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The old square pews had n out and replaced by modern it in ninny respects the building &lunged from what it 'was twenty ire, when Mr. Haven left the vil ,itreh of a new home. were changes in the congregation. in vain for many a fabe familiar childhood and youth..` was one strongly marked minute which he recognized—that of Mr. In the evening, while conversing friend respecting the changes that Icurred during his at:ince, Mr. remarked, " I see you have Mr, Hill Jared to you." The reply was sim assent, without any comments, such Haven expected. a pause, he remarked, " He was tt, zealous man in the church when I ire." has lost his zeal," was the unsatis reply. lqueut inquiries enlightened Mr. as to Mr. Hill's loss of zeal. He Mr. H. remarked, the most zealous the church. He was seldom absent Le prayer-meeting, and seldom failed a part in conducting the services. :n visited the families of the con ion, sometimes in company with the Jr, and sometimes alone. His visits generally acceptable and, useful ; i some thought his zeal was not sufficiently tempered with meekness. teu years after Mr. Haven's re ,o the West, Mr. Hill unexpectedly a legacy amounting to several id dollars. , Previously -he had a livelihood by cultivating land on invested the legacy in a Leather T, and was prospered in his business. Tan to absent himself occasionally .he prayer-meeting; though when present, he always excused himself, 'ng the pressure of business. In like he bagan to neglect visiting, and sing with men respecting their eter ;erests. Twenty years elapsed, and him a rich man, just and honorable dealings, and regular in his attend on the services of the Sabbath, but few other signs of being a Christian one doubted the sincerity of his many mourned over its lo&s. It was was he as happy now with his large )u, and the deference secured by his , as he was when he labored with his ands for his daily bread, and was up treasure in heaven ? INQUIRER. EUROPEAN COB - RESPONDENCE. T WEEK OP THE GENEVA CONPERENOE—LAROB .AND GATHERING—THE GENEVA CATHEDRAL AND THE AU.. •Discusstorit ON MODERN SKervoism—lTs °AMER •SERNONII AND ADDRESSEE AT GENEVA-.—THRI NA!, DAT—D'AUBIONE AND DM PAPER ON CALVIN— .:CT ON THE AIIMENOI--ITALY AND PROFESSOR MAZ IIS ORATORY—ROM FOR A FUTURE CONFERRNOE iNGiNa OF lITYINs AT GENEVA—TRE AIeeRIOAN 18—THE Jowl . CoLanakriorr or THE Loan's Strprzo., GENEVA, September 7, 1861. CONENWENOE this day concludes et week of its sittings, and will coin its programme within another week. first communication from this place, 'led the very large number of names on the 'Registry kept of those who for and receive cards of admission. the reception of these cards 'gies ion to ,all the meetings, it does not that all who ask - for them are actu- ,abers of the Alliance. But it does hat they all recognise its basis as mfession and creed as far as it goes,; ly are, in a word, decidedly evangel-. catholic in their views and spirit, It they bail with joy and thankful ,he opportunity fiirnished, and the ion given by the Alliance, thus. to ,ogether. To attend at the office ,he names are received, and see la ' gentlemen, with persons of hum- Jsition ' entering or departing with applied for and received, unmistak ' different nations, and speaking va umguages ; to be present at the " re is." at the house (dill. Naville, the ;nt of the Swiss Branch of the Al or the beautiful gardens, thrown ,o the members of the Conference, by :hy Christian gentleman,of this city, a crowd of the recognised members one family and Church, smile, and interchange words, or at leait looks, ,herhood—above all, to be present in it Church or Cathedral ("Saint the St. Peter's of Swiss Protest ) and as you stand on the raised front of the grand Eastern, window, down the nave nearly filled with a of males and females, of Jews and 1, all one in Christ Jesus, and right and left, also to behold a le besides, the softened light fall that sea of faces all upturned to or the heads of all bowed in prayer Comtnon Father, and the songs of different tongues and tones,) like nson swell of old Ocean itself—veri- is enough to Ell the heart with mess, and while awakening solemn .rifill thoughts in connexion with ory of a divided past, to stimulate vivid life to the hope' of a glori d united future. Better still, it to lift the heart to Heaven • to the :where the white-robed palmLaring • out of every nation and kindred, .7nt., and people," shall ascribe "bles id honor, and glory, and power unto at sitteth on the throne, and the n• ever and ever." Skepticism. in France was .the ,f special and critical examination .:sday last. It was a melancholy lecause it indicated: the existence, Inued existence of that which has curse of France for the last cea specially amongst its literateurs, and the higher classes of society at opening discourse on Wednesday rate and powerful. It was the 41 (read 'aloud,) of Professor ";kyille, of Geneva. The Skepti .th which the orator proposed' nut that of the Pyrrhonists which ,he existence of an external and in ; nor yet that of. the men who infidels, as a source of profit and gain. "To examine into the mi te skeptical tendencies of men, to a moment into the domain of pure and so conclude; such," said 31. " is the plan which I propose to Three spheres indicate the work modern Skepticism--politics, re -. literature. In the field of pol often the maxim, that g , eke e nd ihr means," is the rule of diploma " eternal laws and moral order openly." saccea's is enough; separated from politics, and "is d an humble place in the books ,hers, in sermons, and. cate- u the di VOL. X., NO. 4 the orator says of such unprincipled and ; immoral policy : " The great evil is, that their conscience is wounded and outraged; the chiefs , of nations (les chefs des nations) are not aware of the immense evil they bring upon mankind, in thus trampling, by their great acts, the laws of morality." "But," adds' Mr. Neville, " it is not ours to read lessons to Sings;, our general conclusion is, that modern, politics