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BAPTISM."—EPHESIANS IV: 6.
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NEW SERIES, VOL 2~N0. 23.
COLUMBIA. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. FKBUUARY », 1870.
OLD SERIES, VOL. IV.-NO. 70.
$fc luAptim TiUifot
IS PCBUSUBD
fcVERY WEDNESDAY
BY
RUDEJc MILLER.
TEEMS:
T«« Ixrnaaas V laiTOR ia lomutioA to aub-
loiben at $I.M pet JVST, If P»M iu adyance
QMVHi ,
are charged ** <* par yaai, if paid ia
^Iw^thoa. wbo do not par arlll.iu (liras
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- r — br charped fifty oenta addilioual.
aim or aururmnto:
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vir da a teewrat of tt pw caul, of Ere iquam
mi npaarda » par emt, of «*a aqwan a arel
uawardu 40 per am. ao<l of oao half cotemi
>gd upwardi, » per cent *itl Ik- daducted lr.-m
the *bov* rates.
Obiioaaiaa, wl.au mure (Un flra kora, tail
cent* tbr ««»,( worda pajabla io advaix-r.
Poaiafa—Fir. reaia par qoanar
jy iv.ua raatsmbor all bumiKwa lvUU-ra
abouU bo addrreard la
Rat. A. R. RrOE
CUUaiio, S (l
lliair Widow* and Studauta af
Communications.
Jer—- - - ~r y
For tlw* LmHenm Vimtor.
Scriwal.
Religious.
Salihbvby, January 12th, 1870.
Mrtxn. Editor*: I »pml you thin
eouimnnk-ntiou for tbo odiftration nud
pucoumpri-mpiitoftlie Church at larftc.
On Satnrxliiy, prumlmg the fourth
Sauday n'l Nm-ember of last year,
Bro. Cone ami myaelf enmuient'ed a
protracteil meeting at Organ Church,
which continued near two weeks; re
salting in the hopeful converaion of
forty (40) persons, aud a general
awakening of the membership. As
the iiersons professing were nearly
all members of onr church, With -a
few of other churches, wc have as
y«t had no ooeesSiona nt this ph’u-e.
During this ni.Vting, Bro. Denny, of
the (lennan Refonnwl Chnreh, did
as very material serviic.
Kmbraeiug the third Sunday in
Deremhcr, we liehl a similar aieeting
at St. Peter’s Chnreh, continuing
nearly a week, at which seven (7)
professed reconeiliatiiai. Here, also,
the membership were rnoatly the
subjects, and generally were mm-h
edified.
PridaWnight before Christmas, tf, A
commenced at Union Church. Owing
to the iudemeney of the weather, the
attendance at find was small, but ns
the weatlier became fiiTomble, tin'
attendaoee and interest increased.
At the end of the first two weeks,
when the meeting dosed, from thirty-
fire to forty (.15 to 40) persons pro
fotsed a comfortable aftsnmnec. Sev
eral of these were back-alidera re
claimed, some were members who
had not previously professed s hope,
and a goodly number who had never
keen received into full communion,
mostly youth. Most of these have
given their names with a view to the
necessary instruction for Bill comma
foes. We are sadly mistaken if this
church and community generally,
have not been much jwoHted. At
this meeting, from various causes,
the writer was moat of the time
withimt ministerial aid. Bro. It.
Drown, however, and several active
foymen, did good service.
The meetings from lint to last
were characterized by nnusnal atten-
thastwthe preaching of the Word, a
*h»w b*t gradual increase of prevuil-
uerioosuess untl deep solemnity,
with eom]>anitivoiy little ootbnrut
and noisy exeiteuMMit, just as wc
juefcr. --.j u - ■
Now, Memr*. Editor*, as yoo well
home, we are a decidedly symbolical
Bvnod, yet we do not repudiate,
'‘‘Protracted and Revival* meetings,
tbelieving them to be in connection
■with mu ,peculiar usages, the iifif
• ■•d *wpr of o*r tJhureh. Aa' we
' *»uld not in the kwit underrate
.early religious training, the Haem
jmmto aud the ordinary means, so we
dr on Id urge the importance of pro
dlwied, plain, earnest preaching.
