_one of the , tin dishes i
his hand, containing soup and meat, tWi
potatoes, and a piece of breed, the littl
wicket is' thrown lack, and two hands art
seen seizing the mess. 'The wicket closes
and in silence, -like a wolf in his den, the
prisoner devours his ration.
Outside, by and' by, you will sea some of
the prisoners 'breaking stones, others pick
ing oakum ;' and all, in turn—except whe
the state of ~health forbids--workingnn the
tread-mill. Some t are carpenters; others
turners and tailors; others blacksmith&
that Paul and 'Bates work"as tailors.
Sir Johniis fond of - drairing, and is allowe.
to relax in that way at times.
A convict is permitted to write one letter
to his friends, and receive one from them
e"ver"y half year. " Six years' penal aervi
tide, 'is now the `common punishment for
felony. Sentences of 'transportation for lit
have been passed• on the greater criminalii,
Robson, Redpath, ...Kent, and Agar„identi
fied with' the , robbery of Ciystal Palace
tilidltailway Companies. . Rolison; once so
gay, driving splendidly "about town," liv
ing in a luxurious house, is sinking faetinto
insanity, induced .by despair.
THE Crtarrants OF 94 IVscas are, in
general, fimt-class men; both as to sound Kinn:
gelical teaching, and adaptation for their
special duties. Mr. Singsmile, the Chap
lam at F'entonyille, has written a book, en
titled, " Prisons and Prisonere," which is
quite a standard work on these questions,
and containing, moreover, the record of
many cases of real reformation, and restora
tion to society, of criniinals apparently lost
forever to 'virtue and rto heaven, through the
falthful applieation of the Word Of Chriii,
throne:Cele Hely Spirit's power to the con
and the heart.
The Unveil:merit will be obliged to re
new TRANSPORTATION very speedily: Each
criminal formerly transported, cost the corm
try £l,OOO ; while . for each remaining in
prison here—to say nothing of fresh crimes,
and consequent loss of property, and ex
pense of a new prosecution aftsrv3ards, if
he go out linreclaimed—an expense is in
curred from X3O to £4O per annum. Some
propose to .retain our prisoners at 'home,
place them' on large tracts of uncultivated
ground, erect suitable buildings, and obtain
from their labor, sufficient to maintain the
cost of maintenance. Others propose the
renewal. of transportation but the locus
pafflitentice is not yet determined. One of
the Western Isles ,of Scotland was : pro
posed ; and now the Falkland Isles are
spoken of.
DINIVGATE PRIEM, in the city proper, re
mains still, unreformed. Hideous reyela
dons have been made, of the consequences
of permitting the prisoners to herd'tog,ether,
as in old tunes The ' burghir; the coiner,
the .member. of the swell . :each/ is
DAY, FEBRUARY 2S, 1851.
there, to inculcate the young thief with the
virus of crime, and to make it romantic in
his eyes. Nay, even prizoners for debt have
been exposed to the contagion; and when
any one has seemed to shrink from 'this
brutal association, he is the victim of jibes,
and abuse, and all manner of persecution !
This "den of devilry" is an evil which
will, however, be, ere long, redressed and
reformed. The whole subject of crime, how
Suggestive of an ulcer , preying on the vitals
of the community What penalties are we
reaping for past neglects! What spectres
of guilt, and woe everlasting, look out re
proachfully upon us„ from the "spirit land,
seeming to 'cry, " Too . late,". and urging us,
by their agonising glances, to save the young
of society from ruin I
.Popular. EcZueation, ona Christian basis,
is our great want. It is,, however, making
lipid strides, and must do so more and more.
In additioiatoffi 'this, nagged Schools and
iformitories, 7 -41ie , dne preventing, and the
I —.l4ave begun a splendid
have- . spoken, iioforiner letters; of the
ELEVATION OF THE STANDARD OF RELI
GION AND MORATITY in our, higher ranks,
as compared. with the past.. That is ,a great
and gratifying fact. Mr. Thackeray, in his
brilliant lectures, continues to bring it out
very vividly. Last Week, he dealt with
George IV., with great-'and just severity,
and spoke of the chang2, as to swearing,
gambling, and, profligacy among gentlemen
now, as coinpared with those of the time of
the Regent and, the King. He denied that
George TV. was the first gentleman in
Earope," as used to be the fashion to style
him. Behind his . fine clothes, under
his fine clothes, "there was not even a man
—4here was nothing Then, as the' - real
gentleman of his day, in contrast with the
King, stand out, says Thackeray, men like
Sir Walter Scott, Robert Southey, Lord Col
lingwood, and Bishop Heber.
