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ifitasoelr , Will •
Whosoever mill, let him take, the . water o f lif e
freely."---rev. sill: 17.
If there is anything in'the whole reve
lation of God to Mali, which should make
him sing for ley, methinks it is this :
Whosoever willidet him take the water of
life freely." Salvation is as free as the air
we breathe, or the waters of the broad ocean
we sail across. If there is an embargo on
the free ait of 'heaven, so is there on the
salvation Of the Gospel. If the ovens
which toss their free waves upon all earth's
shores, can be walled in and fettered, so
can the salvation of' the Gospel. Salvation
is like the free air—we ha,Ve only to open
our mouths to have them filled. It is like
.the 'broad ocean, we have only to spread
sail upon it to be wafted whither we will.
Salvation is a heritage, purchased and lying
open to be appropriated. 'A
homestead
with a title deed, to which you have only to
put your name as taking posiession, to have
possession. Not a heritage to be purchased
and paid for, but purchased and paid for,
and lying open to be appropriated. Salva
tion is the gift of God to man, and,every
man who will have it; and to be willing, is
to have it. It is a guest,. standing at your'
door to enter when the door is opened—to
open is to receive it. A free thing ' to be
taken. " Whosoever will, let him take the
water of life freely." There is not an ob
stacle, out of himself, to the salvation, of
any man. There is no necessit& that any
man be lost, and 'if lost, he is to' blame,
and he alone—he ruined himself. He
stood by the water and refused td take—cm
the ocean shore and refused to launch—by.
the throne of mercy and refused to ask for
mercy. God's purpose never made any
man's ruin a necessity.
Three things prove that there is no hin
drance to any man's salvation, out of him
self: L God's love is unbounded. 2.
God's. Spirit is almighty. 3. Christ's mer
its are infinite. dod is willing to save,
able to'save, and just in saving. By these
three broad steps, sinner, I lead you down'
to the very :brill, of 'the fountain opened for
sin and uncleanness. He who opened it
says, " Whosoever will, let him take," &c.
You have only to drink and have life.
There is no wall to be scaled, he price to
to be paid, no work to be done. Simply
drink and live. Will you? "All that the
Father giveth me shall conic to me, and
him that cometh I will in no wise cast out."
What a blessed way the Master had of
teaching election—the strange, hard doc
trine, with the corrective right besideit, a
corrective which takes out of the doctrine
all its strangeness and haxdness. All given
shall come, and him,that oometh I will not
cast out. The first part of that is for
Christ—all given hiin shall come to, him.
The latter clause is, for you, sinner "him
that cometh I will not cast out." 4111 you
come ? Your business is uot with the doc
trine of election, but. Christ's promise.
You know nothing about the doctrine.
You know all about the promise. Come
and I'll not ease you out. Will you comet
H.
For the Proebyteriarrilanner.
God to be Remembered in our Last Will and
Testament.
" Thus saith. the Lord, set thy house in
order, for thou shalt die, and not live."
There is no head of a family who can
claim exemption from the force of this ap
peal. And among the many things to be
set in order, with regard to our earthly
affairs, in the prospect, of dissolution, the
making of a will demands the solemn at
tention of every individiml in possession
of property at his own disposal, or yin any
way subject to his unrestricted control. A
man may say that the law will make a will
good enough for him ktliat the law will do
justice, giving to daughters their legiti
mate rights—an equal portion with the
sons. We admit all this ;' but we would
ask, at the same time; what' provision - does
the law make—the common law of
land—for the cause of Christ ? It would
settle up an estate of thousands, or of mil
lions of dollars, and not give one dollar to
any benevolent object in the world. Hence,
if the good man wishes to have some of his
earthly substance put in the channel of
doing good, beyond the confines of his fam
ily, after his death, he mist express this
wish in his drawn up, it is-true, in
a legal way, although independent of such
a will the law would never approptiate one
cent of his property, even to save a soul
from the wrath to come. Church and State
must not he united. The Gospel must be
spread, not by legal coeroion ; not by legal
exactions, like our taxes on real or personal
estate; " not by might nor bytc er;' biit
by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts".'--
such a powerful operation on the hearts of
men as will not only convert their souls,
but incline them to make a volnntary sur
render of their property in pecuniary con
tributions, subordinate to the mighty work
of God on the earth.
In lite and in death, the consittent
Christian is devoted unto the Lord. While
we ask' hciar a Christian friend has died, it
is a still more important question, how has
he lived ? lvery servant of God, as a
'faithful stewlrd of his Master, is bound "to
imitate the noble examples presented in
,sacred history, acting to some extent as his
own executor. In the dietribution of the
substantial, good things that a kind Provi
dence has deposited in his hands, he will
feel his responsibility to God, and in his
donations to the cause' of benevolence say:
'I! Of thine own, 0 Lord, have I given
thee."
" Whether we live, vfe live unto the
Lord, and whether wo die, we'die unto the
Lord," is the emphatic motto inscribe'd on
the banner oftlfe sacramental host of God's
peculiar 'and ,'devoted people. Now, the
drawing up of a man's will, is an act of his
life, but at the same, time an act usually
consummated in view of death, judgment,
and eternity. How, inconsistent, then, of
all the inconsistencies on the earth, for the
professor of religion to,have a doen i Ment
drawn up, as his last will,: and testament,
with no distinct recognition of the claims
of his Redeemer, or his affectionate regard'
for the cause and glory of Jehovah. Ho*
perfectly incongruous with , the character
,and-prospects of the true Christian that he,
should , have such a document prepared, in
view of his decease, in view of his stand;
ing before the great Judge of all; an in
strument:of .witting not only to be read by
surviving friends, but to be unfolded be
fore the, assembled universe, in, the great
judgment day.;, the last will and testament
of the man with; legacies for children and
other relatives,; *ho are often more cursed
than blessed in their reception, and not ane
legacy to advance the cause of the Lord
Jesus Christ in. this sin-stricken world.
