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K * .srr: SERI ~==r S S, VOL. 3 —NO. 0. COLUMBIA, S. C„ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1870. -r-r OLD SERIES, VOL V.-NO. 110. $1}* IS POLISH 1 EVERT WEI>i|teSI>AY RUDE & MIllLER. U <4? Tams Cash, Strictly in AdtanM. Oms cops * M* 1 Minna#.»»»»| .*•••*».ffiAh I of liMiuiatvns » p , , . ,t*W ill aiiWrip* • if annum &Oft on the nob rtt payment One To Mi , am ‘Old tn r tionm Notietrn. scriptiou fviNmat in advance. e chaw arc c 1 one aqua annum month*. Widow* Stude who fid) of the! i*d *xn i or apvvhTumnt; v i One Three 5s lx IIU T \v«lve I i On advert upwards a fkv* minarts* of ten *4 ami of one par cent. tone inch *f column); ■«*»...W 9 Be * 4 , «•«« B w »li *»«** X .... to 00 MpiareH :iu<l or cent., of per cent. !%%!% »> tha, > t>p»* • i • a 4 a it *•%•*. 4 • • • • • • will] ten cent** fo eight v advance. Pontage— Ffre cents i All remittances and be addressed to A. R. of of id upw and upwa column i deducted ?n more ,10 per cent.. I upward*, fiO om the above an tire line*, pay able in it Freqi Tiie follow of a. special legbeny Syi annual )E. D.l>., «mAm, Si C. ■'runs the l.uibswn Observer. Pastoral jig is {Kir commit! «1 to* t ou in lioiit* to T*"—■ Changes. September ^1 Still, on ut m n* for* v f. frequent Lutheran Cl t'AlSKS 1. Chief ous view wi * * r the laity thj sacred office With them eh the report of the Al ly, at its tVarU, l'a., causes ol s in the tolpl irch: [OXO TltRfLAITY., longtlics* if lieli a butt I 4 the errone portion of e of the Instore of the *f the gob|4*l ministry, he 'Otrisiin minister is a hireling; not 0od, hut the servant speak of “tail tug a pie; do-a farm hind or a ;*>ine yougn gntmns,* ^e their shame, elect nually to a; certain “Jv will hin* tin r preach* year.” In su curing life iu dispensin : with tl influenced mi 1 actuated l motives that; exi**diei m its. & interest. «'• i I From the records fr> Testament it plainly die pastoral to be temporary, lui Not a single instance was it ever servant of air. They as they tic. In it said to held an tlAT they ai Kit her vices, and they arc no higher aiitt self* the New icars that* relation ip not designed' m imminent. I! recorded of the trails! ?r of a pastor from one clinreh to another, relation, wli *ti once continued for life, ex of gross im morality, bat crime aid the li Woken. practice of tl e Kvangc Church, uuti recent date, cedent. On within a don uirafively tas uni versa Iv been in conformity \ ltli the scriptural pre theory juistoral summated, in cases nothing of death view and Lutheran in. fan-. i v< r ta«. service, audF them, he field of lai; a field of remain in it and assi whence it may take chnrches iu by reliable and that lasaiucl 1 also a and a regard to this subject may be concis ?Iy stated thus: We believe thjit, inasmuch as God has. institntix tj ministry, lie will call un r, he itil he them lows th large of less direc tile providen i, in calling a e gospel into its he calls them ,i ing them them to cm away »g g t s t tier, from t no pastor a church or l m to do indentions; 0 congre •*} » yon ta- gntions are not to consShlt their own carnal, selfish wishes, but the will of the Lord, who is the He Id of the Church. The same ttrinc pies are io^guide and' control ; pas ors and congregations in sCTcillng the rela tion subsisting botvroen iuUi !: are, by earnest and faith fu prayer, tp endeavor to uncertain tiie Divine will. For none but thjb most valid scriptural reasous, and not |til| after mature deliberation and I devout prayer, is the pastoral Velatfou ever to be entered into, or evdr to be Iroken up. By confonbing to these plain scriptural principles Will the Christian ministry be rendered