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tJ n , vi -. .. - :r ';V f W"MMnlM,"'i- 1 1 "wpMjjP ' " ''PWM'l-BMiMMM : 1 ' V poBusHEa weeki;by a At 53 per aariaro half ipajable in advance. Sacred uenfce. T-- THE SAVIOUR ; TRIUMPH. j : We have read with unusual interest, a sermon recently ( preached befpre?: the American Board fxf Commissioners 1 for Foreign Missions, by the Rev.Dr. Griffin and published Jn the September number of ihe National Preacher. H The subjoined are the conclqding pardgraphs Ctura And when all hiselect'aire brought home and displayed v ia oneliappy family around tlie throne, with what infinite joy will heend Ovef his re deemed Church,; a andcontemplate their blessedness;' ?and hear ? their praise, v And. what ffloryand honor ana oiessmg win tneir oarsting oearts for ever; ascribe to him. ohrt had a vision of this scene; : and 1 makes the following report. After -this I be i. .1 v- ? : ' tis -";''! ) xieia, ana 10, a greairauniiuae wnicn no -man conld humber, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues; siooa oeiore tne tnroneand Detoretne Lamb, clothed with white robes and palms in their hands ; and criejd with a loud voice saying, Salvation "to our God which sitteth upon the throne and to the Lamb. ; And all the an gels stood J round about the throhe and about theelders alid ';thev four living creatures.' and fell before the throne, and worshipped God saying. uixicu i uic&iiig iiiiu giuiy uuu wis dom and. thanksgiving' and honor and power and might, be ..unto our God, for ever and ever. Amen , , At ano ther time he saw a grand jubilee held in neaven in nonour 01 me Larao ; he redeemed first beginning the song, thlrvingels then strikingin, and before St was done, the whole creation era ployed in the bursting praise. u And when lie had; takeq the, book,C thje' four living creatures ! and four and twenty elders, 1 the representatives of the whole Church fell ' down be fore the Lamb, having every one of them harp's and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sung a new song, saying, nou an wortny to taKe tne book aud to open the seals thereof ; for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation, and hast made us unto our God kings and priests, , and we shall reign on the ' earth.' And I beheld and I heard the .voiceof many angels round about the throne and about the living creatures and the elders ; j (and ' the number of them was jlep thousand times ten' thousand and thousands of thousands,) saying with a loud yoice Worthy is the Lamb that was slain. to receive" power ahd; riches and wis-i j i;i :: :'. ' 11. -.1". ''i-.if''i:h uora anasirengin ana nonor ana gio?; ry and blessing. lAad every creathrel which is in heaven and on -the earth,; and under the earthy and suchcaS are! ia the sea, and all. that are in them j heard I saying, vBlessingland nonbur and glory 'and power be unto ! him that sittethlupon the throne and u'to the Lamb for ever7 and ever. ;TAhd the four livingxreatures sajdj Ameri i andfthejiour and, twenty, elders y(ell down and worshipped himthaf livetli for ever; and :ever.rfcr k&' '- How delightful.to contemplate the honours which encircle, the. Lamb inr the midfof hii JE'atoers'rthroae-r After wandering aiTexilefrom heaven for more than thirty' years, , for j our revolt, how' joyqus to , knqw that hef has found aihomev i-Afterthe crown' ofthorhs, we are happy to' see hi m wear, the diadem" of the universe. Af-- ter depending for bread on tnCch arity; of his female," followers ;wer are glad ! to see him Ihef Helr :of all things, and uie iu uis iuru iut iiupitri iu oioers.; After, bVingso iongn cspiseq py men,; vc tcjuicc, iuai ue h as -found those whov know? how? to honour his Worth we exult - to hear. the ihoutbf alt,heayen4nT his" praisIeTy niicr iHe.aaromes. 01 ineiJtaruciiuuur that he has found infiaife and eternal s! w"0. v W J M , L i mil tm shdihburslacWthatthtjdes that the man " of sorrows is happy at last.: Of all theIaxii ries . ;, that ever feasted "this: bnmaon)ftnei isjo see the "tamb that' was slain'in mistf hi galWe will balmislnamein hearts; SWe wiUi embalm it by our praise, whithsha11:liyehilewe, have breath, and sink' away upon our dyr ing pi. And we will embalm it a mong the songs of the ' upper world. If we are vpermitted , to;. come i where ! the elders bowlipwwiirtre bow and sinS 1 VVhen we shall look down to the salvation ofhisChnl uen auu see our oia companions tnere,miast clangers and deaths, to lead Line look up and reaclthe touching