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From the Tennessee Uaptrst.
JLGddd Rcasea far Declining.
The "Committee of tbe North Carolina Pub
Hcation Societj called apori Prof, C. F. Deems
ef . C4 to expose, the faWhoodsio the Great
Iroa Wbiaei, If it contained ona lie was ad
dressed1 not becao.32 he had attacked the work,
or had aspersed the author, bat because be was
a prominent man and a scholar, and able to
gad and expose the misrepresentations of the
book charged upon it by Leroy Le.
He returned this laconic, courteous, and dig
3i!,d answer ! ! ! j -
Sev Messrs. McDaniel, Mc Co well, and John
Gektlesies t The Biblical Recorder of
jjj 12 feas just been placed inimy haads, and
Ihwe read with; astonishment the degrading
proposition you make me. I prtfouodly re-,
gretaDy act of my life which may have led you
(o believe tlat you could induce me to become
tout scvengcr. ; . Yours, &c,
- Oh as. F. Deems.
Gp.eexseoro K. C, July 31, 1855.
Prof. Deews intended this to mean sorae
tMne, bit int b ars his meaning upon its face,
it lets s inow that Methndi?i has feature
whick he, as man "and a christian, scorns to
sfop go low as to defend tboogh a professed
Methodist he is not to be e?cdas itsscaveuger.
sustain, this construction we refer our tead
trs to an extract from , the Prop's writing, to
e foxifid ' ia the Iroa Wheel, page 325 .
" If we Eiay apply the figure to Methodism ,
is caa very "readily see that a soverament
suited t the sooty colliers of Englandservants
sui tke uncultivated, who bad g.own up amn!
all tixi
might
all the peculiarities of an aristocratic country,
hardly be fit for- a church among whos
ayaen
are presidents, ana proieurs m evi-
of Rnnremo courts, senators, and
mea liberalked by professional learnin and po
lite associations The factis, John Wesley form
ed societies: ours is a cAacA. John Wesley
diinot make'go'vernment a special study ; but
king a strong roan and a violent tory, and
Jading a sect gathering around , him to be jroy
emed, he s.-kid the rins--he became autocrat 4
and tJirmtcrh hi hclners. he coveraod most
i filly. If was very natural that wh II our
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church was formed-it saoaia 03 ouni suiKewuai
after th model of the 4 EOCieiies of Wesley.
h it hot too exact a c?pyand may it not need
aeadm ? Even if Wesley had made govern
teui altuclV. and. was by Cature superior to
the mass ke controlled, there arc laymen in oar
f. tliarch in this day, as great natively as Wesley,
;i ibo have paid mucbT more attetion to the
science of government , .This is said with great
! fcference and much veneration for many thmgs
a the character of John Wesley. , He waa"be
J fere his times'; ours before him'' , ;
1 - Prof. Y. wouH. make a poor argument to
prove that the peeuliir polity .of Methodism js
wriptural (aught and enjoined by Jesus'Cbrist
-after hkting admitted that Johir Wesley .was
(he author of It ! He '.would make a lame ef
&ri U nrova ' that' Methodism was.' republican,
iving declared 'that John VVesley was a vio.ent
toy, and that he seized upon tbe reins of Math-
adsm r. lamft antocrat. ; it was aumuceu
atheuleas in the orbnerty ease; that the iden-
feal powers exercised by Wesley ..; were trasfS
fcrcd and now ; exercised - by . the traTelling
preachers and bishops that they not the peo
ple were d: jatlo the Mithodist church, for
had no constituency ! ! Republicanism in
deed ! r ' v, : , - -
Prof; Deems hardly, thinks the government
tf the Methodist church suited , to American
jentlemen or citizens.' : We ,agree with him
think it tinsulted toa christian.
Borpinas it docs the religious ' rights which
Christ made, it his solemn. and imperative duty
exercise. V-i Prof Deems verily bad good rea
aa for declining to defend Methodism.,. u
1 . - From the Tennessee Baptist. f
I roumS iLD .TIIIS PAiPElt 5;
ha TT.";5t ot 'tha most exeitmsr ca
f oernatorial can vasses and a'poa ' the eve of a
1 the position we occupyi 'and where we ex
'. Pect to h f J - ' - : " '?
