REV. DAVID IVIICINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. REV. 1. N. M'KINNEY, ASSOCIATII EDITOR. TERMS IN ADVANCE. Dr 3lsti, $1.30 1 4.11.1E1.3D lT mrsixa or ?al OTTIIB • '2.00 For TWO Doc Leas, we will mend by mail maturity number", ad for Osa DoLtain, thirty-three numbers. Pte rare mending-us TWENTY anbecribere and upwards, will t ')oreby entitled to a paper without charge. lt , •newalemhould be prdniPt, a little beforethe year erptrai. Send payment. by Isle hand., or by mall. Direct all letter. to REV. DAVID ArKINNEY, Pittsburgh, Pa. [Bele*.fed.] Madame Mumps Hymn. I Written during her ten yews' imprisonment in the Baetile.] A little bird I am, Shut from the fields of sir; And in my oage , l sit and slog To him who placed me there; *ell pleased a prisoner to be, Because, my God, it pleiseirthee 1' Naught havo•l else; to 4o ',sing the whole'day long, . • Add he whom• most I lotto to please Dotirlisten to my Song; , • He os,ugbt and bound my wandering wing, But still he bends to hear me sing. Thou halt an ear to ,hear, A heart to love. and bias', And though ; my notes were e'er so rude, Thou wouldst pot hear; he less, Because. thou knowest, at; they That Aoyei .swe4,loYe l inopiresllonn My ortgeconfines me round, Abrimil I cannot fly , But though my wing Is Closely bound, My heart's at,liberky; My prison walls eannottoontrol The flight, the freedom of my soul. Oh t it is 'good to soar These bolts and bars above, To hint *hiSiii'littipoSgr adore, Whoirivrtiorldettoe I lore ; And in thir,Sitiglity 4311 4,4.11nd The jsy,ltte freedom of• the mind. • 'Pdr tha Preebyietish Banner " Little sett' ofitlittlneie, Little 'deeds of love." • Ah, yea I These are the little rays of sun shine which, coming in on the `darkrien:oi the sorrowing, broken heart, rdarce ttie suffering one look out from the iiick'dark.: nen - w hich' seems to - Ittrrou rid" the present and future, and see that 'the 'cloud, thofigh very heavy, has a silver lining; 'and`-thlit there may yet ,be happier days' beofe. Why are -we 'so slow to de little acts of kindness, and 'to speak loving, sympathizing wants, when everywhere there is so much need of it? Perhaps - the honk:ly adage is true,::' One half of' the, werld den riot know how' the other half lives." Awey inthe upper part of the 'eit houses , where the are' so small and'lii• close together, uP alley'so narrow that butane 'can walk aCtine` place, in a — little house Of 'only two rooms, lives a poor old Gekinan - urethan ; poor, but a tlhristiatt for all 'that. 'Listen to her story : " I had two ggirls, but they are 'both dead. Mr husbanil died a 'long time ago. had two boys in the army ; one is home now, the other I have tot heard from for - scilong. I air' looking for a letter every day.. This lel - leery; he works 'mostall'.` day, and stays with me 'when be can." She way lame and sick, not tilde to sit lip. The room in whieh she 'Was, was kitchen, parlor, and chamber to 'one, and very poor and uncomfortable looking. I was reading the 14th eliaptei' - Of Tehn to her, when she said: ." Oh that 'id a good ehapiter; it - Makes feel hetter. -Mrs '" (miming thp one who la' known far over the' coantiy,)";!‘' ?eel& .to see Me, and read to me, and' prayed with me. She is a good': weetian., I will • never 'forget" her kindness:: Have you seen her latelY? `How is the ?" • , Whsle she' was eatteg an orange, one the neighbors sent in some cherries. "'They are always sending me somethieg," said she'; do n't'ktiow what 'I would ,dolf peciPle were not so kind." And a happier ezpreseion' came over . the thin,, wrinkled faee. God Will' 'licit forget thes') peer, brit kind neighbors. 'No one is too poor to goad to others. 'There is'another whom I with tell& , you. Come Op stairs Into thiarctOin, which,, though, it looks.poor, is neat .andr,tiontirerta ble; Here one - Wild, for Jong months and years.:=—oh I how long they have been to-herhas been lying on that bed, 'tidier triad' from - pain; often suffering what 'would seem almost unendirable pain, yet see LiOeVinitient the face; no marks of re pining orlinpatienee are there, though it is ofieti4tiarY and sadadkitig. father, mother ' brother or sister in MinistqtO her, or sdathe `litir'Whea almost worn out: by long.eoutittued suffering. Ask her what She would do without some one tecoMe and talk with her, and show' her in many . ways how much they: sympathize with. her. She will tell you what it is worth to her. It is a blessed privilege, not a tiresome duty, to sit by her arid Bathe her it 'is 'tortured by pain ; to 'hold the' heeds When convulsed with agony; or, when she feels easier, to read to her 'for hoore at time. Then, see how her face bri4tenis'iv , ,hen k you room. enter the lt is eprivilege togct day after day, ited roma the sitne thifig .ever 'and over. Little de we s ktiew;Whe well, l htiw long the days and ours are to, theee sneering ends.: Let us try