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"And it came to pass, when the angel of the
ord spoke these words unto 01l the Children of
arael, that the people lifted up their voice and
ept. And they called the name of that place
oohim."—JUDOEB 4, 5.
Through Boohim's valley all must tread—
' Some bitter, burning tears,
Must ev'ry heav'n-bound pilgrim shed,
Before his home appears:
Before he sees hie Father's face,
yy In realms of endless day ;
before in Jesus' fond embrace,
t All tears are wiped away.
Dark deeds of sin, wrought long ago,
In wild and thoughtless youth,
Whilst yet we wandered to and fro,
Strangers to God and truth--
These oft, like ghosts, will leave the tomb,
In stillness of the night,
Oppress the heart with deepest gloom,
The trembling "sout affright:
Many the dreary, sleepless nights,
Many the tears and prayers,
Before these dim and ghastly sprites
Are driven from their lairs!
Beside some little"grassy mound,
With olinging wild flow'rs
Oft will some kneeling form be found,
By 'whelming grief opprest:
Some must, like kingly David, weep
Above a sickly child : (f)
Some must, like faithful Rizpah, keep
Death-watoh on mountain wild: (t)
Some o'er their own deep-seated Woes, -
The flowing tears must shed; -
Whilst others, Christ-like, weep o'er those
Whose day of grace is fled.
The, easily besetting sin—
The secret, gnawing woe--
These wring the grieving soul within,
And make the sad drops flow :
These drive us to the "sinner's Friend,"
These lift our thoUghta above;
In him our dark forebodings end,
There grid is lost in love. ..-
( 4 ) a Weepers ;". "place of weeping."
(0 IL Sam. xli t 22.
(T) IL Saul. xxi : 10,
--PtOm Songs by the Way
Far the Preetryterian Banner
Toaorrow.
" To-morrow shall he as this day, 'end
much more abandant."--Isa. lvi : 12.
Men calculate on to-morrow. They think
it will be as this day as it regards life,
health, reason, the prospect of 'repentance,
the means' of grace, the influences of the
Spirit, and all their possessions and enjoy
ments. Nay, more; they, think that to
morrow.will be more abundant than this
day, in regard to wealth and the means of
acquisition; in regard to pleasure, the 'fa
cilities for becoming pions, and all their
hopes and enjoyments. But to-morrow is
really more abundant - than this day, often in
disappointments, in care and 'trouble,, in ev
erything distreining, and :hack' more abun
dant in sin, in guilt and misery. Besides,
to-morrow is really mere abundant than to
day in diffuliilties and hindrances in the
way of becoming pious. Men have heaped
up riches, and these• distract the mind.
Their families require attention and call it
off from religion. They have so long re
sisted the trtith;:that their' heart's are bar-
dened. They Cannot feel. A InOtintain is
in their way; but it is - a mountain of their
own forming, and well for them if it shut
them not out of heaven—well, irthere re
main nought but, a fearful looking ' for of
judgment - cud" fiery indignation—well, if
there be not, already so many difficulties in
the way, of their becoming pious, that .they
will never break the chains in which - , they
have bound thethselves, and' escape the
snares and enchantments of the fowler let'
the reader remeiriber that how great sOever
the obstructions in his path to-day, to-mor
row they will be much more abundant.
Nay, - more ; if yet impenitent, to-morrow
will really be more ebundant in probabili
ties that you shall be, lost I Once your sal
vation may have been probable. You were
not far from the kingdom of God. But
now there are so many diflithilties in 'your
way that it may be improbable Yea,
there may be many probabilities on the
side of your eternal damnation I The
longer you live in sin, the stronger do these
probabilitiejs become I Soon it may be
said, Thy damnation is Sure I
0 reader, beware of to-morrow! To-day
is the time to awake—the time to flee from
the wrath to come—the time to lay hold of
eternal life ! Flee to Christ to-day; and'
never put off until to-morrow what' should
be done to-day—never count on the future
—improve the 'present hour—be wise to
day ! To-inurrow May never come. To
day 'repent, believe, and you shall live.
W. J. M.
New BRIGWFON, Pa., March 49,1663
MUMS, EDITORS :I—On visiting the
twin cities of Allegheny and Pittsburgh,
after an absence of some six years in the
Far West, upon the broad. prairies of Ne
braska and among the beautiful scenes and
lofty , heights of the Rocky Mountains of
Colorado, the mind is presented with many
interesting sights, and made more interest
ing by former associations. To one from
the new country of the Far West, where
everything is new and fresh, these iron,
smoky cities present quite an old appear
ance. Made black by the dense smoke and
thick dirt, everything looks old. And yet
those flourishing cities, separated by` the
pure, „limpid waters of the beautiful Alle
gheny, contain , many very fine residences
and large business houses. Money is plen
ty, times good,' and business lively. Many
of the streets are quite throng with people.
While many a bereaved parent is mourning
the severe loss of brave sous who have
fallen upon the gory field in the fierce con
flict still going on between Union and Dili
union, still the war has not ohecked busi
ness. We heard a Pittsbnrgher say, " The
war is' .a - good tlaing for Pittsburgh."
Though very unusual, the beautiful Ohio
has beerC'open all Winter, and the little
puffing steamers have made their regular
trips without cessation. The railroads cen
tering here are all doing an immense amount
of business. The new Allegheny bridge
is a very fine specimen of wire-suspension..
WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
This flourishini school of the' prophets
was founded in 1825, and went into opera , .
fon'itclB27; with four students' and , ' two
for the Presbyterian Banner.
