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Woolwich—Revi va; .1944—Funeral Sermons,for Professor Wil. 4011. LONDON, 9s. 28th, 1859 . , 'SPAIN AND RlORoooo a r e a bout: to come Into collision. The French Emperor has urged the former to declare • war, has prom ' ised to lend- as much money ' ' ,as is wanted, and is managing to get up a war against the Moorish tribes on the, Algerian frontier, thus cooperating with Spain. It is sus pected that under this lies a deep and treach erous French polioy. Some said that Spain would thug endeavor to have* territory right opposite the Straits of Gibraltar ant Lits own , town of Algeciras and the neighborhood— both sides of the Straits in posseseion—thus making it possible to interrupt English corn unioatiors with Gibraltar and the Medi terranean. Few there are that don't believe that the Mediterranean is in the Emperor's programme, as yet to become, if not "a lin Frenoh lake," yet to have larger relations toward France than now. Malta, he has ere now told the Duke of Newcastle, should have been ceded to France in the fiettlement of 1815, by the Congress of the Great Powers. But for the present, France is , being Spain for its purposes—preparing it for future aid, and giving employment to a part of the army which does not want rest. She has failed in Coohin China; it is likely the !French, decimated by discos, ' will return 'altogether. And so as to Morocco. It is barren, and will be usfelese to any European ;possessor, and subjugation is not in the Im perial scheme. 6 But," says the Times, " the subjection Spain to French- influence,, and the tor- Lion of a system in which France is the ief, and Spain, Piedmont, the Papal .tee, and Naples, are the dependants, de ans the attention of every politician long us." The funds are drooping some- Let on aocount of the declaration by Spain, war against Morocco. The fanaticism of ,e Spaniards is stirred up in common with ie ancient strifes between their ancestors the Moors. Spain is not quite ready. is possible, but not likely, that peace may ill be preserved. ME CONGRESS of the--Powers" is still, ` , ,ed of, but it remains to be seen whether •d• J Russel will go into it at all.. Ger dy England does not, like Congresses. evils have thereby beetrinilioted on the , sae of liberty in Europe. If there were not an arriere pewee in the, rd and purport° of Napoleon 111, there rld be no need of a Congress..- It his sn well said by one of our weekly papers, iferring to the "'health- ' of Italy "-as .ati the tubjeot "of the Congress,)- 4 ‘ The French jtor, •who originally took-the ..patient up, , to have . alb- them-beet.-4dtrice....of Attrepty, it so. Only, let Greab-Britain make it 11 understood, in the first instammewhat It may be expected from her, so that there be as little disappointment as possible; •and-by. Whatever she does is carefully And, and counter plotted against by her ighbor and ally, who, having triumphed 5r Austria, suodissively finds in Great itain, the only power of which to be really lous. Thusit,cerFlDOlM did.iwe' send, the ler day, our squadron, to, watch Spain's iceedingesat Gibraltar; thaw ther-Toulona sdron.sailed in the same _direction p as a sve in responeer 4 r THE ULTIMATE'" OVERTHROW OP' THF. PAOY by Louis Napoleon, may, it is be red by the• most 'astute observers,-be eon intly reckoned-on. 'The bold answer to i addrestrof the 33ishorof Bordeaux;--sig-. icantly recommending moderation to the Inch, , has been followed up by a fresh laming " to the Univers, the Jesuit organ, what is still more daring, by an abso oe injunction to all the journals not to pub-, _ any pastoral whatever', which comes from- French prelate. As for his threat to withdraw -his garrison Rome, it is not believed he seriously ins this. On the contrary, the- 'opinion innfidently expressed, that he aims ulti tely at garrisoning - both Ancona and Bo la, as well as Rome: • His uncle's pro ime is always before - him, and part 'of was—as actually realized—the Annexe, of the States of the -Church to the nob Empire. 'he hatred of England on the part of the Ash partizans, both at home and abroad, ;eases hourly. The traitors in England, eluding" Cursing Cullen " and a few mad young Icelanders," would be delighted to • a French army land in Ireland. The iy qualms the Popish priests hate, wolild those arising from their necks being in I ger, supposing that' thirFrenoh were beat back, and their own treason discovered. gentry sometimes overreach them :l3 Lord Derby, who has threatened to it the tenantry on one of him Irish estates, refuse to unmask a murderer in their let, is denounced by a young Reinder i has set up a paper at Limerick) . "on his, irn from America, He tells his Lord. i that if he does not yield, Marshall Mao. ion, (of Irish descent,) the ,hero of the ;alto, may be over ere long. More than the Zouavee are talking of a campaign. England nextyear. Whenever Napoleon ":es the attempt, if he make it at all, it 11 be feline in its stealthiness. A humili ion to England, followed by a safe embark an of his troops, would be his plan. To ipy the country, he 'would not attempt. to exact £lOO,OOO as a ,ransom for lon, would be glorious 1 is curious to mark, in railway carriages in drawing rooms, among military men A civilians, the different ideas held on the ibability of invasion'. Thus a legal gen san tells me that be hardly thinki Bona 'te would attempt it—he knows England well for that. He dwelle on the hedge: 1, behind which the militia and pearl y could use the rifle. I shook his prig. , somewhat, by Baying that if an enemy led to the extent of one hundred thou. Id men, they could maslc any force hastily fleeted, and morph upon London. Military men and' naval officers are ens slims. A fight at sea- is not feared as to issues; but suppose a Channel fleet out the way, or suddenlyidiverted toward. the. Itio by Russian. 