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Messiah's Went.
4611 e came unto his own, and his own received
iim not."—Joni I: 11.
He came not in his people's day
Of miracle and light,
When awe-struck nations owned their sway,
And conquest crowned each fight;
When Nature's self with wonder saw
Her ancient power, her boasted law,
To feeble man give way--
The elements of earth and heaven,
Tor Israel stayed, for Judah riven!
Pillar and cloud Jehovah gave—
High emblems of his grace;
And slave the rot*, and smote the wave--
Moved mountains from their place;
But judgment was with mercy blent—
In thunder was the promise sent—
Fierce lightning veiled his face;
The jealous God—the burning law—
Were all the chosen people saw.
Behold them—pilgrim tribes no more—
The promised land their own;
And blessing theirs of sea and shore,
To other realms unknown:
From age to age a favored line
Of mighty kings, and seers divine,
A temple and a throne:
Not then, but in their hour of shame,
Wu, want and weakness—then 4, He came."
Not in the earthquake's rending force,
Not in the blasting fire,
Not in the strong wind's rushing course,
Came He, their soul's desire I
Forerunners of his coming, these,
Proclaiming over earth and seas;
As God, his might and ire:
The still, small voice-:—the hovering dove,
Proved him Messiah—spoke him "Love!"
Of life the way, of light the spring,
Eternal, undefiled
Redeemer, Prophet, Priest, and King—
Y et came he as a child!
And Zion's favored eye grown dim,
Knew not her promised Lord in Him,
The lowly and the mild!
41 , 1 8 h e saw the manger, and the tree
';And scornful cried—" Can this be Hal"
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.-, The Culture of Gratitude to God,
_9
', God is the author and giver of all our
, cycles—ail that we are the recipients of
ow, and all that we have enjoyed in times
:;--- hat are past. He is the only source from
'which our blessings, temporal and spiritual,
-, '
to flow. We are now, always have been,
' always will be, dependent on him in
:ry respect. He is good, very good,
-ciful and kind to us, and is worthy of
service and gratitude. How grateful
should be for the kind and gracious
.ner in which he deals with us. We
'er did and never can, merit any favor
him. All his gifts are of grace, rich,
and sovereign grace, and should be re
•ed with humility and lively gratitude.
!ry precious , day of our brief sojourn on
,b, should be spent with pure and deep
;itude to our heavenly Father. It is
duty to contemplate with thankfulness
present mercies, and to review with
.itude the past mercies with which God
so highly favored us. We should keep
instant remembrance the kind protecting
which is now, and has been, exercised
us. We are prone to forget our de
fence on God, and our obligation to
and serve him. Let us look to him
grace to guard us againit this natural
sinful inclination of our hearts, and to
us mindful of and thankful for, the
less with which we are favored, and of
hwe are the unworthy recipients. We
ld remember (4-ad and thank him, keep
prominently before our minds the fact
he bountifully supplies all our wants.
'ld be, our ardent desire to increase
.titude. As we adiance in life we
become more grateful to God.
are innumerable blessings for which
gbt to thank God ; and the greatest
is, the inestimable gift of Christ, 'and
le of eternal glory through him. If
old but cultivate gratitude as we
we would no doubt more frequently
met foretastes of heaven. Let us be
grateful to God ; and then the smile
approbation will rest on us J.
Thou art my portion, 0 Lord."
: 57.
The wicked have their portion in this
"—Ps. xvii : 14. It is an unsatisfying
ion, a perishing portion. It does not
; the wants of the soul; and in a little
ie it vanishes away. The portion of
)b is not like this;
fur he is the For
of all things; and Israel is the red of
inheritance : the Lord of hosts is his
.—Jer. x : 16.. Happy they who can
Thou art my portion, 0 Lord; or, The
is the portion ol4mine inheritance and
cup.—Ps. xvi:s; and oxix :57. Yea,
iy they who can say, The Lord is my
on, saith' my soul; therefore will I
in him.—Lam. iii : 24.
le Lord's, people are his portion—be
ises them from the world, and redeems
i as his own ; and so the Lord is the
on of his people. And having this
n, they should be happy and con=
For their's is a satisfying portion.
tets and supplies all the wants of the'
AI the necessities of our natures and
r circumstances.
is an enduring portion. It changes
: it diminishes not; it lasts when the
perishes; it endures forever. How
of the rich have become poor I But
'ho has this portion, has enduring
~ He can never be poor !
is a life-giving portion. By nature we
dead in sin. The Lord raises his peo
to newness of life. He makes them
from the dead, and he keeps them
forever more, From their portion
, ve spiritual life; and be g.iites them
life. He is the life of their de
; the spring of their joys; the bliss
1 r souls. His favor is life.
a blessed portion. It sweetens time';
is glory to eternity. Yea, they who
this portion are blessed forever more.
in what is our portion ? Are we
Led with the things of time ? Are we
ly taken up with this world? Alas!
we lire dooming ourselves to disap.
len t and wretchedness ! There is
oe portion which can satisfy our souls;
one that can meet our wants. It is
Lori. Let us put "our trust in him,
make him our portion fofnver. ,Honee
let us say, Thou art...my portion, 0
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Out Portion.
VOL. XL, NO. 13.
Chenoa, Illinois.