give to skepticism, a powerful support." Alas rthis is too true, and we see it in Aoglo.S.sion as well as other communities. To shroud selfish designs under fine names, and plausible professions, is not the crime of France only, in modern times. Good men everywhere look on with sadness at the apparent, nay practical, forgetfulness, that the Righteous Lord who loveth right eousness is the Governor of nations as such, and demands, on penalty of his frown, legislation according to his, eternal lawi of truth and justice. As to the cause of Skepticism in relig ion, M. Neville said, that at Allmouth there is a religious movement .and awakening, yet there is much •in it bad and impure, es pecially "in the instinct' of contests and controversies ; and to many persons, relig ious divisions are a source of doubt and skepticism." " The world of unbelievers and undecided persons, is constantly sur rounding - professed. Christians; the most fruitful germ -of skepticism, the most pow erful cause of their indecision, is the spec tacle of the . controversies and disputes of Christians with one Another. The prevalence of infidelity in modern French literature, in periodicals, in news papers, and the lighter publications of the day, was next dwelt upon. " A eulogy on vice is often• found under the same cover with a eulogy on 'Christian virtues." Mod ern Skepticism also finds an auxiliary in Science. Many sevens " exclude God from their views and thoughts; for them nature is without a cause, and mankind without a Providence." • The &and remedy for Skepticism, as M. Neville showed, was faith , in God—" a Di vine Faith." " I know," said he, "no other remedy." The sermons and addresses delivered during the period of the Conference, 'inde pendent of its special and prescribed ses sions, have been interesting and important. Dr. Guthrie, the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, the Rev. William Arthur, Dr. Ur wick, of Dublin, the Vicar of Islington, London, (Daniel Wilson,) the Rev. Mr. Dallas—who had a meeting for the Irish Church Missions—such`were some of those who edified the English-speaking portion of the members of the Conference. Mr. Denham Smith, also of „Kingston, gave several Revival addresses,. (with some marked results,) and Mr. Noel inaugurated open-air preaching in Geneva, by an ad mirable sermon an Preach. Dr.- Krum macher, ,of Berlin, • and other Continental pastors, also preaced, in different places. A Fast Day in Geneva, according to an cient custom, commemorating the,snfferings of the French Protestants, for' the common faith, presented opportunities for many meetings independent of the Conference, (suspended for the day,) andlet in accord ance with its main design. Thus, at Col. Trombanes house, there was a large gath ering, where Italy received special atten tion. Religious tracts also were duly con sidered. Thus, again, an English meeting was held elsewhere, for the stirring up (by facts related and addresses made,) the flame of missionary zeal. At this meeting a foreign pastor gave interesting accounts as to the present condition 'of the Holy Land, which (including Lebanon,) had been lately visited by M. Bovett, a Swiss pastor. And so it was, that there was the remarka ble and memorable meeting, on the same day, when Jews in Christ united in prayers to God and pleading with Gentile Chris tians, in behalf of Jews out of Christ. To this I referred in my last letter. The Swiss Reformation, and especially the great Genevese Reformer, Calvin him self, furnished a meet theme to Dr. Merle D'Aubigne, on Thursday morning, at the reopening' of the Conference in the Cathe dral. Never did I attend any gathering more truly heart-stirring. Here was the church in which Calvin preached and taught; and when the Historian of the Reformation, in the course of his address, (delivered •from the temporary desk which was .used throughout the Conference meetings,) pointed to the pulpit with the canopy overhead; under which Caliin had so often stood,' and the old black oak chair in which the great Docteur (Teacher) had so often sat, and with the vivacity of an eye flashing from:.beneath those dark 'lashes and brows, and a hand and finger instinct with denionstrative ar dor, he cried out " cette cliaire !? (that chairs !) the emotion in the vast audience was profound. - . Every word of D'Aubigne'a address was distinctly spoken, and eagerly listened to. It was rich in all the beauties of his pi,e torial style ; he drew the portraits„of Cal vin, Luther, and Melancthon, with a distinctive power and with a master-hand ; he described with striking clearness the controversy of Cal Vin with Luther, on con substantiation, and their reconciliation; and with a fullness of great unction and enthu siasm he recapitulated the grand article of faith for which Calvin bore witness, as the e ,ctreateist of the Reformers. The Italians are not to be foraetten in my notice of the.-proceedings of fast week. On Thursday afternoon, at the chapel of the Oratory, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M. P., ' presided over a crowded meeting. Near the pulpit stairs and pulpit might be seen M. Revel and M. Meille, Waldensian pastors, with others apparently their brethren. M. Meille was the first speaker. He showed that, strictly speaking, there was very little of Protestantism and of spiritual religion; that for 'the present the Collision with Popery was political. Nevertheless there was great cause for joy that Christians, as such, could now labor without hindrance in the spread of truth.' He dwelt also with approbation on the , great pioneering work done by Cavour, Garibaldi, and the recent letter of 'Baron Ricasoli. He also touched' on! the question of the union of Church and. State., He considered that it will solve itself by and by, in the sense of Ca vour's words, " A Free Church and a Free State." But the charm and attraction of -this Italian meeting was the address of M. Mazarella, (in Italian,) Professor at the University of' Bologna.. He is yet young; is a thorough orator, with all the vivacity