inivlintever way we can, to..niiiio the move on lighter wiegs, and to make the way easier, happier than it now ie. We 'pity thoie, who never see, or try to help', such sorrow. They miss one /or the greatest leasons ,in 'they catillearn in no other Way. The little every-day troubles we meet with, and which r . the more we think about them, grey', tie teenier, are certain to van ish if you carr-onir IMO' some one whose sufferings are ' advise you, whenever you.feehthat you:are reallylan afflicted per sonc and, have so much Axel:tele, to go i out and see Irperchanee there ,is acit another . . twee, in comparison to 'whpo„, , yoaM, la happy lot, • &MCI have imagined. I was mis erable, and so Unhappy, and wonder,l l .'whY I had so much 'trouble, when tietitiniir4l. would start off to' see, one of the ed ones I speke of, and really, when I intiiined - , I.' would , try to recollect what it was.. troubled 'Me, so;, but the elements of .my cup of Misery Weyer), weak and scattered,, that I •could not etillnot them again would. Thus you .see, these "little deeds of`• love," like the sword .of Damascus, k wor wel on both sides.- For the Preebyteile! ‘ pettimer. :: ifedilalion. . dkr,ux : meditate on - 41141y. workii! , In one place he says, My meditation - of him shall _beinteet.; and .here he_ declares, I meditate on, all, thy works. It is gaud: to meditate 'on 4:343d ? and good to medi tate ett'hisD4orhar We Should med tit& .on the Woiltk itd* uti t th9ir Anagnitifiroi #4IT ~4400*Mfb ti:oki-ivtetotv and ';'the InilomfArtfoßovand goodness (belayed in thour..,ilritinticinhili 1 s cti rt A v tn4tsl4l aulter IL:;. VOL. XL NO. 46 ' meditate' on the works of proviclence: t Providence is a vast system—it is -God's government of his creatures and their a:- dons, and extends over 'all his works ;: and events , often appear dark to tie because we cannot , see their relation to the whole. In providence great events often depend upon trifling circumstances-=great. effects -flow from little causes. And 'in prOvi'dence; God.:. governs accomplishes all, his purposes, his creatures,are perfectly free. This is a' great mystery, and yetit is a manifest fact, for all feel that they are per feetljNfree all-they do. Providenacom blues tiherty;With eertaiety, and , hetiende- - serxes,serious.nnd devout , meditation. Should also meditate on, the work of, reileniption: It is a Divine plan, • Divinely. executed ° ky which Justice is satisfied and. unto forgiven and saved,; and this by the sibstitutidn of Jesus Christ in the sinner's) stead. Ile took our place and ,obeyed the , lsw and endured its penalty forus. ,On hi or was :, laid laid the iniquity, of. us ,ap., ;ge, wasntede a ,cursego': us. And theredemp . „ ,tion thus purchased , is appliedly the-Holy '8 - pint, Who works faith in us and so Unites . us to Christ. And what love is there in 'God so loved the 'World- that , • he-gafeiliivonly begotten :Sou: And- , he y ..has so , lovcd ,to send his _Spirit to-f re new our hearts .and make us „hie. children.' .What' manner of love that we . should he' called the sons 'of Clod !`: Yes, we should:` Meditate 'on all Clod his ''tione' for us; 'he n madelAsilc preserves us le -redeemed-Us and. adopted, us intothis-iamily-as So ;we ery i ,4bba,,,Pather I , , .But Whyshould we. meditate ? ? "Ttitat: ileiikay know 11,6 . .i.Vbf 'God 'that - yre inniayllitCm'ore like him ;'that'_wo. - rtio r i 762 b w' our , duty, is in verse 8 ; that've -may dovhis will r as,,in verse 30 ; ; and it will make:As substisiive ; it will make us ,gra.teful; iiillniake us ;it w ill inalie us. useful irelifiand fit us foi• clealk and heaven —talke ils!iilliays'Yeactf - feethe coeiin 'of- the Son of` Man. Then leCis Meditate - Oa r all his works. ' W. J'.'Dt: For the Preebyteritiallernuir. ,Letter frotk a ChaPlain. IcAltp•mckSPAENoB; Dear Winchesier., - Teun., 1 ;_ Army gr c ibe Quinber,land,-July. ; lo, .1868. ' • f , EMTORS ‘.BA:NNSII.I-4 believe ,w)last, letter to the B inner WAS 'written ',in.feb ruary, from, Oarthage, Tenn: --Oaf , brigade remained nt - that place-until May, strongly - fortifying it,nnothing, , ho waver, of a militarY characiterul , any, special importance occur ring. It was inytsad duty, however; to witness the ravages of Aisease and deith among - the• noble men of. my regiment. During our stray in ,that '..plice; about'. sixty of our number pasaed awayi.and- vie interred their remains in , the villagilary ins ground, to await the. sitatmonsAhatlihall call> earth's teeming millions to.. the .Ijudgmentlieat of Oa /the Bth- of .May' I ~wasp orderedtto• Ohio to convey - money for the -regiment. Although in very, feeble besith;. this-..was a pleasant visit, and. after , reittainingst home a short-'time,? I rejoined any regimentiat .Muefreesboro,• , to9 , which •.place• it had re movedyi myrtalisence.