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RALEIGH, N. C FRIDAY, FEBBUAR Y 1, 15-50.
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For the X. C. Christian Alvo':afe.
The Evening Star.
Th hr:l!::ir)t evening t;tr tori:;j!ir,
0'eani'n tlir ' th lu-kv si;r
As tJi'-u-h some f-a-.h jr. flilif.
Thro' thft un; .u le I " ralun ff liht''
IIa-1 paused an instant tl.er
Hal paue'l an! silently Mirwve-1,
Tee dreaming world be! iw.
Then fl.mn away to Jvlen's fdiade
tt here living tracer (low
Methinks some bright, unearthly jrem
Fell from his flahiri;i diadem,
For when he winded hi" fiiht afar
Through the enchanted air.
A Iijrht remained The Evening Sta
Shone forth nerericly there
' Ti fhuA tint rjrvtt tint good depart
And leave a heueon blaze,
To -heer the faint, desponding heart
""The fallen one to raif e ;
Hence vrc revere the sajre the Beer
Of -very are ami clime,
Whope golden gems Ktill gliitter here
Among the sands of time.
Jan. 22ud. HALEIGII.
A Voice of the Departed.
Toll not that bell of death for me,
When I am dead :
Strew not the flowery wreath o'er me,
Oa my cold bed,
Let friendship's sacred tear
Oa my fredi grave appear.
Gemming with pearls my bier,
When 1 am dead.
N'o dazzling, proud array
Of riagearitry display,
My fate to spread.
Let not the busv crowd be near,
When I am dead ;
Fanning with unfclt sighs my bier
Sjjzh quickly sped.
Let deep impreionx rest
Oa pome fond, faithful breast :
Then were my memory blest.
When I am dead.
Let riot the duy be writ
L;;ve will reir,tii'oer it
Untold, unsaid !
Siaiiritij.
A DISCOURSE
On Predestination and Election.
BY WILBUR FISK, D. I).
( Cot)iivrtl.
2. Especially will it assist in explain
ing those passages which speak of elec
tion as depending solely on the sover
eign will of God. The strongest of
these are in the ninth chapter of the
Epistle to the Romans. This portion
of revelation is the stronghold, as is
supposed, of Calvinism. Whereas, Ave
hamblc conceive that there is not one
word, in'tlu: whole chapter, of uncon
ditional and personal election to eter
nal life. It is only necessary to read
that epistle carefully, to see that the
apostle is combating that exclusive and
Pharisaic doctrine of the Jews, already
alluded to, and is proving in a forcible
strain of argumentation, from reason
and Scripture, that the foundation of
the plan of salvation for sinners was the
goodness and unmerited love of God
that all, both Jews and Gentiles, were
sinners, and therefore stood in the same
relation to God all equally eligible to
salvation, and must, if saved at all, be
saved on the same terms. To prove
this, he argues strenuously that God's
favor to the Jews, as a nation, was not
of any goodness in them, but of his own
sovereign will and pleasure, so that his
covenant of favor with the Hebrews,
and his covenant of grace which em
braced the Gentiles, was " not of works,
lest any man should boast," " not of
him that willeth, nor of him that run
neth, but of God that showeth mercy."
The apostle shows them, too, that the
covenant made with Abraham was not
for circumcision, nor for the works of
the law, so far as it affected him or his
posterity, because it was made while
Abraham was in uncircuncision, and
on the condition of faith. He argues
farther, that this election of the JeAvs to
the enjoyment of these national and ec
clesiastical privileges was not because
they were children of Abraham, for
Ishmael Avas a child of Abraham, and
yet he and his posterity were rejected ;
nor yet because they were the children
Esau and his posterity were reprobated
from the national privileges, Avhile Ja
cob and his posterity were the chosen
seed not chosen to eternal life, beeause
many of them perished in sin and un
belief, but to the peculiar privileges of
God's covenant people. And all this
because it avss the good pleasure of his
will. And as a soAereign, he had the
same right to elect the Gentiles to the
enjoyment of the covenant of mercy,
and upon the same conditions of faith.
The apostle concludes this reasoning by
an argument which cuts off entirely the
idea of unconditional personal election
and reprobation. He informs us that
the reason why the unbelieving Jews
did not attain to personal righteousness
was 44 because they sought it not by
faith, but 03 it Avere by the works of
the law;" and the Gentiles attained
to personal righteousness, because they
sought it by faith. Hence, those that
were not Ids people became his people,
and those that Averc not beloved be
came beloved and these, 44 not of the
JeAva only, but also of the Gentiles."