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instructors. The Seminary building is a
neat three-story brick, beautifully situated
on the West Common in Allegheny, and ,
handsomely overlooks a large portion-of
that growing city. Well devised and finely
finished, with all the modern improve
ments, it is an ornament to Western Penn
sylvania and to the nation, and an honor to
the Church. Founded in prayer and con
secrated to God, it has been a rich blessing
to the Church. It is a light to the world;
and blessed with the smiles of Him who
" is LIGHT," it has long been a fountain
"whose streams make glad the city of God."
The number of students this , year is one
hundred and thirty-two, and th whole
number of alumni is six hundred and
ninety-four; making in all eight hundred
and twenty-six, many of whom have gone
as foreign missionaries to tell the story of
the cross to the dying millions of heathen
lands ' from whose dark borders still comes
up the earnest cry, " Come over and help
us."
With an able Faculty, and a well-selected
library of ten thousand volumes, many of
which are very rare and valuable, the Op
portunities for instruction are of the first
Order. Four Professorships are completely,
widowed with a. fund of $lOO,OOO. And
ample means are provided for the acooni
modation of some one hundred and twenty
students with comfortable rooms in Beatty.
'Hall and the Seminary building, tree of
.charge. Besides, liberal provisions are
made for needy students who are unable to
pay their own expenses while prosecuting
the theological course. Having always en
joyed the ebnfidence of the Church and
the blessing of God, with slight variations
this popular Institution' hoe been itkoSeasing
not only in the number of its students,•but
in strength and usefulness. It well de
series the prayers and patronage of the
Church. COI;ORADO.
For the Presbyterian Banner
In Memoriam.
At a meeting of the Union Literary So
ciety of Washington College, Pa., held Fri
day evening, March 20th, 1863, the follow
ing resolitions were unanimously adopted:
Inasmuch as it-hath seemed good to Him
who " doeth his will in the army of heaven,
and among the inhabitants of earth," that
our late friend and fellow-member, A. M.
Mclntosh, should, while bravely doing
service in the gallant 126th Ohio, Regi
ment, be summontd home; and whereas, it
is proper that 'we express our high estima
tion of his character; therefore, be it
Resolved, That during our acquaintance
with this departed brother, he ever 'dis
played those noble qualities which mark
the faithful student, the. true patriot, and
the devoted Christian.
Resolved, That in that ligh,toned -man
liness which distinguished his life, and in
that faithful attachment to country which
characterized his death, we recognize the
conduct of one who was a deservedly hon
ored-member of this Society,.
Resolved, That we truly and deeply
,sympathize with the numerous other friends
who mourn his loss.
Resolved, That a copy of these restau
tions be' sent to the family of cledeased;
and'also forwarded. for publication to the
loyal paper of this town,' and, the Piisby-
Seri= Banner.
1
11. A. ROSE,
T. R. EWING, COM.
H. M. AMIN, ,
EVROPEIN gORiESPONDENCB.
The Bishops', Entreaty--Colenso's Refusal--The
" Times Criticising Advising—krigest -of Ox
ford Graduates for oroviett vs. - Prosecution and
Pussy—The "Liberation --
,Society" Professor
41
Stanley and the Pentateuch—o ! for' Palestine
—The New .Terusalem—!Religion and Morals 'in
France—The 'Priesthood and the .Prench'Cotton
Famine—Paid Reli,gious Advertisements—Quack
Doitors and a Scottish Elder's' Newspaper—
Epigram on Colenso—London is -flame with Ex
' sitement— Reception of Princess 'Alexandra—
Route of Piocession—Enthusiam--.llturnincitions
—The Mother Honored in her Son—The Coming .
Wedding and the Balmoral Servants.
LONDON, March 7, 1863.-
FORTY-ONE BISHOPS • have addressed a
remonstrance and entreaty to Bishop Co
lenso, asking him to "considerUnce more"
—seeing that in his recent works he says
he could no longer use the 'Ordination and
Baptismal services, in which the authen
ticity of the Pentateuch is recognized—
seriously, "whether you can, without.harm
to your own conscience, retain your- posi
tion, when you can no longer discharge its
duties, or use the formularies to-which you
have . subscribed." To this appeal; , fauleiiso
has responded,4efusing to resign, and; with
marvellous blindness, - holds himself " set"
for the rectificatiWoWopular mistakes as
to the Pentateuch t"ur"f,
The Times, with itallinal Mephistopheles
sneer, exposes the weaknmts and helpless:
ness of the Bishops, ai Virfnally confessed
in such a document. " This, then, is the
proposal of a parley, and no besieged reb
els, in the last stage of despair, evershmed
the white flag to a ruthless foe in:an hum
bler tone and guise. It is difficult to be
lieve that the persons appealing tothe con- -
science of the man they address; are all the
prelates of this powerful Church, while he
is a solitary Colonial. They ask him to be
so gdod as to settle, the 'question, whether
he`can conscientiously retain his position.
It is like inviting a man to appear al the
bar of a criminal court, and then request-.
ing him to decide,lor the convenience. of
the public, what eharge he would like to
be tried upon, whether he is guilty or not
guilty, and what punishment he would
think 'most appropriate to the offence. This`
evidently'is the very question which puz
sled Dr. Colenso himself. He finds him
self a Bishop in charge of a Diocese, but,
owing to some newly adopted convictions,
no longer able to use some of the formu
laries of the Church.
"According to all Church law, he Would
be still a Bishop, even.though he professed
utter unbelief; and nothing short of an
Act of Parliament, if that, could make him
no longer-a Bishop in the eyes of English
Churchmen. Only last session, 'Parlia
ment refused to,release a elergynian from
his spiritual ofihracter, on any pretence
whatever. But if a bishop, priest, or dea
con, cannot possibly get rid of his qualifi
cations, it follows that his qualificatibris are
equally inalienable."