Whatever may be.said with regard to a
man's life, or the. manner of his death, my
question is, what kind of a will did he
make,? Did it contaim,anT clause conse
crated to the Lord ? Parade4ealAs it may.,
appear, we .do regard the ch,avacter of a will
as an index to, .the state Of the soul here,
and its ; everlasting destinOefeafter.ln
circumstances , of , compavOlva,-'darkness
where the, previous, iraininglos i heeri defee
tive, we- may . parhaps cast, tkt pantie of,
charity ever. aueb ,at4elingi;elo avverlpctka„
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or disregards the claims of 'benevolent ob
jects in the document under consideration.
'But in this age of light, with all the light
of Divine providence in harmony with' the
light of Goks Holy Word and his Holy
Spirit, if the intelligent Christian mind,
filled with the benevolence of the Grespel,
has felt the force of such claims in the
Midst of life, how can they be forgotten in
the. prospect .of dissolution ? In the obit
uary notices, so desirable to surviving
friends, and so complimentary to the dead;'
how refreshing to find this as the climax of
a godly life—this record as an example to
all who may render the tribute of a tear as
they cherish the memory of one who has
gone "the way of . all the earth," that the
deceased friend made a will with 'a view
mainly to secure' something in the way of
pecuniary contribution, to live, and, work
tbr the, cause of Christ on earth, while the
testator enjoys the, rest of heaven.
The devoted follower of the' Lamb, when
lie sets his house in order, adjusting his'
business in the prospect ,of death, if the
solemnities of eternity are properly realized
at the time, will not treat the suaaeStion
with contempt, when. some " still small
Voice" whispers in his ear: Now, dying
man, let the 'last act' of your life be the
noblest and most 'pions`of ;all. Let it bear'
the stamp of your heavenly citizenship.
Make some deposit, in behalf of yourself
and heirs, in the 'bank that will never be
broken. In addition to the Boards of the
Church, contemplating the spread •of the
Gospel at home and abroad, think of our
Theological Seminary, and a Synodical Col
lege at Washington, Pa., not yet perfectly en
dowed. Even a small legacy on 'yotir part,
for one or both*of these institutions; or for
dear old Jefferson, " founded in prayer, and
the mother of ministers,"—the College for
God and for Christians of every name—
even a small legacy of this description, re
corded' in yoUr will, might influence thou
sands'-to go and do likewise. Think of
your pastor, or some Minister of the Gospel
struggling with pecuniary difficulties; how
much you might do for him—thus, leaving
behind yen facilitid for preaching the Gos
pel to the poor, when your *thee is hushed
in the 'stillness of death. Think ,of the
multitudes, in destitute missionary Settle
,ments and elsewhere, who are not stile even
to take , a religious periodical. What a
of train influences might be set in opera
tibn to 'build up the walls of DlM•beleved
'MOD, by some provision in your last will
and testament, to meet the wants of the
destitute in this important, but neglected
enterprise.
Within the past few years we have heard
of frequent legacies in behalf of some de
partment of benevolence, involving the ad
vancement of the. Redeemer's kingdom on
the earth. In coati:est with former times,
there is evidently a growing tendency to
bear this kind 'of testimon for Aims, in
the prospect of a, dying hour. Aikit when
this disposition shall 'become universal
among the people of God, I i will become a
willing 'disciple of our - modern prophets,,
that the day of. Millennial glory is about
to burst upon our world. „ DELTA.
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LONDON, July 10, 1860
THE IRISH ASSEMBLY has had a very
interesting meeting, at Belfast. It was
pleasing to find such an able and excellent
minister as the Rev. S. M. Dill, of Bally
mena, elected Moderator, and the other
most worthy candidates, Messrs. Canning,
of Colerain, and Moore, of. Ballymena,
gracefully wave their claims. Mr. Dill, as
you are aware, was .one of the Irish Home
Missionary Deputation last Autumn. When
I visited. Ballymena, last year, he was re
joicing in the marvelous results of the great
awakening. His congregation is very in- .
fluential, and includes,/ believe, nearly one
thousand communicants. The following is
a portion of Mr. Dill's 'opening address :
Fathers and brethren, before asking you to
proceed with your accustaine.dbusine,ss, will you:
allow me to remind you that we are met in times
and under 'circitmstances of 'the deepest interest
and solemnity, whether . we consider the stirring
memories of the past, whieh the Tricentenary of
the Scottish Reformation is calculated to revive
—(hear, hear)—or that special mercy of our God
during the year in sending "a-plenteous rain to
refresh his heritage when it was weary." These
considerations,' I am pefsuaded, will serve to
show a hallowing influence over all deliberations.,
We will remember that we are now sitting se-'
rarely under' the vine and' figtree which were
- watered by the blood of our martyred forefathers,
and we will be stimulated, each' one in his place
and station, to act in a manner worthy of such
an ancestry. 'And we cannot but feel that' the
abundant spiritual blessings of the past year (so
happily designated by my predecessor: in office
" the year of grace," in that admirable history,
of the Ulster Revival jest given to t,he
whilst they call for speciaa gratitude, at thesame
time call to increased watchfulness and prayer.,
By these mercies we asps; Church, have been
placed on a higher eminence than ever before.'
We are, indeed, a city set upon a hill that cannot
be hid. ' The light which has Shined from the
towers of our 'Zion has: drawn the . wondering
gaze of friends and foes. The one will watch
our every movement with affectionate'anxiety
for our peace and prosperity.; the other, with
malignant auguries of :our approaching -fall..
Let us, dear brethren, ' , strive together with God
in our prayers" for Mie another; and l'or the
whole Church, that we may not be , given over to
the will of, our enemies, and that' the hearts' of
all the friends of Christ' may be igjoiced, be
made glad by the' proceedings of this meeting.
Professor Gibson, before retiring from
,the Chair, had opened the proceedings by a
suitable and interesting discourse on Psalm
cii :16. ApPlying the words to the Church,
and the Divine glory therein revealed, he
exhibited some of the characteristics, of the
Church: Ist. Union; 2d. Parity; Bd.