per tinent, the sphere of its usefulness he enlarged, and the chfirchos secure the peqietual favor of hca 2. A second cause is undue leui- ency onjtlic part Of the congregations b> troublesome memben*. There are unruly, selfish, dominjeering men and women in almost oi'erj^congre gation, who are the scoijrgl of the 0 Larch and of the ariuistry o{ Christ. ^ they can not rule, they Will ruin. Mauy a pious, useful servant of God ba» been sacrificed to the malice Of jicrsons of this sort, simply be cause the congregation luul not the eminige to “cut- oft* those that trouble tlHun,” touring their die* pleasure, and the hiss of their pecu niary support, lhseiplino lu the church Is as nes'essary ami b<>neQcial its it is in the family nml the state, Witlmut it mnlronlouta will multi ply, and the worst of men will assume control of the affairs of tiie church. The unwe tied, that odea* tiers will lie'planished w ill raiise of suffrage. It is impngniug the estreotness of their jmlgment ami honesty of their intentions. It la nn-deeioeiatic and nn-ehriatinn. Let rhnr»*he* resist the denmnds find discountenance the intrignea of Pier sons of this description, and punish their laid rondnel to the utmost iu their powej\ l*astom, ou the other baud, may provoke political opposition, In* seek ing in their public ministrations to disseminate their own partisan Take as Thotfhl for Iks Morrsw. lu the last ton veraet of ths sixth ehsptci of Matthew, our I xml, in lauguags which, Air stmogth and i‘lo4pi» iice, simplicity anil pathos, can Hot ba sarpussi-d, urges upon his — not hafiiieii, is the form of unlieHef against which desns is so oaraostly pleading wluu he says, “Take no th«»aght fiir your lit*/' aad th«i points to the fioWers of the Arid nml the. bin Is ol the air us objects of them to “walk orriariy/ ami obvnib* nru \ p v nbltsl , nf ^ urm tbe aeowUy of enftmlng disetpltne. ^ntino-nts aie not In harmony with 3, A thiiil online is the insulti cieucy of imstoral suppm-t. Many congregations are criminally indiffer ent to tiie wants and comforts of their pastor atul his family, ^,me their lAvti, Such pastors an* i|e- serving of serert‘S| censure. Hut without thu^ neither pastor or i>or- ishiotier is to be disturlM-d mi ac count of his political opinions, unless . ■ . . Wod’s mre, ask lag at the muik* time, dut» ul U-iiat In UMl .*Ak k n»t mud. Ix-tUT than llu.y r ^•Ik-tter than UieyT What doc^ that mown f Siiii^y tlwt ye are more valuabU*, have iiniueaMumlily greater cajmbilities, ami, what is of infinitely higher Mgiiifiraiwc, ye cost Hiivls ami fiowers, us well as Master have aU Ilia force ot kiiii.h ami systems, K|niug into U*iug of whom are eveu Ut to langnhdi . they eonfllct with the clearly tor Ihe want of the necessaries of lift*. They are at liest protniwNl bat a “starving salary,” a i»art of which is yet withheld, and the twlnnee |*anl .irregularly. And this has been done, and is still done,, in column nities of wealth and worldly pros parity* This is a burning shame, a heaven-crying sin, calling for »even» est repixHif. It is a gross, wiilfnl, open violation of i^ plainly enjoined iluty. For the Iloly rieripturcs ex pressly declare that“The laliorer is worthy of liis hirc, rt aud tlrnt “They which preach the gosja*!, shall live of tin* gospel.” ^ It alm> cripples of the gospel ministfy. im|Hi.ssible for a pastor to labor with cheerfulness and sc cress in study, ex- proamK! teachiugs of the Iloly Scrip tures. 7. lu some congregation* the church Gounril rlist aud dismiss their imstor, certaiuly an un l.uthcr an, if not an un christian proceeding, fraught with a great deal of misi-hief. We kuow of instances in which * Council, by a miyority of one vote, have sent mlrift their pastor, without ( previously consultuig their emigre i gittions, and even contrary to the wishes of almost tbe cutirc member- ! ship. The right of electing ami dia- i missing a pastor can, upon true Lu i theran principles,* nt*vei be \estetl in i.