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[0 g :In •
Shadow,
As the skillful artist hloedeth;
lienutions tints Of light ivitit shade;
So in life the shadow lendeth
To the light- its ilkely aid.
dust be light to 'fditn a shadow,
And there - muit , be substance too;
Take not , shikddw tor the substance,
Though the light define it true.
Over merry sunshine's shoulder,
Ever doth the shadow peep;'
Never, do we smile in gladness,
But to turn aside and weep,
Yet it is comfort, in our trials,
That our heavenly rather sends,
,'
Smiles with tears, as light with shadow,
Gloriously its lustre blends.
Days on earth are as a shadow,
Dark are they, and 0 -as fleet ;
Thus from gloom a hopewo borrow,
Aiming us our ills to meet.
When from heat of warfare fainting, -
When by adverse winds we're borne; •
0 how sweet, our Rocks cool shadow,
Sweet its shelter fromthe Morin.
When the clouds of sorrow' gather,
Nothing earthly comfort brings;
Sweet, 0 Lord, to make our refuge,
'Neath the shadow of thy wings.
When in death's dark shadowy valley,
In that fearful . night of gloom;
Give us light, and safely guide us,
To that land beyond the tomb;
Where none weary wait for shadows,
Where is substance, where is light,
Bliss immortal, day eternal;
Farewell shadows! farewell night!
B. W. H
P. C., lowa, June,' 1360
For the Preebyterlan Banner
Second Church, Pittsburgh.
The house erected by this congregation
was opened for public worship on Sabbath,
the 24th of June. - An appropriate sermon
was preached to a very large audience, 'by
the pastor, on 'the words, "Ye shall rev
erence my sanctuary."—Deut. xix:
In the afternoon the pulpit was occupied
by Dr. Swift, who had been for many years
the efficient and beloved pastor of this'
church. He selected for his text the sixth :
verse of the twenty-third Psalm, " Surely
goodness and mercy shall follow me all the
days of my life, and I will dwell in the'
house of the Lord forever." The house
was again filled, and the preacher was evi
dently deeply interested. It afforded the
greatest satisfaction to his numerous friends
in this congregation to see with 'What
earnestness, clearness, and pathos, this aged
servant of God, the pastor of their earlier
years, is still able Co deliver the message of
his Master. Some passages of his dis•
course, when alluding to events in the his
tory of the church during his own pas
torate, were deeply affecting, and brought'
tears to many a listener's eye. It has sel-
dom been our privilege to witness such a
scene, and we presume it will be a long
time before we see another, equally inter
esting. The evening service was con - armed
by th Rev. Mr. Paxton. Long before the
time to commence, the house was filled to
its utmost capacity, and many were obliged
to turn away for want of room. There
could not have been less than from sixteen
hundred to eighteen huudied persons
present. Mr. Paxton's text was the twenty
fifth verse of the one hundred 'and eight-4
eenth Psalm, " 0 Lord, I beseech thee,
send now prosperity ;" and seldom, we ap
prehend, has any congregation had the
privilege of listening to a more apposite
and eloquent discourse. - The immense
audience hung upon the lips of the forcible
and graceful preacher, and every one
seemed to regret the termination of his ad
mirable sermon.
This large and elegant structure is 10- -
cated in the - heart of the city, and very
convenient of access to those who reside in
Allegheny. The lot on which it, stands has
a front on Penn Street of one hundred and
ten feet, and is• one hundred and twenty
feet deep. It is bounded on the East by
Irwin Street, sixty feet wide, and on the
West by a twenty-foot alley. Thus there
is afforded an abundance of light, and
a - free circulation of air. The corner
stone was laid on the 23d of August, 1858,
Dr. Howard officiating, assisted by the
Revs. Drs. Elliott, Campbell, M'Kinney,
Plumer, and Jacobus. and the Rev. Mr.
Fulton.,
The building has a front on Penn street
of seventy feet, and is ope hundred and six
feet deep. The basement is fifteen feet in
the clear, and the main story thirty-five feet.
It has an entrance vestihule of fifteen feet,
with spacious stairways leading to the main
story and galleries. The basement is so
divided as to afford a lecture-room of forty
by sixty feet; a Sabbath School room, thirty
five by forty feet; an infant school-room and
a Bible class-room, each twenty by twenty
seven feet. The auditorium has side and
a chair galleries, the latter furnished with
a superior organ, from the manufactory of
Jardine & Son, of New York.' On the
main floor there are one hundred and fifty
pews, which will comfortably seat some eight
hundred or nine hundred persons; and in
the side galleries forty-eight' pe*s; • which
will accommodate about three hundred.
more,
The style of architectUre is known as.
modernized Italian. The building has two
towers in front, one of which is surmount
ed by a belfry, and having a height of one'
hundred feet; the other by a spire; having
a height of one hundred and sixty-five feet._
The front of the basement is of cut stone,
as tire also the corners of the building; the
remainder of the front and sid9 are of
brick, plastered, with Roman cement, col;
ored to imitate stone; and tastefully orna
mented. The ceiling of the auditorium is
cove form, and richly painted in fresco.
The wood work' is painted to imitate wal
nut, and light is admitted. through windows
of stained and enameled glass. At night
the audience room is lighted by fotir Eng-f
lish "sun lights,"
' each containing, twenty
seven burners, which diffuse a clear mellow
light that penetrates every part of the
room. The lights arc so arranged as to
serve the purpose of ventilation as well as.,
illumination. An opening three feet in
circumference is made in the ceiling around
each light, and pipes, leading to ventilators
on the comb 'of the roof, carry off the
smoke, heat and nnoonsumed gas, and, of-
course, keerti a constant current of air.
These arrangeMents, together with some
others, render this as well lighted andien=
tilated a public ` buildingas is anywhere to
be found, and altogether, we presume, there_
are few more convenient, commodious and.
elegant
elegant church edifice's West of the Alle
ghenies. The entire =oxpense of this im-"
provement is someth?ng oVet . sso,ooo, the ,
greater part of which' has already been
paid, and arrangements are tieing; made to
meet the balance without delay.
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VOL. VIII., NO. 43.
For the Prestolerian Banner
Letters ,
•
Of the R ev. john Smith, a Presbyterian Minister,
to his brother, the Rev. Peter Spiith, a Methodist
Preacher. .
LETTER XX. ,
REV. PETER S MTH :--_Dear Brother :
The whole controversy on the doctrine of
election hinges on this—claim or no claim.
