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I ilia Dying.
Raise my pillow, husband dearest
Faint. and fainter comes my breath,
And these shadotils.stenling slowly
Must, l'know;'be those of death.
Sit down (dose beside me, darling,
Let me clasp. your warm, strong hand;
Yours, that ever has sustained me
To' the borders of, ti*lansk,,,, „
Pox. Act. God and mine-0;r Father—
Thence shall ever lead, me on,
Where, upon a throne 'eternal,
Sits Ms loved and only Son,
I've had visions, and 'been dreaming
O'er the past of joy pain;
Year by year I've wandered baelfward,
Till I was a ehild.again.
Dreamed,of girlhood, and the Moment
WhenTatood your wife and :bride—
Sow mrheart thrilled with love's triumph
la that hour of woman's pride
:Pteamed or thee—and all the, earth-cords
Firmly twined aboUt my heart—
Ohl the bitter, burning anguish,
When I knew that we must part.
It has passed--wand God has promised
All thy footsteps to attend;
He, that's more than friend or brother,
He'll be with thee to the end.
There's no shadows o'er the portals
Leading to nay heavenly home;
Christ has promised life-immortal,
AncPtis he that bids me come.
When life's, trials wait around thee,
And its chilling billows swell,
Thou'lt thank }leaven that I am spared them,
Thougt then fed that " all is well
Bring our boys unto my bedside;
My last blessing let thetedgeop—
But they're sleeping; do not wake them—
. They'll learn soon enough to weep.
Tell them often of their mother,
Kiss them for me when they wake,
Lead them gently in the pathway,
Love them doubly for my sake.
Clasp my hand still closer, darling,
This, the last night of my life;
For to-morrow I shall never
Answer when you call me " wife."
Fare thee well, my noblelusband;
Faint not 'neath thie chastening rod;
Throw your strong arm round our children ;
Keep them close to thee—and God.
ror• the .PresbyterianZanner
Earnest Preaching.
MY DEAR J—:--,lt is quite proper
for you, a young minister, to ask counsel
.of one who is older, and proper for him, to
give you his views; I, therefore, comply
with your request. But lest your per; •
sonal respect and affection for me ,should
lead you to attach undue importance to my
thoughts on preaching, I must remind you'
that I have been in the ministry over
thirty years, and that our profes'sion hes,.4,n
'the judgment of, the times,- this dietin
guishing peculiarity—viz., that ministers ,
are estimated in• the, inverse rationf their'
age and experience. I. believe this is the
only employment, in which :=practice is sup
posed to diminish skill. Now, you may
make what use, you choose .of thit fact, but
I will give you,my views. ,
There is Trebably no canon.concerning
preachers, more generally admitted,..than
that they shouldle earnest in their work.
Rhetoricians, -the popular judgment, and'
their Diviner Master concur in demanding
this. Earnestness, in the man who under
takes to influence! and persuade his,fellow
men is indispensable to-success. The, sym
pathy of his ownetrong and ,warm emotion
is, thus transfused .intolis hearers' minds,
and the. mighty power of truth enthroned
in his soul, thus sways: its sceptre over
them, moving, controlling, and guiding
their thoughts and actions.
, But whils , there is great unanimity in
the demand for earnestness, in the preacher
Of the Gospel, there is great diversity of
judgment us to what iit is and what, are its
appropriate indications; some deem it to be.
a mere energy of emotion; some identify it
withi:fervid and vociferous.. utterances and,
copious Oratorical action.; , tears and tremu
lous tories.are, its indications'to some; and
not a few: fail to discover Win anything
short of , what -Shakespeare calls, tearing a
passion to tatters. The Scotch :7mb:deter
who put down at 'suitable distances in his
manuscript, the reminder " great:A:ere!'
must lave been a very: earnest :as -well as
considerate preacher.
But the truth is, dear J—, there are no
uniform signs of earnestness; ,f They vary,
with the temperaments, education, .and
habits:of men; they vary with the subjects
under their consideration and, with their
surrounding.circumstances. ,Anget flushes
one face with crimson, and turns, another
pale; grief, in one, utters its woe in pite
ous tones, and makes another dumb.
mother's scream of dismay, at seeing her
child balancing on the window-sill, ready to •
fall upon'the pavement, might indicate her
intense alarm and love; but not less earnest
was hers feeling, who opened her bosom to
the laughing_baby, and, with_ a.smile, beck
oned it away.frotn its danger. In persuad
ing sinners .to ; turn • to. God, one uses the
passionate style of eihortation, another ut
ters the langudge of solemn warning;.
another'points mit' the way of return. Each
mania a law unto-himself. Prolific nature
endotts each with his own peculiarity; and
Vie true to it, he cannot lack' earnestness
ki his momentous work: There 'are diver
sities of gifts, but the `same spirit. 'Art
and traditionary custom are often usurpers,
imposing or: speakers east=irop rules; rob
bers of the Procrustes stamp;-stretching and
Cutting away nature's vanity, to suit their
prescriptions. But do not suppose that,
when I speak of artificial indications of
earnestness; 'I mean that they are always,
and everywhere the same. Tittids and-lo
calities vary in' their demands: a -"Tn-caoh
ing tone," 'impossible to be described but
readily known; has had its era, and- still
has its local' prevalence. The same tnay , be
said of tears and of drawling speed:4os,
and of ah's 1 and 'oh's I studiouslrpro
longed beyond all the' rules of Piolody.
Edward Everett's earnest oratory appears
tameness in some parts of our country ; I
have read of a preacher who abounded in
tears, but upon changing his parish
,was
reckoned ~a n. earnest preacher Avitbontlthe
" greeting!'
If an artificial style of earnestness be adopt-.
ed by the preacher, or an arbitrary crite
rion by the people, there is great probabilityi
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that they will not coincide; and so the cur
rent of sympathy that a real, earnestness, is
calculated to pour forth on a congregation
'Vs chilled to icy coldness. If they have an
ideal' of earnestness, to which he does not
conform, whether the discrepancy arise
from - his delinquency or their prejudice, or
from both, the unhappy effects are the
same:.' .These results spring from error in
judgment, concerning the 'indications of
earnestness. How deplorable theie results
often are, may readily be imagined, from the
frequent use of the expression, " I cannot
'feel the importance of religion, because tlie
preacher does not seem to be in earnest."
