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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.
LONDON, June 25th, 1864.
EDITons or BANNER : —Dear Sirs :—London,
a' this moment, is at the height of the fashion
sole "season." The West End and the Parks,
together with the two Houses of Parliament, the
Ibtanioal, ZAlogioal and Kew Gardens, Hemp
tm Court Palace, its lovely foliage, turf, and
fishponds, (smiling in the light of Summer at
1:s noon,) together with the noble collection of
picatres of the old Mestere within—these in
o:au with Floral Fetes, Charitable Bazaars,
presided OTOV by Duehesies and the young re
mile nobility, the docking, of the people -.of
tette to the Exhibition of Modern Sculpture and
Panting in Trafalgar Square, and the grand
banquets, balls
. and soirees given by thei beau
monde night after night, present -both to 'the
stranger and to one resident like znyiselt a plc
tire peculiar to ths metropolis at this Ileum of
the year.
Test erday afternoon I went to Hyde. Park—the
aobieaL and largest of those Parka whichhave
justly been called 4 ‘ the lungs of London."
Toy are alike the property of the .peasatt and,
vie peer, adults and ohildre#,lhotki' on fool and'
e vestrians or carriage 'folk'. On tlie enstern
aide of Ilyde Park, yori'pess in from the Palace
Nodules road, and find gravelled walks, boauti
fifly trimmed parterres, and the sparkling ser
pentine, along and around the fashiona
bles, in their carriages, lave been:, woo ' l every
" season," for years, to, drive two deep—or
rather two streams of cuirriageoareaaen (with
horsemen interspersed,), going
..41)Drotit' Ways.
The Serpentine itself wail very gay Ye'slerday,
While white•salled bootie' - skimmeCits surface.
The whole Park was full of life. Here, month
ago, NM, a magnificent sight—the i lieview of the
Volunteers, (town, alitfOuniry;)aiioist Lien ty-'
two thousand men defiling heforethe yrinoe and
princesa of Wales, - ilutyettterday were. Oily to
be seen a few soNlers_.ef, the Queen's Ouards—
that famous force,Whleh conquere_d at Blenheim,
Faitenoy, Quebec, and Waterloo.:
Thera is a_softly graveUed ,apace.set apart in-
Hyde Park, axpresalifor of iqueatrians,
Prom twelve to one .o'olook, of lite leers, jilts,
become the faehionnble . hotir ; but; still,: Elvin. -
four to 1313 , 1011: o'otadit P. itie 1414 presented
of ladies and gentlenien, peers avid oonnonere,J,
mounted on homes of tfienitgesthrteding ands
of priceless ya)ue, le_unique .apd ipteresting to
s dagree, here ,yOu see ,flne, athletic 'young'=
man, who oaltiyate tbetr f,sibers' country:,
outs athletic sports,lts also tbelirtiveriities
and English ladies blooming with a=glow
only fresh air and exercise--their familiar
friends—can bestow.
It was in this long iide in Hyde gailt Iliat the
Dishcp of Oxford was,
_tWo dap,. ago,. tkrown
from hie horse; but not scrim:wax-injured. Just,
before, he had been in the Rouse - of .Peetis,..ad
venting a bill. vitt , * is designed to give the
Head Musters. of public schools (when clergy
men,),
the power of having Divine service
their own preoinotti,' without taking the youths
to the parish chgvall. Lord..Shaftsbury, looks
upon the megaton& as monastic hits tendOnoies;
aed certainly, if the ,Bishop--of Oxfoid hi's& the•
appointment' of tlie Read Masters, , -the danger
would be great.
TUN MAT AND Jusrnlnsmcts (Religious.
Anniversaries ) have been full of interest.
The following figures indicate the finanoialre
sults of the chief .Societies. Those which held '
their anniversaries in April are not inelt4ed
Deitish And Foreign Ink Society
Nivel ant Miihary Bible Society • 1;78z
Waterman Bible Nootcty
itethdaus T. sot Society 118 619
midi oocittiee- '48;697
Army Scripture Stades& society 0,117
Protestant Itarcirinstion Society 4,019
Seamen's Christian Ft lend Society • ; • 940
Mal , us to Seamen 7.310'
I'r64eataut Aldbore ` 1,580
Sunday Sciumi Union
= 19811...
Ramo 1 School 111rotork 0,50
Il,hgtaua Book Society 9,490,
On rtHtlart Vamactner Education Society 6,718
Chinch of England Scripture Haulers' Hootety , 11,913
Couch Pastoral aid 13..015 1 7 s 44,8:33
Wesleyan florae Missions 15,000
U ;was .11ksiunaty SWIM I Cotegre t tattaital)... .. .... „; 4,093
Buoist flame Mission• Soc • 1,875
1r1.,h Church II togions 28,572 -
Irish Society V0ngrepti0na1)..........! .4,015 '
Land , u City Mission 42,748
0 denial WO Continental Secisty • ' ; 28,919' -
Illusionary, .... , .. ... 6 1 7 4
Foreign Aid Society r .
Erai,gelleal Continental. Society - 3.03 - 93J.ever the Vropagattoo of the atepel...., ' 87,632
Ch rch 511 est otiat y• e oat tY • 154,247
Wesleyan 811 , siotutry. Society' 184,258
" Jubilee rued 170,000
toed nt Muni glary Society .•• 81,072-
llmttst lelletionary Society' 84,419
'United Methodist Vroe churches ; '4 885
P huitiro Meth Mist Misilons 12,547
Turkish Aid 2,875
41,280,470
All these instlintions and. agencies are. per
railed by evangelical life, and have definitely
spiritual ends in view. The ftagged :School
'Saint has beautifully combined the secular and. '
the spiritual, the sanitary and the ''souhsa,ving
elements of lucidness. I never was at a more
glorious and stirring - anniversary: - It was >s
scene of jubilant gladness. An appeal for
funds, when the Ilnion last January-was:almost
poundals, - had boon .responded to --by special
gifts seat in of =more th - an '43,000. - The number •
of school buildings is now 176 ;liftitene Ire Oar:
tied on Sabbath Schools withjukaverage attend 7
ante of 61,247. At least 25,090 chlidren of the
" very poor" ate tog in Itagged. , Schools, 'and
strenuous exertions are being Made on theit
behalf.
ORPHAN ASYLUMS—forayer assooiated with
_the
name of the late philanthropist, .14. A. Reeti—
as to usefulness, are doing more and_better than .
ever. Bo is It as to the Midnight MoveMent, the .
Preaching in, Theatrerf and - Balls, and, also the
Open -Air Movement—of which, in after letters,
I shall give Pardonlore fall of cheir,Lauk .
