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Ton Young Friend in 111 Health.
The fairest flowers must fade away,
The grass must withering lie ;
The beauteous dew-drops, bright and gay,
In Summer's sunshine die.
The forest trees, by nature clad
In loveliest robe of green,
How soon, alas, their beauties fade,
And withered leaves are seen !
Yes, all must fade! The grass beneath
The mower's hand must lie ;
The leaves must fall, and blooming youth
Is doomed to fade or die.
The roses leave the blooming oheek,
Disease is wasting there ;
The pallid features seem to speak—
should for death prepare,"
Dear friend, the kindly warning take,
Prepare to meet thy God!
Your sins and follies all forsake—
Bow at his chastening rod.
Your moments soon may numbered be,
And you be called to go
And spend a long eternity •
In happiness—or woe !
But if the Saviour be your friend,
Although your flesh decay,
You 'll joys possess that have no end,
And cannot pass away.
And as the fields and forests bloom
In Spring, with fresh array,
So shall your flesh rise from the tomb,
And live in endless day.
0 then to Jesus quickly come,
And at his feet sit down ;
He 'll bring you to his heavenly home,
And to a glorious crown.
TEE SABBLTIt IN TILE ARMY AND NM.
We cheerfully give place to the following
excellent address of the Sabbath Commit
tee, New-York. The Sabbath is the Lord's
day. He has put his name upon it. It is
a day of rest, which the physical frame of
man needs. It is a day of worship; a day
to acquire knowledge in the things of God;
a day to hear what God has to say to us ; a
day for the confession of sin, for prayer
and praise. The Army needs a Sabbath.
The Navy needs a Sabbath. The Govern
ment needs a Sabbath. The whole people
need a Sabbath. They need the rest, tho
instruction, the religious culture, the bless
ing. And those who honor God, he will
honor.
The friends of the Sabbath held succes
sive public meetings at Saratoga Springs,
August 17th, 18th, and 19th, 1862, Hon.
MyraEn BRADISII and DAVID HOADLEY,
Esq., presiding. They were numerously
attended by gentlemen from various parts
of the country. In accordance with the
request that this Committee would " com
municate the proceedings of this meeting
to our National and State authorities, civil
and military ) and take such further action
as may tend to the preservation of the
Christian Sabbath from needless profana
tion in the time of war," the Committee
respectfully submit the following sugges
tions :
The profound interest in the morals of
the army and navy, and theogratitude felt
for every indication of official care in this
behalf, have their foundation in the fact
that the bulk of the million of men in
arms are the sons and brothers of the Sab
bath-keeping population of the loyal States,
who have left their homes amidst prayers
and tears, and incurred the hazards and
temptations of the camp. Their personal
dangers are little considered by millions, of
throbbing hearts at home, compared with
their moral perils. Christian patriotism
does not shrink from laying the bodies of
its sons on the altar of country : their
souls it would only lay on the.altar of God.
Now, the conviction is as universal as the
prevalence of practical Christian morality,
that the habit of Sabbath observance can
not be lost without imperilling the personal
virtues of which it is the established index
and support. Wantonly desecrated Sab
baths, then, import little less to the home
circles represented in the army thaii the
demoralization and ruin of the carefully
trained youth swelling its ranks. It would
seem that every motive of honor, safety
and duty should impel the Government and
its military authorities to respect this sa
cred feeling and to avoid a policy threaten
ing such disastrous results.
In attempting to interpret and give ex
pression to the Christian sentiment of the
country, the Committee do not deem it
needful to insist on undue strictness of
Sabbath observance in the army. Ample
discretion may be accorded to military
commanders without complaint on the part
of citizens and soldiers, where the palpable
aim and settled policy are manifest to se
cure the rights of a brave soldiery, to
respect the convictions of good Citizens,
and to defer to the authority of the Great
Lawgiver. It, is simply claimed that the
of rest and worship to which our
-soldiers have been accustomed at
shall. not be thoughtlessly or need
interrupted by camp, fatigue or field
; and that, under all ordinary eir
trices, military plans and orders shall
size the Sabbath as a blank—a dies
in War, as it is in Law.
au illustration of the principle for
we plead, the Committee gratefully
,o the memorable General Orders of
General M'CLEL.LAN (September 6,
) and, Commodore FOOTE (December
, 61), which were hailed with joy by the
e and sailors, as they were by the peo
the entire country. They embody the
unday regime for the army and navy,
le motives for adopting it. The rule
s: the suspension of all work; the
Lace of all unnecessary movements;
,ante on Divine worship, and the
Alen by officers and men of the ut
decorum and quiet—unless an 'attack
the enemy or some other extreme mili
,eoessity shall compel the contrary.
motives presented in these Orders
the necessity of one day's rest in seven
ten and animals; the fact that "
to be permanent, must. be based on
grounds ;" the recognition of " our
,d duty to observe the holy day of the
of Mercy and of Battles," and the
deuce of the army "on the benign
of, the Creator while fighting in a
cause."
