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Pro-.tlytism and Proselyters.
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T h'li ihn l'lox'lut'r ,tm Ur.l',1
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fiit't any ftt i 'jiiVij t',,rn , ih, tho'. xrJi
torn lis.
f tk to rr,n f -ft to In', i,irti. h
he
haoia lima Jt,',r4 j,rrju't''fr to L'm-
", OUl lO T-ltl'li
if 'my nffr-riion.
It il i;r; ij t
It i yre.ufiiuh!e that a ch-rlcal or !aj
protifiyfcr will hf-rimint Lim-f lf with th-
d .ctri'jcs of hirf Church, arjl c-f-pecialij
with tloe which are re;'arJe'I as -tiScotifil
to her ht-')uj ;uil hI! htifir. hi the Kr.i
conal Church, fjf'it-j!ic ucce.sio is thk
d'.KtririC, a;jl f. mir.istern aoi
'rummers, prof'-Pi prcat furniibriiy with
this euhj'ct say thy tan tra'.-e the fpis
copal hucce-.sion with as much ease aud
accuracy a tfify can their own tiatural
peJire- : while ia thi Hap?.it Church,
" IMMKKfO. t,if a r'ljilar a l!.'rv:''l ad
tm nixtmtor" is a tinn pit von of I'lirH
tian character, and a sure entrance into the
kingdom of ;rrace ; and they declare, with
unhiuhing effrontry, thai " The Baptist
Church h the I'riinitive Church there
has never been a time when it was not id
tein it is now, a3 it was in its
origin,
and has bees in it-i history in all ajrts of
Christianity, e.CTiti!Iy the gauio." (The
aptit Denomination, p. 21.) Thi3 is
asaurnin perfect familiarity a knowledge
that defies c&ntradictius. Xow, it ia a
fact koown to every one who has paid any
attention to the subject, that the large ma
jority of the laity, and especially the young,
never concern themselves with doctrinal
subjects, and are, for the most part, Etrong
ly averse to religious controversies. They
rarely, if ever, look into or examine aoy
work pt;t f rth in-defence- of those points
which constitute the asis of discord and
contention among the Churches. True,
thoy have beard of apostolic succession and
its associate assumptions, but contenting
themselves with the belief (and it is a true
opinion) that they are ' obi wives' fables,"
they have not thought it worth their while J
to coiisume time in examinin? the matter: '
and as to the assumptions of the Baptists, I
they have considered them as tho conve- j
rient gasconade of tight laced bigots, aad
as such, ha?e giTxa tlie subject tne go-by?. I
The 'Jiauiphm., of these extreme systems, !
korvw t!ii.i fart. They know, also, that !
their own members, as a general hing, are j
as ignorant on these points as othors ; aud
yet, with this knowledge, they are so
ccnerous and uut'air, as to oasaii those -wno
.1 : . ...i ..j..ua rf
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their known and acknowledged want of
information, seek to undermine their faith,
ana convert them over to their party. I
ask, if any high minded, honorable gentle
man would be guilty of a course of con
duct so unworthy the character of a min
isier of Christ- a miin ? True nobility of
soul that nobleness which religion in
spires, disdains to take advantage of the
weakness and ignorance of others. It i3
recorded of lihoderiek Dhu, that his chiv
alrous spirit forbade bis holding on to his
veil tried " targe" of " tough bull-hide,"
wKile his antagouist was armed with sim
ple "falchion," but castingit to the ground,
said,
" See here, all v&ntageless I stand,
Armed like thyself, with simple brand."
Btt, those ecclesiastical " carpet knights,"
wb fifcrick from encountering foeinen
u -worthy of :thoir steel," are ever engaging
the ioexperienoed aud uninformed. Shame
on them for the:r cowardice, their mean
aiess. The subject, Mr. Editor, when presen
ted in this-ligbt is bad euough repugnant
to every manly trad refined feeling ; yet
rthsr-3 are other aspoets in which it appears
-still' worse.- Thosa taast liable to assault
tr ioexperieced females, who have but re
cently professed faith ia Jesus, and attach
ed; themselves to the Church of God. These
ra necessarily unskilled in doctrinal po
leaaicsi; Youtg in their first love, .hey
caly pant for the streams of salvation
-desire to be conformed to the will, and
transformed inta the image of God. Filled
-yith love to God and all mankind, they
Jook upon all professing " like precious
iaith as brethren, and children ot tne
same great Iarent. To attack such, is as
jusillauimous as for a full grown, armed
man to assault a helpless, smiling infant.
Aod yetj alas ! how often is this done ?
