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[Selected.]
Longings.
When Bhall Ibe at rest ? My trembling heart
Grows weary of its burden, sickening still
With hope deferred. Oh, that it were thy will
To loose my bonds, and take me where thou art I
When shall Ibe at rest ? My eyes grow dim
With straining -through the gloom; I scarce
EIMEn
The way-marks that my Saviour left for me ;
Would it were morn; and I were safe with him I
When shall Ibe at rest Hand over hand
I grasp, and climb an ever steeper hill,
A rougher path. Oh, that it were thy will
My tired feet might tread the Promised Land I
Oh, that I were at rest t. ,A, thousand fears
Come thronging 'skei ine, lael. I fail at ladt.
'Would I were sire, all toil and danger pia,
And thine own hark might wipe away my tears
Oh, that I vrere at testi like some I love,
Whose laat fond looks drew•halrmy Only,
Seel:nit:lg to plead that eitlittr 'they might stay
With me on earth, or it with them above.
But why these murmurs ? Thou didet , never
shrink
From any toil 'or weariness for me.
Not even' from that:last deep sigony ;
Shall I benetth.my little Wale Mak t
No,. Lord, for when I am Indeed at. rest,
One taste of that deep bliss will quite efface
The sternest memories of my earthly, face,
Save but to swell 'the sense of being blest.
Then lay on Itte whatever orals I need.
To bring me. there. I know thou °snot not be
tlnkind, unfaithful, or untrue to met
Shall i"not toil, for thie when thou for me didit
bleed?
FtIMMO. Payer-IllettingS.
Your notiee of thee meetings, in a' lite
issue, interested me. I have had some ex
perience in them,ltid believe them' to be
both practicable and profitable. They were
district prayer.nieetings. None but mem.:
bets and their families or guests, were ad
mitted. The public were not invited to
attend. There was therefore less temptation
on the • part - of experienced members to
show off their superiority, and less trial -to
inexperienced members. The members
were familiar' with each other, and none
were admitted who'had not the confidence
of all. t
The names of all the members were
written on one 'slip of paper, and those of
the male members' on separate slips. Bach
member in rotation a -nested a subject for
religious conversation on the next evening,
which was always: founded on a portion of
Scripture ; each one being called upon in
the order in which they sat around the
President of the evening, to say something,
if it should be only to read some other
verse or passage in the Bible on the same
subject—the member 'who gave the ques
tion being the last called upon to speak, lle
less the pastor or another nuniEtter was pres
ent, who was allowed to make the closing re
marks. Bach finale member in rotation,
conducted devotional`exercise's of praige and
prayer. The slips' on which 'their -names
were written *inn used by the President
for this pitipdge. They were kept together
in a small book. The person whose' name
was uppermost, was first called upon, if
present, and his name was then put to the
back; if absent, it. was allowed to remain
till he should appear. 'The one who Ailed
the meeting on one night; presided at the
next meeting.
The meeting was - Opened with an invoca
tion, all sitting, then:praitie, then a chapter
—that Perhaps ontitaining the qnistion—
then prayer ; then another Member or two
led in 'praise and Toyer; then the Presi
dent stated the question, and put it "round,'
closing with asking some of the Shorter
Catechism, or. Children's' Catechism, for the
yoUnger members. Before diduilseion, the
question for nett night was stated, the per
son who gaire it being - generally' - prepared
to do it at elide.
Such meetings aitheSeareregularlflield
among the Covenanters, and much of their
superior Christian training maybe traced
to them. They are essentially nurseries: of
the Church, and fester intimate friendahips
among its inetribers. They need not super
sede the public prayer-meeting in the
church, or monthly concert Sr praYer.
They train the members so that they have
no difficulty in conducting Publie 'devo-7
tional exercises,. or even exhortation: Thei
are the educating power of the church,
drawing them out, as the word education
literally means. Theibsence of thetpublie
is an. important 'element in their constitti
tion. Two or three neighboring' families;
that, are , suffioiently , tirnite to, know what
each can do, an&who will not laugh at each
other's failings; or make a show of, their
superiority) are Sufficient to 001311118110 6 such
a meeting. They ought never to consist' of
more than ,twenty members.
I was a member , for a time 'of , another
Society, leseformal in its-nature , and very
useful, which might be adopted with ,ad
vantage by Christian ;neighbors iluring the
long evenings of Winter. We met, alter
nately in each other's houses, and -after a
little friendly chit-chat, , tea was introduced
—not all the paraphernalia of a loaded
supper , table, but ,simply tea, light bread,
cakea t tand one or two' preiserves, which were
discusse&with a most-agreeable , seciality ;
when the.bboks were laid the table, and
the head of the family''commenced re
ligious exercises,followed by one or two
others; then a chapter of the 'Bible, pre
viously selected, was read, and made the
subject of remarks by each one in-rotation.
The meeting was. then cl i ased by praise and
prayer, after announcing the chapter' , for
next night and the 'place of meeting: ' This
was azdelightful way of spending theeted:
ing, very profitable and . very suitable fOr
Christians. Therought never to be , pro=
traded to a late hour, seas to interfere with tr . )
family:worship st home,
Far the Pres*Wien Banner
S. Christian Commission.
/0101(FIS DiftY LL NATIONAL
IN'ci; 101tAiSZ:
T o the and Churches of all
Denominations throughout the Loyal
States :
The U. S. Christian Commission respect
fully requests celleetions on National
Thanksgiving Dey, Angst 6th, in aid of
the work of relitiving stud benefiting the
wen of our army'and armynairy. .A.bont'wie
thousand .11ilegat4 mintOere and laymen;
have-been sett-forth , in all, and altdisVessr
thousand:6oos of stores and publictitiW°
For the 'Presbyterian' ikinuer,
i .:,:.:..::...'•'.%Artrit.r.+-
:o:,,i,t.ij.vitTH4 •' : -
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VOL. XI., NO. 47.
distributed by them, in the various military
departments and naval stations.