4hht in 4m tuns, these may have
itheir desired effect; lest an ailosire
procrastination prove ruinous. H it
is a peeoliur privilege of every true
heir to my with Paul, Horn, viit: 1«.
the Spirit it*Of bemirtd nilgais milk
M»r spirit, that we are the ckitdrm of
0*4, then, the sooner this witness is
obtained, the better. For holding
- meh views, neither truth nor chris-
tiau charity will ever baud as with.
dati-Lutheran. , v i «.. .
Years, fraternally,
a. WJHItRJJii.
.. ...._ <a»i.«».'
Dr. Livingston has again been
heard from. On May 30th, lie was
•J. Y T gtgi, wlwse he found his sui>-
Rtics. H<
spirits.
Shall we Have a Comprehensive
Church.
Every lover of the peculiar forms
and usages of our tlhureh desires, of
coimns that it should prevail as wide
ly us (xmaible, and would rejoice to
have it acquire, so for as its general
recejKitHi U concerned, a notional
character. The conditions under
which this is possible, liecoiuc, there
fore, a very important jioint for con
sideration. There ant two pruuiiucut
featun-H, in onr country ami age,
which materially affect this problem,
and these are the spirit of imqttiiy
usd the tore if freedom. V utter tlie
intluenee of these principles, it ht im
possible but that a great variety of
opinions should be belli and frrrly
«serried in refevenoe to all )«oints
connected with the Chnreh. Urent
diversities will inevitably arise, even
among those who are in cutire agree
ment as to tlic fundamental poiuts of
tin- faith. Now the question is not
whether it might not be better if ull
would agree, uml the Church lie pre
seated in ouc unifpnn as|ieet all over
the laud. The mental activity, him!
the fearless spirit of investigation,
whieli mi* prevail render this impis
sible. lteiognuing this inevitable
foot, the only quest ion is how to dcul
with it. Is it possible, iu view of
this fact, to have a Chnreh truly na.
5»kiafo.iW-rer »Vi
ship. If a certain school ia our >i»uth eh her—good, in tact, ftw any
Church claims the right of establish reader, and especially adapted to cor-
ing certain relations with other rvrt ptvvaiNng lajnrious impressions
Churches, Protestant like our own, it' concerning the salvation onr laud
oertwiuly does not afford the alight- lias provided for n*. It la designed
•st ground for the propriety or right for a somewhat older rlaaa of readers
of the rlaim on the put of aitotber than the little volume by the saute
school to establish relhthtus with snthor. entitled— Children and
other Churches, to which our common Jesus."
Protestantism stamls op|«we»l. If If another lmok miglit be mention
simplicity ami even meegmiesa in oil ns the best uf its rtass, for Chris
worship, if the use of certain expres tinus of all ages. It will be Dr. Bosh’s
sions, supposed by some to represent 1 ** Work for All." It la published by
more accurately the meaning nt the the Preabytertsn Comiaittee, anil
Uofonnera, are tolerated and allowed, with tlie liiWe ami the other lmok
there Isaonunterhalauring toleration above mentioned, would make no
in the )H>rniisHion of more ornate err insignificant litwtry for a young
vie.<a ami tin* development of eerlcai Christian Am. /Vrslytiiiss.
wrtical forms. It is BMMistrous to ■ ,
claim that the toleration of theforuer “God Cannot films Ua"
renders necessary' the toleration of I
the Homtsh mass, or the latter, the
tolerstiuaof aistertalistieor (siulheu-
tic denials of the iisith. TU«-n- is
manifestly a wide spl.cn- for uuapre-
from death and penUUua for the
sake of another, that is, the bl—sisl
don of (lad.
Thom is no change ia tho Almighty
Father. Ilia admituatraUuw and dt*
IMMititm in the affairs of men are tho
same, only they am nut now re
vealed.
There are, without a doubt, tbia
Christ endow socios asiesfi I Fifteen
thonssail ministers of the Gospel ia
the United States with a population
of 30,000,000, and two hundred in
Churn, with a population of 400,000.
