S'7=;=¢ MEE rfit_! fatiftec 8008 meat to us for a Notice, will be duly a tt en d e d to. Th.wo frotopUbllehere in Phllmr dolphin, New YOrig tke., Iftay ,bui• lett et our Philadelphia oilll4, 41 South 10tb SU, b tiour Oboanut. In dare of .ioiepi M. Viiison. ff. mai Tits' YOoka i ii9iiiif, A tit illustrative of "The Pilgrim's Progress." 'By A. L. 0. E., Author ess of "The Claremont Tales," " Adopted Son," "Wing* and Stings," &0., &o. .18:no., pp. 841: NeW York: Robert Carter 4. Bros.', Broad:. way. 1557. • Preoilna as Banyan's great Allegory is, it has • been orten ,felt, that many yo'utig persons have a difficulty in comprehending much of its teaching. . . Th 4 object.of the Authoress in this little work, is to present as it were, a translation of the.Pilfriim'S - Progress into the common language 9 , f , daily We think that she has succeeded , admirably, and herlabors have resulted in a delightfd and useful Juvenile volume ABorio.Aovxyrusalfrftea Land; from .the earliest date teAelAskt Eapeditions, in sell* of tir John Edited by EpeB Sargent( with Maps and'llloatrationi; pp., 480; 121nd4 Boston; ,Phittip4 . :S'clAfiOn,' i t Co. For sale by Johts : S. • orison, Pittsburgh. • This is; an` excellent c,oix'tpilatlon, presenting to the reader, in a convenient form, and 'within' retvilliVe spice, the greater portion _of the fornntionhe wants, on, the,. important Arctic 'tkiattovery. ..Everflarmer's ,and reolian- . io's tainilielionld have it. E Tkey:haVey not fitieo,l"ad Tolumpsicoit . lipoO f f . 4§:tidbf,an4 descripticina t•lnit here 4j:fey..are i;lttill#l4 with'. the Vabeiancti i et many beoits,:ii:one;tliepeipait of wkci , :mlßF4 • sl‘.tlY edge. • INTERVIEWS WITH INSPIRED Mae. By Rev. Loyal Young. We have read this book with great interest and satisfaction, and we commend it , to"parents and Sabbath:Schools as a book of rare value. The idea is novel and ingenious, to present captious questionivid difficult Mies; such as are very com-.. monly asked, and to answer them in the very words -of Scripture:: hive been coristiiitryl struck in reading these happy applications of DI-• vine truth. This little ',book is a 'store house of weapon! ,tp , ' - wW.,:Apailibt the Adversary; or rather thesi firmware are so many morda of the silyiril: .AC11341444 by , Davison. J. Helernes ,htseeztels, - *ay 1867, presents its mud attractions, The'publioation of the Week ly Paper has in no w 4. 44i:shelled the energies of the oOnduotors of this great monthly. HASP /M.'l3 'STORY BOOKS. ~/10. 80. Mey, 1857. "Orkney" is the title orthis volume. He, it aPPeill*irne peacemaker among his school felloiie, and yet at the same time he was a-dill gent-tina vigorous student. Ourreaders oeivethe object of 'the author. • ' Too DAYS Of MY Dail. An Autobiography. By the Author of " Margaret Maitland," etc., &c. 12m0., pp. —. New York: Harper j• Broa:4 Mrs. Oliphant, the authoress 'of this tale, is now wellikiiown as a leading writer, in British Literaturet The productions of her pen are very' abundariein43/ackwood's'lhigitzirii, and this tiot is a sufficient criterion as to her literary power. The Beene of the tale before us is laid in Cam bridgeshire in England, and the style displays that minute otiservanCe•and . desCriPtion of natural scenery and character, for .which the writer is. justly celebrated. We doubt, , however, if Mrs. Oliphant heti done'the' world much good by the portrayal of her heroine. We fear that anyone who displayed such a spirit in the first year of her married life, a,s is here described, was very unlikely to exhibit much common sense or temper ever afterwards. AN EXPOSITION- OF THE PTHEIT EPISTER TO THE CORINTHIANS. By charki godge, D.D., Pio fessor in the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N: J. 12m., pp. 878. New York: Robert Carter 4 .Brothers; 530 Broadway. 