It is conceded that the preacher should be
in earnest; but hisi real earnestness' may
not square with the hearers' • erroneous no
tions and prejudices about it;_ and so they
fail to profit 'by the precious truths of the
Gospel, and aggravate their less, moreover,
and render it perpetual, by the very excuse
with which they justify it.
You shotild be aware,' dear that
profit or benefit, as 'connected with the
ministry of the Word; is often, both', by
preachers and hearers, restricted to its
emotional effects. There is scarcely amore.
delusive expression, than • that which is of
uttered, "I want a Minister that malres
his hearers feel." Now; feeling is not;so
high an attainment as thought, to say noth
ing of its being more easy to simulate.
thought is what feeling springs from---es-.
pecially religious feeling, He who pre
seats to a congregation good thoughts, does
a better service,
than he who oily ex
hibits 'to them his feelings; or even than
he who thrills them with emotion , vibrat
ing along the series of sympathy iron). is
own heart, If I have emotion, only joy
sympathetic transmission, it is dependent,
parasitical, and liable to all fluctuations and,
to the suspension of emotion , in another's
But if I have the religious thoughts,
the linowledge of God's truth, I have the
ineXhaustible sustenance of religious emo
tion garnered up in iny‘own mind, and by,
the ad ,of God's Spirit draw thence,.
in :solitude and in the night-viratehe,s, fuel
for a spiritual and cheerful flame in T my
own` heart.
Ten 'should also be aware, dear J—,
that earnestness is a quality of mind, As
well as of heart; and that it has as becoming
an exercise in instruction, as in exhorta
tion. Paul's letters indicate earnestness,
as much as his speeches. Sed.finally; you
should be aware, that the appearances. of
earnestness, , in this artificial and arbitrary
form, often become, habitual, and so,, are
more regular in their manifestations than
emotions can be, supposed to be. I once,
in addressing a .small amen*, observed an
• old gentleman opposite and ,near me, very
Much affected—weeping .almost from the
outset of my effort. I was delighted, and
:somewhat surprised, by the effect's of , my
, speech. When it was concluded Holt; as
in duty bound, to converse with the t old
, gentleman, who was an entire, stranger to
Indeed'l was a stringer in the place
I spoke te , him, the} assembly was pass
ing out of the house. One of his neigh
hors,said, -4 , there : is ~ no use in, El peaking to
him, ,sir; he can't hear .a sword you say,"
do not 04 inquestion 'the old gentle=
mania' tarriegtmesiCl Only say, it was not
communioated , ry the speaker. So I have
known preachers who would allirm;:thougli
parenthetically, that Job was the ,man m of
Us, with as, much earnestness and solemnity,
as that Jesus was the' enly"Saiiour of
sinners. =
A Christian of strorig,faith, and high as
pirations, seated in the house Cf God, would
rather hear a discourse,on the , way ofOile,
than to witness any amount of drainatio
• and a sinner,' &miens for parden,
would prefer. the doctrine Of Christ cruel
led, to the eloquence ,ofiApollos on any
other theme. A merely sympathetic ,ereo
tion, caught from the preacher, will be
tradaient : the emotion"that the truth of
God enkindles s will gloivz.with perennial
warmth. [ National airs affeetr us ; hat ,nw.
tional songs, sung to them, affect us more.
Garrick did not display hia usual good sense
and candor, in the remark, "we on'the
stage present fiction, as were rdility;
you, in the pulpit, presentlthe-most solemn
truths, as if they were_ fiction." there
are few . , preachers, I trust, who are not
more' in earnest than the best players.
That.their manner is different, is no more
opposed , to this idea, than , it• is to- the
truth ofJOhristianity thatoits evidences raie
not-mathematieal demonstrations. ..
Earnestness, you Perceive then, is athig,h
quality in the •preacher. It belongs to his
thoughts as well as his'-manner, and more
to the former than to thee latte.r. Elocu
tion: is , an auxiliary and a goo& one; but' it
, is a miserable-substitute. 'Preachers whose
reputation :stands upon their fervid elocu
tion, unsustained =by thought, Are, notori
'ously, a short-lived -raze. .ifhe .earnest la-,
'borer plants and cultivates- his; field, with
- patient assiduity. The - ambassador of
Christ,. like the skillful diplomatist, lays
plans and labors and• waits, for their-sea
sonable •accomplishment. —The world 'de
pends on Fthe sun for illumination, not.on
flashing meteors. Earnestness =- cannot 'be*
judged - of by rules; it is ; an' element of
mind.andtmanner. It cannot be learned by
art; it religion, .a product .of: nature
'and grace.
you, my young friend; prepare your
sermons with due care, both as tottheir sub
steno° their design ; if yoir go to the
pulpit= With a feeling of 'dependence on
and with aidesire to lead *sinners to
Christ; Lan& if. you, with "these views, , cut
yourself looSe from the , bondage of-pride
itindlear.yonowill be an earnest preacher
and a usefulfone.'That you may be so is,
I trust, your aim. Yours, J. F. M.
For the^ Presbyterian Banner
Huntingdon•Presbytery
The Presbytery of ;Huntinadon met at
Alexandria, on the Bth was hospita
bly entertained, and" notwithstanding, the
unfavorable weather enjoyed a pleasant
meeting.
Rev. J. M. Gallaway was chosen Modera
tor.
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East 'liishacoquillas was appointed as
the place for the next stated meeting of
PresbYtery.''-
•Mesers. ,-W. Zahnizer and --;G: W.
Shafer, ministers, and Judges:Samuel _Linn
and James L . Crwinn, elders, were elected
delegates to the General Asserably.
The fallowing `sapplies were appointed:
Martin,sbukg=-:Fouitth Sabbath in April,
-M. C. Wilson.:: -Second, Sabbath in may,
D. Sterrett. ..Kqurth.,Sabbath in May,'G-.
W. Shafer; to administer the Sacrament.
Fourth Sabbath in June, T. Stevenson.
First Sabbath in 'July;
First Sabbath ittAngust, S. F. Thompitostr.
PITTSBURGH,_ PBSATURDAY PRIL '26 1862
Fourth Sabbath in August, J. Williamson.