There is inexorable logio in all this,,as
well as ridierile. The absurd priestly the
ory of ." indelible orders" is now bringing
its oonsequences with it But let us- hear
the Times still further
" Ns Dr. Colenio very recently' proposed
to r :Si go the Bishopric of Natal,' and start
on u missionary expeditiont , into-the tintn:'
lior;' it is ipossible thatliknesuoir - ithain a.cif
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL I, 1863.
of ideas has been passing through his
mind, and that he contemplates retaining
the naked Bishopric without the Prayer
Book, without English jurisdiction, and,
so far as regards the text, without the Bi
ble. This may seem strange, but Churches
have been founded by equally simple means.
If the subscribing prelates do not allude to
some such contingency, what do they mean
by asking Dr. Colenso to consider whether
he can retain his position ? Do they sim
ply want him to - be passive or. consenting
in any measure that may be necessary for
superseding him in the See of Natal ? If
that is all—if they are asking him to be so
good as to walk out of Natal, that is a very
feeble,,and, as - it seems to us, a very in
complete result. We have several retired
Bishops, who lake confirmations, preach,
and make themselves generally useful.
Retired from Natal, Bishop Colorise Wbuld
be one of theie supernumeraries, though for
the present unemployed." -
The Times, hiving argued thus fir,asks ,
the Bishops to carry out the qiiestion to
another issue : "He is either fit Or unfit - ;
as we thoroughly believe, the latter; but
as the Bishops are quite as fit to decide as
he or we,.it'is for them to start the inquiry,
and to bring it to a practical conclusion.
The Address gives him an'opportunity of
Starting, frep`and un impeadhed, in an-inde
pendent career, not without its dangers to
the Chnreh. Unless he is even more im
prudent than we take hint to be, he will
not pronounce a Condemnation on himself,
when he can release hiniself from his See
without it He Will not pronounce on his
own 'head, ' Anathemaliaranatha, utterly
unqualified for any ministerial function.
Nobody would - purhinTself in•such a, posi
tion withont:tbinking a . good- doilrabout it.
The Bithops, have no right to constitute
themselves a Court of Honor, to decide
cases of conscience or professional feeling.
If •they can't manage ,to, convict Dr. Colin
so of heresy, for denying the ,truth of a
,quarter of the Bible, they will hardly
in, unfrocking him by a'gratilitous ap
peal to'his sense of .deceney."
While the Bishops might retort on the
Times, that it has discouraged prosecutions
for heresy, and while, the " sense of de
cency" is
.a fair ground of appeal to any
honorable body of men, addressing one who
is not supposed to'be lost to all feeliagoret
their helplessness is here laid naked and
bare before the nation and the world, to
the increasing damage of Episcopacy, and
a fettered and Erastianized Establishment,
. in .• •
which, order to retain its connexion
with the State, must remain a- slave, and
now finds that even Ecclesiastical Courts,
so called, provide no rescue even from a
heretical and blaspheming Bishop ! Verily
the scandal is great, and would not be-re
lieved if Con Vocation—the shadow - of a
true' Church'-Synod—were to pronounce
Colenso " girilty" to-morrow.
PROFESSOR JOWETT'S prosecution is
being protested against, in the
_advertising
columns of the. Times , by a large body of
Oxford men. It is oubtless dictated in'
part, by the extreme,
narrow,__ monastic
Character and career of Dr. Piisey, just as
:the fact that Archdeacon Dennison leads
the !say in Convocation (the same who
holds that the wicked communicant actual
ly eats and drinks of the body and blood
in the Sacrament, and who teaches a Real
Presence almost if not quite as gross as
Rome does,) as the denouncer of the- au
thor of "Essays and Reviews," tends to
give sympathy to the assailed. But be
sides.-dislike of Dr. Pusey, it is inifortu
nate for his cause and, suit that the Uni
versity Court before which he proposed to;
bring. Jewett, was originally a' small debts
court, intended to make the membereof the
University liable to pay their-dues to all
and sundries, and that its present phase and
power to deal with heretical probity was
affixed to it in the days and under the in
fluence -of- that virulent ."Pope at Lam
beth," Archbishop Laud, who righteously
finished his career by laying his head on
the block on TOwer. Hill, as the enemy of
the liberties of. England. The two -con
cluding reasons assigned in the protest, are
as follows
" Because the constitution and proceare
of this particular tribunal are at(once obso
lete and oppressive. It may be put in mo
tion by any person, -against any resident
member of the University, on, account
. of
any works published, or any opinions ex
pressed, in any •place, or at any distance of
time."
This is the Lauri aspect of the business.
But the nest is very-different : •
"Because the institution of any Court of
Heresy must create „feuds and tuspicions`
fatal both to social peace,and intellectual
progress."
There is some justice ii,this statement;.
but by " intellectual progress;" may not
all mean the' license of skepticism and
daring speculators, unchecked by any kind
of Ecclesiastical tribunal,, even after " or
ders" in the Church have been taken.
This is the tendency of' the'_times; to this
'the' young men of the 'higher class are
drifting-: a Church embracing all parties---
Tractarian, Neologian, Arminian, Calvinist,
with all the intermediate shades.
Talking,with an Evangelical clergyman
a fewdays ago, one of the Most excellent
and spiritual of men, I referred to the
present' aspect of affairs and pointed . out
how ate Church system "tied together the
living and the dead ;" what was his reply ?