Whereas," if the doctrine we oppose be
true, the elect Avere always his people,
and always beloved, nnd That because
he pleased to have it so. That portion
of Scripture, therefore, oa v,hicii Cal
vinism leans for its greatest supjrort,
i not o'lly MtTord-; it no no aid, but actu
ally tfi-. ' a different doctrine. There
i indeed fo'neih'ng of my.-tery hang
Lig over the providence of God, in be
stowing peculiar advantages on Hsrne,
and withholding them from others.
But on this subject iniidi light is ca?t
from various coiislderati jns which we
have not time to enlarge upon; but
: especially from that Avhole.some and
consistent Scripture doctrine, that " it
is required of a man according to a hat
he hith, and not according to what he
hath not." This remoA'es atonce HI
complaint of Jc-av and Gentile, and au--horizes
the reply, to often misapplied,
- Who art thou that repliei-t against
God?" As a sovereign, God has a
right to make his creatures differ in
these things, so long as he require only
as he gie:s. But this differs as widely
from the Calvinistic idea of sovereignty,
an justice from injustice, as equity from
iniquity. In fact, God nowhere in the
Scriptures places the election of indi
vi duals to eternal life solely on the
ground of their complying Avith the con
dition of the covenant of grace. Hence
his people are a peculiar people hi3
sheep hear his voice and follow him
they are chosen out of the world they
are in Chriet, not by an eternal decree
of election, but by faith for " if anv
man be in V hrist, lie is a neiv crea
ture" and, of course, he is not in him
until he i3 a ' new creature" then,
and not before, they become his, and
he seals them as such " In Avhom,
after that ye believed, ye were sealed
Avith the Holy Spirit of promise."
But if they Avere elected from eternity,
they would be his AvLen they did not
hear his voice, and were not iicav crea
tures. 3. From what has been said, Ave can
e-Ksilv ansAvcr a th'Vd class of scriptures
which the Calvinists dAvell upon to sup
port their system, viz., those .which de
clare sah-ation to be of grace and not
of works. Of these there 13 eA'identlv
i a large catalogue of A ery express and
! unequivocal passages. Take tAvcr or
! three for an example of the Avhole :
j " Even so then, at the present time,
I there is a remnant, according to the
election of grace ; and if it be by grace,
then it is no more of Avorks, otherwise
grace is no more grace ; but if it be of
works, then it is no more grace, othe-r-
Aviso Avork is no Avork." " By grace
. Ave are saA-ed." " Having predestinat
ed us unto the adoption of chihWTv
kc, to the praise of the glory of his
grace." " Not by works of righteous
ness which avc have done, but accord
ing to his mercy, he saved us, by the
Avashincr of regeneration and renewing
of the Holy Ghost." Now aao pro
fess tobclieve these scriptures as unqual
ifiedly and as cordially as the Calvin
ists ; and Ave think them perfectly in
accordance Avith our A'ieAAS of election.
For Ave belieA-e, as already stated,
that God's plan for saving sinners orig
inated entirely in his love to his unde
serving creatures. There was nothing
in all the character and circumstances
; of the fallen family, except their sin
: and deserved misery, that could claim
the interposition of God's saA'ing power.
The way of executing his gracious plan,
and rendering it available in any case,
he of course, as a sovereign, resented
to himself. And if he saAV that a con
ditional election was best suited to the
principles of his gOArernment, and the
responsibility of man, shall it be said,
this cannot be, for it destroys the idea
of grace ? Cannot a conditional elec
tion be of grace ? Let the intelligent
and candid ansAver. Even many of the
Calvinists acknowledged that salvation
is conditional, and yet it is of grace ;
for "by grace ye are saAd." Noav if
salvation is conditional, and yet of
grace, why not election ? Let Calvin
ists ansAver this question.
But that our doctrine of election is
of grace, Avill appear eA-ident, I think,
from the following considerations. 1.
It was pure, unmerited love that moved
God to provide sah-ation for our Avorld.
2. The gospel plan, therefore, with all
its provisions and conditions, is of
grace. Not a step in that whole sys
tem but rests in grace, is presented by
grace, and is executed through grace.