VOL. XL NO. 3.
The promulgation of the General Orders
may be regarded, perhaps, as the most
notable moral incident of this stupendous
conflict. Through all the gloom, appre
hension and disaster of the past twelve
month, what Christian patriot has not
gathered inspiration and hope from the
fact that the loyal cause had been measur
ably redeemed from association with license
and disorder, and committed to the only
career consistent with national self-respect,
safety or ultimate success. It is a note
worthy fact, that, amidst the tempest of de
traction which has raged in military and
political skies, and notwithstanding the
unscrupulous hostility to the Sabbath of
certain interested classes, not a lisp has
been heard in reprobation of these Sunday
Orders, or against the officers issuing them,
on that ground. On the other hand, the
testimony is abundant that the officers of
the army and navy who have thus sought,
to protect the rights and preserve the mor
als of the men under their command, have
won for themselves that enthusiastic love
their followers • which gives the surest
presage of victory to their arms.
In the light of facts like these, is it too
much to claim that the views embodied in
the General Orders referred to are to be
accepted as the expression of the National
sentiment respecting the Sabbath in the
Army and Navy ? And should not this
sentiment take the form of law, or find ut
terance in the permanent Regulations of
the Military and Naval service ? May not
the enlistment of 600,000 new recruits
furnish a fit occasion for incorporating in
the Articles of' War, or in some suitable
General Order of the General or Comman
der-in-Chief, the vital principles enuncia
ted in subordinate relations ? Those prin
ciples, certainly, have no mere temporary
or local scope. They lie at the basis 'of
military discipline. They are suited to
counterpoise the tendencies of' camp-life to
immorality and irreligion. They shield
the Christian soldier's conscience from
violence, and his physical energies from
wanton waste. They accord with universal
religious convictions. They become the
Government of a great Christian nation in
its conflict with a gigantic rebellion. They
would inspire confidence among Christian
patriots that the costly offering of their
sons will not involve the sacrifice of all
that makes them dear; and that the sur
vivors of the conflict will not return to
desolate by their godlessness the country
saved by their valor. And they recognize
that relation of dependence on the Divine
Arm which the nation has been taught
with awful imressiveness, but to which pub
lic expression has been too infrequently and
inadequately given.
The soldiers and sailors who fight the
battles of a Christian people should not
trample on the laws of nature and of God.
The Divine Arbiter of our national strug
gle is not to be propitiated by contempt for
his name and day. Our conviction needs
to be that of the ancient king whose vic
torious reign of forty years was crowned
with honor and might: "Thine, 0 Lord,
is the greatness, and the power, and the
glory, and the victory, and the majesty;
thine is the kingdom, 0 Lord, and thou
art exalted above all : in thine hand is
power and might, and in thine hand it
is to make great, and to give strength unto
all." Our battle-cry should be that of the
devout Ruler who led 580,000 men to com
plete victory over a million foes in the
plains of Zephatha: " Lord, it is nothing
with thee to help, whether with many, or
with them that have no power : help us, 0
Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and
in thy name we go against this multitude."t
We must not forget that " There is no
wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel,
against the Lord. The horse is prepared
against the day of battle; but victory is
of the Lord." The voice of WASHINGTON
thus echoed such utterances of Revelation
to the Army of the Revolution, and now to
the Army of :Restoration : " re can have
little hope of the blessing of Heaven on our
arms, if we insult it by our impiety and
folly."
MARY
Henry. J. Baker, E. L. Beadle, M.D.,
Nathan Bishop, Wm. A. Booth, Robert
Carter, Thomas C. Doremus, John Elliott,
Fred. G. Foster, David Hoadley, John E.
Parsons, Gustav Schwab, Wm. A. Smith,
Otis D. Swan, Wm. Truslow, W. F. Van
Wagenen, Wm—Walker, F. S. Winston, 0.
E. Wood—Sabbath Committee.
JAMES W. BEEKMAN, Rec. Sec',y.
RUSSELL S. COOK, Cor,
J. M. MORRISON, (President of Manbat
tan Bank,) Treasurer.
Office of the Sabbath Committee,
No. 21, Bible House, New-York,
September 22, 1862. j
*l. Chron. xxix : 11, 12. t 2. Chron. xiv :11
The aged get many words of admonition
and comfort from the press and the pulpit,
the young much friendly advice, while the
middle-aged too often seem to be considered
either, as completely fitted for life, or past.
reprieve. Only those who are willing to
practice the drudgery of correcting them
selves, of improving their charaters and
adding to their virtues, are really valuable;
one that would be useful must be willing,
if necessary, to alter manners, or education,
or any thing that in them is found defi
cient; or a hindrance to the accomplish
ment of this purpose.
A host among God's people, numerous
enough 44 to put to flight the armies of the
aliens," now lie idle because in their youth
they were not fitted for their work. Why
not make amends for these wasted hours by
a diligent use of the leisure we may at
present possess. Perhaps we would, organ
ize a Sunday School or prayer-meeting,
distribute tracts, or assist in the singing;
but we feel entirely incompetent. We
would like, in our social intercourse, to say
a word for Jesus, but feel that by our awk
wardness we would only disgrace the cause.