- pleasure/to - meet 'the •noble. - /yonnol.men. of- 1 the-Christian COincalOaioni, engaged in/their' great Work.. /Here, • •;also,l - we •I , lmd ;the' advantage/ of the, Chaplain' Association, , which met f every .ISlondayi morning. It' mould be. pleasant to: :speak :at length , :of these things; butyonr apace would not per however„..that, whatever may have been-the - success - of Eastern those in Army of the Cum ._beriand haves toiled in- their-Master's name, and have not labored in vain. Cauld you:, Messrs. ditors, have attended ono.of.those Meetings you would have felt that you.stood -among nband - of independent' Working'inen, w - ho hadf. sadtifited- everything to*folloW the ; army With' the:Gospel. • • These r , advantages , to .us - were Aeon to end. Unexpectedly, on the 23d of June we received Marching . orders, amidst the 4ihouttngs , offmany thouSindeo -glad hearts- -The/morning otthe .24th Came, calm,: clear, beautiful. -Aft the, army : moved. 'Thomas _in the - , centre; , ~.I!X'Cook, on ; the right ; ; Crittenden on' the left. It was a grand :sight Strilege I Le' SaYOV seen -com mewled •raining; - and eVeryday, since, we have had such rains as have never been known in this country. ~Ood's hand its , .in it. Yea havtifli'lreadi learned' that 1 , We met the enemy on the 24th, at Lib- erty ;and Hoover's (lap. Our regiment Was. in the engage= 'Mont et the latter" place, which lasted until-ihee.nvening Of '-.the* 3 '2sth. " 'As YOU have learned the particulars of-theaetieVe- Ments ' froinfother.amarees, , LWilllnotenbirge. Xhogglkin-tbe-midst .of,death, /still .1, live. Nothing.; of, ,any) special , ' importancalam ,curreo, "except , it, wore the ::terrible mains, mud, 'eamping.and sleeping intswampsiike., antil•me/caMe to, anchestevetand,took.it : without any-difficulty; and ...flung ; the. , Star Stifrutgied ,Ilitner from, the Court Reuse, to wave once more in triumph.* All expected the great. etrtiggle l would like:place- at Tullahoma. We arrived at that noted place, and 'to our utter amaze ment found the greati3mgg had'haitily, and evidentlyin 'great fright, retreated. Since that time we have a/May-advanced. 'The truth we cannot advance. `We are Mud bounil. The sun it *shining,' and Bonn,' it will-be,i Forward`! The 'armYlis 'the' Ut most confideneein Gen!Ebsterani - 'who M oves lath us - in the-centre. We iv' not march, on the 'Sabbath. We 'have r preach ing.-and other exercises' Sabbath - . have never nein the army so healthy and : * cheerful " We hivefluiaid of the fall *of 'Vicksburg, land'iaites.nyerthroi, but have. no pada'. lars. We believe ":31.0d - is Mith`tis:/ 'We are`greatly i dncohriged, and trust it'willitet be long I(3'o2in:ll,mi - if to Our lianOe and enjoy the blessing.s•Tor . tiliich we`. have illacrifitied L io , 'Much, that, we Might hand them dilivreto homing ' generations. 'W.ltottani"GivrttEs, Cliajilain,92o. - Ohio. TWO Kos. - -„ '-. NO man is ever hrought to ierientaneafby an di Wordsby bitter, scorn flit reproaches . Ile *lll fortify hithself . against repro:o;o4d harllAlik foul ' charges in the face Otis an ettsii? --, Yet, guilty and hardened as. he may 'Seem, &Piney ba melted to tears by` kgeiale voice. Whose, therefore, can iiiiiain hia disposition - to- blame and find fink, and can bring hiniiiilf down' to a fallen brother, will soon II adj it. illy la +atter= -feelings , . within Pity and Asi t tlenee-are , - , the•tialieys - Wh iolt 111 ( I:taloa 414 1 litustatilheait; t !they ivrlialitite becitr.mostlettectetniftil-laboreriPamnrigi a ' :kbovand vieionsihava(benothe winwittria 4011'14: - . ...:, 4 ...4 .u..;3 .1.0;: . '; "... P ', 0 PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1863. EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE. Debate on Intervention—Roebuck, Lyndsay, , antithe. Emperor-Assertions and Denials— Roebuck's Speech,-Lord R. Montague—The ChancellOr of the Escheguer..--Mr. Forater dnadlr•B>dgltt-pisit. to•the Soutkof Scotland—Border , Scenes and Pop ulation--Trout- pishing and Solituds—" Broad" Scotch and the German Language—Sabbath in to Country Parish:—Teinds and Lairds—The' People and Their Lost Privileges Clerical Farmers—The " Preparation" Sa'hbath—The* Annual • "- Stara mene!'— The.Sernaort and the,CorigreAation , =, Dam freihire and Moderatiton— A Clerical Oddity„ 77 .4 Divinity Student—Al - Steußtilry-qiian; eifederal Soldier: , . _ LONDON,' Ail: 4 ; 1863 A •DEVAARE has 'been. going ,on this 'Week on , the lootion:,of the l ftery Roebuck, that'an address be pr,esentedly the,HOUSO of Com mons, requesting her Majesty to Jake .im ladiate.steps, in oodeert with other Powers, Ito , ttrecognize ", the Southern Confederaby. YrOvious to this debate, Messrs., , Roebuelt and I l yndsay-hadgone-to Paris; 40,4 asked for, an interview-with,,the Emperor kaud, Wodording, to `their' version, were a s sured .by him OT and decided ' ' desire for; such " friendly'' , interference itiir might put a iitop' to.