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A View ➢lore Days.
H. DONAL
A few more years shall roll,
A few more seasons come,
And we shall be with those that rest
Asleep within the tomb.
Then, 0 my Lord, prepare
My soul for that great dny
Oh wash me in thy precious blood,
And take my sins away
A. few more suns shall set
O'er these dark hills of time,
And we shall be where suns are not,
A far serener clime.
A few more storms shall beat
On this wild, rooky shore,
And we shall be where tempests cease,
And surges swell no more.
A few more struggles here,
A few more partings o'er,
A few more tolls, a few more tears,
And - we shall weep no more.
A few more Sabbaths here
Shall cheer us on our way,
And we shall reach the endless rest,
The eternal Sabbath day.
'Tie but a little while,
And He shall come again
Who died that we might live, who lives
That we with him may reign.
Then, 0 my Lord, prepare
My soul for that glad'day;
wash Me in thy precious blood,
And take my ains away. •
Par the Presbyterian Banner
Mission Sabbath. Schools.
MESSRS. EDITORS :—Dear. Firs ---Will
you allow me, through your excellent paper,
to say a few words to those who have charge
of these schools; and to offer some sugges
tions which may aid them in their work
Having through life devoted much., atten'-
tion to the cause of Sabbath Schools, my
observations may have some weight.
All who have visited, or been,connected
with these Mission Sabbath Schools, know
of what material they are composed. Some
are good, well•behaved children, but the
greater part are those wild, and often rude
classes, generally known as "lard cases."
Now, to endeavor to teach these, there
must be away of coMbining what is really
useful, with what will at the some time at
tract and please them. How to do this,, is
what I wish to show.
Children always love to sing; and ' , this
is one way of teaching. The hymns-they
learn at Sunday School, often remain in
their memories through life; even though
they should-be thousands of miles from the
place where they first learned them. And
with the hymns are assoeinted i often, , the
words which the teacherspoke, of Jesus—
of the story of the cross. Let'--there be as
much singing, then,- as possible; not letturg'
it he confined to one or two verses, as it
.sometimes is. There are many, too, who
Nutnnot read, ''although they can easily re
member; therefore, it would not be time
ithrown away, to teach them in this way.
10
Let the Superintendent read one line of
he hymn, and have, the whole . sehool re
peat it; then another, and •so on, through
tithe hymn. Afterwards have it sung, that
.0 may be more firmly impressed. They
will learn much sooner in this way than
may be supposed, if all can be,made to re
peat together, which they'will soon do.
Short addresses . generally gain the at
tendon of the children, but they must be'
plain, and to the,point ; yet do not try to
bring your mind down to make the'ehldren
Amprehend -you. 'Depend tpon it, chil
dren will not care much 'about what older
persons fail to appreciate. Some 'speakers
make a aad mistake, when they talk ehild's
Ilk to children. Try rather to raise their
minds to, or nearer tii, a level with your
Iwn, instead .. of coming down to meet
lairs.
But, there, is another mode of imparting
istruetion, which is too often neglected.
is that of reading to the school, after the
mai lessons: are over, from a paper or
ok, something '.that'. contains teaching
iieh will make them better if remem
;red and practiced. The 41 children's col
in " of a• religious paper often furnishes
Est what you' want. Some story, if yoli
lease, which will show the great difference
3tween right and wrong; between' hell
3ss and sin; that they may be taught by
to love the one, and hate the other. It
iy be that what, is there read may de
m good' to' the little ones than. the les;
m of the :day; and will be remembered
Yen all else may be forgotten.
Will •you try it, you who 'have charge, of
school of this kind ? Try it next Sab
ah. After the lessons are over, ring the
311; take the paper in your hand and tell
Lem you have a story for them. •See if
very little face is not at -once turned to
ad your desk;-while the little hands
tise making ,mischief and annoying all
tin their reach. I will insure the at
'don of the school while the reading is
ng on. If they are not attentive,.there
it be some fault somewhere; perhaps in
reading, or in the selection of the article.
maybe anew tiling to you, but is it not
:th a trial? If this article seta others to
,eking, in what way the most good can
done in this cause, I will be repaid.
MISSION SCHOOL TEACHER.
_Prom the Watchman and Reflector.
Light in tits_ Hospital, ,
" Comrade, what are you reading, there ?"
" A hook my nibtlier gave me,' was, the,
act reply. , , • •
The two soldiers lay side by side, a little
ley-way between, where one might pass,
that was all. With the stretching of
arm, the Spoofs might easily be' com
ma& On, the right reclined a swarthy,
tburned maui about thirty years of age;
the left a pale, thin, spiritual face made
possessor seem a mere lad, and yet be.
I but five years younger than his neigh
', Tom Burke. The latter was stalwart
handsome., He had been so, ill as to be
tensible most of the time, but ihe fever
1 . left Mtn, the doctors pronounced him
.ding, atui.his active spirit could not be
tiet. ,
" nay, comrade, what's your name?"
" Robert`linfield," replied the younger
laying down the book on his bed.
"Where from?"
" Plainville, N. Y." •
" Where arolou wounded ?" •
aln the shoulder. 1: have.•hed part of
bone taken out." •
But your arm is saVedi-41tat'a better
co my case. I N , 43. lost ; 40104 leg,• and r•••
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I tell you what, I'd rather been • shot
through the, head and done with it."
So sudden a death needs preparation of
life," 'said the young man, quietly.
"0, prep iratien be hanged !" was the
rough and impious answer., " I shall nev
er be better prepared than I was then.
Life or death, it's all the same to me in
one sense. But this going on crutches, or
a wooden stump—l tell you I'd rather he
dead. What's the time, I wonder 7"
"Past nine, I believe."
