• . . MM. • • • ' . . • esbyterton nannor, Vol. ir s ' lllo. 316 • "ONE THING IS. NEEDFIJI, :" - "ONE THING lIAVEI LORD IDESIRED OF THE ORD: "THIS ONE THING "t" • resoyt er too Advocate, Vol. XIX, _M10.26. DO. WHOLE N . ' nc ht). tt hi an; • 4 ACI ' trhi , olit uh, ht f de I :dt on' dal tit ; t .ee• gpi Wn tdit t: . r , e r ‘ us. • ; ''nf 1 1. tit - -Lae , ifir 111 . 7:1 u o out. tife r 'ittfeat^"'" • 1 as auual 'eletertany ak- GO the - • " _ ...Easter' a;neeandL 4 -' - • uu Hi; • -Lto.ardlitv " 4. ettt y o„7' leeam2 ,6, -- I ' oust be r: . .11 of ,ins ed bi -e d i.sasi en 4 ' our at• • i f ! . ert 4.. • es: o! ; sti alt tis ' 7, r El tL -ab , io e I yol aat led he 1, t lit; L'ee: eel ?.ea I.,b ‘ o d • • d Intl ‘ , ur pt. en eat t .4i it Att' rn YID MCKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. E.-IN ADVANCE. Original ottrp. Thoughts on a Petrified Fish.* ie hest thou come, strange relic of an age pest ? What rivers, lakes or seas traversed, I thy wanderings through the pathless'deep ? A. convulsion of the elements .hou been oast ashore, and left submerged ;h, high up the hill-side, now afar all thy native waters P• Once, perchance, region was the bed of some vast lake, the retiring waves disclosed to view hills and valleys, now so beautiful. inps, if through, the dim. anddistant .past istory were traeed,!t : would lead I,la ,back • (Eluvial, when a guilty world, ig provoked God's justice, and Oozed ;e, sunk in the overwhelming flood. ills one family, within the Ark, !e the water's rough and dreary tide, ,en the dove had brought the olive-branoh, lifeboat safely moored on Ararat. too. perchance west driven by the rush ) wild flood, till, foundered on the hill, eep imbedded in the sob, the waves, ug, left thee thus to be , transformed, Idrous process,.into solid, rock. It thou a voice, what stories we might hear primeval ; of the solemn march curies; the course of human-kind it successive generations fast ing, like the swiftly-flying clouds. mighty changes have occurred what, .nes ired—what empires then and fall'n—what re commotions racked the vreary eirth, Lou didst swim the clear primeval lake! ~ a memento of a by-gone world standest, mute, but eloquent ; a link( r ag the past, with all its memories, ?resent, with its lights and shadows, hopes fears; and destined, mayhap, to tremaini strange associations clustering round; the all-corroding. tooth of Time, e consuming fires of the Great Day, crumble into dust thy rocky frame. :pendence, lowa, his fine specimen of petrifaction was, dug a hill in Tusearawas County, Ohio, at au tion of about two hundred feet 'above "the . It is nearly three feet'lcing,Amd, on an e nine inches in circumference. o r the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate. :TTERS TO A FRIEND ON THE DOCTRINES AND DITTIES Of THE BIBLE. 'cd• XV.—Necessity of Regeneration. • it be born again.—JOHN rtr: 7. DEAR FRIEND :—After so long.atime, write. I have spoken 'of tho.neces• regeneration, and given , you some for it. I will now give you another for this necessity : renewed by you have nothing spiritually, good. is the doctrine of total depravity.; not you are as bad as you can be, but that are destitute of holiness, and nntil,re by the Spirit of God, you, have g that is spiritually good,, no holiness ,rt or life. That you may have many ie qualities is readily granted; so hive of the animal creation. Who hrui not of the generosity of the lion ? Who not know the attachment of the dog to , ter ? And who has not witneiied in 1, so beautifully referred to by our : in his lamentation over Jerusalem, g instances of care for her young ? tt. xxiii : 37-39; Luke xix : 41-44. what" courage will she protect her ! with what tenderness and affection he gather her chickens under her ,ble qualities you may have, as have the beasts (.f the field, and the the air; but amiable qualities are ul excellences, and they are still removed :rota spiritual goodness. may have moral excellences even, Ls external acts are concerned, is not ; but moral acts are not spiritual is ; they are not holiness, and that is ,u need—holiness--holiness of heart Birds and animals have not reason, cinet ; yet they perform many acts look like the dictates of reason; .e not rational acts ; they are only the ions of that instinct which God has them. So unrenewed men may per bony acts which appear good in them , and which, considered in themselves part from the principle from which erring. may be regarded as moral acts; ire is no spiritual goodness about no holiness—because they spring not toly principle within them. Just as ,n of an animal is or can be the ac a man, or a rational act, though it' tear like the dictate of reason ; so n° ,1 an unrenewed man can be a holy,' )ecause he has no principle of boll. bin I.i m. This you may see beauti id forcibly illustrated in Charnock'S it work on regeneration, published Presbyterian Board of Publication. =ember that your nature, is depraved, ,ur heart is corrupt, and that all your i ts, and words, and acts, and,all your Its and feelings, spring from, arid are _ by this depraved nature and tliis eor heart ; and you can but see, and I trust that notwithstanding all the amiable, tics you may have; and all your moral. Hermes, you still 'are destitute of spirit odness—you are *holly destitute of ss—you are flesh and pot spirit, carnal nut spiritual.. And' as, to purify a u, you must go to the, fountain, an d tthe evil there, so, that:your life may' ,utified with holiness,,your heart must changed by grace. UntiL,renewed I'B grace s there is and can be op spir goodness about you. For out; of, the 'dance of the heart, the mouth,speaketh; from the same abundance, tbe name tain