™ | t!»e ehnrcli Council, but must be rc- u . 1 J fsen ed to the cougrt'gatioaaa such. lu regard U* the thiags wf this lile, things which we I rally, h«h1, Mid of which, as Je*u* bcmiUfnUy ex piv-vvs it, **Vour 1 leaveiily Father >>irtk that ye have need.” j These evhortoturns of our 1a*oI | Uori . Lui r ■ — law, iuui are binding up«i tbe ww-jit (fie word of the ( reator } hut •cieneeHof oil who hear them* woivl* ,„ M u w as pmeliiUNil at a giwat mice, lot liia. lu tbe next chapter he JI t „c**, he U mi object of hi* Heuv fspeaks of tlaxa* who- he. if hu words 1 <»uly FatJier’s pom liar rare; tor, juial do tla*in, uial of others w ho Wtu l mv ing given us bis rion, lie will with bun freoly give us all things. “All things «iv yours,” exclaims the •ai»o*tU*, “and ye are ('hrist'*, and ami do them m»t, plainly lutiumting ■that ho k»>o these insfrui-iuMis as tla law of tile. It tolloirs, then-lore. [that uli uuxivty and wotrtim td aimut | ('hrist \* God'*. “I'liild of heaven, can«*t thou nv lane r Or cau you distrust a God so great, so wise, ns good—or turn the usefulness |Hil|Nt ami tei.il,-, « l.eu «*• *N ot Glory Uto ,ur pivsseil down by, anxmty f<»r tin- uu*uu* of Kup|H>rt. What g<K*l re sults can Ik* lookc l for 1mm the labor of ministers jvho a»x* left to drag out tlicir y^ar* under the sorrows .and bill'd mis poverty, with an oid that lx sirs nothing ami sutfering f - their lives with Soul*. of pitiless age before tbelli but destitution In vain is tin* g»»sp« 1 )treat lied to auy one of the sons of men so long as tliey, like the strong man tintitsl, krvp the gates of the castle of their heart. The i*yt»s of the undet .»t.iud ing arc blind t«> tin* way of |»ence. After wearing out J Until tthrist shall eotoe nml tak«- e.\qe**ive toil and that castle by storm, tta*n* i* im study ami can*, they aro turae«lout to die, as though lu* were a horse for whieb then* is no more use. The only wonder is that then*, are as doing anything fur that man u* inhhuiuu things ot tm r> *ln> life ii* disobedience to biiu, and ohum> tm*utl> sinful. Hut, practically, *UumU evury laxly 1 a .leaf t -ar to the loving ami assuring led* tlmt by obcyiwg W the letter words of your Divine Hiytlwr, who ic. injunct ion*, “Tttke no thought , «t this moment Im* aft power iu ►ryourUfi*,” “Take thought lor | heaven and mrth, and who knows m moirmv, WA‘ *honhl Idl mt«* the ,d| atxmt your uiiuntest affair*—who *i*4*ite sin of ctlwl—Mlfn and tiu- ! knows what Ve shall eat, what'ye pru\idv'iH:«‘. ami that all our worldly dedi drink, ami when-wfthal n* AtiU ifiairs would quickly tun to wreck ! \* Hut he* t—who knows that von md ruh». rm* difficulty hero lie* have need tln*ae things * And u an almost tuijM-ixe|itdiU‘ change ( alttum^h rini may not know v here Uuit has come over our langu.igc or | loW th ;. v urt . ; o ^ ^ luring the two ccitturir* that haw «|o«« know. la|i*cd siiuc our wmkplt of tU “Tn»st In U»e Isml ami do goad; lipUuvs was made, Otoxc «Tj m , n.alt thou dwri! in the land, and 1h* iujum turn uU turua upon the verity thou Afadt be fed.”—Psnlm leauuig of the word fkum^t a* ban* xxxsH:*. The mnu who does not imsL Happily wc have a key to tndieve this pn*inlse, nnd obey the he « xuct iin ailing of llm t>n*at ermiuiamlnient iwHixeil, can not Halm Ihclicr iu l«uke wiv | dts, when- p, )m* n t»etl<*cer, Iiowcmw oiiIhkIox r ® alxJ Ihi* dincples* to | hi* dngvmrir ttreyd may be.— 1’nifcd loan the laird .ipj»t aml after -his /Yr.fyfr-rviN. .