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" The Situation." '
War, terrible war, with martial band,
And gleaming PWOld and flaming brand,
Is rushing madly o'er the land
Earth trembles with the heaiy tread
vast and hostile armies, led
chieftains to the conflict dread.
,e artillery's roar, the wounded's moan,
e living's shout, the dying's groan,
'mingling rise before the Throne.
le treasured memories of the past,
country's hopes while time shall last,
e trembling in the war storm's blast..
d far away a scene appears
homes made sad—of orphans' tears,
ud widows' grief for long, long years.
ith anguished hearts we ask, how long,
Lord, shall yet the rebel-throng,
sinst the Right, tonintain the Wrong?
4Wn on thy knees, 0 Nation, fall!
thou an guilty, one and all;
Heaven, in haste, for mercy call.
,own in the dust! and own the rod
Or Him that emitea, the Lord our God;
Our land In vengeance He hath trod.
Ether of mercies, hear the prayer;
by heritage—thy peoplan-spare
`krough Him that died our sins to bear,
who didst bid the tempest cease
at night on Galilee's lake, release
lm this dread storm, and give us peace.
e surging tide of treason stay;
ppress the wring; restore the sway
Law, iu thine own time and way.
irit of Grace, thoa heavenly dove,
rer the nation gently move,
,menting all the ioads of love.
en, humbled, 'saved from all out fears,
praises mingling with our tears,
'll trust in GOD for coining years;
, from our land the Light shall go
bless the nations, sooth their woe,
And endless life and Joy bestow.
Independence, la
Seeing and Believing.
.rialta. Emotes have some thoughts
he above subject which I benevolently
wee communicating to the public, with
permission. .These thoughts may
ible run through three or four news
ir articles.
ou have noticed, how prone people Ave
iti mate greatness by bulk, power by
toy, and eloquence by
,noise. Except
see—signs and wonders—they will not
, ye. The signs of a great man are, six
four inches, three hundied pounds
't, and ability to lift and carry a thou.-
. Show the people
,a map like that,
he is the great man ; they believe in
and forthwith crown him, king over
i, and social games, and gymnastic
s. The brawny arms, the iron sinew,
)ny fist which drops its blows like iron
-these are signs, to them, of great
and they believe. The great men
,tally, are the men who stand out eon
,usly in the field of history, the ob
of all observers—the Samisens, the
mi liens, the WaDaces. With — whit
wonder do we read in the history of
dim old times, "There were . 11iants in
days!" Like the ancient Philis
we are apt to make our Goliahs our
Jentatives, and parade them before all
as types of greatness.
ieral Washington steps into a ring of
youth who are competing in athletic
s for the prize, a village belle. lie
measures the ground with his eye,
at a single bound, clears a space of
feet ; and all eyes stare. Among
rat he stands the greatest, because—
the best muscle Nine men out of.
I admire that leap more than they
lire the quiet order and magnitude
mind which achieved American In
'once out of difficulties which would
crushed any ordinary mind. They
ie the leap, and measure it ; but the
is invisible, and cannot be so
red.
young student goes down into North
mil Virginia, among the rude dwellers
at land, to establish Sabbath Salmis.
-oes with all the meekUess and quiet
of
. a disciple of Him who did not
nor cry, neither was his voice heard
street; but those rude mountaineers
see no sign, and would not believe in
They had no faith in his mission,
so would oppose him ; by physical
too, as the only argument with which
were familiar. But when the great
of the modest agent burns in his
ik, and flashes from his eye, and swells
form " into the full proportions of in
: manhood, and with clenched hand
brawny arm he stands ready to mess
force with force, then they see the
and they believe. His mission is
!ssful !
Jong the mass of men, too, the power
man intellectually, is the man of dis-
He who can show you the glowing
rattling machinery of his mind, all
ling and thundering, as it hurls out
iot flashes of rhetoric, and welded
or logic, and great bars of reasoning—
rho can show this itiaohipery ; to the
advantage, is the most powerful man.
Hodge goes down from Princeton, on
)ath, to preach to the good 'people
make their living by selling garden
,bies to New-York and Philadelphia.'
kes no "machinery" with him, and
no noise. His mind has worked too
to crash and rattle. He shows no
;re to those plain people, .ctives no
He simply drops into their ears
thoughts, grand principles, sublime
nes, clothed in the fewest possible
4 pHs shows them the truths he has
-mad out, but not how he did it, and
>plc have no faith in him (unless
now his name) • they cannot think
great man. Who could not talk
way ? Who did not know all that be
,
young . student goes down next Sab
al l bristling with rhetoric and glow
-1 ardor, who has never done much,
working at a great deal, and shows
iple how he does , it. He shows them
ihinery of his mind, forging out
ruths ; they do not 1 exactly see the
but they see (he spoke and hear the
of machinery—thateee.,the litoudera
Hove. .
/OWAW.
for the Pmbyterlau, Baiuter
•
VOL. Xl•f NO• 17.
It requires seme mental cultivation to I
look through the sign to the thing signi•
fled—through the " wonders " to that
which produces the wonders, and measure
the man, not by the height el' his body, but
the altitude of his mind; and measure his
eloquence, not by the loudness of his voice
and the multitude of his words, bat by the
worth of his thoughts. If a great thought
can he conveyed in two words, it is, better
than if talked about an hour; and if it can
be heard in a whisper, it is better than if
uttered in thunder tones. his better to
husband the breath and the thunder for
great emergencies.
