Vottrg. tor the Preebyterlan Banner and Mvocati, My Heavenly twill: Br .Loaelir. I have a home not made with hands, In heaven eternally it stands, Surrounded by angelic bands, '1)1' tie a glorious home. Far from that home I here remain, I toil and suffer on in'paio, Until that heavenly rest I , gain ; My dear and happy home. If I had pinions like,a dove, With steadfast eye on things above, I'd mount upon the wings of love UP to that blessed home"; My heavenly'Father to adore, To shout and sing forevermore His'praise, with'those who've gone befoie To their eternal home Lova ones are•there, to me mosfdear, I knew them well when they - were here, They sing in q9d theyather's ear, Theik God, who took themlome. I long to, join,that glorious band, To 'find my plane at God's right hand, And sing.wiik tVoie who ionndiim stand; In'iheir 'celestial home. . I'm nearer now that holy.place , Than ever, sines I knew * God's graoe And I shalt soon behold 'his face, In joy -end peaoe at home. And,l draw nearer every day ; More earnestly I watch and pray; I'm waiting now to hear him say, Come share thy Saviour's home, ,Dear Saviour, give us heavenly grace To fit us for that holy place; And help us still to run the race That brings us to , ottr, home. 0 there we shallmost happy,be, Froth every Sin and, sorrow free, And all our bliss we 'll find in thee, Our-deireit lord, at home. Nittrarg gotirts+ ItaLIGIOTIZ ASPECT OF. .TELO Itavoimmos.---Rev. J. T. Headley, intends publishing n volume on this subject, and desires 'the relatives of Chap hies in the aimy, and of other ministers .who took` active' fait' in 'the events of those times,, to transmit UT him any information-they possess, which they may deem important. TIEN BOSTON RNOORDNR.7—The first rTmber of, this journal was issued'by Nathaniel Willis, Jan nary 3d, 1816. Mr. Willis' claims that it is the oldest neuispaper in the land. • Sara Hama; , :er;' The Last Days .aud ,Happy Death of Ftimnie Kenyon.. Boston : Gould Lincoln. , 1868, , . 'This •is a sinalloroltime, but exeSedinglyr rich. It wig Written.by.Mrs.Btoddard, of Boston, who wataiea`the gtowth=of Fannies 'Hey; and-min- istered to hen.till , the miosing soline was over. We oopiriend :it 'to our youthful friends, and` to SEVBN MIZIIIiVAROITND J4111111,101. -Tllll3, 18 8 beautlN map .0,8 , gioqt interestiogjittle section of country. It shoWs•the city, and 'el the noted places within a circuit of seven miles; being .a valuable aid tis"the Biblical student. It is pro jected and drawn by'Rpv. H. S. Osborne, pub lished by. James;Ohaiiiti,* Sons, Philadelphia, and soldw. S.ll2eritoui, Pittsburgh. ' HADJI IN STRIA;, or, Three Years iu Jerusalem By Mrs. Sarah Barclay Johnston. Pp; - 803, Phitailelphis.:. dames, Challen Sons ; Pittsburgh: TV S. Bent6ui. This is an exceedingly lively description, by al enterprising ,lady traveler, of things deeply teresting to all readers of the , sacred Scriptures. „ Mrs. Johnson speaks of Beirut, Jerusalem, Geth semane, Mt. Olivet, Bethany, the Jordan,. the Dead Sea, Ste., &0., from actual observation. She describes manners, customs, buildings, scen ery, and remains of antiquity, in a manner so graphic, that yan'tieem; yourself, to be almost a beholder. The youthful reader find the 'Work bighly*tractive,.and pH of instruction., la" can 4.limnin alltreatsour.. By Mrs. Etimuid Hernby. Pp. VA. 12mo. Philadelphia: fameg Chalk's 4- Sone Pittsburgh : W. S. Rantoul. This is a series of sixty one letters, by a lively; authoress, aiEtiglish lady, who visited Constan tinople and the Crimea about the close of the . late Anglo:Friincli acid Russian war. Notes are given of a journey commencing at London, in 4ugnet 1855, :and 'concluding 'from Constantino-, pie, in September, 1856. • The deecriptiens are lively and minute, and seemingly honest;,, With a little of the 'English pendhant for: fanittlinding: To make ourselyes , the standard, is mery but some people excel in this nattiralneas: parties, &c ,'belong to that circle.ln life in *fhlitli the authoress moved. Descriptions of them' may be read without becoming enamored. The ,work , will be perused iVith great intorestby many. THOUGHTS OV FAVORED 1101TR5, t upon Bibie.4.uolu. „ dents and ,C,ltltr i acters., and other subjects hY , , .Theiczh Copt #71,. 