traces of love in those melting eyes, :and w J "mu-iucu among tne prints of the nails and the thorns, we iwrembalm ihis ifname - if love and songs can do it. Wewill guages, spoken by a population ereat tell . all heaven of hw love:. Jf ever er than that of all Europe, On the new jnhabitants should come in from . borders of China, ; they have produ other worlds, they shall heafMhestbry ced a version which will givetbe ora of Calvary. l- If commissioned in re- cles of Qpd to - one quarter of the mote ages of eternity :rto. visit others systemsy 'we. will carry- the amazing iiaings to inem. - ue;wui hien .tnern ;aaay. :r rom the hill olZion-- Irpm w5!l.c lf'vl!? toPPf pal v.T-TTt-ey are' freight-'' mehts "pitthe caravan of pilgrims with' ry plain heayenand jnsm all over.widi the story.o thegardnandiUhecross gratitude and truth remain. thename ani? lw 'p?Pesus Snall. never be v ; , And now, my beloved brethren, I inyite,yon tb go. with me -and look v''n imuuujcui,uw, uie luiertsuug, regard to this duty; but for the"; last tour and t hirty years ; they, have .been waking up. He. who has ' engraven Zion , on . the palms of his bands,- who -never wants means to fulfil his promises, has sent his heavenly in- fiuence to rouse the Christian world. He beheld the desolations ' of Zion, and has come' to rebuild her ruined! walls. He heard the groans of his people, as with harps on the willows, they were weeping ' by the riyersof Pabylon,''. and has come to bring them again . to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads." Eternal thanks ;to God for what our'; eyes have seen, and bur ears have heard for the last four and thirty years. Eternal thanks to Qod for the increasing wonders which are rapidly! opening onthe world.- And O, can we restrain the bursting emo tion ? . For ever blessed be his great and glorious name fo r what we have begun to see in bur bwji land.- It is more than thirty years T since the Cf h ristian s Jn4 Great Britain . awoke ; and tbey have; been holding on their way with increasing majesty and glo ry, until that little island bestows an-. nually,"more than av million of" dol lars ;;u$)on s trangers . 1 1 is": fob rteeif years since New-England broke her slumbers,, and how the mass of her population seems drenched in -the missionary spirit, ;I.- saw ithe day cover the plains ; of Europe; J saw the westward-travelling,, light spread itself over Uhe eastern : stotes. Nine years Jigp, I saw 'the-ratof the: mornihgf tip bur Presbyterian hoVi Eon. ' 1 saW the dawn blush ..deeper and deeper. . I knewj it would not all return again to midnight, y I knew the sun .would rise. ; rAt length I saw his goldenr limb, aboves the eastern woods ; ? and from the course of day," I knew that soon the heavenly 'flood would cover all the plains to; Atkan sas'and the PacificivAlready "thein- uuence 01 neavennasaropi upon uie wiiderness,nd whoop ischanged to notes of praise. We must not stop' till ouip influence has cheer&l the w jiole eii entbf SoutbT A4ericaV iXnd tto to me islansand hbldMon bu&.way nit we ujccv? uur .ufciuicu. iuuiuci God foH givitifr os our eiislenceiD - ,.:. j...r. - w a ' desired lb see " thisrdy saw it not. iUne. snint has spi7d pel,sim great num llShprs. tnnll thp nat nne hr tKfiaaHk' i-Ghwtyhw are constantly - stretching forward to future achievements beyond the reach of imagination.. On the1 burnins: sands of Africa where Christian feet never before trod,v there is the holy : band of missionaries, struggling, a! , wic ; uiucs ui jLJiuiupia io , sircicu ; forth theirv hands to God.. On' the , plains of Hindostah, a consecrated ! host"; are translating the scriptures into more man4 thirty different: Jan- pbpulatibtf of the globe. ; Jn ; the , sou tliern islands, a nation is born in all the . cbuntriesVof the the angel has begun ofheaven, havingthe eveHasting gospel to preacltb every nation and kindred prcati---iuevery naiiQi and tpnguJand people My soul ; is : enlarged and " stands erect, as I look down the declivity of jcais, uuu .ee uie . cnangesrwiJicn:vt-'CII,S sleep and darkness of a hundred ages, ! .lu-.nan iue: oay mar. : WH never go . a rrecuu uci umc mc iiauui oi mma w uui . vcr piunc ( miu ,priw : down. - I see the darkness rolling a"busy and enterprizing population, teel to attempt to drive him thence upon itself and passing away frbma r emerging from the solitude of forest, , by mortal intrusion. So it is, how thousand lands; j I' see a cloudless J and.apparehtly. from the bosom of ever, that as his