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PITTiIBOBSII, PA.
Attempted Church Perversion.
[We invite the attention of our ministe
rial brethren, and especially the Secretary
of the Board of DO:gestic Missions to this
letter.]
MEMPHIS, March 12, 1864.
Mr. sna. Enivons :—En answer to own
munications from brethren who have ad
dressed me in reference to a notice which
appeared in the Banner of February Bd,-I
beg through your paper.to say that those
in whose behalf I wrote are not an organ-
Iced ehureh The field for which We'de,,,
sired a minister is what was,,arid yet is,
the " Second Presbyterian church of Mem
phis," the building , iielonging to whioh,
has for many menthe been held by 'tlib •
military authorities, and used and ocoupiwl,
more particularly by, the chaplains , az, a
hospital chapel for the benefit of the army.
But as the necessity for such a place is not
now so great as , it has been, a small , number
of Presbyterians, including a Very' feW of
the old congregation, who have ,been , wor
shipping there for several months, desired
to have this church again occupied by a
Presbyterian minister; believii* the mili
tary authoraleil would be willing .ld relwise
it on condition that 'it would ,be.oCoupied
by a loyal minister. The .condition of af
fairs in said church has ' however, changed
since, to such au extent, thit vie are not
prepared now to make any proposition,
the change having been brought about by
the advent in our midst of a Rev. Mr.
Bliss, who perports to be the Exploring
Agent, of the American Home Mille. Soci
ety, and who,
by energy and perseverance :
(as we thin k) ill directed, has gone- to
work, and by tactics 'and arategy with
which we were not prepared to cope, has
own:ceded in getting possession. of the
church edifice for the purpose of, organiz
ing a church under the speoious name of
" Union," to be composed of any or all de
nominations, but whioh in reality is intend
ed to be nothing more and nothing less
than a Congregationalist church of the most
liberal sort; and if the course he has here
pursued, is a specimen of the manner in
which he executes his trust of looking of
ler the interests of, and organizing church
es, it will be well for Christians everywhere
to beware of him. Wo, however, are not
yet quite willing to surrender our claims'
to the church, but intend presenting IN
statement of facts to the authorities the&
may , lead to the rescinding of the order
placing the church in other hands. The
old congregation, we learn, has made appli
cation -to the President for the- release of
their church, and it is quite likely they
will get possession; if so, and 64 pro
vide a loyal minister, we will thro* no ob
stacle In their way, but bid them God
speed. ANGUS CAMPBELL.
For the Presbyterian. Benner
Voyage of Ditasionaries to Diu.
SHANGHAI, Deo. 21, 1863.
The ship St. Pout sailed from New- .
York July, Bd, 1868, pending the fleet
assault on Vicksburg and the concentrating
of the armies at Gettysburg; but no news ,
had reached us from either place. Beside ;
her (doers, she carried sixteen sailori and
ten passengers, of whom four were mission
aries—Brother Corbett and wife, and my
self' and wife. During all the first part of
the voyage, we were in daily and hourly
fear of privateers. We saw ships almost
every day, and, of course, every sail we
sighted suggested a privateer. No one
alarmed ns seriously, however, until, on the
7th of August, in La t. 5° North, a bark
hove in sight whose appearande and mo
tions were deemed. suspicious. As we had
a Wong headswind and a heavy sea, we
supposed she would lie by us until the
wind abated and' then board us and secure
her prize. Her motions through the day
corresponded, with this supposition. As
often as we- tacked ship, she did the same,
passing us several times, and each time
coming nearer. The officers skid she an
swered the published descriptions of the
rebel privateer Lapwing. Our apprehen
sions were excited to the utmost. Some of
the passengers were quite sure we would be
taken. We packed our trunks and made
such disposition of our valuables as , we sup
posed would be most likely to secure them,
and awaited the result. The suspicious
craft kept the English colors flying, but
this we supposed was just about the way a
privateer would try to deceive us. As she
was clearly, a much faster sailer than we,
flight wimp out of the question) and we
wore powerless to resist. As time wore
away our anxiety increased, until at length,
about 4 o'clock P. M., we were all called
on decks to see the result, and in the hope
that the number of ladies on board might
induce them to let us go.- She was now
coming up rapidly astern of us, and evi
dently intending to pass close by us.
When - the was fairly alongside of 'ns, the
speaking-trumpet announced ; that she was
the English bark (Inca, bound to Valpa
raiso; that the captain was daogerously
with brain fever, and asked if we bad a
physician on board. Our relief may 'be
imagined. Gloomy faces were brightened,
and heavy hearts were lightened; and we
thought within ourselves, that next ' time
we would not get Bested so long before we
were hurt. We replied that We hid no
physician, and the unconscious cause of our
fears soon sailed out of sight. Our sympa
thies followed the poor man who was suffer
ing with such - a disease; without medical
aid, and with such a gale of wind to add. to
his misery.
We got the S. E. trades on the 12th of
August, which soon carried in clear of
Jeff. Davis' emissaries (as we supposed),
and brought us in due time into the roar
inrforties. Here we had strong winds,
cold weather, and, as the term indicates, a
roaring, sea. If one wants to seethe sea in
its grandeur and glory, here is the place.
When the - wind was almost directly after
us, the waves would frequently - present a
most singulikrly grand and beautiful sight.
When a large ware would overtake us, -the
ship would have Nome . peonliar action on
it, causing the , crest to rise
,higher and roll
faster, thus falling in a broad' sheet of white
spray on the breast of the. rolling billow.
This sheet of foam would often be as much
as ftom six to ten feet wide, and froni fifty
to a hundred feet long, all over sparkling
and flashing in the light, and as white as
the driven snow. Thus it would roll rap
idly forward along the side of the ship,
with a boiling, sputtering, roaring noise
that added not a little to the effect. I
have seen nothing among ocean sights to
equal this pageant of foam.
The uroaring forties " carried us around
the Cape and across the Indian Ocean,
until we neared the coot of Attitpilin-
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After some days of variable winds, we
caught the S. B. trades once more, and
steered for Sandalwood and Torrid Islands.
It should be noted that from 'September to
April, when the monsiien in the China .sea
Rows Ansi the N. E,, ships ' cannot go
through `the Strait of Siirmlis and up the
China Bea, except dipper shipsthict tan
. beat against the wind. As we were not
i a clipper,- we had to go the round-about
way called. " the Eastern Passage," which
lies through the East India Islands, and
out, into. the Pacific far- , enough East to
I reach port by using the N. E. trades.