At Gettysburg, not far from three hun
dred delegates labored, and about one thou
sand boxes of stores were distributed by
them personally to the wounded.
The following noble, unsolicited letter
from the Surgeon-General, the 'highest mil- .
itary authority in. the army, will show the
value of the, special work on the battle
field :
tr. S. 'ClikiSiIAN COMMISSION.
The following letter from the 11. S. Sur
geonzGen eral , affords gratifying testimony
to the eminent useftibiess of this noble en
terprise:
SURGEON-GENERAL'S ()PRICE,
Washington, D. 0., July 20, 180.
Dear 'Sir beg that you *ill accept'
my most heartfelt thank'` for the "'devotion
to the service of the sick and' wounded , sol:j
-dieis at Gettysburg, manifested'by the
Christian 00=108100 4 3,nd its'agents
Owing-to the military necessities of the
occasion, the , anffering' would , have bein
'much , ereater .than it was "hut for the aid.
afforded' the medical , officers' byllie.benevo
lent:individuals who bailie to their &islet
and).
I trust you Will oonVey My thinks to:
those of Your body who hand Vritirthe Melt
ieal Department at .Gettysburg, and assure
them how highly I value their labors.
Begging you to .accept,. 4rarmest ao- ,
Itioir:ledgnienti; your own service in the
cause of, humanity. Believe me, yours sin=
oerely, Wiraum.A. H4MITDDTD,
'Suroton-Geiteral.
George. H ;Stuart, Esq.,. Chairman •V. S.
Christian Commission, PhiladelphiajPa,
Tentittioniala are not neoen ary to finis
the - well 'known - efffeieney of' 'the gepirki
work of , the Commission. Comaft-relief,'
and instruction 'haie 'bedrigiVeif to
dreds oft thebsandk nfultitedea of lilies
have bdeneavedhythntinfelykiTiend'erid'
the Gospel thas# been preaebed iiitiltiftfabe
of eager"lititeneisti "the Gird `of ''God and
good religions reading matter have been
largely 'distributed,' and thouiande of our
brave then have been hopeffilly converted
to God.
Liberality on the day di' rej'oicing for
God's favor and bill; natibnarkiedeetises may
enable us to , extend this great work.
Contributions tdaY be sent - JO§EPEC
ALBRthil, ESA., Treksurer, No. trWond
Street, Pittsburgh.
for thellesbyteritoi Baniier.
Judge' 110.
" I think that is the cruelest woman I
ever knew: She ought to be whipped al
most to death herself." Thus spoke one
neighbor to another, on hearing the screams
and cries of a littlesirl in the nest door.
Do n't judge too hastily. You have seen
my meek, mild Willie; when he was little,
he had just such spells of screaming—
enpugh to make others think he was nearly
killed, and. all .I could do would not stop
him for an hoar; whipping was of no tr.
And I do not helieve Mrs. L. is whipping.'
her child. • . •
"Yes she is—l know she:is; and all the
neighborhood across the street say she is a
mean, cruel, woman. lam going directly
to ask her if she was whipping her child.'
She passed through the door and knocked
at Mrs 11• 1 8. •
." Mrs. L., were you whipping. your little
girl?" " No, I was not. ;bhe was crying
without any apparent , reason, and she would
not cease; so I shut her in my,froom,”
Wal l Mrs. W. was just censuring-you
very severely *for whipping her sw much,
and I was telling her. she did wrong to
judge yon 0, as did net believe you were
correcting her with,the y 4",
" No, Mrs.. whipping 'does no pod,
but harm. She has been sick; and as she has
been recovering, she is so very irritable I
find it almost impossible to, live with••her,
Her disease seemed to affect her nervous
system more: than any other part, and shb
is naturally. a very neryons, delicate child,
and now, at times, ~ seems to be perfectly
frantic—does net know What she is scream
ingfor, and sometimes I cannot step her.
I tried whiPping at, first, and:found it only
injured the child and did no good:; and
have not punished her for two weeks in
that, way."
Alrs. M. refurped home. What were
the mother's feelings on, being:charged with*
such crtielty to her child ? Never! could a
mother love a, child with ,more anzipus, ,
tender love. Did she ;not strive :against
many, many difficulties in trying to do ler,
duty,? • .
Let us, look in upon her for.a moment.
Poverty seems :to ha their lot. the mother, ,
a small, paie-fiteed woman, Jet with a look
of quiet firmness around her mouth—lines
of care and ,suffering,on ler. browyears of,
.
sickness had left her weak and frail—ad
verse circumstances had placed . ,her ,now.
;where, she must depend upon, herself en
tirely for the care of her t ohildren and her
household duties—four little ones, and her
strength almost . failing her. Many'morn
ings of late while her work lay around her
unfinished, she sat down and taken-her
little daughter upon; her lap, soothed ; -her,
then talked to her, and with her of the good ,
children ; in the Bible—told her stories, and
all the, time endeavoring tpiimpress upon,
her young .mind (for Axe was but three
Summers) the. Saviour's -love to such little
ones, and the need she - had of his, love in
her heart. And, often has.- she . bowed her
head and wept over her -wayward child.
Can she help but; feel crushed under all
her trials, and feeling the unjustness of
such judgment ? Must, not she trust in
him who bath said, " As thy' day, so shall,
thy ;strength be," and pray also that he
will grant her *grace rand wisdom , togruide ,
and teach , her little ones aright, -and. im
.
plant , his Spirit in their hearts, causing
them to become his own children?
la
The next . metting of sytioa . is approaeh
,
ing,' ant it is 'now time to recall guggds!
tion Wbich you made subiectiient to the isix
meeting, in 'regard' to Jbe"inbjeiits"whioli.
'inightuibst profitably occupy its - UW(4i;
I tions. There is a growing inipreiiiii*•that
',there' is bit little business of a judicial' na
ture deniandingour care, and 'that our frinn-'
flow as'-it court Of review is happily nearly
'gone. If' this 'Were - the ,
'only business of
-Synod, it we're better to leave the poWer of
`calling our meeting in the bifida
Medhiater, onlr +AA the
`amnia - of business '
• • lorfit al=duMee uneilieispoWtiP
attendance on the part of members. The
same thing might be said of some other
routine business in the hands of Synod.