How many middle-aged persons are at
this time engaged in the study of the mod
ern languages and the fine arts, only for
display; in youth they considered them
valueless, or it may have been out of their,
power to pursue them. If we love the
cause of our Redeemer as its importance
demands, we will not be less diligent or
ingenious in our endeavors to throw all our
gifts and energies into his services. What
ever weapon may be found wanting to com
bat sin in the world, we will not hopelessly
mourn the want of, but.possess ourselves of,
if possible. God will be true to his prom
ise, and confer on us wisdom, if we only
desire it to employin his service. He will
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PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, OCT OBER 4, 1862.
enable us to correct our bad habits—to
make the most of the talents entrusted to
us—to be perfect and thoroughly furnished
unto all good works.
How ennui would,be driven from us, if
we were persistently engaged in fitting
ourselves E,r greater usefulness in life, and
our souls for higher enjoyment, both in
this world and the next. In the words of
another, many who now live because they
do not happen to die, would live because
the world could not spare them.
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE
Garibaldi's Defeat and Capture—What is to be
done with him ? The Empress—Commercial
Treaties in their Successive Developments— : The
New Treaty. with Belgium—Free Trade The
ones, and a Political Hillennium,—Protection
Tariffs and Stern Necessities—The Weather, Har
vest, and Trade=—The Prince of Wales " Gone a
Courting"— His _Aware Bride—Scandinavian
Blood—AL Guizot and his Reminiscences of Eng
lish Society—His Portraiture of the English Peo
ple—Reticence and Frankness,--Religion Modifies
National Character—Sunday School Convention
—American Delegates—Reports from Switzerland,
France, and Italy--Qualifications and Conversion
of Teachers—lreland and Scotland—Meetings at
the Mansion House and Ezeter Hall.
LONDON, Sept. 6, 1862.
GARIBALDI defeated, captured, wound
ed !"—such was the telegraphic news flashed
over all Europe, a few days ago. Pre
vious-to this great, necessary, and desirable,
yet painful and affecting issue, the pro-
Papal party all over Europe were filled
with high hopes, sometimes alternating
with fears. Austria held her dogs of war
tight in hand—increasing them by 40,000
—ready to cry "havoc" and overrun Lom
bardy and other provinces of Italy, if there
was any collusion between Victor Emman
uel and Garibaldi—and that the moment
the latter would cross the frontiers, rouse
the Neapolitans, and begin his march on
Rome. The clerical party everywhere
were in high hopes that the Italian, king
dom would be overrun, the Pontifical States
restored, and the King of Naples ran
throned, and all from Garibaldi's outbreak.
At Paris, the Emperor may have specu
lated on the probability of a permanently
divided Italy—which, it is feared, he still
desires. Ou the other hand, the Mazzinian
party thought -that with the united cries,
" Victor Emmanuel and Garibaldi," "Rome
-r Death," they would secure the grand
object for which they had hitherto con
spired and plotted in vain. Garibaldi
succeeded in crossing to Calabria, and yet
on the main land he was not able to ad
vance, so resolute was the Court of Turin
to arrest a progress which would almost in
fallibly have been ruinous to the nascent
liberties of Italy at large. Garibaldi has
failed, and been captured. It is well. But
yet how melancholy that such a man should
be now like a lion in the toils, when he was
fighting sincerely for what all true friends
of liberty and Protestantism desire ! What
is to be done with him ? The Times says :
" There is one very short and easy way of
settling it, which would answer all the
purposes of the Italian Government ; that
Garibaldi should pledge himself to- his old
comrade and friend, on his parole, to leave
Europe lot: an indefinite term. Me is al
most as much at home at Monte Video, as
he is in Italy, and a few years absence
would efface the recollection of an extrav
agant and infatuated act, and leave on the
minds of his countrymen only the memory
of his " transeendant services." But once
place a man before the bar of his country,
arraign him as a traitor, and sentence him
as a criminal, and the stamp remains upon
him. Others never forget it, and he never
forgets. But who would wish such a
stamp to be fixed upon the heroic founder
of the Italian unity !"
It is clear that no. Government dare
outrage the opinion of the Liberal Europe,
by punishing Garibaldi. The real criminal
is the Emperor of the French. lle is no
longer, says the Daily News the inscruta
ble Sphinx, but the Undecided Man. Cun
ning as he is, he may be yet caught in his
own snare. The Empress is and has been
a devotee ?nischief-malcer. A new paper,
La France, is her organ, and declares that
Rome is not necessary as - a capital for Italy.