"What! so early-es that?" exclaimed
the rough man, with an oath.
"Do n't swear, 'soldier," said a sweet
voice. • •
The Man looked up and encountered the
soft eyes and sad smile of a woman, who.
Stood on his left. He blushed, and seemed
for a moment abashed as she, gazed on him
there, but; as she passed quietly by with no
other remark, he laughed coarsely.
" One of the tract distributors, I sup
pose, that I have heard about," he said.
" I wonder if she would bring me a pack of
cards if I asked her ? , I want something
to do. Comrade,' what book is that ,of
'yours?"
"It's a Bible, fay friend." •
" A Bible!"
" Yes, if you'd like, you may have it si
While `to read." • • .
t 4 Why'; comrade, I never lookedinto a
Bible in my life. I'M principle 4 against
it " lmy mother never 'd^ allow me, you
MS
"Your mother?" exclaimed . the young
man, slowly, " yoUr nib her never would al
low you to read the Bible !". he- added, in
accents of consternation, almost of •horror:
" Fact, friend. She is a strong minded
woman, and thinks her own counsels •Bible
enough, I fancy.':
" Then, perhaps you don't believe in God
and eternity." , . ..-
".My friend, to tell •the truth, I don't
believe in much of any thing, particularly
since I've got to stump it through life." .
" all can say is that I pity -you,
from my very heart I pity you. No Grod
to - look to, no heaven to.hope for."
""Thank you , for• .nothing. What •regi
ment were you in ?"
"35th Zouaves."
" Pretty well cut up, wasn't it ?"
"Terribly. We were mowed down like
grass."•
= " How did you feel when you mere hit ?"
"I thought of my mother an d,,,j e s ti
Christ." , •
" What good did that do you ?"-
" It enabled me to be patient and refrain
from the swearing and cursing "I heard all
around me!' . _
" So you are one of 'the pions ones, one.
of the salt•of the earth, thatowe hear about."
0 I humbly hope :I am it `Christian." -
" That's all cant," cried the other, mov
ing uneasily.
‘f I:thanklGod 1" said the younger man,
fervently=_- The expression seemed not to
be called forth by what the other had said,
but an 'ejaculation, spoken rather to hire
self in view of some remembered ,mercy.
So sweet, alight Shone in his smilei- irrail-'
iating his whide face; that, the gaze of the
-
other soldier was for a• moment riveted by
the almost unearthly expression. At the
instant there •was a great • commotion.
They were just 'bringing a man in whose
wounds were of the •most frightful oharae-'
ter, and the stretcher was, set down at the
foot of Tom Burke. Thin came the wild
shriek of-dispair and anguish.
c , Godhave mercy - on mysord.' 'Merciful
God—have mercy-on my souls - Octprai
for me--pray for' me—l can'ti meet my
Maker. 'Somebody , must ' pray for 'mel
Pray for me, will •you ?" and the turned hie'
haggard eye• toward'• the surgeonm" pray
for me, soldiers. 0, somebody must pray:
for me 1"
AXtbat almost despairing cry rang out,
tUerei came 'a sniall figure down the aisle,
from the dim recess`, beyond, where lay the
sick and the dying. It • was the woman ,
who had spoken to Tom. Burke. , She
stoppecl-at the wounded man's cot, and her
dark, sad eyes' 'rested -upon 'him. There
Seemed something soothing in her glance,
for he 'checked his eries i .and "said, " 0,-
madam, I hope your lieirt has' never been
torn as my mother's will 'be !" . '
" My•friend;" was theicalm reply, s' two.
of my sons died 'on the battle-field, and the
third: and yoringesbin , a-rebel hospital."
" God 'help • you, then," he murmured,
" God has helped Me, or else how could
I live'?" was her reply.
"0, Mother I I must die—will you Pray
for me ?" he cried, lifting his haggard eyes.
" Yes, my son`, , I will gladly pray for
[ yon," she sitid—and bendinga knee on his
bed, she clasped her hands, and ponied out
giber whole soul. Not to a God afar off did
she pray; the-dow voice, the glory of the.'
pale face, the earnest , clasping of•the hands,
proved that he . was near--and that upon
all those priceless souls he, yearned to, shed
the Divine longings and patience that ohar
acterize his children. Tom Burke looked
andlstened—it was new to him. Hardly,
in all - his life had the thought of God .en
tered his mind, never had hn seen a Chris
tian woman pray., The impulses,— the
strange thmights it stirred in his soul he
had ne language for. He saw how calmly
the wounded soldier listened, his •hands
crossed upon his breast, his pale lips now
quivering with
_emotion, now whispering a
tremulpus =en. He saw thai peace spread
serenely and gradually over the face so con
vulsed before. It was the turning of a leaf
on, which were written unknown but beau
tiful characters. _
" Mother," whispered the wounded man,
feeling for the band that rested near. his.
" Mother—Pve been , trying, to be a good
man these many years—l have believed on
Jesus Christ. But in, the army, I became
careless, forgot prayer—forgot the souls of
my fellow-soldiers. 0, if Christ should
forget me !" ' ' ' '
" He never will, my' een," Said the low'
voice, " never. He has called you nearer
'to . him, through this seemingly dreadful
'Providence. Trust in him."'•
it Mother, I do feel differently.:. I do'
4put my whole 'trust in him. My blessed
Jesus whom I have deserted, but who nev-'
, •
er deserted me '
" No. He never deserts -his children!'
" Even if they. stay : away fromhim 717
" No. He is the good Shepherd wile
leaves his flock to find the poor, lost lamb.
And when he finds it he folds it in his
"Heis my mottle - L..0 Saviour, said the
man, a smile breakingover his face.
