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Never Mom.
Alone In this world of sorrow and oaro
Alone on life's boisterous sea ;
ith spirit oast down, but not in despair,
In gladness I turn, Lord, to thee :
Joys that are fadeless, and deathless, are there;
The weary find rest, the burdened are free.
lone? No, never; no, never alone;
Lo, always I'm with you," he said,
io suffered and died for man to atone,
A glorious redeMption has made;
And raised us to life by giving his own,
A renown for um, which freely he paid
.1 how be alone with Jens our friond,,
Who never will leave nor forsake;
U. praises unto him forever ascend,
With praise let. the bosom awake,
weary of earth, our trials shall. end,
And on our rapt vision eternity break.
Jet thou be lo'nely if Jesus is thine?
What more could you wish for below
It joys and delight, what blessings are thine, ,
'hat Mies from his presence doth flow i
♦t glory In heaven then for us shall shine,
‘eyond what we ever can know t
gels shall guide us and watch us while hero,
God's love and protection ne'ai fail;
is hand-shall wipe from our eye every tear,
In conflicts we always prevail;
id find that in airy 'danger he'il
As o'er life's boisterous ocean we sail.
Nano.
~.;West Liberty, (W. Ye.) Sept. 28, 1868.
EIIOPEIN CORRESPONDENCE.
dent Ai:lochs'. Letter—Adetosty Docmcd--Tbi
foam Supply—Protraction of War, and ,R.fects
on india and Egypt—Lincoln and Honesty—
Regrets and Wlky—Lord'ebay Rest and Cab
men's Sooiety—Sabbath Work and Ratan,—
Number of Six-day Cabe—Mieeionary to . the
Cabmen„ aad , 4i, Letter—Revival Fruit* in Lea
,The Concert for Prayer for the Jews—
* New Year , and Day ofeleonement—Prepa-
Jtion—The Rosh Hannah Services—.. The • Ten
Sacred Days—The Aleterifiee of Foyle ln Peni-
Ika—The Synagogue Service—The Great Fast—
The Political Future and the fews—The Queen
and the Duokers—The King of Greece—The
Weather and Harvest—Greece and Russia,
LONDON, Sept. 19th, 1868. ,
VSSIVINT LINCOLN'S LETTER to tfte
Petition in Illinois, has been.duly ,pon--
. and considered in this country, and
universal inference is that the war will
on, either to the oleos) of his administra
or until the South is entirely subju
i and slavery utterly swept away)
) and more is is becoming patent what
designs of Providence are, although
aro not thoroughly revealed,. yet it is
and • the conscience of, good men
lids that it is right, that slavery, is
nod to perish, and with it.the power of
le who made its preservation the real
it of battle, and the Ilignal of insur
mn. The consequence of the news has
Ito send up the cotton market. Spoon
in was wild at first at Liverpool, but
even• now the prices are almost beyond
giodent. Merehazits now make up - their
td to get cotton, and to,expeet it matnly
tot only in future from other-Countries,
not from America. Theprotracted m
ince at Charleston, too, increases this
Aug and resolve. It is a. great opportn
ty for Egypt and India, and they will
, ely pat by it; for it is a development'
.iah Will make both countries great, and
may pioneer the , way for a grand Chris
m future for both.
I may, add,-returning to President Lin- •
dn's letter—that there is a argiiini4 con.'
ientiottsneSS about its tone, that has, ex
tad admiration from his political critics
are, whose Souls are not too much swayed
what they °all fanaticism:" It is,
uwever, deeply to be regretted that sub
lesion should not be early oeupled with
Won, and a, moderate average coin
cition to former slave owners. The
I,ing Star, which is /strongly pro
tons And anti-slavery, expresses this'
;ret:,.,lt thinks that the fall of Oharle,s-
woult open up a way for a generous
•proposal from Washington and a return
to the Union by part; at least, of the.
Southern States.
THE Leap's DAY'S REST SOCIETY for
abmen in London, have succeeded in ob
ining from the Directors of the London
inibus Company, a notice to drivers and
Inductors, that, as many drivers and con
luotors are desirous of abstaining entirely
from duty on Sundays, but fear to create a,
prejudice against them by availing them
selves of the permission granted by a pre
vious notice, it is hereby notified that any
one may be relieved by giving notice on '
the previous Saturday at 12 o'clock noon,
and that the Directors do not desire any
man to work on the Lord's day who has a
conscientious objection to do so.
The number of Sunday cabs in London,
is now 1,929, out of a total of 5,700. The
six-day cabs (known by the number on the
plate at the.baok being always Alive 10,000,
in-five figures,) are ateadily on the increase.
The Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., is the Chair
man Of the Cab and Omnibus Sunday Rest
Society, and its object is thus defined :
"To secure to the cabmen and omnibus
men, and the ostlers and washers connected
with the trade, their natural and Scriptural '
right to thereat of the Lord's day. Two
cabmen ' and - two missionaries to cabmen
are among the members of the Committee;
and the Society's missionary, besides visit
ing the men on- the cab stands - and omni
buses, is engaged in stated visite every
week to the families of those men who are
embers of the Society. The &embers'
annual subscription is 6d., and thus many
'men are brought into kindly fellowship and
intercourse,-and under Christian influences.
When we add to these agencies the Cab
men's Club enterprise, the Sabbath after
le noon Bible Classes for cabmen and their
finnilies, weeknight addresses or meetings,
e your readers will perceive what a valuable
i agency is now being brought to bear for
lb moral and spiritual good on a clue which,
to up-to a recent period, (Save by visits from
D agents of the City Mission ' ) bad been sad
lt ly neglected. A Prize gsgay on Sunday
li Cab-driving, by a Cabman, is notonly &At
erary phenomenon as to its style and;o0 1
• genoy, but tells a tale on profeseors of re-
Lr ligion, who, in order to reach their favorite,
preacheri, are wont to often hire cabs on
the Lord's day.
