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The Answer.
Tell me truly, I Implore.--
Ie there balm in Ullenti ?
Toll me—tell me, I Implore 1
—The Re yen
Wanderer! anxious, undirected
In the starless night of error,
Lift aloft thine eye dejected
From. that dark abyss of terror ;
By the eye of faith discerning,
ye T y lu canat through the darkness peer;
I rttut shalt see the Day Star burning
With a radiance bright and clear—
See the Orient Star beats burning
With a splendor calm and clear.
In that. beacon light believing,
Follow, from deep mazes guided;
Thou wilt find it undeceiving—
Find a resting-plane provided.
On the Rook of *get standing,
Not by Eitorm•or tempest shaken,
A neW Land thy view commanding,
Not by error captive taken—
Thou shalt see the Day Spring ooming
Robed in beauty from the skies,
See the Retie of Sharon blooming
With a fragrance from the skies.
Thou shalt live—a branch now blighted—
On the deathless Vine engrafted;
Thou studt feel, no more benighted,
A pure incense, sweetly wafted,
Breathing peace within thy soul—
Feel a heavenly incense wafted,
Lighting love within thy soul. -
Then, consoled and hopeful, knowing,
With delight, and peace, and love,
There is balm in Gilead, flowing
Odor-laden from above ;
Through the pathless blue expansion,
Far beyond the sky of skies,
Thou halt seen the golden mansion,
Where its perfume never dies.
In that glorious, golden palace,
Where the angels harp and sing,
Thou wilt quaff a blissful chalice,
Filled from Life's immortal spring—
From a fountain ever flowing
Where the choral angels sing,
Where the Tree of Life is growing'
From Siloa's living spring.
The Sun of Ilfghteousness.—Mal. iv : Q.
66 The Sun of Righteousness!' HOw
glorious I klow beautiful the figure I Let
us for a moment reflect on the resemblance
between the natural sun-and this glorious
Sun of Righteousness, in their adaptation
to temporal and spiritual matters; and we
shall see, that as the former is essential to
the existence and comfort of earthly things,
so the beams of the heavenly Sun is,essen
tial to Spiritual things.
1. The naturalsun is the source of light.
Were it not for its beams, this world would
be a dark and cheerless place. Even the
moon, in shedding ger soft and silvery light
on the earth, only reflects the rays of this
great luminary of day! Thus darkness,
gross darkness, covers the moral world till
this glorious Sun arise upon it; and even
the saints, who are called the " light of the
world," shine but the reflection of His ray !
And while we look on them with adinits
tion, it should lead us more and more to
contemplate the great Source from whence
proceeds all that is excellent and lovely.
How'dark is the unrenewntrliSzirt, where
the rays of this glorious sun bent'. pene
trated ! RoiSt dark is even the Ciwistian's
heart, when clouds intervene between the
soul and this glorious 'Sun 1 How do suety
"go mourning without the light!" But if
his' beams rethters the soul, how soon, is
the darkness scattered, and " light breaks in
upon the soul with kind and quickening
ray!" In the case of those in whose souls his
beams first shine, they see things as they
never saw them before. Corruptions and
sins never discovered.before, are now seen,
detested, and forsaken. The transcendent
beauty of holiness is also seen. That whiel:i
before had " neither form nor comeliness,""
is seen by this light to be " altogether love
ly!" In short, when these bright beams
arise in the heart, every thing is seen in its
true character and they who "were some
time-darkness, are now light in the Lord !"
2. The sun is also the source of heat.
Imagine this world left for a season without
the warming and invigorating rays of the
sun. 'low soon would vegetation cease I
Look at Most portions of our earth that are
left for a time without the solar rays. How
cold and cheerless while these seasons last,
and how soon ) ow the return of these -vital
beams, does vegetation commence, and make
rapid progress. Thu the soul is cold and
cheerless without the beams of the Sun of
Righteousness. The good seed of the
Word may= be sown, but will not grow until
these heavenly beams break in upon the
soul. • When these gracious beams are
withdrawn from the Christian, how do his
graces languish! " The things that re
main are ready to die." But nwsooner do
these enlivening beams arise, than they
begin to revive, and' he is a growing Chris
tian. Warmed and invigorated by these
rays; he becomes active and zealous in his
Master's.' cause ; and others, seeing his ,
:.light shine," are led. to "Verify the
Father:" Through the Divine blessing
they imbibe the same, spirit—the influence
widens and extends., And we may see these
blessed rayti Penetrating the darkness of
heathen lands—the banner of the Cross
reared in the midst of idol temples—horror,
cruelty ) and midnight darkness vanishing
before the benignant rays of the Sun of
Righteousness.
But who can contemplate the blessings
and brightness of his beaMs I We are lost
in the radiance. May it be more and more
extended, till "the whole earth be filled
with his glory l" May every heart be en
lightened, warmed, and invigorated; and
may the Church, by constant communion
with Christ, be assimilated to his likeness,
and soon shine forth, "fair as the moon,
clear as , the sun, and terrible aS , an army
with banners r MARY.
Proibtteir of Stoobentillii
JEwtrr, 0., June 20, 1862.
MR.. ETITOR, Presbytery o' iSteu
beaville held a meeting at Richmond, 0.,
on last Tuesday, 17th inst., and transacted
the following among other items of busi
ness, which you may publish if you judge
them of importance to your readers :
Rev. J. S. Marquis was installed iitttitOr
of the united congregations of Bacon Ridge,
Dist Springfield; and Richmond. Mr. Mil
ligan preached the sermsd; the Moder:lolr',
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VOL. X., NO. 42.
Mr. Swaney, presided and proposed the
constitutional questions; and Mr. Herron
delivered the charges to the pastor and
people.