" He will'neverldesert :her." ..
"I will give,,lfer in,bis eberge,",he said,
;placidly- - " Re is, the God of 'the iiidow
f i ; t
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1863.
My poor, lonely mother, 0, how he will
pity her !"
" And comfort her."
"Yes, he will comfort her. He knows
what a good Christian woman she has been
all her life. 0, I should have been lost,
but for my praying mother!"
By this time a large number of the in
valids had gathered about the bed, attract
ed by the news that the soldier was even
then deathstruck. He. looked round upon
them all, as he struggled for breath, and
with a loud, clear voice, exclaimed, 44 Seek
Jesus. Nuone else can go with you over
that cold river." Then,- folding his hands,
he whispered, turning his - dying eyes to the
woman, " haslad mercy. He is here r
and with a• full, happy voice, he shouted,
" Glory - to God l" • and sank :down; beauti
ful in death. The crowd around him fell
back. All looked
,solemn. Some were
weeping. The Woman who had prayed for
the dying man in his need, knelt, by his
bed's head, and smoothed back the short,
curling locks from the bronzed fOreheed.
" How his mother would love to see him
even, cold in.death !" she whispered. Then
she cut one of the curls from the temples
that.,.ad pulsed their . last throb of. life
and, moved sileitatly, away.,
"I' wonder who ; that woman- is::?" said.
Tom Burke. "If I Was dying, somehow
I wouldn't mind having her round, would
you ?" •
• ,
"What good would it do you": You be,
nevi+ neither - in her Bible nor her
Said his 'neighbor.
"It wouldn't takumuch to make me, if.
'she was near," he murmured, halt to' him`
self.
. • .
That nightToni"Biirke 'could not sleep
-
Tormenting thoughti drove rest froth his,
pillow. It seemed - still as ithe saw the,
poor,. dying soldier at his feet, cryirig earn
estly for mercy- and, salvation. What if
this •thing—this faith were' true,? What
if man needed rt Saviour ? What If he
should indeed perish without one ? 'What
if the Bible were alight to the feet midi
lamp to the path °?. Something told him iP
might all be. As he thought, felt a,
Strange Sensation. The walls seemed to re
-cede "farther' and 'farther froth' his gaze.
Ilia neighbor melted away' from his grasp,
as he weakly tried to stretch forth., his hand..
" Quick cried one of the stewards
-
"rouse the, surgeon, this man is bleeding
to .
death." There was , only one thought
his "mind, as
~a ghastly blank covered his
senses and,that 'thow , ht was—" 0, Xesus'
save me!" .
. _
dim light---a confused sensation as of
voices sounaing near? and. faces rnoving;to
and fro. • '
, "Hes he come .out of it-? 1! asked :some
one. • •
Yee, b,nk it like to have ,been list
sleiP in this world,' said another„, . .
"Am,l going to die?' gasped 'the sot
dier. . - "
" Not if we can save you, my man," saicl..
the surgeon, cheerfully. , z ,
-: ", for thatwoman,"
cried ToMl3'"urkg. I want, her to praY for
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We'll laaveler here in the. morning," -
was the'repbr ; is midnight now."
"Shall I live till morning?"
" Yes, if I can keep the hemorrhage.
down; and you must help me, by tieing
perfectly quiet."
" But it's all true. I'm cure of it
now."
" Whit 'e all true, my plan 7" asked the
ettrgeon, who thought he'was wanderingua
his' mind.
" There's a God and an eternity," said
Tom BUrke; solemnly
r: never doubted that," replied the
surgeon.' '.
" But I have," murmured Tom. "Is'
that man awake, nest to `Me?"
44 Yes,l ant a.iiake," ives'tlie reply. -
" Then you must tell me about it,. I can't
go this way"
There must be . .no -talk," said the stir-:
geon.
f! Tell him-," whispered- the young man,
that I -wilLpray for-him."
44 Yes ,
yes ; pray for um- I'm - all wrong.
0, pray!" cried the rough seldier.
The morning dawned; end -poor Burke'
was growing worse. Young Linfteld saw
it in the faces of his, attendants.- The'
,haggard eyes, unnaturally bright, turned
toward him imploringly. '
" Shall r read to you ?"' asked the young
soldier. - -
"Yes,but 0, I wish she could come
Will God forgive , me ? You know I was
taught not to• believe—but something told
me, last night, that- 'there is a God and a
future. I do n't deserve his mercy, nor'
happiness : hereafter-411a do want him to
forgive me, even if he sends me to hell."
" He' is 3ready 'both to forgive and ac
cept you," said that low, soft ,voice. With
a glad cry he. turned. There stood the
same mourning mother whose prayer and
whose saintly countenance had so impressed
him.
" Will he ?" cried , the 'soldier, the tears
starting to his eyes.
" Now—this minute, if you are in
earnest.'
"'I am awfully , in earnest," ,exclaimed
the, man. "I seem to see my soul in a
balance—now inglining to heaven—now
falling toward that r dreadful abyss. 0,
I
Christ ! save me, or perish."
He was "awfully in earnest?: His ,
an
guish was painted on every, feature. :All
day long the, gentle missionary of the Cross
remained by his bedside, talking, praying,
consoling—each moment seeming, like the
bitterness of death, with him, .until the
peace came— . that peace of God; which
truly
,passeth all Understanding--and he
was at rest. ,
A happier Christian, from, that day
forth, than Tom Burke, is rarely met with.
He did not die—that strong,- - trigorons soul
passed not Moray in the hours of its first
-enlightenrdent. His mother came on, to
'find her son, her idol—lost to her worldly
heart. She kissed - him and sat beside him,
hut there was a strange; sad feeling. of
separation—she could not - understand the
language . of heaven, until, after his earn.
est pleading, she took the volume she had
taught him *to despise; and read the words
of Christ.