Ghostship seems day 'following, ' ancl Jaying itself oyer t the cloud clapt mountains wlsich sur- somewhat unmannerly in his dt mea all the earth. I see the nations com- j rounded it, with the rapidity if not nor, and has ot confined his notse, ing up Jfrom the neighbourhood of i the splendor of magic, that Time has , if he has himself, within his own pre- ine uruies, to tue uignity Ot tne sons ' passions, . melting down a million t contending units into the. clangour of arms, into life a thousand budding which had died under the long winter, j I hear the voice oftheirjoy It Wells j from the vallies'and' echoes fi3m - the ' ra!ethepraiseofa thousand islands. I ascend the Alps, and see the darkness '? retiring from the papal world;1 ; I as-, cend the Andes- and seeSouth Ame ca and alllhe islands jof the Pacific ohe-'altari of Thibt-tand hearffrom tlieblaius of ChinaV.and from every iunecle and pagado,torjliindostinthe praises of - the liviugGod. v I see all Asia bow-- ing before H im, who eighteen centu- ries affo. huner in the midst of thero. s on Calvary; . traverse oceans and , heW from every floating Bethel ;the songs oi tne tieaeemea. . v ' r- .-a j-.r.:- n --. t . . - '.The dwellers in the, yales and on jthe ocka Shout to eaeh other ; and thf mountain tops,7 1 From distant mountains, catrh the'iying joy; -Till nation after "nation taught the Strain,' ; Earttt rolls thefran'turous hosannaround. : Come ; that blessed day.-1 Let my eyes once behold the sight, and then give this worthless bbciy tb tlie wbfrasT - . .;.'-. ;? "i ... J . Thev late Archbishop of Bordeaux was Remarkable for his tolerance and enlightened benevolence. JThe fol lowinganecdote will not'be real without thteresU'." INIyf lora,": said a: person to him one day, , . here is a bbr woman come ito'asl. ichanfy-- iaf o"ybu"wtsh ; to lb for her ?" - How bld' isf she ?'!! VllSeventy IsshcjnJgreatv says sp--riMie must pe reiieveaj; he especially n a:s a Kf'. "-r;ce, gic . oi uoairom tne stye in wnicn they iucn upuu our tiauuauuns, iiur ciia- . umiitc aiuicuiuugm, nu niMiuieu tad wallowed,' to the purity of the hied us to point to the malefa tor's jeither by the Devil or by his own divine image. I see the meekness of ; Pr the suicide's grave, renderd sac- Ipropensity to mischief) has made the Gospel assuaging their ferocious ' red in our imaginations by many a sundry and divers noises, of a strange hills; J already bear on the eastern tale as 'twas told , to us," and j hold bludgeons, and other carnal and KrpPTP." tTik iennrrc nf ViAwp-hnrn fla- ourselves irresDonsible for anv of deadly weapons, did. on the nieht of vwmwj w ; w v m.y m t j m w - . . - r i . r tibns.. I already catch in the western ' the " hydras, gorgonsor chimeras" the 26th Sept. A. D. 1826, with fell cive her twenty-five francs. '.'Twen ;jive francs : my lord,? i tjs too inucn, r esbeci ally as" s he is a Jewessf.?,-- 4 A t- M . J V?; A' liY ( HKI HlivnHnCTSf crime of some " pur- fleshless spirits of airV earth and wa I IOI" I .PTIIlfrtnil rnnlri hnnct itn nt7i ter. - Lexincrtoti could boast its nivi- sible: stone throwers N ew York, its shadbwy prophets, alarming by ; their j ' woeiul predictions, v (tbo no ; one i could tell whence they came or in what manner they were promulga- ted) all the. old women and children. as well , infants as those of V'' larcrer j growth therein resident; and; indeed, ( there is scarcely a viliage which can puiuv iu us ucll TUU11I UIJU UlaCKSIUHIlS shop 'that has not connected with it some demonological tradition of the elder time, or some more modern record J of mid night orgies, cond act ed by agents of an unearthly cbarac- : ter. A 11 that is necessary is to find a house which has loner been unin- habited, 'moulderine: to decay, its cnimnies prostrate with the earth, its Ttopunni.pTed,x its!.frairie idilapidated, . with here and there a broken pane of glass to make it seem more black and j desolate ;---or else, some noted scene of murder; orsome cross-road where ' a -malefactor's carcase may have : been suspended ; or where the bones been burried; the rites of sepulture as - i( , . , T . decreed by "Holy .Mother Church,' ucmcu,iu ijiiii uy ine supersti- hurg is unfortunately deficient. It uu jcl me tiecp impress oi ins nursery recollection. But, we,' nev- down by the ignorance of one, gener- ation to the credulity of its successor, '-But1 to ' the point, " We tell the which the fancies of old women, whe-v ther iu petticoats or- trowsers, shall breed therefrom. r, ;; noises