As the , tinie draws - near for the opening of
Parliament, OUR CLUBS come up -vividly
before the .minds of many. Members of
Parliament, and country gentlemen, are al
`most invariably members of some one of the
many Clubs in the West End of Dondon.
The Club Houses, themselves, in point of
architectural splendor, must strike the eve
of every stranger. Near,the Duke of York's
Column, and Waterloo Place, a series of
these splendid mansions present themselves;
and one is now building, in which'the copi
ous use of the beautiful -and polished
Aberdeen colored granite forms a striking
feature.
Here are the Atheneum, the Junior United
Service, the'Carlton, and the'Reform Clubs,
vithuthers not'far away. At the 'Carlton,
the Conservatives and TOries find a congenial
home; while at - the Reform Club, Liberals
of all shades are Wont to congregate.. The
internal fittings of these Clubs are splendid;
and the kitchen of each, with its cooking
apparatus, and its head cook and attendants,
forms, in itself; a marvel and a study. •
The election to these Clubs is by ballot;
and personal pique may, at times, succeed in
!blabk.balling a. worthy man. At other times,
the t•hallot — defenee against the intrusion
dglrtj 11 1 '" 'fi-A % 410 ppar—
---—1
The old Indians, who come home " with
out livers," but with plenty of money, as
semble at the Oriental Club; in .Hanover
Square) and form a charactexistie "Set" of
their own. •
IEI
The subscription- to the Clubs is high;
Say (besides- a large sum for entrance,)
twenty guineas per annum. But for this,
what splendid accommodation is provided !
The food and wines are of the best quality,
and served-up to the members, as well-as in
a nobleman's mansion, or in Buckingham
palace. Then, there are bathrooms, billiard
roomi, refreshment-rocras, a noble library,
all the journals, and all crowned with'first
class and refined 'Society.
It is understood that the rate at which
Club officials are paid,-is on a scale some
what like the following :
The Cook repelyes from £BOO to £lOOO a year
The Librarian " " 100 to 150 44
The Secretary « " 250 to 300 "
.
On,which in
our witty serial rearks, that the
Scale " fully proves the superior value of
physical food, over, intellectual."
It appears that the French or Italian
Cook is, besides his large salary, allowed to
tike pupils and "finishing" other cooks, for
which large fees are received.
" We - wonder," says Punch,." that in their
leisure moments, the Secretary and Librari
an do not occasionally descend to the kitch
en, and take a few turns at the spit, so that
when the cook has made his fortune, and
retired to hiA Chateau, Margaux, or Lafitte,
they Might be duly qualified to take his
place and salary.
There are City Clubs as well as those in
the -West End, frecittented by Merchants
and Bankers. Besides these, are. Liternry
Clubs, the Whittington and ethers.
The Milton Club is the only one known
to be formed on Christian principles. It is
of recent origin, and was begun. by a few
enterprising Merchants, among the Non
conformists, who longed for a, place where
religious men in town, and those coming
from the country to ifissionary Anniversa
ries, or at, other seasons, might
. find,a centre
of :Union and a temporary home. It is con:
ducted on precisely siMilar principles as . to
internal arrangeinents, cookery, comfort, Ii
brary, Sr,e,, as those in the West End. The
House 'is in Liidgete Hill, near St. Paul's.
The entrance fees and subscriptions are mod
erate. The membership amounts to nearly
1000 at present. Here, on .Tuesdays, after
my attendance on the early Committee of
the Tract Society, lam wont to linger for
some hours ; and here one meets Binny,
Sherman,. Newman Hall, and erstwhile the
new lamented Harris; with many other min
isters and laymen. The fear_of God dwells
in this, house. The Secretary is one of Dr.
Hamilton's worthy Deacons; the Manager of
the' miscue dep . artment, a Scotchman too.
Family worship is kept up morning and even-'
ing. The terms for ministers are on a pecu
liarly liberal and considerate scale, and the
privileges of occasional relaxation among
"books and men," both of a superior order, is
something delightful, I assure you, amidst
the high pressure of a London ministry.
