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BIBLICAL RECORDER PUBLISHED EVEBY "WEDNESDAY . V " I- ' - '- - J6! " ' """ ' EDWARDS, BROXJGHTON 4 CO., . . RALEIGH, .N. C. . : ',::--Office ea Fayettevillt Street, Opposite Market Square. ; TERMS OF ' SUJSSCJtlPTIOX.' r r v - - ' . . One copy, one year, ............. $S 50 One copv, six months,.... ......,.,....,., 1 SO Clubs of five .11 00 Clubs of ten. . ..... 20 00 Remittances of $3 50 or under may be made by the ordinary mail ai our rink, bnt all suras above this amount must be seat by Pojt Office Order or Rpgwfwd Letter. . COMMUNICATED. aureement with dr. hooper. . . 'JLl (Continued.) - v The reply of Baptists to the objections wo ii.vvo stated to tbeir arerumeut, is an exa!Ple f the fallacy of reasQiiingfrom a )tarticu;ir case to a universal coaclp sion. If, on particular occasions, or un der peculiar circumstances, it is right to adBiit an unauthorized minister into the pulpit such a case is only an exception to a Eide. Baptists state a case, in which an unauthorized minister may be permitted to preach, and conclude that he is equally entitled to this privilege in all cases. They thus .mistake the excep tion for the rule, and so destroy the role itself. A man must necessarily be per mitted to preach, before a' Church can judge of his qualifications for the minis terial office. But a rule implies such ex ceptions as are necessary to its execu tion ; or rather i they: are a part of the rule itself. Incidental, exception's to !a specific rule may exist under the opera tion of general law. ; But the general law cannot invalidate, or impair the au thority, or action of the specific rule. It must operate without the: limits over which the rule asserts its special jurisdic tion or, if, in aiy case, for particular reasons,- its action be admitted within these limits, jt can be only, as a subject of toleration, and. in . the character of an exception. , , It seems to ua that it will be impossi ble ever to establish a distinction be tween the character in which "we regard two nen, when our conduct is exactly the same to ltoth. The distinction is too theoretical, and withal, wears too suspi cions a face for the understanding of or dinary men. InadmittingaPedobaptist minister into their pulpit, Baptists know that be claims to be an authorized minis ter ; that be is regarded as snchby the public generally ; they act toward him exactly in the same manner they trouW do, upon the supposition they did receive him as an authorized minister ; they ac knowledge bis right to preach the gos pel ; tbeyappoint and'hoid meetings with him; they solicit bis services in their pulpit ; and after all this, what is their declaration worth, that they do not re ceive bim as an authorized minister, but only in the character of a believer, who, in common with all other believers has a r right to preach. This is one of the things which the pablic mind will never under stand, i We can scarcely suppose that the Pedobaptist minister believes him self, that the cordial invitation he receives . to enter a Baptist pulpit, is extended to him in the character of an unauthorized minister, having no more right to preach, than any other believer in the congrega tion. - We may suppose that he would regard such an invitation as an affront. It is not to be believed that he would submit to the humiliation of being stripped before the congregation, of bis f rock, for the honor of occupying a Bap tist pulpitis It seems as little consistent with the dignity of a Baptist minister, to ojen his arms for the reception of a . preacher, who, be knows, regardless of the nature of his invitation, is pressing into his pulpit, in a character different from that in which he is invited. The whole transaction wears such a double face, that it is impossible to say whether it be ush or foul. ' But its moral import is all in favor of tbe belief that the in vited incumbent j is - acknowledged, and received as an authorized minister. We believe there will not be found a man outside of the Baptists, who, if the ques tion were submitted to Mm, would not say, that Baptists, in fraternizing in the manner, and to the extent they dp, with Pedobaptist preachers, do, n fact, what ever may be their intention, receive and endorse them, in the character of author ized ministers ; and . we believe that he would add, that if they do not intend to do this, they ought not to act in a man ner, involving such palpable .contradic tion between their intentions and their acts. - - ,,: L. :.' ;. The whole argument respecting the ministerial rights of Pedobaptist minis ters is an attempt to deduce from gener al principle, what must be the subject of positive and special law. General prin ciple is not a legitimate ground for spe cial actiou. Men will never agree in its application. All government must modi iiy its computational principles into the form of special law. ' Is is a necessity of our imperfect nature. We are no more capable of determining what ritual mod ification, the love of God, ; as a principle of action, would assume, as best adapted to the promotion of the. ends of. the gos pel,thau what physical constitution would best serve for the development and ac- - tijoa of - the faculties of