-the mar; and in the :direction' of,apeaeeable,separation,betweenotlie..North and. South : The, Paris correspondent ,of the' Times; at the :genie time, distinctly _as serted 'that' the Emperor` had nOt,'Ss trumored, 4 clifinged his 'opinion esith the'de sirableness,Anit,dnq orintervontiononly in the sensejest indicated . .., ; Before, however, the - 'debate.' came on, (on Tuesday iast,) a ' thestating paragraphappaare in Times, thatuMion4rOsS, theTreneh Ainhaiiidor at London, had officially denied that received r any:authority to'make.a pthposal for,intervintion.tuthe British Cabinet., Roehuek; as usual, was bitter,uujust and 'tea degree. 'very unhappy Vnrely;`if hevis"thbel-judied from- his iraspish . indinsultinginode , of ad= dress: He hasjaeark.A- disappointed,-maa— unfit for office and not'offoredit.-..43, far as know. at 3 i a- native - of Canada, and 4asifie agent Szpriiient 'ot 'the - Valiin 4an'!" insurrectionary` 'party. The 'Tinted ,iadicateathat .katbrings•the.ibitter feeling of a bordereriato his addresses with regard to the United States. The motion of • Roebuck was met by a cotinter-resolution, moved by Lord Robert MOntague—son'of the late Take of 'Miart-: cheater--who' dianauriid *abet. any with the combatant 'parties,. with good sense and sonnd.,logic. The Chancellor of. the Bud:magnet rose, early in the debate, andspokowith a calm ness and ability`Worthy - ago grive a theme. Notwithstanding his opinionlin , tO the issue oftherstraggle, he certainly endorses the right of.,the Northern States, to conserve the Union,by every, legitimate s, mean and aimed -- fpi Wein the Sympathy of his' nate:rat desire to prikerve a great StateianCCountry froinheing disor ganized. Candor- r not affected-7-is one of i ladstnue'e, characteristici. _genes his moral yviiitita' contrasted .with such; a man as - D'lSraeli,' - who has this week - been •haranguirio., iro his ownltyle,ialarge dinner party df Tory Peers and; Commoners. = .He. tries: to '7:Oaf:Let:cloud of , mystery;. he' nses wordeihst the-,diegnisecof;his thoughts ; the neceisithis'nf his position, and'the heart, - togethermake him .more or 'l'ess ,in singere. And,so I. have; once,'at least, seen how .Glathitons'il :real, felt .iineerity; his lefty.seorn of taught that mean; his .hab-' itually ethiroalotene 'and speech, -together, with at , ;mastery , both of, since, logic do= and.point, haie=fairly , overwhelmed, and , ,tttterly the.-crafty: D'lsraeli. §ion of the 'Tory--Party . are strong. for ,";recognition bat Lord Derby hither to. has..,declared• - ,against it. The : Times: at vfirst , ,seemetb to hesitate, but is now preach ingtearition while.yet hitter and scoffing in. Mialoriter,One of these pions ,men " .ati.Wfiem the Rates -meetly and.xe , niarkable. fornhis took the.:Northisrn side-in- the.debate, in thhsease that ;he be lieves that it , is only.the.viceess of..the Federals that can bei looked to, as probably leading to the downfall of slavery,_whereas the South is iinpenitent on that question. As ushil,the'' Nora geti ' credit ; " fr`om. the" is tecognition')l r party, for . sincerity as! td. an abolition-.pelicy, add ;over _ind anew again it is affirmed that if the-Southsab mit to the North it will have all its slave 'Diming power's 'guaranteed- and ratified. Undoubtedly this' pretty gen aril, while candid people do not forget.that . au.,ecgancipation,,feeling had made lummox , progress? in the .North, ,and believe that Providenee has been reading lessonsnot vain, that it is his will"that the oppressed ehath go;:fgee. 'The ',debate. has 'been ad ioartke4.„ • LIE Sows OViSOOTrANDwas-visited by me previously,,4my return to London. After my reheat tour in Cumberland, West.' mordlin d, and -, fait I went on advisit landed proprietor:,in the ; Stoyartry .4irendhright, Leaving beautiful Windermere {from, whence my bat letter 'diepateifiedj; I 'Weill 'first to earliele; fdf itiont . eleven chiles I was suddenly borne by = train aver that fiver Esk,imiligh . ifr,the old diiidirigline, , se , to:speak; 'between Englandand Sehtland. Itrwis amongst the 7Scottish. peasantry, on ,therlYortia ;of' the ‘..Esk; Ahat Walter Scott ,-gathered mplfromathe lips of agedlmen and 'women . that =Border -ballad= poetr,ki hasimichirldstofic as- romantic 'in terest; and-which; tblit for. his exertions, would have been irroparahlr lost. • These,were-thersoeues-4- , on either-' elide of bold: forays fonoattle -ands;‘9plunder," and manykof the familibs :high tpositien ~now look hack. _to. ;border t!ohirefs.whoVlike the :fh : bold Encoleughg mere =freebooters, , 1 catryingteff , :the ;belongings lOf the. sf. Sag- .! lisherel whont:theyoregirded; as their :nat ural enemies. 46 Wilson's Tates of the:Boy ri!arelara an 019,1 3 idatiPaafA44. 01 4 1 0traes aod r ractioes of these Aids Arid their, fol ldwers: - Mbre Vulgar wag . the reputation of 'the '"' Annan 'thieve.e 2 .