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tten on the Death of a Friend ,
it bitter Borrow thrills my heart,
think that he and t mast part!
is, how piercing is the pain,
more on earth to meet again !
flood did o'er his body roll,
could not overwhelm his soul ;
now he bathes in seas above,
.streams of everlasting love.
chilliag tide cut shOrt his breath,
left his body cold in death;
now he drinks the streams on bigb,
gushing streams that never dry.
mild and lovely was that youth!
early learned and loved the truth;
walked the ways of righteousness,
lived with all his friends in peace.
love was free to every friend,
loved the Saviour to the end,
now he loves to sing that Psalm,
song of Moses and the Lamb.
name is 'graved on every heart,
earthly friends are called to part;
• sweet remembrance of his name,
eeds the pomp of earthly-fame.
h may dissolve these earthly ties,
showers of tears suffuse our eyes ;
we shall dwell in realms above,
ell in eternal love.
'iving friends dry up your tears,
. banish all your gloomy fears ;
aua our Captain's gone before,.
d conquered death, with all its power,
t youth prepare to meet their God,
And walk the way our friend has trod;
Devote, like him, their blooming days,
To walk in wisdom's pleasant ways.
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Baptism.--No. 9.
:aping from the desert, and shaping our
te to the North• East, at length we reach
uxuriant plain of Damascus, one of • the
it Paradises "of Eastern poetry. En
, the oldest City in the world, and pass
•long the street oalled Straight, we come
e house of. Judas, where we find
SAUL OF TARSUS.
alias comes in, and puts his hands on
and what follows ? "He received
forthwith, and arose and was bap-
—Acts ix : 18. Ananias had said to
" And now, why tarriest thou? Arise
be baptized."—Chap. xxii : 16. The
iuge of the original is very expressive :
,IR ebaptisthc, " rising, or standingup,
is baptized." And so in the parallel
anastas baptisai, "rising'up, be
,zed." And it is fairly implied that
received baptism immediately, on rising
his couch, and without leaving the
Our Baptist friends suppose there
ellipsis, or omission of some words in
sentence, to be supplied by the reader;
that the meaning of Ananias was,
;e up, and go out to a river or pool,
there be baptized." But an manna
of different passages, where the same
of expression is used, will show the
lition to be groundless. The participle
s, occurs six times in Luke's Gospel,
.mes in the Acts of the Apostles, and
it five times in other parts of the New
, nt. In not one of these instances
rds, supposed to have been omitted,
tst in between the participle and the
Take a few examples :
cs I : 15- 6 ( Peter rose up in the midst
disciples, and said ;" anastas Petros
28—" And there stood 'up one of
named Agabus, and signified;" anas-
EMIR
7—" Peter rose up and said unto
anastos Petros eipen atztOis.
IV : 39—" And she arose and min
unto them;' "unastasa. diekonei
: 8—" He arose and stood forth;"
este.
: 46—" Rise and pray that ye
not into temptation ;" anastantes
eesthe.
will readily be seen, that in every in
the action expressed by the verb
the rising up immediately and on
rot, leaving no interval to be filled npby
!ader. On the other hand, whenever
)ject of the actor is not attained without
the place, , that fact is expressly
as in the following passages : •
• XV : 18—"'I will arise and go to my
, and say unto him ;" anastas poreu
-kai ero.
rse 20—" And he arose and came to
.her ;" anastas elthe pros ton piztem
11X 39—" Peter arose and went
them ;" anastas Petros sunelthen
11—" Arise and go into the street
is called Straight, and, inquire ;"
poreutheti—kat zeteson.
in every instance in which anastas
td, if the purpose of the actor in rising
not attained without going elsewhere,
)ing elsewhere is expressly mentioned.
re is no room for the insertion of omitted
And it is as clear as noon-day, that
Ananias said, " Arise and be bap
," he meant that Saul should stand up
be baptized at once, without leaving his
ber.
What Baptist preacher would say to a
son in a private' house, or at the church,
se up and be-baptized ?" In such case,
Id not every one expect the baptism to
place by effusion An immersionist
Id say, "Rise up and gb out with me to
river, and be baptized.
WASHING AWAY SINS.
" But," say our good brethren, " does
Ananias say, 'be baptized, and wash
ty thy sins ?' This purely calls for more
Lter than is implied in pouring or sprink
ig." I answer, dipping a person with all
clothes on, is no more a washing of the
arson than sprinkling is; nor will it more
ffectually cleanse from sin. What Ananias
' , ant was, that Saul, having now really the
lith, should attend to the visible sign of
le washing away of his sine, baptism being
e emblem, or sign, of spiritual cleansing.
haw was it to be signified ? Why,
sprinkling is the standard among emblemat
ical washings ; for God himself says, "
will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye
shall be clean."—Ezek.. xxxvi :25 It is
also said of the Redeemer, that he hath
"washed us from our sins in (or with) his
own blood."—Rev. i : 5. And how ? Peter
answers, by " sprinkling of the blood of
Christ."-1. Pet. i : 2.
BAPTISM OF CORNELIUS.
We now pass to Cesarea, a sea-port on the
Mediterranean, and the political capital of
Judea, under the Romans. Here, a Cen
turion, previously instructedby Peter, was
baptized in the faith of Christ. Thrs was
the first Gentile admitted to the Christian
Church ; and Julian the ,Apostate, who ac
knowledged but two eminent converts from
Paganism to Christianity, named him as one
of them. , For the record of his baptism,
see Acts x : 44-48.