0001 The Choruh ia the United
States gives leas than twenty-five
cents a mviuber for the conversion of
the heathen world, while the native
day living u|uw the face ef the earth < hristian Ckarehee of Asia give wore
thuossuds of poor wretches who have j than one dollar to each member for
bean heaping up wrath against Ok- the seme purpose I The Buddhists
day of wrath, wbo uwe thur Uvea to iu China pay foar times as much an-
the righteouauma of others. How uually to su|>pert their religion, as
atati) uneauverted tuen have their the Chrirtians in Hm* United States
1st thru Ilsurs, or their Elijah! <lo to aupport the llospel! These
Many a wild sad reck leas youth is are nut guesses, bat focta. Wiicn
apanil because his father prays, will Christians awake to their reapon
Maay s giddy and foolish girl is Uv- sihilities to the heothoa world f No
wg now because her mother lives wonder we flml it dilHeult to main
aud crass to God. lint Lot, and i tain the emitlmt with the world
hloara, add Elijah died, aud so the around as. We am not doing our
tional in its eiiaraeter, ormnst nur leave bright
The eminently wise aud sucrrWul
Dr. Matthew Brown, lung President
of Jefferson College, uppoiuted one
winter some meetings te |wny fur a
licnsn eoess within the limits we revival of religion in tho test dot iou.
have indicated,—sufficiently wide were contiuuol evening alter
certainly to serve as a basis for wliat evening for a week ; but, though
might trnly lie, in dignity ami tnilu of the Professors and phius
roec. s national Cherek. stmleuts anxiously besought God,
Other points connoted with tlie, R*« l**»rcua arewed to be irou, and ter lunUhe* w ^| t w jn ^ ^ucr
subject ore reserve for a fotore arti- fhc earth brusM They were iu deep ^ {
cic.—7 Years hist Ckankmo*. , distnras. tk-iim of noble young men Dem Mtewsuocr, shat frail pn>[»
— were passing beyond the reach of nrr these ,m which to ram owr errr
Tww Mistakes >b«*r influena.-, and yft without lusting hopes! O let ns depend no!
(Christ Iu this state Of tkiugs, our . Umgar oa them, but on Christ •her.
Tlie first la, that, in onh-r tv he a, eveuiug when the incctiugwaaopeued. Then, so far aa onr immortal inter-1
true follower of Christ, use must the tall, nervous form of the Ihsior , mM ronrrninl, it will .—i..- | Mlt
sinner’s father, or mother, or right-
eons friend, will aooa pass away.
While they live and |»ray they doubt
Iras do slford • pmmut shield from
*hu fire awl hramstnweof Ahuigbtj
vcngcumv. Bat when Lot ahull 1st
removed, to the etty Zuar—w hen tlie
('hmtiso shaM he eallml to that bet
duty as • Chnreh. u tio ye into all
the world," said the Rarisor. But
we will not go. Would a military
onmnuimhw dare treat the order of a
said, making room for her beaide
Mm on the bench ; “Jet me speak to
you of the comforting promises of the
Gospel." He had not got far when
she interrupted him by asking if she
might call her friend Jeanette. “8be
will lie delighted to hear you ; for
she often speaks to me of these good
tilings."
In a short time the whole party
were on the way to visit Jeanette’s
father, who was lying ill done by.
Iu an liutnbic home they found the
invalid, a white-haired old man, in
wbotn the risitoni discovered signs
of a genuine and touching |iiet.v. In
rejdy to their inquiry how be had
arrived at s knowledge of the 8o-
vionr, lie said, “On this bed, where I
have lain for many years, aud through
a book written by a Mr. Malan, of
Geneva. Ah ! had I not been
aged aud infirm, I should long ago
have gone there to sec him. I have
earnestly entreated the Lord that I
might mc him before 1 died." “I can
chief as we do the command of our assure you," said Dr. Mahtu. he would
risen Lord T Would a mercantile remind you that he has only been
agent in ter; wet thus loosely, or thus a treble instrument of Uesslng to
despise tlie instruction of bis cui you, ami would s|s-ak not of himself,
ployer f The cotMtitionof the heathen a poor sinner as you are, bat of the
world, going to destruction, is srarr-o ' eternal grace and perfection ot our
lilesiH-d Lord."