-- . Aonan below !the first, town' of noteilifter crossing -the Scottish herders. Certainly the ".former - times were, not : better than the. present, , „ and Enotand and Scotland welded together and `forthipg ene - nation, have risen in the not.cinly but moral . 4 ieesitheyourkvihatvitsrelf-tio 'canaries )agb, was inconceivable. , . , As to the harderers: on either aide,some bold that they ; were -neither English, nor BOottiah, but an intermixture of both from interrearriage. Thuile isa striking reiera blame, certainly, in their powerful phy eigne,---greatr 7-coolness ; then 'that - -his, own^eofnibeitrgx loweredsfirst,shers-should :haplacedeViter &hull ; , 113atzthismas 'not 411 ;.. ' 'he thatlthereadmiiktliC , , nalWiddingshee4t that conlise' Ebeiwrappea iicallblauketphisilicadvandtibee, be leftume6ered4hissitoutJ - (liciug)rhoots, bra plaCedic r his s feet?: andand= his Ifii.orite , milkinkstaffand laidfbrhisiside. •Hegivicarliterify. lien?_.. The' subjects' of hi pen alsb-yene book. was on 4itThe—girelatinior P.Thhn' r 'ancitlier; a trethiiie --- thi -'saltnen lah-41ftise tibia hillitia,"ohsefiedoet closely..JlC. 'engaged vecy sl ? artily in ' i nnocent "sports, ' 'Mich its-ftahing; , ana especially iu 'carting, "(a faildtfieSlieglisk`inbsenietit onc' , the ice n inter tireCiin ) Whieh-eitiocith, ErCund stou'~s are' tlirbWal alohg- the ice,.tys.Com etiQ's,•Ctibli. of ithoin,l , after the 'Measure -22-entuar, flirty-two" yarda, s: with marked' ` , 4 0 1` IP it 'e . l6li 'endoeiturs to Canis, Ali - eat:ea& tkoirni`rieareat-thics letter/ Miolv 'Clirlbi'ie'sitisplied-Viith'twc curling , Stones. 'Th'eliverage of eichbstcfe , lsu frchn , Weigtit. A ~ piece of r ievel and. strong ice bourie Selected. , in, haffilie- Hie reputati - Oti is peeulirir ; *ldle making ' all illoWance-lbr his 'ecoerk tribity an'd geniits;,it not exactly that which ;a 'minister of could disire he'reineinbered;Wheii'hialiaree an memery . Were -recalled after- hist death. He' d. Wad a liiiniel pen` 'one 'oaeadio6, s when leeltiiiitigeti4tchilia% - going. chi ;'beitg'tem IlOritrililairie; he eoitld-fiptialaCilbut had a` ilia', furnished huh at his 'own- request, to - Sitdand);vatchi andieveir direct; the game. He was tall in stature, andniiell"-propor tionea,-add-rtddrin -complexion.' In rural dliteasTeflabotland one sees , ueolaionally :the , { children even M. farner3 g to'ro . school without shoes. 'Even tin'Estabi son I saw tialithel feet - of ,•thei parish ,fiDdminieil •Tllitithelvild region of.-Loch itlY*l :kVA, imet a: .barefooted ,monntain Attp`ph-7-the;daughter,Of a shepherd, who`, has - greirn - for besides Waring for the - • large tfootis - proprietor of a vast diatriel; he has a flock -of his own. This in,every other respect well dressed. .She. told roe,that ,her 'brother was Divin ity studept., Apr. minutes. After,. I met broitlei.: ,ite, had hean at Dumfries, liffilitilnVie=iieiriOUS Tr Lord's' (fay. 'The • appar•ition thate:drew -near was a curious one: tit; k : t ripninderl--trur of, ;the.- pietures, ,drawn,ffrour the life of what pd ward Irving was .lus i yoptliful days. Here was amen 6 alOtiiienty-iieVei "years of 40, of groan '"tic stature; striding onward ' - over 'the half 11:Aterripath ou•the;gritsay margin•of Loch. iuvar: i , He:carried on,,hisyshoulder avtrav elling bag, strapped on, ills and in ,his left hand p he bore pair of shops of *- 1 6Woltliouit propPitiona. pitle ! His feet.were;bare, and yet - he was.not at all inabarrassedia • meeting : a : stranger:l, He porivrsed,very.seusiby. was 14e. jOy Of `hie mother,, and sensibly of Ilis'family. 'BUPA ivasluipossible *dot to' smile, is he walked away' barefoot, and -yet ~ w ith 'the preeision•of a soldierion the :march.:. ....4eStewartry min•iinz the Federal artily, t in Uendingeomeui apersi demi heshita self,as " Union, man, a true Gallovidian, 'by birth a 'Borgue inan,onee a wee toy iliont the 'c r ank and now Soldier of 'the - Ottnilierfand,' ffertnessee."" " " Scotia's sonar.ihe,adds; -t! are!..to bes found :etery isiere with,sword,in hand, when .liberty., is the 'priie, and there are late of themin this' 3•114•' J• , P. 8..-14 did Palmerston is tition. 'Earl his'Vreiontdiralietitibefrolik . ZtVoiienientibersiofthe Univeisitkof Oxford, Trayitigeferkthe abblition:of the atiitute?re (fairing all,poss i ons,,takfpgAbe *grew of M. A., to subserilr.ihe ThirtY-niup ales. -I TlifilliiihOp'Oflioudot"Supplorted the petition riordiDirbizand , ther'Bishop •Of Ozford optioeod-it. . . „ • UM I , rollAWlDUctho : , .:I , A:vigoionsg;no r ticentrited ChristimiityAs' At all 4an elk ;ti most ; need (al lug, botimore• demanded an,d4ita nP(19 118 4Y: to be remembered in such tiles . 'as thatie,. 