E 2 : t lure y ell e • , • A RED PENtaL, MARK on the piper, ,irlgfifflott Wit ith, rat k lamely out anal that We desire a renewal. Renewals slionl.l be promt. it lit Thu yea r Sena payments by oath ha p nds, or by mall tle before A , ' it. "'expires, . ... Direct all letters to DAVID M'KINNEVa Illo q. ." — PlElleliiiiiii, Fa. Far }IT . 4r4lbyterian Banner Asking and Reeeiyijig 5 . 7 N0; 2, Ask and it shall be given yettal4blarr. :7. I know of no wordsitibi'eliill -of comfort than these, " Ask, and it. shall'be given," even a s I know offin'lintin man's history mere prominent than his utter helplessness and absolute want 'Heneeds to pray. He only shows his titter- ignorance of himself and the world 10 is in, who denies this • need. The:Origin of life is too sublime,. its paths tonstrangely complicated, and end too awfully mysterious, for a man to stunibkf. du; like a mad giiiiit stricken blind, Careless and reckless of the paths be tread*, or ,the end he reaches. God has made the paths of his provfdence too-intri cate, and has set traps and dangers too thick along them for us -to Walk without the guidance of his wisdom and the protection of his power. And he-htieshown too often that he is sovereign ruler Of all events in• nations' and individuals' lilies, for any man presumptuously to suppose that he can ?mike events bend to- his individual independently of the will of God. "Coun sel is mime, and sound wisdom," saith the Lord. " Power also belongeth to the Lord." We nee4...the 'aid of this wisdom and power. 2. We are taught . here theirtiniate per , - so nal relation of men the receiver, to God the giver as well as our /cants. The words are familiar; '" ask and ye shall` receive." But we do not ask of chance, or fate, or fortune, or law, or nature s or the spirit of the universe." The prayer which -leaves. my lips in the hour of deep distress and strange calemitya prayer for ecinifbrt or pr tection—does not wander through_ the dew-drop, and the grass-blade, and the. twinkling star—through wind and storm, through fire and tempeet, holdfng 'commu nion with nature's. laws, slid zinfluencing their action, .before from. earth, or air,,. or universal nature, the answer codes in corn lint to my aching heart. My prayer goes direct from ,the lip of the comfortless to the ear of the Comforter, who, rale s the universe, and can make a blessing come on the wings of the wine or the storm,• in the light of the dew-drop or the star, while the chief blessing comes, instantaneous, in the communion, of my spirit with his_,--comfort in the very act of breathing a prayer to Him who can hear and answer Troyer. , That is, what is taught is not Pantheisin, but simple. Theism;; not that Nature; is ear' mother, but' thate,God is our Father, and that prayer is not obeying the laws .of. N ature, but the direct coming of ()Eke person , , to another .person—a child on earth to a Father in heaven, with the simple conficie,npe that the one hears while the • other. prays: We pray to a Person, ! , 3. We have here, also, an , nexhaustible sup ply. " Ask and itshallbe given." The : words , are not qualified. The promiseis absolute, "it shall be given." It is as broad a2.3 : otty petition that can be framed, and as deep as any spiritual longing -that- can be created. As man's spiritual nature is - developed, as the line of his sanctified reason anddepires runs out longer and longer, : and he' goes., through life sounding in its deep seas, he is only fathoining the depth covered by that promise, - "Ask and it shall begiven." And this doctrine of' a personal relation ship between• the receiver and the Giver, makes this other doctrine of an inexhaust ible supply every way most interesting. What if the streams, which flow out from . the ocean are sometimes small C. Lift . the slitiges and. they shall, every one of them, overflow their banks, and Seatter'green and. beitaki i alb along, theirmargin...-„WhatAf the. Christian's life is sometimes a 'Mere silver thread in a sandy waste 1 • It is not hopelessly, nor necessarily so. He has his hand.on a flood-gate, which may, any mo ment, convert the silver thread to a mighty. river, and the sandy desert to S bieeming. garden. So .has it been these years now:, past in which the Church asked largely, and largely did. receive. " Thou: art-coming to a King," &c. Are Yen. Ready? .A,messeriger is approaching whose er ' randls to cause a dissolution of yout soul and body. That solemn event will soon take place. In a few brief years at farthest, you shall behold, for the last time, the scenes of earth, and then close your eyes in death. ' Then your immortal spirit will launch into the ocean of eternity, and your body, and active limbs be consigned to the silent tomb. That solemn change will transpire ere long; yes, in a very brief pe riod your earthly career will terminate, and the full blaze of eternity will break in on your soul. Are you prepared? If not, you are liable at any . moment to sink into the regions of despair and Sternal misery. If you go down to death without an inter est in the blood of Christ, you will then reap the bitter fruit of your sad neglect, and be forever debarred from the peaceful presence of God. Your torment will be inconceivably awful, and pangs of remorse will always be sinking you deeper and deeper in the abyss of endless woe. But if yott are prepared, all is well; and when your body shall, die, your happy spirit will mount up to the courts where saints and angels dwell. And there you wilt be, in The ithmediate and, glorious preSence of your Saviour, whom your rap tureen soul will adore and praise. You will . join the happy throng of the redeemed in singing sweet anthems of praise to .11im by hose blood you were cleansed, and through whose merit you were made a re cipient of heavenly joys. Ere long you will"be received into the bright mansions of glori, and shall witness the lovely scenes, and' heat tike meledions sounds of those peadeful retiinis., lona", God'for the Sweet hope of immor tal glory whicb. you entertain. J. • Triltag..Conversatfon. ,4 Then they, Ahat Iwed the Lord spake often ode to another Of what did %they 'speak? The same blessed volume tells us, KOnt of 'the abun deuce of the heart the mouth speaketh." Then, if the heart be filled with the fear of the ~ .,Lord, the love of Chriat, &c., will it not tuattifest itself in our conversation.? If we judge ourselVes tgy this rule, how many of us wohld give evidence that these things filled dttf : hearts? How much • time is wasted in "foolish talking and jesting!" How often .44tlie pious heart,pained, when in comPitny',' , l(lBB, and among professors, too, and even on the holy Sabbath,) 'at the frivolity, ilid4iltictirtiatere of the conver sation t Even tad' failitthitt of the subject of religion will, SOlttetitnas, , almost strike a whole- company (With/. 