and wit of Gavazzi, with Out his physical force, and ocoasional coarseness. He examined, in a rapid and striking manner, the antago nist positions of Protestantism and Popery in Italy, and the relations of the different Protestant congregations .to one another. He spoke with profound affection, of the various churches, (to which . he does not belong,).: and expressed RI conclusion the ;hope that the day would arri.e when, the Evangelidal Alliance would meet in Rome itself! D'Aubigne expressed the -.same hope in his 'address, and contrary to what is usual t in the meetings there, there was . ,a universal burst of applause.' It does not speak very favorably of religious liberty in Italy, to find's it announced at •the , meeting lof ;the• Oratoire, that M. De Sauctes, (one of the expected speakers at the Italian :ourse a fair, thrust when . •1 1 ' , .... . L., - - CU . ' ik ' ' , -. • - .., ... . - Cti - ---* --- - ---- - • _,. I _, .... ..._ .... .. ... . -- . 1111 • - . .: . . ~,,,.. _ ~,. ~ ...r. .. . 1 14 1 r::: „..-...t:51 , 11:. Litt . . .. ' 41. '-..' .... . . . , . . , .. ~.. PITTSBURGH, SATURD4T, • OCT OBER 12, 1861. meeting,) was refused a passport to Geneva The singing of hymns . in connexion with the meetings of Conference, was exceed ingly delightful. There was a collection of Psalms and Canticles, (" Psalmes et Can liques,") selected and printed expressly for the occasion. Of these, the original hymns in French were seventeen in number; in German, ten; in English, five. But in most cases French and German words were given together, and in others, words in ac cordance with the music, which was also furnished in the book; in a few cases,' the three languages'rati parallel. As.an illus tration of the latter, I may 'refer to that glorious outburst of seasonable and jubilant - song which immediately followed the mag i nificent and-powerful address'of Dr. D'Au bigne, on Calvin and the Reformation. The original hymn and music were--as is generally -known—Luther's, and of course the German tongue supplied the words. It is the celebrated " Choral de Luther," which, begins: "Ein feste Burg ist un-ser Gott," i. e. " Our God is a strong tower." But parallel with each line ran the •French and English. Accordingly, when Luther's " Choral" was announced, the three peoples swelled together the heart-stirring anthem, and with a hallowed, enthusiasm, glorified the glorious God and King, who in dark .days had shielded, defended and made vie 'Orions, witnesses fore his truth," especially in Germany, Switzerland, and England. More than this, true believers realized cin the expressions of this noble song, their own and final victory over Satan, the great ad versary and enemy =of their souls. And so the last verse, as echoing in.three languages along the aisles of the noble Cathedral, ran thus : '.Yea, if the world' with devils swarmed, In fiery ranks and fierce array, , •We fear them not; by faith wOre armed; With Christ we're sure to. win the day; Thus Satan we defy, Nor dread his tyranny; The great Accuser's cast • ; - • The tempter's power is past; One word of Christ can lay him low." The last hymn in the _Conference splec tion,was "For the Holy Supper,"! and was specially used in connexion with the joint celebration of the Redeemer's 'death. It is `a, hymn of humble thanksgiving to the :Lord of the Feast ; beginning with the ac knowledgment of unworthiness and sinful ness, proceeding to extol his deep compas sion and matchless love, dwelling on the blood which " flowed for our offences," and " the tasting of the sufferings of death ,for us." The American meeting- was held on. Sat urday, at the Oratoire. Its design was to illAstrate the effects produced on Roman ism by emigration; and on that subject Dr: Baird bore ful and gratifying testi mony, in a very interesting address. Im mediately after the close of his speech, Dr. D'Atibigne, who was obliged to leave the meeting early, craved leave to say a few words, and proceeded to express his pro found sympathy with " all the children of God" in America, in connexion with the, civil war and its results. These sentiments were earnestly reSponded to by the audi ence, as alSo his prayer to <the Prince of Peace for the cessation of the strife. Dr. Baird spoke confidently and cheerfully as to the future of America. A minister,, whose name I did riot catch, from Geneva, in the United States, read a most admirable paper, on the causes of the war—specially Slavery. To this address I may afterward refer. This meeting was attended by Lord Rodeo, Sir Culling Eardley, and the lead ing English ministers and laity. To it, and also to another and second meeting, when " a free discussion " was held on the Slavery question, I hope, to refer more, fully in my next letter. J.W. STIJTGAILT, WIRTEMBERG, Sept. 12, 1861. I arrived here, on my way to England, on Tuesday night, havinc , spent one day, in passing through Switzerland from Geneva and Lausanne to. Zurich, another from Zurich to. Cannstadt ; and leave, D. V. in a few hours for London, expecting, D. ' V., by travelling express day and night, to reach home on Friday evening. I shall only mention that the interest of the Gen eva Conference culminated on _last Lord's day, by the joint, participation of the Lord's Supper. The scene was both affecting and sublime. Pour languages were employed in the service----Italian, French, German, and English—and many nations were rep resented there. A fail •notice of this scene and season, I shall reserve for mynext. The late Dr. Morison. Dr. Morison never forgot hiniglf in his travels. His religion, was unaffected by change of scene or of society. It so per vaded his whole being as to 'form a second and a better nature.. Travelling from Bath to London on one occa,sion, he found him self inside the coach in company with two young ladies, the daughters—as he under stood before the'journey's end—Of a cler gyman in the neighborhood of London. The young ladies had just, been visiting a religious relative at. Bath, and seemed like birds escaped from imprisonment. Their