There are_unconverted men and ministers
in your own "Church; " althongh,".he add
ed, " were I unfrocked, and' obliged to
leave the Church of England; it is to the
'Presbyterian Church I should repair as
nearest my 'views, and especially as'exactly
expressing them in its Shorter Catechism,
which I have, ere now, taught to youno
'people in my schools." I dwelt upon the
fact that as to "unconverted" men there, were
comparatively few of such in the Ministry
of the NOncenformist 'Church, Whereas there
was - fearftil proof in many dieceses—as I
myself had seen and heard—.-a- majority of
such in -the National Church. But he
would not, or could not, view , the matter
thus, and returned to the assertion that
many Presbyterian ministers (of' Whom his
knowledge is small and limited,) were un ,
converted Men also, and' also that a number
of them do not fully hold,believe and.
teach the doctrines of their own-Confession
and Calechisms. Thus, practically, evan
gelical clergymen soothe themselves, cling
to their positions, seek the good of their
own flocks and parishes, and are a rope of
sand as far as ecclesiastical 'reform is con
cerned. Certainly, contact' with the State,
always has corrupted_ the Church, since the
days of .Constantine, and the entering of
the' prinst's . office to obtain a Woe of bread,
la ViglitfullY - 43nimii?ka 0 aflY *manta 'at the.
University in Science and Classics ensuring
fat College Livings as its ultimate reward,
as well as securing to the sonsiof rich men,
once that the Bishop has ordained them,
the " presentations 7 and Patronage by
which whole parishes are handed over for
a generation, to men who are- spiritually
blind, and whose earnestnessrif they have
any, is that of sect or prietitlYfaiitaticism;
and propagandism., -„, .
4 • •
Meanwhile truth has nothing_ o 1 ear..
Controversy is the token of ..lTfe: ;'A. deaa t
Church is motionless, waveless, 'stagnant'
i fe
Troublous times for the Ch h. of. Eng;
land have come, and the iss :;vaneet but
favorable ultimately both to ,spirit litl
freedom, and to the progress df theGoivel.
in England.. And so will it be egeiliO4:
It is in this spirit that the" Malay for'ihe
Liberation of Religion from 41tataTatroli--
age and Control," have issued -04roular,,to
the Dissenters of the United Kittgdpui.
. . . .
PROFESSOR S'rANLEY, ,WhOOW4krtake! i
Rev. Charles 'liiimley, has ')lge# .tetely, i l
nominated as
_an. Honorary CiUtilain 1,,0 the ~
Prince . of Wales, ( thus , as seiqwiter4 itria ;
said,•semning to indicate ed . ' . 4 . - 7 k r io c f l i
adopts the" Broad Church S !- -,- iisiiii)
has recently publishedYart-.14t Lecturef,
on the History of the Jewishvioi. - ;:,i,i4
is Begins Professor of EceleStaitiCaVl'Vv r
fory in:thutiniversity of OxfOr4. ~i,,t':i
idently - refersalthough: not naming it--6 - -
Colenso's work in.aparagraplimpended to
his Preface : " There : may ,lte,,„ errors in .
chronology—exaggerations ifl,rttiribets:—.
cont r adictions between the di tint narra
tives. • iThey'may compel us` relinquish
I
one or other tof the numero t
il.kpotheses
which have been formed r besting,. . the
composition or the inspiratio . .,ol , the :01d
Testament. • But as they: Woad.' not de-!
- stroy the value of other hittoffc'so they ,
need not.'deetrey 'the valus.lifilitailistory, :
incense it relates to sacred.Bunste- - fOf
another, note ; at the end.,eftheOiltitne,the'
following is an extract,. Be ferring to
arithmetical errors in the harrsitiie'Of the,
'Old Testament," lie .eays'il 'ffieir "It're;iiii- i
questionably inconsistent , withiUndeviating,
accuracy. -The parallel . instal* of a like
tendency to the amplifieationteknumbersi
in Josephus's ' Wars of the "T' is `ale-1
. cided proof of their compatibliio ;with a;
substantially historical .narrileii It we :
•extend to the narrative of:tbSdifferenti
parts of the Old Testament, the .aame -laws;
of- criticism which we apply4itther histo
rips, especially to oriental Atateries, its
very errors and defects ma.
,M reckoned
as its' safeguards, and 'at'any fiteiare guides
to the true -apprehension OfTi4 meaning
and-,intention. From, .an- ; hoioat,,,ioquiryi,
and from. a calm discussion
cause
points
Which have been:raiieif thee - cause of relie.-;
ion has everything tefi'ghcii - ofaixioth#i s py
1636 . ." :'-. • '.' - r '' '"—'-' r 11 ' • -
Benisch,- of the ifeUelellgilerver,
Rev. Mr.ltirks ' and othertfhble,*penents
of Colenso, would tiotonske the Omissions
thus conceded- as.to " arithrnetielterrors."
But it is plain that Stanley stands aloof both L
from those'who disbelieve the Patatehcli
altogether and those who'foonlkleirsitrialat4
and unauthentiirdocument.- I' He has tee
muelf,".it has been well said, "of the his
torical sense not to feel how historical the
first five books of the Bible are ;' he has too
aeciirate a kaowledge 4 - Egypt, 'Sinai; and
Palestine, not to feel that only an eye wit
ness .could have 'described the.scenery_ ; of
those lands, and put in .those life-like
touches, which bring, the Nile and the des-
ert before us, as in a Pictnre. It may suit
the fancy of seine' German Professor who
has never passed the bounds ofl the tßhina
.and the Rhone, to see a myth 'here,innd - a
legend there, and BO piece and .patch the
Bible narrative According to some precon-*
eeived theory of his own. But Canon
Stanley can' use these German critics with
out giving hp , that roundabout common
sense which is the distinguishing mark of
the ; English -intellect and which, like the
ounce Mother wit; is worth a "pound' -of ,
clergy'? 'A journeftn - lbet;East .would be
an infallible' cure to the disease of over
ingenuity under, which all German critics'
labor. The land is.the best interpreter of -
the book. In the East,-where customs al--
ter not, and where the Bedouin' of the
mineteentlreentury• after Christ is so , little,
different from the Bedouin who roamed
the same deserts nineteen .centuries before
Christ, the evidences for the authenticity
of the' Bible, multiply' upon us at' every
step." 'There arenot a few readers .of , the
Banner who can- confirm emphatically, the
foregoing statement. Allow me sir, to ask,
when, and by whose generous help,, shall
you or I, - or rather you and be 'able to
stand on Mount' Zion and to traverse the
"whole land," from Bethlehem 'on the
South, to Lebanon.'S. <base ? :You see, sir,
that "correspondence"
,direct from Palestine
would be something fresh in these "sensa
tion" daysl Dr.' William Hanna, of'Ed
inburgh (Chalmers' son-in-law,) -accompa
nied by a Scottish gentleman ; has just left
on a lengthened tour in Egypt. and Syria.