'shim then a bold -dash ;ht be made on the English coast. The dyers thus speaks out theleelings of the suits : The English people no longer,. entertain ilia. ins as to the inviolability of their territory; 3 fear of an invasion disquiets end troubles em. That does us great !oner. Their tesinen do not succeed br ' re-assaring 1, and do not re.sasure themialveis. This, it would appear, is a favorable me. it for their inaugurating a more,,coneilia , and more upright policy. , WhiS,n force lines, pride should be lowered. Englnd has Lined her apogee. ' Sheembrayik,,,tal:the Id by her commerce and heir diPlo44i America and Asia speak her. language. Two events' are about to climb:Usk her brilliant for tune; and, by a peculiar disposition of Provi dence, these events are created by industrial pro gress. On the one - hand, railways will annul the transports by sea, and, when extended to all Asia, will displace the commercial . equilibrium of nations ; and, on the , other, the development of. artillery changes the conditions of war, •and -ren ders the maritime genius .of England compara tively impuiseant. John Mitchell is now in Paris, and,sends fiery articles. to a young Ireland paper, in one of which he wishes,to know, whether when Louis Napoleon lands with ;wo hundred and fifty .two thousand men, the 'people -are- pre-- pared to follow him across the Channel to Eng land ? The priests hate Mitchel and all his class, and would prefer theßritish regime to a Young Ireland• Republic'. Meanwhile Cul len and his organs- are raving about„raising4 an Irish, garrison : for the, city of Ronn,.so as to.protect` and defend the Holy Father, as soon as the French shall ~have retired. "It would be strange, indeed," says the Dundalk Democrat, " if we could not mus ter twenty thousand who would enlist.under the banner of Pius IX. The Catholics ,of Europe and America could easily raise 4100,- 000 a year to sustain the army of Rome." This is mere fustian, and= yet it shows,:; what- is uppermost in the priestly.roind,of Ireland. Mr. Maguire, M. P. for. Danger van, who has,been , made a " Knight of the (lolden-Spurs)" and. moreover has received special presents , from the Pope, continues to lament .over;-'. the anxieties.. which, harass,' and, the griefs which afflict the soul" of the Holy Father, and in the face of fi infamous lies," he proclaims afresh his conviction that the temporal rule of the -Pope- "-is wise, just, merciful, paternal," (Perugisc be wit ness!) " and suited to the genius of 'the people !" It is ouriorm surely that the pen ple of .the Statesvof the Church are Bo; very. • slow tolnd out this for themselves. It is -announced-Oat Cardinal Wiseman., is: ex pected in Rome next month, Hie.,Kmi, nenoe will find things not •very comfortable there. The Irish Popish prelates are threatening to shut .up, by withdrawment of the chil dren, all the National Schools hitherto tol. (mate by them. The Government, backed by the country, will stand .firm.• GARIBALDI ham issued a ,Droclamation to the Neapolitans, of a highly , inflammatory character. The King of Naples is in peril ; if be,,in his bigoted zeal for the cause of the Pope, sends troops across the fron tier, it is almost certain that there will be an immediate insurrection. METEORS ). STORMS, AND PREMATURE WINTER,, ;are 64 the order" a -401 i t, and cc day," at ) present. It is veo.l - curious, certainly, to mark flashed of lightning on a clear,frosty night, and to hear of meteors in ifferent places, of extraordinary bril.. honey,' one of which had ,a nucleus larger than , Jupiter:. As to storms, we have .had frightful weather this week. One. poor woman, in London lost her life by being , blown into one of the cinali; others . were dingerensly Irminded by the falling of tiles, &e In the Channel, as well as on thi ,North s tiifeberfand bond, there were gait' ineluding-ffiefivrmar Oharter, from• Australia,;: off" the Weir': Coast, with loss of life• to the :frightful ex tent of -four hundred and fifty-nine persona. Only thirty-nine &leaped. There ,waa4rom £500,000 to XBOO,OOO on board. Some of the specie may be restored, but the lost lives, never I A clergyman of the Church of Englandrwho bad:been greatly =beloved by the passengers, ,was,-praying with the cabin passengers just before he, and all of them, were ,e.ngthphed t , As to cold and heat, the:variations of this: month have obvered fifty : degrees I At one time we- had heat at eighty degrees, and. last week:a sudden secession-of cold brought: the • thermometer at night to twenty degrees. The coal merchants and the Woolen drapers like an early Winter, but it is very trying on the.ifiek, and hurries to the grave many a consumptive patient.. Among these have been the Earl of . Waldegrave and the Earl of 'Jersey. The bitter was the era) in'law of the late -Sir Robert Peel; the other was long , an officer of the Navy. He was a warm friend of Evangelical religion;= and I have seen' him in the Chair 'of a Ragged School meeting, The poor are now suffer ing; specially the wives and families of those out on "-strike'The oonflict between themaasters and men, in the building trade, stilt-continues, and-is attended with great misery. STEPHENSON'S FUNERAL was An im posing spectacle. It passed through one of the Rqyal Parks to Westminster Abbey, and there' his ashes,,were laid side-by side with those of Telford, a famous engineer, in the presence, - of a crowd .of illustrious. men. He `was exceedingly benevolent •and gener ous.. He 'had some iympatbies, also, with religion, as he leaves bequests to the Chris tian. Knowledge: and the Curates' Aid Socie ties—both of which, however, .are• mainly under the , direotion- of High Churchmen. A monument to-Stephenson is to be erected in the Abbey. It is probable it will be a joint,monument to father and eon, and that the ashes of the former. will be brought to Westminster also. Thu IRISH AWAKENING is still going ont with power: There: is very little excite merit, and few physical agitations. The'- London Press- has, with happy, exceptions,' anted ,a very base part toward this utove went. The Times " boxed the compass" in an -article which showed its anxiety not to commit