I have received a letter 'from one of thei
missionaries to Cabmen, and he states that
he had been a master and driver for twenty
- years. " I have during that time taken - a
- great interest in those poor men, knowing
that eaoh and all of them were bought with
a price, even the precious blood of Christ,
and I am happy to say that I can testify of
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not a few, who, though they were cabmen,
have' found Christ to be the, ehiefest of
ten thousand. Many of those inen have
been the worst of characters--drunkards,
swearers, Sabbath breakers, but now by the
grace of God are become usefil members
of society." The worthy writer then furn
ishes me with the entire number of cabs:
six-day cabs, 1,927 ; seven do., B,96l—to
tar, 5,618; .also of drivers and conductors,
a large body of men as will 'be perceived
from the. following:
Hackney carriage drivers, 7860
Stage drivers, 1400
Conductor's, , 1024
- Total, • . • 1.9 1 184,
Be concludes bynej‘ing for Trap* in his
behalf, that, duving,,the remaining; days 9f
his life he •
ukaY be still an instrument in
.
God's 'hind, of pointing many cabmen to,
the• Lamb of God. • •
Vlasses.of men, hitherto negleeted, and
of. -women ! too, have been tßecially sought
out ,ever since the gracious- revival,period
isot
.in;, four ,years,ago, The results are in
'deed ,glorious and so amid all the, eriine.
Akita vice ; of, this metropolis, among the very
poor there is , a larger number ,of true be
lievers than ever before, nd these in many
eases prove living .evangelists in. turning
others from Satitr to "Gel
A GONCERT OF PPAYER for the salvation
:of God's ancientYetiPler,'`the - Jews, and'for
skewers of blessings To descend on miesien=
ary agencies in , their behalf, as well , as,up-;
on inquirers and converts—,the number of
whom:is-constantly increasing both in Lon
dOn and in foreign lands—had been begun ,
this week in the metropolis and 'elsewhere,'
What, suggested this Concert as to the pe.'
nod of its continuance, was ~the adttot
the most sacred of all seasons , in the esti
mate of the Rabbis and People of the Jai's.
I refer here to the ten-days, begin-ding (on
the 16th instant,) with the "New-'Year,"
and ending with the Day of Atone:ll:iv:it,
On
. the first of these days the Jews are
taught, to believe, that a sessiennf Mine
Judgment on the moral condition and
nal prospects of each Hebrew is held in
heaven—that each Hebrew is weighed in
the balances of the Eternal, and that ac
cording. as his merits or demerits appear in
the saki; so is his prospect of blessings,-or
doom and condemnation. But to avoid
and avert judgment, Jews jest setahem
selves to prepare for the sacred season, by
abstinence froth evil, , and when it begins,
they are to irotigurate it with fasting, and
by repairing to the synagogue on Roach
Haschana—the first and second, days of
the first month of the Jewish year '
there having repeated the appointed ser
vice, salute each other; saying, "May you
be writ to a good year," and then a supper
is served at home in the evening, sanctified
as '
.a Sabbath feast. At this the Kadah.
Sanctification is repeated—a form of bles
sing and, praise to God for granting!' this
day s as a .holy cititeeation, as a memorial
of the bringthg,:us.fOrth out of' the land of
Egypt," „peek one eating. the bread 'and
tasting the wine as on the Sabbath:, Mere
over the nett'; rooriiiog they go early tQ the:
Synagogue, and .there repeat Scriptnre,,
prayers, blessings, legends, &c., all strung
together; and nextafter the bringing forth
of the ,Zoralt or Law of Moses [A splen
did copy of. this I hive lately - Opp;
brought from the Continent 'by a mission
ary, written out 300 years ago by - the pen
of a Jewish scribe:] the Skaphar or trum
yet, is blown as a memorial of the creation
of the world, and Ged'ibeginning reign
over it; as a proelainatiea at the new Year,
to admonish all to return and- repent, and
to show that`this is the first Of thelen pen
itential days; to 'remind them also ofi the
law given• on Sinai, when the trumpet ,was
" exceeding loud," and.of the ; prophets
who are by
,Ezekiel compared to watchmen
bearing-trumpets; further to recall the de
struction of the •holy Temple, and so a sum-,
mons to , prayer to the Almighty to, " re
fund the holy Mingle?' to.blow-the trum
pet, that, martial wind instrument =which
produces. dread and terror (Amos iii : 6);
to remind also "of the great and awful
day of jud g
ment;" also', to '"remind xis to
pray for the time *hen the outputs of
Israel 43hall.be gatheredi 40gether n '(llittjah
xxvii :13); and lastly " to remind us of the
resurrection of ;the' dead, and the firni be
lief thereof."
The second day , of4he sacred season is
kept as solemnly as :tha first, and this be
cause the Rabbis : profess themselves-to be
unable to say which was the real- New-
Year's. Day appointed by Noses. One of
thenlii3sionaries to Oil Jews in London—
liimeelf a Jew—made a telling use of this
ignorance of the Rabbis in reasoning with
an inquirer or disputant, and asked him
the question, '"'lf yout Rabbis do not know
the true New-Year's Day; may they not be
wrong and ignorant as to the •period'oLthe
coming of- the Messiah; and do not our
prophets show, by the dates fixed by them, :
that he is come already?"
The Sabbath that falls, ;within the ten
days is termed Sabbath of R4initance, and
the Rabbis preach on 'tbe raubject, " Re
pentanoe is not the only duty recommend
sia, but 5180 ehatity and prayer," While, on,
the first day of the yeai it is inkeribeit, - and,
on the Fast Tay of Atonement, it Wadded
and 'determined who shall live and who
shall die,i&c., it is taught that penitence;
prayer,,and charity can avert . the evil de
decree. This averting must take plane be
fore sunset, on the Day of Atoneinent,
when . the form of prayer made use 'of is
called Nengikh—a closing or bolting—in
dicating that the acceptable time for re
pentance is unalterably fixed. Therefore,
these days are called Einem
awful days, or days of reverence. On the
ninth day the ceremony of Keparoth, or
atoning sacrifice, takes plage.
And here let me interpose the remark
how the guilty and convinced soul is claim
ant, so to speak, for the appeasing blood of
a Substitute, `and how written, as it were,
in man's consciousness, and brought out in
the extrenaityof his felt exposure to wrath,
is the ,g.*.at, • truth, 01 Withoue shed
ding of blo o d , there is no remission." It is ,
a fact that;
all over the wOrld, and in - Lon
don itself o a mile bird for men and a -hen
for women, are sacrificed in'Jewish families.
The ceremony is performed by the head of
44.fplibr.,for himself first, and then for.
-his tiousehold. A white.fowl is preferred
to labbtlibr, refeience to - Isaiah . i c 18.