286, 24m0, ,Philadelphia J. B. Lippincott 4. Co. 1868. • :.• The little book comprise' .thirty•six chapters, on ..sulojeots most interesting. .It breith es an Evangelical spirit, • and follows the analogy 'of faith. The ptyleislively, and the - tx4nney attrac tive. When Christians apply; their 4 .lViaie hours" in Faith meditations, ihey are happy ; and when they write down their • thouglits,.and publish them, they diffuse a benefit. , THII ATLANTIC MONTIELT, for November,. pre sents ns with .sti excellent article on• Railway Engineering in the United States, and anotliSr.on Physical Courage, with sundry matters ad'upt#l to various tastes•, , Tzta Eozzorio fifikoemzs, for Novetabei r con tains twenty.five articles, some of which are 'of great'irierit,WnPhilosophy, History, l l4lterat?ii; &a., &e. We always read the Eclectic with profit and pleasure. . . . Lire AND LABORS OF THE Rim. TMIITIVEmiart; Pastor aod, Evankidist. Prepared. by his ion, Bev. Wm. AL Baker, Pastor of the• Presbyterian church, Austin. Texas. Philachilphiti: William S. and Alfred Rarden, NO. '6oB.Chesinut Btinet. Pittsburgh : John S. Davison. Pp..f/73. 18b8. The subject of this work was oneok,the Most active and hiborldrur 'servants of the''Lord .11Ssue Christ, that 'has'. appeared in "these fat* times. His name has been familiar to the Presbyterian Church for more them a quarter of a century,. as a most succOseful pestor and Evangelist ; and to scores of thousands in Virginia; ~t he Carolina's; Georgia, 'Otto', Kentucky, Misaiseippi, Louisiana, and Texas, - his countenance, manner, and voice, pastor; he was !0 . /tautly enticessfullirVirginia, Washington City, and Ss mannah. But it ia. especially as an .Evangoliet, pyi'4liing l i t i lio Gospel everywhere, that hi.s,,inern ory is so r v y repigiis.. Absorbing love to God, and the soulea gaits, his •ruling. passion.. In nothing,diai4,4l4 so much delight, aa spy* ing to mod orihp love of Chriet, and In urging them to accept this salvation. To him it win a feast of rare and high enjr•yment to have the privilege of preaching the flotiPelin therfashion able 'city church, in the market-house, in the retired village, in the secluded country parish, in the'log cabin of the West, or in the open air amid the wildeOf Texas., :And prebably no man; since the days'of hat3'had soAany seals to his ministry ; for it is supposed by those who are capable of forming , the most correct estimate of the work he accomplished, that at least twenty thousand souls were converted under his preach ing, mini of whore are now engaged in'the same blessed labors. The present work, prepared, by his son, consists, for the Most part, of an auto , biography prepared several years ago, for the use of his family, and of copious extracts from his journal and correspondence. It , may be read with interest :and advantage by all.' We would .like to see it i the hands of all cur ministers, that they* F lightsee something of the spirit and manner of'one who was so powerful an instrument, under !clod, in:Winninisouls to Clirist. We would like to. haie it read by our ,Domestic MissionariOs, often faint and wearY, that they might front it, 'take fresh cMira;ge. We Would recommend its perusal to our theological stndehts, that they may learn that the true secret, of success in the minis-, try of recionalialon is to be menkfull ofthe Holy Ghost and of faith. '.We would like to see it read in many Christian leaseholds; and tkelsubjects Which it suggests male topicsz of, conviration in the piouslarciireircle.. The work miay be had at DaVisonis for the small_surrt,of , $146 7'. ,•--..-- or ; t ., c „,,, lintg „., , ~.:,.: Kitty and '" Try." You read a ,few' months ago 'about Kitty and "Mitst:". You Would perhaps - like hear "tont Kitty And "Try." Kitty was learning to read. 