itself, but which was full of falsehoods as to matters of fact, and Of blunders as rto theology. It also has the baseness to refuse letters—correcting the false "statistics," copied from the in famous Northern Whig. C , indeed, (Dr. Otimming,) comes- out ,once in ten days, with an olla.podrida of other men's stuff;" but when the Rev. Wm. Arthur and myself (both Ulster men,) send letters containing social statistics of the Revival they are suppressed-I The Daily News, however, has come out. nobly in defence not only- of the- social effects of the movement, but of its spiritual fruits; arguing that the latter are not to be classed with fanatical delusions, but, if the Revelation of God is admitted;- , stndqeyen , the teaching •and prayers of the English Church' are to be interpreted rightly, cats what must be regarded as Divine. A Conference was held last evening, at the house of the Hon. and Rev. B. W. -Noel, in Westbourne Terrice, Hyde Park. There were present olergy n and ! laymed of the Church of Eogland,..including Robert - Hanbury, Esq , M. P., and the Hon. A. Sinnaird, M. P. A number of Noncon formist'gentlemen were also present. State ments were made as to the Revisal in Ireland, by parties who hid recently visited° Ulster,lneittding the Rev. Mr. Bickersteth, of Hampstead, (nephew Of thwlatelgdward , Bickersteth, and of a kindred spirit,) the Rev. William Chalmers, and' myself. Mr. Noel had himself also been in Ireland. It was under consideration , whether. twenty miniatere, of 'different Evangelical , denom.d inftionei should:ll'ot be invited to doznis to , t` 0 NE O IIIIINGPISINEEDFUL:" " ONE' THING HAVE ' DOF THE " THIS ONE qalllNC* I_ Dot FOR . ' THRWEEW - ENBING*SATVOSEATG.,NOVEMBER da s 111359:- PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZETTE BIIIIDING,MYTH lIIREET,4BOVE , SKETWIELD, PffTSBURGH444.' London for a fortnight, address congrega time in various centres -of ,districts, and speak at Exeter Hall-t-laymen to accompany them.. Mr. Noel strongly approved of this-; we need•something of the kind to ,give aeon, rate information, and to , rouse the metropolis; but nothing was settled. It is amazing_ what ignorance and prejudice still .prevail. A little. Anti•frish feeling showed itself in one or two, persona; but it 'Was courteously, yet firmly, rebuked by Mr. Noel, who hinted thit Irish ministers could preach sermons, not—like some London men-- essays. A SABBATH AT WOOLWICH leav,ed pleas ing reminiscences. I. went thither for last Lord's day, services,, while . Mr. Thompson was-engaged preaching annual sermons, at Rochester and Chatham. , This gentleman has greatlY endeared hiruself,'• for Many years, to the soldiers of the Presbyterian family - who have been in garrison at Wool wich, ,as well as to pious officers both of the English and Scottish Churches. Ere now he has had in his house, at stated , weekly " Reading's '„' of the Holy Scripture, young men (like Anstruther, who fell at the , Alma,) whoiwentefortlito die for their country. There 4 is a blessed. , movement in operation; in the l>garrison •at Woolwich. There is ,a goodly number , of officers , of the Royal:Artillery, and, of other- corps, who, with m .their families, eet, meekly or the reading of Scripture, at the , house: of Mr. Hare, the Episcopal Chaplaip—a` man of the most catholic spirit, and with whom Mr. Thompson is on terms of the' most brotherly intimacy. In addition to -this, a regular weekly prayer-meeting has been inaugurated, in connexion with the-garrison. , = Here is a copy ofthe,printed announcement and sum mons to prayer, to which many respond . : . WOOLWICH GARRISOIL—If the Lord will, com mencing on Monday, October 10th, 1869,. it is proposed to hold a meeting, every evening, (Sun day excepted,) from half past seven to, half-past eight, in the ,Royal Artillery Regimental. School, Green Hill, Woolwich, for united prayer. All officers, non-commissioned officers, soldiers, their wives,, families, and friends, are most earnestly invited to come and join in prayer to Almighty God : . throngh our blessed Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, 'for, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon,the army and, navy ; and espeoially upon the garrison of Woolwich. "Men ought always to pray."—Luke xviii : L " Thep shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer;,.thou shalt cry, and he shall say, 'Here I am."—lsalah lviii : 9. " Then those that feared the Lord, spoke often one to another, and, the. Lord heark ened and heard it.'!—Mal. iii: 16. "Him.that conteth to me, Twill in no wise cast out."—John vi ; 87. In the above schoolroom officiated last Sabbath morning„(Mr. Thompson'is church. being closed for repairs,) and preached to a most quiet and orderly congregation, en. tirely composed of Presbyterian Edifiers, chiefly -of the 'Artillery force with four (quirk , They oined in the sing. big. When they rose or sat down, the clato ter ofAtheir , ewords:;was a 'new sound < Yet was.suggestive of future perils, AS well as. of presenttemptations. Thank Go& I among them. was -a goodly number who, had -en listed under Christ's banners, and - who .are the _leaven - . -their, respective— .regi natmte.. It was_natural,,, in speaking to such,„tin. a' '4 l erella * "intfgailt'-: ' faith of,the,p lii ircli of their...fathers, and.on the lessons of Presbyterian homes. • Om*, the young people and boys em ploYeViit" the Arsenal, there has been a decidea'iiiiinifeetation of 'spiritual life. Capt. Orr, of the Royal Artillery, takes , uncommon pains with boys, and sees undoubted fruits already to his , prayerful toils. On the evening of the _Lord's day,.. I ad 'dressed a large congregation; giving, in. connexion:,,with-othe. •discourse,t facts and. illustrative=.