The Wilda of the house, after repeating . a
cabalistic prayer and the passages Ps. ovii :
14-41, • and- Job axaiii : 23,24, then moves
the liv)ng. Sid round his head, saying :
This n4r atOiement; thia is my ran
om !This - coek,gbiithift Beath, but may I
,
:and g 7 long and
empy life;:ayid lap 'peoe." All this is
repeated three times. He does the same
for the rest of the family, and' then they
lay their hands on the Atonement, as was
with the sacrifices of old; and immedi
ately afterwardeit is ;given to the Bhocket
to be~ slaughtered. > Again, they 'repair to
the ;Synagogue, and,afterwards go ~to the
graves of their friende, in order to -in
voke. their - intercession for' the ''ensuing
day. In the 'evening i'last feast before
the -great fast of to.morroir,'.the- Day, of.
Atonement; and after, this it:is not law
fill to eattill,the following _ evening. The
last day begins 171 . the evening, and the ,
lighting - of tbeSynagogim brings hien great
festival of rora , Kippier, , at Day of Atone- ,
ment. - -The following -morning, the service:
commences about six o',Clock and continues,
all' day, and till ; evening. At the fro of
the ,IVT,q(lait, or 'Closing prayer, the `tram
'pet i - blOwn, and the *fords . ' are' idded-',i'
gt-Next' year we shall-be iii!Jerusalem."
.The fast has thus lastedtfor ltventy-four_ or
twenty-Six-hours, and the service has con-.
tbitted twelve hottre without-intermission.,
Every Jew' who - has the least- feeling",of,
Judaism,, attends, the "Synagogue:, on .this
Londen- the bnildings are too,
small, and to.ineet this occasion the:.. Lou-'
don Jews , a < 86110ot-room, where vast
numbers of J6wa!assemble,---a strange-med- t
ley from all Ritrope. , Abont 2,000 Cola
thus be seen lone, place ; and well may.it
be Said that a More , interesting or painfully
suggestive spectacle cannot er bawitnessed:
The 'Lord) - hasten that second Pentecostal•
outponriug of the Spirit, wheu!tag,lsmel,°
and hot, " rerenaht " only, shelf "be
eavott" 'Teri 'Many sober-minded Chris
tiaris'lda` lialiette: that the day •Of.-Isriel'i
true Redemption iwnotfar away, and ; that
in the uplwayings of' thetiql last they
will ere long come out prominently-lit eon
nex'r,n with the grand politidal deVelop
insurs of a not distant future.' ' ' -
a
WEATHER. fine, n
eideilent: The un t iS an
t prosperousosp harvest
TICE' AIsiAVERS of Prinde Gortehakeff =to
the dispatches of the Powers "have been
published, and. seem to indicate that the
Peace:and ,Constitatio?!.a/ party in Russia
is-quite. in the ,shado * .and-Ahat the Mtkee ,
vite policy, stern aed: haughty, I ,prevaile,,
Mouravieff-the decorated" with-the
Imperial•;Order of St. Andrew, and a letter
accompanies.; expressive T ,of, ".,special es
teem." All this irritates-Europe..., r. -
Tity, Qtrailq lies come borne frinti Gera
witheut Strong remonstrances
at her interview With ihe 'King of Prussia
as to - that Absolutist course Which imperils
his crown. 'a
_After ihort`rapoke at Wind
sor, she went to:her Ilighlind home'at Bal
moral. - On- hOr way thither; at Perth, tffle
turned` - Blair Athol,' "ih- order lo
visit 'the 'sick; and as it is believed, the
dyin Duke'of Athol. She and her hus
band were once entertained:at his pestle.
Shot his' learned--Ulthongh always good and
kind—by the disciPline of ifflietion,-
ifimpatliize*withboth the humblest undithe
loftiest in their distress. And so ,the Roy
al 'Widow when the i . Dichosa of Athol
meets her, embittoes her tenderly, and with
the Weeping of the i prokirtate wtdowed effe
sbe Mingles' her teara. The poor: Dub;
rallied his strength sufficiently, in his loyal
devotion, -to, Accompany, the queen : to the
railway-station, and the parting is described
as deeply affecting. And thus for our Victo
ria from all Bides--and 'from iAtneriea; tOo-L
aseends the 'Prayer, "God bleseher 1": She
has, in truth, come., quite up, to the ideal
woman of lthe poet : .
" A creature not too wise or good •
for/humen:nature's daily.foocl;
A wife and. mroman,f3rbiY,P/onned
Tcrivin,,to,conifort, and conune"iirci."
Several.nierital.allianees are likely,to4oi
low- the -Queen's; visit to Germany. t 'Her
second son: is to awed a - German •Prineess,
and. her third danghtei a German .Prinee.
. ..•
TunV R-Hll,l h
the„( ree
begun his . tiuvels inwa;ril his 'fame kio
- He, higinal with the Czar 6. one of
the ProtectiUg Porfers
, and will reach
mina, Paris and "Lendon spec . lam
afraid the poor youth will find little bettor
than the old 'classical)? Punic: faith: from
his' Hellenic Isnbj eds. J:W
- ior.theTrfebyterian Banner. •
•• • • •
jlilloit !Or . .. 11141001&111 :10810 at Troy, •• •
Thee Synod of 'Miasouri, being in session
at/Troy, Doniphau eonntyiKansas, on Mon
day, September 21, -1803, unanimously
adopted the following., minute, and ordered,
its publication :
'l. Having been unable to hold ou'r
nual meetings since the beginning of.the:
rebellion, on account of the preseirey?Or :
_hostile forces near the. place where...our
meetings, were appointed to be held, We
thankfully acknowledge the Dlvine 'good-:
, dess in permitting nit Ire* 'to meet without
danger of - molestation. • • .
• 2. We rejoice that the General Assciat,
bly, in which all our Presbyteries, are rep
resented, has repeatedly and unanimously
declared the yinieserved loyalty
. of our
Church, and glien the full'force of iCti'far
reaching influence in support of :our;LNa.;
tional Government irvits straggleltith , Pikis
monstrous rehelliou; .and ; we hereby avow
our, heartiNtdhesion to those unequivocal
utterances of . our General Assembly.' •
3. While we mourn the fearful desola
tions arid the' appalling sacrifice of life in
the progress 'of'-the war, we !steadily
adhere to. the early, decimation of our Gen
eral Aesembly, that "no • blood or_Areasure
is too precious" to be given for
a cause; and we solemnly exhort all' iruir.,
people to'b'e ready still tb.snffer the:ulmost,
impoverishment ; or to. Alio- if. need be, for.
the deliverance of . our country.