After some itrofitablc evuvuesation,
ly more utcbuicltoiy than the Cltris-
ttan Chnreii asleep. 1
Ready .Always
happimws be- ( rose uji. “ Brethren,” ha cvclaimml,
Gudcanuuf Mesa
little difirrevre whether usr 1st or
Moars shall lire or die. Lrt us fly to
suyiag:
Church b*- gradually disintegrated, kind, sa when the trairlcr sees tius, “we are all wrung, tiudrani
until there is an ecclcsiastiral cstah- snu setting in gh>r> from the mvnn us. * Wc have bceu praying all this, j,..,,,
lisluurut, representing every jiarticii turn's top aud then walks down in the time for ourselvra. We must think
lar school of opinion t shadows ami the <lai*|>vrw l» be with 1 of HD glory and honor. Lrtusbrgia
One aietbod, which might he sug- the aw Is and the Imts. to |way- for the conversion of tbr
grStcil, for dealing with this matter It h* |dtifrd mistake, gnmudh-ss world !"
is, that of eompulMtnt amifvrmify. It 1 and uns> i ijttnr.il, but it binders mill , ll Is ouc of flu- memurabh- Icgrnds
i« the motlnsl which folcrutcs no, titmlcs Irma ylrHliug themselves to of the Inatitnlion, which sent ont so
: _LLi . t • ■ --- J - - ■ - ■ ■ - - A ..^l If wc go to the dear
Dr. Malan engaged lit prayer, and
then they sang together ono of Dr.
Malau's own hytuns, with which
Jeanette was familiar. Before leav-
tbe house, he said, “<lud lias
;»'g
R-«k uf Its ck ft br wo.
Is sr W, »r*K ts tire
• •••••
Is mj hssd m pnw f teiaw
w*t4> Is 'fcr MS I d*A
Those who have observed the prom
meiiee whu-h I)r. Malan, of Geneva, I
gifies iu alt bis wriliugs to the aover i K . ilr j your prayer. I am Malan, of
cigu grace of Gotl in sahstion have Geneva, vour brother in the faith of
sometimes alleged that such views () , |r b|rwed saviour." Tlie old man
must lead those who hold them to (H| hlu , a ^ a ,dcnt gaze;
“ ttW dews i- .odifo-n-nce sud inm -! an(J k1ow1> nua^g bis tremWing
Uiity iu the midst of a perishing hands, exclaimed, “Bless me, bless
world. What a refutation of Um iUt ^ w(olv , dk . r Fa i U ug on his
. they might find iu tho devoted life of bv
diversities which not only luniats « hrist, ami beginning a joyful Chriw ' many devoted n.lnistera to tstr own ,r " r * u ** *■* at ™ H *. v>uur m,H ' that man vfGvd and these wbo were , .jj-i «rithdeeuemotion• “Yaooawht
ittMmtbe use of vne unvarying forum tan: lifo. Ami, without doubt, that and hmthru •'unntriew, that it srcvtrd , t,li ' " ,h1 ,hl " reliance, we moot ekmely associated with biw. M.
Jury, iwit U|hwi one irrrvrm»H«* intrr mimm* miNtsikt* coutribnt*-* ftwrp-ly to at Wire a*ifll»e Wnvtiw wrruniriM^lv tw> hemr tl»^ iUMunii|r MXg ^ them, “dhciy bud j
pretatiun of it. It is the luethml stake |w-ntit*>M potations. the black clouds began to fife sway, j :
which nattracts usage within tlie I remesnber tin* trials 1 had. when ami the light to shine. .The prayer* foi v
unrrowest Isaiuds ignores eonseien- 1 a Imv. withaeertaiu inlritigcnt |«aiv.
tious couvk-tkaw, when they lead
men to break throngb the trainnicD
of ecclesiastical uniformit y, uml seeks
to urcomitlish its oiqect by unarm |ai.
