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In rent* for eight won)*. payaUe iu ^rSrT- t i “* cent* per quarter. jy pieaar remember all Umdneva let ter* tltoaM be addreneed to Kkv. a. r. «n»; Colnmbu», ('. Religious. Prisoner* of Hope. them 1. That the tuiennvertevl trice* are prisoners of hope. There ia no hope, run lie affirmed of no living main and having regard to the merey of Owl, the love of Jeana, the fullness unit free ness of fetrt, that is much more true of the mat! on the vert brink of hell tliun of a mau with one foe* in his grave. There lines are as true of our mails thieves, profligates, drunkards, Sab- bnih-breakers, blasphemers, “harlots and publicans," have lived examples of “whatsoever things were true, whatsoever thing* were honest, whnt soever thing* were Just, whatsoever thing* weregture, whatsoever things were lovely, whatsoever things were of good report." More remarkable than any me tninorphosi* in nature, or iu fables, the grace of God has changed some of the blackest sinners into the brightest saints. Christ came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Aud seeing that tire Gospel looks kindly <m all, opening its arms to embrace the vilest of mankind, no man is too wicked to lie sanctified, nor too (hr gone in sin to be saved ; and so, though my renders were the very outcasts ami off scourings of society, I coold turn to them, saying, Turn yon to the stroughold, ye priaokcn of hope. Why not t To the step of a penitent harlot the gates of glory have been thrown ojieii, and other thieves he sides him of the cross hare ex changed shame for honor, and left a prison -cell for Paradise. Rejecting none, despising none, despairing of none, tire glorious Go*|*-1 of the outcast nnd Impure. Nor in this world, where the wheat and the tares are mixed, ran the good nit© gether escape from the society of the bad; and rightaons Lota daily grieved with the crimes and conver sation of the wicked, theirs win of ten bn the feeling* and language of the Psalmist, “I saw trensgi i snore and was grieved*—“riven of waters run down mine eyes because they keep not thy law." Then again, the tenant of the pri son need to be, and is some times still, loaded with heavy chains; ami, like these, how do the mix reties of busineaa aud the cores of families weigh down the children of God 1 Hanging Uke fetters on oar limbs, and causing ns often to stnmlito and fidl, how little do we know of the “glorious liberty of the children of God ;* ami alas how tittle does tire daily life of the beat of his people ronre*|Nmd to this grand picture, “They shall mount lip with wing* like eagle*; they shall rut: and not be weary; they shall walk and not fliint r Then again, a prison i-onHires its esptires within narrow limits; and do not the infirmities, the diseases, the wants, and the weaknesses of blessed God, with tire afthicHre of a this mortal body an ring and rvmflire sun whose IsHmiics do not rxhsust tire imimwlul sonl that isir earthly its lustre, siiiaes on all, ami smiles house of this tabernacle is often on all, without respect of rank or more like * prison than a hnure f regurvl to character, la it tint u Then again, prisons, formerly st faithful saying and worthy of all least, had la thstr gimlera tyrants acceptatioii, that Jesus Christ came sml rrtiri tusk musters. There hate into the world to save sinners—to their types ia the evil |utassm* from hi hi* fellow-captives heart, bat, like dew on the grass, to vanish Sa soon as the sun of prosperity returns. It la not so with Jeans. He has carried his people hi hta heart to heaven; their groans are not lost amM the anthems of the upper sanrtasry ; his angels gather their trim; and their prayers, borne to the skies, move him, and he mores God. and God Rldlajr sad La timer The place selected tar the burning of there reformers was outside of the north wall of the tows, a short distance from the southward earner of Hsltoi College, and about the same distance from Bocanlo Prison, from which Cranmer was intended to witness bis friends’ suffering*. I/oed Williams, of Thane, was on The