Representation; 4th. The Media.torial Su
premacy of the Lord Jesup Christ. In the
second' part of the diseourse, he showed how
the glory was manifested in'the upbuilding
of this Church, through the special
of the Holy Spirit; and it is in 'greet revi
vals of religion "that the Church learns
the real secret of her strength and final tri
umPli." This was illustrated" at length
from the history of revivals from the Re
fortriation period down to the present time.
The following passage is worthy of atten
tion.:
Of the Before:lotion itself Calvinism was the
distinctive feature, comprehending all that is
most important in doctrine and government, as
unfolding the character and pimposes of God,
the person and work of christ, and the agency
of the Holy Spirit; in their bearing on the salva
tion of men—even. an innumerable company out.
of every kindredi, and :tongue, and., people, and
Wation. By the wonde'rfu'l manner in which God
had been building;up his Church in the present
day he had again been making all his glory to
pass before them—the glory of his sovereignty,
in choosing whom he would,:and :in the entire,
ordering, of all the arrangements by which the
objects of his choice had - been rescued from con- ,
deznitation ' and introdneed'into the liberty. of the
sons of God. The glory of his holiness' in the
overwhelming impressions of, awe and dread in
spired by the perception of his character one
.who could .not .abide" iniquity=the his!
truth,.in the accemplishritent of all his_Rromises
When aPPriophated by o'sirePhVielitinee 'hial
covenanted faithfulness:-,the glory of liisoviadom t ,
~
l dealings.to the eareitiee And
--L.
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PITTSBURGH, SATURDA Yi
circumstances of, those wha were the called ac
cording tO his purpose—the glory of his power,
in their deliverance and preservation, despite of
inward corruptions' and outward foes- 7 --and the
glory of #i's grace, in the supply _of all, their
need, according to his riches in glory by; Christ
Jesus. And while the subjects of the Spirit's
influence are themselves enriched with all the
fullness of God, and his glory is seen upon them,
the Church; in the light of her new experience,
learns the real' secret of her strength and irked
triumph. More particularly: 1. She learns how
real unity may be secured, and joyfully accepts
the lesson that for he healing of her distractions
there is 'but 'one sovereign balm—the :baptism
from on high. 2. She learns bow her distinctive
principles may be most effectually commended
to others. Many e., time and oft have the cham
pions of Presbytery come forth into the arena,
and many a . time, again may be needful for
them to gird their armor on to do battle for truth
and:liberty. But when the Church of their af
fections is that on which of all beside the Lord
has set his seal, then, 'however erudite the expo
sitions of her polity on the
,part. of her lettered
sons; yet here is an 'argunien* t which not all the
ingenuity of her 'adversaries will be able' to gain
say or resist; for when the beauty of the Lard
is Visibly upon her, what higher authentibation
doeS she need of thetruth of her testimony and
the divinity of her mission ? Some may be, dis
posed to speak as though, in this great awaken
ing, God is setting aside the distinctive principles
of churches and of creeds; but it ismot so, and
now again, as in the early day, it is Calvinistic
doctrine and Presbyterian polity' *hick is espe
daily favoredt.front:on :high. -8. Are .we not,
taught at such a' time how everything of the no- .
tore of mere church-pretension is to be put to
silence, and anti-Christ himself effectually over
thrown? By this great Revival, God is proclaim
ing that ritualism, and symbolism, and sums- ,
sion are nothing ; and is rebuking that exclusive
bigotry which talks rather of= the Church than of
Christ crucified—of sacraments rather than of
sacrifice—which practically regards the grace of.
God as flowing. in its own' exclusive channels,
and the healing power of the living water as'
abiding ratherrin the earthly chalice than in the
sparkling spring. And in regard to the doom of
the Man of Sin are 1.43 not taught by this great
.awakening that:all that is . requisite for his de
struction is, that Christ should be revealed—seen
by the eye of faith in the •glory of..his Divine
majesty—int the effulgence of his celestial splen
dor ? By such as manifestation of himself is he'
not making it apparentlhat he will ,consume this
inveterate adversary 'by the'Spirit of' his mouth,
and by the brightness of 'his coming
In conclusion, the Professor called upon
hisfathers and brethren.to rejoice that they
.
were living In such a day of wonder and
power—to have faith in 'the pie - destined
triumph of the ChUrch—to guard against
the dangers peculiar•to a time` of spiritual
prosperity,'and stand,ready to m
pressure of a desperate extremity,,bro . ugbt
to bear on the Church by the great enemy
Of God 'and man. '
A GREAT ANIIIITEIISARY PRAYER MEET
l'ic4 was held injhe Botanic Gardens, Bet=
'fast, on the morning of the .saine day'on
which the Assembly met. Special'excur
sion trains :came with their-crowds of pas=
sengers from every part of Ulster., Gentle
men were also present from Scotland to
'witness the proceedings. The assemblage
was less - confined to persons of the working
classes than that , of 1859. Some large
bodies .of revival converts came to the gar
dens and took' up, stations previously ap
pointed for them, in half' procession order,
singing appropriate hymns. The Most per
feet decorum was observed, and as no voice
.was ; powerful enough, to reachthe whole
,
multitude, it was broken up into separate
groups. The Bannfr of Miter says::
One most gratifying feature of the meeting
was noticed by most who gave attention to_ such
matters, to the credit of the Committee, and also
to that of the immense assemblage---namely, the
perfect' order, decorum, and absence of every
thing approaching to confusion,. which existed
wherever devotional.` exercises were, being con
ducted—and, indeed in every part of the grounds.
The attention of the audiences, where the voice
of praise and prayer was ascending from twenty
separate groups at elide, was earliest and evident;
and a fervor, and solemn energy prevaded.the ad
dresses of the speakers, which showed them to
be animated by the Spirit whose viork they were
advancing.
The number of, aged persons, male and.fernale,
froth the country, who tivtelled the concourse, was
very remarkable. These, 'manifestly, were 'no
holiday visitors,. and took but a -very limited in..
terest in the picturesque scenery around them.