.and cheer,:
and
of progress.
The London. City Milton, whose work lhave
been famillarwitlrfor sixteen years, reporte (in
one yenr) nearly two million visits from house' to".
house, and " sick visits!' (to many who died and
who would have' had otherwise no'religions ins
struotion) at the rate of 715 daily: About 46 : -
000 Bible Classes were held i:8 0 ,0 60 volumes is
su,2ll from lending libraries; and 181000.corarau-'
tuts were added to Christitits Churches'.
CosTurAviort has been once more assembled
in the Jerusaleni Chaniber: Westminster, and
"both gooses . '.' , here . been olaying at the game
of apparent independent ,juriediction while,they
wear the State collar and livery. The " Essays
and Deviewe," which have been under Consider.
alien for three sears, have boon at last eon
deioned " eynodloally," by the Upper Howse,
net without opposition by the Bishop of,London.
Re maintains that the strength of the Church is
to sit still, that the Convocation - 'has been the
great Advertiser and Bookseller of the authors
of Essays and Reviews, and that every , fresh
stir about what the Timer of to:day. calls "an
ephemeral publieation," has given-a•fresk impe
tus to its sale and Circulation. Tliereby thinks
the Bishop of London, as well as by the pub
lished "gravamina" Of Convocation, young men
and older men, toe, are ltsd to think that after
all, the Essayists may be right, arid _so mischief
is perpetuated and extended. The Bishop of Lon
don's' policy is in'kieping With his whole course
of "compromise," and his too great departure
from a measure of that mush abused odium thee
/oakum which in it lawful form, hates the error,
'and. also trio's, und judges, and condemns the
hepatic by a edgemitleteet, and b 7 a tribunal of -
ltis pewee Preshyterians.on .the BishOp's prin.
r IA PI!'* ought never to condemn or depose any one
• however unorthodox. ;The Signing o Articled . .‘
fedi f ehur
q of- "Euislimid and the ealinnie "as-
suit'ttild consent" to etery-thirtg irr the Book
Coramom rre:yer; .maki clergy liable . as
PAM& oft soleninclomilieb, andiherefore of jus.
*i t a #opriyAtio4 and ptiniakatnt 11 depart
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VOL. XII. NO. 44
nre from the Standards. But who shall recon
oileithe judges themselves 4 - Who shall unite the
Evangelicals, the High Churchmen, the "Broad"
School, and a large heterogeneous party neither
"one thing,,nor the other," in saying what is
heresy and what, is not
The Archbishop of Canterbary has abandon
ed his attempt to modify the Burial Service, so
as to - ease. the consciences of a large body of
clergy who are obliged to bury bad and good
alike, with a thanksgiving that -44 our dear broth
er has been mercifully-taken away. His rea
son is, the endingerinfai the old fabric, and
that the-majority Of the ministers object to any
change. •
Divisions and Schools in the Establishment
are itioreasingli developed. I have before me
As I write, - for - example, the'Church' Standard,
.64 the Chitrch"limes
penny'weekly serial s con
nected with The English Chu'rch. The Standafd
is, to do it justice, Evangelical in its sympa
thies.and liberal its allowance for discussions
on vexed questions such as 44 What saith the
Scriptureon ,Confirmations;?" One writer who
sneers at alleged . Scriptural authority, for, 4 Con
firmation, (as well he may,) tells the exact truth
when he says - (and this as a Church laytattn,) :
, The, Established Church is, as nvery man may
sda, -fast becomingin erstabliahedviaos. Dut
ing the kat thirty years;',! he adds, _6 4 -there have
sprttng up In the Church, about tientY-five here
sies-and schisms, and with whemliave they,orig
inated—with the clergy pr Dindolbtedly
with the SUP:aids of the Bock ; the sheepiook4,
astonishment, perfectly seared?
And - yetthis. , ..Evangelical and something zam:e„
haenn7nefic`rtif:leaving the English cihurah,
and Lie Ipttabit,":ha - n*vman, speakingfat. oth
ere, the Chnioli is to be saved, iti l will
liithe laity, who,,wishto see her reformed."
- 1 1 4Pether - hand, is the
organ' of `Ultra `Humanizing,, ;tarty ;in:: the
Church. _lt ie very,much enraged 'at aScetch
Episcopall3ishop,aStberdeen, who has refused
n t ,Cra
to license t rwhere all kinds of Traptariau
satine t in the ireY cittrobes,gentifiexions, groups
of - kneeling- itirleitts,•:and other • 4 i-Catholic-" 'ttbz
inoltitling;SwitMental'celebr*ions—
riiiich i'stianger glace could not
diktingtlish frem the'Popish ilass•*znre parried
. . _ . .
„trAt-CAuich Tiny! reeords r with great delight;
the opoping r uf a new 4 - nrchin Lundon, in which
the Rev; ongoessorist
Bridge, London ,- of khultototinus,lionnett (now
Finelti in .4 0 01e11et.) ,- ,..Prefl'Phe4- The -
nevi clergymanteara a Seottich ntintel--..” _-
ocitio pastonijust publiekett refer
ring to the - fin - orals...of flooT peoiite,;extircisqqahiq
hdriatfir th r it4innitimes they are, without? ltnow
ing-
.fcluiredin--unsbliseefliterilroitnti,:,"
dint: iti-!*tof- alb The . -Vreat Pre,sence is: boldly
taught,- and •sti:-." islet the' 06nseoratinn, the
,proper - posture for:ail not no rtn y ministeri n g
- t
at
thfi Attar, is htieeUsg. The '..custOmi of the
Cbureh" - lalas and tita - Aitostles. and aitostolio
ciittieheirillt' sat seems to lleve always
sa
aluded - Sitting, as 4"plisluiv unfitted for tho special
Sacfamenta :I?risenae To
crown Pipists, Who: int* not allow
cart:nonn fad to. mingle With the Divine r host,"
this .-Anglican- rriest urges 4 early communion,
befart breaking ourfafi." any communion,
after eating, : is quite an afilicition to him
*ld to thelskregaiag, that a Ref. Mr. Bier y
has:come put with :a letter-to, the Archb , ishop of
Yorh, and kohl:how - 4 Biooesans, declaring that
he. thinka that,Colensp - if not unantabrai)le, has
naChgen anawareili that ,the leading: at
tha,Lonaon ioleotio Tress are,akeptioal and Ita
cionsaiatic—that. .Colanso _has ..appealedi to ,the
-Brivy" dottnolngliinst tha sentence ottlePotition
protfounced; "
A , PAtisz, 'big :with expectatiOrt, map be,
An awfA pap', prepkego of the storm,")
emphaticidly deficriritire of the do;y, 'which
I write. The Conference has proved,a failure;
col:41$5 8 1484 11 t RlY l4 llsl;t o .44Pll,;°Peet iwill
, exchanged this-Aar among the rlenipotentlaries,
andAhen=" what~ next '? This; morning's tele
grameirom. Berlin telt us., that Austria. and Trus
,eintire.valling.te prolong :the ..o.einistice' for two
: Months- MoVe.:. But -this would: - but biting the
,rrefsrei.lo Dartei, aitd...sherten their
season for plocitading f : 7 lthd sea -lighti l fz. It
would moreover but more irrevocably- Gormardze
the people of the Duchies;',arioridak s s- almost-im-1
possible the preservation of -any part of them.
