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shall wear a white robe, but the bright golden
leaving College, at the Western - Theolegical Sent
crown • inary, about three years, and was licensed by fk•
repared for my head, at his feet I'll lay down; Presbytery of Redstone in October;lB3l.
was ordained June 50;1 ' 833, by the lire- -
shnil sit at his feet, and look up in his face,
of Richland, and installed pastor — ore
And hear his sweet voice in that blest, holy place.
congregations of Lexington and Pipe-
M. K. B. the State of Ohio. His health far
1 after, he vras obliged to reline
In the. Spring of 1838, he
The Favored Class; charge of the church of' -
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HISTORIC in SKETCH OF THE CLASS GRADUATED James Veech '
AT JEFFERSON COLLEGE, PA., A. D. 1528. law in Union'
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REV. LOYAL YOUNG, B-0., (ONE OF THE CLASS.'” James TO
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Call call once more that ancient senior roll, He entered the Theological Seminary in Alle- '
Whose cherished names still vibrate In the soul; ...... _-. ,•-• - - -_ . • . . glieny City, under charge of Dr. Pressiy, in th
That senior roll, whose once familiar call Winter of 1832 He was licensed by the See
- Resounded daily in the " Franklin Hall,' Presbytery of Ohio, April 23d, 1836. P
As erst the loved Professor's foot drew near— • ordained and installed pastor of the ur , '
And to his name each one responded, " Here." gregations of Wolf Creek and Sharon
Call, call that dear old senior roll once more, 18th, 1837, where he labored save
As we were wont to do In days of yore, his health failing, he resigned h"
As often as the college bill was rung, On the 7th of March, 1847
An age ago when silvered heads were young donee of his mother in Mr
5: Though tblety hastening years have fled since then, Report of his Presbyter
, And stripling youths bare ripened into men, is'given:
We meet to talk old times and memories o'er— " His sickness I'
We meet to call that senior roll owe more— the close, his a' -
That all may give response, and one by one, plained not.
• In life's great drama, say what they have done; of the' Go'
That each the sad or pleasing tale mar tell,
Whether he's learned his lesson ill or well. IS l'
Drawn hither by old friendship's sacred bond,
A few with viva voce here respond;
Others, whose home and work are far away,
In returning to this hallowed spot after tilt ,
Are absent, though their hearts are here today;
years' absence, we are reminded that sine
- While not a few respond, "Cur work is done;
Life's battle has been fought, the victory won; parted, one generation of men has passe"
A crown of glory glitters on our brow—
Since thirty years are the average of ,-
sne perfect spirits are our classmates now." as tO tny as the entire population of''
' Farewell, companions of our former toil, gone down to the land of. Bile
Our former sports and contests; never soil Surveyor who measures yes -
Again your robes. Ere other thirty years centuries, and cycles, has r
Shall lead its pilgrims in the vetoer tears, of time in his hand. .A. -
, We, too, expect to seize the heavenly prize, eating an age - and
And learn with you our lessons in the skies. chain is Stretching'
One loved Preoep'or tarries until , now, that our course
'• With learning's wreath unfaded on his brow— prominent pc , .
Our Greek Professor. Yet not Greek alone, are the tor-
But many languages, be makes his own. menace'
Ile waits to greet old pupils in these halls, are
And do his work until the Master calls; or
Then loved, revered, lamented, he shall soar,
And learn from seraph tongues one language more.
Historical Sketch of the Class
"The true heraldry of a College is her sons,"
says Dr. Chalmers. If so, the escutcheon of old
Jefferson is not to be despised Upon it are em
blazoned the names of Watson,and McMillan,
, and Carnahan , and Wilson, and Wylie,
and Hen
dricks, and Junkin, and Smith, and Baird, and
Kennedy, and Brown, and McGill, and Lowrie,
,et olio nomina Clara et vener .bilia.
To speak of these would be to transcend the
writer's bounds, his theme being a Sketch of the
Class which was graduated in September, 1828.
If this class fails to present names that have
reached the highest niche among the sons of
Jefferson, it presents the names of many good
men and true, whose influence has already ex•
tended to the ends of the earth. It presents the
names of working men, of earnest men, and gen
' erally of men who have acknowledged the claims
of God upon their mental resources. When at
College they were a hand of brothers ; and since
their separation they have entertained a delight
ful recollection of that period when they sat at
the feet of their lamented President Brown, and
Professor Miller, and their only surviving Pro
fessor, Smith. Then boys almost beardless, they
looked forward-hopefully to the vigor of manhood.
They were harnessing themselves for the battle.
Now they meet with their heads silvered over
with age, to take by the hand their old beloved
Professor, Dr. Smith, whose head is less frosted,
and whose face is less wrinkled, than some of
theirs. Then they read with eyes undimmed,
and entered the arena with elastic step; now
they bring with them the insignia of age, their
eaves and their spectacles. This day, after the
lapse of an age, a few of them gather together to
inquire of each other what they have been doing
for God and their race.
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AVID titeHINNET, gditot and Proprietoi.
would not live alway: I fear not to die,
o spread my bright wings, and joyfully fly
'o join the sweet anthems, now sung by the blest,
'bile safe by the side of my Saviour I'd rest.
I would not live alway : I know from his Word,
There's a bright home for me,, by the side of .my
Lord;
,ouglconeeritost sinner, yet; saved by his blood,
shall tune my sweet harp to the praise of my
God.
Before giving a sketch of individuals, let us
call up some reminiscences of our College life..
)ur usual place of worship was old Chartiere
ahurCh. Dr McMillan was still vicorous, though
gaged. His voice, when he became animated, was
stentorian. In the days of Summer, Dr. McMil
lan preached the sermon in the morning, and Dr.
Irown in the afternoon. Our religious exercises
'ere solemn, and at the prayer-meetings on Wed
!sally evening, in the "Franklin Hall," Dr.
•own exhibited a warmth and an unction in his
Idreeses that often melted the listeners to tears.
It was while we (the class of 1828,) were at
liege, that the memorable struggle was going
between the Greeks, and the Turks, their op
tessors. Whether it made us better Greek
Jeholars, is doubtful. However, if enthusiastic
demonstrations are criteria of bravery, could
the students of Jefferson have been transported
to the seat of war, they would have done great
torviee for the descendants of the trove Generals
Jontioned in their Greek authors. March 30th,
and April 14th, 1827, meetings were held, resolu
tions passed, speeches made, and money contrib
uted in behalf of the Greeks. On the 24th of
December following, the College was beautifully
illuminated, on the arrival of the news of the
battle of Istavarino, and the destruction of the
Turku Egyptian fleet.
