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For the C. Christian Advocate, life. A number of these slaves nave
The Belisjiotw Instrcctioa of Ssnaats. ' gone to Liberia ; vast numbers of them
are returning every year, and it is
The last Q'lirterlj Meeting Confer- found that thej are carrying with fht-ra
ence on the Koanoke Circuit, p .i o f 1 a the glorious Gospel; and in a climate
resolution recoxniending tho- head of where their constitution feels perfectly
families within its hound? to adopt a at home they are becoming the suc-Byr-tera
of religious instruction for their ; cessful preachers of that Gospel which
servants. The voice for the resolution we have not been honored to carry in
was unanimous. Jt was also voted that I to the midst of their dark, and barba-
the resolution should he published. I j
hope Boon to F.ee it thu;i before the
public. That meeting was composed of
men among tire Most influential and in
telligent, in the intelligent county of
1 1 ..! i fa.:.
This is a move bv the rijrht man in
the right direction, It i3 a good text,
and if I fiil to preach a good sermon,
there frenn it will be my fault.
But to tho professedly christian tn&'s-,
' ter 1 have a better text than this, 'But
if any provide not for his own, and es
pecially for those of his own house, he
hath denied the faith and is worse than
an inG lei This text sweeps the
foundation of hope from beneath the
feot of a targe proportion of professors j
of religion,-.-.. It lays prostrate all want-j
ing in home religion, all who neglect
to furnibh the bread of life to those lf-
pendent upon them. It teaches that ; signated, he returned. Landing at
they who deny the truth of Revelation, j New Orleans he purchased a horse,
and yet obey the law of nature in pro-j that on his way home he might visit
viding for their dependents, are better j such plantations that lay in his rout,
than those, who, though they believe j On reaching home his brethren reques
Christ to be a Prince and a Saviour, ted him to give an acconnt of his la
yet neglect his plain command to 'feed I bors, and for this purpose a meeting
his lambs feed his sheen.' To the
guilty this a terrible blow ; but blame
not in in for it. The thunderbolt was
forged in heaven. It had better fall
now than at the Judgement seat. Turn
to the passage and read it. It is found
in 1 Timothy, a, 8.
4 You have read it, have you V
Yes ; and I find the Apostle has ref
erence to material bread and not spir-
itual.' 4 So much the worse, for if you i
are thus guilty because cf a neglect ofjtion given came in conflict with their
smaller matters, how much more guilty
uo you become by neglecting the
'weightier matters of the law.' ' If to
suffer the body of a dependent to per
ish for want of food i3 a crime ; then it
is a higher crime to suffer the soul to
perish for want of food, since it is of
infinite more value than the body.
But there are other reasons that
should stimulate ovory christian, and
especially every christian master to la
bor in this interesting field. Brethren,
there is not in the world a missionory
field promising and yielding a harvest
so abundant and ready a3 the slave
plantations in the South. I would not j
have you withdraw one iota of assis
tance from foreign missions. I would
we were doing more for the distant
heathen. But I must here draw a con
trast between the result of missionary
labor among the slaves of the South,
and such labors in foreign lands.
Different denominations have made
a large expenditure of life and money
for the conversion of China. As a re
suH a few souls have been converted.
In the territory occupied by the East
India Company, much more has been
done ; but the result is hardly more
encouraging. Of a hundred and ten
missionaries sent out for the conversion
of Africa, only ten (as well as I recol
lect, I have lost the statistics) were ef
fective. The others died on the field,
or returned with shattered constitu
tions. On the other hand, look at the re
sult of the missionary labors of the
Southern Methodist Church alone
among the slaves, and our statistics
show colored members 40,000, and
nearly 18,000 children under cate
chetical instruction. Or if we include
all the fruits of our labors among this
population, the M. C. S. has in its bo
som 170,150 colored members and pro
bationers, while the names of thous
ands have been transferred to the
church book in heaven. Can the chris
tian world besides show so much fruit
of missionary labor, even though they
have been in labors and means more
abundant ? With such results, who
that has a christian heart, will not la
bor !
But the fruits of the Southern mis
sionary do not end here. They are
falling and springing into life and
yielding a harvest in Africa. I must
here give a passage from that eloquent
and faithful divine of England, Dr.