"The Holy Ghost , /e/1 on all them that
heard the word." " Then answered Peter,
Can any man forbid water that should
not be baptized, who have received the Holy
Ghost as well as we 7"
Peter's meaning is; "Can any one object
to the baptism of these Gentiles; who have
received the same , effusion of the Spirit as
ourselves ?" Still, the form of his expres
sion discloses to us the existing mode of
baptism. " Can any man forbid water ?"
This plainly implies,, ..that the water was
brought in and applied to the subject; not
the subject taken to the water. When
Christ, speaking of little children, says,
" forbid them not," (Luke xviii : 16,) his
meaning is, " forbid them not to be brought
to me ;" for the context declares, that they
were being " bronght to him," at the time.
So when Peter says, " Can any man forbid
water?" his meaning is,
_"Can.any one
forbid water to be brought and appliectin
baptism to these Gentiles ?" Had he'been
an immersionist, he would doubtless have
said, " Can any man forbid these - Gentiles
going down with us at once to' the sea
shore," Ac.c.
How singular would it sound if a Baptist
preacher, taking the vote of his church on
the reception of a candidate, should say,
"Brethren, can any of you forbid water for
the baptism of this person ?" A stranger
present would certainly take him for a Pedo
baptist. The immersionists do not speak of
forbidding water to .a person, .but of forbid
ding a person being put under water, if they
think him not a proper subject.
A notre.
PETER'S IDEA OF BAPTISM
In giving an account of this baptism, to
the Apostles and brethren at Jerusalem,
Peter makes the'following remarkable state
ment :
"And as T began to speak, the Holy
Ghost fell on them, as on ns at the begin
ning. Then remembered I the word of the
Lord,how that he said, John indeed bap
tized with water, but ye shall be baptized
with the Holy Ghost.—Acts xi': 15, 16.
Something occurred which forcibly re
minded Peter of baptism' And whit' was
it? It was the falling or outpouring of
the Holy Ghost on the assembly. But if he
were an immersionist, how could that put
him in mind of baptism ?' Onr Baptist
friends say that there is no sort of resew
blance'between the two. Nothing short of
a plunge under, would put them in mind of
baptism. But Peter was no immersionist.
Leaving• Cesarea, and taking ship, we
steer to the North-West; and after sailing
near a thousand miles, we land at Neapolis,
and pass thence to Philippi, in Macedonia.
Here, when Paul •visited the place, were a
few Jews, but no organized synagogue.
There was, however, a place resorted to for
prayer, in the outskirts of the town,,by the
river side. Here Paul's preaching
blessed to the conversion of Lydia of Thya
tira. The sacred historian tells us, in few
words, that "she' was baptized, and her
household."—Acts xvi : 15. It is not
stated whether this took place at the river,
or elsewhere;'that matter being left entirely
to conjecture•
0
BAPTISM 'OF THE JAILOR.
From the hospitable dwelling 'of Lydia,
we pass round to the prison of Philippi.
Here, confined in the inner ward, their feet
made fast in the stocks, and their backs
bleeding from the recent scourge, are two
of the most disinterested servants of Christ,
the world ever saw. And what had they
done ? Their successful Mors had given
offense to the idolatrous fanatics of Philippi )
at whose instigation they were cruelly
beaten, and ignominiously thrust into
prison. The particulars are recorded in
Acts xvi : 19-40. The reader is already
familiar with them, and they need not here
be repeated. That the jailor's baptism took
place within the walls of the prison is evi
dent from the circumstances narrated. Yet
our opponents allege that the Apostles must
have taken him out to a river for that pur
pose, because, in verse , 30, we are told that
the jailor, "brought them out ;" and then,
in verse 34, that " he sbrought them into
his house." But they forget that the Apos
tles were thrust into the inner prison.
From thence the jailor "brought them
out" into the outer prison, where he washed
their stripes and received baptism. Thence
he " brought them into his house ;" which,
according to usage, was under the same
roof, and constituting a part of the edifice.
The supposition that they took the jailor
and all his family to the river is attended
with insuperable difficulties. It was mid
night. The river was quite out of the city.
—V. 13. By the laws of the country, the
jailor would have, been condemned to death
had he allowed the .prisoners to leave the
prison. And, if the baptism was to be by
immersion, it could have been deferred till
the following day. How often do our Bap
tist brethren, for convenience sake, delay an
immersion for days and weeks ,together.
Or, supposing that the Apostles had at
tempted to leave the prison, they would
'have been stopped ,by the guard at the
gates; and bad they succeeded in gaining
the streets, they would have been arrested
by the watchmen of, the city.
But their language and conduct on the
following day prove, beyond a doubt, that
they had not left the prison. When the mag
is4ates sent, saying, "let these men go,"
they declined going, saying, ." let them
come.themselves and fetch us out." Could
these holy.:• men ) without the grossest du
have, uttered this lan.
plicity and,,hypocrit!,y,
guage, after having the , night previous
stolen out of the city to a river?
"ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO."
BAPTISM OP LYDIA
'11; . 1\ ,t. :I ll\ t, I :1 , 11 1, i 'it i 1..
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1857.
BAPTISM IN CISTERNS.
Some Baptist authors suggest that per
haps there were cisterns in or about the
prison, and that in one of these the jailor
was immersed. But how can a person be
dipped in such a place with any degree of
decorum. Have the Baptist friends ever
tried the experiment? True, nothing would
be easier than to plunge the jailor, with his
wife and children, down into a cisteri.; but
how would they be got out again, , unless
there was at hand some such apparatus as
was resorted to for extricating Jeremiah
from the dungeon ?—Jer. xxxviii : 12.