On the 15th of °Sieber (104 days from
New-York), occurred ;the most pleasant
Surprise of the'TVOyage.' Early in the morn :
ing the captain' ' sighted a''Vessel directly
i' astern of its. ' This orris something, as we
4. had not seen;elivingthing buti birds- and
fishes for fortytsix days. It was Soon evi
dent that 4,4. stranger was gaining- on, us
rapidly, awl -various surmises were made as
to who she was. About 4 ;Africk ,
the can t
, tain
_put „the ship aback, and weitedier
her, as ;she was but a few miles from us.
We saw the stars andstripes Aying, and
soon leained that she, was the clipper-ship
Surprise, from.New-York to Hong Kong,
having sailed ten days after us. As she
came alongside, her captain ,announced the
fall of Vicksburg and the victory, et Get
tysburg. Oh, how therm few wurilexelieved
our long unisertainty,...swept away_ de
spondent - fears, and- -filled us'' With- new
hopes - Three 'lusty Cheers, were instantly
Oven for eaeli victory—ladies - and rill troili
sm& God bless and keep our - dear native
lands lei her our prayernshall still ascend.
After 'noise -further conversetion, having
kindly thrown stpaekage of late papers on
board, the Surprise went on her way. The
real pleasure telt on the meeting of two
ships en the wide ocean, can hardly lie esti
mated by one who . has never 'felt 'the - like.
In our eerie peculiar 'circumstances con
spired to heighten thc; 'pleasure. , It broke
the long and tiresome-ino'notony of our ev"-
ery-day life in the most delightful manner,
and gave to us all new life and spirits.'' It
was " as cold _waters to. a—tliirsty soul,"
for it,was "good-riewe from far country."
The famousulasteril & kerisage " on which
we next entered, is not Withoueite 'difficult
ties rind - dangers: So at least it proved in
# , ,st chic , . For more than a week we had
been snaking our way up the little wedge
,
'taped sea that seperates Timor: on the ,5.
E. from Lorriblen, Printer, land Oriabey on
' the N. W. Our course -lay through . the
narrow Strait of Ombey, at: head of thie
sea. . It seemed, almost.. a hopelese task .to
make this passage, as the winds were very
tight — and mostly contrary, and a current
WWI all the time setting us beck. At
length on Sabbath night, October 25tli, we
got a fair wind, that carried us, forward'
considerably; and on Monday morniniwe
were quite close to the Ombet shore, 'ands
not very Tar from the desired passage.'
Presently the wind'illed away, bnt,during
the, forenoon a current was bearing _us
along toward the head oftheisland - ; At the
iametime, however, bringing .us-rapidly,:
nearer the shore; so that by noon `it Via'
net more than two or three miles distant.
Ombey; like all the islands in thevicinity,,
bears marks of a, volcanic origin. Itris
mountainous, barren, and - rocky. The shore
is composed almost entirely of bold, pieerti
ikons rooks ' and dangerous, of con-rae,- to
approach. While we sat at dinner, we
were suddenly surprised to find the-ship
going rapidly • around. We had drifted
iritomn eddy of some kind, steerage was en
tirely liMit, and, almopt before we knew it, ,
we had one complete revolution. All was
excitement. The boat was loarered and' an
effort mad& to low the ship's bow .away
fromthe shore. The sails were shifted_
again . •
and again, but there was not wind
enough to fill them, or give.us any steerage.
Meanwhile the water was raging and boil
ing around us, and a' strong current was.
bearing us rafidly toward the rocks.,,, The
captain was in a perfect phreneY of:excite
ment, running from one part of the ship to
another,
wringing, his hands, cursing the
badlack;and deolaring over and over
again, ",We shall surely go ashore," " We
shall sorely be 'lost !" It was clear to all
that without a wind we were at the mercy
of the remorseless current that was bearing
us toward the roek-boirnd shore. We could
distinctly see the bottom, consisting- of
naked'rocks, and growing neirer and.near
er, until - it seemed as if we must certainly
strike it I looked over the stern and saw
the jagged rock almost touching the rud
der. It cooldbave been but a few feet - off.
At the same time we were net more thin
fifty feet from the frowning reeks, against
which the surf was breaking. It seemed
as if the - next moment we must surely be
stranded on -the, rocks, bineatir, or brOken
against the precipitous shore. Just at this
moment, when no-human power could avail,
and when hOpe' had alorostlailed, a gentle
breeze swept down the mountain-Side and
filled, the milli. It, was an angel of mercy
relieve our distress. For a moment we
stood still, the opposing forces balanced,
and then slowly , ; moved away from the
dreaded rocks.' The Wind incieSiied,rind
we soon 4aile'the contested passage Ad left
Oodsey behind. There were some thankfill
hearts, I trust, on board the St. Paul that,
evening. The Captain milled it " a turn
of good luck," lint ass . Chriitieris we could
regard' it only es a signal interposition of
Divine Providence. We felt - that in it
many- preyers were answered—prayers. that
were, Perhaps, just then ascending on our
behalf. It'did us good, I trust It taught
us to rely more implieitly. and cheerfully
on the faithful love and watchful care of ,
our Father in heaven, and to value more
than ever the prayers of the Treopleof God
on our behalt. ' ' - -
We encountered no other serious danger
on the voyage. We-had no @ewe_ storms,
but; on the contrary; our patience was siore
ly tried by repeated calms. ln the Pacific
we were: seventeen days making three hun
dred and fifty miles. A dead calm, under
a Tropical stn, when one hes been long at
sea and is not far from port, is hard to heir
with an uncomplaining mind. In the good
providence of Clod, thopassengers and offi
cers were blessed with general good health.
The sailors, hoivever, did not fare so well.
When we reached port, alt had the scurvy
but three, and aeireral
,were in imminent
danger of their lives. Scurvy, , though
formerly the scourge of the sea, has scarce
ly been known, of late years, among mer
chant vessels of good character. It was
evidently caused in our case by foul water
and bad meat, and perhaps by want of
cleanliness.- After we recovered from sea
sickness, we had preaching and Bible class
in the cabin each Sabbath,, the passengers,
and occasionally, some o fficers , Wend
, J•.A,--2;*e.At
PITTSBURGE, VIARCR. u 1664 Arliur F 0
ing. The captain refused to allow the sail- I
ors to attend, and denied us the ;privilege
of going to the forecastle, to ,speak,to them
either individually or tolleotivelY. If any.
can truthfully say, " No - man - cares for 'my
soul," it is the poor sailer,.. I had:often heard
that his, lot was a hard . ene, butt never sus
pected the amount o shameless . tyrauny
.
and rapacity that practieed• upon him.