of evil, flows the whole current of life; and like the fountain, all is-cor . For from within out of the beaft of , prodeed . thoughti, adulteries,for tions, prirders, thefts, eoveionsness, hOness, deceit, laieiviousness, an 'evil blasphemy,ipride, foolishness : time things come 'from witbin--tbe edrfupt 're—and dad . ° the man. Ye mi'o3t h 9; again --John : 1-8; : 34--S7; and xv : 18-20 ; Mark vii : 21-23. Besides, you have by nature no disposi tion to seek after God. It is no more contrary to the nature of water, to run up hill, than for the wieked heart of man to flow out after the holy Lord God of •Hosts.' How often have you been urged to seek the Lord, and yet as often you have refused ; and in'this refusal you have but acted out the native, bent and inclination, of your soul. You have found in you no disposition to:seek God , and serve him; =your natural inclina tion is oPpoied to him, and his law, and'ser- • vice';, and this shows the necessity of a new, heart, of a disposition to seek after God, an inclination to serve him:; and, hence, , you must be born again.- 7 -ITolin iii: 7. Not to enter upon metaphysieal questions, it may suffice to say, that the Will is always ' as thagreatest apparent good; or, we choose what we like best, or what agrees with. the state of our hearts ; the strongest, motive in the view of the mind' controls_ the will And the state of the heart, or affections is a part of a motive, or gives strength, effieiency, and. success:to motives. The:astrongest mo tive, in itself considere,d, maybe the very weakest in the view of the mind,' owing to the state of the affections and' the,' habits of life. Hence,. whatever the motives in• them selves, the will "is always determined by the preceding state of mind." To the in taniperate' man, what 'are the 'blessiogs of sobriety in comparison With thegratification afforded by a single glass of spirits, To the ' wicked, , what is the future possession of. heaven to the present indulgence' of sin ? Nothing. Holy motiv'es"Cmn haie little or no influence :upon a 'corrupt heart. The heart, must be, changed before 'the motives of the Gospel can have.a controlling influ ence. Ale,n will not; morally speaking, they ' cannot, choose that which ie : good,_and holy, because ',their corrupt hearts control and en slave their wills,:.; perverting or rendering„ powerless all the motives•whiehniay be pre sented to them...-The •state of the mind— of the heartand i affectiens = deterinifies the will, Deuce, our confession of.e Paith teaches correctly,,," 4an, by his fallinto a. ; ; state' of 'sin, ;hath'Whelly i lost all ability of will to any spiritual . golad accompanying'sal.', cation; seas a natural man being altogether. averse from that which is good and 'dead in' sin, is not able, by his own strength, to con vert himself, or to prepare hiniself there unto."—Con. Faith, Chap. viii See: 3. This witness is true. As a sinner, you have no ability of will, and no inolinatioti - to deck:- God, because your Will is controlled by your !: corrupt -heart; and because of thie corrup tiou of your' mature, you see in tigsiis ,Christ no beauty that you should 'desire.him, no loveliness that you, shell('• chnose him as your Saviour and portien.:-Asa. liii: 1-3. No; no ability of will ; you cannot choose.'l that which' you hate; you cannot chonse and delight in that, which is you! aversion;, and hence'resits Christ said, No. man can come` to me, except the' ither which hath sent Me draw lim:--,Tohn vi: 44, 45: So you must I be drawn. A moral _agent, you'are free to choose and act, and hence responsible •,; but you are a depraved moral ,agenti and hence you choose and do' hat is evil. Your na ture must`be changed, your 'heart renewed, your will set free - from bondage to corrup tion, before you can see`the beauty 'of holi netis, and delight in God' and his service, and choose him as your chief gOod. Earthly considerations now control you, because your mind' is earthly and carnal; sin and its pleasures are your •delight ; these are what influence yoUr choice, and control your will, because they agree with your natural cor ruptions, and accord with 'the state of yOur heart; hence the-necessity of a change in your heart, in the state of your soul, in your disposition and affections—in your very na ture--that you may Make the,things of God your choice,.and delight in them, and ',come. to Christ for life: Ye must be born again.-- John iii 1-10. '` T M. B. There' is here no excuse for your impen iteney and unbelief. Your nature is your, own; your wicked heart is your Own ;`,.your sin is yoUr own. That'state of mired which controls your will is your own; your will is your own; and all the acts of your will are . your own; and, you, are. responsible for them. The will is not determined by,any Jaw of necessity ; it is ,not independent, indifferent, or self-determined; but is always determined by, the preceding state of mind .. so that a man is free, so' long as his volitions are the conscious'expression of his own mind ; or so long as his activity determined and controlled by his reason and feelings'," or the state .of his own mind.:."We are conscious of liberty. We know ourselves to be free in all our volitions. They reveal themselves to our inmost consciousness as nets of Felf determination. We cannot disown tlaem, or escape responsibility on account, of them, eionitwe try • and yet noman is conscious Of ability,to ehauga his own heart. * * * There are three things of which every man is convinced, from the very constitution of his nature: I. That be is a free agent. 2. That none but free agents can be ac countable for their, : character or conduct. 3. 