4 4 ;',ottrg. Per the Prembyterhtu Banner and Advocate. Our Friend Sleepeth. A stranger came into our laud But two short years ago ; He found a home, but God's command Was, "Leave it, thou must go." Warm-hearted, generous, kind and true, He gained lam many friends; A pleasant life he had in view, How soon the prospects ends I The social group he often joined, Their youthful joys to share ; While they, with cheerful heart and mind, Would bid him welcome there. The songs °Upraise he oft did lead, Within the house of prayer:; He Wit With:is, our chosen head, We bade him weloome there We miss him in our 'youthful band, His ; voice;we'li hear no more:; He dwells within that happy land, On Canatues peaceful shore. • We saw hini.on !I. dying toOd--,- Hew peaceful how resigned ! On Jana' breast he leaned his head, No fears disturbed his mind. He Isktis weephig wife alone— Ms helpless children, too; Without a struggle, of a groan, He bade the world adieu. IVe gazed, with sympathizing tear, 'Upon his lifeless clay; Bow changed the visage once so dear! Our . bleeding hearts wonld'say. Farwell, we 'II see thy face no more, Thy work• ou earth m done; The battle 'e fought, the combat's o'er, The ticery thou haat won. May we gigolo our leader meet, Oweanasn's happy Wore; And sit around our Saviour's feet, And ling - forever more. There pains,lnd suirrinp never come, But ilkeru:tike slide shall dwell torever'in4hat, happy Till friend, farewell. 'Wuyar Hill,, March, 18458 t ritititt:SitiOS', . • BIM 1101Aiont to we for 410ticoi bo Mar sitoortielhio: 'Sofia alas diltehtlillfir*Noisore Otoij'aiiity•• liro loft •ai . . our Phlladolfildo Cbmitaiato oars ofJosaph Wilisens /11011. TEE ECLECTIC MAGAZINE 07 FOREIGN EITEILL, TUZI. We have the numbers forr . Jszmary,-Vehruary, and March, of the present year, of this excellent journal, lYing before no, and we desire to draw the especial sttentionfotonr readers to: its singe: lar merits....We wish to stir distinctly and pOint edly that it lecoupiee an important place In our. said literature; which ie. eminentlY..,4 B r oan) an d that it is successfully 'accomplishing that which none of our magazines or re-prints has liithertO been able to do. Oar, reading pub% have long beau fandline with' the regirinti of Tonic of the Britiettlitorterlies and of Blackwood's Masgrlns. They havelpilia in these journali,, thit , While all their,oenbtrat'were of a high intellectual and lit erarrorderi:many of their papers .were not irsatiriaa!- tie Mineral: American readai- Sa , also, It is, l insown that while these Reviews and illackwoodhuye taken with the Anterion.public, and thiAleinand for them haa Warranted beint ePrinted here, thei* are many other. Q,12111%. terlies and" Monthlies of great celebrity,*hose contents 84 ;slyer seen by'our'peeple; Of these tournible; - **, may mention the British QuarterlY, which , •represents. the feeling of the &v ? Dr. Vaughan, and a large section of the . pnglOla In dependents'; the Dublin. University Magazine, which has been-rendered world-wide in its fame, by the'seentributions of Lover, Ferguson, Carle ton, Petrie, Professor Butler, 'and other brilliant Irish ' , Writers ; Chambers' ..Tournal, sehond to no literary:monthly in solid worth, though avoiding religious topics ; Iyater's Magiesine, long the ri val. of Blackwood, and rendered attractive , by the consent-ions of Dr. Maginn, and the scathing' Briticisms af-Crooker. • Then agali there are the London drousine, the New Monthly, the Asiatic Journal, the, Eclectic Review, and others,Of equal eminence in science and literature.. From all these stores, : the editor of the Eclectic Magazine selects the gems which he collects. together into this ,choice ,family repository. The journal is under the wire of W. H. Bidwell, Esq.. and it is publishedat No. *Beekman Bt., N.Y. Each tutu :Ur, itadorned with engravings of celebrated lit erary character'', the value of which is vastly greater in amount than the price of the . Maga zine. . . • ' Naar there are many of our readers who can.: not , afford tie:time to read "four Reviews and Blackwood.;" some, also, cannot afford themoney to purehase, but here is a Magarine, a month ly,,that selects.the choice essays , from them all, and :tiom ell the other Which we • lave „enumerated above. The readers of the Mantic will not have their minds'poiaimed by the infidelity of the , Wattntinster, while they will be supplied with any really valuable paper that may be worth ilusting from that Review. :Indeed, as we have, already said, we know of, no monthly which coistaine Oct an amount of 'attractive, varied, solid, lira-class literature; as the Beketie Sathe articles are the most eminent of .their :kind which the leading ,British writers can ,prSiptsre. _ The number' for January *coml. lames a volume, and new subscribers may order their sepias from that date. Ixeratrus or Booiiistairmaa HISTORY, ',Ancient and Modern. In Four Books. Much corrected, enlarged, and improved from the primary, au thorities. By John Lowness ° Von „ifosheine, D.D., Chancellor of the liaise:reify of. Gottin gen. A new and Literal Translation from the . Original Latin, with copious additional notes, origiiik. and selected. 'By' James, Murdock, to.D, In r di* vols.; Roo., pp.. 470; 'pp. 486; pp• ,508. N w York: Robert Carter '4 8r05.,. 680 Broadway. 