I will just add that Chrysestom, of the
fourth century, had no difficulty in deciding
where the jailor was baptized. " Doubt not,
belovid," says he, "for the grace of God is
perfect. The place is rio obstacle, whether
you baptize here, or in a ship, or on the
road. Philip baptized on a road, Paul in
prison."—How. de J?egress. L. N. D.
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Religion; •
OR, LETTERS TO 'A FRIEND ON THE DOCTRINES AND
DUTIES Or THE BIBLE.
Letter 11.-Sin mid Salvation..
Sin is''the tinnOgiessiOn 'of .thO.law.Hl.:Jonit
•
In: 4.
Christ heth 'redeemed us from the curse of the
: 13.
M---v DEAR FRIEND.:—In my last, I tried
to tell you what sin is; it is " any want of
conformity unto, or transgression of the law
of God ;" and it is both orignial and actual.
—Sh. Cat., Q. 14-18. " Sin is opposition
to the nature, law, and government of . God,
which exposes the soul to his wrath and
curse."—Bible Dictionary, published by the
Presbyterian Beard of Publication. Here,
then, you see the ildesert of sin. It offends
God; it breaks his law; it mars his works;
it brings misery and death 'upon his crea
tures;'and what does it deserve? What
punishment can equal, its enormity, and its
turpitude ; ? The least sin, breaks God's law,
and is, in its very nature, an infinite evil, as, '
unless arrested, its effects must endure for
ever. Hence, every sin, however small,
"every sin deserveth God's wrath and curse,
both in this life .and that.which is to come."
--Sh. Cat., Q. 84. And here, my friend,
you see your exposure as sinner. * You are
exposed to "God's wrath and curse" for
this life and the next; exposed' to. God's
wrath, and 'curse for time and eternity
You have transgressed his law; you are
guilty •of -sin as' a transgressor; and as a
sinner you are exposed to God's wrath and
curse ? Bring the matter home: Realize
your condition. It is sad and fearful.
'Think ! Exposed to God's wrath and curse !
Suspended by the brittle thread of life over
the gulf of perdition •! The swordof jus
.
tice ready to 4 fall upOn you 1 Oh, my friend,
should God now summon your = spirit to his
bar, how dreadful must be your doom I
Death! Eternal death! Eternity! Eter
nity!! Oh, think of , a miserable eternity!
How can you dwell' with thedevoiring fire
How can you dwell with everlasting
ings ? How can- you lie down in endless
'tormentsl—lsa. xxxiii : 14. Hell, friend )
hell !" To this you, as a sinner, are exposed;
and how ''can you escape? Yes, how Can
you escape 't You—how can
,yeit eseape
How. escape? This question concerns
you; it is important for you; you are inter=
ested in it; look at it, think of it, ponder it
over; how can, you escape ? You cannot
deliver yourself. You are ruined and lost;
and despairing of yourself, you should look
up to God for Help and salvation. Look
around you, then, and see; just where you
are; and try if you can any .where discover
an open door, through which you can .enter
and be safe. Is there any way of escape ?
any way of deliverance 'from sin and hell !
Is there hope?' Is there deliverance ? is
there safety;? Come, mY.,friend, em your
feet, slide down to .perdition;..come,. look
about you, and see where you , are, and' what
is the . prospect before you. Come,', let us
reason together.—lsa. x : 18. And: here it
is my. Privilege to spelr the language of en
couragement. Hope-! Yes, there is hope !
Salvation:! Yes, there is salVation ! Be
holdthe Lamb of God !—John i : 36. For
while sin is' the transgression of the law,
and exposes us to its curse, Christ bath re
deemed.us from the curie of the law, being
made a curse for us; and; hence, Christ is
the end of the law for rightecnisness to every ,
one that believeth.-1. John iii : 4; Gal.
iii : 13 ; Rona. x:' 4.
My friend, to see where you are, consider,
" When God had created Man, he entered
into a covenant of life" with him, upon con
dition of perfect obedience forbidding him
to eat of the tree of knowledge, of good
and evil, upon the pain of death.'--Sh. Cat.,
Q. 12. Here is <the covenant of worka.
Had our first parents Continued faithful, all
would have been well; but "being left to
the freedom of their own will," they fell.—
Sh. Cat., Q. 13. Thus the covenant .of
works was broken; and " the , covenant be :
ing matte , 'With'Adam not' only' foi.
hue for his liosterity t all mankind, desCend
ing from him by urinary ;generation, sinned
in him, and fell with him, in his first trans
gression;" and the fall has "brought man
kind into an estate of 'sin and misery."---
Sh. Cat. ? Q. 16, 17. As by' one man sin
entered into the world, and death 'by sin, so
death passed upon all men, for that all have
sinned. By one man's disobedience, many
were made sinners.—Rom. : 12-19.
And being sinners, there is, and can be, no
salvation by works. The law is broken—L.
transgressed—and it knows no mercy ; it
condemns, but it can •never justify. It re
quires obedience—perfect, constant, perpet
ual; we have failed, we'are sinners, tiling
gressors ; the law condemns us; and, hence,
there is for us no salvation by the broken
covenant of works. Condemned, sinful, lost,
what can we ? My, friend, what can you
do ? Condemned, perishing, what can you
do? 'What?