If mankind,- as sinners, can lay claim • to•
the mercy of God, it is a- waste of time to
argue the question; Arminians are right,
and the doctrine of election is false. If
such a title is inherent in sinners, we Cal
vinists are in a grievous error, and 'deserve
all the abuse we are accustomed to receive.
But have sinners such a claim ? Is such a
title inherentin rebels and traitors ?.,Must
God, in order to be just, show mercy to his
enernisie It is a remarkable fact that
this is taken for granted by Arrninians,
whenever they make their attacks on = the
doctrine of election. Our system of the
ology knows nothing of claim on. God.
We should be ashamed of it if it did. An
error so serious can spring only from loose
views of the nature of sin. Ido not; in
saying so, desire to intimate that we take
in a complete and perfect view of this
awful evil. We do not. The human fac
ulties are too weak; the area of human
vision is too contracted; 'the theatre' on
which sin displays its tragic career is4oo
small; the years of.time are too few, to
furnish an opportunity to master even in
thought this frightful theme. It would
require an imagination vigorous enough to.
sear with unfaltering pinions to the inac
cessible heights of the eternal throne; an
understanding powerful enoughto investi
gate and comprehend the full sense of in
finite goodness, infinite holiness, infinite
justice; and an eye keen enough to pierce
the abysses of guilt and the abysses of woe
into which a rebel creature pluriges, in. its
audacious attempts to set at defiance the
authority of the blessed Creator. But
where is a created being possessed of
powers so capacious, to be found ? Not On
earth. Not in heaven ; for even heaven
itself 'could not, from the most gifted of
her gifted sons, furnish abilities adequate
to such :a task.
But while in the absolute sense the
dreadfiil impOrt of sin lies not within
,the
reach of created mind, through the opera
tion of the Holy Spirit, sinners themselves
are enabled to understand that sin is ,the
direst of evils—that it is in truth the only
real evil. The conscience, enlightenedund
awakened, threatens in a voice of thunder,
and the sinner trembles before a holy God.
Propose to such a man, prostrate before the
footstool of mercy, to address his Maker in
the terms which Arminians •employ in as
sailing the doctrine of the 'Divine sover
eignty, and his whole soul would 'revolt at
such daring impiety. He would sooner
consent, to -have a millstone tied to his neck,
and to be cast into the depths of the sea.
Why, then, do your writers and preachers
make use of language in argument which
no sane man would ever venture to employ,
in prayer? And what must be the force
of objections which, though they may im
pose on the unthinking multitude, the mo-,
merit they are converted into the language
of prayer, become blasphemy •
In my ast letter I quoted rim .'kToSter's....
f' Objections to. Calvinism,"- to , show :that.
Ithe fundamental -idea' of Arminianism, as
far as it departs from the teachings of the
Bible is, that sinners as sinners, and because
they are sinners, have a just and' legal
claim on the mercy of God. I will now
quote from a greater than Mr. Foster, the
Rev John Wesley, to prove the same thing.
This is. Mr Wesley's language : " Are you
sure that God might justly have passed by
all men ? I deny it. That God might
justly, for my unfaithfulness to his grace,
have given me up long ago, is true, but
this concession supposes me to have had'
grace." The father -of Methodism is wil-;
ling to concede that for unfaithfulness to- ,
grace,:. God might.in justice have left him
to himself, but he wishes it to be distinctly:
understood that when he concedes this, it is
only on the supposition that grace is re : .
ceived. Grace must first be bestowed:
Only-neglect of grace could justify God in
passinghy Mr. Wesley. This .is truly,re
markable,language. God had not the right.
to pass by the Rev John Wesley! The:
fact, is the notion that sinners have a claim
to a. measure of grace, Underlies the whole
system of 'Arminianisth., and permeates- all ,
its parts. - Give up this claim and where
would you begin your assaults on Calvinism?
Give up, this claim, and what, my dear,
brother, would. become of you, at your neat
Annual Conference ? Give up this claim,
and Arminianism gives•up the ghost.
For the Prembyterlan Banner
More Sights and,lncidents.
Lovely was the Monday morning I spent
in rambling through Steubenville. This is
an old city; badly built, but so situated as
to have secured commercial greatness long
ere this, had all of its moneyed citizens been
as holiest as they , were energetic. It has
suffered Minh from bank infigtions and
bankruptcies. Its mineral, coal and water
privileges are many. These, however, I,
pass, to note the great educational feature
of the place, viz.: The Female Seminary:
An 'institution beautiful for situation, ven
erable for age, honored for its fruits, and,
admired for its discipline and good govern
ment by all lovers of sound learning.
At the depot I heard some gentlemen
speaking favorably of a sermon that Mr.
Patterson,the young pastor of the SeCond
church, ad preached the evening before,
from the test, "But he could not be hid."
In the cars for Wheeling I found both,
the :Banner and the Presbyterian, overflow
ing with highly interesting news from. the
Assembly. In' the former I read " A.'s"
editorials, and in the latter "Neshannock's" ,
graphics, with special interest. Andwha,t
do you think, reader, when I came
. to the
description of his ride up the "blue Juni
ata," where he said that in that stream's.
silvery sheen appeared the banks, and:bluffs,
and trees of the opposite shore in an 'in
verted position ; just then. I looked out of
my window, when 10, and behold, I discov
ered that the sheen of the beautiful Ohio
(down whose shores I Was darting,) had ac
tually a like effect upoii the " Pan-Handle;
for, its mighty mountains seenied standing .
on :their summits. What wonderful rivers
these 'are l And what wonderfurobservers
we correspondents • must be to notice this
most unusual phenomenon Come, brother
D. X. J., if you cannot make the.stream of
" wild Alvoretta" do better than that,
it will be impossible for you to make' us
wonder; whOlive on-thebanks.of-the`
In „Bridgeport .we , tarried only long
enough to hear that the Presbyterian church'
there. was in a, prosperous condition, having
recently paid °frail debt incurred by the
erection of a new church edifiee; and that
Rev. Mr. Boyd, the ,paster,.:wasitappy and,
.blessed in his charge. /.1.4 .44,„wben in
Wheeling, we learned about the thing
as to theinstors of en' ffiar - Churcites there
—and in addition that 'the First church'
had given a call to Rev. Mr. Graham, of
Va.,--to becepe co-pastor with the venerablc
and beloved Dr. Weed.
Whaling jinprbvia some 'We noticed a'
number of 'fine btildiugs, 'willeVO' b riant?