Friday, Dec. llth, we arrived abreast of
Shanghai; and, took. a 'pilot' on boardi but
owing to the 'crippled condition of the
and' the contrary Winds, the ship chid-not: get
into port 'fOrithmeliMe. Wednesday' ' Dec:
16th, we were taken off the ship ley, a Annie
tng, 'and at . long last -fe1:1644401es in
Shanghai,' 167 days:freim:Nevi.-Yerk. We
were niost'oordielly welanikiel , "by envr_
sionary brethren, atid'yeve'since lienn .
joying Itheif hospitality. <' We hope BOOrt to
go on "North, and commence our work:'
O.- W.
Report on Cjtina as a Mission
Read beforithe,Soeiety of inquiry arßlderaridie,
by T 13..:Etder, and Pub4B4slArßeinfea
• .:( I . 3 9ci t Y* . • - - • • i`
The first Protestant missionary to= China
was:Ahu Rev. Dr._ Merrisoni in 1807 - !-,-e
time when foreigners were permitted to
live only in-Gantcpo c. . ‘ anflithfir residence
there restr , ieted"iiithiuthhlihalts of a few
Warehouses - ah,itg. the Ater.- No'BuroPian
couldhavelaccesa-to any otherplace .along
the coast, - nor:, penetrate at all-into .- the in
terier. „ Siam, however, had - something- ?f
a commercial intimacy with , China, and
vast numbers of the 'Chinese were'drasiti
thither in the iffttircalgte of trade. The
first .snecessful missionary . labors among
the Chinese warunemmenced 'hem and at
other points„ ,. ,is Macao and Singepoie,
where they were livihg away from` the
midst of their scornfaprejudiees, and be
yood the jetisdi§tion of their haughty
despotism' But a collision occurred be
tWeeu Englati4 and 4 Chine, and a war,
though Cruel and tOjeat in its every
aspect, and begun to promote a - most iniqui
tous traffic, terminated -favorably for com
merce and Christianity._Pive ports were
opened by treaty to foreigners, and, the
stations were transferred fromithese distant
otttposts to points 'along Thu. coast,
,until
thoie'wholong had waited on its confines
fowl& theuiselvis at lengthpitinted 'within
its walls.'
.-Missions are now' :sustained, at nearly
all .points accessible to .foreigners, by
different, nations
,and different denomina,
tions, under thepatrthaage,of i eorne. twenty
different Societies. .Those of our pwii
ClArch are .01,Chefoo, Shanghai .-,Nirigpo,
Canton, and Teking. The Mission at
Peking— the• imperial. city of China = was
commenced during the past year under
very, favorable auspices, by the Rev. A.
,Martin. He is an eminent scholar, well
vificie4 if-the'llingixagett;and,living,trans
lited-a work on internationallitiv;:which is
of'greei , value , to the Chinese'Crtivernment,
at present,' ho`met with a cordial reception
fronftheieMinisters. of State, and used it
tqf ti'et f ertroing2gione`flatiit present'vaitiok
Froin Shanghai the news is somoWhat
meagre; bUt among other items we notice
the printing-of 'thirteen and a'half million
pages at the Mission press.
The. Mission at Ningpo -is lamenting the
death of the Rey. Rankin, and the centin
ue.d, and , serious, illness of, Messrs. : Green
and Morrison. - But missionary labors
there during the past year have been very
signally blessed— At Ningpo arid ,the
three suh-ztations connected Withit,, in the
months .of. October and November, thirty
native adults were baptized on profession
of their faith.
From Canton wohave the annual report
for '6B. It is written, by Dr. flapper, who,
in -the renellection„of many of us, presented
in this halL the olaim4 of Chinese. missions
with an earnestness it would be hard to
forget. He mentions that the mission has
been strengthened by the - arrital - Itev.
A. aud•Mis. Folsom to participate in their
labors. Their facilities for labor have - been
increased by thndpening of two additienal
chapels—have now six in connection' with
the Mission, in which more than twenty
Services are held weekly few of 'their
number have giyen some time to itinera
ting in Ad neighboring, villages, where
they preach,distribute tracts, an dispense
'medicines. •
The labors of the missionary at till the
different stations, consist in preaching and
-teaching;the preparation and aiitribution
of books, and the practice of medicine
all of 'which they regard as' different agen
cies in the one great work of spreading the
Gospel. The medical dispensarielythougli
not a peenliaxity to. these MisEtions, have
here :a ;prominence they do not told-in
other: ields.. " They. , haie proved _very ea.
cient in removing prejudice and-furnishing
an- occasion for the Alissemination of truth;
Some physical relief afforded—tioino tangi
ble evidence of a disinterested benevolence,
is. an excellent -preliminary toe' religious
conversation, and it good preface_ to a tract,
When placed in: tb.eihtinds of-the singularly
susPicions *Chinaman. - - The;-- missionary
looks with intdest,._ too; the-Mission
school; for there is beingArained- his. na
tive' assiiitant; who `is to stand .before his
countrymen as living evidence . -.of the effii.,
my of the Gespel• to chartge,the Chinese
heartoind attest :its adaptation to the
wants .of 'Chinese life.There ' too, are
the -plastic, pliant youth; in whcise minds
prejudice.: has not yet; grown. - invent:
rate, who' are .to• lite: the .3trieleutt of ' , a
future. community; moulded- under Gos
pel influences._ .Vretioliipg
,is the most
direct agency bj which ,the mission
ary gathen9: 4 liiditild churelt.
Yet at-.;all.,the Mission stalloilsalitthivtoi
perhaps; the. greatest lever of .infinence 1143
heen the Prets.. , The Chinese are-einphat
ioallywa -bookish people . ; they have ; every
variety, of books—religious,;kistorical ; affd
scientific—even dratnatic • and ; fictitious.