the soul. He only who made the soul, can form for it a suitable habitation. So the great An; ithor of the gospel, alone, is capable of enshrining it In forms, - best adapted to ts nature and designs. What these are, must behe subject of special statement. ;- Positive institutions cannot be derived frpni' moral law.v But the ministry is a - specitiu institution. It is not an inferen tial duty, springing from a general prin ciple, but the subject of special law. in shtutiuga peculiar service. It can no . .more be derived from natural or moral -law than baptism. They ( are both insti v tutes of the Kingdom of Christ; and as a such originate in the Law of the Chris tian Dispensation j by which also, they : must be controlled.: .We cannot, either enforce a dutv. or allow a uri vile are un der one lawy , which originates in another .... ta?p.' a nsrht which is, derived from nat . ural, or moral law, is no more a subject t ecclesiastical lurisdictinn.tban a man's Tight to be a lawyer, or physician. JStat- U1l "guts can claim no ecclesiastical privileges. Neither are we at liberty to wse me beneht ot a part of a law, unless , ve accept the whole law. But the law , Tvaich authorized a man to "preach the fcusei," autuonzes, and commands him - i V0LTJME: XXXIX. ,' 1 f to "observe all things whatsoever" Christ has 'commanded." .'lie, therefore,; who is not authorized to do the latter, is. not authorized to do the former ; and he who is authorized to do the former is author ized to do the latter : for the two require ments are comprehended in one, and the same law, from which ; they both equally derive their authority ; and we disobey the law, unless we obey thei whole law.4 In dividing we break: the law. s The law. becomes a nullity. If we cau dispense' with, a part of the. law, we can, and vir-" tually do with the whole. .Whoever then the law of Christ admits into the pulpit,' it admits to the communion table y and it ejects none from : the communion stable whom it admits into the pulpit. Baptists therefore, in ejecting from the communion, table such as they, receive into the pulr , pit, and admitting into the pulpit those whom they deny access to the table, do not keep, but break the lav ofiChrist. If all who are . authorized to commune are not necessarily authorized to preach, the reason is, because the la wK in tbe very act of instituting the ministry, es tablishes a specific distinction between its subjects in the character of, ministers, and disciples. It -confers rights upon some, which it does not upon all. Such is, of necessity, the nature of i official law. But though the law does not au thorize all to preach whom it authorizes to commune, it does) of. necessity author ize all to commune whom it authorizes to preach ; for communion is a general right of, all baptized believers ; and none oth ers are authorized: to preach: the law of the ministry embraces the law of disci pleship,and incorporates it with itself, as an element of its subsistence. , The for mer forms its subjects out of materials which have been subjected to the action of the latter; as if it were required that the officers of an army should be elected from its soldiers, though the ; soldiers would not all be officers, the officers would, of necessity, all be previous sol-, diers. . J Natural reason, or moral law, can, therefore, never be the rule of ecclesias tical action. If they were, could any conclusion seem more reasonable than that all christians should unite in observ ing the ordinance which is commemora tive of their Lord's death 1 If we can re ceive Fedobaptists into the pulpit, as un authorized ministers, what principle of reason forbids, yea, does not require, with an accretive force, that we shall re ceive them to the communion, as unau thorized communicants f Why not say in the one case, as well as the other, if they are not authorized by the special law of the gospel, they are by Us gen eral principles 1 With respect topirit ual qualifications, every believer is enti tled to communion, liis only disqualifi cation for this service is such as is ritual. Why then may we not receive a Pedo baptist to our communioM, as we do into our pulpit, not as legally qualified for the ordinance but upon tli : general obliga tion of brotherly love. a. i upon the prin ciple of reason, that h,-. .s entitled to a spiritual benent, who ' spiritually quali fied for its enjoy meats t If we can re ceive him into tbe pnij-it, upon theprin ciple, that whatever iay be his ritural disqualification, he is spiritually. qualified lor the service to which we invite him. why may we not npon the same principle invite him to the communion tablet Inline he who will convince us that it is accord ing to tbe - law : of Christ, to fraternize' with Fedobaptists, in tbe services of the Christian ministry, will make of us a free communicant : and we will thank him for the service. - , When Baptists are pressed with this argument, they reply that ; the adminis tration of Christ's Kingdom must be con trolled, not by principles of natural rea son, moral law, or, event christian love. bnt by the special laws, made and provi ded lor tnis purpose, r , w hen the v : are told, that it is contrary to tbe. law, of Christ's Kingdom for a