And she that gentle, Christian nurse,
whose earnest work -fitted her for a glo
rious eternity; she whose smile brought
joy, and whose simple faith heaven to
earth"; she who so thoroughly performed
the duty that was placed before her—how
glorious her reward!. For she: has since
gone home,to heaven.. She rests4from her
viweary lahors, but her works , do, follow her.
The mother and son; f whotspeak:of ,fter its
their angel messenger, have established a
household of prayer, still faith. God bless
all Christian missionaries, and especially,
those who carry light,into the darkness of
our hospitals. M. A. D.
Thou lir'. Bear. ;.
peii cx.nt :151.
In the b•irsti rollang thunOer,
In the ligittnirtei3 iurid'
When the roehnitii, rent. toninder,
When the riging;billows
. , 'liter art near.
. . ,
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In the zephyrlegentleit•breath,
, a '
In the dewAiron . sparkling , gem, •: . .
In the lowliestiftsverrat's death, ;
In the grass'n,fragile stem,
I tt 'Tam ark near.
;
0 1 1 3 .
In the rage of Kt sion'a!stormid,v.
When the de lest leaarangenatn, ' ' .
In the battle's geresst 9rtn,
• In ambition'a,Madatst•dteint, ' 1
7 ',"
A
_LIa"MIT art
near.:'
In affection's softest NViepe. „
In contrition's faintest sigh,
When the huml~lest`soal ` ijejoioes
1. ) l'ihernite inioreet contes•to-tiie,
Near to ininif;h,heitrke" bless, " •
Near to strengthen, near '
"Near to heir *ail teen. Coirfess,
' 14e,ar tit Bent the litest4reier ;
• English ChurChinan.
'EUROPEAN PRAESPONDENCE. •
The Queens 'Speech -- The Trinee of Wales in ;the
House of Lords—EO;rd• herby and the Royal
Harm' tgoLord Ruaell,' the Te'pe, and Prefer
' emu for. Protestant England—A , Secorid Work of
Colenso's—A Summary' of_it--Atehhiehep Long.:
ley's Letter—Letter from Dr. Tregelles—The
Punted Bench of Bislidpi•--:Eailure of the` Churah
of Englandd- 7 The "her—Timidit y'
and, Fashion, Quoad'iheClergi=Punshon's Lee
turd at Ezeter Hail= Wesley, and his' Times—PO:, f .
land„in Insurrection:—European Sympctthy—i: •
_Prussia Fearful—Anti-Stavery :Demonstrations.,,-,
in Losidon; and the” Provinies=The' Old Anti
, Slavery Society Rallying--The Great Thinker's
for ,the North—Professor (loidwin
.LOHDOIf February 12:1863.
THE Stungav's SPE,*ou at the opening of
Parliament,-natniallythade reference to the
great struggle in ''America. , The Policy of .
nonintervention was rather unexpectedly,
,supportedhy, the leaders.of the Opposition
in both houses of
.Parliametit, Lord Derby
and' Mr: -D'lsrieli. ' Thialhas been' *ieat
and , : Malty - 'discouragement to. iMr./Hope,
and other . confederate sympathisers,
including the Tory . ..gtotd,ardwhioft ; have,. s
been ofyini out for the recognition of the
South. Lord DerbY epoke itites 7 ;.
man:. Men in his position must ffildek be:
fore and after,','.especially if offloads not
unlikely to be thrnst,npon them.
PlFtion OR WAVStooic his s9pt in
the Tipper House, Aft_ of 'Cornwall,
ind l Wo.4 ofki`eitgli
He looks remarkably well ;. and is frank'
and manly in his manners:
,His forthcom
ing martiaga was referred to in his pres
ence, and I,ord-i!erby with an elegance of
language, referred to it, expressing cell
gratulations and hopes with , regard. to the
event, witha grace not at,tainabla by any
other man in ,the House: of Peers, and in
terms, which although not by, any means
fulsome, might possibly indicate the •ciesire
of thaConservatives to win to their :,side,
the heir, apparent of,the English Throne;
The„Qtteen
.has tha,warmest
,personal it ,
tachment to Lord Derby. "Pity,"tis but
true," that he is quite wrong On the ital
iarcquestion, and that lie does' not endorse
heartily even the kingdom Of -Victorlm
manuel.
It now comes out that, • M.- Drouyn De
Illinys, , the French Foreign Minister -WaS
representecUthb alleged'offer , of !Lordßus,
sel to the Pope. 'Lord Russell 'did not
send Mr. ()do Russell to the Rope; but fhb
Pope sent expressly ,for Mr. Russell, and
asked whether, in. extremity, he might, ex
pect shelter on British territory.
•Cardi
nal' Antonelli of course refused the offer
which the Pope's request brought forth,
and he talked bliepheinously ; about_ the'
Pope 'being the Vicar of Christ 'ati toletre
poral power and poieession, nnethat;there
fere, non.TOssuntis 'must be still the cry.
Nevertheless thetfaCt remains that France
and "'the eldest -ion of' the Chureh," is
mistrusted at Rome, and that Protestant
England, - heretical-asshe is, is/ the alterna
tive in ease of ,eompelled flight.
