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Trust in Jesus.
I will trust in my Saviour,
Who always is near,
Ills baud will uphold me,
I never need fear.
When storms are aronndlne,
And waves breaking
I'll hear, in the tempest,
His voice—" It is I."
Though he bid me to walk
On the rough Rutting' tide,
Ile has promised to sa4e,
If I trust and dmilide.
"While, doubting, I giants?
From the waves to ihe sky,
Ms Spirit is'pleading-.
Believe I 0 7 that ...mold I
More firmly, believe,
.And trust; in" his 'promise
All feSis to relieve
Phut even`in darkneis
I'd fielle 'was
And heir his voipp
feith—lt
He chastens in mercy,
To draw me away
From Barth' and its phalanx,
To teavelits . Witt ;
* To fit Pribing, -
With angels on high,
He ailiiote,' then he 436inforte,
And'etiyi, 44 It 18'1."
0 for this my .dear Saviour
"I 'll bear every loss,
And nip. - where he Mame,
And carry my cross;
For Sure is that promise
Which comes from the cky,
a I will lead you and save you,
Pear not—lt la"
A few stormy days,
Aud my trials are past;
No more shall, disturb. me.
The world's chilling blast;
But tiottilikg to regions
Of rapture on high,
My Saviour will . greet me,
And say, " It is I."
VT the Prelbyterlin Banner
Estimates of the Soul.
Matt. iv : 8, 9.—" Again the devil. tak
etblairn up into an exceeding high monn-
Min, and `showeth.him all the lcingdoinauf
the world; and, the glory of them:;:and saith
unto him, All' these things will I give thee,
if thou wilt fall. down and worship me."
It is good. to think of our Lord's temp
tation, as well as of his passion; but" at this
time our thoughts are turned to some esti
mates of the soul, and it is good to think
of its value.
We wonder at Judas in betraying his
Master. He must have been convinced
that Jesus was the true Messiah. He had
seen his. mighty works; he had witnessed
'his holy life ; he had - seen his compassion
toward the siok, the afflicted, and the suffer
ing. He had heard his parables ; he had.
listened to his Godlike 'instructions. -He
had witnessed his forbearance' toward his
enemies, and hivpstience under persecu
tion. He must have noticed .a remark
able fulfilment of prophecies 'in Jesus of
Nazareth. In thefull blaze of alLthe tes
timony in favor of Christ's Messiahship,
he could not for a moment be in doubt.
Yet notwithstanding all the light poured
into his mind, and though convinced, as he
lust have been, and as his confeision '
"I
have sinned in that I :have betrayed the
innocent," proves him to have been, that
Jesus was the Christ, he deliveredjihn into •
the hands of his enemies for thirty. 'genes
of silver He must have known the ..con
sequences. The Saviour, in his presence,,
had pronounced a woe od that man by
whom The Son of man should be betrayed.
Judas knew that Christ had said it Were
better he had not been born than to betray
hiith In view of all this he went out, with
theiNvee sounding' in his ears, and cove
nanted with the ohief : priests for 011.0
pieces of silver. For thirty pieties of:sil
ver he sold his Saviour ; for 'thirty pieces
of silver he ruined his soul; for thirty
pieces of silver he sold himself to , the
devil I This ivas the price at which be
valued the Lord of glory ; this was ,the
price at which hevalued his.own soul :.for
in selling his Saviour, he sold himself to
the evil one. And we wonder at 'him
- But let us holier() that we are not_gnilty
of the smite offence; let us beware that we
barter not 'way.* soils - for eyeniess than
thirty pieees of iliVer I ' -
'.Mein barter-their soultrto the devil. His
is extensively engaged in the -trail:). He:
sets a high value on the soul. He is will
ing to give more for. it than most men-ask.
Hera is the price he offers: tAll the king- .
dome of the world and the glory: of them..-..
all: these thiugth:will..l give. Here is, his
estimate of the worth of the soul; in his
view it equals in value the whole World.
This he offers, and that' is as high as he
can go. He can give no more; and , pecan
not gi‘e this, but he can promise it, and he
Gan promise-no more, unleseit be
,exernp
tion from;future punishment,-and endless
happiness in heaven. But observe: this
same devil is - a liar and a cheat, and alWays
has been. Re :proznises_ fair, but never
performs. This . /e. ' the way he niakea and.
can make so man many., contracts. He has been
buying souls ever: since he bought Adam
and Eve with the promise of life,. and;wis
dom, and has never paid one of tis just
debts Beware how you. deal with him.
He will deceive and ruin you.
. Look at the 'example. Our Lord would,
not listen to Satan's offer. He haseaid,
What is a man profited if he Shalt geitithe
whole world, and lose his own * So ll it "-
what shall a man give in exohange for:his ,
soul ? In his estimation, the world_ is
nothing in Comparison with the itortik of
the soul. Its capacities for knowledge are
almost boundless; its capabilities for OS
joyment or suffering are almost infinite;
and• its duration is endless. Who then
can •tell its worth ? Our. Saviour's esti
mate is seen in, what he has_ done and
suffered to redeem it—to re=purchase or buy
it back from the possession of the Prince
of Darkness. lie gave himself for its
Can ybu compute the worth of his
everlasting.righteousness ? Can you esti
mate his obedience and sufferings; his agony
in the ,garden 'and his groans upon the
cross ; his &Orionis person and his precious
blood ? Thee' and not till then can you
tell the worth aohe soul. It is infinite!
-.Yet how lightly men value. their-souls!