Presbytery received information that the
General Assembly, at its last meeting,
made the following alterations in the boun
daries of this Presbytery, viz.: That the
territory lying East of the Tuscarawas'
river, South of a line extending from the
North-west corner of this Presbytery to
that river,
thence down said . riven to the
West and South lines of Rush Township,
Tuscarawas County; thence Won g said lines
to the South-west cornera this Presbytery,
be taken from the Presbytery of Zanesville
and' added to the Piesbytery of Steuben
ville. This territory includes the - churches
of Thichville and Nevi Philadelphia; and
it was ordered: that they be added to our
list of churches: Mr. Benjamin Warfel
appeared, and took his seat as a Commis
goner from the Session of the former
church, and Mr. Benjamin Demoth from
the latter.
One supply was granted to each of these
churches previous to the neat 'stated meet
ing, with permission to supply thetriselves
the ...remaining portion of the time , until
then.
. A call was presented from the cortgrega:
tibia of Monroeville to 'Rev. T. G. Scott, for
one-third of his time. Mr. Scott accePted
this call, and also the one presented to him
last Spring by the congregation of Corinth;,
and arrangements• were madeforhis
lation - as plistor of these churches.
Presbytery learned with great pleaanre
that the congregation of. Twoltidges con
templated sustaining a pa:stor all his time=; ,
and that it is expected that the congre,ga
tions of Cross Creek -and Centre will be.
united as a pastoral charge. These charges
are now both vacant, and present desira
ble fields of labor. _ .
Mesas. Eaton, Parkinson 'and Price
were appointed to preach, one day each•, at
the Stone Meeting Houk, previous to the
nest stated meeting of Presbytery, other
wisfrat discretion as to time. This-is in a
region of-country that is without the means
of grace, as dispensed by' the; Presbyterian
Church; and is regarded by Presbyteri'as
a field of considerable promise.
Presbytery adjourned; afterhaving held,
a pleitisant'session, to meet inAnnapolis'on
the first Tuesday of October' next, at 10
o'clock A. M.
Hos ERT HERRON, , Stated Clerk
Presbytery of St. Clairsville.
The PresbYtery of St. Clairsiille held
its Summer meeting on the 17th and 18th
inst , in the church of Baroesville,Tielmout
County, Ohio.
The 'Moderator being ihseht, Rev. Sam
uel. Mahaffey was elected - Moderator pro.
tem.
Rev. John. P. Caldwell, of the Presby
tery of Washington, wan. present, as a" Cor
responding Member.
Rev.' Da/id R. Campbell was rebeived
from the Presbytery of Steubenville. Mr.
C. havinc , signified his acceptance of the
call which-he held froth theochniclr ofet:
ciairsvine; :Presbytery appointed' its next
meeting to be 'held' there, to itnitall him
pastor of that Church, "if the way be
clear."
Wm. R. Kirkwood was 'ordained; and in
stalled paitor of the'clu'ich of Barnesville,
one half his time. In these services, Rev.
Wm. R. Vincent preached from Kph.' :
And. he gave some, pastors ;" Rev.
Benj. Mitchell, D.D., presided, proposed
the constitutional questions; and offered the
ordaining prayer; Rev Sitauel Boyd gave
the charge to the pastor; .and Dr. Mitchell
gave the charge- to the people.
A call from the church of Wegee, for
one half the time of Mr. 'Kirkwood; was
put into his hands, which he accepted, and
a committee was appointed to install him
pastor of that church, at ,2 o'clock P. M.
on-Friday before the third Sabbath of July:
Rei. John Moffat, Coniinissionet to the
General Asiembly, reported. The Report
was accepted, and his fidelity and conduct
unanim'onsly approved.
The pastoral - relatiowbetween the etinrch
of Beech Spring, and- Rev. Wm. S. Dool,
was, at his request, dissolved..
Several candidates', aVeffitretit stages of
their adVanoement, were examined.
Presbytery spent some time in devotional
exercises; under the direction of the Mod
erator,• and, after a pleasant meeting,' ad
jeurked.*to meet in St. Clairaville. at' 11
o'clock A. M. on the first Thesday of ado
ber next. Rom MOFFAT,
Stated Clerk:,
Presbytery of Allegheny..
The Presbytery of Allegheny met in
Tarentum, on the 17th inst.
Mr. Simnel RaittiSey whs ordained, and.
installed pastor of Tarentum 'church.
Rev. W. G. Taylor was dismissed to con
nect himself with the Presbytery of Ohio.
SUPPLIES
Portersvilte-- , -Leave to obtain supplies
till October meeting.
Muddy °redound Centreville—Mr. Jas:
S. Boyd and Mr. M. L. Anderson,. alter
nately, or as may be agreell'upodbetween
them and the - pastor, Rev. S. Williams, till
the October meeting of Presbytery.
Minton—Second Sabbath in July, Dr.
Young. First Sabbath in August, J. R.
Coulter. Third Sabbath in Augnst, D.
Kali"; to administer the Lord's Supper.
First Sabbath in September, S. Ramsey.
First Sabbath in October, E. Ogden.
North Butler! Rev. James Coulter, one
third of the-dine till the. April meeting of
Presbytery.
Probytery 'adjourned ,to _meet in Sun
bury, on the third Tuesday of October.
J. R. COULTER, Stated Clerk.
Preach Christ for Witten own sake.
The following words addressed by the late
.
John Angell James, to a body of students
leaving College, bear a striking likeness to
the, earnest utterances of our own lamented
James W. Alexander. Such words frbin
the : lips of such men should be thought
filly pondered, as furnishing the secret' of
their'own " fragrant preaching," and-large
success in winning' souls.
"Preach' Christ, and for Christ's own
sake. Exalt Christ, not yourselves. Ex
hibit Christ in, the dignity of his person,
the efficacy of his atonement, the preva
lence of his intercession, the fullnew•of his
grace, the freeness of his invitations, the
perfection of his example : in all his medi
atorisl offices and, Scriptural charactersiand
as the Alpha and 'Onie'g'ar of your whole
Yor thir esbytertan
Vet the Presbyterian Banner
ministry. Let your sermons be fragrant
with the odors of his name. Carry this
precious unguent to the pulpit, break the
alabaster-box, and let the precious perfume
fill the house in which you'' minister."