In= no other,•language under heaven are
there so many who .:can read Andwrite -as
in that of 'the, Chinese. Thereils a admit :
lus given the Chinaman to the mastery of
their written language and the acquisition
of knowledge, initemucli,:ii: 'the road to
honor and position leads up' lirough learn
ing. 'His Indian neighbor finds lot
fixed iimutably the mere accident Of
birth, as nabob or as serf, and many, a form
lit up by the fires of genius, struggles with
his hapless Ate, or submits in sullen si
lence to `the fetters of ineierable
But hereetlie Mandarins or rulers are se
lected from the literati of the land;andlhe
lists are open to any and every one..whose
ambition may stir him to the strife._ In
the native schools, the competition for" lit
erarylionors isebsol*ply sur . prisitig. Their
luud to be " 4ipirt, of
, - i . - i• '.7). 4 1 hAXIIII 4 i .: ":".. - ' ', VIVI
acquifition, being rude : a, I lliereglyihr t ,,
re ( ttier-.st4t‘ o , Phabeti9°.l!a t -9.14P ,8 1',a 1 34,1,1
lug. Tor 3 , jdeas, yathe1F ) , 2W.,..,109131 1 0,
squPd B ; - I=P* tirl 84,00:im1., , , >,' l olPartili
il?g, ' accounts in I'IVAneVOI rt !.X. 4 4 04 g„iTV
eral.mastery.,
,No matters Oho ,skerdp7,-.,
-leets may differ or oral) ' ty3eßAt,,sofjr,„
4
, founded, the Chinese lang u age is
understood Wall. : - 4inetti l Ocititbreak if
; the:fresent'rebellion,-tifitgeeitlft6tritthe ifiii
tenor prnviiiees have tlirddged-th4 'diffieni ,
of. Canton and Ninkirirtintilitliek . beiSattifi',.
w perfect qinbel - cif. coiffiictitif;liareetis ;, iliiig- ,
, the'ineriShitiittithi&the'-'4lfireitinirf &WI - 41'44 1
1 wilily tiiidditdod‘by'all'NidieVaotlierleOnld s
'icßte-the' Chinese' latigdfigeto,. 4 thiniteiferato
, A bility, indltriste for teadfill4itrin thitliiigts . t
a pbtenoy and a prominence in the mis s
sionary work in °blear .',4ololfilgeg - lis
their present policy towir4o44fieignot o ft.,u r
ists, t t h e printed . ; page , 4 vijliniffetieftlYd
reader and a method ot traVit i l it AlWucliini,
missionary,,is eyed wit,l4,aluipleien l er=hk ri
personentirely proscribed., t h s, t r „.:. f- L ....
te
~
' As an intereatingv fi efirfo ii4oBlol l '
tertiiiie, Ohinai,s not eirlfillfidr . Torj:iis: iti'
iiitareSt toust"be in ' a -inetifitife. enhanced' in '
that Lido who were4o4i'datified Witfillirs,
Society, and, intitiff likittatiffp:tt'lvith 4
many Of
,uri„ ni
have latelrir*ed Ori l ifa' disCil
i tint ishore. But everylOherf;ithiofriend'oP
MiSsions' turna iiith "le' pfddfilif.liCerief iiio
this direction. We have I llyiiiiiklitaifiß43)
matinee. which,_ in a state Of;*Vage:life,lo
- litunan-, nature , by ; t 4 abondnatiow
if. heathenism; but)tere.m, k find,:e.,'people ,
endowed, with= t good sharei r Of patuottil r .un T l
derstanding, polished .by the hand, of civ
ilization, and indeedindtilgitli seine of fhe
elegancies of life. to eat' least of it, .
the Chinaitan is"a most;reslittalde Pitgaie-
If 'one falie religion is bettertildln anotlietr
he has the - purest of.elf I agn riligi.onsr._
d't is free from the sanguinni, 041Ai &Ewe
South Sea Islands, and ElieVictictiiii'di-clt
the Etindii ritual. Their'ititentsis'aiiii-'
plicatedvinlmost . beyond onYteektiiiiii; Weir
tainly,'•ixiyond contprehensioxillticonktinti , l
a trace. of- a lmost every,mytimlog4yi than lite -
ever made .a fighre in histonji a Thiy,fhaize , ..l
copied" from the Egyptien,sthe Canitinitcyr
the 9-reeic and the Romatt,thhough l in 'thh-i
transfkthey have; ehorWtko iharacters lofp
all indecencies. Ancestral warship >;
is-the prominent feature inWheir 'religion l''' .
it is foundellowfiliallrelikitcke;:atid one:of ,
the beat affections of huntata*ature is'thus,
pressed into,theeertiee oflStifin. .11 iar‘the,..
strongholdi!. if - their idolatry.,lTheT are-,
bound to it by immeporiittlonAtota4 , and -
public opinion brands its niagleet as t hase
ingratitude. - In the. writi - i v 0ftC , 09.-
'
f r
w
oius thoui , h he was ,more ., .g ar; statesman:
than a ..th,eologiatt - they h rmany Rood.
maxims, :and. throughout t Whole. sysi ,
tern of religion is 'io' • fi e:- ound O..4ity-„ , a
i
golden shred of Truth wresolti i nto_ the
dark warp df Error.: ,,,. ' 1. 147 ,'''. - ,51
The Chinese stand nathpenpus enomalY
among ;the nations 0f.413e earth With ;
territory ; extensive arid :iert‘ e,eriougli'te .
render them independent , s 0 reign
merne ? they have livgd - sh 4 their
against the world: - From
,t,zrze,intwrize
China his thus stood apart, st.hei-hat among ; :
the nations, having looked Perhaps on the,
enterprising Pbmnician and , the trading,
Tyrian, in their day - , with the luircirias and
elecancies of their civilization , With very
lunch' the Same distruir with Whichillhe
eyes the Briton and the Frenchman. of to:.
day sailing up and, down her coasts in-their
modern,tron.and,,with cargo of opium in,
their - wake. They bOastnf a hoar
ty, widen age'that is nenieinitheteem : :`
mon lot of empires. ,,, Their origin lies fiti
back amid the mistnok .10 dim and nneer;-,
tarn tradition'_ _Perhaps with ..the jealous ;
eye of a cotemporary they looked, out upon
the Egyptian toiling at 'his. Pyramid; and"
saw in`-their'splendor the cities of the
Pharaohs- and the Ptolemies,. whose rninio
now strewi the valley of the
With -the living interest of an .4e-witness, :
those vast civilizations , that lit up the
Tigris and the'Enphrate,s, only'faint &anis
of 'which- reach from the dini dist'
lance of centuries ;mad. at a, comparatively:
recent period,. saw, ;Romulns huild his.l fink,
uperi, the banks ; of the Tiber. Af , jaasith:
the Chinamin beasteof national antiquity,
which; - ifshed;
would'make the'
Egyptian and the Hebrew, isle'-Made and:'
the Persiar4 in -the. pride. of their :power,
the playmates
,of,, his younger days. What
we do know is, that'when the , curtain rises,
- there stands China, vast in extent', dense in
population, with 'a literatrire and si '
tion peduliarlyher 'toWn. ,• Since then; dy.