The d. ath of John Adams and Thomas Jeffer
son occurring on the 4th 'Ofluly,. A. D. 1826,
just half a century altar the signing of the Decla
ration of Independence, afforded_an excellent.op
portunity for the exhibition of patriotism. Crape
was ordered by the Societies to be worn thirty
lays, and the most of the students walked over
Washington to listen to an oration on the sub
,ect.
In those few years of College life, the ludicrous
and the serious, the frivolrous and the important,
were strangely commingled. There was the
preaching of Adam Payne, (an itinerant,) on the
College steps, concerning the size of the bedstead
of Og, King of Bashan. And there was the wicked
serenadingof our good postmaster. Andrew Munro,
on the night of his second marriage, with all.
kinds of uncouth and villainous noises, by the
rude of our number. We had the visit of Rev.
Richard Brown, WI it his Indian; and the mournful
casutlity of that'excellent lady, Mrs White, who
fell from her horse , on returning from °herders
church, and was carried on blankets by the
students to her residepc.!, where she soon after
died from her Injuries. And who of us has for
gotten the great hailstorm of Tune 28d, 1826,
which riddled the College windows ? The Col-
Elket , h was prepared by the appointment of the
Alumni Association, and read at their meeting. August ad,
1868. The Individual histories of those living have been so
changed, as to present merely theli most prominent labors
since graduating, in the most condensed form; delicacy
forbidding the publication of their hlatorim In the form
first prepared The old roll of the °lasi was nest called by
Aar. Henry it, Wilson, DM., to which a feW rmouded. Thy
sketch " wee then real.
onization cause was just then in its infancy, and
Rev. Robert Henry, afterward pastor of the
church of Greensburg. presenting the cause, the
students organized a Colonization Society. The
first Temperance Societies, in this region, on the
principle of total abstinence, were also formed
during our College life, and it is believed that
the Facility and students of Jefferson led the way.
• The most exciting times were those of contest.
The•weal-and wee of the world seemed suspended
on he issue of the long anticipated hoer. And
when the verdict was given, what yelll of tri
umph burst froth the victors!' But let not in
justice be don" to those actors. The caanaLob-,
server may have seen but little of promise in ,the
pastimes and excitements of thoset inexperienced .
young men. But could he have liseened to their .
private communings , and seen their midnight
lamp's undimmed, he would haveltscertained hoer
noble were their•yesolvett, hew high their pur
poke; react eg4ud purreiri.loo4W44 l 4s
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'The class that was graduated, D. 1828, was
composed of twenty-seven members. Perhaps
no class has evPr enjoyed more social comfort; or
been more highly favored with the absence of
disease and death in their families. That twenty
out of a class of twenty-seven, should be living
after a lapse of thirty years, is remarkable.
And more remarkable still, that of all the class
wbo were married, and whose domestic circum
stances are known, five sixths are stillliving with
the wives of their youth, with whom they have
lived, on an average, a, quarter of a century.
More than half of their families are unbroken by
death, though some. of these unbroken families
number as many as eight or nine children. Well
may it be called THE FAVORED CLASS.
And more especially so, when they speak in the
confidence of friendship, of their sweet homes, of
their domestic comforts, their , affectionate and
devoted wives, and their obedient and pious chil.
dren.
To some of their families, it is true, the great
Gardener oame and gathered from them his lilies ;
but it was to transplant them to a garden that
knows no drought, nor froist, nor tempest.
Five of the class are believed to have been
physicians. Eight studied, and siz practiced law.
Eleven became ministers of the Gospel. Two
others would have entered the ministry, but for
early death.
The class numbers one President Judge ; one
President of a College; two Professors in Colleges ;
six Principals of High Schools and Seminaries ;
one Foreign missionary, who has preached in all
the four quarters of the globe; and three have
worthily received the honorary tide of Doctor of
Divinity. The members have generally been edu
cators.
• The eight that have gone to the spirit land have
generally been sustained by the Christian's hope
in the dying hour. The gifted intellect of one is
in ruins. And only one, so far as known, has
stained, by unworthy conduct, tie escutcheon of
his Alma Mater,
In returning to this hallowed spot after thirty
years' absence, we are reminded that since, we
parted, one generation of men has passed away.
Since thirty years are the average of human life,
as m my as the entire population of the globe have
gone down to the land of silence. The great
Surveyor who , measures, years,. and ages, and
centuries, and cycles, has, gone forth with the line
of time in his hand. Another stake is set, indi 7
eating an age • and now onward, onward, the
chain is stretchiog, the compass, still indicating
that our course is toward eternity. The most
prominent posts set up along the line of the past,
are the tombstones:of cherished,friends. - We find ---
ourselves passing rapidly along that line. ."We
are growing old." We have sailed away from
our once smiling, hoping boyhood.
" 0, wide end'wlid are the waves that part
Our steps from its greenness 110 W.
And we miss raspy ofmarty a heart,
And she dghr of many a brow .
icor deep e'er many is stately bark
Rate the wbelming haws eord,
That steered with ue 'rote the early mark;
0, friends, we are growing old.
"Old in the dimness end the duet
Of our daily toils and cares,
Old in the wreck of love and trust
Which our lairdened memory bears
E ac h f orm m a y wear to the passing gaze
The bloom of life's freshness yet,
And beams may brighten our tatter days
Whieh the morning never met.
"But 0t the changes ws have seen
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In the fair and whiling way! •
The graves in oar path that have grows green,
And the locks that have grown gray;
The Winters still our own may spare,
The Fable* , the g Id,
Brit we saw their snows on brighter hair,
And friends, we are growing old."
In presenting individual sketches, the writer
desires, on the one hand; that a classmate's par
tialities may not give too high a coloring. ; and
on the other, that fear of offending the' modesty
of those portrayed may not lead him to withhold
the meed of honor justly due. Greater brevity
than desired is necessary, on account of the short
ness of our time. The sketches will be presented
in alphabetical order. The facts have been gath
ered, partly from the individuals themselves,
partly from their acquaintances, and in three in
stances, from their wives. What is said by way
of commendation, is from the personal knowledge
of the writer.
Whence our Alma Mater has been accustomed
to obtain her students, may be learned from the
fact that five of the class were sons of clergymen,
and seven are known to have been sons of Ruling
Elders; while all whose parentage is known,
(eighteen,) were eons of clergymen or of farmers.
HON. ROBERT J. ALEXANDER,
Wai President Judge in the Eighth Judicial
District of the State of Ohio. for some time. His
residence is, St.-Clairsville, Ohio.
JAMES B. BELL, M.D.,
Studied Medicine • graduated at Jefferson Men.
!Leal College, Philadelphia; and spent one or two
years in Paris, France, afterwards, in the prose
cution of his studies. He has been engaged prin
cipally in editing a paper in Virginia, where he
now resides. He was the youngest member of
the class.