'Why is this ? Ar 4 we Christians.? I%4:Middies our hearts never 4 ( burn within - us; while we talk by the way," not of trifles, but of the love of our Divine Redeemer? Is it not more pleasant, as well as profita,bie, to speak of the great things God has clone, and is still doing for us, than to spartd , our time in "idle words, " fbr which wyp4alust shortly give account? Ask yourselt` rciader, as in the sight of God. Some Will be ready to say, "lhe'Chris tian should notle sad or gloonly,w 3 Granted. And we appeal to every OhristiMileart, if these thingsvhote a.tendeney.-io one glocnnyl.l: the vihrttliilline-r for the Preelnytulan Banner Air the Presbyterian Banner 114 411 WAY . 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As to our influence with others, let experience testify. Which is the most consistent in the eyes of the world, that professor who maintains from day to day a serious, Chris tian-like -deportment, keeping aloof_ from the world, or the one that mingles freely in the trivial amusements and.follies.of those who have never " tasted that the Lord is good," or felt -the joys of pardoned sin ? Which of these are most likely to lead the minds of others to Serious reflection ? Is it by trifling levity, or .by, grave, serious, yet cheerful deportment, that we -are to .show that "our conversation is in heaven," that there are pleasures in religion, but they are pure and holy pleasures, infinitely better than anything this world'can afford ? Let each one strive, not by, a sinful con fornfity to the world; but by soaring above its trifling toys, to win others . to tread those ways which are true and refined pleasant ness, and those paths which, are the only enduringpeace. MARL EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE., THE ITALIAN INSURRECTION—A Gases, GENSRAT.. AND PATRIOT —ROPHAFLDNONF OP PALERMO—PRE COOT OP PFTO A KIND— TIM ARMISTICE AND ITS REASONS—THE ,TRIUMPHING -OF "TICE WIOROD," SHORT—TERROR AND TREMBLING AT ROME —CARDINAL WIRRIDAN'S TRIORI BAFFLED--THE DAILY NEWS A:0 'Tat nix PAP.VOY."THE Vmmots CHURCH—TWO-FOLD DIVINE WORKING...4OII7IDRR AND SPIEL .ITOAID-411E. REVIVAL MOVABLY AT EDINDUROII—ULSTER ;Fieurre—toximr Avrimernica---THi - 11nitz-WomiN Mom; iiB.OBJEOT, Arm ITS , PBI3UFO=Tas REFORM Buz—TEE 11.131T,1319,.*5.-3418 PRIZE-PIM:MR - PORNO> PREACHER.: LONDOY,`June 9, 1860 INTENSFANTEREST, is now, and has.been for some weeks, concentrated on the insur rection in, Sicily. A. great ;general has been developed in the person rof Garibaldi. Before this,, be< was, considered brave and enterprising; now he is something more— a master in military strategy, and his name is enrolled 'in the list of gifted and illus biota commanders. More than this, hiS patriotism and love of liberty are such as to be a nratchword - all over the Continent, and the hopes of the oppressed .rise from the dust at the very mention of .his name. When .fie succeeded in ,drawing away the principal part of the Neapolitan troops from Palermo, and by a sudden night march found' himself, early in the morning, vic toriously entering Palermo:on its:unguarded side, the people clung to the knees.of their deliverer. The Neapolitan troops fought well, but. Genius was the. directer on the one side, and Dnllness on the other, and so the fight was Won both outside 'and Within the town. The bombardment of Palma° was of the most savage description, and was continued for' about thirty hours. Very many of the people perished' under it, although Gari baldi's troops suffered little. At last he sent word to the Neapolitan comManders that he had two hundred „prisoners, and that for every shell sent in tothe town, after this notice, he would shootone of them. Soon after, the bombardment ceased. Pre viously, the - prisons were broken opeii;and many, political captives were set free. Gari baldi seized. the jailors and the prison police, and hanged them publicly. I pre sume they were the willing instruments of young Bomba's cruelty. • The Armistice agreed upon arose, it is., said, from Garibaldi's want of ammunition. But. ,as insisted. o,u,.the enemy Iging down, , their arms, it is pro aab"le that the difficulties were on the other, side greater than his own. Meanwhile, from Naples came fresh supplies of war, stores, while from Genoa set out a fresh expedition, for the, Sicilian shores, composed of the w bravest and the best veterans to be found. The ' Times confidently declares that the bombardment of,_Palermo . has -cost Ferdi nand his throne. Such cruelty could never be condoned by any promises or any concessions: It is right that it should be so. The'wetched young sovereign listened to the et unsels of Austria and to Jesuit prieiti, 'instead of taking the -advice of Lord: John. Russell, and. itinay be of France also. 