'W i llett - 'tie' 'Of thj .likely to . tlefftfi' , ;fediti 'therlitictireid'ed per-- Agitations 'ivhich-lhe,:wit liatefitacasioned, ,when .the ,intliyiduak,Chriatian is in danger of yielding cm mph of? his atten tion and. inteinit'to,iliii n o w libSerbi aWill'iot • , giviz stiffikenf heed , to , the advancement •of hiti•own soullitit.the ,life 'of faith flodAite, and to thfs.:44o.f, 6lriaging cktriatial4 ,PAP,lnt.to tAI an,t4emtlnt'of o the varioutiques. Lions now pitimiiiingliiemselifes for ilia* ' ' ' nAn - iinalyaid o of our ife, iinktant.observationt of that , orinthers, dis -s.l9vcra4o•Paithcl-, eFlptenee, so .to ipeak, • pp? 4 1ilkig9t citglem l lior l .a . pheres thottght an feeling.. The. 'onto i ts the ' daily .round wllleti • niefcii'tliti l Most part liVet the other incliedes witliin itself the secret and Arne:l.ifesit, the i cont.3:ltstely.,do pre . fi 12(11,a whglift;kailtgr there Are not found oflast two diTisiens, hut ytho:mergea it int o' .one integral , consis te n t, harmo ni ous whole. tilie'Spiritual ail in theintellectnar , there;is trifler° surface-life; a superficiality of. attainments, a- half-education yorihis faculties ,an incomplete understaplingand oolisoid.naltes, of :his pAkw,rs and that.. so totties. - There are wavy .persona i a Wm, tOPdahY 4 ttitNlen§iVb yehMiterans paiiii4S+et,Ahiptiterssiotikirde WHOLE NO. 566. thoroughly and to the core, in all the many outbranching paths of their mental and moral natnre. They are Christians` only occasionally and superficially. They are not altogether without some deep eonvic tions on the subject of religion ; they have some experiences of the wirer of the truth as it is in 'Jesus ; they take weertain plea bure in the 'offices of worship.; are liberal sometimes i supporting : the Church and Schap, es or ~benevolence;,but •in their inner man," in that part of them into which the, eYe of God alone can penetrate, there is emptiness'and corifusion-ti few 'Vague imPressions .and•beliefs-6but no-te •nacious faith;, no; .decision of: purpose r no glowing love; nor strength. and might, .by .the sprit of Christ. Their convictions and feeling:4 move along 'the' otter eiteumfer ence of their EiPiritial life;and do not pene= tratetb the can trevandthereshide and rule: Reoe;it is-r, that. we, see soi , inany .sistent Christians those, drawbacks to the Chui.ch t nod helps to the scorning worldtin its' carnality ' w O' earns e ene er • Manly; who though in mine' 'tlielfollovintil of Saviour are giiilty - ;ofitneigleetsAhem r selves, and suffer them in'those ever ; whoni I they heve.c,iintr i el„and influence, which are. xiihinly inrajien the,strailefit dietatee of l ehristikii duty .; There in often lathy liehaVior, 'Which Ahow they b Ind yet truly felt the r awful seleintlity, of;this life„ , and rof,the trtithlwhich / God.as:glvAniend:whicli„ltedesigns should nmuld their lives into perfect comPliance Withits*ret'isiirenients: All' this Comelifie. Inailse theft - are:MA tryingitofolleiftheldrd they(loiter about he outer. couits, instead ,of , ; -ppnetratirigrt9 ,tbe,-fiamtultry within 3.tiley, , do not seek to ,put themselves intodirect.cimMenication with the Saviour? indiciaey fall Shea 'of Making those 'id.: , Vandelli en a:earned:lto theni:if'therhail madeit thedionstenbohject of their endeavors and. prayers, to r rece,ive strength front that source from whielicenies enduring refreslinient'and'vigor:" ' Thishall-helattednesa feeblenehs , the part of the members pf> the Oharch,,goes .far t if it is , nut-the chief reason, to Account for,. its slow progress, its weakness: in num- Verri an ai nfl ileum 1 If. every member were 'filled With t fie,true 'spirit of Milligan faith, and were aiming energetically at tborcitiiih ness in religious attainments the Church would not go begging for Means and men ; its members Would not have to be entreated and 'coaxed-to be about the ,Mester's work vice, would he etreekea fh'str i noglields of ratan would be demolished and a rich bar vest of remiumed Souls be gathered in. We should not see so many blemishes disfiguring the lines ,Christians, bringing, shame upon their Lord's' name, and sadness to his heart. ,The Church ,would go ,new with new poWers,animated With .a new spirit. „inspired, with . a zeal Which surmount: ebstaele&th at, now seem insuperable; - What, `the Chureh needs to increase in reclaiming. the world iiom sin g ze .not ! nore:nor abler preaching nor 'more neck siastical machinery but a higher standard Of holiness among its Menihers; a fresh outpouring of the nolf Spirit ; .a more in 'vigerated, piety. and Christ-inspired activ ity., ,No.enterprise eouldlanigniph; no erte n ,mY successfully oppose, if the army Of the iledeemer, 'instead, of loitering in the camp,, hsoulit strike its tents and go, out to meet the foe. ...GipiLti truth must, ponglier,Ohrist's enemies roust yield, if:his followers will but set,uptheir banners in his na=me.. To each individual Chriitian, as well. as, to minister& and : missionary : societies, is the duty assigned 'and; the great grade l .given s . that he ihall become a. minister (servant) for ,spreading ahroid. the .lile.nsilign: of the : Gospel, and helPingilong'tlie7eauie of jus tice and love totheir final triumph „in the millennial kingdom.