WALTER BRICE, P.I. D.,
studied Medicine with Dr. Dotiglass, S. C., and
in the year 1831, graduated in the Charleston
Medical School He entered immediately upon
the practice of Medicine, in Fairfield District, S.
C., in the place of his birth, and has been prac
ticing there ever since. His eldest son is asso
ciated with him in the practice. His Post Office
is, Youngsville, S. C.
LEVI DAVIS, ESQ ,
Studied law, and practiced, first in Vandalia,
Illinois. Being elected to the office of A.nditor of
the State of Illinois, he removed to Springfield.
Having served the State in that (ace, he removed
to Alton, of the same State, where he now re
sides.
REV. WM. - FINDLEY, (PRopassan.)
rtev. Wm. Findley studied Theology under Dr.
Dinwiddie, of Mercer, and then at the Theolbgical
School, in Allegheny City, under Dr. Pressley.
He was licensed in Butler Pa-, in May, 1832, by
the Presbytery of the Lakes. He preached in
Western Pennsylvania, and took a tour through
South Carolina and Georgia;
and then spent a
year at Princeton Theological Seminary. He was
ordained by the Presbytery of the Lakes, A. D.
1837, knd installed pastor of the churches of
Prospect and White Oak Springs, Butler County,
, In Prospect. he labored more than twenty
years. In the Spring of 1857, Mr. Findley Pn
toyed upon the duties of Professor of Latin Liter
attire in the Westminster Collegiate Institute,
where he is now laboring.
RM . . ROBERT QUINN, (DscusEn.)
Rev. Ltobert Glenn was born March 2d, 1802,
in Wolf Creek Township, Mercer County Pa.
His father, Samuel Glenn, was a farmer. After
gradua ing at Jefferson College, Mr. Glenn studied
two years in the Western Theological Seminary,„
and Rome time under hie old pastor and spiritual
father, Rev. Samuel Tait, of Mercer. He was
licensed to preach the Gospel by the Presbytery
Ey Erie, at Mercer, Pa. Feb. 2d, 1831. In
Alugust, 1832, he was ordained by the same Pres
bytery, in the church of Mill Creek, and in.
stalled pastor of the congregations of Mill Creek,
Amity, and Sandy Lake, in the counties of Mer
cer and Venango, Pa.
For eighteen years he continued pastor of Am
ity and Sandy Lake, and for twenty.five years
(until his death,) pastor of Mill Creek. Sugar
Creek' oleo shared in his labors for seven years.
PUBLICATION OFFICE, GA.ZETTE BUILDING, FIFTH STREET; ABOVE SKITEIFIELD, PITTSBURGH, PA.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURI)Air e OCTOBER 9, 1558,
Mr. Glenn was married to Miss Rebecca Wy
coff, with whom he lived - fifteen years, when she
died. 1113'wad afterwards married to Miss Mary
Anne McCracken. who died eight months after
marriage, and afterward he married Miss Harriet
Finley, with whoni he lived eight. years. until his
death. She still survives, and has furnished the
writer with the facts here recorded.
Mr. Glenn, while at College, was, one ,of the
most sedate and circumspect of the'students ; and
iliugh-eiheerful, free from all theleirities So char
acteristic of yonth.
He died full of pence and joy, after a life of
great usefulness, on Sabbath morning, Sept: 6th,
1857. This sketch of one who has gone to his
reward, might he greatly extended by extracts
concerning his dying experience, from the pen of
'hie affectionate widow. "His ministry was char
ncterized by a constant ingathering;_itp ( the,
Church" And "12_, is intliAicemi somefk,'!;ifkys
,aolißeesiryteriWk , ritre power a
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ASHBEL GREEN, (PasemzifT.)
Ashbel Grain, Esq., is son of the distinguished
As' bel Green, D. D., LL.D., whose life, enters so
largely into the history of the Presbyterian
Church, and into the early history of our country ;,
one of the most distinguished of American Di
vines and scholars.
After graduating, Ashbel Green studied law
with his half-brother, James S. Green, Esq., and
was licensed by Gov. Southard. He practiced
first in Lancaster, then in Philadelphia. Losing
his health, he went to Texas, and settled at Na
cogdoches, where, his health returning, be re
sumed the practice. He was chosen President of
Jefferson College. Mississippi, which office he re
signed A. D. 1852, and moved to Pass Christian,
Miss., where he now resides, having charge of a
fiourishing.military school.
REV. STEPHEN L. HAFT, (Diocesan}
Rev. Stephen L. Haft was reared in the vicinity
of ; Canonsburg. His most remarkable trait, when
at College, seemed to be that of humble, shrinking
timidity, though his friendships, when formed,
were ardent.
He entered the Theological Seminary in Alle
gheny City, under charge of Dr. Pressly; in the
Winter of 1832. He was licensed by the Second
Presbytery of Ohio, April 23d, 1835 He was
ordained and installed pastor of the united con
gregations of Wolf Creek and Sharon, Ohio, April
18th, 1837, where he labored seven years, when
his health failing, he resigned his charge.
On the 7th of March, 1847, he died at the reel
&nee of his mother in Morgan Co., Ohio. In the
Report of his Presbytery, this notice of his death
is given:
His sioknesslasted only five days. Toward
the close, his sufferings were severe, yet he com•
plained not. He departed in the faith and hope
of the Gospel "
LEVIN J. HANDY, DI. D.,
Is believed to be practicing medicine at Elkton,
Maryland.
W. W. HUTCHINSON, (Dacaterm,) -
Studied law in Gettysburg, Pa , and died in the
West.
REV. MICHAEL JACOBS, (Paoressos.)
Rey, M. Jacobs, taught achool a few months
after graduating, at Belle Air, Md. In the Spring
of 1829, he went' to Gettysburg. Pa., where he
has ever since remained in connexion with Penn
sylvania College.; first as teacher one year, and
then as Professor of Mathematics, Chemistry and
Natural Philosophy.
Pursuing his Theological studies privately, he
:was licensed to preach the Gospelin Oetober l lB32,
and ordained in. 1884, by the Evangelical Lutheran
Sitiod - of West Pennsylvania:
THOMAS JOHNSON, M. D
Dr. Thomas Johnson, was among the youngest
members of hie class. His father. Richard John
son, was a Trustee of Jefferson College. He is
also uncle of the late martyred missionary of
India, Rev. A. 0. Johnson. Dr. Johnson has been
practicing medicine in and near Steubenville, since
A. D. 1833.
HENRY T. KYLE, ESQ
No information has been received concerning
Henry T. Kyle. He is marked, in the
,catalogue
as a lawyer.