The: devil's estimate.- is 'seen in what he
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offers; Christ's estimate, in what he gave ; ;
man's ,estimate, in what he takes. Judas
took thirty pieces of silver;'and multitudes
sell their souls for the world—not all the
kingdoms of the world and the glory of
them, but for the riches and honors, the
vanities and pleasures of the world. How
many pursue the world in its various lorms;
and neglect their eternal interests I How
Many.sell their'soul ' s for the World! The,
yottng are -often . deceived by the *joked
one, and hafgain for` this price. .They fer
get their Cre,ator, reject the Saviour, resist
the Spirit; follow after 'vanity,"die and are
loat. ' Those of matures years are also wed
to the world. They rise.early and sit
iiplate, they eat the bread of carefulness,
they traverse the desert, they climb the
Mountains, they dig into the heart of the
earth, they brave the dangers of the Ocean,
they visit every.elitne, that`theymay'gather
alining dust, build . .splendid houses, and
roll' in luxury. For, 'gold they sell them
selves ,and barter away. their souls. Nor
are men wiser when they grow eld. Then,
too, they are caught - with the husks of this
Theyare taken' in their own net;
they receive =their price, and reap the re
ward of their doings.
Some sell their •souls for honor and re
nown. They seek for glory, and - honor, and
immortality—not immortality in 'heaven,
but on earth; immortal renown among men.
They love the praise of man more than.the
praise of Goal and tdobtain it, they bar
ter away theirsouls. Alas, that any should
be so unwisel What if they could 'gain the
world, with all its riches and honors; what
if, they :could - enjoy all the pleasures of
earth, what could,-enjoy
universe, were their,
and they-could call the stars their own r and
th'ey, were all Oneeolid .
diamond ; and *hat
if they could'sit . on the thione of inbound
ed dominion, and all men were their slaves,
and angels their iervants, and the cittle on
a thousand hills their own,- and palaces
were their kitchens, and'cities - their store : -
Ileums, and villages their workshops; and
yet they 'should' loae their liouls What
would it profit them? Nothing 1
Let us estimate our souls according to
their true, value—by the price which has
been paid for their redemption. Let us not,
be deceived by Satan nor the world, but let
rte trust in the Saviour of sinners, end com
mit our souls and our all to him. The
devil's promises are falenandleceitful; the
promises of God are yea and amen in Christ
Jesus. In the hour 'of 'terni)tation, let us
rest on God's promises, and say to the
tempter, Get thee hence, Satin I,
W. J. WI.
3. C:
EDROPERN CORRESPONDENCE,
Lake Scenery Revisite4—Sojourn at Hezhain- r -The
Abbey Church—Brotherly ConeOrd and Religious
Life—Church Rates Olft of the way—A Descend=
ant of• Bishop Ridley-4Theeph Barker and Secu
larism—His, Peroerts = Their Restoration and his;
ewn—The Secularist, , his Children, and "
Stories"--Profesabr Coleridge, Southey,
and Wordsworth--:Their Familiar _Haunts 'and
Hillt=Littrary Inquirers and the , Record Office
.—:Captaine Speke and Grant—Their New Rae.
/alien,' of an African " Interior "—Roebuck and
. .„
Lindsey with the Emperor—Slidell and Breakfast
—The Council and the DiepatchLord" Palnere
ton at (lie ifarision House—Case ortheAleicin
dra—lfattere Miscellaneous.
' FROM WINDERMERE, 'while 'Summer iii
it Its noon—the sun flooding the foreat:
trees, the limpid streams and q forces "
(water-falls) of the hills and the mountains,
with .glory and, beauty, I write. Winde
mere Like, seen at sunset, is one living
sheet of burnished gold; and:the moun
tains beyond,with - their bare scarps
and their 'wood-clothed spires and sides,
are suffused with a splendor of painting
which could only come from the Creator's
own hand. ; Amid such scenes as these,
fragrant with.tho-perfutne of, flowers, vocal
with the the song-of:hirds, health-restoring
and invigorating—sweet peace benignant
and smiling, fair villas nestling :under
grove or, eliff, and the promise of ,plenty
and, haryest-gladness filling the plains, one
may, well exclaim
" God. 0 Good beyond compare,
.If each thy, meaner mercies are,
...What must those ilorions Mansions be
Mare Saints' and
li"tb
came er, a ft er a sojourn at Hex.
ham, inNorthumberland, ler three ine6es•
sive days. Repairing thither frills Oar.
lisle, '.'the Border City," sweeping , along .
the banks of the Eden, which his been
crossed, ere noW, - by the legions of linperial
Rome, andiater by theAighland.-troops of,
Prineet Charlie, as ' aftetwards , --beforc and:
after the final overthrow 'of the Stuart
dynasty on - Culloden's bloody-.field-:=by the
ot, the Duke of Oumherlendin - 1 . 746
and , passing by.the seat Or -Mr. Howard, the
representative of, one of the-oldestßomish
families of rank the kingdom, -I emerged
on, a Satirday afternoon on, the banks of
Another and nobler, river-rthe -Tyne—
which, as it meanders onwards towayd the
German Ocean, laves the base -of the
Northumberland- hills,'-and, , met by the
tidd below Hexham, helps to make -New
castle; South, and ,North Shields, and
Teynwouth, flouriehing;and prosperous.
At Ifexhain is a -noble relie of-"an an
cient• Abbey, of an ,order of architecture
most imposing. , It istruly a Cathedral in
its dimensions and. structure,..although it is
used only as a parish church. In this town
there is a haltpy, concordr-the fruit of the
Spirit of life and loie bOtween 'Churchmen
and'Dissenters. - Once there was strife in
eonnetion with.the hated imposts of Church
Rates. One merchant of the town, a de
scendant of, and bearing the name of,
Bishop Ridley, the martyr. of Queen Mary's
(Jaye, allowed his furniture to beeeized and
sold for Church rates, rather than submit
to injustice. - At length his firmness rallied
the townsmen.; 'they refused_a , Rate at the
Vestry meeting; now the Cammin-breadi
wine, and' surplice-washing are alj , paid for
by Churchmen themselves, and:the result—
coulded with Evangelical clergymen being
in the Establishment and perish-4s, that
both they and the Nonconformists cape--
rate in good works, and sit &own lovingly
together to be entertained at the table of a.