Christ has himself told you the secret of
his success, when he said, 'And I; if I be
lifted up, will draw. all men unto me.'
With this Divine loadstone magnetize your
sermons; here lies, the attraction. Preach
as in full view of all the wonders of t'al
vary, and let it be as if, while you spoke,
you felt the Saviour's grace flowing into
and , filling your Soul, and :as if at that mo
ment you were sympathizing with the
Apostle, in Ilia sublime raptures God
forbid that I, should glory, save in the
Cross of our Lord Jeans Christ.' "
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
A• Crisis in the Rouse—Palmerston Victorious and
Italy Safe—A Nonconformist Colony—Valedic
tory 'Services—A Contrast 4 ='-Restdration of Bun-
yan'a 7'Onib at Bunhill Field—The Proceedings--
Shaftsbury and Spurgeon , on Bunyan—Calvin
Memoridl - .Hall at Geneva-UnpUblishid Letter of
Newton—Southampton and Memorials of Isaac
Watts—Social Science Congress in London—
Postscript.
LONDON, June 77, ' 1862.
DlSAl , Vtrarrithrls; :sudden, and' over-'
whelminvhas , come this week, upon Dr!
Cullen, the` Irish " Brass-Bind" M. "P:'s;=
Cardinal. Wiseman, Mr. Bowyer, and,'
strange composition, on the Rt, Honorable
Benjamin D'lsraeli. Twice already in this'
session of Parliament hafF the last Men
tioned " master of - invective," attacked and,
abused the Cabinet and:the Premier. He
had moreover come out in a new line; that
of a Retrenching Financier, and with such
talk about " bloated armaments," the which`
he and his party-wire the first'te start in
1852. The unfortunate difficulty with this
clever -man is- for-any one, even those who:
cheer him loudest,, to believe him in earn
est, or any thing better than an ambitious
politician. Ido net 'charge him withac-'
tual 'corruption,
_ , but ire has latterly, in his.
eagerness for office, " paltered , in • a double
sense," with Radical Reformers of the ,ex
treme school, and Ultramontane Papists on
the - other. He seisivery clearly, that the
National expenditure-is macre very high hY
reason of the 'cost of the army and navy:
Air. Cobden has shown that the country
could bear a large expenditure, and would
do so, but for this dark prospect before the
nation, froni the war 'in America.
'But the scene in the House was ezeeed
ingly interesting. EVery benehwaserowd.:
ed, and, the galleries were full ; ; while very
many who had received orders from mem
bers, found that there was not room for
them. Mr. Stansfield, member for'llalffax,
hadd-previously intimated- his intention to
move a resolution, pledging the House to
economical expenditure—" that in the opin
ion of "this House, the riational expenditure
is' capable of reduction without- comprol
misingtthe safety, the independende; or the
legitimate influence of the couittry!! Af
ter he had concluded his.speech, Lord Pal
merston immediately rose, and in reference
to another reSolation -which had- been an-
pounced; and , of whichflYisraeli an'd' his.
backers intended to take advantage, so`as
if possible to outvote and humble the Cab
inet, he announced that he would not sub
mit to this motion, however mildly ex
presded; inasmuch as the. animus of it was
to humiliate •the' Cabinet. "We will-'not
accept, that which implies a censure," thus
making.it a question of confidence or no
confidence.
Wank waslhe' &Mar of the' opposition ;
visions . of . a DitsolutiOn of Parliament,
contested elections; -loss of seats rose up.,,
and above all others who were confounded,•
were the Tory placehunters on the one
hand, including,the Irish Whiteside, and on
the other hand,- the Popish' pthizans who
hate Palmerston for - his .intense sympathy
with Italian 'liberty.
Mr. Walpole, the medal:o'er for Cad
bridge UniVersity, who 'was-about to move
the resolution last imentioned, and who at
the same 'time was , not in the plot with IY-
Israeli, jmmediately rose and with:drew his
resolution, 'saying that he 4 - i'g net prepared
to say that he- hid - no confidence in the
Gervernment; and therefore , he went& not
take the, - responsibility of breaking up. the
Cabinet.
Lord Palmerston hiniself had a resolu
tion on the paper almost identical with Mr.
Walpole's but there' was - difference. enough
to give tharaeli a handle, and he expected
possibly, if not .to put out the Cabinet, to
make them " eat the leek," as Lord Pll
- said," by accepting another reel)
;
lotion rather tharehis own."
The effect of Palmerston's adroitness
and pluck, beggars'''description. D'lsraeli
was furious and so was Whiteside ; the
former could help saying bitter things
of Mr. Walpole -himself. , Tiliargentleman
is a man of honor and , of Christian -Thin
eiple ; neither he nor the beat -,mert.of the
Conservative aide, like -the ;lead uf
raeli. Lord Derby, , also; is; I believeVre
solved - for they Queen's sake; land possibly
has given her the promise,' not :to disturb
the Cabinet at present-. Meantime „the
.Italians; in their efforts for complete-:lib
erty, are not to be left to- What Palmerston
called the " tender mercies" of D'lsraeli, as
Yoreign Minister.
A NONOONAMMISY COLONY has• been'
fornied, and gone out, to Albert Land, New
Zealand. Its members are *inn holt Lon
don and country diatrict ; s; and are deairous
of living and laboring, together in, thefear of
God, in the colony to, which , they repair.
The Government of New Zealand offers
land at alinost aAwning' cost; and thelbli - :.