powder exploded, and be be came instantly insensible. HI* companion was leas fortunate. The sticks hsd been piled too thiekty ov«r the gnrae that was under them ; the Are smouldered remit! his legs, wad tire sensation of suffering was unusually protracted. “I can not horn," he called; “Lord hsve merry on me; let the flee come to are; I can not born." His brothcr-in law, moves the aatverae In tbrir behalf. _ His sufferings not his supplies turns, the .put bv the Queen’s order; and wfcfc awkward kindness, threw on bis pains net his prayers, are past. ■ the ***7 N n * f '* *" r,> »'»dcr arms to More wood, which only kept down Our great High Prre*t, He offers in prevent disturbance. HWley appear #*. A t last some one lifted heaven the hlaod be shed on earth, •"*> walkiag 1 retween the maydr Ure pile with s lull, and let in the ami prevail* with God; and **** w *‘ ,h * ablerwres He was ] t lre red tongues of flame shot •Kuril pity as s hither hath <levered hi a tarred tdack gown, “sarli ; Hercriy ; Ridley wrestled himself Uato hi. rl.lldrrs drer. ! as he waa want to wear, befog into the middle of them, aud the Uke pity show* the ls*d to rerh . Bishop," a tarred velvet Up[ret about powder did iu work - Fri*dr A. wrefot,. Him fo fore." hi. neck, mol a velvet top. He had ___Z_—I Ho into whuU-ver iliMire, trial, temptatiuna, dark are*, a child of God And# hfouadf float, there Hope lights her lamp, and forfeit* for the foofee;a of her Hriivrrer, revfog, “He will enure, he win not tasvy." Heating no JrwaV hive, troth, aud this his awn gi at Ions ;renmire, “I wHt not leave you nunfortlere," she reveals, as in a mirror, a gtorinas i tature to the eager and ardent pose I of taRh. Here, a fragile form, pule with himself from head to foot; o man evidently alee in hi* appears tree, a gentleman, aud likely la he known as such. They M him under the ariaduwa of Haeardo, and he looked up; hut Dot a, the friar, was with the Archbishop, making are af the occs •ion, and Ridley did not are him. la ttiming roaad. however, he suw Isdiurer coming ap behind him in the Mere root, with the rap and work-day enetuore •it-knees, wanted by dfoeare. aud mmlteeed, exeefS that under Ids ••eked »Uh I win, 1* seen ifcorimdfoc rhwk, aad marking to Ids fret, the Into the grove; hut there, rhitd of oM man wner a long new shroud, tlml. tfom art blmnufng iu prrprtual “<»! he ye ffrere T RWtry exclaim youth. diguRy in thy step, iu thy soul u as;mtte<I hoNaens, aud <m thy cheek Immortal hruatv. Here the weary pilgrim la area I.sling r»L “Yea," Is*timer answered. “Hare after a* hat as i ran follow ” Rtdh-v rifo to him nod embraced snve all wlbi believe in Him, nnd srr the power uud tyrwnuy of whirh tin- ***"" " ,M * dttnli nmd; there Mat. “Be of good heart, brother,* he rcaily to add with Paul, “ttinuens of mint* liarc so often, aad no marh to \ ^ has pamed in at the pstaa af the said. “God will cither assuage the whom l uni chiel T" lret n» go then suffer. Ired captive of to Jesus. Why sho ild any t Humana betrayed by like as of oar bodies "Bslnag as life its term extends, | -• founts abut are prisom rs of shore of his strength, tbryr heraare Hope's Mc*t dominion never emls." hope. We liave been ia priwms oml for a time tire slsvra of *tn ; sml the Thase who trust in other remedies in intlaces also: nnd the first Uas sport of the Philistines, are, till God ♦ban the Gospel may tlespnir of yoar moved oar |dty very inm-h mote deliver, condemitnl to grind fo their rare; but the servsut* of one who than tire second ever dbl our envy, prism: bouse. ass Pby*ielan never lost n tmtient. Tire Ware of royal s}deu«!