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moveth on with rapid wings,
stoppeth in his flight
k on those o'er whom he's thrown
mildew of his might.
)ugh his speed be vastly great,
gn naught can with it pace,
rk is sure—he leaves in proof
Le and a trace.
r a mother young and fair,
Ise heart o'erflowed with love;
mn that love sweet vapors rose
hour to heaven above.
)11! the sweet, the pearly stream
't in each heart doth roll;
t connecting link which binds
ally soul to soul.
ing husbatScl also shared
part: and in return,
leart for her with holy love
st earnestly did burn.
seem'd to be the cliniaz of
it joys, their hope, their fears;
'er we are aware, how soon
et joy is turned to tears!
ling babe lay sleeping on
mother's couch-like knee;
r type of heaven itself,
infant purity.
hor anxious love &spitted
many a token kiss;
the works of God what sight
•e beautiful than this ]
trite swept past ere reason dawned,
took the child away;
joy to know she's gone to live
realms of endless day.;
joy to know she's left the earth
ith smiles, and not a frown,
' she knew she was a gem,
deck the Regal drown.
lines of care were deeply drawn
.oss that mother's brow,
thoughts and feelings sadly drear
le o'er her prospects now. •
my heart I said, "0 Time,
• dread is thy embrace!
thy works thou surely leav'st
Ale and a trace,"
Pa., 1857.
Presbyterisn.Hanner and Advoiate
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Religion;
TO A FRIEND ON TEE DOCTRINES AND
DIITIEB 01 THE BIBLE.
Letter TX-I.—Regenerati6n.
'n will begat he us with the word of
TAMES I: 18.
R FRIEND :-It has been said be
the want or privation of holiness
n his very interesting, instructive,'
le work on Regeneration, Char
: "No privation can be removed
he introduction of another form :
a man is blind, that blinddess,
a privation of sight, cannot be re
without bringing in a power of see
in. Original sin is. a privation of
righteousness, and an introduction
ipt principles, which cannot be re
nit by some powerful principle em
it; . a new life, a new nature, a
hteousness. . . . There cannot be
practice without gracious principle.
ere may be some services in rata
which may look like spiritual;
iciple they are not so. Many acts
q irrational creatures, which look
nal acts. As the otder among
the acts of statesmen, regulating
wcalth ; their carrying gravel in
;s, to poise them in a storm, and
qn from being carried away by the
of the wind; yet these are not ra
ts, because they proceed not from
at from a natural instinct put into
God, the supreme Governor. So
o action of an ape, though like the
a man, can be said to be a hu
"so no action of an unregenerate
igh like a spiritual action, can be
;Una], because it proceeds not from
I principle, but from a contrary
aunt in him. And all'actions have
denomination from the principle
they fl .w. They may be fruits of
and fruits of conscience , but not
fruits which God requires.. .
a necessity of regeneration, for the
ice of Gospel duties. We cannot
form them spiritually, because we are
nor vitally, because we are dead;
cloudy, because we are corrupt; nor
rily, because we are at enmity; nor
Fully, because we are alienated; nor
y, because we are falsity; nor hum
muse we are stoutness; nor constant
use we are levity : our natures must
red in all these respects, before we
fit for any Gospel service," or have
munion with God, or be adopted
family, or be prepared kir heaven.
t be born again.—Johniii : 5-7. 1
k on Regeneration, published by the
erian Board of Publication, pp. 10,
36, 39, 51.
ach for the necessity of regenera-
Let us now consider its nature. !
to the nature of regeneration, this may
reed by what is said of it in the Scrip-
It is a new birth; a new creation ; a
ing again; a begetting again ; being
partakers of the Divine nature; the
of a new heart; putting. the law
. us; restoring the image of. God to
soul ; a resurrection ; a new life ; put
on Christ ; Christ in us the hope of
.; being born of God, and being quick
or brought to life from a state of
; you hath he quickened who were I
-dead in trespasses and sins:—John
-8 ; 2. Car. v : 17 ; Roza xii : 1, 2 ;
10 ; 1. Pet. i : 3; 2. Pet. i : 4 ;
: 26 ; Jer. xxxi : 33 ; Heb. viii
,h. iv : 23, 24; Rom. vi : 1-12, and
; Col. i : 27 ; John i : 13; 1. John :
—4-18 ; Eph.
t these forms of expression show that
a very great change; and Cruden, in
lncordance, defines it as "the change
renovation of the soul by the Spirit and
of God. It is called the new birth,
consists in the infusion of spiritual life
the soul, whereby it is enabled to per
spiritual actions, and live to, God."
Time.
John iii 5,6, and v : 25 ; Horn. xiv : 8;
Titus iii : 5. And our Bible Dictionary
speaks or it as " a marvelous change in the
whole frame of our moral being,. ittspiring
us with new views, emotions, and senti
ments, and effecting a radical change in
our [hearts and] lives." That -it is difficult
to explain,• and even to understand, except
by experience and by its effects, is taught by
the- Saviour in his conversation with Nice
demus about' it, for he says, " the wind
bloweth where it listeth, and thou.hearest
the sound thereof, but oanst not tell whence
it oometh, and whither it goeth : so is every
one that is born of the Spirit."—John iii: 8.
Yet it is a real change; a great change; a
radical change; a universal change, in all
the parts and faculties of the soul, and an
instantaneous change; for as there can be
no middle state'between life and 'death, so:
the soul spiritually is either dead or alive ;
and as soon as it is quickened, or renewed,
it• is alive, and begins to act out its new.
life :. so it is an instantaneous change. The
whole process of conversion is a work of
time; but the simple act Of quickening--
regeneration in its 'proper sense—is done at
once; the dead in sin are made alive in
stantaneously.