' We have hpen charged bV om6 few political
rnri rtrr TTn 0 W- :Notbineism; bb-
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wosj hava A;icfr.rl not tA OTnOSe IU6 ppcv
We affirm' that we stand todav where we.&tood
4lgat vears agot.beforoJKnow, Nothingvsm was
eoaetivedc :We have never affiliated with it as
I party Wc never took an oath -to any poll-cartv-and
while we have reason never ex:
Pect to rl o en ' "Wa "rPTina-ata the idea of
icrecv bi ihi3 new par
eoiinectidn with ' secret 'organizations td;,pro
tota bcncvblsnce morality, qhristiauity, "or
-v.B, am never expect to nave. i o
Jat we. have interfered, and disclaim any intcn-
t33 to interfere, with rartv politics" 1 We have
P?os2d Catholicism, -re confess, tut oidy as
aare done, since ou: ..rst connection with the
F'Hit acl the- press. " We have not changed
fret political party in thi3' Union, composed
whomsoever it may be, as' we didwat an early
the secrecy 'of thi3 " new party; - We" have
no
r- We have opposad tha Papacy as
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anti-chmtian and a system of oppression hostile
10 me civn ana reliiuus trerdom of any peo
ple and a system: that ought to beexposed
anarvsjstea, by, alt proper means, by everv
christian, every "patriot, eWry philanthropist,
by ev-ry respecter of the "claims of God or ad
vocate of the rights ...of man As a minister
and christian, we confiue our opposition to the
pulpit and'the press so long as Papists go do
farther but whenever the priests andervanta
of a foreign potehtattj 'resort Jo he ballot box
or to arms to gain political power, then; as a
fatriot and a citizen, we meet them at the bal
lot box or on the battle field. .
Nor would we do this sooner to resist tbe
political encroachments of the Catholics, thno
we would tb ose of Methodists, Prethyterians,
Episcopalians or Baptists. ' 1 - '
These ever have been, arc now. and ever
wm u-j, ur aoiuiug sv'nuraents: nor stiau weuna creat change bv which
our sworu ia politicians. Jt our rsition
was right and commendable touching Catholic
ism three, and six, and eight years aio, before
Know NothiDism was born or thought ofas
the entire denomination declared it was then
it is a correct position to dav. : Poi-iictl par
ties may and da. ckunst vfiucivle never. If
we hate Captist patrons professed christinii
p-st. vofd of the spirit of .-'Christianity, and so
iabud with the fetliugof tiiere party, to whom
our position is objeetiouable, we li'ope th'cT will
nibimtaw iueir inmes.irom .our nsi, ior ine pa-
per would be dusuoncred by their continued
patronage. Let not such a man, actuated by
such a spirit, have the honor to say 1 am a
patron pf the Tennessee Baptist"
Baptists m every age, since the rise of papa
cy, have been characterized by violent, unflineh
ing opposition to it, as the usurper of man's civil
and religious lights, and . the enrtmy, of Christ,
and the curse of the world, and shall we, in
this drir day, fear to protest against it ? Vc
Kiy, with the editor of the South Western Bap
tist i We would be as far as aay living man
from favoring the least restriction ' upon the
Catholic religioa by law in this country. Let
them enjoy their religious privileges. We do
uot wish them , to interfere with ours. But to
cease exposing this Mystery of Iniquity,"
never L never ! if we lose every subscriber on
our list.''
From the Child s Paper.
Geed far Lvi!.
4t Mother, please to cive me the eam'y aunt
Lucy sent me," said little Fanny, as she was
tying on her bonnet for school. u Not all of
it, my child, you iuu?t not eat it alt at nriee ;
and besides, 1 should think yoa would whb to
give your littln brother some of it." .Yes, moth
er,all of it; I will not eat 'any of it myself,
but 1 Want to give Pat Dorian the whole of it."
k WThat for, Fanny f" l Because, mother, he
is always teasing me; hre is so mueh bigger
thau I am, that be can push and pull me, and
then he snatches off my bonnet and runs away
with it, or tambles my books into "the dirt;
and when I see him comipg, I always ran as
fastk3 I can to get oat of his way but to-day
1 want to try a new way. ; Last Sabbath our
Sabbath-school teacher said that if others ir
jared or troubled us, we must not injure them,
but be kind to them, and that would be heap
ing coals of fire on their heads.' 1 never uu
derstood just' what that verse ia the Bible
meant before, and now I want to try it with
Pat, and see if it will 4riak"e any difference"
44 Well, that is a good thought, my child ;
but do yoa wish to give him all "of it ? I should
think a part would do." Yes, mother, pliase
let me ; 1 had rather than to eat it myself.'
