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For the Presbyterian Danner
Wayside Meditations.
VII.—ASOENT OF PISGAH.
I think that in the whole range of Bible
history, there is nothing more affecting
than the eloSing scene in the life of Moses.
lie who.was most emphatically the prince
and great man in Israel, must die. We
reed of the death of Abraham, of Isaac, of
Jacob ; but the only emotion the .record
_ exc it es in our mind, is joy for we feel that
the weary have, found rest, for they were
std, and life was but a burden. lint the
I:relit - 1g is far different as we read the last
chapter in the life of Moses. We look
pon him the last day of his life. He is
strong and vigorous as when he marched'
hrough the Red Sea at the head of Israel's
ost. He gathers the people together--he
ekes his last farewell of those whom he
is led from their childhood. He takes
his last look of the Ark and the Taberna
le. He takes his farewell embrace of his
ife and children, and with an unblenohed,
hough not tearless eye, and.an unbending
oral, he turns his face toward Mount Pis
ah. people from their tent.doors
.aze after him as .he marches majestically
p the rugged steep, for they well know
hey shall see him no more. He is hidden
om their view—he is on the summit—be
gazing, with a now tearless eye, over the
),romised land. He is satisfiedhe lays
ha down on the grassy knoll—angel pin.
ons are hovering near—angel voices are in
.is ear—God is there. Moses dies; his
.un mots on earth to rise in eternal splendor
a heaven.
It seta as sets the morning star that goes
Not down behind the darkened Weet, nor hides
Obscurely among the tempests of the sky,
But melts away into the light of heaven."
VIII.- THE GREAT ORANGE.
We are familiar with changes here, but
here is one change to which we never be
,ome thoroughly reconeiled, until the
ight that is reflected from the far-off
ails of the Celestial City falls upon our
sathway. If we have 'this, we need not
ear the eireumstanees of the dark valley.
e know neither the time nor the °imam
tames of this journey through the vale.
ad it is of little consequence, if we are
ound in the discharge of duty. We may
ossibly die ait Moses did—alone with God ;
one to pillow our head, or wipe the damp
ews from our brow—alone on the menu
in top _.. _..in the lonely desert—on the
ackless prairie, or on the gory battle-field,
urning with thirst and torn with pain.
t will not matter, if the God of' Moses is
ith us. The end will be peace; under
eath will be the everlasting arms. Though
rthly friends may be far away, God will
there—the angels will be there; and as
ey whisper, "Sister spirit, come away ) "
ere will be with us the peace of God that
meth all understanding.
I had rather die, alone, in the darkest
d most loathsome dungeon that fiendish
man nature ,ever invented, with- the
set hope of Christ and the Resurrection,
an to pass away from the caresses of
iends and the mingled tears of a nation,
ithout this hope. With the hope of
hrist there is light, there is peace, there
beloved compaßionship every stage of
,0 journey; without it,
.there is nothing
it darkness and fear, and hopeless night
night without a star, and forever shut.
t from the hope of morning.
We may nBt have such a burial as Moses
ad, but that is an insignificant matter.
were a small matter to be without burial
together, if we have the hope of the Res
nation of the just. Even though our
st be scattered by the winds of heaven
er every land and sea, God can, and will
Cher it again, when the resurrection body
to be rebuilt. The dust of his people is
colons in his sight, it will not be lost.
It is a most important change, this,
hieh we call death; but there is one more
portant still': it is that change of heart
at fits us for dying, that kindles up hope
the soul, and that unites us 'to Christ,
.th in death and in the resurrection.
ETA.
For the Presbyterian Banner.
ographical Sketch of a •Weatern Pioneer.
The Rev. Asa Brooks was born of
,pectables parents, at Halifax, in the
ate of Vermont, on the 9th of June,
.D. i 790. His father was a deacon of
e Congregational Churoh, and maintained
honorable standing in society. Asa
oaks was thoughtful on the subjeot of
ligion even when a child, and manifested
rly a desire to enter the ministry of ration
!laden. In the year 1807, the Lord re
, ved his work in Halifax, and the subject
this sketch became a subject of the work
God, and made a profession of religion
the age of seventeen. The writer has
means of ascertaining what his state of
led was either before or after his conver
on. When twenty-two years of age he
.tered Williams College, and was gradu
ed with credit at the age of twenty-five.
hile a member of College, he sustained
, e character of an eminent Christian, and
as highly esteemed not only by the mem
ers of the class to which ho belonged, but
all others with whom he associated ,
i
a theologioal course seems to have been
arty, as he was ordained within two years
iter he was• gjaduated. This is to be ao
ounted for from the usages of the Con
regational Churoh at that time. When a
oung man, completed his theologioal
tudies, and was about to labor in the West,
e was ordained " sine titulo," that he
ight administer the sacraments in dead
to congregations. Diligent study after=
ard, supplied, in part, this deficiency in
Ir. B. He was sent to Western Virginia
nder the oare of a Missionary Society in
ew•England—perhaps the $ 1 Hampshire.
