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i To 'the Fallott;' - '
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Oh ! mourn for the vanquished,
, Oh I mourn for the slain,
!Whose blood in 'deep torrents'
.
Now reddens the Ttain 1
Beet the kilns Of darkness
Are triampling them down,
9 , 1 n thellelds that have echoed.
Their father's renown !
Oh `I Moil= for the vanquished;
Old mourn for the broye,
Who for God and "for freed'oar
Have gone to the gravel
See I they sink all despiiiring
On the far-distant plain,
Where now they lire bleeding.
And bleeding' hi vain I
Oh 1 mourn Ito*, my country,
Thou . dhoseni of earth !
For the toroh of a demon
Is red on thy hearth ;
And the wail of bereavement,
The shriek of despair,
From thy heart-broken daughters,
Is filling the air!
One prayer for the dying,
One tear fdr the dead, •
Then strike, 0 my brothers!
For the heroes that bled ;
Arise in, your fury, •
Arise in your - might, •
And.dOwn with the foemen
Of God and the Right!
Nor the Presbyterian Banner
The Power.of Example.
" Example, is better than precept." • So
says the old adage; and the reason is ob
vious. Mankind are imitative beings.
Whatever they see in others, particularly
in those they love, they strive to imitate.
From earliest infancy this is always-the
ease ;, and, we think, no one will dispute ,
the point. Now, we are of opinion, that
this inherent principle, or law of nature, is
I'mplanted within ns by an All-wise Creator
or a good purpose, and for our mutual, ben
.fit. There are always those,,in every grade.
f society, who may be justly styled-leaders,
hose example, in almost' every particular,
s followed with avidity; and that circle,
n which theymove , takes its character
nail from the conduct of those persona.
I f such be of a serious and pious -deport
... ent, others will try to .be like them, and
hus they, may by, thsittivine' blessing,. no,.
complish an incalculable amount of good;
but if, on the other hand, they be of a
iddy, volatile, or dissipated : character,
those who try to imitate them will be cor
rupted, and led into very many, foolish and
hurtful ways, So true is it, as Solomon
says, "Ile that walketh- with wise ,men
shall , ' be wiae, but, a companions of fools
shall be destroyed 1 "
Among no class of people is the power
of example more evidently seen, than.:
among the young. Hence the importance
of good, amiable companions. Look ,at
that young , man or young woman- who
strives to conduct themselies in a becom
ing manner, who endeavor tctshow.by their
walk and conversation, that this world is
not their home, that they.look beyond it,
and trifling.Lenjoynients for their
pleasures-1 The amount of good the influ
ence of such Crone will accomplish; will be
known 'only- in • eternity I fihetr=will their
works fhiloW' them 1 But let such be
thrown a little pif,their guard, ,(as all are
liable to he,) letthem but step a ;little aside
from the narrow path of rectitude; and how:
soon will' .the votaries of pleasure grasp at
this man excuse for their running into ev
ery excess of sensual gratification ! How
little does the youthful Christian think
when they are thus drawn aside, •for adsea- •
son, into the world—how: little, we say, do
they think, that their `'influence, at that
'me, is,only on the side of evil! • Oh, bow
.areful.should they be, that." their good be •
of evil Spoken of!" How 'careful should
they ,hat have '" named the name of Christ"
.0 to depart from. all iniquity.",
But if the example of even•the. Christian
may be l at times, o•• la deleterious influence,
what must be the etthose, who, like Gal
lia, " care for none of these things.;'.'„ who
can, deliberately and wilfullyy rush into ev
ery species fof wickedness These, too,
ave their...imitators, and . followers, .. and
.ow often lorthe unwary youth led on, by
ueh examples, to commit crimes, at length,
om which he would price, haVe recoiled
ith horror! First. the profane oath, •the
• .toxicating bowl, or. , the gaming -table; is
lowed with disgusty.tben. they.beceine tol-•
able, then they begin .toy indulge a little,
'drawn on by the example of others,).and
ery downward step accelerates their speed,
11 they descend to the very aink ef• in
.
city. Thus, as says the poet, wthey first
ndure, then pity, then embrace!"
Dear 'youth, ,if such be the,power and in
nem* of example,: both good and ' , evil,
hich will you choose for your ootorain
insi the wise 'and good, or the vicious ?
hich would you desire to imitate? And
I. Which. would ,you influence others by
• our example 7 Now is the time to form
,• our character, and remember.; the old say
. ng, "A man's character is known'. by the
Ompany he keeps." MARY.
For the Prembytortan Benner
The Presbytery , . of Marion
Met' at Tipper' Staidusky on the Bth inst.'
Nine:Of fifteen mitilbters were present, and
fifteen ,of thirty-five. ,churches were repre
.
'.ented. •,,
Mr. • Wm. -B. Faris,svaa received as a
) cencdte from the Presbytery. of Washing
ton.' 'n view Of his peculiar field of labor,
resbytery took Oider for lilifeidination as
n evangelist. ; For this purpose an 'ad
4ourned meeting is to be held: at Mt.
•ad owthe -ferst•Tuesday (8d) of June next,
t 2 o'clock P. M. .
Mr. Thomas' Willed's was received' aS
I icentiate . .from the Preabytery of . ll%intni....
n view ()flails from the churches offilsoe--
..la, Nevada, Broken-Sword, and- Wyandot,
e was ordained -to -the -fall work of the
c,On
iiittee on the first Juesday (6th) of N,,a37,.
•iext, at filevadao.o o'olock A. M.; at.W.Ty.,
ndotril o'clock Pa M. ,• •
Mr. .Calvin W..MateerlVaa received as' t 5,1 ,1
icentiatifromthe Preithytery of AlleghenYy''
and last present lahoring,at Delaware, 0hi0.:.,,
Bro. Lloyd, having accepted calls
he churches of •Crestline• and Galion, is tot
.0 installed by committee=; the last , Thurau'
day (29th) of May neat; at prestline,
o'clock ,A. M. Galion, ilq!alook PF M:,
Bro. Perkins ja to be installed bya corn-.. f
, over thwchurch of Radnor, on the !;
rat • ThursdarOth) pi. June vat, 11
'clock A. M. a§it
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VOL.. rX. NO. 33.