Worthy and catholie-hearted Nonconformist. ,
This gentleman was my host - also. His-
history, as to matters religions is remarka
ble. Ile had been led away•captive-to:mw
ularism a and infidelity some years. ago, `
Joseph Barker, an e x-Primitive : Methodist
minister, who -had , apostatized, >and been.
expelled ,by_ his own body. This , bad-
Most ,persussive•pOwers, was subtle in argu
ment, and:did an, infinity-of- mischief. In-
He - Ahem-he- caused some of the,mestrom
inent young men to oast off first f -Evangel
loll views.; next they descended
= to Seem
lard ; and then tolleculariam. 'Thezanw
was the result wide-and -far Overth.e-Nerth;
ern counties. WelliL nothing is too bar 4
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June 25, 1863
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1863.
for the Lord. Some of the dupes of Bar
ker have been rescued; among others, my
host at Hexham ; and a greater wonder
still, Barker himself, at the funeral of a
godly tradesman in a Yorkshire town, some
ten days ago, addressed three thousand peo
ple, and publicly and openly confessed, and
deplored his wanderings ; said-he
in Polar regions from Chriat, and that now'
he renewed his vows, avowed his penitence;
and declared for Christianity.
The children -of Arendt% have ere now.
rebuked, if not been the instruments of eon-,
venting them. Mr, , of Hexlitim,
told me that after he had imbibed the teach
ings of Barker, e' gave up both - fiimilyT.
and private prayer, and ceased also attend=
anbe •on any place of worlhip. used
to take his children into the woods and up
imong.the hills on the Lord's day morn
ing, and in the evening told them Stories—
moral in their`tendency. But one Sibbith -
night, he .told'his children 'Botchy-from the
Bible, and -from , that night onward they
wotild_ not listen. to any but" Wale ptories.'!.
Then came 'compunction, quickening„illu
initkatiaa• IV-and.-by the Spirit of *rival
visited the town. Poreinest among' the'
workers in .thin golden , season of harvest-:
reaping was-my host... He has' had-thi joy,
of seeing three of-his own children saved
—one =of them a beautiful girl , who; after'
attendinee on theSe meetings in the'town;
tame with burdened heart to her father
and said; " What nni Ito do'? They. toldt
me tolelievein Christ. Lnever saw him.
How. can I believe on him ? Vhat i am
to do ?" Hoi sweet for a father - to have
to deal with a stink in the throes of confie:
Lion and ' donverniondneh 'as these 'assuredly
were He' told . her how "'Messed" were
"they-'Who have not seen, 'yet have'he- 3
lieved," encouraged her to trust and not he
afraid, in Him whoinwilling and waiting,'
and Mighty to sive, and kneeling down
he prayed with her. She arose a`new crea
ture.. That lovely girl, earlyrip6forleav
en, not long after, returning from seeing
London and the Exhibition of 1863, wan
seized with violent illness, and now her
duet sleeps in the beautiful cemetery, and.
her spirit is with Christ.
The Lake Scenery is doubtless visited
by very many American tourists, and it is
iMpossible that with fine, weather they, can
be, disappointed.. The lakes, hills, tarns,
rocks, groves, and, torrents .are full of ro
mantic interest in themselves ; butla Per=
wins of - literary culture and those who are
familiar. with the writings and history -of
Professor Wilson,. William' Wordsworth,
Robert Southey, and Hartley Coleridge, - ,
there is in visiting their homes and haunts,
a double charm. lam writing it
. thin Mo
ment, just under the shadow of the hill
and'park of" Elleray," long the residenee'Of
the late Professor Wilson, of Edinburgh,
where he doubtless wrote some of his ablest
papers for Illackwood, " Npetes :Am. hrosi-,
num . !' inehided, and where in vacant hours
the tall, paierful, stalwart man, instinct
with life and physical MiergY, Was• to leap
on the grass in competition with the strong-
Imit of ,the peasantry, or thence descending
to. Roth:less to ply the oar on the 'silver'llike.
„,of Windermere. , - •
2,',- , As‘to'.'Wordsworth, the main scenes of
his " Excursion" are here. Here, too, he.
was ?laths proper atmosphere suited_ for his
Cam, refined,poosy. *Here
dodlitleashe mused and burned too, till he
seized the pen and traced quicklyone and
another, of those sonnets, some of which,
like that beginnitig, "Thou Shouldit be
livingeMilton, at this hour," stir the soul
as with the bxsath of - a trumpet.
Poleridge andlY,ordsworthAt:e buried in,
the 'same chtiich ard both men'of mariel
.
loss gains but Caleridoe at once trans,
Caudant, and it may be well added, tilos
cendental 'also.
• .
A*idthese loVely scenes still lives the:,
aged Harriet Nertineen, a woman .of
culins mind, and Unenviable Withal ,and'el:
, -
citing fast'aversion and then pity, heenuse
that the shadows of evening are gathering
over, her, A p.a i
, eternity s near. .tday she
even now, ere it be too late, bow at the
feet of Emmanuel, and 'submit as k goer
to-be saved - through faith of his name
,
and - ,the of his cross.! And 'let al)
, . blood
yeur Midden- . - readers respond - tn,,this
prayer, " Amen "—so thou ComPaisionain
One let it be !
LiTrzu.A.hy Islquptlits at the Library
and Reading 'Roam' of ti the . :` ritish Muse
um and also at the . Itel o rd Repository in;
London of State papers;'' are increasingly
numerous.- The following is an authentic
list of- the subjects of research at the Re--:
cord Repository in 1862. -The -consultit,
tionu amounted in number to 2,448. The
lids curious. 'lt conaprises •
•
•
" Life. of Sir Philig, Sidney • history of
the Perrott fatnilY ; to make tracings of
eertain ancient maps of Ireland; tninspect
correspondence between 'England' and the
Low Cotl!lrif3B in thel6th century ; to cOI-:
feet materials for memoir,of Jane Dormer,,
Ddchess of 'Feria; wife of the Spanish 'Ani..„
bassador in -London, Henry VIII: to Eliz
abeth, and to take
_inapressione of sinfu l
history of Anglesey and Ileautnaris ; to in-,
speck* minutes.of Council' and,AsseMhly ,
and - the liis ;of 't•tuw-York, for the New-'
York_llistorical `Society; histbry of
,
lesden, to inspect papers of commissioners
for building churches, Anne; history of
grinpow4er and.artillery ; to search for the
decrees ;
and orders . of Speaker Lenthall;
history of the , manners, tc., of the Wefsh; ,
lives of Archbishop 'Limiter and Bishep.