'New it is too late for t , him to remedy matters, and however diplomacy may inter poie, it, is believed that :the Bourbon dynasty must ceiSe, in Sicily at least, before this Month is over. TIM PAPACY was in high hopes of re invigoration a mouth ago. - Lamoriciere appeared for her deliverance - in extrewfis ; and, coupled with this, `the success of Car dinal Wiseman's plan of enlisting Irish recruits for 'the Pope's arinly, - seemed to in dicate - the dawn of a bright and prosperous ern: But•now, although infituated Irish men still'enlist, and a number even .of the county constabulary are 'resigning - in order to " emigrate " tb hair; nay, although the busy and disloyal English Cardinal is about to come back to us vid Spain, in order to rouse fanatical enthusiasm' and stimulate volunteer enlistments--46 prospects of the Papacy are darker than ever they Were be fore., The successful' - revolt of . the Sicil ians, the tottering throne of Naples, the powerlessness both of Austria° and Spain to render material help—all indicate o a dolo rous prospect for Pius IX. and his Car dinals. Fears are even entertained of an immediate outbreak at Rome, ,and nothing but the incessant vigilance of'-French pa trols keeps it down. If the King of Na ples, as is said, has been sending large sums _of -money to England of late, so iprobabl3r have the agents of the Pope. At all events, his strong boxes are filled and looked up, ready 'for- departure on the first alarm. " Terror and trembling of heart" thus:fill the supporters* of Antichrist; Lbokink, too, at the question in the light of European opinion, and the - question of nationalities and their right, matters seem truly desperate, and even though there be a little. - delay, the destruction" of:-proud Babylon seems inevitable. . The London, Daily News, the fast „friend of . freedom, and directed by Christian principle, ,has recently spoken on the topic just indicated, in an article so valuable that I think it worthy of your readers' thought ful consideration. The following is a por tion. of the journalist's remarks on the 'present crisis of the Papacy : ' Now that we see that Church engaged conspic-; uously , on,the side of despotism in Europe, and even Implicating , its fortunes with those of the most. absohtte sovereigns, and resisting, the interests of the largest classes, just in proportion to the advancing intelligence and ripening will of the people athirge, it becomes a Rnestion 'of the deepeatinterest, whether it will reserve-its present course, or,-Terish- from its, wilfulness in going Betray, If it yet , retrieves itself 4 in4t. evidently he 'by . schism 'A Papal Government' which made 'the Anstriin'tsoncordat, and de mands the repreesion of ithe Protestants of Efun-' , gary and Gerniany, which supports the despotism of Nalples, and anathematises, the King and kingdom of Northern Italy, may safely be con sidered past all redemption, in an_ age when there is a doctrine of nationalities, and when represen tative government has become an objeet of pimu- lay demand. The only practical question in the case is, whether a suilicieutsproportion -of f the , Church will refuse to follow. the Papal Govern-. meat on its road to ruin, and insist on returning to the old principle and methods 'by" the' Catholic organization became what it.was. division had proceeded some _way, before two , sides were openly taken, as yet now, see them in , Piedmont. Formany, years past wi,hani c , ,,,bspsfel, Titrj:j":rilie' rah640410,p PITTSBURGH, SATURDAy, YU LY 7, 1860. its democratic leanings. In Ireland it has:been powerful in opposition to the Church of 'England, because it was the Church' of the poor,• andlts ministry derived-from the ranks Of: the poor, whereas, the Protestant Churoh :was frequented 'by the wiper classes where frequented . at all, and sustained...by a ministry which had ne ohviotts connexion with ;popular feelings and interests. , In the United States there' was a sudden spread of the Catholic faith, ,twenty years ago, so rapid that the term of:study for.the priesthood was re dUced from five years to three. and again to. two, in order to meet-the demand for ministers; and' at that time it was noted as a fact of..strong significance that every vote.iWevery State of the. Union`was 'giVen to the Deniocratio partyi---that party then, answering to, its:title more truly : than .it does now. In France, the clergy, gave an ef fective support to the Imperial Government, 'while that, Government professed to represent demo cratic ascendency ; and it has drawn off from the Emperor in proportion to his divergence from:his profession of beteg a popular-ruler. Austria a chasm is yawning more widely every clay between the Church authorities, who are the `mere tools of the Romish Government, arid the popular clergy ; and in, Piedmont the Pope and his advisers have thought fit to bring the within to Some sort of; settlement. While , the Pope's agents in Ireland are collecting men and ,and= money to support him in, his conflict with the civil lib : - erties of his own flock, the English-Citholics'are shocked, „dissatisfied, and alarmed, and will, generally speaking, lend no aid to the evil work. Everywhere' it is becoming , clear that' there inust be a renovated Catholic Chwch, replaced on -its original principles, With modifications to suit an adiranced age; or Catholicism -must go down' to the destruction which visibly awaits the intoler able tyranies which its head is striving to ,sus tain.: THE Wig t pßisEs having resolved at their fast Synodical meeting, at. La Tour, to transfer their. Theological Institute " to-Floc= encender I the: protection -of the 'New GO-Vernment--4 grand' prospect is opened up for the Work of Italian evangelization by them. The Daily Heies„ - ip#a' article, thus speaks of the VandoisCharch, its an tecedents, and its Prospects,. Putting its, re- Marks in the light of two alternatives, the and a renovated Papacy-from - within, (which is hardly to be expectedo - arid the other a revivification of that; primitive `and 4pos toile ChristianitY which. the, Waldenses cherished and conserved . through. all the terrors of fire and sword: It will be interesting to' bee. what the Walden ses will do in a period so exactly adapted to what they have anticipated as their proper work. Long before their present opportunity opened to -their view, they &blared their expectation of bringing Italy and the' Whole Catholic world round to a true view"of • Chriatianity. Protes tantism is little knoirn, and not at all cared for, by Italians generally, and it is scarcely con ceivable-that it would Make any way. in time for the change whichiS impending. The Waldenses are not Protestant's, because they- never, were Cathelimi. They 'do not hold' a'critical and cor rective faith, bound up with, dogmas and _doe ,trines brought from other cpiarters-,--such as the 'right of private jiniginent, &c. ' They hold (in their own. belief) the primitive Christianity itself, unspoiled by corruption, and =perplexed by re-. for'ma'tion. They are exempt from theprejudices and denunciations which weigh upon Protestant ism in the imaginations of. Catholics. They are now considerable in nUmbers; and their great cathedral-at Genoa, and"their churches in other towns of Piedmont, areupen before the, eyes of all. Italy, while ,they have freedom, and, are. zealous in the use or iE to spread their views wherever they . can. Whether ; the Italian reformation 'which is apparently impending, will , take the form of recurrence to the primitive Christianity which has, lived on for eighteen,centuries un changed in the solitudes of theAtetulfait Alps, or whether there will be 'two Catholie hierlirohtes, following:respectively the popular and :the des= .potic principle, of ruling, mankind, till the one shill have extinguished the other, it is for us to obterve, and not rashlf to prophesy. - , "GOD is WORKING j"• - that' is' a senti ment and an utterance which =may well be found in the heart .and on the lips, of every Christian man. First of all, he is level ing the mountains and upraising the valleys - briniglity'fsliti&l , movements-sficli as -two, years ago were not- even dreaint of, or - if anticipated by any, were.indefinitely post poned as to their.. execution. Look,• then,; at the marvelous upheavings in. Italy of the. last twelve months. A year ago, Austria was invading Sardinia; ndw - she- licks the dust. Then: she was =powerful to sustain the Papacy ; now she is Towerless -to help, and financially she is .on the-brink-Of ruin, and all that her ships at. .Naples can offer King ,Ferdinand, is an asylum as a:fugitive on board, to bear him: any Where----say to London or New-York Napoleon is, mean while,. the instrament,of God,, the. ',rod of his anger," and his end is not yet, 'jug be cause:he. has probably'great things' yet to do for God,' although he mean& not so. God, .therefore,. is Working; 'ratherlet say and,think, "Our,: Saviour-liing, reign ing as Head over all things to the Church,, is, by terrible things . in_ rightenusness, an swering the prayer,' 'How long, 0 Lord, lioly'and true'? • , SecOndly— The Wonder-Workei is -busy in putting forth spiritual and vivifying power on the souls of men. The Apostolic acre is so far 'come back that Christiana be - gin , to believe that two-edged sWord, the Word of God, and to say also, " We,be- Here in the. Holy Ghost—the Lord and giver of life." ' The late Scottish Free Church AssemblY was justly styled' in the 'beautiful closing address of Dr. Buchanan ' the Moderator, the .Revival Assembly. What a,. blessed thing.to be able to give. it such a naive, as indicative of 'great realities.' What a change in Scotland' in the last two je q rs' --especially in the last year. -What stir-' ring, tear-starting, joy-inspiring; faith quickening, prayer-moving tidings were brought froni almost every part,of the land. The revivals in'Scotland of 1839 were very ,partial; those now in progress =are increas ingly general and diffusive. So likewise in Ireland, God continues to work. Last Assembly (July, 18590 the Ulster Aivakening was so mighty in its rising tide, that the members' were "as men that dreamed," because the -thing was -! done suddenly and was increasing in-depth and volume every day.:' Since tlien,,what a harvest has .been gathered in, and *bat spoke opinitt will be presented` on the altar of God, when the Assembly of 1860 as sembles. Last week Dr.-Murray 'and Geo; H. Stuart (after. being entertained. at. a public breakfast, intended as an expression of ,gratitude for recent Anierican sympathy; with Well Home Mission work,) laid the 'foundation stone off one of -the four or five new Presbyterian. churehei -which are, the, direct fruit Of the Revival in. Belfast. _Pro fessor Gibson, the present Moderator of the Assembly, has recently published "The` Year of Grace," intended as a History of the Awakening of 1859, and in it he gives returns ,(from ,a portion only of the Assem bly's congregationso from which it appears that upwards : of tan thousand coininani cants'wete-last yearadded te*the churelieli and.frord ...three hundred to font hundred Romunisti truly converted: I repeatothat these . ,returns , are, -but, .partial,inciuding probably about two thards of all- the prin . gregations... i , ~ _,,, , , - ^ -- The Rev. jOh. , §tuartminister-of Bally- Carry, County *Arial - 7,145. given remarka ble teitiniiiny..is - ti) revival - results ~in hiS district: - lc brie impossible- to witness the worship orour crowded assemblies, to look down on the sea of upturned,'animated' faces, and t,o.come ,censtantly, in contact', `With the spiritial life of individual Chris : 7 Cans,.without, ' exclaiming ,g What hath God wrought'?" • " All,,from`the.child of ten and twelie to the old. man or woman, have beep under. , the grrio,9l 3 : , ?niluP,l l - '. At , i4 , l44 l ,atsi' pryer-meptart , Which are-stile c on.,,theAn-, k r i lhreat, Its e tto*d pei4Opitai-' 1 imp il . te 'MM. 00 1 1 4 tirfr 116 4 . I. • "I do not know,. as yet,.of-a Ingle back- . .slider." .: - . ' ' Mr. Stuart further states;tli forty so i uls i haVe been brenght `from Mule:the influ ence of Unitarianism, .and 'itiit y . " among ~ these converts there is a reve - dtaestb i , and -.e .a spirit , and power of prayeriOlich,noth _ing.hut,the.Holy Spirit of. G .. ,.cmild. have ,planted in theirhearts." The (ill:owing is ) a striking.ease:urider this liei" . - ' b ' One young man, W. N--,.brl gilt up under this system - of frozen Deism, and* inewhat ad 7 dicted.to irregular and dissipated- itii,.. having been sent for, on a certain, evening: to i co'pr to my 'church to assist in conveying linate:: his sister, ,who Wes,B6-icken down, under • tertildiil Conviction' of sin, expressed in a very sinful 4y his : oppor sition to the Revival. Next day, Whlli engaged in field labor, he, .begin to feel the=lkrderr of sin insupportable, :and again end agnitArepaired to a sderet,place to pray In the even g, still over whelined'afitli 'anxiety about -his'se. - ; he'retired to rest, but could find no repose ; he wrestled-- with God in. prayer,,.honried,WW ed.eemer for mercy, and,ift. his -exeit,ement, h - iptagined he saw a streairr . :of‘blend- 'fliSaing, , f i a ~e "., brilliant and beautiful, star above him, ,who Jightlitsbed, :upon' lib . face. 'He 'arose - find"' ,lporturifteely ' pleaded ,for pardon, through the. s,h,' blood of the 'Divine Redeemer, •wheii he felt - 1; 'burden re moved,:and Was ;hie. to :realize a Se.: our precious: to. his soul. , -Next .-evenina he, said 'his father; '"You must demmence family Worah • .fo-night." - `' ' "I'e " a annot,aidithe father, "I- at( dt qualified :to pray." , The young man then took _his Bible,, read the precious word, and in a prn at once :beautiful and 'fervent,: led the der?ll'il-, of•-the family, and pleaded,-with aßthe al'.,, : born scail,,,for the conversion of hI ~ I , eats, . ,'IP :_". brothers; and staters: He is noW:fo z,'of niyltiost -- efficient as . eistafitslneleryl goad'„ ..pt, '4l.9 - Wing ":, every day in grace and in kaewlecic.s ,His father thus' eapresSe& hirifieif to 8, Me , .; 'not long sinity,imrßefortilielteirival, iiewhich.:l had ,no •Taith,,rnyheuse was 'Were wee hell; tow, it is like •., .ft ?dee" Icahn:" ' ' - • ' ' ' ' tt. Tit London, - as partially - Indicated in my - last Utter, the *irk 'cif - - graceitnakin ~,, de cided progress..-in. various - quatterS.: - Yes -1614y: evening_ I- attendedliiChristian ,: IYoUngWorrien's Association rurting, in the : . West-End Of the'town. - Thisis'ilie direee. ' !fruit: of of the , quickening . infliaides of. the :Holy-Spirit, ..during--.the last Aix . ruoriths. A week previously, at a similatmeeting in the 'same 'plaee l , simple_ addresses Were de-, • livered,iipterspersed 'by preig 4- And sing- . jrig, Mid' at the' close," the ideltWas filled with. the - . sound: of weeping in supplies- . tion. : All was - calm; quiet, real And God.,- like. At the second meetinggle results, : though more limited, were siirplar.. TWo ', yolinggirls Sat at my left 'liaied.!diiring-the meeting: - 'One was an erpha' kale other motherless: . Both: were - in th . lonia house:: of business ; both lodged Loge ',et., Tick- .- ets for the meetinghad been ' yert them; . they carne' careless, or at leas finehanged. :1 lave every reason' to - belie' that' ere was A:tare and then wrought i .Itheivsouls a mightYreirolutioM 'lt was - ,y-striking • to 5ee..479.-Phristian ladies, , fi lm of them the sister of a. Countess---takin ; these girls apart after I had conversed Wri :there, for some time, and - kneeling 'do '`, offer ,up - ;ivith , them- fervent prayers fo *Mercy' and salvation. :-' . -. Other groups - like this ,were 'able after the breaking up of the gene i . meeting. Two large rooms and the st icase..Niere filled;''anathere wai,".quite,a. 414.4':iirOpld 1 the, doers. - The whole ,alitil. la'areased.., .o is it in other places. -. ' THE ",BIBLE WOMEN 3.10 vi . Rl' is; the featirre of the - present 1 rifiial Work •in London. . 'I believe I have -,.,iit7 . , referred to this before. It has been 4iii existence for about two years. It.origi - ted .with a gifted Christian lady, the aut 7 . . --of "The E. ~ Book and its Missions "=Whoi.. ". tried the 1 system .elsewhere. With Iliiiiirigdy,' . Mi. - -Geo.. H.. StUartliiEgeNdTivei"" .-. . ... z • '., -.l*.spp. a at, her house this week : for .en . ,.hour,- and . Was filled with glad: - a.stenislunent„ at what she told. ' Her book, " The kiseing Link," now 'in its twentieth . edition,indieates' the principle of her system 'arid the object 'of her exertion . .. She, with - others,,haS long, mourned. at the: separation .of,c,l.wes,- the uppe t r, and -the lower, and the _Apparent im possibility by , clergymen, or . . Other male _agency, to elevate froin, - vice - And . degrada tion, the fancily life Of th ' e‘-MaSsea in 'Lon diin. Her plan .is—Divinely.,sit i ggeSted,:i believe—to select a woman of ,piety„,awid- ow pr, other chastened, ,C,hristian i . poor. we.-'- inanof-piety,,,wholias good- Sens t n, and has, a heartto do good,,and - then she is sent.out - with' a satchel full of Bibles and 'Testa- - ments'to sell the poor'of her own olasS. „: . . . Except in, extreme , nisei, ;Testaments are.. wit. given,. but- soi be mortal I' for' it may be 2,Safelk_affirreed that „there iS ' , not' a 'single action of -the 'system avonld necessary to- secure bas been found by -natural-: rats ta ; be not „only' passible, but, already in leXiatence in some portion or _anotherof na. i , .. itiire's - 1 - economy.Th The e 'Stars and yell . ' Veins fraii-Chantoik-L-Born 1628 1 Died`l6Bo. 'Many times we serve God as languidly.as if ie were afraid he would accept us,. and piay as coldly as if we were unwilling - he should hear us. Ne would amplify hismiercy and contract. his justice,,, we would have his power en larged to supply our Wants, and when' it goes about to revenge our -crimes; Wel , Would have him wise to. defeat: our crimes, but not to disappoint our unworthy projects; we would have hip all.eye to, re gard our,indigence, and blind not to discern • our guilt. Man would make' anything his end and `happiness rather than God Were it possiflle, to see the picture of God anoording to'lhe fanciei of pen, it - would be themost , inonstrciria of beings; such a God as never was nor'can-be.. _What is the reason, the :heart of man.is more unwilling to embrace the -Gospel than to acknoirledge the equity', of.