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Equanimity,
MESSRS. EDITORS :—The classic pagan
ism of ancient Greece, having fruitlessly
employed the beautiful auroral light of
Platonism to elucidate the true nature and
obligation of moral theology, at length
turned away, as in a temper of mingled
hopelessness and pride, and engendered its
celebrated rule of life known as Stoicism.
This model rule, it is well known, was sys
tematically set forth and vindicated in the
doctrines. of Zeno. Yet what a marked
contrast is presented between the crucial
regimen of the Stoics, as exemplified in
their lives by the noblest of them, and its
Christian counterpart, the equanimity of
faith ! The former, indeed, looks rather
like a caricature or cold shadow of the
latter.
The Bible honors a well-regulated tem
per with the laurel of victory "Se that
ruleth his spirit is better thau he that
taketh a city." With what admiration do
we contemplate the groat triumphs of do
qua nce and diplomacy,. and especially at this
juncture, of our patriotic) arms 1 Our sol
diers (may God bless them I) who have borne
the national banner over many a red battle
ground, always aloft,' are justly honored
with our warmest panegyric*, And yet, ac
cording to the illUstrious Bible sage, a
prowess, superior to that which is demon
strated in martial exploits, is exhibited by
those ordinary people in the walks of life
around us who excel in the steady govern
ment of their tempers.
I propose to indulge in some reflections
upon eccentricities of temper, and to sketch
some of the injuries resulting from them
to society and religion. It is a singular
fact that many , good people, some of whom
have displayed a serene equanimity under
the most painful trials incident tolife '
are
wont under ordinary circumstances to ex
hibit the reverse of a pleasing, equable
temperament.
When a man presents himself in an
agreeable manner to his friends.and neigh
bors, he is understood to tender through
the act that conception 'of his character
which he wishes society to •entertain ; and
he thus obligates himself, in a moral sense,
to maintain a corresponding frame of mind
in all his subsequent social intercourse.
He does not, it is felt, mean to practice .de.
eeption ; and accordingly his affable de
meanor is taken as an advertisement of the
genial contributions to its pleasures 'which
society may ever expect from him. He
has now shown a sample of his social
properties, and as an honorable man he can
not palm off, after this, inferior wares
upon• the community. As a gentleman, his
boner, requires him to be consistent with
.imself, and that self he has now adver
tised as agreeable in its mood. Any fan-.
cied right, he might claim, to sport testy
. umors at his pleaskure, is forfeited by the
oluntary pledge now given.
It is sad to reflect how often social life
ss wounded by a wanton disregard of these
ibligations. By way of example: my
talented friend the Professor met an ac
complished married lady recently, at an
entertainment given in his neighborhood,
ith whom he maintained a charming ,l ear
versation, daring meatrof th - e - e
grew enamored; as the hoiris pregressed, of
her beautiful manners, cult:staid intelli
gence and refined tastes. Indeed so agree
ably excited did he become, that at the
close, when they had risen to depart, he
seized an occasion, to congratulate himself
o a bystander, within her hearing, upon
the delightful friendship he had formed,
-Mich, he added in his fine enthusiastic
..anner, promised him a'fortnne of refined
.njoyment through its cultivation in the
uture. But this pretty compliment was
nappreoiated; fol. the very next time he
.acountered his fair acquaintance-r-who it
eems actually values herself upon an in
; °pendent capricious deportment—to his
stonishment and chagrin she haughtily
epellod his cordial advance, passing him
n a frigid manner and with a reluctant
eeognition. It is perhaps superfluous to
dd that the Summer glow of feeling which
armed the Professor's breast at her ap
roach, was transformed instantly into a
ery Winter of insulted sensibilities. The
ilenetio and selfish aro sometimes the most
greeable people in the world ; but snob
eautiful phenomena in their lives are like
limpses of sunshine breaking through
urky clouds, and serve only, by contrast,
fill the mind with deeper shades of re
et when contemplating their characters.
On the other hand, what an enduring
harm is bound up with the possession of a
aim, cheerful equanimity I Do you need
safe friend as a counsellor, your heart in
tin ctively recognizes in 0 a disposition
o inviolable sanctuary, of true friendship.
here, you feel sure, is a confessional at
hieh you can unbdsom your troubles, even
iviat ones, without apprehension of ex
osure or ridicule. In fact, is it not so,
hat the silly vexations which so often sta
on themselves, with little show of reason, as
tickets along the, outposts of the soul, are
ispersed merely by the sight of your friend's
beerful countenance, like ghosts at dawn ?
• nd in respect to greater sorrows which
ave settled down in the secluded depths
f the heart; their weight immediately
'mimes less oppressive by your confiden
ial disclosures, for, you feel sure, the re
iable and beautiful strength of your friend
a now enrolled in your service and pledged.
divide all the burden with you. And
h, how this estimation and trust are aug
ented, if, in addition, the virtues of re
gion adorn the character of that friend !
r then you detect an ability in him, avail
do for you, to deal with the profound
'tal griela of the soul. "A faithful
riend is the medicine of life."