4. While wriheartily apPreve s the course
of our Government in i poseentitig . the ivar
simply and solely tor the' . preservation of
the friatival trition, we . devoutly and 'ador
ingly recognize the wonderful Divide Prov
idence, which is so manifestly directing
the issues of the war, to the coMpleta-bver
throw of that anomalous institution, which
alone has endangered th 4 and made
war upon it; and we:cordially welcome to the
goodly fellowship of liberty; the millions of
ottr anstavea 4 coantrymeo,ito. whom .: God in
bringing such marvelous_ deliverance. ,
)We ,particularly rejoice ,in the patience
of that people
A n their present cireurnstan-
Ces, in' their commendable abstinelice from
lawless violence, and their ready and brave .
participation, (as opportunity given
them), in the toile and perils,•and strug
gles of. the Nationaly.rpy. .
We affectionately ,iti.hert them `.tif apa
tient echittfinailee in . well - calm
NEM
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY,
Kansas.
and, cheerful faith, that their, ; full deliver-.
epee is at hand. , ,
5. Being the first synoiljealosserahly ever
convened on the historic soil of - Kansasi
tender to its people our boarty.congratula,
tion for the complete speoess , oPtheir brave
struggle to.preventalmfasteriing ripen r their .
State• of that.tearful curse, which for,
...,forty
years has blighted Missouri , and triln 'Which
no*Aissouri is akeut .to be delivered, at
so fearful cost of devastntiop,,dep,opnatibp,:,,
and blood. • 4- f• -•
We also tenderly ;condole with the people
of Kansas, (partietilarly,o4kwreppe,),
view of the recent sacking; and burning -0'
that -city, and the -bailiarnua t mutilerj ef
unarmed inhabitants : 4a band ofasgassins,,
pretending to act in ; behalf the, rebel i go . y r „
eminent, and acknowledged -(as 7 43, ,
formed) by a prominent,relpit jeurnal
worthy, auxiliary , of .91,i4 cause. vfe„parr,
tiortlarly:expres4 0 11raglotqpisie • 01414447--z
With Rev. J. V. A. Woods, a member of .
this body, in his_painfulabcfmAnni„,pk,
murder of his son , C loiwrence; we give
thanks for the narrow ezieiipc; from a similar
Late. 'of our brethreiii:±Rev.
and Mr. : - rfAn, l 7. 440° 4 -4 (a l 49eßtiettii)tw4V
present . 479 a % the ,1119-
bile we iiiiitieryilt-ortr.piinple ;against—
giving aid countenance ' ta unlawful'
measures' of rei aliatton, which are liable to
fall on the .innocent,t and .are adopted.torr
perpetuate border warfare, bloodyand crap', .„
and _unless. we .earnestly entreat ,
larly constituted national WhoWes'to'
afiere no : C"xeriioni, - and severities, *With f-f
are needfel;to'eiterelinatePll lawleis band
ditti froth t the, :reOtin, LWhence ,al l -5 , •1 1 .94.141
armies have long 8441 keen driven, ;,
y i speeially do we e„arriestiy entreat his
Excellency, Piesident"Lincoln, to require
otill,"WlidnehOippefide to defend;
Pef-ftlitit".:tlieY , shall indeed the;
sword . as to be •ft- terror, to evil doers,' end
safeguard to them who do well,
.apd. who,
abide in firm and unquestionable loyalfy
and we fervently pray that God will. titilitild
our honored -an President • ire: the
wisdom and virtues • **eh lave ihitherto , -
chariteterized him, and iu thelaithful- use r
of the abiolute power-whiehithe•natioulhas v '
for the
_time beinvontrtistedt toe him. .
also prey-tor the - ',,preaerfation .of. his life,
and for his IcmpOral•- - arideternalrthappiness. :
By order* he' Synod. • ;
Hiavrtar A. , NEr,sorr, S. C.
St. Louis, 5pt.'24,1863J • • ,
"km Pie!stiyterian Banner.
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Let
,the woman letip #t wi th..
11.
auhjeo.fion. *Lei suffer not a 'wind: to
nor to usurp Atithdrity Wirer the Wang
'bat :
Let ~youir woniewftnqit- A fisilchcftkiar„,tbo..j
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olparchec : for it ; i s
to speak; but t heyi are
. 4ptaniandeir
obedience,uflder • 'its'alee'
Acid i t6' be
tthey'ivillieerit anything ; let them'
*i:httsbands iii,tirinpne:,''for)it,ic:,ltt,
for Wc4 4 9n,t4e o ß"leine4W
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fst shame for tee*Eitlte - ii4A
the cizta the tteed'hif asai.Bl,'
is spoken - - Of, any ;thing ',which; haeites! dici.;
gust. As the peonlinr , : •poyrer. ~tind„- n ceful7 . 1
new of fferaeakprAon , th'eir:being - the
objects of:_admiratlca any
thing wiiioh-ltenileUtO excite 414: Apposite
sentiments should: ikAaCT.ptip . n. be ayoid-
Conwontctry onl. Cpr. xlv : rl
r
It d shank.; because i t' •
stepping out
of theivproper place; 'atiatucittgr whate-licea
Cot belong to them;"-,and Agting- in re
Eipect, as if they, were men. .It 2e doing
what God
YOlB4 `
rind In'strdcticniE; iyab . /isha the
American Tract Society on rl. '-Oor. : siv-:
35. :
Undesignet-eolaidencern
itagel;Oeil Vl*"
of trpth Witioh` is telpiowledked
itiluetively;hy.the human min d, , iind which
iry ditA:4o iiri eh ce serves to'ittengthen
and . .tii'.fippteini;. a test which advocates' are!
iitiAjaY#Siid - f , o - seize upou and tnurke when.:
evei theffhaye it‘in their power, aid judges ,
aid ~nr}es ati. not 'less real "
edge 1 id .
cilisiriegile state of.
thi) ) 4ilier# Pi ii the re 4,
caption of:did / ince can -iyes to;
the fadti:lioiv'iuoh more itioegly
denies t iihich.'dorne out accidentally, aada
are'"fieeliinif, all suspicion of collunikin,l
pie:Vail in the' cataldiehmento `a Emit, 'pail
the most exactnieemia i n' tll9
hit% would naturally yitilientiat
themselves, ,beforeluind, trtoniineitleli:
; tiires'Of the . Story, and.'n'aiiiary to befitted
j0id,4640 by those who were
a land."