raany's mother gave her the candy, and shi
went off to school. . - ' i---
When the came home at night. her little face
was trlowln with excitement, a3 she said,
" Mother, 1 did it, I gave it alf. to him. f He
was waiting at the corner, just as he always
is, and as Roon as he saw me, he called out,
: Come on. Fan, I want o borrow your bonnat
again;' and he was just going to suatch it,
whenT said, 4 Wait, Pat, 1 have got something
for you.' He did not believe me at first, till i
held ; out my hands full of candy5 ; then be
thought I was going to-' cheat himr : and only
making believe give it to him, as. the boys at
school do ; and. he was' going to help himself,
when I gave it all to hint He begaa eating it
as fast as he could, and then, when he saw 1
bad not kept tany, asked, '.Don't you want
some of it; Fan ?' No, I said; I brought it
on purpose for youj and I had rather you would
have it all; and then 1 ran on to school.
v He is not in the same room with me, so I
did not see him until; to-nig!it, when I had al
most reach ci the corner; - and there he stood,
and I thought he was going to be as bad as er-
er ; ' but he. waited till 1 . came up and 'then
said, Fanny,-: who , tdld ypu.- to, give me that
candy f''obody I did it because I wanted
to be kind to you. and ,1; thought yoa would
like it. In a minute be said. M am sorry 1
have teased vod so' muchFanhy, and 1 wont
any more'; and then he ran away as faffas he
could; and I . don't believe he will troubla me
again,"-"' ' ;: -c " V ' " ';
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: ' A -' :T ' From the American Messenger.- -,
i"';',5bfliiiis but I'nbelief.';
It was a time of the outpouring of the Spirit
in . .. seminaryi- F rom day fto day;' and
week to week; young-voices were learning the1
Srst.notes of that newong .which evermore as-i
cerids from the whole : family of the redeemed;
Thera- were others too," whosa, coaateaincas
betraved the anguish of heart aroused tor a sense
of God's claims, and .y.Qt.uareconcUjsa-to nim.
. Ainonw the latter class,, was,, one whose case
had excited special interesU. jShe.was, BOpa to
leave the Seminary, and 'with her t'alenta .and
en&rv. mast exert! a powerful- infiaenco' over
those among .whom her lot should bcast.'
Wnnld it'ba-for- rood' or evil ? ' She' -wa.
nW deeplvxonvinced of her cailt and danger ?
hnV there were some who" . remembered with
borrow that in earlier years she had seemed not
less powerfully, awakened, andt jetrremainea
out of Christ.: ' ' .. VVV ' ' r.
: WppV aftpr week went bv. but Ellen found
io peace: She . was'outwardly calm, .but'-it.
ppmcd like the' caraless of dospair. "I Whether,
ao
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in the recitation room, at tabled or in the uore- t is a common protection they have .shared-:
strainsd freedom of social converse, a eiogly They have together- been kept from the. assas
glance at her countenance reveahd to the most 6;a? fl0n the Cre, from -"the pestilence that
casual observer thesettbd gloom of the soul. walkclh in darkness." Should not they'knjel
Many a heart ached ia' .view of her anguish, together, and give tlaaka to their heavenly
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and many a'praycr' waa sent 'upTto Heaven in
her behalL One ' after, another,' her teachers
and school-mates sought opportunities of,con'
versaiion with ior on tho great" subject which
engrossed her thoughts. - While elm was Trunk
and unreserved in com muuicatin:; her feelings-
and listened atten tively -tor thoso who tried to
expkin to. her the way of salvation; there was
still a difficulty which none could . remove,: ,
It is of no use." hho would sav. "All thi
has been expliined to me over," aqd , over, as
clearly as it could bo.V But.therQ is sotnethinr
in the way ; 1 cannot, come to the Saviour, and
i I'iar. i never hau." . " . ' '
" Ah, we cannot heln Lfir?" ?Trio(T Vap
friends, a$ sonic' of them reviewed tocrcther their
fruitless effotts.' " We can onlv commend htr
to una. L.Qt us pray for her."
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At length thtr
WAS ft fhrlTKTA no von lmi(
w. w o J
sinners are ntw-
born, e'eace was now as visible in Ellen's
countenance as distress had been before. "Oh,
what a wonJerful way of salvation !" was the
uUeraoca of her heart. 1' How, imle, how
beautiful, how glorious ! Why did 1 not come
to Christ before ? . That mysterious hinderance
which seemed to bo ia uiy'waj was nothing
BUT UNBELIEF.? .
Truly it was nothing but unbi if." 'And
now, being justified by faitk," Kllon had
" peaso wi'tb Ool thronh' our Lord Jesus
pbrist." It is . uot hmg but unbelief," anx
ious reader, which keps yoa from Christ to
day. It i$ that same unbelief which, if not
abandoned, will final v shut yoa out of Heaven
Ah, uubclkf b a tearful thioi a wall oetween
your soul and Christ a weight to siuk you iu
the burniug lake for ever. 14 Beltcce in the
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou sbalt be saved."
