University of South Carolina Libraries
\ l '*) .0F / 7 7 / '/% ar ■fttSss^at ; tl» regw»» of ih, ^' l symptoms, «r» »«*» it Ju, w %** I | !■ 1*? t *«* 5^.. .$ ttkiaat-te ‘idX ,k .y'afiL'to -ti Ht<r< *t. ■ iMlijMil, .iljl^'* 1 ^ * * * ■ -1ft r .iii trrx: TflP / / ;i j in H ' Ukt link itffi <ms a ~4i, m*. X-NO. ;>. ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE XliTtWi.T^tt ' ; .tTt7T-iTTrwy,.; • -rrTMiy.Vmyi^r .rtjWn fljfrudflltt- r_- I-TI’J 11 Un» , . - ■. i« » ' . . jT y 1 ■. ww^pn > M HI irj;iov> Ikii -u , .. .aailuiu nm^ta(«p. ,ti I an i > perwptible. Clarottle fi^ tenutmt and lotenT' Itidww m 1 w f^herally prothm^ M well m —t of WX“4 “.sarsTsa r^^CslE**" Sedaby^ Counk® "'h-Bilioos. ** VmacAi Bn. ■ ever sustained IcDOSALD * CO, rs AND DEALMts. 4S-3» OKSTORE, |ij /A Street, I A, PA. liv.njf nssunu-flUh p at*uve uam*4 >r sale every tv ‘ fligioas, - Chtiri >fcs. Auv boo|h v or abroad, eap*. oth old and new, to order.. Fen to fumisliiajr t; also, aids tu eaeliers. The or itendents, Tejwk stly solicited. ITS GIVES. »f Snnday-Schod] l, sent free, Frederick. 31—om Worship. the Evangelical rtk 4-merica. |isrcs, 24mo, is v the church ei r For’tfic Lufhersn tianot. —The Churches—The River— enlf-T}^«MfF ,,fTr ™ * t 4iM J*d» riliw-ttua **■'••'*, h Vh hate figuto returned safely to tWIP^Nty of Brotber- spdnt it plena »od we hop#* profltoble vaea fiou among your country mete; who ^ «fc}igTated firmi South e’arofma w-m& (to* mihe wap dud daughters Of oh! Bouth OaralifAiKMW so kind and*]jn**pitable mf those- in MimssH**, ** » hoi ’ ,d certain** delight to five *Uhin her bounds. Mrwu' ‘TiatwwM* of- •- hi SNiithOMiuty Hi • two Lwth^ran cj^fChOs^Pronddcnco am* Kion), in wttsh't'o triod toproafch the Gospel duriBg the months of June, July and Atftwt' and thepeopfe, Berwtn-like, ‘<to receive the wort! with all reriiMorniodrt •■• • ■ Pwtioos to the war, those churches bad been 1 iu-qnite a flourishing con ilitioo? hot during the bloody strife, they goffered ranch, auil since then biro seosWembly declined for the tt&atof a regular pastor to break un to then the bread of life. With tie assistance of several ministers cf Mississippi Synod, we hdd » —ho of meetings in those twoehowhes, ftom the 27th of July to the 6th of August, which we be lt**, resulted in good, because all tk members appeared to be cheered and lerfced. Eev. J. Morgan, who bad the supervision of tbe meetings, will in all probability, not many days hence, give you a • full aecou^ of these, and other meetings of a siini- llar character. In every Lutheran family, with |one or two exceptions, that we visit- in Mississippi, we enjoyed the »y of that agreeable and eu- 1 guest—the Lutheran Viei- This shows that there is some [itelhgeoce among those people, be- all wise people entertain such Jifst. .hi <£* ~VtH* ~ ~ 1 : TT. ",;ir»vj—r I If lie can cross the 4^ulf of Mexico and tbo Gulf Stream without having to take up quarters with this uau- seous comimuiou, he may rest assured that his course pu the Atlantic Oceau will be calm and pleasant. After spending several days in the “lipHdre City” and Brooklyn, let him go, and if lie chooses, take up his abode in the city which boars the above bqpntifid “€ity of Brotherly Love*?? Truly and fratorually yours, • / *dr ni l&m AA*R«u; (TOLUMBIA. S. C.,'FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1L 1872. in]* sar-i ■'»" —u ***** <M' a*.!;; fifll II 7-vfo.toO ,y«bht m -: Mila Exhortation* ill Fxn tlwj Lutlieran Visitor. The Semiaary. , and in this ro thi w 2# .A 2 75 |extra frilt-- * Of t|n* Is extra. ^jrations are n orders at oac*, ten^per cent. » ITION. Ab euergetic, learned, pious aud '■who wvll dkvtrte whole jlttoution « mid time VO Wo e, -is needed to build up the j oiftaste places of our Lutheran Ziou & that part of the country. May 4 aembers of Providence aud 5m churches soon secure the ser- riee ef such a ^mstor, is the ardent rish and prayer of the writer. ’By going to aud returning from * i ^JwrWd ot labor, we made a circuit iey, $4. Ten pet t t«ir thonsaud miles—three thou- fA Cfl APM^' a Md b - v water, aud one thousand by pra,Columbia,SC aad. Now, if we should give a 2X—tfj ntnate description of everything we avr, as some corresimndents do when bey travel fifty or a hundred miles, l^cf respectful- i W0Bld 011 aeveral columns of the _d customei’s tha* > niter. 