*on* agaitlitingtOgunldrietetitirmagonriek
Street since our last visit. The wonderful
suspension bridge is being entirely re-mod
eled, which will greatly improve and bean- .
tify it. A great railroad
.structure; is soon
to be thrown across the river at this place ;
a desideratum certainly in the travellin g:
world.
A: friend met US heretwitli carriage, and
off we went for West .Liberty, Va., the
most antique town West of Pittsburgh, and
surrounded by> one of the Most beautiful
and productive hill countries that• I have•
ever looked upon. Most of the improve
ments are truly . elegant—some of them
even surpassing in grandeur those once no
ticed in the vicinity of Boston. Two resi
dences, with their surroundings, were really.
palatial. In the one lives a brewer, in-the
other a banker; both seem to contend for
the' mastery in magnificence. ' The former,
in my opinion; is victor. Discount, here;
succumbs to drink-. What, reader, do you
thing of brick fences pqinted and painted;
stables ditto, but plastered, corniced, stalled,
off, and heated by a subterranean furnace;,
graperies, arbors, lawns, serpentine walks,
fountains, gardens trees, fences and gates
all in the. real old English aristocratic
style, with a residence :to suit, in both form
and furnish ?, Such can be seen in this re
gion. We.spent a few delightful days, in
and about West Liberty. Long will rre
member the days I spent in this region of
Va., and the rides and confabs had. 4-ith
Professor Ross, of West Liberty.
From here we went to the residence of a
dear friend living near Triadelphia. A
communion was in progress in the church
known, as , t' 'The Forks of Wheeling,'
where the late Dr. James Hervey preached
for nearlyhalf a century. The old edifice
is stone. It evinces the power of time.
A generation sleep in dust before its walls
It, too, is soon to fall.; A new church is
to take its place immediately, and this
communion is the last ever to be celebrated
within its sacred precincts. Bro. Paul, of
Wheeling, administered it. But the con
gregation are regularly served by Rev. Mr.
Birch, of Washinp.-ton , College, Pa., with
whom the people are highly pleased, and to
whom they expect to tender a call.
Again we return to Wheeling, and after
a few hours' strolling' about its streets,
start for Cadiz, 0., viet. Mingo. We-took
the river for variety's sake, dud had a most
delightful trip in the Convoy, Captain
(Somebody) showing us many kind atten
tions by the way. When nearing Wells
burg, I was standing on the guards looking
about for " sights," • when , a reugh-looking,
character aboard accosted. me, • and the' fol
lowing " incident " occurred :
"Come," said he,'" let us play a game
of' cards."
"Play cards I No, sir; I •have been too'
well; raised to gamble." .
" 0, only to pass away time, sir—to pass
away time, sir—not, to gamble."
" Our time, my friend, you 'll find passes.
away fast enough. We need not hurry it
by. It will have us to Death, to' the Judg
ment, and to Eternity, before: we are half
prepared for them. To pass, time, indeed !
No, no."
So off he went, koking quite ashamed
Of himself. May that' poor fellow.
exclaim " The'.harvest is , . past the Sum--
_
vier ended, ,- 37 - n - aTam , n4 savq" • - '
It is - ne4i fate -
ut the Jao-nt 4
of Mingo ! Mingo And we are put .
ashore, and are soon on.the portico offriend
Potter; apologiie for our late arrival„
blame -it on the boat, retire to rest,-.--!so,
reader, good-night. Mord in the morning.
'.M.F.
Bitoxerr NVEATRER. AND HARVEST PROSFECTE—OUR PURIM
SINS PROVOKING CHASTISEMENT—HORSE-RACING, THY:TALE.
ING PEERS, AND TEE SILENT PRELATESEEPOWM BILIMITH•
DRAWN--THE GREAT EASTERN "WESTWARD'HOI",-,-KID
NAPPING OF PROTESTANT-CHILDREN—YOUNG MEN AND WO
mux—lnian RECRUITS Rom - Evaxp THROUGH, .EPEGGIBI-7
GAILMALDI TRIUMPHANT--ATRGOITIEI3 DP 'FRE BoNsemarrza
PALEADICY.DEITII*CIATION3 OB BOODOHAN AND PALKENK.
TON- , -WEAT THE TORUS IN OFFICE WORLD .NOT HAVE' SATOT
CHURCHDIEN AND DISSENTERS AT WAR,IIFON THE CENSUS
LAW—THE ,ANERICAN COLONEL "AT SERASTOPOI, HONORING
THEI3MTISHHEAD—POSTSCRIPT.
BROKEN WZATREM:stiII marks-thisre.x-1
traordinary, year, which, as far as, it has
gone, has had but a few dry days. Fears
have been entertained from the injury in-,
flicted on young wheat-plants, by ; a, recent
violent tornado, as, well .as . sfrom constant
rains, leading in heavy clay-lands-to the
souring and discoloration of the plants and
grass, that we not only have a late, but a
scanty harvest From two recent visits to
rural districts,l am of opinion that cdm
paratively littl injury has been -done If
we only aet the bright continuous sunshine
of Summer, at its noon, all -will be r well..
But that has not yet come. ProvisiOnS,
have risen rapidly' in price, and -no'doubt
a stimulus will be given to the sales of
farmers' produce in , the United States,- in
consequence.
JOHN SMITH.
Providence is. showing us how we are
liable at any nionient to have a visitation
of famine and " cleanness of teeth " in our
borders. It is well for us to realize our
dependence, and learn the lesson of hu-'
miliation, and fruits meet for repentance.
We are sinning as a people, with a high,
hind, although there never was a period, I
believe, that= Christians, real Christians.
were as numerous as now. But our public
men" dishonor God by their advocacy or
palliations of the degrading practice of
pugiliSm, and 'also of the demoralizing
scenes of the race-course. The Lords spent
several precious hours in discussing a
“.,Light Weight Bill," brought in by Lord
Bedesdale, in reference to handicap races,
which was rejected. Lord Derby's speech
indicated how' familiar he was with the
turf, and while admitting inseparable
evils" from the-races condemned, he nei
ther proposed a remedy for these, nor showed
any desire for a aeneral break up of the
gambling - system, which makes such havoc
in reonnexion with the system." The-Bench
of.l - Bishops sat silent, too—not a voicetwas
upraised on the subject. , I suppose silence
was regarded. is a genteel protest .against
racing, or at all events, as an indication
that it was not their business. Well, if We
hadi" a right-handed, Puritan Parliament,
and no State-made Bishops,,Lord Derby's
or Lord Pahnerston's Erastian nominees,
we would have something better than Epis
copal silence. '
IRE REFORM BILL has been withdrawn
by Lord John Russel, in consequence of
the determined resistance opposed to it,
and ::the consequent late period, of the ses
sion. Other measures wait to be Consid
ered; including one greatly 'needed 'in tha
Law) of Bankruptcy. The 'Toriei-,, are ju
bilant:. Mr. Bright .comfortas by
,the successful egrYbagAhie ESOP* . At, o£ ,the
Vrencltreaty, and ,by telling, the opposi=
tion that' they must settle the Reform, que.s
tion nest-year.'