-iiumK'tHHi, *» were terrifi. «1 and The 5Sd Chapter of Isaiah and the, Jew*. The Jews from tiie hour of their disperbiou to this very tiny do Iu their non controversial writings, and their Mileuui nnd puhUo pmyer* to a heart Hcarchlfig timl, npjdy tlm add chapter of luuiah to the Messiah. _ Tiie Targnm, Talmud,Zidur, Yalknt, l‘ifc to t*ffect this; but I have found Alshoeh, nnd other xuiUmritlea ubtyi only one remedy, which ia rending dnntl> show thi* (»]iinit»n of the .lew titc Scripturea. Iu perusing ish Church iu every ngc, aud juatify tkoiI » mind experieoees its tree ue lu tlu* UK*erliou tlmtf the non «»d jicrfcct >>y, and from this pica troverst*! writers depart<*1 from the ▲ Diversion that never Tires. “You ask me, my children,” writes* Margaret Dndu-ss of Aleucon, the favorite sister of Frauds 1. of Feme*, and a devoted Christian woman, “to do a very difficult tliiug—to invent a diversion that win drive awny your ennui. ] have been seeking all my vetritm ex|K**itki»i fV»r no <»ther rcnNiu than to get rid of the Chris tiau argument. Hut we Live t«*ti inuuy which no Jew who Cnxjuetitft the iiawogui* can deny, unless he lie prepared to confess that, in liis jirayers to Almighty God, hi* Kps *4y oik* thing aud his heart another. ITumc in i\ remarkable {manage in the pruyers for the lfciy of Atonement, in whieb this 53d chapter of Isaiah is attributed to the Mensiah iu nO the synagogue* of the world, and which wo U-anstale from tbe Udirew in the following words; “lteffire the creatiou of anything God cStubtislicd his dwelling (the temple) and Jittuou (the mime of tlu; Messiah, as alluding to Tsalm Lxxii: 17}. Th* lofty armory [meaning the temple, as alluding to Solomon's Song, Iv: 4] lie established from the ls*ginuiug, ltetoro any in»oi>1c or Lnguagc. He C4muscled to suffi*!’ hi* Divin* presence to rest there, that those who err might bo guided sore of the mind proem-tl the repose aud health of the body. “If you desire me to tell yon what I do, to Ue so gay and well at my advanced age, it is beeanss as aaon as I get up I read these sacred books. There 1 see ami contemplate tiie will of God, who aent his Hon to us on earth to preach tlmt holy won!, and to announce the sweet tidings that he promises tn pardon our sins, and extinguish our debts by giving u* hi* Mon, who loved ns, and who suffered and died for oar sake*. This idea so delights me, that I take up the l'salms and xiug them with my heart, and pronounce w ith my tongue as humbly os possible, the fine hymns w ith w hich the Iloly Hpirit inspired David and the sacred authors. “The pleasure I receive from this exercise so transport* uie, that I con sider all the evils which may hapi>eu to me through thf day t6 be real, blessings; fur I place Him in my heart by faith who endured more misery' fur me. lielore I retire, iu ■ I give ■ ifiightrd, oad *ii|-|s>-eil that tliey d e«H-u a t^rirn." This wu* the Mini* u* is often Im-hvI in Um* Ion- u)g*r ioi|>4*rsfdioa—a Udief had “sofn a ylmst.” la- many ministers | ip not as then* are. nnd " 1 I . 9 ■ . that not more have abandoned so thankless a work and gmie into secular pursuits. The, frequent p;w- toral ehanges, now so universallyJ-thov; »4>r if In* slandil come unt«> tu*«..s; and hi* wi»n!s to Uu-m iuv* complaiiKHl of are probably 'ovog tins*, tlien that dead soul of thine “Why hit 3c troubled,nml why do Tliew more j to this than . to any otlN*i CtttlMV ?f; . 