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[Sol c d.
The Celestial Paradise.
To thee, 0 dear, dear country I
Mine eyes their vigils keep;
For very love, beholding
Thy happy name, they weep;
The mention of thy glory
Is unction to die breast,
And medicine in sickness,
And love, and life, and rest.
0 one! 0 only mansion!
0 Paradise of joy I
Where tears nre ever banished,
And joys have no alloy;
Beside thy living waters
All plants are great and small,
The cedar of the forest,
The hysop of the wall.
Thy ageless walls are bonded'
With amethyst unprioed,
The wants build up its fabric,
And the eorner-stone is Ciirtst.
IMEIMIIMI
They stand, those Halls of Zion,
Clorqubi!ant with scng,
And bright with many an angel,
And many a martyr throng;
The.Prinoe is ever in them,
The light is aye,serene;
The pastures of the blessed
Are decked in glorious sheen:
There is the throne of David,
And there from toil released,.
The shout of them that triumph,
The song of them that, feast;
And they peneath their Leader.
Wha conquered An the tight,
Forever and forever
Are olad in robes, of white. -
Bar the Presbyterian Banner.
'd or Two on the Payment of 'Ministers!
Solttrioi.
is knowiperhaps to one out of every,
members in the Church, that most
Vteries require, yearly a report , froin
sinister and elder, whether or not the
3h they represent have paid in full the
gei j o salary for the preceding year;
if 'not, to report how much is not paid.
• member in every church ought to
and rememberthat their Mittitter and
must carry' every Spring' rtiport:de
matter to the Presbytery. to which
belong. If the church is de
it, it is liable to ',be censured by'-
'esbytery for its failure to meet , its
solemnirmade 'to its minister ; and
Presbytery too, when the minister
;ailed as. their - pastor: How happy
Minister , and elder feel when they ,
ilea to report that their church has
,nd promptly paid their minister's
The minister feeli happy, when
the caae r more for his people's honor
name, t tiniti for himself. But, on
ier hand, how -mortifying it is to
,o report that' the salary is- not all
I promised; and when asked for the
very often no reason can be giien
'ase of the indifference and neglect
people}-or-some of 'th'em at , leastrto
their solemn -.promises ; or theAffi
the church laving special ()barge of
siness have 'not - been as vigilant'as
;It have been. Churches of the"
Brian nama r —why should -you -ever
tour minister Pandelder to bear be
tr Presbytery a 'report that is deep
fying to them, and greatlystlislien- ,
you, when it is in ,your power, with
tffort z almost, if not alwaysi-to•have
vise. Never; anew' your• minister
to go to-Presbytery with .aP rep'ort
church, in making. which you,ll
:eh, are being' owered 'in the esti-.
of the ministers and elders and ,
present, and ydur tainister'and'elder
ly mortified that "they, cannot" hold
heads and look their brethren in
what noted ahurch;44vaii 'Eaatbra't
'epresented as having an income
r-rents, during , the :past year, of
,500, an d only $36.00 of. this War ,
~ ed. Now, if all but $36.00 o'
and over, was paid into.°m'
reasury, they must have good
and, r venture' to say' Alm a
lystw u of gathering
it the casey that ' n ' church "
'ally in the coun , Y and' small
vliere the i noore ---proinised , at.
t car .foo t o saio or $l,OOO, that
(er t . ro or thre , or more months' de
orsloo of the amount is never
it not due to the church,' , to
, or religion, to the minister, that
, r pould be promptly paid, if not
l a. Why should any Christian , -
r i absolutely hindered. by Provi
to meet his dues to hisaninister;
is for his soul and those Of his
he that must give account.
a reason for delay in the pay-
Jalaries may be found in the inac..
church officers elected to attend,
ry thing. Possibly with the Trus
of them perhaps so indifferent that
know from one annual report of
firer, at the congregational meet
.her, whether or no the: salary is
comes due. Possibly the Trees
little easy, and don't like to hurry
lying the people are not required
the quarter is fully
.due; just as,
le minister is, as a matter of
md to wait two or three or more
it is due, till it can be collect
the minister any MOre,,fight to
or more weeks after the - quarter
order to collect it, than the!.peo - -Y ,
to pay it two or more •Areek7r
is dug ? Not it whit:* „. 14 444,,'"
the time at, least, should:l4",,the
and Collectors take time byrtliek,
Vigilance and perseveranee 'are
necessary, in very many i r ffitirch,
part of Trustees, Colleeters,44,
else the mibiater will efiffer, and
;s of the church lag imd..become..
T)g , ed.
, should any one gf thosechnrch
mme the' effiebiif hiiAdn't in
ally, energetically and.rmoiitinu
his duty, and see, so faroaroin:
that the membership do their's ?
minister is often fifteen, thirty,
les fifty minutes behind his ap
t will not the' people very soon
While a: mmater, prompt,•to.
,e appointed 'to' begin his service,.
comparatively few exceptions, ,
;mpt people.,' So, too, church
are prompt themselves wilLfor
part, make others so., ',Why
members of a ehurch r , profess ,
,n men too, not oleitrlyandottb- .
bored by Providence, who fair
quarter, and in some Makes year
Medixnat
.11yRns
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3 1 6 1
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miter
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VOL. XI.. NO. 22
after ,year, be regarded as still in good stand
ing ? Should they not be reported by the
Trustees to the Session, and the Session pro-
ceed with them as persons clearly liable to
censure; at least when they have neglected
to pay for a year, or give satisfactory rea
sons to the Trustees for not doing it..