6ng?on tlufSr We however, only say, if any or’streets, when- nan wishes to make a pleasant, in articl“wo”5 tTOt “S “ d instrnctirc trip, n, such as Gnxv* >s, Ac. 21-1 y Lroad. footed, eonneetinf on South Caro llown; also wit* [South on C igusta (tail hia and An 7 15a• [ ...10 4<>p» 1 .. 2 OOp* ... 8 50P* ..... 5 30p» erestmg and instructive trip, let ho go to Cincinnat i, Ohio, and there ake passage to Slew Orleans on one f these fine steamers which navi- late the Ohio aud Mississippi. Uong the banks of the former, he witness scenery of surpassing ovdinws aud beauty ; especially iu be spring, wheu die trees,' vines and plants are puttiug forth their t foliage aud blossoms, ktowg the banka of tbe i latter, he r tfl see a rich vertlure of trees, down 0 A»e water’s edge, interspersed ef e and there with towns and fine lantations. w . A traveler very truthfully remarks, J at w No person can pash down the •wiaaippi and view the immense ^ea of uncultivated lands lying |A//we ; ; 6 . oop Ridge I* Ufa Arrive ~ 13 P? a Leave 0 35 P® Leave 5 50 P Leave 4 50P* i Leave 3 50Pj Brn train fcW run on Al»b«; Wednesjlay* Branch, betw on 7 :10 a* 9 30 »* 11 15»* 3 so p* ^tiiwousto its banka without re « no n * eCt B ^ °® changes whicli • m e will produce. i ‘ lr> a eentury, or tifo at the most^ h « bonks MB of the river will present f >'du»aou» lines of cultivated plan- ^ tiona, similar to those on the coast, '^lamls arcRferrich as nature cau them, being all of alluvial for- wtion; and tire Soil of sneb a depth ® e *^ w no danger bf its ever (x banste(l > . When we read of u of people, who iormerly General ^ ■ lasted in the valley of tire Kile, and mi>ar f. ^e capabilities of the ’^issippi valley with it, wo can ’^prebend tbe great destiny awaifc- ■® Ki deve lopment of time in* for this abeudy far-famed re 08. W >? If- ff >4. I . •: 11 Ticket Aft tedule ymae go into effer* The Theological Seminary of the Southern General Synod is now iu the second week of its existence at this place. Five students were prescut at the opening exercises, two from South Carol iu a, two From Virginia, and oue from Georgia. We are daily expecting one other from South Car olina. We regard the opening as a most encouraging one. Gettysburg Theological Seminary began, we are iuformed, with half this number, and Cjiiou Theological Seminary with three students. In this in stance we need not insist upon an observance of the old adage: “De spise not the day of small begin nings,” for this beginning is a most hopeful one. Kor do we fear that the future of the Seminary will be less hopeful. We confidently expect encouragiug ac cessions at each opening session. That the choice of locatiou was most wise, is uow evident to all; Provi dence pointed out the place, aud the church was obedient to the direction. New hopes have been excited, aud general encouragement is felt. All who truly have the interest of the church at heart believe aud feel that the opportunity is uow presented, which, if improved, will result iu large blessings to our Zion. In this we * read God's approval of this en terprise. His hand lias directed us in this beginuing, aud hk grace has ssssriwfpmvi measures of prosperity for the Luth eran Church in the South. This much God in his providence has done* But ichat will the church do tcith the opportunity f If its im provement be neglected and these hopes be again crushed, bow very far the result will go towards strengthening the opinion of some, that the Southern Church is incapable of preserving her separate Synodical existeuce. To be saved from the guilt aud humiliation of such a re sult, we must in reliauce upon God, 1. Remember the Seminary in our prayers. No mere human depend enco will suffice for this work. We want au interest that manifests it self in constant activity aud hearty co-operation for the temporal success of this enterprise. Bat no effort iu this direction will be permanently blessed of God, that is not sanctified by prayer. 