'lissionar,y Society." He labored one year
in French Creek, in Lewis County, and in
I .everiy and in Tygarts Valley, in Ran
i olph County; this region of country ba
ng then within the bounds of the Presby
ery of Redstone. This destitute region
f country had often been visited by Pres
iyterian ministers of the Synod of Pitts
iurgh, but no permanent settlement was
ttempted till . this time. After laboring in
ese destitutions for one year, he returned
o New• England to make arrangements for
permanent settlement at French creek,
'here was. 'fb small settlement of New-
I;egland Congregationalists. While in
"ewllngland he was married to Miss Mary
Sumner, an excellent lady, who was well
qualified to share in the arduous labors of
this missionary field. He returned to his
field of labor in the Fall, A. D. 1818. He
then organized a Presbyterian church at
French Creek, consisting of eleven mem
bers, in connexion with the Presbytery of
Redstone, to which Presbytery he became
attached, Mid in connection with which he
son ti nued till his death. This little church
lie fostered with parental care, devoting to
it one-half of his time, and devoting the
other half to other destitute settlements,
ionle of them thirty or forty miles distant
the Whiter of 1819-20, God was
~l eased to visit the church of French
Creek mith's time of refreshing, mass the
first fruits about eighteeis persons were
added to the visible Church. Soon after
this, Mr. Brooks became , the Stated Supply
bf the eongregationa 'of Veen& Creak and
$2.00
9.50
VOL. XII. NO. 31
Clarksburg, devoting three-fourths of his
time to the former,
and one-fourth to the
latter. To show the labor to which be was
exposed, it is only necessary to state that
these congregations are forty miles distant
from one another.
It was, perhaps, in the Spring of ihe
year 1824 that Mr. Brooks and family vis
ited their friends in the . East. As his sal
ary was small, (amounting to only about
$300,) and as his family was increasing, it
was a matter of great doubt whether be
would return. Rarely did a people ever
part with their Minister with such feel
ings of deep sorrow. On the Sabbath be
fore his departure from French Creek, he
preached on 1. Peter v : 7—" Casting all
yew care upon Him, for he oareth for
you." The 'tears of the congregation
flowed abundantly, and impressions were
made which were never obliterated. Not
many months after his departure, a work
of grace commenced in the congregation
with great power. The youth were nearly
all inquiring what they must do to be saved.
The elders of the church held prayer
meetings on week-days, and continued the
regular services of the sanotury on the
Sabbath, having sermons read to supply
the lack of preaching. But being ur -
rounded with errorists, who used' all possi
ble exertions to draw away the youth into
their different churches, the elders thought
it necessary to send for some minister to
labor amongst them for a season. Accord
ingly they wrote to the Rev. A. G. Fair
child, who could not turn a deaf ear to the'
Macedonian cry, but who soon was on the
ground, in the midst of Winter, though
living about one hundred miles distant.
He labored about one week, confirming the
ohuroh, and converting (instrumentally)
the impenitent. Mr. Samuel,McFarren
and Mr. Richard Brown, at tat time li
centiates of the Presbytery . of Washington,
also visited the church, soon after. The
labors of these brethren ware very accepta
ble and very profitable. As a result of this
revival, thirty persons were added to the
church on the first communion season after,
and others afterward.
The church now rallied, and Mr. Brooks
was brought bank in the Summer of 1825,
to the no small joy of the congregation,
who received him with open arms. He
continued to supply the congregations as
before, till A. D. 1830, when he removed
to Clarksburg, supplying that church three
fourths of his time, and devoting one
fourth to French Creek. Sometime during
this period, Mrs. Brooks deceased, leaving
a number of small children. Mr. Brooks
married again, after continuing a widower
some time. His second wife was a Miss
Flenniken, of Greene County, Pa. Mr.
Brooks continued to discharge the duties
of an ambassador of Christ with increas
ing popularity and usefulness, till Decem
ber, 1834, when he was attacked with the
bilious fever, which, after a sickness of
three weeks, terminated his earthly labors.
He died December 23d, 1834, in the forty
fifth year of his age.
Mr. Brooks was in many respects a pat
tern. No man, perhaps,. ever blended
cheerfulness . and gravity in more fair and
correct proportions. His sermons (which
he generally read,) were more remarkable
for dearness and judicious arrangement,
th n ,They always lest.the im
preasion Of seriouana go .,.......o—.—• • .. 4 -
ration. Sometimes they were delivered
with such tenderness that he could hardly
give utterance to his words, on account of
the emotion of his heart. And yet every
one - saw that it was no studied effort to
produce sympathy, but the rising of a heart
seeking the welfare of immortal souls.
There have been few better sermonizers
than Mr. Brooks.' His moral character
was a pattern, and it is said that his pres
ence in the streets of Clarksburg always
tended to deter from misconduct the
thoughtless and profane ; and that after his
death there was a manifest increase of
levity and profanity
Such was the life and influence of this
good man and devoted minister.
Eighth Annual Statement
Of Bible operations in Eastern Ohio, for
the year ending March 31, 1864.
Time has brought us to the close of an
other year; and I am permitted, by a kind.
Providence, to present to the numerous
friends and patrons of the Bible cause, my
eighth annual statement of operations and
receipts in this field'of labor. In my last
annual report I alluded to the encourage
lug fast that the receipts for the Bible
cause in Eastern Ohio, had been larger that
year than in any. preceding one in the So
ciety's history; but it was not without some
just cause of apprehension that in view of
the numerous obstacles imposed by the un
happy state 4 our national" affairs and the
urgent claims of other charities, there
might be some retrogression from this
marked advance, in the year to come; but
in this I have been happily disappointed.
The receipts, for the year just closed ex
hibit an advance of about four thousand
dollars in Eastern Ohio, or in the ratio of
about twenty-five per cent. My field com
prises twenty-two counties, or one-fourth of
the State. The receipts from these twenty
counties the past year have been twenty
one thousand six hundred and fifty-eight
dollars and ninety-six, cents. The plan by
which these encouraging results have been
attained, has been the same as delineated
in my previous annual statement, and has
been mainly through the system of auxil
iary and branch Societies and their coordi
nate agencies. The number of auxiliary
Societies in my field is thirty-five, and that
of branch Societies three hundred, making•
in all three hundred and thirty-five Socie
ties, or an average of fifteen to a county.