3. Even the power of the will to choose
life, GT'd the conditions of life, is agra-
ctous potver. V lanen man, Aitr.out
i grace, could no more choose to submit
I to God than a fallen angel. Herein
we differ widely from the Calvinists.
They tell us man has a natural power
to choose life. If so, he has power to
get to heaAen without grace ! We say,
on the contrary, that man is utterly un
able to choose the Avay to heaven, or to
pursue it Avhen chosen, without the
grace of God. It is grace that en
lightens and convinces the sinner, and
strengthens him to seek after and ob
tain salvation, for " without Christ we
can do nothing." Let the candid
judge between us, then, and decide
which svstem most robs our g' aeious
j Redeemer of his glory, that which gives
man a native ami inherent power to get
to heaven of himself, or that which at
tributes all to grace. 4. Finally, Avhen
the sinner repents and believes, there
is no merit in these acts to procure for
giveness and regeneration, and there
fore, though he is note, and on these
conditions, elected and made an heir
of salvation, vet it is for Christ's sake.
and " not
fo
Avorks
of righteousness
whi.-h he has done." Thus we ;t bring
forth the topstone with shouting, crying
Grace, grace, unto it."
TO BE C'XTINI"LI.
3W5rIlnnrotifl 3rlirlr5.
From 'he Eos-; ; Hurler.
"Be Short."
It is said of Cotton Mather, the cel
ebrated New-England divine, that he
had conspicioady placed upon the walls
of his study the admonition '"be short."
He was not indifferent to his friends,
but Avhile he valued their visits much,
he valued time more. He could not
consent to spend his precious hours for
study in any unnecessary conversation
and therefore he would have his visiters
to be short.
Time has lost none of itsAalue since
Cotton Mather lived, but it Avould seem
so. How few are the divines now who
are as anxioii3 to improve their hour?.
All readily admit the preciousness of
time, and realize the obligation to im
proA'e it, but still much runs to Avaste.
and leaAx-s them the sad consciousness
of haA-ing sustained an irreparable loss.
There are a variety of ways in which
time can be lost, but Ave do not noAv de
sign to enumerate them ; there is one
Avay, hoAveAer, which is often noticed
but not duly considered. Attention
has often been called to it in our relig
ious periodicals, but apparently without
effect. It is, Mr. Editor, the habit
which may of our brethren have ac
quired to be long : yes, sir, to be long.
It is not ahvavs b v long sermons, long
speeches, long exhortations and prayers
that time is improved ; indeed, sir, I
know of no more effectual way to kill
time than to be long. Who that is ac
customed to attend public Avorship, and
the religious anniversaries of societies
has not been wearied bv the excessive
length of their exercises ? j
Not long since, a speaker at one of
the anni'ersaries in your city, actually
occupied fifty-fiAe minutes in a single
speech, and this too at night, when '
three other speakers sat on the stage j
ready to folloAV him. Truly, sir, I !
thought before he finished, of Mather's '
admonition, "be short." Why it is
that men csn so far forget themselves:
and their auditors, I know not, except
they speak under the impression that
the Avhole success of the cause Avhicli ;
they advocate is suspended upon their '
single "ellort. It is seiaora "that Ave
hear the complaint that sermons are P o
short, but Iioav often that they are too
long !
The sagacious John Wesley said,
that after a man has preached thirty
minutes, he is in much danger of preach
ing nonsense, if he continue ; yet, sir,
a Wesley in Methodist in our toAvn, uni- .
formly preachers, as I have been told, j
more than an hour. lie needs to be ad- j
monished, "be short," lest he more than ;
exhaust his subject. There is an esti- '
mable clergyman of our OAvn Church, j
against Avhom no other charge can be j
preferred, than he is too long, and from I
the contortions ot the countenances ot
those Avho complain, you would get the
impression that they consider it a serious
charge. There is another estimable
brother, who seldom reaches his perora
tion until the patience of hi3 auditors is
quite exhausted.
Many who dread his appearance in
their pulpit, have made the remark that
he aa ouW be an acceptable preacher, did
he not preach too long. There is still
another brother, who has fallen into the
same habit, whether from his devoted
zeal, or his love to the sound of his own
voice, I cannot tell, but sure it is that he
"spins out" his discourse until "sides
and benches fail."
When about to preach for my people
on a communion day,knowing his infirm
ity, I Arentured to whisper in his ear,
''be short." He remarked, he had se
lected a short sermon for the occasion.