Listen ! Justly God might have left the
race to - perish in their 4 estate of sin and
misery,' with no provision made for their
salvation, as the fallen angels were left, and
as multitudes of the human family are now
left without his revealed will. He was.un
der no obligations to put forth an effort for
their rescue'. But he loved, and pitied, and
gave his Son.—John iii : 16. "Having
out of his.mere, cood pismire, from all eter
nity, elected Borne to everlasting life, he en
tered into a covenant of grace, to deliver
them out of the estate of Sin and misery;
and to bring them into an estate'of' salva
tion by a Redeemer.”—Sli, 'Cat., Q. '2O.
This Redeemer is the Lordj T esus Christ,;
and " being the eternal Son of God," in
the fulfillment of this eovenaAt of grace, he
" became man by taking to imself .a true
body and a reasonable soul; land thus he
came into the world in the 1 . Oleos of sinful
flesh.---Sh. Cat., Q. 21, 22 , 6M.: via: 3.
He took our nature upon hi ' a'ssuinid our
place, as our legal head and presentative,
our surety and our substitut - Amd.'suffered
and died in our : stead. Th .he met the
demands of the law for us, s tisfied the. jus 7
tine of God, made an atOn- lent for sin,
brought "in an everlsatini "thteOnsnese,
opened the door of hope !vation, and
made itpossible for God . lust, and yet
the justifier of them which rein Jesus;
and now through this man . ;ached unto
yen, and offered unto you, forgiveness
of"sins ; and by him, all believe are
justified from all things. ix :
... ......_
: 38 1 39 ; Rom,
a
That law which you hays
your sins, lie has satisfied .
and death, hiving been _ ,:a 'curse Tor
you; and he is now the end of the law for
righteousness to every one, that believeth—
and to you, if you, believe in him. Hence,
hninediately after the words; sin is the trans
gression of the law, it is 'written, And ye
know that he was manifested to - take away
our, sins. Here, then, is hope ; .here is sal
vation :
. Christ. hath, redeemed us • from the
curse of the law, being mad`a a curse for us.
An atenenient is made. Christ has died;
look to him and live.=-Crapiii : 10-14 ;
Rom.- x : 3--11; I. Johniif : 4,,5.`
i.
. But: listen further ! There are more glad
tidings still. Not only has Christ died, but
he arose and ascended, and ' exalted, to be
a Prince and a Saviour, tove repentance
and.forgiveness of sins AA p
ti v -:
n. He
promise& the Spirit, saying tte shall`receive
of mine, and shall shewit, unto-you.-John
xvi :.14. He, sends, the Spirit .: to convince
of sin, and renew the heart, and spply_the
benefits of redemption. He has sent his
Spirit into your hearfj 'hie Spirit has
opened your eyes, in al.measure ;. he •has
aroused your , conscience.; he has illuminated
your understanding; he hat,convineed you
of 8117, shown you the dePrOty of yoUr na
ture, your want of confoiniity unto, and
transgression of the law st God, and your
exposure, to -God's wrath ,and curse on adz
count of sin ; , and here you are to-day, - a.
convinced sinner, a ,convicted sinner, snder,
the operation of God's Spirit, treiabling in
view of the Divine wrath* Which' you are
exposed, and inquiring w4t-you must - do !
And, my friend, what will ,t ou do ?,, • There
is a Saviour, Jesus; it is tads.
,Spirit's ..work
to lead to the Saviour; you-, are _under t4e
Spirit's influences; and iilth r t'ivil' you a . O?
Will you come to the Saviour''? Will you
close 'with Christ now ? Orhvill you. dismiss
these, convictions ? Will t ,iyou resist the
Spirit, .and. grieve him from ! your heart ? ,Do
it,,, my , friend, do it at yqur peril ! That
Spirit resisted and grievedl ay, and 'y4:111 are
lost! ' Yes, lost! lost `!! I '-' iStririt grieved
away, - '•and' you are =: - too .ft lostl -forivfii
lost ! !
No, my dear frie u d,,ne, you will not do
so. You dare not !" No, do net grieve the
Spirit ; no, resist him not. Yield to his in-
Iluences: By him'you i must be .'begotten
anew,,and born again; , or: perish; ”Bear this
in, mind, an& I may address you _again, on
this thene„ and, speak of the necessity of
regeneration. Ye multi he born again.---
John 'iii : 1-8.
For the present I will only Say, you must
yield to the Spirit, and lelieVe hi' Christ,
or die. Yes, , youmust yield. to the
and receive Christ as your Saviour, and
rest - upon him' alone for salvation. Yes,,
you' must - receive Chriat, or perish: HP"is
your only hope.: - He' alone can'save you;
he alone can:take= away your sins, and.ide
liTq, You fru& the 0 1 gfie of. , God'A .iirckkfm
law ; And he can, do„it,; yes, be can AP
lid inightY And he is wiling.;;
yes; he is willing. Leek him and 3 lie
saved; believe in him, and you' sh'all live
forever. For he that believoth, hath ever
lasting life.—John 36.
Here, then; the way of deliverance
from sin=thu way,of life—the way of sal
vation; will you walk in this way ?
,Will
you Como to' Christ= thatyou may: have life ?
Will you come to him for salvation,? Think
of these things : and read Hom., chapte'rs
v, and viii. Pray, repent, believe; ; yes,
believe, repent, -pray. There is a mercy r
seat ; and who that feels sin to be a burden
as, you do; who th4tfpels himself hat, and
perighing as you 'do; yea,
"—`who that knows the .worth of prayer,
But wiehne. to be often there?' - '. :.,.