They might have been observed reclining under
.the shade of, trees, on the,fresh sward, as near as
convenient to the various stations, joining men
tall jr, with clasped hands' aud:reirerent aspect,
in the service of the day,„ancl often audibly
praying that, the Lord's work might be continued.
and' extended.'; Some •of The , venerable men
whom we thus, oticed are elders of the Presby
terian Church. As respects the proportions of
thatlitferent religious denoniinations who com
posed the meeting, the great majority, were, .as
might .be expected, Presbyterians. The next
considerable in number were the various Metho
dist bodies. ' .
•
Twelve o'clock was the hour
. iixed for the
commencement of the proceedings; and at this
time the: ntonliers inside the , , enclosure et tle
Botanic Gardens : was at least two-thirds of, Abet
whiCh Could `lie reckoned at the period when the
throng was greatest.
On the principal platform ,were Dr.
Cooke, (Chairman,) Professor Gibson, Drs.
Morgan, Edgar, and Murray; (of the. United
States,) with many other ministers, includ
ing Episcopalians, Baptists, Wesleyans, and
Independents. A very solemn , appeal to
the unconverted, by Mr.,Efartridge, one of
the Colerain converts—a
. mantbrpierly very
wicked-=a` drunkard and blasphemer. "At
the pe,riod in whieh the revival broke out,
no man could have more fiercely.mocked or
'derided it, than, he did, but in his own
good time the Lord found him, out,. .1 . was
stricken down, and was obliged to call out
for mercy, and had this gracious Warning,
GO, and Sin no more.
It will be•pleastlitt to' the many friends of
-Mr. G. Stuart, to read an outline of his
address on this rem` arkable occasion
He said that, as a layman ; as an . Irishman, as
well as' an American, and a Christian; he-eipress
ed his-gratitude to God for - the sight which ap
peared before him, in that,great assemblage. • • In
AmeriCa they had been offeripeup ,their prayers
on behalf °Vinland ; and in th'eir prayer-nieet
ings they 'had been asking .God Altat ,he would.
pour out his Spirit on the-people of this land.
He (Mr. Stuart) blessea Hod that Ite was ever
permitted to take part in:a daily-union prayer
meeting ; and he would. now, desire to appeal to
every layman—to e'very man of business—to
come forward and support these movements by
their
,presence. . From his ,own experience he
might say' that he did not knoW' What 'to do' to
serve the Lord till the commencement of these
union prayer-meetings in, his own city for, busi
ness men; and itWas one of the most pleasant
.things in his life to,see men leaving their pount
ing-housesin the middle of the day, and for a
One 'neglecting the thin& 'of this world to wor
ship and honor the'living. God. In the midst of
the prayer-meetings of America, ,God hail abun
dantly poured out his Spirit'; and he hid every
hope that if they carried out the high ..commands
of their Master us the, midst, of their, daily bolsi
,ness, his blessing would reit Upon their lab Ors.
He loped they would remember in.their prayers
the thousands of hearts, in. Philadelphia which
beat strongly for the haPpinesi and the immortal
glory of the people'of Ireland,
Dr. Murray , also made, a.solemn appeal tit
the multitude. , The whole, service, was of
,
a very impressive character, and - upwards of
tiiirty thousand persons were present.
DEITTATIONS wernpresent, at the Irish
Assembly, from 'the Free Church of Soot
land; from Florence '(ltaly,) from Gibraltar
and New:Brunswick. longhead, of
Glasgow, commanicated important. informa
tion as to a revival of religion in Auitralia,
On behalf of which special prayer had been
requested and offered last year.
The Missions,' Home, Jewish, Foreign,
Colonial; and Continental, all,, as shown by
the varions, reports, indicated much ,that
Was encouraging, While; as to fapds, it ap
peared that the contributions for the
year 'lss94o;there qid' been an increase
of - more) thin :91` Much.' this
wakoviting,te -the , change produced onAhe
hearts .of the yeeple by. the , religious revi
val." In the same cotmezion,,it is goitafy
i, tit itozi.,), .sila zit,. v.:44
ing to find that the itandord
support, (which previously
OA a remarkable enlargemm
during the year, raised higher
was before.
The election of a Professor
of Biblical Criticism, awaken('
est. A number of candidates
Dr. Graham, Missionary at 13(
gow, missionary in India wit
Dr. M'Kee,. Messrs. With(
occupying charges in Ulster,
L. Porter, late missionary to
- Damascus. The last mentioi
in-law of Dr. Cooke. The
wife's health compelled him
He had acquired the knowk
languag,es, and is the author
in Palestine," and "A H:
Syria,".
published by the emi
John Murray ; in London.
The competition was very
Mr. Porter and Mr. Withero
comparatively young, and sets
More, County Derry. He is
for his classical attainments :
sial powers. After the oti
had been successively struck.
was as follows :
• - For Mi.'Porter,
For Mr. Witherow,
Majority,
The Report on the State
read by Dr. Kirkpatrick,
the form of an authentic
of the glorious results of
specially as to fermi&J pr,
fOrmerly " the excel
ante on the stated preada
'f the aspect of Sabbath er
ingly changed, and there
susceptibility to ;religious
cedented, numbers of er
many, as one ,hundred,
thirty, one hundred and
two.hundred and fifty, and
Bred having been received
ings !!,being almost as au
religiorus•_periodicul
Lion greatly increased—ar
preaching, signalized in
ent concern, above all.
And .as to, *Amtrak',
has.greatly , abated, and
has entirely. disappeared.
.rha effect on minister
" They expect, success.
Nard•to die Sabbath,
uneasy apprehensions
preparation be found
lively hope that the W
return to him void."
COholicity of spirit )
ished;'" the most fri
been cultivated with th
the Proteseant Church.'
The consolidation—si
revival, has , been migl
by presbyterial'
and by deputies sent
people. Extravaganen
corrected or prevented.
Dangers were- also
valuable Report, namei
frem the simultaneously
and energy of of
judgment of cases of
quently of seeing many
their profession into
of ostentation - and et
part of ministers and
I,ave been specially 'v t.
hive not obtained a
.kindn blessing; and
of sliding into the spirit of carelessness
and indifference respecting this great work
of God.