The Copenhagen people are forte)* at the Idea'
of either - armiitice or' thO King's
throne has heen Imperilled bi the rumor that he..
teas - willing' to aeoept-thenid of intsia'toWard
personal union ": spitleinent :on the, bask,' of the
of 1862. - -` , •
A gloomy, feeling prevails, And all Ate stock
and share Markets, as well tOt businessgimerally,
are rallah affected. Lerdp : palmorston l in the
pommona and-Lord tugee hi the_Lords,- , are to"
give explanations:asio:xlial , the.quiference has
.ifone ntrnopione, andtwhatpart.the 04ittet, by
ita:represertiatives, Lordensiention tog B;ussell, •
have--taken,- - The Oppetfition: is,eageto drive
the'Ellnistry from the Offteecwhili; il - P ( Ter
to-morrow, they- would , be compelled .to aot with
kindled caution. - ;Titill-iiatiOn undentandly syM-,
Denmark and-see - verjr. lase
conduct of Eke-Prussian Government,
led sts!it
.. by the aid unprincipled
Bitunilrein :4cection vf.thn British' Cal4net, itis
said, erefor strong Mettintai, (Lord - PalmerstOn
one df that•party,) while it; majority is only like
ly to sanction a navalAimenstration is the North
Bea.- -li;Austria take = an active part, her flea'
be-_ L annihilatt4l,,-;artd:# Mailers Oeceed to
-extremities, -a general War is almoit certain,
and Hinugari ' t rialiclind : other nationalities",
will rise° up With -tirritile -energy. Francs prO
feMes%',..6 neutrality "—.12a4 she pronortneed for
Daritnark; -Prussia dare riot have moved:. Bis!
March ig Slavering andd-flattering the Emperor,
whO;hairefer, bides ikta.titite,and has larger de
signs than any man lei knowledge of.} He will
probailyhe the*Vindea and Arbiter of a dread
futura.itt
. 411.t0pe,.-api I do not beliiv r o that he
has ikamong his calculations to break 'frith Bog
land, Avon. though at present the enfoite cardiac
is inmewhat - - - J.W.
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10 ror the Presbyterian Bauner. -
Oar callage—it New Christ Our
Me
Missaa. EDlTOlta:—*e are a Christian peo
ple. • We observethe Chriatian :Sabbath ; swear
or silirra; in courts of, justice, over 'the Holy
Soripitires of the did and Nisi Teetattient • date
private and doeumente “in the year of
!furhaya: Christian .ministers t for chap
lows bKther:artrcrattil naviOn Ctingreas and in
the Legislatures:of the Stet** t'appoint days of
fasting, hitmilistiou, aid' prayer 'on, account of
sins, and days of. thanksgiving for blessings re
calved.; and in vii4o r - other :lays manifest' our
religions faith: Thie is all very well. But still,
there ought to be; a more ,distinct and particular
recognition •of Jesus -1•40 a." as our Lord. and
Saviour. Out Motional tenstitutiort and coin=
age ought to bear thableased name of Him whom
we adori as Bing of heavapand'earth.
One of our latestand , newest oohs has for its
motto--" God Our Trust.. l) - - This-istrors . of
- It would net oflendiarf Infidel like
Bittiet it is aitep-Outrie giatlniathealsni
setailiefare:litiOnittge of -the Gocfdesti: Lib
ertfi: 'As -iistt , o imprirvetnentr; we the
iSP*I663 '/UlL'tif delight.. _J3l'
ky NftikliNti o ll44 140MtleroVsc#0 0.
The mow haye adopted le.
Chrfit Our Jim*" Vole wig truoified
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, 'JULY 20, 1864.
Jesus said, «We have no king but Coesar."
Toe free people of this land reject Omar, refuse
to bow before any earthly potentate, and accept
the Cracifted One as theii only liord—their only
king. Then why should we not'have the cour
age and the goodness to- declare this to the
world ?
The thirteen letters composing the motto,
"Christ Our Zing," may :be used to represent
the thirteen original States. In this •circum
stance, many will see an additional reason for
its adoption. CENTEL
- The Burial .of - Noses.
By Nebo's lonely mountain . ,'
On this side Jordan's wave,. .
In a vale, in tho land of Moab,
There lies a lonelygrave.
And - no man dug that sepulchre,
And no man saw it e'er,
Per the angels of God ‘ uptuted the sod,
And laid the-dead roan there: *- -
That was the grandest funeral
That erbr passed on earth;
But no than hoard the trampling, '
Or`saw the traingo forth:
Noiselessly as the daylight -
Coutes when the night„is - done,
i,4l.tlie crimson streakron-ooean's cheek
Grows.into the great sun.
Noiselessly as the Bpr- 1 1 :V-time.
•
Iler erown•of•verdure weaves,
And all the trees-;con all the hills
Open their'thnusand leaves :
So, without sound-of music,
Qr,the voice of tient that wept,
Silently down front the`titountaut crown
- The' great procession swept.
Perchance the hald'old
On gray Betb-Pcor'elteight,
Out•of his rocky eyrie,..
I.6Oked'on the yondrous sight,
Pertibance the lion, stalking, -
Still sham; that hallowed spot_ •
For beast aria bird lutia seen tind heard
That-which man` knoweth not. •
. . •
But when the warrior.dieth,
His comrades in the war,
With arms - reversed and paled drum,
Follow the funeral oar.
They show - the banners taken, '
They tell thefights he. won,
And alter him lead his masterless steed,
While peels the minute gun: - -
Amid the noblest of the land, .
Men lay the sage to rest, •
And give . the bard an honored place
With costly marble Brest, -
In ilia great miitetei transept,
Where tbe lights like glories tall,
And the choir sings, and the organ rings,
-Along the emblazoned - wall.