And it is a change: in the nature of the
soul, not its physical, but its moral nature.
We have a sinful nature ; regeneration is a
change' from sin, to holiness, so that from
being wholly.inclined to that which is evil,
we are disposed and - inclined to that which
is good.
There is in this change the implantation
of a holy principle or gracious habit, so that
we become fitted for the service of God, and
can take pleasure in his service and delight
in his law, and hold communion with hiin.
And whereas there was in us before nothing
spiritually good,' now that the heart is
changed and a holy and gracious principle
implanted, there is in ns some degree of M.
liness, and we' are enabled, by Divine grace,
Ito do those things which, are well pleasing to
God ; to walk in newness of life; to grow
in grace, and in me,etness for heaven. We
are united to Christ, and so are made par
takers of all the blessiUgtrof his salvation.
May this be your happy experience '1 Read
Eph. iii and iv ; 2. Pet. i; 1. John iv. and
v.; and Hymns 81 and 82, of our Psalms
and Hymns. YOURS TRULY.
For the Preebyterian'Banner and Advocate.
Enthusiasm—All Help.
MR. EDITOR :—The following incident
has been out from an old No. of •the New
York Observer, and 'thinking it worthy of
preservation, and even of extended circula
tion, at the request of some who have
heard it from the pulpit, I am induced to
furnish it to you for publication in the
Banner and Advocate.
The incident, as recorded in the Ob
server, is as follows
" A GREAT EFFORTA FACT."
' Mr. Towsley, known as`."-the`children's
friend," has related, the folleiving lacidenE'
with great effect, whin the religious feeling
of a church has been fluctuating between
a retrograde and onward movement.
On the banks of a stream - near a small
village in Western New York, a few enter
prising men commenced the erection of a
gigantic mill. The frame-iork of the foun
dation extended over the current, rushing
at, a fearful distance, below. The timbers
above were adjusted and fastened in their
places, until .the huge skeleton was com
plete, excepting one enormous bent, whose
weight and proportions filled with misgivings
even the heart of the master-builder.
Every man in the village and vicinity was
there to aid in the perilous "raising."
The.platform was dark with the crowd,
embracing every age, and trembled over the
torrent beneath its burden. The signal was
given—up the bent moved' slawly, till it
reached what is called " the pinch," about
midway to its elevation. Every muscle was
strained, but in van. There was a dead
pause for a momerit, and stillness which
made the tumultuous ihrobbing of hearts
audible. The builder mounted the eecond
story, and looking dovin with tears, shouted,
Lift, men, or die !" ,With a wilder ener
gy, they grasp the pikes for their lives; but
the frame settles backward, threatening to
crush the despairing mass beneath. Just,
then five men appeared in sight. " Help
US 1" cried the builder, 'from 'his dizzy
height. They saw the danger at a
glance, and like cowards, fled. The excite
ment had reached the homy of these fathers
and brothers, and now the banks were-lined
with mothers and sisters, whose up-turned,
anxious faces, and lifted hands, asked im
ploringly for help. Down, down came the
the bent, slowly, as strength failed, and all
seemed over. The builder, whose nature
was not particularly inclined to sympathy or
pity, was subdued with emotion, and in a
flood of tears, turning to those women, mo
tionless with fear, exclaimed, "Wives, if
you would have husbands, and sisters, if
you would have brothers to-night, come and
help us 1" The rush was an expression .of
the strong impulses of woman's nature.
Each was beside her father or brother, heart
beating to heart; then a shout, and one
more .etruggle. The bent moves; another
heave and it settles to its place; ' a stroke'of
,
the sledge, and all is safe. The heart and
whole system had been strained to the ut
most tension, and as the excitement passed,
the whole throng, sunk helpless and trem
bling before the Then followed
the joyful congratulations and affectionate
salutations. Some were invalids for weeks,
in consequence of that wasting mental and
physical effort.
Every one 'can make the, application.
When the religious feeling 'of ,a community,
the spiritual bent, is rising, and lor want of
union and strength settles back, it crushes
not body, but soul; and separates in pros
pect the nearest relations forever. And
*ho talks of the enthusiasm of the scene
we have described, and condemns the weep
ing builder and excited women ?" 4nd yet,
when half 'of a church' are awake to their
responsibility, and spirits undying are vi
brating between a glorious and a fearful
destiny,
while some flee from their appro
priate station, and seek their own pleasure,
others, of professed friends, breathe words'of
caution, and would stifle emotion, to 'avoid
the appearance of a false excitement or jai
prudent zeal. And- who may estimate the
value of female prayer and effort, in the
building of Zion, and sarvation of a family
circle?
PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BUILDING, FIFTH STREET, ABOVE SMITHFIELD, PITTSBURGH; PA.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1857.
From our London Correspondent.
The Dissolution of Convocation—Bs Constitution
and Aims, as Contrasted with Presbyterian Church
Courts—The United Pr esbyterian,Synod at Edin
burgh—lts Leading Features Proposal for Union
-Free Church Demulties Thereon The Conti
nent and Evangelization- The Apocryphal Ques
tion in Germany—The Bishop- of London—The
Crosses and the Stone Altar—The Special Features
of the City Mission—The Tract Society, and the
London Missionary Societies—Mi. Bias and Dr
Livingston at 'Exeter
LONDON, May 19, 1857.