-of . the , reality -and , extent?of ,the Ulster Awakening.... We had venerable military , officers - , among. the con gregatione .1 always-find .that• a statement of facts from one who knows, withoi-refuta don, of < statistios, settles , on all holiest minds, the question ,as to the Divine source<of the movement.. Since my return from Ireland, I have received a large- num, ber of most valuable, communications from clergy,. and laity, bringing, up -accounts of results, to a recent date. These, are daily increasing, and. I hope to embody the sub. stance of them in a work,. on which, at the reqUest of a London Publishing House, -I am now occupied. FUNERAL SERMONS have been preached at Belfast ) in connexion with the , lainented death of Professor Wile* -by the Rev. Robert Knox, -and the Rev; Dr. Cooke. The litter tlins. spoke of the departed: Had he, as one accustomed to 'form estimates of human life, been called upon to say what was an insurable life, he would have' said his departed brother was one on whom- he could well reckon for three„ score- years or four score years; first, because he was a sped men -of long life -in .himself, 'of a quiet turn of mind, not easily , disturbed, a healthy frame, of regular habits of life, and then one whose an— cestors had attained to great tign; and he would, have said, " There is a life on which pia might trust thousands." God had, hoivever, put to nought all human- calculations. He had ignored all their probabilities, and in the midst of lifg and health behad called away their brother from amongst:them. Was. not that to them, to him especially, who was more intimately connected with him that was gone,. a . great warning, and a leason on the uncertainty of.huntan life? He would look at his departed brother as one whom God had furnished with great talents—a marvelous memory, marvelous ,application, -and marvelous equanimity of mind. Study was his pleasure, reading a lovely exercise, thinking his glCry, and communication of what he had learned his continual ' employnient. -None that knew him would have otherwise. estimated , but that he would, rise higher and higher in the walks of literature, and that he would have left behind him works that would have led posterity to say of him; " This was a man of God:" One of his great characteristics was his remarkable imper turbability of mind. It was Ailte a lovely sea, whose surface was unruffled and smooth; no storm there, no ripple there—all composure there. The-stars shone down upon it, and were reflected-- upon.the smooth, surface below. To him per-, eonally the loss of his departed brother's society would be deeply felt. Ordinarily four days in the week 'they - met together'- for half an hour each day in the college, awaiting the , time for each to go into his , respective class, and during those sweet intervals Dr. Wilson loved .to speak of something new he had heard, or read, or. thought; and he (Dr. Cooke) could mention it as a peculiar. fact that in these half hours he eeldourwent away , without. Dr. Wilson communi-- eating some new thing. His great characteristic was, communicativeness—apt to learn, apt to communicate.- In those sweet half-hours he had acquired a mass of information - from Dr. Wilson, which he again desired to communicate , to: -the people committed to his charge. He was gone now —a solemn lesson to those who were left behind. He (Dr. Cooke) received a letter from - , a -brother minister telling him about a meeting that was' to beheld, and the :writer placed at the end simply the word " Wilson," but that was quite enough; it spoke a great dial to his heart. What itleeson to him i Dr. Wilson was called away a young man compared with, him. He promised to be an honor to any Church. He was- a Bide-bag light in , their own, But it bad pleased God to extinguish that light, and:he kitevr best. SurelY, it was a, warning to them to pray, " Lord mike me know mine end, and the Measure if my, days, what it is, that may,know-how frail am." "So teach.: us to number our days that we may . ,apply our, .- hearts unto wisdom." No .successor.. bas .yet been appointed to the Asserobly's ,phair of Biblical Criti. nista. There„ An be any; candidates the field. The'XeralTrover! of the A . tgary.k . • Nor do we hesitate..to.w 4 t,a i rlious as are the means by which the 1g rid is con verted 'to God, and beautiful) c 4 as they are, the pivot on Whic 'the . ma- , china) , rests, the main shaft thatlibpels it, its motive power, is the fire or `liia's altars: To this hallowed spot the CI and the Church triumphanta twith hope; and lere .-from= under ' , the ttuary ..the waters issue fthat give ,life to ' world. The very, walls of the . sap& monir, , tors, and the entrance in at as reads. the lesson, "This is the,... .ve in it." .:.There is no safer,patl there a , a more effective repulse to,ti )1. than, to say to him, I am, going. use of God. I love to look at the ,san, 'tired villtioe or the ciowc bold foregrinind of the At of the distant landscape. Ii 'yard, Where " the vine flor tender grapes appear," , `consecrated walls is " -the plants of ,righteonseest deep; are gathering their The beauties of holiness al immortality are there. Yet at such a scene, and to say, it,. " How -goodly air, thy and thy tabernaeles,•o•lsrat - are they spread .fortli),as‘ ,river s.side •' as the trees the Lord Lath plantedy beside the watero, Thi blushingdnorn fade in oc garden of God, sparkling. Voliness, and _fragrant wi fUnde. Bohan languished of Lebanon languisheth ; `Withers—its leaf is green ; of drought. Glorious be' foretelling pen of prophet destines of the sanctuary and enjoy; glorious to be eons of darkness and des] to look, for. When that then will be the,jubilee of ingathering of the great have come when the 4 ' overtake, the treader, grapesi.him that soweth, loins drop down sweet wi do .melt."