Almost every revival is followed by efforts
to draw away the converts, either to the
Church, or " down into the water." Veri
ly,, proselyting is a degrading, contempti
ble bnsiness! The most appropriate des
icnatiou I Aver hear given it, was by
Bishop Morris, who styled it, " Ecclesias
tical Sh p-A( ea I ing' '
In this crusade the ineau resorted to
are not always of the purest character;
and do marvel, since a dishonorable war
fare must give rise to. and sanction expe
dients consonant with the motives that
-prompt it. It is not unfrequently the case
tbat the-proselyter is -found catering to the
Dropensities of fallen humanity, cr almost
deifying aa ordinance, ia order to carry
his-point. He will tell those whom be
seeks-to " convert to his party," tbat the
rales of the Church to which they belong
4rs?;-iliv if thev are Methodists, and
v-r , "... 7j -
thth seem to have on insatiate han..vering
after the Methodist fold,) are er.tirely too
rhrid; that they arc cut off from all those
innocent ' amusements and refined gratifi
cations such as dancing, attending the
theatre, etc.. etc , so consonant with our
natures, and which are repugnant only to
th puritanical. Iu the Church no such
tight laced- opinions obtain, and no such
roles are tolerated and enforced : for, all
that she requires is a decent conformity to
th&crder of worship; and to avoid any
open infraction of general morality. These
being. observed, little if any thing more is
required or expected. To be regenerated
in baptism ; receive the IT'ty Ghost ia
confirmation ; and sustaining, conquering
gyace ia the Lord's Supper, constitute the
! Church touts'. 8Utui of religion rov i. J
It i sameti use the case that the Proe-j
rtcr sppoa!
to the pride cr taslty c-f h;e
; tended ricti:n. TLi subjc
"' urider-tao I t'iat their
n ffS'i'ibHit' are of m high aa
er
hi alli-.-d to an aociat:on, compo-oi prin-
ciri'ly of the ttiddle or wer c'ase! of ;
' so;iety ; arjd who, in conviqacroce, are not
i so intelligent and refirjed as couM be d
fcired ; therefore, tbey ehoul I seek cuutiec-'
" tiorj w;th a Church cornpcS'-d of persons.
! who-:e advantages and p-os'ti in are like!
j their own. Here they can find society for 1
bemdves and families; there tLey t.ave
v-ry Jittie, if aoy. J hui, the weaket;
point in liurnan nature, vanity, is assailed, j
It is uriplea-.ar.it to believe, that nn-n and I
women professing god!io:-s pro&sMDg to j
6e lainlnt'-rn of Jesus Christ, can descend ;
nr, low hi thui to cater to the passions of
the human heart, merely to swell a ''party;"
and yet, I rnu-t follow to a fctii! lower step, j
It ever and anon happens that those
sought to be pros, lyted, are found by the
.Methodists in poverty svd obscurity, and
raised to independence and some degree of j
rirominpnne. On thf-p lh lJrr.p! i ter firea !
his longing eyes, and approaches theai oa
this point : they are cajoled into the be
lief that a connection with the Church.
which comprise s the elite, the very bon j
ton of society which constitutes the status j
of rrxncr'abiiti. will nrt. nnlv incrpsup I
their respectability, but facilitate their
tempejral outside, by affording thetn differ
ent and more fashionable society, and ulti
mately secure advantageous matrimonial
connections for themselves, or the sons aDd
daughters of those already married. This
appeal to self interest, tells with powerful
effect upon the minds of gome who are
taken- out of the very dust and raised to
respectability by a connection with the
Church they are now desired to abandon.
Ieing ambitious of yet greater elevafion,
and forgetting the pit whence they were
dug, and the debt of obligation under
which they are placed, they vield to the i
Tempter, and in so doing often make
'ship-wreck of faith and a good conscience.'
r will now. ask. If any one with proper ,
sen-respect can Decome a proselyter r And;
yet, how common is this habit! And!
they try hard to persuade themselves that
11 18 a utJ t'iat they are bound to set
the poor schismatics and heretics into the
Church, that they may finally be saved,
" O tcmpora, O mores" !
he ImmersionUt have to practice upon
a dilTereut system of tactics : since they
catll-Gt invoke the stgis of the elite and boa
tn they apply tb-? jjower of wite. 7'hcy
j tf" thoe whom tnev have marked for "the !
un-M'0' grave," that " infant baptism is no!
. ""-" 7-
! God." Thut " immersion in water, by a
regularly authorized (dipped) administra
tor" is essential to, and that " this alone is
baptism." That in order to " obey Christ"
to fo'low his example, and be a real
Bible Christian, they must be immersed.
That as long as they live in the neglect of
this duty, they live in a state of sin ; are
out of Christ's Church, unfit for the sac
rament of the Lord's Supper ; aud have
no covenant arsurance of heaven. That
the ministers of Methodist E. Church are
religious tyrants, and her government an
ecclesiastical despotism ; and, as to the
Presbyterians, they are all " true blue,"
and
" Still so perverse and opposite,
As if they worshipped God for spite."
Indeed, in ecclesiastical matters, tbey are
religious Ishmaelites, whose hands " are
against every man" : they are the excluders
of all exclusion isfs and their battle cry
is " icater, water, water."
" In religion,
" What damned error, but some sober brow
Will bless it, and approve it with a text,
Hiding the crossness with fair ornament?
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Seme mark of virtue on bis outward parts."
" Hiding the grossness" of their pre
tensions, with the " fair ornament" of " a
text," they lead many unsuspecting, dou
ble minded," unstable creatures to a " li
quid grave;" and I fear some to a liquid
hell. On them rests- the fearful responsi
bility; and they shall answer for it.
