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[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 ; <and even ...as to
,4tsJl3,q,,,tilere is ~,,, J . .strangs.:aptpFoachmost
among the:Oitm - brians. Sev:ooo l4 4gr Own
over' the, borders, as far Annan and
tiara at
.Ihotot iNt
gether with certain peculiarities domiciled
in those regions. I, was, greatly interested
in listening to the tioatereittiott of the at
tendants of my
, Soottistrlisiabtu---espebially as
I, sat' in al - Oat, on a finelSanimertday, -, on
Lochinvar, a- lake roMatitically connected,,.
in Scott's " Marmiots",,with,,a, well .known,,
chief; who, as,. "
,Young L " ochinvar and
the' :favorite suitor of a daughter of the,
house" f Graham =of Netherby; yet'frowifed.,„
:on :'by the Tarnutsi-entea r red.the4tallr as,.the i
was , ahoot to be, cblebtaWl, , .anjle , Oer-,
ried away u his,,lafijr l ,loveAn a.steecb.,oo swift
as to baffle all 14.3'host and
One:of the 'gamekeepers `at - LoOlkinvar, *ere,
throwing their lines,' teiiipti iby the.,
artificial fly, the Ltroutlllaf *abound ; in , the
Water- • A.favAmite tektfAiliPrioin7lß l 4 l 44 4.- Y;
,is this 4falliiig;,,,Pr,,,cluthrig h ofttinteik,
thus spendilZays amid the, solitudes of
fiefrm'iicenee - 4liereihe
'Mug - 'work;' and `amid it Yitiblimei
rwhich;is •orilrinterimpteditry the' ark
'PCPs:feet . :41151, ettrielo: Thtlig.cßivtltegatoltiP,to
0 26 -r t 'w 4l, ,s e tYnn t ' s i n , tlin , Janl' t 'br in4 in it '93
'listestudy 1:olue. the mere 'You exarainci t anti ,
how eliltalSOlgegegah
'dialedt, fin many of 'its Wiced4 ?O .
,KfermatiJ -4e b
,t•-•
13 4 0 8"litukrtriViiirspentAii a-coif tifSteetl,
tish parish, and Withirriijiheit,l Lirepaired
to the -pariah-kirkrabout-five miles distant I ,
from his house:.7lle7o - paple§ the " herit
tors," or. landed' proprietoys, who bylaw,
make UPeferkfniarklis 'legal
to"tl
(lc; ziotliaylbt their
-sittings .-y they ktive.ealitikt; to,-adoonimoda 7
t' , iegreq
of this sysiin. a beeTi bail • thp •
, ; people
„,
have. only t e power, of <"objecting ' to a
'Candifiate-'betere the kielbYtery,'Utiktifie
Presbytery; if MCdeititeb in I it§ Itidifs;
-is pretty - Sure to-give•• little indersetkentyto
:the popolar, feeling, .and ; to ,stand
patron the verymari,it may, bo, who has' . `
preiteit
eti tiiAtii,thaii"glie themselves
their ''« livings:" ;Palidea; the 'I)4E6
alisolutelyishut out - frivol' the iitity,andrritt
-I:U9.P or -Amp pertingo acehrd;ing..to, their'
Ity,the,qospel,m}rtiatrya he , clo,y.ie,Od
pjai*li,„9niolne4 so bx apostolic ; , autheFityt
him that tallgt6 itbo:Vord,"
`Th%7471944
in whieli they cao%ivviscto putkheirhatf- -
ppnniesixvtke c ", ladles" ;poor
,boxei, liandingmatind afteT,t4e,lapt psalp.
The whole
,system tten"deth. Co :penury:"
and ff orthegVils
ati tatabliShmenta-r X' 7 ' " ;
• The- idergyinkir: of lithe•l•parigh of
the ;Rev.-f - fMr. • ?He , about
fifty „years ) of ago, ,is• r a man, of •- some
culture, but i oifiowor iT iof, the
80a as ,itlarge. Mid Wealthy: farmer , ~,to
a degree,''ldegree,'' r ) fear - whtbh calculated
- to "interfere iwitli
-Wstorkl l : duties.
Indeed, titine cad; habiatbeen tirriot
I gegaled, -by. desegiptions,,,of- the r broad acres
ocquired by the Moderate piety, annul, *
each ciriarryreg. the lass the
toclier," and - I:Untie
by marriage; to -the 7heredita;ry : estate :6f
4"reeßfire- 044 was , ~..1121tdetla
some ,years ego, andalso Moderator o£ the
general Aiseinbly 7 —not on tmeeupt of,his
theological s tfainmbii utr from t his being:
-so r and
globes of (thisir South •of :Scoilantl °lord
men - are yery,valttable,'; and coupled, with
their secured and legalstipend •and their
quiet mede of life,. make them quite lade
petkletil.• This' 'Claris of Men 'fortned trio
main`'stay;of't'he o'hitruCtives;[ bifore the
Disruption, against the new and onward
„iife-raarch, and..assault .on...patronage - and'
fed--143r -Ceeeleghoub
and .others. •:Alelost f.j. 44 .1 # ; the , 494. -
erites "stayed fn", :Evangefical l soligion
never flourished in, the,Southern z oountiea - ;
a sleeQY plugaine bucolic,peasantry and
R9°l))e kept. up tholoAes;aePhoYi '9l l kew,
and. they, held , willow their one Sacranient
in g"''O'et..•efi, the large Presbyt ery
pf-Datufrios,.only four the:,
of these unt•aiparishclergymaujoinedthe
Freo Church. . Neverthelestythe latter oc
casionally penetrates these• rural.parishes
as in .• the, ease of that of< the•.Roy'..