#4q law? Because `there is more of God's nature and perfection evident in the - Gospel thane ih the Jaw; because; there' is more zeliance on God and-distance from.self .commanded in Ate Gospel , ithout eternity, 'What were all God's perfections, but as glorious "yet withering flowers; a great but decaying be.auty. . Custnin dips,men in, as durable a dye as nature. Convictions are the first , rude draught of the Divine image upon our spirits. Our spiritual extraction from him is pre tended, unless we do things , worthy of 'so illustrious tairth, and becoming the"honor of so great a Father. The, last time " is not called a'time of des titution, but of restitution; and . that of ali things: The disorderniid unruliness of the creature; 'arising ifrOm - the venom of man's transgression; all the fierceness of the creatures, one against another, .shall - vanish. The world shall be nothing , but one universal smile; nature 'shall put on trittran' ve`streerits. The .ohureh• grows by teSrs, arid withers by smiles. God's vine thrives,.the better for pruning. . Unsanetifted 'Wisdom is the "great est tea. - - : The enilierl.tlfe ifew birth; the'weightler . will be the dory in the kingdom 'of God. Young,. ones reo•enerated, and .enabled. to benr.lead against the temptations of their violent natures, shall hnve crowns set with more jewels Ohey shall have an abundan entrance. There. is such ss thing' as the new' 'birth ; belie*e§t,thou - this ? It is necessary to ,be had; tkelievest.thou this ? God only. Can work it - believes.• thou this? Piecioni Framents. ":HAT GOD HATT PnEPAREo. "—Oh, blessed condition ! 'to have rest on every side, hillness of grace. perfection of - peace, to be free from all fears, to be lodged in the bosom and'ioelred in the enibrace offlod to eternity, to be in the haven, in bur Fatilee,E. ',llouSe! 0 my soul, it is a heaven to hope it! what then is it'to have it?, THE MouNniG qov.—Blessed are those tears whichiso merciful a hand wipes off.. There'S no wilderness but shall end in. Canaan, no water but shall be turned into wine,.no lion's carcass but shall be a. hive. Of 'honey.. 0 fainting .Soul, trust in. this mercY: - Oh; beg that since theie is au in- - finite fullness in the gift, and 'a freeness in the Giver;;therehe a jk:oyfixl trust in.' the re ceiver. i soul. of, be be lietrer is never gotten near enou,gli till it be ib the _anis; in the bosom of Jesus. It saith - not (at'•lteter of his tabernacles,) " Lord, let there be one for me and another for.thee," but, ".Let us both be together in one." 'lt is ever night with one who loves Christ, till the 'sun of his presence be aris ing. • • • "THE MUNITIONS or RocKs.P—Be thoti, 0 Lord, within me, to strengthen .me;, without me, to watch me; over me, to cover me; under me to hold me up; before me, to lead'me; behi nd me, to bring` me back; round' abOtit ;Cie, 1.6 keep- of mine enemies on every side. • - • OUR SABUAT E3.-,Throligh-tate;.ikeek , Wee . go tha.valleys ,of. care told shad 9w: 016::Babbatio, Should be we of r g hi d rolls Tiy , we amigo frdm , lionniiiii.4s-01c; mintain-topAillf at last we - latch the glory of the gate,.and i enter in-A° go no more out forever. A illBBioll of. the Angel sorrow From: Professor Phelps's late work on Prayer:lc - The Still Hour," we'scolethe fotl lowing. • " tw ` ll oftei; tO 'deepen on's knowledge &I ChziO in .r4l.t.3re.r.. L it4.,AlPP ,Sorrow . The truth is, that, we, nev er feel him 'to he - a - ngeeisity:: the4fote, t 'd'a gialeeS u8 1 "f iliatAite:asay. 44- Hl. tfilecitietlitir ,slrfe • WHOLE NO. 406. us on this side, and, he chastises us ! on that side. He probes.one sin, and another, and a third, which have lain rankling in our deceived hearts. He removes one, after another, the objects in which we have been seeking the repose , of idolatrous affections. He afllicts us in , ways we have not antici pated. He 'sends upon . , ,us -the , chastise ments which he knows we shall feel most keenly. 'He pursues us when we•would fain flee from his hand, and, if need be, he shakes to pieces the whole framework of our plans of life by which we have been struggling to build together,the service of God and the service of self; till at i last he makes us ifeel that Christ,is all thatis left to us. * • * On the basis of that single experience of Christ as a reality be cause a necessity, there arises' an eiperience of blessedness in communion with God, which prayerrkepresses - like a. revelation. ,Such devotion is'a jubilant Psalm. [SelecteN Submission. BY JOHN J. NORRIS thOu child of God ! though - dark thy path may be There's - one petition thou Must not desPise "Lord ! if 'thou wilt, lei this - eup pass 'iron; me; ' Let visions, beautiful my steps-surprise; s A l ige. / PAl i glkAPYgNq ad l i P (0 . 1 4 9,f, clay, ,AVontend in.Y . A . WW49#4416 1 V-CiaYiet. 37,0 u a • , tor. i Yet,' Aeteit's - idea& my le•ie; r, And on thy ,covenant with:safety:rest, ; This truth I own.: I liumblrlook above, And say, not as Iwill—thouknowest best Tbou wilt ordain - each providence, to bear §oxne good concealed in' every earthly care: "I`Tot , as I WM.'' This.be my daily prayer. Submiesion, love—not less than these I give Thou art a balm for eVery earthly care; In thee alone I sweetly; truly live, - And when I 'die, 'twill 'tie thy will to prove, My great.salvdtion to my joy above.