Shall we indeed see. the, earthly Jerusalem?
Well, perhdps not, andif :so, all the more
let us cherish and nourish the "good hope"
and-" strong desire" which found utterance
in David. Dickson's hymn, when ,his heart
yearned after " that Jerusalem which is
above:"
44 Jerusalem, my happy - home ! •
Name ever dear to me I •
When shall my journey lave an end ?
Thy joys when shall I see?
-- , When shall these'eyes thy heav'n-builtmalls
And pearly gates behold;
Thy bulwarks, with salvation strong,
And streets of Shining gold ?
" There happier:bowers than Eden's bloom,
Nor OA nor sorrow know;
Blest seats ! throUgh rude and stormy scenes,
I onward press to you,
RELIGION AND MORALS in France are
at alow ebb.. Asis always the case, Des-
Tons' m encourages, gaiety, extravagance )
" spectacle," luxury and licentiousness.
The Court . ball4f.which immediately pre
ceded Lent, were oft a scale of expense and
voluptuousness, almost• unparalleled—the
Empress leading the van. The same Im
perial Lady, 118 soon ,aslent brought-" Ash
Wednesday," became, quite au anchorite
for the - nonce, and< not only had dust and
ashes -rubbed r on her fair forehead, to
remind •her that she must become (pone-,
lain though. she ; may seem, 'and .not eorn 7
mon crockery) duiat and ashes by and, by:
but she alio constrained all the. Court ladies
to pass through the same blackening, yet.
purifying and humbling' process. The
Pope, of course, on New Year's day, blessed
her Majesty,- and the Prince. Imperial,
whose " god-father ", he is. He had also,a
blessing for Roman Catholics of the
worlditexeeptßeidmont; and " why," ex
clainied aline IX, ttisshy can I aotiblese
my enemies?" To which the Parisian
Temps slily answers: " We are not aware
that the Gospel forbids the Pope to bless
his enemies !"
The conduct of the clergy, and under
their influence of France as a nation, toward
their, own . suffering Lancashire—in other
words. o, a numerous population of work
people who are reduced to the greatest dial
tress by the Cotton famine—has been dis
gracefnl. • In Allan°, and in: Normandy,
there are-about an equal= number of opera
dyes suffering. . But.—mark ,it, well—in
Alsace themajority of the large mannfac
tareis are ki.dtestants; and 'they have wil
lingly borne the burden and continued to
fintPsonzeiemployment for 'their workmen;
whereas in-Normandy a, .majority of man
ufaetuiers are Itomaniefe; have alm,est all
closed theft. factories," 130,000 Path=
era of fMliiiielrikodyountpeople
‘l4 Trateittintigit forms'thittkicters 'morwde
;cr idediawd 'self4reliautt thaw Rotaanism.P *
ell.; butozhat., t h e ;clergy ; ? The ;
.4441 , * 11 1qP,01 1 toffe,ghal ptlbliphed;a pas -.
toral - letter, asking for sithsciiPtioiniforthe
,hungry people. But the„'other
Intl ~ PriestsrohliWiliTh d ItVe 'eft Oil v er i
ittF-Roms-; but: they have- scarcely got to
-104-er aifcw centimes fop the
,ykoor of the
1:1 4 60 Seine; = The, Pope: himself, after
hay , lng_ieceiVed 'Millions .of `francs 'from
tande, 10',0()0 'ffancs,' • er
Alidisandtb: ; part' , of liras ;ob
tained %lle prefers; subsidize the bki
-gandepwho ,desolate,,thw,Ncopolitan prov
te subscriptionso'Pened at:Paris and
elseiVhere; the result have Won 'ireiy . small;
and the :Legislative Body-haeteen asked by,
the Government :for= forseveral ,Millions of
francs for the ; Offerers, AN the, French,
then wanting i c nigeperosity No • but the
double deTottsm of Church and Stete `pre-
ventstheir' taking the initiative. They
have nOt , thelsfight;= like, the of
cony.ening.free,meetinge: ' 'litre , agam,-Ito
maoism !,‘ bears its Avil,fruits.V
1 011AWIE .1 4 011,:AAVERTISEMENTSn Of. -re
rigictup matters,-meetings, As, is
the; rule,
not onlywith i the sppular but the religious
Preas,,alreverAlfe - United KingdoM. - The
Tatter Werpsithe advertisement by' a
.6iendlyttiragraphticalling) , attention
and to the Society, or " Cause," which ,
about. to make, its
,appeal. But. why - should
, a
proprietors and - Oasts work for :nothing
in-a-matter' like this? ' God's- cause • needs
Jnot, 'laid= rejects - anT;thingtlikel injustice.
Let,proprietors, &c,,,-euhscribe,,," donate,"
'Ps rthe:qc means pciiyip, hut don't let-us ex
pect them to eat and drink :from; and on
the air • - •
THEFESTAL DAr , has come . This af
.
teirtoon, the- Prince - of =Wales," with' his
heauteons `bride—an:liable; gentle ; and good.