'nestles have been ehanged in civil' disown
dons-744e Tnrtar.has snecessfnlly invaded
her dominions; but once erigulphed, in her
immense .pop ulation , the Tartar %bit ha'
identity and is- athineman to•daY. - 11.fiAall
her revolutions ~ She- ime"guarded her.- cus
toms andinstitutiOns with a scrupulous care, •
'and sueeeeded "a remarkable degree in ,
hmiuring , them front.elaarige, and innovation.
Under a'Tartar dynasty-at Tresent, every
thing is as thoroughli Chinese as , their pa. ,
euliar-:type countenance.'!'lt. fa in.their''.
antiquity, and the4erminence: or their in- -
. 13dt - talons :that their national , pride Partic
ularly conSists. , ,a-Theirs antiquity- allOwS
them to lookLon.Franiatuid7Englamists up
starts in the Circle of nations They may -
have proved laggards in the race with oth
ers, but tir stability there • is for them a'sort
of compensation forder %ShertAived ‘tiplender.- -
After-three - or four thousand' years of scope"
for progression, the blaze of modern , ':.A.lner. •
jeancivilizsition.o: ' ,tee,!fdaizling for the
denizen, of that twilight - hemisphere.
Weitern Powers have long 'mall - prying` at,
her barred - gates with the levers of
, diplogi,,
airy, but threat er persuasion has ee yet Se.'
ciired_bni little. - * She is now in the , midst
of a • revelation which may serve' tn,break
up her system. 'Of 'exelusiveness„ strength-,
cued thonghltlyii by thn,gic4tili_ of canto=
rise" carisynipathitie - With the peciple;,
if not with the 'Gevernrrient, frit, itis-initid
fierce dissensions of ` a civil War. After
the manner' of `Federal and Confederate,
they are divided into `lmperia list, and In
stitept. Our conflicts- arelinMenized, as
far as war can be„ - a, a ilict futice passions
Which it . incites, controlled and modified ',
by Christian sentiment. - Theirs, is ',charm,-
terized by all tile Of - istrfaie
a nation whose " tender mercies'are - cruel?!
Its effects, as bearing missipiiii;: it
Oneeffect
soon to calculate. been al'
loss of half a million of property;`` to the
Mission at Canton, in "the early_ atiges of
the rebellion, and , temporary checks in
other quart*. But it is only onthe tri.:
umphal arch that celebrates the return of
peace, Nit the permanent effects of a war
are to be !need, and not on the blociilY
field or the.enOking /ail" • The INerielist
Is an' MAW thske,itrOat tu lle ,.
t ctr
'ileotiotatait ; and itcls that" lietiight
'Of Ilielirprtietrate Wo r ts and.templeitpwhiebi
znverywliere3tiarltihie..oeuroOffmapibo.iikors;
iOI,4,AYX.Pi9FiPx.9..d-flY4thos",=ools can a,701,
Ahem nohing; than. all the, eontroversiai
',tiacts Ettle - misaiotyii•Y;"',The ;
Iforni aienieito , b'etniiire fit bit' pal*
i towaid-fornigners; ii , ;tlre bpiniom.off
llumpy of 4our ,inispionaries= that ~.botkonm.,..
nteree-, anjhphriptiimity,,hav, ;to 7 441pq,
!for in bis eueeess., 'Yet: it is illatter of
aomß~t of it' w'fiethWitliey *pi 14 %It to ad=
—Pist=:therPowficlarrel.- h 4
Ph t-even
ready tdbeeome , theritiriellentehoi= of . those=
wjthi-whimip be t feark q#Bol,ll o
7 . 11 4 P a:P4- 4 7911 11 !..T . 908 t6; IRTP;
pared to Rule with' ilipping" Tartar,as
tlle daftly ifiAeffialittPettittali z liney
jealous of a poweffibitjhaeisuaheddhisie
mopqmpts , to=the fades eon; her
N:Palqra , k9rll4l:kuani.i.4 s Ake: hattalTeadY4
the and! of
'I/ LI OM ')
panrig an d, . -,eajkat of human
-liefitthileifleolikleetif. air
%46tfieJS1/9SlPBslPPATY‘ente9r.Y. 3 .Clc7==gr=
*Apia, pie§eobk no w,fiiet.,=4;r-ireopris. of
Jife`,atid &kith 'one.4ilarteit of the
hninatildei. 4 13'af bBtteiViarethalf
turysthe , imisaititraiy the ;benn - bettlingswitli
Imrl.4l 3 4 s .tititiAt, 04.4040405 1 411 at e. faith.
trusting to be able to un4pr w inorthat,
bei, vast
system.of, idolatry. When' "their
dialand4ftY millions the oPthe in
statimpitalliptottbrifforieest.=reatilt edema
mere
_, apithanefac
often., miscalculates ; =,The ; element that is
infinite, withon w e conversion of.
.6ftelfjfeftl'oue itf,rieWtin
fionsl;iftliee pft =three " cis not tthei
)rale.oft grace. , In God's iecount, the . pro
pnrtioel, often runs thus : one shall chase,
a onsand, 'two put;. ten ihensancrto
t. ••
The imittinte 'titriennt , of printed papei
ciaskipto: the:,,dnidat of ;a Ragan_ Top ulation
fosifp. i pu,tporpos,, than„ their.