Iona prnacri|»tfoii uml rxchtmu. It is
essentially the method of the Chnreh
•if Borne.
It will hardly be claimed that our
Church eould cvrv be uuwe than tlie
The little animal was nsnatly in the
tart best iia-ts-r of the |atsl an- w ht n I
wishetl to saddle him, uml at the first
glimpse of the baiter wntdd display
his keels. Ami even when I would
approach lorn with s backet of tuts,
the baiter concealed in the vessel, st
the first <Uncut cry of the trearbt-ruus
i uoune, be warn hi wheel with s snort
■ a
*rt t». as sreer. ss srrvt furtsX -
[Hatimer of P.aet.
Fnghtfal
Chnreh of an insignificant minority, t and a kick, and, in a minute, wonltl
u|»on any such mcthml. ThcChnrvh ; be s quarter of a mile sway, rihyer
of Borne succeeds in enfitreing nnl- than that |smy of the halier, are the , the thousands around as, ia wbirh
formity by virtue of two focta: first,' children is many hnnarhoitla. of the the tsmceni we frei m more or lean
assumed a differetu tone. The hearts
of the sjs-nkert seemed to tww with
the weight of a wotltl in ndns, and
Ittid dishunoml ami disowned. And
fruat that hoar the Duly Spin! U-gan
to move in tlie hearts uf the aueon ] — -«—
»cited, and a gioriaas revival of re- Rev. W. U.Caast nghuoihss grtca
ligtun camicd. , ns the folios tug picture, unfolding
Bn-thrvu ia Urn otiatMry, <ws ffod the true nmditMu uf a portioa of the
hlrss as, when wo are mahiag the heathen aorhl. How startling the
chief topis uf sappiiratiua the roa facts presented :
trnsvu af onr fiueks, the salt atiou of u Hnppuwi I he wutwhipera of Baddab
"* “* “* - - -
enough to be my father. But all
lunation for the conversion of uunls." WM8ill}; f mm Uotl. Let us
Vmdhre witness say s of them, “They a *t j t him together." And, fold
carried, wherever they wvnt, the tea- * ing |be lowh brotlicr in his anus, he
limooy of Jeans Christ. They neve. invoU „, w him tlie peace which Je-
mtssed au tqqwrtunity rffufthsl by l| w ^y^ The uext morning, he
walk or by an accidental meeting, j j,n-aebetl at a village more than three
They uever took a journey wiUiout fo ;1;na , s distant; and Jeanette and
hoduqf an opporuuujt of qu-aking fnernl, with quite a crowd of
of their Havinnr." their neighbors, were among the
lie was on the highway to literary hearers,
eminence when the land in His grace -
railed him to the knowledge of Him- <!
self and tbr ministry of the Go«|iel. .
Thenceforward the work of that min- j
—those who burn luce use before his istry seemed to engage his cuergies
image, sad bend the knee in adora and his leisurv. To s friend, wlai
On the following day, they over
took an old man on the road, to
whom Mahui said, “Wilt yon take
tny hand. sir. if I offer it f" Yon do
mc a great lionor," said the old man,
removing his hat. “And what if it
in ment of literary pursuits, ho said,; lJljU { ltgt . r it r “Then' said the
uaut power in our Church. It has to moo titan the first. Maay regetier
deal with the educated uml inqniriug, - stetl prrsans take it for guaprL It is.
ie was in good health and
and those upon Whom its compulsion
won hi be. chiefly exercised, are tbr
least jiersuiultil of the slnolnte ne
cessity of rcmaiuing in its fold. The
result of such an attempt persisted
iu, must inevitably be to produce tlir
most latter enntrovrrsy sml disrord, j
ami finally to rend tbe Church nsuti
ller.