So it happens, however, from this ten
dency to measure greatness by bulk, power
by display, and eloquence by noise, that
the best minds of every age are generally
the least popular, and the best literature
the least current among the masses. A
savage is not satisfied with anything true
to nature 'He must have feathers, and a
coat all trimmed with fiery reds and flaming
yellows. So it is with a savage taste in
I i tera ture and oratory ; it demands a Fourth
of July style, which. vomits forth powder
and pathetistn, and spasmodic words, full
of fire and flood, and death and vengeance;
for unless the people " see signs' and won
ders, they will not believe!' H.
For the' Fteetiyterhin Banner
Robbing God.
"Ye are cursed with a curse for ye
have robbed me, even this whole nation."
In the Banner of August 30th, notices
are given that " the AileAleny, and Dan
ville Theological Seminaries will open, the
former ou the Bth, and the latter on the
20th of September. The corps of instruc
tion in each will be hilt; each of the Pro
fessors will give attention to his dePart
meat Ste."
Sept. 27th, it is announced editorially,
" the Danville Theological Seminary no.
cessarily suspends operations. The rebel
invasion makes a centionance impractica.;,
ble!' At the meeting of the Trustees of
Allegheny Seminary, on the 18th,. Dr.
Planter quite unexpectedly , tendered his
resittnation as a Professor • in the institu
tion ; which was accepted."
Do not these providences point unerr
ingly to the word• of the -Lean of Rests.
by Malachi? "
,Now, 0 ye prieste Lye have
robbed me in that ye have not laid it to
heart to give glory 'lnvo my name, saith
the Loan of Hosts.,'`
November 22d, notice is given that "the
Danville Theological Seminary will be re
opened on Monday the 17th inst. The
presence of Dr. Stanton enables us to re
new our labors even in . these trOublous
'times, under hopeful auspices." thittis
are given to Divine Providence for their
deliverance from the rebel invasion; and
for their " hopeful auspices."
The sin of ignoring a Divine Provi
dence in these " aidall stainer announce
ments, whether ' Vritten orsi,'o, so ex , .
plicitly painted to and 'reproved in the
Word of God, that there cannot be the
shadow of an excuse for it.
The Apostle James rebukes
,this.sin. '
"-pressly, in the 'fourth oliapter, and this
%eel:o,h verse—" Go to, now
,ye
,that
to-day or to-morrow, we• will' gO into shell' a
city and continue there a year, and bay
and sell and get gain." Now, this ex
, pression, and the following, are all in the
same category : " Resolied, that. thil; Aj
sembljr,do now adjourn, and another A.s.
sembly be ordered to meet in-such a city,
one year hence." "Resolved, that pres
bytery stanAti adjourned to meet in such a
City, three Months hence." Or 63 - sal
seance " that there will be preaching owe
certain day,." And all similar expressions
in which Divine Providence is ignored. I
The sin in' all these cases is one of omis
sion.- " Whereai ye know 'not what shall
be on the merrciw; as your',life . is even a
vapor. Ye out to sly, if the' Lord will
we shall live f and do this or that." ." For
to, him that knoweth to do good, and doeth
it not to him it is sin."
' Dr. Adam Clark says upon this passage:
" 1 shall quote passage which I: - read
when a schoolboy, and which even then
taught me a lesson of caution, and .respect
for the Providence of God. It may be
found in Lucien (a heathen) c. 6.: ' A man
was invited by one of his friends to come
the next day to supper. 1 will certainly
come, said he. In the meantime a tile,fell
from a house, I know not who, threw it,
and killed him. I therefore laughed at
him for not fulfilling his engagement!' It
istsaid, Fax. est. ab poste , doceri,' we: should'
learn from our enemies. ~Take care i Chric
tian, that this *heathen buffoon laugh ,you.
not out of countenance." Re who does
not the Master's' will, hecause he does not
know it, will be beaten with few stripes;
but he who knows it, and does not do it,
shall be beaten with many.—Luke Xii :.47,
48..
Dr. Scott says—" Ye ought to say if the
Lord will we shall live and do this or
that," is a rule universally applicable ; and
every man ought most carefully to consid
er it. Let us learn to reduce all our
knowledge to practice, remembering that'
in all things, • to him that knoweth to do
good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin,
heinous, and aggravated sin ; and ~that
omitting known duty, is, as pem,.
mitting known sin."
Dr. Doddridge—" For to him that know
esh to do good and doeth it not, to him, it AI
aggravated airs; and it would have been
mach better. for him that hehad .wanted,
that degree of knowledge had, than tha.t,
he should abuse it."
Our Saviour rebukes this sin : " Ye'
are the light, of the world A city that is
set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do'
men light a candle and put it under a
bushel. * * Let your light so shine be
, fore men, that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father which is in
heaven."
Paul reproves it: " Whether therefore
ye eat or drink, or whatso.ever ye do, do
all to the glory of God."
He tells the Philippians : "But I trust
in the Lord Jesus to.send Tiniotheus short
ly unto you. * * But I ~trust in the
Lord that I myself shall come shortly:
Finally, brntbren, ,tbose tbings„which ye
hive bothlearned. and received, and heard,
and seen in me, DO; and the God of peace
shall be with you."
Neither Paul, nor any other writer in the
Scriptuies, uses that abominable abbrevia
tion, D. V. Where is the authority for
thus mutilating the, names of Deity?" It
is nothing less than robbing God. "
brought that whichrvins torn, and the.lame,
and the siek ; thus iptiretiglit olVring,,,i,;
should ,e;Seept *this iit'youf yaivi Eiliplf
t h e Le a of . l a . r,
, "r 1,10 "' lIJ 0•4
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, JA NUARY 7, 1863. ,
Malachi's whole Prophecy is a reproof of
this sin :
" Whereas Edom saith, We are impov
erished, but we well return and build the
desolate places; thus saith the Lord of
hosts, They shall build, but / will throw
down.