Rev. J. J. Walcott, minister, and James
McLean, ruling elder, were chosen Commis
sioners to the next General Assembly,
Rev. J. P. Lloyd made a statement in re
lation to his votes and acts as Commissioner
to the last General Assembly,,after which
the following resolutions were adopted :
Resolved; .That having heard the report
of the Rev. J. P. Lloyd, on behalf of him
self and elder Robert Lee, Presbytery do
approve the fidelity of ,these brethren.,
Resolved, That while Presbytery approve
of the action of the Assembly 'on the
Resolutions touching- "the' state of the
country," and regret: that Bro.: ;Lloyd's
views, of duty led him to, dissent from them;
yet they are well assured that it was from
no lack of loyalty to.the .country ,or of sym*-
patly with it in its, struggle, against rebel
lion, in both of which we are well assured
this brother stands. above suspicion among.
us, and that he, earnest and active in his
Christian, and' patriotic support of our Gov
ernment. H. A. TRUE, ,Stated
Marion, April 16, 1862.,
For the Presbyterian Banner.
Presbytery, of Dm &hies.
This body met in Knoxville on the 10th
Rev. J. A. Carothers vast chosen Mod
erator,.and Rev. T. J. Taylot, Temporary
Clerk.
Rev. Silas . Johnson was received' from
the Presbytery of Columbus, , 1
Among other, items of, business, action ,
was taken upon the Revised Book of Dis
cipline.." 'After' some modifiCations,' addi-
Omit and 'erasures, -the whole, as amended;
was approved. Among the suggestions
and alterations which were • made by Pres
bytery, is one in - Chap. vi., Sec. 3, relating
to cases without process. The proposed
chair,. in that Section: was deemed :not
only antagonistic to all -former. •law and
adage,, but, radically wrong, and therefore
met. ithan emphatic negative.
The Rev. O. B. Minoan, a llodatiate un
der the , ' Care of Presbytery, 'atits set apart'
with the t usual ordination - services, to the.:
full work- of- the Gospel., , miniatryp as an,
Evangelist.
The case of the Rev. Orlando Clarke, a
licentiate under - the care of 'Presbytery,
having been under-Consideration at •several .
different meetings of Presbyteryi , was final- ,
ly disposednf by revolting lleense.
The Rev. J. P. Brengle, aud.ielder A.
M. Rogers, were appointed principal dele
gates to the Aeaenibly. land' Rev. C. B.
Duncan -and elder (Dalid WilbOlternatee:
J. M. BATONEtiDER., , St. 'C. • -
For the Presbyterian Banner
A. Donation farty,
On Friday, the 7th of , February, the
,people of the Annapolis church, Ohio, old
and .young, took possession of, the house of
their pastor, Rev. , Israel Price, as a suita
ble place to manifest their attachment to
him and hisfaMily,,and to each. other. It
was a meeting that will long be' rememher
ed by all who were present---a season of
the kindlieit interchange of loire; and
Christian fellowship. It would seem that'
all the teed thingeof tbe land were brou«ht •
and. daid.npon the tables; and beds,- and' in
the pantry f:and the . granarieh. ,There was
flour, and wheat, and corn, and oats, and
meat, •and clothing for .beds ',and' family.'
.There were chairs, glasses, cupboard ware,;
and, in short, a great. variety of valuable
articles, amounting, in value to• more than
. one hundred and twenty-five dialers ;
After more than one hundred persons
had feasted to the full, at 'table of their`
°me; fUrnishing, with the pastor ;and his
Amity, and they bad sung and' prayed to- .
.gether, they all, went to their own. homes,
feeling happy, and, well assured that they,
had done good to one of God's servants. •
A VISITOR.
For the Presbyterian Banner,
Striking Passages Illustrative. of Various
Siriptures.
NO. 11.
.Man is' - beirn unto trouble L /lob v:
" Had we; nOwn no guilt we Should haVe
known no grief?' _
0 death, bwhere , iS T thy stinger , -.4. Cor.
xv : 55. " Believers, -though saved from
death's stingjareatill exposed4olts - strokeY l
Evil puretteth : 21.';
" There is' tint a more made& ftigitive upon'
earth than he that is continually pursued
by his own
The wicked are like <the troubled .sea,
when it cannot rest—lsa. lvii y2O. " What':
rest can thdie find that carry thi4Onvn
turbance' with„theni :in their own bosoms
wherever they go f'!„. ,
We should not lust after evil things, as
they also lusted, =l. Cor. x : 6. " There
is no viler vagabOnd.tlian he tliatiii` at the
beck of his own lusts!! .
Happy is the man that feareth,alway.—
Proy., xxviii : 14. "It is better:to fear and
not sin, than to sin and. then ,fear.",,
It is He that made us, an¬ ,we our
selves—Ps. c : 3.. "Man 'is ,not his own
ma ker, therefore , he must not be his own
master.". , Map.
For the Presbyterhtn Banner..
Supplies. , Appointed-, by the Presbytery o
Ballstn&
Crodkid , a•dek' and Appleby 'Manor-
L. M.,l'Gravet, Stated Supply foie six
Month*.
Rayne= ,, S. - Pribl y nanr Stated -- Supply
for six months. Ahti
warren—G. yz.,Meehlin, pirst Sabbath
in May;; .to administortthe Lord's 6 ( iipper.,
.D. W. Townsend, Third , Sabbath: in May.'
J. IL Donaldson, 'First ,Sabbith-in June.
S. P. Kennedy, one day,at discretion.
Pine Run—J. IL .Marshalln'Third Sab
bath in April. J. H. Donaldson, •secund
Sabbath May. G. M..Sparmoye, Vourth
Sabbath: in May; to administer,lle,Lord!s
Supper. L. M. Graves, Second Sabbath in
June.