It is cheering in these times of dark
ness and rebuke, to know that the work of
evangelization still progresses. During
the past Summer the little church of Che
noa, 111., has, by the Divine blessing, been
enabled to erect a very neat, substantial,
and well-finished building for the worship
of God, to which purpose it was dedicated
on the morning of the 23d inst.
The sermon was preached by Rev. P. D.
Young, who is supplying the church one
half of his time; and th Rev. S. H. Ste
venson offered the dedicatory prayer. Thisi
church was organized by the Presbytery of
Bloomington, less than nine months since;
and there are already promising tokens of
growth and permanent usefulness.
We would call the attention of Presby
terians to this portion of " The Garden
State." Chenoa is situated at the cross
ing of the Peoria and Logansport, and the
Chicago and St. Louis Railroads, one hun- -
dred miles South-west of Chicago. The
country is quite new, and presents an in
viting aspect to agriculturists, who wish to
obtain good lands at a moderate cost; ac
cessible to markets, and within reaching
distance of churches and schools. sew
comers, and especially those bringing an
earnest religion with them, will meet with
a cordial welcome. Y.
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Great Movement..
What should be done for children ? Can
they be converted ? Can they, while chil
dren, be made the subjects of Gospel power
and grace ? Should it be an object of
parents, of pastors, and Sabbath School
teachers, to labor for their present conver
sion. Why not ? Are they not subjects
of God's law ? Have they not a moral na
ture; a conscience which continually ac
cuses or excuses; moral tastes, which lead
them to delight in good or evil, in right or
wrong ? Are they not, especially so far
as the children of believing parents, the
subjects of God's covenant promises ?
And are they not now in the morning of
life,- forming characters which will control
their whole future conduct, and influence
for good or for ill the entire community in
which they may dwell ? Is not the child
father to the man ? What then should be
done for children ?—a question for pastors;
certainly a solemn, earnest one for all
parents. Much has been attempted for
them, and great efforts are now being made
in their behalf. Baby is king. Children
rule the world. No effort, therefore, is too
great to prepare them for all their duties to
God and the world.
I have noticed what I call a great move
ment in this direction. The Rev. Mr.
Long, so well known in connexion with the
"Big Tent," has been devoting his atten
tion to children, and succeeds admirably in
placing Gospel truth both attractively and
impressively before their minds. His la
bors East of the mountains have been very
encouraging. Last week he spent in these
cities.. In. Dr. Swift's church he had a
very crowded audience, in., the Baptis
church also, and in the Central church,
Allegheny city. In Manchester and the
House of Refuge, he was greeted with
many smiling- faces and earnest listeners.
On Thanksgiving afternoon he was in Dr.
Howard's church, and on the Sabbath fol
lowing a large assembly awaited him in
Dr. Paxton's. He illustrates his subjects
by a series of oil paintings, and thus ad
dresses the eye as well as the ear of his
audience. He proposes questions, and
asks the children to answer briefly in
writing; and from the letters thus received,
he prepares a monthly circular to Sabbath
Schools, showing what children think, and
feel, and say, on the subject of personal
religion. It is a great movement, and we
look for great results. The snow-drop,
alone, is powerless; but combined and con
centrated with others, it forms the mighty
and resistless avalanche of the Alps. The
single corralite is feeble, and crushed
between the fingers ; but remember the
mighty structures, the ocean palaces,
formed by the combined labors of. these
tiny inhabitants of the briny deep?
Mr. Long has arranged for -a - series of
similar services in this city for next week.
We bespeak for him'the earnest cooperation
of parents, of pastors, of Sabbath School
teachers, all who feel interested in the sal
vation of children, or the welfare of their
country. Pray for him' and give him en
couragement. A. H.
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Crafts of Charities.
"Covet earnestly the best gifts." Not
the most splendid and honorable for dis
play in a vain and 'fleeting world, but the
most profitable and usefal; to.the end that
good may be accomplished and evil les
sened in larger proportion in a sinful and
miserable world; that the Lord, who has
perhaps col:unfitted to one of his creatures
five talents, may not receive as though it
been bitt.two. To effect this desirable
object, inferior gifts should be stifled; as
the gardener, by pruning, sacrifices the
present beauty of the plant to its future
strength'. ''So to speak, the Millennium
tarries, and many a noble act is lost to'the
world from petty, numerous and distracting
cares occupying the minds of those. , capa
ble of better things. Such would do well
to consider the advice of Moses' father-in
law, found in Exodus xviii: 17-23, on
the subject of having assistant judges, and
at least learn that the " hard causes " and
the " small matters" might be refered to
different persons,. •
One of our Divines has classed the cats
logue of moral and benevolent, duties in
the order of "good, better, best." Those
who minister to the merely physical wants
of the destitute, do a good work; those
who add to this, efforts• for their mental
elevation, for the dispersion of the dark
clouds, of ignorance and superstition, do
better; but best of all, and most Christ
like, are those who would rescue the world
of humanity from moral degradation. Tru
ly there is no better gift than this to earn
estly covet..
The same idea, is intended by Carlyle, in
" Past and Present," 'when honoring, al
most deifyino.. labor. In proving that work
is worship, he speaks of the "sweat of
the brow. " sweat of the brain," and
“,sweat of the heart," being akin to " the
agony of the bloody sweat? which we call
Divine, and =whiehrif it is not worship, the
exclaims, God help 'worship..