Becfell; xasearches respecting the "Act- of
Uniformity, 1562; history ; of , the town and-
priory of Royston; to :transcribe papers-re-,
feting to'Hozgary.;. history of the .lugent
familyq seethe grant- of an almshouse,
at. Layer Maxon!, by letters patent,. 34,,
Elizabeth; German history ; . history of •
Essex • inquiries respecting the legal his
' li f• t he Lord
tory ot-Englan ; England.; .dives o • , ayors ;
life of the -Bishop of E xeter ; history
the navy; history of LineOlnihire`farailiesT,
history of. English Cathedrals .;- researches,
relating to, the - Rectory of Birmingham ;,
litarary purpoges connected with social
seitineek early history of, Barbadoes ; flight
Of: the Earls•of Tyrone aUdtra9 l knell,,allik
researateS•relating,tqithe, Romakbatholie.
Bishope Ireland r ,Olizabeth and James.
I.; to tae apeUckl- eketch of the seal at
,taohed to the eurrender of
~ Goggeel *4;
Abbey; history ,-Cork;, particulars re % .
Wing to the river Humber and places on
its banks'; to collect:Materials - fere 'hiit,Ory.
of the baronage ; 'history of the' militia ;,
history of commerce and navigatiois
Bordeaux ; literary ....,purpoees , connected
with the Isle. of Nan ; : bistory,of the Mwn
of .Ivry, researches .
to Shakespeare; edition 'of Whites
&Mourne; hiatbryuf the : Channellltilinds:e
re'searibesqlluatratlvo:OfiptaticallecOnenkyil
life of Sir James Graham; history of the
Baptists; researehesinto military history;
to examine letters of BiShop Hall; history
of the office of Lord - Great Chamberlain ;
history of the Long family ; colonial his
tory; to copy Irish papers of the reign of
Henry VIM; to, inspect domestic, papers,
Charles IL;, history of lace ;,,•history of
Monmouthshire; internal `defenOe and the
Volunteer force ; to • coil Irish liapers ;
parochial histories 'Of ' , Wilts. - -office ,
that can minister to so many wants must be
well worth . its salt." , ,
CAPTAINS SPENE AND - .GNANT, the.re
turned African trarellers, have - Aran As
ceived with
_honor the Mayor and
Corporation, of • Senthampien, the port of
landing in ei3peeiallificithe
Royal Geographical Shciety London, -
the Prince of Wales ;being present,- Cap-,
tain
. §pelce gives information . , very curious, .
The, people in manyplitiekarp,..docih;.
eteelie. gays they:ier4
countries were fertile in the -
aghast degree. lit his te6towed , rnimiia
familiar 03, honieheld .twordaylOu...l44'444lt
places..,,The Grelftlacke at the .sp ur ee 0f,..
the Nile, is of emir& theYiiitciria Lake.
Oae of its channel's is,,nitnia afterl the -
French tinperW.. era is
son Creek, honor-4f
the great salmit'anittresidentfpf the Geo
graphical . Secietyd Wiudemere,Laife,
aid 'a Itippon' Falls: H'euhto [ gfires 'amus
ing ••
,
ifflf our 'Orplordis , Utilefiger -bring-vas
wonderful accounts'the -4-nthfopotiliagi
azia , -men :whose-::heada.:grourAneath-their
shoulders". the*stodes ~ a re still vsnificient
to ~ . ekeite our mundely-and..eoinetimeso too, •
Our laughter. frighteri-aman-by`open
ing , ad umbrella, -4 ad-incidOnt.Which zis
onlywe.en ?a ::.pautonline. with rur; hut
Captain =Speke- managed to",terrify:w whole : :
court - with 'that "very: harmless: weapon.,;
The 'King of , Uganda Wes disposed. to be ,
very: haughty, hut; the' gallant -.or,eitturer
won- hii way*, colutifarttr by putting .up
his rinibrella4-a cheap way. to , royal yatron
age, which - peoplelin Europe will readily"
appreciate. This of 'Uganda was
very - kind - to thewatu s lerers;'as.siniple..as a.'
child, and as inquisi tive; though With malty
of the motions of state and' royalty:. :41e
asked about thewun. and the Wictoni and was
very anxious rto know *hit Acecanie or the
old alms. and - moons:. He was "astonished,
too, to hearlhat the land was ,surrounded ::,
by water, add whatlirstill more noticeible,
he• had• heard. of the' , extraordinary•tiow,er!of -
the white people,' and :asked if It was true •
that they ' , Could Vow. -.up -Africa.' •• His •
Majesty was , attricted, as:alk savages are, by
the power :oft the.'gun, w hich,• by the- way,
is as muoka olvilizellas a savage triit i and
he was never tirediif seeing Captidn'Spelce .
exercise his skill in ; shooting vulturen i er
other - birds. the :initiatibit into
the art of handling' and: Using the Weapon
Was marked 'lip a peculiar royal•' - feature. •
He -used to practise on the cows in -his •
court-yard, and, r no .: •doubt, his Majesty
wc p
uld be able toe:Fein - this way a good
bag any morning .before• breakfast. Pug •
European habit, ;the A ltrincen of • this roYal •
family appeared yinaire—acquited readily ,
if indeed it Was.m4 ariAndigenoue.,nuntent.
