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COLUMBIA. S, C
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Religious,
For the Lutheran
Ministers’ Wive*.
• prime time past I haves noticed
i different papers of om church
ters, various articles npon
and mountaiu L^om,
duties, &e. .Sel 1pm do
rthing more of tl e faith
lying minister’s wi e, than
obituary notice ami muciug
from a routine o 7 labors
well emulated to sustain i >ud on
her frequently disci mraged
husbau I4 and hide \per sum ws aud
white she speaks with hope
lture, and seeks tollighten
by overtasking petself.
The greajt majority of ministers mar
ry a second time; the world never
asks, wh; r ? The reason is. tfratpik
istere’ W ves usually perform aiore
labor with their “beads aud hand*,”
than any other clast* of women in
the land,! and early sink under trials
for which their strength waq made
qnate.
A city jiastor told me that he
owed much of his oratorical power to
the fact,! that for several years his
wife bad been accustomed, djvery
Sato
ones w
evening when her |ittle
safely asleep, to go tAtbe
study, Whether tired or not, • and
bear higi| read his sermon over, pilfer
tions and remarks, Which
accepted, and profited by
r mind aud clear pefreep-
coautry,
make tl
but
bus
add
y pastors wife has
of l»er own. Her
lary liciug limited,
much heavier than dn the
her utmost emleaVors to
) salary ‘‘hold out n must
be brodjht into exercise; liefddes,
she must be ready to reliewe the
destitute cases that apply to |ier for
ahl, and then she is often cijoilded
uy from the country, jwho
i-
find it very eouvenji
v.——?s for a week,j ‘
city 011 shopping ex|
t to
them anything" Then
cs are so dishonest that
ft
sui>eriutend her dofnCstic
be always ready ,-to en-
lera at any hour.
rent are the duiicfc of
pastor's wife. Her
lie most trying lot *>
ge every ou'e knows all
at the “minister's, 7 tven
ily bill of fare, ai d the
te acts of his fami y are
ited 111k>ii all o^ efi the
ntimatcly
a lady wl o seemeil
“•del of what a minister’^ jwife
shoald always be. Heared ii afflu
ence and j luxury', she turned f oln a
life of ea^ thwl refinement, m in ied
a uiiuistci and settled in a
When she fouud, after her mi
that her ^usband's salary was li
S*i» «h« Resolutely laid asidi
cultivated tastes, 1
herself qf books, pictures and
and qevoted her eneigies
w «k of lal- pastor’s wife. She
flght children, most of whom
fi°ne wifi her to heaven. I
Often
pf her
her rocking the < radle
with her foot,
!* to
l|ave
lni>r
^‘gagetl in superinteud^ug tbe^tud
ivs of her
other children, and 4t the
wing
She told me one 4«y,
lier if she nevqr re
presents from her!
•arne timp have her basket of
st her
Fbeu I
teived
firegai
and
that she did
that a week
wealthy lady called and said, “As
winter is approaching, I thought I
wouU^ make your Httle girl a pres
eut,* at the same time unfolding a
well-worn and much shrunken flan
nel skirt, patched iu several places,
and also a pair of stockings which
were well darned. This she was
obliged to accept with many thunks,
but she told me that she had hard
work to repress her sensitive and
wonuded feelings. Many people im
agine that - a minister’s wife has nn
fitling*, and because she dare not
retaliate for fear of giving offenee,
she mnst hearc.what any one may
choose to say.
Tliis lady was the manager of the
Sewing Society, and auy *nHni*kM
work was always sent to her to do,
the members excusing themaelvea
by saying that “they were bnay and
tired, and Mrs. could easily do
it; with a big girl in the kitchm, of
eonrse she has not much to do.*
Notwithstanding that her health was
delicate, she never failed to be in
her class at the Sabbath school, ami
during the twenty-fonr years her
hasbaud was pastor of one chnrrh,
she taught three classes of yonng
men, taking them wlweu they were
boys and keeping them until they
were old enough' to be teachers
themselves. Every one ot her pn
pile became pious. Sl»e told me she
never allowed a Sabbath to pasa
without jiersoiial conversation with
one or more of her elttas. After her
return home on Babbaih evening she
always called her family into the
sitting-room, instructed them in the.