1857. Thievelume contains all the excellences which we desire to findin any commentary. The intro duction. is sufficiently ample to prepare the reader for approaching the Epistle in an intelligent man ner, While the' clearness, the precision, the con densation and systematic accuracy for which Dr. Hodge is celebrated, are visible 'on every page of the book. Younger authors. and less profound scholars than Dr. liodie, would Pnraded more Greek than he has introduced; but genuine critics who know the value of this department•of theolegical literatufe, will feel satisfied that On", all occasions where the , text required a reference to the .original, that reference has been made. Learned and excellent' as' the ComMentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians is, we think that this work is even still more direct and -satisfactory.. , . THE CHILD'S Boon or ,Three Parts in One.— • By rlVorthinyton 'Hooker, ;M: trated by nufnerone Eng:mine. , Scplate . 16m0., pp. 46 . 41 "Weir' Bios. 1867. • - Here we have three capital books - bound in one volume, each of them admirably suited for jure: nile reading. We have practical , demonstration of the truth of this comment. The first book contains one hundredand twenty pages on plffitts. The letter pref;s is sufficiently scientifio, , atuf yet the information is quite fitting for boys of eight ore''Yo;nisre Of *tie the' wood are everything•that teacher or reader' could desire.. Theisioond.voinme.on Animals. contains one hnn. dred,and seventy papa, and hi of the same char.: actoF.l The third volume 'or part, devotes One hundred and' seventy nine pages to air, irutOir,: light"':lniat; &e.,"aucl!lilnietffir` readers' wild'; fee;; that Dr. Hooker has parented the'poblin*tys , i really good book. iiii•A l Adenoe Vito we May state that we foithlwith ihtiC active use. A s . HEADITIO WITHOUT TEdRS. Or a pluaaant . intrue of , learning to read. By the author 'of .‘ Pee! of Day," Sic., , Squat". 16m4)., , pp,11.88. New York: Halper.4. BrOthers." 1857. A glance a t thilbOok . will, • we think, show all teachers that it is just the thing for smoothing-, t the rugged pants,Aronacine ease 0 at s teep, up whicli'all leittav'S to Thb authOr . of this littlerwolnine has evidently an analytic. mind—, If tlie School Directors of the country generally" would iptrodUCC this book as an ele mentary work into all our- public schools, they l wonitAfoogwit:initional blessing , onrthe:gommn nity• • _ ' • The Young ;Wife and the Old Love. •By 'John eoitik .Jectliaon, author of "'Creme 1 . 2r00.,- pp. 464. Harper- f t -Bio4 This is a reprint of an English Tele, which we have had no time to **amine, and waare obliged' also to confess that the" author's name is new to Us. Livia oa Ttnt'Quzass or lilaconilin, andlEnglish Princesses connected with the regal succession of-Great Britain. By Agnes Strickland.. Vol. - 14; , 366. New York : Harper Bros.- t 1867. ,brings the life of Mary &mute 'the yeails69llavealready noticed 'the es 7 timitte character, which the author ess has piese . it4d, r in dile - biography, and Wellgye stated at length oar' reasons for taking ant oppo site position. There f liscve been, , and , we suppose: there will oontiqui f flite; two parties holding ve4 determined and ,bostile Wet* / rtialiTl3 its Aiii;". Queen of Boots. • To.thefoner she brill' beautifttl,‘ • • n * t ie , ~ .0,00131 r . i. romantic, Imiartslistoorimproone4'harshly,spo ,/ r. TN R I It .I'. 