«>r never Lisik for example st Dwiid! lien- wan Advocate never lost a tainse. daxzhtl, blimksl onr eyes to tin is a king in chain* led captive of New Jerusalem, ami clothed iw a flume, nr etas otreagtbea as to abide IMUah ami ganarut, sits at the it." They then knelt and prayed to i*UK|i*et of a King. Here, we are gether, and then exchanged a frw the antdier fo the thick af battle, wards fo a law l ater, whirh were not eadnring a great fight of affflrtfou* overheard. ami of b-mptathma; with dinted Imnl Williams, the Vice I’haarel swt*nl ami shorn (daare anti battered lor. sad the dortnrs, were seated oa •hMd. fighting for Hfr, doar Iris, a form door to the stake. A sermon etrrnil hfr; non on his koere ami waa |>eraehexl, “a scant nue. of seam- ms Shppbenl never hist a sheep, ns happy, though kiiulib-. lot of ninny his Inst*. Hear how fo' crow, in "° w '»"P»is fret, anw grappbng wrtb n qusrter .rf mi boor,* and thra Kid » Captnin never lost s Iwttle, who n peasant In the cottage, where ap wonts often si nee then evfossl h> ’ -rr ' 1 *"‘ l "" u w "’' ,nM *ev towmsd tbs: rs» tore to the uttermost, and whose petite sweetens his simple fnrr, ami broken ami rontrite hearts, lie mrr Moot) eieansetb from *11 sin, we do 1 health nits ou his sua-hrowued cheek, riftil unto me, O God, he mrrrifol the devil ami now with the font | foy begged that for ('tarts4'» sake hr y, grim de.ith ; bat there, the might my a frw words. mt, mu not, and dure not. The tuir •etas Jesus wrought mi men's IssUen hove, as Ire himself prrsiieted when keaaht, “Ye shall see jn enter won dfirs,” tea* snri>*med by minreles of •aversion, by miracles of wiving grate, more glorious In their char urier ami fur more |termmient fo aud a ligiit heart rings out in his nuto me; restore to me ihe Joy of merry laughter; ami, after the ttay thy tolisthm ; nphohl are with thy of healthful boirest labor is closed fr-( Spirit!" Klwwrbete, fo iaagitap- with Psalms ami prayer, be throws that sound* ns if it issued from the himself ou his couch to etyoy hap- tomb, from tire lips of otre bound. buttle fo mrr, hi* enemfoa are gone —“be shell see them no maue fur ewer" sud where leu thousand palms ore waving ami tea thnomad fromn are ahfoiag. Ire slags af trie- looked to the doe Lord Willi loro, one of whom started from Ins seat, and IsM his bond oa Ridley’. Iipa. "Recant," hr said, "aad yon My both sneok aad live." “Ho long as the breath is fo my iu troth*, aad Tht Blblri ia th* Bchosk F.xtracts from a discourse |ireach ed fo the Middle Reformed Church Brooklyn, h) the pastor. Rev. Bd ward Payana Ingerool): Thr Baxoa Bible—It is a part of our national history ; it is tire stroag hold of oar national hope*; R fo the golden link that bind* us to our “minted ones.” The power of grief and tribulation is eruslied Ireneath it* words. It still* the t cm prat. It relmkca tfo- tempter and be fle away. It is the companion of ntan's held moments; and alt that I* gentle aad pare, patient, penftnit ami self sacrificing, bring* him near his Ra- giish Btlde. It is hi* treasure; he gora to R and the clouds pass away. It w»* written upon its pages Id* soul history . Shall be lightly toss it from him at the wont* of those who glory in trampling it under foot 1 Ilut oar common school, are not ulone iuvalrcd. f Kir reform school*, our penitentiaries, oar bcnevufrnt in stitutions, oar Htate universities, every college and aemfoary in the fond whirh rreeivea, as have multi tmlra of them, the help of the Htatr, must banhdi the BiMe. The experi ence of years testifies that criminal* are soft sued aud refonmil by Bible instrortion. Hav* Gen. Amos Tills bury, the efferent and. humane flu per tatendeut of the Albany Penitentiary: “We have n copy of the Bilde fo every cell, and the prisoner* rood it through several times. They often express to are their deep interest fo ; have said that torr, asrrildng the glory to Him to py dreams, or dreamless slumber*, not fo iron, Imt in grovoefothra, he the glory I* dae. Aojragor to Amid Urn splendor of royal ,wince, gnsi.re out l.fo doleful eon.