When he had closed, after ha-ing
preached fifty minutes, thought I,if that
brothers short discourses are fifty min
utes long, how long are his long ones ?
But Avhy complain of lorig sermons,
for if they teach nothing else, they do
always teach an important Christian
' virtue, patience ? Wc do not complain
but patiently admonish our long "win
ded" brethren, "be short." An ex
perienced and successful minister once
said to his younger brethren,If you Avish
to succeed in your ministry, "be short." j
Let your sermons be short, your speech
es short, your reports short, your pray
ers short ; "be short," then you will be
acceptable. S.
Test of Abolitionism.
All is not gold that shines,, and the
loudest mouthed philanthropists and
reformers sometimes cave in Avhen put
to a severe practical test like the follow
ing :
"I ha 1 a brother-in-law," said Mose
Parkins, "who was one of the ravenest,
maddest, reddest-hottest Abolitionists
you ever see. I liked the pesky crittar
well enough, and should haA-e been
A'ery glad to see him cum to spend a
dav, fetchin my sister to see me and
my Avife, if he had'nt 'lowed his tongue
to run on so 'bout niggers and slavery,
and the equality of the races, and the
duty of overthrowing the Constitution
of the United States, and a lot of other
things, some of Avhich made me mad,
and the be?t part of 'em right sick. I
puzzled my brains a good deal to think
; how I cou'd make him shet up hh noisy
fhead 'bout abolition,
j "Wall, one time when brother-in-law
! come o-er to stay, an idea struck me.
I hired a nigger to help me haying time.
lie wa the biggest, strongest, greasiest
'nigger you ever see. Black 1 he" was
' blacker than a stack of black cats, and
jest as shiny as a new beaver bat. I
; spoke to him : 'Jake,' sezl, 'when you
1 hear th e breakfast bell ring, dont vou
say a Avord, but you come into the par
j lor and sit right down among the folks
j and eat your breakfast.' The nigger's
eves stuck out of Lis head about a feet
j 'You're jokin', mass,' sz he. 'Jokin','
i sez I, 'I'm sober as a beacon 'But.
sez he, 'I shan't have time to wash my
i self and change my shirt.' 'So much
jthe better.' sez L Wall, breakfast
; come, so did Jake, and he sat down
'longside my brother-in-law. He star
1 ed, but he did'nt say a word. There
j war'nt no mistake about it. Shut your
I eyes and you'd know it for he was
I loud, I tell you. There was a fustrate
; chance to talk Abolitionism, but broth
j er-in-laAV neA-er opened his head,
j " 'Jake,' sex I, 'you be on hand at
dinner time ;' and he was. He had
i been Avorkin' in the medder all the fore-
noon it was hot as hickory and bilin'
I pitch and but I leave 'the rest to
: your imagination.
j "Wall, in the afternoon, brother-in-'
law come up to me, madder than a
; short-tailed bull in hornet time,
j " 'Mose,' said he, 'I want to speak
I to you.' ' -
" 'Sing it out,' sez I.
j " 'I hain't but few words to say,'
: sez he, 'but if that 'ere confounded
; nigger comes to the table Avhile I am
. stoppin' here I'll clear out.'
I "Jake ate his supper that night in
; the kitchen, but from that day to this
; I never heard my brother-in-law open
' his head about abolitionism. When
the fugitive slave bill was passed, I
thought he'd let out some, but he didn't,
for he knoAv'd that Jake was still work
; ing on the farm. Bos. Olive Branch.
A British Commoner upon the
U. States. At a public meeting of
the Marsden Mechanics' Institution, at
Manchester, (England,) on the 14th
December, Mr. Bright, M. P., in the
course of a speech deprecating the war,
said : , , v t
- iTiniij ijf you have relatives or
friends in America. That young na
tion has a population about equal to
ours in these Islands. It has a great
internal and external commerce. It
has more tonage in shipping than Ave
have. It has more railroads than Ave
have. It has more newspapers than
Ave have. It ha3 institutions more free
than Ave have, the slavery of the South
accepted ; and Avhich is no fruit of its
institutions, but an unhappy legacy of
the past. It has also a great- manu
facturing interest in different branches.
That is the young giant whose shadow
ever grows, and there is the true rival
of this country. How do we stand or
start in the race ? The United States
GoArernment, including all the Govern
ments of all the soA-ereign States, rais
es in taxes probably from 12,000,000
to 15,000,000 sterling in the year.