2. There mutt be an abiding interest in the Seminary. Unless the church recognize this as an object claiming continual support, these encouraging beginnings will end in disappoint ment. Here is the point that is vital to the success of our institution. It has been the guilt of- our church to rest satisfied with the actions bf Synod concerning matters of impor tance. There has been no special lack of legislation in our ecolesiasti- tical assemblies, but there has been a sad violation of these promises and obligations. We are hopeful of better things for the future. We be lieve that the church feels au inter est in this work which will manifest itself in increasing effort for its prosperity. Nothing short of this will avail. If we were asked what we regarded as most vital to the suc cess of the Seminary, our answer would be: An abiding interest in it. Acquire and cherish this, and there will be sure to follow prayer for its success and sanctified effort. The Seminary will need the prayers and money of the church, and if we are in earnest, our gifts of both will be according to the necessity. S. A. Repass. Consider but tha Scripture account of the dearness of the relation, ns it is expressed in Gem xv : 2, and Gen. xxx: 1; by our joy qrheu we have them, as Christ expresses It, John xvi : t 2I; theltigh valne Ret on them, Gen. xlii: 38: the sympathy with TO PARENTS. ' l beseech ynu that are pareuts to reflect what au important duty lies on yon; and that I may effectually impress it, consider, 1, How near the relation Is b© tween you to your children, and therefore Uow much you are con eerned in their happiuess or misery. 1. Your disobedi resisting of God’s An dren obey your $ Eph. vl: 1 There to tUtem Is rttf. "*Chi In thb Lord.’ the command; VOL. V.—NG. 213 . *«?■■ •> y / ? » 11♦/ : t .... them in all their troubles, Mark ix: 22; and by >piu\ sorrow at parting, Gen. xxxvii: 35. Now shall all this be to no ptirtx**© t itor to what pur- your rebellion, thereQjf*, runs higher than you think. It i# not man only, but God, thaf ybd dlfobey ; and for ~ will punish rut*** rfill yon,or you correction; cotoplaiu to deal with iu your disobedience yob. It may he their not suffer them to eoi are grow u beyond t all they can do is Oodj and jf so, Ho you more severely tl do. 2. Your sin Is Tffifoning with the public duties, dndlnf, ih too many cases, with them too- .* r order to have a flourishing stats' of piety in the church, each individual member must look first aqd at home—at hit own head} r How stand matters there Y WMlt about these secret exercises of t^e soul Yith God, which thro world and the church other intermeddleth not! Ay, Lw the matter ia to be decided, and m by noisy declamation and rapturous faith and moral earnestness, its puna- social manners, iu higher ideas and babiu of daty, loyalty aod rdigiou It cbuifcd the empire. Bov t By means of moral and religions truths. Wliat peculiar} intellectual or scien tific truths did the apostles »m1 early missionaries carry with them when they went out into the world > - m m m ***« iC Intermeddleth notj Ay, fam lew. ' 1» to be d*<**d, nod not TMnk vhtt > world Bt. P»ol bad said to, him, of young heathens and infidels, aud brtdsol T so will your acoonnt l>d|0sb. O bet ter, if a wicked child* thou hid* Christianity the Strongest Yores in Mod ern Clrilixstion. bwn the offspring of sttvsgt* rn-J MomHty has accomplished less dians, nay, of beasts, than of such 1 than mind, revelation less than sd parents. Bo many otonsels diso jence, Christianity less than mental that 3. It is usual with Gorfto retaliate j tual truths before they can be of b- ^ J 1 any force, A poos do wo desire them, rejoice in beyed, hopes and prayi frustrated, coltore. Bnt we maintain them when we have them, value | will turn to sad aggravations. (moral troths ranst become intellec them so highly, symi^this© with ** “ * ' *“ ~ ^ 1 them so umderly, aud gi-ieve for men’s disobedience to their pareuU their death so excessively, if, iu the in kiudj commonly onr of n chil- meautime, uo care be taken what!dren shall yay us home for it I shall become of them to eternity ! have read Iu a grave srithor of a 2. Consider Uow God has charged wicked wretch that dragged his fo- ’you with their souls as well as their ther along the bouse. The father bodies; and this appears directly I begged him not to draw him bevoud moral law unknown, nnfolt by a man, has no civilizing effort upon him. Moral laws may hare been always the same, eternal indeed, and yet the knowledge of them has been progressive. Plato know leas of them than Pdbl; Seneca 'Jpkl upon )'ou 1 l)eut vi: G, ..