beautiful lessons taught in the Bible,
illustrating and enforcing some spe
rial truth upon their niinds. One of
her children, now In middle age.
says that those instructions are as
fresh in her mind now as when they
were uttered, over thirty years ago;
and that they could never fade from
her memory. Tims ithis excellent
woman labored on Until she had
become quite an old lady, and stilt
atteuded her class in the Sabbath
school. I never knew* her to travel
In the cars or stage coach hut that
she sought opportunities to sfieak
of Christ, in such' * winning ami
persuasive manner tfeit none mere
offended. Unassuming in her man
ners, she accomplished more in her
private sphere than hiany ministers
do in a more public capacity. Her
record is on high and in the Great
IMg many will call her blessed, as
being the instrument of tbeir salva
tion. —
The wife of a mountain pastor has
trials peculiar to her 'sphere. Upon
her devolves the cart? of the family
while her huslmnd is absent, the
care not only of the physical, but
intellectual aud spiritual part of her
chihlreu. While her husband is
holding bis protracted meetings, and
facing the rough, showy blasts of
winter that sweep and howl through
the mountain gorges, bis wife, dis
tressed with anxiety, is often on hef
knees prayiug God to safely guard
aud protect the one so dear to her
from the wild auimals that infest the
mountain ranges; and when he re
turns and relates how some cata
mount bad screamed at him from
some cliff overhanging his path,
while steep precipices lay below him,
aud of the various .dangers he had
encountered, her ht>urt is full of
iniugled thanksgiving for his safe
arrival, and terror at the bare
thought of what might bare hap
]*>ned; aud in sympathy for him
she forgets her own troubles and
hastens to exchange his wet cloth
ing for warm, dry garmeuta, ami to
prepare for him a cup of warm cof
fee or tea. I knew a mountaiu pas
tor who came home ou one occasion
so chilled by the snow storm that he
had passed through, that it took
three hours of constant friction by
rubbing, batkiug the extremities in
hot water and vinegar, drinking hot
coffee, &c., to restore the circula
tion, and wbeu at last he become
somewhat warm be said»*^Ajiotber
half hour’s riding^ aud I could not
have revived.” After this, when
that pastor had to proceed ou bis
mountain rides, his wife would be
nearly distracted by anxiety, lest
the storm should prove too much
for even that stroug frame to bear,
aud she told me that iu her imagiua
turn she bad buried him a hundred
times, ofteu walking the floor till
12 o’clock at nighty unable to sleep
and listening to every sound on the
road, thinking that , it was her hus
band returning. f
. I have kuowu young ladies reared
it luxury marry min inters aud re
move to a mountain charge, obliged,
when left alone for weeks sometimes,
far from all neighbors, to go to the
folfeet and drag home such fuel as
their strength allowed, cat the wood
with their own hands, to korp their
children from freexiug, and ofteo hr
kept awake by tl»e cry of the pan
ther prowling about the prealism.
1 knew a case iu Maryland, where
th<3 wild' oats, as they are called,
atuSrked a man and tore the flesh
from hia body, ami when he at Inst
succeeded in killing bin foe, ha lay
down bleeding ami faint, and waa
fonnd in a dying condition by aome
traveler!. Persons not fhatiliar with
*
mountains are not aware of the na
ture of there animals, which? during
cold weather, and pressed by ban
ger, attack travelers—min inter*, as
well as aqy one else.
A -lady said to me not long ago,
“! wiah I were a pastor’* wlie*
“Why t* I asked. “Oh ! ministers’
wives have plenty of money, no
fttmily to are to, everybody love*
them and rends them jdetity to eat •
they have nothing scarcely to do
snd no trials," afie replied. “Ah f*
said I, “how little yon know of the
interior of a mininier** family; how
exactly the reverse of a)I you imag
ine.” Aha looked at me in some
surprise, but I did not unfold the
“tfiody tide" of bft* to lier. If min
iaters told their Aitnre wives what
their trials would he, eery fr*w mis
taler* could get wires; for vising
ladies would not have tlie requisite
courage to fact- the peculiar trial*
of that station.