person to assume the office of a minister previous ita his baptism, they blowing hot and cold out of the same mouths-defend their con duct upon the ground , of natural reason, or moral law. - -They may assume either of, these contradictor? positions. vhbnt they cannot occupy both. Jf they choose toe latter, tney become tree communion i8ts. u If, they stand ,upon the former. they must decline pulpit affiliation .with -fedobaptists. .K ,j , Tobe Continued.) -"' t W; II. Ji Sumter, 8. O., May !2fA, 1874. " . UNINTENTIONAL1 INJUSTICE.' - " - - t ' f My attention has just been called, to the fact that in giving a brief history of the Frau klin Square Baptist Church of Baltimore,-1 tailed to mention among its pastors the - name of ; Bev. J. B. Haw thorne. Jt.waa'a very singular inadver teuce, since ; I know perfectly well that Bro. Hawthorne bad been oue of the most learned and beloved of the distiu goished men who had presided over that church, and had contributed much, to those influences which have made it one of the : most admirable' nd excellent churches in all the land. From mv es teemed friend,. Col. J. J. Hickmanr of iventucEy, l learn mat Bro. Hawthorne. as pastor of the Broadway BaptistCburch of Louisville, is regarded as one Of the most brilliant pulpit celebrities ot the city, and receives a . salary of $7,000 a year, u utortunately ; tne. walls ' of his 8pienuia uewj ennrcu : nave bulged so much as to be regarded unsafe, and work men are now engaged m repairing the defects of its first construction, at a cost of 820,000. The Dishop of ? the, Wain nt Street Church, llev. MB. ; Wharton, is at. the yirginia Springs for, bis health', and the Broadway pastor is preaching to both congregations from the pulpit of the Walnut Street Uiiurcn. , , - - . r T. H. Feitchakd. SHOULD SOCIETY LOOK UPON MANUAL ' - -i PURSUIT AS DEGRADING! i The'contempi which men of affluence .f I'V.i and, position; have . for, ages entertained for manual pursuits is, 1 imagine, one ot the most detrimental relics of old and antiquated aristocratio prejudices, which, since their "existence, have, done para mount injury. Perhaps trom the date of tbe settlement of the South,' its society has been accustomed to frown upon those pursuits requiring 'manual la&or and the class of men engaged in them men who i have been noted alike -tor their genuine "worth, both 'to the public and private walks or life, and. for the conspicuous parts they have borne in the development of our eonntry. v Experience has shown the bad effect of this verdict upon society itself, morals Jand broctessi Itt has! dW -Tectly disparaged s of thtf South by in-' 8tillraginto the 'minds of our yonth the notions of a transAtlanticnobilitv, which from time almost -immemoriabhas reared up its offspring to' despise the vocation which partake of toil, and to regard them as suitable: Only for the lower stages of society -with a precedent established by the polite-element of kingdom so cele brated as England Is for its eminent men, its learning, wealth and power, naturally enough, the young- southerner, born, or wealthy and influential parentage, snoxua covet such social distinctions.; But, sir, it is truly gratifying to perceive the rev olution-in public sentiment which the nineteenth century has ' introduced in this 'regard. The- war between the States pointedly effected a new' phase of affairs. Fiior to this event, ours was a people of great wealth, possessing multi- utuaes ot slaves, in an abunaance over sufficient to - meet the demads of those employments ' ' requiring ' ; manna! - labor. n consequence of which, those who en gaged in them were regarded on a social status almost with the negro. - This dis position on the part of society, unjust as it then was, and humiliating as it is to the South to-day, had a compulsory tenT dency to induce young men: when about to enter the arena of life, to look for more l aristocratically,"-but unwiselj and un fortunately denominated. - Hence young men of any stamina seldom learned the trades or engaged in practical agricul ture, and in this light did they consider such occupations till the close of the war. The circuumstances of men are often ma terially altered in the changes which time brings about. At the period just alluded to, men who had hitherto enjoyed the possession of vast estates, were in the devastation following civil Struggle, thrown upon their own individual exer uons ior tne aany necessiues oi me, ana were, 1 'tneretore, ' driven, into - some menial occupation which they were rear-' ed up and .taught to despise. Now so ciety was willing, or rather forced to confess the evil influence of an opposition to manual pursuits, and then it is to be hoped a new era ot prosperity dawned upon the South. At this day the prac tical followers of agriculture and mechan ism are not ostracised on account of their business engagements. - The boys of the rising generation are becoming sensible enough to learn the trade9 and to engage in agricultural . pursuits They are ac ting wisely and should je encouraged. The experience of the past is inducing many into a field of employment which is always open, never in danger of being crowded, and will ever be lucrative and honorable. 