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The Dying Soldier.
BY H. NOT
Wearied and worn, a soldier was lying,
Watohing the sun as it souk in the West;
Aud he thought as he lay there gasping and
dying,
now he tee was slowly sinking to rest.
No father was soothing that sufferer's grief,
No mother was bringing his pains relief;
- No brother wee watching his dying bed,
No sister was bathing his aching hes.d.
'No waiting servant of God was there,
To breathe at his bidding the Christian's prayer,
With cheering promise to comfort his soul,
As Death, Sleep's original, over him stole.
And it seemed in that hour so hard to die,
Bidding Glory's bright, dreams a final good-by,
His long-cherished hopes forever to yield,
Of laurels well-earned on the battle-field.
Be had never been celled to the deadly fray,
For wasting disease had worn him away;
And as death's solemn hour was now drawing
nigh,
Rio comrades were gathering to see him die
How sadly they watched Me fast-falling breath,
As onward he hastened to the gateway of death;
Now besting above the conch where he lay,
Were catching the words he was trying to say.
,‘ How often I've burned to meet on the field
The foes of my country, and cause them to yield;
But since Heaven to me this boon has denied,
I yearn for the home where my kindred abide.
" Oh, could I but clasp to my bosom once more
The dear ones I love, death's sting would be o'er;
But now, as away from these loved ones I die,
You'll give them, dear commies, my parting
good-by.
"You'll tell my father, now bending with age,
Drawing nigh to the close of his long pilgrimage,
That his eon's last offering was cheerfully made,
When his life on his country's red altar he laid.
" You'll tell my moiher, that the child of 'her
pride
Had her name on his lips in the hour when he
died ;
Remembered the prayers which she early had
taught
Bite to lisp, by her knee, as God's favor he
sought.
"My brothers and esters, you 'll bid them fare
well,
My lips cannot utter the thoughts I would tell;
Be this comforting hope to their mourning hearts
given,
These unspoken thoughts shall be spoken in
heaven.
And now, my laved oomro,deo, I bid you adieu;
And whether your days shall be many or few,
Go manfully on in life's confliote to fight,
With the God of all battles to favor the right."
Cold meat le bedewing Me marble brow; .1
The lips that were speaking are sealed even now;
Tears are falling from eyes not accustomed to
weep,
For the soldier lies resting in death's dreamless
sleep.
His martial labor forever la done,
Hie country is mourning anothei lost eon;
Though he fell not fighting on the field of strife,
No loan on her altar he laid down hie life.
Earth folds his form to her cold embrace--
Gives one more soldier a resting place ;
While a white-winged messenger departs to tell
Sad tidings to those whom he loved so well.
Garments of mourning shall darken his home.
When to that loved circle these tidlige shall
come;
And a place in their bleeding hearts they shall
give
To hie memory, echo died that his country might
live.
Ordainln at a Missionary.
On the 16th inst., the Presbytery of
Redstone ordained as an Evangelist, Mr.
George Paull, who, under appointment of
our Board of Foreign Missions, expects
shortly to set out for Corisco, West Africa,
to labor as a missionary.
In the ordination services, Rbv. Joel
Stoneroad preached the sermon ; Rev. Wat
son Hughes presided, proposed the consti
tutional questions, and offered the ordain
lag prayer; and Rev. Dr. Samuel Wilson
delivered the charge to the Evangelist.
The whole exercises were listened to
with much apparent and solemn interest by
a numerous audience,
Mr. Paull is a young brother greatly be
loved, of well cultivated mind, and of high
promise of usefulness, should it please the
Head of the Churoh to spare his life.
J. M'CLuvrocx., Stated Clerk.
Tar too Priabyterion Daum
"Unity, •
The undersigned has just returned to his
home, from holding a communion meeting
in the congregation of the above name, sit
uated in Green County, Pa. He has wit
nessed " how good and how pleasant it is
for brethren to dwell together in Unity."
No root of bitterness, even in these troub
bons times has been permitted to spring up
in their m idst; and it is believed to be the
desire and intention of all to endeavor, by
the grace of God, to c, keep the unity of the
Spirit in the bond of peace." One person
(head of a family,) was received on exam
,tnation, and baptized. Three infants were
also baptized. The attendance was large.
Christians were refreshed, and deep thOught
seemed to exist among the non-professing.
W. HANNA..
raft Buren ? Pa., Sept. 15, 1863.
For the Presbyterian Banner
Clarion Presbytery.
Tho. Presbytery of Clarion met at Cal.
lenaburg, Pa., on Tuesday, September 15th,
There were present ten ministers, and the
usual number of elders.
Bev. Samuel P. Kinkaid was itistnlled
pastor of the churches of Callensbnig and
Concord. In the services conneoted there- .
with, Mr. Mateer preached the sermon;
Mr. Montgomery 'proposed the constitu
tional questions ; Mr. Leason gave the
charge to the pastor; and Mr. Hennigh l to
the people.
A call was presented to Presbytery from
the church of Pisgah, for one half of the
PistOral labors of Rev. J. S. Elder. It
..was lound in order, and laid on the table
nutll , the church of New ]iethlehem could
be cited to appear and show 0811116 wby
For the Presbyterian Benner.
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VOL. XII. NO. 3.
their pastor, Mr. Elder, should not be trans
lated to Pisgah church.
