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REV. DAVID M'KINNEY,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Evening Hymn.
BY THOMAS MILLER, UAERKT•MAKER
How many days with mute adieu,
Have gone down yon untrodden skyl
And still it looks as clear and blue
As when it first was hung on high.
The rolling sun, the frowning cloud
That drew the lightning in its rear,
The thunder trampling deep and loud
Have left no footmark there.
The village bells with silver chime,
Come softened by the distant shore;
Though I have heard them many a time,
They never sung so sweet before.
A silence rests upon the hill,
A listening awe pervades the air;
The very flowers are shut and still,
And bowed as if in prayer.
And in this bushed and breathless close,
O'er earth, and air, and sky, and sea,
That still low voice in silence goes,
Which speaks alone, Great God, of Thee.
The whispering leaves, the far-off brook,
The linnet's warble, fainter grown,
The hive-bound bee, the lonely hook—
All these their Maker own.
Ilow shine the starry hosts °flight,
Gazing on earth with golden eyes,
Bright guardians of the blue-browed night!
What are ye in your native skies?
I know not—neither can I know-
Nor on what leader ye attend;
Nor whence ye come, or whither go,
Or what your aim or end.
I know they must be holy things
That from a roof so sacred shine,
Where sounds the beat of angel wings,
And footsteps'echo all divine.
Their mysteries .1 never sought.,
Nor hearkened to what science tells,
For oh 1 in childhood I was taught
That God amidst them dwells. •
The darkening woods, the falling trees,
The grasshopper's last feeble sound,
The flower just wakened by the breeze,
All leave the stillness more profound.
The twilight. takes a deeper shade,
The dusky pathways blacker grow,
And silence reigns in glen and shade—
All, all is mute below.
And other eves as sweet as this
Will close upon as oalm a day,
And, sinking down the deep abyss,
Will, like the last, be swept away,
Until eternity is gained,
That boundless sea without a shore
That without time forever reigned,
And will when time's no more.
Now nature sinks in soft repose,
A living semblance of the grave,
The dew steals noiseless on the rose,
The boughs have almost ceased to wave;
The silent sky, the sleeping earth,
Tree, mountain, stream, the humble sod,
All tell from whom they bad their birth,
An cry, "Behold a God!"
For the Preebyterlan Banner.
" what Can I. Do?"
NO. 1.
10' A pastor often meets with intelligent
' pious members—more especially in the
ogle department of his congregation—
to seem tremblingly alive to a sense of
, ir personal responsibilities in view of
world's great and urgent necessities.
after another comes to him for advice
direction, and with choked utterance
. tearful eye, asks, " What can I do?"
has struck me that a few brief articles
itten in reply to this question might do
wd, and although feeling myself incom
,ent, I have determined to undertake the
t is important, at the outset, to have a
Tot apprehension of the subject of in
.ry. Feeling, and purposing, and plan
'', all underlie and are essential to doing.
der sensibilities are not only calculated
lighten our estimate of character but
the mainspring or the soul, by which
lowers are kept in motion. To be des
of these, therefore, must render us
, and sluggish. Who does not
. gaze
,h admiration upon the first, and turn
with disgust from the second person
brought to view in the following lines
"I had knelt
And wept with Mary at the tree
Where Jesus suffered—l had felt
The warm blood rushing to my brow,
At the stern buffet of the Jew—
Had seen the Son of Glory bow
And bleed for sins he never knew—
And I had wept. I thought that all
Must feel like mei And then there came
A stranger bright and beautiful,
With steps of grace and eye of flame,
And tone and look most sweetly bent
To make her presence eloquent;
0, then I looked for tears. We stood
Before the scene on Calvary—
I saw the piercing spear—the blood—
The gall—the wreath of agony—
I saw his quivering lips in prayer—
, Father forgive them '—all was there.
I turned in bitterness of soul
And spoke of Jesus. I had thought
Her feelings would refuse control,
For woman's heart I knew was fraught
With gushing sympathies. She gazed
A moment on it. carelessly,
And coldly curled her,lip and praised
The high priest's garment •
What constitutes the difference between
wo characters ? The one has feel
le other has none. Now this na
isibility is essential to a life• of so
lid yet it is not what we mean by
tying and planning also are at once
, orthy and indispenaible to the ac
ihment of good in the world.
it firm determination and wisely-ad
;dames, but little will ever be ef-
Activity, to be successful, must
mordance with well formed and fully
designs, and if we are incapable
ing these it is scarcely worth our
ask, " What can Ido ?" But still
ig and planning are not doing.
nquiry leads us a step farther, and
know how our affections, will, and
auding, may be brought into play
performance of practical good in
rld ? Let me illustrate. Jesus has
I the house of Martha and her sis
,ry. While the former is serving,
:er is lookinc , thoughtfully and af
ately upon her Lord. Her quick
!ads the lines upon the otherwise
"ul features of the " man of sorrows,"
nfound emotions of sympathy well
ter gentle, loving breast. But what
do ? A benevolent heart is full of
)vices. Her plan is laid. It is cus
while the guests recline at table, for
tut to pass round, behind and wash
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and wipe their feet. She will be that ser
vant. Quickly does she pass from one to
another, perforniing the menial office. At
last• she comes to Jesus. With more than
usual tenderness and care his feet are
cleansed from the dust of travel. Her tears
are bathing them ; her flowing tresses are
veiling and wiping them, and her precious
ointment is poured upon them. These gen
tle influences stealthily and• silently ap
plied to his sacred feet (where the . nervous
sensibilities are most exquisite,) send
streams of consolation through his weary
frame until his countenance, but now so
marred and sad, beams with a holy radi
ence of delight. Her gentle acts com
pleted what her sympathy suggested and
her wisdom planned. And such value did
her Lord attach to these affectionate min
istrations, that wherever his Gospel is
preached the story of " that Marys whieli
anointed him with ointment and wiped his
feet with her hairs," is told. Let us learn
to feel, purpose, act like her.