We think that every church ought to
have collectors—to serve, say, for a year—
appointed by the - church -at its annual
meeting, or what is better, by the: Trustees,
or, in some cases , by the Treasurer, where
an,active, faithful ,one is found. If the
church has four communions a year, and a•
quarter's Salary is due at each, let the
Treasurer be at . the church during the
week days to receive all he. can ; then let
him immediately place the balance .due in
the hands of four or six collectors, in dif
ferent-parts of the .congregation, to collect
'the remaining dues at once, and pay them
over to the. Treasurer and he to the minis
ter.— And.then letthe Trustees have-stated
meetings, not more than two weeks. after
the quarter's salary , is due, , When . time
enough has been allowed to have all col
lected, to hear a report from the :Treasurer,'
what the collectors and the.Treasurer,have
done; and .whether the minister has :..been
paid or not If all has not been collected,.
devise means-to have theibalance collected.‘
and.the minister' fully-and promptly paid.
Or the collectors;might also with , the
Trustees ,and report,.and if knecessary-se
ceive new instrifotions Abut, any amounts
still busk: --L --., .- .- .... . : , . ,
Such an arrangement as this would in-.
spire life, `into Trustees, Collectors, and
rilreasuie4 anal show the people 'that they
really meant , to -do -"something; '.and. , l..am
much mistaken if .the .people do not soon.
catch a little - of the same linapiration,= and
be,ready and, prompt also.:.- Can, there lint
belound insovery congregation four or• six
active :young{ men- who will; serve' gratui=l
tensly as collectors for. a year,. and then
:'other:four or six take: heir tarn fora .year?
tes -theie ire' enough .euchi Who.,-.1-doubt ,
not are tgrieved . ofterc to , klio*.that ,thsir ,
. minister is.iso slow Taut, - Let Trustees ,
then;,at - once, seek outland. tinetructand
send forth such:persons; if they have:mot
'already done so, ..to collect .the - ehurehis
dues. And' let•Trustees-regort to the See
slim of the.church all who are back in pew
( rent or subscriptions •for a , year and mbre,
and who :give them .no. satisfactory. excuse
i ; frit.- their 'delinquency, •that they. May re
-I,o6ive the eensure - ..theireneglect merits at
the hands of a:faithful eldership..•, Tryit•
iall yoftiancial °items of the 'church =where
there-has.:been tin efficiency :heretofore; and
, hundredssof ministers will) thank you ;-. and
; what is better, , God•will'hless . you and your
oh l urch . ...andlyour Minister. ./And then-hut
very seldom will. minister or elder go up to.
Presbytery to report their churelriudebt
to their minister, an& shellac mantle the
brow of your minister and 1-c n'l r" •Ettittr:' ,3
Peelbitaiiiiii Banal*:
Surprisek i ' ,
These,have.been .f'requently,yeported by
ministers acComPanied by appropriate ac
-Isnowledgnienti, These ; we ; . are—always
:Ple 4 liod.lt9 POP: .me—Oever to read.
them, I,?,cit, one. ; ippressiotiAas., generally.
been left on our mind, and that is, while At.
le pleasing to notice the appreciation of a
church shown ._to' their, .ministers. by such
gifts.; yet ! .the-iinstances in %which they-oe
enr,are ,generally in our largest churches,
.and to, ministers who are-receiving the most
- adequate galaxies, and are tint/0,1 041 ' t'.° do"
* . ivithout.th.em., „Nom, while_ w':would netr
diecourage them' in any (-46°7 we would
- ,
sual:itsT that jihcise whe cave theabilitY
'bestow rpsnrprise:giftea some of our irdul.'
isters•whoare
' l2l)cirt to ' s as r ain la ig r s i i :ee
na7ie.gseinn
our ,small chucch-:x wea
a e i r i a y lly lit v b e o ri .ii in r p ti 4', er th 2 a ;:.
a T n h y, P . s o, o ch ul e o r Y . lrgen h el;
trav - 61 ,, e 'e, and do . 'incifel` trfatitial' labor
than „..ffera,itnot ,. ..iliaving- , the. meanshto
b 1.,./1 assistance, and are thus , wearing.,:out.
constitutions faster ths others, To
...ny of these , men, a siirp i rise gift _ of even.a
small tinionnt'wiil'd bre'graidn'lly
received, , but mould be; very insefulef "Now-
may we not presnme.fthat• any of .these
men would be :very...•happily %surprised- to
receive;notice that.their , elibscrilition-to4he
Atnner"had.been paid bffsoine . kind hind . ;
,thatsome ot themalliable;pnblications-of
our Churtih.z(sielresithet.PrincetCnßeview;)
'had been forwarded. to ttibm. in' the same
way , . Cr -;could note some of able
ehorcheirpresent .tbem with; a .good' sewing
machine; which:mould be sr great relief to'
the minister's wifekwhei on account of their,
limited ineonfe, mustle airtheir ewn work,
`sick or. well? :
While we , would not say , aught against
those marks of appreciation shown by
churitheato their' pastors; yet we askthat
the faithful . atiUlaborions and' their
careworn of whom *elm% spoken,
may be,remembere(bl
) •.• • • For the , Priebiterlan• Banner.
• "That Tan I Do 1 1"' •
NO 7
To all thakhas heen said•in reply to this
,question, .objections are „iirged. Whdch „I:
Shall try to•meet; " A feehle. constitn4on
and impaired health,. an ay ,unfit us 4 for se-,
tive usefhlpess.7 ,There is some force,An,
this. . Alas, , ! . that 3,few among the . > more,
refined and inteligent portion of Christian
ladies shoulA be found, possessing , a vlgor
ous frame I And yet the objection may,
have too great influence in .moclifying, your
plans and deterAugyou from strenuous ef-
Xorts to do good in the world. The seeds
'of disease and dectiy,,are, i depicted the
bodies Thegiu usually germinate
(4v.9 1 9P as
:open air. Rust injures nietab !l mOre,,thark:
.use. So you 33 1.4y,1 1 4.0kA11k soow:thau yon
4 triPuld&WP 4 C %0.„ Timothy. had a,- delicate
'physical frame and was 'advised to nse a
little. wine for his 'scut/icicles ,so4e, and for
his often infirmities ;41v4ify-pres
enee was.,iissolc..,*Baxter -and Whitfield
seemed.,tr,emtiling L op the , brink ;of. death,
while shaking the earth by their mighty
.inftw3P o 9l3 A l -T.0iA, 1 14 H. Jgdson=theArs,t4
fetnalP4PPAng4 l .3 l , totAttirn?ah4waS but a
fragile lowni% and died at the earlY4g4 of;
thirty-six.. Yst, ; w.g.o her, noble, husband
she loraved . p.crils.,aMhe sight of which the
,sput,9,llt heart,frudiriink m bselt. appalled. , tier
_biographer ; „telit) i us s .tf Shs,wse,,prtgaged
a great 'work, 41.14•allio.went fearlessly onto,
death.,he shrunk from no dangery nor,
turned aokrfrom.any ppril. Shn'saw mar
tyrdom before her, but it was, surrounded
by, beatific visions.. No fenkale ',missionary
ever passed Wropgh,pneh,ocAnpq of Auffer-,
ing, or, made such-efforts of benevolence in
-sickness, and amidst perils..andiliffigulties
off every kinC .Her name. is ,
• r
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, FE BRUARY 11, 1863.