Connected with them there are two thou
sand one hundred and twenty-three local or
unpaid agents, whose spheres of operation
usually comprise a school district each, and
whose duty it Is to supply the destitute
with the Word of God from year to year,
and assist the traveling agent in securing
funds for the cause. The number of fami
lies visited upon my field durinOt e year,
is twenty-eight thousand one hit died and
forty, of which only about six hundred have
been 'found to be wholly destitute of the
Word of God. The number of volumes
distributed (as accurately as I can ascer
tain) is about twenty the m : m id--1m sma ll
portion of which have gone to our noble
and self-sacrificing soldiers.
In the remittances which have been
made by the varions auxiliary and branch
Bible Societies, it is a gratifying fact that
they have been enabled almost without an
exception,
to make some donation to the
parent Society in New-York, after paying
in advance for the books needed for the do
mestic destitutions of the year to come.
Several auxiliary Societies have in this way
remitted to the parent Society a donation
of not less than five hundred dollars each,
while none (with one or two exceptions
only) have donated less than one hundred
dollars for the same general end.
In the prosecution of this work we have
endeavored to keep constantly in view the
fundamental principal which lies at the
foundatiog of the American Bible Society,
."A. common. Christianity a universal
•
:1,,,'-ttslitt.ttrzi, - ait
,-.,-(:s*altit-tr,
L. Y
Per the Presbyterian Benner.
PITTSBURGH, WEPN.SDAY, APRIL 20, 1864.
Church of the First• Born, which is written
in heaven," and the open charter and bond
of its unity in a free Bible 'and in its uni
versal diffusion, "first at hut() and then
abroad!'
In some of the, counties a thorough and
systematic canvass has been conducted, and
considerable destitution found and sup
plied. In others, the biblical wants of the
community, have been , mainly Supplied up
on a still more economical basis, by a mnl-
Oplication of smaller depositories estab
lished among the various branch Societies
which have -been = set in operation—the
books being placed in the hands of volun
tary agents for distribution; and in what
ever way accomplished, the ends and pnr
poseit of the American Bible Society have
been best subserved by those Measures
which have' secured the freest and, fullest
circulation of the Word of God " without
note or comment."
It is to us an encouraging fact, that Ohio
has contributed more the past year than
any other State in the Union (the wealthy
and populous State , of Plow-York, of course,
excepted) and that , het receipts are largely
in advance of those of any preceding year
—amounting to upwards of sixty-live thou
sand dollars. We have, supplied during
the .year nearly thirty thousand soldiers;
with Bibles and Testaments, and more than,
eighty thousand since' the breaking out of
the rebellion. ' '
The issues of the AMerican . Bible Soci
ety the past , year, have been fourteen bun
dred and twenty-six thousand- volumes,.or
an average of about eight volumes for ev
ery minute of working time: • Of this
number more than six hundied thousand
have been distributed to, our brothers and
sons upon the field of battle—to the sick
and wounded in our hospitals, and to the
prisoners 'of war. Nor hai the Society,
with all these donned° claimk.upon its re
sources, abated in, any,,neasure its useful
labors abroad. In More - than forty lan
guages .the message of God through his
written Word, hash been proclaimed upon
foreign shores, .and about fifty thousand
dollars appropriated during the year for
the circulation of the Scriptures in Pagan
and Mohammedan lands. •
In conclusion I can but express my
heartfelt thanks to the brethren in the
ministry—pastors of the churches on my
field which have cooperated with us, for the
Christian sympathy and personal Arts
extended to us; sensible as I am that un
der the blessing of God the cause is in
large measure indebted to them for its SUC
CESS. T. C. .11.A,RTSHORN,
Agent A. B. S. for &Stern ghio.
For the Presbyterian Banner
Mental Moods.
All are subject to great changes of feel
ing. At different times we are in moods
the very opposite. The'mind and heart of
man, when studied without the aid of Rev
elation, always has been an enigma. The
old fable of the Centaurs had its counter
part in the mind that imagined it. In the
soul there ie a combination of qualities,
that are more discordant than were the
two natures of the Centaurs. So different
at different times is the same person, that
the phenomenon has been accounted for by
supppAng two anulst-inAlblttia,-
Introvi
schismiiiio — siotu, all are conscious. It
disturbs our peace, and at times mikes us
groan with the conflict that rages within.
Sometimes we are at peace. Then this
world looks beautiful, and seems sufficient
for all our wants. Anon, though no change
has taken place, we reel sad and solitary.
There is a hunger of soul, we know not
for what. We turn from friends, from
pleasure, from business--can rest in noth
ing. At such times there is real suffering,
and unless it can be shaken off, it will
spread a gloom over the mind, and perau- ,
venture unsettle the reason. Byron, a man
of superior talents, possessing the very best
advantages, so gave himself up to a gloomy
melancholy that it blighted his own life,
ruined his family, and laid him in an un
timely grave. He has had many followers,
multitudes charmed with the melody of his
verse, but above all, their hearts harmoniz-,
log with its sad and bitter tone, have been
led to, feel that such a show of gloom was
manly. '
We may feel and express contempt for
those who delight in •gloomy, moody
thoughts—who will not come out into the
sunshine of life, yet these very things prove
that there is in' the soul an unsatisfied
want. ' At times we all feel lonely, and
even " the stare look unfriendly." Whence
this sorrow of heart 7 It is because we
have fallen. It is because there is a
schism in '
the soul. It is because man has
been violently wrenched from that commu
nion with God, which every intelligent
creature must enjoy, or suffer : spiritual
death.