Second ! Sabbath in :September, S. Mc-
Donald. -
Prospect—First Sabbath inMay, T.
Stevenson. First Sabbath in Jnne, D.
Sterrett; to adininiStOr the Saarament.
First Sabbath in July, 'S. MCDanald.
First Sabbath iniAugust, M. (J. Wilson.
,First Sabbath itoSeptember,l J..A4Ratter-,
son. First Sabbath, in October, j.
liatuson.
The 'Rev. D. Stewat:t" Banks was, ap
pointed :illissionitry to the -Broad Top 're-,
gion for six months.' - 2
Presbytery ! adjourned .tn- meet • at ~ t he
Logan's Valley church , on the. Second
Tuesday of June.
R. 13:: , %M00.u, Tetnpofafy Clerk.
For AM Pxesbyterisp Danner. I
Striking Passages Illustrative of 'Various
SCriPt4res.
God=set4hen2' (the sun,,moon4md stars,)
in the firmament of the, heaven, tcy,
light upon the earth.—Gen. 17. " We;
burn our Master's eandles,,,but do :not
mind„our,Master's business,"
Man dieth and wasteth: away.—Job :iv
10. " Life. is a wasting thing; .it ,is. a _curt.-
die diet, will,: burn out, if it, be, not first;
Behold the fowls of- the ,air, • for they
sow not, neither do they reap, nor. gather
into barne ;, yet .your ,heavenly Father
feedeth them. "Are. ; ye . not .rnueh better
than they ?-41att. vi : 26. He _that
feeds his birds ,r will not starve his babes."
We are not ignoraat of his devices.--2.
Cor. ii: 11. " The devil ithough he has
lost the sanetity,.retains the.sagaeity, of an
angel, and is wise to do evil."
Enter not into the path of the wicked,
and go not in the, way of, evil. men,.--Prov.
iv : 14. " Those that would be kept from
harm,,must keep out of harm's way."
.
Depart from me, ye, cursed, into ever
lasting fire, prepared for the devil and his
angels.-T-Matt. xxv : ,41. "She devil's'
instruments must sharein the devil's pun
ishments."
Whosoever exalteth himself, shall be
abased.—Luko xiv i i 11. ".god. will hum
ble those that will not humble themselvas."
, Tar ; !„ lie Breebyterlawßanner.
The.llnattemptOluty.
Reeder, there is a work which sonr con—
science suggests and approves, which would.
be an, honorable one for yourself--of bene-'
fit to your felloW creatures and would tell
in eternity. You could accomplish it .with
the blessing of God, but by some Magic
spell 'or-usual paralysis . youThave neglected
it to , his ;day. This , evaded , ,duty, in: `some
is the conquest, of besetting,sin— , as avarice,
pride,scifishness, undue levity, asperity, or
some other of the black lief 'of sins,'which
greatly hinder •our usefulness and mar our
enjoyment. Some . persons ifrom timidity
conceal their talents s and, thu.s,„waste the
Master's : goods. Many. men might, exert
an influence for temperance even to the"re
form of — the dratiseller and the rescue of
his: victim, (who is,the heir apparent of an
earlyiand dishonored graVe and eternal per
dition) but for a lack of godly couracre and
holy, boldness. Such timorous souls behold
the "field white to the harvest, but forbear
to thrust in'thn sickle,' lest"their activity
should be eommentedinpon.'
There, is: many woman free from-care
excepting for b bar canaries and plants, who
is" Well 'aware thatit her duty to bestow a
mother's love and protection on some friend
leSs orphan or ahildoff poverty. , Nota few:;
.goaded -by their consciences to •distribute
tracts,.--to visit the poor, or sick, or.prison
ers—to speak a word for religion or on the
value of the soul to the impenitent; defer
the duty andt.rob thernielves at. least of a
rich reward. The Christian minister or,
`watchman unto the honse'of . who
is ambitions to ,prelicli eloquent: sermons':
ands prefer courtesy. to earnestness—who
esteems more than all , else a crowded , house
and popular applause-..knows that he has
&fearful account to render ;and yet Vanity i
holg him" as`in a'Vice.
Oh'! "what' youtlknow•to biryour.duty
=at
tempt td fulfil it in :G-od's name---work
'cheerfully tor the best of masters, .until
;y ou r su n doolines and you enter the rest
which remains for the people of God. L.
Foi the Presbyterian Banner
, ,
' . Season dittfreshing.
CHURCH AILL, OHIO,
April 15, 1862.
1
- , Mi. Eorrou :—As you are 'set upon the
',tower 'of Zion,go watch her pregresi'aiid
~ I velfaie, undoubtedly , you - are rejoiced to
[publish the glad tidings of her prosperity.
'
, , The LOrd „has graciously granted a‘f sqa,-
' son, of refreshing" ,to , the Presbyterian
[ chnich of Niles, Ohio, by whiclibe had'done
'for lis great things . , ivhereorive are grad ; by
:addingtuthe , nuiriber of such as ilimild - be
I saved, eleven by examination ,and ; two !by
certificate, at our last Comtnunion, March
Oat, 1862; ou ivhieh oecaSien Bev. 'A. S.
I MacMai M
ter; D., lof - Pciland, . Ohio, ren
dered very valuable and acceptable assisir
Death and emigration had reduced the
`Membership to twenty' or twenty- i two, and
'the' few faithful members Were ahribst 'des
-I.Pairing Of:upholding the organization_;but
this shower ; has revived, ;their ,dropping
fa and i shed theAil,,of.gladneas in, their
hearts ; and " 4 : 4 taking,oeurage amew,'.' they
gO on their way rejoicing in the'hope` of
'Waiter thinks 'to -fain* this , first,' fruit of
the Spirit. .1 As .;woilcs'follow,t as :fruits; of
the, spirit, of,graceiin the ,heart, so in ; this
instance; they remembered him. w . ho _la
bored in word and doctrine among them,
liklieving that he who " sews spiritual
thaiigs unto -them," , should reap of their
"'carnal things:" Theymisembled together
ima.social manner; and after partaking ~,of
tlountiful supper,and.enjoying the, sweet
society of each other, they returned homer,
leaving free:will 'eferiOs behind, antotiiit
ineto 'eighty' dbllars , oetatirelas• a tolcoP4
their: love of the; Gospel ministry. -Afflic
tion prevented.,; us to attend, but we .feel
truly our, obligations, both to God. and to his
dear fleck, "to abound more and more 'in
-*Ord and doctrine," &C. ' '
, For the Eresbyterianer.