-:-Xornitan. L Great givii Fiona A,Welsh clerkyman lisked ' little, ,girl . for the teat of-his last. sermon. .Theicshi)d .gicie, no scw.wer, she.b . nly wept. He,sicer.' tained'thaf she had" no . Bible in ithusli to lo r e . * for du , text; and this led him to in qicite Whether. her - parente 7l tirid.rieighhors. Bible;.and thil . led to - that meeting lit iu 1804;'? . of . ticketed te:deirice ,stiPfly the ook. iii' Wales the' grand of Whiph fertnatiei of the 14484 and 4Pl4ign* Socie ,' ty=a `;society. vdhtoli' has already' . dietnbriied more than, .I.,',(ittiCi,oo6 !cities of tlie - B . ible its issue 'ni)*'"rebehing 'he:att. 1,500;11151i 'Ana :thin tire 'le4 the roiwation 'of the' :Amerieen Bible' tdelety, 'and to the whole beaUti rut cluster of taster institutions tlroughoiit the worlitjthitile are :many . trees of life, scattetibg.tioVgoldeit kilts of "im - tueitilitiiititieg all nat,l9mt Okla' earth. ' This i_ s ttifghilli "filitillielting in its' many' we' linty , h .tiack to that little ill. - 44 ,13ci1ie1d,: gfeat a matter. a 'little' Ili* icitidletter' Recid's Hand of God in' History' L Good Cogs*,pal if rye be' fo Acatersiottint xtikiskis pod•M÷a - Pitrtiii; .18 Two'crbildielf *re iihreirPo l tili*ln'ter'i afterrioen 'OlO skid. ;both ..tiietaitateof l !Writ, lity . eide by: aide': '-irberleunertir'Aild wait a deliriate; 'bearing on. tirnLii9Afir, gairkWarliteh,' irfirthe 'rettifoed'fieiii 4 to4rni:itta wait: bites. fo'reed.;te o.cvdorel ached; -and "ithe traded - The village 'was =alvilhige -, 'in Y:rarity; near 4iiirde great ~ fOrestsi!arid in tlieselorestrysi:tlierehildien tirew;soricotimesitears were discolored, and 'every 'little noise they heard . they farroiadlo belbetbowlipg if some savage bar. The elder child was arfine; strong,..hdartyloy; but....he looked far more terrified as evening itiow.Orn tit WI tit &Weak. ttle When they win:674)mA; hal wltylome, en old' Wood man wholienam e Wairti er in an' and ;the . Children knew, overtookl , them ; • end ( it. was. very= well, for poor :Ernest, the iboy;-witi almost ready to faint 'with =fear:. as night , diew on; 'although' Agnesi, the, girl, . kept 'on rway cheerily: 1" Ali 11 , eaidtthe Min: in! the Polish language; c-asliat bridge ~ yrnt little fol ks out at this :hour went to , towir said Agnesi ti-to7tahessouisifood , for , mother. to her 'atclotibiter ; L look 'her, &too; My 13) ble, iliich.ishe had long-wished • for;. and which Ileonld Spare, fur fither has still another - Bible; and: , poor % . Brunt had none." And! are:lon-in ot: afraid of the •Icin'g, dark,;lbnely! walk ?I •":14:004 1 116ill;" (no i lito); said the'child, in ;her: native m1148?0110. afraid ?'~ said. the Min, I.4hefe • kfitlitestate i wrid(weindli- ontAwas ti)i;ditY, eAnclori =o •thi ate , o f) , th e ifoolnitit ttestobUtilsoilled a J•.; lar nidtkir THE PRESBYTERIAN BANNER publication °face cuarriliT ,0 P 4 !trim St., Plernatmat, Pt. rtax.aislatru, Boma-rut Om. of MI asp Oswitne ADVERTISEMENTS. TERNS IN ADVANOR. A Sfquare, (8, Uties or lash) ,one isaerigi e it taLoacb imbiequeno ineptidon,#youtimowiztL ' do A Square per quaiter t s4.ooLisak line ownia - -AJlmmorloar made to adioriUMlli , rtheleir, • • BUSINESS NOTICES of Tmt littea or lom, $l.OO Groh ed dlttonal oat& • . ; atir. D.A.VID z 111 3 ICI1titEy PEOPRIS1011:1111):21331112/WL . told me riot to be afraid'; she' laid ,„ 'God would - take care 'of ine, and no one and ing , could hurt me ifd- werenn the path of duty." " Good," said the,Woodotm; per haps she told you the, text, is ;k4 bat shall harm you, if, ye be fellefers, or That which is good ?' "Vei,"sild46es, those were her true iiords..." ..-'‘‘But my boy, did I not hear you cry, just flow?" -" Yes," said' Ernest, and his voice was limy faint ; -and if it had not been• darlwthetwoorl min would .;have seen hint blush. -" - But, do not those words comfort child?" Nein; nnitr,"-: , said - the thou,; but lb ffaho, cviat4-very , different , Thom that ofrAgnes. • " And why .rkit Becatite,!';whispeted Ernest, ".2 was not following that . whieh is go:d. I came - to towninstead-offgoing to school, to bay- gunpowderovkieltrnylather forbade:my-aoing I C g Qh, ba4, 'very bad I' said'the moodinao "Thiow it into the rmybOy, and tell younfather:the.truthianhen pu~i get home." " trialst. 7 , Tfie r oflpoirdin. was..burled any, ',int* =think Id:never forgot '-thattwnlidlin that -.dark---night, -nor.—the-terrors of his conselepoqtscht:fsitjhemAksot ask God to protect him, because he, was disobeying DeaY Tot' ettity fOar t beihtoaked , •* - 111 your heratrts ibythe kluestiboiq-Who* !le ;; ; that 041 4417.010 t; it, ye be ... followers ;of qciaffrf. 4 .• • , "' 7 C" The ` Most. Wonderfulßook. • , T4e , ln o PPfßi l kfltlgt 764° l 6l° T ,i !kemltt l ir e is,liejtond a doubt, is , er ful' for its 'high' increilible'claititi to "Vivian fdrits exceeding antiquity. It , is wonderful ire its rPY„atait9n; of ;; the 4 0 inor, - 6 19,d. 