44,25/.2 Alp w:teilla ) i.A === ken to, cruelly dealt with, and savagely murdered at the last. The others ice her as thi 'agent of the Papal party, the willing tool of the enemies of the Reformation, and of civil and religious lib erty, the author of all the troubles which she en countered during her chocquered career, the guilty paramour, and the willing conspirator who again and again plotted against a sovereign to whose dominion she had to fly for safety from her own. lied Mary and her 'friends succeeded, how different to day would have been the condition of the British Empire, of these :United States, and of all lands that for the last three centuries have acknowledged the why of Britain i Our beloved brother, Rev., l ßomingirW.p i r ORR, the I),een called to his rowan!. .Ret tVei'cildes't 'ion of Samuel A Orrl.; -and 'Was born^and raised ►`'few' itlilea of the p la r e "teat Jesui. Hie'' pareniir his early training 'leg Lest :!of the strict Scorch-Irish Preabyariana:. ..114,:'4aa L natural' fondness for, meith#A,t,:•,'but' . re inairied 'on his fa th er'S larm Ana le was •!+°ut'. : twenty - one Years, *kit. li e : went to the carpenter tame; .11e. hint.only . ipent ii fe months 'at' this; 'when he received a fall from, a laditer,i which gait him iisidi) for .a iime; . During,: this time, • being always,fond' bead,' he • "Concluded to se,ek an education... With this view' -he , entered Jeffersou. A college. 14. 4 thensge.kof q twenty-one years, ,with- the, . t intention of s t udying law. But ithile..iffdre; becoming 11 subject of Divine grace,, :purpose to•thattof4therministry.: A gerP.4ooo- 1 :1;.04 , w.,., 111 . , ..1 6 3ThAr0uee Minute adopted by.thiortesnytaiyilf Clarion in relation tb;•:itiii," . .deat4t•as: outline life , analiborkanit WaS also' desired to be publishOil j ,iii . frhe 'Presbyterian and the Presbyterian .7::lo46yk.ancl Advocate. THE ( ,f RaitriTE". "It is with feelings IA erdipary- e'po tion that,we .reociiiLthe death of ourbeloved brother and co-Presbyter, the. .11evatobert yr. Orr, who depArt,ed this •life coneth 30th 4 !March, 18E7 , at, his residenegiii'Clarion Oemity,,, • ,flirotliertorr.was born' on the . lBth of Jantukry I,B9A r and was , raised within the bortuda..of :our own il!resbytery:. "He pnraped his i iitorary.studipp, at Jef ferson Oollege,,Where gradiatid the Fall'of"lBi33 With honor. i t "He spent the usual, three years' course of studies, at the, Western Theological, Semi nary,•-andv2afterwards wept to Princeton, where he remained one session as resident • • f' He was licensed by the Preshytery of Allegheny, of which this Presbytery was then.:lCpartyand was, ordained by the Pres bytery of New Brunswick as a Foreign 74i08. 1 9 121 P3'. Wet:4e • 94e". "lie, was united in.marriage to Miss Eliza Ann Caiter, before going out as a mission - N "se ; -andlitillitahell who accompanied lib], sailed for Singapore in October of 1837, as the, first missionaries of our oWn Board to the Chinese. :; "Here..he labored incessantly ai4 ciently• Its a pioneer missionary—in the study of the Chinese language—in visiting extensively Malacca, Siam and the . neigh liming islands, with the. view .of locating the Mission in , the, most desirable . plack as China was not yet open 'to foreigners. , • But the failure of his,health compelled`.`to . return to his native land , and eountyiin -1841, after an absence of, four years. "After his health lad been somewhat •• • r recruited, be taught the Academy in Clarion for two• years,'and a part of his time he supplied the church of Greenwood; after which he supplied Bethel church in the Presbytery of Blairsville, for a short time. f 1 ; 4 ,he,Fall of 1844 he was elected to a Professorship in Jefferson College, which he retained,for .seven years; at the same time preaching to the Centre church in the Presbytery, of Ohio. • ' . „ " Sever,e hemorritsgn . from *tie :lungs,. in • the Fall of :1851;nompelred to.reiugn both his Profesacirsitip ttod pastoral charge; after which he spent some time as an agent for the irtdOirlaient .of Jefferiton