Suggestions very seasonable were also
presented, with a view of averting such
dangers, and as appropriate to present cir
cumstances : 1. Expository preaching. 2.
Catechetical instruction. 3. Meetings for
conference and prayer of ministers ' elders,
and other. experienced Christians. 4. Min
isterial exchanges of pulpits. 5. Individ
ual effort to save souls.
AN IRISH CARNIVAL, or a . "Big Sun
day," with its excesses, strikingly contrasts
with the Presbyterian' life and ,purity of
Ulster. Those who know that Provinee,
are aware thatln'some districts--the poor
est and most mountainous----Romanists are
very numerous, and still keep up theirold
superstitious practices and, festivities.. I
found it so at NeWry, in August last,: the
"big Sunday" being still = observed , , at
Warreupoint, as in days of old,. So; last
week, at Maghera, or Lough Neagh, there
was an immense assemblage on the first of
the three Sundays annually desecrated in
the name of St. 'Patrick.
The popular tradition ,which elicits these
anniversary honors to his memory is sit&
ciently_absurd ;that _first, on his way to
England, he scooped , out the lake, and then
taking the land thus removed on his back,
and becoming weary, he let it fall . into the
Irish Sea, and so it beeame , the Isle of
Man. Dancing, leaping, running the race,s,
pitching the stone, gambling for coppers,
and boat excursions on the lake, all "crowned
by drunken orgies, marked' this Carnival.
And this is a specimen of a Romish Sab
bath in the nineteenth century. • ,
Mit itAnEvlia.s closed his performances
in Londorw and. probably in Europe, arid
will doubtless go homcnne of the wealthiest
of Men. I took the opportunityuf one of
his clesing See the man, and
his Mode '4:4` taming'berses. - ZS enough
to Say that its humanity audits wild= are
most marked,;and that he deserves all the
success which he has, achieved. By
physical strength he certainly does much,
but it is not to this ; that his sys
tem' owes its power indeed?, it 'is" the
substitute of gentleness, as opposed to
to force—first, subduing-the vicious horse
by tying phis limbs and fairly humbling
him to the.dust, and then, being, subdued,
winning 'and keeping `his confidence, so
that he followed Mr. R. round' the arena
-like a pet spaniel.. A large , humber, of the
aristocracy ,Fere present. on the occasion
alluded to. His last exhibition was in the
central transept of the Crystal Palaee, on
•Saturday' last:
AN ADIERICAN SPIRITUALIST" 'appears
on the London arena ' just as Ratty retires
from - public view. Here is a copy of his
announcement in. the papers.
..The prefa
tory lines are ;
"From the blight stars, or from the viewless air,
Spirit, sweet. spirit! if thrhome be there,
. . Anafrer wie. AnsWer me."
Then follows` the 'announcement : " Dr.
Redman;.. of, New-York City, one of the
most remarkable. mediums in the world,
for spiritual' manifestations, has: ; just
arrived, and will remain for A short
time in London, to afford the citizens an
opportunity of testing his extraordinary
pciwers. Dances will be given et the rooms,
23 Cecil Street Strand, or at prikute resi
dences. None, cam Jeav,e, the. apartments
where ;these:-manifestations :of. supraAnun
dane origin occur, without feeling a sense
of .their verity, and the consciousness that
they have been in the presence a dear de
parted friends and kindred lt is melan
chbly to think 'what mischief and. misery
May result: from such eXhibitions:
GARIBALDI has demolished the Castleid
Palernio, the s9oplil eagerly assisting 'to
raze'it to the' . grtnittd,;: 'He has forked a ,
naii'laiiiisfry, is melting doifin"ehdeli:bells.
for cannon,' lias an sent at Paris, ready to
act if -, received , asr PlediflOten
.4.l4V .41
UG UST 11, 1860.
iAisterial
'received
has been,
ever it
MEI
inter
ivosed.
Jr Glas
.Niblock,
anisters
e. Josias
Jews at
the son
of his
some.
riental
A Tour
liok for
le of
F 2211
ister
iber
shed
, e _
ates
esult
glen, as
out, in
nt, some
Tken 'Lig
"the
le Word--
ions strik
a marked
"—napre-
itB--- 7 " so
idred and
),hundred,
three hun-
er-meet-
ever"—
e ,cireula-
, open-air
and appar
. years.
- form, it
;ricts it
blessed.
look for
-17, with_
311ectual
iut with
;hall not
en cher
la have
:ono of
the
trwa d
ct ions,
•ess the
been
in this
I 'sing
Lotivi y
:mature
conse
se om
ntess •
on the
s who
ethers.
fiery, is organizing a large army, is receiv
ing- funds' from various parts, .and is de
fended iii the House; of Lords against that
vile partizan of despots. the Marquis of
Normanby, by. Lords Ellenborough and
Brougham. The latter in,niy 'hearing re
bulred;the Marqiii with stern and charae
teristiC severity, and declared that " nine
hundred and ninety-nine out of every
thousand of, the English people were in
favor of Garibaldi and his cause;
TH-F KW; OF,NAPLES ha,ving proclaimed
a new Constitution and: a general amnesty,
large numbers of exiles have returned, and.
a free preSsis in operation. These things
seem. but to render the fall Of the Bourbon
King more certain. The Sicilians and
Garibaldi-will not hear, of subjection. The
Neapolitans are,quiet, and yet apparently
unsatisfied, while England's sympathies,
expressed by' the _Nines and other journals,
are kir the downfall of the son of Bomba,
and a 'United Italy. The part to be taken
by Napoleon. 111. is still doubtful, although
it affirmed, on excellent authority, that
ver
y recently he, declared that it was time
both fOr the King Of Naples and the Pope
to be packing off." He would give the
Island of Sardinia to the .Pope, with a
larg-simtual.donation, - the - greater portion
of which,should be paid ,by, Fiance. In
credible as it may seem, Napoleon also said
that' he would not stand in the way of
Garibaldi's desires and' designs.