• TE6.I GREAT EASTERN sails to-morrow,
for XeW.York, and We can only say - Of - her
first voyage4•aefoss the Atlantic, -ocse/t t x)
jaruseumqitellsit may dtvabe nproiper.
ous." ;The new Captain, Vine Hall; ,is
kotber to the Rev. Newman i LL.B.;
of Burry Chapel; a very popular pre:cher;
and the well.known author of " Come' to
Jesus;" ike. , r; 4-first-class:seat:tan
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EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
LONDON, .Tune 15, 1860
Ireland,, and more recently • toot -A miss
t ,
Aylward, ntliiiblin, presiding er a Oon-',,
vent, received and detained two iotestant 1
orphans; carried off by priests atthey trav
elled in a Railway ,train: , Sheila out, on
bail fore." contempt of Court - ;!aitid)Continl
fl
ups to refuse to tell where the c dren, are: •
At,Nerwick; an ,Italian prie a Jesuit,,
Ilelieve; has induced a youth feurteen,,,
Son of - a 'Member of Parliattie 'I„ to run„
away from, school, Ao place, •hinitielf under:
another • priest, who provi.dediatim with .
money to go to Bishop Grant, of London.
The,boy has been given up by the priesti,
Who harbored him in Sonth4ari, the fa,
. .
ther threatening the law'...„ - Weeedlngs.,„
The matter excites much indwiation.
The secresy and cunning)lA. which .1
such transactions are carried on disgust Ati 4
honest PrOtestant nation like ; Stns. The
Times may Well 'comment iniftlAntly 'oh. 7
the. NorWich affair,' and ask; a;Who was,
that Italian „priest :who found 4iiil,way to
Rackheath in disguise r ? andwlicwas ,tt e he!"
other priest,'by whom this Pather r Gingine
if that, be his name, was origrili
slimed ? Where is the hand' i t s
this maeliinery in motion,Ve the
impulse:to this,characeeristot, * ispirttey?'
adds—" The true 4/rit, of -Po
pery crops up at eV'ery point . lit the story.
Remember,' said the'h 'disginsed priest at --1
itickheath, whatever You are Acing, it, is_
for the• glory of God.;' and, ac3rdingly, in
the. muse, thus ,abominably:' refuted, a
young, man is exhorted by, otke priest to
run away from his tutor; abe by anoth
er in tricking his 'father; p ded with
means of concealment, and fished with
pass-ports go take him' Emit: iene hiding
place to. another, like a proscribed fnOtive,
or a political out-law.
" These are the principles of aption, which
render 'Poperb so detested -in; country.
What'parent can be seeure; if‘his son is to
besubjected 'to temptations.andemanoeuvres'
like these, if .tbe first symptoms „of weak
ness in a lad are to be eagerlf marked, the
disease to be sedulously cultivited, and the
final catastrophe promoted bylall 'the arts
of an organized and unsernputus fraterni
ty ? It is forthe glory of.G.a.' forsooth 1"
.and by this overruling argumrt, any, oat
rage on morality or honor, lir. resumed to..
be justified?'
The system of proselytism, ::however is
too deliberately
. established . „ and alasi too
successful to be abandoned. , It is pursued -
With undeviating, tenacity Of4urpose, and
in many;;ases irreparable mischief is caused,
so that, if : the: .6ody of the yo'nth abducted
is secured ,by law, the perversion of his
mind is Complete, and thus :Itoine's ulti
mate triumph over him is secure.,
I haye recently been called. to 'deal with
the ease of a Protestant young woman thus
perverted in, the house of a Scotch Roman
Catholic-gentleman at Claphain. . Her mis
tress was a _Protestant, buts to the house,
Priests . and 'PoPish ladies hid. : access con
stantly. She was persuaded i to go to a
Romish church on Good - F r iday-, and her
senses were impressed ; the darkness
and the < display of priestyy;
,ceremony.
Her knowledge was,pot,greatvand she has,
.1 fear, been led ,irrecoverably into the snare.
Inis.u.:,R 3intErrstfor.the „
•. g i n eisx.rrOaP, e # h
4 1 40441 1.24 4:Cribeity
roan writes to the ...Times, front).
and states ':that'f.the Irigh 'students from' the
Popish College atlioraine have taken their
station at that town. Their duty is ..to aid
their fellow-conntrymen.who -come over,
and. to forivard - them to Rome, and they
pay eachman's ticket on to. Cologne, where
there are a.similar depot, and 'agency. It
is-said thattwo thousand 'six , hundred are
still eipected. They, haver to go by Co"-
logne, Vienna, and Trieste, as France and
Sardiniawill not allow thenato pass through
their territories.
do inot • Wzite,'!:heays the.. Belgian
Loveiof Libßrty," Si'on' , reasons of reli
bukcannot keeptquiet , When Ittiennen
ho.complaiwof tyrannyisthe
iron despotism,: &0.,.-tottEugland, going to
support a Government:3 Iwhose. deeds' are
.darker than those,. of ?any,other • either eitr ,
ilized uncivilized, on the foe 'Of this
ixceptlltbiswcif its litinrlitni biother."
Ta Tazumilit Of , the - Sicilien
'gun is doubly Unhancdd in 'its importance,
hem* the Act• that both Nan es 'and' Eng
land hive refused to , interfere•wiflf its con
summation by the free choice of, the. libera,
ted people themselves. Napoleon 111., what.
ever he means ultimately, does noi;intend to
getinto` collision with any Power in Europe
'this' year, and -more thari this, that while
recommending. in Words that a Sicily#Bour
bon Prince' should reign over a Constitu
tional kingdom, he will not object to the
people's free vote of annexation 'to Pied
!fiorit; titkrour moans to - keep' him . to
.andSoiduzltihn. Russel'will do the same, 'if
•
!Tim itirithorrits oPthebombardment:ok
Palermo are now being fully ..revealed.