An ..inguitg,
MRsIFFDINOR , :7=W,hat bite Congrose done
with ,that part of the President's ,Message
that recomfost4S the reeo,snition of thibTk
tionglity d' s lifberia 7 It is. a 'subject' of
more , thatcordiiiiiiy'interentl,,and its ienorn
mendittiOri is;Filtthink, one , of the Ito-blest
parts of the message; but I confess, that I .
am „not posted as to what, Congress has
done with it, or in, what Committee's hands
it is safely, stowed away.,
Tt is 'believed—and I think on good' and,
sufficient gro un ds—that 'if the. m ationality ,
of Liberia' was recognized by this country,,
and a treaty of reciprocity in trade
,estab
iished between the two' •countriek there.
would -r Soon -grow up such "a trade between:
them; and such a voluntary emigration , of
the colored race to the land -'of their, fore-'
fathers, that we should be rid. of thein,ini
half a century. Don't . you 'think so?
There are perpdf i hte;T: . `ti@l - , cleft, and in-! '
disputable ::They:are:Lihese; , Wz r : thilt-ige t
two races cannot live commingled together;
nor can live peaceably intlie r neighhor-,
hood of, each, other, The Afrinan qace 4 ,
destined to be a great and mighty peoPle be-I
fore the end of 'time. They must haVe ter- '
ritory on which' to work that. destiliy oht.
That it - cannat,.be. on this. C . citilleht, I -
think,,nee4& no ~argument to show, .Put,'
,GocLhas, 'sent them here to get, their Eteliool-1 I
ing; and now 'that they have got itc,-and
are getting it, we 'must send the, lick.,
He Will , eompel us to do it, just .as , alit- -
T it
ly as , he compelled Pharaoh to send Ahel
Israelites, out :.of. r Egypt., • The• Lord, .make'
us a willing people, in the day of his, pow- ,
er, to do his .will. ' INQUiii.E.n.
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'Cahn the," MY'ood, and keep
~'sSoftrresting on thy breast s `
Sootheane sad . ptailni;
And IA& my spirit rest. '
Calm me, my God, and keep meckm:: '
• Letithihe ;outstretched Laing 4 r“.
; . I',lle like thirshade of ,ElinVtapalmi
....BesiFle.her desert spring,
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- *es; keep , me `calm; thonglr letid 4 d'rd se
The sounds fitly ear:that 'greet4.4pf.
Calm in:the eloset's , solitude,- . • A.;•,t v %,
• ,Calm inthe bustling street.. , .iti -v
Odin in the , hour of bitOYantlie4 -1 ;"' '''
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' . i•Calm.ln my : hont of, pain,- :'• •—i..,, - ''. 1
Calmin.my;poverty or,,wealth,. ~ .
... . Calmininy,losth or; gain ~ ": i . , • .
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Calm in the sufferance, of wrongS , i ,
Li‘eltim i vr . 'llO bore MY alumni
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Calmmid.the threatening tauntlng ihron
Who, hate c titY holy name. - .'" :" • -
Cahn ihirt the great worici4nelits;iril power,
...z- f.- , 41 .1 7 , •
my listening spirit am i ". ' -
Let.not.thelidings of the kits& . '
E'er' find too fond an bar: ' ,• ,
EUROPEAN CORRESPOND UE.
.ffunfficent ,Gift- r hir. Teabodgc . .o,lo; t--Thevlratz
Ship.Q the:!
,rate anfl the ate:Ara - AC, "abreraeht. 7. -
The London Congregationalicts—A Bicentenary
'..l.lCeting'-:-Mr.. - Stoughton's - A ruse— r. zn
ney's Conlinintoration—Tolin 'Howe ilia the*Ba
byin• Ileaven--Candor and Love—Consecration
of Monly. .by Congregationalists—The Socinian
Pretended Succession front the Men of T2--- , Eng.
licit Presbyterians, and the College—Vieil-to Don
cacter—liorceracing and'ite Issisee-41 Tory Cor-
, poration—Dr.: Vaughan and the •Belbrikqers.
. LatYDWlliarch 28, 1862.„
-' I' ri UNPRECEDA*TED •111IINIFICE140E ?.-' --
such is, the „heading in, the Times.;of: the
26th instant, .of ,the co3rrospondence- : be
tween
our illustrious A"merican,,Mr. 'Pea
body, and Lord Stanley; - Sir J. E; Tenneni,
and other getttlemen.--Altr: PeabodY, as
your r.eaders,• ;know? has , becn taw leminent
banker and man of business here during
the' last twenty-fivEi` Years, 'and `=has = became I
a - milliOnaire.•:. NotAtoritent With , founding.