' Baron Pebrio, so long a prisoner in Ne
apolitan dungeons, lately protested in the,
Chambers at Turin, against any alliance
bet Ween Piedmont and the , Eing of Naples.
":He is only meditating the re-conquest
.of
Sicily. These are, the 614110 i-wiles of the
Neapolitan Government."
,Caveur and Garibaldi are, both patriots,.
hut the former seeks the liberation of Italy,
in connexion with French aid, and thus his
policy tends to make Italy, after all, little
bitter, :than. the servitor of Imperialism.
Garibaldi is for Italy, freed, b., her own- sons,
and we trust that he will. be • .entirely suc
cessful, althoUgh his task is 'doubly diffi
MAL by the astuteness and the mesh-work
of modern diplomacy.
ihtmsit Asio ciAnoN "has been in
sessionnat Oiford, in the Sheldonion Thea
tre, and the' meeting was very successful.
The 'Bishop of Oxford took part. The next
meeting
_is to be held. in. Manchester, in
1.861;-Mr. Fairbairn to' preside.
NEWS .FROM INDpt indicates disturb
ances in Rajimoth and the final arrange
ment of the new financial measure of Mr.
There is, however, very consid
crabiC dispontent, which- will be greatly in
creased by the publication the Protest
4-Sir Outram, against the amalgama
tion
,
of the Indian with the Royal - army,
- (now consummated by a, vote of the House
of Commons,) and the fears of many are that
a fresh rebellion xnay be fostered in India.
FOr :CIEEINA; the military and naval expe-
Alitions require this year the vote of nearly
four millions sterling,! A partiou. of ,this
maybe repaid if the, Chinese are brought
to submission; but the quarrel is a painful
one, in , whatever way it may be contem
plated, and I fear will be attended with
much loss of, life.
THE SATURDAt HALF HOLTDA.Y MOVE
MENT iS acquiring greatly increased power
and prevalence, in consequence of the
West. End tradesmen consenting to the re
quelikef .tnrds.,,Shaftsbury land Elcho,, to
close their shops` early—the: ladio en
gaging; on their part, to shop that day in
the rooming. J. W.:'
P. S.—A fearful massacre of the. Chris
tians of Anti-Lebanon has been perpetrated
by the Druses.
A Rifle Shooting contest, lasting a whole
week, and under Reyal auspiees, has been
followed up by the distribution of prizes
by .the Minister of War, at the Crystal
Palace. The highest prize, X 250, was won
by_ ,a young Highland oentleman. '
- The Privilege Debate over and the.
Lords have'been rebuked, rather than re
sisted.
The Prince of Wales leaves for Canada
this day.
, . The, Widowed Ivy
4v3r4ree, , ,with its constant green
leaves, „erept along the ; ground with diffi-•
culty, and looked "around for a tree against .
which to twist itself; for 'it was much
grieved' that its-leave were eaten by the,
caterpillars and worms, and their shining
green defiled hy the dust. , He saw a tall,
young elm tree, erept to its roots, and be
sought it thus :
"Fair tree !'permit me the favor to wind
my`-branches round your' stem. I cannot,
certainly be of any.use to you; yet, .1, can
at leastjurnish, ypu with, some ornament:
When your leaves and those of other, trees
are long faded . and fallen to the earth, Mine •
shall twice arta - a yon; and make you. ver
dant, And you, witt appear lovelier than your
brethien?'
The' elni tr , ee answered`.`` -
"I" I yield to y'our'request;; not out 'of
consideration for the advantages Yo u prom
ise but. on account of your weakness and
tenderness. You do not deserve to have
your leaves eaten by caterpillars and worms,
or trodden down by animals."
• :Thus spoke 'the elm tree; and the ivy
twisted its branches round- about it, and
,gratefully embraced it with its green leaves.
They grew united, and rejoiced in their
youth and life; they drank the dew of
heaven; enjoyed the .invigorating, rays of
the"sun, were wafted about by soft 'winds,
and dearly loved eacli other. But when,
.the A.utunin came, the leaves of the elm
„
tree,began to turn yellow and red, withered
and fell off' the tree lamented and was
melancholy, and said to its younger friend :-
,"The Winter is severuand hard'; have
iseen.several of, my, brothers perish in the
,cold, stormy, winds • and when the Spring
came' they could not aoain adorn themselves
With*fresh leatres,'fOr the sap was dried up.
Ah 1 if 'such a fate should be mine, the
'bond of friendship with you will be bro
ken.” •
The ivy tried to console it, and said
'" In death also I will still as faithfully
embrace you as I o now that you are
oun g and 'handsome; and' I will 'lever
separate from' the protecting stem that, so
benevolently supported me.'
But once there was a very severe Winter,
the shores of the Baltic were frozen; the
rivers became masses "of ice,' the whole
land was covered with snow, and the frost'
penetrated to-the hearts .of the trees, and
deep into the earth; the birds flew anxious,
ly;backward., and forward, and sought a
warm shelter to protect them from the in
tense cold. The ivy sighed and said
"'What Will-become of the good elm tree?
Oh;! if it do. but, escape destruction by the ,
frost !"
Finally catnnthe Spring; crocuses, vio
lets, 'strow drOpk, 'and' other early flowers;
cotira . geouily raised their little crowns
aboire the%earth, and peeped , up, as if it
were already ; warm; :thee birch , tree waved.
Its, green branchesthe.air ; and , the ,ap
plp and cherry, trees had already fOrmed
'their bloSionis hut' the branches et'the
elm tree stood bare; neither-huff nor green
"leaft sprouted -frothl,ity..,L—Thei the ivy
ilamentedilmd
iiiblead, my faitlif',ulprotentor,
My.teriderfricad and I =not rejoiee' in
J.L;.-..;
WHOLE NO. 411.
the sweet Spring, for I am solitary and
deAerted."
The other trees now said to the mourner;
" Why do you remain- clinging to, the
dead elm tree? Unwind yourself from the
stem, and come to us; who are yet fresh
And green !" •
The ivy answered :
'Far be it from me to reward the benevo
lence of the deceased tree with such base
ingratitude ! Have not my leaves affee
tioaately embraCed him deliing his life ? so
shall they in death also; and hang around
him as,a garland of gratitude and grief."