Rev. Charles P. Cummins was dismissed
to the Presbytery of Allegheny- City, and
Rev. William P. Moore to the Presbytery
of Erie.
Rev. Joseph Mateer, having been elected
Chaplain of the 155th Reg't P. V., was
recommended by Presbytery as a person
well qualified for said position.
The evening session was meetly spent in
conference and prayer, and all felt that it
was good to be there and engage in these
services, and hear words of counsel from
those who have borne the heat and burden
of the day.
Adjourned to meet at Greenville on the
last Tuesday et April, 1864.
SUPPLIES
Rockiand.—Mr. Lesson, First Sabbath
of October ; to administer the Lord's
Supper.
Ricklatad.—Mr. Rinke:id, First Sabbath
of February; to administer the Lord's
Supper.
Academia.—Mr. Sherrard, Second Sab
bath of November. Mr.Elde r Fourth
Sabbath of December.
Leave was granted. each of above
churches to procure additional applies ;
and also Mount Pleasant and Emlenton, to
procure their own supplies.
Pisgah.—First and Third Sabbaths of
October, Mr. Elder.
Each of these supplies was directed to
take up a collection for that Board whose
time, as recommended by the Assembly,
comes the nearest the time when he
preaches. J. H. SHERRARD,
Stated Clerk.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
nontars Church.
At a meeting of the congregation of
Montours, August 24th, 1863, the following
preamble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted :
WHEREAS, By reason of the organiza
tion of the church of Forrest Grove, a
large number of our members having with
drawn, we find ourselves unable to con
tinue to our pastor his present salary; and
whereas, he has requested us to concur
with him, at the ensuing meeting of Pres
bytery, in asking for his release from his
present pastoral relations ; in view of the
above, we, as a church, with sorrow and re
gret do hereby acquiesein his request, and
in token of our esteem and respect'for him
as a man and minister of the Gospel, do
offer the following :
Resolved ; That it is with great reluct
ance that •we consent to grant him his re
quest, and in submitting to his wishes,- de
sire to express our sense of the affectionate
fidelity with which he has labored ,to pro
mote the interests of this church, (he hav
ing sacrificed every self-interest,) and our
high appreciation of his talents, piety, and
social qualities.
Resolved, That in separating, he has our
earnest sympathy and well wishes, and that
he will long live in the memory of the peo
ple of Montours.
Resolved, That we heartily commend him
to the people of God, wherever he may be
called, and our prayer to God is, that• he
may still be instrumental in extending the
kingdom of our Master.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu
tions be sent to the Presbyterian Banner,
with the request to publish the same.
JOHN RIDDLE, President.
janses Ewing, Jr., Secretary.
for the Presb7tertan amulet
The Lord in the Mount.
GnN. xxtl z 14—In the mount of the
Lord it shall be seen.
Abraham, as a trial of his faith, was com
manded to offer his son for a burnt-offering
on Mount Moriah. He makes the neces
sary preparations;
but when his hand is
lifted to strike theblow,.the Angel-Jehovah
interposes and forbids the act. A ram is
caught in the thioket: and offered in the
stead of Isaac • and Abraham called the
name of that O° johovah-jirah; as it is
said to this day, In the mount of the Lord
it . shallbnseen.--Gen. xxii 1-49. The
faith of Abraham commends itself to our
imitation, and so does his example of un.
hadtating obedience. Besides, athe Divine
interposition just at the critical moment,
the naming of the place from that 'interpo
sition, and the proverbial allusion to it in
after times, all teach us 'some important
lessons. In the mount of the Lord it shall
be seen.
1. It. shall be seen what these things
mean; the types and their fulfilment shall
here be seen. = Johovali-jirela—the Lord
will see and provide. As he has provided
a substitute for Isaac, so shall he provide
a substitute for sinners. And here in the
mount of the Lord, where w the temple
should be built and the sacrifices of the law
offettd, what these things meant should be
aeon and undoretood I and what wad there:
typified ebould iihie be OCOII mud iiiudereteed?
The types, as in the case of Isaac and the
ram offered in his stead, should there be
exhibited and 'there be fulfilled. Both
Isaac and the ram were types of Christ, and
many other sacrifices should then 'be offered,
all pointing to Christ ; and in due time , that
which, was thus typified should be seen. In
a future day, light , would , be thrown upon
all these, things, and what was now obscure
would then be made plain. It is likely it
was then plain to Abraham. Ile may have
had at that time clearer views of the prom
ised Messiah, and of his sacrifice for sin,
than ever before ; and it may be to this the .
Saviour alludes when he says to the 'Jews,
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my
day, and he saw it, and was glad.--John
viii 56. As Abraham's only son was
there bound for sacrifice, so God's only Son
should.there be sacrificed; and as the ram
was offered in Isaac's stead,'so Jesus Christ
should: there be offered in the stead of sin
ners. Then, and there in that mount of
the Lord, should be seen .and understood
what was meant hy the trial of Abraham's
faitb-and the substitution of the ram for
the offering of his son. When the temple
was erected . there, ' every sacrifice that
'smoked upon the altar seemed 'to say, Je
hovala-jireh, the Lord will provide, and in
the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.; and ,
when the Son of God was there lifted up on
the Dross, perhaps in the very place- where
Abraham ereoted.the altar for Isaac, o; near
it, and all the types were fulfilled in him;
and an infinite atonement was made; then
in the mount, °rale Lord it Wes SEEN that
God had _provided himself a Lamb, (Gen.
xx 11.4 13,) the nvistery ,ofi redemption could
then be nnderatood r and.ginnere - Vith ppni
-thaee end faith .ixittit , eingi Jehovehlitreh.t
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, SEP TEMBER 30, 1863. WHOLE NO. 575
"Redemption is purchased ; saltation is
free."