This sadness which we all more or less
feel, is the voice of the soul crying after
God. It is like the - moaning of the dog
when his master is absent. - It is like the
sad cooing of the dove .when its mate is
killed. It is like the sorrowful wail of the
solitary child, as it lays its little hand upon
its dead mother's cheek, and receives no
an
swer of love.
Happy is he who early learns that it is
in answer to this voice that Christ came.
Who recognizes in Jesus that after which
his soul4s crying—that Which will fill its
.11esires, quench its thirst, quell its fears,
give peace and joy.
• 4 From every stormy wind that blows,
From every swelling tide of woes,
There is a calm, a sure retreat,
'T is found beneath the mercy-seat."
A. B. M.
For the Preabpterian BOUIIOI.
Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the Ladies'
Bible Society of Allegheny,
In presenting this Report, we are con
scious that nothing new or strange, can be
brought before yen; but the record, still
the same, of thaO watchful care which, amid
all the mutations ofithe times, luu3 for thir
ty-four years kept the Society in existence,
and prospered its efforts to disseminate that
" Word which was from the beginning
In looking over the year, flown on swift
est pinions to its close, we have first to no
tice sparing mercy. No member has been
taken from our midst by death, but all;
are spared to work a little longer in the
Master's vineyard..
-By removal from the eity•we have lost
our efficient TreaSurer, who for so long a
time attended .to our financial affairs with
signal and fidelity.
During the year the number of Bibles
distributed in our own city has been quite
small, but in a. community which has been,
and is, so frequently canvassed by our own
and similar organizations, great destitution
could scarcely be expected.
Fifty Bibles were given since the open
ing of our year to the prisoners in the
Western Penitentiary. Vwelve English
Bibles, seven German, and six. Testaments ,
.have been distributed to destitute persons
in the city, and to the refugees in Arkin
sae. Twenty-five Bibles and seventy-nine
Testaments, have been donated. Though
the amount of work done in the why of ac
tual distribution appears small; rtt by cur
-1 uoillautiottiiiph the Ameriew-Societw to.
BIM
whose funds we hap this year contributed
two hundred ap,d . forty dollars, we are' sure
that wetare accomplishing-muclegood-how
much; we shall - neverinosv,
" Looking o'er Life'efielehed story,
We read the record. there."
The contributions,'by which our Society
is sustained, notwithstanding the traghlotts
times in which We live, have equalled if not
exceeded those of form er'years ; and we can
only thank a generous public for its confi
dence in, and support of, our Society, and
pray that in future thnsame Christian co
operation may be extended to us in our
great work of spreading broadcast the Book
Divine; so that as workers together we
may in this life receive: the reward of our
labors in the conscioudness, of having done
something for. Him who has redeemed us,
and at the last, life forkvermore.
TIMASUREit'ii 'WORT.
Cash received at Annual,ermon, by sub=
sariptions and 'donations • $361.17
Bibles and Testaments sold 1.40
- • Total .04. ....... ...$862.57
By cash, remitted to Baron ooiety.. $240.06
Bibles and Testaments pure .. - ...0.-.- - 76.80
Total .4, - :....;'.»: - .S.815:80
Balance in Treasury.....o l ;`• $47.27
,
The following is the Bourd of Managers
.
elected for the ensuing year.: • :
President :"Mrs.. Swift: Vice President
—Mise M. Herron. Tivainier---:Mrs. .b.
R Swift. CorrespondiAy Secretary—Mrs.
M. •.T. Hays. Recordisot§ecretary 7 --Mrs.
H. M'Elheny. , - .
l i
Mrs. Cochrane, Mrs. Tuna, Mrs. jerni
son, Mrs. Stewart, Mr `. Breading; Mrs.
Sawyei, Mrs. Davis, s. ' Gieer, - Mid.
Sprat, Mrs. M'Millin Mrs. Sands, Mrs.
fludryi Mrs. Dickey, lirs. 41y, , Mrs.. Miller,
Miss 'Fleming, Miss Whitten, Miss Thomp
son, Miss• Henderson,' Miss Blacketock,
Miss Pressly, Miss Sproul 'Miss * Taney,
Miss Porterfield. ' - - 1- s
Per. the rgreebyterien Benner
Te
BY MRS. LEVI WADE.
To thee, 0 G0d,.1 raise iny.song
Of gratitude and piwise , ,
To thee, my warmest th nks belong,
To flee, my sweetest liys!
Thy mercy, and thy goodness ton,
Through life have e'erkeen mine ;
If clouds e'er hid thee frop my view,
Thy love did bright4r
If, when cast down or sortOistreesed,
I humbly prayed to tlieo,
And all my secret sine caressed,
Upon the banded knee,
Then didst thou wipe away , my tears,
And fill my anul with lickie;
My souls, 'bereft of 4oubta and fears,
Rose to thy throne above.
Dear Saviour, while I e.ver,live,
Spared by thy grace dime;
Let me my soul's best offering give!
Let all my powers be Wet.
And as I tread the paths of life,
Let My ambition be
To lead some soul from gin and strife,
To love and worship thee.: . •
Loud hallelujahs will I raise
To thee, my God, .43.,410.
To thee m • awe: no r I
SitB
EUROPEAN SMUT.
[PREPARED FOR THB PiEERYTERLAD BANNER.]