A variable temper may inflict, however,
yet deeper wound on religion than it is
apable of visiting upon society. I will
,elate a ease for illustration, as one among
thers that will present themselves to the
, fleeting mind. The people of God were
ommemorating the sufferings and love of
hrist at the sacramental table. At the
me time, a boy of sixteen sat in an ob
cure side pew, unobserved among the spec
, tors, intently watching the sacred scene.
he words of the minister and the simple
ut impressive ordinance carried him back
imagination tb the " upper chamber."
is youthful fancy, perhaps the first time
his life, painted for him a thrilling con
eption of Jesus offering " redemption
'irough his blood." He seemed to hear
dressed to himself the melting words,
This is my body broken for you." An
ewonted sorrow suddenly wrenched his
aine, and tears welled up in his sad young
yes. Through the flowing drops, as
rough a lens, he now gazed at the eatu
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estly ` pleading pastor, and at the elders
who, with grave and saint:like faces, were
slowly moving down the aisles, bearing the
sacramental emblems. His troubled mind
hastened to and fro between the past and
present, until, by the association, pastor and
elders seemed almost transfigured before
him. Soon a strong purpose
. started-up
and engrossed the mind of the 'blubbering
stripling as he looked on, and thought thus
within himself: " These men how holy and
good they are—the very pictures of Jesus
and his Apostles; animated always, I am
sure, as the minister has told us, with sr
dent, love and deep concern for our never 7
dying souls P J. will put myself in. &dr
way to-morrow, that they may instruct me
all about my salvation. ' Alas, soon he
met, as he had desired, one of the elders, but
he found in him now a man whose features
were transformed and trimmed down: into
sordid, griping cast of a sharp d.ealer's.
The poor, distressed lad had expected to
meet a meek and loving friend, upon
whose countenance •the holy. Sabbath . light
still, lingered; but instead, he encountered
a bustling man of the world, who carelessly
noting him, thrust him aside from his path;
much as he would thrust aside a dog, whioh
has no soul. How mournfully suggestive
is the laMent of prophecy, I was' wounded
in the house of my.friends!!
Wayside iteditations., - „ •
IN•-THE WILDERNESS.
A Strange march wag that of Elijah, from
the courts' of Ahab to `Horeb, the Mount.of
God' - How gloomy the prospect as he lay
dovn • underneath the juniper tree in the
wilderness, wishing that he might die.
He felt all alone, helpless and despondent.
But as he slept, God's angels were around
him ; and. when he awoke, there was the
pitcher of water and the cake baked on the
coals. He its and was. refreshed ; and the
strength of that mysterious meal: sustained
him until he arrived at the Mount of God.
And it is a long and wearisome march that
lies before us, as we take-our way. from the
court of this world to, the heavenly Mount. -
Nire grow weary and foot-sore, and hungry
arid thirsty.on the way. We become dis
couraged and disheartened, the journey
deems so long. All the light seems to fade
from the world's pleasant things. We feel
all alone, in our great sorrows, ,and the
night gathers thickly and heavily around
us. We east ourselves down beneath the
juniper tree, in utter abandonment of woe,
and wish that we. might die. And
,as we
sleep on, in our heavy thoughts,'perhaps
invisible messengers are all around' us.
We awake while the ,stars .are yet the
watchers of the night, and find a cruse of
water and a cake baked upon the coals.
We eat and are refresird„and sleep again.
At dawn, as the star pickets are withdrawn,
and the great sun is rising in the, East, we
eat again, and under the refreshing lam
ems of that heavenly food, we go on un
til the journey is ended, and we ascend the
Mount of God.
rir.—Tnv. nun ' man. .
e ....,, 9 1 , , ,it• t.
kik isB ; o4 - kai. ti*E4t4A, 'ma iu 1 s
Sisriitshads*, p,feagul deatiroyeir,litio is
henceforth fo waYlay roan in all the paths
of la. • But until Abel's early fall, death
had 'been but a looked-for fearful change.
But it must come. We go with 'Abel from
the altar of burnt sacrifice to his lowly
grave. He hagallen ly-the land of vio
lence. The tree had blossomed at the fall
—here is the ripe fruit. We kno* not the
circumstances. It, may have been at early
morning, amid the dewy' flowers, and cool
shadows. Or it may have 'been at the close
of day, at the hour of evening sacrifice, and
his freed spirit have ascended to the pres
ence of God with the savor of the. sacri
ficial lamb. But it was death I Strange
and mysterious change I That matchless
form that had moVed in grade and beauty
so, express and admirable, now lies prone
upon the green sod in quivering agony.
Like the prostrate column of some magnif
icent Corinthian temple, that stricken form
is Magnificent in its , fall. It lies there in
its matchless -beauty, not like the dying
Gladiator, with contorted brow, and huge
muscle writhed - in agony, but a very Apollo
in beauty and 'grace; and symmetry, with
the sweet smile of innocent slumber,
Wreathing his countenance.
And so death.eame at last. But it came
first, not to the old and weary, but to the
young and hopeful. How did Abel die ?
Did visions of beauty and glory chister
around his soul as life waned away ? Was
the cross uplifted before his vision, now be
coming indistinct with the dews of death,
and were the dim echoes of a message here
after to be heard upon earth, wafted as
sweet music to his soul—" To-day shalt
thou be with me in , Paradise ?" . Was Ste
phen's prospect opened to him, and heav
en's blessed glory revealed? We cannot
tell. We but know this, that his was a
blessed death. His life was such as God
approved. His sacrifice was accepted, and
all was well. And so-the first death was
calm. and peaceful. "Blessed are the" dead
which die in the Lord." Dying in faith is
to live forever more.
" Weep not for him that dieth— *
For he sleeps and is at rest;
And the couch whereon he Roth,
lathe green earth's quiet breast"
41 ' • ETA. ,
Almost every body rejoiced last Fall in
the hope that. Jefferson and Washington
Colleges would soon be united. They are
confessedly too near together. They draw
their students from the same part of the
population, at least mainly so—the Presby
terian, Old, New,
and United, but chiefly
from the 'Old S chool—and it is a heavy
burden fdr this part of our people to sup
port two Colleges, as first-class Colleges
must now"be supported. Hence, it is not
surprising that both these Colleges have a
feeble life, yield an inadequate support to
their 'Presidents and Professors, and offer
inferior facilities, in some respects, to our
young men in pursuing their education.