Rethescia--S. P. Kennedy, 4tated Supply,
for .01,F, months. , ,
How: to Believe:'
The Meeting 1 had been addressed,
I ,
some- .of f the recinests for prayer4ead,lby
'some, anxious sinners,,-- who complained
,that therdid not, t kpow h,osy. to believe *in
Jesus. • .
, • ,
A gentleman aroeo and said, that some .
Aline ago, he called upon, a, man in great
(distress. ; of' body, but ; in still greater dis
iressif mind. Said'. the ` , speaker "So
t great-3was thatman's ,, agoriF in view of his
'condition . ; that I soon becanie almost as
much distressed as, he was. - The poor man
„to Me, with an imiloring look And
voice; , =' Yon see how' I 'am. What can I
do 2,1 What shall I do?'
".I replied, ''You must believe on the
Lord. Jesus Christ.'
" Oh said he, thatis what they 'all
tell' me. Bat I. cannot. believe. I know'
not: how to believe. cannot do it. I
cannot believe. Whati , ohA 'what am,' :to
do ?"
" I thought how 1 could illustrate the na
ture of simple faith. I took out of my pock
et a bank-note. It was a two-dollar bank
bill of the Atlantic. -Bank •of ,the City of
New-York. I read , ito. all over to. him,
The. Atlantic Bank promise to
or bearer, two dollars .on demand.' And
then :I read the names of the President, and
Cashier. I them held up the bill, before
him, and inquired :
g 4 Hai much is that worth ?'
4 6 He answered, " Why,.it, is worth two
dollars:
.7 " ' Well, but this paper itself is worth
:nothing. What makes: this bill _worth tWo
dollars ?'
"It is the promise to pay,ionthe part of
the bank t .that,makes it worth two dollars.':
Very well; all; all that..giv,es.this- lit-
Ale rag of paper,any malue is this promise
to pay., and ,not merely ,the promise r but
; your confidence '..that the -promise -mill -be
kept ?'
"Precisely.so,' said, he.. - -
" Yon have,not a r donbt , about, it, have
;pun, that the bank. would, keektheir ;prom?
ibis, and • pay you:tyro dollars,. : at theirleoun-,
Aer on.presenting this demand?'
a shadownof,- doubt. 'about. it,' he,
replied with promptness and • decision , ;.! of
course, they would pay it.' i
7 `"'.And confidence that on , demand this
Pi-mdse. would be. kept, inakes.,this •little
:picee, of paper , worth two dollars
'I-Exactly so,' he readily replied: . t,
" Very well, you have faith, -I see, that
the -Atlantic , Bank of the City. of New-
York, will keep its ;promises,--to pay.. Yon
hsvefaith in the bank /"..,
" Yes.'
" 4 Now; let us open the third. chaptereof.
tile Gospel according tot John . , and 'Meths ,
'ixteenth verse we read this declaration'
and promise: God 'so loi'ed the world
that he ,gave his only, bego4en Son, that
whosoever believeth in linishonhlnot-per. ,
lab, but have everlasting life; yotrcan
have 'faith - in the Atlantic , Bank,'Can you
not have,faith in God r
" do not know;ubout that,' lie replied.
66 I Said ' 6 God is .not a.±- man , that he
should—lie - , - :nor the son of man that he
`Shonld repent: Hath he said, and shall he
Hatli he' stioketqiiiid ':shall he
not make it good ?u, Have.ifaithi God:'
And then ,li!repeated-again4he sbrteenth
verse of the third chapter of the G,ospet
according to johnpand.-left-hinkto_lis own
thoughts,— ,
"The tiext morning I.ealledtupon
and as soon.as he , saw me, he : said,: I have
been thinking over. this matter-of ; trusting•
in the promises -,of God, an 4
and-do trust him' . :
" For four weeks I visited him nearly ,
every day s and I-foundFhmlrejnieing more
and >ii ore in the .inith Jesus. -Christ.
And the!. man,.•died-xejoicing ! in. Jesus as
a Saviour,.. and by ,graeo. l . ,NirtlB' eared ,
through •Meetins"
Report' ,
Wert e the American - Foreign Christi:mania
fa nity - •
The -Rev:lE.= Edwirtf , Haleiithe Society'sl
missionary' and agent t at Florence '
-:the
month.of February, w.rote.thatlehid been -
under the necessity of hiring rooms both
at Portoferraio (in thelsland ,of. Elba) and
at Verres 'in :Piedthont, and 'furnishing
them with's - plain 'and-cbeip chairs;• tablex,-
etc. Our zeaders.will be interested rin- the.
statements "which. he ;makes t int;reference to
missionarieethat are laboring.under his di
rection. . Bat why should henot hnveten,
or rather twenty such 'laborers at work :with-'
out delay, ?
The Bible-reader at Verres has
tered some opposition hiw field if , labor
of last Month. Some " lewd' fellows of the
baser sort" have twiceattacked 'him in re
turning from his evening meetings, and the
last time inflicted 'some serious Nfounds and
bruises by stoning him. He says, after de
scribing the attack made upon him, that he
," hives ,woundsto think - that the ,wounds on his
'limbs are in a better staie .ll4,ll' the wounds'
on the consciences of his' enemies," and
hopes " that the good' Samaritan with
,and wine, will visit them with spiritual
healing." iiipearsid-beqUite notive; .
and this little opposition, is;evidencef that
he is* doing a good- work. .._ffedesires ado,-
nation of tracts and ,Testaments for gratui
tons distribution Among those who can read
but'sre yet too poor to buy books.