throughout the qkristian and civilized
world " And who has not read with ad
miration the story of her beautiful and ac
complished companion, Harriet Newel?
With the hectic flush already in her cheek,
she went forth and died, aged nineteen.
And yet few have in a long life, given such
an impulse to the cause of missions, or left
behind so precious a memory as she. The
great matter is to live While we lives Not
that we should be reckless of health, 'or
unnecessarily, put our lives in jeopardy.
But the sanative influence of a clear con
science and a benevolent heart often more
than counterbalances' the toils and hardness
endured by the good soldier of Jesus. Ac.
tine ; exertion properly regulated and right
ly directed , is conducive to health. How
often does it haPpen that the tender, fra
gile girl when she launches 'forth into her
appropriate, sphere, becomes hale and vig
orous. Suffer not conscious weakness of
body therefore to paralyze your mental awl
religious
. energies; or to deter you from
even oceupying,positions demanding much
exertion. Follow the leadings of Provi
dence, remembering that lie - who sends the
thorn in the flesh, has said," My grace is
sufficient for you." PASTOR.
Pl:eliirtenat) Farmer
Death and Life.'
NAsnviLLE, Tenn., Jan. 29, 1863.
Early in the afternoon'of a bright Satur
'day,..not long . abide, two inerrdressed as Pri
vates Wereseen;speaking in an undertone to
thepdentinel-whO stood at, the gate 'of •Hoa
pital No. 14. A placard on: the gate-post
plainly denied the right' of visitors to en
ter at that hour; bfit one . ''of 'those 'alluded
to seemed importunate, and both at , length
passed through the irongateway. Aatti jog
before the door of the:clerk's office, a young
Offiher eedfronted them i 'and it Wasylain
froth '' 'the' animated'-` conversation' ""which
quickly followed the recognition, that they'
were intimately Acquainted. Among the
first questions asked=and by both almost
simultaneously—were :
"'How is Henry ? Have you seen him
this morning r" •
" He's gone i. He died about' eleven.o'-
eloek. last night," answered the officer in, a
low tone. '
Oh, how thoee weir d' s pierce my soul'?'
for I was ode of the-two . . How I thought
of the opportunities 'might haveimproved I
I had determined to visit him: that,
ing, but it was too late.
' Hellas just _ been arried out contin
-
ued the offiVer, "'add here are his effects.
.Do-you Wish to see. him?" ,:.:=
We walked rapidly to the rear of the
'building, where stood the dead house. Um,.
covering the' face 'Of several,' we at lag
looked upon. the emaciated , form of our old
,comrade. On his :young face ,we,-gazed
awhile add.hen.returned to, camp with sor
,..rowing,hearts. Quietly, on the day after,
we followed his body to its last , restinc ,
place, where thousands,:sleep, side: by, side
in, ON narrow grave.
Nadi, Bwriesl.l Gone frpm our midst!,
What. solemn " thonghts to
.fiil j the
No longer to be with us ihrough weary,
marches 7 -freed from all pain and trouble.
.Gone
.. but where Xesspd from death,
tin tp, ; .lont, a few. days. ago, ,a - peer ,mor-,
tal racked with pain,.*ow s.glorified saint;
singing praises to, "dim sitteth upon
the Throne,
to the• tamirforever and
x
ever.
i , glorious, the.transitionl
O ..lomrade left his, home to • fight . . the.
S ur attles of his country; discharging all the
duties of a - soldier" prouiptlY,'Antil Months
agoirefell sick Of• the measles. ;Whilenti
a bed of sickness he thought seriously of
his soul's salvation ;, and thep, he appeared
to havenlear, views .of the plan of,redemp
tied threw:Ph the cross of a Redeemer
Recovering 'of the measles he looked for
,,ward'to thelime *hen he *Mild again be
ablevto.join his regiment ;,,but a slight ex-
Posure ,brought on , a severe i cold, which
Pro7d too much for, his reduced, frame,
and althea - 01'day after daY, returned, they
brinight no Strength to him. But'While he
felt himself slowly'sinking into the; grave ;
and, his bodily powers, flist . failing„him, his
,mind grew stronger, and his trust in, .the
Redeerder became more steadfast. 'Be Could'
loOk"forward to ; the future with cenfidence;
with joy. He was perfectly happy , in the
view of death; and although,he had a de
sire ,tp.live, that he might„. once more ; look
upon the faces of .dear friends. at holds, be.
:felt that, to depart,and .be„with Christ. would.
helfar better— Toward the close of his last
illneas, and while, his mind .wandered, he
sang hymns and prayed alternately ; and
thnslhis . spirit 'passed from its' frail , heuse. ,
on'earth to' mansions ...0f...g10ry., on high.
Oh Christian reader, is it not well with
him?. Are not the dead blessed Who die
in the Lord?' Will it 'not he "U.' 'source of
great conifolation'ie hie' 'dee,ply afflicted;
friends, to knew .that he is..'now so,:happy.?