In connexion with .the. Milton Club, it is
in contemplation to open a large room; of the
same kind,. with the same objects as Exetest
Hall, for public meetings 'of a lien l efolent tail .
religions;character: ; ;
FROM Pram, we have news of war
begun. The English expedition "'having
reached the Persian Gulf, have taken pos
session of the Island of Karmeir, and storm
ed the Fort of Bushire. This last opera
tion cost our army a loss of between 20 and
30 lives, ineluding the unusual dispropor
tion of four officers slain. One of these was
a Brigadier General, another "a Colonel, the
remaining
,two Lieutenants. The Brigadier
(Stopford,) was a veteran Indian officer.
The telegraph gives no particulars. Our
hearts are thus again saddened by fresh,
.news of slaughter. The continuance of this
war—arising from diplomatic mismanage
ment on the one hand, and Russian in
trigue on the other—is most earnestly.to be
deprecated. It would 'arrest internal' iti-
Troveinentsin'lndia, accumulate more debt,
and invelve neWtaxation. Same politicians
view:it as necessary to annerAfig,anistan, as
a barrier to Russian designs. on. India. Per
sia is'weak in herself, and seems te have relied
on Russian support. ,"'Her' Anibassailin Ex
dioo(l,426:pii
o an - need= ddiflotitigegflYeWriffar
of the Emperor of the French.
FROM MILAN come the tidings that the
Emperor of Austria has granted , uncondi
tional pardon and amnesty to all Loather
diens convicted of high• treason, and has re
stored the whole of the sequestered estates.
This will permit many an exile to'return
home. But while it is an amnesty for ima
ginary crimes, and " pardon" for the fault
of these Italians loving their country,. ".not
wisely, but too well"—and when, we add to
this, that it is dietated by aelfishneas, and
designed, as a master-piece 'of Paley, to bins
more closely to the Austrian Crown, provin
ces which are unjustly, hers—what ,merit
can. Francis Joseph claim—and how : little'
has Italy reason to be grateful !
The meeting of the CONGREGATIONAL
UNION did not pais off without a scene of
powerful exciteMent. In his "opening ad
dress, Mr. Stingliten, the 'President for
the year, deprecated the idea that there
were two , parties in the body, one evangeli
cal, the other unsound. This .was roundly
Cheered; but yet, if we are to judge by sym
pathies and tendenCiea, it is a very question
able statement. The gi•at majority; hol
ever, are firmly attached to the old' Gospel.
It remains to be seen what the students will
become by and by.
THE :ARCHBISHOP or Twins 'has been
promoted to Paris. He is, not an Ultramon
tanist, but moderate in his Church politics
The Emperor pressed the appointm+3iit upon
him, after several refusals.
This day d I have been infOrMed of ' the
DEATH OF DR. MarnaunsTi the eminent mis
sionary of ,the- London Society for many
years. He, had only been on English soil
for threp days, when he expired. His re
moval is greatly deplored. There will bea
public funend tin's week.
The Morning Post ,day, of this consider
PEACE WITH PERSIA as " probable."
,„ have
As to the PENISON UASE there
been appeals; protests, expressions of spa.
pathy— w this sympathy oftimen, and even in
,the.-ease. of the Bishop of Exeter, extremely
,The latter..
once actually excom : ,
rounicateft
and whether`he hag withdrawn 'the Bair, I
know not. Brain his letter to the Arch
deacon, while he takes fling at the Arch
bishop, by . saying that the <decision against
Denison indicates, in its terms, and the
ground. 4 'taken, the rationalist tendency of
the age,'he yet takes good care not to en
dorse the heresy, that the wicked partake
the body and blood of Christ in the . Lord's
Supper.
The Morning Post a High Church news- I
paper, has a long article soothingly addressed
to the Tractarians, telling theirthat efien if
the cross is taken away from the "altar,"
they can still carry, out their system—tat
present evil's must be submitted to, and that
it would be suicidal policy for those who are
contending for spiritual independence, and
a Free Convocation,lo appeal to a secular
tribunal, = such as, is the. Privy Council.
Whether, they will take this advice, seemed
doubtful; but there has been a fresk appeal
to a civil tribitnal.