The .following..ia..fKom,.the Times' corres
pondent: t h e spo t : , •
•. • , .
BOII}LORIS OR- THE .BOMBLISDNENT.-011.0 might
write Volumee of hOriors on 'the Vandalism al
ready• committedfor every one-of 'the hundred
ruins has its story of brutality and: inhumanity;
*ere there not so many of the . Officers of the •
'ships who" have sirolled about the tosiri and'seen
them with their own eyes, I should. be- almost
afraid of writing
,them ,down, so incredible do
they sound.•• It is, above all,'isi-the stnaiters to
the right.ind left;Of the Aoyall-Pilicis, mostly •
inhabited by the poorer classes and thickly ,
crowded - with intonlithrialVtintrtliS horrors' can ,
be witnessed by everyone:who walktkpn.,. Any one
can doio by usirtg his' senses. '''Phere are the
black ruins of hlocks of houses. • As you can see
by those which have hitherto escaped, they are
in the style of those at St. Clile's or the Seven
Dials, with.the only , exception; that all the win
dows have balconies before them , In these small
'houses a dense population i is eiciwded - together
even in ordinary times; the fear of:the bombard
ment crowded; them, even, morc.;_ a shell „falling '
On one; and crUshing'and biiiying the inmates, -
was suffieistrit to make peOple abandon thazieigh
boring one. and take refugs,a-little, further on, ,
shutting themselves tip,in the Cellars. *hen the
royalists :retired; they Set fire . ' to • thoie -of the
houses. which had escaped the, shells,,,and num- '
hers' were thus burned alive in their hiding
places! :All about thehneiiliborhoOd of the -
Alberg•eria, (the, air is charged ,yrith-. tho :exhala
lions of the corpses imperfectly covered by the
ruins; and with' that greasy smell occasioned by
'the „burning of - an animal body.- -If you can
stand the exhalation, try and go inside the ruins, •
for it is only there that you will see what the
thing • means. You, will:not have to search long
before you stumble over the charred remains of a
human body, a leg slicking out neie, an arm
there, -a black face staring' at -you a little'further "
ion,. You are.. startled: by: a
.rustle, you look
round and see balf-a-dezen gorged rats scarip
"ering"off or-you (we'll dog fry-
Ackz4PlLe4d l l l 4.scal:4o:Pv.er,i l o r.tlinil,;l.lll.Yri4s. •
of flies rise up at your eppFonoh,And . you hurry •
out, in order to- etioary.th'eiindisignating..itid
.ppieonone:coPtee , t4":; : .;
I only wonder, thet. , -thez eight • of these . sco ne
does not iiikivertletgrigaii r ins the - town fritols „
tiger, and every wfteoxl;
Loid BropghamOrr;the-Hpase of Peers, .
has indig,fiSritly t oleDlitteid - Ae bombard
ment aa4 iu faoCit , is-this , which has , made
•itsjoatpopiAdefontrapets. ,tofpng,ponk- .
- bino,'= ever to febomßicilv., : „
The ,Court of Naples , has been se.b*pg.a
Vey 4 4 6 Moildon,'l)iit 'eke - he VsMe,
`l;6rd . PhinkerstOi; - Okid"the 'oheaia of the
Liberal inemlioeiti; and the 414014 of. the
country, gave 'utterance; . 6.• Le' the
Of: iecepttometta =rebuke ',which await=. '
(ethittri-rHe tai•oVaetiellows are ieilrit
Itftg - iffirtiVaita sapielluie sent' alaple, ll
made agent teia 11 b 4
MEI
expected to arrive here in a few days, for the
.p,orPose of making.a communication to the, two
Governments of France and England. No doubt
that in our comMunication with that envoy, we
shall , expr,ess to' him. those feelings which 'her
Majesty's
.Government, 3n common with every
body in thili country, entertain with regard to
the barbarities which, have been practised in
Sicily. , (Hear, hear.) nis really a disgraize tp
the present age and .its civilization that these
things should have occurred. (Cheers.) With
regard to the next • question, I must say that any
such representations in the way of remonstrance
that her Majesty's Government may make would
have any , very beneficial effect , in the future con
duct of the Government of Naples, I cannot
venture to lead - the House to entertain any very
saaguine.expectation. (Hear, hear.) It, is. far
more likely, I am afraid,. that that which hap :
pened after the sacking and massacre at Perugia,
may occur in the present. case. It is more likely,
Lam afraid, that.the naval and military officers
who conducted th; operations' at Palermo may
receive, instead of reprimand or punishment,
promotion and reward from the Government of
Naples. (Rear, hear.) With regard to the last,
question, we know that the Neapolitan' Govern
ment has applied for assistance to its foreign
allies to guarantee the integrity of the Two Sici-
lies. Austria has positively and'peremptorily rer .
fused to interferc:, • ..,in the affairs of Naples.,
Cheers.)We have reason lire t o es
• , • ), •
to that rof,Ausliiiii.s. (Cheeis.3)C:itrziort.
what the feelings of the British. Govmunent halo:
'been, and - aiiiiiter:of that lied.
(Cries'of." Hear lesi.") %.I.Vis the imiifortnne.of:
GovernmeOs 4 .ldr!, those,p! UM" ;: aad, - Ifaples t ,
thaViirlien,y,the 'cruelties and - atrocities ,eom-'
mitted uriderltheir•authority, Abair Mitijeeteliaire•
been- driven ,to desperation and: have revolted, ;
they appeal to old friendly ?ewers for ae
sistaueo to -remove the authors of thnse'TevOli::.
trona.. TAese. ceayerzunents
_forget_ that they,
themselves are the real and original' authors of
the revolt--(cheers)---andf of •all those revolu.:
tiopary movements and that •if their • prayer_
was granted, to accomplish it, the first and neces
sary step would bti.their own removal. t (Laugh
ter and cheers.) .