From the American
Messenger.
Family Prayer.
In my parish is a lovely family,. consisting of
the parents and two children. The parents are
members of my church. Last winter the son
was seised with a complaint that brought him
to the borders of the grave. He lay there for
weeks, attended by physicians and surgeons,1
the ablest in the State but tboy felt they
could do nothing for him. As pastor J spent
several days with them, feeling that be was just
balancing between life and daath,
J suspected that fahiily prayer was not regu
larly attended, and plainly inquired, and found
my suspicions fully confirmed. I led the fam
ily in prayer several times, and presented our
united request that the life ef the only son
might be spared. The prayers were heard, aud
life was given- I also 'obtained a promise that
henceforth the family"" altar should stand, and
should be daily farrounded- The duty was ta
ken up and maintained for weeks.
When-. the1 busy season of reaping the gifts
of Clod came, and others than the regular fam
ily were present, it was felt- to be too great a
task to bow the knee and pray .before them.
The morning and evening sacrifice were . omit
ted. And as they thus forsook God, he left
them, and in fdur weeks that same son, whose
life had been given in answer to their prayers,
secretly absconded, forsdok his native place,
and tbu3 inflicted a severer blow upon his pa
rents thau if he had been taken away in his
4ukness.' And j such were the circumstances
Of his leaving, that it is quite;evident that he
would not have j left, , had - not family prayer
been omitted.
How easy to omit duty, but how God con
nects its discharge with our daily mercies.
Why should we' doubt that lie is still a prayer
bearing God ? The daily events of a Chris
tian's life are but continuations of the h if tory
tory of the Bible. In that we read of just
such caserf," they are confirmed in our daily
experience, and bow shall we not believe that
the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Samu
el, and Solomon, still lives and rules just as
He did with and over them. - W.
; ' From the American Messenger.
p Family Ifbrshipt
What can be' more beautifully appropriate
than the worship of God in families?
Here is a little company of human beings,
joined together in the most intimate connection
dwelling under one root, ted at one table, sap-
plied with the necessaries of J lie, from sources
of income that are common to them' all, feeling
themselves to have.ltogether.c6minon interests,
common wants,' and common exposures. It is
granted that they all ought to worship God ; is
is not appropriate that they should worship
him together ? nEach of them "'ought to thank
God for his daily food, and daily to ask God
for the needed supply.. But the family take
their toea togeuier. it ia suppueairom a com
mon, store; and spread . upon, a common, table,
arid the daily gtheiings around that table are
the recognized symbol of their close intimacy".
Is there any clher scene " which ought ' io be
sanctified .'.witfc"'ra yer;-' if not5 where a family
most1 frequently look ' in each other's 'faces
where the responsible providers" distribute the
liberal provUiori-where parental love lavishes
itself upon its tender .objectt-r-and wbjere . the
children not only, have their bodies nurtured,
but. their minds and manners cultivated ?, , (
, . A pravciless'family'meal is a most unchris
tian, a most ungodly thing,,-sod' seldom docs
that , graceless spirit,, whose: plainest name is
asiw, how -her .lmpictyi mere plainly than
wnen, as a social eu.'riaiument, Bue wnispers
that; as the family tabid would 'be top narrow
for so numerous a cohrpahyVio the familv cus
tom "of giving thanks at table is too homely for
60 splendid. ah'VccasioQ i just as if the. larger
and costlier provision-, uid cot need the divine
blissingi and did not call for thanks, as much
as the ordinary, meal I and just as if an unblest
meal, partaken by a numerous company scatter'
eu luroua iuo umpia uuuea ui a pinur, were
any more .Cbisiiaa jthan thome thing.at 'an
ordinary tabli'. . , ',.'.: :V
.:i'Nor is it only at table that families should
woiehip. , Sheltered -by one roof; tbe family
have laid them' cbwn ia peace and slept, and
awoke in safety,- becausa - the' ;Lord ' bath sus
tained thexri Coming froia their several chain
bcr8:;.they-meet and, exehangotheir afiectionate
salutations, g!a I to feel,' 41 H"e are' all ' here,"
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Guardian?, They -are going forth too to du
ties, ad to dangers and they need a ccmimon
guiuuncf ; a.aau they not ask for it .together ?