2. But there is another view: some read
it, In• the mount the Lord shalt be seen.
A Saviour shall be provided and manifested
here. Jehovah-jireh ; the Lord sees our
sinful and ruined estate; he will provide a
Saviour; and that Saviour shall here be
seen. On that very mount where Isaao
was in impose sacrificed, and there in that
mountain where the ram 'was offered in
Isaac's stead; there where the temple should
be built and the rites of the Jewish wor
ship solemnized; there in that very moan
tain where Abraham's faith was tried and
God so signally interposed—there should
the promised Seed appear, there the Lord
Jesus Christ should be seen; and there nu
WAS SEEN, fulfilling the types and shadows
of the law, and the proraises and prophe
cies-of the Old Testament Scripttres. In
this view the words, flowing as they do from
the sacrifice of the ram which God pro
vided in the stead of Isaac, are a prophecy
of the coming and appearing in that very
place, of him who was typified by Isaac and
the ram, and all the sacrifices of the lel.
In the mount the Lord shall be seen; and
there Jesus appeared and suffered, bearing
our sins in his own body on the tree.
Through him alone can we find aneeptance
with God.
3. Still another view: Abrahatn was in
great straits;
,his faith was tried ; his son
was about to be offered; but just then, when
his hand . was raised to strike the fatal blow,
just; then the Lord appeared for his help—
appeared just in the time of need, at' the
very last extremity; and thus relieved,- he
exclaims, Jehovah-jireh—the Lord will see,
the Lord will provide l And this passed into a
Proverb, Lathe mount the Lord shall be seen.
Just as he appeared in the mount for Abra
fm's help and deliverance, releasing Isaac
a • t providing the ram in his stead; just so
-e 11l appear for the help and deliverance
of his people when beset with troubles, and
mountains of difficulties and discourage
ments surround them. Yes, he will appear
for our help just when we most need it, for
" man's extremety is God's opportunity."
Mountains of difficulty may arise before us.
Let us ,ascend the . mountain. God is
there ) and in the mount he will appear.
Let us never despond. The Lord reigns;
and just when we despair of help from
every other source, he will appear for our
help and deliverance. Jehovah-jirelithe
Lord will see and provide; and in the
mount the Lord shall be seen. Let us see
his hand in everything around us; and - let
us trust him to provide for all our wants,
and to sustain us in all our trials, and help
us in all our troubles, and carry us through
all our difficulties, and all on duties, and
all our discouragements, following the faith
of Abraham and imitating his example of
unquestioning obedience. The Lord reigns;
the Lord will provide; and in the mount of
the Lord it shall be seen. In the heavenly
mount what is dark here shall all be made
plain; and there is fulness of' joy and plea
sures forevermore. W. J. XL
The True Ohrlstiafl Heroine.
A delegate of the Christian Commission
laboring at Jefferson Barracks Hospital,
near St. Louis, gives the following account
of the work which a devoted Christian lady
is doing there for the Saviour and her suf.
fering countrymeb
The most prominent human instrumen
tality, under God's grace, in the religious
work here, is a . woman. In an unearpeted
room in the barracks, furnished with three
chairs, -a stand, alad a hospital cot, we found
this devoted lady, Here she has labored
for six months among the sick and wound
ed, received no salary, but her whole heart
appearing to, be absorbed in her Christ-like
work. Sometimes there have been nearly
two thousand patients here, requiring all'
manner of religtous counsel. To each she
speaks directly, making personal appeals,
and urging the impenitent to go, to Christ.
She has a peculiarly simple, natural and im
pressive manner of talking about religious
subjects, that makes one feel that she is
most sincere, unconscious of herself, and,
nothing more than, your fellow-sinner. We
perceived from incidental remarks that she
dropped, that it is no ordinary trial for her
to pass through the distressing scenes incl.-
dent to the hospital. She could not wit
ness the death struggle. She had done so
at, first and was sick several days after it.
Daring the day, the interest of each new
case would sustain her, but when, she came
back to her leiely room at night, the dis
tressed faces of the day would come up be
fore her most "painfully. Then, too, she
would so often hear - the death-tread beneath
her window at different houre of the night,
and know that one of "her men,"' as sbe
called theta-wits being borne to burial.
She would feel wretchedly, and elose, the•
shutters tight. Her friends -warned her,
that she was expOsed to`dangerous diseases.
Her noble reply was ' "lan immortal till
"
my work is .done. • Still she perseveres in
'hetiabor, and would-00mb it her sorest
trial to be removed from it, We shall
never forget the hours of delightful com-,
munion with this worthy Christian -lady.:
The prayers of Christians should ascend,
for her that she maybe supported and still
further blessed in her most fatiguing but
self-imposed labors, •
OnelHour Laborers,
MATTHEW XX : 1-16
The theme of this parable is discrimi
nating grace among believers. God mak
eth his.children to differ aaooording to his
good pleasure. The "last are first, the
first last." Many effectually called, a few
choseti to pe,ciiiiir 'privileges end services.