Thework;at POrtciferraio is very prosper..
ounell letters , from..the Evangelist; and
the...Colporteur are, full of encouragement,
• Though. the : number of, persons attend* ,
..the 'preaching service diininished a little of
:late, yet there are local 'causes Which se
count -.for the falling WE The general'in
temt I'd the work! , is ;extending,' and: as.
soon ; as , my • means will ; US tify the ;expense,,
I shall, send another:Bible reader, or Evan
to the Island
The 'sale of hooks and Bibles 'there hag
been far better . ' than in other times oft late;
theicdporteurst Portoferraio,beingoa well
known o und popnlar man, Ip.e.ready acfsess
to tlip people. He is, inbis way, preach
ing band exhoiting daily in the Publid
SqUir+Wiri the shops and coffee-`houses, and
alway& finds hearers-. end , makes conversions,
at leashfrom Popery: rict • • ,
There. are now; two persons employetby
me, ; visiting frem house. to house in ,the
; City of Florence—selling every, day .some
religious tracts and. Testaments, uid giVing
others to those whom , theY- liaVe` reason to
'believe will read them: -- We have now five
laborers tin the fieldv and- only the; 'want of
meansoprevents me .frem finding-employ::
inent ler many More. sentru a letter.
recentlY;•Xeceived *CM Ahe- Evangelist at
Portoferraiol ;
PowropgßitAio, Jan: 18 1862
.-
Malt Dear 'Friend And Brofker
be [ iurpri i se'd to see that the
her Of iny . hedreis is somewhat - diminished:
The. Pleasures' of the earniial are in part
the cause of it. Besides, the'Count Guic 2
Ceerdini. of .this place, general direntor of
the salt *orislere, has threatened to dis-`
miss 'MS workmen if they continue to . at
.,
tend, the'nmetings. Also the Archiptiest
has in his hands the pious legacies (the .
dosrry-fund for:P '
oor young girls ) I which
threatens, to withhold' from thOSC who are
seen talking only once witttun Evangeli
cal." Re has also influenced some gentle
men. so that they no longer give work to
3,
"Evangelicals," but to Catholics only.
All these things taking place in a short
time, have produced apparent damage `to'
the holy causgj I say apparent - , and noth
ing more ; be use the massiof the•popula, , ,
tion knows already the falsehood of its own
creed. Many have no difficulty, in pro-,
clairaing in the squares, the coffee=house;
and other 'places, the truths . of , the' GoSpel;-"
but for certain- - considerations .they'abstain:l
from coming to our worship ;,though they,.
Say that they study the Bible by themselves
at home. As soon as Rime shall he con-
quered, arid airpower to injure taken from
the priests . arid " cOdinis," (those Who'favor •
the return of the old state , of things—its -
Italy,) these will openly declare-themselves
"Evangelicals. One may,say with trnthi
that nearly'tWoAhirds of the' Poprilittioicef
Portoferraio are of suolCsentiments. •
. ,
The country , also is becomingienlighten
ed; and from Capoliverejleugoite andlgii;
I i
have received. nformation-frorWbrethrenp
with whom I correspond, that,the,holy Gasp`
pel is continually gaining greater i infiuencel ,
An evangelicalbrother, Quoitrinimmetime
since - assured me that if a ohtMill :shquld
be opened. ate Rio Marina, and, ome oth
era would contribite small sums--,-small•
;cense their nieana are suiallilnit Yet . they,
would .00ntribute. .
Some'from Rio Marina will come here for
,Easter; order to celebrate - • the Lord's
Supper...4l ,think' that with thein we shall::
number twentv= And perhaps:others may
also eome , -from*Longone. ,
I have:beard:O' the arrest ot the colpor-:
tear (in Tlorence) and of the oonfiscation.
of the " Arnica. di Casa.;. , ''[ills Sale oflit ,
has lateltbeen; ' forbidden in the of
Florence] artd. of the process- ,- against
vazi. For 'me, they have - ,confisCated the.,
" Buou-Vapo d'auno;" [a little ; tract which=
he publisbed,-en the first Of 4aiiiiary,lbilf.,
I had others printed duringthe and
sent them , all over the Island F.they have,
been gladly received, and more;ge demaild.„
ed. As long as tha.Rornan...question_is_mi
decided, these , abusesl*t.powerf-wjll (exist.
Let us praY'GOdifiatthe'doWritall - dr - fame
may aeon come: `3n divers .way's
fairs suffer greatly from it ,
I have votbing more' to talryOubut - te
salute:‘ you •from‘th& heart,' artdAb WisiFyow;
anti all' your family every blessing fromt.
God. Your most, affectionate. brother, .
MELCIIIORE PECEMT.
The West End and •the - Nevi , Mididin-Llce Ezperi=t
merits The 4.qtelegraph!'7.Ribukin,g:them:Tianes,
-=-The .4'ress and .Spititt4ttism---The. ! Spiritual
Magazine disowns Forster. al ;last—Real, Piety
tinipiag the AriseoeracyCeifr,tain'Trotter'and Mr.
BlakiXiod at Willie'lloomaßichAril : '"Wiaver
at St: MartinVlYall--=-Resultsf.Denham , 7Smith-: . —r-
A Poitraiture--=Popularity and; its. Snarev—Ai.
Facts--Y,isalo.fr.R 6 Mo l . o . l tildre.n , tP the
Exhibition Buildings—The Wedding Tiosseau--, ,
Evangelism in Ireland—Ber Revenue RettirnfiL ,
An , • Ulster , ”Peabod9 Be4iteste-ir.
Queen's ,Colleges--Great ExeifeMeUt about Iron- •
Bliips.irortificati'Ohs
LON D ON, Apia 5 - 1.862. '
" - TEE TOWItI" as London=and the West
'End , especially--has>been , talled ever Sinew!
'the ,dayd of rEpectatorOf mot ,earlier.,
las been pogagedin.rep,airing,to t the stances
of a new and leading American medinm,"
Mr' Torgter He is described", as a yOung
„gentleman of a frank arid' even• jovial - 14 Oct;
remarkably igentlemarilikeqind urbane, , and
`not at all indisposed tolangloand jolte,;even.ii
in ! the midst of his spiritual -.manifests
'tions." As to the laughter and the jckes,
voad reason has tbe'wmedium "`to be jolly
for he gets innumerable =guineas from the
curious, luxurious, idle cravers for excite-„
Inent ire' our great`" Vanitf Fair!" ! One
guinew is Ithe wharge! [for - a-single !ticket: of
admission !to his! room, .and. before are
longthPre if dip table . suddenly pitches r
into your lap, you need not, bp in the Ipast
alarmed,: ne this is only : a' sign that the
spirits -1, 4 d yoil'heaftily welCome:" ,
Yeti are next requested to write the'
`names ot !half doien departed friends - on
little morsels - of paper, s double them
fling them into an indisoritninate heap, and
touching- the papers one by one, seek to
'discover which "of the - spirits, is deli ous
'of holding converse.; Thr4,,raps On
table - signify that:_ You l&vetouclied' the
'most WilliVgiommtinic,int,:Wben Mr!: FOr=
ster professes puke piece of blank Psper
under the tihlo, and in an instant bringing '
;.it bad, lie presents you ivi4 the Christ an
- name =of your 'readiest friend', written' in
pencil."