The Empress fears that if French troops
are withdrawn, judicial wrath will fall on
her son I
COMMERCIAL TREATIES are now being
ratified wide and far over Europe, and all
in the Free Trade sense. Although pro
tective duties, or rather duties for the sake
of revenue, are not entirely abolished, yet
the great design is to develop trade and
international intercourse,.and so imutually
to enrielvand benefit the respective coun
tries. There have been three stages in the
history of Treaties of Commerce and Navi
gation. The first was—as denounced and
exposed by Adam Smith—to secure to the
contracting parties a double monopoly,
each stipulating • for -the exclusion .of all
competitors from each other's 'market in
favor of some articles of his own produc
tion. The second kind was that in which
each contracting party agreed to re
duce or take off duties on the produce
of tbe, other, in consideration of similar
reduction or abolition of duty, on his
own. The third kind—illustrated by our
recent Treaty with France—is one in which
each contracting party agreed to reduce or
take off duties on the produce of the other,
in consideration of similar reduction or
abolition of duty on his own. The fourth.
kind is that which has just been brought
out in the light of fact and history. We
have just concluded a Treaty of Commerce
and Navigation with Belgium, which is en
tirely distinct in its previsions from the
three kinds described. Except incidentally,
and by way of slight and temporary ex
ception to its general principle, this ques
tion does not deal with the matter of
tariffs; leaving them, as Free Traders have
always advocated, to be dealt with by each'
Government with reference to the Ways
and Means of the year, instead of being
made matters of contract, "so that it may
become almost necessary," as a public wri
ter says, " to go 'to war with another State
in order to levy the taxes necessary for the
support of the Government, but prohibited
by Treaty regulations."
Thus it is provided that the subjects of
each country shall have the same trading
and navigation rights, that they shall man
age their affairs without interference of
agents or brokers, and that in deciding'
what is a British and Belgian vessel, the
criterion shall be what is British and what
is Belgian according to the British and
Belgian law. The dues on trading vessels
shall, give no advantage to native above
foreign ships, and each country admits the
other to its coasting trade. Property, in
trade marks;;patterns;'ote:modelS , in • m'anu
factures of the one country, shall be rec
ognized in the other. " The sole criterion
shall be the interest of the consumers."
The principle is . exceedingly simple—in
matters of buying and selling, equality be
tween man and man. There is no doubt
but that this is the ultimate goal and des
tiny of national intercourse. there will be
in the " golden age" that surely is coming
—when Astrea redux shall inaugurate
" the good time coming." But meanwhile
present urgencies, such as those imposed on
Canada by its comparative poverty; and on
the United States by the calamity of civil
war, as well as the natural desire to shelter
for a time, in order to develop native man
ufactures postpone that commercial pe
riod. Well : after war comes peace; after
black night, and "the darkest hour before
the dawn," comes morning. God grant
that it may soon come to America!
THE WEATHER has been fine for some
time, and the prospects of harvest abun
dance have much improved. Nevertheless
the cereal crops are under the average.
Corn and flour rule tlow in the market.
There are large arrivals from Americaotnd
still larger are on, their way. The potato
crop is better, by 40 or 50 per cent., than
last year. General trade is good. But
the Lancashire operatives are in a sad case,
present and prospective.
THE PRINCE OF WALES leaves England
this day, on an important errand. He
goes to Brussels, there at the - Court of
King Leopold to meet the future. Queen of
England. This young lady is the, eldest
daughter of the heir-expectant of the
throne of Denmark. She beloitigs "to a
race which was all but English, and con
tributing the noblest qualities to our own
nature." It is emplia,tically true that we
owe much to the Scandinavian intermix
ture. The blood of the "Sea Kings" of
the olden time, who once swept in irresist
ible might around the British Isles, against
whom Ireland raised her " Baths," (earthen
forts,) and England, too—as not long since
I saw at Weymouth, in . Dorsethshire—their
blood still tingles in the veins of the bold
seamen who man your navy and our own,
and adds 'fire force, yes, and a measure of
dash and generous impulsiveness which
the mere Teutonic and Saxon immigration
could never have bestowed.
" The alliance," says a public writer, "is
perhaps the last that would have occurred
to the friends now about the Princess Roy
al (the Prussian Court;) " she thought,
however, of one thing only, and that was
the pleasure of seeing her eldest brother
with a wife, occupying as soon as possible,
the important position of the chief married
couple in this country. We have only to
glance at our Royal' marriages, far or near,
to see that the hope of a second one, so
happy and prosperous as Queen Victwia's,
was indeed worth`trying for. An unfortu
nate—even a marriage of mere conveni
ence—a late attempt to repair the follies
of youth—a hasty plan for the rescue
of an expiring dynasty—these and other
varieties of the sacred contract, abound in
our annals as beacons to be avoided. Even
within the memory Of the living, the Court
has been for many years together a mere
source of scandals tb gratify the evil tastes
of the many 'who envy 'greatness, or who
like details of weakness and misery for
their own sake. The hope that the Court
may continue what it now is, the sweet
fountain of domestic virtues, whose salu
tary influence is felt over the whole'Empire,
reinforced the sisterly endeavor to find a
future Queen for EnglaUd. That endeavor
we believe is crowned with success, and
before many months, we trust we may con
gratulate Queen Victoria and the nation,
on the sight of - three young Princely fam
ilies branching already out of the auspi
cious union so recently and so sadly con
cluded."