1 That class of our young men fortunate enough to receive finished educations invariably choose the professions these professions are very useful in themselves and in their proper spheres : but are to day niied to tneir utmost capacity, and it is a mattef of some difficulty that the junior members of them can' obtain a livelihood from their legitimate business. WCJ.WU lUB VbUU UO.UU, OrlUUUg tdueatea laborers, they would have a In erative business m tne outset witnout being under the necessity of waiting till middle ute for iecnniary success - and tnen probably be disappointed. It is a fact of common - occurrence that North Carolina sends abroad for educated labor for engineers, architects, machinists, and ii. A census were, taken of tne class of men engaged in the South in survey ing railroads, iu constructing fine build ings, in conducting the machinery of va rious work: shops, it' could" oe . safely asserted that seventy-five per cent, would be found foreigners. It is time that our Southland should be built' up and devel- and factories should 'be built, and 'that by Southern men. : In order to successful lyJ accomplish this, young men should put their shoulders to the wheel, learn the trades and be . practically educated. - it requires no ordinary talent to become a good machinist or architect, as they bring Into practice the various sciences ; and arts, and education is the lever power. It should be' furthermore, an encourag ing circumstance to ail wno entertain a regard for Southern youth, to know that the respect for labor is on tbe increase. Not long ago it was a hard, thing for ma chanics for mstance, to resiect thein selves where allhround them denied them respect.' Their vocation was looked upon as degrading, which had "no mean effect towards degrading those who followed it.' But this social heresy, which bo long pervaded southern society, has exploded and every community .is. learning. to re spect the man of manunl pursuits r It is important, then, that young men should be taught that labor is honorable. Let them. select somepursuit and by diligent industry elevate and w honor their post tion.: Let them do so not only as a duty, but as a high and ; honorable privilege,- a privilege which elevates man without-in-jary to his fellow-man. Young, men then let us-do -away -with the-idea -of some thing low in manual labor, and go forth into the world j with upright lives' and prove m what consists true manhood. Let I os -do this and society : will honor us and our children will rise un and call ns blessed. v; :Waltek P. WnxuaisoN. ; : --T .nrn,f V YO TVH . ., !,,;.; ,,,,v:Yyr-u,;',vr,'iW..?r ; ?i . SELECTIONS;: COMyfOOUT. BTR. yt i. Sometime, since, I was invited to a seat on the platform of one of our Semi naries from i whence a group of youn g adies were about graduating. For one among that group the ; daughter of an old friend-r-I had an especial interest. 1 , r Helen is not brilliant, not: ..-clever, or more than moderately intelligent Her graduating essay,-when divested of its odor of tutor, and its. ornamentations, so called' is in;no; way startling; humorous, or profound, It parrakes of .the simple common-uense, the igentle'.BPbriett ahd religiousness ot Jier enaracter.i unginai i ity, imaginauyeness,r vigor oi tnongpt, he child has not; but 'She. haa, as l per. ceive, tnat in wnicn ner classmates are deficient- self-forgetfulness. Her toilet seems toihave been:' carefully arranged, and then forgotten. No sly smoothing of sash and ruffles, or thrusting out of her pretty slipper; or needless display of oraceiep,ana iair, ringed leic nana pe trays her - consciousness of sell and her attire. Observing closely ;the very, few '.whose, attitudes and. movements .are trained' to similar ' propriety- you must see that their, very composure is self-cdn- SCIOUS. .... ...-,. ... ... ... , ... . :.. .it. The bouquets pelt , our young friend duly, as they do her mates; the applause swells goodhumoredly as she makes her graceful bow. . She is human, and the sweet incense makes her glad; but she is not elated. , In a moment it .all passes from her, as it came, as a matter of course. The flush fades on her cheek, and she gives herself to noting the performances of the companions who sucdeedber.. Self is not big enough to absorb her beyond the instant. , Plainly, Helen, is not the star, of her class. , ." She is no writer," whispers the Principal to me, addbag, by way of sug gestion, or explanation, " Helen needs to come out of her8elf.,, , . After carefully pondering the remark, I conclude that I do not believe it; that my lady Principal, in such judgment at least, affords no ex ception to the mass', "not only of men, but of women and children," who now, as in the days when Dante sang, 11 are walk ing blindly through the streets, for the most part thinking what is first is last". If by this " coming out,77 so dear to the hearts of teachers, is meant the end of all study and discipline, develop ment, I have no fault to find with the phrase; but, instead, every possible word of kind encouragement. The only favor I have to beg is, that they confine them-, selves to oevtloping.wbat is really in the child, and cease air attempts to force from it results which, its nature gives them no right to