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SIX Weeks in the Potomac Army;
OR,
liloW TUE EWE MAN COT WELL
No. VI.
'Washington and Alexandria— Getting
Ready.
44 Packing up and going away."
And here we are, in Washington again I
Ice. We little thought, whe . n we went
down to Annapolis early this morning, we
would be hero by 7 o'clock this evening.
March and countermarch seem to be the
order of the day.
You had a hard, race to get aboard the
ears at Annapolis, had you not ?
We surely had. Dr. O. says Mr. D. is a,
v ery genial companion, and we admit the'
fat, but don't •think he will ever again
persuade us to wait as long as• possible be
lore starting, to tell us only then,/ that the
train leaves twenty minutes earlier than we
had supposed. We made the connection,
however—but by the hardest]
Your Agent, too, seems ; .disposed, at
tines, to have a little sport'at;The expense of
his party.
Oaf) would think so, when, with more
than halt serious face, he tells us, " You
are going to Annapolis Junction, but I
have had your carpet•saok checked to
Washington City ;" and so leaves us an
noyed at the idea of being separated from
our baggage—wondering whether we can't
have the cheek altered—he advising, the
while, to let it stand as it is. It is now
evident that he intended, from the •first,
that man and baggage slionld be carried to
the came point. He has the advantage. of
us, and we must allow him to use it a little,
It adds to the " varieties " of our expe
rience, But one or two of the company
are evidently not overly well pleased at
Wing thus left in the dark, when they
think they might as well enjoy the light as
he.
And here I find you in Alexandria next !
Yes; changing, •changing aver, Next
morning after reaching Washington, we
were sent out to Cahn Barracks. Nur
niediately after dinner we were set to paek T
iug stores in haste for, our:, expedition—
don't know why yet—and in two or three
hours after, were sent in just as great
haste to: get our "pass" and come down
here—had to take " the oath of allegiance,"
too, before we could get it.
Ohristian CoMmiseion rooms here, also !
Wherever soldiers are, id the rule; and
the old " SUMPTER Housz "—the name
still remains outside, you see—answers our
purposell; and Capt. S., who has
charge, OS everything in good order.
e
Hers, coll lets may come in at will, and
write letters, and besides necessary stores
and lity/simpers for distribution, here is , a
good librar,y from which they can draw
books. A soldiers' prayer meeting, also, is
held here. I was present on Saturday
evening last. The meeting was full and
interesting. Brig. Gen.,Briggs made one
of the number.
Well, how have you, been- putting in
your time here? k
On Sabbath A. M. I went to-hear Dr.
Hisao; of New-York, who here looking
after the interests of the Baptiste. The
service was in the First Presbyterian
church, whose oongregation seems to have
been " sicatter6dlibioad" by these treinblons
times.. In the afternoon *if iiiiiished at
Headquarters Third DiviSion Hospital, and
in the evening at Battery Rodgers. Since
then, beeldeS waiting, (for orders,) we , have
dune considerable working. Have helped
pack quite a number of boxes and barrels
of stores, for our use in the field ; have
also numbered each, and taken au invoice
of their contents—oaught cold, too, work-
inn at it in that damp cellar l Our corps
(9th army,) has passed through Washing
ton, and we wish to be ready to follow, soon
as possible. Our personal outfit is now re
duced to " light marching order." Gen.
Burnside, so directed in regard to such as
intended to follow him. Besides our blan
kets, we take only what we can carry on
our back and in our haversack. The car
pet-sack, with upper and nether stories, can
go no farther. But a haversack, well
packed, holds a good deal. Here is the
contents of ours: Drawers and socks, one
pair each; one shirt; one box collars; two
towels; soap and sponge, one piece each;
" mess knife (knife, fork and spoon in
same handle); sardines, one can; con
densed coffee, ono ean ; matches, one box;
scissors ; uue pair • jack-knife and gimblet ;
Jamaica ginger, one bottle; " Old Rye,"
two ounces; easter oil, one ounce; red pep
per, one half ounce; beef tea, one cake;
toothbrush; ink, pens, paper, envelopes,
drinking cup, " housewife," &e.
I guess you will get along I But have
you been around tows any ?
On errands, we have; and' like the place.
It is well paved, neat and °lean. Of course
we visited the " Marshall House" Every
body does; so that it is found necessary to
keep a boy for the special purpose of 'show
ing visitors w the very . spot' where the
gallant Ellsworth fell. You will find the
boy always ready, for "a consideration."
We also visited the , church in which 'Gen.
George Washington worshipped. It is a
plain, neat structure, and the smooth brick
or which its walls are built are said to
have been imported from England. We
entered and sat down in the pew whit* the
General was accustomed to occupy. fit. is
one of the old style , square kind, with Besto
w/ three sides. It is said to be just - as it
was when he used it, save that in lowering
toe " high backs" of the others, his had
to conform in this particular. On the top
of the capping is a small silver plate, en
graved thus: " WASHINGTON ' S PEW."
And here you are in Washington Oity
again 1 You must be the " flying artil
lery" of the U. S. Christian Commission! .
We make some'quiok movements at any
rate, and a good many of them. We have
been packing here, also, and have not been
helping our cold much by working in this
chilly store-room.. Besides, with help of
Mr. A. P, F., we have been getting •up a
" mess chest" for our party. For once we
have found a man who.. works to our no
tion, and we have jiotten up rather a con
venient affair ; and stored it, too, with all
the cooking utensils and table fnrnitiire
necessary for the use of some ten persons.
It contains also small packages of all kinds
of groceries necessary for imaitiliate use.
We have worked hard, and we have worked
late, and now, when—after seven days
eff,rt—everything else is about ready,
there must be a hitch about our 'getting a
wagon and horses. It seems that
,the
treasury of the U. S. C. C. is so • low that
the cffieers hesitate about making the pur
chase. I think it is about time the good
people of the U. S. were waking up to the
necessities of their Commission 1
I see you are about being off at hat !
Yes ; the team kiad to come, finally.
And when it did come, it oame right—a
large wagon, nearly new, and of the best
pattern; four fine horses, well harneSsed,
and a fifth, a saddle horse for our Field
Agent—just as floe a "turnout" as we
could desire. Besides, our Agent has been
fortunate enough to secure a superior
driver—one who drove Gen. Sigel and staff
all through Western Virginia. And now,
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at 6i P. M., April 29, we leave Washing
ton in good trim and spirits, to make Alex
andria—eight miles distant—and take in
the balanoe of our stores this evening yet,
intending to set out early to-morrow morn
ing for " the field," in pursuit of Gen.
Burnside's Corps. You must try and drop
into our tent, some day. Qood•by
, Letter from a Delegate.
MR. JOSEPH ALBREE, Treasurer D. S.
Christian. Corronission--Dnan SIR :—On
reaching Washington, in company with
Bro. Lester, of West Alexander, Pa., we
immediately sought the rooms of the Com
-minim •There we met with large num
ber of delegates from many different States.