College.' "' "In the Opring of 1854 he returned to Clarion Connty, and was eleoted County Su-!, 'perintendentof Common ,Schools, which he retained till his deith,—supplying. as be was able, for about six mOntha . r of this `tipti?.the, 'churches of Mill Creek and Mount:Tabor. " Oar decea'sed brother was ant* eahOlar,." a sound and-able theologian, a Rtod Presby- - ter, a wise and - jgdiCiphit cotniteloi . riltid i Vtny earnest and able tilinister of the New.Testa ;mot, dearly beloved bp; us "In .this dispensation ye woulik recognise the hainf of .God; 'and- ,desire- tO,bow ;with humble submission to the Divine will; and - regard , this prOiidence pas i t anothent milli to o renewed and poisayering effort, to'. 4 "mork't the•work of Him that• sent us,. While it. , is day; knowing that the night. dorneth-,*heik; no man.can work.' I - ‘: , . ." The Presbytery desire, also „ , to , tondet „ to the tier4yed and afflicted widow of sour de ceased brother, and her fatlierkesil ' - our Christian cOlidOlence, , assure thein Of our kindest sypiPathies and most affec ;t,ionate•regardl? Suchis.,the .".ifiuute" adopted by the '.Presbytery, -of which he was an • honored member. , . • 41s:early y.w 1141itages'for:I,e.dufisitio,"o, were;',", not great;tbitiheere:stioh:4ltiliitpart.of the country, ; could, affoid,;;47 When 3he webt.to"Colleg(flie applied himself diligently ;: AndisueeePsfalltilosll4l i studios:l, l This is evident from Chet be gradu ated a yeiVllWiA4iiiaei:cif:ige clumwalh. , which he commeneed;'orid - ibesides, taught '- six months of this time; nor did he then gradiate rUc t i "'thin of ,tilleiit: , and scholarship; he took the' Biotite:kw in. his classwo" ; ; if.."•!)':••!' kis" 1 - • The dillienieWith•Vrliich he pursued his literary' lit; theological studies, probably • laid the - foundation for the failure of his heal' lii ilftgn li fe: " L ionsiderably iinpaired , •when,le• left the—, Seniiiiiiry; and' he would'. have preferred;' renrairunvat home• a.. year; in traveling fibouCte'recrnit his health before going out on hit' 'thissien. But the Board were • :anxious to; establish-• a Chinese Mission then, andrioslo4.4im to go; thinking the change elimates-and• the sea voyage: would be ' "beneficialeuto, But his health failed the second,y,esr after he arrived there. Part of the third year 'was spenVon the • mountains,Southern' oikatiif the benefit of his hsalth::; 'Mt* ' there . iieVeifiir.:eighe months ; *attuned to Singapore, not much henelltied by the change: Afterotaiinghis pttli , es and labors concluded to.return tothis native.* country, 'saying, re 44 Witiki } .'ote4•tive al, the expense of the Board 4 . f .he could' not 'label. for theni;" while there might be a prospect of being useful: at home: and enjoying better health.", Whilst there, •he , collected and :fOniiirtje44lol4 and ' inipcirtaot : infoimilion. • rblatictirtio.his io l utbirioni;" , Aitya •.• , 071.1.4 ^".• !w . n.W.etr, in AV 111* /1 114.: esti3 InslaethiOotobevittiaid tsiohmt«heindt-' , •ol 410041 ow. de at tbi at Pp. That ow treed* , m 4 .0 :a 1,44, • vul ;4* '" ' For the Frebit.priilia Firmer and Advocate,: The Late Rev. Robert W. Orr. • ILVAPAI tP" num rhage from the lunge, which continued for. eight or tensdays; and from,whichte never recovered. 'He condoned fe . ehle Winter, until the'tpiing months lid in, when he began to sink gradually, until two days before his death, when-he sunk.rapidly, and was called away at last, sooner and more suddenly than he or any Of his friends had' anticipated. 'He expected, however,, all along• to die, and spoke of death with the greatest composure, and arranged• all his' 'affairs in reference to it. "His end "—says one who was present . "wile very maim ,and . peaceful, though he, said "he had not that sweet 'melting love of Jesus he wished to have;" the reason• of this probably was, that his mind had-been' so occupied with unsettled bUsinees4:Tip* 'himself , wished,it relieved, when lie.f(o4. 