The referenee to the Pope's •
rewards to
thele:aders' of the massacre of Perugia, -will
be;galPand•wormwood to the whole Popish
party in thicgeountry and, throughout
rope. „;I:ord•Pabn.eraton, in his closing
Ris4rS f 'Aces not conceal- . his desiretiat
.thi 'Neapolitan ihrorie be iitteriy,
away. If Valmsbury bad been'at
our 'Foreign Office, -initead -of . Lor d, John'
Russel, -and Lord;Derby; had been, Lord -of
the •Treasury, instead of Palmerstmz,'
should have had no such noble utterances.; '
tidal : Cabin et'Ministers'siroVas rov,e
how due. the -cause of libertjyall-the
world over, is our present Ministry:l
• Tti'm the ptipuiation to.. be
taken:in' 1581, is 'abonit' te• be' 'authorized by
a. special 'Ait Parliament. One ants
provisions' has. excited great opposition
flrom Protestant DiSienters; or-at least 'the
iSolitical'itbition of them. When 'the' last
Censis was' taken, it was ordered that .the
number ' of' attendants on a given Sabbath
day should - be ascertained. 1 1.'be result was.
ihat'more persons were fotind.to be at pub
lic '• worship -in Dissenting, , Wesleyan,
Presbyterian 'places of worship in Eng.,
land' l and Wadi;
.than' at; the churches:and`
ithapels ofAhe-Eatabliihnaent. This. W 11.8.8
severe ' the '" National"' Churls
'and • its inasmuch' as it Beebe&
unmistakably to indicate that the majcirity c
t ol :the Pikple•ditiOet belong to its'pale,
ovin its authority:'
-The An.tisState Ofturelfgoeketymade_poz
ILiaake . 4atirifin't of f~is i . order to help
'ObL - tkey
f r litiich ratiii; iiidWatteleiate their' 0410:
.design' of• an; ultimate overthrow of the Es- .
Bat 'nom comes anew pfovi
ttioni'whichif.passed into law—will not
takirtiteirilekomag of' religious -denomini-,
I 'tions'lrinn• attendance at Public worship,
hut from hbusehold visitation by the police,:
who are to be authorized to ask to whitt,
form of 'religion each inbabitant be
'longs. The Dissenters cry out against
as'an infringement of religious libel.-
sit ::a '' . test to which people ought
'not' -to' submit, . as sure to lead
'to Wally , 'false representation of the
riiiiiiiirei•ixaMbeits of Churchmen' and Dis
sent:iris, eiiiiusjnubli- as at who. .to no'
ofilidestip ? "and' all refuse to give
'kns;!ifinit, Ifillilie•adt down as belorging - to
the- Chili& •of Mr!l3aines,,Td.,
for•Leeds,—itnii ether ' 'eminent Noncon-
Totniiif members of Parliament, Opp* the
enacting of such alit*. ' • - • '
• 'Ori ate other hand; the Chirchinenthtive.
.:ninstered•thi3iv foreek go up -one hundred-
Sad' fifty strOngu as a Deputation 'to Liird,
-Palnierston, urge theunfairness of the . -last
'returns ,`and beklewill stick to 'the new
:p ro posal:. . 'Lord Palmerston satisfies and
'-gratifies- them by the assurance that he,
means to do. so. It 'is worthy of notice,
'that- Mr. D'lsraeli, the leader of 'the Op
position in the House of Commons, accom
panied the-Deputation, and that very High
- Churchmen, • both laity 'and clergy, in
cluding-Ulti‘Trictarians, formed: - its sta
'ple. 'The Evangelical Record, however,
opposes' the Dissentene claim, and it is evi
dent ,that '011111444n, 'is' inch, are most
anitotteilia,t - the nakedness 'oftheir borders
-shonld , not-he - se ruthlessly exposed as it was
-nine years-ago. -
, r 0" A xicex,.Colonel Gowen, engaged
;ln.A4e enteTprise of raising sunken ships.
,aid" clearing -.Abe barber. of s . 3baatopot is
gr,eittly ..tii:),,be honored for his considerate
:kindness, in, haying the ,desecrated tikinbs. of
*English; officers restored and repaired.'
Aetter to the brother of the lamented
Captain 4 . ignMe4, 'or the Nayal,l3rigade; . is.
.pnotk 14,in yesterda y's Times. Colonel G.
; IMA:teamed .tbe remains to , be re-interred,
)14;14d - 49115t stones ; laid : . in concrete, and
theiparble .head.stope,Armly . secured in po
isiitOn.. , Hp ° refuses auy. t ,uerap,busatien Tor
expenses incurred, anitwishes it to.be con
sidered a tribute.
He adds : "I have caused several hun
dred cypress and other
. trees -to be placed
within. and around, the cemeteries of. the'
Crimea, where your e ..brave countrymen re
pose, and., a few: years they will., cast
their, peaceful.3We over,the.-last ,rest
ing 'place,of;thubrave hero,es Such ,acts
of, graceftikkinauess, arts,. an, hop= to the
man, anil teud,to cement in ciloseraf4etion
~the tyo,gieet;AngloOpion nations.
Oofona...C . Olven.eltpresses . his conviction .
that the desecration, of the graves was to
tally apart.from4ussian sanction or act.
J W
• .
P. S.-- .
--The Times of daycallisysaari
baldi "the Washingtop . of liberty," and
expects, as,well as hopes, that the war will
go on. till the Neapolitan throne is swept
Th,4propoped conference at.Baderi-Baden,
the,Pricif3e4f,Prosia and other Ger
mll4.,,.,Prjtkects, „pp:kites ~.s peculation and
anxiety.
'Mith - -114 / .4etes.
:therrich.Cardinal Beaufort-Said :. "And
must !not . cmy:riches:asave
=el! could purchase ttlie_ kingdomi, if
Ahatewmild;prcilorigulny -life.. Alas I , there
is no bribing, death."• t .
Ao-EnglishTnobleman said:. f' I -have a ,
,splendidrpassage46,l the. gra . te ;41: dis....dn.
)site, t and y lsnguish !.unksr.:as gr,lded canopy;
'll,llOl
expiring on Isataapd . :;dowity,
and am respectably attended..vbr,my
Narita and , physicians ; my dependents sigh
my 'sisters weep p my: father bends ibeneath
Ia load of. grief-and zyeirs , ;,...my,lovely wife;
andlientitconesaliher inmost anguish
:jytyiefiletd;tottioAwas,aiimyt own Ispul,;
imunics-his sighs,.. and leaves me; hil l
• -Vera laliutrOkAwkdolumfathenisiei)l
WHOLE NO: 40.
bail me from the arrest of death ? Who
can descend into the dark prison Of 'the
grave with me ? Here they•all leave;xne,
after having..paid.a,few idle ceremonies to
the breathless clay which may lie reposed
in state, while' my soul my only conscious
part, may stand trembling before my
Jiidge?'
The celebrated Talleyrand an his death
bed was visited by Louis Philippe, king of
the. French, " How do you feel 7" said the
king ; the answer was, " Sire, I am suffer
ing the pangs of the damned."