y, and has churches-of itsnwn.• • ;
The-sermon,:er - leefure? was on the -pars
;ble-,•of • the:Somer..: fit Wan above ; the .mier.
agep - and ~ .atg•the.• Close thered,weres SOMe
teachingaiteounsela, 45,r,e.vas to thendleitira
tion-rof the. Lord: Supper,- i.whiel ,(pricala:
year,) watoto take place on ~ the next :Sub-`
_bath,together With an invitation-for newly
" intending communicants " to "irikit-• the
minister r at : his house; , and' , also, theian
nouneement of Aervlees the ~chyrch
,on
the 'flllowihg'thilirsdaY and 'Satiirdity,' as
1186 on th‘eMinidaf'afteriliti - acnginifilion
• , •
which Tiadt' to' the
34- 01ficiating ' eleigt" (three,rirmludingbthe
pastor) at the hous el - ..0ne 4 0f, the lairdspf
thejarish,, and it.ikunderstood-ihat Scotch ,
'more°whi`s'ky'toitidy flows Or leas - ,fieelY;bia
these occasions, even as -16 4 - 1 6:4 1 ' diinevfeir
aenerations.
./ The co4re - ifistionlorthi-very ciPliciiiCe' of
oity)churoh, gathering.' Eaet-PL , Otle .or
two .-preprietorsi and the minister!! _own :
Wilily, it is made, ip6e * ,firiners, theis
ruddy Sons; daiifilifersj - --.4etirilllderViiiite.
Many have cothe to eltirch rfetuy,qsrifive,
miles ;rsome gigs,most on foot;: Y : Bronzed'
with ,the son; and furrowed bY‹toili" , ..7et
healthy, and vigorous, is the people's
They behaye decorously, sit in singing, riff
stMut it piiyei. When the Serliotiiies
are read, or the text
of the leaves-of-the Book; which so struck
Whitefiiidir mired lice:AU:glint., Scotland,
sounded l' 0 ,5 1 : 0 1 Ake - n . . strain of music.,
Here and tbeferyoeinight'ae" a weary and
nodding:dttring
service ;x -.Ontho whole, tlie.attitiian
of the people:,wass ; reverent r , The,uniforut
?*, of the aSpect ; Ulster and Scottish
Vreabytaiiiim: paCtichlailY ' struck myself.
Theyvarii -unmitiliikablr the same people,
and•thewholoreottditetcbf (the-.serviges; to
getheri with .the,,hgeaking,up !afterwards,
andAhe.peoplestrieam . ing,kpinowards along
the coin try roads, tkey the
tiSdly t iiihite Of the Pad_ as he
theinv is juntivii i hav Many Of 1-Yont , :eltfritial
and othertreaderi hare Isom imtchildhondrs
days -
._•• . •
As I..returnel home, I; passmithe greater:
•
part of a day Itt,,Dumfriespind had converse
With - an ; enti t ea''lreli -
He is-no - V-0511 'sanatilittP the-lamely: or •
certain" aocormilislimetitnt: a union betareen •
the Free and UolteitPreskirteriP'ldhorello
One obstacle, ,to him at. least, an d uerleV
his impresiions, is very Serious. gave
it as his opinion ' that the Westminster
Theology,. in , ;its fulness, ,, As....yeotihelEby I
foe,eon toz, l l/0 ,V,oited,XFrhY terbko-s•Lt!
t'hfl 6 2lttfh- 4 4,sP a P ti A n li . - t,lll
-,?h , riq
010 rither of :the ' - Netir: ,
4 0:,,asbreltairactwit
tOtraffzurritiValts
Time will show what weight is to be at
tached to this statement of opinion.
(Duartim. STEWART, the celebrated Pro
fessor.of Moral Philosophy in `Edinburgh,
lied alfavorite , pupil=named Dagold Stew
art Williamson—who afterwards .lecame
parishN'lninisterl .of ,Longlind, -in the
;Stewartirof Kirendhright, in the 'South ;
- ivesteof -Scotland: lle-was a man of rare
ffainments;:ald of great'scholarship ',also',
-especially. in his command of,:the , ...Latin:
language.'?,Ho. i was -.very': eccentric.:: ;
was very ellen t presence' , of -Shoie -Who,
-r"might.consider, • -Foul& misunderstand _
I and ituarepreseii t: him: - But!
materfriendfr;Wivis , remarkable for his wit'
,iandt - huniorg,'Ale4as.tiocial in' his liabiti
isherw-or :sbrewfal Temarka flew 'ithick- and,
fast.: heldlittle or: no- intercourse '
terlys with9:hls brethren,, and
gave:, tip dittendaricei oni-greabyteries,.partig
'from irritability: of: temper: and consequent
teontrdvereiesv of disease'iScimriat
~atrvelyiyaung,.aadein:liis will he',..eipressea l
thiloliewing Wishes , : IThet: Ipost.wtocieim
shbula'beuiade , -an'ilweepylthereof be hand: .
'ea toleabla his . bliiidienpandutila favorite'
Jdaughterthadcdied befOrehaliniNlia) desired
thuttiters.remilihrshouldlbe:takiwouVofthto
graceppliaedrwithiii the paritholiiteckiliet
solcve , itoll be rdeepelied9 an d> 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
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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
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