Same, like ourselves, had just arrived, oth
ers were employed in the various hospitals
in and around the city; and others still
were just from " the front," and on their
way home. The next morning we were as
signed to the Columbian Hospital, to take
the place of one or two others wit° went to
the front. The Columbian. Hospital occu
pies the college building and grounds of
Columbia College, from which it derives its
name. The building is quite large, four
stories high, of which the second, third and
fourth are filled with hospital beds, except
ing a few rooms occupied by the nurses.
In front of the College, at some distance,
are placed the hospital tents. These are
arranged in regular order and divided into
wards, eadh ward having its own surgeon,
nurses, &o. There were five wards of
twelve tents each, and a sixth composed of
fouf tents. Beeides these, there,is another
building capable of containing from one
hundred and fifty to two hundred patients,
and occupied during an emergency such as
occurred after the battle of the, Wilder
ness. The hospital is capable of affording
room for considerably more than a thou
sand patients. The 'number in it oh the
morning of our first visit to it, was proba
bly between eight and nine hundred.
Thus You have something like, a correct
idea of the field of labor assigned to us.
Truly it seems as though it could
,be only a
mite we could add to the efforts made by
others for the relief of the suffering. For
the sake of convenience 'I will consider the
sanitary aspect' of the work I was permit
ted to perform, and the religious view of
it. Of course the first thing to be done
was to become acquainted,, as far as possi
ble, with the wants of the men, dad then to
relieve them. Our plan accordingly was
to enter a ward, and proceed regularly from
tent to tent, and from 'bedside to bedside,
ascertaining what wag needed for the com
fort of those to whom we went to minister.
This developed the feet that the Govern
ment provision 'for hospital wants in the
way of beds, &c., was abundant. - I was
not ones asked for any article of bed-cloth
ing, or towels. But many of the patients
had just been brought in from the front,
some of them badly wounded, and many of
them were destitute of clothing. They had
lost all upon the battle field, or their
clothes had been cut or torn off them to
permit their wounds to be dressed.. There
were many requests, particularly for shirts,
drawers and socks. As far as our stock
Would admit, I always felt glad to, grant
requests._ 4n.4 havt,the satifffha
tion Of - kW:Rg' thitlirmany - initinces
pressing wants were in this manner re
lieved. In no instance was a request
granted, which did not call forth lively-ex
pressions of gratitude from the soldiers
benefithd.
Besides those destitute of clothing there
were many sick. These needed the delica
hies which camp or hospital stores do not
often afford. Many were prostrated with
continued- sickness and without appetite,
unable to relish the fare provided even for
the sick. These craved jellies, preserves,
pickles, and, other such things as a capri
cious appetite would suggest. In endeav
oring to .meet this want, much caution was
necessary. It all-important that nothing
be given which would prove injurious to
the patient. The wishes of the Surgeon
must be consulted, and scrupulously re
spected. An' indiscriminate supplying of
articles asked for, would probably procure
a speedy exclusion from the hospital, or a
prohibition to administer anything at all.
My mode was to ascertain what a patient
desired—what he thought he could relish.
If it could be had, I endeavored to ascer
tain from the 'Surgeon whether he would
allow the patient to have it. If he decid
ed that it would not be injurious, I then
left it for hint in care of his attendant. I
could then 'ascertain to my own satisfac
tion that it reached the person for whom it
was intended. We rarely sent anything
from our room. By constant daily ming
ling with the nurses and attendants in the
various tents, we could soon tell whether
they were trustworthy. And besides, when
I left a cup of jelly for the sick man, he
was sure to tell me the next time I called,
how he liked it. Thus an attendant who
might feel disposed to withhold a - delicacy
from a patient, would be restrained by the
fact that it, would be immediately knolin.
But I bear cheerful testimony to the ten
derness and faithfulness with which those
with whom I came in °outset discharged
their duties. In a few instances; upon ap
plication of the Surgeons and nurses in
particular wards, brandy and wines were
given. In short, as judiciously as we could,
and as far as our stores permitted, we min
istered to the bodily wants of sick, and
wounded, and dying men. riandkorehiefs
were much needed, and were very grate
fully received. It was also my custom,
when. passing through the tents, to carry
with me a small bottle or two of camphor,
and wet the lasidkerchiefs of the sick, and
especially of the wounded. This little at
tention was most gratefully received, as it
often relieved the unpleasant hospital odor.
Such was the nature of our work among
the inert in hospital.
Albng with these efforts to relieve bodily
wants, were coupled daily, hourly efforts to
do good to the souls of men•. The gift of
any little article always afforded an remis
sion for pressing the claims of Jesus Christ,
and urging men to care 'for their eternal.
interests. -Here is a man sorely wounded,
evidently near to death. You see that his
time is short, and you address him about*
his soul. If he is a Christian--some such
we found—you speak to him a word of
cheer, and direct his glazing eye to ,the
'Captain of his salvation. if impenitent,
you` endeavor to direct him to the Saviour
Of the dying thief. Here is one . Ada—
dying among strangers far from home—no
friend to keep watch, or to catch the last
word of farewell. These tender offices you
peek to perform, and communicate the facts"
to those who will watch in -vain :for his
coming. Here is a man wounded, but re
covering. it gives you opportunity to say
a few words or Him who was wounded for
our transgreasions., Another wishes
. you
to write for hini to some distant friend, for
he has not long to. live; or he wishes - a
"bother or wife to know that he is recover
ing; and as you write, yon: inquire what
you shall say about his soul and About his
hope in .Christ; and thus you enter into a
solemn and tender conversation with him
abiiit the greateit of his intatists.
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you go directly to the conch of the suffer
er, and after a few kind inquiries, approach
him directly and faithfully on the subject
of personal piety, and urge him to seek
Christ, or direct him, if he is already in
quiring what he must do to be saved. In
short, take any and every method of reach
ing men's hearts and leading them to
Christ.
Such is this feature of the work. Some
I found deeply anxious about their souls;
these I endeavored to direct to the Lamb
of God. Two I found who had once been
members of the Church, but who had utter
ly forsaken Christ since they entered the
army. And it afforded me pleasure to hear
their deterniination to return to his fold.
I exhorted them both, like the Prodigal
Son, to arise at once and go to their Fath
er's house. From a member of the Dist
P. Y. I received a request for a Testament
and hymn-book. He was considering the
question, ." What must I do to be saved?"
I gave the books, and added such instruc
tions as I thought would be of advantage to
him. A member of the Zd Ohio 'Cavalry
lay severely wounded, and in great pain.
I learned from him that he had 'no Saviour,
andno Christian hope to support him in
his suffering. But he was very .desirous
of seeing Jesus. I directed him to the. Sa
viour of sinners, and gave him a Testa
ment. - I-hope that, thus divinely guided,
he has found a hope in Christ.
R. N. 'H., of the 3d Vt., had been a
very careless, ungodly man. Irrone of the
late battles it.'. pleased God to smitehiin
sorely—perhaps fatally. He expressed his
great gratitude that L had called and talked
with him. He'desired it" Testament, end
hoped that . he had .found the Lord Jesus
Christ. I- saidto him., " Had your atten
tion been directed to- the interests Of your
soul before you received this wound ?"