in :1852. aiLibrarrand In stitute,iin his , rip
tiye town of Danvers,
.Massachusett,scand
aoain in 1857% founding in the State of
Maryland, an Institute on a much Mare
extended'schlePhe'newfniblishes ifis-inten
tion,, with the , view ., of " amelioratingl `the
condition of -the :poor And. needy rof= this
great metropolis, his determination to trans
fer to Trustees the sum, of Ll5O 00C1 lim
itiit: its applicatiOn to titose Who either:by
birth: or residence; are recognised liortion
of. ;the. , peoplef of London!' He ;alio 're=
quires that ,neither !religious, •nor '2,poli,tieal
differoncea of, opinion ,shall be a bar toithe
hostowment of reliAf—the: sole .qUalifica.-
tibia:being "moral character' atid goOd.' con.:
duct.'' He suggests. that'a pertioniof , the
sum should, bey applied to "ithe; construe
tion of such., approved dwellings; , for ~the
poor, as IcoaYPoro,boo in Ol
- e 14tp 3 90P 0 §3 1 -7
tile degree, the essentials of .healthfulness,
comfort, social enjoyment, - arid'' eboniniti."-
He alsoqdesiresAhatsthe.Amerinau ihtnbas-
Pdor for }the triPao I?ei#gr shail -„nlYia,Ye, h 0.4
member of the trust. , " We are sure;" says
tAe,Tenys, " tkat there is no one who hears
lift this noble,.det who will' not join iti'' in
bffering..toqii. Peabody the tribute of t'll
glish gratitude and good will." I haveinh
doubt • that .this splendid ,gift ~will. .bear
much frult, , especially in deeening . and
inaking broader , that rising tide of bend
cence, "which' now - ai hit is 'seeking; the
true elevatiola of -the-inasseS. , - :-,,' ,
THE IROI4 SHIP - 'Quts'isrol . is being ea.-
gerly (studiechand.diseussed; or orather leon
elusively:; settled and pronoupced u npon,
since the news.of the, naval .engagement
between tli&Meirinuic' and the Xfoizigoi., and
the'destruction of the 'CiiimPeriand.',"" It is
now a'gieedithati" , a wooden :vessel matched
against an , itonft one; is, as :helpless 1 ea. pre
dieted." , It, also deduced from the ien
gagernent,ithat the, alleged : efficiency of
gunboatstigainit" heavier vesSell, ,is; di:3 7
proved," and . finally that, ' “did"not coca=
, recnstruction .. • of out:Navy an
hanr too soon. • ', •
THE CoNcinEHAiTIOIiALiSTS , tif louden
have been_holdingjoSt.,tlamee. Hall, Pie
eadi4y, the first meeting ~in,,ednunemorat
ieri 'of the ) * ejeele i d - Mitiigteiti ' Of '1662.... I
km glad-to say' that .-they have , struele. the
key 'mete the , ipirit arid ;with ,the>hanthof
love, let!firmly.,elinging,to3their,eon
seientions nonconformity ar Ottepainiut re- •
suit of the state. of religious , parties _when
they Write - dr speak"against'.' one another in
a'apiritArf''bitterness i lii -s'earoif 'the' alien=
atiou which is ibeginning to show. itself.
.tween ache-Evangelical olgate? ll 4 the..4);i B 7
see tprs., Very:ilit! v se i is. it fia,r the kvan ;
gelieila and very false their own epirit,-
Wil instincts` as well astheir ` - traditithis
eilikaPhrty, to-send- hired d'eteridatiaketita
round the eourilry,qb leetuce " &Terme'
JoHN RIME.
Theinner Calm
Cahn me, my God, and keep me calm' ;
jWhile'these liot breezes . -
, Be likelhemiglit-dew!s coolink balm,
rilyion.eartVe fevered brow. ,s;
Cabo as , th'e ray of sun or star
Which storing assail in vain
Moving AinratelrihroughreOrtigs.war ;
The'eterlial oalm' to
'Dr:l3onir.
of the Chorch,;.ef England, in nttacks in
the 'form of eedeavors to show, that they
are not the S ucc ess ors of the Ejected, and
alinkie all, justifying what was so wickedly
.done when `-the , cruel Act ofr-Uniformity
:was enacted. Mr. Miall,- of the Noncoh-
Amid newspaper, ,who,is about, to receive
a splendid testimonial in money from his
adnairers, and who is a man of 'great integ
rity And ability - as a:journalist, is the real
leader '.`of UltfaiDissenters, and also the
i father and founder, of ":The; Society •fer the
Liberatiou,of Religion from S,tate, Control."
He never descended ; to abuseorviolence;
but other§ are in'danger of doing so. The
old ministers—many of them -:-of Ton-
conformity,•holdiAloof from the Liberation
Societ,yl yetdf it slimed in causing
the.. downfall then Church„Rate impost,
they will rejoice. sumbers, of the minis
ters are More 'Presbyterian in their quie
tude and moderation' 'of feeling, than
.avowed gAiti.State Churchmen. ,
,truei of ; Mr. -Blaney; of Pr. f_V,aughan, ‘of
Mr: l Stongliton,,of Kensington,. and many
;others. . These . men, had they, two
hundred' years ago, would haVe been Will
sUbnait to- eorriething.like
ithe , ,.%cfredlieednapisecipacy,''. proposed by
,that :fine old peacemaker. ; and _Puritan in
heart, Archbishopllsher. =
At the meeting in St. James' Hall there
`Was” a vest' audienCe, 'and as ThaVe said, a
ikeizifete-of loving `tones was Struck', eaPe4 ,
ICially byla.rising and able.ininister - of ;fine
literary talen tw,fgrent- industry, historic,,r,O
scajchl ,excellent ,taste, John Stough
ton. "He is the editor of the .Faanizelical
" k I
,Vagazir?,e,, also. • , e use , as wee , ,
the great ineeting;lhe adnairable
language:: i
`,`,How,,rnueli depends outhis 13icento,n,:,
ary Celebration, in reference, to the, inter
eats of truth and Charity, the cause of re
ligion;' arid the fintior' and glory of that
-blessed Name, Whichiwe, - with millions of
ourTelloW-men)togetherloearr We may do
largOlgood,•hy-this ,commemoratien, or, we
rnay.l.lo,not a little mischief. And we,are
told that` brethrenin the Country are lOok
'big' to 'this' meeting to` strike a keY-note.
Gbd , :help - us to be wise 2 . '
It is in ot:as ,DisSentersl we are
here A,o-,night,, , ,nor,to read,.history through
colored speciaples. We are not here to ex
hibiithe'ejeCted,aS the 'drily 'conscientious
arid' devoice - Eriglielimen 'ofithat era, 'that
Tall the , Watere 'of 'lifeywere drained off t'wh en
, thssy cameout, and" that.; only filth was left
behind: We :are -not. ( here to revile ,pur
brethren Of. the Ipiseopal Church. We
are not `unmindful'qthe great,religious
'reviv"al;:iithinl her , pale,L Sinee , Kobe of .us'
were boys. We are not here to .say, we
.would ; , rather •the Chureh-.should become
worse, tha n better, because e .deeper , the
corruption the sbßner the downfall. God
forbid f'We' are net' here to make light 6f
Chriatian union—to count as such':
fellowship as ;May be possible with cnisr.
.brethren,--to.,thrOw Mi. the winds the hopes
of closer,union :7 -, to.show ourselves unmind!
ful of the fact that Spiritual and, religious
devoted:
syrresympathieswit 'h ose w o 'Ate
servants of the:same qVlahter, Whatever 'be
their, denomination,;are.stionger than any;
other , ties." , ' .