'That he does not possess ability to change his Moral state by . an act of the will. * * Free Agency is' thePoWer`to decide aceord ing to brik'claaracter; ability is "the power to change our character by a volition. The former, •the Bible' and consciousness affirm, belongs to man in every condition of his being ;• the latter; thia ,Bible: and conscious ness teach, with, equall,explieitness, does not belong to follea-tnatt.!!.. Ile,cannot change his own heart. This, is ilhe work of God's Spirit. And yet ,if man, is a G free and re sponsible agent,,because he is.author of his own acts, and because heis determined to act by nothing out'of - himself, but by his own views, convictions, inclinations, feelings,. and`dispositions,;so that hi' acts are the true products'of` the man, and reilly'replesent or, reveal what he is." They show, not that he, is excusable for his conduct, but, that his very nature is corrupt, and must. be changed by Divine grace, before he can choose and act right, or will and do, what:is well.pleas- : ing to God. He is 'free and responsible;, but he is a sinner, and wills and acts an cordingly. Hence, regeneration, which is .thus seen , to necessary, or effectual galling, which' is the same thing, is declaie4' to- be the work ot,Qpd spirit whereby convincing our sin and 4ery, , enlightening onion:o3de in the knowledge of ,Chriiii; and , reneviin ;wills, he loth persuade and, i gnebte get.nt.brae e Jeaos"lekriet, offered to toi the GoopeLPT--Ste. Cat., ' iittg,t; :1'.2. , ', , ii 4 5:.,.,; V: 0 „:.,-,; I. FIE PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, Frfiff, STREET,, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, P.ITTSBUIIGH, PA. FOR THE WEEK lENIONO:S*INETRDAY, APRAL,2S, 1857. Ques. 31. And our Confession of Faith says, " When God converts a sinner, and translates hiin into the state of ,grace, he freeth, him Irorn his natural bondage tinder, sin, and by . his grace alone, enables , him fraelY'io will and'to do that which is spirit ually good'."--Cori. Faith; Chap. "is See. 4. - What.more 1-have to say of the necessity of:,regeneration,, must , be reserved till my next • Ponder what Ihave, said. Study to knotolhe tidal,. and the truth shall make you free; 'this is the means' of our,spiritual liberation and renovation, as we'shall see. And as yon;study, pray, remenibering!thet If. the,Sou,shall make you free, you shall be, free indoed. 7 -John 31 7 - 7 36.., Read Ps. li; 16a: iiii v lareV: vi and alsii ,Hymns 76rand 874 zof our l Paalms and' Hymns.' `totrits;ittuLT: For the Presbyterian Banner and A.dvocate. The Baptism by Philip. - Ma. EDITOR :—I. have been, d i elighted d with the aftielea - Of your` correspondent, " L.. N..T.," an the `sdbje'et'itif - baptism. By; reason: of in. unusual pressure -of en ; gagements, I have, not been ,able-,to/read them' all. There , is one, point ,which, if 'treated of in the series, has escaped my no: tice:* It might make a section 'under the caption, t - ' SCRIPTURAL BAPTISIVI Itnmersionists-d upo'n the - baptism of -the Ethiopian eunuch-. :Notwithstanding the conclusive areument of "L. N. 4D:" on the Scripture record, let us, suppose, for a moment, iti'aff "into the Water," means "un der' the water." Then' the immersion is not of: the subje.et • of baptism lOnly; but alai) of the. person. who, administers the ordinance. The evangelist is .very explicit . in his , state ment, and repeats it that there Mightibe DO mistake, `"Eind they went &we' bOth ,into the Wathe,' both- Philip and - the,mitinch;" just as .;certainly as 'one went under the water, so Pertainly,did the. other; for "they went qpimi:hoth,into',' 7 —,.".orTr_ehilip, and the eitnueTt' If this was intmerston,. it ins not' baptism . _for Of'this, their "both" partook,` ohlY`the "eunitch was - wbap tized." Thp evatgelist-immediately adds, to ,this specific account the :deelaration, "and he baptized him." 'What was that' baptism ?: Certainly it was not the going into the water; for then was Philip also baptized, ''and'-our iminerbionisis may talk no more of ".one- baptism." • If it. was '? " gomething else was not the iwemersion, . , and the twoshould no longer he copfountled - . Let no stickler for the Scriptural authority of immersion, fail to adhere strictly to the record. Let the minister immerse' hhiself, with the candidate, and after - the immersion is over let him adnainister the Scriptural ordinance of baptis - m which- is manifestly sorrcetTtxnyilse than immersiott. W. ' ;<L '-. FrOhl the Ainericart. Meilisetiger. ° "'{`• , A -Pastor's' Experience:' ''' Three years had now passed away tied no' ;conversion. - had'occirred. With my preach ing all irty people appeared to be well sans:. Tied.-, Some said if tbe church would awake, we relight see _.a ,different time., , .Some said ,we need not look for a constant reviVal. Others still thought that in his own 'good time Gocrwould . cOme by his Spirit, andbid Work' would go on. .But, as a pastor, I was going to the judg ment.seati to meet my hearers. Had I done all I ..could ? Was there nothing ,in my manner; was there :nethitig`iit i .my heart, that grieved . the • ;Spirit,?' I trembled to answer'such questions:. I i I took the "-Saint's' Rest " into mystudy, determined to see if Baxter had any thing appropriate to my case. I had . not:read:far before a spirit , of fear and tretabling came over me., What if. I shoUld lose heaven at, last ?