" Oh uo," he replied, " I never thought of
'such a 'thing. I scarcely ever thought of
God.- In fact, it'would he impossible - 'for
any man to 'be farther from God than I
was. But now I lie here on my bed, and
seem to look right pp into kis face. I
believe that Jesus has forgiven my sins.
It seems so sweet to think God is con
stantly looking into my heart. It makes
me sometimes almost forget my pain."'
This man, I hope, was truly, converted.
One man' I met .with was a Universalist;
he did not believe there was any such place
as a hell. I told him JOSI/E1 Chrrtit believed
it—that he said the rich man lifted up his
eyes in hell. Just then a paroxysm of
pain came on, and he made me np reply.
Another I met witia was a regular Ration
alistic' infidel. "Our Psychology" htid
more charms for him than the Word of
God. ' .
In striking contrast with these was the
case of a young lad from Venango County,
Pa:, who lay in a9other hospital. He felt
very desirous to see a minister from ,his
own State, mid accordingly we visited him.
His great concern was to be .found
Christ. I explained to him as clearly as
pOssible the nature of faithin Jesus Christ,
and I trust he did accept of Christi's gra
cious offer of salvation. In a day or two
he passed away from earth.
I distributed freely of papers, tracts and
little books.. These I would accompany
with a word of exhortation, er follow with
conversation. The role was .t . hat„the
"bier listened 'inoa. 'respeatfu ' lly.
The eg
ceplions' were fel, hut some would not
hear. From the Chaplain and. Surgeons
We oneeived every facility. Said one of
the Surgeons to me, I always think my
patients get along better when they have
something to read, and thus occupytheir
minds." On the Sabbath I preached to- a
very attentive company of soldiers.. Thus
we labored from day to day. All seethed,
to love the. Christian Commission. My
only regret was in being compelled so $OO/1
to abandon the - Work. -.
Very truly yours,
8. M. HENDERSON
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•A Lock of. Rawl Hair.
I have a look of flaxen hair,
Wrapt in a tiny fold;
'T le hoarded with a miser's care,
"'T is dearer far than gold.
To other eyes of ,little worth,
Yet precious unto mine ;
For once, dear child, in life and health;
It was a lock of thine. •
The numbered hours pass slowly by;
Days, weeks, and menths depart,
Yet still the vacant place remains
Unchanged within the heart;
The lonelinesi is still die same,
The same great want is there,
While memory loves to brood upon
The simple look of hair,
The cold winds seem to sigh more loud,
When shades of evening fall,
The clock with more impressive sound
Ticks louder on the, wall;
For now no artless words I hear, .
No smiling face 'I see;
No tone& - of.ohildish mirth break forth,_.
So dear to home and me. .
'T gone--like some strange dream
That lingers with the mind ; •
Some pleasant eerie 'of haPpiness
-The heart hath left behind ; -
An atom from.the fading dust,
A relic of the past;
That tells of transient hopes and joys,
Of . things that could not last.
'T is all that now'remains of thee,
Light of our home "andhearth ;
While sadly pass the silent hours, •
And dark the days come forth.
Yet still I keep it for thy sake,
And guard it with fond care,
And oft I view, with throhbing heart,
Thy simple look of hair.,
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Australia.
ifistory of Fan Sing Louis, Chinese Cat
echist among the Gold-seekers. Written
at his dictation, by wmissionary of Mel-
bourne
It is known that the Chinese emigrate
willingly, and that the gold mines of Cali
fornia and "of Australia have attracted a
great number of them. We have seen es
timated at 30,000 the number of those that
are in California, and at 7,000 or 8,000
those <of Australia. Missionaries are at
work among these gold-seekers. The atito
biographical relation which followi, shows
us with what success Chinese missionary
aids are seconding them in this excellent
work. It contains, besides, some details on
the regime of Chinese schools, which one
of their pupils could alone give.
At about one hundred miles from Canton
is the vast district of San Ning,' which is
well, peopled; and rice and tea. grow there
in abundance. Its inhabitants are very in
dustrious; their gardens, admirably culti
vated, offer to the view a" great variety of
fruit trees unknown in Aut3tralia. One of
the villages of this province, named Sue
Chiou, is distinguished among all for its
picturesque site. It is situated upon, the
borders of a river which, subject thus' far
to the influence of the tide, assures to those
who reside near it, the resource of water,
ever changing,. without being salted. The
sail, composed of a thick layer of dark col
orod earth, produces, besides the ordinary
fruits of the country, the yam, the nuts
from which oil re - extracted' for burning,
and tobeeeti. - •The stigir one so shun-
dant there, that theArme of the neighbor
hood might easily a*ply with this valua
ble substance all the great cities of the
land. '
One of the principal industries . of the
country is the manufacture of stuffs, of
which the first materials are, indeed;drawn
from other provinces. The women are.oe
cupied in spinnind, and the men weave,
either alone in their houses, or' in vast
buildings where they labor in common.
The predicts of this _industry a* then
dyed for the use of shecountry, or exported
to foreign lands witfout being dyed. The
men who are not erhiloyed in this sort of
labor, exercise theietrades of masiorisj ear.
penters, or others othe`same sort. Many
women and young girls pass their, time in
manufacturing silk Oraep, which are much
sought for elsewheee., '
In this district, I".** born. ' My'father,
named Hin Hie 44110010 t coloth shop
in the city of Sue ,Ilow;, signatetti :s a t. me
distance thence, but fenoY. renid4irt
the above named l' e autt he Came to
see them every wee . ' fiftlNiCi*ii, , „,,
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of kindness for me - .iMformy:ltroit,-''
er and sister; and I Pay say that we'led
altogether a very happy life. The excel
lent woman was likewise very charitable to
the poor or the neighborhood, to whom she
often distributed rice and tea, according as
they had need. These liberalities little
pleased my father, who _often complained of
them; but they were of a good example,
so that we much loved our pother, and all
the" inhabitants of the villaie respected her.
Like all the Chinese villages,'Sue Chies
had a`school, which‘brother and I•fre
quented from the aged seven_years to that
of fourteen. This
,age attailltld, we were
transferred to a superior Sehool, where we
remained about four years. * In the eStab !
lishments of this sort;' the pupils acquire a ,
more thorough knotiledge of the different
characters, or of the'words which they have
learned to read or to write in ilia iioferior i
school'. The written Chinese language is,
48 is known, very difficult to understand,
because of the immense quantity of .its i
eharacters,'havingge.ll their particular form
and signifeation r iwithout counting ,that
many words written i i i e same manner
have a very differen sense, according to -
the •accent put on, 'them -itr pronouncing
them. '-:.- .-,. . : -
At our first sehoot s one read to us three
times a day in the, writings of Coat/041s
and of Mengfucius. From the dawn of day,
each child was reading by himself in a
book; after which we repeated our lessons
until breakfast, which took place at half
past eight o'clock. Prom nine to- ten,o'-
clock, we were exercised in writing; then,
until noon, the dinner hour, we were read
ing again, and repeating what we bad learo
ecl by heart. At four o'cloe,k, finally, -We
prepared our lessons for the next dayi and,
at sundown, the sphool closed... During all
this time we were not permitted any sort
of amusement
_Some scholars - took it, in
deed, out of sight " of the master, but the
more part returned, in the- interval of les- :
sons, to work in their families.