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PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, DEC EMBER 13, 1862.
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE..
The Prince of Wales "of age"—Other Princes of
Wales—Better Times—Early Training—A Trav
eller and an Observer—His Visit to America, and
its Memories—The Cabinet versus Louis Napo
leon and " Intervention"—The Princess Alexan
dria in England—The Coming -Marriage and its
Promise—Death of Lord Breadalbane— .Elis
Character and Antecedents—His Free Church
Zeal and Liberality—His London Presbyterian
ism—Austrian and English Courtesies at South
ampton—Lord Palmerston's Speech and Conduct
—" What Does it Meant"—The Answer by the
" Spectator"—The "'Coming Trouble"—Ladies'
Sanitary Reform Association.
LONDON, November 15, 1862.
THE PRINCE OF WALES having attained
his majority on the 9th of November, now
enters en public life. Many are the good
wishes, and kindly aspirations of pious and
patriotic feeling, breathed and expressed on
his behalf. No other Prince of Wales has
had such advantages. Most of these eld
est-born of Royalty have either lived in
despotic and warlike ages, and been in
volved in, and some of them perished in,
the maelstrom, or - they have been trained
in corrupt courts, and been tainted early
by principles which needed but the eman
cipation of the youth from his pupilage
and homage, to make the man a fool, a
profligate, or a mal-administrator of the
First Magistrate of the kingdom.
Happily, the contrast now presented is
full of encouragement. Born in an age
when Civilization, Literature, Science,
Philosophy, Religion, have achieved great
triumphs; and are ever onward and upward
in their march; freed from the contamina
ting effect of bad example, and presented
both in father and mother with a model
parentage, and an ever present stimulus
and example ; with great simplicity as to
food, dress, and household arrangements,
the rule ; with constant impetus and oppor
tunity given for the acquirement of all
useful knowledge ; and with a systematical,
student and self-denying life, filling up the
houis not devoted to healthy recreation
and manly sports and training-;--Edward
Albert, Prince of Wales, now e steps before
the gaze of the nation and the world, as' a
fine specimen of a knightly prince, " sans
pear et sans reproche.' He has been sed
ulously guarded from evil companionship; he
has embraced and improved enlarged oppor
tunities for foreign travel, and not the least
important for an English sovereign was his
visit first to Canada and then to the Uni
ted States—where he received impressions
which I am thoroughly persuaded will
never fade from his memory and heart, and
which, even amid mutual reproaches, mis
understandings, and excited feelings pro
duced by the terrible conflict now raging,
will survive them all, and bear fruit in fu
ture days to the advantage of both the
great Anglo-Saxon nations. The Queen
and her husband heartily endorsed their
son's. visit to the United States, and most
gratefully recognized the frank and digni.
fied, yet affectionate welcome given him.
No desire is there in the palace, none I be
lieve among any real statesmen in whom
the Queen would confide of humiliating or
putting dishonor on the United States.
That feeling, too, is, deep in the hearts of
the great mass of,,khe, nation, and,so at.this
tnroment; while French" cunning,'if -not
malice, wants to bring England to inter
vention, and while the mean defenders of
the South and slavery raise a loud cry, un
der the pretence of compassion to the Lan
enshire sufferers, the British Cabinet—true
to the past wary, cautious, and firm atti
tude of its chief, and to the virtual rebuke
given to Gladstone by the Secretary at
War, and above. all, to that kindly
charge which was given to Lord Lyons
when he lately left our shores on his return
to Washington—are firmly resolved not to
wound the feelings of your Government
and nation by the proposal of an interven
tion, which necessarily implies, to be con
sistent, an alternative of enforcing such
terms as had been proposed to belligerents,
on one or other party rejecting them.
The Democratic successes in State elec
tions excite - great interest here. It is felt
even by those—the great majority—who
wish slavery swept away by the war, that
the abolitionists, by their violence, imperil
constitutional liberty, and that a conserva-.
tive balance is necessary,' to 'prevent ex
cesses. A very painful and unfavorable
impression has been made by the news just
received of the military execution 'of ten
Confederate prisoners of war, and General
McNeil is regarded as cruel, exceedingly.*
THE COMING MARRIAGE, of the Prince
of Wales has been,, preceded ,by a private
visit 'to the Queen, of the young PrinCess
Alexandra, and of'' her father, Prince
Christian of Denmark. This is to make
known;to the Queen.and,her ,children, the
future daughter-in-law
"and sister, and make,
the bride-elect feel that she is dearly cher
ished and fondly confided in, as the ap
proved of the Prince of- Wales. Mean
while he himself has been with' his sister,
the Princess Royal of Prussiar' and her
sister, voyaging along the shores of the
Mediterranean, visiting Malta, Trieste, Al-.
giers, Tunis, Sicily, and Naples. ' They are
now gone to Rome, where the Prince win-•
tared a few years ago. He is thus, corn
pletina, his education in travel the
Gratid; Tour of 'Europe "—in a fashion
far superior to that of the olden days of .
English gentlemen., Thus, too, he pre
serves his incognito until the Queen's year
of mourning is ended, and becomes forth
on, the arena of the world, the observed of
all ohservers.
