. Si7INNE f J. ALLISON S. LITTLE. ) AVID M'ICINNEY & CO. Editors and Proprietors. a TERMS IN ADVANCE. lINOLB SUBSCRIPTIONS $1.50 N CLUBS 1.25 01lValteD IN Milan et situ (knee 2.00 TWO DOLLARS, we will send by mail seventy number , fur ONX DOLLAR, thirty-tillee numbers. +tors sending us TWENTY subscriberu and upwards, will U erehy entitled to a paper , withont charge. it nswals should be prompt, a little before the year expires 81 nd payments by safe hands; or by mail. Direct all lettere to DAVID M'XIIINEY & CO., Pittsburgh, Pe. [Original.] 'True goodness Shines in Secret Devotion. "When the eyes of thy God are upon thee, And all fellow-ereatures afar, With devotion's bright halo around thee, Thy goodness shall shine like a star. When,. shut in thy closet at evening, Thou pourest thy soul forth in prayer, Inditing thy simple petition, When none but thy Makerielhere ;. lihen thou breathest thy morning petition, Low trembling upon the still air, Although in a lone situation, ' Thy inolinethiiis ear. • ' When thou baited thy,harp in the morning, In praise to thy Maker above, The choir of betiien's bright minstrels Will join- in the chorus of love; ".'he ()horns of love to their Maker, And praise to our Saviour, the Lamb ; 0 t 'who would not love our Savionr, And firmly believe in his name. And should the grim messenger warn thee To turn from the earth and her charms ; Father will gladly receive thee, Thy Saviour will open his arms, There the oheriabio hosts shall applaud thee, Thy soul shall be welcomed in love ; !Thy purest of spirits conducted To a home in the mansions above. R. B. T. The •Bashful Minister, DrAle B-1-4 am obliged to you for your complimentary acknowledgment of my twiner , letter and am encouraged, there by, to send you another, which, although on a leas impOrtant topic, may, perhaps, not belWholly roid'of use to a young minister, especially 'one aof your nervous -tempera mont. • Was it 'Cowper, or was it some other man, of heartland humanity, that said, "I pity bashfull men r Without dis Owning a compassion equally comprehensive, Pwill reotrict myself)within the modest limits of averring; thati. pity Willful ministers. I do-knowl some: of this 'character; not a very largo number, however, and not very con spicuous persons. How they have failed to -get this unattractive peculiarity dis charged from their constitutions, in the progress , of their scholastic training, is a qt.estion that has often puzzled me. That a certain refinement of manners, such as springs from a delicate perception of the proprieties of time and place and surround ing circumstances, is becoming in a minis te-:, rt.() one will deny. And yet it•may of te 2 deter him from a • bold and effective movement that would strike people with astonishment and greatly promote his own popularity. For the attainment of these important ends,•sote moderate measure of asourance seems to be indispensable. Ido not recommend bashfulness, especially to you, dear 13., who are sufficiently diffident already. Nor do I advise you to cultivate an arrogant .style of manners, for such counsel would be thrown away on your good' sense. You have not yet become . acquainted wild:it-anther Brown; I thiek. You will meet him when you go to Synod, and will fit d him, in that body, a useful though not an offibiolisimember. He is such a man as you will like ;, amiable, serious, and pos. sessed . of .talents and scholarship above the average of ministers of his age. A nat urally generous disposition has been . im proved by grace) - into a very pure sort of geniality—the soil, in which tern, reliable friendships readily take root. His mind and heart are like a garden, to whose fruits the sunshine has given delicious flavor, and whose flowers have, from the same source, derived!a striking beauty. But the garden has a fence' around it—Brother 'Brown is a bashful man. Moderatelrele vsted heads can look over the fence; small people cannot. It can hardly be said, however, that my young friend's pulpit exereises are percep tibly damaged by his diffidence. Earnest ness in his work, and a consciousness of be ing occupied in the line of his duty, give him, then, a good degree of ease and free dom.. And his thorough- preparation ena bles him to be argumentative without being obscure ) and instructive without being prosy. His style is as far as possible from ti.rgid and bombastic; it is clear, forcible, and sufficiently ornate. He would no more think of using a gaudy and glaring orna ment of composition, -than he would of wearing 'a gilt brooch on his shirt-bosom. Ile does not send along with his arguments certificates" of their irresistible strength, nir do the ornaments of his style stand out by themselves, like something stuck 'on af terwards, like bows, feathers or spangles. But I see that my admiration of brother Brown is detaining my pen too long. Bashfulness in a minister is often mis taken for pride, and I admit that, if very , closely analyzed, they are somewhat alike, although not so much in their essence, as in their appearance, "Modest merit" and "retiring worth" are eulogized in all ro mantic systems of social ethics. But every day critics usually ackndwledge them in such phraseology as this—" Smart enough, but desperately ungraceful." Among strangers and out of the line of profes sional duties, a' bashful minister will ap pear to much, less advantage, than one of more assurance, who may be in all impor tant qualifications / his inferior. This will be evident in the'iMpression made upon the popular mind, and in the awards of the popular judgment. The " people "—by 'which is always to be understood, both in Church and State, a stirring minority of thern—think that a minister, say of Brother Brown's descrip tion, might get up sermons in half the time, + t would sound just as well, "This, p , is true. They - wish to have the t • rongly asserted, and well backed up with 'assurances of its importance; but what is the need of argument and effort,' when . they are willing to believe and do just -what their minister wants them to. Their way, they say, involves no waste of tuba* (Which is certainly true,)'and then the minister can spend nearly all his time in " going round among the people!' My dear B—, it is a real misfortune 'to be bashful. t is constitutional' with some people, as impudence •is with 'others. Both can be brought under control, by dis cipline. Some of the meet impudent peo ple I have ever known, could put on the appearance of the' mast blushing modesty. As yoU are a little affected with the former, and by far' the'lesser want-to give you a little counsel and comfort thereupon. I cannot, however, endorse the prescription of' one of my own excellent theological in structors, to consider the people before one; in pews, as so many cabbage-heads. De/- crewel to an atidieece •is so essential to in fluence over it, that speakers often assume the appearance of it, or make verbal pro testatione in relation to It, for the very parpose df conciliating favor. " Defer ence, ',.says a good English Essayist, " is the" most 'c'emplicated, the • most indirect, and the mdat elegant of all 'Cortipliments " to=. an -audience.- And there are always sop2o.persons of judgment add taste, to ap For the Froebytorian Banner t I s , .., .. + i , ....._._. .. t ,hi., „,,,. ...., ......J. . .._.: 7 1 .. . .. . ~. . . , .. ... ...c.c. .., .C • . c • c • 1 t 'fi 1 . . i 4 1 . .... , . .. ~.. . . . . VOL. X., NO. 19. preciate and approve the tribute. Defer ence is but a chastened and disciplined bashfulness in social exercise. I repeat, for your special use, dear 8., a friendly warning of the Essayist already quoted : "Be cautious not-to consider a person your superior, because he is so in point of as surance; this has often damped the spir it of persons of desert and diffidei3be." Those oracular and dogmatical preachers, who are imitating fancy Knoxes and fancy Luthers, are carried away by an illusion which does not carry the good sense of any congregation away with them. Your re spect for your people's judgment and edi fication will be reciprocated. Another scrap of comfort, I offer from my own ex perience, to show that the internal diffi dence does not always appear on the exter nal manners of the preacher, so manifestly as he imagines. I was expressing to a friend, after ,preaching, the extreme em barrassment I had felt in the pulpit, as a sort of explanation, not to say apology, for some infelicity in the exercise; he very coolly replied : Well, I don't think any body noticed it." Whether it was my blundering or my blushing, that so fortu nately escaped notice, it was inipossible . for me to tell, and I felt, under the- circum stances, very little like asking an explana-. tion. Yours, truly, J.F.M. EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE TEE PRIME CONSORT'S FUNERAL—TIM Notanuas AND TEL Samos—Ms revoltra Einar—Tar. w -AVMS AND THE BON —EUNERAL SERMONS AND TEXTS—NATIONAL SORROW— WREATHS ON THE COFFIN—A VISIT TO NORTHAMPTONSHIRE —lra RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS—DODDRIDOE AND'HIS OELPEt —COLONEL GARDINER AND His YEN—Kr.rtzaurct AND /TS MEMONILs—CARET AND FULLER—TOLLER AND ROBERT mils —POLITIOAL EVENTS IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE—Tas CIVIL WAR--BATTLE Or NASEBY AND ITS ISSUES. LONDON, Dec. 28, 1861. THE. PRINCE CONSORT'S FUNERAL took place on Monday last. Both on that day and the Lord's day immediately preceding it, the whole nation had its thoughts concentrated, as it were, on an event not only sad, but emphatically solemnizing. It was so beyond any public events in modern times—save first, the death of the Princess Charlotte, in 1817, when there was an outburst of national distress, almost border ing on despair ; and again, the death and funeral of the Duke of Wellington, when all England mourned and lamented the mighty man of valor. The remains of the Prince 'Consort, after being placed in the Royal funeral vaults of the Windsor Chapel Royal, will not remain amid the dust of England's kings. Just as in - the case of the late Duchess of Kent, so now - the Prince will sleep in. a. separate tomb in the grounds of Frogmore. The Queen longs to have a spot sacred to the se ere, visits of her widowed grief. Thither, as she has done to a mother's tomb, she will oft repair, and " weep there." And there, doubtless, despising all State forms and precedents, she will at some distant day mingle her ashes with those of her devoted and cherithed husband,'and of the father of her children. All this is woman ly, human, rhumanizing, touching, admira ble, and characteristic both of the heart and head of .our good Queen Victoria. At the Chapel Royal, the solemn and beautiful service for the burial of the dead was read in the presence of Foreign ,Am bassadors, Lord Derby, the Crown Prince of Prussia, the Belgian.Princes ' the Duke, of Saxe Coburg, (brother