— such a place; for, said be, I dragged I leas than Prof. Way land. And in “And tbeso wards which l command ! my father uo further. Oh! the sad, ! proportion to tbe personal knowledge thee this day shall be in thine heart, and thou ehalt teach them diligently unto thy childreu, aud shall talk of them when thou fittest in tlune house, and wheu thou palkest by but just retributions of God ! f »*>d conviction of them, civilization tr Train. I -- -----I 1-V-- * \nd Aceom 7 00 « 7tfL "1.6 40 n *1 laud [iec-FttH rket Agt Jb* «toadiiig two or three days ut ,“ Crescent CitJ|r,» let him em- w .® T York on one of the Ceu ^ steahiships plyiug bc- 40 « * 30 P* 40 P* ilTL^ 080 tW ° mi g bt J’ cities. He 1 ifr htp .® ar . e to enjoy this voyage of hundred miles, especially ** 8t J* e of Rving, provided, hatiwl 1,6 can evft de that pleasnre- i ”*** duster, sea-sickness. Lutuer’Is Prayer.—In the last will and testament of this eminent reformer occurs the following re markable passage: “Lord God, thank thee for that thou hast been R* pleased to make a poor and indigent man upon earth. I have neither house nor land nor money to leave behind me. Thou hast given me wife and childreu, whom I uow re store to thee. Lord, nourish, teach the way, aud whim thou host dow n, ami wheu thou rises! up. Aud Uhh* shalt bind them for a sign upon thine baud, aud they shall be as frouUets between thine eye* Aud thou shalt write them upon the putts of thy house, aud ou thy gate.” Aud Eph. vi; 4.—“And y© parents pro voke not your children So wrath, but bring them up iu the nurture aud admouitiou of the Lord.” Aud by precepts laid oil them to obey you, as Eph. vi: l.-r“Cbiidreii, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor thy father and mother (w , Amt mm—»*—ii -‘“r'^ve, aud tkat thou mayest livo long on tho earth," which as plainly imply your duty as the duty of children is expressed. 3. What shall comfort you at part ing with your childreu, if through your neglect they die iu a Cbristless condition. Oh! this is the cutting consideration. My childreu iu hull, and I did nothing to preveut it; I 1 J helped him thither! Duty discharged is the ouly root of comfort iu that day. 4. if you neglect to instruct your childreu in the way of holiness, will the devil neglect to iustruct them in the ways of wickedness f Nay, ver ily, if you will not teach them to pray, be will teach them to oursc, swear and lie. If ground bo uncul tivated weeds will spring. 5. If the seasou of their youth be neglected, hpw little probability is there of any good fruit afterwards! That is tho moulding ago. “Train up a child in the way he should go, aud wheu he is old be will not de part from it.” I'rov. xxii: 6. Uow ew are converted in old age! A twig is brought to auy form, but grown trees will not bow. 0. You are iustrumeutal causes of their spiritual misery, and that by generation and imitation; they lie spiritually dead of the plague which you brought home among them. “Behold I was shapen in iuiquity, aud in sin did my mother conceive md 1’s. li: 5» 7. There are none in the world so likely, as you, to be instruments of their eternal good. You have pecu liar advantages, as the interest you hare in their affections, your oppor tunities to instil tbe knowledge of Christ into their opening minds and tyearts, being daily with them, (Dent. i*i t 7), and your knowledge of their tempers, etc. If, therefore, yon neg lect who shall help them 1 8. The consideration of the great day should move your feelings of pity for them. O, remember that text, <4 I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God.” What sad thing will it be to see your dear children at Christ’s left hand! O friends, do yopr utmost to prevent this misery! “Knowing the terrors of the Lord, we persuade men.” Cor. v : 11.—FUikel. And I beseech yoa iu whose hearts | advanoed grace hath been planted through the ' As philosophers—not simply as blessing of a pious education to ad- Christians—we look back along the mire God’s goodness to you in this rough ways civilization has traveled, iih* uUt <> i... i « * > . > providence. Oh ! a hat a happy lot has God cast for yon! How few children are partakers of your mer cies ! , See that you bouor such parents; the tie is double u)»o4, you so to da Be you the joy of their hearts aud comfort of their lives, i(. living; if not, yet still remember the mercy while you live aud tread in their pious paths, that you aud they may both rejoice together iu the great dAy, aud bless God for etepk other to all eternity.