The only other method iathe/oi-
eratioa of different**, and tlie conse
quent eomprelieusion of. diverse
Arimols of opinion 4»' the same
tlinrcli. Is this eowiprebeusiwness
possible, or if possible, desirableT
As to its possibility, tbe fact of a
large comprehensiveness in our
Church has unready existed. Tin-re
arc iu it historical schools, embracing
a very wide range of oidniuti. Tlie
only material question here is,
whether it is possible to nut upon
tlie principle of eompreliensiveness
without the comprehension of that
which is fundameutully wrong aud
false. It may be asking whether we
can tolerate tendencies without tol
erating also that towards which they
tend; aud whether the adoptiou of,
this principle would not lead logically
to the. establishment, iu our Church,
of -csscntiul liomnnisui on the one
hand and Hntionalism on tbe ether f
It may be answered that there arc
limits in the very nature of tilings,
within which this comprehend veuc**
must be restraiuod. It is a fsirt of
the fundamental constitution of onr
Church, that it, ht (Contestant us «>p
(Nuu-d to Romanism, and that it is
based upon a system of supernatural
Diets as opiwacd U> jiatipnalisni.
4, cauuot be said that if we tolerate
jUiy .differences »e must tolerate alL
We gan certainly tolerate whatever
coi»ea wjthiu the »coi»of the htato
rical cuwprelHJnajveiiensuf thoChunb
without tolerating everything outsjde
of it The toleration of liberal
Chiirclinuuvdtip is balanced by the
toleration of exduaive Churchman
that a Christian life earn h brigkt and
koppp (XUV IN spots. The msioo
is. that tbe follower of Christ most ,
exjs-riene*- altenuftions of joy and
gloom, life uml death—delight and
drspair.
Those who gw by rail from Uolxqpia
“My life is too short for tliaU'
Both si Geneva and in his frequent
pleml by the promtmom ot II w I who wursbip other mIuIk. but wily misaiotury tours, the number of the
amrey, ami His faithfulneeM. Let those who have no other or better sermons lie preached and of the meet
Thy uaim- ha “gnat auto the eads graaad af hope than this monstrous ings be held reminds us of White
of the earth." Aad let as awake del same at ttetaa—wwrshipjwrs of'field. Thus, in a journey through
sleeping sad nabelieviag souls to see this ana false gnd. Uehohi the vast , France, be preached fifty times in
what the Lord is already doing to proorsoun ss it begins to move, sum tlie course of seven weeks. Beyond
make LI is name great among the , lowing were torn* fee hundred mUiiumt' bis |mbiie sihlresses, he seemed to
Gmtilear^uid to bnag their gifts and From Chian, Japan, Borneo, Bums tiwl an o|i|M>rtunity of tCKtimouy
uffenags to the feet of tho coming »w. CorkiuA'hiaa, ttoa Clmo, Siam, wherever he met ft man. IBs daily
N<sy Our Ihureh Boards are grua n Hiwiastsn, sml the beautiful island- walks, even to the end of his long
ing for thr want of menu* to do .the of tbe East India Are-bipelagw, Cey life, were iaqirerved, arconling to his
Usd’s work. While this is the esse, km, Singapore. Beaaag, they conic, eonvh-tion, “that a single couversa
that U <lesIs HO largely with the iguo-1 prayet-meeting or the adstetetfo|porosaal aad selfish t -Help so, O j tkm ia bis temjdss, were placed ia ( rapressed surprise st his abnmlon j „ rn . fa th(> of tlle Ix>n i j usns
r»st and unthinking; und second, 1 study. They are ever on their guard , God of onr aalvaUoB, hw liw gloty of |«rucxmioti. and requuvd to (wsa
that it luis iinpresKeil ii|mmi tlie mimla lest they be estrapjoil into forsaking Thy name! ami deliver fis and |mrge review before the CJinMina world!
of its adherents the couriction that the bngUloess of llte, for gtnom uud , away oar sins, far Thy usam's sake I" i Wr would aut mrlode the millhsis
there is tut salvation ont of thr pair religionHaeait. Alas! that s lie she mid foe ns plead Iq thr rwtim of
of its communion. Both *4 these he so well believed.
roadithMM are a sating to the fiami The second mistake is more rum
to Florence, during a few hours’ ride,, foe load “rsasol Ideas us." While 1 Take yoar stand oa
etc lion
T
is often more eificaeious than
old tuau, “give tue both your UarKU,
my beloved Itrothee.". A king con
versation followed ; and at the next
village they found that be was well
knowu through all that region for
his gentle and active piety.