1868. • ~ There is s certain ape of persona w ho e ste e m it as evidence of their scholarship te4e able to undevvaltte Mosheini, and to speak disparagingly of this his great work.- =We have ..no sympathy *tit ,tstA sciollsts, for we know that is they grow inrcre and become familiar. with' 011ifr writers, the =He AO: they. Seel constrained to ehenge their eatinenta of this laborious; leamied,-and welldor hilly acc u rate historian. The supposed defects. of this 'admirable teat book are, 5a odi mind, one *tits We! a:cella:sem. Fault has been found with the arrangement:of ileVoting so.mich otter:- Gin to the . hereides and errors of thi different "ages ; but if the objectors would only consider *hat the object of hiatory is, and, above all,-what `the object Of.phuriih history is, they would See `that the record muefiie cfmt:ParagivelY wselees,one„ winch merely states the progress of the true spiritual Chuich of °krill apart the enemies which it had to encounter, and the false friends and pretenders against which it bad to be on its guard. The merits of Dr. Murdook's translation are well known, and the edition now before us is re markably complete. The notes are numerous and valuable. In fact they make the book a val uable biography, and as the information thus given, biers on the tenets of the persons whose lives are recorded, the whole work presents the aklvantages of a Churoh history, a religions, bio graphical, and theological dictionary. Scarcely a Greek or Latin father, eminent writer or head of a sect, who has had any _reputation in the Church; can be named whose history will not be found in these valuable annotations. We very. cordially recommend this edition to students and licentiates, and indeed to our readers generally. Tax LAIID of Pitmen : Notes of a Spring... Tou rney from Beersheba to Sidon.. •By Horatio:: Rooter, p. ZA , author of " The Desert of Si nal," " Night of Weeping," " Morning of Joy," &o.i tfo. 12m0., pp. 668. New York : Robert Carter 4. Bros. 1858. • • The work of all others which in , this ' age awakened a spirit of investigation and inquiry into.the condition of the Heist Land, was the re markable "Narrative of a Mission of Enquiry to the Jews." The work proceeded from a depute tion sent 'out bY the Qhurch t df Scotland to visit Egypt, Paleetine,", Turkey,. Austria, &o. The deputation consisted of the lamented McCheyne, Andrew :Bon'itr, Dr; Black, and pr. Keith. The "Narrative" was''generally attributed to 140‘. Cheyne, but it was really Written' by Andrew &i -nst., and *piety examined by the nthers. We mention' these fads to shoW•that the intense in terest which the family of-the Boners have al ways felt in the Jura and in the land of Prom ise, is a sure guarantee that any work from either Andrew or his brother Horatius, will be of no common, ordei. The volume before us is a sequel to . 4 The Desert of Sinai," and is much more, valuable and interesting than, that excel lent work. ,It is not professedly a scientific work, in which the tapeane and compass have been brought into frequent use, but, it is really a book replete 'with , learning. The Notes, the Chapter on Topographicfal Works, and the matter which is thrown into the Index, will be found to bff a perfect storehouse of learning. The work will live and come to be a standard of reference . MR13811,11. Gun= & LINCOLN have published an excellent Sermon, by the Rev. F. D. Runtingion, //D., -(Preacher. to the University at Cambridge,) delivered before the Legislature ofMassachu-, 'setts, at the annual election, Wednesday, Jan. 6th, 1858. This is a free spoken, candid, and remarkable;discourse. - -.• NAM". 'iodise' Tract Society of Allegheny. The Fourteenth Annivereary of this excellent Society. was held , on Monday, Bth inst. The Man agers' and , Treasurer's Reports were adopted and ordered.to,be published. An interesting address was made by Rev. Mr. McMillan, who also, pre sided Remarks were offereikby Mr.. Pierce and ,Mr. Davis. Thanks were tendered toßev. David Kerr for his sermon the evening previous, and to the gentlemen officiating at this meeting. Board for. the, onsuing year: , .., President—Mrs., F: S. Brunet.. VicePresident—Mies M.' Herron. Wecretetry--Mrs.. R.• S. Hays. Zvainirer—Mrs. Dr. Trevor llfaturgen—Mrs. Breading, - Fatterson,, Myler, Ondry, R. McKnight, Boyd, :Gibson, Forrest ; Misses Fleming, Blackstock, Whitten, Warner, WOtring, TasSey, and .PaCtinson. In submitting tbe Fourteenth Annual Report of our Soolety to its Mends, we renew our gratitude to Almighty God tor his continued mercies, no knowledging that his blessings through Christ our Lord, atone• can prosper our labors, andren 'der unto him 'our thanks for the encouragement we have that hie smile hae been upon: us. The lives of those engaged have been spared; 'Christian harmony and love have prevailed in our Midst; the hearts of some have been moved to' enter as coworkers with:ns and with few in terruptions, the monthly visiting has been done; and the meetings and systematic arrangements of the Society have been regularly sustained,. We have been cheered by the, presence of• those oler. gymen Who kindly visited' our meetings, and by words of experience and exhortation ltLi us to feel deeper interest in the cause of-home evangeli zation"; and We deeire that;all Christian ministers may commend us to the syMpathy Of , their peo ple, and .to