You do pray; continue to:pray. But, My
friend, rest not on your prayerevrest only
on, Christ, and. , he will save • you. Flee% to
him now,.and you ahall be safe. He has
been i made sin kr you; „` receive him as
offered to you;and he:will be: your righteous=
ness and salvation; •tbe,joyiand the rejoicing
of yourlsaitt But rejectaim i -r-rand-who
can Dreadful:thought I Reject' him
not;, but embrace him, and love,. and , Serve
My friend, I have-spoken pkint . V . - 11 . 18
for your good. But lam glad to know that
you do feel your need of Christ; that you
do see a suitableness 'in him to your
.wants;
that you do approve.of the way Of salvation
through him; and that you can and'
trust in him; and4hat it is your- deems 'arid
purpose to aerie:lib:it while you Let
God be praised; *for he is goodr Jesus
Christ is worthy of your trust; and Jove, and
service. His offices meet.the necessities of
your fallen and rained condition; and he
will never deceive nor .deseit' these who
trust in him. • Cast yourself entirely nixiti
him, and julikill3 you are; flee totim now;
rest on him; lean on him; recline `on
him ; repose on him ; trust' n him; Confide
in him to do all he has said ; and he will save
you. Yes, he will sustain you in all your
weakness, guide you in life, support you in
death, and take you in his own good time
to the heavenly rest ! Read Ps. xxiii, and
lxxxiv ; John xiv, xv, xvi, and xvii ; Heb.
xi; and Hymn 656 of our Naha and
Hymns. With much regard;
YOURS, &c.
PREJLTDICES are like hurtful plants; the
slightest effort suffices'to eradicate them, if
they be at once attended to ; on the con
trary, they grow with time, become invete-'
rate, extend far and'near,'and their numer
ous ramifications ieizesupon everything 'that
Domes within their roach.
The following beautiful and impressive
thoughts are taken from " The Royal
Preacher," a volume / from .the pen of the
Rev. Dr. James Hamilton, of London, au
thor of " Life in 'Earnest " "The Mount
of Olives," and other
. admirable volumes,
have bad a very wide circulation in
England and in the United States. The
,
Work is published the Carters, of New
Yo k:
Behold yoir position ss.. a candidste for
immortality. I What could" jrou desire
which the , God =of grace has"not done
for ,you;`already ? At-salvation more , ppm
plete--a Bible. more; plain==.4 trevelation '
*tore abundant? And, yet, instead of
sitting down contentedlyand thankfully.
to this"leasiTi3f4lit'
find , a
~1 1e 13 A
rising_ up betwixt, you and• the costly pro
vision ? With that Gospel spreading bland
ly' before feu, there is nothing' better for
you 'than to eat and drink :of its tinercies,
and. enjoy the .good which it brings. you.
Oh study to • realize - yew-amazing position
as one whoniJehovah,,all,sufficient is,daily
inviting into his friendship, and Awn .the
Wearer of a sinless'-humanity to
call his brother. Fear, not to think* that
.to you f ...poor tenant of the dust, a white
robe_ and a golden harp , are offered. Fear
not to think of , it, all sin-laden , and sin
pervaded as you are, that to the fellowship
of 'angels and his owe society, the Holy One
invites you. Fear not to , : think iv that
aR a believer in Jesus, and sna member of
his great ransoined,body, your very. self is
soon to be an inhabitant that world where
there . is neither sin nee sorrdw, and
gess of that city those' streets are gold,' and
whose gates ,'are pearl. Fear not to 'think
such toingai
,butfear ,to forget them. Fear
not: to believe such things ;Ant fear to cred
it there in, a cold and vacant manner. Fear
to get into' that habit which' engulfs any:
amount of - God's mercies '
as -the ocean en
gulfs the argosy,withoutfeeling richer or
fuller or giving any revenue back.
DR. M'KiNNRY :-in commencing this
,series of letters,. it , was tny design; among
Other things, to give your ( readers an idea
of matters connected with our Old School
Preshyterian"churchee in the North-West;
to keep them advised of their progress, and
of all matters touching theirinterests. in
prosecuting, thiaohjeet, I .have alluded s to
the, peculiar facts exhibited in the his
tory anti presentcondition of our churches
in - our large cities; have acaminted for
the comparative weakness of those churches,
;and:.'the fact that in 'towns of eight or
ton thousand inhabitants, and in, „ru
,
rai . ; distriets, .an,d . ,,Yiii:ages, our success . as
Offttirked. hay!, alio
intrOdueed 'and diaBUsiell the iiireation f 'Of
education as connected' with our branch of
the family _of Christ, and have endeavored
to, stir up a the , pure minds" of my
brethrin to a greater , zeal and activity upon
this Most important Subject.