of the deceased,) Prince Louis of Hesse, the Prince of Saxe Weimar, the Duke De Neznour, the Canons of. Windsor Officers of the Household, and other gentlemen. Such a service has always a sweet and soothing voice to the survivors, when , a real Christian is laid in the grave. , And such,. thank God ! was— it is now • clearly ascertained—Prince Al bert. His gentleness, meekness, benevo lence, self-denial, purity of life, abhorrence of low indulgences, his thorough - oneness of resolve and feeling, in keeping away from Court circles, vile men and women; as well as his fidelity as a father to the godly up-bringing of his children in the fear of God and in reverence for the Holy Scriptures—all these, there is good reason to believe, sprung from vital union, through faithi with the Living Saviour. And thus it was that the thought of death, coupled with aspirations after nobler honors and joys than loftiest rank and wealth at com mand could confer, were to be his. So it is that on Monday the following chorale, which was a special favorite with the Prince in life; was sung by the choir. It is a hymn instinct with • the Christian's faith and hope in Him who is the Resur reetion and the Life : "I shall not in the gravnTemain, Since Thou death's bond halt sever'd By hope with thee to rise again, From;fear of death delivered. I'll come to thee, where'er thou art, Live with thee, from thee ne'er part; Therefore, to die is rapture. "And so to Jesus Christ I'll go, My longing arms extending.; To fall asleep in slumber, deep, Slumber that knows no ending, Till Jesus Christ, God's only Son, Opens the gates of bliss—leads on To heaven, to Life Eternal P' On the Wednesday before his death, one of the physicians said, "Your Royal Highness will be better in a few daYs.''' The Prince replied, "No; I am sure this illness will be fatal, but lam not 'afraid. I have no fear for the result. lam surrounded with rank and wealth; but if I trusted only to these, I would be a miserable man. I have made iny'peace with. Heaven." To show the.pains taken by the Queen'sf husband to train his eldest son aright for future sovereignty, it is stated—not pub licly, but on good authority—that the young Prince of'Wlles received one of his earliest and most,inipressive lessons, as to the spirit which; as' a> future sovereign; he ought to cherish, bylis father causing to be executed a marble statue (the ideal of young King Josi,h;) of young Edward VI, who was represented as reading the Law and Word of God as his directory and counsellor. In like manner I hive another anecdote, from an excellent' private.source of information. When the boy heir-ap parent was one day restive and rebellious toward his governess, Miss Hildyard, and pleaded as his excuse for his insubordina tion that one day he should be King of England, the. Prince Consort, his father, was sent for. He came to the nursery; and instead of speaking to the angry boy, he read: from Rom. vii, 'in solemn tones, the passage about the " heir " being " under tutors .and governors." He then added: fay may come when I shall be your aeridr, but now you are my son to obey; , . a!! Moreover your governess is your supe-' here end now,. and 'all the more, be-• ca "‘ on are one day to be King of Eng lan-. Th 8807718 readAq the nation and to .in diVid' ,were.Aprfally brought out, on last day, li"* he 'ministers of the' metrOpei-. Of WWI? of. these discourses,' surnmaryi- twe 'beeppublished in the, newspaliers.iltAinone the preachers were Dean Millman, in St: Paul's Cathedral; Mr. Roussel', at St. Sidri rat's," Lothbury; Canon Nispeari, at• Westminster Ablief; Dr. Goulburit, 'at iPaddington Mr: Blaney, at the Weigh House; the , Rev. Joshua, Har rison, at, St. James' Hall; the Rev. Ne - man Hall, at. Surrey Chapel ; Dr. Cuin- Ming; and Mr. SPurgeOM 'The texts 'se , PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, lected were all suggestive 1 such as "Death 13 entered into our palaces," at Surrey Chapel ; " Shall there be evil in a city," &c., at , the Metropolitan Tabernacle ; Mr. Binney's text : " I will, cause the sun, to go down at noon," &c.; and Dr. Gotilburn's : " Take off the diadem and remove the crown," : &c. The instability or earthly greatness; the Coginnin lot; the benevo lento of God's law-even in taking away the good (" neither for the sins of themselves nor others," said Mr. Binney, "did good men die, but for the henek of the race ;") the unexpectedness of Divine chastise ments; the exemplary 'virtues of the Prince • his home portrait; his sympathy with the laboring class, and with otherwise unfriended merit; the great loss endured by the. Queen and her children (" who es pecially need," said Spurgeon, " careful training during the years of their minor ity,")—all.these,-with the personal duties of "watching and praying always," so as: to-be ready to "stand before the Son of Man," were brought out with great power and fullness: Dr. Cummings preached from the text : " He being dead, yet speak eth." There was beauty and comfort too in the words : "As a Christian, there, was every reason to hope that he loved these everlastine• truths which lie at the - founda ton of a beggar's hope, and out of 'the zaach of which a prince could not be saved. Whatwas the death of Prince Albert It was a transferrenee from-whatever Wind sor Castle could afford, to that surilit,beau tiful, and glorious world, where there was 'happiness . without suspension, blessing .without alloy, and holiness-without end." The preacher added, C 4 though we feel deep ly for the Queen, yet let us not forget that sorrow enriches the heart, as dew refreshes the soil. She has lost one link that bound her to an earthly crown, and gained one link more to unite her with , a crown of glory that fadeth not away." London itself was gloomy beyond prece -dent. The whole country was in mourning on the funeral day. Churches were open ed, sermons were preached, and meetings fa. united-prayer were held. But the in terest was specially: concentrated on Wind sor. There, in the Royal vault, as already I indicated, were the remains temporarily de poSited. After the solemn...service for the dead had been read with choking emotion by, the Dean of Windsor, amid the unre strained weeping ,of the boy Prince, Ar- , thur, dressed in (black) Highland costume, whose young heart seemed almost broken; and the Prince of Wales himself (at first his brother's comforter,) as. be stood with clasped hands, and , looked-down on the de scending coffin„ , couipletely , overwhelmed with sorrow. Minute. guns were fired; the troops outside the _chapel —were heard grounding their, arms; two chorals were swig; then a solo- organ and' voice -was heard. It was Luther's Ryinn that , was sung—" Great God, what do I see and hear," &c.; the same as at the singing of which, while in this very place, when the Duchess of Kent's obsequies - were being held, eight months ago, the Prince Consort had betrayed the deepestemotion. Last of all, as the loving gift of , the Queen, the Princess Alice, and the younger children, (who had been all removed a few days'before from the Castle of . Windsor to' the Isle of Wight,) came three wreaths of flowers ; and at the conclusion of; the fu neral service,s•they were . carried to the vault and reverently placed upon the coffin. The custom of scattering flowers upon the coffin, has not been unknown in England's past history. It wa.s a practice in Devon shire and Cornwall. But if so, it was de rived from. Germany, where it still prevails; and meet emblem:were those fresh wreaths of fragrant flowers placed on this Prince's bier, of that life and 'immortality, on the possession of which he has now entered. 'NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, as a region, of England closely identified with some of the most important events of English his tory, has lately come, in the larger district of it, under my special observation, and as I write, my mind is full of its warlike struggles in the days that are ,past,,as well as with its chief religious associations. Northampton itself is a memorable and most interesting town in both these aspects. With regard to the religious aspect, the name of Philip Doddridge, the Academy over which he presided, his house and study, his chapel on the Castle Hill almost precisely the same as in his day, the vestry unchanged, his chair, his oaken table (on which he was wont to write impromptu, after preaching, many a sweet and solemn hymn,) and the letter (in a frame) in his own handwriting, intimating •his accept ance of the, call of the church to become its pastor—this illustrious name is imper ishably associated with Southampton. As I stood up to preach in 'Doddridge's pulpit, and looked to the right into the very double pew in which Colonel Gardiner sat to listen to his beloved friend, I felt as if the fragrant breath of his pious and honor 'ed memory filled all the place—as if the spirit-presence of both gave' stimulus and earnestness to hold forth the Word of life. Then with Northampton is to be con nected the name and memory of other good men, including the late very able and successful William Bylands, M. A., father of Dr. Rylands. In the large chapel .(twice enlarged by reason of' Rylands' sue :Oess,) was held a meeting on the day and, at the hour of the Prince Consort's funer al. It was for united prayer. At the Parish Church, the Corporation with the Mayor, the volunteers, and a motley crowd, come rather. to see the„show, were present. But in the evangelical Nonconformist ser vice., a goodly band of various churches united in dirge-like hymns in solemnizing and heart-prompted supplication, and - in listening to'a brief address which was aSked from the 'stranger visitor from London. Northamptonshire!s religious • associa tions, I recollect with the deepest satisfac tion on a visit which I paid. to Kettering, • a place identified forever with the memo rie.s of a glbrious mission enterprise—the' Baptist Missionary Society. With .rever ential regard did I look at the fine- old house in which (its aspect all unchanged since then,) in 1792, William Carey and Andrew Fuller, with' other ministers, and a number of intelligent and devoted-lay men held their first conference; at which the Baptist Missionary. Society was estab lished. The English Baptists have the honor of having been foremost and first in the great Societies which now seek the:sal vation of the heathen. From Kettering spread the hallowed flame wide and far; from Kettering, Andrew Fuller, the inde fatigable worker, oft went forth to advo cate- the God-like enterprise. Thence did' he write his stirring letters to Carey, who said to his brave-brethren, " I will go down into the pit, if you hold the rope." No bly, firmly, was' it held by Fuller's hand above all others, till that hand was released in death. And what "rich jewels from the mine " have since been 'brought