:Will it. not, encourage 'Christians• at home:
to put forward greater efforts An ,behalf of,
the inner life of the soldier? "Are - trast it
Remainiig yours truly,
gAiDIVED TO,THE,X.F4NORX: pp CP.M.RADE.
For the Presbyterian Banner
* 'Presbxtery , Susq
SkitCh ueh
t anna—Historical
o * "" f
1 " - /()
'Presbytery had a
Plebittat and' full meeting itiVyainsingfon
the 27th Aut. Althorigh the. travelling was
quite, unfavorable;, from the muddy state of
the roads, our ministers were, ;, nearly ,
present, and goodly number of etders. '-
We received the Rai:Julies *William.
, from 'the Presbytery of Albany, , rand the
Rep.; Edwin Bronson' from the Presbytery
of Luzerne...:
i We had an animated disousspn. 9f .tll9
Attfeet of Odncition, eepoialrias connected
,with - oiirinetitnfe trowliiiiiii!'"AlfeeeMed
to feel the importance of giving it earnest
support. = a r ± . • -
Historical Sketch sof the churches
comprising thisPresbytery,:andof the„early
effOrtS 'to sustain the means'of'grace, in
this 4.4%14: Was, by . afit.oinfliatiiiit t - 'read 'l4
Rev < C.; C. Corlis, bringing= the history frets,
the: earliestrecords ficeensibie f ,down to the.
.year 1844.
The MOrivians were. the firfit tO: c preach.
'the Goaper WhicEihey - did
in : ilia person of Rev. David Zeisberger; iii
on , the•east bank of
;the Susquehanna,, -but foUr
from the spot where the Presbytery was :in
session'. The war of the revplution broke
up this enterprise, and scattered the' flack
of Guadenhuetten, and we.firid , records
of any subsequent ecolesiasticaLaction :un
til 1791, when the church in Wysox- was
organized. . ,
Most of churches in: this region were
originally (longregationalti but- um earlyeasi
; 7:ZU 1 91ill•En bac;
1796, the Rev. Mr. Thatcher, a missionary
of our. General Assembly visited this re
gion. He organized the church in Elmira,
then Newtown, and seems to have led oth
ers to elect elders; but Congregationalism
prevailed, and in 1810 the Luzerne Asso
ciation was formed. This extended from
Binghamton on the North, to Wilkesbarre
on the Seutb, and had an extension East
and West of near one hundred miles.
In 1817 the Association took the name
of the Presbytery of Susquehanna, and
four years after, were received into the
Synod of New:lrbil. and NeW-Jehey; on
the' plan of union.
Among the`natnes of persons licensed or
ordained, or both, 'by thie body, we find
those of Zebulon Butler, Joseph H. Jones,
John. Dorranee, and Nicholas Murray, with
others, less known to 'fame, but whose
record, ;with theirs, is on high. "
Anotheriteni, not soon to be forgotten;
is the good% olthfashioned hospitality with
which the - Presbytery;.: vei,„entertained.
The good -ladies of the valley of the Wyelu
sing, and its adjacent hills, who know so well
honi to share coinferti with
others,bad made' arrangements to entertain
the-Presbytery, and as many, others as might
desire it, at the parsonve, to-dinner and,
tea. As a violent snow-storm was raging at,
the'tinie,. this airitegenient'ptjoired peculiar
ly agreeable, and abnut - ninety persona Were
now " as' sociated" in as 'pleasant a manner
as often 'falls to the lot of mortals on earth,
and' a ,moie - agre'eable an harmonious
tb tli6rt ha 4, is Seldom
witnessedt - Theseeneftilly; justified are
time-honored''aPPellation ,of the Plaee, sto
wit : Merry Att t -
But-the! time : : to:separate' artived.. The,
snow -storm,-.which was still prevailing; and
bad been • nearly ,all 4 the time of our ses
sions, made this a serious undertaking: • It
had been remarked that we had never. come ,
to Presbyteri dragging our wheels through •
'such deep ::mud''befbre. ; •To this ; Was now
added the accumulation of some forty
hours' fall of snow.' We were, urged to
Wait Mail the storin should ~ a bate but our
1
work there was done, and duties elsewhere
demanded attention. A part of our way
lay through the Narrows, where the Sus-,
quebinna runs' along the base of a high and,
precipitous mountain, and the road is a nay
rowshelf cutout along the side of thepreei
pice. But= before we reache this, we passed,
drifts which we had been s nIY forewarned
were impassilile,`l and ' her i the , snow in
places had slid down from above and -filled
up the shelf, so. ae,to melte kregular ; slope
from the mountain above to the water's edge i .
It was new - night., Five carriages found them- .
selves confronted withthe fern:tidal:de barrier.
Nothing was at hand to answer the purpose
of spade or shovel. But 'Attie ones . had ,
been left at homedipthelria:Was prevail:
ing in the neighbOrhood.---nd„ what might
be pronounced iMpractib e to ' ordinary
1
travellers, was quite practicableqo fathers,
and even mothers; with sash Motives to
urge them - on. The - fortninable' " breast-
Works "• were manrdlly attacked with naked
••hands, and a pathway "paddled " out 'for
`the carriages. ,:: Thys ; With, indefatigable~
exertion,, we worked , our way, ithrougk. a
space of. a mile in two lours. We reached
home after • all our difficulties„ and no
small 'danger, in 18afety,‘for ' which!We wel'e
truly thankful. "We could sympathise with
our fatheii, who traversed the region befoie
us. Yours, ' 5..0.
Chriitian C9nsolagoit:x
Long have I viewed, long have I thought,
And tremhlingll o ahl thebitter,dranght,
But no;w.resolye4 anOrm
Since !tie prepared, my, Lord, by . thee.
, I'll trust my great Physinian's skill,
What he prescribes can ne'er be•ill;
No longer will I groan and pine,
Thy Pleasnie shall be mine.
• _
XhYinleditlasiefA pgegioes etnart,"--;.
Thou woundist, mein.the tenderest pact;
All that I prised below is, gone ;
Yet, Father,. Stall thy will be'done.