I:nett h ?fla„ypm Akeptionf like t,4!,
" tiVenty,iliconsand oarf-18ads the best
niiit4ll"4hieh i glititylii fells us the'Ktng
Of "ties 'ofitmtrr i circleted , ,ti he. Oast 'into . the
Slough ©f Despond. t „, l l3nt,faith beholds as
a...FTPsAlksYP i ttiPlau7.- , YAaT#.lfielr e ii, , AWe% i Pg:
from ; depths df Pagan superstifion,
‘C.tfi lis4yfaVoli: v s' o
. MSc Ppe
and- proph4oieS-liiligalt. ;.* 'tor With
&ad. surprise, Ifitaiabin visionvsaif;. !.‘ these,
00014 - fMlnAlleVorthi°attd
West, and these from
• —° ' vidieted.j -
Thy Worlr
FihYeh hy wok, the time la short •
;;
a That sun elarWest; , -; • -
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Yes, finish all thy work, then rest; i r •
Till then, rest_neyer ;;;
The rest prepare4,l7f4,llfr hi - Gee _
Te'reistlortiver.
flt 3 '
• Fini=m3rlF, thepwipp,44;hro,wk
-TakehreatlglAntgfronretehl - We
• •;, _ •!,
844e.Pg -the 13(4
Pithith lhy `work; then%sitthee r - doirn•
On Ronkte„plcs,Oal,hill,
And or its stre ngth reviving air
L.)
Finish thy work, thengo in peace ;
Life's. battle fought and iron,
Heir ,from the, throne the "Master's. Telco,
Well done! well done!"
4 - ;
Finish thy molt; thin take thy harp,
Give proles to God above;
Sings new song of mighty joy
• r! - Anil endless !love:
Give thanks e o Him who holdthee up
' Tn. all thr • path.beloW, ' '
Who-,mada then faithful untcillaath,
And crowns thee now!
.7.1401 ihe-Ttreabterian Banner.
Oar Churcito.ons-the dacifio Coast.
STEILAGOON, WASHINGTON TEERITORT,
gebru A ry 8, 1.864.
MEssits. Minolta :—From this distant
region; on the outskirts of 'civilisation,
yotilnight desireith hear something';
cialLy in-,refeienoU to the interests of our
beloved, Zion, which has so few tocatan4
to defen4 the cause, and assist, in : the ad-,
vaniernent oftritb, - we feel assured that
togenitsitetairit will lid_`reid with interest
by many:4)llllr ° patrons. • `- •
The toile and trials of the < missionary
are severe in any frontier, settlement, but
more.,pttrtieularly is this the case in . s land
like this, Where, the pursuit of Wealth is
the - leadhig trait `in the 'character of the
inhabitants, Religion Is; , far in - the back=
ground,. Few i -veryAwpaf those: vho pro
fessed religion in.tbe States, resew their_
ohligations when they:arrive:pi this golden
country: , The feW:ChrietiatiS who are here
have'great need` to cry out with earnestness
and:'. later the_ Macedonian - =entreaty,.. to
which Paul gave, Itee4„:,-" Come over and ,
help us.;.! To, r you, took for* laborers.
To the Atlantic side Cif the Oontinent we
Send many a lOttiitig - and - Viiiliful look' for
mere helb. saute prayers' to-the Areat Rad
ofAhe' Church- 'are? ithat he • worild a send
'more laborers, into this .wide,And-interesk,
ing ffel4,-,.. Th 01 . 2 4 30,4 Cf.P9Ple,aie eom
ing to t his coast, who 'have nettle means,
of grace afforded them. I ad the only
missionatritittitrffeld - ffernitere - d - with our
branch of , thelOhriiiiitur Ohircti;iiihee- the
deallo,foE Rev. a. J. Evans,- :We. , have: an
important morlcite. do in ~thereligions_traini
so• and edwating of the youth and rising
generstion,in this Territory Tf the Pres
byterien Church expects: to 'partiopite -
,
this tioble - work=-the'-'eVangelizatioe of
these - - , people- , --tibe seta forth more
,more_workaisn, into the - : . vineyard. ;
Other denominations are ,oecupying the
ground and putting_ foal( energy in tie
proee c cutiTrA.7if.llrettplaFryoihii,prrr.pese;
andstibi- t prrgiesti sled?
our peopleftirth4fAitterests as
they should be, we would not haNe 'reason
thus to deplorigthillialii4fildifferenee.
The number of - church. _organisatiop.s. in
the. Territorp r iaflve. They Are sit uated
far aparVlAn&l cAn.only-preach ,regularly
one,point--nSteilsoo.mm- 7 .nsti ocbasienapy
at, two oatbera k Air; IWhitworth i .yrho.ie
Chief Cierko4 -., .ike Indian •PerterAteePt,
preaches at ;OlympiA r sinee the removal,, by
derith, of, Mr,
We are now, engaged completing our
church Steijacoom.- The . _ build-
..eost ~ a hout _ two thousand dollars.
Our „membership is Araalloret atOti
anee on the means of , graueAs euuouraging.
Qur,Sabbath iuAlwi the
nursery uf thodkAreh a is fleUrisiiiek We
look forward to the:time ~e r,hertar.4l34te9R-_
oidt*Avrilig,9,,T i or error, and „when.,the
as
Gospel • shall- pitvatlet the .inireils
acid. hearts•oft &swill this-laud, 4 $ where Av
fery,;pruspook pleases,udsaly fx, tan
:Reaketobor , prayers . . Yoir
-„,••••=
ibro„ther , ju. the Gospel, •
.t. ~
7 W. rsibAlf.
" That they may be Saved.!! ,
-1611 re 'ef'the beeir evidences - of real Chris
tien-phainatertisist:deeperixioukandi-living
desireffer the salvationcofolinners. , ,dust.,
sc
, 80 9!"114.,50ui. •48 been • N e lrw e lkll-# 6,
Spirit, bekins moved ' Mighti!
,r3e Witlepity mg - for those w`lio have'
I, tat experienced this=new And are
--LAndlthreugh
lq.jakall-419- P49ReS 3 O 14991.i#,P,t*r
!this yearning for the Apirittial
,weifari of.
dthers,grows deeper,' niorelerliading 'And`
lientiage the. klief
tipostle449iirer , iliontaneods , necessary
iont t hreathing the - ,hgert r that -join love,
FOrt sympathy ; lvilth t „4 . 9le,;9 l irist
Dart's qesire And t prayar. to GI fcreV i .
his the' FEU '6'
-haft `and-mi ' n'd'with " - de)3}4 amr - e uusfiti
:continually rises 'to the , lips ;in prayerlto
God, And it prempts to unesinaing, efforts;
1ak9 18 3 10- men
Chriat.
this"
That should 'eVidentl - frcini
the nature ,; . f , the new - birth: { Being born
"again .i's`` wehange from selfishnesb henev-*!