' • Or,"'as the account in the Times pnts
ig he may vary the experiment, and
tucking
! ,rup shirt sleeve, - 'show' you'. the'
'name inscribed' on'his Orin arm, in red* let.
lers. While thii is going on,. yon are oc.
- casionally diverted WI renewed; lurches of
The Anchor *Rhin.
Amid the shadows and the : fears •
That overolond this home of tears,
Amid. iny poierty and sin,
The temiiest and the war
.I cast My soul'o irthee,"l
to sive:eieielnee, tl •,`
Jeltr.si thou Bon of itodi ;1 , -; • ;
Drifting across a sunless pea,
Cold; lieavy mist enourtaining
Toiling along life's broken road,
With sriarestaround, and.foes..ahroad,l
I east my soul, on ,thee,
Mighty to save even me,
Jesus, thou Son of God!
Mine is..a•day,ntifear:en4 strife" • •
A needy soul, a needy life t
A needy world, a needy age ;- , • ;7 -
Yet,'ln perilous Pilgrimage,
I east my Solii on thee,
Mighty to - gait-even ine;• ' '
jeausi thon-§bn 43,f God •
To thee I come---ah t only dim
Canst wipe the' Sweat froth off this biow;
Thou,tonly , thowcanst - make me wholei
And .soothe the lev_er•of my
I oast•my soul on thoe,
•
Mighty to save`even me,
'Jesus, thou Son of God!
Qn,thee I reet—thy loveundvaeel, , ..
Are my : sole rock and restingllace ;,,,
In thee my thirst and hunger pore,
Lord, let me quench ` forevermore
I cast my soul ,on thee,
Mighty, to save even me,
'Jesus, thou Son of God!,
'Tilt 'Sir* net he vete - 4 tis night - not noon-.
The setrowle:si 'IS doming idOn ; "
till'the morn of love appears;`"
Which ends the,tisvair the teari,''" • -
I oadt , mfr'soul on 'thee,
Ilights , to save even
iesus th i On Son of God "
MROPRINiCURRESPONDENGtj,
the table, and also by something. that rubs
,against, ! your knees. This, you are in
,formed,. is the touch of a spirit." Then
comes a .bdtine bonche. One of the party
asks; Shall. we' have a; hand ?' in a calm
tone. If Mr. Forster --,thinks that - the op
portunityin favorable to the introduction
of ' the hand,' you move to another part of
the table, and whereas the previous experi
Menta (if inadein the morning,) were per
-
'formed in broad daylight, the shutters are
!now closed,:and.you.lookatixiously-toward.
the • table's,opposite edge. Now you have.
a right , really,to feel•.neivous. ' An indis
• tinct6sometking rises to your.view,- And grow-,
ing -more , definite, is plainly a. hand with
fingers,in , rapid motion: ;.• About this hand
thereas , ;no mistake; nor is there a doubt ,
about. its inclination to - clutch piece .tof
paper in its vicinity."
The. Pirfes; gave a.. , se.cond,article, proba r ‘
.bly thinking
,ithad gone too far in puffing
'Fbieter','Wd ,
endoising
`arid , iontiens with , untende thus
"While Mr...llunie and Mi. lititster hold'
their •fashiOnable'ledne4sige weal zoa
of lonfion,:giptgieg - and fortune telleraire
pandepan
ring to a like 'morbid craving or
; elmtnunion. , with ;the ; kingdom,Of darkness
among peasants, and ,servant . It
then goes - on to say, that putting together ,
consulhi lurches , Of the table; the
presence' of somethinethat '" rubs against"
your knees,':'' andirthe - prohibition to' look
'uttder the table it. cannot - think ,that the
answers of' spirits to questions written, on
paper, are at all more wonderful than the
feats of the conjurerg, ACRoliiii, or Pro
fessor Frikell. Let thdie eitieriments be
tested by, the ,appointment
,of ~ a, committee
,of sizva,ha andlawVere, to inquire into the
truth dr fahiehtied of spiritualisin.'
Two - days after, the Dailyi Telegraph,.
comes ,out dead .against the Times, asserting
thai.inestriuch as the public had been scan.,
deliSed by its audacity, " it, hed begun to
-temporize, and, commenced its not untt;stial
task of eating its ortin Words." f . (flow tine
as to its- American political sympathies;=
antipathies..too l).. fl ! It is. thus
_this jour.,.‘ i
n 41,, ' says the bitterly.just Tel,egraph,P , gets
right at last. Si seems disposed to put, Sir
D. Biewigter and Profeisoi Faraday" on
:hietater's track/ 4 " in '' , ariether ' , Week' we
should; not bet s,arprised- to findthe Ameri.
nen conjuror denounced as a lineal .de
inendant of Armanias.und Sapphire; then
to read in the Timei that he ought to be
hanged and next that he deserves to be'
burnt' alive. ad antra:
As .to. Forster he has not the..con
jtirer's hpnesty,to declare that . what , ..he
`does eau be accounted for, neturally.and
thatif Supernatural agency is to
be helieved in' bin case, there` is'an end to
religiOn,Lto .morality;' and -to the peace 'of
society, and that, his 'pretended (commerce
for fee , and reward. _with ,the unseen .