- "'Not as' r will." in darkness 'oft' I grope, -Bliiided by earthly lon6r4fplbiCsiire,. tame, Forgetmy Baviourj stud rey thisiliehlY- hope; My covenant slight. and Ming his .cause to shame, Ye4y returrt thou dost with smiles receive ; A l it but repeui : l --- . accept, my grace; believe. Scotland, and .tho,,Bible. Ma. PRINTER :—Einme, , Gibbon, Vol taire,• and other blind leaders of the . blind, wrote volumes to prove that the Bible is a curse to society.. The history of the world,. ,and in parti'cul'ar that of S.cofdand, is proof positive that exactly the reverse is the fact. . ' In 1320, when all Europe lay groveling In the dust by kissing the Pope's - toe, Scot,- land alone stood up for , her independence. ;The Pope laid some burdens on Scotland too „grievous -to be borne. The barons, earle, freemen, =and the Scottish commu nity sent him a remonstrance, declaring that neither the Pope, the Devil, nor the King of England; shbuld reign in. Scotland. -In 1605, John, Knox was born. In 1555 he raised, the standard of the ReferMatiOn 'in Scotland. Here, with no other weapon thanthe Bible, he contended with popes, priests, and cardinals, till he established religious freedona and independence: From that day. Scotland became emphatically, the hind of Bibles. -., It is the Bible that makes' Sc,otehmen- differ from all men under the 436::- To he sure, the Bible is found:in ni4St'lLOuses between „Igiintauk Peint and 'lhe , ltoBki'Mountains ; but:it is -not, ie44- evep among the families of tbe SOllB of the Pilgrims, and daughters of the Puritans, as it is read in Scotland. Here it is seldom read except in schools, and in some:familiee on, the Sabbath. In - Scotland, rich, and♦ poor, bond and free, at morn and eie, as-. semble round the family hearth; the verses are . sung, the chapter read, and —prayers sent up, to heaven. Hence the children, like, Timothy of old, know the Scriptures from their youth. 'Hence every man And woman and child read the. Bible, and write• their- own name. Hence, comparative ly Speaking, you don't find Seotehmen in 'the almshouse, penitentiary, or ' State;', : :prison: Among, the. tens of thousands of Catholic peasantiry, who are landed - yearly on our shores, not one 'ln a hundred ever ia, , k r a Bible, or learned a letter of 'their' own. language. Never, since the days of Yope, Joan the First, did Popish, peasant print'a tile, or compose a song to cheer the hearts of his fellows. third chaptet of Habakkuk, and the Ihi4-ninth chapter 'of the' Book' of Yob ,Contain more sublime ; language: thati.,you: will.find in all the orations of .Demostbenes, Cicero, and Shakspeare' Oat together.. I have seen the rise and fall.of all the, republics for the last seventy years. They were. _allstrangled in, the birth by an igno rant populace, led on by aspiring- politi. clans. When the Bible shall be driven 'rota onr schools r colleges,family and fire. sides; . the American Republic will be Alup Tiered with them that were GRANT, THORBURN, Senior, Aged .56 years and 41,dayp Ne'vyliaveix; March. 28;1559. Riches and Charity. • . In the eyes of all who cannot comprehend. the pleasure of hoarding, there is nothing so str'anse,, weak,_ and foolish, an, the-laying up of riches , beyond the reasonable wants of those who are to., come after...us. We all know that the prince and the beggar'must alike go hence; and that when the hour of departure comes, the beggar , takes as much` .with him as doss the prince--the man who was buried yesterday in the Potter's Field as much , as did the late Stephen Whitney, or as will ail Astor' or ''a Vanderbilt, or the hundreds: of equally reapectable and honor ed citizens, -Who-count their' possessions by hundreds of thousands, if not' millions. Arid when we reflect that life is but a stew ardship of which we are to render an ac eount, it does indeed seem marvelous that - men should hoard their wealth, to be squan dered by those who come after them, instead of using it in relieving the distressed, ad vancig the cause of education, morals, and religion, and in truth, laying up treasure where they, may enjoy it hereafter. • A friend said to us recently, "Have ion heard' of Mr. W.'s great- loss ?" " No. What is it?" "Why, he has just lost ten _million of, dollars; he died, yesterday,'and Of course' lost all his wealth. And so it was Mr. W was dead, said „hadjost "Buto - there Was no neeesaitY for' the loss. Alh Must:: indeed- , die,::andiallnitat in 'like .manisillese:what;they leaire„b_ehitd•them;" IYat, kltik4OeflillemPir before p us, they will • he mindW .0f the, duty to t liberal' i= they_ wilt' "reengnize the Tact' that riOliest come 'TRIM - the Lord, andthat - they are but God's stewards—they. will'so administer -their stewardship as to, transfer their treasure from earth to heaven, and.Wben they go hence, find that they haie wine to reap a himdred-fold, in another, oilgthe'frtitelittlie treasure which they sowetinlbenevolereCe charity here.. , If richon:aii ,wera ~going_toi a foreigu..-Jand, meier, - to, return onto r f his,filst:precasutioos would to seen forward his wealtli I l'atirs.4"E i NA * 07 0 .43' 44 -3' :• ( "nrrenC 6 -. nd didtfitorath 511E=1= Troni:t4e Christian Press' =EI TET. PRESBYTERIAN BANNER. . _Publication Office,: GAZETTE BUILDINGS. 84 Foxe Sx s Przwastraon, PA. PHET.A.DELPHIA, SOUTH-WEST o,olt. 'OF 7TH AND. CHESTNUT, t vi,; 'ADVERTISEME TERMS IN ADVANCE A Square, (8 lima or less,) one insertion, 60 cents; eacb subsequent insertion, 40 cents ;Awl:MO betrond'eit,Wrata. A Square'pef quarter; $4.005; -isachlindadditiOrdd; 33 CAinfa. A RanuctioN made to advertisers ty..the. BITSISESS . NOTICSB of TZNlinefror 1eas,11:00 reacli ad. ditional Able, 10 cent* i s .. 'DAVID 'IVIIKINNEY 'Sr.' 04 Paoraitioaa ,Arailtrittransona. the Wealth of this world They must all pass.from time to eternity; and ,as they cannot take their treasure with them, let them send it in advance :let them, in the language of the exchange, purchase sight bills on heaven, -by =taking care of God's poor on earth, and building up the cause of morality and religion• throughout the land. , We are taught that. What we give to the poor is loaned to the Lord; and if the rich will but bear this in mind, instead of beingttell; when they haire departed, that they have lost all, we= shall 13i3 greeted With the cheering intelligence that they were wise in.their day and generation—that they gave freely to the poor, and in the,promo tion of all good works, and thereby "laid up treasure 'in heaven'," which they have gone to enjoy. -:-Courier and Enquirer.' The Seen and the Fusin. Con Sider 'how with all` their glare and she*, things - Seen are faltrY, *sing, the least of things; and that grandeur 'and en- durance belong-to.the- unseen:-„soulis unseen; .precieus ,jewel iitimort'ality, it ,lies concealed within its fragile fleshy casket. Hell and heaven are unseen; the first sinks beneath our sight; the second rises high above it The eternal 'world is unseen; a veil impenetrable' hangs'befoie. iis - m - '`ystirieS; hiding them from the keenest - eye: t. Death is unseen', heTstrikes OD us often `unsuspected, and' always inviai- Me.' - Ana , as. is our diailliest "foe, so'is our best and truitiest,. 'our heavenlY friend. Jesus is Sn'invisible'Sivibui; Jehovah is an invisible God. "No man hath seen God at any time; " yet why should that be turned into a temp tation to sin? I think it should rather minister to constant watchfulne.ss and holy Care. Row . solenut the thought, that an invisible being is ever at our side, watching recording with rapid'pen each. deed and word, every desire that arises, though it be but'tn burst like an air bell, every thought that 'passes, 'though on an eagle's wings. We cannot shake off thnpresence of God; and when doors are -shut, and curtains drawn, and all is still, and darkest night fills our chamber, as we are left alone to the companionship of our thoughts, it might keep them pure and hely to say, as if we saw' two shining eyes looking on us out of the darkness; "Thou, God, seest me." The world called him mad who imagined that he saw God's eye looking on him out of every star in the sky, and every flower of the earth, and every leaf of the forest, from the ground he trod upon, from the walls of his lonely chamber, and out of the gloomy depths of night. Mad 1 it was a blessed and holy fancy. Conviction of Sin. A writer in one of our contemporaries suggests a question of practical theology well worthy of consideration : In reading the excellent memoir of the late Bishop Wilson, just published by Gould .& Lincoln, .we were struck by the clear views of sin , cherished by English Divines at the close of the last century, and the deeP and thorough convictions through which they generally passed. Mr. Wilson says of himself, just previous to eonver- Sian ? though his life had been compara tively blameless: ' " Such is the total depravity and vileness of my soul, that words cannot express its abominations. Indeed, the sum-total of . . my , preSent situatton.rs, that I am the most miserable, Tile, and wretched creature that ever and. all. ; Lcan t Ala is to-look-unto Jesus as my,4,:ptily helper, and cry unto him for Mercy ; and but for that blessed word uttermost, my' case would be helpless." Whens Mr. Wilson called on the cele brated Richard Cecil, to consult with him about entering ,the ministry, he alluded to his sympathy with. Paul's, feeling that he was the "chief of sinners;" but kr. Cecil at once interrupted him, saying, "That character belongs tome above all others, as that is the 'point in which I have exceeded every. one.' • It is refreshing to turn "to the recorded experience of men .of God of other days, and mark the deep and, sharp insight given them, into their 'own hearts Why are such experiences coniparatively rare in our day ? Is it - because the Bible is studied so little with , earnest prayer in the closet ? Is it b'acattse the law of ,0d ) in its length and breadth, is exhihited unfrequently in the pulpit? Is it - to `'lie' ascribed to the sovereignty , ;of God, who gives different ,types of piety in different,ages? Stupid Preaching. Sidney - Smith thus comments on the dead and formal style of preaching common tin English .pulpits, and not altogether un known. on this side:of the water : - "Why are we natural everywhere but in the pulpit? No man expresses warm and animated feelings anywhere else with his mouth alone, abut with his whole body; he :articulates with every limb, and ;talks from head to foot with a thousand voices. Why this holOplexia 'on sacred , occasions alone ? Why'call in the aid of paralysis to piety ?, Is it a rule of oratory to balance the style , -against-the subject, and to handle the most sublime truths in the dullest language and driest manner ? Is sin to be taken from men, as Eve. ,was from Adam, by casting :them into a deep slumber,? r from what possible perversion of common sense are we all to' look like. field-preachers in Zem bla, holy lumps of ice numbed into quiesc ence, and stagnation, and mumbling ? There is, I grant, something . discouraging at, present to "a man of sense, in the sareas .tie.phrase of popular preacler ;' but lam not entirely without hope' that the time .may come when energy in the pulpit may be no longer, considered as a mark of au ' peiffcial _understanding; when animation 'and 'affectation will be separated; when churches will cease (as Swift says,) to be dormitories; and• sleep be no longer looked upon as the most convenient vehicle 'of good sense." Self-Knowledge. I know not how strong others may be in ,spirit, but I confess :I cannot be as holy as -some profess to be; for whenever I do not bear mind the word of' God, I feel no Chria, no spirit, and joy.. " But' if I medi- Wenn any portion-of Rolf 'Writ, it shines ;and.Aurns• in my - heart;.eo that .i obtain ,goo_d. courage and anotheninind.-• `Thecause ,is thus: We all, discover Abet, our minds = and itenghts are *so viisteady that,lhough 4 we lisfre to prayearnestlp tir ineditatelin d 'oGo&wlthouehiti iViird-;iiiff thoughts Satter thousiinsisforms ere - we - are: airarcof it Let ,any one try how., long _gen rg sr , ,on any one idea he proposed „to„himself, or take One heur, and now, if he will, tell me all his thoughts. I am sure lie will be ashamed before `himself;and- , afridd -, to say what ideas have passed through his head, Jest: lie be taken fo,a be chained. This is my: case; though gie gl i g sa in. Serrous.thounlits 4104 V: fie esthegiearys: lookt,gove, , plid,• , ai 944-pfreeruiter anee, 2s L e properes _ •