Sinoe4is.thy. sentenpe,l, shell park,
With what is nearest to, my, heart,
My little ail I he'reresign,,
And it)! my hettit itseitis.thine.
Takei,ll, gioat God, Willnot grieve,
' But still had 'niore.to giVe.
I hear 'thy Voice: thou - 'bid'skine quit
- • This favored gourd, and I submit:
Life of Edward /vying
Fox: the Presbyterian Balmer:
Report 'of the Female Bible Society of Pitts
burgh -- ..
The Pittsburgh Female Bible Society,
whose anniversary we 'are' here to celebrate,.
was fotinded and at first auxiliary
to the American Bible Society. .It has
acted for ;Many Years in timiionliith
PennsYlvinia Bible:Society, and thii year
contributed two hundred and, seven dollars
and ten cents 3, a HUM not ;great in itSelf,.,
which in,:the,fifieenth, century would scarce
,•
have paid, for a single Biblej but 'now
mainly y owing
,to the :powerful influenee
among the nations of ,this wonderful BOA:-
itself„suircient to„purchase eight hundred
copies
This Si3 . cie.ty, consecrated by the prayers
and gratiaous' labors Of, so many " who
have - entered ''rest," and "gone
to be-forever 'with the Lord,ft 'has' peculiar
, upon us, who are permitted to con- ;
tinue.their labors..
Collectors are : encouraged ,h 1 the fact
that all ChriatiaoS' respond - cheerfully to
their`SolicitatiOnd'foefuitclErto carry on its
operations. , The of the Bible,'
and of what it, is ,to each one's own weary,
way-worn heart, enlarges the benevolencei ,
and even those who, in the judginent of
charity, cannot - be .Maid: to walk-by pre=);
ceptspreftisenot to !extend its' circulation.
Thismilent,testimony,to the value of God's ;
Word is, a powerful argument,for its free
distribution. ,
shoUld n Bibb!? Society be dettoraini-'
tional. This is common ground' to: the 1
Church of God Kthe..blessedlgompany of . , ‘
all 'falthful,people.” This 6 ',E . ltream ,which,,
Makes - glad the ei 'Of our' God ;"' this
Akin tainit-which' i ll 'Christians` drink and"
are refreshed, is k our 'bond of- brotherhood'
in Christ, Bitting- at :the, fe'et,of Jesus and
laboring together for, ; him, ; we-forget, for a
time l our denominational, neettliarities and,
value more the essentials 9f our faith—re-'
guiding more` the marks of - oneness with
the one Perfect.Patterni - •the - man Christ
Jesus.., • .
• Nor•should we be discouraged. by the
,
fact that our labors haie not been so effect::
lye ail in former yetis. The immediate
ill ;Po il.!;) tv0 , 41..11•.....0.1 .rwc tv,tv),l
Mr
physical necessities of our brethren in. arms
have demanded untiring efforts from Chris
tian women; and surely in this we are fol
lowing the Master's example. We have
contributed of our means to put his pre
cepts in contact with their minds, and thus
to soothe their sufferings by means of this
true and tried comforter.
Let us all endeavor to labor more faith
fully in this blessed work of distributing
the Scriptures to all who lack, especially in
the waste places of our own city; and let
us not rest until every soldier's knapsack
contains a copy of the. New Testament—
praying always that , God will make it the
instrument of his salvation. .
We have appropriated five hundred tes
tatiezits for this purpose, " but what are
they among so sany ?'
While-rethinVing you that the price of
books,lms., advanced twenty-five per cent.,
we, ,appeal, to , your, liberality to, aid us in
this good work which we have undertaken
foi Jeans' i Sake . ; and bid: You look to him
for your:reward; for he himself has told
its;, that "le that wittereth shall himself be
matere4,". ,and he,> that/ winneth souls is
, kArtY CRITTENDEN/
BERDNIAPI CORiESPONDENCE:
,Concert ofPrayer—Suldects of Prayer-1862 Said
Bible Distribution—ForeignEvangelivation,—Re-,
markciNe and Continuous Revivat—Letter from
Mr. liallu;The Prayer - of Faith and Ward
Amon . y! Young Men—Preaching at ,St. Paul's—
Visit to Coilswall—Doctor Colenso and his
tory—His. Pious Mother—St. Aiistell Revisited
by,hirn---froprassions of him by an . Experienced
Christian—A Proposed Secession-4i it Likely?
Tlie.Seigneini to the Chuich—The Rishop (Ind the
Propagation Society—ffreilegan • Methodism- in
Cornwall—Devon and "Devonshire
. gream."
L OND ON; ./ anuary 16,1862.
THE 'CONcEnir or PRAiZER. held lastiveek
in london,. was largely - ittended i and de
voutly ; ,observed. In Rreettiascires Hall,
there. were,. two .gatherings each;,day, ; and,.
addresses, pointed, seasonable, and impres 7 ,
live. Chnrclinian Nonconformist, uni
ted in one cry for the outpouring of the'
Spirit of light r life, and liberty, upon* the
.Church and the, orld, : -The Jost .sheep of
the house of Tertiel,"theltelithen World, the
decayed - chnielietrof bible lands , the op=
.pressed -and,perseented Matamoros and. his
companions in • bonds in Spain, Gontinental
churches, missionaries ahroad,, evangelists
at home, the 'Various classes and tribes of
men;' Arnericairi her and .