The CONVOCATION which,lll44 SO recently,
and gave ,some promise of continuance—the
Bishop of Oxford proposing ; to' discuss ques
tions mod come to conclusions which ought:
to be canon; even though the State might ,
refuse ; to make them so—has been adjourned
for a week, and will be dissolved, two days
hence, without any business being done I
And so ends the latest" attempt at the re
vival of rWhat is,- in , the pr'esent' day, the
symbol of „High •Churchism, and ,whiph, in
the predominance given , to the Upper House
over the Lower, in the entire exclusion of
an element corresponding to our Presbyte
rianruling eldership, is essentially defective
in its constitution.
PRESBYTERIANISM, with its Synodical'
action in the United States, and in Scotland
at this very season of the year, presents a
spectacle very pleasing - in contrast with
Romish General Councils, and with "Holy
Synods" in Ireland, as well meth Convoca
tions, so called, in England. Ecclesiastical
tyranny over men's consciences, accompanied
by the suppression of truth both spoken and
printed, is' the grand characteristic of 'all
Roman Synoda. Arid, while one has some
sympathy with various earnest and even .
Evangelical men in England, who would re
vive Convocation in the sense'4:of the Church
making her own- laws, yet the inevitable re
sult of this liberty by the State, as Convoca
tion is now constituted, would be to increase
the infiunnee of the priestly part 'in the Es
tablishment.
The UNITED PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD of
Scotland• has been holding it. annual meet
ing at Edinburgh during the present month.;
Very interesting reports were given as to
the successful efforts made, to raise the.sala,
ries of ministers all Over tho Church, to pay
off debts on buildings, an& to do the work
of Missions at home. and abroad. In the
West Indies a great and good. work is being
done among the negro population ; while at
Calabar, in Africa, the ndssion..begun some
fifteen years ago, by the excellent Mr. Wad
del, hasjacquired such a stability, that- a
Presbytery has been formed there. Dr.
John ; Brown, senior professor of. Theology,.
to whom,, last year, a large sum of money
was presented in the form of a Testimonial,
by his friends and admirers, (and they are
many,) invested the whole sum in order to
found a, Fund for the aiding of the aged
ministers, securing to them,.after bearing the
burden and heat of the,day, a little pension
on their closing years. At the late Synod,
a.gentlemau sent in a donation. •of 400 .to
the increawof this fund, which will: con
tinue, I trust, to be a blessing and a ;com
fort to -many. of Scotland's veterans, long
after the venerable- gra,ndson of the revered
John Brown, the. Commentator, wilfhave
tered into his rest.
There has been a, document.recently pub
lished, with a large number •of influential
signatures, by members of the United, and
Free. Churches, indicating the'desire of .the,
parties signing it, for a UNION between , the
Free and United Presbyterian:, Churches,
and indicating, a series of propositions,
not only the reasonableness,;but, the practica
bility of the union. I very. much fear, that
this attemptat a union, in itself, so desirable,
is premature.. The Free Church ministers
who made snob sacrifices at the Bisruption--,
who laid their "Claim of Rights" on the,
table of the. Queen's Commissioner, by the
hands of the illustrious Welsh, exactly lour: .
teen years ago, and then went -forth—Ohal
mers, Welsh, McFarland,' Cunningham,
Candlish, Buchanan, and more than 400
more; these: men cannot lightly abandon
the principles, in witole and entire, on which
their " Exodus" was, made.
The Old Seceders, (Ebenezer Erskine and
his followers,) warred , with patronage, not
with the principle of an Establishment.
The Free Church now practically indorses
these principles, and has suffered for
them. The United Preabyterians are 44 Vol
untaries," in the conventional use of that
term. lam not arguing the differences at
all, but only stating them. At a recent
meeting of the Free Church Presbytery, at
Glasgow, .there were, complaints made that ,
the ministers had not been consulted by the
laity in this movement. Still the document
is a weighty and important one, and will
tend to lead to close, intercourse, exchange
of pulpits, ite., which will prepare the way,
I trust, for a final incorporation.
I should have previously mentioned that
the ; United Presbyterian Synod take a warm
interest in the Evangelical movement ; going,
on under the auspicr of, the ",Evangelical
Society" of Belgium, and in the .operations
of the Free .Reformed Church in, France, at
the head of which is the venerable,and ex
cellent Frederic • Koma r of Paris. To each
of these .Presbyterian Missionary movements,
donations or collections are annually given.:
And, verily, there is muchloneed that the
Continent should receive the prayerful and
practical attention of .all-. Christians.
The Sabbath Question, even in Protestant
countries, is still practically unsolved. At
Berlin, recently, where Prince'Napoleon has
been on a visit,,there was a grand banquet
at the palace on 'Sunday afternoon, 'and an
opera in the evening I
.
The APOCRYPHAL QII.ESTION aum.un
solved in Germany. One of the strong-holds
of the Apocrypha, in Germany, is to be I
found in the Catechisms. Thus,' , in the
Protelitant principality of Coburg, in reply
to the question, " How 'do 'we know that
there ita.God ?" we find sumnswer, " From
the Holy Scriptures, Sirach. 30-37;"
thus declaring the Apocrypha to. be , the
Word of God. In the Protestant Catechism ;
until very lately,, used in Rhenish Bavaria;
we find ten of the prophetical books• of the
Old. Testament not once quotedin it, three
only twice, and one once ;• Even Isaiah and
Jeremiah are only quoted one-sixth part, as
often , as the Apocryphal book, Sirach: The
fret eighteen books of the Old Testament
are quoted forty-eight times; the four
greater and twelve minor proithete, thirty-six
times, but Siracb- ninety-fiveltimes. The
books of. Wisdom': and 'Tobias, !arefoftener
quoted in this CateehismAhnn thirty eanoni.
eal books ,of the Old Terttument..