And their future prospects, remaining
apart, are not hopeful. The small success
of all past efforts to endow them, may be
accepted as proof conclusive that no ade
quate endowment can be obtained in their
present separate existence. But let them
be united, or let each take the rank of an
Academy, and let the strength of our Pres•
byterian people be concentrated on a new
College, to be placed at Beaver, cr some
other equally central, and suitable place,
and to bear some honored Presbyterian
`name,and we might ; hope to use a pot.
ruihttrian. •
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Ex.-PASTOR
Por the Presbyterian Banner
For the .Presbytertan Banner.
The College (tuition:
PITTSBURGH,
lege soon nobly endowed, - giving its in
structors a liberal support, offering, its
students advantages equal to those of Har
vard, bringing together our young men to
form friendships of inestimable value, and
making it needless for any of our families
to send their sons away to some ;distant
College for their education. > Let the Col
leges become the College. It matters, to
nineteen-twentieths of us, but little; where
it is -placed. We think it makes a great
matter that our College should be a strong
one, one, worthy of - our place flid history
in the West r and one in the highest meas-
ure tributary to the cause of sound educa
tion and religion. For one College, for the
College, the handsome . offer ' - or $50,000
would no doubt soon be followed hy.similar
and perhaps even larger, gifts. There are
liberablearted men amongst us, .to. whom
God has given, -liberal means, who. could be
greatly interested in the establishment of
one College, but who feel that it is vain
and hopeless to., try to support two, seven
miles apart, and looking to the same people
for.students. ,Can we bear to think that a
movement, so well begun last Fall, is to-end
in vain ? ' -
The only serious, difficulty of a general
kind, that, seeing to stand in the .way of
such united action, is, the differencein our
views of ecelesisstioal control. As this
idea:has, heretofore been framed into,prae
tical measurea, , it must. be confessed, that it
is objectionable. Giving to ourfSynods the
nomination of Professors, and =the adjust
ment of College questions, .sometimes%of
College difficulties, certainly has not worked
well in many cases. It does, not work well
for the Synods, as it woulcl,be easy to show.
It would not he easy. to construct plans,
moreover, that would suit the-United Pres
byterians,, the_ New School- Presbyterians,
and ourselves, if we must proceed on the
idea of giving these 'practical queations to
Synodical bodies. It was,a. - great, and al
most a fatal error, as it seems to me, to
throw. such, matters on
_the tables of our
Synods. It would answer every: essential
purpose, if the only official relation of the
Synods to our College, were made to consist
in their electing the Trustees, and this
only when vacancies occur by death or resig
nation. Then leave all purely College
matters to the Trustees, just as in non-e>
clesiastical institutions. Thus the ow,
great purpose would be seeured—thats , .of
keeping the ,College and its funds. and
teaching closely in connection viiitlrthe%iv
bag Church of Christ,. for all- the long ages
oome.• And .as several ..Synods now
cover the ground formerly' occupied-by <the
old . Synod of. Pittsburgh, and moreover, as
it is extremely, desirable to have the mope , :
ration of our Presbyterian brethren of other
denominations, and, especially the United
Presbyterians---substantially the same peo
ple with ourselves--let a simple arrangement
Mr made, by which each Synod represented
in the College shall, in its turn, fill the
place that becomes vacant from time to
time, in the - Board of Trusteea. This
ward should elect the Professors,
&c., without instruction, or any official - ac
tion w4tevier, on the part of the Synods..
Tkeffimcid4wekld Pave, all the influence.
'Atos* — reilttites, by tba ilinple plan
°Pe ecting the Trustees when vacancies 'oc
cur. The College would ever be Presbyte
rian as far as needful, and a .permanent
bond of union between brethren of the same
faith and order. And= all its influence
would be catholic, high-toned, and such as
would invite the' confidence of Christians of
every name. But unless some;bond qf, or
ganic and vital union ,can be, formed be
tween ..the College and the Church, it is
quite safe to predict that-no-adequate en
dowment can be obtained., The .men to
whom we must look for such endowment
will not give their means, at the risk .of
seeing—perhaps from a.• better World—that
their gifts have been perverted to the sup
port of Unitarianism, as at Harvard ; or
even. of Arminianism, as at Carlisle' and
Meadville. He has not read history well,
who is not afraid to entrust large pecuniary
interests, for the support of :religious and ed
ucational objects, in the hands of any close
or self-perpetuatini , corporation.
Let this view of the methottof construct,
ing an ecclesiastical relation between, the
College, and, the Church, be kindly -and
`carefully considered. It is believed that it
will be found to be free from serious objec
tions, and to offer good
,ground on which all
well-wishers to the College may meet. -
For the Presbyterian Banner.
Our Chuteh the Southwest,
MEssna. EDITORS :—Allow me to Con
gratulate you on your accession to the
editorial chair. Long may you be the hon
ored medium of communicating good news,
and other good matter, to the churches ! -
Allow me. now to transmit, through you,
something very like a complaint. „I hope
none will receive it ,as an impertinence:
Some people have a way, of taking offence
if we point out a defect of theirs, and try
to defend themselves by declaring that we
have not done it in the right spirit. But
I will:not believe our brethren will receive
my effort so unkindly. I ,only mean to
point out something that we may do.