Take another illustration. Mary has
failed to conceal her actions. No sooner is
the box opened than the fragrance of the
ointment escapes and fills the room. And
now not only curious but reproving looks
are fixed ppon her, and harsh words of re
buke pierce her ear. Jesus loved Mary.
He at once forms a plan of relief'. Wise
as a serpant, and harmless as a dove, be
turns the thoughts of the guests from the
manifestations of tender attachment on the
part of Mary, to the secret purpose of God
in the matter. She had given him the
warm tokens of her love, but God had em
ployed her to anoint him for the tomb.
By holding up to view this latter purpose,
he spreads a veil over her actions and even
takes occasion to speak of them in terms
of highest approbation, while he sharply
rebukes her accusers : "Let her alone ;
against the day of my burying hath she
kept this." •
Thus did our great Example teach us not
only to feel, and mature plans but, by put
ting these in execution, perform worthy
and beneficent acts. PASTOR.
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
Dertwshire—Contrasts—Dlaress—Lord Shaftsbury
and .Vr. Wilks—Archbishop Hughes and England
—The Young Men's Association and Pro-North
ern Sympathy—List of Exeter Hall Lectures and
Lecturers—Mr. Glaisher, the yEronaut—His Les
sons for Young Men—Dr. Livingstone and Cen
tral Africa—Bishop Mackenzie and his Successor
—Meeting at St. James' Hall—Firearms and the
Gospel—Scene at Oxford—Bishop Coleneo and
his Heresy—Retains his .Position—Coming Trial
—Bishop of Capetown and High Churchmen—
The " Organ" of the New School—Deprecation
and Appeal—Shall the Church Become a Sect 7
PostsCript.
FROM DERBYSHIRE I dispatch this let
ter, after a visit to a part of Northampton
shire also, and especially a fresh visit to
Kettering, and the tracing (as I did for
merly with regard to Andrew Fuller,) of
the life and labors of the excellent Toiler,
whose memory has been embalmed in
Robert Hall's work. To this I may here
al ter refer.
Trade lan,guishes in Derbyshire and
Nottinghamshire. But' they have iron,
coal, and -agricultural resources
which keep multittudes' employed. One is
struck with the well-to-do, florid aspect,
and- vigorous. health •of both farmers and
laborers.
LANCASHIRE is in deeper distress than
ever, and yet with God's blessing on the
noble exertions now made, I trust that the
Famine fever will be averted, and none be
allowed to starve. Lord Shaftesbury has
been speaking nobly on this theme, as fol
lows :
" The entertainments at the London
Polytechnic on Wednesday evenings were
for the benefit of the distressed Lancashire
operatives. Earl Shaftesbury took the
chair, and made a brief speech on the ne
cessity and duty of assisting the operatives
in their present sad condition. There were
now from 300,000 to 400,000 persons out
of employment, and in a short time their
number would be nearer 600,000. These
were heads of families, so that the number
dependent on charity would be 1,500,00 D or
2,000,000 persons. Many of them were
receiving parochial relief, but rather than
accept it, others had submitted to the se
verest privations. He was sure his aud
ience would sympathise with the efforts
these men had made to preserve their in
dependence. (Cheers.) Many of them
had accumulated considerable sums in the
Savings, but these earnings had now dis
appeared. They had borne their suffdrings
in the most admirable manner. From long
personal experience of these people, he
could testify that they were of an extreme
ly generous, affectionate, and grateful die
position. (Cheers.) They wished to give
work for the assistance they received. Be
fore they could get aid they had been com
pelled to break stones, or to do other work
for which they were ill-suited on account
of their previous occupation. He did not
blame the parish authorities, but he thought
it was very hard upon such men to have to
compete with navvies in a kind of work
which was only suited to the latter. He
knew it had been said that those on the
spot, mill-owners and others, had not prop
erly done their duty. He knew that this
was true with regard to soine'of them ;' but
it was also true that others - had set noble
examples of generosity and self-denial.
He hoped that, although some had neg
lected their duty, those - whom he addressed
would not on that account withhold their
contributions. The Gospel loudly called
on them to assist - those who had been v.is
ited with an overwhelming calamity. He
hoped that peace might be soon restored,
but, of course, no one could say when that
result would be accomplished. God might
soon withdraw his chastening hand, but
the famine might last for many months.
He had lately laid the case of the Lancashire
people before his own agricultural laborers,
and he was glad to say that one hundred
and fifty had at once offered to contribute
the small sums they could spare."