"nate is one °Mlle fitiefft in the world., A
valedictory - service was held' in Mr. Spuil
geon's Metropolitan Tabernacle, under the
Presidency of Mr:" E. Ball ; —an excellent
gentleman, a Congregationalist,A -member
of Parliatoenti•and , one 'who; moreover, 'is
a preacher of the Gospel among his tenants
and neighbors in Carabridgeshire. Ad..
dresses were delivered by a number of
tninistere . ,''Mrs 'Spurgeon, , ' and
the Rev. S. Edgar, B. A., the idnister
eledi of the colonists. List- week beiiieen
700 and 800 of the emigrants sailed' from
the 'London East India, docks, in two-ves
sels, amid demonstrations of interest" and
affection - by a large - tturnher of friends' and
spectatomand with' many iienedietions rand
farewells.. The High Church party in. the
Established Church once got up a coloni
zatibn scheme, called. 7 the "`Canterbury,"
and theY proposed tolavemone but Church
men in their new abode, Canterbury,. New
Zealand. But - alack! and-alas l the scheme
proved to be a failure. Lord Ey ttletorr and
his clerical supporters were, , ere long,scan
cialAedi by finding that : 44 schisinatical"
Nonconformists settled in thel , Goloity,i got
PITTSBURGH,'''SATURDAY;,, JULY
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up their conventiples too, began to trade,
nay would not putop , with-' any exclusive
High Church impArtinence or tyranny; and
even threatened. .they di& not actually
become ; ) a majority in the ,colony. Some
people here do nti quite approve of this
new Nonconformiti,Albert.Land• Colonize
lion Scheme. B4t I think; from what I
heard not long ROO a rural district,where
its• popularity amolig wise• and good.people
was undoubted, thit. it has been gotiup in
the secular sense wisely ; -and` that spiritually
the object it Chistian fellowship, .and a
the fear and dove; of
community .forme4in
God. Our -colonitation.• hat now- become
very extensive,, an; is •a, comfort and , a
joy, that, wherevertour people-go, theyhave
the broad-aigis of Religious - Liberty, •as
well as civil, 'over them i .and-that they ,are
not driven out of England as were the-glo-t
rious old Pilgrim fathers, (the victims of
and •Laudeforoppressi9o,who t .
4 g Sought benenth.the , fOiest Tin*:
Freedom to worship God."
THLRESTORATIOA,Or BlEgAq'S TOMBi ,
in , Bunhill .FieldsAust qopposite• , the , City
Road Wesleyan • Chapel—a ,cemetery in
which. reposes- the -dtustoof- Successive gen
erations of Noticonfoimists , --has - •excited
considerable - interest. Some time , ago; a
Committee;was formed to .raise , fundst'to do
honor- -to the memory of the. Glorious?
Drearier. They.hadAwo objects in view.:
(1) to restoreihis age-decayed tomb the-
Bunhill Fields ~ burial'.ground; (2)to,pro ,
mote- the erection-of aesuitable monument,
in some , conspicuous part of the-metropolimr.
At present the amount; raised has , only •
sufficed for .the first-named design-. Lord
Shaftsbury acted as President ,of the ~comp
any which assembled around the restored
tomb, among whom were .three members of
Parliament, Episcoial clergymen, Dr.
111'Crie,. Efigligh Col
lege, with Wesleyan; Congregational, and
Baptist ministers-. The, length , of the
tomb is about seven feet, and the height
over fourfeet. On theihp,lin s reclintog
posture - , with. book in hand, is the carved
effigy of John Bunyan in stone, with the
head resting' on a pillow---thelenatli of the
figure'being:„ five feet 'eight' inches. On the
North-side-in relief; is it S'Enrie - panel reprez
senting " Christian starting on his I pil
grimage, with,his burdeenn his back; ,and
on the South side ' Christie*" is repre
sented as in the act of reanhing:the cross,
and the burden fallizq from off' " his
shenlderS. At the East end' of the'--toixth
is the following inscription, lengraied, on a
portion of the old stone , : ,`‘,John' Bnnyan,
author of the Pilgrim's Progress,' Ol)t.
31st August, 1688, GO. ;- " After prayer
by the Ilk*. E. Garbett; (Episoopal,)"Lord
Shaftsbury - gave- a.- brief burl emphatic: ad=
dress_ The rain fallingfast, the company
adjourned to the City Bead' Wesleyan
chapel, whet; a - platform had been erected
frenfof the' 'pulpit. Letters - 'of 'sympa
thy and expressing' regret at. inability 4o
attend, .were read-from the Dean of Canter
bury,.two 4piseopal clergymen and others.
Lord Shaftshury then said that their object
was more than doing honor to the memory
of 'Bunyan-i4t - wakito testify their gratitud'e'-
to "GbdV. that hot hid atakked 'suclv;a. now/.
Adverting_ also of" rurehmoni'
and Nonconformists in this memorial, he
•
said that looking back on the past, there
was much on both Sides to forget and .to
forgive. He then - cOntinneti as folloWs":
Let them -look threndth the'peried of -Charles . '
L,—the Commonwealth, and that' disgraceful.
reign of Charles IL, on which they would fain
close the book, WI-lira:0o 'God that Might be
obliterated - forever. tße maintained, and ever
would maintain, the great and inestimable bene;
fits which Nonconformity. had bestow : aeonthis'
country,. ayei and on the ' , Church of:-England,
(Cheers.) Be, believed- Nonconformity had also
derived' great benefits from the Church of Eng
land. There .was' nothing7so , goott fointrianas
to be watched by those who looked out, not for
his merits, but for his defects. He felt
,deeply
as to the "benefits' which .wmild'now arise -`froni
the- cordial cooperation of, the great body, of the
Church of England and of the Nonconforrnitite,'
to - - a'clvtinee, , iii - this' and -ever* land, thh -, Kiiig-T
dem of our Lord find Baviour,,(applausei) set
ting forth nothing but Jesus Christ and him
crucified. Thete was 'one allusion-he'inuet Maki.