—WUr ' n selected from the writings of that cmiuent servant of Christ, John Flavel, name so dear to our aged fathers and mothers while they were toiling to make her march, subdn ing the depravities of nations, soften ing their barbarities modifying their hearts, dispelling their ignorance, loosing their bonus, leading them op to higher levels, patient with them in their relapses, and kindling ia them hopes of a better and happier condition; and we see one feet, one truth, one force, very potent, very powerfol, acting unto all other laws am! forces, and that is Christianity. It has shaped human lives according feet that the strong have sheltered the weak, the powerful hwv* aided the feeble and the oppressed. Chris tianity and her Bible introduced this element into social and dvil life. If ty.” aha gave it all it* meaning, word “krve,* wae eo mated heatha* vine that a ft wiit*M. The term did not inelade tha A Roman poet called himself “ftu- mao,”but was not uu -—a* U the glory of Athens that she reared a was cast in ah empire which aspired to mdte all nations under its militaiy sway. There was do uniform civili zation; no unity in the various religious of the provinces. The Brah min, tbe Nile-worshiper and the Druid differed from the Roman. The higher modes of civil life had worn out for lack of enduring warp and woof. Creeds, manners, philoso phies, heroism, honor and social virtues were perishing. When Cai- igula declared himself a god, he proved himself worse than a man, and when the mouster was worshiped, the people confessed their amazing degradation. Palaces were oft«fcl rF .I* 16 *? le i odt,r o{ ^ | th f orphan house and’ the chanty no- Jrtnod on ehffltng ground, and phi w«akneM, and aim*! Hag u . take. It was left for Christ to raise ‘fea altar to jtf* to every (Mufeifs heart” He had compassion on (he araltitaiast Write iter ohrintu.. church came hramdfeia benevolence. 8he was the Lord’s spouse—tbe al a# tbe human rate, diowiag God’s lobe aad doing His work in the wotfch She fed her poor children, bound np the wounds of her enemies, went among her foes when they were dyiog of pestilence, and reared the hospital, the asylum, rich was the curse of the poore-k school. These are some of her took from crime its dishonor, aud | blest monamenta. ever known upon earth, national governments by silent or resistless revolution, established in stitutions of learning and benevo- on earth ; whose pious and evangeli- j fence, and aimed at the rrgeoeratfou cal pages they so much prized, and j of the entire human race. It has which have proved a source of so not always been kept free from er- rich blessing to the church. , f could tor. It has been perverted and not while transcribing from him re-' made subject to variety. Decline, sist the thought that the spirit of* decay, and revival have marked its that holy roan and those pious pa- history. And yet through it God rents who loved Hated—as they pro uouneed it—So well, are now together and preserve theui, as thou hast me.’’ TO CHILDREN. And I beseech you that are chil dren, especially you that have de scended from religious parents, to obey their counsels, aud walk in the steps of their pious examples. To press tions this, I offer these considQra- in heaven holding many a sweet con versation on the “Divine Conduct, or the Mystery of rrovideuce,** “The Fouutaiu of Life,” “Tbe Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” I could not but be struck with tbe appropriateness of his exhortatioos to our own day, although dating back almost two hundred years. The church baa, we think, most un happily fallen u|>on au age ip *hich Family and the Parent are well nigh ignored and lost sight of. True, you will now and then hear a word ou tbe importance of parents assisting the Sabbath school, but then it Is in cidentally and regarded as rather subordinate. Tho .tendency of tho constantly flowing chrrent is to drift overy thing from the fhmily to tho public. Family instruction, family worship, family discipline and family example may all, it is thought, be very safely transferred frqm the pa rents and the family to tbe Sabbath school, and Sabbath school teachers, and to the sanctuary and the pastor. Let ns get the religion of the church as high as we can, and the religion of the family will take care of itself, is the doctrine. Now, directly the opposite of this is roy sentiment. Let us get the religion of the family as high as we can, and that just because, “ You never can yet the reli gion of the congregation higher .than that of the family. 