Virginia. EPISTOLEUS.
Deacons of the Olden Time.
Deacon John Benedict was a worthy
old man, and enjoyed many claims to
respect. He was not only a deacon
but a Justice of the Peace; moreover,
he was the father of Aunt Delight of
whom I desire ever to speak with rev
erence. She not being a beauty, was
never married, and hence, having no
children of her own, she combed and
crammed the heads of other people's
children. In this way she wa3 emi
nently useful in her day and genera
tion. The Deacon respected the law,
especially as it wis administered in his j
own person. He was severe upon those
who violated the statutes of the Stater
but who violated the statutes of Dea
con John Benedict committed an un
pardonable sin. He was the entire
police of the meeting house on Sunday,
and not a boy or girl, or even an hum
ble bee could offend without condign
punishment. Nevertheless, the Deacon
is said m one case rather before my
time? to have met bis- match. There
was in the village, a small, smart, ner
vous woman, with a vigorous clack,
which, once set a going, was hard to
stop. One day she was at church,and
having carried her dinner of mince pie
in a little cross-handled basket,, she set
it down under the seat. In the midst
of sermon time a small dog eame into
the pew, and, getting behind her petti
coats,, began to devour the pie. She
heard what was going on and gave him
a lick. Upon this the dog backed ca
with a yelTV but bringing the dinner
basket, huag across his neck with-him.
Back, Lack hJ rrl aero? i 3 pew in-
to the troal a;Ie.
'Oh. &r . eai-i the woman in a:
erimi TOiCf Itie aojr s ruv di.'inr.
What will Deacon Bene -Jictsaj? Why,
I ra talkinz all the tirse. There "it
roes a?rin. VI x:at sbaii 1 iu .
Hold your tonzue ! said the Dea
con, who waa in hb ofHcial sat, front- The usual salutations and happy greet
ing the explosion. The words operated , in3 past, each makes hh report, rhor
like a charm, and the nervous lady , 'in;: the fruits of his well-meaiit effort-?,
was fciler.t. The next diy Deacon John j and prepares for another year's work,
appeared at the house of the offender, ! It is a time for refection and a pray
carryin a calf bound rolarne in hia erful review cf the part, and hopes and
hand. Hie woman guve one glance,at
the book and one at the Deacon. That
was enoughj.it spoke volumes, and the
man of the law returned home and nev-
er mentioned the subject afterwards.
This i3 the whole of the storv as it vaa
reportea to me in- my ycutn.
leacon iiawiev was very
K1.-
either of hia two associates. He wa3
ui,.m:
younger, of a peculiarly mild and ami -
able temper. His countenance wore a
tranquil and smooth expression. His
hair was fine and silky, and lay a3 i f s
oiled to his head. He had a voice and!
uu tar lor music, iie was a eaoinet
inacr rw rm.in i ohAn t i.x. .K -
i , , . . .
a deacon by the vote of the church, a
. j c-.v,, c. vnwi.,
christian by the grace of God. In each
of these things he found a place, a3 if
designed for it by nature and by Prov -
idence.
llow eaily did life flow on for him !
How different was it3 peaceful current
from the battle waged by Gran'ther
Baldwin from the beginning, and ceas-J
ing only when death put his cold finder
on the heart and silenced it forever.
Oh, natare ! thou art a powerful form
er, sometimea
moulding the
heart in
love and charity, and sometimes as ifjrade and pomp, of splendor and glory
in bitterness and spite. Let those who
become the judge3 of man here below
make due allowance for these thin3.
In worldly afTair3 as well a3 spiritual.
Deacon Hawley's path was straight and j
u MJ 5LLfn ;tll1- u j
loved in society, honored in the church. I
Exceedingly frugal by habit and dis- j
position, lie still loved to give in char-j
ity though he told the world not of it. !
WKon V10 nr'in ,1 f.,;i,T i
. n J a
provided tor, ho spent m.jch of his time j
in casting about to Snd opportunities i
of doing good. Onw he learned that)
a widow, who had been ingoenl ciroum- i
stances, wa3 Ptruggling w"th novertv.
ty for fear "of wounding "her pride i
, , Vl- tt- .1
ner cnange ot conauiou- ue maeiuic
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intimated that ho owed a debt o her ,
late husband,and wished to pay it to her. ,;
And how was that V said the lady, I
somewhat startled.
'I will tell you,' said the Deacon.
'About five and twenty years ago, soon
after you were married, I made some
furniture for your husband to the
amounnt of two hundred dollars. I
have been looking over the accounts,
found that I rather overcharged him in
the price of some chairs; that is I could
have afforded them at somewhat less.
I have added up the interest, here,
The widow listened; and, as she sus- j
r.nntoA tVio fr-iif h tho tpflTj A.n.mA to b Ar i
yv.- v..v VI v.. v.
eyes
The Deacon coraprenendea all
in an instant ; he did not pause for a
reply, but laid the money on a table
and departed.