Volumes might be fitted with the
accounts of such adventures. These
are quoted, in the hope that some of
our readers may be stimulated and
eurouraged in the |iuth of every-day
fidelity.—The B'ifsem.
A Bsaatifal Passage.
go through forty I minds and more, we withhold ourselves awl our
vatioa, aud cuust them aa they pass! . many sermons." We might dis
as they perform that
journey—so, orany iwraoos asqipose
tbe Christian life must lie.
It Is uot denied that the follower of,
Christ does sometimes leave the world
of light aud comfort. There is no,
monutainoas : from the wurhof amkingArapwa the At the head
sons suppose gospel, G<sl cannot hteas' us. | an essnuau
. .... [Jyembflrriam.
ot the oolatua appears | pornwl
wooden unegw, dre—-<l
ia rieh silks, ^rith euslly Jewels glit
to say that by long practice
J. L. Motley, in au address before
l the New York Historical Society,
be acquired a l*c« uliar skill iu intro- uui je ^ of the following language :
(lacing the subject that lay nearest j “Art.-si.in wells are sunk through
laramt sml his heart. Hat the trath is, it was ; tho HU(l B f the prairies, through the
Par Thy
p neats
Although, ordinarily, men are I vaats, white
) blessed or punished nuordtng as i trampeU bray hm
bollochs ia s badly tnnueled route. , they thrmoelvxa are good or had, yet • dteearal,
mistake about that; but it te a ails
take to suppose that the highway of,
af j-**-| *-■■■! not skill ac«iujred, but tbe result of a
OS his immediate aer-j close walk with God, and tlie oecu
a miUfou patiou of Lis mind aitli the things
ia frightful . that Arc shove.
miliums ot coomen fill
Night sud day, without rest, or , -
food, or steep, you eontinue the weary
It ia a hurtful mistake to believe that
light and darkness oeetmmrdp altera
ate. I of others.
Aud thousands of well dte|Mwcdj Jt was, ao doobt, for the sake
Christiana do live s thiahsn it hte— Kgf N.wh, that. Ids ms aad their
ot mixed despotulcucy aud joy—only wives weto saved from the universal
because they think they must bveso. destrueUon of the flood.
There is no uevsd. of it. There is no For the sake of righteous lad,
excuse for it, bukthey think tliey cau Sodom lied jarolmltiy- stood for years,
do no better, sud, of course, they do and had there been teu more men
no better. , < r ; like liinnwlf, God wisild Imv-e spared
“ Ite-juice always” should ho t ho a longer »UiL
Ulliittian’s motto, and tlie text fur his, In tho wthlenmas, on own oreaaiou.
life sermon, “ Ho that followeth Ms , whoa the psvqite, by their uatragnaus 1 «»fioa itilM. th«l ,
shall not walk fa darkimao, lint shah eondaat, racked the wrath af'God, i sjrein, aatil it fihxMfa tlw earth I-ran* i”
heir Immedtete de-1 tyraratiBwal Days, nnd emeka, aud j »
Ilia son gives tui interesting ac
count of a ramble through the Alps,
Ute undeniably true that they are the atmoophere with jitrfmar! Head .
ateo Vlrnsri! or curerd for the esket iug wrest word now, thr grand prores in which ho was the privileged com
■Ion eoTiw, begin the teak of const isvnion of his father. After a hard
day’s journey, they arrived at an inn,
whew tlie landlady gave them to rtn
work, yet eterea days hare pamed , derstand that prayers were not want country, flowing, as they do, through
*--*— 1 n—t mA dViM. ss**- 1 said tlie uced picturesque mountain scenery, state
ly ftweats or enameled meadow, amid
towered cities or cultivated fluids.