:.is> being) received all! through; London,`
,from.--Southwark onward over London
Bridge
,through, OW 'city, proper—the
Lord Vaybr - andCorparsition leading the-
Wayjii their - carriages; and 'with More 'than
-theirkeredzta"iy,.splendor- and lavish' deco
refit:ins. .Fleet Street and
xnple Bari ‘,t4e... 8 410W4 11310, 1 1 , 4 Rie
gadilly past, Apsley House, andihen, amid
serried' arid 'saluting lines of 'the 'Volunteer
troops; they pass,.. amid dOrionstratians of
affectionate loyalty unparalleled in English
history. The crowds of spectators. are be
yond, calculation ; the flags of England and
Denmark wave side by side;: their national
musiP 'Combines in harmony ; acclamations
- rend - ihe air, and the-erithiisiasin is intense..
Fabulous' pricesY are , being paid for advan
tageous., seats. To,night.. j the dome and
,west . front , St. Nulls Cathedral - will he
splendidly illuminated. London Bridge,
on `eitheriide,`4 -decorated with wOrtdrous
-taste and beautyrand .beneath a Triumphal
Arch. of surpassing - , splendor the young
pepple have passed into the city. - The na
tion's heart is full of hope as well as joy:
for the Prince is a flue youth,' and his
young .bride-elect has ''been broughl,' up
with .the greatest care, and also in snnpli
eity of life and -manners: . ,it was, however,
more on this national demonstration: THE
QUERN, THE MOHER, THE MODEL WIFE- 7 --
gill:mourning, yet smiling 'mid her tears—
' Slit IS llormaßo. " 44 Gbd =BLESS A.ND COM
FORT HER i" That is the prayer which
,will ,find universal response from Americans,
and ", PEACE, UNION, AND "UNIVERSAL
FREEDOM TO AMERICA," is another prayer
and cry, - whichfroni'many of our`best and
noblest will arise.to heaven. J.W.
P. S.—On Tuesday next, the I.oth inst.,
the-Royal -marriage will be celebrated
Windsor ' in the, Chapel Royal. The. Queen
has sent for all—the humblest included—
,
of the servants at Balmoral, and shlit out
nobles from the Royal Chapel, to allow
them, = the living retainers of the Prince
Consort; to see the wedding of hey son: Is
not that queenly, womanly, and admirable?
-:The- Way Eo Heaven.
A.!ocitivEßiATlo* - IN COTTAGE.
A'elergyman was visiting an old Couple
in allistant part of his parish. The wife
was poorly, and the-old 'man had no work
to do-that, day ;- so they were sitting togeth
er by the lire. The minister, after some
conversation, opened the Bible at the' 7th
chapter of Revelation, and read from the
9th versei , beginning, "And.after.this .1 be
held, and, 10, a great multitude," down to
the end of the chapter. The old' couple
listened with great attention. When he
had done, the minister turned to the old
'man and said:
",That is a beautiful. passage, Master
Hill."
" Ay, sir, it is indeed."
" I hope you are looking that way with
all your heart, and your wife too."
" I , hope we are, sir, I'm sure, both of us.
It's time we should."
" Tell me, what is it you look to, to bring
you 'to that happy place ?"
The old man seemed a little 'confused by
the question; but in a few moments he an
ewered :
" Well, sir, I must do as well as I can."
"And do you think thaf will save you ?"
"I hope so, sir. I do n't know as I can
do any more."
"I'll tell you what;-Master Hill," said
the=olergyman, very solemnly, you 'll never
get= to heaven so. That was notethe way
those happy , people got there or whom. I
have been reading. Yoi 'll never get there
so!'
The old maw looked as if he saw he had
feitid - something wrong, but helnew not hew
to mend his answer; so the clergyman 'said,
" Let me read part of it again" and once
more he read as,follows "These are they
which came out of great tribulationi and
have Washed 'their-robes' - andi-madeAhem
white iii“the-hloodt of thelamb."
WHOLE NO. 549.
"There is nothing there," continued he,
" about, having done as well as they could ;
they did not get there so."
"No, sir, no. I see it better now. They
got there by the blood of the Lamb. It
says, they did!'
" Yes, by the blood of the Lamb, the
Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. They had
washed their robes, and made them white,
in the blood of the Lamb ; therefore they
were before, the throne
. of God, safe and
happy forever_ They had lived on earth
once as we do, and had been sinners like
us. But they had repented of their sins,
and gone* to Christ- for> pardon. They had
not looked, to be saved by doing , as' well as
they-could, or by being.no worse thati,pthers.
They. had felt themselves, to be sinners, with
no heliAnd no hope themselves, and
Ted to' Jesus' to save them: They looked"to
because jesua had died for , theiii,
and on that groundalone:- Thus theyweru
saved. Thus„they.,get,.to, o heaven.,, They
,
never could haVe got there any f aher
way,
you,
and remember this; trY, both
Of 'You, n tofoiget; "the Ali at
the'way'VOA - iron, is to, Wasttfyour.:Tobes
'fandtttlikeHtletit white iittthesblood : of the
: Lamb,,---thatis, go to Christ withall your
hearts, seeking : pardon
,through .his brood.
Treasure this up i 4 your hearts. iSthe
I.4.4)testthing yoh'eati think of, that...tile
• ivay tei heaved istbythe blood of Christ-i
--that his blood ,has been, shed for ,sinners,
and that you have but to wash and be clean.
It is freely offered' o you, s without money
and without price' In all `Your thotights,
,in all yam - prayers '
-.remember this; Oast
away. all thought of living saved by, our
own,doings and. take Christ for, your all in
all. Now let us kneel awn 'together!'
Andthey'keelt dOwiP, and the 'minister
prayid -that God would teach , their,hearts
hyrhis , Spirit, 'and cause. them, to sec.aul3
know. Ch rist, and bring them, through. his
precious blood, to be hlppy with him -kir
ever. And so be took his-leave.