England this year will raise in taxes
and loans and Avill expend nearly 100,
000,000 within this year more than that
population will raise and spend, and in
America there is far less poverty and
pauperism than in England. Can we
run this race on these terms and against
these odds ? Can we hope to be a3
well off as America if the products of
our industry are thus swept away by
the tax-gatherer and in the vain scheme
of saving Europe from imaginary dan
gers ? Can poverty be lessened among
us, can education spread, can the bru
tality of so many of our population be
uprooted, can all or any thing that
good men look for come to us, Avhile
the fruits of our industry, the founda
tion of all social and moral good, are
squandered in his manner ? Pursue
the phantom of military glory for ten
years and expend in that a sum
equal to all the visible property of Lan
cashire of Yorkshire, and then com
pare yourself with the United States of
America, and where will you be ? Pau
perism, crime, and political anarchy
are the legacies we are preparing for
our children, and there is no escape for
us unless we change our course and re
solve to disconnect ourselves from the
policy which tends incessantly to em
broil us with the nations of the conti
nent of Europe."
Sis Johx Fraxklix's Grave. Mr. Ste
wart arrived at St Paul's, Min., from Red
River, on his way to Canada, tearing des
patches for Sir George Simpscn, of the dis
covery of the point where Sir John Franklin
perished. It wa3 on the coast opposite Mon
treal I-danJ. Their bones lie buried in the
sand within an extent of twelre miles. This
is the fifth winter since they perisbed, and
the drifting sanda of that barren region being
in lat. 6$, north, have piled in successive lay
ers on the bones of those noble and ill-fated
men. -Ir. S. describes the region as being
dreary in the extreme ; not a blade of glass
nor a stick f timber met the eye. No game
of any kind eould be found. Uewas inform
ed by th.i Esquimaux that they bad reached
the spot just in time to see the last man die
of hunger who was leaning against some ob
ject when discovered, lie was too far goiie
to be save 1. Mr. S. brought home same ar
ticles known to Lave belonged to Sir John
Franklin.
Yt m the Amu r.
Root Crops for Stock.
UD AiitiDZ 1. t. JMc-.re. Ks i.. of thi'
;city, sroaie tiiiie hit month, and pain -
i1:" "is raru-n, we were more than
:f,.ii;t, ff ; - t 1 . ,
Tii-i f,r tt.vl- T- f, 1
bvio? one of our just eminent lawyer?, is i
- - ? - i . .-II. .'I'.tit, ft. 13 feL'tti,
barJeDed Avith thi business of hisprofrs-
he Suds time to ve his ir-
sonal attention tj LU garden of some one
and a half or two acres, which is nicely;
, ana SKiitulJy cultivated, according to the
mnst r.T.rj,w J mVw-i-lj ft" 1 . . . V 4. C .
fnd h tejmeW repays the laW by the
bountiful crops bv which it delights the
ee auu san-ues me appetite 01 Dotn man
1 and beast. The product of this garden,
I we doubt not, would, with rizid economy
! furnish a yearly support to a small family :
! demonstrating, bv the wav. how easilrthe!
j poor, who are hanging around the skirts
i of our towns and villages, hiring them
j selves out by the day, living in miserable
I rented hut, and half the . time without
fuel, without food, and without comforta
ble clothing, might, by retiring into the
! country, pettiag a few acres of land of I
their own, making rich and thoroughly
; cultiA-ating the soil, place themselves ana
j families above want, live comfortably, and
I be respectable. "Why will they not do it ?
Mr. Moore raised at the rate of some
! six or seven hundred bushels of beets to
; the acre: and the large pile of whalrs,
j tat en from a small space, was really a
.1111 n
,signt wortn oenoiaing many ot them
; weighing from 10 to 10 lbs. .Nothing isj
' better, chopped p and mixed with meal
' or other dry food, (raw or cooked, but bet-
i ter friiiVefl fur milch envrs fir bctrs r,r
i : T'r v" :r
j oiutr siocit, man ueeis. jet our iarmers
j each have a patch for the purpose.
I Sketch of Gen. Walker.
The folloAving sketch of this remark
j able filibuster is furnished by a corres
I pondent to the Washington Star :
i " William Walker was born in Xash
: ville, Tennessee, and is noAv about thir
i ty-three years old. His father is
! James Walker, Esq., a citizen of Xash
! ville, of Scottish birth, and very much
j respected. His mother was a Mis3
Norvell, an estimable lady from Ken
tucky. Walker, after quitting school
in his natiA'e State which he did Avith
much credit and honor commenced
the study of medicine in the University
of Pennsyh'ania, where he graduated.