" A son bonoreth his father, and a servant,
his master; if then I be a father, where is
mine honor? and if I be a master, where
is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts. Will
a man rob God ? Yet ye have robbed 'me..
But ye say, Wherein have we roboed thee ?
In tithes and offerings.
"Ye are cursed with a curse; for ye have,
robbe me even, this whole nation." That is
why God is angry. Our national Consti
tution .robs him. Our ministers of the
Gospel rob him. Ouriwhole nation robs
him. Now here is the rernedy,.: " Bring ye
all the tithes into the storehouse, that there
may be meat in mine house; and prove me
now herewith saith the LORD' of Hosts, if I
will not open you the windows of heaven,
and pour you, out a blessing that there
shall not be room enough toyee.eive it."
And ail nations shall call you idessed ;
-for ye shall be a delightsome land, sairb
the LORD of Hosts." -
We have the admonitions of, Christ, of
the Apostles and. Prophets- it we :beed.not
these, neither would we, heed, though one
shduld *rise from the dead and,tell us of
THE Sift.
"Bring this nation•to its knees, 0 Judge
of all the earth in,
That is ths position to which wc..must
come as a people, and the , sooner ,the_ better.
LiYmittc,
LA. sense of dependence on God's favor,
f,,r the carrying, out of our purposes,should
be always cherished. But we doubt wheth
er it should be always uttered. Prophets
and Apostles did not alWays utter it. We
fear that the adoption of such a rule would
lead to many "vain repetitieni."=—Eris:l
Epr-the Pyeebytem ,Bacular
Letter -from the Army of the. Potomac.
i s IOSPITAL NEAP. FREDETtithESIVIIRG, VA.,
December 22, 1862.
If any one thinks -the army a place of
leisure, even fora chaplain, he must allow
me respectfully to-intimate that he labor
ing under a mistake. Or, if he, supposes
it to be a place that affords
,grest facilitios
for letter-writing, he is again in error.
Once in a while, indeed, when thini'm
got out of the routine of daily dix.
ties, materials for a letter may be furnished
in great abundance ; 'but : then the excite
ment; the'contusion, the danger, the alarm,
-the demand for other and.more serious an
tion, leave little time - for letter-writing.
This is my apology for my long neg.
leeting to write you, whom I have addressed
„
so often, in other and more cong,enial ,eir
eumstanees.
One of the conclusions at which I have
arrived since joining the army, and I frank,
ly confess it, is, that t am not so much of .a
General as I was at home. A closer and
personal observation of the needs and diffi.-
culties of a military commander would, I
think,. 'convince our home and newspaper
Generals, that it is somewhat easier to crit ;
icise than to perform the aotions,of Geeer
als in the "field; easier to wish for a forward
and succeseful Movement, than to achieve
it: An army is` "a late thing to move•along
and to keep supplied with needful subsist
enee_ No country supplies, roads .enough,
for the purpose; new ones must be Made,
and when unfavorable Weather makes the,
roads bad, consequently - retarding . progress,
the number of roads mnit be the more 'in-
creased. Sometimes'',the army mait! be"
moved to its supplies, as it is impracticable
to, briog them to it. If ,the mountain .wili
not come to Mohammed,' Mohammed must
go to the mountain.No . adequate concep
tion can
-be formed, without actual observe
tion, of the immense work: of moving for.
ward s so large a host as this is, with
Miles of wagon trains, over bad roads, so
as to prevent confusion and the thousand
inconveniences atteiriatiron' the separation
of men from Abell. iniplies or food and
forage
Another conclusion at whieh I have ar
rived is, that the moral condition of the
army Li about the same as that of the coun
try and of the world. >The lack of re
ligious privileges and of conservative moral
influences is, of course,. perceptibly felt,
The genial influence of the Sabbath, the.
heme, the Christian fellewship, is wanting„
or is greatly weakened. Close association'
with men' who would not he chosen or ad
mitted as companions at home, is in a de
gree
. unavoidable, and et' course injurious.
Somevices abound more in- the army than
at home, and others far less. Profane
swearing appea.rs to be the dialect of the
army, but drunkenness is extremely rare.
Among themselves, I hear the, men swear
ing, and Musing, in , the tiistance; but no
man swears when talking, in presence of
the Chaplain. I have seen men of differ
ent nations together, where one ‘ acquainted
with different languages would speak Ger
man Ito , one, English to another. , It is
somewhat so with regard to swearing—a
sufficient refutation of The silly pretense,
that .. one cannot help it. The means of in
texication are not easily to be had, in the
army. One could see
.. mere drunken, men
in Pittsburgh, any, hour of any.day, than I
have seen in this huge army in pearly three,
months. On one occasion, (one, too many,)
after the late
,battle, a Avhisky ration was,
issued to, the, troops. do not t ,know that
there was nous.ffi intoxication even then, but
there was all throngh the camp ' ; a percepti
ble increase of lonsaeity,„and an extension
of it to an nnusnally- late hour of the
evening.
The conveniences ,for holding .public
worship are next to none at,oll. Iu fine
weather the men attend very Aell, and give
clese ankreverent Attention. to the exer
cises as, is seen in other encgreatiens.