A SECOND VOLUME by Dr. Oblenio, has
made its 'appearance. The 'Record 'Says
concerningit: " To those who Ventured
hope felsome modification of his: iews, or
who expected a wider : ,grasp of the great'
subject theie unhappy Voluines,
and a' more logical comprehension of the
whole argument on its - positive'and nega
tive sides'alike, thin : was exhibited in the
first publication;; or who. expected some,
good, result-from an appeal to• the Bishop's
sense of honor and solemn vows at his con
secretion ; or who looked , to. find underly
ing, his-avowed .unbelief in the historical ,
truth of the Bible, some. deep mystical,,
views of doctrinal truth—to, each and all
of these persons alike, the volame just
published . will be an absolutedisappoint: -
meat. The Bishop has neither learned
nor unlearned anything; neither retracts,
explains, nor apologises; he reasserts his
old mistakes, ropeate..his old falaciele, and,
proclaims again his unbelief with such ad
ditional Uggravations as must go far• to
bring whatls now the avowed conflict be
tween the Bishop of Natal and theThureh
from which he derives his authority to
some early and decisive issue. , ,
In his preface, the Bishop deelines, as
yet, to stat•elow" far the' , usual elethents of
Christian doctrine appear to be affectetrby
the unhistorical character of the Penta
teuch/ till he has, completed his critical'
labors and shown what is 'the_ residuum
of real fact' 'left -behind.. ; ; ;Bute he states,
not obscurely, that Christ, (Ile in whom
dwelt all the fulness of the Godhead
was ,really, ignorant; of the facts, and
mistook the ancient traditions of , the Jew
ish rate for • veritable history. This igno
rance he :refers to 4 ,the gradual growth of
Jesus-as the Son of .Man in human know':
edge,' and witha boldness in.which we are
at a loss whether to wonder at the igno
rance of dogmatic truth, or at the inacur
ate thinking with which it is combined,
asserts that this, progression of knowledge
in the Saviour, and, consequent, ignorance
of' historical truth, is perfectly* compatible
with—rather is absolutely required by=
Ahe most orthodox faith in his. Divinity as
Ake Eternal ,Son Ged."
Dr. Tait, Bishop; of London, in a ser
mon delivered to the Masses 'under the
dome of St. Pan 'referred to Colenso's
errors, and condemned them strongly.
Dr. Tredelles, Of Plymouth, an eminent'
Hebrew scholar, has addressed the follow
lug letter to the Record:
'appears' that, Bishop Colen
'so denies the coMpeteney of the Bishop of
Rochester to deal Stith . ctirtairk Old Testa-
meet questions, on ,thc ground- that ' the
latter
,is. not. Repainted -with Hebrew and
Gernian. As to the former language, let it
be freely admitted thili-itiS highly desira
ble that all-',Chrfigtiatc - facholars should in
clude in their stndi r eelthe tongue in which
the-Hely Ghost gaverfdrth ,So large a por
tion of ;Holy .Scripture, ..But even in, such.'
a ease one, Whp values the Word of God'
may:he able te use the infoiniation which
competent scholarill've him and is not
thitittgrinra4e4hritterthan -for. Bishopick
Jens° to ese ,hisknowledge,:of.HebreW for,
thmystiftgation of : plain, English readers ?'
That Bishey;GOlerise ha's done this, is
geetin his argument`' thidthe pries% was
hiniself to War thltil'ihole bullock outside,
the Camr4- - -nthinewhiOh.is only seeniingly
based on the English translation of ia He
brew, :, it ,is also shown in
arguinghi 'a identity of words in the
.‘;.
translation, aetEougn' they night
be:the- ternas'froin - Which he 'draws a con
clusion, when- in the Hebrew there: cisno
such identity.,; for instance (pp. 23,;24,) On
the term Uittle ones' Gen,
(where the 'wei r d taph,,) and in i 202
'Where it , is* Mtn's); Better - by far 'it .to,
prefeas•to knoWledge (if Hebrew' than to
use what is possessed so aiv to mislead: ;
"It is a,pity, with. Bishop golensies'
quaintance with.,,Gerniw e that, he -,should
have Selected gin es the imyugners.
Of Hely Wiii; instead of those' who,. in.
Germany, have stood forth as the . deend. - -
-ers. rsHe appears to.belverr well acquaint
ed with ,one, writer, with , whose objections
to Holy Seriptore geopplly accords.
Thii . writer, is Liitzellierger ' whose book;
Die o:ritide'derTieivillirge'Aiederlegung
rifeines ,Geistichenlintee (oThe:reason for
the :Voluntary laying , Down.of ray'Spirit
ualpffice,') ksart quoted , by Bishop c.oled- -
so-- . .perhaps heep.usp
. of his declining to
follow the proetical u eonefrosion of the' Ger
man skeptic:
Mr. Kingsley is'rePorted to have preach
Ad of Jute that we ,shoubilay hold Of Sciip
tura facts rather than doctrines. Bishop
Cf:oleos° scents to find something geod' in
doctrines; even though rejecting the'
,facts.
ehriiitian'beliefr on' the Coritiary; layti. hold
of both facts And doctrines; as .alike- taught
of, God, alike: true ; though. the : , doctrine
(as in the case of .. the atoning sacrifice of
Ohriat; our Lord,s is often based "upon the
faith. We can reject nothing of *hat God
hie set forthi and he "inadextitk'ps for usiall
the d f:4i:11 ieq I ierriain; yours very'iruly,
S. P TkEatmEs.
" Plymouth; Feb.-4, 1863."
The Beneh of Bishops are in very con•
-
siderable Prl4exi% )Irki ,unanimously
Wains , that CiAenso is — a heretic. Some
arnfOr mild ; 'orido-nothing measures oth-'
ers, for prosecution.
~Bstlt,. Can the Ecelesi
a
iatieal Law tench . Bishop, as well as .a
Presbyte.rl , We shall see. The scandal,
meanwhile, is very great, and most dam
aging, in the, Establishment. The nation
ebb away from her. Ny own convic
tion, greatly deepened by a wide examine
ties of the 0,1'4 of, religion over Enoland
within'the last few years, is simply this.:
that the Established Church is a, gigantic
failure. 'Very many good men,. both
bishops and clergy, there are ; but a ma
.linity ;are ignorant of theology, 'or hold
false doctrine and teach it; or ' are utterly erly
pa tto expound, andapplyt the hearts
and consciences of en, the. Word of God.