up, and how other fields, the West Indies and Africa (as well as Bengal) have since been sought' out, and fiesh shafts sunk in order to bring up from the'deep recesses beneath; the gemslwhich are to shine(for'e.ver in the diadem.of Ammanuel I • Fuller was a pastor and preacher of pre . eminent usefulness and power. Ills waa,a stalwart and :manly piety ; his theology was emphatically Pauline ; was calm, logical, totus teres et roeundits--in a word l 'Calvin istic and Scriptural. How he lakhed the Antinomians of his days—those Vi p pan derers to licentiousness, under the pfetence of free grace zeal ! How he congunded the infidel followers of 'Payne, hy his " Gospel'its own Witness." How h& grap pled with the lingering •Socinianism of England—the religuim of the si4rititil de lusion of the eighteenth - century—_which especially blighted Presbytery in England —in his " Calvinism and Socinianism " compared. ' With' golemirihierest I;stood at his grave in the old burying ground, in front of _which has been reared a mak,. no ble, and spacious edifice in room of the plain old chapel in which he discoursed. And I think that the following inscription on the' marble tablet within the chapel will be interesting to many an American reader.. It was, erected soon .after Fulle's death, which took place as will be seen; forty-six , years , ago. I may here say fiat! I' conversed with more than one who remem bered fuller very distinctly.; his stature the middle height, his hair 'black and slims; his face rugged but full of energy and et` pression. The following is the inscription : l i pid' ", In memory of their revered , and. beloVid i , '''' pistori , the-Rev. Xndrewl'uller, the churhh and congregation have erected this tablEt. His• ardent.piety,.the strength and sonfil ness of..his judgment, his intimate knowl edge of the human .heart, and . hisprofound acquaintance with the Scriptures, eminebt.'• ly qualified him rfor the ministerial office, which he sustained among them for thirfy- two-years.i "The force .and originality of hisgenits; aided by .nndaunted > firmness,' raised *- from obscurity to high distinction in the religious ;world. By the wisdom 'of lis , plans, arid unwearied diligence in executtg I them, he rendered the most important iiir vices to the Baptist Missionary Societylif t which he was Secretary from its contrckezt e.-, ment, and to the prosperity of which he Voted his life. In addition to his other: a bora, his works are numerous and celebre d. He died May 7th, 1815, aged 61'." ''' ' It is probable that the foregoing admia ble and comprehensive summary of Fulley's career and character, was a feint-composi tion. But it was told ,me that the words, Sc " intimate knowledge . xif the human he t, and profound aCquaintance with the Sett tures," were suggested by 'the illustrips Robert Hall himself. Hail was a freqiiinto visitor (when at Leicester) of Kettering , ; and ,I conversed with those who knew. )44,n intimately. . The memory of Mr.' Tolley` Kettering, is specially embalmed'in 'Hall'a printed sermons. The son of that Mr.' Tol ler is now.the minister of the:Congrega tional Chapel—an ancient structure, quite unchanged in its interior, which, even in our age, when church architecture is "Ninii drouSly improved, and barn-like - structures are being 'fast . demolished •to give wAylto' the Gothic, or Grecian style—are specially venerable,when . realized by the visitor in. connexion, with great men and ministers who teach us— - . 4 " How to make.our lives' sublinasi And departing; leave behind us' Footprints on the sands:oftime,.'.,• . R Old people and old saints are ito`lielmet ,- with in rural districts, whose-reminte,enees are very` valuable - Thus); - Nartharep : ton, itra 'gentleman now eighty-three` years a. old, and on the . grave's brink, whose father" was one of JDoddridge's catechumens and communicants. So that~ while Doddridge is dead one hundred and-ten years, *here is a man who is , only one remove - from his con temporaries ! In like manner, at-Ketter ing, I was-told of letter which contains the declaration of thertext. In effect, therefore, he had! before him, ,while writing, the whole expanse of the. Mediterranean—that "many-nationed " sea, still full of interest to us and our times, but which was to the old world what all the 'oceans are to ours; yea, more than this,: -which was not only the cradle and school of its maritime.enterprise, and the scene of its naval strifes and conquests, - but the con stant centre' of its most powerful civiliza tions; around.which were grouped , , as if by a force as necessary as that which.'forms the crystal around its axis, all the arts, and the [empires then most prominent in the world, or which now most attract and influence our minds. Upon `or near the shores of this sea, the labors of Paul-were constantly performed. Born in sight of it, his whole after-life clung to it. In all his incessant missionary tours lie scarcely left it; but at Caesarea, Antioch, Ephesus, Philippi, Thes salonica, Athens, Corinth 'Rome' perhaps still further to the gates= of the Atlantic, he had it before him, and strove with all 'the energy of his will, inspired and _sus tained by' his Christian enthusiasm, to stud its shores itith Christian churches, and to make it a centre of the kingdom of God and his , Son in the world.