At the superior school, we were required
very early in the_ morning, by lamp-light,
to read aloud tracts or sermons comPoseii,
by different anthers on texts drawn froth
the ivritinge of -Confudius or 'of Mengfuci-,
t ns sniailKiond until, the breakfast
biii,7the'reitsVr, explained to us siiine:ef
the passages of these works. After the re
past, we were exercised in writing; then,
the master gave us anew some explication,
followed by - a work destined to develop our
understanding. Upon, some words or, pas
sages, extracted from our class books, we,
had to. make compositions which should ex
plain their meaning, and eitefrom memory
other passages having some relation with
those either for the basis, or the form.
This manner of -instructing --the youth in
that which concerns religion, is, nal have
learned, generally employed Aroughout the
Empire'. The maxims of Confucius, which
are in general very sensible, and' haVe "some
resemblance in form to the Book of
Proverbs, are taught 'in all the schools ; but
alas!. a branch no leBl3 important of-the.,..
Chinese education, is the worship of idols,
or, to speak more exactly, the worship of
ancestors:
Books, composed by- divers authors, re
count the-history and the virtues of the
illustrious men or sages who lived in an
cient times. The inhabitants of each city )
or even of each village, club together' and
have hewn, out of wood or stone, represen
tations of those men, which. are then 'ex-,
posed in public,. Those sages of the an
eient times are thus under different names,
the objects of a public worship, and become
in fact idols, so that each looalityphas final
ly-its own gods. This is the only worship
that I had practiced until the time of my
quitting my, country.
On leaving the school, I was employed
as book-keeper by my brother-in-law, who,
three years previously, had established a
large manufactory of stuffs at I.?atschan,
near Canton. I resided at his house, with
My wife, whom I had married at the age of
nineteen years: Re, at tweiaty-one years
of age, I yielded to the solicitations of my
father, who counselled me to visit the gold
mines 'of Australia, and I embarked at Can
ton with about four „hundred Chinese, al
most all natives, like myself, of the district
of SanTiug.- -
On arriving at this colony, I was at first
employed as a miner, then as a store-keep
er, and as a messenger (with a vehicle and
horses) to Melbourne,and Bendigo I then
came into the district of the Fours, and
gave myself there to the' same occupations,
untillBs9, the period when I made the ac
quaintance of b'an a Wye, who had been
for some time in the service of the govern
ment at Wodonga. Having come to visit
the Chinese camp of Yackandanda.k, he
gave me a portion of 'the New Testament,
and explained to me the principal truths
included in that book. It .was not the first
time that I had heard speak of the Chris-,
tiara religion. At,Hong Kong, some Chi
nese,-who had embraced it, had discoursed'
to me of it, arid had remitted to me.ssome
tracts, particularly a 'little book which
treated of prayer. On board the ship.
which brought me here, one had besides
distributed among the foreigners several
tracts, of which one above 'all had attracted
my attention. :It was about the Saviour of
humanity, the Lord Jesus Christ,- and the
immense love which he had shown in dy-,
big for sinners. At the, reading ,of this
marvelous recital, I had been struck with
the difference which separated it from the
writings of Confucius and Menglucins.
This had thrOwn my mind into deep troub
le, from whiola only escaped in thinking
that the salvation in question was merely
deitined for foreigners, and did not in any
manner regard the Chinese. I had never
theless, during the whole voyage, continued
to make use of the prayers contained in the
first little book ,of which I have spoken;
and that notwithstanding, the counsels of
some of my felloW voyagers, who pressed
me to throw the book into the sea. Un
happily there was no person' who could in
struct mn, OT dissipate the doubts of my.
mind. After our -landing in Australia,
Oat little book remained my faitkful com
panion until the moment when,lra I have
said, I met with Fan a Wye. -
In the frequent lonversationi that we
had together, this dear fellow-countryman
recounted to me the ancient histories con
tained in the Bible; the creation of the
world in six days; th disobedienoe of Ad
am and Eve, which introduced sin into the
world, rendered our first parents,subject to
'death, and paused the to be. east out of
Eden ; then, the deluge, the callinc , of
Abraham, etc. 'To all that, I responded by
inquiring why these 'instructions had-been
given to the Europeans and not
_to the
m
Chinese. Fan a Wye replied to e, that
the Europeans also had'been idolaters, and
that, the Jews themselves,thai people cho
sen Of Gol- 7 had mere than once fallen in- ,
to the same sin ; 'but 'Mid in his written'
Word,' Godi had commanded', all men to
break 611 from idolsoind
_fie serve only the
living and true God,, the, creator .of the
heaVen aid the earth .: ' '''-- ' '
' Re then showed' me "with olearneis
wherein the first , instruction that I had re=
ceived; was deficient and false; what there
was good and commendable in the writings
of Confueius and Mengfuoius, but yeth,ow
, , ~--, :IViliii huinati soul inslarkiiesenWni
T rinitileron v irtilitir Hit 4 dil'
me to see , - finally the great' supetiority'of
the teachings of the Bible, and concluded
p v
in decl - to me with force, that all s of
those d come to Jesus Christ, be
lieyi " as the Redeemer of the
world, certainly' be siligd. At t
same time, , another ConveM Chi,
Pong.Sien; came to seti.me sometimes.
began to pray with me, spoke
,to me with
energy, of sin_ as the ruin of souls, of the
power of Christ to army away these souls
from that einel tyrant, of the covenant of
grace which leads to this deliverance,z,and
he pressed me .earnestly •to,
_baptized.
These. Conversations fixed me on the march
that I had' to follow, so ,that after" another
conversation with Fah a Wye, I repaired
with him to the' pastor orYaekandendak,
who confirmed:me in all my ,thonghts,'and
pressed me to enter into the flock of which'
Jesus. Chrrh is ..the shepherd. He gave
me a prayer -book, and requested Fan, a'
'Wye to read to me several' passagesof the
New - Testament, which he pointed' out to
him. Soute.tirne afterile sent me :for my'
own,use an English Newm
. Testaent, which
Fan aijeundertook to tech, me to read.
For Several weeks, finally, he gave me in
structions, whi'cli - his departure -for 'anoth-,
er encampment alone interrupted. • .
He *as rcplaeed at , Yackandandak by my
compatriot Lo, Sam Yuen;who, r I, remember,
did me, much good by explaining to mp, in
the third chapter of -86. John, the conver
sation of our Lord with Nicodemus. Soon,
was in the habit of accompanying him
when he went to celebrate the Divine ser
vice in other Chinese eneampthents. Of
tenubesides,- visited, during' the:-week,
some of our fellew-Countrymen, and were
able thus to have long conversations, whiCh
finishelidiSsipiting all my doubts. • From
this moraitt, chiefly, I began to love the
Sabbath and to ',jean - heartily in the exer
cises of piety. A' sojourn 'which I made
afterwards with Lo Sam -Yuen; at the par
sonag,e, furnished me the means of perfect,
ing myself•in the knowledge of English
and`of reading the,,Bible in that language
almost as fluently as in . Chinese., , .