Daring the Winter season, ouit-door con
gregations can hardly , be expected. We
would not expect them ot.liorne, „either in
city ,or country. The principal depend,
ence,,for usefulness, must,be placed in pri
vate endeavors with individual, man ;"and
in atteMptifig this the minister of Christ
meeis the, same eneoureptpen 4.4 and diffiqyl
ties here, tbat. .0(4. ,f4PON, I !Pre. Men,
are men everywhere; and ,sinners are sin-,
ners. , The reproofs, doctrines and promises
of the Gospel do not
As to the events and
,incidents of Ale
past few days, I presume' you have heard
more at home than we have here in the
field. I fear however that the reports
hich ,have reached, ; you, are, not "wholly.
wholly
correct. It is , impessAle for any .eor
resp,ondentofjthempserf,tos,pw,persoplaly
all 0,14.JiM,91-IMArigcutlittlivekliim3
of the army, and amidst the confusion of
battle the means of correct, information is
not very ample or reliable. I have heard
of one report which does great injustice to
the veteran Division with which I am con
nected. The long and approved services of
the Pennsylvania Reserves ought to have
established their reputation for bravery and
firmness beyond the necessity of any vin- -
'dication, and beyond the danger, of cavil
or censure. Yet they are represented, by
one writer, to have failed at a critical mo
ment, in the late contest.-- Their advance,
under heavy ,fire,, beyond-tatty other forces
on the left of our line . and their great
losses, are testimony to their bravery. And
their subsequent retirement from the pail
tion which they had gairiad was, inevitable,
through the failure ofthiit yery brigade to
support them which is iiiid,,,iii the ,report;
r e ferred to, to hive lolly prevented a'
- complete rout.
• The reputation of the , Vennsylvania Re-1
.serves, in the army, is high . and widely ex-'
tended. They have parl4ipated itintmost,
every battle of the Virginia campai g ns,
from Drainsville to Fredefielishurg*; ` front
Dee. 20th, 1861, to Dee.1.4t1111.562. `
--Their =
r ti
greatly thinned ranks a roof of this op ! :
duous service. Office ' yid private ,sol•ri
diers, slike, have borne tii , eliardehi,ps el the
march and the 'dangers cif the iiiittleleld.
Neither of their three Ilrigades'his neat — a
General; very few °Utile regiment/ Sre
commanded by Colonela.;, many,companies
have no captains ; quito,..; large number
have not a commissioned offider ; and ;
sev
eral
of them have not even a serjeent. It
is sorrnitel to see them' on parades, and
compare them with *h' ethey were a , year
two, or ; were nine mobtha ago -when' they
left Camp Pierpont.
,Rov.Ourtin's,.Project
for recalling the Reserves to the old Com
monwealth, for restiddre,cruiting, was in
my judginent a wise one. It would tiow'be
more obviously so than when . it'iVas pro
posed. ` If: active movements_are to-be sus
pended, even for three, months, thesp,troops
could he sustained cheaper in Pennsylva
nia than here, and could have opportunity
for filling up their 'ranks for efficient ser
vice in the Spring campaign. They have
not seen their homes for nearly eighteen
months. Th e y need, opportunity to recupe
rate and, in some measure,. to reorganize.
Having experienced the wetting potency
of war, they should, if consistenrwith pub
lic interest, enjoy, fur a short space , the in
vii.orating influence Of home 'scenes and
home rest. • . , .
.
The late battle on the Rappahannock
was a severe one. From the exposure of
our men
: and the ihotter of the enemy, it is
not surpriSini that our losses should exceed
theirs. I cannot but think, bdwever, that
newsPaPer r eports have exaggerate our oss-
Then.Ctipn of the - enemy was, in some re
spects, mysterious. They ,
, illykire no dispo
sition to leave their defences for a pitched
battle, and they were extremely sparing iu
the use of their artillery. For the whole of,
Thursday, the incessant play of our flamer
oils batteries failed to:elicit the response of
a single gun, althoqh some of their works
were within plain item and range. For the
whole time that our troops lay on the other
side of the river, - i'rom Friday morning till
Monday night, on the left, they fired very
few guns, except during Saturday's conflict,
although our troops were day and night
within their range. Shane the,battle, now
more than a'week, very lei of :them have
come down upon the plain, which we occu
pied, although the sinake of their fires indi
cates extensive camps 'on the heights be-
yon
Our wounded are now (22(1) nearly all
removed from the temporary hospitals, to
Washington. The enemy's
. pickets,,within
Pistol - shot of two lard hospitals of' ours on
the bank of the river, have
,given neither
to
,these hospitals nor to our pickets any
annoyance. E tch line attends to its own
buisness, not disturbing the other. Our
forces lie at short distances back from 'the
river, on the high land; as , theirs do' on the
opposite side.
t 14 sorrowful to see so many brave
young men laid low on beds of pain and an
guish Quite a number have died of their
wounds,' and others will not recover. The
influence of religion
,has supported some in
their sorrows, and cheered them in their
dying hours. To many have I. had the op-
Portunity of offering, a , Saviour's love, as I
eras binding'up their wounded and bleeding
limbs The .uncomplaining patienoe °four
wounded men, which struck me with so
much surprise at Pittshurgh Landing in
the SPring, iealso exhibited' here. Landing,
a
sionally an outcry of pain is heard; 'but
generally not 'a groan or a moan escapee
their lips. I cannat sufficiently admire the
fortitude of the dear fellows, in beaming pain
or the severest kind, or their thankfulness
for the littleattentions which they receive
from the hands of their attendants. And
I cannot forbear to notice, with , gratitude,
the, prompt, and ample supplies furnished
for their comfort hytheSanitary and Chris
tian Conamittees of our country. Espe
cially have the blankets and clothing been
very comforting to our lien, exposed in
their sickness and pain to the inclement
cold of these dajq and nights: God'a lateSs
ing be on the generous and thoughtful'
ers, and on the suffering objects of their
benevolence.