'himself , sinking su fast, and which tips,po.t. dond until 'a few hours before his-deatln He *as not ofily'satitjfiedratd" 'comfortable; butahad,a l oomphicent..delight.-in,,,,,easting„ himself and all his cares on the Lord. He said the " Lord ,Was,ltry good and merciful to him,.tigilo lie) had afflicted him." He often requested those present to ling his favorite Hymns—" Jerusalem my ,happyhome"—YOnJordan's stormybanks atadd,'and othere..% • ~e 'galled ids' family `him iiii6 l lkforio and.,t,(0 11'4 14:49` , 144 4 .,,h04. , ,and beloved wife he said-"Be faithnu to the ..eiullAreg wi lming ta tilepqr a fashionable -------- Int forinefultase To khe little ones he t paid,„f,tßer,9l4:dient and ind to your mott4,l6ellioolljghiltiren and meet me in heaven.' To his oldest son his advice= was most faithful and solemn. He ilftetilei)eatedp gf ffeinis-loyere of my , in the hour of death, sayinkr"Clinie ,Tli . Opb when' he .felVatileep sweeili Mr Is it any wonder that even Baalam shosiiii say-L:si Let.,:nie' ti . ierifeatl x :Aljui,l,' .00118, and let my fitit,end B i luid , Ad'ioaitoK , ' 4 l , , • 1. •-• Vl •I`• Supplies , for - t he..T.Presbyterp tuft ,W • Sahtiath Eagleson. .Fifth Sabbath in,May,,PtyW.insp... Wise oartli Sabtiioi• Quillen. Fifth Sabbath in May, Air. Lester • Prospect.—First • . Sabbath •,-in May; :Pr., Alriohr-Third Sabbath nuin , 'Septenibari , Jeffrey;; to administer . ,tliSALord'S'Suriperi liPpontild, one half of die time for tho...iixt: three months and the Session have leave to sup ply treinTieivetriliMmagrer•• i dettirtinie next meeting of Presbytery. Burgetistown. —LeayeAo slOplyititemselves un til 'next meeting of, Prrect*tery) Wolf Run.—Fourth Sabbath in May, Mr. McDonald. Second Sabbath in June, Mr. Her vey ;• to administer. the,,Lottl's Supper. , Second Sabbath in July, Mr. Lester. Second Sabbath in August; Mr. ; McKennan. Fourth , Sabbath in August, Mr. Paull. ~ Second Babbathin.Septem ber, Dr. Hervey. •Fourth Sabbath in September, Mr. Eagleson. -- Lower Buffalo.L'l l ilii4 siigbath'in Told. First Sabbath in June,' Mr. Hervey. Thirtliabbath in June, Mr. Calhoun.- -First Sub haihein ~ J uly, Mr. Quillan. Third Sabbath in ; duly, tMr.• 'Eagleson.. 2 First • Sabbath;,.in 'August .. Bromism. Third. Sabbath in Aug nob, ',Dr. Wines. First. Sabbath fin. September -Mr .Harrison:.. Third Sabbath in. SeptemberiMr.- ..WlCennam• ,• West Union.--Fifth Sabbath in May v . Mr. McDonald. ..Eastroi;;—Third - Saibath in ,MaY":ll.i: 11 ervey.,..Third Sabbath in Juni,. mi:.roiiik Third Sabbath in .7114, Mr. Dnicaa. i ' bath *August, Mr. " MuTl44l; TM d 2 4 1 44 k in September ,: Mr: , ' ; " 1314iller of Prpshiteri: : , ;` • ' • ' deal: ]or Ulll Fresbyteliall Banner and Advocate., Presbytery of Peoria: The Presbytnti . nt Peoria, *et ttLElß*.iiliC. April 17 . th, and. line **ed. with•ts sermon, lV; the Moderatoi; Id. goit.ma x ,Nin 1. Cor. 20. T.,Aciarni,Was chosen •Dini , bliator, I§, and .. M. Templeton , Temporary gerk... Presbytery dissolved the peeteral:,relation of Win. A. Fleming and the church of Farmington: ' A call.' for 'pastoral' services' •ints :iecieived'and accepted by Wm. A. Fleming, from the church - of Leivistown•; F. 'N. Ewing,rfrem 'the rehurch Bloomington 8.. M. 'Templeton, from the church! of Delaware ; James .Ferguson from the church of West Jersey. , • . John Dale was received from the Presbytery'of Muncie. Committees , reported' the • orgairlxatleir 'or , chnrchee in Dwight, , Lexington, 'Towituda 4 ,k4t-'• .lanta, and. Oriarga.. • • '' •-•i; •-- D. F. McFarland:lmnd elderiWoi, Didde r pzin- • cipale ; and T. T:t Smith; and elderlkeobilimith; alternates; were elected Commission - sic tifiltefilditsi era irA mexa bly,,,,A, .1: • . • • :4. Metata s Ort Awsil Iditoeint. ae'the plaiio v • m 1.