|fo.iut : “I “ ^ ,rr ^ - taru ** U bo,l Y-' aaawered, “1 wiU nev j they And something new in the Bible or lunllv amnsfon, we Imve si-rnred am counted with llreiu that go .fowu ; "*‘ l • ,N " ,rrp ' 1 l,utk - ,hv Wn l" r *" "J I ’“ rd tYital and hta every time they rrad it; ami tire tfotr results. At the gate or Nafo 1 to bear a voire any fog, “Vanity , J to the pit—free among the deed, Kkr U *" u * ,hr ** m] k "®»" lrmih (l « r » be ***• fo men who do the moat work iu the fo met a funeral precession—with vanity, all is vaNity;" and some the slain that he fo tire grove, shorn ,hr ,h y ere on the pale we. I commit oar eanoe," he sahl in d*o|N of the fulaon*, are those who dtnraad trembling steps a weepuig timi's hntrncil enough to remind as thou re me ml wrest tut more—tins: , ^ krB *bat thou * )<s>d voter, tnrnfog to the people, j learn most of the Bilde; ainl be follows the mounters that bear her only son to the grove. Thr of the adage, “Better a dinner uf hast Iasi them in the lowest pri, in herbs where love fo, than a stalled cle toadies hi* heart; his hand ox, nnd hatred therewith." trachea the corpse; ami, tire <h*ad tvealhd to Kfe, mother and son are tacked fo one long, fond embrace, let Mothers who are pntyhig fi»r tin 1 conversion of their children, take heart! What though now, in the fowls of tlieir vice* and )Missions, they may he 1 sir tie away, unresisting »* the dead, to the pit—the Isrftoui- ta** pttl Let Jesus, touched by a ■othei’s grief and moved by a mo ^•efs prayers, meet them, sayiiig. ItaiiTerfrom going down to the pit, , fcr 1 hmu found a ransom, and “thy dead ■en shall tire." “Show me," •aid oor Lord, apeakiug of Iauuirus, 4 fohm ye have laiil him;" and aBfcoagh •in ha* wronglit ravage* •W* loathsome on a lovely soul, ami tender heart, and estimable ebarae tar than ever eorrn|rfi«m wrought on heanty’s form within the foul chain fo* of the grave, from the tomb *bere virtue, affection, and nature bf honed, new Kfe shall spring, hs buaru* to the voice that Imde ldni • '“Come forth." Moral Hke physical maladies, like 3b* Woman’s bloody issue tlint was sltfed op at owe and closeil np fr>r «t«r, have yielded to Hie power of *fo great Physician; and after tari ffing all that human kindness amt Nw»n skill could do to core them, ihfo* hmi cured by 1iiA Mem with tPfoBtefl. SO strong a* to bnrat tbe of ogtnre, of lore, of decency, of ®*f-resprat, and even of self-interest, •'bom no chain* could bind—of tastes dejanved, monstrous, unnatural, not M Hta who, seized with mndueaa, left hi* palaee to herd with rattle, fo»t hfo who fled howling from a H»ppy home to make hi* bed among the tomb*, and fn room of wife and children embrace th* dead—such »«B have been subdued, aud auved, ••d aanetlfled by the Oosjiel and G*aee of our Lord Jeans Christ. Sa «*d at the feet of Jeaus, clothed hta rightoousness and in Rielr right mind, calm in demeanor, gentle fo*Bher», pure in speech, and holy Kfe and conduct, they have sston- iMied tlie world, and encouraged the •©raff #o hope. Many such, many But the ratal todiA-reiice with w hich i>hiloso)dty or iriety umy walk tlmmgli a palace and snrvey its • 1 nodi 1st rise like that «*•» l.inl .forkliras, in the ihs-;.; thy wroth"- ,W ***** " ,k1 *> *• like tire stones on the drail man's rr * 1 ' ** nnf^reod wings sire breast—“thy wroth Ifrth hanl upon * ^ the rock ; me; I am sbnt up, 1 ran not «m.e b " t ,h ""' in * U “- U „.. .. . w forth. Wilt thou show wouder* to 'Hr hojs- of glory, look into thefts splendors, it i* impossible to main- the deml T—adding, "Shall the ileod ,,,r * l"*' w<, ra th> uni fo |s»t*-oei tain inside tire walls of a prison. It arise and praise this* f* " n< ’ *" U r ’**' r ’*' hr " u,n- " ,,f Kfe always moves u*—it might move a 'Vlmt itarkncss of anal, lists of *11' drive thee tamer to tire happy heart of atone—to ace our fellow- light and cnmtbrt do these word* creature* caged like, w ild Is-asts, express f— yet we answer, Yes, the sunk to such » base estate. Oiur ‘ deuil shall nrfoe. In his tlccprat time iiuwal nature iustim-tively shrink* of distress and guilt the naiiit is “a from tlieir contiiminathm; mid our' prisoner of ho|s'.