Cummings :
44 That country (Africa,) has been
thought to be utterly impregnable to
Christian effort. Our steamers have
navigated its streams, and their crews
have died in succession ; the malaria or
miasma on the banks of the great riv
ers, seemed to tell us that foreigners or
Europeans never can penetrate into
Africa and promote the gospel on any
thing like a great and rapid scale.
But singular enough, what seemed a
curse, and what had become the shame
and disgrace of a powerful republic in
the West I mean the slave trade is
being overruled by the mysterious ar
rangements of Him who reigns, for the
evangelization of that land which seem
ed to be all but hopeless, and to defy
every effort that we made to reach it.
By means of Christian missionaries,the
slaves in America are becoming Chris
tians, and the most hard hearted slave
holders of the South cannot, and the
Irao'st enlightened do not, prevent ra's
'ghr.aries and ministers preaching to
' the slaves the glad tiling of eternal
rou.2, and benighted land."
It is reelkss to dwell upon the ben
efits which must pour in upon master
and servants by adopting the suggested
course of instruction. An acquaint
ance with the truths of the gospel must
havo a salutary influence upon the ser
vant ; and if converted thereby, he will
be made faithful to his master, and
happy in his employ. The master will
be benefitted in his labors. Grace will
be given hira for the use of this means
of grace.
I mu't here relate an incident which
was told me in California, by, Bishop
Kavanaugh. He, I think, obtained it
from a gentleman who heard the ad
dress to which I shall allude.
The Baptist church in Illinois sent
a missionary to Southern Africa. Af
ter laboring ten years in the field de
was appointed.
He told them that 'he had labored
faithfully for ten years, at a sacrifice of
health and much money ; but had ac
complished very little good. His labor
with the adults was useless. Their
principles of idolatry were fixed. He
met with little better success in hi3 in
struction of the children. He estab
lished schools for their benefit, but
when their parents found the instruc-
notions of idolatry, they withdrew their
children, and hi3 brightest hopes were
gone. But when he landed at New
Orleans, on his return, it occurred to
him he would travel through the south
ern states on his way home, as it affor
ded hira an opportunity of contrasting
the condition of the African in his
native country, with that of the same
people in a state of slavery. And to
his surprise he found that God by
means of the slave-holder, was doing
more to christianize the African and
prepare him for the truths of Gospel,
than all the missionary efforts expend
ed in the country of the natives ; that
the slaver in taking the African from
his native country, had only torn him
from his idols, and placed him in a
school of Christianity."
Of course his abolition audience did
not relish his address. But the truth
forced itself upon him, and he spoke
it.
Ye that love Christ, have you not
often prayed, Thy kingdom come ?'
Have you not often wept over the ig
norance of the heathen ? They have
not the gospel. They know not the
plan of salvation. God has called all
of you who are masters, all of you to
whose comfort the slave administers, to
the missionary work. The heathen
are at your doors, perishing for the
bread of life. The Ethiopian is stretch-
ins out his hand. Look I it extends
over thy table. While he supplies thy
body with bread, his soul asks for the
bread of life. Shall he die for want ?
Surely every christian responds 'no.'
Let me close this article by suggest
ing a plan that has worked well else
where. Let the master spend a portion of
the Sabbath in reading the Bible to his
servants expounding the difficult pass
ages and praying publicly for them.
Let the mistress and Othis is a noble
work for the 'young Misses' learn the
children the catechism. Our church
has published a catechism prepared
by Dr. Capers, well adapted to this.
The instruction is all oral ; but the
children learn in this way with great
rapidity. The servants should not
neglect the preaching of the gospel.
Churches should be constructed for
their accommodation, and, where it is
practicable, give them as a missiouary
a faithful and 'able minister of the
New Testament
Now, brethren and sisters, to this
work at once ! You may meet with
discouragements, and even with ingrat
itude, on the part of those for whom
you may faithfully labor. But if you
prove faithful, God will bless, and your
reward will be great. Christ, when
the voice of no other can comfort and
cheer thee, will say, 'I was hungry and
ye gave me the bread of life ; I was
naked and ye clothed me with the gar
ment of salvation ; I was sick and ye
visited me with balm ;' I was in prison
and ye broke my bonds; I was a-stran-ger
and ye took me in, giving shelter
from a storm of wrath. Come ye bless
ed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation
of the world.' T. V. M.
nk-p Circuit. AdhI 8th.
i
For tie . C. C
law A jT.vra;?.
Savir a ocl from Death."