This was the bralyest warrior
That ever buckled sword;
This the' most gifted•poet
Thai. ever breathed a word ;
And, moil , earth's philosopher
TT abed' with his golden Vell
On deathless page; truths half so saga
As he wrote down for men.
And had be not high honor?
The hill-side for his pall,
To lie in state, While angels wait, -
With istars for tapers tall';
And the dark rook pines like . nodding phinten
Over his bier to wave, - -
And God's own hand, in that far-Off land,
To lay him in the grave.
In that.deep_gray.e.without a name,
Whence his uncofftned clay
Shalt trfeak again--most wondrous thought
-Safari:file', Judgment, day.
-And stand with:glory wrapped around
On the hills be novel; trod,
And tell the strife that.won our life
With the incarnate Sini of God.
Oh l lonely tomb in Maab's land,
On dark Beth-Peor's hill,
Speak to, these trembling, hearts of, ours,
And bid there to be still I
God bath his ills mysteries of grace,
Ways that we cannot tell— - '
Ile hides them deep,;like the hidden sleep
Of him he loved so-well.
Stx 'Weeks in Potomac
tiOWVIE - EiCE MAN 0 - 01' WELL
. .
Before Petersburg.—July 4th.
Remembet me not thou'rt free from care,
And thy heart beats lightly in theei;
But;.witett low thou bend'st_thy, knee in prayer,
Thai Ifisk &hos wilt think of Me,' =
,
• :::We said• that "perhaps " you - would have op
-
portunity tit go -with -us-to Camp Parole, 'lto.,
:Otis :week-r so we not make_ a positive
gageinen%;= sad feet=disposed to defer the:visit
other week, that 7,c1 1 • may have_Alta pleasure - of
reading a leger„which we have just received
from the g*Field,Agent," With whom, for weeks,.
,
we :endured ._"hardnerr," on the Peninsula-and
elsewhere. You wilLallow us to make some ei 7
planations as yearend, premising, that we don't
beffeve he ever dreamed.of our publishi t og a line
of his-c,oromuniestion. • .
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"HRIDQUAATEILIPU. S. C.
9th A.: C., Ally - 4, is 64.
ar Deer Brother - :-;z - Roth your letters have ar- -
rived, and could nn eleetion for, the purpo,se have
been hila, the neat &gaiter the reception. of the
first would-have "been set'apart`for my answering
it. * * pug - was splendid on the march,"
[from Cold'. Harbor, where - we left them, to the
James river,] " though it was as bard a animi
sts we ever knew." [Having ourselves performed'
, [when sick :at- thaty these long :and rapid flank
movement marches,- we know something of what
this"-mearts.] • "Before leaving Cold Harbor, I
found the soldier-boy, for whom I had long
htoked, and secured him as cook. "- [They are
coming to it at last, We have said priyately.and
publicly; that in our opinion, these companies of
C. C. delegates; in the field, ought to have a cook.
We may give our reasons fa this opinion, at an
othertime ] "He is elegant. *** We are two
miles . from Petersburg; safe from shells"—[he
knows that :We have a very distinct recollection
ofthese, as they whistled by us in the field, or
dropped in our vicinity,)-"have a wall tent
and chapel fiy (twenty:five feet long and twenty
wide), have made bunks for sleeping"—[getting.
- up in the world 1 We used to sleep on the sand
in middle of the road, or in a corn-field, cross
wise the rows, (once we had a two-inbh plank,)
under the erten heavens, or under the wagon- - -
sometimes under a teat,] "hauled boards and
Made a nice pine floor-built an ice-house in one
corner, and haul' our own ice from one of the
rebel houses; hlikve increased our cooking ar
.
tangements " [had need of it] ;- "obtained'
chairs " [doesn't say how] ; "made a table ten
feet long" [so the ever-ready two-story end
gate of the wagon will not be put to such -un
wonted use any longer];'" ordered a sheet-iron
cook-stove; have almost a clock-work concern,
* and are just such a party as it is due yon
to visit;- Veil= your Elders to please tuffarlieu
two weeks." [We weep like, very well, to spend
two weeks such comfortable !platters, and
with such a partyreleased from culinary an
noyances-,to engage the more fully in our prop
er work. But does the young•man think no one
concerned in our:: going but the good Blders , of
our church. 'When - more years have passed over
his head, he 'wilt probably be more considerate,
for we do well remember to have seen him, on
fit occasion; ;look -thoughtfaliy.upon a. little freak
- of sunlight' 44 printed" - on a bit of paper which
he :waswont 'to carry: about hit:person; as
charm 'no doubt,--liouvrebel bullet - 0] _ •
" Lee must; refire from Richmond, -* * *
tali then we cannot move much, but can preach
-yoall the time., Yen saw 016 reng,lteet fork
aes halki,,your 31aTt Stitrit with
our yarp,aestiags. TTo-niglitrweliad OrecioaS
=Oa thv ISth Ohio 4andri,l7lng near us.
—Edinburgh Eevftiv
Last night, in the Thiid Division Hospital, was
ono of the most interesting of my army expe
rience. One man was there on a stretcher, and
after meeting I found it was his desire to become
a Christian that called him out 'ans. 'How
earnest and anxiousate was•' * *
*, Do yea remembir poll fOider? ':* *" *, As
Carleton (who no w -stays:ltere,) and `I
rode to
City Point, he determineCto" Write a sketeh of
his death. You will...see:it-in the BoBlot2 Journal
of June 27th." [We - remember him well—as
a'so the gentlemanly ,!
,: Ca 1t1A.7 ON," correspondent
of the journal alluded-to,-and you can find the,
article named (hrieresting,ittrid prettily wriiten,)
by referring to the fittsbdrgbi Evenin:q atroilide
of the 6th inst. We May .ttiettk..more -of this
-young soldier at another .tithe; will 'only;gay
now, that..---,as yon.can ..learif from.the article.
named.,-he was 4 1 don of ''Dr. aohneicler, the
venerable Ameriettnhtinsionary at Aintab,; Tar
ksy ;" that at, seientnea• fears af age he left
settee' for the armyz--on tlit nth ult. charging
- upon- the 'enenif s works inpulianee dt_his i corn:
rades, he; fell inert - ally wonitetr 7 =requesied''his
chaplain ta:write his - fatlimisaying,- it I, have
tried to do my duty•to my country and to God,"
I , Y the'
flag,
to his' ,brothe in the They, , Stand b ~.. e
ftag, and cling to the croirrikbniatiYtliat he
left " tiii:dollara 'to-the Oak:fait Comm'' sten,.
twenty --dollare to the * '4lfdain , ig, 4,177 ' .