If there did• happen to be,in some remote place,
one person who uses foolish, strong ; and hisqlt
ing lanivage, Charchinenwereno Morejtistified:
-taking that , linguagetas inilicating.the spirit.;
and feeling of the whole body of Dissenters,
than would 'the Nonconfornibitebe"in regardine
the insolent,' samrdottil 'talreftheillWramonta-v ,
- Mats of the. Church of England as the et.pression•
of the Church - (Great applahsp.) Bunyan was,
however, %Wye' all' denothinatiOns, anti particn'lar•
denominations had no more-;right.to,tslaim him
than they had to claim St. Paul, his prorotype,
who kid, a Grace be Witli their-that lovecour
Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity." .(Applause.) •
To admit that Bunyan had defects, was but to
say that he was - uninspired - ; but' such
excellences, that' he 'came nearer than -any-unin
spired man to the prophets and apostles. After,
a further referenda to' the wonderful - power's:it'd'
genius which characterized that almostinsPire&
volume, "Pilgrim's Progress," •the noble earl:y
closed an eloduent peroration, contrantingßiiii- -
yon's suffering,* life with his present famm'ad
ding that his persecutors might now say, We,
fools accounted' his life madness: arid his - ered'to
be without -honor, 'Now ha's Treat-in thergenl ,
eration of the just.'" (Great applause.)
Mr. Spurgeon spoke. at length on the
the three grounds on which Bunyan was
to. be commemorated—as 'it"prekeher; se an
author,-ands las Y:v sufferer.' As a pthaehen.
he uted .plain.and , homelpSpeech which all •
loved and by which -all were attracted ;
Bimyan, moreover, was a great open-air
preacher. This statement reminds nee'" of`
my visit to ''BufiYatt'S Dell," near Hunger
ford, in 'Berlkghire, about a-yekrago-whiell
ileseribed to
iliyour' renders< ' at' "the 'tittle
, in
a place - wtner,- in times' persecution,
Bunyan used to come'front tedfdrd;and'hy
night preach" to his fleck ntider•Lthe 'Cane&
of the `star-studded - heavens. •
As terßunyau'is-O, writer, Mr. Spurgeon
pie the 'preference to "The =Holy Warp
over the" Pilgrim's Progress ;" the "hitter
being, as it were, the sketch of the . Chris
tian life; the lermer the' 'fillip g-up•rthe ,
Progress' was adapted for•b,ibei
'
in spiritual experience; the Holy War'
for full-grown men."' This opinion must
. .
surely be received cum - grim ; although' it
may be adinitted - that there are soMe
ground's, yet I. think eOhiparmon here is
scarcely Warranted:,'arid' fete` Chri's'tians Will
say that the "Pilgrfm's Progress`" does
not supply' food for ''strong men and
fathers," as' well as for " babes" ." Mi:
Spurgeon' added: "Next to these-is'-the
Heavenly FoOtinatt' As the' of
Dr. Jdhit (Yirdn' hidlitien delicribed-an
the ThelatiruS' of theolegical sd
were these' of Banyan,' theThesaurtue
metaphor. Beitdes the works already
tiabifetidied, Ballpark' hkd written sixty-6thers ; if those present would read therm
they would not, like the books of Gill' or`
OWen, try their coristitutiond, for they'
Were pleasant reading. One cause of 'this
was the simple Saxonin which' liiihyalfr
spoket-iiid -wrotel , arid - Axe -WBST a' dil*nt
reader of the .Bibletin our good old English
version."
After adverting to the sufferings of Bun
yan from imprisonment and bitter poverty,
Mr. Spurgeon -tithed his bearers to erect
rnonunientS to Bnnyan in their hearts, and
to be ills spiritual descendants, by imbibing
and cherishing the truths which he taught, ,
living in his faith and so keeping his
memory green.
Adverting incidentally to' the Noncon
formist Bioentenary, he expressed
earnest wish that the celebration had. been
in common,-Churchmen. and Dissenters
uniting to , confess their mutual. faults ) , to
"bUry the memory , of past grievinees,"
(great applauee,)'" andto - sw'eep away any
thing oppoSed , to religious liberty. Some
few-,things that yet remained would,he be
lieved, have been yielded , by. Churchmen,
if they'had been asked in the right way."
The — Rev. W. B Mackenzie, of St.
fifes','lo4eWay,'one - of .. the reirt'impresL
siie and ;able .of 'the Puritan Episcopal
clergy- the metropolis, expressed -his
thorough concurrence with what Mr. Spur
geon' had said, and 'referring;o Bunyan;
said that' he - folind, he never "could gia'sci
directly home to the heartrotinquirets , 'as
when he' could bring before ,them. , eoine
charaeter = thatbook. He remarked on'
the .fact; that they were 'now- assembled in
the principal chapel of the venerablejoha
Wes ley, , wh o differed. indeed. from- Bunyan
on some points, but both were mighty in- ,
strtiments in arousing men from , death in
81N-end promoting,: that revival of which
we are now reapinge the• fruit., Mr. E.
Baines „M. F., contrasted the-presenteeene
of different • -denominations met , ' tOgether,
for sudh a - purpose, with the` state of things
in the -days .of Bunyan. The! Rev. Dr:
M'Crie, who - -represented , st once: the Eng
lish, Presbyterians and the, Free Church, of
;Scotland, bore testimony thatinu name was:
held greater: repute in t:Seotlanclo than,
, that :of, the fEngliShmany, John Bunyan.,
" Wherever , there is' a cottage; in which
there , are cbut two books, they)a.re , sure-to be
the Bible - and the Pilgrims Progress."
A'CALVth - MtivICIRIAIA - HILL at=Geneva,
isinow'abont to be ereCted. The Hon. A.
Kinnaird, M.-Pl,- taking advantage •of tt , e
presence of DE.' Merle D'Annigne and other
distinguished foreignpastors in London, in- ,
vited a comPany'cif friendstO his residence,
in` order to. reCeive information' in' regard' to
a proposal:for celebratingthe Tricentenary
of, the - great ;Swiss Reformer, 'by' erecting a
memorial hall in the 'City to `which' his la:
hers give hiStorio celebrity. Dr: D'Au
bigne,;- the BiShop
,of Sidney,' Rev. ';
Brooke-Rev. Dr. MTH°, and the Rev. C.