MR. WASHINGTON WILIII3 has been lec
turing on the American war, to the follow
ing effect:
" Yesterday evening Mr. Washington
Wilks deliiered, at the hall of the Literary
Institute, Newington causeway, a lecture
on the American war. Mr. Dunn presided;
and the room was crowded. The lecturer
began by remarking that in all wars there
must be a balance of right on one side,
and that it was the duty of onlookers to
ascertain on which side that' balance lay,
in order that they might afford it their
moral support. With regard - to the Amer
ican contest, he thought it was not difficult
to discover with which side England ought
to sympathise. The conflict had been
described as a collision of races, and there
was some truth in that description. The
South had been described as the aristo
cratic race asserting its privileges against
the democratic tendencies of the North ;
but Englishmen would not on account at
such a description refuse their sympathies
to the latter. The aristocracy in question
was, however, note one so much of race as
of property—of property in human beings.
From the foundation of the Union; and,
indeed i from the settlement of the Ameri
can Continent these differences had been ,
visible, and they had at length broken out
into irrepressible conflict. The questiOn,
being strictly that of limitation or exten
sion of slavery, did not admit of any com
promise. One side or the other would
have to give way, and he asked did Eng
land desire that the North should subjugate
the South, or that the SOlith should sulijn
_gate• the North.? The lecturer contended
at great length that these were the issues,.
and that justice and: humanity, were alike
interested in the suppression of the system
-which had led to the war. The audience
entirely sympathised with the sentiments
enunciated by. Mr. Wilks,' to whom*unati
imous and-enthusiastic vote of thanks was
awarded." •
ARCHBISHOP HUGHES, I perceive, has
been asserting and publishing that every
body in this country, speaks with no greater
respect of the American people, than if
they were inhabitants of some savage
islands. It may suit this Papal ecclesiastic
to he for the good of " the Church," alias
"the Mother of Harlots," and it is quite
natural that he should seek to, stir up ha
tred against a people whose 'Prime Minis
ter so steadily and earnestly, together with
Earl Russel advocates the cause of "Italy
for the Italians," and consequently of the
overthrow of the temporal power of
. the
Papacy. But fresh tokens are being given
by the representatives of the great middle
" Class Christian body, that it is true to the
instincts of freedom, and that it wishes
well; and interprets aright, the President's
emancipation proclamation and policy.
Thus; within the last week, Mr.. W. G.
Langdon, late cotton manufacturer of
Glasgow, delivered in the 'Hill of the
Young's Men's Christian Association, Lon
don, a lecture on the . American question
and the cotton famine. He argued that
slavery had caused both the war and the
cotton famine. Re then described the social
condition of the South, showing the de
moralizing influence of slavery. Educa
tion and mechanical skill, he said, were on
the side of the. North, and it would be sue
cessful in the struggle. The rebellion had
been utterly unjust, and he expresSed
great surprise that Mr. Gladstone bad vir
tually, given it his support. He eulogized
the emancipation policy of the President.
After other remarks, and some addresses
from young men present, a resolution ap
proving of Mr. Lincoln's emancipation'
policy was adopted; and unanimously agreed
to. The resolution also asserted that cap
italists ought to look for cotton to any
quarter of the world, where it could be
obtained.
November 28, 1 862
- TIM YOITNG:IMENfs -61LISTPAN' ASSO
CIATION'S Annual Course of Lectures, •by
eminent persons, is now being weekly de
livered in Exeter Hall. The following
the Gonne for the present ' Winter :
" Scientific Experiments in Balloons, with
Illustrations," by James Glaisher, Esq.,
Fellow of the Royal Society; " The Pur
poses of Being," by Rev. Richard Roberts,
a Wesleyan Minister; "A. Sound Mind,"
by Rev. J. Hamilton, D.D.; " Defaulters,"
by Rev H. Stowell Brown ;" "Italy and
her Rulers," by Rev. W. Mact:all, M.A.
Then comes a Christmas meeting, simply
marked, " Rev. William Brock, and Rev.
Newman Hall, LL.8.," implying that these
two gentlemen will say , something—no
doubt seasonable and weighty—to the as
sembled thousands. Next after the year,
the list proceeds as follows :—" High Farm
ing; Using the World as not Abusing it,"
by Rev. Wm. Arnott, of Glasgow; "John
Howe, sod the Times of the Puritans," by
Rev. Robert Machra.y, M.A.; " Bishop
Burnet, the English Revolution, and Prot
estant Settlement, 1692-1752, by Rev. A.
S. Farrar, M.A ; and last of all, on Feb
ruary 10th, comes the Annual Meeting to
be addressed by Rev. Hugh Stowell, M.A.,
of Manchester, and. the Rev. the President
of the Wesleyan Conference.
Mr. Welsher, who delivered the first
lecture, gave most interesting particulars
of his extraordinary experiments as an
a3ronant in the higher regions of the at
mosphere, and impressively set before the
young men the cause, under God, of his
success in this kind of scientific experi
ment, as being indornitable resolution, fixed
purpose, and stern perseverence. Some
months ago I had the pleasure of describ
ing to your readers the results of his ob
servations, after that he and his intrepid
companion had ascerrded and passed through
banks of clouds into a region almost intol
erable, as to the difficulty of breathing,
and the all but, entire paralysis of the ac
tion of the heart.-
DR. LrvnicisToNE has been lately heard
of, and his name is once more before the
public. First of all, it is known to some,
at least, of your readers, that the first
Bishop sent out to Central Africa, Dr.