expect. If Helen should be sent clear through another school or college course, the Principal would, probably, still sigh at its end, " she is no writer; still declare, she has not yet come out. Parents and friends, determined that she shall be striking, forceful, brilliant, look to the teachers, tho curriculum ot her school, to produce the results on which they have set their heads.'' They would reconstruct, rather, than develop, her actual gifts.' Her. gentle, religious womanhood does not. satisfy them. Her honesty makes her. common place,' not to say queer, in tbeir eyes. The rare charm of her self torgetfulness is simply provo ting to them, because it makes her so unlike the models they ; have set before her. -rdr-t,; h-i-bvt;; , f--i a: . In the mad demand tor the sensation IUIV MWVUWi QbUU(UUf Vf C1J VUO .who would educate himself, or another, Q 1 . 1. faa St Ik vmaan of nanf AtTAVtr ARA forget not to confine -himself strictly to his province, u Learn the capacities, the adaption, the possibilities of your mate rials, and then set yourself to the task of wise combination, skilful ; moulding, le- Stimate utilization of those materials, o not seek to originate others, s : To you is given the power .of development, not of creation. Do not hope to make' an orator of John, i It is not in .him. He may .build a house, or keep a store, or be an honest banker; . he may be invaluable in society and in the Church, but he can not preach. . f :; -1-j - Helen will never Jead in crusade or in fashion; never amaze mankind: like that ahining creature-, the great conversation-; alist. : if the ability to make a good book is lacking in her, be content and thank ful that ; she fs too modest and far too wise ever to make a weak one. r ' : She may never be able to extort from barp, piano, fiddle, or. kit," sounds that can other than pain or astonish a tuneful ear, nor sketch or' paint beast, fish, or tree, that can safely go unlabelled.. Nev ertheless, spite of the. unnatural process es to 'which she has been subjected; the forcing that must have confused her men-: tally and f damaged her physically, our Helen is one of those in whose pathway many i pleasant and bright things: will spring up. i: If f l , mistake not, she win, under, all pressures, in. society and in sol itude prove herself to be that most rare, and excellent, and beautiful thing, a gen tle woman; : As a friend, she .will be found swt;6 and faithful unto death; as a wife, , the heart of i her : husband may" safely trust in her." She is of that type of women: .whose unquestioning faith and deathless love bring their children! to God'tf feet, though' they, may, .have wan dered to the very brink of perdition. 1 -! r: Can wef too zealously strive -to: bring out theendowments of her nature, or too 'greatly deplore - the . mistakes that rob such as she, of the generous and real cul ture that can best ; help; them to ntiliie and beautify their li ves f ' As an account ant, a book keeper, a teacher, or a man ager in some lines, of business to which, women may often find themselves glad, to turn, Helen might succeed admirably if instead of painfully belaboring her,' to bring out gifts , that she has not, you could be persuaded to develop those she. 1 has. ; Do not chill or wound her by re---. proaches, if she should now be found in- .UV- T1M AT t' I , V II t.. . , .- '"' tj capable of filling txisitions requiring much intelligence and accurate scholarship, f If you desire to xyrtber enlarge her capaci ties, and increase her resources, there is time enough yet to secure to her respect able proficiency, in some things in which many graduates besides herself are dfcnV cient, namely. ' spelling, .reading, arith metic, and .the .grammar, of , her mother tongue. - Af tec that she ought .to have a thorough training in at least one or two branches of stndy . fori, which she really has talent 7 . .1 .u A. , - f- Let the child herself take heart, and. after a breathing timet sorely needed, ke. pair damages as best she roayciShe must not be, too mucbiashamedsince for ker1 there was no escape from being -jf gra4a atedintwo yearsi in.more)8Pieww tbjaft a German ynivecstty. stadpnt,'; bentlon knowing, vronhl jexpectrtoi master in ten vranM ' t . t . 1 1 i i ra .1... 1 I - 1- i'. .' ti .ii lif. .I--.-' It .jNDiyipuA.jwspawDiLiTr. n ; ;.HY JZEY. E. DE PHESSENSE, DoD. i I Tranalated by Rev. S. P, SmiUv, D. D. j ' tn cirdnmstancea so mom en tons as the present, it Is necessary that at alt hazards Reform should ' ' go ' forward,' '' growing broader, and deeper, , and higher, it is bur duty to be not merely faithful follow, 'ers of our fathers, but. to be their cootin-, uators. The term Kerormation indicates a reform which continues. And the best method of continuing tbe reform is for everyone to put his own band to it with out .waiting for, others. Instead of wait-, ing for a great movement in which we purpose to embark, every one must begin by himself. : ' ' :" ' Now, that we may be more thoroughly penetrated by this thought," I 'wish : to' hold up to-day for your contemplation the doctrine of individual responsibility. Every one of us is responsible before God. ' This does not mean that every one lives for ; himself; lor the ' law according i to