Ih July, 1860, finally, was , baptized at
Beeehworth, at the same time with 'Ting
Num, wile' is new` assisting the Rev. Mr.
Yeti% at Ballarat. Since then, Lo Saw
Yuen and Fan a Wye have both left for
China, and. I have entered, in the provi
dence of God ; upon the duties of a mie
sioriary in the district of, the " Fours," un
der the direction of the Missienary Society
of the °hitch of England which'_ has its
seat at Melbourne. •
13efoe‘ the departure 'of Lo Sam.Tuen,
two other Chinese, Ah Sien and Ah HoY,
had been received into the church 'Thep
tism and, since , then six other .00nverts
have been admitted to the same' privilege.
May God continue thus to do his' Work
among my fellow.countrymen:
,lEL Cluistiati Commposion.
The Aresy_Cofernitt.oe of IV:estern.Pertn'w. pre
,
cents the following report of its oiserations &win g
, .
the inonth'oLinlyi , ' -
3B B Needs, Pitteburg, . • - - •
John J Fa. gart, •• . .
Rev M'S Keadig, Oanonshum, Pa,
Bev. Lytle, Bcoomfteld, Ohio, •
Idelderee, • .
Bev Mr Brian, 'Washington, Pa,
Bev' SP - Benewelt,Neaver, Pa, • , .t.
Rare bees CJtOMidetol2., d as delegates to the lamp of
the Poiora .e:. • ' .
. Dec A. 13 Irtelee, hit Plese!nt, Pa
" J'D Waikinattaw, Mayor Date, Pa -
O. ttr Fleaer , Bakererthe, 0
" J P fioold; Loaper Salem;
e. P.Uock, Wa,oster,p, •
As delegatea to the &tarp of the Ottinbetlani.
The mukurer acheowledges the receipt of the fellow.
Mrf ILODIST , XPLSCOPAL
_CHURCHER
flubinvi, Ohio.-- 14.00
Sabbath School, Notiorgsbe'Bl its- .... -. ... ...,..'.. : •.80 60
Beaver, Pa .1200
Restore, 81.0nong,hilla Chi' - " ' ,8 00
Girard and /Booty, r. 6 00
lit CHFLISTIAN ADVOCI.I%. - '
Simpson Chapel, Pa,
Ebausburg, Ya..,...., -- _ .._
BrivlCubference; Pa.. ' ' '.........-, ..0 00
( entrevine, Pa ' 1 00
Bellair, 0.:,... -...-..--. ................. -.. 'd 210
,urrrrip SIESHYTERIAN ortinqm.
Scroggsfold, 0 • 50.00
- Presnyterrof ?Steubenville,: 0 ' - 70'60
Jefferaon . Library, Pa . 69 00
Bathe:, Illerner'Od., Pa - 15 34
Jamestown *. .42 00
Camp Jun Butiseco, Pa 10 00
St: 01.1 r Pa; (add) 200
Lulli.,' 3d oh; 79 00
High B ldg - 23 00
lieskisnnock Babbatireeliool — , Blarceroo, P 4.... 12 40
POURVVEILIAN 011t91013r4;
B bonuses*. nhurch, Butler cO., Po ' ...' ' ' 80 -00
Young Ledien, Elsonezer* Fa , .... . .................. ,6065 ,
Tini,tt 'oUrransville, Pa.. . :-. .. ', - - 97'00
Bethel and...lacksouville. Indiana c0.,,Pe,......., 61 00
Rural Valley, A rinstro4 044 Pa - ''' ' ' ' - 26 26
McOlellandtown; Pa i 6. 26
Muddy Oreek,'Butler co., Pa.. - .;.. ''''- . 73 40
Porterevills, do .. d 0..—.-. .. 23 16
NonniNovo, do do - -- " ..7 .'' --
'lO 90
Acedania,.Venangoco., do
._ 30.60
Cluirien Bun, Pa - ....:...; " ' '.... )0 00 ,
Bsiling
,t' pting, P 0...... 83 05
Mt. Washington Church' and' Sabbath School... 86 St
Pike Grove, (N. B.) esercer co., Pa .23 00
Va-ley Oburch, Allegheny co., Pa...... 8 25
ld.),Etlid . do 'do 7 - do' 600
Bialand Ohorch, Clarion do " 9 60
~
logocier (adttitional) . 2 00
.
Mt. Plienane do Pa '' ' ' 2'oo
Appleby Manor, d0........4 ' , 11 30
'hallooing, d 0..., 8 05
r w
Tailoealc, Ohio - ' - :73`76
Bearevi:lo (additi.nal) Ohio -.. 3 76
DaDbilhAti Setioni, DanhAps Creek, PA. - .., 27 00
', .- * ish +.roek, 0 • 3 33
. _
.. " 00. ' Near buritainit. , o......
' '
Near 14 s4,erfuLd. Pa.,
Monterey, Pulaski co., Lid......... ...... -
Tipton, Ima ..... ....... ..... . .... . ... ...........
Gannon Reformed Plymouth, ind.......
litaxu.d Lotheran Coursh, Pittsburg.,
- r - AID ROCIDTTEe. XIV.
'Obviation Commission; Wiiibington, P s, "aids.
Canal, (total)
Soldiers" .1d suisiaty, ilariieonville, Butlior co., - .
5erne5,.....—„... " - loci 93
Soldiers' Aidlociety, Crosi Creek; Washington
co., Pa. - 185 00
Soldiers' Aid Sotisty; ,Tackson't'p„ Mercer *a,
Prian'ts
Efoldierne Aid Society, Muddy Creek;Stitler cr., , '
Penn'a. —.. ,
~ 13 60
'Boldiara' Aid Society, "Pootaintowii," Veningo,
yo-, Pa ..« "10 00
Saidicre" Aid Society,
...
Adamsvitle, iirawford
coy Pa 97 90
HOldiers' aid:ionise:, On' ar Grove, Pa OD
," • ~ • McKeesport,
" " Ridge, Pa .3 90
4, 4' 4 ' Near SCctievide, .
44 45
44 4. :Bremen, rid' field, co, 0. 62 25
" " coaster 'Guernsey
Chi°
Citizens of gptiongahela day,. Pa - 10040
Citizens of litioxyGe, Jefferson eo., O 21 00
Cirironc,er Bowling Green; Jefferson . co., 0-- .69 65
GnionLeagne,nugarGrore, ra 606
MINIBiTIONN RESTIM LS, 10:
Vertical and Concert at Hanover... Bearer CO,
Pa. 326 75",
Ladi. Sapper at . Joesph. Belay:Fr Co:. • •
P 4 161.
... .......
Concert at Baler's ... . ... • 00 , 00:
061cl:1r:tied of the Fourth of July, niltwde#
MieaYanoee Mario ohms, near Vi'lmingtni.