'Pationaoe, exercised' by the: Crown, kthe -
Prime Minister of the day,) bY:the Lord
Chancellor, by Universities, who give Col
lege livings'to men who lenow.mathernatie . s•
_or . classics right well, .buti whom- any
boy versed in the Shorter. Catechism, could
puzzle and put to shame in
five pinutes';
s a d p h d p „ o 'in im a i n s y te p s f a ;t4eiri ha c rn in o g re n o o Ve'; if , fi e t i - n oni t yi e f tu or ,,
Theh the nobles - and the stiniies havalheir
patronage, tee and' High
,Chnrch Bishops,
OA as oa Henry' of Eieter,2freWii . upon
and snub, on all oceasiona, - the'little' band
of Evingelieala in their diocese' while - they
surround themeelves with' men who flatter
and, inflow them SlaViahly: -
The men who are the salt of the Na
tional.' Church, are ministers of Diatrict
(hot parish) churches and - illo'itie - entirely
depelidenf'en the voluntary offerings, in
the form ' of`seat 'rents, or otherwise, of
their congregations.- Plenty of wealth
there is among the Evangelical : . laity, to
support a Free Church of England. But
both'', they and' the clergy are
timid, and '" - abie by =the stuff." Some
good people even go to our parish
ehureh,'! (aso th'epsay;) even though the
Gospel is.not
,preapled there-for,,, first,, it
would be vulgar, if„not schismatic to go to
a' Nonconformist or Wesleyan chapel; see
oddly, if' they can't heir' 'gird sermon,.
yet• still they have the Liturgy and' the
Seripthre Lessons ; -and thirdly, they may
get a good ,and efficient. Man some ♦day: I
lately saw Cornwall, two clergymen,
:specimens of ,many , more of the Same
stamP,'"both of 'Whoni : frequent 'Valls 'and
parties,
and go out, fox-hunting. From
without and" from within, come portentous
sounds of a - time of . stern :retrihution.
Slowly it approaches, but the crisis, when
it arrives, will he sudden
- and decisive.,
But for Dissent, religion would be pre,
salted la,a
,inbst offensive forte in Many
placbs,'lo.then who are niagistrategi'gren
tlerrien farmersi - bucolie , and ruddylaced,
by , men .whe„ , weuld ,rule, the, people tit'i`
priests, with a red . of iron, and Ihrust„the
rising race intointo"a Test; urt-Eriglish - and
monkish mould. — Dissent rellets on' "the
'Chiirch- of England; it coMpels it - en be
~
more vigilant ; 'while the press 'is ready at'
any time to expose the tyrannyef 'a parson,
or to hold up to reprobation that " Justice's
,justipe" tty which a clergyman (often one
of 'those on the Bench ) ) who will send a
Poor; starving'boy' to prison for &Wiling
turnip, and visWwith tremendous severity
the farmer's.son,.whh shoots a hai'e or snipe
on:.hie own father's, holding
Prelacy,. fosters
.Pride, and has always
'been the friend of despotic poivers ; even
when it is paternal, it is paternal depotidm,
and when one of the High Churchmen, or
when an Evanoelieal 'and - yet always•hold
ingupart frote7penconformists,is -found in
a purie4, - IXectot or 'Vicar, there all the
year blows, as' it, Were, an Ealt taind.
- Thinlenot - that this-is said for effect'; it is
emPhatically .IWifehl a -, yeallr good
and genial clergyman, who throwslhimself
lIMIE
WHOLE. NO. 546!,
heartily into common work; who recog
nizes other ministers as his brothers and
his fellow-servants; who mounts the plat
form joyously and lovingly, at the Bible
&clay Anniversary, and wbo has'good
temper and common sense, is neither a
transcendentalist nor a mere dry, Mattbr-of
fact, stick-like being; then atid, there; it is
" all serene," it is "as the breath of the
sweet South upon a,bankof vOlets. And
While - Wesleyans will be. Wesleyans still,
and all Noriebhformists 'will' assert their
principles, yet botit.look. with' 'respect and
affection on a right-hearted parish clergy
man, and, he eiccreises_over all parties an
influence, with a pressure, for good. God
is &rifled, sehishi - avoideil,,'the laity
thank God that there is. peahe',WiEe'
into its den, and moral, sdeial, *unitary re
forms, with true religion and, undefiled,
-
"A t*t ii,CaYSPAMI OI 2F#Y7 I vfrimh_
.4.1 Nook and puroind,4ly7
G { hier''amoiletlie graces tides,"
is beriihed and prevails '
V,EsLEY AND. WS- TIMES, has, been made
theSn'hj ee t of' the )atest, and I probably the
best, public lectUte, by the, dietingtitshed,
Methodist minister,
ohm, NE. A. —lle isetiout:hy describing
the,vast audience in , Exeter Hall .. • .the Elul
state of religion.in,Bngland when 'George
thi'gedond a4AWled: i ththrdne., The
eratiire of. ille'ake'vini - ienerally ecirrUpt`or
irreligious ;::though Of course' there'• were
;exceptions, ,for,,this .was the. period,wheri
the British classics, started into being • and
Mb poral aspect of society was of' no
dinilitful badness:
He' then conducted 'his heare,rs to' Bp
,
.Worth RectorY, the'parish of John Wesley's
father,,and whose. grandfather.was ejected
in 1662. • Samuel Wesley had nineteen.
children ten of whom grew up to adult
Yeara. '• His Mother was a woman of 'a
thousand; her discipline end - training were
necessary to make John Wesley what he
:became.; At eilc years of age he esca,ped
from the burning Rectory ; afterwards, at
the Cbartek House School, London, and At .
chiirCh, Oxford,che was Pre - pard'd in,
part for the future. -"He was then ie for
malist, rigid in the. observance of , rite:and
; rubrie.% wentrto Georgia• on a bootless
journey ;, a week after his arrival in Lon -1
don, he went to a Moravian meeting, and
there-hi met with Peter Bohler, whose in
fluence-was- marked/ At length, in May
24th, 1738; he_fohnd the... Saviour.