One labors twelve hours, another nine, au.
other sit, or three, or ont '
While all receive
the gift of " eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord." • •
James and' John are brothers, beeome`
disciples together, are chosen ones a,niong
the disciples, yet themselves distinguished
the one from the other. James goes to his
reward in about ten years after the aseen.
sion; John toils on the half of a oentnry
longer. •
The martyr Stephen is in the 'church a
man of wisdom, energy, fervent' piety,' and.
miraculous endowments, eminently -quail
lied to human view, to be the compeer of
Peter or of 'Paul in "'the work of - an evan
gelist."- His term is a single year. Paul,,
then the prince of persecutors, but 'a " oho.
sen vessel" - when in the vineyard, remains
"in weariness and painfulness" to -write
himself "Paul the aged."
The indefatigable John Wesley was in
the ministry sixty-four years. . , George
Whitefleld, so abundant in:tray - al; in:Transit
, lug,'lvarindL lahinisuiin4‘blessed fruits;
thirty-lonr. John Summerfield, so like
Whitefield, in " favor with all the. people,"
so eloquent in the, pulpit, so meek, hum
ble, and disinterested in life—peven.
Dr. Archibald Alexander entered the
vineyard early, a youth of 19;and left it
late, a patriarch of civenty-nine. Sixty
years of unobtrusive, persevering, effective
service. When Dr. Alexander came to
Princeton at the ripe age` of forty, Sylves
ter Lamed, a youth of seventeen in Mid
dlebury College, was just consecrating him.
self to Christ. Afterward he was a theo
logical pupil of Dr. Alexander, and in due
time was ordained as an evangelist. The
generation yet lingers with us that remem
ber his brilliant ministry and "the sweet
savor of his name.". -Ere "wroukht qme
hour," and then "he was not, for God took
him:'.
In a retired country( congregation in
Pennsylvania, a youtiNtmother was called,
juatified, and glorifted,laa we hops, all in'
the space of two,lieetingiears..4ennected
with the.same church a*l gmgiame.family,-1
was another lady who . itto -exemplary
communicant before the first was* born 'saw
her buried, and remained many years after
ward a revered "mother in Israel."
Young ministers, young church
ni mem-,
hers, soc of you will be 'one-hour labor
ers. Let your brief work' be - well, dorie.
Not only .has death " all seasons. for .its
own," but long before desth comes, a soft
ened brain, paralyzed speech, pitiable help
lessness, may make you as potsbeids no
longer " meet for the master's use." Then
will this parable seem significant : "Is it
not lawful for me to do'what I will with
mine own ?" Emil& Treasury
EUROPEAN_ CORRESPONDENCE.
.
Address of Csmfederate Clergy—An ayes. and Ex-'
'poture by Evangelical - ChriStesalow—The _Two.
Leading Pleas Answered--Importance of the
Answer—Growing Opinion of European Chris
tians---Ennulagian to the United Antes and Else
where—The New Galway Mail. Steamers-.-Emi
gration front Glasgow—Clerical Addresses to tha
Emigrants—Queensland Coloity—The Archbishop
of Naples---Protestantism. and RonaLth Insincerity
Denounced—Congress at Malinet.
- LONDON; Sept: sth, 1888.
"I t tit ADDRESS of 'thee Canfederate
Clergy to Christians throughout World,"
instead of doing good. to the., Southern
cause, has caused. its most „serious damage.
Its impenitent character as,to the atrocious
heresy—for it deserves that name—that it
is the will and design of 'O-4. the 'Good ,
and Righteous Governor, 'that slavery
should continue while the world shall, last,
has at once shooked the moral sense of
Christendom, and outraged the deep
`est convictions;" as carried out, by the
pressure of religious men and genuine
philanthropists, into. British law. It will
not make one of those four thousand who
signed an Address to President Lincoln,
recall his siomature, and it bit intensifies
the desire of good'men—Churchmen (many
such) and Nonconformists--4o see the slave
system, which can thus blind and viarp the
intellect and Consciences of ;men, utterly',
and forever 'swept away, f d the issue " of the
present civil war. • •
"Evangelical C7vrtetendom," a monthly
periodical,
,which is published unde, the,
sanction of the. Council of the British Or
ganization of the Evangelical Alliance, has .
this week come out with a withering ex
posure of the Southern document. It de
clares' that it his impartially and calmly
weighed its argument:B, , and adds : "It is
now our turn to spea ,we could not re
frain- from doing so without a conscious and
contemptible dereliction of duty. We
have carefully.' considered this-address, not •
without a sense of the importance _ofi the,
issues it sets before us, nor, we trust, with
out looking for Divine aid; and we shall .
not scruple to express ourselves with dis
tinetness and decision!' Referring to the
document as Viewed broadly consisting of
two parts ; first t a defence of the Secession.
of the Southern States from the Union, and
of the war undertaken to make good,that
Secession; and second, an apology for the
system ckfslavery, EvangelieaUChristeitdoni
nays': YWO- are not. able -to accept the
statements of .the Confederate - clergy upon
either."