"calmly " and' ,4 distinctly 'ep„eatetlfgeb , erns,
• -'‘,‘ Soon will angels I'll marching .. i '
it
With bright laurels - MY brow; • ' -,
. ii ,
'I have for my country Wien, . - • . ,
Who Nal care for intiterifort" : i
- ,--and then, with the °ming light of the Sab
bath • .
and g .
morn passed from earth, ently np, as
..
WO confidently trust, to that, "reit" which is
eternal.] • ' .
- "You knew Judson, I think. We carried'him
and nursed , him through all the
. march to .the
James. Be was much improved, and we left
him to join his Corps."..*. * *. [Yes," we.
knew hint; too; and it males us'feel unpleaSanily
yet, that we neglected to 'bid-him good-hy the
I
last time we saw him on the -Peninsula He,
like. poor- Schneider, was also quite iyoung, and
had left College to:join the army,' and,. like him,
was the son 'bf a missionary—one whose ;praise
is in all 'the churches:--Ret Adonirani Judson,
D.D. 'Ac - vanevidently a t young man Of ;mind,
taste, and' -keen sensibilitiek -which' last were
lieing sorely tried by the tassociations of rimy
life, anikwe are sorry to.know that, 4. , thiti cruel,
war" has 80 'wrecked hint that, since the ,time
alluded to, it has been found. necessary that he
should leave the field to be nupted and pitted for
by kind" Christia n -friends at the North.]
" Wish I could write all sight, --have too much
to tell you, Pray for ttel; 'ask your pesple to
remember us, and •if you can stay, only two
winks + while.' am , in tbesfield, come..-Our sta
tions are only half manned. * * May the
Lord send forth..
YoUr bro. in Christi- P; E. B****."
And now, if -the'readerwill excuse us for dis
appointing his expectations (if ho was' enough
interested tolave any,) this' week, we fully in
tend. that he 'shall not Oise going with; U 3 to
Camp Parole, 'seven' dayshence. - C.
preebytartttn "I'
Apocalypse. Thfieals,--Rev.
When the -first seal -was. opened, there
was seen " a white horde, and he- that sat
on him had a bow, and-a-crcwn was given
to him, and he went-forth*onquerin
to conquer!'
This was ;Nerve -arid his successors,
Trojan, Adrian, and the two Antonines,
embracing-a period. of eighty-three -years,
from • 96-180. i " The empire' was
governed-by wisdom and virtue, unstained
by civil blood, undisturbed by revoltiiion."
—Gibbon. One victory paved the way
for another, and- the empire reached: its
furtheit limits during this era. The em•
blena of the Roman Government ,was
horse,• just as the eagle is the symbol of
America - and the color of this horsesllows
the prosperous condition of the empire.
The- bow was characteristic of the -native
- country of Nerve, the island' of Crete,
which-was famous- for the manufacture of
bowsi as - Sheffield is famous for its cutlery.
The crown given to him was a•stephatios,
the name of" the Imperial diadem -worn at
that by the Emperors: • - ;
When-the seemad seal was opened, there
was seen- a red horse, and it was given to
him that sat thereon to take peace from the
earth; and that-they should kill one another,
arid there was given unto him a . great's:Word."
Red is the common emblem.' of war.
The profligacy of eommodus, the sim - and
successor -of Marcus Antoninus• plun=ged=
`the` empire in destructive civil wars, from
-which-it never recovered.- The PrTtorian
Guards, 'the Body Guard of- the Emperors,
'were - the principal actors at first in these
scenes. Four Emperors commenced their
reign, and came to a violent end in - one
year. • The commander of these forces was
invested with this office by! being presented
with a sword. The - Great Divisions of the.
Army fought with each other to:raiSe their
favorite• Generals to the throne. _ The peace
of the world was, effectually broken,- and
this was followed by an extraordinary" de.-
struction of human life
- ''The opening of the third seal disclosed
gg a black-horse, and he that sat on bin; had
a pair of balances in his hand,".and a voice
was heard saying, "A measure of wheat
for a penny, and thrse measures of barley
for a penny, and see thou hirt not the
-and the wine." - F
The blaek horse was-a symbol of 4 tbe ex
tertian and famine that prevailed - in the -
BnmanEnapire as a result
and
theiie wars.
In'addition to-the losses and expenses of
these, Caracalla, the fifth limperer. from
Oommodus, increased the taxes and tributes
of the empire exorbitantly. r He,exhimited
the provinces by passingover them in ate
eeision, involving them in the most extrav
-agent expenses for the entertainment of
himself and his army. He conferred. on
the provinces the privilege of citizenship,
and demanded the taxes which-- were pecu
liar to both. Gibbon says: HVery prov
ince was by-turns the scene of his -rapine
aid cruelty. * * The most wealthy -
farailies were ruined by partial-fines and
confiscations and tbe great-body of Ins
subjects oppressed'by ingenious and aggra
vated' taxes. * * - Heavy contributions
of corn, wine, oil and meat were exacted
from the provinces for the use of the court,
the army and the= capital." The laberer
was stinted in food that,the soldier might
revel in:luxury. The price rof grain was
-increased about twenty tithes its usual
value, and . there was, danger; from the in
creased value of saleable commodities that
the measure and weight would be unduly
diminished: :.
When the fourth seal was opened, a
,pale
horse was seen, fi and his name that sat on
him was death, and hell fellOWed with him.
And power was-, given to Ahern over the
fourth part of the earth, to kill with bun
ger, and with death, and with the beasts of
the earth."
The pale or yellow color of this bores
was indicative of pestilence. With this
were combined the sword' and famine.
Hell is to - be 'understood here simply of the
invisible state, the state of separate spirits.
Many good people' died-from these causes,
as well' as - wicked ones, and ''though both
were removed from this world, their final
destiny was very— different After the
death of Alexander Severna, the third
Emperor from Ceram.lla, the Barbarians on
the borders of the empire invaded it for
the most *part with impunity. Gibbon
says : " This gloomy period has been deca
l% ed with inundations, earthquakes, un
common meteors, preternatural darkness,
and a crowd of prodigies, fictitious or ex.
azgerated. But a long and general famine
was a calamity of a more serious kind. It
was the inevitable consequence of rapine,
and oppression: * * Other causes must,
however, have, contributed to the furious
plague whieh from the year 200-265
raged without interruption in every prey
ince; every city, and almoit every family of
the Roman Empire. Duringjome ,time,
five thousand persons died daily in Borne,
h and
a ad S m o a k ') Y t
he t B " a r t i h a a n t' s hwaeare escaped
ly: t it!
p o pu t at ed ." HeCalculatesi from the mor
tality in one •city; which eitact records
remain, that." war, , pestilenoe and famine
have consumed in a few years the moiety
(half) of the - hunian speeies." Still fur
it. IS related by a heathen writer, that
`the wild beastientered'the desolated cities,
And - the :ieinaining. inhabitants were COM
gelled. to wage war not only with-the say
agehorees of c barbariens, but-also in 'many
places with wolves, Bons and tigers. Five
hnudiel - WiflVetriXesale tit) Irate - entered
od s eut - •
The. opening..:ef- the 'fifth: seal i:eNeaked:
"under the„Aiiir .the sputa of them that
, were slain for the Word of God, and for
the testimony.which they held."