freedom for the slave sought together`
such were.a few,of the, subjects of -suppli
cation. ~At T i slingtourand ,elsewlaerc, simi 3;
lar'eniteerts were held, and on last Loriys,
ift ay, at Freemason's Hall' at 3 o'clocit
: theiafterraioni there wAs' Iteited'eelehri
;Oen Of the7Dord's.:Supper, which was in=
deed 'a tim e : ; of refreshing,,and ai feast of
holy brotherhood. The tendency to closer
'coalescence is manifestly, :increasing, and
that'the rLiirdts - people' 'are 'indeed one, as
'contrasted with their confessions and deniim
irtational di;stifictioniT, ist!Well as'.with , thet
`World without, is: mere and ,:more..realised:
This annual celebration of the Lord's Sup=
per in ;London, is , One; of r the indices o£
whatl spe,al Attbe Geneia Confer
once we bad even mere 'Strikingly' a feasts
of,loye r for, there, the'lEuropean ..andt.the'
Asiatio,,the converted Jew, and the ,trans
formed Gentile, the nobleman and the peas
ant; and'in word ' the• 'repreientatives of
`the Christianity of.all lanils,-together com
memorated the decease accomplished at Je
Each year-brings.with it fresh .answers
to ;prayer in ihoweri o#` blessing, and some
titnea'in terrible things In righteousness',
wllial "may well make us 'tremble. Greater
and-More awfuLevents may, yet 'be - in store,
,clearing the way -for him, ; who is th,e des
tined Conqueror. : _ ;
Bitting 1862, foreign eingeiization,Was
earnestly and nobly" p'ursued' by a band Of
holy men in London, who,-tit great expense
employed ministers of:foreign ,churehest,'
and. other messengers of„:inercy, , to preach
to their respective
„countrymen, or- to give;
them portions of the Word of GodAt
the Bible stand'`nealthe Exhibition; tindld
and around the Exhibition itself,'Scripttrie
distribution .Cards and
teaflets,. 3,360,600; hnok.s and ;portions :
(Pialiers, Gospels, and Epistles,) from 126,-
006 to 130,000.- About 2,060 English and
foreigtr4ews! came to the Hebrew stall;
where: .111r...o.Sternberg, one of their..own
brethren
_Recording to the flesh,, was
,the
distributor..
,Pl'olll hb3 - hands, Near Testa-,
mend` and portions ibereof were eagerly
songliq inetnorible dikoussintis,
nnd conversatiOngensited; theseedOftrrith
was thes. ) ,borna d , away/to many. lands} and
blessed results are humbly ; and ,confidently.
- 4iPected:
4,Staffoxd Booms, near the Edgeviare,
Road;' a work. of 'grace. among young Men
has been in continuous' progress` ever since'
the close 0f_1859.3 - The most recent infor- ,
Mation is contained in- the following com
niunipa,tion addressed to; myself, ;by 31. r..
Henry Hull who presides Over this branch.
of the Toting idlest' Christian Associatien,
and whose own perional 'expOsiticins. of 'the
Word, have been attended with extraortli: , ,
nary; blessing:. Writing to me on the Bth
instant sayssayshe
"We are id the Midst of special ad:
dreitais and other Work Pibuliai to the - new
year. - I May-say that never 'were so many`
precious souls_given'us as during , the past
year.,'We have abqut thirty tract distrib
utor! who, take their stations to catch, yo u tg
men at r the °Orders of the streete on Sun
day afteinbons. , :Theie bring many - stran:.:
gersiolthe Bible olass;.and - iit -is to-stran
gers chiefly that the truth is so blessed:, I:
It is;:A. stimulating fact that.4:luring'
TaAt year s not one, Sabbath „passed without
e
On conversion more, taking place . in the
Bible class, or rather duriii Conversation
after-the '-The • feWeat • that ale
had was one, and this:one:base-was full of
interest to me. At_the..close of .the_ meet
ing, on a partioul arLord's_ day,, I was cast,
down' by the deadness of.'ille'elass, 'arid'
.went'ilmost toWeep'intonty pritrate'reiOin:
The afternoon prayer meeting Was Meanwhile
going on,,and,l ; had'just: begun :;to beseech.
'God to bring some'spul to himself in that
prayer Meeting,ihet I heard footsteps de
beencling from an upper room. young
surgeon who labors-with -us,-introduced a
Young man with hard visage. and ,nnprepos
iessing aspect, upon whouir"noticed in
the class, as, , apparently-se;unactustomed!to
prayer, that. he 'did, not know. hoio -to kneel..
My young friend, the sfirgeon, had spoken.°
to him, and his,mind had become awakened: .
Afterwards in that upper rooin hebelieved
the Gospel,_ and came down and gave,in a
cleai'and'an affeetik'matiiier,"an'acoOunt
of his "different' atraYes of mind, that' aft6r;
noon:- . 1- ` H •
My~ ` friend had'ilhid to him that a-ypei-:
J it )
WHOLE NO. 542.
feet salvation had been wrought out by
Christ. Do you mean to say,' said the
stranger, that I can really be saved in a
week t Yes,' was the reply, and
saved now 1' Me went on again to put a
present salvation before him. The young
man broke in on his statement with the
exclamation, You do n't know, what a
wretched sinner I have been, and do you
mean that /can be saved within a week ?'
'No, I do not mean that;, but I do me'in
that you may be saved while you are sitting
on that chair.' Again the Gospel was
clearly set before him for a few minutes,
when the inquirer, apparently astonished at
the doctrine, turned and said, Why,
then, if that be true, I may kneel down
here, receive Christ, and be saved while on
my knees' And there in the midst of two
hundred yoing men he was ready to kneel
down. My friend took him to the upper
room, and there he embraced the Saviour,
and aftetwards went on his way, rejoicing.
This one case spoke more loudly to my
own heart than many would have done.
It seemed to come from. God, and he: ap
peared to be saying, ': I am a eovenant
keeping God.'
Secretary
" The most cases of awakening," , adds
Mr: Hull, "that we had on one Sabbath,
Was twelie or' thirteen; five or six' of whoin
believed the =glad= tidings. On nne 'other
day there were nine who were able to re
joice in the forgiveness of sins. ,On
merons other, occasions there Were three,
four, or five cages similar: Our hearta
have been made to leap for .joy—our joy
has
~ been full,;so powerfully has the Holy.
Spirit made his presence felt. It has now
been laid upon many hearts to pray for
one tlioniand souls tO be given 'us this year.