The clerical ,reply is very important
and is Worthy of -special notice, Ist Be
cause it expresseithe convictions and feel
ings of a very large portion of the English
people, and that the most ;thoughtful, and
those whose religion is something better
than hypocrisy, formalism,,or half-hearted
profession. 2dly: It will tend—as, it is read
by a large body of Episcopal elergyme,n--=- .
to explain and enforce the real ctXtu;nf
things in Americadons of origo mati—the
pestiferous source of alt the evil. 3dly..
It-helps powerfully to settle and put down
the attempt of the Southern clergy to mis
lead Evangelical opinion and - feeling , both
in this country' and on the Continent. '
To myself, .thia reply has_ given the
greatest satisfatition, and intensifies the
opinion ;which, as_tho.war progretaies, grows
stronger,that out of this terrible aonlliat,
not only is the linion'to be reconstructed,
, but purified front an accursed thing,- and
the • Constitution of the United States be, •
firmly, based on the foundations of,, Night
eousness and equity., _England, dots
wisely and fairly; if America do not threat
en or rush into war, and so undo `
,her eyerdnereasing friends .areiseeking to 7
accomplish in the: right leading ofthe pop
ular mind, and if dod is , pleteed
,tio„pros; ,
per the councils of true patriots Un - your
side, and to cause them to , keep steadily in
:view such an issue as will , elevate the fallen
and let the oppressed go free—then, not all
theirritating depreciations of the Times,
ior'the beeitations of those who attribute
'double raotiyesi‘ and who may affirm thatit _
'is not the slave that is to be uplifted, save
accident,,, in the struggle ,:te savvtlie,
Union will avail to hinder the , grand end ,
and, issue.
Dußtam the month of August, tho num
ber of emigrants Who, left the port of Liv
erpool was 9,890 ; of - these, 498 cabin' and
6,477 steerage passengera went to 'the Uni- .
ted States. To. Canada, 'the number was
480 in all ; and to Victoria, 11 cabin and
-1,225 steerage passengers.. All those sailed •
under the . provisions of the Emigration
Act. - But there were in ships' not thus
pro4isloned and directed, 763 emigrant's to -
the - Crated 'Stites • 650 to Canada • tO New •
Brunswick, 24 ; to Vanconvers Island, 10;
to the West lollies, 8 ; to the West COast
of Africa, 13 ; and to South Ainerioa 67.•
The total " ' number of. emigrante fiord
up to the end of August Was 93 904
Liver
pool,,
against only 5,493 up to the same pOriod
-
' l ll=ll* lata 'of Galway Stetan
chants send their linens to the United
States by this route. The Adriatic is the
pet-ship
,of the squadron, and justly so, as
even the Scotia of the Cunard Line was
beaten by her in a race between Liverpool and
Galway.< This fine vessel took out to New-
York this week, 100 cabin and 620 steer
age.passengers. Crowds who wished to ; go
by, her, were left behind; and either went
to Cork or else (the greater number,) re
mained for the next vessel of this new line
Coinpany granting them. subsistence
money in the meantime.
The stream to the United States, as con
trasted with other countries, is tlms ever
increasing. May it tend to the further de
velopment of a great country, . e nd may
many of the eons of. Erin, find beyond the
Atlantic wave, deliverance from priestly
bondage, and, the glorious liberty—through
the Word and Spirit—of the children of
• Emigration from Glasgow, from Carlisle,
and•from 'Manchester, has been promoted
!by , ,Aienevolent :associations: The Deau of
Carlisle has received so much aid ;,as to,
send forth a goodly nurriber of unemployed
operativelL ' At - Glaygow tlike Rev.'Dr. Mc-
Taggart has raised a . fund-which bears his
name, and which has.already been_ employed.
in sending out emigrants, Irandlockm weav
ers and others to Canada. - That "country
seems best adapted for Secitchmen—at all
events, 'the Gaelic population go largely'
thither, aad have a: kind of clerkship feel
ing toward one another. _At a recent meet
ing in Glasgow,-a.- band, Of 'intending emi
grants were " addressed by several clergy
men. The Rev; -Dr. -Runciinan cheered
them by reminding them that they were
going in families to a country not far away
and, not a foreign country _ ; they were not
sneaking, out of the way, nor fleeing from
the country to avoid clamorous creditors.
They had done nothing to render'' them
selves ashamed. He advised• they, to be
sober, industrious, and to live irk :the /far
of God. Dr <,.: ,spoke at great
length, and in . a most paternal And ,afiee
,
tienate -spirit. He concliided by saying
On you who are about to leave us, I would
endeavor to' impress the same truths, which
I brought before-those who have _preceded
you—look up to God as your. Father
Christ Jeans; pray for the guidance of hie
good; Spirit; read his Word honor his
laws." He then added ;
ti Gad is your best friend, and he is ever
near you, 'whether on sea =or land. Be as-
Sured that the Gospel. has the promise of
the life, that now , is as well as efythat which
is to come. If any of you have unhappily
been, negligent in regard to spiritual and
eternal things in, this country; seek 'grace,
to amend:- Remember it is not, atheists
and infidels who have come forward to give
you relief. It is the. Christian people, of
Glasgow. They alone have sympathised
with you; they alone have befriended you
in your , distress. Be'kind and courteous
to one another, and to all in the ship dur
ing the voyage. On your arrival, accept
the-first honest ; employment,. thatpresente
itself Remember also that hundreds of
your brethren Will, we, hope, in due time
follew you. So conduct yourselves that the
.Canadians may wish for their arrival, and
be ready to welcome them to their shores.