Parishioner* often encourage their
pastor, but who ever *te|M in to say
a wool of cheer to # l»e overtasked,
overworked wife t Win* inqni/v*
what her necessities are, and offerW
sympathy and affectionate interest
to her t Seldom is this done. I have
ofteu thought that our dear Lord
has prei*ared aome *|*ecial joy* ia
his hcuveiily home for that class uf
women who aserml thither through
“much tribulation.* Ministers’ fani
dies ofteu suffer for want of suitable
food. I have known iu Virginia a
mi ulster’« family to I* sit bout meat
for three or four week* at a tiu»
Their |»eople never nilW to m
if they iH^led any, and ditl ani pap
the salary, imagining that mhucIiow
their ]**stor contrirnl to liv*e. I
knew am*ther family who lived ou
unbolted wheat am! filed |*otatoe«
for nearly thns* mouths. They had
no m«*ney to afford flour aud meat
and coffee, &c. People too often
regard paying ministers* salaries as
a gift, instead of a debt which they
owe. If they would lie prompt to
reljpve their pastor ami his wife, by
paying the small sti|*end which be
should receive, they would feel bet
ter themselves, and make many a
pastor’s wife rejoire. B.
* *
The Cur ecu a Home There, in
here aud there an eutlii^srastu which
ignores church organization altogeth
er, contemns all formularies, rejects
the ministry, and asks tliat men
be let aloue with their Bibles, to
worship in unembarrassed isolation.
Suppose that a house leaks in water
through the roof, or lets in wind
through a crevice in the wall, or has
some defective timbers, shall tlx*
family, imperfectly sheltered, destroy
the structure entirely, am! take to
the outer rain, the cold, ami the
stonu, each memlier for biiuaelff
Suppose that because the rliinrli ia
deficient in aotne port of its super
structure, admits a little frost st
times, lias a shelving cornice, a
crooked post, a knotty plank, ahull
Christians hatter it down uml dis
perse, shelterless, single, aud alone,
to contend with sueh a frowning
world as tbiaf With such human
nature as ours built ill, etothl perfec
tiou be expected f if the church
were diaorgauued, what coufuaHxi,
sorrow, and loss! No, we ore uiem
bers one of another, compacted ami
built ou one foundation. Religious
life depends more ou the church
than aome person* arc in willing to
admit. Fellowship overcomes many
a dificulty, quickens many a convic
tion, expands many a charity, uud
saves many a soul. Christ lias es
tablished a church—a building—-a
visible structure—and is himself the
oorucr-atone. The disciples of him
who had not where to lay his head
shall never be uuhoused.—CferF#
Workday Christianity.
Rejoicing in the I/)bi>^“I am
reminded of the good woman," said
Hpurgeon, lately, “who illustrated
the rest of the son! in God, in a time
of fearful earthquake, by saying to
her affrighted friends, 'How glad I
From the A- It- lWnrUdun.
Spiritual Discernment -W Iaapiratioa.