Netwithstanding the judgments Already
visited .mpon the empire, it still 'retained
some.of its wealth and power. Occasion=
ally some -distinguished soldier or states
man would appear, whose abilities saved
the trembling "state for a- tiiiao from utter
extinction sind'by his firmness'and wisdom
restored-it , A6 some degree of prosperity.
The Christians had undergazine'niuelperiuds
of persecution. The tenth uhder Diocle
tian, A. D.''3o3, was the severest or O.
This was called " The Brief the Martyrs."
„
Galerius, one of the Associ'ate-Emp . erors,
was a ibigoted= heathen. The empire
-paganism ; was ; tottering to ,its : fall, but it
was all the more reluctantly cruel. Ease
bins relates that he saw in3,Egypt. so . many
put to • death" lit one day, that the execu
tioners were fatigued= and their weapons
Minted, Medals of Diocletian were struck,
on, which _was inscribed, -" for
.havieg ex
tinguished thettaThe of *Christians." --But
these emissaries of S . atan reekoned without
ihiAr host. Christianity was nova on 'the
eve of One of*its greatest triumphs: - The
akaraof heathen:-superstition were about
to. be thrown down, and the worship
,of
idols to cease.
The opening of the 'sixth seal describes
a great - revolution: " The sun became
black," when - the -Impeyial government
withdrew its patronage from heathenism
sod transferred. it to . Christianity. "The
uloon bucame`as bluod,"when the fortune
of the .battle,- pledged-on this issue, decided
in &vat of 'Constantine and Christia:nity,
" The.stars of heaven fell - to
the ground," when the Emperor withdrew
hisF patronage from the priests id the
heathen temples. And _when Paganism
was oiling - pi - Shed, its "heaven departed as
a scroll when it is rolled together.' And
Kings ands .Captains whose- persecuting
cruelty led. them to expect that the Chris
tians would retaliate the injuries they had
received--fru_whert they ossessed
lie power, craved - protection vflff
they . had' grievously wronged . ; and thus
cried to the mountains and rocks, Fall
onus and hide us from the face of Him
that sitteth on the throne and from the
wrath of the Lamb.." This scene is sug
gestive of the`fitial,lndgment, but prima-'
rily refers to the event we have just de
scribed.- The series of events included in
these seals extends frotn.A: D.:,96 till 31.3,
the year of the famous Edict of Milan,
which tolerated Christianity throughout
the whole Roman Empire. Paganism re
ceived its death-blow. -The vision of, the"
seals describes the judgments by which it
wan overthrown. N.
gill 1
MESSRS. EDITORS :—We all agree that
it would bean excellent' thing, if we could
unite-the good old - ,Colleges of Washington
And Jefferson. .fiTO one disputes that paint:
But the gudstion is, - How shall it be done ?
Here Cdaxing Won't de it; threats certain=
ly will not.-- We must offer some sort of a
feasible plan. -We gain nothing, whilst we
lose much, by talking about breaking down
the one in order to build up the -other, or
destroying b6th for .the purpoie of found
ing a new and better college. Each has
been4oo ltMg in existence; has done too
much for the Churclu and State; has too
many devoted,trieuds; too great and good
a reputation ; too fine a history, and too
muOliliferemaining, to be willing to die
or be swallowed' up without a struggle ! It
would be a gross act ofiolustice to allow,
much less to comPel, eitherof them to per-
The first step toward uniting the two
Cokleges is, to - fix upon - the - future location.
One man 'talks about Beaver, as the right
place. Some - say, Canonsburg; others
stand up for Washington. Now it appears
to us that`. this matter might be -compro
mised by selecting a spot, on the °herders
Valley Railroad (which we hope to see
aoutpleted before very long); midwo:y be
tween Canons6urg and =Washington; The
country along that route is" of the richest
most beautiful description, and cannot
be surpassed for healthfulness; and it is
settled by a moral and intelligent people.
No better place can he'found for establish
ing an Agricultural Departrnent, and none
-can afford students -finer opportunities . for
riding, hunting,fishing, hathing, skating,
and other,pleasamt outdoor oxen:meg. The
site Would be near enough' to either of the
to - was, - which - are, only seven miles apart_
The-merchants of both places would-profit
as much as now by.the near presence of
the students._ Tasteful and commodious
buildings might be erected ; and the. old
ones converted into Academies, or sold at
their market` value, or -torn down,. wholly
or in part, for the sake- of the useful mate
rials whibh theycentain. Provision niight
be made for)), pieturesque village, as houses
_.would certainly spring up around a 'first
class College, suoh as we wish to have- If
any of the ProfeSsOre:sew fit to retain their
present residences, they might do so, and
yet be punctual in their attendance, and
faithful in the discharge of-their duties.
We believe. that. _many advantages would
result from ulocation such as we have sug
gested. It is at least as, plausible, as like
ly to insure peace, as favorable to the
terests of education, and as consistent with
economy, as any= other which we have
heard mentioned. _Something must be
yielded in regard to, the situation of the
propestidSollege,_or nothing eauhe done
toward effecting the desired union.
And now; - as-to - the name— -What shall
-it bar- Will it-do-to call it:.the University
of Jefferson and Washington, or _Central
University-or Union_.Coliege-7 Mach de:
ponds upon . -our _choice. Witte the 4glit
kind Of a 'itticifeati will be more
eartain Theglek us 'enlarge list until
we get the most suitable' 'designation.
i'py the Rreasbyterlan 'Banter
lJnion..of the
WHOLE NO. -613
Your readers can assist us in this matter.
Some fear that a great loss of property
would be occasioned by uniting the Colle
ges. We are sure that such would net be
the case. Auy buildings which might be
abandoned, could be employed for other
purposes; and the groun - ds (at Washington
for instanee), might be divided into lots,
or converted into a fine public park.