Leah Bko. IIeili.v: Allow rr:e to
state that the article "Saving a .Soul
frum Death." which you selected f:r
weeK promisc-a -
resu.t in much good to soa,. an-1 it:
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should be carefully read and actl out: Wesk-v' It always standoff with a
by every christian. If so, an influence ; tremendous load. The road Vans roean
wouM be started, which would deepen de-ring up the rivers, across i.he prairies
and widen through all :ire, and thou-: through the woods, by all .the towns
sand of sou's would be brought to Je-j along the settlements, pasevery hut,
sus arid .save ! in heaven. The fact3 I and to tht verv tops cf thtinioun tains.
and plan given in that article clearly
.
show that every ehrittim, learned and -.
unlearned, old and young can d 3 some-
.thing that will be instrumental in 'sav--;
i pit-, iaiK, prayer, or giving a uaui, j
; wnien may oe Messed, sooner or later,,
:in the conversion of that dear ungodly I
, - , - ., t i - i i
: member of the family, or that kind ir- j
religious neighbor. Tnis was the spirit
.of Christ, for "he went about doing j
igood. ' And men, women and children ';
;who have Jesus in their souls, will cer- j
tainly imitate him in thoughts, words, I
inductions, for 4'if we have not the !
'spirit Christ, we are none of his." ;
it ill 1
! J I !
; of one who read that article, who has
laid it in his Bible to read frequently,
;and has determined to commit to mem-i
-ry, every passage of scripture it men- ;
; tions, and through me, he has ordered
all the tracts it suggssts, which are
! three classes.
! First, For the thoughts ; "Baxter's
i 1 trust m.inv will tnl nw t ri r? c xamnie ;
! Call; Heaven Lost: The Worth of the
' Soul; For Ever; The Lo3t Soul; The :
j Day of Trial.'
j Second, For the awakened : 'Quench
'not the Spirit; ThaGreat Alternative;
' Have Me Excused: Eternal Life or
! Death.'
Third, For trusting Christ: 'The
j Door was Opened; What i3 it to be
lieve on Christ ; Sinner directed to the
Saviour; Th way to be saved; What
mu3t I do ? The act of Faith ; Come
and welcome to Jesus Christ ; Self-
dedication to God."
And I will here add a fourth cla33 to
instruct the young convert, and help all
christians to rightly feel their individ
ual responsibility and properly direct
their daily influence and action in this
world, wnere tney arc to be hTin5
epistles, known and read of all men :'
'Neven's Practical Thoughts : Life of
Harlan Page; Norman Smith; Isabel;
Zacheus; What shall I do for Jesus ? ;
How to do good." I hope none will
feel excused from using those printed
pages for doing good. I hive sup
plies of them at S. H.Young's store of
this City, which can be had by person
ally applying or by mail. And 1500
page3 of them can be had for one dol
lar; those not able to pay this, the cost
of them, can get them free of charge.
In this way all may scatter messages
of salvation, which will continue to
preach Jesus long after the distributor
is dead.
Some of the identical tracts publish
ed by Luther, hundreds of years ago,
are now in America preaching salva
tion by faith in Jesus Christ.
A promising young man recently told
me that a tract I gave hira a year ago,
was the means of his conversion, and
he is now having his mind directed to
to the ministry. Ife is now scattering
tracts, and he may be the instrument
of saving hundreds of souls; and all
from a little tract given given him in
an obscure place. Let U3 be 'instant
in season and out of season,' remember
ing that the one object of God in let
ting tis live is to get good and do good.
Yours truly,
WM. J. W. CHOWDER.
Ptaleigh, April 12th, 1858.
"Religion in California,
Sax Francisco, April.
The time has been when reliaion was
a scarce article in this country. It is
better now, and the moral and religious
sense of the people is improving every
day. The Methodists have their con
ferences, their circuits, their stations,
their preachers and exhorters all over
the country. The Presbyterians, ever
vigilant and industrious, are in all the
cities and towns acquiring an influence,
and swaying the popular feeling to a
great extent; and the Baptrsts are
equally industrious, if not so numerous
or influential. The Episcopalians flour
ish in the cities, where they have able
ministers and the handsomest churches ;
and the Catholics are prosperous at the
old missions in San Francisco and other
place3. The American population com
plain of lack of talent in this church
among the " fathers." The emigrant
need not fear being without hi3 accus
tomed church privileges in thi3 country.
The great danger is that he will leave
his religion behind him. There are
several ways leading out of California
to the " great highway" of which we
read in the good book.