Sir-Thomas Scott said "Until this mo
ment I believed that there was. 'neither a
God nor a hell. , Now, Lknow and feel that
there are both, and. I am doomed to perdi
tion by the;just judgment of the Almighty."
A rich man, when dying, was Informed
by his physician that be should prepare for
the worst: c'eannot..sl live for :a week ?"
" No," said the doctor, "you. will r probably
continue but a Jittle, " Say not
so," said the dying man ;." I will give you
a hundred thousand dollars if you will pro
long iny life three days';'!.bUtgrelese , than
an how' he waa • .d. •
f , Take Heed What .Te Hear,".
There is such a thing asfoolhardy adven-
ture Into an enemy's.country., ,_Religious
I falsehood sometimes. Om:nes in.such . a.ehape
'as tcy'stiteulate the curiosity of the unwary,
as ,
the ; fruit, of the tree - of knowledge
tempted Eire.' Sometimes it -is , •the vehicle
which attractive.,, It' :ina,p be :elegant
style, it may-be .reMariCe,it Ina,y . be closely-.
knit .aignmentation,. it may be populax.,elo
qiierce; The union of several such &ni
-1 nations may invite the yonthful'seudent to
taste: the• poisonous, clusters, and :acquire
;the; taste : for. doubt§ and cavils. One most
seductive. and ,cunning argument against
future retribution' which our age.has pro-
dneed; is contained in apoon of high talent.
The name and fame .of some great 'heretical
preacher, or : some orator, who delivers in-
Adel sermons, under the :guise,of lectures to
the people-, who,admire . ,And .acquiesce, and
go again, not knowing, in their 'Simplicity,
that the new dectrines: which they 'drink
will presently' unSettle all the religious
belief - of , their.,.!childhoodhappier far: is
the. fate ,or : the -vulgar, than: literary : ad,
yance bought osugh apricu.
It is a plain maxim
: Of common sense,
pot to' taniper' With infection; and hela a
fool 'who, 'for ' , the. 'mere 'sake of proving his
'boldness. and2freedorn;froni 'bigotry ; , rushes
uncalled into the .miasmatieHinfluence 'of
false teachings. '‘,Take heed," said incar
nate Wisdom, "what ye heii." ',The . cau
tion
.which is good for yourself; in good Tor
children- and dependents.' A-•little
:Mineral .admixture in their,. daily bread ; a
little morbifie, quality in
: their' daily milk,
:would be easily,dreaded as tending :to Wear
away 'the health; "Yet the daily journal en
ters. your . &era, distilling .by little and lit
:tie, .false ; latitudinarian opinions. No mar
ivel, if you find.your. old -age surrounded
sons who have made shipwreck's:of thelaith.
:It is impossible to watch too earnestly : the
literature whith comes into the hands of
114 Young; If you desire Thera to :be
,guarded, and: manly Christians, their fdod
initatbe....truth. It lis:Certain,. of the mind
:as of „the body,„ that whatever is takeminto
' ireliould-terid direortly , Cte -- its:,,groWth:Tand
strength; all that is othermiseiSobitoxicius:
'Nutrition; moreover, is a grachial process,
the. result . of , repeated'. acts. then; the
mind and ,character are to make progress
'.tid acquire firmness, there .must_ be - not
11:!.fight and occasional, but
: regular and ex-
HL;CtisiVe study of God's revealed
.
Alexander, D.D.
The Ilnexpeeted Sumons.
H— was a young man much beloved
and respected in his - native village, but,
alas! a stranger - to the..lovenf Christ."
was full , of life and animatien, and a general,
'favorite in,society. No doubt, he put off
the day of repentance until a later period
in life, when the pleasures of youth should ,
have lost their power to charm
Poor 14---1 - that day never dawned on
him.. •• He was riding out one day, when-his
,horse suddenly ,became.frightena and Un
manageable, and,he WRS thrown with great'
violence to the groUnd. A crowd quickly
gathered around' him, and, he was, conveyed
atunce to the nearest house. It was evi
dent that he was very seriously injured,
„and a physician was immediately senf,for.
When he arrived, the young man, though
suffering intensely, looked him steadily, in
the face, and inciuirecl in a firm voice:
DOetor, must-I die? Must I die, sir ?,
Do uot deceive, me in this matter."
The physieianeould only reply honestly,
and told him he had probably not an hour,
left to live. Like a flash of lightning,' he
. seenied.to airaken from a sense of his suf
ferings, and to wander wide away from
them,
"I%lust I go into eternity, in an hour ?"
he said. " Must I stand before my. Judge
in one short hour? God knows I have
made no preparation for`this event. I have
heard of impenitent:young men thus sud
denly cut off, but itqnever occurred to.me
that should be one. Oh ! tell me, tell
me what I must do to be saved?" He was
told that he must "repent of his sins, and
loOk to Jemis Christlof pardon.
"But Edo not know how to repent. = The
whole work of Iny lifetime is crowded into
this hour of agony; ..011 I what shall.' do,to
be saved?" he continued to cry,-with an eye
glaring with desPeration. But agonized
friends °mild not-save him. Death would
not wait for explanations, and thus crying
out for aid and instruction he sank back
upon
i his, pillow, and in another, moment he
was n eternity.
Emulation. as a Notiyo to. Study.
The intellectual form of selfishness is
emulative ambition; a radical disorder in
our, chobls and cur 'scholarship'. We put
our pupil:3AG° much in this race, not that
they may attain a' common good, but that
they, may outstrip each other. To be wise,
to be strong, to be masters of life, wielders
of bright weapons against all ignorance and
'wrong—this is not made the aim--:but the
poor - complacency- of looking back 'on the
rest. A =hateful fire is set runnine through
the fresh growths of these unsordid breasts,
which scorches, blight's, and blackens,
wherever' its hot topgue can find a generous
feeling to sting. Why talk . of following
'knowledge for its own sake, if our practice
teaches children to prize it only as a ladder
of renown, or as a price paid for applause.?
But, 'my friends, the moment yon carry
your , - objections to'the corauctors' of 'educe,
tion, they tell you the emulative Plan is
the :only 'one that the previous management.
''of-their scholars allows them . to use, with
the 'least hope of getting out of them any
'tolerable amount-of work:"' That is to say,
the trail of the . serpent-runs all the Way,
froin-alphabet to diplomaand-who littows
htiw - far 'beyond' : xs
'''Prior" , once preposed i'system of 'eduea
tion, Whaviiit sweet'ettlies' cut' out in: the
shape of-the letters--:ithe child to eat-a let
ter as soon'as he had learnt it—and `so on,
had.;. devinired - and digested the
baked alphabet: °ma is reminded' of
ihiloSoM otainpinind nniztishilitiie4hen
he see:Hitt% cli t iidiSiii t ztade to think' Viet
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ginning of his studies, the boy was made to
feel,that the grand object of them is use
fillnesi to society and the service of God.