A few members from each Presbytery could
manage it for the most part without the
presence of .the rest;- indeed this business
is usually transacted by a very few.of the
members.
Still we believe there is work for Synod
of a useful nature, besides its judicial and
routine-business.
It-might be very profitably employed as
a season of Presbyterial -conference of the
ministers and elders of the Church, on -the
state of religion within their .bounds, or•in
general. We respectfully suggeet, that-the
first business .of Synod •be a codference on
the-state of; religion, in which each 71.113 M.,
ber of SYnod Wall be called upon in rota
tion to say or, to , read something which he
may have previously preipared on: the state
of religion, or make a- prayer, or give otit
a hymn, each exercise :not , to exceed 'Ave
minutes. In. this way the united.gifts and.
graces of members would be'called into ex
ercise for the benefit of all. The Commit=
tee on -the Narrative would thus be better
prepared for theil-iidrkouid . .the church in
Which the Synodtmects would -probablrbe
more edified,,than, our churches, have usu.,
ally been by its sessions being held in *their.
Otir
which the-public Are inot usually wick in-'
'terested, and are less-irofitedonightke
vantageously,to the' business itaelf, beput,
thiiiugli in leis time by the'appoininient of
committees and by speakers being limited'
in' the Presbyterian Banner
Synod.
Oa a, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1863.
to time. . •
Ia this' warthe harrassing work. of Syrt
od, by which , . , our Minds, are' distraetek
would be reduced, ands instead' of being
teiTuilted Our' Ministerial:
studiek by jtidiniallmd , routitie
we should be rnitlyeaided- and' Itleili6d'ily
our 'religious aUd'sobiali conference.
By all ' , means tlie .. religioink : tonfer.
enees
. be lexteindedr , the midst imilortidt,
thiags , set most , peotainetitly forivard; and
if ministers will 3 talk, as "Some' ef think
We , have,4 fresetiritisie-right to 'do, give us
something- useful 'to talk' about.• N. -
-
EfROPEAN CALBSPONDENCE.
Revolation at Madagascar—The King ? and Tel Eth
Advisers—French intrigue—The Maori Priests—
Plot Againat Christians—The Death of.the-King
and , 4 Red E,yea "—The Queen and Constitutional,
Government-- 2 P7 °verity of Chriatianity—irah
Aaaembly—A House of Charity "in Zoittlon
—Other Raftegel for the Honielesa—A "Pasifer
Clergy "—celibacy vs. Katrimony—c' Founda
don *hoots " = Free Church Me n derator and Ma
i:tete Marriage—Memoir of Dr. &i,efchild Ana
l:vied—Personal Reminiscences—His Freaf"ekin,
AssociatifYie—gehn Wedgy—Anecdotes- 2 1Es Co
tenOorariea—Hia " Precep" for We Fulitit--His
Success—Has Closing Days-r-EisExeemple:
LONDON, .A 411,1863.
Of the DIAVAGABOAR REVOLUTION—of
which I had not the data, last week
—I now proceed to give a succinct
and authentie account. The facts are
remarkable. Mr. Ellis was saved from
assassination by T64801i of the warning of'
his friends, and , the provision made by the
Prune Ministei for hia safety. King
Radama, who had protected - the Christians•
during the times of persecution, and .even
since his accession, was friendly to the
spread of Christianity. But he never
a:Voiced himself a Christian,; tie was im
pulsive; unprincipled men thiew their
snares around him, and he plunged into
scenes of midnight •profligacy-and dissipa
tion. He indulged in strong, drink, and
under its influence he signed a treaty with
M. Lambert; a' French — adventiter: Me'
was alio 'superstitious- about dreams and
spiritual agencies. Mr. Ellis thinks be had
lost his reason from bewilderment and alarm.
He had consented to a - bolish nearly all' the
duties on which revenue was raised ; he
excluiled froth his council the nobles ,and.
most eipe.rienced men ; he• relaxed or dis
continued all efforts to Suppress crime.
He, was surrounded by heathentay;ori,t, ,, es,,
ivrtolola him, asa message - limn his dead
ancestors seen in vision, that if he did not
stop " the praying," with& great calamity
would seen befall him. A- kind: - of pre
tended freney,,as.an =epidemic, had- shown
itself in the country, and the leapers,
dancers, &c., were they who saw the visions.
The guardians of as idals, the Maori
priests, seem to'hilVe instigated all this,
and used =bribery for the puipaiie. It was
then proposed to aSsisSittate a;fitttribet of
the Christians, in order to stop the progress
of their religion, and' also to kill the chief
nobles, who opposed the King'sproceed
ings. To shield the intended murdeilers,
liberty *as given to 'anybody to carry'arms,
and if anyone was killed, the slayer was
not to be punished 2 After this resolve, the '
nobles and-lietids.of tte'peoPle, iu number•
one hundred, went to the King and sol
emnly remonstrated • he reaffirmed his ,re
solve. Another day was spent by them in
deliberation. Their. troops were assembled,
and" every'` avenue of the cityleenred,
prevent the eau* of the -King'siredifibere,
about thirtyin number. A nunther , of these
were :taken and killed. the rest remained,
with the .King. , At last he.consented to
surrender them; if' their lives were sPared;
and penal - servitudif for life initiated. FBut
in theveourse of the discussion he avowed'
himself an, autocrat. a" He alone was
ereign ; word was law; his person was
sada ; his person thwaseuperbitarally ,
tected, and he would severally punish the
opposers of his will. This led the nobles
to determine that it was not safe for him.
to live, and the died by their 'hands the
next morning, within the Palace. The
Queen, who was alone witleliim; . .usedieVery
effort to save him but •in vain. Hit 'ad
visers; the Afsaa were %lab put to'
death.