A word as to endowment. . The funds of
the two institutions, when combined, would
amount to , a very respectable sum. In ad
dition. to thianre - have a
• pledge of $50,000
frorma - generous Christian gentleman. Oth
ers would doubtless make "clonetions, who
refuse to. do so now. And the State would
not fail to furnish a liberal endowment - for
an Agricultural Department. So far as
money goes, the 'prospects are indeed bright
and eneouraging. - • -
But what "about the- Faculty •Must all
those now acting as Prefessors resign, and,
a new election take.placO ? We think this
Would be unnecessary and:unjust : unneces
-8(14, because the present incumbents are
good enough, and there will .ba plenty of
work for all; unjusl, for they would be put
competition with othors, after they `have
served so long and 'Well Ander'idierse.
cumstances, and have espies - sett theniselves
as favorable' . to a union; and Lhalre:ifie,d to
king it. shunt
The main difficulty concerns the .Etresi
dent. Between iwo men 'to good and .elem
patent, how.hall decide ? 'Ought not
the college which furnishes the largest pro
portion of the t eidowthent, to have the pref
erence ? - Or mightt - rnit the shoitie be made
_by 100,—
The curriodum,, or course of study; is. a
matter of Much - inaportapOe'„ Bot,ive Would
be willing to'have that firLed.' - bY the Profes
sors 'themselves, or by a judicions commit-
tee- apPointed for= that
is our opinion that the new College
ought to be thoroughly Presbyterian, and
yet. wholly independent - of Synodical eon-
Leta convention of the Ali:until "of ‘Tef
forSon and - Washington. be called; to meit
at Pittsburgh, at au early tley,:te talk ofer
this whole subject in a friendly spirit.; to
igree, if possible, upon a - plan ar. ;
and having chine so, to offer it- to - each of
the Boards of Trustees for-their approval:
The -Trifitees of both; colleges axe ieasona:
ble . men, and they
_would give a, sebeme
thus submitted to them, a Herb:l'ns and re
spectful conaideration. Who will sign - the
call for the meeting F -
We . throw out these hints, chiefly for the
purpose of having the _. subject diseuSseed.
If others will amend our suggestions, or
inlarge upon them, or - mike new ones,
practical - in their bearing; wewill theii feel
that-something his been done toward ad
vanoing a gooloause. - - -
For the Presbyterian Banner. ...
Report from a . DolfgateLof :.the Christian
Comthission.
LFACHBURG, Jane 24, 1864
Dear ,Brother Albree :•74 entered tht.
,service of the Commission at Louisville,
just as the Spring campaign was' opening
when thousands of soldiers were, haetening
on through that city to the front.- My
work there , wasp chiefly in the bariaots, dis
tributing reading "natter, preaching to, con
versing and praying
with soldiers who stop
pcd-there- but for a day—Perhaps but for a
couldearry them to the: battle field, then - to
leave their places to othersj.to hear 4 short
sermon, to join in a hrief prayer, to receive
a Testament, a tract or a soldier's' book,
then to follow their brether soldiers to the
front. It was thus an-intenself interest
ing work ; the preacher-•could-not_bitt
and:in many, very many instances, the sol
diers manifestly felt that: that
,sermon W 33,
in ail probability, the last he should hear
until the din of battle and the darkness of
death closed around him. It was a' pre
clods privilege to be permitted thus to
preach Christ and him crucified, to so many
precious souls,tinder eivemnstattees so
Ip favorable and so ritanifestly blessed of
God. I have there met and conversed With
soldiers of every age, from twelve.to sixty
nine years • have found some happy- in a
Saviour's love ; others interested and .en
quiring the way, of salvation; and though
l there met, too with the wicked and the
reckless, - yet 'even they invariably received'
and treated—both the-delegate and by mes
sage respectfully, and often with evident
indications_ of personal interest. ;.God_: has
manifestly raised up the Christian Commis
sion for a_great and glorinia. work; and:his
Spirit -as- manifestly.goes before its -dele
gates to lre.pare - their 'way; I might here
speak of incidents. I shall relate but ane.
Meeting one, day, with two, soldier boys in
the, street in Lcuiaville, one, of ,them very
young, I accosted him thus ,-_"My yoing
friend, to what regime'nt do you belong?"-
"To the 65th Ind., sir."- " Will- you -
please favor ine With-your name ?", " John
Fletcher, sir." " Yen seem quire ;young;; :
John 77 , Yes, si r , I oaf:but twelve years
'of age." " Roar' Lang have. you !icon in
the service, John?" "Ever since the war
began, sir. I have been three' times
wounded, and here are_ two. of tb.e - . soars."
"John,". asked, " have you ever enlisted
al a-solier of the Cross ?" " Yes, sir, I
try to livinChristian life; it is sometimes
hard to do ; sometimes am laughed at,
but I- try to be-faithful" "Do you live a'
life of prayer, John ?" ". I try to,..sir.
t,have never laid down to sleep sines I en
tered the army, without first kneeling in V
prayer to. God." "john," I 'said with
emotion, "persevere;. fight the-good fight
of faith." " I will try to dose, sir"----.And-
so we .parted. May_God bless thathay.
Louisville was then a most interesting
field. No better opportunity of doing the
ipiritual work:of the COmmiSsion than was
enjoyed there and thin, could - well be con
ceived of. And yet such was the Ifeverish
.auXiety:to get onto_the_frout,:that'but few
would even pause to look at that ?field, so
ready Tor se rich a hiriest. '
In barracks S,C., I, at Nashville,, found
that much less attention was-paid to order
and cleanliness than.at the Louisville, bar
racks in which ,I had labored. The sol.
diers there felt more :restrained, bore im
prisoned, more soured' at first appearance,
but more Alive to' sympathy;'so that still
-the work-was pleasant. - From this point,
too, the soldiers :were_ still_ hastening on to
' the front, making this field „also intensely
interesting- -
Daring my first stay at Chattanooga and
subsequently_ at - Resac - a, my work was al
most .exclu - sively in hospitals. Td visit the
wounded the suffering and the 'dying, to
minister. to :their wants, to point them to
the - precious'Saviour, to kneel by their'
lowly cots and - pray 'for ihem, -- to write far'
them to anxious, sympathizing friends at
home,*as- a work that afforded a real,
thong, a monrnfakpleasure; and to witness
Affejoyenisparkli of 'tiro eye,, and hear the,
lips. Is ' with: deetl'etOotien, pro
novice the heart-felt " Thank you, sir," or
" God bless you," wale, rich reward, the
intrinsic: value of which .none can fully
but thOic who have _received it.