THE PRINOE OF WALES does not seem
much inclined to the domestic life and reg
ular habits which have characterized his
mother's family. It cannot be denied that
he delights in convivial parties not remark
able for sobriety, and that at times he man
ifests undoubted aspirations toward being
a leader of fashion. Maturer years and a
deeper sense of responsibility, may restrain
tendencies which now indicate a prefer
ence by no means commendable for the
customs or the Georges which Thaekeray
made so familiar to the popular mind.
THE REQUIREMENT that the heir to the,
English throne shall not marry a British
subject, often involves the whole nation
more or leas in the complications -of other
nations. Queen Victoria has many rela
tions who are mixed tip in Continental,
affairs. A half-sister of hers, daughter of
the Duchess of. Kent, was the wife of the
late Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg - .
Her five children are . nephews and nieces
of the Queen. One of the daughters mar
ried the Duke of Augustenburg, the
claimant to the Duchies. King Leopold,
of Belgium, is the Queen's uncle; and her
cousin (the Duke of Brabant, Leopold'a
eldest son and heir,) is the husband of an
Austrian Archduchess, and his daughter is
the wife of the Archduke Maximilian, Ern.
peror of Mexico. Then the Queen's aunt,
the Duchess Of Cambridge, is aunt of 'the
Queen of Denmark`; her son is the hus
band of the daughter of the King, and
her daughter the wife of the Prince Royal
of Prussia.
1
Mu OTHER •DAY 1 infr3loll was-ma.e to
the great spiritual destitution in. London,
and to the efforts about to be made to sup
ply this want: The Queen has pledged
herself to the Bishop of London for
£l,OOO per annum for three years, making
a total of 43,000, , t0 aid in this work. In
the meantime, inquiry brings to light in
stances in different parts of England
where there are large expenditures in sup
port of parish ministers;birt where no ser
vices are rendered. Nor is the evil con
fined to England • it extends also to Ire
land. a speech recently made by Mr.
C. Barnes; M. .P., at Bolton, he stated the
following curious facts in relation to the
condition of the Established Church in
Ireland The number of parishes without
churches, without glebes, and without fifty
members of the Church of England living
in the parish, is 608, and their revenue
amounts to £50,432. Included. in these
were 131 parishes with benefices amount
log to 47,556, in which there was neither
church, glebe nor Protestant. Somebody
received that $7,557, and had nothing to
do for it. Again, the number of parishes
with churches - or glebes, or both, but more
than fifty Protestants, was 124, and the in
come of the livings was £17,064.
A FEw YEARS AGO, Lord BeresfOrd,
the Archbishop of Armagh, died—a very
old and respectable man. The Archbishop
entered the Church very young, with pow
erful friends, who placed him in good liv
ings. For the first seven years he was
Dean of Clogher, and received in thatlime
44,900. Then he was two years Bishop - of
Cork and Ossory, and received ;
then two years Bishop of Replies, and re
ceived £18,000; then Bishop of ? Clogher
for eleven years, and received £121,000 1
then Archbishop of Dublin two years, and
received 424,000 ; then he reached the top
of the tree, as Archbishop of Armagh, and
he found it a very goodplace, for he' lived
forty .years in it, and received 4600,000,
making a total of. 4777,900. .
THE ARCHBISHOP OE 'CANTERBURY, al
lading to the recent judement in the ease'
'of the authors of " Essays and Reviews,"
has published a letter in which he sayaz
" The eternity of punishment rests, accord
ing ;to my shindi . exactly on the same
gtound.es the , eterridy of' blessedness ; they
must both stand or fall together; and the
Church of England, as I maintain, holds
both doctrines clearly and decidedly."
NISBET & Co., of London, have lately
published a iraluable work entitled "Ten
Years of Mission in India;" by Dr. Mul
ler* .of the 'London Mission at Calcutta.
Dr. Muller's, who is an entirely competent
witness, speaks in, most decided and hope
ful terms as to missionary progress in In
dia. in the' concluding part of his work
he says : •
"On the:-..evidence now offered, no im
partial mind will deny that the missionary
work carried on in India during the past
ten
,years, has made secure and solid, ad
vance. It has:realiied substantial progress
in the , number of its agents; in the number
ot, its converts, in the improved character
of the native ohurches, in the'enlargement
and spread of its native ministry, and in
the increase in the number and efficiency of
itsreatechists and teachers ; it has realized
that progress in thw enlargement of-"its'
education,-; in the improvement of all its
ghlistian , li*Kataxe,„ isoke v „orraupationk-er
nesfiqldri,,Ailhe-ripjaned,experience of its
ha'afr—sof t 144:Tars, and in their more clii
eid of their consecrated ser
viceAO the mighty sphere they seek to oc
cupy. An - expenditure of more than two
millions and. a. quarter sterling, contributed
by the Churches of Europe and America,
and by the lewd Church, bath native and
European, in India,lias maintained during
their period a staff of missionaries now
reaching, to more , than , five hundred. in
number- 7 a staff.of native pastors and mis
sionaries that has risen to one hundred and
eighty-three, with one thousand
,seven hun
dred% and seventy-ex catechists, and hun.
dreds more of native school teachers.
Fifty-one thousand boys , are taught in its
vernacular schools, and twenty-four thou
sand, others study English ,in addition to
their 'Vein tongue. Twenty-one thousand
girls enjoy the benefits of Christian female
education under its care.. That expendi
ture, in addition- to the salaries of these
numerous and*experienced agents, has pro
vided them residences, has maintained
schobl-houses, built and repaired churches
'for Worship, provided facilities for preach
ing journeys, has brought entlarge num
bers of new missionaries, has carried away
the exhausted invalids, whom the' climate
has destroyed, and han produced and scat
tered with liberal hand a vastly-improved
Christian literature in fourteen languages,
including, and thoroughly based upon, im
proved translations of the Word of God."