• l~•meeting:+.• MEI J. TOrbitt, i suspended soinister;•:wwireetored to the p e]tfroloo .Ao Aitiolit)tg.ot : Ap Aim* I T Messrs. Adams, Johnston, Ferris, and Temple ton were,appointedlo'viait the churehesin behalf. of Peoria,University.. • ' ; F.AN. Ewing, of Bloomington ;•RobertsTohnston; of Peoria ;• and' Wm. < T. Adaths,.dt 'Washington, are the Cornmittee.on Miesioni3,•to whom applios tions•for aid , from the 'Board of Domestic-Missions are to be sent. ' John Marquis, Hanna, 'and D. Fe'Mc.Far and :werejappointed , a.Comzisittee OR ailltdi Ea t tensioa: r f.' , : , S R. Steveneen;+ 'amen' Fergnkonil•atiliildel" J. C. Grier,' are therCommittee.on th'eltreienik4.• Contributions to Peke . B Garda may •1) 'mint; to Ur:- John - C.. Grier,. .. • 14 , Bossing': Fannlti., 4 Stated'. Clerk; , ."; '.14• tr::: .• ; :t trutt,: ' ha the Pp t ellte‘isa and Advr e te. of Ifew.liebone • l'reastiyte4 - ‘inet'in' the FirEit' . .Pfebbyterititr oh4Olioof • `NW' tie bon "ori 1 2.18 t; 'of 3. B.' Oriinesi Vreiched the bpening eierrtion;fivin' 2. Kings 17: Rev. David Robinson ivae sihrOtieti . Moderator, and ReQ.''E. R. MOGilitiir;Oltirk;aftie the ensuing edit months' • r" . "v . ' Rev. Jikhn 'lt. Daidia liras rebeitia hnititifiv cats fromttbeiPiebbSitefftiPohtel;" fir his niihisteritillhaihisprfroof rSandir; waif pir Mos' his thiddi teptedtt: g • .;'.. ••• 01 . ; • •‘• : • ai‘d ya t Reirob'WllL O. Stifittott tiskeik' rind Olitiiiiied/ leave ltd resign the:oftlati 61 1 Staled Clerli Fafier , which , Preatiyte'ii vote' 61" for thkilaithtataithiteinh'ithidelailtatrfalailli fd.:'Griniee 4 'BtAtia • 4 , Rev. Wiwi (Lllarnh; , and 'Mk;rlYairdlliaiin' if" were • eledeial boixTriditioniirn Aseinibly ; / and 44W.Voiiii i lf: £l:' • ' •• A"call frord"theAtifejPrOf into the Uncle of' Rev: Med; and by:hiin' The neit-nieetifig :Pleeibhiiiie„./4;:4 held pi,t Middle Sandy: • • . ~• East Litkerpool.-44. Stre4ton,Third, Sabbath' in May. Mr.. H sye, Fourth, Sabbaih Mr. ,Martin, Seeond , Sabbath.hi t ti . ,; Canfteld.—Mr. Diokam, Fourth Sabbath May. ••-- .R40b0t4. 1 ---Mri Gritylif;' : *rtittofatir. is May fden;' TM`• .in I:1 / rge e:— * .ifc'ere g or p.S m e.4 ll 4l4a4 l l4ll94l.., _• • AOl9/IPRlE.l.44liiiiPaSSAted CHRISTIAN' Exmazzwoz..=Two remarks~ of Bev John 'Nftylotflii . :Y . etspioti`ng Olitik wiiikedi'4l4l4l4o:'. The n foceie,sif(Allciws : ‘f 'seldom . riri v e am aneasy„doubt r at:Jeast., not of any continn- ance; respecting my pardon, acceptance; and • interest in the blessings of the New Tes tameiii.7 4 The second' rem'ark ",If, wg,i9,9Ompare,inieeifito,,,otheas, to.make, iheiro,experience my. atandardoand , ,was nob • ;Ifelpedito• retreat-to , . the tufel , Word of -Gods , as mptefuge; ° 4:f ra f it ' :#49 ni t'hl ri 4 4 1 2 - 1 344 1 4:3 4 14,:gi tetke'4tter . , c . 4 alidaulb oc Lb," 7 ,1 . Na,. OIA 1. 4 ; .1. 1a 141 .° tAr O) 0 1 irr'In .V 0 ( 1 .1~ d , 11 1 , 10 , 61 toldsLik 111 Eke •gait+ =ME Banner and Advoests. - 11141 V —to: . 28. GROVE irOß:surp.—!ciEN. xxii : 33 The universe; - producted'hy the Creator's power, arranged by and bean- • • tified goodness; is to hely' beings vast' etaplk:['a r tuleeeri4d 'glorious Builder.. In anlitiA of it, the mind un- . 444 44,.,ein„ may .coker,-,ucceptable thank- • offerings.