which we ought to live is the law of mu tual support and. help. It is our duty to apply ourselves actively to 'the service of others. " The true life, that which wears the image ot God, is one which unfolds and develops itself by sacrifice. Selfish individualism is our death, as the flower sometimes " exhausts and destroys the plant on which it grows. In order to serve one anotner, we must belong to one another. The more we belong to one an other, the better we can serve one anoth er. There is. in my. judgment, no nobler manifestation of moral strength than sac rifice. He who locks himself up in his personality, as in a prison,' is dead. The more a man devotes himself to. others, the more he is master and owner of him self. This is the true individuarism.; 4 It is our duty -to aim at the develop ment of our individuality in a religious regard. Individual life is the highest form of life. The more elevated a life is, the more individual it is: in its lowest stage, life is confused and inactive. Wave follows wave; one is never wholly distinct from the other; and they alike follow all the caprices of the wind. The more tne forms of nature become beautiful, the more precise they grow, the more they em phasize themselves. 'At the lowest point of the1 scale, the, animal is merely the representative of his species. But man is distinguished from his fellow-man; He eniovsan absolute life, all his own. And if we ascend to God, His life is supreme ly absolute. He assumes the name, . I am that' I am."" With man. we come to the sphere of moral life. ' Here is the ori ein ' re8Pousibihtv. : In order to our being responsible, there must be a law, saying to; us,'. Thou, thott oughtest? The law implies' that every one ' has a heart which he can give, and a will capa ble of deciding. ' Destroy individuality, and there is no more righteousness; there isno more morality;: there is no more conscience: '.The : religious life is a rela tion between the soul and Hod. V e arc not deceived bv 'a cloud of mysticism Pantheism is the ' grave ' of all morality' and all religion. TThe: God of Abraham is not a God in' word only j but the God of living men; lie is our God, and He aims to secure the full development of our moral personality; ,s;t""' -' It is said, ( We are men of the nine teenth century; : We are two great to bow to revelation." ; "Bnt where will you find- any thing greater f God is ' not like an Eastern king, who never, leaves' His starry palace, and who, having created me, troubles Himself no more about me He is a-Father . before whom I bow my knees. He has known me and, loved me from all eternity. .I - am not lost ' He sees me. He hears mpv He inclines His ear that He may not lose one ot my sighs-. God guards me with the tenderest care. He gave His dearly beloved Son to save my souL It was not for the whole hu man race indiscriminately-that He offer ed Himself. tIt was. for me. My heart is too weak, my thought too narrow. M cannot comprehend such love, auy more than I can hold the ocean in the hollow of my hand. All worlds, with ' all their splendor, in the Bight of God, and as a means of bringing glory to Him, are not to be compared with a single sigh from a single heart. This God,' to whom belongs all glory and ail' blessedness, requires that 1 should give" Him' my Heart.' 1 He says to me, as he said to Peter, Lovest thou me f " Can we answen u Lord thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee 1 9 "This is the whole of relig ion. Religion is an intimate relation es tablished between God and man. God says to me, " It is thou that hast 'sinned, -and it is thou that must repent, and go to Ual vary, and be pardoned." in this act a man's individuality is made mani fest in the clearest manner. ' God, who has already loaded me with His benefits, would load me with them still. He says to us, as to the blind man, " What wilt thou that should do unto thee 1 " He puts all His omnipotence at the command of our Jaith. w atchman and liejtector. - , - - " -t f , ; TIMELY SELECTIONS.-' ;i 5 The three' following seletions which ' In-, an article-' under head; k A j minister may; 'make perfectly Eure that if he gives occasion: even for some journalistic fliog at him, the item most likely exaggerated and made in substance false for the sake of making it fspicy-r will Im copied by. - the itemizers0ve the whoJecouutry,.,. There are no such incor rigible gossips' as 4the newspapers: the function" of his" historical tea-table has psed-eVer'tofcthenlj.'and'Scabaal.mohg-' I erauuuxnpu: r.ocunpauoagouer.iDecause 1 mouclized now byf.he daily gabble; of I me press. , . is 11 any wonuer mat, in inesff 1 or so, ministers Of tniscouo try we snould I liwyer class, place itself at' the meres of I a 'like microscopical omnisciencehiow: would it fare! .