conversation was full of life and inerri m ent. "I could not stand it'much longer," said one of them significantly. f‘ It was nothing but. Methodism." "Do you know what Methodism is ?" said Dr. Morison, quietly. " I think it is just talking about religion . all day long , and nothing erse.' 3 -" Now fdo n't think that was ever in tended," was his quiet answer. The door was now fairly opened, and Dr. Morison pursued the conversation, we may well suppose; with that genial earnest ness, and consummate tact, which distin guihhed him. One of the young ladies, howeVer, stood. out. very resolutely ,against his views of religion ; and when- the coach stopped at the cross-road, where friends were waiting to receive them, Dr. Morison. said to her : • subjects "Well," " Well, my young friend, let me request that before you go to bed to-night, you will read a chapter of your Bible, and pray to God that he will enlighten yOu upon these she replied, " I am much obliged to you, at at events." ' " Net at all obliged," said he, " for I am always obliged to defend the truth, when ever hear it called in question" Many years , passed away, and the cir cumstance had almost vanished from his memory, when he was invited to a, dinner by sdnie members of his church who had recently spent an evening in another part 'of London, and 'had me,twith a clergyman and his wife, who spoke much of Dr. Mor ison, and were very desirous to, see him. The object of this party was to supply the opportunity. During dinner the conversa tion flowed freely, and the clergyman's wife, young_and ingresting, was frequently observed looking" toward Dr. Morison in silence, but witlitears in her, eyes. After dinner the party went into 'the garden., sand walking with Dr. Morison alone, the offrr gynian said to him,'" I Cannot tell yOu,- far, . : how much Ham:indebted to yen." - ' I was not, at all -aware that you.are in igebted to me,", .14.s.the natural "'You have observed my,ife, said the clergyman. "Ehe is, the boa of wives, and the best of mothers. Chriatianity has made her so, and it is tqough ybur words that she became 'a Christian."' The cii eumstances were then recalled, and 'their sequel related. The 'young lady had stood out boldly in the Bath coach against her feller. , traveler's views of rail :, gion, despised his parting counsel, aO., went to bed that night Without reading the Scriptures, or bending her knee in prayer. But she had no sooner one to bed, thin conscience began to work, and would not, let her sleep. She was colipelled to get up and dress ; and then shelead the Word 'of God as she had never lit before,' and prayed as she had never played before ; and the issue of it, was her cAriverisionlo God. When the dinner party had ie4ssembied in the dra,wing-room, the clelyma.li said to' his wife, "My dear, I have told him all ;" and she rose and rushed to r. Morison, as a child would to a father,; and fell, on his neck and said, with an emotion which can not be' described — " Yes, if I ever get to heaven, I will own you for. my spiritual father." BlesSed are thl7:#e add, that sew . beside all waters, for n heaven such surprises and recognitions y. these will 'lie numerous and common.*:! Spiice and Suffering," by k enned r [Selected.] 7 Prayer for the`talon. BY H. OtAY PRABB. A land of law and Gospel peace, Of riehest fruits,and flowery. . God's Eden of the Western'tyforld, What land so blest as ours4,.'l How shall we prove our gleful thanks To. Thee, 0 bounteous Giv : ! 3 Whose own right-hand hat madelis one, By lake, and gulf, and riv . ? Lord! write this law on °ley heart: " Our Union, now and everl7 ' . For thou halt taught us through-thy Son, That those whom thou haskt(joined intone No hiunan hand should sever ! ' The hero-souls,_ whosnproithet-'dreams , ' - Shine out in classic story, 1. - • . . Find here, at last, the 4, prtnised land'.' The shrine of Freedom's. glry. Our hallowed flag of Stars t nd Stripes, What mein'ries brighten o'in it: The• hope of millions yet nithern=- E'en despots bow.before•it '!.,' t Lord ! write this law on e 1 lie,iit : " Our Union, now and ever! , For thou hest taught us thi4Vgh.thy Son; That those whom thou hlBo:tined in one No human hand should seieth .• f-".f.:4:,.. The Serpent crept:iove l s - pure heart, And by his cunning.woir Woe, woe ! unto our Edenllatid— The Serpent's trail is onitil kmillion hands, by madness nerved, Would strike the common mother ; - A million souls cry out for, blood Toeblood e'en of 'a brother I; Oh, God! to whom our fatheriPrayed, In bonds of sweet communiat, Stretch forth thy strong, Afrolghty Hank To still this tempest in our brd, And save our blessed llmonl, The Land of 4b.. The geographypf the 411,R00f.191.,41,1, commentary on its poetry: - Conceive a land lorded over by the= sun, when light ning rushing in, like an angry 'painter, did not dash hiS wild colors across the land scape; a land ever in. extremes—now dried up as in a furnace, now swimming with loud waters—its sky the brightest Or the blackest of heavens—desolate crags rising above rank vegetation—beauty adorning the brow of barrenness—shaggy and thun der-split hills surrounding narrows valleys and water-courses ;, a land for a great part hare in the wratk of nature,. when not swaddled in sudden tempest and whirl wind; a land of lions, and wild goats, and wild asses, and ostriches, and hawks, stretching toward the South, and horses clothed with thunder, and eagles Making their nest on highi a- land through, whose transparent air night looked down in all her queen-like majesty, all her most lus trous ornaments• onthe South blazing through all its chambers as with said gold —the North glorious with Arcturus and his suns—the zenith crowning the heavens with.._ a diadem of white, and blue, and purple stars. Such•the la,mt in which this author lived, such the sky he saw.; and can we wonder . that .poetry dropped on and from him ,like rain - from a thick tree,.: and; that grandeur—a grandeur almost 4:lisdainf ing beauty, preferring-firmarnentsLito flow ers, -making ite garlands of the .w4irlwind— became his, very soul. The book of. Job shows a mind smitten with a passion for nature in her simplest, most- solitary, .and elementary forms; gazing perpetually at the great shapes of the material universe, and reproducing to us the infant infinite wonder, with which the first inhabitants of the world must have seen their first sun rise, their first thunder-storm, and their first moon waning; their first midnight heaven expanding, like an arch of triumph, over their happy heads. One object of the book is to prophesy of nature, to declare its testimony to -the Most High, to unite the leaves of its trees, the wings of its fowls, the eyes of its stars, 'in one act of adoration :to Jehovah.. August undertak-: ing, and meet for one reared- in the desert, anointed with the dew of heaven, and by God himself 'inspire'd' The Pithier :Gallery, A picture gallery is a :room filled with paintings, which have ; cost large sums of money, and are preserved. with great care.. Perhaps you would like to Visit such a place/. - Well; if - you cannot do that at this time; We invite you to look into a little pie ture-gallery of . your own. You will find in it some pictures full of annshine; though there may be others which are gloomy . and dark, and which will only awaken sad thoughts in your mind: " Let us first look on one of aleheerful kind. It is evening, and the setting sun ; casts its golden light through a parlor window. In that room a little child is asleep'in its cot. By the side is a mother with her eyes fixed on her dear boy, a.nd her hands clasped as, if in prayer. Yes, she is praying that Jesus, the . good Shep herd, would make her, cild one of his own dear lambs, and guard and,guide him safely to heaven. As she looks on 'him, the warm tears fall on. his face ; and as he awakes, he hears the soft words of his motherfs prayer. • Rave you seen suelkaPicture as this ? If you have, - let it hang<in the . gallery. It is of more yalue than the best painting in the world. Keep it as loijig as life shall last. kiever forget your mother'slove. A little .girl is seated by her' father's. side in a garden. :Sweet roses hang in blusters on the : trees,rand les, and Bt.her flowers bloom around- A . fiightof pigeons areilnaking their way over the 'tall elm-trees ; and on the other 'side of - the hedge some haymakers are go ing ,home after a long day's work: The little girl is teadingfler e'venink-chapte'r fromthe Bible, and idle. ; h*, jest ; u~eat9 the text, Beloved,',if God so loved us, we ought also , to love one another."—l. John iv : 11. ; ith her mild blue` eyes she looks at-her father,.and be Speaks to her of thee great, love of God in forgiving, for ,sake,, our • many sins; and how ready we should be to show love to all, and to forgive them who may do us wrong. The little gill will now have a picture .hung `4lp in thee gallery, from which she will never part. • It will be the picture of a father teaching his child a lesson of love. Let us now look, atone, of the dark pic tures. The scene is a prison. A man sits in one of the cells, vith chains of iron on , his legs. Tienty' years agolie went to the village school. 1A pious man was his teach.- er,; but he cared not for the words of wis dom and truth he heard.. The beginnings of evil were to rah a bird's nest, to play the truant, to - break the Sabbath; , and soon he learned to curse„ and .swear, and thieve. Thus he wont on from one sin to another, until,he has come to end his days as a felon.' As 'he sits in • his dUngpon, if he thinks at all-, it of the time Whenrhe was . ahoy Ina happy villwe hope, and alschol- Arlin thn;Sabbath; School;; and. , then he calls to mind the hour when be saw his Mother die of a' broken heartrVanfed — Dr his unkind conduct amid Wicked life. What a' picture' 'this ! There are Many others like it; which' we Will not now look tat. But. 4to you know what such pieture-gallery is called ? ' Its name is`Meniory. Every person, old and -young, has one, and all are busy i : n 'pietures, bright and pleasant, or dark-and dismal. What kind. are =you hanging up in it ? ',Are you filling it with pictures of pleasant scenes, of loving deeds at home, and useful works. abroad ?' Or are there only those of anger, strife, and wrong-doing ? - • Would you have memory well.filled, - yen must be_ a _Christian. The. Iloly Spirit of Jesus - 101 i help you to fill it ,with thoughts and deeds of faith and duty. If, you love Jesus if you: trust in him for pardon, and . seeklo Walk in his steps, every 'day, we, Atope, swill adds a pleasant: picture in the ,gallery of Memory. .May, yours .be full of then, which you may not only look at in &flit* years with pleasure, but even cariy with you to a better world. Golden Hours. We have thern'atill—Lthey are ours 'new theserielden 'moments : whit are me 'de -big with them? How. little we think of theud how- lialtly we waste theml—perhaps in, eating and drinking, talking and.gossip idg; idling 'and sleeping, gaming and amuse= melt.' Our golden'moments are laiiihfy given to such things as these; but how:few .are:given ,to God - !:how few to meditation. on his. Wordl—how ,few to se,lf-ex.a,mina don l—how few to preparation for, the gig rions city' which we profess to seek as our , home Round go' the unwearied hands-- 'on, with unceasing, unvarying, course. 1 , We count 'them tnot ; oftentimes we heed them not • yet they neverr stop. They are hastening on to, an hour thermust one day 'strike, to which they must one day point thehour of our death. Yes, one day it will be said' of us,"" At such an hour he died !"=time will be over for , us, 'and we will be in eternity, where -there is no note of time any more. 