- for favors received. From .any part of it, theappropriate desire the. worihiplieri May , he 'Whispered As prayer i nto the eii „ of .the devout feel ings 'of' even the highest of the:angelic ' hostethejf heing:lndte; , Will- be. •• affected/ by • aurroniniling Aaoarrea:c:. , ..W. hen in the heaven pi - . ll tbe Midst of :the • Sacred Ahreitile: Odell "the ,gennialf.,ai T Sembly' i in the presence of God, inteniser, perhaps . , different' enioticin felt? than whetithi;winialiienntof.trrathrtiethel i krigel I• , • sent” *gaunt Seitiikoherab ativoratin on Ott 1:••• •• •••••••• enibassy mer . p . j . : rthoPtoif Therefore, Irian; ~e vefir ihadlie, , retained,hbh be iiifltf e n iiitiofferinehrOuldliiiiie been , liable &rein '• uPe o •'. J , non more, then, may we lookfor this , in : :fallenet being leTthe: bmidatrY of • •_• - a nful wdrlin the l;dei j e isanetiiectio louPfelinkai man are, haidlyi r to m beilelEpeoted , . ;;Mbese :Thu', haver Dbeeurnaints; 'longest; ;I andflthosel meat 'Tully foilheiVeri,l(Willobboithet ones" lent, "affected by_ associations with the'initoSid' %and the visible. Like7l.:li-Cliiroti in her (,matnref.hle, a n d ns • ehe.iii j nearitig the time 'Of NOW "Jekiolideei ,'Olitei,ifaint.i3o'ailyn,noe in.. iees :connected with the external. Therefore?, 'teinl4 B 4 . 1 .514):*e1tt0. ,(1 -94): fer9 l .- prayer, and places consecrated f)yeitioroa.. l ;:rites,. or bytimeand . by custom, for religieni :are all, in a sense, mementoes of the solemn truth thatAlte worshippers aresinfuli beings `ill's ftilleii'world :' v.Thea;•-' . es the very beet-of: • ,Gedliiiieiipleglie . Jinn ; the bli L iept .mitt` al theii;:oendOketlii• nature • and- as they. Mai. be aisisted - in. their . • ~' 4 Je, o tions by appropriate, helps, there is ,great benefit, sometimes Almost a positive neoessity,, that those who would be pious, or hnare. , already so; • !should have places of •Where,f °piety `..'inay ho'planted, _or" haveiticreaSeds•vigor;and • activity given to it. These . ; •plapes, ••, And • the services ease elated. .with ,there„mest, : hOwevetii - te"' ap pointed of ,(trod '; aiidlio:, 'dia !left to man to build and en h u t ieciel4;lheyaire'laWful only they„Fieet ,the,qreat end for which , Q od‘fiai -appointed and While the crea'- ture,,goes notbeyond , gra,ntegivien.. Thiipiinciple s eiPlains what seems strange, in • the utterances of „ the" Bible upon this 'subject. ,Ahrthintwpleeled • a . greve, • evi dently eciiiiieitiOn._ .te 'be ourfe . s' orated for the worship of God.: .:There is no Divine disapproval". of the. , actj 14ter age, high ~placast a nd groves. are for,: . • hidden, and ther are ',.boinnended,Whe.de stroitheintkinieilalB4.l•Cliteh. xi t 15 xv • 16 . Isa. xiiii ) " . .Vvind elsewhere very , frequently. Thoyord cube?, here, renderad . ,"o.o4-18' ! . rendeltict tree in I.:Bartwxxii i 6 ;!xxii•: . .l •fet in thelitialtef Wailage .tO;tlie . translated oak, is :strength, slid imniivr:4lsedz,by the :Arabs;:f‘ii God GjKl i • bat Thatigliaome.4lida; the .wordytranslated., grove • 'mines: frerii4ii: obsolete verb, meaningti so,. strike (imp its "yaks I„yititliffkli-Ael.y. that it is compound ed' o f 'a,s7t,'meruntig fi re, , and el, 'one of the . 'niiinerof - '' 'Oa" This iiinie'night .be given 'either because it was)a;treevofteni riven;-by • ilightning , „ . or because reed-wasl wed to - . consumethe sacrifice upon the ' al ar. k • e word in this plae . ei is to be:' tahen in a col. ,leetive '41044 onsiiff,3*ooq:;* fikeitleiraiT -or grove The Object d'lbializie seems -obvious. - Many .thousand worship.. pera.were now.. associated with his These,, the children ` wit . ttin parents, too. : avoniitat- stated assemble to: call upon the name of the Lord. 4ebrilianr would leol'iliii'sdinple,inad . .01"lb'eht:7:44 regard :461141v0y . and eicellenie • by :spiakiiiite prOpriateprayerek and: by-speaking for , him: in stirring lip , the worshipper to greater.4lo6 , votedrieiein'theiterfOrminee of . cOnnifatiand: duty. No tent could contain' thorieWlin• Arkeembled, Would; ' g roveiirpose of the„ieWt . ..in protecting frOwthe rays of a tropioalstin.i this', sense ttittreve!vight•the•apprivied • al . c.f)!labe'Zif ?W ‘ ofildXf; as Mountains': : Ti .