wmwpn
“Tl» nainrsl man rerrhnrth *«• the
flaw* of lb** spirit ai (lad; flat thf
are biolishurwi to him: neither ran He
know them : for thee are spirttaally
iiasrmrii. not he that is spiritaai
disrerneth nil thing*."—1 (’or. II: It
For prophecy rorne not In old time In
•be will of man; tm« bnlRors of find
■nuke as they were moved by the Huh
(thoid."—11‘eter I: tt. *
AD who profess aubjertion to the
trarhiiijp of the Hcripturea, profeoa,
also, to believe that there are opera
tioua and influence* of tlie Holy
Rpfrit. But rva|mriing tbeoe the
conception* of many are vague and
coiifria**!. There U a general muter
standing that the H|iirtt’a prreeore
and work are iiecaasary: that He
rhungcM, in some way mysterious to
na, the soul of man an that hia
p«'recpth»na of revealed truth and
his feclingw to* unis it arc different
from what they formerly were. In
that subjective operation, railed—
I. an the Divinity of Christ.
to make a revelation or work a mir
ocle. But the cases of Balaam, of
Iscariot, of (’aiapbas, aud of the many
.who, our Lord has aakl, shall come,
saying; “Have we not prophesied
In thy uatnc ? aud in thy name east
out devils f and in thy name done 1 infidels are in the habit of urging
many wonderful works F teach u* \ against the Ubristian religion, sent a
that iu this, as in msny other things, j copy of his work to Napoleon daring
God’s tf^y s are not as our ways. J residence at St. Helena,
nor his thoughts as qur thoughts. I Knqieror read the book with
Hating received the gift of the intereat and pleasure; and if it did
Dr. Bogue, the author of a valna
bin essay of the “Divine Authority
of the New Teat ament,” in which he
meets the principal objections which
lloly Ghost for the purpose of rev
elation and miracles, was, therefore,
no |*niof that the ripirii in His re
g*’Hoisting enlightening, aanctifyiug
ami comforting infitietin** hod- iieeii
received, l’out ofteu *{teaks of theae,
not altogether jtersuade him to ac
know U-dgv JeouH Christ as his 8a
viour, it yet powtirfrtlly contributed
to diaaiftate his doubts and to j trod a re
a certain degree of convictiou. Af
ter the death of Napoleon, the same
but never of those, though he had j <*‘»P.v liecame the pit>|»erty of an offi
received t!*em more abuiulautly tliau | w. » ho had given leasou* in Eiigfisti
had other*, a* the evidence of hia! to the family of aome of tin* EmjK*
saving relation to Christ.
ruFa friends. On the return of hi*
The reoftou why no niirarfea are regiuw«t to England, this officer pre
w 1 ought now, doubtless, is, not be "euted the volume to Ih\ Bogue, who
cause no one has faith strung enough | ** with emotion, re
“Bore again * the Bpirit la the op^ to |>rrfnru« them, but because there j k'UwJiuF it as a viaible u»ken of the
erutor; for oil sueh are “bore of the ts no gift of the Holy Ghost to be f#vor *hicb God bad aliowu hia la
Bpirit." He omvlnces them of their received for that |mrpo*e. And thojborm.
sin and misery, enlightens their ; probaliie reason why there are no | Boon afterwards, the French Abbe
sorb gifts now is because then* are
no new «v\*eiati»m*—«o new gospel to
lie accredited by them. Tu all who
knew of if, every miracle was a
palpshh* |woof of the past that the
“King eternal, immortal, invisible,”
1 nd
mimla iu the knowledg** of Uhriat,
ami renew* tiieir wili*; and, thus.
He |M*rsuo«lc* ami enable* them to
embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered
to them in the GoapH. Ami not
only so, hut in ennsection with the
regenerating art there begins be- j won present. And tl, also, tuM aome
tween the Holy Hpiiil and all those thing of Ilia character-—of Ilia jodg-
wlnuu He creates ynew in (Tariat I meot. t*r of Hia mercy. When the
Jesus a relation an near, so intimate, | “Boa of Matr a|>pcared ou earth,
aud to them so gracious and lime hod He devoted liimoeif to ptocking
final, that it ran be aptly expressed up trees and mountains and coating
in no otbFr way than by the Snip them into the «ra, cor to the prrfortn
tur.il style of oneneas. lienee, they aure of such mirarles as Baton re-
are said to he in the Bpirit amt the qutred. He would, indeed, have un-
BjMrit in them ; they live in the ! pressed all brhuidfra with the idea
that He iMOMcaacd mfiuite (tower.
But trom such in;mitestatum* of
poser they could mil have lifer
red His «ltapomthu>—could uot have
are refiewed in the wtud** tn-tu after known whether He would, one day,
the image if God, and are enabled ‘ use that power for their destruction
more and more to die onto sin ami I **r aolvat«oa. But »ben they asw
five uafo rigliteonunea*. > that all Ha miracles were wrought
Bpirit amt they walk in the B|iint;
and the Bpirit dwells in them ami
abide* with them forever. And it is
by virtu? <*f this union that be!k*\er*
n* reflew
Then, tines this renewing ami en
lightening oprratWm of the Bpirit
constitute inspiration? The “natn-
rul man," m lien “born of the Bpirit,”
iiti*s certainly, by virtne of l*»iug
*0 horn, and by the consequent in
dwelling of the lloly Spirit, become
'*opiritmal" Hut is he also inspired f
These questions will, perila|>*. sur
prise some reader* who have tiren
giving more attention to their Hitilea
ami i*Mteehl«ms than to the Ix-tero
doxv which is almwid in the world.
fur the relief of suffering hnjnaaity,
they could nut easily avonl the con
rlasnan that ill* misntun on earth
was |ieaer aud good will to tm*.