1-'llle ; Rev. iThemas' Dinney,not long•aince
preached ,a sermon to. his _peoplc, i traMng
back the ministry at, ihe Weigh-House
Chapel, to the'clay'Of 1662. A fine spirit
of 'genuine simplicity of 'purpose and lov
nngness;.of heart pervaded the i:discourse
And the,marrative—to both of.-which
. !'l_ had'
the iprivilege of listening —.His text was
Heb xiii :7. He first analysed the text
—as is'his Custom—then translating Was
-literally as posSible; thus : Ramemher
youriguidea (c'qoUmendi ;) attentively
•sidering-, the .end. of their.. ,conversation
,(course, of life;) imitate them. 'Jesus:
Christ yesterday, and to-day; and forever!'
The`folleWing 'lessons were then dedliced,
and are botk , striking- and 'just': "I. The
.worda;viggest , that, •tlib- guidance .;of the,
.mer44 1 `, 8 1 . 9.f--P4044 1, 01 1 .rch.,,5) verac."l - ;
consists in- teaching plitOyipei
Word. 4 . 14 - alever there 'maybe connected;
andigov i ernifient, 'yet it is . ..mainly: found ;
bringing at- the:truth of , God to hear ;
,on the religions ,naturef, Ministers, are
stewards .of the mysteries ,of Goa but,
these mYsteries consist not in thing's to ?;e
e thi gal
lan individu l at-offiniallyt does - 'by,lword' orj
,touth i but.thy,speakingthe Word, of God.;
And, then it,must be the ; Wordiof
Councils, and Creeds, may be ,quite right;
'and'Very geed: *t . if anenelesiasticil,
Ldietnia •is right,' its -power 'civet' soli 'is,
taotitbacanse iot its ecclesiastical authority,
, but because of Us -agreement with, f ,the
,Divine. Word. It is ,God .who ru'lee,in his
Church, not Man or , entineil.o. ~1",t10 n't say
diet creeds 'and councils", are` to 'he dis-,
lirenied with. 'xßut 'elrerything'is to' be
tested by the Word. !There ~tire
~ great many- - pepular.. and ~,, t raditional.? in
r terpretations of c,ripture_ texts, quite as;
:effoneous any dogmas , of, antiquity,.
"Pheie interpretations are not 'the'Artie
-tieanin , hut ;ithat the Meaning which,
after all painstaking,:is foundtto.
,be the original;, and literahinterpretation.
' f And theref l ore,.l think.thatfr,he o grand want
Of the - Pliutleh, and the special business 'of
- her ministers' and guide:3'o, the eifiiWtion
I and hiinging .out" of the true Word , of' God.
- -
": ll:"Thek text ire pli estliatitlie Christian
ministry ;Will:ihave 4to ,bedischargethin such
circumstances : ; .. that its termination will be
regarded
,as l ,ark escape, an e X odias = ii th,e
Christian ministry be' rightly discharged,
it iiiVoTv6s Inah evveighi;*d'iiurden, such
anxiety, toil, andfittirmoil—sometimes, too,
(Of :perilmnd.)persecutionthat .Close
."fend",,inust he regarded as escape 7 a
passing, away to.lis4 and rest. ; ,
" 111.
It is meet and right that the
Church of Christ should especially` cheriSh
theremembrance oftidepartell teacbersrhnd
"IV. The text teaches us to is: from
"tine stars to the Sun-4mM all f the servants
"to ate Master, Jesus' hr or. Jesus
altheughzirniniste'rs= n ThdefOte,
, there: ia.liope • for, in.. every
coning.,generation.",' ;
Mr. giqn9Y-'ha,Y4lg" , addeFl. fOrqicrordq,
closed _the and spoke nearly
seen.'
fol
lows. (I have see no report cif thia ser
mon or its sequel; I give you air outline
-from , Any own , !:notes,,alr I' once-did before,.
„whem the.,s'ame Reacher delivered ",(17 ; he
Merchant's lice,turc,'! in the Poultry
Chapel.), Welt.thakis a - thief expesition
-Of the text.-` now; if. -- there be any
strangers here, I shall be sorry, for them if
, anythink , ark- goingtorgo .6bn 1 d-ki. ap
-.0 it) i t*iP, we* even
strangersal yye sy,m
pathr.with -what :JP-say. -Youssee ", (in a
WHOLE NO. '5OO.
colloquial, tone,),=" we hare to.make collec
tions to-day , for
i f.iongregational Board
' Fund for aged ministers, and also for Non
I conformist Colleges, and' I want to say some
things in this 1862 J about the ejection "of
1662, and its- bearings= on the history of
.this, particular, church in , London, of _which
am pastor!'
.11:e'thenliresented a series of portraita---
of life and-ititerest-`--of 'the successive
pastors, .beginning, With' .f .‘at , young 10;62-
bridge who in the 'reign of ,King
James came teiLondon, and was, appointed
to St. CatherAie s, in the Tower. Tim
'Slater continued minis
try' with success for kitty years—and what
wonderful , forty years , they were ! This
minister,, although rEpiscopally,Ordained,
lived ,to be a _Presbyterian in an Episcopal'
Establishment. But then came the Res
toration- , then the 'Act . 'Uniformity,:
-Lb
and- then-ecause 'he could not' give 'lds
unfeigned., assent mid 'Consent': to -, every
-thing.inthe Book of, Common Prayer- , ---his
..„
fare Well sermon. .