—.Dr. Spring. stlect Faith's Still as of old thy prem Is by, the nations dimly The hearts its holinesP Are weak ar Wise men the secret , Still, in thy temple, Good. Eli ; oh !, like Lord, here . - Few years, no Wig& Only my life caul lay. Only my heart; ;Lord,- bring , Andlaprlsidrgli And taaith oadlearts4b kitorthirmorth: , Lord, here arn4l:. The messenger, all loving One, The errands of thy truth to run, The wisdom of thy holy Son To teach and live I No purse or scrip, no staff, or suord— Be pure intent my - wings, ,O,Lord I Lord, here am. I I Yountlips , may teaoh the wise, - Christsaid; The weak the wanderer home have led ; Small handslave cheered the,mok one's bed With freshest-Rowers. • Yet teach me,..Father, lead: thfir sighs,. While many a soul in darkness lies, ~. Iraits,ths meansge ; make, mew* t Lord, here am I I , And make me strong; that, staff, and stay, And guide, and guardian ' of the • way, • To thet-ward I may bear, each day, - Some pricions sett. "Speak, for I hear!" make "pure in heart," Thy face to El e e tiwthl impart; In but and hall in church and_ .mart. Lord here am I! as 4 ne heeren .earthibe thine, Nor glory-crown; while' work of mine Remelneth' here ; 'when earth shall shine , Among the stars, - - Her sins wipedzoUt; her captives free,- Her voice a Music unto.thee, Her crown, new work, give thou to ; Lord, here am,ll - , —Religious Magazine. For the Presbyterian Banner;and Advocate., , ; 'Election a Fact. MESSRS. Enrroas.:--- ; Theras is • alwayso something gained•,ty • meeting. ; a question, boldly, face-to face,. We: speculate emueb., * about election. , We epepAne theories, and:. explanations. Now, is it not the ease r .that. election, s a fact,. not a doctrine. , Some 7 _ thing that is, not somethibeionght !" we get rid of it Does it not meet: in . is, boldly as any other fact in history ? The principal objection to the doctrine' is " favoritism." Now, can we get rid of anal Is not this " favoritism," as you call it, a fact ? Do-we not see it in all his tory ? One manAiffers.- from ‘another, , and one nation. from - -another:, One man-xis gloriously endowed,with.zenine, and heart. Another poorly endowed. One nation is planted, in the e very, garden...of plenty and privilege. Another is deprived of almost ,everything. Now,, why, is this ? . Who makes them to differ?. Is God's hand in it or not? Some whoobject to apersonal eleotion, will admit a national. Bat ,does that help the matter? When:l draw a bucket full of water I draw drops of water. When God bestows favors on a Marion, be' bestows them on the men who make up the nation. When he rejects a nation, does 'he not reject the men who compose the nation When God revealed'' himself to Is'rael, he revealed himself to the men of Israel, this man and that man. When he rejected the heathen nations, did:he•not'le leot heathen men, this wan and. that man ! But why choose ,one,nations,ratber ? than, another?, Is there, not, here, that,e, favor, itism?'-‘of : which. mei:l,4o;l2o4'l4 A V : Can we get, rid of it? And whe u jndeed, to teach. God how, to beemere,lde fame among the ,nations ? Bat personal election. Can you rid yourself of that? Is it not a fact? You cannot escape it on any theory. Even. the Unitarian, who denounces Calvinism, ,from morning to night, teaches the doctrine of election as plainly as Calvin. ever, did., lie says, "each'.min's nature is his original en: dowment of , God." That is : Whatever nature you have, - God gave,it you. What ever nature I. have, God gave it me. Now, What follows from this T "'Simply, God gave you a nature, gentle, pliant, mild, that , bends , to the sweet influence of the Gospel, as, the reed , bends to the wind. While tome, he gave a nature, stern,,stiff, iron•hearted, that stands up like a stubborn oak, whether the sun shines on it, or the storm beats it. He chose you to endow with a nature that yields, of itself, to the Gospel. He chose me, to endow with a nature r which resists that: tiospel• to' the death. Now, that.,is election,every whit as bad as Calvin's. So' my ethodisi brother says, God gives us all " comm.M grace," by which we may be saved. if we will. Bat the trouble - is am endowed,with a nature, which uses Lhis" common graee,'' and. , you with a nature which abuses it. And, again, I ask, who maketh us to differ? I ate afraid we cannot getirid 2of this „doctrine of elec tion,anak,because.4, is , not a doctrine, but a face which forces itself up through every system as the mountain ranges force_ theinselires :hp through the earth's crust. There, they stand,4 and you cannot help it. And there the lad of election ,stands,.. and you cannot help it. Some men are : savek; some .ara not Intheaw'riwthia or“tliere is no ` 1 becomes all,-therefore; by repentanewAnd unfeigned faith; to assure. eurselyea k that thewumber saved-Jo 'Here stand two l rious truths side ,by side: '" All that the Father gip . A''lde 'it'll" come to me." 2d. "Him,. that , icorifeth tto me i will in no wise castir.out.". The former, simply.,. assures , : tati4„o, 4,.00 God's, people,eball ,sevekli the latter,, that if / come, ,to Christ, I will bii'eaVed.' This is a doctrine which y ass t s or abused - use it when Ina • we ,take it simply tithe broad- _assurance of Godto man that•he has purpose4of mercy in, the; salvation ; pf a s ,„portien of our min.,. We abuse it when.we make it an element in our own'personil consecration. My OA ra y; in the • ihadnwn Ws vine ; 'And the Iliad, its ;Aire of to' ook ALlook 4it 0' iheeb e f. Werialley , tire, ,whielair 4,-„treep,,.. live,. the „ with the Arqaties.of sweet,per- 4 , le flower , - lees nev er, lii the year 11 bat' the 'l6 'bright to feel 1; in se'a tharioes ialitedi, ho!) ) 0011,4 1I 04.1 flail n ' . of i Ae 11 r 1 -• 0 11,1.3 i ills , _JeL._ y warrant lot coming to 'Christ is not my sipposed ' perional« electfon, but hie own invitatiothv ".Come unto,me;aikye," &O.' H. 111 - uusus. EDITORS —There seems to be , no leek of readinese, in these days,to.reeog 7 size the claims• of the 'leading interests or • th'e..Redeeuier's kingdom. Yet there , is .searoely, roorntointimate that mithen Rhea-, tian,,ministeris,or chrktian, peepjeheire gom-t, ; legsufficiently up to the mark of duty , In illustration of what I mean, this feet may ,be mentioned. A minister was about 'to rpreaeh• on.-the subject of. 34 JOhrisdan-liberal;;-- ity in giying,'?,and uhe&ree;safterwards marked that le had. enough:when...he:heard,. the text. Indeed, many among us, it is to be fearedi- do not like the texts which enjoin such.; duties. 