And at the close, of the. day,.hav(j thay-not
equal roasous for united prayer an l thanksgiv
lH ? . They have" all been led and kr'pt by one
rovmcuoo, an j my all noed to commit them.
seivcsjtoono tltyino Guardian: On both occa
slons it ia nppronriate', besidtw' the prayer, U
read tbe dtvmo word togetnor," and to unite, if
i.ufj o.iu uih, in tHicrea song. " '
There will of course bo mornings when all
have not como from their chambers in'tho glow
aud the j y of health ; there will be evening
wht n the family', will sadly gather, returniu
iivm nun iuve, meucerurtn, ac mo lapie
and at the firesidu there will Uo " one vacant
cbair. AU families must have these days of
sorrow. ; Wat shall they do with this sorrow r
To. whom shall they tell it ? On whose friend
ly strength shalf they lay it ? There fa no
sucii otheFplaco for a bereaved family to soothe
and comfort themselves as their family altar.
Is it the father that U gone ? Nowhere else
will they find such comfort as kneeling, in their
tears, at the family altar; and pouring out
their prayers: from! their broken hearts, through
the ..channel perhaps of , a fjebler and Kbftor
voice than that to whose manly tones they wero
aceuvtomed. i
c Or has ouo of the little, ones been taken ?
The table must hrjucefqrth lack the light of his
happy face the house will no more ring to his
merry laugh ; but; there is no swetter 'm'eiuory,.
yuen you see tne wtnte hands laid together on
the still breast,! thlan that you had seen them
toiaea on the edgd of the table at the eivihs of
thanks, or ou the thair by your side at the dai
ly woiship. , - .
In joy aud sorrow, amid all the varietios of
dometitio experience, they who live together
may most appropriately and beneficially wor
ship together. j , H. A. .
, I : Frm the American Mess'Dger.
The Risen Saviour.
Imagine yourself seated in that secret cham
ber, with' that timid and sorrowful group of
disciples, on the efenibg after the resurrection
of Jesus. Imagine yourself to be one of the
number, and that jyou; are permitted to look
on the Saviour's person as he enters, aud mild
ly utter the kind salutation, 44 Peace be unto
you. ' - ;
Behold him f-s he stretches forth bis hands,
showings the fresh prints of the nails, and draw
ing: aside his robe, exhibits to you the yet un
closed wound in his side. " '
Tou know that he' was dead, for jou saw him
taken down from ! the i cross, and , laid in the
toujb ; aud now you see him evidently alive.
I'Le miracle strikes ypa with amazement.--You
are awed byjtho present exhibition of di
vine power, whereby one from the dead is pre
sonted ahve before yoii. But the Saviour's'
look and voice soon bring composure to your
mind, and you are able calmly to consider the
mciniqgof the wondrous spectaole. You re
member that be many times told you he should
be put to- death, in just so cruel a manner as
now he- has bwen, and that after three days he
would rise agaiu. : H is prophetic . word is ful
filled in your sight. You saw him the other
day bound, scourged,! condemned. His ene
mies triumphed over: him,' and mocked him
with cruel insults' They seemed tc have him
completely ia their power. They ridiculed his
kingiy pretensions, putting a purple robe on
him, and a crownjef thorns; and they bowed
the knee before him, saving in bitter mockery,
" Hailking cf the-, Jews !" Tired of their
cruel sport, they 4t length led him away to ex-ecate'ia-carae?t.
the sentence pronounced Upon
liiib by the unprincipled judge, who had him
self declared him innocent. They' crucified
hiia between two (thieves. '4 . t-.g
(Truly it seemed that he. was utterly defeated.
His high claims, his magaCenipppheciey ht
celestial kingdom; these are now the by-words
of Ibis enemies ; for: they have killed bim. Tie
is helpless, and dying upoa the cross. ' "He is
dekdy and shut up in the tomb, ,So it.appeared
oa; .tbe, .day of ircrucifixioA ; but uow you see
tbd murdered one aiiye, and instead of those
appearances of defeat and subjection, he' now
wears the look of a conqueror, lie has -triumphed
rubt oyer the' puny creatures that
dared to murder him, but ever death itself
He went down into the grave, a captive to the
grim monster J but he has ccme back, lead
ing captivity captive."- ,'. .
jYou remember now: that he said, 4My king
dom is not of this world ;" that he restrained
his disciples from figbting in bis defence, sub
limely affirming that at his praver to the Fatb:
er. lecions of anizels '. would flv-to his rescue :
that be assured bis enemies that he had power
to lay down his life, and to take it again. Is
hot bis word made good ? Is hot he the con
queror ? i Ja trot his title to the heavenly king
dom established r - ' ' ' '
You have other, more, tender recollections
He told you the purpose for which he wai to
die. - He asued yoa that the prophecies could
not be fulfilled, unless ho ; should . be ? out to
death, and that bis death was -to be for the sins
of mankind.' tie was tho Lamb of God, bear
ing the sin? of the world the Lamb that should
be led dumb to tire slaughter His blood was
to be shed for the remission, of sins. . .