,„ Here the speaker introduced ' a powerful
defence Of the 'docrine conversion.",
and he, made a vicrorous assault on the: Bi
ble's-modern 'critics, considering it, to be
less than questionable that;the true-expia
tion of ,the falseqights hung out, in -these
times was to be found. in the words, The
natural man receiveth notthe things of the
Spirit'-cif &a: •
Wesley's marvellous labor and:activity,
" preaching at,the rate of, fifteen sermons a
Week, and travelling twenty five thousand
Miles 'a year wherridilivays were:not,' and
the -roads, - still:- uneducated by `Mr'.> Me,
Adam, were' a mixture of 'mud. and:slush."
Never being unemployed, ,never -uselesslY
emPloyed, never whihng away, time;
boundless benevolence; having only two
spoons as his entire stock of plate,
and' refiming to -buy more' so long' as any
Toor, wanted bread; now,taking the; sacra-.
ment at the hands of Bisho.p Lavingtou,
and now' sitting down to a cozybreakfast
with his old 'antagonist, Father `O'Leary, ;
a cheerful and ready wit, 16 broad and flash
ingas -the sheet lightning, without, .a. soli
tary fori to blast or to, destroy;" and.afar
reaching intelligence which led him to,,ini
date Many of those institutions now reek-:
tined amens the first evangelistic and
philanthropical agencies-of the:day.
, In the course of. ! this lecture, a' 'portrait
was drawn of George Whitefteld which
" stood out in peerless and overshadowing
grandeur." -
ToWard the close were stirring eihiirta.. :
tions to young, men, and.s af series' of COD-,
trysts between, tbe,present-and the future,
the terrene and, the celestial which held
the vast audience breathless, until a mag
nificent peroration' eloiedtthe whole, - amidst.
enthusiesin.
.No man livirig .can approach Punshon,
as a lecturer.- It, is ,more than,probable
that, this splendid production will be deliv-
bred over the Kingdom in all the large
provincial towns. -
At Redruth, , in Cornwall, he preached to
a vast multitude during ,the sittings of, the
last Confe.rence at . Cambourne, in that
county.` The lawn was pointed out to me,
ou whose slopes steed tke massee,,and on
the spot at the western corner, *here Mr.
Punshon stood, now= rises a young- tree;'
planted, in commemoration of . the occasion.
_ POLAND is in full insurrection at pres
ent, and the struggle is no outbrealoz---no
isolated expression of:popular fury or des :
peration. If the insurrection_ last much
loncrer, and is persisted ' in with sternness
amParder, dentonstrationa .in - favor .of the
oppressed Poles' will become general , in
England and on the Continent. Already
sympathy for their struggles has been man
lfested in Prussia, where the large frontier
landoWners have suPplied'arme, prOvi4,ions
and horses to the revolutieniSts. ' , So also .
has it been in Italy, and_oven in Austria a
prince in a local Parliament has proposed 'a
vote, of sympathy. in Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, in England, it'has been resolved, in
public meeting, to give assistance. to all
Poles wishing to return to their native
country, to fight ; for its liberties. It is
rumored that the insurgents number 50,000
men, large numbers of whom are well
armed;' and if they maintain their ground,
(which I Tear is doubtful,) the'moral'fdrce
lof the unanimous voice of Liberal Europe
may induce the. Ozar,to let the Polish Isra
elites go. Prussia, which was,one of .the,
. „
"Partition of Poland" robbers, is sending
feloda - into her oWn Polish provinces, is a
matter of- precaution ; perhaps conscience
troubles her ,l
THE ANTI-SLAVERY DEMONS RATIONS
of last week were not confined to Exeter
Hall. While that great gathering in
full swing, puttinc , down all attempts at an
eiriression "df sympathy with " the Sentb,
and groaning the Times to their hearts'
content, telegrams came in announcing the
success of monster meetings at Bradford,;
`in
Yorkshire,'ind.'of — atiothei at Stroud.
Since then" Leeds has prOnounced, and
Rochdale, also. Sotithwark and the loWei
.hamlets and horoughmtook the 4ame course,
and the member ~from-. ,Southwark,
liayard, llf.R„ forwarded :an, expression cif ;
hearty approval. ,
The 'British and Foreign Anti-Slavery
t A r .4* I
SoCietY presented an addresa to the Amer=
ioan•Minieter. These" are the rep"iegante ,
tives. vf..tliez:Gtifneys, L.Bturtons, Ztarrgiase,
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PIMPRINTOIL AN Priest:4lnm.
ETamburys, Croppers, and other English
families, who won their fame in the old
struggle for negro emancipation in the
West Indies, and they are ready to take
their part in the conflict of to-day. They
charge the * aunt and misery of -fht war
upon the Southern Confederacy, is its
" avowed sole object was the extending and
consolidating_ of slaver, as"an institution,
by estabnaing an:independent Cenfedera
ey- fouried:•on: it." " This " w,anten- and
wicked act," they say, c_c fixes . upon} the
South the guilt of the bloOd that has been
shed." ThVileciiiheill - eloses - with an ex
pression of the: belief that "trig
advisers policy of - the 1 - President ',and advisers
has been • suelvas entitlesthem, to the. cor
dial thanks, of the friends of negro emanci
pation' in all lAnds.