Now, may the God of .Peace bless you, all,
young and old, and grant, you a quick and.
pleasant passage across the Atlantic; 'and,
above all, may he grant unto us through
his infinite mercy that we may meet here:
after in that-happy lancLfrom which pover
ty and pain, sin and death, are forever ban
ished." . •
To Qneeneland, Australia, twenty emi-
grant ships have been dispatched this year,
with 8,949 passengers. More than half
pay -their own passages (are. assisted by
Bmigration Society Funds) and many, are
persons of capital, utending to take up the
land on the agrioultural reservea, and to._
engage in farming. A banker in Liier
pool states that . hehas remitted as much' as
£30,000 a month for persons going to set
tle there.
THE CARDIP4L Aztgincrixop - ,of Naples'
has issued a vehement denunciation against
4 new Protestant 'church erected in 'that
city.' " Heretical and schisinatical is the
so-called Evangelical church; heretical and
schismatical- is the so called• Reformed
church; heretical and schismatical is that
which is called,,,the Anglican church; as is
also the_Presbyterian and. Episcopalian, the
_
Congregationatand on,--foras , :many oth !
era as humananisery, has> been able to in
vent." It has been remarked that " this is
either a dire or an attempfit one." 'There
is nothingwery new or very clever-init.
But the ',denouncer is.evidently furious,.
and feels, the anathematizing : impetus.
And What is this about? ,One, Short
sentence tells us-'--audicity has arrived at
such a height_aa to erect in Naples, in the
midst' of a. people , wholly Catholic, and 4 i n
,one: of the most beautiful, • and popular quer,.
ters, a public temple to , Protestantism.
The murder is out. An English efrarch
has actually been built 'at Naples. Etorri:
We and portentous event Tbiels the sin l
the sacrilege that has' called ont , this
, festo,,. ;=Well may we t omitrast with this the
words of Montalembert,.at the,,Cpogress at
Maliin`es . " Witheitt mental reservation;
without hesitationj, I declare Myself an -up
holder of liberty of conscience. * * *.
The gagarced into,thomouth of whomso-_
ever, lifts up_his voice, with a pure heart,
to Preach his } Jaith, I feel withiniay own
lips, and I shudder with pain." :The affee--
tation of liberalise): by Romanists ? is'a dis. ,
gusting sham._ This fulmination against
the erection of a Protestant church at
ples, (an greutid given by the King of, It,
sly,) came from headquarters—Rome itself
-.-where the Cardinal is a perpetual exile
from his Neapolitan' diocese. He was King
Bomba's confidant, and-has done_his hest at
Rorne,to help on the horrible_ work of brig.
andage and murder in Neapolitan territory,'
and all'in the name of religion. Civil and'
religious liberty reign every " where in Italy;
save where the Pope and 'Popish' Austria.
have
,dominion ! That cannot be forgotten
by Europe and the world, and not tea Con ! ,
gresses and ten Montalernherts could per ,
suade mankind that ROme will eitjier. i ye
pent of her past intolerance, or inaugurate
a regime of.religions liherty. For iii_her
eyes' that were to license ,blappicentY,, and to
sanction the.eaie of "pOition for the destruc,
tima;bf:riten'i aim*. The Poway. Tioa
merit, in its ark editions, "used have . 4
nOttri s apiiended to that pertion 'of* Ipooll
alypee where it is, said cif 'the "Woman's.
,that. " she .made, herself drunk with the,
`blood of the saints." wrote'the_
IteveretiOnnotators, l'trotestants say that -
Sabtirhers aiteProtestaitteywho
11%4 . been 'pat to'dmith for their `faith!
;but.;4ity . - 4. might.l as: eter:ta
' saints' to thieves and robbers, whom we
justly, put to death, as to these, heretics."
In Ireland, in Great Britain, in. Germany,
in America, Romanists will use the liberty
which Protestant States grant; to their own
ends ; but - place them in supreme authority,
and then *woe to the recusants I Their
power, however, is broken, at least among
every Anglo-Saxon people, and it remains
to be seen whether Constitutionalism in
Austria (which ban partially relaxed the
bonds of Protestants; and withdrawn-the
ban against the circulation of the Bible,)
may not go still further.
THE BRITISH AssppiamoN has come to
a close at New Castle. It was a most bril-
liant and successful meeting; tho whole num
ber of members in attendance being 3,350, of
whom 210 were old' life-members,3s new life
members, and 1,004 were ladies. The total
receipts were about'£3,6oo, more than, de
fraying all expenses. Extraordinary hos.
pitality was shown by the people of New
castle:* A Committee has been appointed
to make further inquiries as to the probable
duration - of the coat fields.. Subjects of
great practical interest have been discussed
in connexion with the elaborate papers
first read. Statistics; ethnology, geogra
phy, astronomy, the food of the people, and
many other topies, laver been before the
Association. Excursions .were., repeatedly
made into legions .teerning with minerals,
and also to antiquarian ruins, Hartley
Colliery was also xisitedthe scene of the
terrible loss of life,,juSt at the time when
Prince. Albert. died, and for -whose relief
the Queen, in the, midst of her first great
outburst of woe, came forward so nobly.