fainhigipy to firid - cabers in this Weatern
field anxious upon the subject of our , educe,
tional- work. A letter from an earnest
brother, „ who l l. 2B _4P:kg, P4horedmvitheffo 3 leneY
in tt!e' eeti aad,who knows, her wants, con
tains the following': a Wfiat: you say in
refereitee to our wants of 'available
ciericy.in respect to educational' interests;
is too true:. The remedy :..that is •the vibe+
tion. in actien T actic,ni action,,, : . Ac
tion vim where, and s All, the time. ,Onr
Method' of linsting roildeitce needs lin
provement. ' Our doings have been damaged
by ; a segregation:, of: interest.. The whole
,body, needs to be. leavened-with „the: same
YeP4?'. ; „,.JPtefereeee. to , the estehijehMent
of Institutions in the Territories, he gar,
ti They 'for Tutiti:4 am
ple landed OndOwnients.” The aired-brother
states' that he 'has had in his mind; as a
means, of .promoting this, :glorious, ~cause
among I.lp, some such .plan as, that developed
in the "Sodiety for Collegiate and'theelog ;
ical - BdUcation in.the Vest," `an association
to Which I , referred in a' previous fetter;
which has done so much for education;
having literally,cmitained, if I have, been
rightly informed, 'Jacksonville, dalesburg
and. Beloit, until their Wisely-invested Means
were sufficient to support them without ex
ternal:aid. Testimonials like this might he
fupialied, from every frierid of our :Church,
Who knows her
wants Another .brother,
born and educated ina ,wes , writesthat
jirdidions Troin 'friends 'in the ' -. East,: at
thirparticular juncture - of , oar affairs; would
be. of incalculable benefit to;us; directl7,.in
aiding to establish our schools • and indi
rectly, by enCouraging to effort those among
whom they are projected. But the subjeet
mug be-droppe'd fa-the present. This Mat
ter of education, iin its relations •to -ottr
Church West,: is one of -that great l and? vital
,questions . with.,us,, L and the space , .haye
taken to di - Seise it in your cohimns has
not, I'trait, been Misapplied.
Your correspondent;- a Out West," in his
letter-published by yowin the Banner and
Advocate of the 21st ult., har asked several
t very inigortant gilel34ooe: and, has 'maga
severe most useful suggestions in reference
inthe Theological'Setainary tor . the North
'West. A few of these I will notice, 'and
so far aaJ.,ean, iwill:rinswer:;! and
The Christian's Positinn.
Western Correspondence.
.‘ ge says ; "I do sot belioys there is yet
any: of the proposed Seminary, ; " . a nd
bases .his opinion ma inly upon the , min d
thitt'oni ''Chnich is not yet'strang in the
district for ' which this Institution 'is pro
posed. United,ppouthis Seminary,:, aro at
present seven
.11yriods, en - shoeing thirty
Presbyteries,' h aving a membership, by the
Minutes of the Assembli'6elBs6, of not
less than thirty-two thoustind:=' - Now; if ‘to
this be added the Prasbyterpol.Minnesota,
and the Presbyteries .of thn,Synod of .Mis
souri, which
_will, without doubt, : continue to
present their' claims, and :Idiom) . admission
will be urgently contended for, We'will
. have
no less than thirty-six Presbyteries, with
membership of nearly forty thousand,. to be
concentrated upon thjs.lnstitntion. IfAss
have not now , thO remisite
,numbers fcg v iter
hnning in this
. 1' ask, will .we
ave'? 'J . ' "
Ssciuuk::Ardn i til i ghtteffeet presenia•the
oensideration,,tiuktete L biree.not the 13 tudents
for such ttujnoitiOser ;,gutt 9uFAzademies
and' enh,eoB. 'leave ;12 4, yet, the requisite
strength, and young men seeking the minis
try are not now in the field. Let us con
sider that this Seminary is not being forindefd
for'the present alone. That we expect its
beginnings to be small; bat that we feel
that this is a, favorable time tubegin, trust
ing. in the Lord of the harvest to raise' up
the young men for the' Work.. .4 will. yet
take five years probably, or 'more, before the
Seminary is placed upon such a footing as
to accommodate a large number of students;
and in the meantime We may expect ,as
many as can be, Cared for... Meanwhile,
the Church is growing;;' and the , Seminary
will grow with her, strengthening with her
gitrength. I think that from , the . first, from
twelve to twenty students may .be, expected.
Our institutions, . 'of aeademical and colt
education will he founded, and' will
be doing theirwork , so tharbyithe 'dine the
Seminary is
_prepared. fora large , number 'of
rr • to ; enter.
genera i
8 s=matter
arid- 'asks, as he' haA er right to de' 'certain
very-important and pertinent•questions.
Ist: ", Is. the 'proposed Seminary a new
Institution, or only the New Albany Seini
nary transferred to Chicago P' answer,
I observe, it is
„ generally understood -that
this la new Institution, having a new char
ter, new eonstiintion, ne.w Board of 'Trus
tees, &e. ; but those Synods which formerly
controlled. it have still a majority in the
directorship ; the old Professors hatr,e;been
here r•e:Alected, and a transfer, made of all
thelunds and property of New Albany,' so
far as that property anethose lands could
be transfeiTed.
2d. , c Is it ominons of anything; that the
Synod of Missouri, the-next neighbor of
Chicago, and the North-West,: is not invited
share in the enterprise 1 1 7
" Out West" may find an answer to thiS
question in the' reports' of the'late Meeting
of. the Board of `Directors,-at Chicago, Pub.-
liaised in one- of ,your recentisaues, andby
consulting the columns of .the Presbyteriet,p,
of the West and St. ; Loo Presbyterian.