Another trait of this good man was
his patriotism. The prosperity his
country seemed always to be in his
heart a source of gratification to him
self and a cause of thanksgiving to God.
His conversation his prayers were full
of these sentiments. Though cf mod
erate intellectual gift, his temper was
so even, his desires so just, that his
judgment was almost infallible ; and
hence he exercised a large though quiet
and unseen influence upon other men.
It is strange in thi3 world to see a man
who always and under all circumstances
seems to have as his master motive
the wish to be doing just right. Yet
such a man was Deacon Hawley.
Scottish Superstitions.
On an infant entering the first
strange house, the person who carries
it demands a piece of silver, an egg,
anel some bread, for good luck to the
child. This is a folk lore in Bdinburghr
does it exist elsewhere ?
2. When a pea-pod containing nine
peas is found by a young woman while
shelling peas, she places it above the
outer door, and the first young man
who enters the door thereafter i3 to be
her future husband.
3. There are fishermen in Forfar
shire who, on a hare crossing their
path while on their way to their boats,
will not put to sea that day.
4. In some parts of Scotland a horse
shoe that has been found, when nailed
to the mast of a fishing boat, is a great
mean of ensuring tne boats s?fetv m a
storm.
y ntinrinfT tTu cfi
Overwhelm ixci Approbation. A
toper, quite the worse for liquor, reel
ed up in front of o pulpit, from which
the Rev. Mr. Kidwell, a LTniversalist
preacher, was proclaiming that-there
is no-hell. After listening a while, the
drunkard cried out ' That's it, Kid
well, my old friend ! Make them words
true, fcr if-you don't I'm a goner.'
T:v? scrmon was, at the same time, cut
short and refuted, by this unexpected
approvai
Na L;!is Cr;i'tlm A i
The Caem ce.
; -n nna3i v&irrence J3
cf peculiar interest to the
I preacher. lUxir.g completed
a season
itinerant
Tear s
i Tou, n goss i j uivev uis ieiiow-ia borers
- 1 in the kingloTi and pnlence of Jesus.
pledge3 for
th--
are.
He
asas ;
- 'How have I demeaned myself; what
- has been ny success, and how shall I
stand at the Jast day, in Tiew of the
' work I have dor.e, and the manner cf
' it3 performance
a"vl ne mouires witn a aesrree ot
) anvictv veith i son nn-nnam V,cr
."3 i r-
shall tnv lot be cast for another year :
-'-"-vi ""-"K w.iw.m . "
1 what will be my success, and hovr many
souls shall I win to Christ V
These are a few of the thoughts
which occupy the mind of the faithful
itinerant. His own eae, his own com-
J
' tori, ai e noi uuestions wuicii concern
- , , . . , . .
mm nnr is np an Triifh mforo:toH ohnnt
, j w ...w.w-uuai,
I his support or that of his familv. The
I main questions with him are : 'Shall I
please God and do good V
j One of the most morally sublime
j scene3 wc have ever witnessed is to be
j hold a body of faithful Methodist
j preachers, receiving their appointments
j in the spirit of Christ, and setting forth
full of faith and the Holy Ghost to
I their various fields of labor. There are
; no flying banners ; no sound of martial'
music ; no glittering swords or waving
plumes: none of those evidences of pa-
thrown around the moving battalions
a3 they march to the field of blood;
but there is the great command of the
Ma3ter: 'Go ye into all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature ;'
1 tua 0; nMm;n T.n T
am with you.' These are enough. He
shouts :
My life, my blood, I here present,
If for thy truth they my he .-pent ;
Fulfil ihv sovereign counsel, L rd !
Thy will be dune, thy uame aJore-J !
Give iiie thy strength. 0 God of pr.rer!
Then let winds blow, or thunders roar,
Thy fiiiiiful witue.53 rill I be:
do ail through tnee.
a J ?
C oriSTcr d -j v uy- xnx-.
moving
to action.
Their motto btmg,
'None of these
, rmi,i;f
things move mf, neither count 1 my lite
f SQ that x mi ht fia:3b
ear unto m , r
r I' I 1 ,
nav e receiveu ui m; jum n ..uj, -
tifv the gospel of the grace of Goa.
Such men daserve well of the Church,
and of every philanthropist, and wher
ever thev go they should be received as
messengers of mercy, heralds of the
cross. They are the benefactors of
their race, and confer blessings upon
society which come from no other
source. True, they are men of like
passions with their brethren; yet they
are the denositorie3 of the grace of
Christ, having rich treasures in c
cn vessels :
rin'
'Gold is but dross, and gems but toys,
Should sM ad gems compare :
How mean when set against those joys
Thy poorest servants share !
'Yet alt these treasures of thy grace
Are lodged in urns of clay ;
And the weak sons of mortal race
Th' immortal gifts convey.'
Cast thy Burden upon the Lord.
Dr. Payson, when racked with pain,
and near to death, exclaimed, '0 what
a blessed thing it is to lose one's will.
Since I have lost my will I have found
happiness ! There cannot be such a
thing as disappointment to me, for I
have no desires but that God's will may
be accomplished.'