• • , t Upon the principle stated at • the , beginr.. ming of this Narratirlithe ground of the kibseiitteet igeettinif of 0-rvee'qe- Pliaseit of worship, seems ` no"t``only ; obvious , but '` just: Ip 'people,' *004)0)7.: priate eynagognew, and.ta..oentral: Vlach!! to , assemble and werthiF•Gio*, the . Xcive worship ' passed sway. • an e'taatha app e iiad so far lost . ! thn:.4ik; . ..itnality oft: the-, service :rendered by ! -Noah: :,,and that • they - could '• be eountedsohlyfuil'iddlateis; Whetbeffire,ltlie tiewAlle 'gat o(l4o6lf f: which they worsbippedi! So• t fir, 'Godri.t Church . in: the 6 ,neesv f ,rzbia afterlife - FOB' .- CaniiiititWikrbeinP P05eA;`fif4,040* 3.1. 0. 12 5. 1 4044 1 02.•Pi .. .0 4 fir, ; i t ;m Araskaggeeintedism#4 . it, neighboringuationsygroves•mould be as- • ,ociated , 34 , errolosely' with idolatrous rites, And itrith"iiide lind • obscene 'mysterieii:" Jiw Tlitt id hail heetileried under ' I . oo.lraisidialy,gaktlie spOt might ibe'nki4ol;. en genalta* :1114 •1.._13am../..xxi-•: 13: :.!But,' . after!it:, tinisyit !Was posiibly thought,- the; fondneseef affelition, - that' the. Solitthatt•hid given be'aut~ ' to'' the doliiitenaptie, : immied . , the;P. Thither ; the.. reaorted;f4 4.. ligious!;worship ; and. !eventually Imlay 3A0. , far lost the knowle dge of; the !tionGtodethia,.. 1111e!tliii'ditieidi 'now, to beitibl #l , ietidef na;, tO, the 044 Of ; • ce,, oho - seri at 'firattforuthciagreeablenesa . of its shade,'-was. i. ..pstrhatat 'afterwards • viewed -as , pecarsingia . chatiii4 fire smitten . treeiVieita, ?shadcb4, l , l i g& inVite the:444e . IA the * l7 -' 1 4P 3 . 1 7 , . / c4. ):108. iv : .13. Thusi as! with . the ..Druids ! firitaitvalid: Gaul;!tha. oak, or some -other Ired,! Maid& " a egociitied with ' worship iso 164 'the:l4 4 o%or - O9tild" littend:,,i4 it; fay:where:, This, in cow: nexion„with the fact • that the rites were. many of `them chid; and ,, the• service idolar trous, would make all. - thetAssociations Bur ' -retina* 'grOve4;aa places of . - religions • re forbidding to the' `feel= logs ,i . )29,airiiiit .00,4i491.H0k i ;; ", „ . 9PendiA,:t_trinianili . grolorwPm4p,:or camp.", • meetings, seemed well fitted tol !the larantn of an agricultural.,ppopleakthoiit a shurches, Whenever, they ;slembied, op noportan 820. • kainntal Good w w,nn).:no.; • .done both to many a saint and sinner; and PWnri LE3iiikg Oil r:N.6I 6.-:r3za • •• a .n.cATE.T ~•.Ir. • c had these put-door meetings been continued merely:Wok* to :Meet a necessity, doubt- less the :Bap . e happy 'results might attend them still,•to.the fullest extent, in our fron tier settlements. But they have become so looked to by enthliSiasts as a 'kind' of charm assembly to get Up'an excitement, which is supposed to indicate the presence of the Spirit.; and theyehave become so thought of by multitudes fromthe midst of our cities and villages, and from —under the very shadow of consecrated churches, as an ap propriate place fordeekof.the vilest sort; that it , is doubtful whether the true prophet • of the Loid . can approve ~ o f any longer.. : It is to be feared .that, professed Christians, at -some such' meetings,' have rendered as unacceptable service to.Tehovah as the grove - worshippers did froin'thcf.days of Moses , tovlsailit'jy:'''-' 47 " -- r Protracted, or continued meetings, and a resort at times to siPethillaiggicittion of the means of grace,' Ire J riglit'. When they meet.a_necessity flowing out of the condi tion of things in a phurch, or when they improve find " carryoil *hat, 'God "is Aoilig by the ordinair•Slitatniliolis '. ( ef his' 'Word, ,great goodvmay be done.. ....But theyismeme: an; instrzitrielit 2 pciteht•With'ivil