It wroa easy to draw the inference
that He who powseased such power
roaUl save the anal, ami tliat He
‘who manifested no mnefa r«Mitpaawian
wonbl ikk be tndiflferrat to its wei-
farc. Amt. thus, by thy mirariea the
••oMfs-l was not only oct'redited. hot
aha» (wearbed. Bo tnog. therefore,
la the mrUUufi* which (tod was
flat they should knowr that there (draarel to make to maukiml were
are many who owuvive of the B(dr unfiiiiahed. there was reason to ex
it’s tqieratious so vaguely ms to eon
fonnd the indwelling ami illumination
of the Holy Spirit, |»iM»iw»ii by ev
en Iwdievcr, with the inspiration by
which, in oltien time, the holy men
of God *|wike, lieing moved by the
Htdv tJfewt. M«»re than thirtv vear*
’ w 9
ago. we ktn a a minister who said in
the pulpit : “The inspired Watts.”
We don't know what tie meant.
Neither did lie, |*rh*ip*. Suhar
qnently we knew a man. an elder
we think lie was, who argued that
Dr. Watts was a better man, and
pert that miracles would be per
formed, both to accredit ami to
iii uot rate litem wbeu mode. For
(tol never did. and we may safely
flay never will, reqaire any of the
sons of men to belie re any rex elation
He makes, without affording them a
reason for believing, sufficient to
meet the requirements of that mental
const it 11 tu >u with which He has en
dowed them. Faith hi not reuses.
Neither is hojw* reason. Yet there is
**n reason for the hope that is in ns.”
lint the mental state, indicated by
that be had Just sa good a right this phrase, is very diffrrent from
to make Psalm* for the church a* , that indicated by tin* phrase, “a hope
David. *But in the writing* of En hw a reaoou.” .Vs soon, however, as
nqiean iloetorw. some in England , all |mr|iuMed revelation waa fiuished,
ami more u(mni the (’ontineut, it island property fleandM to the na
argmsl at great length that there tioua of the earth, then* was reason
is no diffi-rence. and that the men*
ure of every man's inspiration ia,
the attainments he has mml** in
faith and holiness. Ami correspond
ing to theae. because growing out
of the same misconception, there is
to expert that “the gift of the Holy
Ghost," not only for revelation, Imt
also for miracles wonbl be with
drawn. Those, therefore, a bo de
claim against the present generation
for having so little faith, aud (irove
met with, every now and then, a j its Uttleneae by the absence of mir
man whose peculiar crotehet ia, that aclea, might joat aa well prove the
the reason why 00 miracles are
wrought these day*, ia because no
Imily has faith sufficiently strong
to work them. Yet, even these,
poor crotchety fellows, who blame
same thing by the absence of new
revelations. For, according to the
plan on which Jehovah proceeded,
throughout the period of four thou
Band years, Revelation and Miracle*
ami scold the present generation J are inseparable: the one Is hand-
of Christian* so ranch for the lack writing, the other the seal; hence,
of faith, have not themselves faith separated, neither of them would
enough to work a miracle 1
To avoid all inch errors, it ia
jneceflfldry to observe that there is
subserve any valuable purpose.
A. R
Kvkby day Analogikh.—It ia
a difference between that gift of ^ t him twos of the Christian teacher
tin Spirit which renews, and illn to uke of the common
inmate*, and comforts every believer. lj%w of r|T - n «-« and analogies,
and the gift which qualified the ^ truth and duty by
recipient for rexcaling the will nf p^g^, from every-day observation.