'She 'did not go to schoOl; her mother taught her. Kitty longed' to read her own little boolik"herielf 'so fora while She 'aliiayehad Try With her at lesson tithe. Kitty hometirneb made Try leave her. Tben`she• had SI badlime. Try helps child ren-in their lessons.: l One day , was , going 'shopping. 4 The little (girl asked leave to go, and oarry-the new twine bag her aunty. tgave.ther ;, 46 , and I'll bring home all the bundles for you," she said. "Yes, my daughter,".her mother said, "you may . go if you learn Your lesson' in tini`O lessons first, You knoii." Kitty ran into the nursery, _took her primer, at down on the cricket, and foUnd her 'place. "Try, Try, :Try," • said Kitty:. Try was' ready to help her: 'This washer lekson ' "Betty e is a naughty.Toin hart his 'Wrist." She could read it, and now she was to learn to,,Spell the words, without. looking on. Presently Puss,eame ereepingelong the floor, after,A of red worsted., liitty set it roiling with her foot. Puss ran after,,,,the ball, ,and,Kitty ran after Puss, and soon they Were in a moral:title Undeftbe hed:' Try 'of course went of for he came to study not to , g a Kitty,";said Sarah, "yeti 'Mother Will get ready before you, and then she wont , wait."' The bide girl' 'came back to her I primer. Try did not come "'Push did, and juinicid' tip trap. Kitty satediald Try, blit he 'Could de:nething with a 'in the lap.`• Soon Mother 'earrie intolhe ry She ititit'doinho heataitty's lessob. ' 4 " Bet.: tyis al naughty girl." , . - Kitty could spell , all but ;" - naiaghty .;-• that she tried all ways, twisting the t letters' this way , andthatoind the wrong: way; " believe - she was naughty," said !Kitty, looking very sorry and discouraged. , Then her mother tried:her. on the next sentence,- and there was another hard ,word. Kitty could Ipell all but "wrist," and she tried it with.an"r" and, a double " r,",,,and a "y." and "z." "oh,,":said Kity, "it begins with that.no business letter, and I can't. think what it is." "I ' , aid' afraid 'Try 'bas: not beed*With' little:daughter," ' said mamma, giving' her back the primer and going away. Kitty sat down with -It puckered face. Try and Ill humor were both ready to join )her,latt they never' came together. ' came, :Try stood aloof; if Try came, 111. humor ran • 'Kitty bent over her primer as if 4be meant • to , master . " naughty " this , time. ' Try .now cants back, and Bitty studied and studied.. Puss •came purring along, but .sbe took no notice of • her. A hand organ man ground out musio below the vindow ) bet Kitty never. moved .from • her wicket. .; She •gave, her, rpiod to, the lesson,. aad.theretore, when ler. mother returned, she jumped up with a %joy; ful ; smile. " Please : hear . me„ mamma, ;tgaiy, word was ppelleA,right:„ Her. moiler .40114, and the little girl ,plit.,oll :her, teete !a44,, ran to ,feiab. her bouust,,:feelißg_ Very ;happy, Tbe, Bible "'Whatsoever !thy Cad lidath" to do, do f it with ' thy Itaightatitd's..Paper. TY . `"' %o 4' l. istutantous: Popular Education Illustrated. ! ' One little . incident we must meution,-aa illustrat ing educatimilAte,, .Walkiqg„to church' on Sunday in Skye,kwi. were followed by Slip ladesome ten,er eleven yeareof ‘ age,: Who, on AN some questions vol unteertid.fOiramelall; the , citiPlfallY of Europe,. which he did) with . r? inerveloup dexterity. ; From Europel44retated..to.,SOoi.;, { 4xnerica, and,. rattled, tbe ~namee nt i the,,capitalit Willx ‘ 2the acenirtily 4 of!a caloulati~ machine: FirinaAntithinericale. dirad.off;to:.giia ; end finallz.bropght. up nt i jeddo, in JaPgin. We were, rather skeptical as to the value of snob - acquirements, and indeed, as to •the roditporrenrinformation.havingyear i but that ,his., health. was so much deranged ' that •, ,reduced his allowance to seven. :I told him this cost- biw - forty, dollars ,per yeary which he expended not only uselessly, but yin , these things that tended to shorten' life as well as to destroy hia risefalness while he lived. r, Says . Dr. Alcott "1 havelnowii many a, poor .family , that consumed in sinking and chewing, at least twenty-five cents a week. This _in fortylears would