Suppdse: the`question pnt foremost by the
voice of father-rand- mother, teachers ind
tutor, 'were, how =to Contribute the , largest
life.to the -welfare of man, and how,to help
other„s to live ; how to lighten the load of
the'wronged' and oppressed; how to raise
burdens, and cheer outcasts, and render
-science the - foliiister over-tasked strength,
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"licai'besttd help the slender store;
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The mind can never open -into 'Tthe
largest compass an& power under mry,bnt
the,broadest and highestmotivet3., Norgan
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qhristian measure.—Prof Ituntiglgton.
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I • •a '
.11 • n.•;” Weal
if they ;went 'l(i 'the . prayer-tnieting and
".got religion," as he called it, he would
- disinherit them, and banish them from the
: house. • The wife and children were inclu
ded in the threat. The daughter, how
ev,er, continued to' go to the prayer-meet
ings, and 'Soon`fOund peace in believing in
'Jesus. When an opportunity was afforded
-*make, a profession ; she meekly.arose and
spoke of the ".great change" in her heart,
and of her LLfaith in the Saviour.
The news was immediately carried to the
father - of - 'we' - young lady. Having - come
home that night, shel was met at the door
by her father, standing with. the Bible in
his arms.
" Maria," said he, " I have been told
that you have publicly professed, to-night,
that you' have religion . Is that so 7"
•
"father" the , girl, "I love yon;
and I•think( I love the Saviour, too."
Opening his Bible to a blank leaf, and
pointing with his finger, he said :
" Maria, those name is that ?"
" It is'thy name, sir."
"Did I not tell you that I would disin
herit.you if you got religion ?"
" Yes sir.,
",Well, I must:do it. You cannot come
into My.house." And tearing the leaf out
Of the - Bible, " There," said he, " so do I
blot :YOur' - name' from among my children.
Your can' go."
; She: went to the.house of a pious widow
in the neighborhood, and heard no more
tibia her father tor three weeks. But one
moriiiiig seeing her father's carriage driv
ing-up,to the door, she ran out, and said to
the driver:
" Whatk is the matter, James ?"
"Your father is very sick, and thinks be
is going to die; and be is afraid he shall
go to bell for his wickedness, and the griev
ous wrong he has done you in disinherit
ing you, and turning you from his house.
He twSitte you .to jump into the carriage,
and.come home as quickly as possible.'
She. found ,her father sick, sure enough,
on, going home ; 'but she soon saw that he
was only sin-sick. •She talked with hiin,
- prarye.& - Witir him and endeavored to lead
Min to Christ. In three days, the father,
mother, two brothers and a sister, making
the whole family, were all rejoicing in
hope.
The True Gentleman.
Theallowing sketch is called the por
trait of a trne gentleman, found in an old
Manor House in Gloucestershire, written
and framed, and •hung over the mantle
piece of a. tapestried sitting-room :
" The true gentleman is God's servant,
the world's master, and, his own man; vir
tue -is 'his business, study his ;recreation,
contentment his rest, and happiness his re
wan:l'4 his Father, the Church is
his ;mother.; the saints his brethren, all that
'needibinvhis friends; devotion is his chap
lain, chastity his chamberlain; sobriety his
butler,-temperanee his cook, hospitality his
hoUsekeeper, providence his steward, char
.ifyihis treasurer, piety his mistress of the
house, and discretion his porter, to let in
or out, as most fit. This is his - whole
family, made up of virtues, and he is the
true master ~of the house. He is necessi
tated, to-take the - world on his way to heav
en ;_ but he walks through it as fast as he
can, and all his business by the way is to
make himself and others happy. Take
him in two words—a Man and a Christian."
How to Die Happy
,Glorious words these, to which I heard a
dying woman respond, not long ago, with
a solemn burst of praise : "Is he not a
precious Saviour, so great and good, and
willing to save all us poor sinners ?"
She, was lying on a ham). bed, in the
dreary, infirmary-ward of a work-house ;
and, the. power of faith and love to create
a happiness independent of circumstances.
celiac out with almost startling force in her
answer to the inquiry, "You know him,
then, and love him ?" .
" Yes, I do knew him, and love him.
13is.presence makes a heaven of this room."
"If you heaped up my bed with gold
and'silver," she added; "if you could give
me 'the Queen's carriage and horses, and
here palace and her garden, and all her
beautiful flowers, and health and strength
to enjoy it all, I would not take them, if
they would hinder me from going home to
my Saviour.' They talk• of the pains of
dying; Whit' will thg"f be to me,? They
will but hurry me to heaven and to Jesus."
- 7 -Author of "English Hearts-and English
Hands."
Polities and; Piety.
ThUse egregiously err who would divorce
religion from politics. When such a sen
timent obtains general currency, and poli
tics are, left in, the hand of those who have
no religion, we ,shalFhe badly off, indeed.
Polities are . two ,Much governed by this
class:already, and hence are, they so, charged
with corruption. It is the, right of every
,Christien to engage in politics,' and, his
duty, to engage in them by carrying, his re
ligion into them. In this way eau hd even
make them a means of grace tozi
while he is promoting the welfare , Cf
country., There is danger, however, either
that Christians, disgusted with politimias
they are, will leave thern,tc -the control of
the selfish and unprincipled; or that they
will go into them 'Without carrying With,
them a discreet, watchful, devotional- spirit.
We entreat Christifms to be on their 4g and
in thiamatter. great contest,,ise
diately hefere them, in
• which they
,are
:bound ',to 'shire by their voice 'Ed'''Vcite.
ShrinV ;not; "therefore; • quite yourself& like
co nseiintinus, . pious m em; .butAalrel, hoed
Jest,* the ardor 'of political 1 stritoKyon;be
comp, too, much identified, with tho world, and Satin gain advantage over Sou. Fore
warned, forearmen. As professors
,or re
ligion' you a re." l -'wittleSses for) ma , ' be
ware dest: by eamPtemperlorf carriage you
eaustrighlepunpto t tp,suiftr, way; of
liFutV l o betviispkvi of, in 4 .the midtt-of
a °look& tw d. " ker
zrerald. an perverse . ju,s