G<mI, or" tor working luinwde* to
accredit the revelation. These gifts
im* so different that the possession
of the one does not necessarily im
ply the other. It la true that those
who were favored with the latter
generally had the former also,
nt not always. When our Ix>rd
fe*nt forth the twelve to preach and
to work miragicfe Judas Iscariot was
po exception. It doe* not accord
am that Ood mt shake-the world • I with the precooceptlena we would
always believed that He could, and j naturally form, that an unregwner
now I see Him do R’» i oto person would ever be inspired
The propbaU so instructed the peo
ple, and were understood; and the
apostles followed their example—an
example mode emphatic by the meth
ods of Christ himsell—and were never
accused of secularising holy things,
except by the Pharisees, who were
too religious to allow a few heads
of wheat to be rubbed out of its chaff
by hungry* men on the Sabbath, and
yet not too reHgkm* to bruise people
to death with stones for entertaining
opinions at variance with their own,
any day aad anywhere.— Workday
ImAm% .
Bonsvita, on quitting Paris to i»ro-
ceed by way of Belgium and Eng
land to Bt. Helena, where he was
to art as chaplain to the Emperor,
was iwought, while in Belgium, into
ixswvtion with the Englishman, who
waa a n*akm* nupporter of the Bible
Society. They sailed to Londou in
the *ame vessel, and frequently met
during the A bite’s stay in the city.
The Englishman*availed himself of
the opportunity thus afforded and
|resented the Abbe with a lieantiful
copy of the Bilde, with the request
that he would offer it to the exile
at Bt. Helena. The Abbe gratefully
acrc|»ted it, assuring the gixer that
N;»|*o!eou would set a high value ou
the (resent. Such proved to be the
fort. Napoleon, as had been declared
by trust worthy, parsons who sur
rounded his death-bed, diligently
read the Holy Hcriptures, aud in the
midst of his suffering*, frequently
uttered the name of Jean* with much
•-motion. He had not, however, wait
e<l till the last moment to make hi*
confession before men. In an easy,
but serious conversation, be had al
ready exclaimed, with that expressive
accent and abrupt utterance which
had an electric a power:
“I know men, and I tell you Jesus
ia more than man.” He eontinoed ;
“lli* religion is a mystery which
subsist* independent in itself: it
proceeds from an intelligence more
than human; we find it marked by
a profound individuality, which ha*
created a system of expression* and
precept* previously quite unknown,
.lemi* borrows nothing from our
science*. We nowhere find an ex
ample he could have copied; nor
haa there been any imitation of bis
career. He h no phik>t*o|iber; for bis
proofs are miracles, ami from the
vrrv find hi* followers adored him.
Sciroce and philosophy do, in fact,
teach nothing of salvation; but
Uhrist came into the world for the
sole pmj*»*e of revealing heavealy
mysteries and the laws of the soul.
“Alexander, 1’imr, <’hariemagne t
am! I, have founded empires; but on
what have we supported the crea-
tious of our genius? On force. The
empire of Jesus is founded on love;
and at this hour millions of men
would die for him. It was not a
single day, nor a single battle^ ^hat
secured the triumph of Christianity.
It was a long war—a war of three
centurion—commenced-by the apos
tles, continued by their successors
and after-generations of Christians.
In that war ws see kings ami all the
powers of earth on one side; on the
other I behold no army, but a mys
terious jwwer, some meu dispersed
here and in every part of the world,
who have no other watchword but a
common faith in the mysteries of the
Cross.
“I die before my time, and my
body will be reduced to dust and
become the prey of worms. What
a gulf of separation between my
wretched condition and the eternal
kingdom of Christ 1 He is preached,
loved, adored; his kingdom is spread
ing over all the worid. Do yos
call that dying? Is it not rather
living F
Napoleon here stopp'd; and then,
as General Bertrand made no reply,
the Emperor added: “If yon can
not see that -Jesus Christ is God, I
made a mistake when I appointed
you s General.”