I have' been in the army in Tennessee
and Mississippi nearly two years. I have
seen, the efforts-thaPothers-are
. making, at
Memphis, -Vicksburg and Natchez, to set
forward their denominational interests.
The only Old School minister at Memphis
was Dr. Steadman, reputed disloyal. Other
Prebbyterian property, aside from his
church, was being seised : and appropriated
by other bodies; and recedly I have heard
that the Congregationalists contemPlate or
ganizing a church, and occupying Dr.
Grundy's late church edifice. I shall .not
at all blame them for it, if they do.. If we,
neglect opportunities, and.let.our property
lie around loose, we cannot particularly
censure those who pick it up. I am not
aware of any attempt on our part to do any
thing there, though the field has been open
to us ever since June, 1862. When I was
there I could do nothing. Iliad .only a
regimental appointment, and could not get
another, though I sought for it. A person
of another- church was a sort of superin
tendent of chaplains- there. Perhaps he
did not' ask to have me appointed to a hos
pital. Roman Catholic and vicious officers
also stood in the way. A great Freedmen
interest is in and around Memphis: Other
bodies are at work for them, and 'doing
good;' and so, of course, will get good. We,
I believe, have no part in it there. Why ?
As we come down the river we find mis
sionaries and schools' planted all along,
as far as below Natchez—not one of them
all, so far as I am aware, of thuOld School
Presbyterian Church. I am: in a hospital
here, and have an opportunity' :to labor in
the town, which I have done t 6 the utmost
of my ability. I belie soon: toorganize a
colored Presbyterian church #: twenty-five
or thirty members, and to ordain them some
colored Ruling Elders. I have no express
authority fiom any Presbyteitfor Board, to
do so, but shall " take the rotionsibility." ,
I have a kind of hold upon 4.10 Presbyte
rian church building here; hitopt,a satis
factory one..
I am told that at Natchez 'the ministers`
stick to their places, and not -leave
when we' came in, as Mr. Rotherfor.d.did
here ; and that they pray for.fLons, rulers,",
"our country," peace, &c.;,:leaviii the,
worehippers to say amen with' 'aSiirdeittal'
application they Amy choose.Wllt bright'
to be done there I do not 'kneiwt---evidently,
something. 4
What is the cause that ourithOrch *so
neglecting this field ? The United Pre
sbyterian, United Brethren, ''.Methodists,`
oOngregationalist and Baptis wire
at work. It, cannot bop'
think; because. we are waiting or -the. As
sembly to -meet and order so , ;.ithibgl.; -. for
we have a Board of Domestib 'lsibhsVidte
competent to get authoritytioin Govern
ment and-do soinething. Call it bethat we'
feel indifferent to the Freedrhert'slitet i
vita ? Can it be that if-is not true f in
.o'ur'
Church, that - the poor— hale the Gospel!
preached to them ? will believe it.
And-yei I desire that all of 'ns L ehoilld ask
these gnestions. " J. W.
P. wish somebody4ould give you`
what would Send ten copies or the .ffetfiner t
to me for my hospital. -
[O r i g inal:]
The Othet ,gde,
We dwell this side of Jordan's stream,
Yet oft,there,comes a Shinincheam, . ,
Aorosiefrom yonder shoie.
Whilst vision's of a holy throng, •
And sound 'of harp and seraph gong,
Seem gently wafted o'er.
The Qther Side! ah, khere's ihe, place .
Where saints in joy'past times retrace,
And think of
The Veil withdravai, they clearly 6 - life
That all on earth had need
To bring them oafelytkoAneff
The Other 'Side ! no sin ist re
To stainlhe robes the blest nas wear,
•Made'white in-JeelisAblood';‘ - •
No cry of grief-- ; -no, voice, ocAofi. •
To mar the Reece 4:heir •spiiiiiikno!w—
. Their constant peackwith God.
The. Other Bide!' its-shore.*hrighi,
is:radiant with the golden4iget:
Of Zion's city fair;
And many dear ones, gone'sefore,
Already tread the happy shAre
seem to see them, there..
The Other Side I Oh cheeiing sight--:
Upon its banks, arrayed iryptite,
For me a loved one waits.
Over the stream. he calls tditie—
“ Fear not, I am thy guide toibe,. ' -
Up to the pearly gtts.” • .
The Other Side, Ms well-k own voice ,
And's:War, bright face wilinie rejoice.;.. • •
irse
We'll meet in fond s . ulbrice!. .,
He'll leadme on upti
:ilt.
laclf.p 4 ... pikbn bed, oh in our Mink *. s•
Before the 4iiour'S face.
- •
The Other Side ! the Other„ Side 1 '
'Who would not, brave the swelling title ,
.
Of earthly toil and care,
To 'wake one day, when life is past,
Over the stream; at Mime at last, -
With all the blest one's there.
' S. L. C.
EUROPEAN ,CDRRES.PONDENCB•
Ma. CArap, member of Parliament, - who
has ere now visited: the United "States ; and
who has a. very friendly feeling toward.
America, has lately addressed his constitu
ents At ,Sterling. 114 referred to the in
creased supplfof ~cotton likely to be ob
tained-from various parts of the world, and
referred to the Southern States as the best
cotton-field, and to the success of the ex
periment of " compensated labor." He also
said that slavery:and its perpetuation by
the South, were intolerable and disgusting.
It is the growing opinion of many. in this
country, that the. Southern Cimfederacy has
made up its mind to arm the slaves, is Mr.
Caird says,:" as a last resort."