H. Spurgeon, spoke in hearty commenda::
tion of the object: Mr. Thurldw'Weed
(from the United States,) said that'she
should cordially' eon:intend the Scheme to
his ceuntrymen, and believed' that they'
would heartily respond . Kirmaird,
h'oped.qhitt-the contribtitions of the United
Kingdom would"amorint to 410,000. Cer
tainly there' ought to'be effort` to secure
the ' object' in view. In Geneva itself, the
Hall walla° usefulfor religions and revival
purposeti. From What saw,,„ at Geneva,
the memory. of: Calvin may be 'said' .to be
preciOus'''all over Europe' among Evangeli.:
cal men, and. Wealeya,ns as well as Calvin ;
ists are ready to-act:ow the 'English Provi
sional-' Committee: 'The inlinenee- of that
Preatniari on the English' Reformation was
-...markable, and.-numbers' of clergynien in
the Chureb of England do now' profoundly
esteem his writings and profit by them.
dii thegreat Presbyterian family, eapecially,
the-memory of 'Celli re' has peculiar claiins:
As' I haVe 'been led to deal - with remi
niscences' very much' in this letteri let - me
now tuipplenient iny-ettracts froin unpub
lished- lettera '• of' John Netitbn; Which;
wherrlately visitin g -Gloucestershire; I had
placed in my hands ' by a very 'ageti;yet still'
mentally vigorous , lady; who - was the grand
daughter Of the; Rev. Joshua Synimons;
thiPaquiSter of Bedford Old Meeting, (where
Bunyan was pastor.) The place is now
ealied " Bitnyin's 'Meeting." The follow
ing is an extract "front Newedn's curres-
poneteuee with Synitiona, additionczko that
furnisliek -in' My ;hit. He writes ;thus of
the desPondeuey- 'produced in Christian.
Minds; (as" expressed by -Syniinons,) in
reeding the biographieWof eininent Chris
tians 'l4 If the of the--two Henry's`
ander tither good Men. were Written by in
spire/di:lien; yon would not be-so much dis
couraged at reading them. Depond upon
it, they- Savras much tnbe ashamed
or thethaelves atrwe do. TO us tieek appear
in their best clothes, and. we are told much
more *fiat-the Lord.*rotight forthem, than
orthe effects ofind*elling Sin under *hich
they groaned. If 1- should- ouilive you;
and -IBlollld haVe, td *rite the life of
the Rev. Joshua Symmons, I shouldperz
hapS find *ore' te sty' in your fiver than
you are aware of; atidif pu'itoad have
the dai-kcr side' knolen, 'as well 'as ' the
biighter, - yowntnit'ibrite it yotirseV."
The following is on misunderstandings
and nininal! charity, in connexion with
guestionsi-of `faith- and' assuranceam
glad Mr - amongst you
There are seine points' On which we'must
exercise mutual forbearande: I 'hafe beard
hini speak Sornetinies- as if he considered
assurance to pertain to the esselice of'faith.
Yet `I 'do not think -that he wouldwillingly
discourage a'weakbeliever. He ie a-frank,
honest-man, and' I am-persuaded - that he
would not ' have 'been offended if you hid
hinted - to him any-thing in whiCh you
seethed' te differ';- and- Perhaps,. were he to
explain himself, the difference *ould not
appear to be 'great." Then, as to the death
of infants, he says : " I hope You are both
reconciled - to the-death-of-your child. In
deed, I cannottfliv sorry - for the death of
infants." I here parenthetically interpose
'Word;`•atie that - John' Newton - was
childless-he never- knew whit' it was to
lose.aniinfant.ehild-,-how the -heart of the
parent in wrung—howsweet.and how 'need
ful is sympathy,• both Divine and human.
Bid consolation is suggested by Newton to
bereaved parents' thus : "Mow manysterme
do these infants escape Nor cand doubt,
inany privatdjudgment; that•they are inclur
ded in the,election of graee." , And then, he
gives, not his " private judgment,", but a
modified "" perhaps," which binds neithe,r
yen nor Myself' to subinit to if, as"the -.dic
tum of an Infallible Popo. The: context
: seems; clearly. to indicate that the passage
refers not to . infanta,"but to adults; and
especially to perseente4 opes : "-Perhaps,"
writes the amiable Newton, "those : who die
in infancy are the exceeding great multitude
of all people nations ,and languages inen
tioned in Revelations, - viii ch." .
When I wall favored,with the sight of comb
:of Newton's letters, I also-was,allowee
jook*into*some , original Philip
WHOLE NO: 510.
Doddridge--addressed, like those , of New-,
ton, to her grandfather. I hope they will
be published some day—they arntoo pre
cious to be lost,. This lady, Mrs. Emery,
had a'young lady, a grand-daughter, staying
with her, a native of Cincinnati e on the
day, when ,I ..bad the, pleasure of visiting.
her, in her, pleasant abode amid the lovely
suburbs of Stroud, in dri t inidesteighire;
a
When one meets with suclii . "linediute be- .
tween. the present and past. he Could linger ,
long to hear her reminiscences, and the,
traditions of family life in connexion, with
the departed gond: and great. But inex-,
orable engageraente'frequentli'eall na else
,wheie,lb'aktitre servicein thelever-urgenti
present.
One or two other, memorials I may here,
mention, and' these, in connexion with a
recent visit to Southampton. Here, in the
public Park, is a statue erected in honor of
Isaac Watts; a mative-bf 'the: town---*-a very
,pleasing monument; With .euggestivn repre- ,
sentations' rdief of,Watts' character. as
a philosopher ' ,
an astronomer, a Divine, and
above all as tite hymn writer 'for' children.
_T.sord Shaftebury inaugurated'statue'
some , twelvnmonth6 ago, or upwards. But
what, to me, was still more interestingovas
•an authentic oil painting of ,Isaac Watts in
the vigor, of his days, with gown ' cossack
and bands, and'the flowing wig' of the' ast,
century: The' Thee is really beautiful—
meek; -loving, and. suggesting the counte- ,
name° of an• angel, id its radiant gladness,
combined with repose.. This picture was
discovered by accident, and is placed in lithe.
vestry of' the Congregation , Chapel above
.Bar, Senthairipton;:and eduld , be , easilySeeni
by any oflYour travelling:friends, by appli
cation to .the Chapel 7 keeper, or the, Rev.