The Methodists, Baptists, Episcopa
lians, Presbyterians and Catholics, all
have their lines which they say connect
ing a soul from death eternal death. : When they start theygiV-t 5 f 'loud, long
O what a glorious work and privilege j shout, and you would thmh-'the "king
is this ? Surely every one that has Je- 0f heaven suffered violen.ee and the vio-
su3 fo-r-ed in his or her soul the hope i ent (were about to) ta.kc,by stoma."
of glory, - ill be earnest to do some-j On t heir banners ic.r? "v;i:, relign
triw ! 'daily coSi'stent dhiisfian ex- j jn earnest," and .es th?ey "'iT33 througu
ample, talk, prayer, or giving a tract, j the woods they make the welkin ring
fdrrttnns.
'.th the 14 Lichwsr of holh -ss ;
is .
each I is famishing &urt&.!e cars to
acco'smo 1 to the 4; travellers to eter
nity" ). ) start frota Califcrniv,
Do you see those plain ,'ooking cars
tc dor 't That is the Met! odist train.
. ... ,
( 1 i.e little hoist, strong-looking loco-
mot:v ma e there is the 14 John
: ai-,d the train stots at evci'v place for
- -
passeng'.,' The conduce: are plain,
practieal,?and energeticjen. The
pa.ssensers are zealous ancL'ntbusiastic.
the woods tnev
With the song,
, . ti r,
BnIit Canaan, bright Canam,
Vm jund fjr the lad of Canaan r
..,., , .
Yonder is tne Baptist depot. Their
cars,are stout- the seats uneushioned,the
coff to" ctmg and circumspect,
passengers numerous and pious,
The tram 13 drawn by the " Baptiato,
a Greek word to immerse. It is sur-
r o .
take so heavy a train over so rougn a
road. They have tunnelled " moun
tains of sin," and bridged the hollows
of " iniquity," but water has no terrors
for them, and hence they go plump
through the river Jordan
"To Canaan's fair and happy land
Where my possessions lie."
it - i
But see there ; do you notice that
beautiful train of cars yonder, with
handsome gothic windows and velvet
cushioned seats ? Do you see the sur
plice, the silk gown, and the golden
cros3? That i3 the Episcopal train.
That gorgeously mounted and smoothly
running locomotive is " Henry the
Eighth." L sweeps over the solid
Trail a3 if propelled by "Eric3on's new
motor." There is a large sprinkling
of lawyers in that train. It is the most
fashionable and genteel train that run3
out of California. (The Unitarians
are not fairly under way yet.) They
take towards heaven a vast amount of
worldly wisdom, theological learning
and pious gentility. It is supposed
that St. Peter, who has the key3, is of
tVi -&Iwua- tkcL tha pa,safin jera who
come in these car3 are his relatives and
descendants ; albeit, he does'nt like
the name of the locomotive ; " Henry
the Eighth," in his opinion having been
a great scamp.
The Presbyterians, however, are do
ing the best business in California.
They train the mind, inculcate inflexi
ble morals, having skillful engineers,
intelligent conductors, and well arran
ged cars. They run through a hostile
country ; they come in contact with
Sabbath breakers, gamblers, and drun
kards, and pounce on the " hosts of
sin" everywhere. They are skillful
in a manoeuvre, and display superior
generalship in a fight. Their road3
run through all the towns ; they have
missionaries in all the jmportantpIace3 ;
they have colporteurs or runners on the
! steamboats beating for passengers, and
Satan himself cannot get up an enter
prise without danger of having a Pres
byterian after him to spy out his plans
and borrow thunder.
But listen to those chimes ; the
Catholic train i3 about to start. Those
old car3 look as though thay were made
a thousand year3 ago antiquated,
dark, gloomy ; rusty but very stout old
cars. They run full, however. See
the crosses and Latin inscriptions, and
see those "Sisters'" bonnets. The
more one looks around here the more
he sees to interest him.
The road3 from California connects
from that old line from Rome, which
was started eighteen hundred years
ago, and is supposed to be the most
direct way to heaveir:4 -
Correspondence (Mo.) Republican.
The Cross.
" Take up the cross and follow me."
Thus speaks the Savior to every one
who would be a disciple. Take up the
cross how ?
1. If you are a father, or an elder
son, by holding prayer in the family.
2. If you are a young Christian, by
acknowledging your Savior in the com
pany of the vain and irreligious.