In the forenoon= the toblesoilefit.to the ,
Q•ueen offered her the cream, on 'con.'
senting to reign itecordingtothe •
,bases—indicating a near approach;to "-con
stitutional government." Mr. Ellis , and
i his associates regard the change very, hope
fully
" The word: of the Sovereign is not alone
to be law, hut, the nobles, and beads of the
people,, with - the 'Sovereign, IWO to make the
la "
3P4rfeet liberty and, protection guaran
b d' to
teed to foreigners, who are o ient e
the laws.
" Friendly relations 'are tnbemaintained
with all.other nations.
" Duties are to, be levied, but commerce
and civilization are to be encoura.ged.
"Protection hand liberty to teiteli' and
*Literally, red eyest--5 sort,
supposed to search out Vierithing, injurious,
to .givalptivattoinformaitotil fo:.the ringed- tat
tooMMtpsoll.4loo, Adyfpe: - ) TlOCelAstaffleisfipA
lkoakti - tt 10110441ki ,Citneflittge4iWOM
- '
t~g
promote the extension of Christianity are
secured to the native Christians, and the
same are granted to those not Christians.
" Domestic slavery is not abolished ; but
masters are at liberty to free - their slaves,
or to sell them to others.
" No person is to be put to death by-the
word of the. Sovereign alone; no one - is to
be sentenced to death, till twelve menlave
declared such persen guilty 'of . the crime to
vihiish the la* accords the punishment
death."
Mr. Ellis"says that be and his compan
ions were sent ..for, an hour after, the se—
eeptanes of these, terms, to salute the
Queen, who assured them of her friendship
to gin Engllak :and, her dee:its - to encourage*
Weir 'Work: Writing hie pdeseript , ofr
June. lfith,. he says 'that leitrything Was
going on, well. The ; new Queen had writ-,
ten to Queen Victoria, and to the. Eniperor,,
of the `Fienati, announcing 'bar iceessuip,
and her wish to; Maintain *Unimiatied,
friendly 'relationi„ 4.llibe'effteers hark e4-`
awined the treaty With Oer';,
dully agreerkto it. ‘,ei am well, s ays Mr'
Ellis, " strong Torbrig: `tta friO' felt:.
since `iej: Our; tit4ifo`niz
peels de* to vestOn eigetto joitacitionliani
ever."
THE THIEH AEEEHHEY-hatEmettbis week
at Belfast : The .Rev. J. Rogers, of, Cum
ber, is the new Moderator,: Deputations
from the Free, E. P.i.endWelsh Chprckes;
have attended. Thee standard, of ministe
rial support , is rising: Mr. MeNaughten,
advorratea the establishinent.of •a -Spstenta
dna blund.
, ‘c rfol - Anobic Offitnity," bi 'Greek
ktreetiSiihn".Siyitard; 're' a .redent develop
merit -Of London- , rihilanth'reiiy. It is 'open
all the year round, is nekilylidfiraya. filled;
and, is in-many-reepeets.turique - iirits char
acter. It. ol)finsl 1 a'aoort!toithiof the
higher as well as thFro . wcr -pleases, who
7my be suffeiini frniirdistresi . and destitn
tiony ThelolloWitig faitltrul
Lion of its desigti;-.. s
-,. It opens its doors od giVitii• temporary
board and lodging to !deseriing,:pertions - pin
distress, and its :assit.ta499.9 o t 0 1 1 1 Y.PIP-Tb9::
butis accepted by clergymen r ,Dissenting
itittiiiiterti, and governesses, as well, as by
Servant-maids, artisans, and fabdiers. "One
of its - `pecalier-, features is •that, while it
'bakes no distitietion as to sect, or sex, or
even -44ountry, it .yet detnands•a trustworthy
Certificate of good character, as cone ..of the
titles tuadmission,•the only•other,titles be
tng.friendlessness -and =destitution. Thus,
while excluding inveterate vice and profii
gam, it saves its inmates; and, particularly
the women, from the dangers of- such pro
ithSCUOUB places of resort as the casual
ward or the nightly refuge, and; its shelter
is not.given.for a night or day, bit-for:2a
time • reasonably, sufficient to enable those:
Who seek it to recover themselvesi, - and be
gin the world anew,. , During the 7ear1862
it Airs assisted' 698 pereeini, of 4611112
weie men, 416 women, and -St eliiidieji,
Patients discharged front "the hetSpit:oS i be
fore they abiC to begih VOA,' fied 'here
a lioffin'untir they' can reeliet:-" themselves
and obtain' employment; friendlessggin of,
good character fida: - `'protection from the'
clanged of the 'Landau. streets ' until Mut.
tious- ire' providedlor -their Ntridt emigraiits
who-are hreaking•up their homes and ttirn
ing•their effectrinto money, here await -the
time of, embarking The House is capable
of•adconittiodating; at one time, 36. women,
2 families, and 24 men or boys, and4lie in
stititioicould net , possiblyproduce a better
proof 'szir t, nefininees, than the register
Wllidh !fa '-leepf of its - libitis and thei.i
eases:' 'To' Wire this 'falling , : rather" ihan'l'd
waiyas:some charities wait, until theylinte
fallen, is the.great,object of the House of.
Charity."