Oae-"brother- narn'ed'thie in' his prayer,
about three•weeks ago. It has been caught
up ,_by the, body, of •young men,, : ,and ; now
scarcely one prayer is offered without,mak, ;
ing this request the burden of the sup
Cry. ' r ile 'Whothi,en'thonsind
''to Peter i , :on the day of Pente,Cost,• one
:.preaching r ean surely give: us ~a thousand
in a, year.
.014, for ; faith—pighty
overcoming faith l Lord,,,work this..,
,faith
in me e: Let ffilibeceine the agoiiiiing cry`
of every nieinher 'of God'S Chink arid'
there shall come a mightier filegairig than
that which has lately visited us,'and.whose
influence we . still feeLupon
.The,proyer of faith, coupled with
of the "Iv t 4i , a' of - Goa, thus insures ,
lone blessing: among young men , . Other
ac , .encies are vigorously at work: Richard
Caver „the Lancashire collier is once
more London, and 'preaching to crowds
every Sabbath evening, at the Surrey The
atre. So-likviise in other dieatres,-faith
ful men proclaim Christ crucified, and warn
sinners to flee to him. 'Mf.'DurlianiBmith
was here in the Autumn'of the year, and
afterwards went to Brighton, where pow
erful, and it is to be hoPed,' lasting and
Saving, impressions' were m'ade. 'St. Paul's
Cathe,diaris now npen every-Sabbath even
ing,. for.. preaching to the masses, under the
great dome, The,first.two preachers were
the Bishop of London and 'Dr. Alford,
`(the eminent Greek scholar,) Dean of Can
terburY. Bettina:de spe,cial reference to'
the Colenso heresy, and both defended the
inspitationof every.part of the- Canon of,
Scripture. .Dean. Alford said that there
was a lam en table ignorance of the Scriptures,
bOth in "the higher and middle classes in
England, and that many children brought
up. at the National and other schools knew
more of 'the Bible than either .of them.
He also said that it, wasTa disgrace that the
greater part of_the educated classes were
unacquainted with the - . original' dOcuments
of the New Testament; and urged the nal
versal study of these. •
•
CORNWALL this letter' is written, and'
in the town of St.• Austell, Where- John
.V . Villiam:C r olenso spent his boyhood. His
father,was a. Cornish man, And lived, in
different parts ,of this enunty,, dying final-,
ly gtonehouse. lam here. the guest
Of a Man of buSiness„who tells me he well
remembers youno. Colenso and, his mother,
g.ke .. 748 preeminently godly , and Tine _in
the .habit ,of coostantly : atteriding.
dependent chapel of this town, of, the
church assembling in which shswas a mem-,
bet:. The father gave no, evidence of. spir
itugl religion . He...„had lost money in
mining-enterprises, ,and his Attune was. re
'dneed,. ..I3ut he alwa.ye oecapied 11,-.TesPent
-able position in society, and . , had an income,
from au : official appointment conne,ctednith
the collection of the revenues and,rents
,of
the Duchy- of Cornwall a., vast territory.
*retching Over Devonshire, l Cornwall, and
pert of other counties, originally_the
- property assigned , in Norman days to the
,eldest bbrii of' the sovereign*-and now the
property' of AlbertuEdviard, Our young
Prince'of Wales. All 'thefacts which I
liatedin connexion with Colenso's student
led - University history; I: have' had freshly
anthenticated here. After be , had 00011-
.pi
.pied for some time a rich living given him
by, the' . UniversiV of ' Cambridge, he be
=Me- reitless, ..ariCsighed for Missionary
WOTIL:,2 Ylt was whemtbis desire was known
that . he Wpa made. the' Ant Bishop ., of our.
Smith African and rising Colony of .Natal.
- BOA after we heard of 'him pleading 'for
polygamy there. Nett he came home and'
inltilished a Comnientarpon:the Romans,
fall of:error on the matter of justification
dad atonement, and, also heretical on the
,doctrine of endless punishment. Now he:
hes come 'a second time, and "his wells On
the" Pentateuch," and - on " joSbna "
',appeared, and excited an extraordinary
commotion. - _
kly friend and host tells me that Colenso
is a man of.great suavity and kindness ;
and that, when he came from Africk he re
paired hither; and took'him (MY host) with
him se he:went ;across-the- country to rireach
on `;,behalf of her Natal ,Mission. _There
was no,Tindication oft - false ;teaching, then,,
but, there was the want of the warth,living
Gospel. An earnest man , ))11t, blind and
still pnrenevred----eueli is :.the impression
`left op icy mind aboht Dr Coletuto/by the
description of ;my aged; venerable; and 'ex
perietioed Christian informant S ;•
--, The'Xagazines ;end Reviews ;; are, stall
husy,iwith Coleus°.
The Eclectic for Jantiaiy;' is
very severe in its oomments. pretba
bly, the best answeriqhat have yet appeared'
aretto be found iu — Th - e — Jetish, - Ohrowide
`hied-..kihrS4l:o6sii•beirf, l This 4tlitk'brgait
'of the British Jews. .itidit,2edited by Dr.
Bertiach, -an .erninept .)"epish scholaror .
has executed ,a. singularly faithful transla
tion of the 'Hebrew "Bible 'bate - English.
this aeries articles, Colenso's
arithalittieal "'objection's are apalyzed.and
rented. " In , repeated inetances,,his.
fioient, knowledge L of the prigirtal is -tsi.-
poSetr,, ,' and - conseq nently.. the arguments
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based on mistranslations, (including mho
takes made by King James' translators,)
fall powerless to the earth.
It has been said that recently, Colenso
his expressed an' expectation that he will
and must leave the National Church, and
that he expects that some hundreds of the
clergy will go with him. lam rather in
credulous on this matter. One, thing is
certain, that the scandal to the Establish
ment is very damaging. If—as it seems
pretty certain—the ecclesiastical law makes
no provision for the case of a heretical
Bishop, and thus Colenso can defy all the
Canons and judges, what a disgrace! The
Propagation of the Gospel Society, under
whose auspices Colenso went out to• Natal;
is moving the Prelates of the Bpiscope4
Bench, and they are,to assemble in solemn
conclave to discuse the whole matter ere
long. Verily:the Church is in.deep waters
with her different Schools, and judicial
retribution will yet come upon her for her
fostering and warming in her own bosom—
for the sake of. State patronage and pay--
the vipers that are, drawing away her ilk.
blood. .