Pio-Nle arab:story Point, Pa 20 00
Exhibitinffin John'Nerin's Karp', -Heaver Co.,
Pr 79 85
INDTTTDDAIm
NAwing,:l7 - 4toriiirai . st;:Pa. 60 00
3 McMartin. We .. . ... . 30 00
Berronilo.l4istribi o Pa.op
.
Mrs li Felhelmer, Latrobe, Pa 20 00
Samuel Co.lina, kittssurg . Pa. - 10 00
Catherinp (locomen, Allegheny, Pa 10 00
0 Beggs, do d 0,.., 10_00
it Skinner, Chat/nice county, E. E...... .... .... 10 GO
Bev 1 Caruthers, ttilgoi, Pa 6 GO
A Fri ntl, E. 1.. Springfield, Ohio 5 tit
Bev J 16 ,hanthera and Laity, beechhargh, Pm. 6 00
It Lt Brim Pittsburgh. PA.... 6 00
Easter Olen lie • eolestre, Pittsburgh, Pa.... . . .. 6 00
, ;8 L. J., Itittauning, Pa ; 5 00 ,
.i.avid it menus, :Plum townshp, Pm a. -' 6.00 , _ -
„A IC ifirker- ; A• itll
cash, North Bowicirmy, pm. ,;- ' ' '6 00
'Jowl hi Johostou, Pi teburg, Pa .„ ~ 5 00
.../ L. G., P alufield, 0b10........... • • ' - 5 iai • ''.
A. Lady Prien t ..,, 6 00,
Dr Brow4;ll.lthimitruh. Iliinole • • -- • 2 . 00
:J II Pitts, Tappeo ' .0h „ 10,,.... ' '
Era and MIMI Parks, Fidvente, - Pa...... 3 00 ""
,C • ir E.,hu,Pittebtligh, Pa ' 2po
iMilected: by 'Kiri P,' Tli.inplion, Coehrantorit '': -
.
2 1(5
841i/feta Friend, Wit ierford;PM " • ''• -'" '.200 '
d o . do ,;.Delaware, Ohio. .. :„. .. ~.
..,.....,..,.: ~.. 200 •
do •do ..lttens, _ do • •. 'I : 2 *OO . ".
Eary.o,da y, 6th +yard ; pohool . • -_ . 1 20, t`,;
!8 .phis Esklea, Pittaltur • ga, 4 5..4 ' '' at
; zet-sti:Ella.Fofd. 0479.1•p1, Ohl". ... -. ;am. , . 2.00'. x .
W.l Bauman, West - Newton; Pa - .... • 160
Collection oy 61ra „Catharine Corby ' • BelltifS -..; .
Oble . .a 2 00
; id"Vi Gime sebum i.tistrict Ico 3, Mercer em, .
' Pa - 1 6 0
..
7 . , ..C1ath - a,:,...t.......: - .....a., .............. .it.. gm ....... 10... ' 15 00
Received during nt0nth..............b.. ........ re v: 4 in 18 %,..•
Prevl nel ackuowledged..... r ... ' -.... r i!0893 et
aNtial• ... - .......... ..... .. .45,J34 3 440 00
'ii,, eieitfigiqlgstainahlralibeimisigasiaito - ila
.
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iii4Si
rsip.h6spit,ak '. ,, .. - " ,,, —,'—t-- 53 , '" . ' -
Xofintiliallik '.
.-..‘..';: .............
.irnrrhOgnsee , ez....'4-.....,„ 4 , .
lir r detfis of R. Id axento of 'Army' titan:liner- ' - '''.:4'll
land
Office 'rent end expanses
16,615 79
The follosking contribution's of hospital stoles have_
been received during theineuth of .
I. box heapitel Rum ; SoLdW Mg .
lety of
• ochesser, Suer ono ty,
box and barrel rem Ladles of Bellsir,O.
'boxes seed '1 barrel ' do, from Soldiers' old Society of
BSI% Paelaine t 0.
I wise( fruit from Soldiers' Aid Society of New Ma-
.
2 boxes hospital stores from Springfield elanrch.
townvhip, Mercer coonty. , •
bezel co from Wayne, township, St c& Point, Law
-1 loxes do, from . Sthdiers' kid Soeiety of Freeport; "
Armstrong comity: • • -•
, finsoins front Agri aßiv.;.
Li box ofdothing from;; Soldiers*, aid society of Mt
Pleasant, Weetrootelsnd county.
_ I.box. of hospital stone from Oblidren's 4 41 .590M:9 of
Soho 4 ifo., 7, Ulu:alms township, Washington notnity.
__ - box of do; iiintt Itoldiene moist) , . of : Sharon,.'
Beaver bounty. Pa.
1 package of fans.from eobolars of Presbyterian Sun.
day .cbool, Freeport,
3 basil.. of ma.pita storeafrore Soldiers! aid society of
.fitn eetoten, tat k conoty,
2 boxes and 1 bag' of do from &Mier& aid 'moiety of
Slabanitigtown, LSWreil€4o enmity.
2 -do inim &gale& 'iticUiociet4 of liferrittstowe; Fay
etre county. • .
• •
Wiwi do from obildielf of Dunlap's Creak Sabbath
School, Olerrittstown.
2 boxes do from Soldiers' std society - of Worthingtani
Arautroug cAnty. ,
1 nord4 fr4nl Sunday S:1001 of ltraw'Texas,
glom* , rourity.
' o.m do froM Soldiers' aid soelel* of Itoimersbilig,
COII ,
..
' 1 box do from Soldiers' aid societyit of Gratfield,Ve"
county, Pa. ,
- I bor. of do from Soldiers aid liociety of Bomeiiiit
1 keg of pickles Lout Soldiers' aud society of ,Aroicy,
Ebenezer and centeitown;Eftercir county. -'
1 'box of boapiral"exores from
,fioldiers' aid society of
Washington Pa. " - " '"'
• lima of do from Soldiers' aid society of lifilton Arm
strosg county
tbrix of
~do from Ladles' , Belief Annotation of Buftaloe
Washingtim county.
f hnpitat stoma faun Boblione ald society ot,
!ercer, Pa.
Vlios do, troth Soldiers' red society of South Girard,
Ede Co.
3 boxes do. from Soldiers' aid sotielY of Row Sheffield.
Beaver 90.
1 box: •do. fram Soldiers' aid eoeiety of Oechrantoni
Ore, , ford , .oe. • - •
• 2 ii.a.ea do -froo2 St 'Aim' aid society of Pigeon Oreek
Preshyteri Plumb, Washington Go. .
• fdo from fir Jae It Crouch. Dayton, annstrang
itle from . Soldiers'. aid society of_Proearille,
county. "
'1 box of paper and envelopes from Ladles' all society ,
of Witablogtott. Butltte t/f. '
-1 box of hospital sten o s from Ladies'
_Yellow Creek _
Church, .018. 4 .g0vr; - obis.
1 box of hicks, from the D. P. Board of. Publication.
,
3 boxes hospitat stores for Soldiers' aid society of '
Wombingtou, Pa.
1 box do from 3idilierslaid 'society of the Manchester
. . .