= Then all my life come up in ,soleum review. The ruin , of the damned, who lose heaven and endure the 'torments of final_ despair, seemed a great and terrible, reality. But the light of God's countenanee seemed taken away from me. I felt undone. ' Sabbath' came I must preach. But I could tbink of nothing init those teirible, eemparisons,of Baxter about What the lost. Sinner will.lose, and what:he . will endure' if .he sinks, o-hell. L =preached- to •Ohristiane' as one that felt most deeply for' folic, pro; fessors, fessors, but most of all ,for myself. My` sins,against the law, against -the mercy of• 9-041,,.against the, .pity ~ of , :Jesus,- seemed ! . sinking .me. , • • ' • - - In my eongregation,l observed a lady ap-' peered to, swallow' every W,Prfl. I weitt semi afiaiNiFited'iier. .S'he was impenitent.. ,She felt like a ruined sinner. She was afraid there was no mercy for her. I told her, her sins'were mueli - greater probably than 'she had any conception ' Of. ,'I visited; her the second and the, third time. She had. not a tear to shed. , She had taken sides' with the law, justice, and judgment, against 'herself. She was in bitter anguish; , She Ol said e was lost,', that she could not pray, that,nothing in the 'Bible gave her, the least' hope. I saw her%again.- I found her sink log into terrible gloom. She , wanted to know if I thought there could be any hope: ,At' this, I betook 'myself te ;Calvary . . I showed her, the Rook that . was ,o of I showed •her ,the -boundless compassion of Jesus. It was while talking with her of the abounding mercy of 'Goa, that light broke into myoten mind. MY own despair gave way to, a flood of joy, I left her, And sought a place to weep for joy. I beheld the ever blessed Saviour.. "I ' felt 'the` streams r of mercy flowing Vann froth his e pierce side. , i But as soon as I left her she thought her I last hope was taken away. She thought that I despaired of• her conversion, and , for this reason" had suddenly left 'her.' 'Then, she went away alone: Her sins, Were liite mountaibs. No friend, could .help , her. She stood on the crumbling brink of woe. It seemed to her that she deserved -eternal despair.' It-was then that she dropped. on her:knees; and cried in hitter groans. '. It li4sed 'kli. Saviour now to show here his compassion. '.She. wept: Tears fell in gush ing streams.' She thought,-0 how could I -have sinned against such love, such pity, suehglory . , , When I next sAw her she appeared iike one who could not forgive •heitself that' Ad i - : , had lived :all in siii: ' But 9, the ' 3 love of 'Jesusi to her she could*ve,r'tell: , By - thri time, wherever - 1 went. 4 all my '' -1 ' k il M • * ' „parish, stignerswemaym ene 0 -, y inquiry meetingi. , ..WB3l,OTOWded. - Aly -congregations, :, were solemn:" , Buttthiti`las the type, of 'the =MB . work from first 't6past , : whether penitent or impenitent, ,ellt, took sides , with justice 1 against themselves nd sued , for ...mercy op the last hope. - 'n,4 when the ,converts offered thetnsel4s d fiii• - adnitsien- to" the , ehUrch mercy was Ptheir Phia.:.* ''S.:' V t , z .3'." -.1 - IS-r, ~ , Z 1 1.•, , , , ,r , i .1 From our Lan .N , tibrrespopleni.) 1 , Robert.: Owen, , and Is igtestr,,Folty===-Bakneriton'ec: ..dispeat,to thpElectorig,Fiverton- 7 ,Thg,,;, j . I"reis,7r and Vie' Tory Party ' BiscaliVation, iind'iti Ile-' i sult.i=,The. "-Time.% rtzhekiteistinkiltOraidry Father Ventura ,, . die IlirapA,, i gottr,t-=T/ili Knightsbridge ,' Con o,verig---,,fudgrnent o'f , , the, FrivyCouneil—ite hi3roliiiie ilipiel-121A ?Mho to Ramo:ism in the Lgligircli- T E:ro.otianiqin o and the. Bishop " Assessozs 1 , r —Rolnanism, Trap/7. in. Nhe • WaseEnd:L•TraitSitionissn'tietlifoilier'of !Dis:' 011titettiatIENter3atatri lktgiunf, ,and : the cation, and its 'Fruit WastibnTromivag,.. tyre---tNete Miesiernru .thikittytetlatig nile Literatpre ?'" ..P m eetetzdz.t? Witei u ittai I :lir) pl., erhfi r -Posteertpt. - oNn iO•,tM ' March ••7••,-{ 1857 'L , That pod, ol gen vt t,l'.crtTvwsv`i the Flocialilt; , hitivvi4ntty'oheetne a (Convert to sPitit.rappingi , sone.' time ago, (perhaps he,ikaag4ter,Led_.lPiatepiPipP more recently,) that there ws,,attei h o is cism, a spiritual trod unseen world that, lie" had Otirireise, - ;rit'eqiunir, 'With the soul of' no resi a ipeii6iifige than' the late. King : George ; the war,• he onnY. o 4fa,a.,mectillgito lCAciiihOikNo.oe. l 9f war machine, wnic i li was `to be so terriblr .., • / dentandArresistibly „ ructive,, as to annihilate an enemy's torceg bener olently; to put aht!ertiitteswitlibylithe'tact, that any army. seiitto;thwfleld against.the • nation which .P,QFP9Pritliif;iliv.9l4ion,;inn 4 be so sure destry.ction, _aSiviitually coUlinit,:felo de 'en shOW' their `faces alfl.w. Thenliertildiinint Owen has' been tmOt vontlanraddressitolthe, electoral constituencilkolitye:Aiited King s dour, offering hiiizaelfna,sla ‘9411414.?..t.9 fur Par; liamerttary honors, provaed, he is elected without _ex' perise ; 11'1Rn - fibrin to bring • forward a praY fiirt r khe'nini4digal re generation of mankiniEi Liiiight.have gbasn a BPPC:ine r t of ) th94PePße l 4,,h l .4 it is -no t worth re : printina. LORDPAWiEItstoN after 'considerable „, and probably :designed 4tlay, ~,has asned his addresk to the electors Tiverton, *lnch. boititigh'he has ietiresented fori nuiiiber of years.' iv is telling , manifesto' !agaitistrhia political opponents ;:andb.its sting tin:tlae. truthful statement , as , to , their conduct and incompetency. in connexion with the Tens "sie, , n `war. Yet he boldtiout the prospect of the gradual extenaihnqif reftirin', ion • with the'. s iread►vOf idicationfl ,, :?lle. confidently predicts a z grogt The Pre'', (anabiel)glT3 Derby party,): sayi,, , that almerstoil erilp wanted an OPpoiluniiy 9 .'t i o - . Lr YttissolfeT : Parliat! tont and Viet When; lib** linhitinair iioti ofzforces gathering against hiitiPliVifelt like Napoleon en the neorning,ettholgth of June, 1815, when he saw the. English =drawn -up•lon the' heighte of , Waterloo I and exultingly exclaimed, "I have them!'" That, may be but - certainly the coalitionists,. %Tr rarebit - a nil :Ake!: eager! for:lila, overthrow, beeautielthey expected the Queen would accept 'Palineriiteri?s•fesigitatibia, aid send for Derby,: : They . ;havedmade latal mistake ; • •TheAlaPoii4hl, l l , haa4 o l l 4:thera unprepared with candidates fifteen, Liberal county members at least, come in, instead. , .