-.;.,! ,., v,,-. ., t rtr We jQOL.not.jdenythat minister lias 1 need of watchfulness : but we claim that I itsjnst that same that every gentleman I has, who proposes-to himself a clean and comel.v.life.j Aministeri has! I not a tithe 1 of, the .access to 1 the inmost beartia(nd eonfidence of the family circle that the ! family doctor has. ''", ,.u m- were suggested by the Tilton-Beecher af- ot old fashioned, steady oihg, ChrisUan fair worthy of .idtion, X&Z5i!F$? PERILS OP THE PASTOEATE. - $ 4: :J - - ' , T - the 1 s . learu oti occasional j instances oi conttpctr 1 "which was year ; of ' niuch 'scarcity-A-ap ;etherT questionable, pr .even . positively I pies instead t)f being converted into ci 'criminal f T jf: fTio ci i fnr aIqbq" Xi tKa 1 Acr irora f fha viaam ntitltn lkA. pRoir vobserve,e""Ne YORKV apples; nor is there "any fruit whose val The' establishment Of' such delations 5 an:"ticle of 9trte 5" W great hf & rvowfn or,rl h?.i'Wivlr! cHoii I securefor hitn that intimacy which ought to exist only in the domestio circle, is an evil of fearful tendency and unspeakable danger. Ministers are; eensurablo' in a high degree who encourage their people, men or women, to come to thetu with family , matters , or secret sores. : Some men are themselves gossips, and delight to get and give all they can of social news, and the more secret: the richer the prize. They encourage revelations, when their ears should be deaf to everything approaching to scandal. All judicious pastors discourage familiarity on the part of their people,' especially of the fe male denomination. ' v For. this way lies , the danger. ;A silly woman, pious perhaps, but very soft and shallow, hears the stirring words ot her eloquent pastor ; ' is roused, warmed, soothed, exalted she thinks edited and straightway she believes him to be the man sent to do her. good. She goes to his study to tell him so ; how much en joyment she finds in his ' words ; or she writes him a letter, and pours out her lit' tie soul, fuiroriwaddle, about her grati tude for what -her. dear pastor has done for her ; how she is lifted up? by his in structions ; how she loves him as a friend given to be her guide and comfort ; and so on, and so on, moro and worse, run ning into a mawkish sentimentality, a sickening man-worship, disgusting to every sensible person, but very nectar to a vain, worldly preacher, who seeks only to make " his hearers "feel good." Such people never go" to their pastor ' to' ask "wtiat they must do to.be saved!? It is to tell him how., good they feel ; how he is "exalting" them," "filling ' them with joy, peace and love." ; We cannot go into particulars without : offending the tastes of every reader. We make our meaning plain. We wish to be understood, assay ing that what worldly preachers andaen timental women call "communion of soul" and "kindred Bpirits," "mutual help" and "holy sympathy, and words in the same strain, is not religion- it is not even re ligious., It is of the earthearthly. It is "carnal, conceived in 'BinJ 5Iti is simply the lower nature the human pas sion of. one ; creature i toward : another God is not iu.it. ' :..'.y. PLATONIC FRIEMDSHlPS,-"; i I The American, nervous, full of eager tastes' and fancies, is no sensualist;, but be very seldom' finds in 'bis wife" or his male" associates sympathizing compan ions in each and all ot these parts' of his nature. The very many-sidedness of his character make it the more unlikely that he should Ida u so ; " and ;the broader ( the culture, the wider becomes the demands. The1 freedom ot our .social habits offers aneasyremedy-rrfriend8hip; The young womant who vdoea not ;. marry , early," the morbid old bachelor, or .the married matt whose w ife is .not 1 VeongeniaL??, are un lucky indeed if . they, cannot find a friend of the opposite. sex to whom to open the recesses, of their souls. with- what effu sion of gush, and "Sloppy sentunentalism in the best and .wisest - of them, we have but too lately had evidence, i h s i n m I t You shall go.ta.no summer resort in this present August where you will not find one or more of these lofty Platonic friendships, attracting the admiration of abnormally white souls," and the sua picion of thpse of natural color. Nor do these bonds of congeniality, according to the "friends,", exclude by any means de votion to the wive or husbands in the back-ground, or to God, who is on a ur ther back-ground still, The danger, in fact in these, factitious alliances is, that they are usually ', made by well-meaning people with the honest intention to wrong nobody; -violate, no. moral duty, ;but simply to satisfy innocently an unsatis fied .need of. their nature.; Nor do ( we mean to assert that an honest friendship between a man and woman, married tor unmarried, founded on mutual pursuits or tastes, cannot exist in all purity and honor. - What we do mean to say is, that such friendships, , when ; marriage is im possible, are dangerous, and should be closely watched . .. . The inevitable result of each and every one of these half IMissionatejj half -.; practical ' friendships which have become tbe habit ot our so cial life is, that young girls go to their husbands, when they rdo marry, having first given the freshness and secresy of their feelings, fancies, and desires, if not hearts, to, half a dozen other men ; and that w'ith each year s the closeness of the Biblical Recorder.' ADVERTISING RATES ' I time. lm. . 8 m. 6m. ' 12m I Incb,;i... a do 8 do,, .... 4. do. .... K column. $ 1 00 $ 3 00 ta oo $15 00 $25 00 00 6 00 8 00 10 00 1 '18 '001 28 00 S3 00 45 00 60 00 40 00 60 00 60 00 85 00 3 00 4 00 20 00 26 00 87 00 "6 00 15 00 do io ow tt oo 60 00 100 00 170 00 115 00 800 00 pe'rline ' Obituaries sixty jKadaOong, are inserted free of one cent or.each word must be 'paid la adTnce.