He then went to Europe, entered the
medical schools of Paris as a student,
ircceiA'ed a diploma there, and, after
I some time spent in travel, returned to
tuns country, ' went to ."Nashville, .and
j commenced the study and practice of
the law. Walker is thus both laAAyer
land physician.
From Nashville, he went to Ncav Or-
leans, and Avas for some time editor of
the Crescent. In June, 1850, he went
to San Francisco, and become one of
j the editors of the Herald. While in
; this position an article appeared in the
I Herald animadverting upon the judicia
jry, to which exception was taken by
j Judge Parsons, of the District Court,
I who forthwith summoned him before
I his Court, and inflicted on the editor a
fine of $500. This Walker refused to
pay, and Avas accordingly imprisoned,
but was subsequently discharged on a
writ of habeas corpus, issued from the
Superior Court, which action was sus
tained by the Legislature at its next
Session. Th nxt enter jiisc In nlilvli
Walker was engaged was the famous
expedition to Sonora, with the disas
trous result of which your readers are
as familiar a3 they are with his more
recent history. He is, besides, a man
of indomitable courage and perseA er
ance. When a student in Philadel
phia, strange as it may seem, he was
remarkable for his diffident and ever
taciturn manner and gentle disposition.
In person, he is rather under than
aboA-e the medium height, and was for
merly of fair complexion, somewhat
freckled face, with light hair, grey
eyes, and high cheek bones.
Long Praters. Speaking against
long prayers Elder Knapp says :
"When Peter was endeavoring to walk
on the Avater to meet his Master, and
Avas about sinking, had his supplication
been as long as the introduction to some
of our modern prayers, before he got
half through, he would have been fiftv
feet under water."
Salaries of Theological Profes
sors. The Synod of South Carolina
proposes to the Synod of Georgia to
raise the salaries of the professors in
the Seminary at Columbia, and to en
dow the Rev. Dr. Thornwell's profes
sorship. 45,000 of the 60,000
have already been raised.
"Ocr Beckt Does !" A youDg dam
sel who is engaged, an! will shortly be
united to a eallant son of Neptune, lately
visited the Mariner's Church. During the j
sermon, the parson discoursed eloquently
and with much earnestness, of the dangers
jand temptations of tbe sailor. He eon
j elude J bj asking the following : " Is there
jany one who thinks anything cf him who
1 wears a tarpaulin hat and blue jacket, or a
ipair of trousers made of duck? In short,
lis there one who cares aught for the poor
j sailors V A little girl, a sister of the dam
sel jumped cp, and looking archly at her
sister, said, in a tone loud enongh for every
one to hear, " Tes, sir, our Becky does."
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To a Bottle.
'Tis very strange that you and I
Together eannot pull,
For you are full when I am dry
And dry when I am full.
The Late Dimrri.TT at Bktha-
sr College, Va. We have published :
i? 31 accnrit rt the
recent diff.cu.ty at ;
j Bethanv College, Y
i Aetnanv coi.erre. a. I he toiiowmrr
j ;? an acr.unt ,x Jr p
Burrs, the '
irce 5il gentleman, who wa?
4
tne ciu-:-
bid 'ftcn
r.rthrn
u to Sun-
' OI II
'The qnestko of i'avcry
been r-uMicallv deb.-.ted bv
and J'OTMhern sti'!ens preA
day, Xov. 11, without causing i'l-fvvl-
ing on either fide, but on that dav. at
i the President rf on.-t Mr V)
s request.
i t ,
u.p
for the subject of
j mon lhc Great Principle of Liberty.-
and alllIlo(1 to We,t In,lia omancfT,a-
ser-
! Ti . , t
j Ul ,TIlC "tem came intent :
! ?n.d tT"dot stamping and hissing ;
j 'i,13 alIJ, was ma-.e to silence him.