2MilMni !' l; fifitl i • 41 4 .1 . 41 4111- 1 1Z - Vj .e - 100mcrii. The subject more immCdiately before my , mind now, is the ditty Of - the Church in supporting her ministers.,,, As the , basis of iemarks'i lest I.shotiyt_ seem to be engaged in a work % of'supeferrogation at this late day of " progress and' " reform," let me 'sista a fact, or recite a little bit of history, if you will, sod that not 'of the writer .nor ofany of 'hit kindred. “Several=-years ago, perliaps twenty,, a liming 4iiii;- into whose heart was sown the , r o ' er,e . ndinto *hose mind God put i eel ' sigWeAthil4h4ttet . zilifiliktry- of the Gospel4ut himself in the'way of ~ qual ification for this work. He had time and mind, but money was limited in amount. Yet, trusting in the promise,' he went for• wardiin - his work. Two sisters he had, who warmly seoonded his plans , and, in a ,practi cal.-way. They devoted to his rose the "In heritance” left: from 'their parents, of whcim they- weredeprived in early youth. With this help he - was enabled to prosecute his studies to the end of his collegiate and theological 'course.. He then entered' the , ministry;, but, shertly afterward died. One of-thestolliiters married also a minister, . whey-fora feii'years,, was an aocePtable and useful pastor; but be, too, shortly after put ting'on the harness, was-called home. Again were these Christian matisitAalled.te battle together the ills and poverty ,orlife. By untiring exertion ` they continnek to main., fain-themselves, and also one- -oi-two, Ail , dren -of their departed übrothei, fort whom they ,had elready,done much.- , Finally, t)ley.,,:. succeeded: in securing to themselves a mode..., rately comfortable home, when death again broke their ranks. They sought to maintain' themselves by the almost self-destroying use of. tike.-)needle: . But the days -of sewing:; machines. had eeme, and,they eould neither, procure one, nor secure employment at re munerating prices without. Perhaps teach ing,might-have been thought: , of, bit here were,,the,•days -of aystematie,.; graded, free sohools,; And i again, ; the -door, . was, elosed. Self.maintenanee by keeping a boarding house proved a failure, as boarders could not be- obtained.- Now, what was left? In years 'somewhat -,. advanced, , . with- -. feeble . _health, broken spirits,..and „disappointment afterrdisappeintment „hes.ped.upon , them, hero wairthe galling question„” What shall we eat, and' 'what shall we drink, and where witharsiall , we be clothed ?- 1, -'' 'and 'that-not' of cihoice,or of habit, but ,of necessity.- 'Jttrit „here 4:drop the narrative; for Ipannotr lift the veil.uf the future. Now for - a suggestion or two. The pecu niary, straits of this, family were brought upon.thein by their self-denial' for Christ's stike,,,andtlreir brother's. _• Early.they. gave.- thems_elpa to,Christr know.: and they did ,not kno- t what to' do, in the simplicity of, their hearts,. with ,s their substance, but to give it, too, And did they not do right ? But is it that allthe suffering should fall upohChrises ministers, and those.-who are their fathers, motherly ,brothers,,.pisters, and 4 childrei r May it,Chriatian inattur woman be . allowed to ' free 'theistsWes from doing all they p „ liably On, because none of their-kindred afteno-tthe—flesh.. are serving-Christ in, the ministry ? The wrong is not that there: is - suffering, ,kut that , the . sores Are in.spots i < and not eqUally" distributed.„ - Ought ,not every man woman and child 'to` do just as much for Christ, as if he or she had a brother, father,,orlioisuffeaing in.this work' for .Chrietlii sake.. If any had ,near- of -kin to Warn in this work, .they ,could T do more... this is but to say,,more might. be done. If I could do More, I ought. ' - ,If= our Christian- young men were , :ade-, quately aided, the - pawed-not, min the °ege t < 1. have,mentioned be compelled ,to impover— ish themselves, ,their , children, and their . friends. All such cases as ,this constitute an argument far stronger- than any thing else i 's-save-onlythe love of Christ,-.on behalf; , •of the 13oard 'of Education... And shall not.- ouch eases as these co up, to , remembrange , on the, het Thursday„ come ~up, of February,, or when-, ever our contributions are taken up for etiu-- , cationel purposes'? Not less-strong-is their appeal- on theloe-• - half,of .the,-Boards . of Foreigni.and Domeseb tic Malone , and the ,Ftuidifor .Disabled kini B APAI 9 4 1 4.,their 'ILT 11 0 0 :. I fear`thave tired your patience, iffeisis. , Editors, and the patience - of your readers, if you adiiiii- thisAmig-'-iiticle. - lily only apology is the daterest I feed, and -would- in spire . othersto feel, and ' he coitypitionthat , facts, such, as, the,,above most literally, are the etr,ongest itirgiuniiii6 M. N.N: A „,,,,,„,,,„„ ,_.,..4z. Nor tne Presbyterian Banner and Advocate An Appopl for ,the ,Boar4s. For the Presbyterian 13ail nem and Advocate grawfordsville Presbytery. This Presbytery, at its' last stated meeting, bad before ite_but little business of any special public; importance. The report from the teachers of the Waveland Presbyterial Academy was, in many respeots, very gratifying. During the last aca demie year, nearly forty of its students p were brought into the Church, on , profession of their faith in: Christ. The present year has com menced with brightening prospects. The teach .,ers report one hundred and twenty pupils now in the Academy;.the best behaved and most har monious company of youths of both sexes that . have ever been VI the Institution at any one time. Presbytery earnestly and cordially commend their Academy to the attention of all the youth of either sex who may be in reach of its advan tages. Ten years of eminent success, with :frequent revivals of religion, in which its pupils :have largely, shared; a healthy, thriving, and ;beautiful village ' • a highly intelligent and moral population with experieneed instructors, and a course of study adapted to introduce the pupil 'tt.i" advanced College Classes, or to practical life, With 'disciplined mind, and good store of useful knowledge—lead us to a confident commendation of our ; cademy to any youth seeking „a godly, education. W. "k: Anima, Stated Clerk. The The .following is a caloniktion of the num ber of: books, ,verses,Jetters,.eto., contained. in the Old and New Testaments: They are ;worth reading , and preserving: . OLD 'TESTAMENT.