Yours truly,
For the Preabyterieti Rainer
44 What,paa I .Do V'
NO. 8.
You may do harm. The law enjoins
upon believers that they " learn to main
tain good works for necessary uses, that
they be not unfruitful." Not to conform
to its requirements,
,is sin. " lie that,is
not with me, is against me; and he that
.
gathereth not with m e , scattereth." There
is no neutral ground we can occupy. A
bad example is contagious. Simplyto
" stand all the day idle," must hives perni
cious inftuence upon society. Inaction is
therefore wrong. " Curse ye Me roz —curse
ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof "
,And
why ? "Bevause they came not to the help
of the Lord, to the help pfibe 4ord against
the mighty." You remember - the' little
ballad about the Child seeking a, play-mate.
It accosted the ant, the bee,'the robin, but
in vain • for
"They all had something or other to do.
If not for themselves, for a neighbor.",
•
The child, at length, became ashanyidiotits
indolence, and, sought useful employment.
Now, if Christians could find no, idlers loi
tering about 'their ..Master's ..vineYard, to
keep them in countenance, they would not
be so grow .Wearriti.weill-doing.
Bt t.whila j *Ara Ke so tamy„a . piai WA lug,
gayds there n otpga must ramp 414impt,,
from the want of. that healthful 'stimulus
which the hum of busy activity on all
sides, must impart.
The evil however does not end even here.
Those who are not " careful to maintain
good works " generally commit direct, open
and flagrant wrong. It is scarcely possible
not to be deeply interested and busily em
ployed about something. Hence they who
have left their first love, will soon have oc
casion to remember, whence they have fall
en, and repent. If our zeal for God's glory
and the Welfare of then subside, our mental
activities will•go out in some other direc
tion. Christians,, who cease to go about
-doing good, will soon, become iwwersed in
worldly 'cares, pursuits and pleasures,•the
tendency of which is, not only to " choke
'the" Word," linti even to "drown them' into
,destruction .and peidition. '
: Se;fi A thii %Bile of your...sloth ;
Of sloth ocopos pleasttro; of pleasure opines G riot;
Of riot comes Aisease; of 4fsease comes spending;
"Oriliendibrobiheb 4aYtt ; • of want codes theft ;
And" of theft. cOmOstitaitging.7.
The .furitishes many impressive
Alluetrations,of the i evil effects ) cfseaSS, and
sal f i indulgense. , Bven..good , ,men ;Iriet
t s ,i=„paerced thentselvinr- 7 4fireagh , .with
t rewind you of
Lot,:ott Samson,'of David;:of Sclotncin, ,pf
,Joaah ? •Or need I recall Paul's testi
mony in reference to, the, gen tler. i sex, ‘‘ who
casting off tkpjr first faith, withal learn to
be idle; andnotonlyldle, bite tattlers - also,
and bis.sy-baies speaking things which they
ought not!! The tad alternative, if We
,cease to do well is to learn to do evil.'
_Let me ;entreat_ all to beware. " Abstain
from r all appearance;of evil.
,And the very
God' of peace sanctify you Wholly ; and I
pray God your Whole spirit and soul and
, body be preserved blameless note the eom
jug of, oar Lord !Tesus.Christ."
,Appagl Cattlefthow, : r-ne Agricultural- Efall-The
Oxen, ,Sheep,. and Swine Different Breeds--
PPlia; and Size of ilnimals-:--the . Chineie Ply--
Porcine Paradise.and its Contrast---The , Pouttry
Show at Syd,enhanf—Roosters and. their Chat
' lenfqes 7 -Poiols Varied and Vtrange—: ; Ministerial
Support—A Powerful Adoocate—Objections An
swored-1- Whal is doing in. Scotland and
Tex AN,t9JAI.i., CATTLE Snow which
always in london,preeedes, Christmas, and
Out; at Whose choicest cattle, sheep, and'
hogs, Christmas dinners of the choicest
descriptiOn are ferniahed to the upper, and
middle classes; was held for five suceessi'Ve ,
"jar ,this week, and closet' last evening.
This Show was formerly. held in Baker
Street, in the West end of the town, but
a new and"splendid Agricultural Ilan at
Islington, vast in its "dimensions,. and
worthy of the , hation and-.ot the metrop
olis, now for the first time has received it.
List . _night -I entered it, and was , greatlypleased not only with the building 'itself
—the glass roof of which 'far' excee Is in
space the two great transepts , of the.," iikerl
national: Exhibition and the Crystal Palace
put together- 77 but also:with thaint. s nifieeut
specimens of cattle;,, sheep, and , hogs, fed
up alintist to the higheit development, . an d .
still morereniarkable for being' the finest
breeds:.,.:lt is Surprising to find such very
marked difference m.the brae Is of, different
Euglaud,tind .Wales., Among
the cattle were Devoits, lierefords, Sussex,
Nerfollci*, Senteli-horned and Scotch-polled,
Irish, Welsh, and cross or mixed'hreeds.
Of, the sheep, were Leicesters, Cotsw)ldei
taleolus' Koh.tish, South Downs, II &top ,
shire atid• Wiltshire Bowus, Shropihirs
breed, Oirordshire and Mountain breeds.
and "'Extra' Steak Short-Woole.l Sheep,"
and cross breeds. Pigs were exhibited of
various breeds, from fourimonths. , up to six
. years old. There
,was only one. specimen
of the „last-mentioned age. I saw three
hogs.in one pen, for Which
A SJ had been .
paid ; they were under two years of age.
There- was , one, 'aged- t wenty-three . months
and, fourteen days, fed on the =Windsor
V, anu, (‘‘.. on, barley, meal and , sharps,") of
the ; 'Prince Oonsert---who was ,an etniz
J. F. MeLAftElq.
;CRP COVIESPRNMEICE.