Mackenzie, of a Scottish family, died of
fever, some months aqe, together with one
of his devoted followers, Livingstone be
ing his pioneer and guide. They found
the slave trade going on, and the slave
traders much irritated against them. On'
one occasion the Bishop's party were from
panic, in real peril of their lives, led to
use firearms. After this, the Bishop's
party turned back, and-in a sickly region,
Bishop Mackenzie sickened and died. A
second African Bishop is about to be sent out
by the African Missionary Society, sup
ported by the Universities of Oxford, Cam-
bridge, and Durham. His name is Rev.
• Mr. Touzer.
PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, DEC EMBER 27, 1862.
I was present last week at a meeting in
Saint James' Hall, convened by the Episco
palians of the Christian - Knoiledge and
British Propagation Societies, to bear ad
dresses fr .m the Bishop of Oxford and
from the Bishop elect. The latter is a
man in the prime of life, and • speaks flu
ently and well. I wasrglad• to hear noth
ing about " priesthood," and a good deal
about " the Gospel for Africa." In the
course of his address' he deprecated any
resort to force or firearms in intercourse
with the natives, and said that his business
and object, with his companions, would be
to live the religion of peace before the
eyes of the native Africans.
Of .warlike- Bishops you know one' in
the person of Major General Polk.
When not long ago an attack was made by
the Governor of Borneo, upon the savage
and cruel pirates there, the Bishop of Bor
neo joined in the expedition and wrote
home to his friends the" effective use he
had mane . of his revolver I Very indis
creet wag the " friend" who published
such a letter; and' expression to the feel
ings awakened by the conduct of the mar
tial Bishop was give 4 by Poctor Jereinie,
an eminent professor at Cairibr•idge Uni
versity, when speaking on behalf of the
African Mission. •
Bishop Colenzo's work on the Penta
teuch, has given great joy to the infidelsal
the land. It is iadeed " toe halt" that
this man should remain in'the Offiee- which
he abuses . to propagate ,viev4 which ..he
must finer , are totally* PPOB4; to that de - ,
cided ,recognition which is given by the
ChurA of England' to the fem., bookii Of
Moseg,'lda' portion 3 f the Canonical Wri
tings. It is a painful evidenbe of the dar- -
ing character of modern speculation and
skepticism-- - the reactiojef l the traitorous .
attempt made by Rit •Ohtehltien to set
up again the"tyranny of `t . t :priesthood over
-the land—that ColepOleorifidtnrin :his
arithmetical theology, actually inainuateic
that•when.our Lord quotes;-from or refers
to Moses as an inspired writer, it was
a proof of hislimited : knowledge ; in plain -
English, his ignorance which` he supposes
Was iradhally removed" as his human 'soul
grew in: wisdom. a
We , know, that to. Rim. the Spirit was
given, the Spirit,„ " not , by measure.",
And in point of fact,
• it was afterbis res
urrection, that 'he Solemnly endorsed tlie ( -,
Pentatetch--:-.wheu• " at-Moses •
and all the prophets- he 'expounded unto'
them the things concerning ; himself."
As the Af -' orangt-l a b.o says,: "The confi
dence,of millions in the inspiration of the
Old •Testament is new imperilled. For,
although, the Bishop at first sight seein'a
only to correct some arithmetical errors,
and to strengthen Whatit probable; by the
removal of ,whitt ' Contiitaii r etiiry.. and
impossible: yet the logical consequence
of the position which he-has taken up,_,
must in many instances prove deitrixotive •
of the whole Jewish system, and conse
quently of the Christian "systein, which is
its antitype—together with much of the.
New Testament, inchnling the Epistle to
the HebreWs. The Bishop
,is already car-
ried further than he is aware of. -From
the position he has .taken up, to a .sweep
ing denial of the types and sacrifices of the
law, of the predictions of the Prophets, of
the Incarnation of Christ' of his miracles
his Church, and his Sacraments, is a short:
er interval than those who hue not stud
ied the Christian system in all its relations
can possibly realize; Thus 'he has yen:.
tured on a terrible task single-handed,
with a very limited critical apparatus, with
out a great stock of preViously acquired the
ological learning' (emphatically true !)
and without 'prescribing to himself the
limits within which he will confine his
investigations. Nor bas he adopted any
safegnards to prevent, him from drifting
along the Steam of irresponsible Ration
ahem done to the Ota, abyss of.unbelief
which has already swallowed up the ablest
minds of Germany, and threatens to ab
sorb some of our divines, also."
By far the ablest and best review that I
have seen of this new work, is that which
appeared last week in the Patriot, the or
gan of the Congregationalists, and evi
dently written by- a first class Hebrew
scholar. It appears that the Patriot had
reviewed Dr. Colenzo's work on the Ro
mans, in -such a candid spirit, although 'ex
posing its errors, that he himielf wrote a
letter acknowledging this. But now the
reviewer has no mercy upon him,: and after
a crushing exposure of his< figures and cal
culations, partly by comparison of different
passages, and pertly by Hebrew criticism and
conclusions founded thereon, he winds up
by an expression of horrors of him as
Christ's " hlasphemer" when daring to
Biggest his ignorance when speaking of
Moses and the Flood as realities, and by
declaring, that .common honesty demands
that he should at once give up his position
in the Church of England.