The leading men of the 'lmlepetilfents,
Methodistd Qifttkors; have concurred
theieleitionstrationti::alt, iciat - to be
forgotten, also, that' cc the interceptedldis
.patehes of, the slave-overspera shnw;that
Earl Russell was too noble to becoMetheir
dilpe." One of thesndispatches,says that
"the contrast is l atriltinlaeceri' `the pol
ished -courtesy , of Thouvenel and the
rude inching , : of Earl Russell." '11;
, the leaders, of English thpught
versus the ,South, foremost comes John.,Stu
art,Mill, with his memorable declaration
'that if the' , Slave-party succeed; the princi
ple of despotism, elsewhere. Only Militant,
would beeomea-triumphant 'within their -
. States. ~ ;Prefesstire Newinanc - Cairtees, and
Godwin Smith, are equally prentinent.
The last mentioned raises `his voice from
Oxford University. He declares that the
American' war is, beyond question: a sirug
. gle to prevent the " slaveowning oligarehy
of the South from founding as slavery far
worse, in, its, deliberate and legalized ini
tinity,than the bondage of ignorant and
barbarous, times—a slavery attended ‘4sith
such systematic outrages on natiire 'and
humanity as, are. not to be thought of in
any Christian land." He adds, that- " the
eause_of emancipation is not that of the
negro rape alone. It is the cause. of civil
ization, of Christian morality': of ilitolights
Of labor; andthe rights of man. It' is the
old and
_glorious cause of England.• And
if a part of our upper classes arid of:i our
clergy, ; in their hatred of the. VreeStates,
and their Free - Churches, has ceased to be
true to it; it "has still, I trust, a firm "hold
on the hearts of the-English people."
Now that the issue is so defined DA to
slavery, the great , heart of the British peo
ple will , instinctively swell with the i old
,pulaation's. Awful is the Red Sea - through
'which the North must pass, and inielthe
chaatisement for her best people Oititsour
ever r growing hope is, that after chaos will
come. order; and that c —as a New-England
minister saidto me' when about to return
, • as a missionary to Tui key in Asia,-" God
will settle this l quarrel in hire ount:way."
-And that way is the "right Wei.' ;
ISE
Beneficent.
The Prisbytr givei'the,:following from
tieineinnati iiaily
A STREET SCENE. ,
" yon . buy a paper ?" &eked a little
ragged urchin at thncorner of Fimith4md
Vine streets, of one of our most esiintable
and best known lady citizens. She , lealked
down to ;the , : child,„who, with benumbed
hands and face, almost bloodless from cold,
was endeavoring to earn a few pennies in
hie humble - way.. - He- - was barefooted, and
was ; lifting his feet al.ternately from the
frozen
_pavement ? while the earnest en
treaty of his eyes was` heyend re
'
The-lady was plainly, but richly Clothed,
and not, one in ten who cooked_ upon -her
"Would recognize her,position,in. society +
".11ave you no shoes, child..?":she aslpd.
"'No. Father is in the giiny; and blot:h
er and me have to make soinething.' 4
Fa
tlier don't get his pay."
" Where is your brother?" asked , : the
„lad y. , ,-
” 011'1 he's just over . there. He takes
' one' corne'l and I take 'tother."
a Tell hina to come here."' The 'little
fella* lbeckened.• to his brother, who , Came
shipping- over fi somewhat bewildered , as "to
the, object of: .the• _ . •
gg This is, Jimmy, ma'am. He's six years
old and I um eight."
• I" God bless you," said. the lady, "UOme
with me."
Away they went, the lady in the centre
and the little urchins On either side, each
clasping his few papers under his.arm, and
,speculating with that intensity wbich,even
Children's minds are capable of when
scheoled in adversity, in regard to what
was to be done with them.
It was a strange sight to those Who lbok
ed upon milliondom as infinitely' removed
from the: poverty-stricken, to see one, whose
fortune was alnip:st, beyond ealeulatipn, : es
corted by two little ragged, barefooted ur 7
chinS along - one Cif our priuoipal thoiotigh
fares.
There was a shoe store on Fifth:Street,
and a stocking store immediately adjoinipg ;
and the last we saw of the child-brothers,
they wore, coming -from the former with
their pedal' extremities well protecte,d . from
the bitter cold of the frosty pavement.
The act was one from which many a-mush
room- aristocrat would have shrunk,,, who
would,,, perhaps, have given fifty del)ars to
some institution where his or her name
mould have Inert printed' in the papers,
yet in the . gratefulness those ;young
hearts there was implanted, in the hour of
their, need,,the germ which taught them
that -this th).og, of human sympathy is not
altogether, a; Myth," and that afivoinau!refen
derness is-net entirely an emptynitme.
Future Trouble.
In relation to the expected trial
the real Christian has, em.of,three
things to comfort him i. Perbags, 6od
will prevent the dreaded serrtoW,r , s4,tha r pit
• will not come upon him. 2. If iVotioes
come, God: may impart, such a measure of
grace and strength aa to cause,birttic meet
in a - wonderful and surprising manner ;
leaving him to yejoioe in a'heayetiLiinfirt
ed victory. It may come 4rittoitanoh
power as to he hislait trial, atabrit he
be removed from worse, evils. r. .Certain it
,is that God, has shortonell, ,the „root o , to
glory by merciful,abruptness.
all
the`SOoner;giVes place to siglie.;=CrO4c.re.
':qtitionadist •
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