—Dr. /Storrs' illusionary Sermon. As to Calvinism,.which is a common butt for every frivOlons Wit, every vain worldling, every hard'-faced economist and every fasti dious . prig—this much-abused Calvinism, ' , whatever harm it. may do to weak' wits and , i'delicate ,sensibilities, certainly never, has :stood,- and never can stand, between the Scottish mind and the lofty philoiophy of Plato. There' is, oh the 'contrary, a- certain high kinship and:brotherhoOd' between the Genevan interpreter of Divine decrees, and the Athenian expounder . . of- Divine. ideas, IWhieh fully justifies the significant conjunc-, ltion'inwhich 'Scottish theology and Platonic Ilphilosephy are placed in the . directioritif the Book 'of Discipline. The vulgar ideas- enter-. tained about Plato, that he is a " tran seen den tal dreamer," and so ferth,will noteertainly go far to establish this kinship; for though Calvin might be . " traiiseenden Lai " enough. .1 • indeed' - questions abOut Divine de- . 7 ) crees'ineeskarily must he certainly was 2nothing of a " dreamer." But, in fact,• to those who-Will take the trouble to read him,' Plato . is not one , whit more a dreamer than alvin: His magnificent `intellect - is in no wise to be compared to la grind pile of sunlit clouds, or a rich garden of, the imagination,: bright With. all dazzling biles., fragrant with .all sweet '.odors, fanned by all celestial Ineetes, and interflowered by the deep, full music of all lucid - streams; his colored 'Clouds are the beaUtiful backgrinind of the :stately 'edifice of his 'thought; his lowers'. 1 the festoons hungTiponits: walls. • }leis at ' ;bottom- granitepalacei as solid as Aristetle, as severe , as - - Calvin,-as imperturbable' as' Goethe: • Whit...the 'world-Often talks about as Platonism; ishmrely a few' rampant los - ordosities-on the massive columns-of his'ar- - .gument, Whichjhave ncrinere to do With the' strength'and- sustaining power' of it than the gold whichgilds the' horn's of the sacri:. ficial ox has to do with the ox itself-some "thing that contributes mightily, no doubt,' to the pomp of. the exhibition; • but uot.it all to the - seriOurniese. cif 'the husinesi; 'Stritiped-bf Siich-fantestic4ecorations; • Itonismis;irt- fact; tt - wCtik pf.w43ll4Niml),abted letthiniMii of reason? *MI6 Calvinism 'might ,with equal truth be designated' i'PlatOnisni of the Will. 'Divine reason de r crees'• differ 'Lonly'tovthought diffeil from Calvin and Okla WHOLE NO. 487. purpose. They are equally necessary and eternal immutable, stern, inflexible, inexo rabic. Hence the lofty position and the high attitude which'both Plato and Calvin assume with regard to the world and its sways witivregard to the multitude r and the opinions of the multitude. They are both extremely, one-sided in their, ideas, and,ter-, riblydespotic in their way of avowing theta; and rightlY So because the highest truths in in orals - an'cl , theology,like. the axioths of ,mathematics, admit' oflio compromise, and. can , tolerate no icontradiction. Though Phaeton, the giddy boy, might not be trust ed to reign, the coursers of the sun, yet. Pal las Athena, the only begotten daughter of the •Supreme Wisdom, might, in virtue of the brain from which she sprung, • " Alone of all who tread the Olympian halls,. Borrow Jove's thunder." It is the faculty of all great minds to be despotical.—North British. Review. ntirences of Jesusn hOop. "Dr. , 'Stier; hia 'admirable, but prolix commentary on , - the "Words of Jesus," shows ,what a depth of, meaning is hid in, the Saviour's teachings, revealed only to those who with humble prayer seek to un derstand them. Their riches can never be exhausted ; and the Christian world needs to study them with.an insight quickened by a deep spirituality. One, of our ex changes groups together the utterances Of :the Saviour on the cross; with brief com ments L Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." ' ' 2. " TO-day thou shalt be with' me in `Paradise." 3'. " Woman ) behold thy son. * * Be hold thy matter." 4. " I. thirst." 5 "My God, why halt "thou forsuken me ?" 6. It is. finished." 7. " Father:into' thy hands I commend my spirit." You will notice that the relationship is recognized in the first cry and the last. When the wrath-bearing hour commences it is "My God, My God," but directly he says, "It is finished." The atonement .thns made—he again , says, " Father." T,115 first, cry tells of grace—of love to enemies. Stephen evinced the same spirit The second of his power and willingness to save; a poor thief's soul is taken at once to Paradise, fitted by' the precious blood that was shed for it. , The third shows his perfection as a man —caring for his mother, and intrusting, her to the beloved disciple. The fourth tells of suffering endured, and yet man mocked his'thirst with " vine -gar and gall." t The fifth cry shows us how the wrath of God was upon him for our sins. - "By his stripes we are healed." God did forsake hiso,n. that he might never forsake us. 'The sixth, tells of the completed work of redemption. And the seventh shows how fully the work was accomplished, for he again says, "Father;' and gives up the ghost. Lord Bacon on Atheism PROM CARTER'S LATE VOLUME OP HIS ' 45 411ELE ',THOUGHTS." ":The fool hair said "itt` , lll l eAreitirt; there-is'aio Go d."