John Newton, in his old age, when
hi3 sight had become so dim as to be
unable to read, hearing the scripture
repeated, 'By the grace of God I am
what I am,' paused for some moments,
and then uttered this affecting soliloquy :
'I am not what I ought to be. Ah .
how imperfect and deficient ! I am not
what I wish to be. I abhor that which
is evil, and I would cleave to that
which is good. I am not what I hope
to be. Soon, soon. I shall put off,with
mortality, all sin and imperfection.
Though I am not what I ought to be,
yet I can truly say I am not what I
once was, a slave to sin and Satan; and
I can heartily join with the apostle,and
acknowledge, 'By the grace of God I
am what I am. '
'I was once called,' says Mr. Jay,
'to attend the dying bed of a young
female. In answer to my inquiries,she
TArdipd.-4! have little to relate as to my
experience. I have been much tried
and tempted; iut this is my sheet an
chor. He hah siid, 'Him that cometn
to me I will in no wise cast out.5 I
know I ccmt: to him, and I expect he
will be as good as his word. Poor and
unworthy as I am, he will not trifle
with me nor deceive me. It would be
beneath his greatness as well as his
goodness.'
jg?-Povidence does much to save us
from real evils, but we must save ourselves
from imaginary cns.-
God made Washington .childless, that a
nation might call him fatheri-
From tl
THE ATGEIIZXI.
; The benefits cf the atov?r
not i:rx.i:ed by the decree of G-i
certain naaoer of evr racs KyieJ the
eiccu Maiiv irreat and
but the thct tmh.
ana that iXie rest i
a
oi mankind God was pleased . . . .to'
Jpa3 by, and to ordain them to disbon
without a Saviour, aril consciumtlv
without nv fhnnA .'A,v.v
j -... vo?,vci: r. vl
iMimtlA. J .3 -l
i caiwauvu, auu KJ uaiUQ mem IOr not
( u.iici hi a o.iiour woo never a:eu
ifor thetn and in whom thev surelv
; r.-r'. : c : i f
ouzht not to be ;eve f he nAwr rA.
deemed' them Is called Horious jus-
; tice !' Well, if that be justice, it is, as
sorne one remarks, 'justice stamped with
" . - -u w w i W' "till
ine most ternnn tf.itnrp r.t its r.nnnsit
; . "fr '-""
ihntnk .i . i
niavuyi.uiuaii uiuiu can bee me giory
oi me one, ior tne inevitable tnamles-
-r iL . '
tation of the other.'
! The scheme of absolute predestina-
'tion. bv which God wrrips nnr 1.;. nr.
whom we nonor as servants cf tf.e Most : labor. We may slwt do as tr.nCh :
High and whom we hearuly bid God; in OV5r d,;:3 bv in5r,rtu:-,9 ;
Fpee.1 m all the-r lal-rs cf lore, still : ;R:lin. S3 Vminii-er.s ac
nave irsscnbcd unon thir rrf,l tbit i- v. - " .l . ... .
, , , ' . , ", . ' , iw insu in me pu.pst. i r.t nacre :
none were 'redee-ned by Christ . . . . ! rr ' ' 1 i
i or and wrath for th'.? a-.r, - tlnnrt;u!
of his glorious justice.' CJlorioas juV ' tioB8 date
itice! To'nassbv' mn nnd lpariihpm'remenir
; poses, touching both the elect and rep swal,owcd by the 'remorseless sea," rc
! robates, is thus delineated by Dr. min3 U3 ?f le cf her short po
; Chalmers, a great and good man, who em3- gve lt below entire, tvilh the
possessed liberal views, and a warm be- exccpticn of two stanzas :
. nevolent heart: 'The wiil of man, ac- j Yet 10e tLe depiln h;u more: What
;tive an-I spontaneous, and fluctu iting ! Vjr 7eh u,,,!';1.i-. ., . . .,.
. . t i lar d'wn. urn! shmins through tiieir still-
. as it appears to be, is an instrument in ; nes? lies ?
his (God's) hand, and he turns it at hia Thmi hast the starry perns the burrdns gold.
; pleasure, and he brings other instru
!raent3to act upon it, and he plie3 it
; with all its excitements, and ho raeas
' ures the force and proportion of each of
I them, and every step of every in livid
: ual receives as determinate a character
j from the hand of God, a3 every m;!e of
jthe planet's orbit This power
; of God knows no exceptions. It 'is ab
; solute an 1 unlimited .... It reigns
) and Operates through all the socrycies
j of the inner man. It gives birth to ev-
j cry purpose. It gives irnpuiso to every
uesire. It gives shcoe and cdor
to (
j every concepti.-.n. It wields r.n c vve
i ascender
..-..j. uti -.mi tin: .f oi tue
Dr,ffv ,..;;.,... .CI.-
, iui.iu, aii-i ir.ti -mm i ana tne lat.cv. au-i :
i mc unfUTstariKinor. wit'i all the count-1
i movement and direction through yvcry j
i it-i r.-.ir.'. ir. Vii Una tS -.nr r "1 rr ri in y tl A I
I UU. j.-uiiib 1:1 VMV I'll'. iT.!-.. ...!. - - '.;
I At no one moment of time does it)
i aOail'lOIt U3. XK. lUU'J US IJ I'..: :iUUl ;
I of death, and it carries us to our place
I of everlasting destiny in the regions j
! beyond it.' Now, wherein, as regards i
j man's free agency and his destiny, does
' mo3t rank fatalism differ from this rigid j
! predestination ? Can fatalism do more j
j than to ply the will with 'all it3 ex-!