M. GUIZOT has published " An Embas
sy to the Court of Saint James in 1840,"
which Supplies valuable reminiscences of
a French Ambassador in England,. and he
a man of mark and powerful mind. His
portrait of English Society is worth study
ing, as being such as most well-inelined
foreigners are disposed to think of it. It
is as follows:
"When we have lived for some time in
England, we feel ourselves in a cold but
wholesome air, in which moral and social
health, is stronger than social disease ; al
though the latter is still abundant. When
I say that the air is cold in society as well
as in the climate, I don't mean to say that
the English people are cold. Observation
and my own experience have taught me
the contrary. We meet among them lofty
sentiments and ardent passions; they are
also very capable of profound affections,
which, once entering into their hearts, be
come often as tender as they are deeply
seated. What they want is instinctive,
prompt, and universal > sympathy; the dis
position, which, without special notice, or
tie, knows how to comprehend the ideas
and sentiments of others, to humor or even
to mingle with them, and thus to render
the relations of life easy and agreeable.
" It is not that the English estimate so
cial intercourse •lightly, and are not ex
tremely curious as to what others think or
do. But their curiosity always requires
to accommodate itself to their dignity and
tinaidity. Throug4 awkwardness and shy
ness, as much as through pride, they sel
dom exhibit what they really feel. Hence
results, in their external relations and
manners, deficiency of grace and warmth,
which chills and occasionally. repulses.
Even among themselves they are little
frank and cordial. They have almost al
ways an air of disdainful and caustic re
serve, which breathes and inspires a secret
and trivial discontent. In the main, they
feel a great need of, and a strong desire for,
intellectual movement and recreation.
They are fond of conversation, and when
offered to them under varied and ani
mated features, they= enjoy it much. But
of themselves, and with a few brilliant ex:
ceptions, they seldom display enthusiasm,
or take the initiative. They' know not
how to do what pleases them, or to enjoy
at ease their own intelligences. The fire
is there,'but covered up; the spark to-kin
dle it must come from without.
All this is true enough—the last remark
especially true. The English can bear 'also'
to 'be told their faults, better than ever
they did ; and the present intermingling
of nations, and the friendly comments of
the best of the French press—even the
caricatures of other French papers—are
taken in good part: English reticence 'is
much the better of Irish' frankness of in
tercourse and address; and "likes fran,kness
on the principle, I suppese, that people
loVe theirtlipbSites,` aS a`talt'man,`ar dark,
loves to mate with a little wife, blonde and
not a brunette !
Our insular position injures us as to the
common knowledge of languages, which on
the Continent is so extensively possessed;
especially by Germans and Russians, who
far excel! us in this matter. But in this
too, we are improving rapidly, and modern
languages are receiving attention on coin
mercial grounds and reasons, to an extent
hitherto unknown. M. Guizot concludes
as follows :
" I studied with deep interest this great
society so strongly constituted, and at the
same time so free, in which so many con
trasts destroy the harmony of the whole,
and in which human 'nature so liberally
develops itself, although 'restrained by
curbs, and counterpoises, which prevent its
pretensions and extravagances from pro
ceeding to the last excesses. I learned
much in this moral and social study which
opened to me at every step, new hori
zons, without making me forget my do
.mestic solitude. ,The English are right in
attaching the highest value to their inte
rior life, to their bone, and above all, to
the closeness of the conjugal tie. They
would not find in their country, in public
life, that movement; variety, and facility,
that harmony of all the relations which
elsewhere and for many people (?) almost
supply the place of happiness. A foreign
er, a man of intelligence, 'who had. lived
much in England, remarked - to me : If
_one were in good health, happy at home,
and rich, it would be well to be an Eng
lishman.' The terms are too exacting, and
there are in England at least as much as
elsewhere., many happy lives within more
moderate conditions. But it is certain,
that to enjoy English society we must cling
to domestic and serious gratifications, rath
er than give ourselves up to the lighter
employment of the world, and the current
of events."
This last is worthy of notice; as faithful.
To a foreigner's eye as was said long ago,
" The English take their pleasures sadly,"
and M. Guizot puts it significantly, and
more philisophically, when he says that
they prefer serious -gratifications to light
amusements. Above all, he does justice to
the " Domestic Constitution." The home ,
life which England and America know in
connexion with the Bible and the Family
Altar, but which alas I save to a lamentably
small minority, is still 'wanting among the
.upper and middle classes of the French
people. M. Guizot, although a Protestant,
and I trust a sincere Christian, also, (as
Dr. Grandpierre, of Paris, speaking last
year with me at Geneva, said was his own
conviction,) writes in the foregoing por
trait arid reminiscences, with little or no
knowledge of the spiritual and pious por
tion of the British nation, both in and out
of the Established Church. True Chris
tianity always modifies national character
istics, although it does not destroy them.