Thus spoke the ivy, and its leaves adorn
ed the beloved stem even in death.
[Selected.] '
The Early Bead.
Weep for the early. dead!
To ease the anguished heart of its will pain,
Let the swift teays, like falling Autumn rain,
,In mournfulness be shed
'Weep 'for Yourselves alone—
Not.' that' a loved one, frgerl from sin,and team.
Shall bow henceforth through the eternal.years,
Low at our Father's throne.
;
=, , -- - .ownWeap.for;the love.that%ara:.,,,
Its genial sunlight to time's darkened"—way;
Fond, and enduring, strengthening day by day,
Through suffering, to the grave !
- r Joy that the soul is free! •
That the.womfrante hath.laidlife's burden down;
That a fair, noble brow bath now its crown
Of immortality.
How beautiful:is death
When round tlto fainting lips an angers smile
Seems deepening with .a holier light the while,
As ebbs the, weary breath. •
How blessed is life's close!
The heart by,eares no longer is opprest,
And manhood's hands lie folded o'er the breast,
As with a child's repose.
The fair earth groateth dim—
Soon the white footsteps of the Wintry, storm,,
Stirring sere leaves above his sleeping form,
Shall hymn his requiem.
And Spring shall come again, ,
With sudden smile—prophet of glorious hours;
And Summer; on her throne of blushing flowers,
liestune her charmed reign. •
,And yet he shall not wake! , ,
The soul that tihares heaven's gladness W. away
Would ne'er reanimate the sleeping elaY,
E'en for the mourner's sake.
Turn, then, in , faith to heaven,
Think of thatliour when those who part in pain,
By suffering sanetifted, shall meet again
Where endless rest is given.
Mire is Another Man.
Dr. Guthrie, in 'a
late work, gives the
following description' of a scene On the
ocean : •
During a heavy, storm off the coast. of
Spain, a dismasted merchantman was ob
served by a British frigate drifting before
the gale. Every eye and glass were on her,
and a canvas shelter on deck almost level
with the sea, suggested the idea that there
yet might be,life on board. The order in
stantly sounds Put the ship
_about,' and
presently a boat is launched, with instruc
tions to bear down upon the wreck: Away
after that , drifting - bulk- go .those - gallant
men, through the swelling -of a roaring
sea. They, reach it—they shout---and now
a strange object rolls out of fhat canvas
screen, against the lee shrond of a_ broken
mast. Hauled into the boat, it'proves to
be a man, with head and knees = drawn to
gether, so dried and' shriveled as to be
hardly felt within the ample clothes and so
light that a mere boy lifts it on board. It
is laid on the deck in horror and pity the
crew gather round it, 'their' feelings sud
denly changed into astonishnient. It shows.
signs of life—they draw nearer, it moves,
and then mutters.in a deep sepulchral voice,
4 There is another malt'!" Saved himself,
the ffrst use he made'of speech was to - seek
to save another
Christian reader, learn, the blessed les
son taught by this thrilling incident, and
practice upon it in your daily. life. Has
one sent from abnye and taken you, and
drawn you out of Many waters ? Are you
'safe—your feet planted uporr.the rock—
'Christ Jesus ? Then may you greatly re
joice; but is, there, not another Marl, per
ishing as you once were, but whom under
Proyidence you may be made instrumental
in saving?
You - ll Ave gained the ear of a prayer litar
ing God. Fill not that ear with the recital
of, your own wants alone. Remember,
while you pray for your own'adiance'in
holi
ness, that there' are many others for Wm
ho
Christ died, and intereediffor them also.
Labor for those about you who are in dan
ger. Speak to them kindly and earnestly
and let them see that you are sincerely in
terested, in
_their souls' 'iiyelfare. Surely,
no Christian should content himself to rest
in his own hope of acceptance through a
crucified' = Redeemer„ while there is one
other mart exposed to eternal death.
Toleyation in Rnssia,
'lt bas been , reportod,,that a large meas
ure of religious liberty. was to be conceded
to the / Russian seats: The 'Secretary. of
State, Count Blundof, *a's UPpoint.ed to pre
pare aAraft of claw for•the Inap4rial Coun
cil; it WAS submitted to them March 19.
The Gazette of the , Senate,,N,o. 27, con
tains it as adopted. The following is the
translation, from L'Anii de la Religion,
Paris; -May 5, 1860
Persons who propagate-heresy and'schism
among .those separate Irorm the orthodox
Chureh, r and who found new sects prejudi
cial to , the faith are subject
.to punishment
for these crimes_.
They are' o be deprived of all their civil
rights:, and to be transported into colonies;
those_from European Russia, into the Trans-
Caucasian provinces ; those from the latter
provinces, and from the Oovernment Stra
oopol; into Siberia; and those from 'Si
beria, into the most remote confines of that
revion.
° Subject to the, same penatties , : are the fa
natical. secretaries, who openly insult,,the
,orthodox Church or its clergy.
Those who 4juil, the orthodox Churell, for
fall into any heresYWhatever, - are to'he - s'ent
to the" eccleiiastical authorities itO be' in
structed or persuaded.,
" This last paragraph," adds,.
" contains the zerrns of possible vesa
tiens if a"person falls Into any heresy
ichniever,'Protestant or Roiritii Catholic;
'if :he is, fOr etample; the 'fathet:df a fam
ily, he may -be taken' for; instruction to.some
distant monastery, and his children, mean
while separated from him to'be taught, in
sound dodrine."