That position he seems determined to re
tain on grounds which satisfy his own
strangely constituted, and speaking :in an
infidel sense, his own . fanatical tendencies.
He warns young men• to look well ere they
sign Articles, and seems to think it as his
cross to remain where he-is as, the Ahem
-
pion of what _the Daily . Telegraph, this
week calls "free comicience."
It is to be regretted that it is the High'
Church Bishop of Capetovin wh is about
to prosecute Colenzo in the Ecclesiastical
.Courts. The Te/egraph,.of course, as the
organ of the New School of free thinkers affectsaects to suppose that the Church'of Eng
land is rushing on her ruin by prosecu
tions. The walls'of diseipliee it niookar at
and wishes them thrown, down ; the sign,
log of Articles with all, solemnity, it con
dorms on the part of men who plead a
free conscience."
" Who will warn the Church," it cries.
" What Ganialiel learned' and of repute
among her many doctors; will rise with the
old wise advise, If this Counsel,' &c" It
then attacks the Bishop of Salisbury, (the
bellicose Shepherd of Salisbury Plain,) for,
having patched up his broken weapens,
and for his fresh institution of a suit
against Dr. Rowland Williams. It says
that " for the sake of the English Church,
more than on any other account," it trusts,
" that not even a constructive triumph may
be the bitter future reserved for her," and
so turn the Church into a sect, by driving
out " the few earnest and learned men in
her bosom." That is impudent enough to
say that Williams, Jowett, Wilson, and
Coins°, with a dozen of others constitute
" the few, earnest and learned men " of the
Church 'of England. It appeals thus to
the Church's pride as a National Church,
as being " an asylum of national belief',"
and it declares that Dissenters, " her piti
less rivals," will soon say, " Abdicate your
place of pride; you can no longer pretend
to embrace a wider sphere, of opinion' h'eu
each of us. Now, then, you having deserted'
your traditions; your revenues, your rights,
your privileges of State support are in our
eyes thereby forever forfeited."
A large - class of young men will, alas!
be led on toward w precipice by Colenie,'
and his companions. At all events, thin
new controversy within the English Church,
coupled with 'the feebleness and coward
ice of the Evangelical party, as shown in
this Bicentenary year, when they virtually
cast dishonor on the dust of their legiti
mate prellecesSors—mid likewise from the
genii -Papal leaven still working --I—' has a
powerful tendency to break up the Church
of England. Nor will the young men of
Cambridge and Oxford all be ready to rec
ognize the doctrine—which is, after all,
true enough, in the sense in which he uses
it, and in the sense of consistency, princi
ple and favor—that the Church of England
is a club. And so, of any .club, or any
such association, .though not compelling
any one to become a member, or remain a
member, yet requires every *ember, while
he continues there, td conVirwith its regu
lations."
A " Presbyter-Anglicantie" of the New.
School, says "If the Archbishop be right,
then 'the ChUrch'profeSsing to be National,
is a n:tere .sect Unduly - retaining priviteges
to which sheis not' entitled, and wealth of
which: she is despoiling. the nation. * * *
I do, not believethat the
,Church of Eng-.
land is, or ever has beep, a sect'; and if
she becomes one, her Weis settled."
On the "fstli of December Dr. Lushinfil
ton President Of thwOourt of Arches, will
coinmence .the o hearinglif arguments on :the
" amended, AttrgettP brottght, against „Dr.
itewiand the Ice!.
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i'en , 40 thNviidra L lit
' -
hi PanasrA;'the, Sing e and the people
are still in antagonism. Seivile: addresses
have 'beeniptesented to him froin various
quarters i signed,,by-a, few: an address to,
the Deputipaof the Lower Hope is being
signed. ~by tens of thou Sands, in
alone. .". Prussia, according the census of
1801; Contains a civil population of 18,-
222,79950u15,•and amilitary;population
268,517,- including the wivesiand daughters
of 'soldiers--,—making a total of .18,491,316
Benis. There, are 11,29g,276 Protestants,
of wham 184,187 are in the army; 1 ; 202
niembers , of , the •49-reek Church; of- whom•
Six . are :soldiers ;.13',716 Anabaptists, of
whom eight- are soldiers ; 16,233 Dissen-,
tern, of whom sixty-three ,are .soldiers;,
254,78 t of whom, 1,328. are in the
army ( Thegreat prePonderance, of 'Protes
tants among the military, is owing to the
fact that out ofinearly 8,000 officers in the
active army i there : are only a'few thousand
Roman Catholics. In the military schools,
out of 1,300 pupils , there are only from 60
to 70 - Romanifita.
TxE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT has been
for nearly a week discassing the policy of
Rataiii and • his supporters. A. letter of
Count Clavour, written in 1859, and speak
ing ,confidentially to a -friend, complained
bitterly of the secret intricrues and enmity
of the very men (save La Marmara and
another) who are now in power, and who
have been truCkling to the French Empe
ror. He -has waxed, insolent of late., and
the dispatch= ofhis new Foreign Minister,
Drouyn De L'Huys, is keenly resented by
the Italian people and Parliament.