'Let us think well of this. We know not, ili.bw< many. golden moments are left; per- Imps even now* ours maybe' counted, and the number niay be fewer. than -we think. Let us then prepare for eternity; and each time that we hear the striking of the clock, let us remember that now our moments are fewer than before, our time is shorter, and our reckoning is nearer. „After the exam ple, of the . Lord Jesus, let us work the work of our Lord " while it is day ; ,for the night cometh, in which no man can work." As we have opportunity, let us do good -unto all men. ; IBM Oh, that these words may be deeply en graved on each heart, that we may use the coming time sous not to repent it and re gret it forever in eternity. There, is indeed no more common error, than to estimate the extent of suffering by the greatness of the causes which have pro duced >it;- we mean-their greatness, as re gards the . amount of notice. Which• they attract. The anguish •of an emperor who has lost his empire, is probably not one whit greater than that of a poor lady who loses her little means in a swindling bank, and is obliged to take away her daughter from school, and, to move into an, inferior dwel ling. - Nor is it unworthy of remark, in thinking of sympathy, with human beings in suffering, that scrabby 2 looking little men, with -weak hair ,and awkWard demeanor, -and not in the least degree gentleman-like, may, through domesticr , Worry, and bereave; went, undergo disgesi; quite as .great. heroic individuals ,six ':feet, four, inches ,in height, with a large quantity of raven'hair, and with eyes of remarkable depth of eX.- pression. It is probable, too, that in the lot of ordinary men, a ceaseless And count less succession of littlerorries does a great deal more to fret away the happiness of life, than is done by the ,few great over whelming misfortunes which happen at long intervals. you lase your child, and ,your sorrow is overwhelming ; but it is a sorrow on which before many months you look back with, a, sad yet pleasing iaterest, and it is a sorrow which you know you are the better for having felt. But petty un faithfulness, carelessness, and stupidity on the part of your servants ; little vexa 7 tions and cross accidents in your daily life; the, ceaseless `cares of managing a, household and family and possibly of - making an ef fort to maintain appearances with very in adequate means • all those little annoying things which are not misfortune but worry, effectually blister away the' enjoyment of life while they last and serve no good end in respect to menthl and moral discipline. " Miuch tribulation," deep and dignified sorrow, may prepare men for " the kingdom of God ;" but ceaseless worry, for the most part, does but sour the temper, jaundice the views and embitter and arden the heart.--Recollections of a• country Parson —Second Series. ,- Doctrinal Teaching It is needful for the' fulfilment of our ,charge, that we build up beforehand„ our people in the full, range of Christian truth and doctrine. This is a very great matter. - They become the prey of heresies and er rors, because they_ have 'not been previously thoroughly furnished with all truth. The man whose body is of a sickly habit, receives readily the.passin.g taint, of ,any infection; the fortressewhich is built on unsound foun dations sinks, under the first battery of its .assailants ;, and it is because the spiritual _state of our people is low, and the founda tions of their faith, ill-laid, that.they imbibe so readily those errors, presented to them, and that the fabric of their belieflalls so easily before the enemy. It is all-import ant that we.-remember. this, because ever anon we, shall be sorely tempted ,to rest, without taking„ amount of trouble needful thus thoroughly, to ground them in the truth. , Our own indolence will be ready, to .I ) ribO. 48`3.400.0ft... Little, Worries. WHOLE NO. 472. will suggest to us that such a flock as ours cannot be. made to comprehend these great truths in all their varied relations . ; that it is no little success if we ' can teach theta anything,-that plain practical instruetion is the utmost they,can bear, and that it:is better to concentrate .their attention .and our own upon a few main . points than en deavor to cenvert our busy, or careless, or half-instructed flocks into theologians. Some excuse will always be at ihand. when indolence is the counsellor; and our, poor hearts-are the listeJers; yet, depend, upon it, this labor must be taken if we would guard-our charge from eVil. For the most part, it is too late when the evil is lodged ' to attempt todisiodge it: Our people ought to be so trained as to refuse to listen to the first whispered` alsehood, and it is this training which the Church has provided for them: This is the Meaning of that.wise forethought which has appointed festivals for keeping..4ever in reniembrance. those leading everitsnnd acts of our blesied MAts ter's, life, out of which all the greet truths of our Creed naturally unfold themselves. This is, again, the wisdom of providing for the coinmon use of those various Canticles, vihich are t3tored the record-evenfuf , fthe ftbiltrtier and morddiffidalt,a.rticles of faith: so iliat truths from:, Wirich, in the naked se verity of .a dogmatic statement,. the minds of urilearneil'''men would shrink as lianas sing and Perplexing, may make their; way into, their ,minds, and ,beceme familiar and_ established inmates, throngh the words, of some well-known chant or accustomed hymn of praise . : And if we would have our pea ple•strOng in the` faith, our ministry unlit bear- this , stamp; following the Churelf , s teaching; we must endeavor - to build:thein up, thoroughly in all truth, not wearyino and' perplexing them needlessly with the names, dates and narratives of past heresies, bit establishing them in all the contrary truths , toiwhat have been, and so, it' must be feared may again be, ,prevalent errors. This work : must be clone in our sermons,, in . . our visitation of our people, in our catechis ing .and' in our schools. Especially must we labor to work' into the very texture •of their. souls . those' master truths—the per sonality of the all-holy, all-mighty. God; the mystery of -the ever-blessed Trinity; the fall of man, and his corruption; the misery and defilement wrought in him by sin ; the' eternal umitisels of the 4 Father ' s love in the Gospel scheme of salvatin]; the Incarnation, of, the ever-blessed Son, of our Lord, his perfect life, his spotless death, his all-sufficient atonement; the gift of the Holy Ghost; the' calling and grace of the Church . ; the presence'cif Christ in the Sac raments; the need of individual renewal unto holiness.; judgment and, salvation, heaven and hell—of all of these we 1311.15 t labor to work a, right knowledge into the souls Of all committed to us, as the guards against, and the antidotes for, the various evils by which they will be assaulted.