4. Another cause is the iiuiuciise amount of labor u-qnirtsl of many Th* Croqutt Curate. ■ The wirtMii is the one thing that embitters this t**sthe y4»img lifix Guy, vvdatikv chatty, he t<*ars Inin- *idt away from that Hutrtnittg lawn I»srty at ttie Hall to tiiul Ids mnnrcia tfuurt tThemrr. He knows nothing. into the path of reettude. Though thc MUle manner l give my soul a their wickeduc** Ini fiagiant, yet lias co"S<'ni»\ lesson. At night I review Im* caused repentance to proceed it, * have doue in the day. I im- wlieu Ue said (Isaiah i : 1C): Wash P*«« l^nloH for igy faults; I tluuik ye, el4*0n*4* yourselves.’ Though lie i-b^l _ior his ^oors; aud I lie dowu should be exceeding' angry with hi* love, -, in his tear and ia people, yet will the Holy* Om* not Ui “ free from every worldly awaken all his wrath. We have anxiety. hitherto L*c*u rut 4iff tluough our evil iLhhI.x, \ot luist thou, O our not brought eoiisumuiatioti th< sfiirit that worketh in him is tIm* “*}*irit Hint worketh in t!w* Hiildrrn 1 of ilisolNNlicnce Satan, »ml mad* | that tynint of | wanteat. sinner, fur thy |i* that (’brist *bo«M emm* wnt*|^f-frfnd, and r,**t.ne U*. m fa.4«b«ujj- dfart uf tUimabL Them Is the .... ! possibility of hegiuning his M*ni)4>a. HH IjPH - i* the remoter imiwisiitliiUtv would live. His pnwaiuM* in lib*, arise in your heart* T Hen? of € .« M i M(|r n. Tbe v**n quivers in He quicktvietli whom Ik* will, lu wu perceive tkaibu uppl*** thi* *an»r ||i„ j,u^ Aag4*rs s* the thon*ht of him wna lib*, and tlu* life was the word to tcitur and affright, which he n,* kind .snore fr«Hn the light of 1111 -it. When he MOM into dues m the uiju*ction U^bie at- to corner, tins rtwfar's snaSrf Lock! Oil us. Me**it 1 ft our Hiyl*ttvuxM** is , al “i a 'fifth. 4- Definitions of Bible-Tenu. A day’s muruef was thirty three Uuv ixusogr might have been hi* is «h*rvive«l U> : jm traiudatc4l, for (lie wunls am the a willing slave to t-.une ami may L- used mtonhauur. ^ tbiaks nml even tba mott evil. What thou jibly. Hut the first thing Jesu* «1U oammompiboa of ilismmms ask Un sn 1 vution, ] pa* to deliver them f»om such ti slate A f-illt prrttHM . of a feinK departed from us: horror hath semd j A ^bbatbihiy’s journey was aboui ~ yai hw xnn eleven fret. squires . . the «jni4*t of mir {Histors. 1’cople arc, now-a- a sonl, spiritual lifr is there. The anxiety about the* future. Fear, Hnskcry of the giris who wordiip days, itnivasonable iu Hwir demands, sinner wakes up to *4ni.<M*ionsiM*Hs terror, imiitlul tiuvLsliug, auxiety hi*u is the cr«M|tiet ground, lint the They twaut from two t<» three ser- | aad rwM*s from the .grave, over the nnd trouble, aru all expressed b> the flu^.^s art* still idle. He pace* the moua every .Sabbath, a lecture or mouth of which lus ii-vklt-ns imltfcr- 'I'ord, and not a wise aad )»nuhmt k«, looks out of the wimlo#. two during tbe werik, eateidiisiug, 4*u*e, lik<' a groat, shun*, lui* hern curt- and provision, so fin- as we Lave {*» M>n*ws UiniM-lf ilown ngaiu to bfr baptizing and burying, ete., etc. ; rulk*d t aud he cries, “What must things iu opr |^«fr, for tb* uu>m*w^ thl'le, but nbtbiilg fwthi and in additioM to ail thi* a great deal of visiting ; and this sotnelinuts to4», among a memb<.*rshri» sufik*M*ut in number to employ all the time and energy of from tw o to four pa.-» I do to l*c sovinir AYhen I’hrist fouuu, into th* heorf, sin is seen t«» l*e sinful, lu (lie light of the cross, man begins to n-|>eut: lie aei's his sin lias alniu tin- Saviour, and he tors, lu his attempt to do all tluit loathes it; be now aecks to lie «le- is expected, the minister will either livoiod both fr»»n its guilt and Its min health aud constitution, or else |N»wer. Tim coming of Christ does fail as pastor or preacher, iuenr cwn- tlmti It takea aw ay tbe guilt of man. sure, nml in discouragement abaiMlon Christ in tiie heart, n-veukd o the 4)1 the next year, the word jlm the Were we to take TIm-pp in nothing for it but exam. uumIl-i u n-um*. it i ami to ilo him jnstiee Im* crams in w«nnd iciulei the sowing ot a field .