It is •• not, surprising, therefore, in view of
such facts, that, the Apnerypha should be
more read in different -4mrls ,of Germany,
than, the ; Holy Scriptures.:. In one of the
largest Protestant °bursts in Breslau, Si
rach xiv:l3, is, painted,p4lthe poor box. A
German Bible Society pripted,:together,
"The 4t,,
Psalms, Proverbs, iand. Sirach,,' and.
another Society, one of Alie Gospels ~and. Si
rach together. „
Indepepieneof the in of Rational- .
ism, we must neerilektlin v eneration to . :
the Apocrypha' to Luthe ' having placed it
f
in the - German Bible.` e' seems Id have
been 'guilty of `this incoria i tency fro& his un
willingness to 'aioid: ane ' - subject, of debate,
for that he had much ''-' , ect for the Apo.
eryphal "books 'can haraly).'. imagined, when
we' knew that' he called ... ~,,,- ~ tragedy,"
another "a comedy," * a ' - ; * " 4 ki.'illithilfe_tbre'
it• his judgment on themL , pc ---i414- ,
The Apaeryphal ‘iferitroin Great
Britain, in. which" DrAtAlstrew Thomp
son, of 'Edinbiirgh, `, ye, such a = distin
guished, parti has been permanent benefit.
Not that the Church , o c' ngland. has , been
able or willing to , sweep: away from: her
"Lessons," extracts from books which, in,
the Rubric, she admits *not in the Canon.
But in the multitude of-ibles now publish
ed, the Apocrypha is not be found ;• where
i
as.take up an old Family Bible, in an Eng
//A househeld, and .yo, are almost a*tp
find the spurious mine: with the .genuine
Scriptures. 4
Vigorous efforts are , g made to:change.,
public opinion on th . ; `subject, in, Ger-,
many. Dr. Marriot, o isle, well known
for hisgreat services tch e cause Cif. Evan
gelical religion' on the ittinefit, (an Eng
lishman and a'Londonerly hirth,), his been
the active agent , int - Matter. , Tiagis .
have been extensive) irculated; written
Lutheran, Reforme nd United' Chitral'
ministers, and one by.' dor Ebrax4' for
Professor of Thmi fogy in'the'Unifer
sity of 'Erlangen, , and', ell known ' for his
learned work against'Strlum. ' Prize Essays
have also -been publis.d. Pamphlets' in
defence of the Apoc , a, have appeared,
also, by Professor lie , : tenbarg, who says
that " the , =condition)). rejection of , -the
Apocrypha , is the pralticall. denial in the
faith of a holy Church ril and by the , Rev.
Dr. Stier, who , says theit,are ;one, hundred
allusions, in the , NerVestainent,;, to the
Apocrypha, and that ' f,God's. Bible-plan
reckons on the reading . ,the Apocrypha."
To both these, the ant . 1 ,0 the first. Prize
Essay, Dean Keel, h, written excellent
and able' replies, - ~,
A painful tact eimp out 4 that the Mo . -
revisits in Germany, Wh. L e main sympathies
are Evangelieal, are a .. . 4:the defenders Of
the Apocrypha r Bev., 1 Bible Soeieties,
and Conferences of
,Mi ~ 'ters,'have recently
moved in the right. eetion; and what
used to be sneered at, : ' "n:nieriEnglish-;
Scottish question," is fie bee r eininge, "Ger=
man 'question. 'lt
~ ~ ost important in
itself, in its' two-fold r'i'gs` 'Mid -aspect:'
Eirst, 'in reference to' Popery;' for-in at-
tacking the authority'.of the—Apooryihai
we -assault one of the 'bulwarks of Rome.
Secondly, as regards;the :inspiration of , the
Holy Scriptures. ' Who can , defend- , :": Bel
and the Dragon," or the:, story of Tobit and
the Fish, , as authentic, portions - of a 'genuine,
Revelation ? Dr. Marriot, of ,Basle,,earn
estly solicits help, to,, carryon his crusade,
against the Apocrypha, and rich American
Christiana might do well , to, send : him dorm-,
tions. ' ,
Without entering' minutely into , fignres
and statistics, I shall now refer to some :of
the larger of tlibset,,Y May Meetings "-.,wbioh
I have not previously noticed It , is , impos--
Bible for a resident:in:London--rpartioniarly
'with a nine years'_ familiarity with , such
scenes, and constant. pastoral public du
ties pressing on shim--to attend.ali , these
great gatherings._ I have, howeyer, been
present this year, at some of tlie„ most
prominent, including the Bible,- the, City.
Mission, the Tract, and the London_ Mis
sionary Societies.
The distinctive features of Twx,
SocrErr, I formerly noticed, in conneirioni
with the noble catholicity of feeling dis
played in the speech of the, Bishop of Lon
don, of whom I may say, in addition .to:
what I communicated, , my ; last', as =to. his ;
dealings with TractitrAmmisni, that he preached
lately a most faithful sermon at .St.,Barna,
has, in the presence of LiddeLand his con-,
gregation v on the.significant text, "Neither..
circumcision nor uncircumelidon availeth
,any thing." His visit, also, to 4. Barna
has, brought out the Popish, spirit eherished
by, symbols, and crosses, and stone Altars, and;.
his own quiet determination,,and decided
Protestantism. When the crosses were ;
removed, in his presence, two, of the
or attendants burst into .tears; ,whereupon
Dr. Tait' turned to .Dr. and re 7
marked that there could not be a stronger
proof of . the, objectionable effect of such
things, as theybewype:fdols c to the4cople.
When the stone:. altar, was ordered to he
taken away,- it was prppoaed instead, that a
wooden table should be erected. over it..
But the BishOp was firm. a What, are we
to do with= tit ? Is:, it to be buried
"Nell," *Si the replY, "perhaps, teat
may be, the best way pfy disposing of it."