Pear, wOunded;eufferingioldini ba - y - s(/ they
all needed" 'sympathy,- they all appreciated
it; still there were-vases of-special,-touch
ing, tender lateral. - Mr. M., shot through
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the lungs—his life fast failing, his mind
.wandering—said to me : " nee eri ee foe
me to my friends." " rerts 7, I re
pled. "To whom. shall lel : ' "To
, my sister." " What is her u ante 1" "Mary,"
be replied; "no, it is Hannah; nri it is
Mary. Oh l I don't know what it is ;" het
when I knelt in prayer by his aide, when
he caught the name of Jesus, he could ex
claim, " Oh I yes, d. az Jesus, I know him,
I know him.'
An nnknb'wn soldier lay dying in the
tent. A deep, deadly wound in the - head
had paralyzed his speech, but bad not &-
I throned his reason. No one knew him, nor
could he tell his name, but the sweet smile
on that blackened countenance, told plainly
that he knew the delegate of the Christian
Commission, and with that sweet smile play
ing on his features, he passed away. Loved
ones may. anxiously inquire for him, but
they aek in vain, for none knew who he
was; he was nameless at Resaca, but that
sweet smile-told that he had a name written
the Lamb's book of life.
Afeer my return from Resaca to Chat
tanooga; my principal field of labor was an
exchange or, detail camp containing about
two thousand soldiers, detached from per
, haps every, regiment in that department.
Of this encampment I have now only space
teesay, many of them received the Wurd
I ,with joy, and two social prayer-meetings,
o . :and'iganized'condUceed by themselves,
were part of the first fruits so quickly
[ springing from the seed sown. God's Spirit
was in that encampment.
Another point of daily labor there, was
one of' the guard-houses, or military prisons,
where, our own soldiers guilty of, or charged
with violation of military law, are confined.
Poor fellows, their ease was pitiable indeed.
Filthy, ragged, destitute,, uneared fur, in
many, cases their petitions even, for a trial
treated by pampered officers only with con
tempt and' scorn, they have come to oonaid
et-themselves as forsaken, both of Gud and
Man. I fbund them, keenly alive to syrn
pathy, s and ready to listen attentively to
any one who would be their friend. Nor
Was it vain to labor even in that filthy
prison: Manifestly the Spirit of -God was
- -there) and seine of those outcast prisoners
are even now, I trust, rejoicing in that lib
erty wherewith Christ makes his peeple
free. But a word here as to those prison
ere. Whilst - none surely will deny that
there must be stringent law and rigid dies
eipline in the army, whilst wilful violations
= oe military law should be punished, per
haps severely punished, by military order,
dees all that involve a necessity fur treat
ing Men, soldiers, like beasts, nay, worse
than beasts are treated by their owners.?
Imagine an inclosure from sixty to eigh
ty feet square,
fenced in with boards and
, guarded with bayonets—no roof but the
open liealens, no floor but the miry soil.
Conceive of, from two to three hundi
men, soldiers, federal soldiers, some per
haps _convicted, others merely accused of
crime,, unheard, untrid, thrust into that
filthy place, enduring alternately the broil
ing 'sun and drenching rains, without tent.
gum-cloth or blankets ; if they step, it must
be in deep, filthy mud; if they sit or sleep,
et meat be sunken or sinking in the mud;
if sick, they can only stretch themselves in
that vile filth, and await the results. Im
agine, too, an open trench dug in the centre
of - this filthy den; prepared for and rapidly
filling up with the evacuations from the
: •bowels of those miserable men, And you
- - ceeee-nieture of the reality. I speak
What I know. i
accord with the policy of our Government?
Is it approved in. the War Department?
If so, let us forever shut oar mouths in
shame . and silence, and say not another
word of Castle Thunder, Libby Prison, or
Belle Island. Or is it rather the work of
some - contemptibly small officials, swelled
perhaps to bursting with the dignity of a
little present power? If so, let the truth
be known 'and let the vile miscreants pale
and perish uuder the stroke of just and
righteous retribution. -
Bat I have already written too long—so
will close this article with a brief summary
ofmy work. During my term I preachers
sixty, times; led in prayer with the sol
diers - sixty-seven times; had personal re
ligions-convereationwith one hundred and
eighty:seven different individuals; distrib
uted 883 Teitaments, 310 hymnbooks,
570 soldiers' books, 1,632 religious papers,
and 2,398 pages of tracts. I fund the
work iiiteresting and important beyond any
previous conception I had had of ir; and
would simply say to my brethren in the
ministry,. there is a rich spiritual harvest
teem gathered in the work of the Christian
Commission. Who will yet thrust in the
eickle and gather the fruit? I have not
atone - yet. Yours, &e.,
J. E. CArtrerietes.
Systematic Preaching
An English critic, referring to the die•
connected and purposeless character which
he ascribes to the teachings of the
jlulpit, makes the following suggestive re
marks:
" There are very few clergymen who at,
tempt to instruct the people in an; con•
nested order—sach an order as tba:: iu
which the truth should be presented to the
mind. Sermons are too commonly treated
as eo many separate discourses, each perfect
in itself, but independent of all others, and
laving no connection with any—the tub.
jest being chosen at random, from week ro
week, according to the fancy of the preach
, er, or as a text su g gests itself."
Although these hintsare perhaps not so
much needed here as in England, it will do
- good to keep them before us. Every min.
'ter should bo the teacher of his people.
A healthful and useful calturc must be eye.
tematic and progressive—beginning et the
rudiments, and going on to perfection.
The minister of the Gospel, while his hands
are not bound, and while he will have occa
sion for aWide range of thought and feel
ing, and must by no means confine himself
to,any system, yet ought always to have be
fore him and be pursuing, in the main, a
plan of instruction of wide and corapre
neneive scope. This plan should include
the entire range of biblical and spiritual
culture of which he is the matter, and
should be, in its general features, compre
hended in his mind beforehand. He
should begin at the beginning; and while
it may not generally be judicious to give
notice of what he is doing, he should pur
, one the course as steadily as the unaveidn.
ble-interruptions of pastoral duty will al
. le4. - If he should be so happy as to guide
a - single flock for a period of years, he will
have the satisfaction of discerning a vial
blogrowth in Christian intelligence ; and
if he is genial-as well as systematic and
faithful, be will be likely to keep the affec
tions and interest of his people, and achieve
a beautiful and symmetrical work. Noth
ing encourages: l ' itching ears" and a do•
sire for , ehange in a congregation more cer
tainly than a wavering, purposeless, unset,
tied style of preaching.—Examiner.
Fin sensibilities are like woodbines, dc.
lightfal luxuries of beauty to twine mond
a solid, upright stem of understanding;
but very poor things if they are left t 4
creep gong_ the ground •