Therehe is a Register kept of cages admit-,
ted and - relieved. It is written in the petit
rantiterieffaot'iVaY;linctiet"lslull of pathos,
as the folle*ing'willshOw :
" It' reeordcr fat iiitinee; the - residence at
the - Idolise if' 'a Youitg:eleigyinail" Who - iiii
in difficulties through want ofremploysietit';
of-a - governess whe,had, lost her situation
and was homeless - of the children, of a
newspaper editor in bad health and out of,
I eniiiloythenti pla'ced t here by their ' nidtfiee
While . she' Went into 4 an hospital td'leirn`
nursing: It Ea; recntdedthat a-clerk who'
had been out of work for ten tionthg,• aed
-was,in great distress, here •found a ,refnge
until 'he obtained employment; that a .
chemiit, riiined`by the traudnlence . 'of - a
-partner," placed his wife here - while 'he '
sought a situation; :that an exiled Pole,
being, with his, six phildren,and - p, servant;
turned into the strcekty hisjandlerkhers,
- found a l'oineintil he was enabled to eiii
• grate-te 'QUeenshind." Iliniiredir of such`'
-eases might be cited. Theithosttrintirfirdlie
class of persons admitted inlS62, : was that
of - Seriant-maidp,ek whom therewar 35/3-
bl:it 'theres-icel6'32 aiiiiiiiis - andlitikirers; 12
• mation't;- Voilliekeclfeits,, and '31111414 1 , 13 goi
lernueges,--120' n'ecilletoUint,lvdtesSidaktinic'
andshoptometii 13,blergymen and students,-
and 17- clerks, tutors , and - schoolmasters
`besides others. If in institution like this,
'hair Vast oillS",iiPaii tit, is lt iniistifive; it
has 'tillici'vast - cliiinele"tiliqiiiblid support;''
-and; to .securn.tthai• Support,- it probably
- needs: onlfto be•kaieWn that it is now ieore- .
s ly wanted. , One if its claims Is, that,a, ;
irecemmendation for admission leacee,ptable, :
ffroin'any reSitonslble'pe,iion,Vtethei 7 he is
a 'stibieritier to the iiiittitition' or fiet:' ' leLr
-deed, -it • appears '% to.; he 'as -'liberal in..its .
;patronage as it is catholidin itsprineipleii." •
Idight'lliere,not he need ,in other
eities,for :such ' instituticins ? This install, "
410 n-differs widelyfronr the"nightly'refuges
for the poor. Most of rthe latter -are.-con- •
Elected , , with Reformatories .• and -=Ragged , i
ISChools, and ever now -they have heen , de-
;scribed by the present writer. There area
ihowever; others,;such•listheTtistitutioli;for -
the Homelets--Pocirvin - Whitecrosts; Street,
one of thumdst miserable-parts ofiLondon.
'A clean .and. wholesome ,bed is, provided,
and € a.-portion-of bread, is giveneheeee
,
'Added on the Lord's, day. Another is -„a
,Nightly . , — . , ~. ,
Refuge, founded by the late phi-
:lanthropie Lord Pinney Stuart--in, his,-
days the, great patron and, friend. of expa,-
triated and starving Poles in London. :t
• i has done great good. Pering* thelseasens,,
of 1861 - •=.42, there were, 6,785 persons re n
lieved ;,'and it 'appears from. the, eiastaoled
table that,, many of the' respectiible 'chimes
who seek shelter in the House of Charity,
are frequently reduced to the necessity, of
seeking it even here and - the list of in
mates }tie-hides artists, chemists, clerks, en
, ,gravers, schoolmasters; and, surgeons,,Whilt
the Jtpplicants come ,from every .. _ 4, 9o,r t x in
Atiliiid' . and`. film *toitl ii fsie • = an t #14 .04
ißpio '' ln
ais eserving aces ic i . ing; i en
,.
deavors also to procure situations for the
destitute, andaometimes helps with money.
During the last season ' 15,000 cases were
relieved temporarily; besides 558 select
cases permanently helped, of whom 122
maid •servants were provided with situa
tions. To dhow what vast and seasonable
good.may be, done, at comparatively little
expense, it is , worthy of record that the
expenses of the two institutions just de
toribed:are only about £l,OOO a year:
.
A Fourtn.crtori Sodom for the sons of
poor Episcopal clergymen, is 'valuable in
its -operationei and at the same time brings
to . light,, in connexion with voting-paper
appeals sent to subscribers, some of the
anon:4lles' of a rich Establishment. The
ttisidenei'juttnoarit'AciVa'rd'a poor clergy
=in 'Mier Men Whoareaf'firti . class
talentsfind the =prizes-1 Of 'life elseWhere—
ip the; CiVil f ,Servicaat lunnaor abroad, the
pmeat A r a:lent-sitar at Oxford,„if ,he has
the bratut; pluck and perseverance, may
beedifieq" Telldw* deKis'College,"orie of the
tuaaa of , fitiallj Bithep ana
ArchhishOpi iThercoare at Enkenhea and
in Cumberland the Colleges of
St. 'Arden and St. Bees,- where economy
and wantuf means to go to the Universi.
AA" iitriflents. These inatiirt
tioris-giVe*Ood- prietirial fielding, arid for
ministeriabworkl thevappear.
_to ,me to , tee
hertprju - many : respects than the costly
13 RiveTsit40 ,- 'Welk in. :that direction are
lamentably 41eficieut.! Ent-many. men who
lairfo'olYfrivateifo.r.PlOcratfd)who can:live
little, f hope , of , promotion and! patronage,
entering::the Church •by the, subordinate
Collegek(which cannot give Degrees, and
whose• a/ulna are ranked only as !‘ literate
persons,'!) tend 'What,. ,without
ou.snesspmay_beeallada panperrelergy. If
we bed; nt unmarried clergy, their; poverty
'would , probably, be:sogioroughlyiecognised
'at an
,acknowledgedand necessary fact; that
in ;tliciln'ttg 'run -ito-,would : :probably: produce ;
little 7 on no result: • l'u; that- case, the par
eon's house -would; not, be, as, it is now, the.
instant ; resouree of the -needy.: ,Thit
the ; English; nation., that , she has'
not i a feclibate 7 is : one of the
vmy,highist featules'. of, the social system,
as. Mr. „mow trio)* singa so, pleasantly
”Sbeebiddher wedded pastorslhomes
every. village rise, ,
Gladdened,by Oildyen's guilelisla mirth,
And'brightinaternal eyes ;
That. is the rudeitt 'pease*
In - hiefattliest. *ales may set -
Row beautiful and-1314st' £ thing
A Christian house maybe."_
The 'rising up, ;however, of a <class of
.