It is morally of the greatest importance
=remembering the early life of George
IV., and his miserable matrimonial history
—that our future Sovereign should make a
wise choice, and should early settle down,
into the responsible, grave, thoughtful
head of a house, such as his father was.
Prince Albert was little more than nine
teen, when he married Victoria, but he
was wise beyond his yeare. :His son is
twenty-one, and his future bride, eighteen,
and the match is 'one, not Of paliticial ex
planation or interpretation, but of strong
mutual affection. This marriage in spirit
is like ,that of twenty-five years ago,, and
the omen is auspicious for the future.
And so one Of our ablest public .
writers
says
" A generation has now sprungup which
remembers little of the, earlier part'of. the
Queen's reign, and to which the feelings
called up by the'presence of a young girl
suddenly placed in a high and conspicuous'
station will be new. But the °hinge which
took place in the daily life of the Princess
*The act was' both unwise and cruel, in the
circumstances. It should,be. known, however,
that the persons executed wpre not regular,sol.
diers. _ They were guerrillas,.guilty of rapine.,
'men who had Vlolated - theii" . tiaths. And Gen.
ii4t . Unitiargetifek• officer En
Victoria of Kent, on that morning when
Lord Melbourne and his colleagues waited
on her with the news that she bad suc
ceeded to the first throne in the world, will
be hardly greater . than that which awaits
the young Princess who is shortly to come
to these shores as a bride. ' Although of
Royal birth, and in every way a fitting con
sort for the Prince, she is just emerging
from girlhood, and has, of course passed
her life up to this time in the bosom of
her family.. The Princess of Wales will
come, at the early age of eighteen, into a
land of foreigners, and have to take the high
est place in a society whichis strange to her,
and which Continentals believe to be far
more cold and exacting than it really is.
From the simple life of her father's house,
she mint come to bear a part in the cere
monial of a great and stately
. Monarchy,
and sit near 'a throne which, in a land of
free speech, is only protected from-censure
by the blamelessness of those, who occupy
it. In such circumstances we know that
all the feelings of respect and affection
which are never wanting' in the 'heart - Of a
manly nation, will he evoked„ arrival
of the Princess among us. At:Arill be a
return of the same impulseff7hich, twenty
five years ago, made the yougg Queen Vic
toria the favorite of the !tali', and raised
loyalty to a height that was :"thought unat
tainable in a material and ,revolutionary
age. The influence of a nett reign and the
new affections excited by it upon the polit
ical temper of the country:a quarter of a
century ago, were certainly remarkable.
Of scarcely less importance' thane the Re
form Bill or the Catholic Kmancipation
Act, was the-accession of a yering sovereign
whose age and position interested 'every,
one, and who it was felt could never act
wrongfully unless she were misled by the
advice of imprudent Ministers. Although
now happily there is no discontent to be
allayed, yet there is reason to trust that the
Royal Family will receive new proofs of
the attachment of the nation on the occa
sion of this auspicious Marriage. Never
has a Prince of Wales begun life s 6 hap
pily and with such fair prospects. After a
good education and such - wide travels as
not many men of middle age have under . -
taken, the' Prince will be united to a beau
tiful young girl on whoM he has set his
heart, and amid a contented, prosperous,
and well-governed people, will begirt his
political career!'
THE PAST, Coupled, with: change and'
death, is vividly recalled,_by. the removal:
from this sublunary world, of an excellent:
Scottish:
Scottish nobleman, the Marquis of Bread
alba,ne. He was of the Campbell High
land race and family, although not closely
allied to the Duke of Argyle, the "Great
Macettluinore " as the Celts of the West
of Scotland have been wont to style their
Chief for many generations. The Mar -o
quis was a. great - personal favorite of the
Queen. When she was very young, his
magnificent seat of grounds in Scotland
were visited by her, Prince Albert, and a -
courtly retinue, and immense was the ex
pense of the preparations: beforehand, and
of the festivities: and hoipitalities conse
quent on the presence andAelcome of Roy
alty. The Marquis was one of the coin;
paratively few Scottish, nobles, who on
spiritual grounds (for he was .a God-fear
ing man,) as well as from the deep and in-.
telligent conviction of Constitutional right,
identified himself; first with the Evangeli
cal party led by Chalmers,. Cunningham,
and Candlish, within the Establishment;
battling for spiritual independence, and
then with Free Protesting Church of Scot
land. Very noble were his gifts at and after
the Disruption of 1843. His slate quar
ries at.©ban in the Highlands, were made
to furnish the covering and shelter of many
an improvised free church, and his money
flowed out freely for the different enter
prises and schemes there inaugurated.
For a series of years, also, he was wont to
rise in his place in the House of Lords, and
read out the statistics of Free Church finan-
ces—the fi.ures•appearing of which is all
0
the newspapers, left a permanent impress
even on the minds of Tory Peers' who
hated it, of High Churchnien, and: Evan
gelicals, also, who never forgave the• blow
struck by the Disruption at Establishments,
that the Free Chureh was a great fact.
The Mariluis of Breadalbane sunk under
an illness which had led him to repair to
the Continent - in - hope' . 'of -- improvement.