JOHN MARTIN,
Dr. Martin practiced medicine many years at
Candor, Pa., and is now (or was recently)`prac
tieing in Pittsburgh.
A. N. No.TEINKIK, (Dzurasso.)
A. M. McTonkin, was born in Centre township,
Butler Co.,arch 14th, 1807. His father was a
Ruling Elder in the Presbyterialichurch of Muddy
Creek, and a farmer and iron maker. A. M. Mc-
Junkin studied Latin with Rev. John Coulter, and
entered probably the Freshman Class at Jefferson
College. He was the Ajax of the class for bodily
strength, and his frame was large and well pro
portioned. In gymnastic exercises, few could
compete with him. Nor were his mental powers
of an ordinary grade. After graduating, he
studied Theology at the Western Theological Sem
inary. After being licensed, he preached first in
Brighton, Pa., and afterward in the State of
Michigan.
Difficulties arising, he abandoned the ministry,
and after studying law for a season, took up his
residence' at Fnrt Wayne, Ind., where be taught a
high school foetwenty years. Here he displayed
great energy and perseverance. Besides his day
school, he bad for several years a night school, to
accommodate young men that could not attend in
daylight; and he often remained with his class
till after midnight. Many young men in and
around Fort Wayne, studied with him nearly if
not quite all the branches that are taught at Col
lege, and in a thorough manner.
Retiring from the business of teaching on ac
count of failing health, he was appointed for a
time Secretary and Treasurer of the Fort Wayne
and Chicago . Railroad. He died of five days sick
ness, in April 1855, being forty-eight years of
age. During the most of his life spent at Fort
Wayne, he exercised the office of Ruling Elder in
the Presbyterian church. He acted with the
striotest integrity and was greatly beloved by his
students and others. "His end was peace.'
SLOAN
Sloan . Mclntire studied Theology at Princeton,
but his reason became impaired, and the last
known, of him, his intellect was still. in, ruins. It
was in his heart to serve his Master in the Minis
try ; but Ood accepted the desire, and excused
his servant from actual labor.
REV. JOHN McNAlit, D. D.
Dr. McNair studied Theology three years, at
Princeton; and was -licensed A. D. 1831, by : the
Presbytery of Philadelphia. He preached two
years at Sugar Grove and Warren, ,in North-
Western Pennsylvania; being ordained by the
Presbytery of Erie. He then labored one year in
Fairmount church, Philadelphia; ire year in
Vincennes, la.; .one year in the churches of Mil
ford and Kingwood, N. J.; three years in the
Musconeteong Valley church, Pa.; and nearly a
year in Stroudsburg, Pa. • He: was then settled
as pastor of the church of Lancaster. City, for
eleven years.
Since then till the present, he has had charge
of the church of Clinton, N. J.
EBENEZER MaNIERRIN, (Daman.)
Ebenezer HcPherrin was born near Butler, Pa.,
July, 1805. His father was Rev. John McPher
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rin, first pastor of the church of Butler, and an
able and faithful minister. At the early age of
fourteen he was comfortably received to the com
munion of the Church, and immediately deter
mined, with the leave of Providence, to study ior
the Ministry. After tbe decease of his father he
hesitated not, youth , as he was, to conduct the
devotions of the family. Ile entered College in
the Fall of the yearlB23. As an evidence of the
attachment of his Soeiety, (Franklin,) he was
chosen to deliver the Valedictory to them.
After leaving College, he took charge of a
School in Newtown, Bucks County, Pa., and before
one brief year had passed, died, in the exercise of
a faith that sustained and comforted' him. He
was most affectionate and conscientious ; the first
of the class to ripen for heaven. It was About
the last of Augnst A. D. 1829; that he entered
into rest.
He was uncle of Rev. John C. Lowrie,l). D.,
and Matthew S. Lowrie, Esq., who graduated the
next year.
THOMAS B. PETER, (DEcEmrs.o.)
Thornas B. Peter was the son of Major Peter,
of Virginia, who was reared in the vicinity of
Bbepherdatovrn. His object in obtaining a liberal
education, was, that ho might the met
~...eteueoesef
ully engage in the business of husbarehl. •
Very soon after graduating,.he diedz the res
idence of his father.. 114
JAMES S. SNODaRASS, (liscs4*.)
jaines S. Snodgrass was the soia n d the Rev.
James Snodgrass, who was pastor of; - the Preaby
terian church in West Hanover, Datiphlu County,
Pa., for a period of sixty years. Re'vits also
brother of Rev. W. D. Snodgrass,cll, 4 D, now
pastor of the church of Goshen, New York..
He was born in West Hanover, abo . 4.t L. he' yeir
1f402; had an attack in early life What •is
commonly called,whife swelling, and waerpgrthat
timA of feeble constitution He went Newark,
Delaware, after graduating, and en tad ;in
teaching, (it is behaved in conttexio4ol th,n
Delaware Collegit,) w.hereite died.about_tha ear
18M. 4 ." 1 NS.t.tollege, 'lie 'Via iiraleMClhrjl47.
gan, l apd 'Ofl , ol'dr/4d- r and:, tacitt t nynt,duringrhhi i
life. But on his death bed'his tnikue seemed to'
be 'leased. The scene was regard&raer a remark
able one, by thoge who witnessedlo. 6 4ns end was
not only peace, but joy and triumph i to:An extra
ordinary degree.
REV. ADAM TORMANCEtt,. j",
Adam Torrance studied. 'pi:pology, after
leaving College, at the Western - Theological Sem
inary, about three years, and was lieeimed by the
Presbytery of Redstone in Octobe, 11131. He
was ordained June 8th,.1 r
833, by the. liresbytery
of Richland, and installed pastor lethe united
congregations of Lexington and Plemskit Hill, in
the State of Ohio. His health failing lour years
after, he *as obliged to relincinifili his charge
In the. Spring of 1838, he took Alieilpastoiral
charge of the church of . New Alexandria, where
he has continued to labor till the present time.
JAMES TRECH, EAQ.% • )
James Veech, Esq., after graduating, tadied
law in Uniontown, Pa., from 1829 t&1881, with
James Todd, Esq , and with Nathaniel Ewing,
Esq., (now Hon. Judge Ewing,) andmastuimitted
to the bar in October, 1831, and prautipl in part
nership with Judge Ewing more thin 'two years.
From 1834 to 1838 he practiced law iniPittsburgh,
and then returned to Uniontown, where he has
resided ever since.
JAMES WATSON, Esq.
James Watson, Esq., studied law; anddias been
praetioing'for many years in Washingtort i ,Pa.
SkIRIIEL M. WHON E Q
No intelligence has been reeeivedlronilßaniuel
it. Whore, Esq. though he is said to: havm studied
law,
and to have been Principal. of Belle .air
Academy, in Maryland.