-Number of books, x,39"; chapters, 929; verses, 33,214; words, 1592;439 ;' letters,-2,728;100. The middle.boctk is Proverbs. 'lle middle ohapter, • is., Job xxix The, middle verse would be 2. Chronicles xx; 17, if there were a verse more, :and verse 18, if there were ft verse less. ' The word: nd occurs 85,543 times.. The wordaznovAz occurs 6i855 times./ The shortest verse.is 1. Chronicles, : 25. The 21st verse of the 7th of Ezra con- . stains althe letters of the alphabet. , , The-19th of the 2. Kings and'-the - 37th 'ohapter•are alike.- NI w TESTAXENT.—Number .of books,. 27; ohepters,2oo; verses, ~7,050 ; words„. 181,258 ; letters, 828,580. `The middle hook is 2 Thessalonians. - The middle -'ohapter is BODISIIII xiii, if ,there mere a- chapter less ; and xiv,. if there were -4 chapter more.. The middle least_verse is John : 35. OLD AND NNW TESTAXENT I / 4 —Numbqr of = boob, 66; chaptitig, 1,189; verses, 40,264; w0rd5,4773,697; lettus 680. The _middle ,chapter and least,. in the Bible, is the 117th Panlin.., The middle verse is Nils/ B. Calculator. - Overworking.the,Brau?„.s, The great- ;increase- of mental (diseases among our.mereha* and during, the. few4past, years, calls _for serious. Consideration, In, one of the lunatic asy lums of - the city in' which the writer dwells, there are now several gentlemen, all of whom were one year ago,in full,health . and ,aotive business, and, in each of, these cases_mentai aberration is traceable directly to overwork ing the brain. They-are men 'of wealth and social =.eminence, and, until:-their` sadeißie; , tion -were -distieguishedl4or usefulness: in - 0 -0, 0 1 54 1 0 1 4492VnagitY• leßn these 'we must ~add, perhaps thousadt - ef Which premature old' age, Or pernia nent ilhealth and mental imbecility, have *deem fromsimilar causes. Parallels, ape: Piny, softening of the brain, and, spinal at fections, with kindred. diseases, are „striking down our scholars jurists physicians pro leasers, and clergymen, with fearfal frequen cy. In our great cities, business is pushed to the highest point of• human' endurance. The weight of public, duties, and,the . ex traordinary calls:upon our clergy, : wonld .be enough to crush a .race of giantS. And upon - this latter class tie, burden is the heavier, because they live in almost con stant..violation of thatlaw of nature.and God, which requires. a ; stated weekly, Test., The ministry can scarcely be said to keep a Sabbath. For to them the regular Sabbath is the most busy and tryingday in the week, and they are rarely known to make the Monday a day of rest, as they should. The testimony of physicians ; in England..and this country ,to this Toint, has been frequently quoted, both by way of warning and advise. Brit is not something wore needed to arouse publio attention to the subject If 'some of our medical philanthropintawould.give.it special., attention ; collate facts,,and,,exhibit the, wasting and :fatal physical and ,mental tendencies of this system of overwork, which is consuming the best energies of our nationalAnindi it would be a public boon.— Christian latelligencer. Cures for Fits. For a Fit of Passion —Walk out in the openair ; you may speak ',your mind to the `winds without hurting any one, or proclaim ing yourself a airnpletOn. For a Fit of /dieness.CounOlmticking of a-clock; do this , ,for one, hour, and you will be glad ,to pull off your coat,. the ,next t and work like a hegro. I For is Fit of Extravagance and Folly. —Go to the work-hottee and speak With-the inmates of a jail, and you will be con vinced— "Who makes his bed of brier and thorn, Must be content to lie forlorn:" For a Pit of Ambition,--=Go into the church-yard, and' read the gravestones; they will“ tell you .the end of ambition. • The grave - mill-soon be your bed : ohamber, the earth your pillow; corruption your fither, and the worm your mother and sister.. For a Fit of Despondency.—Look on the good things which God has given you in this world, and. to those,... he : has promised ,to his followerk,in the. next. Re., who, goes, into.his garden ,t11,109)t -for cobwebs and spiders, no .doubt, will' find them; While-he who looks fora flower, may, return into his house , with one •blooming in his, bosom., For , all Fits of Doubt,..Perplex,iti, aptl, Fear.—Whether they respect...the .body or the` mind—whether they aro a load to the ighouldera the head or the heart---the fol= lowing is a radical eure, whieh may =be re. Helton, for I. had it 'from Ahe Great,,Physi4 eianr. 7 ," Cast thy burden. on the TJord, and, he will sustain thee." For a Fit of Repining.--Look about for, the' hilt and the blind, and visit the ,bed= lidclen, and the afflicted and derangedl and they f yvill make you ashamed of oomplaming„ of yonr,lighter afflictions.., ' EU. "Suggeptions. ha lo: d e r :ears since, l made the pop , 'Rune of a clergyman. I met him agiin and -again ) , and esteem was ripe nin g into friend , . „ship,mhen, ,happening mention...his name tho l ve,senee , of a mutuakacqrniiptants, ,he said : • , , " Have' you . never thought him h91121v7 I hadinever thoughtihina so, and do nOt now think- himao,:yet to the4ant day of my= I. shall, ~not get ;id ~of the impreqoiqu, made hy that unkind,, anaj. think, unjust eingesp",„ =I ~ South West Corner of Seventh and Chestnut Streets By Xenon., et the Wileos,Jl.so Btu., t PROSPECTUS. Delivered in the City, 2.00 WHOLE- NO. 874 Incorruptible Inheritance. No poverty there 1 Mitlions,of good men have left the earth poor; but has one enter ed heaven poor ? Lazarus, the moment be fore he died, , was a beggar at the gate; but a moment after, his death his estate had grown iso fast that the haughty worldling, still surviving in all his affluence, in compar ison with him, was a penniless pauper. Oh poor believers ! rejoice in prospect of your greatinhentanin. „„It is really , immense, in estimable, unspeakable, undefiled, and fadeth not away.