anionnt to $520 ; or,: if'..plaCed . at. ,eorapoind interest', from year, to. year to more , thai 62,100., An editor of a ipublic] journal INfherrweKeimaider , the universality of :the ,use of tobaimo, and the fact that some men , ! spend $10,400, or sloo , yearly for cigars if this town uses ,twenty per cent.' less than The average -69 000 is-disvoted tchtlie „Weed .yearly; about twice whatgve raise hp tax - for, schools, about enough build the 'High School house, abeet which We tobacco Chewers hive ,quarrelled so much,: enough to buy 'a twenty-five 'cent delainedresa for each adult fentale..iu town, a pair of =boots 'for ''eaeh lad, and a five dollar bonnet for each lass in town; , to pay the salarY of alt; our ministers, and cover, ll our eentribUtions for benevolent purposes.", The city of New York, according to, the authority Of MeGregori. , Consumes '*lo,ooo , a day on, cigars,, and but about 65:500' on -bread —Tenn Visitor r The' Mareh of -Free Labor. The character of the. present immigration to, this State must-. be•, a, source of,sincere gratification!to every man who hasl the in 'tereat'Of hied. Numbers' . of . 'farmers from Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, are daily passing, aver: our ferry-boats, route to the interior, and from their personal appearance and the character of their equip ment,lt is patent to every eye that they ,are men of the right, enterprise, and stuff for rapidly growing State.: 'Yes terday morning we , observed a train of Aix wagons wending their a wayniong theLeyes, and up Market street, and learned that they belongedto Mr. Ragland, his two sons, Mr. ,Hawkins;:and Mr. Tate, all haying their r families, and in till' numbering twenty per ,sons. They are farmers from Washington :Opunty, Illinois„and left their homes on the 7th inst. 1 4 14 . prOceed to Springfield, in this State, 'and'will loaate on excellent land in the , vicinityof that town. Another train of wagons, with 'about the. same number of stalwart' men:. and. handsome hearty 'young ; mothers; with lively clean . children from, the same part. of the,country, crossed yes terdaylnu-the,Apper ferry boat, andare now on their way :to, - Southwest Missouri. Are netthese enpowagmg signs fortlic t futUrenf, our State t hug, thesewhite men yesterday 'morn-, ing were marching over'the ferries into 'the promised land of, Miamian, there 'Mightliave been seen on LoCuaOtreet the edanteimaroli, 'of - a gang of abont seventy back'slavei, ing out, of this territory, Which is entirely unsuited to them, and 'returning; again ''fo the land frimi whence they 'cams." They were under charge of' Several 'negro traders, and.were of all ages; sizes, Colers, and sexes. These slaveS haVe doubtless been accumulit-' engin the 'yards of this city for seine time past, and 'Were being grazed on board h Southdrn bound' Steamer ' for the New Or leans -Market. , With th& departure of the boat'theY will he gene from; this:State, and remit' will' e• made for many white men. These facts are very suggestive,•and as surely point:to" the speedy extinction: of slave labor in this State , as the needle. points to the Louis Dem. • The ifeCisi6n of `the' Coiirt has just been ;riAiderid l in' the case of the 'will of Anson' (° waiis;'l3r.. - , father of the late A. G-. Phelps; Aiid.'"fie two particulars the rimnifest IdetigU r bf the testator'has been defeated, ad themany lessons on the im: i pottitriCe of caution in, Makiug wills, and •the ;desirableness of .giving money while one has :it.,..rather than leaving it to the uncertainties, iof decisions after death; -:. Mr. Phelps Igiveil a .tibte for one hundred thousand • dOl - his son, and one,for the same amount, to each of his daughters:, at, was intended, lthati these. should ?be', paid t ont.of,his estate, ibutithe decision is that, as ,they_were,givsn, !without any ,00nsideratiou reoeived„they ere, intik •valid..-against .the..estate ; _ • if.0,,1000,10. 1450,9. 