oletice.,4 from - improtee Inftrti- for
anpreinp,regard for..,God, and a consequent
`lave for those:who were ii?ade in the,irciage
Of caoa , had such lover
`that , Christ , 'died ttii'lla,ve. them. -t All-:that
are included in the apostasy arikmaturally
controlled .loy_selfish,,feelings,.selfish_choioes
;and a selfish -,,iit„Ate, of Ohe.will,; r ,„while the
-first requirement'` Gad ifq - "iGive me
I:Thereforeolien the teartiis
given ito God, ,All,thingspare r changedwith-'
in the sel. The.feelingsAreehanged, the
motives Are new,, self passest into baek
;ground; Ind Crdie in hid character' and
claims,' and itie:iviets and woes- of men are
seen iir•S newligbt and preininence. The
whole process of sification :is of the •
same nature. Its te ensy.is to the inter
crucifixion of all that remains ofthe old;
seitish - rhan Withhie deedii, and the coin:
: pike enthroning•of - love to .God rand Man:
Thereforettheintiger and thertiore Chris
advance the Christian life the
!more eartiest.find laborious they become for
the, salvation of men.
desire for the 'satiation of Men
;should highly -chainateriatieof Chris
tiaris,is further evident from the deep ,and
ithpressive conviction of Gospel truth which
religion .gives. A change of heart, and a
state of arace - Make spiritual `doctrines
` real` to the Mind -andheart.
eeive the solemn' facts,-Of the , Gospel, not- -
only throughthejrzintellect and,:remon,:biit
also. through : the heart, bye qnickening,
vivifying experience. ,
,Whilis they , are,in
the exercise of ihith - they are jiever`tronb
led with doubts `and uncertain ty- conehriiing
the -important :truths of --Scripture. They
feel weli . ,as know that unconverted men
are in the „greatest possible dagger. They
knoi in their liei.rts, that thisre' is Sidiatien
ri - Wittseritekliii - ttde .. *Aleittftay axi4
must be pardoned. Their bade= itrehibelvei
passed-.through.:the -perils of, and -.rescue
from the. unconverteik.sitate. They know
by their bitter experience, the blindness,
and the strength of the bonds of error and
sin in that' eritical-State. They know by a
sweet and lively- experience, what it is to
be, delivered trom, that state, of unbelief
and hardness of heart, and be brought out
into the glOrious light and liharty of the
children and heirs of God. A 'man who
has 'been shipwrecked himself., and been
wonderfully rescued, will have a mud.
,
- more vivid and moving;-impression of the
scene, than one , who merely hears the reci
tal of such an event. How much more
-rendY than others will he be' to rouse him
self nein his night slumbers and rush to
the Shore te'reseue: those that are ready to
perish
,13nt it, is not, only experience which
quickens the Christian to exertion in sai
ing men. He has else the Holy Spirit,
dwelling in him to prompt, -to quicken,
and to impress -him with the sad condition
of sinners. Thus.he is brought into com
munion and sympathy with the mind , of
God on thiS subject'. He feels to some
good - degree as God does; and the invita
tions and threatenings of the Scriptures
have a very deep meaning to . -him..'They
sink into his 'sonl. They, often give him
such `anxiety that he can not repress-his
feelings in the riresence of, those *ham he
longs to save. Often these desires for lost
men 'take away-sleep and - tippetite; they
lead to frequent attendance upon meetings,
to great efforts and the sacrifice of tine,
ease and - Wealth: -
'Those-of `riftS-who have little of this feel
ing for perishing men, who are moved; but
faintly to any such efforts and s,acrifices,
have much reason to doubt that we are
Oltriatiens. If We' can he taken up with
the world in any of its forme ;" if we can
be ,- ahaorbedin business or •labor, and care
little whether:men. are saved or- not,--can-it
be that the : change from selfishness to _be
nevelence has been wrought ? Can
it be that we knose'froieeiperience the in
.sof'-selva:tion ?` AO In it lie that
we heve thp 4oly, Spirit , as an indwelling
presence, bringing us into sympathy - with
God and his Word r - -
If we dwell for'ilittletitneon the lives
and writings of - apOstles 'and early Chris
tians, we can not fail to see tha.t this is a
necessary and. very important element in
all true piety. How deeply and anxionaly
they:felt' fOr the salVation of sinners, and
how earnestly, and'perseveringlylthey labor
ed to bring them' into a. sating: .knowledge'
of. Christ and his owns !..s!gston RecPrder•
Payer.
Thirty - years .age„.l l / I r. ,W. lived in the
"hill country" - of Ohio: Hewae an enter-.
prising 'and conipirattvely wealthy' farmer,
much reSpeoted awn iitlion and beloved as
a friend_. . : He the! counterpart of his
excellent father; „Dawn exempt..le one
thing; he lacked piety. At the time
luded to: that father had been a - few years
in hiaf6d; hiVing oairried with him his ex-
ample; but leaving-behind ,4 -the old fan,
Bible that 'lay tow. the .staud."
wife was . - fit companion;; an , excellent
wolian,, yet, like her hu 'ahead, lacking the
one thing needful. ' -
Being out won° `af my missionary tours,
twelve miles from home,. and needing re- ,
freshment both for myself and my horse, .I
called' on Mr, W. Their hospitality was
tendered with a welcome that went' to m
heart. 'Why, thought I, wily :slOuld not,
these generous. friends Christians ?
And , theinextmoiaentimeArere. orb-
f .
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jeet of personal play. I,u 'answer t 0... uky
inquiries, theY iaidthey `liiirloug desired'
to be Christiym . tr,Tql,r"„w&liipgio do or
give anything Yik" l' Pilihrittufbr an inter
mit in Christ; dictinuilk*W4ltabrOaserfief
•
their -PrßePt- Peq!Quos. , . c.94 1 44iti9% bl4t: •Rillloz ,
posed the fault was all- in ,themsoyike; end
hoped 'soliielay teieleieelb thg,liliiie,elid"
:prospects of the 'ObildieVe 'Or' God. - ''' "'e
'What eouldlrsar to therm? .'•Tuking-utO
that -Bible I saidotbis is,the kook your goml ,
fathOrAnso4 •4, 1 4.043",-,warship,l — fOk.l4,".,
itnye,you had way family ;worship since he
lefelni? ' ""• No, eir?' ; ','"Why„nOtt" "! Be
e:raw I - libfiiVt' a elfiiiiiik fffgt witi I ; tritp--*
poawAvie , should; %but) Dcistu't pray,'und'4 4
don't know as it would be rightif J.: could."