Mr. Caird spoke of the irisfi exodus, as
follows
"It seems to me perfectly reasonable that the
people should fly from a rate of wages equal to
eightpence per day, to a country where they can
earn from 5s to 68 8, day. The facility of commu
nication between this country , and the Northern
States of Amerieti: is now so rapidUnd great, and
the extension of eduoition among the people' of
Ireland is so considerable, and has made them so
well informed on what is going on in other quar
ters, that this flight seems very reasonable, and
to be iir.pected. But such an exodus - is matter
for grave consideration to this country. In ten,
years the population of Ireland-has decreased
upwards of two .ntilliorta decrease equal to
nearly the whole population of Denmark, about
which so much trouble is made -at present.
These men are going, not as soldiers, but to la
bor, and to many: As amazing
that there should be rOom'for such vast numbers
asTeave, not 'only these Miami's, but many parts
of Northern Europe, for "America,. Yet to one
who has visited that country and seen the fertil
ity. and great resources of the 'Kelley of the Mis
sissippi it need be no wonder. That rich .coun
try, open for immediate cultivation without the
cost of clearing week' and underlaid with coil
and iron, could - I , 4th. facility absorb from ftfty to
sixty millions of people."
. _
THE DANISH . QHESTION has been ' - the
subject of a well-written letter from Profes
sor Max Miller, an • eminent Professor' at
Cambridge; and a German `
. - He is out and_ _
oat German' in his symPathies, and dame'
Schleswig:as well 'as Holstein, for Girinany.
He wishes the Dtike,of•Auoustebberg to be
ruler of . both Duchiei. The Time s -has a
leader in very able. and temperate _ leader reply,
Written by one who knows all the facts of
the case. The father - of the Duke parted
with his " right" -fora large sum of money
paid by Denmark, and at all- events Schles--
Wig was not at aq,l.,foA included in that
family's claim;
The" German smaller States are chafing
greatly under the high-handed:conduct of
Prussia and Austria in setting their troops
aside,:snubbing the Duke of Augnatmibeig,.
and kepping back the flood of the German
national party, which longi for the coi
guest and annexation of the Duchies But
both Powers 'have spent large 'sail' of
money; blood else) hasflowed freely. Prin3-
sia is moiv. selfish in the business than
Austria, and discords are sure to prevail,
however the matter is issued. The 'suffer
_
tngs of the Danish array from inadequate
numbers and constant watehings, have been
great. The loss of officers among the Aus
trians, in pressing on the retreating Danes,
has, been very-great.
JOHN
Owtttortz4err, ,both_, of the, Evangelical
and "High" School, while. greatly flot-
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tered" by the recent decisiort which has
virtually endorsed " Essays and Reviews,"
are yet doing their utmost to gimlet the
alarms of the laity, and to calm their own
fears. With the true spirit and ittstinet of
officials, they " stick. to the ship' at. all
hazards. The Recdrd has always been a
turning paper! It supported the Free
Church majority in - the original -General
Assembly of the Church 'of Scotland, but;
as, soon as Dr. Welsh headed the. glorious
exodus of the Free -,Protesting Church of
Scotland—folloisring:him down the hill. to
the. Canonmills, as with Chalmers, Coil
ningliam, Buchanan, Guthrie by 'his side,
emerged as Moderator from the East
dbor - of St. Audrew's parish—then at once
thirE'van'gelipal .Record basely turnetVits
back' thelictdy-which was ` guilty'of leaV
ins 411iti. Establightnent, - and thus - alsb re.
linking the, EVabgelibal-slaVes of the:Eng)
Erastian Church. Singular 'enongli;
thatprOprietor of , the Record is a •Secitch
inaiwtifestin,'of Robert , Haldane, thirScot; ,
tlith . A4nOtilittand Baptist,-ane.its lead
in4 'editor' is ebtfilai 4 41'44414**
sttidtrqtretaltigrip.ll. Thae,; with iheir
leading , reviewer i lAlso A Presbyterian, take
upon , -theta 'tolehampiort Evengeliem and
•the Churoh in.Otie, and are guilty too often
of imputing evil 'motives to all' who differ
from ,their pattictlar views; and of' finding
here " where it was, not taught , or in
•
teridedi 'The'Evanqlical party have thus
been victimized by poor and narrow
minded organ. kalif of 'them despise anti
disown it, but they have no other paper to
setuP‘aS a fair re,presentative - of their more
mianly - and lealthyviews 'and sentiments.
The Record' 'used to '`declare that all who
Iteldlbapkismal-regeneration were heretics
the cof the - Gorhean decision,
Which left that dogma. as '`'a question open,
iu the Sense that any - one holding it was
as-good '.a ChnrelutotwaS' he 'who denied' it
*Since . ' this decision was given, ;the
Record,- while 'still objecting •'to the doe
trines,-takest 'good care' to condemn it as
'iii `)considering - a 'stumbling' block
sttinerelle-to make people dream• of . n Free
Ohl:tech-of England. SO is it and will it,
be: as. to. Stanley; Williams, Wilson, and
the '''Easayista ' —all rarnehurchmen, and
soiet-thena•:be; denounce them, as usual,
of course; but the " Church'? must stand.