Some say that,. legally, the Archbishop's
decision on the Denison case is final. Oth
ers tell us that the Archdeacon retains his
parish, and loses his Arehdeaconry, or me
versa. '
But what of the BROAD CHURCH AND
NEOLOGICAL . PAILTY ? True to their in
stinctive hatteld of definite, dogmetic utter
ances, Mr Manrice has addressed a leiter. to
Frazer's Magazine, expressing his disappro
val of the prosecution of Denison: . ; As to
himself' we all knew fie does not believe in
the Sacrifice of - Christ, in the true and
proper since of the term, at all. But then;
this matters not 1 The presence of 'men of
extreme views, on opposite sides, he regarde
as necessary to preserve the equlibrium of
ihe Church, and as preventing either party
from holding a fanatical triumph over the
other. So much for " equilibrium." Does it
not remind you of the nursery rhyme, " See
saw, Margery Daw ?," Thin it is, that on
the "See 'saw" principle, the Church of
England haslieen going on since the Refor
mation. Not that the balance has been
long preserved, at any time; now Landism,
then Latitudinarianism, and then Evangelism
triumphant. But thephief objection of Mr.
Maurice is, that the Articles, and not Scrip ! .
tore, are appealed to, for settling the doe:
trine oftie*Church, (itilllbbireive the favor
ite. *,
idea of antagonism to what is definite in
statement) and he would like the doctrines
of the Church to be left in a looser state
than the. Articles have embodied them.
Denison's - . Ptefe j sitiens are to be resisted;`
says Maurice, as a test, bit all shduld strive
that he be allowed to hold them as opinions
As.if anysone. wished, to hinder him, thin/Z 7c
ing what he pleases on the Rucharist„ ra i ld r
as if the qiestion were not, *haler, he is
teach a heresy which is emphatically gri
n:Ash, monstrous and abominable ?
Not long since, the Rev . , - -Hobart. Bey-.
mour,an Evangelical clergyman, author'-of.
Mornings with the Jesuits," whohadbeen,
sojourning in a parish in the diodese of Ex:
titer, and lightening the labor of the over
worked inoumbent by preaching' once aday,
was prohibited from preaehing„by Bishop
' The complainant was a High
Churchman, who had fifiy bearers, of whom
tenleft When he entered the phlpit, /bile
Mr. Seyrnour had Poiik'r;egitiiins anunintirie
tol fifteen• hUndradY -TWA iihavioptor
Philadelphia, 27 South Tenth Street, bele* Clieltnut
, • p er
By Noll, or at the Office, sl.soYe a r; BEE - pßospEetus.
Delivered in the City, 1.75
Nigh the, .laye for
evangelicarteaching imbedded in the hearts
of the " common Teeple" and 'middle classes,
even in the most unfaVotable Ideality. , The
Bishcip's rage Was . ic - iithe'reks,*
mour had completed. his,intendell course of
service,,before the prohibition came.
The Tractarians lately suffered a severe
defeat at Brighton, in an atienTptliitet up
a Puseyite College. The Bishop of Chi
chester backed the proposal, and was, sup
ported by 4ird Robert Cecil, but, by an
overivhelming Majority, and "amid ''popular
exaltations over - them; the traitors were dri
ven away, aiid theirarafty pror exploded, to
their eoafmsinn and .sharne. J. W.
facts iiiiV''',:iitattittos.
WE AB not to.ohoose our own rods; no,
' ftod l ehposes thsul i coz o uu t ; and , *cases that
..to e d which- suitable.'
THE ahmst Christian is a .most.unhappy
man, having religion enough to .make
..the
world hate him, and not enough 'to mike
God love him.—Countess of Wariiiek.
BEAUTIFUL Suutu.. = Men's feelings are
alirSys purest and mostt - glowing at the hour
of meeting and farewell; like the. 'gliders,
which are , transparent and rosy-hnid only at
sunrise and sunset, but throughout the day
gray and'oold.
THE Joy OF DOING GOOD.
Yes there's joy in doing good, •
The selfish never know,
A draught 80,,,deep, - so rich and pure,
It seta the heart aglow;,.