Especially does it tend to humanize and
bring into cosmopolitan sympathy and
brotherhood, Christians of different tem
peraments and nations. What will it do—
rather, what not do when its Free
masonry shall be realized, felt, and made
tangible,, visible, real—in the welding of
all hearts into one, beneath the, shadow of
TIDE CROSS. - " ome forth out of thy
Chambers, 0 King of glorious Majesty *
* * * The Bride waiteth - for thee,
and all things sigh to be renewed !"
A SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION has
met and parted in London—not without
most interesting proceedings and happy
influences. A mighty stimulus has been
given by it, not only to the quarter of a
million of teachers in Great Britain, but
also to the scattered, and yet important
efforts for the salvation of the young in
France, Switzerland and Italy. The Amer
ican Sunday School Union was well and
wisely represented, and at a great meeting
in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion House,
Alderman Abbis in the chair, the repre
sentatives of the United States were the
Rev. T. H. Vincent, of Illinois, and Mr.
Chapin, of Massachusetts, who were the
first speakers, and were most affectionately
received. Then came a Swiss pastor, M.
Nagel, from Neuchatel, who delivered 'a
speech, in English, of great value and in
terest, as to the development of the Sab
bath Schools in connexion with the inereas-
ing vitality of the Swiss chttrches—espe.
cially at Geneva and Neuchatel. This
gentletnan (it was intimated from the chair,
amid cheers,) had spent months in studying
our language, in order that he might be
able to address the London Convention.
He achieved, with the use of notes, and
notwithstanding the use of notes, a great
success. His matter was excellent.
Pasteur Cooke was the next speaker. He
is a Wesleyan minister, son of an English
father and a French mother, born in France,
and speaking and preaching thete in
French, his mother tongue—yet a John Bull
in - aspect, rich in humor, and speaking En g
lish`admirably.c His father, Dr. Cooke, has
been many years a Wesleyan pastor in
France. His narrative of the condition of
Sabbath Schools in France, his indications
of Ahe extent of the movement in Paris
itself—where there is an annual. gathering,
of children, in one public building, and to
the visible favorable impression of the peo
ple as to Protestantisna—was very pleasing.
The French pastors have great labor and
anxiety in connexion with the young:
their parishes are so wide, the children are
so scattered, and the priests so busy in
their attempts to seduce, and absorb into
Romanism. The French pastors are them
selves- Sabbath School teachers, and their
best people—of highest rank—mothers of
families, also throw their energies into the
work.
br. Malan., Moderator of the Wablensian
Synod, spOke Freneh (translated by Mr.
Cooke) in a most' eloquent manner, and
specially referred to "the rlife and labors of
the late General Beckwith, who devoted
twenty-five .years of his life to assist the.
Waldensians in every possible way, and
who was able at last to say, "I have 'put
you on your feet---now walk on."
Next day I had some pleasing converse
with Dr. Malan. He and his beloved
Vaudois have generous help for their home
succor and for their Italian Evangelist
College at Florence, froui many quarters,
including the Established,•Free ' and Uni
ted Presbyterians of Scotland, and the
Irish General Assembly. Dr. M. has been,
supplying in one or two of the churches
here, preaching to Italians, visiting Lon
don in' this Exhibition year, under"the su
perintendence of the Committee for Foreign
. Evangelization, which has taken such pains
and gone to such expenses to present the
Gospel to foreigners. ,
'The qualifications 'be Sunaay "SACiI
WHOLE NO. 523.
teachers were discussed at one of the ses
sions of the Conference olkhich I hay e
been writing. The main topic of interest
was the quesOon, whether, in any case,
those should be employed who had made no
profe,s,sione of Christ, and who had given no
visible evidence of personal conversion and
decision. The pros and cons were very
ably put before the meeting. Among the
speakers who advocated the employment of
teachers who were willing to teach, and
who seemed to be heartily in earnest, even
without an open profession, was a quaint
and humorous old gentleman, an Alderman
of Macclesfield, whose epigrammatic terse
ness was quite a treat. The Rev. Dr. Mc-
Clintock - , an American Wesleyan minister,
(last year, and perhaps still stationed at
Paris,) followed on the same side. He is
witty as well as weighty; a man of ruddy
aspect, ready speech, and happy power of
illustration. He affirmed that to his own
knowledge many who bad come as volun
teer teachers into the schoolsjunder his eye,
who yet had not professed conversion, were
ultimately brought fully to Christ. Much
was said on the other side which will be
obvious to yourself, and readors,`and which,
over and over again, has Peen resolved in
my own mind, as well as stated publicly.
But it is a hard question : to legislate au
thoritatively on it, I think as impractica
ble as it is unadvisable. One naturally
thinks and says, "If a minister is to be
heaven-blessed, he must first give himself
to the Lord : and therefore, so ought it to
be with the Sabbath School teacher." The
logic is, I submit, all on this side. And
yet candor compels me to say, that there are
many facts opposed to the logic. May not
the solution be—that there is the nascent
bud of life in the very desire to do good,
and that contact with the Divine Word, its
facts, precepts, promises and threatenings,
and, above all, with Christ, and with souls
needing Christ, may, and often does brino•
to a full and entire consecration to God,
the heart, lip, life and talents of the teacher.