At the 'Cur 'MISSION Annual Meeti ng _
the revenue about. X 30,000; and , the agents
839—Lord C. Russel, a , brother of: Lord
John, was , the first speaker, and 'Baptist
Nod, the second.' The latter,.referring: to
the progress' of , societrin a religiouti sense;
and the increased r. interest taken by, the
higher classes in vital. Christianity, observed :
"It was only the other .day I mete with twos
young men,r and one , manin middle life. One , of
the se was,heir of, a Marquis, And taught a village.'
class in . a Sabbath School; the otherwas
Baronet, - who'had ' extensive property, and"Whe
often went in the train from his place in Perlis.:
ment, on Saturday; studying his lessons :for: his
Sabbath School the :next day. 'I :know slow
enother•Earl, who had ?been. almost run. oyer in
the streets of. London, when distributingyeligioua
Tracts; and who vies . apprehended in the Nil
leries, for delivering shah Tracts among' the Offi
cials in the 'palace, although as Soon as he" was
known he was released.- r
" There was another class respecting whom, we
haye reason to rejoice. , It had ,not often hap
pened, since the RefOrmatien, that four Bishop?,
almost together;' been Appointed, who, in
Writ,' and' temper`, - and devotedness,. were' ust
what Crowther, Latimer, and Ridley 'were."
Afterl.Mr; Noel,""roae- Mrt Pennon- the
Bishop-designate Norwiph, to express his
admiiation of the City Niaaion, and Mayer=
sonal obligation to it, as a parochial clergy
man.
,Next, came an Evangelical , 'Rector of
§pitslfields, who exhibited—to the interest
and surprise of the meeting-4:sit of pick
iockir, which a:professed thief hak after 'his
conversion, given to a missionary, desiring
to be free from : those. instruments, the :very
sight of ,which_were a temptation to him to
resume his old habits
The visits last year, paid by the mission
arias, were More than a million and a half,
the nunibeiwof , Tracts distributed , npwards of
two millions; 2,270.0 pen airaddreams
delivered, the,groakatteadance.at which was
226,665.,
• As. to"our . TRACT, SnarETT,':ithadla noble
Anniversary, A new feature was introduced
this year, namely, the preaching t for the
first time, of Anniversary ;Sermons; the
first by the - Biell6Pof .Repert's Lind, a man
of- great • Tisdonr and Piety, -who delivered - is;
D kr14141"4"1 4 41444*
Dr. a les, of • iverpoo wo ' preache
Surrey Chapel:" The public meeting 'was'
very large, and "wits 'presided over by a ilia;
tinguishei Irilibuthe,ithe Right Ifthi. Joseph
Napier, M.;.1'.:.-,for Dablin "University.:
Among the =speakers - were the Dean of
Carltsle, (Br. Chise,) who denounced the
rirayer 'offered ' - np by the Bishop of Man
chester, at the opening 'or I" The Art Trees=
ure Exhibition," (now 'a great_attraction at
Manchester,) as fit only for a Deist, or
Socinian, as the name of , Christ was not in
it. It turns oitt,..however, that,the offender
was the TimesneliS p aper, only gave
part of the prayer, as' ir wire the whole,
and omitted another , part, which was. quite
Evangelical and Scriptural. : Another speaker
was a rising'and-popular Baptist minister in
London, Mr. Laudelis, who referred to the
unfair Tortraits ~drawn -by .Thackeray and.
Dickens,,, (wt. naming them,) of <religious
men,; ~ w hom, they, - represented ."either as
fools. or knaves :7, The,. Rev. Norman
McLeod of Glasgow , told of. the crowds , of
men and women who, during thepast,Nin
ter, had filled his chureh once a week in
their work day Clethes, `none others being
admitted, and 'avowed- his belief; that; the
literitine of thelmeginatibn, tales, &c., not
professedly religious, might be made ex
ceedinkly usetul. This' I also firmly be
lieve; It his not yet come to pass,' how
ever, that our men •of 'gentile have " Con
fessed Christ" works, or twined a
garland , of , hOnor for brows. *Still,
believe-that-the tendency is .that way.
The' benevolent inoopie - of the Tract So
ciety; for ihe year, was .e.,7,507, the grants
£9,6844 totarreoeipts for sales, Ai., £21,-
466. The -issues frcirni the depositoriee at
home and abroad, were" upwards 'of thirty
three milliorie during the lrear, being an in
crease •of nearly ; two millions and , a- half:
The Lortnox.M.iseioNAmi ArawrvxusAiti;
piesented a scene of the most animated in
terest. Never did I`see Exeter. Hall more
crotided. The 'occasion was a great one.
Livingstone, who has kviie clOile at his work
: p re P an Pf 11"01114d has not:Yeelk.
"lionizing," was to appear; and as Lord`
Robert Grosvenor," M. P.; steiwed on the'
platfoim, immediately followed by the great'
African - missionary, and also by 'Mr.- Ellis;
just 'returned from a missionary visit' to'
Madagascar, the enthusiasm was very great.
Ellis fast told how—in spite of martyrdoms
numerous• as in the worst days 'of Romish
bnrnings in Europe, and the rehearsal of
which, frompublie documents; seemed almost
like chaptersfroni Fine's Book of Martyrs—
a church numbering "many thousands," full
of; life, and love; 'still...ems' twist Madagascar.