AUSTRIA is taking counsel of " the net
tle danger," and has reduced her proposed
war budget by no less than six millions of
florins: It shaadd to this, justice to Hun
gary and and a commercial treaty
with. England,and low-duties, she will im
mensely develop her. magnificent resources,
and become rich and prosperous. An am
nesty for. pant Offinees`has heen - proclatmed
in Hunoiry ' but unless the brave nation
have their full rights restored, sullen and
passive resistance will be still, maintained.
Any concessions made hitherto are not
real.
POLAND still bleeds, and yet struggles, -
resists, and adds crime and murder to her
efforts to be free. Not long since the
Chief Director of the secret Police, at War
saw, was found dead on the stairs of his
own, house, pierced by many wounds.
Within a few weeks after ' his subordinate,
a Pole; and a traitor to his country, was
found hanging in his own bed-rootn, with
a label on his breast, with the word " TttAr
'TOE," to indicate the cause of his de
struction. The, Grand. Duke Nicholas is
making concessions, and offers something
like an Independent Legislature. But
meanwhile he lives in fear of losing his
life,- for attempting which one has already
been executed. Russia altogether is pass
ing through the throes of a terrible crisis.
She hai never, financially and commer
cially, recovered from the effect of the
Crimean war; and this, succeeded by the
emancipation of the Serfs, the discontent
of the Nobles, the revolutionary spirit of
the rising' generation, including students
and senior officers of the army, sadly op
presses the resources of the Empire, and
affects the haPpiness of the Czar.
P S.—Gaiotting' prevails to a frightful
extent Londoh, and the crime is gen
erally' committed by Ticket-of-leave men.
The whole system of relaxation of the term
of penal servitude; is now eagerly con
detnne&by the press. Sir Joshua Je,bb,
who is at, the' bead -of Prison Inspection,
'defends` the system. The Timis is fierce;
and the Daily Tile§raph, calls the garotters
" Jebb's Own."
A number of mad hare perished by the
fall of the Hatrunerimith Viaduct.
An' explosion of gas' in the Wallsend
coal mine, near Sunderland has destroyed
sixteen Men and lads.
The Prince of Wales' =marriage` to the
Princess Alexandra of Denmark, will take
place in April 'next.
The New Zealand Chiefs have forwarded
an address of condolence to"the Queen, on
the death of Prinde'Albert. It is thor
oughly poetic and touchingly affectionate in
tone.
Lord Palitterstoii has been- elected Lord
Rector of the University of Glasgow, and
Mr. Gladstone to a similar honor at Edin
burgh—both victorious over Tory candi
dates.
Two of our Tory papers now appear to
have . been subsidized some years ago by the
French Qoirernment. The exposure comes
out in a suit brought in our Law Courts
agairuitCount Persigny, then Ambassador
here. Perhaps a little Southern gold
greases the palms of the present writers in
the Morning Herald' and the Standard,
each admirers of Southern chivalry and
haters of the North. Such papers as these
do not command circulation.
Cold weather having set in, the mortal
ity of Louden is greatly increased , but
there is no epidemic disease. Several livei
have been lost by persons falling into the
Thames during the fogs of the earlier part
of November.
Au'ludez`to'Hateit:ein4' ue tes'lttibeen
published, with 30;000'referenoes. It is
of great value to the searchers after' the
" curiosities of literature."
The, American Col. Ward, who.was in
the`military service of the Chinese Inipe
rial Government, died of a wound received
in a battle - with:the' Taepiiiks:
WHOLE NO. 535
Let me now conclude by commending to
all students and ex-Professors the following
newest specimen of " Horse Latin." Here
is the recipe to, keep a horse all right :
" Brushes, !et curricumbus ad libitum ; el
bow greaset quantum sufficus; blanketus
first-ratus ; Animal warmus; fodderus, never
soy-die-tus,. butfinealus et oa.tus; exeroises
on 'compromises. The effect will be—
costes shinus, - lappetatui virOlfiitus, muscu
laritus two-fortyitus."''
• Releeted.y
' l llelp,'Lord or we Perish P'
Breithp *EBBE..
*hen thrimgh the torn sail the' teinpest-
streaming,
When o'er the dark ware the red lightning is
gleaming,
Nor hope lends a ray the poor ,seaman to
cherish,
We ify to our 'Lot.4IT or ire
perish!"
Oh Jesus! ono 0,5'4 on the , breast the
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pillow,,
Now, Veited in , glory;:the:marinereherish i `.;
Who ories, in .his danger—g• Help, ; Lord L or, we,
perish 1 ." . „ .
Aitd- oh, when :the whirtivindi of passion is.
. .
ra g in g ,
When 'hell in our heart ,Its. wild - warfare is
waging.