3. If you are a lay member of the
church, by participating in -the exer
cises of its social meetings.
4. If you are a minister, by perform
ing the unpleasant duties of your of
fice such as showing the house of Is
rael their sins, warning the wicked, and
thus arousing their opposition.
Brother, sister, there i3 a cross for
you. You may bear it until it becomes
light and easy ; for if you bear the
cross, it will bear you ; but if you would
follow Jesus, you must take up the
cross and you must bear it. This i3
the condition of discipleship. You may
refuse compliance ; but in doing so,
you forfeit the blessing. Take up the
-mr . T 1 .
cros3. 1'aciv.c jueinoaist.
Gold ia universally worshipped witheut a
single temple, and by. all class??, without a
single hypocrite.
1
ra i1. X. W. i'h.
- Noisy Religicii.
'What rsales
Tor mother prav forepmb.
lloul?' Dori
sr.e u.:r.
Gcrl i
rh-tf r.r ftr vtv-tv V 'N'. I r-reti
x.rj. but she want? what he rraTs for,
land means to have it. She is i earn-
1 est about it, and when the gets in earn- i
lest she alwivt ? peak 5 !oul. bat never:
Uo loud as f-he does sometimes when
!r-ravir.!T for th ealva'r.-i rf sou!?, and
ll thinlc'it all wfdl er.ou-h. far if the
Bible
is true, and souls are worth a
great deal, and Chr
ought
tolau.t
i niPfl.i pumps: v f ,r t.-r airi?i-n. '
j Soeh is the substance of a conversation a congregation. Mr. Clay, in the d.
i which passed between myself; when a ;, charge of his duty as a lawyer, came
! boy,and quite a formalist 'who had been u the neighborhood of our ir.fjrt.oint
very much annoyed by my mother's j ('Clover Bottom Woodford county.)
j loud and earnest prayers. My mother . W have surveys ma le of seme hi. 1 then ,
I was a good 'old-fashioned Methodist ! in litigation. Ho was accompanied by ;
jGod had blessed her with a good un-j another lawyer of note.. They made
'derstandin, a powerful phvsieal con a ! the humble cabin of brother B. their
stitution, capacious and indefatigable
longs, and had baptized her with the
Holy Ghost and with fire. And being
free'in Christ Jesus, and naturally of
an ardent temperament, you can iraag-
ine how she would pray 'when she felt
that rh Pf.r,il .lot-inr r,f c.-.-i'a w; fit
! stake.
! Pr;
raise
God! I can almost hear her;oming sleepy, and his wife, by
! now, luting
i
a VOlCe like a trumpet.
!We alwavs prize a mother's pravers, ;
! . w 1 ... ' .
an.-l so 1 trust my partiality tor hers ;
will be excused, "i would rather hear:
one of her loud and earnest prayers
than that of any music to which it'has ,
ever been my lot to listen. I may nev-,
er hear that'voice again, but its tones
of pleading importunity will never be
forgotten. '
But I had not intended writing so
! much of a personal character. I will
proceed. It will be easily seen that my i trary to nis settiea principles oi pro
mind has not changed upon the subject cedure. At last, with considerable
of loud and earnest praying since the j trepidation, he stated to Mr. Clay:ind ''
conversation referred to above. I think j his friend what was his custom, and;
I have established the fact that God ap-1 said that they could stay and unite
proves of the most intense earnestness ; with his family in their devotions, or
in prayer. Now permit me to suggest, ! retire, at their option. Mr. Ch y
that the most natural expression of j promptly, and with some feeling, re-;
earnestness in many is, in general, a; plied that "they would remain by all
loud voice. That man that cries out; means; that the earliest recollections
for help when in iminent personal dan- j of life were associated with such exer- ;
ger, doe.3 not whisper he cries aloud, j cises ; that his father was a Baptist
even though the friend from whom he j minister, and his mother was fctill a ;
expect3 assistance may be at hand. j member of that communion, and that:
Why ? Because he s in earnest. ! they had taught him to reverence the j
We hear two men begin to raise their j institutions of religion, and none more j
voices in conversation. We say they ! so than that of family worship." j
are getting in earnest. There may be j Brother B. then proceeded with his j
some exception.3, but as a rule, when wonted exercises, but with muh fear !