NeVertheless many Evangelicals are
shocked exceedingly., I had a< conversa
aria with;, a clergyman of this school, last
week.. He - is.a Calvinist, and a devoted,
•Ite looks with horror,
tit, "the flood " now - eoming in of virtual
infidelity,. regards the2cenduct of the Bish
Dp'of London as, bad in ieference to,Stan
ley•and Essayiim, and *dares that if he.
had, been minister of the Qhnrch ofSeot
iand in'lB43', he would hive," gone, out"
- with the Free . Church party. Neverthe
less Bich a man, if-he Wished to 'leave the
Church-.of .England- tormorrow, and even if
he l tsrols. such a decideJi :courec,, would not
knew with What body , ,tor, range himself.,
PreshYterianiern would come nearest to his
yel'l have no haitafion in say
ing, that from his habits, preposseasions,
and edi . icatioiit a ,as .as.,front..l4o Liturgi
7iTiiedirctions, he' would find himself a
stranger, .azid not "At home:" Men like
this, - . and there are. many such, deserve
sympathy, father- than blame; they at
least are honest, and.tnie .rs, to the theology
glical itefor
of the - Anme incon
sistent
in 'their " theery" as to, a modified
meaning to be attached to the 'Baptismal
!ServiCe.
It will .require time to mature the inner
growth ef nascent, longings for liberty and`
truth together, so, as to bring on the day
when both shall becoine tangible and prao
fiord realities. The Evangelical laity of
the Church of Eirgland have been largely
trained to Christianliberalityin the way of
constant gifts to philanthropic awl religious
enterprises—ineliding that noble Institu
tion, the Chuich Missionary Society. They
have wealth enough, and will enough, if a
great crisis &life, and the - _clergy lead the
way,lo sustain 'an Episcopal Free Church'
of-England; But the Bishops and digni-'
taries would shrink from such an extreini
ty ; the National Church gives status in
society, and its prelates,-,are peers of the
realm. Meanwhile while the fuiure is
dark, let us bless. God: that so very many
godly ministers of, the Church—not rich
in this world's goods—and a goodly pro
portion of them - found" in our cities and
towns, in district ehurohes.supported -en
tirely by, rluntary support—are doing
great things in scattering spiritual dark
ness, and bringing large numicers into the
light of life.
Aspirations after freedom in judging of
doetrine, - as•wellas .
in 'administering disci
pline, are growing rapidly in the Chirch of
England. The State " collar ruffles the
neck 'of the "fair heifer"- that wears it,
and especially _since the late decision. _Tt,
was lawyers that came to that-finding which
restored the heretical Wilson. and Williams
to their , parishep; the two Archbishops re
ealeitratedin vain. The 076urch, Standard
therefore exclaiinS: "The great - want of
the Church is a- tribunal adequate to 'the'
trial of -erring cle'rgyrnen,.and .the - vindica
tion of ecelesiptical law. This has been
clearly shown =in connection' with the pro,
- ceedings taken against Williams and Wil
son. The question was one of orthodoxy,
not of criminality,-and the onus probandi
rested on: the Episcopal - and clerical prose
enters. Unfortunately the ease failed not
so much tom want of- evidence, as there is
no Suitable machinery for its exhibition;
The Church is and should be -the.. Chancel
lor-(is this .a :hit at the Lord 'Chancellor
who, read the- adverse, judgment of the
Court of the. Privy Cony:will) as-well as the
custodian of its own breed, while the pow
er-to'enforce obedience as well as. to exact
_penalties, frompeccaut ecclesiastics, should
never have been withdrawn. -In a national
communion great latitude of opinion must
of necessity :.be permitted, but on matters
of essential verity, 4 one Lord, one: faith,
one baptisni,' should - be insisted'on." All
this isa Mere begging of the question as
is the statement that." the ;incumbent of a
benefice, is paid to teach a certain theology,
andhe cannot justly teach-its opposite."
To break the fall of the poor gvangeli
eels, the Standariigcits-on to say that "the
peccantclergymen have only escaped with
the skin of their teeth," and quotes the
Lord Chanceilor f s words (which as Matters
stand, sound like mockery) 'that only " a
feW short extracts" from Essays and Re
views were ,nrider consideration, .and if
therefore, the book or these two essays, be
of a mischievous and baneful tendency, as
weakining'the foundations of Christian be
lief, and likely to cause many to offend,
they:will,retain, and- be liable to that con
demitatien, notwithstanding this ono judgi•
WHOLE NO. 598,
zaent who willventnre.on the costly exper
iment bf,teeting the two essays 2 No one
will ialieilie'fittempt. ' • ' '
•
•}Thy ' •
the anodised tree; '* '
• • t grkt itaill,b/Oeding t 14 7 110 is He?'
y the eyes, so pale and, dim,.
• • 'Streaming blood and writhing lintb,
- By:the:flesh, the scourges torn,
By the crown of twisted thorn,
By the side se deeply pierced,
-' 1 1•X the:PO;(10d burning : thirst,
By the drooplug death-dew'd brow;
OrMan l 't is thou 't is thou!
• , ;;;Pound. up:On the accursed tree,-
Dread and whoAs..he? ,
By` he sun at noonday pale,
.. - 7.Shiveringrocks, and rending veil; f-,
,By,earth that trembles at his demo,
'ft•lV yonder saints who burit their` tomb„
Cll3y.,Edin ' promised cre , he died • '• •
`lgo the .felon at his side
ord suppliant knees we bow,
0e:00d - 1 1 1s thou.! 'Vis thou I
: ?". ` , l o:f Hope, ;i
11" - `.• • 4
Irearjusg that Converts.
. 44 t :3 .. •
a We- lifted up, will Arp.pr„allAtis
unto me."—John xii : 82. others_preidli-'
ing may please, ainuse,.ii - ccentertain ; but
the love of. Christ: 'attracts, astonishes,
draws, breaks, melts; subdues, and chantes
the heart. St. Pant knew this, , and deter
mined to preach:" Jesus Christ ,and him
orueiled."