--Pe., : . First, it is to .be noted that Scripture saith, "_The:fool hath safel in this heart," and not thought in his heart; that is to say, he doth not so fully think it in judgment, as he bath a,good will to be of that belief; for seeing it makes not for him that - there should be a God, he doth seek by altmeans accordingly to persuade and resolve him self and studies to affirm, prove, and verify it to himself as some theme or position; all which labor, notwithstanding that sparkle of our creation = light, whereby men ac knowledge a Deity, burneth still .within; and in.vain doth he strive Utterly to alien 'ate it , or put it out; so that it is out of the corruption of his heart and will, and, not out of the natural • apprehension of his brain and conceit, that he cloth set down his ,opinion, as the comical poet saith, " Then came my mind to be of my opin-. ion," as if himself and his mind had been two diverse things; therefore the atheist hath rather said, and held•it in his heart, than thought or believed in his heart that there is no God; secondly, it is to be ob served that he bath said in his heart, and, not spoken it with his mouth. But again you shall note that this smoth ering of this persuasion within the heart cometh to pass for fear of government and of speech amongst men ; for, as he saith, " To deny' God in a public argument were much, but in a familiar conference were current enough; for if this bridle were removed, there is no heresy which would contend more to spread, and multiply, and disseminate itself abroad, than atheism; neither shall you see those men =which are drenched in, this frenzy of mind . to breathe almost anything else, or to inculcate even without occasion anything more than speech tending to atheism, as may appear iu Lucretius the Epicure, who makes of his invectives against religion as it were a burden or verse of return to all his other discourses;.the reaa,n seems to be, for that the atheist, not relying sufficiently upon himself, floating in mind and unsat, 'isfied, and enduring within, manrfaintings, and as it were fails of his opinion, desires .by other men's agreeing .with, his, to be recovered, and brought again ;..4for it,is a true saying, ".Whose laboreth earnestly to prove an opinion to another, himself dis trusts it." Thirdly, it is a fool that bath so said in 'his heart, which is most true, not only in respect that lie hath no taste in ,those things which are supernatural and , Divine, but in respect• of human and civil wisdom : for •first of all, if you mark the wits and dispositions, which are, inclined to atheism, you, shall find them light, scoffing, impu, dent, and vain ; briefly, of such a constitu tion as ie most ' contrary to wisdom and moral gravity. Fourthly, amongst statesmen and politics, those which have been of greatest depth and compass, and of largest and most ;uni versal understanding, have not only in cun ning made their profit in seeming religious to the people,' but in truth have been touched with an inward sense of the knowl edge of Deity, as they which you. shall evermore. note to have attributed much to fortune and Providence. ' Contrariwise, those who ascribed all' things to their' ownlcunning , and• practices; and to the immediate and apparent causes, 'and as the prophet saith, "Have saeriftced , to their own nets,", ,have been aiwa.ys, but petty` counterfeit' statesmen, and not caps ble of the greatest actions. Lastly, this I dare affirm, in knowledge of nature, that a little natural .philosophy, and the first entrance into it, doth dispose the opinion to atheism, but, on l the other side, much natural philoSophyyand. wading li 'deep into it; will' bring "abont'inen's minds to religion ; wherefore atheism every way. seems ,to be combined with folly. and igno rance, seeing , nothing • can, be more, justly allotted tube the saying of fools than this, There is no (Ad." r==ml b : •k: Publications -..O,fFice 6AZEPTE BUILDINOB, 84 FxriirB2 Plnseintalt, PA. RunanzLnuA, Bouts/Wm , Con. oz 7.11 x AND O.I3MENNIIII ADVERTISEMENTS. TERMS IN ADVANCE.; 'A Square, (8 lines or lees,) ooe ineertip, cents ;"efeeff subsequentityputign,,t)4len,te . ; , -each line beyond eight, ate Squariper quartet' - each-line additional, 88 mita' A REDOVTION made to advertisers by the year. BUSINESS NOTICES of IN lines or lee, $l.OO each ad. &Ronal Line, 10 tents. DAVID 11/ 9 :KINNEY & CO., PaOPRISTORII Azz rtmusaffse. A Good Roarer. We often read about good preachers, and , we wish there were hundreds of them where there is now but one. But we are disposed to think that good hearers do much to make gaud preachers. Ministers often find that 'they can preach far better to some hearers than they can to others. ;This shows that hearers have , an effect on ,preachers, as well as preachers on hear ers. I propose to' characterize a good hearer. 1. He comes to the house of God with a desire to be instructed and profited by the Word preached. Do not many attend church 7 , vitliontuny f ruch.desire Bit the good hearer has an object in view in visit.. ing the sanctury—he wishes to increase in Divine knowledge and grace. • 2. That he maybe profitted by what he hears, he humbly asks God to make his heart like the good ground,_which brings forth a hundrted-fold 'when the good seed-is sown:upou-iti •' , --I(iit"that prays well before ding to chunk-will - be likely to hear wel when' he gets there. . 