'The brethren extending"invitations to
-Synods to enter upon this worki state that,
-in . their opinion, Missouri s had withdrawn
*tun_ the sisterhood, of :Synods •engaged in '
sustaining New Albany; and, as this. Ingi
tution 'was designed te,snpersede that, they
felt, that 'they= were net under obligation to
shake the tender to her. On the other
hand, it is ,centended that, Missouri had a
right in New Albany, and should have been
consulted in reference to any movements
affecting a transfer of the property of , that
ary,..or in any... manner ,tonching her -
interests. Improper motives have also been
charged upon certain individuals; but with'
these we will have nothing to . do. Our
Church is 'dietinguished for her conserve
tisn, anthou„ were true;; that is charged upon individuals in. this Matter, we •
believe, that any. weTdefined-movement in -
that direction would, meet, from -ministers
s ant.iiliurchea North-West, a most;
• effectual.registence: r think c' Otit
need fear nothing from 'this cause.' •
3d. He further asksi "Is it significant •
of anything, in ;the future, workings of the
.proposed Seminary, that its :first two, and, as
`yet, only Professors, do not sustain our Gen
era]: Assembly in the exabinaiihk `acts'?
- Are - we . to, have from the North-West 'a
stream of cooks moderation -to permeate our
Clruroh
This I regard as the most imports* q'nes
tion' of this aeries, and I cannot answer ,
Is'' "Out West"''assured'` of the fade?
lin* -far does this' charge of Ilot;suiitairiing
, oupEkcneral-Assembly.gol 'What -isothere
in. it ? ,If, some one -morn competent : Akan.
mysnlf does not- answer Imp, he not e let
us healfriiinliim. again, as this is vital,.atid
the churches should be informed it.
,Illthisiregara;:•cwo 'had :Supposed Drs. Mc- '
Master ; and Thomas as alioNie , suspicion.
To.the sth question of " Out West " we
Would say, a constitution has been, secured
'and printed ; and if ha will apply to Dr.
Gl-.Monfort, or to' either of the Pkofessoin
select- of the Seminary, iloubt, be
supplied. with copies lophiroself and friends.
A charter has also been; secured ,at.least
steps were taken secare ,one, from the
Legislature` of Illinois,. at late meeting,
the provisions ofWhich "have not yet' been
made public, but , will be, without ' - doulit;' in
due time..
. •
As to his 6th quespon no. doubt but,,tbe
propriety of placing
_the Institution under
the`care pf, the General Assembly will 'be
discussed, as;it has already many advoestes .
in. the
_West. have" thus= noticed, and -
briefly, answered, ,as far as I
.am,able, the
questions proposed by your correspondent -
not expecting to answer him upon all;points
fully or •satisfactorily. I trust hie weighty
and Important, questions; will elicit answers
from those more intimately- connected , with.
_this enterprise than I am. Let Ile have in- •
veStigatien, and truth will he elicited.. ,
I was glad, to 'See the letter . from Dr.
'Phelps, respecting the' affairs Alexinder
:College. believe {lay fats4ere pre
as the :Dr. gives.z,them, •and.:lnyinferetice
from the facts was precisely as the Dr. ; now i
inforiiis us is, the case- - ,stated the 4 11 0
that - the building had been sold, and 44ed
it , was' only that' thereby a; niore advantageous
arrangement; pecuniarily, 'might - . be made'.
No one can rejoice more, than myself in the
success of Alexander Pollege.:,,,,MaYit!soon
be placed upon a basis of peenniary, perma,
nency, which- no contingency, can move.
It" Canno t be Splited:' 'We' , Wittitinaiire like it.
;May':he Lord - direct its all departments of
labor which has for its object hie glory •••
, . •
Yours, . ,Non.ft.W.Bs'r.
For the Ptesbyterian t ,Beenei and Advocate. ,
,Do What .You Can.
In looking around , on the , apperoptal
ing state of _ declension among . us; ean;:we
avoid ooming iii 3 theconolumanAleat - the
churches; beret (it not actnallj retrograding,)
are, at:lest:stationary ? All willtadmit.that
gri:ek:f lamentable jigaminess, and wa n t
or:eyuFgr
the
profeasop,.
n and eape c igly
ii lick, of "Spirit of :grace and,supplioa
tion "
,' andlhat whife:thie .
state of things
exiets, we , oannottreasenablir-expeeti"pie . repoil
ity,. in. the, Chntelf.? Inti.i:dear , Chnstian
en4: l lkaa,Plit:al l 9 is!Vd.eSmOthe *paw
tus axe, einetu'fpiyil,ma tet4tlyf.:etiiFring up
. ,
h e ad ' Aie - w$
with! ou.o4hige . 'hiiiffciiieliiiii :
of God oirt•tlie °hutches:Pin-Vail
diyidnais, wtiligiug4dailyiiii,ourgeloieli pain
families, ; at. the
Philadelphia, 27 South Tenth Street, below Chestnut
By Mail, or at the Office, 51.50 per Year, en PROSPECTUS.
Delivered in the City, 1.75 " "
WHOLE NO. 203
Church, officers and private members, soci
ally and publicly, importunately pleading
for the outpouring 'of the Spirit? '
Dear brethren, would you "have thnpres
ent ;state of things,to ; ,eontinue ? Do you
say, s'.l can do nothing 4o remedy the evil 1"
Is this true ? Can you, indeed, do "n o thing
for yourifai3ter'scanie? Haie'yett no in
fludifee? During'the late piditicar COntest,
did you
„ seunderyalus your influence ?
veielioryouf4hlie' eriergtei%illarand
; exerted to-promote the' cause of your,,,favor
ite candidate ? 0, gill, not your -z‘l,l •in
this Matter condeinn,you? Is the election
of a'Ohief Magistrate so important, and will
you not•emPlor your talents and. influence
(bestowed too, byßim who demands them,)
for,the cause•ef the
,Supreme Ruler. of -
universe? 0,, set not earthly, things bei
Weavenlyi Let' aCh one resolve to; do
lie can, for the protacithin of 'vita g
- -
'for sue Iregbyternin Banner and Advocate.