In the light of his-dying 'Saviour's cross;
the sinner sees and.' feels:":thei exceeding
sinfulness - of ,sin," the height And depth of
the love of Christ. There, and only there,
he beholdSlis sin atoned for, his guilt 'can
celled; the law magnified;lnStice 'satisfied;
God glorified—" just in + jtistifying the-un
godly who-believe in Jesus!' There he is
conquered, disarmed . ovon hy the love of
Christ In a moment, the prayer of faith
ascends, the tear's - of 'penitence fall, regen
eration of heart is effected,•eonseeratien of
himself to, God is niadel " I am the Lord's"
---he *comes " a .new creature in - Christ
Jesus..".
- . -
What made the preaching of Berridge,
and Hill, and Whitefield, and Wesley . so
efficient to the conversion of souls, but that,
the love-of -Christ was the buiden of their
theme ? They glorified Christ in their
reaching, a nd the Holy, Spirit glorified
their Preaching in the conversion of mul
titudes now With' thein " before the throne'
of God and the Lamb." -
Never shall I forget seeing the late great
and good Rowland Hill, of,London now in,
the city, of God, preaching in amarket
town in,England on its'initrket day; Like
the-Apostle - Paul, standing on the ste,pg at
Athens, MT.' Hill was mounted, in the
midst of.tbe market-place, in _a, lumber
wagon of, a finmer from the,country, a man,
standing_ at his baek holding up an umbrel
late protect his head from the rays of the
Summer sun. can yet see him as then
and there stood and preached, for -upwards
of an hour, the,love of Christ to the thou
sands gathered. around him.. What volume
,
of yoice, what vehemence, what emotion of,
heart; 'what - earnestneas, what tears were
hisl' Not an inch of the high-born -gen
tleman,- his - ripe icholarshivhis - faf-spread"
fame,,or any -one thing that .was Rowland.
Hill's, could be seen, but only the "radiant
glories of the Cruel - fled One," in the
" greatness of his love to man." •
To gee such another sight and hear such
another sermon I would go far. Oh that
our pulpits all may be filled by men• posses
sing the spirit of Hill, and his mantle fall
on the ministry of the Gospel throughout
the land and world.—Christian ' Treasury.
Important Inquiries.
Are, you • a decided Christian ? Have
you been born of the Spirit ? Is there no
doubt upon this point ? Have you made
your calling and election sure ? You should
do so.
Do you indulge in any known sin, or
neglect any known duty ? This is a dark
sign ; "be* are of it,
How do you feel toward perishing min
uets.? Can you see them perish without
sympathy or concern ? What are. you do
ing to convince them of their danger ' and
lead them to Jesus? -What have you done
for your relatives—your near neighbors ?
'What have - you done W . -day ? What are
you going to do
Are you pray i ' for grace and gifts, with
a. view to do good? That you may watch,
for Souls, and labor for God ? _
Were you ever the ,means' of converting
one soul to God:? Did - you ever praY that
you might be ? Do you use the means that
are , , likely, under the blessing of God, to
convert souls ?
Which has most of your thoughts, affec
tions, and - money—worlitly ornaments, or
the conversion and salvation of Sinners ?
Do you: know anything of travailing , in
birth for sinners, until Christ be formed in
them ? I3it your heart's desire and prayer
to God,that they may be saved?
Are you willing to make sacrifices ,fiar
Christ ? Can you cheerfully giie -up your
time, your money, your ease, and yourmany
indulgences, for the good and salvationnf
souls ?
The Power of Good Sense.
Few agencies are,. so powerful as,good
sense. . It is penetrating and - hating - % its
infittence-=---it inspires respect, and When we
find' itiwe , no more doubt of die wisdom , •
and ultimate Success of him who, pbssesses
it. Neither individuals , nor nations can be,
truly great without, it, and England's
strength, for instance, lies mainly in that
strong characteristic of its people; also,
the excellent woman who governs England
has often given proofs of it herself.
.Some years ago, Queen Victoria chose .a
remote and secluded glen in the Highlands
of Seotland, and had a castle built there as
one of her Summer resorts. "Balmoral
is situated in a rough part of the country,
and among a rough population, and the
Queen`„ sew_ at once that she must bring to
this spot other habits. and a different mode
of life from 'what she had in her other pal.
aces, if she would enjoy the wild'beauty - of
that wild spot; so she• inaugurated-a style
of dress unknown till then) but so sensible,
that from its perfect security and true ecru
fort it has become general the world over:
Thin shoes, so injurious to health' and so
universally worn by ladies, have been sup
planted, through her example by , strong
ones—walking is easier, not so fatiguing,
and in damp weather no more dangerous,
now that our feet are protected by two or
even Three soles' thickness. Then again,
that most convenient part of our clothing,
the colored underskirt, has replaced white
ones that could not keop white, and : both.
these comforts we os e,to tl;in judgmont, the
g,oed sense, .of a gpochAwtxt vi 4n. sa‘
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sod “Balmortil skirts ' are in Me.
The Germans call, that:virtife' ifenschenA•
erstaad, as it.comes fro - i ons, thorough knowl
edge of human nature) , the„ French call it
seas cg4itnityk, indicating its 'importance in
the 'daily ebtninon occurrences of life. '
admire - genius; 'we feeldrawh toward lovd
linei3s of, character; we court, power; in
our most -worldly hours we. long, may b
for honor and fame, but on good common,
sense we rely—him who betrays it; we
trust.-;::-Examiner.