Is it not in this very way that some who
read these lines have themselves been led
to Christ, and are glow serving God as min
isters of the Gospel of his Son ?
A .firie spirit of Christian fraternity and
of hallowed zeal pervaded this Convention.
Certainly the Sunday Schools of England,
including Male and Female Bible Classes,
(the Ministers' Classes too,) have been and
are the nurseries of the churches, and so
cially and morally of infinite importance
and value. The Wesleyans, as a body,
cherish this means of usefulness and grace
to the utmost, and it does one's heart good
to see these noble schools—especially in
Yorkshire and Lancashire. At Dewsbury,
in Yorkshire, I saw and addressed fifteen
hundred teachers and scholars in one Wes
leyan chapel, last Spring. What a glad
some sight ! What ruddy, healthy, well-clad,
well-taught children l What pregnant
promise for life's future and for a glad
eternity
Valuable information was given by Dr.
Urwick, of Dublin, at the Conference, as to
Sunday Schools in Ireland. The first
school was instituted by a curate of the
Church of England, in 1777, in the County
of Down. There are now upwards of 21,-
000 Protestant teachers, and 233,000 schol
ars in Ireland.
As to Scotland, family teaching was the
real Sabbath School, and was in operation
before the institution called by this name
was in existence. "_The extent of this
family teaching," said the Rev. J. Inglis,
" might be judged of from the fact that
formerly, in Glasgow, when a young man
wished to be married, he went to the min
ister, who examined him as to his religious
knowledge—as a qualification to become
the head of a family." There are now
40,000 teachers in -Scotland, and 400,000
children besides 80,000 your) , people who
are instructed in Minister's Classes.
In Australia 110,000'ehildren are being
educated, or one in twelve of the popula
tion.
Near. the close of the meeting at the
Mansion, the Rev. W. Ryeroft, from the
Bahamas, spoke of the numbers of true be
lievers—fruits, in part at least, of Sabbath
Schools—" brethren like this," Here he
turned and made a negro, well dressed and
handsome, stand up, embracing him in the
sight of the meeting ; and then turned to
the Rev. Mr. Vincent, of Illinois, saying,
" Your flag will never' shine bright, until
the stripes OD it cease to be emblematical
of the stripes laid on my brethren of color."
An aggregate meeting of teachers met in
force last night, at Exeter Hall. This
closed the Convention. J. W.
For the Presbyterian Banner
Mattoon, Illinois—A Pastor Wanted.
MR. EDITOR :—lt is religion that "ives
character to any place. If by religion is
meant church organizations and Church
buildings, then this is a religious place.
For a new town, of six years' growth, on
the open prairie, this place has made a
good beginning for churches. We have
here a Methodist Episcopal church with a
fine building, capable of seating five hun
dred persons, including the end gallery.
Also, a Baptist church, old side—as to doc
trine, as old as the oldest, hard shell. A
Cumberland Presbyterian church, with 'a
respectable sized building, inclosed but
unfinished, with a heavy eebt hanging over
it. Also, a Campbellite, and a Catholic
church. These are all the church build
ings in the place. The. Old and New
School Presbyterians, and the Episcopa
lians, have each an . organization, but no
church building. The Old School worship
in the School Hall of the Female Semina
ry, and the .New School in the Baptist
church one half the time. The Episco
pilaus have occasional services in the
Methodist church. These are the
church accommodations for abOut two thou..'
sand inhabitants,'with a very large floating
population.
At present we are in a deplorable condi
tion as to preaching. The Cainpbellite
church is supplied by a refugee from Ten
nessee, who does not give satisfaction to
the, congregation. Consequently there is
but a slim attendance on the Sabbath.
The Baptist church is supplied every al
ternate Sabbath by an aged father who
lives several' miles out in the country; a
(rood man with a limited education. The
Cathoties have some kind of service every
Sabbath. The Methodist church is sup
plied by a good man, who conducts a dent
ist office, doing the work himself He
comes far short of giving satisfaction to
his church. The Cumberlands have a
good. minister living; here, who does not
preach to them, douhtles,s,ftul
piskahility,to,
"sUpport him. The New and ' Old School
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Presbyterians have no regular preaching.
Such is a description of the outward pros
pects of religion in this little city.
This community is moral and intelligent.