• of as many' Conservatives, and the result wilt bele herifY '-blow.'; and. sore 'diacolirage merit :to .the Toryisni .6f :the. oidi school, High Church bigotry ~aud, Tractariantreach= ery. Palinerston,ia.mester or. M . ,,pitAslion; and' Sortie s'ay thal as ' the debate waxed and his motley opponents rushed infe'the `arena; he Wait:heard' jeyonaly liiimining and' and repeatAng,theiphrases; ;"Nuble..troniale, Teil_and.tronizde ; Bleck' siiitite and white, Blue.spiriter and giey,!'.4..e. ,t the .Mansionx.Rouse,-a,.Lord-Mayor'S' Feast was given to the- Ministry, last week with , 'great enthusiasm*. : The Premier's speeeh was arfinifeito; " marked by his ustial adroitness. •'Lord Malmsbnry,'in `op position Peer, , comes -ont :in the Tithes,.•an cusink,Palmerston of._mis•statemente,nhout the Chinese .business. • - . The nominations began yesterday.- but: this day is virtually the 'the strukgle 'London the provinces. f'.Whatl an esperienoe;" , sayi the' Times, - ‘ ,been Igained : ofi difficultieS oratory, by o..gr.9„itt•PßMher of ( gentlemen. hei . 9re - .theY i ge h.fd jeznight 14,-w many things intended "tb .j ba,said Wine r -41'Bit the. Orator—Si' aliOrtiOn in one ptirfnfiii speech;', a flounder another all the' more pro; Yak i ng,: be cause hie, can la o tell.how the World he got into it." But the., Tiny:Leon-. soles the noipnrators by saying . , We respect good speaking as a ister;ling; i talent; hut While ndinireywe" , dii3trusti 'oratory. "his , bery,-electionlista, snykio dicioliciars.ns . aThih` Jest is .obidetone'and.rD"braeli.,zin. contrast, ffPonriston in, on exce)le,ot speaker, butli netin orator - " t Defend us then from being geverned by orators tt We want men., who can ithink r , i and, Men. who, can speak but mot men who can. make things appear different Iftoirrwhattliq are by the mere power of language how completely wee • the whole t Chiaese ease the cr`eatien of oratory, I is.,•not 80,,eisilY, takervin.P 4. FATrinn. .VElgurt,4, , a , celebratcd French preacher, is delivering. la series .ofAserroons during Lent, 4o= Louis Napoleon= and his COUrt. He lashes '""ith a~boldnesa kinked to that ofNassihirt ,it"494auht; in the days of Loufs iTY.,the reeff of those high places. =The Emperors bears it patiently, • even while spokerkito`'and _exhorted 'withex traordinary plainneSd'of ( OPeech: Doubtlesi he enjoys ,the perturbation of tbose'iosdies his,, wbom. he Acroughly despises, and! who have got rich t tthepreacher hintsiby, wickedness. =lt is toqie feared, that after Lent, things will'heilt - bid alptefore. • A "Itz,, The KNroirrsrutipetE CONTROVERSY, in refererieb to'illega • Popish furniture and usnages in the chrirehei there, .has Been finally,. decided =by, :thetjudicial Committee of the„. Prjyy.CoupAd. s ol no 411me...ago t mentioned thatl laml.,..„bten, present .akthe., - 4; dehvery , of a . judgmepfi by Doctor Lushing= ton;=l4 ,Barnabas[lWil•re&e4i, which 'red)tir4eitioieihd'iricue=l tore- of Monk, used' aslitycommunirmiablel - f 11).*P.r.,%1.Vg , ..141 0 1 944 3 E0f 201gictpf pglois hitherto 11.s_4,,atd z kos9,l3titute, RllO O Bll4 Rily, r or . otyer l decen stuff . further Jo"' ilitove'antnUeFlithirtriAised'aillie 1 :L3.7.34c:3 aUdre '7 61:; IMO BE F. =NM =EI EMI .wistration of the iacrament orked with' lace,. .and to ..substitute "a fair; ihitelinen cloth!? But. besidPq; crosl3. on the screen, l as also the cross on or near " the alfar;7 was alsifoidered.to` . be taken away. 'The" iidrike i nt' litOalal' r against (Lord Vensleydale; 'add-three lotlier lawyer - Si, Ifet thittgt .t,hOtJudicial,Rotninittee, .and the —Aich4ishop ,pf,„,Canter4l4l3l,and the new/ -Archbishop of, London, sitting as :f 4 AsessOrsi?!, ' the,' Cjiiilt a osk r ibaV np the qilesten of the crosses, on which point the chief ,on,bothli aides' l ha r d. been Urged ilk the bar: lialthisipointiWexdilmthe ;!4.9qTakiike:til tklt,3ort,i4 eltftrtPlishing - ! "ton s.juugmea by r w`aich,the' egooden, cross fora thig Mat of St. ordered, f1f4J136 thkcA awdy:;*--33fit. tileLo hercross 4 ‘71.1:1te..1 istijs.balfekthek 44 l46rsalttir,'..*" i 4! is must G; (..416i§diliftesti 101 ytaT!ce, RCIWXIpPt ott l .theser, taii,ntsz;,3 aifd,tilso ,as ate. to cieliAoWfor a`ebtimuniori The uselrif the Gross is Certainly:different its suggestiveness froth . that of the crucifi,' ! •(a, cross with the fiaure of y a slead Christ „, - uport*,it and as an ,arehi;tectuFal eraatuent," it - ni common ` in etureliea'aswel . ,l : as in those theditrai stitictures which one seiesieverywhere now:erectedil-Dissenteri." But, -then the use of it ; at ally can only 1;e" z i ,i plpaded . for on the, j ground, l ofan antiquity; not NIT( among the 4. r st i of. ) thOse} sensuous 'embl e ms to which epostolie contite inance;, whateVer.-. r.l.knoti it is to be found in the catacombs - nt,ltome., .But for. my '; part, when. I remember, what have peen • en reem -tt.;; • in "Popish, countries, and especially, in Ire-, land,leading to the Conviction, that Wherever . 