00, to found hat; a, college io ast4: :this is set:aside ,on eland ,o(,e ; want, pf :definiteness.in stating- ,w kind , Op'. ;lege he wished ME =I Universalismin , o Dying Hour. "- Th'e sulijitifialliienOtiee-Wrai the daugh tai ilittilveinsalist; and Yhtiegherlielf;--to: ether With 'others of -the . findlY;- become , attslehed- to the doctrine of universal salva tion...*,•This.quieted.herlears,whenever„her, conscience was oppressed with the guilt of living in sin ankretjec i ting the Gospel. The village where -ehe'lfvell/ wiof,blessed with a revival of religion, and while many were made subjects of theliingdom of God, by being born agaitqltlki.4leltiiive dreams of universal rtalvation-led her ? to t Aelj t ye, that there•tvu no necessity of bOuag born. of tie • Spirit.inot is present life, • Sgaden l P4 l ke:ATEtliMtntr-4- b ot.o.* n tr/ and-recovery -was impossible,. She must-die., here. now ,was,lfer,biipa 'Of 'heaven?` 'The' refuge of„lies,,,uoder,Aoio shelter was swept away, and the - wrath of God was revealed (rem, heaven- against her unrighteonsnetis. Stietleet;:allSope of recon ciliation with God. The offers of mercy she could not appropriate to herself. Her last hour ,was at hand. ,f &minister ; of:Dbrist lieeeledimAit hedlide att.:4lOTM, 9; l t,lii.lV BpSi• to God , ),in• vain pfor:hen,departang sou '!:. Alas eh° could net Jernieg receiver my spirit !".. but -withethe giving up of the ghost she uttered a slit:fe7c that will never cease to ring in the ears of, those who;heard . it. A death so full of horror Madera deep itopr . eaion::-on the 'minds ofthe t parents,:of iliO)lstritOti .9 / 6 01.00. * # doctrine so treacherous, and bx the grocer of GOdVbenel96,4epofully , converted ;: together 'With' one or thoditterki-ot•tbni:l'etriikt." 1 10 4 many, parents are„there, in, or tionnti . 7,whp, by theienttliportr of a -doettingiWhilh , they (Jo : dot : more than half iodine•theirisiihildren4O- ailopf it; bring.distreas and al:Faith-en' their sotils?- •:•a fi?!: - 9/ -1 .4 0 *, down many Strong men. " firs hense Good Men's Wills. way to hell, going down,to,the,ohambers of, death."-z-ProV. 26,i27%-la Telescope. Dr. Livingston and the Coaohnian. Long before railroads:were invented, the slow-moving coseh and muddy highways often tested the patienee of.both traveler, and driver. , As the,Doctor was,passing from New 'York to Philadelphia,- there 'chanced to be in the stage several"fashionable young getlemen, 'whose .dress` was 'better, than their. principles. AS • the ,„ sequel proves, they, with some. of the same character in our day,untight learn reverence toward supe riors froth the . YOuthful Thrk. They step. pad at au inn forjhe purpose of 'changing librses,.and" to -obtain, dinner. These, rode •young:gentlememiconspired secretly to de- fraud the reverend Divine of his meal. The thlthaent the C10,61i arrived, they hast-' 'enact ivitll:l2ll::sked l 46 the table, and hur riedlylleived,theirdirmi:r. The boater, 'through age, moved but slowly, and had barely time to invoke,, a blessing and begin his meal when they arosi; and called loudly upon, the driief thatlhey Were ready to Start'; and the tithe WO All aboard I" they *instilY screamed. The driver ,was in the diningroom. The Doctor saw immedi ,ately their object, and their triumph at the thought of cheating 'hitir - out of his meal. With , grace and kindneas, ,the ; man inrited l in the 'driver and ai`,d, am an old man, and hungry, and can 'only! eat very alovirly; Will you; be so goo& 8.6'0 givelne tithe to get some dinner`?" The'Weriereilillatii4, 'under' a rough , exte ri6r -yieltled to I the -appeal and he said, "Yes, sir; you may take as much time. as =you .atish." "Think. you, sir, I am glad that there is one gentleman in,'our number." The-youths' el~znk away . one after another, feeling that a ppor hostler, ,whom, they de spised,,had, administered to them a withering rebuke for their rudeness. Agricultural. =SE • I 1 Shelt6r. :Shelter -is 'a want of the first iii 0131.'661d' cliniate, and 'ne 'farther 'Joey neg lect with safety or, economy many provisions of . this nature. - „Auiprepreparationa should be made for shelter to domestic animals dur ing the .Winter., .The farmer needs .a