- Has it not been -your endeavor to lay up for yourselvee treasures in heaven? Why, not oftener ,think of results there ? "ear not. There is good news from that far country. Unsuccessful as you may have been on earthi:your heavenly schemes have all prospered. The, treasury of God overflows with your wealth:, And it is safe— r perfeetly safe. Neither "moth slier -rust" corrupts it, nor can thieves brek through and steal it. 2431 1 / 4 rich, but the humblest heir of God is richer far than all. What a Good Periodical May Do,. Show us an intelligent family of boys and girls, and we shall show you a faidly where newspapers Ancl„.plriodicalare plentiful. Nobody who has been without these silent private tutors, can know their educating power for good or evil. Have you never thought of the innumerable topics of dis cussion, which they , suggest it , the breakfest table, the impertant, public measures with which, thus early, our children become fa- Miliarly acquainted; great philosophic ques tions of the day, to which, unconsciously, 'theitattention is awakened, and the general spirit s of intelligence , whiolt is evoked , by • 'these quiet visitors,? Anything that wakes home, pleasant, cheerful, and happy, thins the haunts ',of vice ; and the thousand and one avenues of temptation; should certainly be regarded , when we consider the influence of the. ne wspaper- on the-minds•of the young, as a greikt moral alassicial blessing. The , Doom of the World. What this change is to be, we dare not even conjecture r but we see in the heavens themselves-some . traces of destructive ele ments,, and_some„indiaations of their power. The fragments, of _broken planets—the de scent of meteoric atones upon our globe— the wheeling comets •welding their loose ma terial at ~ the solar surfaoe-rthe volcanic eruptions,, in our own satelliter: T the appear ance ,of new.stars, and the _disappearance , of ethers—are all foreshadows of that inipend ing Convulsion to which the spitem of the world : is dooined;. Thus placed •on- a.planet whiohjs to be ,burned up, and, under heav ens *blob are to.pass away.; .thus treading, as it were, on the cemeteries,and dwelling upon the Mausoleums of former worlds, let us learn the lesson of . humilityr and wisdom, if. we lave .not already been taught in the school ,of revelation.--riVor.th Be 'kelt t. . ; Shoul4,l be Asked, 7,6rhat is the ,grand remedyigainstAndue tear .of every possible kind ? I answer, in , one word, Communion with God.' " He," says good Dr. Owen, "who would be little-in temptation, must be much in prayer." Ply thetnerey seat Eye the„hlood of Christ. Cry mightily to, the Spirit of. God. To . which I add, _ wait atthe footstool in holy stillness of soul;, sink into nothing before the unereated Majesty. If He shine within, you will fOar nothing from without What made the martyrs fearless ? Their souls were with. Christ 7 .--Jesus up the beams of his love upon them, and they ,smileit at all the fires which man could Sweet Old Age. God sometimes gives to man a guiltless and holy second childhood, in which the "'soul becomes child like , not childish, and ' the faculties, in full fruit and ,ripeness, are znel . lo l,r, "Fittiout tof deenye ? ;,This thatjongtd for Is*Lof ,BeniatiovAlero , they who have traveled manfully the Christ ian way abide awhile to show the world a per - 'ed manhood. Life, with 416 'battles and its sorrows, lies far .behind them.; the soul has thrown off its armor, arid sits in an even ing. undTem, .of calm ,and holy leisure. Thrice blessed. the ; family or neighborhood that numbers among it one of those,,not yet ascended-saints I. Gentle are they •and tole ranktand' apt to play with little children,, -neasy.to be pieasedwith Believe. Dr. Johnson could 'not find the primary meaning, nor. the origin of the word believe. , It was fainted from the Gothic i3elifian, which something by which a person lives. When a man u helieves anything; ; he adapts his life to it. Hence the great significance of this c ; When a man professes to belieis Christianity, and fails to,conform his life to it, he thereby shows that he does not belicynwhit he,profeeses. There are many stick .persons,,,te, whom Plato's,. nee ,of the word opinion , may. be correctly„ applied. Plato said r ,that . ,si opinion is the half-way house between ignorance and knowledge;' and a great many opinions take their .final lunge.in the dominion of ignorance.-ob server. A Beautiful Reply. A pions old man ::was one day walking to the _sanctuary with a,New Testament in his hand, when, a friend who met him said "'Good morning, Mr. Price." " Ah, good morning," replied he; "I am reading-my Father'smill awl walk along." - " what Aas,he,left you ?" said his friend. . " Why, he hakbequeathed me a hnnAred fold'more in this life ; and in the world to, own& life everlasting." This beautiful. .reply was the means of. comforting ,his Ohristian,friend,.who was at the time in sorrowful circumstances. SOR,ROW.-it would..be :poor,result of_ all our anguish And,wristlimg, if we were„ nothing, but our oldselves at , the . Snd of . it =if we could ret u rn to the sante. blind loies, the same selteonfident blame*, the same light thoughts of human suffering, the salzwfrivolowbgassip over blighted human, lives, the saces,fgebl i e sense of that unknown, , toward whioh we, have sent forth irrepressi. ltle cries in oar loneliness,—Adatm Bede. DEISO4INATIONAIBM. The Ch,ristiam - integi,genber, the Organ of the Dptch Re formed-VlA:iv:hi sips`: uVe.-ao insist that. any Aenomination which hai. a righticrlive, is :boßnd, to do what;in it lies to : promote.,ita, -own principles and extend its own influenoe."
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