.
.A.of these gleaned .
from 'made by ,
Paley andlillint, be - ettincientto'rehew
thatetbetible is , its own witness. , .
, ..Thtpi r ia Alia 'account; ofitlieicrunifutinti;
,litikt*eur, l ,tells us that,. ,soldiers
,tFooso eTeatkamtth . the Palms of tlieliiginils,"
riliPhecy 'unto us, Christ,
*lie is he that smote theel!" 'And in] this
'Aid/edge there seems nothing • 'very, diffi 7
ifilt;•vithere is . apparentipeither,fq,o, .
(YPr
•the insult if liAff
offender liithri 'Bat' when — ire
learn frown 'Like '(xxit V l it4;) "lb kniob;
that held Jesus' /1644/dit4'hiii,'!ubefore
-they: asked him to propliscyxrjuLit,wspithat
smote him, we discover ..wat. - St . . Matthew
intended
intendedto communicate, njtmelly,.tkat they
;proposed this ',test of his plyins .mbsion,
irhother, wilhout.the use . pf pigkt t fiepr t ad,
stell.who it:was .that. struck 44**
All,the,evangelistsagrec
when thChigk priest's , otioegit . :oszio onitO l
arrest Jesus, ,Peter drew..pokwA.spiCmpt,
off a serva)t's ear. And yet
Matthew .and St. Mark. s ,w)o, in relating g
that Christ's perSe. ol 4XsP*l6 l o, l ll.4 o FM f lf,„
evidence against him, to ; make...9lkt ist.
case before the ;Roma.4%,Elirmori„ Airy
could procure 110110. VIA ;iS I!9),,gery,
strange: that *him .4. ll 9l. , bjelArleo. 0A 64 .
thi n h 0 1" P44 0 4...49/sh astr
of , theviolentioharsoter an4 ,o lsurr9 l lfi!sli
:signs .of .tlew.( 3 lalileans .. , he shontd. not
have;i3alledfastamlitnoss, his own, w. 9 41 64,
servantlrwliadLwe .possessed no•intorma
tionlerit.thoakarrativ9§ , of St. M,stthew,
.and ,St.:Mark, , this would have been a
flagrant difficulty. You,,s,ay ; that the
• Whole ',effort of 'Ale priests ; :w.as,to,,prejudiee
.against Jesus as a seditious and torkplent
character; but they ; could • substsntiate
nothing." Why was 'not thii recent: and
conclusive. witness forthcornin
.when 'Jeans piste, "Xy
Lkingdnutisrust of • t hi11 07 96 1 i f:R n ii k i n g"
Idoinr.fwero , of .tbis /hem tpouic ,
=I
0cT : Q 4 p;p4A .i: ;:14.....1-6,5,,
servants fight,"that I should not be deliv
ered to the jetvs,"- why, di4 none of his ac-
Cuiers replY, ":"'"ireKbut yirar'servants
fight; and One of them has inflicted a wound
on the - ' - ciatiedli'eicen 'of the high -priest's'
servant`?" NOW,had we possessed' no 'Gos
pels except these two, we could not have
accounted' for- "so` strange an oversight
the ,part of the priestly faction. But St.
Liike inentionin'oneuthstaned - which atiffi
idelnity explains it. •- From his account, we
find that as soon as I"eter'ibiote off the ear,
'Lietusihittlec it again; anoPlif doing this, he
effectually 4isqTtlifL?d the woundeciservant
from appearing stal'a ;Witifeas against - him.
I ,The priests Nero' in. this Tt 'next'
xneihing thg pi'ddizeed'the servant as proof
,or'the ' , Helene° of"'Christ and' hi lOwera,:
how' eoelrl Pilate', Credit the That
wound was llever inflicted` over n ght t - or it ,
could iibe beliealediko soon 04f,10
Valli :this qatter •tliejr
gioiriedge:thaf Ohris had-inhtantaireoutly
thealed it:, •
they would.at puce have ' 'trod 'on
`grib ursti halve given
Pit ;
ate a,no her, reiteop for - euspecting--wha.
alreadylery ape to siirinise-z-the
supernatural Clieraetei 'of his-prismier:'
16;Y:we:read' that
when this 'even Was coins, they brought nit;
litic'ilianY'that'ffere fOlateiled ,With
ad =he oast eift,the *Cid;
unif healed all that *ere , 'But why,
was it vilien'thej brought to Jesus
theie deniqiunina persons nerd
se (i : we 'gild it Weil-the
Sibbatlyday;Mnd from ' St.-Dike : 14,)
life find' tlinethe' jells thought it' sinful Km'
" itteh to 7 coitie 'one ithd 'be heeled on the
!Sabbath day." know that the
Sabbath awed at "Meet . ; - so that
aioome the'lmople
il)fild fig- no scruple in, bringing their
ufieted friends to' Jesus to he healed:: 'But
observe hOW far -we haVer to travel before
we can complete Matthew's simple state
meat ' retriefeW mentions that it was in
a r ceireirilig r Jasus' wrought' tbdie cures';
and link possessed Matthew's `narrative
alone; Semiktificiaire laid no particular
Stress uriiiiithe time ;if go
on lo Mark; itiiirfiiid thaelit was the Sib 4
bath evening,--"irten-the-sun -was set."
Ac*wcgo.v.c. .to; ke; and 1-find,r though
in a totally differmiticennexion, thg, these
Jew" WOulflfiave thought it very wicked, to
airy the siCI„ Or kiNcerokiekr,'Ouie on the
Sabbath. `':
-'Agaire, the Evangelistißt: john l Aells us,
(vi: , s), that ,un ,one, ,occusion, when mgt .
rounded 1 -4,1:&-Wear76 733 1 11 -tituthi? •TP BII O
"Vvyeia'es' hi& bread ; that these
eat ?"%sfi'd in pating thisquestion.he
to Bat- John_
hints , no; reason whys he; should • have pUt
thisinliniry to*Nh.ilip, w rather ithan,,to any
other -4'postle Luke,_ however, mentions
(ix :1.0), { 1,14 the place *as a desirt,:near
to'Bed:Maids. • .and Jan himself' happens
tb m
haveenteimed, in- the opening of :his
Gospel;=(i ,44)1that Betlisaidawas the city
And laying,
we
Aire° jusl 4 , l l- -
4,,e,d,,passagps„,„toks i ther x -we see. heir natural
itints to pit the, question ? ", Vtrhereiii'Vread
to he' i l-krught ?" one 'acquainted' With'the
tieighhorhboit Hadowe not - possessed. St.
john's Gospel,.weishould never•have known
_that such ,questiou was asked ; and„had
we not possessed- St. Luke's Gospel,
Slienhr never hive seen the'apecial profriety
of 'of
Of these latent 'harmonies of Holy-Scrip
tare lor. James Hamilton has unanswera
bly,said : - 4 ' It
,is just
,•beeause:the:partica
lars are `so nuente that, - the - coiticidoeci
so valuable They are, just sabh trifles 'es
a=true;historian . -is apv.to Oinit ;oand.jiist,'
'such trifles that a fabricator; would:: never.