-r- Bishop of Oxford. Home Attractions. Beaven's blessings upon-the one who-in vents a mode by . which children may be , lrept at home, over which the allurements of the outside world can avail nothing. He is a benefactor to the race. As much as it is , sung and played, home is not always sweet home " to the , degree that it is de scribed. There are austerities and asperi ties, and interdictions 'and conventional- isms,` that render it unattractive, and,, be sides, there is a familiarity with its scenes that does not suit the,spirit that is never satis fied but with change. Depend upon it,, where there are harsh words for outraged "pro. priety" as displayed in boisterous mirth, and cold formality is installed at home, there will be a drawing away from it, and a continual search for excuses , to evade its claims. Claims ! ' It, might be a question if homes, thin constituted, have any claims upon liv ing human hearts. I feel glad when I see any new device advertised to make" home what it should be—a place of happy aban donment or care, a place wherein the soul can act itself in the light of innocent cheer fulness. The man who published a book of Parlor games, has been of more benefit than many sermonizers. No good is lessened by` its teachings, no frivolity is inaugurated. It opens up a new avenue to happiness. It is the new emotion that the monarch longed for. Enlightene,d parents understand the ne cessity of enlisting all •attractions, and in those homes where they practice in this light, there_ is no discontent, ato discord mice, and every one is.happy. Fall of : Satan in .'",l'atadise Lost.!, This. is not a .pictrtre . removed to a dis tance from us, to be looked at with wonde. It is a lesson for each, of us. Can we not imagine the poet himself telling us this'? Can We not raise our thoughts to fancy - 111112' tom drawing the moral. of his astonishing' picture? ." You are spirits," he might say' to us--;" the creation of the same hand. 'Heavenly gifts are yours and heavenly fa vors ; and notwithstanding the fall of man, gleams, vestiges are yours of heavenly glory. To you the same choice is offered.of adher ing or of separating yourselves. In you is the ground of temptation, the same difficul ty of adhering, a misunderstood 'self-love: You are tempted to epthrone self upon the usurped throne of the Divine Legislator', To obey the. law of right—to follow out the law of love, is only difficult because we feel, in every instance of being called upon so to do, that We are called upon to make some sacrifice of ourselves. , It is an error—a mis taken feeling. We - are called upon to sacri ,fice, not ourselves, Vat a i present inclination, which self suggests. Make the sacrifice— obey, fulfill the law that makes the claint upon you, and you will find that you have relinquished fallacious fora real good. Fol low the false inclination, and you will find that instead of enthroning yourself in. des pite of Heaven's King, you have begun, ,to descend steps of endless descent..'Be warned, warned by . the terrible example." - 4 -Professor -Wilson. Mast of tilt disasters• i the war of 1812, we owed to the inefficiency of such old vet erans -of the Bevoiutimk Arm strong, Winchester, Dearborn, and Wil kinSon, men rho bad once done good ser vice, but were now deficient in' everything but the desire to take the field once more. It was not till they were set aside, and such men as Scott, Wool; Jackson,llarrison, and others appointed, that our armies achieved victories. Scott himself was Major-Gen eral at twenty-eight; and it is noticeable that in the present war the eyes of the peo ple are: turne&with most hope upon such men as McClellan, Fremout, - Butler, Banks, and Rusecranc, men, who ,are yet in tho vigor of their "days.---`Neto-Yoi.Al Etenk , Past. Leutze is' the 'recipient Of a' rare - bit ( Of good fortune in a twenty thousand dollars commission. from - Government He _paint - the, ceiling „of the, cerridor , of, the ,Capitol; the subject is tole Westward the Star of Empire takes its' Way."' 'With due respect to the Government' and the ar tist, we think we have several stern reali ties to deal with jest now,, without dab .4ll:Dg irk.-t{e AllegoKical." Eifikr 1314$NIR PRESB Publication Office, _ GAZETTE BITILDINGS, 84 PirTa Prrintwoz, PA. PFHAFFIXHIA, SOOTS-WT.BT COL OF 7TH AND OFFOFrOi ADVERTISEMENTS: TERMS IN ADVANCE.. A Square, (8 lines or less,) one insertion; 60 cents; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents; each iineteyond eight, 5 cts A Square per quarter, $4.00; each line additional , Slf cents REDUCTION made to advertisers by the year. ... _ BUSINESS NOTICES of TEN lines or less, $l.OO each ad• ditional line, 10 cents. DAVID MPKINNTAT St CO” . PROPEDATORS n a PIIBLIBEMBE. SELECT READING. DIE TO SELF.—Live as near to Jesus as you possibly ,can ' but, die to self. It is a daily work. Jesus is as a sun that shines on the• other ) side of a mountain, and now and then a sunbeam comes over the top we get a glimpse, a sort- of • twilight apprehension of the hriglitikeite.of - the;sun, 131:itself must be much more subdued, before we ,car bask in the beams of the ever-blessed j.este,, 9r say.in everything, "Thy will be done."— Beveridge. PASTORAL TTIAOHING.—The - Apostle says, "I taught publicly, and frottr house to house. We' have none' too mush' ehureh religion in our day, and too little house or Koine , religion; none too much teaching. publicly, and too little "from house to house.' He is to take not onlya general oversight, but.