'aß47'jt'S deolayation concerning the' attributes of wit thihnighlY It IS, *loader - tut - for its Piefessed revelation orth&... chatfti&of tbe-luoiverse thw.fOrmation; of wittnlldie origin` of..evii ,man's,ifall= fronifino.oceace, and hisi restorationr to happiness wonder;fill for its dirtqg. ; chronology, positlve history,' its prophetic dpblaratiimis. It is wonderful on' a.ceottlit of its philosophy; its "eiquisite =poetry; itsansak rtificentt fignies, :its ;ove. whelutiag(l4~ . ; .description ., It is wpmlarl\ll.,-far,tha diversity of its writers;dive.rwe 01'44 at tainments, countries: At is Wonderful for its' holliiiess in 'the Inc ref ustratiotis,. metaphor4=fiures drawn; frotti„every,depart.ment! of. hutaall` knOwledge from , natural histoiy from, me teorcilogy, from ; optics, from astrottotny 4 , It is witiderfat for tlie superior coadepiionsiti its writers' ' - of - the ".grandeur cenee af, the:°phyaieai' universe. =lt is} won : derfal that.it.., has exposed •itselfito. , attack an a d,destruction-at everyToint „ tiMe,, t hy .eVeridiscoittry' of 'min, ,by the revelations= " - geoloy,clirottology,nistory,a t ncten , ..,1t rie disimi3oireled from the-rearth; iiirritt lronotuy;%by the discoveries oft.natnritithis ,tory,„;aad above, all, by -the ~ fu.lhimettkl of its hi storical predictions l ,fra ; mast of all wonderful, that.,,np,o the ,presetit time, ia opinione 'handreatilif 'ilion sandk- of tile fudiotottifi; reseoting,end 46a ,soning among eartles -three,,thousandyears since itatirst,koolt ) was written, it, has,maintained_its„ltizkfotYof ' ity; and has retained in all this - "Visilaiise of time a powerful' swat ever thik bun& altrhia notoesoeped ovetihrwi fort laokrief . .enemies p. • bps Jmen•.4Blm44.d.,:fAkoven f4nte--44 : Iiistori, 014041hr:0W ch!ofisol og.i, ite ite tliese ip• LNlreir' 'tin? liiite — bben at tacked: by thCoultivittot 3f sainhoepiedly the onward; mememenkand .detalopuienti of each Etheeeedips,agp. 411 oleo dies,,fh4e o;3' Pjble euiFtveg,. Ayt3ll the nation., from whence :it spranettiolingue.igeit, in" ;which ieirts &areed; tlie'ekinfitries =of `its birth, ladarcoly-exist, bat'isi• matvellone .pagos. If indeedlikbe the Word of .the eiverAinitig girco,thep,o4eed, Op, ngstery ..sepe4tl; but 4, this high .olaim cannot .be main ta 'Who disbelieves • Iheoiy by trliich.:the preeentl`fidie'thiribe reasonalily •explained.-‘,./VOsems'iChAnif. OuilßcEthip Pith. ts . •lelaTeeil ili f iber - tifel'i l of tbe3 date :president =the:Penrrobt Ilnixotsjty, filittarieglbiefmatiekr,o&lajinvef, Filichil) l 4 B .tfeskt,ll 3 . 4hYo4l. l 9" l 4l lo PiPtg , for ifii.benefit tif'otpen,tlikin.thi rettd,ers i of A young ri4Oetijr . con'vettiesi: Was subject team*-11apil&ion of spiritio: - Dr. Smith isqutiWef.4:kielhow he was 'gettieg lie .Tepiljfk „that,- lie ,, fotind . f the Clir~stisu pith thorny oiie. Ittliittiorpa," 4, • • 91 ' 01E . • 0.2re4 te. .oitsifelithepalki::;ll4 theigosidleinihd :.4o.l-1.11%.740)59 jocillaßliPlo443 en \go, ssed toikt, : enA s sido s,triluto soma half inalimon, and be will, f`ohokinghlielionitileed:OF OW 0 '`Pita' asv Belf-iciterest mar ponflief9ititinsiettidirid , tilidhinPCrPle?OhY4.§ n01Y..9991P1ir .Vgt kis tiau p a th a thonpr one,. ,13ntabe R ovppyjzig thorns ? Are ilks'yje ?he narrow Chris tan - path, or bailie viratideileirl'quii.lgriid ibieoirie entlingledin•• theta .thereif sl :The. young Chrlitian :Who) ham fbeetti a ..:Jovetofithttwortdiend - its plensureiy Amy r is : it i rtiggle „in. the heart on ormer scenes anii associations forChrist , and tinles6 *ell- as - pyliertulrmay • tad if.tisot las frilly paitagilig,-still feeliAg :Interested in the man iti i of. ,the world.: His delotdpett r ucmgrow leas terajd, antkeeli?.g .t rytrhapti; tile a glow o£ hie first love paiiiinAsim4,le'b'egies to fhe " Oh:Tie - dial" 'tltiMe orthoiris.''lle el eYnnot •Venjerthi3 world.;iif;iit old, iihdlyeW peace,with.,pod3.; 3 i un d 401 41 4 ; 1 9 3n:tn . ** , k9 0 .wi11.4.. 1 63 1 0 1 bays stepped- outside tne lOt i jM a ll prat *Aa iq 'do . doing the thurna puke and l'given so uneasy lzeilrisdom'il ways; for Aleic.wigysv.ateeltVitiye of,pleasantness; and illlker tpsithe nth peke& —Watchman and ReJffelMl• . I =1 Dr.lllanuligragdZie akitpti_ , o visited,t4,latelisat : Dc.lifiliiamf nirig, and yild : lim.4,llat,ho,optiki notmop ihe‘ terrible deniniiiistions,inliielwen 'iiihi rda ii,teio'f Kiddie 4;'iitilleireln64k and:oduipaiiiiion of tlie-Sivi6FIFF lotet Inieriknow;!!‘ said the - greikt pniitober,- , q Out it is in particular that trorkb.lesiyonnaltsd taking-up-the-New-Teatatnent,-he.l;egan to read the p!sniggs_s7ktpAtlie eiTset solemnity of his voice . - thaarliOt proceeded far abetorti Wage:tit snit :W4litix,iiirafilBiivitrar .4Anounood insarane-140 liiimixadmotb• iog tuosittfxstrit ; 4 40 „firs-Hi -1 ZEE