| Luo® n i,d uinwctariiin spirit. He *K 11 violatM*ix of tlmt law.of nmgi** his nuthontks Is fo»*»* him <. lirist. with a ibstlain i>f tlieoloigirul bias. Anxieties regarding th.- b*tun* on A biC<mt of Keblc jostU-sa bit ...it ip the heart*uf ail exc<*pt the stolid- Sf*uigx*on. a i»og»* of itob«-rtson carclesa ami iuUiilciviit. i>o fax follows a metaphor fioai Melriffe. a- liny net a* apuis Lu rmwenH and i*u,. t iK*..kfg> of tiie eixupief 'mrste industry, tlu*y »te gisoli but when j n*ctor kindly explains, tlm tiehL Ix.*t Large, wealthy eliaiges n>«1, speak* fK'.tre to the troubled they ure. clu*iUlu*il uuff indulged iu, ! » t,ut ttw* awmnie ia put to aud congrt^ationa either divide, and i confumuiee. W » look to him sud are limit the field, so that the laborer lightened, nml our times lire not can do his work more efficiently, or , ashamed. We aee the fcamUin else let them Im* sjitisfied w ith less «h! for sin nnd for uurfranness in preaekiug and leas vjsiting. When Urrint; lu re we wusk and me made there is so gre^t » destitution of Heou; a* for the. reigning {wiwer of ministei** as there is among us, it is neither right nor expedient, that the few we have are to prepare tiwui- selves an early, grave by excessive labor. 5. So-called measure* have lind some ageuey iu this matter. In reference to this subject many con gregations are dividi*d in sentiment Some favor “old measures,” aud oth ers “new measures.” As soon ns a pastor’s views lioconie known, the faction differing from him will op pose him, *od some of them will withdraw tL-eir peC^ry t iu order to affect hi* iv^vaL As uu*as- ores belong to the things tii roligiOb which are unrevi*aled and unessen tial, In the ease where the members of a congregation differ in reference to them, the minority' should submit to the decisions of the majority, and if they persist iu rebelliou uud neglect of sustaining the church peenuiarily and otherwise, should be dealt with as offeudprs against the peace and welfare of the church. 6. Partisan polities, next, come ia as fa disturbing element. Such is the bigotry aud want of charity of some, that for no other reason than tlm mere fact that their pastor does not cast his ballot on the same side with themselves, they will do the utmost to drive him from hi* position. This .is indeed nothing less thou denying ministers the right l a^‘ full;” but until*tben thou wilt be and poor, and miserable. Or if tlion L'« indeed a living soul, thou wilt Im? uneasy and dissatisfied until Christ has eutcreo i l ‘*° thee with all his glorious train, his Spirit and his wenl. Thon wilt be like a house without a tenant, colds Hieerle**, dilajxidutecL desolate. Thy heart will lie as a nest without a bjrd—a poor, sad thing 1 Thou wilt be hke a body without the soul that quickens it. Hut if Jesus comes, he will make a man of thee after another sort Uuui that frail imago which thy tatiier Adam bequeathed thee f, he will new make thee it) tho image of him who oreated tiiee* “liehuld, 1 ninko all things new,’’ saith be. to have it iu good eouditkui. lie dul whut he could. So Ihr *11 Uis an \iety aud car* «--ii right, {irp- vide.l they wen* not excessive. JLin ig done what ho could, hi* business th sin, nothing (ran ever conquer tlwt but the iuoomiiig of HiriHt. It' a man - scarves an evil master, the otdy way of getting rid of that kitted des- {Hrt- is to bring iu tbe rival odveaeign. “No man (*au serve two niMstem.” Tlu? intnMluction ot tbe King of fiiory, Chriik, .lesus, is the sore way of casting out tlmt old master, Satan, the print*© of the power of the air. When the laird Jesua comes, bring ing life, uud light, mid pardon, he put* down the power of siu, and every’ blessing come* in liis train. O sinner! if thou couldst but get Christ into thy heart, thou wouldst say, “1 have all things, aud abound; not for the tiau* being joyous, tmt nud take hold eg. whol may liiippri* vrith tindimoeent^^ ailliaisnesa. in the future^, and of thuigs which - Hien , U MOlli , of ^,^,,1 aHf- 4re an* unable to coutnd-^thuig* .