'thifreiosi is Most .ihonoredi rther , grand doe- trineiof Christ•erucifiedu is .awfallY entraged-' 1 ,or : ignered4 ,and l when,s„know,,,,that, the Laurin Church, at ,tite : *formation, tanned" the ores's, dAinao' of real, ' B inn I`cannotbut deprecate the use of rthissymbol, evil' in its)teridenc3r. ' ' Pf-th..o).Erivy CounciLwas " te no - romise "; `decision and will give fair:apology for I . ,icidel Bennet, el' 40e genus a~rnne, for the Church; instead ' of going over to the Church [l' Still. , itliStoodland'Protestant'in the.mainl. It innequivocibly deiounces—ther idea 'of an 7 altar and Accordingly cam- 1 311a4/(B ,r, ihe ,stiactiffe j. ef stone,to . be put awai, and' a real / co*nuniOn,ltable Se be . - lqf l the f" . ciedetien table"' the Connell to-lbe :retained,' it is onIT as a: I,llF o PeNe4o.i4nAi 409. table, whereon to lay, the elements not an appendage to an altar, 1 ‘, as it always has been regarded. various "COloiiiii4'be uleiVduring different'cla?Ys of Divine service; «'a; fairy cloth , '" unlit „he queed in the velebration of , the _Communion itself. .The ArchbishOp and 4Bishop coftenried r •t"- •? ' laymen 'and, lawyers really decided the - the incurable' Erastiinitimpof • the' Church of England. ' . ~•-, ' • , '--ROMANISM 1 3 noPER has recently been xeryqbtk,sy,in the, di'striets of, Briampion:ind Citel§ea, mot ,far from„ St> Barnabas. Vile fathers of Ale Oratory have been Otrud. tu ilitlitsel;eti'bikttc:Protestari'iinhabitants. One 'Of'theiii; insi 'lifter; 'etainfied' all the cl 4 ‘ ariehioners'l , brylitue the authority graLted , hitn by .Cardinal ftiyiseinan..?; , An other : hasi,been„.4leliyeripg ; Jeepires t in his ehartel,attaehing the the : ule of fa`iiii for bbriatiarts To iheseje l eihree.yery able be'en' ' e 'by •tlie" Bev. , iDr.A3utler, ''oneq , a I.ltotnish - priest'. , The leek, ,of ifthese , l replies the . PrPseuP(Pf at. 4,,trge..RuAiefiPe.,• , , , W l lc 4 0 . Ta n, rats endeavored, to prevent the lecturer trom • 0.1 being heard, the dt,sturbers: bezng led by one of th'e ilerverti fieviPihtdia,n4fant, who are , very, numerous' in thedistrict; And no, ,wooder l that,..theY, are,numerous, with -such ; pioneers as ,Liddell andhie Puseyite 'band: §nnie are suse,,toprefer the ' real. thing,"' PO pure' reanisiu, - I who, 'Wye' the. 'Co be 'eon- . -tent ihr -tihie 'With its' :niiierabfe irnitation. • With snoliwalliisr, ;as the Jraotarians, the,, Cardinal ,oan-:.exelailn icThe .work goes brayely en 1 Atpe, above meeing, a. let,- ter was read, , fronihn Bishop_ `London;' approviti'd'Di:l3Uirer, , di a laborer'. znh~s'=diocese: s , •-e • TitioTaupimrss.t, where it does not lead to Pbper'y, piddifc'es'a i'VWertni.ieaetion falioiwof dissent in- inanY'Placei. l ' , ' Thus an , Eiangelieal a recent= ; nkeeting 9f r 9 Mwn.99.4gregsAl9,4,llkentiened •that.he knew. oountry. town where „these 1,, fliford . gentry had begun their, tricks; making all planar' of 'chili:464 in the seat=` ingAb.; of the 'building. - And' 'What' with' +' lhese2alterations.'and intoifferableirirrogancei; the people in,large x pupberkwere,diegneted.,, Thepews ot the gallery being not pleasing v. . .0 . • ' . 1 in their tyle to the teneirators, were aeld rA'dependeiit'ChaPil ,Pur-• 4elkaSed them, set own galleryoand,..speedily these. ~pews.;' g1ec.944T9h,,w,er0 in the„, chapel i 7 ' fSt' Hfc. Doctor M',Crici commenced two evenings the smaller room , of Exeter Hall, a course of four` lecturei op the EAIu io.iiitatforr ',lle • gives this course 'at' the re pie at' -the ‘‘' Young' Men's Societies. Union;" connexion iwith n our London churches:. No man Jiviegis better, qualifked .to, treat such.. p, subject ~both pie: tonallyand ably, well' as in strict hetenea tohist'oricaliiut;h. ,To„epmplete my present .references to Bemarimm and Protestantism, let me refer toBELt#iUiOI Af Antwerp," the agents of 'the. Bible' Sfielity, some faithful ministers' and yuung men, together , with . colporteursi have been exposed to mob insults and oppo- Alden from the priests because of:the dis tribution of the Scriptures and holding prayer-Meetings, at'which the Bible is ; read and explained. r The Abbe Combalot, a distinguished' ad vocate of Popery,, has brought the question before the elite of Brussels in that, old cathedral where once I saw idolatrous wor ship perforthed His rageand fear may be judged' of by his aasertions':that Pretestapts. purchase conversionsyspeeilatifotitheihunger : , of „the,ppor, yhile,, ) with ; the o i i n' 4.l l ,,t r ° b lTY)olixt i ,efl?f la Z e bri l E n ll ll P:Orl an 4 , ' even murder maybe practiced justified' `He iliforitieldiaiddiertaiVtin'tl' i(Othe Bible Scicititygit4 dfiettliteCCAP hod millions Hof 13ibIlkik41:rAY-f,ix3lo-Airgest''..! RlTsBl4l°4u- atleast Moen 27 0 14 1 0. nS tn.. one Ft httuarect anlJri, nixty languages,) " but which are. not read by any one. Yet, in the same sermon, he avows that the Bible makes him tremble, earnestly imploresithe people .to come to, the .•. Church imenseed,ou all sides by -r the bible, the, circulation of which he afErms`te be'a persecution of the:Church ' Rome, the most, terrible she'has ever` had to endure:". •This same 'Abbe', - preaching . ,at,`, l Liege, was oballenged , to avPublic discuiston, Which however he,deolined.ta accept 1. Never have I felt ,ipop,e q d, than i.n...wan dering ihretigh.`& 'streets Of, Antwerp, where? litice Prete'Stani" bii:s6cl!liqi6d - -riversi under thelcinel . persecutions'OrAlaa:" Beautiful' as •is the- cathedral and its apire -. o"rWed a bY.) CharlesP. l P,lPes el IVieehlidlace,),and glariousffs are„Ruheres , / , " , ()Il y et r v6 - &6keak iNfoiltiON* 4 4lo4.4lii ra n d mictiieff.6fittlbtl* -Ik/seta:lit:Ai/ 4111 Itof4Ne) PO AP iffittithat:ifiwavlace cal9ost 4, ,wh011y - ,given to. idoltOry lltoq ' .ofr4 t.q.„ 1. , 1> ..yO7 , Brussels, aid its square- in, front of the , 1 - v,J Hotel De Vine' wnere tnarrotrtant mar- Connts , Egiriont and fHorn,Tit:talked on , ,the,seaffold.