. : And now you look upon the wounds, out of
wnicn inai sacrcu oiooa nowea lorto, a ncaimg
flood, a Sufficient atonement for the sins, of tbe
world. it ,ir'aVifeuflTeTent.1 " All"' that Jesus
claimed was'true-for God catb set his seal io
tl in that He hath raisod'iliui from'tho dead.
His words were ngt the words of a cunning im
postor, nor of ftVmed enthusiasts 'They -are
all fully, and wonderfully verified.-, vThey wore
thi words of a prophet, and more than a proph
eU. .Ud tho i Son : of,; God',tbo? Saviour
or men;-" aiy. tord; aud ,rny Uod '' yoa da
voatlyexclaimy and, your , whole heart hence
forth trusts him as .your all-sufHcient Saviour,
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-1. 'Learn one thing at a time
v.2.; Learn that thing weU; ?''
3. Learn its connection, 'as far as possible,
with other things.5 :, -,-'.''7' ,':, i - -,- ,
-4. Believe that to know'every thing of some
thing, is better than to know comethm? Pt eve
tj tning. .
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y-y: " Cbrist is AU."
Not mmlhing;bnX all ' Some men mike
gods Of their own some make Cbrists of their
ofn,, and omo -, makd . half-Christ. They
iMike Christ, Mlf: Christ t which is still more
common, of.tUeir repentances, and gooddoin,
and good eharnctci's, and, good :-tempore, and
tne jijce. . As they Jiaon dcathTbedj4 they.look
back; ..not "cbinph-rly . satisfied with.elf, but
scraping together all they cani and then bring
m their 44 blessed Savi ur,'' as they call him to
dO the rest. Oh that men, living men" ahd-dy-
ju miwii, wouiu icarn mac wncn a man ttnsta
iu any measure to self, he falls from grace-and
from Christ.' -Work is work, merit is merit,
grace ia grace. ' You cannot mix" them. Alt
the merit ii Cbrists 1 , s The robe of. salvation is
not patchwork. Oh.- shiner look to Christ
f.or am . . r . . . v . . , ,
' Salvation 13 a large word ; it stands for a
large Dicssmg. JNot tyr pardon only-jior. for
a regenerate heart only, but for the whole work,
from the writing bt bis; n.me iu4 the Lamh's
book of life," throughout all his conflicts and
wanduiinga, and foars and sorrows, till he acts
safe into 1m Saviour's presence. And through
out all, 44 Christ is all:" Ha is your propi-
tiatton : he is
your righteousness ; he is your
sanctifieation ; he vour strenffth : hevorir wis-
ui ; he your comfort ; ; he vour-peace : I he
your joy ; he yjut glory ; be your heaven. The
mood winch washes , is Christ's blood, and it
washes clean without bur rubbings or our tears
The Spirit who reseheratcs is Clmst's Soirit.
"Vyekreio u&e grace given, to work I with the
Spirit, to obey him, to walk 10 him,' but we
cannot help iiim to recreate a soul. The righ
teousness is Christ's (.'hrist is our righteous
ness, and his work wants no ekin out.1 v !
Is Christ all to you ? Not-$omHungy but
alu. Not a mere: life-boat on board; but your
aik. You will spon want him. Tho moment
is fast coming it is at the door when-non
but Cbri&t can help you.., To have Christ with
you then to have Christ t'a yoa-fto. be, in
Christ, will be of more worth iu the hour of
death aud in the day of judaicnt,' than the
wealth of India or California. Feel your foot
ing; let it not bo sand, but the Rock of Ages.
Take your stand ' bebcath the ci'023. ' Then
are you safe indeed. Was Noah safe in' his
ark, whilo the waters overwhelmed the world ?
Was Lot safe in Zoar, while the fire consumed
the cities of tbe plain ? Was the Israelite safe.
with the paschal blood upoa bis lintel ? Was
he whose footsteps the avenger of blood track
ed, sjvfe withiu the city of refuge ? Were the
men on whom was tbe Lord's mark safe, in the
day of Jerusalem ? , How safe are you, a' sin
ner, beneath the cross of the sinner's Saviour I
Safe, living ; safe, dying. ,. Come death, safe !
Come eternity, safe ! Miller of Birmingham.
Gems froiaa Pastor's Scrap Book.