-uuaeioiuineN* with which the extern- h im.ii lie iu t.iMl * ptuvime, not outs jKiraiuoua prophet Of* the seaside —tlie^lM-eogicriujmioM*^^ xMlftil. « t *vun (ogetki r Ilia et uto of quo- X until sowed hi* gnmud. with ! ►***,. j., ► \kln-.it. Ilo \';i.s csrclul, lie look Haydn wnda aonetaa hi court | thought, nod expended much toil Urra* OMtU mflhw, and the apostle of tlu* “genteols” coiii|m»h«*s h( the softest aud tttoat gorgeom of dress- inggowns. Belore him la h;a o>»* mon {dace book j nronnd are a host of littls vulumeo, in which lie dip* eiie<*forth is to qyiumit the res«lf.j m gq* M ttowers. The senti- him who cau gl'e tho increase- ««,rg»* .Swud, Urn sntrtiisity to him w ho is Wood wlwai lu si km*. *«piwM«-ly oomI. N.*r k-M« wImiu lu- imt.m-x; K>n n*MMi from IiIh *6v*r*km hnut\ 1 Are hk-«wing» iu dii^iuise." , :u t , grievous to such n uun ; although, like any and every other sfltiotion, it may yield to him what is better than a bouuteon* hnrveet, eveu the fniits of -righteiNiMieas. “Thou hn.*|t [«it gladness hi my lliijftv” say* David, **wInk* in afflic tion nud peril, more than la the? time th*t Ibeijr «eru aud their wine m»- This, beWtoVCf, pt submi*- apdM: outlier than truob—tho grace wbxeh Job m gloriously exemplified . <»f Jeau Fnul, tho pathos of Isttki Nell, are all laid umler eontribution. Theological distinctions oiH* unknown tq Mr. UoitcyuMtu :*s to the cioquet To see frost, or dronghi, mildew, or j curate, but he is too mucU of a man destructive insect* blight and destroy of the world to boivow fivui fnmiliar tlu* fruits of bis 1st mm - , 4* certainly (junrtcr*. Old treatise** Of German mystics picked up! ou Imokatalls along tin* lihiue, dusty FmitOte due tribes, “golden extracts’* from for gotten lathers lie side by side witli tho last discourse of 1‘ere Felix or the newest pamphlet of CouaiL ' To weiiv* these discordant mate rials into tho bright, iudi*tiuct, but never tedious sermon of llm feauday, is the least task of the faKhiouohie Sum]ay preacher. $ Ilia minor is before him, but the greater uitiaU td his Hus* need eveu more than a when he worshiiieil nod cried, “The j mirror. On* of tho most popular laird gave, and the Lord hath taken 1 uf lamdon prcHclier* is said to lmve Otway ; UnaseKl hr tlfr xaaie of the, famished bh^,library with a-model laird I” .* ' ■ ' - . i>ulpit, uud.to l»av« atmlied the wave Hut before the event is kno"n, (( j i,^ je^sted hiuid, tin- p.it^ftipi Injure tpqqurrow comes, Jo iudulgw droop, the winuhig gesture of irre ! in donbto, «nd misgiving*, and wor-, ristiUo spiM-al in the wood itself. 1* rimept* about what may nnd may] i um, mul we have uouc to justify us. 11k hath dounk TIIK YUKK of Ot'Ii i.NtqriTiKs, A!to ori; tbaxshkkb SION, AM) IS WOf.MIKU UKCAVSK OF <»t R TKAXSOUKSSIOX. lie bcareth onr sins on his shoulder, that he' may find pardon for our iniquities. Wr siiam. bk iu:alk« bv ms WOt*Mi, ut the time that tlA* Eternal will create him (the ^Messiah) as a new m ature. O bring him up from tin- circle of the earth, raise him up [ from Beir. to nssemble ns th* second i time on Mount Ix*bnnon, by the hand of .1 inner* A Dollar and a Thought. A few days ngo one of God’s fnithfnl stewards, it man endeaviM'- ing to glorify liis heavenly Father with his ulMtanu^ and lay np treasure in heaven, made this r<? : mark to me: - . “I sat down a night or two ago and calculated the increase of a iMbr i»ut out at compound interest^ amt found that in less than two; lmmlivd and forty years it amounted j to more than two millions and n half of dollars. And I asked myself wh(*tlK*r God would Mint make a • dollar laid np for him grow ns r.l,tellr m 14 4teM bv tin. taw. ot, lH '' MI ,nIulc 10 »W*»* trudeP «*v The arithmetical calculation, and — _ . . On tmnnb'r MmNi to tho fioKl l;,r > OT I'"'l utul * or J' v * c ‘ i, “- A uu *“ of Imok fioenee, stnwk me. “Yes, lay brother,” said I, “we un English mite. K/ekiel’a reed .nearly. .< I A cnliit was twenty-two itiehea, nearly. A hand’* brciultjt was njmil to three inches him] ti ve-eaghttm. A flngvFM breadth was eqnnl t* an inch. A shekel of stiver was about fifty cents. *1 f j A shekel of gold was A talent of silver was A tahnit of gold bras tl.%3W. A ;»iece of silvfir, or a i»enny, was thirteen cents. A farthing was three eentw. A ger.ih was a qent. A mite w o* a edit and a half. A homer contained seventy-five gallons and five piats. An e{d»a, or batl, contained seven gallons aud five pitflts. A bin was a galgm and two pints. A firkin was seven piuts. An over was six pints. A cab was flmn* pints. Thk Foixy of Sty.—Ancient an nalists tell its that once, in tiie city of Marseillos, a fearful j>estUcncc j prevailed. After other attempts had 7. y#( imiuv xv («% «*v »* | divinities the citizens were directed ‘ to offer a liumau sacrifice a* a piacu- .Mi tawny *»ht it. n.0 w<*d " 1C8 "’ rUI *. d “ rio « the tick! ^ ... M - • v was found who w:is willing fo be thus offered at tiie end of a year, mditiou of Um- Lord io, ‘I^y up ter yoor- -fe br luiuri- --rr? ^ also said, ‘He that hath pity upon arf ^{>te(1. FVir some month* be the ]>oor, kmdoth the Lord, and that fared deliriously, and |iatnpered hi* which he both given will 1 pay him lk?*U with flL tluit gratified the ato other department of riieuuiwrae. sibly reai mbfo this infatuated man t God is mote able and willing to pav If you make a choice of a life of lu. <k-bte thou mm to pay thri™.' 1‘l.^uu* ot tho osiwiMe of an eter \on uoohl not bar* my monoj a. » of „{ n for - # at tbe loan wUhowt paying am interest, 0 f mi after hell, you are surely and God is nnire noble-jaiinkHl than 1 agrering ta the eouditiaiia, and put- How certain and emphatic is-j ting youcselvr* in the position ot that Maroeilknfr . s ,4 man. tlmt promise tliat lie will j*y it again! I have not tbe leant dawlrt, dear brother, thirty in two hundred nnd forty years from this day, you will find every dollar you have laid up Vor the Lord worth more to yd a than two and a half millions of dollars. And then, there is this to be thought about the mutter: if yoa pot out yonr dollar on receipt, you must he certain to willect your money aud its interest every year, and every year find a responsible borrower for the amount; whereas, when you give to th* poor, you lend to the land who keeps moat accurate aceouuts, ainl doe* the compounding for you.” f Di\ Deems. Tmi Hawit of r*AVRR.—The liroiniseo of the Bible are not made to 0110 act, bbt to the continued hab it of prayer. It evinces more de pravitv not to repent of a sin titan it does to commit It at first. A good man may be hmried away by temptation* to commit a sin, but lie will invariably repent of it after ward. To deny, as Deter did, is Imd; bnt not to weep bitterly as he did, when: we have denied, Is worse. One mark of a true convert is that he continues to repent of b» siu* after Ip) hopim tlpft t4*?y are parddned. Tiie true Christian desire to Im? saved from sin, and Ids hatred of sin and repentance for it, increase iu ]»rofK>rti*u a* hi* assurance o heaven increases. iL