Nearly £BO,OOO was. contributed. A-'- con
siderable amount remains in band. Wid
ows and - aged parents, get 7s. fod. per week,
each; and widows with families so much
per week for each child till it reaches the
age of fourteen, after which they can earn
their own bread in that, district. Of the
surplus,. about $1,700 will be set apart for
four• diferent colliery regions in the _King
dom, so, as to be a fund for the survivors
of the victims of fixture coal-pit accidents,
and it may be to relieve those who - have
already been bereaved of those on whom
they were dependent. "
The British. Association is. to meet in
Seiltember, 1864, at Bath; under the Pres
idency of Sir Charles Lyell. -
l'earAings
Every man is not a poet, but every man's
life is a poem. We may not, individually,
be able to utter in rhyming and'poetic num
bers, or in words that glow with the fervor
of human passion, and that are instinct
with the strong energy of the soul's long
ingS that which ":we cannot all express or
all conceal "—and yet our lives are far more
poetic than we"suppose them' to' be, and
they, write a grander poem thapppy
_of
those given to the world by poets:: While
poetry has to sorne'extent voiced the soul,
and made its deep yearnings means by
which it could; tense men to 'earnest and en
during toil; ,there are .4epths from .whence
the soul has looked for light, and, waited
for deliverance, which no human language
can portray. Man was made to be in uni
son with " eternal Melodies," so his soul
will by necessity feel the- power of those
harmonies, which, pealing from the heay.:
ens and -sounding through the universe
make sweeter symphonies than Handel or
Beethoven composed. Burns felt= more
strongly his desire to be free from poverty
and degrading habits, than he ever express
ed. Byron had in his heart an intenser
Sympathy with evil and dark-brooding
doubt and, despair, than he could make
Manifred" or ' "the Corsair" express.
Wordsworth's soul stood on >a loftier sum
mit, encompassed by a serener light, than
that to which his,poetry eon* elevate him;
his.spirit was enveloped in, a deeper and
far more Unfathomable azure through which
he could looklupon the wild, glare and flish
ings of human passions, than that, with
which his purest - utterances could invest
him. So every man's life is more sorrow
fal,
him.,,
wicked, or grand, than pen can de
scribe. - Thiiughts and yearnings Which it
would-require the language - Of seraphs to
=embody, make our lives poems, whose 'strain B
Will be "post appreciated when ...we read
them by the light of eternity.
,These iin
revealed depths Of, the heart, these unvoic
ed yearnings,' are to the Christian sources
of 'some of his purest joys. By •them he
is constantly reminded of his native sphere.
By them he is brought into contact with
serener bliss and more perfect happiness
than he would - realize if he were dependent
for-joy on their most eloquent and'sublithe
verbal embodiments. As 'blessings' which
angels bring are parer than men can - give,
so our yearnings become sources, of a joy
which no hUman language can enshrine or
adequately represent. To a holiei state
than our devotional poetry can expires's; onr
yearnings prompt us to'strive y. to .a happi
er heaven than description JiaS, yet ,told of,
these deep undertone feelings of the heart
teach ifs to aspire.' 'We may at times be
oppressed 'with that "sorrow Ofjoi" Which
labors and strives for full developmenti; , yet
we mould rather suffer. from,its hindrance,
than learn that we have, been told all that
,can he known of. "the . thinge which" God
had prepared for them that' laire
Better is the knowledge we have With:.
in us higher possibilities: than , have ever
conceived, though knowledge.may have
its accompanying sorrow.and pain, than to
know that things . are whit . they seem, and
that' eternal - realities are 'no - grander and
purer 'than worda declared 'them' to' be.
No 11,1101:waren abiding mink and yearn
ings give. sure, testimony that , realities
whiph are more godlike and heavenly, than
have yet beea described, shall be the per
,
lieu of those who cultivate' vire and holy
affections, 'so that they may'fully love God,
I and <realize that fullness of joy whicle is in
his preeence. 7l -CAniition Secretary.
Redeeming the Time. .
Ist there any may in,whieh can secure
a gyiat treasure nt once, and thup:.redeem
the past or a part of, it? Is there a gold
mine where we ban dig a fortune that will
the'iriste Phdtforfeiture 'of Our time
estate ? There is such a treasure=-such a
fortnne.: One-.that.far re
lieving,us. It is the...adoption of ,p great
and worthy - object It settling
npinia pUrpese, right iiid * Uobli f to ihich'we
eau concentrate all` our poweraluid energies.
Many a mantas been saved frottrviee- r from
the utter wasting of his oPPorYluities•and
enorgies-7---hy stopping and, saying resolute
li;" I will not float any longer:. 1 , I 'will do
ShimithiWg." Snob deterthhiatioti makes
hint 41016 forme of in. the de
.velopmeritiof
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Puma:Rol Mn Puswan
ren and women continue spiritually
poor, and they add present prodigality to ,
the waste and ruin of the. past, because
they have no fixed aim and purpose. They
live only to Jive. Existence, with them, is
not a Means to an end, as God has appointed
it, but the end itself- Their efforts go not
beyond the supply of their bodily wants.
Their enjoyments are sought in rest or
amusements. Give them an object and
they would be inspired. They would find
strength and pleasure in its pursuit. Let
it be a worthy object and it would ennoble
them.