. ,
Whenever Captain Speke made good shot,
they
,shoOk his band with' peat fervor; and
probably, in their Olin iiingne; they:iaid he
was W good:fellow. The people of 13gaida
are described is'extreniely and' cleanly,
in their habits, and their Style' of "'dierai
would not diisgrnee a mativc• of -London.' "
It appears , also that this African ." Majes
ty " has thiio .hundred `wives. The Nan,
chester Examiner, haying dondenied" the
facts stated, `tionCludes with *reflections,
somewhat satirical, but certainly suggestive
and wholesome
".Captain-Spekelells uS.that-ingratitude
is considered a crime among' this !interest
ing;pnople, and ruitidinessib punished with
death, rintesn thwbffender , is able to .pay'a
heavy fine: Where they can• have got •
these exalted -notions it world be difficult
to'say; Put;they ... have ethnic customs ' which
show that their manners'• are not, behind
those' of the t dar.V.:pltewof lho-earth' in
cruelty. On the occasion of the coronation.
of n king all his „numerous. , brothers and
sisficks,yrith,the'e.yCeption of tyro nre,
.A.7'donit,Mtech more near'to'the heart of
civilisations still preserves 'a' • 6usitem.... - Socts.
thing,similas to this, andLperhaps we might
trace ; follien-An.grent as any ; whisk disfigure t
the. _royalty bf.,,Ugandy in,,different _
pear judge.these : tiiipgs as
custom has made their fainflise to us. ':We ,
reconcile ourselves to praitines iihiehLgood
taste, .and. morality* worild.:call,l
question., hut which t febhien .and habit no-,
nePt , and imitate - if the King of Karagwe,
who is said. by, Captain Aiekis Our,
tebus, civil, and enlightened ite a European;
witre'to . wilte a book -of-trtiVels'iii:England r
• no,doutit it would:entertain pniiplemith.,
daanriPtjPl lB .4 o .t An; 4Pg l .49ilita. And, bars
halides. -. 4 The belief in, the evil eye, Which, ,
.• , ; 0..4.k -
is pfevalent 'the territories round_ the,
,4
Victoria Nyanza,. is not a whit more absurd
than..the;ooniiictioni. of certain::Europein ,
anta.arata— The ; Read ; lizards, ,glib ; which,,
the wiyes,in,A.frien are crowned, to,
ward off - the . influence - of the. ocular demon,,
are leis'banefill; theynre ii ore
thatf , the'meiris used'to' destroy similar' oh=
jeationable Spirits in Europe. :'. We , roar
smile., at, the , superstitions. of, khe
potentate, hut we grew pale, st ‘ the-, terrors.,
of autocratic p „ feet:ice:sin' . Erirepe, Let :ns,
hope `that eiviliiitron will' not' Spioil: the
people:to whom Captain Speke atiii seines= -
ter L of the cerenionleg. if we `eau carry to:
them the blessings of, .p. t o g rps Al vAo ß t
troducing its .disadvantages, we shall, do
more for' the honor of our Country, thin
we,hadacquired, the Whole 'territory of the
Nile' by ' conques t!
AsixrEurt:Dr-rimatAcyi has, in -theuper—t
sons of two,..Engliih M .P! whom the,
Government. does :not endorse,-b een in-close:
conference withthe French Einperor..; The
faltof Puebla-ham'gretitly relieve& his mind ,
from anxiety, ant beiii reedy -fer business„:
in:,other quarters—May , bap •in
his legions ere :long `on -the Vistula for `the •
Poles:; -or in 'case of, wirer; and: that Priissis
join Russia, gratifying. the,'Frenchi , by
slice, or, thu whole of the-Provineetron the,:
West bank _of "Mather'-Rhine:" I liistossaek
he had Mr. _Slidell, the Confideekte ;Envoy;
at breikfast; , and' the ,donference: and :tete as
tete , were veryp lengthened. ImMediaiely:l
after, ,:hvpresided-• at a :Cabinet meeting; •
and: it-was [agreed` that a dispatch be writteir
to the- British Government asking once
more . its. coiSperation with Frahm int. a
friendly interppsition-in,the direction'-of ,•
peel:mi./and - the: cessation, of -bloodshed ,at:
• Washingtonitliecanid gthatjtikettglas4s.
• refaies, Spain' Win ;:bc, foloint intz
professing "good offices." Messrs. Roe
buck and Lindsay also had a long inter,
view with the Emperor, and indicated his
views and wishes, as already expressed.
.Tun CASE of' the Alexandra, seized by
the Government as suspected to be fitting
out for the Confederate service, came on for
final edjUdieation this week. - The Law
Officers of the Crown prosecuted the build
ers of :the - slap; but the decision was ad
verse: The groulids -o€ it were strictly
l'egal, as Indicated by the Lord Chief Baron
in• his .charge to the jnry.
,
14A.TT.w Nise,ELLallEous indicate that
a nobleman Oust coming of age), the Mar
pis -of Hastings, has been fined and ex
posed.,b,efore magistrate, foi• cock- fighting
(it,wart, on the Sabbath, steel spurs were
used, and Ave birds were killed); that
Menghette
,'and: Ratazzi Italian Premier
ontt ex : Premier, have fought, a dpel almost
bloodlesp;..andshakeirluoids,;that the King
of the 'Belgians has, as arbiter, decided
agalpstKaglpud ip,hordispute with Brazil;
Mat' the Ilkineit'and Prineesi of Wales are
16 . 0 goiilefot ; that Xi. Wilson,
anti thirEiliitYiittkiii entailing and also
ofersidiirig him self befoie the Privy' Cotui
itgainat the' tientenhapaitiee hill .by
Dt.lottiliinit.ort"; - and that' Catlin' Stanley's
paniphletlia "'Subscription" abb.,
- creates' and gives kii iiiipettts
. o' l % l Aati 4 iern and "Bread
The'Atiity f!Prervi is 'st'r'ong` and able on, this
' '
question:
,
Ol*w.r.uy of the Bengal army
Who < thrust into prison ,Sergeant Lilley
9Alllloliiiphis.tiguth,,followed by, that Of, his
wife, is about ,to\ he, hrought,io a Court
Akertiul, , p__Lx Apgh„ Rose :had, condoned
crawfey. There has been' stroeg
tion, expressed in Parliament, and by
,the,
press... The Duke of:Cambridge had,previ-ocely sent out a dispatch,blaming the Colo
'Del,. and yet continuing him "on trial";
now, the - Court Martial is decided on, and
may PrPhably: take place in England, where
many : of the uecessary, witnesses are.