have been heard in a partly, deinol- house, situated in a deep and ; dark ravin, near a Mill, which was half destroyed by the re-1 cent iresnet. t enes, tms is a most admirable location, of a spectral re- j sidence, equally as good as the trem blihff towers of Udblpbo,1 around which Mrsr Radcliffe's powerful im-, acrination ccntrivfd , to - throw such . one, silencing ertneiess, . seem in, a lair way to add squeaKing, Kicking, dancing as it and swelling touhe catalogues of marvels which with feet of iron or brass, and m- charities abound in the traditions handed dulgmg in other surh unseemly prac- deep intensity ' of for the repose of his soul I- The stream of : muddy water rolls si ug- night of.the 25th was dark and tem gishly along'at the base of the hills . pestuous. Not a star was to be seen which environ the lumber housetid on the broad expance of . Heaven. ' vegetatibn :a'prieaWpr be less flburi'sh i The rain poured down in torrents, as ing in; itsneighbbrliood than else- r if the clouds had been collecting their wJiere-tlie treeS i hei fstunteidy In stores. for months,, ;nd had reserved thefcgrowtb," . and the. grass; vrearing ! thera ; all for v one -trenjendous llis armostsickly'n charges The .wind howled so shrilly cattle which browse , upon.; its sides j and fearfully, that; one might almost instant1ysejed with the mtirraihr imagine he heard the wailings of the and jt is a well known J fact,? which i spirit of the storm borne on the blast, 6we shbhld feart Ibmendon sfich a night, that two cen- yeiimigbVbe called m to Jel ItibnHfcpuldJt hbst of witnesses, that a horse raging with: madness, threw mmseit head- long do wn the - deep- declivity,- and .perished in the -yawning?; chasm be low ;-raf chasm, which, who vsb shall enter vilf call tbmmdlDanteV in-! iibnhe j hope tf rescue or relief wppld cheeri rhisAg-99ii cer-1 tainly ' pbssess most singular prejudi: esbiit; froni some manldnd draw useful moraU .? Who has: ever heard of a ghost, when he i?;nas. burst the cearments- ot his lomDvio. mincrie witn me uvinc. hsiniBK. -J . unless indeed he came armed with fa :. rescript of venereance to disclose the - petites by artificial means, and pour- ini . trt lmmnnfiivnrl av.o ' me. in unmeasured Quantities libn- lions on the alter of the reeling God ? j Who ever, heard of their Visiting the assemblies of the, gay, to " trip it on the light t fantastic toe,,? to the be witching! but fatal sounds of the viol and the lute ? .No. These respec table gentry .are .too solemnly con yinced by their knowledge' of what comes after life, j to indulge in such unseemly practices. ; They would tell us that the life of an Anchorite. " water his drink, his, food the shep herd's alms," ! is that to which all should aspire, who aspire to be truly virtuous and that half demolished tenement's or -caves dug by no mor tal hands," are the most fit places!ShT residence, as they humble the jiVrde ot man, and teach him the perishing Itiature;, of himself, and even of the great globe which he doth inhabit." ouij.oe an mis as it may, certain it is that ghosts always'choose for their stopping places on earth, the roost uncouth and desolate situations im- aginable, Seeming to fear to come in t w - i almbst as much as mortals do to meet with them ; and if; acting upon this piniwiuie oi ureau, uie unosi wnirn we have attempted to describe, we uhus, uuu fas is ueiieveu, wiin character, screaming, bawling, tices, contrary to the incJinations ot his4 neighbors aforesaid, sundry of them, armed with stones, sticks, and -murderous intent, sally fortli from their respective residences, to j find out from whom and whence these : strange sounds aforesaid proceeded ; .and whether it would be necessary to ' use the carnal weapons; aforesaid, - which could only prove1 efiectual against flesh and blood, or to return ana procure spiruuai anu, lor. trie purpose of slaying some disturbed tenant of the tomb, wandering to and fro in the earth because his bones had j.been unburied or because the requi- site number of masses had not been tlemen,: carefully wrapped upi and a dark Janthprn. to protect them from the danger pmnging into some pi ane numerous ravmes : which intersected and .sur rounded their path, secretly left their domiciles.1 and 'slowly wended their way towards the dwelling of the mid- had pot proceeded manyiyards, be" ibr(e alou4taid ? -fear heard, which seemed ; almost to hu sh Nothing dau however, the gen- T I V.' 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