•a particular oversight reach ing to every member of the flock.; -` Batter _ says, "If physicians should only, read : a public lecture on physic, their patients would not be much the better of them • nor would a lawyer secure your estate by read ing a lecture. on law"—andiso'intimates, that neither . wottld,a; pastor accomplish the work of - oversight, of the ifleck;.*W.only calls after 4heni publicly once. 4,...ww4. Ile is.. to "go preach ;" not Merely .to ,set himself' in the pulpit once 'a - week, and preach to those who come. The Saviour's language still being, "I was sick .and visited me, and-in-prisoricand ye came unto me." GooD MAlriNsits—ili is a vulgar notion that ;politeness is. only required toward superiors. But the truth is that every man ought, to, regard ,his, fellow-man, or friend, as his superioriand treat hirn accordingly. Such feelings the real gentleman always has. " Let each esteem, others.better than themselves " says an Apostle. ' This'll the very soul of good manners. RuLEs Ron READIG.- : ---Read the best books which wise and sensible persons ad vise, and study theme with reflection and examination. Read with a firm• determi nation., to, make use of all you read. Do not, by reading, neglect a more immediate or more imPortant duty. Do not read with, a view of makini , ,a. display ..of your reading. Do not red - too much' at a time. .Reflect on what you read, and let ,it be moderately enjoyed and well digested. "'lv 'You PLEASE, MAKE ME `A CHRlS recollect in the' course of my labors , a poor, Hindoo youth, who. fol lowed me, about the garden,of the school, asking of me to makeltire a, Christian. I said, " It is `impossible, my dear boy; if it is possible to do'so at all, it is possible only through the Lord Jesus Christ, to make you a Christian.- -,,Prayttolim." How well I recollect.that sweet voice and sweet face of that boy, when lie soon after: came to me and 'said, " The'lord:J'esus Christ has come and taken his place in my heart." I asked, "How is that ?" He replied, " I prayed, and said, Oh I Lord Jesus Christ, if you please, make -me a Christian !' and he was so kind that he came down from heaven and has lived in my 'heart ever since." How simple and. bow touching! " Lord„Jesus. Christ, if you please, make me a Christian !" Can you say that you have made a similar appeal, in such a spirit as this poor }findOo boy ? And can .you 'say,'my' young friends, that Jesus Christ liar conin'dniVri from heaven to live in your hearts ?--Rets.• Dr. - Boaz, of Calcutta. Dn. BusiirlELL once remarked that "in order to get one handsome person, you must select a feature . here and a tint there from a hundred, others, and imagine them put to gether in a new combination." JEAN, PAUL says of children :—" The smallest are nearest dod, as the smallest planets are nearest the sun." JESUS CHRIST, without worldly posses sions or scientific _eminence, has his own peculiar sanctity. He promulgated no im portant discoveries;'he aimed at no su premacy.; but he was humble, patient, holy, nay, the holiest of the holy; the c,onquerer of Satan ; altogether without sin. To the internal eye of the heart, to the discern ment of true wisdom, how illustrious was the pomp of his appearance, and how un speakable his greatness.—Pascal. TRUST GOD.--" I could write down twenty cases," .'says a. pious,man, " when I wished God had done otherwise •than he did ; but which—l-now see, had I my own will; would have led to extensive mischief. The life of a Christian is a life of para doxes. He must lay hold on God, he must follow bard after'him, he must determine not to-let him go: And yet you must learn to let_Go& alone. Quietness before God is one > of 'the most difficult of all Christian mraees • to sit where he pleases , to ,be what he would have us be I 0 and this as lono•as he pleases."— Chriitidn, Treasury. _ PRAl74, — Don't exhort when called on to pray. It is very well to exhort at prop er times, and under proper . circumstances. But, when on your knees, ostensibly ad dressing Jehovah, it, is not the time to ex ort. Stand up on your feet, look at the au dience, and talk right at them,, if you have anything to. say to them ; but when you pretend to• pray, pray.—Pacific Methodist. UDR COVEICANT wrru GOD.—The Rev. Josephleine - having, shortly before his death, a conflict with Satan, said : " Away, thouloul fiend, thou enemy of all mankind, thou, subtle sophister I . Art thou come now to molest me, non I am just, going—now I am so weak, and death upon me ? Trouble , me not for I - am none of thine i I am. the Lord's, Christ is mine, and I am his— his by covenant.. I have sworn myself to be the Lord's, and his will I be: therefore begone !" These last words he often re peated, "which," says Xrs,„Alleine, ," I tbok much .notice of, that, his covenanting was the means used to expel the devil and 'all his 'temptations." " POCKET MONEY FOR thiILOKEN- --There is no error more . fatal than imagining that pinching a youth in his pocket money will teach him frugality, On the contrary it, will occasion his rmining into extravagance with so much more eagerness when he comes to have money in his own hands ; as pinchinghini in his diet will make his ap petite only the more rapaciouk' If you put into'-the hands of your 'child more -money thanis suitable to his age and diA eretion, you must expect to, find• that , he has thrown it, away upon What is not only idle, 'but hurtful. A certain small, regu far income; any child 'above six years - of age ought to have. When he comes' to be •capable of keeping an account, hefought to ;be obliged to do thereby/acquire a habit offrugality, attention and prudence, that, will be of`neiVice to him through hip whole life. -tOn - the contrary, to give a young person. money* , spend at will, with ,R requiring; any, aceoMat.of it, leadingo 'or rather .forcingfilm won extravagance and follY. . Ping ,Sensibilities are like woodbines . , Alghtful lnjuries 'of beau to laliccr a. gdir4,*iiiiit stein underetantling;- poor 'if, unsustained-W.sta*e .the arcoJeft,tc screep, along, the grninid.-;John , FOster.
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