It was' plain thit no Gospel light-had
ever befOre shone into the old man's heart.
He had: never, up to that moment, seen the
way of salvation. Yet he was, constant at
church as far as age and distal:ice Would
allow. And Schlepi in that chUreh'wsia ‘a
sernion preaahed , which sal , fration through
°twilit was not plainly- set forth:: He :was
dark in the midst of light: '
1t is to be feared2that there- are many
such—many who hear. the' Gospel foiyears,
and yet, no light es4nitheway of salvation
—still dark, though living in- themidst of
light.
t _ '
Reader, perhaps' you are dark If
so, lOdk -well at these ' blessed' Words, these
words of God; and may they bringlight to
your soul : (4-These are -they which„came
out of. great ,tribulaiion, and ,have, washed
their• robes and made them white in the
bloOd 'Of the Lamb. 'Theft:4'6re they are
before the throne of God." -
The Future of Paleitioe.
Is there no other destiny for Palestine'
but to' remain a desert; .:or ;to become the,
appendage of 'Am ambitiagtsAfro4n power ?t
Syria *iirere long be the entiorbirivreen
East and—West. •On' the Euphrates and
along the Coast, old cities Will revive, and
new ones will be built; the old times •will
come back on a scale of greater vastness
and grandeur, and, bridging the level dis
tricts, the .sleam-car will run in the, track
of the caravan. Syria, then, will be a place
of trade—preeminently. And who are pre
eminently the traders of•the-world ? Will
there., =when the coming change has , taken
place, be any ~ more congenial:-field fur
the energies of the Jew ? The country
wants capital and population. The Jew
can'give it both. And has not England a
special interest in protneting such a resto
ration? Russia covets Syria, and desires
to have a Greek patriarch supreme at Jeru
salem. France, whether under Bonaparte
or Bourbon, aspires "to the suzerainty of
Palestine, with a Latin bishop, or the Pope
himself=' or ratheP, a; -POpe—installed 011
Mount_ Zion. It would be a bloir to- Eng
land if either of her greakrivals got hold of
Syria. Her empire reaching from ' Canada
in the West to Calcutta and Australia / in
the southern - East, would be 'cut in two.
England does not_covet any.:new territories,
but she must see that they do ,not, get into
the hands of rival powers. She must,pre
serve Syria to herself through the Syrians.
Dees not policy; then—if that were till—
exhort England to foster the- nationality
of the. Jews, and aid them, as
.opportunity
may offer, to return as aleavening power to
- their 'old country? Rome persecutes the
"Jews. Nowhere does opPression and con
tempt attend the Jews so. much as in Rome
itself,. in the despised Ghetto: quarter of
the Eternal City. : Russia, too, in her
Greek orthodoxy, contemns the Jew.. But .
in England lie is nnfrowned en by the
Church, and endowed with the fullest
rights of the citizen. England, also, is the
great trading' and maratime power of-the
world. ':To-,England, then naturally 'be
longs the role . of favoring the settlement of
the Jews in Syria. And do not the dic
,tates of policy exhort her to the same
course? The nationality of the Jews • ex
ists; the. spirit is there, and has been for
three thousand years; but the , external
form, the crowning bond of union, is still
wanting. A nation must have a country.
And is not Syria opening to them ? They
seized it of yore, as a wave of armed :,and
enthusiastic- warriors;,- will they not ere
long return to it as pioneers of civilization,
to reclothe the land with fertility, and as
the busy agents of a commerce which will
bring together both East and West on- , the
neck of- land between the Euphratesiand
the. Levant? The, old land ; the old- peepfe;
and. commerce flowing again in its old
channels. We see strange things now-a•
days; may at this also be one of the nota
ble sights-of this epoch of resurrection ?--
`North British I?eview. .
Slander.
.
Slander is a -deirouting- fire which:tar
nishes - whatever it touchesy:which Baer
cises its fury on : " the•good grain, equally as
.oirthe chaff; on. the sacred as, on the pro
fane ; which, wherever it passes, leavei only
desolation and ruin; turns into vile' ashes
what; only' a moment 'before had appeared to
-ns precious and . brilliant; = acts with more`
'violence and danger than ever in the time
when it was apparently smothered up, and
almost extinct; which blacketiA what it
cannot coriannle, - and sometimes sparkles
and delikhti 'before it deitroys. It , is
,a
world of an iniquity; usecretpride,.which
`discovers -to-ais the..mote in our brothees
eye,. but hides the beam; =which is, in out
.own;.-a meanenvy,,whichbhurt at,tii:e fat
entator
,prosperity -.4.4,nits,.makes them.
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the subject of its censures, and kindiett e *
dim the splendor of whatever outshines.
itself; a disguised hatred, which, shednlC
its speeches the hidden venom of heart:
an unworthy duplicity, which praises ttirthi
face, and tears in pieces behind the
a shameful levity, which has no command,
over itself or words, and often sacrifices
both fortune and comfort to the imprudence
of ; an amusing conversation; a deli fate
barbarity, which goes to• pierciCan' asegt
brother; a,scandal, where we bedonielliiiir:
jest of shame and sin to those wholtten
to us ; an injustice, where we :ravish fro
our brother what is dearest . , to him. ,It;11.!
restless evil; ; which disturbs,,sociV . ;
spreads dissension through cities andel:nal:::
tries; disunites tha'strictesi . 'fritinaithip4
is the, source "bittretiliiiTifygrikiti 9nd
fills every. Place it enters with aistitil3in%es
and eonfusioti."-
Vreadful is this evil Wlien is rroiaild
inienTgst, time who, are the.profeSoAd UM*"
plea-.-of. Jesus Christ,. The. PhirceAcs-,
mArly.,held, -horror the„ exhibitions, cf
E lsAliat4e, cka denied that beifevurie:ictifila
irtnonethly feast d'ygi.47lol 'the' Wed&
and, death of the unfortunate slaves!: init
these, renew inlift . detestable shows; for
they briiig' upon the stig6, florinfittious
wietelies`de*Cted to.death,,batlbut hien*
Oft the , Saviour ;„'and ,there they: entertain
the spccta„tprs:Fith wounds whiel,they
flle d t
.on perspns who have devoted tbeni
selves to oodl-4fassiton. • •
WM
Moral Dtse,!plmo of:Gi
. - Giving is one of the. means, oCfcePN
one of thelDest means of spiritual ; growth;.