* He may have (went! nature from the gloom, tfo- forgot ten God, but Oml ha* never solitude and the silence there—no forgotten, nor will forget him. Soci cageil bird within these walls al ely, after suffering such disturliancr lowed to sing; each narrow cell oe- and agitation as a stone east into enpu-d by * louely tenant, Imt ween its waters makes on the Imoom of a whom nnd bis nearest neighbor— placid lake, would amm forget ns, though that neighbor be a mother, were we consigned for hmg turns to a sister, or a brother—no Intercourse a prison ; hut a mother, a timtlrer i* allowed; Ihe whole gloomy edifice ' never. In tfolr kind heart* the fvny awelhug wave wafts yon wearer to thy bolfom wishes a frw more storms at the moat, a taw more year* at the furthest, and with faith < bangtsl to sight and hope to mtfoyment, thy hari|ae rides auebor ed fo the haven of eternal rest— ]hr. Oitiri* ia ffaodsjr Ifspufo. “OaU Ik" Kite one vast graveyard, wlrere ea»-h memory of tire worst He* emlsdined. lies in his cofllu, uor liohl* oouversc * So I Imx e ace« a mother turn her With Ihe dead that are mouldertug trembling steps to tire goal, and at bis side, ! brave ail scorn and shame for lore Yet, widely ns » prison nml a pal of a Mien cliild ; and I Itave seen ace differ, tliey iu some roa|rects the tears stream down a strong man's differ lw* than the condition* of a j cheek, tlie grief that consumed his child of Ood lie fore bis death and eye, a* he told how funny errands after It; between the earth he leave* he had gone, ami impoftunutc appli and tlie benven he enter*. Oor rnp rations he hsd made to get a brother here is, no donht, often brimful of | out of prison; aud how tire form of blessings-—blessing* of tbe least of that brother, pining in a barely cell, which sin has made us unworthy; haunted his thoughts by day, nml and thi* niter all is a beontifti! world, robbed hi* night* of sleep, and Waa yet it lm* much, so mnch of a prison hurrying him down into the grove, in it to a child of Oml that He is Hncb evblenrra of affection, like ready in his better moments to say. sntibrams shooting athwart a coM “I would not live Imre always f and, and murky sky,* make ns tlduk 1 ret ter with the feelings of ft enirtlTe Who, of tbe world. But no father’s merry, sitting in his weary cell, sees a no mother’* love, like tlie mercy aud bird take Wing after it ho* fove of God ! nor “elder brother" gud sung on hi* window-sill, whom mao ever li*d is to be *o much os pTlryi O that I bad tire wing* of a ' compared with Jeans Christ. Jndnh dove, thot I might Ay away, and be ! yonder, nobly, generously offering at f himself a hostage for Benjamin, pre There are various analogies be- ! sent* bat a faint image of what tween a prison aud this world. Let Jesus undertook to do ami suffer- us glairee at some of them. Tbo [ did and suffered, for us. The follow fog uiKK'dotc fo ran arc- turn with tire folsirs uf 1‘reuhlcut Fiuuey is wid to be authentic : “He was preaching yeors ago fo “to Almighty God, who shall fodif 1 fart Imt remarks that be needs tbe frrratly judge us alt.* , | Bilde os much for the discipline as The brief preparation* were swift for the reformation of the criminals, hr made. Kidfey gave Us gown and Onr common school teacher* testify tippet to hi* brother hi law, and di* j to the same fact. They soy we need trihntrd remenberanera to thorn- tho Bible as a moral force in gov ern who were neareat to him. To Hir mg oar schools. Take tire Bible llenry Lee be gave a new coot; to j from onr blind asylums, and it* iu others be gave hsndken hirfa, not- j mates are shot up in Egyptian mega, idtrra of ginger, his watrii,' darkness. They will never learn tbe ami misnrilaoeons trinket* : “son* | Messed troth, “Believe ou tire Lord idnrked oflT the pofota of hia hose f, Jeans Christ, and tbon sha)f be “ho|giy," It was said, “was be that; saved ;* never trace out as they now might get any rag of him * j do, those sublime words—“Eye hath “Isitimer had nothing to give. He not wen, nor ear beard, neither hath threw off his cloak, stood bolt up it entered into tlie heart of man to right fo hta shroud, and tbe friends' conceive the thing* which God hath took their places on either fade of prc|iared for them that love him* the stake. | Banish tbe BiMe from our public “O Hroronly Father," Ridley said, schools, aud the work of destruction “I give Thee moot humble thanks. | is not yet over. By carelessly giving for thot Than hast called are to be a ; up the BiMe you alienate many of prefreoar of TVs even unto death, the