He died'SVlneerne in Switzerland. : When
in London he worshipped in the .I, l resbyte
rian ChUreh, Marylebone, of which
W. Chalmers, M. A., is the Minister.'
esteem, as well as his kindly feelingi, were
evinced toward Mr. Chalmers, by many to=:
kens, ineludinc , invitations to spend. Su
mmer vacations at his beautiful seat in Perth
shire, and the placing at his disposal, and
for the benefit of an afflicted Member 'of
his householdishis Lodge in -the neighbor
hood of Hampton Court:: The,: Free
a
Church,loses, warm friend and: aupporter
in the Marquis. ,He died' childless, and
the proPerty passes into the. hands of a
'cousin. The preiient Lord Dalhousie (long
-and better knoWn .Lord Panmureiyis
r.unmarri . cd and childless, also ;nso. that
wheneverhe is taken away, the Free Church
will lose an old friend without replaceMent
.
a. 4 to a Son and heir. Nevertheless, the
Free Chirch rests hot on any fleshly arm,
and is at the present •mornent strong and
vigorous. •
DOOTOB. CANDLISH, the illustrious ehauf r ,
pion not only of spiritual independence,
but at a time when
_there were-few even
among the Evangelicals who occupied
ground so advanced, was always „near to
COnningham,.and :mighty ; in battle against
Patronage, - root,and branch, is now as you
. are aware, - the Principal of_ the ,Free
Church College at Edinburgh., He holds,
meanwhile, his pastoral charge, but it, is
probable that as years, pass on, he may be
Principal .only. Advantage has, been ta
ken of his new position, and of the lively
and freshly-awakened remembrance of his
great services, privately, and without ap,-
peal to the Church at large, to prepare, and
finally toh present to Dr: Candlish a r testi
monial of resyled,,esteem and affection.
And so ,on, hie regent ,inauguration to.the
Principalship, some of the most prominent
laymen—survivors ofDiaruption times t end
others-:--;presented hiin with a sum of about
£6000,.£5000 of which has been invested
for the,henefit of himself ,and his family,
and the remainder presented in a cheque,
and also in a service of, plate to Mrs.
Candlish. The 'whole Of his, career
,has
been disinterested: gehad, and has now
the wealthiest; 'or, realer, the ,moat
j liberal
congregation in Scotland. Yet he has
never - accepted a-large salary, and his hal
ite weht-itlitayii)simpleterid. , unostentatious:;
Had an appeal been made to the Free
Church as a body, a vast sum would have
flowed in ; as matters stand, the same ec
lectic class, possessed of means, have thus
in the most delicate and grateful way pos
sible, cheered the heart of a great and
good man—even as they did a few years
ago that of the lamented Cunningham. -
Testimonials may sometimes .be offered
from a spirit of personal vanity in the
givers, and from a furore of sudden admi
ration which some popular mistake has
evoked, and which lavishes its tributes on
a real King Log, or the successful Char
latan of the home. But it is very differ
ent when in their lives, men really great
and therefore humble, and oftimes self
distrustful and despondent, are assured by
the wise and the good that their labors for.
Truth and Freedom, are deeply graven on
' a people's heart. •
AUSTRIA is making approaches to Eng
lish, Free trade prineiples, and if she
couples this with concessions of a Consti
tutional character to Hungary and .other
parts, of, her ,Empire,, and, if the bigoted
Kaiser ; Francis,. Joseph, will give up, his
grasp, of Venetia, there seems no reason
why she should not become . `a great nation.
Her- commercial and consequently her finan
eiahresources, are immense, but her tariff
is so, obstructive that Customs Revenue are
inevitably, small, and consequently her
debt ever increases. The French Treaty
of Commerce is rapidly enriching both
France and England, and compensates to
both, largely , for the. want of cotton. And
as to Austria, her products at the Exhibi
tion at Kensington are magnificent, varied,
and' most precious, while only a Tariff
stands'in the way of England and herself
becoming mutual benefactors. Baron'
Thierry, an Austrian diplomatist, lately
visited Southampton with a view to estab
lish, steam communication between that
commercial port' and Trieste. He was in
vited to an entertainment by the Chaniber
of Commerce. - Lord Palmerston, who
lives not far away, had rode on horseback
into, the town to visit the Baron, and by
accident is seen by some , one looking out
of the banquet rem. He is asked' to come
in; he makes a speech, which is one of his
happiest, and carries off the Baron to
Broadlands, to talk over politics and a
commercial treaty. The Spectator, a clev
er weekly, asks, " What does it mean ?"
And it giveS a three-fold' arisWer. Ist.
"That it. has again become necessary to
teach the Emperor of the French that he
is not the .only. Great Power -in the world ;
that however subtle his - combinations, it is
difficult if, net impossible to isolate Eng
land. •
" That lesson has been required for some
Months, for the power - Which retains Rome
in spite of its people, .Which=-encourages a
Prussian Premier to.upset the -Constitution,
and which. even now is advising a coup de
etat in Italy, is rapidly draiv i ing away from
the policy which alone secures' English
attachment."
But adds the Spectator : "It means, in
the second place, that events are really
bringing Austria and Earope more closely
into support. So long as we play any part
in Europe, we must have German allies.