India•flourishing:as to.revenue. Sir
C. Trevellian jeMits one per cent. of in
come tax : reduces the , beer duty to a mini
thurb and lads money in abundance for
public -Works.- Eam
r acher, in' Soinde, is
heecrOugA great shipping port fOr cotton.
The, prolongationof, the., American, war
gip* xmighty : stimulus to the'deielopment
of India. •Sida by side with: material pro
gress, Parsees_ and Brahmins are giving up
their rirejtidices; While Christianity is' ad
'Saucing.
TALE has been gaup in the
Morning Post shout :the Rev. Dr. Ellis,
the chief of the_ London Missionary Boci
tty'q agents ~in, -Madagascar, being, reCom
mended by the Bishop of Capetown as the
bbihop of his proposed new Mission.
sayd : "DiJ Gray haling been
foiled in. the' scheme to form a High Church
DAB/410.11 , -An,:thp , isla , n4fmety have conceived
the,i4ea of converting, Mr. Ellis into an
4gliodn bilhop. *:* One thing we know,
that Mi.. Ellis his got a mere 'honorable
biehoiirie Chain aiiy the Chtiieh of England
haito•offer him.' .J ,W.
The leatit;:ot Dt. Johngon.
moissoteimrifi the closing Scenes Willis
,dying man. He .is styled the Moralist.
Justice,_truth,virtae, werethe pillars of his
character; at all times and all places he
was loyal to his convictions" of duty, and
reverent toiard, God. In ..the wide grasp
Ohio dear, : calm, comprehensive mind, he
'everywhere . discerned a moral government,
and recognized righteous Governor , ;.'his
doinieienee, unseated by passion, or self-in
dirgentie' spoke solemnly, and was 'heard ;
the fear of God:Was 'upon him; but now, as
thezurtains of death close around,bis brave
heart and-unclouded, intellect, be , lies help:
less, Wrestling for holm; plinth* for peace,
railing his* eyes witha' earfni looking for of
jilderielit into the sternal "'The
approach Of death is dreadful,".he exclaims.
"I am afraid, to.think orothat which I know
I . cannei, avoid. .it,is,vain . to look round
cannot be
had .. yet welt:Va. - and' hope, -and fancy that
he *lib has livetlfo:day, may live to : morroW.
No, wise man will be-coniente&to die,-if he
thinks he„isp;ag, into .stao ,PPi§h
nOnit.- 'NitY;rtOwiitelian Will be contented,
tediei ifliethinks ' lie is to"fail int* annihi
lation ; however -unhappy any MEW'S ex
lettuce may he, yet he. would rather have:it
than not exist 0,01,, :No ; there is no ra
tional` principle by ; Which a - Mart can die
t of Go d
ebriteritt uars in e mercy
thioiegh the-inerite. of Harts •Christ:”
And yet wheweitenaidlo him in an hour.
of gloorny z despondency, " '
Yon -,ferget the.
merits of your Itedeemer,' heirepliedWith
deepanlemniti, cer'do not forget themerits
Of 'my Oeileemer, 'hut -.my RedneMer has
saidrife4.l7/ s'il4onie-Ort and- "
80746:,0W hiCk
W ft."-
" hat man," he ;asks, -with mournrui ,
" can say that his ebeAienee has
teen such ea he could. `approve of in iii
oilier,Aethist,iiirefeutafice not' bee - n,
sabilislto reittiiiretbeiig-repented ` of?'
..:"Remember:, .What.",you, :hat% :thine by
yonr. 'writ - hip, in. defence of virtue .and
tr s iltilk" ,urged,hm. friends.
Admitting all You - say to be, true," an
steireethe- aping 'giro, "'heir can I tell
*hong have done anou,sal" •
At' laet heAdeseribed7the .elergy
man,whona hemished to see. Mr. Wipstan
ley was named, and
, i noteWasdispatelie4,
requesting bis attend a nce n the sick Man's'
cliamb' r` I TERnigh ill-Wealth and - nervous
apprebenttiott,t , thet clergy Man 'could reply
only!in. ; ,Writing. "Permit me,' therefore '
', .
ran, the note,. to,write what I. would wislk
*to am,yverul preseit I can easily con
4eive-What'Wohlt be 'the SidijectS of your
inctiiiry. I caticolioCife that the views of
yourself have changed with,your condition . ,
and that on _the ~..naar .aitpreach_ of, death,
what you considered,mere pradilloes, have
risen into mountains' orgnilt, while your
beat-actions taire dwindled -into' nothing.
'Gn i whichever' side you look, you" see only
positive transgression,.,or defective obedi
ence; and lien* in self-ditipair, are eagerly
asking, °What' shill rdo to be saved'?'
sify4b , srotitii'il the , lingifige Of - the Jtaptiet,
c,Behold the Lamb of: God:"
‘,‘Does.hti z say so'?" exclaimed the,anx
ions .liatener. " Reed it again, Sir John.",
EfforCthe:iie,oad - rinicling, Dr. Johnson de
clared; musesee 'that Man, wriie'a6in
hiin."
. A Second letter 'wax the reply; en i t i rg i ug .,
upon and enforcing.the subject of the .first.
"These, together with: the conversation ; of
a ions friend, Mr. Latrobe, appear to have Ved,"qtibtitifitis one in a:
4icatrukap:to FreLnimaiation,orielf,,und.es
WHOLE NO. 565.
simple reliance on Jesus as his Saviour;
thus also communicating to him that peace
which he had found the world could not
give, and which, when the world was fading
from his view, was to fill the void, and dis
sipate the gloom even of the valley of the
shadow of death. The man whose intel
lectual powers had awed all around him,
was in turn made to tremble when the pe
riod-arrived when all knowledge is useless
and vanishes away, except the knowledge
of the true God, and of Jesus. Christ whom
he has sent. To attain this knowledge,
this giant in knowledge must become a
little child. The man rooked up to Oki
prodigy Of, wisdom, must become ii„*l;
that he might be wise."