Arise thy strength, thy redeemed to cherish,
Rebuke the 'desCroyer-:-.“ Heli, Lord I or we
perish !"
ilitindeurlf the Bible--Interesting Teitlinony,
ever`' tried it, yon'rniist haie
been struck with the' few solid thoughts,
the few suggestive ideas which survive the
perusal of , the most brilliant, of, h3ffnart
books. Few of them can stand three re"air
ings ; and Of the inemorabilia ithicfC:You
had-marked in your first reading, oii're=
verting to them, you find that; manr:of
those were not so striking, or weighty, or
original/Us you thought. But the Word
of GoTis solid; it will stand a thousand
readirgs; and the man who has gone over
it' the. mist frequently and carefully, is the
surest: of finding' new wonders': there.—
Rev. James Hamilton,.
When commenced tny duties of pro
fessor of
,theolegy, ,I feared that the fre
quency. afth which I should have to pass
over the same portfons of Scripture would
abate the interest, in my 'mind in reading
them; ,btit after : more than...fifty years iof
'study, it is my e.xperience that with' every,
class my interest increases;".—Pro/: Leonard
Woods. .
I have always found IIT my scientific
studies, that when-I could get the; Ilibleto
say anything upon the subject, it afforded
me a firm platform to stand, upob, and
another round_ in the ladder_ by which. I
could, safely ascend.—Lieut. Maury.
I have for many years made, it a practice
to read throug,h the Bible once a year.
My custom is to read four or five chapters
every =mor-ning -immediatelY after -rising
from my bed: It employs about an hour
of my time, and seems to me the, most
suitable manner of beginning the day. In
what light soever we regard the Bible,
whether with reference to revelation, to
history, or to morality, it is an invaluable
and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and
virtue.—John, Quincy Adams.
_I can easily conceive why the Bible was
one of the four volumes which always lay
on Byron's table; and it would be easy to
fill a lecture with the testimonies, written
or unwritten, which painters, sculptors, ora
tors and poets,. have rendered to the most
thought-suggesting book in the world.--
Hamilton.
From the time that,•at.my mother's feet,
or on my father's knee, I first learned to
lisp verses from the Sacred Writings, they
have been my daily study and vigilant con
teniplation. If there be anything in my
style or thoughts to be commended, the
credit is due to my kind parents in instill
ing into my mind an early love of the Scrip
tures.—Daniel Webster.
I am of opinion that the Bible contains
more true sensibility, more exquisite beau
ty, more pure morality, more important
history, and finer strains of poetry and elo
quence' than can be collected from all
other books,. in whatever a g e or language
they may be written—Sir WM. Jones
J. W
I will hazard the assartion that no man
ever did, or ever will become, truly elo
quent without being a constant reader of
the Bible, and an admirer,.of the purity
and sublimity of its language.--Fisher
Ames.
I rest in the Bible as . phe only, book in
.
which is found true eloquence and wisdom.
Miraiidula.
There is no book like the' Bible fbr
celient learning, wisdom and use.—Sir
Matthew Hale.
No writers, from thuinvention of letters
to' the present time, are equal to the pen
theii of the books of' the Old and New Testa
. . . . .
meets, in true.excellenee, utility and dig
...
nity.--iii. David Hartley.
Every word and syllable of the 'Bible,
ought to be admired; it not only cannot be
enough admired, but it'cannot be too much
admired.--Boileau.
The Bible is a matchless volume ; it is
impossible we eau study, it too much, or es
teem it too highly.---Boyle.
We account the Scriptures of God to be
the most sublime philosophy.-Bir Isaac
Newton.
There are no songs comparable to the
songs of Zion ; no, orations equal those, of
the prophet; and no polities like those
which the Scriptures teach.--/Ifilton.
I must confess to you that the majesty
of the Scriptures astonishes me; the holi
ness of the evangelists speaks to my heart,
and has such strong and striking characters
of truth, and is, moreover, so perfectly in
imitable, that if it had been the invention
of men, the inventors would be greater
than the greatest heroes.--Rosseau.
Most wondrous beok bright candle of the'Lord I
Star of , eternity . ! the onlystar ,
By which the bark of man could navigate
The sea of life, and gain the coast of bliss
Seoniely ; only star Which roia on time;
And,en,ite dark and i troubled.billown still,
As generation, drifting swiftly by,
`
Snceeeded generation, threw a'ray
Of heaven's own light, and to , • the• hiliwof God,
The everlasting hills, pointed the sinner's eye.
—Pollak.
0 come! let 118 walk in the light of the Lord
As it beams from the page of his life-giving
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PILOPEIDTOIL AND .PVILIDDIEN.
While we follow the path that's illumined by its
ray,
That , path by the prophets and patriarchs trod,
Still bright with the steps of the chosen of God.
W. H. Burleigh.
The Ilan of Principle.
Truth and right are divine. They were
before the world. was, having_ survived the
decay of earth's, mightiest,, erupitea, and i ,
will reign over the - hbundlese i ftiture:,
is God-like, because he can comptehdrid
these unchangeable principles, and govern
his •actions, by them. : .. ;Amid the deep gloom
of ignorance through which humanity has
toiled hitherto, history amply proves that
man has ever understood, as' now, the val
ue of Truth, and the,obligationeAtcatier
and the, fact that jthese are - -geperally and
wilfully distegar i cled; is suf f icient evidendb,
that Jus is ina fallen, wretched, and erring
bondition.
fruit Sod.