! The. Queen- has.. ceased _persecute, ' and
lavished attentions on Mr. Ellis. The
Word , 1 91 grod,,, _which . had. been printed
years ago, ki - stilti. l2 the island, an_a hasl,ept.
truth. alive. ;The heir,; to . the throne is a
0 4 1 41 1 0 1 .1<itn440rair while bash" 1,48,
withyet "it is not,, opu-
Burned:"
At Jest ,rose_Livingst,one, and men and=
women, natanklY sprung theirfeet,de
and welcome him. I described formerly his.
appearance,,and also=his. : reception at Free
mason's . Hall; "ivit: e i, mimeo bowed , down
publicly, for ~t. , 4.f it it,,,time, at a despised,
miesionary'l fe et, and thus did homage ,to
Christianity as the great eivilizer explorer ,
and heeefactrees . . i nf . the world. But this
was the coistithency of the Louden Mis
sionary :Socie ty ; ` hailing their own missionl
ary. His eifeeoh, hiniself, was simple,'
direct, and preetinal. It gave' a 'clear and
rapid of whit he had diseoiered, and
what he proposed, and concluded by an ap-
PeaFfor praYbi.' - for' himself and the band
*lib are todocompanY him; to found a , Misi
Sian in the'Very Mkt' 'of Africk, "amid 'the '
teeming population who`'have been diScoir
erect in' a region-where all was -hitherto
posed. to. deserti!that.iechoed only - to
the cry-of :the -jackak or theroar. 'of beasts
of prey. J. W.
:Lord -Napier's speech at New York
exactly elo4ueritly expressed Bridal
feeling' toward ` 'America'. The'trinity' of
Peace with' Persia has been ratified:' 'The
Pope -is :'•makiet .a tour throughout.' the
Statesfotthe , Church; and= is to' - be - absent
from Rome for some - time. ''llke=tEmperor
of Austria is in Hungary,- and has issued a
partial, amnesty. , , . ,
Counsel v to Ithe-Dying;
Should You ever`stand again by the ' side
of a Ileath bedk do net fail 'te - direetthe dying
one to the' infinitely:compaseionate Smitetr:
Nothing else can bringeoniforiandtpeace. to
the soul in such an hour. I.cannot tellyou
how strongly I feel ow this subject; Christ
is the light 'of the , :world. How , does tthe
poor dying-sinner need.to turn his eyes to
this light,‘ as hwis entering the dark• valley
.
of the' shadow; of death:, He came to seek
andsto save: that ;which was • lost. How -lost
does- the awakened sinner feel, when he is
itaktaking leave of , all earthly things) and
how u consolieg,,to be reminded ,of ,aw ,al
- s post merciful Saviour, who, came
to find And sayo twoyi _awakened,
dying. Mal, is an insupportable huiden. How
t precious ;then,to him will .that hlood. be
which cleanses from 'all sin ! He rmetis to
be reminded - 6f these things in his dying
hour for his
confused m' emorY is often weak, and his
and' Satan 'comes ;with's!' his
subtlety, to,. east his,'fiery darts, and
,annoy
hini at that ihteadfal moment. 'That was. ;a
dark hour even to the dying. Son of Goer;, he
"needed an angel' to strengthew and `'pmfort
him, 'al lie ' was ' - passing through it Reu.
Daniel "Temple, mzssioaaarya to' Sin yrna `' `
From the New York Observer.
Power of, consistency.
An eminent : Divine of.this . city relates the,
following anecdote . from.his own history
When quite a youth; he early made a pro .
fessiOn of - -religion; and soon' after entered
upon ,his::studies witha view“ of eventually •
entering, the ministry. Daring this period..
an invitation was tendered, him, by one of
his wealthy' townsmen, to attend a large
party to be given house. • Having; at .
the start:of a Chrietian-life;ideterinined to
ascribe with due .eharitythObest of motives ,
to the conduct pf otheynno impropriety was
ever imagined ;s and'ithe, 'Fly2Lac 7 ,
eepted.. When the he re-:
paired iiithnhiniee of his friend, • and' fter'
spending: short time with some of this fef. 1
1 0Wrga08tap !.6711!: AClMated by his: host; who;
after conversation, ; said : , t!.
come into
,the.otity Tom ,play i e game
an •-", • . Jail • a t; 4.%‘_t
Ct. ra 11: the4NO t o
" Mika •
....4 • n pro=`
fetisionp and eotiseiefitimielytiesirortsittiLikil
right wider :.all, k iiireamstaneeS;7he was both,
mortified, and, confused.. the„ proposal,. and:.
so doubtful as to the proper course of con.,
&Mt: te4nisite; that Ore . his :friend'
leak of, astoniehinent; turned uponhis heel;
went:to the hall; took :ids: - hat; • and lefti
the house: When collected in his thoughW
donhis 2 g9will,„Nt3 ,1141:14.pa tto the wisdom
of his course,bet whein :hiss r Pilloir that night
yielded' him reit,.lo%nonsoionee assured'
him, that lb:4W the" world 'Might: 3 :4olS%
binr,bf .pharisaical auSteritY; had esoapeit
consequeneekbeyond his power to. estimate:
gen T t h le e inl e n -xi tit y 'Vi b b e es r e e ' c 'h et e v us ed e a h n e (" vis'` f i r t o e la d: the
evening - previous, - 'ipolegizing ' for hiving
mortified and grieved him, assuring 'him of
his, most. sincere friendship; and= now high
esteem; and stated that after hii sudden.der
parture; he took occasion to apologize to the
company, explaieing the cause of firs ab
senbe. This person was then an tinbelieirer,
but subsequently 'embraced a hoPe in Christ,
and ever, after,l‘a strong friendship , existed
between them. He is now,residing- in, a
Western city, a man of wealth and influence.