-r. marriage tie growtf Slacker and more un-A certain among -os until, if it were not for tne vast majority outside of the cities I APPLES POR HU5IAN FOOP.. With us the value'of 'the apple, as an article of food,' is far 'underrated. Be sides containing large amount Of sucar. jnucilage,;aud .other ;,outritive. matter, apples contain . -vegetable acids, aromatic qualities, etc', whidh. act 'powerfully in the capacity of refrigerants;-' tohicsf and auuseptics; ana wnen ireeiv used at the season of mellow ripeness,; they;pre vent .debility, indigestion, and avert, without ooudi, manyjoi. tne 4 illswbichi flesh is heir to."IJ?Ehe 'eptrators of Cornwall, igraua, tpQSiaer ririe. apples nearly as than-potatoes. . In i the ,yearjof .,.1801- era asserted that they could stand their work - on baked -apDlesT without meat wherdas- a' -potato :dief rennired either meat or some other substantial nutriment t The Trench and .Germans tensively, ras dovj the. inhabitants of all European nations.'' ! The laborers depend unon them as an" article" of food.-' and fre . quently make a. dinner .of ; sliced apples and breadA-Thereis no .fruit cooked in aa many differenp-waya in our country as "u.w mile . apurwuateM. i oir vure Jovrnali' TACTf t IPV The news of the .'abandonment of the French "steamer LTAmeriquej Was follow ed by .the , announcement, that the first officer had committed suicide;; The act ' was foolish; it" was a confession; but it was not uunattiraL ' The unhappy man ; reflected: I have lost all:' I had a trust committed fo me. "I abandoned it; X did it needlessly. 1 With it went honor, op portunity, prospects, all. All is lost, and all is my own faulty We - may well imagine .how maddening: were; these thoughts. . -a -- The remembrance of lost opportunity . is always ; terrible. And how . frightful must be the contemplation of a lost life. Suppose a man. -who has , spent, all his days hi the pursuit of wealth,, or in the luest for pleasure, ot in the service of . ambition, .whether 'political, or literary, -or social, or in seeking auy other merey worldly ehd.."'f)He draws near to the end of life. He looks .back upon' his days. He says, "1 have-had opportunities. I bad a life, v 1 1 was ' given ;ine to use for God and for. man. 1 It' was my only. life. It was my all. And what have I done f I have lost it It is gone; I have got nothing in exchange: I lost it needlessly; I can blame no one but myself; and now all is over; the mistake can never be cor rected; the losa is, irreparable.? .. . ,., : . Still more intense .must be the regrets that gather about 'the: soul "after.it has entered on the eternity5 that follows a lost life; more in tense, ifon there can be nothing to deaden the sensibilities, noth ing, to-. (di vert , the attention, ,1s, there needed anything -beyond" these recollec tions, these1 Teflectionsy to make a hell within thesouTofman T7T?he spirit will long for 'death, 'forCaahihilation: : but in vain. Immortality, though it ; have be come a curse, is yet inevitable-JTario aUBajftist, ;,,., Vlj4. . t . BASE BAXIw i The Philadelphia Telegraph offers some judicious counsels to. young 'men about Base Ball and other Athletic games : -"IX Base Ball could be kept the innocent : pastime it was ten years ago," it should I have our support but seeing.it as it is, the Ohoses summer game j of those who spend their .winters in xheAtavern and round the card 'table, : we ;do;not mince words in ehaxacterizing it The frequent ers of the professional matches and the , whole interest of the game has gradually centred into contests of this character are found to. be4regular frequenters.'. It is not a question of occasional and need ful relaxation," but of pernicious time wasting habit V Young -m'etf there grow up' into the: way or idlenes sand: worse. They, lose business situations .through the infatuation, and, remain out of them through , the same .cause, for" no youth can keepfup,;f in', the' game ahd at the same time give satisfaction r to even the most indulgent employer.- And the same : general view attaches - to all perversions or pnysicai exercise." WHAT TTRITEBS KECEITE. The price paid for magazine articles by the publishers is not fixedV but the maximum is usually about f 10 a- page, the pages "Varying frpm .SOO to' 1,000 words. 'The 'Atlantic and LippencOtt's have 750, Harper's has OOOf-while Old and New. has 500 ,wprds Scribners 900 ; The Overland 500,:and the- Galaxy 735 in its single, and 825 in' its 'double col umn pages." The Atlantic has given as high as $250 an" article to 'Emerson, i Holmes, Lowell, Agassiz, Feltoa, Parton, ana a lew otners, out tnis is altogether exceptional, $10 being its . general rate. Harper often allows $12.50 to $15 (the latter for illustrated articles) a page, and in rare "cases even more.' s Lippencott's rate is from $5 to $S; that of Old and New $5, the .Overland nly $4 (gold) ; -Scribner's," ordinarily from C3 , to $10 (much higher' sometimes for specific ar ticles), and the Uaiaxy7s; ?to i per page. ,. r JESua tries our faith,. - That which at first seems threatening with destruction often turns out to be full of mercy. . ,