'ESLEYAN METHODISM is a mighty
.power in Cornwell-;-and -has- been so for
nearly e,century., The effects are manifest:
in the fact that this county stands lowest
in the scale of crime of all the counties of
England. It is also patent,in the warmth
and devotion-of public services and prayer
meetings; in the sobriety and comparative
purity of morals among the large mining
population, and in the, zeal with which
missions, both to the Jews and Gentiles,
are here welcomed, succored, and prayed
for. 1 have been holding meetings for the
'British Society• for the. Propagation of the
Gospel among the Jews, in. several towns,
and haie yet a good deal of similar Depute
tion work before me. The country is full
of historic interest, and of the ruins of an
cient' days. Of these I hope to give your
readers notices in successive communica
tions—as it is my habit to take my 4mer
ican friends with me, on every journey
•which I make " out of town." They and
•you will excese the haste sand .other
fections of the present communication, as
it is written in, peculiar circumstances,
and' when deprived of the' leisure flea
phall, 'D.be able afterwards to coin
mend in different parts of my tour.
Devonshire was passed through on ray
way, to Cornwall, ;,It is the garden of Eng
land, ind wiriest mild and pleasant 'Winter
climate. 'I have already tasted' the famous
.",Devonshire cream;"zWhich is a great lux
.ury. It is made thus:: milk fresh from
the cows is pnt over the fire; it is all but
brought to, a boiling point, and when a
w light &ate . is u aeen in the centre, then in
.stantly it is taken 'off. It is left to cool;
when quite cool it becomes thick, and is'
covered with a brown skum. It is used
with bread, or bread and butter. It, is
supposed to be almost as valuable as cod
liver oil for ChCal, affections;' but a medical
man ussures me that this is not the case,
and that for cod-liver oil-no substitute, as
to its .p.eculiar virtues; can be,found.
; TAB NEWS has reached us of the con
tinuous bloody eonflict (undetermined) in
TeniibSS'ee';' of Banks superseding Britlei;r:
and also of the Preaident's New Year's
Proclamation. Some think that the last
will lead to the massacre of the whites by
tuheir negroes; others consider that this_ is
not
_probable. Providence , seems to point
to the destruction of slavery as the ultimate
issue of this awful war. The Daily News
attacks the Times for defending or palliat
ing slavery. ".41- blow of this sort is aimed.
at all that good, men hold sacred. It seeks
to undermine the very foundations of our
national morality, and break the spring of
all public and private virtue. It daringly
assaults theposition of the Bible, and seeks
to, destroy.forever its sublimity, by making s
it the am:in:Thee in
,the perpetuation of
the most,gigantic of crimes. In this last
assault the advocates of the Slave-power
shake hlndsvaith the Infidel' and the Atha:
ist. 'This kind of aisault•cn the'Bible is,
in its. nature and i tend'ency,.fer more 'den"
gerous than any thing contained Essays.,
and Itviews, or in Bishop Colenso's
work." It is not to.be forgotten, however,
that - the Times said`that there was " much "
.(in the Bible) which .naturally tendi to
she mitigation, the elevation, and the'final
, txtinction of slavery," , J.W.
For, the Presbyterian
allowed Be Thy Name?
Whilst ,Howe's .Division, Bmitit!s Corps,
Left Grand Division, were,,,er!cemped
the banks of Aline. Creek; previous to their
move' to the `Rapptthearlook;l received 'a
copy `of the l i reioyeePian - Wannei, in which
was an artieleivith the'-seine' title which 7 .1
have selected for this; viz:, " Hallowed he
Thy Name."
I had often . lamented , the amount of, and
terrible profanity I heard, among • officers
and soldiers, but-had ~n ever- once thought
that in the: form-of prayer which Christ
taught his diseiples,he had provided a pow?
erful preventive to such thing.
Will not all, Christians then unite in
using always, in 'their petitions, that par.
tion, atleast,.of the'Lord!s 'Prayer, so that
his name marbi'More-honored.,,
- • - ' A SOiDIERI
Camp iitar ‘fllalle Va.,l
Christn:Dv,.lB62. •
For die , fradiyterian Bmiapmr.
Donation.
Late in the evening of Jantary 26th,
being suddenly ushered` into the , town hall i;
by a committee appointed for that purilose",- 1
we found it thionged -with `the' members foU
our congregatibniabd matey others;
assembled !iffithollt; Our: know/edge
,Purposd'of;enj , dyingal.aumptablia
but chiefly , for giving 'us' a- Surprise.Donw; .11
tion ' Visit. After . a brief `address by ' 7 i
brothel' ministet, we' were iliadel.tber-teeig-'
mats of a large atid , Ohoine selectroulof
mats, consisting of meney, valuable parlor
furniture,-table ware; , clothingpiovisions,
&c., &o. '.Tbe whole .Was 7 a; tealreurpris4" , '
especially the aniounf doiatedoß6naidering
lst, 'the. small 'number of our: nibmiiers -
.andi 2d, the shoil- - titne-we ~ h ave dived
their; midst... 7:') ,r 13.1.014 t
For this , token Of interest, in, the welfari,
e.
Of, their paitoe'the donOfstave our stnimre:
thanitS; our end' eiffl y eett prayeitie'
for their!, temporal andispiiitnal prosperi*JiJ
AL and 31. Vi r : ; ,NILLS;t:4,
Alliance, Ohio. ;; 4. : 0
Cr. 011601,.. should r . keithey„ song ht ~nor
avoidea. When. they corne, they are graces
:when sought foi, offenses.
EIMMMI
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