In the Free Church Record, the follow
ing remarks are made on some of the facts
here bionght out:
in the number of Native Chris
dans.
' 4 In 1852, in India and Ceylon, there
were,
in round. ‘ numbers,
1121700. In,
1862 thpy had risen to 153000, or one-half
more; and'if we include Burmill, we find
the entire number is 213,000, or about
double the number. in 1852.
"Then to , take another class, the increase
of whose numbers is to our mind a still
more satisfactory mark of progress. Let
us now look at the number of communicants.
In India and Ceylon, in 1852, they num-
• •
50,000. "- -
"`Then, in a matter to which we attach .
still greater importance, namely, the or
dained native missionaries ' we see an in
crease yet more marked. In 1852, after
more, than a century and a half' of effort,
they had reahhed the number of forty-eight,
a number which shows only two clearly.the
small importance which had been attached
to the rearing of a native ministry. The
early European missionaries_ did not seek
with any great earnestness to train up a
body of well-qualified ordained native mis
sionaries. They long continued to depend
too much on the European element in the
mission staffs, and the native was too, much
neglected and depressed. Different views
prevail now in almost all quarters, and, ac
cordingly, in ten years the number of or
dained native missionaries has risen from
48' to 140, while, if we include Burrnah,
the total is 186 We hail. this great in
.crease as one of the surest indications of
real progress, and we regard it as one of
the chief grounds of hope for yet more
abundant success in the time to come.
" Let us glance a moment at another
matter, which may be regarded as of con
siderable interest to all the members of our
Free Church—the increase of Aogio:ver
nacular schools,"and of the scholars in at
tendance on these schools. Some people
talk as if the Free Church of Scotland were
almost the only body which gave much at•
tention to educittional methods of evangel
izing the people . of Ilindtistan. Thole
tables ought to throw much light, on that
question. During the past ten years the
Free' Church has not greatly, if at all, add
ed to her schools and probably there has
not been much of an increase to the num
ber of the scholars. But look at the facts
brought out in the tables. In 1852 in In
dia and . Ceylon there were 126 Anglo-ver
nacuiar schools, and in attendance on these
there were 14,1100 scholars; while in 1862
there were 185 schools containing . 23,000
scholars. Here is - an increase of 59 schools
and 9,00.0 scholars. Nothing, we think,
could more clearly , show. the importance
which is attached to this method 0f'.11. 1, 9r
by the Mission Societies than - such au in
crease during these ten years. And r. ion
this matter is examined in detail, it .7/ill bk.
found that almost.all Societies hay- been
adding their efforts in this direction.
Letter FroM the Army.
• FIRST PENNA. RES. CAVALRY,}
Warrenton, Va.
MESSRS. EDITORS:-An occasional com
munication to the Banner, we trust, may
not, prove unacceptable to you, or dis
tasteful to 'your numerous readers--
tho - ugh, like angels' visits, they have been
few and far between. HoWiver, for aught
we know, this may be their chief merit.
Be this as %may, if time were at our dis
posal, and we were free at all times to con
sult our iaclituitions, we should diminish
the intervening time •by increasing the
number of their visits.
On a former Occasion -we promised to
say something touching the religioui aspect
of things in our regiment. We should
have referred to 'this matter ere this, but
feeling that we could not in justice rive as
good an account as we desired, we have pur
posely omitted to refer to the subject at all.
True, we have here all the religious ap
pliances necessary to a healthful moral con
dition of the regiment, and if they have.
failed to work out desired good results, the
fault may be found in the fact that the
proper application of the means at com
mand• has not been made. We have Bibles
sufficient, and, we, also have a chaplain, :and
have had since the organization of the
regiment, But if the Bible is suffered to
.
remain unopened and neglected, and the
chaplain to be more.ooncerned about other
things than the religious advancement and
condition of those over whose spiritual in
tereste..he is supposed to have oversight, we
ire not to wander if wines like
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the moon in
.her decline ; Ambition in
• military men and statesmen, when directed
toward the attainment of public good, is
commendable, but ambition 'in a chaplain,
looking to military preferment, cannot, in
view of the sacredness of the office, be so
designated. So 'circumstanced, an to be
animated by such ambition looks to us like
putting the hand to the plough and then
looking back. According to our crude no
tion of the fitness of things, the chaplain
-who brings with him the 'true spirit of his '
sacred calling, will have no unhallowed
ambition for honors, other than those which
arise from an inherent consciousness of
having done well the duties assigned him.
The glittering star supported upon the
shoulders of the successful military chief
tain, is obscured in the presence of "that
galaxy; of Christian virtues, that should al
ways adorn the demeanor of the jiumble
Christian, whose rule oflife is drawn from I
the precepts of the Gospel.
But let no one infer from what we have
said, that we„are destitute of peuieaPe,Ofll
g ,neglected - :fin eAtave been: ,
There are now here, and have .been for I
more, than a month, some delegates from
the Christian Commiasion, two of whom,
the Revs. Rankin and Caldwell, are
Washington County, Pa.' These ministers
have stirred up the dry.bones here, and in
fused new life and energy,among those in
whorn befere reigned, in reference to spir
ituar things,'the apathy of the grave: The
exercises are held -every evening, in the
large room of. the Court House in Warren
ton, and on each kylgegssiVe evening the at
tendance is increased, •and 'the interest
manifested intensified. The deportrnent of
.the nien is all that could be desired, and hi
.keeping with the soleninity of the occasion.