Aad when the shaft bus reached tlmt
imprisoned river, and the rent for the
first time has heeu made through its
dungeon w all, tho waters, remember
before von Imv* counted tho first ed. K oine, boys," said tlw aged
adilion. Dev after day the moving minister, resuming his knapsack aud
eolvuau advances at tlm rate of thirty staff, “I can not pass thy night under
miles for every twraty-toor hours. » roof where there is uo desire for
Over aioaivtu ins, awar deserts, oeeaus,, prayer, and uo fear of God* A few
seas, rivers, onward in Its antemu minutes after thqj left the house,
tliey cauxc up to some wagons going
, and ! in the same direction. The son hand- i og tbc . august xonree on for distant
’ ed a tract to the driver of one Of the
have tbe light of life." All his Ufa he threatened
ought to preach that text, no matter stroettou, and told Moaoa that ftoia
who desponds aad wails and utters
oracles of giooiu nmud alxmt him.
him a mighty people siioatei be
raised up. Jteit that good man pnm-
Lf HU nugel of light flies down from , trated htatorlf before his Msdrar-and
heaven to tell him that text te not, cried for hte iicopte, aad for his rake
literally true, let him say, “UK thea Urey were uot cut off;
behind mc!" Fra tho aaka of Mfiab.tbe prophet
There is a beauifol bttte book, re-, of God, the- widow sad h<-z son were
ceil My jtablisbevl by Hotviy Hay*, aud , s|svred by tho uuraoaious increase of
writtou by ltev. K. J\ Hamiuoii<t,jail M Urc cruise, aad taeal ia the
entitled “Tire Better Jite," whichlhaxreL HV - • ' »
enforore tho trath agaiast both throng Thera are other specific inaUnces
deadly errors ia a styla st stew atke- which snfibt ho gtvwn. I think the
tiouato and Interesting. Hh.au ad-, Btbfo teuehos that Ute w.wld itaeU is
uirablc hook, neatly printed, just the J ajwred for the aakc of the good meu
thing for a Christmas present for a, wtou live ia it. Aud we uU kuow
thoughtful youth—ar a thoughttees i thataven the good toca ore aared
agous, w1k> immediately begau to
months,aadrwvre, hav* paaser! away. i cud it to his companions. Very *<*on
and still they — n- — a womeu be followed, ami overtook the little
sad children. Fifty yearn hove roll- jwrty, to ask Dr. Malan to cxp nbt a
ad aver yoa fun van began count few tilings in tlie tract which they
lag there devotees of a false religiotv. could not understaud. At the close
Tbe little child has beware a man, j of his explanation, be asked tin- (tri-
and the generation lure removed
loam, through tlie gravel, through
the hard-pan, which is almost grau
ite, until at last. 1,000 or 1,500 feet
beneath the surface, the hauduf uian
reveals a deep and rapid river conn
ing through those solitary, sutricss
dupths, at a speed of ten miles per
honr, swifter than tlie Ohio, Missis-
si|>pi, Hudson, or any of the haatiti-
fal rod iinjteriul streams of this
vers to come to evening worship st
itself, since the march
For
fifteen hundred yuara this awful de sprad the nighL “Was it nut tbe
luaiou has been leading the Itotea uf
Asia to the region of eternal tdght!
“This picture (suggested b) Dr*
Culbertson’s ostimate of the papula
Umi of Chinn) is not exaggerated.
The worshippers of Buddah are la
the ion, where they expected to
Lord that draw us avyny from Hoaee-
btugr asked Malan.
The next morning, while they were
waiting for breakfast, Dr. Malan no
ticed that the young woman in atten
dance was weeping, aud learned that
creasing with the impnlstfoo of the she had rooently loot her. huaba.vd.
mountoin tojw, whence ages ago they
fell, leap upward to the light with
terrible energy. rUiug iu au instant
fur above the surface of tlm earth,
aud pouring forth their hmllhful and
furtilixiug cuiTcnt to delight and
refresh mankind. And oven with
such an awakeuing we ore gladdened
when half-forgotten humanity burm,
from time to tune, out of tlw depths
iu w hich it luts pursued its joyless,
sunless course, moaning and mur
muring through long ocotories, but
uever quite forgetting its «Ufine and
distant origin.” \ -
Abbe Bauer received fifty thooaand
franca for preaching the sermon at
Eastern
world. The Obarrh in “tteme here, my poor woman," lie the inauguration of the Suez CanaL
at—