-l"en about one-thir 1 ot the audience
rushed out ivith loud cries and impre-;
cations. Stones were hurled against :
the house, and it Avas proposed to con
duct Mr. Burns to Buffalo creek, hard ;
by, and baptize him in the name of the i
''peculiar institution." The mob. how-
( ever, were frustrated in their purpose
through the -igilanee of Mr. Burns' '.
friends. The next day about tAventv
Northern students held a meeting and
resolved to leaA-e the College, unless
those connected with the mob were pub-
I licallv reprimanded or expelled
On
ors
the following day one of the Prof
m . X . .
tola them that it thev dni
not return
to their classes the Faculty h
id deter-i
mined to expel them and publish their!
expulsion in all the leading papers of
t
-tne tmon
len of the tAventv students
remained firm to the resolution they '
had passed, and, falling to obtain any i
redress, they quitted Bethany College, j
Anecdote of the Rev Dr. Plum-i
er. The Pittsbunr Herald toil
the
Dr.
following anecdote of the
Jtev.
Plummer, late of this city :
During a visit to the Hot Springs, ;
on a certain occasion, he was invited '
by the company gathered there to
preach for them on the Sabbath. He
consented, The ball room of the hotel
was prepared for religious worship, and
the audience assembled. The speaker i
announced his text, and began his dis
course ; but was mortified to find that
by some of the younger and more friv
olous of his hearer?, of both sexes, the
whole performance was looked on as a
good joke, and to be treated according- j
ly. Some were smiling, some Avere!
wnisperiug ana an unseemly levity pre
A'ailed throughout the congregation.
For a feAV minutes he endeavored to
Avithstand it it by a simple presentation
ot the truth ; but to no purpose. Stop-j
ping short in his discourse, he af once 1
arrested their attention by the oues-:
i tion : "My friends, do you know how
these Hot Spoings are said to have been :
discovered.' I will tell you. Many!
years since, an old Dutchman and his i
son Avere passing along down the valley,
where the road noAv runs that you see j
out there" pointing to it through the j
windoAV 'Avhen, observing the Spring, j
they stopped their team to Avater the :
horses. The old man took up the buck
et, went to the spring, and dipped it in,
when some of the Avater dashed up on !
3 1 ,111. T . . . i
nisnanuana scaiaea mm. instantly
dropping the bucket, he started for the
wa-xron. running, and calling to b
in the greatest consternation. ' lnve
on, Hans ; trive on ; Hellish not far
from dish place V " At this, his au
dience burst out laughing when, im
mediately assuming a look of deepest
solemnity and dropping his voice to the
low tones that in him are like muttered
thunders, he made the application : "I
tell you, my friends, Hell is not far
from this place." There were no more
smiles in that congregation that day.
Some who heard it, said it seemed to
them a3 if the terror.s of the Day of
Judgment had come.
fu vBljiliirfn.
Little Caleb and his Grandraama.
Caleb's countenance was pale ; and
he wa.s slender in form, and delicate in
appearance. He had been sick, and
even now he wa3 not quite well. Ilia
little taper fingers rested upon the win
dow sill, while his grandmother opened
her little Bible and began to read
Caleb sat still in her lap, with a serious
and attentiA-e expression of countenance.
" Two men went up into the temple
to pray ; the one a Pharisee, and the
other a publican."
" What is a Pharisee and a publi
can V asked Caleb.
You will hear presently. And
the Pharisee stood and prayed thus
with himself : God, I thank thee I am
not as other men are extortioners, un-
just, adulterers."
" What are all these, grandmother V
asked Caleb.
" O, different kinds of crime3 and
sins. The Pharisee thanked God that
he had not committed any of them."
" Was he a good man, grandmoth-
" Very likely, he had not committed
any of these great crimes."
' Or even as this publican.' A pub- i
lican, you must know, was a tax-gatherer.
He used to collect the taxes
from the people. They did not like to
pay their taxes, and so they did not I
like the tax-gathers, and despised them.
And thus he thanked God that Le was
not like tbe publicn. 'I f.ist t:
the week. I pay tithes of all t! -
" Tithe? r aM Caleb.
"Yes: tint w.v money wl.icb '
had commanded them to pv. ,
were to piy in proportion Jo the j
trty tl v had. But sme dib
men u-ed to C'liCe-iI sonu- f ihei:
r:Ttv. .- a no; t, have t r iv -o ;., ;
1 I
1 . T j
'-.it I'.'ian
e sn; t f;e l i; a t;ti .-
ail that be ro..od.
That was right, gran lmothr,'" .-
Caleb.
"Yes," sail hi grandmother, :
Avas very well."