• Composed, :as these meetings are, entirely
of soldiers, and so respectful and attentive,
it is a hopeful sign: Quite a number have
given evidence . of a thanee of heart, and
have been baptized,'as evidence of that new
faith and 'hope- that has been wrought in
theirhearts through the power of the Gospel.
The good work that has thus been begun in
the heart, we hope will continue, and that
it may be abundantly watered with the
dews of Divine grace, will be the prayers
or the good ; and further, that they may be
enabled to withstand the combined influ
enees of evil that meet them in so many
%rills in the army.
Religion in the army is often called Upon
to endure hard trials, and to contend against
agencies that do not operate at home and
in private life. We have seen those_ who
stood well in a religious point of view.
fore entering the army, yield to tempta
tions here, make sad shipwreck' of their
faith, and' like a waif upon the waters, lia
ble to be tossed, without rudder or chart,
by each succeeding counter-current. - But
while we make this admission—and we do
it with sorrow—we can at the same time
bear testimony to the fact that we have seen
religion exemplified in the life of soldiers;
thus refuting the oft-repeated assertion,
that there.is no religion in' the army, and
that the life of the soldier is one into which
religious elements do not enter. Religion
pure, and unadulterated, as it flows from
the inexhaustable fountain of Di , i! • •
.
in life so high, and none so low, as to be
beyond the scope and design of the pro
visions of the Gospel; and none so har
dened, though he be a soldier, as to be ex
cluded from its blessings.
We have been led into this train of
thought in view of the too common im
pression that, upon assuming the duties of
the Soldier, we thereby necessarily throw
off the restraints and responsibilities of the
citizen. There can be no opinion more
fallacious. The same courtesies and ame
nities that characterize civil life should not
be lost sight of in the army.; and we are
happy to be enabled to say, that in no
other regiment does there exist more cor
diality among the soldiers, than in ours.
Composed, as we are, altogether of citizens
from the old Keystone State, there is a unity
of feeling and sentiment that makes our
intercourse agreeable.
But 'w have said nothing of the army,
and'of intended operations. Of these, we
know but little; and besides; it is contra
band to speak of anticipated movements.
We do know that the time for active opera
tions is drawing nigh; for we feel it in the
rays of the sun, in the song of the Spring
bird, and in the murmur of the running
brook. Verily the time draweth nigh when
operations will open on a scale commensu
rate with the gigantic proportions of the
rebellian. The tread of marshalling hosts
may even now be heard in the distance,
mustering their energies for the final great
encounter with organized rebellion. And
who is there that can look with indiffer
ence upon coming portentous events ? and
is there any who would not send up a holy
aspiration that the final issue may perch
upon the banner held aloft by our fathers,
and bequeathed , to us , as a sacred trust.
We may say that the health of the regi
ment is good—better than at - any former
time. In view of the heavy picket .duty
we are doing, and consequent exposure,
this "is remarkable The dryness of the
season, and our -locality among the moun
tains, have laid at- our feet the blessings of
health. -
The delegates from the Christian Com
mission referred to, having fulfilled their
appointed time here, have been relieved by.
other delegates, from New-York, and have
returned to their homes. The new delega
tion unexpectedly left, alter entering upon
their work, and thus interrupted the good
work that had I2een so auspiciously begun
by their predecessors. Marching orders,
which about that time' unfortunately came
round, was obeyed by them in advance, but
in a counter direction. The penalty, at
tached in the army to the crime of leaving
a post of duty without orders, when it fal_s
upon a soldier; is sometimes very summary.
Co. K.
Communion Sabbath in the Army.
JOSEPH ALBREE, ESQ. :—Dear
Yesterday was the holy Sabbath. It WEVI a
day, too, of deep interest to, at least, some
souls in the great Potomac Army. At the
" Veimont Station" of the IT. S. Christian
Commission, the Lord's Slipper was ftiblitt
istered. Services began to IP. M. The
exercises were opened by the singing of
the 44th Hymn—Army and Navy Hymn-
Book
" Welcoihe, sweet day of rest,
That saw the Lord arise;
Welcome to this reviving bream,
And these rejoicing eyes i '
After this,Ahe 53d eheptet of "Isaiah was
read, and.then prayer was offered. Sing
ing again, of the 22d Hymn :
" My faith looks up to thee,
Thou Lamb-of Cavell',
giviour divine!"
Neat, followed the sermon. The teat
was : " But Christ is all, and in all.”—Col.
iii :11. The speaker attempted to show
that Christ was all, and in all: 1. In the
Purchase of the believer's Redemption. 2.
In the Application of our Redemption. 3.
In Our Justification. 4. In the believer's
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rection. And 7. That Christ is. all, and in
all, to the believer, or his joy and song,
through all eternity, in heaven.
This ohapel-tent was erected by the Com
mission, on the 22d of February. Scarcely
an evening has since passed, without hav
ing religious services in it. Rev. C. C.
Parker, of Vermont, and Mr. J. W. Baker,
a licentiate from Bangor Theological Sem
inary, labored here for a month after the
tent was pitched. It was my pleasant lot
to be Bent to the same Station, by the Field
Agent, at the time they left—now more
than two weeks ago. Soon after me came
Brother G: M: Smith, of Rooky Hill, Conn.,
to be my co-worker.