1 b x do fr'oro Friends' of thOOhristian OOmmisslon,
Steubenville, Ohio.
1 box do from Chess Springs, Oambria'Oo.
I box do from Cross Orme Village..
1 - package of clothing from English Lutheran Ohnrob,
I nes. of hospital - skirts fristi Paris Jiiveliitetid so
..
' 1. packsigitif Vonsairtiortrirefte;v7tlT'Beid.,
I packa s e ot clothing from Shafer Township Doldiera'
aid sobiely. ' '` ' . . - ,- - -
Lpacktags housewives iron Wilkirtaburg AcadOmy...,
LI uoir. of frulf Dorn "Doliertti uglari. - '' =
1 packag- of muslin azd bands...ea from hire B. fillets,
Ido 'front Mm Dr Jones, 1 . do froth Zvi J Laughlin,
1 do -from MIRA Flair, . I do from r Mrs II a Snyder,
.1 do from Mrs ,- ressman, Ido from Mrs Ilfawolusy,
1 do from_ . Mrs Erow,n, 1..d0 from Pres'n ~Okeurch,
1 0(3 from Mrs Aiken, ' Birmingham.' -
1 do fr'm Mrs lk ,Aidwell,l 1
,do from Mies A Knox ; ,
ar
2 do from hiss Diu ch I de, fcbm Mrs Renton,
Ido from Mrs- W.l.fowau, Ido from Mrs Forsyth,
Ido from Mrs Dore and, Ido from Mrs J W Paul,
.2 do from-Mrs Mai Bar..es, 2 .do from bits Speer, .. ,
1 do f- om. Mary and Eliza 1 do from kirs Louth, -
• Ilicbards, , - - ; 2do from Mrs 1- , ,,Dirze11,,-.
I do from siren Kitchen, 2 do from Mrs J eb:4bard
-1
Ido (rani Mrs: Jar- rs, Ido vrom.MreA .1, Smith', "
1 do from Mrs Newingloun 2 0 ,from hlrs Jo. Reed,
- 2 do.from:ldra T :Marshall, 1 do'frorn Mrs E'llichardi,..
6doldlT P Oh Aligheny Ido Mrs fitzgert .
Ido Mimi Colonist,' - . 2do Mrs a hill
1 do mrs e. Et- kwcied.
.." l do Miss C Raerclier
-2.d0 Mrs bi. , psan . .- I d'O,Mis - JE Richardwin r
Ido Mrs 0 Jordan , tdo Mies Sawyer .
1 i. , 0 SI las Sloan • -- Ido Mrs' Beasley . . • '-;
2do Sys Schmertz - 2 s d , Mrs McConnell
1 do bliss olleo
I.pkg.booka. E 61 Wilson
1 do 'Mrs M P Jduee
sdo Eke . WAldogford
8 do hire J ITEM '
1 do Idra,J Pent
do Mrs Orbighton
1 do Roy J E —aro chore
2 d-, from rt.wlcloy
boi do Aviv Gentian L
s aiberan Church, East Liberty
1 box boeydial storks from Lidies Aid Society of Mix
abeth .
230 bozo; of o timed Vont Christian Oommidalon
in .rbitadell. .
. .
le do`cf bcota andlerperi.
The following articles have been tent to Our ,
armies during the toontkohJnly :
" dried, in cene..—.„ 794
RAtreets, betties..... . 150
6490
Butter', 1 . 08::.7.4..
Milk cans
Beef Tea
.Corn ctarch.ibe......
Peron*, . . . . _ .
Picketed cabbage,,ble
Vitric 'acid; As
Bay. Sam qte
Wine Bottles
Brandy "
roger " '9
"Tea
!arrow Booto,-battlea,' lb-
Shit to 700
Drawers, pro' `'soo
Arm Slings 259 ,
B. 9 dages, EWA , . -1925
Oh. Sioelin- 1206
Ynde and 529
Hank erchitle 895.
tu web, 90a
Sacks, 264
ishoot 51
Pillows 139
Pillow swiss " 215
Housewisrs 166
W tippers '14... 17
Corn , orte
Pp'mgis ' 3001
Slippers. pre . ......... 1491
Crutches, pm 133
' , Liiriro'Bunke for Libre 259
Small soldier booti,pgs 9155
„Papers, paste 82910
T...cts, plum 1.0376 .
.Writing eaper reams tts 16
Fruit la Cans 8160
3 73
The continuance of thri Campaign in Y'rgi * nia, end.t'he
active movements or our western armies. and the need
there Lion every band for renewed 'Med imilagging exer
tion, urge the Commission to continue uerinatediy.its
work. Act every poin where need it apparent hat
ell' bedews is ;Wog eff: Mod.
The . !ollowing articles wf 1 be most needed during the
comb .g month_:, Ries, ttal bedding - and clothing,. Rids
tilted a Ith.-botroe ant straw, briodsges and ieuelin rags;
fruits in ,ours„ dried frni a, vegetables of ail kinds, but
ler and •
Obriemi.n Cksinnisedon Roams, No 76 Smithfie'd stmet.
„Ladies' Christian Conszitissiorrileorns, Oyen
every aAernosn ft:pm ?. to , 6 o'clock.
~
A mother on the green hills of .Ver
mont, stood at- her garden gate holding by
her right band a son of sixteen years old;
mad with •love of the sea. ' " - Edward,"
Raid she, they tell me that the great;teinp
tation of the seamen's life,, is,drink.: Prom
ise me, before.you, quit your tother"s hand;
that' you, never' will drink." .Said he; . for
he' told me the story,'" I gave her ihe
proinise. r went the broad globe over---
Calcutta; the Mediterranean,. San Francis
co, the Cape •of Good llope---and dur
ing lorty years, whenever I saw a , glass
filled with the sparklingliquor, my Moth
er's' form by tbe garden gate, on the hill
side of Vermont,' rose up before me; and
to,day, at sixty, my lips are innocent of the
taste of liquor." =i• -
^ 85
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..... 20.15
18 10
13 z 5
7 25
000 00
Was not that sweet eyidenCe of the pow
er of a siegle word ? And yet it was but
half; " for," said he, "yesterday there
came into my counting-room a young man
of forty, and asked me, De you:know me ?'
No,' said L I was brought once,' said
he to
. my informant, drtmk into your
presence, .on shipboard; you were a, pas
senger;, the captain kicked me aside; you'
took me into Your berth, kept me. there
until slept off my intoxication; and then
you asked me if had a mother. I. said,
never, that I knew of; I never heard a
mother's voice.' You told me of . yours, at
the garden:gate ; and to-day, twenty years
later, lam master-of one of the finest peek
ets in New-York, and Came to.ask you to
Aetna and see
How far. back that little candle throws
-
its. beam- 2 --thimothefti word O`r} the - gre,en
hillside Of Vermont! CM he thanked for
the almightfpower of a single
fr Gam
9 %5
iM;MII
..... 825 00
.... .. 88 00
12do T Oree
I. do Mr Mimi
I do W Et Murphy
I do Mies Ooply
2 do Mies Cuthbert
l do Airs tlayakd
t do Mrs Mitchell
l do Mr Cuthbert
I do Mre B TiloM96
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f die _
Magazines .....