The Young man is ibis , at "the' heed`Of one
of our most usefOlislieneviderit inititutions,
and often re:ceives. fiom his friend' donations
to; !mist the good work-he*.representa, ,and
is also sometimes reminded of the, circum
sten& related., "Let' your light so, shine
before "nien,'ihat they may see your good
works, - and- glorifi your Father which' join
heaven." - O. '.A.., B. .
Parental Vanity.
Another Cerise of - the groiring disobedi
.
enceind tha want of - filial reverence in the
midst of ns,- is parental vanity. - I ' ' Mean'
that feeling which prompts parents to ,Make
a disßlay.of,their children, to show off their
dawmtg intelligence or wit, or excellence,
by saying
,things' to iliewthem ant, or by re
peating in their' presence what . ' they May
have -said.. All this isiditselt vary trivint;'
it-. is ','but , .tbe..natirral, innocent outflow: of:
rdectionifyozmaT say, and,,yek nevertheless:
Vrsa - pew'eirgl alb( Moulding the ternr
per, and hearing,, and of kracter"of children:
It ten& most ineiribibly to make theni' flip
pant, and.conceited; and arrogant; and self
willed. And•pareote who ;have-found, great
amusement in these ,displays do discover,
when it ia too ,these
that they, have erred—
theifind that the Children take` advantage
of their accredited cleVerness; they become
impertinent; and how ban they be checked
at fourteen or fifteen for what was thought
very interesting when they were four or five ?
Many pinions, you knoW, say that it is the
misery of •man tb learn only when it is too' ate
to profit 140 it ; that 'the leseeney of experi-
ence are really understood 'only' when: 'one.:
riOce. is 1 4 ,And, , , indeed: ,this;
would seem to - true„ of the great' preen ; -
cal„ theme now` in hind: When our
dien 'area' 'then, seeing the mistakes
we )ha , rel made; =either =on the One Band 'or
the ether—either jn. exacting ; too much or
too , Jittle either , ,in .making , our ohildren
pert, by admiring them too mach, or hurting
their feelings by taking scarcely any notice
of diem= at all—Seeing thiti,' we 'think we
should act*, differentlyj= could: we =live again
through. the - , years -whieh -are gone. Per-.
haps we might.. , We..nn'ght, indeed, avoid.
some particular Mistakes,, and abeye all this
one of showing eff the cleverness of Our chil
diem We' de lit thoightlesslyi M'pleai3e otir
friend's;-perhaps:to amuse' ourselves, forget
tingthat the ipletutures' we derive are really
serving to, _make our children, disobedient
and irreverent, toiriakethem sef-willed. and
impertinent—Rev'. E. .1214w00d.'
An' Unienei'ved Heart.'
Away, among ',the rough Moors, by the
banks Of trembling -river'? on • ' the ' • skirts, of
green -mood; 0f...10n-Sloping acelivity,- or steep
hill side; ; we have
.gatharP4, remote: from
gardens t and
,the , care of men, bunches of
wild flowers , although ver y
Were e'*(iisitelkbeautifiiVand steeped in . fr&
grunt!. odors;.2. and as theist"' are-:some
Men and woineui.;Whoi havelliverlet:been:
transplanted otatnng n#are into .a
state of:grace,:
r , There in loving
them : miter vfhir deeliae;dtio
take 'his 'orbs& irai/folloW Christ, was not
there so- ',much that' was: amiable, gentle,.
lovingsfAat Jefinei.QWn.heart.waa drawnt to,
him? It, is said. that: he, loved, him, and, he
emotion of a 4i'vioni's .bOsom c annot. be
wrong; in mind.' Transilaiitid'higrabe into
th 6 garden , of the - ilididiliditiztlwith the
dewa.hf dieaven,..eonverted-to this faith, they
would be ilowemAtu form wreath : for the
hrow that ;non wreatked with thorns. lam
ocmpelled tclluslinoiledgenthatl have known
Sidle; WhOmli4in - Chariti reokoi
among-true Christiana; who 'yet, in point of
nabiraLvirtfuse put Christianto shame. In
some ~,heautif4 traits they yore more like
Jesus than not , a few of his real disciples.
Let" 'tberd be mietake; then; when I
sieak of the heart," as a'stone, I am looking
at it asitleoks on God, a , Savionr, salvation,
and :eternity: • Howevevi distressing it
(anApit i 8 most I .4ioLress in g , ) to think - that
ROtfiOna othaTiaomoat Pnel-Yf and:, of,
M oat
loving hearts, are cold and callous to the
claims 'of Jesus; le so far as Divine Live to
sincere, and - so tar as the kindinsis of saving
mercy- are concerned . I am convinced, that
alnOng - #. 1 . 0 . rocks which; , . Alltr hack thq, roar-,
lug sea, up, in the crags where dews,.and
rain, and bright sitnYelinf(filt; down in
earth'e -ilarkiat °did deepekit 'Mines, there
Hew bodored , no stoneleohfiri. harder; less in:P .
pressible, mombnpenetrabieptiuut an unre
newed heartn—Rev. .Gutleri"
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Youthful Frieoships.
What fond and ”generons frieedships
spring up in the hea of youthful compan
ions, in the bright epoch of sehoo‘day life I
Then, life's young morn ishright and .fair,
and all things wear the couleur • de- rose,
This world is then a perfect Edee,inWthe
warm, unsuspecting heart, of 4Ontb,little
dreams that its friendships are glee and
fleeting lw they were once fair :; and,bright.
Our faith in each other, and in whatever is
lovely, knows no lirnits; and oft in mativer
- yeareWeaniile: at' our own youthful Credit
lity, and remember twith• regret how our
girlish visions, have 0,1, Bussed ; away, bean
in_g record of their lermer.brightness.