Front the time the meetings first began
to the present, there has been a deep re
ligious interest here. As many, perhaps,
as fifteen have given hopeful evidence of
conversibn. On Friday and Saturday be
fore the Sabbath of Communion, an invita
tion was given to all who hoped they had
experienced a change of heart, to meet with
ns ,ta our. tent. Brother Smith and myself
them eikniinecl them as to the ground of their,
faith and hope: 7 After sermon, 'those who
had given satisfactory evidence' of a saving
change were invited- to come forward, and,
before the world, assent to a brief conlea
doe, which we had drawn up, of funda
mental doctrines. Eleven stood up and
declared for Christ. Three of the number
had not been baptized. And never before
was it my privilege, eitlier to administer or
see administered this sacred ordinance,
under_ such peculiarly solemn and affecting
circumstances. One of these brave three,
who were neither afraid to enlist under the
flag_of their country nor the blood-stained
batter ,of the Cross, spoke thus to me on
SatttOky,-: "It has been a great blessing
to toe . 6Sl6lve these meetings here. And
if I should , be killed this coming Sommer,
it would be.:a great comfort to mother to
know that I died a Christian." Two oth
ers, who gave as satisfactory evidence as
any, and whose desire it was to sit down
with us and remember -Jesus, were called
off on picket 'duty.- One of them tried to
get some fellow-soldier 'tac-go out In his
place, that he might be present.; but the
weather on Saturday was almost int2lera
ble, and no one seemed willing 4.0 make the
excange. Several ilitnie'gave encouraging
marks of having passed into a gracious
'state, since the meetings began; yet the
evidence was not quite satisfactory, either
to us- or to themselves. They remained
away for this time.
,Thirty-four, in all communed : eleven of
these—almost one-third—for the first time.
This little band of disciples—though all
feeling, I hope, that we had one Master,
*yen Christ, and that we all were brethren
—was composed of no less that eight differ
ent denominations. None of these were so
far off the true foundation as to be Unita
rians or Universelists. Some of them be
longed to Churches which we do not con
sider altogether orthodox. But in con
versation with them they seemed to be
Christians, in spite of the partially heterodox
organizations with which they were con
nected. They declared their belief in the
Word of Clod—their faith in prayer—their
at 4.e4tlitit" - trurtotu — us of the
10 sit with the people of God-aa I
commemorate the dying love of their Re.
deemer, we- could neither find it in the
Word of God, nor in our own hearts, to
say to them, Nay.
In relating the exercises in their regular
order, it should have been mentioned, that af
ter the assent to the Confession, and the bap
tisms, then, introductory to the Supper, a
portion of Scripture was read, showing the
Divine authority fot what we were about to
do. It was Math. xxvi : 26-30. Next
followed a few remarks on the nature of
the ordinance. The 68th Hymn was sung,
teginning:
0 thou from whom all goodness flows,
I lift my heart to thee;
In all my Borrows, conflicts, .woes,
Dear Lord, remember me."
At the close of the singing of this, the
little band of brethren were arranged de
cently and in order, that they might par
take of the feast. Before them, on a little,
rough stand, were the emblems of a Sa
viour's broken body and shed blood. There
were *no costly and glittering paten and
chilice to dazzle the eyes. A tin platter
held the bread, and a tin cup the wine. A
blessing was asked Then came the distri
bution. We had nu elders or deacons for
this work. Bat there were two soldiers,
H. M. H. and Sergbant J. C. H., who had
been professors for several years, and who
we learned bad been faithful to the Captain
of their salvation, amid all the trials and
temptations of army life. These were made
pro tem. elders, and passed the elements.
Brother Smith administered the cup, and
conducted the exercises after that to the
close. The concluding singing, at his re
quest; was the first stanza, only, of the 15th
Hymn:
.4 (31 for a thousand tongues to sing
My dear Redeemer's praise!
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of his grace!"
It can scarcely ba imagined by home
friends, what a blessed privilege this occa
sion was esteemed, by loyal, Christ-loving
soldiers, who had not for three years, or for
life before, sat down to this heavenly feast,
and thus commemorated the wondrous love
of their Redeemer. It was, indeed, a bles
sed and soul-refreshing season. And I do
think, that a number of our brave and
noble soldiers did in reality feel, that a
"thousand tongues" were none too few to
sing such a "dear Redeemer's praise."
Wm. M. MYLOII.
Vermont Station of the U. S. C. C., near
Brandy Station, Va., April 4, 1864.
The Gracious Direction.
We cannot always prevent burdens being
laid upon us, but we may refuse to carry them.
Indeed we ought not to carry" burdens, for
it is not becoming in the King's children
to . act like porters. We have a great bur
den bearer, one who has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows, one who'bore our
sins in his own body on the tree. Now, he
bore our sins, the guilt and the punishment
of them, that we may never bear them.
He sighed, that we may sing. He sank
under the weight of our sorrows, that we
may rise and taste his sweetest joys. And
now, when he sees us burdened with care,
grief, anxiety, - or worldly trouble, he sweet,
ly says: "Let me take thy burden and car
ry it for thee. My strength is greater
than thine. Bring it to me. Cast it on
me. Leave it with me." 0, Christian,
what a Saviour thou hest I He so cares
for you that be desires you not to care; and
he so loves to see thee happy, that he pro
poses, yea, asks to be allowed to carry thy
burden for thee. More than this, he will
not only carry thy burden, but he will carry
thee. He will place his everlasting arms
beneath thee lift thee up. out of every
difficulty, and set thee before his face for
ever. Take thy present burden to Jesus,
and let him bear it for thee. If you do
not, you will soon begin to think that the
Lord deals hardly with you. But if you
take it to Jesus, he will not only bear it
for yop, but endear s himself to you- lag du
ing so. •