' If he really did it," continued ' '
lob doubtfully." " Do you think he .i
grandmother V
" I think it very probable. I ,
sume he Avas a rrettr jr-o.. 1 nun.
si-ii
' Whit do you icrm by th.it, gr
mother?"
WLv bij liiirt m' .l t l.-iv.- !
bad, but he Avas probably pretty
fill about all hi actions wliieh coil. !
seen of men. But we " m.'
'And the publican, landing '
o'T. avouM not lift up somur'T a- h:. .
to heaven, but sinotr up i: bi- bi . ,
saying. !, be merciful to me :
ner ! I tell you tin's man Avent ' .
to hi house justified ratbi-r thai, o
other.' "
" Which man ?" Mid Caleb.
" The publican."
'The publican was justified ;' .- 1
Caleb; "what does juxtifi d no in '."
"Forgiven and approved. (loo
plea-ed Avith the publican, becni--
confessed his sins, honestly ; but hr -displeased
Avith the Pharisee, br-c-he
came boasting of Lis good deed-.
Here there was a pause. Cale!
stiil and seemed thoughtful. Ilisgr..' !
mother did not interrupt him, but v
ed to hear Avhat he would say.
" Yes; but, grandmother, if tbe I'i
isce really was a good man, av.i it , . -right
for him to thank God for it?"
"It reminds rne of Thomas' ucn. .
said Madam Bathel.
" Thomas' acorns!" said C ileb; ". oi
me about them, grandmother."
" Why, Thomas and hi br.tb
George were sent to school, 'i b-'y : ? .
ped to play by the av.iv, until it v. a.
late that they did not dare to o in.
Tl.cn - ptnj ft playing aoout i .
fields till it was time to go homo. 'I h
felt pretty bad, and out of huu.or. a; i
at last they separated and went ho,
different Avays. Ingoing h.tw, Th:..
as found an oak-tree Aith acorn urei. r
it. 'Ah !' said he, I will carry mo' -or
some acorns." He had obsen-o
that his mother was pleased aOi"i.--,
he brought her things ; and be had
idea of soothing his own feeling of ""
i . "'
and securing his mother's favor, by l!
good deed of carrying her home so; .
acorns. So, Avhen he caue into lb
house, he took his hat off carefully, Avb b
a smiling face and look 4" great m-" i
satisfaction, an.l said, ' Here, moth- r,
I have got you some acorns.' "
" And what did his mother ray?"
a,ked Caleb.
"She shook her bend f-orrov, full,-,
and told him to r?o ar,d nut the afor,.
" Then presently (ieorge caiiiO in.
He put away his cap, walked in :-ofth.
and put his face down in his mother
lap, and said, A-.ith tear and obf-.
4 Mother, I have been doing f-omethin
A'ery wrong.' Now, which of tbe-e lo
you think came to his mother right ?"
" Whv, George," said he, " certain-
W - '
" Ye-, and that was the way the pub
lican came ; but the I'haru- e covered
up bis .sins, being pleaded arid sati-bed
Avith himself; and taking that God
would be pleased and satisfied with his
acorns."
Here madam Rachel pau.ed, and Ca
leb sat fctiil thinking of as hat he h -d
heard.
Madam Rachel then closed l.er eve-,
and in a low, gentle voice, the .po.e a
few words of payer ; and then t-he told
Caleb that he must always remember,
in all his prayers to confess hi hms ful
ly and freely, and never cover them vp
and conceal them, with an idea that
good deeds made him rorthy. Then
she put Caleb down, and he ran down
stairs to play. Abbott.
The Homa beyond the Skies.
There i a Lome a bright, pur? ho'.&'i
A home beyond tiie ky,
"iVbcre living water frl&'l'.j c'l.h
Forever to the eye.
A tpot where angels origrc-ate,
A path by angels trod,
A promivi land wL'-re tle hliall Ei't
Who liive and worLip(J.j.
'Tin jjlaced alxve the barr.in ?ar,
The far spread B' ld f Leaven ;
O! what a jrlorious hcria-fe
To the pure heart ed giea.
The Mck heart turneth from the earth ;
TL yearning eager ikjuI
Stretcben afar in anxious thought
To the eternal goal.
Ye; like a weary hark it comes.
The plaything of the wave,
Tratitg its hopes to that One ana.
That but alone can save.
There i a home a bright, pure Lome,
Unsen by mortal eye,
Where the worn, weary, rest in pesice
The fioxiE beyond the .ky I