There is but one object which is really
worthy, and that is eternal life. Time is a
section of eternity, given beforehand to
test us. Let the soul realize this fact.
Let it dwell upon the possibility of yet se
curing a blessed immortality. Let it de
termine to secure it, and at once there
comes to it a wealth of elevating and puri
fying influences.—Christian Herald.
The Young Color Sergeant.
The following is a beautiful picture of a
young Christian soldier. A proud position
his !--at once a color-bearer in the army of
his country, and a standard-bearer in the
army of King Jesus. He was Gen. Kil
patrick's color-bearer, and a mere boy. His
Comrades all said he was a brave fellow.
The main, artery of one of his legs had
been cut off by a minie ball. The wound
had bled several times while in the hospi
tal, and be was fast sinking. He whis
pered to a delegate of the Christian Com
mission, who was bending over him :
"Jesus has a home in. heaven for me."
" How,do you know?"
Because God loves me. He loves his
Son Jesus, and he loves me, too."
These were almost his last words. A
few hours before his death his father came,
truly a broker-hearted man. For he was
his youngest boy—his Benjamin—and how
could he spare him. " I didn't want him
to go; and how, HOW shall I go home with
out him ? Oh, lam afraid it will be goo
much for his mother."
The boy was laid in his coffin, and the
ladies and little children of Hagerstown
were trimming the body with flowers—
though he was the brightest flower of all,
very soon to bloom in the celestial garden.
Diversity of Gifts, but One Spirit.
There is but one Spirit who worketh in
us both' to will and to do. He is the author
of all good, and the giver of all grace. No
man can say from his heart that Jesus is
the Christ but by the Holy Ghost. Hence,
when St. Peter confessed that Jesus was the
Christ, the Son of the God, the Sav
iour replied, " Blessed art thou Simon Bar.
jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed
it to thee, but my Father who is in heav
en." And all who have learned of the
Father come to Christ and confess him.
The way that the Father teaches us is by
the Holy Ghost, who is not the author of
confusion, but of , order, and the guide to
all heavenly truth. -But while the Spirit
of truth is ever one and the same, his gifts
are diverse and manifold. They were 80"88
distributed among the .Apostles, and exer
cised' by them. The Spirit in the hearts
of the Apostles was the same, but he 'worked
in and through each as it pleased him. To
'one he gave divers kinds of tongues, to an
other the gift of healing, to another proph
ecy, to Another discerning of spirits, and so
on. Now this diversity of' gifts was for
the good of the Church and the salvation of
souls.
The Apostles also differed from each oth
er in' respeet to their natural gifts, but these
differencei did not prevent their actual and
heart* cooperation as the servants of a com
mon Loid.
If from the past we turn to the present,
we shall discern the same administration of
the Divine Government. There is still one
Spirit by•which the body of Christ is in
form'ed,but the manifestations of the Spirit
are as diverse .as, ever. No one man how
ever eminent, can be said to monopolize all
the graces - of the Gospel, nor is all good
found in a single party or branch of the
Church; - -
Unity in things essential, liberty in non
essential, and charity in all things, continue
to be safe, because they are Christian prin
ciples of action, good for this time and for
all times.— Christian Times.
Contiotersy,
Many contentions arise out of sbeer mis
understandinn. Disputers often become
metaphysieal aecoiding to the explanation
given by the Seotchmor, who said :
" Why, se see, metaphysics is when twa
men ; ,are talking tliegither, nnd the 'sue of
them . dinria. ken what, he is talking. *boot,
and, the;ither canna understand him y'
Drs. Chalmers and Stuart must have been
"wee bit" metaphysical that day they got
into a controversy about the nature of faith.
Chalmers, eompelled at last to leave his
friend ' - said
" nave time to say no more; but you
will find my,vieves fully and well put in a
recent, tract, called Dihicultie's in'llte Way of
Believing."
Why," exclaimed the astonished Dr.
Stuart, ." That 'is my own tract ! I pub
.
!idled. it myself !"—S._ Colley.
Eternity.
We are now building for eternity- we
are building`for happiness or woe. Whilst
I` speak: and write, and-you teed and hear,
time is fast 'rushing away. The clock of
`§t. Paul's Cathedral 'de& not strike, any
one bony within hearing of the same people
in whose hearing . it struck the last hour.
Two or thre that" heard it strike eleven,
never heard If strike twelve, two or three
that heard it strike twelve, will not hear it
strike - one.
~There is a . ceaseless funeral
tn ercli, continuous procession of souls to
the judgment.seat; and if our eyes were
opened, we . should see the Whole air pea
pled WM sonls rushing to the judgment;
`awl if our ear's were unstopped, we could
- hear the trumpet of judgment summoning
every moment to the Great White Throne.
Secret of_ Pilpit,,Slncegg
=II
The true secret of, - pulpit- success, says
an , exchange, has been . said - to lie not
in grace of ruanneri , nor. - richness of voice
not fulness of Matter,. nor• even all these
.bornbined f Artuillitthe indesoribable unction
whichis .Obtained brprayer, by profound
meditationzttfoir divine truth, by a deep
conviction cif the oVerlhelining importance
of.eternal things :to speaker and. hearers.
This" isthe ineffable anointing of the Spirit
which no'x iati can counterfeit and which no
peoPlereaty mistake.
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