`.:Bilt With allree pre , sipal free Constitution and theißiblelithroad 'there is hope for Belgium andthat,the, martyrs in a baqa of noble' . confessors,, shall, yet, rise- and 44 asdend • ta'heiver;"' ,While, - ,`e their enemits'. , - diSmay , '"lihall behold them. 'ffisiio'ihs'`attention hastheen'-reeently diieeted the TltAirEiS DEv•LrvalesTtiN, , ivill, , be:glad to learn that' the ':.Directors,, of., the London Missionary, Soaiety haie determined to, take immediate, steps for the establiShinent, in the,first , stance; of two principal '' statioirs the one on the North, of the ;Great River l'ibribes.e, `- atnPng,4 , l2e *akolologand.- the/ other:en the South among the Natabele. •. it isjotended that felloklaberera, Shall be •employed,With. Dr Livingston and 'ividffaf; :j. arid:Kline I: of:tligise,' it is' = in, Smith Afriesii ..aeootink. , . of ••hi travels, will ,be publishedi -immediately by : kr, - Murtay:, the , eminent_ bookseller, it will form a `weiliffeta ellaptei in ihe'listory,- of.-,moderny disbovery ; 'antllta reVelaiions, se ,startling as,„ 4p . f . the, .ex.isteneeof -swarming , myriads. of immortal beings , in ; the,,heart " where all was supposed desert, silent Void, on' the Chi reli: Ohrist, the Mat: viten - trend ablenrri ' A NEW - MOvimi* Pkiin for pro ; vidiresas mtabl a I laeolis I Tor - 'the y web,. brought under the notice of theTract;Soeiety„ C°MPlitt.eP):4 RAI* IneetiOg•loTheiTonlonse Tract ~ has, 3mi:dished ..:translationt from ilie - EngliSh of our juvenile thins';' but =many 'Of these are hardily ren-b: dered, andlbesideS; refer Customs , to which the,:Trench,. are _,total:strangers.,: Thfis for example as the trentleman. froM A9rn.Q f --- 3)i :4 ° -°Ol XfPloYin min r informed' ite, when a hookp .read, Which tee,"' to ;Many peasants; in7Tiendh it would telligible;,inasmuch as :they alever.saw. tea; And if,.g l 9Y-NFPNe-.P;ren,ented,NitAlsolne,.tteY would bell ii,pouf olf,the extract s and place it a vegetable on their tables The new inOiCinenenhis at the writing, .by ,Frerich "pastors' and other- Conipetent .pereone, ,(who are Wire, properly remunera ted,) such„ books as ,Ippy,bring,:rpligieri before'" ioutig; France," . in an interesting, natural:an profitable; anier- pPr eitant Trench 'Bankers' of Piiii,:nithmigh most of them arer" dead Protestants," have, been induced.] tn Anbeeriber and, in ,a feW weeks it is expected that, £5OO will be in hands i for the ipportant objeckin No 'aleis'ijought; :ViiiC-'ll6 :i4.0.44 . 6 . 'd, 60 of France. The movenierit nalte one, and it bids fair to proven blissingto France.. A ipopular Wittgreitski has not 'entirely departed , fronif England. A man ,was triod,this- weelr,„at Stafford, for obtain ing sum of money,, of about £3O, by,` false pretences, frora — a faither; 13Y , pretending that liis' wife ,' child , cattle and goods;'' were bewitched - =that rinather • had , 'put r on ' thettkohrofighlparties . called bull and Cotten,,tbe• spell of,witehcraft,,,and i . that he, the,,prisoper, had,pcweito remove. and free there Great interest was excited; and the eitafinination 'arictaged the grossest; credulity. ' The priaohei had man ,aged drug the cattle 'and the lamilY,!4 a :little- , child died- Akstrong: cormilsions, _itisktrst the , farmer pay gsAtt.' for ;each'et the cattle;:' si. for him self, 5s for the dairy-inaid,'n'nd si.' fti the ":dieese.kettli. "' The ''"aliese.iitile turned , euebrolien, and oraeked eliebads; and so r ;it: : -was bewitchedx,talso.),' ,• So the Charges y ,went„,till Alie d prisonmeanic as a servant into tliehouse,, and, matters, vi:ent ,on„ quite to inind,:*and to ldic , greai profit;'' He Was sentenced •te"fiVel4 . Moritila iniLd prianiment, and , , hard <74Pn;.:.`lF, eXt Ao.,Ne*Yori, in , : ten days and communicate with. Constantinople in twenty minutes when, stn the opinion of eveiibedy, hnt the and the Pppe, We , pass , for a very civilized 'and enlightened; people, and when. schools of: everydeiscrip 7 gen arc sprinkled cryer;the;conntry;lind , the cry is for ~Tote,VELL,,thif; very ,tinie " - thins up 's: real trial for Witcheraft.' • P. S.' The diseussibiaboit the ineompe teney.of,Engliiiir. clergyies - .preachers, eon t qt/P# in ; the ~pages of the; and: ex.; cites much interest, J .• The ptraetice,of:using littiogr'apheil_ 4 sermons (sold from 10d t 0.155; each;)" exposed j deranineVd.", ..The -main , writer layS, 14 1 desire fewer` Preibliera aad-better7preieheisxi I =would eieparate the eermon,altopther ,from .=the cervice." He would restrict the main. body of the clergy to'paitora/ duties. . =BEE MO He:who knew no sin, who, needed no for-, giveness, and whose mind was, not liable to be'diverted and'ilistraoted,, as ours is, inain- j -Mined , secret prayer. ahough of ,His soul Naas. devotioni and „every breath bore ,npon,it, and wherever, lre.was be-held perfect and' urtinternoed„lxtmmuttiou the Father,:yet he, - wits wont to se‘elride'hirit self 'to 'pray; ''.With ihetia`lidikitegeii%Ver . us; thi'lsersissityc:rif ItyitisdicWiiii the illutkillePeof the'ANterid'retredemptibrt . ,M.AP,P4,Vvke , ),f9P,14,4-P,iittlefttor:tit. e4r, , .: "Aare speaks volumes to y us' „ I .W . as its neeeiaaii ' foiThini; and': not u fa?lhee t .poar, 'guilt/, propitiate, ausoul'itii) 0b ...76;83 witisprilegottbre , l randsti oanst thou, durst thou;_ . say ; it Os met figs., Philadelphia, South Tenth Street, below Chestnut By Mail, or at the,Offfee, 'i 'Year, /79., - , SE E PROSPECTUS. Delivered in the City, . Llo thee ?