citements,' and measure the force and
proportion of each, of them.' and give j
. 1 .... T. ..11 , l..-.-
! 'birth to every purpose, impulse to ev
ery desire,' form and color to every tily than the doctrine of "C irwtwn per
J 1 1 i j ifActinn- He aw it with tlie eyes that
.:i.i
cy over every attribute of the mind,'
! J. . J . , . .1
U'JVCULIUII,
mem an I'mnc ueJiati.-
give 'movement ana airecion inrougu
every one point in the line of our pil-
grimageand Wry us to our eternal
destiny ? No; fatalism cannot go be-
.t,:, t? .v : u:l, ;
VUUMU II1I3. x ui lucie ia iiuunu iu ---- - , 1 e .1
Ihought, desire, or action nothing in- people called Methodists ; and for the
volving our happiness or miserv in lte of propagating thw cbiefly, he . p
time and eternity, that is not ascribed j peared to have raised us up. YV here
in the foregoing' quotation, to the re- it not strong T
O r.' a
sistless poicer of God.
The Mountains on Fire.
The Pwev. II
, of the Kentucky
Conference, related to me the following
0
mAirtAnt- in rAfrnrd tn himself : V Pf-n
admitted to Gonierence, his nrst ap
pointment was to the mountains of Wes
tern Virginia. His presiding elder re
quested him to study first the branch
es of science laid down in the 'regular
course of reading for candidates for
'deacon's orders.' He remarked tbat
during the winter he could study but
little, as he had to lodge in the same
room with the families among whom he
had labored. In those days of log
cabins, parlors and 'well-furnished up
per rooms were not to be found in that
region of country. However, in sum
mer he resorted to the woods to study
the 'prescribed sciences.' 'O sir,' said
he, 'no language can describe how Sa
ton buffeted me for a long season.'
Logic and rhetoric were dry and unin
teresting studies to a man far from
home frcm wife and children. 'At
one time, said he, 'I had a fearful
struggle, which lasted for several honrs,
and I had almost made up ray mind to
quit the field and return to my wordly
occupation. But God be praised, a I
put my books on science into my sad
dle bags, my band rested urK-n my
j pocket Bible. I took it out a-t:I cora
induced reading ia it . I toon b-nine
deeply interested- Bright and cedes-
tial ray darted into my soul, and
di
O vine glory gilded the sacred page,
brother Gaddis,' said my dear tro
IL , the mountains were on on
fire, and I arose end made the giand
old forest echo with my loud shouts off
Mory to God in the highest; on earth
peace and good will to mcaf.- Ah.
mv dear reader, ne saw ov lartn wmi
reading
Elisha coul
fall of
this victory,
the Uible, what tne servant ci uaic -
d not see the moun: -P1""""'' 77 v v r
horses and chariots. 'After . - ,r ., ,
... . . r,.iiMmi) lntillf ' 12: tliA fiaU.tl T''tlV-
' c5rJ th ir.mutPr M "- IJ ' t '
way"! J:ck rry B.He n.?-' t?
1 w-od, to ft rr rl:tilc en :"?;-.
: t in, r?ad Gl s yrtrtou? trcri ccn-
!;:an:lr. PraT a'?f as di Bjis'er, Li
t arether, WesyWhi;eM, Fletcher, As-
;fctrrr, M'Ken Jree, lied i:r., ani many :
wnora i rcigat rer.t on cf rccrero:
The Treaiare of the Deep
Those of our readers who.e recollec- '
back twenty-five years will!
with what pleasure they!
vrr accusitureu 10 rca-i a new poena
c ijvn ui .'nw. iiruns. mac
. STe IP W Icmj ( WTltpr in t 1 whoiA.'
;
.
ranre or Kpi ;sh htfmt nri ii wrrin t
ra " A '
a h,?ter place. She had not the strong j
: "neuec., me loiiy imagination, ana
Power of analyzin
j T Joanna Eaille-
power ot analrz;ng passion posvsed
-'fcister Joanna, as
Salter Scott wa3 accustomed to call I
, . - . .
cu,; "- r" Ul n
1 i .i .i .
DueL. anil wrnri" m.inv in nirj i nt trA
r : , ". y ...
: a-rtr M chnn .1 rAt l.r, ... . .1.,
u,t:-
! 1 hc deplorable loss of the Central
Amer'ca, of the treasure and brave j
; en, that, with the ill-fated- bark, were'
Won from ten t!riuitnJ rovnl arj-ii.
Sweep o'er thy pp nN, thou wild ani wrathful j
Earth chtim not '-? aaii.. I
Yet mire, the bi'duws- and the depths have
more !