Let no iiiin trust to the gentletiess;the
genetbafti, eititlievideining • goodwill of Intl •
lieart;fisithePhopee that *hey ,ftleitiPiiin ifirebT ,
.Iy - 'bear .hinr - threugh,,the temptatiope:Ot
this Norhl. perilous
passage to the true beginning ,of life, where ,
even the best' natures need' `continually
be reminded of their weakness and to .find
their only seeurityin.steadily—referring all
their thoughts, • acts and affections to the
ultimaie end of their being; yet where,
imperfect as we are, there is no obstacle
too mighty,: no temptation too strong to
the truly humble in heart, who, distrusting'
themselves, seek to be sustained only, by
that holy Being who is life and power, and,
who, in his love and mercy, has promised`
to give to those that ask.
Ihity of Visiting the Aged.
"I - Bolen:tidy charge you," said a venera
ble " to reniember the aged mein
berl'of 4.11. e Chureh. The duty Of visiting"
the aged and infirm members.of the °birch
of Christ is not peculiar to ministers only..
-The members of: Christ's, body sympathise
one with another, audit is fitting= tinier
ativn'tbat the young'shoUrd_cdatribw 'to -
the happiness of the aged. • Ivied-rare. *
to receive attention from the young; .they;
are pleased to know_tbat they., are not -for
gotten ; they. rejoice to know.that there are
those who 'are active' in that eanse they
love so well."
UnlessFe are watchful, we shall neglect
this duty. yy:, do not meet, them in the
course, of buiiress; they are not seen in
the streets; perhaps they are not even 'in
the house of God. In their . retirement
they-are easily forgotten. We must make
an effort ;; to bear them in, mind. The
friends, ot„their youth have gone, and left
them - lone . pilgrims in this vale or tears.
Solitnile, decaying 'vigor of mind as well as
body, commend them to our sympathy.
Let us remember =the aged, let us cheer
their lonely, hours by friendly visits; let
its tell them what is doing for Christ i ,in
his dhurch ; let us talk with them about
that better world which, they are soon to
enter: • We they find the performance of
this .duty profitable tv eourselve,s. "We pled
secure their prayers , .; and who can tell how
great will be the effect upon our usefulness ?
The performance of this duty is most ac
ceptable to the Saviotir. He regards all
the kindness shown to his childrep as
shown to himself. We know how he felt
toward his aged followers. What can be
more pleasing to him than that we should
entertain similar feelings toward them, and
express those feelings by appropriate ac
tions? What action will receive a surer
reward'?
The True Test of Piety
If we would wish to discover whether
there were any particles of steel in a large
quantity of rubbish, it would not be the
wisest way to search for them, and especially
in the dark, but to hold a large and effica
cious magnet over it. And this, if it be
there, is the way to discover true religion
in our souls. The truths and promises of
God .are, to .a principle of religion in the
mind, that which the magnet is to the
steel.. If there be any in us, the proper
exhibition of the Gospel will ordinarily
draw it forth.
If it be a matter of doubt with you
whether you be truly, converted, far be it
from me to endeavor to persuade you that
you are so. Your doubts may be well
founded, for aught I can tell, and,supposing ,
they should beso the door of mercy is stilt
open. If you have: obtained- mercy,, the,
same way is open for your obtaiiiing it
again; and if not, there is no reason why
you should not obtain it now. The• Gospel
supper is provided; ,all< thinganraready
and the. King's servants. a.re commissioned
to persuade; and as; it were compel them to
cOmein, If you accept this'"invitation, all
are yours. I ask not whetherbe Willing'
to be saved in God's wag in order to deter. - -
m ine your right to .ancept-spiritnal:blessinge
—the message sent to you_ in the qqapeL _
determines this- - --but
_in order to ascertain
your interest in them. - If you cOrdiallY be
lieve the Gospel, you have the' of
eternal life. If its blessingsnuit your .ded
sires, they are all year own. If, for -exam
ple, it t does not offend, you, but accords with
your very heart to sue for mercy as
, the
chief of sinners; if yen. be willing to occu
py that place which the Gospel assigns you,
which is the ,dust, and to , ascribe to Jesus'
that which God has assigned tohim, "pow
er and riches ,and wisdom, and strength and.
honor and glory and blessing;" if you can
tinreluctantly give up all claim to life on'
the footing of your own worthiness and de
sire nothing so much as to be found • in
Christ, not having your own righteousness;
if the salvation you seek be a deliverance
from the dominion of sin, as swell as from
its damning power; finally, if the heaven
you desire be that which the Scriptures re
veal, a state of pure, and holy enjoyment,
there can be no, just cause to doubt your
interest in these things.— Rey. Andrew
Fuller.
About Life.
If it is well for a man to live at all, he
should endeaVor to avoid all those' influ
ences which detract from the beatity
harmony of Inman existence..: In'!otheil
wor44,i 44 ot4d a
_make'toast ! , ,pi:
and apt, a4ow Aiterlf,,te,hcAsttlefld l out.,,,
noyed, or 6efotbided by ailytkpg.,, 1 / 4
shoulctfuliy being
with his own soul, and shaving great OkietV .-
will for all mankind. Life, then, will have
a beautiful significapoe to him; its,curgeak
will be deep and tlow.sently,o,s---in all the
beauties of the worlifiefacited: