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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
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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
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speaking of the goodness and love of God ?*
of the prosperity :of the,Church ? • of the
joys of Heavera If Christians must con-.
form to the world to find pleasure, is not
this virtually Saying, " there is no pleasure
in religion,," and will any true Christian
say-this, either by word or example? 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
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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
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"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<ll..ak..-14.- per week„and
with the:book es :-Gpes-miasage tattle wife -.
of the laborer, the "Bible-woman'','- - goea
statediyint-. everrvisit, speaking ::forth: -the ,
oc Id.-.-news, and . then : praying tenderly:
Sympathy is ihnefelttobe_a realityr- 7 -light ,
is poured onthe i darltnesa-•-4e husband
begins to be interested and to pause in his
vicious .iiiddlgericeSthe lionsOieconies
-eleanly--and thus in very many cases'.' The:
Missing „Link P, has '
- been established not.
. al -
only between- the rich and
,poor, but, so
between. Christ and the . sinn et. . Vousands
of: copies -`of the . - Seriptiiiis 'are. -thnei . .dis-
tributed-:and . eagerly received: One . hun
dre4;l; Bible-women- are, employed, and ,over
thesciilady superintendents . are placed in
the, respective .. .dietricts iiiooli:now-,extend'
all Vier the metrepolis. '-' The', results' , are
already - glorious.. The workis ltiicli*ottndv
ilia ;kept as , quiet - as possible, an d'islmoye
ant lindor. the breath-of believing prayer. ,
- The funds - . necessary for' this glorious.movement, are . supplied' alrnest' without
Asking. . At - the - ;presenf - Momenti they are
lowing in at the rate of' • :more-than -.L7,000..
per.ap.nuna.•,, -. ~ ., ,•. .. . .- . , ,••
.. . , .
• THE REFORAtt QUESTION is: again—dis
cussed in the House- of Commons, a.nd ev
ery possible obstruction is being thrown in
'Lord John's path', by the oppositign. They
insist that no 'English Reform Bill 'shall
Pass, until 'the Irish 'ind , Sooteli"'Bills are
also-brought forward; andllefeated on _this
point, other motions are-or will.be made in
order to wear out the Cabinet, and at all
events to give the 'Lords a good excuse for
not'passing=anyhill this session% ' There is
a possibility thatthere may be .changes-in
the Cabinet, or even, a dissolution of Par
liament. D'lsraeli and his friends are-:ea
ger for poWer. Their foreign policy is bid.
The removal :of Palmerston at present
would be a calamity to the Liberal- cause
all over Europe.
Two EVANGELICAL. BISHOPS have re
cently been appointed—one to the See of
Rochester,, and .the other to that of Car
lisle. The new Bishop of Carlisle, Dr.
Waldegrairc; wig a very eminent scholar at
'Oxford. He preached one of the' ;annual
:sermons for the Tract Society, in 1859, and
: his theology is by far -the-most systematic.
and Citliinistic - of any man on thiairech.-
.
oßizt Axit - PitAtlifikaf, teYokitel'
- Pri l r,ilVghreitibrittikn‘cif thiPtiinei; land
sesiiffitible:-!at , thitAisac.' 2 My:eyewits at.
rested; last , weekfty the following*llAnat
-shop window :
. To, Prize Fighters, Dog Fanciers, and Sporting
Men of every sort. - Come and hear Richard
Weaver,. known as "Undaunted Dick," a. con
verted Prize Fighter, froni the coal mines of
Lanceahire. He will sing and preach in Dim
berland Market, Regent's Park,•on Suriday,morn
ing . ..June Bd, at. ekeven o'cloek, and in. the even
ing at. six o'clock he.will ,narrate his wonderful
coniersion, and other itriking circumstances' of
his life ,; FM alga, OAP end Prea in the
same, place evlirr, evening, that wiek—iis.
iitit,'/ - 711i;"fitti;' and •ifith; • tit-'ssien
;„and Oialia,foActwingtl3_undaz4,T,Pni 4 ,lBl..h
i ° Tl n g VtBV-14434c.
Richard• Weaver is froth the manufactur
ing districts, is, I believe, a Wesleyan, and'
preaches and prays with great power.
J.W.
Immort4lity.
Ask- any physiologist or anatomist, and
-he , will tell you that he can discover no
reason Why man should not be' immortal;
except ;this, that we , do not !find that he
is so; and if it should so happen that man
became immortal,_ we could not: ,discover,
,any Sensiible difference in the, economy of
our bodies from what we observe to exist
,
at present: .i, •
Let us .suppose that a cloCk were invent
,ecl that x not only, told the hour* but, also
regularly wound itself up. Let u's 'uppose
that it had a little bottle of, oil with, which it
Inbricate -its pinions, and produce a constant
'supply • 'of. that 'oil - from - some chemical
change which it produced- upon - the air ,
Such a4opk.would be aueverlastiug! clock,.
were it not that, its ;heels would'vear. out,
by frietieni, constant, howeversmall. :But,
if in addition to all efse;it' were capable 'of
ireiiiiViting ^xll its parts, 'So
Wheel 'began to Wear r if . would''bei.replace&
by : another
. perfectly.-new, we, should, have,
an exact representation
. of the
. powers of
our body. We are able to wind up, our en
urgies by daily of fead and nightly
4186-0:116 , 10440itite 7 1 , 116i0*
likersytiteidObyithechallOWas*OpfKil
Sabbath,day~ and_. to -: complete the p:Ogec- ,
- tio'n of 6* physical.constitutions the,„cir 7 , I
iculatingbiotid is' Continually' depoiiiing new
matters in our bones - - andllegh, dndr64l.oiF'L'
Jpg, the exhausted =matter When
{ long* capable. of' carrying 7 on..the
eeptiorey.;. What,,more de s we need for int . 7
mortality? . Not, only is-this economy of
uilr'sy ., stem • sufficient, to maintain 'oer
jes in the'earlier . periOdS: of our life; but 'it
its able even to increase their (filial
repair : their-injuries:, The :wonder is,t not
that .we--sbould ever have been, immortal- , -,.'•
:the Wonder is that we . should > 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
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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
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