The King of Prussia has for the moment,
rendered alliance with -him almost impos
sible. Then there is the G-reek Revolu
tion, and if the hungry claimants who think
themselves heirs to the rich sick-man do
not allow Greece to 'settle, for' herself and
by herself, her strife with the Sultan, Eng
land-will.need allies, as neither France nor
Russia can be relied on in any phase of the
Eastern question." 3dly : "It means, we
belieye, that Austria has it in her power to
offer "England a' most tempting bribe. It
is scarcely possible to over.estimate the
valde of a reasonable Treaty of Commerce
with the Austrian Empire. There is
scarcely a product which England wants—
wine and wool, flax and fibre materials
without end, and wood - without *limit—
which Austria does not yield. There is
scarcely, an English riaanufaeture, from
hardware to piece-goods, ,which Austrians
do not need, or are not willing to buy.
The sole ,ohstacle to a new trade with' 35,-
000,000 of people—a trade which, if it
only 'increases as last asqhat of France,
would, in 1564; be worth twenty millions a
. .
year, and compensate for all our American
losses,,which.wouldbe as extensive as .that
with China, for which we have waged so
many wars is the Austrian tariff This
tariff, the most absurd' in Europe, nbio
luiely prohibits ,moit imports— '
yarn for
instanee; paying more than 14s. the.hun-,
dred weight--shutting Austria in as with a
fiseal,wall. The, necessity of securing, rev
enue - 11S at last tiara° Austrian' statesmen
----the"Custoin 'ditties only producing two
millions -a year=---and if, as Lord Palmer
ston sayspCount :Reehberg is convinced of
Free Trade, there can be no, valid obstacle .
to a serious relaxation' of the import, dues,*
'One obstacle still remains: `Not'
,even to` secure free' trade with Austria; not
even to Protect the; Levant falling into hos-=
tile hands; can.. England afford to be false ;
to Italy or to her true position as the first
of Liberal Powers.,
" Meanwhihi," adds" the SPeetater, sig
nifiCantly 'and' suggestively; "Ive note, as
one' Of. they great -signs iof nun nOMING
TROUBLE, that the tvra,censervative States
are drawing. together." ' Yes, it signifi
cant and worthy of thohght as our probably
not distant fiiture; Have We seen bow the
of all the earth has come out of his
place again and again, during the last -six
teen years, and--afte.r, solemn , pauses, as if
to leave the natieas time to
.pander and
repent—have not the sore " judgnienti of
Famine,!Pestilence, and War smitten peo
ples who dreampt not-of the impending Ne
mesis?' Yes: England, and - France against
Russia, and their .mutual, losses by , field and
climate ; Franeeand the , ensananined plains.
of Magenta and other - awful e scenes of
slaughter,' weakening 'Austria, shaking the
Papal , throri, and " the b'egi'nning of the
end "-- •to :the•-,throne- of the;; Apocalyptic
,Cirastn ; Queen with wine-eup in her hand,
and shamelessnesi
,in„ her forehead;, and
last, not, least, this awful Civil War in
America, unexpected thii.e and heresure
.ly the Great , King'.is now; , ld , has -been,
doing great And mighty and terrible things
that we knew net of, for. purificsation t And
for jndginent. And is this all ? When
your troubled ship and Commonwealth
reachea . the haven of rest, is thereto"he
"no more sea ?" Has; the 'World, 'the Ere ,
ropean World, and " Earth seen the last
of the ef..Wrath - Divine ?. I _fear,
not : I believe not. CommiGTROI
7 ` lowers not fir* awaY, and by-arid-bY,
-when America.; chastened, ennobled, taught'
by, suffering i -hegins to •.lift up heri head" ,
'arid:when fathers and mothers, with a mel-.
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lowed sorrow for their brave sons slain,
weep no more, yet fondly' cherish the im
ages of those lost ones—tee may next be
suddenly assaulted by the Scheme° tem
pest, or Europe itself, with Turkey and
Palestine be wrapt in the blaze of a con
flagration unparalleled.
SANITARY REFORM, and domestic health
and cleanliness, are now eagerly and earn:-
estly pursued by Christian philanthropists
in this country. It makes a decided ad
vance, in the right interpretation of Chris
tianity in its application, when it is made
the hand-maid of " cleanliness" as well as
" godliness." I very much fear that we
Evangelical Christiana have too much, and
too long, practically ignored this view.
We have taken the Bible, or the tract, to
the cottage in the country, or to the back
stews of great towns and cities, and we
have conversed, too, with the poor about
their souls and eternity, but we have not,
in addition, done much, or said much, if
anything, about the importance of their
considering hoW much theirirealtivdepends
on fresh air, on the removal of impurities,
and .on sanitary arrangements in their
dwellings. It a fact that where physical
filth' is, there "is `moral pollution, as a rule.
If a family is uncleanly; and uses not soap
and water, for personal and daily ablution;
if the whole house are shut -up at night in
one sleeping apartment, is there not moral
poison always active, and does not the body
bring down the soul to its, own level of de
'gradation ? It is assuredly one of the most
gladdening tokens, that the unnatural di
.vorce hitherto existing between Physical
And Religious Reforms is now being broken
up, and that amongst the leaders of this
movement, prominent if not fore,most, are
those who have the love of God in' their
hearts.: Thus in London the "Missing
Link" idea, the Bible Woman Movement,
wrought wonders, physically, socially, and
spiritually— and spiritually in a large
measure because that - Christianity stooped
to deal practically with dirt, discomfort;
and their causes, not only in intemperance,
but in ignorance of mothers as to making
clothes for themselves and children, and
tlieir inability to cook a wholesome meal.