3. The good hearer endeavors to fix his mind on. Divine subjects while on his way to the Place of worship. Men are, too apt to think and talk on worldly matters when going in company to the house of God. The good hearer guards against this. 4. When he arrives at church, he goes !directly to his seat, and raises his earnest aspirations `to Heaven, that he may not be a sleepy or forgetful hearer, but a doer of the Word. People are too apt to linger about the steps, to meet old acquaint ances, shake hands, and talk on worldly subjects. The good hearer seeks'to avoid this. 5. He gives devout attention to each part of Divine worship. During prayer, he puts himself in a devotional attitude, in stead of sitting erect with his eyes open. He looks out the psalm, and sings with the spirit and the understanding, if not with his 'voice. During the singing, instead of looking at others, he looks at his book, and follows the sacred' song with his eye and mind,as it proceeds. 6. Instead of gazing about the house, below or above, or putting his head down in a comfortable attitude for sleeping during the delivery of the sermon, he keeps his eyes most of the time on the speaker. 7. If hedoesnot make a memorandum on paper of the text and main thoughts of the discourse, he endeavors to fix them in his memory and conscience. • 8. He endeavors not to 'have his atten tion so taken up by the manner and style of the speaker as to lead him to forget the truths which he utters. He does not hear to criticise, but to remember and practice. 9. While be is charitable enough to de sire all the hearers to " receive with meek ness,the ingrafted word," yet he hears for himself as well as for others. 10. After returning from the Lord's house, he 'endeavors to recall to mind as much of the discourse as possible, and in wardly digest it, that he may grow thereby in knowledge and grace. And perhaps he recounts the main points of the sermon in the presence of others, for his own and their profit. 11. And finally, the good hearer is care ful and conscientious in paying his regular allconance to—his minister as soon as it is duei.lhat — his.olinister!s inirrd may le free from worldly cares. Good hearers, as well as good preachers, are quite too scarce in our day. Well for all to seek to improve. Shut Your Mouth. George Catlin, the traveller among the American Indians, has recently, published a book, the object of which is, to inculcate -the importance to health' of keeping the mouth shut. He says that the Indians are very. careful in observing this rule. Old squaws shut the mouths of their pappooses while the little ones lie sleeping, and thus get them in the habit of always keeping them closed while in sleep. Mr. Catlin contends that very many of our diseases, and 'the facility of taking contagions, are induced by our practice of keeping open the mouth in sleep. Though, like most men who have got hold of a theory founded on a few leading facts, he has carried -his notion to a somewhat absurd extreme, the Indian, traveller's advice is worthy of con sideration. Now, from a much larger induction of facts, T would boldly say that keeping the month shut, as a measure of morality, will save us many vexations and quarrels, and any quantity of unhappiness. When any one is, inclined to say insulting things to you, just answer him back with hot and bit ter words and the result will surely be a fierce, wordy altercation, and, -perhaps, it may come•to blows and ruises and both of you will come out of the conflict seriously and nearly equally damaged. But just keep a close mouth at the start, refuse to retort insult• for insult, to give passion for passion, and show the attacking party your superiority of self-control in restraining your anger, and he will blow himself out, and retire from the scene of action very much shattered inspirit, but with a sense of respect for you, who are left stronger than beibre ; for while hot and foolish words poured-forth from his ever opening mouth, your lips 'were compressed, and never award of rotort came out of them. Plainly, you were the conqueror. When criticisms of men, and what men have done, are boldly ventured by those 'about you, have a care to your mouth, and remember charity and human weakness be fore you join in the'outcry, lest afterwards you discover that what was said in haste and ignorance did injustice to a brother. When idlb gossip is the current coin of talk, guard your 'mouth. When personal detraction is the staple.of- conversation, re member the Indian rule. When judg ments of actions are- rashly given, your part is to keep a olosed,mouth. hen a .quarrel is brewingrin_ your church, set the example of careful abstinence from contro versy, and thus keep peace. So, in the family, in . the church, in ordi nary social life, regard the rule to ke4 your mouth shut ; and _as those Indian mothers-gently bring together the opened lips of their babes, to guard them from Contagion, and the maladies that lurk in the night air, so do you teach your children to guard their lips, as a prime preventive of 'disease- of temper and disposition.---New- York Chronicle. spiritual Depression. Bodily, exercise and:recreation are often the only 'remedy for spiritual epression. • ''Godints , been pleased to lay down certain> ~ Tulea for theigovernment of theworld, and it those who nrepeenliarlybispeople should be allowed to 'violate these rules, then we would be having two kinds of government, one for the sinner, anethe other for the saint Bericeitwititliat for a/re/trims man ;to violate the rules; ofihealth: will bring on him;ras it would,brillg on, any other, sieve)* , judgments. liugh ris an illustration ortiiis, In such: cp,..0 the physician is as important ailtitiNiii'as the cler4inatt..