earnestness is the soul of speech, a loud i and trembling. He ays that he never j
voice is the body. This is according ; felt so much embarrassed in hi3 life. j
to the constitution God ha3 given U3. I ! When the season of prayer was passed, j
therefore believe it is right. It holds j Mr. Clay approached him and said : j
good in every thing else, and why not j " Mr. B;, never again feel the Sea3t j
religion ? ! hesitation in the discharge of your duty ;
But I wish to be well understood i to God on account of the presence of '
here. I grant that there are noisy pray- j men. I saw your embarrassment, and I
ers which are not of God ; and so there j remained on purpose that you might i
are whispered prayers which are not of never feel it again. Remember, my j
God. I grant that there may be noisy ; dear sir, that every man of sense will j
professors of religion, who are incon- respect the individual who i3 not asham- j
sistent in their lives who are even j ed to acknowledge his dependence up-
hypocrites; and so there are quiet and j on his maker ; and he deserves only ;
silent professors who are hypocrits. contempt who can cheerish any other j
But that proves nothing either way. I j feeling than reverence for 'the con?ecra- j
do not s.iy that God approves nobse for ted hour of man in audience with Deity.' j
its own sake. There is no merit, no And what are myself and friends here, j
efficacy in the mere act of crying aloud, but frail and feeble mortal?, like you j
Either that, or whispering in our pray- and your children, indebted for all that
ers without the spirit, i3 a3 worthless we are to the great Fountain of Good, 1
as the 'sounding bras3 or tinkling cym-1 and dependent on Him for every bles- j
bah' Sound and fury, signifying noth-1 singof life ! We and you are destined J
ing, is no part part of the true worship j to the same grave, and to the eamo final ,
of God : but crying aloud in the Holy 1 retribution. The king upon his throne !
Ghost crying in travail for soub, giv-!
. 1 i " 1 A
ing utterance 10 an mspireu earnestness j m c; u. no vu.u..-v..vu. .......
for the salvation of men, is approved of j of this, Mr. B., and you will never
God, and i3 sometimes our duty. j hesitate again to engage in pray-
I do not say that God doe3 not ap- ! er to God on account of the presence
prove and answer whispered or even! of men. For myself, I would rather
unuttered prayers. There is often an ! know that the prayer of a pious man,
earnestness of desire and a firmness of jno matter how humble hi 3 position in
faith which claim and appropriate the life, were ascending in my behalf, than
promises of God which never embody to have the wildest applause of listen-
themselves m articulate speech. Ihi3,
of course, all admit. There are various
operations by the same Spirit ; but I
believe that the Spirit sometimes leads
men to cry aloud, and that we may
grieve the Spirit by smothering our
voices. Then I say let them out .' The
Spirit as well a3 the Word of God must
have free course if we would see it run
and be glorified.
A Dead Weight
A beloved brother wa3 lately enu
merating in our hearing the source of
discouragement in his field of labor.
Prominent among these was a brother
in the Church, who, failing in a great
degree to do the work fairly demanded
of one in his circumstances, seemed to
hang as a dead weight upon their pro
gress. " Often," said he, " in my houre
of despondency I am ready to wish he
was away from us. But he must live
somewhere, and perhaps we can as well
afford to keep him a3 anybody ; only
I have thought we needed a state alm3
house (spiritual) where such could be
kpt. It would be cheaper than to
have them quartered, a? now, among
the different families of Christ, where
there are no suitable accommodations
for them, and where they are always
in the way."
How to make a short winter. Get a nine
ty days' note disooooteJ ia a Lank. Spring
and pay day will eocae roan 3 quite as soa
as you are ready far them.
Are-eic-t cf 21 r. Cay.
Tut f,Ibw-r. h :Uu 1 I t a 1 " -v
T
Ken-
'--J
;ve f-
vory ::
:- r, t o
;
;e G; r-.
he cTn-
: C COTf.
Hv formed M"?
T rnal of -s" onr 4inn-ff
lansi ie.
He had jus: c:-rr.T.r,?' 1 p::
ar frr a few years been mrmi
: leering hvUif. He wis in !.-a
tie circumstance?, an 1 cf
a .x:te 1
ring t3 a
edu:
it:on
-m!et anl
It ws wil
n great
:y
hit
ne ca.jsummon reo;ution to a J-:res
ua u.e urn nign; mey tayi
' & hin, our brother was redured to
' great extremity. He was in the la! it
of hoJ ling family worship morning and
evening ; but he tremble 1 at the thought
'of -4 so in the pre -r nee of gu-.-sts
so distinguished as Mr. Oav and his
friend. His little chi! h
en
were !e-
"-" gviuica, ?ygvs4f- iw.iv mi- um;
tor prayer had come. Lrotner 1. h:n-
t . 1 . . 1. ...... I. i. .1 .
ieu io in guests mat, pernap i:.'y
would choose to go to bed." B it Mr.