"Thus," said 'Kinney, tenderly, "'the,
good` old . man opena'his bpi no more in•
Sal ritriCatheritteis 'Blit=he gathered:
,a.few 'friends and ,Ministere& torthem pri-'
,vately, was the, beginning of this
ch2trch-rthe seed, the bulb,,out of which,
it 'originated." After mentioning briefly'
('twoother Pastors, one of whom, John
, Knowles, went- to' NeW-Eng,land, reniained
,there eleven. years,. on ;his• return -,was.rap
pointed Lecturer in Bristol- Cathedral in
1662, and in 1665 ministered to the plague-`
stricken, whin hirelings 'fled away, the
speaker dWelt for Some' time' on the chaiic-,
ter and career of another pastor, filionias;
..Beynolde r thus : • ".-•Ris father•was a member"
of, the church .of which .john. Howe was
pastor. Young Reynolds heard a sermon
at Crippleg,ate church, which was the
means of his conversion.' That.' shower,"
-saidahe.eandid Binney, "that `some amen
remained, in the„Establishment; who were
earnest and -true.", - He then went on .to
tell how' the young man went to (Tbrecht
and`Geneva; ' as'a student, and hoi,' diming
, back; 'he. Wa§'asSistant at' Silver Street; in
the;,city,- to 'John, Howe. 'Ancl..here-was a
burst pt, p,assionate,adrairation .for,, t the il
lustrious Puritan,' made still, more ..touching,
a onke allusion.
got fOui ions—three on earth
and one in heaven. 'He who is gone was" a
baby, •(alwaye, when„yott -lose an infant
child you think of him in heaven as an
'infant' still-L - 13p never grows -older !) and
his Name was JOHN Howz T Ah I l'have
•often thought with)lnyself, who can tell
but'that•he - ,has,, long, erarthiai, came in con
tact with the grand and glorified spirit of
John .Howe."
I -ant sure that :f if the Nonconformist
commemoration'is' directed` by the' kirAly
and''catholic epirit *filch' pervaded' 'Mr.
"Bitiney?s narrative :and , Mr. ""Stoughton 's
address, the, results will he,most gratifying.
Undoubtedly, the, Ev,anuelical, clergy .are
not mark of their ancestors, and
I fear they" will to the ",compromise"'
Establishment, through all circumstances.
But NOndonfOrmity is a great reality. it
has rescued tens of thousands from :,igno
ranee and sin, ,and,,it has carried the Gps
pel lamp, and kept it burning there, into
many a parish, where, alas_! as, ,
to the
'der& and' the 'people, " the. dead buried
their death"
VaSt. sums will be raised till's year by - the
[:different,sectiensof Nonoonfortnity- r -prob.
.ably at least £loo,ooo—to-be devoted to
the spread of truth both by new places of
worship, ethicational "'agencies, and proba
-blytby the' establishment of Lectureships.
• There area Presbyterians in England who
are true to. Puritan truths But this is not
the case with the Socinians,,who, while
robbing the 'eternal Limos of his glory,
mistaking and denting his 'work :as the
Righteousness , and Substitute of the 'guilty,
and 'hie yet; to have their. • iiieetingii •tdo,'; to
celebte,„the martyr t s ,of and, one- of
their . "number, the other_ de,y, ' proposed to
' build "ill' london a. Unitarian Cathedral. I
tiVe l PreSbYterfans Wrlin their
.Preabyteries (Which ' , Unitarians do not;)
'and • hold .the very, principles, both: in , gov
ernment and doctrine,. of,,the men, of N. 4,
are unitince.their, forces in an ,attempt,
which I trust will prove successful, for
thig -year Pa` . .tlO,OOO,- for
the enlargement ands' endowMent of the
aheologi ty <of, ;an `English ,Preaby
terian College in the metropolis, , They
are iiiore an d r : t i nore r. ackupwledging ,the tim
portanee Li:if - training up' a nadirs, English
born ministry, racy of the soil. •
iThe Yorkshire! Cotigrega,tionaliats' have
just held a meeting ak-Leeds, .at,whieh
0t29,0q0 was_subscribed., ,Pnrt, oftlais is to
be devoted to the erection of a, new Cellege
on the West Aiding, and 'part to 'other
-portani, ends.. 'This year Will give miihty
, stimulus- angelical , religion ; ujithout
the Establishment, in : ; various; waysr—if
dein and , moderation be; exercised • bY, `Ole
great body of the Nonconformists. i re
ce'.to hay that the`atandard of Ministerial
support is gradually riaing . iiiionghthenr,
and Witt provisions: is , likely, be
made foraged, minieters—keless lip.
gottenfpx
and neglected hitherto. The tidenf
trtitlijis``rising, and ` ef:preVailing
*eirer'adif`giii.,`-the ilia of reifiVal'and a-Wak
ening goeslon; both in London 'and in th'e
-Provinees, to,an extent' most .gladdening.)
)110ASEillailVOIS still , an -English 'sport
,eagerly pursued r altheuglaithel upper classes
a re :. graduailyrbutr surejy withdrawing them,-
Selves from , its, parocege and -suppert.
There is, heWever, a large biddy Of sporting
nen•—noblerden, contfy sqitifeS, and'Weal
thy , forth ers-:--=Whciloie .fox4itinting and the
.chas,e,r.' hoe :wire. or -lesEc 'sympathy „with
the " thoreugh-bred" race-horses, and find
the attraction of the Derbpday, or of the
Saint Leger, irresistible. ` Then, `there are
the "thittingqnen," who have their betting
works;,,and .who " hedg' ,themselves as
well.as,,possible, by po i laying stakes, ; that if
thcy`loic ozione horse—say " the'favorite"
they win on of:hers. The systeth of horse=
macinglistliniF identifted'*rth '<cblaaklegs"
and " gairiblers.'?:` TheEbestthorse! dnegiziot
,always ),Ikergalisel a stahl,erio haa t been
bribed to drug him, or the : jeckeyigets 4500
to betray the hopes of his master.
The infectiotriiftettfitrepfeMS - far and
wide over, theaingdomi4hen'aegreat shiee
nppronehiksy I n have , been,lately ,at
and there
'learnt piany - particillars illustrative 'of' the
'fading it stitiitioi and rekults: Poi
some"cent uries ,there -haw been 'near Don eits=
racereciarse,l-nrid,,, thither. successive
,geneFations have / repaired in, multituditiong
throngs to witness the great face_ of each
year=—the 'Bg. (?Hier races thei
11.4 for they 4fircad'over' font days ; is
the "Derby-day" is the great. ditylat Ep
=
=I
, .
44 Would 'you still trust in the grace of
God if ; yourpresent joy were taken from
you and 'vou were leftin darkness ? "
"-ICertianly'r Would," she replied.
4. , ;And What 'would' you do =if we were to
refuse you admission to the table of our
Lord.? asked the, missionary.