As a pilot, that steers the ships
has his hands upon the rudder, and
his eyes at the same time upon the
star above, so shoald we be diligent
in the use of means, bat look op to
God for direction. ' l
When some years since Dr. Way
land put forth that very remarkable
book entitled Mullet*t Life of Trust,
the views advanced or rather exem
plified therein, provoked an unusual
ly lively discussion, uot only ia religi
ons bat tecnlar circles. The volume,
it will be remembered, was devoted to
a historic statement of the labors of
Muller ia building up and sustaining
the Ashley Down Orphanage, of De
vonshire, England, through recourse
to no other help save untiring prayer,
ranvassers were never sent forth;
iwiblie meeting* were never held;
none of the usual machinery for
collecting funds was called in play ;
yet, l»y~a simple appeal for God’s
help in every sore strait, money
came freely is and the Orphanage
throve wonderfully.
As this mode of procedure has-
scarrely been relied upon by the
generality of denominational institu
tions. those who advocate the use of
Imuiau instrumentalities to supple
meat divine aid were inclined to
throw doubt* upon the assertions of
the book, and to hint that whatever
may have been his victories in the
past, ttfe future of Mr. Muller—if he
(M-rsisted in bis course—was likely
to be not unattended with difficulties.
We do hot know how many years
are to be allotted to Mr. Muller, but
thus fee; it would appear, be comes
ont triumphant over all speculations.
The Freeman (Baptist, London), in
its issue of September 16th, gives
very full extracts from a “Brief
Narrative of Facts,” in which the
founder of Ashley Down Orphanage
brings tip his story to 1866-70.
“Without auy one having been per
Moually applied to for anything by
me,” says Mr. Muller, “the sum of
£323,092 7s. 9£d. has been given to
me for the orphans, as the result of
proper to God, since the commence
ment.” This immense contribution
amountisg to over a million and
a half doUflfiS in gold, has been
employee! in building five houses
for the orphans, in supporting the
schools, and in sending forth mis
sionaries to China, Spain and other
countries. Of the latter, 179 were
put in the field during the past
year. These laborers received sala
ries ranging from £150 to £75.
“They go forth in the faith, and
Mr. Muller,7 drily remarks The Free
man, “evidently keeps their faith in
active and constant exercise.”
Apart from the orphans and ex
clusive of foreign missions, some
fifteen thousand* scholars have re
ceived habitual instruction, while
the adult pupils number 3,093. The
sources of Mr. Muller's revenue are
as unique as his methods. A gold
watch and watch-guard, two gold
brooches, three gold rings and a
silver tooth-]Mck formed part of one
offering. Another included four gold
rings set with diamonds; a third, a
gold bracelet set with rubies aud
diamonds. One individual had ac
cumulated a thousand pounds, with
which be proposed to buy house and
lands. > Bis mind was opened, Mr.
M. tells us, and to the inspiration
which came to him “he joyftilly re
plied, 4 Lord, all I have and am is
Thtne. I will gladly take the money
to brother Muller/” In 1858, a chris-
tiau cripple consecrated a penny a
week to the Orphanage. At the
year’s end she had, in addition, £15
laid aside for old age. In 1860 she
doubled her offering, aud found her
income doubled equally. Regularly
increasing her charities, she finally,
“in 1868, dedicated to the Lord Is.
8d. daily; and this poor helpless
cripple, who began to store for the
Lord with nothing, was now pos
sessed of £250 at the dose of the
year.” Mr. TCuller boldly adduces
this illustration as proof of what
be seems to think as inflexible as
any law of Buckle’s, vi*; that who
ever really, faith folly and habitually
“gives as the Lord prospers him,”
will fiud it the best remedy against
heavy bad debts, against other loss
es in business, and against bad times.
Concerning the Christian morality of
gifts based upon such purely worldly
or—what Mr. Matthew Arnold would
style—Philistine expectations, Mr.
M. is regrettably not sufficiently ex
plicit.
A Mistake.—Many Christians im
agine that, now since they have
believed, they must draw their com
fort from some other source, or in
a different way from what they did
at first; they turn their whole atten
tion to themselves, their experiences,
and their graces. Forgetting that
the true way of nourishing these is
bv keeping their eye upon the cross,
they turn it inward and try to nour
ish them by some process of their
own devising.