Clay, with great politeness, said that
"he did not feel at all sleepy, and thai,
unless it were intrusive, he wuuld be
bppy to enjoy his society longer." Of
course brother B. could not oj--ct.
Still, the matter of prayer coui 1 not
be postponed without .sen ling the ehil-
uren to bed m advance which w m m
and the beggar in his rags are the same !
, j, , ... rp . . , !
f . m .hA AffCO ? ' . d Tl ' " I T. n t I K 1 ' L' ,
mg senators.
Mr. Clay and hi3 friend then retired
for the nigh. Mr. B. say3 it was the
best lesson of his life. He afterwards
heard the great statesman in all the
grandeur of his eloquence ; but he in- j
gists that in no effort he ever heard, '
was he so impressive as on the occasion
named. Exprez
From the New York Observer.
Salvation Tree.
Jesus Christ i3 God'g unspeakable
gift. What God gives, I am fully war
ranted to take. Nay, more, when God
gives, it is an infinite insult to Him to
refuse His gift. My warrant for taking
Jesu3 and His free salvation, is God's
free gift of Him in the gospel to who-
soever will have him.' I have no other I
warrant. Nobody ha3 any other. All !
1 1 .1 1 1 T? .L - '
wno near me gospei, ua.e equany iu
same divine warrant for taking Jesu3,
and trusting in Him for salvation. A
man made sensible of his sin and ruin,
by the convincing Spirit of God, will
prize the Saviour more than one not so
thoroughly awakened to a sense of his
sinfulness. But h'i3 sense of sin and
ruin, and desire after salvation, altho'
they make Christ more welcome, do not
make him one whit more free. The
offer of Christ and hi3 salvation in the
gospel, 13 absolutely unconditionally
free. Nothing can make it more. No
sense of need, no deep convictions of
sin, nor any other state of mind in the
sinner, can make Cnrist more free to
that sinner, than the offer of the Gc3-
p! rr.alfs l r:, r p?efc'rrs i:tTt,
5p5r, Chr': than thr ftt rr vc.m r. I
CV.CT Cl t?i"
c:e Y-r. Y :h
: c-
r. ;h
Chris:
th.n. Faith .n the :r.r.tvr'. rf-ctlv.r
ar.d r::ng cr--n Chrit f r -n,
in t'.its ef ti e riht which th fres
offer f G i-l in tl.e g :?p-:l i
bin do .
Fa-:!. Uk(3 Chri ar, 1 crj v II n
live cp-s:j Ilim. ar. 1 rr.ikci ue f
Him for a!l the pirroo f r wl ic
Gvlgivf-s II;:;:. It receives 1 1 i rr . . s
Prophet, Ii j,.: and King. C'.ritlc
Come s c;:r i l:m, righe'-u4:,e, s.ir.c
t.ficatijn and redes ption nr ail.
All c;r f alv.it" : :i, all o ir dcirc. T.1.
belieTcr live uron Him and rrjvco in
Him. II? i ir.l:pcr.sh!e to the le
liovcr'i iftj, ho'ine. h ipp:nf s'.tk"'
fulnts. lie i their hop., help, f r
ti ;n, their rcent, nl to le their
eternal jy anl glory.
Under, is He ytur? ? A. M.
"The Right Must Win."
" T;.e fvl!iwir tju;'f.l hr.o we f !
in a ll man ('a':. Y.c w f k c-.r.ts.t.ir i.', ;
lijni:., i f the K fi wi nri-ii.ary !i !
In er.
(:-, ;i !" !. .7 i : . w rk f r ; . !.
T r:-'' 1 ! ike Iii irt
l t!,U .-:!c-fiM . ! erU.
.u I n - inMitM J t.
H. l.i i'' Ii!ir..''.f . wi n lri ii!y.
A t!...!s'i 1 1 '. er" n i li 1,
II Ii-t ..!. ti!I'tl.e i.vr
'f i;' a : e is; ": r i !.