I should rejoice the more in the Lord
Said - the lady:
izlWhY iio ?"
why,: if all.my friends:cast me off, and
you too, to whom, could Igo but to Him? I
would, cling, more to Him than ever!"
Z would cling snore to _Him than ever
`That `,situgle utterance the language of
`stiong'fait:' 'Weak faith is querillous and
capricious, letting go of Christ when clouds
lower-, and - storms burst „upon 'it. • But
strong faith is clinging faith. As a man
falling overboard at sea, he grasps the spar
hini bylis =frieids'with a firm
- nem' proporticined to his consciousness of
• .danger,:so strong faith clings to Christ
" more than ever" when the blast howls
londest.and i the spais roughest. This is as
, should For "when a Christian is for
.saken, by 'friends,'Usa.ulted - by foes, and
overwhelmed •with trials, `to whom- can he
iro , but•to , Jesus ? He must cling to Christ
or perish
A Cling to Christ then, 0 troubled Chris
;, -tn“
7 14i
' , Religions` Depression.
Itisithel strange truth that some of the
highest of God's servants are tried with
,darknemontlie' dying bed. Theory would
say, whenlutireligiqus man is laid up for
hisOast struggle, now he is alone for deep
communion ,-with; God. Fact very often
says 't; No ; mow:he is alone, as his Master
wastlbefore -him,• in, the; wilderness, to be
temptedlefthe,devil." ).Look at John the
Baptist-in-imaginatioti o and you would say,
ffoNow.his ,roughpilgSimage is done. He
is quist i he kis,:eut ,of the,:world, ,with the
rapt foretaste of heaven in .his soul. Look
at John in , fact13.•,..116 is agitated; sending to
Christ, not able to rest, grim doubt wrest
, ling witli ,, hist`soul, misgiving •for one. last
black ,hour whether all his. hope( had not
been., delusion. There is onething we re
mark, here byi the , way : Doubt often comes
fronv inactivity. We -canoot . give the
philosophy: of , it, but this is the fact—
Christians mho, have nothing to do but to
thinking of) themselves,,meditating,
Sentimentaksing ,(or „mysticizing,) are al
ines& sure • to' become the prey of dark,
bradkritisgiVings. • 'John-Struggling in the ,
desert.. needs , no: :proof that Jesus is the.
Christ. I`, join:l.4l)ld ;upis became morbid :and
doubtful, irumediately. Brethren t p.ll this
is very marvelons. We are mystefies ; but
here is the history of it all •:* for„ sadness,
fo'f there - is no
remedy huttstirring.and doing.4=utobertson.
sThC eyeo9f,the Lord istiu , every place,
beholding the evil ,Anil ts tbn
, ; g00d.,, TlYe
Uest ,Tiotau_ist Linpa;ytshad placed, ,over
the door the hall in wliipli a 41Nered
liig rJetntreg these '4(iidif:
—God observes you." _ _
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som Downs, in Surrey, so the " St. Leger"
is the,,great day at Doncaster. , On one oc
casion, some years ago, 100,000 persons
were said to be present. They come from
many different, counties, by railway or
other conveyances. Thousands coup on
foot, and from 9,in the morning, for four
hours, a continuous stream pours through
the town:3 and again,.when.: the 'contest is
decided, the refluent tide sets in.
This race week is preceded by the trans
mission of horses to Doncaster, and the
opening of a room for betting on the forth
coming competition trials of the horses
which haveibeen " entered " to,run. The
races, commence . on a Tuesday morning,
about the middle of September, and last
over four days. Immense multitudes, as I
have `'said, are Wont to come` into` and
through; the towil tb witness the races, es
pecially: on St. Leger's 'day. The demand
for lodgings, ; especially for the, noble and
wealthy racing, men, is very great. One
nobleman—wlio has managed 'by his bet
ting'propensities to encumber his fine es
tates most' heavilY—is 'accustomed to pay
.460, or ~ Z7O tfor one week's accommodation
for, himself, his.xife, and. followers. Every
pu.blican in i the town reaps a harvest, and
has a licensed drinking booth on the race
course. The Corporation mainly Tory
'and High-Church in its membership-4ot
seats..on the " grand stand" at a guinea
each:, and these clear £2,000 a year ! This
is the Corp,oration which (in its Episcopal
tnembera) always stays on the first Sunday
of each month to partake of 'the Lord's
Supper,'on , lthe old Tory principle that it is
their duty,', as loyal men, to "support the
-Church. This gives one a glimpse of the
hideous, past. These gentry, apply their
gains .of the race-week to public improve
ments;' arid to the relieving of borough and
gas rates>
Under the former Vicar, who sometimes
preached a-sermon.-against gambling 'afeer
the. tams ' but -never; .before, the bells of
the pariah church were , rung every morning
durinc , ,ttie .race-week ! This profanation,
'it was deliCately said, was "to welcome the
strangers !" But Dr. Vaughan, the present
'Vicar, (one of the most Evangelical of the
Broad-Church ,party, late Head-Master at
Harrcw, and doing, much good at Doneas
ter,) put p., stop to the bell-ringing. He
found thatlie had a legal right to do so,
and the calmly enforced it. Whereupon
the bell-ringers--a recognized body—wait
ed.,on hire, and resigned in a body. " How
much were the fed paid you for this bell
ringing in the race-week ?" "Two pounds."
"'Very well, I shall pay you that sum, that
you may not suffer any loss " " Sir, that
won't do; for we used to get money, too,
from strangers." . —Whereupon, the ringers
persisted , in their resignation, and next
morning, appeared in the local newspaper,
an advertisement for a new band of
bell
ringers. Such is the resolute character of
the man, coupled with, great tact and ur
banity. He stood firm and true to a right
eous cause, and as far as he can the seeks
to stein that torrent of evil which annually
flows over his parish, and which undoes
much of the efforts of both himself and his
Nonconforth list fellow-laborers. Dr. Vaugh an
refuSed a Bishopric once; it is likely that
he will have a second offer at no distant
day, and thatle will acceptr
A Clinging Faith.
A Nestorian Christian lady wishing to
commune with the American missionaries,
appeared'hsfore them for examination con
cerning 'her. knowledge of Christ. Her
heart was .overflowing with love and joy.
To .test her profession a missionary asked
her:
RE
ME
IT