LOXDON, becernber 13, 1862
tient aericulturist. This erea ure. was said
to be of Chinese breed. Its face was 'ex
ceedinglysinall:.; folds and lapiof fat-under
theaaws, end_intinense ears, almost entirely
hid
,it. The eyes were sompiahere, ,but
Seareely could their Local ty be.discovered;
and so plethoric was the creature, that save
when it oats, it seems to sleep Continuously;
and as to " fetching its.breath," as an old
man„loeking ,on said, " it must be very
hard indeed;" the,,lips openino• 'ever and
anon slightly, and a gentle inspiration and,
feeble of air that the creature
was capable of. This and the other crea
tures .must have- all. the ldeal, and reality,
too,,pf,a,Poreine ! .Paradise. No .troubling
caves; no evil anticipations,of dresitta when
the knife shall drink its life-blood; no ate,.
turbed Conscience aiedu,ing and terrifying;
and no vexed questions to be dealt with
intellectually—What next? I suppose - 1
'teed, say no ,mere,, And yet, sir, nor
lip, you, nor your readers, belong, I ,trust,
to any possible "swinish multitude," who,
went to exchange manhood, piind,, soul,
the.Tiower of thought, hope, joy, love "to'
Guld and man, and all 'eternal promressi,m;
ooeiritual fellowship _with the pee,
- 7 -for "the fat,, coo ten tett, igneranee,' and
the" semtielent Paradise of this, or any
Other of the beasts that perish
-As•to cattle, they are not now fed to that
extent of grossness which • was common
some years ago. The first prize ior. oxen
(00) was not given for the fattest animal.
Ile stood near to three Other Devon steers,
some of them fatter and heavier than he.
But his :proportions were finer, and there
was a better distribution, as_ it were, more
of an equality ..in the relations of the fat
and,the ilesh ; approaching the theory of
Paddy, whifeed his pig one day and
ieg
starving it the next, gave as his reason,
" ArrahoSure, do n't want to have a
strake of fat and a,strake of lean —equally
one
,alther the Other 1"
There were alse,eows and heifers in the
collection, of the,
,fineet description. The
short.hortis were 'retuarkable, and seine of
thein were white all over, 'with soft eyes and
white eyelashes, =and quite friendly with the,
people, , ..twho 'patted then's., as they s. passed'
along ,Nost, of the .cattle exhibited ;did
not exceed
,four years old, hut there were
also' a goodly number Of long, short, and
Scotchetiorntid, " of any age." I was sur
prised to see%ininiease beasts, fed on Welsh
pastures; as from Wales comes our smallest
mutton for 'the London market
Of sheep, the fat !Nether from one
,year
old,rind under, up to thirty-four mouths,
and"'Mouiitain s eep of quiy age, were
specially interesting. No-ibeeleirai to: ex
mead ;220 - s pouriati weigheAut some: Aid
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reach that standard. What struck me
most was the small limbs and heads, and
the contrast in the, square bodies, torpad
backs, and deep, thick, fine fleeces. The
wool alone—in the preSent state of the
wool market in England—of English sheep,
is a great source of ,profit to the farmers.
The Agricultural Hall was lighted up at
night by gas, and had in connexion with it,
refreshment departments, parcel depart
ments, a news f00m,'&6., almost equal to
those at the International Exhibition.
Alone- and around the vast galleries wnie
ranged all, the newest developments of skill
in agricultural machinery; garden imple
ments and tools; specimens of prize Sive
dish and other turnips, with their respective
seeds; watering engines for fields and gar
dens; threshing machines; and everything'
wanted, down to a new and .novel , ," mouse
trap," vihoie ,peculiar . attraction 0, (oh
naughty, cruel maul think ,of Burns'
poem to the mouse'disturhed by bis plough
share,) that " it sets the trap" the moment
it is caught, for _the next, unsuspecting
mouse that walks in, only ,4pecting . to
make his supper from off a piece of toasted
cheetiet , .
AAtetraltY Snow haggis° been-heldAt ,
the Crystal Palace this , week, and "11:41is
there to see." I kept my= eyes open, not
forgetting the American farmers arid house
wives who read the Banner. Well ; when
:went into .the Palace tinder the• Central
Trariscept, instead of -ascending. the great
stair—case •into the neve, I followed the
stream of visitors Who, were passing-elang
that utider..round apartment:'where o ma
chinery, &c., are kept for show, and -for
sale all the year'round. Awl. went onward
heard the voice of many a rooster; "bold
chanticleer," in an English • song, " pro . -
claims themorn." But when I. went, th,e
shadows of evening were gathering, and
the ,gas was being lit, so "chanticleer " was
:neither hailing evening nor moining, - but
throwing outlesponsive challenges to-other
'crewing and choleric roasters to , " dome on
if they dare!" Very-fine fellows - they
were, not fergetting, their humble and sub
missive wives... There 'were Cochin Chi
nas, Spanish, (with such-a coronet round
his head, of mingled black •and white
feathers) as also-the famous English Duk
lug (Sussex) fowl, arid other breads. Pheas
ants, golden and silver there were also.