is l in direct 'contravention' Of the statute law
of the
,TheMoiniiisiA.dnertiser,iliarning Chron
icle, and GI +, took the same view of the
"medinth as the TelegraPh. The Globe
makes merry : " When the spirit of
`an imaginary person, whom we never
knew- to exist, :give .us particulars - of
'events which , never . took *Op, we are
driven tnhelieve that there is' in the next
vrbild:little regard Xor strict accuracy ef,
g s t e aie nli r e * m en a t n . A at n h d i
s W s h i e j
n n te M d Forster other is present
in spirit to communicate with him, and:
when the said gentleman , has an, engage
merit to; dine
. on , that ,day with the - very
lady in question, in, the full enjoyment, ,of
health. we beain tO think that there are
some practical jokere,ainong Mr. Forster's .
ethereal! friende., Again, when he Stites
that the, spirits: will talk of things other
thin 'those of , thia world, and the .next
a
mo
ment al/Ows spirit to say that he is happy
in the next we 'fear' he makes'too larve
draft on our
The, SPiritzal Magazine had heralded
Mr. Verger's arrival,.anil had given as the
piece, of his birth, Salem, Massachusetts,-
where ''''when'about fcitirteen , years old, he
had first noticed small, raps near him, on
his desk,ln school hotris f which." followed
him hanie ? " increased to " violent noise in I I
his room et night," and when
," the furni
tUrewas i,osseda• bout in all directions." At,
last Came an intelligent ,cenitnission by
Taps,' froth a spirit " are to
go forth inthe world as a missionary,' to
convince hien ofithis greatttuth of immor--
tality, and of spiritmommunion." And
through him.thousandehavebeen "brought
to a belief-in . irtnortality.",
You A:nineteen, sober-minded, Chr'is'tian
; men can , best tell•what , mischiefifhave fol
-lowed;' and will probably. endorse'the. fol-
Jawing ; w ords , :of, ; the .4irmingizant ~Post
's' T t histreiling upon solemn things is . not,
free' from fiightfiir eVile. The' reports
4SYlitms haVe' 'told
terrible' tales of reasentimseated;4lll3; hdper , .
legs t itisanityiproceeding from thetricks4of
the„,„,llPPerq.' JJ
,-
Woe to us all if we were to
,be de,pen4- . ,
ant`on qBpirittialislm for the - riveration'Oit
that :.'.life an di imria whinh • are
,alone'lllbrought , to,light!.' , by 'the 'victor ; of
Death, the Risen and Glorified. One• Hi
mself.
•
"i r 'Mei; ooneluchi' this unintentionally
leAttliiSdkid; sena]
ootitexion'! 4 arith adding)
giatAheyßatnrclayrßevieto gives ,verygood;
eitiaezm, of ".the dreariest mistakes made
Spiritual Maga- .
IMuary'wriite"hinkiiii, - n6W'
,
s'a.yrinethet, he is no•
:" teat g()arealli that an intelligen t ;icorrea: •
pondentmeaks of what be saw as being of,
the same class, as wooden witnesses, and
finally that" Judge',Edmonds " sends such.
ptaignients, - ,tbat the' gpirit t ial
. - . 4 1140.0*.ne
will shave '' nothing' morw t&ldiPcwith
-andimslieciallyAntimates suspidiona that:
'Ain : , writing night produeed:ny very.
; nittural causes... , To this .11 may 4dd a fair
aid .cle4er‘ piece, 'served Out7, -
.I:tithe : Pr'das te l ;the - jeible` editor "..orthit
',Times, who wants'lte. get ., af
:into his pen, from, a new- epitempop,
,The
•following are the concluding, stanzathe
Tory. editor arkantigini. to , _give some 'knocks
: to the Whig Cabinet
One .whtdd:like to..knew..whakgiterjes.deep:
When he troubled the ghost's : repose,
This Editor wise, with oritipel •
Did ' •
What were-the guetitione moot profo •
Whiish•elieiked+Ayes'.andlioies.• ••• ") s•
/s:.° ll 4BtoPer TossterrA ;finance ? .
• Does Wood strong sense pois3ess?—
. Aro : Rupsell and Palmergton beFty.frilpds 1/ 1 :-
polite •) ,
" . •Ie Lowe the wisest,maa in
Alidlthe spirits.answersib4tYie."
. .
. Will the Tories ever take, offieedegalb, g ,
: 4 the ~Phi g s to th 6? left •
I Cl* MfMMMOreil . '
t tmsl.o. .1. 1 1.
WHOLE ,, Na- 501';
Or Sir Cornewall, Lewis slow?
Can the Times by any chance be wrong?
And the'spirits answered, "No."
On land, and. sea there are mysteries
Which explanation lack,
s. Ent the strangest. thing I ever:have seen
,On my terrestrial, track
Is an able Editor " who deigns
To advertise a quack.
I am` bound. to say that an over increas
ing band of the upper , ' classes being
brought.under the , power rof true religion,,
T and,are most active in their Philanthropic
and evangelical endeavors to do good.
Captain Trotter and Mr. BlaCkwOod; to
whose last Year to the teriatoera
cy,rl adverted.'at- the time, have resumed
their •Satrirday : : afternoon addresses, which
are largely . attended. ~ These men , love
to dwell on such texts as this' "By Birk
all that belieVe are justified," 4,e.; and God
greatly - "TWo years ago,.
Brownlow North , • was 'addressing in the
same .;room, crowds: , of the upper:, elasties,'
anala large number of young people were
deeply impressed Mr STorth, has, after a
long period of indisposition and silence,
openedlhiltlip'e afreah,nnd` it is 'possible'
that we :Isbell lee him. in London before
the Summer is over..
,Meanwhile the work of awakening goes
nobly on. Richard Weaver, the Lancash
ire Collier,'is . ',preaching almost- nightly at
Saint Martin'e Hall, and the Revival news
paper gives reports of " results " which
areremarkable.