Cr .!f.'ru .is at t',' I. i.r
'i'i.o ii-.i i '
At: J Ml, t ) ! ir l t-l 1"! t I r
.l.ht n!.''n -'' 1 1 l.-i ni"-!.
I!', 1 1 . ri ! , r-s z-. -1 Jt""'l fcvcin t ' r! .V
T' i!!. w.'.ii rrfii'f; p-i-o
An i, w.rt I R-.'i-i !'.' .'""-1
Ii rt er f I'lirp-iM-v
It N n t . l-':t u it I k. i :
Aii'J wo 1 'f c iuri. t'lfii ;
Ai'.l il.rjl." -.till 0'!n if i'$ .1 I.ath lj t
ll:n pr.,i:i'- 1 t'i inp'i.
Ah I 'ill M lit'i'T I '.i HI W,' tl.il.k
1 1 is w u - '.re f.ir rK 'if,
I'.ir r.L vo 1! mh n' hfijit, nrtd r'a .Kcl
U:ily l,y ;!iii i-lik5 I ,".
'I'll'- look, t!.! fi-lii')ta ''f In I'm wxy
Ijivu'h lifc-lii) KtU'ly arc ;
-!in iifh'iM, nn-I true, an 1 net.
When r :vs(,n wou! I n ,t Jure.
Sh has a pri'l'-nc? ' f her o-.vu ;
llur :e;i in firm an '1 freo ;
Yc thfrro i r-uiti iiM mi"im,o, V u.
In her simplicity.
AV'i.rkrnan ' f i ! ! ' h, ! .n'r r.i.t hftrt,
I!ijt learn what ' I i" Ilk.' ;
An I in l.trkt U-.tth; fi.-hl,
'J'h' u tln'.i kri'ivr wUrc t'i f.!rikc.
Oh. !I' e l is li" to w horn i ivu
The iti'inct that ran t'-'l
That (Jo'i n tlic fe! J, when he
Ii most i n I '-i L I ? !
An'l.h!o'!'"l in he who mn diaii.n
Wh;re roil riijht ih.iti Ii'.
An l i irf-t t i take th i.';le whii h Htul
Wr'n to man's L!iiilf'il'l cvr.
Oh, loam it -jrn t!.e trai-' of ni'.-n !
Oli. learn t 1 ive vritd i A !
For Jetiuvron the w?rM thr'iuh nh-ime,
AuJ h';ck'.i4't theo hi road.
(j t I'n v',TJ a rirt won lriui tLinj?,
Mot strange in all it waj,
Ar.l of ail thinH or. earth, k-ait like
V.'hat rur-n a;rree to f.raiic.
Mus! on hi justice, s'ul !
Mue aiid take L.'ttrr hrt;
Back with thine angl t'i the E;M ;
( 'A luok hhall crown t':j j,art.
Go i' justice U a 14, whrj we
Oiir anxious hearU my lar,
Ani weary with ournelre, m&j n'eep
Our lic jntrit awaj.
For right is rijrht, tinc God i God ;
And riht the day mut wir;
To d -iiU wul l he 'lis! .ja!tj.
T' falter would be in '.
Punch and Kansas
Mr. Sam Slick having enlightene 1
Mr. Punch, of Lond on, in regard to
the Kansis question the conversation
ended as follows :
Mr. P. Sir, I thank you for your
explanation, and I hope no &eriou3 trou
ble will arise in the United States, for
which I always entertain the warmc :-.t
regard.
Mr. S. Don't worry yourself into
a sort of perspiration aloatthat, stran
ger. In a corrupt and detiliuted old
country like yourn, a political difT.cu!
ty might bring rain and dismay, but
where a western Eun gilds the proud
pinnacle3 of American liberty, such
thing? are but the wandering breez-.s
that cool the wing3 of our gloriou3 ea
gle, and help hira to fly still higher to
wards the transcendental firmament.
Societyiim.
It x3 not always an evidence of a
bounding grace, but rather the reverse,
that many societies are po posed. For
malism i3 fruitful of echereea and agen
cies. It expects much of them. Any
thing but individual personal effort.
Perhapa, says one. there is no other
thing which human nature so gladly
resigns to the hand3 of hired servant,
as religious duty. There 13 norther
service for which the world or the
worldly man can afford, in view of pe
cuniary profit, to pay o liberally, ia
cash, as that of 44 working oat salva
tion," whether for self or other3.
N. O. Ch. Advocate.