The ducks cried "quack 1 quack 1" the
geese gabbled. Theiri Roman ancestors
once saved the capital; but' the man who
thinks that they meant to du- any such
piece of patriotism, makes a c a pitol mis.
take. In truth, Archbishop Whately says
that it is not the: turkey that is: silly, but
the goose. And yet the geese are fine, fat
creatures, and will eat well by-and-by, when
the .holidays corner. As fur the turkeys,
there are here" bubblyjocks," as the Scotch
calls thetn, , very pron.' and lofty ;and of
ducks, the finest (whtpie exhibitor gets
the first prize,) area foieign---heautiful
little creatures with green and gild feath
ers. There ishere, also, a
, pai r of real black
swans; there are.doves - co ring an trentle-;
pigeons of every description, including the
fautaileci. and carriers; and bantam fowl ?
very set. up little creatures certairily.
There are also 'rabbits,. lob-eared; and of
enormous size., digest as •biglis the-largest
hare, and of various colors.
The curious ex itnihers •of the different
pens pf fowls %Fere mug. Many arunn
London indulge in keeping fo,wl pens, an •.l
large prices are paid for fowl of every, dt
scription, and the utmost pleiatire taken in
watching their habits and' feeding them.
Inituense improvemmt in, the breeds of
cattle, sheep, hogs, and fowl, has taken
place in Great Brittin within the, last
twenty years. I coati have 'wished ^ that
some Atii&idean farmers' and their wives
e.nidd hive been both at the • cattle and
poultry st ,sw.i. They will - accept the fore
going exhibition of them by one whiu heart
ily saintes them all with 11..IPPX
YEA. s " MAY PEACE AND PLENTY
CIUYON'TIIE SMILING LAND 1"
PAS Ott
MINISTERIAL SUPPORT or: rather the
laek'of, or •neglect of.,it, or the loss of it
by those who above all other men should
he Jett free frow,the , world's marking cares,
is receiving fresh illustration from tee suf.
terings of ministers in. Lancashire and
other distiessed, districts. • 1 sometimes
fear, that the same coesequencs,,may follow
from the• effects of the Vir,4l' apd, its expens
es,in the United. States. l3tat.l,.trust that
the same noblesipirit whiplijiaS sustained
the American .Board of
,Missions in its de
sire and resolve to keep all its spats in
foreign fields, will also succor and sustain a
faithful ministry at home. Aiow standard
of ministerial . support is t4e. chronic,. ova
everywhere, and- words in se.ason,,,stituu
hating, powerful, and fruit-beariisg,, were
spoken by the Free Church Moderator in,
has parting address at the last Assembly,
which are so thorough and admirable, so
merciless to thts cruel, pleas of covetous
ness• that with Olds from Christ's servants
what is absolutely' necessary, and at the
same time dissipates forever, once that they
are read, the, plait of " want of thou A tit."
rather than ",want of' heart," that k felt
a pleasure and,privileis tp Jay some of the
statements boleris the ° American Eldership
anklaity. If they all respond practically,
a great good will ensue.
"I take leave," said the'Moderator, 4 t to
say that the livings of our ministers are
inadequate. I say more; I take leave to
say, that the livings , of our tniuisters are
quite inadequate to their position and their
unavoidable outlays. A.ud What is and
what shall be• the result of. that ? The
greatest _calamity, that can 1)0411 a Church,
namely, that the rising talent' and genius
aud energy of our couutry,, way leave the
ministry_ of the, Gospel tot,: other, prides
sinus... scandalous diaintenanee, says
Matthew lieury, • wakes .a seandalous.tniti
istry.! That adage, if I. could, t would
&mud in the public ear, and press e spe.
Malty on _the -eldershipl au& I have that
coufidence in the eldership of the Free
Church, as to feel assured that there is not
au elder•in this house but will rejoice that
I have taken up this stibject."
The eloquent M.nderator went on to toy
that'the . 4 liVil3gS: of aft' the ministers of
all Churclies'are tho 4 of
the Seittish Established clergy; that the
people are nut to - bla:me, and that , what
Parliament cannot be asked to
. do, he ex
pects by-and-by from the ehlarged and en
lightened liberality of our people."
Evasi`eni - of ministers' claims were Also
phi/vet:fulfi:testi with.
Neat, th+t pie that the minister's reward
is snit in trine, was held tail' to'
ridicule, aud its hypocritical
~
Gown , fro m the, lips oft„ rich prefeAsors
,wais'neited,hy.e erushing4eVoilitre. .1;%1 y t
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Priors:non AND PDIIIB2II.
The last evasion, that "ministers ought
not to be rich, received its mittintas in de
following characteristic manner :
" There is another, and third, and, com
mon way of getting rid of this duty 'that I
want the Christian public to look at. I
have heard it myself; it is this, Ministers
should not be rich! NoiTi; lam not s4s.
ing to make ministers rich. Ido not wish
to be rieti myself; although it is a sweet
thing to be able to pour blesings into 'an
emßty cup 1 want to know illy 1 should
be deprived of that pi/anima! ( S k y sisis s e sth an
others, Have I not a heart as well as isthtr
men >? Have out.).. pity sea well as other
men? ,Do Anst I delight, in hearing aud re
ceiving the
„widow's blessing as well i es .
other men e I want to know more than
that; ask-what reasons there are agarnst
ministers being rich which do not apply
with, equal,- perhaps with greater;force to
others:.others:.?Bow dare men
say .thiit
terlswodd -ntakeiss some- use of money than
others Are those who have received ~a
liberal education, who hold a sacred office,
sch`e occupy public - position, whose Idety
shatild beVirett at the altars where they
minister, ,and itchose'.sympathics are doily
4,P - P e 4 b .if titieStnifFrasausisPetterty-'tAeg - see,
are Mel less likely' to =OR; a. er- useigf
e , 1,, ‘"
mom* than other men Was Agar's
prayer; "'Gine me neither 'Poverty nor
riches," made only for ministers? 1 tell
the man who - tells'me - ihat ministers should
not be rich, dial thdtpralirds - as goad for
his lips as for' , Whether ministers
are less likely to, make a good and uoble use
of riches than others is a question which
answer by pointing , the Church of Eng-
Lind ; and I 'am 'happy tette ;able to
gay a ceinplinstnt• in her miuisters. In
that Church only do
,youtlnd.many men of
private s tbstuases holding a holy office; anti
is it not a fact.that its buildings schools and
paying teachers, in• building aurches and
pasiug curates, and an other benevolent - Ind
Christian agencies; a Yelp large numbei of
the ministers - or the of England
pay as much oat Of their priviite' fortunes
as they get annually from thaie livings—
al d show me the class. bstikers, merchants;
elissiciatis, farmers, that do the same!'