REV. SAMUEL WILSON, D.l/4 E •
After graduating, Dr. Wilson ,pursued-his theo
logical studies at Princeton, for three years, and
was licensed in 1831, at Huntingdon, iteirby the
Presbytery of Huntingdon. And, by the; same
Presbytery he was ordained, and installed poster,
of the united church of r
On account
Log, Nov. 14th; 1832. On account Of ill health
he was compelled to journey to the South ki n the
Autumn of 1836, where he labored inihe service
of the Synod of Mississippi, in exploring the new
.settlements in the Choctaw . country.: from this
tour he returned in April, 1837, with improved
but not restored health, and foundit necessary to
give up his pastoral charge, which lie Min July.
He then opened a Female eminary in Uniontown,
Pa., which he taughtlor nearly three yeare. In
April, 1840, he took the pastortd charge <of the
churches of Dunlap's Creak and McClellandtown,
Where he has labored ever since. His - charges
lave been several times blessed-with seasons of
special religious interest, the last oicurring,A. D.
- 1856; Whin forty-four - Olinvers - iiiirudat - d.lto the
Church. ; . _
REV. HENRY R. WILSON, D.D. t.'
Rev. Henry R. Wilsen D. D., is.son ef the late
Rev. H. R.' Wilson, D. D., whom) 'standing is well.
known to all Presbyterians.
After graduating, Dr. Wilson first studied Med
icine at the University of Pennsylvania.. He then
studied Theology.at Princeton, and.,was licensed
to Preach bY the Preibytery of Carlisle,
1832, and a few weeks after, :was ordained by'the
same Presbytery, at Shippensbirg, as an Evan
gelist.
In the Fall of 1832, he went ati a:missionary to
the Cherokee Indians. of Arkansas ' under the
A. B. C. After a year's labor here, he
was sent as minister and physician to form a new
Mission among the Choctaws, farther South-
West, where he labored four years. In this wil
derness he buried, unassisted, his belovedNrife,
who had shared the toils of his.wilderness home.
Next, he was sent to India,, under the tame of
the Board of the General Assambly of the Frei
byterian Church. Here he labored ten years, e's
tablishing the Orphan School at Futteligurh, and
performing other missionary labor. On account
of his wife's declining health he returned to the
nited States, and, laboied six years as Agent for
e General Assembly's Board, of Foreign Mis.
sions. -Afterward he took charge of the Presby
terial.,Academy at Attleboro', and the churches
of Bensalem and Centreville. At. Bridgeton, N.
J., he established , the Cahousey Institute for
young ladies. Theme he removed to Sewickley,
Pa., and took charge of the Edgeurorth Ladies'
Seudnary, and of Fairmount - Church; which
charge he has at the present time'. Di. Wilson
has preached the Gospel in all the four quarters
of the globe.
REV. LOYAL YOUNG
After graduating, Mr. Young taught a private
school for one year in Serkeley County, Va., and
then pursued his . theological `studies in the West
ern Theological Seminary for three years. He
was licensed by the Presbytery,of Ohio, June
20th, 1832, and ordained by the Presbytery of
Allegheny, December 4th, 1888, and installed pas
tor of the church of Hotter, Pa, where 'he his
labored ever since, (twenty-five years.) • Fifty
persons have been added to his church, on exam
ination, since the first of January last; the church
piirtaking of the general interest now felt in the
laud. •
And now, fellow-classmates, if God has him
ored us with some success, we will ascribe 'it all
to his mercy and love Wherein we' have failed,
let there be more than. regret. Let - us gird us
iinew to, the business 'cif, life.. Let Am.:honor, war
Divine Master, and commit: the future to Him
who has'ileverforsaken_us in the poet; Led and
supported by him, we need rforfsar fffikness,'-for
we have a sympathizing bosom on which we may
ever lean our aching heads. .We need not fear
toil, for his grace will be sufficient, .and we can
do all things through Christ that strengtheneth
us. And when we come to the river, we need not
fear its dark and angry billows ; for we hear him
saying, When thou passest through the waters,
I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they
shall not overflow thee."
Oar pilgrimage ended—the river ,safely passed
—the land of promise, whose hill tips had been
seen in the far distance, shall open before us
brighter than faney's dreams had pictured.' lie=
loved friends, recently, or long since departed,
will greet our arrival. And though sinners saved
by grace, we shall hear the plaudit from our
Master, in accents of sweetest melody, 4, Well
done, good and faithful servants, enter ye info
the joy of your Lord l" '
The 'Will of God.
Often think that the real value of what
we do proportioned to the conformity'with
which we do it to the will of- God. - If in
merely eating or drinking, I do it because it
is the will of God; that I should, ,I am doing
what is more agreeable to him than if I w,ere
to do what should even coat me
,Iny
without any divine intention. I would ad
vise you often, during the day, to beseech
God that he ,would inspire you with a real
love of your vocation, and that you should
say, like St.. Paul, when converted, ,f‘ Lord,
what wilt thou have inc to do? ; Wouldst
thou that I should serve thee in the lowest
office .in thy house? I will reckon_ myself
here, too, blessed. Provided I serve thee,
I care not in what capacity." And coming.
more
more particularly to say what is vexing you,
say, " Wouldst thou that I should do such
and such a thing ? Alas! 0 Lord F though
I am not worthy, willingly will I do it VI
St. Francis de Sale.. '
Poi the - Presbyterian Salazar and Advocate.
Letter II•,
TO THE MINISTERS AND ELDERS WHO
ADOPTED THE .REOENT, 4 4 TESTIMONY
OF THE , UNITED.PRESBYTERIAN :
OHUROH.
The Import of the Confession! on l- Communion—The
- Argument from the History of its adoption—The
t
object of the call of the Westminster Assembly—
Their Letter to other • L'Aisidhes—Hetherington's
history; of,it l -- ,, Dr e Owen's:stptentent,opContrtun-
L ion betweeti Indefiendenti and Presbyterians—Dr. .
Ilason's,statement of' the Praetiee!`of Membirs.cif
the A.ssomb/y r7 no, Act, of the Neural Assembly
of &ottand,,altotoing `Occasional Communion.
• '
OPM/4* P}Eilovri ifaq hoped
thatthe effusion artietroly 'Spirit `diving
the past year, and the fraternal intercourse
consequent, would have led to 'oOrne modifi
cation of your exclusive communion princi
ples. But when .we find your Testimony,"
published in 1858, requiring adherence to
your profession, or forsaking other commun
ions, as the terms permitting •participation
in sealing ordinances; together with injuri
ous allusions to those who profess to, hold
the Confession of Faith common to differ
ent branches of the Church, nothing seems
to be left for those thus referred.to, but to
defend themselves, and by kind, Christian
argument, and-prayer, to labor for a refor
mation in those who, assuming to be " The
Chureh,"separate persons of the same . family
connexion, and those who belong to the
spiritual family of Christ, from:the commun
ion table,
_and keep up the divided Chun%
of Christ in . such, a light, that the world
will not " believe."