'Thomas Adkins, the minister.
, THE SOCIAVIA_ SCIENCE CONGRESS . is, now,
holdinc , its meeting in London, and is, at
tended. in
by many mxiinent savans phil'an
thr?pists, and literary men, both home end'
foreign. ; Lord 'Brougham, as ' President,
delivered an inaugural =address in Exeter:
RA ; a oligions, service, having. been pre
viously held in Westminster. Abbey, where.
Di. Hooke - preached an appropriate dis
course. The different sections meet day
bytday atsGuildhall, in the city, and highly .
important 'papers are , read, followed by dis
cussion, on Jurisprudence, Education, l!re
vention and Punishment, as well as
,the
Beforination of Criminals, and the °wies
of °vibe.; -Social Economy, including the.
Condition of:: the Working- Misses ; The
'Employment of Women; Charity, and. R
elief of the. Poor; Taxation, and Life Assu
rance; Tiede, and International Lew. List
night;at' Burlington Honse, Piccadilly,
there *SS a discussion-among the members',
about belligerent rights. . Mr; Gamier
Pages—formerly a member oftbe - French w
Provisional Government in I A --spoke of
the inevitable. consequences 'A ar,-iefer
ring 'specially "to America, pointing ont
how " slavery weighed' on the peZ)ple and
led! to the preSent , WEir." The , PreSident of
the Section, Mr. Travers TwiSsori eminent
jurist, gave' a history of the origin of pri
vateering, and , said i that "its 'abolition'
Wbuld he a' vaSt steVin•the way =of human
ity'and'eivilization;' Theimecting seented"
to te 'unanimous in , favor of the abolitionlof
the systenv ' J.W.
P. S.—Mr. Heath, a clergyman in tlae
Diocese of Winchester. who had been, con-,
deemed by Dr. Lushington for heretical
teaching, hiving, appealed to the' Xadicial
Committee of the Privy Council, is now
finally deprived of his ; Living. Mr. ~heath
holds fast his here,sy, sayingr yesterday, I.
have nothing to revoke, my Lords."
YesterdaY was - the anniversary of tlie.
death of Count Cavour. '
Anxiety exists as to American, news in,
reference to the probability of two momen
.
tons battles—at, Richmond , and Corinth.
The Viceroy of Egypt, (now in London,)
has granted spacious premisenin Caiio, to
the AmeriCan missionaries.
„titiiit,i* iii;, .Ilii,-,:...rjitpAt...
Some men are not' plain, fro ignorance
and indolence. It is much easier to be un
intelligible than intelligible. "Ali,' my,
brethren," said Archbishop, IJsher, " how
lanai learning', it :takes. to , make things
plain." And we .may ,add, labor, too.
Some are riot , plain from prideluf learning.
Some are not plain, from a desire to tickle
the' fancy and"excite' the imagination': And
so they coireta." skyrockebrilliancy," and
delight in rainbows; and meteors, and earth
quakes, and water-falls, and blooming, trel
lises, and Showers of 'gem!, and torrents of
Are, and " trooping seraphim, " and the
"silver chiming of the ;sp'he'res;" and the'
"weltering,chaos of demolishedr,werdag?
Someare not plaid from. a talse, taste a.nd,a
faulty training. They think when they
thiteithe . pnlpit they must'be mounted on
stilts; And so they gi.ie theniseivcs laborP
°Ugly to 'seeking - out " great swelling
and' 4'iiristinetiligi erinibrOus
tences ; and hencebeceme puffY,pompons;
bombastic. If there is any nourishment
their productions, it' is - so absorbed 'in
sponge and fungus' as to' be indigesiible.
And. some are not plain fibin a fondness' for
the - abstruse. ' From ineli'nation or 'habit,
they 'have come' to' deal much' in - what' is
hidden, and remote,' and difficult to Ibe
comprehended; and to present - things in a
blind, 'circuitous Manner. Possibly they,
would like to be called ".Ihtellectuar
preachers; writers, of " great(' , sermons;
men.of a " logical grasp ",,of mind. Hence
their sermons are to a great extent meta
.
physical' disquisitions; -efforts
to sever and divide
A- hair 'twist-North and NOrthLWest sid'e
Conimon truths are tortured ititccobseure
propositions, , aud plaih tormd , are•escheWed
for; those-that are professional. The'mind
is entertainedwith the difference between
the "immanent" and "eminent" volitionS;
the " relatiOnd of the infinite 8:n(1:the im
possible;" and the' like.' sentences
bristlei•with :scholastic technicaliiies, and
you are , ... compelled t& hear of ," Divine
causation;" and the ".self-determining,ppwi
er of the will," and the " ohjeetive:,, and
lc subjective," 'the " governmental "'view 'of
the atonement, 'and- of " supiklapsa'ritor"
and. " siblapsaritte? , theories; asK,l if. the
Production were l an essay :fore. i the class,
room, rather than, a sermon, fo r
What folly all this! o,Ritik. drd not
'progeli in this manner: 114 , kne the Pahl
''est. preacher in.-the-whild:'• 'Nor' did the
'Apostles, Who used " words easytto be -un,
•derstood," and avoidechthings which " min
ister questions rather tha,n godlyedifying."
Nor did . the earnest men, of God in any
time . . Ask Luther howhe Preaohed.--:--whose
voidaver6 oltidetbittges"—Etiidgft *ilia ll
.yon' it was-riaironlWayito:suitetite ollearent
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ed men and magistrates," of whom he had
many as hearers, but for " the poor, the
women and ohildrep. and servants," of
whom he, had many more. See how the
staunchest of the old. Puritan divines of
the 17th century preached, and it will be
found that it was in the homely dialect of
the common working people. One may
read pages, and findscareely scarcelya word of more
than tin syllables. Learn - hOWitthe . foun
ders of Methodism preached, by Wesley's
direction; .':use the most common, little,
easy, words in, the :language:7 It is a rule
that may ; be everywhere observed, that
whatever God makes is simple, plain, ele
mentary. Man only complicates and
scares. The nearer-we reduce things to a
naked simplicity, the nearer we approach
perfection. And the list place.for:oonipli
cation and obscurity is in the pulpit.
• "1 Leek divine simplicity in him
- Wholhandles things divine."
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• A. , man whotcannot make,things plain, is
not qualified to.fill „giro of
let the preacher think out his subject so
thoroughly that liirideig shill' lie clear and
distinct, like crystals. in his - own. mirid ; and
then let him,-remember that "a straight
line is the shortest distance between two
points," and speak accordingly. What
right has he to use an involved and tortu
ous manner When declaring tbe great things
of God— { .'darkening'counsel by words
without-knowledge ?" What right has be
to , come before plain people in the straight
jacket of professional dignity, and talk of
" volition ingteild - of will, " intellectual
processes"' instead of thinking, and"" mor
al obligation instead-of duty, and the like,
as if the, very use of language were, as
Talleyrand suggests ; "to conceal one's
thoughts?" What right has he to give his
hearers the' hard stone 'of metaphysics,
'when they.are= dying for the bread of
heaven.? What right -hasle to bring for
ward, profound , disquisitions and curious
speculations, when the command is, "preach
the preaching that. I bid thee ?" And
what right has he to - hide that Christ whom
he .is to Make known ,•amid flowers of rhet
oric, as Verelst r in, his portrait. of JAmes IL,
virtually bid bis majesty in profusion of
sunflowers and ,tulips ? When the late
young preacher, haskine tlesres, was dying,
'he said, " I wish to live to preach the Gos
pel more 'simply! Flow many at , death's
,door •have felt , as he felt l—Dr. H C.
Fish's Sermon before the Madison Univer
sity 'Society of inquiry.
looking Unto Jesus
An old, writer has.very justly and ford
,
bly remarked, " As it wilt raise our en
deavor high. to look on the highest pattern,
so it will'lay our thoughts low concerning
ourselves. Men compare themselies with
men, and readily with the worst, and flatter
themselves With 'that comparative better
nessz Thisis not the way to see' our spots,
to look into the muddy streams of profane
men's lives; but look into the clear foun
tain of the. Word, and then we may both
discern and wash them."
" Looking unto Jesus " should be indeed
the Christian's motto. In him he sees the
,only Authoritative standard of devotion;
in his- life, the only full practical interpre
tation of the rule , of duty. To look at
him abashes Spiritual pride, and induces.
,the humblest estimate of self. In looking
at him, we feel the majesty of goodness,
`and the lustre of his excellence quenches'
our rush-lightnf earth as the sun puts out
the stars; so that we cannot even discern
how one star differeth• from another star in
lory.
The true Christian aim , is not to outshine
others, to eolipse their hrightness, but. to
shine in
_the light of Jesus. Shall the
sand grains vie with one another, when all
.their brightness is but the
,refl.ection of the
sun ? Shall mea , be content to climb
!higher platforms. than ethers, when, With
eagle, :wings; they should soar ,abovei the
earth itself.? A sense of present hnper
fection is'a , better spur to effort than the
prOud - feeling of comtiarative siperiority.
Only as the light of J,esreywe see- how
deficientrive are, ,shall e, be impelled to
seek larger :measures: of, grace, and make
higher attainments in, holiness.—Maine
Evangelist. .
;" Ye Shill Ritipt"
Think of this; -you` that are well-nigh
weary .of well-doing- you, hat stand alone
.in asedless household, and who sometimes
,grow disheartened amidst• the coldness, and
the opposition, and 'the jeering t ; you, who
have`enlisted Mader 'Christ'a 'banner, but
'who, if you .have not , actually forsaken
house ancl'lands , for his sake, have , at least.
.felt constrained to. let pass many a golden ,
opportunity; you who have been for years
watching for a scull, 'if hapl3r you might
:win' it, and ,* he still" See it as Tar' front* the
kingdonras.ever; . you who have , longibeew
contending .with,a-,wickedtemper or. an. un-.
holy ,p i assion, , and who , • dare not , sac,that
yOu ,;have gained any sensible, advantage
over it-0 - be -- not - weary I Think of 'the
;joy of-harvest: Think'of the day When:YOU
`shall• rest' from your labors, -andthese workg
shall follow .you. Think of the da,y4the
.
humbling, affecting, overwhelming d4y-f,,,-
when the Cup of cold water will' reappear
as' an ingredient' in the everlasting glory.
Be. not -weary in 'well-doing; for hi 'dile sea--
son- you -shall. reap if you faint net,-
Led , to Christ ,by an' Oil
The Spirit of God can make use of any
agency, to bring sinners , to repentance , and
faith in the Redeemer. Commenting once
upon the wordi, " The ox knoweth his own
er, and the eashis maker's crib; but Israel
doth not know' -nip people doth not ccnisid
en," the speaker ,:sought to impress on his
hearers hqw , strangely guilty the , human
heart is, ip.despising, the goodness of God,
and forgetting his very existence. Three
or four days after, a farmer who hietheen
preient was giving-provender tO his - cattle,
when ; one. of- his oxen, _evideatly grateful
for his .pare, fell to licking-his bare arm.
Instantly, with, this ,simple incident the
Holy Spirit' flashed - conviction on the farm
er's inin d. He' heist' into teal* and ex . -
claimed, "Yes; it la all true. • HOW 'welt
derful, is GNPs. Word.l - This poor dunib
bruteis xeally ! more grateful to` me than I
am to God and yet I am in debt,to him
for 'everything. What 'a sinner lam r
Thelessiiii had found ita wAY to ilieheattl.,
and wrought :there leffeotually toulettd hint
tp Christ.4,:illessenger.
Romp, England: , The
Roman Patholies nosy, possess in Gre ßk t
Aritnin ' Tog, priesio, 1,019 chapels,
182'nunniiiitic cot.
leges.
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