Thus, in this' new law;lhere is little, if'
any advance' import: the 'state of 'things,
which the..author of, a :remarkable Work)
called Le. R ast pl: or,. The ..qussia,n, Aocts,
publisbed, fast year in Taris, so elvoluer4ly
deiloied:* - •
Tblerifidic," "hel'''Saya," 'ft is with us as
-Yet 'Only•a' , -genermiTa aspiration ;.Titlzhas inot
been Sanctionerby,thelaw, - .lThe•etc.Agfesi
of Paris, inspired by, the. ; ideas of,modern
imposedcivil zati'on. ti roonlhe`TurViiii . gine 7
"
I=
kilt:
You have often gazed upon the many
colored leaves which fluttered in the Au
tumnal breeze, just ready to fall to the
ground. Did you ever listen to hear them
tall: to you? for talk they do in their silent
language—telling you of the bright Spring
time; lwlaeuthey drank in the gentle dew.
snag inhaled the balmy air, and spread out
their, delicate fibres to the rays of the sun,
and fashioned by a divine Creator, took
forms of beauty i and painted by his hand,
assumed the 'pleasant green; and how, up
held by his , power, they had borne the pelt
, ing ,of many a pitiless storm, and the
scorching heat , of the noon-day sun, while
inany'of their companions had faded and
fallen to the ground. And they would tell
you that, one by one, they, too should fall.
Thus these fading, falling leaves, talk to us
of life's evening, and whisper to us to be
ready, for "we all do fade as a leaf." And
do not they talk to us of something bright
er and better—of the unfading leaves of
the tree that grows on the banks of the
river of life, and urge us to seek that
heavenly world ?
Children should have a Minister ot their
owri: 'Nnt t - g,entlenutri -itiffrrieek
,eibth ankbliek , coat, who, rsays. solemnly,
ou r a i sepulehral .v_o*4.7 0,40 e, a year, gm, his
paroOial visit l --e!
• liow=do---yeu4:do.ribut:a ge.mal, warm
hearted' loving', ~epYritua`2't
Bidets r s*ater,
took.littledi littldren
. 1.4. 1 11 18 VIPS NIA 401;mPflompl-Aiftga*ing
d(nit heaven','. • •
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Skaking to One Another.
Much of the suffering which is endured
by the people 'of God, grows out of their
ignorance of each other's trials. Those
that fear the Lord too seldoin speak one to
another. Every heart _knoweth its own
bitterness, but another's it does not know.
The tempted believer, as he struggles
against the motions of sin in the flesh, is
sometimes almost ready to cast off all hope ;
for he cannot see how his sense of defile
ment can consist with that holiness without
which no man can see the Lord. He not only
regards himself as less than the least of
saints;"but doubts whether he 'be a saint at
all: And yet this is the experience of
every child. of God, without a single ex
ception, at some, period of his pilgrimage.
The holiest and the very best of men have
Sometimes been brought to the very bare' of
ihe.pit. A: David, a Luther, a Bunyan, an
Erskine and a Toplady—these have all
known what it was to cry, " How long wilt
thou forget me, 0 Lord r Forever ? • How
long Wilt thou hide thy face from me?
How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
havihg sorrow in' my heart daily ? How
Icing shall .mine enemy be exalted over me ?
Consider and hear rne 0 Lord my. God;
lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of
death."
Let the tempted believer learn that his
experience of, the bitterness of sin; and of
the deceitfulness and Wickedness of his
heart, is precisely that of all God's
host. They are all fighting against the
world, the flesh and the devil, and not one
of them finds it an easy warfare. Not one
of them but must water his couch with tears
not one but must sometimes exclaim, " 0,
wretched man that I am, who shall deliver
me from the body of this death ?" But
they 'may
,all add, with the apostle, "I
thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord."
The One Thought.
A friend once told me that, amongst
ether Symptoms
~of high' nervous excite
ine.nt,'he had been painfully harrassed by
the want of-sleep. To such a 'degree had
this proceeded, that, if, in the course of the
day, any occasion led him to his bedcham
ber, the sight of his bed made him shud
der at the idea of the restless and wretched
hours he had to pass upon it. In this case
it was recommended to him to endeavor,
when, he lay down at night, to fix his
thoughts on something at the same time
vast and simple—such as the wide expanse
of the ocean, or the clondles vault of heaven
that the little hit:fried and disturbed im
ages that flitted before his mind might be
charmed away, or hushed to rest, by the
calming influence of absorbing thought.
Though not at all a religious man at the
time; this advice 'suggested to his mind
that if an object, at once' vast and simple,
Was to be selected, none could serve the
purpose so well as that of God. He resolv
ed, then to make the trial, and to think of
him; The result exceeded his most San
lguine-hopes ;' in thinking of God, he fell
asleep: Night after night he resorted to
the same expediment. The process became
delightful: so much' so, that he used to
long for the usual hour of retiring, that
he might fall asleep, as he termed it, in
God. What began as a mere physical op
eration, grew, by imperceptible degrees,
into a gracious influence. The same God.
who was his repose at night, was in all his
thouphts by- day And at the time this
person - spoke to me, God, as revealed in the
Gospel of his Son, was all his salvation
and all his desire."— Woodward's AS7tuna
mite.
What the Leaves Say.
Christian Biography.
There is a vast value in genuine biogra
phy. It is good.to have real views of what
life is, and what Christian life may be. It
is good to
,familiarize ourselves with the
history of those, whom God has pronounced
as the salt of the earth.' We cannot help
contracting good from such associations.
lima human spirit contrived to get its
life accomplished in this confused world—
what a man like us, and yet no common
man, felt, did,' suffered—how he fought,
and how he conquered, if we,conld only get
possession and firm grasp of that, we should
have got almost all that is worth having in
tfutlbwith its technicalities stripped off;
for ffat is the use of truth, except to teach
man low to live ?—Robertson.
Heaven.
Heaven,is not a spot to , lie down in, and
there, on our couches, tuning our harps, to
think how mulch misery we have personally
escaped. The Christian heaven is an ex
alted society of self-sacrificing spirits,
bound together in mutual fellowship by
their common consecration to Him who is
above them, where each accepted soul will
go from' strength to strength, run and not
he,weary, toil and not 'faint; 'aspire and not
be ladled, do good and not be misinterpre
ted, and wit: be. assimilated in ever closer
and closer affinity' to Him Who'is itslight
and life, in whoM whosoever hveth and be
lieveth shalFueVei die.--F. D. HientliWon.
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