Soup receipts have been distributed in
thousands by the Bible Women; Lady Su
perintendents encourage mothers to bring
their.-babies, and provide cradles in a Dis
trict Work-room, where with their own
savings (from a once drunken husband's
wages,) they buy and make up, in the raw
materials, dresses for themselves and chil
dren. Thousands of blankets too, are thus
bought by instalments both in and out of
London. A. few days ago, at York, I was
the guest of a medical gentleman whose
exCellent wife - devotes herself to this kind
of' work among English. and Irish poor
mothers,: with the happiest results, morally
and spiritually as well as physically. So
is it at Shrewsbury and elsewhere.
A powerful help to this movement, is
the publication of tracts by a " Ladies'
-Sanitary Association," identified with which
are eleven noble ladies and others of high
station or character, and an " Editing. Com
mittee" of six first-class Physicians, who
either themselves write the tracts, or ex
riiisci and indorse them before-pub
lication. I have examined a number of
them. They are indeed admirable, and
large sections of the middle and upper
classes might study them with advan
take as to ventilation, food, games, and
healthy exercises for young people ' both
male and female. One is " The Cheap
Doctor."—i. e., Fresh Air—in the form: of
a Dialogue between a lady and a mother
who has a sick and bed-ridden child. An
other, is,
" When were you Vaccinated ?"
suggested by the neglect of the poor to
have children vaccinated, or re-vaccinated.
A third, "The Black Hole, or'One of our
Bed:rooms." And another. on " Food."
'llese and other tracts are published at
three half-pence and two pence each, by
Messrs. Jerrold & Sons, 47 St. Paul's
'Church Yard, London. -I heartily com
mend ;them to the attention of working
Christians in the United States, and to all
who study the health of themselves and
their households. J.W.
The Outside and the Heart.
It Was quite an annoyance to a fashiona
ble family, in our church, that two old
ladies, who adhered to a very ancient - mode
of,clress, , occupiedthe pew before them ev
ery Sunday., They more narrow black silk
-dresses,, wide collars,und old-fashioned bon
nets. The children .had - drawn several
caricatures of their neighbors in the hymn
books These thoughtless yonng people
did noenotice the sweet peace which illu
minated the fazes of the two old ladies, while
they' worshipped the Lord in the beauty
of ..holines."
,When-we were Sent out on a collecting
tour for' the missionary Society' we pre
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seated the book:very gladlyto the rich lady
-Who dressed so, beautifully... She, received
us in an diawing-rootn, but a cloud
Shadnwed her facie oh learning our errand;
After making' many excuses about her want
,of,, faith: in, such far-off miissions, and 'her
preference ; for home , charities, and the
times,, which limited her expentliture, she
returned With a Silver half dollar.
At an unpretending little house we stop
ped rather-unwillingly. Here lived those
old . ladies who looked so antiquated;' it - wair•
'al` host useless to solicit their, aid..: The,
'room was plainly furnished, with well 7 worn
furniture and a lickne-inade carpet; there
were no pietnres 'oh 'the. Walla, no booki
visible, except an 'old family Bible, which
looked, as if, it , was always open. At the
sight,of the little subscription book, it was
'unnecessary to mention our object; the
youngersister went tnseme diatant bureau
drawer; . ind' brought bacl an. old leather ,
purse:- it 'was fall of bright gold. pieces:
With, a radiant face she gave ten shining:
eagles into our hands, saved by self-denial
and numberless economies; by sales offruit
:and eggs; by constant rethenabrance of the
injunction, " Lay np •for yourselves treas
ures in heiven." We.had. been disposed,-
sometimes, to laugh at the , two old ladies,
but never again did,we think of them with
out reverence , and love. • .
When we were preparing to Send a Pres:
eat to 'the hospital ; n chaise'stepped at . the
door, and the.two old ladies appeared; bear
-big a., goodly step. The old chaise was
filled r with cups of jelly and bottles of cur.,.
rant wine, with soft linen and warn). blan
lets.' 'They had 'brought enough—to-fill ,
generous 'box. 'Rivas 'easy to see why the
dear old people wore the. same dresses year
'after oar, and carried. such, faded .parasols.
" - We hearddf a very ;poor family,ind
I:went% the 'tispeeielly liege
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charitable hands. There Was the willow
basket familiar in all the houses of our
poor, which had brought bread and meat,
and cordials for the sick. With our two
old ladies, it seemed very true that "giv
ing does not impoverish ;" their eruse of
oil was never empty.
Again we called at the old house to beg
something for the soldiers' tracts and books;
still one gold coin remained to send us on
our way rejoicing. They were quilting in
the clean old kitchen ; this must be de
signed for themselves; but they asked us
to walk into the parlor, and see a few arti
cles they were about to send to a home mis
sionary's family. For many months they
had been sewing and knitting, until a table
was covered with garments for the unknown ,
brother in Christ.