,
The r lin ' Rev. D. Smith of Dublin, also
well, known as a revival preacher, had spe
cial-Services list'week, Freemasons' Hall
and .iiliewhere. - On his way to London, he
stayedrfor-ashort time at Leamington; in
Warwickshire, and Bpi strong anadeep.were
;the 'feelings awakened, : that the people
there wished to seed him a pecuniary gift
as a d &sari:Maier of 'their gratitude. This
however he declined. ~ .It is, proposed= by
Smith , and:his friends, to. erect il.arge
" Chtirch.'!' in Dublin, for evangelistic pur
poses—, He resigned the, pastpral .charge
; which he held at. Kingstown; near Dublin,
and While's NOnconformist, adopts a-bread
,
er platforin; and seeks enlarged. liberty HI
order to carry on a special work, which is
net that of a. pastor: rrh is : gifts are intel-;
lectnally by no means eminent, nor is it too,
much to say that if ,hie theology is sound,
which some doubt, at the best it is shalloW.
13utche has' a good person, a winning, per
auasive mariner, 'sings, hymns very sweetly,
:is ready and offhan, thr deals with , both• the
imagination and the feelings, and on .the
.whole has - been very useful. To the im
pressible riatnie of the Irish ' people, he is
specially .adapted; for although ' , London
born, he has .:much of Ireland's : warrathi`
'arid knows how to sweep with skillful;fin
gers, that Erin's heart, which 'yields re
spouisive music more and more, to the fin
gers of one who has got the truth in his
soul. The snare .of popularity is , that
which such men, exciteable in their -tern
perameht and laving .4 besetting tendencY
to glory-in applause, and, also even , in ap
parent or real spiritual success, need to
pray and watch against, with all their
might., - " A man," says - Quesnel, " some
timei suffers himself to be billed asleep'by ,
the agreeable' voice of a flattering world, '
which praises 'the pastor for 'performing
one half of 'his duty, while God condemns
him for neglect of the other.
46 And," says a recent, English writer
" it soothes ' self-love; When success
has attended his efforts;"to hear 'that slid
casa•'distinotly Irecognized, and to: find that
by hia fellows, past results ' are regArded'aa
heralds-of fature triumphio But Popular
ity is a cup'which intoxicates as- well - as
ex.hiliarates: whomsoever it' is present=
ed, :it is perilous. ' It mtiatqlot be quaffed ;'
must: be supped sparingly; cantiously,'
-a,nd suspiciously. Poison larkiWithinit',
and he who drains it, is 'iindone.". `•
A PUNDLE pi,;FAcTSletnie now tie to
gether. , Lord Derby employs 125 persons
to preserve game on his estates, at an ex
pense of More than 4,600 per _annum.,
A, memorial stone" ereetedby the, Lon
don Police, on, the , orto iyhere Mr,
wood ; the Captain!nt the The Brigades,
perished left, year, was uncovered last week,
.and an address was delivered by. Dr. Cum
ming, of 'whOse congregation the deceased'
was a member. ' An, Irish' Roman Catholic'
Bishop, in reference to 'recent challenges
sent to the Seeretary, Sir It. Peel, by
'Smith" O'Brien, 'dna the 'o'l3;6i:while, de
nounces duelling as " mortal sin '' on the
part.ef the 'Members' of the Church, ;O:rui
therobY 'lie Tuatly adds,.they " prove-them.:
selvee.cowards in the true' Christian' sense.".
TherPope has sent '.EIOO to the relief of
theditche* in Ireland:" When was there
in 1860,'T'fciund that 4100 had had^ been sub=-
scribed'at one chapel His lioliness, who
thus'giveS:back a very 'little - of what the
dupes 9 have given" at the deniand, of the`
Irishprieetsi•whilebeth he and they are
'expecting 'fresh " ' Peter's Pence'," to flow'
into' ithe treasury' at Rothe' Those .Who,'
like witnessed the herrors 'of the
Irish -.know ' lidw the `"priests .
dues" were demanded, and how they were
paid'out. of .Britiish." relief" 'money, when
ireceiVed by the 'peasantry..ai 'wages for
pominat.eMpleYment by the: roads `or Other
wise. - A 'better uie %Of penne"' is' pre ,
'posed by the; Countess' of Hardivick, whO;
inasmuch its the- , late Prince' ConsoW was'
emphatically the= People'44 friend, , proposes
.It,h at - in 'every=-parish: there ehoribil.be formed.
A`People's Millar' toward the expense
of the Memorial' Pillar to be erected•to his
memory. ' ' •
ThePrincesa Alice is to be 'married' in
and it'inay interest your lady readere'
, to kilo* thatler iiiater;' the PrineeisTred=
erick William of Prussia-ifieing: new in`
.England, is .visiting' .the *eat End'estab , ,
lishmerits;and helping `her fiitnele*i get
the " thingr needed for her wedding
traSseau. - • .
A private visit-was plud by these two
ladiesiiiecompanied by their sailor Brother,
Prin*Alfreci, to‘the yet i i iiiiiinPlete.lnter
- Tub
re ceptibiiiiif "tootle;* foi)
Te r Monday last, the Slat of March..* .
spaces ,to -be, nectkpieci.needathe,cvarietyrtif
articles, will be far grlatßr,,tha, ntin, the Ex-.
hibition in Hyde Perk..-„in.: ISO, : a . , The
Queen has definite)i'keifolie,ii,tliit'neiiher
she nor any
,inember'eflieilliniily shall be
preient tit-the . OpeiiiiioerehrObiei,.'oV-phit
first of May neA.t., BFtihik.D.Juire n ot Wiz;
bridge, the Laid . Cgaxicellor ? ".ldirda Derby,
'and Palmerstoikw#ls:illiALAinfjiliiiiiiiii - of
Canterbury, will, by Itoy,al i comnOssion, of
fieiate as.the i Qteeen's'llel4eilLtativ6i. The
cerenibnYlwill. he' accompanied by 'ail se
-knowledgmeok ofl ; t4l43l:.D.ivine and :
gc"-cOPFsI IPn a . , Alit-Y. l a PRIT i etl - R r aYPT.
. offered Iv ,the Are bishop. be,
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also musical performances—partly sacred.
The Crowi Princess "'of Prussia lately
ordered- a complete set of all the volumes of
the. Leisure Rour, (published by the Tract
Society,) which was a favorite with her
father, Prince Atbert.