It is nothing wore than justice done in
the closing part Of the foregoing, to many
minieters • or the Church of Engrand. "Men
born to fortune, and become Rectors of
parishes, are very :frequently almoners to
every good cause, and the ability to give is
equalled by the willing heart.
The whole subject of ministerial sup
port-the sustentation at a' right, itioleeate,
decent, -unembarrassed standard, is remis
ing increasing attention in various Church
es. A great effort will.. be made to raise,
even , dais year, the • iniiiimism Yese
Church salaries to .i.tsd. -Re it remem
bered that the champ o f of this impr v -
ment is theism I who, ai itost at the sserifise
of his lisaith and life; raised ifitso 000 to
bu hi man ;es fir the miestrs ef, the. Erse:
Chersh o Bsottand ; The, Celle t Pra s bp
tomtits besin to
,psy their sulaisters well;
especially in -large 'towns. ave tate
ly.settlM three new ministers in Linden,
—Drs. King, Miefarlaue, and. Edwards.
Each has-been left with scarce any anxiety :
as to
,the trading of new chart:h.:s. • Three
chug lies have been built —very elegant'
said co niiisiliuus within less aim three
years, and partly from lawl resources, and
partly from supplemental sad Synodical
II tine Miasiun fun Is, e Leh minister his.
£3 to per anumn-seeuredsto.him as stipend.
This is nobte; exainple s aura;: fru' Ocitistrips
any thing that his been flouts by, the. Eug
lish Prosbyterian Syned, which, as a body,
has alßvied its ministers and pesple to get
chusches built aud debts paid of by bag
coat:nusal and repeated s.dieitoti in 4 from
whets, and sloe ors " to thAr power," and.
oft mss " biyos I ttieirsp wsr; uy s the u
set Yd . ^. The essresationalists - are still
below the mark ;in are the Baptists. Bit
thiug4 are inapt wills, ant will i npr
The Aged. Ministers' Relief Fee 1,--the
Ci tog i - ess o JatiStS ' ita d comparative
ly recent in its origin; alrea,ly it has ye
ceivel, as a belie/tiny, doissiions to the ex
tent of £5.1,000 and upwards, while the
general. Bicentenary Funti—..a considerable
portion of which g tea to :the building of
new chap:ls, or the eniargetnent a old.
ones—s.uounts, aos willies to the Latest re
port, to upwards of £L33 00). Ts thii I
ad 1, that the Irish Presbyterians
you`kniw fra u firmer rep ;ices on the sub-.
jeer s -raised their standard of pastoral sae.
p invidiously las a , fpnaera.l truths
wserever a people th is igive ,as to Christ;
it is not:only a token o:revived life amongst
themselves, has a sure presage: of eulargel
blessing ,to their own 801118. lore than,
thia, this kind of Sumo never injures For.:
missionary eeterprtses; on the
°silvery, and necessarily, fr .m the spirit'.
t , at p-omsts the oue and the other, being
the saute heavenshora Love to God and
man, leads, to increased devotedness and
consecration O? property to send the Gospel
'to every creature under heaven.
It is a curious and intere4ting fact, that
the portions of the addreiss- of - the Free
Church Moderator,. which •I have ems
above, have been copied into niLondon or
gan of the Jews, The JaiisA, Chronicle and
Hebrew 3bserner, whose editor,says: "The
evil which he eiposes exists no less in our
own community, than iu his." , J.W.
P: S.—The ex. King of Delhi is dead.
I have seen, with deeP regret . ; ihe State
meat that the Rev.4 . Dr. Clampbell.-Refornied
Presbyterian : , "Missionary to India, is no
m ire ; and deeply mpathize with the
Board of Miwions, and his
The ye n-al or the Memoir of the late
D. Aurr,iy. (Kirwao ) hy Dr. Prime, 'Anil'
kindtysent tne . .by Mr. G H. Stewart, has
been very solemn zing. it is an admirable
biikizr .0t - a great and good with.
Ite.v. Dr. Bennett, an eminent .Con,:iie:
a .016U:111g, iu London, has died, in his 89th
year. --
The hu-hand of the late Qaeen of Porip.
gal is likely to been,ine Acing.of,gree - ce.'-
The Prince of Wiles is to be-,married in
isi,, re h.. Th e Princes.: is fair, not dark,
and very dear to the,Queen; ever.BieCe she
saw her.
The French Government is said to-hive
made contracts for two 3ears' armylidp-
Ole.; in . Mexico.. Gen.. Prim thinks - that
the French - will .not-attain their , eud,: , l
The Arehbinhop of Canterbury was in
ducted atid intlifoned,"Yesterdity, tans
terbtirytatiledial. "-'
The Emperor of Austiia is about to
o ffer Oomititiitioa to this'
K .sttn-h' ady;ses Aiirltaliatii 'to -attaisk
Ven ce first', and 7 to iiiir76 . on It gym. artiV
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