They have been accustomed heretofore to
church-goin*on the Sabbath. For want
of instructive - and edifying preaching, they
are fast losing Sabbath regularity. Unless
a kind Providence sends godly ministers
soon to preach the Gospel to this people,
Satan will send his emissaries. Here is a ripe
field for a true minister of the Gospel. No
better can he found, in all the vast extent
of the great North West. I speak respect
ine.t> the Old School church. While the
church is but of recent organization, and
is truly a missionary field, yet a few weeks
since they gave an invitation to a minister
with whom they were acquainted, to sup
ply them six months, with a view of per
manency, promising him in connexion
with two other feeble churches, a salary of
$BOO. This he declined for personal rea
sons. It is hoped the Master will soon
send them a suitable man. Such a man is
one who truly loves the work of the min
istry in all its duties, above every other
work. Loving it will heartily engage in
all its peculiar labors. The minister's
work does not end in the pulpit on the
Sabbath. He who thinks his ministerial
work is done for the week, when he finish
es reading a tame moral essay in the pul
pit on the Sabbath, to a congregation of
perishing souls, has fearfully mistaken his
calling. The man who thinks he can sus
tain himself here in tho West, with little
study and little labor from house to house,
deceives himself. The people are inteli
gent and active. There is not that steady,
treadmill, everyday-alike habit of business,
as in older States. No doubt the climate
has something to do in inducing that quick,
restless spirit, that characterizes Western
men and Western business habits. Here
everything is a whirl of activity.
No man of any life, but partakes of the
influence, and falls unconsciously into the
current. This spirit pervades the churches.
The man who cannot enlist the feelings and
gain the attention of the congrerration on
the Sabbath, cannot preach to such sinners
to their edification. They soon tire with
his " unbeaten oil." If his own soul is not
on fire with his subject, he cannot enlist
his hearers' attention. This is one reason
for so frequent ministerial changes, here in
the West. The people must be interested.
This must be done either in matter or man
ner. With fervor and energy in delivery,
the matter is oftentimes overlooked. Lack
ing these, the subject must be well han
dled, and clearly expressed, if the congre
gation will listen long attentively.
In Mattoon, at the present time, there is
an open door for much good to be accom
plished by a faithful minister of Jesus
Christ. With the Master's blessing Zion's
walls can be rapidly built, even in these
troublous times. The people are very de
sirous fbr a preached Gospel. The number
—who are members elsewhere—making
arrangements to locate here, is very large.
Many of them are very desirable, and will
make efficient 'members. Unless they are
looked after at once, they may, like too
many others, be introduced into other folds,
from surrounding influences. The great
importance of this place in a commercial
point of view, admonishes the Church not
to neglect the present golden moments, to
fully occupy it for Christ. The untold in
fluence it exerts, and must necessarily
exert, over a large portion of this patt of
the State, should arouse every lover of
Christ's cause to establish at once a self
sustaining church.
It is hoped these lines may meet the eye
of some minister fully qualified to occupy
this field. Let no one think of this place,
who has failed of success in Eastern
churches. This field demands a stroll. ,
man. What we mean by this, is a man
who can preach—not read. A deeply pi
ous, earnest and devoted man. A man of
ministerial ability in every sense of the
word, and having good common sense.
Such an one, with the Divine blessing, can
gather a self-sustaining church immedi
ately. Two or three men have said to the
writer, " Why does not your church get a
minister who can preach ? If they will get
the right sort of a man, we will unite with
the church and help support him.; we will
not unite with the church unless we see
it, is going to do some good." These men
were raised Presbyterians, and are now in
other communions. Two of them have
given one hundred dollars each a year to
the salary of their minister. Presbytery
last week diracted this church to be united
with the Neoga church—twelve miles dis
tant on the .Central road—for the present,
and the Committee on Missions to recom
mend them to the Board of Missions for
sufficient assistance to supplement the sal
ary of a minister when they obtain a suit
able man. Six hundred dollars can be
raised, with a little aid from the Board, for
a good man. If he can unite and. draw out
th Presbyterian element here, this amount
and more can be had for his salary in this
place alone, after the first six months. The
church has no fund to pay candidates for
preaching. When the right man is sent
along byhis,Master, his salary will begin
from his first sermon.
This ends, for the present, these hasty
sketches. M.
Por the Presbyterian Banner.
Extract from the Minutes of the Session of
Elder's' Ridge Church.
" For a period of thirty-two years from
its organization, the God of Zion has spared
this church the: stroke of bereavement in
any , of its ruling officers. But now one
who.. was associated with us eight years, ,•
watching for souls, has been called to his
acomiiit---- b a•mie to receive his reward.
"On the morning of Saturday, Aug. 23d,
1862. John Thorn, Esq., in the 77th year
of his age, after a week of most painful suf
fering, but cherishing a full hope of blessed
immortality beyond the grave, sweetly fell
asleep in Jesus.
" Whilst with us, by conversation and
prayer, by contributions and other species of
Christian activity,, he showed
„a deep and
abiding interest in the prosperity both of
this congregation and of the whole Church
of God. When the Mastet• came, he found
him watching: .' And I heard a voice from
heaven saying unto me, write,Blessed are
the - dead that die ill the Lor from hence
forth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may
rest from`their labors, and their works do
follow them.' D.
God's mercies ,are like a large chain, ev
ierty link leads to another; presenVmercies
assure you.of future ones.