" For some time before his death all his
fears were calmed and absorbed by the
prevalence of his faith and his trust in the
merit and piopitiation of Jesus Christ,"
testifies Dr. Brocklesby. -
"'My dear doctor, helieve a dying man,"
exclaimed Jatinkion,. U there is no salVation
but in' the Limb of God."----Life in Hall
and Cottage.. - •
We know a Man, well educated, polite,
agreeable in private intercourse who
did a very impolite thingthe Other' day in
ehureh. , When the sermon began, he half
looked up, with no, encouraging uxpression
on his filse, but with the of a suspicions
Man, " does not believe 'there is much
but is willing to wait a littleand see.
Hi!, :was clearly prepared not, to be interest
ed. Irall-chui* attendants' greeted their
preacher 'thus, they would' break him down
at the outset.' 'Our friend soon dropped
his, eyes, turned as :far round as the seat
would let him, and-fairly gave the preaeher
;the:cold shoulder. <He did not shut his
eyes; 'that would have been less discour
aging. The - Minister might` have thought :
"Poor man, , he haabeenhard-workedin his
hilliness, and theugh the spirit is willing,
the 'flesh is weak." He was • provokingly,
wide-awake. But he looked down, straight
and. hard, as if. he would look the floor
through, and leok out an underground.pas
sage by which to escape. There he sat,
stern and rigid, seeming to feel sour, dis
contented and bored. His whole attitude
said : "That sermon is not worth much—l
wish I could hear, something better than
that." Well, the Sermon might have been
,poor; we have a right to speak on that
`poi i
`point. But t cost. abor. Weary, though
, in•
pleasant, hours were spent thinking it
out, in casting and re-casting it, in trying
to make its central truth stand out promi
nent ind inipressive. And its truth was
one of great moment. Even though, in
the - estimation of the unwilling hearer,
'poorly set forth, it deserved serious and
respectful attention. But there sat the
hearer, saying all the while by his manner:
".I wish you were in Joppa!" In one
place he did look up, as if about to Show
some interest, .bnt. he soon relapsed into
the disgusted state. As a whole, it was a
most decided ease of the cold shoulder.
We are sorry he was so ill satisfied. We .
:wish every man he hears were a star preach
lir, able to fascinate and entrance him.
But Zia most preachers are not extraordinary
men, we do not, see how he is to get along.:
,He, is a church-memb.er, and it would
scarcely be reputable to stay, away from
church ;Ind it may not be convenient to go
every Sabbath : where brilliant orators are,
to be heard. He must go to church ; and
be must hear some sermons which claim no
more than to be plain, simple presentations
of religious truth. Now we ask, is it
polite for him to frown on a minister in
the very. house of worship ? If he cannot
be pleased,. may-not others be profited ?
And if 'the preacher, has any right to preach
at all, if it is best that he should preach, is
it not best to show a decent interest in the
services ?
IMIMEMS
Perhaps we mistake our friend. Perhaps
he is pretty well . satisfied, but
,".that is Ills
way." It so, it is' a' most unfortunate way.
Gentlemen do not' treat , each other so in the ,
parlor, or the counting-room why should
they in the church ?
The thotight wilßdo to dwell on and carry
out. Let church-gOers pay good and
evident to the preacher, andthey
will encourage him more than they think
of. And .if they wish to get better ser-.
mons, that is just thuway to:bring it about.
—Pacific. •
'Have you 'ever considered the effect of
one wrong act ?. The thing• zniy'-not seem
wrong in itself; soon done'; and viewed
alone;may appear of no importance: But
you must - trace its ramifications, arid follow
up, link by link, its. results. That single
insignificant act, done thoughtlessly, in au
unguarded moment; rorist sent' forward lei
influence through your Whole suhsequent
life. s
The historian of British India, speaking
of the Voyage-Of
,Warreti Hastings to that
conntry,'-Says, concerning; a Circumstance
whieh occurred on that voyage
44 IL doubtful whether this act did.oot
exercise unfavorable influence . over his
wholamoral . nature, -and over his career"
'Of`-how-many prima might -the seine re
mark 'be Made! - `One wrong act brings the
murderer to his ignominiong end. One
wrong act stainps, with indellible stains of
dishonor, a 'character hitherto above re
preach.- One wrong • act in youth' has
thrown many a young person from under
theeontrolling love of a kind -Providence;
and launched him on a.sea of trouble and
sorrow to a late old age.
Of how toneb 'peace, of how much spir
itual prosperity and holy joy; has a single
sin at the outset, robbed a true child of,
God,l Of how much deep, unavailing-sor
row and mortification his it.been the inletl
It was an set; perhaps, as soon done as the'
Writing ot a key by the angel that opened
the bottomless pit; but with a most die
*easing power for evil, it has caused a
darkness, as the smoke of a great fiirnace,
to livereloud your prospects, and has let
forth amid 'the "wide=spread seenes of all
year following years,:meineriaaind regrets
with'a keener power than scorpions, and
leaving, hardly a' green thing in the' waste
of, a lifeAhatspened with so nitwit to ani
mate and to cheer: It hai drawn down on
ion the dispeaure r.
of God. It'has arrayed
his providence against you, and uhut• you
tiff from 'the fulness of his' love:
Au unadvised expression from the lips
of Moses sb.ut.him out.from the.greenipas
tnrisil And.' still waters beyond Jordan...
Never.tilbwi,reach tteaterti , ' and itlierwhavi
ail dc!pseeret ilistciryuurolled , fol our Tjle'vi,
tatall : ww'kno'vr`lfronif;lliow :scenes of
The Cold Shoulder in Church
Effect of One Wrong Act.