ReiV,EMbrßletisedness.
0, what holy joy ll i7hat-ruptures will fill
our souls, if permitted to enter the 'Para
dise abovel .There,yriuhall ; meet our re
deemed"friends and kindred who have, gone
before' ns There we shall dwell
with . Abraham, ;Isaac, and Jacob, and illthe
_redeemed of God, eternally. But is .there
not a, dearer object than this, upon which
all ottr.hopea are centred? There we shall
meet' our` blessed' Redeemer.' We shall be
hold 'hilt glerified beauty.
That Isa cred head which' was - once • crowned
with thorns, sharp.and-pieraing, we shall be
hold encircled tt-, crown of glory. Oh !
happy souls, to be, permitted to see, the Sa
l:Tzar, fate to face and dwell beneath the
'smiles of 'his - coiniteinince forever and ever.
This isiVell weith"' a:life 'of devotedness, of
patience, -anfi resignation.
_ 0, blissful thought! 0, happy day,
When we in Heaven, shall meet,
To see our S'avitinr face to face,
• And ,WorshiP; at his-feet: R. L.
For the Fresbyterbutlinuierand Advocate.
End , tiftiti *joked.
Among the eitielf of 'the Plain, were
Sodom and Gomorrah: Noted for their
wickedness, famed ?or; their idolatry, for
saken by every virtue, theyasked no mantle
for their, evil deeds, no hiding-place from
the jnsi vengeance of an offended God.
Piondly rebellionii,they emit aside the restrain
of , God and man:- The gifts upon their sin-t
polluted .altars l were.brok.et? hearts; their
Maker tiApyliadforgotten.• =they fashioned for
themselves a God of Pleasure, whose voice
might' never ''break; wit Sin th dela
their endless sleep' of sinftil gratifica
,tion. The -Suirof Ri r „oluteausneas' had. sunk
forever,,,and gm-rayless, night of iniquity
closed arottud_tlieg.4.4.....whose dawning no
ann.°, , tan erey should arsie; slept
Celina t it lightning Stroke
would conie- . —dectiii . in the bour of
theirdestritetion.'' But .G-ed "I
will not alwaysstrive.with the wicked,',' and
in ,his own appointed time he.poured ~upon
, , , ,fear
s" . f flie.:p:als of his" wrath, and, with fear
ful`lenience, Wept theni frein the face of
the etirtliYto'bi no More •remenibered, Save
as a warning to" such' as. fear not the Al
mighty. • - •. 0. 1 „, C. W.-
lattSliat 6 •
taunt . gs ♦
. WITHCOI` tablis bed Frith es, our feel
ings contend against slika c t,w;ariny. with
out a 'cadet, and o elier vanquished
than vietoriona:
MIST* ie likeia flesh' offlightning, that
breeks.through , u gleam of :clouds, and gift
tors Tora. ?moment; eheoffulnese keeps a
kind' of daylight in the. mind, and fills it
with a steady and perffiAtiil
4•• • •
WOOD AND . ANT.BAt,A43ITE e -i-It is stated
on good scientific authori ty , that as wood
contains a great
,quantify of oxygen, and
anthracite "coal rione,lesesiir - is taken from
an apartment When *cod is used' for feel,
than when anthracite , coal is used. For this
Town, the atmosphere* apartments heated
with wood is more genial, and wood is more
healthy, and reqUires lesa cold from the
Oa ab lo'Cupply "the fire.
SAirlNG.— ; The' origin_ of wealth is in a
moralfeeling 7 -self Here is some
thing I Will not Ooninime or throw away—l
Will' fake Care 'of - it, titord it up for' the fu
tore :Mae of-mydelf or others." The man
.who.first saidiandcacted thus, laid the foun
t** of a, virtu" upon earth. The savings
of each man are s ,difrusiva blessing to, all,
and' the'refore, so far, frugality is a thing
all'may, AMA biaglit lo applaud.
MUE Co,
11Fike..aulge is not moved breath of
1 11 71iile'the'rail brivery of boiling blood,
Impetuous; knows no'settled principle.
A.feverislutide, it hascita ebbs and flows,
As spirits rise or fall, as wine inflarnes,
Or circums tances , change : but inborn
courage,
'The gerierowi child of fortitude and faith,
Holds itsfirtrempire in the constant . soul;
AnA:likelthe)steidfast.pole-star, never once
Fro• T 1: 11 ,t 3 Run e fixed and faithful point de
clines. —[Hannah More.
OBEDIENCE IN CHILDREN.—It is unapeak-
Able,wlutt-a blessing it is to a child, what a
,qavipg of unhappiness .and.wickedness in
loa be early- tinght absolute obe
ilie,fice:.iditin must be no labsitating or ask
bat what a mother says must at
onecOas done. the' young twig bends
MO3, lOC itmembek.t4e, in after years, it
grows hard, and you will break before you.
can bend it. „B. little steadiness atlret-will
tiaireibtei`diatiY''yeats' sorrow. While yon
inaistJupon otiediende, however, yai must
taka-eare..that you doh not'provoke' Wt .- Child',
Aut,t4mipt, disOeilienc* by
0/%1.14 fPolif44 oPPI 3 'I I I I 4-4 Ihnsallte not.
your ohilen to arra43,il;:juisl...wheu, it is
thegq, see, tiai. never
LtinsdiinWbletitly.idid Ifi'ePaiiron; 'but as a,
duty.
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