clergy without any independent 4ncome, is
very serious.l" While'men of-withal - position
birth ':and eduoation," 'writes the Lon
dap, 'Review, "are shrinking , :- from going
into orders, men deficient' iri rank and for
tune-are=ciowding into the How
eVer inen argueras to the impropriety
of; and inveigh against theimprudentmar
riageu or the, poor elergy,,it is a fact that
we have a great array of those who, once
lidi tor_ Chi tk4ieinfeil4,- -4 .ll l ?"`Tielt"
obtained it, are The
folloiing•arcread•illustrations of the; state
ment, with •additional • reflections by the
Review
-" We •know- nothing more ,absolutely
heartrending than :the cards which lie twice
every year upon our table, detailing instan
eiS cleribal destitntion, and ioliciting
the most pitiful terms the votes and inter
est' oilmen and women no whit better than
the applicants.. We copy one, such card
taken at random fionaa, heap. : .It was lit
terallY the fiiit•thiii, ogee to hand among a
418ien YOur• Votes and 'interest
affinarianatlfrecfneeted , by the! itev. • -
; vicar of . - ,`nil behalf of his
---,-, aged nine years, the fourth of ,
en surviving children, all entirely depen
dent on 'the father; Whoie net . income is
£4 l 4s'Pei• - • (film? 'Fro" the .O°lllE4 paper
to which we have alluded, to have been
used on the- -16t1r- of this-month, for St.
Johnii , Featidatton'
[it is not too .14(ip,aullseribe and to vote,]
fre'OOPyr aitienlaii Of - dares
of I candidiffee?' - •
aifNo: The father a:cliritte in
His income 41 , 030. He: flee "had to meet
heavy expenses incurred by •his wife's-long,
illness Hc, has ten, children, seven of,
whom are - dependent on him..
'r No. The father an incumbent
.
.Hafrbuilt ;a church; parsonage,
and schools. , For 'some years he glorified
no -income ;from his present living. He
ifvelinehildren, nine, of whom are de
pendent on him.
—. The father , a vicar. In
noine 4104. lie, - ,h a s ten children, all de
, peidn4 him'"
61,6 a these gentlemen has. recently
lost, Wife; another has , had heavy
Medical, hills;' one thes been,a hard-work--
ing London
. plergyrnan for twenty five;
Years?, another 'ls -shout to. vacate
[ presenfiuraey, and has seven children; all
dependent upon What can we say
to such. eases, Z, Xf, they are discuas,ed in
'Company„it is generally.the unmarried men
-who will condemn, and ,the married, The
will tiympatl44 and excnse. , Everyone
can see the .wrong: It s -needs , no discern
ment to say,.' The cassis - clear as4aylight.
'Such .M . en .1)0 no „right to marry. They
"should never lave l gene into orders at all ;
andVein' ' - orders ,t hey- la, h OU ave-re
mitiniut celibates.' O f they should •
and yet we have, observed that., those, who
insist upon judging, -,most the
inifinders are
_men whin. have, known the
force af, temptAtion, and ,hags,, escaped its
danger ,hyn :happy, marriage."
Folindation-SehoolslOr..the. children of
clergymen are extending' in this country.
, diedit-of the Wesleyan body, it< as
',sista parents with a -yearly' allowance for
'each child , the family a minister, and
iup till the. age in thh ease ;of, girls 'of
and!: for.theirltons - at Itingwoold.f and else
• Where, board.•itud , edneatidn are 'provided
for The -non-:Episcopalians either
in,Britain or America, :have no "reason: to
.boast as -to-the , great- things done for the
'support-of:-the- ministry.' Trtie, the-stan
dard is-rising!; lie as an 'average it is very
-inferior to, what inight-be ind-ought to be
done. Every year's.-increase -rebukes the
parsiniony of theiorevions•year, The -Mod
drator'ollhe Tree Church Assembly dwelt
~Eitronglyon the-subject•of ministerial "sus-1
tentation, -in -his , address with 'which he
closed•the last-General Assembly, and ex
pressed both astoniehnient' and adiniratiou
,of the woman who ::could s consent ..to. say
Yes," to a 'proposal of marriage -from&
minister; This was proioeittive of "laugh-.
*411 . 415." .13ift there was
Sobertruth thatObrie. ,
iti!,th WY: gyagsSft. avi t opolkoxii2,
1 1 4 4 1 42 a n ' Ill e al v i txer iati
cu coutiting e cos o e tie as
SOll
WHOLE NO. 567.
a minister's wife, and endowed with a good
private fortune, accepts the educated, godly
young minister as her husband. Thus
poverty is kept from the door, money be
mimes a consecrated thing, and good is not
only done, but stimulated in others, while
without carping care as to bills unpaid, the
pastor can ascend his pulpit, or go forth
amen. , his flock, intent only on the one
grand theme, and the glorious work as
signed him by a Loving Master.
TxrE ef the late Dr. Liefehild,
an eminent Congregational minister, and
written by his sonos a voluine , of rare in
terest and excellence. Its title is suggest
ive of its contents : "John Liefehild, D.
his Public 'llliniatry, Private' Useful
ness, and Personal Characteristics, Found-
ed -upon an Autobiography." • Anclit was
my happiness to know this • excellent. and
venerable, Aninister of Christ i to have re
ceived various, tokens of his friendship,
and to have been_ acquainted with his work
rind Ministry in his 'latter days; when he
Was flii - nister - at CraVen Chapel is the West
End of London. , En was tall in stature;
with a noble and commanding presence--
leoninein aspect,, but the lion
need.); so) - in repose- - -siie When - he was
roused and raised to "the . height . of his
argument" 114§ . pulpit.' He Was
Singularly free from sectarian bitternesiq
and=dkept - clear Of questionrcthatediVide and
Seperitte trunhrethren. He tiled in stir:
ring tinies he had T:iublic• - spitit, and Was
aibilaithropiat. Itnwas"hern it Bareeti
in' Iliddlesex:;• about , twentforiiles North
west of Landow He describes. his father
as." the - principal: Methodist in. tire place:"
As-snch he was honored
n; with a`visit".from
,
'JohWesley, when young Liefehild *as
.seven years old.' :'44 I remember," he says;
`";beingipartieularly strudewith the personal
neatness' of -the ;preacher , as he came' out of
hin carriage.. Ric coachman -also , attracted'
`my notice fir he seemed; to• be hill 'Master's
'valet 1 . 16- elatrinbre, his clerk'When'neceSsary,
and t. 4•1 converse, 'and`-even'to
argue with people. ..1-heard• that on one
occasion 'an individual, whci Wes( one of •• the*
class •of =captious •queationersi addressed'
himself to' Mr. , Wesley with' an 'air of •irri
pertinent curiosity. The preacher had 'no.
time to - spare, and furthermore `• ltne
cessary to cheeklinnolande of this kiadlfori
the' future. He therefore gravely ",asked`
his; questioner, Can you read - Greek ?'