oldest, wisest, and firmest sup- llsve merry, O Lon). On this rental! imrtcrs of the common school system. ooe of the central ritira of Sew-Yorh. ||f ^ nr t nln ], nud ilelircr the samel while you fail to conciliate it* car lo a large audience in a time of j a g ^ 1 mica, but only quicken them to new revival H»‘ had hern explaining ( ^ chuiu waa luuured nmml their exactions; away goes the Christian tluit meu, nmlcr tire cmmv ictiou of sin, j ms lira, nml (VtsTOMcrf with a staple. J Hubbath, Christiuu oath, and Chris would muuctinw* siuiw tlreir eoavie- | ^ frtmd hrought a Img of twrwiler j tisu customs, aud iulldetity sweep* tiou in siagubir wsya Hornet lures it anf | hwu(t it ^^,,4 Khlleyta neck. over us Uke a hot sirocco. We say hftnmr ugbtod wouhl make them cross and fimit limliug. The} would scold their wive* and make all about them un easy. Then he mhkd, ‘If I knew you as well os your poster does, I could j M(Jire „ t# blra then," Rid point to you where you ait. Y*«, ^ “foot vo be too late." are in this Oooditiou, you, know yon are a sinner, and need uow to repent; and will not Feu bare been scold ing that good wifi* who ha* been praying for you these year*. I eotrtd call yon out now by name." At thU point be wo* interrupted by a voice from a farther port of tbe room, saying, ‘Cal! me.’ The man after words explained that be verily ex ' “I w ill taka tt to be sent of God,” take from our common schools all ltidley arid. “Itave you more for that fa intolerant of any sect; but my brother!" - | let us, by our convictious and our ■ “Ye* sir," tire friend answered. votes, stand up for God’s wired. And yet were it thrust out, 1 should not give up luqM', for onr common schools, {Kissing their roots so deep into the soil of the gospel, drawing their life from its principles, are forever the most formidable enemy of priestly about j intolerance, and so they have been found to be, and hence the issue has “I will remember jour suit,” Lord j slutted grouuds; aud now, in most Williams answered. The lighted j Msecs, 1 toman ism jurists upon de torch was then applied to tbe fagot*, j straying the comtnon-achool system. “Be of good comfort, Master Ridley," They believe in religion iu tbe Btate; “The Are was then brought. To tfo- hut moment Ridley waa troubled about the lousaa; and bound a* be was, be entreated Lord William* to iatercede with the Qnoen review may make God* people, not less content to live, but more willing to die. In tlie first plaae, priaoo* have eeen honest men thrown into tho same cell with thievss; God’s holy martyrs chained to murderers; and virtue condemned to herd with the The butler ou being restored to freedom, and place, and booora, forgot Joseph, but heaven itself ean not make Jsfius forget as; exalted to th* right hand of God, retard high above principal- tries and powers, crowned Lord of all, “He bends ou eorih a brother's peeled to hear his nnine announced, Ut j„^ r rried the crackHug af the i they proclaim boldly, and with truth, ami only spoke to be beforehand, o „pu,- man; we shall He could not at first be jrenma.led J ^ ^ ^ „ <. M dle, by that Mr. Finney did not know his . in Rnj?lalldi M j , ni st rase, orhad not ^ shall never be put out" I scolded my wife, and everything; /* *“>*«« rera, /tom:* , <» else besides, all the while kuowing i qnntum memo," cried Iridfej. “Bo | posed name. Ob, for ueh preaching as mokes eyo." Kind feeling* to Joseph lay 1 meu feel “I am the mau!" that a state without religion ean not Hve. But they demand tbe right to teach their jreculiar theology and eeriestastkisut. They object to our schools as godless. • •sees JiCt us he a# vigilaut fo teaching I was a miserable sinaer. Then 1 arise oeript tpwjtam meum." Let us be as vigilaut m teaohmg harnessed my horse and euure Into ^ Hravsn." said Ufa the troth* «f Hcriptare to our cbil dty with her to church. 