The ScRiPTCitEs." -1
T h ave regularly and attentively read the
Holy ' Scripture ,'and aai of opinion "that this
Ydlunie, independently of its divine oriein,
bontains tnors aubliniity and beauty, purer mo
rality, and finJr strains of poetry and eloquence,
than can be collected trom all other Books, :a
whatever age or language they may have been
composed,"- Sir TJtVt'a! Jones. 1
pASsrKC Awav ! ; ' :
Hew different the'general appearance socie
ty presents now, from that which it exhibited
a century ago ! Fie! te re cultivated by new
1 aboi ers ; N ajica a.-com uia nded by oth
er Admirals, and Armies obey the voice of oth
er Generals. Sceptres are grasped by other
hands, and Council, and Senates filled ; with
other patriots s. j Pulpits are occupied by other
Ministers; other Deacons are seen at the ta
ble of the Lord, administering the ifaoly ele
ments' ; and other members constitutet.the UU
bla Churches of Christ." ( We ourselves , are
pissing away. AS the waters we tail, and as
the cloud we I vanish! .The decree of Heaven
concerning each individual; is . dust thou art,
and to du3t thou thalt return.?' '. Oht let as
welcome and improve the admonition, 44 What
soever thy, haad( .BJudeth to do, do.; it' with thy
mitrht, for there .is no work, nor . device,. .nor
witdomi nor knowledge, ip" Ihq. grave, whither
thoa goest." Dr. Staz'ghicn; . j
The Gospel or Salvation; '
Oh, catch its high import ye winds as ye blow; 1.
Oh, bear it ye waves as ye roll i' : -
From regions taat feel the aun'g vertical glow, ! -.
To the utmosfextremes of ths pole..-; , -r
Equal laws, equal rights, to. the cations around,'
Peace and friendship, its prriepts impart, .
And wherever the footsteps of man caa be found;
llay hd bind the decree to his heart - -I
The Triumph of the CRbss;( ' :, ::;
. . The eath of Jesus' Christ extoils", his tri
umph ; and he is - infinitely ' more admirable
from triumphing over deattf itself, after dying,
than if be bad been f exempted from suffering
it j as he cured blindness by a thing saited.to
augment it, namely, with cla so he converted
to ;bimself all the world,' by the Cross,'whieh -in
itself was. likely father. to; keep E them at a dis
tance;and to cause him scandal" 'The Evan
gelists, by recording ia their- writings the mean'
negs'of the Apostles their' timidity, and' their
defects, have. 'furnished ar great proof of tbe
troth of thof evangelical history.:, If Socrates
and the other sages of ; the; world, were unable
to 'effect the ' establishment oft their doctrines
among men, but even lost their lives for having
introduced novelties, we canhotj be enough as
tonished s that ;simple; fishermen, should. , have
subdued to 4 theirV, not only , the Greeks, but
even the inost barbarous'naUons. 'CArvsosfow.
"',! ,iras raisiatefl.V
A lively writer has said & VI .was mistaken are
(tie three .hardest words to pronounee in the English
language." . .'Yet it teems hut 'acknowledging that
we are wiser than we were before to see our error,
and humbler 'iba'ri we' were before to own it. " Bat
so il is; and GolJt-miih observes, lhat Fredej ick lbe
Great tlid himscifinore honor, bVhis letter to the
Senate siatinr.that he hud just lost a great battle
bp his own fault, .than by all the victories he had
wbn.V Perhaps our gicaieskperfsction here js not
lo escape impei feeuous,. but to see and acknowl
tde'and lament and correct .hcm. Ja'... ".
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" The enumeration of the inhabitants of New. York
city is tiow progressing,' and it is tLe opinion 'of the
marshals that the iucieaseof the population ' since
1850 has been' fetich that the aggregate auaibcr will
jreafch about 825,000. ' - 1
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Parallcl Between Deism an3 Chrisliaaltycr
I. I have never. met a man, woman or child, '
bo had beenade better by embracing: du
tical sentiments.". . rJ
1. 1 hi
wt
tical sentiments:
doned the faith of their fathers,, (tbronffc: the
selves up tofthc mbsf fearful deviationfrdml
he path - of Sttotilti Jo; '.'Andt judge of Deism
by its fruits. 1 --. '.-. '7-. r:";4
- - -wu aeisis who, after having aban-
doned 1 their maxims of inelityathrbugVthp
preaching of the word A . -1: "
selves to be practice of the most distinrruised
vu-tucs. And I judge christianify by its' Truits.;
rClQ not teiwcmliPi' tn u.a .ii--r.t. ."
d. , r--. ua,v- iuei wiitt a .
ClSl WOO COUld lLtnr r -4Unt- V11?'.. ?
dered him peaceful and happy.,:.,". .; ,v- 5- '
' J I remember to have-seen, grea't number of 1
01 cuiistians.who
owed to their religious sentiments, a peace S
happiness .that passed all understanding.- ; -4.
X havo ri6 - where found a ' .
yes acts as thonfrh h a;a ..