•
think, of,,opplyirg..These delicate ogree
reents,ofpue.eya!,i,gellst with another, show
itietheif`stor3i'li au extractft* iho'Boek,
of Truth; a leaf from the 'volume 'of ',ac
tual occurrences. = a derivation from a cowl
terpart-, ori g inal. t , And ,though in coeval.
iiterature int the ex-:
terriat'cxmArinations were iieetroyed , though
tall the .monuinetts.of antiquity liteTe
hjjatei, o,mpg-in iteintrpsio truthfulne r ,
the New testament Would still 'hold its
ty place—a,.tower„ef ..self-EpoWning itttet;
And, though' the fefihrtfi of enmit
Were itS'slicsitiedlig.theY linve signitllg failed:
.:---tinighlearifed hostility 'Were-to undni%:,
mine itadoeunientarpfoundatioas, and:blow
,up, th at of . nteusoripts, and early.
fve*ens .i .ou -.which it securely reposes, so
finely dO' lie :Nets fit into one 'another, so
'stiongly are ifs several portiens-elamped
tOgetlieri-and• thebtlenetrati on an& inter
ion through' allAtsr.farta --of its ultimate
ripspirinuAuthorallip . , , into , such a limb- .
,On„ , sone qtimet - pre irWct oonsolid. 4 44,.that
tesroitld'belee demi . again en its -Own bails;
)111iftntyliiitifoiriSe'iatittered - :"
Butvh•a ' Book :: Ciod i has made. thellible'
thatn,whateyer ,theories wax: Roptik r .ot
WhfteiN system PAP/Ode4) " the SCOPPFIX ,
cannot he hroken!!—Rev.
.
Flowers on tile - '
" We carried 'flowers with us all the way.
, Nnnne ;knows-We. full. mystery of flowers
•mutil the ismxiled.from home, wende,trig in
solitudes or as in our experieuce-*Vvel
ling among s,ayage and desolate mountains,
.1 i• ;
upon wnose sides trees can nun no nour-
Aliinent-, which lift their grim and shatteted.
ks far eitlier laud. around
Efferything.is ;strange. .No,tregis, &0400
Eqo ilgyel,places,,no mar distances
,1 ' is
ifsp,,,,reinnio and ; Buds there
sie Puotici, , and inseCtK'tew. • Quly •flowers
remain' hi their owl' piopoitionsivaud:witth
sweet familiar faces. . „ f
" They ;are, not coßcerge4 this sand
onchantment ,of nature, `by "IMO)._ your
seneei *sib ingkled out. f their habits`. . They
are near, and alone °tall , the things around
you 'Speak akfamiliar ianguage. ;They grow.:
io amazing profusion in these Alpine . soli
-4.11441 •
~Erp_,.W. . .han ,grasses slirgik and
ab",,andonliia field, When Shrubs and vines
..iiiii:,..oy,o - r:Tflia.contest, flowers of in' agyirgrie-
Aies in iudiseribible iiinii n dance pap from:'
among shattered stones, 'troop in tong lines
ialong areyiaes t spread ..out in armies upon
Awed and nod with all their •
pupp)g jewels on,' Where the soil is so
1404 a stem; and,
I ,ll * tr ld •Pc'v 4 t itithiße' the 1 1r.OrY
they lie doln ,
'And'
maple . the 'ground; With yell9n ipilkiliek
NA4. i red. .They alone cdrnfortliii.' 'They
peak to .you; of home and fr%ids.
,smileupon.. you. "The, very "stinfigh6, in
; high regions, has strangeness. Yotr:
see much yogr feelings about• sunliglie
have ,been . deterrained" by tho things on .
aileh it falle. Sunlight alone, in a ,fiem
isihere yait, objectless, save :..the' the wild, and
gaunt mountains, ; sets pigi,illtoliiwgitig and
wit length a tk t ki nd,i M
- ,
into a spiritualworld withoutspirits in it—,
serene, illimitable, eleiir, Vold and desolate:
'Flowers' bring yoti badk. Tow look up; and!.
long and sigh. You look down, and smile.
into happinessp again., Again„.ar,k4 again :
Yell bless them. You talk to ihem. They ,
are many of them your Oink ILO* `familiar
flowers - - With' one and Stothei of them;'
friends .iire'associated inseparably. ton ,
alinost hearthem speak. . There comes over)
Y 9 1 1 , 10 times,. a -.feeling; as, if they were.
dropped there hi . those whom you., love
and that in you will surely *et
those whose Signals qiid ottVeniis march:
with Ilheday. long IP-4—H. , Ward:
Beecher. • . .
-Theie are, indeed, strange; incongruities
,in the ,human mind: : the 4n, idst ! of , our ;
4worldiy joy4when,,thooky, .bright, above.,
us, and the genial sunshino,glows`along
,pathway='We" to thefact'
that any other isitelllaii'thii*can 'efeebefal
us. - - Our Werld , teerns:all'brightness: The
;fading, in& decaying beauties :t sf ,naturo,--:
the type. of man's mortal' and flyip
estate,--
speaks to us in vain. The grassy, mounds,
,where - Shunher the adiaL*- - -vinClasi
,torsi of *what the livitig *Shall 'erelong be•-• ,
'scarcely occasion - a rippleprothe'surface of
our ithoughts. Nhe, .frota our,
rubb3t; youth and
‘ beauty, health and man-,
flood,
,weatth j a.ridpoWer, sink , into the grav e. And" ye4'.lThat'initireision , does it *lake'
uponf the liVin"„cr? The' world "passes " = gaily=
on the sanie.lthofightless,.busy,.; irreclaint,-;
able beings—panting for, every pleasure as,
heibre,,,thirating or ,riches wad predrill
nence—as if the all-devouring tomb had
relinAiiShed its ' tifon us 'forevei.