That was a sacred house; it reminded us
of the one where Jesus used to resort. We.
never failed to find gold in the worn Tiro!,
food in the closet for the hug y, wine and'
soup for the sick, whenever we applied to
the women who -were." poor, yet making
Macy rich."•
When jewels and costly dresses will have
lost their charm, when the white robe of
Christ's giving will be the only one- de
_sired our two old-fashioned ladies will find
their gold and silver, hoarded for his. sake,
safe for them, and all their charities, given
so noiselessly that the left hand did not
know what the right hand did, repaid a
thousand fold !—Tract Journal.
The Trial-Balance.
"The trial-balance," said the book-keep
er, passing the merchant, his employer, a
sheet.
" The trial-balattee," repeated Mr. H., as
he took it, with a nervous motion of his
body.
" Yes '
" responded the' clerk, turning
away to his desk.
The fact is, it had been a very unprofita
ble year, and Mr. H. almost feared to see
his trial-balance, while yeelie - wanted to
know how he Stood.' It was on this Re
count that his hand shook with a nervous
tremor when he took it.
A single glance told the whole story, and
a deathly, pallor spread over, his face. It
was even worse than, he anticipated: The
clerk saw it, nor wondered. He made no
remark, however.
It was too much • for Mr. H. A long,
dangerous, fever. was. the .result. Hour ,af
ter hour the burning . patient tossed upon
his bed with delirium, and ever and anon
be would say, " The trial-balance, the trial
balance."
He went down to the verge of the grave,
and anxious friends waited to see him close -*
his eyes in death; but he rallied.
When reason assumed its throne, and
his mental powers grew vigorous again,
his thoughts passed from the trial-balance
of earth to that of the judgment.
" How can I meet it ?" he inquired
within himself.
" God's trial-balance l" said conscience.
" I know it," replied the merchant.
" Oh, shall I be an everlasting'bankrupt'?"
Ile wept over his sins; and he who
could not look upon, the trial balance of his
business without turning deadly pale, was
not afraid to see God's trial-balance in the
day of retribution.— Thayer's Home
Monthly.
The Blood of Christ.
What avails the • blood of Christ ? It
avails, what mountains of good works
heaped up by us—what columns of the in
cense of prayer carting up from our lips
toward heaven—and what streams of tears
of penitence gushing from our eyelids nev
er could avail. " The blood of Jesus
Christ, his Son, eleanseth us from all sin."
" Helps us to cleanse ourselves, perhaps-.?"
NO, eleanseth us—" Furnishes the motive
and the obligation tor us to cleanse our
selves ?" No, it cleanse.th us. " Cleans
ed' us from the • desire to sin ?" No,
eleanseth us from sin itself. " Cleanseth
us from the sin of Inactivity in the work
of personal improvement ?" No, from all
sin. ":But did- you say the blood does
this?" Yew, the blood. "The doctrine
of Christ, you must mean ?" No, his
blood. •" His example, is it.? No, his
blood, .his blood: :0 what hostility the
world still betrays toward this ,essential
element of Christianity! Can anything
be statecdj more plainly in
.latiguage, than
the entire Word of God' declares that our
redemption --from =sin is‘ by the.blood.of
Christ? And yet what 'strenuous efforts
'.are constantly made.to_ set ',aside this plan,
essential,. :woriderfal,..and most glorious
,truth, that the blood of our: Lord Jesus
Christ ¶cleanseth us from' all sin I—Krufa
ntacher::
L Welcome Guest.
Luther once: visited a dying student, and
asked him what he thought he would take
to God, in whose presence he was shortly-,
to appear. The young Man' tertlied :'
" Everything that is good, dear father-- '
everything-that is good. -
Luther said : k‘-But how caul you king --
him everything-good, Seeing that you are
but a poor sinner," ~ t -. •
The pious youth rejoined : ' Dear father;
I will take to 'my God in .heaven a penitent,
-humble heart; sprinkled iwith---the blohd of
Christ." ;-,. ,
" Truly," said 'Luther; " that 'is' every- -
thing good. -Then go, dear son ;- ythe will
be a iieleome, guest to , God."-. :
A most beautifully expressed 'arid com
forting. truth.
God Reconciled in Pkrist.
When you look through area glass, the
whole leavens appear bloody;.bit throughlvi
pure uncolored grass, you receive the clear
light that is so refreshing. and ,comfortable
to behold. When sin impardoned is •ne.,
tween, awl we look on God threugh that,
we can perceive nething but:anger and en
mity hills- countenance; -but make Christ,
our glorious lteddemer, the medium,,and
throu.h him -as '‘clear transparent glass,.
the heams,of God i 's„,fiVorable couctonance
shine in upon - the, son'. The Father can
not look Upon his well-beloved 'Skin but
graciously :an God , loola von
us out of:lohrist,sees , us -relielsi and >fetl t o
be ooridemned.• we look on God as being
julit and , pewerful ,to , punieli us ; but wheu, ,
Chrisel`s - betcaeu; God `looks as in hi
c. justified; and we -look ) tin Gfidtin .
pacified; of lin 'favora, 4 `
blg cOni i itenarCe' :-Take Christ 'chit; all ietoo '
terrible ; in teipcl4 qini; fill 'W I '
;lpe en
at.-,-.4eigaton. Vie