This`you do in what is called an " Argu
ment and Illustration," alleged to he based,
first, on the import of part of the twenty
sixth chapter of the Confession of Faith.
To this ,chapter. I refer all who may read
this letter. You have wisely.abandoned the
position formerly taken, by-some, in order to
Maintain close communion,, viz.:; that "the
communion of saints" there described, was
not "Church communion! But' yOu have
candidly made an admission, which is fatal
to all the argument atteropted,on the, au
thority of the Confession. It is this, (page
85th) "Now, while fellowship in sealing
ordinances is no doubt included in the com
munion ins the worship of God' enjoinee
in this section "-the : second. It being
truly so,
and as that section farther declares
"which communion as God offereth oppor
tunity, is to be extended unto all, those who`
In lever) , place 'call Upon the name of the
'Lord Jesus," you are by your own admis•
eien,houall up. The language is not, you,
may extend; but, ,"is to : be extended.','
To whom? " Unto all tho s e who call upon
the name of the' Loid Jeans." are
described may be asoertained by consulting
the second verse of the first chapter of the
First Epistle to the Corinthians t ,frorn which
the - - WentiniMiter -Asseiabli]borrowed. the'
phraseology empleyed. .They are there
called "them that - are ' sanctified' in Christ
Jesus, called to be saints, r iviticill.thatiin
'every place call upon the, name > of Jesus
Christ, our Lord." All who give credible
evidence of -being Christian§ good: stand
ing, ti're to have' ,commurden. Such evi
dence as entitles to permaeent fellowship,
entitles, "as God effereth opportunity," to
occasional communion. The declaration in
your Testimony in opposition to your Con
fession, says it is not to be' extended " to
those who reins° adherence to your Church:
Farther the language of , your Confession
and ours, says it is to be extended, to each;
are described above—in every ivlace. 'The
substance of the statement in your argu
ment, &LOB, that the Confession taught
that " Christians in different lands should
, .
cultivate toward each other holy fellow
ship " Hon , will you reconcile_ this ineon
sistency ? Why imply that;Christians in the
same couutry should not have as holy fel
lowship as thesdistant ? Is it to- sustain a
theory of uniformity, started long after the
Westminster Assembly, and now. .necessary
to be kept up t lest there should be an appa
rent want of zeal for the truth, in the eyes
of those who have learned to make.mi'such
distinction as the Scriptures and Re
formers did, as to essential and less import
ant truths and .usages ?
Bat you.allege (page 30,), that the present
practice of intereommunion among. Chili
dans living yinthe same 'place and profea
sing principles opposed to, each other, was
far from their, thoughts. The ",framers of
the Confession" were unwilling to extend
communion to some such , as you describe--`
asheld various, errors; but that des, not
prove that like You they would have ; no
communion with no other denomination of
Christians.
Your inferential reasoning from the ob
ject for which the, Westminster from_
was called is unfounded. It, was, is ,yOll,
say, in one place 44 for l the nearer agreement
of the Church of England with, the Chureh
of Scotland and, other Reformed Churches."
But from this ohjeet-you .-try toreaeon_that_
the twenty-siith chapter pould, not, teach, Ms
every common, sense reader,. or. learned in
terpreter would say, it does, if unbiased,
that there was to be Church communion
everywhere amongst all who called upon the
name of, the Lord Jeans, in the exercise .of
saving faith r Your inference.from the his
tory of the acts of the Assembly, is, that
they did. not countenance ggintercomtnnnion
among . Chriatiansiiiingin the same, place."
One' of the,chapters of, uniformity of belief
and :practice; which _they established, was
that of open communion. Here we are at
bine. s Yoni hisfory„.does riot prove your
position. The object.'of the 'Westminster
Assembly, as ,stated in, the, call, was, that
"such, a government might be settled in the
Church as should be most agreeable to;God's.
holy, Word, and most apt to procure and'
preserve the peace of the Church .at hoMe;
and nearer agreement with, the Church of
Scotland, and other Reformed Churches
abroad." A general unity, then,. was the de
sign- of this Assembly that met m 1643, and
not such as would Occlude all from commun.
ion who did not exactly accord with',.them.
Again:: that Assembly addressed an offi
cial letter in Novenibe,r 30th,11.643, "0 the.
Belgiek, French, Helvetian, and' other Re
formed Churches." In that letter it is,
stated, that: "the,object of the Assembly,
was to commend such a platform IP our Zer-.
nbbabels as may be:most agreeable to God's
sacred Word, nearest;in confirmity the.
best Reformed Churches,' and tto
,establisk
unity among ourselves."—(Neal., Vol. 2, p.
62.) It was not to eetabliala contracted com
munion, such as your . 'Testimony teaches.
The Assembly called the -persons to .whom.
they yr i zote z r " honored brethren, , ', " dearly
beloved in our Lord Jeans ,Christ," , and',
would,they not have communed , with, them, - T
Hetherington, in hie a Histiitir of ..the
Westminster ;Assembly," p. 2'76; Says j 'vc that
the robin purpose for which the -Weitinit:
ster Assembly, was ealleyttOgether, and. the
solemn league, and covenaqt was framed, was
to produce, so far , as
~praOccr,yei,unity. of
religious,belief r and,..unifermity Church
Government thronghont Engl a nd, Scotland,
and Ireland." Not to " adopt' a! plan: iO43k
elude: other Christians tinny') coinmindon.i
Let,their sot ePPalcArr.itSelf• TigUkMVP..4I?
admit, iu,your Te atime y, , ts ,J; the,
principlewhich:thl) ailovp ,441ilipop,s4-
taids l not .aut&itordigheto
the Confession." Let 'any one c'enipare your
'Declaration, which ,I quoted_ in full, inmy
.former ; letter , withthe Confession and a
principle, in direct '6'ppositictp. to it, is dis
tinctly brought to light.
- -
From your references to the Asseuibly,
and the Acts - of the Church of Scotland, you
say, " that the communion which, they, en 7
joined, was to have uniformity for its basis."
Very true. But what kind of uniformity ?