1 have no where found a true ehViUrVJ dl1
actions were not mvpm) ' K - - v-u -
waiua and puuishmeuts hereafter; The chrisi:i
tiau not onh' but als- u i : 6 cri3Tf,
iht ii. . ' -""o uy uis actions
that he believes, ia, the -life of the ..fuwA-.:
come. 7". T
5 I have seen many deists at the hoar of
sches with having completely .forgotten the?
commandments of God." llje 8ef4d theS i
dying couch with all its horrors ' 0 -
1 have seen- many christians rejoicin'- ' the !
hour ot death, with' ineifahl ;w ,at raeJ
ed
veu hi
glory.
And
htened AluirAjWg bed with aU il
T Said flr!sm , ia
gw;a rovdation of C'-i sJSZZj'.
, .The Rcm-trafficker's Siirn-hfts M
at !t
Selected fiom thp Af-n;- e 1 A ' ' u : -
-."r Austin Edward a
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spmt,", should
GHEAT CAPITA r
write: iU
Jhatsomanv of thk Ji,k:u.i :Vt"
or oity.he will, lbrthe
money, .make paupers, and . send theS fo''S -
y - -nu nicm ana.:theirmiliesV-thA;i
sn tri.inu- nii.o.., .-n
100 ot nuna , and thus iacreue- Ihi aZL'-J
----j. many tie will send Jo theHail la
and so many more to the state prison
Uianv tO the rrnn;V .fc.i ... W0- a l
Crv n-kAH I Ml '
many cases, HUu-l? 5
j uc min ue-
Fi l cause sudden death s.ihafto Z?Ul?J
wul. make widows, and so man children" hi
w cnauihePna C.sW n
vl ii? t9 grow up in ignorance, .1 i
inTomanVg'thCt0
uiatin so many cases he wil prevent thereffiw
caoy of the gpelieVeawitel
and ruia for eternity the sou' "of iSan. ' T,
rTJ - ywringl instrumental U'
producing this ram ; and sajpse' he shouldpa
athe bottom'of the sign thisluestioarnVh'atl
yoa may ask, caa be py.,objt .-mMtin
much hke a dovil. incarnate, "and. briuaS 'A
accamajatedwrete coJratTvo
V happy ;p00? a ny j . &honJ
family.. And, aa.all-faces' begin tgather" '
blackness at tha approaching rufn, A' m '. '
?Fnl0Mr'their' eolation v-J
If I do not bring thv ..destruction, .opou yoa! v..
5 f. m What ought they .to think of ,:
him 7 . And it any worse fori man to tell1
the -people beforehand; hbcestly, . what he - win.?f?
dof if they bay and use his1 poison, than it is to
go on and do . it?-. And whktif they; are noV -
aware, of the mischief which he-is doin them f
and he can accomplish it - through their - on '
perverted and -volaatary, agency ;?i9 itiot 'Z-
equally abominable, if hex knows : UJ aaddoe 's
not eeasefcom producing it ?,u .n fv...7
Translated from the CTerautaV:"'1'
TWinaidens, Bridget and Bertha, yyent to,' i
the city, "and each twre npo4 her head a heavy
basket offralt, , . t' ,
13ridget murmured, and . sighed eonstantlr
but: Bertha bhljr laughed and sported; ; - ff '
Bridget said, How canst thou Iamri L. J-
tThy basket is as hea,v as' mine, and thou aft
no stronger thanX" i 4 "iV-a - s& ztsu
; Bertha replied, I have placed a certain IiV'?-
tie plant on -my: bardenj'and 'so I scarcely feel Vi
it; Wh.y.dbaH'yoa do so too :-. 4-- AHt..-s:u
m V. Ay,", cried Bridget,- f that mast be a pre
cions little planU i J - vonld- gladlylightea: jbjV
bnrda ,f?th it, - Tell me ;at;once what is its
Bertha ariswered, "JThe precioaa little plan tl'"
that makes all burdens' lighter.'iscalleW' ,
Hence. For. , i- Km. :
"AVhea'lby hurden s very weishfvf 1
'Tatieaca 'neaih it iaakci it easvfi'J -
rIfa man uports wiih' others fhfirmitios, yoa wialu
observe lhat be is totally blind to his own.' ...
bj-en bcwfltjtjd haTiniUmca'the princl--plesrof
chnstiabity.
-...-. B rauyurectca- by a belief in re-
; .r"r? f-x i an go on to jsay, i have
a fcmiryto support; I want monev ,1
have it; this is my business, I Was brought ap1
to antif. I should not " follow 'it, l X) JSt
change lav business, nr 1 MnM u julir-r .
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