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earthly and of spiritual happiness a single
wrong act has excluded us ; how many mire
afflictions it has drawn around our weary
pilgrimage; and from what degree of ad
vancement it has shut us off even amid the
glories and blessedness of heaven.
Old Age.
Let it always be respected. It has its
dark side always; and its bright side when
the life has been - virtuous. But .in' all
cases, let the young revere the aged, and
honor the old men.and aged women. Our
heart always goes out to the children
who. are kind and respectful to the own-
Rani of the old arm chair; who love to
wait on the grand-mothers' and grand-fa
there.
Old'age—we are always glad to see it in
comfortable circumstances. . When people
have been industrious to bear the burdens
of-life in the heat of the day, ifis a pecu
liarly pfeasant sight to see them surround
ed by a competency in old age. .It is a bad
policy that squanders in youth and in the
vigor of manhood, instead of accumulating
something M against .the time of old age.
Atthat period the sprightliness of youth
and the strength of mid-life have passed.
The infirmities-of-age, the load of years,
when " they that:look out at the 'windows
are darkened, when one starts at the sound
of ilie.bird,,when fear is in the way,"—all
these inake it" desirable that the aged be
mok kindly addiinistered unto, by children,
grand-children, and all other-Members of
the household. And this:care and respect.
of, old age, the Bible enjoins as a filial and
sacred duty upon the young.
Old age may be the lot of any of us; and
we have said that it has its bright side.
Sometimes it-is contemplated with much
pleasltre. :Yon and I love; to 'see an old
man, reverend in years, glorious in gray
heirs,'ind'in the ripe frnits of a long re
ligions life. = There is a patriarchal halo
and -brightness resting on the last years
and acts of Abraham Isaac; Jacob, Joseph,
Moses. There is a Cheering record given
us of Simeon in the temple, and. Anna of
about fourscore and four years; who served
God with- fasttia'gs - arid prayers night :and
day." • Fathers and mothers in Israel these,
and thousands Such 'there are among us.
now, .who. seem preserved by a gracious
Providence isthe salt . of the earth, for the
two-fold purpose of connecting the preisent
with past generations, and of praying to
God for the peace and prosperity ,of the
Church of. God.
Emphatic/01Y is it true that kindnesses.
done to them are the same as if done to
Christ. And if the aged be poor, and if
some of them have been vicious' even in
early. portions of life's journey, still be
kind to them. For if-God has• borne with
such fourscore years, then our children and
grand-children can a few days. "_Thou
shalt rise up before the hoary head"
But religion shall make old age a Wel
come, closing and ripening scene to a well
spent life. A glorioui. sunset is as pleas
ant to look -upoit,,as a satirising. These,
wait Tor thy salvation, 0 Lord.—Morning
Star.
44 Your Ditty is to Pick."
The late Rev. Dr. Bangs, the eminently
useful Methodist minister, commenced his
ministry in 'a' very difficult cirbuit on the
Canadian frontier. As he saw no fruit of
his labors, he resolved to give up his license,
and had. mounted his horse to return home,
when, arriving at Grand river, he found it
impossible to cross, as the ice was so broken.
Returning .to his field desponding and con
founded, he was encouraged by a remark-.
able dream.. He dreamed that he was work
ing with a pickaxe on thetop of a basaltic
rock, upon' which, however, he could make
no impression. At last said to himself,
" It is useless; I will pick no more ;" when
a stranger of dignified mien suddenly stood
by
,his side, and said, ." , You will pick no
more ?" " No.", " Were you not set to
this task ?" " Yes." "And why abandon
it ?" •" My work is vain ; I make 'im
pression on the rock." Ire replied solemn
ly, "What is , that to you ? Your dutyis to
pick, whether the rock yields or not. Your
work is in your' - own' handa; the result is
not. Go on." He resumed his task, - and
at his first-bliii, , given with alinost superhn
man: forbe, the. rock flew into a thousand
pieces. He, awoke, .and returning to his
field with fresh zeal and energy, a revival
followed, and •froni that day, he-was never
tempted to tive up his commission.
Think , of It.
How idly and flippantly the word death
is said:. Who.' can tell what a day, will
bring Ww are here to-day, and to
morrow numbered with the , .dead? . Our
fathers, Where are" they? To-use a "correct
figure of speech, seventy grains Ofr'sand
taken` front 'the 'Mighty ocean; rep-fa - elite
the usual number'of years allotted to Man:
But what mortal' Can compute "ateinity!
the sands Of the boundleas deep; aye; and
of Countless is the-inittieriaity of
space; all would be exhausted in comput
ing annual periods and . time, to
this materiarworld. Readers; pausal
Ev
ery pulsation that - beats in the inner man
is a quickstep towardieternity. -Be-there
fore prepared for the spiritual World; and
au - endleas eternity either for better Or
worse.
Dr. Thomas, when. Bishop of Salisbnry,
used to tell the, following ; story : '‘ While.l
was chaplain to the , British factory at Ham
ham a gentleman belonging to the factory
died at:a -village -about terr miles distant.
Application-was made to the pastor of, the
parish for leave to have him buried in his
church-yard, butt on being told that he waa
a , Calvinist, he refused. No,' said -he,
'there are none but Lutherans in'my
churchyard, and--there shall -be no other,'
This being told me,' ,says" Dr.-Thomas I
resolved to go and argue the matter with
him, but found him. inflexible.. -At length
I told-him. he.made me think of s circum
stance which once happened to myself :when
I was a curate in =Thomas street. I was
btirying a corpse, when a woman came: and
. pulled-mehy the sleeve in the miclatcof the
Service, saying '-Sir, sir, I want. to speak
to you.' Prythee,' says I, g woman, wait
till I have No,. sir, must speak
to yow•iminediately.' •' Why, then, what
is the matter ?' Bays she, you are
,burying a man Naha died .of the:small-pox
• next my orthusbandi. who never: ad it.'
The Story had the desirod.,-Bffeati , tintlihe
pastorrffildittai - tillehoneilof the Calvinist
to be intoned — in his church-701.r