Such as you adopt—uniformity in the use of
Rouse's paraphrase of the Psalms, secret
Societies, and an actual adherence, such as
you, require Dr. Octen who was, well 84 7
quainted with the views and usages of both
Independents and Preshyterians, at the time, '
says (in his " Inquiry into the Original; Sze.,'
of Evangelical Churches,") , they allowed
distinct communion upon, distinct apprehen
sion of things belonging to Church order,. or,
worship, all keeping " the unity of the
Spirit in the bond of 'peace." Here
learn' from this eminent •man", that Preakty-`
terians of the Assembly, .didmllow commun.
iou with the , Independents, though when ;
they - came . " formerly to agree in the As.,
sembly," as to Church, order, they differed.
Your uniformity was not required. '
rTheorporate a historical statement`from
Dr. Mason, which ought to show you that
your close communion ,prineiples were not
those of the Assembly. says in ,
"Plea," p. 273, "It will surprise most of
the good poop% who adhere to the -lirest
ininster Confession (and well they may,) Reg
rare, and perhaps unequalled = exhibition, of
sound,-Scriptural dectrine, that the yery
• sembly who prepared it, were so far froto
fusing communion on account of thelie things
which now divide many'precious Christians,.
and ~Christian Churches, that notwithstand
' ing all their convictions and : complaints . of
the abuses, and corruptions in the ffiscipline,,
worship antigovernment' of *the 'Established
Chnrch; they nevertheless remained steadily'
in her fellowship.; nor did they leave it4tn
til they were east out by that - cruel, net for
confirmity, which would not allow thetn,,,to,
mourn and'submit, but required them alio
to approve" of the Episcopal Chttrit This
statement, whichtannottbotahmessfullyetog
trovertedi ehowslthat , the,;members KC the,
Astemit, after which ; you professA9yalih t
united in communion with those fiera whom
they greatly differed.'
Iron refer to 'the' Church of. Scotland; as
having adopted the Confession of Faith, cc as
a principal part of the intended-uniformity.",
So they , did, but did not turn around, and ,
by, a, Testimony nullify the, second . section of
the' twenty-sixth ehairter. ' The Generill'As
seriablyef the Chinch of Scotland, kayi7ll,
adopted an-"act concerning the reeeivingof
strangers into Church communion, and
tizing their children." It allowed those tar-
Tying for' a time, as Strangers in the country,
to enjoy Church' communion; and to have
children baptized 'on their .g( engaging to
educate.them in the fear of God, and know
ledge of the principles of the Reformed .
Protestant religion.' They;did not require
for occasional communion, an ',entire recep
tion of the 'Confession; ranch less etch lut
adheranceor forsaking, as= you require! n,
your Declaration" ,I hope to,pay jast at.
tendonto, your Scripture argument in r my
next. 4 4 Your friend, CiPATAIi.
For the Presbyterlin Balmer and Adroit..
The Boards,of our Ohurob.—No. 2:
The Board 'of Domestic. Missions ;is, the
next to claim , , our_ attention. z<TKO the,
fifty sixth :year of ' From,
beginnings, it hiS riien to be one Of
the noblest 'of our 'Ohtirch'S institutions.'
Like the grain of mustard seed—"` . which:
indeed is the least, of all seeds, but , when .it
is Arort it is the ,greatest among <and /
becometh i a tree so that the, hirdi'-of
. the air
come and 1040 branCheS thernof"
this has giown a. stately'tree, and spread
branches over thellatid. , Employing: but)
few, missionaries, at . first, and expecting that
even, these few ahould,derive their . ; support,
from the people to whens tke r y
preached, it has' atead)ljoand gra dually
ofeisedin men and mental the) labelers
wh - Citoit sends out are .'numbered bychuo
dreds, and its friends by many, tbcfleuradif-- -
The whole number of ministers in emn
zniesimi'the foist .`'years and
ten—an dricresse of.twenty `over -the year'
previous. These servants,o%Ctirist lave
been scattered, over, thirtyilourAf our states
and Tertitopes. ".Thspu r pter of churches
and'missionary stations , " says the RePort
"wholly or in part 'supplied, is nine hun
dred and ninety. 4" The number :of newly
organized churches< is.forty.fivo.;,Aba,num
ber of admissions on examination, two thou
sand three hundred - ind - thiitTeight, and on
certificate, one, thousand faiglitiliedred and
twenty." 1"Tom these, brief eAtzs t obsorillhe
menthe magnitude and importance "of tfie,
committed Work to the Preebyteritti l eblia
in 'this eountry. Whit a iesponsibleto i niv
mission does, she hold from the handscf her
Lord, and what an influence for goo 4 jn•our
country's welfare and in the salvation of
souls.
To furnish "the means of sßliorting - thjs
noble corps of Domestic 'laborers,. there have
bean s , received from churches, tindiulduals;
and legacies, $10,477.52) Which, With the.
b'ilance from last ".3 , ,ear, make the EARN', of
8124,587:92: Considerably less than Ilia'
amount, hotvever, was paid out = to` mission.
mien during the, current , year . . The mutat
amount is not stated, as other cc oweat ex-
P9Pass," arei'noiaded % consider a
;idea in the TrasSurels'Aeport,lnd think
that each specific Obj443t should i haits" been,
piesdnted. - separately,. with its!. amount 'of
obit. • The payminta Bluing; the year hayel
been 0 04 , 158 .131. From this: WO Tgestunßit
must be,,tuken the office expenses„B4o 2B .-,.'
89; andll4 balance ) 894 024.78' is" t h e
amount which:"mir Board '
has pai= to its
missionaries during the year.d The !avaiagn.l
appropriatio n; K oicyear,awalt,4lB767f,
From ,the j g( ciStatement l y we
Philatipida, gOotitegth Street, below Chestoot
By ITaii,or at theithnee, 'WO, per - Tomtit pa t ig i '•
Delivered In; the CA, "' t• "'" •
EMMEN
14'
CUE
Jelin Alt 4014#1. .4,510 128 89 Glis been
expended in.what may.ln. called the office
.
department: , ° , To.:inoreaee , ' , the= expenses =of
thikdbilartmerit;lvelhive two Treisuriee—
one in Philadelphia, and the other
Villll.::Weoonfeash't f we`havebeen
tIC•to 1 4:i4iiitgitc ;
but we have experienced some of ito , nwh7
wardiworkings.vb Ifbthei , Generalf klissembly
and the churches= however, chooini t,o?hWve -t
it so,- we are satisfied ; but our conviction
1. frtibrblitr
;#l l 4:l7,Hlf ei ffq . i? • ;Ideal() TY to
efficiency m oar rip thew of Mo.
t A ll • `l,.t . t"i• , ' 7 0, to N.)
• • *l on ~ r ...I,"
mastic Inisst sr t
I At is, howetret mot our - leap to enter
c into Sty arifinfelifinctliC Irlibjeidcbit
ply toiive 'the vf:a king experience.