Rue= ..
El 'yam 'Books ' '399
"654
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T siameete 355
Load Pencil* 4ozens, 3.5 Ci
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689
Power .91 a '%Tord.
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OBITUARY NOTICTS; 6 01117 11 A TIM."
Influence of Gentleness.
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A spirit of fatilt-findin • an unsatisfied
temper; a constant irritability; little ine
qualities in ,the look, the temper or the
manner; a. .brow (don iy and dissatisfied--
your husband and wit,: caLnot tell why--
will more than neutralize nil the good yott
can do, and render life anything but a
blessing. It is in Such' gentle and quiet
virtues as meekness and forbearance that
the happiness and usefulness of life consist,
far more than eloquence, splendid tal
ent,' or illustrious deeds, that shall send the
name to future times.
is the bubbling spring which flows
gently, the little rivulet which glides
through the meadow, and which runs along
day and night by the farm house that is
useful, rather than the swollen flood or the
Warring cataract. Niagara excites our
Wonder; and we stand amazed at the pow
er and greatness of God there, as he "pours
it from his hollow hand." But one Niag
artfia,enough Xer,,theeoptinent or the world.;
*hide - that.,fame ,world needs thousands
"1 11 T )31 theniands of 'Mier fountains
a In. • ip•sflidifibili'vilietk, 1 Mit water ev
err feint, and meado*; and every garden;
and that shall flow on every day and every
nigl2, with theit gentle, quiet beauty. So
wit the acts of our lives. It is not by
great deeds only, like those of the martyrs,
thallood , is to be done; it is by the daily
and quiet virtues •of life—the Christian
temper, the meek forbearance, the spirit of
forgiveness in the husband, wife, the fath
er, the mother, the brother,-the sister, the
friend, the neighbor, that this is to be done
and in this all may be useful.—Barnes.
The less a man does the more fuss he is
apt. to make. A ben -with one chicken
!does more seratehing than if she had a fain
of, fifteen.
RIGEIT . WAY.—Archbishop Usher
says: alf god people .would but make
their goodne agreeable, and smile instead
of frowning, in their virtue, how many
would they win to the good mute I"
THE DIFFERENCE —A grand radical
WI:lotion between a true Christian, and an
unconverted . sinner, is ..most significantly
stated in , a single senteice : "'Christians
wonder why they should be saved; and sin
ners why they should be lost."
THE CLOUD •F WrrNzsints.Bishop
Simpson spoke in a recent sermon from the
tent, " No man liveth unto himself," as fol
lows : ".While I was in Europe, I stood in
It grand cathedral, admiring the paintings
and, statuary, when a - friend' called my at
tention to the dome overhead. I looked
tip Ward to Ile ceiling far above us, but
oeuld see only, a cloudlike hue. Soon, how
ever, the. confusion vanished, and angelic
faces were looking down upon us from ev
ety part of the magnificent dome. It was a
beautiful 'thought (if the artist.• And so
the-great cloud of witnesses gaze lovingly
uponseyery worker for Christ. Sometimes
I see only, clouds about me; but they melt
away, and I can behold the saints, the loved
gone.before me—with looks of encourage
went" 'and - affection, filling the heavens
around and' above me."
LIFE IN Tan PULPIT.—What preachers
moat generally lank, is life; not animation
of- voice gesture, - or-style, but that electric
fluid which ought to penetrate every word
,
of our discourse and make it, as it were, a
living thing. This agent is invisible to the
eye, but consciously felt by the soul; it
has a warmth which -is contagious, and
which oratorical art can no more imitate,
than
. the most perfect automaton can pass
fer a humin being. If need be, this life
Can make up for every other deficiency, but
no skill' whatever can supply its place.
Warm with this life, the feeblest discourse
has:, been accepted with sympathy by the
audience ; while without it, a fine sermon
is a beautifni statue, a bad one, a corpse.
THE TRUE SOUROZ OP - ETRENCITIL—A
distinguished Irish law officer and a con
servative; Member .of Parliament, who was
on the most intimate terms with Sir Robert
Peel, made, his way. one day into his study
without being announced, when seeing the
great - statesman on his knees in prayer, he
retreated as noiselessly as he could into the
outer apartment. - The Premier soon joined
him, and conscious that he had been die
novered, said : " You were perhaps, sur
prised to find. me at prayer; but the truth
is, I find that in reality the whole
. weight
of the affairs of this people is gid Apra
my.shoulders, which are too weak to sus
tain,it. I- have therefore been to the only
Source of strength for help, and I find it
continuallyrequisite and only to be ob
tained there!' '0 diet all our statesmen
tittderstood that I
INTERdESSORY PRAYER,—Every Chris
tian freely lays himself out by prayer for
the benefit of.his fellow-members. Each
member of-,Christ's Church sues for all.
.Neithet,can any one be shut out from par
taking the benefit of the prayers of all of
God's saints upon earth. There is a cer
tain spiritual traffic of piety betwixt all of
- God's children,- wherein they exchange
prayers with each other, not regarding
number so much as weight.' Am. I weak
in spirit'and faint in my supplications? I
have no less Share in the most fervent
prayers- - of the holiest supplicants, than in
.my own:.all the. vigor that is in the most
ardent hearts, sikplies my defects; while
tltere is, ltle in their faithful devotions, I
cannot - go, away unblessed.—Bishop Hall.
ME . S
1 ITATION. —ln order to have the
body invigorated, food must not only be
eaten, but digested. And if we would have
our souls nourished and our spiritual
strength renewed, we must not only listen
to discourses in the sanctuary, but likewise
meditate upon them when we retire to our
dwellings. The latter duty however is too
much neglected. Philip Henry says : "It
is easier to go six miles to hear a sermon
than to :spend one quarter of an hour in
meditating on it when I come h-ime." And
observes Coleridge : "It is not enough
that We swallow truth. We must feed up
,on it-as the insects do on the leaf, till the
whole heart be-colored by its qualities, and
show its,food in every fibre."
A ir
.Tfix Two TooxTnna -- A ffectionate in
tercourse with the young is a considerable
help against the too rapid invasion of old
age. A gentlemen of our acquaintance is
leenstomed to repeat the saying of a dis
tinguished man, "If you would avoid.grow
ing old; associate with the young ;" assign
ing as a reason' . that the old are so apt to
Increase their own and others' infirmities
hy`talliing them over, while the cheerful
ness ot the yelling will do something to en
liven the failing, spirits .of our declining
years. There is sense and wisdom in the
rule thus suggested.
• SIMPLE PETIEI3.—Let all men know
this, and keep it, in mind always, that a
Single, narrowefit, Simplest duty, steadily
practiced: day after day, does more to sup
port, andmay do more: to enlighten the soul
of,l4'doer, than a course of _philosophy
taught by a tongue which a soul compound
ed'Of Biwa, ` ',Shakespeare, Homer, Demos
thenes Aid Bake, - to - say nothing Soc.
rates'- and '..Plato f ' - and Aristotle, should
introire.—John - .
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