1 * What the closet is to family religion, family religion is to the church. The family may have a name to live, where there is no entering into the closet and pray ing to the Father in secret on the part of its members; tint there can be no living, growing piety. And just so, there may bo an imposing profession and some spasmodic exhi bitions of love to God aud zeal for his glory in public—as often we see— where there is no family religion; but it is all in name and appearance. It does not reach the h4art. It does not transform the life, TbW is in deed a heavy charge—-one fot which the writer does not expdet the praise of many of this generation! * No, but he must be fafthftil. He sees the evil and deplores it. Tt Is begin- uing at the wrong end of the matter Las been with man/darTying nations in his arms. No theories about tem perature, diet, blood, and seeoery will account for tbe conversion of the Roman empire, the ehristianiza tion of tbe wild invading nations of Europe, or the great Reformation of the sixteenth century. The influence of Constantine and Augustine. Boni face and Anselm, Dante and Milton, did not follow isothermal lines. Chemistry and biology did not pro duce Charlemagne, nor Alfred the Great, not Gustavus Vasa, nor Wil liam the Silent, not Ooligny, nor Cromwell—men who were thinking out something more tremendously solemn than physical science; men who were working destinies for na tions, and whose names mark eras and advances in civilization. They represent people who shook off op pressions and stepped forth into lkrger liberty. Modern civilization is something more than a condition, in which the people are generally comfortable, all prosperous, and some wealthy; living It good houses, selling their products in active markets, traveling by rail, talking by telegraph, conning tbe daily paper at breakfast, indulging is works of taste and art, and evinc ing their cnlture by reading the theo rists of the day to know how oysters contribute to Iliads, oatmeal culmin ates in Waverlies, and man has ttoilted himself out of the slmions tj-pe of existence. All this must be very civilizing, but civil life at pres- etit among ns is not altogether de fined by herds of cattle, not thresh ittg machines, not printing-presses; not even by colleges and monster evening lectures, art-unions and Cooper institutes. Into it entcT al the mental and moral forces. Its sources and safeguards are churches as well as courthouses; Christian houses, as truly as public schools; holy rows, as well as honest votes. For about three hundred years Christianity did nfft directly affect civil society, nor the state, nor polit ick government. Yet its adherents were growing into a powerful society. They were first to affect the civil condition of the Roman empire by hanging into it this renewed class ‘ le, this fltghuic body with Its from law iu force. About three- fourths of this people were wretched slaves, dedaukted by famine, by suffering and by the combats of the circua. Tbe beat lands were becom ing a desert—the finest cities reeked with abominations. The very reli gion of paganism was a source of im morality. Vices were attributed to the gods and practiced by their ro taries. The lofty ideas of a future^Jife, which still gleam in the teachings of Socrates and Plato, scarcely lent a glimmer to the dying philosophies of he stoics, epicureans and academ icians. Faith went down ia tbs flood of “Let ns rat and drink, we die.” Literature was degenerate, im- betil, frivolous. Ybe Augustan age ■ gone—that of Nero was gross. The huaaa intellect was, drivelling among moan tains of the past Its productive force was lost No con templative thinker had the ibental grasp of Paul, or the eagle eye of John. Into that dark pagaa world went men with a gospel that had power to renew and civilise all who received it Moral and religious truths saved all that was worth saving in tbe Roman empire. This was one great movement Christianity won another incalculable victory when she met tbe barbarous tribes that were sweeping down from the breeding-grounds' of the north to lay waste the European por tion of tbe empire and converted them. She saved their intellect She gave them law, Rterature, religion, and at length a science. She gave them