Hish he.kit-j nod brv
vc are g ithrci t- tSy
lireast !
Tbpv hsu.r not toe b um
t r -i-,
brc i!t their
The battl
tour
s will n -t
vest.
Keep thy g ild and g ns, th'
Give back the true aul
st 'n.iy grive.
brave ! j
Giv.-i back the l"Rt an 1 1 ive ! ! thuon f.;r w'-iom
The place va:s kept at bom d and hoirth o
' iu': r'V' r ai-iiui .!ir..i--i iiiij.i
Tl. ... ..t. . I
: V,r,..,tl.l..1, ..1 .,
9i
-s ':, !
And
le v;i;u cirai.-iii w-..Ls 'iiii l-t f- fr.l ;
hon.
i.')fMii'?v.t .r.
TVi thop thfl lr)TH cf WjoltU h Ith ''i':0 'iOWD.
- . -
Dark A w thy ii 1 3 o er :o:v.
13 11
v's fil
"r" i
0r youth'- brig!
ry crown ;
Yet must tho 1
1
1 U i'.
lifir a
,:. U-t ,,-e the i
detid
Earth ghnil reclaim her precioa things fruin
th-e !
Iledtore the dead thou fea!
- -
Preaoh Holiness.
Of all the Wesleyan tenet3, none
was received bv my father more hear-
! fection-
TT -
compiled the , esiyan iiym.,-,
n,l tkmn-rWt. loner Christian ca-
"- -- - .
reer he held t to be just as important,
Mr. Wesley, hunse.f did when h,
said, 'This doctrine i.s the grand depo-;
Uition which God has lodged with the
i ecu mere ctiuvu
blessing of God ; anel consequently m-
tie addition to the society, and little
life in the members of it. Speak and
snare not. Let not regard to any man
j i V ,.(.ntr tVin truth of God. I
i "uce - uu ku uf " " " r..i
Till you prcs3 believers 10 expect m.i
AI" Ju r .1-1
salvation now, you mu3t not look ion
any revival. That point entire sal- ,
I vation from inbred sin can hardly ev
er be insisted upon in preaching or
prayer without a particular blessing
Hone3t J. B. firmly believes this doc
trine, that we are to be saved from all
sin in this life ; but I wiih, when oppor
tunity serves, you will encourage him,
1. To preach Christian perfection con
stantly, strongly, and explicitly. 2.
Explicitly to assert and prove that it
may be received now; and, 3, That it
is to be received by simple faith.
Preface of life of Carvosso.
The Paster's Appeal.
Ye who have sat f -r weary years
And criticised toy voice and toi e.
And sorrowed that the word of G-;d
By bands s i fele fhoold b sown ;
My Chtirtiari friend, a fttttiant,
Your Pastor com-- to you. this day.
And ask you in tle nsni of Chr.t,
Tor his ira mortal f'-ol to j
Tempted wirVjct and wfak within,
Stonn-toss'-I and tsapt-iruen.
I etrnoVe, V.id wild wv-s of na,
To poft to v.-a the there? :i Hearea.
The very oee-that I besr
Attracts tbe w.:W te-.iiptr' vAg.
Fo where t'-er-- fi ts a. l.-ncer- t
There qoiek f rmn' arr Cie.
Aithocg oi ah &5 c'-rlL eir'
I cannot tell the wt tmoont.
Fr tool con-uittM ?o m? fhar-e
I shall cal- i u 12 rxcutt.
nu rht-UrifiG fHni. i:l ve n' t
The s-jlesio r. rds I --?s
?sk. tsi:s day,
An-i far a hies'ns io'ChTirt's iff
Ueon Toor Taor. fcumViy ruy "'
TZT CitEGTMAV JiNU THE fcKtPTiC.
" If we are to
roo-i rr.T). ; l . i :?i t ..
r v it :
iite aftrr GVvh, wt.y don t
' C"sr vh ., f i:'"-
scrr .-i er : :,-r t, hxe we p-r.i.f;, J
ctr : .n::e to inter, or c-ir pen to :--,
J-niric:a!i -i of any cr.? ef cur s":or.
-.-y:estar.t chore?.." Wc ai :r-r!y
cbj--ct t- !fortt$ thin ia connect.ori
w.th our Church; and we arc as cr-
ti i- .: . c . i .i .t
'-"j !-'. i. wi:o tae corroc:r,cs
of
-v.. .-... f . u kit rjrr-;c.ie'i
ojr dr:HnfM arvl p-j.!i:y, ntVr cn
-ibly b- rirh th-irs.- Yet, h.i 1
ii Deli-T? taera cmsrie-ui .u a w,-!! n
we ; coiscm thit th-r wcll w-
a
are striTirr
to srlorif? G 1 r. 1 IV A
tiie mu! of
the re r ! : allr thm
a lemn far: thit there i laor work t
l- "'-"8 nan we ;i car. aomrdUh
convinced
that the r;ti:?nl u-vv f
, ... 13 i 'il u i r i in rwsr? - n t itt
nMf,f,. . .t . -
.1 1 . ,. - .1
I Uleorv. OUC ln.l:n.ndih in
t i . 1 . f
l earin? 4 it doc
th Stl 70 ss of
t ie gospel ; and knorwjn-' that w r h-
f t reen the churches is not onlr u::erlr
incompatible with tht beaut '.fi
an
a.i-rrnbracin chin'.y which is t1,,- vt-rv
I -w VI , I ! .i ' l CI f 1
lucot tri re iion of.lix i h-.-.t t
n'mr. ti, ci .r
i '- wu-nic? i
thn.-
w ! ; ?i
. .