'WC:staid+ if 'ha' struck "'down iiit6
thi 'earth an -imitatiehable root, -and, had.
thrown Cff the: deallaion . pf !i&ttlt. So true
is it : that - ,
I , All menthink all men mortal but theroselves.'.'
And - then,on:the other hancl,,when af3hc-,
tibia Coate riigh 'unto - Us; when the ?Mery
ing - archer strikes the deadlY Shalt' into the
very, centre 'of the honie.group,, and we feel
its •quivering , in our ,own, vitels;lN4.94 we
witness _the solemn scene of death , in, our
own domeAtic fold- when ...We. are corapelled
to' hear the' appalling groans and witness
the'. dying convulsions of one dear' c; 451 fir
hearts; whenJilie look :upon- the sunken
cheek,, the fading• eye,. the- quivering, lips,
the cold death dew, upon the brow,a.P4
then • witness the quick, unsteady breath
ing—grow Ting shorter and still shorter- , :till
a final . 'gasp MarkiP the eparture.'bf the
deathless spirit from its tenement of elay-r
-end we realize ,ourselves to he, glone,wit4
our dead,- T all life's brightness darkened,
ifs joys Withered, its hopes hlighted'-- 2 -bh!
hOw . ,Taptlire .W.l; then - to 'feel'as ' though all
the agony of , the world was centered in us !
Oieupied . • with- - our: own sorrows, over,
sthelmed by our own calamities, we feel, for
the moment , as though the reign of death
liaslecoineloeil, add that its One Work.is
to make deeolitel our - mice happy Mine; 46
rivet and desolate onr,heartsit - ,
The use or money has: come in-modern
society to be. a test- .of% character.. As men
use ,money, • they use everythingand,evory
boy.. if they - are honest and aguitahle /II
'that, 0.11,y_ will be honest - and. ethilibla in
'ether 'things. If not, not. -' The 'intense
and nbiveresl pursuit ofgsociety, it follow#
-thatemen inanifestan, it: what manner
theyare.,of. ; ,esgeruess with
whiCh they pursue ." thii'main ctianee,"
Sotto all 'other feeling - Wind desires: 'Ey&
The eternal laws , and - ordinances . of , G-od,
whiehihave been. established' as a . .lbulwark
against the uutd assaults of hum a n passions,
are no barrier tgohis mister . _passion. It
may be thak the teak comes-in a matter of
mills, or Ofinillias t Ile - whenever it
comes, •liiidloweverlarge Or small the trans
action hOiv few.comparatively out , ot the
; immense multitude engaged,in business can
lay,,their, hand on. their heart sod say,". I
Ire not o4erietiohia or - taken' advantage,
'or lint a tint into' thy . .'pooleet that was'not
heinestlYmatliarly my own." flow -few
have , so song:onions . sense of honor and
: honesty, that #utty,w,ourd no, orre,overteach
the Government than their own biother !
For besides the amazing ambition to get
' rieh;'sinOther feeling conies 'into' play: , To
gain-the better of 'a man:in - a-largain is
accounted , Smar teem.. The fluip.ota.gr.og-
Or ; intelleAnal, keenness added., to ,the
love of money. There something
fascinating' in being quiiiirerieniller,
haggler; fastlir than 'yourAieighbOr. 'lt is
not that you care AO zMioh about the 1 € filthy
libre;";:ok, no;Aiiit yeti are . resolved not to:
bti .beaten .in a trial of *its: . Thus it isi
"thilffilielitellrintitatinide often jOine
of holies 'to #amile
ihirizgami , rirea" - of honesty ind: . fair
iiiiitictirlooL • ` • ; "
•But in vita pf all 'llolioitatirinsi how
beyolid' - eonitpain- is unaweiving.
•-•
MIMI
' 'Hippy is that soul which, freed from its'
earthly :Triton; at •liberty, seeks the sky
irlikeh-Bees.:.thee its. Lord, face to
.tace ;
irtdch‘ is .tonched by :no fear of, ,death, i but
iejoices: in the. incorruption of .eterksl
ry. At.rest and secure, it no longetiimads
death:-and. the enemy. Now, 0•:Alord, it
Ikeeeeses :thee, ,whom it has long. i sought
.and always, loved. Now it_ is joined -to, the
:company. of ithose who sing to ; thy praise,
and forever it sings, to thy glory the sweet
sounds ot never-ending, blessedness: Foi
of the -fatness of thy house, and tile tiXers
of thy pleasure, thou givest.g. to :drink.
Happy is the-band of the heavenly,eitizens,
and glorious ,the solemnity of all who are .
coming back to thee from the sadjoil of
thislottr pilgrimage to the ,joy Of beauty,.
:and the loveliness of universal splendor,i
sid:the majesty of ,all.graoe. There. shall
:the :eyes of. thy ifeople• see. thee faoo to'
face.; there nothing at all, that can trouble
the Mindsis 'permitted to the ears. .' _,„
What songs otpraise • What sounds of
harmonious instruments! What •sweetly,
flowing ehorutiessl. -What music arises there
without , end 1. Thece.tounds continual
the voice Ur hymus...aud pleaunt_phants,
which are sung to thy • glory by the hear=
,only inhabitants. , and the gall
/ orbitteritcas haVe no• 'place in 'thy king- .
` - fer''-therelis no - wiclied one, • nor
virekednai'l9end - therein. There' is no
adversary nor any deceitfulnisa :of sin.
there'is no want, no disgrace, no wrang
ling; no turmoil, no quarrelling, no fear, no
funishtnent doubting t
rbtit ;there is the
EMI
=I
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WHOLE NO. 577
Strange jucongßitiPs•
BYIVEY. I): OLASIS I -1). • •
OMB
- A ;Test .of Character.