;
Right: -1 „ ; _--X r- Wfl ig4tiflighloP, ,il!- .1 T# ll '
out ?,,. ..maybe it . is your duty an e„lr4:-
liot ors' kitimiq "'dig, it V-Isiii! L eia are
yeielittie `ehildreff?' Howe' they kno*
,there is:a"gedl They , do ifintseivftheitsfa4
thee,,bOw thA-knee before. hips, morning and,
evening.; ,und_hovi eau, thexbe, : payeattj*yi,
ibeeculuerraqus of prayer ; unless they are,
taught " and 'by youi l isla r inpqr
Who imp Yea can't' i s*ay . ? Asix Who < s
it wouldke•wroig for;, 4 you- if You could
Not the-Bible.;- • ,
„. - ‘ ~ • ,
Then,, turning., to *re. W., I exhorted
her the sere evening,, kO'bringUut thtit Ofd
Bible . ; to read a ihiptei" herself, if 'het
htiatiitkd e itildidt tlid. • Uotobelieve
her hushinCirould Aare irefuseuto pray.
The veat,Lheard Fas that she, did bring
foriyara i .the Bible and read,; and 4fter much
eahortatibi frOin'liei he fell upon his knee's
and - Ofteia - up'"his "first family Trayek.
Soli they both rejoiCed in Christiana con
fessed him before.men.—CS. Herald.
My fairest%child I have-no song to give you ;
Na lark,apuld:pipelto ; ekiee ao.dull and gray ;
Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you
,
Be ezicilet wbo will be clever;
Do:noblmthinge, not Areamithem all day long ;
And so make :death, and tiqq valkforeirer,,
One grimd, song.
• ", " e r - —Charlu
It is three'o'clOck in the , aftdrnoon, the
hour when, the Israelites assembled..in the
sacred courts for the evening ,rfeeri4ae.
The, priests begin tiPstoTF7 ) d rnf i l
When at the very moment in whioh Christ
on - Calvary exelaima, Father;
'thy
into
oomend - my spirit I" t he' hdntls tin thickly
vrhven, ,, fail, without , being touched by.any,
i
bump. liaud,lP.!T .. e.P.,t in ttv..fli% froal , 7 t9,t!oP
'to the bottom and, the
, merox-seat, with
the ark of the covenant and the. 'golden'
,elierublin, that - sacred -depository- whiibh
, the high: priest:ileire4as permitted to ap-'
'preach, not without Mood, And, :only :once. a,
'Year.) stands Belitskle.PLlntiff. l 4. and .44 11 :vitilPi
to the view 1:),f eyery,one. t
The'ril l gil'iiiiicittiulattet'euipbeition,
regards habit:slton of-the Moet Bier;
had:indergoncregreatend thorough change,
That which hinduredOur. access te,theßane
tuary of Ood w 4. done a,v&ay , l o (Inger ,
an Acne ! threntenedhim w
di
ho wished
I to
no longer 'kg riW Waiting' orffirieffertiftliV
the hands - r.of . Himlbeforel whim , everrthe
angels are not : pure. Embrace; the cross,
and then courageously say to. Moses, " Tear
up . thy roll of curses against me." Bn
lieve, and then meet "the infernal - accuser
with the Cxelamatien, "The Lord rebuke
thee, Satan, yea, the Lord that hatkehosen
Jerusalem, rebuke ,thee?",,Put. , on ; . : th e
Lord Jesus Christ,.aud then then mayest.
boldly and with Childlike confidence enter
the nther'S holy habitation, which hence
forth stands opeu to thee day and night.
0, lay hold of the , blissful- idea which in
God's, intention, and by his immediate ar
rangement, the rent in the veil of the tem
ple portrays to thee, Thy Saiimir, by his
death, threw open every door and gate in
heaveu—Krummacher.
Rev. Zaleliel Adams at one time ex
changed with a neighboring minister—a
Mild, inoffensive man --who; knowing the
peculiar bluntness of his character, said r o
him, "you. will .fipd some. panes of glass
broken -in the pulpit, window, and postAblY
you may stiffer from the' cold. The cush
ion, too, is in'ibad - oW:4U : ion, but I beg of
you not to say anything- to my people cn
the subject ; they ,are, poor," &o. "Ohno 1
oh no 1" says at... Adams. But em he, left
home, be
-filled a bag with rags, and took it
with him. When he'had been in the pul
pit a short time, feeling somewhat incom
moded, - by the too tree circulation of the
air, he deliberately took from the bag a
handful of AhUrageond,, stuffed thenx,into
the windows. :Toward ClOse of his 41•13.
- contse, which Was rare Or leas upon the
ditties of i'ineple-to*ard their clergyman,
he--became ivery -animated, and purposely
brought down both, hats upon the pulpit
cushions, with a tremendous force. t he
feithers flew in all directions, and the cush
ion'iai- pretty much` used up. He instant
ly checked the. current of his thoughts, and
simply exclaiming —" Why, how these
feathers flyr—proeeeded it. jle had kept
his promise of . .not addressing the society
on the subject, but had taught them a les
son not to be misundersteed. On the next
Sabbath; the window and cushion were
fiend in excellent repair.—klartford Re
litious Herald.
The. Art , of Growing Poor.
Some professors of religion spend more
money for oysters each year than for the
missionary cause; others give . more for
tickets to lectured; concerts, new bonne*
etc., than for - the ~ preacher. They are al=
ways. of the kind who complain the, most
about the, ebureh,..the
_quality of the se-..
mo,ns, 244 00,004,W1s of the membership.
Giving nothing or next to nothing for 'the
LOrd, theY'find life' an aWkWaid'lhing . to
theni—lseldompayingwithproniptness their
debts, er accumulating:anything an tin) way
of ! property., .As with indixkluals, f o
ehurches. In refusing to:give, they bring
tairenneas and deadness on themielved.
'Said one of 'the mos t eminent" of layikien
once, making `•ii platform missionary ai l.
dress " have heard of churches'starving
outfrom a saving spirit, bukl have never
heard of one dying. of:benevolence. Arta
if I aittia hear of one. sting, I *ilea
make a pilgrimatre to- it' by night, and
in that quiet wilt ide, with the moon
shining and. the.aged elm waving, I would
put my hands the moss-clad, ruins, 9#
• gazing, on 'the venerable scene, *Old, say,
tillessreCtire the dead Whielr die in On
Lord? vl—Sdripturs CAbiti4t 414 14:.-/.
Farewell:
For dviitty day.
'Pbr
The Pulpit Whidow.
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