We love the Institutitijaasirit is, - and bless
God for the incalaulahlwonannt of good it
`has done for our common country, In
,this
respect, as_ nation, owe it'debt griti-
Ande to hini we cant-never -ilk*. The mak
.sionary fellowi the pioneer =and the adveiti:
,turer to the recesses of the Reeky Moun
tains the shores. f Lake Superior, the gold
- mines of, califopia, tat ,the fa#4lBtyl`,lFlth.
an,ll,,west,d our lanif, there gathers the
congregating masses under the the eleititittie
and - sairingriiilluences of the Craig. Look,
Christian reader, overibe vast field,land lit'
your-heart. follow the toiling and devoted
missionary, with
,an. earnest
,prayer, for his
success, and
,let_puilielkqpg hnd be ,ux,-
tended to che er h is' lieirtori the , - bread you
give him to eaf, - 'and ihe rafmniitakeeptim
nee&fa i r holiain heart
_ _
like thine, toJfeet the trials end sorrows of
wa r y, and a, spirit that, is, at.: times
tweighed down beneath its burdens. And
-the Divine Master brie said ,
"litsinitelt r as
,ye have done it unto one .of the least
these haVe dOnfi it unto *me"'
Tor the:Preibyterlainanner end Advocate.
Not In the., Minutes,
' Ma:-EDITOR:-Upon , an examination of
the Minutes of the`GeneralAssembly,of the
Presbyterian Church, see,the names of the
following !ministers,, which , were, reported in
the alphabetical list 41857; are not fiiiind
in' tliei filimites of 1858; and none their
nauke's'are to be found, among thoiff that died
durin& the past ecclesiastical year. The
names, are , fiI4OWS
john N. ; 'Quarterinan, JaMes Satterfield,
'Rbbert Sennai,J,Uhn Sessions, one of the
Muth's, George Sisariciir;JohUlithirt, Smith
Stirges,lB: T.:ThomPsop: At T. Thorn, Mr.
Van Brunt, Luther H. Vandoren, A. P. De
Veuve, David J. Wallace,. Joseph Warren
Joseph K„Neight, Hugh B,GarPter, John
G i lehrie4 IlOyirM.Otealiogille, S. M.
E.: O D. - S. ,Jewet, W. J." Johnston,
John .iiMmons,,J., K. Large, AziLeadbet.i
higelfii6eß• ...59 1 77 1 / -
14.11{0nf0rt,,,1.L. murdook; J elitUgaiu!,'B. '
Mjliu*ki', 4 4Y ' 7 1( 1
t -- Singellary; D. Barrow;, L. S.
Beebei. L. N. Brunner ' , J.,: Caldwell, Joseph
Carrol W. ,Cox T. Davidson and. I. 0
Pilmore. ,
There seems to bebiame-shmewhere, and; '
as is Probablethie it # rs some oflhe Stilted
• Clerks of Presbyteries,*ho are incorrect in
• their statistical -reporter-we hope they may
hecomebettlif aequilinted;with,thit etafisticsiT
' Of ! fmr.pburoh, heform i the next • meeting
,uf
ihe Assiukfi. ArrPiDix.
The Hidia = Place.
- It' is . nattie"that Macbeth a wise man in
fear bit grace'idd faith
(loth :teach .him - - :where. , FOOlll care not
where, they hide-their:heads. .But, where
shall 4 wise ,man . , Aide -.l2ipsll,l,.wkp he fear
eib a .Plagtin shoidd a
frightened child hide'bnt in the
batiottl :Of his loving fatheit ''Wherel-iChria
tian, but' tinder the shadow of the-Wings` of
Christ, his ; Saviourl "Come,my i people,"
saith God in the_ Prophet, " enter into thy
chamber, hide thyself." But because we
are in danger,_likel.'ehised.birds, therefore
our Saviour giver 4 hie diaciples these .en
couragements beforehand, that fear might ;
never so amaze them, but that, adnys they
might, remember that whataoever;devila at
any. ,did beset th,ern, Ahoy, might
etillitepair for goinfo,rt,soansei, and snowy.
Vox! their,aesurance whereof his "peace he
gamtbem, his peace he left unto them ;
344-,tnach peace as the world affordeth, but
peace l rthat . passeth T ill understanding !"
peace thatibringeth with it , all happiness;
peaee that continneth forever and ever with
them that have it.—Hooker.
Always Ready.
e (tt
A lady once asked lb. weeleyi "Bap
,
pbeing you knew you Wersto diernt twelve
o ciliock to-Morrow night; liow would you
spend the intervening time ?" " How,
Madam ?" he replied, "why just as I intend
to spend, it now. I should` preach this even
ing' at Gloucester, antf,a,gain at five to-mor
row morning ; after that f shbuld ride to
Tewkesbury, preach',iii the afternoon, and
Meet the Societies in tbei•evening. I should
then' repair to friend Martin's house, who
expeotslid entertain me, novelle and pray
with the fami ly , usual, retire to my room
at ten O'ClOiik, ibiiimendlnYielf"to my' hea
venly Father, liii'd6wn is rest, and wake up
7%-. .. -
in glory."--:-Brastit Wortlema"..,
The'Preachimee - Hobbli.
• ~Alurate, whopreachtd fOimporgnat
mkt nee.tte ilitiertation ; int° hie
flie,#nt7 of paying let.Vti w i atevs. littwb.
jah)Ogit be. The eocArOtioh. ~ e . . .
0114 14 1 WO rk insul!bMi)d*Paielila'tlif! in.:...
tiai, - givg the ourwmpejteit -from, iiiii4
be imidd mtV4slll."dfi to this Odicid i d ip,
The iii`iiiT.ibtea t thei conversion ,
,ifef'°l.
rani," thinking : , no:Pathwai out`
4 ? : VI
Could 1014 to it* inuit i k#lftivoiite`knoiiii4l
liqieTer, ;$ Rim' a fet niiiiintee l derAptien
i
of St. p a ' f irel convert!, ii,
t i s ecngstihe maike
Of a re f irierate man, f i rrop ennraerayia
the mpg of di:alien , u,,, to as one
of the most obviOus.4-Gits'; rdiali:
/4 - 0 t..,;
Be -C
When a jotingtanan leaves. his !father's
house with the[hleesing of a mother's tears
still, wet,ttrion hilt forobesti, if,he once lams
hie early iiiieir fif I ranter it - lon that
p LA a, it, ~, li a
can never be made good'sigtui.
j. ,Suihlitt l e
coneequenna . pf v erime. Iti`eireot oanißit b. 4
erailicayAuit'muVonly be forgiven. It is a
kalit i ,f
.. ,,t,A,ev i ir be made white, though
it 1p ~witlibull (fa in the blood of °twist,
" whit) safansetli.from all sin."
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