Our our Odd, 'andonr hearts are uni
iedin a fend; 'devoted: ffienaslirp,ihe inten
sity of which foritellttsrptrer and nobler life
then`seldem aver fallreuirtiClot - of erring
humanity- „1; t . , • . f. 1
facts an Atattings.
Alf tEKE:outuviNo temper is a dread 'yd
mark of an unforgwert person , . Tavel;
CIi:AST.ISEDEENTS . 7 -Those, are happy chap=
tisements, that hinder us in a sinful , way,
and effectually bring Ra to our duty.
ETETINITT l : , Who ean Mesita% :itetnity
If a bird were to come once ,in thousand
years from a distant .star, and carry
,awny
one drop of"water until the whole ocean was
empty, even then eternity Would be but just
begun;
Ottuarr.-11 is a fault too common
among good people, to , entertain'-suspicions
of others beyond-whate , there is just cause
for. Werhave, often found more or virtue,
how, and - conscience, in some, Teeple ithan
we, thought they .possessed—and rit ought
be, a pleasure to 'aux) he thus disappoint
ed.r 'Charity : teaches hopp best: '
FOLI.X OF covsmousivEis. 7 -It is to - base
thing
, to get good s
. keep illeaf. I see that God, Who' is infi nitely rieli, 'Widest aothinrk
in his . owerhands;ebrit gives to ell his crew
tures. But if we will needs , lay up y
_where
should we rather .repose it thin in Crhist's
treasury? ; The; I . poor.. than's...hand 7is the
treasury of Christ. All my su*silluityiliall
he ,there hoarded up where I *now - it. shall
he safely kept, and surely returned
As ?owl., yym Mesnvc ~M ANY Rasa.-
Strange ,paradox; 'yet strictly true Look
for fore our sakes'''became poor,
that „we; throne): his laiverty, might
Look ati the: fishermen of ; hoWpoor;
how wretched and obscure ; how despicable
among men;...yet how. rich in faith and
every c'h*tiatigiseei auk iwykdb they en
rich the world by their : heavenly doctrines
and holy lives!.
PBBszmt,"°-i•77 B .M9se# Pir l4 . 4 leAP-
Iy'Reitilexact stateo! . lop, soul,
between hope . and ear,
ani overwhelmed -with - friekwerC , rePeateit.
ly to niter thin wish c '" 0 that. I certiinly
knew-that I should be able to. persevere?
He, inight.be answered thus,: -" And ,what
wouldat thou do, if this certain knowlbdge
were bestoWed upon thee Do now, that
which thou wouldst do, and rest secure of
thy perseverance." -
HEATHENISM. -"My wives and my
daughters,'" sap a heathen African ; "are
my cattle, my oxen; My'
.eiswis, plough,
my wagon. • I 'houghtt'iny' Wife sand:paid
for Sher; and I have a right 'to' ibeaVsnd
Choose,, as much as-toiheat and
kill my goat or dog, fox she is mine. My
daughteitkidio are my Cattle, my money, and
my inerahaidise, and I wish' then, to
to dig, ,:and :not to read -andpray." •
Thank !God, Our. littleigirls ate - in:a Chris
tian, land.
• RIGHT ABOUT.-I havoinatiseena sailor
boje letter. There is one, good , thing iwhrch
waut to extract..
" Tell Mother that as soon as I - read her
letter, and found Ana' she did nOt went Me
to smoke, I got mid - broko - my pipe and
sold my tobacco, ' and' U . & not touched a
'
- pipe eines, and ill not again Mktg like gives
ant, rherbonsen* and that I don't - suppose
_she- wilt ever do._ Now I; neither enibke,
drink, nor _chew- rand I think_ I am great
deal hetter without it. . So much for having
a good Mother.' —Chs/cl's Paper.
A Horrint DROP.
EveFTAifie,atePl-take
Forward on myheavienly,,way,
Every littla'efiiirtrinake '
TO groW`Chiist;likli day'hy day;
Little sighs.and little prayers,
Even:flak tiarif;whielz fall;
Little hopes; arid fears, and cares,
Saviour, thou dost know them all.
Thus my greatestioy-is this,
„Tilatithet.l./Lowdiotglory!' styled,
Slows the children's weaknesses,-
And himself was once a child.
• ; NOT. WAS, . BUM Its.—Do not say, or feel or
tidnic,,tbat Chriat was,mernifuli that he was
all kindness and all wisdom, that he did
Many Migliiy cvcirkS;and had the Spirit of his
Father` Without measure. Say, aid 'think,
and feel, that he i s merciful; that he is
kindness ;and wisdom, that, he does
migloy works every day; that he not only
was,, but is now allying object of our love,
Of - our obedience, as our parents are,
our
minister, our teachers. Think of him as
your Saviour, .your, Helper, your Comforter
to-day, living.and loving you just as really
and fully. as he did his friends eighteen hun
dred pears a go—a , friend that time makes
no changes, "Jests Christ, the same
yesterday; . sy, and forever."
OtrituTr OUR RIOECTEOITENESS.—cctiesue
suffered, having done nothing worthy of
'death. be glorified, having done
sothing worthroflifeJ Our sins were laid
~upon therefore-he fell ; his righteous•
new will, be , laid upon us, therefore we shall
'rise. When Jesus cried upon the cross,
ft is finished;" he had'done, said and ult
nethinghefore heaven or earth that' dose's"-
ed death; and 'when we shall be acquitted
at. ,the , judgment.stutt, we: shall have : done,
said and thought nothing that will be, wor
thy of eternal life. -Our sins were on, not
'in'him; hiC'righteousness is on not in us.
As IC -was made sinfOrlm, and: in our stead;
so` we are- made. righteousnefar:by, him."—
, Cummings,.
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