A draught so 'exquisitely rare
It, thigh; the soul with bliss,
And lifts it to a heaiidier werld,
Or makes a heav'n of this. • •
CHRISTIANS LIKE ORPAEL—They that
are professors only, , and make a show of re
ligion for sjnistpr, ends, arulike .Orpah; in
times of aifflalion they will`kiiii - their mother
and be gale, they will soon take lair*" of
the Chnreh.of 'God. But ilmythit are true
Chrititiatis, are like Ruth, they.will uleave
to her, stay_by her,. live and die with her,
and never depart from her,—kath : 14.
DR. C.tus4frts, says the Vermont
arronick, wrote tipon " the expulsive cp9r
, er of a new affection ;" aUother dhalmers is
Wanted to write on the exclUsive pow er of
an old' one. For with such love, of the
world And tho.thingwthereof, in some of its
ten thousand forms, and such _ absorbing in
terest in its goingson, how is religion to
find any place in man's `
,
THE 841ron.Trt.—Tt its very remarkable
that the heitiiieu nations;' wife can be sup
posed to have no knowledge of the ll* or
history of Moses, account one day of the
seven more sacred than' the rest. .16,siod
styles the seventh.day s ".the ilhintrious , of
the sin ;" and Homer tia'ys, " Then , came
the seventh day, which is sacred or holy."
Almost all'nations, too, who.have anynotion
of religion, have appropriated one day in
seven to the purposes of public, devotion.
Okuutur.- 7 TheJews
7.lnyiut #0:0 , 4,*1-sjikallOtrAY - 7 , 4 -; L, :#l.
their bittloOr • said
they, the name of 'God may be on it.
Though there was a little superstition in
this, yet truly there is nothing but good re•
ligion in it if we apply it to men. Trample
not on any; there may be some work of
grace there that then knowest not Uf. The
name of God may be written upon that soul
thou treadest on; it may be a soul that
Chrisethonght so much of an to give his
precious blOod for it ; therefore, :despise it
not.=—Leighton.
HOME
Home's not"merely four square walht,
Though with pictures hung aid gilded;
Home is where affection,ealk
Filled with shrines the heart hath builded.
Heine r .1— Witch the faithful d9ve
neatit the heaven ihoire us;
Home is where, there?s one to. love,
Home is where, there's one to love us.
Home is not merely roof "
and room,
It needi something til'etideitr it;
Home is where the heart , can bloom;
Where.there's sorne•kind lip to cheer it.
What is honie with none to meet,
None to weleome, none to greet us? -
Home is sweet; arialSillysiiieet,
Where' there's'oisilwe Joie to meet us.
. ,
A Sounou EL9Qurtoz.—Daniel
Welker, on being cemmended fer his elo
quence, on a memorable occasion, is said to
havereplied:
44 Sir, I am far from tliin . lring, that my
effort the Other dai his the remotest
claim to the panegyric you hive been
pleased tohestow upon it; but if anything
I have ever said or written deserves the
feeblest encomiums of my, fellow country-
Men, I hive no heittition in declaring
that fOr'. their, partiality; I am indebted,
solely indebted, to the daily and attentive
perusel•of the soured Scriptures, the source
of all true .poetry and eloquence, as well
as of all good and all comfort."
TAKE CAKE OF THE CASKET FOE THE
SAKE or THE Jawrz.---In Many eases in
which true Christians,complaln of the "hid
ing,,of God's countenance, of darkness and
the cause solely physical dis
ease ; prod
.ced not equently by an ob
stinate disiegard to the will God as ex
pressed in ,the huMan constitution, made up
of soul and body; and, by which a certain
amount of repose, relaxation, and exercise
are Siaential to the right working 14 .
_both.
Let Mi 'OSA:lastly press it upon yoUnand
ardent Students, that it is a very mi staken
manliness to despise the,: demands of the
body„; .that it is no self : denial, but aelf-in
iiiilgence, to tuarilSo health and life in the
Pursuit of knowleilgi. inereiiiitil them
that' God will make thetii..realionsiblir for
every'talent committed to them, and for
shortening thew days which might have
• have
been many;, and. fq pinking those hours
Ul'll'l4B4lnd. aistreiii which might hive
been hour? of Si:Wahine and peace. That
must be no"Einiell sin in the eye .of GU,
which he so often v*talwith .AKearly death
or
. prematuTe old age ; and s , has
pr . rvio:m a ny „cc, TEcitt - precious
treasure,' and the Church of its brikliiept
liolies.t:=-Mriegbdifrifigsorials' of .Mcgokin,
toth.
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