The -lope of, the Rightopust
f' Behold, I see the heavens opened,; and
the Soni of Man standing on the tight hand
of. Gotr—Ste'phen.
I Ave fought the' good'lght, I have
finished my course, I have kept the faith
hence - faith 'there is laid up for me a crown.
ilf,fightednsness."—:Paul. '
:would rather die for iiesns' , Christ , ,
than.rula to the utmost ends of the : earth*"
—l9natius.
„f!tI„ bless
me worthy
..Lor4 k . that. thou ,bast
thoaglit worthy to have fart in 'thg
raiiebarsof i y'martyrs, Ynilltuituf of thy
Christ. For this I bless thee f I bless the
I glorify thee!?--Pp/yearp..
4 ‘oh, how: I ilong, for that blessed mo
ment, when this poor, unworthy creattirc,
thellast and least of all my 'Master's serf
vants, shall be called to put off this load of
sin and corruption, and to 'mingle with that
harmonious host above, doing homage with
them in the blessed .presence of my glori
ous Lord 1' Augustine.
",O,my heavenly Father, thou has rer
vealed. ,to me thy Son, our Lord Jesus
Christ!"l have preached him, I have con
fessed him, I love him, and I worship him,
as my dearest Saviour. and Redeemer. In=
to thy hands,' commend my spirit. God
of truth, thou has redeemed me." —Luther.
" Rejoice with me; I am going to_ $
place of everlasting joy. In a short time
I shall be - with the Lord jesus."--arcola
maiadius.
'" I long to be in heaven, praising and
glorifying God, with the holy angels. 'lsis
sweet to me to think : of eternity. lam al,
most, there. L long to be there."—Brain
erd:-
"3 cannot tel the comforts I feel in my
soul; they tire past expression. The con
solations of God are so abundant that he
leaves me nothing to pray for.. My prayers
are converted into praise. I enjoy a heav
en already in my soul."—Toplady.
"Oh, what prospects are before me in
the blessed, world,. whither I am going!'
Will you not share my joy and help me td
praise, that soon I shall leave this body of
sin and death:behind ) and, enter on the per
fection of my spiritual nature Sweet
affliction, now it worketh glory, glory."---
SaM26Bl Pearce.
"I have no more doubt of going to my
Saviour than .if I were already in hiS arms;
my .guilt is. - all trinsferred . ; ,he has can
celled all I owed "—lsabella, Graham.
is well well forev_er: I see where
ever I turn-my eyes, whether I live or die,
nothing but victory. lam cradled in the
arms of love and mercy. I long to be at
home."—Lady Huntington.
"There is". nothing .at ail melancholy in
the 'death of a•• Christian.. I feel very hap
py in the prospect of death."—Sarah, Lan
man Smith.
".1 see, indeed, no prospect of recovery,
yet my heari refoiceth in in); God and my
Saviour. Such transporting views of the
heavenly world-is my Father now indulg
ing me with as no words can 'express "
.Doddridge.
"My heart is full, it is brimfull; I can
hold no more. I now know what that
means, the peace of God which passeth
all understanding.' I cannot express what
glorious discoveries God_hath made to me.
Row lovely, is the sight of a smiling Jesus
when one is
.o.ying."7—janeway.
The Water-Carrier's Cry.
Perhaps no cry is more striking, after all
than the short and simple cry of the water
carrier. "The gift of God V' he says, as
he goes along with his water-skin on his.
shoulder. It is impossible to bear this cry
without thinking of the Lord's words to
the woman of Samari " If thou knowest
the gift of God, and who it is that saith
unto-thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldst
have asked of Him, and he would have
giVen thee living water." It is very likely
that water, so invaluable and so often scarce
in hot countries, was in those days spoken
of as now, as the " gift of God," to denote
its _ preciousness ; if so, the expression
would be exceedingly forcible to the wo
man, and full of meaning.
The water-carrier's cry in Egypt must
always rouse a thoughtful mind to a recol
lection of the deep necessities of the peo
ple, of • the thirst which they as yet know
not of, and of ,the living water which few,
if any, Eave yit offered to the poor Moslems
in that great city ; and make him wish and
praifor the time when the sonorous cry of
" Ya aatee Allah!" shall be a type of the
cry of one bringing the living water of the
Gospel, and sayittg, "Behold the gift of
God !"—Ragged Life in Egypt.
A Word about Chairs
An eminent physician, speaking of our
chairs, remarks that they are too high, and
too nearly horizontal. We slide forward,
and our spines ache. The seats should be
fifteen'or sixteen inches high in front for
men, and from eight to fourteen inches for
childrenk and women. The back part of the
seat should be from one to three inches lower
thatithe front part. This last is very im
portant. The depth of the seat from front
to back should-be the same as the 'bight.
The chair-back islikewise unphilosophical.
The part which meets the small of the back
should project farthest forward. Instead
of this, , at that point there is generally
hollow; this is the cause of much pain and
weakness in the small of the back. The
present seats produce discomfort, round
shoulders and other distortions.
Prayer Before Rattle.—Lord, it is nothing
with thee to help, whether with many, or
with them that luxe so power : help us, 01
Lord our God :-for we rest on thee, and in
thy name we go against this multitude. 0
Lord, thou art our God; let no man pre
vail against thee..-2 Chron. xiv :11. And
in thine hand is there not power and might,
so. that none is able t t o withstand thee ? 0,
our God, wilt thou not judge them? For
we have no might against this great nom,
pally that cometh against us; neither kno*
we what tto do - ; but our eyes are - uport
thee,-4,_Chrou, xx„: 6-12-,