the forces which have wrought most mightily in the advancement of modem civilization. A third vast movement produced the great awak ening which we call the Reforma tion, whose results are still manifest in all onr culture. If we trace more minutely the working of these religious sources we shall see that Christianity created a people and taught the people the proper relation between man and man, parents aad children, wife and husband, employer and laborer, roes and race. Chrysostom said: “Through the vista of history we see slavery aad the pagan theory of two races (Ml before the word of Jesos—all men are the children df God. time came when the Church even sold her communion plate to redeem slaves and captives. Woman was raised from heathen degradation. The word home began to have a meaning. There wa* a fhmily. The meanest sufferer was a brother. Christianity removed great evils, such as infanticide and the gladiato rial combats. She gathered np and carried on whatever was truest and best in tbe old pagan civilisation. In her system was the true conserva tion of forces. She conserved law, literature and art She promoted the industrial pursuits. She pre pared the way for scienoe. She gave birth to a sounder philoeopy than the world had ever discovered. Civil life would be almost power less for good without charity, in its broadest sense. The moral progress of society is not due to the feet that, in the struggle for life, the strong have suppressed the weak, or elbow ed them out of existence, but to tife This spirit was heroic. It made men and women of courage aad self- sacrifice. Heroism is an important •lament in civilization. Without it there wifi be no genuine patriotism; the love of country will be mere selfishness. “No man for himself, every man for ail,” ia the ideal of Christian society. It oomas from that gospel wnich tells us that Christ pleased not himaeU; but laid down his life for ns all, and we should lay down our lives for the brethren With these facts before us—and this is bat a small part of history— may we not claim for the chief place among tha the feopeL 4*4 Hero ties your work. To this you devote yourselves; for it you make prepara tion, and in it you are to expend your energies. It ia to help the jeopte, to whom you may preach Christ, to become holier Christians, and thus become better citiseas, aad ive indeed as citizens of tho heaven ly kingdom. And our gospal com prehends all social, civil and refining forces, for it tells “whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report; if there beany virtue, and if there he any praise, think on these things.” It tells us that godli ness is profitable, both in the fife that now is and that which is to come. Bow God A poor Christian woman in Buck inghamshire—I believe near Berk- hamstead—das bereaved ofber hus band after a long illness, and left unprovided for, the only thfog of value being a large chest of tools. The husband had only just been buried, when a neighbor, bearing no good character, called on f the widow, and presented a bill for work done altogether beyond the widow’s ppwer to pay. The wort, which had been done m the husband^ lifetime, was paid for by him, and the bill receipt ed, of which the widow had a dis tinct reeoflection. It availed not for her to assert the foot The pay moot of the bill was pressed again, and longing eyes cast at the chest of tools. In great distress the widow retired np stairs to pray, for all effort tb find the receipted bill was in vafo. While engaged in prayer, a butterfly flew in at the open window down stairs. The widowfelfttie child chased it until ft flew behind the chest of (Mia. Jost then the mother came in. and the child begged her to remove the box, that'he might get the butterfly. The neighbor offered at onoe to do so; and wWfe he was removing it from the- wall, a piece of paper fell down behind, which the widow, taking up, found to be the lost bill, receipted as she had said. She was overcome with praise and gratitude to God, who her prayer by mean* of the butter fly; find even her enemy himself discovered the missing bill.—Tie VkriMn. * ’ ; m X •* Keep your ©onscience tender—ten der as the eye that closes Its lids against an atom of dust, or as that sensitive plant which I have shftnk and shut its leaves, not merely at the Me'touch of a finger, but at the breath of tbe mouth. Closely Bound