1 sap- M “receive my drsn, as Rows h. ia inculcating her Sd semstow, you muri know my m*m JT- J fenu. *md dogmas mnl our uatiou blazed about him bo toothed bis hands lu it, and stroked hta face- shall lire into a higher intelligence and nobler Tirtue. As Italy, and I'ortngal, and Spain, and other Ba ttens of Europe, wore out aod cram bliug under the yoke of degradatiou aud decay, shall, perhaps, fell still lower in stupor, let America arise and shine. Let her cbuntaes and common schools, twin patrons of the purest civilization, multiply aad strengthen on every hand. Aad, aid bound np within owraeires, let as sead the gospel over the asm- Spain, in her poliur, purer days, gave America to the persecuted. Let u* bind upon her crashed heart the palm we have found so precious to our souls. Let ae giro to her the open Bible. Let as enter the open doors of the far East, aad fire to Mrioas, centuries old ia tbe idol- otry, tbe gospel at Jeans. Thun, Wearing the world, we shall hires ourselves. We need readier hands for Christian work ; broader views of its magnitude aad promise; warsssr heart* for the cause of Jean*. Then will a holier light stream ia upou our laud. We shall still meek storm*—they win never oeaae; they may rage more fiercely before He comes to reign, but with feith in God the good Ship of State shall ride boldly aad safely over the waves at strife, bearing herself proaid y with the precious hopes of humanity. The BiMe is tbe sheet-oacbor of our hopes. Give us the open BiMe lor our home*, that taro may taiga there. Give us the open BiMe for our cowman school*, that intelligeaoe aud virtue may still be the heritage of our land; on o;*n BiMe for our Legislative hoik, so that “our officer* may be peace and our exactors rigbteoutuese." God speed ns on oor way! Central Truths of Chrtatiaaity. •, There are three principle* which ftmn its esse: oee; the first we may can the formal principle, hecanae it is the means by whirh the system forms and con struct* itself; the sec ond we may tall the material prin ciple, because it is the very doctrine which coast)tates the religious sys tem ; the third I would rail the par tonal or moral principle, because it cunerms the application of Christian ily to the sonl of each individual. 1 will explain the formal principle of Christianity in three works: 1. The word of Qad, aalp. That is to my, that tbe Christina receives the knowledge of the truth, only from the word of God, and admits no other eoaroe of religion* knowledge. Tbe material principle of Christian ity, I will also as briefly explain: 2. The /rare of Chriat, only. That is to say, that the Christian receives the )«osse*sioii of salvation, only by tbe grace of Christ, Bad re cognizee no other meritorious cause for tbe eternal. The pcrtomal principle of Christi anity is explained iu tbe simplest terms: 3. The work of the Spirit, only. That is to say, there must be in every sacred soul a moral and indi vidual work of regeneration, wrought by the Spirit of God, and not by a simple junction to the Church, and the magical influence of certain cere monies Recall constantly to your minds three three simple truths: The word of Ood, only; (to fewer of Christ, naif; (to wort of the Spirit, owl); aud they will be traly a lamp to yoar fit* aad a Uyht to year path. These are the three great watch lights which the Holy Spirit has raised in the Church; their light ought to spread from one end of the world to the other. While these shine, the Church walks in tbe light; as soon as tbeee three lights are extinguished, or only obscured, dark ness, like that of Egypt, is spread upon Christianity.—Merle If Aabipne. Xked AND Want.—The distinc tion between these two words was well illnstmled by a member of the Society of Friends under the follow ing ciroauifttances: A Universalist preacher, having occupied a school house in the coun try oa Sabbath for tbe purpose of promulgating his views, gave notice, at the ctoae of the service, that two weeks from that day he would preach again in tbe same place, in the after noon, by leave of Providenee and the trustees. A Quaker roae and re sponded to this announcement, on this arise: “Fftend, if what thee has this day told ua is true, we shall not need thee two weeks from this day, aud if what thee Uas told us is not true, we do not icaat thee at any time.”