If itio.good externally is done by .tll,e,egti,
the charities-, stifle vital and immeasurable
gosad is : done to .the enough,
and vastly more than ;enough, to ; justify
the deed. Thooordid`'taunt so 'often
thrown; " Why .this Waste?" comes.' of
the sordidness that is equal to . the site of
the. Lordhimself; the thirty pieces in` the
pockefbetter than he. - 4, •
.1 - I'repeat, if no .outer good is done, those
is no waste;` no matter what the ,airinuro
given, be it only enough; if done-with the
; Christian .motive, then the character is set
forwaCd; and the 'Church is' broight'iip
higher and nearer to the millennial state.
The Church must pass through the work
and thesaerifiee of establishing the millen
nium abroad r in order to mike one in-her
own,pale.. These final Words' . of 'her Lard,
then; Which' ley upon her this 'vitiating re
sponsibility,. " GO preach the 9:ospelle:3-
evangepirCall lia - gbyEr-L - reto her - an untold
heritage of blessing§ and -of Vitlieddess.
They 'ailabodyithe!:colrective and . expishan
of lierdeadliest , foes; they ,are .to her - the
necessary, .means• of the victory, ,and
kingdom and the crown ; I mean on this
ground of attainment, personal, separite
fitness, reablied tir the 'Culture• and through
the coniiictkif , berieficent giving and doing.
Thel - questiOw.-before us is, will ,we
these .conditinns, arid have*the millertnnm
at . heme, the ,kingdoii within us? not .for
getting the one condition our Lord air lirg
nifiCautly,:naiiks; the giving whim of ittith
Alarigtiss;firOlitive*-'
To very many, this—as a means .4if irge
of spiritual advance—stands in the first
place, and is indispensable; stands in, a
sense even before prayer; they being ahead
in prayer, behind in giving. To all those,
then, who have given leanly and grudging
.ly, we say : Arise and give;
,give bounti
fully; give heartily; give willfully; just
because something within resists . and says,
I won't,. Give the more and still more,
from the very teeth and grip of the old re
taining passion: Give with measure and
intent to crucify it; -that hundre4theinail,
that thousand, the spike, that ten thousand,
the - spear, and. so proceed and persist i till
the, base, and, slimy thing is wholly , dead.—
Dr. Ge o rge Shepard.
The Desire.
.
" Thy will be done in% earth, del It' is is
leeaven."-MA T. vi 10.
God's will must be wise and holy . ; there
fore God's will- should ,rule. God.`willeth
nothing for us but what is consistent with
his' love for us and concern for -IL -. `Nor
are we at a loss to`know the turn that Ged's
will takes toward us;` " for this is the will
of God, even your , sanctification." God
wills, first his own glory, and, in' subordi- -
nation to that, our present and evdrlaisting
welfare. It is therefore our wisdom- to
pray, that God's will' may always, -every
where, and in everything, be done: And
it is our`happiness to. acquiesce always, and
in everything, in God's will. ludeed, we
can never be happy if our wills_run,,con
trary to God's mill, or if' they rtin beside
it. We must belittle children. We'-niust
endeavor to ascertain-what is our Father's
will, and be pleased with that. If - God
*ills me poverty or plenty, health'or sick
ness, pleasure or pain, publicity , or ob
scurity, life orleatli; I Should be satisfied
with should_approve of more, I
shmild,bepleasecl with it—S6 pleased with,
it, that, it the turning of a strairr,would
make the difference-in it, ,I should; refuse
to turn that straw: , This would be to. treat
God as God, and to act .just as a- siMple-,
ignorant; inexperienced child Shoulthaet.
Lord Jesus, send the blessed Comforter, to
direct my'will into the channel of , God's
—will, and`to keep it there. I eau:never be
happy *bile My will crosses thy will : teach
therefore, to give up my will;. 'ani
tring me"into that , state, that I• may-not
have a wish, but just to be, ,to do, to enjoy,
or to suffer, as God willeth.' Oh, for that
depth of holiness, that Inlay ever , cry with
thee, " Not my will,lout- thine, be done I"
Oh, my. Father, if it be possible, let this cup
'pass from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as
thou wilt.".--MATT.. =yr, : 39.
The Resurrection of the - Body.
"Thou Sowest not that body titaldidmll
be." Strange that one who haCsetln in
ear of corn with its wrappings, itsallA, its
rows-of kernels on the large, bank sub, all
from one grain, which "cannot 'bear : fruit
except it die," can be an unbeliever. inthe
resurrection. Moreover,, such 4hinga in
nature should make us i exultinthe thought
of future bodies4nmensurably in adyffnce
of the present. ‘qt: - doth not yet appear
what' we shall be."'But "ire- shail-litigike
Adanis,
it - ilealltiful4honght.-T-LeigitlisAitesays
Those who.have lost an-infant ire over;
RNA lyere ,without an infant :They
are the or;l4persons who in one sense re.
':Main always, and they other
parerits with the 'same'LLidea. The- , uther
'egildren srow.up toimanhood MAtelt/11-
, l hooiii sand suffer Alfthe chauges,pf AgarAility.
TIC alone is repdered an,im nortal child."
MEI
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