"No sir, I cannot;' was the reply. Oh,
then,' rejoined Mr. Wesley, my coachman
will be`able to - say! This reminds me of
another servant of:'Mr. Wesley, who •pes
tered him with repeated-requests that his
name should'he inserted in his journals'
designed • for postfiumons publication.
His - master assured him-'at last, that he
should nothe.forgotten. After his death,
the servant surviving him, found-hiraself
noticed in connetion with'the. record of a
'sermon preached by - him in 'the open air,
in Summer time; somewhat,after,this fash
ion : thegoiiu
ieeffing Liimselt afarnifttoi. ^ ,
fell 'last asleep !' Ands, he gave hin "at
once a rebuke and a questionable imniortal
ity."
Liefehild; Jesi,a yontli i .was oecasionally
local preacher among the Wesleyans. In
1804 - he entereethe Independent Adademy
at Hoxton, London, and in 009 became
pastor. at Kensington—the West End of
I.ondon. The church people at Kensing
ton, were much pleased with him—they
were, in the days when Dissent was unpop
ular, astonished to find that it was possible
to be both a -DiSsenter arid 'a -gentleina.n.
The Vicar soon beoame his friend, and he
was on -intimate terms with Wilberforce,
ThOrriAS Noon Talfourd, and Charles Loyd,
the intimate friend of OElia") Charles
Lamb.
He always'regarded the - delivery and th'e
preparation of 'sermons' as'of equal iniport
once, and. the following is-his quaint," pre
cept for remembrance," as to the , xnanner
in which discourses should be .preached.:_.
'‘.Begh4 low,
Piocied
Take` fire,
Sloe higher, • • '
13e.selt- posfkese4
Whili most inipreiiid.'''`
This "precept" was thoroughly' observed
and adhered. to by Dr.-Liefehild. He *as
not one who . aimed . to preadh great' 'ser
mons on public occasions----satisfied to be.
common-place ; at other , times. The matter
of display - in the pulpit was;foreign to ;.,
even his " preeept"' Was' carried out, from
the noblest aim, namely, the - nitration' Of ,
the people whom he addressed; he. was
thoroughly in earnest,, original in, eoneep
.tion, and'aliva:o, did his best The dose
of his simians alWays deeply seleniiii
ing, 'weighty and impressive. What - he
sought, that his Lorttvodehsafed to
eminent, usefulness.. He. " received. into
alfurelat ellowship two thousana persons
the fruit of his own
ink:" Heliad-faie taste; foree.
-He disliked the - " sensation" Obeid.
' nuntington? the Higher-Calsiin
ist, seems to have ,disgusted him in_ 4 . is
early you*, and' even It
sttlimd Hill's ex
centricitles atade - 'l;llll,decline an invitation
to become a colleague or assistant to tha
remarkable mid.
•
' , He was Very 'Cheerful; arid"hopeful ;-`and
the- centrtist'in this' respect' between'himself
and his friend; the celebrated Jsilin Foster,
is thee sketched:by the- writer of the Me
,
moir
On, the:other hand, although my father
also knew the world to be indesCribably de;
praied,' add his own generation to he 'un
queiitietiably had, yet he hOped and 'believed
he could make it somewhat better. His
dejected friend looked down into'the abyss
.orblackness, and there fa c ed his hopeless
gaze; liehiniselt also glanced into the black
abyss ) , but, then quickly rallied his eye to .
.thellitidity heavens. The Tornier saw every
man as 'he` realif was ; the latter, every man
as he religiously might be. TheL one saw
world :wrapped. in gloomy, night with
out its glorious stars; the other lookedlov
ingly upon the "glorious ' staili,',and half
;forgot the {gloomy night.- The 'One` alto
zether ehdnued uncongenial :society; the
other entered it and tried to make it con,
genial. - Both hated with, au almost pas, ,
sionitte hatred the paltriness, the
seek
; ng, and the duplicity so frequently dis
played all arettud them, and sometimes in
l'their own circle; but while Foster :men- ,
tally anatomized and morally anAhematined
an unworthy Leifchild w.ould
:simply
M ark that Mari, coldly"pasihiM
and :g,o' eagei' expectation"cif
!distaveringbAter:stieeimene -of - humidity;
llg , _79stef-wast , disappointed; lre:disfairedrp
if Inglithec was disanoirgte4he a stilliltomt
4g8, 1 kftn e Ntagld
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plan was to keep aloof from it. The
minister of Bridge Street Chapel was
equally conscious that he had: net come
into a good world; but seeing thathe uttott
live in it, he would work, in it and . for it
he would preach to it, he would 'thunder' lit .
it, he would expose its basenesi to
and then persuade it to religion inid - virtue:
He would denounce. it, but he *quid not
doom it; nay, rather, he would show-it the
path of recovery, and, paint with .prOPhello
touch the dawning of its - day of brikliengifils
—the dimly descried light-of its - renewal to
holiness, and a reign of ,parity and sight
eouiness, to be established -the ruins
of iniquity and impiety I"
Tolerant as he was, 143 phs,seesed *graii
firmness no lord=deneon. to'
taker liberties with hiiii. He was' both.-rill
spaded and beloved. In ,the, privatoleir.!