0Ur jjj ff), sincritv an-l niAfv tL
I - . t i.r
churches: we hav, fl ii,..
r.ot only had no n'sht to t'lenourirA sh,
r t . I rt .
lut that such a course wyuld be an ab
solute sin against Gcd. We thuj he
Leve now. Obscrrr.tion an I cxprri
encc, in a-Mition t-,' tVe teaching! of
the scripturcs.have but confirmr- l ;hce
impression?. We solemnly rrc r 1 our
conviction, as in the Hgi.t cf G 1, th it
the bitter sectarian big tt with which
th lan 1 is b-ird ne 1, and the pulpit
nn-1 religious press dgraccJ, and
Go l's seet atmo 'i re befouled, and
M::iplo-hc rted p..-r..n.s deceive 1. are
doing m jro hirtn to the cause of Chri.-t
thm ail the infilels in the I"-,!;.'
States. rndoeJ, they ere ito mr than
one-half cf the infi Ids. All good -
r!rt in the churchos.an-l all larg'.'-r.-.:n l
el m"n out of them, are rapidly p.-ri-ing
their eyes to the shame and sin of
these tlpngj, an 1 as intelligence and
piety advance, such men will f i their
'occupation gone'
....
A Prayer for thu Timei
Lord, save me fr-.i;i the sinful
m own hear! ar, ! l,f.- !
tve ii) fr..rn t!
ar.-i if i'r. ? y of f-uliio
Save ?ae fro:., th-?
tinythin ' t -? c - 1 e -i i
fi'c djctrin
-,.hJ' r :;gi -1
.ivc:--v'a!
r
p?r.iiiM
ivc til
tro.i;
. ' lilt-
, J ...
r vuio
anyth'ng i
.S.iv mc
d :Y.iy fco
th
't I
lOf:--'
t
1
li 'o'n tfi a '1:1
'If-
of
1.1:1-
ra all f-Mris of go 1;
and hopelessness '
Save me from all social and political
corruptions an 1 delusion!
Help me to live arid 'die a penitent,
faithful, holy, and happy Bib'o Chris
tian '
- - - - -
Our Pastor.
We have no sorrow t'ot lie doe not fr:l,
N j iy he wi!l not iharo ;
No wound which nytnpathy lix power to h ; 1',
Uut we in v cure it th-re.
The romping child he pa-- at h: pi iy
Stonn fr bin weh'o no 'nii ;
The jtzr wight, wii'i uif!t hie. id u.n :iy,
Tread lighter for a while.
Erea thi furriwed hrow f the toiling irico
Grow ntnoothr when ha corn ;
And they who lite are d.rk with many ;
tain,
Welcome him to thir home.
"Yea, we miht lve our pastor all too weil,
I5ut that bin faithful hanl
Ieais on with gentlenest (no wordt can t'-!I j
To a otiil Letter Friend ;
And bo the love be dare not firt to t ike,
Come back in higher tone ;
We love him better for hi Mvaer'i e,
Than even for hi own.
Church JAifnz!.
A Pretty Stoat Petition.
The chaplain of the Indiana 'Lg'Ia
ture recently opened the session with a
prayer, which closed with tho follow
ing eloquent and sensible invocation !
And, 0 Lord, have mercy upm the
Legislators." Be wfrffiiu-m and lless
them, even if they know I free not.
Spare their live and teach them to
glorify Thy name. Hasten them to their
homes, where they may lirect their at
tention to good works and general use
fulness among their fondles and neigh
bors. May the peop''; resolve to fcep
them the1, and in future elec: men of
morals and temperate habits, go that
good may hereafter result from legis
lation. Sve the good people froi the
disgrice which must follow if the fiarxie
crowd should again come here to mike
la-s. Hear us, Lord, and grant our
prayer. Amen."
Tear of Laxary.
'What is the matter with tbat young
mm?' was the thought of many, trie
Sabbath at the Mariu' Church, as a
wel appearing yoaug man wept rnu;!i
daring. service.
'Whit was the nsatter '? 0, they
w.-re tears of joy !
Joy! what!
He fhali tell K'.- ortu ntcry : 'I im
steward of a thip ; I a-n on my ay
bojia to Baltimore from Bosfon ; I have'
not had the privilege cf meeting wi, a
the people of Goi for twenty months ;
I feel that it is good to be here.
How does tbt3- correspond with the
feelings of those who live along k of
a church, and s-ldom; if ever ri?it it? -Chriitian
Olttrvtr.
?vr.