•
FEE=
MBE
Christ Jews Eltl.Ant AIL
A -.very old. German, author discourses
tbris teliderly,of Christ
rviy sold is like a .hangrY ' r and it a thirsty
child; and :need his lime 'doissolation
refreshinent; I antis 'wandering and
lost Sheep, and: I need him as a good and
faithful,shepherd ; my soul is like a fright-
ened. dove, pursued, by a hawk, and I need
hie wounds for- a refuge; sin' a feeble
vine, And I need hils eras` to lay hold of
and wind myself abOut it;' I am'a &inner,
Lind I needlis;righteousness; l i am naked
and bare, ancr neeelis holiness and inno
cence for a:eovering.;. Tam in trouble and
alarmotnd I need his ,solace; I am igno
rant, and I need use teaching; simple and
feblish,' and I . need the guidance of his
Hely Spirit: '
In no situation and at no time can I do
,without biz}..- Do I pray He must
„prompt and intercede forme. Am I ar
raigned by Satan at the Divine tribitnal ?
Ile must be my advocate. Am. lin &Bile
tieu ? He must be my helper. Am
persecuted by the World ? He must de
fendme. When I am forsaken, he must
be my - support; When dying, my life; when
mouldering in, the grave, my resurrection.
then, x= will rather part with the
whole world and a,ll itcontains, than with
thee, my Saviour and God be 'thanked,
thanked, I'
know Chat thou -too art not willing to do
Without 'me. Thou art rich, and I am
pbor ;:ithOu hest, righteousness, and I sin ;
thou bast and wine, and I wounds thou
bast cordials and refreshments, and hum
gerand'ilairst. Use' ine, then my Saviour,
for: Whatever purpose' and . in Whatever way
thou mayest require. .-Here is my sinful
and troubled soul y-quickep-and afresh it
with thy love; Take ;my. heart for thine
abode.; my xnputh, to .spread. the glory of
thy name ; my love and all my powers, for
the advancement of thy honor and 'the
service of tliY believing people. And never
suffer the steadfastness and confidence of
nly faith to abate,- that so at all times I may
be enabled from the heart to say, " Jesus
needs me,. and I him, and so
,we suitr'each
other:! ; —Giiarch Adz/cents.
A captain' of, one of the Philaderphia
regiment of Blue Reserves, went as dele
gate for the Christian Com Mission- His
experience among the = wounded, - after the
battle of Gettysburg, was rich, like.that of
many ; , of his so-laborers. He says It
was a, sad'
_sight 'when, at the close of tile
day, after having; by liivine assistance,
dressed the:wounds of many sufferers; I
was.still stopped on my way to• the tent to
rest, by one and anether, crawling toward
me and, pointißgle *Jr bleeding wounds,
beseeching me, to :,dress and bathes,. them.
Each apields '6iitdd hot be, resisted; and
often ten`(Meek' would find itie still bath
.ing and dreesing the Wounded; . Only when
weary :nature. Could - no longer hold out,
would' , I give over the work early
dawn." -
. ,
W4,SAING WorinnED.—This same
'delegitte gives the following' idea of one
ireir necessary, though_ tioniewh4 homely
Op . eratton,..that thee° delegates. of the Corn
nussion._are called .:upon
,to -perform :---
,!!.Eleigng that . many, of . the :grounded were
suffering tFoin filth a nd' dirt; he' at %IC() set
theni. With soap and
tiatitVand'.4 good;licarse towel,. ho made
the dirt Aid filth disappear, and he had the
pleasure, ow' day,..of seeing four dirty rebel
soldiers suddenly,'as by magic, changed to
the appearance of 'men, and snugly stowed
away in their tents; with clean shirts' and.
drawera on them. The neat morning, with
smiling, grateful - manner, they told him
that,': they slept like tops.' T nese men 'had
not had water on their faces, to elcan.e
them, for eight days."
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excellency of peace, the fulness of love,
praise eternal and glory to God, peaceful
rest without end and everlasting joy in the
Holy Spirit.
0 how blessed shall 1. be if ever bear
those most sweet choirs of thy citisits,
those mellifluous songs ascribing.th,e honor
that is due to the Holy Trinity I But oh,
how exceedingly 'blessed shall I be . 'if I
shall be 'found among those who sing, to our
Lord Jesus Christ the s*eet songs of Mort !
Augustiri Manual of Devotion.
Appeals.
A Toot? of Love.
Christ Will not take sermons, prayers, fee t
ings—'no, :nor the' giving of our goods, nor
the burning of our.bodies—instead of love.
And do we- love him, and yet care not how,
long„we are-from him ? Was it such a joy
- tO Jacob to see the Ace of Joseph`in Egypt,
and' shall we be cionteited without the sight
ifThristin glory, and yet say we love him ?
dare. not conclude that we have no love at
all when we are so loath to die; but I dare
_lay., Faze e enr i love more,.w should die more
willingly; by our unwillingness to die, it
appears we-are e weary of sin. Did we
Alike sin torthe'reatest evil,"we should not
bewilling to have its company so long.—
Baxter. . ,
The Saviour's Preaching.
" Our Lord found many a to' pie of dis
course- in - the scenes around him: Even
the hunibrest'objects shone in his hands as
hive 'seen a fragment of broken glass or
earthenware, tis•it caught the sunbeam, light
.up, flashing ..like a diamond. With the
stone of Jacob's well for a pulpit, and its
water for 'a;t4ict, he preached salfition to
the Saniaritan • woman. A little child,
'Which he takes.from-ite mother's side., and
holds tip blushing in -his arms before the
astonished audience, is the text for a ser
won
.on. humility,. A husbandman on a
liighbering' height, tetween him and the
sky, *M.• 'dtiides with long and measured
ateptuver.the-tield he: sows, supplies a text
.fromswhichle discourses on the Gospel
and its ,effeetti ,bn different classes of hear
nrs, a woman in two women
wlie'sie, belittle someibtitige door, grinding
`at ' thei'-lnill; in anrsold; strong fortalice,
.iperched on; a,. rock ' , utheice it lonics agrees
; Olt brawling : torrent to, the ruined,an4 year
lessigaliale of nhonie,swept avnviiy n:tun
frain,fioodeilits found texts. M'om the
bild'S' di - fining shove 'his head,' itud 'the
• lilies . ..that blossomed at hib feet; he. dig
, ooaiakal on the care ufbGod,--these hie text,
4114014Pildenw. Guthrie.
• Sitd.—Rev• Peiftixis; Of the
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can Boatd,•Wiites(froni Oioonsiih, that the
Shah ofi:Teraia probably instigated by
French influence:has.iisted:a firnuin, which
tbrententp, the ,total. suppre*Cn on. MiliBioll-
pmeor. among, thC kjent9rjans, and that
ilr. spa 1 / 2 if4nlieria oat
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