- Came thou not find--a secrecy, or mikesolitude 'I "And . if the' 'day is not thy.dyrn;;ls not That was the Saviour's time of prayer,and the 4 pold moan 4ain: top . ; his oratory. ,The,Seriptures do clearly teach, that secretzpayertught to be iib only daily`--" giVeide "tiffs c!ir!daily bread,l),ut,eften,through the ay ; Daniel „arid; Payid 2 prayed, three times, ar day at least. "To pray frequently, is to pray fervently.", .L i t iottrt . ffs A ME OBF;DIENCE, DILIGENCFp' . TRITTEI.--It is :siild 4 tlciai:^wheti.itlit-..- . mother •Bf4i/itAingtott tt of s9ntivattl immtili . plask raeter 'ork , it, t a early .elideavored,...to teadti him Ithree- thin gsi: obe- PtNti better ad- Oren t: ' SECRET RELIGION.—God is , often lost in playervand ordinances.- ." - Enter into thy ohamtlei" said " and shut thy door about thmo.' ffAllut,thy door about thee," meaea mUch.; ,Out,; not only frivolity, but business, notbnly the company abroad, but the company at lhome kit means, let thyl poor Boni haire : a-little rest and re freshment, and God ,have opportunity to speak to thee in a still small voice, or he will spealvin'thurider. .1 am persuaded the Leid *mild , : often aniak .more snftly if we would shut t.ile;doe.r DR: CummiNg,--S con after the celebrated Dr. Cumming :was licensed .to preach4e : went-,to. London,.poor and un knoWn, staking with.' him a letter of intro ductionVa-halfecWhom he asked what he edu r la i dinoVilin t :"Yee falafliepliecl that had la small:Chureli but 'Cana not pay aimunster p but would stay a month with theM i he would. bcard him. Theiyoung preaphpr assented and- . said, if theywould would give him the.pew : ents e always be '"why," said',the hiker, " they not fi t urirasilt for' thy - The baigain,'remains, and the :popular preacber.nowneeives..46.oo9.--,Gen,..Eva HAPPINRSS:---If. God had told ::melsome `time : .ago,,, Aliat he pos about to make me as happy,as could be in this world, and, ,then had told th u p he, should begin by:eriPPling , ine in all inyliiehs, andremov in:ln:l6'l%in' all `in3r : istiar pewees of enjoy ` rent tI should • have thOught it al very I :strange:mode of acconiplishing his .puil)ose. ,And: yet haw-is, his ,-wisdom manifest even inthis T for, if you were to see .a mail, shut up, in a close room; idoliaing a Set 05f ` l ,4.mpso "ind'rejoiChig in their-light, and you 'wished .to make him truly hippy, you would begin g lamps, and-then throw ova , shutters .to; ;let in the light of heaven --=Payson THE SODRGE or Ityrss. • —Christiansfroiglit avoid trouble and inconvenience if they would oiNlbelieve what they profess —that God IS' ableto make them happy withbut:anything: else.l They i..zulgine if such a dear friend were to, : die, or such and such, blessings to be removed, they would be miserable;, whereas God pan make them a thOniand'tinies' happier with:Out them. To inention my own . esie. God has been depriv ing:me of.cine :blessing after another,• but as every one was .removed, he hes come in and filled up its _place and now, when am a cripple, and'uot able ,to move, I am happier than evert Was in nig life before, or ever expected to be ; and cif I bad believed thus twenty years:ago might ; have been spared lunch anxiety. ; —Payson. i• r - DARE AND DO. Dare-to think, though bigots frown Dare in words your thoughts express; Dare to rise, thOugh oft east down; Dare the wronged and scorned ,to bless. ~I:tarefroin custom ,tp depart; , Vire thnip4enless pearl possess; 'Dare to wear itnbit your heart; " .Dari;When sinners eine, to bless Dare forsake what you deem wrong; Date to walk in wisdom's way; Dare to give Where gifts elong; Darit/ed'slireeepts to obey. „ Do. what conscience , says is right; -- Do What reason says is best, Do with willing mind and heart; ".`"'Do Yonr duty and be blest. DIVINE INFLUENCE.-It is the common 'experience of the faithful, that while en deavoring with all'their ,might to work out their 'bWii , :ailVation, they have found God - working in-them= both to will and to do— while keeping their' bodies by fasting, and presenting theikprayers to God, they have lOurid_his Holy Spirit moving upon their souls, pleating their Views, confirming their faith, 'fixing their 'thoughts, inclining their will, enlarging their hearts, and overspread ring =them with 'such a sense of his majesty and , meTcy as neither 'nor they are able to expeati. While praising God they have been caught (like Paul,) into, the third heavens, and,seen . or heard, or at least, felt things Which=" it is not possible for them to utter! While hearing Ged.'fit. Word,,, their hearts have`'been 'all." opened as, 1 4 ydia's was." Vllitim feeding upon Christ's body and blond, their souls have been strengthened 'and refreshed ! and they could Bay-2. Cor. iii : e''l.--I—Bishop Beveridge. INDIAN SUMMER OF LIFE. —In the life of thel - gonCtrien - t there is an Indian Sum mer m ore . beautiful than that , of the season ; richer,sunnier, _and more sublime than the most'glorieue Indian Summer the Feria we er !Ititesh-L.it is the Tudian Siimmer of the soul. , When the, glow of : youth has de parted, when the . warmth ; of laiddle age is gene,,and the buds and blossoms of Spring are changing, to . the sear and yellow leaf, then the mind of the - good man, still ripe vigorous; rlaxei his labors, and the memories , `of a ..well-ipent life gush forth from, their,,secret ,fountains, enriching, re joicing,lrdi the ; fertlising; then e, trustful resignation of the shedsnrolpd a Sweet. tind'hillkWitireth, end tlie'so,ll imam iinatralreatreiitylatre, 'restricted to7.tireMarrotcarifiiies of buiiness?bufsoars amend, the, a. Winter, , hoary ; age, and dwelli:iealef47,li:_ed,,bappily Upon that Spring, and ' Bummer ,which await him withirilihegaies evermore. :Let us idrive for and/look trustingly 'forward „t9.1 1 0 - . l .l4PaPnwer like, this. 0.239
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