cle and among those in whom , he had , eon
fiderkce-----innlading his spirittial children:—
have seen him the ;happiest of i4eb;!hin,
eye teaming,; and Ilia facerediantivitli!the.
benignity of Christiair , liive. ,He'-retired{.
from the London ministry iii,M5,3.0r484; : ,
he then took ehargtstusrualler church at
Brighton for two years ; he then :returned
to 'London; preaching' ;find
aftei a season erdecline; and it'brikhesitn-'
set4his tiour, :ekulfaiit and full 'bf
hunibln, thankful; and . triumphant, he
tired into rest, in' Mine, 186.2
Once I entereif hiiiiitu4 oh his marrzdgg~e
day. His Wiferialelbse to his
freihness Ydutlifrit airentionivaiitili t
diant there,' tiltWigh were ,66 -, :,*(3
brow
of each, and age was fait.
Happy'ivis
only domeatin stiiiol 9- '(aiC far- iis:l
was, that - his - beloved“ partner wad
away several years before himself; '—
It is - a personal - pleasure - to - me, and a
benefit too, .thos. i tn recall _bilk ; features,, his
looks, his words, and his example.
this 'brief record may, peilaps, help to ani= .
nab - SOlrli k linttiiii,e'rs wile' read
and prettali; - and labor after" end(
apostolie model. For,
" As 'a bird tiuoli foritlAndpArment tries-1
To tempt, her new-AFtlfq....offspripg„ to titeltkylpo ;,
He tiled . such
AlltifeAlto brithtertifoßtia;ocind , led thetbulit"
Prayer and Deliveranae, -
Tliei father - of. the present ofArrac
homey was, in 1851, killed in.froziCof
Abeokuta while making _war upon its in
habitants. His son sWore vengeance, , and
has, for twelve years, een rain g, iia
warriors (female as well as - mile) to frialit3'
it sure and terrible. 'Reeently the'tim~s to`
execute his pu rpose:
to. within, six mileB of : Abel: l 4oA. ,:nuyl -
Abeeittians, though it .seemed., ho elects,.
deteimined te fight to the' lait.The Clips:'
tiara converts lunolig*tliemare so`''nuineidns
thatvtheir quota of wildiers-L---Orgittiledirt it?
431 Pat v ia-LLi
seen hudred... For;'
sixteendays the attack was hourly expeet,
_ _
In the meantime, the
tives-gave themselies t'o : priyei foi
, deliiei-
ance. 7At length it •carne7. The • Dihoiniary
soldiers, apparently filled With. fear; l sod=
denly and, without any kopwril 0emp,, , f194,
leaving Abeokuta unharmed, The Chris:
tians ascribed the deliveratibe to the hand
of God. The following' is .
eral translation -of a- prayer uttered by a
Christian, weptio.:, , . .
'.'.o Lord Jesus, iikt, up thine„arm ; lift
up, lift, up, 0 Lord; Lord "Yesui'Our'ite..
deCtrier, , lift, holy' imi;
us* ;from -the cruel* Dalioniiatis!• - • o , •L'Ord -
Jesus, : remember what, they-have doge.•tot, •
thy saints in Li li agar:how much, innocentr
blood they abed. 0 Lord, Lord, deliver us,
that' we may not fill into their c haiide; tfinu
hest sent thy messengers With-thy"
holy Word; we Crostini thee,', OiLordidur
God, do not forsake :us. : Thou hmstyd - eli.r- j .„
eied thy people Israel from the ; 451;1.41 1 ,0:f
Pharaoh, and halt overthrown his army„
foll 4 0 , 5 7 ,
pleT ;from' thee hand "1 of , Sennafiltirilgt Who .`
blaspheme& thy , -'holy tomb." „.D.e alabt ree•c•
m.9"erllPi 0 Lord; TeP,lPMber - #4. o 4 l l roll avi
remember thy seryaotEcrenissiberoUr-chila
dren. 0 Lord Gnd;ilelii•O r i is'roi - thyair
Son'a sake: Arnen'."" ' •'‘`
An' eye witness remarks ="-Most'
these sentences' were: repeated , `•'
' thrice, es is- the case when - veers sa,
offered up in an agony. f . sat,ln
dark place, many hundreds or Witirtors peek:
ing, -along - without observing inevbfit Tbifer:f
beard seVeral saying 'ikon; GodiWillisito. •
liver us " , ;
Preach the Great,Doetrinez.,
W.aaeed have no fear thaktielealyilJ
become so . svise that the, truths Jig,fikayn iv
reveliition *
ea t p i t
Subdue and save them.' - Tee'Virg i tdir
appointed-means-of ianpressiug and--moving
the hearty. ,oft, , swojc oirinsAndl atm the
s
soul ; the word . ifilin §pirit y the fire atif
Ithit this ta tikcein
pieces,can illeAvitteßiklr
heal the :broken;heartedi;:ana insitirntioydt
and hope in' the bosim ). gf : :pcniteppeilge,44,,
and love. And preaching, to htiv i e pret,
most base itself on these trithsihrid Be,sdas'
tainedFand - aiiinata hy thotit: Their are,
and' everhavnibeei;•the geedi.)efibintitil'oE 1
power in.theipulpit - ,and•theininistry ofaloc;';'
angel -PAN be wg.4-4 1 # ,4, 1 93 1 kt
dispgpse~ -
with them, or Substitato anypirtif pee. in •
Will. ' 'Goa' wilt tioi c hfeirti miltrrr
that - ides hig -4
instrumentality foi: thi;conowitiinOlorrefela: 4 l
it is summarily comprised:lin' his :rivicalotj.
truth, and it is only as the preacher Isithf,,,,
fully and boldly wields that truth ; W
in,-
ing with the'srals or meivtliat map at
pest Gtidz'tO biess him with his
and make the word dispensed- by littler ,
_ wisdom - Cad povief;tinto _
The Bab4atk -Mot, ,
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