There' has recently died, at a great age,
Thomas Trimger,--IL-D.,--who was " the
only assistant of the late• Dr. Maskelyne,"
-(Astronotner.Royal at Greenwich,) "from
.1799 ti) 1808:"
Rock Oil, brought from America is
stored in the London Docks, and the mer
chants and Fire Insurance' Companies are
greatly alarmed:.lest there should be a de
structive conflagration
- The fall of a cliff at Hastings reveals in
the chalk the foot of a gigantic bird, which
has three toes, each 'nine inches in the
tread. 'This, bird must have'.hden twelve:.'
feet high.. From the point of the middle
claw to the- spur on the fourth toe, is a
space of twenty-four inches.
, In the West ,of Ireland through the
instruction: the peitaantry, in the old
Irish {Celtic} totigtte f and the 'Church
cation Society, >considerable progress has
been made by ;Evangelical Episcopacy. In
1839 there were in the two large dis
tricts of West Connaught and Cottemora,
only one church and two clergymen.
In the Union,.consisting of ten parishes,
forty or fifty miles long and twenty
five to thirty broad, the whole amount of
,
'clerical income was i 204, ($1,020.) The
°Mir& at / Clifden was a miserable hovel,
'holdingionly eightycor :ninety people. In
a few years afterward, under a new regim6,
eleven commodious: churches were erected
:and well filled, many of the attendants
being ,professed converts from Romanism.
;The salaries of the clergymen have been
'secured byt.then subscription of sufficient
sums to insure permanent annual endow
ments. Twenty-three school-houses have
also been erected, and licensed for public
'worship. •
, The Irish." Presbyterians have done a
very, important - work in the same district
of Ireland, and some of , their best young
ministers have given theirfirst and: fervent
labors to Connaught. Their schools have
'educated , many young wet:nen, to industrial
habits, and their Scriptural training has
:left suchimpressions :as have led, in Can
ada and the United States, more' than one
emigrant to confess :Christi and to cleaveto
him.
litsmu has given, a "Liverpool Pea
body,". in y the person .of ; . the late Charles
Shield, merchant. He was born at Kul
lough, County.Downwas eminently sne
`cessful at Liverpool, retired from business
•to Kingstown, near. Dublin, where he died.
He was alone in the `world; he had no re
latim living,,near or remote. After his
death - ft was found that he had distributed
all of his fortune . {£ 120,000 ) ; among chari
table institutions, chiefly alms hopes, in
his native ;town of Killough, the city of
Dublin, and the towns. of Down, Armagh,
and T.Yroner
„
THE CUSTOMS DUTIES collected Ire
land last Year, was £2,295,000' nee, an in
crease of nearly £50,000 over the Previous
year. The amount - etillected'at Dublin ex
ceeded 41,000 1 ,000 . 1qat:Belf4t, £391,000;
at Cork, £296,0Q0. The total revenue of
Ireland-collected last year was nearly seven
millions” Sterling. But for the sad stagna
tion of the linen trade, and also a bad har
,vest last year;-Ireland4ould at- this moment
preset:if thuaspect-of one of-the most flour
ishing-countrwin the world. Socially,
the elevation is great as compared with the
phien tithe; spiritually, there is much that
is encouraging,, and not the least is the
cheek'giVen- to Ultramontattiam while ed
ucationagy,l the Queen's Colleges; in spite
'of Cullen:and. his confrere Bishops, are in
creasingly, attended- by Roman datholics,
Sir
,Rebert 'Kane, President of Queen's
College, Chi.k, 'reporta the largest attend
ance ever yet realized . there---203 students.
IR,ON-PaT.RD Eritil excite universal
' interest. • The excitement produced at the
.Clubs; and the glouie of 'Commons, by the
news of the marvellous exploits of the Mon
itor.. and Merrimac, has never been exceed
ed since the Orimean War. The intelli
gence was the one topic of conversation.
And when Sir Frederick Smith, the mem
ber for Chatham-=a , military' engineer of
long experience and great authority--
brought the matter, before the House, there
was a crowd of niembers to hear him. Early
in the same eye:Ding,. one of the officers of
, the House received , direct from New-York,
a copy of the: Scieptifto American contain
ing admirible engravings of these two
formidable sea-monsters, and no sooner did
it mike 'its appeareace than there was the
' greatest anxiety to get a- sight of the pic
tures. ~The paper was taken to the Trees
' ury Bench;,and was , there handed about to
.:Secretaries of War and Admiralty, as also
~to Lord ,Palmerston and others. It does
~:not appeo,that the question of the entire
;iinv.ulneishility of these vessels' is yet de
.cided, far it seems that they can be hoarded.
..One Ortheiships was board& ; but as there
..one on deck, and no way down
„below but lhrongh the smoke-funnel, the
boarders retired. . " But," as a naval officer
.:h4s auggested; g.athat if the boarders hid
dropped, some, ve Shells or some iron cases
, filled with . gimPoWder, with , slow matches
.attached, through the apperture, or, in the
wise of the. Monitoi, down the airLtubes ?"
Still it was acknowledged by all engineers
'and sailors, that 'a 'nett era: has dawned
•
uporilaaval warfare; that the propriety of
erecting immovable , fontaflipon :our coasts,
n?. :that almost impregnable- floating forts
~can be constructed, v ta,more, than question
able.. And list might .- linid Palmerston
virtually indoreed~ ihesi cipiniOns, and
promised , ' in• the4oitiflreations at
Portsmouth. It appears - that Captain Cow
per- Coles, and Mr. .Ericsson both made
proposals . (separate), to the . British Govern
, mentnf iessela like the ../tfonitor, and that
,binh'iarere hawed politely out of the Admi
ralty) office. , • Last, year, Sir Morton Peto
„tumid not get a seconder,' to l his motion. to
~stop the. fprti6oat pps, , at , Portsmouth;, nolo
be seconds,the mo . lion,to which Lord Pal:
rn eiaton i lkiiii . thegooietientie to - yield in eX
cellent temper and spirit. For purposes'
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